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White (Adventures)
| White
ホワイト White
|16 (as of the eleventh chapter)
|October 5
|Blood type
|Eye color
|Hair color
|Floccesy Town
|Trainer class
|Game counterpart
White (Japanese: ホワイト White) is a main character in the manga series Pokémon Adventures.
White is the president and manager of the BW Agency, a company that has a large supply of Pokémon actors that can be used for commercials, plays, movies, and stunts. Whenever her company's reputation is put on the line, she will do anything to prevent its name from being ruined.
White is reluctant to battle, as shown when she started to panic when Black said that she may need to fight in his battle with N and when Gigi was attacked by N's Purrloin, instead of attacking back, she scolded it for attacking an actress. Unlike Black, she did not possess a Pokédex at the beginning of the chapter, and, until Black showed it to her, she did not know what it was. She was much later entrusted a Pokédex to by Bianca.
When it comes to show business, White is an expert. She is extremely talented in organizing and planning along with recruiting people to join the BW Agency. For her skills, she is given the title of "Dreamer" (夢みる者 Dreamer), which she shares with Black.
It is later revealed that as a child, White viewed a musical—which were human-only at that point—and saw a Cubchoo walk up on the stage. After seeing how the people enjoyed seeing the Cubchoo take part in the musical, she wanted to make something that Pokémon who loved to perform could do.
|Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.
Black & White chapter
White first appears watching the shooting for a Xtransceiver commercial when she encounters Black shouting out his ambition to become a Master Trainer. When she discovers he has a male Tepig, she decides to hire him, due to her believing she had needed to bring only a female Tepig, only to learn she really needed both genders. When Black is suspected of sabotaging White's commercial shooting, she tries to prove his innocence (actually just trying to not get him arrested, due to the fact that if he was arrested, so would his Tepig) and watches as he finds the real culprit, a Galvantula, and defeating it at the cost of the shooting equipment. She pays for the destroyed equipment and states that she hired Black for her company, forcing him to call her "Boss."
The night after, White and Black camp outside and are attacked by an unseen Pokémon. Using his abilities, Black finds out that the Pokémon attacking them is a Timburr that is helping a group of people in knight uniforms known as Team Plasma build a stage. The next day, White and Black witness one of Team Plasma's "sages", Ghetsis, make a speech that causes the people around them to start releasing their Pokémon.
When an enraged Black tries to stop them from making anymore speeches, White stops him because it isn't his business. While they talk about whether or not Team Plasma is correct, White is called away for business reasons. After talking to the director, White returns to back where Black was only to find him in battle with someone else. In the ensuing battle White learns that the person Black is fighting is named N and he has the ability to hear the voices of Pokémon, allowing him to communicate with them. After Black is defeated, White becomes convinced that N is a part of Team Plasma and becomes disgusted at their actions. Black denies this and states that even if he is a part of Team Plasma, N is a good person. Afterwards, they travel to Striaton City so Black can challenge the Gym; while Black challenges the Gym, White goes off somewhere else. After the Gym battle, White meets Black's childhood friends, Cheren and Bianca and advertises her BW Agency to them; the two groups then go their separate ways.
After encountering Fennel and Amanita at the Site of Dreams, White and Black arrive in Nacrene City. After advertising her BW Agency and convincing an accordion player to appear in one of the Agency's shows, White and the others find that the accordion had been stolen. As Black uses his abilities to find the thieves, a Scraggy and Scrafty, White explains to everyone else about how Black can use his Munna to increase his senses. After the thieves were defeated and the shooting went off without a hitch, White gives Black his Tep back and he goes off to his Gym battle. After Black leaves, the director gives White an offer to plan a campaign in Nimbasa City.
Later, while Black is having his Gym battle, White and the director discuss with the mayor of Nimbasa City about what they can come up with to make the city livelier. After hearing some ideas, White nervously comes up with the idea of a musical, an idea that the mayor loved. After White returns to Black who had just defeated the Nacrene Gym, she excitedly exclaims her joy about the mayor using her idea to make Nimbasa a tourist attraction and drags him out of the Gym so they can prepare to leave.
Afterwards, White and Black go through Pinwheel Forest where they are attacked by an unseen Pokémon that rips up their clothes. After traveling through the Skyarrow Bridge, White and Black encounter the Battle Company's president disguised as janitor Geoff who tells them that the Pokémon that had attacked them was Virizion. After saying goodbye to Geoff, they arrive in Castelia City.
After arriving in Castelia, White notices that Black's Tep is about to evolve into a Pignite and forcefully prevents this from happening as to prevent the Tep and Gigi duo from being broken. Although Tep did evolve during the Gym battle at the Castelia Gym, White was able to come up with a new way for their performance so the new Nite and Gigi duo would not be broken up. After leaving Castelia, White and Black arrive in Route 4 but cannot progress to Nimbasa because of a powerful sandstorm. After getting some supplies to help them get out of the sandstorm, White finds an unconscious Black and an unconscious Plasma Grunt at the gateway and has Black's Brav carry them to Nimbasa. After explaining the situation to Black after he wakes up, she drags him to the building where the Pokémon Musical will be held. White goes and starts organizing the Musical by having the BW Agency's Pokémon do a rehearsal; her skills in organization shocks Black in the process.
As the Musical continues, White notices how all of the people and Pokémon have come closer together and it brings a tear to her eyes. Suddenly, White is knocked by a mysterious figure and is pushed into the Nimbasa ferris wheel. As she regains her composure, White notices that the person who pushed her was in fact, N. When N asks her about why she created the Pokémon Musical, White reveals her reasons to him.
N replies that some Pokémon may like to perform but by only focusing on that part of the Pokémon, their other traits will be suppressed. In Gigi's case, N refers to her ability to battle and evolve. N then has his Servine attack Gigi in order to have her fight back and show just how strong she is to White. N comes to the conclusion that by focusing on Gigi's talents in performing, White had been neglecting her true strengths in battle, a fact that Gigi agrees to. White decides that it is time to escape and attempts to jump off the Ferris wheel and asks Gigi to do the same. To her shock, Gigi goes to N's side, causing White to fall out of the car and onto the ground below. Gigi and N watch from the car as White lies on the ground, crying because of Gigi's betrayal.
White is found by Marshal, one the Elite Four, who had found her lying on the ground unconscious next to the Ferris wheel. He hands White over to Black and tells him to take her to a hospital. Before doing so, Black notices that the Servine N gave to her is following them and wonders why. White later wakes up at the hospital to find Black next to her, having fallen asleep while waiting for her to wake up. Immediately after, White notices Servine watching her from behind a veil and screams in fear. Later, White explains to Black what had happened to her when she met N at the Ferris wheel. This infuriates Black and he attempts to get information on N from Servine, who he believes to be a spy. After Black fails, they are approached by Baker Chris who takes them to the newly made Battle Subway so they can find Marshal in order to ask for information about when he rescued White. Upon arriving, they find Marshal and the Pokémon League Champion, Alder, about to battle each other. After Alder and Marshal finish their battle, White is introduced to Marshal by Black and she thanks him for helping her at the Ferris wheel.
After meeting up with the Mayor of Nimbasa City again and explaining White's situation to him, Marshal reveals that he only saw White and Servine when he found her. While Black learns about the Battle Subway, White watches Alder play with some wild Pokémon and realizes that he can connect with them, regardless of their beauty or strength. She states that she accepts Gigi's decision to join N but believes that she will return to show business one day. White then decides to take part in the Battle Subway as well.
Before taking part in the Battle Subway, White attempts to capture a wild Deerling but fails in the process. Due to her taking part in the Battle Subway, White has temporarily closed the BW Agency and needs her own Pokémon to use in battling. After angering it enough, the wild Deerling attacks White only to be stopped by the Servine that was following them. To her surprise, the Servine listens to White when she commands it to attack. With some help from Black, White manages to capture the Deerling while he captures a Tirtouga. As she prepares to go onto the Subway, she has a tearful goodbye with Black as he remembers the journey they had together. As the train leaves, Black gives White Brav due to her needing three Pokémon to use in the Battle Subway.
While on the Battle Subway, White has terrible luck and is unable to win any battles. She soon meets the Elite Four member Shauntal who had snuck onto the train to find inspiration on writing a story. They are soon caught up in a battle between the Legendary Pokémon Thundurus and Tornadus. Despite Shauntal's attempts at provoking them even more to get the inspiration she wanted, the two Pokémon are calmed down and taken away by Landorus. After all is said and done, they board the train and head off to Anville Town.
