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Posted: Fri 15 Feb 2008, 20:46
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I downloaded ftree, extracted it, stuck it in the right directory and shazaam! it works like a charm. The learning curve was fairly shallow and I was able to use it almost immediately.
I don't expect this is the program for really serious genealogists, but for rank amateurs, like me, it works really well and I've been having a lot of fun messing with it. I'd kind of like to get some of this information saved before any more of the older generation die off. Time is VERY short. As far as older generations go, I guess I'm getting close to being about next in line -- kind of spooky.
I have some old data that was on paper that traces parts of the family back to 18th century Germany and Scandinavia. It was easy to get it put into the program and now I think I have it saved so that most genealogy programs can open it.
What fun.
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Posted: Thu 10 Jul 2008, 21:37
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A brief follow-up on the latest wine (they've got to version 1.0 at last) and Windows family history software.
The commercial Roots Magic 3 ($30US but the free trail version - 9MB download - can do quite a lot by way of evaluation) now appears to work fully with Puppy and wine 1.0. The Wine testers have given Roots Magic a "platinum" rating.
Running the trial version, I can add people pictures which had previously been reported as causing the program to crash.
Modifying or adding data opens a non-full-screen window which becomes the working window leaving an inoperative full window behind. The new window has to be full-screened to keep going - switching back to the original window was not successful.
Some dialog boxes were slow to do their thing, but eventually did so.
I found Roots Magic 3 fairly similar to PAF5 but without the font problem of PAF5. A Roots Magic 4 is promised by the programmers to be coming soon.
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Posted: Thu 02 Oct 2008, 11:55
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As a newcomer to both linux and puppy I was disheartened to find little here for the serious genealogist. I have been a long time user of Legacy family tree which I feel is the best. I tried to get it to work with wine but it just won't! I don't know if Gramps will work with puppy yet, anyone else know? I have looked at Ftree but think it is way to lightweight for my needs, Rootsmagic is a possibility but I am not sure yet, still evaluating it. PAF won't accept my gedcom for some reason so that's out. What am I missing here! Don't tell me I will have to go back to XP please!
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Posted: Thu 02 Oct 2008, 15:40
Post subject: Geneweb: a candidate
This is one strong contender, since it uses browser interface as the user GUI. It has also many localisations.
I do not know how well it would work with Puppy, since the dB part of it will be configured as a local host. Probably quite well after some tweaking by a Linux expert.
I have used it in MacOSX and Windows.
It doesn't crash and handles large amounts of data.
(Continued 29.October).
I have tried to install it to Puppy with no success. The package is downloaded and is extracted well. The obstacle is getting the gwsetup to work properly. An installer would be required for persons with modest knowhow like me.
The idea of Geneweb is to launch first "gw service" which is a compiled executive running in RAM. After that you need to run "gwsetup" at least once. When run, and after databases have been defined, the rest will be handled by a browser. Anything going to the database(s) is input via the browser UI, or imported via GEDCOM files. The importation, exportation and report generation are all possible with the browser GUI. That fits very well with Puppy ideology. The gw service reserves maybe 1 or 2 M RAM: It is not a heavy application.
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Posted: Tue 28 Oct 2008, 10:52
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Here is OhmiGene 2.21 linux version (special offer for Toutou Linux and Puppy linux users by the owner). It is a french localized program. I know it exists an english version for Windows and Mac.
I've made a Pet package for french people. Download
The package creates two entries in the menu Personal. One for the application, the other for the help (Aide in french
is the English web page of OhmiGene.
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Location: Chatswood, NSW
Posted: Sat 15 Nov 2008, 04:21
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A brief update on some Windows family history programs.
The semi-most-recent version of wine in Pet form, wine-1.1.7, rectifies the erratic fonts problem with PAF5.
Legacy 6 still just about opens but stalls for me when it tries to call up a html page and wine wants to load the gecko rendering engine which does not seem to work, even with winetricks.
Legacy 4 will load under wine-1.1.7 (the password is "history") and import a GEDCOM. Display is a bit crude however.
Roots Magic 3 still looks reasonable under wine, with Roots Magic 4 soon to be released.
David S.
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Posted: Mon 12 Jan 2009, 02:21
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Posted: Mon 12 Jan 2009, 02:21
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RootsMagic 4 is out in a pre-beta trial now. The GUI seems improved. Definitely not ready for real use, but appears to maybe run OK with wine.
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Posted: Mon 12 Jan 2009, 03:49
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I don't mean to get off topic at all but does anyone know if any of these possibilities is compatible with Windows programs like Familytree Maker. my aunt has our genealogy tracked back to around 800 A.D. and it would be fun if the databases were compatible.
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Posted: Mon 12 Jan 2009, 08:51
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Yes, these and most such programs use GEDCOM files.
(GEDCOM, an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunication, is a specification for exchanging genealogical data between different genealogy software)
There may be problems linking attached photos, but the basic data is no problem.
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Posted: Wed 10 Mar 2010, 20:08
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Subject description: Wine is definitely improving with age
G'day genies,
Another update on Wine and Windows genealogical programs.
I have now Wine-1.1.40 installed in a few recent Pups and have no problems running Roots Magic 4 (as the free trial) and PAF5.
I have installed the Mozilla Gecko cab file to /usr/share/wine/gecko - this sometimes had come up via a wine dialog box as being needed. I now get Legacy 6 to at least start, open a family data file, and take new text data. It won't shut down correctly when, I assume, the prompt for a backup occurs.
I have not tried adding media data or files to these programs which is a problem sometimes reported with these under wine.
So for these very good Windows genealogy programs, wine is getting better, on the whole, but it is still possibly safer to do your basic stuff on your dual-boot Windows and just look at the data on Puppy/wine.
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Posted: Wed 10 Mar 2010, 20:15
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ttuuxxx compiled a Geneology program for Puppy. It is available at
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Subject description: Legacy running with almost latest Wine (rc7)
If you've read through this thread, you'll notice a number of mentions of the Windows-based genealogy program 'Legacy' and a similar number of regrets that it doesn't quite run in Wine.
So I'm very happy to post that green_dome's semi-latest wine pet installed in a number of Puppies on my desktop now enables Legacy to open, edit and save substantial files of family history. I use Legacy 6 so I don't know if Legacy 7, the newest version, will also work.
It is important to put the required .cab file in the right gecko directory.
I expect green_dome's latest wine pet of wine-1.2 will also enable Legacy6, but I haven't had a chance to try wine-1.2 yet.
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Saturday, February 12, 2011
In Defense of Tim McGraw
Episode two of season two of Who Do You Think You Are? (WDYTYA) featured country singer, Tim McGraw. The show made a quick leap back to late 1700s Virginia and then wrapped up with early 1700s New York.
Every episode of WDYTYA needs to be different in terms of historical content as well as personality in order to reach out to a broad group of people. Last night's show was very different from the Vanessa Williams episode. There weren't any emotional tugs or teary moments. We weren't cheering Tim on in the same we were cheering on Vanessa.
The fact is that the Williams episode was more of a "chick flick" and the McGraw episode was more of "man's man" show. I'm not saying that all genealogists like chick flicks but genealogists certainly do like a good story. For me, last night's show was something that a regular guy could appreciate. My husband is not into genealogy but I think he would have appreciated the McGraw show. The Tim McGraw episode appealed to a much broader male audience. If that's what it takes to get folks interested in researching their family history then I would consider the show a success. So while everyone may have expected the episode to appeal more to women, ultimately it appealed more to men.
I found Tim McGraw to be genuine without being sappy. His consistent curiosity throughout the show was his way of being a part of the discovery process. Clearly, McGraw, who is not a genealogist, quickly grasped the concepts that were presented to him by the professionals. The researchers got to shine in this episode and I appreciated that as well.
I found the historical topics to be very interesting. I knew little about the frontier history of Virginia and its connection to Native Americans and George Washington. So that was informative for me. I was very happy to see the show feature the story of the Palatines, being descended from them myself. It seems like the Palatines are a small segment of history that don't get featured prominently very much.
Was this episode the home run that the Vanessa Williams episode was? Perhaps not, but I still think it was really good. It reached out to a different demographic in a different way. Hopefully the viewers will be inspired by this episode to look into their own family history. If the audiences goes off and has that first conversation with an uncle or an aunt to start learning about their history then that's success.
