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Evil DIMwit wrote:The Bison King wrote:I think I can agree with most of those. I wouldn't mind seeing Ireland 1 higher. I kind of want Ireland to function as the "mainland" sort of like this maps asia.
Then give it more territories. 4 already overvalues Ireland -- compare with Africa in the Classic map.Wales, for its centrality and difficulty in defending, would be 3, except that a continent that small likely to be dropped by the first player.
but could it be defended?
That doesn't matter if the first player to play gets the bonus -- the +3 troops would be too much of an advantage, especially on a map this size.
Does the Giants causeway have any bonus,since both celtic sea and stonehenge are affected.
Cornwall seems undervalued since both territorys need to be defended from 5 possible attack sites so maybe increasing it to +2 and adding an extra territory could make the bonus more even.
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2) Cornwall. Something needs to be done here, I think, especially if the Isle of Mann is left to open deployment. The only thing worse than easily droppable bonuses are imbalanced ones, and Cornwall is way harder to hold than the Isle of Mann, yet has the same measly +1. At the same time, Cornwall is also very likely to be dropped... and +2 is an even bigger gamebreaker. I smell a conundrum, for which I have no easy solution.
think this one's already looking even more beautiful than Thysenal... wow
Anyway, now that the territories seem sorted out (love the addition of Stonehenge, btw), I'll come forward with my gameplay fear- this map looks crazily dependent on the drop.
I know that this will be true to an extent with any 'small' map, but here are some that I think may need consideration:
1) The Isle of Mann. Is it possible to start this as neutral? I really hate the open delployment, 1-tert bonus (Free French) in the Gazala map, and that's a decent-sized map where +1 isn't a gamebreaker.
3) Celtic Sea/Giants' Causeway/Stonehenge. Stonehenge I would like to see neutral (even just neutral 1), for the same reason as the Isle of Mann but less so b/c it's autodeploy. As for the Celtic Sea, well... for every lucky goon who drops the Isle of Mann, Cornwall or Stonehenge, there will be the jinxed bugger who ends up guaranteed to lose 1 troop before he even gets his first turn. The Giants' Causeway is actually fine as it is, but I list it because it is also a 'special' territory as you put it.
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2) Cornwall. Something needs to be done here, I think, especially if the Isle of Mann is left to open deployment. The only thing worse than easily droppable bonuses are imbalanced ones, and Cornwall is way harder to hold than the Isle of Mann, yet has the same measly +1. At the same time, Cornwall is also very likely to be dropped... and +2 is an even bigger gamebreaker. I smell a conundrum, for which I have no easy solution.
I agree ,something needs to be done about Cornwall and adding an extra territory will make it harder to obtain on the drop.
The Bison King wrote:Yes Cornwall is sort of a "special" bonus and by "special" I kind of mean "Shitty"...
The Bison King wrote:... here's what I got. Step 1 is Erasing the connection between Leinster and Devon. Step 2 is adding a connection from Domnonee straight to Stonehenge. This will prevent Cornwall from being quite the Crossroads that is now, and will give players another way around it. This will also prevent it from acting as a southern choke point (you can defend 3 bonuses with Celtic sea and Devon).
The Bison King wrote: I'm going to try and resist adding a territory to the bonus but I could be convinced with the right argument.
now it looks nice. just change Circinn and Goddodin...
Added Domnonee-Stonehenge connection
The number one thing I dislike about this map are all the straight dotted lines. There has to be a better way of making this map and I say this now because I think you should consider something different for the gameplay besides the usual sea connections.
What if you had massive territories, like Celtic Sea, that bordered the celtic land territories, like Munster or what have you... sorry to draw all over you're pretty map, but I think an illustration might show you better what I mean.
The Bison King wrote:Besides I really like the web of connections I think it makes the whole thing really interesting and I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of others felt the same way...


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Would you please add some hotlinks to pictures of other shaped billiards tables, and the trajectories on them? I've seen diagrams in papers and lectures of circular, triangular, elliptical, and recently "mushroom" shaped. The formal math will be beyond the reach of your less-math-educated readers, but a picture is worth a kiloword.
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". . . just like a game of Asteroids."
