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|2013-01-01, 21:58
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Both Karen and Tsukihi provide two definitions for love. Karen provides a more realistic definition... provided that "making babies" bit is just the perverted Araragi way of saying "wanting to start a family". Tsukihi says that love is more "vague", like sort of akin to Old World Romanticism.
However, both Araragi sisters assert that love is normal and simple. From this chronological point in the series, Koyomi isn't aware of Tsubasa's family situation or Black Hanekawa yet, but we know that it makes the relationship between Koyomi and Tsubasa more complex.
With Tsubasa's unpleasant, dysfunctional family and Black Hanekawa nearly killing Koyomi at one point, he would find it uncomfortable to be around her all the time to want to start a family. Karen's definition of love is out.
Even supposing that Tsubasa's family issues raise Koyomi's respect for her because she has to be strong to put up it, it brings in a specific reason why Koyomi would like Tsubasa, which contradicts Tsukihi's definition that love must be vague and simple.
That may be why Koyomi said he wanted to forget or undo Golden Week in that brief wall of text. The events that transpired, from Hanekawa's unpleasant family to having to seeing Black Hanekawa for the first time, may have caused him to fall out of love towards Tsubasa.
|2013-01-02, 01:33
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Bittersweet Distractor
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 27
This is ****ing awful.
Was hoping for something more like Bake, got something more like Nise 2. Disgustingly terrible. More sister service. Koyomi being overly perverted again. Koyomi talking for 17 mintues about being in love with hanekawa feels irrelevant when he has an established relationship with Hitagi in Bake. The conversations were boring and unfunny.
The 5 minutes of Hanekawa were more or less good, but after 17 minutes of pain I was long gone this episode. What I found revolting wasn't Hanekawa, it was Nisio's writing this episode.
|2013-01-02, 01:58
|Link #45
Have some salt
Halfway done...
Well, that was the most boring shit ever. I'm gonna apologize to fans of Hyouka for saying their show was boring because it has nothing on this. Oh sure, there's Karen's ass (drawn right for a few frames) and Shinobu antics but it seems like that they are just flattening everyone into caricatures via a steamroller.
The only good thing I have to say is that visually it looks good. Too bad they forgot what a BGM is.
Hanekawa's not the most interesting character but her Bakemono arc was satisfactory enough. This sort of retreat with just crap floating around for 45 minutes just doesn't help.
I've never been that big of a fan of Monogatari though parts of it have intrigued me. Unfortunately, when the tail end of Nisemono dampened my spirits by cockblocking me from epic shit, this might just be the end of me and Monogatari depending on the last part. It's unfortunate, really.
|2013-01-02, 02:56
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Join Date: May 2007
|2013-01-02, 03:20
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Bittersweet Distractor
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 27
I just want to enjoy this franchise again. Hoping to see Kizu soon.
|2013-01-02, 05:34
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For the naggers... watching this after Nise- without having read Kizu- is an exercise in futility... you will draw many wrong conclusions.
Now to the sister "service". It is part of the story, whether we like it or not... if not, I think it's about time to stop watching, because what some call "service" is an integral part of the story.
|2013-01-02, 06:08
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Then again it's not like she is mute, she just lacks the will to talk.
Look, the franchise has its recurrent gags. Araragi being perverted is a staple, for example. In this regard, Bake, Nise and Kuro have all something in common, which is the style the author chose to use for these stories. If you don't find this something entertaining, or you can't even notice what this something is, then this franchise is not for you.
|2013-01-02, 06:26
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@Shikijin: It's pointless to point out to people who are shipping for one character over the years that there is a story for the rest
The sooner they realize that this is not a juvenile Hitagi X Koyomi story, the better for them, and as a side-effect for us, that despite personal preferences, are interested in the story told by the author, instead of the one each one of us fantasizes about
|2013-01-02, 06:35
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|2013-01-02, 07:24
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Boyzone
It was nice while I was watching it, but afterwards I had this weird eerie feeling that I didn't really watch anything. Well, it's just the first episode though. Will chug through the rest later.
And that OP...looks like Akio Watanabe took home a few tricks from his work on the Front Wing OPs. Nice.
|2013-01-02, 07:26
|Link #55
Toji Affairs Secretary
Join Date: May 2009
Location: the Philippines
I really think that Neko Black is called the "weakest link in the franchise" because the content of the story is not that substantial (i.e., much of the things revealed in Neko Black has been revealed or speculated for the longest time during the broadcasts of Bake and Nise). Even in a light novel reader's point of view, Neko Black simply acts as an expansion to the story between Kizu and Bake, which has been revealed a bit during Tsubasa Cat.
For me, I can't disagree with them, because I'm rewatching Tsubasa Cat and I can still remember the exact scenes where the "I'd do anything to keep you quiet" line came in. I also understand how Neko Black only exists to expand on Tsubasa's story pre-Bake, but I don't think that is a bad thing, really.
I'm pretty sure that the latter two parts will be better because little was shown regarding the second encounter between Koyomi and Black Hanekawa.
|2013-01-02, 08:27
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likes cute things
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Searching for more imoutos
Age: 38
I'm not sure what this "weakest link in the franchise" thing is about... Expecting to see something that progresses the story in a prequel is kinda silly.
IIRC, it was implied in Bake (and reinforced in Nise) that Tsubasa expected to eventually become a couple with Koyomi, but then, Hitagi comes out of nowhere and snatches him before Tsubasa could realize what was going on. But why did Tsubasa think that way? That's what I expect to be at least hinted at in the Neko Kuro plot.
I personally find it irrelevant if we know the answer when watching a prequel whether it's in a visual narration or an interactive one like a video game. The point is, what happened before all this? Why are things the way they were when the story started? Neko and Kizu are there to answer those questions of mine.
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|2013-01-02, 08:35
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Kana Hanazawa ♥
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
Age: 32
Anyway, what I meant to say earlier is that I had no idea Araragi loved her at some point. I thought he had always only seen her as a friend. One he wouldn't mind having sex with, but still just a friend.
|2013-01-02, 08:40
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|2013-01-02, 09:44
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Age: 28
Here it is once again. The unholy union of Nisio and Shinbo is back, and it definitely did not disappoint this time. After Nisemonogatari, I'd say that this is certainly a welcome return to form. Not to say that Nisemonogatari was all that bad, just that it had a different focus. Admittedly, the opening dialogue with Koyomi and Tsukihi was probably closer to Nise than Bake, but I loved it for what it was.
You really can't enjoy a Nisio Isin work if you can't tolerate entire blocks of insane, seemingly irrelevant banter. The appeal is generally in the interplay of ideas through lots and lots dialogue, how supposedly simple concepts are deconstructed, and then rebuilt, and then broken down again. This kind of wordplay and manipulation of ideas is Nisio Isin's forte as an author, I believe. Unfortunately, it's not something that translates well into a visual medium. SHAFT is probably the only studio that could have pulled this one off.
As for the rest of the episode(s), it had a more fast-paced feel that makes it closer to Bake. The action segments there were also quite reminiscent of those in Bake. What's more, we are once again graced by Oshino's presence. His presence was sorely missed. The episode also had some excellent bits of characterization for Tsubasa, which I'm grateful for.
It's these kinds of productions that give me hope that Zaregoto can be adapted effectively into the animation medium, though I'm well aware of the small chance of that happening.
|2013-01-02, 10:23
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Sweden
The reason people think Nekomon:Kuro is the weakest in the series is because the first half is so damn weak. It's a 100 page conversation with a character who seems flown in from the future, mostly about the importance of white underwear. The anime actually manages to improve on that by cutting it short.
I still think it has one of the strongest endings in the series, though. The way it ties into Bakemonogatari gave me goosebumps.
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This has been and will continue to be a week of haunting images, and for many, bad memories.
This has been and will continue to be a week of haunting images, and for many, bad memories. Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
For those alive at the time, they will never forget where they were when they heard the shocking news that Kennedy had been shot while riding in a motorcade through the streets of downtown Dallas.
For those too young to remember or who were not even born by Nov. 22, 1963, no doubt the photographs and the home movie filmed by Abraham Zapruder make the assassination known to you, almost as if you were there when it happened.
In essence, Zapruder represented all of America that day in Dallas. He had innocently sought to capture a special moment, a president riding through his town. That innocence was lost when he captured the assassination on film.
Indeed, many say the nation lost its innocence that day. That may be a tough notion to understand. After all, the memories of World War II, the Korean War, race riots and even the Cuban Missile Crisis should have been fresh in the minds of many Americans. This nation should not have been naive enough to believe that evil didn�t exist.
But for many, the Kennedys represented what was good in America. You had a young family man, a veteran of World War II, raising his children in front of the nation�s eyes while trying to do right for his country. After all, it was Camelot.
Still, what probably makes the assassination stand out in the minds of most � beyond that by its nature the killing of a president would stand out � was the then modern technology that brought such an event to the public like never before.
Television networks broke into programming with live bulletins of the killing of Kennedy. The networks continued with live coverage throughout the aftermath of the assassination, even capturing the moment when the alleged killer, Lee Harvey Oswald, was shot by Jack Ruby.
Photographs captured the assassination and its aftermath, showing the emotions of people who witnessed the shooting, and newspapers were quick to print multiple photos and special editions carrying the news of the day.
And of course, the Zapruder film captured the exact moment when President John F. Kennedy lost his life to an assassin�s bullet.
Life magazine published each frame as still photographs, all but frame 313, which showed the moment the fatal bullet struck Kennedy�s head. Most never saw the actual film until a decade after the assassination.
The memories may fade, and those who played a role in the events of that day eventually will no longer be able to tell their stories. What are left are the photographs and the films to remind us of a horrible time in our nation�s history, the images not of when America lost its innocence but of when America lost its president.

