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Grace Ballroom
Angier, NC
Starting from $1,730 to $5,554 for 50 guests
Angier, North Carolina is the home to the Grace Ballroom. This elegant site is a true ballroom where people come to learn to dance with great success. Imagine your wedding reception with crystal chandeliers and a giant dance floor providing natural splendor to your special day. The addition of flora...
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Rumbling Bald Resort
Lake Lure, NC
Golf Course, Hotel/Resort, Ocean/Waterfront View, Beach, Mountain, Outdoor
Starting from $4,307 to $8,919 for 50 guests
Nestled in the mountains just one hour from Asheville, North Carolina, Rumbling Bald Resort offers an idyllic setting for your wedding day festivities. This picturesque resort features breathtaking venues, delicious cuisine, deluxe overnight accommodations, and exceptional service, making it the per...
Renaissance Raleigh North Hills Hotel
Raleigh, NC
Starting from $7,913 to $22,716 for 50 guests
Located in the northern portion of Raleigh on Main Street, Renaissance Raleigh North Hills Hotel offers blissful couples a chic and urban setting to tie the knot. Positioned in the stylish area of North Hills, this venue proudly provides a sophisticated blend of southern charm and elegant style in o...
The Village at River Landing
Wallace, NC
Golf Course, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Private Club, Park/Garden, Ballrooms, Outdoor
Starting from $6,921 to $72,573 for 50 guests
Covering over 1,700 acres of the northeast Cape Fear River in Wallace, NC, The Village at River Landing provides an attractive, upscale wedding venue that exudes true Southern charm. Envision walking down a lush green aisle to meet your beloved beneath a flower-laden archway, exchanging your most sa...
Castle McCulloch
Jamestown, NC
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Starting from $2,644 to $5,296 for 50 guests
Originally constructed in 1832, the Castle McCulloch not only boasts a rich history, but also singular spaces that provide true fairytale backdrops for a unique wedding day! Listed on the National Historic Monument registry, this beautiful castle was modeled after the elegant structures of Europe. T...
Long Cove Resort & Country Club
Charlotte, NC
Vintage/Rustic, Hotel/Resort, Ocean/Waterfront View, Beach, Outdoor, Modern
Starting from $2,575 to $5,184 for 50 guests
Long Cove Resort & Country Club is a private glamping resort and Marina where members can enjoy an amazing wedding weekend on the quiet shores of Lake Wylie in North Carolina. Arrive on Friday and settle into one of the cozy cabins, decorated with a cheerful southern warmth and charm. One and two ...
Andrews, NC
Mansion, Private Estate, Mountain, Outdoor
Starting from $5,995 to $9,352 for 50 guests
Imagine, for a moment, the celebration of a lifetime, with all your friends and family, on a private and luxurious 54-acre mountain estate that is yours and yours alone for the duration of your stay. This is Hawkesdene. Nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains in Andrews, North Carolina, H...
The Hall and Gardens at Landmark
Garner, NC
Mansion, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Park/Garden, Ballrooms, Outdoor
Starting from $8,145 to $13,645 for 50 guests
The Hall and Gardens at Landmark offers brides the opportunity of a lifetime on their special day. For your ceremony, the picturesque old-world garden features a stone and wrought iron gazebo, waterfall, cobblestone walkways, Koi pond, charming treillage and will accommodate a large amount of guests...
Pelham, NC
Private Estate, Event Center, Barn/Farm/Ranch, Plantation, Vintage/Rustic, Outdoor
Starting from $6,195 to $7,060 for 50 guests
Life is a story to be told. Oakhaven is an Estate with a story to tell and a place to add your story to our great history. Purchased in 1930 and built during this vintage time period, the original owner planned this plantation to suit his farming hobby and to entertain his friends. Once on this p...
Rosa Lee Manor
Pilot Mountain, NC
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Starting from $5,002 to $9,256 for 50 guests
Historic Rosa Lee Manor is a working farm owned and managed by the Hunter family since the early 1800's. The House, Gardens, Patios, Gazebo, Cabin and Barn (Carriage House) are all yours for the day. If your goal is to have a homey event for your friends and family, Rosa Lee Manor provides the...
Laurel Ridge Country Club & Event Center
Waynesville, NC
Vintage/Rustic, Event Center, Private Club, Golf Course, Mountain, Outdoor
Starting from $5,037 to $7,849 for 50 guests
Laurel Ridge Country Club is a rustically elegant golf & country club located in Waynesville, NC, just outside of Asheville. Our classic wedding venue offers your guests gorgeous landscapes and beautiful views of the Great Smoky Mountains with the convenience of being close to town, outside of traff...
The Barns at Summerfield Farms
Summerfield, NC
Barn/Farm/Ranch, Event Center, Vintage/Rustic, Outdoor
Starting from $6,802 to $11,277 for 50 guests
Nestled on more than 600 acres in the picturesque countryside of Summerfield, North Carolina, The Barn At Summerfield Farms offers a rustic yet elegant setting for your once in a lifetime event. This scenic working farm and events venue features two spectacular spaces, the Barn and the Pole Barn, wh...
Byrne's Mill Place
Fayetteville, NC
Historic/Landmark Building
Starting from $3,824 to $6,859 for 50 guests
Historic rustic charm meets modern comfort at Byrne's Mill Place, a special events venue and bed & breakfast in Fayetteville, North Carolina! Standing as a 180 year old mill home, Byrne's Mill Place features not only beautiful indoor and outdoor spaces for your wedding festivities but also comfortab...
Holly Springs North Carolina
Holly Springs, NC
Ocean/Waterfront View, Event Center, Outdoor
Starting from $1,903 to $6,787 for 50 guests
Bass Lake Park's Conference Room and Deck offer a beautiful and welcoming space to invite your friends and family to for your wedding ceremony and reception. Bass Lake Park provides a natural elegance for your special event. The park's facilities and grounds are a perfect blend of sophistication and...
Cedarwood Country Club
Charlotte, NC
Outdoor, Event Center, Private Club
Starting from $2,744 to $7,010 for 50 guests
Plan your wedding day with the time honored tradition of excellence and service Cedarwood Country Club is known for. Perfectly nestled in South Charlotte, Cedarwood Country Club has hosted many lavish receptions, and now your special day can become part of the club's rich history. Host your wedding ...
DoubleTree by Hilton Raleigh-Brownstone-...
