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Day of the big avalanche:
It was the second day that we were filming in southern Wallis next to the little town called Orcières. I was out with my mate, professional freeskier Henrik Windstedt, on a photo shoot with Christopher Sjorström and Miriam Lang Willar and a mountain guide, for two days in the area near Orcières, close to my home in the border region between France and Switzerland. We had a helicopter that was able to bring us quickly upwards and to take shots from the air.
After riding four smaller lines, I looked at a spectacular north face that was about 2,500 meters high. The snow conditions were quite stable and got us more and more confident, but we still knew that there was a sketchy layer underneath that last big snowfall and that we still had to be careful. We took off quite late, around 12 'cause the heli was not available before and up there in these north faces we didn't really feel the temperature rising. We were riding these mini golf lines that felt just great and the only small slab that went didn't really warn us that much and we didn't feel like we were taking that much of a risk going into this face…that was already tracked.
As we were getting filmed from the heli and as the lines were not extreme at all, we took it quite easy, doing some nice turns, probably way less focused than earlier in the day. At the top of my line, I didn't really take the time to get to feel and deeply study my line. The heli was standing in the air waiting so I kind of had to hurry to strap in and drop into the shred. When that small slab broke I just pointed down towards my right, and kind of got away from the big cloud. I tumbled and kept going, but I still had some time to reach that spine where I thought it would be safe—but here is what I didn't expect: the small avalanche put pressure on the bottom of the slope which released all around me. Suddenly all I could see was just a giant puzzle and of course no escape. It felt natural to just pull the handle of my abs (avalanche airbag pack) and hope for the best.
As the huge washing machine tumbled me like I've never felt before, I just fell unconscious until they found me around ten minutes later. I was a wreck. Henrik had luckily found me and taken out the snow from my mouth and cut the strap of my helmet that was strangling me. I didn't respond for fifteen minutes. It must have been the worst time for these guys…I have very vague memories of this phase as well as some from my heli ride with the rescue team that arrived maybe half an hour later. I can still remember the noise of the heli with the wind in my face as well as the guys that were with me. When I got to the hospital, everything started to get better and better. I remember fighting in my head to really get everything back, which came along with the positive results of all the scans and tests they would have done on me. My wife was there on my side as well as a lot of friends that were filming in the area. It was just a miracle…I looked pretty bad with my red eyes that I kept for about a month, and the only injury I had was a torn internal ligament on my knee. After two kilometers and 1,200 meters getting smashed in the biggest avalanche…All I can say is that some miracle happened that 29th of March…It was not my time to leave that day…
So if it's not too impertinent a question, how can such a thing happen to an experienced professional like yourself?
Mountains always involve danger. Even in the best conditions, you can make a wrong move on your descent and trigger an avalanche. It's something you have to be aware of constantly. That's why I look at the line very closely, and I check where I could escape to if the slope suddenly slides or if too much snow starts to move. Unfortunately, I didn't check closely enough that day. You should never forget the rules, especially when you want to push yourself to your limits. The whole situation showed me that, no matter how careful and experienced you may be, you can never be 100 percent certain, so that's why you must always take precautions. Avalanche beepers and airbag rucksacks are therefore also always part of my equipment.
Can you describe what happened in more detail?
At about 2 p.m., I got the signal from my crew to start my descent. Everything was being filmed and photographed from the helicopter. The timing and the light are extremely important for a shoot like that, so I didn't have much time to double check. On the upper section, a small slab of snow came loose between the rocks, which didn't really worry me too much. I often say in such situations that speed is your best friend. This time, even that didn't help. I picked up my pace until I was going along at a fair speed, and at first everything indicated that I'd managed to get away from the white monster and I'd be able to laugh about it all afterwards. Then I noticed these huge cracks everywhere underneath me. The entire slope suddenly contracted in fractions of a second, and there was absolutely no way, even at full speed, I was going to escape. When I look back now, I simply didn't take enough time to check my line and consider good escape routes. So I'm doubly thankful that everything turned out OK in the end.
What then? How did you survive?
When I realized that the mountain was pulling me downwards, and I had no chance of escape, I pulled the release handle on the airbag rucksack. I just reached for it intuitively—I didn't even think about it. Then I felt myself tumbling over several times. It almost seemed as everything was in slow motion. Afterwards, I still have a few memories of how my friends found me about two kilometers further down. My first proper memory, though, is in the hospital.
…wow, two kilometers! How did the others find you?
I was very, very lucky. The airbags protected me from being overwhelmed by the mass of snow. I lay on top of about six metres of hard-packed avalanche snow. If I'd been under this pack of snow, I'd simply have been crushed. Although I lay on top of it, my mouth and nose were filled with snow. I was unconscious and my helmet was strangling me so that I couldn't breathe. It took about ten minutes for Henrik to come down to where I was. He saw the red airbags in the snow, but actually they thought I was much further up the slope and were going to look there. Nobody really believed, though, that I could have survived.
It sounds so dramatic. What have you learned from this, and what advice would you give to other riders who go freeriding?
Take things one step at a time and always imagine the worst-case scenario when making decisions. Most of all, don't rely on your equipment. We talk about people taking more and more risks when they go off freeriding. It's definitely the wrong way to go, whatever the situation. We had the same discussion a few years ago about avalanche beacons. For me, the airbag and the Pieps have become essential parts of any rider's equipment, and I always carry them. This doesn't mean that I take more risks when it comes to decisions about mountains, but when something goes wrong, they help me out. It's also why the ABS Airbag has now become hugely popular among professional freeriders. I actually feel rather uncomfortable now if I don't have the airbag rucksack with me, or if I've forgotten my beeper. However, both things are very different. The avalanche airbag is very easy to use and can prevent you from being buried under the snow, which is the most important thing. You need practice and experience for the beeper, and you can be found more quickly if you get buried by an avalanche.
Do you still think about it a lot:
Pretty much, especially 'cause it's being shown around in mags, films and stuff but I feel quite fine about it. I know the first few times on top of big lines after a big snowfall are going to feel strange but I'm quite confident and I still feel that there is stuff I have to do up there. Even a few days after, I already wanted to go back which to be honest surprised me quite a bit.
Will it affect your riding in future?
It will not affect my riding at all but it will definitely affect my routine, especially when filming. I'm usually really careful with the conditions and rarely take the bet on a run when I don't feel it. But when it gets to filming you sometimes get into this acceleration that makes you do strange things. I will definitely be conscious with that..
