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|2012-07-05, 05:30
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That is going to be one hell of a ride -- I'm in.
Spoiler for Damn it makes sense...:
BTW, came across this while on research:
I laughed as it seems to make sense that the seiyuu sub-unit be named as such. And going further...
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|2012-07-05, 09:13
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GodkiP has been lazy :P
I love how they're going to sing Nagisa no Cherry too since it's a giant joke on Nagisa and Chieri name + it was the song that made Acchan stand at the front and establish her as the center.
But only one person can be center for that song...Nagisa vs Chieri? Lol
|2012-07-05, 14:14
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Nagisa no Cherry => Nagisa no Chieri => Nagisa's Chieri
It's already decided that that Nagisa is going to win and make Chieri all hers...
Guess this series is setting up for a yuri end.
|2012-07-05, 14:42
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But we'll see... I'm really more interested to see what Miichan's going to do when she hears about this concert. And of course, there's Yuuko too. She said she wouldn't mind disappearing if she can become Center Nova, so what is she going to do when she learns her dream is being snatched away from her?
We might get that Chieri/Nagisa vs Yuuko mic-saber duel after all!!!!
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|2012-07-05, 15:22
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It's not that they wouldn't want to become successors, or even a center, but the fact that they know their training is not complete, and finding themselves being pushed under false pretenses above this girl they both admire and respect would almost certainly make them call a stop to it. They want to be successors, not just be called them when they don't deserve it.
|2012-07-05, 15:51
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That's an interesting point. We already know that Tsubasa is using everyone for the sake of finding out about Acchan, and even though she has been warned about the dangers of the Center Nova position, she's still trying to bring it back. This means she doesn't really care about what will happen to Chieri and Nagisa as long as she can get whatever she's looking for.
Now that I think about it, Tsubasa may just be the first actual antagonist of the series.
And yeah, I could see the girls calling a stop to all this shit if they find out it's all part of Tsubasa's plan. Maybe they will meet Miichan and she will tell them everything, including why she ran away. I think that would be cool because it would allow them to decide what to do by themselves. And who knows, maybe after learning everything, they might just go for it anyway......
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|2012-07-05, 20:54
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A little late in watching, so I'm only in episode 9.
Spoiler for Episode 9:
|2012-07-05, 21:08
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Also that in scene the Japanese part sounds a bit different, which as I take as a way to show that the girl did learn some Japanese due to her fandom but was just not well enough, I mean she did stutter a bit in the beginning before going with Russian then switch to an accented Japanese.
I mean there is a lot of AKB fans in East Asian country who learns Japanese just so they can have short conversation during the hand-shake events.
As for Takamina's action, it shows an emotion part on the real life AKB. 48 Group is incredibly competitive vertically despite most of them get along with each other horizontally. (those who manage to stick around anyway). There are countless story where members lost their spot due to injuries or sickness and have start over to regain they original spots or they were forced to give up, demoted against their will.
If you think of them more as professional sport team than Takamina's action is completely understandable.
All these are some of inside detail that AKB fans can pickup and enjoys, why AKB fans on this board and others that I go to have been pleasantly surprised by the details in this series.
|2012-07-05, 21:26
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Also since we don't know what happened to the past center, we don' t know if it's bad or not....since Acchan seem to went on her own free will meaning she don't consider it a bad thing and no one forced her. Also maybe it was the same for past centers too? But Miichan ran away which is an interesting detail.....
who know. And in that video, I was under the impression that the girls were attacked by DES again the way they were carrying the gun or in hiding. Maybe Chieri cried because Nagisa is the center for Nagisa no Cherry.
|2012-07-05, 21:49
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|2012-07-05, 22:57
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|2012-07-05, 23:15
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I wish Chieri wouldn't let her feeling of failure eat at her like this. No one has even hinted that she's not doing well... because that wouldn't be true. It's well-known that she's the most skilled among the 77th generation in terms of the purely physical tasks of the trade, and since she's been warming up to the others she's been making progress on the emotional side as well. I have high hopes that someday she and Nagisa will be able to make kirara glow on their own, without needing to be together to fill in each other's gaps, so to speak. But Chieri doesn't seem to see the progress she's making. A part of her has never gotten past that moment in the escape from the passenger liner when Yuuko told her what a kirara's glow meant... and she realized that it hadn't glowed for her once in four years.
It's painful to see her down on herself about this, when I have no doubt at all that she's wrong.
|2012-07-05, 23:33
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I actually have more problems with Nagisa's extreme nativity. "It's not about winning or losing" she said in the last episode. Did she already forget all those girls who failed the selection round? All of them lost!! They will get over it and move on to other things, but they lost their chance in AKB and that's a fact. Also, what about Yuuko, who won't become a Center Nova like she dreams of because she just doesn't have the glow? What about Takamina, who is crushing Kanata's dream as long as she stays in the group? And yeah, I know Nagisa doesn't know about Takamina or Yuuko, but she does know about all the girls from the selection round so her line of thinking has no excuse.
There are winners and losers in AKB, and Nagisa refusing to even acknowledge that reality is IMO kind of disrespectful to all the girls who couldn't achieve their dreams.
EDIT: I still like Nagisa though. I just think she needs as much emotional growth as Chieri does.
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|2012-07-06, 00:05
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True, but at same time, if you are too hang up on win/lose you won't be able to stand in that center that long and really one of the reason why real life Aachan was chosen as the constant center. But I agree, to discount it complete is way too naive. It should be that you battle and compete to your fullest, with a little luck, you'll come out on top. It not, try harder and wait for your next chance but while in between your all friends with each other working to make the group stronger, which is really how the real life AKB operates.
|2012-07-06, 00:22
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|2012-07-06, 00:49
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However, I believe Nagisa's view on the girls in the selection round is that you won't truly fail unless you give up. The girls in the selection round gave up. When faced with a threat to their ideals and dreams, they ran rather than face the challenge. Those who passed were those who had the will to stand and defend each other, and defend their dreams and the dreams of the people at the concert they thought they were protecting.