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Jerry Leiber, who with his songwriting partner, Mike Stoller, created a songbook that infused the rock 'n' roll scene of the 1950s and early '60s with energy and mischievous humor, has died. He was 78.
Leiber, the words half of the duo, died Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of cardiopulmonary failure, said Randy Poe, president of the songwriters' music publishing company.
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, Leiber and his lifelong writing partner, Stoller, wrote hits that included Elvis Presley's rat-a-tat-tat rendition of "Hound Dog" in 1956 and Peggy Lee's 1969 recording of the jaded "Is That All There Is?"
But they may be best remembered for the ebullient, impudent hits written for black groups like the Clovers ("Love Potion No. 9"), the Drifters ("Ruby Baby"); the Cheers ("Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots"), the Robins ("Smokey Joe's Cafe," "Riot in Cell Block No. 9") and, especially, a Robins' spinoff group that Leiber and Stoller helped create, the Coasters ("Searchin'," "Yakety Yak," "Poison Ivy," "Charlie Brown," "Down in Mexico," "Little Egypt").
As Leiber-Stoller biographer Robert Graham wrote, the Coasters' songs "were arguably the most enduring and hands-down funniest records of the rock 'n' roll era."
With their sassy lyrics and playful melodies, the songs liberated American teenagers to enjoy their youth and poke fun at their elders.
"They corrupted us with pleasure," critic and author John Lahr wrote of the songwriters in the introduction to Graham's "Baby, That Was Rock & Roll: The Legendary Leiber and Stoller" (1978). "Dancing and laughing, we came of age to their songs."
Dozens of other artists have recorded Leiber and Stoller songs: the Beatles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Barbra Streisand, Edith Piaf, the Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin and more. The songwriters' most oft-recorded tune is the laid-back, bluesy "Kansas City," which has been sung by such varied artists as Little Willie Littlefield in 1952 (as "K.C. Lovin'") and Wilbert Harrison, whose 1959 hit with it is probably the best-known.
In 1995, a musical based on Leiber and Stoller songs, "Smokey Joe's Cafe," opened on Broadway and ran for more than 2,000 performances.
Besides writing and producing their own songs, the duo produced other artists' music on Leiber-Stoller labels — Spark (with Lester Sill), Red Bird and others — and broke ground by becoming the first independent record producers at a major label, Atlantic Records.
Graham in his book on the duo points out that radio was mostly regional and TV had just started coming into American living rooms when Leiber and Stoller started writing for Ray Charles, Joe Turner and other black artists. It was only when Presley covered "Hound Dog" in 1956 that their music began crossing over into the mainstream, paving the way for rock 'n' roll to dominate the youth culture.
Theirs was an unusually long and compatible musical partnership. Yes, they bickered over a line in a song or whether a note should at one point go up or down, but they were buddies to the end, able to crack each other up and finish each other's sentences.
They were, however, very different from each other. Stoller, the trained musician, was the quieter one. The restless Leiber was the big talker.
Atlantic Records producer Jerry Wexler, writing in his 1993 autobiography, described Leiber as "Mr. Disorderly Conduct."
He "was a charming mess — extravagantly verbal, always in a flamboyant dither," Wexler wrote in "Rhythm and the Blues: A Life in American Music" (with David Ritz).
When Leiber and Stoller met in Los Angeles in 1950 as teenagers, their talent for writing songs together was so immediate that they each described it as "spontaneous combustion." It was not unusual for them to write a song in a matter of minutes, songs that to their surprise were still being sung and recorded four or five decades later.
They were barely 18 when they had their first brush with success with Charles Brown's 1951 recording of "Hard Times."
But it was a white singer who could sing R&B — Presley — who five years later gave Leiber and Stoller their first No. 1 hit on the pop charts, "Hound Dog," a song they had written several years earlier for Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton, whom Leiber described as "the saltiest chick we'd ever seen."
Leiber and Stoller — never were their names mentioned in the opposite order — were amazed that Presley chose a song told from a woman's point of view about kicking out a no-account man. They didn't like the way Presley sang it — too fast and nervous. And Leiber was not pleased that Presley picked up some erroneous lyrics: "You ain't never caught a rabbit, and you ain't no friend of mine."
"I'd never write such a dumb line," Leiber later told the Chicago Tribune.
In a story the pair repeated often through their lives, Stoller learned of the Presley hit when he and his wife safely arrived in New York City after being rescued from the Andrea Doria when it collided with another ship off Nantucket. Leiber, carrying a dry suit of clothes for his partner, shouted from the dock that "Hound Dog" was all over the radio.
"By 'Big Mama'?," the surprised Stoller asked. No, Leiber replied, by "some white guy."
"Hound Dog" not only placed them firmly into the early days of rock 'n' roll but Leiber-Stoller also hooked up with Presley, whom they grew to greatly admire.
"Once the rhythm section started to cook, he would just start singing," Leiber said of Presley in a conversation with Joe Smith, author of "Off the Record: An Oral History of Pop Music" (1988). "And the man never made a bad take. One was better than the other, and different than the other. He was like an Olympic champion. He could sing all day."
Leiber-Stoller wrote for several Presley movies, including "Loving You," "Jailhouse Rock" and "King Creole."
To write songs for "Jailhouse Rock," Leiber and Stoller flew to New York City, but they were having such a great time going to jazz clubs that the producer, Jean Aberbach, who with his brother Julian published Presley's music, showed up at their hotel and demanded to know where his songs were. Not satisfied with their response, Aberbach shoved a sofa in front of the door, plunked down on it and said: "I'm not leaving until I get my songs."
Five hours and four songs later, Aberbach left and Leiber and Stoller were back out on the town. The songs were "Jailhouse Rock," "Treat Me Nice," "(You're So Square) Baby, I Don't Care" and "I Want to be Free."
Presley also recorded Leiber and Stoller's "Don't," "Trouble," "Love Me," "Fools Fall in Love" and many other of their songs.
But eventually Leiber and Stoller grew tired of the imperious manner of Presley's manager, "Colonel" Tom Parker, whom Leiber later called "a foul, greedy man." While writing songs for "King Creole," they refused to sign a contract, walking away from what they called "a license to print money" that their association with Presley had meant to them.
The songwriting duo often said that they had their best time writing for the Coasters, whom they regarded as their "voice." They wrote a string of "playlets" for the group: vignettes that were full of youth, rebellion and, as Leiber would say, "making mischief."
"Charlie Brown" is about a juvenile delinquent: "He's gonna get caught — Just you wait and see." And everyone remembers Charlie's reply, delivered by bass Will "Dub" Jones': "Why's ev'rybody always pickin' on me?"
"Poison Ivy" is a sly allusion to a social disease: "You're gonna need an ocean of calamine lotion."
And the playful "Yakety Yak" captures perfectly a slacker youth who is indignant at parental authority.
"Yakety Yak" came about when Stoller was fooling around on the piano one day, and Leiber shouted out a line: "Take out the papers and the trash!"
Stoller bantered back: "Or you don't get no spendin' cash ... ."
The rest of the song came quickly, including these lyrics:
Get all that garbage out of sight,
Or you don't go out Friday night.
Yakety Yak — don't talk back!
In the Coasters' original recording, the "don't talk back" is delivered in a deep parental basso by Jones, and the song gets much of its comic feel from King Curtis' saxophone playing.
"As discrete works of art — as records — the playlets were as original as anything that flowered in the '50s," Graham wrote in "Baby, That Was Rock & Roll."
Stoller, in a 2002 interview with National Public Radio, called the Coasters "really a comedy company." Coaster baritone Billy Guy, especially, "had incredible comic timing and a great comic sense," Stoller said.
Together in the studio, the songwriters and the Coasters had a ball.
"After reading the lyrics, Billy Guy would predict, 'Man, they're gonna hang us in Mississippi from the highest tree,'" Leiber said in Wexler's "Rhythm and the Blues."
Leiber and Stoller also wrote many songs with other songwriters. With Ben E. King, once of the Drifters, they wrote "Stand By Me," rearranging it and adding an introduction that King said later "alone, was well worth their share." And Leiber wrote the lyrics to Phil Spector's music in "Spanish Harlem."
In the early 1960s, Leiber and Stoller became part of the celebrated "Brill Building," working as "senior advisors" to highly talented teams of songwriters such as Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, and Carole King and Gerry Goffin. With Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, they wrote "On Broadway," recorded by the Drifters.
It was in the Brill Building, said Richard Buskin, writing in Studio Sound magazine in 1999, that Leiber-Stoller created a sound that "still encapsulates the optimism of an era sandwiched in between the first wave of rock 'n' roll and the onset of psychedelia."
When they produced "There Goes My Baby" — the Benjamin Nelson/Lover Patterson/George Treadwell song they helped write — they added strings. It was one of the first times an orchestral flourish of this kind was done on a pop song of the era.
"We were going for a different effect than anything we tried with the Coasters. It was an extravagant mode, what I call a Caucasian melody, a Rimsky-Korsakov-Borodin pseudo line," Stoller said in Wexler's "Rhythm and the Blues."
But, as Leiber and Stoller recounted so often, it became known as the "tuna fish story." When Wexler heard the song, he pronounced it "dog meat," sputtering some expletives about its "muddy-swirling-string sound" while eating a tuna fish sandwich and demanding that it be changed. Leiber and Stoller took the song elsewhere, and it was a hit for the Drifters with Ben E. King singing lead.
Leiber and Stoller also produced other Drifters' songs written by Brill Building songwriters, including "Up on the Roof," "This Magic Moment" and "Save the Last Dance for Me."
When Leiber and Stoller later became "bored" with the rock 'n' roll songs they had been writing and producing, they tried something more "adult," creating "Is That All There Is?" for Peggy Lee, which hit the charts in 1969.
The song represented a sort of irony for Leiber and Stoller because, as Leiber told the New York Times in 1995, the two of them had a role in the decline in popularity of the sound they were now seeking to imitate. As Leiber put it: "We had helped to bring down that cathedral, and now we didn't know where to pray."
But by that time, they had already profoundly changed American music by being major players in bringing black R&B and rock 'n' roll into the main cultural current.
Jerome Leiber was born in 1933 in Baltimore, the son of a widow who ran a grocery store on the edge of the ghetto, and who was the only storekeeper in the area to extend credit to blacks. His musical influences were varied: Cole Porter and Irving Berlin as well as the music coming out of the black culture.
When his family moved to Los Angeles when he was a teenager, he wanted to be an actor, but by 16 he was writing songs, taking his cues from the blues and also from radio programs such as "The Shadow" and "Amos 'n' Andy," the comedy and drama of which would later show up in the songwriters' "playlets" for the Coasters.
The story of how Leiber and Stoller got together was told by them so often through the years that Leiber once stopped mid-interview to say: "If I have to tell this story one more time, my teeth are going to fall out."
"Oh, I'd really like to see that," Stoller deadpanned.
Here are the basics:
In 1950, Leiber was looking for someone to write music to set his words to and a friend, a drummer, referred him to Stoller, a trained pianist who was also enamored with boogie-woogie, jazz and other black music. So one day he called to chat and later showed up at Stoller's door.
But Stoller wasn't interested in writing music for "let-me-take-you-in-my-arms-and-thrill-to-all-your-charms" kinds of songs, and besides Leiber looked so unusual — he had one blue eye and one brown — that Stoller just stared at him, forgetting even to ask him in.
"I'd never seen anybody like that before," Stoller told the Independent of London more than 50 years after their meeting.
When they finally got to talking, and Stoller took a look at the lyrics that Leiber had carefully written in a spiral composition notebook, Stoller said: "These aren't songs, man; these are blues." He sat down at the piano and started playing.
"He was very deliberate, methodical and precise," Leiber told the Independent. "But when that damn piano started playing, I felt good right away." They started writing songs together that afternoon.
Leiber, who was married and divorced twice, is survived by sons Jed, Oliver and Jake; two grandchildren and a sister.
Luther is a former Los Angeles Times staff writer.


