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Go Seigen is one of the greatest go players of all time.
Although he
is getting on in years, he is still active as commentator
and teacher.
Pieter Mioch had the privilege of being able to
interview him, and
uses the opportunity to illuminate at the same time a
slice of modern
go history.
Pieter, 31, has studied go at the local branch of the
Nihon Ki-in in
central Japan. He lives with his family in Kasugai City,
near Nagoya.
He is a steady contributor of articles about the Japanese
go scene for
the Dutch go association.
On 26 June 1999, after two months of preparation, telephone calls, house calls, submission of personal details and so on, I was able to visit a living legend: Go Seigen. "He is one of three go players who will still be famous several hundred years from now. The other two are Dosaku (1677-1702) and Shusaku (1829-62)." This is Mr. Teramoto, Go's manager, expressing an opinion that is accepted generally, not just in Japan. "Players such as Cho Chikun and Kobayashi Koichi, for example, will be quickly forgotten when other top players come and go. But Go Seigen has left too great a trail in the history of the game of go to be forgotten," the gold bespectacled manager goes on to explain. With deep respect and a slight feeling that by shaking hands with Go Seigen I was sure to become two stones stronger, I began the interview with the father of modern go. Two and a half hours later I was richer by an especially fascinating experience, but also thoroughly bewildered. Despite his 85 years, Go Seigen is still remarkably energetic and, after the first few minutes of the interview he resolutely took the reins in his hands. I was rushed at lightning speed on a tour through Chinese philosophy, various religions, Japanese and Chinese culture, experiences from his time before the war, and much else. I have therefore chosen to use material from Go's autobiography "Ibun Kaiyu" (published in 1997) as my lodestar. Go Seigen is the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese name Wu Qingyuan. In this article I will continue to stick with the name Go Seigen. Go was born on 19 May 1914 as the third son in a family that had earlier made a fortune in salt commerce. Go's father was actually an official and had merely a modest income. Because it was a turbulent time, things began to go downhill for Go's family after he was born. When it became apparent that Go's talent for go was so special that they could earn a healthy salary with it, this was most welcome. Go's father, who had enjoyed go lessons from Honinbo Murase Shuho when he was studying in Japan, passed away in 1925 when Go was eleven years old. Go was "discovered" a year later by Iwamoto Kaoru when he was visiting China. In 1928, Go came to Japan at the invitation of Baron Okura (a rich man who was behind the foundation of the Nihon Ki-in) and an important politician, minister Inukai Tsuyoshi. When I asked Go what he thought was the most memorable experience of his career, he answered without hesitation:
"The invitation to come to Japan from two of the top people in Japan. I am still very proud of the fact that these important figures in Japan came to ask a Chinese boy, would you believe, whether he wanted to come to Japan one day. Many people do not know that and think that I came to Japan off my own bat. I came here at the time as a guest, and several highly placed people in the go world, including Honinbo Shusai Meijin, came specially to Tokyo to welcome me." When Go spoke of his arrival in Japan, his look became noticeably sharper. Although it is more than 70 years ago, he can apparently still recall the day like yesterday. "It was a vessel of 2,500 tonnes on which we then came to Kobe, after which there was a long journey to Tokyo. We spent several days on it." Immediately after Go arrived in Japan, he fulfilled the high expectations of him in spectacular fashion by winning three games in a row against established pros. Apart from Go himself, this surely must have been a relief for Segoe Kensaku, a top Japanese pro who was Go's teacher and who was held responsible lock, stock and barrel by Baron Okura for Go in the go world. The pity was that, because of his weak constitution, Go was forced to take it easy and his first year was not spent full-time. In 1930 he started properly in the Oteai, the professional grading tournament and at the time the most important event. His results were frighteningly good, and anyone who had doubted his talent could now no longer do other than to admit that Go was the most sensational player of the moment. In 1932 he became 5-dan. By today's standards that is not so special, but in those days they were not so lavish with promotions, and a 5-dan then belonged to the elite. There was only a handful of players with a higher grade. [33]Table of Go's Oteai results In the period from 1930 to 1961, Go was a dominant force in the go world. But occasionally he had to take time out to regain his strength and then he played less. His health was not robust, and during and after the second world war he found himself in a difficult position because of his Chinese origins. It is an incontrovertible fact that Go, in a series of matches over ten games, proved to be the strongest go player in the world. In addition to his brilliant style of play, he is known above all for a series of novelties in the opening.
Another famous episode in the career of Go Seigen is his game against Honinbo Shusai. In order to make plain what was so special about this game, first a little bit of go history. The start of professional go in Japan was approximately contemporaneous with the battle of Nieuwpoort, around 1600, and it began with the Buddhist monk Nikkai. Nikkai was the first head of the Honinbo go school. In 1612, the authorities began officially to sponsor the four greatest go schools: Honinbo, Yasui, Inoue and Hayashi. The Honinbo school had the leading position, thanks to the overwhelming strength of Nikkai. In 1588 he was able to win a tournament organised by the government. It brought him a fixed annual income, paid by the Shogun. The name Honinbo, incidentally, comes from a pavilion on the land of a temple in Kyoto where Nikkai lived. When the capital was moved to Tokyo in 1603, Nikkai had to go along. Once arrived there, he made a title of the name Honinbo and changed his name to Honinbo Sansa. He is best known by this name. In Tokyo he received an established post and he was, amongst other things, responsible for the spread of go in Japan. He took this very seriously. It is Honinbo Sansa and his school that Japan must thank a great deal for the level at which go is played at present.
