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Young, Black and Nominated: Enough?
A long post-Oscar career isn't guaranteed for Quvenzhané Wallis
This article originally appeared in The Root on February 23, 2013.
By Jacqueline Stewart
A dream came true for Academy Award nominee Quvenzhané Wallis recently when she met actress China McClain on the set of McClain's show, A.N.T. Farm on the Disney Channel. Upon learning of her Oscar nomination, the 9-year-old Wallis reportedly expressed more excitement about the chance to meet her favorite teen TV stars than she did about hearing she will walk the red carpet on Sunday with Hollywood's elite.
It is fitting that Wallis would make a stop at Disney headquarters in what looks like a fairy tale year. Turning in a powerful performance in the critically acclaimed independent film Beasts of the Southern Wild, Wallis became the 10th black actress ever to be nominated by the academy for a leading role, receiving recognition that continues to be elusive for African-American performers.
But celebrating Wallis' nomination as a historic black achievement is not as simple as it has been for Gabby Douglas' gold medal wins at the Olympics last summer in London. Or for Halle Berry's watershed, first-time win for a black actress in a leading role for Monster's Ball in 2002.
Wallis is not only the youngest actress ever to be nominated for an Academy Award (Tatum O'Neal was 10 when she won the best supporting actress award in 1974 for her work in Paper Moon), she is also an amateur with no previous acting experience. This combination of factors has raised questions about whether Wallis deserves her Oscar nomination. Where is the acting in Wallis' performance?
We might wonder if Wallis can have a career in Hollywood post-Beasts. As she gets older, will she lose the innocent and raw qualities that make her performance as Hushpuppy so powerful and distinctive? Will her performance in the upcoming Steve McQueen film Twelve Years a Slave, in the company of Chiwetel Ejiofor and Brad Pitt, be a litmus test of her Oscar-worthiness? Answers to these questions are important, because the selection of Wallis over more experienced actresses for one of the five most coveted spots in the entertainment industry evokes longstanding beliefs about black authenticity and persistent anxieties about African-American competence and achievement.
From ongoing debates about affirmative action, such as the Fisher v. University of Texas case currently pending in the U.S. Supreme Court, to the rapid rise of Barack Obama from the Illinois Legislature to the U.S. presidency, black advancements in predominantly white fields continue to be tinged with skepticism and jealousy.
As a result, those who would defend Wallis' portrayal of Hushpuppy as one of the year's best film performances risk charges of knee-jerk political correctness that pushes for diversity over merit. On the other hand, those who might question the appropriateness of the academy's nod to Wallis risk the charge of mean-spiritedness, if not racism.
Wallis' long list of award nominations from critics' societies and festivals, the NAACP and the academy begs questions about how film acting is evaluated as a craft. What difference does it make that Wallis was cast for type rather than for acting experience? If Wallis turned in a performance that grew out of her "natural" sense of fearlessness and ethics, does this diminish the impact of her presence on screen or her contribution to Beasts of the Southern Wild as a work of art?
The makers of Beasts defend her talents. But the story the filmmakers consistently tell about choosing Wallis from more than 3,500 children they auditioned for the role contributes to the sense that she already embodied Hushpuppy before the cameras started rolling.
A similar story was told about the casting of Keisha Castle-Hughes, whose record as the youngest actress nominated for an Oscar for a leading role (age 13) was broken by Wallis this year. For the 2003 film Whale Rider, Castle-Hughes was reportedly selected from a pool of 10,000 New Zealand children to play Pai, a Maori girl who fights to become the first female leader of her tribe. The parallels between Wallis/Hushpuppy and Castle-Hughes/Pai are striking. Feisty spirits on and off camera, these girls of color are praised for the refreshing authenticity they bring to their roles (Castle-Hughes was the second Polynesian ever nominated for an Academy Award).
But the question immediately arises: How much of an acting career can these actors have when there are so few roles for outsiders like them, and when the mainstream attention they receive for their debut roles dulls the sparkle of their outsider charm? Is the imprimatur of an Oscar nomination wasted on very young and inexperienced actors, particularly actors of color, whose prospects for future high-profile roles are shaky at best?
When Oprah Winfrey took the stage at the 2010 Academy Awards to describe Gabourey Sidibe's gut-wrenching performance in her first screen role as Precious, she audaciously proclaimed Sidibe "a true American Cinderella, on the threshold of a brilliant new career." Significantly, Winfrey took great pains to distinguish Sidibe the actress from her on-screen role as an abused Harlem teen.
"The transformation from your own joyous, positive, radiant, fun self to the heartbreaking despair of that girl Precious -- where did you learn how to do that?" Noting that Sidibe's competition that night included Meryl Streep, Winfrey pointed out to the fans at home and to the media-industry leaders in attendance that Sidibe was acting. She was a college student who summoned skills beyond her physical correspondence with the dark-skinned, 350-pound African-American teenager she was cast to portray.
Making the same case for Quvenzhané Wallis as an actor will prove much more difficult, due to the authenticity implied by her tender age and cultivated by her film's director.
Shooting on location in an isolated Southern Louisiana fishing community, Beasts of the Southern Wild director and co-writer Benh Zeitlin worked painstakingly to put together a cast of Louisiana-based non-actors, and to shape the film's narrative in response to the stories and feelings they shared.
Zeitlin told Smithsonian magazine that half of the 20 finalists for the role of Hushpuppy were white girls. Wallis stood out from the crowd, and other casting decisions were made after she was in place. For example, Dwight Henry, a local baker who plays Hushpuppy's father, Wink, describes how he presented Wallis with boxes of homemade sweets because winning her over was a requirement for him to get the role.
It would be inaccurate to say, then, that Wallis was simply playing herself in Beasts of the Southern Wild. Her performance was part of larger collaborative process in which her distinct personality and abilities played a major role. It is also a reminder that most film performances, particularly those that go on to be Oscar-nominated, are products of collaboration between actors and the directors, writers, cinematographers, costume and make-up designers, fellow actors and many, many others who frame, influence and present their work.
It is so tempting to read Wallis through the lens of authenticity, whether we want to praise the rare realism she brings to her performance in Beasts of the Southern Wild or argue that she does not display an Oscar-worthy mastery of the craft of acting.
Even the most cynical of haters would find it hard not to enjoy Wallis' adorable performances as herself this awards season, as she appears to be genuinely enjoying her unexpected fame and accolades as much as her interviewers and fans. Whether she is carrying a sequined puppy purse down the red carpet or trading quips on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, the little girl from Houma, La., comes across as another real-life black "American Cinderella."
Such Hollywood fairy tales make us feel as though we are making progress in the long, hard road toward racial equality. But these fairy tales also obscure the labors of performance and the institutional politics that determine how a film like Beasts of the Southern Wild gets made and seen. They also undermine the idea that the achievements of talented "minorities" like Quvenzhané Wallis are real and justly earned.
- Jacqueline Stewart is associate professor at Northwestern University in Radio/Television/Film and African American Studies.


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Murals are a tricky thing in the world of design. They can be a work of art, something to add interest and draw your eye...but sometimes they can draw your eye in a bad way. Here are some pictures and tips on when and how to use murals.
When I first think of a mural, I think of a nursery or kid's room. It's very common for someone to pick out a theme and carry it throughout the room, even the walls.
Kid's rooms can be a space to have fun with decorating, but one wall for a mural is enough, otherwise it becomes a little too overwhelming.
This is a very cool modern nursery. They chose one wall to do a large graphic, and kept the crib and chair modern and simple. Also, the light and airy colors help not to overwhelm you.
Another option to a wall mural is wall decals. There are many websites out there now that sell almost any image you can imagine. Here they chose to do a tree silhouette as a feature above the crib.
Another wall decal placed just as an accent in the room, it keeps it simple but sweet.
This is a fabric wall sticker from Love Mae. How sweet and simple above a little girl's bed!
Now moving on to the big kids...are these wall decals from Fathead not amazing?! I could see this used from a teenage boys bedroom, to a college dorm room, to a "man cave" or media room in a home.
This cityscape wall decal gives this space a classy modern vibe, I could see this in an very cool and modern hotel room.
This is a very cool mural that adds a bit of graphic art to this room. The rest of the room is clean and simple lines so it really makes the edgy mural pop.
Murals like this in a corporate space can come across as a bit cheesy and they just feel out of place. There are other ways to give someone the feeling of being surrounded by nature or remind them of somewhere else through photography, etc.
This is a wall mural Studio B Designs incorporated into the design at Ireland Carroll & Kelley, P.C. Law Firm here in Tyler.
The mural was opposite frosted glass doors that lead to the conference room.
So from the conference room we achieved this blend of colors coming through the frosted glass doors.
This is a great exterior mural that catches someone's eye as they pass by. It's fun and hip which gives you a feel of how this business will be on the inside.
This mural is on the exterior of a building & is by John Pugh, an amazing artist who can create eye-catching and realistic illusions.
Another amazing illusion.
And another exterior mural from John Pugh.
So murals can be fun and a great use in design, just know how and when to use them!