Chieri will not lose unless she chooses to give up and abandon her dreams. It's not about one person getting ahead of another. There is no "ahead" of anyone. There is only each girl's own path, which only that girl can follow. You do not win or lose: you simply follow your dream, until you either reach it, or abandon it.
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Papi pens another chapter with game-winning blast
BOSTON -- You can't blame Rangers manager Ron Washington for the matchup he chose. Lefty Neal Cotts had faced David Ortiz six times over the years, and struck him out in five of them while not allowing a hit.
But when it comes to Big Papi, those matchup advantages tend to disappear for the opponent when the game on the line.View Full Game Coverage
BOSTON -- You can't blame Rangers manager Ron Washington for the matchup he chose. Lefty Neal Cotts had faced David Ortiz six times over the years, and struck him out in five of them while not allowing a hit.
But when it comes to Big Papi, those matchup advantages tend to disappear for the opponent when the game on the line.View Full Game Coverage
The man known for his legendary heroics in the clutch came through yet again for the Red Sox on a day they needed it, walloping a three-run homer down the line in right with one out in the bottom of the eighth to overturn a deficit and lead his team to a 4-2 victory over the Rangers.
At 38 years old, Ortiz is showing no signs of slowing down.
"Seen that before, right?" Jonny Gomes said after Wednesday's game at Fenway Park. "It seems like we're just trying to win a ballgame and he's adding to his Hall of Fame resume. He's a heck of a player -- a heck of a clutch player."
Wth the count 1-1, Ortiz got all of an 89-mph fastball. The only question off the bat was whether the ball would stay fair.
It was hit so high that it was hard to tell. But Ortiz stood and watched, and then broke into the 433rd home run trot of his career as the Fenway faithful -- who had only seen three hits by the home team on the day until that moment -- roared with approval.
The umpires reviewed the call on replay, and it stood after a mere 44.1 seconds of viewing.
"It was pretty close, but I knew it was fair," said Ortiz. "I wanted to make sure it was fair. I stayed watching it. I don't know why I keep hitting balls down the line like that."
And so much for his previous struggles against Cotts.
"His ball moves hard away and late, against lefties especially," Ortiz said. "But that at-bat I had against him the other night helped me out to make some adjustments today. It worked."
Meanwhile, Washington couldn't have been too stunned that his sound strategy didn't quite work.
"Ortiz is good, no doubt about it," Washington said. "I felt comfortable with Neal up there against him. David won. It was the right decision. David won. There's no more explanation than that."
As for Cotts, the one time he didn't make just the pitch he wanted against Ortiz, he paid dearly for it.
"I threw a fastball decently in, it was just down," said Cotts. "That's not a good place to throw it with him. I wanted it more in on his hands."
The win couldn't have come at a better time for the Red Sox, who completed their first homestand with a 2-4 mark and are 4-5 as they head to New York for a four-game showdown with the Yankees.
"Huge hit," said Red Sox manager John Farrell. "Hopefully this gives us a little momentum finishing out a series win here. We go on a long road trip, hopefully this is a jump start for us. So many times he's bailed us out and no different today. Particularly with a matchup that was way in favor of Cotts. Five at-bats previous, five strikeouts. And this time David got him."
Even when the umpires challenged, Farrell was confident the initial call would be confirmed.
"You know from our angle, it's extremely difficult to tell. Jerry Meals makes the fair call on the homer," said Farrell. "We felt like it would be inconclusive at best with any kind of replay that was available. We made a call ourselves to see what the video was showing. Thankfully David comes up once again huge for us."
The Rangers had just gone in front in the top of the eighth, as Elvis Andrus sparked the rally with a leadoff double against Andrew Miller. Andrus moved to third on a grounder that went off of Miller's glove and over to Xander Bogaerts, who took the only out he had at first.
Alex Rios put his team in front for the first time all day with a sacrifice fly to medium-depth center that broke a 1-1 tie.
Jackie Bradley Jr. made a strong throw home, but it was just high and a tad late.
"I've got to get it down," said Bradley. "I've got to make a better throw. But I felt good coming out. Just got to get it down a little bit."
The Red Sox quickly regrouped. And it was Bradley who started the winning rally with a walk, his third of the day. A.J. Pierzynski stepped in as a pinch-hitter for Gomes and blooped a single to right, pushing runners to first and second with nobody out.
Dustin Pedroia hit into a fielder's choice, and that's when Washington went to Cotts.
The Red Sox reveled in the result.
"You can't count the big boy out," said Jake Peavy, who gave the Red Sox 6 2/3 solid innings in a no-decision. "You can't count this ballclub out. We're going to grind it out and play all 27 outs. I know we're not clicking on all facets of our game, but we certainly are grinding it out just as we always have, and you see once again you put the big man up in a big situation and he comes through."
Ortiz has come through too many times in that type of situation to suggest he doesn't relish it.
"He just needs a stage to be set up for him to come to play. David's a Hall of Famer," Peavy said. "David is as good as anyone who's ever put this uniform on. I say that hands down. I know there's some great history here. I can't imagine anybody more clutch when you look at what he did in the postseason, in previous postseasons, what he's done throughout his many years here, once again today."
There will come a day when the Red Sox look for somebody else to put them on their back when the situation demands it. For now, they will gladly have Ortiz at the plate in the biggest moments.
"He shines the most when the lights are the brightest. It's nothing new," said Gomes.
And for the Red Sox, it also never gets old.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne.

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AT&T Nokia Lumia 900 unboxing and OS tour videos surface
In the first video Enrique takes us through a good old fashion unboxing. As you can see, the packaging looks like it was styled to match AT&T's portfolio rather than Nokia's originality. Inside you will find the handset, documentation, a micro SIM removal tool, a white micro USB cord, and a really unique circular wall charger. Some may be disappointed to learn that there are no headphones packaged with this LTE Windows Phone.
