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In tandem with movements such as smart growth and healthy cities, there's been a sea-change from the perception of cities as places apart from nature, to one that actively nurtures and integrates nature into urban landscapes.
Community-based planning is helping create parks and open spaces that are safe and comfortable and accommodating of people of all ages and abilities year-round.
So it follows that new condominium developments across the GTA would begin to add the same features for their residents.
The yen for yards spans the generations, from young families starting out with kids and puppies needing a space to romp, to Baby Boomers gravitating toward the condo lifestyle from homes with personal green space.
"Integrating a park into the condo plan helps makes these transitions easier," says Toronto real estate broker Joy Paterson, who, with Erica Smith, make up the team known as the Condo Chicks. "A lot of builders are incorporating green space on their own," she says, "because there is something more appealing about being surrounded by trees, grass and flowers for people."
Ms. Smith agrees: "Having a green space to go to read a book or go for a stroll is a retreat from the daily grind of living and working in the city. It's a great stress reliever, a place to escape from busy streets, get exercise, and meet with friends and neighbours." Dog walking, in particular, has become a popular way to meet people living in the same building or neighbourhood.
The look and use of a park helps define the character of a community. "A park or green space brings an identity to a condo development," says Matthew Bernstein, principal landscape architect with Ter-raplan, the designers of Metro-gate Park, the showpiece feature of Tridel's new Metrogate development in the Kennedy and Highway 401 area. "Green spaces entice neighbours outdoors more regularly, where they build friendships and forge community ties," he says. Two of Metrogate's 17-acre site are dedicated for the park.
Sustainability has been built into Metrogate Park. The basin in this green space (Metrogate's land was once a dusty trucking depot) consists of reclaimed construction materials. The park features special stormwater facilities that replenish the local aquifers. It's a sustainable system that doesn't add to the infrastructure load, since it's not connected to the city's sewage system. The park will be illuminated with high efficiency lighting to save electricity. "The concept was to recreate a ravine type of setting because Toronto has so many ravines," Mr. Bernstein says. Among the park's botanicals are hardy, drought-resistant plants, more than half of which are indigenous trees such as basswood, birch and white oak. A public art installation by artist Jeannie Thib incorporates sculptural granite elements, patterned paving and plantings.
One of Scarborough's first LEED Silver-certified community spaces, the design principles at Metrogate, which are mirrored in Tridel's Avonshire Park, at Yonge Street near Hwy. 401, where a large children's playground and open lawn area are part of the aesthetics (condo units start from about $290,000; with spring 2014 occupancy), adhere to the city's Toronto Green Standards. These are performance measures related to sustainable site and building design for new public and private development, and include the integration of stormwater retention systems and requirements for the protection of urban trees and forest/woodlot zones.
Fiscally strapped local governments are increasingly transferring the job of building and maintaining public green spaces to the developers, especially those involved in high-rise construction. Mr. Bernstein believes that condo builders are going over and above what's required and possess a greener thumb than the city when it comes to crafting green spaces that blend in with the ambient landscape and community.
Janet Rosenberg concurs. She sees builders embracing their new role as park planners for the community. "The park is really the condo owners' backyard," says the Toronto landscape designer, who fashioned the grounds of the two-acre Zorra Park for the Remington Group's Park Towers (from the $200,000s with occupancy in late 2015) in Etobicoke. "In this project, we wanted to create an aesthetically beautiful and functional park space that offers a variety of opportunities for programmed activities and more flexible uses throughout the year," she says.
Zorra Park is defined by strong geometry. A central walk along a linear water feature creates distinct quadrants of space, which include a lawn amphitheatre, covered walkway or arbour, flowering trees, a splash-and play-zone for children, and an organic zone of natural grasses and wood boardwalks. "We took it from the perspective that this park is to be enjoyed by people from at-grade and from the condominium units above, with thoughtful consideration given to seasonality, colour and texture," Ms. Rosenberg says.
In a city where high-rise living is the most affordable residence of choice, a balcony overlooking green space is being elevated as a real selling point. "People need to feel a connection to some natural surroundings," says Barbara Lawlor, president of Baker Real Estate Inc., the agents selling the IQ complex at Islington and the Queensway, which will encompass six buildings and lush green space. "Having nearby access to a beautifully landscaped park is an amenity most people crave."
Located at the corner Weston Road and Highway 7 West in Vaughan, the four-acre site of the Centro Square Condos (units for the first of two towers, starting from the mid $200,000 are slated for occupancy in September 2015), will feature a one-acre park by LandArt Designs, with common areas, a shady pergola and two bocce lanes.
"There's an emotional aspect to parks," says Marco Filice, Liberty's senior vice-president, whose other projects with parkland components include The Fountains at Thornhill City Centre, Metro Place Condos and World on Yonge. "Urban forests improve our quality of life and help to beautify communities. Landscape designers are in the building/planning process from the outset. They work from a blank slate when a project's parkland is being mapped out. It's like designing a huge painting. Parks are a big part of that canvas."
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In tandem with movements such as smart growth and healthy cities, there's been a sea-change from the perception of cities as places apart from nature, to one that actively nurtures and integrates nature into urban landscapes.


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Every five to seven years the United States Congress passes what is arguably the single most important piece of legislation affecting the nation's food environment.
Every five to seven years the United States Congress passes what is arguably the single most important piece of legislation affecting the nation's food environment.
The Federal Farm Bill, a massively complex piece of legislation, has almost 700 pages and is the primary agricultural and food policy tool of the federal government.
The Farm Bill affects every American in one way, shape or form.
Beginning in 1973, Farm Bills have included titles on commodity programs, trade, rural development, farm credit, conservation, agricultural research, and food and nutrition programs among others.
Congress is coming perilously close to leaving Washington, D.C. without passing a Farm Bill this year
According to the Minnesota Farmers Union Director of Government Relations, Tom Petersen, it is important that a new five-year Farm Bill be signed into law before Jan. 1, 2013, for a number of important reasons.
Brown County could see the effects of a delay in the Farm Bill passing in major dairy programs, including Milk Income Loss Contracts (MILC) and the Dairy Product Price Support Program (DPPSP), which expires with the end of the 2008 Farm Bill.
If no action is taken on the Farm Bill by Jan. 1, federal dairy policy will revert to 1938 and 1949 law, Petersen explained.
"We would go back to 1938 and 1939 law. Farmers would be paid in a parity-based government backed price of about $38 per hundredweight for milk," he said. "It would double the price for the farmer, but in the long-run consumers would see a jump in prices which would decrease demand. There are concerns in this area."
While dairy programs pose potential temporary setbacks for dairy farmers, Petersen explained that 37 programs that were included in the 2008 Farm Bill did not include baseline funding beyond Sept. 30, 2012.
Important programs that currently lay dormant that would affect Brown County include CRP re-enrollments, Wetland Reserve Program (WRP), grasslands reserve program, Rural Energy in America Programs (REAP), Beginning Farmer and Rancher Program, organic research and there is no current disaster protection program in place.
"That's going to be a problem if the drought persists," Petersen said.
He explained that many counties across the nation were declared agricultural disaster areas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture at some point in 2012, and 55 percent of the nation's pasture and rangeland rated in poor to very poor condition.
