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Spring 2018 Overview
Published on July 4, 2018
Another season has passed. Well, sort of. There are still a few stragglers, and a surprising number of shows are carrying into the next season. I considered splitting this post into three parts, but it felt too much like I was cheating for extra posts. Let's do this!
What I Liked
- Golden Kamuy - This series was certainly a nice surprise. It starts out with a fairly grim premise. The main characters are trying to find a hidden treasure by tracking down a bunch of escaped criminals with pieces of a map tattooed on their bodies. But the show mixes in so many funny moments that it tends to balance out. The series also felt like an entertaining look into an indigenous tribe of people I didn't even know existed. Not that that's saying much...
- Last Period - The surprises pile on further with this series. I totally expected this series to be a pretty generic comedy series, but it was actually a blast to watch. The show especially appealed to me since I've played a few mobile games. The show constantly rips on mobile games in really funny ways. And somehow, this series managed to have my favorite fight scene in the season (Mao's fight was close).
- Hinamatsuri - While Golden Kamuy aired more on the side of the serious and Last Period was more "meta", this series really went for the ridiculous instead. The show handled itself well, with some surprisingly heartfelt scenes mixed in among the comedy.
- Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii - This is kind of unfair because I was heavily looking forward to this series, and the adaptation had to mess up really badly to screw that up. I like this show mostly for its characters. They represent somewhat separate aspects of otaku fandom, but they come together for their common interest.
- Piano no Mori - I still need to get around to watching the movie version of this series, but this adaptation did a good job of holding my interest. It had a weird supernatural aspect that didn't sit well with me in the beginning, but the story quickly pushes past that and moves into a look at the world of competitive piano.
- Steins;Gate 0 - This series is another one I was looking forward to watching. It was slow at first, but I think it has been picking up more rapidly than the original. The mystery seems interesting so far, but there's still plenty of story left to cover.
- Boku no Hero Academia S3 - I don't really have anything new to say.
Middle Area
- Comic Girls - This adaptation ended up being more entertaining than I expected after reading the manga. Maybe it was the Kaos noises.
- Juushinki Pandora - This series was pretty decent as a mecha series. The fights were interesting, and I like the setting both for its post-apocalyptic concept and its Chinese-inspired culture. The "science" gets a bit ridiculous, but the rest of the show is alright.
- Persona 5 - I had a lot more fun watching this adaptation than I expected I would. However, I do acknowledge that this series seems like it would be a lot better for people who have already played the game. It was entertaining for me, but I think it's a pretty weak adaptation overall, since it doesn't do as much for the people who aren't familiar with the game.
- Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online - This story turned being better than I expected. The series seemed more focused on the actual game mechanics than the original, so it had a different kind of appeal that worked for me. I think it stood well on its own without considering the original series.
- Gundam Build Divers - The general theme of online community felt a bit overplayed, but this series wasn't too bad. It's a bit childish for my liking, so it ended up being just okay.
- Shokugeki no Souma S3 Part 2 - Honestly, I liked this season mostly for the backstory we got for Jouichirou. His story is probably my favorite from when I read the manga.
- Isekai Izakaya - Not bad for a wannabe Isekai Shokudou.
- Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai - This series started out pretty well. The character relationships were pretty good, and the episodes had an interesting way of anchoring around a concept. I just wasn't a big fan of the ending, which brought down my general opinion of the series.
Special short mention: Fumikiri Jikan - Even though the episodes are 3 minutes long, they're pretty funny. They're a nice look at the idle thoughts of people forced to wait at a railroad crossing near other people. It's certainly a familiar experience.
- Darling in the Franxx - I wasn't the biggest fan of the series in the first half, and the second half really hasn't helped. It's still possible that the series nails the ending, but I don't have high hopes.
- Saredo Tsumibito wa Ryuu to Odoru - I was really disappointed with how this series approached its setting. It introduced a sci-fi take on magic only to sweep it aside. The mechanisms of the magic and the effects the magic has on the world are never really explored. Instead, we get a poorly introduced world, and we're immediately thrown into a political struggle between the main ruling entities of that world. And the ending was really strange...the main antagonist of the arc just dies off-screen.
- Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi - This series was a bit unfortunate. It's not really that bad...I just found it boring. It doesn't seem to do anything particularly noteworthy.
- Grancrest Senki - This really isn't too different from last season. The series started to get more interesting when it moved towards battles between larger armies, but the pacing of the story always seemed like an overwhelming negative. Most characters weren't ever really explored, which resulted in many boring death scenes. The "twist" at the end also wasn't set up well.
- 3D Kanojo - You know...I didn't remember disliking the manga so much, but watching the anime was really a struggle. I got the sense that Tsutsui was more of a jerk than most normal romance protagonists.
- Caligula - This series started off promising, with a Persona-like premise and an interesting psychological take. But much of the series felt like a waste of time, and the ending was ultimately unsatisfying. There's something to be said about the focus on social behaviors and redemption, but they didn't really appeal to me.
- Devils Line - I was watching a lot in this season, and I wasn't particularly convinced by the first episode.
- Dorei-ku - I wanted to give this series a shot because the premise seemed interesting, but the show just felt like it was making less and less sense as it went on. So, I just gave up...
- Tokyo Ghoul;re - I fell behind on this series and didn't really have the motivation to catch up again.


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Successful Clubs Build Each Other Up
I've often blogged about the best thing happening in U.S. table tennis right now - the rise of the full-time training center. There were about ten in 2006; now there are 67 in my listing, with another one about to join the list once I get their website. (Email me if you know of any that I'm missing.) One of the huge results is the number and depth of our elite juniors, which are better than anything we've had in the past - and it's not even close.
However, one of the consistent criticisms of these training centers is that they hurt other clubs. After all, a part-time club can't compete with a full-time club, right? And a full-time club will be hurt if another club opens up nearby, right?
Actually, the answer to both of these questions is a resounding NO. Successful clubs build each other up. In fact, often the best thing that can happen to a part-time club is if a full-time center opens nearby, and often the best thing that can happen to a full-time club is if another full-time club opens up - perhaps not next door, but in the region. It might lead to a temporary problem as you lose a few players, but in the long run the club gains.