How did you think about danger and avalanches before your accident? and has there ever been a time that you been really scared? How do you deal these kind of moments?
I've always been quite scared of avalanches, ever since I was a kid. In the last decade, I've been able to better understand that phenomenon and getting close or living it quite a few times.
Two years ago I got dragged into some cliff bands by a small, but badly placed snow pocket that broke. I really saw myself gone, and to be honest it's been quite hard after that. Way harder than this time. Maybe because I then did an obvious mistake, maybe because I really had some time to see the cliffs coming… who knows, it took a long time before I could love snowboarding and feel comfortable with avalanche danger.
The strange thing is that I didn't really feel anything like that this time, even though it's been way more radical…Anyways, even when I ride for myself, I don't really push the limit by trying to open this or that run. I'm quite mellow and I do gnarly stuff only if I really feel it. I try to get away from these groups that push it all the time, I mean everyday, that routine is something that I find dangerous. These film sessions are for me, these times of the season when I kind of go for it and I like the fact to not abuse the good star that could shine upon my head… On the other hand, I like to spend time up there to get a feel good for the winter environment, get used to the snow, to the conditions… this is how you get comfortable and I would say more in control of the terrain and all the risks… there is a limit to that that brings the danger back as soon as you feel too comfortable. It's tricky all this. It's a lot about feeling and discipline at the same time. Two opposite attitudes, but you can't be up there without using both of them…
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Didn't you, like, just move?
Actually we moved three years ago. And you call yourself a faithful reader? You sicken me.
Didn't you say you liked New Jersey?
Sure, there's plenty to like here. We just like it better in Brooklyn.
Why did you move in the first place, stupid?
I do believe you answered your own question.
No, really.
Why did we move? It's all a blur. We were young and foolish. Our parents asked us when we were going to grow up and get a real place to live. Our friends moved out here and loved it. We thought we wanted a yard. We believed that house ownership would be intrinsically rewarding. We thought it wasn't too far from our friends and family. We were sure our other friends would follow our move.
And now you're moving back. Tell us more.
About a year ago, Scott told me he wanted to move back to Brooklyn. I actually fought him on it. I was all, "But the space! And the, uh, space! And Henry has space! And did I mention the space? So much space. Spaaaaace." We squabbled for about fifteen minutes, and then I came to my senses.
We miss our friends. Our family members are either in Brooklyn or much closer to Brooklyn than New Jersey. I loathe having to get into a car to do anything. Scott hates our damn yard. And we both think home ownership is highly overrated. We'd much rather spend our weekends going to the park or museums or flea markets or ANYTHING than spend our time tending to a house. We miss looking out the window and figuring out the weather based on what people are wearing. We miss take-out. We miss feeling like we're home.
How does Henry feel about the move?
It's hard to say. If you ask him, he will claim to be thrilled, but I think it's more complicated than that.
The other day he told me, "If you think I'm sad at all about moving, you just blow that thought out of your mind." I do think he's a little sad, though. Sad but excited.
I live in a big city. Should I never move to the suburbs because you didn't like it?
Yes. You should also like purple, because it's my favorite color. Also, Earl Grey tea is your new favorite. Write that down.
We have many friends out here who love it, who can't imagine going back to the city. These people are smart and hilarious and trustworthy. We have other friends who can't imagine living anywhere but in a city. I think it's safe to say we fall into the latter camp. We just had to leave the city to figure that out.
And we're going back, in eight days. Excuse me while I jump up and down for a few minutes.

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HOUSTON (AP) Jeff Samardzija was determined to get back on track Monday night after a couple of bad starts, so he was thrilled to see Josh Donaldson back in the Oakland lineup.
Samardzija pitched eight solid innings and Donaldson drove in three runs after sitting out Sunday with a knee injury to lead the Athletics over the Houston Astros 8-2.
''I told him there's no chance he's not starting the day I pitch. So I'll give him a massage on his knee if I have to, to get him in there,'' Samardzija said, joking.
It didn't come to that, but Donaldson acknowledged after the game he's still feeling pretty banged up despite returning to the lineup.
''It's not something I think about too much,'' he said. ''It's just one of those things, 126 games now. You learn how to play with stuff.''
Samardzija (4-3) allowed six hits, two runs and tied a season high with 10 strikeouts to bounce back from a two-game skid in which he yielded 11 runs combined. The right-hander was 2-7 with the Chicago Cubs before getting traded in early July.
''I took that last one pretty personally and I wanted to come out and have a good one and get back into my groove and how I do things,'' Samardzija said.
Josh Reddick hit a two-run homer and Donaldson had three hits. Donaldson doubled twice for his first extra-base hits and RBIs in his last nine games.
Reddick's 10th home run sailed into the seats in right field to push Oakland's lead to 3-0 in the fourth.
Chris Carter hit an opposite-field, two-run homer in the eighth to pull the Astros within one, but the A's added five runs in the ninth to extend the lead to 8-2.
Houston manager Bo Porter was disappointed that his bullpen let a close game get away.
''Getting an opportunity to come up in the ninth inning of a one-run game is completely different than coming up down by six,'' he said. ''The whole object is to keep the game right there.''
Scott Feldman (7-10) allowed seven hits and three runs in seven innings.
The Astros couldn't string anything together against Samardzija through the first seven innings. They didn't have more than one hit in an inning until the eighth, when Jose Altuve singled before Carter's homer.
Houston reliever Tony Sipp, who had allowed just 10 walks in his previous 41 innings, walked all four batters he faced in the ninth to push Oakland's lead to 4-2. Donaldson's bases-loaded double off Jose Veras sent two more home, and Derek Norris wrapped up the scoring with a two-run single.
Eric Sogard doubled to start the third and scored on Donaldson's first hit - a two-out double - to put Oakland up 1-0. Brandon Moss singled in the fourth before Reddick homered.
Carter's 31 home runs rank third in the American League, and his 18 homers and 44 RBIs since July 1 lead the majors. Altuve's hit gave him 179 this season, which leads the AL. The pair has carried Houston's offense since the All-Star break while the Astros have dealt with numerous injuries.
Athletics: Manager Bob Melvin said INF Nick Punto (hamstring) is making progress and has been taking grounders. Melvin didn't give a timetable on Punto's return, but said he's ''starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel with him.''
Astros: RHP Brad Peacock, who left his most recent start after five innings because of a sore forearm, will take his scheduled turn Wednesday. Porter said Peacock is fine and was removed mostly as a precaution.
