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I already have a lesson on Taz but since the new carton series is coming out I figured it would be best to make another tutorial on "how to draw Taz", step by step so he looks like he does in "The Looney Tunes Show". He has always been one of my favorite characters from the Warner Bros. collection and because he is a misunderstood character, I kind of find him interesting. Sometimes the writers would make skits or episodes where Taz has a wife, and he is hounded by her as he tries to catch Bugs for a meal. His look is pretty much the same, the only thing that is really different is the shade of brown for his color. Instead of a dark brown, the new Taz is a lighter shade to a point where he is almost brownish tan. I had a lot of fun drawing Taz from scratch and I know you will too. The lesson is going to be easy to follow and real simple to understand. If you would like to see an updated version of another character that is getting a total revamped make-over for The Looney Tunes Show, just let me know. In the mean time, have fun with drawing Taz and be sure to let me know what you think of the tutorial. I will be back in about two hours to start another Live Stream session so stay tuned in for that. Peace people!
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It is a new world order we're experiencing right now. It might not be 100% obvious to everyone, but in 10-20 years time the books (or iPads) will be filled with comments and analyzing articles about the years 2008-2012; the "Destruction of the Global Economy"-era, as it will be called.
The EU bailout of Greece the other day is just another nudge in the completely wrong direction. If someone has taken all their money and spent it on fancy clothes and toys for their chihuahua, then come complaining to you that they can't afford food, do you lend them the biggest bank loan in history? Or do you say "tough luck, go hungry 'til your next pay day and try to save up some money next time"?
I feel it is simply silly and naive to hope to contain the economical mess in this or similar "Quantitative Easing"-ways. I believe the PIIGS will go tits-up, the euro will lose at least half its value compared to the dollar, one or more countries will vote to leave the euro and we will all be in a big big heap of trouble before long.
On the other hand, with the iPad notching up 1 million sales so far, I see storytelling entering a new era. Back in the old days, a storyteller sat by the fire and told stories to a whole village; essentially he was gifting them the gift of imagination, of entertainment, of morals, of culture. He also got instant feedback; the roars of approval, the laughters, the sighs of his audience.
With the iPad as a first vehicle, we're nearing that same storyteller-setting as described above, only on a global scale. Where ever we are we can bring our own branch of the campfire, we can listen to the stories being told, choose which one to partake of, interact with our fellow listeners and give instant feedback to the storyteller. Moreover, I see the listener being given more and more power to create their own content within or outside the story that engages them.
It's a whole new storytelling world, and I'm simply thrilled to be telling stories in it.

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Arthur's Pass: Three Passes route
The eastern starting point is at the road bridge over the Waimamakariri River, beside SH 73, 10 km east of Arthur's Pass village.
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Time: 4 - 5 days
Getting there
The eastern starting point is at the road bridge over the Waimamakariri River, beside SH 73, 10 km east of Arthur's Pass village.
On the western side, access to either the Arahura or Styx river track-ends is via Lake Kaniere Road, inland from Hokitika.
SH 73 to Carrington Hut
Time: 4 - 5 hr
Carrington Hut - Park Morpeth Hut
Time: 9 hr
Carrington Hut to Harman Pass
Time: 3 hr
From the hut follow the track to the riverbed of White River. As you walk upstream, look for a place to cross White River to get to Taipoiti River on the opposite bank. If there is a need to use Clough Cableway because of high river levels we advise against continuing the route as you will experience further serious problems with other rivers along the route.
If there is snow up the Taipoiti, the route will be difficult. During winter and spring, avalanches can funnel into the gorge over the cliffs.
Climb and scramble up through the steep gorge, crossing from side to side, where necessary. At the top of the gorge, waterfalls tumble over impassable cliffs. Pass these waterfalls. The poled route to Harman Pass starts here, beside a small stream.
Once out of the Taipoiti gorge you can see the main Taipoiti branches into two streams, each running down a deep gully. A well-worn cairned and poled trail crosses the true left branch relatively soon, then climbs upwards, well above the true right gully. As the second stream becomes smaller and more open, cross it. A short walk and you are at the top of Harman Pass. (If you are walking down from Harman Pass, enter the Taipoiti well to its true left to avoid the bluffs and waterfalls).
Harman Pass to Whitehorn Pass
Time: 2 hr
Whitehorn Pass is obvious on a clear day.
The route should not be attempted in poor visibility.
Harman Pass is a junction point for trampers taking the marked route down Mary Creek to Julia Hut. Be sure you take the marked route to Ariels Tarns.
From Harman Pass, a poled route ascends to the first of Ariels Tarns by sidling on the tussock and rocky shelves well above the small gorge of Mary Creek. Pass the tarns and continue to follow the poled route past a small rock hump and onto piles of rock before reaching permanent ice/snow. The poled route stops here; make your own way up the valley to the pass. Near the top of Whitehorn Pass, head right to reach a cairn and marker on the saddle. The permanent ice field of Whitehorn Pass may have crevasses, especially in late summer. If the snow is deep consider turning back.
Whitehorn Pass to Park Morpeth Hut
Time: 4 - 5 hr
The steep drop off Whitehorn Pass is prone to avalanches.
A worn route zigzags down the screes from the true left of the pass—this is the best route down through the bluffed flanks of the pass. Take care not to dislodge loose rocks onto those below you. Once near the valley floor, travel along the true left of upper Cronin Stream. Terraces may offer better travel. Lower down find a suitable place to cross to the true right.
Just before the river drops into a deep gorge, look for orange markers (part way up the scree slope edge) or a large cairn on a large rock at the bottom of a scree slope. Sidle across the scree at the level of the cairned rock to pick up the worn trail to the hut. Poles and cairns mark the ground trail. It crosses a side creek and scrubby spur before dropping onto a boggy grass terrace with small tarns. Skirt the terrace to the left and drop towards the confluence of Cronin Stream and Wilberforce River. By going around the tarns you avoid damaging the delicate bog vegetation.
Your first view of Park Morpeth Hut (eight bunks) is of its radio aerial. The hut radio is linked to the Mountain Radio Service. The Canterbury Mountaineering Club built the hut in memory of James Park and John Morpeth who died while tramping from Lake Kaniere to the Wilberforce Valley in January 1929.
Park Morpeth Hut to Harman Hut
Time: 5 hr
Park Morpeth to Browning Pass/Noti Raureka
Time: 2 hr
This is the steepest section of the Three Passes trip. From Park Morpeth Hut walk up the true left of Wilberforce River. Ford the Wilberforce after it joins with Hall Creek opposite Clough Memorial.
Start up the zigzag track to Browning Pass/Noti Raureka. The zigzags were part of a track started in the late1860s. John Pascoe warned in his 1938 route guide "it is inexpedient to follow the track to its illogical conclusion in the bluffs near the Hamer Falls, lest you join the shades of the miners who built the track."
From the top of the zigzag, before it disappears into the bluffs, climb the obvious scree. In summer there is a worn trail visible. Just before you reach the summit the scree narrows and the climb is at its steepest. You can either continue carefully up the rock and tussock to the left of the scree, or climb to the centre of the scree. If there is snow on this section (winter and early spring) it is essential that all members of the party can self-arrest. A cornice at the top or ice conditions can dramatically increase this section's difficulty. Once on the pass relax, the steepest section is over.