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This is a great video, and the slalom race is exciting to watch.
What are the rules? It seems like at the mark rounding at 1:30 in the video Adam Koch (orange/white ASV kite) was clear ahead of Brian Lake (green/White Cabrinha kite) coming up to the mark. In normal racing, Adam would have right of way and Brian would have to stay clear. Brian cuts inside and they bump kites, but the announcer says there are no rules or disqualifications in slalom? Is this true?
p.s. not trying to make any judgements about the riders, just using this as an example for learning the rules. There might even have been an overlap, and I just can't tell from this perspective.


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HARRISBURG — A Saline County community college has broken ground on a simulated mine facility that will be used for education and competitions.
HARRISBURG — Southeastern Illinois College has broken ground on the state's second simulated mine facility that will be used to train rescue teams.
"It will be great for new miners to get the skills and understanding of how an actual coal mine works and it will also be great for rescue teams to come in and practice their skills," Mike Thomas, dean of workforce education at Illinois Eastern Community Colleges, told the Southern Illinoisan.
Southeastern Illinois College received $220,000 from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Development to build the 12,000-square-foot Simulated Mine Training Facility. Southern Illinois College and Illinois Eastern Community Colleges each contributed $15,000.
More than 1,000 miners go through the community college's training programs each year. Rescue teams will use the center to practice responding to emergency situations.
"The most important thing to come out of a coal mine is a miner," College President Jonah Rice said at Tuesday's ground-breaking ceremony. "That's all we are trying to do is to make sure they all go in and they all come out."
Construction is to be completed in the fall. The facility is to simulate an actual underground mine.


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Dell Studio XPS 13
I have just bought a new Dell Studio XPS 13. I haven't been able to find any information for installing Arch Linux on this machine. It is a very nice looking laptop, and runs fast and smooth. I have had a successful install (32-bit only, 64-bit). I still have a few things to get working, like the Bluetooth, and media buttons.
System Specs:
- Processor
- Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz
- RAM Memory
- Webcam
- 2.0 Megapixel Webcam
- Hard Disk
- 320GB SATA 7200 rpm HDD
- 500GB SATA 7200 rpm HDD
- Video Card
- Wireless
- Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller
- Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter
The basic installation performs normally, with the core cd, also the wireless modules ( Atheros wifi card ) were well recognised and worked out of the box.
Video Card
Nvidia 9500 M (9400+9200)
It works well with this /etc/X11/xorg.conf, the really important feature is Busid "PCI:3:0:0". There are also some touchpad configuration with two-finger scrolling and tapping.
Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout0" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" EndSection Section "Files" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "synaptics" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "synaptics" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" Option "VertScrollDelta" "80" Option "HorizScrollDelta" "80" Option "SHMConfig" "on" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on" Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "true" Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "true" Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" "10" Option "TapButton1" "1" Option "TapButton2" "2" Option "TapButton3" "3" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Unknown" HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0 VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" Option "SLI" "Auto" Option "NoLogo" "true" Option "DPMS" "true" Option "TripleBuffer" "true" # Reduces the interrupts Option "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "True" #force Powermizer to a certain level at all times ## level 0x1 = highest ## level 0x2 = med ## level 0x3 = lowest # Option "RegistryDwords" "PowerMizerLevelAC=0x3" # Option "RegistryDwords" "PowerMizerLevel=0x3" # Auto powermizer option # Option "RegistryDwords" "PerfLevelSrc=0x3333" Busid "PCI:3:0:0" Option "RenderAccel" "True" Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True" Option "AddARGBLXVisuals" "On" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Device0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 Option "TwinView" "False" SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Enable" EndSection
Power Management
HDD important issue
With the Western Digital hard drive (not SSD), there is an important issue: using the APM (Advanced Power Management) there are too nomerous spin-down, that can damage the hard drive [1]. To confirm this issue you have to install smartmontools:
# pacman -S smartmontools
And you have to run multiple times this command (once in a minute for like 5 minutes):
# smartctl -a /dev/sda|grep Load_Cycle_Count
If the number under Load_Cycle_Count is increasing in a small amount of time (1 or 2 in a minute) you have this issue.
The problem is easily solvable using laptop-mode-tools. In your /etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode.conf you have to set:
# # Should laptop mode tools control the hard drive power management settings? # CONTROL_HD_POWERMGMT=1 # # Power management for HD (hdparm -B values) # BATT_HD_POWERMGMT=255 LM_AC_HD_POWERMGMT=255 NOLM_AC_HD_POWERMGMT=255
This disable all power management systems of the hard drive cause a light heat up (maybe). The same behaviour can be obtained running this command:
# hdparm -B 255 /dev/sda
the 255 number is the power-management level, in a range of 1-255 where 1 is maximum powersaving and 255 powersaving disabled. However setting the value to 253 causes a lot of spin-down. Setting the spin-down feature (it parks the heads away from disk) however can save hdd in case of fall.
Also to help preserve the HDD life you can add 'noatime' to / and /home in your /etc/fstab to save writing access time on reads Looks like this:
[phr0zn@ragnarok ~]$ cat /etc/fstab # # /etc/fstab: static file system information # # <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> none /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 #/dev/cdrom /media/cd auto ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0 #/dev/dvd /media/dvd auto ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0 #/dev/fd0 /media/fl auto user,noauto 0 0 UUID=1ca6603c-889c-454c-bd31-a176892ae9c9 / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1 UUID=6154c07d-ff8c-4f90-b476-d792e2c165f3 /boot ext2 defaults 0 1 UUID=fb1b6490-c07f-42d5-ad70-92c8eb13ca15 /home ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1 UUID=fdac6506-5249-4f80-a880-b4aa17ad984c swap swap defaults 0 0
Hybernation - Suspend
This feature works very well, the only thing you have to set is your /boot/grub/menu.lst , if you don't set the option "resume" your computer doesn't resume after hybernation, so add resume=/your/swap/partition like in this example:
title Arch Linux root (hd0,4) # It depends on your device kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/your/root/device ro resume=/your/swap/partition initrd /boot/kernel26.img
I wasn't able to get hibernate to work correctly b/c of my NVIDIA drivers. I am now running x86_64. I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it. I did however get suspend to RAM to work.
Make sure acpid is installed and running. You can add it to the DAEMONS array in /etc/rc.conf.
Then edit these files...
sh ~/bin/suspend
(Taken from http://www.linux.com/news/hardware/laptops/8253-how-to-suspend-and-hibernate-a-laptop-under-linux [+] with a little modification)
#!/bin/sh # discover video card's ID ME=`whoami` if [ "$ME" != "root" ]; then echo "You must be root!" exit 1 fi ID=`lspci | grep VGA | awk '{ print $1 }' | sed -e 's@0000:@@' -e 's@:@/@'` # securely create a temporary file TMP_FILE=`mktemp /var/tmp/video_state.XXXXXX`trap 'rm -f $TMP_FILE' 0 1 15 # switch to virtual terminal 1 to avoid graphics # corruption in X chvt 1 # write all unwritten data (just in case) sync # dump current data from the video card to the # temporary filecat /proc/bus/pci/$ID > $TMP_FILE # suspend echo -n mem > /sys/power/state # restore video card data from the temporary file # on resume cat $TMP_FILE > /proc/bus/pci/$ID # switch back to virtual terminal 7 (running X) chvt 7 # remove temporary file rm -f $TMP_FILE
This should suspend your laptop to RAM when the lid is closed.
CPU Frequency Scaling
This has helped me greatly reduce the heat of my studio XPS (unless running anything flash of course). This works really well for me, and has been for some time. To install necessary packages issue this command:
pacman -Sy cpufrequtils pm-utils laptop-mode-tools
Then to activate kernel modules issue this set of commands:
modprobe acpi_cpufreq modprobe cpufreq_powersave modprobe cpufreq_ondemand
Also make sure you add those modules to the MODULES array in your /etc/rc.conf
Now we need to see what the processor can do. Most likely yours will be the same as mine, but check just to be sure, we don't want you burning out your processor.
Issue this command to check out the specs:
Then you should make your /etc/conf.d/cpufreq file look like this:
[phr0zn@ragnarok ~]$ cat /etc/conf.d/cpufreq #configuration for cpufreq control # valid governors: # ondemand, performance, powersave, # conservative, userspace governor="ondemand" # valid suffixes: Hz, kHz (default), MHz, GHz, THz min_freq="1.6GHz" max_freq="2.4GHz"
Now you can start cpu frequency scaling by issuing this command:
/etc/rc.d/cpufreq start
You also want to add 'cpufreq' to your DAEMONS array in the /etc/rc.conf
CD/DVD ROM Spindown
cp /etc/rc.local /etc/rc.local.backup echo "/usr/bin/hal-disable-polling --device /dev/scd0" >> /etc/rc.local cp /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.conf.backup cp /etc/sysctl.conf /etc/sysctl.conf.backup echo "options usbcore autosuspend=1" >> /etc/modprobe.conf echo "vm.dirty_writeback_centisecs=1500" >> /etc/sysctl.conf echo "vm.laptop_mode=5" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
Media Buttons
I am using xbindkeys
"xbindkeys_show" control+shift + q ## Print Screen "~/bin/xscreenshot 0 0 1366 800" c:107 ## Power Button #"" # c:124 ## Previous "mpc prev" c:173 ## Stop "mpc stop" c:174 ## Play/Pause "mpc toggle" c:172 ## Next "mpc next" c:171 ## Mute "amixer sset Master toggle -q" c:121 ## Volume Down "amixer sset Master 7%- -q" c:122 ## Volume Up "amixer sset Master 7%+ -q" c:123 ## Fn+Moon "gnome-screensaver-command -l" c:213
You can change out the xscreenshot line for any one of the methods:


