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"Iraqi mothers want the same thing for their children American mothers want for theirs," President Bush has said. "A place for their child to grow up and get a good education and be able to realize dreams."
The president is correct. The two institutions Iraqis prize most are family and education. But the US military occupation and the insurgency have produced a total disruption of both. Can Iraqis return to social normalcy so long as US troops – and their enemies – are engaged there?
One has to look no further than the Palestinian territories to discover the long-term effects of children not going to school. Israel's occupation and perennial lockdown of Palestinians created a new uneducated generation seeking salvation through the radical Islam of Hamas.
In Iraq, disruption of education and family life seems to be having a similar effect. A UN report suggests that "non-state armed groups" are ratcheting up their recruitment of Iraqi children. Witness the recently released Al Qaeda-in-Iraq videos showing preteen boys in paramilitary training. Iraqi Interior Minister Fawzi al-Hariri has acknowledged this problem. He hopes a $5 billion job creation program will offer an alternative to militia or gang activity.
The lesson should be obvious: Foreign military occupations of Muslim lands from the Crusades to the present are disruptive of indigenous cultures, destructive, and sooner or later, hated.
In the months ahead, whichever faction – including the Shiite militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr – nurtures the Iraqi passion for education, family, and community is likely to win Iraqi public support.
An unfortunate truth is that Washington's plan for nation building has been hamstrung because the insurgents have been targeting contractors and construction workers. This lethal violence maneuvered the US into a "security first, reconstruction later" mode, reminding us that on every battlefield, the enemy always has a vote.
True, the United States has poured billions into rebuilding Iraq. But the standing joke among Iraqis is that a US company will be awarded a $10 billion contract. The work is then subcontracted to a construction company in Kuwait, which in turn subcontracts to an Iraqi firm, which in turn hires four kids to paint a school. Iraqis then laugh and say, "You can be sure none of those kids ever sees the $10 billion." This cynicism, along with the legacy of massive corruption under former dictator Saddam Hussein, has hobbled US reconstruction efforts.
In addition to focusing on massive nation-building in an ethnically diverse country, the US might even now try to concentrate on the little things that weigh heavily on Iraqis' hearts. A modest start: Recreate secular educational institutions. This requires smarter reconstruction efforts toward rebuilding schools and universities, and providing decent textbooks.
Today, only half of Iraqi children attend primary school, compared with 80 percent in 2005, according to a UN report.
Lest we forget, Iraqis today compare the poor state of schooling under the Americans to the free and prestigious system under Hussein. By the late 1980s, Iraq had mostly wiped out illiteracy. But today, nearly one-third of Iraqi adults can't read.
Now, because of instability and unresolved security issues, students can attend school only for a couple of hours a week, on the "good" days.
Restoring social normalcy is imperative. Iraqis feel they no longer have anything to be proud of. Take teahouses. These dark, smoky cabarets are as meaningful to Iraqis as pubs are to the British. But when people are afraid to leave their homes to puff their sheesha in a café, there is no sense of social normalcy. The daily chai, a staple of every Iraqi's day, not only is unavailable in the teahouses, but because of electricity outages, can't be enjoyed at home, either.
The cinema, arts, and music were a cornerstone of Iraqi culture, and as with young Westerners, popular culture served as a weekend refuge. These outlets are no longer an option, because cinemas and radio stations have been shut down with the US invasion. Meanwhile, new religious laws mandated by conservative Islamic clerics prohibit such expression.
The last five years have drastically altered the public mood in Iraq.
In Hussein's era, when a rumor surfaced that he was ill, people prayed he would die. Now, more than a few remember him fondly. On Iraqi streets you hear the refrain, "At least he was one of us." To many Iraqis, the climate of terror under Hussein has merely given way to a new world of chaos and fear under the US occupation.
The tragedy of Iraq was not created by the Americans. It is a product of the violence and despotism of Hussein. But more than five years after the invasion, it's hard not to conclude that the US has thrown more than a trillion dollars at a problem it helped create without a clue how to fix it. That does not mean we should assume Iraq is Humpty Dumpty – too broken to fix. It's clear that the brunt of the "fixing" is going to have to be done by Iraqis. They certainly have the oil money to do it. The question to consider now is this: Will the Iraqis ever assume responsibility for themselves as long as the American troops remain there?
Since the start of the war, there have been some reminders of what Iraq might once again become. The most notable: the surprising and monumental victory by the Iraqi soccer team over Saudi Arabia in the July 2007 Asia Cup. All Iraqis rejoiced with every win. It was a small but significant reminder that Iraqis have something to be proud of, and that even with a devastating war, victory can sometimes be theirs.
• Walter Rodgers is a former senior international correspondent for CNN. Yasmeen Alamiri is an Iraqi-American journalist.


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The former Kate Middleton has cancelled a planned appearance at the U.K. premiere of "The Hobbit" due to acute morning sickness.
Palace officials said Tuesday Prince William's wife, now known as the Duchess of Cambridge, will continue to rest rather than go to the show.
William still plans to go to the premiere.
Middleton has cancelled all public engagements since her brief hospitalization last week for severe nausea and dehydration. She is suffering from a condition known as hyperemesis gravidarum that causes sustained nausea and discomfort.
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To edit the fusion tables, I need to gain access/tokens. I am currently trying to use these there javascript script to accomplish this. ScriptSample.html, oauthWindow.html, and gwt-oauth2.js. This is the working example.
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KNOX — Korben P. Husband, 8 weeks, died Feb. 27, 2013 in IU Health Starke Hospital, Knox. Survivors include his parents, Donald Husband and Alicia Singleton; one sister, Josephine Rowe; one brother, Johnny Rowe and grandparents, Nicholas and Kathleen Husband, both of Knox.
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He is survived by his wife, Kayla; daughter, Jayda, at home; parents, Dana (Dawn) Hollar of Nappanee; sister, Bethany (Isaac) Burtsfield of Millersburg; brother, Brent Hollar of Nappanee; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Jack (Bernice) Wolfe of Angola; grandparents, Denny (Elaine) Lambert of Nappanee; great-grandmother, Reatha Lambert of Nappanee; and brother-in-law, Matt Wolfe of Indianapolis.
Visitation is Sunday, from 2 to 8 p.m. at the Nappanee Missionary Church Chapel, and one hour prior to the 11 a.m. funeral service Monday, at the Nappanee Missionary Church sanctuary. Burial will follow at Union Center Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be given to the Bradley Hollar Memorial Fund for his daughter Jayda. Online condolences may be given to www.tlyfh.com. Arrangements are with Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee.


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Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone manufacturer has promised to produce smartphones that will successfully rival the iPhone. This week, it is expected to release a device with Linux operating system inside in favor of its very own Symbian OS.
Following criticism that it had failed to come up with a handset to match the iPhone, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, President & CEO of Nokia, said that it was aiming to be "even more competitive".
"We are competitive in the marketplace right now as we speak, and we will make efforts to be even more competitive going forward."
Apple secured the second largest share of the industry's profits in the second quarter, which goes to show that it has become a force to be reckoned with as a mobile phone maker.
Mr. Kallasvuo was interviewed by Financial Times and based on his statement, I noticed that Nokia will fight back and will even try to invade Apple's turf by transforming itself from a mobile phone maker into a supplier of handset services, like maps and (you guessed it) music.
I think Nokia's move to a Linux-based OS for its smartphone line is a good one since its Symbian operating system has failed to impress new consumers. Symbian is just mediocre compared to webOS on Palm Pre or Android on HTC Dream.
