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Beijingers Feel Drawn to the Open Road
August 9, 2010 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Beijingers Feel Drawn to the Open Road
The biggest recreational vehicle and camping rally in China took place in Beijing's Fangshan district over the weekend, attracting more than 100 RVs and their owners, the China Daily reported.
During the three days, more than 3,000 people attended the 2010 China RVing and Camping Rally, and about 10% of those without an RV showed strong intentions to make an order.
Niu Jie, a woman in her 20s, who came from Xi'an with her family, told a salesman at the rally she didn't want to wait two months for an RV.
"We want to join the convoy to Europe organized by www.21rv.com next year," she said. "My parents want an RV now because they want to try short trips within China first to gain some experience before the coming marathon journey."
Wang Xudong, chief information officer with the Beijing-based website 21rv.com, said the success of the rally was a clear signal that there was consumer demand for RVs.
However, he said the lack of campsites is holding back the development of China's RV market.
"Europe has more than 30,000 RV campsites and the U.S. has 16,000; we, in contrast, have only several dozen," he said.
"Campsites are so rare in China that I always park my RV in a local farmer's courtyard," said Li Jibao, an RV owner in his 50s who attended the rally and who has taken his family to all parts of China except Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in his RV since 2007.
Wang said an RV campsite requires more than just grass. "It requires water and recharging facilities and also facilities to deal with waste and to guarantee sanitation and hygiene."
In Japan, RV campsites are usually combined with nearby entertainment facilities, such as mineral springs, fishing sites, museums and fun fairs.
China Travel Service (HK) Group Corp. has announced that it will invest heavily in building two RV areas in Miyun district, Beijing Youth Daily reported on Thursday.
Wang said RV campsites in Fangshan and Huairou districts will also be boosted within five years, which will make Beijing China's leading RV-friendly city.
In China, there are 3,600 RVs — 500 of them in Beijing — compared with around 8.6 million RVs in the United States.
Yuan Zhijun, a salesman with Tuo Ma RV, said Metro, a domestic RV brand that has been involved in the industry for 10 years, has potential but is still in its early days.
He said the company relies heavily on other types of vehicles to keep the RV business alive.
"The business is getting better since last year. We perceive it as a promising industry and don't want to give up easily," Yuan said.
In Europe and the U.S., more than 80% of the RVs are cheap attached trailers, which cost about 150,000 yuan each.
However, cars produced for the Chinese market are not equipped with linking devices to connect trailers and running trailers in China requires a special driving license and number plates
As a result, Chinese RV lovers have to choose the more expensive type of RV, a motorhome.
But for the growing number of RV lovers in China, the joys of this leisure mode of travel far exceed the constraints.
Li said he loved the independence and freedom brought by the open road.


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The purpose of this registry is to record information and evaluate the impact of Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) Guided Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) on the management of pancreatico-biliary disorders. The registry will evaluate efficacy, safety and technical success of the Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)Guided Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedures. The safety and efficacy of various EUS-Guided ERCP procedures have been assessed in a series of studies.
This multi-center registry has been initiated:
- To document the impact of EUS-Guided ERCP procedures on the management of pancreatico-biliary disorders including malignancies.
- To assess the clinical and technical success rates of EUS-Guided ERCPs for diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.
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|Procedure: EUS guided ERCP
Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) Guided Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has become a therapeutic intervention for the management of biliary obstruction or pancreatic strictures related to chronic pancreatitis or other diseases. Successful biliary or pancreatic cannulation can be achieved in 90 to 97%. Failure to obtain biliary access can be related to operator experience, peri-ampullary diverticula, prior surgery (e.g., Billroth II anatomy), tumor involvement of the ampulla, biliary sphincter stenosis and impacted stones. In experienced hands, pancreatic duct cannulation fails in less than 10% of cases. This is primarily related to surgically altered anatomy or inflammation. Referral to a tertiary care center , percutaneous intrahepatic cholangiography (PTC) for biliary decompression , and surgical intervention are typically offered after a failed ERCP. Percutaneous intrahepatic cholangiography with subsequent percutaneous or endoscopic drainage has a morbidity of up to 32%. Surgery can also be associated with significant morbidity and mortality.
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) allows detailed imaging of the regional anatomy by approximating the frequency transducer to the region of interest. With the evolution of linear array and the ability to direct a needle within the field of interest, the therapeutic potential of EUS has reached new levels beyond fine needle aspiration (FNA), celiac plexus blocks and drainage of cystic lesions. The biliary and pancreatic systems, being in close proximity to the gastric or duodenal lumen, are a logical target for EUS in cases not accessible by ERCP. EUS-assisted cholangiopancreatography was described a decade ago. In order to validate these procedures and broaden its use beyond tertiary centers, it is crucial to understand its efficacy and success rate. The objective of the study is to evaluate retrospectively and prospectively the efficacy and safety of EUS-Guided ERCP procedures for the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatico-biliary disorders.
The purpose of this registry is to record information and evaluate the impact of EUS-Guided ERCP on the management of pancreatico-biliary disorders. The registry will evaluate efficacy, safety and technical success of the EUS-Guided ERCP procedures.
The involvement of multi-international sites is crucial- as the advanced endoscopists outside US are attempting similar complex EUS-Guided ERCPs for complicated pancreatico-biliary cases as their counterparts in US. However, because of the non-existence of a registry, these cases are often reported as isolated case series with remarkable technical similarities to case series in other countries.
The registry hopes to combine all such comparable cases and collect enough relevant data for statistical analyses.
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|December 30, 2018
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|December 30, 2018
EUS guided ERCP procedure group
Subjects who will undergo Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) guided Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedures for their pancreatico-biliary conditions.
Procedure: EUS guided ERCP
Endoscopic ultrasound guided (EUS) endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
Other Name: EUS ERCP
- Safety [ Time Frame: 3 years ]Documentation of Safety- Number of Participants with Adverse Events; Type, frequency and intensity of adverse events
- Efficacy [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
Documentation of efficacy: Technical and clinical success rates.
- Technical Success rate will be derived from reported success or failure of technical feasibility and conduction of a specific EUS Guided ERCP procedure for a pancreatico-biliary condition.
- Clinical success rate will be derived from reported of clinical success hallmarks such as biliary or pancreatic drainage, reduction in total bilirubin, formation of a fistula, immediate and eventual alleviation of symptoms or complaints within a specific period of time, etc. for that particular pancreatico-biliary disorder.
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Subjects who has undergone Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) guided Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedure for diagnosis or treatment of a pancreatico-biliary disorder.
