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ArtH 351 The Modern Art World: The Challenge of Leadership in the Midst of
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Leadership Studies Electives
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Art and R. Bolton
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Religion 290 Power and Transgression Rambelli
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A Study of Political Activism (Deleted 1999-2000) Diggs


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Liaoning Province
Liaoning Province in the southern part of northeast China is bounded by the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea in the south, with a coastline 2,187 kilometers long.
Random photo: Impressions of China
Situated 118"53"-125"46" east longitude and 38"43"-43"26" north latitude, it has a total area of more than 145,900 square kilometers.
Liaoning has a temperate continental monsoonal climate, with a hot, rainy summer; a long, cold Winter with little snow; and a short, windy spring. It has a mean annual temperature of 6-11oC, and a mean annual precipitation of 400-1,000 mm.
Administrative Division and Population
It is divided into 14 prefecture-level cities, 17 county-level cities, 19 counties, 8 autonomous counties and 56 districts, with a population of 42.38 million as of the year 2000, mainly ethnic groups of Han, Manchu, Mongolian, Hui, Korea, and Xibo.
Shenyang Laobian Jiaozi (a dumpling with minced pork and vegetable stuffing), smoked-pork cake, baked bear's paw (mostly not real bear's paw but substitute), hot-pot, smoked chicken, etc.
Acrobatics and the "Grand Yang Ko" dance in the form of stilt, dragon lantern, lion dance, and land boat, etc.
Brief Introduction
Liaoning Province, Liao for short, is located on the southern part of northeast China, with Shenyang as the provincial capital. Liaoning has a history of more than 6,000 years, and it officially got the present name in 1929. Shenyang, capital of Liaoning Province, is the largest city in Northeast China.
As China's major base of heavy industry, Liaoning, the home of Anshan, the "Steel Capital" of China, holds an important place in iron and steel, machinery, chemicals, electric power, oil extraction and processing and sea-salt production. It is also China's leading apple producer and, its city Dalian is a nationally known fishery center. Its main agricultural crops include sorghum, corn, soybean, peanut, Chinese traditional medicine, coat, silk, southern Liaoning apple and western Liaoning pear.
As one of the opening-up coastal provinces, Liaoning also has developed sea shipping. Dalian, Yingkou and Dandong are its major ports.
Liaoning's main historical sites and scenic spots include the Shenyang Imperial Palace, Northern and Eastern Mausoleums, seaside of Lushun and Dalian, the Yalu River, Qianshan Mountain, Phoenix Mountain and Water-Cave of Benxi. The Shenyang Imperial Palace is one of the two most intact Imperial architectural complexes ever existing in China, only second to the Forbidden City.
More about the provinces of China
- Anhui Province
is called Wan for short, with Hefei as its capital city.
- Beijing Province
Beijing is the one of the birthplaces of Chinese Civilization and one of the six ancient capital cities in China.
- Chongqing Province
Chongqing is called Yu for short. It is situated in the southeast of the Sichuan Basin and the confluence between the Yangtze River and the Jialing River.
- Fujian Province
Fujian has well-developed agriculture, forestry and fishery. Its mild, humid, subtropical and marine climate is especially conducive to crop production.
- Gansu Province
is also called Long or Gan for short. It is the cradle of Chinese culture.
- Guangdong Province
Guangdong is bounded by the South China Sea and is the southern gateway of China.
- Guangxi Province
The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Gui for short, is named after its history as the prefecture of Guilin County in the Qin Dynasty
- Guizhou Province
The landforms with widely dispersed karst topography in have created picturesque scenery with grandeur.
- Hainan Province
What particularly attracts tourists, both domestic and foreign, to Hainan is its characteristic beauty of south China with sunshine, beaches, seawater and hot springs.
- Hebei Province
As Hebei surrounds the nation's capital, Beijing, it is a geographically important province.
- Heilongjiang Province
Lying in the northernmost part of northeast China, Heilongjlang Province is the province with the longest winters.
- Henan Province
Henan, an agricultural province, lies in the middle-lower reaches of the Yellow River.
- Hong Kong SAR
Hong Kong, with an area of 1071.8 square kilometers, is a Special Administrative Region of China since China resumed its sovereignty from the British Government on July 1, 1997.
- Hubei Province
Renowned as the Province of a Thousand Lakes, Hubei abounds in natural, historic and cultural resources.
- Hunan Province
, known as Xiang for short, is located at the south bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, with Changsha as its provincial capital.
- Inner Mongolia Province
The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is also called Inner Mongolia for short, with Hohhot as its capital city.
- Jiangsu Province
Jiangsu boasts the largest number of historical and cultural cities in China.
- Jiangxi Province
Jiangxi lies to the south of the Yangtze River valley, and is named for being situated west of the Ganjiang River.
- Jilin Province
is called Ji for short, whose capital city is Changchun.
- Liaoning Province
in the southern part of northeast China is bounded by the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea in the south, with a coastline 2,187 kilometers long.
- Macao SAR
Comprising of the Macao Peninsula, Taipa and Coloane islands, Macao is a Special Administrative Region since China resumed its sovereignty from the Portuguese Government on December 20, 1999.
- Ningxia Province
Ning is the short shortened form for the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, with Yinchuan as its capital city.
- Qinghai Province
Qinghai lies in the upper reaches of the Yangtze and the Yellow river valleys in the southern part of northwestern China.
- Shaanxi Province
is called Shaan for short, with Xi'an as the provincial capital.
- Shandong Province
Shandong is a key production area of grain, cotton and oil crops.
- Shanghai Province
Shanghai is one of the four municipalities directly under the Central Government.
- Shanxi Province
The land of Shanxi is one of the origins of Chinese civilization, exhibiting evidence of human settlement over a million years ago.
- Sichuan Province
Sichuan, generally classified as a rice region, abounds in agricultural products.
- Tianjin Province
Tianjin is one of the four centrally administered municipalities. In ancient times, this area was part of the sea stretching to the horizon.
- Tibet Province
Tibet Autonomous Region is located on southwest China border areas, with Lhasa as the provincial capital.
- Xinjiang Province
The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is located in Northwest China, with its capital city in Urumqi.
- Yunnan Province
Yunnan is the province with biggest number of ethnic minorities in China.
- Zhejiang Province
, which is reputed as the Land of Silk and produces one third of China's raw silk, brocade and satin, lies on the southeastern coast.