Melvin said he'll probably start new catcher Geovany Soto on Tuesday night and put Norris at DH. Soto was acquired from Texas for cash on Sunday, with C John Jaso on the seven-day concussion disabled list. Soto has appeared in only 10 games this season after starting the year on the disabled list following knee surgery in March before another stint on the DL because of a groin injury.
Oakland RHP Jason Hammel is scheduled to start Tuesday after his previous turn in the rotation was skipped because of two off days last week. Hammel is 1-5 with a 6.75 ERA in seven starts since being traded from the Cubs on July 5.
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Alppihimos 42, 6-hengen Mökki
cottage, Himos, Jämsä, 6 persons
Alppihimos 45 m² + loft 33 m², 6 persons, price group 2
Alppihimos 42 is a semidetached cottage in Central Himos. In the winter cross country ski tracks are close. During the summertime you can enjoy the vicinity of the Patalahti-lake. Himos Areena and surrounding restaurants are about one kilometer away. Cottages are suitable for families.
The cottage has two floors and 1 bedroom.
In the entrance floor a spacious livingroom with TV, kitchen, fireplace, alcove with two (2) single beds, sauna and a jacuzzi.
Loft is divided into two separate sleeping areas, both with 2 single beds (2+2). There is a baby safety gate at the top of the stairs.
Roadside parking for cars.
Refrigerator, oven, electric cooker, micro-wave oven, coffee machine, dishwasher, dinner set and basic kitchen utensils, TV, Wi-Fi, baby cot, electric heating, fireplace, sauna + shower + toilet, jacuzzi, airing cupboard for skiing clothes, baby safety gate, air source heat pump.
Blankets and pillows are in the cottage, there are NO sheets and towels.
Himos Center reception and Himos Holiday office 0,8 km
Himos Arena and Himos hotel restaurant 1 km
Himos Center shop 0,8 km
Golf 1,5 km
Tennis 0,6/4 km
Lake Patalahti 0,5/1,5 km
West Himos slopes / North Himos slopes 1,5/1,5 km
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When restarting a remote NT based server from the gui, NT stops any remote administration service (eg WinVNC/PC-Anywhere/BO etc) that you have running. If the machine fails to reboot cleanly (say a dialog box appears during shutdown) and your remote administration service has stopped you are fuxored. I work from home most of the time and so I object to having to get dressed to go and see sick servers .
To get around this problem I wanted to write a program to implicitly force a reboot from the command line. By 'force a reboot' I mean telling the system to shut down ignoring any dialog boxes, errors, tasks waiting to complete or other anomalies, and restart regardless. This was intended to be an application of last resort, but I have had it implemented on my own servers for a couple of months now and it has been so successful that I made it policy to do all server reboots using this command line app - rather than attempting a shutdown via the gui first.
Notes on the code
This program uses the windows APIs. Because of this you could write it in any number of languages, but the example below is given in Visual Basic. Also I can't take 100% credit for the code - A lot of the API stuff is cut and pasted from API reference sites such as www.vbapi.com, but I have stitched it all together, added comments and the command line interface.
If you're going to try to get this code working in VB you'll have to create a new project containing just one .bas module and add a reference to "Visual Basic for Applications". This is for the retrieval of command line parameters. Then copy and paste the code listed below into your module.
Retrieving the O/S type
This code is only meant to run on versions of WinNT. So first of all we have to have a little bit of sanity checking. Is this a WinNT box? We can use the GetVersionEx API to get the version of our target operating system. The IsWinNT() function populates the myos value (of OSVERSIONINFO type) with information about the target operating system. If the target system is an NT box the following statement (and therefore the IsWinNT() function) will return true:
Setting shutdown privileges for the current threadCode:Private Const VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT = 2 ... IsWinNT = (myOS.dwPlatformId = VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT)
Ok. Now we know that the target system is NT we need to set the priveledges on our application so that we can shut down the system. To do this we use the GetCurrentProcess, LookupPrivilegeValue and AdjustTokenPrivileges APIs. The EnableShutDown subroutine uses the GetCurrentProcess API to get the handle for the current process and assign that process with permission to shutdown the system. I won't go into this too much here because I document this rather heavily in the code.
Retreiving user input from the command line
Sub main splits command line parameters, which are stored in the command$ variable, into an array using space as the deliminator. The code checks for two parameters, the action (valid options are logoff/reboot/shutdown prefaced by either - or /) and a boolean force variable (similarly prefaced) that decides whether or not to force the selected action. This bit of the code requires a reference to Visual Basic for Application so as to access the script host.
Forcing a reboot
The ShutDownNT procedure accepts the Flags parameter that specifies the action to be taken. The actual action taken by the ExitWindowsEx API contained in the ShutDownNT procedure is defined by assigning the sum of the following constants to the passed Flags variable:
So for example the flags required for a forced reboot would be:Code:Private Const EWX_LOGOFF = 0 Private Const EWX_SHUTDOWN = 1 Private Const EWX_REBOOT = 2 Private Const EWX_FORCE = 4
The code!Code:Private Const EWX_LOGOFF = 0 Private Const EWX_SHUTDOWN = 1 Private Const EWX_REBOOT = 2 Private Const EWX_FORCE = 4 ... flags = (EWX_FORCE + EWX_REBOOT) 'or flags = 4 + 2