Will Nokia utilize Android just like the so-called Dell Mini 3i, or is it developing its own Linux-based software? For now, we'll wait and see.
Thanks to bigbrovar for the info. Although it has not been officially released, it's becoming clearer and clearer that the new Linux-powered device that Nokia will be unveiling this week is the N900. This is based on several press photos that have leaked out.
Mobile-review.com has an in-depth look at N900 and highlighted that it will be using Debian-based Maemo for its operating system.


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Julian Moody, in dress shirt and tie, was preparing for what was possibly his umpteenth piano recital rehearsal. Football season is coming to an end, and he now has time to focus on the two instruments he plays, his karate classes and acquiring his advanced Regents diploma. In his St. Albans home, he looked modestly at his extensive collections of trophies.
"I just like having something to do. I don't like sitting around the house," said Moody, 17, a senior at Bayside High School. "I don't like being bored."
Bored is a word not frequently found in Moody's vocabulary. Along with a perfect attendance record, after school he can be found practicing football, the piano, saxophone, karate, Spanish or French.
"I prefer him to be involved in something," said Moody's mother, Aura Moody. "He feels like he has to do something to give back to the community. I'm so proud of him."
Since he was five years old, Moody has been playing the piano. His parents originally put him in classes, and Moody's love for the keys pushed him through the years. He also dabbles with the clarinet, flute and saxophone.
"But football is my favorite," he noted.
For the past 12 years, Moody has also excelled athletically, playing basketball as well as football. However, recently switching from lineman to quarterback, Moody has soared through the ranks, leading New York City high schools in touchdowns and passing yards. This year, he was named the All Borough Selection Quarterback by the Queens High School Football Coaches Association.
In early October, Moody suffered a sprain to his shoulder. Following physical therapy sessions to get him back on the field, something clicked, and the young athlete realized that physical therapy was something he wanted to pursue himself.
At school, he takes a physical therapy class, and hopes to study it in college as well.
In 2007, Moody was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, and as a result takes insulin shots multiple times a day. Despite having to adjust his lifestyle, he has found a way to balance his condition and still remain the active member of the community that he has become.
Moody hopes that all of his extracurricular activities will enhance his character and make him a better-rounded individual. Aside from his music experience, he is fluent in Spanish, is studying French, is a black belt in karate and a certified karate instructor, has traveled to several different countries and has also worked with local elected officials.
For the past two summers, he has interned at Councilmember Leroy Comrie's office, and this summer is set to work at Senator Malcolm Smith's office.
With a schedule as busy as Moody's, it's easy to get lost in the shuffle. But the aspiring physical therapist coasts through the day with a clear head atop his shoulders.
"I'm just the type of person that doesn't get mad, I stay calm," he said, and believes it is this quality that allows him to get everything done.
As a high school senior, Moody also has college on the brain. He would like to play football, and has his eye on Albright College in Pennsylvania, CW Post and Southern Connecticut. He hopes to major in music, physical therapy or both.
"If I see good results with what I'm doing, it gives me a good feeling inside," Moody simply said. "Doing well feels good, but I also think I can do better."


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Deconstructing Installation Art focuses on contemporary installation art which came into prominence as a major international movement in the 1990s and still holds sway into the early years of the new millennium. The text provides a critical analysis that compares and contrasts 'deconstructive' strategies in contemporary fine art installation with similar directions in new media art.
Web edition first published December 2006
Cover image, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Vectorial Elevation, 2002. Photo: David Quintas.
Research into contemporary fine art for this project was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom 2004–2005. The title of the research phase was 'Installationism: The Expanded Field of Sculpture, 1985–2005'.


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WordGirl "I Think I'm a Clone Now/Answer All My Questions and Win Stuff" I Think I'm a Clone Now - Lady Redundant Woman has an evil plan to destroy WordGirl's reputation. When she creates an evil WordGirl copy the real WordGirl has to prove that she hasn't turned to a life of crime. Vocabulary Words: Thesaurus, Malicious. D
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Wild Kratts "Platypus Cafe" While kayaking in Australia, Martin and Chris encounter one of the world's most unusual creatures, a platypus mother with her eggs. But unscrupulous endangered animal chef, Gourmand, plans on making the platypus eggs his next delicacy. The Wild Kratts team must use the special "sixth sense" of the platypus to save the eggs. D
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- There shall be no compensation for any coach.
- There shall be no selling of tickets to matches.
- There shall be no revenue to the university from televising or otherwise reporting matches.
- All participants, coaches, and planners shall be full- or part-time students enrolled in the school.
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Sporting Standards for a Non-Profit University.
The Standards for a Non-Profit University.
I saw a tweet today that says something I've been thinking for quite some time in that distilled pith that twitter encourages:
The modern neoliberal university cares nothing for truth. Only income. Whether directly or indirectly through esteem / flawed metrics etc
— Peter Tennant (@PWGTennant) December 13, 2016
This is also true of hospitals, which do not care for health or relieving suffering but only income. The modern non-profit institution is non-profit in legalese only. Make no mistake, they are there to accumulate wealth and little else. Universities are banks with the patina of education.
Thus, here I set out a few rules I would require before considering any institution of higher education to be one dedicated to truth, knowledge, and education rather than profits and incomes.
- At least 80% of faculty are tenure-track.
- At least 80% of faculty teach at least one class every semester.
- The faculty to administration ratio is at least 3:2.
- The highest paid full-time employee makes no more than 10 times the lowest paid full-time employee.
- All facilities and administration costs charged to grants are publicly accounted and transparent.
- No more than 25% of student class-hours are taught by adjunct professors*.
- The ratio of total salary committed to faculty to administration is no lower than 1:1.
- No person who does not teach at least one course a year, or directly mentor students, shall be considered "faculty".
- Administrative service by faculty shall be paid, protected time.
- All revenue minus expenses are reinvested in an endowment, scholarships, or provided as research and dissemination funds to faculty.
Universities - to be considered non-profit institutions of learning - should have to be non-profit institutions of learning. Rather than pyramidal funnels of money to an elite administrative class.
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Dehydration is a serious problem for us as cyclists, especially when temperatures & humidity rise. On those hot days that critical 2% can be lost in less than an hour! For safety and optimal performance, we need a balance of fluid, energy and electrolytes before, during and even after exercise.
Staying hydrated is a big and coordinated effort of your stomach, intestines and circulatory system.
Stomach: The stomach's job is to prepare food and fluids for the intestines where absorption into the blood takes place. It adjusts the saltiness of food to match that of the intestines and blood, to speed absorption. Sport drinks are isotonic, which means that they are formulated at just the right saltiness so they move more quickly to the intestines.
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Sunday, October 02, 2011
Busy running week I needed to get in at least a solid 100 mile run week. Which by the way I did plus more so 104 miles total for this week.
I have Twin Peaks 50 miler with 15,000ft of climb next Sunday so want to be ready.
My runs went well all week felt pretty damn good.
Yesterdays 30 mile was a tough one, but felt good at the end. I did what I called a 6 peaks run. Mission peak-Mt. Allison-Ohlone Peak-Monument Peak-Hang glider Peak-Mission peak.
The weather was fantastic all week.
Looks like we are having a change of weather this coming week. Rain tomorrow ;-( and most likely Tiogo pass will close for the winter since there will be snow. I was hoping to get a Mt. Dana run in again before the end of the season. Oh well I can't have it all.
On the good news side, I was contacted by a producer from HBO for a show called "Real sports'. They are interviewing me and 2 other runners for the show which will air later this month. They are flying out to interview me and do a photo shoot while I am in L.A this weekend.
