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|2009-06-13, 03:21
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The Final Romance Thread - How Not To Be Banned [Read Opening Post]
Greetings and salutation. This thread will be the final version of the Romance Thread for Code Geass. Naturally every attempt will be made to see that it lives a good, peaceful life, and that it will not follow the same path like its predecessor: A barely visible lock is hanging from the left corner of the thread title.
The magical question is how do we accomplish such feat? After all, every other romance thread in Code Geass had to be closed eventually. The simplest of solution we have come up with after many sleepless nights is to provide bans in abundance at the slip of a button. Here in the following is a list of posters who face sure-bans:
The key thing to remember for any poster who wishes to post in this thread is to have fun and let others have fun. If you are going to have fun at the expense of anyone else, advertantly or inadvertanly, then you are wise not to post in this thread. Good arguments will be allowed. It's entirely upto an individual poster to interpret what constitutes a "good" argument. If a poster is unable to come to a conclusion as to what might be considered a good post, then the suggestion is: do NOT post in this thread.
Few vicious moderators will be monitoring this thread as frequently as possible. Rest assured, bans will be awarded without any hesitation. Those moderators probably will be pretty nice about it too.... or may be not.
Anyway, if you think you will be able to handle this final version of the Romance Thread, by all means, post. For the rest of ya, yeap.... it's peanut butter jelly time.
|2009-06-13, 03:56
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: at GNR, bringing you the truth, no matter how bad it hurts
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so to start things up
what makes lelouch so popular with the ladies in ashford ?
sheirly herself admited that she didnt like him at first becouse he seemed to be condecending and looked down on other people
kallen used to think he's an arrogent jerkass because of how he behaved
both of them only fell for him AFTER having been exposed to his TRUE self
and milly had known him for YEARS, so she would at LEAST know that there is more to him then what he shows in school
all three girls falling for him are logical, since they know more about him then his public faceade
but why are HALF the students (the XX half) in ashford also hot for him when he usually acts selfish and condecending in public ?
can it really be based soley on looks, or is there something more to it ? (simply his looks werent enough to attract the girls who came to REALLY love him)
|2009-06-13, 03:57
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Whoo, so this is it huh? Hard to believe. I've completely forgotten what it's like to have a Romance Thread. Well, lets have fun everybody, but lets try to behave ourselves.
EDIT: Hmm, that's a good question. Of course it's fair to assume that all the other girls' reasons for liking him were pretty shallow, so I'd say his looks certainly had something to do with it. I think it may also have to do with his smooth suave persona, not to mention I'm sure he's pretty popular, being on the Student Council and all. Perhaps it's the "princely aura" that he emmanates.
|2009-06-13, 04:04
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|2009-06-13, 04:14
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1) Chicks dig the bad boys. The fact that they initially thought he was a jerk was the in...It got him into their heads. Y'know beyond him becoming a rebel leader and then a demon emperor regular Lelouch skipped class to go gambling. That's a little bad ass if you ask me.
2) Chicks dig the mysterious/deep dudes. Doesn't seem like Lelouch talks to many people outside the student council and he probably spends lots of time alone under a tree reading philosophical novels like The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
He doesn't even realize girls like him and that casualness makes him like honey to their bees.
3) Lelouch is pretty/bishounen.
|2009-06-13, 06:21
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|2009-06-13, 06:30
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but is it really just the "bad boy" thing ?
its not like he openly declares that he goes gambling
only those who KNOW him would know that
and i dont think many people think of "skiping class to go READ" is a bad boy trait
|2009-06-13, 07:14
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U Mad?
Join Date: Jun 2008
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It's what caches the eye, the girls who are into the reader guy would take notice of Lelouch under a tree, the "bad boy" girls could easily overhear Shirley lecturing him, or possibly Shirley occasionally complains about him in the locker room. You think Rivalz would keep Lelouch's misadventures to himself? Heck he might even exaggerate a little to make himself look cool by proxy. Those seeking the sensitive soul will see Lelouch going to dances with his wheelchair bound sister.
The only gal Lelouch doesn't cater to are girls who like jocks.
|2009-06-13, 07:17
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its not JOCKS
its "guys who can run a hundred feet without collapsing"
|2009-06-13, 10:58
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@ Shadowcatch: But Euphie loved Lelouch as family. She was romantically in love with Suzaku.
which btw, its kinda sad that SuzaEuphie is canon and yet there isnt much to talk about when it comes to them. I do wonder why they never kissed though...not that its entirely necessary, but it wouldve been cute. Still love the pairing! <3
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|2009-06-13, 14:56
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Lol, depends on the kiss. If it was somewhat, what the kiss was supposed to be in Turn 7, between Kallen and Lelouch, that would be dirty-passion. If it was like theirs, {again} in Turn 22, that would be goodbye-meaningful-i-got-the-meaning-afterwards-dammit. If it was like Turn 12, ifx2 Shirley had decided to kiss Lelouch instead of pinching his Lulu-cheeks, then yeah, that would be cute.
There are a lot of ways to convey a kiss. 8D
p.s hooray for the new romance thread, let us paint it in an epic way guys. 8)
|2009-06-13, 15:00
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1. Their relationship ended pretty early since Euphie, you know, died. Sad yes
2. The significance of their characters. Euphie wasn't exactly a main character so there's as much to discuss about her and, well, lets face it, on the whole, people don't like Suzaku as much as they like Lelouch.
3. They're a canon couple, which actually works for and against them. There are no major overlying love triangles or anything when it comes to SuzaEuphie, whereas with Lelouch you've 2 (maybe 3, depending on who you ask) potential prospects for him, which leads to him getting much of the discussion.
It is kind of disappointing though, especially they were a really cute couple, and it's just so sad that they couldn't be together. And yeah, a kiss would've been nice.
Oh, and yvj, I think you summed it up pretty much perfectly. Seriously, all that Lelouch is missing is a black leather jacket and a chopper, then he'd be set
Anyway, I'm still planning on doing my big surprise, but if anyone has any pent up manifestos or big ideas that they want to share then they can do those first.
|2009-06-13, 16:28
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Canada
I dunno, I do recall that Euphy wanted to marry him at one point.... >_>
ffff manifesto. I have the sudden urge to write a Lelouch/Euphy ship manifesto... but I kind of want to do my Lelouch/CC manifesto first... asdklgh;ag
|2009-06-13, 17:19
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@ sky: I get what you're saying, but I cant picture a "dirty passionate" kiss between SuzaEuphie...XD I dont know, I just cant picture a kiss between them being anything but sweet. Though, since what happened to Euphie was so tragic, maybe a sad kind of kiss could've also happened. But, yea, you definately have a point!
@ Nobodyman: 1. unfortunately.
2. Thats also unfortunate. I really liked Euphie as a character also, but like you said, there isnt a large amount of things to discuss about her anymore.
3. Yea, thats true. But, its really only a loss when you want to talk about it. XD Most of the time I'm just happy they are canon. Sorry if this post doesnt make sense btw, I'm rushing atm.