The second video is a ten-minute showcase of the OS. Enrique takes us through the first power up and setup with a Windows Live ID. He spends the remainder of the video flipping through the interface and launching various features such as the pictures app, messaging, Marketplace, and people hub.
So, it appears that the AT&T Nokia Lumia 900 is out in the wild. We can only assume and hope that the official launch date will be revealed to us real soon.
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1. tigermcm (Posts: 861; Member since: 02 Sep 2009)
ummmm i assume you meant release date and not data but who said it doesnt ha date yet??? Last i checked and was confirmed by Nokia is it will be released April 8th online and phone and the 9th in stores
2. DechyX (Posts: 155; Member since: 16 May 2011)
I spoke to an AT&T rep today and they said they already have the demos in the back... so April is looking good
3. joey18 (Posts: 640; Member since: 20 Jul 2010)
Looking the phone for me looks so boring and outside looks so cheap iknow is beautyful phone but now is alot phones in the market so htc one. And nokia lumia htc one x will be the king bcs windows phones is to late to be in the market i will get th one. Is my. Choice respect other opinios
5. tigermcm (Posts: 861; Member since: 02 Sep 2009)
isnt the one an android? soooo what is the point of your comment again? oh also ENGLISH please!!
4. phonton (Posts: 65; Member since: 27 Dec 2011)
wow!! waiting to upgrade from my Samsung Focus to Lumia 900 :D not too late!
6. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
AT&T really dropped the ball on this. Should have been out in February or earlier in March. Now that so many other next-gen phones are so near I fear Nokia's missed its opening. I HOPE not, but all the carrier b.s. they probably put on it unnecessarily pushed its launch date and may make this a relatively stillborn launch, much like the Galaxy S2 was overshadowed by the iFail 4s' launch days before
8. snowgator (Posts: 3614; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
Actually Box, I disagree with you, but not for the reasons you may think.
Originally, the Apollo update was slated for a mid-Summer 2012 launch. To me, this was great timing: Multi-core, Hi-def screen support, launched about the same time as WP8 for PC's and the Tablet entries to promote the cross platform ecosystem. Coming in Mid-Summer also gave them a chance to slip the next OS version in between the hype of ICS Androids and all the rumors and hype of the next iPhone launch in the late part of 2012. If Microsoft had stuck to that plan, the 900 launching in April would have blown it. Apollo should be gearing up, and with the launch of low end Tango (which will kick off on time as compared to when they said it would) WP could actually be competing for a serious third place world wide in the OS race. The 900 would have been unimportant as better Nokia's were a couple months away.
But, Apollo is now a late 2012 launching, probably November. That gives Mango devices about 8 months to try and compete with top end offerings from Android. That puts it in the dead center of any iPhone 5 hype (if Apple sticks to it's rumored schedule). How does WP get momentum? How do they compete with quad-core ICS? Samsung has already said they are going to wait on Apollo for new devices. LG is silent, and will most likely have only a budget offering if one at all. HTC is going to release the Titan 2, but it is just a LTE update, (I think the big camera is just a gimick) and any "new" devices from HTC are Apollo bound. T-Mobiles Nokia is selling well, but Verizon and Sprint are waiting on Apollo as well.
I think the 900 should wait until May, than explode with promotion and hype. This is the only device that has a prayer of keeping WP in the minds of consumers until Apollo kicks off. How can it hold up for 8 months? It can't. Maybe 3 to 4 months if it is a great device, which I believe it will be. But it is only on one carrier, and WP needs to start showing sales improvements. I am worried when Apollo does launch, 2012 will be a lost cause.
7. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
it look so sexy… i wish they would have shown a white one though cause im interested to see what that one looks like
9. shadez10 (Posts: 427; Member since: 15 Jan 2012)
the lumia 900 looks so sleek... its like a stealth phone like the lumia 800.. xD
10. Schmao (Posts: 365; Member since: 05 Jul 2009)
What is the point of doing a software tour? It's windows phone so they on the software front, things are near identical until major updates.
11. tward291 (Posts: 559; Member since: 14 Feb 2012)
man i want this phone but im on tmobile so i will have to wait
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i want to be excited but ive seen and played with this before actually everyone whos played with a windows device has had this phone..... im waiting to see if they do anything exciting with windows 8 so im not bored out of my mind. "customer: so whats the difference.
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As usual at the end of the season, I hand out my picks for the Atlanta Falcons players most deserving of seven different awards. Let's start with the most valuable player on offense.
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Jones is clearly the best player on the Falcons roster and has been for a while now. He dominated the early part of the 2015 season, catching an NFL record 34 passes in the first three games of the season. That coupled with his 440 yards and four touchdowns in that span put him on pace for a nearly impossible 181 catches, 2,347 yards and 21 touchdowns, all but the latter of which would have broken NFL single-season records.
Jones however did not maintain that stellar pace, finishing the year with 136 catches for 1,871 yards and eight touchdowns. The two former marks wound up finishing second in the NFL's record books, nearly eclipsing the single-season records of Marvin Harrison (143 catches set in 2002) and Calvin Johnson (1,964 yards set in 2012).
But things started to take a dip for Jones in Week Four of the season where he was an afterthought in the offense. And it was clear by the next game against the Washington Redskins that Jones was sporting a serious injury. It was not a coincidence that the Falcons offense went into a bit of a lull thereafter and became often maligned as the team lost seven of their next eight games. Jones scored only twice in that span and managed to eclipse 100 yards receiving just three times.
Without Jones' ability to dominate the competition and thus drive the offense, the play-calling, leadership and subsequent job security of new offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan came into question. Essentially the Falcons were once again the "one-man team" spearheaded by Jones, struggling to generate offense and score points when Jones was not a big part of the equation.
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Cooper: Hugo Chavez of Baseball?
I'm going to let you in on a little secret.
