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Having fallen a bit behind its TV rivals over the past couple of years, Sharp clearly needs a stand-out product. Cue the 40LE600E, which introduces direct LED backlighting to the masses for the first time.
The direct LED lighting that's the 40LE600E's main talking point needs more explanation. LED light sources offer a variety of advantages over normal CCFL lamps, ranging from running efficiencies and performance benefits to aesthetic considerations.
There are two ways of using LED lights in a TV: you can put them around the edge of the screen, firing across it, or directly behind the screen, shooting straight forward.
By choosing the direct system, Sharp has delivered a fairly chubby set that isn't anywhere near as sexily slim as Samsung's latest edge LED TVs. However, it does mean the 40LE600E can offer a key feature that the edge system can't: local dimming.
Since the LED clusters can be controlled individually, it's possible to turn sections of them off in dark parts of a picture, potentially producing a far deeper black level response than you'd get from a normal LCD TV.
The 40LE600E is the first sub-£2K TV to use white dimming rather than RGB. So while it might not deliver quite the same colour accuracy and range as the more costly latter approach, it is the cheapest LED TV we've seen.
Surprisingly, the 40LE600E doesn't have much else to shout about on the feature front. All that's worth mentioning are its three HDMIs, and the fact that the new X-gen panel uses a wider pixel aperture design to enhance brightness. Annoyingly, the USB port is for service purposes only.
Ease of use
The 40LE600E's onscreen menus aren't particularly exciting, but they get the job done. And the relative lack of features prevents any serious brain strain.
But we've marked the set down because of its plasticky remote control that has an obtuse layout, labels that are impossible to read in a darkened room, plus some miniature, commonly used buttons.
In most ways this set's pictures are a huge advance on Sharp's standard LCD models. The most obvious difference, as expected, can be seen during dark scenes.
Gone is Sharp's customary bluish wash, and in its place are blacks that look, well, black. What's more, the 40LE600E delivers on LED's contrast promise by enabling really bright whites and colours to sit right alongside the impressively deep black levels.
There's perhaps not quite as much subtle shadow detailing in dark areas as you get with, for example, a decent plasma screen or Samsung's edge LED models. Also, the TV's optional dynamic contrast system can cause a little greyness in shots with mixed brightness, as well as a few obvious brightness level 'jumps'.
But while black levels aren't perfect, they are certainly very good indeed.
The 40LE600E also excels with its colour reproduction. The white dimming hasn't stopped colours from roaring out of the screen with amazing intensity, during dark and light scenes alike.
The 40LE600E's innate sharpness is pretty good too, as it does a good job of capturing the clarity that makes HD so lovable.
And finally, we were relieved to find the TV remaining largely free of the white halo phenomenon sometimes witnessed with direct LED TVs. When the 40LE600E is at its best, its pictures really are sensational. But unfortunately, that doesn't always happen.
For starters, the TV's dynamic preset is pretty diabolical, featuring horribly forced colours and far too much noise. Next, while the 40LE600E's standard-definition colours are a vast improvement on the odd tones we've regularly witnessed with Sharp's regular LCD TVs, SD pictures aren't scaled up to the full HD resolution particularly cleanly.
The 40LE600E's final and worst problem is that it loses sharpness when showing motion. Not enough to make the picture look actually smeary, but sufficient to take the sharpness out of HD footage during motion-packed sequences, making us look forward to Sharp's upcoming 100Hz LED models.
The 40LE600E's speakers don't succumb to distortion even under real pressure, there's a good amount of detail, and vocals are always impressively intelligible.
The downside, predictably, is that there's not enough bass around to make sound such as explosions particularly convincing – an issue which can also leave some trebles sounding over-bright.
The £1,100 price is pretty fair for a 40in TV that uses cutting edge technology to such generally impressive effect.
But, given that Samsung's impressive 40B550 LCD model costs half as much, a bit more multimedia savvy may have made this TV a slightly easier sell.
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Review Group Week #254: Larfleeze Christmas Special
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by ****** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 9:53 pm
9 minutes of nausea maybe.
by Sgt.Marvel » Tue Dec 28, 2010 10:44 pmLarfleeze Christmas Special
Larfleeze is clearly one of the most influential characters of the last decade due to his ability to generate such lively discourse among fans. His Christmas Special is just another example of that. Coming into a Christmas Special, you expect a certain type of story coming into it and Larfleeze certainly delivers. Was there opportunity to do more with the special? Sure, but you're not going to get a groundbreaking comic out of a holiday special. Larfleeze Christmas Special delivers exactly what it promises a decent Christmas Special featuring Larfleeze. With the bonus of entertaining tidbits like the maze and cookie recipe.
by Eric Ratcliffe » Tue Dec 28, 2010 11:47 pm
Other than a minor grease stain,that's a pretty damn clean oven.
by IvCNuB4 » Wed Dec 29, 2010 1:46 pmNote to self: politely turn down any dinner invitations involving home-cooked meals from doombug
by thefourthman » Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:05 pmyou sir wound me with your insults of my baking!
by S.F. Jude Terror » Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:06 pm
I was referring to the recipe.
by thefourthman » Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:06 pmI still hate you for erasing my votes, you Jeb Bush you!
by thefourthman » Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:11 pmYou'll never know now couch sleeper!
by Punchy » Thu Dec 30, 2010 1:51 pmI actually have a copy of this now, I'll probably do a triple-header of reviews along with Suicide Forest and Action Comics at the weekend.
Exciting times!
by BlueStreak » Sun Jan 02, 2011 5:36 pmhttp://www.theouthousers.com/index.php? ... Itemid=176
by Punchy » Tue Jan 04, 2011 6:26 pmGreen Lantern: Larfleeze Christmas Special - 'Orange You Glad It's Christmas?' - Johns and Booth
Story - Imagine an alternate reality where upon the release of Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace, Jar-Jar Binks was not wildly mocked and hated, but was instead praised as the best new character in movies of the year, became a huge fan-favourite, gaining increasingly large roles in the subsequent movies, and then somehow, bizarrely, managed to get his own fucking movie. Imagine that reality. Imagine how infuriatingly annoying that reality would be, imagine how stupid the people of that reality must be. Just stop and imagine it.
Except really, you don't have to imagine it, as a comics fan, you're already bloody living it, replace Jar-Jar with Larfleeze, and we're already fucking there. This comic and character is indicative of everything wrong with superhero comics today, it's aggressively simple, but with aspirations of depth it just can't hope to reach, and is just in general an insult to us all.