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Hummm I'm trying to figure out how to combine the four 'sides' to form a torus……
ot I'm I being to literial
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Michael, think of a piece of flexible "paper" (a fruit roll-up perhaps) that you first wrap into a tube by pasting the two vertical sides together, and then fold into a torus by pasting the ends of the tube together.
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Based on IRS tax data from 2009, the Tax Policy Center estimates that the bottom 20 percent of American taxpayers averaged $12,217 in itemized deductions, the top 20 percent three times that, at $37,673.
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- Click on "Win + R" simultaneously on keyboard.
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- Click on Start menu and select Settings option.
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- Now Click on App & Features option.
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Delete Adoptimismyto.club From Google Chrome
- Go to chrome browser > click on Menu > select More Tools > choose Extensions.
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Reset Google Chrome Browser
- Open your Chrome browser > click on Menu > select Settings option.
- Go to search box > Type Reset to find > click on Reset button.
Remove Adoptimismyto.club From Mozilla Firefox
- Open Mozilla Firefox browser and type "about:addons" in url field.
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Reset Mozilla Firefox
- Open Mozilla Firefox browser then type "about:support" in url field.
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Remove Adoptimismyto.club From Microsoft Edge
- Open MS Edge > Click on More Tools > choose Extensions.
- Click on unwanted extension and uninstall from your browser.
Reset Microsoft Edge
- Go to MS Edge > click on More icon > select Settings > select Choose what to Clear.
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Remove Adoptimismyto.club From Internet Explorer
- Go to Internet Explorer > Click on Gear icon > select Manage Add-ons option.
- Look for any malicious extensions and then press Disable button.
Reset Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer > Click on Gear icon > select Internet options.
- Visit "Advanced" tab > click on "Reset" button.
- Select "Delete personal settings" option and press "Reset" button.
Remove Adoptimismyto.club From Registry
Editing registry entries could be dangerous, so be careful before this step. Strictly follow the steps and keep checking screenshots to verify that you are doing right. If you feel this difficult then do not proceed. Deleting wrong registry key may block any important program or kill your entire PC. Don't take too much risk if you don't have proper knowledge of Windows registry settings.
- Click on "Win + R" keys together on keyboard.
- Type "regedit" in Run Box and click OK button.
- Find and remove virus related entries.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msmpeng.exe "Debugger" = 'svchost.exe'
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msseces.exe "Debugger" = 'svchost.exe'
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "WarnOnHTTPSToHTTPRedirect" = '0′
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "WarnOnHTTPSToHTTPRedirect" = '0′
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore "DisableSR " = '1′
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\ekrn.exe "Debugger" = 'svchost.exe'
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msascui.exe "Debugger" = 'svchost.exe'
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "3948550101?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "xas"
|Note : – Removing Adoptimismyto.club virus manually need deep knowledge of computer and registry files. If you make any error or delete any wrong registry key then you may kill your entire computer system. So if you are not sure about manual method or unable to remove this infection manually then do not hesitate to try Automatic Removal Method.
Bonus For All Users : Block Malicious Pop-ups On Browser
On Google Chrome
- Open Google Chrome > go to Menu > select Settings > press Show Advanced settings.
- Click on Content settings option and then choose block Pop-ups option.
On Mozilla Firefox
- Open Mozilla Firefox browser > Click on Menu > choose Options.
- Visit Content tab then select Block Pop-up Windows option.
On Ms Edge
- Open your Edge browser > click on More icon > select Settings > choose View Advanced settings.
- Turn on Block Pop-ups option on your browser.
On Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer > Click on Gear icon > choose Internet Option.
- Go to Privacy Tab section and select Turn-on Pop-up blocker option.
Double Bonus – Hot Tips To Prevent Malware Like Adoptimismyto.club In Future
- Use a powerful anti-virus program and scan your PC regularly.
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- Do not click on misleading ads that flash on your browser.
- Keep your Windows OS and other software up to date.
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- Create a system restore point for security purpose.
- Keep backup of your important files and data.


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Web Science 'comes of age'
The Web Science Trust has been granted charitable status, in a move which will enable greater focused, global development of the discipline.
Established in November 2009, the Web Science Trust (WST) was developed to advance education, research and thought leadership in the new discipline of Web Science.