I think the Tim McGraw episode succeeded. Maybe not in the way you were expecting but it definitely succeeded.
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I agree 100%. I ended up watching the entire program with my husband, mother and even our daughter, who stopped by.
The Vanessa Williams episode didn't really seem to appeal to them the way Tim McGraw's did, I think mainly because of the way Tim's was presented. A more down to earth approach (outside the repository jumping of course)seem to be used with Tim than Vanessa. I certainly enjoyed this episode!
Nice blog!
- AnonymousFebruary 12, 2011 at 9:06 AM
I was wondering how they jumped so many generations. The woman told him they were going to check Ancestry.com. I hope that they didn't just pick out someone's line and go from there. Documentation, documentation, documentation!ReplyDelete
I agree also. If all the episodes were the same then it would be very boring. Vanessa Williams was interesting because of the photos that she was able to get. (We should all be that lucky.) Tim McGraw's had a different view. I learned a lot of history that you don't get in the history books. I hadn't even heard of the Palatines before last night. All the episodes should be a different as they will hold the viewers interest. I enjoyed last years episodes because some of the New England connections. I am looking forward to this years and maybe they will have Acadian/Canadian connections.ReplyDelete
Initially, I thought the episode wasn't that great, but after reading your article, I do agree with you. The bar was set pretty high with VW's episode but not every episode is going to have the same revelations and emotions. Some families may just have generation after generation of regular, hard-working people that aren't going to have anything 'spectacular' about them, and there's nothing wrong with that. However, I think the viewers do want to see ancestors that are famous or have done something historical/out of the ordinary, which is probably why they skipped over so many generations. I do think, though, they could have given a little more information on what happened to the families along the way, but it could just be that they didn't find anything.ReplyDelete
The Tim McGraw episode has been my favorite so far! I learned I have a connection to Tim McGraw with Jost Hite as our mutual ancestor.ReplyDelete
I have been wanting ancestry to do a episode featuring someone with roots back to the early 1700's in Virginia. My maternal line hails from there and almost all of my lines in that direction are documented. I knew as soon as they said Nave and Chrisman from Missouri I might have a connection as those are Virginia names in my lines and I think ancestry was able to skip seven generations b/c the lines are documented with DAR and SAR- although this wasn't mentioned in the episode. Tim's ancestors, The Chrisman's were pioneer settlers in Missoui and I'm sure they are documented well too. But, what can compare with being acquainted with George Washington and then GW referencing your family 20 years later?
Of course, on a personal note, this has been one of the first people ancestry has featured that I actually knew who he was before the show (don't watch TV except for something like WDYTYA).
Can't wait until next Friday night. As the football player in the first season said, "This is getting gooood."
- AnonymousFebruary 12, 2011 at 9:50 AM
I sat and giggled at how many were southwestern VA researchers were saying I am related! You can't do research in that area without meeting up with the Hites.ReplyDelete
Okay just watched this online. First of all let me say I love Country Music but am not a Tim McGraw fan at all!!! I was very hesitant about tonight's show but decided to at least give it a chance. I loved this episode more than Vanessa Williams.ReplyDelete
You mentioned there were no emotional tugs like Vanessa's..... I got teary eyed a few times in this one. Like others, I loved the historical aspects of and the things I learned about history. I also found it fascinating that they were able to stay in the US rather than travel the country in search of records.
I love the saying, "Who do you know who you are if you don't know where you came from?" I think with Tim's episode you see the similarities in different ancestor through his life. He mentioned the entrepreneur in his early ancestors and him selling everything and getting on that bus to Nashville. In my own research I have found the similar things in my ancestors that I see I have inherited from them.
Thought they did a great job on the show. I was disappointed they jumped the generation to get to the Hite Family, but none the less fascinating story!!!
I guess I'm in the minority here. I think this was my least favorite episode of the entire series. I don't know what it was. It did seem thatReplyDelete
Tim was less emotionally involved in the process than some of the earlier male celebrities. Some of the other male viewer comments I've seen besides my own have said the same thing.So while I
didn't HATE it, it just didn't seem to have the impact on me that the other episodes have had. But different strokes for different folks.
Not emotional? How about the lead-in about his abusive (first) father and the difficulty in meeting his real father? As a map fiend, I loved the references to maps and surveying. That 8 generation jump could have been explained better. And anyone who has been to the Library of Congress knows how awe-inspiring that is the first time through the doors. Two thumbs up!ReplyDelete
Interesting post and great comments. I saw emotion, heard Tim choke up early in the program.ReplyDelete
I did not care for the multi generation jump that was glazed over.
I heard a lot of "WOW" when they explained the 16 year old George Washington staying in the Hite's home. I saw some "awe" in his reactions.
Obviously Tim is a different personality, reacts differently.
I still think this years lower key reactions of the guests is easier to watch.
Now, if they would just explain the research process a LITTLE bit more each week.
Ok Sara and others, yes there was emotion in the program. *I* just didn't respond emotionally. Perhaps my emotions were turned off last night :)ReplyDelete
This was my favorite episode so far, both because McGraw has the background that is closest to mine and because I prefer a little more restraint and less mawkishness in the emotions expressed. I also appreciated the maps and the depictions of the historical situations in which his ancestors were living.ReplyDelete
At first I didn't like the Tim McGraw episode. In fact, I actually fell asleep on it last night. Part of that was I was just exhausted but for whatever reason, I also didn't find it that interesting.ReplyDelete
This morning I tried watching it, again, online and had a better reaction to it but I still didn't respond to it the way that I did the Vanessa Williams episode. Of all the episodes to date (Season 1 and 2), for whatever reason, this was one of my least favorite episodes. That being said, I did learn about the Palatines, which I had never heard of until now.
From reading everyone's responses, my thoughts from the genealogist / family researcher point of view is that perhaps people tend to respond emotionally to the episodes that are a lot like their own research.
I enjoyed this episode for the maps but honestly, I wanted to know more about the great-grandmother that was "the glue of the family." The Washington connection was interesting but I was left wanting to know more specifics about grandma's early life.ReplyDelete
I am behind reading posts, and I didn't get a chance to see that episode, but look forward to seeing it in reruns. I have to say that some of the shows seem especially sappy and contrived. I am interested more in the history than what the stars feel about what they just learned. I think this one might appeal to me more.ReplyDelete


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After 2 years of preparation, the Loon Mountain Ski Area opened for business on December 27, 1966. The new area featured a Carroll Reed ski shop and a Jon Putnam ski school. A new 45-room hotel …The Inn … debuted for the 1967-68 season adjacent to the base area, complete with a restaurant, lounge, and indoor swimming pool.
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Following the initial success of Loon Mountain, a 20-year period of vacation home development began. This real estate development boom in vacation homes also included a relatively new concept in ownership called "condominiums," which is simply described as: "a collection of individual home units and common areas along with the land upon which they sit." Also arriving on the scene at this time was an even newer concept of ownership called "timeshare." The term "timeshare" was coined in Europe in the early 1960's, expanding on a vacation system that became popular after World War II. This concept of "sharing" a vacation home was further refined in the following years by dividing a resort room into 1/52 ownership, or owning one week per year.
Mountain Club on Loon Development
In the late 1970's and early 1980's, Loon's condominium construction took place on a large scale, creating new mixed-use resorts like the Village of Loon and others. These resorts offered both whole ownership condominiums in detached single-family and duplex dwellings, as well as apartment-style condominiums in single buildings. Always a destination for seasonal vacationers looking to rent hotel rooms, these resort properties now offered these larger-than-a-hotel room condominiums as part of the area's rental mix, and included with them new lifestyle choices by providing popular amenities like multiple bedrooms for larger groups; kitchens for preparing meals; outdoor decks, fireplaces, in-room hot tubs, and other up-scale accoutrements.
It was with these vacation renters, and especially Loon Mountain's loyal skiers in mind that development of Loon's only full-service slopeside resort hotel began in 1986, culminating in the opening of the Mountain Club on Loon in 1987. Today, the Mountain Club on Loon is an evolution of many of the condominium ownership concepts that evolved over the past 50 years, coming together to provide its owners and guests with the ultimate in ski resort living. This self-managed 234-room Quartershare Ownership (13 weeks per year) resort has approximately 360 individuals and families who own here. A true condominium hotel, there is an elected Board of Directors and an on-site management company that runs the day-to-day operation overseeing the hotel, restaurant, banquet facility, spa, and health club.


