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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (UK - BD)
Chris checks out the Sony Blu-ray Disc release of this recent animated movie...
Flint Lockwood (Bill Hader) has always dreamed of becoming an awesome inventor, but so far his creations—Spray-On Shoes, Remote Control Television, Flying Car, Hair-Unbalder, and the ill-advised 'Ratbirds'—have always ended in disaster. Once the centre of the sardine industry, Flint's island town of Swallow Falls has fallen on hard times since the world at large unanimously decided that sardines are, well, gross. The town mayor (Bruce Campbell) decides to take unilateral action and builds a sardine-themed amusement park aimed at bringing tourists to the island, but when Flint's latest invention—the FLDSMDFR (Flint Lockwood Diatonic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator)—malfunctions and destroys Sardine Land, he finds himself on the run from an angry mob. It is then that he meets weather channel intern Sam Sparks (Anna Faris), who is on the island to cover the event, and together they witness the unexpected effects of the FLDSMDFR—it starts raining cheeseburgers over Swallow Falls! Soon everything from hot-dogs and steaks to pizza and ice cream begins raining down on the amazed residents of the newly-christened 'Chewandswallow' and Flint goes from outcast to local hero. However, all Flint really wants is Sam's love and the respect of his father, Tim (James Caan).
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is proof-positive that you shouldn't dismiss films on account of the their trailers. I can't say I was particularly interested in this slice of animation after catching said trailer at the cinema, but positive word of mouth and a Blu-ray check disc from Sony convinced me to give it whirl. I'm glad I did, because Cloudy is one of the funniest animated films I've seen in quite some time. Although clearly geared towards the younger audience with its bright colours and stylised cartoon characters, there is much for adults to enjoy. There are some great one-liners and a number of genuinely hilarious visual gags, referencing everything from The Wizard of Oz and The Twilight Zone to The Perfect Storm and War of the Worlds. The voice acting is great, particularly from Bill Hader, and the sound of Flint rushing around accompanied by his own sound effects never gets old. Bruce Campbell is always worth the price of admission and I was amazed to hear the dulcet tones of Mr. T cropping up as the town cop. I don't know what it says about me that the most consistent source of amusement was Flint's simian sidekick, Steve, but I found the random interjections about gummi bears and constant repetition of his own name hilarious. It's true that Cloudy doesn't have the emotional impact of something like WALL-E, but it's a different sort of film and for my money it's definitely worth checking out if you're in the market for a fun family feature.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs arrives with a 2.40:1 widescreen transfer (1080/24p AVC) that looks very nice indeed. Viewers will no doubt be accustomed to the slightly glossy look that accompanies animated features on Blu-ray Disc, and Cloudy is no exception. It's not the sort of razor-sharp transfer one might expect—meaning that detail is good rather than exemplary—but this slight softness appears to be an intentional stylistic choice, rather than a side-effect of excessive filtering. The animation isn't as advanced as your average Pixar film either, but it has a definite cartoon charm to it that suits the overall tone of the picture. The most impressive element of the transfer is probably the incredibly varied colour palette, which looks marvellous on Blu-ray (even if it doesn't 'pop' quite like certain animated movies). As one might expect from a digital feature, the image is very clean. I didn't spot any distracting artefacts in motion, and even examining the screen captures up close there's not much to complain about. To summarise, Cloudy reminds me of something like Kung Fu Panda, in that it's a great looking animated title that just misses out on top-tier honours.
Sony delivers an extremely lively DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 affair for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' primary audio track. You know you're in for a treat right from the get-go, as all five channels come alive with music and discrete effects like rainfall, the sound of the school bell ringing, and children pouring out of the classroom. As we get further into the action the effects ramp up, with Flint's varied and odd machines producing all manner of weird and wonderful noises. Even so, the score continues to dominate the track, and apart from one particularly tinny piece of music it does a pretty nice job. Bass is employed to good effect during numerous scenes, especially the climactic 'perfect food storm' sequence, when giant hot-dogs, spaghetti twisters, and the huge food avalanche all provide the sub with a good workout. Voice acting is good and dialogue remains clear and crisp, and there's even a subtle Wilhelm scream thrown into the mix for good measure. On balance I'd have to say that the soundtrack just eclipses the visuals as the disc's stand-out element.
Sony has furnished this Blu-ray release with a fair selection of bonus material, and as is increasingly becoming the norm for animated features, they've even thrown in a DVD version of the feature for the kids to use and abuse while the Blu-ray copy remains safely locked away. I'm a much bigger fan of BD/DVD combos than the useless Digital Copies that come with most releases nowadays, because DVD is far more flexible and unencumbered by silly DRM.
Audio Commentary: The commentary track features lead actor Bill Hader and the writing/directing team of Christopher Miller and Phil Lord. The track moves along at a fairly brisk pace and has a light-hearted tone, and there's plenty of silliness peppered in amongst the factual information. I wouldn't say it's the best commentary track I've heard recently, but it is a lot of fun.
Splat Mode!: This mode allows you to throw a variety of virtual food at the screen while you watch the film. I'm sure younger kids will love this, but it didn't do a whole lot for me.
Flint's Food Fight Game: This is a cute little Space-Invaders style arcade game that has Flint taking to the skies to fight against the FLDSMDFRby defeating waves-upon-wave of foodstuffs. There are even gummi bear bonus rounds! To be honest, while this is fun in the short term it's hardly likely to challenge anyone over the age of ten (and that's being optimistic), and if you're using anything other than a PS3 the controls can be a little fiddly.
A Recipe for Success: The Making of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (10:51 HD): This short featurette includes interviews with the creators and principal cast, in which they discuss the film's premise and talk a little bit about the creative process. As you might have guessed from the running time, it's not the most in-depth making of ever, but it packs quite a lot in considering.
Key Ingredients: The Voices of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (12:39 HD): As you might have guessed from the title, this featurette concerns the film's voice cast. There are plenty of interviews with the cast and crew, along with behind-the-scenes footage of the recording sessions. If nothing else, this featurette confirmed my suspicions that Mr. T is slightly mad.
Extended Scenes (02:36 HD): Next up we have two extended scenes, which can be viewed consecutively or individually. The first scene isn't fully-rendered, but it's still cute, and the second scene basically adds a 'food fight' to the showdown with the Mayor.
Early Development Scenes (05:47 HD): There are two development scenes included in hand-drawn animatic form, complete with voice-over. They differ from the completed film quite a bit, so they're definitely worth watching.
Progression Reels with Introductions by Visual Effects Supervisor Rob Bredow (08:09 HD): The VFX supervisor introduces five short featurette that cover things like colour palette, lighting, cloud simulation, spaghetti twister animation, and the 'foodalanche' sequence. I'm not normally one for VFX featurettes, but these made for fascinating viewing.
Miranda Cosgrove's 'Raining Sunshine': This option gives access to a sub-menu that lets you choose between watching normal and sing-a-long versions of the Disney star's 'Raining Sunshine' music video (03:45 SD), along with a short behind-the-scenes featurette (02:17 SD). If you're a kid, or you enjoy jailbait teen pop princesses, this is the place to be.
Trailers: The disc also includes trailers for Open Season, Surf's Up, Playmobil: The Secret of Pirate Island, and Open Season 3.
BD-Live: The usual BD-Live features are here, which is to say not much of interest. As far as I could tell there was no content relating specifically to Cloudy on the site. This registers a big fat 'meh'.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was a big surprise, and a pleasant one at that. Although it's still some way behind the quality of Pixar's output both technically and artistically, I found it more enjoyable than a lot of animated films I've seen (particularly on the second criteria). It's a perfect family movie with something for everyone, whether your preference is for slapstick gags or more refined humour. Again, while not quite as impressive as the best animated titles out there (and WALL-E is still my benchmark) Sony has delivered yet another technically impressive disc, and it's no wonder they're easily my favourite studio for high-definition releases. I supposed one could complain that the extras aren't all that substantial, but considering that the primary audience is younger children I think they offer reasonable value (the DVD copy certainly helps). All-in-all, this one come highly recommended.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Chris Gould
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This was one of the year's best surprises because I found it laugh-out-loud funny the whole way through.
Looking at the trailers, I had expected it to be tolerable at best.
Looking at the trailers, I had expected it to be tolerable at best.
Chris Gould Editor Join Date: May 2001 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7,171
I had exactly the same experience.