Why is this? People worry too much about the competition for current players. This is similar to the arguments made so often in the past that there aren't enough players (read: current players) to sustain more than a few full-time clubs. What they didn't understand is that a successful club develops its own players. It only helps to have another club developing these players, i.e. increasing the market for your club.
Similarly, when a successful new club opens, it develops its own players. Sure, at first it might take a few current players away from the current club. But this is offset by the new ones it creates, some of whom will end up playing at the other club. Table tennis is not a zero-sum game, though many have a hard time getting out of that thinking.
What happens when more clubs open is they develop a table tennis community, with many players playing at multiple clubs. When a "rival" club opens, some of the players they develop will end up playing in your club, as well as in your leagues, tournaments, and coaching sessions. There's a synergy when multiple clubs all develop players and the table tennis community grows bigger and Bigger and BIGGER!!! All the clubs grow and prosper, except perhaps for really badly-run ones that make no effort to improve.
More clubs also forces clubs to improve to better compete to develop, keep, and attract players, leading to better clubs. This is better for everyone.
Is this all theoretical claptrap? No, it's from actual experience. For example, the part-time Potomac TTC has been around since the 1980s. It was successful before the Maryland Table Tennis Center opened in 1992, about 20 minutes away. It's now even more successful as result of the many players developed by MDTTC that now play regularly at both clubs. (Many train at MDTTC and play matches at both clubs.) There are also full-time clubs opening up all over the San Francisco Bay Area (12 of them now) - but I don't know of any part-time ones closing down because of this, though a few have instead gone full-time. (I'm sure there are exceptions, but they are exceptions, not the rule.) And the result of all the new training centers in the Bay area is they now have a successful table tennis league, with players from both the full-time and part-time table tennis clubs competing. The same thing is happening in the LA, NY, NJ, and MD regions, and probably others.
How about full-time clubs opening up near each other? For many years MDTTC had the luxury of being the only full-time club in the region, and one of the few in the country. In recent years four others have popped up within a 30-minute drive: Washington TTC in Gaithersburg (about five minutes away), Club JOOLA in Rockville (20 minutes away), Howard County TTC in Ellicott City, and the Northern Virginia TTC in Chantilly. Have we lost any players to them? Not really. But we've gained from players from those centers who often come to our club to train and to compete in our leagues and tournaments. We've prospered from their players coming to our club, and they have prospered partly because of the table tennis community MDTTC built up over the years, and which they are now enlarging.
Don't believe it? MDTTC was a 5000-square foot facility during most of its history. It doubled in size to 10,000 square feet two years ago. It was done partly to keep the club competitive both among local clubs and with other large clubs in the rest of the country, but the larger local TT community helped make it possible.
Sure, there's competition for the top players between clubs, but that's more for prestige than anything else. (And the more successful ones mostly develop these players on their own rather than rely on the current ones.) The clubs with the better coaches and facilities might get more of the elite players and juniors, but that's not the primary source of revenue for a club, which comes from the average player - and those numbers only go up when more clubs open up.
I'll finish with a famous quote: "A rising tide lifts all boats."
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Here's a great instructional story that was pointed out to me by Bruce Liu. There's no table tennis in it; it's about two shoe salesmen and their differing reactions to a country where nobody wears shoes.
How does this relate to USA table tennis? Relative to the rest of the world, few players play seriously here with our 8000 members, compared to the hundreds of thousands in European countries and millions in some Asian countries. One type of person says, "Nobody here plays table tennis," and thinks that means it's a bad market for table tennis. The other type of persons says, "Nobody here plays table tennis!" and realizes it's an untapped market and a "glorious opportunity."
Unfortunately, too many in our sport think like the first person, including many of the leaders. Many of them simply do not have experience in how table tennis can grow, and so (consciously or subconsciously) continue to support the status quo. You can tell which ones they are - they are the ones who do the little things for the sport, and proclaim it from the highest hills, while avoiding the big things - like growing the sport in this untapped market. They just don't see the glorious opportunity.
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THE GENERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN. IN DEFENCE OF THE LABOUR SUPPORTERS. To the Editor, Amman Valley Chronicle. Sir,-I feel constrained to utter a protest against the insidious suggestions made in your columns that the behaviour of the Labour sup- porters during the re,-ent Election campa -I was so bad as to have been responsibl ror th t: defeat of the Labour candidate. An outsider, perusing your columns, might very well L- pardoned for coming to the conclusion that our supporters are a gang of hooligans. In fairness to the Labour Party, I want to I emphatically protest against these suggestions. And let me straightaway admit that our sup- porters indulged in some heckling and inter- rupting. The Coalition supporters were guilty of the same crime. At Election time, when feeling runs high, this is inevit- able. And within limits I don't think is altogether a bad thing. A timely interjection adds a little spice to a political meeting, and there is a vaet difference between a wise or witty interruption and the silly shouting of Stuff to gie em," and the ringing of bells. What made matters rather bad in the local campaign was the introduction of personalities into the campaign. And I maintain that the Coalition speakers were responsible for this. I think I may fairly claim that we endeavoured to keep the political issues of the contest clear before the electors. We fought upon our programme, and the speeches made at our meetings were, in the main, confined to elucidating its proposals. Apart from a little mim;cry, not a word disrespectful of the Coalition candidate, as an individual, was uttered from our platform. It was some individual from Burry Port who aggravated matters by making absolutely false and groundless charges against the Labour candi- date, involving his honesty and integrity. Anc it was such tactics that were responsible for the major portion of the interruptions at that particular meeting. The meeting at the Palace, on the eve of election day, I attended myself, and I know what happened. Up to a certain point the meeting went well, and the speakers were listened to fairly atten- tively. It was only when a certain individual essayed to address the audience that the row began. The demonstrations made were not of a political character, but were spontaneous expressions of feeling against that person. 1 think every one who was at that meeting will agree with that view of wha< took place and what caused the rumpus. I can remember the time, Mr. Editor, when these people who profess to be so shocked at interruptions used to howl like wolves at Con- servative meetings at Ammanford. They have evidently forgotten those days, and it will not be amiss to give them a gentle reminder of their past. They may not then be so ready to blame others for following their example. We may have lost votes, as you say, be- cause we interrupted. On the same reasoning I the Coalition lost votes, for they were guilty of the same things; so we were quits. In any case, I haven't a high opinion of the man who would not vote for our principles becausa some of our men interrupted. He must hold poli- tical principles very cheaply if his vote depends on such trivial occurrences. have written in defence of our Parry. We are as jealous of the rights of free speech as our opponents claim to be. (By the way, Mr. Editor. they were responsible for D.O.R.A., which completely abrogated the right of free speech). Moreover, we endea- vour not to abuse those privileges by making false charges against any man. This is not characteristic of the Coalition. We are, for instance, still waiting for the promised sub- stantiation of those fearful charges made by the Coalition candidate against Robert Smillie. I-I am, yours, &c., JAS. GRIFFITHS, Secretary, Ammanford and Llandebie Trades and Labour Council. [In reply to the above communication, we may state that no charge whatever way made against the Labour Party; therefore, the need does not arise for any defence" by Mr. Griffiths. We simply stated that there are many who believe that but for the unseemly and unfair conduct of some extremists who obstructed the Coalition candidate' s meetings both at Llanelly and a t Ammanford the result would have been otherwise. It is a pity the cause should be jeopardised by these immature and unthinking adherents." The above remarks are substantially true, as there are scores of people who have expressed such an opinion. Mr. Griffiths should have recognised that we have nothing to say against the Labour Party. To the contrary, we deemed it only right to protest againsf the action of extremists who jeopardised the cause by their conduct. The paragraph which appeared in our Welsh columns was quoted from a contemporary, and did not emanate from us.—ED.]