The announcement of its charitable status by the UK Charity Commissioners now enables it to undertake its own independent fundraising and provides it with a greater degree of self-determination.
Launched as a discipline in 2006, under the aegis of the Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI), Web Science brings together researchers and educators from many disciplines to coordinate and support the study of the decentralised information system that is the World Wide Web and to research its impact on society.
With the concept of Web Science now widely disseminated and established as an important area of activity, the Founding Directors of WSRI took the decision last year to establish a charitable body – the Web Science Trust – to take the work forward.
The key people in the Trust, which is chaired by Sir John Taylor, are Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Professor Noshir Contractor, Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Professor James Hendler, Rosemary Leith, Professor Nigel Shadbolt, and Daniel J Weitzner.
'The establishment of the Web Science Trust and the granting of charitable status marks a significant stage in the global development of the discipline,' said Professor Wendy Hall. 'It is a hugely important development for the community - in fact it feels like Web Science is "coming of age".'
'We are now firmly focussed on our goal of encouraging the widest participation in the development of Web Science,' said Professor James Hendler.
Recent months have provided a number of illustrations of the growing influence of Web Science, from the UK Government's endorsement of open data, to the growing network of Web Science research laboratories around the world.
The BBC is currently showing a four-part series, Virtual Revolution, to mark the 20th anniversary of the Web, for which Professor Nigel Shadbolt has acted as Series Consultant. Professor Tim Berners-Lee features prominently in the series, along with other leaders of the World Wide Web community.
On Monday 8 March the Web Science Trust will be supporting a panel discussion on 'Why Study the Web?', to be held at the Royal Society in Carlton House Terrace. The event is free and open to the public and organized by the Web Science Doctoral Training Centre at the University of Southampton.
In April 2010 the second conference on Web Science (WebSci10) will be held at Raleigh, North Carolina, co-located with the World Wide Web Conference.
WST is working with the World Wide Web Foundation. The Foundation has a mission to advance the Web and empower people via the Web. The Trust and the Foundation have a common commitment to advance the new discipline of Web Science, and will work together on projects that improve our understanding of the Web and promote the Web's positive impact on society.
For further information contact Joyce Lewis; tel. +44(0)23 8059 5453
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By Melissa Hoffman '10
Bradley University music professor Dr. John Orfe is having two busy weeks that bring national and worldwide recognition to him and to the University.
On October 15, the NOVUS Trombone Quartet premiered Dr. John Orfe's "The Parable of the Sower" at New York University, which it commissioned as ensemble-in-residence. On October 17, the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra premiered Orfe's fanfare "Aerials," which it commissioned to celebrate its 50th anniversary season. On October 23, critically acclaimed new music ensemble Alarm Will Sound travels to Hamburg, Germany to give the European premiere of "Dowland Remix," which it premiered in July to positive mention in the "New York Times."
A talented musician and dedicated composer, Dr. Orfe became a Bradley University temporary assistant professor in fall 2008 in the Department of Music, where he teaches five music theory and ear-training and sight singing classes each semester.
Orfe was awarded the ASCAP Standard Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers for the 10th year in a row in September for his musical accomplishments. Orfe earned the honor for his musical compositions, which are performed around the world including Australia, New Zealand and Thailand.
Orfe is the core keyboardist and a founding member of Alarm Will Sound, a 20-member contemporary classical group that was hailed as "the future of classical music" by the "New York Times." Alarm Will Sound has performed across the United States, as well as in Russia and Europe. The group introduced his Chamber Symphony to audiences in Moscow and St. Petersburg, which indicated their positive reaction by synchronizing their applause. The group's latest recording, called "A/rhythmia," was released on September 15 and earned a glowing review from the British newspaper "The Guardian." "It would be great to bring Alarm Will Sound to Bradley," Orfe said.
As a soloist and collaborative pianist, Orfe has performed across the United States and in Central and South America. His performances have been described as "breathtaking" and "hypervirtuosic" by the "New York Times" and the "San Francisco Chronicle."
Dr. John Orfe is a founding member of Alarm Will Sound, a 20-member contemporary classical group.
Orfe compares composing music to writing poetry or prose because he finds the literary editing process a useful analogy in his approach to working with musical narratives. Compositions can take from a couple days to more than six months for Orfe to complete.
