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Anyone listen to the floorstanding in this series, the SP-FS52's? I would like the floorstanding if it will sound as clean as the bookshelf. And at the same price, $129, I am torn on which way to go. I tried listening to them in the store but I couldn't get a good feel for them, and for some strange reason they wouldn't let me borrow them :)
Pioneer SP-BS22-LR loudspeaker
Only twice have I gotten a series of negative letters. The first was from readers complaining that, instead of comparing the Spendor S3/5R2 loudspeaker to other modern designs, as I did in my March 2013 review, I should have compared it to John Atkinson's pair of the Spendor's ancestor, the original BBC LS3/5A. Point taken, but I think a review is more useful when it compares a component with similarly priced products that are still available, and that the reviewer has listened to extensively in his own reference system.
The other batch of negative letters came from readers who'd tried to buy a pair of Pioneer SP-BS41-LR speakers ($149.99/pair), a bookshelf model I'd raved about in the September 2011 Stereophile. They couldn't find them. One was even from a friend, a wealthy investment banker. I suggested he consider a number of other speakers at slightly higher prices. "No," he said, "I want to spend under $200." (This guy could afford any loudspeaker ever reviewed in Stereophile.) I did some digging at Pioneer USA, and found out that the SP-BS41-LR was being discontinued; designer Andrew Jones was working on an entire new line of affordable models.
For the record: Before reviewing any component for Stereophile, I verify that 1) the manufacturer has at least five US dealers, 2) the model is currently in production, and 3) the company does not plan to discontinue it in the near future. Typically, if a model change is afoot, the manufacturer gives me a heads upsomething like, "in six to nine months the product is being replaced with a new model. I suggest you hold off and wait for the new one." In this case, however, it seems that Jones's design team was a step ahead of Pioneer's marketing arm. Pioneer told me that they'd let me know when the new models were available. So, when they informed me of the launch of their new SP-BS22-LR bookshelf model ($159.99/pair, street price of $129.99/pair), I asked for review samples.
Though very close in price to the SP-BS41-LR speaker I reviewed two years ago, the SP-BS22-LR doesn't actually replace it. Rather, it replaces the SP-BS41-LR's little brother, the SP-BS21-LR ($129.99/pair), which had a smaller woofer (4") and cabinet than the 'BS41. Like its predecessor, the SP-B22-LR is a bass-reflex speaker with a 1" soft-dome tweeter and a 4" woofer, neither magnetically shieldedbut both drivers are new. The new woofer's cone is made of textured polypropylene, to strengthen it for better bass dynamics while smoothing the frequency response. It also has a rigid dustcap to stiffen the voice coil, and a vented pole-piece to release the air pressure that builds up under the cap. The tweeter has a dome made of a new proprietary material, a new custom waveguide, and a larger magnet, for improved high-frequency response, better off-axis response, and higher efficiency. The SP-BS22-LR uses a sophisticated, six-element crossover network comprising a single film capacitor and an air-core inductor in the tweeter feed, and a laminated steel-core inductor and an electrolytic capacitor in the woofer feed.
The Pioneer's enclosure has gently curved sidewalls. While the 'B21 and the 'B44 had unremovable metal grilles, the SP-B22-LR's grilles are removable. Andrew Jones says that he wanted buyers to see the drivers and that customer response to the earlier speakers indicated that not everyone liked the fixed grilles. However, I found the original metal grilles rather distinctive. The SP-B22-LR looks much more ordinary, a bit like a cross between Mission and Wharfedale bookshelf models. I slightly preferred the sound with the grilles onwith the SP-BS22-LRs sitting on my Celestion Si stands, the grilles provided better integration of the midrange and high frequencies.
The SP-BS22-LR's rich midrange made it an excellent match for well-recorded voices. In "Ordinary Love," from Sade's Love Deluxe (CD, Epic EK 53178), the singer's melodic lines were mellifluous and dimensional. Through the Pioneer there was plenty of detail and subtle vocal inflections, but no trace of coloration. There was a subtle bit of chestiness in the speaker's lower midrange, but I'd call that more of a character than a coloration, and it never interfered with male voices or woodwinds in that frequency range. In fact, the male vocal ensemble in "Chan Chan," from Buena Vista Social Club (CD, World Circuit/Elektra Nonesuch 79478-2), was clean, clear, and coherent, with a great sense of bloom. Even the lower range of dramatic baritone Patrick Mason in Spanish Songbook 1: The Ghosts of Alhambra, from George Crumb's The Complete Crumb Edition, Vol.15 (CD, Bridge 9335), was forceful, vibrant, and dynamic, with no hint of coloration throughout the singer's wide range.
I found the Pioneer's reproduction of the highs quite interesting. It didn't have the most extended highs, as inexpensive bookshelf speakers go, but its integration of the lower and upper highs was so perfect, and its rolloff of the extreme highs so gradual, that never did any high-frequency instrument lose any sense of realism. Even in the most demanding passages of Tom Chiu's performance of David Chesky's Violin Concerto, with Anthony Aibel conducting Area 31 (SACD/CD, Chesky SACD288), I could pick out the extended harmonics of his violin; the SP-BS22-LR captured all of the dynamics in Chiu's unique phrasing.
The floorstanding Pioneers are sold individually; the standmounts are sold per pair. So, while the SP-FS52 costs $260/pair, the SP-BS22 costs $130/pair. Note that the price of the SP-BS22 has just officially been reduced to $130/pair from the original price of $160/pair.
I haven't heard the floorstanders, but I suspect they maintain the smaller speakers' tonal qualities, while offering greater frequency extension and being capable of playing at higher volumes. Michael Fremer wrote about them for AnalogPlanet.
I did realize that after I posted, I got a little excited! Thanks for the direction, I'm kinda new to the whole audiophile community and really appriciate you taken time to reply.
I am on budget. Can you please suggest me the best stereo amplifier for Pioneer SP-BS22 under $200?
I don't know that there is a "best," but the Onkyo TX-8020 receiver has gotten good review and is available for $159 on Amazon. I think it would be an excellent match, even if you don't care about the tuner and just use it as a preamp and power amplifier. For even less money, you could also consider one of the inexpensive tripath (also called "Class T") amplifiers available from places like Amazon and Parts Express.
Heyyy Walter, Thanks for suggesting me with a better choice with the modest budget I have. I am ordering Topping TP30 (I think that's the Tripath Class T amp you are suggesting) and i am VERY EAGER to get it soon. Just cant wait having the Pioneer SP BS22 at home just sitting in the packaging box and don't have an amp to get it playing :-)
That is not the only one, but yeah, that is the type I was talking about. I have a friend running $500 speakers off of a similar one. Even though he and I have different ideas of what sounds good, he is very picky about sound and is quite happy with it. By all reports you should have a nice sounding system for very little money. Enjoy.
I've had these speakers for about four months now and the only thing I've heard them struggle with is Public Image Limited's "First Edition", which is a sonic monster. For $130 a pair they're a no brainer.
These speakers are a perfect addition to my 27" iMac (with the ubiquitous Lepai 20-20 amp). Given the glowing reviews of other sites, I took the chance and picked up a pair at a small shop in Seattle that gave me ample time to audition them - sure they sounded good there, but what about when I got home? Hooked them up and couldn't believe the quality of the frequency range. Having purchased the Dayton B652s online about 6 months ago (purchased solely on glowing reviews), I was greatly disappointed. They sounded flat, as in no depth whatsoever, and narrow fq range. So, naturally, I was wary of the Pioneers at first, but after listening to them I know I'll be purchasing more in the future - without reservations!
Why take the time to talk about this plain, ordinary speaker? No one is dreming of this? You buy it just to have a speaker.
The enthusiast wants monitors they can collect, pass down and drool over. A non audiophile will snatch it up though?
Pioneers have bass. My mom has used them for years. They went further maybe with this and make it condusive to piano. Whar-
fedale has got to be better, cooler and worthy of drooling I like the middle ground monitors; slightly pricy but not 25,000$
With respect, these Pioneers, designed by Andrew Jones, are not your mom's (or your dad's) Pioneers. Their looks may be plain, but their sound is remarkable. They very easily hold their own against much more expensive speakers, the Wharfedales included.