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text: [[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/haruhi_chan_8800.png]][[caption-width-right:350:I have no interest in ordinary {{chibi}}s!]]''The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya'' (''Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no Yūutsu'') and ''Nyoron Churuya-san'' are two gag manga spinoffs of ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', animated and broadcast on Website/YouTube as three to five-minute shorts. Though famous for "trolling" their fanbase as of late, Kyoto Animation was rumored to produce this series [[AuthorsSavingThrow as a way to pacify the fans]] for waiting three years for an actual second Season of ''Haruhi''!Both series have now reached their conclusions, with ''Haruhi-chan'' 25 and ''Nyoro~n'' 13 being the last episodes. Both series were formerly available on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com Crunchyroll]], but their rights to the series expired, and were picked up by [[http://www.funimation.com/blog/2014/08/09/home-video-announcements-from-otakon/ Funimation]].Bandai originally licensed both series and released them on two DVD sets. ''Haruhi-chan'''s manga is licensed by Creator/YenPress.----'''''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya-chan''''' takes the characters and situations from ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', {{chibi}}fies them, and turns the madness and comedy up to eleven while adding copious amounts of [[RuleOfCute High-Octane Cute]].[[foldercontrol]]----!!''Haruhi-chan'' provides examples of:[[folder: Tropes in Haruhi-chan]]* AllCGICartoon - The first few episodes. It changed to normal 2D animation starting with episode 5, likely due to the cost associated with CG animation.* AnachronicOrder - Just like with [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya the anime's]] first run and the LightNovels, the ''Haruhi-chan'' shorts are arranged differently than the manga.* {{Angrish}} - Achakura lapses into this when Nagato gives her dog food in a dog bowl to eat.* ArtShift** The characters may go back to their normal-looking selves for a gag (and at one point Bishoujo, before reverting back to SuperDeformed style.** Yuki's doujin VisualNovel.* AstronomicZoom** Every episode of ''Haruhi-chan'' except for episode 25 begins with this.*** [[BreakingTheFourthWall "Here we g-- *crashes into and cracks the camera*"]]** SANTA-DA~~~!* AuthorAppeal - [[NinjaMaid Mori-san]] certainly appears a lot- she's even the focus of the first story in volume 4, where Koizumi gets her to [[spoiler:cosplay as Haruhi]]. And if that's not enough to convince you, there's a surprising amount of bonus art of her in casual clothes or with her hair in a ponytail. She even appears in a subplot surrounding Tsuruya harboring unexplained animosity towards her.* BadassSanta - Haruhi's concept of Santa, part of a clan of super-muscled old ninjas who infiltrate houses and deposit gifts. And she turns poor [[ThoseTwoGuys Taniguchi]] into one.* BadBadActing - In episode 20.--> '''Achakura:''' (monotone) Oh, no. Kimidori-san has gone flat.--> '''Kimidori:''' (equally monotone) I can't go on. Please commit my body to the ocean.--> '''Achakura:''' (monotone) Sorry, throwing you in the ocean will be environmental destruction.* BattleAura - Used for a game of ''[[MundaneMadeAwesome dodgeball!]]''* BearsAreBadNews - Inverted. Tsuruya claims she once defeated a bear.* BigEater - Yuki gobbling Valentine's day chocolates... priceless.* {{Bishonen}}** Kyon and Itsuki get bishie shots in their host suits in episode 12, complete with {{Bishie Sparkle}}s.** In the episode where the whole group is having a scavenger hunt Kyon, as part of the game, tells Itsuki that he loves him, causing Itsuki's face to go totally bishonen, or arguably bishojo, complete with DramaticWind and flower petals.** This is a RunningGag with Kunikida, who is regularly forced to cross-dress and is the only boy allowed to show his face in the "all-girls beach fanservice" chapter in volume 6.* BlackHelicopter - Used by the Agency in one episode.* BlandNameProduct - One of the {{Visual Novel}}s Yuki owns in volume 1 is [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Fayte/Stay Night]].* BlankWhiteEyes* BlatantLies - Mori after she just jumped through a window.-->'''Ms. Mori:''' I'm just a normal maid passing through!** Mori and Arakawa do basically the same thing when they [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext help Kyon dig a hole during a cherry blossom viewing.]]-->'''Arakawa:''' I'm just a normal taxi driver passing through!-->'''Ms. Mori:''' I'm just a normal skydiver passing through!* BloodFromTheMouth** Haruhi, after... [[MundaneMadeAwesome taking story suggestions for an amateur film]]. To the extent that she had to be hospitalized, even.** Also happened when Achakura kicked Yuki in the gut in episode 10.* BlowYouAway - Tsuruya, as shown in Episode 17. Poor Mikuru.* BlueWithShock* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine - Yuki's interactions with Achakura seem to follow these quite closely. Yuki's the boke.* BoxAndStickTrap: Subverted in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vAfgbbCAGY&t=1m54s Episode 8]], Ryoko goes directly to where "Nagato" is hiding and holding the string. Instead, [[KansasCityShuffle she finds out that it's not her, and a cage falls on her, trapping her.]]* BreakingTheFourthWall** Achakura contemplates her previous life, until Kimidori says "I'm not going to let you turn this into a complete episode."** Kyon asks about another episode's title.** From Episode 14:--> '''Kyon:''' YOU! It's terrifying to have a balloon burst in your face!--> '''Haruhi:''' Uh, Kyon, [[LampshadeHanging a main character]] shouldn't make a face like that.** From Episode 25:--> '''Nagato(in-game):''' If you'd like...--> '''Kyon:''' That's from Disappearance!* BrotherSisterIncest - This might be stretching things, but judging from episode 25's opening, Nagato's game contains a "Kyon's sister" route, so if Kyon's the protagonist...* ButtMonkey** Taniguchi and Achakura.** To some extent Kyon, who always gets the short end of Haruhi's plans. It's a bit like his role in the series turned UpToEleven.* CameBackWrong - PlayedForLaughs. When Ryoko Asakura manages to regenerate herself as Achakura, she's barely a couple feet tall, and has lost most of her powers. Not to mention that she has a somewhat childish mentality sometimes, being placated by a merry-go-round treatment, karaoke singing, the "legendary" obi-spin, and a piece of chocolate cake. Later in the manga it's revealed that Asakura can use her powers to a certain extent, but doing so causes her to become ''even tinier''! Kimidori-san shows real concern that if she overdoes it she'll wink out of existence.* CameraAbuse - The AstronomicZoom mentioned above always ends in the camera smashing into Haruhi's face. It even provides the page image.* CatchPhrase - Yuki's "Oh" after [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine outbursts from Achakura]].** The show's CatchPhrase is "Here we go!" which is said at the start of each episode.* CatSmile - Haruhi and Tsuruya.* CharacterExaggeration** Haruhi is more hyperactive than in the regular series. Conversely, she is ALOT nicer towards Mikuru.** Mikuru is more moe than in the regular series.** Koizumi has stopped being ''remotely'' subtle in his ShipperOnDeck activities, taking every opportunity to try to convince Kyon to couple up with Haruhi. Kyon's having none of it, although in volume 4 he's able to force Kyon and Haruhi to go on a scripted date together as a penalty game. [[spoiler:They nearly die.]]** Kyon is an even BIGGER DeadpanSnarker.** Subverted with Yuki, as her stoicness is overshadowed by her {{otaku}}ness, which ''is'' hinted at in the original series, albeit not as played up. Look at the masks she buys in the [[GroundhogDayLoop Endless Eight]]. So it could be this subtle aspect is exaggerated even more, making it an [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerated version]] of CharacterExaggeration.* CherryBlossoms* ClothingDamage - Itsuki's shirt gets ripped when Ms. Mori goes flying past him in episode 21.* ContinuityCameo - Muu-chan, the "Mugen Lion".* ContinuityNod - Several episodes feature references from previous episodes. For example, the Computer Club's fossilized kappa introduced in episode 5 was stolen by Taniguchi in episode 7. In episode 19, he snuck it back in disguised as Santa.* ContrivedCoincidence - In episode 19 Taniguchi dresses as Santa and sneaks into the school to put back a gift-wrapped kappa in the Computer Club's room on the same night that Haruhi is holding a Christmas party and has Kyon waiting in the Computer Room to catch Santa.* CookingDuel - With balloon animals and art, and [[SubvertedTrope it turns out Kyon and Haruhi don't know how to actually make them]].* {{Cosplay}} - Mikuru and Yuki engage in a cosplay contest. Haruhi is nonplussed.* CosplayOtakuGirl - Yuki.* CountingSheep - Zig zagged in the first episode.* CovertPervert - Yuki. Light on the 'Covert', but with extra 'Pervert'.* CranialEruption - Yuki and Achakura do this to each other semi-regularly.* CrashIntoHello - The VisualNovel that Yuki has Kyon play in episode 25 has one. Except it's with [[spoiler:Arakawa-san. [[DrivesLikeCrazy And he's in a car]].]]* DependingOnTheWriter - Deliberately exaggerated with Yuki, [[GamerChick who]] [[OtakuSurrogate doesn't]] [[CosplayOtakuGirl just]] [[CovertPervert read]] [[YaoiFangirl books]] in this series.* {{Determinator}} - Kyon, considering how often he blows up.-->'''Kyon:''' I'm a man with motivation.* DisappearsIntoLight - Kyon in episode 9. "Hikari ni naru!!!!"* TheDitz - "Mikuru got confused, and stopped thinking."* {{Dojikko}} - Itsuki gets into a discussion about Mori dropping by in episode 17, and actually uses the word.* DoubleKnockout - Episode 10.* DramaticWind - Episode 17.