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The owner of the 292-unit Landings apartments at 3550 Brownbark Drive in Hickory Hill has filed an $8.7 million loan on the property.
Memphis Landings Apartments LLC filed the deed of trust and security agreement April 11 through Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada.
Built in 1987, the Class C multifamily property contains multiple buildings totaling 242,879 square feet on 13.7 acres at the northeast corner of Brownbark and Winchester Road. The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2013 appraisal is $7.2 million.
Memphis Landings Apartments bought the property in 2002 for $10.3 million from ML Tennessee Apartments LP.
The single-purpose entity is affiliated with Beachwood, Ohio-based The Mid America Management Corp., whose "holdings exceed $400 million in total asset value and include multi-family, retail and industrial properties located in twelve states," according to the company's website.
Mark S. Misencik, president and CEO of The Mid America Management Corp., signed the trust deed as manager of the borrower.
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Gov. Bill Haslam's $32.8 billion budget has cleared the Tennessee General Assembly.
The Senate unanimously approved the spending plan on Wednesday afternoon, and the House later followed suit on an 83-14 vote.
On Thursday, the Senate unanimously agreed with minor changes the House made and sent the proposal to the governor.
The budget includes $77.4 million for a 1.5 percent pay raise for state employees, $22.2 million to reduce the sales tax on food by a quarter of a cent, and $18.7 million to continue the elimination of the state's inheritance tax.
The measure also has $100 million to shore up the state's rainy day fund, which is currently $356 million.
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Memphis-based Triumph Bank is in the top spot on a recently released list by the U.S. Small Business Administration of lender rankings by loan dollar amounts in Tennessee.
The list covers Oct. 1 through Feb. 28. Triumph was ranked as the No. 1 SBA lender in the state, with a total of $5.8 million in SBA loans. Also, Triumph's loan volume was focused mostly on Shelby County, underscoring its local emphasis.
According to the SBA list, Triumph Bank outperformed more than 40 lenders.
Triumph president Will Chase said SBA lending has been a major factor in the bank's growth. Triumph was founded in 2006 and has grown its assets to more than $400 million.
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The latest and final part of the South Main Design Challenge, a competition among 35 teams of planners and architects, goes public Friday, April 26, at 431 S. Main St.
The presentation will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. during the monthly Friday Art Trolley Tour.
The 15 teams remaining in the competition will unveil their concepts for three more parts of the South Main streetscape: Army and Navy Parks, the one-story brick storefront that now has a plywood mural of buffaloes, and the fenced lot south of the Arcade restaurant that has a set of red banners with lyrics from songs that mention Memphis.
The Downtown Memphis Commission and the Memphis chapter of the American Institute of Architects present the competition.
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An effort to revive a failed bill to boost the amount of money political groups can give to candidates and to do away with reporting requirements for donations by corporations faces a high hurdle in the House.
The bill sponsored by House Republican Caucus Chairman Glen Casada of Franklin on Wednesday received only 48 votes on the House floor – two short of the constitutional minimum to clear the chamber.
While Casada tells The Associated Press he found enough votes to pass the bill in the House, the clerk's office confirms that he would need to gain a two-thirds vote in the committee that sets floor calendars.
That panel includes House Speaker Beth Harwell and several chairmen who either abstained or voted against the bill on Wednesday.
The chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority has expressed confidence in the organization following a proposal in the 2014 Obama budget last week that suggested a possible sale of the public utility.
At a Thursday board meeting, Bill Sansom said the board welcomes a proposed strategic review of the agency and any suggestions for ways to better serve the people in its seven-state region.
Sansom said he believes TVA is a good model and the review will also be good. But he also said some areas need improvement and suggested that making those improvements could help TVA in the upcoming review.
The board also approved creating an advisory council on energy resources. Among other things, the council would advise staff on energy efficiency and renewable energy.
A measure of the U.S. economy's future health declined slightly in March, signaling that growth could slow this spring.
The Conference Board says its index of leading indicators dipped 0.1 percent last month to 94.7. That's the first decline after three months of gains. The gauge is designed to anticipate economic conditions three to six months out.
Declines in consumer confidence, housing permits and new orders for manufactured goods pushed down the index.
Higher stock prices and a larger spread between long-term and short-term interest rates offset the decline. The index is derived from data that for the most part have already been reported individually.
"Data for March reflect an economy that has lost some steam," said Ken Goldstein, an economist at the Conference Board.
Across-the-board government spending cuts that kicked in March 1 are likely weighing on growth, Goldstein said. Economists forecast the cuts will shave a half-percentage point from growth this year.
The private sector is also struggling, Goldstein added.
But overall, "the leading indicator still points to a continuing but slow growth environment," Ataman Ozyildirim, also an economist at the Conference Board, said. The board is a research group with a mostly business membership.
The Leading Indicator index has increased 1.6 percent in the past six months, much faster than the 0.1 percent gain in the previous six months.
Most economists forecast growth accelerated to an annual rate of roughly 3 percent in the January-March quarter, up from a 0.4 percent rate in the fourth quarter. But many analysts expect growth is slowing in the April-June quarter, mostly because of the spending cuts.
An Arkansas legislative panel has advanced an effort to outlaw most lobbyist gifts to elected officials, ban corporate campaign contributions and loosen term limits for state lawmakers.
The Joint Committee on Constitutional Amendments on Thursday approved a proposal to let voters decide on adding a package of ethics and campaign finance rules to the state's constitution.
A previous version of the proposal cleared the House earlier this month, but was rejected earlier this week when the backers sought to make several minor changes to the bill. The panel also endorsed another proposed amendment that would have made it harder for people to get their proposals on the Arkansas ballot.
Both measures now head the House and Senate. If approved, they would appear on the 2014 ballot.
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The definition of a muse is somebody who is a source of inspiration for an artist, especially a poet. Opening Saturday, Sept. 10, in Chestnut Hill is a place for writers to gather called the Musehouse: A Center for the Literary Arts. Oreland resident Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno, 55, a retired English teacher, is serving as a muse to many in the form of her book of poems and in bringing Musehouse to life following the death of her daughter, Leidy. In 2003, Leidy, a nursing school graduate was murdered by an ex-boyfriend who was later convicted of the crime and is currently serving a life sentence.
"Leidy is here. Her spirit is all around us, and she would have loved this place," said Bonanno following a recent informal gathering of 20 interested writers and supporters.
Bonanno passed around a wish list with everything from tissues to a handyman to tighten up hinges on used furniture and install bookshelves. While a storytelling workshop will be among the many courses offered this fall, Bonanno's own personal story is one worth listening to.
Four days after the murder of her 21-year-old daughter in 2003, Bonanno was compelled to write her feelings down in the middle of the night in a poem titled "Poem About Light." That poem, along with 41 others, led to an award-winning book, "Slamming Open the Door." Two of the poems were nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prize, and the volume, which received a rave review in the New York Times, went on to become a bestseller in 2009 for poetry books.