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The epidemic proportions of the ADD diagnosis are gaining widespread attention from parents, educators, physicians, and other healthcare providers. Many people are seriously questioning the possibility of overdiagnosis. This issue was raised in an informative cover article in Newsweek magazine. "ADHD has become America's No. l childhood psychiatric disorder....
Since 1990, Dr. Daniel Safer of Johns Hopkins University School
of Medicine calculates, the number of kids taking Ritalin has
grown two and a half times. Among today's 38 million children
at the ages of five to fourteen, he reports, 1.3 million take
it regularly. Sales of the drug last year alone topped $350 million.
This is, beyond question, an American phenomenon. The rate of
Ritalin use in the United States is at least five times higher
than in the rest of the world, according to federal studies."
The article continues, "For
all the success they've had in treating ADHD, many doctors are
convinced that Ritalin is overprescribed." Dr. Peter S. Jensen,
chief of the Child and Adolescent Disorders Research Branch of
the National Institutes of Mental Health is quoted: "I fear
that ADHD is suffering from the 'disease of the month' syndrome."
Dr. Bruce Epstein, a St. Petersburg, Florida, pediatrician, reports
that parents of normal children have asked him to prescribe Ritalin
just to improve their children's grades. "When I won't give
it to them, they switch doctors."
We applaud Dr. Thomas Armstrong's
warning about the current overdiagnosis of ADD in his book The
Myth of the ADD Child. We have seen a number of children who
were high-spirited, extremely imaginative, and so precocious that
their parents were unable to keep up with their ceaseless questions
and insatiable intellectual appetites. We have also met children
who were overamped, but performed just fine in school. Many of
these children have been diagnosed with ADD, even though we feel
they fall more into the category of unusual, remarkable, or gifted
children. Some youngsters are the victims of rigid, overly strict
teachers whose highly structured classroom environments simply
do not pace their temperaments and learning styles. Or they have
excessively rule-bound parents who do not extend to their children
the freedom that they need to thrive and expand their creative
We have also seen a large number
of children whose behaviors are very disruptive and disturbing
through no fault of teachers. No one can expect a teacher in a
classroom of forty active children to cope happily with the statistical average
of 10 percent (four children) in her class with ADD. The amount
of extra attention, discipline, and time just trying to keep these
children and those around them safe is more than many teachers
can handle.
Can we, however, lump all of these
children together under one diagnostic category? Can a child who
lashes out at his family, peers, and teachers in a violent, destructive
manner and has no interest in his schoolwork fit into the same
diagnostic group as a sweet, gregarious child who simply cannot
pay attention in class? Conventional medicine would say that,
based on their scores on standardized ADD tests, both children
could indeed have ADD. Homeopathy would say that these are two
distinct children whose problems and temperaments are as different
as night and day. A homeopath would prescribe very different medicines
for the two children, rather than giving them both stimulants.


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Lara Yamada
It sure feels good to come full circle.
After 20 years in news, I'm back home and I love it.
I remember pulling cables, directing shows, creating graphics, and having a blast at KITV. That's when I first worked here in production, in what seems like a lifetime ago! But, being a journalist was always my calling. After all, I had to put that University of Oregon journalism degree to work!
I've worked at 6 stations in 5 states from the east coast, to the mid-west to the Pacific Northwest.
It's hard to pick what stands out the most; covering terrorist cells in Montreal, tornadoes and deadly cold in Minnesota or the flooding and booming tech world in Washington.
I've managed to pick up a handful of awards along the way, including on a series about American troops fighting overseas.
But, I always knew the islands would lure me back. I was born and raised on Kauai and graduated from Kapaa High School.
One of my favorite things on Kauai, is picking tangerines and avocados from my family's backyard and talking story by the campfire.
I'm especially proud of a trip to Japan after the April 11th devastation, for a series of stories and a one-hour special called "Kokoro: Hearts Across The Pacific."
It was a great honor to win four awards for "Kokoro," including a Mark Twain Associated Press award and National Edward R. Murrow Award.
So, it's been one great journey... one I can't wait to carry on.


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Lipscomb fans will have a unique opportunity to watch a future Bison in action tonight.
Adnan Hadzic and his teammates from North Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana will face off Thursday on ESPN2 against Loyola Academy, a squad from Chicago featuring both of Michael Jordan's sons.
The North Central game and the Lipscomb Bisons game at Mercer both tip off at 6 PM. The Lipscomb game will be broadcasted on the Lipscomb Sports Network via AM-900 in Nashville and online at LipscombSports.Com
Hadzic, 6-foot-8, 240 pounds, is a native of Bosnia. He was All-District, All-Region and All-State last season. He was All-State Honorable Mention in 2004-2005.
"Adnan looks like Tarzan," Sanderson said. "He is very strong. He is a good rebounder in traffic. He has good low post moves. He should be a very good presence for us inside." From 2003 through 2006 his high school conference has been known as "the hardest basketball conference in America."
Hadzic's team has been ranked as high as 12th nationally. One of his teammates, Eric Gordon, is rated as one of the top players in the country. He has signed to go to the University of Indiana.
"A lot can be said for recruiting kids out of winning programs," Sanderson said. "Kids from winning programs come in with an air about them. They expect to win."


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Editor's Note: This article was first posted by the Campaign for America's Future. Ousted USDA official Shirley Sherrod was subsequently reinstated in her position.
The right-wing smear machine that cost an exemplary Agriculture Department official her job should be denounced for what it is: a high-tech, low-rent McCarthyism that launches search-and-destroy missions with no purpose but poisonous partisanship.
That the Obama administration keeps retreating whenever this hit squad starts strafing someone—firing Van Jones; disassociating itself from ACORN and contributing to its demise; and this week firing Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod, over a slanderously edited video—is shameful. It only feeds the appetite of the zealots, with dozens now looking to collect pelts to hang on their walls, and propaganda outlets like Fox News, Limbaugh and others eager to pile on the next target. It demoralizes those in public service generally. And it puts active progressives—any government appointee with a history of activism for the poor and dispossessed—on notice that they may be vulnerable to a random attack, distorting some moment from their past.
This is ugly stuff—and, like McCarthyism, it must be confronted, not coddled or compromised with.
We need more backbone from the administration. It is time for Republican leaders to show the courage and independence of General Eisenhower when he finally put McCarthy in his place. We need progressives to monitor the right-wing hit patrols and expose their lies. And the mainstream media, such as it is, might sensibly draw attention to the partisan and destructive purposes of Fox and other partisan propaganda outlets that willingly provide an echo chamber for the politics of personal destruction.
The Obama administration must realize that this isn't about independent investigators unearthing government malfeasance. These are ideologically motivated attacks, often relying on distortion and slander, to target individual employees. This is an ideological war against the very principles that a majority of the American people entrusted the Obama administration to champion. When there are allegations of wrongdoing, by all means they should be addressed—through time-honored procedures of due process and truth-seeking, not through the summary execution by video editing software that is the tactic of the Andrew Breitbarts of the world. And, above all, the administration must show that it is championing the kinds of people that Shirley Sherrod was fighting for—by defending champions like Shirley Sherrod when they are under attack.