Above 18 years of age.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Any patient who has undergone EUS-guided ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography)for diagnosis or treatment of a pancreatico-biliary disorder.
- Above 18 years of age.
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- Any subject who has not undergone Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) guided Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).
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Keywords provided by Michel Kahaleh, Weill Medical College of Cornell University:
Endoscopic ultrasound
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Pancreatic Cancer
Bile Duct Cancer
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Stent obstruction
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Pancreatic Neoplasms
Constriction, Pathologic
Pancreatitis, Chronic
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Digestive System Diseases
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Tooth, Impacted
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|2011-08-06, 22:40
|Link #62
Yuri µ'serator
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: FL, USA
Age: 31
65. Zakuro +2
66. Yui Kotegawa, Hata +1
67. No one important, 3
68. Risa, Last Order +0
69. No one important, 3
70. Mugi, Usami +1
71. Yui, Hibiki, Haruka
72. Anna +2
|2011-08-07, 09:36
|Link #63
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Under the piercing blue sky
Kanade and Homura advances leading their respective groups.
Meh for Hitomi advancing.
Picks for today:
65.) n/a
66.) Yui Kotegawa (TLR), Mio Sakamoto (Strike Witches)
67.) Elika Drakul Draupnils (Astarotte)
68.) Last Order (Index)
69.) Nanase Kotobuki (Bungaku Shoujo)
70.) n/a
71.) Yui (Angel Beats!)
72.) Nodoka Miyazaki (Negima)
|2011-08-07, 10:11
|Link #64
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
- Hmmm... looks like Angel Beats is taking control of K-Moe at the moment. By 6 votes (past Madoka) Yui-nyan has the 4th most votes for the preliminary round. Yuri, Kanade and Yui-nyan control 3 of the top 4. Erza is the other top vote rep.
- Fairly decent showing for Yuuko Kinoshita. Wonder what Hideyoshi will do later on?
- Other notable winners in contention: Last Order and Tsumugi Kotobuki
(73) Yoshika & Sayaka Miyafuji (Strike Witches), 1 other
(74) Ryuuko Mifune (Denpa Oona) / Nessa (Fractale), 1 from Oreimo
(75) Jubei Yagyu (Samurai Girls) / Zastin (ToLoveRu) / Shizuka Sado (MM)
(76) Wendy Marvell (Fairy Tail) / Nodoka Manabe (K-ON!!), 1 other
(77) Lala Satalin Deviluke (ToLoveRu) / Houki Shinonono, 1 from Ookami-san
(78) Kuroko Shirai (Index/Railgun), 2 others
(79) Elucia (Kaminomi) / (Shizuku Sango (Kampfer OVA), 1 other
(80) *None
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|2011-08-07, 12:00
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Defying gravity
Join Date: Jul 2010
Talk about an Angel Beat Sweep. Even Yui is doing pretty well here herself. Also, I love how Last Order and Tsumugi are more popular than Index and Yui. Something seems off here.
73. Jun Nagase, Yoshika Miyafuji
74. Nessa, Ryūko Mifune
75. Kusunoki Kasuga, Chelsea Arcot
76. Kiriha Kuze, Sora Asuka
77. Lala Satalin Deviluke, Houki Shinonono
78. Chiriko Tsurumi, Seiri Fukiyose, Ibuki Hinata
79. Elucia de Lute Irma
80. Saki Kirishima
|2011-08-07, 12:24
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Yuri µ'serator
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: FL, USA
Age: 31
Good to see Zakuro and Risa make I was a bit worried about amount of support they'd get . And my votes:
73. Nitori, Fish Girl, Jun
74. Yukata +1
75. Kusunoki +2
76. Nodaka +2
77. Lala, Otohime +1
78. Kuroko, Chiroko +1
79. Elsie, Shizuku +0
80. Natsuru +1
|2011-08-08, 09:06
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Discord
Age: 30
73) Orsola Aquinas
75) Kusunoki Kasuga
76) Maya Takahashi
77) Otohime Ryugu, Houki Shinonono
78) Seiri Fukiyose, Shirai Kuroko
79) Yukimura Sanada, Elsie
80) Bonbori, Sakamoto Yuji
|2011-08-08, 10:13
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
- Fairy Tail characters are still advancing, but the votes have been losing momentum since Erza's match. Wendy Marvel would have trouble getting past the next round with the votes she has now.
- On the other hand, Kuroko has been keeping up with the major players from Index/Railgun, passing the 300 mark.
(81) (82) (83) *No interesting choices
(84) Yuuki Mikan (ToLoveRu) / Merry Nightmare (Yumekui Merry) / Komoe Tsukuyomi (Index)
(85) Tabane Shinonono (IS) / Yuuki Ringo (ToLoveRu) / Kyouko (Zombie)
(86) Kotaro Inugami (Negima) / Eila & Francesca (Strike Witches)
(87) Lin Yin Fang <Huang> (IS) / Kinoshita Hideyoshi (BakaTest) / Cordelia Glauca (Milky Holmes)
(88) Asuna (Negima) / Saya Takagi (High School of the Dead), 1 other
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|2011-08-08, 13:03
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Join Date: Jul 2010
The only interesting thing going on is Index/Railgun domination as Shirai joins the 300 breaker.
81. Random Girls
82. More Random Girls
83. Phyrne
84. Komoe Tsukuyomi, Merry Nightmare
85. Kyouko, Haruna Sairenji, Ruri Himeyuri
86, Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen, Miyako Yamashina
87. Haruka Ozawa, Kozue Kuranaga
88. Additional Random Girls
|2011-08-08, 17:23
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: FL, USA
Age: 31
My votes:
81. No one important, 1
82. ...No one important, 3
83. .......No one important, 3
Finally someone I care about...
84. Mikan, Merry +1
85. .............No one important, 3.
what's with this round...
86. Hisako +2 wow I am listing her because of lack people this round
87. .....................No one important, 3.
88. ..........................No one important, 3.
What gives this round .
|2011-08-08, 21:13
|Link #73
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Lalalalala world
81: Kuu Orla - LOL Heroes
82: -
83: Nagatsuki Sanae - Shinryaku! Ika-Musume, Luna Mi Mad Magura - Level E, Hozuki - Otome Youkai Zakuro
84: Edogawa Miho - Level E, Sendo Kaya - FA
85: -
86: -
87: Iris Eris - LOL Heroes
88: Takagi Saya - HOTD
|2011-08-09, 10:04
|Link #74
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
245 doesn't seem like much, but given the number of total votes, Hideyoshi should be strong enough to advance one more round. He/she will have to be much stronger in order to be a contender.
