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I hate to tell the Kool-Aid drinkers that the debates will not get better for Obama. Killing Osama was a nice gesture. But bragging about it globally has only fired up the Al-Qaeda terrorists.
The first Presidential debate was fun to watch. 67 % of those polled thought Obama would win. I didn't think Obama could win. There would be no teleprompter to help him along. There would be no screaming ideologues to faint for Obama. Obama was all alone with nothing but his ideology.
For months Obama and the liberals have crowded the airways with millions of dollars worth of ads that were for the most part nothing but lies. And the best part was to see Obama try to repeat the lies as though Governor Romney was just going to sit there and stick his tongue out like John McCann.
It is kind of funny in a way. Governor Romney is a self made millionaire. And as far as we know he has never been charged with anything criminal. So he made his millions the old fashion way, he earned it. Not like the Kennedys who made their money in alcohol. Or the Clintons who made their money in China. Governor Romney made it by working.
And not just anyone can make $200 million dollars, you have to know what you are doing. So to think that Governor Romney was not going to face the all powerful Obama without being properly prepared is absurd.
The main problem that Obama had was he has lied about almost everything in the last 6 years. Just the fact that it took so long for him to show us his birth certificate raises some big issues.
And what could he possibly say that would justify 24 million people being out of work. This month alone almost a half a million people left the job market. And as far as we know they did not leave with a legitimate job. So the unemployment for men and women in real numbers must be approaching 12% or more. What could Obama say to convince people that his plans are working! What could Obama say to convince the 24 million people that they will have good jobs like Obama in the next few weeks. Now Obama wants 4 more years,.. To do what!
What could Obama say to convince the world that Al-Qaeda has not resurfaced and they are not killing Americans all over the world, Terrorists killed an American Ambassador on American soil and Obama has done nothing. The great President Bush declared war and drove the terrorists into hiding. What could Obama say to convince the audience that Obama's foreign polices have deterred the terrorists, but they allowed for the killing of an American Ambassador in broad daylight.
Even Liberal Letterman was convinced that Obama lost the debate. What are the Top Ten things that Obama should have done to protect America and its economy. Instead Skippy was running around the world doing this and signing that and not giving any satisfaction to the American people and their economy.
There was nothing Obama could say but to try to continue the lies.
It is easy to call Obama an idiot, Skippy and Bozo the Clown in writing. But if I had to call him that face to face it would be very difficult.
The same thing holds true for Obama. Obama has called Governor Romney many names in the last several months, He actually called him a murderer. All of these claims have been proven false by most except Obama's Kool-Aid drinkers.
But when Obama was face to face with Governor Romney. It was no longer open mike night, Governor Romney was well prepared to face his accuser.
And one of the best lines of the night was when Governor Romney referred to dealing with children, and when children repeat a falsehood enough times, they think it will some how become true. That should be part of the Democrat platform rather then including God and other things. If they don't believe God should be part of their platform then have the guts to vote that way. It appears that maybe Obama and the liberals failed to show any evidence of having guts or a spine.
Romney was well prepared and some folks do have problems with high altitudes. I am sure Obama has fund raised many times in Colorado. Maybe the next time Obama will tell the truth instead of lying for the last several months.
Obama has done nothing for women. There are more women unemployed then at anytime in American history. If 54% of the college graduates can not find a job, most of them are women as well. My guess is that 66% of those graduates are women. So tell me again what Obama has done for women. Obama has not paid for any women's contraceptives. He has just included that option in your healthcare premiums so that you can pay for it. If you are going to redistribute wealth, you better make sure the money comes from someone else not your pocketbook and the middle class!
I hate to tell the Kool-Aid drinkers that the debates will not get better for Obama. Killing Osama was a nice gesture. But bragging about it globally has only fired up the Al-Qaeda terrorists. At the end of the day Obama is a failure. Obama can't run on his record so how can you win a debate when you have nothing to show after 4 years of failed policies.
Obama better get used to it. Maybe he should wear an oxygen tank next time. But at the end of the day it is tough to argue about failed policies. In 2008 Obama ran against President Bush. This time around he gets to run against the Obama failed policies.
I guess if he really believed in having one great term, he should have decided not to run for a second term. There is no one out there that thinks Obama had a great first term. His golf game may have gotten better. He made more money and traveled around the world many times.
But at the end of the day 24 million people who were working in 2008 are not working today! Any one who would want to put himself in a position to argue for 4 more years has to be an idiot! So do you want to re-elect Obama?


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[UPDATE 6/2015: The Soma Mini Velo is no longer being made. The sales of our first model didn't justify keeping it going. Interestingly though, this continues to be one of our most visited blog posts. If you have ideas for your perfect mini-velo bike, please share it in the comments or e-mail us (esp. if you are in the U.S). We may choose to give it another shot in the future. Thanks.]
Meet the Mini Velo, Soma's newest bicycle. It's a viable solution to living a carless lifestyle in our increasingly dense cities. With a width of less than five feet it can fit where most other bicycles can't. This style of bicycle is already a huge success in Japanese cities, where space is tight.
Being the one of the graphic designers at Soma, I was responsible for getting some shots of the Mini Velo navigating downtown San Francisco. I rode the Mini Velo for a week and I have to admit, I was skeptical at first. I wasn't so keen on the idea of trading in my Soma Smoothie for the Mini Velo. How would it handle? Would it be comfortable?
Riding the Mini Velo was a little surreal at first. With its small wheels and compact build, it definitely feels different than any bike I've ever ridden. It really won me over; the Mini Velo is very responsive! Last Friday I spent the whole afternoon riding with a friend (who was on a Univega mixte) around San Francisco. There was no point in the ride that I felt uncomfortable or had any trouble keeping up. Also, I made lots of friends; San Franciscans were pretty taken with it (we even had a bike messenger do a wheelie on it).
So yes, the Mini Velo is fun to ride, why else would you want it? COMMUTING IS SO MUCH EASIER! Normally when I take the BART(high-speed train in Bay Area) with my bicycle (every weekday), I'm always really stressed out that I'm going to smack one of my fellow commuters in the face when I carry it up the station stairs. When I'm navigating through station crowds I feel pretty awkward maneuvering. When I had the Mini Velo, I felt so much more at ease in these activities, I felt much more in control of my movements! Also, it takes up a whole lot less space on the train, much to my relief (and the relief of my fellow commuters I'm sure).
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The Mini Velo's compact build was not only an advantage on the train, it was also a huge advantage in my apartment and it when we photographed it in my friend's cubicle. Normally I can barely get through my front doorway with my Smoothie parked there. Moving around my apartment can be really awkward. The Mini Velo is small enough that it fades into your furnishings; it's not a prominent feature (which in a studio apartments, bicycles definitely tend to be). And if you've got roommates, they will thank you! Also, while I don't work in a cubicle, I decided to take some pictures of the Mini Velo in my friend's. As illustrated, the Mini Velo fit very comfortably. Don't worry about leaving your bike locked up outside all day anymore…
photo c/o Alissa de Vogel
Here's the meat and potatoes on the Mini Velo:
The Mini Velo is our only frame sold as a complete build.It's available sizes: 48cm, 53cm, 55cm. It weighs a cool 23.5 lbs...
