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Franken wins Senate endorsement
ROCHESTER, Minn. - Satirist-turned-candidate Al Franken convinced Democratic activists to look beyond controversies about his past Saturday as he locked up the party's U.S. Senate endorsement.
"I'm not a perfect person and I'm not going to pretend to have all the answers, but I'll tell the truth," Franken told raucous Democratic activists gathered in Rochester's Mayor Civic Center. "I will keep my spine and I will work for you."
Franken earned the nomination when fellow DFL challenger and college professor Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer withdrew following the first ballot, asking delegates to unanimously endorse Franken; they immediately complied.
Franken - author, former radio talk show host and "Saturday Night Live" writer -- earned the support of 61.8 percent of the delegates compared to Nelson-Pallmeyer's 35.3 percent. That exceeded the 60-percent threshold needed for endorsement.
With his party's backing, Franken immediately shifted focus to the general election challenge of ousting Sen. Norm Coleman. The Republican senator has sided with corporations over Minnesotans, Franken said.
"It's time we had a senator who took this job seriously," Franken said.
The endorsement contest got real serious for Franken in the weeks leading up to the DFL Party's state convention. He sought to keep his campaign on track amid mounting criticism over past writings about pornography and a rape joke that even angered fellow Democrats.
Before the endorsement Franken addressed that issue directly, apologizing to delegates for jokes that he said were "downright offensive."
"It kills me that things I said and wrote sent a message to some of my friends in this room and the people in this state that they can't count on me to be a champion for women and for all people of Minnesota, in this campaign and in the Senate," Franken told delegates. "I'm sorry for that, because that's not who I am."
Many delegates to the convention said they wanted to hear Franken address those issues directly as they considered who to endorse for the general election contest.
The Coleman camp said the material Franken produced as a writer and entertainer as well as his positions on issues proves he lacks judgment needed by a senator.
"In a day and age when we need less partisanship - not more - and where we need people who can work across party lines to get things done, Al Franken is simply more fuel on the partisan fire burning in Washington," Coleman campaign manager Cullen Sheehan said.
With Franken viewed as the party's front-runner, Republicans had spent the past several months highlighting the Democrat's past as evidence he is not cut out for the U.S. Senate.
Franken was found to have underpaid income taxes in 17 states, while overpaying in two. Criticism grew when Republicans dug up a 2000 Playboy article Franken wrote about pornography. Franken came into the convention Friday criticized by both Republicans and Democrats for a 1995 rape joke he proposed for a "Saturday Night Live" skit.
"I wrote a lot of jokes," Franken told delegates. "Some of them weren't funny. Some of them weren't appropriate. Some of them were downright offensive."
Franken said he decided to offer an apology after talking with friends, delegates and supporters increasingly worried about his candidacy. Speaking with reporters after the endorsement, Franken said he does not expect to issue any more apologies for his work in the months to come.
"I think the words speak for themselves and I'd like to move on," he said.
Franken still could face a primary election challenge, though he said he doubted that will occur. Trial attorney Mike Ciresi, who earlier this year dropped out of the Senate race, has not ruled out running in a Democratic primary.
Minnesota Republican Party leaders said all Democratic candidates will have to explain why they did not condemn Franken's past work.
"Neither the DFL Party or its candidates will remember this day fondly in November when Minnesotans reject their decision to endorse a man who finds humor in a subject as serious as rape," Minnesota GOP Chairman Ron Carey said.
Endorsing a Senate candidate was Democrats' main job at their state convention, which ends today.
With attention on Franken's troubles, Nelson-Pallmeyer said his network of supporters was growing.
He fashioned his campaign similar to that of the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, another college professor who entered politics.
Nelson-Pallmeyer was plagued by different concerns from some delegates, including whether he could raise the money needed to compete in a contested Senate race. He said he had developed a statewide network of supporters.
"We know that politics is not defined by money, but by vision," he said.
Nelson-Pallmeyer said he will not run in primary against Franken.
"It's been an incredible honor to be part of this campaign," he said.
Both Franken and Nelson-Pallmeyer worked the convention floor Saturday morning, thanking supporters and trying to woo undecided delegates and those supporting their challenger. After the endorsement, they embraced, signaling to the 1,388 convention delegates they had united after a tough intra-party battle.
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, also embraced Franken after the endorsement. It was a contrast to Klobuchar's position on Friday, when she had not backed a candidate and said Franken needed to explain his controversial material to delegates.
"I'm honored, I'm humbled and I'm ready," Franken said of the campaign ahead.


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AHL Playoff Game Day: 6-9-12 Admirals at Marlies Game Four
Not just 2011-2012 Calder Cup Champions, but arguably the greatest single-season team in AHL history.
Dustin Tokarski allowed just 1 goal on 19 shots for the clinching victory. As with most of the last 2 rounds, he didn't have a huge volume of work, but he made saves when called upon. Some felt he might've received a minor snub by not getting MVP after going 12-2-0 with 3 shutouts, a 1.46 GAA, and a .944 save percentage. I think they got it right making Alexandre Picard the playoff MVP, but it should be noted that Tokarski's numbers in the Eastern Conference Finals and Calder Cup Finals are surreal. 8-0, 3 shutouts, and he only allowed 6 goals in those 8 games. The guy came to the Lightning with a reputation of being a big timer when the game's get important. He lived up to his reputation in this postseason.