Mikan, Merry Nightmare and Huang also advance
(89) Mato Kuroi (BRS) / Shana, 1 other
(90) Minami Shimada (BakaTest) / Nanael (Queen's Blade) / Tenmari (Naruto)
(91) Shiemi Moriyama (Blue Exorcist) / Riri (Shin Koihime Musou) / Jeanne d'Arc (Hidan no Aria)
(92) Yui Hirasawa (K-ON!!) / Chohi (Shin Koihime Musou) / Kaede (Negima)
(93) *None
(94( Agnese (Index II), 2 others
(95) *None
(96) Evangeline (Negima) / Shokyo (Shin Koihime Musou) / Flandre (Princess Ressurection OVA)
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|2011-08-09, 11:00
|Link #75
Defying gravity
Join Date: Jul 2010
There was not much noteworthy. Only non-surprising shock was Hideyoshi winning by the highest out of the eight groups.
89. Asuka Watarai, Nako Oshimizu, Shana
90. Minami Shimada, Kiyomi Sakura
91. Jeanne d'Arc, Shiemi Moriyama
92. Nano Shinonome, Kaori Kanzaki
93. Hiyoko Tamaizumi, Alice Kiriki, Sapphi
94. Mashu, Agnese Sanctis, Mayuka Kondou
95. Miya Tachibana
96. Mai Minakami, Nagi, Evangeline A. K. McDowell
|2011-08-09, 13:20
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Yuri µ'serator
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: FL, USA
Age: 31
Wow minor side characters of Amagami SS and K-On advanced
89. Shana, Mato Kuroi +1
90. No one important, 3
91. Kurisu, Jeanne d'Arc +0
92. Kanzaki, Yui, Sasa
93. Annaka, Alice +1
94. No one important, 3
95. Miya +2
96. Mayuri, Mai, Nagi
|2011-08-10, 09:46
|Link #77
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
- Shana's votes should be enough for the top 96. However, she will need to increase her strength to when she was previously in K-moe to contend this year
- Only other contender in today's results is Yui Hirasawa
- Also advancing: Mato Kuroi, Shiemi Moriyama, Evangeline
|2011-08-10, 13:26
|Link #79
Yuri µ'serator
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: FL, USA
Age: 31
Dam I was hoping for Mai to advance since other Nichijou characters have .
Good results other than that; glad Mayuri and Kurisu probably have enough support to advance another round .
|2011-08-12, 10:23
|Link #80
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
2nd preliminaries..... I see more uneven matches, but I also see a few more matches that are favorable than unfavorable.
(1) Jeanne d'Arc (Hidan no Aria) (Doesn't look like a strong group. Could help Jeanne especially with a split from Index/Railgun characters)
(2) Astarotte Ygvar (Astarotte no Omocha) (A pair of Kugimiya reps from Astarotte and Agnese. Looks like they could both make it as long as Kaede from Negima doesn't get involved)
(3) Aria Holmes Kanzaki (Hidan no Aria) (Mio Akiyama is likely getting one spot so my vote is for the other spot which will come down to either Ringo or Aria)
(4) Hazuki Shimada (Bakatest) (3 bakatest reps could put Hazuki at a disadvantage. She should still be strong enough to challenge Nymph and Maika for the top 2 spots)
(5) Lin Yin Fang <Huang> (IS) (First bad group. Huang, Jun (K-on), Seraphim, Wendy Marvel, and Ohana (Hansaku) are all involved. Jun might get one spot by series association. The other might come down to the strength of the 1st preliminaries which puts Huang and Seraphim in contention for the other spot
(6) Charles Dunois (IS) (After a 4th place finish in the 1st prelims in a tough group, Charlotte should be able to advance in this group with Sawako as the other possible representative)
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In today's episode: Bruce Willis; Kiefer Sutherland; Kris Kristofferson; Elizabeth Berkly; Owen Wilson; Matt Dillon; Naveen Andrews; Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann; Rashida Jones; Amanda Peet and David Benioff; Keri Russell; BJ Novak; Nicole Richie and Joel Madden; Brian Grazer; Brad Grey; Ian Ziering; Valerie Bertinelli; Grant Show; Udo Keir; Travis Barker; Jason Bantha; Jorja Fox; Eric Wareheim; Sara Rue and Glenn Morshower; and Joey Buttafuoco.
· Bruce Willis shopping at John Varvartos on Melrose wearing a lavender sweater on Saturday March 1st.
· Last Friday - Kris Kristofferson in the New Zealand Air/Virgin lounge form LAX to London. No matter how old that guy is he always looks the same. I looked up at him as he came out of the bathroom and he smiled and did a little hat tilt at me...I felt a bit awkward and in no way attracted to him.
· Yesterday - Virgin Atlantic lounge at Heathrow and upper class on Virgin was our favorite world savior - Kiefer Sutherland. Actually looked quite good, thin and euro in jacket, tie, scarf and sunglasses. Probably the first time I've considered him sexy. He sat where everyone could see him but no one would talk to him in the lounge. Sadly, he slept most of the flight and didn't attack anyone.
· And finally, the best sighting ever - Nomi Malone, aka Jessi Spano, aka Elizabeth Berkly at Bodyfactory near the Arclight. I was behind her in line and hear a voice that was strangely familiar and loud asking if there was any lactose in the shake because she is lactose intolerant. I almost peed my gym shorts with excitement when I noticed it was Nomi. Showgirls is probably the greatest film of all time (and my favorite)...sadly, she caught me texting my friends and looking at her like 10 times. I genuinely wanted to ask for a picture but thought she'd get all Nomi on me. She's really tall and quite gorgeous.
· Feb 29 - Owen Wilson was spotted looking at art today with his dog, Garcia, at Regen Projects, where he looked at Raymond Pettibon's older drawings and Catherine Opie photographs of surfers.
· March 6 - Matt Dillon getting his mack on at the celebrity coffee bean(sunset and fairfax). He got dropped off in a crystler and proceeded to get his drink, then quickly began hitting on young girls. Reminded me of his brother johnny drama
· i saw Naveen Andrews on the corner of 4th and Santa Monica Blvd (near 3rd st promenade) on Feb. 29 around 7pm. Naveen was with a hot model-type chick (not Barbara Hershey—did they break up?). Naveen didn't look too happy to be reconized. i stared at him shamelessly, because i am an obsessive fan of LOST!!! i wanted to yell "Help me get back to the island, Sayid!!!!!" but i was too afraid he would torture me. Naveen and the mystery chick then headed into some fancy restaurant for dinner........
