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New Zealand is having its first Family History Fair! No longer will I cast envious sideways looks at bloggers reporting back from Who Do You Think You Are in London, or Jamboree in California (have fun this weekend, you guys), now I can be one of them......
I'll just be heading down to Hamilton for the Sunday. After perusing the seminar line-up, discarding those specific to NZ or Australian research and those that look like they might be targeted more at the beginner, I've chosen the following:
* Genealogy Privacy Issues
* Researching in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales (mainly to see if they mention one-place-studies as a valuable resource!)
* Digitally Publishing Your Family Story
* Digital Photography - Blessing or Curse?
* Organising and Preserving Your Research
This will hopefully leave enough time to check out the exhibitors - more of the overseas big names are attending than I would have expected.
If you're in NZ, are you going?
(Updated to add - must brush up on Amy's Rock Star's Guide To Genealogy Conferences!)
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
NZ Family History Fair
New Zealand is having its first Family History Fair! No longer will I cast envious sideways looks at bloggers reporting back from Who Do You Think You Are in London, or Jamboree in California (have fun this weekend, you guys), now I can be one of them......
Posted by Unknown at 6:25 pm
Labels: personal genealogy research
10 comments:
- Brett Payne said...
Not being a member of the NZSG, I didn't know about it. I had a look at the web site and programme, and it seems largely aimed at beginners or those fairly new to the game. Like you, I have no NZ or Aus research interests, so those are ruled out too. Most of the exhibitors have web sites that I seem to spend my life on :-) Not sure if it's worth my while heading across there for the day on Sunday or not.
Anyway, hope you have an enjoyable day, and if I do decide to go perhaps we could meet up for a coffee at some stage.
Regards, Brett
- 8/6/10 8:07 pm
- Brett Payne said...
Oh, and I notice there is nothing about blogging, and nothing about old photos ... at least that I could see :-(
- 8/6/10 8:08 pm
- Alex said...
This being their first fair, I'm sure they will be looking for feedback from the attendees - I'll make a list for them of things we would like to see next time round, including your comments. It does give off an air of being more targeted at beginners, so perhaps the time spent with exhibitors will end up being more valuable?
It wasn't clear from the website exactly how much the service charge for the "privilege" of registering online was - for me, ordering a day pass, it was $5.68 which I thought was pretty excessive considering I wasn't even going to pay via credit card. No mention of a social media policy on the website either.
If you do happen to go, let me know and we can definitely meet up.
- 9/6/10 7:02 am
- Alex said...
Another thought - I'm not a member of the NZSG either. The only place I have heard about the event to date is on Twitter from an exhibitor - it would be interesting to know exactly where they have been publicising the event because I suspect they are missing out a big chunk of their possible market.
- 9/6/10 7:06 am
- Brett Payne said...
I noticed that they are definitely branding it as a "Family History Fair," akin to the hugely successful ones in the UK over the last few years. There is a logo and a link to the NZSG on the main page, but they are very definitely sidelined by the dominant "Fair" image. I wonder if that was a conscious effort on their part. However, I suspect that the fair has mainly been targeting NZSG members.
I did a couple of google searches and found a few notices posted on bulletin boards, apparently by fair organisers, so there has been some attempt at pulling in people from elsewhere. I didn't find a great deal of online discussion of the even. Their Facebook page has plenty of "Likes" but has little content or discussion from interested parties.
I've long since stopped Twittering - just not enough hours in the day, and I find it too distracting - so your post was the first I heard of it. I've been in two minds about the NZSG. I was a member for three years or so, and was a real fan of their excellent magazine, but I found there wasn't enough UK-based stuff to interest me long term. The society's research resources were largely inaccessible to me, being an out-of-towner. Have you ever been a member?
- 9/6/10 10:05 am
- Brett Payne said...
OK, I've registered for Sunday. I've also offered to man one of their so called "hot desks" for people who want estimates of dates for old photographs. They've replied very promptly with a "yes, please" and suggested that Saturday would be a good time for that. However, in addition to my having to make a second trip over there, they want me to pay for entrance on the Saturday too ... weeeeell :-(
- 9/6/10 3:34 pm
- Alex said...
Lovely - I'll be sure to catch up with you!
- 9/6/10 6:28 pm
- Sheri said...
Alex Baby! You get your best Madmen Avitar outfit on and go have a wonderful time! You are a Rock Star in my book!
- 14/6/10 3:35 pm
- Brett Payne said...
OK, should I be looking for someone in a "Madmen Avatar ouftit," or someone with perfect posture and a martini in her hand?
If you email me (I don't see an email link on your page), I will send you my cell phone number and we can arrange to meet some time tomorrow.
Regards, Brett
- 19/6/10 9:12 am
- Brett Payne said...
Thanks for the correction. I would have looked pretty silly turning up there today ;-) See you next month.
- 20/6/10 10:17 am


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Welcome to the Game Day Fire Drill, for this, Calgary's 67th game of the season on March 11, 2010.
It may be too much to hope for, but wouldn't it be nice if the Flames could win their fourth in a row? Don't see any reason why they wouldn't.