A rhetorical question surely, or do you scorn those who are unwilling to fork out big bucks for 'real hifi'.
Hopefully there will always be a few paying attention, though I love my main stereo speakers I'm in no position to match up a 'good' 7.1 or even 5.1 system.
These pioneers sound very sweet, their warm character matching my front B&W pair at a cost (685's at 45,000 baht here...) of 5000 baht. I'd never even listen to Pioneers unless I'd read this article..... I still cannot quite believe 1. The quality for a Pioneer or 2. The way they blend in and extend the sound field.
speaking of Wharfedale, I watched (read? I forget) an interview with Andrew Jones where he mentioned that generally cheap speakers are actually just built to provide "some" sound, drivers thrown together in a decent-looking box. funnily enough, the first example that came to mind was Wharfedale, which have an incredible finish for the price but I'm not sure there's more to it :D
Okay, although I have been eyeing Mr. Jones's monitors since before the last model came out, I had decided that for my upgrade I was going to go with the Wharfedale Diamond 10.2, the larger sibling to the 10.1's. Now, the 10.1's were glowingly reviewed everywhere, including here. I know the Pioneers are really good, but what do you mean exactly by "they hold their own" against the Wharfedales?
My choice to go with the Wharfedales over the Pioneers was based on the fact that I tend to favor a warm midrange, as well as my assumption that were I to crank the volume(as I like to do from time to time in my somewhat large room), the Pioneers wouldn't be able to remain as composed and dynamic as the Wharfedales. It's also why I was planning on going with the 10.2. Admittedly, I haven't been able to listen to the Wharfedales yet as the nearest dealer is 2-1/2 hours away and in another state.
So Steven and/or Robert, given the choice, price notwithstanding, would you pick the Pioneer SP-BS22-LR over the Wharfedale 10.1? And related to that, do the Pioneers respond well at loud volumes?
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Hi Nathan. Thanks for reading and thanks for your questions.
I know the Pioneers are really good, but what do you mean exactly by "they hold their own" against the Wharfedales?
I'm working on a Follow-Up for our October issue, which will make direct comparisons between the Pioneer SP-BS22-LR and the Wharfedale Diamond 10.1, so please stay tuned for that. In Bob Reina's review of the Pioneer, he mentions a few differences between it and the Wharfedale, so check that out.
The Pioneers respond fine to high volumes, but this fact also depends on how high you mean, the size of your room, and your amplifier. That said, if you want more size, volume, and warmth, definitely go with the 10.2s. No question about it.
Given the choice, price notwithstanding, would you pick the Pioneer SP-BS22-LR over the Wharfedale 10.1?
Given the choice, price notwithstanding, I would pick both. I could live happily with the sound of either. If I had to pick just one, I would pick the Wharfedale because it's prettier.
thank you for the insight. I enjoyed Bob's review and I am looking forward to the October issue!
While I do not consider myself an 'audiophile', I've been buying and listening to pretty good gear since the early 70's. Over the past 40 years I found that my ears always turned to british speakers and have rarely swayed from B&W in the last 15 years. After reading the review I bought the Pioneers, thinking what the hell - at this price who cares - maybe they will surprise me a little. After a good solid listen, and with the realization that they are not close to being broken in, I now find myself fearful of compaing them to my B&W 805D's and giddy with the idea that I just found a ridiculously good speaker for this kind of money. It's like finding a Pinot Noir at $10 a bottle that rivals $100 bottles.
And Kudos to SM for a spot on review - ".... made it an excellent match for well-recorded voices." indeed - Lyle Lovett singing 'Baltimore' was mesmerizing. Audio is feeling like fun again!
Stephen, I was glad to see last year's SP-BS21-LR mentioned since I own a pair and since they completely flew under Stereophile's radar when all the hubbub about the SP-BS41-LR was being published. So the brief comparison with the newer pair is interestting.
Oh, and for another reason: The SP-BS21-LR's were generally more available than the SP-BS41-LR's were. But whatever. Who knew?
I also have the SP-C21 center channel speaker and together with the SP-BS21-LR's makes a seamless presentation for movies.
Thanks again and for the link to MF's review of the floorstanders. I was on the fence last year and almost bought them (the predecessor SP-FS51-LR actually) but not being able to hear them took the "lesser risk" and picked up the '21s instead, not knowing A. Jones had a potential winner there, too.)
Thanks for recommending the SP BS 22's.
A bit late to the party, but I'm contemplating picking up a set of these to go with a new U-Turn Orbit Plus I've ordered for my wife. I have a phono pre-amp, but have been scratching my head on what amp would work best on these (while staying in the spirit of low-cost but good). The NAD D3020 and C316BEE come to mind...thoughts??
I picked up a set of these to use as PC speakers and to test out the amphony model 200. I am not a fan of amps who advertise wattage much higher than their PS is capable of delivering (the wall wart is only 36v 1000ma, so I wouldn't trust it past a realistic 15w per channel). I can now say that at least for near field listening this amp/speaker combo is pure magic for a total of $200. Anyone looking for an inexpensive amp that matches these speakers wonderfully should seriously consider checking amphony.com and taking a look at the 200 or 250 amplifiers. Sure, these speakers won't hit the bottom octave, but I wouldn't say I am missing it at all. I have just gotten through Chesky's World's Greatest audiophile Vocal recordings in FLAC 24/192 and I had a smile on my face the whole time knowing how little the amp/speaker chain cost. The mids are forward and syrupy, but not so much that they mess with the overtones and throw the timbre off too much. I cannot imagine a better sounding stereo setup for this price or below.
I have a pair of Pioneer SP BS22 but not thoroughly satisfied. Looks like wharfdale has more clarify, sound-stage and emotion compared to pioneers. Also, we have a new debut series of Elac B6 which i am very much tempted to buy. Not sure which one to choose. Can someone suggest me which one to choose? I like live and true to life music and little warmness or richness in the sound.
I was way late in actually hearing these things......yes I am astounded. Pioneer deserves as much credit as Andrew Jones for this product. No major brand has released any hi fi product I can remember at such a price with such value...it must be a bit difficult on the reviewers to explain to their own ears what is taking place.....even though Elac has upped the "entry level" ante by $100.00 for the Debut 5 the Pioneer 22's remain the better bargain. The real task is to be content because once you have gained "entry" moving to the next "level" is almost impossible to stop....I decided to match a pair of the SP-BS22's with a NAD C516BEE cd player and Quad Elite integrated (80w/ch) and I can't explain why I've lost interest in my much much more expensive other system....I might just sell it and buy more music haaa
Hello. I just began to care more about my audio experience and this article has been the most helpful for my selection on entry level speakers on a budget. I intend my little system for LPs listening, what amplifiers would you recommend on this speakers?


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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Matt Harvey finished his running drills, wiped sweat off his face and promptly dumped a bottle of water over his head.
A well-deserved cool off for the Mets' 25-year-old right-hander, who threw a 20-pitch bullpen session to kick off the final stage of his rehabilitation on an 87-degree day at the team's Minor League complex on Tuesday.
Asked if he felt like he'd just started Spring Training, he laughed and said it was maybe a little hotter.
"I'm not quite used to that," Harvey said. "It's a little bit cooler in New York. Not a sweat box."
This throwing session was the first full one off the mound for Harvey, although he did surprise the Mets when he threw about 15 pitches off the mound at Citi Field on Friday. On Tuesday, he worked on his control, threw only fastballs and picked up with his mechanics exactly where he'd left them a few days ago.
The difference was that instead of throwing mostly to someone standing in front of the plate like he did on Friday in an effort to familiarize himself with the slope of the mound again, he threw the full 60 feet, 6 inches Tuesday.
In the 20 fastballs he let go, a single one was off the plate, but he was frustrated anyway because he'd felt himself come out of his mechanics. He admitted to being a perfectionist, but it's hard to blame a guy who barely walks anyone -- in 2013, Harvey allowed 31 walks in 178 1/3 innings, which ranked third best in the Majors behind Bartolo Colon (29) and David Price (27).