· March 3, 2008 Saw Naveen Andrews (LOST) at a park in Santa Monica. Was pushing my stroller and being sleep-addled and before I could stop myself, I turned to my husband and blurted out: "OH MY GOD, IS THAT SAYID?" To which Naveen laughed and waved. Then because I'm a total dork, I felt compelled to give him a thumbs up, to which he laughed and waved some more and then drove off in his sweet ass ride — a Porsche. btw, he's a total hottie.
· The next weekend I saw the always amazing Judd Apatow and his funny-talented wife, Leslie Mann, at the Grove. You'd never pick them out of a crowd, he in jeans and baseball cap, she in puffy jacket and sweat pants. Like not the velour matching kind but the old school kind of sweats — green with elastic around the ankles. It was raining. They seemed comfy and thank god because us understated puffy jacket and scarf wearing regular jeans people need to stick together... I mean, I've seen enough Marc Ecko jeans in LA to last a lifetime.
· Last night (3/6) I went grocery shopping and saw: 1) at the WeHo Trader Joe's Rashida Jones with chic geek glasses on—quite polite and very beautiful w/no make-up then 2) at the BH Bristol Farms Amanda Peet & David Benioff & their beautiful chubby baby. Amanda looked a little sleep-deprived but then again she didn't have make-up on either and still looked better than me. That's all.
· Saw Felicity (Keri Russell) at the bucolic Palisades Farmers' Market two weeks ago. She had her cute baby boy in one of those slings (Bjorns?) and looked fresh faced and happy, chatting with her similarly beponytailed husband. But she was super skinny. I know she's probably naturally tiny, but I'm not sure how her frail frame even supported the weight of that kid. Keri! The Oscars are over and you looked lovely! Now reward yourself with a sandwich for god's sake. The kid is going to be scarred for life if mommy
snaps in half next time she tries to pick him up.
· On March 1st I was waiting in line at the Starbucks at the Farmers Market at 3rd and Fairfax BJ Novak of the office got in line behind me. He had sunglasses and looked like he hadnt shaved for a week also he looked kind of edgy like he wanted to get out of there as quick as possible.
· Geeze, i think it was Monday march 3. Nicole richie and joel madden shopping for lingerie at neman marcus in beverly hills. Im guessing they were shopping for her... Her boobs looked like they did when she was fat. Milk does a body good indeed.
· wednesday - 05 march. malibu colony plaza. decided to have sushi for lunch when who should i see walking out of the restaurant but BRIAN GRAZER with, no - not his new cultural attache/shamen - rather his new girlfriend, pianist chau-giang nguyen. he's way shorter than i imagined, though his melon is as enormous as it looks in photos. his skin gives keith richards a run for its louis vuitton epi leather texture. chau was wearing a sun hat the size of an o.g. satellite dish. i'm guessing she thinks of brian as a cautionary epidermal tale. good call.
· Spotted at the Grove on Sunday 3/2: Paramount overlord Brad Grey shopping with daughter in Apple Store (didnt buy anything) and the adjacent Nike store. BG checked out the Nike merchandise and then spent some time in the changing area trying on different pairs of athletic pants while checking out HIS merchandise in the mirrors i.e. "does my but look fat in these trackpants?"
· Sat, March 1 - So, I've just gotten my bikini line waxed at FACE IT SKIN AND NAIL SPA in Hollywood at La Brea and Sunset in the El Pollo Loco/ Wendy's strip mall. As I walk back out to the nail area in my state of post-pain euphoria, I see a familiar man with a distinctive blonde fro-mullet. It's Steve Sanders! Excuse me, it's IAN ZIERING. He's sitting in one of the spa chairs getting a pedicure and the best thing about it is that he has that same perfect, smirky smile you always see on his face. Today it said, "That's right, Baby. You remember me, I'm Steve Sanders and I'm gettin' a pedicure." What is it with that smirk, EYE-An? What the f#@$ secrets of life do you know that I don't know? I know he lives in this annoying hood and all I can think is, if I were him and had a couple of bucks, I'd move as far east of Vermont as would make me cool again.
· I saw Valerie Bertinelli shopping with her man Tom Vitale in the Studio City Ralph's on Saturday night (03/01). She looked great in jeans and sunglasses, what a cutie. Then I went home and she was on a late night Oprah rerun promoting her new book "Losing It".
· Former Melrose Placer - Grant Show (you'll always be JAKE to me!) at Happy Ending's bar on Sunset. Man, he is aging well! Homie looks good for 46-years old, floppy hair and rock hard abs. I tried to get him to win me a lobster out of the tank, but he was too busy staring at some blond (sad face).
· A friend and I were enjoying $5 pitchers of beer at the Eagle in Silverlake on Monday night, March 3. I then notice Udo Keir cruising the bar in a black leather biker jacket and pristine blue jeans, how utterly German of him or not, it's a leather bar. He looked creepy and surprisingly well preserved. He left without closing a deal.
· March 3 - So I'm leaving the Disneyland Grand Californian after having brunch with my friends and I see a filthy looking, tatooed amaciated Travis Barker "rolling" in to the valet. From out of the ghetto fabulous Escalade emerges Shauna Moakler sans extensions and makeup and a bunch of little children. They were very conspicuous with the ink and Travis with his big shades in ANAHEIM!
· Tues, March 4, The Room (Cahuenga Corridor)
enjoying a late night snatchtail with some friends where we spotted Jason Bantha of National Treasure and Peadbody award winner National Treasure 2 having some drinks at dancing in that goofy white hipster boy kind of way. looked super cute and seems like an okay guy.
· Last Saturday (Mar 2) saw Jorja Fox with 3 non-celeb friends (2 guys and a girl) buying wine a bit after 10pm at CapNCork on Hillhurst in Los Feliz. She was in jeans, green shirt and white vest, hair down, no makeup and looking very casual but easily recognizable.
· i saw a very tall Eric Wareheim (from tim and eric awesome show on adult swim) last night at Katsuya in Studio CIty. He was with a gorgeous girl with short blonde hair, i assume it was his girlfriend. They were smiling and laughing, and very affectionate. It was very cute to watch and he seemed really sweet.