I don't think we can really blame Geoff Johns for this, he is obviously a talented guy, but on this occasion he has fallen into a trap of giving the fans what they want, and you should never ever give comics fans what they want, as most of them are morons. What was a fairly minor if fairly annoying side-villain in Green Lantern has been promoted to increasingly prominent roles in recent issues of the main book, and now this. It's ridiculous, there is no character here. Can anyone tell me what Larfleeze's personality is? He's greedy. That's it, no more. That's not enough for a single page, let alone a whole one-shot. It's depressing how empty this 'character' is.
On the surface the idea of a character hunting for Santa Claus in the DCU could be a clever idea, but just like Larfleeze himself, there is no subtlety here, Larfleeze just blazes in asking for presents, then Green Lantern just bluntly says there is no Santa, no depth at all. Johns isn't the most subtle writer at the best of times, but I can safely say that Hal Jordan's speech about the true meaning of Christmas is comfortably the worst thing he has ever written.
As if having a terrible non-character and an unsubtle story isn't enough, DC also go for some full-on Christmas gimmicks here, with a maze, a christmas ornament and even a cookie recipe for the readers to play with. This disgusts me. Some readers may claim I'm being too serious, and that it's 'just a bit of fun' and that we need more stuff like this to get kids reading comics, but I call BULLSHIT! Kids don't want this shit, it's not all-ages, it's aggressively infantile, it treats the reader like a child, it's a 40-year old man's idea of Christmas fun, and it's denigrates all comics as being a lesser, childish medium. It's an insult to us all really.
After all that, Johns has an attempt at pathos, with the revelation that Larfleeze really just wants his family, in what is a supposedly touching moment. It might be, if Larfleeze wasn't such a broadly drawn piece of crap caricature. It's too late to try and give him depth, we've crossed the rubicon now, it's like trying to give those racist Transformers a tragic backstory, it just comes across as ridiculous.
This was just an ill-judged comic from every angle, but we have nobody to blame but ourselves, and as a comics community we should hang our heads in shame. I include myself in this, I mean, I fucking bought it! And we even have a Dex-Starr special supposedly coming up. Kill me now, because that fucking Cat is almost as bad as Larfleeze in it's mawkishness.
Oh yeah, the Tiny Titans back-up was the only halfway decent thing about this issue, nicely drawn, and funny at the expense of the increasingly convoluted GL-universe without being too stupid.
Art - Brett Booth is one of those artists who became popular in the mid-90s because his art looked a bit like Jim Lee's if you squinted, but once Jim Lee waned in popularity, he was kind of stuck, and is kind of a 90s anachronism, like Larry Stroman or something. His exaggerated anatomy does Larfleeze's snout some justice, but his people look weird, but the art is the least of this book's problems, and really, he's just picking up a paycheck so I'll cut him some slack, it is Christmas after all.
Best Line - Are you joking here?
2/10 That 2 is for the 2 pages of Art Baltazar and Franco
by 3MJ » Tue Jan 04, 2011 6:40 pmI don't think we can really blame Geoff Johns for this, he is obviously a talented guy
by Punchy » Tue Jan 04, 2011 6:51 pm
Be fair, he wouldn't have got so far without at least having some talent, I may only like about half of what he does, but he's not shit.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:00 pmJust because Johns isn't talentless doesn't mean he escapes the BLAME!
After all, if a moderately workmanlike writer wrote something really challenging and amazing you wouldn't not give him any credit for it.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – For the third time this season junior Lauren Quisenberry (Corpus Christi, Texas) has been named the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference women's tennis Singles Player of the Week. Quisenberry won a pair of matches last week for the Engineers to claim the award.
Playing at No. 1 singles the junior started her week by playing the only other player in the league that was undefeated in No. 1 play, Lyndsay Cooke of Wheaton. Quisenberry came out the victor to become the only player in the NEWMAC without a loss at No. 1, taking a 6-1, 6-2 decision. She then finished the week in fine style, scoring a 6-0, 6-0 win against her opponent from Smith to help MIT clinch the NEWMAC regular season championship and the No. 1 seed in this weekend's NEWMAC Women's Tennis Championships.


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Well that was a much looser yogurt than I had signed up for. You know there is nothing better than a thick pot of greek yogurt, full fat or 2% fat if possible. I like a drip of honey on it, or a hand split overripe fig dragged into the creamy middle. I go to artisanal shops and get some artisanal dairy and the labels are pretty and classy enough, so I assume that the more rare it is, the more toothsome, the more sour, the more funky and rich it will be. Some days this is true, but not today. It's thin as milk and lumpy like an unblended vichyssoise.
I discovered the Fage brand of greek yogurt – the undisputed winner, the kind that makes me weak in the knees, each time I slip the wax paper top off the creamy head of a new container – while living in new york with Princess Farhana. She made eating it look so refined and elegant and decadent, as she does with most things, and I had to copy her.
Back then I would take a large fuji apple and cut it into 16ths with a bad, dull knife. I would eat the apple shards and take a bite of yogurt and this was my communion and my sustenance and my apple yogurt life. At the end there might be a tiny spoonful of almond butter to punctuate the meal, to put a period onto its completion.
I try other brands of yogurt, thinking yes there must be one that is more strained, one that is higher in fat content, one that will hold the spoon up unaided in the middle of the pot, but there is none but Fage. My refrigerator is full of these dairy mistakes I have made and now I must go to the store again and face Fage facts.


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Sunday, November 25, 2007
A New Day; A New Government and Green Eggs
A new government was elected last night. After 11 years in the political wilderness they're bursting with ideas, but have come up a little short on real policy. It will be interesting to see what the new team can bring. Australians decided it was time for a change, and I have to agree. John Howard has been a pretty good PM, tough, wily and committed to and passionate about Australian values. He just seemed to have run out of puff, and most of his team looked very tired, and old! Hopefully the high energy levels of the new government will carry through to some much-needed ideas and policies for our struggling health and education systems, as well as continuing to manage Australia's prosperity well. They've got three years to prove themselves before we go around the mulberry bush again!
To celebrate the new government, Romily and I had green eggs for breakfast!
Yes, they are indeed green scrambled eggs, in homage to the much-loved Dr Seuss. Rom was quite taken with this idea.
(Just add four drops of green food colouring to the pre-scrambled eggs and milk mix and voila!)
Enjoy your Sunday.
We're off to buy a new carseat for Rom, as she's just about outgrown her old one. My little girl is growing up fast!
9 comments:
- Leah said...
You get today's Fun Mummy award - great eggs!
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- de vliegende koe said...
I really hope for all of you, the new government will do something about the health insurance issue. Green eggs, wonderful!
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- Emma said...
Someone's got to ask - Where's the ham???