* DrivesLikeCrazy - Arakawa. With how that car was spinning he's even worse than [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Yukari-sensei]].* DynamicEntry - Kyon's sister gives one to Kyon in episode 1 with a spinning drill kick.* EarlyBirdCameo: Churuya's first appearance is actually [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/churuya_1092.png during the intro of episode 25]].* EmbarrassedByAChild: In episode 7 of the anime, Haruhi organizes her own quirky sports festival, and Kyon falls to this trope [[ButtMonkey just for standing there]], watching the event begin. Then he's used as a rope in an extreme tug-o-war contest and flung up naked, [[UpToEleven with the kid still watching]].* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt-->'''Kyon:''' [[ItMakesSenseInContext Koizumi, I love you]].-->*Koizumi blushes*-->*Haruhi [[http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk318/Anime_Fan_Otaku/Haruhi_feelings_shattered.jpg faints, dark aura appearing,]] [[RealityBreakingParadox reality starts to crack]]** EverythingsBetterWithSpinning - Yuki spins Achakura [[MemeticMutation right round]] in episodes 6 and 8.* EyesAlwaysShut** Itsuki, nearly all the time.** Kyon, every now and then, unless he has BlankWhiteEyes or is looking intense.* FanService - [[StupidSexyFlanders Itsuki's]] randomly [[ShirtlessScene open shirt]] in episode 18.** The manga is even more packed with it, largely due to Haruhi taking any excuse to get the female cast into bikinis.* FauxYay: Kyon's declaration of love to Koizumi, which nearly caused the world to end.* FlippingTheTable - Same idea. In Achakura's first episode she becomes increasingly irritated with her treatment by Yuki, culminating when Yuki tries to feed her what appears to be pet food in a doggie dish. Yuki claims that this is a joke and goes to give her some real food but leaves it in the doggie dish, so Achakura flips the dish. Achakura actually does this with a few of the things that Yuki gives her.* FunSize - Everyone, since they are in chibi form most of the time, but Achakura a step [[strike:higher]] lower.* GagSeries* GamerChick - Yuki. Mostly {{Bishoujo Game}}s.* GayOption - The Doujin Visual Novel that Yuki has Kyon play advertises ten "[[LoveInterest heroines]]": Haruhi, Mikuru, Yuki, [[{{Yandere}} Asakura]], Tsuruya, Mori, [[LittleSisterHeroine Kyon's sister]], and (Emiri) Kimidori. Yes, you counted right. There are eight girls. [[spoiler:The other two are Koizumi and Arakawa]].* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "...and I'm Itsuki, the Crimson Super Ball. Guess why they call me that. Hollaaaa."* GivingUpTheGhost: Happens to the Computer Club members after the dodgeball game in episode 5.* GratuitousEnglish** "Trick or treat. Search and destroy."** "Nice Kyon!"** "Hey Kyon! Pass!"** "COME BAAAAAAAACK!!!"** "Too vague."* {{Hatsuyume}} - The premise of Kyon's dream in episode 01, although with a twist. Koizumi is Mt. Fugi (actually just a regular mountain), Tsuruya is the hawk (or rather, a [[VisualPun crane]] with the heart of a hawk), and Nagato is an eggplant cellphone strap.* HeroicSacrifice - Episode 24, by [[spoiler:Kimidori.]]* IAmNotLeftHanded - Mori pulls this in episode 21 [[spoiler: during her rooftop fight with Tsuruya, by getting out of her costume]].* IdiotHair - Much more noticeable here, always appears during Haruhi's silly moments.%%* ImplausibleFencingPowers** In Episode 16, when Yuki sets a sword to homing mode to cut an object in any way possible.** Subverted when Kyon tried it and his wrists got twisted and his body got thrown around like a ragdoll, since it was the first time he had ever used a sword.* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe - What Yuki does with Achakura. Although she doesn't do it because Achakura is cute, but rather so she can keep an eye on her.* {{Infodump}} - Parodied. When Yuki was describing a particularly nasty SealedEvilInACan, everyone else promptly announced that the explanation was too long and they couldn't understand it.* IWasJustPassingThrough - Frequent excuse made by Arakawa and Mori whenever Itsuki calls them in for favors.* LostInTranslation: To western audiences, Tsuruya's obsession with cranes must be a little strange because she doesn't really show it in the actual series. Her obsession with cranes is actually from her name. Her name comes from a popular chain of hotels that utilize the crane as their symbol, due to "tsuru" being the Japanese word for "crane".* LuminescentBlush** ''Kyon'' of all people gets one after Yuki thanks him for the balloons.** Haruhi during her encounter with "Santa".* MadeOfExplodium - ''Kyon''.* MoodWhiplash** Every time Yuki abuses Achakura and then does something incredibly cute to make up for it.** Episode 24.* MundaneMadeAwesome** ''Supersonic'' dodgeball. With ''{{Battle Aura}}s''.** The mock kaiju battle in episode 25, with Mikuru as sort-of Mothra and Yuki as Godzilla. Kyon can only watch in stunned silence.** And from the same episode - ''Manga/DeathNote''-style ''doodling''.** Mori and Arakawa's various entrances.* NinjaMaid - Mori.* NoodleImplements - Episode 3. We never find out exactly what the "Truck vs Kyon" event involves, but it's hard to forget the line "Here's your firework."* NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou: Parodied: Kyon and Haruhi are having a blowpipe brawl, and end up hitting Mikuru. Then they're mourning her while learning the lesson about violence that she taught them with her death, just before Mikuru mentions that she's still there.* OtakuSurrogate - Yuki.* OutOfCharacterMoment - As you listen to the full intro song, towards the end all three seyus of the girls start to loose their character voice, Mikuru going angry and Nagato losing her monotone singing, for one refrain and then jump back into character for the rest of the song. [[https://www.youtube.com/watchv=FBArHQ2Tdxc#t=184s Listen closely!]]* PaperThinDisguise** [[NinjaMaid Mori]] as a "skydiver who just happened to be passing by"... without a parachute.** Arakawa counts to a lesser extent with his "taxi driver" who also "just happened to be passing by". [[DeadpanSnarker Kyon]] calls them out almost immediately. Then in volume 5 he uses a school uniform and a wig to stand in for Koizumi at school while Koizumi is away... but neglects to do anything about his moustache.* {{Parody}} - The intro to the final episode is a DatingSim intro parody.* PuniPlush* PunnyName - Achakura is a lisped version of Asakura. "Acha" can also be a "wince in pain" interjection, sometimes reacting to metaphoric pain or even someone else's pain. (E.g., watching someone get hit and saying, "Ooh, that's gotta hurt.")* ReallyDeadMontage - Happens in episode 24 with [[spoiler:Kimidori, as soon as the Time Bomb explodes. Subverted since he gets better]].* RelaxOVision - Part of Hiruhi's quiz show in episode 3 involves Kyon tied up in fireworks and a small pickup truck. It would have been awesome if we weren't seeing Mikuru feeding and playing with her pet lion the whole time.* RidiculouslyCuteCritter - Kimidori-san.* TheRival - Tsuruya vs Mori. This reaches ''Manga/DragonBall'' levels.* RuleOfCute - Aww!!** Mikuru-chan's crying in episode 12 is the cutest thing '''ever'''! She sounds like a little kitten.** Kyon's Little Sister shows up in the second New Year's Eve dream sequence. [[spoiler:She's half turned into a cow and is ''adorable!'']]** What? No mention of Achakura? She's the cutest thing on the show!* RuleOfFunny * RunningGag* TheScream - Achakura in episode 20.* SeriousBusiness - The balloon modelling contest, with TrashTalk from Haruhi and Kyon and Itsuki as the judge and commentator.** Also the dodgeball game. There's freaking [[BattleAura battle auras]] for crying out loud!* SexySilhouette ShowerScene - Non-chibi Yuki in episode 24.* ShirtlessScene - Twice by Itsuki, and both [[FanService completely unnecessary]]. [[LampshadeHanging He even gets called]] for one of those by Kyon.* ShoutOut** One to a particular {{Epileptic Tree|s}} - that of Kyon being the real deity in the series - in episode 1. It's even ''lampshaded''.** There's also "Yasu is the culprit" at the end of the second episode, a ShoutOut to TheReveal of a much beloved [[NoExportForYou in Japan]] PC/NES mystery game, which had undergone MemeticMutation. The reference thoroughly confused much of the western fanbase. The English dub replaces it with [[{{Woolseyism}} "The butler did it."]]** That lion that's seen with Mikuru looks a lot like Sakutaro from ''Umineko''.** "[[Franchise/SailorMoon Tuxedo Beard]]" anyone? Let's not forget [[SuperSentai Supernatural Ranger Team]] was mixed in.** It wasn't translated into English as such, but in episode 19 Kyon says [[Anime/HellGirl "Ippen shinde miru?"]] to Haruhi.** Several episodes reference parts of Book 7: the Spring Setsubun Festival (episode 8), the Valentine's Day chocolate cakes (episodes 11 and 12), the treasure hunt (episodes 17 and 18), and Mori and Arakawa riding around in a taxi (episodes 12 and 18).** Kyon shouting "Hikari ni naru~" (see DisappearsIntoLight) is a direct ShoutOut to ''Anime/GaoGaiGar''.** That ghostly Santa looks suspiciously like that red-eyed Santa Claus in ''Anime/HareGuu''.** One of the lines in the intro is [[Manga/DragonBall KA-ME-HA-ME-HA]]!** The fighting game that Nagato offers to play with Kyon is VideoGame/StreetFighterII with all the characters as cute girls** Yuki's visual novel in the last episode has the same format, and much the same style, as VisualKei.** The relationship between Yuki and Achakura has shades of the one between Keroro and Natsumi in ''Manga/SgtFrog'', although with little violence compared to the brutal punishments Keroro is subjected to, to the point that Yuki instead subjects Achakura to fun things to keep her morale up.