The last time Harvey pitched in a Major League game was on Aug. 24, 2013, when he allowed an uncharacteristic 13 hits in 6 2/3 innings against the Tigers. The Mets announced just two days later that Harvey had a partial tear of his ulnar collateral ligament, but the right-hander didn't undergo Tommy John surgery until late October.
So less than a year has passed in what's normally a 12-18-month rehab process. Harvey had been concerned before Tuesday's session that he wouldn't be able to find the strike zone or that he'd forget his mechanics, which he won't alter -- but all the concern was for naught. He threw hard, like "nothing had happened."
"I didn't think things would feel this good and this easy, but I couldn't be happier," he said. "Excited about moving forward. The mechanics, I feel like they didn't leave in the amount of time that I wasn't able to use them. I was happy that things were smooth and I'm glad I had no setbacks."
Harvey will continue his throwing program in Florida. He'll throw about three more 20-pitch bullpen sessions before he starts mixing in his secondary pitches and increasing the amount of throws. He will work his way up to live batting practice and, from there, keep throwing through September. Mets general manager Sandy Alderson told the media on Friday that the team planned to shut Harvey down at the beginning of October.
Even then, Harvey was so encouraged by the progress he's made that he hasn't completely eliminated the possibility of being back on a Major League mound before the end of the season.
"It's a long process," Harvey said. "There's executives who make those decisions. We'll see what happens. If things start progressing quicker, we can push the envelope a little bit."


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Cambridge, Mass. – Curry College used a strong ground attack and overcame four turnovers as it held off a determined MIT squad, 27-12, in New England Football Conference Boyd Division action. Phil Bigelow ran for 167 yards and one score to lead the Colonels to the victory. Freshman Justin Wallace (Palatine, Ill.) had his second career 100-yard game, leading the Engineers with 120 yards and a score.
It was MIT (1-2, 1-0 NEFC) that struck first in the game after the Engineers defense stopped Curry (3-1, 1-0 NEFC) on its first two drives. Taking over on their own 37 after a Curry punt, it was the running of Wallace and sophomore quarterback John Wenzel (Mandeville, La.) that produced a 11-play, 63-yard drive. The pair rushed for all but 12 yards of the drive, capping things off on a one-yard plunge by Wallace that put MIT up 6-0 after a missed extra point.
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Curry came back to take the lead on an impressive drive just before the end of the first half. Quarterback Anthony Carnevale completed four passes for 38 yards and Bigelow had runs of 14 and 19 yards on consecutive 3rd and 10 situations as the Colonels drove for the score. A Carnevale to Robert Bambini 14-yard scoring play put Curry in the end zone with just nine seconds left in the half. MIT blocked the extra point, making it 13-9 Curry at the half.
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Curry rushed for 299 yards and totaled 444 overall for the day compared to 245 for MIT. Carnevale completed 17 of his 34 attempts for 145 yards and the two scores while throwing three interceptions. Most of MIT's offense came on the ground where the Engineers gained 183 yards. Wenzel was able to hit on only nine of 26 attempts for 62 yards. Genece finished with 10 tackles and the one interception to lead the Curry defense, while sophomore Jake Laux (Dousman, Wis.) led all players with 11 tackles for MIT, with Gilliland finishing with 10. Junior Aaron Fittery (Orange, Calif.) had two interceptions for the Engineers.
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Which chair, as Goldilocks so aptly put it, is just right? Rocker recliners — think traditional La-Z-Boy — rock when upright and lower fully, usually by means of a hand lever. They start at about $350, but expect to pay $600 and up for a well-built model. A trendier option these days for the space- or style-conscious are push-back models, which recline when you lean back. They can cost as little as $250, but, on the downside, tend not to last as long as those with levers, since the mechanism gets more of a workout. Also new: wall-saver recliners, which require only about six inches of space between chair and wall, compared to a foot or more needed for heftier traditional versions (though the price is about the same).
There are specialty chairs, such as massage and electric recliners. The former can be quite expensive (from $800 to $5,000), and the latter are designed for people with mobility issues. Regardless of what type you choose, check that there's no more than a five-inch gap between the seat and the open leg rest; otherwise, children or pets can get caught and injured. Same goes for the lever — make sure tiny hands (or your own fingers) can't get stuck inside or pinched.
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Recliners are like shoes — looks are important, but comfort is key. When you're shopping, have family members who'll spend the most time in the chair sit in it for five minutes or more. Ask yourself: Do my feet touch the floor when the back is upright? Does the headrest support my head and neck? How's the cushioning? Inspect the seat and back for bumpy parts. And look for foam with a density rating of 1.9 or higher (most furniture cushions range from 0.9 to 2.5), which will ensure that it keeps its shape longer. Test the chair's footrest several times to make sure it's easy to maneuver. Listen for squeaks, which may indicate loose parts or improper alignment.
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I was shocked to learn hunger invaded the halls of congress, but truth be told, that might help explain some of what goes on in those halls.
I was shocked to learn hunger invaded the halls of Congress, but truth be told that might help explain some of what goes on in those halls. I asked Google about the subject and it turns out starvation has a number of distinct symptoms.
Among those symptoms are mental dysfunction and confusion. Now things are making more sense, and thanks to Debbie Wasserman Schultz, I have a clearer understanding of liberal insanity.
With a straight face, this Democratic leader announced that her staff and colleagues were not eating balanced and healthy meals because of budget cuts. Who knew?
Obviously this Debbie woman is much smarter than I thought. She saw through the sequestration by identifying the true purpose behind it.
We conservatives are trying to starve liberals in government service. I�ve seen the light because sequestration left the electricity on so there was light to see.
Conservatives asked the public to believe the core fiscal problem today is out-of-control government spending, but now the real truth is out. The real purpose of the cuts was to take food away from D.C. Democrats.
They�ve apparently become so totally dependent upon Congress� dining subsidies they won�t be able to maintain their health and strength without them. Doesn�t sound right, but Debbie says it�s so.
Speaking of food, I wonder if many years ago she had a cake named after her. I think it and Ding Dongs fell prey to union gluttony but not sure.
This whole budget thing has been exposed as a vast right-wing conspiracy to harm Democrats. It reeks of a Hollywood sequel, �Hunger Games II � Apocalypse Chow.� I�m at least half-right. It most definitely reeks.
Now I�m thinking this fiscal famine could spread over to the White House. I pray the First Family won�t be reduced to eating �Lobster Helper.� Also I certainly don�t want my president�s official dinners to feature wine served from Mylar bags.
If this all seems silly, it�s because it�s intended to be so. Liberals must appeal to the clueless because they make up a significant portion of their base; therefore, their messages must be flavored for that palate.
�Unfair� you say? Does any thinking individual in the real world truly believe a few percentage cuts in a cafeteria�s budget will measurably degrade Washington staff member�s health? Nonsense.
I regularly ate cheap high school lunches, including salmon patties and peanut-butter sandwiches. I�m not the sharpest knife in the drawer but doubt those Havelock High School meals killed many brain cells.
Debbie has cooked up a ridiculous and frivolous tidbit to be fed to the ridiculous and frivolous. Those who gobble that stuff up should worry less about their stomachs and more about their brains.
I�ve seen letters and articles that say conservative dinosaurs like me should just roll over and accept the new normal. Liberal politicians bend facts but can�t alter math forever.
This crowd is cooking up a poison dish containing $20+ trillion of debt that will eventually eat us. What�s the Greek word for �burp?�
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Video game retailer GameStop finally has enough Nintendo Wii consoles for everyone, and it only took around three and a quarter years to get there.
In an interview with Gamasutra, GameStop's senior VP of merchandising and hoseheads Bob McKenzie says that the company's supply of Nintendo Wii consoles has finally caught up with demand.
"You know, three years later, we finally have enough inventory on the shelf, and we've got a couple of weeks in supply of this. That's good because we can finally determine and gauge it before we get into the fourth holiday season."