If you want to get a copy of this app without the bother of compiling it yourself you can download a zipped copy from my public FTP server at ftp://184.108.40.206/SimonSoft/shutdown.zipCode:Option Explicit Private Const action_REBOOT = 1 Private Const action_LOGOFF = 2 Private Const action_SHUTDOWN = 3 'API constants Private Const EWX_LOGOFF = 0 Private Const EWX_SHUTDOWN = 1 Private Const EWX_REBOOT = 2 Private Const EWX_FORCE = 4 Private Const TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES = &H20 Private Const TOKEN_QUERY = &H8 Private Const SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED = &H2 Private Const ANYSIZE_ARRAY = 1 Private Const VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT = 2 'API structures Public Type OSVERSIONINFO dwOSVersionInfoSize As Long dwMajorVersion As Long dwMinorVersion As Long dwBuildNumber As Long dwPlatformId As Long szCSDVersion As String * 128 End Type Public Type LUID LowPart As Long HighPart As Long End Type Public Type LUID_AND_ATTRIBUTES pLuid As LUID Attributes As Long End Type Public Type TOKEN_PRIVILEGES PrivilegeCount As Long Privileges(ANYSIZE_ARRAY) As LUID_AND_ATTRIBUTES End Type 'API Declarations Private Declare Function GetCurrentProcess Lib "kernel32.dll" () As Long Private Declare Function OpenProcessToken Lib "advapi32.dll" _ (ByVal ProcessHandle As Long, ByVal DesiredAccess As Long, _ TokenHandle As Long) As Long Private Declare Function LookupPrivilegeValue Lib "advapi32.dll" _ Alias "LookupPrivilegeValueA" (ByVal lpSystemName As String, _ ByVal lpName As String, lpLuid As LUID) As Long Private Declare Function AdjustTokenPrivileges Lib "advapi32.dll" _ (ByVal TokenHandle As Long, ByVal DisableAllPrivileges As Long, _ NewState As TOKEN_PRIVILEGES, ByVal BufferLength As Long, _ PreviousState As TOKEN_PRIVILEGES, ReturnLength As Long) As Long Private Declare Function ExitWindowsEx Lib "user32.dll" _ (ByVal uFlags As Long, ByVal dwReserved As Long) As Long Private Declare Function GetVersionEx Lib "kernel32.dll" _ Alias "GetVersionExA" (ByRef lpVersionInformation As OSVERSIONINFO) As Long Sub Main() Dim a_strArgs() As String Dim i As Integer Dim Force As Boolean Dim Action As Integer Dim Flags as Long 'Sanity checking to see if the target system is NT If IsWinNT = True Then 'Reset system variables Force = False Action = 0 'Split the contents of the command$ variable into the a_strArgs array 'using [space] as the deliminator. a_strArgs = Split(Command$, " ") 'Iterate throught the a_strArgs array For i = LBound(a_strArgs) To UBound(a_strArgs) Select Case LCase(a_strArgs(i)) Case "-logoff", "/logoff" Action = action_LOGOFF Case "-reboot", "/reboot" Action = action_REBOOT Case "-shutdown", "/shutdown" Action = action_SHUTDOWN Case "-force", "/force", "/f", "-f" Force = True Case Else Exit Sub End Select Next i End If 'If an action has been set then enable the shutdown priveledges 'on this process If Action > 0 Then EnableShutDown Else 'No action has been selected so terminate Exit Sub End If 'Calculate the sum of the required flags and pass this as a 'parameter to the ShutDownNT procedure. if force = true then flags = EWX_FORCE Select Case Action Case action_LOGOFF flags = flags + EWX_LOGOFF ShutDownNT(flags) Case action_REBOOT flags = flags + EWX_LOGOFF ShutDownNT(flags) Case action_SHUTDOWN flags = flags + EWX_LOGOFF ShutDownNT(flags) End Select End Sub Public Function IsWinNT() As Boolean Dim myOS As OSVERSIONINFO 'I think I pretty much covered this above myOS.dwOSVersionInfoSize = Len(myOS) GetVersionEx myOS IsWinNT = (myOS.dwPlatformId = VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT) End Function 'set the shut down privilege for the current application Private Sub EnableShutDown() Dim hProc As Long Dim hToken As Long Dim mLUID As LUID Dim mPriv As TOKEN_PRIVILEGES Dim mNewPriv As TOKEN_PRIVILEGES 'Get the process ID of the this process 'and place it in the hproc variable hProc = GetCurrentProcess() 'Open the hProc process and lookup the 'SeShutdownPrivilege value OpenProcessToken hProc, TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES + TOKEN_QUERY, hToken LookupPrivilegeValue "", "SeShutdownPrivilege", mLUID 'Create a new set of priveledges in the mPriv variable 'of token priveledges type mPriv.PrivilegeCount = 1 mPriv.Privileges(0).Attributes = SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED mPriv.Privileges(0).pLuid = mLUID ' enable shutdown privilege for the current application AdjustTokenPrivileges hToken, False, mPriv, _ 4 + (12 * mPriv.PrivilegeCount), mNewPriv, _ 4 + (12 * mNewPriv.PrivilegeCount) End Sub ' Shut Down NT Public Sub ShutDownNT(Flags as Long) ExitWindowsEx Flags, 0 End Sub
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Research Journals Make It As Difficult As Possible To Openly Publish Gov't Funded Research
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Witness this bizarre story, relayed by William Patry, about the American Psychological Association's assault on a Congressional requirement that any NIH-funded research get published openly a year after its published in a journal. Let's be entirely clear here: we're talking about publicly (tax-payer) funded research that gets published in a journal. The journal does not pay for the research at all. The research is paid for by the NIH. Much of the salaries of the academics involved are often paid for by public institutions as well. On top of that, the journals do not reimburse the academic for publishing the research. The journals also do not reimburse the "peers" who peer review the research. In other words, these journals contribute very little to the publication, and get tremendous benefits for free (often at the expense of taxpayers). And, then, of course, the journals claim copyright over the papers and charge insane fees to subscribe to the journals that publish them.
Recently, Congress realized this was a problem, and ordered that all NIH-funded research (and that's hardly peanuts: the NIH funds nearly $30 billion in research per year) be published online in the PubMed Central archive, a year after publication in a journal. This still granted the journals plenty of time to get a return on whatever little "investment" they put into the publication. Most university libraries would still pay the exorbitant fees for the journal, but this tax-payer funded research would then be available to others after one year for free.
The American Psychological Association had other ideas, however. While it's not disobeying the rule, it is taking a rather draconian approach to it. It's decided that it will charge the institution the academic comes from $2,500 for "depositing" the paper with PubMed. It will not allow the researchers to submit the paper themselves (and avoid the fee). It also will not let the researcher submit the paper to any other open research publication and (of course) will not let the author retain the copyright on the publications. While it appears that the APA is rethinking some of this policy thanks to some of the outcry, it shows yet another old school academic journal clinging to not just an outdated business model, but one that actively stifles academic sharing of research and cross-pollination of ideas.


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I've been meaning to write a FAQ page to post up in the sidebar. This seems like a good time.
- What is PSaMP and Other Wild Facks.
PSaMP was a child of the Nearly-Kansas City Penguins-times. The first post was March 13th of 2007. Although I'm a massive Steeler homer, The Penguins provided the inspiration for the site. I wanted to create a place where I could voice my opinions on my three favorite teams. Those three teams are the Patriots, Senators and Red Sox. I started out writing in all lowercase, because I thought it would look cool. It didn't. I capitalized and punctuated. Shortly after launching the site, I started covering the Pittsburgh Passion, the city's kickass Women's Football team. I even interviewed the star Running Back. They won the Championship. I consider PSaMP the official unofficial Passion blog. Rekonize.