The supremacy of the Honinbo school was off and on in danger, but even when the authorities stopped sponsoring go in 1868, the Honinbo school still supplied the strongest go players. This was in spite of the problems and reverses, the lack of income and accommodation. It seems that later there was talk of a certain sclerosis of playing techniques precisely because the Honinbo school always stood at the top. Dogmas arose: specific opening moves, for instance, were marked down as good or bad. Moves rejected by the Honinbo school normally never appeared on the board in professional games. When Go arrived in Japan, the Honinbo school was still the leader of the go world. The prestige of the head of the school, Honinbo Shusai, was enormous - the more so because Shusai had acquired, in addition to the title of Honinbo, the highest possible of Meijin (master). Through his position, Shusai represented centuries of go wisdom and tradition. Go Seigen was unintentionally to be cast in the role of braggart and rebel - a role which by no means suits this especially friendly and mild-mannered man, and which he himself had never knowingly sought. The game between Go Seigen and Honinbo Shusai, which at the time was regarded by everyone (and by some still is) as the game of the century , began on 16 October 1933 and lasted almost three months. The actual playing time, the time that both participants actually sat at the board, was 14 days. the newspapers had considered that it would be good for circulation to publicise this game widely as a confrontation between Japan and China. As a result, Go was often troubled by nationalists and the windows of his house were smashed in. "I have never taken much part in politics or the like. This was not the first time that I was an accessory to events in which emotions ran very high." Go had to put up with this inimical atmosphere for three months. As nominally the stronger player, Shusai had the privilege of deciding whenever the game should be adjourned. Because, at the time, there was no sealing of moves, it meant that the player whose turn it was to move could continue to study the position leisurely at home. Shusai made shameless use of this privilege. Thus it came about that, at the resumption of play on the eighth day, Shusai played first, Go answered within two minutes, and Shusai then thought for three and a half hours, only to adjourn the game. Go was thus at a particular disadvantage. It is therefore not surprising that, whenever the ideal duration of a game comes up for discussion, Go has a very forthright opinion. A game must, one way or another, be completed in one day. "Cho Chikun lost yesterday because he had selected a large-scale, difficult joseki," said Go, by way of explanation. "That is precisely what is wrong with go in Japan today. They are too attached to corner patterns (josekis). Go ought to be played on the whole board. And why Cho is using all is time on one joseki in a game with three hours thinking time is a mystery to me."
Go's unorthodox style attracted much attention. He was the darling of the newspapers, which recorded top sales during the match between Go and Shusai. His opening move at 3-3 was unheard of for a professional. Go: "Everyone said a move on the 3-3 point was bad and could not be played. I simply did not understand that, and wanted to see for myself why it was supposed to be bad." In the end, Shusai won the game by two points. But there is yet another remarkable story attached to the game. It is on account of White 1 in Diagram 1, a brilliant move that made a significant contribution to Shusai's victory. It was an open secret that Go in fact had to take on the whole Honinbo clique at the same time. Whenever Shusai had adjourned the game, he studied the position with his students to find the best move together. The story is that White 1 in Diagram 1 was a brilliant discovery by one of Shusai's pupils: none other than Maeda Nobuaki, who became famous for his books on tsume-go (go problems). This move, which at a stroke brings White back into the game, was therefore apparently not thought of by Shusai himself. Go's teacher, Segoe Kensaku, let drop years later, according to what he assumed was an "off-the-record" conversation in a bar, that White 1 was a move by Maeda and not by Shusai. When this pronouncement appeared in a newspaper the next day, the whole Honinbo school was furious, and Segoe had to bear a very heavy burden. Every day he received threatening letters , and a band of supporters of the Honinbo school bent on revenge even posted themselves in front of his house. Eventually he had to give up his post on the board of the Ki-in and make a public apology. "I am very sorry that there were some things I did not realise until later," said Go. " Honinbo Shusai and my teacher were definitely not bosom pals, but that went totally over my head."In an interview in the 1980s, he said,"Only years later did I come to know that Segoe had made that statement, and that he therefore had to endure so much." The game to one side, Go had the following to say on Shusai in the interview: "Was Honinbo Shusai a villain? He was a scoundrel! How the Ki-in manages to deify this person of all people is unbelievable!" He goes quiet for a moment, then suddenly he declares in a surprisingly loud voice and with much agitation: "A villain. He was a villain! He is now praised to the skies by the Ki-in and depicted as one of the heroes of this century, yet - mark you well - he sold his title to the newspapers for mere lucre and bought with it a fair-sized piece of land in Tokyo without giving one cent to the Ki-in or the go world." And so he goes on...
In the thirties a periodical called "Selected Games of Kitani Minoru" was published monthly by the Japanese Go Association (Nihon Ki-in). One of the contributors to this was Kawabata Yasunari, and he wrote the following in an article "The early days of Shin Fuseki."
"The period of Shin Fuseki was not only the period of the early days of two personable young men, Kitani Minoru and Go Seigen. It was without doubt also the period in which the foundations of modern go were laid. Shin Fuseki was the fresh wind that fanned the flames of enthusiastic, youthful creativity and adventure.