I am super stoked to get my message out about how you can go from Drug addict Alcoholic party girl to positive athletic clean & sober girl ;-) It's all about trying and being positive.
It's not easy with so many negative people & negative energy out there that I deal with everyday.
I am always working on being the best person that I can be. Some days I fail, but I just pick myself up and keep moving forward ;-)
5 comments:
- Lauren said...
Good luck at Twin Peaks! That is quite a race. I've been training hard just to pace the last twenty miles of it. You've got quite a chore ahead of you (going to Santiago Peak TWICE!). But I know that you will do it with a smile on your face because that's who you are!! Congrats on a terrific mileage weekend.
- okultrarunner said...
Absolutely AWSEOME Catra. Let us know when it airs.
BTW - I always love the pictures that you post of your runs. Oklahoma does not seem to have such landscapes.
Come run with us some time.
- Catra said...
Hi Lauren this will my 3rd time running it, so I know what I am for. I like the challenge ;-)
I will have fun !!!!
- Catra said...
Hey Okultraunner I will let you know for sure.
I will make my way back out there again someday ;-))
- Ric Munoz said...
Very exciting news about the "Real Sports" profile, Catra! It's one of my favorite shows and they always do a great job with spotlighting inspirational athletes - I can't wait to see it! Have fun at Twin Peaks - hope you and Andy exceed your finish time goals.


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In regards to the "gender mutation" thing, I heard that in one of the European countries where Sailor Stars was released, the Starlights were excused as being replaced by their identical twin sisters from another dimension or something, when they transformed. Yeah, yeah, completely rediculous, but then again, I think it's damned rediculous the NA dub went to such lengths to mention how Uranus and Neptune were cousins. Over and over. A lot.
Don't hold me to this. I heard this YEARS ago, on a dodgy website, when I was still a brain-dead Sailor Moon fangirl. Yes, count another person in for cutting their anime teeth on that show!
|2004-01-14, 13:09
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2003
Why not do a fresh capture from the LDs? For a composite D2-mastered show (like Sailor Stars is -- as is most TV anime from the 90's) they'll give better video quality than DVD anyway. It seems silly to go from LD -> SVHS (adds noise, wow, flutter, lowers horizontal resolution) and then from SVHS -> DVD (halves vertical color resolution, adds quantization artifacts) before doing the final conversion to MPEG-4.
Lately I've been getting miffed at the number of people who seem to think LD doesn't exist even though it's the best quality source for pretty much any 20th century TV series (because the master tapes for them are NTSC-encoded, which LD reproduces better than DVD) except for the very few that have been remastered from film prints.
I'm this close to getting a Gundam X LD box set just so I can make some better raws for someone to sub, I'm getting tired of seeing lousy HK DVD rips. My Pioneer Elite CLD-99 will produce video quality that utterly destroys the HK discs. (It has a built-in 3D comb filter)
Seriously folks, if you want to sub an 80's or 90's TV series, especially one that doesn't have a R2 DVD release, get a good quality LD player (a Pioneer CLD-704 is pretty good quality and can be found for fairly cheap on ebay). If the player doesn't have a 3D comb filter (most don't except for the best-of-the-best like the CLD-99, LD-S9, HLD-X9) then run the composite output through a SVHS deck that has a 3D comb filter (all good top-end decks have one) before you capture it, and you are guaranteed AWESOME quality video.
Yah I realize the video quality is gonna go downhill anyway when it's converted to MPEG-4, but at least you won't be having heavy lossy digital generation loss. Can go straight from LD to huffyuv and then encoding with subs in Xvid or whatever. Much better video quality. Plus you can use the LD player's digital audio output to get a real uncompressed PCM audio stream.
ah well ^^; Just suggestions for folks.
|2004-01-15, 18:22
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Cute ahiru ^v^ *quack*
Join Date: Nov 2003
waaa! so many memories from this T_T I remind when I saw Sailor Stars while eating at home, sni, snif, sadly the opening and ending were never translated to spanish and instead the same openning from the other seasons and the ending from the first season were played waaaa!
anyway, enough nostalgia,I´m happy theres a torrent too, I dl´ed one of the four volumes (I´ve got most of the series in vhs (in spanish of course :P) so I´m just waiting for episodes I did not see ^^
|2004-01-15, 19:05
|Link #25
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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That said, we're going to be doing a couple of older OVAs this summer, and while we won't have fancy comb filters (I've got consumer grade gear from Panasonic), we *will* be skipping some of the interim encoding and doing things the easy way:
LD player -> DV bridge (aka my Sony video camera) -> XviD
Arguably we could go so far as to grab a supergen off eBay, add it to the process, and just encode that as well...
I also think that one of the reasons people also want to MPEG-2 things before taking the final step is that people are spoiled by CG anime and aren't used to seeing dust, grain, crosstalk, etc. and want to filter it out. TMPEG's noise filter does a great job (at the cost of some sharpness and detail), but you do lose colour in the process.
Go Go D1.
|2004-01-16, 03:22
|Link #26
SD Translator
I'm very happy to see this as well, as I'm a big fan of Sailor Moon even though sweden didn't get anything more than the two first seasons licensed and dubbed (at least the only censore sweden did was turn Zoicite into a girl, the rest was completely untouched - and hey, the european dubs are in 9 cases out of 10 at least better than their american counterparts due to experience, so it wasn't THAT bad even though the original is of course so much better, heh heh)... so yeah, I'm missing out on a lot of stuff that happened between the end of what I saw on TV and this, but I'm fine with it, heh heh.
btw, with all the talk of crossdressing in here I have a feeling I really have to go on watch these episodes.. I love everything related to transgenderism ^_^x
|2004-01-16, 13:56
|Link #28
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2004
The truth behind the Sailor Starlights gender is much simpler than most people think:
This is eventually revealled sometime during sailorstars. The episode may have already been subbed, I don't know how far the fansub is right now since I'm not following it.
|2004-01-16, 14:39
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Stockholm, Sweden, Where Polar bears roam the streets
Age: 34
This was a very nice surprise, Inoue Kikuko as one of the new enemies, didn't know she was in this show, animenfo hardly lists anything sailor moon, thank god for imdb.
|2004-01-17, 00:41
|Link #31
Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2003
A lousy comb filter (or worse a high-pass/low-pass filter pair) can hurt your video quality badly.
Also consider investing in a good LD player. The Pioneer CLD-704 can be had for fairly cheap and it is the best of Pioneer's US-sold "regular joe consumer" line (i.e. not counting the Elite line for home theater enthusiast consumers). The CLD-919 LD/DVD combo deck is also an excellent player. Both of these came with adaptive 3-line comb filters that are among the best you can get without going 3D.
A good top end consumer SVHS deck will have a 3D comb filter. The JVC HRS9xxx series (I have a HRS9600U, HRS9911U is current model) comes with them. It's a good way to get a good comb filter without buying pro gear. Using the composite output from your LD player and letting the SVHS deck's comb filter do the Y/C seperation will yield better video quality!
Anyway if you have the right gear LDs can look utterly awesome. For instance the contrast between my Japanese Evangelion LDs played on my CLD-99 (along with the CLD-97 the best US-sold player) and the US DVDs is incredible. Only the new Japanese DVD box (which went back to film masters) manages to look better in comparison.
Anyway good luck on your project. ^^ Pay attention to video quality issues and you will get much better captures.
And oh yah, D1 kicks ass but the tapes are HUGE and short and EXPENSIVE. Much better to use a lossless codec on a computer and save it to hard disk (and burn off across many DVD-Rs if you want archival).
|2004-01-17, 04:03
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Anyhow, the VCR I have now is a $250 consumer Panasonic. I like it, it works very well for me. It's not fancy and doesn't have a lot of the advanced features, but I've never had a problem with image quality, etc.