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|2012-11-10, 09:42
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Join Date: Oct 2012
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Forgive my ignorance but...
I don't really get this episode. Their 'force' was frozen right? So how come Satoru can still use his powers during the fight and Saki can't? This is really confusing, could someone clear this up for me?
Thanks in advance
|2012-11-10, 10:18
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^ PK users each have a mantra, sort of a magic spell thing they used to release their power. when the monk saw them talking to the library/minoshiro, he sealed their power and also caused them to forget their own mantrathat's why all five of them cant use their powers.
Saki was able to unlock Satoru's power because 1) she knows Satoru's mantra from a trick she used back in school with the notepad ( but take note she doesn't know her own mantra )
2) She was able to deduce that the "sealing"/"unsealing" ritual was similar or maybe even exactly the same as the coming of age ritual they have all experienced. So she just used that ritual to "give back" Satoru's mantra to him. Which is why Satoru can use cantus/PK
** it is noteworthy that Shun was able to remember his mantra on his own, BUT still unable to release his power since it required that hypnotic ritual.
|2012-11-10, 10:22
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As for Kiromaru I think it's pretty obvious that he was going to cover for them and not mention them since he isn't suppose to have any contact with PK children anyway.
This means everyone just pretend they never saw each other and all is right with the world or so they thought.
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|2012-11-10, 10:56
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Lots of action this time as well.
Satoru was giving it his all, but it was exhausting.
They were lucky Kiroumaru's forced put an end to that rouge tribe.
Satoru if definitely the smarter one of the two.
It's kinda obvious that they'll never be able to fully return home without any consequences after all they now know.
The whole adventure was pretty intense and dangerous.
|2012-11-10, 11:41
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I inferred that Kiroumaru helped them because Satoru protected him from the exploding enemy general. But I agree that the last part of this episode moved awfully quickly, leaving out more steps in the narrative than the show previously had.
|2012-11-10, 12:40
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Man this episode and to some extent the whole arc kind of suffered from an issue I've noticed with a lot of A-1 pictures produced adaptations where there's clearly an effort to start blitzing through arcs creating a disjointed narrative in order to get to more meaty parts of a story. Sword Art Online, Magi and now this show are all kind of starting to suffer from this. This whole arc in the wilderness feels like it was initially planned to be a lot longer and more detailed but got cut down to about an hours worth of content overall to the detriment of being able to grasp and take in all that went on. Really quickly you have the kids splitting off from each other and getting lost, getting roped into this inter-colony war, losing and regaining their cantus, bumbling around and doing a few things to help out the queerats, introducing another colony faction and then suddenly stumbling back into contact with each other and then immediately being back home within a couple minutes of doing so. Hopefully it doesn't cause problems for whatever is to come in the future. It feels like this arc could have lasted at least 6 episodes, but was about half that time.
I'm usually not one that likes to claim "ZOMG Rushed!" all that often, but it's hard not to notice some of the more awkward transitions this arc and how it feels like there were things that were supposed to have happened in-between some events to lead the characters into the situations they find themselves in. It's also becoming increasingly obvious that they probably don't have a enough time to do proper exposition in the show so a lot of key events that probably had a lot of dialogue and fleshing out in the novel are being handled as visual metaphors to get the point across. Fortunately this is one tactic I think has worked for the show so far, I just hope it holds up. How they handle the next arc of the show is probably going to play a big part in deciding whether this show becomes something special this season or just another solid intrigue piece on a season that has quite a few that are starting to pull a little ahead of it on that front simply by having a little better pacing and more concise world building.
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|2012-11-10, 13:32
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I just caught up with the series after missing some episodes, so I think everything has been said already... just one thing, though: it's getting really difficult to take the bakenezumi seriously. Maybe it's the way they look, maybe it's the clichéd samurai-esque outfit Kiroumaru had in this episode (seriously, come on, it's rat people 1000 years in the future!), maybe it's the sheer impossibility of speaking perfectly pronounced Japanese while obviously not having the mouth and teeth shapes for it (okay, this is probably just nitpicking but I find it jarring)... Anyway, I'm glad the show seems to be moving away from them for at least a little while.
Another weird thing in this episode was Satoru randomly realizing how weird it was that kids kept disappearing from school. I thought there was some sort of memory manipulation going on, but apparently not? They just never cared when someone went missing? o_o) Did I miss something?
Also, I agree with Kaioshin Sama about the whole mini-arc feeling sort of rushed - it wasn't that bad I think, but many of the scene transitions were pretty awkward. Then again, I suppose the entire point of the arc was to introduce viewers to the world of the bakenezumi, and it did a good job on that. I guess it's not the anime's fault that the whole "rat people" thing is pretty hard to swallow.
Ah well, aside of all these, the show is still great, and I look forward to the timeskip and the changes it brings. (Ha, finally Shun and Satoru have their "who is the alpha male here, anyway" fight?)
|2012-11-10, 14:18
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Bittersweet Distractor
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 27
Yeah I gotta say that while I really loved the first 5 episodes of this show, these last two have felt strangely disjointed and lack the impact of its first 5. Probably the weakest of the show so far and am pretty disappointed with the cutting and splicing directing that transitions abruptly TOO much.
There were at least 3-4 times this episode that skipped ahead and I felt like I had walked out of the room for a minute. I am still able to follow the story, but it definitely isn't smooth and less enjoyable for me
It's a shame because it was the direction and cinematography that really sold on this show, and those two things severely dropped in quality these last two episodes.
|2012-11-10, 14:23
|Link #29
The storytelling problems are more likely caused by Sogo Masashi who is responsible for the series composition. In the past he has responsible for Fairy Tail, Bleach and Gantz (among others), and older viewers should remember very well how the last one was butchered (like Shin Sekai yori for understandable reasons), while the former two is probably what he wanted to turn the original story into
Anyway, all these problems shouldn't be a surprise to anyone, changing the theme of the novel was obvious pretty early that will make things harder, it's just that the episode directors were doing a better job during the first episodes.
Nonetheless, I hope that as the characters become older and kids fail to follow the "story", those understandable reasons will be a lessened inhibition in using the original story and developing the characters, instead of animating "Bleach fillers" in an interesting setting
PS/EDIT: I can only remember one show that had such atrocious transitions from novel chapter to chapter... KoreZon S1
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|2012-11-10, 15:04
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Join Date: Dec 2004
One of these days I'm going to buy the novel someplace that doesn't kill my wallet for shipping and handling, and read it to see if it's really full of explicit sex. (Considering the Amazon reviews for the manga that were written before the anime started airing, I'm inclined to believe the opposite...)
I agree though that the anime adaptation of Bleach sucked. (It wasn't even the fillers, it was... everything. The only good thing that came out of the anime were a few of the seiyuu who were great in their roles. And the music was pretty good, too.)
|2012-11-10, 15:47
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@Kuromitsu: I have to wait only 3 weeks to evade the shipping and import robbery But, to the point, it's not full of explicit sex, but it should be clear to everyone by now and only by watching the anime (ignoring synopsis, reviews and spoilers) that most of the romance (the driving force behind character development and rough entry into adulthood) devolved in the anime adaption to something that Schauble's, Romney's or Ishihara's fangirls can watch without remembering undealt personal traumas... we had NoitaminA for them
PS: Bleach is not the type of anime or manga, I would normally watch or read, but since I unfortunately did... it wasn't that bad until everyone got revived before the vampire arc
PS2: The fact that the juvenile visual adaption exists though, is an excellent promotion (for me) to read the original, which is usually the case with these overpriced advertisements we call anime
|2012-11-10, 15:56
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|2012-11-10, 16:22
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@Kazu-kun: romance is not sex drive (can be, but not always, particularly in popular media)
As for becoming adults next episode, they obviously won't (being back in the academy, et al according to the preview), but at least they are a little older, so some viewers won't freak out as much again (here in the forum too)
Generally, up until now, apart from the obvious to most (I hope) continuity errors, character development is forced (skipping understandably controversial material), and I talk about Saki with both Satoru and Shun (and the boys themselves, as the preview implied)... it does not follow the setting (as presented in the anime, particularly the 4th episode which tried to narrate some of the skipped character development), Maria and Mamoru are completely ditched, in order not to provoke some very annoying manga-fanboys (fangirls in the west)... dunno, I have the feeling that if I manage to read the novel, next month what I have written thus far for the anime would be too kind
It's like a NoitaminA anime, since this season that accursed zone has decent anime, and A-1 tries to cover the gap for OLs
|2012-11-10, 16:40
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Even from the anime only it really doesn't seem like romance (or even sex) is the main driving force behind anything here so far. (And even in our world it's not exactly the only thing that marks entry into adulthood...) Just watching the anime it doesn't seem to be watered down at all in this area, which may be due to skillful writers, or most likely, due to not having a whole lot to water down in the first place. (Also, this is a late night anime, there's absolutely no reason to water anything down, including sex and nudity.)