The national attention and book signings also led to her desire to create a place for others to write, participate in workshops and public readings and hold launch parties for their books.
"After Leidy's death, I realized how fleeting life can be, and while I had the idea for this place for some time, I knew I needed to act on it," Kathleen said in a recent interview with her and her husband, David, an editor at the American Poetry Review, following the gathering.
The Bonannos adopted Leidy, and their son, Luis, from Chile in 1986. Luis is now a roofing contractor who also lives in Oreland.
David Bonanno, who stayed in the background most of the evening, privately shared his feeling that his late daughter would be proud of the new facility.
"She was not a literary person. After Leidy's death, we were trying to find active ways to process the death, and Kathy used writing, which was a gift for all of us," he said.
This past spring, Musehouse received a $50,000 matching grant from the Knight Foundation and was one of 36 winners from a pool of more than 1700 applicants.
"We will see if what we are offering is what this community wants," she told her audience.
A total of 17 courses will be offered at the center in the areas of poetry, memoirs, book clubs, SAT Tutoring and a teen magazine workshop. In addition to the Grand Opening, there are four other special events planned for the fall semester, including a Monster Mash comprised of a reading by Carolina Morales from her book, "The Bride of Frankenstein and Other Poems," fiction reading by Brian Francis from his horror novel, "The Trail," and an art exhibit of monster portraits by Harry Boardman.
Longtime Chestnut Hill resident, Barbara Russell, who had a store for many on the 8400 block of Germantown Avenue specializing in needlepoint, has published a book on the subject and was interested in finding out what the Musehouse had to offer.
"This is a place where I hope writers can gather and have launch parties or sit and talk about marketing their book," Bonanno told the audience.
"It's a fabulous concept and one I fully embrace," said Russell.
Wyndmoor resident Marianne Fluehr welcomed the new place as well. "We thank you for this much needed place. We need to come together as a writing community," said Fluehr, who has written personal reflection pieces for the Local as well as several short stories.
Located on the first floor of 7924 Germantown Avenue, the Musehouse has an inviting enclosed front porch, a sitting area with sofas and cushioned chairs, a conference space for workshops and a place to serve food. Outdoor furniture is also on Kathleen's wish list.
"I would love to have some writers sit outside during the summer months and do readings or simply enjoy each other's company," she said. "I want this to feel like a home for writers."
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Florida Pastor hangs Obama Effigy
And this isn't the only time this particular Pastor has been in the news. See if you can guess who it is.
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Woo Hoo! I guessed right. Not surprised at all.
Here is a column from arch conservative psycho Michelle Malkin on just this topic. From 2008.
Not to mention the Severed Head of Bush (I guess that's SHOB for short) linked in the Malkin column.
Also a Breitbartian shows a GWB "mini-me" hung in effigy, and some videos supposedly of Bush Burning in Effigy.
It's hard to have a thoughtful conversaation when everyone is acting like crazies.
As to Mr. crazy Florida pastor - Florida seems to have more than its share of Looney-toons. Is it something in the water? Swap gas? Toxic brain emanations from Bushes?
It's the heat, bakes the brain cells! Last I checked though, hanging in effigy from a gallows pole was not only a racial insult, it's a threat....
I agree that it's an evil act - and a threat, although Pastor Craziness is probably too bonkers to actually threaten someone in a meaningful way. It probably is the heat tho. And maybe the humidity. Like steaming clams in the shell, only it's brains instead.
Yum, I need to crack the shell! Hand me some lemon juice and Tabasco would ya?
This A-Hole makes me ashamed to admit I'm from Florida.
I asked a a local preacher here how he felt about this guy when he was threatening to do the Koran burnings and he became extremely evasive. Never got a straight answer from him.
There is something about Florida that brings out the radical christians crazies. It's more than just the heat. It's the culture in that part of the state that's stewed, simmered, fermented and finally festered.
What I don't get is why this whole backlash from the religious community against Obama? Can't they just accept the fact that he's a Christian? Or are they just too deep in the pockets of the conservatards?
It's impossible for me to escape the role of racism in the unreasonable hatred by right wing christians for Obama. Calling him a Muslim is so obviously a lie. Having personally heard a number of christians use the n-word in referring to Obama, it's hard to escape their bigotry.
You're correct SB. Blatant racism under the guise of "Christian, conservative, values." Wouldn't be the first time in US history.
Amazing ... Obama gets elected and the media gets to talking about the "post-racial" United States ... while the Republicans metamorphose into the Party of No and evangelical bible thumpers behave as though we're back in the 1960's.
Progress ... ain't it wunnerful....
One good thing - we did elect Obama. 50 years ago that was not an option. Of course, it took having McCain/Palin as the opposition, which made it easier.
I think that having W. for the previous 8 years was a much greater contribution. McCain could have done fairly well, otherwise.
Choosing Palin was his biggest mistake of the race, I think. Scary ignorant there. The psycho religious part wasn't even as much of a problem as the fact that she said insane, ignorant things at every turn. She scared the hell out of the independents, and given McCain's age, she was more of a factor than the vice-presidential candidate usually is.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt
So I'm sad I won't be running McNaughton park 200 miler. Rocky being sick last week and his expensive vet bill really didn't help much. I thought how the heck can I afford to go? Both Andy and I decided that the unplanned expense was enough to make us realize it's best not to go, and that we could do it next year. As it turns out now there is no way Andy could go since something with a project he is working on came up, and he needs to be here.
Like I always say everything happens for a reason.
Rocky is doing great I take him Saturday for a vet check.
So since I am very well trained I will keep my miles up and get ready for my annual solo Ohlone 100, I think I am going to run 131 miles again since I'm not running McNaughton 200. I just need to work it out for a night pacer Friday night and I would need to have someone pick Andy up at the airport Friday night.
Hopefully I can get it all worked out. Andy is pacing me the last 64 miles it should be fun.
This weekend should be a good training weekend starting tomorrow with a 20 miler, Saturday 30 & Sunday 40. woo hoo!!!! the good news is I don't have to taper for a couple weeks ;-)
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- olga said...
Life is like this, isn't it?
Any move(s) planned yet, guys?
- Catra said...
At some point I will move there. I decided by Jan 1st ;-) just can't think about it right now since I'm doing Badwater and the JMT this summer ;-) hope all is well Olga, miss you
- olga said...
Thrilled to hear that! You're right on BW and JMT, takes priority. So things don't go missing while packing:) Any chance you come to SD50 to hang out in 2 weeks? Miss you too, sunshine!
- Taos said...
So glad rocky is feeling better!
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/boot/grub/menu.lst (if using GRUB) or update their
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/dev/sda simply:
# echo bfq > /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler
To confirm, simply cat the same file:
# cat /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler noop deadline cfq [bfq]
Note that doing it this way will not survive a reboot. To make the change automatically at the next system boot, place the echo line(s) in
Running Virtualbox with Linux-ck
Virtualbox works just fine with custom kernels such as Linux-ck without the need to keep any of the official ARCH kernel-headers packages on the system!