Peterson went on to say that hay and other commodities are going to get tight, especially for livestock producers who will need some disaster assistance if the region doesn't get substantial moisture in 2013.
Petersen sees only temporary setbacks for farmers if Congress does not pass the farm bill before the first of the year, but says an opportunity to make major reforms to farm policy will be lost if no action is taken by Jan. 1.
"Any temporary extension would be a short-sighted, inadequate solution that would leave our rural America crippled by uncertainty," Petersen added. "If a new Farm Bill is not passed by the end of the year, even deeper effects will be felt by all sectors of agriculture that will jeopardize the long-term viability of farm and conservation programs."

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A maintenance worker is about to open a non-fusible safety switch, which serves as a local motor disconnect, when he's confronted by a co-worker. "Hey, what's up?" inquires the co-worker. "I need to check voltages, because the motor is running hot," answers the maintenance worker. Although the co-worker is not an electrician, he recalls hearing something about wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) when working on electrical equipment. "Shouldn't you be wearing PPE?" asks the co-worker. "Don't need PPE for this job," he replies. Not satisfied with this simple answer, the co-worker continues with the inquiry. "Are you sure?" At this point, the maintenance worker becomes visibly irritated. "You must be kidding! I'm not about to wear PPE for this measly job!" My question to you is: Which one of these workers is correct?
Clearly, the maintenance worker is mistaken not to wear PPE for this task — and is in desperate need of training on electrical safety-related work practices. Yet, even if the right decision had been made, the absence of an NFPA 70E-compliant arc flash warning label on the safety switch leaves the selection of the appropriate levels of PPE to chance.
This is the first of a three-part series on the importance of arc flash labeling of electrical equipment in which practical examples shed light on some common misconceptions surrounding this issue.
The one-line diagram (click here to see Figure) depicts the electrical arrangement noted in the situation described above. The non-fusible safety switch is rated 60A and serves as the local disconnect for a 20-hp induction motor. If an arc flash event were to occur at the safety switch location, due to a fault during voltage testing, the maintenance worker must rely on the upstream fuses in the combination motor starter of the motor control center (MCC) to clear the fault.
Using IEEE 1584 as a reference document, we can calculate the incident energy (IE) in calories per square centimeter and the corresponding Hazard/Risk Category (HRC) level for variations in fuse rating and class, length of motor branch circuit conductors, and available bolted 3-phase short-circuit current at the MCC bus. These calculations were performed for four different combinations of fuse type and rating level, which are summarized in Tables 1 through 4. Let's start by using NEC upper-limit 50A Class RK5 fuses. The results of our calculations in Table 1 (click here to see Table 1) show the wide variability in IE and HRC with length of the motor branch circuit. For the second case, lower-rated 40A upstream fuses of the same class (RK5) are chosen that still permit start-up of the motor. Take note in Table 2 (click here to see Table 2) of the significant reductions in IE and HRC levels with this simple change in fuse ampere rating. For the third case, we return to using 50A upstream fuses. However, this time we choose Class RK1 fuses instead of RK5 (Table 3) (click here to see Table 3). Comparing the data in Tables 1 and 3, note the dramatic changes in IE and HRC levels with the change in fuse class. Finally, the fourth case involves lower-rated 40A upstream type RK1 fuses that still permit start-up of the motor. Comparing the results in Table 4 (click here to see Table 4) with those of Table 2, once again we see a significant reduction in IE levels.
What can we take away from this example? First, PPE is necessary for this "measly job," and an NFPA-70E arc flash warning label on the safety switch would certainly reinforce this point. Second, an NFPA 70E-compliant label, specifying available incident energy level at 18 in. from the piece of equipment or HRC rating, would inform the worker as to the appropriate level of PPE to wear for the task at hand. Finally, this example also illustrates the importance of replacing blown fuses with identical replacements, so as not to inadvertently change the level of arc flash risk from that on the arc flash warning label.Frank Mercede, PE., is vice-president and Joseph Mercede is president of Mercedes Electric Co., Inc., based in Lester, Pa. They can be reached at [email protected] and [email protected].


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Plymouth State University notched the game-winning goal with 34 seconds remaining in the second overtime to lead the Panthers to a 7-6 win over MIT in an ECAC New England Men's Lacrosse Championship semifinal game on Saturday. Ryan Ballentine and Brennan Sherry each tallied a goal and two assists for the Engineers (7-7). Zach Brewer collected 14 saves in net while Patrick Shannon picked up a team-high four groundballs.
Plymouth State built a 2-0 advantage following goals at the 10:14 and 5:13 marks. MIT got on the board less than a minute later when Ballentine set up Tyler Sorba. The Engineers evened the contest with on a goal by Dylan Roden with Sherry earning the assist.
The Panthers broke the deadlock with a pair of goals in a span of 26 seconds early in the second stanza. MIT answered with four consecutive goals which resulted in a 6-4 lead at the break. Jonathan Stolmeier ignited the run with an unassisted tally, which was followed by another Sorba-Ballentine connection. Sherry recorded an unassisted strike and then found Ballentine for his first goal of the day.
Plymouth State cut its deficit in half (6-5) at 8:40 of the third quarter and then posted the equalizer on an extra-man opportunity four minutes later. The game became a defensive battle until the Panthers found the back of the net late in the second extra session.


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Days Inn & Suites in St. James, now under new ownership, has reopened its doors, and most of the same employees have returned to work.
Days Inn & Suites in St. James, now under new ownership, has reopened its doors, and most of the same employees have returned to work.
The hotel reopened on May 1 after financial woes caused the previous owner to close down in March.
Elliott Lodging, of Springfield, Mo., recently bought the rights to the franchise, and plans are in the works to give the 60-room facility a new name, The St. James Hotel.
According to general manager Alan Wynn, most of the former employees including himself will return to their former positions. At least two of the former employees have secured employment elsewhere, but at least eight are back to work.
Wynn plans to hire at least two temporary housekeepers through the summer.
"We just want everyone to know that we are officially open," said Wynn, who had been unemployed since the March shutdown. "Everybody's as excited as they can be, and everything is really working in the right direction."
Elliott Lodging also owns and/or operates 19 other hotel properties in southwestern Missouri and in Kansas.
Wynn had been promoted to general manager just five months before Days Inn closed down in March.
The community is also breathing a sigh of relief, especially with events like the Grape and Fall Festival and Old Iron Works Days just around the corner.
"It's wonderful. It's just in time for the summer season and more events in the fall," said Dawn Thompson, director of the St. James Chamber of Commerce. "I'm thrilled because it means the world to businesses in St. James."
Amanda Watson, the former owner, could not be reached for comment at the time of the March report. Mayor Dennis Wilson said the property had experienced financial difficulties and was in foreclosure.
Wynn says new owner Gordon Elliot contacted him about a day before the hotel reopened, which was both a shock and a relief.
"I knew it was in the works, but I didn't know for certain it was going to happen until he called me the day before," Wynn said. "He told me he wasn't going to open the hotel unless I was willing to manage it, so that made me happy."
Days Inn is located at 110 N. Outer Road in St. James. For more information, call 573-265-2900 or 573-265-2000.