Sometime before arriving at Anville Town, White's skills at battling have significantly improved. In addition to becoming a better Trainer, she had obtained three new Pokémon: Dorothy the Stunfisk, Nancy the Alomomola, and Solly the Solosis. After doing some exploring, White meets up with Bianca, who reveals that she had become depressed because of her father's repeated pestering, preventing Bianca from becoming any stronger over the course of her journey. To cheer her up, White takes Bianca to Café Sonata to help her get a start in the music business. However, once they enter the building, they find out that it has been ransacked by a wild Vullaby that had been pursuing a Meloetta. With Bianca and Meloetta's help, White defeats and captures the Vullaby, which she names Barbara and plans to use in villainous roles. Afterward, Bianca decides to give up her recently repaired Pokédex to White and instead become an assistant to Professor Juniper.
Later, White returns to Black, but their happy reunion is quickly halted when they see that a battle with N and Alder had ended in N's favor. N asks if White wants him to return Gigi, or let her stay with him. White states that since she didn't care about battles, she couldn't be the judge of whether battling was good for Gigi or not; but now that she has learned about battles, it should be Gigi's choice to stay or come back, not hers or N's. N attempts to praise White for her answer, but Black angrily pulls her away from him. N attempts to leave, but a Samurott belonging to Cedric Juniper stops him from going away. Cedric reveals that he had come to get N to reveal the location of the kidnapped Gym Leaders, and has Black and White help battle him. They manage to win, but N escapes after Black falls unconscious when Musha decides to leave his Trainer.
During the Pokémon League, Brycen begins to investigate the Hood Man due to believing that he may have something to do with the kidnapped Gym Leaders. To help with this investigation, he enlists the help of White. White's first step is to investigate Marlon after his defeat at the hands of the Hood Man. After gaining his trust, she finds out that the Hood Man had managed to get into the League without collecting a single Gym Badge. Although she begins suspecting him because of this, Marlon suggests she look after Cheren instead, as he finds him to be the more suspicious one. Her investigations lead her to Leo next after she notices him cheering for Cheren in his battle against the Hood Man. Her attempts to talk to him prove troublesome because of Leo's shyness around girls.
She decides to investigate Hood Man and Gray next and quickly discovers that both of them are affiliated with Team Plasma. She is discovered and captured by Gray, who reveals himself to be Zinzolin, one of the Seven Sages of Team Plasma. She is saved by Looker, who leaps in and captures Zinzolin. She uses the opportunity to tell Black the truth about the two, but the Hood Man uses his Beheeyem to Teleport White away. White awakens in N's room inside Team Plasma's Castle. There, she meets Anthea and Concordia, who tell her about N's past and how he gained the ability to hear the hearts of Pokémon. She meets up with Gigi again, who was released by N along with his other Pokémon. Gigi tells White that she wants to come back to show business. White decides to accept the request, although she still considers Gigi to be N's Pokémon. White, along with Gigi, rushes off to tell Black about what she had just learned about N.
White arrives just as Black had defeated both N and Ghetsis. White talks to N about how she found Gigi in his room and thanks N for helping her to hear Gigi's voice. N states that because of Black and White, he was able to change his worldviews and beliefs. Hoping that they would allow him to choose his own path, N departs on Zekrom's back and bids farewell to his former enemies. With Zekrom gone, Black's Reshiram begins reverting itself back into the Light Stone. Ghetsis takes this chance to have Colress's Beheeyem throw Black at Reshiram, which puts him at risk of also being absorbed into the Light Stone. Knowing he can't escape, Black reveals that he is wearing the BW Agency's logo underneath his jacket and asks if he paid off his debt. Before White can answer, Black is absorbed into the Light Stone. Heartbroken, White confirms that Black did pay off his debt and attempts to reach out to the Light Stone. Before she can grab it, the Light Stone floats into the air and flies away to parts unknown as White cries for Black to return.
Black 2 & White 2 chapter
Two years later, White is revealed to have been a part in the creation of Pokéstar Studios. After a class trip led by newly made teacher Cheren ends, White goes over to congratulate Barbara for her good work in participating in a movie.
In PS541, White travels to the Entralink at Fennel's request. Shortly after arriving, White discovers the Light Stone and retrieves it, but is interrupted by the arrival of N and Zekrom.
Although White initially assumed N wanted to take the Light Stone away, N assured her that he was on her side. When White asked why Reshiram reverted to its stone form but Zekrom didn't, N couldn't give her a complete answer. N has Zekrom take him and White to where Team Plasma is currently located. He revealed to her that Team Plasma has taken control of Kyurem and are using its power to force Zekrom and the Light Stone to be attracted to it. This plan is to ensure that Kyurem can fuse with either Reshiram or Zekrom.
After some traveling, Zekrom arrives at the location of Team Plasma's flying ship, the Plasma Frigate. Seeing that N has arrived, Ghetsis takes Kyurem with him to do battle with his foster son.
Most of White's Pokémon are given nicknames based on actual human names.
On hand
Gigi (Japanese: ぶぶ Bubu) is a Pokémon actress enlisted in White's BW Agency. She was one of the two Tepig that White was supposed to bring for her commercial shooting, but due to a mix-up, she only brought a female Tepig. She seems to get along with Black's Tep as they quickly decided to play together when they first met.
After discovering her true battle potential in Gigi's Choice, Gigi decides to side with N and leaves White to join him. After deciding that she preferred show business instead, Gigi returned to White as an actress.
|Lights, Camera...Action!
Amanda (Japanese: あまんだ Amanda) was one of the Pokémon enlisted by N to help him. After being defeated by Gigi in Gigi's Choice, N set her free and sent her to White's side. Since then, she has been following White wherever she goes despite her not knowing why she's doing so. She evolved into Serperior sometime prior to The Lesson End Here. As of Something Suspicious, she is level 40, has a Careful nature, and her Characteristic is "somewhat vain."
|The Case of the Missing Pokémon
| White encountered Darlene (Japanese: じぇしか Jessica) while she was preparing for the Battle Subway. Although she initially had trouble due to inexperience as a Trainer, White managed to catch her with Black's assistance. As of Something Suspicious, she is level 33 and has a Naive nature.
Darlene's only known move is Leech Seed, and her Ability is Chlorophyll.
|Growing Pains
| Dorothy (Japanese: どろしー Dorothy) was one of the Pokémon that White captured during her training on the Battle Subway. She was captured at the waters of Icirrus. As of Something Suspicious, she is level 38 and has a Lax nature.
None of Dorothy's moves are known, and her Ability is Limber.
|With a Little Help from My Friends
| Nancy (Japanese: なんしー Nancy) was captured by White during her Battle Subway training. She was captured at Route 4. As of Something Suspicious, she is level 38 and has a Modest nature.
None of Nancy's moves are known, and her Ability is Healer.
|With a Little Help from My Friends
| White caught Solly (Japanese: ゆにぼう Yunibō) as a Solosis during her Battle Subway training. In PS541, he was revealed to have evolved into a Duosion. As of Something Suspicious, he is level 32 and has a Timid nature.
None of Solly's moves are known, and his Ability is Magic Guard.
|With a Little Help from My Friends
| White encountered Barbara (Japanese: ばーばら Barbara) at Castelia City. She and her gang pursued and ambushed Meloetta at Café Sonata, and injured the house guitarist's hand, rendering him unable to play the song he intended with Meloetta. When Bianca stepped in to play the song, she allowed Meloetta to turn into its Pirouette Forme and defeat Vullaby with the help of Bianca's Oshawott and White's Servine. White captured it after seeing its potential to play villainous roles in movies. As of Something Suspicious, she is level 42 and has a Hasty nature.
None of Barbara's moves are known, and her Ability is Big Pecks.
|With a Little Help from My Friends
- Main article: BW Agency → Pokémon
Brav (Japanese: ウォー Warr) is a Pokémon that belongs to Black. Black lent Brav to White so she could have a third Pokémon for the Battle Subway. He has since been returned to Black.