* SinisterSilhouettes - Parodied with Asakura claiming to be a member of the [[FourIsDeath Radical Big Four]], which is quickly revealed [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil to be under]] the [[TerribleTrio three leaders]], all of whom are shown as generic featureless silhouettes. Kyon proceeds to call it cheesy and blame it on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portopia_Renzoku_Satsujin_Jiken Yasu.]]* SlapstickKnowsNoGender* SlowMotionPassBy - In episode 12.* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Parodied in Episode 2.* SpinningClockHands - While Haruhi and the other girls prepare chocolate sculptures.* SpitTake - Kyon's understandable reaction to finding out [[HGame what Yuki was doing on her laptop.]]** He has another one when, while trying not to laugh at Mikuru's attempts at a cosplay war with Yuki, she sneaks up behind him in her frog suit[[note]]The caption says "It's rezally a bear"[[/note]]. He turns to look, and subsequently laughs.* SpotlightStealingSquad - [[NinjaMaid Mori-san,]] although moreso in the comics than in the animation. Just read any of the mangas and you'll see.** To a lesser extent, [[{{Chibi}} Achakura]] and [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Kimidori-san.]]** As of volume 5, [[{{Bishonen}} Kunikida's]] been getting his fair share too.* {{Squee}} - An in-story example is Haruhi's reaction to cornering "Santa". Her angrily-flushed cheeks visibly give way to a LuminescentBlush, and the resulting squeal echoes throughout the solar system, and even the galaxy.* StuffBlowingUp** When Nagato ties Achakura to a bunch of hydrogen-filled balloons, they float to the ceiling, hit the lights, and ''blow up the apartment''.** Also, Kyon blows up during the filming of a drama. Haruhi's comments indicate that he does this on a semi-regular basis.** There's even a TimeBomb involvement in episode 24.* SuperDeformed - The predominant art style.* SuperWindowJump - Via NinjaMaid.* SurrealThemeTune** Warning! [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBArHQ2Tdxc&feature=related The following song]] has been known to cause [[YourHeadASplode violent head explosions!]] Proceed at your own risk. The [[http://atashi.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/the-melancholy-of-haruhi-chan-suzumiya-opening-theme-ima-made-no-arasuji/ lyrics]] may or may not be relevant to the show. Nobody's really sure.** The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQQZXGuN8wQ ending theme]] is somehow even more infectious than the opening. Something about it is so unbelievably cheesy that it rolls all the way over back into awesome. Perhaps it's the fact that the lyrics turn out to be one massive troll to the fans about Season 2.* SweatDrop* ThemeTuneCameo - In episode 4, Mikuru hums [[DancingTheme "Hare Hare Yukai"]].* {{Tsundere}} - Achakura.* VillainDecay - {{Parodied|Trope}}. Achakura attempts to avert this shortly after [[CameBackWrong Coming Back Wrong]] by escaping from Yuki's apartment in order to kill Kyon, but rapidly changes her mind after a cat starts eyeing her up for lunch. [[invoked]]* WallJump - Achakura attempts this in episode 10. Guess how it turned out.* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids - In-universe: In the subbed version, Kyon protested that the game Yuki lent him was rated E... [[{{Eroge}} but that didn't stand for "everyone" in this case.]]* WikiWalk - Lampshaded, complete with step-by-step explanation.* WireDilemma - Yuki sets one up for Achakura and Kimidori to solve in episode 24. [[spoiler:They don't even bother]].* WrittenSoundEffect - All the time.** WrittenRoar - Mikuru's "Honya~!"(ほにぁー!)* UnwillingSuspension - Mikuru in episode 25.* VisibleSigh* VocalEvolution - A version of it. Haruhi's voice is more high pitched and sounds more similar to [[Manga/LuckyStar Konata]] then her main anime counterpart.* YaoiFangirl** Haruhi's script for ''[[IncrediblyLamePun The Gift of the Maid]] II: Stealing Love Within a Month of Death'' has Kyon and Itsuki winning the battle-maid tournament and becoming a couple. Haruhi witnessing Kyon's discovery of a "barrier to the heart" put her in a short-term amnesiac coma.** Yuki's visual novel starring the cast included Itsuki and Arakawa as possible paths for Kyon![[/folder]]----'''''Nyoron Churuya-san''''' follows the adventures of Tsuruya's super deformed counterpart Churuya as she quests for smoked cheese, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption almost always unsuccessfully.]] Also featured is Ashakura, Ryoko's counterpart with a [[StalkerWithACrush massive, but ultimately doomed crush]] on Kyon.Everyone besides Churuya and Ashakura is rendered with the same generic, non-super-deformed body with EyesAlwaysShut, and they're all general {{jerk ass}}es. Still, Churuya usually gets a happy ending after enduring some hardships throughout the rest of the episode.----!!''Nyoron Churuya-san'' provides examples of:[[folder: Tropes in Churuya-san]]* AllCGICartoon* AscendedMeme / PromotedFanboy - Nobody could have guessed when the comics were first published as {{doujinshi}} that they would be officially animated by Creator/KyotoAnimation with the original voice cast.* BlankWhiteEyes - To the point of being downright creepy.* BrickJoke: In episode 1, Churuya asks Mikuru how to make smoked cheese, only to be told to go Google it. In the very next episode, Churuya looks up smoked cheese on Google, only to be denied by Kyon.* ButtMonkey - Churuya and Ashakura being the butt monkies is pretty much the entire point of the series.** Hokori-chan.* CatchPhrase** Churuya - "Nyoro~n".** Ashakura - "Sore Muri" ("Not Possible").** Kyon - "Da-me" ("No No"), with his arms making an X when he says it.* CatSmile - Churuya and Ashakura's default expression.* ClingyJealousGirl - Ashakura towards Kyon.* CrapsackWorld - In the extremely strange world of ''Nyoron Churuya-san'', everyone is a complete {{Jerkass}} except for Churuya and Ashakura, who are just adorable.* CreepyMonotone - Everyone except Churuya and Ashakura, moreso in the dub. Mikuru gains a completely deadpan, borderline masculine voice.* DerangedAnimation / WidgetSeries - Very much.* DisneyAcidSequence - The dream sequence in the final episode. "Sumochi Banzai! Sumochi Banzai! Sumochi Banzai..."* DullSurprise / EyesAlwaysShut - Everyone other than Churuya and Ashakura. Including Shamisen.* FailureIsTheOnlyOption - Churuya says "nyoro~n" whenever she can't get what she wants, which is all the time.* FestivalEpisode* FunSize - Churuya and Ashakura.** The series being what it is, Churuya's short stature and stubby arms [[RealityEnsues hinder more than they help]].* GoldfishScoopingGame - [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption Guess whether or not she catches one.]]* GratuitousEnglish** "Made in Japan?"** "Merry Christmas."** "Hey, taxi~."** "Google it."** "One, two, three..."* HonestAxe - Episode 7.* HugeGuyTinyGirl - Kyon with Churuya and Ashakura.* [[HostileShowTakeover Not-So-Hostile Show Takeover]] - Ashakura attempts to rename ''Nyoron Churuya-san'' in the beginning of episode 8, holding up a sign saying that the new title is ''Sore Muri Ashakura-san''.* ImageSong - Six for Churuya - two solos and four duets. D'awww~* KeepItForeign - The "Why?" -> "Naze?" line by Kyon to Ashakura in episode 7, a direct reference to the main series.* LiteralMinded - This exchange, coupled with a bit of jerkassery:-->'''Ashakura:''' Kyon, when I think about you, my heart beats so hard that I can't sleep.-->'''Kyon:''' You're going to die.* MandatoryLine - Yuki, Itsuki, and Mikuru don't get enough screentime and some episodes have them say just one line. Others don't have them present at all. Even Haruhi fails to appear sometimes.* MonochromaticEyes - Churuya and Ashakura have solid black eyes.* [[OnlySixFaces Only One Face]] - Literally everyone but Churuya and Ashakura have the same exact face. Even Shamisen, ''the cat''.** Even the Goldfish have the same face.* PluckyGirl - Churuya.* {{Portmanteau}}: Starting with episode 2, Churuya refers to smoked cheese as "sumochi".** "Nyoro~n" is itself a portmanteau of canon Tsuruya's CatchPhrase, "nyoro~", and "shobon", an expression of disappointment.* ProductPlacement: One segment involves Churuya googling smoked cheese, even using the actual site instead of a BlandNameProduct.* RidiculouslyCuteCritter - Hokori-chan is a ridiculously cute dust-bunny.* RuleOfCute* RunningGag** Hokori-chan getting sucked up by Churuya.** Churuya finding Taniguchi or Kyon in random places.** Kyon's "No-No" signs.* SpearCounterpart - The dust bunny Hokori-kun. Appears to protect Hokori-chan from the vacuum, but fails.* StalkerWithACrush - Ashakura towards Kyon.* TheStoic - Surprisingly, not just Yuki.* SuperDeformed - Churuya and Ashakura.* TertiarySexualCharacteristics - Hokori-chan wears pink hairbows on her GirlishPigtails.* TeruTeruBozu: When Churuya notices it raining outside, she sets this on the windowsill. After it stops raining, she pats the doll on the head and tells it that it did a good job.* ThrowTheDogABone** Kyon decided to give Churuya some smoked cheese for Christmas.** Also, in one incident of the chain-yanking example, Churuya gets to see the sakura tree blossoming.** In the final episode, Churuya invites Ashakura to have a sleepover at Kyon's house.* TookALevelInJerkass - The whole cast except Churuya and Ashakura. Especially jarring with Mikuru.* TrademarkFavoriteFood - Churuya and smoked cheese. The whole thing got started because the creator of the yonkoma [[AuthorAppeal happens to like it]].* VerbalTic - You know the one. :3 nyoro~n...** Also the dust bunnies end their sentences with "hokori" ("dusty" in the dub).* YankTheDogsChain - Poor Churuya expects to go on a trip with the SOS Brigade, but Haruhi cancels it when she's already at the place.* {{Yonkoma}} - What the series is based on.[[/folder]]----


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. 750 W. Main Street, Bartow
Kelly Harris-Hollifield lives by a select few simple rules. Never buy cheap bacon, never use canned mushrooms, never serve or eat ranch dressing she did not make herself. For everything else, a basic philosophy: Bend, don't break.