Joe N Member Join Date: January 2009 Location: Lebanon Posts: 55
Will have to check this one out again based on this and the US BD review, cause I was underwhelmed when I saw it in theatres.
Chris, can you please confirm what languages, subtitles and special features are on the DVD included in this Blu-ray + DVD Combi Pack (is it the same as the UK DVD release)?
Chris, can you please confirm what languages, subtitles and special features are on the DVD included in this Blu-ray + DVD Combi Pack (is it the same as the UK DVD release)?
Suitable for all
Disc Details
Release Date: 25th January 2010
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Audio Descriptive Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: English, English HoH, Hindi
Extras: Audio Commentary, Featurettes, Games, Music Video, Trailer, BD-Live
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Christopher Miller, Phil Lord
Cast: Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Bruce Campbell, James Caan, Mr. T
Genre: Animation, Comedy and Sci-Fi
Length: 90 minutes
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Datasheet Vishay T55A686M004C0500
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www.vishay.com Vishay Polytech vPolyTanTM Solid Tantalum Surface Mount Chip Capacitors, Molded Case, High Performance Polymer Type
FEATURES Ultra-low ESR Molded case available in 5 case codes Terminations: cases J, P, and A: 100 % tin cases B and T: Ni/Pd/Au Compatible with "high volume" automatic pick and place equipment Moisture sensitivity level 3 Material categorization: for definitions of compliance please see www.vishay.com/doc?99912 PERFORMANCE / ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Operating Temperature: -55 °C to +105 °C (above 85 °C, voltage derating is required) Capacitance Range: 3.3 F to 330 F Capacitance Tolerance: ± 20 % Voltage Rating: 2.5 VDC to 10 VDC APPLICATIONS Decoupling, smoothing, filtering Bulk energy storage in wireless cards Infrastructure equipment Storage and networking Computer motherboards Smartphones and tablets ORDERING INFORMATION
T55 TYPE B CASE CODE See Ratings and Case Codes table 156 CAPACITANCE M CAPACITANCE TOLERANCE M = ± 20 % 6R3 DC VOLTAGE RATING AT +85 °C This is expressed in volts. To complete the three-digit block, zeros precede the voltage rating. A decimal point is indicated by an "R" (6R3 = 6.3 V) C TERMINATION / PACKAGING C = lead (Pb)-free solderable coating, 7" reel 0500 ESR This is expressed in picofarads. The first two digits are the significant figures. The third is the number of zeros to follow. Maximum 100 kHz ESR in m DIMENSIONS in inches [millimeters]
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Provencal Alaska Salmon Sauté
1⁄4 cup olive oil
10 Alaska salmon fillets (6-8 oz. each)
Salt and pepper, to taste
1 cup diced tomatoes
1 cup Niçoise olives, chopped
1 tsp. dried herbes de Provence
1⁄2 cup capers, chopped
Additional olive oil, as needed
1. Heat olive oil in a large, nonstick skillet.
2. Season salmon with salt and pepper to taste. Sauté seasoned salmon to medium, turning once. Place in oven to finish.
3. Remove salmon from pan and keep warm on a plate. Add tomatoes, olives, herbes de Provence and capers to skillet; stir to heat through. Season to taste with salt and pepper and moisten with additional olive oil.
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Faculty Book Group (FBG)
The Meaningful Writing Project | Spring 2018 | Meeting 1
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You are invited to join a group of colleagues who will be reading and discussing the book The Meaningful Writing Project.
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You are invited to join a group of colleagues who will be reading and discussing the book The Meaningful Writing Project.
The publisher's website describes the book as follows:
In the face of the continuing discourse of crisis in US education, The Meaningful Writing Project offers readers an affirming story of writing in higher education that shares students' experiences in their own voices. In presenting the results of a three-year study consisting of surveys and interviews of university seniors and their faculty across three diverse institutions, authors Michele Eodice, Anne Ellen Geller, and Neal Lerner consider students' perceptions of their meaningful writing experiences, the qualities of those experiences, and instructors' perspectives on assignment design and delivery.
This study confirms that meaningful assignments offer students opportunities to engage with instructors, peers, and texts and are relevant to past experiences and passions as well as to future aspirations and identities. Meaningful writing occurs across majors, in both required and elective courses, and beyond students' years at college. Additionally, the study makes clear that faculty across the curriculum devote significant care and attention to creating writing assignments that support student learning, as they understand writing performance to be a developmental process connected to overall cognitive and social development, student engagement with learning, and success in a wide variety of disciplines and professions.
The Meaningful Writing Project provides writing center directors, WPAs, other composition scholars, and all faculty interested in teaching and learning with writing an unprecedented look into the writing projects students find meaningful.
The group will be facilitated by Julie Barger and Kate Pantelides and will meet four times:
- February 21, March 12, March 21, April 11
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Each participant will be provided with a copy of the book in advance of the first meeting.
Participation is limited; if you are interested in joining the group, please register as soon as possible.
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The Sony Honami hasn't been a very well-kept secret but that doesn't mean that we're not excited for it. It's shaping up to be a powerful device with a killer camera and today we're getting another look at the Honami; this time next to its younger brother, last year's Xperia Z. As can be seen, the Honami is a bit bigger than the Xperia Z but it's not a large size increase which should please consumers who aren't looking for a phablet sized device.
In the next few pictures, we get to see a closeup of the camera lens which reveals that the Honami is indeed packing a G-lens and a 20.7-megapixel 1/2.3 sensor. There's also a size comparison with an iPhone 5 which naturally looks tiny in comparison as well as a couple of pictures showing off the edges of the device. The Honami appears to have a magnetic port on the side which is most likely for charging as Sony's new Xperia Z Ultra has the same style of port. Those pictures are down below if you want to take a look at them.
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Below is a note from Dennis Woodland, curator of the Andrews University Arboretum and professor of botany, sharing some of the interesting things happening right now with several of the campus' trees.
One of the objectives of the Arboretum Council and the "Arboretum Concept" applied to our campus is to provide interesting and different kinds of woody plants for student and staff enjoyment. For those of you who like conifer evergreen trees you might find interest in what is taking place just east and southeast of Price Hall of the Science Complex. "Coning" is taking place! Fir trees (Abies) produce fleshy seed cones, not woody ones, on the upper branches not on the lower, and these cones stick upright like little owls sitting on a branch. When frost comes they disintegrate with the seeds carried by the wind, leaving a central stalk sticking up in the air. They many times have great gobs of pitch on them.
East of Price Hall you will find two Nikko Fir (Abies homolepis) with many small cones. Next to them is a Serbian Spruce (Picea omorika) with many woody cones hanging down from the upper branches. At the entrance of the gravel service road to the back of the Science Complex on the south, is a bluish, short tree with two very large cones (6-8 in) on this Noble Fir (A. procera) from the Coast Range of Oregon. They are truly spectacular! Across the gravel access road on another small tree are reddish cones of the Korean Fir (A. koreana)--smaller than the Noble Fir cones but still rather striking. The many small brownish papery structures on the lower branches are the spent male pollen cones. Having shed pollen earlier this spring or summer they will now dry and blow away.
At this time, name plaques are not present but should be in place by the end of the summer. And while you are exploring the campus, check out the two young Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) from California between Chan Shun Hall and the Seminary. There is a third tree doing very well between Bell Hall and Johnson Gym.
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From the BTA:
The car park entry across this heavily used PSP is hazardous and MRWA have upgraded the signage as you can see in the images - The new signage and marking look great and leave no doubt about who has right of way through this section and it also gives plenty of warning to both cyclists and motorists to be especially vigilant of each other in this area. A great job and our thanks to Main Roads.
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Family affected by the floods in Jaffarabad and Nasirabad districts in Balochistan. Credit: OCHA Central Emergency Response Fund allocates $9.9 million to help millions of people who have lost their homes.
The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated US$9.9 million to help flood-hit communities in Pakistan's Balochistan, Punjab and Sindh Provinces. Since August 2012, floods caused by heavy monsoon rains have affected 5 million people and destroyed over a million acres of crops and nearly half a million homes. Some 250,000 people have been forced from their homes and are living in camps.
"We must not allow the flood crisis to become a forgotten emergency," said Timo Pakkala, Humanitarian Coordinator in Pakistan. "People affected by the floods are among the poorest and most vulnerable in Pakistan. More must be done to meet their immediate needs and help them cope with future disasters." In recent years, floods have devastated the lives of millions of people across Pakistan. In 2010 alone, nearly 2,000 people died during the annual floods and an estimated 14 million people needed humanitarian assistance. Another 5 million people were affected by floods in Sindh in 2011. Many of the families that were hit this year were still recovering from previous floods.