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Earth Release
(This also apllies to Ino Yamanaka and Choji Akimichi). I don't think we should add Doton to any of team Asuma members. Nature transformation, even if it is your own affinity element, takes huge amount of hard-work. I think they didn't use nature transformation to perform the justu. They used just shape manipulation instead. There was no need to create earth. The ground is already there so they just had to shape it into a wall. If they had used nature transformation, their chakra would have turned to earth and caused the ground to turn into a much harder substance - that's what the real Doton users do. Elements' users manipulate their own chakra to give it the properties of a certain element, like Naruto turning his own chakra to the wind element to cut the leaf. Now all these shinobies (including team Asuma) didn't do that. They just used doton seals to manipulate the surrounding earth with their own, ordinary chakra.Faust-RSI (talk) 05:57, May 16, 2013 (UTC)
- Which, of course, is all speculation on your part. You don't know what their chakra did or didn't do. Nor do we. We do know, however, that they preformed an Earth Release technique. All of them. Or, well, most of them. We don't know who went through what training, or when they went through it, but the fact is that it is now irrelevant. They have been demonstrated doing Earth Release, so it has been added, as has been the situation every time a character uses a nature release. Unless proven otherwise at a later time, it has, and will remain, listed. ~ Ten Tailed Fox 07:08, May 16, 2013 (UTC)
I'd probably say that you're right in that we probably shouldn't add an Earth nature to Shikamaru and everyone else who employed that earth technique in the previous chapter. This is largely because each and every Shinobi has the capacity to manipulate all five elements, but very few actually DO manage to accomplish this feat, and generally most Shinobi have an aptitude for certain elements and those are the elements they're most likely to employ. However, this is all based on my own personal opinion of how we should do things but Narutopedia seems to hand out elemental natures based solely upon usage alone and not anything else; and from that perspective it would indeed be appropriate to give Shikamaru the earth nature, because we've observed him using such a technique. --Njalm (talk) 13:33, May 18, 2013 (UTC)
- They used it, thus they can do Doton nature transformation, it's either an affinity of theirs or are skilled enough to employ more than a single nature with Doton included. There is no reason not to list them, they indeed used it.--Elveonora (talk) 13:38, May 18, 2013 (UTC)
- Yeah it's a little weird you and I agree on something, Elv, lol. But I'm with you 100% on this. If they use a Doton technique, they can clearly mold earth-based chakra. It doesn't have to be an affinity or something they worked for, as that all is irrelevant here. When Sasuke learned (and used) his first Raiton technique, for example, he was a user of Raiton. It is not limited to how many techniques, or how experienced they are in the basic nature. @Njalm, by what logic do you propose natures are handed out? What constitutes it? From my observational standpoint, albeit limited, I don't feel you have a grasp of how things work, this wiki aside. And of course this is not me being rude, just to point out (I am often told I am condescending).--18.104.22.168 (talk) 20:08, May 18, 2013 (UTC)
- It's possible they all have an Earth affinity, however Konoha shinobi typically have fire affinities. But that's beside the point. The jutsu they used was supposed to be the simplest of all Earth style jutsus. For example, when Sasuke learned his fireball technique, he was very young and didn't really go through any kind of nature training. He managed to use the fireball jutsu simply by repeating it many times. The Earth Wall jutsu could be simple enough for everyone who might have an Earth affinity to use without much training. That being said, I don't think every elemental jutsu requires a nature affinity to use it. Kakashi is pretty much capable of using almost all the elements for his jutsus thanks to his Sharingan. Supposedly only those with the Rinnegan can have the ability to use that many nature types which suggests that simple elemental jutsus don't rely on any kind of nature affinity. 188.8.131.52 (talk) 05:31, May 22, 2013 (UTC)
Canonically, Kakashi can't use wind or fire, despite Sharingan, because he has no experience in changing his chakra to those natures. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 23:15, May 22, 2013 (UTC)
Some of you are a bit off. It isn't that merely learning basic nature transformation is difficult. You're confusing what Naruto was trying to do (building up his skill with nature transformation to combine it with the highest level of shape manipulation) with learning a new technique. Oh and the fact that they were being told an Earth Release technique that could "be done by anyone". Skitts (talk) 23:35, May 22, 2013 (UTC)
- You are off, first he had to manage to cut a leaf, only then could he combine that with Rasengan. You suggest that as long as there's little to no shape manipulation present, anyone can do natures. The walls looked defined enough to me though.--Elveonora (talk) 23:41, May 22, 2013 (UTC)
- That depends on which part such a person would be confusing. Are you referring to the leaf training, or otherwise? Even learning basic nature transformation is quite difficult, outside of ones affinity. It is partly the reason why Jounin generally have one to two nature types versus three or more. Naruto, even with the clones, took a tad bit of time with leaf training. Of course all of this is not relevant to the topic, but nevertheless. --Taynio (talk) 23:44, May 22, 2013 (UTC)
- What a straw-man you've constructed Elveonora. First off, I said nothing about there needing to be little to no shape manipulation present in order to perform basic nature manipulation. I was responding to something said above nature transformation "takes a huge amount of work", which isn't true. They're confusing Naruto's training (high nature manipulation with the highest shape manipulation) with what must be done by anyone (depending on the nature) with just anyone learning some basic techniques.. Naruto performed minute nature manipulation just when he managed to cut the leaf. And as Shika said, they were to be told the seals of an Earth Release technique that "anyone could perform", so clearly what I'm saying is indicated rather clearly, unless you're going to go against Occam's Razor in this case, and posit something very unlikely (that dozens or hundreds of people all were trained in Earth Release)? Skitts (talk) 23:52, May 22, 2013 (UTC)
A true problem solver sticks with every given problem, even at times when a solution does not seem apparent. He or she exercises total patience, assesses the situation and devises an airtight solution which shall invariably succeed to the very end of the scenario. Regardless of what scouting ratings and IQ tests results say, Shikamaru's intelligence is flawed. It does not require a rocket scientist to take note.
He is lazy simply because he is not smart enough to solve every single problem. He is emotionally stable, yet lacks the mental capacity necessary to concentrate and consistently devise thorough solutions which will invariably hold water to the very end of the given scenario.
There are times when he only devises only half baked remedies which serve only as immediate solutions. He executes the plan and gives up simply because he failed to arrive upon an actual solution from the very start. At such times, others are required to come in and solve the rest of the problem for him. He gives up simply because he lacks the intelligence necessary to think certain tactical aspects through.
He is brilliant in certain aspects, a tactical savant, a genius by his own unique merit. Still, he is flawed just like anyone else. His flaw does not lie in "laziness" alone.
He gave up at times as genin, this is enough to give it all away... —This unsigned comment was made by 126.96.36.199 (talk • contribs) .
... I'm not entirely sure what your point is, but I think you're saying that Shikamaru is not as intelligent as he is lauded to be? Simply because he is lazy and cannot devise a solution that works perfectly. To this, I say stop being stupid. An intelligent person does not need to constantly use their intelligence to be intelligent. Shikamaru is smart, but it's not like he enjoys puzzles, he just likes to lie down and the occasional game of Shogi. One's personal preference is not consistent with their intellect. As for his reliance on others, that is a fact of reality. An intelligent person can only get so far by their intelligence. A genius he may be, but he can't work miracles. Yet even so he has worked immediate remedies that allow for opportunity to complete victory. As a Chunin with little direct combat power and a team of Genin he managed to orchestrate a victory over half of the Sound 4 and delay the rest long enough for Naruto to confront Sasuke. By any standard this is more than anyone with his resources would be expected to achieve. As for his "giving up" When? When did his giving up denote any failure in his intellect? He quit against Temari despite having achieved an undeniable victory. He quit when holding the Sound Jounin in place, he was a Genin holding a troupe of Jounin. There was no tactical maneuver he could take advantage of that would allow victory on his own. The closest I could call to being justified is maybe when he pretended to be asleep, but at the time he didn't have a mission to follow and probably thought his own tactical worth was not sufficient to be of use.
