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About NAMI NH
To the editor: I am writing to share with readers about a valuable resource available in our state and community. The National Alliance on Mental Illness New Hampshire (NAMI NH) is a grass-roots organization of and for people of all ages and their families coping with mental illness. NAMI NH is dedicated to improving the quality of life for those with mental illness and their family members through support, education and advocacy.
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Audra A. Anderson
Voting rights
To the editor: Concerning Jim Haddadin's article, "UNH students challenge state's voter registration law," Thursday, Sept. 13.
The plaintiffs are right. The current wording of our voting law is messed up. That needs to change.
Under the current wording, temporary residents, such as visiting college students, have the right to vote for laws requiring that we pay their college tuitions, and provide goods and services to them. They get their degrees, and then waltz off to some other place, having gamed the system into making us pay for them, often at the expense of our own children. This needs to stop!
We need to change the law to require voters to be permanent residents of New Hampshire. People who aren't permanent residents, especially visiting college students, have no business telling the rest of us who are, how to run our state. Visiting college students should be voting in their home states via absentee balloting. We need to make this change today, special legislative session and governor signature. We must NOT allow this suit to dictate that we allow aliens from other states to parasitize the Granite State!
Michael D. Houst
Apologies will not work!
To the editor: An open letter to all American citizens — Based on the recent murders of Americans and attacks on our embassies in the Middle East, do you see what appeasement and apologizing by our President gets us? It gets us disrespect. It emboldens Iran to build nuclear weapons and to do many other things that threaten Israel and even our country. It emboldens China and Russia to go pro active on devising ways of attacking us and undermining our country.
One of Obama's top priorities in his first year as president was apologizing and bowing to every third world dictator. Rather than being impressed, they laughed at him. These people in other countries see apology as a sign of total weakness. It's why 9/11 happened. These Islamo Terrorists had attacked us numerous times prior to 9/11 and nothing was really done about it by us. President Clinton had a chance to take out Osama bin Laden twice and he refused to do it. Osama bin Laden knew Clinton was weak and played his hand to the max. But he did not understand that George W. Bush would not back down. That was his fatal flaw.
The same apology and weakness thing happened under President Carter. More hostile countries took away people's rights around the world than at any other time during those years he was in office. Why? Because they knew Carter was docile and had no stomach for any kind of real aggression, no matter what they did to the citizens. As soon as President Reagan took office, the American hostages in Iran were released because they knew Reagan was going to kick butt if they weren't. They did not have that fear under Carter.
So here we are folks. Obama is not going to do a thing about this Middle East situation. Don't look for anything substantial to happen. Please do remember that we have to vote him out of the White House in November. Our country's future depends on it in so many ways, including foreign policy decisions that will protect us.
Donald E. Chesnel
About debates
To the editor: Response to Foster's editorial of Saturday 9/1/12 (Let the Debates Begin!)
The thrust of Foster's opinion piece is that the current "debate" schedule accommodates the wish of Carol Shea-Porter to challenge Congressman Guinta on the seacoast. I disagree. The most "seacoast" of the seacoast communities is Portsmouth, so close to the ocean that one can be at the water's edge within a five-minute walk from downtown. It is the state's iconic Seacoast community. The "forum" scheduled for Exeter is just that, a forum, not a debate. It is a pre-primary forum, open to Guinta's Republican opponents, but closed to the press. Thus, Exeter does not qualify as a debate between Guinta and Shea-Porter, it does not qualify as a debate on the seacoast, nor does it qualify as a public event at which seacoast residents representing greater than 20 percent of the state's population have access. It is, however, the perfect setting for Guinta to buffalo residents of the Riverwoods Retirement Community into believing that they will not lose essential medical care through his support of VoucherCare.
Two of the five actual debates are scheduled for Manchester, where Guinta will have ample opportunity to repeat his earlier statement that he hopes his children never hear the words Social Security, an early indication of his desire to eliminate Social Security; and to defend his position that there be no exception to abortion, not even to spare the life of the mother! � a dreadful statement made more so by Guinta's inability to become pregnant, thus subject to death by his own command.
Guinta's refusal to debate on the Seacoast denies access to those area residents, similarly to the denial of constituent access in Dover by his refusal to open the traditional congressional office there.
Yes, let the debates begin ... in Portsmouth.
Bob Perry
Vets' home?
To the editor: Veterans home for Strafford County? County Commission to discuss proposal on Tuesday.
Wow! This has been talked about for the past year and included two trips elsewhere for further study and it comes out one week before the election, why not add apple pie and ice cream for kids and seniors while your at it.
I believe this to be a noble idea if it goes through the proper hearings and does not cost Strafford County extra taxes, but it's obvious that the timing of this is more for you to get elected than to help the veterans. This is like the thinking of the Washington idiots who are always helping themselves before helping others. 'nuf said
Paul J. Dumont
To the editor: Insight noted by an unknown author:
' Politics is a battle of interests masquerading as a contest of principles."
John Johnstone
Not in the Arctic
To the editor: There is an article in the fall issue of the "On Earth" magazine (published by the Natural Resources Defense Council, "NRDC") about the dangers of shipping dirty oil; and the impossibility of containing and cleaning up any oil spills anywhere in the Arctic!
When the Exxon Valdez spilled the 253,000 gallons; 3,200 miles of shoreline were destroyed, and it spread 1200 miles from the actual scene! A tanker accident off the Great Bear Rainforest could be FAR worse than the Exxon spill!
Since 2000, Enbridge pipelines have spilled 132,715 barrels of crude oil, and in 2010 a major disaster occurred in Michigan when Line 6B, which moves 190,000 barrels a day, ruptured and leaked 840,000 gallons of diluted bitumen from Alberta's Tar Sands, contaminating 38 miles of the Kalamazoo River! The largest onshore spill in U.S. history has cost more than $800 million.
The National Transportation Safety Board in July 2012 condemned Enbridge for it's chaotic management of the Kalamazoo spill! For in-depth coverage of the controversy over tar-sands pipelines: go to: www.onearth.org/pipelines! I believe with ALL my heart that these pipelines (and especially the XL Pipeline) would bring nothing but disaster to our country!
And I also believe that any drilling I the Arctic would totally decimate the land and peoples living there, as well as the oceans!
Patricia Newhall
Card fees?
To the editor: You say Dover business owners are upset about credit card fees? Cash buyers should be upset even more. You don't give us a discount for the difference, now do you, Mr. and Mrs. Retailer? So we make up the difference for the card holders, in effect paying more to you than you card carrying buyers.
Second, what is the point of the last few sentences in the article all about? The reporter made sure to write about the business owner's concerns for health care and other fees our government will add 2014, yet the reporter asked no questions about the particular fees. Does this business owner offer employees health insurance now? I bet not. Employers don't have to pay employee health insurance till the 50th employee.
What other huge increases are there, Jim Haddadin? Could you have maybe asked about such scary fees? Why add that jab to the article without any supporting facts?