Raleigh, NC
Starting from $3,219 to $5,894 for 50 guests
Find sleek, contemporary elegance for your big day at DoubleTree by Hilton Raleigh-Brownstone-University! Located just steps away from NC State, shopping, dining and more, DoubleTree by Hilton Raleigh-Brownstone-University invites you in for a relaxing celebration amidst luxurious decor and plush ac...
JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State Univer...
Raleigh, NC
Outdoor, Historic/Landmark Building
Starting from $2,711 to $7,952 for 50 guests
Nestled on North Carolina State University's sprawling campus, the JC Raulston Arboretum provides soon-to-be-wed couples with a versatile and decidedly charming venue. Say your "I do's" in the Klein-Pringle White Garden, a classic outdoor space where you can say your "I do's" beneath a white arbor o...
Crowne Plaza Hickory
Hickory, NC
Hotel/Resort, Ballrooms
Starting from $1,524 to $6,670 for 50 guests
Situated only a single mile away from central Hickory, the Crowne Plaza Hickory offers a sleek, contemporary venue for celebrating your modern wedding! Located near some of the town's finest attractions, this lovely hotel offers a simplistically elegant setting for your event, while placing you only...
The SMS Catering Atrium
Charlotte, NC
Park/Garden, Outdoor
Starting from $3,520 to $7,678 for 50 guests
On the most important day of your life, it is important to choose the right setting for your wedding day. Situated on 8 and a half acres, The SMS Catering Atrium is a premier banquet hall in the Charlotte area. The gorgeous private facility is an obvious choice for wedding celebrations. The venue fe...
Village Inn Event Center
Clemmons, NC
Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Hotel/Resort, Event Center, Ballrooms
Starting from $1,286 to $3,976 for 50 guests
The Village Inn Hotel and Event Center in Clemmons, North Carolina is a wonderful space to host your wedding celebration. This all-inclusive venue can take care of your wedding needs from lodging to food. Imagine a relaxed weekend knowing that your wedding will be filled with fun and ease. The Villa...
The Majestique Center
Charlotte, NC
Event Center
Starting from $2,010 to $3,850 for 50 guests
The Majestique Center in Charlotte, North Carolina is an inviting venue for your events and wedding celebrations. Enjoy your special occassion in this adaptable event hall. The Majestique is a professional venue that will work with you in creating a magical wedding environment. You and your loved on...
Triangle Lebanese-American Center
Raleigh, NC
Outdoor, Event Center, Community Center
Starting from $2,860 to $4,600 for 50 guests
The mission of the Triangle Lebanese-American Center (TLAC) is to preserve and promote the Lebanese culture and heritage, and provide an exchange of information between the Lebanese, American, and other cultures through social, cultural, and humanitarian endeavors. The TLAC has two large halls avail...
Maggiano's Durham
Durham, NC
Banquet Hall/Restaurant
Starting from $1,859 to $3,343 for 50 guests
Located in Durham, North Carolina, the Maggiano's Durham is the ideal location for your wedding reception. This spacious venue filled with deep mahogany and cream hues provides an atmosphere of ease that will put a smile on all of your guests' faces. With intimate circular tables spread across the v...
Holiday Inn Greensboro Airport
Greensboro, NC
Hotel/Resort, Ballrooms
Starting from $2,733 to $6,294 for 50 guests
Enjoy your special day in an elegant atmosphere with first rate service and amenities when you host your wedding celebration at the Holiday Inn Greensboro Airport. The newly renovated hotel offers the finest in upscale hotel services, making it the perfect location for your wedding ceremony and rece...
Durham Arts Council
Durham, NC
Museum/Gallery, Historic/Landmark Building
Starting from $2,439 to $4,884 for 50 guests
Downtown Durham, is the home to the Durham Arts Council. This inviting space is perfect to host your wedding reception and ceremony. The building provides your special day with three galleries, two theater, and plenty of art studio rooms. Imagine a wedding ceremony outside on the Pavilion and Balcon...
NC State University Club
Raleigh, NC
Outdoor, Private Club, Ballrooms
Starting from $3,910 to $4,557 for 50 guests
The NC State University Club has been serving the faculty, staff, and alumni of NC State University for over 50 years, and is the ideal place for you to celebrate your wedding day. With many venue options, the University Club will accommodate every wish of even the pickiest bride. The University Roo...
River Bend Country Club
New Bern, NC
Golf Course, Private Club, Park/Garden, Outdoor
Starting from $1,391 to $6,712 for 50 guests
River Bend Golf and Country Club offers a truly exquisite venue for your big day. Transform your wedding dreams into a reality with the help of the Club's beautiful banquet rooms and helpful staff. Host a classically elegant reception in the welcoming yet sophisticated banquet room, a lovely space c...
Statesville Country Club
Statesville, NC
Outdoor, Event Center, Private Club
Starting from $2,260 to $8,104 for 50 guests
Statesville Country Club invites you to share a one of a kind experience with your family and friends at its beautiful and scenic resort. Surrounded by the natural beauty of the forest, Statesville Country Club is a destination that every bride and guests of all ages will appreciate and come to love...
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Andrews, NC
Museum/Gallery, Historic/Landmark Building
Starting from $1,160 to $4,594 for 50 guests
In 1923 the First Baptist Church of Andrews built a beautiful structure on what is today the corner of Third and Chestnut streets. This beautiful building is ready to host your special wedding day. It is filled with original hardwood flooring, rich wood trimmings and a myriad of stained glass window...
The Loft at 14th
Concord, NC
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An Habitual Offender, EpilogueSubmitted by klc on Thu, 11/01/2007 - 06:49.
The hangar doors were open and the late evening sky threw its' deep reds, hot and humid, into the interior of Building Seven. A Gulf Coast summer turns the outside world into a near-perfect replica of a dog's mouth. Barney apparently had decided it was time to run all of the very loudest machines at once, raising the noise level to something quite inconvenient. Not the kind of atmosphere he'd hoped for.
An Habitual Offender, Chapter 9Submitted by klc on Wed, 10/31/2007 - 06:44.
I Will Fight No More
An Habitual Offender, Chapter 8Submitted by klc on Tue, 10/30/2007 - 06:50.
Travis Morales Is Dead… And Other Intellectual Bullshit
20:17 Mission Elapsed Time
He sat on the edge of the cliff, enjoying the cool night air on his face and the still warm stone under his backside. He gazed down into a great valley, miles wide and many more miles long. He saw many lights. Enough for a modestly sized city. But some of them moved. What where they a part of?
An Habitual Offender, Chapter 7Submitted by klc on Mon, 10/29/2007 - 06:52.