Looking around on the internet, people are saying that so far the anime has been pretty faithful to the novel (and that the manga contains many diversions and original material). Obviously it can't be 100% faithful because it's an adaptation from book to anime, by people who are not the original author, but if those who have read the novel are happy with the anime so far I have no reason not to believe them.
|2012-11-10, 16:45
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And before the thread gets dragged (once again) into novel comparison, I'll remind everyone that we do have other threads for it. Leave this thread for current episode discussion, take the meta stuff to the other threads.
|2012-11-10, 17:26
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|2012-11-10, 18:13
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Age: 33
It's not that anyone didn't know or cared they were all to afraid to talk about it publicly. Think back to when Saki and her mother in their garden.
|2012-11-10, 19:12
|Link #40
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Wooo! I thought episodes 5 and 6 were a bit iffy. But now it seems like we're back in action.
It's a bit weird that they went back to the village after being worried about Kiroumaru getting execution orders from the Ethics Committee. Did they think the village would figure out nothing? I could understand if they just sneaked in and out to get their mantras, but returning as if everything was normal is a bit weird.
Time skip! And the preview makes me wonder if maybe the five kids are real dangers and should have been weeded out. That would be an ironic twist.
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Really disappointed with this movie. Was not what I thought it would be.
I actually thought it was pretty boring.
The Mighty Thor has been reduced to a moronic sissy. Why do all characters have to be sarcastic and crack jokes? This is the worst Marvel movie to date. I thought Deadpool was lame, but at least it did not destroy years of noble and heroic comic book adventures. Spider-Man is a wise-ass and Tony Stark is sarcastic. All superheroes do not have to be the same. Comedy should not be the goal of all dialogue.
Soooo much fun!
Loved it!
I liked the story, the action and the comedy. Kate Blanchett was an awesome villian. Definitely worth the admission.
This movie is very funny.
Love this movie it's awesome and hilarious
Love the bits of humour throughout the movie . The eye candy is not bad either. Glad there were not sex scenes (Y)
Very entertaining. Lots of humour. Not at all tired of this marvel comics stuff because of the quality writing.
I can't wait for the sequel from this movie. :)
I loved the humor and thr amazing scenes from this movie. I will watching this movie again soon.
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On Wednesday, Facebook launched its new Places feature, which allows you to tell your friends where you are. As is typical of Facebook, you're automatically opted in, and if you don't want to play, you have to take steps to opt out. [For a clarification, see Update 2.0 below.]
In theory, simply not checking in at a location — either via the updated Facebook iPhone app, or through the service's mobile site — would ensure your whereabouts remain unknown. But Places also lets your friends do the checking in for you. You can be "tagged" as being in a location by a friend who's also there.
You could also be tagged at a location even if you're not actually there, which raises all kinds of questions about both privacy and trust . . .
Disabling Facebook Places involves navigating your account's privacy settings. While Facebook may have made it easier earlier this year to figure out its privacy controls, turning off Places requires you tweak settings in multiple locations. There's no one "I don't want to do Places" button.
Here's what you need to do to opt out:
1. While you're logged into Facebook, click on Account in the upper right-hand corner of your main page, then choose Privacy Settings. You'll be at the Choose Your Privacy Settings page.
Note that, from this page, you don't yet see the word "Places". To get there, click the Customize Settings link near the bottom.
2. Look toward the bottom of the "Things I share" category on the Customize Settings page and you'll see two Places-related items.
Click on the drop-down menu for "Places I check in" to change the default of "Friends Only". This option allows you to designate who can see where you've checked in. Your choices are Everyone, Friends and Networks, Friends of Friends, Friends Only and Customize. The last selection lets you get quite detailed, and you can even hide your location from specific people. The dropdown here lets you specify Only Me, the most private setting.
3. Also on the Customize Settings page is "Include me in 'People Here Now' after I check in". If this is enabled, you'll be listed as being present on a location's Places page once you've checked in. For example, if you're at the grocery store and you check in on Places, anyone visiting the store's own Places page will see you're there. Uncheck Enable if you don't want this to happen.
4. Still on the Customize Settings page, scroll down to the "Things others share" category. You'll see "Friends can check me into Places".
By default, this is set to "Select One". Click the drop down and choose Disabled to prevent your friends from disclosing your location.
The folks at Lifehacker have created a useful video showing the steps.
If you're a Facebook user, will you use Places? Or will you choose to opt out?
Update: The Lifehacker item has an update regarding another Places component you may want to turn off:
As commenter Ryan G. points out, your location can be shared with friends' applications as well. To turn that off, you have to go to a completely different section. Click the "Applications and Settings" link (pictured to the left) and then go to the "Info accessible through your friends" section. Click "Edit Settings" and you'll see a bunch of boxes. Anything checked is available to Facebook apps that your friends are using. The last checkbox in this section is "Places I've visited," so uncheck that if you don't want your friends' apps grabbing your location information as well.
Update 2.0: A Facebook spokesperson objected to the characterization of Places being automatically opt-in. Although the privacy settings indicate that parts of Places are active, they don't take effect until the first time you check in at a location. Once you do, you're presented with an opt-in screen as shown below in the iPhone example. (The Web-based version works similarly.)
Once you have clicked that "I Agree" button, the privacy settings I described earlier govern Places' behavior for your account.
One exception, however, is location tagging. You can be tagged as being in a location by a friend, and you'll be sent a request to approve the tag. If you don't respond, the tag notification only shows up on your friend's page — it's similar to a status update — and it's only visible by your friend, and his or her friends. It won't show up on your page until you OK it.
The fact that the privacy settings appear to apply to a working service — even if you haven't yet checked in — is confusing. It implies that Places is active, which is worrisome, particularly in the case of friends checking you in at a location on your behalf. However, if you have not clicked that "I Agree" button, you can't be checked in by proxy.


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Electrical contracting firms are on the hunt for the next generation of electrical workers due to the looming retirement of Baby Boomers. Valley Electrical Consolidated, Inc., located in Girard, Ohio, is a good example. It employs about 25 to 30 electrical apprentices, who make up about 10% of its workforce. While it's an expense for an electrical contractor to bring an apprentice on board, it's worth the investment, says Rex Ferry, president and CEO of Valley Electrical. "If you have vision as a leader, you need to spend your dollars now," says Ferry, the president-elect of the Bethesda, Md.-based National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA). "They're the future of our industry, and you need to train them."
About 95,000 skilled workers will hang up their tool belts in the next decade. As these Baby Boomer tradesmen retire, a new wave of electrical apprentices will enter the workforce. In the next 10 years, the electrical industry will need 22,400 new workers each year, according to the Construction Labor Research Council's January 2007 report. "All the skilled trades are facing a shortage, and it's a difficult situation," says Bob Baird, national vice president of apprenticeship and training for the Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC), Alexandria, Va. "We have to be diligent about making people aware of opportunities, because there are more opportunities now than ever before."
The skilled labor shortage has fueled the demand for qualified apprentices. An estimated 225,000 persons are enrolled in federally registered, multi-year, apprentice programs. The IEC has grown the number of apprentices from 2,000 to 10,000 from 1995 to 2007, and the number goes up and down, depending upon demand. Although the National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (NJATC) has an enrollment level more than three times that size, it has experienced a steady decline in the number of apprentices in its program from more than 38,000 in 2002 to about 34,000 last year (Fig. 1) due to a struggling telecommunications industry and the 9-11 terrorist attacks. Breaking this number down into inside and outside apprentices, however, reveals a slight increase in the number of individuals training to become outside linemen (Fig. 2 and Fig. 3).