First Period
NOR Panik, (5) (Johnson, Conacher), 6:17
TOR Zigomanis, (4) (Colborne, Lashoff), 19:43 (PP)
Second Period
NOR Kostka, (5) (Palat, Conacher), 4:26
NOR Johnson, (5) (Killorn, Aulie), 16:45
Third Period
NOR Kostka, (6) (Conacher, Johnson), 0:44 (PP)
NOR Johnson, (6) (Cote, Conacher), 12:35 (EN)
NOR Labrie, (5) (Ouellet, Smith), 13:33
Cory Conacher, Tyler Johnson, and Mike Kostka were the game's three stars, but you couldn't swing a stick without hitting a hero in that Admirals lineup tonight. They really did save one of their best all-around games for last in taking this Game Four, championship clinching victory.
Richard Panik got it off to a good start with the opening goal. The Panik attack used his speed to undress Simon Gysbers wide and got a bounce off a defender on a centering feed to Johnson for the opening marker, which really helped take Toronto's crown out of the game. Panik ended up getting kicked out of the game late in the First Period on what I felt was a dubious call. Yes, he swung his elbow blindly trying to create space for himself making a play near his own blueline, but it looked like his shoulder was what actually made contact with the Marlies' player's chin. Nonetheless, I think you could make a strong argument that Panik was Norfolk's best player in Game Three and the First Period of Game Four. He's dynamic, and you have to be excited about the player he's becoming.
A 5-on-3 goal kept Toronto alive, barely, but Norfolk really turned it up in the Second Period. Ondrej Palat showed nice vision on a beautiful feed from out of the corner to the left point to Mike Kostka for the eventual game winner. Palat's just a great stick handler and passer, and he's gone from a longshot signed for AHL depth to becoming a legitimate NHL prospect. I'm so impressed with Ondrej Palat and what he did from about the midpoint of the regular season on. And Kostka ended up being the hero in the Toronto series, as a whole, but that goal was illustrative of one of the aspects of Norfolk's game that makes them so good. Their points are so mobile and they use them so well 5-on-5 in the offensive zone. I'd really love to see a day where the Lightning had the personnel to play this style.
Johnson got the big goal last in the Second Period off a magnificent play by Alex Killorn. Killorn made a nice little stickhandling move to get through a defender in the high right wing of the zone and fired a very sharp pass to Johnson in the left wing circle. Johnson was stopped on a quick shot but banked the rebound off Scrivens and in from below the goal line. Nice job to stick with it by Johnson, and a magnificent play by Killorn.
From there, Norfolk pretty much ended it with a 5-on-3 goal of their own early in the Third Period. Cory Conacher had his 3rd of 4 assists in the game pushing a puck back to the right point while he was down on the ice for another Mike Kostka bullet, and it was about over. Conacher sent Johnson off to a 1-on-1 skate race for an empty netter with about 7 1/2 minutes left to go, and Johnson's not going to lose that race, and Pierre-Cedric Labrie, my guy, buried one shortly thereafter past Scrivens to complete the rout.
The victory should place the Norfolk Admirals near the top in terms of the greatest single-season teams in AHL history. Between the regular season and playoffs they won 70 of the 94 games they played including the final 28 games of their regular season and their final 10 games of the postseason, which included sweeps of the Eastern Conference Finals and Calder Cup Finals. They had the AHL's best offensive production in the regular season and the third best defense, and in the postseason they allowed a league best 1.67 goals a game.
The gold standard in the AHL, entering this year, was considered to be Hershey's team from two years ago that had a stunning +144 regular season goal differential and set the AHL record for regular season wins. That Hershey team, like the Admirals, was tops in the regular season in offense and third in defense. Norfolk only had a modest +93 regular season goal differential, mind you, but Hershey's team lost 5 games in the playoffs, whereas Norfolk only lost 3. Where I think the Admirals can make the argument for being the best AHL team of all-time is with their 28 game regular season winning streak record and their 10 game win streak to end the postseason, including sweeping the Eastern Conference and Calder Cup Finals. Note that they never trailed a series in the playoffs and they never came close to facing elimination. The outcome was never really in doubt, for anyone who watched this team and knew what they were capable of. Only a rash of a half dozen injuries and/or a world class goaltending hot streak was going to stop them, and even Pasquale and Scrivens' great goaltending in the last 2 series couldn't stop the inevitable. Norfolk's final loss of the regular season was on the day of the Super Bowl against the Springfield Falcons. From that point on, they posted a mind-blowing 43-3 record, between the regular season and playoffs. If the .745 overall winning percentage didn't do it for you, maybe the .935 winning percentage in the last 46 does.
And, if anybody's thinking this is a team built with high draft picks, they're wrong. Picard was the only first round selection on the team, and Panik and Scott Jackson, who returned tonight after missing 2-1/2 weeks from a puck to the head, were the only second rounders, and Jackson wasn't signed and had to latch on with the Lightning as a free agent. Beyond that, the team you saw on the ice today included 5 guys who were taken in rounds 5 through 9 and 7 guys who were undrafted free agents. That all underlines the job that the Lightning organization (past and present) did in identifying this talent, especially current Lightning Assistant GM and Admirals GM Julien BriseBois, and the unbelievable job The Rookie Whisperer, Jon Cooper, did this season. Cooper, despite this being only his 2nd season in professional hockey, may already lay claim on his resume to one of the greatest coaching jobs in AHL history. My only hope is that some other organization doesn't come poach him from the Lightning.