Voyage Of The Tired
10:48 hours, Mission Elapsed Time.
Fiona had made no pretense of a proper approach. Serenity had aligned herself with the runway about eighty kilometers out. With only engine two running to conserve what little fuel was left, they were coming in steep and fast.
Barney leaned forward. "I'll be ready to start up number one if you need to go around."
An Habitual Offender, Chapter 6Submitted by klc on Sun, 10/28/2007 - 06:30.
Shockwave Repercussions
He stuck his head under the waterfall again, then threw it back, droplets slinging off his hair. Delicious. He settled himself down in the pool of water at the base, the black volcanic stones warm from the sunlight. The beach and breakers were just a few yards away. He'd built the lanai as close to the waterfall as he could. Pure, sweet water in abundance. All worth it.
An Habitual Offender, Chapter 5Submitted by klc on Sat, 10/27/2007 - 10:53.
Day By Day
Monday morning, eleven-ish ante meridian. Barney banked the jet to port, looking down on the bayou and the boulevard. A short distance to the south along the wide way was the Manse. The world headquarters, former home of the Big O and the Offenders. He could see the roof of the detached garage cum hangar on the grounds now. The trees were still properly trimmed back, leaving plenty of room for landing.
"John, open the doors, would you?"
An Habitual Offender, Chapter 4Submitted by klc on Thu, 10/25/2007 - 16:31.
What A Difference A Day Makes
Fiona spent the night aboard Lady S. with Pandora by her side. She knew it would take a long time to defrag and optimize one hundred and twenty eight terabytes of storage, but she hadn't counted on dozing off. She didn't usually do that during an all nighter. She was reclined in the engineer's seat with her feet propped up on a tool box. She lay there with her her eyes closed, listening to Pandora's hard drive clicking away. I wonder what she's doing. Fiona was still very sleepy. It must be time to reboot...
An Habitual Offender, Chapter 3Submitted by klc on Wed, 10/24/2007 - 20:54.
Enter The Barbarian
Of course he didn't tell Barney where he was going. That way he didn't have to lie and Barney didn't have to think that Kevin had done so. He decided to enter the usual way, through his rooftop entrance. The Manse would announce his return to its' occupant. He couldn't see Hanna shutting the security systems down. Just wouldn't be like her.
An Habitual Offender, Chapter 2Submitted by klc on Wed, 10/24/2007 - 14:30.
An Untitled Story
The nav computer showed an ETA of 10:15 AM local time. He adjusted one of the radio receivers to pick up the BBC World Service. He realized that he'd been listening to the Beeb for years... must have left a shortwave radio behind in the duplex. Or maybe some toy Barney cooked up.
Somewhere near the Azores he remembered that an important question had been overlooked. He activated the satellite phone. A computer answered. "Please hold. Mr. Engelhart will be with you as soon as possible."
After about a minute Barney came on the line. "This couldn't wait?"
An Habitual Offender, Chapter 1Submitted by klc on Tue, 10/23/2007 - 23:56.
He sits at the second story window of a rundown duplex, overlooking the main drag of the city's bohemian neighborhood. Night after night he sits. Year after year. He never sleeps. Ever.
It is another hot summer night in this city near America's Gulf Coast. At 3 AM it's eighty degrees fahrenheit, relative humidity ninety-two percent. Typical.


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Mind [This page is under construction. Please watch your step and wear a hard hat.]
Romanes (contributions to psychology, metaphysics and language)
Romanes & Neuromuscular Physiology (muscle fatigue on repeated electrical stimulation)
Embryo Transfer (Romanes, Walter Heape, Cossar Ewart, "gemmules," and a hint of Mendel)
Neuronal Plasticity and Spatial Learning (genes discovered first in human lymphocytes affect brain function)
Romanes and Psychology
Animal Intelligence 1882
Mental Evolution in Animals 1884 (with a posthumous essay on instinct by Charles Darwin)
Mental Evolution in Man 1888 (A copy of this was among the books salvaged from the library of Sigmund Freud after he left Vienna, and has markings in the margin in Freud's hand.)
Excerpt from Romanes' Animal Intelligence (1888 edition)
Now, in this mode of procedure what is the kind of activities which may be regarded as indicative of mind? I certainly do not so regard the flowing of a river or the blowing of the wind. Why?
In other words, two conditions require to be satisfied before we even begin to imagine that observable activities are indicative of mind:
So far, then, the case seems simple enough. Wherever we see a living organism apparently exerting intentional choice, we might infer that it is conscious choice, and therefore that the organism has a mind. But further reflection shows us that this is just what we cannot do; for although it is true that there is no mind without the power of conscious choice, it is not true that all apparent choice is due to mind. In our own organisms, for instance, we find a great many adaptive movements performed without choice or even consciousness coming into play at allsuch, for instance, as in the beating of our hearts. And not only so, but physiological experiments and pathological lesions prove that in our own and in other organisms the mechanism of the nervous system is sufficient, without the intervention of consciousness, to produce muscular movements of a highly co-ordinate and apparently intentional character.
Thus, for instance, if a nervous connection between his brain and lower extremities, on pinching or tickling his feet they are drawn suddenly away from the irritation, although the man is quite unconscious of the adaptive movement of his muscles; the lower nerve-centres of the spinal cord are competent to bring about this movement of adaptive response without requiring to be directed by the brain. This non-mental operation of the lower nerve-centres in the production of apparently intentional movement is called Reflex Action, and the cases of its occurrence, even within the limits of our own organism, are literally numberless. Therefore, in view of such non-mental nervous adjustment, leading to movements which are only in appearance intentional, it clearly becomes a matter of great difficulty to say in the case of the lower animals whether any action which appears to indicate intelligent choice is not really action of the reflex kind.
On this whole subject of mind-like and yet not truly mental action I shall have much to say in my subsequent treatise, where I shall be concerned among other things with tracing the probable genesis of mind from non-mental antecedents. But here it is sufficient merely to make this general statement of the fact, that even within the experience supplied by our own organisms, adaptive movements of a highly complex, and therefore apparently purposive character, may be performed without any real purpose, or even consciousness of their performance.
It thus becomes evident that before we can predicate the bare existence of mind in the lower animals, we need some yet more definite criterion of mind than that which is supplied by the adaptive actions of a living organism, howsoever apparently intentional such actions may be. Such a criterion I have now to lay down, and I think it is one that is as practically adequate as it is theoretically legitimate.