"It's a lot of work even when musical ideas are fluid," Orfe said. "It can be very personal when you're in the process. You need to have an honest ear and work diligently."
Orfe attributes his inspiration for music to the world around him. Literary and visual sources motivate him to sketch musical ideas or they can be completely abstract. Even current events can provide the seeds of musical inspiration. Orfe literally took the seed metaphor as a compositional premise in his trombone quartet, "The Parable of the Sower." In the Gospels of Matthew and Luke in the Bible, a man tosses four seeds on the ground; one is snatched by hungry birds, one lands on shallow ground, another is suffocated by thorns and thistles, but the fourth prospers on fertile ground. "It's one of the few parables Jesus explains. The seeds and soil represent the word of the Lord and the human heart. It's a powerful metaphor for anything full of promise," Orfe said. In the work's four movements, each of the trombones played a leading part to represent the fate of the four seeds.
Orfe also enjoys teaching music at Bradley. "The students are great and my colleagues have been very supportive," Orfe said. He uses a variety of musical sources to illustrate his points. For example, he once played the start of the Limp Bizkit song "Break Stuff" to illustrate the Locrian mode, an ancient church mode. "It's a very unstable mode in its arrangement of half and whole steps," Orfe said, "He's singing about letting loose all this aggression. The choice of mode might not have been conscious, but it's there.
"Teaching is a lot of work and a lot of fun," Orfe added.
When performing at other colleges and universities, Orfe has used Internet2 technology to cybercast his music theory lectures to Bradley students in real time. "It's wonderful that this technology exists!" Orfe said, "I couldn't ask for better help than what I've received from Tony Barron, Jim Kelly and Nial Johnson."
Orfe earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religion from the University of Rochester and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music. He holds three graduate degrees from the Yale School of Music, including the Doctorate of Musical Arts.
On November 13, Orfe will perform a recital of rarely heard piano pieces in the Dingeldine Music Center at 7:30 p.m. The recital is free and open to the public. Orfe will also take part in the premiere of his "Nativity Carol" by the Bradley University Chorale on Sunday, December 6 at 3 p.m. under the direction of Dr. John Jost. In the spring, Danish audiences will hear the premiere of a new acapella work Orfe is writing for the Bradley University Chorale's 10-city tour of Denmark.


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UC Irvine junior outside hitter Jeremy Dejno has been named Men's Division I-II National Player of the Week in volleyball by the American Volleyball Coaches Assn.
Dejno helped No. 1-ranked UCI to three victories on the way to capturing the UC Santa Barbara Invitational championship on Friday and Saturday at UCSB.
After defeating then-No. 15 Cal Baptist and then-No. 7 Long Beach State by racking up a combined 15 kills, he saved his best match of the weekend for the title showdown with UCLA.
Against the then-No. 6-ranked Bruins, the Wisconsin native hit .481 on 13 kills without an error in 27 swings. He also added seven digs and two aces. He also did not commit a single passing error in 25 attempts and finished the weekend with a .935 passing percentage.
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JeffDFD wrote:I enjoyed Dejan initially...then he got tired fast...a lot of complaining and negative articles non stop. Like others were saying...more of a troll type writer to get attention. Like when it's a slow newsday so Madden does nothing but bash the Steelers to get ratings and all of Pittsburgh calls in, haha. Dejan turned constantly negative, constantly complaining, I want to stop following him on twitter becaus all I do is roll my eyes every time I see him post anything or argue with people on twitter. I may soon...perhaps I am holding out hope he just got grumpy after the Pens lost early (after he said they could go all the way) - then it was on to the Pirates (which is always terrible) and then Steelers (which was depressing).
I don't mind "trolls" like Madden and people like that. I actually think its fun sometimes. But I know listening to him, that is his thing. So it doesn't bother me.
With Dejan, he went from a great level headed type of guy that just went off the deep end IMO. I always looked to him for more of a level headed approach before. So his drastic change turned me off.


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One of the best rewards I've gotten from blogging was one that was completely unexpected – all the wonderful friends I've made. Whether they are across an ocean and I've never met them in person, or live just a couple of streets down from me, whether they also have a food blog, or we simply share the same zeal and appetite for good food, each of these fabulous individuals have somehow become a part of my life. I feel my little world, and my experiences in the kitchen and dining room, have become all the better from the inspiration and encouragement I get fellow bloggers and blogging friends.