Her husband, who has rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes, was an independent trucker. She worked in medical billing. They bought a house, started saving. "Then in 2007 the bottom fell out." Trucking loads started paying less, and gas went up. He sold his rig to be home with the kids, just before she lost her job. The loss of income was tough, but the budget killer was the COBRA insurance. With his pre-existing conditions, it cost nearly $1,500 a month.
"We had to pay it. Once you get a lapse, you're up that well-known creek. I worked in health care and I know all about it. You'll never get coverage," she says. "In the end we chose health care over our house."
The house went into foreclosure. Last March she passed by an empty diner on Main Street and saw a "For Lease" sign. "I'm 34. I don't want to be 50 and regret that I never tried to make things better," she said to herself, and dialed the number. Her husband got a trucking job with benefits. The financial pressure began to ease. She opened in June and must average $500 in sales a day to make it. "I know this will never make me rich. I just want to repair our credit and own a home again someday."
n 1058 Main Street, Davenport
Aleen Dorey wore a cream-colored dress from the JCPenney catalog when she married Ron Dorey in the front office of the Stark KOA Campground 35 years ago. She was working at McDonald's; he was going to truck-driving school. They share core beliefs in hard work, character and self-reliance. "I think a whole lot more than 47 percent of people in this country need to take responsibility for themselves," Ron says.
Seven years ago they pulled their 37-foot Coachmen Catalina onto Main Street at the Florida Camp Inn in Davenport, supposing it to be just another stop on the road. He had been hired as a night shift bus driver for Disney; she was starting a graveyard shift in housekeeping at a Disney resort. The plan was to live on a tight budget and free themselves from $45,000 of debt. It took four years.
"We've worked our butts off and don't owe nobody nothing," says Ron, a wiry 74-year-old. Something about Florida Camp Inn started to settle into their bones. Aleen, who is 64, took to drinking her morning coffee outside in her pajamas so she could gossip with her neighbor through an RV window. In the evening, neighbors drove golf carts cruising Main Street instead of staying inside and watching TV.
So about four years ago, they tied their RV down with hurricane straps. Soon, they put skirting around it, installed a permanent flush toilet and replaced the canvas awning with aluminum. They enclosed it and added AC.
Ron changed his voter registration from Republican to independent in 2008, and is disgusted with both parties. "I don't think any of them — Republican, Democrats or independents — have a lick of sense."
, 372 E. Main Street, Apopka
Cecy Cortez loved to spend Thanksgiving Day at work. She kept the doors of her hair salon open for the holiday, catered with a Puerto Rican-style buffet, cranked up traditional Mexican ranchero music from her homeland, and turned business into a party. Customers spilled out the door. Seven hair stylists kept busy from open to close. Cortez could not be more thankful. She had come to the United States in 1986 to work the fields, saved enough to go to cosmetology school, and by 2004 saved enough to open her own salon.
But in 2008 the Thanksgiving crowd thinned. The recession hit, and by 2009 Thanksgiving was barely a special occasion. She went down to three stylists, dropped her prices and struggled to break even. In 2010, fortune smiled again on the 51-year-old. Her son fell in love with Angelica Santiago, a Puerto Rican woman with a business degree. Santiago left her family behind, moved to the States, and brought Cortez two blessings: a granddaughter and a new business plan. The three of them formed a team.
"We were only serving the Hispanic community in this area, basically people who could walk here," Santiago says. "This is America, you have to broaden your market to everyone." She created a Facebook page, is building a website, delivered fliers around town and decided they would provide a better value for people facing tough times.
"My dad had a saying, 'The money is out there right now in people's pockets. You just have to work a little harder to get it.' We can do that."
. 10715 Main Street, Thonotosassa
Retired postmaster and part-time library assistant Ron Smith is as cynical as he is well-read. And he is very well-read. Since earning a master's degree in political science from USF in 1978, he has prided himself on knowing minutiae of the latest political news from the left and right, and on his commitment to staying in the center. "I'm so jaded about the whole thing. It's not even high theater anymore, it's low theater," he shrugs. "It frightens me that we have candidates who can just lie. Romney says Obama provided $90 billion in tax breaks to green energy companies. PolitiFact comes up the next day and tells us that is total bullc--p. Obama says Romney plans a $5 trillion tax cut. Bullc--p. But there are enough people who don't read that it's all about a good sound bite. Facts don't matter." He shakes his head. "Then people say data is left-leaning. Data leans? Data doesn't lean. It's data."
But "as cynical as I am, I think the salvation of this country is in the resiliency of the people. Through our whole history we get squashed and get back up again, squashed and get back up again. You can't keep Americans down. You can count on them."
m 3615 Main Street, Sanford (Midway)
If you are a postal worker, the property appraiser, a mapmaker or a visitor looking for New Bethel AME Church, you will find it on Main Street in Sanford. However, if you are from here you know it is — and has always been — on Main Street in a place called Midway.
The town got its name from two wells "midway" between ranches in Geneva and the rail yard in Sanford. It is where ranchers paused their cattle drive for rest and water. It is also where the human beings whose hard labor built farm wealth for white families in Sanford were allowed to settle.
The church started in a barn that burned down in the 1920s. The congregation built a real church; it burned down in 1975. They rebuilt again.
Altamese Johnson Martin and the other aging members of the congregation have kept a communal promise that their children would have better lives than the ones they were born into. She remembers when school was held in summer, between harvest seasons. "I started working in the fields when I was 9 years old," the 77-year-old recollects. "I didn't mind it because everyone else was doing it."
Back then Midway was made of dirt roads and discrimination. It was a tightly knit farming community, so no one went hungry. Everyone looked out for their neighbor, and children knew if they misbehaved every adult was a short degree of separation away from their parents.
In her lifetime, Midway — and her church — has produced doctors, lawyers, businessmen, professional athletes and countless success stories of people who made it to the middle class.
"What is it that Hillary says, 'It takes a village?' Well it was a village," she laughs. Which is why you'll find her in the pews of the church she grew up in every Sunday morning, and at Bible study every Wednesday night.


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Roy Jones-Denis Lebedev Referee Attempts to Defend Brutal KnockoutMay 25, 2011
On Saturday, May 21st in Moscow, Denis Lebedev delivered a brutal knockout to all-time great Roy Jones Jr. The knockout came near the end of the 10th round as Lebedev cornered Jones against the ropes.
A right hook followed by a right uppercut left Jones bent over, out on his feet. Lebedev pauses for three seconds before delivering a final hook that knocks Jones unconscious. The pause isn't as dramatic as Pacquiao looking over to referee Laurence Cole during the Margarito fight, but it is noticeable. Veteran referee Steve Smoger failed to jump in to protect Jones during these crucial three seconds when he was hurt.
Let's get a few things out of the way. Being a professional boxing referee is an incredibly difficult task. It requires split second decisions and mistakes are going to be made. Referees are human and as prone to error as anyone else. Additionally, Smoger is a veteran referee who has done excellent work in the past and, no doubt, will continue to do so in the future.
While I wish that Smoger had stopped the fight before the final, brutal shot from Lebedev, I can understand any referee can misjudge the situation or react just a second too late. It's unfortunate but it happens.
I can accept errors in the heat of the battle, but I find it hard to accept the excuses that Smoger is making since the fight ended.
Smoger has made two arguments to defend his lack of action. "I didn't stop the fight because there were only a matter of seconds remaining in the fight and it seemed that Roy was pretending, trying to trick his opponent," Smoger told Russian boxing journalist Alexander Pavlov.
Let's deal with the first part—there were only a matter of seconds remaining. There are a couple of problems with this argument. First, the referee's job description does not change when there are "only a matter of seconds" left in a fight. The referee is there to enforce the rules, ensure a clean fight and protect the combatants when they can no longer protect themselves. None of that changes no matter how close it is to the end of the fight.