- White is 5'3" (161 cm) tall and weighs 97 lbs (44kg).
|ホワイト White
|From Pokémon White
|English, Brazilian Portuguese,
Latin American Spanish, Vietnamese
|From Pokémon White
|From blanche, white (feminine form)
|From Weiß, white
|From bianca, white (feminine form)
|European Spanish
|From blanca, white (feminine form)
|화이트 White
|From Pokémon White
|Chinese (Mandarin)
|懷得 Huáidé
|Transliteration of her Japanese name
|Chinese (Cantonese)
|懷得 Wàaihdāk
|Mandarin-based transcription of her Japanese name
|ไวท์ White
|Transliteration of her Japanese name
White's Pokémon
- Main article: Gigi → Names
- Main article: Amanda (Adventures) → Names
|じぇしか Jessica
|From Jessica (a female name) and 鹿 shika (deer) or シキジカ Shikijika (Deerling)
|From Darlene (a female name) and Deerling
|From Sylvia (a female name), Vivaldaim (Deerling), and possibly silva (Latin for forest)
|From Fritzi (a female name) and Sesokitz (Deerling)
|European Spanish,
|Same as Japanese name
|From Erika (a female name) and Deerling
|제시카 Jessica
|From her Japanese name
|Chinese (Mandarin)
|潔西卡 Jiéxīkǎ
|From her Japanese name
|Brazilian Portuguese
|From Dri (a common nickname for Adriana or Adriane - female names) and Deerling
|どろしー Dorothy
|From Dorothy (a female name) and 泥 doro (mud)
|English, Brazilian Portuguese,
European Spanish, Italian, Vietnamese
|Same as Japanese name
|From Mondaine (a female name) and Limonde (Stunfisk)
|From Nicki (a female name) and Flunschlik (Stunfisk)
|도로시 Dorothy
|From her Japanese name
|Chinese (Mandarin)
|桃樂絲 Táolèsī
|From her Japanese name
|なんしー Nancy
|From Nancy (a female name), nanny, and sea
|English, Brazilian Portuguese,
European Spanish, Italian, Vietnamese
|Same as Japanese name
|From Amanda (a female name) and Mamanbo (Alomomola)
|From Molly (a female name) and Mamolida (Alomomola)
|낸시 Nancy
|From her Japanese name
|Chinese (Mandarin)
|蘭茜 Lánxī
|From her Japanese name
|ゆにぼう Yunibō
|From ユニラン Uniran (Solosis) and possibly 坊 bō (a Japanese honorific), 細胞 saibō (cell), or ぼうじん bōjin (Overcoat)
|From Solly (a male name) and Solosis
|From Chloé (a female name) and Nucléos (Solosis)
|From Naomi (a female name) and Monozyto (Solosis)
|Brazilian Portuguese, European Spanish
|Similar to his English name
|From Sissy (a female name) and Solosis
|유니보 Yunibo
|From his Japanese name
|Chinese (Mandarin)
|單寶 Dānbǎo
|From 單卵細胞球 Dānluǎnxìbāoqiú (Solosis) and 寶 bǎo (treasure)
|Same as Japanese name
|ばーばら Barbara
|From Barbara (a female name) and バルチャイ Vulchai (Vullaby)
|English, European Spanish,
Italian, Vietnamese
|Same as Japanese name
|From Vanessa (a female name) and Vostourno (Vullaby)
|From Sally (a female name) and Skallyk (Vullaby)
|바바라 Barbara
|From her Japanese name
|Chinese (Mandarin)
|芭芭拉 Bābālā
|From her Japanese name
|Brazilian Portuguese
|From her English name
External links
- Pokémon Adventures website on White (Japanese)
|White's Pokémon
|In rotation:
|BW Agency:
|Pokémon Adventures main characters
|This article is part of both Project Manga and Project CharacterDex, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon Manga and CharacterDex, respectively.


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Just One Fix
Chapter 2 - Just One Fix
Tales of Mr. Rhee.
Written by Dirk Manning
Illustrated by Josh Ross
Colored by Austin McKinley
Lettered by Jim Reddington
Series Publisher: Image Comics/Shadowline (www.ShadowlineOnline.com)
Just One Fix
Brad Thompson is, well, no one really knows. Remember, in the old Marvel G.I. Joe comics, that pilot everyone knew but could never remember what he looked like or his name? That's who…wait, who am I talking about? Oh, right, that is who Brad Thompson is. We think, or he's DB Cooper, maybe JD Salinger, or even Jimmy Hoffa. All we know for sure is…
Wait, what?

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Art Underground in New York City
Have you ever been in a NYC Subway Station that was decorated with bold brass fixtures, tall tile arches, elegant wrought iron chandeliers and glistening colored glass skylights? No? Well, we haven't either, but one such subway station remarkably does exist in our mysterious City.
They call it the "Hidden City Hall 6-train Station." It was built in 1904 but closed
41 years later to accommodate a larger amount of commuters. During the time of
its opening only around 600 people would use it a day. Since it closed in 1945 it
has been boarded up and hidden from public view.
Prior to 9/11 New York City began to restore the secret City Hall station to become part of the Transit Museum but the plans were never followed through due to terrorist threats and security concerns. When the City Hall 6-train made the final turnabout for its return trip uptown, the
loop created a gap between it and platform that was eventually deemed by the City
unsafe for passengers.
Of course, safety concerns, illegal trespassing and boarded up passage ways mean
nothing to some of our mischievous, rebel Graffiti Artists born and raised here in
NYC. The Underbelly Project, a group of street artists have taken over the concrete
areas in this old abandoned station along with many others. They have turned it into
their own secret underground exhibit holding over a hundred murals accumulated
over time.
"Collectors can't buy the art. The public can't see it. And the only people with a chance of stumbling across it are the urban explorers who prowl the city's hidden infrastructure or employees of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority."
Credit: PAC (infamous NYC graffitists and discoverer of the arts ample space.)
Unfortunately catching a glimpse of the Underbelly Project's Secret City Hall exhibit
is very risky. Whether it's running into rats or authority, our suggestion is to view
this sight an alternative way. Although it is not open to the general public for tours,
MTA used to force passengers off of the downtown 6 trains at the Brooklyn Bridge
Last stop. Today, MTA is allowing passengers to stay on it as the train makes its
turnaround through City Hall Station heading back uptown. A lot of people don't
know this, but now you do! So grab a seat and take yourself on a loop through
history and today! If you dont have the opportunity, you can also watch the video Undercity, where an historian shows the station, check it out:
UNDERCITY from Andrew Wonder on Vimeo.
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Sunday, April 06, 2008
101 Dalmatians: Part 2A
While we learn things about Roger in this sequence, we really learn that Pongo is the protagonist. He doesn't settle for the status quo. He sets his goal and then pursues it. Later, when the puppies are stolen and the humans fail to recover them, it is Pongo who suggests using the twilight bark and who runs away with Perdita to find their puppies. That's all believable to us because we have already seen Pongo bend events to his will.
It's interesting that the film starts with a voice over by one of the characters. Pongo isn't an omniscient narrator and his voice-over disappears once Cruella enters the film. There are good reasons for that. The voice-over puts the events of the film in the past, and the fact that Pongo is narrating tells us that he, at least, survived what we're about to see. The existence of narration removes the audience from the immediacy of the drama, so when the main plot finally kicks in, the voice over has to vanish.
Besides introducing us to Pongo and Roger, the opening features some excellent animation. The women walking their dogs are textbook examples of expressive walks. Michael Sporn has broken down the art student's walk here. There are several notable things about this walk. First is the shape of her spine. When she walks, she leads with her hips. Her body is depicted as an 'S' curve. That curve stretches and squashes with every step. Furthermore, her shoulder moves along a path of action that's a sideways figure eight, or the sign for infinity (∞). The art student walks on a 16 beat, meaning one step every 16 frames of film.
By contrast, the French girl and her poodle walk on an 8 beat, or twice as quickly. Pace alone says a lot about the character. Her posture is upright and her nose is in the air. There's almost no spinal stretch and squash here. One of the most interesting things to me about this walk is the delineation of the hips.
When I looked at stills of Bagheera in The Jungle Book, I was amazed at how flat some of them looked. Because there's no interior detail within the outline and the character is painted a flat colour, the drawings hardly look dimensional. However, when Bagheera moves, his shoulder blades, ribcage and pelvis all exist dimensionally. The Disney artists figured out that if they understood structure and how it moved, they could define it with very few lines. The French girl's hips are an example of this, though it may not be obvious from the small reproduction below. Two lines, the front and back edges, are all that's available in the design, yet because the animator understands the shape of the hips in three dimensions, we see the hips as they turn in space.
Both Frank Thomas and Blaine Gibson are credited in the draft, so I'm not sure who actually animated this walk. I might be tempted to give Thomas the credit, but Gibson was a sculptor so he undoubtedly had the necessary knowledge.
(This is my first attempt at using video with blogger, so apologies for any problems. I'm using Firefox on an iMac, and I can't figure out how to get this to cycle. Anybody have a suggestion?)
One more note on the pace of walks. The art student and the French girl have dogs that walk at the same rate as they do. The buxom woman is walking on a 10 beat and her dog is walking on a 6 beat. That means that for every three steps the woman takes, the dog takes five, something that takes a fair amount of planning to pull off when they both cover the same distance while walking at different rates. A 10 beat and a 5 beat would have been a lot easier to plan.