Here in Manila, what was started when I tentatively attended my first eyeball, has grown into many gastronomic adventures. One of our latest being a Cooking Party feature in this month's issue of Yummy Magazine. We each prepared a dish to share (some prepared two!) and squeezed everything into my little flat. After the cameras and lights where packed, we dug into the food and chatted the afternoon away 🙂
If you want to see what we all whipped up, you can grab a copy of Yummy's March 2009 issue which is out now. To whet your appetite, here's what you'll get:
- K's delicious appetizers – an Anchovy Cream Cheese Spread and Bacon & Cheese Dates! – K is a frequent commenter here and on other local blogs, leaving insightful and fun tidbits wherever she visits!
- Roast Duck with Apples from M – Author of Watergirl and duck roaster extraordinaire!
- Bacon Mushroom Country Rice Stuffing from I – the mastermind behind Sebastian's Ice Cream!
- Marketman's Crab with Dill Mayonnaise – creator of Market Manila (one of my favourite local blogs!) and the man behind the Best Pig Ever according to Anthony Bourdain!!!
- S's Couscous Salad with Seafood and Fresh Mint – the voice behind Tennis and Conversations made a couscous believer out of C with this dish!
- My Chocolate Orange Cake – adapted from a Nigella recipe…liked by most but please do not feed to orange+chocolate-phobic little brothers!
Thank you to all who made that afternoon so much fun! 🙂
***Yummy is one of my favourite local food magazines – nice photography and styling, good features, and a clean, modern look that I like. I've written for them before and it's always a pleasure to work with their fun and talented staff. This month they celebrate their 2nd anniversary and I'm glad I was able to celebrate with them in this feature!
On other news: My Mother Earth Bags group has launched a new line of embellished flour sacks! Check them out here! 🙂


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|2006-11-21, 16:49
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Cardcaptor Sakura Discussion
Anyone noticed that the cards aren't subbed in Cardcaptor Sakura? Wait, do they have VAs in the English version? In the episode where Rain is introduced, it says some things, but they weren't subbed. I only know of two cards that talk: Mirror and the Void Card (the one from the movie). If the cards are meant to be something as companions or friends, shouldn't they have some dialogue?
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Card Captor Sakura
I know this is/was licensed by Geneon, but it was going out of print even before they shut down. Does anyone know the current status of the license and the possibility of reprints of the series?
I am still missing about 5 discs from my set, and can't seem to find the missing volumes for any kind of reasonable price T_T I'm not yet ready to order the Japanese discs (like I am beginning to do with Sailor Moon), but if nothing happens in the US with this series soon, I may have to... $20 per disc is SOOO much nicer than $30 + I would pay for imports...
I had to create a new thread because apparently this series is old enough now that any thread about it that may have been here is gone...
edit: I see someone found the old thread, thank you ^^ My problem I think is I searched "Card Captor Sakura" and not "Cardcaptor Sakura" ^^;
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|2007-12-19, 22:21
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Geneon hasn't lost any of its licenses. For the time being, fans of their series are in the unenviable position of having only what's out on the shelves to pick up. I assume you've tried all the usual online stores?
I'm glad I picked up a complete set earlier this year.
|2007-12-20, 03:28
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Hehe, I almost have this series twice. The individual DVDs (1-12 and 18) and the two box sets. Couldn't help myself.
As for reprints, unfortunate fans can only hope. Considering it being a popular title, perhaps it will see a reprint in the future. But with Geneon as it is now, the wait may take a while.
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|2007-12-23, 18:02
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I'm still missing volume 18... Not going to pay $25 or more for it just yet... hoping I can find a better deal later.
|2007-12-28, 23:29
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|2008-01-07, 19:42
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whoever wants to buy them they are only 170AU$ on ebay
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Seeing all these high ratings for the series, I couldn't help myself from writing a harsh one about it. Because I don't consider it the best there is. Heck, a second opinion is always needed in order to double-check if you really like or hate something, right ?
ANIMATION SECTION: 8/10 [You'll be doing cosplay; I'll be filming you undressing.]