If you want an example of a situation where he planned it all out, Fighting Hidan and Kakuzu. He planned out taking out Hidan by himself and using his own battle to aide in killing Kakuzu. Thanks to his plan using Kakashi as an asset they took out two of Kakuzu's hearts and his teammate and while Naruto came in to finish it, his arrival, while admittedly cutting it close, was pretty much part of the plan from Kakashi and Yamato's perspective. --Hawkeye2701 (talk) 01:45, June 4, 2013 (UTC)
..His victory against Temari was not 'undeniable.' His chakra was all but depleted. In an actual one-on-one situation, this would not be good enough. The talent was recognized, he was good enough to become chunin, though I don't think he is the most all round intelligent leaf shinobi. I believe Akastuki members such as Itachi demonstrate greater applied intellect, dare I say even Kakashi and Minato as well, even Tsunade and Orochimaru.
Sasuke is an example of ninja who does not devise such intricate schemes before hand, yet is still smart as a whip. He always reacts instantly whenever something happens and more often than not, he knows exactly how to handle a situation the moment it occurs. His methods are different, yet the end result often the same, he outwits his adversaries.
Shikamaru is essentially a "good soldier." Akatsuki members are devious. They devise intricate schemes which no ordinary shinobi could concoct, let alone pull off. Part of ninja intelligence does lie in tactical planning, yet there is also the hands on aspect involved. Sasuke never had genuine interest in even becoming a leaf village chunin, his sole motive lies in vengeance. Individuals develop patterns based off of their interests and motives and Shikamaru specializes mainly in tactical aspects. —This unsigned comment was made by 184.108.40.206 (talk • contribs) .
- Suffice to say, aside from not signing posts, you have a very limited and skewed idea of what intelligence is. Itachi is intelligent, as well. Does that mean he is an intelligent as Shikamaru? He made a plan that worked, but so did Shikamaru. Anyone can make a plan that works. But what Shikamaru does, as it is often referred to, is planning ahead over people by numerous steps; I believe he is often said to be over one hundred steps ahead of someone in some cases. This means that he quickly looks at a path in forest. He looks at all the variables that path leads to (new paths). He, then, looks at what those, say, two new paths lead to, which becomes maybe four, eight, sixteen, etc. And while having that knowledge, he makes plans against it, of how to potentially stop it. And he keeps making calculated moves based on how things progress. This is not the only area of intelligence, if you want to call it that, Shikamaru excels it, but it is the main one we have.
- As for flaws in his intelligence, there are none. His personality of being lazy is not related in any capacity, nor is giving up/quitting. Sometimes when one encounters one with intelligence in an academic setting (children to young adults (high school)), you'll find they will have poor grades because they're not challenged, which is also referred to laziness at times, and you may find them quitting something easy if it is boring. And any "half baked" are exactly that -- because there's no more paths to choose from, he ran out of options. Take for example a fight between Shikamaru and Madara. Yes, there's many things he could do, but it will eventually seem half-baked because there's only so much he can do. You could argue the same for his fight with Temari. Now is his intelligence infallible? Let me ask another question: is he god?--Taynio (talk) 03:45, June 5, 2013 (UTC)
IP, start signing your posts. Just put four ~ at the end of your comments. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 22:27, June 5, 2013 (UTC)
My apology for not signing my posts, haven't though up a cool enough name...
I can argue easily that anyone who would defend Shikamaru's "perfect intelligence" has the skewered and limited understanding of what intelligence really is. How can any human being have no flaw in his or her intelligence? I argue that characters like Itachi and Kakashi are more intelligent than Shikamaru simply because they have more complex personalities which need not be broken down and analyzed in this article.
The quantity of steps a person is capable of planning beforehand is of "n-dimensional" mathematical value. The results in the end count more than anything else. —This unsigned comment was made by 188.8.131.52 (talk • contribs) .
- Signing is not about having an account. You MUST sign, even if its an accountless IP address. And no one is arguing that he has perfect intelligence, nor have I ever heard it mentioned by anyone over the years from the wikia, or elsewhere in my travel. That would also be quite odd considering his father was more intelligent than he. So if Shikamaru had perfect, what did his father have? Godly?
- Why is Itachi more intelligent? What has he done to show that? He made plans -- great and amazing plans -- but that isn't hard with his knowledge. He also had plans fail quite often. Am I then postulating he lacks intelligence? Not at all. He is fallible, just as Shikamaru is. Kakashi is intelligent, he is often described as being like Kiba, Shikamaru, etc. While being considered a genius, he also has many years of experience from many battles, and even war, and he also has sharingan. The way you quantify Shikamaru's intelligence compared to others, in simplest terms for the Narutoverse, is simply how good they are and how many steps ahead he is, regardless of the outcome. But losing or the results not favouring you in the end doesn't discount intelligence. I am not sure why you think the results mean anything when there's only so much that can be done, intelligence or not. If you put an academy student who thinks 1000 steps ahead of a kage-level Shinobi, it won't matter what the results are, because that student can only do so much. Does it make him any less intelligent? What if he had a reported IQ 60x the kage-level shinobi? He is still as intelligent. I am not sure what else to say because there isn't, and you don't seem to factor in everything, such as skills outside of intelligence, and many other variables. It's confusing.--Taynio (talk) 05:15, June 8, 2013 (UTC)
Let's consider special abilities, then... With the shadow possession jutsu, he doesn't exactly have his work cut out for him. Because of his special ability which he had most of his life to practice, he does not have to resort to such excessively strenuous methods as others would. The only safe bet any ninja would have against one with such a special power would be to remain midair through the entire duration of a battle. Since the universe of Naruto is not the same as Dragon Ball Z, to perform in constant midair is pretty much impossible. 22.214.171.124 (talk) 22:39, June 29, 2013 (UTC)Rustymoth
What the hell is this? Let me remind you guys again that this is not a forum and when you see things like this, they should be deleted and not responded to. This has no bearing on our articles nor our characters: there is no such thing as perfect in the first place.--Cerez365™(talk) 18:20, June 20, 2013 (UTC)
The points is, though he a genius tactician, he does not demonstrate himself to be quite so sharp in broader realms of human intelligence.
Certain individuals in positions of command make decisions which may at times offend the judgment of others. This is to say, their decisions as leader may seem strategically foolhardy or even stupid to subordinates, though there is broader reasoning behind their decision. Take Tsunade's decision in directly sending Naruto on missions to thwart members of the Akatsuki, for instance.
Shikamaru fails to fully recognize Naruto's significance during Nagato's invasion of Konoha. Shikamaru is not the only once who lacks clarity in grasping the intrinsic human value behind Naruto's specific worth... He is just another kid in the village who holds to a herd mentality.
Though this not a forum, the article could still somehow take note of this objective point. —This unsigned comment was made by RustyMOth (talk • contribs) .
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- Please discontinue this discussion. ~SnapperTo 00:49, July 10, 2013 (UTC)
Is there any confirmation in the chapter that Shikamaru actually died? or should we wait? --Mandon (talk) 15:06, September 17, 2013 (UTC)
- He is alive as of reacting to Naruto's regret of Asuma's death.--Elveonora (talk) 16:17, September 17, 2013 (UTC)
Yup you're right Elve, re-read the chapter. I missed that part entirely. --Mandon (talk) 16:36, September 17, 2013 (UTC)
- Shikamaru is probably the only character, apart from main or major characters, who is unlikely to be killed off by Kishi. --Speysider Talk Page | My Image Uploads | Tabber Code | Channel 18:18, September 17, 2013 (UTC)
- So is it better to change his status to "Incapacitated" in the infobox? http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/a553/anaspet06/Shakhmootssign_zps2a261e68.png(Contact) 19:07, September 17, 2013 (UTC)
- No, he is still conscious, only loosing consciousness.--Elveonora (talk) 21:39, September 17, 2013 (UTC)
- So keep him alive until we see what happens in the future?Inoyamanaka98 (talk) 22:43, September 17, 2013 (UTC)Inoyamanaka98
- No, he is still conscious, only loosing consciousness.--Elveonora (talk) 21:39, September 17, 2013 (UTC)
- So is it better to change his status to "Incapacitated" in the infobox? http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/a553/anaspet06/Shakhmootssign_zps2a261e68.png(Contact) 19:07, September 17, 2013 (UTC)
During the fight with Hidan and Kakazu he seemed to display a higher than average skill in this field. Should we add a section on it? Or should we add an "other" category? (Evilpuppy (talk) 06:22, October 20, 2013 (UTC))
Could you source where and when he did? Munchvtec (talk) 15:50, May 21, 2014 (UTC)
Nara Clan Leader?