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- kcamou said...
She's precious! I wonder what my kids would say if I served them green eggs???
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- ingrid said...
I was wondering about the ham too, LOL.
We were a happy family here on Saturday as the election results came in. Here's to a bright new future for Australia!
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- Tracey @ozcountryquiltingmum said...
Unfortunately, that is what they do....grow up too fast.
But then they become such interesting little beings and come home from School at age 7 and announce, "I am voting for John Howard, we all are....because Kevin Rudd eats his ear wax!!'.....then wanted to watch the "race" live on Saturday night...devastated when he found out there wasn't an actual one! JH would have kicked b... then! Tracey
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- anne bebbington said...
She certainly is - that photo just shows how she's turning into a proper little girl from the chubby faced toddler she was not that long ago. Love the green eggs - inspired mummy! My kids were never into Dr Seuss but that's a good reason to check out the books for anyone with littlies :o)
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- Clare said...
I wish I had though of green eggs all those years ago when trying to get Alex to eat eggs! Clever Mum Award to you.
- 10:08 pm
- Jenni @ Fairybread said...
I too wondered about the ham. I just hope they don't spend all the money that has been saved up for the future by the previous Govt. It will be interesting to see how things stand in 3 yrs time.
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Not Much Future in J.C. Penney's Past
Like an old sentimentalist, J.C. Penney apparently sees its past as rosier than it really was. Oddly, that could actually boost its stock price—at least until the future intervenes. Justin Lahart reports.
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Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II mounted on Canon EOS 1200D : Tests and Reviews
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With an 18-Mpix CMOS sensor the Canon EOS 1200D, otherwise known as the Rebel T5 in the US and Kiss X70 in Asia, is the latest entry-level model DSLR from the maker. Read on to find out how this newly updated model performs.
Three years after launching the Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS, Canon is renewing its "telephoto zoom" for APS-C. The Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II is the counterpart of the Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II in the entry-level range of Canon lenses. Let's just see how this new version compares with its predecessor.
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The writer Italo Calvino says; "In love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision."
When the innovative M.Christian and Alyn Rosselini suggested food and erotica as a theme for Sizzler's latest anthology, A Lover's Feast, I was reminded of Italo Calvino's words.
Sex and food. Food and sex. The two are inextricably linked. The stories here celebrate their unique relationship. Whether it's teen lovers slurping down hot dogs, washed down with Pepsi, or a dinner of the finest cuisine, eaten lovingly by a sophisticated gourmet, we watch each other as we eat.
We bite, we swallow, we lick our fingers, we kiss and taste each other.
Here is what Sizzler have to say about their great new anthology.
Food and sex – sex and food: two great things that can be even better together! From soothing chocolate to spicy meatballs the stories in this brand new erotic anthology edited by two masters of the genre - M.CHRISTIAN and ALYN ROSSELINI - feature stories by the crème-de-la-crème of sexual and literary cooking and will tickle your sensual taste buds and stir your pot of erotic thrills.
Basting lovers, cooking orgies, steaming hot encounters, straight as well as queer taste treats ... the stories in HUNGER: A FEAST OF SENSUAL TALES OF SEX AND GASTRONOMY will push boundaries everyone's pleasurable buttons – both erotic and gastronomic: these are stories that will arouse, amuse, amaze, and whet your appetite for more!
Authors in this so-very tasty anthology include: SUSAN ST. AUBIN, DOMINIC SANTI, GISELLE RENARDE, ERIN O'RIORDAN, OLIVIA LONDON, JESSICA LENNOX, KIRSTEN IMANI KASAI, CÈSAR, SANCHEZ ZAPATA, GREGORY L. NORRIS, HEIDI CHAMPA, and BILLIEROSIE
And Sizzler's writers have delivered in quality and abundance. As I read the stories, I think of taste, aroma, texture, moist inside my mouth, crumbling in my fingers; like these stories in "A Lover's Feast", playing havoc with my senses. I am gluttonous, as I gorge on these sexy tales.
In "A Meal", Susan St.Aubin, has Evelyn preparing a meal for the man in her life, her lover Hal and the woman in her life, her lover, Rebecca. The point of view moves between the characters, telling of desire, lust, jealousy. Two girls and a guy, it should have all gone so smoothly, but lust for the flavour of food, overtakes the lust for sex. The salmon mornay, scooped and slurped from scallop shells is too delicious. Susan St.Aubin is talking about the dark side of desire. Evelyn has tried to control desire and it has turned around and bitten her.
But what surprises her most of all, is that Hal is repelled by what Rebecca has in her mouth.
In "Jeb's Wife", Dominic Santi gives us three guys and a girl. Kaylee loves to cook. The guys love to eat; they all love to do other things. Through the delectable style of Kaylee's homemaking skills, the four ravenous friends bring a whole new aspect to the notion of coming together. Whenever I have read Dominic Santi's stories, I have always been drawn to, and impressed with the way he conjures up visual images. In "Jeb's Wife", he excels at writing spectacle. The orgy in the final paragraph, is loaded, saturated with excess. And it works.
Kirsten Imani Kasai's contribution to the anthology is "Best Served Cold." It is a skilful dish of betrayal, love; a haunting mix of recipes turned into a powerful lament. It is a story that stays with you, long after you have read the final paragraph.
In "Une Apetito Rubusto", Renatto Garcia, has Gwen on holiday in Italy, with her girl friends. It is supposed to be a male free holiday. Gwen has taken a vow of abstinence, more than that; she has sworn off men for life. Then she meets Cristoforo, "with eyes the shape of ripe olives". They drink wine in a bar; Blanc de Morgex, Petite Arvine, Picotendro. The exotic names are a slow tango of seduction. Cristoforo educates Gwen in the subtle arts of taste, aroma, texture. In a scene of pure, undiluted erotica, Gwen swoons into a bathtub of Italian marble; she is saturated with wonderful, luscious grapes and red, red wine.
Then there is Giselle Renarde's tale, "The Sweetest Burn". A woman becomes a vessel on which to serve Chef's latest concoction. She is a platter; she also holds the secret ingredient within her skin and Chef's expert tongue wants to taste and test the balance of flavours. Her sweat and bodily fluids enhance the recipe. The writer draws on the sensation of touch, as Chef laps, sucks and slurps his way over her flesh. "Her flesh was a regular bouquet garni of human aromas."
And another Chef, in Gregory L. Norris' "Foodie". Marcel wakes up in the middle of a crazed fantasy. At least, as far as looming into consciousness and realising that you're bound and helpless is a fantasy. Marcel is the current "it" man of the TV celebrity chef world. While in bondage, Marcus is feasted upon; his bodily secretions are pronounced as delicious by the "foodie". Whether it's a marinade or a glaze; a garnish to a delectable salad or an icy swirling decoration in a frosted glass, Marcus is there to be consumed.