Since winning 11 in a row — wait what — Ottawa is just 4-4-1 against the Maple Leafs, Flames B.S. (Before Staios), Capitals, Red Wings, Islanders, Rangers, Hurricanes, Maple Leafs (again) and Oilers. Not exactly the toughest competition, but they did beat the Caps.
For one thing, Calgary's offense looks near-competent again, and what a pleasant change of pace that is. A whopping 14 goals in the last three games against teams that are currently second, 10th and 19th in goals allowed per game? Sign me up for that. Plus they're not even playing poorly defensively to make up for the strong offense (not that they're playing especially well but you see my point). Only allowing 28 shots a game against New Jersey, Minnesota and Detroit is solid enough that you're giving yourself an excellent chance to win.
It's almost like this team wants to sneak into the playoffs after all. Couldn't have said that a week ago.
The Calgary Flames (33-24-9 for 75 points. Eighth! in the West, third in the Northwest) and the Ottawa Senators (37-25-5 for 79 points. Fifth in the East, second in the Northeast).
7:30 p.m. Mountain time and 9:30 p.m. Eastern time. All other time zones should be hostile about their celibacy.
Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta.
Calgary is 16-15-3 at home this year, and are 7-1-2 against Eastern Conference teams this year. The Sens are 14-16-1 on the road, but handed the Flames their only regulation loss to a team from the East on Feb. 9, 3-2.
What (to hate about the Senators)
They also don't have Steve Staios — If you had told me that trading for Steve Staios would have GUARANTEED an undefeated record, I would have demanded that Darryl Sutter trade for him years ago. See, this is the reason he might get fired at the end of the year: lack of foresight. The math is real simple: The Stavior + Calgary = Wins. Boom.
Alex Kovalev — I just find him to be bothersome, though that's just personally. I would bet that he's very unlikeable if you are, say, a teammate of his.
Mike Fisher — Remember all that talk about how he should be on Team Canada for the Olympics. You guys are lucky you didn't saddle yourselves with him. He's not very good at all.
Because Staios says so! Enjoy the game and ride Steve Staios to victory in the comments section.

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GLENDALE, Ariz. – White Sox left-hander Chris Sale is more than ready for this season.
He went to the All-Star game last year and pitched 192 innings. He finished sixth in the Cy Young Award voting after going 17-8 with a 3.05 ERA.
When he spoke up about a tender elbow, the Sox acted swiftly by moving him to the bullpen. Sale talked his way back into the rotation.
Now, he's ready to start up again.
"I can't wait," Sale said. "After training this offseason and coming into spring training knowing how my body feels and having one more year of experience under my belt makes it exciting. I was talking to my agent and he was reminding me that this is my first year of doing the same thing as the last year.
"I've never really had two years of the same thing. It's fun, it's exciting and I'm ready to go," he said.
Manager Robin Ventura hasn't announced his Opening Day starter, but Sale is a solid bet to get the nod over former Cy Young winner Jake Peavy, the veteran leader of the staff. Sale has endorsed Peavy as the choice, and vice versa.
"That would be crazy. I would be speechless if it came to that," said Sale, who'll turn 24 two days before the opener. "But as I've said before, if anyone deserves that, it's Peavy. He's the leader of the team and our pitching staff and he has the resumé to do it. We all have our faith and trust in him and he's our guy."
Peavy has a different take on the subject.
"Chris is the best pitcher on the team," said Peavy, who was 11-12 with a 3.37 ERA last season. "Your best guy goes Opening Day."
A first-round draft pick out of Florida Gulf Coast in 2010, Sale pitched only 101⁄3 innings in the minors before joining the Sox to make 21 relief appearances that season. He pitched out of the bullpen his first full year in the majors in 2011 before making the big step to full-time starter last season.
Sale's ERA was 4.03 in the second half of the season after posting a 2.19 ERA in the first.
"I felt like I learned a lot last year, not just about myself but about baseball and the game in general," Sale said. "I know how my body feels and I have a better feel for situations and different things that come up during ballgames. It's a learning experience."
Sale fell one start short of 30 and eight innings shy of 200, both reasonable goals for his second season as a starter. Because of his 6-foot-6 frame, delivery and the minor elbow issue last season, Sale is viewed as a pitcher who might break down. But he has been vigilant about sticking to his strength and flexibility program, and has emphasized flexibility over strength in his offseason conditioning routine.
He shrugs off suggestions he's not built for the long haul.
"I don't think about going out there and blowing my arm up or anything like that," Sale said. "Obviously, it's a long season and you're throwing a lot. You have to make sure everything is intact and moving right. Pay attention to your body and know what's going on and how it feels on a given day and know when enough is enough and when you can throw some more."
Sale took an extra three weeks to a month off from his normal offseason throwing routine to refresh his arm. He also gained 15 pounds, though it's not that noticeable.
"I felt strong at the beginning of last year and through the season and I kind of fell off at the end," he said. "That's my focus, toward the back end of the season. You want to get off on the right foot but everybody knows it's not how you start but how you finish and that's the most important part of this game, finishing strong. And that's what I plan to do."