Objectively considered, the only distinction between adaptive movements due to reflex action and adaptive movements due to mental perception, consists in the former depending on inherited mechanisms within the nervous system being so constructed as to effect particular adaptive movements in response to particular stimulations, while the latter are independent of any such inherited adjustment of special mechanisms to the exigencies of special circumstances.
Reflex actions under the influence of their appropriate stimuli may be compared to the actions of a machine under the manipulations of an operator; when certain springs of actions are touched by certain stimuli, the whole machine is thrown into appropriate movement; there is no room for choice, there is no room for uncertainty; but as surely as any of their inherited mechanisms are affected by the stimulus with reference to which it has been constructed to act, so surely will it act in precisely the same way as it always has acted.
But the case with conscious mental adjustment is quite different. For, without at present going into the question concerning the relation of body and mind, or waiting to ask whether cases of mental adjustment are not really quite as mechanical in the sense of being the necessary result or correlative of a chain of physical sequences due to a physical stimulation, it is enough to point to the variable and incalculable character of mental adjustments as distinguished from the constant and foreseeable character of reflex adjustments. All, in fact, that in an objective sense we can mean by a mental adjustment is an adjustment of a kind that has not been definitely fixed by heredity as the only adjustment possible in the given circumstances of stimulation. For were there no alternative of adjustment, the case, in an animal at least, would be indistinguishable from one of reflex action.
It is, then, adaptive action by a living organism in cases where the inherited machinery of the nervous system does not furnish data for our prevision of what the adaptive action must necessarily beit is only here that we recognize the objective evidence of mind. The criterion of mind therefore, which I propose, and to which I shall adhere throughout the present volume, is as follows:--
Romanes and Metaphysics
Romanes seems to have been led to psychology as part of a life-long spiritual quest for meaning in the universe. At Cambridge (1873) he won the Burney prize, awarded by Christ's College, for his essay on "Christian Prayer considered in relation to the belief that the Almighty governs the world by general laws". This was published in 1874 with an appendix on "The Physical Efficacy of Prayer". As the anonymous "Physicus", he then wrote "A Candid Examination of Theism" (1878), where the influence of Darwinian ideas is very strong, and the conclusion is most poignant:
|View of divine creation. At left God creates the earth and at the right God creates the stars. From the Museum at Salerno, Italy.
So far as I am individually concerned, the result of this analysis has been to show that, whether I regard the problem of Theism on the lower plane of strictly relative probability, or on the higher plane of purely formal considerations, it equally becomes my obvious duty to stifle all belief of the kind which I conceive to be the noblest, and to discipline my intellect with regard to this matter into an attitude of the purest scepticism.
And forasmuch as I am far from being able to agree with those who affirm that the twilight doctrine of the "new faith" is a desirable substitute for the waning splendour of "the old", I am not ashamed to confess that with this virtual negation of God the universe to me has lost its soul of loveliness; and although from henceforth the precept to "work while it is day" will doubtless gain an intensified force from the terribly intensified meaning of the words that "the night cometh when no man can work", yet when at times I think, as think at times I must, of the appalling contrast between the hallowed glory of that creed which once was mine, and the lonely mystery of existence as now I find it, -- at such times I shall ever feel it impossible to avoid the sharpest pang of which my nature is susceptible.
For whether it be due to my intelligence not being sufficiently advanced to meet the requirements of the age, or whether it be due to the memory of those sacred associations which to me at least were the sweetest that life has given, I cannot but feel that for me, and for others who think as I do, there is a dreadful truth in those words of Hamilton, -- Philosophy having become a meditation, not merely of death, but of annihilation, the precept know thyself has become transformed into the terrific oracle to Oedipus -- "Mayest thou ne'er know the truth of what thou art.""
In 1878 Romanes was strongly tested by Thomas Huxley when asked to become a member of The Association of Liberal Thinkers, an Association designed to attack all forms of humbug in Victorian life, particularly religious "humbug." Romanes was not so sure that the time was right for discarding what Karl Marx had called "the opium of the masses." Romanes declined to join the Association in a letter dated Jan 3rd 1879. Two days later he sent a second letter explaining his views more fully, and concluding:
"Of course I have no doubt that in the long run Truth, however hideous, must prevail!"
In his incomplete and posthumous "Thoughts on Religion" (1896) there was an attempt to return, through reason, to his previous position. His eldest child "Fritz" (Ethel Georgina) was 14 when Romanes died of a brain tumour in 1894. She studied theology at Oxford and became a nun (see "The Story of an English Sister" by her mother (Ethel Romanes, 1918).
On coming down from Cambridge Romanes had worked in London with Professor John Burden Sanderson, whose later move to the Physiology Department at Oxford paved the way for Romanes' move there in 1890. Here he and his wife Ethel entertained Burden Sanderson's nephew (John Scott Haldane) and his wife (Louisa Kathleen Trotter), who became in 1892 the mother of John Burden Sanderson Haldane (the "JBS" who gave us "Haldane's Rule" in 1922).
Louisa Haldane provides the following memory in her "Friends and Kindred" (1961):
"The two houses which I enjoyed going to were the Dicey's and the Romanes'. My first dinner party was at the Romanes', and he was quite definately Romanes of Nigg, not an unfamiliar Oxford professor.
I saw a good deal of him during his last illness. The excuse was that he liked to hear about some experimental work of John's and we talked at large about people and things, and on the last few visits rather tentatively about religion. He spoke very restrainedly of the many visits he had from the clergy his wife believed in. 'They mean well,' he said, but they tired him terribly, and would try to make him answer questions.
On my last visit, he held on to my hands and said, 'Don't go, don't go,' but what can one do when a man's devoted wife almost pushes one out of the room? I am quite confident that his death-bed confession was merely the result of being too exhausted to argue. It was not meant as acquiescence to Anglican doctrines."
As for the quest for meaning, the remarks of L. C. Dunn at the beginning of his A Short History of Genetics (1965) must suffice:
"If the time-depth is shallow, so, too, in the restricted study I have in mind will be the degree of philosophical penetration. The results achieved in the development of genetics were derived from the application of experimental methods, but the question which experiment will not answer is what it all means.
The hope for an answer to such a question, whether expressed or lurking in the background, may be an actual handicap to investigation. We may find ourselves unready or unwilling to accept the limited, either-or kind of decision which experiment is competent to provide and thus lose the solid substance of discovery for the shadow of a larger hope.
It is not that I, or another who may review the development of the science of heredity, may not be interested in what it means, but rather that before we ask that ultimate question we should know what has caused it to be asked."