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Nothing to do with the Joey Porter instance. Sorry if that crushes someone's imaginations about the site. I've always loved Pittsburgh sports. For as long as I can remember, miniature horses have had an equal level of badass-ness. Regular-sized equine are weird. Only mini ones are cool. I wasn't going to try to think of some clever, kitsch-y title with some fantastic side reference. I named the site to reflect what you'll get at PSaMP. Pittsburgh sports. And mini ponies.
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You don't have to be the biggest Steel-City fan to enjoy PSaMP. You might even be someone who would kick a mini pony if you saw one. But I'm not. What you have stumbled upon is my site, dedicated to the sports happenings in my hometown. Yeah, my Pittsburgh bias is evident, and if it shows itself in my posts, then you'll just have to deal with it. Keep your eyes peeled (that's actually a pretty gross statement. Think about it) for the mini pony of the day, because aside from Pittsburgh sports, there is nothing cooler than a mini pony. And I may update on some entertainment news, or my own personal rumblings, or maybe something completely off topic. All that matters is PSaMP is here, and ready to rule.
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Mini Pony of the Day. Its what sets PSaMP's coverage/analysis apart. Our teams provide championships and heartaches on a regular cycle. Through the constant ups and downs, you can always rely on a totally rad picture of a hilarious mini pony at PSaMP. I began this as a joke, and expected to run out of pictures/videos within the month. Turns out, there are an endless supply of miniature horse pictures and media on the world wide web. If you ever find the coolest picture of a mini pony, email it to me at firstname.lastname@example.com. It will be used.
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I try to get you at least a sport-ish story and a MPotD every day of the workweek. The weekend is a different monster. They're usually pretty stagnant, and a stray post might break up a random, typically-postless weekend.
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I go by Tecmo here. I go by Nicholas everywhere else. Its just me and my imagination. Although, I have had some fantastic sportsblogs drop by to contribute. At my overhyped-tactic 6 Month Anniversary, Awful Announcing, LarryBrownSports, Pensblog, Sportsocracy, DoubtAboutIt and my sister all dropped by. Eddy Spahgetti played Hiatus Daddy for a minute. But in the end, its just me.
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I guarantee a plethora of Pirates posts during the always ridiculously long Buccos season. Or at least til training camp at St. Vincent.
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At said St. Vincent College. One reason for going to St. Vincent was the Steelers.
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- One of The Top Three Sports-Moments of Tec's Life...?
Acting out the Penguins Stanley Cup wins with my two older sisters out in the yard while my dad videotaped on Betacam or some stuff. We used a left-handed hockey stick, a field hockey stick and a whiffle ball bat (or possibly a croquet mallet in place of the whiffle ball bat. My sister emailed the possible correction). Puck = whiffle ball. My younger brother, who was probably 3-4 at the time, walked into the path of a whiffle slapshot from Troy Loney or someone. Right in the face. Might be the best thing ever captured on film.
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This is a really cute Valentine project to do with the kids. You can make any animal you want and paint it any fun color. These are perfect for Valentine's Day with the hearts in the animal's mouths but this project can be for any time of the year.
Just collect a few empty paper tubes from paper towels and then all you really need is scissors and paint. It's a super easy design, with the body and legs all one piece. We made a giraffe, dog and cat but these would also be just as cute made into an elephant or pig.
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A cold front that will move through the area Tuesday into Westchester will be accompanied by soaking rain, storms and winds that could gust up to 50 miles per hour in parts of the Hudson Valley.
In addition to the strong, gusty winds that could bring down trees and cause power outages, there could be rumbles of thunder, flash flooding and street flooding possible, according to AccuWeather.com.
A Wind Advisory, in effect from 8 a.m. Tuesday to 2 a.m. Wednesday, includes Southern Westchester and coastal Connecticut.
The cold front will result in a drop in temperatures this week.
"Across much of this region, it has been dry recently, which should mean that the ground can absorb most of the rainfall," AccuWeather Lead Long-Range Meteorologist Paul Pastelok said.
Motorists should be wary of slick spots from oil buildup and fallen leaves during the dry spell.
Cooler and drier air will follow the cold front at midweek.
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I have a little problem with my mIRC chat, it is being block by the firewall. All of us here in the office cannot access the mIRC chat system. The scenario is this when I tried to connect different server the message will appear "unable to resolve server" I look into the online help and I found this :
Unable to resolve IRC Server
If you try to connect to a server and see this message, the problem could be:
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This happens occasionally and is a temporary problem with your Internet Provider. This problem would also result in your being unable to connect to other internet services such as web sites. You should try again later.
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You might be trying to connect to an IRC Server that is currently not working, or perhaps is an old address and doesn't exist anymore. You should try another IRC Server.
I have no problems with my current internet connection and my DNS is work fine. I ask our Administrator and she told us she didn't change any policy in the firewall. How can I solve this problem and make my mIRC connected and online again? I need help on this. By the way Im using mIRC 6.03. and the default port is 6667. In the firewall support option: I used both SERVER & DCC and protocol socks4. Any suggestions and help are very welcome. Thanks in advanced. -- bunkerbuster ---


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The toughest weed to control in wheat is also the toughest on yields.
Wild oat, Aventa fatua, is a bad weed. Distinguished from cultivated oats by a round "sucker mouth" callus at its base, it can pose a threat to wheat yields that, plant for plant, is several times worse than damage from foxtail. It's understandable, then, that most wheat growers would like to eradicate wild oats from their fields. Last year, producers treated an estimated 1 million acres of wheat in an attempt to control wild oats. Sometimes, the herbicides didn't kill it.
Amazingly, the moisture-loving weed virtually vanished during the droughty period that stretched from the late '80s to early '90s, and wheat growers began to believe wild oats had become extinct. But wild oat seed can remain dormant in the soil for 15 years and perhaps even as long as 40 years. So when cool, moist springtime conditions returned by the mid-'90s, wild oats germinated again.
Resistance comes quickly. Richard Zollinger, weed specialist at North Dakota State University, says that using the same herbicide modes of action on wild oats year after year let populations become resistant relatively quickly. "One of our first discoveries was that eight to 10 consecutive applications of the herbicide Hoelon, an ACCase inhibitor, resulted in resistant populations of wild oats. Then we found that these resistant biotypes also resisted Puma, even though Puma was brand new at the time."