· At the Commerce Casino on March 3rd, watching the final table at the World Poker Tour event, saw the perfectly lovely Sara Rue (Less Than Perfect) seated front row to cheer on a friend. Also spotted veteran character actor Glenn Morshower in the crowd. OK, honestly I spotted "Agent Aaron Pierce" in the crowd, and had to check IMDB for his real name. Regardless, having a few seasons of 24 on his resume makes him the closest I've gotten to a Kiefer sighting in a while.
· March 5, 2008 12:50:31 PM PST - Joey Buttafuoco dining outside at the ivy right now!!


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Pile of Piglets
Dale Gast 10/31/2004 7:54:31 AMSusan, what a CUTE image! Great lighting! Happy Halloween! Dale #184046
Colleen Braun 10/31/2004 11:55:09 AMcute capture, love the title... #881490
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Programs \ Public Policy \ MOFGA Position Statements \ MOFGA Testimonies
Testimony of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA)
July 29, 2014
Delivered by Heather Spalding, Deputy Director of MOFGA,
before the Maine Department of Environmental Protection,
regarding proposed rule Chapter 888,
Designation of Four Members of the Chemical Class Phthalates as Priority Chemicals
Good afternoon. My name is Heather Spalding and I am the Deputy Director of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA). MOFGA is a statewide organization of more than 11,000 dues-paying members. Our mission is to help farmers and gardeners: grow organic food, fiber and other crops; protect the environment; recycle natural resources; increase local food production; support rural communities; and illuminate for consumers the connection between healthful food and environmentally sound farming practices. MOFGA is a member of the Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine and helped collect signatures on the petition for this hearing. MOFGA also helped organize the research in the Alliance study released this spring entitled, Hormones Disrupted: Toxic Phthalates In Maine People. I was one of the participants in the study and was in the top 25% of U.S. exposure for two phthalates – DEHP (Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate) and DIDP (Diisodecyl phthalate).
You may be wondering, what does the proposed rule for Chapter 888 have to do with organic farming and gardening? Since 1971, MOFGA has promoted food production without the use of toxic agrichemicals, synthetic fertilizers, municipal sewage sludge, irradiation, and genetically modified organisms. More recently, emerging science tells us that still more chemicals are contaminating our food supply, finding their way into our bodies through packaging, processing and cooking. So, we have broadened our focus to include toxic packaging and equipment used in food processing. While this rule doesn't specifically focus on food packaging, it is essential to recognize that packaging may be a significant source of phthalates exposure.
Earlier this month, the University of Washington and the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences released a study indicating that one of the most common routes of exposure to phthalates is through food consumption. The study, entitled Phthalates and diet: a review of the food monitoring and epidemiology data, is available online at http://www.ehjournal.net/content/13/1/43. Foods with the highest levels of phthalates are high fat dairy products, poultry and cooking oils. Exposure levels for infants through adolescents exceed limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. And, just as we are in the dark about the sources of phthalates contamination in consumer products, researchers are not sure about the source of phthalates in the food supply. Scientists speculate that packaging and processing are likely contributors but call for more research.
MOFGA is dedicated to preserving the integrity of the fresh, local, organic foods that our farmers and processors work so hard to produce. From the soil to the dinner table, food should be free of toxic chemicals, especially for pregnant women, babies and young people through adolescence. As Maine works to gather information about exposures to phthalates, it will be essential to include food packaging and processing in the research and policy development. Thank you very much for taking the time to consider this important proposed rule.
LD 218: An Act to Promote Small Scale Poultry Farming
MOFGA supports this bill with the assumption that its enactment would not result in Maine being categorized by the USDA as a "designated state". As a Designated State, FSIS will be responsible for reviewing existing processing establishments. MOFGA recommends the bill be revised to require that small scale poultry farmers processing less than 1,000 birds be required to participate in a poultry processing safety course provided by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry or other recognized provider. Sponsored by Representative Walter Kumiega.
Find legislature information at http://www.maine.gov/legis/
Bill Summary: This bill creates 2 categories of poultry producers that are exempt from inspection under Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 2512. The first category is for poultry producers that slaughter and process under 1,000 birds annually on the farm where the poultry are raised and that meet other sales &licensing requirements. The bill exempts these producers from the rules by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry governing facilities and sanitary processes used by small poultry producers, and establishes certain labeling requirements. The 2nd category is for poultry producers that slaughter and process more than 999 and fewer than 2,000 birds annually on the farm where the poultry are raised and that meet similar sales and licensing requirements.
Other information: Given extraordinary budget constraints, legislators are wary of passing anything which increases the state budget. This bill should not cost new money. Farmers who now process on farm must be inspected and licensed. This bill should eliminate the inspection and licensing requirement thereby freeing up funds to cover the administrative costs of a poultry processing safety course.
What happens next: 2/19/2013, 1 p.m. the Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee will hold a public hearing.
Where: Room 214, Cross Building which is right behind the state capitol. Parking is limited.
What you can do:
When this bill goes to the floor of the Senate and the House for a vote, contacting your own senator and representative is critically important.
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee Members:
Troy Dale Jackson, Chair (D-Aroostook)
James A. Boyle (D-Cumberland)
Roger L. Sherman (R-Aroostook)
James F. Dill, Chair (D-Old Town)
Peter S. Kent (D-Woolwich)
Craig V. Hickman (D-Winthrop)
Brian L. Jones (D-Freedom)
Donald G. Marean (R-Hollis)
Russell J. Black (R-Wilton)
Jeffrey L. Timberlake (R-Turner)
Dean A. Cray (R-Palmyra)
Robert J. Saucier (D-Presque Isle)
William F. Noon (D-Sanford)
How to find your legislator and get contact information: go to http://www.maine.gov/legis/
Senator: click on Maine Senate, then click on "who is my Senator" in the upper right of screen
Representative: click on Maine House of Representatives, then click on "find your legislator" in the upper right of the screen.
How to track a bill: go to http://www.maine.gov/legis/. In the upper right of the screen you can type in the bill's LD #. At the next screen, click on "committee info" to find out when public hearings, work sessions, etc. are scheduled.
LD 259: An Act to Allow a Person Who Owns a Slaughterhouse to Slaughter Poultry for Other People
MOFGA supports this bill with the assumption that its enactment would not result in Maine being categorized by the USDA as a "designated state". As a Designated State, FSIS will be responsible for reviewing existing processing establishments. Sponsored by Representative Jeffrey Timberlake.
Bill Summary: This bill allows a licensed slaughterhouse to contract with certain poultry producers for the rental of the slaughterhouse for the purposes of slaughtering poultry. The bill requires the renting producer's poultry to be slaughtered by the owner or operator of the slaughterhouse. It prohibits the poultry slaughtered under the rental contract from being sold or transported for interstate commerce. The bill also requires certain information to be printed on labels of the poultry products produced for the renting producer. It also authorizes the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to adopt rules governing fees charged by licensed slaughterhouses for the rental of their facilities.