Romanes and Language
David J. Murray (Queen's University at Kingston) in
his article "Language and Psychology: 19th
Century Developments Outside Germany: A Survey"
(Chapter 30 of History of the Language
Sciences. Edited by Auroux, Koerner, Niderehe
and Versteegh, in press), describes Romanes' great contribution to our
understanding of the evolution of human language from more primitive animal languages.
This included the coining of the word "receptual".
Further assessments of just how far Romanes was ahead of his time are given in:
Neuromuscular Physiology
|G. J. Romanes on the Excitability of
by H. J. Ralston (1944) Science 100, 123-124.
All students of evolutionary theory are familiar with the fundamental contributions of George John Romanes in that field, but it is to be regretted that his physiological studies are not nearly so well known. Inasmuch as the elucidation of the electrical and chemical factors underlying muscle fatigue is a most important objective of research in neuromuscular physiology, Romanes' work along this line should be recalled.
In a letter to Charles Darwin dated August 13th 1877, Romanes says:
The discovery of the above reported phenomenon is generally credited to Gulacsy, who reported it in 1929. When one considers that Romanes also first observed, in the umbrella of the jelly fish, what is now known as fibrillation, it would seem appropriate to take cognizance of his important physiological research by attaching his name to one of these phenomena. It is therefore suggested that the recovery of excitability of tissue upon reversal of polarity of a stimulating current be called the "Romanes effect".
Embryo Transfer
On 27th April 1890, Walter Heape (1855-1928) successfully transferred rabbit embryos from one mother to another, thus performing what we believe was the first mammalian embryo transfer. He thus achieved what Romanes had attempted but failed to do; namely, to demonstrate that, at least during the period of embryogenesis, the postulated "gemmules" or "pangens" of genetic information postulated by Darwin, could not be transferred from the mother to the foetus. The new born rabbits had all the characters of the biological parent. However, while Heape asked "What effect, if any, does a uterine foster-mother have upon her foster-children?", he made no claim to be testing Darwin's hypothesis.
Biggers (1991) suggests that "Romanes abandoned his ovarian transplantation and embryo transfer studies when he became convinced, somewhat surprisingly, that, when two breeds of rabbit hybridize, no intermediate between the two parental forms are produced." In theory, at least some of Darwin's "gemmules" should have transferred between the two parental genomes to produce intermediate types. Thus, in his own way, Romanes had rediscovered some of what Naudin and Mendel had discovered in the 1860s.
Romanes did not easily give up on the possibility of "gemmule" transfer, which might explain the acquisition of acquired properties (Lamarkism). Shortly before his premature death in 1894 he wrote to Sharpey-Shafer (May 18th) who had reported some success in transfer experiments:
Unknown to Romanes (although he had cited Mendel in a review for the Encyclopedia Britannica), this is what Mendel reported with pea crosses in 1865.
Much like Romanes, Walter Heape was independently wealthy and was educated by private tutor. He was interested in the application of scientific knowledge to human welfare, but appreciated how inadequate was the knowledge base. He supervised the construction of the Plymouth Laboratory under the auspices of the Marine Biological Association to serve the fishing industry. At Cambridge, he was a student of Foster, and here he probably first encountered William Bateson. At a critical point, he was appointed to the Evolution Committee of the Royal Society of London. Here, the knives were out between Bateson and the "Biometricians" (including Weldon). The Committee ended in backing Bateson. Heape's work was confirmed by Castle & Phillips (1909)with guinea pigs.
A related issue was whether prior fertilization by one male could be evident in the offspring of fertilization by another male ("telogony"). Thus, a woman might have, by a second husband, children who resembled a former husband. The "gemmules" of the former husband would have persisted long enough to influence later children. This was investigated by another member of the Evolution Committee, J. Cossar Ewart (1851-1933), who had collaborated in research with Romanes in Scotland in the 1870s, and had been supported by Romanes in seeking (and obtaining) the Chair of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh. He prompted Lord Rosebery to sponsor a series of lectures by Romanes in 1888 on "The Philosophy of Natural History," which formed the basis of the latter's three volume series Darwin, And After Darwin.
Biggers, J. D. (1991) Walter Heape, FRS: a pioneer in reproductive biology. Centenary of his embryo transfer experiments. J. Reprod. Fert. 93, 173-186.
Castle, W. E. & Phillips, J. C. (1909) A successful ovarian transplantation in the guinea-pig and its bearing on problems in genetics. Science 30, 312-313.
Romanes, G. J. (1894) Sharpey-Shafer correspondence. Welcome History of Medicine Museum, London.
Acknowledgement. Dr. K. J. Betteridge provided helpful information on Heape and Ewart.
Neuronal Plasticity.
While we can study, say, the liver, of experimental animals and obtain results which bear on human liver function, this is less likely when studying the brain. As Romanes argued, the human brain shares many features with those of animals. But the brain is special; it is the organ, par excellence, defining the human animal. If a giraffe were having problems with its neck, we could study the human neck instead, but it would be a poor substitute for studying the giraffe neck.
Cells of different tissues use similar signaling mechanisms. Sometimes it is easier to study one tissue rather than another. A gene recognized in 1985 as playing a role in the activation of human lymphocytes, G0S30 (now commonly referred to as EGR1 or ZIF268), is involved in synaptic activation, spatial learning, and "reconsolidation" after memory recall, centred on the hippocampus. Similarly, G0S8/RGS2 (Click Here) is now recognized as playing a major role in neuronal plasticity and in synaptic development in hippocampal CA1 neurons. Its inactivation predisposes to anxiety and male aggression. G0S3/FOSB when ablated causes behavioural problems in mice.
This human tissue, lymphoid tissue, can be readily obtained, live and functioning, from a sample of blood from a normal or sick person. It is not so easy to obtain live and functioning human neural tissue for research! Sadly, enforcing (through funding priorities) strict relevance to brain function may be slowing down progress in brain research, and hence in our understanding of diseases that affect the brain.(Click Here)
Fordyce, D. E. et al. (1994) Genetic and activity-dependent regulation of ZIF268 expression: association with spatial learning. Hippocampus 4, 559-568.
Ingi, T., Krumins, A.M., Chidiac, P., Brothers, G.M., Chung, S., Snow, B.E., Barnes, C.A., Lanahan, A.A., Siderovski, D.P., Ross, E.M., Gilman, A.G. and Worley, P.F. (1998). Dynamic regulation of RGS2 suggests a novel mechanism in G-protein signaling and neuronal plasticity. J. Neurosci., 18, 7178-7188. (Click Here for more on RGS proteins)
Lee, J. L. C. et al., (2004). Independent cellular processes for hippocampal memory consolidation and reconsolidation. Science, 304, 839-843.