UN agencies and non-governmental organizations will receive the CERF funding to support Government-led relief and recovery efforts. Millions of people are expected to receive food, water, shelter, blankets and emergency healthcare including malaria, dengue and cholera treatments. Aid organizations are concerned that more suitable shelter will be needed to keep people warm as winter draws on.
Some of the funding will allow the humanitarian community to provide livestock and agricultural support to farmers whose lands have been damaged. Although flood waters are slowly receding in some areas, hundreds of acres of land still remain under water. "Standing water poses public health risks in inundated areas," said Lynn Hastings, OCHA's head of office in Pakistan. "The most vulnerable families are living in temporary settlements along roadsides and in open spaces. People need life-saving humanitarian assistance to stop the suffering and to be able to rebuild their lives and livelihoods." Pakistan is the fourth largest recipient of CERF funding since the fund was established six years ago to make sure urgently-needed financial support reaches aid organizations responding to emergencies more quickly. So far, CERF has allocated more than $154 million to emergencies in Pakistan, ranging from flood response to helping people affected by conflict in the northwest of the country. More>> Pakistan Humanitarian Update (Source: Reliefweb)


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M1 Derbyshire - One lane closed and heavy traffic on M1 southbound between J30, A616 (Sheffield) and J29a, Markham (Markham Vale), because of an accident. In the roadworks area.
M1 Leicestershire - One lane closed and queueing traffic on M1 northbound at J24, A6 (East Midlands Airport), because of an accident. Travel time is 20 minutes. Congestion to J23a A42.
Traffic Incident - M1 Derbyshire, southbound between A52 Brian Clough Way Nottingham [M1 junction 25] and A42 [M1 junction 23A].
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RAWards at The Russian Lady
RAW: Hartford held its first awards show at The Russian Lady on Thursday, Nov. 15. Attendees of the show were asked to vote for their favorite artist in the categories of Film, Fashion, Music, Art, Performing Art, Hair, Makeup, Accessories and Photography. The winner in each category will go on to represent Hartford in the final national round. RAW: Natural Born Artist is an independent arts organization which promotes the growth of local artists in 54 cities across the country. For more information about RAW: Natural Born Artists visit: rawartists.org/hartford
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Guilford Technical Community College
Guilford Technical Community College provides access to lifelong learning opportunities for personal growth workforce productivity and community service. We serve all segments of Guilford County's diverse population delivering quality educational programs and services through partnerships with business community groups and other educational institutions.
School Information601 High Point Rd
Jamestown, North Carolina 27282
Calendar: Semester
Locale: Town: Distant
Open Admissions: Yes
Sector: Public, 2-year
Carnegie Basic: Associate's--Public Suburban-serving Multicampus
Religious Affiliation: Not applicable
Accrediting Agency: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Locale: Town: Distant
Open Admissions: Yes
Sector: Public, 2-year
Carnegie Basic: Associate's--Public Suburban-serving Multicampus
Religious Affiliation: Not applicable
Accrediting Agency: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Students & Faculty
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* All data is provided by the school or compiled from IPEDS as of May 2013
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Just in time for Halloween, Topshop's latest wares seem to suggest that the London-based retailer is just as psyched for the 31st as we are. Maybe it's all part of the wave that's swept up books and box offices for the last few years (hello, Twilight), but we have to admit: When we saw the all-black ensembles and cobweb-lace work, we definitely felt anything but gloomy.
With feathered shrugs à la Hitchcock's carnivorous crows, high-necked chiffon frocks worthy of a Tim Burton heroine, and an ombré red-and-black moto jacket straight out of "Thriller," these pieces might help you concoct your Halloween costume, but — rest assured — you'll be able to wear these aeons after the date's passed!


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Arab American Comedy Festival Opens
The Times Square bomb attempt will not be a focus of the jokes at this year's Arab American Comedy Festival.
But the festival's co-founder, Dean Obeidallah, says many of the comedians in the festival had the same thought about the suspect right after the incident.
"When we first heard he was white, I can tell you sincerely we were like 'Yay, he's white! I'm so happy. Thank god. We made it. Crazy white guy!'" Obeidallah said. "And then, two days later, he's Pakistani and we're like, 'Oh. Not good. I'm back to being Italian again.'"
Obeidallah is, in fact, the son of a Sicilian mother and a Palestinian father. He co-founded the festival in 2003, with the comedian Maysoon Zayid. She says that the festival gives Arab Americans a platform to respond immediately when there's an incident like the failed terror attempt.
"At the comedy festival we get to come out and immediately tell jokes that distance us. Immediately get to say, 'I've got nothing to do with that,'" Zayid said. "We've got nothing to do with every maniac on the street."
The festival has expanded this year to include a late night "Haram" show, which will feature raunchier content than most of the acts in the festival. And, for the first time, the festival will present a night of stand-up in Arabic, with comics from the Middle East and the U.S.
Obeidallah just got back from touring in the Middle East, where, he said, the scene for stand-up comedy is growing.
"They've learned the American tradition of stand-up comedy from watching clips on YouTube," Obeidallah says. "They love Chris Rock. They love Jeff Dunham, with the puppet "Ahmed the dead terrorist," they love that! They're not offended at all."
The festival has brought Arab and Arab-American comedians out of the woodwork, Zayid and Obeidallah say, and this year, for the first time, they had to turn away applicants for their sketch-comedy nights. The festival has also become a clearinghouse for casting directors seeking to fill roles in movies and television.
Obeidallah says that the festival has changed a lot since it kicked off seven years ago. "We're much more confident. We can celebrate our heritage unapologetically now. Even though there maybe things that go on like Times Square, we're still going to celebrate who we are." Obeidallah says. "We're comfortable that we're American and we can show the full range of our heritage, not just in English, but in Arabic as well."
The festival runs at 3LD Art and Technology Center through Saturday night.
Arab humor hits NYC
It's a joke, guys. Relax. This is what the annual "New York Arab-American Comedy Festival" (NYAACF) is all about: Laughing at the ridiculous negative stereotypes and proving, through laughter, that we're not all terrorists.
But, instead of me trying to be funny, I'm going to let the funny man himself, Dean Obeidallah, tell you about one of his precious comedy babies - the "NYAACF" - which is in its seventh year.
Before we get to the funny stuff, however, it's important to realize that Obeidallah, and co-founder, Maysoon Zayid, are making comedy history through a series of "Comedy Firsts."
For starters, their festival is the only one in US history to host the first Arabic stand-up. The show is appropriately called "Stand Up in Arabic," - hey, I said they were funny, not imaginative.
Abbas Nory Abood, a well-known comedic actor, will be making history as one of the first comedic actors from Iraq to perform solely in Arabic in the US.
"For the first time in our seven-year history, we are featuring Arab comics from the Middle East," explains Obeidallah. "This year we have comedians from Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, in addition to the ones from US and Canada."
The festival also premieres two special features this year: "The Harem Show" - a daring, one-of-a-kind 'Dirty' Arab comedy show (for an 18+ audience) and "Arabian Idol" - a free stand-up workshop and audition for the chance to win a spot in the festival's "New Faces of Arab Comedy Show."
"The Arab world has not only embraced American stand-up comedy," reveals Maysoon Zayid, a co-producer and comedian. "Now, there are stand-up comedians emerging from the Middle East who perform in both English and Arabic and are very funny... In a way, it's like globalization through comedy as we're bringing the world together one laugh at a time."
Zayid's statements are clearly supported by the fact that the festival is rapidly gaining a huge following. Since its inception in 2003, the festival has evolved into a five-night extravaganza, starring over 50 Arab-American comedians from all over the world. The "NYAACF" also produces the "Amman Stand-up Comedy Festival" in Amman, Jordan, which is the first stand-up comedy festival in the Middle East.
Arab News got a chance to catch up with Obeidallah, a former attorney turned stand-up comedian - see, this guy is breaking stereotypes left and right! - to find out more about the comedy festival and to prove "laughter is the best medicine." Here are the excerpts:
Why did you feel it was important to do the inverse of recent trends and bring Arab talent to the United States?