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5:00 pm
Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman "The Ol' Shell Game" Ruff gets a phone call from his friend Crush, the sea turtle from Disney's Finding Nemo, who tells him that his turtle friends are in trouble. Ruff sends Marco and Shreya to Florida to learn about turtles and help turtle hatchlings on the beach. He also sends Jay to be a contestant on a mysterious radio game show, which turns out to be a little unfair. D
5:30 pm
Nightly Business Report Tonight on Nightly Business Report - stocks, bonds and commodities suffer huge losses after yesterday's Fed statement. What do investors do now? One bright spot - housing. Sales spike and prices rise, but one set of buyers is on the outside looking in. D
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Doc Martin "Old Dogs" Things are looking up for a relationship between pretty school teacher Louisa Glasson and Martin, when he makes a terrible faux pas. Meanwhile, Martin realizes why Muriel's condition is deteriorating.G
8:00 pm
Outdoor Idaho "Palisades By Season" Experience the seasons in eastern Idaho's Palisades on the South Fork of the Snake River near the Wyoming border. With a reservoir, prize river fishing spots and more than 400,000 acres of wildlands in the region, each season brings a new attraction. Cameras follow biologists and nesting eagles, fishing enthusiasts, a huckleberry gatherer, and winter wildlife watchers.G
8:30 pm
Beneath The Surface: An Earthfix Special This documentary looks at the unseen dangers and their impacts on the Northwest's fisheries, marine life and tribal communities. Topics include a look at toxic storm water runoff that flows into Puget Sound, how "ocean acidification" is adversely affecting Washington state's shellfish industry, and how Native American tribes are addressing depleted wild salmon runs.G
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Midsomer Murders "A Talent for Life, Part 2" Following the accusation that Hewitt had assaulted fellow fly-fisher Margaret Seagrove and the death of one of the suspects, Barnaby and Troy are faced with several people suspected of involvement in the deaths. Part 2 of 2G
10:00 pm
Death In Paradise English tourist June Anderson is found dead in a luxury rented villa strangled by her own scarf. The death initially is attributed to a robbery gone wrong. But Poole suspects murder. There are numerous suspects but each seems to have a watertight alibi.G
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MIL Archives - Evolved Mommy
Work at Home Mom can't Work at HomeNovember 15, 2010 | Stephanie Funk | 4 Comments
Lately I've been freelancing for a friend who is a much bigger deal than I am. My job is primarily to help organize her site so that it is more reader and search friendly. Fancy people call this SEO or Search Engine Optimization. I call it organization and I LOVE IT. Something about my innermost being loves to organize things, particularly other people's things. Read More


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Why Men Don't Seek the Medical Help They Need
Men and women have biological differences, but it turns out it may be cultural and social differences that cause men to die earlier than women.
In general, American women live two to five years longer than men, according to the Social Security Administration, and one reason may be that men skip doctor visits. The social construct of masculinity plays a role, leading to men developing untreated and fatal health problems, according to researchers Mary S. Himmelstein and Diana T. Sanchez.
Sanchez and Himmelstein's research found when men visit doctors, they tend to prefer male doctors and are less honest about their overall health to male practitioners than female ones. The pressure to appear tough could be a detriment to men's health when, for example, they ignore pain or other symptoms of health problems.
While women are encouraged to perform monthly breast exams and receive recommended mammograms, men are less likely to engage in the tests that provide an early diagnosis for prostate cancer.
These preventative tests include a painless, albeit likely uncomfortable, digital rectal exam and a prostate-specific antigen blood test. Both tests are simple, but few men opt to take them, which can lead to undetected cases of prostate cancer and subsequent deaths.
Women take almost twice as many annual trips to the doctor as men, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and that's factoring in the difference for women having prenatal visits during childbearing years. In fact, more than half of men haven't visited a doctor in the past year.
Busy schedules
The No. 1 reason men don't visit a doctor is they are too busy, according to an online survey commissioned by a hospital. Of course, that is a self-reported reason, so there may be other issues at play.
If men feel too busy to see a doctor, they could schedule a visit during a lunch break, so it doesn't cut into free time before or after work. Even making an appointment can be simple, with many offices offering online scheduling.
The second most common reason for skipping the doctor is fear of finding out something might be wrong. Unfortunately, that fear could lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy, as skipping medical checkups and procedures could create major health problems.
To alleviate fears about a disease that affects males, testicular cancer, do a monthly self-check of testicles for abnormal bumps or skin. When men feel in control of their health, they are more likely to visit the doctor and ask relevant questions.
Men are at risk
Men are at high risk for stress-related illnesses and, at the same time, do not use helpful coping mechanisms, such as stress-management classes. One of the top stress-related killers in the nation — stroke — is 30 percent more likely to happen to a man than a woman, according to Male Health Center.
When men visit doctors and hospitals only for emergencies, they can shorten their lifespan. Symptoms of discomfort and pain are not normal, and annual checkups and preventative exams can save lives.
Sinclair Broadcasting is committed to the health and well-being of our viewers, which is why we're introducing Sinclair Cares. Every month we'll bring you information about the "Cause of the Month," including topical information, education, awareness and prevention.