For those attempting the trip from west to east, warning —the eastern face of Browning Pass/Noti Raureka is very steep. A route down is not defined. Extreme care must be taken when descending.
Browning Pass/Noki Raureka to Harman Creek Hut
Time: 3 hr
From the pass a well-formed track runs round the west side of Lake Browning/Whakarewa and over gentle boggy uplands.
A poled route descends into Arahura River. Look for the track on the true right of Arahura River then look for a good place to cross the Arahura to reach it. It is important to find the right crossing to the true right of the Arahura because further downstream there are high waterfalls, bluffs and thick scrub on the true left bank.
Once you cross the river, sidle along the track. There are three avalanche chutes to cross, so take care in winter and early summer. The track ends at a side creek with steep gravel banks, close to the Arahura. Drop to the riverbed. Travel down the river on whichever side is easiest (generally the true left).
Look for a large cairn on the true left twenty metres downstream of a large rocky side-stream. From here continue downstream for 100 metres (the track is marked by cairns). When you get to a small open side-stream, follow it upstream for 100 metres to pick up the wide grassy track. Do not miss this turn off. Harman Hut (six bunks) is twenty minutes away.
Harman Hut to road end
Time: 7 - 9 hr
Harman Hut to Grassy Flat Hut
Time: 3 - 4 hr
From Harman Hut drop through the bush to the swing bridge and follow the old benched track high above Arahura River. The turn off to the boggy Styx Saddle is signposted and marked by large stakes.
Once across the saddle, the track begins again at the bush edge following the true right of Styx River. The track is wet and boggy, with damp mosses and lichen on the rocks.
Look for the impressive twisted rātā trees.
Cross the river about five minutes after the track emerges from the bush onto Grassy Flat. The hut is in the middle of the flats on the true left of Styx River. It is a modern hut with 10 mattresses on sleeping benches.
Grassy Flats Hut to Lake Kaniere Road
Time: 4 - 5 hr
From the hut, head downstream and re-cross Styx River. The track begins on the true right just below the prominent toetoe (native pampas grass) flat.
Though much of the track to the road end is good going, bits of it are slippery underfoot and eroded by slips. In places travel is along the riverbed. Where the track has eroded, it is necessary to scramble up and down low—but steep—riverside terraces to get from track to riverbed and back to the track again.
Watch out for blue duck/whio, New Zealand's unique duck. Report any sightings of this rare bird to the Department of Conservation. Also watch out for ongaonga, a painful giant stinging nettle that grows in sunny places along the track. From above Harman Hut to the road end (via Styx Saddle) DOC runs a stoat trapping project. Trapping stoats protects whio and ensures a better chance of breeding success. Please do not disturb the stoat traps.
Nearer the road, the track emerges onto farm land. Pass under high shingle cliffs to a farm track leading to the very quiet main road by Lake Kaniere.
Alternative routes
Follow Arahura River instead of the Styx, and Taipo River instead of the Waimakariri (see route guide 3 for the route from Harman Pass down the Taipo River).
Plan and prepare
This classic summer tramp crosses Harman Pass, Whitehorn Pass and Browning Pass/Noti Raureka. It gives experienced trampers the excitement, variety and contrast of a transalpine route.
This route requires several major river crossings, has some extremely steep sections, and all-year snow on Whitehorn Pass. You need to take an ice-axe and crampons and know how to use them. Browning Pass/Noti Raureka is very steep and can be icy.
This route passes through several known avalanche paths. During heavy snow conditions, we advise visitors not to travel this route unless sufficiently equipped and experienced to assess the conditions and choose a safe path through avalanche terrain.
•Experience: Suitable for well-equipped and experienced back-country trampers only. Alpine experience and equipment essential.
•NZTopomap50: Otira BV20, Kaniere BV19
•Best season: Mid to late summer
Safety on Arthur's Pass routes
•Allow adequate time. Note the times given for each section are guides only.
•Check snow and weather conditions. Mountain weather forecasts are available from the Arthur's Pass Visitor Centre.
•Know your ability. Arthur's Pass National Park is mountain country. Navigational skills and ability to judge weather and river conditions are essential. Be prepared to turn back if conditions are not safe.
•Never travel alone. This route is difficult.
•Tell someone where you are going. You can fill in a Search and Rescue action card at the Visitor Centre. This must be cancelled on your return.
•Take a map and compass. Topomaps for the area are available to buy or hire from the Arthur's Pass Visitor Centre.
•Cross rivers safely. Take care with river crossings especially after heavy rain. If in doubt, wait it out.
•Note: True right and true left refers to the sides of the valley when looking downstream.
What to expect on a route:
•Challenging day or multi-day tramping/hiking
•Track unformed and natural, rough, muddy or very steep
•Suitable for people with above average fitness. High level backcountry skills and experience, including navigation and survival skills required
•Complete self sufficiency required
•Track has markers, poles or rock cairns. Expect unbridged stream and river crossings
•Sturdy tramping/hiking boots required


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And Vice President Bite Me also looks woeful.Ha! I didn't see that when I cropped the picture, but Biden's hand-gestures mirror Gore's. Matt Drudge is a comic genius. There's nothing fair about roping Obama and Biden into Gore's horrible problem, but it's just the juxtaposition of images (along with the glue of language — here, "heat"). It's a kind of silliness — or a devious subliminal attack — that seems wrong, but the wrong disappears if you look closely and try to figure out what he did wrong.


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This blog is in response to a Ziff Davis article that predicts the death of Desktop Linux. This is my rebuttal.
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Authored by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
This topic is trying to draw the analogy between the horse drawn cart and the automobile. This comparison is false in the Linux vs Tablet debate.
Linux is powering tablets, so it will not disappear soon. Linux is powering servers and databases, so again, it will not disappear soon. Tablets have their place as mobile devices. Linux (Windows, and MAC) have their place on the desktop.
The old Gnome 2 interface is great for authors, be they programmers or researchers or students. With desktop Linux we can open two screens and do research on the right while we do our authoring on the left. And we have a keyboard to easily perform typing, cut and paste, even selected printing (to pdfs, etc.). One other Linux desktop advantage is onboard storage.
Both for both mobile and desktop, cloud storage, a la Dropbox will come to fruition. I do not see cloud storage or applications spelling the end to the Desktop as the transmission time for a terrabyte or petabyte of data limits cloud use.
The new Linux Desktop interface we are all trying to adjust to is transitional to something better. As the 4x3 ratio crt screens disappear, being replaced by very wide screens, the idea of using the left side (most people are right handed), for commonly used functions, and the remainder of the landscape, as the temporary desktop will evolve to something better. In a future Unity, cinnamon, or Gnome3 interface, eventually we should be able to return to the interfaces where data (a text document, a pdf file, etc.) starts a program, and not to the interface where you search for a program in order to open an application.
Bottom line. -- Due to wide displays, new interfaces will be introduced until there is a winner and a consensus for the future.