VOTING QUALIFICATIONS. To the Editor, Amman Valley Chronicle. Sir,—Now that the time for claiming votes has come round again, will you allow me a little space in order to try to answer some of the questions that I have been asked recently? I will give the ladies -first place, as the condi- tions as to qualifications are not so simple as in the case of men. Parliamentary Vote (Women) .-No woman under 30 years of age is entitled to the Parlia- mentary vote. Quite a number discovered that fact during the recent election. A woman over 30 years is entitled to the Parliamentary vote if:- (a) She is the wife of a man entitled to be registered as a Local Government elector in respect of premises in which they both reside. (See Local Government—Men). (b) She occupies a dwelling-house and is otherwise qualified. (c) If she is entitled to be registered as a Local Government electoj in respect of land or premises (other than a dwelling-house) of a yearly value of £5, Women Lodgers.—A woman who occupies a room or rooms (which must be unfurnished), providing her own- furniture, is entitled to the Parliamentary vote, A woman occupying as caretaker any pre- mises not occupied by her employer is en- titled to this vote. A woman moving about within the county can claim a vote by succession. This does not concern those who have lived in the same place during the qualifying period —July 15th, 1918, to January 15th, 1919. The age is reckoned as on the 15th of January for the next list, and it must be 30 years. Local Government Vote for Women.-A woman who is 30 years of age, and is the wife of a man entith to be registered in respect of premises in which they botF reside, is entitled to. this vote. A woman who is 21 years of age, and occupies as owner or .Enant (in her own right) any land OT premises in that area, is '-■titled to the Local Government vote. The r gulation as to succession is the same as in the Parliamentary vote. Women lodgers must occupy an unfurnished room or rooms in order to qualify. (N,?ote.-T?e qualification is? occupation as owner or tenant). A woman occupying premises not occupied by her employer is entitled to this vote. All women claiming must be British sub- jects. Note.— The 30 years limit applies only to married women living with their husbands, and, of course, to the Parliamentary vote. Parliamentary Vote for Men.—Any man, who is a British subject, is 2i years of age, is not a peer of the realm or subject to any other incapacity, and who has resided for the six months ending January 15th, 1919, in this county or in any county touching it, can claim a Parliamentary vote. If he resides in pre- mises not occupied by his employers, he can claim. Men Lodgers.—A man can occupy a roona or rooms, furnished. or unfurnished, and be entitled to claim, the chief qualification being residence. Local Government Vote (Men).-A man. to secure this vote. must be 21 years of age, and must occupy as owner or tenant land or premises in the area. Men lodgers occupying furnished rooms will not qualify for this vote those occupying unfurnished rooms will qualify. There is no value placed on this qualification-mere occupation. With your permission, perhaps I shall say a fe-.v words about the naval and military and other absent voters in your next issue.— Yours, &c., D. ROGERS. 21, Cowell Street, D. ROGERS. Llanelly.
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WELSH CHURCH: FOURTEEN POINTS. I 10 the Editor, Amman Valley Chronicle. Sir,—With profoundest apologies to Presi- dent Wilson, I beg respectfully to submit the following points for the consideration of my fellow-countrymen and women. The time has now arrived for the people's representa- tives in Parliament to press for the fulfilment of the promise for a re-consideration of the provisions of the Welsh Church Act of 1914, and to demand its removal from the Statute Book. I. That the four Welsh dioceses are of native growth, dating from the earliest period of Church history in the British Isles. 2. That the Asquithian Government had received no special mandate for their dis- memberment. It was only carried by a scratch majority, aided by a coalition of Irish dis- loyalists and a coterie of Welsh agitators. 3. That 100,000 Welsh Nonconformists of standing made a dignified protest against its passing. 4. That Mr. McKenna, its sponsor, has received his conge from a Welsh constituency. 5. The loyal, unselfish attitude of the Welsh Church during the war, and the nobl part played by her sons and daughters in winning it. 6. That the Welsh Church is the only pro- gressive religious body in th? Pnncipahty, as abundantly attested by th? findmg of the Commission issued by the authority of Parlia- ment. 7. The Church' s keen interest in missions, home and foreign.. Her well-known activity in the cause of national education. 8. The existing endowments are barely sufficient to carry on and develop her sacred mission. 9. That in many scores of Welsh parishes there are no resident Nonconformist ministers. 10. That the Welsh Church Act involves a menace to the security of property of all kinds. 11. That it involves an impious challenge to the Almighty to save and defend His Church, after the manner of the apostate Emperor Julian at Edessa. 12. That lay tithes, in respect of which no duties are performed, are to remain un- disturbed. 13. That General Allenby, on his entry into Jerusalem, declared that all Moskm rights and endowments were to be regarded as inviolate. If Mahommedan endowments are sacred, then why not the time-honoured resources devoted to Christian uses equally so? 14. That endowments originally bequeathed to her by the piety of her own children should not be devoted henceforth to pay the stipends of agnostic professors in the newly-constituted colleges-an unthinkable and "iniquitous sin. I am, &c., D., LLEWELYN. I Beaufort Vicarage, Monmouthshire, I January 6th, 1919.