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I was really touched this week by someone who wrote in on another thread and wanted to have some of the recipes for things I write about here and there; that was such a sweet and personal thing to ask and it was special to me because making food for people I care about is a big deal in my world. For instance, I would never dream of making my boyfriend Justin anything that I wasn't sure would be great…and I would not risk cooking anything that wasn't special if I had friends coming over for the day or if I was going to a pot-luck or something. I take a lot of pride in making things from good ingredients that taste great and are nutrition — but have a little soul and flare to them. The happiest I ever am in the world is when someone I love eats something I've made and they look so happy…especially when whatever that thing I made was just happens to be a favorite of mine from growing up in Cleveland or a trick I picked up here or there in the many oddball and interesting jobs I've had in my event planning and hospitality days.
One of the biggest blessings I'm counting today is the fact that this eclectic little political website willed itself into existence more than four and a half years ago and has given me the gift of reaching so many great people out there coast to coast — and around the world — and that things that mean something special to me can reverberate into the lives of others…even if I'll never know it. One of the things about being a gay man that used to break my heart was that since I won't ever have kids I felt so sad that a lot of the great things I was taught by the truly remarkable people I've loved would tumble into the grave with me some day…and wouldn't get passed on to anyone else.
That was tragic to me, because I've been so blessed to know some of the most incredible people of our time (in my opinion)…and I just love sharing with others the gifts they gave me, even if it's just a fun recipe for stretching out leftovers or tips to bring that grocery bill way down. It's a humbling and awesome realization that via HB I can actually rebroadcast every wonderful thing ever said or taught to me and send that out to you and whoever else will read these essays and articles in the future…so that, through this effort, the people I love and the good in their hearts will never die…but will echo on in some form forever.
So, a gay guy from Cleveland ended up in Chicago with the ability to collect and transmit the very best of everyone he encountered in a lifetime to other good people who can carry those wonderful things on to others. I have no idea how any of this managed to happen, or why I was lucky enough to end up with that gift…but I am very thankful for it.
This will be a work in progress — and it will take a while to put a lot of these things into articles — but I started a page here on HB for the Recipes that people have asked for and will do my very best to make them as fool-proof and easy to use as possible as I write them up. I'm thinking this will be something I have more time to get to on the weekends…which is very natural, actually, since I like to cook more complicated or special things on Saturday or Sunday when there's usually no place I need to be and I can just focus on going to the store or being in the kitchen.
I'm really heartened by the opportunity to tell you about some of the wonderful cooks I grew up knowing back in Cleveland…particularly my grandmothers, who are both gone now, but whose examples still continue to guide me today. Justin gets to hear these stories every day and I'm sure he'll be happy to know that others will have the chance to enjoy them instead. I like knowing that this Recipes page is a chance for Erma and Emma to live on and never be forgotten and that a stranger who never met either of them might think of them now and again if that person makes one of their favorite dishes on occasion.
There's a powerful kind of emotional magic in that for me…and in food if it's always made with love and good intentions. I think we're in for a very trying and exhausting four years that will be filled with austerity and privation…so maybe it's perfect timing for the influence of Erma and Emma and the other practical and penny-pinching cooks I've known to reach a new audience who might be in real need of ideas to stretch household budgets in ways their families won't even notice.
That was always a big thing growing up in Cleveland…to always make do with what we had, but to do it without complaint…though with enough flare and ingenuity that nobody noticed if you really just scraped together a bunch of leftovers and repurposed it into something new and interesting. If necessity is the mother of invention, then the ruined city of Cleveland was the maternity ward where such necessity birthed all sorts of inventiveness. I really believe that together we can all get through no matter what nightmares will come in the years ahead just by falling back on the best things we were taught growing up by people who themselves survived similar hardships.
I don't necessarily like that this is the lot we've drawn at a time in history when the Left is triumphant and determined to decimate the country…but I am grateful today that I'm alive and in good enough health to do what I can to aid the continued Resistance. I'm glad we're friends like that too, because I am counting on your own role in the Resistance to see us through. And, yes, I believe we cannot help but succeed in the end if we just continue to persevere and follow the good in our hearts…no matter if the battle ends up being a much bigger war than we ever dreamed it would be.
We will survive the Depression together.
We will endure the Obama Regime as great friends.
We will overcome the adversity all around us as allies.
We will Resist and ultimately Respond when the tide indeed turns.
I really hope you take a moment today to appreciate how remarkable it is that you are alive right now, at your particular age, when all of this is happening. I'm 35 and am so grateful that when the stuffing hit the fan — like it's done for this country currently — I wasn't 15 or 85 or even 45. I feel like I am the perfect age, for myself, to be in the thick of all this. I am grateful for being able to enjoy a safe and fun childhood with Reagan in the White House…and to have prosperous and relatively carefree teenaged years with the Clintons in Washington. I'm actually BEYOND grateful that in my 20s when Islam attacked us that George W. Bush was at the helm and truly rose to the occasion to hold this country together in the wake of such an evil assault. I feel blessed and lucky that things didn't fall apart until I was in my 30s…when I'd had enough fun…and was able to get serious and make the sacrifices needed to get involved politically.