For the past year, and for the next 2 years, the desktop interface has and will evolve to be one where it will be a joy to use. It may or will even combine voice as an improved interface.
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Below are some of the exchanges from the relationships advice column, Baggage Check, published weekly in The Washington Post's Express.
Q: I just found out that my husband has been lying about financial issues for the entirety of our two-year marriage. He made large purchases on a credit card that I thought had been closed, and he has not contributed nearly as much into a retirement account as he had been claiming. I know this is not infidelity, but it is making me reconsider our marriage.
A: Well, it is not sexual infidelity, but it's a betrayal nonetheless. What's missing here is how you found out. Did he confess with remorse? Or did you stumble upon his misdeeds during a rendezvous with TurboTax? Do you think there could be a gambling or substance abuse problem? Or is it that the two of you have different financial perspectives and he felt justified in going rogue?
The $25,000 question here is not about the money, but about what drove him to be dishonest and whether — or how — he can picture developing a new transparency between you. As with any break in trust, the reparations will take time, communication and motivation on both of your parts. And a good marital counselor could certainly be a catalyst to that process.
She Kisses Me With That Mouth!
Q: My daughter, who is in her mid-20s, can have very coarse language that her father and I believe is inappropriate. She speaks this way even at formal family functions. I think she speaks this way for shock value and to be the center of attention, and I have spoken with her about it. She refuses to stop, and I know that her language is offensive to several relatives.
A: As she's an adult, there's a delicate line between discipline and boundary-setting. I'm going to assume that you have sat her down and had respectful conversations that focus more on people's feelings being hurt rather than her being terrible.
If she has refused to make any changes, your next step is to decide exactly where the line is of what is unacceptable. And then put your money where your mouth is - ask her to leave an outing when she is being offensive and don't invite her to certain things if she is not willing to be civil. No, it's not easy. But part of growing up is realizing that other people's feelings about what's acceptable matter, even if she doesn't agree. Better for her family to teach her before a string of lost jobs does.
Andrea Bonior, a Washington-area clinical psychologist, writes a weekly relationships advice column in The Washington Post's Express daily tabloid and is author of "The Friendship Fix." For more information, see drandreabonior.com. You can also follow her on Twitter @drandreabonior.


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SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn Wednesday called for an increase in the state's minimum wage to "at least $10," well above the federal level.
In his State of the State address, Quinn also called on the Legislature to make hard choices on the debt-ridden state pension system.
"Nobody in Illinois should work 40 hours a week and live in poverty. That's a principle as old as the Bible," Quinn said. "That's why, over the next four years, we must raise the minimum wage to at least $10 an hour."
Currently, the federal government has set the minimum wage at $7.25 while the state of Washington has the highest minimum wage at $9.19. Illinois' currently is $8.25.
On state pensions, Quinn said reining them in was crucial to the economy.
"Do we want, in the years to come, a prosperous Illinois where working people continue to have good jobs ... where businesses thrive ... and where all our children have a world-class education? Or do we want to stop the progress and watch our economic recovery stall?," the Democratic governor said.
"This is a choice about whether we'll make the tough decisions necessary to balance our budget by reforming our public pension systems or whether we will let our jobs, our safety, and our schools be squeezed out by skyrocketing pension costs."
The state has a growing pension debt that has almost reached $97 billion, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Quinn praised President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, "which will improve the health of the people of Illinois and create thousands of jobs. But to make this a reality, we must act now. We have work to do.
"So I call on the General Assembly to increase access to health coverage for the uninsured through Medicaid and to create the Illinois Health Insurance Exchange," where people could buy health insurance aided by federal subsidies.
Quinn also urged legislators to approve same-sex marriage saying it's time "to take that next step in achieving full equality. Marriage equality is coming to Illinois."


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In the top three of New Orleans festivals, Voodoo Music + Arts Experience (Nov. 1-3)—commonly referred to as Voodoo Fest—is held each fall around Halloween weekend and draws thousands upon thousands of attendees to City Park each year, now in its new dedicated festival locale within the park. The festival's rich combination of music and art now pairs with camping, amusement park rides and the sometimes forgotten, but always dependable, menu of stellar local food.
The festival's mainstay, its much anticipated music lineup, generally aims to please a younger crowd of 18 through 35, but many of its musical offerings can be enjoyed by music lovers of all ages. The lineup incorporates a large group of alternative and indie artists, local, national and international, as well as local jazz, blues and brass band musicians for one of the most well-rounded lineups you'll find at any festival in the city.
Headliners include Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails, The Cure, Kid Rock, Calvin Harris and Bassnectar, plus dozens of other alternative, electronic, rock, indie, jazz, blues, brass band musicians and beyond. Notable local performers include the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Dr. John, Glen David Andrews, The Revivalists, Quintron and Miss Pussycat, John Michael Rouchelle, Coyotes, The Scorseses and Big History, to name a few.
Another huge draw to Voodoo Fest each year is the plethora of art, both for sale by vendors and huge installations set up throughout the festival grounds. These displays are fashioned by local, national and international artists alike and use the landscape of the park and culture of Voodoo as inspirations. Some are multi-sensory with both visual and audio aspects of their design, and many are created with an emphasis on sustainability and reusable materials. While already beautiful in the day, some of these installations really come alive at night, adding to the experience of the festival throughout both the day and evening.
The food offerings are typical to any local festival and feature local restaurants, catering and food trucks all serving up their best to hungry festgoers. Additions to the traditional Voodoo Fest experience include camping right off the festival grounds as well as amusement park rides.
Tickets are available for single days, the entire weekend and VIP.


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The Washington County Board of Education members met in Executive Session to finalize the evaluation of the performance of Superintendent Robin Cochran on Monday, Aug. 15, 2011.
If the man who police say admitted robbing Sparks General Store earlier this month decides to continue his career in crime, he might want to consider a mask and a way to hide the license plates on his car.
A section of KY 555 by Wendy's is getting turning lanes, and the project could be complete by the end of this week.
Chad Filiatreau, the transportation engineering supervisor for the Bardstown section, said the lanes were receiving stripes on Monday.
A lot has changed at St. Catharine College since it started 80 years ago. The little college that thought it could is now the little college that knows it can. The institution has expanded in many ways with a record graduating class in Spring 2011, record enrollment for Fall 2011, an expanding list of degree programs including the first graduate courses scheduled for Spring 2012, and a campus-wide expansion of facilities.
About 50 people showed up at Thursday's Washington County Library Board meeting, and many of them were there to speak or hear about the future location of a new library.
The problem with that, according to library director Joy Wandrey, is that no discussions had been held about moving the library outside of the city limits, although many of those who spoke out during the meeting addressed keeping it in the city of Springfield.
When classes opened in Washington County last Thursday, every school in the district saw growth in enrollment. Some were modest, while others were much greater.
According to numbers provided by Chad Willis, director of pupil personnel for the Washington County School District, a total of 101 new students were on the roll for local schools as of Friday.
Willis said North Washington led the way with 47 new students. The school had an enrollment of 471 students last year, and that climbed to 518 at the start of this year.