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A "Not So Mini" Minicamp Weekend
Alright Cowboy Fans, the first official Minicamp is well underway at Valley Ranch. Our 'Boys are looking sharp and are ready to follow their new leaders. To the surprise of many, even T.O. showed up and ran some routes and caught several passes. Owens is still recovering from two finger surgeries but practiced and played above expectations with the team this weekend. Julius Jones also returned to Valley Ranch after spending most of the offseason in Arizona with his personal trainer.
There are a couple of Cowboys who had some complaints. Linebacker Kevin Burnett is upset about not having a starting job. Considering his competition: DeMarcus Ware, Bradie James, Akin Ayodele, Greg Ellis, Anthony Spencer, and Bobby Carpenter; Burnett is really going to have to prove that he can do better to even secure a spot on the roster, in my opinion.
Julius Jones also had a few things to say about his position on the team. He wants more freedom, he wants to be able to use his instincts rather than be told to run left or run right. Jones has been training with a personal trainer this offseason in hopes to secure his starting role.
Oh, I can't forget the question that's on every Cowboys fan's mind… Who will be the holder in 2007? Well we have three candidates so far, punter Mat McBriar, back-up quarterback Brad Johnson and receiver Jerheme Urban. Maybe they should steer away from quarterbacks this time… Oh come on, I couldn't pass that up, you all know I'm one of Romo's biggest supporters!
Well overall, everything's looking fantastic. Wade Phillips was excited to see his new team out on the field, and most of the team was there ready to follow his orders. Greg Ellis is still rehabbing is injury, but according to Phillips he is the starting outside linebacker and hopes to be on the field soon. Leonard Davis missed Sunday's practice because his wife was having surgery, but should return Monday.
Believe it or not the offseason is slowly coming to an end and the new season will suddenly be upon us, so get your popcorn ready!


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Review: Frothy 'Bitter Brew' covers Busch empire
An engrossing saga of the Busch family, one of the wealthiest, longest-lasting, and most colorful family dynasties in the history of American commerce.
When, four years ago, the Busch family lost control of the beer company it had founded in the middle of the 1800s, it seemed certain a book would emerge from the wreckage.
A couple of decades earlier, two reporters from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper had researched the Busch family and its beer dynasty headquartered in the city known as the gateway to the American West.
Peter Hernon and Terry Ganey eventually turned that research into the 1991 book Under the Influence, an unauthorized account that arguably qualifies as one of the most skillful corporate histories ever published.
The details are abundant about how the company's Budweiser brand became accepted as "the king of beers." The spinoff marketing tools of Anheuser-Busch, most notably the specially bred Clydesdale show horses and the St. Louis Cardinals Major League Baseball team (purchased in the mid-1950s by Anheuser-Busch), provided enough material for books devoted entirely to the family's evolution.
The Hernon-Ganey book would be a hard act to follow. But an updated version made sense, because the name Anheuser-Busch no longer identified the multinational corporation. A hostile takeover in 2008 had been accomplished by InBev, an alcoholic drink upstart behemoth with headquarters in Belgium and financial control exercised by Brazilian tycoons, especially cost-cutting fanatic Carlos Brito, the chief executive officer.
Now William Knoedelseder, a former reporter at the Los Angeles Times and author of a previous book about organized crime's infiltration of the music industry has completed that updated book, titled Bitter Brew: The Rise and Fall of Anheuser Busch and America's King of Beers.
Really, what author could resist? The hostile takeover of Anheuser-Busch, its diminished presence in St. Louis (and the rest of the United States), the immense profitability of InBev, and the changes in the character of iconic beer brands add up to a compelling business saga.
Even more, the continuing saga of the Busch family through five generations in the United States constitutes a real-life soap opera so outsized—and so tragic—that no author could make it boring.
Fathers and sons battled each other. Brothers and cousins undercut each other. The women in the mix sometimes attained personal wealth, but at great cost to their mental and physical health.
The German immigrant to St. Louis who started the brewing dynasty, Adolphus Busch, could not have imagined in his wildest dreams or his worst nightmare how well his descendants would build the company into a dominant industry force and how poorly they would conduct their personal lives, existences that can perhaps most accurately be summarized as "reckless."
The successors of Adolphus—August A. Busch, August Busch Jr. (aka Gussie), August Busch III and August Busch IV plus their spawn—would become imperious corporate bosses, aggressive executives when challenged by competitors such as Miller Brewing Co. They would become abusers of alcohol and drugs, philanderers, and even murderers who got away with their crimes.
If the book seems salacious in chapter after chapter, it is because Knoedelseder could not responsibly ignore the raw material from his extensive research. Quite a bit of that research, by the way, derives from the Hernon-Ganey book.
Quite a bit of that research, by the way, derives from the Hernon-Ganey book. For readers whose thirst for Anheuser-Busch lore is not quenched by Knoedelseder's account, "Under the Influence" is now available as an electronic book. Co-author Ganey has updated it with material that includes the hostile takeover by InBev and sensational new information about Busch family members.
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|2009-10-12, 03:06
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I'll say those rumors are pretty much fake period, just after issue 49 is when we should be hearing about the first cuts... Also I think some rankings need to be put into perspective.. like here's last weeks ranked series that finished higher than Medaka.
Bleach, One Piece, Gintama, Sket Dance, Inumaru Dashi, Beelzebub, Kochikame, Toriko, Psyren, Nurarihyon no Mago, Wasshoi! Waji Mania
Aside from WajiMania and maybe Psyren.. Medaka really shouldn't be outranking any of those series on a consistent basis. You can call it an excuse but it's common sense. Unless it's a smash hit like Beelzebub it's not going to make much of an impact. At best it's going to claw it's way above other new series.. like Akaboshi, Kagijin, Kuroko, Ane Doki, Wajimania and in the next two weeks Hokenshitsu no Shinigami and Lilienthal will join that bottom 5 scramble.
Kuroko's safe though since every time it hits the bottom 5 it gets a color page lol.
2009-47 Bottom 6
Sket Dance
Even ignoring the rumor Akaboshi and Kagijin are more than likely the next two going to get cut, Kagijin has been a complete flop and Medaka has outranked Akaboshi the majority of times.
Also lol @ Gintama and Sket Dance being #3 and #4 respectively last week and being 5th and 6th last this week. Yoyo much? I guess this is what happens when Kuroko gets a free pass with so many color pages which are unranked.
|2009-10-12, 03:38
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|2009-10-12, 07:52
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I think it's too bad this manga didn't start in a magazine that was more appropriate for the original concept. I'm sure everyone, the fans and the mangaka, would have preferred to see the story as it continued to develop towards that goal. Oh well. I think the mangaka is doing a good job of fitting what he had to what the readers of the magazine like. Hopefully it won't get canceled. I'd love to see the mangaka get a good feel for the genre and have some of the original elements of the story return to the scene.
|2009-10-12, 15:21
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I actually liked the character of Medaka, as well as the student council members. It was funny to read about how her perfection worked against her, yet still see her win. It was also funny to see how she utilized the personalities of the not-so-perfect people around her, and how the student council members reacted to having such a person around. The personalities made them fun to read.
Then she started fighting the stock shounen villain (The enforcer midget), and it was all uninspired and boring.Now in chapter 22 we're introduced to all the different bosses, and it went from being a fun school comedy to a dull battle manga full of generic characters and Bleach rejects.