We feel we know something about these women purely from their walk cycles. Their designs, postures and paces communicate with very few drawings. In some ways, they are just throw-away gags about how owners resemble their dogs, but the animators' skill level was so high at this point in time that even a throw-away is packed with attitude and information.
4 comments:
- Luke Farookhi said...
I've always loved the characters walking along the street in this scene. As you say, very well defined personalities, simply through the animation of their walks.
Perhaps also worth noting here is the reversal of the animal/human relationship. This seems to me to continue throughout the film, with Cruella as (increasingly more bestial) predator pursuing the more human dalmatians.
- April 07, 2008 5:04 AM
- Thad said...
Unrelated, but happy birfday, Mark!
- April 07, 2008 1:33 PM
- Pete Emslie said...
Have you noticed that this initial shot of Anita differs slightly from the way she looks in the rest of the pic? This first appearance always struck me as being a bit different since I first saw the film as a kid. Still, not so glaringly different as the two Kaas in "The Jungle Book".
Yeah, Happy Birthday you rascal! Here I was talking to you Monday about it being James Garner's 80th, and you never said a thing about it being your birthday too. I gather you're several years younger than Jimbo though...
- April 09, 2008 8:01 PM
Wonderful insight Mark! I really do love these scenes you really see the personality of the each character by their walks. It's something I see lacking in modern animation for the most part.
oh about the looping video thing:
try using blip.tv they host various different types of video formates
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|2006-08-26, 21:15
|Link #81
Join Date: Dec 2005
I knew I should check the tips one more time before asking that question.
It's interesting that the time of death for K1 is a few days later than the one of Shion, I guess he has been recovering for a few days before Ooishi came to tell him about the "walking dead", possibly causing the hallucination. Unless Oyashiro-sama sent the ghost of Mion or something, that is.
I guess K1's heart couldn't cope with the extrme stress of seeing this "ghost". Although it's weird that he saw or at least thought he saw quite scary things in Onikakushi, too, yet he didn't suffer from heart failure. What if his death was caused by yet another mysterious drug?
|2006-08-27, 02:03
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Guide my hand...
Join Date: Mar 2006
Age: 35
On the Keiichi status at Meakashi-hen / Watanagashi-hen.., I always speculated that due to his paranoia and on how he became so mentaly unstable by the end of the events.., that that image of Shion was all in his head.., and due to the shock of it.., ended up causing his death.
However like theacefrehley and BakaOnna previously mencioned.., the latest TIP's posted come to comprove this, in which in fact.., ended up beeing as what I posted.
Well, obvious or not.., I was only able to come to the conclusion / possible conclusion that on how Rika dies influences the disaster or not.., after going through and reviewing all the death lists , and note that some are not mencioned on the TIP's.., as what most happened on Onikakushi-hen; hence so many status beeing left "unknown" aswell.
However currently its the only explination I find for something that influences the disaster or not; Onibaba's status seems irrelevant to me.., aswell as some of the other characters (such as doctor Irei aswell for example) on this aspect.
It seems to me and as we saw through the notes of Shion.., that Onibaba did control somewhat part of what happened regarding the curse.., but all and all on more "un-natural aspects" her involvement I belive was none whatsoever.
Hence it wouldn't make sence to place her status.., since again.. on this.. she is irrelevent.
Or should I say.., not as relevant as all the characters I chose to post the status
I still cannot give full support to my speculations.., for alot of the misteries on Onikakushi-hen are still left on the open.
Hence.., I hope that maybe once Tsumihoroboshi-hen progresses we can see if the way on how Rika dies has any influence on the disaster happening or not
Oh.. and Shion seems to die in every arc except one; so far only on Onikakushi-hen we cannot tell.., since her status is "unknown", and I do emphazise "unknown" here
Anyway.., its pretty safe to say that she is not the one who causes any influence to the disaster.
Edit :
Oki, I went back to episode 15 and reviewed the details on Rika's death in Himatsubushi-hen.
So.., based on what we know from the TIP's and from what we saw on the Episodes ; here is the now Full death status list on all the Arcs currently to this point so far :
Spoiler for length:
As we can now see, Rika's type of Death on Himatsubushi-hen is supposedly equal to that of on Tatarigoroshi-hen.
So far.., the only 2 arcs we know of where the Gas Disaster did occur.
Last edited by Alu; 2006-08-28 at 04:33.
|2006-08-28, 10:27
|Link #83
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: SoCal
I finally got to watch EP 21... it wasn't as horrific as I thought it would be, but *sigh* It's quite unfortunate the shear amount of stuff they skipped.
Spoiler for Other Skipped stuff:
Overall, the anime Meakashi Hen wasn't bad. Even if I didn't have my game knowledge I still think I would have hated that end. They should have given Shion's death a little more closure (like the Akane or the Oishi TIP) even if it was for a minute. *sigh* oh well.
Last edited by LostBlue; 2006-08-28 at 14:14.
|2006-08-28, 17:48
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I have had the strong suspicion that Rika's type of death could have something to do with the gas disaster ever since episode 15.
Really, I think that Meakashi-hen is only a minor step in the greater mystery about what all these arcs are, and who is important in the greater picture. Basically, I think of Meakashi-hen as having its main mystery (The identity of the twins) as a more or less classic, logical type... which is within a greater supernatural mystery. It is why we see it first of the answer arcs, kind of as a prelude to the main course.
Up until now, I've thought that the main possibilities for the connection between the arcs consisted of:
A) The simple "Logical Answer". They are not even different, the viewer is just presented with information that makes it seem like there are these different events that coincide with the same time.
B) Parallel realities. They are different outcomes from a different set of decisions. The arcs are similar in content and setting, but there is no further connection between arcs.
C) Resets. Some people (or gods) have memory of the previous arcs. It may also be possible for normal people to remember as well (for example, Keiichi's memories at the end of Tatarigoroshi-hen of events we saw in Onikakushi-hen)
D) Transversable realities. They are like B, but there is a connection of some kind.
Up until now, I've more or less been undecided on whether I liked C or D better. The new poem for the next chapter
pretty much confirms resets (C) being the answer. However, I've been ignoring:
E) Transverable Resets. It is like C but there is also a connection of some kind in absolute time.
I had this kind of idea floating in my mind for a while, but couldn't get my head wrapped around it very easiliy. For beings with memory, any two-way interaction with other arcs would be, in a way, time travel... even if the absolute time in both arcs was the same. Basically, it leads to a paradox.
However, what if the being(s) that observe the multiple outcomes have a non-linear sense of time? It is a common idea in many religions that gods have this attribute. We also know that Rika, or more likely, something that spoke through Rika, predicted the future accurately. Could this be how she(it?) knew the future?
At this point, I believe it is probably C, but I won't rule E out just yet.
The main questions now are:
How are the resets activated? Do the resets trigger on their own, or does someone or something make a decision to activate a reset? It doesn't seem to be anyone's death, since we've seen everyone die at least once and the world still moves on its own after their death. Or are multiple scenarios "run" at the same time?
How are the resets related in time, both absolute (for the outside world) and subjective (for beings able to percieve each successive reset with memory)? We are able to see many years passed the events of 1983 at times. Does it take that long to reset, or (again) are multiple scenarios "run" at the same time?
Who has memory of previous resets? Does Rika? Or does only whatever speaks through her have memory? Or does everyone have a dormant memory as well?
At what point in time do the resets diverge from? The time of Tsumiboroshi-hen?
Anyway, just things to think about. I think I'm gonna try to convince my friends who have a modded PS2 to get the game, or maybe even get it for them. It is for PS2 right?
|2006-08-28, 20:09
|Link #86
You faked all of it.
Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 28
I was rewatching Meakashi-hen the other day, and I just realized I probably feel the worst for Shion. I can definitely understand why she went on her murdering rampage, and even how she had her mental unstable-ness beforehand. (
I mean, first of all, she was supposed to be killed at birth. For whatever reason she wasn't, but she still had to pretend she had no relation with the Sonozaki family or Hinamizawa. She basically didn't have anyone at all, except for her bodyguard (it didn't seem like she exactly missed anyone at boarding school)
Then she falls in love with a guy who didn't even know she existed until their last meeting. She finally has SOMEONE that could make her happy, but he kinda dies/mysteriously disappears.