Monday was quite a day for the Washington County School District. After officially closing the purchase of land for a new high school earlier in the day, the school board also approved a schematic design for the new school later that evening at its regular monthly meeting.
Here at The Springfield Sun, we recently created a page on the social networking website Facebook to encourage people to share their memories of growing up and living in Washington County.
The future is looking bright for students at St. Dominic School in Springfield. The small Catholic school recently added a new library/media center, as well as a community center/gymnasium. Now, a new science lab appears to be on the horizon.
A new high school is on the horizon for Washington County, and the paperwork is almost done to make the purchase of 69.5 acres for the campus official.
The Washington County School Board met recently, along with Tommy Ward, who is selling the land to the school district for $701,500, and attorneys for each side.
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text: It used to be that computer renderings were an exception among design patents. But they appear to become more common. In the automotive world Toyota has been filing their designs as computer renderings for a while. This week patents assigned to Volkswagen, Kia, BMW and Great Wall Motor Company published, all of them in form of computer renderings.


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The kicker carousel continues to spin, with one getting off in Arizona.
According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Cardinals are signing former Dolphins kicker Dan Carpenter to a one-year deal.
That puts him face-to-face with veteran kicker Jay Feely, whom Carpenter once replaced in Miami.
With a number of teams in the market for kickers, these guys are going to play musical chairs for the next several weeks.


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Viral Sharing Tactics of an Infographic
Making a cool infographic is one thing, sharing it and making it go viral is another. Luckily, the Viral Sharing Tactics of an Infographic infographic published by Piktochart gives some tips on how to make your cool infographic a hit!
Making your carefully crafted infographic go viral isn't a dark science. It doesn't just happen miraculously. You have to make it happen.
The key to a successful viral infographic lies not just in the content. Apart from designing a very good infographic, what you do with it after that plays a big role in making it go viral. You have to go the extra mile to publicize and enable others to publicize your infographic for you. There are many available platforms and tools to accelerate your viral campaign.
There's some really good information included in here, and many of the tactics listed here are included in my Infographic Release Strategy from the Cool Infographics book. Designing a good infographic isn't enough. You need to publicize and promote your design so people can find it and share it.
I would have liked to see more statistics behind their recommendations. The only data included in the design is the Google Trends chart of searches for the word "infographic", which is a very impressive trend! The design should have also included a copyright, and the URL to the infographic landing page on the Piktochart site. I love the "Click to Tweet" pre-written sharing element on the landing page!
Piktochart is an online infographic design tool, similar to a vector graphics software application. You can find this tool listed along with others on the Cool Infographics Tools page. I love to see that they used their own tool to design this infographic!
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Decent episode. Can't wait for the next one. Not sure if I'm misunderstanding Rika's part at the beginning. Was she sighing at their inability to notice that they were already friends who celebrated a birthday together?
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This was an okay episode. Sena was like a rabid dog more than usual with Kobato, which I'm not sure why they did that. It seemed a little much too over the top this time.
This was a Yozora episode, but I'm not sure if it helped her image or not. She did grow a little by the end, thanks to Sena of course, but her scheming and selfish demeanor did not help. And yes, she did the running away and crying this episode when Sena pretty much set her straight (role semi-reversed). Sena was absolutely right in what she said, and she was very mature with authority in that scene. She was not playing any pranks or tried to demean Yozora. She stood up to her and said what needed to be said, something that Kodoka is incapable of doing to anyone besides Kobato.
Btw, what was Rika upset about in the beginning of the episode?
|2013-02-28, 21:27
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wow omg, yozora continue her quest to being the "worst" first/main girl in a harem anime/LN, and kodaka his quest to be the king of the kings in being the most Dense main Guy in anime/LN/manga, i'm start to believe if a girl declar to him loud he just gonna pretend who not was with him or just ignore, men on the start i really liked this anime, is really fun but that things start to annoyning me too much this was the first herem who i not cheered for the first/main girl, i see sena being 1000000% better than yozora, she is the only character who not progresses or her progress is the worst like she up learn 10% and unlearn 20%, while even yukimura sense have some progress, i'm really start to hate yozora too much, i never see a writer make the main girl being so to annoyning in all my animes/manga harem lifes who i read
in othe hand kodaka dense turn him in one of the worse Mc who i already see, i see he almost like yozora, he even is a lier(he promissed pegasus do not let any one anymore bulling sena but he still keep yozora does all her prankts on sena), wtf this guy, if him dont like any of the girls then why he keep getting along with then?, i'm start to believe who both kodaka and yozora deservs each other due to being so annoyning couple,
well about the chapter
of all kodakas dates this is was the worst i see, she come with that "cloth" and bring him to watch a "porn" movie O.o
yozora being a total selfish only try to write the script only to be close to kodaka and giving very bad roles to the others members and when the group asked her to change the script she even made this worts just to be close to kodaka, omg how this girl still have "fans"?(normally i like the main girls but until now for me is almost impossible to like her character with her very bad personality, serious say me what this girl have good in her personalitly), then sena finally shined and showed to this bitch a few from her own taste, on how is bed being a totally weird.
i give 10 for the fun and for the end.
|2013-02-28, 21:43
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|2013-02-28, 21:56
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well i say this bit quite twist have yozora run away from meat due to yozora being too stuck on the past with kodaka.
& give now doing movie works seem fine as long they don't do the "C'est si bo~n!" whatever that is?
|2013-02-28, 22:14
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The dynamics of the main two heroine have been laid bare and it definitely paints a troubling picture for one particular side. This is my opinion on the matter anyhow:
Yozora is so fixated in the past that she never bothers looking into the future. She doesn't want to form bonds deeper than a superficial one, as she said in the episode, yet she seems to want something deeper with Kodaka no matter what, showing just that one moment of hypocrisy in her own belief and being firm about it the rest of the way. If she doesn't change that, she'll end up crashing and burning some day. No man is an island and all that.
Sena, on the other hand, thinks of the past as a learning experience and what's more important to her is the future. What has been done in the past is the past, and she wishes to learn from every mistake she could (not much progress because of her steep preferences and stubbornness in certain things), and while that can be quite positive, it's just a mere outlook. An outlook like that only manages to swerve Sena away from the dark path Yozora is clinging to. In essence, though, Sena has developed in character much more than Yozora did, a kind of parallelism to their outlook because the future is forever changing, adjusting, and strengthening with each action of the present and past (Sena managed to reverse her and Yozora's role in the argument in this episode, right?), while the past stays rooted to what it was since it had become what it was: unchanging.
So in a nutshell: Sena is the future, Yozora is the past.
Final note: I think this Betty & Veronica discussion, to use the TvTrope term for lack of a better one, has been done to death in other threads, but I'll still mention my piece either way as evidenced here.
|2013-02-28, 22:30
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It is fine to have a particular outlook in life but takes more maturity to not say what you thought needs to be said, and Sena's lack of maturity comes from her total lack of restriant (not specific to this case). Is it okay to tell a war veteran suffering PTSD, despite your best intentions that 'it's just a war, people die, what's important is now that everything is fine!'? It is not, because you have not been through the same and cannot feel the same emotions. Is it okay to tell victms of child abuse that 'the past is not important, what's important is the future'? It is not, because past is always a part of a person and sometimes makes them who they are.