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Updates on COGIC molestation case in Virginia
Year after year, pedophiles continue to pop up all over COGIC despite the warning of Presiding Bishop Charles Blake to "get right or get out". And although a new election swept in some new church leaders, the issue of pedophilia, child sex crimes and its resultant issues were all but ignored.
After posting the story of Don Billups, the deacon at Gospel Tabernacle COGIC in Covington, VA who was convicted of molesting at least 8 children, some clarifications are in order to properly identify individuals connected to the case. The case has devastated the population of this small town of about 3000 along the West Virginia-Virginia border. Billups was a well known figure in the town.
1. The current pastor of Gospel Tabernacle is Gregory P. Moore. Billups was under Moore's supervision for two years prior to the conviction. After the story broke in the media, Moore took a book called "Mercy for the molester" to one family, telling them that they had to "forgive the molester". During the trial, Moore also testified on behalf of Billups.
2. Local news media did not report that Moore is also in legal trouble for a separate incident involving a gun threat.
3. Gospel Tabernacle is currently in the Greater West Virginia Jurisdiction where Henderson Wheeler is bishop. The church was previously pastored by Supt. Warner L. Hunter, until his death in 2009 until Moore, his son-in-law became pastor.
4. Although Billups was only convicted of 8 molestations, there were more children who's parents did not want them to testify thus were excluded from the case against him. Some of the children had grown up in the church and knew Billups and his family.
5. Sources informed Report COGIC Abuse that the bishop, Henderson Wheeler since news of the molestation broke had visited once but told the victim's families he was "praying for them". He has not visited nor spoken with victims since the case became public. In a perverted fashion, COGIC leadership treats victims as if they are the criminals. Family members were told by the jurisdictional supervisor that she was forbidden by the bishop to have contact with them. Past cases in Asheville NC, Newark, Winter Haven FL, Albany NY and Kalamazoo MI reveal the same pattern of post crime behavior by COGIC leaders.
New information also reveals that Billups, a retired Marine, was the head deacon at Gospel Tabernacle for many years and his wife a leading "missionary.
Report COGIC Abuse will continue to update this story as information becomes available. A listing of Billups' charges from Alleghany County Circuit Court.
Breaking news: COGIC deacon in VA convicted of molesting 8 children
COGIC's newly re-elected —and clearly frustrated— Presiding Bishop Charles Blake issued a strong rebuke to pedophiles embedded across the denomination's landscape during his 2012 official message in St. Louis [video].
"The church has got to be a safety zone for our children. If you are a pedophile, if you are a child molester, if you are a child abuser, if you are determined to pursue sexual misconduct, then either get right or get out. Get right or get out!"
Met with tepid applause, the statement may reveal that the church and its leader still aren't aware of exactly what they are dealing with. Pedophiles have no intention of getting right. Or getting out. And although speeches sound good in a preach to the choir kind of way, they have proven ineffective against determined pedophiles with power and positions juxtaposed against weak, excuse-laden church leaders.
Most church pedophiles rack up numerous victims while using their positions as cover for their nefarious activities. Just like Don Billups, a deacon at Gospel Tabernacle COGIC in Covington, VA. After a jury found him guilty of molesting at least eight children, they recommended two life sentences, plus 75 years for his sex crimes. Some of the victims were under age 13, WSLS reported. Some of the cases dated back to 2002. Billups was arrested in May 2012. Story and video here.
Elder Gregory P. Moore [see update/clarifications], the pastor had only been in place 2 years. He told reporters he put Billings out of the church when the allegations came to light. But how does a child molester remain in a leadership position for 10 years of more at a Church of God in Christ with so many victims and no one knows he is constantly molesting children? Bishop Blake's strong words may be too little, too late for thousands of abused children at the hands of COGIC leaders. If outside legal and law enforcement intervention is what it will take to break the unshaken cycle, children in COGIC are in dire trouble. They church's leadership doesn't seem to posses the fortitude handle it internally. Bishop Blake and his administration are notorious for window dressing while they continually ignore the voice of real victims and their families.
Billups will be formally sentenced on February 19, 2013. Report COGIC Abuse will update this blog with his sentencing.
General Assembly Chairman warns against election tricks
The COGIC Chairman of the General Assembly released a memorandum warning "candidates for National Office and all individuals vying for positions in the national church" (and their anonymous supporters) against releasing anonymous negative letters during the church's convocation which begins Monday in St. Louis.
There is good reason for Elder James Hunt to release the admonition: its been a recurring character cesspool for the church. As Hunt's memorandum noted, these letters are circulated to whip up wild speculation and fuel gossip in an attempt to smear whatever candidate is mentioned in the letter. To our knowledge, Hunt is the first to address it publicly. Which goes without saying that it is shameful it hasn't been forcefully dealt with before by previous administrations.
COGIC's bizarre culture of secrecy and its anonymous rock throwers club has bred this type of scurrilous behavior. An underground cult of men who lead double lives as respected ministers, transform themselves into low class thugs during the elections. No one has traced any of it to a candidate which is reminiscent of mob behavior.
Hunt urged candidates and their anonymous surrogates to "take the high road" and consider that their actions reflect negatively on the church and even the Lord Jesus.
The question is will Hunt's warning curtail any of the behavior.
Hunt became Chairman of the General Assembly when Bishop J.O. Patterson Jr. of Memphis died last summer.
Election Series Review: General Board Candidate Brandon Porter
Bishop Brandon Porter is a 2012 candidate for the Church of God in Christ General Board. We'd previously given campaign presentation honors to Virginia Bishop Ted Thomas, but Porter's campaign materials, website and media far eclipse all others in terms of professionalism. The 53 year old Memphis native builds his campaign heavily on his COGIC roots. At one point in a promotional video, he seems to be campaigning for his father, rather than himself.
Appointed bishop after the death of his father, Porter's platform is much more comprehensive than other contenders. Perhaps that comes from his accumulated years of "media" experience other bishops do not have. But despite the slick, well designed campaign, it still lacks congruence of definition and focus. An example of that is Porter's rambling 21 minute campaign video. He fails to get to the point quickly and instead takes the viewer on a journey through his church roots as if no one is aware of who he is.