To attract more young men and women to the electrical trade, the IEC is recruiting at the national, chapter, and individual contractor level, reaching out to state governments and educators and becoming active in organizations like Skills USA. The NJATC is making high school students and counselors aware of opportunities in the electrical industry through a DVD, podcasts, and a My Space page. To make the electrical industry even more lucrative to high school students, the NJATC is partnering with the American Council on Education to assign up to 60 college credit hours to apprentices during their apprenticeship. In addition, many JATC programs have established relationships with local colleges to help apprentices earn their associate degrees following the completion of their programs.
With the average age of an electrician sitting at 47, the doors are wide open for electrical apprentices, Baird says."If someone has an interest in the trades and some basic skills, the ability to work with his or her hands, the willingness to show up on time, and a desire to learn, there's a place for them in the industry," he says.
Following are profiles of 10 up-and-coming electricians. These summaries offer a snapshot of the electrical industry's faces of the future.
Apprentice: Charles Venter
Age: 23
Company: KPS Electric, Aurora, Colo.
Chapter: Rocky Mountain Chapter IEC (Denver)
Watching electricians wire his parent's basement inspired Venter to pursue a career as an electrician. He completed a two-year course for basic electrical training at a technical college, and once he graduated from high school, he joined KPS Electric and enrolled in a four-year Rocky Mountain Chapter IEC apprenticeship program.
Venter recently won the IEC's 15th annual Apprentice of the Year competition, which places the top graduates from apprenticeship programs nationwide in a head-to-head competition. Venter and the other contestants are an excellent representation of the future of the electrical industry, says John Quebe, KenMor Electric, Houston, and 2007 IEC national president."They are bright, motivated, and hard-working, and IEC is proud to have helped them obtain a skill set that will provide them with numerous opportunities throughout their careers," he says.
Venter, who recently graduated from the apprenticeship program, is planning on pursuing teaching, contracting, engineering, and inspecting during his career."The electrical field is a great trade, and it is only getting better," he says. "With the way the world is expanding and the new advancements in technology, it's hard to say what the future will hold, but I'm sure it will be exciting."
Apprentice: Grant Haughn
Age: 28
Company: Alliance Service and Control Specialist, Phoenix
Chapter: IEC of Arizona (Phoenix)
Today's electricians are dramatically different compared to a decade ago, Haughn says. Electrical apprentices now work on advanced lighting controls, low-voltage communications wiring, and energy management systems. Although this type of work used to only be done on high-end projects, it's now a part of electrical apprentices' routine work, he says.
To stay current on codes, trends, and technology, Haughn took classes on the topics of OSHA rules, lockout/tagout requirements, CPR and First Aid, project management, and estimating. He also had intensive Code training during his four-year electrical apprenticeship program. Following in the footsteps of his twin brother, who enrolled in the apprenticeship program in California, Haughn says becoming an electrician is one of the best decisions he has ever made. In the next five years, he plans to be in upper management. In 10 years, he sees himself as the owner of an electrical contracting company.
Apprentice: Jeremy Netting
Age: 28
Company: MJB Electric, Columbus, Ohio
Chapter: AEC-IEC (Columbus, Ohio)
Netting has always been a tradesman, but not in the electrical field. He started his vo-tech training in the auto-diesel field, and when the economy declined, he entered the electrical field. Recently graduating from the four-year apprenticeship program and attaining a fire alarm installation license, he plans to continue his education in low-voltage and voice/data. In the future, he would like to obtain his NICET certification, which would allow him to engineer and approve fire alarm blueprints. Netting also hopes to one day co-own an independent electrical contracting business. "I value my experiences in the field, but I would like to build on them to take a part in the managerial positions in the electrical trade," he says.
Apprentice: Jerimy Stevens
Age: 31
Company: J&K Electric, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Chapter: IEC Florida West Coast, Clearwater, Fla.
Stevens, a former Air Force aircraft electrician, always makes it a point to learn about the new Code changes and technologies to give him a competitive edge. He completed his four-year apprenticeship program with the IEC and the aircraft electrical and environment systems maintenance program with the Air Force. Because he feels like he can help with the future training of electricians, he would like to teach others one day.
Although he's not planning on running his own company anytime soon, Stevens says he plans to stay in electrical contracting as a career. "No matter how the world changes, the world will need electricity," he says. "Computers will change, cars will change, buildings will change, but they will need to be powered. The job to install and fix electrical supply wiring will always be there."
Apprentice: Ron Whaley
Age: 36
Company: Giles Electric Co., Inc., South Daytona, Fla.
Local: Daytona Beach Electrical JATC Local Union 756
Whaley became an electrician after searching for a new career. During his five years in the electrical industry, he has worked on a new wastewater plant, the renovation of the Daytona Super Speedway, a high-tech Cath-Lab hospital addition, and two new schools.
"I am constantly learning, in school, on the job, even just listening in conversations that the journeymen wiremen have," says Whaley, a fourth-year apprentice who is currently working in electrical service.
Right now, he says his career goals are wide open. Within the next five to 10 years, he hopes to become a master electrician.
"I want to become a good example to future apprentices on what the union electrician is all about," he says.
Apprentice: Dick Johnston
Age: 23
Company: Electrical Tech. Services, Inc., Daytona, Fla.
Local: IBEW Local Union No. 756, Port Orange, Fla.
Johnston's father, a 27-year union electrician, inspired him to follow in his footsteps. He started his apprenticeship with the basic principles of electricity, and then moved on to study controls. Now in his fourth year, he plans to graduate in August 2008 and return to school to finish his business degree and begin work on obtaining a degree in engineering. "It may be a tough road for some, but it's not so tough when you enjoy what you do," he says.
Apprentice: Daniel Shewmaker
Age: 21
Company: Bodine Electric, Decatur, Ill.
Local: IBEW Local Union No. 146, Decatur, Ill.
As a third-year apprentice, Shewmaker says he has an edge when it comes to learning about new technology in the field. During his electrical apprenticeship program, he has learned about cable splicing, the use of calibration tools, safety, and the NEC. He estimates that about 90% of his training has been through on-the-job training, but he has also learned skills in the classroom.
Right now, he prefers to work in the field with his hands rather than pursue a career in engineering or management. In the future, he expects the work to be more complex than it is now as well as based more on electrical theory and solar applications.
Apprentice: Brian James Shaw
Age: 30
Company: Free State Electric, Beltsville, Md.
Local: IBEW Local Union No. 26 JATC, Lanham, Md.
Shaw began his career in the communications field but later moved into the electrical trade because he found it more interesting. Through the NJATC, he learned First Aid skills and practical work skills. Upon graduation, the third-year apprentice plans to eventually move into contracting and open up his own company. "I would encourage people to learn more about the field because it does look promising," he says.
Apprentice: James Poole
Age: 26
Company: K. T. Electric, Gaithersburg, Md.
Local: IBEW Local Union No. 26, Lanham, Md.
A fascination of how electricity works drew Poole to the electrical field. Deciding to join the apprenticeship program to get a better opportunity and a chance to broaden his knowledge base of the trade, he's now in his third year. Down the road, he plans to become a foreman or owner of a company. "I've always had a passion for numbers and figuring things out," says Poole.
Apprentice: Rateeluck "Tarn" Puvapiromquan
Age: 27
Company: Children's Hospital/Varco Mac, Lanham, Md.
Local: IBEW Local Union No. 26 JATC, Lanham, Md.
Electrical contractors are pushing for faster output and a larger skill set from electrical apprentices, says Puvapiromquan. This apprentice is taking night classes and working until she graduates from her apprenticeship program. Puvapiromquan is interested in remodeling, and would like to eventually own her own remodeling and demolition business. "As long as my body is able, I would like to work in the field possibly organizing or teaching," she says.
Sidebar: Skill Set of Tomorrow
Rex Ferry, CEO of Valley Electrical Consolidated, Inc., in Girard, Ohio, began his career as an electrical apprentice, spent 16 years in the field, and grew his business from a $4.5 million operation in 1990 to a $40 million firm today. He advises other young electricians who want to own their own electrical contracting businesses to work hard, be aggressive, show up on time, and be willing to take on new challenges. Here are some other qualities firms are looking for in the new wave of apprentices.