Extreme examples but Yozora holds the same significance on something trivial from other people's perspective, and unknowingly a line has been crossed.
Selfish is a word that can be applied to just about any character haganai. Sena in her obliviousness to anyone else's feelings, Yozora in her refusal to let go, Kodaka in his denials.
|2013-02-28, 22:48
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Oh boy. The Sena-Yozora shipping wars are going to start up again. Hopefully though, the material of this episode would result in more subtle, less cliche, more interesting and less blunt arguments being used.
The second war would be between whether Kodaka is being dense, or is merely playing dumb for various reasons.
|2013-02-28, 22:58
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Age: 30
I agree that telling a war veteran to ignore the past is not okay, and it is fine to have historical records to remind us about the things that went wrong in the past. But if that war veteran starts going around spreading xenophobia based on past national tensions, then they need to be told that the past is the past and that people have to move on and focus on the future.
In the same way, it is fine for Yozora to reminisce about her past with Kodaka, but when she starts insisting on changing the plot of a film that all the club members voted on, on the basis of her past friendship with Kodaka, then someone had to be firm here and say what needs to be said. I think Sena handled the situation fairly well and did it without malice. Many people would reasonably have done something similar if they were in her position.
|2013-02-28, 23:07
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Location: SF Bay Area
It's interesting to see Yozora begin to change a bit. I have to admit I've never liked her character that much, but it's obvious she's broken in some fundamental ways, due to unspecified events in the 10 years after she knew Taka. Would it ever be possible in the future for her to form strong relationships with other people? Up until this episode I would have had a hard time saying "yes".
Kodaka's reaction to Rika's unspecified anger at the beginning of the episode tells us that he is aware that they are all becoming friends at some level. And his apparent "denseness" is likely an act, or at least a a desire to avoid changing things too quickly.
I am a big fan of Rika this season; I really like the way her character is developing.
|2013-02-28, 23:12
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Location: Alberta, Canada
Age: 27
Wouldn't a cat cafe be incredibly unsanitary to be able to stay in business? They must have some incredibly diligent employees otherwise.
I actually completely mistook Rika for Kobato for a few moments in that scene. It's incredibly uncanny how much she looked like her, aside from her height and a slightly different outfit. I guess you could do that with a lot of anime characters though since not much variety is put into faces.
Sena's right about one thing, people shouldn't dwell on the past so casting roles shouldn't matter whether Yozora and Kodaka were friends 10 years ago or not, however that doesn't mean one should say things that belittle those past events regardless. Those were times the two of them really cherished after all so that's likely why Yozora got so upset, though I'm not sure she believed why they'd be more important than the present.
I found it amusing how hard Kodaka took it when Maria said he wasn't cool. Sure he's very awkward socially and far from badass material, but the guy's built pretty well and has a handsome face, so that's not 100% true if you ask me.
And why were they showing a French movie in a Japanese theater?
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|2013-02-28, 23:18
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Maria is actually hilarious in her blunt remarks about Kodaka. One of the biggest omitted line from the LN was during the bath scene about Yukimura - just before Maria noted he differences, she said somewhere alone the lines:
So this is what it looks like - all the other nuns told me it is scary, but onnichan's looks so gentle!
|2013-02-28, 23:38
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Toronto Canada
Like Frivolity said, a person's past is very important but for them to start screwing around just because this and that happen to them is a sign for a good wake up call. You got an issue in the past? I respect that. You can't do this and that because of that? That's fine we'll work it out. You try to screw everyone because of that? I can't work with you.
Yozora actually got out easy compared to what happens if you did that in real life with real people. Everyone has their own problem and whether you want to know each person's situation or not (good luck trying to talk to Yozora, Sena), a job needs to be finished.
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Sunday, October 21, 2007
"Credentialed" to Check Poo
In their infinite collectivist wisdom, a committee composed of paper-nurses and paper-doctors decided to do away with the old standby poo-checking card used for decades without accidental death or decaptitation, and get a fancy-schmancy super poo-checking-can't miss tubette that will not be fooled by, say, goat's blood in someone's ass or something.
Seriously, we do, occasionally, check stool for blood with the whole finger-in-the-bottom thing and it used to be a quick and dirty (pun intended) little exercise that no one liked but would tell us immediately if someone had blood in their stool and then we could fashion our treatment based on the knowledge that somewhere in the patient's GI tract was a bleeding "something".
Much to my surprise the other day I got the old 'letter in the box' on official hospital stationery. During one of my busy shifts I had needed a stool check for blood and had taken the super fancy can't miss tubette into the room and got some poo and mixed it up in the fluid and the test was positive and I wrote it in the chart as such. It didn't change my management of the patient while they were in the ER.
The letter was signed by one of our super power-through-paper folks and it kindly informed me that I was not 'credentialed' to run the poo-check test. Gotta go take a 6 hour course now on finger-angle, lube application, tubette maintenance, and proper form filling-outedness. Call me if anyone gets sick.
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6 hours!? Wow, assholes must have really evolved.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10:48 PM, October 21, 2007
My prior facility required training and credentialing to use the cards. And if you hadn't been credentialed, then you had to bring the card to an LVN who then interpreted it for you!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12:04 AM, October 22, 2007
make mine trauma said...ReplyDelete
6 hours!? Wow, assholes must have really evolved.
Yeah, most of them made it to management.
About a year ago, we had to take a color blind test (for red/green color blindness) in order to be "credentialed" to read a stool guaiac. I asked the nurse with high heels and a clipboard the following two questions:ReplyDelete
1. Since the stool guaiac is BLUE, what good does it do to test me for red/green blindness? and:
2. Since I've been reading these at bedside for almost 20 years, what is the rate of colorblindness development in previously non-colorblind people (since red/green blindness is genetic)? I guess this would be presbychromia.
Of course, the answers to my questions weren't covered in her 3 hour JCAHO/CLIA "How to Piss off a Doctor" seminar...where she obviously gained great knowledge.
Anyway, once I demonstrated that I could tell red from green, I was allowed to read the blue test again.
BUT....we can't leave them at the bedside anymore, oh no. We have them in a notebook and each card has to be signed out with lot number and patient name, then the lot number and expiration of the developer must be recorded. The "control" drops must be placed on the card at that time and whether the card passes or fails must be recorded before I go to make a finger puppet of the patient and dig some dookie for this complex test. Then, the results from the patient have to be recorded in the book.
Funny, the first day, a whole stack of cards and a bottle of developer disappeared! This sent the high-heeled, clipboard carrying, can't start and IV nurse into a tailspin!!
I don't have any idea where the supplies went!
But if you need some let me know since it somehow found it's way to my pocket!