Option 1. The virtualbox-ck-modules package (Recommended)
Install the virtualbox-ck-modulesAUR package and then install virtualbox package.
Don't forget to add users to the vboxusers group:
# gpasswd -a USERNAME vboxusers
Option 2. Use DKMS (More complicated)
Install virtualbox with the virtualbox-host-source package. Then setup dkms as follows:
# pacman -S virtualbox virtualbox-host-source # dkms install vboxhost/4.2.0
Don't forget to add users to the vboxusers group:
# gpasswd -a USERNAME vboxusers
Forum Support
Alway feel free to open a thread in the forums for support. Be sure to give the thread a descriptive title to draw attention to the fact that the post relates to the Linux- ck package.
A Little About the BFS
BFS Design Goals
The BFS has two major design goals:
- Achieve excellent desktop interactivity and responsiveness without heuristics and tuning knobs that are difficult to understand, impossible to model and predict the effect of, and when tuned to one workload cause massive detriment to another.
- Completely do away with the complex designs of the past for the cpu process scheduler and instead implement one that is very simple in basic design.
For additional information, see the linux-ck#Further_Reading_on_BFS_and_CK_Patchset section of this article.
An Example Video About Queuing Theory
See this video about queuing theory for an interesting parallel with supermarket checkouts. Quote from CK, "the relevance of that video is that BFS uses a single queue, whereas the mainline Linux kernel uses a multiple queue design. The people are tasks, and the checkouts are CPUs. Of course there's a lot more to a CPU scheduler than just the queue design, but I thought this video was very relevant."
Some Performance-Based Metrics: BFS vs. CFS
A major benefit of using the BFS is increased responsiveness. The benefits however, are not limited to desktop feel. Graysky put together some non-responsiveness based benchmarks to compare it to the CFS contained in the "stock" linux kernel. Recognize however, that it was not implicitly designed to provide superior performance. The purpose of the benchmarks was to evaluate the CPU scheduler in the stock Linux kernel against the BFS in the corresponding kernel patched with the ck1 patchset on different machines to see if differences exist and to what degree they scale using performance based metrics even though these end points were never within the scope of primary design goals of the BFS.
It is noteworthy to mention that this is not a novel idea, Phoronix also benchmarking using non-latency based endpoints about which Con subsequently blogged.
[Benchmark results] are available for download in pdf format.
For those not wanting to see the data and just wanting the highlights:
- 7 different machines ranging from 1 to 16 cores were benchmark using both a make and a x264-based video benchmark.
- Each machine ran both the "standard" linux kernel (linux-3.0.1-2 from [core]) and the ck1-patched version of this kernel (linux-ck-3.0.6-2 from graysky's unofficial repo).
- All 7 machines preformed better using the linux-ck package on the make benchmark.
- x264 encoding results were mixed. 4 machines performed better on the BFS scheduler; 1 gave same results; and 3 performed worse. It should be noted that an experimental version (svn) of handbrake was used for these tests.
BFS Myths
BFS patched kernels CAN in fact use systemd
It is a common mistake to think that bfs does not support cgroups. It does support cgroups, just not all the cgroup features. Systemd works perfectly fine with BFS patched kernels.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Dan Haren has shown no signs of turning around a season-long slump.
The right-hander allowed six runs over 3 1/3 innings with seven hits including his 19th home run surrendered and an RBI single to opposing starter Jhoulys Chacin, who pitched seven shutout innings as the Washington Nationals fell to the Colorado Rockies 7-1 on Saturday afternoon.
"Same thing that's gone wrong the last few weeks," Haren (4-9) said after losing his sixth straight decision, which snapped Washington's three-game winning streak. "Inability to get the ball down, putting us in a hole. It's the same story."
On Saturday, the three-time All-Star had two wild pitches and hit a batter while raising his ERA to 6.15. Over his last seven starts, he has allowed 11 home runs.
"I'm a little concerned about him," Nationals manager Davey Johnson said. "When he pitches up, he's in trouble," Johnson said. "I'm going to have a talk with him the next time he throws and see if we can't do something to make things better for him."
Asked if it's becoming difficult to watch his teammate go through his struggles, first baseman Adam LaRoche said, "A little bit."
DJ LeMahieu hit his first home run and Michael Cuddyer's RBI single in the first extended his hitting streak to 20 games, the longest active streak in the majors and tied for the longest this season.
Chacin (6-3) held Washington to five hits with one walk and three strikeouts and won for the third straight start.
Nolan Arenando added the seventh run with a solo homer off Ross Ohlendorf in the eighth as the Rockies snapped their season-high five-game losing skid. Ohlendorf allowed one run in 4 2/3 innings of relief.
Making his major league debut, Dickerson doubled in his first two at-bats and drove in a run during the Rockies' three-run first inning off Haren.
"I got a hit, too, but we started really good with three runs in the first so that gave me some support where I could go out and just throw strikes and get outs and throw a lot of innings," Chacin said.
Ryan Zimmerman's home run with one out in the ninth off Wilton Lopez helped Washington avoid being shut out for the ninth time this season.
After Cuddyer's RBI single scored Carlos Gonzalez, Dickerson, called up from Triple-A Colorado Springs on Friday, doubled with two outs. That scored Cuddyer and staked Chacin to an early 3-0 lead.
After tossing consecutive 1-2-3 innings, Haren came apart in the fourth. Facing five batters before being yanked, he allowed three hits, including Chacin's RBI single, threw a wild pitch and plunked Josh Rutledge, who later scored on LeMahieu's RBI single to make it 6-0.
Replaced following Chacin's hit, Haren walked to the dugout amid a torrent of boos from the crowd of 35,787.
"No one wants to be booed," said Haren, whose last win came on May 9 against Detroit. "I'd probably boo myself too."
Depending on Johnson's course of action, which could include yanking the 32-year-old from the rotation, booing could be the least of Haren's problems.
"I'd be lying if I said I hadn't thought about it," Haren said. "It's a performance-based business and obviously I'm not getting the job done."
Notes: OF Jayson Werth was scratched from the Nats' lineup due to flu-like symptoms, Johnson said. Steve Lombardozzi replaced Werth in the lineup while Roger Bernadina shifted from left field to Werth's right field position. ... Colorado LHP Jorge De La Rosa (7-4, 3.21 ERA) faces LHP Ross Detwiler (2-5, 3.34) in Sunday's series finale.


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Arts face £124m extra local funding cuts
Local authority support for culture will fall by a further £124 million in 2013/14, according to figures published by the Department for Communities and Local Government.
DCLG has just published the budgeted expenditure for local authorities in 2013/14. The figures reveal that while the overall spend by local authorities will actually increase slightly from 2012/13 to 2013/14 – from £98.4 billion to £102.2 billion – spending on culture will fall. In fact, its cut of 4.2% – from £2.9 billion to £2.8 billion – is the largest percentage cut to any sector at local government level.