- Tange CrMo steel
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- Micro-Shift bar end shifters
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- Shimano Tiagra HG-50 11-25 9-spd cassette
- Kenda Kwest 20 x 1-1/8" tires
- Tange-Seiki RDC 1" threaded headset
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- Kalloy quill stem
- Soma seatpost
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So, we've discussed before the line between competitive Halo and casual Halo. How one was so different from the other. A casual player will not be able to familiarize with the game, thus discouraging him from competing. Well, you'll be happy to know that unfortunately, that just might happen again.
Pretty cool, I'm still hopeful for a true Classic Playlist in the future. ghostayame did well
That's great n all but where the hell are the custom playlists? Goddamn file browser still doesn't work, i don't know why they totally killed the custom games potential of halo 4. Matchmaking is fun but halo has always differentiated itself with custom games.
So glad they scrapped the DMR.. it was painful in matchmaking to see teams just camp one side of the map and using the DMR to take shots.. that's not what Halo is supposed to be about at all. BR forces players to be offensive and think about their positioning and if anyone decides to try and shoot you from the other end of the map, if they can hit you, they deserve the kill.


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Kitchen Before & After: Dark & Dull to Light & Delicious
This is one of the yummiest kitchen renovations we've seen in a while. Take a look at the startling transformation!
Quite a difference, right? So much brighter!
This 1920s Seattle kitchen started out dark, dreary, and dated. The homeowners have three pre-teens and a a busy lifestyle, and they wanted a bigger, more open kitchen. So they knocked out a wall and enclosed a back porch to enlarge the space. The whole family helped hang cabinets and do other parts of the work.
The new proportions still fit the old house and the vintage details make it feel like it belongs. In fact, some of the homeowners' friends thought this version of the kitchen came with the house!
We especially love the floor-to-ceiling cabinets, the wavy old-fashioned glass fronts, and the built-in hutch. Delicious!
• See more: A Handsome Kitchen That Handles Hard Knocks, including floor plans, at This Old House
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This site has been running Drupal 5 for over a year now, even though Drupal 6 has been available since February. I kept meaning to update it, but never got around to it. Of course, then along came Acquia and a pressing need to try out the new kid on the block (for purely professional reasons, of course). So, armed with proper backup tools and a fast Internet connection, I set about to sacrifice my blog on the alter of experimentation. Onwards!


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Is Dani the cheerleading queen?
SHE'S been dancing since she was four and now Danielle Svensson has found her dream job.
During home games, she takes to the Suncorp Stadium field before kick off as part of the Broncos cheerleading squad.
In her first season with the cheerleaders, Danielle is already one of the Broncos representatives for Big League magazine's Cheerleader of the Year.
The job has also taken the 20-year-old to Vanuatu, thanks to a new sponsorship deal with one of the island's major resorts.
Danielle, along with five other Broncos cheerleaders, was flown to the Breakas Resort Vanuatu to film commercials.
"It's been a great year so far," she said.
"All the girls are really fun and the work is great. I've been dancing all my life so this is just great.
"I only started cheerleading at the end of last year. This is my first full season.
"Hopefully I'll be doing it for a few years to come yet."
A lifelong Broncos fan, Brassall girl Danielle said she loved being able to represent the club.
"There are so many fans out there, it's good to be part of something that so many people love," she said.
"I love rugby league. I grew up in a Broncos household so it's just amazing being part of their game days.
"It really doesn't feel like a job. I get to sit on the sideline and cheer the Broncos on every week."
Danielle, who outside her cheerleading is studying nutrition, spent the rugby league off-season cheering for the Gold Coast Blaze basketball team.
"It's really different cheering for the basketball.
"We're dancing all the time and indoors instead of on a field."
Danielle will appear in a future edition of the Big League magazine, along with the other Broncos cheerleader representative.
From there the public will be able to vote for her as the NRL Cheerleader of the Year.


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March 4, 2012 02:10 ET
In another "see, I told you so" the American taxpayer continues to install the building blocks for the greater caliphate across the Middle East to North Africa region (MENA) and spread the disastrous policy of funding tribalism and radical Islamists without using any ground intelligence to determine if our nation's long term interests will be served. This morning, I present to my readers more evidence that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is either evil, incompetent, or both as the 'new order' they are constructing is costing lives and destroying the influence of the very banksters she is supposed to be serving.
From Al-Jazeera's March 4th update:
Muslim Brotherhood forms party in Libya
The Muslim Brotherhood in Libya has announced that it formed a political party after six decades in the shadows of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime.
The Islamist group declared the creation of the Justice and Development Party on Saturday in the absence of laws laying out a formal process for the establishment of political parties.
Mohamed Gaair, the Brotherhood's spokesman, said the group has representation in more than 18 cities across the country, and that more than 1,400 members attended a meeting in Tripoli a day earlier to declare the formation of the political party.
They chose as party leader Mohamed Sowan, a native of the city of Misrata, which saw some of the worst fighting in the civil war that brought down Gaddafi and has since become distrustful of authority based elsewhere in the country.
Sowan worked as a hotel manager and was a political prisoner under the Gaddafi regime for eight years until 2006.
Islam source of legislation
Gaair said that the Brotherhood has had a presence in Libya since 1949, but that many of its leaders were jailed under Gaddafi or exiled.
Several prominent former rebel leaders fighting to oust Gaddafi were associated with the movement, but the group does not have any officials in the transitional government.
Now, the Brotherhood is considered the most organised movement in Libya to have nationwide support. Supporters include wealthy businessmen who returned to the country after last year's civil war ended, opening up civil society groups and charitable funds throughout the war-ravaged country.
Gaair said the group aims to establish a just and developed society based on religious values.
"Our first main goal is to work on security and stability," he said.
"We are still a new founded party, but we will work on the basis of Islamic principles and that doesn't mean the shallow meaning of religion most people think of like banning women from leaving home. This is not rational."
In October, Libya's rulers said that Islamic law would be the main source of legislation.
The influence of the Brotherhood and related Islamist groups has surged following last year's Arab Spring uprisings. In Egypt, where the movement was founded in 1928, its affiliated political party has taken around half the seats in parliament.
Elections have swayed heavily in favour of Islamic movements in Tunisia and Morocco as well.
The last domino to fall will be Algeria, which is moving closer to a nationwide civil war with each day. The question is not when, but how long until Western leaders realize that the battle lines for a destructive geopolitical conflict based first on religion then on resources is about to begin.


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Something a bit wrong with that link Steve B...
Apropos keeping water: wierd as it seems, every so often Big O (rainfall 3 metres + yearly)runs out of drinking water (generally, because of lagoon flooding - which salts the spring from whence we pump water for the 30,000ltr. community tank.)
So, I always keep 12 litres to hand. I simply replace each 4 litre container as I use it - and the exigencies of flooding and/or power cuts, mean this is every fortnight or so.
I dont worry about water for loos etc. as I have a spare 400 ltr. tank (rainwater-filled.)