I hope it gets a mercy killing so the author can start again in a more suitable magazine and sticks to the original vision.
|2009-10-13, 06:03
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Nishioshin probably met Kubo at a bar one day and became drinking buddy.
Nishi: Hey Kubo, nice seeing you.
Kubo: Yo, how's it going with your manga?
Nishi: Not so great man, the ratings aren't doing very well. I wonder what I did wrong. I thought a strong-headed heroine would appeal to the SJ audience. At least, that's how it has been with my novels.
Kubo: You obviously are a smart man Nishi, but there's something that's preventing it from becoming an awesome manga - like mine.
Nishi: Oh... what is it? I'd like to hear it.
Kubo: 13.
Nishi: What??
Kubo: It's something you have to think about yourself. 13... a magic number... just like the Gotei 13.
Nishi: You mean, I should start having fights in my manga?
Kubo: Yes of course, and lots of it. And I mean LOTS, that's what I have been doing the last couple of years for Bleach, you know.
Nishi: Fights? Then what about plot?
Kubo: Plot? Screw the plot. When all else fails, I go plotkai.
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|2009-10-13, 06:28
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|2009-10-13, 10:20
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PLOT KAI!!! ROFL... That is one of the best things I've heard about Kubo's work so far.
To be honest, I'd be interested if the series mixed some things together. Like having the 13 be involved in one of the box requests.
Who wants to see Medaka do yuri kiss with that girl from the 13?
|2009-10-13, 20:16
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This somehow sems like it could very well be the truth!
|2009-10-14, 03:25
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The joke is fun (and old), but please, don't put that author who is known by the great reputation his works have given him with the failure that is Kubo
As for the rest, I don't understand the complainers. Did you really believed this would be a manga about generic comedy/romance/school life? To me it's clear Medaka Box would be an action/comedy/with a bit of romance from the very beggining. It's not because it's being serialized in Jump, but there are enough proofs.
For example, the heroine's name: Medaka Kurokami. Kurokami means "black goddess", and that's a clear reference to her 4th trump card, the Perses mode.
Not to mention, Zenkichi almost told Kikaijima about that trump card IN CHAPTER 13.
Add to that:
Pff, how could a manga with such abnormal heroine and with such strange little hungry girl who is non other than the chairman's grandaughter, couldn't have action.
And that's all thats needed for me. Maybe I enjoy it because I never got fooled by the one-shot in the first place. As for you guys, if you want to believe this turned into a battle manga all of a sudden, then fine, I'm not going to force, believe whatever you want. As for me, I'm going to believe what my points tell, and given the mangaka's great reputation with his previous works and the fact he only has to write the plot while the draw is in the illustrator's hands, well, I think that's all is need to say.
Just in case you didn't noticed, I'm a reader who likes to read any manga that interest me carefully, and I specially like to pay attention at all de details, not just the big ones, but the minor ones too.
To finish, all this people that write just to complain and trash the thread, please, stop. There's plenty of mangas of the genres you like, so don't do that.
Sorry if my english is bad. I will give my overall thoughts about Medaka Box and it's latest developments later. Hace a nice day
|2009-10-14, 06:13
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Many posters here believe that Medaka Box plot changed after Akune arc. So chapter 13 or later aren't a good example. There is many post proving that beliefs, read them please. Or try to explain me role of Zenkichi, Akune and that girl from swimming team. What they could do except to appear from time to time just to say to us - readers, how Medaka feels. Do you truly believe that Zen or Akune has any chances fighting against any member of class 13? They will be killed not only because those freaks are able to kill a human, they are also allowed to kill any student.
|2009-10-14, 08:37
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Yes, I think they have chances, or as it's said, David beats Goliath. Specially Zenkichi. His role is big as it had already been foreshadowed in the first chapter. The main character is fated to do really big tasks. I'll explain why just if you want.
By the way, number 13 is really overused. Take KH Organization XIII as an example.
By the way, the chaos guy, by some posts of his/her I read in onemanga forum, I would say he/she enjoys it more or less with the doubt of the Council's role.
That said, had been Medaka Box some generic romance/comedy packed manga, I wouldn't be here now. Sorry, I hate that type of genre (cough Tolove cough), I love action/comedy filled with drama and baddassery. Hope that doesn't make me strange
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Just that there are illustrations doest mean that he is writing manga plot.
In manga you do not have space for words - you have to rely on visuals mostly and some dialogs. In Light Novels you still rely on writing and illustrations are just helping the writing but they do not construct the plot. the fields are very different. In other words, what you just said is a complete nonsense.
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I am pretty much just having a grand time with this manga lately as well. This last chapter was hilariously absurd while retaining the potential to be interesting: seriously, "I tried to kill her five times"??? Is that serious? And the pretense for this statement being believable is 'they're superhuman'?
I'd never claim to have predicted this outcome, but even from the one-shot it was clear romance wasn't this manga's focus (or it's strength). The way things have been set up it's perfectly believable to me that this is the way Nishio Ishin intended to take this manga from the beginning. And it's suited to my tastes: one of my first thoughts was 'holy shit is Medaka a goddamned unbelievable Sue' so I'm glad they're making a plot point out of it. This manga was of incredibly dubious quality to me in its initial stages so I am glad it has currently leveled up to 'fun and occasionally interesting'.
This is probably all I feel like saying for now.
Oh wait, one more thing: nobody commented on ch. 22's boob pillows? Even the translators did in the scanlation. Unzen just keeps getting awesomer.
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So we share thoughts about Medaka Box planned to be what is now from the beggining, I see
As for Medaka, I'm sure this woman wants to be seen more human by others.
And yeah, the line "I tried to kill her five times" is hilarious.
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Mobile Slaughterhouses Help Meat Go Local
Bruce Dunlop was an engineer before he became a farmer on a picturesque island off the coast of Washington in 2002. This technical background turned out to serve him well in producing pork and lamb to sell from Lopez Island Farm. Faced with the financial and logistical difficulty of transporting his live animals 200 miles to the closest USDA-permitted slaughterhouse on the mainland—a trip that included a 45-minute ferry ride—he began designing the nation's first mobile slaughterhouse, in cooperation with Washington State University extension and Lopez Community Land Trust.
A 50-something Steve Martin look-alike with a cheery, relaxed manner, Dunlop is an unassuming pioneer. But his problem-solving engineer's perspective and the single-minded dedication of a true agriculturalist make him the perfect candidate to reimagine the logistics of small-scale meat production. And this particular corner of U.S. food production is desperately in need of some reimagining.
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The rising dominance of large, national-scale meat producers has made it increasingly difficult for operators serving local markets with meat produced on small and mid-sized farms to stay in business. High-volume production using industrial methods—the disturbing, inhumane nature of which has been widely chronicled—means that smaller meat producers cannot compete on price with the big guys.
Beyond price, small-scale operations also find themselves stymied by logistical hurdles created by the consolidated meat-production infrastructure. Any meat destined for sale must, by law, be slaughtered at a USDA-inspected facility—a requirement that can be prohibitively costly for small producers. Many independent slaughterhouses have therefore been forced to close, leaving mom-and-pop livestock farmers with few if any options for turning their animals into legal-to-sell meat.