The stories in this fabulous anthology have resonance. Perhaps it's a moment in a restaurant, a bar, or a café or sharing coffee and croissants in bed with your first lover. A secluded picnic beneath an oak tree or catching and cooking a plump fish on a barbeque. The smoky aroma drifts and lingers.
Watching your lover cook with his fingers, eat with his fingers and getting turned on. Both of you.
Deep, dark green extra virgin olive oils and fragrant raspberry vinegars, gooey, slippery egg yolks separated from their whites. Oysters swallowed whole, slipping slowly down your throat. Peppery, yellow and orange nasturtium flowers scattered into a salad of green rocket with tiny, ripe, sweet vine tomatoes. Flavour and sensation, bursting on your tongue. Lapiz blue borage flowers crushed into chilled Pimms with chinking chunks of ice. Fragrant, golden honeysuckle flowers decorate an airy lemon soufflé. Pink damask rose petals scattered over a white, linen table cloth. Pomegranate seeds, staining mouths scarlet, little rubies hinting at the forbidden, bitter and sweet. Runny golden honey, crunchy, dripping, sticky eaten straight from the comb. White of egg, slimy, then whipped into a white, fluffy, crisp Pavlova. And smooth, dark chocolate, silky on the tongue, slowly melting.
And while writing this review, I am reminded of a scene from Tony Richardson's great 1963 film, "Tom Jones."
The famous, sex-drenched eating scene between Tom (Albert Finney) and, (all unknowingly) possibly his mother Mrs. Waters (Joyce Redman) begins naturally enough with big steaming pewter bowls of soup. Mrs. Waters leans over the table and lustily slurps big round spoonfuls, her breasts tumbling out of her bodice, with a more-than-come-hither look. Tom, nearly overcome, involuntarily rips a claw off the langouste he has in his hand and sucks happily on it. Drafts of ale, turkey, oysters, pears, and wine are then dispatched with loving attention.
M.Christian and Alyn Rosselini's "Hunger!" anthology, has its roots in the spirit of Henry Fielding's novel, published in 1749 and Tony Richardson's 1963 film; both entitled "Tom Jones".
And "Hunger is out now! Shortly to be available at Amazon, you can buy it here at Sizzler!


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1. Please ask what the rules are at any beach you visit.
Should you ignore #1 and not know what the rules are, please do not argue with the local kiters when they inform you what you are doing is wrong. If they say "Do not do XXX," please do not reply "I am doing XXX for YYY" or "I am doing XXX because of ZZZ," or worse "I have kited all over the world and have always done XXX and will continue to do so, here and everywhere else."
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A Christmas party has ended in tragedy after a plane crash killed a pilot hired by a skydiving company in southeast Queensland.
The Cessna's undercarriage clipped power lines and crashed at Burrum Heads, just north of Hervey Bay, about 10am (AEST) on Monday.
The plane was engulfed in flames on impact and the 59-year-old pilot, from Gympie, died at the scene.
He was the only person on board.
The crash also sparked hundreds of power outages in the area.
Police Inspector Troy Pukallus says a skydiving company hired the plane for a Christmas party at the Flame Lily Adventures park across the road.
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"Initial reports said there was actually contact with the pole," he told AAP.
"We haven't confirmed that with our crews yet."
The Department of Community Safety said three fire crews put out the fire.
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Have you seen The Holiday?ReplyDelete
I always imagine the blue/pink daughters to be rather like the children in the movie.
The "You look like my Barbie" children.
But Irish of course...
Happy Christmas you.
xo Jane
Are you telling us that you are not mulling wine or baking shortbread Mise.....we want to see your Charlie Brown tree and handmade bunting.ReplyDelete
Who could not find it in themselves to bless you after an unspoilt rant like that? So I will, so I will.ReplyDelete
Look, you made a Christmas tree out of your words...crafty or what!!ReplyDelete
Mise, do you mean to tell me that you are not making a batch of Christmassy cranberry yoghurt while carolling?ReplyDelete
I had the chance to go to Graceland about 20 years ago as a young naive backpacker...but I went to Dallas instead! Who knows where I will go when I die?
darling child looks like mum. Sorry to hear aboutReplyDelete
Lead Rabbit...perhaps it was the stress of performance that lowered her resistance. I hope she gets over it
and continues to persue her acting career.
Hi MiseReplyDelete
It is good to see Pink Daughter smiling again and recovered. I hope the weather is gentler and that Santa will make it to Pretty Far West. One year in Aughnish, Santa came at "Little Christmas aka the Ephphany" Jan 6, as the waves washed out the causeway to the Island on Christmas Eve. Do you light twelve candles on Jan 6?
Nollaig Shona a Cara
Helen xx
And thank you, for smile after smile, all year long.ReplyDelete
oh dear! I doubt a rousing rendition of Wham's Last Christmas would help get you in the spirit....or perhaps after a glass or two mulled wine it might be just the thing....ReplyDelete
Oh lord, my daughter keeps singing 'Last Christmas' and it is driving me insane.ReplyDelete
Thank you Mise for your take on the strangeness that is blogging.
By the way I am still waiting for my Ramsign house number -they take a few weeks apparently, but I will feature it on the blog when it arrives.
Hello Mise:ReplyDelete
How accurately you describe our time in these days leading up to Christmas, dear Mise. Even as we write this, we are surrounded with piles of homemade paper chains, glitter everywhere, hand drawn cards to be drawn, puddings steaming [or whatever they do], mincemeat mincing, cakes to be iced, stockings to be filled, trees to be dressed [well, first purchased] and all manner of other festive activities. No Scrooge here!!
But, whatever, the anticipated joy and excitement of Christmas to be had by small children everywhere is absolute magic and something to be well and truly treasured.
Art comes in many forms. Some create it in embroidered Christmas stockings or elaborate mincemeat; others in words.ReplyDelete
We all have a spoil sport in us Mise. You are not alone! Let your family do the work here and just let yourself get swept along on the tide of red, gold, and green.... and sugar!