David Brownlee, executive director of the Theatrical Management Association, said: "Because of the way cuts were 'frontloaded' to local government at the last comprehensive spending review in 2010, we knew there would be major pressures on local authorities' cultural budgets in 2011/12 and 2012/13. This year should have heralded a brief respite before the next wave of recently announced cuts, but instead, authorities in England are planning on average a further 4.2% reduction in their investment in culture.
"These cuts are more than any other service area and show clearly that national reductions in funding to local government are disproportionately impacting on support for high quality arts, libraries, parks and leisure facilities. If people value these services, they must make their voices heard to local decision makers."
The TMA, along with The Stage and Equity, are partners in the My Theatre Matters! campaign, encouraging audiences to support their local theatres.
The budgeted local cuts come on top of reductions to central government support for the arts. Arts Council England's grant-in-aid funding fell by £15 million from 2012/13, while exchequer funding for the arts has also fallen in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Meanwhile, ACE's exchequer funding is due to fall by a further £9 million in 2014/15 with another 5% to be cut in 2015/16.
DCLG's figures come as playwright Mark Ravenhill, speaking at the launch of this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, warned the arts sector should start looking for alternative sources of revenue in case public funding is removed completely in the future.
He said: "I think we need to have a plan B. What if the public funding of the arts, which has earned itself an unassailable position in some other countries, was a passing moment in British life? So it's at least worth thinking: 'No public money'… Maybe the artist free of any relationship with any public funding body is freest of all?"
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Irrigation and water technology seminars will be housed in their own facility for the first time at the 2006 World Ag Expo. Also new is a Top-10 New Product showcase, located in a special center in addition to each winning exhibitor's regular display booth.
Both centers will be located on Median Street in the vicinity of Pavilion B, which houses water and irrigation displays. The 2006 World Ag Expo is scheduled for Feb. 14 –16 at the International Agri-Center in Tulare, Calif.
"Water technologies and irrigation are a top concern for many visitors to World Ag Expo," said show General Manager Gary Schulz in making the dual announcement. "In the Central Valley of California, it is probably the major issue facing ag. Therefore, we felt it was time to give these important seminars their due by presenting our irrigation seminars in their own tent close to irrigation exhibitors in Pavilion B."
David Zoldoske and Dan Clawson of the highly regarded International Center for Water Technology at California State University, Fresno, will coordinate the seminars.
New product winners
For the first time, the Top-10 New Product winners will be showcased in a New Product Center, staffed by Orange Jacket volunteers.
Winners are judged by a panel made up of volunteers who have direct experience with production agriculture. "What makes our New Product winners stand out," says Schulz, "is that they are truly innovative. Just a new paint job or different name doesn't make the cut. Finding and recognizing new products in ag technology is at the core of what World Ag Expo is all about."
Runners up to the Top-10 New Products will also receive special recognition. All New Product winners will be announced in September.
For information about World Ag Expo, the largest ag show on the globe, go to www.farmshow.org or call (800) 999-9186.


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Series premiere of a sitcom about a popular TV lawyer whose drama series ends, so he returns to his hometown to work in the family law firm, where he squares off with his younger brother.moreless
Lauren struggles without Wyatt, and Ryan struggles to let go of Janie by spreading her ashes. The group rally to help them both.
Ryan finds a change of perspective from the inside of the K-BAL mascot suit. The girls of the group attend Lauren's bachelorette party, where Ryan ends up helping her make some tough decisions.moreless
Anne sets up Ryan on a date with a hot widow she met at the graveyard. Yolanda is sent on an Asian Christian singles cruise by her parents, but finds that the guy she likes is attracted to someone else.moreless
Ryan tries to help Danny and Sonia get together, meanwhile the others try to find out more about the mysterious Mr K.
Trying to get over Simone, Ryan takes to gambling, however gambling has been an addiction in his past, and soon becomes more of a problem than missing Simone.
Ryan struggles with the idea of taking off his wedding ring, but this may be the thing that defines his new relationship with Simone.
Terrell gets a temp job at K-BAL, Ryan, Simone and Mr. K go on a meditation retreat.
When Ryan starts dating Simone, Janie's ghost throws him off his game. The rest of the group uses Owen as a body double, after deciding to buy Lauren a wedding dress.
Simone is back! A previous group member returns and Ryan finds his spot in the group under threat, but as time goes by Ryan begins to see what everybody finds so special about Simone.moreless
Despite Carrie's warning, Ryan wants to get his first date out of the way and asks Carrie's flaky friend, but not without a little competition from Shaun White. Meanwhile, Yolanda starts a new job at the hospital where Sonia works and tries to reinvent herself.moreless
Bob Costas asks Ryan to join his new TV show. Meanwhile, Mr. K tries to make a difference in the group.
When the group settles on a date for their holiday party, it happens to fall on what Mr. K believes will be the end of the world. Ryan invites Anne along on his annual trip to wine country with Steven and Lauren worries her boyfriend is ready to pop the question.moreless
Ryan tries to ease back into the dating scene with the help of guest star Misty May-Treanor. Meanwhile, George outlives his life expectancy as set by doctors and decides to celebrate.
Amy (Lauren Graham), a college friend of Ryan and Steven, comes to visit and the two fight for her affections. Ryan decides to hold a Thanksgiving party at the office and invites the entire therapy group.moreless
Ryan tries to take Owen under his wing.
The group plans a scavenger hunt for Ryan's birthday.
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Ryan encounters the ghostly apparition of his dead wife; the group tries to help Lauren overcome her test anxiety so that she can pass her real estate exam.
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SKF Machine condition advisor
PT01-MCAThis course introduces the SKF machine condition advisor, and its application in assessing the condition of rotating machinery. This involves three key tasks:
- Preparing and planning for measurements
- Collecting and recording readings
- Evaluating the collected data to detect changes in machinery condition
Tuition is divided into four main lessons:
- The basics: this lesson introduces the SKF machine condition advisor as a predictive maintenance tool, and describes the three determinants of machine condition that it measures.
- Instrument setup: in this lesson you will learn how to prepare the instrument for use, and how to configure the instrument to suit your own preferences.
- Using the instrument: a virtual instrument is used to collect data from a typical fan. A simple data recording system is discussed, and instruction offered regarding the evaluation of the collected data.
- Practical conditions: this lesson considers some of the practical difficulties that might be encountered in using the advisor on real process machinery. Once again, a virtual instrument is used to collect data from a typical machine.
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America's Strongest Man
By Jeffrey Cretz ('03)
As Mike Jenkins ('04, '05M) gets ready to step into the spotlight of his next North American Strongman competition, a quick glance at a small photograph of his late uncle or reading a text message from a family member, especially his little brother, is all he needs to get his adrenaline going.