I've very thankful I'm gay, too, to be perfectly honest because I feel that allows me a little more freedom than a straight guy would have who has a family to worry about. Because of my political activism, I'm making 1/5 of what I did back before I started up this site and began speaking out against the Left and the Democrat Party…but nothing the Left's ever thrown at me in terms of punishment or Alinsky assaults has ever been able to destroy me because all of the basic survival skills I learned growing up in the Thunderdome that is Cleveland have carried me through, no matter how many sacrifices those reprisals forced me to make. It's proven to be remarkable hard to break the will of someone whose default programming was written by the privations of Cleveland in the 1980s. I am more grateful to my hometown and all it taught me than you could ever know as a result.
I think the success in anything for life rests in your personal planning…whether that is how to ultimately defeat the Left and its media propaganda machine or if it's how to run your household in back-breaking times. The best antidote to frost-fingered fear is a warm hard and a mind of action. If you are methodical in your planning and strong in your convictions then fear of tomorrow's unknown just can't take hold of you. If you believe in America and what's made this country so special for centuries then you also can't entertain a notion that Americans will truly allow all that to fall to the wayside just because the tee-vee has told them to.
Fear has no place in this dojo.
And giving up is never an option.
So we soldier on, together. Just as we'll survive this Obama Depression together. We will scrape together whatever we can, as best we can…and we will do that until the Left is driven from power. I don't know why God sees fit to force Americans to endure privations like this in cycles as teachable lessons…but it looks like we've all been picked as students in this together here in 2012.
I'm grateful for that, because there's no one I'd rather endure this with than you. Because we're friends like that…and also because I know that you will also start sharing all the tricks and tips you've accumulated on your own to help your friends and neighbors survive the Obama Depression. I hope our little HB Recipes page can bring some joy or needed insight to anyone who'd benefit from it…and I hope it inspires others out there to investigate resources of their own to make the next four years just a little more bearable.
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Several weeks ago I got an inquiry from The New York Times about my yarnbombing and I swooned. The New York Times! My father would be so happy! I had wanted to be in the New York Times but I hoped that it would happen Someday , not so soon. I savored the swoony feeling and thought pleasurably about how an article in The New York Times would probably give me everything I ever wanted. I also had a sinking feeling that this might be hard and end badly.
I set up a phone date with the reporter and sat faithfully by the phone for 2 hours and waited for her to call . She didn't call. I e-mailed her and she quickly responded that there had been an earthquake and tsunami in Japan and that she would call me another time . Well . Japan , yes , that did seem more important. So I waited and waited and waited and she didn't call, she didn't write , despite my checking my mail obsessively. One morning as I was staring fixedly at my e-mail I thought "This is such a familiar awful feeling. What was it reminding me of ? "
Then I realized it . I t was just like dating. I hated dating.
It was the waiting around that I hated. So what I did when I was dating is-I picked who I wanted to date and I called him. I didn't need to have that " Oh he has to pick me" feeling to feel wanted.
So I gave up on TNYT and thought " I don't need them , I am just great with out them . " So then they called.
So I did an hour interview on the phone on the way to the airport and my teeth only chattered a little bit. I gave her a list of other people to call and flew away.
Then another really long time went by and I gave up again . After a n interminable time the reporter wrote me and said " My editors need to know your real name or your age , one or the other. Tell us."
Terrible-I am totally wedded to my anonymity but I really wanted to be in TNYT. Since this was dating I cornered a girlfriend and talked her ear off for 2 straight hours and then decided I couldn't tell them my age or name, that I would be betraying what I believed in. So I wrote a little impassioned plea for anonymity and then waited for several more weeks and heard nothing. Then I heard that the article would soon be coming out and I kept checking for it . And then it came out And everyone I had suggested to the reporter was in it and I wasn't.
Oh man . Rejected . They broke up with me ! And they had started it ! The reporter told me that her editors had wanted it to be more international. Oh there's always some reason the other person has to leave you.
I hope to get over this eventually
This flowery piece is my first commission , for Harvey, who waited 7 months for it. We all wait and make others wait.
I know it seems a funny contrast to The New York Times but here are 2 good articles an AOL P atch website.
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|2011-08-18, 00:47
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Ahem, anyways i admit that it would be pretty nice if only a little romance. Touma's moments with Itsuwa was really going strong
|2011-08-18, 00:54
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|2011-08-18, 01:02
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Finished reading, and I have to ask "Where's the Railgun Hell?" >.>
Unless the 'hell' happens to be a overload of Railgun moe, I don't see any hypersonic projectiles after Touma's body here.
And after seeing that scene on the bridge again, I would've liked Mikoto to just ram her lips onto Touma's and drive the point that there's people caring about him being left behind into him, and he better do something about it.
I now revise my old theory that eventually it will be a final battle between Aleister and Laura for the mastermind/'final boss' of the series. It's now Laura being the one that Touma have to smash in the face, right after Bardway gets taken down in the most dramatic way possible.
By the way, does anyone here have any idea why Gremlin will choose Hawaii as the meeting point? Some obscure native myth to be dug up?