Also, was it me, or did Shion have like no friends, except for Mion? Whenever she pretended to lock herself up in the prison cage, it was like nobody cared (except for Keichii, but that's because he still thought she was there)
It's like nobody even wanted a Shion to exist, which just makes that
EDIT:: Ok, now that I've actually watched the episode...
i did really like this episode, it's just that the last scene was too quick, especially for a character this show was centered around for 6 episodes.
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|2006-08-29, 00:34
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|2006-08-29, 11:33
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|2006-08-29, 19:22
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When an episode thread reaches 5 pages even before the fansub is out, you know that it is an controversial episode . As I haven't played the game I think this ep was good but not great. Didnt expect Shions death to be an accident and I didnt think that Shion really stabbed K1. This ep also strengthened my beliefs that its an logical reason to the events. Also when looking at the preview it seems there is a new character introduction in next ep, interesting
|2006-08-29, 20:58
|Link #91
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Location: Desert, USA
Age: 32
Poor Satoko. I thought her arms would have been fallen off after the first few slashes.
Anyways, same as above poster. Just watched the fansub and originally I gave it passing marks. It brought closure to those who haven't enjoyed the game yet. This episode was as we expected, tying up the loose ends that were posed in the Watanagashi arc.
However, after going over the discussion in this thread by the game playing otakus, I can understand now the true potential this episode had and how instead of the events that us viewers could have probably inferred from the earlier arcs, we could have gotten a dose of something with much more depth to it. I would really like to have enjoyed watching the Shion monologue scene that those of you who have played the game have mentioned.
The game definitely intrigues me, because it seems to bring about that sense of complete closure that is somewhat amiss for those who haven't played it. I admit that some explanations still confuse. However, it also seems that watching the anime after playing the game has only brought disappointment to the majority.
|2006-08-29, 22:04
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Nightmares tonight for sure
OMFG Once again Higurashi manages to freak the hell out. I knew this episode was going to be graphic but it was still hard to watch and yet at the same time i couldnt keep my eyes off the screen. Poor Satoko there is no way her arms would have held out that long i cant even fathom the pain she was in. At least Mion went quickly the stun gun knocked her out she she really did feel anything. All the other events with K seem to have played like they should have.
I was hoping to have gotten a glimpse at the bottom of the well and see just how many bodies were down there.
Do we know for sure who/what kill Satoshi? if so i think i might have missed it.
Not fimilar with the upcoming arc can someone give me a quick run down?
|2006-08-29, 23:13
|Link #93
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After understanding the dialogue, this episode turned out all right for me. It's still a 7.5. Anyway, I like Sakoto a lot more after her speech. I feel really bad for the characters in this series. They always get all this bad crap thrown at them. It's too late to post any theories I have with the incidents and how they're related to the Sonozakis so I'll just leave that for another time.
|2006-08-30, 01:24
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As if it wasn't already secured in my spot as number one anime of all time, episode 21 has just further reinforced my notion that this anime freaking rocks. The mystery, the suspense, the questions...
But above all, the characters. I think only Elfen Lied can even hope to come close to even rivalling Higurashi's amazing characters and their development. Shion's development in this episode is nothing short of brilliance. Mion's characterization that occured a few episodes earlier...wow. What else can boast such dynamic, interesting characters?
|2006-08-30, 04:08
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: SoCal
The bodies of Sonozaki Oryou, Kimiyoshi Kiichirou, Furude Rika (there was a broken syringe in her pocket), Hojou Satoko and 3 partial skeletons that have been in the well for at least 10 years. The police believe if they dig deeper they may find more bodies. (Source Watanagashi Hen epilouge)
The key is they have to dig meaning anything under there will be older than the 3 partial skeletons. Since all three skeletons were in the well for over 10 years this pretty much confirms that the Sonozaki were not involved in any of the killings in the past 5 years.
|2006-08-30, 04:29
|Link #96
Join Date: May 2006
Spoiler for In the episode:
Although this is comin from a non-gamer, i thought this episode was EXCELLENT. I wasn't really annoyed that they re-used some footage of the previous arcs, as without it the story wouldn't have flowed as easily as it did. The Satoko scenes, and the final twists at the end were VERY well done, imo.
Yes, we were treated to the usual "10,000 faces of Mion/Shion" - in fact
Spoiler for For Mion's "gomena sai" (that's how you spell it right?):
To be honest, i don't see why so many people are complaining about this episode. If it bugs you that so much was left out (although, i'll concur that the doll scene and Mion/Shion thing were pretty important), why don't you just watch the anime as the anime and not compare it to the game?
Oh well - Big thank you to the WinD FS group for the episode, as usual.
|2006-08-30, 05:35
|Link #97
Guide my hand...
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Age: 35
hmmm.. I have to say to me aswell.., this was another great episode
However I can understand why some said they where dissapointed, specialy those who played the game.., after seeing the episode, then looking at some of the spoilers regarding parts which weren't covered.., we can definitly say alot was left out..
Still.., they did what they could, and thanks to the TIP's & other posts.., I don't think anyone who sees it and then reads all the additional information will feel as if watanagashi-hen / meakashi-hen lacked in relation to the other arcs.
Spoiler for my thoughts on the episode:
Shion : "I'm sorry, everyone."
Last edited by Alu; 2006-08-30 at 05:53.
|2006-08-30, 07:57
|Link #98
But yeah, while I thought this arc was pretty good it definitely had the potential to be a lot more, even before I knew what was missed out. The two things that seem to be bugging me most now are:
1. The Faces - Really, stop it. It's not scary, it just detaches me from the scene half the time because they're that ridiculous. I really doubt they're going to fix all of these for the DVD release, and they're the main reason I may stop collecting. DVD1's still on its way - slow Amazon JP shipping is sloooow.
2. The Music - I liked the soundtrack originally, but maybe because I've got something to compare it to now it just feels... there. All the variations of Main Theme are still hauntingly good, as is that track from Tatari where Keiichi falls off the bridge, but apart from that they don't seem to do much other than drum or go 'oooo' with a chorus half the time - Kawai's work on Fate was far better. Just because music was an absolutely integral part of the sound novels (because text, sound effects, music and the occasional image was all they had) doesn't mean it's suddenly not important in the anime. Doubt they'll do anything about this at this point though. I'd kill to hear a new version of 彷徨いの言葉は天に導かれ just once, but what're the odds? None. I love that track.
Oh well, other than that I'm still enjoying it. I can deal with everything they've omitted seen as I know they're short on time, but it bugs me when they do things like that (especially the faces) seen as that's not understandable time constraints - that's sloppiness.
|2006-08-30, 08:03
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But okay, let me take you up on your offer and ask you this one that has been somewhat bothering me.
|2006-08-30, 08:41
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Gomen asobase desuwa!
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Oh, hooray. Director Doug Liman has given us exactly the kind of sci-fi action drama we were hoping for from the indie filmmaker who sneaked up on the genre and booted it into the 21st Century with 2002's The Bourne Identity. Edge of Tomorrow is — unsurprisingly — smart, cleverly playing with clichés it knows we're familiar with and even goofing on its own storytelling. It is also — surprisingly — funny, an unanticipated treat considering it's set during an alien invasion which humanity seemingly cannot throw off.
Our hero, William Cage (Tom Cruise), is no hero. He's a coward and a sniveling weasel. He wears the uniform of a U.S. Army major, but he's no soldier; he's a PR flack. We see some of Cage's smarm as he appears in bits of a montage of TV news reports that opens the film, and he himself embodies a sort of spin. For Cage is charming and movie-star handsome — the very image of inspiring soldierly spirit when that is, in fact, nothing but image.
We witness Cage's weaseling when he turns it on General Brigham (Brendan Gleeson), head of the "United Defense Force" that's about to launch a 21st-century version of D-Day with an invasion from England of alien-held France. His weaseling ends badly — the scene is a little marvel of witty writing in which character drives plot (which can be said of the whole script) — and Cage ends up in the middle of that invasion.
Like Cage, we get dumped right in the middle of this war. This alien invasion movie isn't an alien invasion movie. We see only snippets of the aliens' arrival and initial attacks, and we don't ever know — and never learn — what they want with us or our planet. (Another witty little scene deals explicitly with this question, and comes up with an excellent answer.)
So what is Edge of Tomorrow, then? It looks a lot like a video game movie, in some aspects, because of what happens to Cage almost instantly on that invasion battlefield is: He gets killed by one of the slithering aliens. And then he "wakes up" the previous morning, just as he has arrived at the invasion's forward base at Heathrow Airport, having accidentally absorbed the aliens' ability to do a limited sort of mental time travel. As he lives this day over and over and over again, his actions are like those of a game: He gets better at using his suit of powered battle armor, and he accumulates knowledge that helps him get a little farther each time. He "plays" that battle multiple times, and every time he dies — which is every day — he jumps back to that "saved" moment on the airport's tarmac. Soon he teams up with another soldier, Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt), who knows what's happening to Cage because it happened to her. In fact, it's the reason she's become the renowned "Angel of Verdun" — because she lived that battle over and over until she won it for the human forces.
