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These five Okanagan wineries have a number of things in common: fascinating tours, exquisite wines and innovative, environmentally friendly agriculture.
With seemingly endless miles of pristine lakes, sandy beaches, and scenic strolls, The Okanagan Valley is one of the most beautiful destinations in the world. Add to that its thriving agricultural scene, where orchards, vegetable farms and vineyards abound (217 licensed wineries at last count), and the table is set for a truly decadent getaway.
A growing number of Okanagan wineries are taking steps to protect this extraordinary landscape while continuing to produce premium wines that reflect the unique terroir of their vineyards. With friends in tow, I visited five of my favourite wineries, driving from Kelowna to Oliver, tasted some exquisite wines, and learned about the array of environmentally friendly approaches these winemakers and viticulturists are taking to lead the sustainable way.
It's very exciting to see how the passion for what they're doing translates into the glass. Drinking wine is an enjoyable experience to begin with, but since my discovery of B.C. wine began I tend to reach for local bottles at the liquor store, getting even more enjoyment from sipping varietals made from ground I've stood on and viticulturists and winemakers I've had the privilege of getting to know.
First stop, Tantalus Vineyards in the hills overlooking Kelowna. Tantalus has some of the oldest vines in the Okanagan, dating back to the early 1970s, and you can taste that history in their Old Vines Riesling - if you can get your hands on one of the coveted bottles. In the winery's modern tasting room, concrete floors and floor-to-ceiling picture windows that look out over the vineyard are juxtaposed with a large collection of First Nation masks carved by Dempsey Bob surrounded by Tantalus's wines which bear different masks on each their labels. Tantalus, with its sleek white energy-efficient building perched above the vineyard, is B.C.'s first certified LEED winery, which means they've put a lot of effort into sustainable site development, water efficiency, energy efficiency, materials selection, and indoor environmental quality. Their approach in the vineyard, said general manager Jane Hatch as we walked around the property, is to think about the surrounding ecosystem as a whole. They have a wild, 10-acre forest in the middle of their approximately 75-acre property, where they house more than 30 beehives for their neighbours at Arlo's Honey Farm, and they practise natural farming in an organic style (but aren't certified).
Five kilometres south, Summerhill Pyramid Winery has been practising organic farming since founder Steven Cipes bought the property in the 1980s. Summerhill achieved certified organic status in 2007 and became the first Demeter biodynamic certified winery in B.C. in 2012, and three of Steven's four grown sons are now actively involved in the daily operations. One of those sons, CEO Ezra Cipes, gave us an in-depth tour of the property with stops at a quiet clearing in the forest beyond a bright red Japanese bridge, a First Nations lodge, and, of course, the pyramid all of which are part of the self-guided tour. Biodynamics is a fascinating "beyond-organic" practice that doesn't stop with the absence of chemicals - its driving principle is to increase ecosystem biodiversity, resulting in better plant immunity and resistance to pests. All of Summerhill's wines - like my go-to bubbly, the award winning Cipes Brut, and one of my favourite new deep and delicious reds, the Alive Organic Red - are finished in the pyramid, a perfectly precise replica of the Great Pyramid of Egypt, for a minimum of 30 days. A great place to enjoy Summerhill's wines is on the expansive patio at their amazing, 100 per cent organic restaurant, Sunset Organic Bistro.
Located on the west side of Lake Okanagan, about 45 kilometres south of Kelowna, Okanagan Crush Pad, is an innovative custom crush facility in Summerland with nearly a dozen clients, plus their own labels Haywire and Bartier Schofield. They've also begun transitioning to biodynamic farming at their Switchback vineyard where they grow Pinot Gris, and have been totally biodynamic (although not yet certified) from the get-go at their new 312-acre plot in the Garnet Valley. They plan to leave about 250 acres wild, to be used as thoroughfares for resident animals that include mule deer, cougars, coyotes, bears and rattlesnakes. Settle into a chair on the Crush Pad patio where you can pair their wines with your own picnic, or step inside the O Tasting Lounge - be sure to try their juicy Haywire Switchback Vineyard Pinot Gris - and you'll see a row of concrete eggs, Canada's first temperature-controlled egg-shaped concrete fermentation tanks, whose rough insides encourage the growth of natural vineyard yeast. In the vineyard, they've reverted to some old-fashioned farming methods like scything weeds by hand instead of using a tractor, and employing critters like chickens (housed in luxury coop with used wine barrels for nesting boxes) and adorable babydoll sheep to gobble up pests, act as natural lawn mowers, and provide fertilizing manure.
About 60 kilometres south of Summerland near Oliver, Le Vieux Pin has some cute little helpers supporting their minimal input approach. About 60 chickens of nearly a dozen different breeds, who greet you as pass by on your way to the winery, are unleashed on vineyard pests and happily return to their poultry palace on their own accord after a hard day's work. "The whole philosophy is to have a sustainable vineyard," says winemaker and viticulturist Severine Pinte, who strives to "preserve what we get in the vineyard all the way through," resulting in some exciting wines like their 2011 Ava Viognier (named for her daughter) and 2011 Syrah Cuvee Violette. You'll get the full romantic French experience sipping wines made in the French style in the elegant tasting room, listening to Pinte gracefully describe their character. Outside, clusters of aromatic lavender surround the winery - named for the lone pine tree standing guard over the vineyard.
On the other side of the valley, five kilometres away, Tinhorn Creek's winemaker and CEO Sandra Oldfield is making some exciting wines of her own. "It's doing so well for us," says Oldfield of the buzzedabout 2010 Oldfield Series Cabernet Franc. "Having been here for 20 years, I've always been exploring the same site," says Oldfield, of both their Golden Mile Bench and Black Sage Bench vineyards, which has no doubt had an impact on not only her skill as a winemaker but her connection to the land. Tinhorn Creek became Canada's first carbon-neutral winery and was one of the first Salmon-Safe certified vineyards in B.C. As part of their carbon-neutral efforts, Tinhorn's winery trucks and tractors run on biodiesel and organic leftovers from the winemaking process (seeds, skins and stems) and from their awardwinning restaurant, Miradoro, are composted and used to fertilize the vines, while the old vines and other woody materials that are pulled up are used for Miradoro's smoker and pig roasting pit. The restaurant's picture windows and wraparound patio provide the most breathtaking panoramic views of the valley, and the mouth-watering seasonal menu (and wine pairings) makes you want to linger a little longer.
To plan your visit to these sustainable Okanagan wineries, visit winebc.com.
Where to stay: Spirit Ridge, Osoyoos: spiritridge.ca
Summerland Waterfront Resort, Summerland: summerlandresorthotel.com
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Mo Carter's Camaro ran the Shell 4000 Trans-Canada rally in early May '67 and didn't look to bad by the end of that even though it was on some of the roughest "roads" in Canada. In contrast, by the end of June '67 at the Watkins Glen race a standard grille has been installed and the RS stuff has been removed, some oversized tires have been installed in the rear, the front end's been smashed and the engine and trans have been detonated. Not a very kind couple of months for that poor red car.