On a side note, Jesus came back after dying once. What does that make Touma now that he came back from 'dying' twice?
|2011-08-18, 01:24
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...You know, A-cup Angst ?
After all, when you heard that Kamijou would be approaching her in a 'careless' manner, you weren't expecting that were you ?
Hey if it works, do it again
In all seriousness the wiki page has dozen of names in relations to Hawaiian Mythology, you can try your hand at it if you got time. But if this is an organization out to destroy Science, I say they're targeting Pearl Harbor... Or at least the filming set for the next season of Hawaii-Five-O... It could be either one.
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|2011-08-18, 01:56
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And as we all know, fans are to be left to decide who ends up with [insert guy or girl's name here] -- firm and assertive writing sucks!1!1!!
Actually, this is a situation where many writers can get into, though mostly in Japan.
And because of the split and dumb fandom who want perfect stuff with the one true love bullshit, it ends up that authors are being complete sissies and dodge around the issue instead of just going with it, and you know, stop the little moe bullshit and have something go on?
If I were an author (when I actually have a story to tell...), I would delight in pissing off creepy fangirls and fanboys and rubbing it in their face that I decide who fucks who and how.
Now, excuse me, but I must do something...
[Clears throat.]
Heeyyy Kenju... Misaka has a Awakening between her legs because of Toumaaa~
Actually, I don't care much about who Kamijou ends up with even if I personally prefer Mikoto because of their dynamic. Itsuwa and Index are fine too.
...But touch Misaka Worst, and I'll kill you!
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Erm, thanks I guess...
Say, maybe Accelerator and Hamazura won't be taking part in the up coming trip to Hawaii? Sure they'll obviously be in the Gremlin fight one way or the other, but that doesn't mean they have to be in EVERY Gremlin fight. After all the reason why the three protagonists style works is because their stories don't majorly clash with each other and they never quite steal each other's spotlight... No need to throw all that away.
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You do know she's the same age as Mikoto, with only less than half a head shorter in height?
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*lurk off*
Well I finally finished NT2 (after a very quick glance of NT1 since really Toaru without Touma doesn't fancy my interest in the slightest) and I gotta say that it was a pleasant read overall - kudos to the translator(s) who provided an entire volume in like what? a week?
Anyway my only real issue came with that Mikoto scene. Something about it just seemed...pretentious to me. Where did she ever got the idea he was alone in his fights? From during her time in the Star of Bethlehem? I mean she has already witnessed that he has comrades with him whenever he's conducting his business (v13 comes to mind), hell even outright told her that in v16. I guess it is a heart-warming scene to some degree, but really all it illustrates is her ignorance of the ongoings of Touma's life. I mean let's just forget about the nun that's always with him okay Mikoto? You know...the one that's shown her complete faith in the lad during the events of v6?
I suppose I should also add the complete lack of any real Touma/Index scenes after what he said in v22. What happened with the whole groveling in forgiveness in front of her? What about the continuation of detailing his memory loss to her? The favoritism when it comes to the heroines is getting pretty ridiculous...though I'm hoping that this will be rectified to some degree (probably not). You kept one end of your promise Touma...on your hands and knees for the next one.
Well anyway looking forward to see how the whole three protagonists taking the same stage will pan out. I want to see Touma create his Kamijou (harem) faction already!
*lurk on*
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This stems from Volume 16, when she witnesses him dragging in injured ass out of the hospital to face Acqua despite being delirious and half-dead AND without his memories. (Though where it extended to she did not know)
"You are not alone" simply refers to the fact that she's not going to wait for him to open his mouth - She's going to back his ass up no matter what so that he has support all the way. Even if he says no.
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Exactly, people should stop taking that one line she said so literally.
Touma's policy has always to involve as little people as possible, those allies that fought with him are people who have already gotten themselves involved one-way or the other but Touma himself has never ever asked people for help- the most he ever did was to call up Komoe or Mikoto to ask for information without really involving them.
This is properly illustrated in Vol 16 where even as a broken wreck, Touma never want to involve other people.
As for WWIII, remember that he was prepared to enter Russia all by himself, Lessar came on her own will.
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I've just realized something on my way back home from work on the train... ISN'T KUROYORU STILL LOCKED UP IN THE BATHROOM ?! What's with everybody going their separate ways and forgetting she's still in there ?!
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ST. LOUIS — The Dodgers' season was suddenly over and Clayton Kershaw couldn't explain why.
"I don't have an answer," he said. "I just wasn't good enough."
Baseball's consensus No. 1 pitcher unexpectedly fell apart Friday night at Busch Stadium, where the St. Louis Cardinals advanced to the World Series by scoring seven runs against him on their way to a 9-0 victory. The Cardinals won the best-of-seven National League Championship Series, four games to two.
Kershaw made what was by far his shortest start of the season, as he was removed by Manager Don Mattingly before recording a single out in the fifth inning. The prohibitive favorite to win the NL Cy Young Award, Kershaw completed a minimum of five innings in each of his previous 36 starts.
Perhaps Kershaw was fatigued from pitching a career-high 259 innings this season. Or maybe he was feeling the effects of pitching on three days' rest in a division series victory over the Atlanta Braves.