Given how Shikamaru's dad was the leader of the Nara Clan, and with his death Shikamaru would have inherited the position, shouldn't he be listed as its leader at this point? --SuperSaiyaMan (talk) 09:20, December 7, 2014 (UTC)
- Proof that Shikaku's death would've meant Shikamaru inheriting the position? Same goes for Ino and Inoichi. Chōji was called the Sixteenth Successor of the Akimichi Clan, so we know that he would become the Akimichi head after Chōza, but what about the Nara and Yamanaka?--JOA20 11:02, December 7, 2014 (UTC)
of 175cm or it is getting reverted ItachiWasAHero (talk) 01:08, December 28, 2014 (UTC)
Exam Proctor
Exam Proctor should get added to is occupation, since he was one. Sin2 (talk) 12:03, January 22, 2015 (UTC)
Dunno if it's worth mentioning on the main page in the trivia or concepts but Shikamaru is an obvious homage to Sanjuro, the classic 1962 Samurai film. they wear their hair the same way (shaggy cut top knot), they're both tactical geniuses, and they're both lazy to a fault except when they need to take action. Shadowfox337 (talk) 07:08, January 4, 2016 (UTC)
- Unless there's a source actually saying that, that looks more like coincidence to me. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 14:46, January 4, 2016 (UTC)
Shadow clone is not the shadow clone
In the anime (ep493, novel adaptation) Shikamaru used a shadow clone jutsu but not of the type naruto and the rest use. It disappeared in a manner of ink clone, didn't go puff and formed from shadow-it can appear from shadow that is connected to his (practically from anywhere) and after imbued with his chakra clone is formed - unique ability of a clone jutsu. Also Genga said "enveloping his shadow with chakra". This holds true based on developments in this episode.Rizgubi (talk) 22:50, March 8, 2017 (UTC)rizgubi


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With Democracy For All and Freedom for None
In a poignant historical irony, American democracy went into a prolonged decline just as its political class was busy speechifying about the importance of exporting it abroad. Government authority was increasingly centralized and elections began to come down not to ideas, but to divided groups fighting it out in a zero sum struggle for total control of each other's lives. American democracy has been exported to Iraq. And Iraqi democracy was exported to America.
With unlimited authority vested in the government, we no longer have elections to decide policy, but to determine whether an oppressive social and cultural agenda complete with a loss of civil rights will be forced on the rest of the country. And our last election was as polarized as an Iraqi election and with a similar outcome.
Democracy was never the solution for the Middle East; a region that is properly multicultural in the sense of being a collection of quarreling tribes, religious factions and ethnic groups. And all that democracy accomplished was to give the majority another tool for oppressing the minority. Instead of bloody revolts leading to dictatorships, there were bloody revolts leading to elections which then led to dictatorships. And only a fool or Thomas Friedman would consider the addition of this extra step to be any kind of improvement.
A multicultural society does not invalidate government by popular vote unless that society is also so split along tribal lines that elections are decided based on the rate at which races and religious groups make up that society. When demographics become valid predictors of political outcomes, then democracy becomes theocracy and ethnocracy. And the only alternative is to resort to reserved political offices for different groups in Beirut style.
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The Muslim world lacked either limited government or national character and so the democracy experiments there were doomed to become one type of horror show or another. The two dominant streams of political ideology in the region are Socialist and Islamist. The difference between the two is that the Socialists are mildly Islamist and the Islamists are mildly Socialist. Both of them however have no tradition of respect for the law and are motivated by utopian programs based on absolute power.
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The Democratic Party could understand the expected outcome, but could not be expected to see anything wrong with it. The Muslim Brotherhood was just doing what they were trying to do; take power and then exploit the election to rewrite the laws, destroy any existing checks and balances and use an economic crisis and temporary rule to ram an entire cultural agenda down the throats of the country in order to transform it into a place more to their liking.
A fanatical ideology that disguises its intentions well enough to make it past the polling places and into the government is democracy's silver bullet; whether it's fired from a gun wielded by the left or by the Muslim Brotherhood. And if there is a large enough electorate cheering it on, then democracy becomes populist tyranny. It becomes what all unlimited power does, regardless of whether it's wielded by men who seized power with bloody axes or after a vote count, it becomes unlimited repression.
Limited government is the missing ingredient in such democracies, but limited government is also the first up against the wall after the democratic revolution has been completed. Fanatics don't believe in limiting their own power. They believe that the only way to make things right is with unlimited power. They cannot be trusted because they do not put any principle or value above getting their own way. The law means nothing to them, truth and honor even less, ethics is a dead letter and as radicals they have no long term investment in the republic and don't mind if it perishes while they tear down its values and institutions.
Limited government embodies respect for the individual, for the values of one's neighbors and their right to keep living their lives the way that they always have. If you believe in the essential decency of people, then you are also willing to leave them alone. If however you do not believe that people will make the right decisions on their own, then you invariably reject limited government.
The individual as a moral entity is at the heart of limited government. The left, which denies the individual, viewing him only as a representative of a race or a class, of a brainwashed polity in thrall to movements and false beliefs that must be crushed, has no room for limited government. Neither does Islam, which rejects human free will, for the moral imperative of the Jihad and the forced conversion of infidels.
Limited government deriving from individual freedom is the only thing that lifts democracy above the violence of the mob. The Muslim world never had that and so its experiments with democracy were doomed to be nothing more than a baton being passed from one form of tyranny to another. More tragically, the United States which once had it is losing both the limited government and the individual freedom. And that means that democracy in America is bound to follow the same path as in the Muslim world, where democracy becomes only another way of taking over a country.
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- Anonymous said...
Thank you. Sadly, you're dead on the money.
- 28/11/12
- Chana @ Lemon Lime Moon said...
"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion . . . Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams
- 28/11/12
- SoCal Observer said...
Well said, but I would like to clarify something you said:
"The Muslim Brotherhood was just doing what they were trying to do; take power and then exploit the election to rewrite the laws, destroy any existing checks and balances and use an economic crisis and temporary rule to ram an entire cultural agenda down the throats of the country in order to transform it into a place more to their liking."
You forgot to add that after they transform their country into their version of paradise the populace can't wait to leave their despot controlled hell-hole for America. They then proceed to demand we transform our nation into the same kind of hell-hole they escaped from.
We basically lost limited government during the great depression and WWII. I guess the average voter fell into the fallacy of "if a little is good, more is better." Doesn't work with laxatives or government. Keep upping the dose and you get no benefits but all the side affects and complications. Take enough and even a "safe" over the counter product turns lethal.
- 28/11/12
- George J. said...
Very well said.
I don't have anything to add other than that was pretty damn spot on, like usual.
I enjoy reading your work, as it concisely and accurately states what a million indoctrinated and hyper-educated but strangely oblivious journalism-school grad monkeys typing on a million laptops cannot, or would not, say in a million news stories on the "mainstream" media.
- 28/11/12
- VA_Rancher said...
Lemon Lime Moon,
Amen. Spot on.
'Nuff said...
- 28/11/12
- Leo said...
On 4 March 2011, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Al Jazeera provided more informative news coverage than the opinion-driven coverage of American mass media. ... as if Al Jazeera is driven exclusively by opinions of totally innocent and inherently good celestial entities, but I digress. If small Qatar can undertake such a successful global propaganda project - why millions of U.S. conservatives cannot create a comparable global TV network? The need in such a TV network is apparent and overwhelming. The funding should not be a problem ("fund or perish" choice is a perfect motivator). Dedicated talented qualified people are always willing and ready. WorldNetDaily probably comes close in decent global coverage of main world events, but it severely lacks 24/7 TV format. Fox News is not exactly conservative, it is not available internationally as easily, many people are not welcome, and who needs any "fair and balanced" slow-frog-boiling anyway. Glenn Beck's GBTV / TheBlazeTV is not bad, but it is essentially one man's political theatre, and many people are not exactly welcome there. RightNetwork is a good idea, but not yet a reality.