Smoger has a responsibility to protect a defenseless fighter until the final bell rings. Second, it seems unlikely that Smoger would have known exactly how much time was left. The flurry started with around 20 seconds remaining and Jones hit the canvas with 13 seconds left. All of this is before the 10-second warning, so, unless Steve Smoger has an internal clock accurate to the second, he didn't know exactly how much time was left.
I know that some will recall the Chavez-Taylor stoppage in reference to this situation. This is not the same. Taylor had absorbed cumulative punishment but Taylor was not in imminent danger with two seconds remaining as Jones was when he was slumped against the ropes with 16 seconds to go.
The second part of Smoger's defense—that he believed Roy was attempting to trick Lebedev—is more valid, especially given that Jones is capable of "playing possum." Watching the tape, though, it seems evident that Jones is badly hurt and Lebedev's hesitation doesn't seem to be out of concern that Roy may be tricking him. The final blow is a looping hook—not at all the kind of punch a professional fighter of Lebedev's caliber throws if he is concerned about a counter. Lebedev knew that Jones was out on his feet and Smoger should have recognized it too.
I'd have no issue with Smoger had he admitted an error caused by the small amount of time he had to react. "I should have stopped it one punch sooner" was all he had to say. For a referee of Smoger's experience and ability to make excuses rather than admit a misjudgment simply compounds the error.


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With just four weeks remaining in the three-way GOP US Senate primary, Wendy Long has shaken up her campaign team, tapping former Pataki administration aide Rob Ryan to run her day-to-day operations and relegating Colorado GOP operative Dick Wadhams from the post of campaign manager to an advisory role.
Long's spokesman Dave Catalfamo, (also a Pataki administration vet), insisted, as suggested in an earlier report, that Wadhams has not departed altogether and "remains a valuable resource to the campaign," adding:
"Dick Wadhams has been indispensible in orchestrating the first phase of the campaign helping to secure the Conservative nod and the plurality of the Republican support for Wendy in just a few short weeks after entering the Senate primary."
"…As we head into the stretch run, Rob's deep experience and expertise in New York politics will be essential to reaching prime conservative-Republican voters."
Catalfamo accused someone connected to one of Long's opponents, Rep. Bob Turner, of spreading "rumors" that Wadhams had been fired.
"Rather than rumor mongering, Team Turner might better spend their time explaining their evolving positions on raising taxes and the 2nd amendment for Republican primary voters," Catalfamo said in response to my question about whether change was afoot in the Long campaign.
Catalfamo also said this change had nothing to do with money problems, insisting Long expects to "raise the funds necessary to compete and win the primary." As of Long's last FEC filing at the end of March, she had $68,967 on hand. She had a pretty high burn rate, with consultants accounting for much of her spending – including $18,774 to Wadhams.
Wadhams was one of the first people Long hired back before she even formally declared her intention to seek the GOP and Conservative Party nods to challenge Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
Despite the fact that he has been called "Karl Rove 2.0? and has a reputation for aggressive campaigning, Wadhams has kept a pretty low profile in this race. He was at Long's side at the Manhattan GOP's Lincoln Day Dinner back in February, but hasn't been seen much since then.


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USA: Dynegy CEO is Much Richer for Being Forced Out
by Floyd Norris
New York Times
May 30th, 2002
The chairman and chief executive of the struggling energy company Dynegy, whose departure was announced on Tuesday, is entitled under his contract to a huge severance check -- one that is about $33 million more than he would have made had the company allowed him to serve out the eight months remaining on the contract.
EU: ''Enronitis'' Spreads
Toronto Globe & Mail
May 23rd, 2002
WASHINGTON, DC -- An Enron Corp. backlash is rolling across Europe, feeding skepticism about the United States as a financial role model as top U.S. and European Union market regulators prepare to meet here next week.
US: Internal Memos Connect Enron to California Energy Crisis
by Mark Martin
San Francisco Chronicle
May 7th, 2002
Energy traders for Enron used elaborate schemes with nicknames like ''Death Star'' and''Get Shorty'' to manipulate California's electricity market and boost profits, according to internal company memos released by federal regulators Monday.
USA: Feds Reject Andersen Settlement Offer
by Marcy Gordon
Associated Press
April 26th, 2002
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department has rejected a proposal from accounting firm Arthur Andersen for settlement of a criminal obstruction charge stemming from the shredding of Enron Corp. documents, an Andersen attorney said Friday.
USA: Enron Suit Targets Wall St. Firms
by C. Bryson Hull and Andrew Quinn
April 8th, 2002
HOUSTON/SAN FRANCISCO -- Enron Corp. shareholders on Monday charged some of the biggest players on Wall Street with fraud, saying investment banks and securities firms colluded with Enron executives to bilk investors out of at least $25 billion.
USA: Andersen Operations Split
by Jane Merriman and Bill Rigby
April 4th, 2002
LONDON/NEW YORK -- Andersen said most of its U.S. tax partners would join rival Deloitte and Touche on Thursday, as the world's No. 5 accounting firm, facing a criminal charge for its role in the Enron scandal, headed further toward disintegration.
USA: DeLay, Enron and the Marianas
The Daily Enron
April 4th, 2002
House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-TX) relishes in describing the Marianas as his personal Galapagos Islands. The 14-island chain of Pacific Islands has long been DeLay's image of a perfect business environment -- virtually devoid of business or environmental regulations. Only one other entity, Enron, curried more favor with DeLay.
World: Enron's Tactics Overseas Criticized
by Jennifer Autrey
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
March 24th, 2002
Ugly scenarios played out repeatedly on the world stage in the past decade as Enron emerged as the dominant force in the energy industry. While Enron built a reputation as a savvy deal maker and charitable giver in the United States, it has long been perceived quite differently abroad.
India: Few in U.S. Noticed Enron's 'Aggressive Behavior' in India
by Maria Recio and Jennifer Autrey
Dallas/Fort Worth Star-Telegram
March 24th, 2002
Nowhere were Enron's efforts to wield power overseas more obvious than in its marquee project: a $3 billion power plant in Dabhol, India.
INDIA: Novelist Roy is Grassroots Hero
by Madeleine Bunting
The Guardian (UK)
March 7th, 2002
When Arundhati Roy woke up at 5.30am this morning in Tihar prison, New Delhi, it must have struck her that reality was proving stranger than any fiction. Over the past week terrible communal violence in India has claimed hundreds of lives while the forces of law and order stood by. This has now been juxtaposed with the spectacle of a diminutive, softly spoken novelist being sent to one of the country's most notorious prisons to uphold what the supreme court called the ''glory of the law'' because she dared to criticize it.
Latin America: Enron Fallout is a Hot Issue
Oil Daily
March 4th, 2002
The implications of Enron's dramatic fall extend far beyond US borders. The once-mighty energy giant's murky dealings in Latin America have emerged as a hot political issue throughout the region, where politicians in some countries are using it as an election tool or to take attention away from their own economic or political woes.
USA: Employees Win Round in Enron Suit
by Christian Murray
February 21st, 2002
The thousands of Enron employees who saw their 401(k) plans wiped out will be able to take the energy trader to court Monday, following a federal bankruptcy ruling in Manhattan yesterday.
USA: Enron Lobbyist Plotted Strategy Against Democrats
by Mark Z. Barabak
Los Angeles Times
February 11th, 2002
While the Bush administration was drafting its national energy policy, a leading lobbyist for Enron Corp. was plotting strategy to turn the plan into a political weapon against Democrats, according to a newly obtained memo.
US: Bush Sr.'s Ties to Global Crossing
by David Lazarus
San Francisco Chronicle
February 11th, 2002
President Bush had good reason to take an interest in Enron's demise. Aside from his close personal ties to the Houston energy giant, nearly three dozen of his senior appointees owned Enron shares upon arriving at the White House last year.
India: Enron's Debacle at Dabhol
by Sandip Roy
Pacific News Service
February 8th, 2002
Enron's collapse may have begun with the kind of misadventures it engaged in half a world away among the quiet coastal villages of Dabhol, India.
USA: Halliburton -- To the Victors Go the Markets
by Jordan Green
Facing South
February 1st, 2002
The influence of big energy corporations in the Bush Administration is no secret. But the story of Dick Cheney and his former company, Halliburton Co., has received little attention -- and it may be the most important.
USA: Enron Chair Gave List of Favored Names to White House
by Marcy Gordon
Associated Press
February 1st, 2002
A few months after the White House got a list of recommended candidates from former Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay, a friend and backer of President Bush, two of them were appointed to a federal energy commission.
USA: Enron Got Its Money's Worth
by Robert Scheer
Los Angeles Times
January 24th, 2002
The administration's energy program, developed by Vice President Dick Cheney in secret meetings -- six of them with Enron officials -- could have been written by lobbyists for the now failed company.
USA: Fired Andersen Partner Refuses to Testify on Enron
by Kevin Drawbaugh and Susan Cornwell
January 24th, 2002
A fired partner of auditor Andersen refused to testify to Congress on the destruction of evidence in the collapse of energy giant Enron, prompting lawmakers to say he was frustrating their probe.