Kershaw's mistakes on the mound were compounded by Yasiel Puig's mistakes in right field, as the rookie sensation made a couple of misguided throws in the third inning and a fielding error in the fifth.
"Errors are part of the game," Puig said, his eyes red.
Kershaw's unraveling started with an 11-pitch at-bat by Matt Carpenter, which culminated with a one-out double to right field in the third inning.
"That was a game-changing at-bat," catcher A.J. Ellis said.
Carlos Beltran followed with a run-scoring single that put the Cardinals ahead, 1-0. Puig, who fielded Beltran's hit, fired the ball toward home plate, allowing Beltran to advance to second.
Kershaw struck out Matt Holliday, but Yadier Molina capitalized on Puig's mistake by driving in Beltran with a two-strike single to center field.
Kershaw loaded the bases by giving up a single to David Freese and walking Matt Adams.
Kershaw and pitching coach Rick Honeycutt barked at home plate umpire Greg Gibson after the walk. Asked if he thought his full-count pitch to Adams caught the plate, Kershaw said, "There's no point in talking about it now. It's over with."
The next batter, Shane Robinson, essentially blew open the game with a single to right that drove in two runs and extended the Cardinals' lead to 4-0.
Puig, who charged in to field the ball, threw it high over Ellis' head for an error, allowing Adams and Robinson to both take an extra base. With men on second and third, Kershaw intentionally walked Pete Kozma.
"We just couldn't get out of it," Ellis said of the inning. "It was really hard to find that put-away pitch to end that inning. They did a great job of fouling off pitches. That's why they are who they are."
Kershaw finally ended the inning by striking out the pitcher, Michael Wacha, the 10th batter to come to the plate. He threw 48 pitches in the inning.
Kershaw pitched a perfect fourth inning but encountered immediate trouble in the fifth.
Molina led off that inning with a single to right field. Puig tried to field the ball on a bounce but it hit off his glove and rolled behind him. The error allowed Molina to advance to second base. Molina reached third on a single by Freese and scored on a double by Adams.
With the Cardinals now up, 5-0, Mattingly replaced Kershaw with Ronald Belisario.
Belisario and left-hander J.P. Howell combined to let in four more runs, two of which were charged to Kershaw.
Kershaw felt as if he had let down his teammates.
"I wanted to win for them," Kershaw said. "It's a great group of guys. I never had more fun playing baseball. The group of guys we have in here is so special that I wanted to be part of the solution, I wanted to get those guys there, especially the guys that have never been there."
The Dodgers' hitters, in turn, felt as if they had let down Kershaw. They managed only two hits and a walk against Wacha, who pitched seven innings.
This was the second time in this series that Dodgers failed to score on the night Kershaw pitched. He also was the losing pitcher in Game 2, when he gave up an unearned run in a 1-0 defeat to Wacha and the Cardinals.
"We know teams that are here this late are going to have great pitching staffs, but you still have to score runs," said Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez.
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Songwriters Law Seminar is a three-verse seminar exploring the business of music, songwriters, and music publishing. The seminar offers unprecendented one-on-one access to entertainment attorneys skilled in counseling artists and creative entrepreneurs in the music industry!
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The Rise of the Power Flat
Flats and near-flats are a big shoe trend for 2013, shown with everything from suits to evening wear. Christina Binkley and Bloomingdale's Brooke Jaffe join Lunch Break to discuss. Photo: F. Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal, styling by Anne Cardenas.
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... I ... I ... our last they are making their way on the runways and making their way into the stores for those of you women out there like me ... gorgeous so when he heals this is gonna be a tough sell with Christina Binkley she's in Los Angeles she's on stock calmness she's joined us ... as those brought jacket she's women's accessories fashion director at Lilly nails ... with black eye that we believe in women's rights but lack ... the ... clout of new capital lady going on the that ... Christie let's start with you very quickly I let's talk a little bit about this why are we in in the movie more toward flat at this point I mean he did so with the hills like that ... why should I change ... still ... this is this is and it's actually being led by a lot of fashion brands they are putting the class out there on the runway ... it might take some with a little time to make the just ended and are accustomed to the power to heal ... it's a ten minute to send adjust to the fact that that you can be powerful in flats ... but designers are coming up with some absolutely fantastic looking flats I really have powerful legs to dance with little advance the money right now with broken in but I don't know flat so then God you know running sneakers and maybe some boots to work out in the yard just because I'm always in feels ... sell me on these well ... there's not much to sign he had a comparable ... to directly pay half of it and that women have multifaceted lives the run around we wanna look she and cool while redeeming act ... on this is a little bit above are from the bullies trend kind of a traditional smoking sharing this is a Comeback update to the ballerina flat ... and we think that this can trekking across all sections of your life your weekend into your heart rate ... like you can read this to be up and some of doorman on some of these of looking at these were a metallic toes on this leg in a fight on this issue write to Renee for papered Asset withstand a gas line last week in a ... cloud ... I hope not identity the oven and plenty of time I did say that you know we we just love this really Christina metal Capped Energy Tau ... on you know it's very cool edgy and again ... we see the stock on its own writing to your work seeping comeback ... Opie black stocking a skirt you wear this to happen how one times making and that we think that this