Nearly epidemic in Canada, ACCase-resistant wild oat populations also are becoming more common in North Dakota and Minnesota. Today, ACCase herbicides include old standbys as well as some of the best and newest post-applied wild-oat herbicides on the market, including Achieve, Cheyenne, Dakota, Hoelon, Puma, Tiller and newly released Discover. All are susceptible to wild oat resistance. If there's a bright spot, Zollinger says, it's that all ACCase inhibitors are not alike. "We can break the ACCase inhibitors into the `dims' [chemical families with names ending in `dim,' such as sethoxydim] and the `fops' [chemical families with names ending in `fop,' such as fluazifop]. Wild oats resistant to dims might not necessarily be resistant to fops, so it's important to read the labels and consider each herbicide individually."
Lest you think that Far-Go, Buckle and Avenge are immune, Zollinger says wild oat biotypes resistant to these lipid synthesis inhibitors have been identified in Montana and North Dakota. "When we're looking at $2 wheat, there just isn't sufficient financial incentive for chemical companies to come up with lots of new chemistries," Zollinger laments. "I think wheat growers are starting to realize that we might not get something totally new anytime soon, so we've got to rotate, manage and preserve the tools we have."
Although not a new mode of action, Discover herbicide from Syngenta is the newest ACCase inhibitor to control wild oats and foxtail in wheat. The company says this clodinafop uses a unique crop safener called cloquintocet-mexyl to allow maximum weed control and crop safety. Discover is labeled for spring wheat, but not winter wheat or barley.
Emmett Lampert, technical support representative for Syngenta, says he expects Discover to continue gaining popularity across northern wheat-growing areas. "Last year about 150,000 acres of wheat were treated with Discover and we had practically no complaints on performance. Plus we have three years of university and cooperative trials that show 96% control of wild oats, considerably better performance than competitors' herbicides tested in the same trials."
Rotate modes of action. Lampert agrees with Zollinger on the importance of resistant weed management. "Growers should rotate herbicide modes of action whether they are rotating to other crops or following wheat with wheat," Lampert says. "And with a prolific seed producer like wild oats, it's best to strive for the highest level of weed control possible when weeds are present. Fewer escapes mean better yields and fewer weed seeds for the coming years. Switch chemistries, rotate crops and cultivate to get maximum control."
One option to avoid overuse of ACCase inhibitors is to use ALS-inhibitor products. Still, Zollinger points out that you don't want to overuse ALS herbicides either. "Everest is the new ALS herbicide for wheat, and yet we found wild oats in Walsh County, ND, that are resistant to it. We suspect this is because another ALS inhibitor, Assert, had already been overused in that region."
Al Scoggan, regional research and development manager with Bayer, says that though Everest is an ALS inhibitor, its new flucarbazome chemistry is somewhat different from that of Assert and most sulfonylurea herbicides. "So far, our testing shows that cross-resistance with Assert has been rare and we would expect it to stay that way because of the differences in chemistry," Scoggan says.
"While cross-resistance seems to have happened in Walsh County, it's interesting to note that wild oats in that county have shown an unusually high incidence of resistance to several types of herbicides," he continues. "It's hard to say exactly what is going on there. But overall, it's definitely good management to rotate modes of action as you rotate crops. We surveyed wheat growers and found that more than 63% are concerned about ACCase-resistant wild oats, which helps make ALS inhibitor Everest herbicide an especially attractive option. Everest is the first ALS inhibitor for wheat that controls both wild oats and foxtails. And it provides a two- to three-week residual, so you can spray earlier with less worry of missing emerging weeds."
Scoggan says growers need to keep good records and look at the herbicide and weed history of each field in order to identify patterns of herbicide overuse. "You may determine that the best strategy is to use tankmixes with different modes of action. Everest is highly tankmix compatible with most grass and broadleaf herbicides, but we recommend against any tankmix with dicamba, as it can cause some interference with Everest performance."
No guarantees. Herbicide resistant or not, wild oats are a challenge to control. While the active ingredients of many herbicides have basically the same mode of action, growers often experiment to find the particular product or products that work best for them. Formulations for each herbicide differ to some degree, resulting in different levels of control and crop safety in particular soil and weather conditions. As conditions differ each season, there's no guarantee that one particular herbicide will work best year after year. "Growers do seem to be moving to postemergence herbicides to control wild oats," Zollinger says. "If it's a dry spring, wild oats won't be a problem and the preemergent product goes to waste. Sometimes nature skips spring in the Dakotas, going straight from winter to summer. Hot and dry means foxtail will be the biggest problem, which may require different herbicides for the best control."
Timing is everthing with postemergence herbicides. Though some of the newer herbicides can provide control up to the six-leaf stage of wild oats, it's usually best to hit the wild oats weed when it is small (before the two- to three-leaf stage) for optimum control. The tricky part is not spraying so early that you miss the bulk of emerging weeds.
Count the leaves. If you go with a postemergence strategy, an accurate leaf count can maximize control with each herbicide. Check the herbicide label, then count the leaves on the main stem of wild oats and disregard the tillers. The youngest leaf is counted as a full leaf only when another leaf becomes visible. Lower leaves, which may have died from various stresses such as frost, also should be counted in the total leaf number. For crop safety, each herbicide label has specific recommendations on precisely what crop growth stage to spray at. That means reading the label carefully and getting out in the field to count emerged leaves and internodes.


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I'll name it Gaga if I get a female one, and Bieber if I get a male one. ^^
I could give that a try, but Great Balls are only 3 times the cost of regular Pokeballs. If it takes 3 tosses to snag a Pokemon on average, it's the same as just using one Great Ball. If it takes 4, I'll actually be losing money. ^^; Plus, I did put in the code to allow me to rebattle trainers, so once I get an Amulet Coin and get Moneymaker up and running...I could, yes, but without hacking, I couldn't manage the impossible feat of making it somehow evolve into a Gardevoir. That said, I do plan on getting at least one with Trace, to help with my attempts at getting Wild Pokemon with certain abilities. It's a pretty good evolutionary line, really. ^^
Yeah, Mr. Shine and Mr. Bright are the guys from Kirby. ^^
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Current pages, not that I want them like this, I want to see what you come up with.
I don't mind if you just get a template design and modify it.
http://acidalkalinediet.com (main site)
http://acidalkalinediet.com/members (member's area)
http://acidalkalinediet.com/wordpress - a test area I set up. It looks okay but a bit unprofessional.
I have attached a banner that I have been using, though you may like to use something else.
Site Focuses on Vibrant Health & Energizing Your Body. Often people have health issues they want to overcome. Looking for a healthy, fresh look.