Well-rounded, skilled craftsmen with a good work ethic, knowledge of the electrical industry, and the ability to coordinate with other trades to ensure a smooth, productive job.
The ability to work in a fast-paced environment, deal well with change, and adapt to new installation methods and technologies.
Team players who are dependable, responsible, and independent thinkers.
Sidebar: The Next Generation
How do new apprentices differ from those entering the industry 10, 20, or 30 years ago? The new wave of electrical workers reflects the next generation of Americans, says Michael Callanan, executive director of the National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, Upper Marlboro, Md., who notes that the apprentices are more diverse, ambitious, and educated than ever before. The applicants are still predominantly male, but more females are starting to apply for the apprenticeships. In addition, the NJATC had the greatest number of minority entrants in 2006.
Because high schools tend to steer students away from the trades and toward a college education, IEC and the NJATC are also attracting older electrical apprentices. The average age of an electrical apprentice today is 28, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Many of these individuals have college degrees, and because of this higher education, the typical applicant tends to have greater math, reading, and analytical skills than the electricians of the past, according to the NJATC.
While today's electrical apprentices tend to be older and more diverse, their basic skill set isn't much different than it was 20 years ago, says Bob Baird, national vice president of apprenticeship and training for the Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC), Alexandria, Va. They still need to read blueprints and install panels, cables, controls, and boxes in a workmanship-like manner. Although the main scope of their job hasn't changed, the devices they install have become more complicated. Apprentices today must know how to install and troubleshoot all types of solid-state devices, such as remote dimmers in homes or lighting control systems in high-rise buildings, Baird says.
The electrical industry is changing at a rapid pace, and over the past decade, nearly every aspect of the trade has seen development and implementation of new technologies, work methods, and installation practices, Callanan says. To keep pace with technology, apprentices and journeymen alike must continuously upgrade their skill set and have a broad-based understanding of electrical theory and applications.
"Ten or 20 years ago, a new journeyman left his apprenticeship with a set of skills that had a shelf life of 10 years or more," Callanan says. "Today, our new journeymen are lucky to get by with their skill set beyond two years. New electrical workers must commit to life-long learning, and must be able to adapt their skills and understanding of the electrical trade to the new demands and challenges of the industry."
Sidebar: A Glimpse into the Future
Many electrical apprentices enter the electrical field because they know qualified electricians will always be in demand. When they look ahead to the future of the industry, they forecast growth in the following three areas.
Alternative energy — Electrical apprentices are currently working on solar, wind, and geothermal energy projects. One day soon, Bob Baird, national vice president of apprenticeship and training, Independent Electrical Contractors, Alexandria, Va., predicts they'll be working on charging stations for electric cars.
Computer technology — Electricians are increasingly moving into fields traditionally belonging to other trades, such as LON and LAN networks and computer programming, says Michael Callanan, executive director of the National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (NJATC), Upper Marlboro, Md. Both now and in the future, computer skills will be core to the job of an electrician, says Rex Ferry, president and CEO of Valley Electrical, Girard, Ohio, which equips its foremen and superintendents with laptops, digital cameras, and cell phones.
Controls — While controls are not a new aspect of the electrical industry, they have become more important as energy costs continue to rise and more advancements have been made in computers and small electronics, says Dick Johnston, an apprentice for Electrical Tech. Services, Inc., Daytona, Fla.


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Zosienka: Artist-in-Residence
Sat 10 Jun 2017 : 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
An event every week that begins at 10:00am on Saturday, repeating until Sat 26 Aug 2017
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Zosienka is an artist, designer and illustrator, with British and Polish heritage, who's been living in east London since 2009. She takes inspiration from The River Lea and its surroundings, as her studio overlooks the Hackney Cut by the Middlesex Filterbeds. Zosienka has been artist-in-residence at Chats Palace since autumn 2016, creating illustrations focusing on the building's heritage, architectural features and community activities.
Zosienka spent a lot of time at Chats Palace during the residency, dropping in on independently run classes, workshops and choir rehearsals as well as attending live performances to sketch life inside the building. Using the naturally lit blue room as a painting studio she captured the intricate details of the ornate skylights, the parquet floors, the old staircase and the trademark windows.
All works are painted by hand using watercolour and gouache paints.
Zosienka's first illustrated children's book will be available in the spring of 2018. Zosienka has designed prints for Cath Kidston, created album art work and merchandising for international music acts like Bat For Lashes, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and Alesso. Her practice is varied and has been applied to film, interior design, branding, print & textile design and publishing.
This exhibition is located in the Library Bar and may be viewed during bar opening hours.


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Moalboal is a small town on the South-West side of Cebu island. It's mostly used as entry point to Panagsama Beach, where are most of the resorts, restaurants, bars and dive schools.
Get in
The easiest way to join Moalboal is from Cebu City. The 80km road is in good condition, even in the second part in the mountains.
By van
Most of the resorts/dive shops in Moalboal propose to hire van from Cebu airport to Moalboal. Be ready to pay around 2500PHP for this 2,5 hour trip.
By taxi
Taxis cn be hired at Cebu Airport for 2,400 pesos (fixed rate as of Nov 2012). Many of the hotels and guest houses in Panagsama Beach will send a car or van for pickup for about 2,000 pesos.
By bus
Then take the bus here (the main company is the yellow color buses of Ceres Liner). Be sure to use an already almost full bus to avoid waiting. The no-aircon (most are like this) travel will cost you 107PHP (Jan 2013) + 10PHP of terminal fee if you don't pay directly in the bus. Air on buses are 111PHP (May 2012).
Coming from Dumaguete, it is possible to take the ferry boat between Siluban (ca PHP 100 by tricycle from the city center) and cross to Lilo-An on Cebu island. There, take another tricycle (around PHP 50) to the nearby bus station. Ceres busses headed for Cebu city stop there regularly, and some of them go via Moalboal (ask the driver). The bus fare is PHP65 (aircon, july 2012)
Note: there are no ATM's in Panagsama beach so bring enough pesos for your stay. There is, however (2012), an ATM in the 360 pharmacy in MoalBoal town (about 4 km from the beach, reachable by tricycle). Although sometimes doesn't work.
Get around
The easiest way to go around is to use tricycles. From Moalboal to Panagsama Beach, the usual fare is 50PHP by day, but you will have to bargain during long hours to get that. Don't pay more than 80PHP though...To White beach most people were paying 100-150PHP in May 2012.
Kawasan Water Falls
The Kawasan water falls (3 steps) are located in the rain forest approximately 20 km south (after Badian).
If you take the bus from the South Bus Terminal in Cebu City, you can ask the bus driver or ticket collector to drop you off at the right place (the bus ticket with Ceres Liner costs PHP 126.00). The bus ticket from Moalboal to the water falls or vice versa costs PHP 19.00.
Travel on your own or rent a multicab form us: approximately 30 minutes of ascent through an impressive landscape. Nice cooling swimming. Resting place tables against charge, small restaurants and very simple accommodations.
Be careful of the 'guides' offer. the walk up to the fall is very easy and you do not need a guide. Raft renting to the waterfall does not include drivers. each driver would demand 300 pesos each for pulling the raft. Not very nice!
You need to pay an entrance fee of PHP 5.00 and will get an official receipt.
Just a few meters in beach shore in starting from Panagsama Beach center, there is a drop-off, near that area there are countless reefs, with corals, many different species of fishes, also starfish. Sometimes you can spot lion fishes, water snakes, and with some luck turtles.
Don't miss the great diving spots in Pescador Island. Dives usually cost around 1500PHP with gear. There are a few "local owned" dive shops that are 1100-1200 PHP per dive. Most of the dive shops operate 3 dives per day and you can even do your own diving schedule on low season!
Other activities
You are no diver or you want to do something more? For the active vacation, Planet Action Adventure [4] offers a diverse program: Hiking, mountaineering, mountain bike, caves and canyons in untouched rain forest, volcano ascent in Negros.
You can buy any kind of souvenirs on the beaches and locals will remind you if you forget ;)
Maya's Mexican is in the main Parton Panagsama Beach and does excellent Mexican food - a nice change.