Top to bottom, it was just a special time these past 4-5 months during the streak and the playoffs, and a special team that came together from humble beginnings to achieve pure greatness. I was going to write a special post to the site after the Admirals broke the win streak record, but I didn't want to put a point on it until the streak was over. Problem is, this team just wouldn't lose, and by the time it got to the playoffs it felt inappropriate to try to ground anything in historic perspective with so much still left to be done. That's the amazing quality of this team. They're winners, and they're winners in whatever style of hockey you want to play. The first half of their streak they were blowing teams out with their speed and their skill, and the second half of the streak they were winning close games and many times having to play from 1-2 goals behind. Entering the playoffs teams might've thought they were soft. Nope. Like I said after Game One, this team has jam in every flavor. I giggled on the inside when Brian Burke complained today he didn't like how Scrivens was getting bumped and run by the Admirals going so hard to the net. They bullied an organization run by a guy who believes in bully hockey. Other teams may have believed that a team with that much offense couldn't win tight checking games. But, look back on the last two series and you'll see the close games where Norfolk triumphed. Game Two against St. John's was a 3-1 win with an empty netter. Game Three a 1-0 overtime victory. Game One against Toronto, again, a 3-1 win with an empty netter. Game Three, another 1-0 overtime win. Whatever style you wanted to play, the Admirals would beat you. Physical? They'd bloody your nose. Track meet? They'd skate you right out of the barn. Clutch and grab tight checking? They'd beat you 1-0, 2-1. No problem. I've never seen a team like this in my life, and I'm fairly certain I never will again, and it was a privilege for me to get to write about them all year long.
They certainly finished the drill.
I will, hopefully, try to write a separate story about how this fits into the context of the Lightning development system's emergence from the painful first steps in Springfield in 2004-2005 during the strike season, pretty soon. For now, though, as you can imagine it's something pretty incredible for me to have had the opportunity to witness things going from that point 8 seasons ago to being at the top of the world with championships at both the AHL and ECHL level and a solid claim to all-time greatness at the highest level of minor league hockey. The journey makes reaching the destination all the more sweeter, and the future looks so incredibly bright.
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According to Songhurst, the 1000 USD PC price point has been more or less the benchmark for the past decade, and at that price point, Microsoft charges about 50 USD per Windows copy. "If you think of the $1,000 PC, which has kind of been the benchmark for the last decade or so, then we've always charged about $50 for the copy of Windows for that PC," Songhurst revealed.
He further detailed that the 5% price point is what Microsoft is striving for. "So that's five percent," he states, "So if you think about charging $100, $200 or if you think about a super high-end PC, you know the Sony Vaios or anything that's there for around the $1000 mark, or the Alienware PCs that are even higher, if we can get that constant percentage then we should be indifferent to the number five points in the market."
If we look at the numbers, Windows PCs probably cover a price spectrum with 300 USD at the low end, and 3000 at the top end. This means that Microsoft charges anywhere between 15 and 150 USD for an OEM copy of Windows, and even with netbooks becoming more popular, this price range should cover the company well enough. More than 95% of Windows licenses come pre-installed, so they make up more than the bulk of Window sales.
It also reveals that Windows pricing is far less insane than we sometimes think it is. While I still believe that the retail pricing of Windows 7 is nothing short of insane, it is somewhat good to know that 95% of the people get Windows at a saner price point.
Songhurst specifically addressed netbooks too, and how they possibly impact Microsoft's bottom line. He argues that netbooks are generally bought by people who already own other computers, and that people who only buy a netbook probably weren't going to buy a "full" PC anyway. "So as long as they [cheap PCs] are not cannibalistic to the total PC demand. We don't think they will be because we don't think the value of the PC is decreasing. We think that the net's beneficial to us," he explains.


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On Jul 7, 2005, at 7:48 AM, Giles Hogben wrote: > I don't understand this sentence: "But I > think reving to a new version of the data schema in the case that there > was consensus for a new category makes sense." > What I meant was that if there was ever in the future a consensus that P3P needed a new data category, I think it would make sense to issue a new version that included that category. > There would be work in changing the p3p1.0 BDS -> p3p1.1 BDS transform > and > the 2 policy transforms (forwards and backwards), and the work that's > been > done on our policy editor would need changing somewhat. So, most of the work is work for you Giles... any other implications? If we don't make the change is there any downside other than longer policies? Lorrie > > -----Original Message----- > From: email@example.com > [mailto:email@example.com] > On Behalf Of Lorrie Cranor > Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 13:41 > To: Giles Hogben > Cc: 'Rigo Wenning'; 'public-p3p-spec' > Subject: Re: Trouble with data schema > > > > Ah, ok, I understand now. I think saying we cannot create new > categories is a reasonable limitation for P3P 1.1. Nobody has ever done > this or expressed interest in doing this, although I understand > theoretically why someone might want to do it in the future. But I > think reving to a new version of the data schema in the case that there > was consensus for a new category makes sense. > > As for the question of whether category names are elements or not.... > is there a downside to making category names an element other than > having to change the transforms? > > As far as impact on APPEL, as long as the old format is included in the > policies, APPEL can continue to use that if need be. At some point > APPEL needs overhaul, and then it would make sense to switch to > evaluating the new format, so then I think it could be made to work > with either elements or not, so I don't think that's a worry. > > Lorrie > > > On Jul 7, 2005, at 3:57 AM, Giles Hogben wrote: > >> >> The change I'm suggesting is that we say new schemas cannot create new >> categories, they can only refer to categories from the base data >> schema. That is they can say that their elements are in categories but >> they can't >> make new categories and put the elements into them. >> >> It would be even better, given time, to convert the BDS categories >> (which >> are currently expressed as string values of CATEGORY tags, for xsd >> reasons) >> to data types like all the rest, but standing at the top of the >> hierarchy >> (as they are semantically speaking). That means that elements using >> categories would then look like >> <demographic><dynamic><cookie/></dynamic></demographic> instead of >> <dynamic><cookie><CATEGORY>demographic</CATEGORY></cookie></dynamic> - >> but >> this would change the transforms and as you say open up a can of >> worms. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: firstname.lastname@example.com >> [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] >> On Behalf Of Rigo Wenning >> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 18:41 >> To: 'public-p3p-spec' >> Subject: Re: Trouble with data schema >> >> >> again, a list problem... >> >> ---------- [fwd] ---------- >> >> Subject: [Moderator Action] Re: Trouble with data schema >> Date: Wednesday 06 July 2005 16:48 >> From: Lorrie Cranor <email@example.com> >> To: Giles Hogben <firstname.lastname@example.com> >> Cc: 'Rigo Wenning' <firstname.lastname@example.com>, firstname.lastname@example.com >> >> I still am not getting what you mean by disallowing categories in new >> data >> schemas. As rigo said, the whole point of categories was so that user >> agents >> would have some clue about new data schemas. I'm not really sure what >> change >> to the current working draft you are proposing. >> >> Lorrie >> >> On Jul 6, 2005, at 10:38 AM, Giles Hogben wrote: >>> I think disallowing categories in new data schemas does not open up a >>> can of worms. It probably closes up a few. Changing the XSD we >>> already have does... (and would be quite a lot of work). >>> >>> >>> I don't fully follow what you are proposing... but I am strongly >>> opposed to any changes that open up nasty new cans of worms at this >>> point in time. >>> >>> Lorrie >>> >>> On Jul 6, 2005, at 6:03 AM, Giles Hogben wrote: >>>> Hmmmm - I didn't mean that you can't keep using the old categories. >>>> I just mean to simplify the syntax, let's forbid them in future. The >>>> point is that in any new schema, broad categories could simply be >>>> expressed as e.g. >>>> >>>> >>>> <navigation><cookie/></navigation> >>>> >>>> OR >>>> >>>> <demographic><vehicle><color/></vehicle></demographic> >>>> >>>> One possibility would be to offer them as elements in the new XSD >>>> BDS so that the weird syntax string based ones disappear completely >>>> in new schemas and you just use the element to hook new data >>>> elements onto. >>>> >>>> We could even turn the XSD schema up on its head and get rid of the >>>> string based categories so that the XSD defines the categories as >>>> elements with the category would then be at the top level in the >>>> data element and details >>>> would be hooked on below. >>>> >>>> E.g. >>>> >>>> <navigation><cookie/></navigation> >>>> >>>> You could also write them without categories unless they were >>>> dynamic >>>> >>>> <user><online><uri/></online></user></navigation> >>>> >>>> Agents would match elements like <navigation/> to all the allowed >>>> subelements of <navigation> >>>> >>>> This would mean quite a lot of rewriting the transforms etc... I >>>> estimate 2 weeks extra work. It may also have nasty implications for >>>> APPEL. Any thoughts. >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: email@example.com >>>> [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] >>>> On Behalf Of Rigo Wenning >>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 11:28 >>>> To: Giles Hogben >>>> Cc: 'Lorrie Cranor'; email@example.com >>>> Subject: Re: Trouble with data schema >>>> >>>> Am Wednesday 06 July 2005 09:27 verlautbarte Giles Hogben : >>>>> I would like to propose a simplification which there is still time >>>>> to put in the spec. We include categories in the Base Data Schema >>>>> for backward compatibility - but we disallow them in custom schemas >>>>> from now on. >>>> >>>> I don't get you here. One of the features of the category system >>>> was, that new custom data elements could be attached to the existing >>>> broad categories thus giving the custom elements some meaning. This >>>> meaning would then be easier to understand for user agents. >>>> >>>> ***There is nothing to stop you doing that. >>>> >>>>> If you want to put in broad categories, there's nothing stopping >>>>> you >>>>> - you just have to make them into data elements which subsume the >>>>> narrower categories. There's no need for a completely different and >>>>> confusing syntax. >>>> >>>> Can you give an example how this would look like? >>>> >>>>> Yes it's because of XSD. Basically because each >>>>> data element takes a subset of categories from a global set, this >>>>> is only possible with a custom data type (or at least that's the >>>>> only way we could find to do it and we consulted some XML lists)... >>>> >>>> Can we say that we don't allow for NEW categories? Because in your >>>> example in the Spec, you say: >>>> >>>> <element minoccurs="0" maxoccurs="1" name="musical-preference"> >>>> <element minoccurs="0" maxoccurs="1" >>>> ref="classicalmusic-preference"/> >>>> <annotation> >>>> <documentation> >>>> Musical Preferences >>>> </documentation> >>>> </annotation> >>>> <element ref="CATEGORY" minoccurs="0" maxoccurs="*" >>>> type="allCategories"/> >>>> </element> >>>> >>>> So if you wanted new <category> - Elements, you would have to make >>>> them available in a custom XML Schema? How would that fit in our >>>> framework? >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> Rigo >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> > > > > >Received on Thursday, 7 July 2005 11:57:23 UTC
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(That sig...!!!)
So I got a mindburst of inspiration and did a small wiki article about Audacious Space Traders...
Meet the Crest Eagle and her crew.
Guess this infodump should satisfy those dying for details.
|2012-02-18, 10:54
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|2012-02-18, 11:52
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I just had a thought... What we have in this storyline is the idea of privateers or licenced pirates. We have backstory about the Hakuchou, the seven original ships operating under Letters of Marque.