We want to show Americans first-hand that Arabs can be funny. I think over the last few years, we have succeeded in showing to Americans that Arab-Americans are funny though our festival and TV appearances. But, frankly, Americans never get a chance to see Arabs from the Arab world being funny. I can't think of a time when I have seen an image of an Arab from the Middle East laughing on American TV - other than maybe when playing a terrorist laughing devilishly at his maniacal plans! Plus, to be honest, the comedians in the Middle East have developed over the last few years and became very funny at a professional level. I hope the Arab comedians can serve as comedy ambassadors to the US. If this works out, I hope we can do a tour in the US featuring a mix of Arab-American and Arab comedians.
There were three Arab comedians coming to the US for the festival. All three performed last December at the second annual "Amman Stand-up Comedy Festival" and I was confident after watching how well they did there that they would be great in NYC. We have Nemr Abou Nassar from Lebanon who is known as Lebanon's top comedian, Fahad Albutairi from Saudi Arabia and Mohamed Salem from Egypt. The first two comedians will perform in English while Salem will perform in Arabic in our all-Arabic stand up shows. This marks the first time in US history that any US festival will present comedians from the Arab world.
Would you tell us more about the Arabic stand-up show?
This is truly experimental. It is the first stand-up show in the US to be performed only in Arabic. We were inspired to do this after seeing how well the Arabic stand-up shows worked in the last two "Amman Stand-up Comedy Festivals." More and more young people in the Middle East are performing stand-up in Arabic and it worked out very well. We wanted to give it a try to see if Arab-Americans would enjoy the shows, so we'll have to wait and see.
Also on a bigger level, this show represents that comedy in the Middle East is affecting our shows here in the US. About three years ago, it was just a group of Arab-American comedians going to the Middle East and inspiring people there to do comedy - basically we were just influencing them. Now, after a few years, comedy in the Middle East is influencing us, here in the US. This can be seen from the addition of the Arabic show as well as by bringing Arab comedians to NYC for the festival. I'm truly very happy that this has happened.
As a seasoned comedian, how do you feel the talent from the Middle East stacks up? I'm continually impressed by how quickly the comedians in the Middle East have developed in such a short time. I performed in April in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and in both places, we had comedy workshops and mini-auditions –the young people there really understand comedy well. Now, it's just a matter of them performing as much as possible to hone their material and performance skills. But, I can tell you that I have no doubt that in the near future, comedians from the Arab world will start doing their own big tours in the region. Also, I have no doubt that some will end up being on TV and in films and become stars.
Is there an evident difference in the comedic style or even content from the Arab-Americans? The difference is more generational - the younger comedians in the US and Middle East talk more about things that relate to their experiences at their age - such as Facebook and music videos. The older ones talk more about marriage and political issues. Of course, some talk about everything regardless of age. Since stand-up comedy is truly an American entertainment form, the styles are basically similar in both the US and Middle East.
Lastly, can you explain what is "Arab Idol?"
We have about 11 Arab-American comedians auditioning in NYC and we will pick two to do short spots in our festival. I'm very committed to fostering new talent: both Arab-American talent in the US and talent in the Arab world. That is why when I perform in the Middle East, I always insist on the promoter to add a free stand-up workshop where I can teach (usually with the other comedians in the show) the local people who want to learn about comedy. I've joked that I feel like a comedy missionary when I go to the Middle East, teaching people about comedy. I really love stand-up and I think we need more Arab-Americans and Arabs in the entertainment field, which is why I do whatever I can to help encourage more of them to think about comedy and the arts as a career. The arts are a great way to teach non-Arabs about who we really are, so we need more of us in the field!
The seventh annual "New York Arab American Comedy Festival" will take place from May 5 to 9 at the 3LD Theatre in New York, NY.
To purchase tickets visit: www.3ldnyc.org and for more information on the festival visit: www.arabcomedy.org


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The chart above comes from a recent post on The Atlantic hilariously labeled, "The Next Time Someone Says the Internet Killed Reading Books, Show Them This Chart". The numbers come from a 2005 Gallup survey which will provide a great baseline for re-doing the survey in a social media and Kindle-Nook-iPad-eBook world that has developed since then. I would be curious to see if/how the trend lines would continue (especially since Gallup has a wee bit of a gap from 1957 to 1990). There was one question whose results caught my eye so I grabbed a screenshot of it.
I'd be very curious to find out what the breakdown would be for the "based on a recommendation from someone you know" and "by browsing a bookstore or library". Given the power of the recommendation, this might be something to consider expanding and supporting as much as possible. It's something that can be wielded as leverage in current book and eBook market since audience reach matters.
Both the article and the survey are worth reading through even if the latter is a bit dated and the former draws conclusions on that data. Combined with the recent Pew Internet findings about American's general reading habits (2012) and the National Endowment for the Arts finding a rise in adult reading habits (2009), I think it is fair to say that reading is not exactly an endangered activity.
I have to confess as to being cynical and somewhat hostile when I saw stuff like the Milwaukee Library advertising campaign (pictured to the right) that is getting passed around recently. It reminded me of a Hugh MacLeod cartoon which reads "advertising is the cost of being boring". Reading, as indicated above, isn't really the problem. So what's the goal here? To get people to borrow books instead of buying them to read? It makes me what the answer would be to a follow-up question, "And then what?" How does this work for the library in the long term?
I think my hostility comes from the often observed cyclical two step that starts with the well worn rebuttal line "libraries are more than books" which is then followed by advertising and/or advocacy that directly connects the library to books. It's absolutely maddening to watch books be simultaneously embraced and pushed away in a schizophrenic display of identity. This probably says more about me than the advertising campaign, but it's still my gut reaction.
I do think reading is an excellent library brand overall and that the expansion of reading over the last century puts the library in a good spot to capitalize on that trend. Whether libraries (especially public libraries) will or not is an entirely different matter. Can the heavy representation of the reader market be leverage as the institution deals with an increasingly frayed publishing market? Is that where the real pull exists?


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Improving Children's Understanding of Units of Measure:
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Susan Levine (Co-PI), Janellen Huttenlocher, Kristin Ratliff, Mee-Kyoung Kwon, Kevin Dietz
Department of Psychology, University of Chicago
Measurement links the abstract world of numbers and the concrete world of physical objects. However, measurement skills lag behind all other mathematics topics for American students (National Center for Education Statistics, 1996). One underlying factor associated with this trend is a lack of understanding of units. Where students have difficulty often involves measuring with a ruler when an object is not aligned with the zero-point. In this case, students simply either read off the number where the object ends or count the number of hash marks between the start and endpoint of the object (Bragg & Outhred, 2004; Ellis, Siegler, & Van Voorhis, 2001; Lehrer et al., 1998), demonstrating an apparent lack of unit understanding.
Researchers at the Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center (SILC) at the University of Chicago conducted a training study designed to highlight the importance of units on a ruler. Second grade students were shown how and what needs to be counted (e.g., the intervals on the ruler, rather than the numbers themselves) by using discrete units, placed directly on the ruler, when they were measuring items that were not aligned with the zero-point. Objects were then moved back to the start of the ruler and measured again (with units on the ruler) to "check" the answer. Another group of students received a control condition (1), which replicated traditional measurement instruction from mathematics curricula using the same ruler with aligned items or units from the training condition but not both together. Another group of students received control condition 2, where unit pieces were placed directly on the ruler but only to measure aligned objects.
the experimenter uses unit pieces to measure an object not
aligned with the start of the ruler.
The training group, using the more spatially enhanced method of measurement instruction, showed large improvements in measurement ability compared to the traditional approach to teaching measurement and these gains were maintained one week later.
Strategy differences also related to performance. Children who used the ruler simply as a tool to read off the number where an item ends (regardless of where it starts on the ruler), did not improve after training, whereas the children who counted hash marks showed dramatic improvement. Thus, the training effectively shifted the strategy of students who counted hash mark to counting units.
The combination of measuring misaligned items in conjunction with using discrete objects superimposed on a ruler is an effective method for teaching measurement. Moreover, the more typical instruction used in classrooms (e.g., separate activities of using aligned ruler measurement and measuring with discrete units) is not as effective in promoting the understanding of interval units. Additionally, children who count hash marks on misaligned ruler problems are more prepared to learn about interval units than those who merely read off the rightmost number on the ruler. The training technique is likely more effective because it highlights the fact that units are countable by making each unit extremely salient and has direct implications for instruction in mathematics, whereby emphasizing unit intervals (e.g. using units in conjunction with a ruler to measure misaligned items) can effectively enhance children's understanding of linear measurement units. Ongoing research is examining whether experience with misaligned then aligned items, as in the training condition, would be effective without the use of discrete units. Additionally, we plan to extend these findings to examine how children measure objects that fall within inch markers (e.g., fractional parts) of both aligned and misaligned objects.