Shin Fuseki ensured, through its glittering appearance and staggering, sparkling content, that the whole go world underwent a rejuvenation. It is without a doubt true that there were among the generation of Kitani and Go other brilliant players. But among them there were none who had had such a marked influence on the go world as the newcomers, Kitani and Go. During the period of Shin Fuseki they revived the go world. The new opening theory of Kitani and Go became the symbol of the blooming of go in the 20th century."
Go: "I felt especially embarrassed by this fulsome text.
This does not
actually keep me from saying that the role Shin Fuseki
played in the
development of go today is well expressed in the above
piece. I do not
really think that go came to its highest possible level
because of
Shin Fuseki and the developments which it brought in
its train.
The 'new opening' period was only a step on the way to
the perfecting
of go. I myself am very curious about developments in
the 21st
century. As I have already said, go should be played
over the whole
board. In that respect Shin Fuseki was an ideal style to
stimulate the
creativity of players beyond fixed josekis (corner
patterns) and to
broaden understanding of the game."
Nowadays, the term Shin Fuseki is usually associated with
the style of
top pros such as Takemiya and Sonoda. Both often choose
to give up
territory to build influence. In such a style of play,
the stones are
thus more oriented towards the centre than the edge.
Because Shin
Fuseki normally signifies "new opening," we could say,
every time
there is a new trend in the opening, that this is also
Shin Fuseki.
What then is actually the difference between Shin Fuseki
and today's
new opening moves and trends? One difference is that Go
and Kitani
tackled things on a larger scale than happens today.
Opening moves on
hoshi (4-4) and tengen (10-10) were not new, but Go
turned these into
standard moves, as also with sanrensei (three handicap
points in a row
on one side). The opening move at 3-3, which is not
directed towards
influence, was actually also a revolutionary move in
Shin Fuseki.
When Go and Kitani demonstrated that it was possible to
win games with
less conventional moves, and even moves considered bad,
many pros
unhesitatingly followed them en masse. Opening moves
on 5-5,
10-6...suddenly any outrageous move one could think of
was worthy of
consideration and seen in actual play. The mode of play
which had its
beginnings with Kitani and Go had, at the time, an
enormous influence
on go-playing Japan. It was as if, for example, Cho
Chikun played his
first three moves in a title match at arbitrary points
on the second
line... and won!
In the first "wild years" everyone and his dog tried Shin Fuseki itself at least once, before the situation again cooled down a little. There had, it is true, always been a hard core of players who fought tooth and nail against Shin Fuseki and made their views on this known in books and newspapers. The point at issue died a natural death. There was plainly nothing ultimately wrong with the traditional opening moves from before Shin Fuseki. The opening theories from the 19th century blended with the modern ideas from the start. Go: "These developments brought the game of go nothing but good, and made the game, if possible, more attractive. I see in this also a fusion of Chinese and Japanese go theory." Figure 1 (1-20) W: Go Seigen 5d vs. B: Kosugi Tei 4d, October 1933 W won without counting Above is an example of how a game at the height of Shin Fuseki's popularity could develop. Go: "When I look at this now, I do not understand where I got the courage from to place such a fantasy of an opening on the board with such effrontery." It is naturally not the case that Shin Fuseki was suddenly discovered and came out of the blue without anyone getting wind of it. Several years before the name became official, clear signs were visible. Go: "In the sixth year of Showa (1931), when I was 4-dan, I played on the 3-3 point, and in the year after, when I had meanwhile become 5-dan, I played the nirensei opening (two moves on 4-4 on the same side of the board) in a number of games." This is the precursor of the sanrensei opening.
"Once I became 5-dan, the number of games in which I had White increased. At the time, there was no komi, and if the old 3-4 josekis are insisted on, it is inevitable that White's way of playing is somewhat sluggish." "The rule with josekis is that they should give a locally equal result, an exchange of moves whereby each player obtains 50 per cent. It is almost as if josekis are specially for Black, who, on account of the advantage of first move, naturally gets the most benefit from a tit-for-tat mode of play." "One go player for whom I have much respect, Honinbo Shuei Meijin (1852-1907), very often played on hoshi with White. This chimes nicely with my way of playing, in which White must develop quickly. I was not satisfied with the slow way of playing based on komoku (3-4). The sansan (3-3) and hoshi (4-4) moves that I played are based on the idea of speed. They occupy the corner with just one move, whereas an asymmetrical corner move requires a follow-up move in order to secure the corner." "It was and is a completely natural idea for me to put more emphasis on a quick development than on a corner enclosure with a shimari. Because it was actually at the time an unwritten law to play komoku and from there to enclose the corner with a shimari, my way of playing created something of a stir."