The constant reminder of all the people who have been important in shaping his life keeps him grounded as he continues to showcase his extraordinary physical strength at both state- and national-level competitions. Jenkins, who lives in Baltimore, Md., wears old-school Chuck Taylor basketball shoes because, he says, "They are flat and don't give when I have 1,000 pounds loaded on my back." He listens to Lil' Wayne and Linkin Park songs to get pumped up before meets. In between events, country music keeps him calm.
Ranked as the No. 1 U.S. amateur, Jenkins outlasted a field of 57 amateur strongmen from 20 nations to win the inaugural Arnold Amateur World Strongman Championships on March 5–7. The event, held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, was part of the 2010 Arnold Sports Festival.
With the victory, Jenkins earned his strongman pro card and the first spot in the 2011 Arnold Strongman Classic, the prestigious professional strongman contest that annually attracts 10 of the world's strongest men.
Jenkins is athletics director for Silver Oak Academy, a high school for youth offenders in Keymar, Md. He and his younger brother, who currently plays Division-I football at the University of Virginia, grew up together in Westminster, Md.
As a child Jenkins was just too big to play Pee Wee Football, and today, at 6-feet 6-inches, he weighs in at 350 pounds. Clearly he has a good work ethic. He consistently goes above and beyond specifically prescribed workouts which, back in the day, caused a JMU football coach to "ban" him from UREC.
A member of the 2004 JMU National Championship football team, Jenkins says, "My favorite memory was being on the field that night in Chattanooga looking up at the clock as time expired and we were up 31–21. It was amazing to be able to share that moment with all the fans who came to see us, my whole team that has been through 2–9 seasons, and most importantly, my family."
Jenkins didn't begin his collegiate football career at JMU. After attending a university in Ohio for a year, he decided to transfer to a Division I–AA school to fight for playing time right away. After making a trip to Harrisonburg, meeting football coach Mickey Matthews and seeing campus, he fell in love with Madison.
Jenkins vividly remembers watching strongman competitions on ESPN when he was younger. "I thought it was cool how strong these guys were, and that I would love to try it," he remembers. On Mother's Day 2007, Jenkins located a nearby competition and convinced his mother to attend with him, telling her he wanted to see what he was getting himself into. Months later, Jenkins won Maryland's Strongest Man title, which qualified him for a national tournament in Las Vegas. In just his second competition, Jenkins placed sixth and has been hooked ever since.
After Vegas, he dreamed of earning a pro card. He had an opportunity in New Orleans in October 2009 at the North American Strongman National Championships. Jenkins finished second overall. "I was a few inches from turning pro," he says. He took top honors in two of the five events: The Yoke/Farmer's Medley and the Carry/Load/Drag Medley.
The Farmer's Walk and the Yoke Walk, usually two separate events, are his favorites. "I am good at both of those because they're moving events, and I am fast for my size," Jenkins jokes. The grueling events and training haven't come without a price. He estimates that he has missed between six and eight competitive months due to various injuries, including sciatica, a torn meniscus, and multiple muscle strains and tears.
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Toronto: Four Seasons hotel and spa
The first thing I did when I arrived at the Four Seasons in Toronto was get lost. Later, I did it again in the spa and – just for good measure – I got lost on the way to my room. Usually this would have me fizzing with rage but to be honest – it's so ridiculously pretty that I almost didn't mind at all. I asked about the baffling lack of signage and was told that signs were a-coming – once everyone could agree on fonts and size and so on – that is.
Fingers crossed when you get there, that's all been sorted. But I have to say – there are many, many worse places to get lost and by being a little lost I did get to find a few things I may have otherwise missed. I admired the stunning floral arrangements – not something that I ever pay too much attention to if I'm honest, but these were magnificent. I looked up at the high, high ceilings and felt their calming influence so when I finally made it to reception I was all smiles.
The restful feeling in the lobby spreads throughout the hotel; I loved the colour palette of creams, a pale jade-y-turquoise, moss green accents and warm peach touches. In my room I spotted that a fabric-like covering had transformed an ordinary bathroom door into something special. I like that kind of detail. I had chance to soak all this up later as when I arrived I had chance to barely hurl my case into my room and gallop back downstairs again as I had a spa appointment scheduled. I almost clapped my hands with glee when I saw the pool; I love to swim and hotel pools tend to be lost in the basement so this light-flooded dream of a pool area made me long to hurl myself in at the deep end. Gorgeous.
The spa was glitteringly clean and bright, I spent 20 minutes warming up my muscles by stretching out in the unexpectedly large steam room in the changing room. Then, I took a quick shower, wrapped myself in my robe and curled up in a comfy chair, waiting for my therapist. I like the idea of the spa massage menu here – all at the same price point for times, you just choose which style and pressure you'd like and if you want 60-minutes or 90-minutes of bliss. I liked the look of the Asian Fusion – which promised to blend techniques from across Asia into one stress-relieving, energy-restoring treatment.
I'm always so happy when I experience something completely authentic in a Western spa that I've previously had in its original setting. I may have been in a spiify hotel spa with soft towels, chilled music and heated massage bed, but the techniques that my therapist used could have been straight from the little hut on the river where I had dazzling Ayurvedic massages in Sri Lanka or the all-Chinese spa that I used to visit in a Paris backstreet where no one spoke a word of French. It was one of those treatments when I felt like rolling around on the floor wailing "More! Please! More!" once it was over, but I managed to control myself and instead thanked her and lay there for a while, feeling like the exhaustion of the brutally early start, the delayed plane, the hours of travel – all of it – had just melted away.
I got a bit lost trying to find my locker and – indeed – the exit, but I was so delightedly chilled that I just enjoyed my confusion and floated back up to my room to watch the city lights sparkle and catch a spot of room service…
I travelled as a guest of Toronto Tourism and the Four Seasons – but as ever – my views are 100% my own.
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If YOU are looking for something to replace the USMS Check-Off Challenge, you may be interested in the 2018 VIRTUAL SWIMTATHLON LEAGUE.
In our third year, The Swimtathlon League is a year-long, virtual pentathlon where participants swim and submit times in stages. Five events are included in each pentathlon stage (Fly, Back, Breast, Free, and Individual Medley), and cumulative times are used for league standings and results.
New for 2018, we are adding a DISTANCE FREE stage to include the 500, 1000, and 1650.
All of this is on the honor system, but it's a fun way to stay motivated and challenge yourself to swim ALL 18 pool events...like the Check-Off Challenge.
It does not matter where (meet or practice) or how (yards or meters) you swim. For league standings, I convert all times to short course yards and send out quarterly AWARD CERTIFICATES.
Last year, 42 swimmers participated from all over the world, and I'm hoping for 50+ this year! Click here to see our 2017 LEAGUE MEMBERS.
The event information and entry are located at Club Assistant: 2018 VIRTUAL SWIMTATHLON LEAGUE. It's also listed on the USMS Calendar of Events.