Eleanor J Hendricks
Hope and change revisited
To the editor: Ahhh, those halcyon days of euphoric ecstasy when, across our land, echoed the inspiring phrase, "Hope and Change"! From the deep recesses of the unknown stepped a mysterious stranger. He was articulate and personable. His background, while sealed from public view by an adoring news media, was rumored to include any number of scholastic credentials. Masses swooned at his feet. Birds hushed to hear him speak. Chris Matthews felt a tingle up his leg. The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to him before he could don his presidential crown. Both houses of Congress were presented to him as a gift to be used as he felt necessary. The mean old Republicans were driven to the hills under a crescendo of excoriation. The people bathed "liberally" in hope.
Now, three and one-half years later, we realize that President Obama was ahead of his time. "Hope and Change" was meant to apply to the election of 2012! It seems apparent that all of his efforts have been expended with one goal in mind. Beat the country into a bloody pulp as an incentive for real hope and change at the election of 2012.
My fervent hope is that the country may return to the Constitutional principles which made us the "hope" of the world. I hope to see an end to the rhetoric of class warfare, racist bigotry, socialism, and mean spirited character assassination. I hope to see recognition that God and religious principles were central to the founding father's approach to the grand experiment of this new republic. I hope to see common sense and honor prevail in the lives of our public servants. I hope to see a voting populace that is concerned enough about the issues to keep themselves informed. I hope to see the frills and fluff of feel good education replaced by substance which includes an understanding of our history and government as well as the real world awareness that not everyone gets a trophy. I hope to see President Obama defeated in 2012!
I know that I hope for a great deal but, as our financial backers, the Chinese, say "a long journey begins with but a single step". I encourage you to take that single step to change the direction of our country before we go the way of Europe. Give Mr. Obama his severance check and vote to elect Mitt Romney for change we can believe in!
Richard Schoff
York, Maine 03909
To the editor: I write in regards to your editorial on the Shea-Porter / Guinta debate negotiations.
Representative Guinta does not want an open Seacoast debate. What Foster's calls "a forum hosted by Riverwoods Retirement Community in Exeter" WMUR describes as "a nonpublic forum at an Exeter retirement home". Foster's, did you think "nonpublic" was news your readers did not want to know? Or did you simply omit the obvious reason why Carol Shea-Porter might not consider the Riverwoods debate ideal?
Never mind, Shea-Porter is no match for your rhetorical prowess: "The Shea-Porter campaign email went on to accuse Guinta of being 'afraid to debate Carol Shea-Porter in some of the District's largest communities.' ... Please note the [debate] in Manchester, New Hampshire's largest community." Anyone not being deliberately obtuse figures Shea-Porter meant places like Dover, Rochester and Portsmouth, which is why she said "some."
Foster's, there's plenty of reporting you might do instead of peddling this junk about the debates. Here's a partial list:
Find out why Rep. Guinta has not produced a bank statement corroborating his story about the alleged illegal campaign donation of $355,000.
Find out if Rep. Guinta actually knew he was a member of Congress when he recorded robocalls this summer that said, "Hi, this is Frank Guinta, candidate for Congress, running against Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter. I'm running to end the broken culture of Washington."
Find out why one of the debates you listed is in Henniker, which is not even in the first district.
Find out where the hyphen goes in your former and future congresswoman's name.
Dean Rubine
Thank you
To the editor: We would like to thank everyone in this wonderful community for their help in finding our dog Pixie. She went missing on Aug. 29 and returned home on Sept. 2. Had it not been for the phone calls and people coming directly to our house to tell us where they had just saw her she may still be out there on her own.
We just moved into town a couple of months ago and now we feel like we have lived here forever. All of you wonderful people out there and you know who you are very special people in deed with great big hearts. Thank you again for all your help. A special thanks to two teenage girls who spent all of their Sunday afternoon with leash in hand walking their neighborhood looking for her.
Carole Otash on behalf of the Otash-Rowell family
MHS pride
To the editor: I would like to take this time to say thank you to everyone who expressed their opinion and financial support in helping me replace Marshwoods black game football jerseys to Marshwoods original colors of purple and white. The Marshwood Alumni and the many fans of the football program believe in Marshwood tradition and school colors and were very vocal in their feelings The jerseys have been replaced and the players wore them for our first home game this year. They looked awesome!!!
The football boosters are still looking for more help in raising the funds needed to pay for the jerseys. Please come to the next home game and see for yourself how the tradition lives on and feel the pride of everyone involved. We have re-established our colors and we are going to re-establish our winning tradition as well.
Again, Thank you for your support. Looking forward to seeing many of you at our games. Go Hawks
Richard R Goulet
South Berwick, Maine
To the editor: Shortly we will be voting. It came to mind not only will we be voting for a president, but also we must think long term. If something happened to the president (serious illness (etc.) who would you want to run the country? Ryan or Biden.
Think before you vote.
Pat Benton
Frank talk?
To the editor: What on earth is Frank Giunta talking about ("Medicare, Social Security need frank talk")?
When he writes at the end of this article that "I am always on your side," whose side is he addressing? The old codgers or the young whippersnappers? Who's going to get his Megaball of benefits?
Giunta makes a tidy argument for protecting Medicare and Social Security for NH seniors. Then he argues for the necessity of giving future generations a "solid footing." Wha'?
Frank! Which is it? Instead of an All or Nothing argument, you are engaging in one that stipulates it is possible to do both All and Nothing! After reading this article two or three times, I still have no idea where you stand on these important issues. And I searched in vain for how you would accommodate both.
Thanks for fighting for New Hampshire ... I think.
Darby Tench
Letters to the Editor — Sept. 15, 2012
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FACETIME- A Werewolf in Virginia: Rocker turned author discusses book
As the lead vocalist in goth band Bella Morte, Andy Deane is no stranger to the dark arts. No, this isn't another story of wizardry and a boy-who-lived, but one filled with werewolves and rock music. Deane, 31, now has fans thirsting for his book.
Even before hitting bookshelves, his newly-published novel, The Sticks, hit #1 in pre-sales and #2 in digital downloads at Horror Mall, a top independent online horror shop.
It's almost scary how successful the move has been. Deane readily concedes that having a band gives him a bit of a foot into the horror doorway and an immediate fan base, so the fact that copies of The Sticks sell briskly at concerts should be no surprise. But Deane beams as he recounts how the "brutal" horror magazine Rue Morgue raved that his book is "nearly impossible to put down."
So it's popular in the underworld, but can readers expect anything more than just a werewolf tale?
"It's very humorous, and the characters are very human," says bandmate Tony Lechmanski, who says readers will easily relate to Deane's characters, no monster affinity required.
The road to authorship began, perhaps appropriately for an oft-touring musician, on a road trip. Somewhere between Salt Lake City and Charlottesville, Deane realized he had something more monstrous: over ten thousand words.
Next steps were the same for any new author: edit the story, show it to friends, and find a publisher. The veteran of the music industry admits he was clueless about publishing.
"I spent a day in Barnes & Noble, just borrowing their research books and trying to figure out how to get a book deal," says Deane, "but I ended up going home just pissed off.
"I went home and just started writing [to publishers] on MySpace, which is probably the least professional thing you could ever do. But I was stupid enough to do it."
It's pretty clear his tactics paid off at Delirium Books. The indie horror house that launched the career of Brian Keene, author of The Rising and a hot-shot in zombie horror, agreed to publish.