Unlike movies actually based on video games, though, this one doesn't feel like we're watching someone play a game we can never join. Even as the day loops repeatedly through the same events, there's still a sense that things are moving forward — and, indeed, they are, in ways that often become supremely suspenseful, as when Cage has knowledge of things that Rita can never know: She is not reliving this day. There's much that is deeply poignant, as Cage gets to know Rita in a way that she can never get to know him, and as we discover she experienced something similar at Verdun; the film doesn't linger on this, just accepts it as a tragic side effect of the war. There's an astonishing level of tension in the repeating events; that tension ratchets up in the finale in a wonderfully ingenious way.
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The interactivity of today's graphical Web browsers offers serious advantages to the engineer or electrician in the field. For example, you might find a form-based online calculator that gives you a recommended wire size if you know the load size and length of a wire run. In fact, you can automate nearly all engineering calculations as well as their reference tables. What used to require page flipping now only requires you to enter data and click on the answer button.
Imagine how this can speed up estimation, field-generated change orders, upsells, custom fabrication, and other functions that rely on quick and accurate engineering calculations. This same tool allows you to perform custom calculations flawlessly. Suppose ABC Co. wants no more than a 2% voltage drop on any circuit. You could set up a modified form on your Web site just for them. You can even print the results for documentation and future reference.
Labor-intensive calculations like those for sizing fuses, breakers, wiring, transformers, and motors are prime candidates for online automation. Other possibilities include calculations for lighting, short-circuit analysis, English-metric conversions, raceway fill, box fill, drill bit size, hole size per bolt size, tap size per hole size, hole saw size per conduit size, and just about any other calculation needed to do the job right.
How do you put dynamic engineering content on the Web? You can generate Web pages one of two ways: dynamically or statically. A dynamically generated Web page results from a database query on a server. You can see this kind of page when you visit www.amazon.com and search for a book. Static Web pages, on the other hand, are programmed and saved as a file. That file can exist on your local hard drive, an intranet, or the Web. Pages that end in the "htm" or "html" extension are examples of static pages. No matter how you generate the page, the content can be dynamic. In other words, it can change depending on viewer interaction.
One tool Web programmers use to provide dynamic content is the script. A script is fairly simple programming code the browser can interpret to generate functions like engineering calculations.
The sample calculations in this article use JavaScript as the basis for performing calculation routines. Some recent additions to manufacturers' Web sites include Macromedia Flash routines to provide engineering calculations.
Why scripts?
Of the many programs available for performing engineering calculations, few are as flexible and economical as scripts written for the Web. Let's look at several compelling reasons for using script language in engineering calculations.
- Cross-platform operability. HTML and scripts can run on any machine or operating system that has a Java-enabled browser. If you can view most pages on the Internet, you can use script-based engineering applications.
- Compact size. The circuit design application referenced in this article is about 12 kilobytes. The same application written for Microsoft Excel is about 25 kilobytes and requires you to have a current version of Excel prior to use.
- Portability. You can save and access the application on a local hard drive, an internal network, or on the Internet. You can use the application in the field on a handheld computing device or a Java-enabled wireless Internet device.
- Easy customization. Since HTML pages and scripts are in plain text, you can easily edit them for an application and keep them up to date with current codes and practices. For example, a client required conduit fill to be at a maximum of 30% rather than the 40% generally required by Code. This prompted the addition of the "% Fill" box on the input form below. The addition required about three lines of code and 15 min of work.
Put these benefits together, and you've got a competitive edge. Using Web-based engineering routines can extend the capabilities of your staff by eliminating dependence on bulky reference materials, expensive programs, and specialized calculators. If they're already using Handspring or Palm devices anyway, you're giving them the functionality of several discrete tools in one they already have.
Practical example
Let's review an example to demonstrate simple HTML page's coding. In basic circuit design, we convert a load to amps, calculate circuit breaker and wire size, and calculate raceway fill. You could look up each of these items in the NEC, but why not let the script do the looking for you? Here's how the script element works.
When you load the page, you see an input form, like the one above. After you enter the required information, the script looks up the type of load and performs the basic conversion to amps. This script uses factors f1, f2, and f3 to calculate full load amps (fla), wire size amps (wsa), and maximum circuit breaker sizes (mcb) for various types of loads. The portion of the calculation that converts the entered load to amps looks like the coding in the Sidebar: Code for Converting Load to Amps.
Once the script converts the load to amps, it extracts all other information from simple tables taken directly from the current edition of the NEC. The whole process takes only a few seconds. You can update the functionality to reflect NEC changes by modifying a relatively simple text file. In addition, the conductor and conduit selection tables (not shown in the programming code above) provide a template for additional pages like conduit fill.
It pays off
You can use the programming methods that power the Internet to power many of the tasks you must tackle in electrical design and construction. Web pages can be simple or complex, depending on the task requirements and the skill level of the persons responsible for creating the application. By using online forms instead of calculators, you reduce repetition and increase accuracy. By using online forms instead of spreadsheets, you eliminate platform dependency and empower people in the field to easily do tedious calculations with inexpensive devices.
Graper is a principal electrical engineer with Systems West Engineers, Inc., Eugene, Ore.
Sidebar: Code for Converting Load to Amps
function amps(form)
if (form.type.value=="amps" ║
form.type.value=="hp" ║
form.type.value=="kva" ║
else {window.alert ("Type must be hp, kva, amps, or feeder")}
if (form.phase.value =="3") {ph = 1.732}
else {ph = 1}
if (form.type.value == "hp") {f2 = 2}
else {f2 = 1.25}
if (form.type.value == "feeder") {f3=1.25}
else {f3=1}
form.fla.value = form.load.value*f1;
form.wsa.value = form.fla.value*1.25/f3;
form.mcb.value = form.fla.value*f2/f3;
form.kw.value = form.fla.value*form.volts.value*ph/1000;


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Lawyer: Witnesses will soon release video of controversial arrest
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) Cellphones were returned Wednesday to witnesses who claim they took video of an excessively forceful arrest that ended with the suspect dying in custody.
John Tello, the attorney for the witnesses, said his clients will likely release the video for public viewing by Friday, if not sooner. The lawyer said he brought in a private investigator to examine the videos on the phone, and that he's only seen one small piece that doesn't show the reported beating.
David Silva, 33, died May 8 after a confrontation with Kern County deputies in northeast Bakersfield. The sheriff's office responded on a public-intoxication call, and Silva allegedly became aggressive and resisted deputies.
The sheriff's office said deputies used "baton strikes" to gain control of the situation. Silva started having breathing problems afterwards and died a short time later at nearby Kern Medical Center.
A family leaving KMC said they saw the incident and took video.
"There's a man laying on the floor, and your police officers beat the (expletive) out of him and killed him," one of the family members, Sulina Quair, said in a call to 911 that night. "I have it all on video camera."
Two family members, a man and woman, claimed they captured a beating on their cellphones. Sheriff's investigators went to their home the morning after the Silva arrest and seized the cellphones. The witness family claimed deputies were heavy-handed in their seizure, for which they had a warrant.
Tuesday, Sheriff Donny Youngblood said a police forensic analysis of the contents of the cellphones showed video on only one of the phones. The family told Eyewitness News late Tuesday that they suspect the sheriff's office of a cover-up and of doing something to the second video.
"I knew that this was going to happen," said Melissa Quair on Tuesday.
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The sheriff's office also had the FBI conduct a forensic analysis of the cellphones, but the FBI hasn't said what it found.
The family of witnesses might have removed a memory card before handing the phones over to detectives, so, while they maintain they had videos on multiple phones, something might have been corrupted at that point.
Tello said he first saw the video after the sheriff's office returned the phones Wednesday morning. The initial segment of video he saw didn't show baton strikes, but he believes there are multiple video segments on at least one of the phones.
Tello said he brought in a private investigator to extract the information that exists on either phone, and they plan to release the video after that examination is complete.


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While the eastern U.S. shivers under the effects of Winter Storm Stella and its frigid aftermath, the Southwest is in the grips of a March heat wave.
Cities such as Phoenix, Las Vegas and Palm Springs could all set record high temperatures this week, according to AccuWeather.
On Monday, the Phoenix area hit 90 degrees for the first time this year, the National Weather Service said, when the temperature shot up to 92. That's more than two weeks ahead of the city's normal first 90-degree reading.