- 28/11/12
- Anonymous said...
The article is basically a version of Edmund Burke's speech on the French Revolution. An immoral people will not long be free for their own inability to fetter their desires will require that government intercede. This is why I never understood "economic conservatives" that were "socially liberal". You cannot be economically conservative without being socially conservative for very long and vice-versa. This is due to the the fact that if you are "economically conservative" to a "socially liberal" people, you will not long be re-elected, they will replace you so as the people of today can get what they want today and the people of tomorrow, our children and grand-children, will be left the bill.
- 28/11/12
- Edward Cline said...
I left this comment on yesterday's column.
The trouble with the term "democracy" is that it's the wrong term for what the Founders intended this country to be, which is a "republic." It wasn't for nothing that Benjamin Franklin replied to a woman, after the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention, when she asked what form of government the delegates had created. He answered, "A republic, if you can keep it." He didn't say, "A democracy, if you can keep it." Most of the Founders were students of history and loathed democracies, which as a rule degenerated into literal mob rule contained by a demagogue who promised the mob bread and circuses and other goodies from the public trough. This is what happened to Rome, and the Weimar "Republic" and other nations. They became majority rule democracies, enabling the rise of Caesars and Hitlers and Mussolinis. The republic the Founders had in mind and labored in Philadelphia to create was an individual rights-protecting government, and the Constitution was a document intended to define the limits of the federal government so that mob rule and demagogues would have little chance of acquiring the powers of kings, dictators and men on horseback. It was not a document created as an open-ended legal instrument. It was intended to be closed to statism. "Democracy" is not synonymous with "republic." Sloppy, inexact, ill-informed, or expedient usage has blurred the distinctions between them.
- 28/11/12
- Anonymous said...
As they say on the talk shows, first time reader and first time commenting. I believe this article is right on. Enjoyed it immensely.Weather you wrote your own thoughts, observance of history, or paraphrased someone else speech makes no difference to me. It has given me a better understanding of what is happening in America.
- 28/11/12
- Anonymous said...
Lincoln freed the slaves and enslaved us all.
- 28/11/12
- Unknown said...
All I know is that forcing some ridiculous health care plan on people who are supposed to have the right to choose in their democracy what coverage they want...is the same thing as genocide because I guarantee you the agenda is to rid the country of baby boomers by letting them die from diseases that could be treated. The VA is already using such a doctrine, and it does not look good for the elderly in America.
- 28/11/12
- Marcel said...
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord
Psalm 33:12
Ever since we as a nation turned our back on God as a nation,every area of American life has become cursed,everything from education,economy,government,health,you name it.
It started with the removal of God/prayer from school and it's been the slippery slide down to hell ever since.
We're almost there !
- 28/11/12
- Lemon said...
"Lincoln freed the slaves and enslaved us all.
Uncalled for an totally a lie.
- 28/11/12
- Wilson said...
Yes, it's not so difficult now to see the hole we're in. The last two or three generations have not been taught the basics of how and why this country was founded and how those principles can still benefit humanity today. The question I have is, how do we climb out of here?
- 28/11/12
- Edward Cline said...
In an earlier comment, I noted that democracies "majority rule democracies, enabling the rise of Caesars and Hitlers and Mussolinis." My apologies. I forgot to mention Obama.
- 28/11/12
- Keli Ata said...
Dennis--it sounds as if this country is becoming like the stranded passengers in the movie Lifeboat, choosing which passengers should survive for the greater good and which should be thrown overboard.
I had to take a class called "values clarification" in high school. A scenario similiar to that of Lifeboat was presented to us--who would we have given the boot?
There really much values clarification, only pressure to decide which passenger had the least value.
- 29/11/12
- Elisandra said...
When I was in school we were taught that the Founding Fathers went to great lengths to create a system where the government could not take over the people's lives. Very sad to see so many people today want their lives controlled by the government, and want to force such horror on the rest of us.
As for Democracy and voting, yes, voting leads nowhere good if those voting aren't good people.
- 29/11/12


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According to Glamour, there are seven reasons why your "man" adores you as is. I have a bit of a problem with the concept of "as is". I associate the concept with final sale sweaters with ink stains not coverable by a cabbage rose brooch, not loving relationships. But then again, I'm still doing cabbage rose brooches like it's 2000. so I might have missed a few things.
John Ortved writes:
It's not your boobs. Or your butt. Or even your bank account. Sure, we men like all of that. Ultimately, though, we're in it for exactly one thing: you. As a sometimes sucker of a boyfriend myself, I'm well aware of how tempting it is to try too hard. But I'm tired, and I'll bet you are as well. So consider this a to-don't list, and chill.
Holy mansplaining, Batman. I was laboring under the delusion that loving relationships work best as a partnership rather than a dictatorship. I stand corrected.
The article goes on to list seven reasons why you can chill including such gems as:
No need to inhale a steak on a man's account, but we love women of all shapes—with bodies and legs and soft things to hold on to—and it takes food to get that way. (By the way, your ribs? They're meant to protect your organs—please don't make seeing them a fitness goal. Thanks.)
Despite giving the appearance of embracing body diversity, the concern trolling about eating habits and body shapes is rather disgusting. The message is still: I dictated the terms of desirability based on what behaviors, aesthetics and fitness goals I deem valuable.
Then there are quotes from male participants providing supporting evidence of just how open minded and progressive this is article for women.
Charles, 28, from Boston: "My girlfriend was really into trying this move from the Kama Sutra. In order to get it done, all of my focus turned to balance, abdominal clenching and other nonsexual, lifesaving things. Not fun."
Thanks, Chuck! Clearly the fault lies squarely with the girlfriend who was trying too hard. Ever heard of the statement, "Hey, this ain't working for me." Try it. It works!
And forget downstairs grooming. Turns out, it's unnecessary because he says so!
Let's be real: At the end of the day, it's your vagina, and you should give it whatever haircut you want. But "extreme maintenance" should be the name of a reality show on TLC, not something that you do to your body. Men have a range of tastes, everything from full monty to landing strip to a grown-out seventies bush. If it's that important for your guy to be with the ridiculously clipped, stripped and shaved women of online porn and you're far from interested in going there, simply point him toward the computer and tell him to feel free to help himself.
While I appreciate the freedom to dress my vagina in corduroy and denim, I don't need anyone to grant me permission to make my own choices.
"No-frills cotton underwear says that a woman knows she's hot and she doesn't have to convince me of it." —John, 29, Gainesville, Fla.
My hackles go up every time I read this sentiment expressed in articles. A person's choice of underwear is simply another fashion choice, dictated more by personal tastes than anything else. Maybe, now I know this sounds ridiculous, just maybe, a person rocks sexy chonies because it makes THEM feel sexy, without regard to other people's opinion. My personal philosophy on chonies comes from Erika Lopez who wrote (I can't find the exact quote, but this is a pretty good approximation) "Panties would just get in the way of everything we're trying to accomplish here." I wonder if I should get some "No-frills" cotton chonies. I don't think so. If there are chonies to be worn they have got to be show stopper chonies. But that's just me.
I'm not snarking on the writer, but I am questioning why we need another article telling women in a rather patronizing tone what to do to make relationships work. Placing the responsibility squarely on women gives the appearance of agency when the opposite is the case.


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[this sounds sort of like a subheading to an article in Bicycling, right?]
Nothing. They can't teach us anything about those things. Not every problem or scenario is existentially important. It's just air and some ripped rubber. Maybe some glass or a sharp rock. Really not a big deal. These things happen and it's good to know how to fix a flat tire and there are many bike shops that offer classes on how to do that. You should take one. Or you could ask a friend who knows how to fix flat tires to teach you. You could even google it, but I find that hands-on experience tends to be more instructive than online videos. Anyway, learn.