Now, the self-proclaimed workaholic says he has already finished a second horror novel, is working on a third and fourth, and even contemplating a book tour. Hey, isn't he supposed to be depressed or angry?
"I'm a happy dude," explains Deane, "but with a natural inclination to darker things."
Deane discusses and reads his first novel, The Sticks, at 7 pm Thursday July 23 at the Barracks Road Barnes and Noble. Signed copies will also be available.
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Andy You Are Great
greeting From M©xico!!!
I am so proud of Andy and I bought 12 copies of the book to pass out to family and friends because I know it will be interesting.
Andy Dean is 34 or 35, not 31.
From Nerve No Pain, Bella Morte and now author of a book. Let me be one of the first to say that anything Andy is involved in should be shared with the community as he is far more than a talented entertainer. Look forward to seeing what's next.


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The last time we looked at Meike Harde's work, it was a beautiful hand mixer called the Quix that sadly may never see the light of day. This time, however, it's a series of masks portraying the media's idealized image of beauty that we'd be happy to never encounter in real life.
In fact, the term 'uncanny valley' doesn't even begin to describe just how unsettling you'll look wearing these Too Beautiful To Be True masks which cover your eyes, nose, and mouth, horribly distorting your face. If you thought computer-generated humans, or our best attempts at realistic androids were disturbing, these will surely fuel a couple weeks' worth of nightmares.
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Earlier this month, we reported that Breck Eisner (The Crazies) was in talks to direct the live-action adaptation of the disposable toy Stretch Armstrong. Today, Relativity Media has sent out a press release confirming that Eisner has the gig. According to the press release, "This original story will be a gritty actioner introducing the character of Lucas Armstrong and the life-or-death consequences he will face after undergoing a transformation granting him superhuman abilities." That's right: someone is going to make a "gritty actioner" based on a toy that's filled with gelled corn syrup.
Hit the jump to read the press release. Stretch Armstrong opens April 11, 2014.
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(Beverly Hills, Calif.) July 19, 2012 – Relativity Media has closed a deal with Breck Eisner (The Crazies, Sahara) to direct its upcoming live-action film based on Stretch Armstrong, it was announced today by Relativity's President, Tucker Tooley. Relativity partnered with global branded play company Hasbro, Inc. [NASDAQ-HAS] to develop and produce the film which is targeted for an April 11, 2014 release date. Relativity will be the domestic distributor and will release the film internationally through its network of foreign output partners.
Eisner, known for directing the remake of George A. Romero's horror movie The Crazies, will helm the film based on the script written by Dean Georgaris (Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, The Manchurian Candidate). The film will be produced by Relativity's CEO, Ryan Kavanaugh (The Fighter), Hasbro's CEO Brian Goldner (Transformers) and Bennett Schneir, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Motion Pictures (Battleship). Tooley (Immortals) will serve as executive producer.
"This is a fantastic opportunity to create a world that is both fresh and exhilarating," said Eisner. "What really excites me is the chance to build a hero from the ground up."
"We were delighted by Breck and Dean's innovative and creative concept for bringing this character to life. Their unique vision for creating the mythology for this story paired with their experience gives us the confidence that they are the perfect team to bring Stretch Armstrong to the big screen," said Tooley, President, Relativity.
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The Knight of Darkness crushes Florida-based crime in two thrill-packed pulp novels by Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant."
First, The Shadow investigates simian burglaries and battles a Super Gorilla when he invades "Crime's Stronghold." Then, only The Shadow knows why jewel robbers ignore diamonds and only purloin other gemstones in the novel that introduces future agent Chance LeBrue!
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The Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration recently released U.S. metropolitan area trade data for 2012, which shows that overall exports are up for the third consecutive year. Specifically, exports are up in 31 of the top 50 metropolitan areas, 29 of which reached record exports between 2011 and 2012. Among the top 25, Washington, DC, recorded the highest growth between 2011 and 2012, increasing exports by nearly 43 percent. Exports from San Antonio, Texas, which has an MBDA Global Business Center, grew by 33 percent during the same period.
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- 9 Community Links
- 10 Glitches/miscellaneous
Street Fighter Alpha 2, known as Street Fighter Zero 2 in Japan, Asia, South America, and Spain, is a 1996 fighting game originally released for the CPS II arcade hardware by Capcom. The game is a sequel to Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams, which is itself a prequel to the Street Fighter II series in terms of plot and setting.
The game featured a number of improvements over the original, such as new endings, stages, moves and gameplay systems. Some character's endings were retconned from the original, overwriting their prior story (i.e. Akuma's), or tweaked.
All thirteen characters from the original Alpha return, with previously secret characters M. Bison, Akuma, and Dan now part of the immediate roster. Five additional characters are featured, extending the selectable roster to 18. The new characters include Zangief and Dhalsim from Street Fighter II; Gen from the original Street Fighter; Rolento from Final Fight; and Sakura, a new character who is a schoolgirl that idolizes Ryu and emulates his fighting techniques.
Street Fighter Alpha 2 also features an alternate version of Chun-Li in her Street Fighter II outfit as a hidden character, as well as Shin Akuma, a more powerful version of Akuma who appears as a secret computer-controlled opponent in the single player mode. The North American version of the arcade game also features three additional hidden characters who were not in the Japanese version: Evil Ryu, an alternate version of Ryu who uses the same power as Akuma; as well as extra versions of Zangief and Dhalsim who play like their counterparts from Street Fighter II: Champion Edition, including the omission of gameplay features such as super moves and air blocking.
--Scanman (talk) 10:00, 20 February 2019 (MSK)
The Characters
--Scanman (talk) 10:19, 20 February 2019 (MSK)
Joystick Notation
- F - Forward -
- B - Backward/Back -
- U - Up -
- D - Down -
- QCF - Quarter circle forward -
- QCB - Quarter circle backward -
- HCF - Half circle forward -
- HCB - Half circle backward -
- DP - Dragon punch -
- 360/FC - Full circle -
- Charge - Hold a tilt - Hold the stick in either or (Or both- ) then move to or respectively.
Six Button Notation
Expressed in the form: Notation - Move - Symbol
- LP - Light/Jab Punch -
- MP - Medium/Strong Punch -
- HP - Heavy//Fierce Punch -
- P - Any punch -
- LK - Light/Short Kick -
- MK - Medium/Forward Kick -
- HK - Heavy/Roundhouse Kick -
- K - Any kick -
--Scanman (talk) 10:19, 20 February 2019 (MSK)
Game Mechanics
An important note on frame data
- For all grounded normals, hitstun is 1 frame faster than blockstun.
Custom Combo (cc)
- Press 2 and 1 or 2 and 1 when you have at least a lvl 1. This allows you to do multi special moves in a row, canceling recovery. Once activated you move forward very fast. The higher the lvl the more invincibility you get, generally for a normal sized character, at lvl 2/3 you can go through a fireball.
Invincibility on CC can be used to:
- Blow thru tick throws
- Blow thru fireballs
- Anti-air
- save yourself from chip death from super
- Punish at laggy move/super
- Go for a valle cc if you see them standing
- Empty jump cc for a free valle cc
- Counter CC
Valle CC
- If the opponent is standing, you can activate a custom combo and start with a low hit which is unblockable into any cc you want.