Cooper's new nickname in the Astros' clubhouse is Hugo Chavez, whom you all may know is that Fidel Castro wannabe who runs Venezuela. I was informed of that fact yesterday at Wrigley Field, and that was before Cooper's second-guessing special.
I tried my hardest to find somebody to go on the record - other than Cooper - defending his late-inning decisions. I couldn't find anybody, although I didn't check with bench coach Ed Romero, who is on his job because he's Cooper's great friend.
I asked first base coach Jose Cruz for a comment, but Cruz politely said, "I just work here."
Let's be clear that players win and lose games, but they also have to believe in their manager. For the first time since I described the clubhouse as toxic last year in Baltimore, this visit to Wrigley is the first time when I've been approached with so many disgruntled players.
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JJO is a PUNK and should keep his mouth shut. He's proven biased and hypocritical...someone should remind him of the time he bitched and moaned about Larussa's dui but met fans at a bar and drank and drove home...it's a TRUE story....he's a HYPOCRITE..
- May 17, 2009 at 12:52 PM
- Ty said...
Oh, Anon, (can I call you Anon? I feel as though we've reached that point in our relationship...), you can always make me laugh...
Coop sucks. Not right for this team. He's in trouble, extension or not.
Now, Anon, watch this trick. I'll even sign my name to my e-pinion! Crazy, I know...
- May 18, 2009 at 9:57 AM
- The Constable. said...
I'll stay away from where this thread is going, but I will say that I am nervous about Cooper losing control of the team (if it hasn't happened already).
There's a secondary question which should be asked beyond the "Should the Astros fire Cooper?" And that question is "Who would replace him?"
- May 18, 2009 at 2:00 PM
- Ty said...
Buddy of mine keeps saying Bobby Valentine. Apparently, he's coaching the Tokyo Giants. There's a blast from the past, eh? But, I haven't seen him. Maybe he's in disguise...
- May 18, 2009 at 2:07 PM
- The Constable. said...
I've also heard Buck Showalter somewhere. The problem, from what I understand (which could be very little), is Drayton's clinginess...
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Several Australian companies are developing 'talking' digital TV set-top boxes that provide synthetic speech descriptions of electronic program guide data, program information and menu options. These digital TV set-top boxes have already been trialled in Australia during the digital TV switchover in regional Victoria, and could be distributed to blind or vision-impaired pensioners around Australia as part of the Federal Government's digital TV switchover Household Assistance Scheme.
The Household Assistance Scheme, earmarked at $308.8million in the 2011-12 Federal Budget, aims to provide eligible pensioners with access to free or subsidised digital TV set-top boxes as well as necessary installation, education and support services. Pensioners eligible for the full rate of the Disability Support Pension, including blind and vision-impaired citizens, are covered under the Household Assistance Scheme.
A recent survey conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics calculated that around 400,000 people in Australia are blind or have some degree of vision loss that affects their ability to read print, restricting their access to many of the services digital TV offers. Almost 12000 Australians are on the Disability Support Pension, while another 16000 receive the Aged Pension (Blind).
Digital Switchover Taskforce public affairs manager Matt Francis said the technology was new to Australia and that testing had been undertaken, but no guarantees could be made on whether talking set-top boxes would be covered by the upcoming Scheme. "This kind of technology has been developed in other countries, but there is currently no talking set-top box available in the Australian marketplace.
"The talking set-top box trial has been conducted in the regional Victoria switchover. [It] is designed to help people who are blind or have a vision impairment to navigate the electronic program guide, digital text, on-screen menus and the settings of their TV."
The Victorian trial of the talking set-top boxes has been completed, and the DBCDE will have a final report by late June this year. According to Mr Francis, no decisions have been made as to whether the talking set-top boxes would be included in the Household Assistance Scheme.
Francis also said that money for the trial came from an existing Government allocation. "The trial was funded as part of the regional Victoria switchover and is not part of the $308.8m allocated for the Household Assistance Scheme through to 2013." The testing and development of talking set-top boxes has been part of the Digital Switchover Taskforce's mission since the process began: "Set-top boxes designed to meet the needs of the elderly and people with disabilities [have] been a requirement of the scheme since its inception."
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Finished Gridlock Dress
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This is my entry tot he Tessuti Gridlock competition. I'm only a beginner so I don't know what possessed me to enter, but I enjoyed the challenge!
It is made from a self drafted pattern, the inside is not lined but all the seams are bound in bias binding. The neckline, arm holes and hem is also bound with bias binding, although it's only visible on the inside at the neckline. It also has hidden side-seam pockets. I tried to keep them really hidden so the lining can only be seen about an inch into the pocket. I've used the other side of the fabric for a strip at the shoulder, and used a metal zip which goes almost all the way down the back of the circle skirt. I'm quite proud of it, as it felt like a lot of work went into it.
You can read more about it on my blog Sleek Silhouette
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Gridlock jaquard fabric from Tessuti.
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Apr 4, 2013, 09.29 AMby Ruffles Gazebo
goodluck!! this is so simple and uses the fabrics so nicely. the trim adds a really nice and fun touch! i buoght fabric but didnt get around to making anything, i hope you do well!
Apr 3, 2013, 07.05 PMby BeYou TiFul
you did a great job!
Apr 2, 2013, 03.03 PMby sadienorway
This is great! Good job :)
Apr 2, 2013, 01.20 PMby kisses
Cute dress….nice fabric and I like the way it shapes
Apr 2, 2013, 02.31 AMby neveenkarnes
cute cute cute… well done!!! looks great on you and good luck ….
Apr 1, 2013, 09.10 PMby liliv-1
You have every right to be proud. It's a very well drafted and very well finished dress and you look very pretty in it. You have obviously much talent and most of all, love for sewing.
Apr 1, 2013, 04.47 PMby Debbie Alli
Beautiful dress and beautifully finished. I agree with the comments above – you clearly have talent and good luck in the contest!