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CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH (WOIO) - Thursday morning the Cuyahoga Falls Fire Department was dispatched to a house fire in the 900 block of Magnolia Ave.
When they arrived they found two males on scene later identified as Todd M. James and Leo C. Statler II, attempting to put out a fire in an attached garage.
The 86-year-old female homeowner was also present sleeping in the residence. The Fire Dept. immediately recognized the fire as having started as the result of a methamphetamine lab explosion.
The fire was put out the fire department with no reported injuries and they immediately requested police assistance.
The Cuyahoga Falls Police Narcotics Unit with assistance from the Summit County Drug Unit responded to process the scene.
After a search of the scene it was determined that the residence was being used for the production of methamphetamine and that the fire was the result of an accident in the lab.
A hazardous waste disposal contractor was dispatched to the scene to clean up chemicals used in the production of methamphetamine.
As a result of the investigation, both Stalter, 27, and James, 54, were arrested and both charged with Aggravated Arson, Illegal Manufacturing of Drugs, Illegal Assembly of Chemicals, Possession of Criminal Tools and Drug Paraphernalia.
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Welcome to the second occasional podcast of the Carousel Afterhours, where we just without any sort of plan or intention or limitation. Joey and Lauren couldn't make it this week so John and Scott went on unchecked for about 2.5 hours.
And this turn we talk a LOT of music and finish up with some tech, videogames, film, and emails. Subjects range from The Damned, Akira Yamaoka, Star Wars, iPhone 4S, Asus, Android, Supreme Beings of Leisure, VNV Nation, Art of Noise, Tosca, Genesis P Orridge, Throbbing Gristle, Tulsa, Sex Pistols, Juno Reactor, Traci Lords, Bjork, Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, Maynard Ferguson, Gears of War, Rage, Aliens Colonial Marines, Gearbox, Republic Commando, David Lynch, Dirty Harry, Finding Forrester, Halo, Civilization V, and a whole lot more. Since this is an oddball cast, we will break out the emails again the next normal turn of the Carousel.


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the wicked child wrote:Would like to keep it around $800 or so. Just looking for some guidance in what I should look for. I am willing to go up a little on the price if it is truly worth it... but I can't afford to drop $2k on a tv either.
pittsoccer33 wrote:when youre talking about rates measured in hertz, there are two different things measured that way:
1) the video frame rate (how many individual images are captured per second)
2) the number of times per second the panel updates the pixels
Hollywood movies are shot at 24 frames per second. Historically some were doubled and others tripped to fit in a 60hz update pattern.
Television is usually shot at 30 frames per second, and are each shown twice, to create a 60hz signal. This matched up well with your 60hz tv you've watched since the 1950s.
Now with advanced tvs we can do things to match the video source's frame rate to the tv's update rate.
In the most preferable way, a 120hz tv will flash each frame of a 24hz bluray movie five times (24x5=120). They will flash the incoming video from a tv network twice per second (60x2=120). They can also use digital algorithms to artificially create more frames to fill in the spaces. Looks good on animation and some live tv, looks kind of creepy (to me personally) on most other things. 240hz just do this action twice as often.
FanofUlf wrote:The impression I have is that, ideally, if buying now, get an LED because it has the best picture and best reliability, far better than an LCD.
I was told LED's can last 20 years but LCD's usually are 5-6 years.
Hence the take I have (and correct me if I am wrong) is: LED, 120HZ, 1080P.
Now I am not sure if I really need 240HZ, Smart Apps, or else I am buying an obsolute inferior TV, your take?
My TV is too small, I need a 46 (if I buy it for me) or a 50-52 if I buy it for my parents.
Curious if you have any other models to suggest.
mac5155 wrote:What's the largest tv you can buy under 1000?
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- External and public accounts dependent on oil and gas
- Growth not very "inclusive" and business climate remains difficult
- Heightened political risk: insecurity in the far north of the country, uncertainty surrounding the succession to Paul Biya (85 and in power since November 1982) and increasing tensions between the English-speaking minority and the regime (mostly French-speaking)
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Upturn in growth, driven by oil and gas and infrastructure spending
Following two years of slowdown in growth, mainly due to declining oil and gas production, the economy is expected to pick up pace in 2018. The start of production at the floating liquefied natural gas unit off the coast at Kribi should help boost exports. The reduction in oil production is likely, however, to continue, a result of the low level of investment since 2014 in costly offshore projects. A public investment programme will boost growth, especially in the construction and services sectors. The projects aimed at developing the country's hydroelectric potential will be drivers of this growth. As of 2018, the production from the Memve'ele dam will help sustain hydroelectricity generation. Manufacturing industries (textiles and cement production) are expected to perform well. Projects aimed at developing the agri-foods sector should also help boost agricultural production (wood, cocoa, cotton). Growth in the sector will however remain limited by the lack of protection for property ownership and limited access to credit. These obstacles reflect the continuing difficult business climate, which is holding back private investments. It could also suffer because of a worsening in the political and security context. Whilst likely to continue on its upwards trend, household consumption will continue to be restricted by the minimal incomes from subsistence agriculture and the low level of financial inclusion. Weak local demand and membership of the franc zone are likely to help limit inflationary pressures.
Efforts to rebuild the public and external accounts
Having suffered from the fall in oil and gas receipts, the public accounts are recovering, underpinned by work to consolidate the budget. Reductions in State expenditure, aimed at protecting social spending, will remain a priority. The rationalisation of capital investment spending should make it possible to concentrate on those projects having the greatest impact. Higher oil prices and increases in gas production will help sustain the rise in revenues. At the same time, work on improving the collection of non-oil and gas revenues will continue. The introduction of a 5% export tax on certain agricultural products will in particular help broaden the tax base. The reforms to improve revenue collection and the effectiveness of spending will be supported by the USD 666 million Extended Credit Facility granted by the IMF.
The current account deficit is expected to stabilise in 2018. Despite the growth in revenues from oil and gas and the efforts to diversify the export base (wood, cotton, cocoa), the deficit in the balance of goods is likely to persist as a result of demand for capital goods. Demand for technical services will continue to support the deficit in the balance of services. Interest due on debt held by non-residents will remain a drag on the income account, whilst the surplus in transfers will continue thanks to immigrant workers' remittances. The size of the deficit will probably require recourse, once again, to external borrowing.
Since the country's inclusion in the HIPC debt reduction initiative in 2006, its debt, mainly external (75% of debt stock at the end of 2015), has expanded rapidly. The reforms to reduce the volume of borrowing and the increased rate of completion of the projects agreed in the context of the triennial programme with the IMF, should help to restore control over the trajectory of the debt.
2018 elections in a worsening security context
Paul Biya (85) and in power since November 1982, has yet to declare whether he wishes to stand, in October 2018, for his seventh Presidential term of office. In the event that the President decides, or is obliged, to withdraw, there are no obvious replacement candidate within Mr Biya's party, the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (RDPC). The opposition appears fragmented: even before the candidate of the leading opposition party (Social Democratic Front or FSD) has been announced, around ten candidates have already emerged. Akéré Muna 's candidacy, lawyer and sons of former Prime Minister Salomon Tandeng Muna, could weaken the FSD.
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At a glance, it looks relatively normal, by which I mean it doesn't have all sorts of slots and holes drilled in it. Perhaps Eastern has moved beyond NASCAR technology. But look closer and you'll find a few, um, eccentricities. Like a proprietary (and seemingly arbitrary) bottom bracket width, and an offset-butted headtube.
Start with the wider bottom bracket. Eastern went from the 'standard' 68mm width to 82mm. Which makes some degree of sense, for the reasons they give:
"The BB is 82mm wide verses [sic] the standard BB that is 68mm wide. This spreads the bearings out to increase the strength on the spindle and bearings by putting the load closer to the bearing. The wider BB also allows the stays to be welded further apart to increase the strength and to allow for straighter chain stays and clearance for a 2.3 tire."The traditional 68mm width always made more sense for road bikes with their skinnier tires, and even they went wider with outboard bearings (although the BB30 system represents an attempt to bring it back to 68mm—and you thought BMX was confusing). Meanwhile quite a few downhill bikes already use 83mm bottom bracket shells.
That said, there's a couple other things to take into consideration. Number one, you're gonna need a whole new (presumably Eastern) bottom bracket setup. Not the bearings themselves—those'll be of the standard mid variety—but a new, wider tube spacer and some thinner washers to go in between the arms and the bearings. And even with all that (consideration number two) I wonder what this'll do to your chainline? I'm sure it's been tested—after all, Josh Perry pulled a 720 tailwhip on one!—and it's only 7.5mm per side, but my drive side washer is pretty thin as it is.
The offset headtube shouldn't provide any problems. It could if you still had to hammer cups into it, but those days are long gone, and companies are doing far worse things to headtubes these days. If Eastern wants to save a few grams by making a simple headtube more complicated, that's their problem. Besides, it sort of goes with the similarly offset-butted Lightning Rod downtube.
Everything else is pretty normal for a late-'00s frame: Japanese (presumably Sanko) tubing, removable mounts and guides, machined dropouts, built-in chain tensioners. But I'm most excited about a holdover from the late '90s: an ovalized (at the bottom bracket juncture) seat tube. Again, this should make the frame somewhat stiffer, but it's also a homage of sorts to this. Which is never a bad thing.