While D1 is still lossy, it has a lot of advantages (easy archival, computer control over the playback source, no loss between the tape and the computer) over capturing uncompressed, etc. And, with a good soft codec, you can still run it through virtualdub. Avisynth won't read it, but vdub does the biggies (resize, subtitler) on its own anyways. I look forward to doing our first LD project in July/August.
|2004-03-08, 12:41
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Sailor drag?
I've been watching Sailor Stars, and I noticed something. The new sailors really are GUYS! Their transformed versions too. At first I thought they were girls pretending to be guys as some sort of subterfuge. Then I thought it might be some sort of Ranma 1/2 thing going on. But no. Their senshi uniforms have pads, which are only noticeable up close. PADS. Why couldn't the first male senshi be suited up as proper guys, instead of forcing them to wear falsies? As if the new suit style wasn't bad enough(all they'd need is a whip or a chain to complete the S&M motif), they had to be male?!! That's sick. Funny in some ways, but still seriously sick.
I wonder how the girls will feel when they find out that they've been swooning over a bunch of drag queens?
|2004-03-08, 13:07
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Join Date: Nov 2003
You are totaly wrong. I suggest you watch the episodes again and maybe open your eyes this time In the anime they are guys that transform into Sailor GIRLS.
|2004-03-08, 15:58
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Being Felt Up My Skirt
They are really girls, disguised as guys, that have their own band/music group. The reason that they look like "guys" when not in "transformation mode" is so that they can try find their princess and pretending to be guys when normal is the easiest and possibly the only way that they can do it.
|2004-03-08, 20:54
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Baka Neko!
Watch all the way through to episode 200 if you haven't already. Trust me, they're shape changers in the anime.
|2004-03-08, 21:04
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They definitely arent girls in normal form. Look at them practicing for that "musical". Shirts that small can't hide anything, and there's nothing to hide. One way or another, in normal form they are guys.
Maybe I am wrong. There does seem to be some real cleavage on the transformed fighters. What had me confused was the fact that they each had some massive white apparatus beneath the tops of their costumes. Watch Star Fighter's personal transfomation in ep 176. Why does he have such a large and obvious ... brassiere... beneath his/her uniform? it just makes it look dumber than the black leather already looks. You'd think such a small uniform would come without any embarrassing undergarments showing.
Anyway, whether they're guys who turn into girls or guys with stuffed bras underneath their tops, the new costumes are just a little strange, and they are guys in their natural forms. So, either way, why didn't they just let guys be guys? Couldn't there be a few fighters among the senshi that were male, and wore a masculine seifuku, maybe a variation of typical guys' school uniforms? Why force the guys to become girls? And even then, they don't get the normal sailor suit. All the other senshi have basically a combination between a leotard and a school uniform for their senshi outfits. Why are these guys different? It's like they were made this way just to freak people out.
|2004-03-08, 23:26
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Fushigi Mystery!! @_@
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Canada, eh?
Anyways, what you've mentioned above is one of the reasons Naoko Takeuchi did not like what the anime did to her series, and may well be one of the reasons why Sailor Stars has not been released (i.e. it could be like one of the possible theories given out why Sailor Moon R ep 67 was not on the R DVD boxset - the creator did not like the episode - or in this case - series.)
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1992 Chevy 1500 Suburban: Super SuburbanPosted in Project Vehicles on October 1, 2012
There are some 4x4s that are so unique they leave you slack-jawed and speechless. This '92 Chevy Suburban 1500, owned by Doug Hampton of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, is one of those vehicles.
We met Hampton at this year's Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah. In a landscape mostly dominated by Jeeps his large Suburban stood out like King Kong in a monkey house. There's absolutely nothing docile about his rig. Its bright School Bus Yellow paint grabs your attention and mods like the furious, heavily modified twin-turbo Cummins diesel engine hold it hostage. The truck is loaded with fascinating components including some that are a bit unusual.
The Details
General Owner/Hometown: Doug Hampton/Pagosa Springs, Colorado
Vehicle/Model: 1992 Chevy Suburban 1500
Estimated value: N/A
Type: 5.9L 12-valve Cummins twin-turbo diesel
Aspiration: Fuel injection, K&N intake, HY9 and HT3B turbochargers, custom 5-in-diameter exhaust with Flowmaster muffler
Output, hp/torque (estimated): 500/1000
Transmission: ATS 47RE Stage 3 4-spd auto
Transfer case: NP205 w/JB Conversions 3:1 ratio LoMax gearset
Front: 60-in Deaver Spring long-travel leaf springs, 16-in-travel Sway-A-Way RaceRunner remote-reservoir shocks, modified Currie sway bar
Rear: 63-in Deaver Spring long-travel leaf springs, 10-in-travel Sway-A-Way RaceRunner remote-reservoir shocks, modified Speedway Engineering sway bar
Front: GM Dana 60, 35-spline stub shafts, Warn lockout hubs, Howe hydraulic-assist steering/ARB Air Locker
Rear: Dodge Dana 80/ARB Air Locker
Ring and pinion: 3.73:1
Wheels: 17x8.5 Walker Evans beadlock
Tires: 37x12.50R17 BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO


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Kokkola (Swedish: Karleby) [1] is a small town situated in Central Ostrobothnia, Finland, with a population of approximately 36000. Official bi-lingual town with most people understanding and speaking Finnish and Swedish. It is the biggest town in the region, between Oulu and Vaasa. It was founded in 1620 and during the 18th century it had one of the largest merchant fleets in Finland, and was a major producer of tar and ships. Presently Kokkola is a fairly peaceful city. It has also a sizeable district of wooden homes.
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Trains [2] from Helsinki connect daily. The fastest connection is by Pendolino train which will last about 4 hours.
There are also some night trains with sleeping cars from Helsinki to northern regions stopping at Kokkola. Night trains usually arrive at early morning hours in Kokkola, which is uncomfortable unless you have somebody waiting for you.
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Buses [3] from all over Finland stop regularly at Kokkola. If you travel as far as from Helsinki, forget the bus and take the train or plane.
By car[edit]
The largest highway that passes through Kokkola is the E8.
By plane[edit]
Kruunupyy airport (IATA: KOK [4]) is the closest one to Kokkola, about 20 kilometers away. Nearly all scheduled flights only to and from Helsinki, charter flights to holiday destinations around Europe. A bus service is provided to and from Mannerheimin aukio at the centre of Kokkola.
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The city is fairly small, so the easiest way to see the sights is walking.
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Public transport is poor in Kokkola. There are only local buses by Kokkolan Liikenne, and you have difficulty in finding a bus especially during evenings and Sundays. However, the drivers and passengers appear to be friendly. If you want to have a sightseeing without guide, you can take the bus number 7 from Kauppatori at city center. It will take you for example to the harbour part-of-town Ykspihlaja.
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There are many larger stores and smaller shops as it is regional centre.
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There are at least three fast-food franchises, over ten pizzerias and many small food stalls.
Many good restaurants for everybody. Basic restaurants, Chinese and some serve slightly Mexican food.
Many small and cosy cafés.
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Pop Music[edit]
There is live music regularly at local bars and pubs. The local association of living music Kokemus is arranging club events for example at bar West Coast, address Rantakatu 16.
Classical Music[edit]
Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra (Keski-Pohjanmaan kamariorkesteri) [11] is touring both in Finland and abroad. The Orchestra was founded in 1972 and it received Nordic Council Music Prize in 1993.