Japanese storytelling is replete with tales of masterless ronin, samurai who call no man lord living in a world where they are effectively "beyond the pale" although they still possess some rank and status. You could consider the privateers of the Mo-retsu universe as effectively being space ronin. And there are seven of them. Hmmm, where have I seen that plot before?
|2012-02-18, 12:36
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Mobirates 07 - Let's Make a Show Of It
So even the space battles can be mock shows. Pirating, at this point, really does seem to be far more about entertaining people, which I don't really have a problem with. Marika's proving herself to be not wholly perfect either, which is something that was missing from the previous episodes. Part time jobs can be a strain, especially if that job involves a fancy jacket and hat like hers. Of course, it wouldn't be pirates without royalty getting involved. Still, for an episode that looked to spell the end of things, it continued on with largely the same tone from the last one. Now next week, that's where the die is cast.
|2012-02-18, 16:16
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I'll type more on this episode later, but I did enjoy it. Chiaki-chan is so adorably tsundere in this episode. Yeah, nobody's buying the "I-It's Not like I came all this way to see you" denial.
|2012-02-18, 16:36
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The space faring home worlds has to train their potential human resource for off-world duties.
|2012-02-18, 17:14
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Interesting change to the opening narration this week. It really felt something out of one of those Super Robot series "Fight Kato Marika" and all that. Well at least in her dream, Marika didn't say "Release the Gunda*s"
I liked how Marika's biggest struggle right now is finding the right balance between her job as a space privateer captain(entertainers in space and reserve military officers) and being a high school student. I would like to see some followup to this in future episodes as her dual life could produce some conflict that would grow her character. I mean, that was part of the whole plot of Spiderman 2 after all.
I appriciate that they're giving Mami some more screentime as Marika's non-privateer involved friend and the one who tries to keep her mind on her schoolwork. I can see how being a meido/waitress at the Lamp Cafe is soothing to Marika, but she also needs to find some time for her schoolwork too. Mami also seems to be able to see through Chiaki's feelings(although it is fairly obvious to us that Dark Queen Chiaki wants some of the Captain's booty. ) Nice moment of comedy too with Mami dropping her soft-serve ice cream.
In this world-building front, "Blaster" Ririka looks like she's a kind of air traffic controller person at the airport. I guess she goes for the high-stress jobs doesn't she? I'm also guessing that the Corback-class ships get to get in some wargames practice in addition to whatever monies the shipping company gave it as part of the "pirating package". I certainly saw the Bentenmaru versus the Corback ships designated as "Alpha, Bravo and Charlie"(first three letters of the U.S military alphabet) as two military units doing a friendly wargame. Obviously, when there isn't a war, you have to find some way to keep the military busy.
LOL at all the obstacles Marika has to dodge in order to make it to the bridge in that costume. I bet that she gets better at it over time.
Next episode looks to be interesting with a child princess(34 kg is around 70 lbs I think. So Loli princess is around 11-12?) negoiating with Marika. Hopefully we'll learn some things about how the royal family figures into all of this with the Galactic Empire and all.
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This episode rather confirms that the majority of "piracy" basically consists of putting on shows for paying clients. Just another form of entertainment for the customers on board a space-liner. For a moment there, I thought the escort squadron had a burr up its butt about its professional pride and was going to genuinely try to shoot it out, but no such luck.
(I will say, I would have liked to see Marika stare at Misa and basically tell her where to shove all her "dragging me around like a rag doll" crap, on the grounds of "Exactly what the hell is so important about being a glorified in-flight movie that you're taking so much time out of my life that I'm flunking out of high school?" Mind you, that would be completely OOC for Marika. Chiaki, maybe. On the other hand, if the Bentenmaru isn't out there privateering, that crew isn't getting paid, and if space pirates are anything like historical pirates were, not a damn one of 'em has bothered to set up a 401(k) or a decent nest egg for financial security. Which is probably why they're out in space a heck of a lot more often than one job every 50 days until Marika graduates (which would only be seven acts of piracy a year). It's very annoying that the past two episodes have basically taken away what was one of the best aspects of the first five: the fact that nobody was shoving the whole pirate-captain job down Marika's throat but letting her make up her own mind.)
...Of course, next episode could change all that. Hints of real plot, perhaps? That princess looks like she might be the girl with the Sailor Moon hair in the opening credits...
Oh, one thing I genuinely disliked:
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I wonder where is the sample of Black Holy. Would be useful for my own fic.
EDIT: Found it. Too bad the lyrics don't fit...
But I wonder what this angela song were the Japanese asking for.
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Things got interested with that princess onboard. Based on the preview it seems that she force her to go to school with Marika as some sort of bargain agreement to whatever it is.
Marika with that makeup was a bit over the top. This is slowly becoming my favorite show of the season.
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So Marika is having a hard time balancing school and pirating. What was up with her makeup, she really needs to fix that. Like how its an obstacle course from her room to the bridge. So Chiaki made a visit, but Marika was away. Wow how bad are they if they allow a stowaway.
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Anyway it seems that our young captain is still a little scared when it comes to actual combat not wanting have to kill and all maybe with time she'll get over the idea.
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(Honestly, I can't shake the idea that if you gave Jenny and the Yacht Club five years' worth of training and real-world experience, they'd take the Bentenmaru's crew out behind the barn for an old-fashioned whipping in any direct confrontation.)
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What is with **** Subs calling the Bentenmaru the Bicentary? What the heck? That is just plain outright bad subbing.
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Bjoern Werner, from Germany, played three years of club football, and two years of high school football in Connecticut before landing at Florida State.
TALLAHASSEE | There are few players that have come as far — literally and figuratively — as Bjoern Werner.
He grew up in Berlin, Germany, and took up flag football in middle school just because some friends asked him to join the team. He hadn't hit his growth spurt yet and was playing receiver and defensive back.
Werner fell in love with the game and continued to improve. He played three years of club football, and two years of high school football in Connecticut before landing at Florida State.