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General Motors (NYSE:GM) is working on an electric car that has a range of 200 miles and costs roughly $30,000, challenging Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and its planned mass-market vehicle.
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Doug Parks, GM's vice president of global product development, revealed the automaker's plans for a new electric car during an appearance at a battery laboratory and test facility in Warren, Mich., according to several news reports.
A GM spokesperson didn't respond to a request for further comment.
Parks didn't specify when the car might become available, explaining that the technology is available now but the cost of the batteries is still too high.
Sales of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles make up less than half a percentage point of the total market, despite price cuts and government tax incentives for owners.
Tesla has emerged as a notable player in electric vehicles, grabbing the attention of investors and getting positive reviews of its Model S, which retails for $70,000 or more. The California startup's stock has soared roughly 391% so far this year.
But GM and other major automakers aren't ceding ground to Tesla. Germany's Volkswagen, Europe's largest car maker, recently said it plans to surpass Nissan to become the largest global seller of electric vehicles by 2018.
The car in development at GM, priced below its $35,000 Chevrolet Volt, would be the only direct competitor to Tesla, the lone manufacturer offering long-range electric vehicles. Most electric vehicles currently on the market have ranges of 100 miles or less.
GM has made vehicles that don't go as far on a single charge to make the cars more affordable, Parks said.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said the company plans to launch a mass-market vehicle that costs around $35,000 and can travel 200 miles between charges. He has suggested the car go on sale as early as the end of 2016.
"Their pricing is up there for a real unique customer," Parks said of Tesla, according to the Associated Press. "The real trick will be who can do a 200-mile car for more of the price range I'm talking about. We're all in races to do that."
GM shares were up 1.6% at $36.81 in mid-morning trading Tuesday. Tesla was trading 87 cents lower at $165.71.