How to find your legislator and get contact information: go to
How to track a bill: go to http://www.maine.gov/legis/. In the upper right of the screen you can type in the bill's LD #. At the next screen, click on "committee info" to find out when public hearings, work sessions, etc. are scheduled.
Good afternoon Senator Sherman, Representative Edgecomb, and members of the Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee. I am Russell Libby, Executive Director of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA), and I am speaking today in opposition to LD 1830.
MOFGA's opposition to a merger is not absolute. There are conditions under which a merger might make a good deal of sense. The fact that this Committee works with both Departments now is an example of how that is possible. We have five specific concerns about LD 1830, and this process, which lead us to oppose the bill.
1. The cart is before the horse. In the early 1980's, when there was a substantial reorganization of the Department of Agriculture into the Department of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Resources, there was a detailed bill that specified the revised mission of the Department, the organizational structure, what each Bureau and Division was supposed to do, and the budgetary impact of each of the changes, both to make the transition and moving forward. Those are largely absent from LD 1830. Instead, there is an assumption that this will all be worked out by the new Commissioner with this Committee only hearing about the solutions after the fact. Even rule changes, which historically this committee likes to review, are all to be treated as routine technical rules.
2. The proposed mission (Section 202) doesn't reflect the breadth of the activities of the Department of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Resources, which I know well, and probably not that of the Department of Conservation. This Committee should be looking carefully at whether Section 202 is the overarching language that represents the broad public interests embedded in these two existing departments, including conservation and environmental priorities.
3. There are no new resources. Both Departments have struggled for decades through round after round of budget and personnel cuts. If this new Department is to provide leadership to two major natural resource sectors, then it will need more money and people, not the same or less. By the way, the fiscal note doesn't include any transition costs at all, which means that both departments will be using "All Other" funds to make the transition, further limiting their ability to carry out their current programs and mission.
4. There is no process for public involvement. At the Commissioner's Luncheon at the Agricultural Trade Show, the Commissioner of Agriculture held up an old Yearbook of Agriculture. At that time, the Department of Agriculture had a Board, with one member from each county that provided guidance on issues and policy. Obviously the world has changed a lot in the past hundred years, but some mechanism for public involvement might help to sort out the many issues that will emerge in the years ahead. LD 1830 includes the possibility of one public hearing, sometime between now and June 15th, as the totality of public participation.
5. There are strong possibilities for conflict within the proposed agency. For example, a number of studies are now looking at the future of food production in New England. Several assume that several million acres in Maine that are currently in forest land will become farmland over the next fifty years, making the landscape look a lot more like that of 1950. Is this new Department to promote the agricultural uses? Or maintain the current forestry uses? How is that to be reconciled? The legislation is silent on that.
I understand that every department and agency of state government is deeply engaged in assessments of priority programs and activities. In many ways, it seems that completing that process, and then seeing how to mesh the two Departments would allow everyone who has an interest—the constituents of the two existing Departments and the general public –to have a clearer picture of what a merged Department might look like. That's what's missing from LD 1830.
I'd be happy to try to answer any questions.
I am a member of the Public Policy Committee of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) and authorized to express this organization's position with respect to proposed "takings" legislation, L.D. 1810. I am an attorney and adjunct assistant professor with appointments in the Honors College and the School of Economics, University of Maine. I have authored a law review article on Constitutional takings law ("Everglades Restoration: A Constitutional Takings Analysis," 10 Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law No. 1 (Fall 1994)), and make a study of both Maine and U.S. Constitutional takings law a focus of my undergraduate course on environmental in the Ecology and Environmental Sciences Program at the University of Maine.
MOFGA has more than 6,500 individual, business, and family members, who represent a broad spectrum of citizens – not just organic farmers and gardeners, but also consumers and business people who care about the healthfulness of our food, and the preservation of rural life in Maine.
MOFGA is mindful that we must be deeply grateful for the effectiveness of our local, state, and federal regulatory systems in protecting our clean soils, water and air. Without the major state and federal environmental statutes enacted over the last 40 years, local land use controls, and the effectiveness of regulators in enforcing them, there might be much less to celebrate about rural life in Maine. Development practices which destroy wetlands, overpopulate waterfront property, result in contamination of our soils and groundwater, and drive up the price of real estate, will directly adversely impact the quality of life in Maine, and our ability to continue the practice of organic farming and gardening in Maine. Clean water and clean air and appropriate regulatory restraints on land use are essential to healthful and productive crop cultivation. We oppose the "takings" bill precisely because it jeopardizes these values that our so important to our lives and work in Maine.
L.D. 1810 would cripple state protection of Maine's wetlands and other fragile natural resources from development, and place added burdens on municipal resources as well. The proposal in effect places a prohibitive "tax" on the public's protection of its natural resources, to benefit polluters and developers. This and other "takings" legislative proposals, in looking only at the negative impact of government regulation on property value, ignores the very substantial direct and indirect public subsidies and benefits from regulation which create "fair market value" in the first instance (see E. Thompson, "The Government Giveth," The Environmental Forum, Vol. 11, No. 2 (March/April 1994), attached).
The law firm of Pierce Atwood, in a January 11, 2012 "action alert" to supporters of this bill, has represented that it is "virtually impossible for a landowner to receive any relief [under judicial takings decisions]. Under Maine law, if you can still pitch a tent or park a trailer on your property, no compensation will be granted."
This is an utterly distorted interpretation of Maine law, and of U.S. Constitutional law which in turn controls Maine Constitutional interpretations. It advances a myth frequently relied upon by proponents of "takings" bills: that the Constitution only provides compensation when regulations effectively reduce all of a property owner's land to a zero market value, with no beneficial use. This is quite incorrect. The 100% reduction in value is the "easy" case ("categorical case," as Justice Scalia put it in Lucas v. So. Caroline Coastal Council, 505 U.S. 1003, 1011 (1992)). In cases where there is less than 100% diminution of value, the courts apply a balancing test articulated in Penn Central Trans. Co. V. New York City, 438 U.S. 104 (1978). This analysis appropriately balances the public interest in the challenged regulation against the property owner's reasonable investment backed expectations with respect to the property. Fairness calls for this analysis to be done via a fact-specific, case by case analysis. Some litigants win, some lose, but the fact that in some Maine cases litigants have failed to obtain compensation is no proof that the test is flawed, or the standard unfair.