Y'all always make me laugh when you talk about ways to annoy the admin types.ReplyDelete
Sic 'em.
at the hospital i was at this summer, they would let the nurses use the guaiac cards, but only a DOCTOR could put the drops in the boxes. They would keep the cards in the nurses cart by the bedside, but the small bucket of drops was kept on the doctor's desk!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous7:55 AM, October 22, 2007
I work on the administrative side of a medical center at this time..and I have to say credentialing has become a frillin joke. Physicians that have been doing procedures for years now all the sudden have to apply for privileges to do every little thing. it's all a bunch of worthless paperwork that doesn't show skill at anything.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9:12 AM, October 22, 2007
Because part of my job involves being the medical director of the hospital laboratory (for which I am paid... wait for it... ZERO) I am asked to ENFORCE this crap. The sad thing is, everyone realizes what a fucking waste all of this is, but organizations like CAP, ACoS etc.. make up these inane 'checklists' that an inspector will come and go over in about 4 hours to 'certify' an entire hospital program. The bullshit forms will be scrutinized: expiration dates, written proof of competency and training and re-training (yes, he can stick his finger in someone's ass and see blue), documentation of appropriate use of 'control' material etc. etc. etc..... If all these are not in order, herr inspektor does NOT put down that check-mark, and guess what... NOW, instead of jumping through a hoop, you have to jump through a hoop backwards, sit up and beg, catch a frisbee in your mouth, and demonstate the ability to avoid eating your own feces.ReplyDelete
This clusterfuck mentality is what we are going to get more and more of as our business becomes more socialized and 'controlled' by gov't.
oh yeah, dealing with the shithead administrators on these issues, I've dropped a passive-aggresive approach for a simply obnoxious-aggresive stance: demand tons of money and staffing for everything; berate administators constantly that they don't give a shit about patients during meetings and in hallways (best in front of random passers-by); whenever something pisses you off, even if unrelated to anything administrative, barge into the CEO's office unannounced and tell him what a crap hospital he runs; never ever let any administrative issue, no matter how minor, drop - bring it up every single time you see a hospital exec., reminding him why this proves he doesn't care about patients. Administrators by nature are spineless douchebags and will cower in fear when you get near them - I know this is all very immature and probably ineffective - but it sure is fun.
My 3 year old was sitting next to me when the picture popped up, and he said "remember when you painted with my poop?" I have had to collect poop, "paint" with it on the card, and also have done the mix it up in a tube stuff for both of my sons. I would gladly have someone tell me I am not qualified to do this...I had no idea in the job description of "mom" there were so many gross things coming for me.ReplyDelete
My son's colonoscopy is Wednesday, so tomorrow will involve lots of poop for him I am sure. Luckily I don't have to paint with it again.
Leave it to The Brains to think of a test that takes more time away from treating patients. Amazing. With this target-rich environment, it's no wonder I write medical fiction. What's scary is that the only fictional elements are my characters.ReplyDelete
Creditialing for stool quiacs. I have to admit I love it. Where else in the world can the doctor say that he has a Creditial in bloody assholes. Not even the Brit's have the corner on that one.ReplyDelete
This is just unbeliev-ably 'ass'inine (sorry couldn't resist that). I realized you guys exist and blog to make people like me HAPPY in our jobs wherein we have not (yet) been subjected to such stupidity. However, our turn is likely coming.ReplyDelete
Regrettably there's no way to remediate these administrators other than a good dose of BAD PRESS (anyone know John Stossel's email?)--this would be a great story on the 5 o'clock news; or the threat of a major hospital philanthropist to pull his donation.
Yeah you should add that to your list of credentials for sure....on your badge...ReplyDelete
Patients would be impressed if I added the initials C.D.C. after M.D. since I'm a credentialed dookie checker!ReplyDelete
You might enjoy this story: as I said...since guaiac cards and developer are no longer in the drawer at every bedside (the efficient patient care model), somehow the KY goo has disappeared too. Last week, I needed to perform a stool guaiac test, so I grabbed my illegal card and developer, but I couldn't find any gel. I asked the RN, but it was apparently in the store room so the RN sent a tech to find it. As I was waiting, I noticed a patient meal tray along with a packet of Ranch dressing next to a bland looking salad.
Being one for making dramatic points, I just proclaimed that I'd do the test with the Ranch since nobody could find any KY! I have no idea how that might have affected the test, but they sure found the KY quickly when I headed towards the patient's room with the dressing in hand (I wouldn't have really done it)!
Another issue in the same category is urine dips. I get so pissed at having to wait an hour for the lab to give me a simple urine dip that I bought my own strips. I found them for about $25 on the internet and I keep them in my locker. When I'm looking for a positive blood dip or a positive leuk est dip, they save about an hour. I still send the urine to the lab for an "official" reading, but it lets me treat and evaluate the patient much more quickly.
I gave up on UCG tests. I just send them to the lab and wait.
I understand and appreciate Etotheipi's position, but I have to do my own thing to get things rolling quikly. I appreciate the controls on important stuff like my chem tests and cbc's, but it's gotten crazy. I hope it's a jcaho/clia issue and not a billing issue.
Is this a confessional booth?ReplyDelete
Forgive me father for I have sinned.
I recently guaiac'd someone's stool without a certification course, exam, nor wall plaque co-signed by the President of the United States and, amazingly, it was positive.
Forgive me, father, for I did this and it led to rapid FFP infusion to reverse the critically high INR and blood to correct the Hgb of 4 all within a few minutes of the patient's arrival.
I did not confirm that the guaiac cards had been properly inspected by the Chief Guaiac Card inspector and signed-off on the guaiac clipboard for effectiveness and accuracy prior to saving my patient's life.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry you guys have to go through this inane BS just to do your jobs which is actually to treat/help the patients. Gee!ReplyDelete
All this credentialing so it looks good on paper...didn't years of medical training count for anything? Have you not proven your skills/intellect by getting your degrees/licenses and any ongoing education?
And what about the paper...save the trees?
SeaSpray said...ReplyDelete
"didn't years of medical training count for anything? Have you not proven your skills/intellect by getting your degrees/licenses and any ongoing education?"
Answer is: NO (but good question)
They are trying to measure "quality care". Since that's a nebulous measure, they are trying to create surrogate markers that they CAN measure. So these ridiculous credentialing issues and "core measures" are used put a number to something that administratively and governmentally somehow equals "quality".
I had rather go to Nurse K's hospital where her finger is in my ass and the FFP is flowing quickly....that's quality in my book. But if a clinical decision was based on a stool guaiac test performed by someone who is not credentialed to rub poo on a coffee filter, drop some developer onto it, and see if it turns blue.....that's poor quality in administrative eyes.
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- Anonymous2:51 PM, March 12, 2012
I don't understand the relationship between quality care and the poop test. Are you saying a more sophisticated poop test represents higher quality of care or getting "credentialed" means the patient is supposedly receiving better care?Delete
I am curious what doctors think about how or if quality care should be measured.
If it is THAT simple, once I learned how to(and get over)putting my finger in someone's poo basin or whatever... rectum to retrieve said sample...would I being of reasonable intelligence, yet without a medical degree probably be able to follow the instructions? Just overkill!ReplyDelete
The "raison d'etre" for these quality control people and upper administration seems to be to create/implement these new policies with what seems that they don't have a clue about real life in the trenches. Everything can look good on paper but how many hoops to jump through and at what cost (on all fronts)to comply?