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|2009-06-13, 17:43
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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they were arguing about which one of them would be lelouch's bride
i would like to also point out that they were about 10 years old at the time
i wouldnt put to much credit into it
|2009-06-13, 17:48
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Wielder of Cucumbers
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Canada
There's lots of support for Nunnally/Lelouch out there, too, come to think of it...
but, lol, yeah. I see your point. All I can really fall back on for LuluEuphy is that he thought of her as his first love. Which may be one-sided, but still. <3
|2009-06-13, 17:56
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Kids are kids, so yeah.
|2009-06-13, 18:02
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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Age: 35
its importent to remember that lelouch and euphie had VERY little actual interacion in season 1 before the "incident"
they met at the hotel, the island and in ashford in ep 21
the hotel thing hardly counts
the island you can make more of a point about, but at that stage she was into suzaku all the way (which he also seems to accept)
and the ashford thing ends with lelouch getting VERY angry at her for failing to understand how the real world works
lelouch's statment about her being the first girl he loved can ONLY be based on what they had as children
since other then that they had like almost ZERO interactions (the MAIN one being AFTER the whole deal with shierly)
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SAN FRANCISCO — The Pac-10 concluded its meetings Sunday by giving commissioner Larry Scott the authority to pursue any possible expansion, while not committing the conference to adding any more schools.
Scott addressed the chancellors and presidents on the final day of the weekend meeting about possible expansion scenarios and was given permission to move ahead with the process without having to go back to the board for approval.
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Pac-10 teams make considerably less from television and bowl deals. Big Ten schools reportedly receive about $22 million each from television and bowl deals and SEC school each get at least $17.3 million. Pac-10 teams, meanwhile, reportedly only get about $8 million to $10 million each from the conference deals.
Scott said the reason for expansion would be that it could create "exponential'' growth in terms of money and exposure.
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That's when Variety reports Trainwreck will open in theaters. As we reported earlier, Apatow will write and direct the picture, which will focus on "a basket case who tries to rebuild her life." He and Schumer have been developing the screenplay for some time now. Back in November, THR noted that Apatow was looking to cast a boyfriend for Schumer, a best friend/colleague part (hello, Leslie Mann), and a parent (there's no indication if they are looking for a mother or father). So it sounds like Apatow will make Trainwreck fit a mold that shaped This Is 40 and Knocked Up, with a strong family/friend influence in a sure-to-be-raunchy R-rated comedy.
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The timing of this story couldn't be more perfect. Just the other day I spotted the clearance rack of Independence Day shirts at Wal-Mart. Carlos and I noticed a couple years ago that they were made in El Salvador – (for some reason this always amuses us.) So I went to check this year's stock of American flag shirts, and sure enough – "HECHO EN EL SALVADOR."
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the University of Manchester are to transform a leading art gallery into a laboratory to determine whether or not people experience art in the same way.
Under normal circumstances it's impossible to know whether any two people look at the same parts of a painting or whether their attention is drawn to different elements.
But now researchers from the University's School of Computer Science and Manchester Art Gallery are planning to use state-of-the-art technology to determine whether reaction to art is a common experience.
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You can even learn about a staff member who is really exceeding expectations when you get a number of comments along the lines of "Chris is really great at answering questions about my membership."
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|Bin He
Dr. Bin He is Distinguished McKnight University Professor, and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota at Twin Cities. At the University of Minnesota, Dr. He served as the Director of Undergraduate Studies of Biomedical Engineering, and serves as the Director of Center for Neuroengineering. His major research interests include functional neuroimaging, neural interfacing, cardiac functional imaging, and bioelectromagnetism. Dr. He has published over 300 peer-reviewed journal and conference proceedings articles, and delivered over 150 plenary, keynote, and invited talks. His lab has contributed significantly to electrophysiological source imaging, multimodal neuroimaging, and brain computer interface techniques. Dr. He is the editor of books entitled "Modeling and Imaging of Bioelectrical Activity ? Principles and Applications" and "Neural Engineering" (Kluwer Academic, 2004 and 2005). He has served as an associate editor or guest editor of IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, Brain Topography, Critical Reviews of Biomedical Engineering, Methods of Information in Medicine, and International Journal of Bioelectromagnetism. He is also a member of Editorial Boards of IEEE Spectrum, Journal of Neural Engineering, and Clinical Neurophysiology, among others. Dr. He was the recipient of NSF CAREER Award, American Heart Association Established Investigator Award, the University of Illinois University Scholar Award where he was on faculty, and Tejima Prize. He is a past president of International Society of Bioelectromagnetism and of International Society of Functional Source Imaging, and is the 2009-2010 President of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Dr. He is a Fellow of IEEE, AIMBE, IOP and ISFSI.
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Dr. Yongmin Kim is a Professor of Bioengineering and of Electrical Engineering, and Adjunct Professor of Radiology and Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington, where he was Chair of Bioengineering from 1999 to 2007 and the W. Hunter and Dorothy L. Simpson Endowed Chair in Bioengineering from 2004 to 2007. His research interests include medical imaging and computing, ultrasound systems, electronic medicine, distributed diagnosis and home healthcare, and computer architecture. He has supervised 37 Ph.D. dissertations and 102 Masters theses, and holds more than 60 patents with 25 licenses to industry. Dr. Kim is editor of Handbook of Medical Imaging (SPIE Press, 2000) and has published more than 450 research publications. He has been a member of the Editorial Boards of Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, and Annual Reviews of Biomedical Engineering. He was Program Chair of the 1989 Annual Conference of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), and Conference Chair of the SPIE Medical Imaging Image Display Conference from 1990 to 1999. He has been consultant to many governmental agencies, companies and academic institutions. Dr. Kim was President of the IEEE EMBS in 2005 and 2006. He was awarded the 1988 Early Career Achievement Award of the IEEE EMBS for his contributions to medical imaging and the 2003 Ho-Am Prize in Engineering. In 2005, he received Distinguished Achievement Award from University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering. Dr. Kim is a Fellow of the IEEE and of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu.
|Xiaochuan Pan
Dr. Xiaochuan Pan is currently a full Professor with tenure in the Department of Radiology, Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, the College, the Committee on Medical Physics, and the Cancer Research Center at The University of Chicago. His research interest centers on imaging science and its biomedical applications. Dr. Pan has authored and co-authored more than 300 journal and proceeding papers. He has received numerous awards for his contributions to medical imaging, and is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Optical Society of America (OSA), and the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Dr. Pan has served, and is serving, as a charter member of study sections and/or grant reviewer for National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), National Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERCC), and numerous other funding agencies and foundations. He is an Associate Editor for a number of journals in the field, including IEEE Transaction on Medical Imaging, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Medical Physics, and Journal of Cardiovascular CT. He has served, and is serving, as program chair, theme chair, session chair, and technical or scientific committee member for international conferences such as Conferences of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, IEEE Medical Imaging, Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), and American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM).
|Gregory A. Worrell
Gregory A. Worrell received his Ph.D. in Physics from Case Western Reserve University and M.D. from University of Texas, Galveston. He completed his Neurology and Epilepsy training at Mayo Clinic, where he is now Associate Professor of Neurology. He is a member of the IEEE, American Neurological Association, Academy of Neurology, and American Epilepsy Society. Dr. Worrell's research is integrated with an active clinical practice focused on patients with medically resistant epilepsy. The current focus of his research is the use of large-scale electrophysiology, brain stimulation, and data mining to identify and track electrophysiological biomarkers of epileptic brain and seizure generation. He is currently directing clinical trials at Mayo Clinic investigating therapeutic brain stimulation and seizure prediction.