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Train connections to Helsinki are relatively good. If you want to reach the capital before midnight, you have 2-3 trains to choose from between 5.30 pm and 7.30 pm. Or, you can take one of the night trains if you don't want to spend money in hotel - or just for atmosphere's sake. There is a daily nite train (P266) with sleeping cars leaving just after midnight and it will reach the capital roundabout seven in the morning.


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- Maple Dressing
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup oil not olive oil
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 clove minced garlic
- dash of salt and pepper
- Salad:
- 1 10 oz. bag Italian blend salad greens
- 1 cup dried apple chips broken into pieces
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries or sweetened cherries
- 1/2 cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese (similar to Blue or Feta works too)
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced red onion
- 1/2 -3/4 cup candied pecans recipe below
- Whisk dressing ingredients together or shake in a jar. Toss salad at last minute.
- Candied Pecans: In a small skillet, over low/med. heat, melt 1 tablespoon butter. Add pecans and 2 tablespoons sugar. Stir constantly until sugar melts completely and coats the pecans-it will turn an amber color. Remove from heat and cool on parchment or a plate.
Terri's Notes
This makes a pretty salad and the mix of crunchy and chewy textures, sharp and sweet tastes, is really interesting and yummy. DO toss at the last minute or serve dressing on the side, there's more than enough dressing for the salad.
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Several years ago, we'd say you were crazy if you went to Vegas between the months of May and September. The temperature rarely dips below 95° and there isn't shit to do except sit in a casino and gamble your life savings away. But in the last ten years, Sin City has earned the title as one of the best places in the world for anyone who likes the word 'fun'. Pool parties, girls in bikinis, nightclubs, Hangover-style bachelor parties, EDC…the list goes on and on. And since 2008, Formula D was added into the mix. Need we saymore?
This past August, the Vegas event was nothing short of a wild one. To make it more challenging from last year, the staff designed a new course for the 55 participating drivers. Qualifying started Friday and only the top 32 could move on. Fredric Aasbo and his Scion tC qualified first while Rhys Millen and his Hyundai came in second. While Rhys was the defending Vegas champ from 2011, all eyes were on Mustang driver Vaughn Gittin Jr. as he already won the last two rounds back-to-back. He qualified fifth with high hopes of a hat trick.
Come game time, the spotlight settled on the top two qualifiers. Every match for Aasbo was a thriller as he defeated favorites like Chris Forsberg, Dai Yoshihara, Tyler McQuarrie and lastly Gittin Jr. in the final four. Rhys also had his share of tough bouts knocking out Daigo Saito. But in the end, Aasbo and Millen faced off. Aasbo damaged his tC on the first run which made it difficult for him to bounce back. Mr. Millen stayed consistent in the second run and stood victorious winning his second consecutive Las Vegas event.
Going into the final round, the championship is still up for grabs as seven drivers can logistically win. Gittin's up by 25 points but it's too close to put our money on anyone.


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what the heck just happened!
Posted 23 April 2005 - 08:55 PM
i was sitting here at my puter and was cleaning out my email before i decided to get off the puter and work on a few other projects...
felt like someone came up behind me and started blowing cool air in my ear and the right side of my neck then it felt like a cold hand was sitting right on the back of my right shoulder!!! (still sorta feels like its there)
ive been wearing a light jacket for most of the day because its been pretty cold and my first thought was i hadnt closed my window...but looking at that its closed pretty tight.
so i checked the floor vent because we have the heater turned on (i figured the heat cycle kicked off and it could be blowing cold air) the blower is off and its still radiating a noticeable heat
i thought maybe my aunt came home and her opening the door to the back side of the house could have been enough to kick up a breeze like that but looking out the window her car isnt here so thats ruled out.
i have my cieling fan on but thats on low and never stirs up a breeze strong enough to blow hair from my ponytail...which happened :blink:
ewwwwwww! it just happened again!!!!!! :o
brb im grabbing my camera and doing some ghost chasing and this better not be some creepy flirt ghost
Posted 23 April 2005 - 08:59 PM
Posted 23 April 2005 - 09:01 PM
brb im grabbing my camera and doing some ghost chasing and this better not be some creepy flirt ghost
Ever had any other weird stuff happen there before???
Maybe you'll get somethin' cool in pics!!
Posted 23 April 2005 - 09:17 PM
not quite like this because usually if i come into a physical contact with a spirit ill just feel a hand (warm or cold) on me...so its either one who knows me well or knows how my imagination works
This thing has never happened before, Lulaboo? :huh:
and there have been a few other things happen here (trying to keep some track of them and as soon as i get some other stories from my family whove had experiences here ill post em)
check this out though cuz its too coool for words
i decided to grab something else besides my camera (in case there was an intruder coming in the house because a wind that strong i could only assume its my aunt who came home...shed be coming in through the back and the dog wasnt going nuts...)so it had to be someone coming in through the front door if it wasnt a ghost...
i go downstairs and check around no ones there so i go to the front room and make sure the door is locked i turn around and the t.v. is on thats when the cold hand on my shoulder disappeared...much to my suprise one of my favorite movies that i hadnt seen in a long time just started playing...
i think someone was trying to tell me that i can put off the projects for a little
while longer and watch a movie...YAYYYYY i practicly have a note from the Allmighty saying i can be lazy for a change
Posted 23 April 2005 - 10:29 PM
Posted 23 April 2005 - 10:35 PM
It was Rapid Fire Cyn
(but i still have my camera right next to me just in case this happens again :unsure: )
Posted 23 April 2005 - 10:37 PM
Hi Boo, maybe you should put on a tape recorder too, just in case. Weird!
Im back!
It was Rapid Fire Cyn
(but i still have my camera right next to me just in case this happens again :unsure: )
Keep us posted!
Posted 23 April 2005 - 10:40 PM
set that up right now
further bulletins as events warrant
Posted 24 April 2005 - 03:59 AM
Hows things coming along Boo? anything else happen yet? I didnt think this would shock you, as far as i knew you could hear them and all the stuff that goes along with it...
keep us posted!
Posted 24 April 2005 - 05:06 AM
Posted 24 April 2005 - 08:32 AM
Keep us posted, I will be interested to know if anything comes up on photos or EVP.
Posted 24 April 2005 - 08:34 PM
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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...I hate dieting and the restrictions associated with it. I don't do well with plans and prepackaged meals, so when I pack on pounds, I have to come up with recipes that work for me, but do not scare off the Silver Fox, a committed carnivore, who views most greens and meat substitutes as "stuff". C'est la vie. While I consider these mushrooms to be a main course, he views them as a side dish meant to keep meat from getting lonely on his plate. That actually has worked out well for both of us. At any given meal, there is at least one dish we can share and it makes creating diet meals a lot easier for me. Over the past three months, I've found or created recipes that make dishes I actually enjoy and I now have a collection of diet-worthy recipes to share with those of you who are also in waist watcher mode. These stuffed mushrooms are the first recipe in what I hope will become a weekly feature on One Perfect Bite. They are easy to make and quite satisfying, though I suspect you will want to add additional herbs and spices to the ingredient mix. I do hope you'll give these mushrooms a try. Here is how they are made.
Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Allrecipes
4 large portobello mushroom caps, stems and gills removed
1 tablespoon reduced-fat Italian salad dressing
1 egg
1 clove garlic, minced
salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 (10 ounce) bag fresh spinach, chopped
1/4 cup chopped pepperoni
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
3 tablespoons seasoned bread crumbs, divided
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2) Brush both sides of each portobello mushroom cap with Italian dressing. Arrange mushroom on a baking sheet, gill sides up.