Here are some generic and obvious tips about encountering flat tires in the wild:
- Sneak up them. Perhaps from behind a kind of blind or camouflage shade. Be very quiet as you approach the flat tire because you do not want to scare it off. It's more afraid of you than you are of it.
- Once your corner the flat tire, be gentle. Flat tires are timid and delicate. A flat tire might emit a small hiss when it is first met, but soon it will relent.
- Remember: flat tires are instinctual. They might lash out when startled. You can try to tame a flat, but it might not take. Feed it some air, but be aware that its drinking from your pump does not mean it will no longer buck.
- Use tools. They are humanity's advantage over nature.
- Seek a safe space to be alone with your flat tire. This morning, for example, I came about the flat tire near to a bike shop. There by, I corralled it and I was able to gain assistance when my stupid locking tire skewer stupidly wouldn't stupid unlock. [NOTE: remind me to remind myself to reconsider the whole locking tire skewer thing. Sure, I don't like my wheels to be stolen, but I also don't like to be unable to remove them either.] Anyway, if you can plan your bike commute that your chancing upon flat tires also allows you to chance upon local bike shops that have early opening hours, I highly recommend it. [I also had to buy a new tube because my stupid spare tube had a stupid gash in it. This was a proto-flat tire, which is even rarer in nature. But then again, I'm sort of an expert flat tire hunter, so it's unsurprising that I was "lucky" enough to see it.
- If you defeat the flat tire (which is an if), do not gloat. Do not make of the ripped tube a trophy on your wall nor stuff it and place it atop your mantle. Be respectful. While there are always more flat tires to be discovered (unlike Bitcoins!), you must remember that each one is unique and precious. Cherish your memories, but keep no souvenir. It is tacky.
- Move on. When it's all done, get back on the bike and move on. Do not tarry.
- Consider joining Better World Club. They even do Roadside Bike Assistance. Car stuff too, if you're into that. I don't know if they have pogo memberships as well. I mean, what would that even entail? Just some dude named Mack showing up with a new spring? And he'd all be like "yup, I see your problem. It's the spring." And you'd be all like "Yeah, I know." And then he'd swap out the spring and he'd be all "Hop along now" and you'd chuckle but you'd know full well that's what he says to every stranded pogoist but you'd still laugh anyway because Mack bailed you out and he seemed like a nice guy and then you'd wonder what kind of training and certifications you need to become a Pogo Roadside Assistance specialist in the first place. But like I said, I think it's just for cars and bikes now.


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Apple claims that the new iPhone 5 offers up to 8 hours of talk time on 3G, up to 8 hours of internet use on 3G, up to 8 hours on LTE and up to 10 hours on Wi-Fi, up to 10 hours of video playback, up to 40 hours of audio playback and finally up to 225 hours of standby time.
However, you might have noticed that your iPhone 5's battery life falls short based on your usage pattern.
So we take a look at how to manage your shiny new iPhone 5's battery life and also provide some tips on how you can extend it.
Understanding Your Battery Usage:
As we mentioned earlier, iPhone 5 offers the following battery life:
- Talk time: Up to 8 hours on 3G
- Standby time: Up to 225 hours
- Internet use: Up to 8 hours on 3G, up to 8 hours on LTE, up to 10 hours on Wi-Fi
- Video playback: Up to 10 hours
- Audio playback: Up to 40 hours
If you listen to music while surfing the internet then your iPhone 5's will drain out even more quickly and a lot depends on whether you're connected to a 3G/LTE network or a Wi-Fi network. Check out iPhone 5's battery life based on the real world tests.
You can check out the usage and standby time since the last full charge via the Settings app (launch the Settings app, tap on General, then tap on Usage, scroll down to Time since last full charge section). You can also tap on Cellular Usage to find out how much time you were on the call.
Usage is the amount of time iPhone has been awake and in use since the last full charge. The phone is awake when you're on a call, using email, listening to music, browsing the web, or sending and receiving text messages, or even during certain background tasks such as auto-checking email.
Battery Percentage:
By default, iOS displays the battery level in the top right corner of the status bar. You can keep track of the charge remaining in your iPhone more easily by enabling the battery percentage indicator, which displays the battery left in percentage. To display the battery percentage indicator, launch the Settings app, tap on General, then tap on Usage, scroll down and tap on the Battery Percentage toggle to enable it.
Some tips to extend battery life:
- Set Auto-Lock interval so that your iPhone will turn off more quickly after a period of inactivity. To set the auto-Lock interval, launch the Settings app, tap on General and then Auto-Lock and set the atuo-lock interval to either 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 minutes.
- You're probably aware that using Wi-Fi drains iPhone's battery, but perhaps you didn't know that one of the most intensive processes that iPhone's Wi-Fi chip has to do is search for available network. So if this happens in regular intervals, it's going to have a noticeable impact on your battery. To disable this feature, launch the Settings app, tap on Wi-Fi, and tap on the On/Off toggle for Ask to Join Networks to disable it. Please note that by disabling this feature, your iPhone will join known Wi-Fi networks automatically, but you will have to manually select a network if no known networks are available.
- Dimming the screen helps to extend battery life. You can either lower the default screen brightness based on your preference or turn on Auto-Brightness to allow the screen to adjust its brightness based on current lighting conditions. Launch the Settings app, scroll down and tap on Brightness & Wallpaper and set Auto-Brightness to On. Note: Apple enables it by default.
- Turn off LTE if it is not available in your area (Settings -> General -> Cellular -> Enable LTE)
- Turn off Location services for the following System System services: Diagnostics & Usage, Setting Time Zone, Location Based iAds (Settings -> Privacy -> Location Services -> System Services).
- Turn off Weather and Stock widgets from Notification Center. (Settings -> Notifications -> Weather Widget/Stock Widget -> Notification Center).
- Heat can degrade performance of your iPhone's battery. So it is important to keep the iPhone out of the sun or a hot car (including the glove box).
- If you're on the plane or in an area where there is no cellular coverage then use Airplane mode to increase battery life (Settings > Airplane Mode).
Optimize Settings based on your usage:
iPhone 5 offers tons of features, but some of the features comes at the cost of battery life, so it is prudent to turn off things that you're not using.
- If you hardly use Bluetooth then turn it off (Settings -> General -> Bluetooth)
- Review the list of apps that are using Location services, and disable it for apps you think can be used without tracking your location (Settings -> Privacy -> Location Services).
- If you check multiple email accounts on your iPhone, enable Push for only the most important email account/accounts. For other accounts, fetch emails manually if possible for better battery life.
- These days most apps use Push Notification service to alert you of new data, which can impact battery life. We tend to blindly say "Yes", when an app asks us if it can send Push notifications. So it is a good idea to review the apps that have push notifications enabled. Go to Settings -> Notifications and disable notifications for select apps. Please note that it doesn't prevent new data from being received when the app is opened.
- Turn off Siri's Raise to Speak feature if you don't use it frequently (Settings -> General -> Siri -> Raise to Speak).
- Turn off Siri if you don't use it (Settings -> General -> Siri).
- Turn off Personal Hotspot if you're not using it (Settings -> Personal Hotspot).
- Turn off equalizer setting for song playback (Settings -> Music -> EQ).
- Force an app to close: If you've identified the app that may be hogging your iPhone's battery life then force it to close. Hold down the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until a red slider appears, then hold down the Home button  until the app closes. You can also remove an app from the app switcher to force it to close.
- Restart/Reset Your iPhone: Hold down the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Resetting Network Settings: Reset network settings by tapping Settings -> General -> Reset -> Reset Network Settings. This will reset all network settings, including passwords, VPN, and APN settings.
- Restore iPhone as New: If you've setup your iPhone 5 by restoring from backup then the battery life problems could be due to some issue with the backup. Try to restore your iPhone 5 (Settings -> General -> Reset -> Erase All Content And Settings) and set it up as a new iPhone (this is not ideal). But before you erase all the contents and settings, please take a backup of your iPhone.
- Make a Genius Bar reservation: If there is a significant degradation in battery life and the solutions mentioned above doesn't help then take it to the Apple Store, it could well be a problem with your iPhone, which may need to be replaced.


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