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If your vocation was a writer/novelist and you believed there was a need to expose the tyranny that is the religion of Islam, would you consider the potential threat to your well being worth the risk of publication? Rushdie and Ayaan Hirsi (Infidel) both took considerable risk of life by going forward with their books. Granted other authors such as Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens have attacked Islam in a similar manner but their's are limited to specific chapters of a book that attacks religion in general.
Is the cause so compelling that one is willing to risk life and limb? Or should we retreat from the barbarism of Islamic extremists who feel compelled to carry out the fatwa that the Ayatollah Khomeini ordered against Rushdie? The very quality of religious violence that pervades Islamic culture also seems to be a hangman's noose around the neck of those bold enough to call it into question. As an atheist I refuse to accept the preposterous notions of all religions but I view Islam as an especially dangerous variety to the peace and security of our planet. Should we not step up the rhetoric against Islam and expose this religion for what it is? Or remain subdued in our criticism in fear of reprisal? For certain your life is forever changed should you decide to go forward with publication.
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I think Islam and it's inherent danger and violence is not far removed from the Christian crusades. The major issue is that technology now allows for nuclear aggression - even explosives were not really available to the crusaders - now that they are, fundamentalism and rage has a more dangerous arsenal of weaponry.
Having said that, yes I think I would publish. It's the kind of idiotic thing I'd do. I read the Satanic Verses, and I wasn't that impressed with Rushdie's style of writing, but other than that, it was enlightening. I'm the kind of idiot that would gamble with my life to assert an opinion. I don't think I'd do it for riches, but for an opinion? Colour me stupid, but yes I think I would.
That makes two of us!
I would publish if just to express an opinion.
That makes three of us.
I have not read "The Satanic Verses". pretty much due to my reading problem. But that's just a personal issue. Never really been much of a reader to be honest.
I couldn't give a toss about whose precious Religious feelings I hurt. It's not my fault they cry for their stupid God. I'd be just as entitled to write a book for other humans to read, as their authors of the nonsense they believe.
I've found that the truth is the best weapon against stupidity.
Greg - "Anyone who has actually read Rushdie would find the question to be a bit silly."
I don't place emphasis on the actual content of Rushdie's work as the crux of the matter. Even though the "Satanic Verses" was a fictional work it placed Islam in a most unflattering light and was divisive enough to generate an uproar among the extremists. There is nothing silly about having a bounty placed on your head. The question is would you go ahead and produce a similar work knowing the potential repercussions?
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"Having said that, yes I think I would publish. It's the kind of idiotic thing I'd do."
If you're convictions are strong enough and you believe the message is an important one I don't think it is fair necessarily to characterize it as idiotic. Dangerous perhaps but sometimes living on the edge is what gives one a true sense of living life to the fullest extent. And the satisfaction of knowing that you might be aiding in the demise of a religious institution that is a very real threat to our very existence. I would admire your courage.
Honestly, Ed, it was me I was referring to as idiotic :) although I did grammatically point at the 'thing', I realise.
I seem to drag that "edge" pretty much into my life wherever I am or whatever I'm doing. Sometimes I think about the things I've done and wonder how on earth I am still alive. Just now I'm doing some roller-coaster stuff in my work life - every time the pit of my stomach drops out I wonder what is it with me, that I have this compulsion to do these things.
So yes I'd do it, and no I wouldn't recommend it to anyone with a shred of sanity.
I published and spoke when I knew it was dangerous to my continued employment. I decided that courage and foolishness, to those who watch, depend on whether my efforts succeed or fail.
You're right; I was living on the edge and living life to the fullest. As Gandhi is alleged to have said, first they ignore, then they ridicule. When they threaten, you know they fear you--a compliment beyond the usual.
I don't think "scope" is the right word. Depending upon one's point of view "scurrilousness" or "truthfulness" might be better words.
I'm also unwilling to sacrifice my life to fundamentalism...but what if your message had no impact under a nom de plume?
I want to agree with you, but we live in a celebrity obsessed culture. Sometimes books need a marketing strategy that includes the author promoting her/his work in order to break through the noise and reach an audience.
The barbarism of christianity was checked by those like Voltaire, Dante and others before them who stood up and satitised religion. For those coming after us, I would publish a work critical of Islam as long as it gave me pleasure even if this would lead to loss of life.
I wonder if the threat of retribution has managed to limit the criticism of Islam. I am certain there is a growing group of Muslims in our own country who have grown to like much of the western lifestyle and prefer to look at the berka as a relic no longer apropos. But even this group remains largely silent on the issues of violence in Islamic culture.
There is a secular element in the Middle East (look at the events in Tunisia & Egypt recently) and I believe efforts should somehow be made to support their cause without turning them all into martyrs.


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'This one's for you': Iowa Rep. Steve King toasts DREAMer deportation on Twitter
A tweet posted by Iowa Rep. Steve King toasting border patrol for a deportation is causing a stir on the internet.
The tweet in question says, "First non-valedictorian DREAMer deported. Border Patrol, this one's for you," and includes a photograph of a mug full of beer.
So far, the tweet has 3,500 replies, more than 400 retweets and more than 800 likes.
The tweet refers to the deportation of 23-year-old Juan Manuel Montes.
Montes, who was in a program to shield people who came to the U.S. as young children, was detained by Border Patrol in February, according to the Associated Press.
This is not the first time King has caused controversy on Twitter.
Several Iowa leaders condemned King in March for tweeting support for far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders, implying that "our civilization" can't be restored with "somebody else's babies," referring to Muslims, and warned of a liberal effort to break down western civilization.


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Hope College Theatre will present "Marion Bridge" by Daniel MacIvor on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 14-15, and Wednesday-Saturday, Oct. 19-22, at 8 p.m. in the DeWitt Center studio theatre.
"'Marion Bridge' is a play about the familial relationships between three adult sisters as they return to their childhood home to care for their dying mother," said Daina Robins, who is the production's director and a professor of theatre at Hope. "It is a funny, tender, and moving story of three siblings reconnecting and re-assessing their lives."
The cast of "Marion Bridge" includes sophomore Caprianna Parrish of Edon, Ohio; senior Madison Tustin of Plainwell; and senior Kara Williams of Saline.
Stage manager is junior MacKenzie Anderson of Bay City, and assistant stage manager is freshman Charlyn Pelter of Schereville, Ind.
Richard L. Smith of the theatre faculty is working on scenic design, and Smith and Anderson are working together on properties design. Perry Landes of the theatre faculty is working on lighting and sound design. Staff member Paul K. Anderson is providing technical direction.
Elizabeth Jasperse is the guest costume designer. She received her M.F.A in costume design from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
Tickets for "Marion Bridge" are $10 for regular admission, $7 for senior citizens and Hope faculty and staff, and $5 for students, and are available at the ticket office in the main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse. The ticket office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and may be called at (616) 395-7890. On performance dates the ticket office will be open in the DeWitt lobby at 7 p.m. and through intermission.
The DeVos Fieldhouse is located at 222 Fairbanks Ave., between Ninth and 11th streets. The studio theatre is on the lower level of the DeWittCenter, which is located at 141 E. 12th St., on Columbia Avenue at 12th Street.