Blowout CC
- When around point blank to your oponent, when cc is activated and the opponent did any normal attack or was not blocking, they go into a stun animation. This allows you to hit them with pretty much anything for free.
Counter CC
- Basically, your opponent does a cc, and you cc right back. This isnt easy but not impossible, allowing you to counter Valle ccs and blowouts.
Air super CC glitch
- When is cc mode, as long as you have the meter, you can perform your air super if in the air. Akuma can super fireball from a +.
Some moves have juggle properties this move include:
- Sagat's Tiger Uppercut
- Akuma's Shoryuken and Hurricane
- Adon's Jaguar DP
- Various Fireball supers
- Chun-li's upkicks, super upkicks, super puffball, + in the air
Alpha counter(AC)
, , + or . Varies per character and some are very strong like Rose's ac or Ken's . Piano kicks for best result. Do this when in block stun to cancel out into a pre-determined attack, which has some invincibility and temporarily creates a freeze effect. Knock down ACs cannot be tech rolled except by Sodom's Tengu Walking.
Alpha counter reversal
Delay any safe normal into any invincible move that will beat a alpha counter but will not come out unless the normal was ac'd. Ex. Shoto's cr., attempt to cancel it into a shoryuken right after cancel frame window is up. If the opponent acs, your cr. will be on the active frames since the acs freeze it temporarily and you will uppercut them. Ryu/Ken/Akuma - As mentioned before c.fp, s.mp, c.mp, or c.mk, cancelled late into DP. Any of these are easy and probably the most basic and most seen AC reversals. In Akuma's case you can AC-reversal with teleport and be really safe while baiting their AC in the process.
Adon - Only really has c.mp into RH DP
Chun - s.mp, c.mp, c.mk into qcb + k overhead special. Overhead has a good bit of invincibility so it beats a lot of ACs but not everything.
Guy - A bit iffy. I'd just use c.mp or really late c.mk (2nd hit) into MK hurricane but it can lose to a lot of things. If you wanna burn meter c.mp/c.mk into qcf + P x2 Super should beat most ACs.
Dhalsim - Can bait with teleport just like Akuma, other than that not too much. Wouldn't even use a super to AC reversal, better off saving the meter.
Gen - Probably the only character I don't have much experience with AC reversals. I'd assume c.mp, c.mk into RH DP would work fine.
Sakura - Not a lot she can do since her shoryuken is too slow startup. You either have to AC reversal with a super or just eat the AC. Use s.mp or c.mp.
Rolento - Mainly c.mk into qcb + jab. Doesn't escape everything but it's pretty nice.
Gief - C.lk or d/b c.mk into KKK lariat. Will beat pretty much anything :party:
Birdie - c.mp into turn punch? (And cancel into super, but not worth it)
Rose- c.fp to super fireball or lvl 3 grab
Sodom - s.mp, s.mk, c.fp into qcf + p x2 super
Sagat - Mainly just c.mp into fierce DP. use s.mp for late cancel if they can't duck it
Bison - c.mk or c.mp into teleport.
Dan - c.mp, c.mk, or c.fp into a white DP, or just a super.
Sim- b+mp or fp to super or teleport, but best save the meter unless you have a big lead or it will kill them.
Gen- pretty much anything, but best it s.fp to dp or dizzy super/lvl 2 rush. Lk dp is really good and safe.
Charlie- c.mp to mk FK
Bison- anything to immediate teleport
Canceling any normal quickly before the hit frames come out. For example: + xx raging demon or cr. xx fireball. This allows for quicker meter building, for example Rolento kara cr. xx roll.
or + ///. Not all characters can throw with all buttons, for example Rose and Sagat only have throws.
Basically when thrown, you have a slight window to reverse by throwing, to avoid most damage from the throw. Some throws do no damage at all when teched, for example Rolento's throw.
Tech roll
After a non-ac non throw knock down, do , , +, , or . This will roll you towards you opponent depending on strength used, with getting up in place and rolling far. These are punishable by any low hit, so be careful when using.
there are three distances available for the roll:
; an on-the-spot tumble - useful for when you want to be on your feet as quick as possible.
; travels a few character spaces forward. used when you want to avoid rush-down and need a bit of breathing room, i guess.
; similar to the version but can be used against opponents who throw a projectile immediately after you've been floored. allows you to get right back in their face. somewhat useful for grapplers. key word: mix-up
rolling can also be used to alter your falling trajectory and thus escape specific juggles. Ryu's air -> j and Gen's kiryu ( style) cr.xx Jakouha are two examples.
Soft Corner
This is when you have someone "cornered" but they are still able to be crossed-up. It is possible to make very ambiguous crossups if the opponent is positioned correctly.
--Scanman (talk) 10:20, 20 February 2019 (MSK)
Has a miniscule role in A2 but it does have its use. Basically karaicancel and normal into a move to build meter faster than normal. Some character can build meter very fast, ex. Ken c.fp kara into lp dp builds good meter, or c.fp kara into lp backroll with rolento, or c.fp kara into fireball with all shotos. Just something to keep in mind, almost every character can do this, Ill list best things to do soon.
Kara-cancels for meter:
Chun- c.fp xx kikoken or overhead
Rolento- c.fp xx lp back roll
Birdie- c.fp xx 360+lp
Shotos- c.fp or c.rh xx hadouken, lk hurricane, or lp shoryuken
Sodom- c.fp xx lp jitte scrape
Zangief- c.fp xx lp glove
Guy- c.mk xx lk hurricane
Rose- c.fp xx mp or hp reflect
Charlie- c.mp xx sonic boom
The following Stages have severe stage lag (they mess up CC's):
Birdie Rolento
Chun-Li Sodom Sim Sodom
The other stages are pretty good, but Best stage seem to be Ryu and Gens since there isn't anything going on in the stage.
Stage select:
Press start on the characters portrait before you select your character.
Special Stages:
Hold start on Bison or Sagat, and continue to hold start and pick your character.
Basic Strategy
- Don't jump a lot. It's a bad habit you should get rid of.
- Learn how to play footsies (that is using your normals to gain an advantage over your opponent)
- Don't be predictable. If something isn't working, don't keep on repeating it. If you uppercut once, don't try to uppercut five more times. Of course there's the mind game where they might not expect it but that's more advanced.
- DON'T BE RANDOM. That's one of the worst things you can do.
- Don't be a scrub. That is, don't say people are "CHEAP" for something like a level 3 super or a CC or make up some absurd rule like not using your super, etc.
- Use the air-to-ground vulnerability to set up damaging combos for people who like to empty jump in a lot. For those that don't know what that means: There's a point between when you come from the air and landing where your character is vulnerable to attacks (mainly low) whereas even if you try to land to crouch block if your opponent hits you at the right time you'll get hit every time you try to empty jump in. I suggest to find this point put the training dummy on "ALL GUARD" to either jump at you or jump straight up. Once you've hit your opponent at that point they'll think twice about empty jumping again.