The phrase "proven leader/leadership" must be a COGIC buzz phrase because most, if not all the candidates use it to describe themselves. Porter is no different. To his credit, Porter's brochure is much more succint. We suggest skipping everything and only read the brochure.
Posted prominently on his campaign site, Porter offers this strange retort on homosexual marriage which seems to invalidate his prior stated convictions:
"I think it necessary to stick to our convictions when it comes to our faith and moral issues. However, when it comes to the political processes, we need to focus on issues that directly affect our nation – like the high price of gas, inadequate health care, growing unemployment, etc. Whereas the gospel, or preaching, initially affects a person at a time, legislation affects a people at a time. Remember that the gospel gives us a choice; legislation does not!"
Bishop Porter did not respond to our General Board Election questionnaire which would have given him a greater opportunity to address real issues facing the church he seeks to lead.
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What is Poison Pill?
A poison pill is a type of defense tactic utilized by a target company to prevent, or discourage, attempts of a hostile takeover by an acquirer.
Poison pills are formally known as shareholder rights plans
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- A poison pill is a type of defense tactic utilized by a target company to prevent, or discourage, attempts of a hostile takeover by an acquirer.
- Poison pills allow existing shareholders the right to purchase additional shares at a discount, effectively diluting the ownership interest of any new, hostile party.
- Poison pills most often come in two forms: the flip-in and flip-over strategies.
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Understanding Poison Pill
As the name "poison pill" indicates, this tactic is analogous to something that is difficult to swallow or accept. A company targeted for such a takeover uses the poison pill strategy to make its shares unfavorable to the acquiring firm or individual. Poison pills significantly raise the cost of acquisitions and create big disincentives to deter such attempts completely.
A poison pills mechanism is aimed at protecting the minority shareholders and to avoid the change of control of company management. Implementing a poison pill may not always indicate that the company is not willing to be acquired. At times, it may be enacted to get a higher valuation or more favorable terms for the acquisition.
With regard to mergers and acquisitions, the concept of poison pills was initially drafted in the early 1980s. They were devised as a way to stop bidding takeover companies from directly negotiating a price for the sale of shares with shareholders and instead force bidders to negotiate with the board of directors. Shareholder rights plans are typically issued by the board of directors in the form of a warrant or as an option attached to existing shares. These plans, or poison pills, can only be revoked by the board.
Companies utilize all possible methods to increase their business share in the marketplace, which include mergers, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships with other peer companies who compete in the same market. Acquiring a competitor is one such method to eliminate or reduce competition.
However, the management, founders, and owners of the target company often like to retain their authority over their business for emotional affinity, higher valuation, better terms, or various other reasons. They may attempt to repel such offers of an acquisition from competitors. Without a favorable response from the target company's management, the competitor interested in an acquisition may attempt to take over the target company by going directly to the company's shareholders or fight to replace management to get the acquisition approved, which constitutes a hostile takeover.
Since shareholders—who are the actual owners of a company—can vote by majority to favor the acquisition, the target company management deploys a poison pill, which usually is a specially designed shareholder rights plan with certain conditions drafted specifically to thwart attempted takeovers.
Types of Poison Pills
There are two types of poison pill strategies, flip-in and flip-over. Of the two types, the flip-in variety is more commonly followed.
- Flip-In Poison Pills - A "flip-in poison pill" strategy involves allowing the shareholders, except for the acquirer, to purchase additional shares at a discount. Though purchasing additional shares provides shareholders with instantaneous profits, the practice dilutes the value of the limited number of shares already purchased by the acquiring company. This right to purchase is given to the shareholders before the takeover is finalized and is often triggered when the acquirer amasses a certain threshold percentage of shares of the target company. Let's say a flip-in poison pill plan is triggered when the acquirer purchases 30% of the target company's shares. Once triggered, every shareholder (excluding the acquirer who bought 30%) is entitled to buy new shares at a discounted rate. The greater the number of shareholders who buy additional shares, the more diluted the acquiring company's interest becomes and the higher the cost of the bid. As new shares make way to the market, the value of shares held by the acquirer reduces, thereby making the takeover attempt more expensive and more difficult. If a bidder is aware that such a plan could be activated, they may be inclined not to pursue a takeover. Such provisions of a flip-in are often publicly available in a company's bylaws, or charter, and indicate their potential use as a takeover defense.
- Flip-Over Poison Pills - A "flip-over poison pill" strategy allows for stockholders of the target company to purchase the shares of the acquiring company at a deeply discounted price if the hostile takeover attempt is successful. For example, a target company shareholder may gain the right to buy the stock of its acquirer at a two-for-one rate thereby diluting the equity in the acquiring company. The acquirer may avoid going ahead with such acquisitions if it perceives a dilution of value post-acquisition.
Poison Pill Examples
In July 2018, leading American restaurant franchise Papa John's International Inc.'s (PZZA) board voted to adopt the poison pill to prevent ousted founder John Schnatter from gaining control of the company. Schnatter, who then owned 30% of the company's stock, was the largest shareholder of the company.
To repeal any possible takeover attempts by Schnatter, the company's board of directors adopted a Limited Duration Stockholders Rights plan (a poison pill provision). Dubbed the "wolf-pack provision", It essentially doubled the share price for anyone who attempts to amass more than a certain percentage of the company's shares without board approval. The New York Times reported that the plan would take effect if Schnatter and his affiliates raised their combined stake in the company to 31%, or if anyone were to buy 15% of the common stock without the board's approval.
Since Schnatter was excluded from the dividend distribution, the tactic effectively made a hostile takeover of the company unattractive as the potential acquirer would have to pay twice the value per share of the company's common stock. It prevented him from trying to take over the company he founded by buying its shares at market price.
Another example of a poison pill defense occurred in 2012 when Netflix (NFLX) announced that a shareholder rights plan had been adopted by its board just days after investor Carl C. Icahn acquired a 10% stake. The new plan stipulated that with any new acquisition of 10% or more, any Netflix merger or Netflix sales or transfers of more than 50% of assets, allows for existing shareholders to purchase two shares for the price of one.