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TheHero wrote:
"...But that's only onstage. Offstage, well I'm certainly not an ogre" ~ Freddie Mercury
Rock 'n' Roll Child
Amy May wrote:God I barely recognised Rog!
*Guaranteed to blow your mind!!*
FreddiesShootingStar wrote:Amy May wrote:God I barely recognised Rog!
Maybe because you haven't been here in ages!!
Rock 'n' Roll Child
TheHero wrote:
Take a holiday on Khashoggi's Ship..
*Guaranteed to blow your mind!!*
Take a holiday on Khashoggi's Ship..
Khashoggi wrote:Thank you very much Love these two pictures!
Still I hope to get the one where Freddie wears the shades, too
*Guaranteed to blow your mind!!*
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I can see their music video producer, Rudi Dolezal, filming Rog and David from the background (DoRo productions). I don`t think I have seen that clip before.. maybe unreleased material here ?
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Metallic brake pads are a fair priced allround solution for most common conditions, where brakes are not getting extremely heated up. They work exxcelent for urban use, dirt, cross country and lighter enduro rides with shorter downhill segments. Even downhill racers, who are not standing on the brake all the way down, swear on the higher brake performance than the sintered brake pads offer. The high percentage of iron and copper in the compound, offer a longer life and more heat resistance compared to organic disc brake pads.
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Sintered pads are the first choice for downhill and freeride use and for people who bring a bit more weight on the scale. If you ́re situated in Whistler, than those little fellas are definately a must.
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What's happened to Wisconsin? Here's the L.A. Times trying to figure it out:
Four years ago, it might have sounded preposterous that Wisconsin, a state that preferred Barack Obama to John McCain by 14 points, would become a wellspring of successful GOP candidates and leaders.The Republican Party was founded as an anti-slavery party in Wisconsin. Interesting to see that highlighted, especially with the L.A. Times failing even to mention Joe McCarthy.
But the impossible has happened. The state features three prominent speakers during the GOP convention -- RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, Gov. Scott Walker and vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan, who hopes to wow the nation with a speech Wednesday night. In 2008, the state's two U.S. senators were from the Democratic Party. Polls indicate that after Nov. 6, both will be Republican.
Red isn't necessarily a strange color for Wisconsin – after all, the Republican Party was founded as an anti-slavery party in the state in 1854. But what may be surprising is the strong conservative bent of the politicians who have come out of a state that has not chosen a Republican for the White House since 1984.
Why isn't the Democratic convention treating the Wisconsin delegates better? When I look at the Electoral College maps, I can easily see how our 10 electoral votes could make the difference for Obama in this tight race. Perhaps the Dems think they're doing enough by giving Tammy Baldwin a prime-time speaking spot. (Tammy is the congresswoman from Madison's district who is all but doomed to lose to Tommy Thompson in the Senate race in November.)
"We've seen Paul Ryan and Scott Walker on the national stage. I'm going to talk about the Wisconsin I know," Baldwin said in an interview, emphasizing fairness and hard work over influence and wealth.The Wisconsin I know... i.e., Madison. Do tell!


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Alex Abdo (@AlexanderAbdo) is a former Senior Staff Attorney in the ACLU's Speech, Privacy and Technology Project. Prior to joining SPT, Alex was an attorney with the National Security Project, where he was involved in the litigation of cases concerning the Patriot Act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and the treatment of detainees in Guantánamo Bay, Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Navy brig in South Carolina. Alex is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School. Prior to working at the ACLU, he served as a law clerk to the Hon. Barbara M.G. Lynn, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, and to the Hon. Rosemary Barkett, United States Circuit Judge for the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.


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For the last year I've been trying unsuccessfully to visit the Vermont Country Store's flagship, in Weston, Vt. Initially I chalked up my repeated failure to logistics; there was simply never a good time to break away from the city for a weekend.
The company's folksy catalog has been a staple of my mailbox for possibly my entire life, though it took a mid-aughts job in Times Square, replete with screeching subway commute and high heels, for me to truly appreciate its countrified appeal.
Flipping through its frumpy, matte pages, so unlike those of its glossy retail cousins, has the soothing effect of donning a flannel Lanz Playful Kittens Gown for Moms and Daughters Alike ($34.95 to $59.95, sizes toddler to 3X) and curling up with a Santa Winking Mug ($19.95 for a set of two) of warm Ovaltine ($9.95). I'm transported to the lace curtains and plaid sofa cushions of my New England childhood, not excluding the kitchen "junk drawer," where every last thingamabob, no matter how ingenious, invariably met its fate. (A poor relation to the box labeled String Too Short to Be Saved that the poet Donald Hall found in his grandparents' New Hampshire attic and subsequently titled a book after.)
Here in this age of contrived "heritage" brands like Hendrick's Gin (b. 1999) and Madewell (b. 1937, d. 1989, resurrected 2006), these self-titled Purveyors of the Practical and Hard-to-Find own authenticity like few others. In 1897, Gardner Lyman Orton, a 12th-generation American, opened a general store in Calais, Vt., the same year his son, Vrest, was born. In 1945, after serving in World War II, graduating from Harvard, working in New York publishing and writing speeches for the Pentagon, Vrest Orton returned to Vermont, where he and his wife, Ellen, also a native, set up a printing press in their garage and entered the mail-order business.
Their inaugural catalog, 24 pages of 36 "durable, practical" products, went out to the people on their Christmas card list. The next year the Ortons bought an 1827 building (formerly a country inn) on Main Street in Weston; today the entire village (pop. 566) is on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1967 they opened a second store in Rockingham, Vt., about an hour southeast.
Mr. Orton died in 1986; Mrs. Orton in 2010. Today the enterprise is owned and run by their son Lyman and his sons Cabot, Gardner and Eliot — who, if I'm not mistaken, occasionally stands in as a model. At least I think that's Eliot in a pair of Hunter Green Men's Jersey Knit 100% Cotton Ski Pajamas ($34.95).
The catalog has 100-odd pages of 1,000-odd products, an any-era-goes museum of Yankee consumerism holding everything from personal-remedy potions with names like Old Goat and Vim & Vigor to slip-on ice cleats for boots or sneakers to flannel any way you like it. Who doesn't need an Adjustable Nail Polish Holder — Helps You Paint Your Nails With Ease ($9.95)? Who doesn't want to chomp their way through a tin of Boston's beloved Necco Wafers ($11.95), a sack of Baltimore's Goetze's Caramel Creams ($14.95), a box of freshly made Vermont Cider Doughnuts ($21.95 for 12)?
The manufacturing team has resuscitated more than a few long-gone items, now sold as Vermont Country Store exclusives. Tangee Lipstick ($14.95), which changes color to complement your skin tone, was gracing pouts in 1928, went out of production in the 1960s, and came back from the dead in 2002. From the 1960s: the Original Mood-Changing Lipstick Is Back at Your Request ($19.95 for a set of six). Remember Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific ($14.95) shampoo? Now your hair can smell like the 1970s.
It's a trip down memory lane so masterfully paved I don't even care whose memories I'm remembering. I get as much pleasure reading the blessedly straightforward, jargon-free copy as I do the use of hand-drawn illustrations to depict, for instance, a psoriasis-ravaged forearm before and after an application of Medicated Coal Tar Ointment ($19.95). Surely by merely exposing myself to such thrifty practicality I'm saving money.
Last March, for a surf vacation to Costa Rica, I needed a sturdy swimsuit that could withstand repeated wipeouts without riding up in unseemly places. I had a hunch the store's grandmotherly offerings would deliver in ways trendy retro cuts only appear to. In the spirit of contemporaneity (and travel-panic-induced expediency), I went to its website, typed in "swimsuit," and was met with a Rockettes line of maximum seat coverage.
I chose the Shirred Front Swimsuit ($74.95) with "modest girl-leg styling" and "added curve appeal" in a fetching floral pattern that reminded me of something Elizabeth Taylor may have worn. She would have definitely worn the Cotton Mediterranean Mood Lounger ($39.95), a voluminous cotton chambray caftan with blue detailing, and so into my online shopping bag both went. As did the snowy cotton lawn Victorian One-Piece PJs ($49.95), a cross between a sleeveless jumper and pantaloons with pockets (to "keep lace hankies close at hand," a touch more Elizabeth Barrett Browning than Elizabeth Taylor) I had long forbidden myself to buy, but could no longer resist. In for a penny, in for a pound! (All purchases are guaranteed forever.)
When the package arrived, there was a tag on the swimsuit that read, "We know you've still got it and we're going to help you flaunt it!"
It was after this spree I hatched the plan to go north to the source. It's said that 1880s button-up ladies' shoes hang from the rafters. I would plunge my hands into wooden barrels brimming with foil-wrapped penny candies, sit on the front stoop sipping hot cider, spritz my wrists with Evening in Paris Eau de Parfum ($49.00), touted in the 1950s as "the fragrance more women wear than any other in the world."
But after even leaf-peeping season couldn't lure me away from Brooklyn, it became clear that I didn't actually want to make the pilgrimage.
In her new book "The Power of Glamour," Virginia Postrel distills glamour into three essential elements: the promise of escape, grace and mystery. She also explains that one reason it continually reappears in new forms is that "the process of projection, yearning, and pursuit is itself pleasurable." She cites the sociologist Colin Campbell's theory of a "modern, self-illusory hedonism" that is less about the sensation-seeking of food, drink and sex than it is the emotional pleasure derived from anticipating new experiences.
That is, by actually visiting the Vermont Country Store, I would ruin its promise of escape. I'd much rather stay in the city and flip through the catalog, dreaming of a quiet, snowy place where time never stops, and wondering if I should get the Mohair-Blend Ear Warmer Wool Bonnet ($15.95) in blue, black or violet.