USA: Enron's New $5 Billion Black Hole
by Jamie Doward
The Observer (UK)
January 20th, 2002
Investigators probing the accounts of collapsed energy giant Enron are examining what happened to more than $5 billion in loans and investments the company made to subsidiaries kept off its balance sheet. The scale of the black hole opening up looks as if it could dwarf previous estimates.
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That being the case, we all have an "In Case of Emergency" plan (if you don't, you should probably make one) and it generally consists of an emergency kit, some food we have stocked up and some items we want to retrieve from our house. Whether it's old photo albums, your laptop or important documents, we all have that list of things that we'd grab first if we only had a few minutes to get out.
In this woman's case, when her home was about to be hit by the South Carolina floods, it was her dog (obvs) and...her Totino's pizza?!
Hey, we love pizza just as much as the next person, but we'd be lying if we said pizza was on our "grab in case of emergency" list. Even if they were Totino's pizza rolls. Still not our top priority. But who are we to judge what should be on this woman's list?
"I grabbed two Tortino's Pizza out of the refrigerator and my doggie and we left," she proudly told the news anchor. "I tried to grab some other things, but it wasn't even worth it."
And you know what? Once you hear her reason for picking the pizza, it all makes sense: She was worried that they wouldn't have access to food and it was her way of making sure they would have enough food to survive until they were able to get help.
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Delhi government on Tuesday has decided to setup an inquiry commission to probe CNG fitness scam. This decision has been taken by Delhi C.M Arvind Kejriwal after leading a cabinet meeting on Tuesday. The commission which was set up under Commission of Inquiry Act, 1952 will be headed by retired Delhi high court judge S N Agarwal will probe higher officials in previous congress government who are all allegedly involved in the scam.
CNG fitness Scam came into existence when ACB has found that Delhi government has lost nearly 100 crores after granting the contract of operation and maintain certification of CNG vehicles to the transport authority in Burari to ESP India Pvt Ltd instead of ESP USA.
Aam Aadmi party has been claiming Lt Governor Najeeb Jung who is trying to protect the officers who found guilty by a CBI probe into the scam which was detected by ACB in 2012.
"The inquiry commission will look into all the investigations and developments that have taken place so far in this case, including wrongful denials of sanctions to prosecute guilty officials and dereliction of duty in taking action against those involved in the scam," Delhi Home minister said.
When asked whether Sheila Dikshit or Jung will be interrogated he said it is upto the panel to decide. LG's office has dismissed the criticism raised against him and said that Justice Mudgal committee has probed and found no bad faith in government functionality.


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CULVER CITY, Calif.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--NantHealth, Inc. (NASDAQ-GS: NH), a next-generation, evidence-based, personalized healthcare company, today announced that the company will present at the Cowen and Company 37th Annual Health Care Conference on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at 9:20 a.m. ET at the Boston Marriott Copley Place hotel.
An audio-only webcast of the presentation will be available at www.NantHealth.com. Listeners are encouraged to visit the web site at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the presentation to register, download and install any necessary software. The presentation will be archived and accessible on the web site for at least 90 days.
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NantHealth, Inc., a member of the NantWorks ecosystem of companies, is a next-generation, evidence-based, personalized healthcare company enabling improved patient outcomes and more effective treatment decisions for critical illnesses. NantHealth's unique systems-based approach to personalized healthcare applies novel diagnostics tailored to the specific molecular profiles of patient tissues and integrates this molecular data in a clinical setting with large-scale, real-time biometric signal and phenotypic data to track patient outcomes and deliver precision medicine. For nearly a decade, NantHealth has developed an adaptive learning system, CLINICS, which includes its unique software, middleware and hardware systems infrastructure that collects, indexes, analyzes and interprets billions of molecular, clinical, operational and financial data points derived from novel and traditional sources, continuously improves decision-making and further optimizes our clinical pathways and decision algorithms over time. For more information please visit www.nanthealth.com and follow Dr. Soon-Shiong on Twitter @DrPatSoonShiong.


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How to Sell Your House Quickly When Facing Foreclosure
By LaTonya S. Johnson
If you are currently in foreclosure, strongly consider selling your property as a backup plan. The object is to pay off all debt and expenses, walk away without a foreclosure or bankruptcy on your credit history and perhaps put a little cash in your pocket to start over. Some lenders provide assistance with seller-paid closing costs as well; which is always a plus.
Many people underestimate the value of personal credit. Credit isn't just used for purchases anymore. Do you know that many employers run credit checks prior to making a hiring decision? Foreclosure and bankruptcy are two of the worst marks to have on your credit because they drastically reduce credit scores. There is definite value in doing all that you can to prevent these items from being posted on your report. One of the strategies to stop foreclosure is to sell your property as quickly as possible; keeping in mind that the foreclosure process can be complete in a little over one month in certain states.
Your lender may agree to accept the sale as total satisfaction of your mortgage obligation even if the proceeds of the sale are less than the amount that you actually owe. This is called a short sale. In order to qualify for this option, you must be at least two months behind on your mortgage. The "as is" appraised value and the sale price should be least 70 percent to 80 percent of the unpaid principal balance of the home. You must also be able to close on the sale of your house within one to two months. (Note: These percentages are not a hard-and-fast standard for all lenders but they are a starting point.)
For example, if you owe $180,000 on your existing home loan, then the house must sell for a minimum of $126,000. The house can then be sold for a minimum of $126,000 (which is 70 percent of the appraised value), although selling the house for $180,000 would be more favorable.
There are three steps that must be taken in order to successfully sell your home quickly. They are:
- Valuing your property,
- Figuring out your bottom-line sale price, and
- Locating buyers.
Be aware that realtors and investors can be quite sophisticated. They often know more about the market value of your home than you do because a great deal of information can be found on the Internet. They have access to such information as the value of your home, the square footage, the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, what similar houses in the neighborhood have sold for, and if the owner on record is current on taxes.
The very best advice that I can give is for you to do your homework prior to calling a realtor or investor. Each of the three steps to sell your home quickly are discussed below:
1. How to Value Your House
Let's start by discussing how to value your property, otherwise known as "market analysis." It involves comparing your house to houses with the following characteristics:
- Similar square footage, number of bedrooms/bathrooms
- Similar features (fireplace, pool, waterfront, etc.)
- Within one mile of your home
- Similar year built
- Sold within the last six to 12 months
There are several real estate websites that allow you to compare your house to houses with similar characteristics and provide a ballpark figure of the value of your home. Another method of obtaining a rough estimate of the appraised value of your home is to research the data contained within your county website. Many county websites provide information regarding market value, neighborhood sales information, house description, tax information, and much more.
Once you have a rough idea of the market value, contact a realtor and request a market analysis to obtain more detailed information. Ask the realtor to provide a list of ALL comps in your neighborhood; not just the three or four that he or she feels are the most relevant. To confirm their analysis, get a second opinion. It won't take long to find a list of realtors in your area in the yellow pages or on the internet. Then make the call.
It is also important that you know the cost of all necessary repairs. Obtain at least three quotes and be willing to provide information regarding the lowest repair quote to the buyer upon request.
Gathering all of the information above will assist you with the next step.
2. Developing a Bottom-Line Sales Price
Now let's discuss how to develop a bottom-line sales price based on the following formula:
Market Value
- Repairs
- Closing Costs
= List Price
Remember, time is not on your side if you are currently in foreclosure. Therefore you cannot afford extensive negotiations. Again, the object is to be able to pay off all debt and expenses, walk away without a foreclosure or bankruptcy on your credit and perhaps put a little cash in your pocket to start over. On the other hand, many lenders in the current market are overwhelmed with foreclosures and may take a long time to get back to you on a short sale request. The good news is that if a short sale offer has been submitted, the lender will typically temporarily postpone foreclosure proceedings until they respond to the offer.
3. How to Locate Buyers
There are several ways to locate buyers, depending on the amount of time you have to complete the sale. The three most effective methods for quickly locating buyers are:
- To Google "foreclosure listings" and then list your property on the Internet for free,
- List your property with a real estate agent and/or contact an association of real estate investors.
- You can also sell the house yourself by putting a "for sale" sign at a major intersection near your house and placing an ad in local classifieds.
Here we'll only discuss two options in detail:
1. Listing with a Realtor
The conventional method of locating buyers is to contact a Real Estate Agent and ask them to list your property. In order to locate a realtor, review the Yellow Pages or request referrals from friends. If you contact an agent, they will come out to evaluate your home and more than likely request that you sign a document that allows them to represent you when speaking to prospective buyers. Remember, DO NOT LET ANYONE PRESSURE YOU INTO SIGNING ANYTHING. After evaluating your property, the agent will run a market analysis to identify the price houses with similar square footage, number of bedrooms/bathrooms, and features have sold for within one mile of your neighborhood in the last six to 12 months. The agent will then suggest a list price that you can either accept or reject. Once your property is listed in the Multiple Listing Service (MLS), it will be available to all agents (thus potential buyers) in your area.