Phoenix should see several days with highs in the lower to middle 90s this week.
Saturday is expected to be the warmest day of the week in Phoenix, the weather service predicted. Saturday's forecast high temperature of 96 degrees in Phoenix would break the old record of 94. The "normal" high temperature in Phoenix on Saturday is just 77 degrees.
If you have outdoor plans this week, esp. Saturday, be sure to use sunscreen & drink LOTS of water! Record high temp in Phoenix Sat. #azwx pic.twitter.com/87C7wlfu8o— NWS Phoenix (@NWSPhoenix) March 14, 2017
People "headed to Major League Baseball spring training games in Arizona will want to wear sunglasses and a hat, apply sunscreen and drink plenty of water," AccuWeather said.
Palm Springs, Calif., should also soar into the low to mid-90s while highs will flirt with the 90-degree mark in Las Vegas, AccuWeather said. Downtown Los Angeles should see highs in the upper 80s.
The heat is courtesy of a large area of high pressure centered over the Southwest. Air sinks under high pressure, which prevents clouds and rain from forming.
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At the back of nearly every homeowner's mind lies the fear of an unexpected house fire, especially one that starts in the middle of the night when residents are sleeping. When you look at industry statistics related to residential fires in the United States, this fear is certainly not unfounded. In 2003, for example, someone died in a fire about every 2 hours and was injured every 29 minutes, according to statistics from the National Center for Injury Prevention Control, a branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This group's research also reveals that fire departments responded to 402,000 home fires that same year, which claimed the lives of 3,145 people (not including firefighters), injured another 14,075, and cost more than $6 billion in property damage.
At approximately 2:25 a.m. one October night, this fear turned to reality for an unsuspecting homeowner when his house caught fire (Photo 1) and burned to the ground, resulting in total loss of the property. Although devastating and unfortunate, the home was unoccupied at the time of the incident, so luckily no one was injured.
After the accident, the homeowner (plaintiff) retained a professor of electrical engineering to uncover the cause of the fire. The plaintiff's expert witness alleged that the fire had been caused when the electric service conductors shorted together in the conduit at the point where the 4/0 aluminum electric service conductors went through the wall of the basement on the Southeast corner of the house (Photo 2 above). Furthermore, he believed the resulting arcing set fire to the house and blew the transformer fuse, which shut off the power to this house and the neighbor's house.
Based on this expert witness' testimony — that the conductors either had defective insulation upon installation or that the insulation was damaged during installation — the plaintiff ultimately filed suit against the electrical contractor that had installed the service entrance cable, holding this firm responsible for the cable failure and resultant fire.
The electrical contractor (defendant) retained my electrical forensic services to prove otherwise. In the end, not only did I prove that the fire did not start where the plaintiff's expert alleged, but also that the cause was arson, which removed all liability from my client.
Investigation details and analysis
Because there are so many combinations of possibilities for the cause of residential fires, I entered the investigation with an open mind, realizing that the fire may have started from a number of common culprits, such as a defective electrical installation, defective electrical appliance, or hot gases leaking from an appliance and igniting surrounding combustibles.
When I first examined the house, I found only the central chimney and the basement cap remaining. After reviewing the existing evidence, my investigation disclosed that there were obvious indicators of arson in the remains of the building. Specifically, saddle burns were found in several locations (Photo 3 below and Photo 4 on page 20).
Saddle burns normally occur when a flammable liquid is allowed to drip downward from the floor above and onto the floor joist or beam underneath. The flammable liquid soaks into the wooden joist or beam and burns the wooden member away in the characteristic pattern resembling a horse's saddle. Presence of saddle burns was a strong indication that a flammable liquid fire had been spread throughout the house.
The saddle burn in Photo 4 was almost textbook-like. Notice how the floor joist is directly beneath the butt-joined plywood sub-floor and the burn damage shows how the wooden floor joist had been burned away by the action of the flammable liquid dripping down onto the floor joist.
At this point in my fire investigation, my evidence led me to believe without a doubt that the fire was caused by flammable liquid and that the plaintiff's expert's theory was absolutely incorrect. My next step was to contact the responding fire department and determine if any photographs had been taken at the scene. Fortunately, a firefighter in the responding attack engine had taken several shots.
Conclusions and commentary
From my investigation, I drew several conclusions.
The fire originally started in the garage by a flammable liquid that was spread throughout several areas of the house.
The fire was incendiary in nature, meaning a person had deliberately set fire to the property.
Contrary to the plaintiff's expert witness, there was no defect in the service entrance cable to the house. In fact, the building's electrical system was not causative to the fire incident at all.
The electrical contractor caused no damage to the service entrance cable upon installation — his work was neither causative nor contributory to the fire.
As a result of my findings, the defendant denied all claims made by the plaintiff, who ultimately withdrew the lawsuit against the electrical contractor.
One of many lessons that can be learned from this case relates to proper investigative procedures. This incident was, first and foremost, a fire incident, but the cause of the fire had to be determined before any other decision could be made.
To properly investigate this incident, the plaintiff should have first determined the cause of the fire and, therefore, the initial investigator on the case should have been a fully trained fire investigator. Although the plaintiff's expert represented himself as an "electrical fire investigator" and electrical engineer, he had none of the common certifications typical of this type of expert, such as CFI (Certified Fire Investigator) from IAAI (International Association of Arson Investigators) or CFEI (Certified Fire & Explosion Investigator) from NAFI (National Association of Fire Investigators).
Failure to be properly trained in fire investigation rendered any opinion that plaintiff's expert expressed questionable because he failed to have the knowledge and training to form an opinion of the cause of the fire within a reasonable degree of scientific and engineering certainty.
Peserik, PE, PLS, CFEI, CFII, DABFET, is founder of James E. Peserik Associate Inc., a consulting forensic engineering and fire and accident investigation consulting firm based in Coopersburg, Pa.


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Lonely since High School?
I can understand where you're coming from cause I feel the same way. I don't really see my friends as much anymore if at all. I work all day everyday pretty much with very little free time. The only time I really see any friends is the rare party here and there or when they stop by for a visit at work. One thing you can do is maybe socialize and get together with some people at work and start a new circle of friends with them. Unfortunately once highschool ends people tend to go their seperate ways and only the closest of friends keep in touch with eachother. If you can take what you learned from being with your highschool friends and apply it to the real world you'll do just fine.
I still have the only friend I had in high school. Well for now, he's become enaged and has been kinda scarce as of late.......
Proud member of the Blue Stripe Nation!
For me it was the exact opposite! I had one friend in high school but now that I've escaped I meet new people all the time and I have a large group of friends that I can't imagine being without.
I am Zexy Destroyer, sworn enemy of all things good and decent ^_^
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Idk bout everyone else but since high school ended, I only got a couple close friends left. Everything seems boring, and theres nothing exciting anymore. My routine consists of work, school, games, anime, and the occasional hangout. Maybe it's just me. Or anyone else out there?
I would suggest finding something you enjoy doing that involves a group so you get that social time you might need.
Me wo mite, itsu aeru?
I think that happens to everyone. After i graduated i was home for like a year before i left and i only kept in touch with a few friends maybe like 8 from the group i hung out with which was like 10 people. And after i left i keep in touch with like 3 of them. No one i really keeps in touch with all their friends from high school. I'm pretty sure not keep in touch with everyone from high school is normal.
Feeling like a straight up gangster today
I'm capable of being alone for many years.
You're not the only one dude. This shit just happens when you get older.
LF People.
Same here, all I've got are a few nice friends I hang out with once in a while. I also have my bros to keep me entertained during the weekdays.
My routine is basically the same as well; Work, College, Anime, Sleep. Restart.
Then on weekends I sometimes hang out with friends...Still, it's pretty sad.
I miss High School.
High school was the worst thing I ever went through. Afterwards, because of various legal issues I never had a chance to do anything with my life. I currently am in a social limbo with one friend that I talk to and hang out with. My routine is wake up, eat , clean the house some and sleep. Very boring, but I am about to start school again and honestly I preferred the college life to the high school one anyways. Either way, as long as you have at least one long term friend, who cares how the people in HS are treating you now?
Highschool is a once in a lifetime opportunity, it's the complete social aspect and has its own system, it's what makes most of us today socially and academically, the groups, the socialites, the relationships, the gestures. Bullying, people hurting you. It really does prepare you mentally for later in life and mold you in a specific way, I feel that Highschool shown me how much people change, and also how fast!