3) Bake mushrooms in the preheated oven until tender, about 12 minutes. Drain any juice that has formed in mushrooms.
4) Beat egg, garlic, salt, and black pepper together in a large bowl.
5) Stir spinach, pepperoni, Parmesan cheese, 3 tablespoons mozzarella cheese, and 3 tablespoons bread crumbs into the eggs until evenly mixed.
6) Divide spinach mixture over mushroom caps; sprinkle mushrooms with remaining 1 tablespoon mozzarella cheese and 1 tablespoon bread crumbs. Return mushrooms to the oven.
7) Continue baking until topping is golden brown and cheese is melted, about 10 minutes more. Yield: 4 servings.
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April 7, 2006
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. _ Lipscomb's Lady Bisons couldn't get their bats going Friday afternoon in Atlantic Sun competition in their first meeting with the University of North Florida.
The Lady Bisons lost the first game 2-0. A single to right field by first baseman Heather Collins in the fifth inning was the only hit for the Lady Bisons in the game.
North Florida struck for both of its runs in the fourth inning.
Lipscomb's Sara Meek pitched an outstanding game in the loss, allowing only three hits and striking out three. She walked only one batter.
It was the 25th appearance of the season for Meek who is 7-12.
In the nightcap North Florida pitcher Katie Brosky threw a no-hitter, She walked two batters and did not post a single strikeout.
North Florida scored four runs in the first inning, two in the second and one in the sixth.
Allison Tyree started on the mound for the Lady Bisons. She allowed two hits and six runs, three earned, in 1.1 innings. She also walked five batters and did not record a strikeout.
Meek came on in relief and pitched the final 4.2 innings. She gave up two hits, one earned run and walked one. She also struck out three.
The Lady Bisons are 11-23, 2-6 in the A-Sun. North Florida is 21-18, 4-4 in the conference.
The Lady Bisons play their fifth straight Atlantic Sun doubleheader on the road Sunday at Jacksonville University at noon.


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My answer to immunity / Crit Damage / Caps / Nerfs / Boosts/ Changes is this:
For Summons: Starting at Level 50, Significantly increase the XP needed to level up Summons using the existing formula as a guide. Then at Level 65, increase slightly. Level 80, moderate increase. Level 95, another significant increase, bringing Summons to a crawl.
For Ninjas: Starting at Level 90, slightly increase the XP needed to level up Ninjas using the existing formula as a guide. Then at Level 100, increase slightly. Level 110, increase slightly and so on.
This idea effects everyone equally.
Going forward, % based stats should be added with caution and ALOT of chakra requirements. Ninkame and Katsuyu as well as [ INSERT % based Summon here ] give too much "Bang for your buck" and leave alot of room for premium builds. With the idea above, a small decrease of .25% to these stats could go a long way in balancing Summons.
I will include a very amateur example of what I think a Summon with 1% immunity could look like:
Quintuple Rashoumon - Purple fox
Five Layers
-Enemy Att, Tai/Nin Imm, End 2.5 / 0.5 / 0.5 / 3
68 Chakra or 72 Chakra
Effect: Decreases Attack on all ninjas on the enemy team. Increases Taijutsu/Ninjutsu immunity and Endurance on all ninjas on your team
After mission "The Beginning and the end"
Please comment..
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just being obvious here but it doesnt address the imbalance of immu/crit/attack builds in their respective ways and changing the levelling system will amplify the difference between current high level summons/teams and aspiring campers. decreasing the particular stat per level in the summon just prolongs the inevitable(though for spar,making nin immu of kats equal to 0.75 per level will be 100*.75 = 75 nin immu will hurt him, *a little) since there are still custom/stat giving lw's. i know udon has proposed a diminishing returns for immu but has yet to implement it, that would be easier and more effective
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id say to cap it at 45% or 75% anything else beyond that should be useless in that way lws and strategy can be used in all types of teams.
i know this is far more complicated but imo the solution should be to cap it at some number.
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Dear all,
Sorry for upping this old post but since the problem still exist and nobody found an idea which could make the community come to a consensus I decided I could give it a try.
From my understand, and after reading this post, and a few others, Immunity is OP but nerfing it drastically would nerf the investment in time and money of a fair amount of players. Also a too brutal nerf would mean replacing a tyranny with another one by making +atk/crit dmg teams OP.
First thing first, imposing a 50% cap to taijutsu immunity, a 50% cap to ninjutsu immunity and a 75% cap on elemental immunity.
Cap crit damage at 100%.
For tai/nin immunity, it would be a rather arbitrary decision but it would match the cap on crit chance and halving a team's potential damage would be devastating enough.
For crit damage it would avoid it being too powerful.
For Elemental immunity, it would avoid having all custom LWs have massive -resist because oh well why not; it doesn't matter anyway.
Now for this system to work, and old katsuyu player to possibly comeback, I would like to see the opportunity to "Transmute summons" rise.
Each summon which core value can obtain a certain "no return point" of diminishing returns would be offered the possibility to be transmuted.
List of core values:
-Tai/Nin immunity (cap 50)
-Crit chance (cap 50)
-Crit Damage (cap 100)
-Reroll (open for discussion)
-Elemental Immu (open for discussion)
The idea would be to compensate the diminishing return of the hard capped core values by an increase in the other stats provided by the summon matching the previous AV/DV.
For example, Sparhawk's katsuyu:
Lvl 100
Nin Up/Immune increased by 500 / 100
After conversion to Atk damage, based on Udon's initial calculation of 1% immunity = 1.5 dmg = 3 nin it would give a 250+150=400 AV/DV
If it was to be transmuted, it would come back to lvl 50 (thus matching the core value hard cap) and would see its Nin Up stats increase as to match the "lost" Nin Immu.
Lvl 100
Nin Up/Immune increased by 650 / 50
After conversion to Atk damage, based on Udon's initial calculation of 1% immunity = 1.5 dmg = 3 nin it would give a 325+75=400 AV/DV
From this point on, the gross increase (in AV/DV) of the transmuted katsuyu remain the same except the nin Imm would not grow anymore while nin up would grow faster.
Current Katsuyu
5 Nin up/1Nin Immu
After conversion to Atk damage, based on Udon's initial calculation of 1% immunity = 1.5 dmg = 3 nin it would give a 2.5+1.5=4 AV/DV
Transmuted katsuyu
8 Nin up/0Nin Immu
After conversion to Atk damage, based on Udon's initial calculation of 1% immunity = 1.5 dmg = 3 nin it would give a 4+0=4 AV/DV
Following limitations would apply:
-Can only transmute if summon has a capped value.
-Can only transmute if said value has reached/exceeded its cap.
-Transmuting would incur no extra chakra cost.
[edit] I realized this transmutation of might be posted on its own topic under "Ideas and Suggestions" as it aims at "fixing" much more than immunity.
Looking at the summon list It think the same system could be applied to a handful of other summons :
-Shinigami, may actually make it playable depending on the extra -Enemy Atk down.
-Hachibi, would make it more viable versus SD between level 50 and 100.
-DBB, may make it more represented in the summon ladder. Would raise the issue of how to compensate the loss of CritD; boosting +Atk, +Tai or both? Let the players decide?
-Gamahiro, same as DBB with the possibility of a double transmute?
-Shichibi, would finally make it worth camping with it as it would end up giving tons of endurance after the 2 other stats capped.
-SD, would make it a viable camping summon or at least improve its usefulness after lvl 20...
-Ibuse, Transferring the AV/DV to the ninjutsu may make it too strong while transferring it to the -Immu may make it too weak.