Oliveira-dos-Santos, A. J., Matsumoto, G., Snow, B.E., Bai, D., Houston, F.P., Whishaw, I.Q., Mariathasan, S., Sasaki, T., Wakeham, A., Ohashi, P.S., Roder, J.C., Barnes, C.A., Siderovski, D.P. & Penninger, J.M. (2000). Regulation of T cell activation, anxiety, and male aggression by RGS2. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 97, 12272-12277.
Wei et al. (2000) Role of EGR1 in hippocampal synaptic enhancement induced by tetanic stimulation and amputation. J. Cell Biol. 149, 1325-1333.
Worley, P,F. et al. (1991) Constitutive expression of ZIF268 in neocortex is regulated by synaptic activity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88, 5106-5110.
Worley, P. F. et al. (1993) Thresholds for synaptic activation of transcription factors in hippocampus: correlation with long-term enhancement. J. Neurosci. 13, 4776-4786.
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Committee Membership Information
Study Title:
Review of the National Ocean Acidification Research Plan
Primary Board:
Study Director:
Dr. George N. Somero
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Stanford University
George Somero, Chair, the Associate Director of Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, California and the David and Lucile Packard Professor of Marine Science, is a physiologist who examines the mechanisms that marine organisms use to adapt to their environments. Because he was raised in the far northern corner of Minnesota, it was natural for him to move to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to conduct his PhD research while a graduate student at Stanford. In Antarctica, he determined the physiological and biochemical mechanisms that enable cold-adapted Antarctic fish to carry out their physiological activities in near-freezing temperatures (-1.9??C). Somero is fascinated by organisms' abilities to cope with extremes of environmental stress and during his 42 years as a university professor, his research group has studied organisms' responses to extremes of temperature, salinity, oxygen availability, and hydrostatic pressure. This research has been done in environments as different as deep-sea hot springs, tropical seas, the polar oceans and the temperate rocky intertidal zone. Following his doctoral work, Somero did postdoctoral studies at the University of British Columbia with Dr. Peter Hochachka. Together, over a period of almost 25 years, they published three volumes on the topic of biochemical adaptation. Following his postdoctoral studies, Somero served on the faculty of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego for 21 years. He then joined the faculty of Oregon State University for four years prior to his return to Stanford and Hopkins Marine Station in 1995. His laboratory currently is exploiting many of the new molecular biological tools developed in biomedical research to examine the environmental biology and evolution of marine organisms. Their work not only examines basic evolutionary mechanisms of adaptation to the environment, but also supplies a foundation for predicting the effects of global climate change on marine ecosystems. Professor Somero received a Guggenheim Fellowship and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Dr. Joan A. Kleypas
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Joanie Kleypas is a Scientist III at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Dr. Kleypas earned a Ph.D. in Tropical Marine Studies from James Cook University, Australia in 1991. Her research focuses on how coral reefs and other marine ecosystems are affected by environmental changes associated with global climate change. Dr, Kleypas has presented several testimonies and briefings to various subcommittees of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives on how increases in sea surface temperature and ocean acidification affect marine ecosystems. She has led several scientific workshops on ocean acidification, and served as founding co-chair of the Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Program???s Subcommittee on Ocean Acidification. Dr. Kleypas was an essential member of the previous, related study on Ocean Acidification: A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Ocean.
Dr. James Sanchirico
University of California, Davis
James N. Sanchirico received his Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics from the University of California at Davis. After working nine years in Washington D.C. as a Fellow and then a Senior Fellow with Resources for the Future (an independent, non-profit environmental policy think-tank), he returned to UC Davis, where he is currently a Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy. His main research interests include the economic analysis of policy design and implementation for marine and terrestrial species conservation, the development of economic-ecological models for forecasting the effects of resource management policies on the economics and ecology, and the control and prevention of invasive species. Twice his research has been honored with Quality of Research Discovery awards from the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, and he was part of the team of researchers at Resources for the Future honored with FEEM???s 20th Anniversary Prize in Environmental Economics. He communicates his research in economic and natural science peer-reviewed journals, including Science, U.S. Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, Conservation Letters, Marine Policy, and the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. His research has been covered in the Wall Street Journal, Science News, National Public Radio Science Fridays, The Economist, Providence Journal, and Greenwire News Service. In addition to serving on NOAA's Science Advisory Board, he is a member of the Science Advisory committee of the Marine Ecosystem Services program at Forest Trends, on the editorial boards of Ecology Letters and Journal of Theoretical Ecology, and a Nonresident Fellow at Resources for the Future.
Dr. James P. Barry
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
James Barry, with a background in biological oceanography and marine ecology is a Senior Scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Jim???s research program focuses on the effects of climate-related changes in ocean conditions, including ocean warming, acidification, and hypoxia, on the physiology and ecology of marine life. Other areas of expertise and research include deep-sea biology, the ecology of chemosynthetic biological communities, polar marine ecology, and the biology of submarine canyon communities. In addition to publishing over 100 scientific papers, Dr. Barry has helped inform policy-makers on ocean acidification, ocean carbon sequestration, and climate change by speaking at congressional hearings, briefings, and meetings with members of Congress. He was a contributing author to the IPCC report on climate change in the oceans, and is an author of the National Academies of Sciences report on, Ocean Acidification, a National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Ocean.
Dr. Edward L. Miles
University of Washington
Edward L. Miles has been a pioneer and innovator in the evaluation and design of environmental policy. His research was instrumental to the development of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, a convention designed to restructure and significantly expand the legal regime for the world???s oceans. He is also a key leader in the study of policies for climate change assessments. Edward Miles serves on the faculty of the Evans School and the School of Marine Affairs in the University of Washington's College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences. He teaches international science and technology policy and marine policy. Miles' research focuses primarily on problems of international science and technology policy, management of world fisheries, nuclear waste disposal, the law of the sea, comparative national marine policy, and global climate change. He has been a Ford Foundation Fellow; a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow; a James P. Warburg Fellow at the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; and a Senior Fellow at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He is currently a senior fellow at the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Oceans (JISAO), Virginia and Prentice M. Bloedel Professor of Marine Studies and Public Affairs, and co-director of the Center for Science in the Earth System (CSES). Miles previously served as: chairman of the Ocean Policy Committee, National Research Council; joint appointee and chief negotiator for the Micronesian Maritime Authority, Federated States of Micronesia; chairman of the Advisory Group on the International Implications of Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste into the Seabed, Nuclear Energy Agency, OECD, Paris; and chairman of the Advisory Committee on International Programs, National Science Foundation. He has also been a member of the Advisory Committee on Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences for the National Science Foundation. He is the lead author of marine policy for the working Group II-B of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the 2nd 1995 assessment. He was also a 2003 member of The National Academy of Sciences and fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Miles holds a Ph.D. in international relations from the University of Denver, and a BA in history from Howard University.