The Maine Superior Court decision of Wyer v. Board of Environmental Protection (Docket No. CV-92-1091)(1999), which apparently inspired the Pierce, Atwood characterization, is in fact illustration of a very fair result. The Wyer court did parenthetically note that the property at issue, a small shorefront lot in an area located in a "hazardous flood zone" whose buildability was "always in question," had various recreational uses other than construction of the desired beach house. The nexus of its decision denying compensation turned, however, not on the possibility of transient recreation on the lot, but that the lot had substantial value, at least four times the $10,000 Wyer had paid for it, even after the Sand Dune regulation and denial of a building permit. A neighboring property owner had offered $50,000 to purchase it to protect her view. Because this regulation had not deprived the property owner of all economic value in his property, the court applied the Penn Central balancing test described above. It weighed, in effect, the public interest in protecting the fragile shorefront and dune ecosystem, against the property owner's desire to obtain a profit that was ten times his original investment, and determined, absolutely appropriately, that that desire was not a Constitutionally protected interest.
In my environmental law course, my undergraduate students are required every year to research and write a brief on a hypothetical case requiring application of U.S. and Maine Constitutional takings law. In the course of this formidable exercise, the vast majority of those students come to the conclusion that takings law, while not exactly cut and dried, is flexible and thoughtful and ultimately just. In years of teaching environmental law in the context of an Ecology and Environmental Sciences program, I have come to the conclusion that the law, and Constitutional law above all, is an ecosystem. Everything is connected to everything else. Small changes can lead to unintended and undesirable results. A purported legislative "fix" on takings will in fact constitute a stealth "tax" on government services that will very adversely impact property values, to a far greater extent than the windfall that will be enjoyed by successful litigants under the statute and their lawyers.


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|2011-01-09, 21:15
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Me at work
I think things started getting out of hand when moe started being viewed as a genre,since as others have said,moe is something subjective that was just originaly used to describe characters,not a whole show.The characters could come from any genre,horror included.
The only way to really define it as a genre is to say that a "moe anime" is an anime that has lots of moe characters in it,but since moe is subjective you're going to have a hard time putting bounderies around which anime fit the "genre" or not.
|2011-01-09, 21:16
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Bittersweet Distractor
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 27
Now I don't wish to bring up every moe anime in existence that has done this unless I have to, but it is a common problem. Sure you have animes like EF who don't, and actually make real characters (Probably why I highly value this as a romance no doubt), but it is a persistent problem I find in MANY shows, including the lauded trifectora of Air, Kanon, and Clannad.
Now realize that this is the same as people criticizing shonens for lack of female development, criticizing the mechas for lack of original concepts about war, saying that the comedies use the same techniques over and over again, or what have you. The difference being, that for some reason you see criticisms like these stick, while the ones about moe don't. Do the criticisms on moe reflect all shows with the concept of moe? No. Do the criticisms that each of these other genres or types of stories elicit reflect every show in their respective genre? No. That's why I find it frustrating personally.
So yes, I understand that moe is a feeling, and that the viewer is supposed to feel moe about certain characters. The problem is there is a lack of specifics on what the feeling "moe" is. We know what we feel when we are horrified, we know what we feel when we are sad/depressed... What exactly is this feeling of "moe?"
To me, moe is about the same as liking a girl in a series. Am I wrong? I don't believe so. Sure some may argue that moe isn't gender specific, but whatever. It usually applies to girls, and USUALLY, it applies to girls doing cute things ala K-ON!
The anime industry constantly create characters of stock archetypes that elicit the feeling of moe in their fan bases and profit off of it. This is where I think people who are not all that into moe become disillusioned. Instead of building actual characters, with realism and actual personality, you get these "moe characters" who may or may not have any further depth and whose sole purpose is often to just be that "moe girl."
|2011-01-09, 23:42
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All is fair in moe and war.
Make moe, not war.
Yea no one really understands what moe is until they actually experience it for themselves.
Sorry just couldn't resist, I'll let you guys get back to your discussion now lol
|2011-01-10, 01:15
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Pretentious moe scholar
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Age: 31
Truth be told, I think that the moe fandom has a bit of a preference for characters that are either "weird and zany" or "large than life". Just compare the sales of EF, Sola, True Tears, and Taisho Yakyuu Musume to those of the Key quartet (I include Angel Beats), Haruhi, Bakemonogatari, K-On!, Working, Railgun, and the later Nanoha seasons. I'm of two minds on this: on one hand I prefer the EF style of characterization, on the other hand, it's hard to imagine Bakemonogatari without Hitagi, Working without its misfits, Nanoha without the white devil, or Haruhi without Haruhi and Yuki. And Misaka actually is the best thing about Railgun, its a shame the show isn't as awesome as she is.
I also think its interesting to note the role of "mimetic humour" here. I find that the trend towards making the female tsundere who is sensitive about her flat chest as opposed to just a tsundere actually makes more sense if I think of the sensitivity about her boobs as mimetic humour rather than a moe point for the audience. Which of course doesn't make it any less excruciating.
I guess you could say I agree with the criticism but think certain nuances should be recognized.
(I should also note that I see Key's success as the result of a few more factors than just the characters but that a whole different topic.)
Regardless of whether or not that's the case, I personally find that moe is much easier to understand after you've felt it for the first time. Makes my job difficult, I must admit.
|2011-01-10, 14:44
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|2011-01-10, 20:46
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I ran across the following suggested definition of moe on another anime board, and I think it might be a good one for practical purposes, and constructive discussion:
1. "Moe," an adjective describing a feeling. This is a warm, fuzzy feeling that might be described as "DAWWWWW!!" and have overtones of wanting to protect or comfort someone. In principle, this feeling can be directed at almost anyone.
2. "Moe," an adjective describing a character. This is a descriptor of a character that is either
a. known to elicit the aforementioned "moe" feeling in a wide variety of people, regardless of author intent, or
b. designed to elicit the "moe" feeling through the use of certain traits, such as cuteness of appearance and quirks that are supposed to be endearing (e.g. verbal tics).
3. "Moe," an adjective describing a genre. This is a descriptor of a show whose plot and character designs are primarily meant to elicit that "moe" feeling toward certain characters.
What I like about this above definition is that it recognizes that people can differ on what causes a moe feeling to arise in them ("moe" as an adjective describing a feeling) but also recognizes that, for practical discussion purposes, there are certain characters and character types that are more likely to be widely regarded as moe than other certain characters and character types ("moe" as an adjective describing a character).