And he has been one of the nation's best defensive ends in 2012, leading the Atlantic Coast Conference with 13 sacks and was second in the conference with 18 tackles for loss. And his 13 sacks put him in a tie for second nationally with South Carolina's Jadeveon Clowney (Anthony Barr of UCLA has 13.5). Werner also had 40 tackles and broke up seven passes.
Despite constant double-teams, the 6-foot-4, 255-pound junior was named a unanimous All-American and had one of the finest seasons ever by a Florida State pass rusher.
Being an All-American is something Werner is proud of. And it's easy for him to joke about, too.
"I'm a German All-American," Werner said with a smile. "How awesome is that?"
Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher knows the school's history of top pass rushers as well as anyone. He's watched future first-round picks like Peter Boulware, Reinard Wilson, Andre Wadsworth and Jamal Reynolds rush the passer through the years. And Fisher thinks that Werner is up there in their company.
"He's earned everything he got," Fisher said. "He's a phenomenal human being. … When you're talking about as complete a player — played the run, played the pass, could stand up — I would imagine he would be one of the tops (at Florida State). He belongs in the conversation, I know that."
It is the third consecutive year that Florida State has had at least a consensus All-American. Punter Shawn Powell was a consensus pick in 2011, and guard Rodney Hudson was a unanimous pick in 2010. Werner is the first unanimous All-American on the Seminoles' defense since Reynolds in 2000.
"Getting these honors is just amazing, especially where I come from," Werner said.
Werner has decided whether he will return to Florida State for his senior season or enter the NFL Draft early. But he's not telling now, at least not until the Seminoles (11-2) finish the season on Jan. 1 against Northern Illinois (12-1) in the Orange Bowl.
If he were to return in 2013, Werner would be playing for a new defensive coordinator and defensive ends coach (Mark Stoops will be Kentucky's head coach and D.J. Eliot is joining him). Many draft analysts project that Werner would be a top-5 overall pick if he enters the 2013 draft.
So it's likely that Tuesday will be the final night that Werner puts on a Florida State uniform.
It's been quite the journey for a skinny kid who grew up playing flag football and picked up nuances of the game by playing the Madden video games. But even then he set playing in the NFL as his goal.
"I envisioned it," Werner said. "Obviously when you have a dream you have to stay positive with that dream to reach it. I was setting that goal. Right now it looks pretty good. I'm just happy that I went that path and I can enjoy it now a little bit."
He said he's thankful for the help from family and coaches — both in Berlin and Salisbury, Conn. — who have supported him through the years.
There are currently just two German-born players in the NFL — New England Patriots guard Sebastian Vollmer and New York Giants defensive tackle Markus Kuhn.
Werner would like to see that number rise. He said he would like to give back in some way to his club team, Berlin Adler, and he hopes that he can help blaze a trail for future Germans who want to play college football and potentially in the NFL.
"It's so hard," Werner said. "You need opportunities. You need people who give you opportunities. There's so many people in my life that have opened doors for me and given me opportunities. Hopefully I have a nice NFL career where my name is so big that I can open the pipeline and give back."


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We were sitting outside the local bar listening to a live band playing covers of Johnny Cash and Jefferson Airplane and other incongruities, while the sun set on a sweltering Labour Day Holiday. There was quite a crowd, young and old(er), many having just returned from a day on the beach. They were smoking, drinking, eating pizza and porchetta; these latter being sold from a van set up by a nearby hotel and the quality was excellent. But mostly people were strolling and chatting and the band went largely ignored, pity, because they were rather good.
We have been here nearly eighteen months and know many of the locals, some only by sight, but that doesn't deter any one of them from approaching us to ask whether our house is finished yet, and they all do, and our answer is well practised, "No, not yet, but soon, in two weeks we hope." This news is greeted with hearty congratulations. "Yes", we go on to say, "there are only a few outstanding jobs, we are awaiting the electricity company, the plumber, the electrician and the carpenter to complete them." This information is followed by tight-lipped, knowing smiles, and the congratulations quickly turn to variations on "Good Luck!" What they don't know, and we don't dare say outright, even to ourselves, is that water or not, electricity or not, whatever or not, all our worldly goods are arriving from England in 2 weeks and we are moving in, whatever. Thus the optimistic quote above, which roughly translates as: "And one by one I left them behind me. Geometry! A job done to perfection."
Here is a photo' of the almost completed house. The railings have been put up and the walls have just been painted. The paint is in fact a form of coloured plaster "intonaco" and the owner of the shop that sold it to us advised, in his patriarchal way, that we wait at least a month before even looking at it. But how can we not notice now that the colour of the fresh paint in the bright sunlight is quite startling? Either it will weather or we'll simply have to get used to living with it, as with so much else in our 'new' house.
The view of the house from across the valley puts me in mind again of Baricco's "Novecento" - "Aveva un dente d'oro proprio qui, così in centro che sembrava l'avesse messo in vetrina per venderlo." This, I think, loses a lot in translation: "He had a gold tooth, right here, placed so centrally that it looked as though it had been put up for sale in a shop window."
Whether it is symmetry or incongruity that pleases you, there is something for all in the knowledge that Jorma Kaukonen, the lead guitarist of Jefferson Airplane, had/has a gold tooth in his shop window.
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A Dutch judge on Thursday said that three teenage footballers accused of beating a linesman to death should be kept behind bars for another fortnight for police to probe the brutal killing.
"Two 15-year-old boys and a 16-year-old from Amsterdam, suspected of the death of a 41-year-old linesman… will remain in detention for two more weeks," the Lelystad district court said in a statement.