--Scanman (talk) 10:20, 20 February 2019 (MSK)
Advanced Strategy
Counterhit/Throw Mixups
The basic idea behind a counter hit/throw mixup game is to have the opponent make a choice to defend one of these options and followup.
Let's say you have Rolento and you start doing standing jabs in front of the opponent. What you want to do is either have the opponent attack, giving you the option to do a counter hit jab into cr. xx patriot circle combo, or have the opponent block so that you can throw them.
Counter hits do more damage and give more frame advantage than a normal hit.
Safe Jump-ins
A safe jump-in is when you jump-in with an attack and the opponents only options are to either block, or take the hit; If the opponent wakes up with a reversal uppercut/super/other invincible move, you'll still be able to land and block in time. If your jump-in connects, you can hitconfirm into the combo of your choice, or set up mixups.
The way safe jump-ins work is a little hard to explain; upon executing a jump attack, you have 2 frames of recovery time upon landing. A safe jump-in is set up so that your jump attack hits on the very last frame of your jump before you land, basically a meaty attack. If the opponent successfully wakes up with a reversal invincible move, by the time said move's start up time is finished, you're on the ground and blocking already.
This applies to pretty much every invincible move/super.
safe jump-ins are character specific and differ based on character wakeup speed.
--Scanman (talk) 10:20, 20 February 2019 (MSK)
Tier List
1) Ken
2) Chun-Li
3) Rose
4) Ryu
5) Akuma
6) Adon
7) Sagat
8) Charlie
9) Rolento
10) M. Bison
11) Guy
12) Dhalsim
13) Sakura
14) Sodom
15) Zangief
16) Gen
17) Birdie
18) Dan
1996 Japan:
1) Chun-Li
2) Charlie
3) Rose
4) Adon
5) Birdie
6) Rolento
7) Guy
8) Dhalsim
9) M. Bison
10) Ryu
11) Ken
12) Sakura
13) Akuma
14) Sodom
15) Sagat
16) Zangief
17) Gen
18) Dan
Modern Tier List:
Top Tier
Second Tier
Middle Tier
Bottom Tier
Community Links
- Keiko SFA2 Blog :Keiko's SFA2 Blog Lots of useful SFA2 stuff, combos, custom combos, articles, guides, etc.
- FightCade : https://www.fightcade.com An online platform for arcade gaming, where people gather to play online and chat about the game.
- Discord Alpha 2 Group : https://discord.gg/YjTVCJX A Discord group useful for finding people to discuss A2/play games with.
- Facebook Group :https://www.facebook.com/groups/StreetFighterAlpha2/about/ The facebook group for Street Fighter Alpha 2.
- SRK A2 Thread : https://forums.shoryuken.com/t/sfa2-hitboxes-now-available/46303 A thread on SRK with a lot of good info.
- Advanced A2 Discussion :https://forums.shoryuken.com/t/advanced-a2-discussion/247 Similar to the above. Many of your possible questions are already answered on this thread.
- A2 Quick Reference Thread : https://forums.shoryuken.com/t/alpha-2-quick-reference-thread/166573 Short guides for most characters.
- SNES Game Manual : https://www.retrogames.cz/manualy/SNES/Street_Fighter_Alpha_2_-_SNES_-_Manual.pdf The game manual for the SNES version.
Game Versions
- Arcade
- Playstation
- Playstation 2
- Sega Saturn
- Super Nintendo
- Ninendo Switch
- Playstation 4
- Xbox One
High Knock Down Juggle Glitch
- This is best explain by a old post from Endy 22, so I'm gonna copy and paste. Basically it is a knock down that pops your opponent WAY up in the air, allowing juggles. If you are too lazy just know easiest way to set it up is after a cc, ex Sagat does his cc, opponent tech rolls when Sagat is done, Sagat does c.rh which creates a HDK, juggles with HP tiger uppercut.
- Awhile back I posted an article about how special juggle combos could be done after knocking someone down with a CC(i.e. with Sagat; couching Roundhouse, juggle with Fierce Tiger Uppercut). Since then I've learned a lot more about how the high knockdown trick works as well as a bunch of combos that can be done using it. For those who missed the original article or have yet to see someone use the trick, I'll explain how it's done...
- Basically, when you're in CC mode and you do a move that knocks down, the opponent is knocked higher than they usually are when you are out of CC mode. For instance, when you activate a CC and then do a crouching Roundhouse, your opponent is knocked up in the air higher than a normal sweep would, so it's easier to follow up with another attack during the CC(this is one reason why the Valle CC is so devastating). The interesting thing is, you can still get the benefit of a high knockdown(HKD for short) _after_ a CC ends (meaning your CC meter has completely run out, and your opponent is getting up from the knockdown your CC caused). In order to get a HKD, you must first hit your opponent with any kind of CC that ends in a knockdown. Then, as your opponent is getting up or _right_ after, if you connect with a move that knocks down(a sweep for instance) they will be knocked high in the air(much higher than they normally should) allowing you to hit them with a juggling move before they land. note: You can only follow up a HKD with a move that juggles, like Akuma's DP or Guy's HK, all non-juggling moves will whiff.
- An interesting thing about HKD's is that you can normally only juggle an opponent knocked in the air on the way up or at the apex, as soon\ they start to fall you can no longer juggle. However, with a high knockdown, just like in CC mode, you can juggle an opponent no matter how high they are off the ground. This means, if you do a crouching Roundhouse that results in a high knockdown, you can wait till just before the opponent lands and still juggle them. Also, you aren't limited to initiating a HKD with a sweep, certain special moves that knock down will work, too. Another cool thing about HKD's is that they can be initiated with combos, as well. So, with E. Ryu as the opponent is getting up, you could do crouching Jab, crouching Short, Fierce Red Fireball(HKD), juggle with a Fierce Dragon Punch. It's also possible to do repeated high knockdowns. For instance, with Sagat I could do a crouching Roundhouse as their getting up(HKD), juggle with a Fierce Tiger Uppercut. Then as they're getting up from the TU, I could do another crouching Roundhouse(HKD), Fierce TU, crouching Roundhouse(HKD), Fierce TU, etc. As long as you keep getting consecutive HKD's it can be repeated.
- Now, landing a CC and then hitting your opponent with a knockdown move or combo as they're getting up _will not automatically_ result in a HKD. Whether you get the high knockdown or not is _completely_determined by what your opponent does after getting knocked down by the CC. Obviously, if they just block as they're getting up, there is no way you can hit them, so there's no chance for a HKD. So, you can only get a HKD in certain circumstances(most of which involve your opponent doing a particular action as they're getting up). Those circumstances include:
- 1. The opponent rolls after the CC - This is the easiest and most common way to land a HKD in a match. If your opponent rolls right after getting hit by a CC, simply hit them out of it with a knockdown move or combo and you will get a high knockdown, FOR FREE. note: This will only work in regular SFA2, since you can't roll after a CC in A2Gold(and I'm assuming, Z2A).
- 2. The opponent whiffs a Reversal Attack("Reversal" _has_ to appear) - This means if they do any kind of Reversal Attack(including Supers), and it misses, you can hit them during the recovery with a knockdown move or combo and get a HKD. i.e. Ryu does a Reversal DP and it whiffs, if you do a knockdown move as he lands it will result in a HKD.