-Panda, indreasing endurance or nin? See how to keep it on par with Ibuse minding the chakra difference.
-Nibi/Conch King, would make them actual camping material.
-Nin kame, same as Katsuyu.
Last but not least, as the chakra cost would not be impacted by the transmutation, setting a fee as high as 10.000 ryo, if not more, would be a nice way to make use of those ryos, especially considering those summons would only/mostly concern camping teams, not progression ones.
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They are cheap when most surfboards specific for kiting seem to be crazy expensive.
I want a board around 6'2 that i can ride strapless, although the option would be nice.
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I cannot even beat Den of Danger with one.
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Litigation Release No. 16953A / April 6, 2001
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today that the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee entered a final judgment against two stockbrokers, Cristan K Blackman and Charles R. Roberts, ordering them to pay disgorgement and civil money penalties totaling almost $450,000 based on allegations that they engaged in insider trading in stock or options of Mid Ocean Ltd. (Mid Ocean). Blackman and Roberts consented to the entry of the final judgment, without admitting or denying the allegations in the SEC's complaint, in connection with their settlement of the SEC's injunctive action.
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Blackman and Roberts were the last remaining defendants in the SEC's action alleging insider trading in connection with Exel's takeover of Mid Ocean. Previously, the SEC settled its cases against Blackman's alleged tipper, and several others who allegedly traded or tipped others about the Mid Ocean takeover. See Litigation Release No. 16357 (November 17, 1999). The SEC acknowledges the assistance of the American Stock Exchange in investigating this matter.http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/lr16953A.htm


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Taylor Swift wore a cream-colored J. Mendel gown to the red carpet of the 2013 Grammys. The singer, serial dater and possible Carrie Underwood nemesis has worn white, cream and champagne-hued gowns lately, so no surprises there.
It was somewhat of a Grecian goddess look for her. The dress had a pleated long skirt and was what Ryan Seacrest described as being "a vanilla yogurt white." We wouldn't go as far as to call it "vanilla," since that would indicate "boring" and the silvery accoutrements and hardware across the front gave it some bling. There was also a major front slit, which added sex appeal.
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I first noticed the grizzly bear, then a girl in boots with a russian hat, and now the wolves on columns under the West Seattle Bridge near the Spokane Street Swing Bridge. I think they're lithographed decals and wonder who the artist is … anyone know?
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DNS Root zone is going to be signed on July 15, 2010. Fedora will bring benefit of this important feature to the end users and their workstations thus all DNS traffic will be secured by DNSSEC.
- Name: Adam Tkac
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- Last updated: 2010-07-13
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All major DNS servers in Fedora run with DNSSEC validation enabled by default since Fedora 11 so we have a lot of experience from server environment. When a DNS server is installed on the workstation, NetworkManager will expose new checkbox, called DNSSEC, and if user checks it, NM will start the server and update /etc/resolv.conf. After that all DNS traffic will go through DNSSEC-validating resolver.
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|2012-06-29, 03:53
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Here's a thought: perhaps events can happen without a cause and effect?!
The part about Yozora changing her cloth has nothing to do with her confidence being low. It's a reveal of her personality, that her seemingly attractive outfits before were just her misinterpretation of magazine material. She's overly modest/shy.
Plus, childhood friend will always be thread - it's never resolved and can be resurrected any time by the author at will. It's basically an endless bag of tricks where random 'memories' can be pulled and make connections to current events.
As for the 'worth poop', essentially the situation is:
Yozora wants/wishes Kodaka to make a move.
Kodaka being a harem lead won't - and he would instead ask: what do you think?
And what the hell does him expect the tsun Yozora to do anyway, the predictable: it's nothing special...
And in turn, Kodaka reconciles that perhaps the past wasn't really that big a deal to either party.
The problem facing Sena for the past couple vol is that as a character she's already laid plain. There's no mystery left. So the cousin reveal, if confirmed, is welcoming development.
THAT fickleness is to me what makes Yozora's character interesting. Extreme tsun (and the narrower type of not honest with her feelings) + selective pureness (on topics of romance for example).
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|2012-06-29, 04:23
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This unattractive look however just fits to the situation she is just into (she had to realize that her only triumph card did not work, and like I said she has nothing more to rely on). So she just turned from a swan into an ugly duck. It's kind of funny if you see it this way: Success (beauty) - Fail (ugly).
So... what is more interesting for you? Another childhood memories from Yozora or the connection between Kodaka's and Sena's family?
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|2012-06-29, 07:32
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Anyway, it sure seems like Rika is racking up points with Kodaka really fast now. The way I see it, it's more between her and Sena. I actually don't see Yozora as much of a competition anymore.
|2012-06-29, 07:53
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I haven't read the volume 8 yet but from my point the confession that Sena made maybe is an attempt to puss Yozora forward since she is so stacked in the past.After all Sena is one of the members along with Rika that truly care for the club and we have seen other occasions where Sena tries to befriend Yozora but ended up with her being teased.
On other hand ,maybe I am over thinking the whole situation.
|2012-06-29, 08:04
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Author's original intent is to have all characters be critically flawed (and thus be why they have have few friends) but that collectively their flaws would balance/cancel each other out and thus allow the members of the group to find a place where they could develop friendships etc.
The easiest examples of this to understand are of course Yozora & Sena / Kobato & Maria, but to a lesser extent its also true of Kodaka & Sena / Kodaka & Yozora / Kodaka & Rika / Yozora & Maria.
The problem however, is their flaws are not uniformly displayed
Because most of the event focus is constrained to within the Neighbours Club you only see those parts of the frame and not what else is happening. These end up being the primary influence in how people view the characters;
e.g. Yozora and Maria's dynamic - and though it was hinted at Maria also being unpleasant, it was only properly shown in Episode 12 / Haganai Collect (or was it Universe?) that Yozora was originally nice to Maria while she was rude to her etc. Though this may have been known to the author and is particularly relevant to perception of both characterisations and relationship dynamics, its all outside the frame until the viewer/reader is made aware of it.
Additionally Sena hinted at actually being extremely unpleasant to be around (and how she views and treats everyone else around her, e.g. "everyone else is below me"/ male slaves / stepping on people / "you can lick my shoe as a reward", etc etc etc) is mentioned right at the beginning of the story and referenced at several points but is only really shown during the Swimming pool visit / guys hitting on her incident. The full scale of her behaviours though are again outside of the frame to viewers/readers because she is in a different class to Kodaka & Yozora and very little of her own class has been shown (except Yusa Aoi briefly in vol 7).
What we do see of Sena 'in-frame' of the Neighbours Club are not her original character breaking flaws (for which Yozora is meant to be her foil) but instead her moe fake "flaws" which are designed to be appealing to target anime/novel demographics such as
...Both of which aren't exactly considered negatives to this demographic, are played off as comedy, and are tamed by Kodaka & Yozora in any case. This can also be applied to Rika and her perversions and fujoshi traits shown while in the club in that they aren't actually "flaws" as far as target demographic is concerned and are again nerfed by Kodaka & Yozora, while her 'character breaking flaw' is separation from people (and that occurs outside of the club).
- Yozara gets singled out because her flaws are the only ones that are persistently 'in frame', as she as much as Kodaka is central to cancelling out/nerfing the flaws of the other characters in the Neighbours club and their events are always in the frame of the story.
ugh -as my first post this was supposed to be much shorter so I'm gonna cut it here - hopefully the general message of what I wanted to say got through though. May say something about the implications of Kodaka ending up with each of the girls / something about Rika being officially friend-zoned if Vol 8 rumours are true but tbh thats probably worth saving for other posts when I am less tired...