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|2008-03-27, 01:36
|Link #161
Freshly Exiled Zero
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Australia
Im putting my trust into luck.
New Rule - Im going to receive the package, however big, and just never open it. Because until I open it, I can believe that package both does and doesnt contain a bonus calendar.
|2008-03-27, 06:37
|Link #162
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Oakland, CA
Age: 66
Hm... interesting. I've seen "Schrodinger's cat" mentioned in at least three anime: Kanon for sure, possibly Gilgamesh or Ergo Proxy, and I *think* Higurashi (or it may have been in one of Klashikari's analyses).
It's also mentioned in Hellsing and Yu-Gi-Oh! as mentioned here. (Haven't seen those.) A great many references to it seem to be of Japanese origin for some reason
Actually, you can tell from the size of the box: If it's two feet long, it'll have the calendar rolled up in it. If it's CD-sized, well... the cat is dead
|2008-03-27, 06:58
|Link #163
Guitar Man
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Brazil
As for these bonus stuff
The first time I bought from Himeya, I received an "anime girl doll" I had not ordered (I think it's made from plaster or something like that)
Maybe it's just for people buying for the first time because I never received any bonus on the subsequent orders
|2008-03-27, 07:14
|Link #164
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Oakland, CA
Age: 66
I dunno... at first I thought it might have been because I bought both "School Mate" and "Artificial Girl 3" games through them @ $100 each, so I thought it was like a "thank you" for all the $$$ I've sent their way. (I've torrented enough Illusion games in the past and felt it was time to pay them for their hard work.)
But then my friend bought his 3 Higurashi CDs getting the calendar as well, and I think it was the first time he'd bought through them, so I *think* it must be if you order all three official Higurashi CDs at once. That seems to be the common denominator
|2008-04-03, 21:30
|Link #165
Thought Being
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Canada
I just wanted to say thank you for this continual effort of bring Higurashi goodness to us unfortunate english-only speakers. It really is amazing and I hope you get to the other arcs as well.
I've been slowly reading through the patch (been putting it off for awhile) and I thought I'd just post up what might be a spelling error in the first day:
I'm not sure if you meant 'had' or not, but wouldn't 'have' be better?
EDIT: Sorry about the page stretch >___>
|2008-04-03, 21:43
|Link #166
Translation Group
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Denver
We used "had" since Keiichi's "thoughts" are almost entirely in past tense, a bit like a daily diary, with the exception of very "present-tense" realizations, reactions and such (like "What's that noise?")
Mion (Sonozaki Futagotachi)
|2008-04-04, 06:25
|Link #168
Thought Being
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Canada
Okay, yeah because at first I thought it was a mistake, but then after reading it again I thought it might have been intentional.
I also love how there are little clues in this arc for the next ones, that you definitely wouldn't catch unless you replayed them (or watched the anime :P) such as "it must be scary to marry into the Sonozaki family".
|2008-04-04, 07:02
|Link #169
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
I installed both the demo and the full version to see if either would work for me, I unzipped the onscripter, and then tried to open it in the sub category, but when I open it, it closes on me right away. Do you think there is a way to solve this, or did I do something wrong?
|2008-04-04, 07:08
|Link #170
阿賀野型3番艦、矢矧 Lv168
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 32
How is the directory of your patch folder?
If there is several sub directory, it might be a problem for the onscripter
at worst, just copy the 2 directory line for both game main folder and the patch.
By the way, I noticed at the first day, when Keiichi explain about Rena Kai mode, there is this line:
"If a little girl were ever kidnapped here in hinamizawa, ..."
Shouldn't it be "was" instead ?
As for the little discussion about possible bonus in their order, despite I ordered all naku koro ni game (5) at once, at himeya shop, I received naught...
kinda disappointed, but the factor might be simple: out of stock? Gahhh >_> (received my order around mid march so)
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|2008-04-04, 07:49
|Link #171
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Oakland, CA
Age: 66
@ Klashikari:
That's a drag; you should have received one for going above and beyond the call of duty with your excellent friendly helpful Blog. Without it I couldn't have grasped half of what was going on! Thanks belatedly for that (and the AS Higurashi forums, without which I'd have missed the other half )
I guess you did order the three 07th Expansion CDs then? Since it's so far into the new year maybe they've stopped selling the calendars; I never saw it on their calendar page though. ANOTHER Hinamizawa mystery!!!
(BTW, I'm pretty sure "were" is correct; English Major but brain slightly salty these days I've really found the Sonozaki's translation beautifully done )
|2008-04-04, 08:05
|Link #172
阿賀野型3番艦、矢矧 Lv168
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 32
Uhu, I'm glad these rambling on the blog were useful kinda. Due of the lack of comments and so on, I was kinda "huh, maybe i'm writing these for myself ". Ah well, I hope i can keep that kind of thing with season 3 XD
And yes, I never saw this calendar in their page, so I was really surprised by it. It woudn't be far fetched to think that surprise was quite limited both in time and stock.
As for "were" and "was", i can't say I can affirm that since i'm not an english native, but since the sentence seems to be simple past in singular, it looks like "was" should be used here, but I guess I missed a point XD
|2008-04-04, 09:12
|Link #173
Join Date: Jan 2008
|2008-04-04, 10:23
|Link #174
Thought Being
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Canada
Okay wait, what're the three Higurashi CDs? I have Himatsubushi-hen and Matsurybayashi-hen. (I know I spelled those worng :P) What else is there?
And Klashikari, I didn't comment but I found your ramblings extremely useful as well! There wasn't much to comment on since you did such as great job, and no one wanted to be spoiled XD
|2008-04-04, 10:27
|Link #175
阿賀野型3番艦、矢矧 Lv168
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 32
This is somewhat the fandisk release the very next comicket after Matsuribayashi-hen. This has 2 spin off arcs and Saikoroshi-hen, the later being the "epilogue" of the series.
You can find this at Himeyashop [link]
It is unavailable on paletweb for ages, and it seems they don't even bother to restock these.
EDIT: how surprising, they finally got Rei available on paletweb: [link]
Ironically, they still didn't relink himatsubushi in their search tools, so one might think they don't have it anymore...
Meanwhile, Matsuribayashi is out of stock, just like Daybreak and Daybreak kai huh...
Last edited by Klashikari; 2008-04-04 at 10:44.
|2008-04-04, 14:26
|Link #176
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: NYC, NY
Age: 41
|2008-04-04, 16:49
|Link #177
Translation Group
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Denver
Keiichi doesn't yet know how very non-hypothetical it could be
For what it's worth, many people use 'was' in this type of situation, but 'were' is grammatically correct.
Shion (Sonozaki Futagotachi)
Last edited by Sonozaki Futagotachi; 2008-04-04 at 23:14.
|2008-04-04, 16:49
|Link #178
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Oakland, CA
Age: 66
But really, yours was SUCH a great help... I mean, all that work and thought you put into your analyses, the careful screening of spoilers (MUST have been a pain in the ass), and extreme attention to detail... Without sounding too fanboi-ish, your Higurashi blogness for both seasons was like a companion to me during those lonely days of desperately trying to assemble the pieces when my head was in constant turmoil and confusion
Of course, looking forward to Season 3 and your summaries, synopses and interpretations
|2008-04-05, 04:35
|Link #179
Thought Being
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Canada
Okay, wow. I'm just starting the 4th Day (Day 9?) and I have to say, this sound novel has completely blown me away. Based on what I have already seen (The various clubs activities, all the different character's personalities, their interaction etc.) and by thinking about some of the very emotional events that I know about from watching the anime, I can now understand why the sound novels actually are 100000x better then the anime. There have already been times this game has actually made me smile and/or laugh out loud, when I'm just sitting here on my own.
That being said, I'm very, very excited for more chapters to be released. I almost don't want to finish reading what is already translated, because I know the wait will be unbearable. So Sonozaki, I would would love it if there was anything I could do to help you with this translation and/or patch to speed up the process (though I know no Japanese at all). Just let me know, okay? ^^
|2008-04-05, 14:11
|Link #180
Light Spirit
IT Support
Yes youre right I also think the Audio novels are better than the anime, but youre wrong the novels arent 100000x better than the anime, the novels are 100001x better .
Just joking a little, I also am hoping for the next day of the onikakushi, I think Sonozaki Futagotachi had made a really good job with this, and Im hoping for them to continue with the translation untill the very end
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2014 Audi Sailing Series Announced
16 December 2013
Two months and a half have gone by since the conclusion of the Melges 32 World Championship in Porto Rotondo, where the American team of Argo (Carroll-Appleton) was crowned as the undiscussed leader. At the moment the staff of B.Plan Sport&Events (BPSE) – sports marketing and events company is shaping up a new and exciting sailing season.
For the coming year, the Audi Sailing Series will be featuring amazing Melges 32 and Audi Melges 20 challenges.
On the back of a strong and winning format and the renewed partnership with a prestigious brand as the Audi can be, long-standing committed to the sailing world, BPSE agency will be also cooperating in the organisation of the Melges Europe racing circuits where dates have already been decided and is about to finalize the last agreements with some hosting yacht clubs.
Our aim is to let sailors race as usual in some of the most renowned racing fields of the Italian peninsula.
Five stages for every circuit, throughout a season that will be launched by the Audi Melges 20 fleet on the first weekend of April. Races will be following on 10-11th May, 31st – 1st June, 12-13th July and 25-30th August, the latter will see the Class World Championship with a foreseen fleet staging up at least 50 teams.
The Melges 32 fleet is expected to share with the Audi Melges 20 the first four locations, crossing the start line a week after the smallest among the monohull boats produced by the Melges Performance Sailboats.
First act will be running 11-13th April followed by the second weekend of May 16-18th, then 6-8th June, 17-20th July and 3-5th October for a season finale absolutely innovative.
"The Audi Sailing Series has already celebrated five editions representing a well established reality in the international calendar, for the year to come we will keep on being focused and committed with our growing process that over the past seasons has rewarded our hard work in many ways – says BPSE Ceo, Riccardo Simoneschi. At the moment we are on a so called "work in progress" stage, however I can state the above mentioned acts furthermore over the next weeks we will be shaping up some new initiatives that will be giving that plus in the circuit making it more and more competitive, prestigious and unique".
View The Full Audi Melges 20 Schedule


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1913, with a Mr. Re, China; October 5, 1913, sold by Mr. Re to Koichi Hayasaki (b. 1874 - d. 1956) and taken to Japan [see note 1]; December, 1913, shipped to Boston and purchased by the MFA. (Accession Date: January 8, 1914) NOTES: [1] Koichi Hayasaki served as the MFA's purchasing agent in China.
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Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) Series
The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) is a multi-site, longitudinal, epidemiological study designed to examine the health of women during their middle years. The study examines the physical, biological, psychological and social changes during this transitional period. The goal of SWAN's research is to help scientists, health care providers and women learn how mid-life experiences affect health and quality of life during aging.
SWAN began in 1994 and is co-sponsored by the National Institute on Aging ( NIA), the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Research on Women's Health, and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Between 1996 and 1997, 3,302 participants joined SWAN through seven designated research centers. Each follow-up wave included participants from the initial wave. The research centers are located in the following communities: Ypsilanti and Inkster, MI (University of Michigan); Boston, MA (Massachusetts General Hospital); Chicago, IL (Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center); Alameda and Contra Costa County, CA (University of California Davis and Kaiser Permanente); Los Angeles, CA (University of California at Los Angeles); Hackensack, NJ (Hackensack University Medical Center); and Pittsburgh, PA (University of Pittsburgh).
SWAN participants represent five racial/ethnic groups and a variety of backgrounds and cultures. Respondent race and education variables are found within the Cross-Sectional Screener Dataset (ICPSR #4368). The SWAN series data can be linked via the variable SWANID, however, the ID variable name in the Cross-Sectional Screener Dataset is named "ID"; users will need to rename the variable prior to merging.