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The universe is generally understood to be everything which physically exists, including all forms of matter and energy, and all events that occur involving the two. It is sometimes contrasted with a supposed "other world" of some metaphysical nature (e.g., other "planes of existence").
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According to the most widely accepted scientific theory, the universe consists of a four-dimensional continuum of spacetime (three dimensions of space and one of time) that grew out of an incredibly small "ball" of matter/energy (perhaps even a singularity, a dimensionless point) in an event called the Big Bang about 13.7 billion years ago.
It is currently unknown whether the universe extends beyond the observable universe, that part which we are able to observe (at least theoretically) from our particular vantage point at this particular time (see Wikipedia:Light cone); many cosmologists assume that there are portions of the universe which we can not presently see. Also there may be a larger Multiverse. Still, even the observable universe is (theorized to be) bigger than the 13.7 billion light years that its age would seem to imply. This is because of the curvature of space-time; see Wikipedia's articles on the observable universe and the central ideas of general relativity for more information.
Religion and the Universe[edit]
Many religious people, particularly those believing in a theist religion, believe that their god created the universe, with some believing that the Earth is in the center of the Universe. Although many theists believe the Earth to be the center of the universe, for the most part, this is the uneducated minority. The common scientist and theist understand the sun to be the center of our solar system. Thus, the Earth cannot possibly be the center of the universe. In a sense, yes, Earth is in the center, but Earth is in the center only of the observable universe. Scientists cannot view other parts of the universe because the light waves from those parts have not come to Earth yet since the beginning of the Universe. The earth is not in any special or privileged place, if there are other conscious observers in other parts of the universe their observation point is the center of their subjective observable universe.
Since "universe" can mean both "the observable universe" and "the set of all things that exist," a common apologetics tactic is to treat the two concepts as if they were identical. This is a form of equivocation. When someone says "we know that the universe began to exist," as for instance in the Kalam cosmological argument, be sure to check which term they are using. The observable universe "began to exist" in the sense that it came into its current form during the Big Bang, but statements about the second term are not as clear cut.


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MSNBC's Shuster invited "Muckraker of the Day" Deroy Murdock to muck up global warming debate
MSNBC's David Shuster allowed columnist Deroy Murdock to repeat the claim -- first made by climate change skeptic Martin Hertzberg -- that global warming is not occurring because "the Earth temperature has gone down 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit since 1997." Rather than challenge that claim, Shuster named Murdock "our Muckraker of the Day" and "congratulat[ed]" Murdock for "stirring the pot." But climate scientists warn against cherry-picking yearly temperature averages as purported evidence that global warming is not occurring, especially from years in which El Niño and La Niña events occurred, as Murdock and Hertzberg did.
On the February 2 edition of MSBNC's 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, anchor David Shuster let syndicated columnist Deroy Murdock tout climate change skeptic Martin Hertzberg's assertion that global warming is not occurring because, in Murdock's words, "the Earth temperature has gone down 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit since 1997." Murdock was referencing the following quote from Hertzberg that Murdock included in a February 1 column: "[T]he average temperature of Earth's atmosphere has declined over the last 10 years. From the El Nino Year of 1998 until Jan. 2007, it dropped a quarter of a degree Celsius (0.45 degrees Fahrenheit). From Jan 2007 to the spring of 2008, it dropped a whopping three-quarters of a degree Celsius (1.35 degrees Fahrenheit)." Rather than challenge this use of data, Shuster named Murdock "our Muckraker of the Day" and "congratulat[ed]" Murdock for "stirring the pot."
However, climate scientists warn against cherry-picking yearly temperature averages as purported evidence that global warming is not occurring, as Hertzberg -- and Murdock -- did by comparing the average temperature in 1998 to the average temperature in 2007 and 2008. For instance, Gavin Schmidt, a climate modeler at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, recently stated that while 2008 was the coolest year since 2000, "such variability is ... predicted by climate models" and is not evidence that global warming has "stopped." Scientists such as Schmidt and Climatic Research Unit (CRU) professor Phil Jones have also pointed out that warming caused by an El Niño event and cooling caused by a La Niña event can have a drastic impact on year-to-year variability in global average temperatures, making Hertzberg's comparison of "the El Nino Year of 1998" -- the hottest year on record according to CRU and the Met Office Hadley Centre -- to the period spanning from January 2007 to "the spring of 2008" -- when a significant La Niña was occurring -- especially misleading.
In a December 16, 2008, post on RealClimate.org, Schmidt wrote of the release of 2008 global temperature data: "The great thing about complex data is that one can basically come up with any number of headlines describing it -- all of which can be literally true -- but that give very different impressions. Thus we are sure that you will soon read that 2008 was warmer than any year in the 20th Century (with the exception of 1998), that is was the coolest year this century (starting from 2001), and that 7 or 8 of the 9 warmest years have occurred since 2000. There will undoubtedly also be a number of claims made that aren't true; 2008 is not the coolest year this decade (that was 2000), global warming hasn't 'stopped', CO2 continues to be a greenhouse gas, and such variability is indeed predicted by climate models." He also wrote of "the release of the 'meteorological year' averages for the surface temperature records (GISTEMP, HadCRU, NCDC)":
This puts 2008 at #9 (or #8) in the yearly rankings, but given the uncertainty in the estimates, the real ranking could be anywhere between #6 or #15. More robustly, the most recent 5-year averages are all significantly higher than any in the last century. The last decade is by far the warmest decade globally in the record. These big picture conclusions are the same if you look at any of the data sets, though the actual numbers are slightly different (relating principally to the data extrapolation - particularly in the Arctic).
So what to make of the latest year's data? First off, we expect that there will be oscillations in the global mean temperature. No climate model has ever shown a year-on-year increase in temperatures because of the currently expected amount of global warming. A big factor in those oscillations is ENSO - whether there is a warm El Niño event, or a cool La Niña event makes an appreciable difference in the global mean anomalies - about 0.1 to 0.2ºC for significant events. There was a significant La Niña at the beginning of this year (and that is fully included in the D-N annual mean), and that undoubtedly played a role in this year's relative coolness. It's worth pointing out that 2000 also had a similarly sized La Niña but was notably cooler than this last year.
Schmidt added that "[p]icking any single year as a starting point is somewhat subjective and causes the visual aspect to vary - looking at the trends is more robust."
In a December 16, 2008, press release, the United Kingdom Met (Meteorological) Office Hadley Centre and the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia -- which produce the HadCRU data -- also attributed the "slightly down" global average temperature for 2008, in part, to La Niña, and quoted Jones as saying: "The most important component of year-to-year variability in global average temperatures is the phase and amplitude of equatorial sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific that lead to La Niña and El Niño events." From the press release:
Climate scientists at the Met Office Hadley Centre and the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at University of East Anglia maintain the global climate record for the WMO. They say this figure is slightly down on earlier years this century partly because of the La Niña that developed in the Pacific Ocean during 2007.
La Niña events typically coincide with cooler global temperatures, and 2008 is slightly cooler than the norm under current climate conditions. Professor Phil Jones at the CRU said: "The most important component of year-to-year variability in global average temperatures is the phase and amplitude of equatorial sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific that lead to La Niña and El Niño events" .
The ten warmest years on record have occurred since 1997. Global temperatures for 2000-2008 now stand almost 0.2 °C warmer than the average for the decade 1990-1999.
Dr Peter Stott of the Met Office says our actions are making the difference: "Human influence, particularly emission of greenhouse gases, has greatly increased the chance of having such warm years. Comparing observations with the expected response to man-made and natural drivers of climate change it is shown that global temperature is now over 0.7 °C warmer than if humans were not altering the climate."
According to the Goddard Institute, "a strong La Niña ... existed in the first half of the year [2008]." According to a November 21, 2008, "WMO El Niño/La Niña Update" by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), "Historically, the normal period for development of El Niño or La Niña is March-May."
Schmidt and the Hadley Centre/CRU each also pointed to the broader warming trend when comparing the past decade to previous decades. Michel Jarraud, secretary general of the WMO, was similarly quoted in a January 7 Agence France-Presse article as saying that despite cooler temperatures in recent months, "The major trend is unmistakably one of warming."
Indeed, according to the annual mean global temperature data jointly produced by the Met Office Hadley Centre and CRU, while no recent year has surpassed the average global temperature in 1998, the next 11 warmest years on record have all also occurred since 1995, demonstrating a broader warming trend:
Similarly, another widely used data set, the 2008 GISS Surface Temperature Analysis issued by NASA's Goddard Institute, estimates that "2008 is the ninth warmest year in the period of instrumental measurements, which extends back to 1880 (left panel of Fig. 1). The ten warmest years all occur within the 12-year period 1997-2008. The two-standard-deviation (95% confidence) uncertainty in comparing recent years is estimated as 0.05°C [ref. 2], so we can only conclude with confidence that 2008 was somewhere within the range from 7th to 10th warmest year in the record."
Shuster also allowed Murdock to cite unusual snowfall as evidence that the "Earth is not cooperating with people on the left who push this stuff." As Media Matters for America has repeatedly documented, climate scientists -- including at least one who has disputed aspects of the scientific consensus on global warming -- completely reject the notion that short-term changes in weather, let alone individual storms, bear any relevance to the global warming debate.
From the February 2 edition of MSNBC's 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue:
SHUSTER: Welcome back to 1600. Here in the Northeast, we're experiencing a beautiful 50-degree February day, but across the pond, Londoners are under four inches of snow -- the heaviest snowfall in almost two decades. To the south, Paris, Spain, and even Morocco are getting unusual amounts of the white stuff. So where's the global warming? That question's now being asked in unusual circles, progressive and scientific ones.
In an op-ed published across the country last week, columnist Deroy Murdock writes: "So-called global warming has shrunk from problem to punch line. And now Leftists are laughing, too. ... As Earth faces global cooling, both troglodyte Right-wingers and lachrymose Left-wingers find Albert Gore's simmering-planet hypothesis increasingly hilarious."
Deroy Murdock is a columnist with the Scripps Howard News Service and a media fellow with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He's definitely stirring the pot with this piece, and he is our Muckraker of the Day. Deroy, who are the lefties who don't agree with global warming anymore?
MURDOCK: David, there have been a number of people, both scientists and commentators, who have come out and denounced this notion. And they're very clear in saying that they are not people on the right, but people on the left. For example, you have a man named Harold Ambler who writes for HuffingtonPost.com, and he said he voted for Barack Obama for a thousand times a thousand reasons. And, nonetheless, he says that he believes that Al Gore should apologize for what he's done on global warming. He also believes that Al Gore's comment that the science is in, that the debate is over -- he describes that as the biggest whopper ever sold to the public in the history of mankind.
Then you have another man named Martin Hertzberg -- he's a professor, a former Navy meteorologist, he has a Ph.D. -- a very serious scientist. He calls himself a lifelong liberal Democrat. He does not believe in global warming, and he says that this is -- that the Earth's temperature has gone down 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit since 1997. He says that we're cooling at the moment; we're not warming. And there are number of others, including a former Socialist minister in France -- former minister of education, member of the Socialist Party. He's a geophysicist, and he says the Earth is not warming, and the only warming is going on is really in the bank accounts of people on the left who push this, and he believes this is being done essentially as a way --
SHUSTER: Deroy, what about --
MURDOCK: -- of making money.
SHUSTER: What about the argument, though, that global warming -- it's going to be -- the signs are not that the entire planet is going to get warmer, but that weather patterns are going to change. Some places will get cooler, some will get warmer -- particularly like the polar icecaps, where the evidence is clear that the icecaps are melting, right?
MURDOCK: Well, actually, the polar icecap in the north grew last year by approximately the size of Texas. So, what you're seeing is -- despite the claims that the poles are melting -- you're actually seeing that the evidence is that the North Pole is actually bigger than it was back in August 2007 -- grew, again, about the size of Texas. So, the slogans of global warming are fascinating.
It's interesting to hear Al Gore's speeches. Unfortunately, the weather is not cooperating; the climate is not cooperating. You're seeing snow in the United Arab Emirates, you saw snow in Malibu, snow in Las Vegas, snow in New Orleans, for God's sake. You actually had snow falling on the street cars on Canal Street in New Orleans. So, unfortunately, the Earth is not cooperating with people on the left who push this stuff.
SHUSTER: Well, Deroy, it's a great --
MURDOCK: And now people on the left are disagreeing with it and pointing out that there is no evidence to this theory.
SHUSTER: It's a great piece, Deroy. And even though a lot of people disagree with you, you've done enough reporting on this and stirring the pot to be our Muckraker of the Day. Congratulations, we appreciate you coming on tonight.