There are useful instructions for making sure your stored water doesnt turn into an antibiotic farm (heh! Thanks Giovanni!) on the CD site, and Kyle's suggestion about changing your supply at the same time as you change smoke-alarm batteries is A Really Good Idea.
(Rushes off to check smoke alarms...)
And an excellent site...am currently writing a "Te Karaka" column on my love affair with geomorphology - good to learn about Dr. M. Quigley's areas of expertise-
o, and extracted 2 dead batteries from smoke alarms-
So I wonder if water purification tablets are more useful. Because how many people are going to remember to keep changing the water?
Thsi is where the my chest freeze comes in handy. I have collected a shit load of milk bottles and washed them thoroughly (!!), filled them with nice clean water and frozen them. They are now sitting quietly in the bottom waiting...waiting..
When the wait is over, they will stay there keeping my freezer cold. Utilising their glorious specific heat and latent heat of freezing stashed inside a nice insulted box. Which, incidently, the family are well trained to ensure spare blankets are packed around it and newspaper put underneath it. I can take out fresh water and thaw it as the need arises.
Then I can sneak stuff out of my frozen larder and feast on meats, veges and other goodies that I have accumulated. BBQs here we come!
Appreciate that thanks Steve B, and the further link to Mark Quigley's site.
And Marcus Turner - that nuclear bomb animation was awesome, the 'geo'politics never clearer.
There are thermal springs near Tai Tapu & Governers Bay. I don't buy the extinct line.
Bloody good plan, Ross
There are thermal springs near Tai Tapu & Governers Bay. I don't buy the extinct line.
I've heard of these, but never found 'em. Any clues!? A thermal spring would be a grand way to spend a winter's evening.
There are thermal springs near Tai Tapu & Governers Bay. I don't buy the extinct line.
There are many thermal springs not associated with volcanoes ancient or modern – Morere hot springs for example near Gisborne, nothing significantly volcanic within 100 km.
It's the geothermal gradient – those trapped Chilean miners are sweating because it's 30-something degrees down there 700 metres underground. In a few quirky places, heated water from such and greater depths makes its way to the surface. In most the flow and the temperature aren't enough for a good winter soak, but there are splendid exceptions.
Volcanoes too have their entrances and their exits, and 5 million years is a long time dead even on the lifespan of a big volcano. The world has kind-of literally moved on since then. If there's another in the Banks Peninsula family of volcanoes in the next few million years, it will probably pop up somewhere else.
@Steve MARK QUIGLEY'S HOMEPAGE
Wow -- that has to be in the running for the prize for "fanciest webpage for an academic scientist who does not also have a book contract".
It even has a login and registration box (although I am not sure why).
HTML handcoded in emacs won't cut it these days, by the look of things.
[I am not being snide about this -- he (or someone else) has done a really nice job]
The rising sun Edmonds symbol was a hint.
subversion in every kitchen
we keep our powder dry,
the people are sure to rise...
Spring loaded...
There are thermal springs near Tai Tapu & Governors Bay.
I don't buy the extinct line.
I've heard of these, but never found 'em. Any clues!? A thermal spring would be a grand way to spend a winter's evening.
Hanmer Springs are not volcanic, heated by fault/plate pressure
as I understand it (so maybe not so reassuring)...
Ticking off the boxes...
stashed inside a nice insulted box.
I must try this, what are the best insults to use?
- "Chill out ya square!"
- "Call your self white ware?"
- "You are frigid dear!"
Hmmph.....Insulting bastard.
What a billy bunt.
Heh. I wondered what the hell you were going on about. Now what do I do? Keep insulting other's spelling mistakes or now leave it alone?
Nah. Keep it up!
We're picky pricks aren't we.
Word swerve...
Now what do I do?
Keep insulting other's spelling mistakes
or now leave it alone?
Nah. Keep it up!
We're picky pricks aren't we.
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There are many thermal springs not associated with volcanoes ancient or modern – Morere hot springs for example near Gisborne, nothing significantly volcanic within 100 km.
Or, hey, Hanmer Springs - anyone worried about volcanoes there?
(Also, it's a curious inversion of priorities, volcano-wise, to make sceptical noises about Banks Peninsula when, well, Auckland.)
Indeed, come join us hangers-on in the secret hangar of
The League of Extraordinarily Well Hung Pendants
Ian, are you a...member? I heard rumours.
[I am not being snide about this -- he (or someone else) has done a really nice job]
It is, indeed, a well built site and Hosted, it seems, in the cloud. These guys are behind it. More bloody Aussies for us to "Catchup" with.
And on the subject of members...
Mayoral candidate Colin Craig said Mr Banks had a vocal, one-eyed support team who constantly interrupted Mr Williams.
"It was extremely childish. There were no punches or anything physical involved other than the two were right in each other's face.
"It was like two cocks in a cock fight."
Well, you are what you eat, as they say.
And whilst we're on that subject...
One of Nationals little, well actually not that little, rather chubby, helpers
The Oily one may have his uses.
just slightly before 7 days to the minute and
NZST: Fri, Sep 10 2010 10:04 pm# Magnitude: 4.3 and once again we watched each other to see if we needed to develop our response into something more protective.
one 14y one 17 & 2 parents one concious & one exhausted...
everyone has a torch a phone, 2-3 hiding places, 2 escape routes and a safe house if out when another mean one hits. Mostly someone awake...
Wonder about leaving again the city... bailing think about going back to school on Monday...
Just thought I'd say don't have to know you to tell you this is not pleasant
Sorry... effective posting inhibited by amount of glass embedded in floor, spooky rolling nature of walls and amount of wine/tonic used, sad about our provincial town...
The thing is we should not live here!! is the overriding feeling.
Once again waiting to see if girls settle... the most interesting thing for me is when that 7.1 hit for the first time in my life I knew we were it...
Effective nevertheless Amanda - but I'm sorry you got no sympathetic response in the night, instead from an early riser from where the birds have already finished greeting the new dawn.
If your house is OK enough now I guess that means you're not in the worst liquefaction zones. The aftershocks seem to be tailing off implying much reduced likelihood of fundamentally bigger ones to come (a credible expert yesterday said now only 10% likelihood), so soon your Christchurch will return to the 'somewhat lower risk of catastrophic earthquake damage than many other places' sort of place that it was.
But I guess that 'always darkest before the dawn' crap doesn't help with the stress of living through it day by day. Best wishes to your family for the days to come.
tks for that Chris, perspective it seems is harder to keep than chimneys:) beautiful spring day here
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Last couple of days been at a conference at Te Papa - where the prominent display of what you need in an emergency kit is very very, popular.
Hi All. Here are some great fact sheets in plain English from a disaster psychologist (Dr Sarb Johal) that give great tips on how to work through the huge range of emotions and behaviours that are normal following extreme events such as the CHCH Earthquake and aftershocks. Recognises that everyone processes these things differently and some people need a bit more help to feel better.