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Jays demote Romero
St. Petersburg, FL – The Toronto Blue Jays have optioned pitcher Ricky Romero to Triple-A Buffalo after a disastrous outing on Wednesday.
Romero retired just one batter in his start Wednesday, charged with three runs on four hits and two walks in Toronto's 10-4 loss to Tampa Bay. It was the shortest start of his career.
The left-hander was sent to the minors during spring training to work on his mechanics and was recalled by the Blue Jays on May 2 after Josh Johnson was placed on the disabled list.
In two starts this season, both losses, Romero has been roughed up for six runs on seven hits and five walks in just 4 1/3 innings for a 12.46 ERA.
Romero won a combined 42 games over his first three major league seasons and started the team's openers in 2011 and 2012. He was just 9-14 last season with a 5.77 ERA in 32 starts.
The Jays also designated pitcher Edgar Gonzalez for assignment. Gonzalez, recalled from Buffalo to take injured J.A. Happ's roster spot, took over for Romero on Wednesday and was charged with five runs on six hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Toronto purchased the contracts of pitchers Ramon Ortiz and Mickey Storey to fill the roster spots.
Ortiz, a 39-year-old right-hander, made one relief appearance for the Jays on April 17 against the White Sox. He gave up two runs in 3 1/3 innings, but has been stellar at Buffalo with a 2.18 ERA in four appearances. The 12-year big league veteran has a career record of 86-84 with a 4.93 ERA.
Storey appeared in 26 games for Houston last season and pitched to an ERA of 3.86 with an 0-1 record. The 27-year-old right-hander had 23 strikeouts in 17 1/3 innings over nine games with Buffalo this season.


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Please test these behaviors, and indicate whether it works correctly or not. Once a behavior has been tested, attach one of the following codes to the beginning of the line to indicate its status.
If a menu action opens a window, the window's behavior is listed elsewhere. Just check to see if it opens here.
[NOTE: These features require that KStars be compiled with INDI support]
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Note: changes in the modules are not reflected until the widget loses input focus. This may not be ideal, but doing immediate updates doesn't work. Consider the JD module. Let's say I want to clear the current number and enter a new one. As soon as I delete the text, it would try to process the blank line as a date. Then if I typed a "2", it would try to use that. Basically, there needs to be a way to indicate that you are done editing.
Use this section to add issues discovered while testing the program that are not listed above.
A: Will bring in Marble Widget eventually
Add footnotes describing issues noted in the main list here.
[1]: Does not work at high zoom when refraction corrections are enabled. Possibly because the RefractCorr1 array is not the exact "inverse" map of RefractCorr2 array. The bug is in objectNearest and thus other features are affected too.
[2]: Tracking at high zoom sometimes "shakes" the display periodically. This has nothing to do with atmospheric refraction.
[3]: FIXED [897451]The clock is paused if it is running, but the icon in the toolbar doesn't change state
[4]: The display in the status bar shows a different field of view (possibly the minor axis) from what is entered
[5]: Why are there 2 "Main Toolbar"s? Is this a bug that only I am experiencing?
[6]: What are those blank actions?
[7]: TODO: Check if the altitude / azimuth shown are the real altitude and azimuth and not the back-refracted ones.
[8]: Disable / don't show the faint magnitude zoomed in / zoomed out spin boxes under the catalogs tab
[9]: A lot of widgets have undefined what's this help.
[10]: Tracking doesn't lock on the location of a DSO (found using the find dialog) if DSOs are disabled.
[11]: Ground fills up even when show ground is disabled, or horizon polygon disappears when the horizon is close to the top of the screen in Gnomonic Projection
[12]: Crashes in QTreeWidgetItem::addChild() upon opening. http://members.bas.org.in/kstar/kstars_scriptbuilder.kcrash <-- backtrace. Crashes when I run it from xterm and hence is mostly related to a failure in DBus connection. Works correctly when run from krunner or konsole, with proper DBus exports.
[13]: Doesn't seem to save GIF files. Produces zero-size gif files.
[14]: Should ideall give an error upon invalid date, but we can't do that for KDE 4.2 release because of the string-freeze.
[15]: Changing the date in the spin box by editing the text does not update the calendar view


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Watch online - Mars500 hatch opening
4 November 2011
At last the 'journey' is at an end for the Mars500 crew of six, who complete their simulated mission to Mars on 4 November. Join us to watch the opening of the hatch and the egress of the crew, including the two ESA volunteers Romain Charles from France and Diego Urbina from Italy. Streaming starts at 10:45 CET with hatch opening at 11.00 CET.


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Barstro wrote:You made the exact argument people use to say Celsius makes no sense, and then claimed there is no such argument.
There is a suitably large range between "Celsius does not map to natural (English) language as well as Fahrenheit", and "Celsius makes no sense." There might even be more than one level of argument between them!


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A security vacuum is developing around Chinese workers overseas. The recent kidnapping of 29 Chinese workers in Sudan (where another worker was shot dead during the abduction) and 25 workers in Egypt has sparked a strong reaction in China. As a result, Beijing is looking to bolster consular services and protection for Chinese citizens working and travelling overseas. On the corporate side, private analysts are urging companies to do a better job of training employees before they are sent abroad. Yet with at least 847,000 Chinese citizen workers and 16,000 companies scattered around the globe, some of them in active conflict zones such as Sudan, Iraq, and Afghanistan, key projects and their workers are likely to require more than just an expanded consular staff to keep them safe.
It's with an eye on this growing danger that new Chinese private security providers see a business opportunity. Shandong Huawei Security Group appears to be a leader among Chinese security providers, which thus far have predominantly focused on the country's robust internal market for bodyguard and protective services. Huawei provides internal services, but in October 2010, opened an "Overseas Service Center" in Beijing. The company's statement on the center's opening explicitly cites the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, and the potential for a security vacuum to result, as key drivers of its decision to target the Iraq market.
Chinese investors are rapidly increasing their presence in Iraq. China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), for example, is helping to develop oil projects that will likely substantially eclipse its flagship Sudan operations in size, while Chinese construction companies are also likely to play a central role in rebuilding and improving the country's civil and energy-related infrastructure, destroyed by years of war and neglect.Enjoying this article? Click here to subscribe for full access. Just $5 a month.
Shandong Huawei and other emerging Chinese security providers will also likely target the Afghan market. The U.S. government's latest geological survey showed massive mineral potential in Afghanistan, with reserves of lithium, copper, cobalt, iron ore, and other minerals potentially worth as much as $1 trillion. Chinese mining and construction companies are likely to move aggressively into Afghanistan, following the example of state-owned Metallurgical Corporation of China, which is developing the massive Aynak copper deposit.
The Aynak project has benefitted from the close proximity of troops from the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division, but as Washington strives to pull U.S. forces out of Afghanistan by 2014, Chinese miners will increasingly be on their own for security. As the growing number of Chinese companies and workers in Iraq and Afghanistan are forced to adapt to an environment without large U.S. military forces effectively providing a shield for their operations, the heightened security risks from insurgent attacks, banditry, and other physical threats are likely to drive them to seek new armed security providers – precisely the business opportunity that Shandong Huawei and its peers seek.