At the same time, when Go was beginning with his unorthodox fuseki, Kitani's style was characterised by low positioning of his stones and a rather orthodox way of playing. His results were actually not particularly convincing. The time was ripe to try higher positions oriented towards influence instead of low positions. It was a period of searching and experimenting with a style that attached greater weight than before to speed of development. In the spring of 1933, Go began a jubango with Kitani. It was during this match that the Shin Fuseki style of play came most plainly to the fore. Jubango is described as the hardest and most debilitating form of competitive go. A direct encounter between two rivals in a match of at most ten games, including jigos. The match could be broken off if one of the two players was promoted and the dan grade was thus no longer the same (formerly, it was unimaginable for pros in Japan to play even against a player of one lower dan grade...) or if one of the players was forced to accept a handicap by virtue of the fact that he had fallen four games behind. If this happened, it normally betokened a serious blow to the career of the losing party. Go's results in jubango are incredible. Imagine that in Japan today one player for more than two decades was able to challenge players such as Sakata Eio, Fujisawa Hideyuki, Cho Chikun, Kobayashi Koichi and Yoda Norimoto and, without exception, give them a handicap! And as if that were not enough, Go played by far the most of these games in his early years in Japan. After the second world war, he played less often, by a long chalk, than the average pro. He was at this time very preoccupied with religion, specifically the Manji (Red Swastika) movement. Go once stopped General MacArthur's car on behalf of this international movement in order to hand over a folder. MacArthur eventually took the petition, but Go and his colleagues had to suffer interrogation by the police!
Did Go Seigen gradually become weaker or did he suddenly stop playing go? These are two good questions to which the answer is not so well known as you might think for a player of Go's stature. With the exception of the period during the second world war, Go's career was a model of stability. But in 1961, when he was 47, the career of the most sensational go player since Honinbo Shusaku came to an abrupt pause. When Go, in August of that year, was in a rush and, against his usual custom, did not make use of a pedestrian crossing, he was hit by a motorcycle that came out of the shadows at high speed while overtaking a bus. Go was thrown up in the air, and then the same motorcycle ran hard into him once more, hitting him and dragging him along. Twenty minutes later, when Go came to in the hospital, it seemed initially as if all was well. Go took the doctor who treated him at his word when he told him that he would soon be back on his feet. Actually, his right leg began to swell up a few days later and began to ache even more. When at last it was decided to take an x-ray, it was apparent there had been a grave mistake. Go later had a great deal of dizziness and nausea, but that was not diagnosed at the time. One year later he had to be examined for a long time for this reason. Two months after the accident, Go was at last discharged from the hospital. The gravity of the accident and the quality of the treatment Go experienced left their mark. Go no longer properly trusts western medicine and goes instead twice a month to an acupuncturist. During Go's stay in the hospital, the Yomiuri newspaper had moved heaven and earth to interrupt the tournament for the Meijin title. This tournament was being played for the first time and they wanted to wait until Go was ready again. So just three months after his accident, Go sat behind the board, on a chair instead of a cushion on the floor, for the last game of the Meijin League. His opponent was no less than Sakata, a player who always gave Go a hard time. When Go and Sakata played each other, violent bare-knuckle fighting games always ensued; in terms of fighting spirit their games belong with the best of the 20th century. Fujisawa Hideyuki, Sakata and Go all had 3 losses in the Meijin League. Fujisawa was actually in a clear lead and the winner of the Go-Sakata game was thus to play off against him in order to decide who was to be the first Meijin of the new era. With what must have been something of a superhuman effort by Go, he managed to bring the game to a jigo with White after all those watching had written him off. A jigo with White meant victory for Go, but Fujisawa was declared the Meijin without a playoff! Although both Go and Fujisawa had scored 10-3, according to the rules Go's jigo was worth less than a "normal" victory. After this episode, Go, because of his health, slowly but surely had to retire from the go world. Go still played, but in the longer games in particular he suffered the burden of dizziness and nausea. Go Seigen still holds study sessions to which top pros such as O Rissei and Michael Redmond come. He is searching for the ideal way to play in the 21st century. His most recent book is even called "Go in the 21st century." After the interview I spoke further with Go's manager Mr. Teramoto. Teramoto: "The study meetings are pretty intensive. Go continuously tries different things and sometimes passes judgments difficult to comprehend. If we then, for example, go back a week later, he quietly says, 'Oh no, it is not at all true what I say, you know.' He is for ever on the move - standing still means going backwards and Go will never go backwards." Pieter: "Is that so? What sort of things does Go sensei say then?" Teramoto: "The last time, Go often said that sanrensei as we now know it is actually the worst sanrensei that is possible." Pieter: "???" Teramoto: "Much too concentrated on one side of the board. This (Diagram 2), according to Go, is the best sanrensei, and No. 2 is this formation (Diagram 3). Diagram 2 Diagram 3
When I stood up at this point to return home, I luckily realised that the most important question had not yet been put. So I said: "Go sensei, do you have a final comment for the Dutch go world?" Go:
"Certainly. Not just for the Dutch go world but for everyone in the whole world. It is impossible to foretell where a great new go talent will emerge in the 21st century. That could be anywhere, thanks to the Internet and the knowledge that a game of go is not decided by josekis but by the insight and the power that are necessary to consider and keep considering the whole board (this subject was plainly Go's hobby horse throughout the interview) and to handle proper evaluation of the different positions. As I said earlier, go in Japan addresses itself too much to corners and josekis. The most important reason why China and Korea were able to surpass Japan is that they are not so preoccupied with josekis. They address themselves rather to the whole board, and that is precisely where things are happening, that is what will be characteristic of go in the 21st century!"
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Skyforce Open Camp With Seventeen on Roster
The NBA Development League Draft is over. Teams will now take their rosters, open up fall camp and start the season on November 22.