Great for helping yourself, children, teenagers, friends, other relatives etc. Just scroll to the bottom of the homepage on the link below and you will see a list of fact sheets (only a couple of pages each) to download with great tips that explain clearly why and how people process the stress caused by disasters and ways to work towards feeling better. Separate ones for dealing with children's stress, for volunteers, for helping yourself and so on. please pass on to anyone you know who needs a bit of support. Cheers
There's a really great article by Philip Matthews in the Press, on how the quake news unfolded. Manages to be informative, funny, and humane at once.
I'm a wee bit embarrassed at being so thoroughly name-checked, for what was just an accident of timing and geography -- but glad to see such a coherent account. And HarvestBird gets the last word :-)
Amanda, thank you so much for checking in - sorry more of us weren't around for a midnight chat. I hope things are brighter in the daytime and/or that your escape plan pans out.
And Kim, that is a very useful link, thank you. So much of what's emerging from Chch is an echo of what it was like to be in NYC nine years ago; the rolling trauma, the jumpiness, the determined coping, the fiercely energetic mucking-in, the falling apart. It's useful to have a set of emotional roadmaps for what is (normally, for most of us) unfamiliar territory.
And while I'm mentioning excellent writing by Reliable People Actually On the Unreliable Ground Besides Emma and David, these are absolute must-reads:
Harvestbird writes exquisitely on How to Be Brave.
Cheryl Bernstein delves into the bittersweet the Aesthetics of Earthquakes.
Moata Tamaira manifests an enviable sense of humour about the whole darn thing (best read in order). But where is Chewbacca?
13 Things Mike Dickison Learned from an Earthquake and his droll follow-up Aftershock Diary
Adrienne Rewi always has amazing combinations of words and images, never more so than now.
Hopefully Philip M will update his own blog in coming days.
Who else am I missing? Once assembled, I will fold this list into a new post so the rest of the world can find them more easily.
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Never gonna happen.They can't fine the online retailers. Fining an online retailer would put them out of business.
Did anyone else see the story over at Yakface about Hasbro reps planning on fining stores for putting stuff out early and trying to make them take it down with a week left before it can even be put out? This is just getting sad if true.
i decide to to Target at lunch and I found the entire wave of new Star Wars including vehicles and Clone Wars, and I noticed a lady that had a Hasbro name tag looking and scanning the figures. So I kinda hung around deciding if I need a couple of doubles like the AT-AT commander and cloud car pilot. I overhear her on her phone calling someone and then she gives the zip code of the store and store number and starts talking about a fine of $200 saying this stuff should not be out tell August 3rd. She then says that the manager is not there but she has already informed the supervisor and they are aware. She also said that the new Transformers were out so they could be dinged on that as well. So I quickly grabed the figures I wanted and head to the front because I could hear talking about having someone from electronic come over and pull these off the shelf.
If anything they are merely talking smack about fines to appease Target who (so far) has been the only retailer that I'm aware of that hasn't violated the street date in some form or fashion.
I just don't understand what the street date's point is... There's no movie or anything.
Australia has not had this issue with street dates on TVC.
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I want to discuss the male standard.
Actually it doesn't. One could conceivably be all-powerful but not exceptionally intelligent.
Religions need books because they don't have gods.
But my wife tells me she wouldn't swap me for all the 'man' types in the world, so....whatever.
Is that a worthwhile or necessary comment? Why would you say that?
Its the cultural idea that if you ever come back from a war as veteran that you shame your very self by being traumatized and not having the balls to be okay after seeing all the horrors you just went through.
Have you guys ever read "feminine" literature? I've read some thanks to a few college courses and they come of as uninteresting and stupid to me. All the talk of emotions and inner struggles is incredibly boring and stupid for me.


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Two candidates for City Council were receptive to the idea of rolling back fee increases for sewer, parking and recycling now that Durangos fund balance has swelled by $2 million, reaching $9.8 million.
The sewer rate is set to double this year, and parking fees are also set to increase to pay for infrastructure improvements such as backup generators for sewer pumps and possibly a downtown parking garage. The city is charging residents a new $3 monthly fee to pay for an expanded recycling service.
The two youngest candidates, Jordan Golson and Kristen Smith, who are both 29, were the most open to the idea of a fee rollback.
To me, the word fee is a code for tax, said Golson, during a candidates forum sponsored by the Durango Chamber of Commerce, the Durango Area Association of Realtors and La Plata Forum on Tuesday at the DoubleTree Hotel.
More taxes can be a bad idea in general because it takes money out of your pocket, makes it harder to hire employees, Golson said. I would certainly be in favor of anything that reduces the tax burden of the city, the businesses. One of the biggest problems is the sheer number of fees. Certainly, I think there could be some streamlining.
Otherwise, Golson said, he would earmark the citys savings toward a fund for sewers and roads and water, all those things well have to deal with in the future. Having a (fund) balance is not necessarily a bad thing, as long as its not spent frivolously.
Smith, a server at Ska Brewing Co. and an artist, said reducing fees was an interesting idea, maybe its worth looking at.
She also thought the $2 million surplus could be used for infrastructure.
But candidates Dean Brookie, an architect; Floyd Patterson, a roofing company owner; and incumbent Christina Rinderle were content to leave things alone. Candidate Keith Brant, owner of Durango Premier Vacation Rentals, was absent.
Leave the rollback to Walmart, Brookie said to laughs from the ballroom crowd of about 150 people.
The additional fees were incurring for recycling, sewer and parking, those are to solve existing problems. The council has responsibly raised those rates to respond to existing needs, Brookie said.
Brookie and Rinderle made the same point that the citys rates for sewer and parking are not so steep when compared to other cities.
Even with our increases weve had lately, I know it seems like a lot, but in reality, we have some of the lowest parking rates and sewer rates in the entire state and in cities that compare (to Durango), Rinderle said.
Rinderle also said the city has not raised sewer and parking rates for so long, even though it seems like a jump, really, if you look at it amortized over time, since the 80s, were really right in line (with other cities), Rinderle said. So I dont support any refund of it, but I feel like were at a very stabilized place.
She said adding to the fund balance is just a fiscally prudent thing to do.
Patterson also seemed content.
I think our city is managed by smart people, Patterson said.
Golson, a technology journalist, seemed to differ from most candidates by striking a more libertarian tone.
The government that governs best governs the least, to steal a phrase, Golson said in his closing.
He had also called proposals to put a fee on plastic fees a distraction.
We have bigger fish to fry, Golson said.
All of the candidates rejected a ban on plastic bags, but Brookie and Rinderle liked the symbolism of a nominal fee like 5 cents per bag to help the environment.
Smith and Brookie also differed on accessory dwelling units. Smith did not think they would create affordable housing, but Brookie said an accessory dwelling was his affordable housing when he moved to Durango in 1980 at age 26.


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Remember that delicious looking 2D HD RPG for PS3 called Toki no Towa? I've been dreaming of a localization ever since then.
It looks like I might get my wish with a new Namco Bandai trademark in Europe. According to Siliconera, they nabbed the name "Time and Eternity," which is a pretty good fit for the game. You can be pretty sure that's the name this Imageepoch PS3 RPG will carry when it's localized.
Now the question is when. Namco Bandai isn't what you'd call fast with localizations of RPGs. Don't get me started.