Apr 1, 2013, 03.43 PMby chula123
it is adorable ! Congratulations, you are obviously very talented !!
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Wow, thank you! That's very kind
Apr 1, 2013, 03.28 PMby Mary Athey
its gorgeous and good on you for drafting and making this dress. it looks like you've been sewing for years. good luck x
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That's such a lovely compliment, thank you!
Apr 1, 2013, 03.25 PMby aur0ra
This is so cute! I love that it has pockets. Well done drafting the pattern.
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Thank you! I love the pockets, I think they're my favorite bit!
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Insects are cold-blooded animals, notes Abby Seaman, vegetable IPM coordinator with the New York State Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program at Cornell University. Their body temperature is approximately the same as their environment, and that is an important environmental factor influencing their distribution, development, survival and reproduction, she says. One example of changing pest patterns is the corn earworm in upstate New York. A network of pheromone traps is used to monitor the flights of the major worm pests of sweet corn. When the network was started nearly 20 years ago, corn earworm, a migratory pest that is not known to overwinter in upstate New York, arrived in the area sometime between late July and late August. "Now we are seeing a flight early in the season, either from migration or possibly from overwintering in New York, and farmers are having to apply more insecticides to manage them," Seaman says. The current evidence shows a likelihood of more outbreaks from a wider variety of insects and pathogens, either due to overwintering in new geographies or by migrating from a shorter distance, Seaman explains. "We can't definitively attribute this to climate change, but whatever the reason, we're likely to see more unfamiliar pests," she says. "Farmers just need to be vigilant in scouting their fields and keeping records, and current IPM recommendations already play well into that." Lewis Ziska, a plant physiologist with USDA–Agricultural Research Service, offers some additional examples of how rising temperatures affect pest migration. "The current distribution of both Japanese honeysuckle and kudzu is limited by low winter temperatures," he says. "Global warming could extend their northern limits by several hundred miles." Ziska says he hopes research can continue so farmers are not caught unaware by possible shifting pest populations. Whether climate change is man-made or driven by Mother Nature, whether it's fleeting or here to stay is immaterial. If volatile times are ahead, and if unexpected pests are lurking, farmers who are versatile and adaptable will have the most success. Continued climate change education could even lead to profitable production practices, Grubinger says. "Many actions that address climate change are simply good management practices," he says. "For example, improved irrigation and drainage systems; efficient use of nitrogen fertilizer and manure; greater farm energy efficiency; cover cropping to add carbon to the soil; and development of local markets to reduce packaging, transportation and storage, which all use energy and create greenhouse gases." Back to news


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- Is the community really driven by these conferences? An Underlying assumption of these discussions has been that someone judges us based on the number of STOC/FOCSs we have. Who is this mysterious someone? Is it our departments? Our Colleges? Ourselves? Granting agencies?
Well it's not really that mysterious: I'd say all of the above.
- Is it bad that we are so judged?? PRO: Its good to have a central place where you know the good papers are. CON: The rest of the items on this list are about what problems there are in judging quality CON: Some of these papers are never put into proper journal form. CAVEAT: Is the Journal-Refereeing system all that good to decry that it is lacking here?
Nothing wrong with being judged. However, the assumption that FOCS/STOC is the repository of all "good papers" is problematic. And personally, I'm tired of people complaining all the time about journal refereeing. The SAME people who review papers cursorily for conferences are the ones who do it for journals. If conference reviewing is "OK", what makes journal refereeing so terrible?
- Other fields do not have high-prestige conferences- why do we and is it a good thing?. Our field moves fast so we want to get results out fast. It is not clear that FOCS/STOC really do this. Using the web and/or Blogs can get the word out. Important new results in theory get around without benefit of conferences. For results just below that threshold its harder to say.
I'm sorry. I'm having a hard time getting through the fog of hubris around this statement. I fail to understand how we can have the gall to stand up and say that CS theory moves a lot faster than any field that abjures conferences. Bio journals publish every few weeks, and there are mountains of papers that show up. For a closer-to-home example of the herd mentality that often drives research in theoryCS, papers in string theory appear at high rates without needing the acceleration of conferences.
- Are the papers mostly good?
As I was saying to someone the other day, it's unlikely that you'll find more than a couple bad FOCS/STOC papers in each proceedings. So, Yes.
- Is their a Name-School-bias? Is their a Name-person-bias? Some have suggested anonymous submissions to cure this problem.
After a recent SODA, someone levelled this complaint against the committee, both in terms of committee composition, as well as paper acceptance. There is some info on this matter here.
- Is their an area-bias? There are several questions here: (1) is the list-of-topics on the conference annoucement leaving off important parts of theory? (2) is the committee even obeying the list as is? (3) have some areas just stopped submitting?
I'd argue that there is (mostly) faddism rather than bias; certain topics gain a certain cachet in certain years, and often papers that in other years might not have cracked a FOCS/STOC list do so. However, (3) is definitely true to a degree for computational geometry and data structures. I've lost count of the number of people who claim that they only submit to STOC/FOCS because of tenure pressure. It's not clear to me whether actions match words in this regard, but the prevailing sentiment, at least in these two areas, is strong.
- Is their a Hot-area-bias?
YES: see above.
- Is their a mafia that controls which topics gets in?
I've never been on a FOCS/STOC committee, but I'd strongly doubt this. I think our community is full of strong personalities, and it's hard to imagine that many people working together with such cohesion :)
- Is their a bias towards people who can sell themselves better? To people that can write well?
Undoubtedly so. However, this cannot be viewed as a problem per se. It's just a function of human nature; if you understand something better, or it seems clearer, you will often view it favorably. And there's nothing wrong in creating an evolutionary pressure towards better writing and "framing"
- Is their a bias towards making progress on old problems rather than starting work on new problems?
Not really. I think there's a mix of preferences, and that reflects individual interests.
- Is their a bias towards novel or hard techniques?