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To better serve the people of Warwick during a crisis, such as a hurricane or flood, Mayor Scott Avedisian and his administration instituted a new rapid emergency notification service, CodeRED.
The city purchased the system from CodeRED Emergency Communications Network for $19,000 before Hurricane Sandy. Funds came from the Warwick Fire Department's EMA budget and cover an entire year of use. Warwick is one of the first municipalities in Rhode Island to buy the system, said Warwick Fire Department Chief Ed Armstrong.
According to the city website at warwickri.gov, "The system will distribute emergency messages via telephone to targeted areas or the entire county at a rate of 1,000 calls per minute." It "employs a one-of-a-kind Internet mapping capability for geographic targeting of calls, coupled with a high speed telephone calling system capable of delivering customized pre-recorded emergency messages directly to homes and businesses, live individuals and answering machines."
Residents are able to register for free via the city website. By doing so, they will be added to the emergency call list.
If the city chooses not to purchase the system in the future, the company will delete all contact information from their files. They do not sell or give out any information.
Armstrong said more than 3,100 people signed up within the first three days it was active, with Monday being the first day.
"In the course of the night from 6 o'clock [Monday] night until 9 o'clock [yesterday] morning, we had over 500 people sign up over the Internet or by calling it in," Armstrong said. "CodeRED gives us the ability to notify citizens within a few minutes if they must evacuate an area."
Avedisian said when Armstrong tried to reach businesses during the storm, they only had office numbers. This made it nearly impossible for them to speak with owners and help them.
"If you couldn't get to your business, how could we get to you to tell you what was going on?" he said. "Previously, we used a reverse 911 system, and it was good. It got the word out to a lot of people, but we kept saying, 'There's got to be something else.'"
Then, Avedisian heard of the program, which allows people to choose a particular phone number, email, Twitter account, Facebook or other method to reach them in case of an emergency.
"During Sandy, we weren't fully operating the program," he said. "It was just a matter of timing as to when it was going to be out there and fully operational."
The administration recently decided to test it by sending out a message about the flu vaccination. As noted, Avedisian said the response was "amazing," with at least 3,100 people responding since the call went out Monday.
The only issue, said Avedisian, is getting information from people who don't have Internet accessibility. Most likely, the city will use landlines to contact these residents.
"The whole goal is to figure out what the mode of communication that gets us to the person that we need to reach," he said. "For some people it will be regular phones, some will be cell phones, some will be through text messages, some will be online Tweeting or on Facebook. If we're not getting the information to you, give us the proper way to get it to you."
He also said the city does not plan to overuse it. Again, it will only be used in emergency circumstances.
"I don't want people to say, 'Oh, it's them again,'" said Avedisian. "We'll try to make sure that it has an important nature so that it doesn't become too common. The best thing for us is that now we'll have an ability to say, 'OK. This is the way that they want us to contact them."
Additionally, said Avedisian, he and Armstrong are pleased that people are calling to tell them what a great idea they think it is. Residents are also telling Armstrong to make sure they reach out to particular citizens who have unlisted numbers.
While the city has had a special needs directory for quite sometime, the new system has encouraged people to call and let the administration know that other people need to be placed on this directory. During storms, someone who might need dialysis, for example, will be taken care of.
"People are now calling in and saying, 'This person wouldn't be on any of your lists. You should call and get them registered,'" Avedisian said. "Not only is it a technology to make it right for people but a way for us to show people that we care. Using the technology to our benefit is really helpful."


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We've all been there. A big deadline is hours away, and we're too busy channel surfing or sorting the silverware drawer to make any progress on the real task at hand. Procrastination rears its ugly head, just when we can least afford it to. It's only later that we have to pay the consequences.
Procrastination comes down to prioritization. When it seems like we have forever to accomplish something (even when it doesn't seem that way), less important tasks find their way to the top of the to-do list. I, myself, went for a long walk, read part of a book I didn't care about and watched three TV shows I DVR'd last week before sitting down to write this article… about procrastination. Irony aside, with tax season upon us, and the tax deadline drawing closer and closer, here are a few ways to avoid procrastination.
Stay Organized
If all the necessary materials are in the same place, filing taxes becomes a whole lot quicker and easier. More importantly, a little organization will motivate you to get them finished. It's much easier to get off the couch and grab one envelope of receipts than it is to track down an entire year of spending. Having to spend a few days gathering materials just increases the odds that you won't even take that first step. Keep your tax information in one, centralized place all year long. When March or, let's face it, April rolls around next year, you'll be ready.
Set Specific Dates for Progress
Set a date on the calendar to prepare your taxes. Decide which date you'll head down to the local tax preparation professional. Circle it in black magic marker; program reminders on your computer or smartphone. Setting a date, especially if that means making an appointment somewhere, will define a timeline for completing the task. Setting a date as early as possible will help you avoid the inevitable rush of procrastinators filing their forms in mid-April.
Don't Stress
Stress is just a self-imposed roadblock. Making progress on your taxes, or any large task, helps to avoid the inevitable stress of tackling something last minute. Try not to stress over the fact that improper taxes could land you in prison. Try not to stress over the fact that missing the IRS deadline means literally paying the price, in the form of penalties. Instead, take an afternoon off and go have fun, guilt free. This will help you relax and quell the feeling that this task is making you to miss out on life. With all the fun out of the way, those taxes will seem more manageable. You'll be ready to dive in.
These are the three most helpful tactics I've found for overcoming procrastination. If only I'd practiced what I preach back in college… Because if you're reading this a couple hours before the deadline, these tips won't do you much good. My advice then is to put on a big pot of coffee, sharpen that pencil and get to work. The time for procrastination solutions has passed.
Tomorrow, when crunch time is over and the W-2s have settled, you can set about solving the procrastination problem for next year. Or at least put it off until later.
Kyle Ayers is a writer for CBS Local and KorkedBats.com, as well as a stand up comedian living in New York, Earth. Follow Kyle on Twitter @kyleayers.