The visuals are generally very appealing, despite their years. They definitely aren't super-awesome, yet for a series of this kind they are just fine. Plus, all characters and critters are drawn ultra-kawai, so it is rather hard not to love them on first sight. It is really refreshing to have a mahou shojo, where the heroine wears different cloths in every episode. She doesn't even need to transform; she does cosplay just to please her friend. The environments are rather simple and repetitive (school grounds and Sakura's home mostly) but the events that take place there are very different every time, so this is not much of a problem. Still, there are frozen frames and the repetitive release clip that drops the general quality a bit. Thank goodness that all the action scenes while chasing the cards are very different, thus even this can be overlooked.
SOUND SECTION: 8/10 [Hoe!!! I am not good at playing the flute.]
I hardly find anything to write here. Voice acting is simply superb for all the characters, with Sakura's trademark frustration remarks becoming part of you early on. All the rest of the characters also have distinctive voices and demeanors. The music themes are to die for and the sound effects do their work as they should for a series of this kind. Still, the overall acoustics don't have much artistic overtones, which I am very fond of. Just think of .hack//SIGN or Princess Tutu to get the picture.
STORY SECTION: 4/10 [I will become the best Card Captor in the world!]
The general story is quite simple. Sakura goes by her daily routine life and occasionally chases magic cards. There is nothing grand-scaled in it. The story keeps promising you with an upcoming world threat, posed by these magic cards. But in reality, there is no such threat and the cards are hardly dangerous. Heck, Sakura's romantic frustrations are far more important in the plot than stopping the cards from destroying the world. So, this is practically a slice-of-life anime with a few magical girl overtones for flavor. In fact, I came to dislike the whole card chase. It was getting nowhere, just like the story in general. It was just an excuse for Sakura to keep meeting with Shaoran Li. Of course, there is the plus that most cards need to be captured with some sort of strategy and by using other cards. The usual "pull out my magic staff and beat them all in the same manner" golden rule of mahou shojo did not apply here and it was giving a slight feeling of progress. But not much. The real progress in the story was Sakura's romantic life.
ENJOYMENT SECTION: 7/10 [Oh, how I love seeing you wearing the costumes I made for you!]
Although a simple story about simple people, it is not a simply boring series. The way Sakura needs to take care of her shores in the house, do her homework and various other activities, are full of vividness that hardly make you feel bored. Sakura's silliness and determination provide a lot of comedy and entertainment without ever becoming ridiculous or really lame. Her interaction with her teasing brother, her schoolmates and Shaoran Li are more than enough to really enjoy watching her doing practically nothing overall important.
IF the story was more solid, IF the episodes were fewer and IF all those kinky innuendos were getting somewhere, the enjoyment would be a 10.
CHARACTER SECTION: 7/10 [Hey Toya, why is Shaoran Li all red like that?]
VALUE SECTION: 7/10 [How much for that stuffed animal? -Kerberos: I am not stuffed; I just eat a lot.]
Historical Value 3/3: Amongst the most famous mahou shojo.
Rewatchability 1/3: Nah, too storyless to pay much attention again.
Memorability 3/4: Not the best in the field as some think but generally very good.
What do you mean you don't have an alibi for not having a story? Why, I'll just give you a GUILTY verdict for being so shallow… But since you are so adorable, I will let you go free. Ah, how cute! <3
Princess Tutu
Looking for the Full Moon
Sailor Moon
Other CLAMP works; especially Chobits, X-tv and RG-Veda (the manga).
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Oh! Oh! I LOVE Card Captor Sakura! I have all the books (the ones that came out before the omnibus editions came out) and I'm 16 episodes into the anime. I would watch more of it, but I have other shows I need to finish watching. But it's great so far!
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BOSTON, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Boston men's soccer (6-3, 1-2 LEC) team recorded their first conference win of the year, as three different players found the back of the net to lead the Beacons to a 3-0 Little East Conference win over the University of Southern Maine (2-8, 2-1 LEC) Saturday afternoon at Clark Athletic Center Field.
Playing a major part in the victory was sophomore Stefanos Galouzis (Watertown, MA) who tallied the Beacons second goal of the day, while also assisting on their first. The goal was Galouzis' eighth of the year.