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Tuesday 12th June marks World Day Against Child Labour. Despite efforts by the International Labour Organisation to ban the worst practices, it is still a common sight in many countries - even those where there are laws against it. In India, education has been made compulsory to age 14 in a bid to crack down on child labour, but crippling poverty means many families have no choice but to send their offspring out to do what is often difficult and dangerous work. (France 24International News)


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The Players Trust's City Clinics program is a grass-roots campaign developed by -- and features the active participation of -- Major Leaguers to promote the game of baseball and life skills to under-served children, ages 6-16, in select cities across the United States.
Children participating in these free clinics receive hands-on instruction from current and former big leaguers and others in areas such as baserunning, pitching, hitting, throwing and fielding. During each session, City Clinics attendees also participate in a question and answer session with the players, and receive free T-shirts, autographs and refreshments. The children attending today's City Clinics program participated through the support and cooperation of local youth baseball leagues.
In 2012, City Clinics also will be held in Boston (July 19); Cincinnati (July 17); Denver (August 14); Pittsburgh (July 3); San Diego (August 6) and Washington, DC (June 21). The City Clinics program is generously underwritten by Majestic Athletic, a division of VF Imagewear, Inc.


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I thought I would share some of the many beautiful photos I have been lucky enough to capture over the last couple of weeks of Autumn's arrival in and around Southwest Virginia. Lots of early color this year but, it seems to be fading fast. It's Gods way of making us notice the everyday beauty around us, if only just for a few days out of the year.
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Major changes are coming to the summer entertainment lineup in downtown Mount Clemens this year.
Out is the Bud Light Riversight and Sound Summer Concert Series, replaced by Nashville in the Neighborhood on Wednesday nights, a new program with country radio station WYCD-FM (99.5) presenting live bands.
Other changes include: The city's Farmers Market - a popular, open-air market where area farmers sell locally grown produce on Saturday mornings - will expand its schedule with a move into the city's downtown on select Wednesday afternoons
The All American Jam, a three-day, family-friendly fair that replaces the Stars & Stripes Festival, has been moved to June 21-23
There will be only one Bud Light Car Show/Cruise, but it will have more activities including oldies station WOMC-FM (104.3) and a food truck court
An Oktoberfest event featuring German and craft beer, food and entertainment will be held Sept. 27-29
The Independence Day fireworks display will be held June 21 along the Clinton River banks, but it's unclear if a riverfront concert will be held that night
The Uptown Friday Night Concert Series will return with six shows
Plans are in the works for a new two-day culinary festival featuring various TV chefs
The Italian Festival, which opened to rave reviews in the downtown last year, will not return as it moves over to Freedom Hill in Sterling Heights. Officials are working to create a new international festival, but that may not happen until 2014.
The new additions to the downtown schedule were outlined Wednesday to the city's Downtown Development Authority board.
Board members said the changes are welcome news following the unexpected departure of the Stars & Stripes Festival, which typically attracted tens of thousands of people to Mount Clemens in recent years but will now be held at Freedom Hill, along with the loss of the Italian Festival.
'I'm happy this report is so much sunnier than last month's,' said DDA board member Bobby Staszak of GroupGolfer.
The biggest change to the DDA schedule is the elimination of the Bud Light Riversight concert series, a staple in the city for the past 27 years.
Sponsored by Petitpren Inc. of Mount Clemens, the free Friday night series along the riverfront was the first of its kind for a municipality in the Detroit area.
Audience members would bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on the grass and enjoy concerts by regional bands such as The Sun Messengers, Air Margaritaville, and Danny D, along with national acts including Badfinger and Elvis Aaron Presley Jr.
Greg Hillman, marketing director for Petitpren Inc., said the company's decision to move away from the riverfront shows and support the country music series was based on input from downtown business owners. He said their concern was concert fans too often went home after the shows instead of frequenting downtown shops and restaurants.
'We are shifting our investment based on the needs of the community and the desire from downtown businesses to bring people back into the city,' Hillman said. 'We saw this as an opportunity to achieve a few things: help the businesses, shift the resources and rejuvenate the music program.'
Paul Boone, owner of Orleans Billiards Cafe, agreed.
'The whole idea of having events downtown was to get people walking the streets and seeing what Mount Clemens has to offer,' Boone said. 'This is a very good step in that direction.'
DDA members said they had considered making the move from the riverfront several years ago, but lacked a portable stage for the bands. Under the agreement with WYCD, the radio station will not only provide a stage, but will also bring in country dancers to entertain the crowd and provide line dancing lessons leading up to the concerts.
The country series, which will become an annual event, will have six shows this year and possibly more in the years to come, featuring up-and-coming country bands and singers.
'We are very grateful for all Petitpren has done for the city by sponsoring the river concerts over the past 27 years,' said Michelle Weiss, retail coordinator for the DDA. 'And we're very grateful for their continued participation in our new venture. This will rejuvenate our summer schedule.'