That being said, this definition is very much a shorthand one, and my own understanding of moe may run deeper than it... but, all the same, I think that it might make for a good starting point, at least, for any discussion on moe between anime fans who like moe, and anime fans who don't like moe or are ambivalent towards it.
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|2011-01-10, 20:53
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Location: Southern California
My point is that I feel like the complaint is that being moe somehow causes bad characters whereas I think that, while the two are correlated, one does not cause the other. There is nothing wrong with a character being moe, however I feel that there is a perception that having moe elements makes a character/show bad when I would argue shoddy characterization and poor adaptations make characters or shows bad independent of their moe properties. My concern is that people feel like they shouldn't like something if it is moe rather than basing their opinions on the actual quality of the show.
|2011-01-10, 21:28
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|2013-01-25, 14:36
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Moe and What it Means to Us
What does moe mean to you?
To mean it means seeing a character who I want to protect, love, and care for like a older brother or a daddy. Thats why I like it, I like seeing girls and boys with big eyes and cute round faces. Why? Because they look like babies. I love babies, I think theyre really super cute! I even spend hours on youtube looking at babies. Theyre so adorable
But anyway! I was reading articles on what moe means, and they say it has to do with a man feeling protection for a character b/c he or she looks like a baby. She has big watery eyes, super soft and fine hair, a round face, and a foreshortened distance between eyes and mouth.
It makes total sense to me now, why I love moe so much. But there is also a sexual aspect to it as well. They say some moe fans like to see moe girls who are ready. I always thought that was weird, and now I know why. b/c I connect moe girls and boys to cute babies. To me, it makes the alarms go off in my head . But I know not everyone thinks about moe like me, so now I ask.
So I know there are diff ways to see the moe. What ways do you see the moe in?
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|2013-01-25, 17:18
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Location: Austria
You might be interested in this thread. (Aside to Mods: I tried looking for it by searching for "moe" in the title, but I didn't get a single hit. Had to search by user; if I hadn't known about that thread beforehand, I probably wouldn't have found it. I think it's that the board software has trouble with three-letter-word searches; another board with the same software [though not necessarily version] didn't allow 3-letter searches at all.)
For me, moe is more about attitude and behaviour. There has to be some sort of spark, at least, if not a bushfire. I'm a cynic, and I like seeing people hold on to a more optimistic attitude. But it can't just be mindless or oblivious. There has to be a sense of awarenes, a sense of decision. So it's definitely not babies for me. It's more about a sense of loss, and trying to hold on to what's there, or regaining it. This can go in very different reactions: Tooru (A-channel), Yomura Kirika (Noir), Kuronoma Sawako (Kimi ni Todoke), Isurugi Noe (True Tears), Sawatari Fuu (Tamayura); all very different characters, but they give me - at heart - a comparable feeling.
It's got nothing to do with sex, nor has it anything to with wanting to protect. It's more like wanting to root for something I can't really believe in. It's like re-discovering my inner flame, even if only in fiction.
|2013-01-25, 17:27
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|2013-01-25, 17:42
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Age: 36
I merged the new thread with this existing one, which seems to basically be about the same topic.
(I used Google with "site:forums.animesuki.com" in the query and that seems to do a great job. Maybe we should just get Google to power our searches? )
|2013-01-25, 18:29
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AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Hokkaido
Age: 69
I'd point to the difference in the character of two current female leads, Chihaya in Chihayafuru and Kotoura in Kotoura-san, as representative of a non-moe and a moe character. Chihaya is strong-willed, even obsessive when it comes to the card game she plays called karuta. Despite her youth and physical beauty, she does not elicit from the viewer a desire to protect her. That isn't too surprising since she is the heroine of a josei manga, and now anime series, written by a woman primarily intended for an audience of older teen and young adult women.
Kotoura, in contrast, is drawn in the cute style with a wide face much like Hiro in Hidamari Sketch or Madoka in Madoka Magica. For reasons the story makes clear from the outset, she has been an outcast for much of her life. Those experiences helped her develop a strong personality, but she also elicits strong feelings of protectiveness in both the other characters and in the audience as well. This show is derived from a 4-koma comic strip that looks to be part of a shounen manga and thus intended for a male audience.
It is certainly possible to have both male and female moe characters, and a mix of moe and non-moe characters within the same show. Chihayafuru has two supporting characters, one of each gender, who might be seen as moe. Kotoura-san has female characters who definitely do not elicit a moe feeling. In Tokyo Magnitude 8.0, I'd classify the girl Mirai as not-moe, but her younger brother Yuuki definitely is.
Sometimes the style of drawing can matter even within a single show. The third episode of Noein, a show with a wide variety of episode directors, portrayed all the characters, males and females, in a softer and prettier style than most of the other episodes did. It became somewhat notorious as the "moe episode" of that series.
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|2013-01-25, 18:30
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|2013-01-25, 18:34
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I only feel moe for certain animals, like Fluttershy in the beginning of MLP.
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The Warner Bros. film is being directed by Ben Falcone, McCarthy's husband. The couple co-wrote wrote the screenplay.
Other cast members include Dan Aykroyd, formerly of "Saturday Night Live," and Allison Janney, who co-starred in the popular TV series "The West Wing."
A number of local actors and crew are being hired to work with the film crew for what is expected to be a one-day shoot. This comes on the heels of the Universal Pictures' "Best Man Holiday," which recently turned Bills Stadium into Giants Stadium and included a number of locals hired as extras.
The local filming is expected to be in Niagara Falls State Park at the renovated Cave of the Winds attraction, and won't be accessible to the public.
The rest of "Tammy," which has a tentative release date of July 2014, is being shot on location in North Carolina.
Buffalo Niagara Film Commissioner Tim Clark had no official comment but said filming of other major motion pictures would be occurring in the region in the near future.
Sarandon is a five-time nominee who won an Oscar in 1996 for a leading role in "Dead Man Walking." Bates, a three-time nominee, won an Oscar in 1991 for a leading role in "Misery." McCarthy, in addition to "Bridesmaids," has had TV success with co-starring roles in the "The Gilmore Girls" and "Mike & Molly."
In other local movie news, veteran actor and Cheektowaga native William Fichtner walked the red carpet at Disneyland Friday for the premiere of "The Lone Ranger," with Armie Hammer in the lead role and Johnny Depp as Tonto. Fichtner co-stars as the villain Butch Cavendish. Fichnter is also starring in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," now shooting in New York City.
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