Breaking the scoreless draw in the 15th minute of Saturday's match was Victor Hugo Costa (Malden, MA), who drove home Galouzis' pass to the far post. The goal was Costa's second of his junior campaign.
Setting the second goal of the night was Luis Saquich (Marlborough, MA) who played a corner kick opportunity to a wide-open Reyn Johnson (Mangilao, Guam). Johnson then drove the ball to Galouzis, who headed it home to make it 2-0.
The final goal of the contest came from Brian Sanz, who crushed the ball from about 25 yards out. The shot would hit the bottom of the crossbar twice before bouncing into the back of the net.
Combined the Beacons outshot their conference rivals 28-3, an also lead the match in corner kicks 7-1.
Goalkeeper Brycen Dowd (Mansfield, MA) did not have to make a save to earn the shutout. For Southern Maine, Jeremy Turner played 76 minutes and totaled five saves. Alex Charette closed out the match with three saves in 14 minutes of action.
Men's soccer returns to action on Wednesday when they face Newbury College in a non-conference match. Start time is scheduled for 8 p.m., and the match will be played at Regis College in Wellesley.


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Who's Counting?
This story appears in the July 1998 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
For Court Coursey, tracking revenue isn't the only way he keeps score in his company. When the Atlanta entrepreneur sits down for quarterly meetings with the directors of Certifiedemail.com, his 10-employee electronic document delivery business, each person gets a one-page scorecard that shows how the year-old company is doing in such areas as gaining new customers, cutting costs and building corporate value.
"It's a good way to get a grasp on the company and how it's performing," Coursey says of the scorecard system. Other businesspeople seem to agree, making scorecarding one of the hot new management tools of the '90s.
Large corporations, including Shell Oil and Advanced Micro Devices, have used brief summaries of key financial and other business information as a management tool for more than 10 years. The concept gained wider attention in 1992 through a series of Harvard Business Review articles by Harvard leadership development professor Robert Kaplan and management consultant David Norton.
In 1996, Kaplan and Norton wrote The Balanced Scorecard (Harvard Business School Press). Since then, the idea has taken on a life of its own, says Norton. Today, companies such as Mobil Oil, agricultural and industrial chemical and equipment producer FMC Corp. and engineering service provider Brown & Root rely on scorecards to manage their empires. With all this support, the concept may just become one of the most influential management innovations of the decade.
Mark Henricks is an Austin, Texas, writer specializing in business topics.
First Score
Norton says the scorecard concept was originally intended to help managers balance short- and long-term goals. "The problem most management groups have is that the pressure of being profitable makes them focus on the short term and all the management tools at their disposal also focus on that short term," Norton says.
Scorecards aim to bridge that gap by helping to translate long-term strategy into short-term actions. They can also help entrepreneurs in several other ways. First, they help clarify strategic goals. "The thing I like about them is they force you to set priorities," says John Warner, president of Capital Insights, a Greenville, South Carolina, venture capital firm that requires the companies it backs to use scorecards. "You have to say `Here's what's important. Here are the eight things we're going to track that are going to make a difference in this business.' "
Scorecards help communicate those objectives to other managers and employees. By creating standard methods of measuring such nebulous concepts as customer satisfaction, managers from different departments, who may have different ways of looking at things, can understand what others are talking about.
Scorecards also provide rapid, easily digestible feedback about how managers are doing, which allows them to modify their direction. This makes scorecarding more than a measuring device, say Kaplan and Norton--it turns it into a management tool.
Getting Started
Scorecarding starts with selecting company goals, then translating those goals into specific, concrete measures. For instance, a company with a goal of making on-time deliveries might set a measurable, specific objective of having 95 percent of its deliveries arrive within 24 hours of the agreed-upon time.
As for deciding what to measure, there are two schools of thought. One says to score only financial achievements such as sales increases; the other says to include nonfinancial matters such as customer satisfaction.
Norton and Kaplan suggest a balanced approach that scores four areas. Financial scores cover such things as revenue growth and profitability. Customer scores include rankings for market share, customer acquisition and other similar matters. Learning and growth scores aim to help manage employee turnover, productivity and the like. Finally, an internal business process score is concerned with product development, innovation and so on.