Have you all ever considered that maybe they DO know EXACTLY what they are doing and they are just DIABOLICAL?? ;)
Your explanation is appreciated ER doc85. I'm sure there are good things that have been implemented over time and then there are things like THIS. Don't they consult with the actual medical staff actually working in the middle of it all?
In answer to my last question...I am guessing not very much.ReplyDelete
erdoc85 you know why it takes the lab an hour to give you results to a simple urine dip? It's because we're recording lot numbers and expiration dates, dates reagents were opened, QC results and the action we took if the QC didn't work the first time, analyzer problems on the "analyzer problem log", sample irregularities on the "sample problem log", documenting calling critical results in the computer (after rechecking them if it's the first one on this patient, or if it doesn't agree with the patient's diagnosis) with "Critical result phoned to and read back by nurse k (must document first AND last name AND make sure you're talking to a "licensed caregiver")/ED on 10/25/07 at 1630 by me".ReplyDelete
Nothing is "simple" in the laboratory. Just ask etotheipi.
I agree with you that all the documentation sucks ass, but you wouldn't believe how fast I'd get a nastygram if I fail to document something I did.
please do not misunderstand. we are not mad at you guys. we understand you labor under all the same restrictions we do. the evil bit of all this governmental and committee oversight is that it gets those of us directly involved in patient care fighting with each other when, instead, we should be fighting 'the man'. so, be it resolved, from this day forward i'm all about stickin' it to the man.
- Anonymous9:45 AM, October 26, 2007
Sue: being a good lab tech is a TOUGH JOB... made more difficult by all the bullshit. These are the evils you will simply get more and more of as Press Ganey types, administrators and gov't regulators stick their beaks into our business.ReplyDelete
These are the 'quality measures' that everone is so ga-ga about... obviously, systems to assure accurate results and reporting are necessary, but when 'the man' tries to own this process, we are all fucked.
I'm on board with 911 about stickin it to the man - and I'm only being slightly sarcastic about being nakedly aggressive toward administrators. It's really the only thing they respond to.
etotheipi: I do believe that most of the quality assurance measures in the lab, and that most med techs tend to be incredibly anal are good things. But yeah, there's some overkill- in particular, the manual cell count controls that make me waste time proving every single day that I still know what WBCs and RBCs look like in body fluid. OMFG! It infuriates me every time I have to do it.ReplyDelete


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That's why many of us have been opposed to the accommodationist positions of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and other societies. These societies have no special expertise in epistemology/philosophy or religion yet they openly proclaim that science and religion are compatible. They should be neutral on that question. A (slight) majority of Sandwalk readers agree, according to a poll I took a few years ago [What Should Scientific Organizations Say about Religion?].
I wasn't alone in adopting this position. Jerry Coyne and PZ Myers also think that scientific societies should keep their nose out of areas that are outside of their mandate. We are united when it comes to opposing accommodationism.
That's why I was so disappointed to see PZ Myers praising a press release from the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB). Here's what PZ says in SICB opposes "drill baby drill".
I's always gratifying to see a scientific organization step up and use their collective expertise to make a clear statement on a political and economic issue.Let's look at the press release to see if this scientific society is simply reporting on scientific evidence related to the areas of expertise of it's members.
6 February 2013I understand that these scientists are concerned about the effect of global warming on the health and survival of modern species. I can even forgive over-the-top rhetoric like "deterioration of the life support system of our planet, threatening all life as we know it." However, the policies that we put in place to reduce CO2 emissions have to balance many different factors. These scientists have no special expertise in politics, economics, and international relations. They are in a position to pronounce on the possible effects of continuing global warming and even on the possible effects of a major pipeline leak. They have no particular expertise in the technology and the probability of a leak. Furthermore, when it comes to specific proposals such as whether to build a pipeline, invest in solar energy, shut down coal mines, build nuclear power plants, or regulate auto emissions, they are not in a position to judge which alternatives are the most desirable. They are free to express their personal opinions on whether President Obama should okay the building of the pipeline but they should not pretend that their opinions are more significant just because they are biologists.
From the Presidents of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
An open letter to President Barack Obama,
Members of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology are biologists from throughout the U.S. with the broadest possible perspectives—from microbes to whales, from molecules to ecosystems. The undersigned current and past presidents of the Society have watched with increasing dismay the deterioration of the life support system of our planet, threatening all life as we know it. It has long been known that one product of burning fossil fuel, carbon dioxide, is a powerful greenhouse gas, and more recently that this gas has been associated with drastic climate variations in Earth's past. Consequently, it is no surprise that prodigious worldwide burning of fossil fuel is creating large-scale climate change with increasing disruption of life on the planet. While many in the western developed nations still enjoy relative prosperity – despite the horrific storms experienced in the U.S. in recent years – it is in poor nations around the world that the impacts of climate change are currently most destructive. Pacific Island nations are disappearing beneath the tides as sea level rises. Desertification is destroying agriculture in northern Africa and massive floods have devastated Pakistan, Bangladesh and Thailand in the last two years.
It is too late to avoid substantial disruption, but further damage can be reduced if we act immediately to keep remaining fossil fuel deposits in the ground, out of the air and sea. A most immediate decision is yours: whether or not to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. More important than the fact that the pipeline itself will endanger aquifers and life along its length, the pipe will deliver the dirtiest, most CO2-producing petroleum source known to the refineries of the Gulf Coast. Additionally, the Athabasca tar-sands mine is destroying vast regions of northern Alberta that have been home and hunting and fishing grounds for First Nations peoples for thousands of years.
Even before fossil fuels are burned, releasing climate-altering greenhouse gases, the extraction phase itself produces environmental disasters, including toxins in water supplies due to hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, degradation of watersheds by mountain-top coal mining, and the loss of marine life from offshore drilling. Permits for all of these activities lie in the hands of agencies of your administration.
Alternative sources of energy are at hand. We do have the individual and collective intelligence and technology to see the urgently needed transition through to better times. What we require is sufficient political will on a global scale to meet the challenge. The U.S., for the last three federal administrations, has been a major impediment to ratification of international climate treaties. Clearly, the future demands that we – through your administration – reverse this pattern and join with leaders of other nations to ratify agreements that will quickly and drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Mr. President: you are arguably the most powerful person in the wealthiest and most powerful nation on the globe. To be clear: change will come, one way or another. Your task is no less than to steer the course of history away from its current devastating trajectory toward a sustainable existence for humankind.
Signed by: ...
This is another case of a scientific society stepping outside of its legitimate boundaries and I'm disappointed that PZ Myers doesn't see this in the same way he sees the accommodationist issue.
P.S. The authors of this letter addressed it to the wrong person. They should have sent it to Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada. The Conservative government is committed to extracting oil from the tarsands. It will try to ship the oil to China if the pipeline to the USA is not built.


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If Ransomware Shield does not appear in your Avast Protection menu, ensure you are using the latest version of Avast Premium Security or Avast Omni. To update Avast, go to
☰ Menu ▸ Settings ▸ Update, and click Update in the Program section.
How do I manage Ransomware Shield activity?