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2 pounds medium carrots (about 12)
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2 tablespoons brown sugar
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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How can the selfish wealthy keep debasing the middle class and poor as vultures, leaches and parasites when that is exactly what they, the rich, are? This country would not be in this terrible debt if the rich would stop stealing our money.
Think about it and start paying their fair share of taxes. What the rich call us is lowlife people when they are the lowlife hypocrites. They steal from the poor and give to themselves, the rich. The poor must pay and give to them, the rich. The poor must pay the rich to keep all their profits and receive everything.
This is not what this country was founded on, but that's what it is now. The balance is unacceptable. To think of the money that was wasted on this election; the rich thought they could buy it, but they lost, thank God. This money was wasted and this is a complete sin. To think what that money could have done for the country, especially the victims of the storm, Sandy.


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Dear Molly,I'm 34 years old and have two children 3 and 7. I've been divorced for a year and still have a lot of resentment towards my ex and how things ended. He cheated on me, tried to deny everything when I knew who she was and I was the last to know. I've caught them together around town and had to even stop him allowing her around our kids. He denies everything and said she was just helping out with sitting and meals. I don't believe him for one moment.Here's the problem, I love him. He's the father of my children and we have been together for nine years. I could not get past the affair and mainly because he has never admitted to it. How can we work on whatever the problem is when he can't admit he had and is still having a relationship with this girl? I have to tell you we are still seeing each other intimately. This is why I'm so confused. We make love like nothing is wrong, then he leaves and I know he is with her. I drive by his new apartment sometimes and see her car. But yet he tells me he loves me and nothing is going on with her. I can't seem to bring myself to really make the break. What do I do?Dear what do I do,The first thing you must do is ask yourself if lying and betrayal are traits you want in your personal relationship. I'm sure the answer is no, as no one would consciously want that. So the only way to remove this from your life is to believe what your head tells you and deny your heart the right to manage your behavior. Your heart is appealing to the memories, the fantasy of what was and the dream of what could be. Your head knows the truth and this is what you should listen too.It seems to me that this guy has the better of two worlds; he hasn't completely destroyed his family because his ex is behaving as though she forgives him on some level, and a girlfriend who is satisfying some other needs. Some men would say he's a lucky guy! I'm all for working things out. However it takes two people to do that, and you've already said he continues to deny any wrong doing. I don't see this working, and frankly I can't imagine if you're honest with yourself this feels like progress.I think you both need to walk away and go through the pain. You will be a better person for it, and hopefully stronger. In order to see what is going on here in my opinion you must be able to look from the outside in and to do this it will require objectivity. The only way to get there is to heal. So what I'm saying is to heal first, then look at it. You never know, perhaps if he loses the contact with you he may decide to own everything and get help. But if he doesn't you will have a new set of eyes from which to move forward in your life. I've learned that your "gut" is your head trying to get through…listen.~MollyReaders, why is the ex husband holding on? How can she deny her heart and listen to her head?


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The Montreal Canadiens 2011-12 season proved to be one of the most frustrating and embarrassing seasons ever in Canadiens storied franchise's history. Finishing last in the Eastern conference, and 3rd last overall, and with the NHL lockout still in effect with no signs of ending anytime soon, seeing 2012 end couldn't come too soon. So I wanted to compile a top 10 list of positive signs from 2012, and what Habs fans can look forward to in 2013 (pending lockout ends one day soon).
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Lars Eller four goal outburst: On Jan 4th, 2012, Lars Eller performed the Lars Eller show scoring four goals and picking up one assist as the Habs trounced the Winnipeg Jets 7-2 at the Bell Centre. Not bad for Eller considering earlier in the season against the Jets, Eller was benched! Eller's four goal game was the first by a Canadiens since Jan Bulis performed the feat back in 2006.
Habs beat Red Wings 7-2 on Jan 25: Who would have thought with the Canadiens struggling so badly in 2011-12, and with Stanley Cup contenders Detroit Red Wings coming to town that the Canadiens would blow them out like they did? Well that's exactly what happened back on Jan. 12, 2012 when the Canadiens exploded to a 6-0 lead and won 7-2. One of the very few on-ice highs for the Canadiens in 2012.
Andrei Markov returns to action: On March 12, 2012, Andrei Markov returned to action after almost 16 months off due to injuries. Prior to his comeback game in March, Markov, had played in only seven games in the last two seasons suffering from two major knee surgeries and another arthroscopic procedure. Markov finished the 2012 season talking a regular shift. These last few months during the lockout, Markov has taken a regular spot with Vityaz Chekhov in the KHL showing signs that he has indeed fully recovered.
David Desharnais surprising season: Last season was David Desharnais' breakout season in the NHL. At 5'7, 177lbs not many pegged Desharnais as a No. 1 Centre on any team. But that's where Desharnais found himself centring Max Pacioretty and Erik Cole for most of the season and tallying 16 goals and 44 assists. A far cry from Desharnais' previous NHL highs the season prior, his rookie season, when in 43 games, Desharnais recorded 22 points.
Max Pacioretty's comeback season and breakout year. On March 9, 2011 Max Pacioretty's hockey reality came to a crashing halt when he was viciously hit by Zdeno Chara. Pacioretty's season came to an instant end, suffering a season ending severe concussion and breaking his neck, coming just a few millimetres from being paralyzed. But Pacioretty was determined to make a full recovery. Pacioretty finished the 2011-12 season with career highs in goals (33) and assists (32), and leading the Canadiens in team scoring with 65 points. Pacioretty capped off the season winning the Bill Masterton award, awarded to the player that best exemplifies qualities of perseverance, team spirit and dedication to the sport of hockey.
Firing of Pierre Gauthier: With the Canadiens worst record since the 1940's. The writing was on the wall for Pierre Gauthier to be fired. Under Gauthier's short tenure as GM, he fired assistant head coach Perry Pearn hours before a hockey game. Soon after, team head coach, Jacques Martin was fired too. And on Jan 12, 2012, Pierre Gauthier also managed to trade Mike Cammalleri during a hockey game forcing Cammalleri to leave part way into a game verses the Boston Bruins giving a new meaning to dysfunctional organization. Prior to end of the 2012 season, on March 29, 2012 Canadiens CEO Geoff Molson announced that Pierre Gauthier was relieved of his duties as the team's general manager,.
Hiring of Marc Bergevin: After an exhaustive four-week search for the next General Manager of the Montreal Canadiens, the list wound down to two candidates; Pierre McGuire and Marc Bergevin. On May 2nd, 2012, Team President Geoff Molson announced that Marc Bergevin would become the club's 17th General Manager in club history. Bergevin wasted no time putting his team in place. Gone were the days of the Canadiens GM performing all the player development and player personnel moves. Scott Melanby was hired as Director of Player Personnel. Martin Lapointe was hired as Director of Player Development. Bergevin also added another assistant GM in Rick Dudley. And the scouting department under Trevor Timmins was expanded. What remains to be seen is how Bergevin's hiring of new head coach Michel Therrien will play itself out.