It is in this context that the mobile slaughterhouse on Lopez Island makes local slaughter available and affordable to small farmers. On this gorgeous, evergreen-covered island and its sister islands in the San Juan chain, a consortium of meat farmers formed the Island Grown Farmers Cooperative to organize the building of the mobile slaughterhouse; they also pooled resources to rent a central facility on the mainland for the final butchering and packing. The slaughterhouse, which looks from the outside like an average tractor-trailer, travels among the farms; farmers pay a fee for each animal they slaughter. A USDA inspector travels with the abattoir to certify that the meat it processes can be sold on the open market.
In the process of researching my new book about positive action in sustainable food, I found myself stationed alongside this unusual vehicle on the green lawn of Lopez Island Farm, watching as the slaughterhouse's manager and head butcher, Jim Wieringa, and his partner slaughtered and butchered one cow, four pigs, and 14 lambs. USDA inspector Jim Donaldson, a jolly bear of a man with a white beard, made notations on his clipboard, and meanwhile Dunlop loaded the discarded viscera into his front-end loader for transport to his increasingly fertile compost heap.
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Louisiana Treasurer John Kennedy derided Gov. Bobby Jindal's budget proposal Monday as unrealistic and unbalanced, likening it to running up credit card debt to pay the ongoing expenses of state government.
Kennedy predicted the state will face another round of midyear budget cuts if lawmakers approve the governor's spending recommendations for the 2013-14 fiscal year, which begins July 1. He called his fellow Republican's proposal "a fond illusion."
"There's a better way. It's not complicated: don't spend more than you take in, and when you do spend money, spend it on things you need, not things you simply want," the treasurer wrote in a column.
Jindal's chief budget architect, Commissioner of Administration Kristy Nichols, called the governor's budget balanced. She said Kennedy uses incorrect figures and estimates in his assessment, and that if the dollars criticized by the treasurer were removed, cuts would be required to health care and colleges.
"It's easy to talk about rhetoric and to present no solutions," Nichols said.
Kennedy said Jindal's budget includes millions of dollars in "pretend" savings from an unfinished privatization of the LSU hospitals and anticipates "inflated prices" from property sales that won't happen.
The treasurer assumes the administration is anticipating $800 million in savings from the LSU privatization plan, but Nichols said the reduction is actually $107 million. She said that even with the cut, current services would be maintained and the hospital system would be modernized.
"Not only are his numbers incorrect, but the fact of the matter is we have a plan that is a good plan for the public hospital system and the state," she said.
Though none of the agreements are complete, Nichols said they will be in place by April.
For the property sales, Nichols said the price estimates are backed up by appraisals. She said prospective buyers have been identified for all tracts of land and buildings anticipated for sale.
Kennedy also criticized as a bad idea Jindal's proposal to plug $60 million in savings from refinancing the state's tobacco bonds into next year's budget, much of it to help pay for the state's free college tuition program called TOPS.
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Reps. Cameron Henry of Metairie, Thomas Carmody of Shreveport and John Schroder of Covington said the moves would create a hole in the college scholarship program's more than $200 million budget in later years when the piecemeal financing falls away.
"We are jeopardizing the future of TOPS with these accounting games," Schroder said in a statement.
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Scottie Parks was 13 when he first signed up as a member of the Boys and Girls Club of Henderson County.
Scottie Parks was 13 when he first signed up as a member of the Boys & Girls Club of Henderson County. For the past two years, he's been leading the organization that has been a huge part of his life.
Parks is moving on to take a position at the national office of the Boys & Girls Club in Atlanta. He will be replaced by his predecessor at the Henderson County chapter, Kevin Lauritsen. Lauritsen was executive director of the local club from 1999 until 2011.
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PHOENIX — Revenge was a fleeting thing for the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Milwaukee Brewers got their payback the very next pitch.
Jonathan Lucroy homered twice, including a grand slam in an eventful seventh inning, and the Brewers made it two in a row over Arizona by beating the Diamondbacks 7-5 on Tuesday night.
Lucroy's slam to center came on Brad Ziegler's first delivery after Arizona reliever Evan Marshall was ejected for hitting Ryan Braun with a pitch.
"They won the tough-guy points, but I don't know what the stats are for those," Milwaukee starter Kyle Lohse said. "We won the game because of that."
Brewers manager Ron Roenicke called Lucroy's at-bat "probably the best I've ever seen."
"After they smoke our guy, they bring in their closer, the first pitch he sees he hits a grand slam. There's no way an at-bat can get bigger than that," he said.
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It was the first grand slam and only the 16th home run allowed by Ziegler, who is not usually the Arizona closer.
The Brewers couldn't understand why the Diamondbacks picked that moment to hit Braun.
"We know the way the game works," Braun said. "I was surprised I got hit in that situation, those circumstances — go-ahead run at second base, tying run at third."
Lucroy insisted the Diamondbacks drilling Braun did not provide added motivation.
"I'm not about revenge or payback," the catcher said. "I'm just about winning the game. It worked out for us."
Marshall (2-2) took the loss, facing three batters without getting an out after relieving starter Mike Bolsinger, who was called up from Triple-A Reno earlier in the day.
Lucroy had a solo homer in the sixth. Aramis Ramirez also hit a solo shot for the Brewers.
Lohse (8-2), who had hit three batters all season, plunked two in his six innings. He grazed Didi Gregorius to start the game, then hit Chris Owings just below the back of his head to start the sixth.
Lohse also threw one over Bolsinger's head, and the Brewers hit a batter in Monday night's win as well.
All that apparently led to Marshall retaliating.
"I am not going to comment on that," Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said. "You have been around the game long enough."
With a slight smile on his face, Marshall said he didn't hit Braun on purpose.
Lohse allowed four runs, three earned, and six hits. The Brewers trailed 4-2 when he was lifted for a pinch-hitter in a five-run seventh.
Arizona's Roger Kieschnick hit his first career homer, off Francisco Rodriguez to start the ninth. The ball landed in the swimming pool beyond the right-field fence.
Singles by pinch-hitter Cody Ross and Gerardo Parra put runners at first and second with one out, but Rodriguez struck out Paul Goldschmidt. Miguel Montero bounced out to first to end it, and Rodriguez earned his major league-leading 22nd save.
With the Brewers trailing 4-2, Jean Segura led off the seventh with his second triple of the night, off the wall in center, and scored on Elian Herrera's sacrifice fly.
That ended the night for Bolsinger, who had a 4-2 lead when he left. He wound up allowing three runs on seven hits with six strikeouts and no walks in 6 1-3 innings.
Marshall came in and gave up a pinch-hit single to Lyle Overbay, then a double by Scooter Gennett to put runners on second and third. That brought up Braun.
Marshall's first pitch went behind the batter, leading plate umpire Ted Barrett to walk to the mound for a nose-to-nose conversation with the Arizona pitcher. The very next pitch, Marshall plunked Braun just above the left hip to load the bases.
"That's ridiculous," Lucroy said. "It's overreacting."
Barrett immediately tossed Marshall, who got high-fives from his teammates in the Diamondbacks' dugout. But with the bases loaded, Lucroy homered to left-center, above the 413-foot sign, and Milwaukee led 7-4.