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The 7th Annual Big Island Film Festival announced winners in twelve categories today, at The Fairmont Orchid, Hawai'i. Chosen from 57 Official Selections from Hawai'i and around the world, the bi-lingual comedy "French Immersion" took top honors for Best Feature, "Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy" received the Best Foreign Film award and "Beatrice" won Best Short.
Audience Choice short film "Hi Honey," created by Big Island residents Kelly Winsa and Peter Henderson, will screen tonight at the "Best of the Fest" event, followed by Audience-Choice feature "Shouting Secrets," directed by Korinna Sehringer.
"Shouting Secrets" stars Chaske Spencer as a bestselling Native American novelist who draws from his own family drama on the reservation. Costarring Q'oriana Kilcher ("Princess Ka'iulani"), "Shouting Secrets" resonated with the Hawai'i audience at Sunday's screening, and was acclaimed by Hollywood story consultant Jen Grisanti as "one of the best films I've seen in a long, long time."
2012 Big Island Film Festival Awards:
- Best Student Short: "Faceless"
- Best Student Feature: "Anos Despues"
- Best Hawaii Short: "Flat"
- Best Family Short: "Swoosh!"
- Best Animated Short: "Cadaver"
- Best Foreign Short: "Scenen"
- Barbara Award: "Mr. Babbo"
- Best Foreign Feature: "Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy"
- Best Short: "Beatrice"
- Best Feature: "French Immersion"
- Audience Choice Short: "Hi, Honey"
- Audience Choice Feature: "Shouting Secrets"
An annual celebration of narrative films and filmmaking, the Big Island Film Festival would like to thank its anchor sponsors: The Fairmont Orchid, Hawai'i, The Shops at Mauna Lani, Hawai'i Tourism Authority/Hawai'i County Department of Research and Development CPEP, Kenwood Vineyards, Redeeming Light International Inc. and many other generous sponsors and supporters.
For more information, visit www.BigIslandFilmFestival.com or find them on Facebook.
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|2011-01-25, 08:06
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|2011-01-25, 10:51
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Well, I suspect that next episode she'll become the first magical girl and get things sorted out. The question is when Urobuchi swings the hammer. I think end of ep4 sounds like a good time for Kamijo to pull the rug away under Miki. Which should set her up for a death in 5, maximum 6.
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Some info on Kamijo:
"Kyosuke Kamijo. Childgood friend of Sayaka. Violin prodigy, but an accident left him unable to play ever again. Sayaka has a crush on him."
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heh, I take that back. With Kyoko entering I'm not sure anymore ^^a
However, I think I see that Sayaka will eventually end up heartbroken because of Kamijou. For starters, their relationship before Kamijou's accident was never portrayed. Though I might end up hating Kamijou instead if he actually used to be real close to Sayaka.
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After talking about things with Key Board, I accept his arguments that killing Sayaka already would hurry things too much. And so, while I maintain that things are going to happen exactly as outlined, I herewith stretch the timeline some, compared to my earlier estimation.
So, I guess that next episode, Sayaka and Kyoko will have an initial clash (not necessarily a physical fight, but I expect Kyoko to bully her, and Sayaka will bite back), and the climax in the second half is going to be that Kamijo doesn't love her back like Sayaka wishes for... and that Sayaka begins her slippery slope down. Then, in ep6 she's going to begin her descent... and once she does become a witch, Kyoko will take advantage of it, kill her and collect the grief seed.
This would give Sayaka a bit more time to shine, and her tragedy to unfold.
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Sayaka has become my favorite character. She needs more screen time. I kind've wish she was the main character instead of Madoka.
Anyway, no, I do not believe Sayaka will die in the next few episodes. If her death is going to happen, which I believe it will not, it will not happen until the end of the series. It's not just because she's my favorite character, either, I believe Sayaka has a much more important role than 'someone who's going to die.'
First, Sayaka is very much an enigma still. She's certainly very powerful: she has already gotten Kamijou almost full movement in his hand. I don't know what the rate of wishes coming true is but I assume it's related to the power of the Puella Magi. She's not a weakling or a pushover: in many ways, she's much stronger than Madoka. She was the one who waited for the witch in episode three. Madoka is much more likely to run for help. I'm not saying that Madoka is a weak character, ability wise, but her personality puts her at a serious disadvantage. I think that the characters in the show, and many viewers, disregard Sayaka's potential.
Second, Sayaka needs more time to unfold. She is very much a tragic hero: she's fighting for a selfish ass, ehem, guy who doesn't seem to care about her very much and will never know about her efforts to bring him a miracle. She loves Kamijou and I don't believe he will ever love her back. Perhaps Sayaka knows this, deep down inside her, but cares about him so much that she's willing to sacrifice herself for him. It's beautiful and very tragic: Mami was probably right to say that wishing for other people will bring nothing but sadness.
However, Sayaka cannot die because she is involved very much with Madoka. If she dies then Madoka has no reason to become a Puella Magi: the people she loves are dropping like flies and she wants to pull out before anything else happens. I believe that Kyubey has allowed this new magical girl to fight Sayaka because it might inspire Madoka to become one herself. So Sayaka needs to live for Madoka as well.
I believe the reason Mami warned Sayaka about making wishes for other people is that these can easily collapse. The person may leave the magical girl and will never appreciate what she has done for them. Sayaka's lines after she meets with Kamijou seem to reinforce this: she knows that Kamijou will never like her the way she loves him but is continuing to fight for him anyway. It's an ultimate weak point that she will have to deal with later. Anyway, my fondess for Kamijou is rapidly fading anyway so, you know, I want to see what they do with him.
Sayaka certainly looks very adorable in her Magi uniform though. Ah, I feel like I need to search for pictures of her on PIXIV.
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I'm with Genten.
I doubt that Sayaka is going to die, at least not before Madoka becomes a magical girl.
The reason being that if Sayaka dies, that would just heighten Madoka's reservations at becoming a magical girl.
Now, some might say "Well, if Sayaka dies, that'll inspire Madoka to become a magical girl in order to wish Sayaka back from the dead!"
Well, Madoka didn't seem to even consider doing this for Mami, so...
No, I think that what will happen is that Madoka will see Sayaka in grave peril, and will wish to become a magical girl in order to save Sayaka. That, in my view, would fit very nicely with where this plot is going so far, and what it has foreshadowed so far.
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In ep4 Sayaka turns into a MG as I expected, and we can expect that Kamijou dumping her very soon. It's very sad for Sayaka but I don't think only that will make Sayaka descend and run away from her MG duty. She's not that kind of weak girl. She may die or become dark and turn into a witch, but there's no way she's gonna be passive just if Kamijou turns her down. She knew that's probably gonna happen at the very beginning.
Actually she's kind of remind me of Isayama Yomi from Garei Zero, while she not the main heroine, I think she may die or become a witch in the next 2 or 3 episodes. Here is what I predict:
Dumped by Kamijou -> defeated by Kyoko but saved by Homura -> Homura laugh at her wish for others -> even Madoka is try to avoid her because she don't want to get involved with MG affairs anymore -> fallen and turn into a witch.
|2011-01-28, 18:52
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So. Remember this pic? It supposedly hints that Sayaka will become a witch and fight Homura. Some people dismissed it as too farfeched, others just ignored it all together. But, with that in mind, let's take a look at this other pic:
Allow me to explain. The first pic is taken from episode 1. Right when Madoka exits the maze to find Homura fighting a super witch in a totally messed up world, there's a weird fast shot of this building. The second pic, which is obviously the same building, was taken from apisode 4, and is.... the hospital Kyouske is in. IMO, this hints the witch from the dream sequence is either Sayaka or Kyouske, the two characters we know are connected to that place. Now, if I add the previous pic, which show some similarities between the witch and Sayaka's MG getup, then I say there's a real possibility that witch is indeed Sayaka.
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|2011-01-29, 07:12