There are no t-shirts, but $10 from each $25 entry will be contributed to the following great causes:
- Swim Guide Project -- monitor the recreational water quality of Flathead Lake
- USMS Swimming Saves Lives Foundation -- raise pubic awareness of adult drowning and resource for adult swim lessons
Since the Check-Off Challenge is no longer being offered, this may be a suitable replacement.


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Rumor: Yellow Jerseys for ND Night Game
Take this with a grain of NaCl but I've now heard this from multiple people who don't know each other:
Michigan's night game jersey will be Yellow.
No word yet on if it will be like the blue and white hockey sweaters with number on chest like has been discussed on the board but IDK. Could this mean white pants?! OMGz.


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The Mets began the season with questions concerning all five starters in their rotation. Despite a productive season with Johan Santana's shoulder injury they will end it the same way. There are reasons to be optimistic, such as the emergence of Jon Niese, R. A. Dickey and progress made by Mike Pelfrey.
Those are also the same reasons to be cautious.
1) JOHAN SANTANA: There are all kinds of projections on Santana's recovery, all of the them pointless until he has the surgery. However, three surgeries in three years since signing with the Mets is a red flag. His velocity was already in decline before the injury, and by all accounts this is not an easy injury to come back from. The Mets must assume Santana's best days are behind him and have to shop for a front end starter. It would be nice to expect a full recovery, but the Mets have long since lived on Fantasy Island when it comes to injuries.
2) MIKE PELFREY: There was significant glimpses for reason to be optimistic, but also enough to be concerned. Pelfrey is barely a .500 career pitcher, and there were times this summer when he was horrible. His last start was something to build on, but haven't we said that a lot about Pelfrey. Pelfrey has been good roughly half the time this season. He needs to up that to 75 to 80 percent. Right now he's a No. 2 to an ace, maybe a No. 3, but I'd be wary entering the season with him as the No. 1.
3) R.A. DICKEY: His performance warrants going into spring training with a spot in the rotation. However, look how long it took for him to have a breakthrough season. How can we adequately predict for the man with the unpredictable pitch? The Mets can't look at this year and say he will repeat. And, if he does duplicate this year, that's only 10 wins so far, good for a No. 4 or No. 5. He's been good, but he's not an anchor.
4) JON NIESE: He developed this year, but it is only one season. Who is to say he won't have a setback or growing pains like Pelfrey? I'm glad the Mets held on to him and there's a bright promise ahead, but there were enough glitches to indicate he's got much more to learn.
5) DILLON GEE: He was stellar in his debut, but there wasn't Triple-A domination to project he'll immediately step in to produce. He'll get another look-see tonight, but we really don't know enough about him.
6) HISANORI TAKAHASHI: We don't even know if he'll be around next year. The Mets like him in the bullpen but he wants to start. He's also a free agent. The Mets are probably right about his role in that he was vulnerable the second time through the batting order.
7) PAT MISCH: Has had some good moments, but also a few times when he's been roughed up. Right now, he's no better than to compete for a No. 5 spot. Don't forget, there's a reason why he's spent so much time in the organization.
8) OLIVER PEREZ: He's on the team; he's got to be mentioned. The Mets want him gone but won't eat his contract. Until there's a resolution to the stalemate, there's the possibility of playing with a man short again next year. With Santana gone and the Mets monitoring the innings count for Niese, he should get a start or two, if for no other reason than informational purposes. He'll pitch in Mexico during the winter, but will he find it there? Doubtful.
9) JOHN MAINE: Almost forgot about him. The Mets may not even tender him, but if they do what can they reasonably expect? He's still damaged goods and it is anybody's guess what he'll be, or even if he'll pitch again.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The New England Football Conference (NEFC) announced its All-Division winners on Tuesday, and the Engineers filled two spots on the roster. Sophomore James Oleinik led the way with a First Team selection.
Oleinik earned NEFC Boyd Division First Team honors after anchoring an offensive line that contributed to the second-best passing attack in the league, while giving up the fourth-least sacks against (13) in the 16-team conference. Oleinik continues a trend of noteworthy blockers up front as he is the fifth offensive lineman to earn NEFC accolades since 1999 and the first since Matt Krueger in 2004.
Senior captain Phil Zakielarz secured NEFC Boyd Second Team honors after a strong second half to his final season. Zakielarz finished second on the team and 15th in the league in tackles per game (7.1). His 269 career tackles ranks fifth all-time at the Institute, while he set a program record in 2005 with 64 solo tackles.
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Raise your hand if you've been waiting with baited breath to be reunited with the Malloy family once again. I, for one, can't get enough of The Riches, the FX drama starring Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver as part of a clan who assume the identity of a wealthy family they accidentally kill in a car accident. At last night's premiere party for the show, everyone's favorite con artists hit the red carpet with nary a crime (of fashion) to be seen: there was the officially-pregnant Minnie Driver, plus the actors who play her kids, Shannon Woodward and Aidan Mitchell, looking absolutely adorable. The Good, Bad and Ugly of the red carpet premiere of season two of The Riches, after the jump.
The Good:
Mazel tov to Minnie Driver on looking pretty and classy while with child. Also, her cardigan is so the same color as her dress from the Good Will Hunting premiere... not that I remember that.
Can we please discuss how adorable little Aidan Mitchell looks in his red tie and Christian Siriano-esque vest?
Shannon Woodward: Classic beauty.
The Bad:
At this point, ombre just can't be worn without channeling Forever21, Teresa Huang.
I prefer Eddie Izzard in heels, a skirt, and tons of eye make-up.
Alexandra Breckenridge came dressed as Maggie Gyllenhaal's understudy in Secretary.
The Ugly:
While everyone else dressed for a premiere; Bonnie Root dressed for going to the grocery store.
[West Hollywood, CA; March 16. Image via Bauer-Griffin.]


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DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — Police at the University of New Hampshire are still following leads in the case of a missing 19-year-old student, but they've suspended their active search for now.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A strong showing at this weekend's ITA New England Regional Championships by the MIT women's tennis team has given the Engineers a sweep of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference weekly women's tennis awards. Junior Lauren Quisenberry (Corpus Christi, Texas) won her second consecutive Singles Player of the Week award and teamed with freshman Victoria Tam (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.) for Doubles Team of the Week honors.
In singles play at the ITA Championships, Quisenberry had the best showing of any NEWMAC player, advancing to the Round of 16. She started the tournament off with an impressive win against NEWMAC foe Erica Choo of Wellesley College, 6-0, 6-0. In the second round she faced off against Safi Aly from Amherst College. After a 6-1 win in the first set, Quisenberry held off Aly in the second set, 7-6 (5) to advance to the Round of 16. There she faced No. 3 seed Nancy Worley from Williams. Worley won the first set, 6-3, and was ahead 2-0 in the second when Quisenberry retired from the match, ending her run.