The Sioux Falls Skyforce will have sixteen players vying for ten roster spots after selecting six players in the November 1 event. No trades among teams were allowed during the draft, however Sioux Falls and the Iowa Energy pulled off a deal to send Jarvis Varnado to the energy for pick number three overall and a third round choice which amounted to number thirty nine on the board.
An electrifying scorer Quincy Douby a guard out of Rutgers was the first choice of head coach Pat Delany and General Manager, Basketball Operations Adam Simon as they made good on the use of Varnado as a bargaining chip. For the assigned pick at number seven, Kentucky guard DeAndre Liggins joined the cast. Both of the first round picks are veterans of the NBA. Douby was a first round pick in 2006 of the Sacramento Kings, but has not played in the NBA since 2009. Liggins was drafted by Orlando in 2011 and with Oklahoma City last season with frequent assignments to the Tulsa 66ers.
The other component of the pre-draft trade with the Energy was the selection of swingman A.J. Davis a rookie out of James Madison University. Davis finished his season on a high note as the Most Outstanding Player of the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament and 20 points in the NCAA First Four win over LIU Brooklyn.
Forward Jamine Peterson was taken in the fourth round and is no stranger to the NBADL with stints with the former New Mexico Thunderbirds and the Texas Legends. Fifth rounder Lewis Jackson is a 5-10 guard who played internationally last year after graduating from Purdue. The last choice for the Skyforce was center Phil Jones who in training camp with the Timberwolves last year and played with the Los Angeles Defenders for a portion of the 2012-13 campaign.
One more addition was made to the roster on Monday with the rights for Mychel Thompson traded to the Santa Cruz Warriors for Wisconsin forward Ryan Evans. The move is not surprising as Mychel is from the west coast, attending Pepperdine in college and his brother Klay is starting for the Golden State Warriors.
The six players selected by the Skyforce will join training camp invitees Chris Ayer, Joe Davis, Larry Drew II, Justin Hamilton, Grant Johnson, Robert Martina, Anthony Mason Jr., Jeffrey Remmington, Bill Walker and Roshun Wynne in Sioux Falls for the start of training camp on Thursday, Nov. 7. The Skyforce will have four home games to start the season including back to back games November 22 and 23 at the Sanford Pentagon against the Reno Bighorns.

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Commissioner Moeller's statement on Green Energy Express
"The transmission rate incentives we conditionally approve today will help to construct transmission infrastructure needed to deliver new renewable energy resources in the Southern California desert to major load centers and markets in California. The transmission facilities proposed by Green Energy Express will deliver up to 2,000 MW of otherwise stranded renewable energy resources to consumers, bringing substantial environmental benefits to California.
Building needed transmission infrastructure is important to improve the reliability of the grid and deliver renewable resources to consumers. I commend the Commission for approving these incentives. "
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Rick Steves' Europe "Paris: Regal and Intimate" Rick cruises the Seine River, visits Napoleon's tomb, and takes in the Louvre. He also shops in village-like neighborhoods, attends church in a grand pipe organ loft, and celebrates with a big, patriotic Bastille Day bang.G
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new member here.
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: H.K
looking for anime to watch
hello there,
I am in search for new animes to watch
The type of anime i am currently interested in are Comedy/Romance/Drama type, something similar to Suzuka.
I have been watching more of the Shonen Jump anime lately and have just started watching anime like Suzuka which i really enjoyed.
It would be great if you could help me by listing the anime that i am interested in atm as i would like to watch more of these kind
|2007-02-15, 04:27
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Australia
well firstly you posted in the wrong section... it should be in the suggestions section
ok back to business.
If you are looking for comedy romance drama then try tokimeki memorial only love this series will seem very wacky at first and hence the comedy, but as it progresses there are more and more drama, but still has it's wacky style. oh and trust me it has romance... Love triangle to be exact or is it a square..
Have you tried Da Capo first and second season? it's really hard to tell you an anime if i don't know a list of ones you watched already..
|2007-02-15, 07:01
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Saber's Husband XD
I also second School Rumble and also Kanon...
Try also
Ouran Koukou Host Club ~ I think it's a bit similar to School Rumble...
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya ~ also a nice one...
Azumanga Daiou ~ hmmm this one also try this...
|2007-02-15, 11:26
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Lost in my dreams...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 32
Well, Suzuka does not have much of a comedy(unless you consider the pathetic male lead as a comedy of a human being), and since you enjoyed it, i suppose things with mainly romance/drama are ok, right ?
In that case i second Da Capo and Kanon and Air < Kanon and Air are a must-see Air does not have that much of an actual romance... however, Air the Movie does. For Air bring tissues
Gift ~Eternal Rainbow~
Canvas 2
Fruits Basket
After you have watched Air watch something sweet and heart-warming like Lamune to heal your broken soul
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|2007-02-16, 15:17
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Bokura ga Ita
Marmalade Boy
Fushigi Yuugi
Ayashi no Ceres
Happy Hustle High
Kare First Love
Sailor Moon
Peach Girl
Boys Over Flowers
Fushigi Yugi
Bokura ga Ita
Hot Gimmick
Akuma De Sourou
Kare Kano
Absolute Boyfriend
Paradise Kiss
I posted this list before, these anime/manga have lots of romance, kissing, dating, sex, marriage
|2007-02-17, 00:25
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Join Date: May 2006
Copyed and Pasted from my post in other one
Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo! (Comedy and Romance)
UFO Princess Valkyrie(Walkyrie) (Comedy and Romance)
Maburaho (Romance, Drama, Comedy, Magic)
Okusama Wa Mahou Shoujo (Drama, Romance, Comedy,Magic)
Nana (Romance, Drama, Music)
Ai Yori Aoshi (Romance, Drama, Comedy)
Air (Romance, Drama)
Da Capo (Romance, Drama, Magic) - Not my personal favorite, but you might like
Canvas 2 (Romance, Drama)
Ginban Kaleidoscope (Drama, Romance, Sport(Ice Skating to be exact))
Izumo -Takeki Tsurugi no Senki- (Drama, Romance, Fantasy, Martial Arts) - Has action in it so up to u
Iriya no Sora (Drama, Romance) - A short OVA of 6 episodes, but i really lilked
Kanon (Drama, Romance) - Personally like 2006 version more than other one.