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Hm. Coooouuuuuld be, I guess, but somehow I find it hard to bite... why would Sakuya become a witch so powerful that Homura (who we can safely assume to be on the powerful end of the ladder) would be defeated by her, as shown in ep1?
tbh, I have certain doubts that the scene has a real significance, since it was obviously a dream created by QB. And I hate time-loop scenarios (since you can so conveniently do anything you want with them), so I'd prefer to consider this dream pure fiction at this moment.
But yeah - could be.
|2011-01-29, 07:57
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I'm echoing the sentiment that, while I do see some rather obvious flags in episode 4, it might be more adequate or maybe even appropriate that whatever price Sayaka does end up paying for her choice as to become an MG, it might not be a price paid for by her life.
On the terms of equivalent exchange, Mami was given a second chance at life, and in the end paid the price by actually dying. When I thought about this, perhaps life isn't the exact end-all ransom at the eventual end of an MGs career. Sayaka's wish was to restore his hand, and the price she must pay for it in the end will be something at least on equal terms with it. Speculating, perhaps she would lose the function of one of her own appendages as a result, not the same hand but maybe even a leg or an entire arm.
On second thought this is rather intriguing. I think I'll extrapolate on this and bring it to the speculation thread.
|2011-01-29, 10:40
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I know it's not totally certain yet, but with the clues we have now, it's more likely than ever before.
EDIT: Also, don't forget the red ribbon. Episode 1 is the first time Madoka wears that color (red). We know it's the first time because of Hitomi and Sayaka's reaction to it. But lo and behold, in the dream, Madoka is wearing a red ribbon!! Unless Kyubey knows the future, he couldn't possible know Madoka was going to wear that color, so it's unlikely the dream is his doing. On the other hand, the red ribbon also hints this dream is a vision of a future event.
And please, don't tell me I'm nitpicking for bringing up the ribbon. Episode 1 focus on it quite a lot, so all this can not be coincidence!!
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|2011-01-29, 12:21
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Hm. How about something trivial like "animators reusing stock footage"? I'm not sure if I'd attribute all that much to the shot, tbh. But I'll rewatch it once more...
The ribbon detail is interesting... will have to keep that in the back of my head.
So what is the scene in your interpretation? Some far future?
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Rear quarter view)
An Infernus in GTA III.
GTA Vice City
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The Infernus is a sports car that was first introduced in Grand Theft Auto III and has appeared in seven additional Grand Theft Auto titles since.
GTA III — GTA Vice City Stories
"Extremely expensive. How can we expense one of these? Only those idiots undercover get to drive these."
- Official Vice City Bureau of Investigation file description, GTA Vice City.
Between Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, the Infernus had appeared in three different forms, each illustrating the car as a sleek, low-profile sports car comparable to the Cheetah.
- In Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, it resembles a Vector M12 with the rear incorporating elements of a Lamborghini Diablo. During development of GTA III, one of the earliest known names given to the car is the "Dyablo", a nod to the Lamborghini Diablo name; contrary to its final form, the car shares an uncanny resemblance to the Lamborghini Diablo and is illustrated without a rear spoiler. The car in its earlier form and with its earlier name is depicted on the Capital Autos website.
- In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, it closely resembles a Lamborghini Countach LP500, but lacks the characteristic scissor doors, and features bulging headlights and round taillights. During development of GTA Vice City, early screenshots hinted of a design closer to the Countach LP500, featuring a sleeker and more angular frontage, blocky lights and a heightened spoiler.
- In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the Infernus nameplate loses the Lamborghini motif, and is based on a Honda/Acura NSX, (most likely the Acura model, as this was exported to North America).
Although the Infernus' design suggests a mid-engined layout in GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories, its engine is visible under the front hood, possibly due to limitations of the game engine. The GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories renditions reposition the engine to the back; the front compartment is revealed to be the trunk. The GTA Vice City Infernus, however, still emits smoke from the front if moderately damaged. The GTA San Andreas Infernus is front-engined by design.
In GTA San Andreas, the Infernus can be modded at any TransFender branch.
The "Dyablo", an early Infernus design prior to the release of Grand Theft Auto III.
Final design in GTA III
(Rear quarter view).
Early designs of the Infernus in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City show off a more angular profile, as well as a more prominent spoiler (Front view).
Final design in GTA Vice City
(Rear quarter view).
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories game art purportedly depicting an Infernus. The car's design is even closer to that of the Lamborghini Countach than early pre-release designs of the car in GTA Vice City.
Design in GTA Vice City Stories
(Rear quarter view).
The Grand Theft Auto IV rendition, manufactured by Pegassi, is largely based on the Lamborghini Murciélago LP640 combined with the rear fascia and venting off the hyper-exotic Pagani Zonda F; making the Infernus the only "exotic" car in GTA IV. The car features a mid engined configuration, allowing the car a favorable structural advantage over front-engine vehicles in frontal collisions. The Infernus, true to modern Lamborghinis, may or may not be equipped with a prominent rear wing. Also, the Infernus is capable of supporting a second body color for a stripe over the side skirts, even though it is not evident on the normally spawned Infernus. The Infernus in GTA IV is also the first and only car in the entire series to feature scissor doors, which allows the Infernus' doors to be self-closing by relying only on gravity to fall shut from its opened position; also featured are small, racing-style wing mirrors. The interior is fully finished in black leather and sports the same Lamborghini-style sport seats as the Pfister Comet. Sections of the dash and transmission tunnel are finished with carbon fiber accents.
The Infernus in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is only available without a spoiler, and features conventional doors. Players who pre-ordered the Nintendo DS version of GTA Chinatown Wars from Amazon are able to purchase a bulletproof Infernus at the Auto Merchant early in the game.
A promotional screenshot for GTA V depicts an Infernus similar to that in GTA IV, but featuring minor cosmetic modifications on the front bumper, such as slightly wider bumper grills along with a different rim design.
GTA III — GTA Vice City Stories
The Infernus' handling remains similar between GTA III to GTA Vice City and GTA Liberty City Stories to GTA Vice City Stories, featuring some of the best accelerating power and top speeds among all sports cars in the games, but having slight susceptibility to spinouts when brakes are applied around corners than the Cheetah (due to its rear wheel drive and, possibly, a longer wheelbase). Infernus' in the games also feature softer suspensions, allowing it to drive over curbs without jolting the car substantially or bottoming out.
In GTA San Andreas, the Infernus remains the fastest car in the game and features an all-wheel drive system that gives the car better frontal grip. However, its cornering ability is considerably inferior due to higher susceptibility to spins, indicating uneven front-to-rear weight distribution. The Infernus' suspension in the game is also stiffer, making the car less suitable for bumpy driving.
GTA IV — GTA Chinatown Wars
The Infernus in GTA IV is extremely fast and the fourth-fastest (with a top speed of 180 km/h) car in this game but is highly susceptible to deformation from high-speed impacts, and even impacts which do little damage can eject the driver through the windshield. It is one of the fastest cars in GTA IV, and accordingly, it's a good racing car; it does, however, suffer from understeer in sharp turns at speed. It is a mid-engined all-wheel drive, like the real Murciélago; the mid-engine configuration makes it unlikely to break down or be set aflame from front-end collisions, another benefit when racing. While reversing, the Infernus can be easily turned 180 degrees with a mere nudge to the steering wheel, which can be useful after losing control of the vehicle. The Infernus has the same engine sound as the Comet and the Super GT.