- 3. You stuff their Reversal Attack - Just like #2, except if you knock them out of the Reversal Attack with a knockdown move you will get a HKD.
- 4. You do an AC reversal - If you stick out an attack as the opponent is getting up which they AC and you reverse it, you will get a HKD. So with Sagat, you could do a crouching Strong(they AC), 2in1 Jab Tiger Uppercut(knocks them out of their AC and results in a HKD), then juggle with a Fierce Tiger Uppercut.
- 5. The opponent is holding 'back' - Meaning, if they're simply holding straight back on the stick while they're getting up and you hit them with a knockdown move or combo, you will get a HKD. I have_no_ idea why this works, especially since holding in any other direction won't result in a HKD. note: While experimenting, this happens to be the easiest way to get a HKD, and is a great way for doing repeated high knockdowns.
- 6. You dizzy them with a HKD move or combo - If you dizzy your opponent with repeated HKD's, then hit them while they're dizzy with a knockdown move or combo, it will result in another HKD. i.e. With Sagat, you do crouching Roundhouse(HKD), Fierce TU, repeatedly till your opponent gets dizzy. While they're dizzy you could do a combo like Jumping Roundhouse, crouching Roundhouse(HKD), Fierce Tiger Uppercut. note: This is only really useful while practicing, since landing repeated HKD's on someone in a real match is just about impossible.
- 7. You counter them as they're getting up - This one is kinda hard to explain, since I'm not exactly sure why this sometimes works, and sometimes doesn't. When I originally posted about the HKD trick, I believed that all you had to do was counter your opponent with a knockdown move as they're getting up and it would result in a HKD. Meaning, that if your opponent is entering any kind of joystick command(besides blocking) or button command, as they're getting up and you hit them with a knockdown move, you'd get a HKD. I soon found out that is not always the case. It works a lot of times when your opponent is going for a Reversal and miss-times it, and your knockdown move hits them, but not always. I guess it's something specific that they're doing that makes a HKD possible, but I'm not exactly sure what it is yet. note: This makes jump-in or crossup HKD combos possible.
- 8. You AC their Reversal Attack - AFAIK, this one is worthless. If you rebuild your meter through repeated HKD's then have your opponent do a Reversal and you do an AC that knocks down, the AC will result in a HKD. Unfortunately, you can't follow-up the HKD because your opponent will have that 'spinning' animation and apparently can't be hit. I only mention this one, because I haven't bothered to try it with all the different AC's, so I'm not 100% sure that none of them can be followed-up.
- 9. You link a knockdown move at the end of a non-knockdown CC - This is a special circumstance where you don't actually have to knock your opponent down with the CC before getting a HKD. Basically, if you do a CC consisting of all non-knockdown moves(like a bunch of standing normals or stream of fireballs) you can link a knockdown move at the end of the CC, and get a HKD. So, with Sakura you could activate a CC, do a bunch of standing normals(lame, I know), then just as your meter runs completely out, link a normal crouching Roundhouse while they're still in hit stun(results in a HKD), and then juggle with a Strong DP.
- Here's a list of moves for each character that will cause a HKD after a CC ends.
- Ken: Crouching Roundhouse
- Ryu/E.Ryu: Crouching Roundhouse/Crouching Roundhouse, Fierce Red Fireball
- Chun Li: Crouching Roundhouse(close)
- Rose: Crouching Roundhouse, Soul Spiral
- Zangief: Crouching Roundhouse, df+Roundhouse
- Sakura: Crouching Roundhouse
- Akuma: Crouching Roundhouse, Fireball(close), Red Fireball(1,2 or 3 hit), d,db,f,uf+Punch move
- Sagat: Crouching Roundhouse, Jab Tiger Uppercut
- Charlie: Crouching Roundhouse
- Rolento: Has no moves that will HKD
- Dhalsim: db+Roundhouse, Strong/Fierce Yoga Fire, Yoga Flame
- Guy: Crouching Forward, df+Roundhouse
- Adon: Crouching Roundhouse
- M. Bison: Crouching Roundhouse(slide)
- Sodom: Crouching Roundhouse(slide)
- Gen: Has no moves in either style that will HKD
- Dan: Crouching Roundhouse
- Birdie: Crouching Roundhouse
- Ok, now there are two basic types of combos that can done using the HKD trick...
- Normal HKD combos:
- Combos that can be done by characters who have specials that juggle(Akuma, Chun Li, Guy, E. Ryu, Sakura, Adon, Sagat) and can be done after any CC that knocks down(every other character has to rebuild meter so they can juggle with a SC). Examples:
- Adon - Jumping Fierce, crouching Roundhouse(HKD), Roundhouse Jaguar Kick
- E. Ryu - Crouching Jab, crouching Short, Fierce Red Fireball(HKD), Short HK, Fierce DP. (vs. Zangief, corner only)
- Chun Li - Jumping Roundhouse, crouching Roundhouse(HKD), Triple Up-Kick
- Sagat - Crossup Short, crouching Strong, Jab Tiger Uppercut, Fierce Tiger Uppercut
- Combos that can be done by characters who have specials that juggle(Akuma, Chun Li, Guy, E. Ryu, Sakura, Adon, Sagat) and can be done after any CC that knocks down(every other character has to rebuild meter so they can juggle with a SC). Examples:
- Normal HKD combos:
- After Rebuilding Meter:
- Combos that are only possible after you rebuild your meter through doing repeated HKD's. Basically, there is no way you'd ever, EVER get this type of combo off in a real match, but do indeed work with some setting up. Examples:
- Charlie - Jumping Roundhouse, crouching Roundhouse(HKD), Level 3 Somersault Justice (corner)
- Guy - Jumping Roundhouse, crouching Forward(HKD), Level 3 Air Punch Super
- Ken - Jumping Fierce, crouching Roundhouse(HKD), 2in1 Short Roll, Level 3 Shinryuken
- Rose - Jumping Roundhouse, crouching Jab, crouching Short, crouching Strong, Short Drill(HKD), Level 2 Aura Soul Catch (corner)
- Akuma - Jumping Fierce, crouching Roundhouse(HKD), Short HK, Short HK, jump towards Level 3 Air Super Fireball or Level 3 DP
- Dhalsim - b+Fierce(headbutt), Jab Yoga Flame(HKD), Level 3 Yoga Inferno (corner)
- Zangief - Crossup d+Fierce, bd+Roundhouse, Level 3 Air Catch Super(A2Gold, Z2A only)
- Combos that are only possible after you rebuild your meter through doing repeated HKD's. Basically, there is no way you'd ever, EVER get this type of combo off in a real match, but do indeed work with some setting up. Examples:
- After Rebuilding Meter:
There's a bunch of other combos that can done using the trick, but the examples should give you the idea. Also, it's possible to juggle with a CC after a HKD when you rebuild your meter.
Well, that's about all I have to report on the high knockdown trick. I hesitated to post all this, since A2 is such an old game, but figured someone may find it of interest. There's also another little CC trick I found that I was thinking of posting in the future, but this should be enough for now =).