Gibson has been outspoken since Braun's 65-game suspension last year for violating baseball's drug agreement during the 2011 season, which included the slugger's big series when the Brewers edged the Diamondbacks in the NL playoffs.
NOTES: It was the second ejection for the Diamondbacks in two nights. Manager Kirk Gibson was tossed in the ninth inning Monday. … A victory would have lifted Arizona out of last place in the NL West. … To make room for Bolsinger, the Diamondbacks optioned reliever Will Harris to Triple-A Reno. … Brewers CF Carlos Gomez sat out his second consecutive game with a sore hamstring. … In the third game of the four-game series Wednesday night, the Brewers send Matt Garza (4-4, 4.17 ERA) to the mound against Arizona's Wade Miley (3-6, 4.71).


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A new payment plan by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (BCBS) that went into effect May 1 is expected to have a crippling impact on the bottom line of Granite Falls Hospital and other rural health providers throughout the state.
"We're more than a little unsettled," Granite Falls Hospital and Manor CEO George Gerlach told the StarTribune. "We're running on slim margins ... When Blue Cross rolls in and says we're going to cut your reimbursement significantly, it's a big deal."
A new payment plan by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (BCBS) that went into effect May 1 is expected to have a crippling impact on the bottom line of Granite Falls Hospital and other rural health providers throughout the state.
"We're more than a little unsettled," Granite Falls Hospital and Manor CEO George Gerlach told the StarTribune. "We're running on slim margins ... When Blue Cross rolls in and says we're going to cut your reimbursement significantly, it's a big deal."
According to Gerlach, under the new plan Granite Falls Hospital and Manor would see a $900,000 reduction in payments for services, based on 2011 rates. "That's a lot of money to squeak out of a $17 million budget with $350,000 in bottom line revenue," he said of the 2011 numbers. "You take that out of your budget and it's pretty scary."
Especially when taking into account that the hospital realized an unaudited $455,000 loss in 2012.
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BCBS, which is the dominant health insurer in outstate Minnesota, says that the purpose of the changes is to reduce the margin of difference that it pays to hospitals for similar medical care procedures, thereby incentivizing new approaches for cost savings.
"The current payment model, called Fee For Service, is built upon volume of care, with no incentive for containing overall health care costs, ultimately raising costs on individuals and businesses," reads a statement from BCBS.
"We recognize there will be challenges in moving away from the status quo. However, under the old model, variation on health care prices can be in excess of 500 percent for common procedures. This needs to change. Our new payment approach is a less arbitrary and more transparent way to pay hospitals based on the specific needs of the people they treat."
According the Minnesota Hospital Association, by moving toward the equalization of payments, BCBS is unilaterally doing away with a decades old payment methodology that had provided a discount to small hospitals––which may be unable to capitalize on the economies of scale available to hospitals in high density population areas.
MHA has come out strongly opposed to the payment model, stating that it has heard from dozens of hospitals who would be affected in the "hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars," putting them deep into the red.
In addition, MHA suggested that BCBS is implementing the plan in a highly political, relatively underhanded fashion without offering lines of communication.
"Instead of contacting all hospitals and warning them about this change at once, Blue Cross is communicating with only 25 of 30 percent of hospitals at a time, perhaps to avoid the inevitable statewide backlash that would be unleashed," said MHA President and CEO Lawrence Massa.
"The timing of this is extra troubling, because some people will mistakenly conclude that they lost access to care or hospitals closed because of federal or state health care reforms when, in reality, these are decisions by a single, dominant insurer that decided to pay wholesale rates rather than discount retail rates."
Adding insult to injury is that the hospitals were only recently informed of the planned changes. According to Gerlach, Granite Falls Hospital was supposed to have received a letter indicating the possibility of the adjustment in December of 2012, but did not. As a result, hospital administration didn't hear about the change until February––and originally BCBS had scheduled the new plan to go into effect in March before postponing it until May 1.
Monte and Granite
Just upstream, the Chippewa County-Montevideo Hospital (CCMH) is in a similar boat with expectations that it will take a $790,000 to million dollar hit, based on 2012 numbers.
"...we don't have a clear picture yet of where we would cut that kind of impact out of our organization," CCMH CEO and Administrator Mark Paulson. "They're looking at a pretty monumental change; it's essentially wiping out our bottom line.
Paulson said nothing was set in stone but the biggest impact to CCMH would likely be to its outpatient services.
"The biggest impact will be on outpatient care, which is where most of the cuts are––and which is contrary to what we're trying to do in health care today. We're trying to take care of patients in an outpatient setting," Paulson said.
"We would have to look at a reduction in service and our overall expenses in terms of our supplies and acquisition of equipment. I mean, really, we have to look at the bottom line of the whole operation, We're not going to cut services to people, but we may have to cut some of our utilities and equipment ... in the future, the bottom line may be access.
Back in Granite Falls, Gerlach wasn't yet ready to speculate where any cuts to the hospital budget might derive from. He did, however, say that the hospital has, over the last years, undergone extensive cost cutting and that implementation of the payment plan would at least change the timeline for plans to move forward with the construction of a new nursing home.
Ideally, Gerlach said that the hospital would be in the midst of obtaining financing for the project, but as a result of the new payment plan all of the information required by potential financing entities is not yet available.
"Because of this and other financial considerations we're not on course to get [the nursing home] built as soon as we thought," he said. "We have to clear this up before we can get on with our financing."
Still hope
Although BCBS indicated in a letter to the hospital on Tuesday that it will go forward with its May 1 implementation date, there is still hope that the insurer will open lines of communication so that alternatives might be discussed.
According to the StarTribune, after hearing from a number of hospitals Attorney General Lori Swanson has intervened, meeting with BCBS CEO Michael Guyette on Monday.
No details of the conversation have been released although a spokesman for Swanson, Ben Wogsland, stated that "We do have concerns and are looking into the issue."
Montevideo American News Staff Writer Jeremy Jones contributed to this article.
Editor's note: A Wednesday press release from BCBS indicates that the insurer has elected to hold off on the implementation of the new payment plan until January 1, 2014. Below is the entirety of BCBS statement as well as a response from the Minnesota Hospital Association.
As the only truly state-wide health plan, Blue Cross understands the importance of maintaining a viable network of critical access hospitals throughout Minnesota. We recently proposed a change in payment methods for these hospitals that moves away from an outdated, transactional, fee-for-service system to a new system that is proven to be a more transparent, predictable and fairer way to pay for care. Blue Cross is striving to be thoughtful and responsive to the operational and financial planning challenges of these hospitals. As a result, we have adjusted the implementation date of this new payment system to January 1, 2014 in an effort to ease the transition.
In addition to the extension, Blue Cross will:
•Extend our ability to meet with individual critical access hospitals and offer additional multi-hospital education sessions
•Share in the cost of software licensing fees and work directly with the manufacturer to ensure these hospitals receive the product as soon as possible
•Create a "safety net" on our commercial payments for those hospitals with insufficient operating margins, ensuring that payments will cover the cost of care provided to Blue Cross commercial members
Critical access hospitals play a vital role in Minnesota's health care delivery system, providing important services to the communities they serve every day. Blue Cross remains committed to continuing the challenging, but necessary conversation about the connection between escalating health care prices and the affordability of insurance coverage. On behalf of our more than two million Blue Cross members, we are committed to new and innovative ways to address the issue of higher health care costs and the pricing inconsistencies that exist across the state.