- ♦ Levine, S.C., Kwon, M., Huttenlocher, J., Ratliff, K.R. & Dietz, K. (2009). Children's understanding of ruler measurement and units of measure: A training study. Proceedings of the 31st Annual Cognitive Science Society. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Cognitive Science Society.
- ♦ Ratliff, K.R., Dietz, K., Kwon, M., Levine, S.C. & Huttenlocher, J. (April, 2009). Improving children's understanding of units of measure: A training study. Poster presented at the 2009 biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, Colorado.


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LMM wrote:DemoDick wrote:The Wii Fit told me I was "borderline obese" at 5'6", 160 lbs.
You did remember to select MALE right?
Yeah. It uses BMI. Apparently my ideal weight is around 130 or so. At that weight I would look like a skeleton. Lightest I've ever been as an adult was 145 and I would blow away in a stiff wind.


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Robspindles precisava de um novo design de logo e criou um concurso na 99designs.
Um vencedor foi selecionado entre 191 designs enviados por 49 designers freelancers.
The outdoor watch company
We operate an existing store call Highly Tuned Athletes, can be viewed at http://www.highlytunedathletes.com.au we are Australia largest seller of sport heart rate monitors. We are expanding into the outdoor watch sector and are in the process of building a new website plus a section within our store.
Men and Women competing / engaging in outdoor activities namely rock-climbing, trekking camping, Generally the outdoor adventurer.
We will sell brand such as Garmin, Suunto, Timex, magellan gps
Customers will buy wrist watches valued from $100 - $2000, will have Altimeter, Barometer & Time features. Consumers will also often be solely interested in fashion only and be seeking an outdoor sport type of look.
We want a logo that will work as:-
- Website (http://www.outdoorwatches.com.au) - Important
- Store signage - Important
- General Stationary (for letterhead, business cards and so on)
Graphic design concept
Colors / Fonts:
- Not sure. Would provide feedback.
- Remember the mediums (Storefront, etc) where the logo is to be used. Your colors & designs MUST look good on them in the real world.
- Fonts should be clean & simple. No bubbly/swirly fonts.
- The Logo itself must look good in * Large/Small sizes, * B/W * Variety of Mediums (Print, Panaflex, Web,etc) & background colors
What I don't want
- A big emphasis on eco friendly (thats another subject)
- Orignal designs with no copywrite issues
- No clip art images
Saiba como um concurso de design funciona ou leia mais sobre nossos serviços de design de logo.


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According to The DA: Race not a factor in Aussie's Oklahoma slaying
An Australian baseball player who was allegedly shot and killed at random while he was jogging wasn't targeted because of his race or nationality, the prosecutor in charge of the case said Friday.
Christopher Lane, a 22-year-old student at East Central University, was shot in the back and killed last week while jogging in Duncan, a southern Oklahoma community where the three teenagers accused in his killing live.
"At this point, the evidence does not support the theory that Christopher Lane was targeted based upon his race or nationality," District Attorney Jason Hicks said in a statement.
Hicks acknowledged that social media posts allegedly made by some of the defendants are racial in nature, but he said "the evidence is insufficient to establish that race was the primary motive" in Lane's slaying.
Chancey Allen Luna, 16, and James Francis Edwards, Jr., 15, have been charged as adults with first-degree murder. Michael Dewayne Jones, 17, is charged with using a vehicle in the discharge of a weapon and with accessory to first-degree murder. He is considered a youthful offender but will be tried in adult court.
Police said Jones told investigators that the three were "bored" and decided to kill someone for the "fun of it."
One of Edwards' friends, Serenity Jackson, told The Associated Press she didn't believe race was a factor in the shooting. She noted that Luna's mother, Edwards' girlfriend and Jones are white.
"It has nothing to do with Chris being white. They didn't even know who he was," said Jackson, 17, who grew up with Edwards.
Hicks also released a 911 call on Friday in which the caller reported that there were kids outside of a home threatening to kill someone.


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Two years ago, the Hackensack University Medical Center system had revenues of about $1.1 billion.
But that wasn't enough for CEO Robert Garrett, who saw an opportunity to cement its leadership role and a need to expand to survive changes in the 2010 health care reform law.
The hospital's board endorsed Garrett's plan to make Hackensack the centerpiece of a health care network that aims to hit the $3 billion mark in a couple of years.
It's a familiar story at big systems across New Jersey, such as Atlantic Health and Barnabas Health. Hospital executives say their increased scope and scale yields efficiencies that help them rein in costs.
Critics, meanwhile caution that hospital mergers historically have led to higher prices, as bigger systems use their market clout to demand better deals from insurers.
Health care leaders counter that they also use that market clout to demand lower prices from medical equipment suppliers and other vendors. And experts point to the successes of urban hospitals — like St. Francis Medical Center, in Trenton, one of 33 hospitals in the Catholic Health East network — that draw on the financial strength of their large-system parents.
This kind of growth is taking on added significance as the industry moves to new payment systems, where providers get a single "bundled" fee to provide all the clinical care a patient needs. Executives are betting that will favor large systems that serve many patients, and can have a measurable impact on population health.
The cost pressures on health care were accelerated by the Affordable Care Act, which requires most Americans to get health coverage, and also cut Medicare reimbursement to hospitals to help pay for the federal insurance subsidies for low-income individuals and families.
"As big as we were, we thought that $1.1 billion would not be strong enough to really command the type of leadership we had here in the state," Garrett said. "We needed to create a network to become bigger."
Hackensack, which adopted the Hackensack University Health Network name in 2011, is now up to $1.4 billion in revenues, including the flagship Hackensack University Medical Center; two community hospitals, in Westwood and Montclair; and numerous clinical alliances.
In challenging critics who say big health care means big insurance premiums, Garrett emphasized the efficient care his system can provide.
"If a patient needs a lower level of care, they should be seen at a community hospital," instead of Hackensack University Medical Center. Garrett said big systems can "purchase supplies and equipment at less cost, which hopefully will be passed on to consumers and insurers and businesses."
Ward Sanders, president of the insurer trade group New Jersey Association of Health Plans, isn't so sure.
"Provider and hospital consolidation are often sold as measures to increase efficiency, but ironically, they result in higher prices for employers and individuals, as any efficiencies are overshadowed by higher charges that larger health care systems can negotiate," Sanders said.
West Orange-based Barnabas Health runs six hospitals, and when it closes the acquisition of Jersey City Medical Center later this year, it will approach $3 billion in annual revenue.
According to CEO Barry Ostrowsky, experts say $3.5 billion to $4 billion is a sweet spot for efficiency.
Size, he said, "reflects an organization that can stretch overhead among more points of service and greater levels of care, and see more patients with greater efficiency."
He said a standalone community hospital needs many of the same functions as a large system, but without the revenue base to spread the cost.
"So how many compliance officers do you need?" he said. "You need one if you're a single hospital — and you may only need one if you're a five-hospital system."
But the better argument for scale, he said, is the movement away from the "fee-for-service" system, in which health care providers are paid for everything they do. The alternative — typified by the Medicare accountable-care organizations now being piloted in New Jersey and nationwide — is to pay providers a set fee to provide all the care the patient needs. Known as population health management, it's the direction in which Ostrowsky said health care is headed.
"When the industry really changes from fee-for-service to a population management environment, the fact that you've been seeing more patients in a bigger geography will be helpful," he said.
And Barnabas will keep growing, Ostrowsky said.
"I don't have an arbitrary revenue number in mind — I think rather in terms of geographic coverage, and the ability to make care available to greater numbers of people," he said. That could mean other types of health care venues, such ambulatory sites, not just more hospitals.
It also makes it easier to recruit, he said.
"If you recruit a highly specialized physician, that physician wants to be available to a greater number of patients," Ostrowsky said. "Size gives you that."
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It was a bit late last night for me to take part in the 30mm, but I loved Kathleen's generous rules! My mojo has been hiding since December Daily and another bout of children not settling till after 9, but this was perfect!
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Throughout their recovery, stroke survivors will need to learn new ways to perform daily activities. These practical tips from occupational therapists can help.
Throughout their recovery, stroke survivors will need to learn new ways to perform daily activities. These practical tips from occupational therapists can help.