I am down that I don't have most of my friends anymore but i'm always happy that I got to share the experience, it's a tad melancholic when you think about it.
who cares, sosa nation.
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For me it was the exact opposite! I had one friend in high school but now that I've escaped I meet new people all the time and I have a large group of friends that I can't imagine being without.
So, what happened to that one friend?
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same here to life's boring i just draw hardly go out if i do its for uni or food
College is a good remedy for that loneliness, though it's only a temporary solution. People you meet in high school and college will go different places for various reasons and contact with them will inevitably be different (at the best, close contact online or by phone) than it was in school.
I had little time for a social life in high school and college, so life now really isn't that much different since I keep myself busy. However, I can imagine that if you spent a lot of time socializing in high school and college, then it may be difficult to adapt to life after school since you will likely have more obligations and become more isolated.
My advice is to go to college and meet people, or try to meet people through work or online (in places that tend to have people with similar interests to your own - like Crunchyroll if you like anime). But the best solution is try try to find joy even in solitude and appreciate the experience of being alone not as the opposite to being with people or as a negative thing, but as a unique experience that has its own value.
ill give you a heads up .. if you have found those 3-5 close friends that you can count on life will work out.


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Provo • With temperatures for the 8:15 p.m. kickoff in the 20s and dropping quickly, a lot of BYU football fans stayed away from Saturday night's home finale at LaVell Edwards Stadium.
Tough to blame them.
As expected, however, the Cougars gave the hearty fans who braved the bitter cold conditions plenty to cheer about in the first half, at least rolling to a 52-13 win over Idaho to improve their record to 6-4 and become eligible for their eighth-straight appearance in a bowl game.
BYU accepted an invitation to the Poinsettia Bowl on Dec. 20 in San Diego, and the bowl's representative promised "70-degree temperatures and sunny skies" in a brief ceremony after the game to the two or three thousand fans still shivering in the seats. Officials reported the attendance as 61,091 tickets sold, but probably 20,000 or so of those ducats went unused.
This one was over, competitively, well before halftime, and thousands of fans did not return for the second half.
"It was fun," said senior defensive end Russell Tialavea. "We had a lot of fun watching the other guys play, too."
In his final home game, BYU quarterback Riley Nelson found the going easy against Idaho's porous defense, completing 19 of 31 passes for 236 yards and three touchdowns all to Cody Hoffman.
"Overall, it was a good day," Nelson said.
With BYU leading 42-7 at halftime, Nelson played the first series of the third quarter before giving way to fellow senior James Lark, much to the delight of some in the crowd who began calling for Lark early in the second quarter.
Lark's 2-yard touchdown pass to walk-on Cody Raymond and Justin Sorensen's 21-yard field goal with 1:50 remaining accounted for BYU's only points in the second half.
Freshman Jamaal Williams rushed 10 times for 104 yards and two touchdowns, all in the first half.
Hoffman caught nine passes for 108 yards and the three TDs while also playing just one series in the second half.
Seldom-played seniors Robbie Buckner and Simote Vea made memorable moments for themselves on Senior Night, with Buckner getting an interception and Vea a fumble recovery. Buckner started at field corner in the place of sophomore Jordan Johnson, who sat out for disciplinary reasons, Mendenhall said.
Idaho had just 225 yards of offense and was punting with around 10 minutes remaining before an offsides penalty allowed the Vandals (1-9) to keep the ball. They finished with 273 yards against a BYU defense that was allowing 263 yards per game, fourth-best in the nation.
The Cougars had 537 yards. They scored on their first three possessions to build a 21-0 lead just 11 minutes into the game, as Williams picked up touchdowns on runs of 9 and 10 yards and Hoffman caught a 6-yard pass from Nelson.
Suspense then focused on whether the Vandals would score or not, and they answered that rather quickly with a six-play, 70-yard drive for a TD. Logan Bushnell threw a 33-yard TD pass to Mike Scott.
After forcing the only BYU punt of the first half, Idaho quickly gave away the momentum, however. A bad snap sailed over Bushnell's head and popped into the waiting arms of Cougar linebacker Spencer Hadley, who stepped into the end zone for the easiest touchdown of his life.
It was the Cougars' first defensive touchdown of the season.
The Vandals then decided a fake punt was a good idea from deep in their own territory, and it failed miserably.
Another 6-yard TD pass to Hoffman made it 35-7 early in the second quarter.
The Cougars finished off the half with a five-play, 58-yard drive for a score, another Hoffman TD catch.
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R In Short • BYU scores touchdowns on its first three possessions and rolls past woeful Idaho on Senior Night.
Key Moment • Spencer Hadley gets a scoop-and-score in the first quarter to give BYU a 28-7 lead.
Key Stat • Cody Hoffman catches three short touchdown passes in the first half.


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2010-11 Season (Freshman)
Tallied double-digit minutes in ten games ... Scored a season-high seven points against Tulsa (11/28/10) ... Tallied a season-high in rebounds (7) against Cal Lutheran (12/7/10).
Lynwood High School
A four-time all-league selection at Lynwood High School ... Averaged 13 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game in helping Lynwood HS to a 19-7 record during his senior season (2009-10) ... Tallied a season-high 22 points against Downey, and 19 points in games against Gahr and Precision (Az) ... Tallied six steals against Warren HS ... During his junior campaign (2008-09), averaged 14.6 ppg in helping Lynwood to a 21-7 record ... Tallied top games against Bravo with 29 points, 24 points in games against Santa Monica and Santa Margarita, and 22 against Warren.
Matador Memo
Born October 5, 1991 in Modesto, Ca. ... Parents are Cassia and Allen Jiles III ... Has one brother, Everette ... Kobe Bryant and the Lakers are his favorite NBA athlete and team ... Favorite actor is Will Smith while his favorite actress is Angelina Jolie ... Fresh Prince of Bel Air is his favorite television show ... He Got Game is his favorite movie ... Chicken is his favorite food but stays away from peaches ... NWA is his favorite band while The Game is Allen's favorite solo artist ... Favorite website is espn.com ... Chose Cal State Northridge because he wanted to play for head coach Bobby Braswell ... His greatest sports moments were when he dunked on a 6-foot-10 opponent, and scoring 31 points as a sophomore ... His pre-game ritual is to listen to music ... If Allen was president, he would have a tournament for coaches ... His superstitions include not walking under a ladder ... The best athlete he ever played against was Kenny Boynton ... Would like to switch places for a day with Kobe Bryant ... Would like to be stranded on a desert island with Meagan Good ... Two people Allen would like to have dinner with are Halle Berry and Meagan Goode ... If Allen was forced to listen to one CD for the rest of his life it would be The Chronic by Dr. Dre ... If Allen had a million dollars, Allen said he would be the happiest man alive ... His advice to young people is to stay off the streets ... No one knows how much Allen loves the Food Channel ... Most people don't know that Allen plays the drums ... The title of his autobiography would be - Best Kept Secret ... If a movie was made about Allen's life, the lead would be played by someone who plays basketball lefthanded ... Allen can't going a week without playing basketball ... One possession he can't live without is his television ... If Allen could change the world it would be the elimination of violence ... The biggest obstacle Allen had to overcome was almost not having his father and mother ... His nephews always make his smile ... His greatest hero is his father who says knows him best ... Communication major.
Allen Jiles IV - Career Highs
Points - 7 vs Tulsa (11/28/10)
Field Goals - 2 (5 games)
3-Point Field Goals - 0
Free Throws - 5 vs Tulsa (11/28/10)
Rebounds - 7 vs Cal Lutheran (12/7/10)
Assists - 2 (4 games)
Blocks - 1 vs Vanguard (11/20/10)
Steals - 2 vs UC Irvine (2/5/11)


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IKEPOD has always been a special type of watch company. Designed by Marc Newson, the brand is known both for their individual design and high quality watch making.
This year they present a new high profile collaboration with an artist. After having worked with Jeff Koons before, they now chose to produce The Horison watches in collaboration with New York artist Kaws. This collaboration with IKEPOD brings his popular design into the world of horology.
The Horizon watch comes with a titanium case, Caliber ETA 2892, sapphire crystal, diameter of 44mm, is water resistant up to 50 m and has a dial and rubber band designed by Kaws. It will release in overall 4 colorways, featuring the Kaws Chum design and X-Eye hands. It will go for 14'000 USD, yet we do not have a release date for the moment.
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Sarah Palin just posted a statement to her Facebook page on the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona today.
UPDATE: Huffington Post did a story in March 2010 about certain Democrats Sarah Palin targeted for tough re-election battles ... using gun sights on a map to point them out. One of those politicians was Rep. Giffords.
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