Disadvantages of Poison Pills
There are three major potential disadvantages to poison pills.
- Stock values become diluted, so shareholders often have to purchase new shares just to keep even.
- Institutional investors are discouraged from buying into corporations that have aggressive defenses.
- Ineffective managers can stay in place through poison pills; otherwise, outside venture capitalists might be able to buy the firm and improve its value with better managing staff.


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Treasure Chest Thursday: All Sides of My Aggie Ring
In the past four posts, I have shared some of the lessons I have learned with my new dSLR camera. Today, I wish to review something I posted three years ago, the concept of playing and photographing an object from different angles.
|Honoring the men and women who serve our country and are Aggies!
Texas A&M University is a college rich in tradition, with one of the most visible being the Aggie Ring. There are plenty of photographs available online of the ring, which is rich in symbolism and history. However, these photos are of MY ring. I know in family history, Ron Tanner wants us not to have "My-tree-itis" and I'm on board with that fully. I don't think he would mind me wanting photographs of My Aggie Ring rather than 'any' Aggie Ring in My personal history. I wouldn't be a true Aggie if I didn't have pride in My ring.
Okay, that last paragraph was full of fun, but here's what I really want you to understand about photographing an object, especially a ring. You need to photograph each side of the ring. One side of the Aggie ring symbolizes the State of Texas, the desire for peace, and the strength to fight if necessary. The other side symbolizes the men and women of Texas who have and will continue to fight for their homeland (can you tell A&M was/is a military college?) and our dual allegiance to Texas and the United States of America. The shield honors the 13 original colonies but reminds the ring bearer to protect the good name of Texas A&M. The front of my ring has the year of my Senior Class '98. I didn't graduate in '98 because I extended my program by a year to include a co-op, but I will forever be part of the Fightin' Texas Aggie Class of '98.
|Proud to be a member of the Class of '98
Without photographing each side of this ring, I would slowly forget the meaning etched into a ring I wear daily on the hand opposite my wedding band. My children would not know just how much meaning this ring has in it's design and the pride I have wearing it.
When I include these pictures in my personal history, I would have many stories to share. First, I would have the story of when I picked up the ring. I actually picked it up alone because I couldn't make it to the Alumni Center with anyone else in my class of '98 that I knew at the same time. I remember standing in line on a lovely morning wearing my Aggie Sweater Vest. A Party Pics photographer was on hand to photograph this special moment and I am so glad it didn't go undocumented.
|Texas Aggie ring, the side symbolizing Texas, the desire for peace but a
willingness to fight if called upon.
I can share the story of dunking my ring in a LARGE bowl of ice cream at Swensons with my room mate. There is another Aggie Ring Dunk tradition involving alcohol, but I don't drink so ice cream was the choice. Friends, and my fiance, came to enjoy the dunking tradition. My friend Kristi didn't eat her fair share of the ice cream and I still remember the brain freeze from that day!
|Look at me decked out the day I received my Aggie Senior Ring! Gig'em Class of '98!
Finally (and continually), there are many stories of meeting Aggies throughout the country because they recognize the hardware on my finger. It's big. It makes a statement. And it's a magnet for other Aggies. In fact, the most recent experience occured when I was standing in line with my family to meet Pocahontas in Walt Disney World. The man in front of me asked me, "What class?" as he pointed to the ring. That's the near universal sign that the person asking the question knows what the ring on my hand is. He didn't need to say, "Are you an Aggie?" He didn't need to ask, "Is that an Aggie Ring?" A fellow Ag recognized the ring and asked the appropriate question. We proceeded to talk as if we'd known each other back in Aggieland as we awaited the Native American Disney Princess. The Aggie ring unites Aggies around the world, and even in the land of a mouse.
Be sure to photograph all sides of your rings and heirlooms. Many objects have rich symbolism that should also be explained. And as you photograph these objects, be sure to record the stories that aren't apparent from the photograph.
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Colleen G. Brown Pasquale
Great, clear photographs of your special ring.
Devon Lee
Oh no! So far I haven't lost my Aggie ring. I have lost the diamond in my wedding ring and bought a cheap replacement until I can save up the money to replace the diamond. Glad to meet another Aggie! Whoop. Whenever we meet up we'll have a lot in common.
Amanda (the librarian)
I've had to replace my ring twice (long story) but I keep wearing it for the reasons you mention! Gig 'Em! (class of '78).
Devon Lee
Thanks Colleen! I really like my ring. Perhaps a little too much.


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'Tis the season to colour outside the lines
Let there be tinsel and sparkle, crackers and carols, Jollof rice and moin moin, let there be music, singing and dancing. Let there be joy.
The other morning on my commute to work I took notice of two unlikely fellow passengers – a young man on his laptop seated right next to a young girl with her colouring books. Initially it was just an ordinary commuting scene until I noticed the irony of it all.
The young man was frowning at his laptop screen, pen poised on a blank sheet of his notepad, then he scribbled figures and numbers, adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing; he would then frown some more, before he went back to his maths.
There in complete contrast was the young girl blithely colouring in, only occasionally stopping to ponder which colour to use next, colouring sometimes along the borders and sometimes outside the lines. All she cared for was the yellows, the reds, the blues.
These two figures juxtaposed right there on the morning train seemed a picture of life, and I kept wondering just when exactly we give up on the colours and start worrying about the numbers? When do we stop colouring outside the lines and start keeping the numbers in line?
With no disrespect to the reason for the season, don't you think that Christmas is the one time we are allowed to be childlike with no one raising an eyebrow? No surprise it's often considered the silly season. What other time of the year can we get away with fairy lights, Christmas jumper and stuffing our face with Christmas pudding the whole week long? Or how many times a year do we get to sit around the dinner table with loved ones digging into soul food, then get to play silly games in the spirit of the season?
A few years back, at yet another family get-together, we sat in two semi-circles playing Taboo – a game which involves explaining a word to your team – without using any of the taboo words – and your team mates shouting out the most unlikely words until one bright spark finally makes the right guess. There I was with a silly paper crown on my head, hair all over the place as I was jumping up and down, making the sort of facial expressions I would scare myself with had I seen my face in the mirror, and yet I was having the time of my life. Shedding any ounce of self-consciousness comes much easier in the season of paper crowns and tinsel hats.