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (Drama, Romance) - Very depressing romance anime, but loved it. A lot of people hates it and likes it so up to you -Happy ending? not really
Lamune (Romance, Drama) - A relaxing Romance anime
Shuffle! (Romance, Drama, Magic, Harem) - Didnt really like how it ended, but thought it was ok
Tokimeki Memorial (Drama?, Romance) - On-going anime but i really like it.
Yume De aetara (Comedy, Drama, Romance) although 16 episodes, its only 7 minutes each. Yes that is short, but i really liked it.
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Adam Strzelecki sent in patches that he is using to run CVSTrac under IIS.
I've transitioned CVSTrac to Windows, added several tools, and built a Installer.
I named it CVSTracNT, and registered it in SourceForge:
You can always download the latest version from here:
See also: CvstracNtIntroduction
by Jingyu Zhou(firstname.lastname@example.com) from China.
Notes for running CVSTrac in HTTP mode: (from Ben Mehling -- Note: At this time (2004/02/06) I've transitioned our CVSTrac setup onto a unix box. There were a number of small bugs that I could never nail down and they began to get in the way of development.)
target platform: Win2k SP3 (tested on SP4 too)
cygwin install target: d:\services\cygwin
cvs repository: d:\cvs (mounted as /home/cvs inside the cygwin environment)
Cygwin install/configure
I setup cygwin to use the DOS mode (which I believe mounts the drives in textmode by default)
install cygwin packages:
- admin/cygrunsrv
- devel/cvs, rcs
- net/inetutils
add d:\services\cygwin\bin to all users path
I mounted my cvs dir under the cygwin root -- I believe it required a reboot to really take hold.
mount -f -s -t "d:/cvs" "/home/cvs"
An ls of /home does not show 'cvs', however you can cd into it and run commands through it.
CVSTrac install/configure
build sqlite and cvstrac (I actually used the cygwin gcc setup to do this. Required cygwin packages: binutils, make, gcc, etc.) I used the latest CVSTrac source (1.1.0 from CVS) and SQLite source (2.6.2 tar ball), compiled under the cygwin environment using gcc and other normal binutils. (you'll need libsqlite.la, libsqlite.a in /usr/local/lib and sqlite.h in /usr/local/include to compile cvstrac)
Richard mentioned that sqlite would not compile under cygwin properly, however I gave it a shot and it seems to run fine. I've tested nearly every function I can think of (that read/write from the .db files) and all appears fine.
There may be considerations of size limitations that I do not know about -- Richard could comment here if possible? (Richard says: I've received reports that file locking does not work under cygwin. Perhaps you have a newer version of cygwin that fixes the problem?)
(Ben says: I've been attempting to keep up w/ releases of cvstrac and sqlite as they become available. I've just updated to 1.1.2 from CVS. At the same time I attempted to compile the latest sqlite (2.7.6) to update from the currently working sqlite-2.7.1. I could not get either 2.7.6-release or 2.7.6-snap from CVS to compile under cygwin. At this point cvstrac-1.1.2 compiles and runs fine under sqlite-2.7.1. At some point I may fall behind though and not be able to update cvstrac... Since this is such a niche problem, I don't want to bother the sqlite community with it... if anyone wants to look at the errors for reference: CygwinCompileErrors)
NOTE: turned off I18N (Changed "define CVSTRAC_I18N" to "0" in config.h) defines because of this error: ../cvstrac-VERSION/config.h:40: langinfo.h: No such file or directory
Move the CVSTrac binary into directory from which it will run:
cp cvstrac.exe from build dir to /usr/local/bin/cvstrac-VERSION.exe ln -s /usr/local/bin/cvstrac-VERSION.exe /usr/local/bin/cvstrac.exe
run the CVSTrac initialization command:
/usr/local/bin/cvstrac init /home/cvs Project-name
NOTE: most of the problems I ran into getting it all working, were path issues. The server I'm using for this also runs ViewCVS and cvsntserver. I spent a good deal of time isolating the versions of the various cvs/rcs utils (rcsdiff, co, etc.). CVSTrac now uses the versions that come w/ the cygwin packages. ViewCVS is configured in it's conf to use the same path. CVSntserver uses its own root.