Dr. Cindy Lee
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Cindy Lee received her PhD in chemical oceanography in 1975 from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California in San Diego and then spent 11 years at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. She has been on the faculty of Stony Brook University???s Marine Sciences Research Center since 1986. She has participated in many national and international research programs and has sailed all the Seven Seas. Her research is concerned with the distribution and behavior of biogenic organic compounds in the marine environment, and the role of these compounds in the global carbon cycle. Understanding how organic compounds behave requires knowledge of the biological, geological, and physical processes in the sea. Dr. Lee is interested in organic compounds in all environments, particularly seawater, surface microlayer and sediments of open ocean and coastal areas. She has been a member of the NAS Ocean Studies Board, as well as the Committee on Reference Materials for Ocean Science.
Dr. Andrew G. Dickson
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Andrew Dickson is Professor of Marine Chemistry at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of California, San Diego. His research interests include: ocean acidification, quality control of oceanic carbon dioxide measurements, biogeochemistry of the upper ocean, marine inorganic chemistry, thermodynamics of electrolyte solutions at high temperatures and pressures, and analytical chemistry of carbon dioxide in seawater. Dickson previously served on the NRC Committee on Oceanic Carbon and was the chair of the NRC Committee on Reference Materials for Ocean Science.
Dr. Chris Langdon
University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of
Chris Langdon is a biological oceanographer and Professor in Marine Biology and Fisheries at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami in Miami, Florida. He received his Ph.D. in biological oceanography from the University of Rhode Island. Dr. Langdon???s research focuses on coral and algae primary production, respiration and calcification, and the response of corals and coral reefs to global change and ocean acidification. He is the author of twenty-three journal articles and book chapters on the subject of corals and ocean acidification. He was a member of the Ocean Carbon Biogeochemical Program Ocean Acidification Committee for three years before rotating off in 2011. He was co-organizer of Workshop on the Impacts of Increasing Atmospheric CO2 on Coral Reefs and Other Marine Calcifers, St. Petersburg, FL Apr. 18-20, 2005 and the OCB Scoping workshop on ocean acidification, San Diego, CA, Nov. 13-15, 2007. He is co-founder of the South Florida Coral Reef & Climate Change Lab. Langdon pioneered the use of mesocosms and an experimental approach to study the impact of ocean acidification on coral reefs at Columbia University???s Biosphere 2 Center in Tucson, AZ. Langdon was also a reviewer for the NRC report Ocean Acidification: A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Ocean.
Dr. Jean-Pierre Gattuso
CNRS-University of Paris VI
Jean-Pierre Gattuso is a biological oceanographer interested in the response of marine organisms to global environmental changes, including ocean acidification. His research has focused on the response of pelagic calcifying phytoplankton, but he has also done research on other calcifiers including corals and coralline algae. He is also interested in carbon and carbonate cycling in coastal ecosystems, including estuaries and the contribution of the microbial loop in the carbon cycling of pelagic systems. He is currently the coordinator of the European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA) and committee member on numerous other international ocean acidification programs. Additionally, Dr. Gattuso is the founding Editor-in-Chief (with J. Kesselmeier) of Biogeosciences, an innovative journal launched in 2004 by the European Geosciences Union (EGU). He received his Ph. D. in 1987 in Biological Oceanography from the University of Aix-Marseille II, France.


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Healthy McFadden seeks Steelers' starting spot
By Scott Brown
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Coach Mike Tomlin has taken a simple approach to the OTA practices the Steelers are holding this month and in June: players nursing injuries, including minor ones, will watch more than they will participate.
"Have to," Tomlin said after practice Wednesday at the team's South Side facility. "The purpose of this is to get better, not get worse, so we'll have to exercise caution."
The Steelers have not had to handle Bryant McFadden with care during offseason practices, and that is telling of how good the cornerback feels physically after playing at times on two bad ankles in 2007.
If staying healthy is McFadden's top priority for the 2008 season, then supplanting veteran Deshea Townsend in the starting lineup has to rank No. 1A on his list of goals.
And time is particularly of the essence for McFadden, 26, since he is entering the final year of his contract.
The 6-foot, 190-pounder started nine games in 2006, but he played as a reserve/nickel back in all 14 games he dressed for last season.
McFadden suffered a high-ankle sprain in the fourth game of the season at Arizona. The injury forced him to miss three games, and when he returned to the field, he did so at less than full strength. He sprained his other ankle in the Steelers' 19-16 loss to the Jets in mid-November, and that proved to be another setback in what turned out to be a frustrating season.
"A lot of people probably didn't understand the pain I was going through playing with two sprained ankles," said McFadden, a second-round pick by the Steelers in the 2005 NFL Draft, "especially playing cornerback."
McFadden has the size and athleticism to excel as a cornerback, and he has shown flashes during his first three NFL seasons.
He had one of the more celebrated pass break-ups in recent Steelers history in January 2006, when he made a season-saving play in the end zone near the end of the Steelers' 21-18 upset of the Colts in an AFC Divisional playoff game.
The following season, McFadden tied for the team lead in interceptions (three) while getting a chance to start in place of the struggling Ike Taylor.
Taylor, however, is firmly entrenched at one cornerback spot, and the 32-year-old Townsend is the man to beat out opposite Taylor.
That means McFadden, who made just one interception in 2007, has to do more than just stay healthy to finally crack the starting lineup.
"I guess just be a difference-maker, make plays, do things that stand out and be consistent," McFadden said on what he needs to go to take the next step in his career. "Last year was kind of tough for me. I wasn't able to be myself like I usually am. I'm blessed to be out here every day running around with my teammates and having fun."