Drafting of Alex Galchenyuk: The Montreal Canadiens had the third pick overall in the 2012 Entry Draft and they selected centre Alex Galchenyuk. This season, Galchenyuk is dominating his last season junior hockey with the Sarnia Sting of the OHL, and Galchenyuk is also competing in the 2012 World Junior Championships playing for Team USA. It can be argued that the Galchenyuk pick represents the best non-goalie draft pick the Canadiens have selected since Saku Koivu back in 1993.
Tomas Plekanec thriving in Europe: On Sept 15, 2012 when the NHL announced that there would be a lockout as both the NHL and NHLPA failed to reach a negotiated settlement for a new CBA, Plekanec was one of the first players to decide to play in Europe during the lockout. Playing in his native Czech republic for team Kladno, in 32 games Plekanec is second in scoring with 46 points. And should the lockout end soon, Plekanec would be in mid-season form. Although Plekanec just suffered a slight setback injuring his ribs and should miss one week.
Canadiens prospects in the AHL: With the lockout now over 100 days strong, the Canadiens have focused on stock piling their AHL farm club with prospects. Never have the Canadiens been loaded with this much depth and prospects in their farm like they have this season. Although Aaron Palushaj , Blake Geoffrion, and Louis Leblanc have already played in the NHL, they are getting additional work in the AHL due to the lockout. And providing tutelage to new comers Brendan Gallagher, Nathan Beaulieu, , Patrick Holland, Brendon Nash, Morgan Ellis, Jarred Tinordi. It wouldn't be too surprising to see that from these names mentioned, at least three or four will turn into solid NHL players in years to email@example.com
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BRAINTREE – A British preparatory school for international students is preparing to open a new campus on the grounds of the former Norfolk County Hospital in the Braintree Highlands, Mayor Joseph Sullivan said Monday.
Sullivan said CATS Academy Boston, a private school with three affiliated campuses in the United Kingdom, plans to invest $20 million to $25 million building new dormitories, sports fields and a gymnasium next to now-vacant hospital buildings on nearly 20 acres off Washington Street. He said the school, which is in Newton, hopes to welcome "a couple hundred students" onto its new Braintree campus by the fall of 2015.
The mayor and Town Councilor Dan Clifford, whose District 6 includes the property, will hold a town hall meeting April 2 to discuss the project with neighbors. Contractors hired by the school will appear before the town's planning board April 8 to seek a permit for grading work.
"There is much to discuss," Sullivan said.
The brick buildings at 2001 Washington St. were originally built around 1920 to treat World War I veterans with tuberculosis and later housed the Massachusetts Respiratory Hospital and the Norfolk County Hospital. But they have sat empty since Kindred Healthcare Inc. announced abruptly in 2008 that it was closing its 79-bed hospital, which had served patients requiring acute long-term care.
Kindred's decision to close the hospital and sell the property initially angered local officials, including some who noted that the land for the hospital was originally taken from Braintree residents by eminent domain. But Sullivan said Kindred officials worked closely with the town after the closure to find a new use for the property that would not disrupt the neighborhood. He said some organizations that showed interest in the land, including other hospitals, were turned away.
"This one, I think, is a use that is appropriate and I think would add to the neighborhood," he said of the school.
No one at CATS Academy Boston could be reached Monday night, but the school's website says it offers "an American education embedded in an international community." It says most of its students come from outside the United States.
Sullivan stressed that students at the school are not allowed to keep a car, which lessens the traffic it would bring to the Highlands neighborhood. He said the for-profit school would also continue to pay property taxes to the town.
Clifford first hinted at the deal Sunday night, posting an alert on his website promising "good news" about the future of the former hospital. He said the town was faced with a "very, very exciting" opportunity that could increase property values in the Highlands neighborhood.
The project would not affect the Highlands Community Playground, the forthcoming Braintree community arts center or the Braintree offices of the Norfolk County sheriff, all of which are located on parts of the former hospital grounds that the town has since purchased. The arts center, which will be inside a former home for the hospital's doctor, is expected to open in September.
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|2012-02-14, 10:50
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|2012-02-14, 15:31
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We know the truth of the gameboard, or at least, part of it as Will's words are pretty cryptic in some cases and overlook some parts.
I doubt MetaBattler is aware of Prime's truth because, unless the culprit is Yasuda, the games from which he got his understanding, aren't about the real truth but about pushing him to remember his promise to Yasuda and understand her heart.
The one who might have known the truth was PrimeBattler... though we can't be sure he even knew it. For all we know he might have been unaware of the murders being committed and merely solved the epitaph and followed the tunnel believing he would reach Kuwadorian when the explosion took place. He ended up mildly injured and in confusional state in a different tunnel from the one that takes on Kuwadorian and left the island.
Toya says he doesn't remember what had happened in those 2 days. Either he's lying or whatever PrimeBattler knew that had some relevance went lost.
The interesting part is that MetaBattler interacted with Ange, who's someone who lives out of the gameboard.
It's pretty clear that in Ange's world the Rokkenjima incident took place and that there's no way to undo it however the truth of that incident, although closed in the catbox, might be something he doesn't know, a mere possibility.
He can't tell Ange the truth about the catbox in her world, but he can tell her about another truth. All her relatives loved her. This truth might help her to face the truth/truths/possible truths of her catbox once and if she'll open it.
So Ange's choice is merely about how to deal with the rest of her life once she learn the/a truth (the truth's in Eva's diary might be the truth according to her point of view, but not the full/correct truth... same as Bern saying Battler will never come back is true because Battler's personality got destroyed and yet false because Battler's body is still alive).
As for the trick ending and the magic ending I see them as face the world with pessimism or optimism options.
In the trick ending she decided the truth was the worst option possible and acted accordingly. In the magic ending she went for the completely opposite way.
Technically the servants' relatives too got to make choices as they were provided with a truth (their relatives received a huge amount of money... which was surely suspicious) and decided to hid the thing to the police and go on with their lives... likely thinking that no, their relatives did nothing bad and got the money for other reasons. As we don't know the truth it can be either denial from their part or the truth.
But yes, the sad thing in Umineko is that the truth about Prime is never clearly provided. If Ryukishi wanted to drawn a distinction between being fair to search the truth on the gameboard for our curiosity because it's just a game while it's unfair to search the truth on Prime for our curiosity (we can't bring justice on Prime as we can't affect it... for us it's as good as a gameboard) just because Prime is supposed to be 'real'...
Well, the message wasn't portrayed well.
As the incident took place and it's implied it wasn't an incident, we've been pushed to search a solution for it too. Being left completely empty handed seems wrong and casts a dark shadow on the characters we're supposed to love.
We wonder if in the end Meata-Battler, Toya, Ange, Eva knew the full truth and hid it for their own egoistic purposes.
To rephrase Umineko:
Though maybe the idea was that the characters, apart from a certain behaviour, have no a real 'core'. They're pieces so as long as you give them a feeling of being in character, you can move them as you please.
So you might decide that Rosa actually didn't abuse of Maria, that was merely an exaggeration and she was a loving mother who sometimes slapped her daughter and that for important reasons had sometimes to leave her alone... or you can decide that Rosa beating Maria actually was abuse and that she abandoned her alone more than once for selfish reasons like sleeping with assorted boyfriends.