Again, I suspect people have their own viewpoints; some like beautiful proofs, some like novel techniques, some are impressed by technical wizardry , and so on.
- Is it just Random? Aside from the clearly good and clearly bad papers, is it random? Is even determining clearly good and clearly bad also random? One suggestion is to make it pseudo-random by using the NW-type generators. This solves the problem in that since it really is random it is less prestigous and most of the problems on this list go away. Would also save time and effort since you would not need a program committee.
Well since the vast majority of submissions to any conference are in the mushy middle, we have to invoke the proposition that I think is attributed to Baruch Awerbuch: the probability of a paper being accepted is a random variable whose expectation is a function of the paper quality, and whose variance is a function of the program committee.
- Are there many very good papers that do not get in? It has been suggested that we go to double sessions so that more get in. If the quality of papers has been going up over time this might make sense and would not dilute quality.
This goes back to the dual conflicting roles of a conference: quality stamping and dissemination. You will almost certainly dilute the first by increasing paper acceptances, but you will only help the second.
- Is 10 pages too short for submissions? This was part of Vijay's Video Suggestion. Are figures and diagrams counted for those 10 pages? If they are they shouldn't be.
Too short for what ? Reviewers, with the number of papers they need to review, can hardly be expected to read 20 page submissions. And as an aside, if you can spend the time on a video review to explain the paper, why can't you use the same time to write a GOOD outline of the main ideas in one section of the paper itself ?
- Are many submissions written at the last minute and hence badly written?
- Are many submissions written by the authors taking whatever they have by the deadline and shoving it into a paper?
- Since the conference is about all of theory, can any committee do a good job?Vijay was partially addressing this problem by trying to find a way to make their job easier.
Committees try, with extensive outsourcing, but it's essentially an impossible task, and one should not expect perfection.
- Do other conferences have these problems? That is, the more specialized conferences- do they have similar problems? Why or why not?
Allowing PC members to submit changes the review dynamics tremendously. It increases the reviewer pool, reduces reviewer load, but also reduces the quality of review ratings. Most other communities allow PC submissions, so it's really hard to compare. I am NOT advocating going this route.
- Do you actually get that much out of the talks? If not then it is still valuable to to go for the people you meet in the hallways?
Schmoozing is much more effective for me than attending talks. But that's just me. Others may have different viewpoints.
- For all the items above, even if true, are they bad? Some have suggested that bias towards big-names is okay.
Bias towards "big-names" is braindead. Bias towards quality is perfectly fine. A correlation between "big-names" and quality does not imply that one should be replaced by the other.
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Friday, April 20, 2007
FOCS/STOC Reviewing
Bill Gasarch has a long list of questions about paper review processes at FOCS/STOC (what happened to SODA?) following up on Vijay Vazirani's not-radical-enough guest post about submitting videos along with submissions. Since it's tedious to post a list of answers to so many questions in comments, I'll post it here, and let Blogger trackback work its magic.
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If you own a '97-'06 Jeep Wrangler TJ then you know that there's no shortage of suspension systems in the aftermarket. With long-arm upgrades, coilover conversions, and wheelbase stretch kits all the rage these days, it can be a little overwhelming for someone who isn't looking to go all-out but still wants a quality suspension lift.
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This weekend I have been messing around a little with the boot process, and found myself inspecting the default initrd shipped with Fedora.
Where are all of the commands listed in the init script kept? Some that I do not recognize which are not found on the nash man page are setuproot and loadpolicy.
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From UML to OpenXava with MOSKitt
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Would you like to draw a UML class diagram and get a Java EE AJAX application from it? Now you can do it using MOSKitt and OpenXava.
Modeling Software KIT (MOSKitt) is a FREE CASE tool, built on Eclipse which is being developed by the Conselleria de Infraestructuras, Territorio y Medio Ambiente to support the gvMétrica methodology (adapting Métrica III to its specific needs). gvMétrica uses techniques based on the UML modeling language.
Since September 2011 MOSKitt has a generator for OpenXava. Apart of generating OpenXava code from class diagrams, MOSKitt for OpenXava has a visual UI dessign tool called Sketcher, that allows you to define OpenXava views using the mouse.
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Part one of our end-of-term blog posts was dedicated to some tips on using bbUI.js. For this post, let's hear from John Yan of UBC, who worked on BlackBerry WebWorks Native Extensions and also learned Cascades for his final project:
"The past two months have definitely been busy times yet also they have also been a highlight in my four years of university studies. Not mentioning the various school projects that I had to make, I had the honor of working as an open source developer for RIM and for the new BlackBerry 10 device. While learning how to properly use the various SDK's and programming tools has been time consuming (at least for me), it was thoroughly satisfying to see the app I designed or the extension that I have implemented slowly evolving into something I am proud of. Despite the various tools that I attempted to master in the past two months, I would like to write a little bit specifically about the Native SDK that I had used.
The Native SDK contains a set of tools that greatly aided in my quest to write code for apps or native extensions for the BlackBerry WebWorks SDK. It might sound strange to use one SDK to write code for another SDK, but that is how awesome the program is.
Focusing on the app writing component, the Native SDK contains QNX Momentics, which is an Integrated Development Environment. Momentics has a very user friendly GUI. Based on the open Eclipse IDE, developers who are familiar with Eclipse will find Momentics very simple to master, which is certainly the reason that I chose it to write several testing apps for my native extension and a gaming app.
To write an app, there is the option of using Cascades. Cascades is a framework that is very flexible when it comes to integrating GUI components and your actual code. It uses a mixture of QML and C++. As a developer, you have the option of using both, or either one of them. QML contains numerous UI elements that can be ported onto the phone, while the C++ side allows developers to easily implement the various logics needed for their apps. In addition, the two can be easily combined; one side can easily call the other with only a few lines of code. Apart from using the BlackBerry WebWorks SDK to create apps using JavaScript and HTML5 (which is another excellent way to write BlackBerry 10 apps), I found that Cascades and the Native API simple to learn and flexible enough for wide varieties of tasks.