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My organization uses a CMD file to install updated files for a major enterprise application. Currently, we send out an email to users with a link to the file and instructions to run it, BUT inevitably users don't update their machines until their in field and try to start the app.
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|2012-09-09, 11:07
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Even if Anime was bad, Deep inside I still want a Chiru ANIME XDDDDDD , Dont kill me, It would be intresting to see some stuff animated...Plus Anime made me intrested in the novels, It was crap but without it I would never know Umineko , So it's still special to me. XD
|2012-09-09, 11:27
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I agree. I was introduced to Umineko by the anime and I'm glad because of it.
Well, since I started reading the novels after finishing the anime, I pretty much could handle the info dumps without problems, like the massive introduction of characters at the start of EP1.
The anime is good for getting familiar to the characters and the setting, that's why I recomend to people interessed in Umineko to watch the anime first.
Oh, and a Chiru anime SHOULD be done. I also still hope for it.
|2012-09-09, 12:19
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The anime would be a more effective way of introducing people to the series if it didn't completely spoil the plot of the entire first half of the story.
I really wish that they'd just realised that there was no way they could condense Umineko arcs into a few episodes like they could with Higurashi, and just dedicated the first series to Episode 1 and 2 instead. Maybe then the anime wouldn't have been so awful...well, actually, it's DEEN, so they'd probably have found some way to screw it up.
It does kind of bug me, though, that so many people who saw the anime seem to just ignore any suggestions that they should read the VNs, as if there's some unwritten assumption that the source material mustn't be worth the trouble. I've seen so many people say things like "The concept of this anime was really interesting but they really blew it on the execution", and I always wonder, 'And you never thought of maybe seeing whether the original version, in the medium that it was originally designed to be experienced, might have executed it better?'
|2012-09-09, 12:32
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There are many reasons for this: laziness, not knowing that they it's easily accesible (I once tried to make someone who watched Fate/stay night anime read the VN, and the person replied with 'I don't have the console to play it', FSN VN being for PC) and in some cases because of lack of translation (I have two people in my class that I got interested in Umineko thanks to Ougon, but there's no translation of the VN in my first language so they can only watch the anime).
|2012-09-09, 13:27
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Who has watched the anime after reading EP8? I watched EP1 and EP3 and I found a lot of the important stuff... was actually there. With a really weird exception in EP1. But really, I gave up on the anime halfway through EP2 (when Kanon drew his blade). It took a second time through for me to get really interested in it, and by the time I found out about Witch-Hunt, I was already a fan.
But as far as an animated Chiru, I would watch only for certain parts, EP5's battle of Kinzo's study, EP6's 2nd Twilight Love Trial, and of course the wedding in EP6.
But I think most of that stuff will be cut down or not as visually exciting...
|2012-09-09, 13:57
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As of now instead the anime are handled badly.
Instead than improving the story they just... jump on a successful story and force its plot into X number of episodes regardless of the result.
They don't even bother making sure they'll manage to follow the original story to its ending if the story is ongoing creating rather poor results.
Plus there's to say the huge wall of text seems to discourage people who are willing to spend the same time on an anime marathon.
Well, in a way I understand them as, when English isn't your first language, it's really... heavy to read so much English text (in fact I'm suggesting to my friends to use the translation done in our language so reading it all doesn't seem that hard...).
Either way I doubt people will stop to be so reluctant to try the VN anytime soon.
Maybe in the future they'll be more popular but as of now they're unknown land for many people.
|2012-09-09, 14:14
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Yeah, the language barrier is a problem.
If I weren't busy already with three things, I'd start a translation project of Umineko in first language.
Argh, so much projects, so little time.
|2012-09-09, 15:16
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But that's not the worst part. I'd definitely reccomend against watching the anime before reading the VN, because that way you miss all the fun. You can't remember closed rooms, let alone TRYING to solve them, you don't even remember what the fuck happened. You just think "oooh, that guy's bleeding in the bathtub, cool!", while that should be something about chains, and locks, and master keys.... Argh! (And don't get me started on trollfaces. Maria looks like a freakin' monkey!)
(But I think it's better this way, English is an 'easy' language. Most lines in Umineko would sound terribly stupid in greek....)
|2012-09-09, 15:21
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There's a ONScripter close that can support unicode characters, including Greek. It's named Onslaught, and it can be found here.
It's still in the beta version, but it's better than nothing.
|2012-09-09, 18:53
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So from what I can understand of the last novel, there's no actual solution to the murders... I don't know if the Battler-family theory was supposed to be the answer and Ange didn't want to believe it (And Battler didn't want her to know, just let her keep living in denial and believe what she wants) since it wasn't confirmed. Was this the point of story? It doesn't confirm or deny any theory so fans can keep discussing it?
All this meta-world and meta-meta-world stuff is very confusing. I don't know what's "real" and which are just someone's delusions.
Like Yasu creating Kanon, Shannon, Beatrice. So in the "real" world s/he was just playing different roles at the same time? Were their relationships with George and Jessica "real" or was it just part of one of the game's fake realities? I can't imagine how they wouldn't know they were just Yasu playing different roles. I mean Jessica lives in the same mansion as Yasu.
And the 18 people during the incident is only actually 17 people then?
|2012-09-09, 20:06
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Hi, new posting in this thread but i've been following it since page 14xx (can't remember), and I just formed some theory about Prime that i want to take off my chest, and i've never seen it before... but i could be mistaken. Sorry if I make a grammar mistake but english is not my first language.
Kanon doesn't exist, it never existed. I know, Kanon is just a Yasu character, but I mean in pre-1986 Rokkenjima. Kanon was just a thing Jessica and Yasu made up. Let me explain it:
There's only one instance where he was perceived by outsiders, and that was at Jessica's Cultural Festival. As we know, Kanon was there because Jessica wanted to impress their friends with her "boyfriend". We saw how Shannon suggested Jessica to bring Kanon with her, but I think that scene was just a bit different, like:
Jessica: Everyone will bring their boyfriends and i don't have one! *gross sobs*
Shannon: ...hmmm.... I have an idea! Why don't you bring "Kanon" to the festival?
Jessica: Who's Kanon?
Shannon: *draws Kanon* him! Gimme some makeup, a wig and a coat and it will be done
Jessica: okay lol
I think that up to that point Kanon was just another imaginary friend of Yasu, so the scene where Genji puts the portrait and Shannon and Kanon discuss it, would be Yasu talking to herself, as nobody notes his presence.
After the cultural festival, Kanon went back to be an inside joke between Jessica and Shannon, and sometimes Shannon would sporadically dress up as Kanon just to fuck up with the Ushiromiyas, and then Yasu grew feelings toward Jessica.
At the 1986 conference, Yasu got to decide between George and Jessica, but then Battler came in the equation and everything got fucked up, but basically Kanon was there because he would reveal his feelings towards Jessica, saying something like "even since i started using this, i'm feeling a little different. I think i'm in love with you, and i want to be Kanon for you forever" or something.
So, this is my first theory, what do you think everyone?
|2012-09-09, 22:09
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However, if you choose to believe it's in people's minds, it seems the majority of the Meta-World is Tohya remembering things and writing stories based on what he can recall, and EP8 would be Ange's mind and her weighing what she really wanted and stuff. EP7...uh, I don't know, Will is a random Witch Hunter fan who's not an asshole goat?
I, personally, don't agree with the theory, but I also have nothing wrong with it.
|2012-09-09, 22:36
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|2012-09-09, 22:48
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No, I think they thought they were real people. I like to think that their relationships are exactly as portrayed as they are in the stories; they were meant to show us Yasu's heart, and the 'image' of her heart is skewed VASTLY if we change details about her romance.
Yasu was able to keep people from finding out that she was both Shannon and Kanon, it seems. Presumably with the help of Genji, Kumasawa, and Nanjo. It probably helps that most of the time through the year, only one of them is working at the island at a time. It's only on special occasions that she has to juggle being both characters.
|2012-09-09, 23:17
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It's very unlikely this ending is canon, but IIRC Ryu was involved in Ougon development, so what if this was just a glimpse of canon?
|2012-09-09, 23:39
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That kind of requires that Yasu was planning to murder people in 1985, which is almost certainly not the case since the trigger (Battler's visit) was an absolute surprise.
It's just a fun what-if, like the whole "Ange and Virgilia are 1998 doujinshi writers who make Umineko yaoi" thing.
|2012-09-10, 03:34
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Um.... Anyone got any idea how I can get this to work?
There's also that scene with the goats in the Golden Land that try to deny Kanon's existence, and the best Jessica can do is say in red that her classmates witnessed Kanon in the cultural festival (I think Jan-Poo mentioned that a couple of pages ago). And well, that would explain many holes that Yasu's dress-up might create, like, how dum is everyone? But I still disgagree with it, nontheless.
|2012-09-10, 03:46
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I know Genji, Kumasawa, and Nanjo saved Yasu from the fall, but why would they go through the trouble of helping her with the split personalities and hiding them from George/Jessica? Shouldn't Nanjo (being a doctor) be aware that encouraging her split personalities and pursuing relationships with others (heirs to the Ushiromiya family as well) isn't good for her mental health?
|2012-09-10, 04:42
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No, but seriously, I don't think Nanjo knows about the split personality thing, he doens't even live on the island to begin with, so he wouldn't bother to learn the names of all the servants that worked there.
|2012-09-10, 04:53
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Well, yes...Genji/Kumasawa/Nanjo didn't really do their best for Yasu. To be honest, those three are pretty shady people in some ways. They were okay with Beatrice 2 being basically imprisoned at Kuwadorian for her whole life, and with Kinzo treating her as the reincarnation of her mother. Yeah, we're told that Genji didn't like it, but it's not as if he did anything to stop it. Those three are really not the nicest and most caring people out there, and even when they have good intentions their judgement is not great. Genji, for example, seems to have thought that Yasu was better off with her family on the island...when she really, really wasn't.
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Some companies are exceptional. They are able, for a time and occasionally for a long time, to overcome inertia, resist entropy, and adapt to competitive or environmental changes. They create better performance and sustain it for far longer than anyone has a right to expect. Nothing lasts forever, but then, that is not the goal. The objective is to deliver better performance for longer by bringing out all of the best that is possible. In this article, TCB Review contributing editor Michael Raynor and Mumtaz Ahmed, both of Deloitte, lay out principles for continuing financial health.