But before you apply these categories to your company, keep in mind that no company's scorecard will be exactly like another's. That's because the areas that are scored should be determined by a company's specific markets, strengths and strategies.
Know The Score
Although scorecards were developed for use in large corporations, they offer the same benefits to entrepreneurs. "We've used the approach with companies of all sizes," Norton says. In fact, he says entrepreneurs benefit more than large companies do from balancing long- and short-term goals, because managers at small firms tend to focus even more on short-term financial performance.
But scorecards may not be beneficial to very small firms. Although Warner insists that the companies he invests in use scorecards to communicate goals and performance, Capital Insights doesn't use them internally. "That may sound hypocritical," Warner says, "but there are only three of us and we talk all the time."
Good data is vital to successful scorekeeping. "You need to make sure your information is valid," emphasizes Curtis Carlson, group vice president for Walker Information, an Indianapolis firm that conducts customer and employee satisfaction surveys for companies that use scorecards.
And the difference between good and bad information may be subtle. For instance, Carlson says it isn't enough to ask customers if they're happy with your company. You need to pose questions that give insight into customers' needs and motivations, rather than only measuring the strength of the relationships. "If you mistake scorecard information for insight," Carlson warns, "you can make decisions that [take your company] in the wrong direction."
Scorecards are tools that help communicate an entrepreneurial vision to all levels of an organization. And it's important they be used that way, from the top down, rather than allowing lower-level employees to decide what to measure, how to measure it and what the data means.
What's It Cost?
To make sure your scorecard reflects your company's strategy, design it with the help of your most senior employees, Norton says. Take some time over a period of several months to discuss your strategy. Come up with ways to measure performance of that strategy. Then devise a way to let everybody know how the company's doing on a regular basis.
Over time, every employee in your company should begin to make decisions that will move your business closer to achieving your goals, as measured on the scorecard. "The simple act of looking at [the scorecards] will change behavior," Norton says.
It's working at Certifiedemail.com. One of Coursey's chief concerns is controlling costs, and he recounts an instance when a wasteful practice came to his attention through a scorecard data-collection effort. "It showed me a way to save money," Coursey says. "And it was something I may not have seen without this feedback."
While it can save money, scorecarding involves some cash outlays as well. Executive time can be a big cost. Gathering data is another. Certifiedemail.com devotes half of one person's time to scorecarding. And surveys like the ones Walker Information does can cost $4,000 and up.
But knowing the score is worth it--and then some, say scorecarding fans. "Some people think it's a waste of time, energy and money for a small company, but I don't think so," says Coursey. "It keeps you in tune with what's going on."
Next Step
The Harvard Business School Press Web site (http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu) includes numerous case studies and other learning tools about scorecards.
The International Quality & Productivity Center in Berkeley, California, puts on seminars relating to scorecarding. Visit http://www.iqpc.com for more information.
Contact Sources
Capital Insights, (864) 242-6832, firstname.lastname@example.com
Certifiedemail.com, http://www.certifiedemail.com
Walker Information, (800) 231-4904, firstname.lastname@example.com


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If you are an animal lover, like me, you've no doubt wondered who is helping the animals of Haiti who are surely as — if not more– scared and shaken and destitute as any human being there, following the devastating earthquake.
So I was thrilled to learn that they have a savior: the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti, or ARCH, set up by groups including the Best Friends Animal Society, The Humane Society of the United States and the ASPCA, is working on the ground to bring relief to the animals in the form of veterinary and food aid. They need your help, either in cash or — if you can do it– as on-the-ground volunteers.
Visit this link for more information. You can donate either by credit card or through your cell phone. According to the Best Friends Animal Society, ARCH will also focus on creating a long-term plan that includes options for veterinary care, a large-scale vaccination program and services for animal population control. And 100 percent of your donation goes to help the animals– so what's your excuse?
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Video Clips
These short clips will give you a sense of what Martha Speaks is like.
Martha (0:50)
Martha loves to have fun. She's always doing silly stuff, and she's fun to watch!
Show Opening (0:30)
At the beginning of each episode, we let kids know what the show is about and to listen for the vocabulary words.
Vocabulary (0:20)
Sometimes the characters in the show explain what a new word means to help kids understand it.
Interstitial (0:45)
After each story, there's a short animation that repeats or defines vocabulary words.