Filling the Void
The first known attempt to create a foreign-focused private security firm in China came in 2004, when a Ningbo businessman created a bodyguard firm alleged to have drawn staff from China's special forces community and the paramilitary People's Armed Police (PAP). In contrast, Shandong Huawei's venture into the Iraq security market appears to be both larger-scale and focused. On its website, the company says it recruits its personnel from among retirees of special police and military units and the PAP. Huawei also specifically notes that its employees include men who have served tours in Iraq, likely former PAP who guarded China's Ambassador to Iraq.
As far as we know, there are no other Chinese security firms publicly declaring a desire to protect Chinese businesses working abroad. Nonetheless, if Shandong Huawei's efforts to generate business in Iraq succeed, it's likely that more Chinese firms will target the overseas market, particularly since the domestic private security market is becoming increasingly crowded.


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Share your Career Experiences and Guide Current Students on their Paths
Location: Kellogg Center 2nd Floor
Date: Friday, October 14, 2016
Time: 1:00p - 3:00p
Briton Career Connections is a great opportunity for alumni and parents to have personal conversations with students about their professional fields in a fair-style format. Attendees will be expected to talk about their career paths and offer suggestions for aspiring young professionals. This is also an ideal time to provide students with information on internships and jobs at your place of work or within your network.
Anyone who would like to provide current students with information on their career path, company/organization or industry. Current professionals, current graduate students, and retired professionals all have very important information to communicate to students.
You can choose to attend as an individual or represent your company. Participants will be provided table space that encourages networking with students and other alumni. The atmosphere will be a blend of a college career fair and networking event.
As students visit your table it will be helpful if you can:
Please contact Troy Kase, Director of the Career and Internship Center at or 517/629-0332.
Deadline: Friday, October 7, 2016


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Brooks Gay bars and clubs by distance
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If you have found your ancestral county or village in Ireland, just how did you find your way there? What resources led you to learn the original county or townland or your ancestors? Tell us how you did it and what your feelings were when you made the exciting discovery.
If you have not yet found the area where your ancestors made their homes in Ireland, tell us about the resources that you hope to use to find out. What records and documents do you hope will lead you to that information? How do you plan to go about the search?
If you have always known the place or places where your family hailed from, tell us about them. What draws you there and what else have you learned throughout your search for family history?Share with us your Irish genealogy success story or your plans to "get back to Ireland" within the upcoming 11th edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture.
Deadline for submissions to the My key to Ireland edition is Sunday, January 18, 2009. This edition will be published at Small-leaved Shamrock on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 . Have a wonderful holiday season and we'll see you at next year's first Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture.
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Why Choose A Classic Fake Birkin Bag Instead Of Going The Extra MileCategories:Other Brands
We've seen some really good replica Hermes bag reviews lately – the beautiful fake Birkin bagin Ostrich leather from UbGallery.co and the black replica Birkin bag from PurseValley.cn. Still, I think it's time to see some bad Hermes replica bags as well. These reminders are very good because this is how you train your eyes to recognize the bad fakes. It's also a good occasion to see what are some of the most common flaws a fake Hermes bag will have.
As a reminder, some of the most common ways to spot a fake Birkin bag are to check the stamp, the engraved belt, the shape, the stitching, the lock and the key. But I'm sure that those of you who have more knowledge about the Birkin bag know that there are many other details that make the Birkin what it is, the Holy Grail of luxury handbags.
First of all, do I really need to tell you that a real Hermes Birkin bag will never come cheap? This is the kind of designer bag that doesn't lose its value in time, so even if it's old and used, it's still going to cost a lot. For example, there is a seller on eBay who has listed two Hermes Birkin bags under the name of yuko0702. The seller is listed as top-rated seller and has 99.7% Positive feedback. The seller claims that the bags are authentic and yet one of them costs $100 and the other one $720.00. It is clear that these bags are not really authentic. You should be very careful when it comes to listings like this because no matter how tempting it is, you can be sure those bags are fake.
At the same time, I doubt that those who are very detail-oriented would ever buy a $200 replica. These are the people I wrote the post on custom-made fake Birkin bag for. Of course there's going to be a big difference between a handstitched replica and a machine-sewn Birkin!
How A Bad Fake Hermes Bag Looks Like
Here are some bags don't even fall under the category of a fake Birkin bag if you ask me. They are so far away from the original design that they should be considered Birkin dupes at most even though they have a stamp or an engraving. These are the kind of replicas that should cost under $100 and you should never pay more than that for a fake Hermes bag like this.
Rare Hermes Birkin Bags – Should You Get A Replica?
I would recommend you to avoid buying extremely rare or exotic replica Hermes bags unless you are positive they are really good copies. Just think of it this way: how could a crocodile-embossed fake Birkin bag that costs $300 ever look like an authentic Birkin that costs over $10,000? Just try to keep it real.
The Himalayan croc Birkin with diamonds is the perfect example of why you shouldn't go the extra mile sometimes. The authentic is priced at the exorbitant price of $432,000 (!!). So no matter how good a replica is, you just can't expect it to look like the real deal. And probably no one is going to believe you are wearing a real Birkin either because let's face it, how many people actually have this kind of money? The bag is extraordinary but I for one have come at peace with the fact that I will never afford something like this.
And now here are some replicas for comparison:
Oh, and there's another problem here. Let's say that the replica looks amazing and that it could actually pass off as authentic. But are you sure you are able to pull off wearing it? I don't want to offend anyone, but this is an important question if you want people to think you are wearing a real Birkin. So could people ever believe that you are wearing a bag that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars?
Fake Birkin Bag – Common Is Not Bad!
This is exactly the reason why I usually recommend you girls to choose a classic fake Birkin bag. This means:
1. Choosing popular Hermes Birkin colors like black, gold, etoupe or orange H
2. Choosing a common type of leather like Togo, Clemence or Epsom
3. Choosing a common size like 30 or 35 cm because you're likely to find more replicas
I know that having something more special makes anyone feel good but it's just not the safe choice when it comes to replica bags in general. Unless you are willing to spend a few thousand dollars on a handmade fake Birkin bag. That's the only situation where you can actually hope for your Hermes replica Birkin bag to look almost perfect.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A new management development program offered through a collaboration with the Penn State Office of Human Resources and Penn State Executive Programs in the Smeal College of Business will target management-level faculty and staff at the University.
Through a series of six, one-day sessions, participants in the Penn State Excellence in Management Program will bolster their skills in a variety of topic areas designed to equip them with the knowledge and tools needed for success in a management role. The business faculty will deliver curriculum on strategic leadership and thinking, decision-making, communications and innovation. Penn State leaders will focus on Penn State-specific systems related to budgetary issues and performance management. Throughout this program, content is linked to applied learning assignments and incorporates a 360-degree assessment tool and a change management simulation.
"Penn State Executive Programs has proven its effectiveness in helping companies navigate strategic change processes through management education and creating a critical mass of leaders with a common language and approach."
"Participants will walk away from this program with new approaches to strategic leadership," said Penn State Executive Programs Managing Director Maria Taylor. "Penn State Executive Programs has proven its effectiveness in helping companies navigate strategic change processes through management education and creating a critical mass of leaders with a common language and approach."