That smile cheered me up no end. And so do you, for which many thanks.ReplyDelete
She's so enchanting! I feel myself flagging but I will remind myself of this image daily to help get me over the Christmas line.ReplyDelete
I'm a spoilsport as well. (Although I did dabble in non-holiday-related glitter.)ReplyDelete
Her excitement just leaps off the the page! (er, the computer screen.) When they grow up you can have your pot of hyacinths, but for now I have a feeling you will find a happy balance of calm and festive.ReplyDelete
Tell me more about the chestnut roasting devices, I have an abundance of hyacinths I can share in return ;DReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2011 at 6:34 PM
Do pop in to see my contribution to the Christmas alcohol makings, including Turkish Delight vodka ..... yes, it is delightful!!ReplyDelete
Well, you have your own Christmas tree fairy!ReplyDelete
Yes I think I could be a professional mulled wine taster but glitter applier, not so much.ReplyDelete
With that angelic, adorable face, all looks happy and bright. Thank God for children!
Wishing you all a truly fun and festive holiday Mise. May Santa arrive with his bags full and his belly full of laughter.
Here's to 2012!
x Deb
Well it's good that they are so excited to counteract your ambivalence!! Seriously I expect you are a lot more than you let on!! And look at that gorgeous face - too cute for words. XReplyDelete
That is a 100 watt smile if ever I saw one. Enjoy the season. New Year can be calm and graceful again.ReplyDelete
So the Lead Rabbit has recovered in time for Santa!! Four more sleeps...and counting...have a HAPPY CHRISTMAS, Mise. Thanks for the smiles and laughs all year long...looking forward to next year's.ReplyDelete
I baked the good ones with vegetable suet.... I'll be mulling my wine on Friday, please feel free to call by xxReplyDelete
What a sweet smile! Hope all is now better!ReplyDelete
Merry Christmas to all,
Oh I dread it all!...I am trying hard not to this year...it's only kind of working.ReplyDelete
No mince pies here, the tree's not long up, it'll be soon down! I brought the little ones to see Santa the other day...they hugged him...traitors!..I thought they'd at least cry! They're converts apparently...
You little one is dotey!
That's a lovely photo....merry Christmas to you!!ReplyDelete
I must be the spoilsport sort as well, Mise, but you are right. It is good. And tomorrow I'll make some cookies for the party.ReplyDelete
I'm not doing anything like that, and is it bad to admit that I paid my neighbours teenage son to bake my mince pies (because they really do look as though I might have made them myself!) But I do love my visits to your vision of blogtopia Mise. They never fail to make me smile. Have a lovely lovely Christmas. Amanda xxReplyDelete
Thank you Mise for always making me smile.ReplyDelete
And for your kind words.
Happy Christmas to you and P and B Daughters and S Husband.
Dear The Mise FamilyReplyDelete
Our mince pies come from a box (what is suet?)
Our Christmas cake came from a friend.
The presents came from Santa and the internet.
The wine has a screw top, and is not mulled.
I am a disgrace to blogging.
Luckily I have you good friends to guide me and show me the way, even if I fail/ don't even try to get there.
Have a wonderful Christmas. I will try harder next year. Maybe.
Pink daughter looks ready to fly, hop, and sing, she looks so excited...what a fantastic smile!ReplyDelete
I have a clovebud sized bit of suspicion that nestled in a comfy corner of that bright, clever, and pink heart of yours, a little bit of Christmas cheer resides, and is secretly baking red & green sprinked sourdough loaves of bread and adding silver dragee's to her homemade yogurt!
Two pumkin's and an apple pie here, btw.
Merry Christmas Blessings Mise...to you, and every single one of yours!!!
Thank you for a lovely & delghtful year of pink tinged wit!
xo J~
I cooked not one whit of food this year. It was OK, or so they tell me. Merry Christmas to your little girls. I wish them wonder all their days.ReplyDelete
Here I am enjoying the laziest day of the year amidst the detritus of a pretty awesome Chrissie Day. MOTH received a new drill & wheelbarrow from Santa, if that isn't a hint to get cracking with the renos, I give up. A big hug to you for all the pleasure PFW has given me this past year. You are one of a kind dear Mise, may that never change!ReplyDelete
Millie xx
This is about the tenth time I've tried to post this....keep on being interrupted by those pesky Christmas elves, claiming to be my children. I was so sure that you would have some spiced mulled wine in one hand while stirring your brandy sauce on top of your Aga with the other. Next thing you know you'll tell us that you haven't given away homemade gifts in recycled Bonne Maman jars! What a blessed relief.... If it's okay with you, I'll join you on the sofa...you make the martini's, I'll bring the Lindt balls and some bought mince pies. Meredy xoReplyDelete
Hope you had a lovely Christmas Mise - full of glitter and mulled wine - and that 2012 may bring a load of great things to you and your familReplyDelete
ditto to all above..ReplyDelete
agree wholeheartedly with flwrjane... and just rewatched that movie a couple of days ago and thought of your munchkins..
Ok.. very late xmas greetings.. been lost in no man's land .. and unexpected absence. It must have been the heat.. and lack of mulled wine..
Hope you and yours had a wonderful christmastime and that the soon to be New Year brings much happiness and joy into your world.. ciao xxx Julie
What about those of us who swear at the gingerbread house - are you grateful to us, too?ReplyDelete
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas filled with the sounds of joyous glee as Santa's presents were discovered!ReplyDelete
Have a wonderful New Year....only another week before that tree can come down...don't despair!
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year, Mise, and that you got a new pot of new hyacinths (and a cushion cover), that pink and blue daughters got just the thing that made them smile with delight, and that your hubby got a good mince pie with suet and some tasteful accessory for his motorbike (not sure what that can be, a crocheted seat cover?)ReplyDelete
Here's to 2012. :)
Happy New Year Mise,ReplyDelete
I really hope that you have not been blown away in those awful storms.
The tree can officially come down today.
I hope that you all had a lovely Christmas.


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Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 11:10 pm
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So I finally got the balls to venture out in the sea during the Indian monsoons and had a blast with 20-30knot gusts.
However, I keep getting warned by family and friends about strong undercurrents and tides...This may seem like a stupid question but do currents, undercurrents and tides really affect a windsurfer?
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I got caught in a rip current once about 50 yards from shore. The wind had died. Had to ditch my rig, luckilly I got it back.
Currents here can be very strong at times. Depending on where you are tides may vary little or greatly, as much as 40 feet!
I always make it a point to check the tide. There is something called the ordinal rule of 12. Most places have 2 tide cycles per 24 hour period, two high tides and 2 low tides. There is roughly 6 hrs. between a high tide and a low tide. If total tidal variation is 12 feet:
In the first hour 1/12th of the tide occurs = 1ft.
second hour 2/12ths =2 ft.
third hour 3/12ths = 3 ft.
fourth hour 3/12th= 3ft.
fifth hour 2/12th= 2ft.
sixth hour 1/12=1 ft.