What I want:
* 3 tiers of content
Tier 1: Home page
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* Add an optin form on the right side bar. I want a default optin form. Then is it possible to customize it for some specific pages I want?
* Blog posts: Show the body text from the post. I will handle writing titles, etc. Remove title, "Posted in category.. |Edit|No, etc". Also remove text "This entry was posted on xxx....."
* Comments: I will allow comments manually on some pages. If there are no comments, I don't want to display the text "No Comments". If I don't allow comments, remove text "Comments are closed".
For actual comments: remove date and time.
* Categories: I want to show a content page. Again I will handle writing of titles, etc. Remove box "This entry was posted...".
* The home page left side bar just lists the categories (no subcategories). I want this menu item renamed to "Alkaline Diet". I don't want a count next to the categories either.
* When I select a category from the home page, I want to show a content page. I want the left side bar to show posts within that category.
* I want you to add the current plugins to the new design.
* Note: Please comment out any code you delete. Don't remove it incase I want to restore it later.


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The Lipscomb women's soccer team is spending spring break on a mission trip in El Salvador. This update comes from junior Kelsey Reiman.
The ball at our feet, children in our arms, love in our hearts, and God on our minds, the women's soccer team arrived in San Salvador, El Salvador fully accepting the privilege and challenge we were about to face.
Biting into the native tastes and savoring all facets of the beautiful culture, the team traveled to Pedro Castillo Government School Saturday, March 16. The girls stepped reservedly onto the concrete arena, unsure what to expect or how to serve. However, as the morning drew to afternoon, the children's smiles could not be missed; they could not be ignored; they could not be taken for granted. We embraced the children and despite the challenging (and dare I say comical) language barrier, they loved us equally in return. Their beautiful faces are forever branded in my memory.
Lipscomb head coach Kevin O'Brien led a soccer clinic with the kids and the Sports Outreach Institute (SOI) staff in drills and games, sharing his love and knowledge of the game with a bustling group eager to learn and follow suit. Leaving the ball behind and putting the whistle away for the morning, team members Melinda Raymond, Caroline Chadwell, and Christopher Klotz opened their hearts by opening their mouths as they each shared the story of their walk with our loving Savior.
At the end of the session although we were sad to leave, the joy of their sprits encouraged us and blessed us for the remainder of our service. In the late afternoon, the team played a mini-tournament at Polle Deportivo, dividing into four multi-cultural teams ready to embrace an evening of fun competition. Though the "amarillo" team reigned victorious and gained bragging rights for the day, we silenced our tongues and ventured into a nearby developing community.
Here is where my journey truly began.
I prayed as I walked, watching every step my feet planted on the rocky dirt road – the same terrain that makes up many of the floors of these people's homes. I looked through the gaps in their metal walls, in crevices, down alleys, over roofs standing at eye level, and through and into each of these places. I looked and saw poverty and destruction and sadness. I looked again and I saw love and joy; hope and God. I saw Jesucristo in the eyes peeking through the gaps, the crevices, and the alleys.
I look everywhere in El Salvador and I see God; I look everywhere and I feel love.
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China's economic data will be closely watched next week, as will a speech by Ben Bernanke. Polya Lesova joins MoneyBeat. Photo: Getty Images.
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365 Days of Anime Characters: Day 279/365 Joichiro Nishi
Day 279/365
From the anime Gantz, Joichiro Nishi is a veteran of the Gantz world who arrived a good year before Kei, Masaru, and the others in the new batch of Gantz players. While running away from police officers after shoplifting, he fled onto an apartment building roof where he fell to his death. Death is how Gantz chooses its players. He is very close to winning when the new group arrives and is willing to do anything to get his prize.
Why I like him: He is highly skilled at what he was tossed into. He trusts no one which I think helped him get as far as he did in the "game". I enjoyed his arrogance in thinking he was better than everyone else because he survived this long. That way of thinking was highly justified in my opinion.
Why I hate him: Scroll over for ***SPOILER*** His death was sad even if he was an arrogant ahole.
Overall: I'd love a season 2 made of this anime. But I think I'll have to settle for the manga which I'll get around to someday... Picture below by visualcat.
My Top 60 Series of the Decade 2000-2009
The third and last installment of my decades list brings us to the Series of 2000-2009. The Series were very difficult to choose from and it was very hard to even pick an order (Don't take the ordering of these series to seriously) let alone limit it to a top 50. So I did 60 instead! XD
Lots of other bloggers have already put up their lists and you can find them all listed over on Kitsune's page. Check them out! There's a lot of great lists to be had for all those list crazy people! Also don't forget to check out my OVA's list and the Movies list if you missed them. Digitalboy created an ultimate top decade list that everyone should definitely check out if they haven't already. Add titles that you think are missing from this huge list.
Time to look at my top 60 series of the decade!
60.) Gravitation (2000, 2001) - What can I say I liked the boy boy love... and songs XD
59.) Gilgamesh (2003, 2004) - Love hate, love hate, love hate. Try it. Love it or hate it. I still don't know.
58.) Oban Star-Racers (2006) - Star Wars Episode 1 meets anime. Only it's about a girl racer instead of a boy.
57.) Tokyo Mew Mew (2002, 2003) - Favourite magical girl series besides Sailor Moon. XD
56.) Doujin Work (2007) - Hilarious comedy about a girl who draws a doujin for the first time.
55.) Junjou Romantica (2008) - Yes more boy boy love. More explicit, more smooches. S2 was a let down from the awesomeness of the first season.
54.) Hellsing (2001, 2002) - Really fond memories of watching this series with my sister over and over again. Yes I know the ova is much much better.
53.) School Days (2007) - Nice boat.
52.) Rec (2006) - Cute little love story that made me awww.
51.) Chi's Sweet Home (2008, 2009) - Both seasons of Chi were so awesome. This is what cats are really like. Somehow the Japanese capture this perfectly.
50.) Samurai Deeper Kyo (2002) - Swords, ass kickery, and a confused man.
49.) Kanamemo (2009) - Hilarious moe slice of life comedy.
48.) Nyan Koi! (2009) - Sure it's a harem romance. But the CATS!
47.) Skip Beat! (2008) - That chicken suit was win.
46.) Eureka Seven (2005, 2006) - I only actually really liked the last 10 episodes or so of the series. Great story in general, but the characters were too annoying all the way through to make it a really amazing watch.
45.) Love Hina (2000) - My first harem romance anime I watched. Good memories.