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This cake was a last minute idea for the birthday of a very close friend of mine. Colleen is one of my best and oldest friends, and as you can probably guess, she loves owls. When I was first thinking about what to do for her, I thought about making a 3-D shaped owl cake or cupcakes. I looked at a lot of different owl images. Owls are very popular right now, but a lot of them seem a little too cartoonish, and I didn't want the cake to look like it was for a child. I thought that I should stick with a "grown-up" color scheme and maybe something fashion related to fit Colleen. That is what brought me to the houndstooth pattern. Owls are wise and dignified and the houndstooth pattern, being very classic and timeless, seemed to fit, so putting them together just worked for me.
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Some must have been following this anime right? I was surprised when it surpassed ep24 and ep26... wonder how long it'll be. Anyway I didn't think much of it in the beginning, but still continued to watch and now I definitely have to follow it to the end ^^;;;; *it's gotten really interesting*
Just wanted to talk/rant about the latest episode, ep32 that Shinsen-subs released... I'm SO horrified at what happened to Riku! That freaked me out and I was sure he'd become a more important character after he became a Chevalier! What an horrible end he faced >_______< He'd be better off dead the first time! *still in shock* My goodness, this feels like a déjà-vu from Gilgamesh! What on earth will Kai do now... T_____T *sob... what a depressing episode...*_________________Thanx to Joanne Kuang for the awesome avatar!
Wow. Ep 31 & 32 is out!
Trying to d/l now but it seems like it can't locate the tracker.
It's another series that I just had to watch till the end.
Plus I really like the OPs and EDs!!
'tis a good series, but i missed out on a couple of episodes. still trying to get them, but it's taking ages. didn't really like the movie blood: the last vampire though.
Ah! Lucky I didnt watch the movie then
A lot is happened in Blood+... it seems like in episode 33, Kai's all grown-up!_________________Thanx to Joanne Kuang for the awesome avatar!
Oh no!! EP 32
Riku is dead!! Diva is sooo horrible.
I want Riku back. He's the only one that
connects Kai to Saya. *sob *sob
Ya... frm the preview, it seems that Kai grew up
and figths the Chiroptereans.
Oh ya... I read the manga and watched the movie.
I prefer this TV series coz it explains how that Saya
becomes the Saya in the movie and I guess it will
eventually lead us to the ending as in the manga (Blood: The last vampire).
So the anime ends soon... one more episode yet to be fansubbed ^^ I wonder how it'll all end~ Eitherway it was interesting to follow ^^_________________Thanx to Joanne Kuang for the awesome avatar!
Hi guys!!
You know?? I think the same! I had only seen 8 episodes and I want to see all!! Your commens are really making me forget 'bout sleep!! So.. I was wondering what I'm going to do now..?? Uhm, who know?? Xd
See you!
Ahhh this is another show i've been on the fence about watching it or not? now that the whole series is fansubbed, what does everyone think? Is it worth putting in the time & energy for 50 episodes? More importantly, does the ending live up to expectations LOL, i like to know the payoff is worth it
Well~~ Hard to say really ^^;;;;; And yeah 50 episodes is a LOT @___@ I thought it was 26 episodes and was surprised when it passed that. I liked the ending though... if it had ended any other way I'd definitely not recommend it. Though there was only two possible outcome to choose fromr eally so it was a bit predictable Nothing that made you feel astonished. Still I'm not sure if how heartedly I'd recommend it.. I need to ponder that for a while first XP What about you other guys who've seen it? The reason I followed it to the end was because I'd already begun and wanted to know how it all ended.
I'm definitely not a die-hard fan for this anime that's for sure. There's no way I could rewatch it. However it did keep up my interest fairly well or I would have dropped it long ago. So if you have time to spare and don't have any other anime series you really wanna follow then I'd suggest you give it a try _________________Thanx to Joanne Kuang for the awesome avatar!
I just finished watching Episode 50, the last ep., this morning/last night (through Your-Mom and Shin-san subs BTs). I watched the last 5 episodes in a row, to get there, at 4 am. It was such a GREAT series!! I really loved Solomon, her little brother, Kai, LuLu, Moses, Beloved Hagi.
I have to say I was a little surprised by the ending. I won't do any spoilers, so don't worry. The series had so much HEART in it, despite being so stoic. It's a difficult mix.
What a great way to blow a night!
Jeez theres 50 episodes? Thats a lot. I'm only on 11.
Of course! Blood+ have a lot of eps but it like them! ;D


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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
They're here....
I could blog about how the up-rating and down-rating of posts on the WoW forums could seriously be abused on the recruitment boards.
I could blog about how some people still don't seem to understand that, even if item levels are the same, having access to ICC25 normal loot makes 10 mans easier due to a broader (and better) choice in itemization and quicker gearing.
I could blog about how I think that guilds that aren't 10-strict are still viable ten-man guilds and how I respect their choice to NOT limit their players, including their non-raiding-roster friends and family, from running ICC25 and RS-25 pugs, though they may have a slightly easier time of content due to their expanded gear selection (assuming their raiders partake of the ICC25s).
I could blog about how it's a PitA to monitor strict rankings for the guild and have to remove friends/family who threaten to push a guild out of strict rankings in order to pick up raiding recruits who happen to already have those achievements, because honestly, what's the likelihood of finding recruits who don't?
I could give you a stick figure guide on how to Halion.
But I'm not going to right now.
Instead, I give you this...
...that you might share in my giddiness that my puppy was born last week.
9 comments:
- Sephrenia said...
....wwwwwwwww :)
- July 6, 2010 at 1:46 PM
- Aoife said...
Congratulations on your puppy!
- July 6, 2010 at 1:52 PM
- Jasyla said...
Puppies beat forums and guild rankings any day. Can't wait for more pictures!
- July 6, 2010 at 2:09 PM
- Analogue said...
Aww, puppy!
I demand you post the puppy's real name so as to avoid trolling. Only a troll would be afraid to provide this information.
- July 6, 2010 at 2:14 PM
- Kae said...
...but...but... the puppy doesn't HAVE a name, yet!
So we shall call her No Name until such time as she has a name :D
- July 6, 2010 at 2:44 PM
- Keredria said...
Aww! Super cute!
But um, who doesn't understand #3? What in the?
But um, stick figure Halion plz because a raid isn't a raid until I have a Kae stick figure guide.
- July 6, 2010 at 3:37 PM
- Hana said...
Aw... Congratulations! :D
- July 6, 2010 at 4:16 PM
Grats on the new puppy!!
And yes I agree with Keredria no raid strat is complete without a Kae stick figure guide.
- July 6, 2010 at 4:55 PM
- Vidyala said...
D'aw, so cute. Congratulations on your new addition! :D
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