You can select an option to specify how Ransomware Shield handles attempts to access files in your protected folders.
Follow these steps:
- Open the Avast user interface.
- Go to Protection ▸ Ransomware Shield.
- Click the gear icon in the top-right corner to access Ransomware Shield Settings.
- Select an option under Select your preferred mode:
- Smart Mode (default and recommended setting): Ransomware Shield refers to a list of commonly used and trusted applications to determine which programs can modify files in your protected folders. If any applications which are not in this list attempt to modify files in your protected folders, you are notified and asked for permission.
- Strict Mode: you are notified and asked for permission each time a new application attempts to modify files in your protected folders. Selecting this option may result in frequent and potentially annoying alerts.
Which files and folders does Ransomware Shield secure?
Ransomware Shield automatically secures folders where you might store personal data. To manually add another folder to the list of protected folders, follow these steps:
- Open the Avast user interface.
- Go to Protection ▸ Ransomware Shield.
- Click the Protect New Folder tile, then select a folder and click OK.
To remove a folder, hover your cursor over the folder's panel, click the X icon that appears, then click Stop Protecting.
To specify which types of files are protected in each folder, click Change protected file types. All listed file types are selected by default. Tick the box next to a file type to deselect it.
How do I allow or block specific applications from modifying files in my protected folders?
You can specify which applications Ransomware Shield allows or blocks. Follow these steps:
- Open the Avast user interface.
- Go to Protection ▸ Ransomware Shield.
- Click Blocked / allowed apps.
- Click Block an App or Allow an App, then select an application and click Open.
The application appears in the relevant list.
- Avast Premium Security 19.x
- Avast Omni 1.x
- Avast Premier 19.x
- Avast Internet Security 19.x
- Microsoft Windows 10 Home / Pro / Enterprise / Education - 32 / 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 / Pro / Enterprise - 32 / 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows 8 / Pro / Enterprise - 32 / 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Basic / Home Premium / Professional / Enterprise / Ultimate - Service Pack 1, 32 / 64-bit


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A '''move''' (Japanese: '''わざ''' ''move''), also known as an ''attack'' or ''technique'', is what Pokémon have primarily used in battle ever since the [[Generation I]] games. In battle, a Pokémon uses one move each turn. Some moves (including those learned by [[HM|Hidden Machine]]) can be used outside of battle as well, usually for the purpose of removing obstacles or exploring new areas.
==In the games==
==In the games==
Revision as of 10:00, 3 September 2012
A move (Japanese: わざ move), also known as an attack or technique, is the skill Pokémon primarily use in battle. In battle, a Pokémon uses one move each turn. Some moves (including those learned by Hidden Machine) can be used outside of battle as well, usually for the purpose of removing obstacles or exploring new areas.
In the games
Characteristics of moves
A Pokémon can only know four moves at a time, which are drawn from a pool of 559 total moves. No single Pokémon has access to each move, however; all 649 Pokémon have a given movelist with a limited amount of moves that relate to the type and concept of the species. The amount of moves in each movelist varies between species: some Pokémon, such as Ditto and Unown, only have one move to learn, while Mew can learn 139 moves as of Generation V and Smeargle can learn almost any move via Sketch. Sometimes, Pokémon's movelists vary between evolutionary relatives. This often is tied to a secondary type gained or lost on evolution, but can also provide incentive to prevent a Pokémon's evolution to a higher stage. Most trios and duos have similar movelists.
Pokémon are limited in the way that they may use their moves in battle. The amount of times they can use each move is restricted by the move's Power Points. Power Points vary from move to move, but typically stronger moves have fewer Power Points than weaker moves. The amount of Power Points for each move may be altered by items such as PP Up. The only move that is not affected by Power Points is Struggle.
The strength of a move is measured by its Power, and other factors such as Accuracy affect whether it does damage or not. Some moves have additional effects that cause status ailments on the target, and some do no damage at all. Moves that do not explicitly cause harm to their target are known as status moves; the remaining moves are divided into physical and special moves depending on the individual move's characteristics; the category of the move determines whether the move's power relies on the Attack or Special Attack stat. It is important to note that prior to Generation IV, the move's category was dependent on the move's type, rather than a distinct variable.
Learning and unlearning
Since Pokémon Red and Green, there have been three main methods of acquiring moves on a Pokémon: by leveling up, by use of Technical Machines and by use of Hidden Machines. Generation II added two further methods: Egg moves learned through breeding, and moves learned by a non-player character Move Tutor. These two newest methods have been part of all further Pokémon handheld games.
A Pokémon can only know four moves at a time. In order to learn new moves once four have been learned, it must forget one old move for every new move. Some moves cannot be forgotten naturally, such as moves learned by HM. To remove these, a Trainer must incorporate the help of a Move Deleter. Moves that were available at an earlier level that the Pokémon does not currently know can be learned with the help of a move relearner.
In Generation I only, moves learned via level-up won't be learned if Pokémon gains enough EXP Points to "skip" the level on which they are learned, while in Generation II they were learned after leveling up. Since Generation III, they are learned while Pokémon levels up.
Unique moves
Some Pokémon have moves specific to themselves or their evolutionary line. These unique moves are known as signature moves. Some of these moves are powerful moves that only certain legendary Pokémon can learn, but other moves serve as "gimmicks" for novelty Pokémon. One example is Smeargle's Sketch, which allows it to learn almost every conceivable move.
In the anime
Moves in the anime often appear different to how they are depicted in the games. Ash's Pikachu often uses Agility as a physical attacking move, rather than a move that merely raises Speed. The almost limitless nature of the anime lends itself to many more differences between the games and anime in relation to Pokémon's moves. Pokémon are able to use many more moves outside of battle, such as Bulbasaur's Vine Whip. In battle, moves may be used in unorthodox manners, especially to overcome type disadvantage—perhaps best exampled with the battle between Ash's Pikachu and Blaine's Rhydon. Invented, anime-exclusive moves have existed since the third episode, and custom-made moves have been prevalent in the Diamond & Pearl series.
The process in which moves are learned is changed slightly; TMs and HMs do not seem to exist. The term Move Tutor has never been used in the anime but there are several people in the anime that have taught Pokémon certain moves that they would not normally be able to learn. These people, such as Chaz and Clayton, are much like Move Tutors in the games except for the fact that they do not ask for anything in return. Even Ash has taught his Treecko Bullet Seed. Consequently, all moves learned by anime Pokémon appear to have been learned by level-up or by Move Tutor, including special Egg moves such as Volt Tackle.
- During an in-game Double Battle, after a move is issued, if that Pokémon levels up before its in-battle turn and replaces the move currently awaiting execution with a new move, the new move will be used instead of the old one.
- Multiple turn moves such as Outrage will continue to be performed even if the move is deleted between turns. This can happen in both single and double battles.
- In some instances in the anime, certain Pokémon have shown to know more than just four moves, and the concept of having to forget moves has never been mentioned. It could just mean that more powerful and reliable moves are used in favor of older ones, but it's also possible that Pokémon will forget a particular move over time from limited use.
In other languages
See also
|This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.