In doubles play Quisenberry and Tam scored a first round victory for the Engineers, taking an 8-2 decision over Freeman/Whitaker of Babson. Reaching the Round of 16, the pair fell to a team that wound up reaching the finals, Newman/Pangalos from Amherst, in an 8-4 decision.


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As some of you know, my primary interest for sci fi and fantasy is movies and television. I have had very few that have kept my interest over the years, but they were major ones. Currently there is very little on television that interests me... and that brings me around to that sorry state we know as Sci Fi Channel.
While all other networks are moving forward with their programming, SFC seems to be stuck in the rut of 'We can make sci fi movies..it's easy and the viewers love it'. WRONG! They have a book or flowchart of some sort that their little group of writers references every month in order to come up with a tv movie. IT likely reads more like a chinese menu. Take Mythology from column A, Monster/God from Column B, Drop in choice of male/female scientist group, then match with military counterparts trying to solve the same problem.
VOILA! You have the formula for ANY SFC tv movie they are passing off as 'science fiction'.
Spiders, snakes, ugly whatevers from from some experiment, Norse mythology, Sumerian, Greek, Egyptian, (don't know if they've tried tapping the American or Eastern Indian mythos yet), and to top it off... terrible special effects! Star Wars when it first came out was better than what they have now! They likely have two or three guys working with some low end graphics interface creating all these things. But the stories... the dialogue... !!!! Aaaah!
I got sucked into one story about Ba'al the God of Storms... bleh.. simply because it seemed original.. then I realized the archeologist guy looked familiar and realized they had used him in another movie and lo and behold, they showed the other story a week later. Don't even get me started on Terrror at Snakehead LAke. (scuse me for gagging). Despite that having one of my all time favorite actors, Bruce Boxleitner, it sucked so bad it blew! (pardon the language) Even he skirted language at Comicon to describe what he had been doing since B5 just to keep his SAG card. 'It's nice to have some dialogue and story that has some actual... something I can sink my teeth into.' or something like that. He was referring to reprising his role as Sheridan in Babylon 5. That's another story anyway.
So, this brings me around to a show that, despite it having all the above mentioned bad heritage and earmarks, I am sucked into watching Eureka every week. The plots are all formulaic, I can see the outcome from the teaser (something I haven't seen since Voyager was on), and the science is way out there. What has me hooked (and it's the only thing that I pay attention to) is the characters. Even that is kind of wearing thin. A few twists and turns here and there, just to keep me on my toes, but the cast generally works good together and they don't take themselves seriously too much, how could they with clunky dialogue. But, hey, it's a job! IF the writers would only take a look outside their little cubicle and the 'Holy Book' of whatever formula their using, it might even become something better!
But I'm talking fantasy there...oh well.
I don't watch Heroes, it's to close to being 'drama' for me, Stargate..puhleese... there's nothing left to watch. Oh, there's Lost, which if I had gotten into it at the beginning I might be watching but it's too late for that. Oh well.
Is there hope on the horizon for sci fi? I don't think so, with all the good writers moving on to movies there's no one left to play in the small sandbox anymore.
(Don't start on Star Wars...that doesn't count and neither does the new series.)
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|2013-03-24, 09:05
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I don't know about you, but I find meganeko Megumu hot. Was she Shinobu's final competitors in last years High school individual competition? (Besides Sudo I mean.)
Of course our queen Shinobu is always so lovable with all her anti-social antics, all drenched, pouting in the corner for not getting to watch the Birdman competition. At least she gets to wear Arata's clothes, if it means anything to her.
Chihaya's over the top acting when she suggested that she'll give in and play a B-level player, is really funny.
Looks like Hokuo got the short end of the straw when they go against the top team in the semi-finals. We can deduce which team Misuzawa will go against in the finals, if they ever get there.
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|2013-03-24, 10:30
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Hokuo lost to Fujisaki last year too. No doubt Hiro and the others will bring back tales of terror to heighten the suspense when the Mizusawa Seven have to go up against them. And perhaps invaluable advice: as we saw even in this episode, even rivals and opponents can contribute to a team's success.
The debate over the initial lineup was interesting. Usually Taichi and Tsutomu decide this, but in this case, since Tsutomu's own participation is the issue at stake, he's excluded from the deliberation. That leaves Taichi, but Taichi surprisingly has no idea what to do. We see Miyauchi-sensei wanting to step in, and discounting Chihaya's capacity to help here. In the end, Chihaya decides. And she does so wisely--she consults Tsutomu's data (smart move), and she brings down her her learning from Harada-sensei (game-set-and-match smart move). Leadership on the Mizusawa team is informal and ad hoc, without a definite hierarchy, but decisions are still informed by data, experience, and wisdom. The team leads the team.
A lot of people (myself included) thought Tsukuba was way over the line when he kept writing his own name in on the play list. I was surprised and pleased to find out the anime takes a positive view of his actions, as Nishida's comment illustrates.
This week's title poem is #51. Here is the U. Virginia translation:
How can I tell her
How fierce my love for her is?
Will she understand
That the love I feel for her
Burns like Ibuki's fire plant?
The poem is a love poem about the burning passion a lover feels for the beloved. This passion refers by analogy to the passion Nishida expects Tsutomu to feel for wanting to play in the tournament as one of the starting five.
We saw another example of the anime using a romantic metaphor to explain a feeling for karuta in last week's episode, when Chihaya apparently feels consternation upon learning that Shinobu wants to play Arata. From Chihaya's reaction, you might think she is jealous of Shinobu, but her jealousy is strictly about karuta: she wants to be Shinobu and Arata's main karuta rivals.
This use of romance to explain karuta makes me wonder if the two modes--romance and karuta--are not somehow equivalent. This seems particularly the case in Suetsugu's presentation of Chihaya's character. So, Chihaya does not have a lover; instead, she has rivals--that's why when Sumire asked her who she thinks about at night, her first thought is Shinobu. Instead of a romantic relationship, she has a karuta relationship with Shinobu, where Chihaya dreams of improving her game to the point she can beat Shinobu. Instead of making love with a special some one, she plays a match with a special someone. Instead of feeling jealous when her special some one finds a new lover, she feels jealous when she learns Shinobu wants to play Arata and not herself.
This really works. Chihayafuru is a karuta story told as a love story. No wonder everything that happens on the karuta side feeds instantly into shipping arguments on the romantic side! And that explains why Chihaya can be so oblivious to romance: she is already fully engaged romantically. Every time she plays a match, she is, in her own way, making love. No wonder Taichi wants to beat her in a match: that would make him, and not Shinobu or Arata, Chihaya's principal rival, and thus her karuta boyfriend.
In Chihayafuru, romance is the continuation of karuta by other means
|2013-03-24, 11:27
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|2013-03-28, 14:25
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|2013-03-29, 15:57
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Sakurazawa sensei is a lot older than I expected (it sounded like Megumi Hayashibara is voicing her). Not sure who is voicing the red girl sitting behind her. Still if I were Shinpachi I wouldn't be afraid of her, quite the opposite really.