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Is Microsoft really serious when it comes to interoperability? Many who have struggled to get full functionality out of Microsoft products outside of a homogenous Windows environment might tend to doubt their commitment. But they are. Really. According to yesterday's "Executive E-Mail" from Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, the company is recognizing the challenges facing the IT industry in cobbling together a coherent system of technologies from different vendors, and plans to respond by making their own products work better with those from other industry players.
While hailing Microsoft's commitment to interoperability, he takes a stab at open source software. According to him, people sometimes confuse open source software with interoperability, when the OSS development approach can actually hinder it.
Open source is a methodology for licensing and/or developing software ? that may or may not be interoperable. Additionally, the open source development approach encourages the creation of many permutations of the same type of software application, which could add implementation and testing overhead to interoperability efforts.
So all that open source does is lead to more problems as every developer can use his own implementation of a standard, which would lead to total chaos if all we used was open source!
Gates also highlighted the XML support in Office 2003, which was touted as a major selling point for the upgrade to the venerable office suite. At the same time, some have been critical of patents Microsoft has applied for that cover how other applications interoperate with the XML format used in Office 2003.
When it comes down to it, is the Executive E-Mail much more than an exercise in buzzwords? Gates says all the right things, and points out how Microsoft is moving more heavily into web services. Microsoft has made some steps towards playing nicer with other companies and solutions, and will continue to do so in a way that does not threaten their own products and revenues. But in the best of all possible worlds for Microsoft, they would be the ones establishing interoperability standards and everyone else would need to get in line behind them. Given their track record with industry standards, the line might not be very long.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - A quartet of double-winners helped power MIT to a 7-2 victory over Wheaton College in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) women's tennis match on Tuesday. The Engineers improved to 5-1 overall and 5-0 in conference play while the Lyons fell to 7-2 on the year and 3-2 in the NEWMAC.
Joanna MacKay and Leslie Hansen led off the afternoon with an 8-2 decision over Jamie Weiss and Katie Knies in the No. 1 doubles position. Mariah Hoover and Yi Wang recorded Tech's next point with an 8-4 win while Emily Chen and Anisa McCree lost their match by the same margin.
In singles play, Hansen blanked Briana Jackson in the opening set and then lost only one game in the straight-set victory. Hoover picked up a win in the No. 2 spot with a pair of 6-2 scores while Wang overpowered her opponent, 6-1, 6-1. McCree fell to Knies, 6-3, 7-5, in a hard-fought No. 4 battle. MacKay registered a 6-2, 6-1, victory while Chen wrapped up the match with a 6-2, 6-3 decision.
Kerry Weinberg outlasted her opponent, 8-6, as Katie Smyth recorded an 8-2 win in exhibition play.
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Final Team Score: MIT 7, Wheaton 2
1. Joanna MacKay/Leslie Hansen (M) def. Jamie Weiss/Katie Knies (W), 8-2
2. Mariah Hoover/Yi Wang (M) def. Darby McDermott/Briana Jackson (W), 8-4
3. Maya Milic-Strkalj/Mallory Farmer (W) def. Emily Chen/Anisa McCree (M), 8-4
1. Leslie Hansen (M) def. Briana Jackson (W), 6-0, 6-1
2. Mariah Hoover (M) def. Jamie Weiss (W), 6-2, 6-2
3. Yi Wang (M) def. Darby McDermott (W), 6-1, 6-1
4. Katie Knies (W) def. Anisa McCree (M), 6-3, 7-5
5. Joanna MacKay (M) def. Maya Milic-Strkalj (W), 6-2, 6-1
6. Emily Chen (M) def. Mallory Farmer (W), 6-2, 6-3
7. Kerry Weinberg (M) def. Alex Macee (W), 8-6
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NYCCT – City Tech 68
Farmingdale State 66
Farmingdale State (17-7) fell short 68-66 despite fighting off a 12-point deficit in the second half against NYCCT (18-5). The Rams trailed 38-26 at the half, but quickly showed promise as they cut the lead to three after three 3-pointers by Brandon Nieves (Harlem, NY/All Hallows) and Peter Lipka (Shelton, CT/Shelton). Farmingdale pressured throughout the second and took the game down to the wire trailing by two points with eight seconds remaining. Dashawn Warren (Astoria, NY/W.C. Bryant) took the final shot for the Rams, but a blocked shot by Shacun Malave (Bronx, NY/Dewitt Clinton) gave NYCCT the victory.
Kenny McMillan (Bronx, NY/All Hallows) grabbed a game-high 15 rebounds for Farmingdale along with 11 points and three blocks. Lipka and Nieves also finished with 11 points for the Rams.
Clyde Forteau (Bronx, NY/St. Raymond's) led the Yellow Jackets with 19 points, 6-for-10 from three-point land. Terrin Johnson (Brooklyn, NY/Curtis) contributed 18 points, while Malave racked up 14 points, seven boards and five blocks. Ray Paul (Brooklyn, NY/Thomas Edison) finished with nine points and grabbed 10 boards.
The Rams finish up the regular season away on Saturday, February 19th against Old Westbury for a Skyline Conference game.


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The judge has now approved Godfread and Cooper's request for sanctions against Prenda and Paul Duffy (who claims to be the sole lawyer behind Prenda, which has now been "dissolved").
U.S. District Judge John Darrah at a brief status hearing today granted the motion for sanctions that defendants Paul Godfread and Alan Cooper filed this past fall against Prenda and Paul Duffy, who served as the firm's sole officer before it dissolved and now serves as its attorney in the matter.There's still some effort to go, as the lawyers for Godfread and Cooper, Erin Russell and Jason Sweet (whose names you may recognize for other work they've done bringing down Prenda) have to submit an itemized fee list, followed by Duffy's response, and then the follow up response from Russell/Sweet. A hearing will then be held in June, meaning there's still plenty of time. However, it looks like another lump sum will be added to Prenda's large and growing tab.