In the end, I wrote an sh script that sets the path then runs cvstrac:
#! /bin/sh
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin export PATH /usr/local/bin/cvstrac cgi /home/cvs Project-Name
Apache install/configure
I ended up installing the latest apache package from within cygwin's setup util. This installs into /var/www, /etc/apache and uses /usr as its prefix dir. (Module installed: web/apache)
- Modified /etc/apache/httpd to:
- use 'index.cgi' as an index document
- set ExecCGI in DocumentRoot Directory directive
- use a new port number (other httpd's running on this host)
- proper fqdn for server name
- proper 'webmaster' email address
- Started apache
/usr/sbin/apachectl start
- Linked exec_cvstrac.sh to /usr/www/htdocs/index.cgi
ln -s /usr/local/bin/exec_cvstrac.sh /usr/www/htdocs/index.cgi
Create service to start apache on boot:
cygrunsrv -I cyg_apache -d "CYGWIN httpd" -p /usr/sbin/start_apache.sh
start_apache.sh contents:
#! /bin/sh
PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin export PATH
echo "Starting Apache:" /usr/sbin/apachectl start
Visited http://MyHostName:PortNum to login to my new CVSTrac server
Initially I attemted to get this running using the cygwin Inetd port and cvstrac in 'http' mode. I was able to get the server to limp along, however it behaved badly in the following ways:
- In MS IE 5.5sp2 & 6.0 the pages would continually reload themselves over and over again. You could click the stop button, then do a CVSTrac operation. I looked through the source and played w/ changing the linefeed/carriagereturn setup for the HTTP responses, however was unable to affect a real change in any way.
- In Moz 1.0 the pages would half load intermittently. Usually, I was able to reload the page a few times to get data. Because Moz re-submits (lame, lame, lame) the page request when you view source I couldn't tell if it was displaying improperly on the client side or not getting the full page from the server side.
- wget & lynx would get the pages once, just fine. However both complained of "disconnected" or "connection reset by peer".
If you really want to get this running using inetd, here's my additional notes on this:
Configure inetd: (used this as reference: http://www.adamswann.com/library/2001/Cygwin-Inetd.html)
from within cygwin shell (zsh) run:
cygrunsrv -I inetd -d "CYGWIN inetd" -p /usr/sbin/inetd -a -d -e CYGWIN=ntsec
add line to c:\%WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\services:
cvstrac ####/tcp # CVSTrac server
add line to d:\services\cygwin\etc\inetd.conf:
cvstrac stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/cvstrac cvstrac http /home/cvs Project-name
NOTE: if I used any other user (myself or cvs), it wouldn't work via inetd. I'd get "cvstrac: couldn't change directory to /home/cvs" errors
Question: does cvstrac work in CGI mode in IIS?
- cvstrac-2.0.1-MinGW-20071107.7z 252796 bytes added by ono on 2007-Nov-07 12:54:12 UTC.
CVSTrac for Windows (MinGW
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text: A growing metal fabrication and welding company in Onaway has purchased the former Art Van furniture store building and may use it for a trade school. Moran Iron Works completed the purchase on Monday, Sept. 16, which also includes 31 adjacent acres. The building is located at 20902 Washington Street and was formerly occupied by Art Van Furniture and, prior to that, Brewbaker's Furniture. Marilyn Kapp, public relations director for Moran Iron Works, said she would not disclose the purchase price. She explained that Moran Iron Works is looking into a variety of uses for the building, including equipment storage, light manufacturing and a trade school. Opening a trade school would help Moran Iron Works meet its need for additional employees. "We pride ourselves in hiring and maintaining the most educated workforce in Northern Michigan," Kapp said. "However, as we continue to grow our business and add to our workforce, we are challenged to find employee candidates that have the level of skill that is required to produce our products. Therefore, to meet our current workforce needs and the needs of our area for the future, we are considering the development of a trade school." Kapp said a trade school would help by providing continuing educational opportunities for noncollege-bound students, creating an educated workforce in the manufacturing sector and providing employment opportunities for qualified graduates. "We hired a full time education director to work through all of the details for us," Kapp said. "We will rely on her to educate us on the requirements, timelines and funding sources." The building is currently empty, but Kapp said that depending on its usage, Moran will add equipment and modify the footprint as necessary. "We are putting new doors on one of the bays to house cranes for the winter — right now," Kapp noted. She said the property acquisition is part of the company's master plan that includes other recent purchases in Onaway. "The plan complements our impending growth strategy and fosters economic development in the downtown district," Kapp said. According to the Onaway Outlook, Moran Iron Works offers a welding course at its main facility on M-68 near Onaway. The night classes are administered and accredited through Alpena Community College. The company also has three certified welding instructors and currently has around 110 employees.


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What to do with cyclists...
Here's another of those "I ride a bicycle too, but...." posts. The assumption behind this one is that we're out on the roads strictly for exercise and recreation. It not as if we actually have to go somewhere like work or school or something as 'important' as any motorist's destination. Nope, we're clogging the roads and slowing traffic because we're arrogant and rude. We're fetishists who break every traffic rule and every fashion rule. Who knew? Well, I didn't but then again, I didn't know that fashion had rules - and I wouldn't care anyway. Plaids with stripes? No problem!
So the 'solution' is to get all of us onto indoor trainers, pedaling furiously like a bunch of hamsters in Lycra. Then the roads will be uncongested. Motorists will be released from their cyclist imposed bondage and be free to travel unimpeded at sub-orbital velocities. All will be well and good with the Earth, and a veritable motoring utopia will descend upon us. Well...except for all those other motorists clogging up the roads. Maybe they can be persuaded or dragooned into sitting in front of a television playing Gran Turismo over and over. Then driving will be nirvana. Except for all those buses and large trucks. Maybe we can restrict them to only operating at night, say, between midnight and 5AM. Yeah, that would do it! But then there's all those pedestrians to consider too. Hell, just round them up and put them in camps.