screen all the time Chris the ask you this I in terms of women altering their clothes and in many of many of my hands and clothes are altered to fit high heeled shoes what do you then do it again after unfair flat Steve ... then go out to file new clothes ... well I had to tailor before ID that was to be Alessio in a limited budget but you're right you have to think about ... a little bit and frankly with the flax ... you need a camp that's a little bit shorter so so something that that ankle linked or even cropped above the ankle is probably a better look ... also at bats and tapered narrow way ... I describe better look into the wider see parents that you have to undercut for deals and Chris brokerages one of the pair Stuart Weitzman said that she's been tells LaVette about some of the designers out there do you think are really ... he needed to sort of ... how are flat not the ballet slipper of these are these are powered Lytham Latina ... right yet ballet slippers are not powers to the kids are way too soft ... you know there's there's such a wide variety out there that you know what are the ones I cannot forget ... seeing on the runway was a Marc Jacobs very ... pointy toed flats almost as though he'd taken at our D All in knocked off the field ... um there were really sharp looking the canon of patent leather in that backpack look this also ... eye catching and I mean if forgiveness of a powerful heads ... I'm Nicholas Kirkwood isn't really known for his heels but if you look in its collection for fall he's got some wacky an awful accident Picasso asking really again powerful and call attention and brought the nope I'm not going to increase its cuz I'm not offering a chance because I'm keeping my heels into defining a plant in Abreu scored on a couple of items that would look really good with the splash that walked me through some of the things that but I mean I think number wind if you're an eighteen unit to see trouser you might wanna look for the skinnier tailored lines I think the one place weaning tend to go wrong is a mite flat at the camp that the little that when I'm ... and that tends to make this look not a shock to look for something tailored to contain costs I also think if your skirt contrast Dow as many of us are ... anyone and just do a really ... you know fat black tie ... that's a great way to go ... 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Medvedev: Russian Missiles May 'Take Out' U.S. Missile Defenses
(MOSCOW) -- Russia could deploy offensive missiles on its western and southern borders to target NATO missile defense installations in Europe should the U.S. continue to refuse to comply with Russian demands over the proposed NATO system, Russian President Dimitry Medvedev said Wednesday.
Medvedev said the U.S. and NATO have "not shown enough willingness" to address Russia's security concerns about the new U.S.-maintained and Europe-based missile defense system that he said would "eventually see the deployment of U.S. missiles and military capability in close proximity to Russia's borders and in the neighboring waters."
In response, Medvedev said in a speech to the nation he has issued four orders to his military including putting a radar early warning system on "combat alert," equipping some of the nation's missiles with "advanced missile defense penetration systems," and developing measures to knock out the missile defense guidance systems. Should such measures still "prove ineffective," the Russian leader said more drastic and strategically offensive measures could be taken.
"The Russian Federation will deploy modern offensive weapon systems in the west and south of the country, ensuring our ability to take out any part of the U.S. missile defense system in Europe," Medvedev said.
Medvedev also repeated a threat to withdraw from the new START treaty, the latest version of the nuclear disarmament agreement that President Obama said in November 2010 was "a cornerstone of our relations with Russia" and a "national security imperative."
President Obama's National Security Council said that the missile shield does not threaten Russia's security, but is meant to protect many countries against Iranian missiles, and such threats by Medvedev were baseless.
"The United States has been open and transparent with Russia on our plans for missile defense in Europe, which reflect a growing threat to our allies from Iran that we are committed to deterring," the council's spokesperson Tommy Vietor said Wednesday. "[The START treaty] implementation is going well and we see no basis for threats to withdraw from it."
Vietor said the U.S. was committed to cooperating with Russia on security issues but said "in pursuing this cooperation, we will not in any way limit or change our deployment plans in Europe."
The missile defense shield will be deployed in 2020 and would include advanced radar systems and interceptor missiles at land and sea locations in Europe. NATO had proposed the defense shield work separately but in coordination with a counterpart system in Russia, but Russian officials pushed for a joint operation. Medvedev said in March it could take until 2020 for Russia and the U.S. just to come to an agreement.
Among Russia's demands, Medvedev said, was that, beyond verbal assurances, NATO put down in writing specific legal provisions for how the missile shield would work, including "military-technical criteria that will enable Russia to judge to what extent U.S. and NATO action in the missile defense area correspond to their declarations and steps, whether our interests are being impinged on, and to what extent the strategic nuclear balance is still intact."
"This is the foundation of the present-day security," he said. Medvedev said that demand was "firmly rejected."
Along with the stern warnings, Medvedev repeatedly said Russia is still willing to discuss their concerns with a more receptive audience.
"But let me stress the point that we are not closing the door on continued dialogue with the USA and NATO on missile defense and on practical cooperation in this area. We are ready for that," he said.
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Facebook announced it is adding your web-browsing activity to data that advertisers can make use of to show you targeted ads. Privacy advocates have raised concerns. Just how much does Facebook know about you?