Dr. David Fiorella, an interventional neuroradiologist, explains how the Apollo Procedure can help stroke survivors suffering from this type of stroke.
New technology serves as backup treatment when tPA unsuccessfully dissolves a blood clot. What is it and how does it work?
FoodSmarts gives customized food choices based on lifestyle, medical conditions and taste preferences.
Follow this guide on what to do when you realize the person you are with is having a stroke. It's always good to be prepared, especially for second strokes too.
What are the benefits? Ken Getz, an internationally recognized expert on clinical trials, answers questions and offers advice.
Having a cryptogenic stroke can be unsettling. However, new research explores some new possibilities about the causes for these mysterious strokes.
Challenge your mind this month with puzzles that test both sides of your brain. This brain food edition includes Jigsaw Puzzle, Find the Difference, and Tic Tac Toe.
A popular snack food you may already love has been found to lower stroke risk. Discover what it is and it's many other benefits.
It's not easy to realize how many hours the average person sits per day. The time spent commuting to work and sitting at a desk can add up fast.
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So, the poor, poor Blood Orange Cardigan/Minimalist Cardigan has been resurrected from the dead! It took hours of careful, careful repair work. Actually, it was more like repair surgery. I learned a valuable lesson–when ripping out seams to re-set a shoulder, don't use scissors, use a seam-ripper. Duh.
All I could while repairing it was think about how beautifully ironic it would be if it turned out to be a dud. I wasn't convinced at first but I've been wearing it all day and I officially love it. It's comfortable and the yarn–I am head over heels in love with Terra. It's the perfect blend of fibers (60 merino/20 alpaca/20 silk): it isn't itchy at ALL, it's soft, has really perfect body and it drapes and shines like nobody's business. The texture is all lumpy and inconsistent in a good way and the color…I wish my photography skills were better, it's honestly jewel like. When I roughed up ends to spit splice I noticed that that core was pure bright white–it's almost like the outside was airbrushed with the color. I don't know how this would be done but it makes the yarn glow. This particular color (Madder) has all the shades found in a blood orange, hence the nickname.
We got a ton of snow on Thursday and it's beautiful!
Speaking of beautiful…check out Adriana's Gallery Jacket!! I love this version because it's in an awesome Valley Yarn (Colrain, shiny!) and she knit it with long sleeves which is what I had originally planned. Didn't get it done in time, but now we know, it works and it looks awesome!
This is Marion, she works at Webs and wears a LOT of fabulous sweaters. She is a reckless knitter, and I love it, a lot of her sweaters are improvised patterns and when I asked her what yarns she used for this Kaffe Fassett Poppies vest she just shrugged and laughed. I love it.
While I'm doling out shout-outs, look at Chloe's adorable Foliage hat, complete with a hilarious tale of DIY circulars. I gave her a big bag of yarns that were just festering in my stash and the girl is whipping out FOs left and right! Awesome.
Oh…remember when I submitted designs to Knitscene? Well, one was accepted! I'm over the moon, of course, especially because Lisa picked my favorite submission of the bunch. I'm actually starting to feel comfortable calling myself a designer…
P.S. Yes, my last title is a Griswold gem, I love the entire Vacation series, probably because I love dad humor. Puns, accidental slapstick, overt foolhardy enthusiasm, all of it.


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Flemming Sřrensen created the new Live CD for Syllable 0.6.4. It needs 64 MB of memory. New is the availability of a BitTorrent download. If you are contemplating what to develop for Syllable: Arno Klenke made a new release of the sIDE integrated development environment. The included Sourcery code editor needed to be recompiled to run on Syllable 0.6.4. Also, Kristian Van Der Vliet recently rewrote all Syllable documentation.


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Square Enix has been making news again – this time for posting a loss of 5.7 billion yen in its most recent financial statement, having posted a profit of 5 billion yen for the same period last year – the loss now being blamed on intense competition in the Japanese video game market and the fact that for some inexplicable reason foreigners refuse to buy its fine titles.
Despite the discouraging loss, April-December sales were up 7% to 102 billion yen, in no small part thanks to moderate sales from the likes of Hong Kong-based GTA clone Sleeping Dogs (1.5 million) and newly streamlined Hitman: Absolution.
However, their sales were not enough to cover development and marketing expenses, resulting in an operating loss of 4.8 billion yen, down from a profit of 11.2 billion on the same period a year earlier.
Commenting on the 42% drop in profits, CFO Yousuke Matsuda says "the hurdle to achieving our projections is very high."
Despite all this, the company's share price actually rose quite handily – though admittedly from its lowest point ever:
Japanese gamers are as supportive of ever of this national champion:
"Keep trying with those social games! w"
"What happened to all the social games they were supposed to be so great at?"
"Glad I didn't buy Sleeping Dogs after all."
"Don't worry, there is always FF14!"
"I like the manga they publish so I hope they don't go bankrupt."
"Blame it on Sony for messing up on the hardware side."
"They still have an ace up their sleeve in the form of a FF7 remake."
"Square Enix is the very picture of hell now – remake, social, remake, social…"
"What do they expect after treating their creators as disposable contract employees?"
"Looks like all they have left is tricking children into buying items in their social games."
"This is why everyone is telling them to remake FF7."
"FF7 has too many towns to be remade!"
"When are they going to remake this damn game already…"
"The popularity of both FF and DQ is waning… it really seems this company is in denial over that."
"When their backs are against the wall, they'll still be able to remake Romancing SaGa 2!"
"Remakes are a total waste of time and money."
"Have they even made a post-2000 hit? They just rely on their old titles, and don't even seem interested in trying to make new games."
"They dumped their core creators, I can't understand that. You can't expect to outsource your core team like that."
"What do you expect, Wada is just some financier who doesn't understand a company's knowledge comes from its people, not the company itself. Now they just drive out their veterans as being too old. Management ruined their social venture, and their publishing arm has no future now FMA has finished. All they have left now is DQ – expect them to remake it into the ground."
"They constantly fawned over the overseas market whilst neglecting their Japanese core market – and this is the result!"
"Bamco makes for quite a contrast. Square are just industry losers now."
"Bamco is still actually making games, after all. They do make social games, but they are still making proper games as well. Same with Capcom."
"Expect them to end up being taken over by Bandai at some point."
"Square Enix Bandai Namco…"
"Would the Japanese game industry have died already without social gaming to keep it afloat?"
"More like, they would have never fallen this far without social gaming."
"I cannot comprehend why this company, with all the dreadful content and gameplay mistakes it rolled into FF13, is insisting on sticking to it all the way to a third game now."
"Simple, they invested so much into it they have to keep trying to reuse it all so they can recover their investment."
"I hope they crash and burn along with Gree!"
"If they can just keep this up for a few years they may finally be able to get rid of Wada…"


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|2011-06-20, 14:25
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Take Harry Potter, for example. Many weren't pleased with Harry/Ginny because of the above, and many wondered which girl would be the best for Harry.
Then the question was flipped: Which character would Harry be the best boyfriend for?
People tried to twist in Ginny, Luna and Hermione, but many eventually settled on Ron, and on the Foe Yay side there was Draco. Mainly because Harry couldn't be bothered to comfort his two girlfriends after they cried when their loved ones had died, instead fleeing to Hermione and Ron, but he clearly dislikes when Hermione criticizes his most stupid ideas so he likes Ron a lot more.
In anime, it's often casts with many male characters, with a few female characters who don't do a lot, that gets this (Yuu Yuu Hakusho, Naruto, Bleach, Saint Seiya et cetera) in the fandom.
This is especially true when one takes into consideration that women (on average) judge women harsher than they do men, in the same way that men judge men harsher than they do women, so for the average Yaoi fangirl, a female character must prove themselves a lot before she considers the character worthy of one of her liked characters.
On the flip-side, bad writing seems to divide all shipping fronts.