See, there is an amicable solution to every problem, provided you're the one doing the solving.
What to do with cyclists
Finally, here's a way to get cyclists off our roads:
With the Ergo Bike Premium 8i from Germany's Daum Electronics, riders from around the world compete against each other over virtual versions of some of the sport's storied race courses.
Let them race in cyberspace! Brilliant. Now why didn't I think of that?
Before I get flamed or threatened or hacked, I should point out that I come from a cycling country. I own a bicycle, and I grew up cycling everywhere. I agree that cyclists aren't adequately catered for on our roads, and motorists aren't sufficiently attentive to cyclists. The likelihood of Johannesburg getting decent cycling infrastructure any time soon is remote, which is a shame.
That said, I once dared to complain about the arrogance with which cyclists take over our roads and shut down our cities for their own amusement. My rant was sarcastically caustic, and some idiot thought it would be a good idea to forward the e-mail to every cycling forum in the country.
...Now, finally, technology offers a way in which cyclists can indulge their fetish in the privacy of their own homes or gardens. They won't have to put their lives at risk and spew filth at motorists for every tragic accident. They won't have to break half the traffic laws and every fashion rule in the book. They won't have to trample the rights of tax-paying citizens of the cities whose roads they hijack for their own amusement. They get to cycle wherever and whenever they want. And the rest of us will be spared their testosterone-fuelled aggression and sanctimonious condescension.
See? There's an amicable solution to every problem.


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IDYLLWILD, Calif. (AP) – Southern California authorities are allowing thousands of people to return to homes in communities near Palm Springs as firefighters begin to get the upper hand against a week-old wildfire that has burned across 42 square miles.
The Riverside County Sheriff's Department lifted evacuation orders late Sunday morning for Idyllwild, Fern Valley and other communities that had been threatened by the fire between Palm Springs and Hemet.
More than 6,000 people have been out of their homes the past several days.
The fire, which began Monday, has destroyed seven homes and 16 other structures.
The blaze is about half contained.
Firefighters are now making quick headway, however, with the help of strong rain that arrived on Sunday morning.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
Firefighters in Southern California aided by heavy rain in the mountains above Palm Springs were starting to turn the tide Sunday on a stubborn wildfire that has burned across more than 40 square miles, destroyed a handful of homes and forced the evacuation of thousands of people.
An inch and a half of rain was measured Sunday morning at the aerial tramway near Palm Springs, with more rainfall expected throughout the day. The moisture helped slow the fire's progress.
"With diminished fire activity, firefighters made great progress with line construction, particularly along the east side towards Palm Springs," said U.S. Forest Service spokesman John Miller.
With the blaze almost half contained, authorities were able to lift evacuation orders for several communities.
The fire was still far from extinguished, however.
The thunderstorm helping douse the flames could also bring lightning, wind and flooding, said Miller, all hazardous conditions for fire crews.
The mountain wildfire began last Monday and has burned across about 42 square miles. It has destroyed 23 structures, including seven homes.
The fire was less than two miles from Idyllwild on its western flank. It was a similar distance from Palm Springs below on the desert floor, where an enormous plume of smoke could be seen.
Authorities have said the fire was human-caused, but wouldn't say whether it was accidental or intentional. There have been no reports of injuries.
More than 2,600 firefighters were battling the blaze Sunday, using bulldozers, helicopters and other equipment.
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flowers for baby McPlaiderson
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by littlewren
Rutledge, Pennsy...
This is a refashion from a dress my mom got from the republic of bananas store. It had a great neckline but my mom wasn't too keen on the fit. She gave it to me to fit for myself but it wasn't right for me either. I found it in my closet when I got home from China and asked if she'd mind me cutting it up to cover the big belly I was going to have pretty soon. She gave me her blessing and I chopped it up. I saved the neckline but everything else got changed. It's a perfectly light material that makes even the biggest baby bump look pretty! It's a bit short so it shows off legs and things that are still skinny! It works well over leggings and skinny jeans and has proven to be one of my go to pieces! I wore it to my shower :)
Material Notes
some kind of floral synthetic something. Light and pretty!
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Feb 25, 2012, 12.25 PMby magdamagda
Oh wow I feel like I've been away forever!! You've grown so beautifully wiping a tear, sorry, won't happen again.. wow! congrats! beautiful top, great print and yes definitely a very pretty baby bump! hugs
Feb 24, 2012, 08.40 AMby marlalalalere
well done! It's pretty and looks really comfy which is REALLY important when you're pregnant
Feb 22, 2012, 12.39 PMby Dee Durrant
Wow – so lovely and feminine – even though you have the "big bump" – I myself am 28 weeks pregnant and was hoping that the maternity range BurdaStyle have just brought out would contain something beautiful and girly like this rather than the tent-style top/dress they did publish!
Feb 22, 2012, 12.09 AMby plethora
Love it! Very feminine with a bit of flirty.
Feb 21, 2012, 09.50 PMby infinite-plus-one
wow, so feminine and classy (:
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