As part of the Smeal College of Business, Penn State Executive Programs builds leadership and organizational capabilities to address organizations' most pressing challenges. For more than 50 years, Penn State Executive Programs has partnered with multinational corporations, government agencies and nonprofit organizations to develop leaders and shape business strategies.
The Center for Workplace Learning & Performance (CWLP), a division of the Office of Human Resources, provides professional development opportunities, performance management guidance, consulting and organizational development services for Penn State faculty and staff.
Sessions will take place in newly renovated classroom facilities at the Executive Education Center located in the Keller Building on campus.
For more information or to enroll for a future offering, contact Brynn Rousselin, manager of leadership, management and learning design at CWLP, by phone at 814-865-5907 or email at firstname.lastname@example.com, or learn more about the program at ohr.psu.edu/learning/certificate-programs/excellence-in-management/.


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Author and visual artist Audrey Niffenegger (The Time Traveler's Wife, Her Fearful Symmetry) has enjoyed huge success in the literary world but is about to embrace a new art form through a collaboration with Wayne McGregor. Together they have produced the dark balletic fable Raven Girl. We spoke to Audrey about the challenges of working in this new field:
Ballet is more traditionally associated with swans rather than ravens, and the title alone indicates that this is a ballet with a difference. What inspired the story?
Years ago I read an article about a plastic surgeon who wanted to do avant-garde things, like letting people have wings or tails or horns or whatever else they wanted, and the only thing holding him back was the ethics behind it. At the same time, I found myself thinking about transgender people, who are applying medical solutions to existential problems. I thought it would be very interesting if a person who felt she was really a bird, encountered a plastic surgeon who was willing to make her into one.
Before I started work on this collaboration, I had this character – the Bird Girl – in my head. Her mother is a raven and her father is a postman, and she is the product of this inter-species marriage: part-human and part-bird. In a fairytale, she would have gone to a wizard or a sorceress, however in the modern world you just consult the medical profession to see what they can do for you.
Can you describe your creative process working with Wayne?
Wayne suggested creating something from scratch, and specified that he'd like a fairytale. I already had a little character in mind, and so I pulled together the basic bones of the story in writing. However, what had attracted Wayne to my work in the first place was the imagery and so I then started to get busy creating images.
Wayne's very disciplined but also very enthusiastic and so he was able to make suggestions that informed what the story became without being overbearing.
How involved have you been with the set and costume designs?
I've had several conversations with the designer Vicky Mortimer, but she is free to do what she wants to do. It is interesting to see her designs because they have a complete aesthetic of their own. She's not trying to imitate my drawings, but is taking elements from the prints that I made and reproducing them as 3D objects on stage. There are some things only mentioned briefly in the text that she has turned into actual environments, and there are some details that were in the pictures that she has realized as objects on stage.
Prior to working on Raven Girl you'd had no experience of ballet. What are your thoughts on the art form now?
About eight years ago I received an email from former Royal Ballet Principal David Drew. He'd read my book Three Incestuous Sisters and thought it would make a great ballet. When I was next in London, we met up and he quickly realized that I knew almost nothing about dance so he starting showing me around. He's been with the Company for years and is like a walking history of The Royal Ballet. It was wonderful to be a fly on the wall at the Royal Opera House and to see the dancers and the choreographers working.
In that respect, my experience of ballet is kind of backward. I am more interested in the making of things than the performance - watching it coming together.
My technical knowledge of ballet is almost non-existent, and, because I'm so ignorant of it, I'm always incredible excited by what I see. Because I've always been interested by the visual spectacle, it's like I'm six again and it's all brand new!
Raven Girl will be performed in a Mixed Programme with George Balanchine's Symphony in C. The production opens on 24 May and runs until 8 June. Tickets are still available.
Generous philanthropic support has been provided for the production from The Taylor Family Foundation, Mr and Mrs Brian Capstick, David Hancock, Linda and Philip Harley, one anonymous donor and The New Ballet Works Syndicate.


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|2007-10-17, 16:02
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isn't this somewhat sidestepping the issue that Shana doesn't actually have a large existence?
Shana simply has a large "capacity", whatever that means, making her someone who Alastor can put his entire existence into. not like she was using any flames when she was training after all.
|2007-10-17, 21:37
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Of course, both you and Ahn Minh are not incorrect. It could probably be a simple case of Takahashi writing a plot hole for himself and I'm just talking BS here.
|2007-10-17, 22:17
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well, it does sound like something that would go in an epilogue of some kind, so I suppose the best one can hope for is that something along the lines of your theory ends up in some final exposition story.
|2007-10-19, 10:04
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Mistes (Some spell Mystes, but that's up to each person's preferences)
Mistes are a special type of Torch in that they carry Hougus (Treasure Device), special tools used by Denizens and Flame Hazes for all sorts of purposes. (I'll write more in the Hougu entry. ) Mistes are no different from Torches in that they burn out eventually, and the person who has turned into a Mistes would be forgotten.
When the Mistes's flame is extinguished, whether gradually or forcibly terminated, the Hougu inside would be randomly transferred to another Mistes.
Depending upon the function of the Hougu being stored, some Mistes may be able to move in a Fuuzetsu or even prolong their flames. Sakai Yuji is the only Mistes able to live perpetually thanks to the Reiji Maigo inside him.
Tenmoku Ikko
Special mention must be given to the Mistes known as Tenmoku Ikko. Not a lot is known about him, save that he used to be a swordsmith that came to know of the Crimson World and the battle between Flame Hazes and Crimson Denizens. So fascinated was he by the intense battle that he decided to pour all his energy and existence into forging the Hougu katana - Nietono no Shana, which contains some of his PoE.
Some say he and the samurai armour he wears are one of the same person, some say his PoE fused with that of the samurai that wore the fearsome looking armour. In any case, one thing is clear: swordsmith was so determined in giving the katana to someone worthy enough of wielding it, he was willing to sacrifice his existence and become a Mistes on his own will.
He travelled for ages, attacking both Crimson Denizens and Flame Hazes indiscriminately in search of a worthy owner for his katana. Since he's a Mistes, his presence could not be sensed easily by both Denizens and Flame Hazes, coupled with the fact that he can move in a Fuuzetsu, making him the most feared Mistes in history.
It's never explained how his flame managed to go on for so long. One explanation is that he consumes Denizens that he slices and eats their PoE along with them. This could also explain why normal humans don't seem to notice him, for technically he's still a Torch, so his existence is not as strong as a normal humans, but just enough to keep him moving "mindlessly" in search of the "Strong One".
In the end, he finally got his wish by battling the Flame Haired Burning Eyed Assassin, and she then becomes the current owner of the katana. Her name also being derived from this blade years later by Yuji.
Trivia: Tenmoku Ikko's name (天目一個) is based on a god in Japanese mythology - Ame no Hitotsu no Kami (天目一箇神, literally "The One-Eyed God", a fitting name since Tenmoku Ikko only has one glowing eye). The kanji is similar but unlike the god which used the kunyomi spelling, author Takahashi used the onyomi spelling for Tenmoku Ikko.
Japanese wikipedia entry for Ame no Hitotsu no Kami
|2007-10-21, 10:49
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People, show some enthusiasm in your discussion. Don't just lurk if you got a question. The thread is too quiet.