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Bamako: Drunk soldiers looted Mali`s presidential palace hours after they declared a coup on Thursday, suspending the Constitution and dissolving the institutions of one of the few established democracies in this troubled corner of Africa.
The whereabouts of the country`s 63-year-old President Amadou Toumani Toure, who was just one month away from stepping down after a decade in office, could not be confirmed.
The soldier heading the group of putschists said on state television late Thursday that Toure is "doing well and is safe". Captain Amadou Haya Sanogo refused to say where the ousted leader is being kept, and did not make clear if they are holding him.
The scene in this normally serene capital was unsettling to those proud of Mali`s history as one of the few mature democracies in the region. Soldiers smelling of alcohol ripped flat-screen TVs, computer monitors, printers and photocopiers out of the presidential palace, carting them off in plain sight. Others in pickup trucks zoomed across the broad avenues, holding beer bottles in one hand and firing automatic weapons with the other.
The mutineers said they were overthrowing the government because of its mishandling of an ethnic Tuareg insurgency in the country`s north that began in January. Soldiers sent to fight the separatists have been killed in large numbers, often after being sent to the battlefield with inadequate arms and food supplies, prompting fierce criticism of the government.
The coup began on Wednesday, after young recruits mutinied at a military camp near the capital. The rioting spread to a garrison thousands of miles (kilometres) away in the strategic northern town of Gao.
At dawn on Thursday, some 20 soldiers huddled behind a table, facing the camera on state television. They introduced themselves as the National Committee for the Reestablishment of Democracy and the Restoration of the State, known by its French acronym, CNRDR.
"The CNRDR representing all the elements of the armed forces, defensive forces and security forces has decided to assume its responsibilities and end the incompetent and disavowed regime of Amadou Toumani Toure," they said, reading from a statement. "The objective of the CNRDR does not in any way aim to confiscate power, and we solemnly swear to return power to a democratically-elected president as soon as national unity and territorial integrity are established."
The soldiers said they intended to hand over power to an elected government, though they made no mention of the fact that elections were supposed to be held on April 29. Toure was not in the race, as he has already served the maximum two terms.
Criticism of the coup was swift. France is suspending all government cooperation with Mali, except for aid. In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said officials were meeting to discuss whether to cut off the USD 137 million in annual US assistance.
The United Nations Security Council issued a statement denouncing the coup, calling for the safety and security of the president, for the troops to return to their barracks, and for the restoration of democracy.
The coup is a major setback for Mali, a landlocked nation of 15.4 million which is dirt-poor but fiercely proud of its democratic credentials. The current President, a former parachutist in the Army, came to power himself in a 1991 coup. He surprised the world when he handed power to civilians, becoming known as "The Soldier of Democracy". A decade later, he won the 2002 election and was re-elected in 2007. There was never any question that Toure — known by his initials ATT — would step down at the end of his term next month.
"The situation is grave for our democracy and our republican institutions," said Ali Nouhoum Diallo, the former president of Mali`s National Assembly. "We cannot approve the seizing of power through force."
The last statement from the presidency came via Twitter from the government`s official account. Late Wednesday, they said: "This is not a coup. It`s just a mutiny."
But as the sound of heavy weapons rang out, the emboldened soldiers encircled the palace. Contacted by telephone, an officer at the palace who requested anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the press said that the president`s bodyguards had failed to fight the renegade soldiers when they burst in. They searched the grounds but could not find Toure.
The mutinous soldiers imposed a nationwide curfew. A flight headed to Bamako was forced to make a u-turn in the air after the borders were closed. At noon, soldiers were still riding on scooters and in pickup trucks shooting in the air, and local media was reporting casualties from stray bullets.
At midday Thursday, coup spokesman Lt Amadou Konare ordered soldiers to stop randomly shooting, and called on the population to stay calm in a communiqué read on state television.
In recent years, the US military has been helping train Malian troops in counterterrorism tactics to fight al Qaeda-linked militants who have established bases in Mali`s northern desert, the same area that is now beset by a Tuareg uprising.
A traditionally nomadic people spread across the Sahara Desert, the Tuaregs have risen up against the central government in Mali several times since the country`s independence from France in 1960.
The newest rebellion launched in mid-January broke years of relative peace, and has been fuelled by the return of Tuaregs from Libya who had fought in Muammar Gaddafi`s Army.
After briefing the Security Council late Thursday, the UN`s head of political affairs B Lynn Pascoe was asked if the coup in Mali was connected to Tuareg alliances with Gaddafi.
"Of course there is a relationship," Pascoe said, adding that an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 Tuaregs had returned to Mali after Gaddafi`s fall. "They clearly added much more firepower and drive to this operation, which made it very difficult for the Malian Army to deal with."
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As we approached the end of the rocky shore the Galapagos penguins were awaiting our arrival in their elegant black tailcoats. It had been four months since our last trip and we were all excited to be back with the birds. Some approached us cautiously, others jumped into the water, but most appeared quite indifferent to our presence.
We were all on board the Queen Mabel for this seven day field trip. The team consisted of staff from both the Charles Darwin Foundation and the Galapagos National Park and, having departed from Puerto Ayora on the island of Santa Cruz the previous evening, we arrived into Caleta Iguana on the southern coast of Isabela on the morning of July 16.
Searching along the rugged lava coastline we came across nests with eggs, chicks and adults. This was a great sign and reflected the fact that the conditions this year had been good for the penguins, the water remaining cool enough to provide an abundance of food. This is not always the case. During El Niño years the water temperatures can rise by several degrees, resulting in the penguins primary food source, sardines, moving away from the area to find cooler waters.
In the afternoon we drove around to the Marielas Islands off the west coast of Isabela which is home to the largest population of Galapagos penguins. At this site we went about catching individuals so that we could record size and weight, attach ID tags, and collect samples for genetic analysis. We tagged a total of 78 penguins during the trip, 37 of which we had recorded in previous trips. Using this mark-recapture technique allows us to make population size estimates and track trends which are backed up by an annual census that is carried out every September.
Flightless cormorants were next on the agenda. We visited three colonies around Punta Espinoza on Fernandina where we carried out similar catch and release sampling to the penguins. Forty-eight cormorants were caught in total, only 9 of which had not been previously recorded. This was a surprisingly low percentage of new individuals and could signify that the population size is decreasing, knowledge of which highlights the importance of carrying out such regular surveys.
Our last job was to collect the data recorded by special meteorological loggers which help us to understand the micro-climates in some areas. Once this was complete, the team returned home but will be back in December to carry out the final survey of the year.
Since last year the Galapagos Conservation Trust has been running a Galapagos Penguin Appeal in order to be able to provide continued financial support to this essential monitoring project. For more information, please visit www.penguinappeal.org.


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The Foundry Brew pub and Canterbury Brewers and Distillers are moving 50 metres around the corner to 77 Stour Street.
We close at old site on Sunday 7th October and reopen at the new site on Saturday 13th October.
The Foundry is unique craft brewery, restaurant and bar; located just off the high street in White Horse Lane. This industrial two storey building, originally a Victorian Foundry, produced cast metal items that went all over the empire. Watch the production of our fine cask ales, in our own display microbrewery, whilst reading the newspaper and enjoying a pint or a meal from our extensive food menu, either downstairs or in our convivial upstairs area.
An exciting range of local beers, ciders, lagers and world bottled beers, spirits and wine are also on offer within our warm, relaxed and informal atmosphere.
A great place to avoid the hubbub of the city and rest weary feet after enjoying the sights of historic Canterbury.
Please drink responsibly
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The last three movies produced by Mark Burg — a sequel to "Saw," the remake "Texas Chainsaw 3D" and a violent revenge tale called "The Tortured" — were all rated R for "grisly" and "sadistic" violence and were hardly pleasant experiences for characters trying to remain alive.
But Hollywood has a habit of making strange bedfellows, and when Burg's latest project arrives in theaters on Friday, fans of the horror veteran's work may be surprised by its story: "Grace Unplugged" is a Christian drama about a church singer (AJ Michalka) whose estrangement from her evangelical father mirrors the prodigal son parable in the Gospel of Luke.
Opening on 511 screens, "Grace Unplugged" is hoping to satisfy a largely overlooked segment of the moviegoing audience — people who support family-friendly entertainment that carries a devotional message. Such films tend to trickle out every year or so, and once in a while the return on investment is staggering.
In 2011, the $2-million "Courageous" grossed $34.5 million in domestic theaters, the $500,000 "Fireproof" sold $33.5 million in tickets in 2008, and two years ago the $18-million "Soul Surfer" grossed more than $43.8 million. Unlike even low-budget horror movies that need an advertising campaign of about $30 million to launch them, Christian-tilting films are usually much cheaper to market because churches across the nation can help spread the word for free.
Made for just $1.7 million, "Grace Unplugged" opens in Birmingham, Ala., where 18-year-old Grace Trey (Michalka) and her father, Johnny (James Denton), are playing devotional songs for a small congregation. It's clear the two are clashing over their performances, and Grace feels her inflexible and authoritative father — "I'm the one in charge of the band," he admonishes her — is crimping not only her music but also her professional ambitions.
After a fight with her father, Grace decides to leave for Hollywood, where she connects with a record producer named Frank Mostin (Kevin Pollack), who once made albums with her father, when Johnny was a hard-living rock and roller. Frank encourages Grace to dump her Christian music in favor of pop tunes, and hires a stylist to tart her up a bit. Southern California has its temptations — alcohol, single men, nightclubs — but it's not some wicked Gomorrah, as the genre typically might have it.
Before long, Grace is succeeding. But her climb up the charts carries a personal price. Is she living for God, or for herself? Can she own her faith, and thereby be reconciled with her family?
Michalka, who said she has been doing nearly as many interviews with secular news outlets as religious ones, believes that the movie — rated PG for thematic elements and brief teen drinking — can appeal to mainstream moviegoers in addition to the core Christian audience.
"The movie really does plant its feet in both worlds," Michalka said. "For me, it's really, truly and purely a family film."
"Grace Unplugged" was directed and co-written by Brad Silverman and produced by Russ Rice, conservative Christians who met at Grace Community Church in Canyon Country several years ago and have worked on industrial and educational films. They previously collaborated on "No Greater Love," which was released by Lionsgate's home video division in 2010 without being shown in theaters.
Not long after "No Greater Love" was released, the pair pitched their "Grace Unplugged" treatment to Lionsgate's Anne Parducci, the studio's executive vice president of marketing for home entertainment. "I thought it was a very fresh concept and I loved the Christian music component," Parducci said. "I was convinced it was a marketable movie."
Burg, whose "Saw" films were released by Lionsgate, separately had connected with financiers Chris Zarpas ("The Sandlot") and Robert Norton, who were interested in trying to raise money for a slate of Christian films. Zarpas and Norton were introduced to Silverman and Rice, and they worked to develop the script, but the project eventually lost momentum.
The "Grace Unplugged" script made its way to Burg, where it sat on his bedside table for weeks. Intrigued, Burg's wife, Shainaz Donnelly, picked it up, read it and insisted her husband do the same. "It was not what I do. I come home at night and read horror scripts," Burg said.
But he read it anyway. "I loved it," said Burg, who is Jewish. He called Lionsgate and worked out a deal where he would split the film's production costs with the studio. Silverman and Rice had a green light, with Silverman directing. They said they didn't believe they were making a deal with a horror movie devil because Burg said he trusted them. "Mark just respected the fact that we knew our audience," Silverman said.
The director, who has worked as an actor and stand-up comedian, said that he never intended to make a movie that attacked the entertainment industry.
"We didn't want to demonize Hollywood and the music business," Silverman said. "From a storytelling point of view, that would have been a very shallow approach: Christian music good, popular music bad."
At the same time, the filmmakers wanted to make sure that the film's central message wasn't diluted by the studio. "We were scared to death," Silverman said. So the two negotiated for and were promised, as Rice puts it, "complete control over all of the spiritual content."
They said they didn't have to argue with Burg. "He protected our core audience as much as we did," Rice said.
Roadside Attractions, Lionsgate's partner for specialized film titles and the distributor in 2007 of the faith-based films "Bella" and "Amazing Grace," is handling the theatrical release for "Grace Unplugged." Working with several marketing outfits that specialize in reaching Christian ticket buyers, Roadside conducted more than 100 word-of-mouth screenings with church leaders, focusing on youth pastors.
The movie will be shown in theaters where "Fireproof" and "Courageous" played strongly, a heavy emphasis on screens in the South and Midwest. To broaden its appeal — and to show to wavering Christian teens that the movie is not too doctrinaire — Roadside also is advertising "Grace Unplugged" on "Glee" and "The Voice."
"It's a challenging film in that none of the movies in the genre are in the prodigal-daughter vein," said Roadside's co-president, Howard Cohen. "But while it obviously has a very strong message, we think it successfully uses entertainment to put that message across."
That's not the only marketing issue. A day before "Grace Unplugged" opens, Kirk Cameron's spiritual documentary, "Unstoppable," which grossed more than $2 million in a one-night engagement on 700 screens on Sept. 24, will enjoy an encore, single-evening screening nationwide.
Burg laughs about how "Grace Unplugged" differs from his "Saw" films, whose harshest critics equate them with "torture porn."
"Are you telling me there is nothing socially redeeming about 'Saw'?" Burg said. He is busy at work developing another Christian-themed project with Silverman and Rice.
"I'm as proud of this movie as any movie I've made," said Burg, who has four children whose ages range from a newborn to 15. "But it is special to me, because my kids can see it."