Anyway I can't say I liked the episode, it was too unfocused trying to do multiple things at the same time. It also reminded me (dare I say it?) one of those shounen filler episodes, where instead of focussing on the fight (which you're expecting) they're focussing on every thing else.
|2013-03-29, 16:29
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Personally, that didn't bother me. I enjoyed learning more about Megumu-tan. At first I thought she sit in the wrong spot on purpose to intimidate the opponent and was only pretending to be innocent like Shinobu does, but it turns out she's really just a lovable ditz. A very confident ditz. The way she treats those three dorks is not very nice though
Kana's scene was the highlight of the episode. So poetic.
|2013-03-29, 17:00
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I found episode 12 to be a bit slow, if only because there was so much focus on Megumu's background. This might be due to the fact that prior to this episode was 3.5 episodes dedicated to matches and the other .5 being Nishida/Tsutomu development. Still, funny character with her sharp-tongued-picture-deleting-charms.
Really disliking Tsukuba this episode, if only because he's fallen into the same hole as Sumire. It feels like for him, Karuta is just a way for him to get his younger brothers to look up to him, and though I found his antics funny, he's starting to get annoying in how he hasn't seemed to improve much.
I'm quite surprised at the number of Omi Jingu episodes we've gotten. We only got three last season (due to Chihaya fainting) and Megumu v. Chihaya will bring the count up to 6. Throw in the finals and the single tournament and we're looking at at least 10-12 episodes. As much as I like this setting, I feel like we're spending a little too much time here.
|2013-03-29, 17:11
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 27
Well they've definitely wasted time on nonsense. That unintentionally racially insensitive episode, an episode on Arata playing for some random team which was a very roundabout way of displaying his jealousy, etc. Now this episode which just dragged immensely. Did we really need the back story of those 3 camera guys (The 4th wall crap does not just justify it, just no). The advisor thinking back on Megumu's backstory was fine and justifiable, but then we also got other useless stuff like Tsukaba making useless observations (At this point I think Sumire and Tsukaba are just not very good characters).
The focus is definitely all over the place. Next episode will presumably be better, but then again it's probably going to take the whole episode to conclude the match. Then another episode to setup the final match. Another episode to conclude the final. Then we move to the singles tournaments. This is going to be a really long arc. They wasted too much time on silly early round matches that no one really cares about.
|2013-03-29, 17:51
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And it's not like it's been all about karuta. We've gotten character development and the bonds between the characters deepened.
|2013-03-29, 18:02
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It isn't if you compare this tournament to the first one, which had a considerably faster pace. This tournament is dragging, but unfortunately it was the same in the manga too. This tournament was the part of the manga I liked the less, except for some isolated moments here and there (mostly centered on Taichi).
Nothing we can do about it though. I was hoping the staff would cut the irrelevant bits to increase the pace a notch but it's obvious it isn't going to happen so...
|2013-03-29, 18:24
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I'll have to agree and say that it was a slow episode and flashback for camera guys was useless since it doesn't add anything new.
And Tsukube should learn to get off his high horse. It's not like his brothers will hate him if he loses.
|2013-03-29, 19:02
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Another wonderful episode. I'm glad that the series is going for 2 cour. There are just not enough good series around.
Btw, just because Taichi is not the main focus of an episode does not make it a bad episode. It seems like some are sticking to "the best episodes are Taichi focus". The series is called Chihayafuru for a reason, and the main theme of the series is Karuta.
It was nice getting background character on the opponents. There was already a lot of background information for our wonderful main team, so other teams getting focused is the only way the episodes can go without it seeming like a redundant battle anime.
Chihaya is going into badass ultra-sensory mode now. I do hope she wins, or else she'll no chance against Shinobu. I doubt she will beat Shinobu this tournament, but at least Shinobu will consider her a serious threat and rival afterwards.
Actually, with all the shipping that is going around, I believe a great couple would be Shinobu X Taichi. He's so in love with Arata, and Shinobu is like another version of Arata. They both can be sharped tongue towards each other. There will be a lot of passion there after all those sly wise-cracks and fights with each other. They would definitely make an interesting and fun couple.
|2013-03-29, 19:22
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|2013-03-29, 19:32
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|2013-03-29, 19:39
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The Taichi comments comes from many reasons, but there was an earlier post saying that the best episodes are Taichi focused. Taichi was not in the episode for all intents and purposes, so there was a larger amount of complaining in this episode, especially from those who are Taichi fans, even if they do not specifically state his name. Call it subconscious complaining, if you will.
Overall, I thought the episode was fun and entertaining. Megumu seems like a real character, and she does seem like a final boss of sorts.
|2013-03-29, 19:56
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|2013-03-29, 20:01
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Wow Megu sitting down in front of fujisaki was a major dis at mizusawa and hokuo. Could have doen without the camera guys. Nice backstory about Megu. Was worried for a bit, but glad Chihaya settled down with help from Kana.
|2013-03-29, 20:13
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I have not seen the episode yet so I have no opinion on it but I have enjoyed every episode this season regardless of who was the focus (and everyone knows I am a Taichi fan).
When people say they don't like an episode I wonder why but then I read positive posts like Kanon & Yume Hanabi and think I hope my thoughts align with theirs. Taichi's presence in the episode never even crossed my mind. It's a huge cast. Chihaya and Taichi might be the main characters but one of the wonderful things about Chihayafuru is every character gets development and focus.
But I really should shut up and watch the episode.
|2013-03-29, 20:15
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I get that there may be pacing issues, as you have your opinion on it. I like the episode. That is my opinion on it. I rather discuss the episodes contents and the characters themselves than worry about the pacing.
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Apparently, pictures of supposed new iPhone parts assembled together weren't enough, because now a similar constructicon-style merge-to-form has been done on video and we get a look at what the leaks look like being held and spun around. This time it's Macotakara who're providing the purported preview.
This flexible power cable has several connectors for sound volume button, silent switch, sleep button and newer one more thing, which are placed left-top area where is opposite side of sound volume button with connecting a unknown parts or antenna. I don't have idea if this new power supplied parts should be NFC or not.
It'll be interesting to see if Apple goes NFC or not for the next iPhone. Even if the words NFC never leave Apple's lips on anything other than a radio spec page, they need a big demo moment and something for the Santa commercial this year, and going into Starbucks or Target and paying with a wave of an iPhone would certainly fill that bill.
As to the phone parts, like we said with the photos, they match one of the rumored 4-inch, 16:9 iPhone prototypes that we and others heard Apple was considering for the iPhone 5. Last year there was a lot of confusion over parts for an iPhone 5 that never made it into production (we got the conservatively designed iPhone 4S instead), but this year the leaks are more consistent with other information.
Hopefully we'll find out for sure in about 6 weeks. Meanwhile, here's the video:
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