With Nanoha, I think the near non-existence of Yuuno during the latter series had something to do with things. Which is a pity because he is a good character all the times that he shows up, in my opinion.
|2011-06-20, 16:35
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|2011-06-20, 20:17
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@Irisiel: but Yuuno's a (magical) ferret. If he end up with Nanoha, i don't think the good kid of Japan will ever see ferrets in the same way anymore D:
Sorry for the grammar in my last post. Only slept 3.5 hours last night, from 10 pm to 1:30 am..... Didn't sleep any since through so don't expect this one will be better
But i can tell you that, yes, Ginny/Harry was coming out of nowhere. That's why the actress for Ginny(was it her name) for the movie series at first was not chosen really properly until they realized "Crap, she will end up with Harry"
PS: side question:
There's a myth on how real life lesbians really like Yuyuko and/or Yukari (Touhou) as character types. Since we have some open talk here.... can someone confirm me on that? Stereotype based on people's sexual orientation is no good. But i'm really curious here
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|2011-06-20, 21:32
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|2011-06-20, 22:32
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Really though, I always think that it depends on the authors a lot of the time (and how their editors are... Uhhh, passionate enough or sweet enough, I guess). If you use yaoi in the sense of the mindless smut (can we call it smut when it's really graphic? ) PwP if you want it, then yes, I can agree on the point you're trying to say.
But if you put it as general BL works, then that's where I strongly objects. A lot of authors didn't do only that: Nakamura Asumiko loves her pshychological josei-licious babbles, Natsume Isaku just have this weird tendency to create fuzzy feelings with bitchings, Hidaka Shouko's more than likely puts forward "how to develop things" when she has the space, Takarai Rihito's works put mind into ease (technically she never create R18 stuffs, kinda like Abe Miyuki ), Konohara Narise is... Konohara Narise (aka, splitting people's heart with knives and beautifulness), and many more.
And these authors also have a lot of devoted fans, in the respective series where everyone just blush because of the sweetness. Of course, the more... Ahem, graphic ones are also popular, blame perverts in all of us.
Really, a lot of this authors just have the tendency not to portray "sex as hot thing", and put it as rather a twist to relationships and all. Although to an extent, I feel you're kind of undermining the josei demographic really liking the so-called conventional smut... (This is my reading of your post though, feel free to correct me~)
(By~ The~ Way, I'm not talking in slashing fandom, but on the core BL fandoms, though not really the Western fandom part. I have to say that the preconception that every fujoshis like their BL sexy, while easily understandable, just is not all the reason why we like BL works/relationships...)
|2011-06-20, 22:48
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Yuri on the other hand, can be directed at quite a few demographics, though most of the ones I've heard of are for shoujo or josei audiences. The impression I get is that, if yuri appears in works aimed at male audiences, it's more about fanservice.
As Natsuki (and I've) said before, you're really oversimplifying this.
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|2011-06-20, 23:43
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Target audience = heterosexual women
Origin = a rejection of the power imbalance between the sexes found in a typical male/female relationship (and within society at large). The typical BL relationship maintains the power imbalance (seme/uke dynamic) but eliminates the gender aspect.
I don't know whether the same is true for western fans, but there is some sentiment that explicit BL depictions offer female oriented smut without being degrading to women.
As for yuri, no such link exists.
|2011-06-20, 23:51
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This doesn't reflect reality at all. I know far more lesbian couples (including myself and my fiancee) who are both feminine than I know couples with a "seme/uke" dynamic, to maintain the otaku metaphors.
I like most yuri, except for the fact that most of it is so full of teenage angst that it gives me horrible high school flashbacks and I'd rather not have those. I'd like to see more yuri about adult females, but this is rare, since Japan thinks being gay is a phase women get over before they graduate high school and become baby-making machines.
Most girls I know who gay-ship male characters are doing it purely for the fap factor.
As much as I support the NanoFate ship, this is a prime example of it. So Nanoha and Fate might be lesbians, but what bearing does that have on the plot? None whatsoever. Would removing the relationship and cutting back on the fanservice between the two make the story any different? No, it really wouldn't.
I don't consider subtext to actually be yuri (or a positive depiction of a lesbian relationship) when it's used for pretty much pure fanservice. I didn't really care much about the NanoFate until I started reading fanfic where the relationship was explored and was actually significant in contributing to character development or moving the plot along.
All romance, straight or gay or what have you, is nothing but fanservice unless it contributes to the plot or to the character development of the couple involved (or, in the case of romance stories, is the plot).
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|2011-06-21, 02:54
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What I was speculating is if there is a correlation of this type:
lesbians who are feminine -> lesbians who like yuri
Lesbians who are "masculine" (or so perceived by society) -> lesbians who like yaoi
|2011-06-21, 03:30
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Shoujo, Shounen, whatever. I don't really focus on such things more than I have to. I'm sure a lot of the manga I've read is mislabeled anyway. *shrug* The point I was making is that of the manga I have read, that have genuinely gay coupling, the dynamic of the relationship is no different than a heterosexual one. In many cases (not all) even the art is reflective of this, by drawing the uke in a more feminine manner than the man.
In contrast, most manga I have read, that have genuinely lesbian coupling, rarely feel that way. The relationship is entirely feminine, there are no so called "butch" aspects in either person.
Are there exceptions to this? Yes, there always is. Granted, I'm no expert on the topic, which is why I used words like "feel" and "in my opinion". I thought I made that pretty clear, but apparently not. I have however, read a ton of manga, and this includes romance stories aimed at all demographics and even stuff that goes beyond generic smut into hardcore territory. So I stand by my previous post, regardless of the qualms you may have with how things are classified.
|2011-06-21, 04:20
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But if you want to discuss it, at least use the correct terms so as to avoid confusing people who don't know anything about the topic.
"most yaoi feels like shoujo romance" <= I'd completely agree with that
"most yaoi feels like a josei story" <= completely misleading about both the BL and josei genres.
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|2011-06-21, 04:33
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|2011-06-21, 08:19
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Yaoi doesn't feel like all Josei. For instance there's little similiarity between Yaoi and, say, Honey and Clover, or Nodame Cantabile. In fact I quite like Josei as a whole. I more meant that it's like the subsection of Josei commonly labelled as Smut. In fact this is as much Shoujo as Josei, and I was using the two interchangeably. You do find the "adult" stuff more commonly in Josei then in Shoujo though (Josei being an older demographic...)
Now I wasn't really talking about BL either, BL is nowhere near as explicit as Yaoi, I've always been under the impression that BL is where the relationship is more subtext then obvious, while Yaoi features the malexmale relationship more explicitly (down to them, uh, doing it).
In this sense Yaoi clearly falls into being an "exploitation" genre. It's exploiting homosexuality for the gratification of it's (female) readers. Most gay men do not read the greater part of Yaoi. Likewise Yaoi does not actually realistically depict homosexual relationships, for instance Yaoi frequently shows off the concept of the guy "discovering" he's gay after being pretty much raped, which I'd say most gays would find a bit offensive. Of course this isn't so different from the plot lines found in smut, where the girl "discovers" she loves the guy after being pretty much raped by him.
Yuri is a very different beast. When I think of Yuri I think of Strawberry Panic, or Sasameki Koto. The plot line is basically blushing school girls, with all kinds of angst, falling in love with each other. It's a lot like Shounen or Seinen romance, particularly with it's glacial pacing, and general emphasis on Moe. It's not really exploitation fiction, as the emphasis isn't so clearly on titilation. It's all about the teen angst, as synaesthetic said. This is perhaps why it's so dull...
Yuri isn't a girl on girl fanservice in an otherwise conventional work, just as Gundam isn't Yaoi for it's often clear fangirl pandering. That's just fanservice. Instead we should talk about the case where Yuri or Yaoi is the central element.
|2011-06-21, 10:14
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In Japan, 'BL' is actually the umbrella term for yaoi/shounen ai. i.e. BL contains everything from hints/subtext (which Western fans might call 'shounen ai') to really explicit doujinshi/titles (yaoi). According to the Japanese wiki, they don't use 'shounen ai', and 'yaoi' is a sub-heading that refers to really explicit scenes or works that are full of such scenes. Also, BL and 'ladies comics'* are both listed as genres under 'shoujo'.
*'josei manga' is the Western term, although 'josei' is used as a genre term in Japanese literature in general.
The Western fandom, as far as I know, tends to use 'yaoi' as the umbrella term, though a lot of Asian fans seem to have started using 'BL'. It seems like people are starting to use the two terms interchangeably in the English-speaking fandom, although I think there is still something of an East/West divide.
Most Yuri titles are actually aimed at girls/women, as a few people have already said in this thread. i.e. they're not shounen or seinen. According to J-wiki again, with regards to manga, it'd come under shoujo manga (like 'josei', it's a genre term in Japanese literature).
And smut is more like a genre within shoujo than a sub-genre of josei. As far as I'm aware, it's a distinction made in the Western fandom - I don't know if the Japanese care to make such a distinction.