Although the agent handles all of the details, they do not do it for free. Agents usually charge between three percent and six percent of the final negotiated sales price. The seller (that's you) customarily pays for fees associated with both the buyer's and seller's agent (which usually totals 6 percent). If you have requested a short sale from your lender; they the lender may agree to pay the closing cost.
Another disadvantage is that most buyers who are looking to live in the property want the house to look brand new. Therefore, you must take into account the cost to repair your property prior to listing it or, if enough equity exists, be prepared to reimburse the seller for requested repairs after closing. Please note, you do not necessarily have to perform repairs. You could sell the house as-is, yet unless your house is in tip-top condition more than likely you will not get full market value.
The number one advantage to listing your house with an agent is that you may be able to obtain full market value for your home. Again, this is time dependent, so if you have lots of time you can request more money. The coverage that the multiple listing obtains is also a huge advantage. Another advantage is that the agent walks you through the entire process. Therefore, you do not have to search for prospective buyers, negotiate the price and terms of sale directly, or even know the entire sales process. The agent will handle all of the details and walk you step-by-step through the process.
2. Selling to an Investor
An alternative to listing your house with a realtor is to locate an investor who is willing to purchase your home. This is the best option if you must sell the house quickly, because they are often able to make cash purchases. Therefore, the loan processing time is eliminated. Investors are also very helpful with developing creative solutions so that you can sell your house with no out-of-pocket expenses, thus you can walk away without any financial obligations. If requested, they will often provide guidance on how you can save your home as well.
You can take matters into your own hands by locating an investor on your own. In order to locate an investor, review your local newspaper or Yellow Pages. Their ads usually state "I Buy Houses" or " Cash for Houses," so they are pretty easy to recognize. Another great way to find multiple investors is to contact your local real estate investment club. Visit the following link in order to obtain a list of investment clubs throughout the nation: http://www.creonline.com/real-estate-clubs/index.html. Ask if they can refer you to someone who may be interested in purchasing your property. If you have time, it may also be a good idea to pass out flyers at their monthly meeting.
The disadvantage of working with investors is that they purchase houses in order to make money by performing repairs and reselling the house or renting it out. In order to make money, they must obtain the house at a discounted rate (usually 10-30 percent below market value). That means that you will not walk away with all of your equity. So prior to making the decision to sell to anyone for less than the full amount, consider what you stand to gain and what you stand to lose. Also, watch out for scammers. Certain people will try to prey on your lack of knowledge, so take heed of the useful tips provided here.
The advantage to working with an investor is that they can move very quickly. Plus, you most likely will not have to perform repairs, make back payments, pay foreclosure attorneys, pay a reinstatement fee, or pay late fees. You will walk away with a portion of your equity in order to start over (depending on the amount of repairs needed), no foreclosure or bankruptcy on your credit, and hopefully less stress. Remember what I said at the beginning of the article, this is a temporary situation. Just make sure that you walk away with all that you can, and don't allow anyone to push you around. The key is to educate yourself as much as possible…so you're already on the right track.
About the Author: LaTonya S. Johnson is a noted educator who has helped thousands of homeowners save their homes from foreclosure over the past 10 years. She also is author of "The Game of Foreclosure and How to Play It," which provides step-by-step instructions on how to save your home from foreclosure. For more information, visit www.foreclosure-er.com.


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The average Android gamer spends 37 minutes a day playing on their smartphone or tablet, according to research from mobile analytics firm Flurry.
Based on data from 60,000 Android devices, the company claims that Android gamers in the US are the keenest in the world, averaging 51.8 minutes of daily gameplay.
Germany (47.1 minutes) Russia (40.8) and Italy (38.5) all over-index in the company's rankings, although British Android gamers average 32.4 minutes, according to Flurry's data.
The company's research into which genres are most popular won't come as a surprise: arcade and action titles top the list, followed by casual games.
However, it teases out some national differences: German Android gamers average 66 monthly sessions in brain and puzzle games, while Indians average 68 monthly sessions in cards and casino titles.
"Arcade & Action and Casual are clearly the gaming categories with the broadest appeal. In almost all of the top gaming countries, at least half of gamers engage with these games," wrote Flurry's Jarah Euston in a blog post.
The figures are the latest data on the booming mobile games market. Earlier in the week, the UK's Internet Advertising Bureau released a report on British gaming habits. It revealed that 54% of people surveyed cited smartphones as their favourite gaming platform – ahead of computers (51%), consoles (45%) and tablets (44%).
Android specifically is an increasingly important platform for games. In June, Google said there were more than 1bn active Android users globally, up from 530m the year before.
A glance at the Top Grossing Apps chart on Android's UK Google Play store reveals that 28 of the 30 most lucrative apps at the time of writing are games, with only WhatsApp Messenger and Sky Sports Mobile TV breaking up the games party.
Historically, Android has been a lower priority than Apple's iOS for many mobile games developers, with waits of weeks and sometimes months between games being released for iOS then ported to Android.
However, the sheer scale of Android, and increased use of tools like Unity that reduce the headaches of cross-platform development, have been bringing those delays down, as well as spurring more simultaneous launches across both platforms.
• 40 best Android games of 2014 (so far)
This article was written by Stuart Dredge, for theguardian.com on Friday 19th September 2014 09.32 Europe/Londonguardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2010


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I have a similar question. I am an old time user of 3dmax trying (hoping to) migrate to Blender. I am trying to align some objects in a manner similar to 3dsmax -> align centers, tops to bottoms, etc., but can not do it. Is there a way to align objects automatically in Blender? By automatically I mean accurately, because so far, in all the tutorials I've tried the alignment is done by hand by dragging the object, which is not what I have in mind when I think about alignment.
I know this might sound trivial for some veterans, but I've invested a couple of days into this already and so far no results. Thanks!
I know this might sound trivial for some veterans, but I've invested a couple of days into this already and so far no results. Thanks!
the Snap tools are probably the closest to the align method you're looking for. http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:M ... ap_to_Mesh
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What is the difference between conversions and converted clicks?
Conversions are the total number of desired outcomes completed on your website which occurred through your Google Ad (online sale, phone call, subscribing, enquiry, etc.).
A customer clicks on a Google Ad and buys a pair of jeans then before leaving the site buys a T-Shirt; this will be measured as 2 conversions.
Converted clicks are the number of clicks on an ad that lead to the conversion outcome.
A customer clicks on a Google Ad and it leads to the buying of an item, a newsletter subscription and enquiry in the same visit; this will be measured as 1 converted click as it was one click on the ad that lead to a number of conversions.
- Use converted clicks to measure conversions with enquiries, phone calls, subscribing because it will give an accurate conversion number as it is too common for these types of conversions to create multiple numbers due to processing duplications.
- Use conversions with online sales as it will accurately measure the amount of items sold and it is rare (if the sales platform is set up properly) that a processing duplicate will occur.


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John Kline joined House Republicans leaders today urging President Obama to work with the U.S. Senate to confirm four qualified individuals to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The letter is in response to a unanimous decision by a federal appeals court that ruled President Obama's controversial recess appointments to the board unconstitutional.
The letter, signed by Kline, House Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, and House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Phil Roe, states:
Should you fail to work with the Senate to confirm a constitutionally confirmed quorum, the resulting uncertainty will cause serious harm to employers and their workers at a time our country can least afford it. The authority of the Board governs virtually every private workplace across the country, affecting the lives of hundreds of millions of workers and employers. The Department of Labor announced this month that the national unemployment rate increased, leaving more than 12 million Americans searching for work. Greater uncertainty would only exacerbate the jobs crisis plaguing the nation.
Upon announcing these unconstitutional recess appointments, you stated the "American people deserve to have qualified public servants fighting for them every day " With unemployment remaining unacceptably high, we could not agree more. We look forward to your immediate nomination of four qualified individuals and collaboration with Senators from both parties to confirm them expeditiously.
Kline and the Republican leaders also sent a letter to NLRB Chairman Mark Pearce, insisting the board cease all activity until members suficient to meet a quorum are confirmed by the U.S. Senate or the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of the appointments. The letters are part of a broad effort to mend a dysfunctional federal labor board.
BACKGROUND: In January 2012, President Obama installed three recess appointments to the board while Congress was regularly meeting in pro forma session. The president's appointments were unprecedented and legal challenges were filed in federal court questioning whether they were constitutionally valid. In January, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia determined that intrasession recess appointments -- including the president's NLRB appointments -- are unconstitutional. Actions by the board are now under a cloud of legal uncertainty that will negatively affect America's workers and job creators.
Letter available only in PDF format, see source link for original document
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