Watch out durring the 3rd, and 4th hours as half of the tidal change occurs during these 2 hours! This means STRONG currents.
Always know what the tides are doing before venturing out! Your life may depend on it!
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Even in more benign tidal conditions, they can and do affect windsurfers. For instance, if you are going in a direction that has a component WITH the tide, the wind you sail "sees" will be less than the actual wind. If you are going in a direction that has a component AGAINST the tide, the wind your sail "sees" will be more than the actual wind. If you ever have those days where it's a bit harder to get going on one tack than the other, this is probably the explanation.
Fully agree with slinky's post, tides are extremely important and one should always know what they are doing.
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Ok..so the more variation in tides the stronger will be the currents...and these currents can pull me with them if the wind dies on me.
This is helpfull cause even though the place I sail at is a bay and hardly has a few feet of variation....I have seen a few beaches where the low tide was a couple of kms out and the water pulled back really fast.
Also another point i should mention is the monsoon wind provides a permanent side onshore wind...is there anything I should be worried about?
@Dennis....Im not sure if what you mean....shouldnt you go faster with the tide and slower against it instead of the other way around.
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Here is what I mean (wish I could draw a picture on here):
It is all about vector addition.
Suppose the tide and wind are both towards the South. If the wind is blowing 10 mph (relative to someone standing still), but the tide is 3 mph (relative to someone standing still), the apparent wind that your sail sees will be 7 mph. That's because the tide is taking you away from the wind at 3 mph.
The opposite is true if tide and wind are in opposite directions. The tide will be taking you into the wind, so your sail would see 13 mph in the above example.
Maybe think about it like this, if there was no wind, and you were just floating along on the tide, you would measure an apparent wind of 3 mph. this would add to the true wind speed if you were going into the wind and subtract from the true wind speed if you were going away from the wind.
Of course, the effect is diminished when you start moving across the wind (like when reaching) but can still be noticeable.
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Aah..I get it..your referring to the apparant wind.
So if i have an onshore wind with high tide...I should be able to be able to move faster out to sea than back to shore with the same amount of wind.
Thats interesting, I never really considered that.
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At high tide there is no current! Same at low tide, no current.
It's what the tide is doing that matters. Is it coming in or going out?
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High and low tide should have very little current, it's the time in between
that develops current. Going faster isn't exactly the way I would look at it
either. In the direction where you sail with the wind against the current,
you'll plane up earlier and have more available power when planed. In the
direction where you sail the wind with the current, you'll plane up slower
(or maybe not at all), and you'll have less available power when planed.
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Aah..I get it..your referring to the apparant wind.
So if i have an onshore wind with high tide...I should be able to be able to move faster out to sea than back to shore with the same amount of wind.
Thats interesting, I never really considered that.
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Currents and rips have more to do with topography and waves than tide movement.
Peaks and valleys of tides can have extreme rips and currents, if water is flowing into an acclerated area from a wider, slower area.
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The thing to remember about tides is that they can vary greatly depending on your sailing location. For example, the tides in Southern California will vary hugely in comparison with the tides in Alaska. With the latter location, you really need to aware of tidal activity to be safe. Also, like LeeD (zirtaeb) says, at some places like in the San Francisco Bay and Delta areas, tidal action can really affect things. You can really tell the differences between wide and narrow areas in the Delta like The Access and Powerlines. Although they're only a few miles apart, the action on the water is noticeably different because the width of the river.
Lastly, riptides and currents can be dramatically affected by ground swell. I can remember windless days surfing where you had to constantly keep paddling just to stay in the line-up. Also, paddling out through the surf the ground swell generated current would rip you down the beach at an incredible rate. However, a few days later after the ground swell passed, the current at the same spot would be negligible. So, weather events often originating far far away can have a dramatic effect on conditions.
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OBSERVATIONS ON THE SCYRA CLAN AND YUUNO'S RELATION WITH THEM, and conclusions based thereon.
We never see another Scrya in the series. There are no Scrya working in the Infinite Library. All of the Scrya would be gone on expeditions without leaving anyone at a central home. Plenty of other archaeologist-types appear in Sound Stage X without any mention of the Scrya. In short, the Scyra do not seem to have a very strong presence in the TSAB's federated world.
Conclusion: Despite the word-choice of the translation, the Scrya are not the sizeable "tribe" that I have long thought they were. Instead, they're probably a small clan in the sense of two or three nuclear families living and working together as an extended, multi-generational family unit. Their family history as an archaeologist clan may only be as old as the TSAB itself, beginning 50-60 years ago with the grandparents' generation.
Note: I don't recall Chrono, Lindy or Amy making any remark along the lines of "Oh, you're one of THOSE Scryas", so the Clan might not have a reputation outside of the archaeological/academic community. Yuuno might be the first one to establish such, with his discovery of the Jewel Seeds, involvement in two Lost Logia cases, and appointment as Chief of the Infinite Archives.
The Scrya have a "family tent", with a lively, busy atmosphere that Yuuno likens to a flower-viewing party hosting over 60 people. The flower-viewing was not held inside a tent, being held out-doors, so this is not saying that 60 people were packed in the tent at once.
Thoughts: I'm not sure whether the family tent was where everyone ate and slept and hung out, or if it just served as a living room and office, with nuclear families sleeping in their own tents. But a communal sleeping arrangement would help explain how Yuuno was raised by the whole tribe without specific adoptive parents.
The Scrya Clan as a whole raised Yuuno, who had no parents. As opposed to sending him to an orphanage somewhere. However, no specific person or couple in the Clan took him on as their own child.
Possibility 1: Yuuno was born to at least one member of the Scrya Clan who died during or shortly after childbirth. Since he was a blood-relative, the Clan decided to keep him rather than give him up, but no one could bring themselves to replace their family member by acting as Yuuno's mother or father.
Possibility 2: Yuuno was adopted by a soft-hearted Scrya despite the misgivings of the Clan, much as Nanoha ended up adopting Vivio despite her own misgivings. Except that Yuuno's adoptive parent died shortly thereafter, and the Clan didn't have the heart to send him away after that. But no one felt motivated to become his mother or father.
Yuuno says that he was "always alone from the start", despite being raised by the whole Scrya Clan and considering them all to be his family, and despite a close and lively atmosphere provided by things like family tents.
Conclusion: Not only were the nuclear families of the Clan looking after their own children without directly adopting Yuuno, none of their children were Yuuno's own age. Logically, all of them would have been older than him. And his clan was always out on one expedition after another, so Yuuno wouldn't have any contact with children his own age outside of the Clan.