As long as you respect the Rosa sometimes phisicaly punish Maria and leaves her alone you can twist the concept to make it fit whatever you want... which is something people writing fanfics sometimes do...
Sadly however it gets annoying when reading something that's not fanfic as generally readers would like the canon characters to have a clear characterization.
It doesn't really help that Umineko likes to leave way too many things too vague without a real need for it.
So, all in all I think the concept behind Umineko is really interesting and that Umineko has a lot of potential... but that on the whole it should have been handled/explained better...
I wonder if Ryukishi was influenced by CLAMP... because many of the complains I can do to Umineko can apply to their last two works as well...
|2012-02-14, 17:16
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Actually, your argument about the justice of R-Prime can easily be twisted the other way. You say:
"We can't affect justice to the world of Rokkenjima-Prime because Rokkenjima-Prime is just an inaccessible fictional construct, not a world we can interact with in any meaningful or moral way."
But I could argue exactly the opposite:
"We can affect justice to the world of Rokkenjima-Prime because the only justice that exists for R-Prime as a fictional construct is the absolution or condemnation that we, the readers, give to the individuals involved."
Because there is no "true" R-Prime world in which justice may be done, the only moral action is the next best thing. You might look at it as akin to the resolution of Murder on the Orient Express.
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|2012-02-14, 18:28
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However I think the point Ryukishi wanted to make was different. It was all about solving Beato's game.
It looks like he could care less about Prime. Prime looks like one of the many mysteries of Umineko that he didn't feel like having us solving. Prime just happened as a plot point (same as Asumu's death or the gold being carried in Japan for unknown reasons or it being Italian or Japanese or Battler having sent a letter to Shannon or not) and to point out how cruel is the people that speculate over that mystery without proofs, just randomly tossing theories because it's fun. Among the goats after all there are never policemen or the people involved but, for example, Ange's classmates who unlikely honestly researched for the truth.
The problem in Umineko is that, as with many other mysteries Ryukishi seems to deem unimportant, actually he failed to give Prime that 'oh this is unimportant' feeling.
We read about Ange's pain and we long for the culprit to be punished and so we're lulled into the idea that hey THIS IS IMPORTANT and we should be allowed to either solve it or to have someone solving it.
Instead Umineko seems to care less about the solution of this mystery, focusing merely on Ange's reaction to a possible horrible truth she might have read in Eva's diary (or to the fact she believed once Eva was dead she would never find the truth, which can be viewed as a different type of horrible truth).
However, if this was Ryukishi's goal he failed in portraying it in such a way a reader would get it.
The mere fact we're discussing what he might possibly mean with his story means his story wasn't clear.
One can agree or disagree with the point a book make but if the point is so vague readers aren't sure what it is anymore, well, the writer is the one to blame.
Prime seemed something meaningful and worth having a solution. Seeing it handled as some sort of sub side character who all of sudden doesn't get mentioned anymore because who cares about him, he didn't even had a name, feels wrong.
So yes, I'm disappointed at how Prime was handled but, from my point of view, the idea in Umineko is that Prime is just something that happened, not something we're supposed to wonder about...
... which is bad because I can't help but wonder about it. :P
|2012-02-15, 05:06
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|2012-02-15, 08:31
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For the most part those are representing the public opinion of the real world in regards of the Rokkenjima incident. Therefore saying that Meta-Battler isn't aware of anyone else besides Bern and Erika looking for the truth of Beatrice's catbox is false.
The irony of it all is the fact that Battler hates them for toying with his family members, making up all sort of speculation, apparently oblivious to the fact that this happened because the "truth" was kept secret in the first place.
It's the very state of the "catbox" that caused this whole situation, if the catbox was opened only the truth would remain and people would lose interest in a few months.
I'm sure you can find examples of this from looking at the newspapers. Only the murder incidents were the truth isn't clear get dragged along for months. Those where everything is clear most of the times don't even get mentioned at all.
The other problem with Meta-Battler is his appaling hipocricy. He hates people for toying with his family making them repeat the tragedy over and over and then he does that himself. Moreover he compliments Bern for her (lame) mystery which is just a branch of the "Rudolf family culprit theory" sea of speculations.
He seems to me that Battler condemns or praises people for doing the very same thing depending on what is his view of that person. If Bern did that when Battler saw her as an enemy he'd be totally pissed (and he was indeed pissed at Lambda and Bern for scribbling on Beatrice's gameboard in EP5), but since she did that when he saw her as a friend, then it's great, bravo! Encore!
|2012-02-15, 09:43
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Basically, we can't trust the "victims"' own perspective on their deaths because we're not actually looking at the victims, but the fictional construct "actors" who play at being the victims in the infinite stories and forgeries. It'd be akin to asking a man who plays Abraham Lincoln in a biographical play whether Lincoln would've been okay with his own assassination, and then believing whatever you were told. I'm quite sure men like Lincoln, Kennedy, Gandhi, and King didn't want to be murdered... though I can't say for sure... but if nothing else, I'm certainly not going to trust the opinions of anyone who says they would or wouldn't be okay with it. And your less famous murder victim more than likely didn't want to die either.
But resentment and dissatisfaction with the answer you've been force-fed seems to be against the law of the Golden Land... no wonder the witches hated ep1-4 Beatrice (only good Beatrice), she wanted people to question her.
|2012-02-15, 11:42
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With some works it's easy to spot the author's intent, but I don't think that was the case for Bern's game. It didn't have any overt message, and only presented itself as a fun logic puzzle with the Ushiromiya family standing in as actors. It doesn't seem to make any statement about a real person's personality or actions. I think it would be hard to see it as something disrespectful or evil unless you knew beforehand that Bern actually wanted to hurt Ange with it.
|2012-02-15, 16:42
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We know the goats and the witch senate are meta representation of the public opinion but can he know? And even if he were to know is he aware of what had happened on Prime in those days?
Battler even suspected he could be the culprit. If he were to know what had happened he would either know he is or isn't. That's not something he can ignore.
Unless you think what had happened on Prime was that Yasuda was the culprit, in which case Yasuda's games lead him to the truth about what had happened in Prime the truth he needed to figure out was the one behind Yasuda's message.
While before he seemed to deem the pieces as real people afterward he saw the gameboard mostly as a game.
(Also the pics in EP 8 manga version seem to point out that EP 8 was something Ange made up in her mind or something like that so we could have a different meta Battler in the same way as pieceBeato in EP 5 is different by the other Beato... though I'm waiting for a translation of the manga.)
She complained something along the line of how they got to be all together having fun in the golden land while she was cut out by all that.
As Ange had a time in which she was suicidal she might have really thought that the Ushiromiya were all cool with being dead.
Though I'm waiting for an EP 8 manga version translation before going further on this way.
|2012-02-15, 19:12
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Especially since he seems to understand it better than Lambda and Bern themselves, the former of which knew everything Beatrice did as her guardian.
|2012-02-15, 22:05
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: forever lost inside a logic error
His accusations towards those who "play" with the catbox can only be justified if the act itself of playing with the catbox was evil. In that case regardless of the person or the intent it would be evil.