--Jeff 22:17, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
|Adon - Akuma - Birdie - Charlie - Chun-Li - Dan - Dhalsim - Evil Ryu - Gen - Guy - Ken - M.Bison - Rolento - Rose - Ryu - Sagat - Sakura - Sodom - Zangief


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Thursday, August 23, 2007
New Beginning 346
Michael, Susanna and David glanced at each other. It was David's drunken musings about hunting Greek legends that had lead to their trip across the Adriatic Sea. I knew they hadn't expected to be on anything more than a pleasure cruise. But, the problem with searching for a goddess is that occasionally I want to be found.
Fears skittered across their conscious minds. That damned Homer had made them nervous. They only knew the fabrication he told. I should have struck him down rather than let him spread that atrocity.
"You believe I held the hero captive by force, don't you?" I asked them. "You believe Odysseus begged his release?
"No, my children. It took only this warm sand and soft sun to tether his wanderings. And, of course, free access to this." I let my robe fall open, revealing the sweet curves and buried treasures of my youthful, nymphic body.
"One look is all it took. Seven years later, that damn clingy archetype was still trying to prove himself bigger, better and longer-lasting than any satyr or centaur. But did he care about my feelings? Oh, no. It was all about him. 'When I slayed the Cyclops . . . when I sailed between Scylla and Charybdis . . . when I got past Helios' cattle . . . when I tricked Circe . . .' Gods, he was insufferable! I kicked his sorry ass out. Had to build the damn boat for him, but it was worth it. Now you go home and tell--uh oh. No, not again. Damn!"
The three travelers had already stripped off shoes and shirts, and pants were quickly following. Closing her robe, Kalypso frowned. It was going to be another long seven years.
Opening: King's falcon.....Continuation: phoenix
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- Evil Editor said...
Unchosen continuations:
But fortunately, Odysseus beguiled me into following him to an anger management seminar. I thought he was dragging me to one of Dionysus' drunken shindigs :-)
Anger management as changed my life and I want these dear, overly privileged youngsters to know my joy.
--Bill Highsmith
It was Susanna who spoke first.
"Um, actually," she said, nervously twirling a lock of her hair. "I have, like, no idea who you are?"
"I am the goddess Kalypso - " I started again. "Wait. Have you not you heard of me?"
Susanna and Michael shook their heads. "We're Americans, you know," said Michael sadly. "Our public school education ain't what it used to be."
"No Child Left Behind," I said, nodding. "I have heard."
"Yeah," David said. "I wanted to study you in high school, but my teachers were totally lame."
"Ah," I said. "Well, perhaps I can school you."
"Cool!" David said, nearly squealing. "I brought my Homer!"
I rolled my eyes. "You will not be needing it. He's right here. And this time," I said, "he will be telling the truth."
"As you circle my mystical home today, you will find delights that no mortal has seen in a thousand years -- crystal blue water lapping at white sandy lagoons, ripe fruit that falls from the trees into your hands, flowers that befuddle the senses and make you too feel like gods."
I paused for a moment. They were more interested than before.
"You can purchase your own part of this paradise here at Oxygain Farms with a lovely two bedroom condo in our timeshare highrise. If you will follow me, I have a beautiful gift bag for you loaded with local Oxygainey handcrafts, which is yours right after we watch a brief power point presentation. Trust me, you will never want to leave."
If only he wasn't so cute and lovable. D'oh!
Finally michal spoke. "Ok, whatever. Here's a twenty. That should buy you some clothes."
They walked off, nervous.
My plan was working. Only a few more, and I would have enough money to have Homer Dawson killed.
"That's what I'm talkin' 'bout," the males declared, butting chests.
"Silence," I demanded, waving my hand. I narrowed my eyes at the tag-a-long in the short skirt, and she stopped her cheer routine mid-clap.
I spoke again. "I first must instruct you to believe not what Homer has told you." The males gave each other questioning looks, but I shrugged off their ignorance. "I should have never allowed him to spread his false truths. I have been stewing over the whole thing for thousands of years."
Susanna opened her mouth to speak, but, knowing she had just completed that freshman Psych class, I silenced her with a smoldering look.
I paced as I spat each syllable. "Homer has profited greatly from what some have declared the greatest classic of all time, a work that is completely unprecedented, a marvel to behold. You mortals can walk into any Book Barn and purchase these lies, still turning profit today, bound in leather and hawked as fiction. However, you have been led astray, for this fiction is not fact…"
Susanna eagerly raised her hand, jumping around like that know-it-all Athena used to do at the Untied Worlds War Conferences.
Pushing back my urge to strike her down for interrupting, I waved my hand. "Speak," I said.
"Um, technically, fiction isn't factual, that's nonfiction you're thinking of."
This gave me pause. "OOOhhh," I said. "OK, 'cuz I thought he was trying to pass that off as…"
"Oh, no," Susanna said, shaking her head.
"Oh, Ok," I said sheepishly. "Ah, are you guys all right to cruise back on your own, or should I call a ferry?
- jjdebenedictis said...
Everything in this is telling, rather than showing, and it sounds like Kalypso is about to do a bunch more telling.
There is also no tension, and the premise so far is a pretty obvious authorial trick: the humans are there because the writer would have no story if they weren't there.
I am sorry; I would not keep reading. The quality of the writing itself is good, but this is poor storytelling.
- Nancy Beck said...
I liked this a lot, but then I took a CD "course" from The Teaching Company on Ancient Mythology (mostly Greek myths), so I might be biased in that way. :-)
This sounds like fun.
Of course I'd read on!
- Bernita said...
For some reason, I want to replace "said" in the first sentence with "intoned."
- Evil Editor said...
More importantly, let's replace "lead" in the second paragraph with "led," and move "only" after "knew" in the third paragraph.
- none said...
I can't help feeling that "The problem with searching for a goddess is that occasionally I want to be found" would make a better opening line for this piece. It draws me in more than the existing opening, anyway, and hints at good stuff to come.
- Robin S. said...
I agree with buffy on the line -
it would make a good opening. It stood out when reading your opening - really good.
Some really good continuations here as well.
EE - you were on a 'word tear' today, weren't you? You beat the hell out of Spelling/Grammar Check with Word (the lead - led thing...
I just wrote "I was lead form the room." and hit spell/grammar check. It passed me with flying colors, even though I constantly type form rather than from, because, uh, I can't type.)
- Anonymous said...
I get confused with the POV here.
We're in Kalypso's head in the first para. In the second we start with Michael, Susanna and David, and it seems we're in their shared remembrance of what has already happened for the "It was David's drunken musings ..." line. But no, we're still in Kalypso's head because the next line shows she knows why they have come. Why and how? Does she read minds? Does she randomly tune into people's drunken conversations in countries across the sea and doesn't that give her information glut? It doesn't make sense to me.
The same thing happens in para 3. "Fears skittered across their conscious minds" seems to be an omniscient narrator but the next sentence is Kalypso's so I guess she can read minds? If so, make that plain ("I could see fear skittering across their pathetic little minds...") If not, you need to work on a wandering POV.
- writtenwyrdd said...
This could be a good story, and I would have read on. But I agree that if you started with "occasionally I want to be found" you'd have a better opening.