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Colette Anise Jacket
Added Oct 16, 2012
by sertyan
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Have you been in love with a sewing pattern that you just had to buy it immediately and make it? When Colette Patterns introduced the Anise Jacket Pattern on Sept 13th, it was love at first sight that I instantly got the digital release on the date of the pattern launch. Ok never mind that I live in Malaysia where the weather is only warm (ok, seriously it's hot and humid actually) and ocassionally rainy the whole year. I must admit I was perspiring at the end of this photo shoot! I can only wear this jacket to the air conditioned office and someone please give me airplane tickets to visit a country where there is autumn or winter already!
This was my first time ever making a jacket, it was a HUGE learning curve, I learned so much!
The Facts
Fabric: 1.5 yards of tweed (yes, it was scratchy!) plaid/houndstooth looking (can someone decide for me?). It was 60 inch width so I was able to squeeze all the main pattern pieces into 1.5 yards, yay. RM12/USD4 a yard, it was quite 'old looking' in the store and highly discounted. I wonder if it's not popular due to our warm weather. Beware, tweed frays quite easily and stretches a bit too due to its weave but of course I didn't know any better when I chose it for my first jacket attempt.
The lining fabric is rather thick, sturdy unbleached cotton meant for doll skin making. Originally I opted for an aquamarine satin lining but ditched it later because I omitted the underlining of this jacket due to my warm weather but halfway I knew the jacket won't be sturdy enough if I didn't use a sturdier lining. I think it's a blessing in disguise because lining a jacket can be tricky if you are using thin swishy-swashy material.
Notions: Interfacing, 8 one-inch buttons
Pattern Notes:
For a first timer like me, this pattern requires a lot of patience because it requires fairly much (ok, I admit A LOT!) of hand stitching (the lining). Though I must say through this experience, I have finally learned properly how fell stitching and slip stitching should be done, ha!
I am most proud of my welt pockets, it wasn't easy for a beginner like me. I would advise anyone who has not attempted these kind of pockets before to have a clear and focused mind when making this as it requires you to slit the front jacket at one point and cut it to the edges of the underlaying pockets (scary! one false move then all your work is gone!). There are also a few pattern pieces to making this pocket so it needs some figuring it out. I think it would be more helpful if Colette had included notches on the underlaying pocket pieces.
You can read my thoughts and more pictures of my jacket here:
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Oct 21, 2012, 03.02 PMby frkbustad
I love this Anise version!! The fabric is perfect and the fit looks perfect! It's simply adorable.
Oct 20, 2012, 02.00 PMby barmaglot
Lovely! Perfect fit and it suits you great.
Oct 17, 2012, 11.27 PMby bethmaryharley
So beautifully made and the style suits you perfectly! I completely understand wanting cold weather – over here (Japan) it's finally started to get cold and I am so happy! Maybe you should pop here for a visit with your coat?!
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Oct 19, 2012, 12.54 AMby sertyan
Oh Beth you have no idea how much I want to visit Japan…been dreaming about visiting Japan for ages!!
Oct 21, 2012, 11.28 PMby bethmaryharleyI can suggest a million places to buy fabric when you do make it here! But Malaysia is one of my favorite places in the world – I've never met such friendly people or eaten such tasty food!
Oct 17, 2012, 05.25 PMby DanaRose84
This is adorable! Great fabric choice. I live in Canada and my favorite thing about fall is the clothes. I can't imagine living somewhere where it's warm all the time but by February, I'm wishing for exactly that.
Did you adjust the fit at all? it looks like it fits you very well.
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Oct 19, 2012, 12.55 AMby sertyan
Hi Dana
I didn't adjust the fit at all, I cut Size 2 based on my bust measurement of 34. No alterations. I guess I am just lucky!
Oct 17, 2012, 02.24 AMby sewneenee
beautiful work on this jacket, inside and out. Such a great style too!
Oct 16, 2012, 09.00 PMby kess
beautiful! it fits you perfectly! I'm making one too!
Oct 16, 2012, 04.35 PMby pauline alice
That's such a lovely jacket! Your pockets are perfect and the fabric has a classic feel which makes it so elegant.
Oct 16, 2012, 08.47 AMby jadealamode
very nicely made for your first jacket.
Oct 16, 2012, 07.13 AMby Mary Athey
Oh i love this jacket!! I'd call it a small dog tooth tweed!! which is all the rage over here. you'd get great wear out of your jacket here (ireland) as its cold and wet lol. you.ve put a lot of work into the coat and it shows. fabulous x
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Oct 16, 2012, 07.29 AMby sertyan
Ok Mary! You just made my day because I have always been wondering what you call this fabric. I googled and it is indeed 'Dog Tooth Tweed'! Ok I learned something new today, thanks to you!
Oct 16, 2012, 03.44 AMby guineveresmom
Very pretty. Great job on the pockets.
Oct 16, 2012, 03.00 AMby runningwithscissors1
What a lovely jacket. Come to Canada now, it is plenty cold enough for it!
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Lessons from the H1N1 virus
As of Monday, there were 30 countries reporting more than 4,600 cases of the H1N1 virus – swine flu. While the pandemic seems to be waning, there could be more waves if those who have it infect others.
The World Health Organization cited vigilance and diligence as reasons that world governments were prepared for the first wave of the virus. Their preparations for a possible avian flu pandemic meant they had a system in place to communicate with each other, share data and apprise their publics of the situation.
Is your agency as prepared? Did the first wave of the H1N1 virus motivate your agency to put plans in place if you weren't?Beyond the human resources and internal communication policies that you should have in place to deal with a possible pandemic that could keep your workers at home, how do you keep your agency running smoothly and seamlessly during a crisis?
According to Robert C. Chandler, PhD, an expert on organizational behavior and communication during human health crises, these types of situations are usually fast-paced, and stressful. Urgent situations demand that critical (sometimes life and death) decisions often have to be made with limited or changing information. That's what makes clear communications even more important – and difficult – during a health crisis.
But clear communication can be difficult if your audience – employees, partners, or other agencies – is using non-visual communication methods, such as email and phone. Miscues can be a problem — lack of understanding or not realizing that someone does not understand you are all possibilities.
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One option is video teleconferencing (VTC), which enables people at different locations to communicate as if they were in the same room. VTC not only allows for crisis teams to plan and prepare effectively and efficiently, it can also create a way to keep an agency running smoothly by offering a more realistic and interactive telework environment for employees.
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Why didn't our pathophysiology teacher explain it like this? It would have saved me hours of reading and note making!
34 minutes ago
OMG. Absolutely brilliant! Can you even picture Mina giving this as a lecture? Hahahahahahaha...
Quite useful material, thanks so much for the post.
I like my job. I do not want to lose it for violating patient confidentiality. I have a fairly active imagination so altering identifying details is something I enjoy. Everything here is altered to protect patient confidentiality. If you think that a story is referring to you, it's not. If you think a picture is from your medical exam, it's not.