Using tracking cookies, Facebook is able to determine the sites you visit. If you browse for a fancy watch, you'll likely start seeing more watch ads. This is at the heart of the recent news. Facebook's mobile app can take stock of other apps you've installed, too. Facebook argues that ads are a better experience if they are about your interests.
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If you have Facebook's app open on a smartphone, Facebook can track your location and build a profile of where you live, work, shop and play. Facebook's "nearby friends" feature suggests when someone you know is nearby. Adding locations to status updates gives Facebook a better idea about your intent. Check in from ice-cream stores a lot? You're telling advertisers you have a sweet tooth.
Facebook takes your big list of "friends" and categorizes them into family, friends from high school, colleagues and more. Apps within Facebook do this too. Many people willingly indicate their parents, siblings and significant others. The basic Facebook account can include your name, age, gender, birthday, family, places you have lived, employers and more. Facebook knows the people that you've searched for — and how often.
Facebook prompts members to indicate their favorite movies, songs and more. Did you tell Facebook you like "Game of Thrones?" Then expect ads about fantasy books. If you opt in to a new feature, Facebook may figure out you are watching "Game of Thrones" by using your device's microphone and recognizing the theme song as you type a status update. A lot of this information can be gleaned through the seemingly simple act of "liking" something. If you like a lot of Republicans politicians but no Democrats, then you are sending a message about your political affiliations.


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I remember a time when The Onion could exaggerate the actions of the Republican Party and get a few laughs. Now, you can't do that anymore, reality is more crazy than even the mind of a comedian. What is happening and has been over the last few years is not funny in the least. The "Grand Ole Party" has made a very sudden purging of all who don't pass the litmus test, ask the moderate former Republican Mike Castle about that, he'll tell you a few things. Besides purging their party of any moderates or "compromisers", they are also governing with no sense of precedent, not even a nod to established procedure and decorum, they've become the "Cheat the system however you can" party. I don't have to remind you of the unprecedented use of the filibuster by Republicans, but I think I will anyway. Chart courtesy of TPM.
So what are the nihilistic Republicans up to now? Well, the congress is in the process of setting up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which was established in the Dodd-Frank Act. Of course the Republican's, being the shills for Wall Street and big business, never wanted this bureau in the first place so instead of following the provisions of the act and implementing it, they have decided to play games with it. The latest game entails hassling Elizabeth Warren, the woman who was appointed to get the agency going. Most people know her as a staunch advocate for people's rights when it comes to dealing with banks and Wall Street. The New York Times has a story about the latest bullshit games the GOP are playing with it…(emphasis mine)
A House committee hearing into the structure of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau disintegrated into heated accusations of lying to Congress on Tuesday, with the panel's chairman accusing Elizabeth Warren of giving misleading testimony at a March hearing and of lying about her agreement to testify this week.
Representative Patrick T. McHenry, a North Carolina Republican who is chairman of a subcommittee of the House Oversight Committee, told Ms. Warren, who is directing the start-up of the consumer agency, that he believed she misled Congress with testimony in March about her role in settlement talks between federal and state authorities and mortgage servicing companies.
Ms. Warren denied Mr. McHenry's charge, saying that she clearly stated in March that she had provided advice to officials of the Treasury and Justice Departments about their investigations of fraud among mortgage-servicing companies and about their settlement discussions with the companies.
After an hour in which Ms. Warren repeatedly parried efforts by Mr. McHenry and other Republicans to nail her down with "yes or no" answers to questions concerning her testimony in March and about the bureau's powers and responsibilities, Mr. McHenry moved to temporarily recess the hearing to allow members to travel to the House floor for a vote on an unrelated matter.
Ms. Warren objected, saying that she had juggled her schedule as the committee repeatedly changed the time of the hearing in recent days and had agreed to be present for only an hour.
A vigorous back-and-forth ensued.
Now here is the kicker, those childish Republicans have banded together in the Senate and are throwing a temper tantrum until they get their way. In the same New York Times piece, they said this, "A group of 44 Republican Senators recently signed a letter saying they would not allow a director of the agency to be confirmed unless the Obama administration agreed to structural changes in the agency." You got that, even though a law was passed and signed by the President, these 44 Senators have decided that unless they do as they say, it will not be so. How do you deal with a group that has gone so far over the edge of sanity and civility? A Scorched Earth SUCKS!
UPDATE: From The Raw Story…
A Democrat on the committee, however, used his time to apologize for his across-the-aisle colleagues' behavior. Rep. Joe Yarmuth (D-KY) congratulated Warren, while backhandedly insulting other committee members, implying that they were afraid of Warren's power and effectiveness.
"The snarky comments about a Senate race, and the questioning of your veracity when there is documented evidence that you are being totally truthful indicates to me that this hearing is all about impugning you because people are afraid of you and your ability to communicate in very clear terms the threats to our consumers and the threats to our constituents and possibly very, very effective ways to combat them," Yarmuth said. " I congratulate you for instilling such fear in the committee, on the majority side, and in some aspects, or segments, of the business community because they understand how effective you are in getting the message out to the American people."