Statement from the Minnesota Hospital Association:
The Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA) is pleased that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota (BCBS) has decided to delay implementation of its payment model changes that were scheduled to begin May 1. A delay provides a window of opportunity for BCBS and hospitals to work through the issues before attempting to implement payment changes that could have jeopardized access to care in some communities. MHA appreciates that BCBS has heard the concerns of our members and that it is willing to respond to those concerns.
BCBS has assured MHA that it will engage hospitals on a one-on-one basis to work through the transition to the new payment model. MHA and BCBS both recognize the need to move our health care system away from volume-driven, fee-for-service payments and toward payment methodologies that emphasize the value of care patients receive and reward providers for delivering the high quality care as efficiently as possible. MHA is hopeful that additional time and more open communications with hospitals will result in mutually agreed upon, fair and sustainable solutions that protect residents' access to high quality care in their communities.
Finally, MHA appreciates the leadership of Governor Mark Dayton who took quick action to make this issue a priority after listening to hospitals' concerns during an April 19 MHA board of directors meeting. We also appreciate the engagement of Commissioner Ehlinger and Attorney General Lori Swanson, who both met individually with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota's (BCBS) executives on Monday.


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YORK, Pa. – The York College athletic department, in conjunction with the Spartan S.A.A.C. (Student-Athlete Advisory Committee) program hosted the Special Olympics for the first time on Saturday, May 11. Hundreds of athletes from York Country competed in track & field, swimming and tennis events. Thanks to the amazing efforts of the Spartan student-athletes and employees, the event was one of the most successful and exciting events the Special Olympics organization has seen.
"It was an amazing day," said S.A.A.C. advisor and head men's lacrosse coach Brandon Childs. "There were so many athletes giving their best, just having a lot of fun."
Coach Childs said it was such a gift to see the interaction between the Special Olympic athletes and the Spartan athletes.
The amazing experience could be felt by all of those who were a part of the day.
"I got to see sides of our athletes that we never usually get see," said Grumbacher Sport and Fitness Center event/building manager Rachel Findley. "Normally we see their games faces when they compete, but today it was all about making the day special for all the other athletes."
On the track, athletes participated in sprinting events, turbo javelin, broad jump, long jump and shot put. Inside the York College Natatorium, the athletes competed in the pool against each other. After the swimming events were done, a relay team made up of the college athletes competed against the Special Olympics relay team.
"It is truly inspiring to watch these athletes," said women's swimmer Kelsie Pike (Newark, Del./St. Mark's). "Seeing their smiles when they touched the wall made all the hard work that was put into creating and organizing this event worth it."
Pike was one of the swimmers included in the relay race.
"When we lost, they turned around right away to tell us that we are all winners," said Pike. "They are true role models for anyone participating in athletics."
Athletes also competed over on the other side of campus on the Spartan tennis courts. Coach Childs said that after all the planned events were done, the tennis team organized some mixed doubles games. Spartan tennis players paired up with the Special Olympics athletes to compete against each other to add even more excitement to the day.
"My team LOVED playing tennis with the athletes," said women's tennis player Megan McCullin (New Windsor, Md./Westminster Senior). "It was extremely rewarding to be able to give back to such amazing people."
Both Coach Childs and Finley could not reiterate enough how much extra effort the York College athletes and volunteers put into the event to make it an unforgettable day.
It was unanimous by the end of the day that this was the best community service that any of the athletes had participated in at York College.
"It was just awesome day," said men's soccer player Justin Kaiser (Bradenburg, KY/Menchville). "Getting to not only support, but play with all of the athletes."
The outcome was greater then could have ever been expected and it was a truly special day for all that were involved.
"Hosting Special Olympics is a must for every year," said Coach Childs.


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Cui Jian refuses to perform on variety show after being denied
A legendary Chinese rocker has refused to perform at a state broadcaster's variety show after being denied permission to sing a song that became an unofficial anthem of the 1989 pro-democracy protests, his manager said.
Cui Jian had proposed to sing his 1986 song "Nothing to My Name" at China Central Television's Jan. 30 gala show marking the Lunar New Year, but the event's censors told him he would have to choose another, his manager, You You, said late Friday.
Cui decided to quit the show instead of singing a different song, You You said.
Cui sang "Nothing to My Name" at Tiananmen Square for students on a hunger strike in 1989, days before the government sent in tanks and troops to crack down on the demonstrations.
Later, Communist authorities denied him permission for concerts and censored his lyrics. In 2005, he was allowed to headline at a Beijing stadium, and the following year he performed with the Rolling Stones in Shanghai, singing "Wild Horses" alongside Mick Jagger.
"It is not only our regret, but also the gala's," the manager said. "Cui Jian has his fans all over the world, so his stage is far beyond the CCTV's gala."
The state broadcaster could not be reached for comment Saturday.
Many members of the Chinese public praised Cui, 52, for refusing to kowtow to China's censors.
"You are still so proud," Mongolian singer Daiqing Tana of the Beijing-based group Haya Band wrote on her microblog. "You are the backbone and gall of this land. Your music is the hope and despair of this country."
"The gala will always be the same gala, but Cui Jian will not be the same Cui Jian if he appears there," storytelling artist Li Boqing wrote on his microblog.
Cui fell out of favor with the Chinese government after he sided with the Tiananmen protesters, but received an invitation this year from CCTV to perform at the annual show.
Since its inception in the early 1980s, the television gala has become a staple for the holiday celebrations, although it has become widely mocked for its cheesy performances and stilted staging, prompting organizers to hire popular film director Feng Xiaogang to direct this year's gala.
Known as the godfather of Chinese rock, Cui won fame in the late 1980s with songs such as "Nothing to My Name," voicing the hopes and anxieties of a generation of Chinese entering adulthood after the death of Mao Zedong and the end of orthodox communism.


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Plaza 3 Cinemas
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Located in the Kirkwood Mall right off East Bowman Street. Typical small box theatre, the Plaza 1-2 opened October 29, 1970. Operated by Carmike Cinemas it became a triple screen theatre on June 21, 1979.
The Plaza 3 Cinemas was closed in around 2000, and in early-2009 it was being converted into a medical clinic.
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IF this theatre is still operating it's operating as an Independent. It is not listed on carmike.com or movies.yahoo.com.
This theatre has been closed for at least 7 years, maybe longer.
According to the Kirkwood mall website, the mall map shows the spot where the theater once was(spot 15 on the map with no store claiming it). The theater was only accessible from the outside of the mall. There is no entrance inside the mall. It is closed and is sitting empty, so far.
Oh, it's Bowen Street, Not Bowman Street.
Just found out that the old theatre area is in the midst of being converted into a clinic. Perfect idea in Bismarck. This will be the second clinic in the mall, unless it means that the clinic will move from the current smaller spot into the bigger spot where the theatre was.
It's official. The Plaza Three is becoming the new MidDakota Clinic. It was mention by columnist Crystal Reid in the Bismarck Tribune this last week. Here's a link to the article.