Hougu (Treasure Device)
These are the "treasure chests" of the Shana-verse. They come in all sorts of shapes and forms. Some are weapons, like the Nietono no Shana and Blutsauger, some are used as defense, like Friagne's Azure Ring (the flame-resistant ring Yuji now carries). And there are others that are placed inside Mistes, the most famous example being the Reiji Maigo. All of these Hougus are powered by PoE in one way or another.
Reiji Maigo (Midnight Stray)
The "Holy Grail" of all Crimson Denizens, in that it is able to generate PoE on its own perpetually.
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|2007-10-22, 07:46
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Question about Crimson Denizens and Crimson Lords... Example is that Alastor is a Crimson lord right? Are there "unkindly" counterparts of Alastor, AKA Evil Crimson Lords? The only difference is what they choose to do? Im acctually quite confused by this upon reading the manga's first few chapters, where the explanation is slightly different from that of the anime. And I suppose same for the novel(Which even though I have bought it for ages, I haven't read it. Too occupied by Haruhi >_>)
|2007-10-22, 07:49
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The "Evil Crimson Lords" that you mention are the series antagonists, those that prey on human PoE to manifest themselves physically in order to pursue their desires.
Alastor and others that form contracts with Flame Haze would be the "Good Crimson Lords" out to stop their own kind from upsetting the balance between the two worlds.
|2007-10-22, 21:03
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the weak ones are denziens, the strong ones are lords. as the classifications suggest, nothing but heirarchy.
|2007-10-23, 01:50
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Then what would interest me is how the Lords have attained their respective power level. Age? Training? Any hints here? (I don't mind spoilers from the Manga crowd here, but others might )
Also, what if, let's say, the Flame of Heaven were to meet the Arbiter of Reverse Reasoning one on one, what would the difference in power be? Would it be over nine thousand? (sorry for that)
|2007-10-23, 08:27
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As for power levels between Crimson Lords, well, that's open for debate. Though technically speaking, Alastor, who is the only Crimson Lord to emit a natural red flame (compared to the "unnatural" colours of Marchosias's blue, Tiamat's purple and Behemoth's orange, etc), is considered by many from the Crimson World to be the most powerful in terms of strength, as he requires an insane amount of PoE to manifest physically. Hence his long search for a suitable container large enough to hold him.
|2007-10-24, 01:37
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Well, Masanori Ota, I cannot relate to the characters you name in your spoiler tag; maybe they are from the novel, but have not appeared in the show thus far? If so, I thank you for trying to give some sort of comparison, but may I advise you to give some hint to the spoiler tag's content as maybe a novel/manga spoiler in it's title?
Spoiler for in regards to the above spoiler tag's content...:
|2007-10-24, 10:40
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Spoiler for spoilers for novel:
|2007-10-25, 07:58
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I was about to go into Fuuzetsus sometime this week, so here we go.
Fuuzetsu (lit. "Sealed Absolute". If you like, it can be called "Absolute Barrier", but that sounds too Evangelion-like, so I prefer "Sealed Barrier")
A dimensional barrier created by both Crimson Lords/Denizens and Flame Hazes. A Fuuzetsu is powered by PoE provided by that Crimson Denizen/Flame Haze.
In the past, Denizens openly devour humans without bothering to hide themselves, but over time, doing so would attract the attention of Flame Hazes more easily. Hence they came up with a way to "cheat", they form a Fuuzetsu of a certain radius (depends on their PoE levels), freezing everything inside into a stasis, except those related to the Crimson World, like Denizens, Flame Hazes.
Though ordinary Torches are incapable of moving in a Fuuzetsu, some Mistes have the unique ability to move around. This is one reason why the legendary Mistes Tenmoku Ikko was so feared by Denizens and Flame Hazes alike, as his presence in a Fuuzetsu can be totally unexpected and undetected.
When a Fuuzetsu is formed, it "isolates" the space within with the outside world, creating a separate dimension. Everything that is unrelated to the Crimson World freezes in static motion.
During "isolation", the space that becomes enveloped by a Fuuzetsu "disappears" from "existence" in the duration that it is on.
For example, if a Fuuzetsu is formed over Tokyo Tower for 30 minutes, then for that 30 minutes, the humans in the outside world would actually think that Tokyo Tower "never existed". Only a Flame Haze and Denizen can detect a Fuuzetsu being formed and enter and exit it as they please.
For normal humans, since Tokyo Tower "never existed", they would unconsciously avoid walking towards there. After a Fuuzetsu is closed, the humans would once again "remember" that Tokyo Tower exists, but they just can't figure out what on earth they were doing if it involves Tokyo Tower in those 30 minutes. Awkward it may seem, these humans would somehow come up with a way to "rationalise" their behaviour during that time. (As a character in the Potter novels would say "These Muggles would deny magic exist even when it's staring at them right under their noses.") This is where Tuners come in and "Fine Tune" the awkwardness and distortion felt by these humans.
Since any damage inside a Fuuzetsu can be repaired easily using PoE, they are also created by Flame Hazes as a convenient tool in order to do battle with Crimson Denizens while not affecting as little humans as possible.
Though the more hapless souls inside might get in the line of fire and even have their existence "extinguished" accidentally. Most Flame Hazes are too aloof to care anyway, as their priority is to hunt Denizens rather than protect humans. Just look at Shana at the beginning of the series, if it weren't for Yuji volunteering to use his PoE to fix the damage at his school, Shana would have turned Ike (Yoshida in the movie) into a Torch already.
hayate-sama, to answer your question, I believe this "isolation" concept has been misinterpreted badly by JC STAFF in the anime, in that time doesn't freeze inside a Fuuzetsu.
|2007-10-25, 13:06
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While their parents outside wandered for as long the Fuuzetsu lasted as thought they "never had kids", and then reunites with them once the Fuuzetsu is down, while struggling to remember how they spend the last 30 minutes with their kids.
Of course, this is provided that those kids are lucky enough not to get devoured by Denizens and turned into Torches.
|2007-10-25, 17:26
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|2007-10-26, 05:38
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Where does the hougou come from? How are they created? Does the novel give any explanation? From the anime it would appear that the hougou would randomly be created on a torch.
I'm also curious about the Reiji Maigo. How did Pheles create that thing? Did the novel explain it? Probably not.
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A Letter to the Editor in the April 8, 2008, edition:
To The Editor:
I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely and with heart-held emotion to thank all those who supported me in my campaign for the District 18 supervisor position and for their encouragement over the past two county board terms that I have been permitted to serve for them. We commonly share the belief that Lincoln County can become a better place to live if we set aside personal agendas, disregard the self-serving special interest groups, and speak out against those who would dismantle our very government, in the name of the "people," and then reassemble it to suit their own nefarious interests and goals. We must continue to believe that hope springs eternal and our very lives are built around hope and not despair.
I would be remiss if I failed to thank all of those hard working county employees who serve us day to day in order to provide the services which we all demand, but some unwilling to pay for. Please take time today to thank a county employee. They deserve it!
The next County Board takes their oaths of office on April 15. We are fortunate that the majority of that board has the best interests of all of Lincoln County foremost on their agenda. We are unfortunate that there are also those, currently and newly elected, who do not share that belief but, I believe, embrace those negative aspects I mentioned previously. How sad for the people they purport to represent.