Extrapolation: Much like Nanoha, Yuuno spent much of his time left to his own devices, or being babysat in a rotating shift by whoever was taking a break or not looking after their own children. From this, Yuuno developed into an independent individual much like Nanoha, and also a good student.
Only, whereas Nanoha was a good student for Earth's curriculum, Yuuno's study materials were Midchildan-style magic and all of the sciences and humanities involved in archaeology: anthropology, paleontology, mineralogy, linguistics, history, sociology...
Yuuno kept himself occupied so much, and behaved himself so well, that the busy Scyra Clan never noticed how lonely he felt.
A-rank mages are rare, and even someone as "dangerous" as Caro was only B rank at best by the time of StrikerS. Though Caro was dangerous less because of her personal power, and more because what power she did have allowed her to call forth an external source of much greater power: Voltaire. Yuuno, on the other hand, had no such connection to a fightening beast.
Conclusion: Yuuno was a rare exceptional talent within his clan. Unlike 10 year old Caro, 9 year old Yuuno could fly without the assistance of a Device or Dragon. He could not use shooting or bombardment magic, but he already had a thorough mastery of fields (more so than 14-year-old Chrono), barriers, shields, binds, and scrying spells (good enough to make the Infinite Library his plaything), and at least some ability with increase magic (which includes healing), whereas Caro was pretty much limited to increase magic.
Their abilities at teleportation might be equal, since that's generally a specialty for summoners -- hence their ability to summon at all. Except that between the two of them, Yuuno is the one who can definitely teleport targets against their will. And possibly also teleport to different planets.
Extrapolation: Delighted to have such a prodigy among them, the Scyra taught him all of the magic that they could, save for the two kinds he just couldn't do. Thus, his mastery of many different fields of defense and support magic.
Yuuno would have asked his clan about his parents, and whatever they told him would have contributed a great deal to his present character. With that in mind, what legacy seems to mesh with Yuuno as we know him today?
* If his parents had died because of a freak cave in, he might have resolved to be a strong defensive mage to protect himself and others from accidents.
* If his parents died because someone had tampered with a Lost Logia they had unearth, Yuuno might have developed a conviction to see all Lost Logia found and safely sealed away so that they couldn't hurt anyone else again.
* If pirates had killed his parents to get at the treasure they dug up, he might hate thieves like Precia all the more.
* If his parents died because of a Lost Logia they were trying to unearth, Yuuno might blame archaeology for his orphanhood and grow to hate his clan's profession.
* If his parents simply abandoned him and their clan, he would be ashamed of himself and wonder why he was so bad that his parents wanted to leave him behind.
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Basically, a group so large that they start to have their own unique cultural identity.
As I imagine is the case with the Lu Rushe Tribe.
The Scyra are probably space-faring rather than confining themselves to one planet. At the very least, they cannot be as seclusive as the Lu Rushe, since they are archaeologists.
A culture devoted primarily to archaeology as a profession, rather than hunting or gathering, cultivating or herding? How would they support themselves? The primary business of a culture is first of all to feed its people, and second of all to defend themselves. Not to hunt for relics of the past.
Basically, the Scrya don't sound like a self-sustaining people, but rather more like a family business.
And he says that he was raised by the Clan because he didn't have parents. A direct cause-and-effect correlation, not two unconnected facts.
He did NOT say, "In my clan, all children are raised by everyone."
No, I really think that there just were no other children his own age for Yuuno to befriend. Nanoha at least had Arisa and Suzuka, and Chrono apparently had Amy, Accous and Charim.
And caution is something you can't afford when the Jewel Seeds are already on the loose. But was it really wise to travel all alone to a strange planet where he could not use magic openly, in order to take on all 21 Jewel Seeds by himself?
Rather than caution, that seems to indicate a great deal of concern for the damage Lost Logia can do if not immediately sealed away. Just as Chrono had strong motivation to seal the Book of Darkness away as quickly as possible.
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Not sure if you notice this but I posted this weeks before you showed up here
Since there is basically no family tree for Yuuno. Anything goes.
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But while that idea is possible, it's not very likely. It's also very sensational, and I think Yuuno is interesting enough without having to pull a surprise twist. Because which, I'm afraid of the backlash from those who don't like him, who might accuse me of trying to make him too important.
Anyway, as someone else pointed out, the DNA test they ran on Vivio didn't turn up any living relatives, so Yuuno isn't related to her at all. Though they might belong to the same ethnicity, which would cover their similar coloration.
But, the royal families of the time were heavily into genetically modifying themselves and their heirs. I don't think breeding for "no shooting/bombardment talent at all" would have been considered favorable.
Though it's possible that he was a genetic failure in that regard.
And yes, it is possible that someone tucked him away in a cryo-pod as a baby, and that the Scyra Tribe found him, gave him their name, and raised him as their own.
Though in that case, I think at least one of them would have directly adopted him as their own personal child.
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Considering that the only Scrya we know is Yuuno, and making an opinion regarding an entire clan just with of one example who may or may not be in the minority is absurd...I have no idea
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Why make an opinion when you can make an educated guess? But I'm inviting people to think about this along with me.
Mostly the question is inspired by how Hayate and Fate spoke in StrikerS about "illegal excavations" by people looking for overtechnology, mass-based weapons, and Lost Logia.
I wondered what a "legal" excavation would entail, given that these scavenger hunts were likely happening on unadministered or uninhabited worlds.
I doubt that the Scrya stop to ask permission to dig on such out-of-the-way worlds, or that the TSAB took care to police them or send anyone along to monitor their activities. They probably openly book civilian/commercial ships in order to get to their destinations, but since when does "non-clandestine" mean "legal"?
Still, I suppose that's not a fair question to ask about a statement that's possibly just silly no matter how you look at it, so I'll move on.
The principle difference between "graverobbers" and the Scyra are the things they intend to find and what they intend to do with them. Graverobbers go looking for anything people are willing to pay money for, or anything they can use. The Scrya are looking for clues to the past.
These are not mutually exclusive things, since there are people who are willing to pay money for the secrets of the past. Consider this possible scenario:
The Scrya and a band of graverobbers ended up touching down at the same dig site. At first, they ignore each other -- the Scrya don't want a fight and calling the authorities would only provoke one, and the bandits don't want a fight because that will earn them the wrath of the TSAB.
Only they each have the poor luck to land on the sides of the ruin that doesn't contain the things they want -- turns out the armory was over THERE and the public library was over THERE. Oops.
So, outside the eye of the law and without the power to safely perform a citizen's arrest, the Scrya Clan might step aside and let the bandits make off with the weapons while the bandits leave the library largely unmolested.