You can drink in any restaurant close to the sea.
The Chili Bar in Panagsama Beach is the main one. You will find two billiards table there (as in almost all the other bar around). Across from Chili Bar is 7 Sins Bar, also with a pool table and lots of seating.
On Saturday night, there is "Disco party" organised by locals. Ask around where it is, everybody knows!
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U.S., SAC Head Toward $1 Billion Settlement
U.S. prosecutors and SAC Capital agree in principle on insider-trading penalty exceeding $1 billion. Michael Rothfeld reports on the News Hub. Photo: AP.
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by Lou Mancinelli
Where do you go for an outlet when your job in the past has brought you to places like the front lines of America's wars in the Middle East, where your responsibility is to keep severely wounded soldiers alive? For Jenkintown resident and general surgeon Jack Sariego, M.D., it's the stage. It's singing opera and performing in local theater productions like "Sweeny Todd."
Dr. Sariego, 54, was raised in the Torresdale section of Northeast Philly. He met his future wife, Lauren, while he was a senior at Lincoln High School, and he attended the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating from Penn in 1979, he attended Jefferson Medical College and completed an internship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital ('84) and a residency and fellowship at the Medical College of Pennsylvania ('90), all in Philadelphia. At present, he serves as Professor of Surgery at Temple University Hospital.
Before returning to the east coast in 2006, when TU Chairman Dan Dempsey, M.D., "an old friend from [Dr. Sariego's] residency days," recruited him and inspired him to come home, Dr. Sariego was living on the Gulf Coast in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
Ten years earlier, in 1996, when he and his wife needed a change from his work as a trauma surgeon and professor of surgery in and around Philadelphia, they moved the family and its two children, Andy and Jess (boy-and-girl twins, now 16), to a small town in rural Newton, MS., where Dr. Sariego "was the only surgeon within 100 miles."
The family remained in central Mississippi for five years until, July, 2001, when a doctor he worked with years before recruited Dr. Sariego to Ocean Springs, MS to help set up a trauma practice. Dr. Sariego moved to the south of the state that summer, but when two passenger planes crashed into New York City's World Trade Towers Sept. 11, 2001, his "whole ball game changed."
About a year earlier, at age 42, he did something he "always wanted to do" and enlisted in the Air Force Reserves. When President George W. Bush publicly declared war on Iraq on September 14, 2001, Dr. Sariego knew he was going to be called to active service.
"Because the jobs [in the Air Force Reserve Medical Corps] I had were in high demand, I knew with the skills I had, I would get called."
In February, 2002, Dr. Sariego was called into active duty and commissioned to serve as a Major in Afghanistan and Southwest Asia in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and later in Europe during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Dr. Sariego was part of a three-person specialized team that transported soldiers suffering from the most severe wounds from the front lines in Southwest Asia to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, a U.S. military site in Germany. The team dealt with soldiers afflicted with blast injuries suffered from mines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and gunshot wounds from high-velocity military weapons.
His time in active military service "was a whole different environment" from the trauma settings the surgeon was trained for and used to. The injured were cared for in three or four different places as opposed to one, he said.
The first location was a field hospital in Afghanistan only a few hundred yards behind the front lines. Dr. Sariego and his team was responsible for picking up patients from the front lines. After picking up the patients, the team would operate on the injured while on board a plane flying to a middle location, perhaps in Kandahar for an "additional patch-up." From the middle location, while the team tried to "keep [the injured] alive, to stop bleeding and regulate breathing," they would fly to Landstuhl in Germany for surgery.
The scene in the C130 jets, designed for medical evacuation and cargo transport could be hectic. Picture the injured on stands stacked four-to-five-stands high, like soldiers' quarters on a ship, with medical equipment setup around the patient.
"On the aircraft you did what you could," said Dr. Sariego. "You carried your stuff in backpacks … You tried not to do what you didn't have to do … As a trauma surgeon, you're trained to do anything, but nothing's like the real thing."
Dr. Sariego served on active duty until May, 2003. Afterwards, he stayed involved with the Air Force at Keesler Air Force Base in MS., while living in Ocean Springs and running a medical practice. At present, he is a Colonel in the USAFR Medical Corps.
In 2003, Dr. Sariego's war service ended, but he was again pushed into the center of national catastrophe on August 29, 2005 when Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast region. "We were pretty much at ground-zero," said Dr. Sariego, who said he remained in his home with his family during the storm.
While only the roof of his home was destroyed, his three partners involved with the Ocean Springs medical practice lost everything. "We got through the storm, but it kind of convinced us it was time to come home," said Dr. Sariego.
In June, 2006, he moved to his current home in Jenkintown, where he is a member of Immaculate Conception Church. He also rekindled an old passion for performing and singing he had developed in the performing arts program at Jefferson Medical School. Though he was a tenor in the '80s, time and age have deepened his voice to the level of baritone.
"My real love is musical theater," said Dr. Sariego, who had a few opportunities to participate in community theater while living in Mississippi. When he returned to Philadelphia, he got involved with Jenkintown Music Theatre. He's also a member of the Willow Manor Players, located in Abington.
This past March, he played the role of Daddy Warbucks in "Annie" with the Temple Sinai Players, located in Dresher. Until it dissolved in 2009, he sang with the nationally recognized Jefferson University Choir he had sung with almost 30 years earlier as a student. He also sings with the Delaware Valley Opera Group.
"It's a great outlet," said Dr. Sariego. "It's a chance to do something totally different than you do in real life." He said a number of individuals from high-stress professions resort to the stage as an outlet. To that affect, there were three doctors and four lawyers on the cast of Willow Manor's production of "Thoroughly Modern Millie" last fall.
With his teaching schedule, performing surgery, acting and love of the Philadelphia Phillies, Dr. Sariego finds himself a man with a full schedule. "It's hard. It's a strain on the family. It's a strain on the medical practice. But if you love something you find a way."
Dr. Sariego admitted feeling fear before going on stage, although his fear of making a mistake on stage is nowhere near as great as in the operating room or when working on badly injured soldiers in difficult working situations.
"I try to remind myself this is what I do for fun," said Dr. Sariego. "If I don't get a role, it's not the end of the world."


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Plum by Makini Howell
I dare you to open this cookbook from Seattle's Plum Bistro to any page and not think the recipe you find there is completely irresistible. Tiramisu pancakes? Check. Cauliflower bisque with fresh fennel? Yes, please. Black plum and ginger sorbet? Oh, you know it. Chef Makini Howell's recipes are vibrant, wholesome, and absolutely popping with all the fresh flavors of the season. …Oh, and did I mention they're all vegan?
Quick Facts
• Who wrote it: Makini Howell
• Who published it: Sasquatch Books
• Number of recipes: About 75
• Recipes for right now: Tiramisu Pancakes, Quinoa-Millet Cherry Salad, Blood Cauliflower Bisque with Fresh Fennel, Curried Red Yam Fries, Pesto Tofu with Smashed Purple Potatoes and Charred Asparagus, Raw "Lasagna" with Basil-Walnut Pesto, Plum's Smoky Mac, Strawberry Crepes with Custard Sauce
• Other highlights: This is definitely not your usual vegan cookbook. Oh, the fact that everything is vegan is definitely front and center — tofu and seitan are in full attendance, and Chef Howell spends a lot of time explaining unfamiliar vegan ingredients, talking about healthfulness of various dishes, and providing tips for easing into a vegan lifestyle. But this doesn't come across as soap-boxy or overly health-conscious.
In short, this cookbook feels welcoming. Very much so. The recipes are immediately appealing and approachable. There's a lot of chopping of vegetables and combining of ingredients that go into creating a good, flavorful vegan dish, but the recipes don't feel overly complicated. And although they are restaurant recipes, Chef Howell has done a stellar job of translating them for our home kitchens.
These vegan dishes also feel exceptionally rich and special. Bright pestos, creamy soy-based spreads, infused olive oils, and generous use of spices give these vegetable and grain dishes a lushness that can often seem missing from vegan cuisine. Of course, using fruits and vegetables picked at the peek of their season goes a long way toward ensuring a fully flavored dish, and this is a cooking habit Chef Howell definitely encourages.
As we speed along into summer and its promise of fresh produce, this is going to be a great cookbook to have on the shelf. Whether you're vegan or not, I guarantee there's a recipe or three in here that will tempt you into the kitchen.