But since apparently the act itself isn't evil in front of his eyes then he has no reason to prevent "anyone else" from playing with the catbox unless he knows that all of them have evil intents, and that's something he can't really do.
As for the matter of Battler knowing the truth or not, this is not relevant. What's relevant is that he knew it existed and he was trying to prevent everyone from reaching it.
When Ange went back to Battler none of them questioned the fact that Ange acquired the truth from reading the diary that Battler himself protected with many barriers. Therefore Battler knew that diary had the truth in it and he actively tried to keep it shut.
Before you say that maybe the diary just contained the truth of the games and not the truth of Rokkenjima Prime, consider this:
1) It is obvious that Battler was trying to protect Ange from that truth. The truth of Beatrice isn't something that Ange would really be troubled with.
2) That book was acknowledged as "Eva's diary", and Eva even tried to dissuade Ange from reading it claiming that it was just "garbage" she wrote. However Featherinne later confirms in red that it contains the truth and as I said before nobody questions that after Ange read it.
3) The sequence of images that is shown when Ange reads the diary is nothing like anything we have seen in any of Beatrice's games, if anything it seems to match EP7 tea party for the most part, which was supposed to tell the truth of Rokkenjima Prime and not being another game.
4) From her reaction it is very unlikely that she just learned that someone she barely knows killed all of her family.
|2012-02-16, 17:31
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I guess we can discuss this over and over but I doubt we'll find an agreement so let's agree to disagree, okay?
|2012-05-17, 14:30
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Well now that Umineko's been over for a while and I had time to get away from it, I can look back at it and judge it more properly as it's whole...
Probably my final conclusion about it : Umineko does not contain what made me like Higurashi. It contained other nice things, but these things aren't what Ryuukishi excels at doing.
I am referring to Higurashi's slice of life gone wrong feeling. Both the fun slice of life were fun to watch as well as how it turned into horror. The mysteries and mindfucks weren't, at least to me, what Higurashi was all about.
I think Ryuukishi did an amazing job at making us enter in the "atmosphere" of Hinamizawa and making us directly care for the characters and the horror-like spin that most arcs ends up taking. In comparison I think in Umineko we were always watching the whole from sorta afar and we never really got into the atmosphere that much, and even so it was mostly the meta-atmosphere.
I usually don't complain that much about Umineko and I still think it was really nice, but in that light I can understand why so many higurashi fans didn't get into umineko. I also am saying this in hope that Ryuukishi's next work will have more emphasis on character, development, and general atmosphere and less emphasis on riddles and meta.
|2012-05-17, 14:36
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Oh man, I hope not. You have no idea how many times I nearly gave up on Higurashi during those awful 'club activities' and other pointless hours-long stretches of filler scenes.
Ryukishi's strongest point, IMO, is how he makes completely unpredictable stories, constantly bringing completely new elements and twists in out of nowhere. And for me, Umineko does that a lot better than Higurashi ever did. And even when Umineko was slow, the large variety of characters and situations made it much more interesting than Higurashi's slow parts, which all revolved around the same group of a few people doing the same kinds of things over and over again.
|2012-05-17, 14:41
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Well opinions are opinions, tho I'm surprised to hear specifically that one.
Most visual novels are pretty much what you seem to dislike. Guess a lot of Umineko fans have it as their sole VN tho.
Oh I agree Ryuukishi is good at making plot twists btw, but I don't think either is better then the other about that, except for one thing... (Battler switching side was an amazing twist, even tho it was predictable since arc 3)
|2012-05-17, 18:00
|Link #418
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Join Date: Jan 2012
OK... I try to give my way of thinking into this:
EP1-4 PieceBattler is a fictional construct of Yasu in her forgeries, that despicts Battler as he was 6 years before the incident, as Yasu had him in her memories. He is mentally 12 years old in a body of an 18 years old. You could say he is a "reversed Detective Conan". For some reason the fact that he often reads mysteries is completly disregarded in his reasoning about the closed rooms. What i never understood was why he "sucked at english", but had his favorite phrase in english (at least earlier).
EP5-6 PieceBattler is more shown like he in in reality, but the point of view we see from him is at least partly a lie.
EP1-5 MetaBattler seems to me to have been copied from EP1 PieceBattler. Regarding him the absence of his knowledge about mysteries is even more suspicious. In EP5 he wondered why he was so smart suddenly, but the truth is, that he was really like that.
EP5???TP SorcererBattler was suddenly more similar to the EP5 PieceBattler and looked like a new person to me, compared to EP1-4 MetaBattler. All of a sudden he was able to do reasoning in a way we didn't really see before. He always had a clear counter move available. Also where did he suddenly got to know about "golden truth"? No one told him that rule, but he somehow knew it. Until now there was never a situation where Battler has known more than we did, but now he threw this golden truth in our faces and even Lambda was surprised and Bern didn't know anything about it at all.
You could say our connection to Battler was severed from the moment he said "and then i knew...".
EP6 SorcererBattler seemed very cold and out of character, as if he was trying to copy Kinzo's behaviour. Well... until he suddenly became reversed-Conan-Battler again when Erika started to whine that she couldn't do anything. Now he was a total softy again. I honestly had the impression that he had more personality switching in EP6 than ShKanon in the whole series did.... This is one of the reasons i believe that genius Battler is true.
I have no idea what the funeral scene in the beginning of EP7 was.
But i am very sure that EP7???TP-EP8 Battler was a completly new Battler, that did not appear before at all. I think this one was just a construct of PrimeAnge's imagination. While from EP1-6 he was created by Tohya, Ikuko ( = / and ) PrimeYasu.
So because I am convinced that EP8 Battler is only Ange's imagination, everything that happened in Rokkenjima and Battler hiding it is not strange, because... well an imagination cannot go and tell the world anything. And we do know that Tohya once tried to contact Ange, but decided against it in the last second, because he was too afraid about his brain injury.
|2012-05-17, 19:45
|Link #419
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Location: forever lost inside a logic error
Higurashi was a lot better in my opinion even in that regard. There are blatant signs that everything was planned since the beginning, it didn't leave me with any doubt that Ryuukishi might have come up with a major plot change in the middle of the story. Even things that you can only get in the answer arcs like Frederica Bernkastel are mentioned on the very first game. As for Umineko, not really, I can say that only for the core regarding Beatrice but all the rest and especially the metaworld is pretty much up in the air. And we know that the character of Erika wasn't even planned up to after Banquet.
|2012-05-17, 20:09
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Join Date: Jan 2012
(Possible Higurashi spoilers ahead)
Compared to Umineko, in Higurashi magic is real. I admit that I only watched the Higurashi anime, but having a Deus ex Machina at the last arc was lame. Overall it is almost like a reversal of Umineko.
In Higurashi you were first made to believe that fantasy is not part of the story, but at the end you see a "shrine god" appearing in human form and people being able to know facts about "parallel universes".
In Umineko you were first made to believe, that fantasy exists, but at the end you see that no real magic existed in the real world and most content was only "fiction in fiction".
I may be biased because of the fact that i only played the VN of Umineko, but I guess I am one of the few that like Umineko more than Higurashi.
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