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Have You Heard About… Tooth Fairy 2
… Larry the Cable Guy in a pink tutu? Larry the Cable Guy plays Larry Guthrie, a bumbling but loveable guy who is trying to win his girl, Brooke, back from Beau, who's running for mayor. In Tooth Fairy 2, Larry lets slip that there is no tooth fairy. Big mistake. The head of the tooth fairies, who looks like a kid, is actually 500 years old and hears of this grave misspoken mistake. In order for Larry to win Brooke back he has to be a tooth fairy, dressed in a pink tutu. Mean ol' Beau steals new toys from Brooke's after-school day care to make Larry look bad. You'll crack up at all of the situations that Larry gets into. You'll meet Crusher the pig who helps Larry along. Will Larry collect all of the teeth he needs to git-r-done and win Brooke back?
This is a DVD for the entire family. You won't have to explain to little kids what's real or isn't. It's magic! In the special extras at the end the Tooth Fairy/Larry explains why you lose baby teeth, which is pretty cute also.
If you enjoy this DVD you might also like to check out the original Tooth Fairy with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. The very end of that DVD is well after the credits, and you don't want to miss it.
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Last night was one of the worst in memory. I have been suffering for a few days now since having the latest lot of Rituximab treatment. I recall feeling a little bit under the weather for a couple of days when I have had the treatment before but nothing like the last few days. It started with a pretty sleepless night the day of the treatment and, feeling fed up the following morning, I tried to busy myself with stuff around the house. Luckily I had the company of my superstar sister who was on hand to play nurse for the day. Even though I couldn't really rest, I didn't have much energy either, so my day was spent switching from small bursts of energy to do the washing up or make some dinner and followed by 2 or 3 hours lying on the sofa.
I had some work obligations to do the following day and even though I slept pretty well the night before I awoke feeling exhausted. I managed to pull myself together for the day because it was important, although I am not quite sure how I did it because I was in agony most of the day and on a completely different planet. I battled through anyway knowing that there was a hot bath and bed waiting for me on the other side. I was feeling quite low in mood by the time I got home and definitely not quite right in the head (my brain felt like cotton wool to be honest) but I thought a good night sleep would sort it out.
I battled with sleep through the night again but did manage to get a few hours in between the tossing and turning but when the morning finally came I was definitely feeling more than under the weather. I spent yesterday feeling absolutely horrendous but with no obvious symptoms. I can't quite describe it, I wasn't in pain as such or suffering with anything in particular, it was just like I had this big, dark, damp cloud wrapped around me that I couldn't shift. I ached but not in usual places, my mood was incredibly low (spent the whole day crying at silly TV shows that weren't even that depressing) and I didn't have the energy to do anything. Every time I stood up my head filled with fog and I struggled to stand and prepare meals. So I pretty much switched between the couch, my bed and quick stops in the kitchen when I could manage it. All I wanted to do was sleep, but sleep wouldn't come.
Praying that all would be well once I slipped into the comfort of my bed last night, I took my usual cocktail of pills and waited to drift off. After an hour of tossing and turning, it was clear it was going to be a long night. I hate night times; they are so unwelcoming with this disease sometimes. You pray all day for bed time to come because you are exhausted and then when it finally does, sleep is the most difficult task. It's like your body plays tricks on you wanting you to sleep at stupid times when you have things to do during the day, yet when sleep is appropriate, your mind won't play ball.
Last night was horrendous. I can't put my finger on what was preventing me from sleep because I was exhausted. I had this weird uncomfortable feeling across my shoulders and neck which wasn't painful just really frustrating. It made finding a comfortable position impossible. So I wandered around the house at unearthly hours, attempted to sleep on the sofa, the spare room (so I wouldn't wake my boyfriend) and even tried the floor. Nothing worked and the frustration was unbearable. I wanted to scream out for help at one point but nothing was actually wrong, I just wanted so much to go to sleep. I don't understand the concept of sleep, if you are so incredibly tired then why won't your mind just let you rest? I don't think I've ever been happier than when I heard my boyfriends alarm go off this morning. It meant the night of pure torture was finally over, even if I still felt horrendous.
Today I am still suffering with my flu like symptoms of having a temperature, aching body, strange tummy and generally feeling like crap. I am so upset because I have work to do and no energy to do it. I need to get out of the house but haven't the strength or mental ability to actually put that into action. So instead I sit here, covered with a blanket and shivering (even though my house is like a sauna thanks to central heating). The one good thing is that after running out of painkillers at the weekend, I finally managed to get some relief this morning from the chemist. Not exactly a great achievement but for me it's the best I can do right now.
After not suffering too much with previous Rituximab sessions, I am a little concerned that this is going to be the case from now on. I worry I will have to write off an entire week post treatment because of this frustrating black cloud that swallows me up afterwards. It may be nothing to do with the treatment at all, just a coincidence, but hard to see it that way when it has occurred directly after the infusion. I know everyone can expect side effects following medication but I wasn't warned about 'black cloud syndrome' (as I call it). Another good way to describe it would be to think of your worse hangover ever, double it, throw in some confusion and lack of sleep and then you might know how I am feeling right now. The awful thing is that I didn't even have the wild night out to blame it on.
So I will continue to plough through the fog that is my day and hope that tonight will bring sleep and tomorrow will be an end to this Rituxi-hangover. Oh and I have the next infusion in just over a week to look forward to. Super. Best not make any plans for the week after that one then...


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Day Earns College's Top Teaching Awardby Steve Charles • April 30, 2010 Share:
The man Dean of the College Gary Phillips calls "the epitome of the Wabash teacher/scholar, whose career is itself an epigram of the way one lives and loves the liberal arts," Professor of Classics Joe Day was honored Thursday night as the 2010 winner of the McLain-McTurnan-Arnold Award for Excellence in Teaching.
"Here we see our best aspirations honored," President Pat White said as he welcomed guests to the College's 2010 Awards Chapel, which celebrated Day and more than 100 students for excellence in their work at the College.
See photo albums from Awards Chapel here.
A 27-year Wabash veteran and the 2009 Indiana Classics Teacher of the Year, Day received a standing ovation as strode down the Chapel aisle to receive his prize. It was an historic moment, both for the College and the Day family: Professor of Classics Leslie Day earned the McLain-McTurnan Arnold award in 1996, making the Days the first couple in which both members have won the College's top award for teaching.
"After the ceremony, Leslie told me that she's known I had won the award for two weeks," Day said. "Boy, can she keep a secret! I revel in her joy, her beaming face as Gary was reading. That adds a lot to the meaning.
"I am more than happy—as my sainted mother would put it, I was tickled pink—to win the award. It means a lot to me. I'm also extremely pleased by the context in which the award was given: Classics majors and minors made off with a whole raft of significant awards last night, and they and I are enjoying our mutual recognition. I'm referring to Classics Department majors Mitch Brown, John Henry, and Denver Wade, and to minors like Kevin Andrews, Adam Brasich, David Haggard, and Jacob Stump.
"To be honored for teaching alongside some of the students you have taught is intense joy."
Leslie Day was even more specific in noting the "coincidence" that both she and Joe had won this award in years their students had won big as well.
"When I got the award, our senior major that year was [now Wabash Professor] Jeremy Hartnett, who got a Mackintosh, the Classics prize, and the Phi Beta Kappa Prize (for his senior thesis with me)--and I walked off with the Big Mac. Jeremy went on to grad school in Classics. This time Mitch Brown got a Mackintosh, the Classics Prize, and the Phi Beta Kappa Prize (for his senior thesis with Joe)--and Joe walked off with the Big Mac. Mitch is going on to Cincinnati for a Ph.D in Classics."
"Joe Day has the reputation of being a superb lecturer, able to turn a phrase, focus an argument, and condense in a most succinct way the central meaning of a text or event or cultural moment," Dean Phillips said. "Socratic instruction is his preferred style. One graduating senior, who is not a major in our winner's department, confided to me in his senior exit interview that he so enjoyed our winner's lectures that he would walk over to his classroom just to stand in the hallway outside the classroom and listen."
Day himself has written, "I consider it my sacred mission to help students fall in love with details and find in them the wherewithal to envision ancient lives as they were actually led. Not that I want them to memorize and parrot back information, but to develop a certain habit of mind whereby they enjoy details for themselves."
In recent years, Day has concentrated his scholarship on the epigram—a brief, clever, and usually memorable statement derived from the Greek word meaning "to write on, inscribe." Phillips said he could imagine the most appropriate epigram written on the syllabi for Professor Joe Day's courses: Love the details, live restlessly, learn so as to exceed your limits.


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