2016 has been one 'hell' of a ride for most of us, pun intended. From the passing of iconic legends, Franca Sozzani the latest in a long line including David Bowie and Prince to Brexit and Trumpcopalypse to the impending financial crisis. Let's face it, if we look at the current trajectory, 2017 is not likely to get any better. While we spend most of our days lamenting the way of the world, let's embrace this weekend and the next few days between Christmas and the New Year to take a break from the world. The world may be coming to a spectacular end next year, or maybe, just maybe, by some fluke, it may just get better, but instead of worrying about what is to come, enjoy the festive season.
Tomorrow, and the day after, and the day after that, until January 2, in fact, until time starts again, take a holiday from reality, put on your silly hat, forget the spreadsheets, pick up your colouring pencils and colour outside the lines.
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Name: Guzmania Candy Rosa
Family: Bromeliaceae
Country of origin: Central and South America
Pot diameter: 12 cm
Blooming season: blooming in spring, starting from the third year of life
History and curiosities: There are at least a hundred species of Guzmania , but this one is characterized by its delicate shades.
Guzmania is a pretty evergreen apartment plant; there are many varieties, all characterized by the central rosette from which branch off the overlapping, shiny and fleshy leaves. At the centre of the rosette can be found the flower, wrapped by numerous bracts. Guzmania Candy Rosa is undoubtedly among the most appreciated varieties, for the delicacy of its shades and the slender shape of its flower. Blooming might last for months: at the end of this period, the plant withers and dies, but at its base sprout small buds which grow until they reach the size of the "mother". Repotting should be done after blooming: in case there are too many buds, put them in another container. Although adapted to survive in hot and tropical climates, this is an easy to grow plant: the important thing is to keep it in a well-lit, point away from direct air currents. Watering should be done with moderation, using water without limescale, so that the soil can be slightly moist (not completely wet); vaporize the plant regularly in summer and place it in a flowerpot saucer filled with expanded clay kept moist. The ideal temperature is around 21°C. Pruning should not be done, as it is sufficient to eliminate dried leaves.
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|Di Guzmania esistono almeno un centinaio di specie, ma questa si distingue per la delicatezza della sua tonalità.
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I first read The English Patient in Atbara in northern Sudan, and the wonderful Lee Miller photo on the cover echoed the landscape. For a couple of years I couldn't get enough of the book, rereading it every few months. The sentences are so carefully wrought, the language always riskily fresh:
"We die containing a richness of lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we have plunged into and swum up as if rivers of wisdom, characters we have climbed into as if trees, fears we have hidden in as if caves. I wish for all this to be marked on my body when I am dead. I believe in such cartography - to be marked by nature, not just to label ourselves on a map like the names of rich men and women on buildings. We are communal histories, communal books. We are not owned or monogamous in our taste or experience. All I desired was to walk upon such an earth that had no maps. I carried Katharine Clifton into the desert, where there is the communal book of moonlight. We were among the rumor of wells. In the palace of winds."
Though the characterization is at times awkward - a by-product of Ondaatje's risk-taking - one falls achingly in love with the characters.
Ondaatje writes piecemeal, crafting scenes, honing characters, and then hoping for a narrative. He has said that the first section he wrote was Caravaggio's theft of the camera in the hotel. The English patient's voice arrived with the word "aerodrome."
Count Ladislaus de Almásy, Ralph Bagnold, Hassanein Bey, and certain others mentioned in the book were genuine desert explorers. The real Almásy was, however, gay.
Though the setting is exotic, some of the Katharine/Geoffrey Clifton/Ladislaus de Almásy triangle may be related to Ondaatje's theft of Kim Ondaatje (thin, blonde, artsy) from her professor husband in Ontario.
(An extended aside: Ondaatje's books echo each other, so rereading them is a curiously deep and wide experience. Anna in Divisadero says: "We live permanently in the recurrence of our own stories." Here are some echoes.
Names in The English Patient: Hana, Clara, Kip. Names in Divisadero: Anna, Claire, Coop. Anna and Hana also chimes with Anil from Anil's Ghost.
Kip is a Sikh, a group that has a "mystical affinity for machines." Coop prefers metal to wood: "all those varieties and modes of metal life." Kip is a sapper, dismantling bombs. Coop "loved risk and could be passive around danger."
When Coop loses his memory after being tortured, Claire pretends to be Anna. Anil buys her brother's name for "one hundred saved rupees, a pen set he had been eyeing for some time, a tin of fifty Gold Leaf cigarettes she had found, and a sexual favor." In Divisadero, Roman and Marie-Neige pretend to be brother and sister. "A family keeps its secrets," notes Anna.
Coop is tortured in Divisadero. Caravaggio is tortured in The English Patient.
Both Caravaggio and Rafael's thief father find their wives during or in the aftermath of robberies.
In The English Patient, Kip subsists on raw vegetables and herbs. In Divisadero, Rafael always seems to have raw herbs about him.
In Divisadero, Anna brings soap with her "from another world." In Running in the Family, a boar steals Ondaatje's Pear's transparent soap, which he has carried through the filthy hotels of Africa.
Kip and Coop both refuse drugs.
Caravaggio and Rafael are both named for Italian painters.
In Coming Through Slaughter, Buddy Bolden smacks and shatters a window pane. In Divisadero, Anna shoves a triangle of glass into her father's shoulder. Later in Divisadero, Lucien receives a splinter of glass in his eye.)
The themes of The English Patient include identity, religions, encounters across cultures, and youth/age. At one point the English patient says:
"There's a painting by Caravaggio, done late in his life. David with the Head of Goliath. In it, the young warrior holds at the end of his outstretched arm the head of Goliath, ravaged and old. But that is not the true sadness in the picture. It is assumed that the face of David is a portrait of the youthful Caravaggio and the head of Goliath is a portrait of him as an older man, how he looked when he did the painting. Youth judging age at the end of its outstretched hand. The judging of ones's own mortality. I think when I see him at the foot of my bed that Kip is my David."
But the thief Caravaggio is of course also a portrait of Ondaatje, and one could surmise that the older Ondaatje is judging the young self who committed the infidelities with an older woman.
The English Patient gathers many other works into its pages: Anna Karenina, Kim (echoing his first wife's name, and also chiming with Kip), Herodotus's Histories, A Midsummer Night's Dream ("Sometime a fire" is from a speech by Puck), Paradise Lost, and jazz lyrics, among others.