Due to its very low profile, it is possible for the Infernus in GTA IV to "scoop" some larger vehicles during collisions, causing them to either drive over the car or even launch off the Infernus in the case of head-on collisions. This seems to do only minor damage to the Infernus.
Much like other renditions of the Infernus', the GTA Chinatown Wars Infernus boasts excellent acceleration and top speed and excellent brake response, but has a penchant for spinning out when cornering in higher speeds. While the car can soak up similar amounts of damage as most other vehicles, the tendency for vehicles to receive more damage from high speed crashes in GTA Chinatown Wars also makes the game's Infernus more likely to be destroyed faster.
Variants with unique colors
- White Infernus
In GTA Vice City, Lance Vance is depicted to be driving a uniquely white Infernus, which can be seen and driven during "Back Alley Brawl" and "Guardian Angels". After obtaining Diaz's mansion in "Rub Out", the regular Infernus parked next to the garage will permanently appear white, implying the car belongs to Lance. Given its permanence, the car is easily obtainable from this point on.
- Orange/Yellow Infernus
In GTA IV, an Infernus previously owned by Bryce Dawkins is given to the player by Bernie Crane after completing his mission "Buoys Ahoy". The car uniquely sports stripes on the sideskirt and a bright orange or yellow body color which does not appear on any other Infernus, but is otherwise identical to a regular Infernus, being available with or without a spoiler.
Dawkins' Infernus is also featured in The Lost and Damned during "Knowing Me, Knowing You", and can be obtained by parking it at a GTA IV or The Lost and Damned safehouse, driving away from it and blowing yourself up with a Pipe Bomb or grenade, thereby failing the mission but retaining the car at the safehouse. Note that it is not necessary to kill yourself and waste money when you can just take the car to a parking space and wait for the time to run out; Johnny will just simply get out (if you attempt to enter the car it will be locked). Get into another car and go around the block. When you come back, the Infernus will still be there, unlocked for you.
- Golden Infernus
In GTA IV, Stevie will send you a message saying that he requires an Infernus parked near the Soldiers Memorial in Downtown Broker, and can be specifically found parked next to the Pizza Salad Restaurant. After acquiring the car, the player is required to deliver the car to his garage. This Infernus always has a unique gold paintjob. Like all of Stevie's desired cars, it will respawn if taken away, and thus can be "duplicated". Find the Infernus, park it at a safehouse, then return to its original location; a new Infernus will be there, and this can be delivered to Stevie instead.
The golden Infernus' color is very similar to the golden colors of a "gold" Ruiner, the Ruiner's color scheme being more easily available as one of its many conventional color schemes.
Lance Vance's white Infernus at Vercetti Estate in GTA Vice City.
The two possible paintjobs of the Infernus given by Bernie Crane for completing the "Buoys Ahoy" mission in GTA IV.
The golden Infernus requested in Stevie's Car Thefts.
Customization in GTA San Andreas
The Infernus in GTA San Andreas can be modified at a TransFender, but is only offered a bare minimum of modification options:
Italicized pricing denotes prices at the Las Venturas TransFender, which charges 20% more except Colors.
- The radio of the Infernus set those default stations in the following games:
- GTA San Andreas: Radio Los Santos.
- GTA IV: The Vibe 98.8.
- The Infernus can be sold for $10,000 at S&M Auto Sales in GTA IV after completing Stevie's Car Thefts.
- If the player takes an Infernus to a spray shop too many times in GTA IV, it will turn a unique, dark green color. This color will then be permanent, and no amount of subsequent resprays will change it. This is most likely a glitch, as almost every other car in the game will continually cycle through its available colors each time you visit a spray shop. The exceptions are the Buffalo from The Ballad of Gay Tony, the Dukes and the PMP 600, which all suffer from similar glitches.
- The Infernus in GTA IV has no front turning lights nor a trunk. The absence of a trunk is seen after some frontal crashes, but Infernus' with front indicators can be seen on the TV commercials of "I'm Rich".
- The Infernus is specified in GTA IV to be the most expensive drivable car with a price tag of $150,000, followed by the Turismo with a value of $130,000 and the Super GT valued at $110,000.
- Under the "GTA Chinatown Wars" section of the Rockstar Games Social Club website, members may download a printable papercraft model of the Infernus. The vehicle's design is more rooted to the GTA IV rendition, and is obviously more detailed than the GTA Chinatown Wars rendition.
- Despite its high value and appointments, Niko's girlfriends in GTA IV are generally unimpressed with the car, with some noting that it doesn't suit Niko's style (even though they tend to approve of the similar Turismo).
Notable owners
- Lance Vance
- B Dup
- Bryce Dawkins / Bernie Crane (After Buoys Ahoy it belongs to Niko Bellic).
- Stevie.
- Niko Bellic
- Tony McTony
- One can easily be obtained during the mission "Grand Theft Auto".
- Normally spawned on the streets in Staunton Island and Shoreside Vale, similar to other sports cars.
- Spawns in the Francis International Airport parking lot near the entrance.
- GTA Vice City
- Parked in front of the mansion owned by Ricardo Diaz, and later Tommy Vercetti. Prior to the mansion's change of hand, the Infernus is featured with a conventional range of body colors. Thereafter, the car appears with a unique white body color.
- On a platform in North Point Mall. The car is there as part of a competition, but the competition cannot be entered.
- Usually spawns around Vice City in the more affluent areas, such as Starfish Island.
- GTA San Andreas
- May appear in traffic under the following conditions:
- While riding a PCJ-600 in Rodeo, Los Santos, (Wednesday).
- While driving a Rumpo in Rodeo/Santa Maria Beach, Los Santos (Friday), or a Euros on The Strip, Las Venturas (Friday).
- While driving an Elegy in Downtown, San Fierro (Sunday).
- In Downtown, Los Santos.
- While driving a Perennial in Rodeo, Los Santos.
- In Paradiso, San Fierro.
- At the Bayside Marina in Tierra Robada.
- Around The Strip, Las Venturas
- Parked by the most north eastern house in Paradiso, San Fierro. (Only when wanted for export).
- For some reason may appear on Saturday in Angel Pine while on foot.
- GTA Liberty City Stories
- Often spawns on Staunton Island and Shoreside Vale.
- In the parking lot at Francis International Airport close to the entrance.
- In the Newport Multistory Car Park.
- GTA Vice City Stories
- In front of a mansion in the most northwest part of Starfish Island.
- In the parking lot on the east of Forbes' apartment.
- Inside the garage at Lance's apartment in Ocean Beach.
- Parked along Ocean Drive, Ocean Beach.
- Driveway of a mansion near Shady Palms Hospital, Vice Point.
- An explosionproof one is obtainable from the mission "Accidents Will Happen". Fail the mission to obtain it.
Like various sports car in the game, the Infernus is significantly rare in single player as it does not normally spawn in traffic at all. It can only be obtained in specific missions and/or pastimes.
- An Infernus can be encountered relatively early on if one spawns as a competitor (or in traffic) during Brucie's street races. These can be stolen, although killing an opponent and stealing their car will forfeit the race, lowering Brucie's approval rating.
- As with most cars, Infernus' will spawn more readily once the player is already driving one. Approaching the South Bohan safehouse from the southern bridge may be a good way to spawn parked Infernuses near a convenient storing place.
- In GTA IV Multiplayer it is quite common, and can be seen driving around the streets of Liberty City.
- A YouTube video purportedly claims a faster method of obtaining an Infernus in multiplayer is available the Xbox 360 version of the game. First, the player must drive a Ruiner until a Coquette is forced to spawn, to which point the player must steal and drive the Coquette until Sultans and, later, Infernus' will appear momentarily.
- As noted above, it is relatively easy to obtain an Infernus during Stevie's Car Thefts, as another Infernus will automatically spawn in the same location as the target car if you drive out of the vicinity.
- Bernie Crane gives Niko his Infernus as a gift after the mission Buoys Ahoy.
- The Lost and Damned
- The only way to find an Infernus is during the previously mentioned mission "Knowing Me, Knowing You".
- The Ballad of Gay Tony
- In keeping with the game's high-flying theme, the Infernus is made more common in The Ballad of Gay Tony and tends to spawn around Star Junction, Westminster and other parts of central Algonquin, including The Meat Quarter, Lower Easton and Suffolk.
- Can sometimes be seen in the small parking lot on Gavelston Ave. and Hell Gate, Purgatory, Algonquin. Better chance to spawn when driving another Infernus.
- GTA Chinatown Wars
- The car can be obtained from many locations, though seems to be popular in Algonquin.
- Parked on the driveway of Faustin's Mansion in Beachgate, Broker.


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