A few words of advice when integrating C++ with QML:
- Don't forget to add Q_INVOKABLE in the header file for methods that will be called by your QML code.
- If you do decide to write C++ code, be sure to create your QML Page, NavigationPane, or any AbstractPane that you decide to use, in C, or else your C code would not be able to have a pointer to such page.
- <QmlDocument variable>->setContextProperty("<Name You Give To Your C++ Class>", this); is a line in C++ which is needed for your QML side to access the c side.
- ObjectName is a field required for your containers. ID field is only for QML access while ObjectName is used for C++ access.
- And remember to have always fun when creating an app for your new BlackBerry device!!!"
And now, I promised a summary of what we accomplished during the term and what's being planned for next term. This term was our first time being involved with UCOSP and it was definitely a learning experience. The six students we had participate were all exceptional, and even though they were new to BlackBerry development, they learned fast and are all creating applications to release in BlackBerry World before the launch. One of the greatest challenges we faced was in getting familiar with Git. I told the students that Git is "intentionally hard", but for next term I intend to put together a getting started guide that will be of use to all our new Open Source contributors, so they get over the initial learning curve easier. Once you get going with Git, it really is pretty great, but at first glance it's quite daunting.
Our students writing BlackBerry WebWorks extensions were able to create five extensions, which is really outstanding, especially given the short amount of time they actually had to work on them and never having done Extensions before. The students writing for bbUI.js had similar results, getting several updates into the bbUI.js framework as part of version 0.9.5. Most of their updates were in adding dynamic APIs to bbUI.js controls, which is very important for making bbUI.js capable of taking on more advanced application needs.
Finally, our plans continue into next term. We will be working with students from across Canada again on BlackBerry 10 WebWorks projects, and I'm currently investigating some project options. We may do some more extensions and bbUI.js work, but we might tackle a significant project for the benefit of all WebWorks developers. One thing is for sure: I can hardly wait to meet the new and returning students at the kickoff sprint in the New Year and get to work with them.


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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg Tigers overcame a slow start to pull away from Denison for a 38-20 Homecoming Weekend victory.
Playing before a boisterous crowd numbering more than 4,000, the Tigers improved to 4-1 overall and 4-0 in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC). Denison, which was off to its best start since 1986 with four wins in its first five games, fell to 4-2 overall and 3-2 in the league. The Big Red have not beaten Wittenberg since 1989, the Tigers' first season in the NCAC.
Unlike many of the games between the two teams over the last two decades, this one was a back-and-forth struggle until the fourth quarter. Denison controlled the ball for more than 34 minutes in the game, utilizing a short passing game to effectively put together long drives - especially in the first half.
The Big Red capitalized on the first of three Wittenberg turnovers to jump on top with a field goal at 7:40 of the first quarter, but the Tigers responded with a 73-yard touchdown strike from senior quarterback Reed Florence (South Charleston, Ohio/Southeastern) to senior wide receiver Brendon Cunningham (Kettering, Ohio/Fairmont) less than a minute later.
In the second quarter, Denison again struck first, this time on a 52-yard punt return by Colin Morris, only to have the Tigers come up with a quick reply as sophomore Evan Grissom (Piqua, Ohio/Piqua) drilled a 30-yard field goal and senior cornerback Victor Banjo (Sugarland, Texas/Stephen F. Austin) blocked a punt to set up a touchdown pass from Florence to junior wideout Zac Wilson (Eaton, Ohio/Eaton) covering three yards.
A total of 31 points were scored over the final 7:32 of the second quarter, capped by Cunningham's second TD reception of the game that trailed Morris' second score.
Denison scored the only points of the third quarter on a field goal, but Cunningham and Florence hooked up again to finally give the Tigers some breathing at the 13:50 mark of the fourth quarter. Wittenberg put the finishing touches on the scoring with a one-yard touchdown run by sophomore tailback Sean Gary (Indianapolis, Ind./Decatur Central).
For the game, Wittenberg outgained Denison by a healthy margin of 480-301, but the Big Red actually held a 23-20 edge in first downs, in addition to their aforementioned advantage in time of possession. Denison also held a 3-1 edge in the turnover margin, as the Tigers fumbled once and had two passes intercepted in the end zone.
Wittenberg, which also was penalized a whopping 14 times for 118 yards, overcame the miscues with an outstanding second-half defensive performance and a passing attack that racked up 351 yards. Cunningham piled up six catches for 136 yards, Wilson added five receptions for 105 yards and senior Desi Kirkman (Lima, Ohio/Central Catholic) chipped in with three catches for 92 yards.
Florence finished 16-of-22 through the air for 351 yards and four touchdowns.
Defensively, four Tigers reached double figures in tackles, led by senior linebacker Spencer Leno (Massillon, Ohio/Washington) with 13 to go along with two passes broken up. Junior linebacker Nick Gibson (Marysville, Ohio/Fairbanks) added 12 stops and a forced fumble, while senior linebacker Evan Killilea (Columbus, Ohio/DeSales) finished with 11 and sophomore defensive tackle Josh Bannick (Enon, Ohio/Greenon) contributed 10.


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Bobby Santos of Franklin, Mass. will try to score an unprecedented third consecutive Traxxas USAC Silver Crown victory at Lucas Oil Raceway Saturday in the second USAC "Hall of Fame Classic."
Saturday's event salutes USAC's 57-year heritage as twelve individuals will be inducted into the USAC Hall of Fame during ceremonies prior to the 100-lap feature event. They include Henry Banks, Tony Bettenhausen, Tom Bigelow, Pancho Carter, Earl Baltes, Jack Hewitt, Johnny Rutherford, Bobby and Al Unser, A.J. Watson, Don White and Bob Wilke.