The Scyra Clan probably is not interested in going out of their way to help the TSAB police weaponry and Lost Logia. Finding the Jewel Seeds was a fluke and something the Scrya handed off to the feds as quickly as possible. Then, notably, only one of them bothered to do anything after the Jewel Seeds went missing, and he was likely the youngest and most idealistic member. He was also the one who personally found them and felt the most responsible.
The Scrya Clan might also have know exactly about the sorry state of the Infinite Library and how little care the feds took to organize and research all of the information recovered about other worlds and the past. If so, they would probably keep looking primarily for themselves, the academic community, and the good of future generations.
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There are a variety of ways to perform archeology. One can simply touch down and study an area, not taking anything from the site. More intrusive studies take everything of archaeological value. Since this means you will essentially be digging up a plot of land, it's likely permission is required should this land belong to someone. Most land dug up in our world does, so archaeologists have to receive permission virtually every time.
In the case of the Nanohaverse, there is a great chance of archaeologists stumbling on live and dangerous weaponry as well. Given that this puts the lives of many in danger, it seems logical that permission would be required before surveys can be conducted.
Given the vast amount of space Mid Childa alone already has that is ripe for archeology, it is possible the Scrya clan as a whole received permission to perform archeology, rather than increase the bureaucratic load of approving each and every plot they research. Though this is not the way archeology usually works.
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Ooh, nice idea! A general license to dig.
Probably, they have to keep detailed records of their entire expedition and everything they find, which they turn over to the TSAB in addition to their findings.
Anyone who wants to be legitimate archaeologists or scavengers HAS to register with the Bureau first, or else they can't release or sell their findings in the legitimate public without giving away their criminal activities.
On the other hand, that DOES encourage anyone who wants to dig illegally (because passing the background check and earning the license is a pain) to sell these things on the black market, but it wouldn't be the first time that a looks-good-on-paper law has not actually helped matters.
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...Yuuno Scrya the Digger? *insert diabolical laughter*
On a serious note, does anyone have any thoughts on what Yuuno *could be* doing during ViVid and Force (so far)? I've read theories that he might be training...or has been officially demoted to less-than an extra.
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Officially = someone in charge makes a statement
Technically = the rules make a statement
Effectively = actions make a statement that may or may not be consistent with what the rules or boss says.
Yuuno is officially still a character, technically still an important figure, and effectively vanished from the face of the world.
I generally don't think about what he's doing in Force, because it doesn't feel like anything he could be doing would make sense with his character. Not after he sat out all of the danger in StrikerS, which is a gross mischaracterization.
Even now, if he could do nothing else in Force, he could be helping the heroes with his powers of instant teleportation, deploying them instantly where needed, removing them from danger when things got bad, and even jumping into battle to suicidally grab a Huckebein and teleport them away where the Huck can't hurt anyone.
Because that's the kind of guy that Yuuno is, all arguments of "just a librarian" be damned. A simple scholar wouldn't have had such a comprehensive set of combat spells at age 9. It's like saying that Nanoha should retire because she can't be a mother and a fighter at the same time.
I'm more willing to think about what Yuuno's doing in ViVid, because it's not a life-or-death situation where his absence would count as a mark against his character.
However, there's absolutely no chance of an "unsafe" male character appearing in that Single Gender World. Zafira got a pass because he's older than dirt, a father figure, a familiar rather than a human, at least half wolf, and none of the girls are Kokonoe Rin.
No one's asked Yuuno to explain anything since StrikerS, despite the fact that he's still the most qualified person to do so. I'd be thrilled to tears if Els Tamin turns out to have recieved training from the man as a fellow Boundary Mage, but I'm not holding my breath.
"Your's is the shield that will support the heavens!"
"Your's is the divination will reveal the heavens!"
"Your's is the field that will rule the heavens!"
There are number of possibilities for him. He's a lighthouse, a tower, a fortress, and a shield.
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Agreed. Most of which is why I haven't paid much attention to after StrikerS.
They threw him away for reasons that I can't even begin to understand, other than trying to fuel the masses' NanoFate fan-tardation.
In ViVid and Force, I think he would be an asset all around for the TSAB in dealing with the Hucks.
He has all of that information at his disposal, and yet he's shoved aside.
Yuuno has a lot of potential. That they'd deliberately wasted. For no decent or good reason, IMHO.
Also, who is "Els Tamin"???
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General Motors (NYSE:GM) will begin to include 4G wireless broadband connectivity, the same used for smartphone devices, in its 2015 models sold in the U.S. and Canada, the automaker announced Monday.
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Under the plan, car owners who choose to add the feature to GM vehicles would select a wireless subscription package. GM cars and trucks, including GM's Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Opel and Vauxhall brands will be able to connect to mobile broadband and also create WiFi hotspots that will allow mobile device users in the car to connect to the Internet.
The first models offering the 4G option will be model year 2015 cars from Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac that roll out in 2014.
The addition of 4G Internet is considered a significant improvement over the capabilities of current in-car technology. For example, rather than simply showing directions using GPS, maps displayed on the vehicle's console screen will be able to include real-time traffic information.
GM said other features like faster downloads, video streaming and simultaneous voice and data connections will also be available.
The company will use AT&T (NYSE:T) as its 4G provider in the U.S. and Canada, and select other providers as the feature expands to other regions around the world.
"In addition to allowing consumers to bring in and connect to personal mobile devices, the vehicle will also act as its own mobile device, enabling embedded vehicle capabilities," Mary Chan, president of GM's Global Connected Consumer division, said in a statement.
The new feature builds on GM's OnStar offering, which launched in 1996. Although GM owns OnStar, when it comes to using the latest consumer technology to help sell vehicles, the automaker fell behind rivals like Ford (NYSE:F), which combined its own MyTouch system and Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Sync technology to control the radio and Bluetooth hands-free calling features.
Ford also serves as a cautionary tale, as the adoption of its MyTouch was rocky. The feature was built into Ford's Lincoln vehicles and consumers reported some initial difficulty in using the system.
Meanwhile, GM's OnStar is perhaps the most recognizable wireless systems in the auto industry. OnStar, which has over six million subscribers, provides emergency services and on-demand directions. GM chief executive Dan Akerson, a former telecommunications executive, has looked to improve on the automaker's in-car connectivity.
The move also means GM will no longer use current provider Verizon (NYSE:VZ) for OnStar services once new models offering 4G hit dealerships. GM said Verizon will continue to support all existing vehicles with OnStar and new models that come out before 2015 models.
Shares of GM were down 29 cents, or 1.07%, to $26.82 in early morning trading Monday. The stock is up just over 3% in the last 12 months.