The three appeared before a judge in the town near Amsterdam following Sunday's attack at an amateur game that has shocked football-mad Netherlands, where some 1,2 million people out of a population of 16.5 million are members of national football federation KNVB.
Linesman Richard Nieuwenhuizen, 41, of the Buitenboys club in Almere died in hospital the day after being assaulted following a match against Amsterdam's Nieuw Sloten club. The three boys were arrested at their Amsterdam homes on Monday morning.
"They face charges of manslaughter, assault and public violence," Lelystad district court spokesman Paul van Daalen earlier told AFP, adding they were being held at a youth detention facility but declining to say where.
If convicted, the two 15 year olds would serve a maximum sentence of one year in a youth prison.
The 16 year old could be jailed for a maximum two years, unless judges rule that he should be tried as an adult and face a stiffer penalty.
The precise charges will be refined based on the results of an investigation by police and prosecutors, added Brigit Haan, spokeswoman for the Lelystad Prosecutor's Office.
"There are many things we need to investigate," she told AFP.
Dutch popular daily De Telegraaf reported on Thursday that the fatal beating may have been caught on camera by the sister of the Buitenboys goal-keeper who was taking pictures at the match.
The murder prompted Dutch football federation KNVB to call off all 33,000 of this weekend's amateur matches, with professionals holding a minute's silence and players wearing black armbands.
Former Dutch international player and current Feyenoord manager Ronald Koeman said it might have been better if professional Dutch matches had also been cancelled this weekend.
"Perhaps professional football should have joined this statement," he told radio programme Evers Staat Op. "I think that would have made the statement sink in deeper."
"You don't just see this in football. I think that it's a big problem in society with the upbringing of the youth of today," he said.
Players at the opening match of the Club World Cup in Yokohama between Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Auckland City FC observed a minute's silence Thursday in Nieuwenhuizen's memory, Fifa said on its website.
The Buitenboys club said on its website that a silent march in Nieuwenhuizen's memory set for Sunday would only be for local football club members and invited guests, following a request from the family.


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Victoriaville Tigres 5 @ Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 4
D Daniel Milan, VIC: 0-0-0, +1, 2 PIM (holding), 1 SOG, 0 Hits
Season Totals: 50 GP, 1-6-7, -13, 45 PIM
With Victoriaville: 17 GP, 1-1-2, E, 14 PIM
With Moncton: 33 GP, 0-5-5, -13, 31 PIM
Victoriaville stole a win in Sydney by scoring the game's final two goals. Former Lightning camper (2010) Brandon Hynes scored his 35th and 36th goals of the season for the Tigres. He also had an assist and was a team-leading plus-4. Hynes is eighth in the league with 70 points in 49 games. Milan hit game No.50 for the season last night and is sitting on seven points. Though primarily a stay-at-home defenseman, he had 38 points (14 goals) in 68 games last season with Moncton (pictured). The Lightning signed him to an entry-level contract in the fall.
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Hello all,
I've heard that some matches in DM are not taken into account and others are considered as abandoned when it's your opponent who left.
This problem within the code is very difficult to locate that's why I'd like you to give me as much details as you can.
The details I need:
Your browser.
Detailed description of what you were doing (during the match but also if you were doing something else on the site, if you were downloading something, etc.)
A screenshot, during the forfeit if it's possible.
In which mode you were playing.
Your connection : wifi or ethernet and what was its status at that moment.
All information you have.
No off-board comments please.
Thanks for your help
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spagr Colossus Army of Elite Mercenaries Monday 08/11/2010, 11:57
11:51 Deathmatch you crushed maniakal (12-0): 270 points
11:49 Deathmatch you beat (UF)-piyi, Union Fantastica (6-0): 270 points
You know that - finished DM game that does not count in the total score ... now I have maybe some usefull information. After I finished 11:49 DM game, I left the room. Then I entered, find my opponent and fight in 11:51 game ...
VanessaWolff Imperator Colombian Legend's Tuesday 09/11/2010, 18:46
My complaint is that when two cards tie in attack they should both lose not determine the winner by luck it takes out the strategy of the game. plus before a fight starts you should BE ABLE TO OPT OUT OF THE FIGHT BEFORE IT STARTS ITS REALLY LAME THAT A LEVEL 80 BEATS A LEVEL 10 IT IS STUPID FOR BOTH PLAYERS so pleassssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeee put the option to leave the fight before it stars you just get to see the level of the person an leave if you want no penalty.
Vinyl-Scratch Titan D-Versified Tuesday 09/11/2010, 18:56
@Vanessawolff, just have to lol at you. Let me point out the clear faults. First, in the event of a tie, it isn't random, the lowest star wins and if there both the same star then the attacking character wins. Secondly, level doesn't mean how good a person is and with the ability to opt out then loads of people would do it until they think they've got an easy opponent and opt out when they get a hard opponent.
Start playing the game more and understand it before complaining about pointless stuff that doesn't need fixing.
If you could opt out penalty free then you'd see top heavy decks with people just opting out until they drew their good cards. Why would you play a draw of all 2*'s when you could hit the 'get outa jail free' card and try again. Imagine how frustrating it would be if your opponents always left every time your hand was better than theirs.
spagr Colossus Army of Elite Mercenaries Wednesday 10/11/2010, 01:07
We have already written the glitch, but I got some screenshots.
2 games counted in the results. I played, won with KO. When I serched for the new opponent, it immediately connected and said "the opponent was found". Then I was paired with my last opponent and I see again the last round. Befor I can see the last animation, the system wait for a while.
Pic 1 - the system is waiting until I see the final fight again ( Kolos against Nahema - both characters are grey even before the last animation )
The score - there are 2 games in the list, but I got 3 games finished ...