44.) Scrapped Princess (2003) - A great story about sibling bonds with magical powers.
43.) ef - a tale of memories (2007) - Ok I only really like Kyosuke's story with Kei. Those two are adorable. Stay away from S2.
42.) Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (2009) - Amazing story, graphics, and drama. Great tale of survival.
41.) .hack//SIGN (2002) - Somehow it being slower than molasses on a winters day didn't make me run away. The music was stunning and makes it on my anime playlists everytime.
40.) Mermaid Forest TV (2003) - Horror and mermaids? Yes please.
39.) Get Backers (2002, 2003) - They'll find what you have lots! Pretty boys saving the day!
38.) Samurai Champloo (2004, 2005) - Two dudes who fight all the time and an annoying chick. How was it awesome then? Just was somehow XD
37.) Canaan (2009) - a wonderful clusterfuck of amazing characters.
36.) Soul Eater (2008, 2009) - EXCALIBUR!!!!!!!!
35.) Kino's Journey (2003) - Great travels of a girl and her motorcycle. Really liked the look at the way humans are. Really made you think.
34.) Diamond Daydreams (2004) - 6 amazing stories about the magical diamond dust tale.
33.) Yakitate!! Japan (2004 - 2006) - BREAD! Oishii!
32.) X TV (2001, 2002) - A huge cast of amazing characters fighting to save the world.
31.) Natsume Yuujinchou (2008, 2009) - Both seasons of this show were amazing. Following a young boy that just happens to be able to see and talk with spirits.
30.) Speed Grapher (2005) - I went in expecting a dude that just takes pictures. What I got was that but WAY more.
29.) D.Gray-man (2006 - 2009) - Every episode was a treat to watch. I stalled this series for a good 2 months because I knew that when it ended I was going to be sad. I want more.
28.) Haibane Renmei (2002) - A touching tale about angels that will leave you breathless and ponder many important questions of life.
27.) Minami-ke (2007) - The adventures of three quirky sisters.
26.) Chobits (2002) - One of my favourite romances out there. Chii is adorable and her master Hideki knows it.
25.) Hi no Tori (2004) - 3 epic stories of the legendary phoenix. You'll ponder about life in general. How did we get here?
24.) Gungrave (2003, 2004) - Two men can love each other... No not in THAT way XD
23.) GANTZ (2004) - Great bloody action. Loved the characters even if everyone hated them.
22.) Tytania (2008, 2009) - My updated with pretty graphics space opera fix.
21.) Birdy the Mighty Decode (2008, 2009) - A lovely remake from the OVA that was left unfinished. Glad they came back to finish off such a wonderful story. The characters are awesome.
20.) Banner of the Stars (2000) - A yummy follow up from Crest of the Stars. They just get better and better.
19.) Himitsu: The Revelation (2008) - CSI with a twist! They'll look at your brain and find the bad guys. SO GOOD.
18.) Vandread (2000 - 2002) - Girls VS boys! Oh crap we should save the universe too!
17.) s-CRY-ed (2001) - One of 5 anime that only managed to make me cry.
16.) Bokurano (2007) - CHAIRS!
15.) Claymore (2007) - "I just want to eat delicious guts."
14.) Ristorante Paradiso (2009) - This is slice of life adult style. Very slow but so mature. And it's about food as well to make it extra delicious.
13.) Strawberry Marshmallow (2005) - Favourite slice of life moe blob out there. Episode 6 will always be treasured.
12.) Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (2006) - A delicious mix or gore, horror, and confusion. No need to answer questions. Just sit back and enjoy the bloodfest! <- (spoilers)
11.) Last Exile (2003) - Felt like I was watching Star Wars racers while watching some amazing cut scene from a Final Fantasy game. Music, graphics, and story were all stellar.
10.) Koi Kaze (2004) - One of the BEST romance series out there. Why? Because it isn't a "normal" romance XD
9.) You're Under Arrest: Full Throttle (2007, 2008) - This series in general is one of my all time favourites. Watching this police department keeping the streets clean along with their amazing character development. Not to be missed.
8.) Mushishi (2005, 2006) - Delicious episodic anime of a man wandering around the landscape in search of learning more about the weird and mysterious mushi.
7.) Twelve Kingdoms (2002, 2003) - An epic tale of epic proportions. Just get past the first 6 episodes to really get into it.
6.) Kemono no Souja Erin (2009) - The best epic tale of a girl and her beast lords.
5.) Jyu Oh Sei (2006) - Short but an amazing story of survival with a twist at the end.
4.) Baccano! (2007) - An amazing gathering of crazy characters on a train. If I was an anime character I would be Miria!
3.) Hikaru no Go (2001 - 2003) - This show made Go actually interesting for 75 episodes!
2.) Full Metal Panic! (2002) - Military, secrets, and a blue haired beauty! Sousuke is pretty delicious too.
1.) Fullmetal Alchemist (2003, 2004) - My all time favourite anime. Nothing has topped it. Few have come close.


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Sung Sim doesn't seem like the kind of bride who'd meet her future husband at New York's Rusty Knot over pickle-juice shots. Soft-spoken and pretty as a tulip, she fit right in at Bergdorf Goodman, where, three years after that chance encounter, she found herself dress-shopping. She wanted something to complement her venue, a small chapel in Austin, Texas, that she described as "white, simple, and not at all gaudy."
Dress must-haves included lace, a train, and a strapless sweetheart neckline. First up was Vera Wang's "Fawn" ($8,500). The dress was lightweight—a plus—but the layered organza bust looked bulky on her, and the form-fitting silhouette was a deal-breaker. "It was too in-your-face sexy," said Sim.
Next came Monique Lhuillier's "Waltz ($13,460), a full-skirted organza dress with an embroidered skirt. Sim loved it and briefly considered breaking her "no ball gown" rule, but decided the dress was "too statement-y."
Then she spotted Vera Wang's "Georgina" ($8,900)—an ivory trumpet gown with a lace bodice and a bustled organza skirt that was "classic in the front and dramatic in the back. As soon as I put it on, I got that feeling everyone says you get," said Sim. "I felt like a real bride." It cinched her waist and struck the right note between the sexy "Fawn" and the poufy "Waltz." But the neckline would need to be modified into a sweetheart, and all 10 layers of the dress would have to be shortened by hand.
Ultimately, it was Sim's fiance who cast the deciding vote. "I flashed him twenty photos of different dresses," she said. "And he picked 'Georgina'! That's when I knew it was the right one."
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