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This theater opened to the public as the Plaza Twin on October 30, 1970, following a benefit premier the previous night. It was a joint venture of Mid Continent Theatres and the Dubinsky circuit, operating under the name R&D Theatres. In the original twin configuration it had 900 seats, according to several Boxoffice items of the period.
Boxoffice of November 23, 1970, said that the Plaza Twin was designed by Mel Glatz & Associates. The opening feature in the Plaza I was "The People Next Door" and the Plaza II featured "The Boatniks."
October 29th, 1970 full page ad:
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3 screens on June 21st, 1979. Another ad in the photo section.
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(Quatro, Marc, Michele and Joe atop the first ridge of Three Ridges with the Priest in the background)
This summer I hope to cover all my favorite trails while training for Grindstone 100 and then post the highlights here for folks to check out and discover on their own. Probably the most "bang for your buck" training run, the one that the big dogs like to train on for their speed records and western 100s, is the Priest and Three Ridges/Mauhar Loop. Last weekend I met up with a group of friends--Bill Gentry, Marc Griffin, Quatro Hubbard, Michele Harmon and Joe Clapper-- at the small parking area off Rte 56 east of Montebello, Virginia (next to the "Watch For Falling Rocks" sign) and we climbed the AT up the Priest, descended back down, and then crossed the road and the Tye River suspension bridge to ascend the AT up Three Ridges and continue on the blue blazed Mauhar Loop back to the car. On the way we took some excellent pics and ran into the Big Dog himself, David Horton, as he was training for his speed attempt of the Colorado Trail in July. Joe was training for his 3rd Hardrock 100 finish so we were happy to give him some company and take in this wonderful trail!
A few facts and helpful hints about this run:
1. Bring at least two 20 oz bottles for the 5-mile ascent up the Priest. It took us 1:30 to get to the shelter sign at a relaxed but consistent pace before descending hard back to the car. Total time for 10 miles: 2:45. You don't need your hydration pack for this climb unless that's all you have with you.
2. The Priest is the "warm-up" (at least in my mind) for the rest of the day. The big fun comes when climbing Three Ridges. The AT up the mountain has been re-routed through some glorious mountain laurel
and the singletrack is awesome. Bring at least 100 ounces for this 14-mile lollipop. I brought one 20 oz hand held and a 70 oz Nathan pack and wished I had another bottle. I also packed lots of snacks--the climb is long and tough to the summit---took us exactly 2 hours and we ran all the flats and runnable ups. At the top of Three Ridges, one can descend back to the car or continue on the AT to the blue blazed Mauhar loop (named after the Maupin and Harper shelters along the route).
We prefer this route, as it takes us by glorious waterfalls (and drinkable water) and adds more climbing. WARNING: Be sure to bring a PATC map 12 with you for exact route finding, as it is tricky to find the Mauhar trail and easy to keep running towards the Blue Ridge Parkway to Reeds Gap).
3. The total climb for both mountains was over 13,000 feet as found here on Marc Griffin's GPS. The 13,000+ of climb for 23 miles is waaaayyyy more than the 8,000 feet for a 25 mile loop of the Wild Oak Trail (a perennial favorite to be profiled here in the future). Wow! That's what I call a big bang for my buck!
4. Besides the awesome views, wicked climbs and hammer-worthy single track, my favorite part of the run is always the dip in the Tye River after finishing Three Ridges.
The day we ran the Tye was up high and very refreshing...a great place for an ice bath for the tired legs and cold beverage. You might get lucky as we did and meet some AT thru-hikers. The guys shared some trail magic with them and we all agreed that these climbs were beasts...but at least we didn't have to wear packs!!
Welcome to my blog and the place where I will post my photos and musings from my life as an ultrarunner. My nickname "Shining" was given to me by a group of very special students after I finished my first 100-miler, the Massanutten Mountain Trails 100. They were the inspiration that enabled me to finish this awesome race, and I try to live each day with a "shining" attitude!
Friday, June 12, 2009
Cool training runs: The Priest and Three Ridges/Mauhar Loop
Posted by Sophie Speidel at 9:54 PM
4 comments:
- Rick Gray said...
What a beautiful and fun weekend. The mountains are certainly beautiful this time of year. Cheers to what sounds like a tough, but fun couple of training runs. Rick
- June 13, 2009 at 4:16 AM
- Kiry said...
Great photos and informative report! One of these days I'll get to run this!
- June 16, 2009 at 4:52 PM
- Mike said...
Missing you and these trails!
- June 17, 2009 at 7:11 PM
- Andrew Speidel said...
Hi Sophie,
That GPS map is cool!
Take care,
- June 20, 2009 at 5:40 PM
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Nordberg said that the course is designed to teach healthcare providers the basic life support skills for adults, children and infants.
Two beginning cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) classes will be offered from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 17, and Saturday, May 4, at the War Memorial Training Center at 20th and Columbus streets in Stuttgart.
"We are offering two separate classes," Bridget Nordberg, Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas-Stuttgart campus administrative assistant/continuing education, said.
Nordberg said that the course is designed to teach healthcare providers the basic life support skills for adults, children and infants.
"The concepts covered in this course are the critical concepts in high quality CPR," Nordberg said.
The concepts are:
• American Heart Association Chain of Survival
• One and two rescuer CPR and Automated External Defibrillators (AED)
• The differences among adults, children and infant rescue techniques
• Bag-mask techniques
• Rescue breathing
• Relief of Choking
• Introduction to CPR with an advanced airway
CPR is an emergency procedure, performed in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person in cardiac arrest.
This procedure is administered because of the person who is unresponsive with no breathing or abnormal breathing.
Deadline to register for the classes are Friday, April 26 for the April 27 class and Friday, May 3, for the May 4 class.
The cost of the class is $35 and the instructor is Jennifer Holcomb, MNSC. For more information contact, Nordberg at (870) 673-4201 Ext. 1804.


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Legendary former Netherlands goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has showered praise on Iker Casillas as Real Madrid prepare to face Manchester United at Old Trafford.
The former Manchester United great believes Casillas is already a legend in the game given the fact he has captured all there is to win at club and international level.
Casillas has triumphed with Spain at the World Cup and twice at the European Championships, while he has won the Champions League all the domestic titles in Spain with Real Madrid. Casillas, since making his debut in 1999 for Real Madrid, has played 476 games for the club.
"What can we say about Casillas? He is 31-years-old and has won everything. I think he started playing for the first team of Real Madrid at the age of 17 or 18 , that says everything," Van der Sar said, as reported by Goal.com.
"He has been wonderful for all this time for both Real Madrid and the Spanish national team.
Van der Sar admitted of not knowing the Spanish captain at a personal level having not encountered each other over their respective careers, but the ex-Ajax custodian recognises what an accomplished player and leader the 31-year-old is.
"I do not know him personally, but I see him, I read his interviews, and I've never heard anything bad about him," Van der Sar added. "He's a great captain for Real Madrid and for Spain."
Casillas, with the entire Real Madrid squad, has landed in Manchester for their enormous match-up, but still has a very low chance of playing against United in Tuesday's do-or-die clash given the injury that ruled him out of the first leg.
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