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Belgian Collection Society SABAM Caught Taking Cash For Made Up Bands It Didn't Represent
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Making a telephone call to SABAM from a public toilet, a Basta team member looked at the manufacturer of a hand dryer and explained that Kimberly Clark would be performing at an upcoming event. That would cost 134 euros minimum said SABAM.The group who did all this, Basta, then wondered who was getting all of this money, so it took the food they used in that second experiment and brought them to SABAM offices to sign up to collect their money. No such luck. Though, once exposed, SABAM found it in their hearts to return the money.
Next the playlist. What if Kimberly Clark sang songs not covered by SABAM? Titles such as 'Hot Breeze', 'Show Me Your Hands', 'I Wanna Blow You Dry', 'I'm Not a Singer I Am a Machine' and the ever-timeless, 'We Fooled You', for example.
Five days later the answer came from SABAM. All of the songs were "100% protected" and so Basta must pay 127.07 euros.
Concerned that this might be a one-off mistake, the Basta team tried again, this time taking brand names of products from the supermarket including Suzi Wan, the name of a Chinese food wok kit, Mister Cocktail and the Party Mix, which is a hybrid of a drink and some party food, and Ken Wood, the food mixer.
They got bills from SABAM for these 'artists' totalling more than 540 euros.
There are some other amusing parts to the show, including a fun bit that mocks SABAM's inability to understand zero. Apparently, the fees for parties are based on venue size, and the smallest size range is for places that range from 1 - 100 square meters. So, Basta set up a party in 0.99 square meters, and told SABAM about it. Rather than recogizing the put on, SABAM insisted that the "1" really meant "0" and handed them an invoice for 82 euros.
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At least Charlotte goes for the sweet taste, enough to affect Ichika despite his denseness,
though Chifuyu already has a wide lead with Ichika.
|2011-03-08, 13:10
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|2011-03-08, 17:29
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|2011-03-08, 18:19
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Actually, the name "Char Aznable" was originally based on Charles Aznavour, a legendary French singer, so that's one more connection for our little Orange Comet. ^_^
Now that I think about it though, Charlotte may actually be at disadvantage over the other girls in winning Ichika's affection. It's entirely possible that due to Chifuyu's influence growing up, Ichika may have at the very least a strong predisposition to girls with kuudere/tsundere characteristics. With this in mind, one could argue that Charlotte has the polar opposite personality of what Ichika may like in a woman compared to say... Houki who's practically Chifuyu Lite. While the audience might see Charlotte as the clear choice for a long happy marriage with 2.5 kids, Ichika might actually subconsciously like a girl to kick him in the face every so often. If this is the case, I hope Charlotte can teach Ichika the wonders of being in a loving relationship that doesn't involve repeated outbursts of domestic violence.
By the way, what's the established ship name for Ichika x Charlotte? I would assume "Ichar" or "Icharlotte" but I haven't really seen one commonly used as of yet.
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But I agree, she looks like a sensible choice for Ichika. If anything they should make alternate endings, if this series has an ending. XD
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Among the girls, Char is way more like Chifuyu than Houki or Laura or anyone else. She does her job, doesn't talk too much, cares about Ichika and is very efficient.
You could say Laura is efficient but Chifuyu herself told us that Laura is unstable and haughty. And she was not at all efficient in her fight against CharxIchika. I bet Chifuyu would have kept a cool head, helped her ally and only go for the win. Unlike Laura the mega idiot who tries to do everything on her own, ignores her ally and loses her cool when in a pinch.
Now Houki doesn't talk much either, but she is just another tsundere who isn't anywhere near as efficient at dealing with her emotions or with her skills. And she is dishonest with her feelings. We have never seen Chifuyu deny that she cares for Ichika (as a sister only perhaps, if or not she cares for him beyond that we shall never know thanks to her mechanical demeanor).
The only girl (among the Harem girls) who is calm no matter what and does just enough of what needs to be done is Char with the difference being that she is younger, more lively and more open than Chifuyu and doesn't give the impression that she is hiding under a mechanical facade. I like Chifuyu too and frankly, I don't know enough about her to rank her among the girls (I don't think she is a competitor anyway) but she is pretty damn good. Only that I would most definitely prefer my girl to be more open with her feminine side and not feel so robotic. Bottomline, Char > all and Char is the closest to Chifuyu in terms of perfection although for me, Char is more perfect than Chifuyu precisely because she isn't (and isn't trying too hard to be) perfect.
By and By if the series develops a good enough foresight into how Chifuyu really is beyond her facade(not necessarily behind... I think the mechanical method of life is just something she had to adopt to cope with the harshness and as much a part of her as anything... been there done that myself), I might come to like her more than Char. Her character has potential to be developed into something awesome, to say the least. Every other girl in the series thus far except Chifuyu and Char gave the impression that they had been labeled "TRASH" with effing big letters in their forehead.
|2011-03-09, 03:21
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Right behind you...
Great to see someone so passionate about Chifuyu-nee! Actually, I'm surprised to meet someone who hates tsundere characters even more than I do, ahahah ^_^. That being the case, as long as you are cheering for Charlotte, we are in agreement.
I'm still slightly confused on why Chifuyu is not a Kuudere though. My understanding of the term is a character who is cool on the outside and sweet on the inside, would this not apply to Chifuyu-nee? I do however concede that she is not a Tsundere and that my statement regarding domestic violence was written with Houki specifically in mind and does not apply to Chifuyu - especially since if she ever hit Ichika at full power like Houki apparently does, he would have probably died long before the show even started.
|2011-03-10, 07:20
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Super Tsundere Massacre!
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Right behind you...
Ahhaha, oh the nostalgia ^_^.
Just read the available translations of the Light Novels and thought I'd share a few minor observations about Charlotte I came across, mostly from Volume 6 - Chapter 1. Nothing big really, just everyday life stuff.
Spoiler for Charlotte in the Light Novel:
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Spoiler for Another Picture of Charlotte's Bracelet:
Regarding Houki's present, my info is limited to what's been translated from the Light Novels so far, but it does seem that...
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: I shall reveal it to you.
Well, Houki finally got her IS and Cecilia got fed a single piece of sashimi. So? Char did it first and it was a complete meal with French music playing in the background...
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How to display archived links
So I'm trying to create an archive like this;
However, the actual links won't go to their respective page and I'd like to know what I'm doing wrong?
The page template looks like this;

<txp:article_custom limit=99999 form="archive-list" section="special-topics" />

The form looks like this;

<txp:permlink><txp:title /></txp:permlink>

#2 2012-06-16 04:09:49
Re: How to display archived links
You gotta quote your 99999…try
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Re: How to display archived links
Oh and also—for your page template, try this:

<txp:article />
<txp:else />

<txp:article_custom limit="99999" form="archive-list" section="special-topics" />