As some of you know, I am known for using axioms in illustrating my points. As we look to the future of the County Board and Lincoln County, we need to remember "if we do not speak for those who cannot speak for themselves, who will?"
With the construction of the new county buildings after 20 years of delay and costs, we have much to be proud of. It further illustrates that "Dans la defaite nous trouvons la victoire" (In defeat we find victory).
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Puerto Rico: Tin Ear Prompted Governor Fortuño's Fall
For Gov. Luis Fortuño, the end came at the hands of his own party, his inability to convey his manifesto and a tin ear to what was reality outside the walls of La Fortaleza.
Fortuño and the cupola of the party suffered a shattering blow on Nov. 6. Puerto Rican voters went to the polls to oust the NPP from office, a vote more in retaliation against the administration's policies and sense of entitlement, rather than an electoral mandate to PDP's Alejandro García Padilla.
[Fortuño's] inability to take charge of his own party and control "the sharks" within it led the country to question his leadership and his capacity to govern
The outcome was a clear rejection of a misunderstood strategy modeled on Reaganomics – deep cuts to government bureaucracy, tax reductions, a mounted challenge to unionism and control of government growth.
It was also a repudiation of the perception of prepotency on the part of the governor and members of his party and his administration.
"The people didn't understand the decisions the governor took and why," said Antonio Sagardia, ex Minister of Justice for the Fortuño administration.
"They identified them as decisions taken to favor an economic elite and not the people as a whole or the country," he said.
A Republican vision of government for an island with half the GDP of the nation's poorest state, Mississippi, was more than a tough sell at the best of times, and these measures were implemented during a harsh economic climate.
What made it worse was the ineffectual and at times uncaring manner in which these measures were taken and how the reasons behind them were communicated or not to the people
"Fortuño was perceived by many - including many non-party fanatics - as being uncaring about the impact his financial austerity program had on those who suffered most from it," said Roger Maldonado, a lawyer who practices on the island and mainland.
Nor did it help that that his administration's "such is life" – words said by a top Fortuño appointee in a public forum - became the "let them eat cake" of his administration.
"He certainly made a poor public relations effort in selling the program before, during, and after its implementation," he added.
Herein lies the Achilles heel of the Fortuño administration – how he executed his policies and governance and the manner in which Puerto Rico perceived it.
The latter was not helped by staunch political adversaries lodged in the heart of his own party, such as former president Thomas Rivera Schatz, nicknamed The White Shark, and former mayor of San Juan, Jorge Santini, known as "el guapetón de barrio," who openly flaunted their contempt of the governor.
"If you want to understand who really cost Fortuño the election, then look no further than top members of his own party," Sagardia said.
"They either publicly went against his decisions or kept him locked up in an ivory tower, telling him that all was well," he added.
His inability to take charge of his own party and control "the sharks" within it led the country to question his leadership and his capacity to govern.
"Fortuño is thought to have allowed and would likely continue to allow the sharks within his party, starting with Rivera Schatz, to control an agenda for the benefit of a well-connected few and to the detriment of many," Maldonado said.
Some do give him the benefit of the doubt and state that history will cast Fortuño in a different light.
"He tried to experiment with being a different governor, doing what was needed, notwithstanding the political cost," said Sagardia,
"He always said that he was not a career politician. He came to do what was right and decided to take the tough decisions," he said.
In an interview with FoxNewsLatino earlier this year, Fortuño was almost prescient about what the future held.
"I came into office to do what was correct, not to see what was politically expedient to get re-elected," he said.
"Especially in the day and age that we are living in, that is required of elected officials. And if it just so happens that you don't get re-elected, so be it, as long as you are doing the right thing," he added.
In what could prove a pyrrhic victory, García Padilla should hear the lesson that sometimes doing the right thing is not enough.


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The Washington County Emergency Management department is rolling out a new program just in time for Autism Awareness Month.
Project Lifesaver, which helps caregivers of Alzheimer's patients and autistic children, is now available for county residents.
Kevin Devine, the county's emergency management director, said anyone interested in the program can now sign up to use the technology.
Horshoe Bend Vineyard and Winery is one step closer to being allowed to sell wine on Sundays.
However, if the ordinance passes, it will only effect wine sold at wineries.
The third annual Hwy. 55 yard sale will make its way through Washington County this year.
The 147-mile yard sale stretches through Carroll, Trimble, Henry, Marion, Shelby, Taylor, Spencer, Adair, Nelson, Russell and Washington counties.
This is the first year that Washington County has promoted the event, according to Kathy Elliott with Springfield Main Street Renaissance.
Tammy Osbourne with the Springfield Chamber of Commerce said space is available for people to set up at Country Place and Ace Hardware.
When Lisa Nally-Martin's first son, Evan, was born, it didn't take long for her to realize that something wasn't right.
He was born two weeks early, and his umbilical cord had been wrapped around his neck, so she assumed that's why he wasn't eating properly.
But, as the days and months passed, things still weren't right.
All of the typical developmental milestones that most children could do at his age, Evan wasn't doing.
Alicia and Derek Kelly of Springfield announce the birth of their son at 9:45 a.m. on Feb. 24, 2011 at Ephraim McDowell Hospital in Danville.
Evan Gregory weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces and was 19.5 inches in length.
Maternal grandparents are Rickey and Becky Burkhead of Willisburg.
Paternal grandparents are Steve and Dianne Kelly of Springfield.
Ryan J. and Allyson B. Hamilton, Louisville, announce the birth of a son on Feb. 11, 2011 at Norton Suburban Hospital, Louisville.
Jackson Ryan weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces and was 20.5 inches long.
Maternal grandparents are Jack and Mary Beth Butler, Louisville.
Paternal grandparents are Jerry and Rose Hamilton, Bardstown.
Great-grandparents are the late Al and Mary Helen Klensch; the late Jack and Faye Butler; Kathleen Hamilton of Springfield, and the late Louis Hamilton; Ernestine Brady of Lebanon, and the late O'Shea Brady.
Several times this year, the topic for the 4-H News has been nutrition. Even with the ready availability of safe, inexpensive food in the United States, so many of us eat on the run and don't take the time to plan and eat nutritiously.
Each March, the American Dietetic Association celebrates National Nutrition Month and this year's theme has been, "Eat Right with Color." To help parents make sure that their kids eat right, the ADA and its Foundation have started a new website, www.kidseatright.org.
Washington County is home to four of the 98 markets across the Commonwealth recently accepted into the 2011 Kentucky Farm Bureau Certified Roadside Farm Market Program. The Washington County members are: Campbell Farm Wool Art Center, Flaggy Meadow Fiber Works & Sunshine Alpacas of Kentucky, Maple Hill Manor and St. Catherine Farm.
A Washington County grand jury has returned indictments against seven people.
Todd Hudsun, 43, of Willisburg, was charged with one count of sex abuse in the 1st degree, a Class D felony.
According to the indictment, he is accused of having sexual contact with a person less than 16 years old. The incident allegedly took place in November 2010, in Washington County.
Bond was set at $20,000 cash, and Hudsun is to have no contact with the family of the complaining witness.
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