The opening race of the 2013 Silver Crown series features former Lucas Oil Raceway Silver Crown race winners Santos, East (3), Tracy Hines, Brian Tyler, Kody Swanson and Russ Gamester. East is the defending series champion, while Hines' 13 victories in various series leads all USAC drivers at the .686-mile paved oval.
Jason Leffler holds the one-lap LOR track record of 121.667 mph. from 2000, while Mike Bliss set the 100-lap record of 104.306 mph in 2001.
Tyler, East and Levi Jones will each try to give their car owners the all-time lead in terms of career series victories. Tyler pilots a car fielded by Six-R Racing, while East and Jones team up in cars fielded by Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing. Each have 27 series wins.
In the 37 previous LOR Silver Crown races, 25 drivers have tasted victory lane, with only seven scoring multiple wins.
Grandstand ticket holders at LOR will have all-access pit passes to enjoy the evening's activities and a special Hall of Fame autograph session is planned from 6:30-7:30 pm.


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Kaj Pindal tells me that February 17 is Børge Ring's birthday, so I want to take this opportunity to wish Børge many happy returns.
I wrote about his film Anna and Bella here, and it remains a touchstone film for me. Many independent animated films can only be appreciated by artists or fans, but Børge's films don't require any special knowledge or perspective in order to be appreciated. Because his films are about families and relationships, they speak to the world.
I recently read a profile of filmmaker Jean Renoir by Penelope Gilliatt and she quotes Renoir as saying, "Something many people ignore is that there is no such thing as interesting work without the contact of the public -- the collaboration, perhaps. When you are listening to great music, what you are really doing is enjoying a good conversation with a great man, and this is bound to be fascinating. We watch a film to know the filmmaker. It's his company we're after, not his skill."
I agree with Renoir's viewpoint. There are relatively few animation filmmakers I choose to keep company with, and Børge is certainly one of them. If you are unfamiliar with his films, take a look at Anna and Bella, Oh My Darling and Run of the Mill. And will someone PLEASE collect these films and the documentary on Børge and release them on DVD?
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Happy Birthday Børge
4 comments:
- Michael Sporn said...
May I second that?
Happy Birthday, Borge.
Thanks, Mark, for callling attention to the date.
- February 17, 2008 10:28 AM
- Benjamin De Schrijver said...
Happy Birthday!
- February 17, 2008 1:03 PM
- David Nethery said...
I'll add a third voice (loudly ) :
A very Happy Birthday to Mr. Borge Ring !
Long may you wave !
- February 17, 2008 1:31 PM
Happy Birthday Borge!
- February 19, 2008 5:24 PM
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. DT516.828.B43 A3 2007. (Another copy is on reserve.)
A Long Way Gone Memoir of a Boy Soldier. Audio Renaissance, 2007.
DT516.828.B43 A3 2007a (7 CD discs).
Abbas, Fatin. "The New Face of Warfare." Nation 28 May 2007: 38-44. Academic Search Complete. EBSCOHost. Otterbein University Library. Westerville. 30 June 2008.
Reviews A Long Way Home: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah, and two other books.
Boyd, William. "Babes in Arms." The New York Times 25 Feb. 2007, sec. 7: 12.
LexisNexis® Academic. Otterbein University Library. Westerville. 1 July 2008
Children and Armed Conflict. Prod. Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict. UNICEF, 2007. 26 May 2008 http://www.un.org/children/conflict/english/videos.htm.
Ishmael Beah narrates this video to mark the 10th anniversary of the landmark United Nations report by Graça Machel, "Impact of Armed Conflict on Children." (Streaming Video, 6:39).
Conversation: Author Recalls Soldier Experience. Online NewsHour: PBS.
5 Apr. 2007. 26 June 2008 http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june07/beah_04-05.html.
Hummel, Joseph. "Diamonds are a Smuggler's Best Friend: Regulation, Economics, and Enforcement in the Global Effort to Curb the Trade in Conflict Diamonds." International Lawyer 41.4 (2007): 1145-1169. EBSCOHost. Otterbein University Library. Westerville. 30 June 2008.
The author reflects on the significant role of the civil wars and conflicts in the history of Africa and acknowledges Ishmael Beah for his contribution and advocacy towards civil war prevention worldwide.
"Interview with Ishmael Beah." Kennedy School Review 7 (2007): 1-5. Academic Search Complete. EBSCOHost. Otterbein Library. Westerville. 30 June 2008.
An interview with Ishmael Beah.... When asked about the relationship of advocates with politicians to address child soldiering, he stated that it is critical for advocates to cooperate with governments to stop the use of children in war. He recommended that aid workers should understand the culture and sensitivity of people they are helping.
Ishmael Beah on the Daily show with Jon Stewart. Comedy Central. 15 Feb. 2007. 2 July 2008 http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=82274.
Mengestu, Dinaw. "Children of War." New Statesman 136.4849 (2007): 60-1.
Academic Search Complete. EBSCOHost. Otterbein University Library. Westerville.
2 July 2008.
Reviews What is the What by Dave Eggers, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah, and Burma Boy by Biyi Bandele.
Robinson, Tennille M. "Back Talk." Black Enterprise 38.3 (2007): 164. Academic Search Complete. EBSCOHost. Otterbein University Library. Westerville 2 July 2008. An interview with Ishmael Beah, an author and a member of the Human Rights Watch Children's Rights Division Advisory Committee. When asked about his homeland, Sierra Leone, Beah said that it is the place he holds in his heart despite the difficult memories he had in the place.
Thomas, Rishma. "Picking Up the Pieces: A Child Soldier's Reflection."
Kennedy School Review 7 (2007): 7-9. Academic Search Complete. EBSCOHost Otterbein University Library. Westerville. 30 June 2008.
A review of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, by Ishmael Beah.
UNICEF - Voices of Youth: Take Action. UNICEF. 2 July 2008
Ishmael Beah is profiled and his speech and journals from the Religions for Peace Youth Assembly, August 21-25 2006 in Hiroshima are available to read.
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