The book does not entirely work. The final sections, in which Kip, an Indian Sikh, hears of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and imagines "all Asia on fire," then threatens the English patient and drives off in a rage, are silly. As is "meet me at the moondial." Overall, Kip is the least convincing character. His actions lack coherence. However, the scenes in which he watches the Virgin come across the water, and his hours in deserted Naples are lovely.
Ondaatje's earlier books are wonderful. In the Skin of the Lion and Running in the Family have the same romantic, piecemeal, slightly insane quality I love in The English Patient. Unfortunately, as so often seems to be the case, the success of The English Patient appears to have had a negative effect on Ondaatje's writing. Anil's Ghost feels forced and thin, Divisadero doesn't work structurally, and The Cat's Table is too light.


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Julius Randle and Marcus Morris have missed the Knicks' past two and three games, respectively. Randle has for personal reasons while Morris has a sore neck.
The Knicks lost Friday to the Pelicans 123-111, their fifth-straight loss. Their next outing is Sunday at 3:30 p.m. as they'll host the Heat.
The duo's teammates and coaches are hopeful the two game return to the lineup for that contest.
"It'd' mean a lot," Guard Elfrid Payton said. "It'd be good, we' ve been missing those guys out there, offensively and defensively so looking forward to that."
Regardless of potential returns, Knicks interim coach Mike Miller said he knows it's hard to envision making it through an entire season healthy, so no matter the circumstances, the Knicks have to take a positive step forward either way.
"We're looking forward to getting everybody healthy and getting everybody back together. Through the course of 82 games things come up, injuries and different things, you have to work your way through it," Miller said.
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Your future jobMLX design and test micrelectronic devices and for the testing has 5 manufacturing sites with hundreds of automatic test equipments (ATE) to reject parts not working properly. Each part can be measured multiple times (different temperatures...) and for each test thousands of parameters are measured.
So target of this project is to add new capabilities in the data processing library to enhance data quality fo converted data and apply those on real application and in parallel to enhance reporting on on the actual data quality.
Responsability: Implement new functionalities including automatic testing and update of documentation. In charge of releasing those functionalities to production environment through Melexis release process.
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Easily open a Thai coconut with an ordinary kitchen knife! The first step is shaving off the top of the coconut. You are going to cut through the white outer layer to the brown skin that is underneath. Take a very sharp knife and start to carefully cut off the skin, kind of like peeling an apple, but tougher and more fibrous. For the top, cut deeply until you expose the brown inner layer of skin. Cut all the way around the fruit without going too far in. Keep the white outer layer on around the rest of the coconut. once you expose the top brown skin, you can "pop" the top right off with the knife by hitting it with the sharp end of the knife until it "pops" open. pull it off.
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Kiiroo Onyx Review
Do you find basic masturbation stale? Are you looking to spice things up in the bedroom? Maybe the Kiiroo Onyx is ideal for you.
There have been many advancements to the art of masturbation, including toys both manual and automatic. And now, digital. You may be wondering how you can have a stroker that is digital, well allow me to explain. The Kiiroo Onyx was originally designed with a sister product, the Pearl. Together they worked off a bluetooth connection to simulate dual pleasure between both partners whether they be next to each other or long distance. However, I will be doing a standalone review of the ONYX.
Design of the Onyx
As I touched on before, the ONYX was originally made with the connection to the sister product. Designed to contract in tune with the g-spot vibrator, this product may be bulky, but it is effective and lives up to its intended purpose.
The canal is set with a number of contracting rings, 10 to be specific, that tighten and release in order to simulate the sensation of penetration. It houses two air flow sections that enhance its experience. By releasing the air from its chamber, it provides a sensation of suction. Depending on how it is used, you can have a frantic, firm, thrust or a gentle, slow, squeeze.
As we all know, the material makes the toy, quite literally. It also defines the amount of pleasure you receive depending on the operation and operator. When designing this product, Kiiroo teamed up with Fleshlight in their quest to simulate the real thing. In fact, their main goal was to create an unrivaled real feel. The inner sleeve is made out of the Fleshlight patented Superskin which is a phthalate-free hygiene silicone.
Functions and Operations
For starters, this is the most advanced teledildonic masturbator and is an upgrade on a standard pocket pussy. It connects via bluetooth or internet connection with its sister product for long distance pleasure with your partner. Other than that, it uses the old button system to control the settings and speeds. As a standalone masturbator, this is still a great product to give a go with. You can just hold it in place and let the 10 rings work their magic, or you can manually stroke it as the rings contract around your rod. Either way you will feel a pleasure that you can't achieve with your own hand.
However, there are only two functions and the device defeats the purpose of discretion by being a bit noisy. Actually, it emits a loud robotic noise that can be off putting.
The cleaning of the inner sleeve is pretty much cut and dry, without the cut of course. The sleeve is removable, so it can be washed appropriately in order to ensure a safe, clean playtime. Just rinse your sleep with the Fleshwash after you use it, or warm water rinsing is doable. I suggest using their product, however, only on the grounds that you want to preserve the toy and the best way to do so is following the factory recommended cleaning instructions.
Keep in mind that the outer shell is not water proof and should only be cleaned with a damp rag. Let the inner sleeve dry completely before reinserting it. Also, make sure to cap it when you are done with the maintenance, due to the fact that it will collect dust and hairs on the inside as it becomes slightly sticky when it is dry.
- Versatile on use with either its sister product, or stand alone
- Reinvents cyber sex by being able to control it through the internet
- Well Made
- Quite stylish
- Target audience is mainly traditional couples
- Lack of appeal to the gay community
- Sensation can be underwhelming to some
- Loud
- Heavy after extended use
Not a perfect product, as many aren't, but if you require little sensation to get to climax, the Onyx can provide. When paired correctly you are able to feel closer to a long-distance partner or a good porn video from the approved sites. It holds a lot of potential and definitely brings a noble attempt to the table for the masses.
In summary, it has a great design that is unique and innovative. It requires an easy set of maintenance steps and is super easy to clean. Though it lacks a presence in the gay community, it certainly makes up for the to some extent by bringing teledildonic masturbation to fruition.


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