You need to show the article_custom unordered list if it's an article list. But TXP is also trying to show individual articles using this page template. So you need something to do if you have an individual article on display, as opposed to a list of article links.
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Re: How to display archived links
One additional question as I'm still trying to wrap my head around conditional statements.
I want to show all the articles for a particular section. How would I do this ?
I have a form called "sidebar" which calls from another form, "current-section" which has this;

<txp:article_custom limit="99999" form="archive-list" />

<txp:else />
And the archive-list form is this;
<txp:permlink><txp:title /></txp:permlink>
However, all articles from all sections are appearing instead of just articles from the current section.
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Re: How to display archived links
article_custom will show all articles from all sections unless you tell it not to.
For example: <txp:article_custom section="articles, photos" /> would limit it to only articles from the "articles" and "photos" sections.
You can also use a single quote and drop the <txp:section /> tag in there, to tell it "show articles from whichever section we're in":
<txp:article_custom limit="99999" form="archive-list" section='<txp:section />' />
But I think most users will use <txp:article /> for this rather than article_custom, since it will show articles from only the current section by default. It will also do pagination (think: "previous" and "next" links at the bottom of the page), while it's tricky to do that with article_custom.
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Re: How to display archived links
Actually, I believe that will only show an articlle that I'm currently viewing. It will not show all articles within that section.

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Hear ye, hear ye! During our next Evening Library Time, we will travel back to the Middle Ages for �A Medieval Eve� on May 28. Come anytime between 6 and 7:30 p.m. for this open house. All ages are welcome.
Watch fighting and fencing!
Play a game from the Middle Ages!
Attendees age 12 and younger can whack-a-knight!
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Registration is not required for this free event, which comes from the Friends of the Library and Cub Scout Pack 799, Bear Den 11 and Tiger Den 4.
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|Peter Hendy, TfL commissioner
commits to cycling standards he
then erased from reality
Credit: Camden Cyclists
The thing is, London already has minimum cycle safety standards. And in 2005, Peter Hendy (then managing director of surface transport, ie head of London's roads and now TfL commissioner, ie the big cheese) wrote a letter about those cycle standards.
In that 2005 letter Peter Hendy said this: "all new TfL-funded schemes will comply with these cycling standards."
I am hugely grateful to the hard work of the people at Camden Cyclists (and if you live in Camden or work there, get involved with them) for keeping an original version of that letter, which you can see at the top of this post.
'These cycling standards' are the snappily-named London Cycling Design Standards, the result of several years work and a vast amount of money. They're not amazing and they are inferior to current American or European standards but they are London's own standards all the same. They're still there, lurking in a dark and dusty corner on TfL's website and you can have a peek at them here. But they've never been applied. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that since Boris Johnson came to power, TfL has built schemes that consistently contravene its own cycling safety standards.
But ever since he committed to these minimum cycle safety standards, the man who is now in charge of TfL day-to-day has, in my view, completely ignored them. And my belief is the current Mayor has encouraged that to be the case.
|Kings Cross website shows how TfL is breaking
its own safety rules
"TfL with the vast resources available to it has been managing a junction for years that does not comply with its own design guidelines, despite stark warnings about safety in reports TfL itself commissioned. This reinforces my calls for a proper investigation of TfL under the Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act"
Or let's take a look at a brand new TfL junction in Barnet. Take a look at this excellent before and after video of this brand new junction. You can see that slip roads have been added and that they make this junction considerably more dangerous to cycle through. What do the London Cycle Design Standards say about this? "To reduce the distance where cyclists are vulnerable, the slip lanes should be removed completely by re-configuring the junction or, where this is not feasible, reduced..." In other words, the brand new, hugely costly TfL scheme shown in this video blatantly ignores the London Cycling Design Standards.
Let's look at a few more.
"If a junction is to remain of the priority type then the choice of which movements have priority should be reviewed to optimise cycling movement, both in terms of waiting times and safety". In other words, at any newly-designed major TfL junction (say, Blackfriars for example), cycling should be given safe and convenient routes through the junction. Someone, somewhere has decided to ignore this part of the document as well. In fact, the Mayor's re-election team consistently boast how he is rephasing traffic lights in favour of more and more cars on the road, not in favour in pedestrians, old people, children or people on bikes.
"Where appropriate and feasible priorities at cross roads should be changed so that cyclists on a cycle route do not have to give way" In other words, you should be able to cycle without giving way to small side roads. If can think of only one tiny side street where that's actually happened, I'd love to know of another one. I can't think of any at all.
None of this has happened. Someone, whether it is the Mayor or whether it is someone senior at Transport for London, will have taken the decision to ignore the cycle safety standards and just swept them under the carpet.
Which leaves the obvious question - Who took that decision and when?
What is clear is that since the current Mayor came into power the minimum London cycle safety standards have simply not been applied.
What is clear is that since the current Mayor came into power the minimum London cycle safety standards have simply not been applied.
I find it very hard indeed to trust the Mayor will really deliver on his cycle safety review. It appears to me that he had a perfectly usable cycle safety document in his hands when he took office that he not only ignored but he failed to replace with anything else. The Mayor's office has now belatedly promised a review of London's roads to make them safer for children, older people, office workers, mums, dads, grandparents to consider cycling as a sensible option. His Director of Environment, Kulveer Ranger says this:
"The Mayor's desire is that reviewing these junctions leads to a step change in the way engineers think when planning road layouts. Historically our roads have been designed with motorists in mind. But that must change and the Mayor intends that with thousands more Londoners taking to two wheels their needs be given greater consideration than ever before."
We've had one set of standards to make cycling a safe and sensible alternative for Londoners already. I'll believe Boris's standards if and when he ever builds them. For the time being, I think cyclists would have a good case to claim Boris Johnson has been negligent with their lives.
UPDATE - A lot of people will be gathering tonight at Kings Cross to protest about the Mayor's intransigence on cycling safety. You can read about what's happening in today's copy of The Independent here. 6pm Kings Cross, supported by Green party candidate Jenny Jones.
UPDATE - A lot of people will be gathering tonight at Kings Cross to protest about the Mayor's intransigence on cycling safety. You can read about what's happening in today's copy of The Independent here. 6pm Kings Cross, supported by Green party candidate Jenny Jones.
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Pinoy Australia Information Forum was founded by a small group of Filipinos whose aim is to migrate to Australia. It is now a leading online Filipino-Australian community site for Filipinos in Australia and a valuable resource for people also planning to migrate to Australia.
I'm very happy to announce PinoyAu Forum's new app called "SimplyStall" . It's a new Gumtree like service for Pinoys in Australia but in a way better!
So if you have any items just collecting dust? Why not convert it to cash?
If you are selling new items or products or wish to give an item away for free then this might be a good avenue for you.
This project is a new initiative to unify and have a common portal for Pinoys in Australia to sell and share stuffs.
It's now available on Google Play and Apple App Store.
Please do try it out. I'd appreciate if you can help me spread the good news and start selling your old or new stuffs.