But I give up trying to explain. The Western adoption of all these terms has resulted in a lot of misunderstanding in the English-speaking fandom.
So what does all this mean for popularity and all that? Anyone have a more interesting argument than the one put forth by TJR?
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|2011-06-21, 17:20
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With that said, I'm really enjoying most of the responses so far. But I find it rather odd that the animation studios haven't taken the initiative to produce more yaoi when the manga side seems to be doing 4th place-ish fine. Failing that, I wonder if they'd get a clue and stop making all of their yuri implied or secondary when you'd get a lot more people who prefer it being the point more than an afterthought, like myself.
|2011-06-21, 20:39
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That said, a lot of Otaku Bait "harem" shows would have similiarly narrow appeal, however I'd say the male Otaku demographic is a much more proven spender then the fujioshi side.
|2011-06-22, 03:01
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Spoiler for tl;dr:
Basically, in terms of manga, yaoi/BL is predominantly aimed at female audiences (specifically, at fujoshi), and so is yuri, though a small proportion of yuri is aimed at male audiences.
Anime-wise, I have no idea, as I don't normally watch shows of either genre. I would assume though, that the lack of more explicit scenes on TV anime is a barrier to the appeal of animated BL works (although they do seem to be becoming more common). A far more important consideration, however, are BL drama CDs and BL games. That's where most fujoshi - many of whom seem to be seiyuu fans - get their fixes from. i.e. why would they bother with anime that censors stuff when they can get fully voiced scenes elsewhere?
Going back to the original questions you posed though (now that I've been drawn into the discussion despite just wanting to correct some misperceptions that would affect the answers given)
Not that I know what would happen if you walk into a Japanese bookstore in Japan and ask for yuri, having never tried. Though it is easy to notice the difference in, shall we say, market penetration between yuri and BL even in Japan. Every bookstore I've ever walked into there has an obvious BL section.
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The University of Hartford was one of nine organizations and municipalities in Connecticut that were approved by the state for funding of a microgrid project that is part of the state's plan to better prepare for destructive storms. The University will receive $2.3 million that will be used to connect the entire campus' electrical system to the emergency diesel generators that are located alongside East Hall.
Currently the Village apartments, Regents Park, and Park River student residence halls and the Konover Campus Center are not connected to the emergency generators, meaning more than half of the University's student residents could be without power in the event of a widespread outage. (All other residence halls, the Sports Center, University Commons, Lincoln Theater, and the academic side of campus are already connected to the emergency generators.)
The University hopes to begin work on this project in the fall and have it completed by late spring 2014, said Norm Young, associate vice president for Facilities planning and management at the University. This project will allow the university to continue normal operations, full residential occupancy, and sheltering capabilities for the community even if, or more likely when, extended power outages occur in the area.
Overall, Connecticut officials on Wednesday, July 24, approved nine microgrid projects for $18 million in funding out of the 36 microgrid projects submitted to the state.
"[This] marks another step forward for how we handle extreme weather," Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said in an announcement of the grants, noting Connecticut is the first state in the nation to undertake a broad microgrid program of this kind.
The nine projects are spread across the state in Mansfield, Bridgeport, Middletown, Hartford (2), Groton, Windham, Woodbridge and Fairfield. Three of the nine are at universities: the University of Connecticut, the University of Hartford, and Wesleyan University. In the event of a widespread power outage, the systems are set up to continue delivering power to critical facilities including police stations, supermarkets, dormitories, city halls, senior centers, fire departments, gas stations, cell towers and shelters.
This microgrid project at the University of Hartford extends the back-up electrical power coverage provided by the diesel generators, which were installed at the University in 2007. In addition to providing emergency power, those generators have allowed the University to operate independently from the region's main electrical power grid if necessary. For example, in times of extreme heat, Northeast Utilities has asked the University to power up its emergency generators and take itself off the grid in order to increase capacity to the main electrical power grid during peak demand times.


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Trapped in small-town California USA, Ethan Inglebrink is searching for the perfect moment in a life that is running out of time. And the odds are against him. Ethan is an agoraphobic, drug addict obsessed with his garden. Ethan's neighbor, landlord and maniacal high school football coach Trevor O'Hart has big plans for Ethan: eviction.
Ethan's older brother Todd, also the local sheriff, is convinced that Ethan's salvation must be orchestrated by an act of God and calls in the family priest to lead the crusade.
As the countdown begins, Ethan is convinced that his search will end once he grows the perfect American Cowslip, a beautiful, rare flower that will be the centerpiece of his garden and a floral representation of his life -- and maybe even win him the town's Garden of the Year contest, with its $10,000.00 first prize, enough to cover Ethan's very delinquent rent and stop the coach from kicking him out of his life.
Dueling gardens ensue as Ethan still manages at to convince his poker buddies and surrogate moms, Roe, Sandy and Lou Anne, that he shoots up insulin for his diabetic condition. Ethan's cover up pushes Roe to dig deeper -- only to find herself confronted by her own secret.
Ethan's perfect moment may lie not in his garden but in the love and redemption offered by his 17-year-old neighbor Georgia, desperate to escape her abusive father.


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Kings fall to Wings for second straight loss
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings moved a step closer toward extending their postseason streak to 22 with a 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night.
Jordin Tootoo netted the go-ahead goal early in the third period, and Johan Franzen scored on a power play with 6:26 left, lifting Detroit into eighth place in the Western Conference.
The Red Wings, who have won two straight games, are one point ahead of Columbus and one behind seventh-place Minnesota. All three teams have two games remaining in the regular season.
"We're trying to crawl our way back into the playoffs," Detroit's Jimmy Howard said after a 23-save effort.
Detroit has been in every NHL postseason since 1991 in what has become the longest active run in North American professional sports.
"Everybody is talking about 21 years the Detroit Red Wings have made the playoffs," Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. "What's the biggest accomplishment is what they've done since the salary cap."
The Sharks and Red Wings are the only teams who have been in the playoffs every season since the 2004-05 lockout, which led to the league's salary cap.
While San Jose is in the postseason again, Detroit still has work to do to earn a spot.
The 10th-place Dallas Stars, who are four points behind Detroit, host Columbus on Thursday and Detroit on Saturday. The Red Wings will also face the banged-up and already eliminated Nashville Predators on Thursday at home.
Detroit's win eliminated Phoenix from the playoff race.
Howard said the team has gotten used to playing with a sense of urgency toward the end of the lockout-shortened, 48-game schedule.
"They've all felt like a playoff game here for a while," Howard said. "So, it's just two more here, and hopefully get the job done."
The defending Stanley Cup champion Kings are trying to finish fourth to earn home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs. They will host San Jose, which also has a chance to be fourth, on Saturday.
With more at stake, Detroit seemed to skate and hit harder. The Kings weren't surprised.
"We knew they were going to come out strong," Los Angeles center Anze Kopitar said. "They're fighting to make the playoffs."
Los Angeles had a setback before the puck dropped when the NHL suspended captain Dustin Brown for two games for elbowing Minnesota forward Jason Pominville on Tuesday.
Sutter disagreed with the decision.
"There was no intent," Sutter said. "The player ran into his elbow."
Brown ranks second on the team with 18 goals and fifth with 29 points.
"You don't replace Brown in your lineup," Sutter said. "I look at it another way. He's got two games off to get some rest for the playoffs."
Los Angeles' Jonathan Quick made 33 saves, including 13 in the first period when the Kings recorded just four shots on Howard.
Kyle Clifford gave the Kings a 1-0 lead 5:28 into the second and Pavel Datsyuk tied it 5:04 later.
The Kings had a power play midway through the third period, while trailing by a goal, but failed to take advantage.
Soon after the penalty was killed, Detroit went on a power play. A fan at Joe Louis Arena celebrated by throwing an octopus on the ice in what has become a playoff tradition in the Motor City.
Franzen flipped the puck past Quick after defenseman Matt Greene failed to move the burly player known as "The Mule" away from the front of the crease. Babcock said Franzen wasn't able to finish the game, declining to give details, but hoped he would be healthy enough to play against the Predators.
NOTES: The NBA's San Antonio Spurs are in a 16th straight postseason, the second longest active streak in North American pro sports. … Chris Ilitch, president and CEO of Ilitch Holdings, which owns the Red Wings, said progress is being made on a new arena for the team. … Suter said F Dustin Penner was a healthy scratch.