The window to the world is limited and what it focuses on is what most affects perceptions of characters.
all of the characters are flawed and should be viewed as so - this is intentional and was supposed to balance out their dynamics between each other and balance out fan perception of all the characters but isn't working as intended because not everyones flaws are getting equal focus.
|2012-06-29, 08:34
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^ The problem with that analysis is that the movie/frame is controlled by the author, and the reader/audience sees what the author wants them to see. The author can shift the focus to certain aspects of each character and magnify or downplay them according to what he is trying to portray. As such, character analysis should primarily be focused on what is actually shown to us in the novels, and if the readers end up something that the author isn't trying to portray, then that suggests that the writing is at fault (which isn't the case here).
Having said that, I agree that the characters' flaws are not equally being shown, but for a slightly different reason. I would argue that the reason for this is that the novel series is still ongoing, and it is common in light novel series to have character-centric books along the way. Yozora's time simply has not come yet.
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|2012-06-29, 09:24
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I have no problem with people hating character X because they like character Y though — I just prefer it when the people themselves realise where that sentiment is coming from and acknowledge it.
I also agree with focus being controlled by author intentionally, what your saying doesn't disprove what I said and I am not disproving what you are saying - the amount of focus the author can give to keep a story thematically and theatrically tight is limited (hence artificial methods like focusing on a character per volume of LNs as you say).
My original point wasn't that Yozora isn't getting what she deserves in terms of focus (because I also think that she won't get her own focused volumes until closer to the end - her & Kodaka's resolution will effectively end the story - someone earlier made reference to an analysis of Ichigo 100% as an example)
- my point was that the current focusing so far has referenced at the flaws in other characters and shown them briefly at times but you dont get to see the full scale of their flaws because they are occurring in places unseen. Anyways the original question was why does Yozora get pulled up for stuff and my answer was everyone was meant to be equally bad but some people's isn't on camera as much as Yozora's is so perception of her ends up being worse.
As Johnny above notes the Sena-centric crowd seem particularly likely to latch on to that -
I dont think you and I are actually disagreeing though.
lol "someone earlier made reference" ==> as pointed out it was actually frivolity who actually posted this (I should have checked)
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|2012-06-29, 09:33
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The novel is written through the narrative of Kodaka. Himself is a neutral observer (and critically so, if not always verbally expressed). On the whole the balance of character flaws are maintained.
The anime being a different medium cannot be narrated therefore it's up to the viewer's interpretation by character's actions. Direction did not maintain balance and even then interpretations can differ.
What we have here is a mixture of audiences, those who primarily exposed to the animated form and those who have seen both (and many LN readers who've read the series before the anime therefore less influenced by it). I believe some's interpretation is wide off the mark as I could not follow the logic but that's just my opinion. When you see such leaps of logic, arguing is a pointless exercise.
It's also worthwhile noting whilst right now summaries are widely available, people can read these differently. I'm fairly aware of Kodaka's narrative given it is in itself describing Kodaka's character (and his view is just his view, which may differ widely off the mark to reality). But such interpretation of writing styles are best observed when reading as a novel on long sittings rather than chapters by chapter as released by the translaters.
Funnily enough many of Yozora's 'flaws' are also 'moe' points, which sets her apart from a somewhat more generic character like Sena. I suppose I'm too much of a hipster
I really need to get down and draw a diagram of the character interactions in this series - and then it will be reasonably obvious which characters are moving the plot.
|2012-06-29, 21:59
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As an aside, given what you've said, which do you think is Sena's real self? The mighty one that she normally behaves with everyone else, or the one that she only shows Kodaka and the rest of the Neighbours Club?
|2012-06-29, 22:58
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|2012-06-30, 05:37
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The character flaws of all the others are merely just entertaining and are not important for the story. Sena, Yukimura, Rika, Maria, Kobato and Kodaka are harmless. They don't have such serious problems they can't come over with if they are in a group.
|2012-06-30, 06:02
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To honest I read everything that was posted on this page and I found myself agreeing with everybody on many points.
The thing I want to know is what does Yozora wants I just do get her sometimes.
I get the feeling there more to her then just the fact that Kodoka left with out saying goodbye or the thing with the cat they found and befriended.
Do you guys think that her problems come from family issues. Like her parents?
|2012-06-30, 07:06
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I dont think anything about Sena or the other characters is fake. I believe good writing will show personalities that are complex and layered - so I think all their actions are valid parts of expressing who they are and how they deal with the world around them. For the Neighbours Club group this will be expressed as a combination of the initial circumstances (that separated them from normal people), their struggles and failures to reintegrate, and whatever coping mechanisms they have ended up with to compensate.
Would be interesting to explore that for each character but meh, another time.
BTW, when I mentioned moe fake "flaws" earlier I didn't mean they were false on her part I meant that they weren't flaws that target demographic audience would perceive in a negative way
(e.g. how many people who stay up late to watch anime, buy expensive blu-rays / merchandise and are cross invested in mix media projects like Haganai would actually view playing galge/eroge and obsessing over lolis in a negative light - I'm willing to bet thats a Venn diagram with a small overlap if Sena's fandom is any indication...)
|2012-06-30, 08:44
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In their childhood they were both outcasts and had no friends so they share the same fate and they only had each other. Yozora has some romantic and nostalgic memories about that because it was the only time in her life she had a very good friend. And of course - Yozora is a girl and Kodakas declaration to care for her more than 100 friends can be also understood as a confession of love if it is directed to a girl. So Kodaka was her first love/romance after all. She was to shy to reveal to him that she is a girl.
The moments with Kodaka were the only good impression of friendship she ever achieved, so she clings to them.
After seeing that the present Kodaka is still an outcast she had hopes that they can recover their old friendship to the old state. And of course mainly alone together like 10 years ago. She fooled him into joining the club so they have a quiet place for themselves. The recruiting poster Yozora made was encrypted so her original plan was that no one else should join the club. After Sena joined, Yozora had to move on with her deception and now the real club activities started.
Yozora is confused why her plans don't work out because she still thinks that nothing has changed between them and they are just alike (both are outcasts and always alone and have no friends). But of course that is not true.
Kodaka don't want to be an outcast any more and he really want friends - and of course not only one. He enjoys to be in a group.
Yozora don't mind staying an outcast (she is used to be alone) as long she has Kodaka at her side. She has trouble coping with a group. She don't want other friends.
The old state was: Both were outcasts and had no friends. So Yozora also want that Kodaka himself should not have another friend besides her.
So she tries to shoo away the other girls (especially Sena). She tolerates Kobato because she is no threat for her.
Yozora has to come over her past because Kodaka won't accept her way of living out a friendship/relationship.
|2012-06-30, 10:03
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At this point, I'm keeping a close eye on A Town Where You Rage, because it's also a series that's being dragged out quite painfully.
Overall though, one thing that's very unfortunate for me whenever commercial issues come into play is that the girls I support almost always seem to lose in these situations Still hoping things turn out well for Sena, Ruri, and Nagi.
|2012-06-30, 20:21
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If you mean commercial issues, actually there is large diifference between Sena(top-tier) and the other girls, seriously, finding Yozora(above average), Maria, Yukimura or Rika fanarts is some kind of challenge.
|2012-06-30, 20:38
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As much of a Yozara fangirl I am (and by fangirl, I think those who know me would understand what I mean), half of the time Yozora's behavior is incomprehensible to me from the information we currently have. I think we might be seeing some major hidden issues from the time between Taka moving away and the reunion being revealed in the future. Those issues will probably be major, which makes me uneasy to say the least.
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