Player287578 Titan Sunday 14/11/2010, 07:38
If you only want to play with players at a level you're comfortable with, why don't you just directly click on them? Why do you have to go around a circle to do a quick challenge, wait for opponent, then opt out? Quick challenge is for the ones who don't pick their opponents.
spitz the god Novice Thursday 18/11/2010, 07:32
I just started a match maybe a min ago and as soon as i clicked to start it said battle lost. that i had timed out. theres no way i let 25 seconds pass cause i didnt even let 5 seconds pass.
Browser = firefox
Game window = normal : beta
using high speed comcast internet. wired
Playing deathmatch
the only other thing i was doing was listening to music on my computer on itunes.
Whenever i clicked quick match it said there was no one available. so i let it set about a min while i went to go get a drink. i came back messed on itunes for about a a minute. then clicked quick match again. it said an opponent has been found. i clicked okay followed by the next screen which i clicked as well. and instantly it said battle lost due to time out.
I dont care so much about the battle points or anything i just dont want my fair play smiley to be bad. This is the second time this has happened. i just let the first one slide cause it didnt seem like it was worth the effort of doing this but...my fair play is getting bad.
I was in the Middle of a match in a tourney, and I click my character and input the amount of pills I want to use, but then it just stayed on my turn and the time just kept going on, I tried putting pillz with the card a second time while the timer was going and yet again, it did nothing until the timer ran out, mind fixing this glitch please?
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I hope Karen Kwiatkowski wins her campaign. At the very least, it tells the elected corporate shills that they are on notice to the consequences of their lackey laws trying to stifle free speech and the internet.
The cable-cutters that I know despise streaming with commercials. Torrents on the player of their choice with no commercials wins big with the home crowd and works for much of the mobile crew.
RIP, ya dumb bastards!
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I liked Freak's personal introduction about himself. It gave a sense of perspective and made it more of a human interest story.
The politicians got what they wanted from M$ -- massive donations from new hi-tech PACs. Now it is Googles turn to hire a bunch more ex-pol lobbyists.
Now if the pols ever figure out how monetize the patent wars, the cash will really pour like tidal wave.
Open Office was forked to Libre Office after Oracle (nee Sun) fell out with the original OO people.
Maybe the guy actually supports freedom of the press and wanted to point out the hypocrisy of the US gov.
State AGs go after CL as a high profile easy target without the resources to fight back. Newspapers love writing bad things about CL since CL cleaned their greedy clock by publishing ads for free.
CL only started charging for adult services after being forced into it by State AGs. Now State AGs argue that CL is making too much money off the ads--that they forced CL into charging for.
Prostitution is one issue. Trafficking in UA children for sex crimes is another. Free speech is a fundamental right given by the US Constitution.
Considering that State AGs are the highest profile example of their profession in every state, it clearly shows why lawyers are held in such low regard. They are collectively willing to trample the Constitution to further their careers.
I have been off the cable grid for 11 months living on Netflix, torrents and Hulu. I saw my first commercial in 10 months last week. It was a surprise to realize how long it had been since my last commercial and how good it was to not have to watch them.
My cable provider is "Ygnition" which is essentially a re-biller for Direct-TV targeted for apt complexes. Ygnition is 2x the price of Direct-TV. Direct-TV is clearly in collusion with Ygnition since they will not provide service at an Ygnition served complex.
It is great to be able to watch an entire series back-to-back. The last few days it was the PBS/Ken Burns saga of WWII - WAR. No commericals, no pledge drives and watching it whenever I want--such as now at 4 AM.
I am not going to do any woodcrafting projects, but I totally support you to keep teaching others how make nice furniture/projects for themselves. Keep on teaching! Schooling WS is not a bad thing either.
I hope this blows up in his face in a big way. What does the UofMiami Law School have to say about their faculty not understanding fair use?
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Phishing, Frenemies, and Smoving
Tom Bivens just picked up a new nonce word that he thinks may make it into the language. The Web has, in fact, made it easier for (mis)created words to creep into common usage, so he may be right. Here is what Tom wrote:
"Smove is not a word yet but it's about to be. I am hearing it and seeing it in writing more often. It means to smile and move on."
Of course, it doesn't mean that to you and me because it isn't a word in the English vocabulary yet. It is a blend, two words simply smushed together. Blending is popular means of creating new words among reporters, publicists, and marketers, the source of such common blends that did stick as smog and motel. The rules of English create words with prefixes and suffixes, though, since English prefixes and suffixes have been vanishing for centuries, we have had to resort to more radical means of creating neologisms (new words).
I wrote Tom that I'm going to wait for this one. Oddities are like blog, phish, and frenemy) are flooding the language. Now, I'm not a grammar Nazi; I'm willing to accept them if they are forced down my throat. Like these other "words", Smove is not formed by a rule of the English language but a logical rule that says that smushing two words together smushes their meanings together in understandable ways.
As I told my linguistics students for a couple of decades, we created English so we can do with it what we please. However, there should be some sort of democratic majority behind whatever changes we make and that is what grammatical rules are supposed to form. Nonce words make coagulating such majority support for a word difficult.
A nonce word is a word created for a specific occasion or situation that eventually evaporates leaving no use for the word. The problem with nonce words, aside from their evanescence, is that they have to be wholly memorized. Words like memory chip (actually one compound word), processor, and networks that we use in speaking about computers don't require any explanation; we pick them up straightway. Someone has to tell us what words like phish, chad, blog, frenemy mean, so they interrupt the flow of conversation and actually hinder communication.
I am grateful to Tom for tipping me off, though. I do like to spot these new creatures before they bite me. My throat is so sore from swallowing so many already, what harm could one more do?