• Who would enjoy this book? Vegans, people interested in trying a vegan diet, and folks who just want some new, healthy, and delicious recipes for their table.
Find the book at your local library, independent bookstore, or Amazon: Plum: Gratifying Vegan Dishes from Seattle's Plum Bistro by Makini Howell
• Visit the author's website: Plum Bistro
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Every Monday and Thursday, WoW Insider brings you Scattered Shots for beast mastery, marksmanship and survival hunters. Each week, Frostheim of Warcraft Hunters Union uses logic and science (mixed with a few mugs of dwarven stout) to look deep into the hunter class. Mail your hunter questions to Frostheim.
The Twilight Cult is on the move, the elementals are invading, and it's only a matter of time until the elven lands start burning while the dwarves giggle from their mountain strongholds. Cataclysm is coming.
It's time to start looking forward and planning our leveling experience. I want to stress as strongly as possible right at the outset that hunters are very easy to level. With our trusty pets at our sides, we're an unstoppable tanking/DPS/healer combo. Every hunter spec can level through solo content very easily. That said, we're going to be focusing on the absolute most efficient way of leveling from 80 to 85.
Join me after the cut as we dig into the talent spec, glyphs, pets, and what you need to know about gear to optimize your Cataclysm leveling.
Every Monday and Thursday, WoW Insider brings you Scattered Shots for beast mastery, marksmanship and survival hunters. Each week, Frostheim of Warcraft Hunters Union uses logic and science (mixed with a few mugs of dwarven stout) to look deep into the hunter class. Mail your hunter questions to Frostheim.
Frostheim's recommended Cataclysm leveling spec
Historically, the hunter leveling spec of choice has always been beast mastery. BM offered us vastly stronger pets that could take more punishment and were better at holding aggro. Well, Cataclysm is changing that. Most of the BM pet-enhancing talents went away with the shortened talent trees, and while BM pets are a bit stronger that other specs, the difference is no longer as great.
Furthermore, we don't really care about our pet's ability to hold aggro anymore because of our new glyph options. So with pets of all specs able to take about the same level of punishment and threat not an issue, we get to look to other specs and see what they have to offer.
Here's what I recommend for the fastest leveling experience:
Marksman has two things going for it that gives it the leveling edge over the other specs. First, it has the largest self-heal available to hunters with Chimera Shot -- and I should note that Chimera Shot will do a lot more damage in 4.0.3 than it does now, having been buffed a couple of times in the beta. Sure, BM can get some passive healing through Spirit Bond, but it's less than Chimera -- and hey, any spec can go down and pick up Spirit Bond, too.
But the big advantage of MM for leveling is the second one: focus efficiency. MM hunters have two talents that let them DPS non-stop, almost never needing to hit a Steady Shot. The combination of Rapid Killing and Rapid Recuperation means that every time you kill a mob, you'll instantly regen half your focus bar. In the few seconds it takes to find a new target to kill, you'll have more than enough focus to burn that target down as well.
MM has some smaller benefits as well, just as every tree does. Marked for Death means MM doesn't need to waste time applying Hunter's Mark (which provides a lot more attack power as you level). Silencing Shot is handy, especially in conjunction with the major glyph (more on that later).
As always with leveling builds, there's a lot of room for customization for your playstyle. Those points in Spirit Bond can also be excellently employed in Pathfinding, and if you plan on doing a lot of 5-mans, you'll probably want Improved Steady Shot.
How to kill things fast: the solo rotation
A common mistake that's made while leveling is using abilities that are unnecessary. In Wrath, this meant that you'd run out of mana sooner and have to spend more time in Viper, but in Cataclysm, this means that you'll run out of focus before your mob is dead and possibly not have enough focus to kill the next one.
Your leveling rotation is incredibly simple: Use Misdirection on your pet, then use Chimera Shot or Arcane Shot and keep shooting until your target is dead. When you start leveling from 80 to 85, things will die incredibly quickly -- often in just one or two shots. As you get to higher-level mobs, it will take more and more time.
Also, when you start leveling, you'll probably often skip the MD entirely and just blast things away -- not even bothering to wait for your pet to reach the target. But again, at levels 84 to 85, the mobs get much tougher, and you'll need the MD and the pet -- and possibly even a Steady Shot or two!
Serpent Sting is rarely worth using when soloing. It needs a lot of time before it does more damage than the cheaper Arcane Shot would have done, and the mobs don't generally live that long. Likewise, Kill Command is not used as part of the MM soloing toolkit.
Customizing your leveling hunter
If you're going to do any tweaking with your stats, just keep in mind that haste rating is going to be horrible for leveling, and you're very quickly going to need tons more hit rating. When you're only firing two or three shots to kill something, you are seeing virtually no benefit from haste -- just the miniscule amount of focus regen boost (about 0.04 focus per second for every 1 percent haste).
At level 80, you need about 31 hit rating to get a 1 percent increase to your hit chance. At level 85, you'll need 121 hit rating to get that same 1 percent. That means that to reach the hit cap at level 85, you'll need 961 hit rating.
Other stats are still useful, and agility is your best stat.
Your leveling pet
Your pet choice doesn't matter a whole lot while leveling. For your first couple of levels, your pet won't even be helping all that much as you burn things down. That said, as you approach higher-level mobs, you will likely want a tenacity pet of your choice with some defensive pet talents. Those high-level mobs hit hard.
Note for those planning to level as BM: Do not use a worm pet. Its Burrow Attack ability now causes it to be removed from the aggro table entirely -- so when it burrows, all the mobs leave the worm's area and head for you.
Your glyph choices when leveling usually doesn't matter as much as in raiding. Since you're using a very different toolbox while soloing, many of the glyphs that give you big DPS advantages on a boss fight are only of negligible use. On the other hand, we do get big benefit of some major glyph slots that normally wouldn't help us nearly as much.
Prime glyphs
- Glyph of Arcane Shot
- Glyph of Chimera Shot
- Your choice
- Glyph of Misdirection
- Glyph of Silencing Shot
- Your choice
- Your choice
The Silencing Shot glyph is also very useful. Silencing Shot is not on the global cooldown, so you can fire it at casters any time it's available to interrupt their spell and instantly regen 10 focus. How is this not a good deal?
Where to level
Your leveling path is pretty straightforward in Cataclysm. You'll find that you get to 81 very quickly and to 82 fairly quickly after that. Beyond that, the levels start to really take time and you can eat through an entire zone of questing without gaining a level.
You will start in either Mt. Hyjal or Vashj'ir; they're both equal-level starting zones for level 80s. Personally, I think there's no question but that Vashj'ir is a much, much better built zone with more interesting quests and a gorgeous design. You have to get used to the underwater 3-D aspect, but you do get a permanent buff by your second quest that lets you breathe and move at normal speed underwater. Later on, you get a seahorse 280 percent speed underwater mount!
That said, I've heard some people talk about how Mt. Hyjal has some kind of important lore things (which I ignore) that they were really looking forward to. But ignoring lore, Hyjal is clearly the inferior zone.
The other new zones have minimum level requirements. Here's the skinny:
- Mt. Hyjal: Available at 80
- Vashj'ir: Available at 80
- Deepholm: Requires level 82
- Uldum: Requires level 83
- Twilight Highlands: Requires level 84
Don't worry about gear
As you level, you are going to replace your gear -- especially by the last couple of levels. Don't stress out too much about what gear is better. Just remember that your current gear is likely enchanted and gemmed, and it's rarely worth it to bother enchanting or gemming the gear that you get while leveling until you're 85. So a potential upgrade needs to be better than the current gear plus better than the enchants/gems you have on it.
Once you hit 85, you'll then want to start collecting a decent set of blue gear that you'll use to take on heroics -- which are much harder for a starting 85 than Wrath heroics were, by the way. Cheap gems and enchants are probably good for that gear; then put the good stuff in your heroic gear.
We'll be going over level 85 starting gear more carefully in the future, but that's a discussion for another time.
Scattered Shots is dedicated to helping you learn everything it takes to be a hunter. Our Scattered Shots Resource Guide takes aim at everything from improving your heroic DPS, understanding the impact of skill vs. gear, and getting started with Beast Mastery 101 and Marksman 101.