- Bonnie said...
I'm not sure on this one. I like the way you handle the opening, but Kalypso comes across as a manipulative bitch that I don't really want to spend time on an island with. If it's going to be in her head -- well, I'd read on to see if there's going to be any good sex to make it worth the trouble.
I agree about changing the opening line.
- Unknown said...
There were some great continuations. Freddie's had me laughing out loud. We had a similar discussion on Hatrack.com over whether people would know who Atlas was.
Thank you for all the comments and work on the continuations.
I can move that line up. It makes a lot of sense to do so.
On the POV, Kalypso is the Goddess of Concealment. In mythology she knows the Secret of Life. I took a great deal of leave with what being the "Goddess of Concealment" means. So yes, she can and does read their thoughts. She knows about David's idea in the dorm because she gave it to him. The Goddess of Concealment line is in the next paragraph. I probably should move it up too.
Michael and Susanna are her decedents and David has Odysseus's soul. She needs them to understand what happened so they can make their own choices.
Bonnie, why does Kalypso come across as a "manipulative bitch" for you?
It's also a short story and not a novel.
- Bonnie said...
Uh, mainly because she dragged them across several oceans to do some trivial task for her. Plus throwing all the Homerian language around and then dissing Homer didn't sit too well.
Plus I'm in a snarky mood today :)
- Unknown said...
Snarky is good. I miss Miss. Snark.
Thanks for the clarification.


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We can actually find potential in everything we do, every experience we have. Going to school, starting a job, moving to a new location or meeting new people —all of these are full of potential.
Editor's note: "The Spoken Word" is shared by Lloyd Newell each Sunday during the weekly Mormon Tabernacle Choir broadcast.
Former U.S. first lady Barbara Bush has been quoted as saying, "If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather than dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities." (see "Barbara Pierce Bush Biography," George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum website online at bush41.org/bush/barbara-biography).
We can actually find potential in everything we do, every experience we have. Going to school, starting a job, moving to a new location or meeting new people — all of these are full of potential. But they can also be stressful, even problematic. The trick, as she suggested, is to find the potential rather than focusing on the problems.
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With only three minutes and 45 seconds remaining in the game the Central Connecticut (1-13, 1-6) women's lacrosse team had just given up three straight goals and found themselves tied 15-15 with St. Francis (PA) (1-10, 0-7). That was when junior attacker Lyndsey Mastandrea took things into her own hands and found the back of the net on an unassisted goal with only two and a half minutes left to play. The Blue Devils, behind senior goalkeeper Alice Lee's 27 saves, held on to defeat the Red Flash 16-15 in Loretto, PA for their first win of the season.
CCSU got off to a quick start when freshman Ashley Mara took a pass from senior captain Stephanie John to put the Blue Devils on the board first with only 31 seconds ticking off the clock. After two goals from the Red Flash, CCSU went on a 7-0 run to build the lead to 8-2 halfway through the first period. Freshman Alexa Smead kick started the stretch with two goals in a row and then assisted on another during the run.
After three straight goals from St. Francis, John got the Blue Devil lead back up to five when she scored two goals within 25 seconds of each other. The first came off an assist from sophomore Kacey Bisienere and the second was unassisted with 6:25 remaining in the opening frame. Each squad would score once more before the buzzer and CCSU led 11-6 at halftime.
Lee was fantastic in the first half, stopping 15 shots and only
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The Red Flash led the charge out of the locker rooms, tallying the first two goals of the second half to cut the CCSU lead to three. Central Connecticut countered with two goals of their own by Mara and sophomore Michele Conway to make it 13-8.
St. Francis then went on a 4-1 run to cut the Blue Devil lead to two with just over 10 minutes remaining. Freshman Ashley Perkoski scored off an assist from sophomore Jessica Roberts to give CCSU the three goal lead that they would then give away. The Red Flash got two goals from Kate Simmons and one from Sheri Fort to tie the game at 15. As the clock hit 2:31 Mastandrea gave the Blue Devils the lead for good and CCSU left Pennsylvania with the victory.
Lee finished with a season high 27 saves, while Danielle Pokusa stopped nine for the Red Flash.
Mara led the Blue Devils with four goals and added two ground balls and two draw controls, while John tallied three goals, three assists, four ground balls and three draws in the victory. Smead finished with three goals, an assist and four ground balls. To go along with her game winning goal, Mastandrea picked up a game high six draw controls.
St. Francis was led by Chelsea Kent's five goals, one assist and four ground balls. Simmons added four goals, an assist and five ground balls, while Birttany Kovacs totaled two goals and a team high five draw controls.
CCSU will return home for the final two games of the season as
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Rep. Michael McCaul has called for a hearing looking into how the United States responded following the Boston bombings last month.
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McCaul, chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, said the committee is exploring the events that lead up to the bombings that killed three and injured hundreds at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The May 9 hearing is the first that will hear from those who responded to the attack, McCaul said, and the investigation will examine how law enforcement reacted to the attack, and how federal, state, and local authorities communicated throughout the process.
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Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the major with the highest average starting salary.
Employers expect to hire more college graduates from the class of 2014 than from the class of 2013, shows an update to the National Association of Colleges and Employers job outlook survey out Wednesday.
Employers plan to hire 8.6% more graduates this year than from the class of 2013. Though NACE says that rate of increase is about the same as in past years.
"Even though it's positive, we consider it somewhat flat," says Andrea Koncz, employment information officer for NACE. "It's not going gangbusters or anything."
So what's the recipe for job success? Bachelor's degrees are most in demand. And business, engineering and accounting majors — you are a hot commodity. Nearly 70% of the employers who responded to the survey are hiring business majors. That's the most of any major.
Petroleum engineering majors have the highest average starting salary, according to another survey from NACE out earlier this month. The average starting salary for petroleum engineering majors from the class of 2014 is $95,300, up 1.9% from the class of 2013's average starting salary.
Health sciences and education students — sorry. You're at the bottom of the list. Fewer than 5% of employers want to hire you. Keep in mind though: The data reflect the types of companies that responded to the survey. The majority of respondents represent industries including finance, insurance and real estate, Koncz says.
But the average starting salary for health sciences gained the most ground this year. Students with that degree are expected to make an average of $51,541, up 3.7% from $49,713 last year.
Fall recruiting for the class of 2015 looks even more promising. About 43% of companies said they plan to hire more grads during fall 2014 recruiting than last year. During fall 2013 recruiting, fewer than a third of employers said they planned to hire more graduates. Still, Koncz says, "It's a bit early to see what they're actually going to do."


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Noise reduction with enfuse
Noise Reduction with Enfuse using image stacks.
It is a well known fact that digital camera's have increasing noise levels using high(er) ISO values in low light conditions.
Most modern camera's nowadays have builtin noise reduction systems to overcome this noise. These builtin systems mostly come in 2-3 steps ranging from light correction (leaving more noise, but preserving sharpness in the photo) to aggressive noise reduction (removing most of the noise at the cost of sharpness, thereby creating more blurred photos).
Noise is random. It is therefore also randomly distributed in your photo. Making image stacks and merging them into one image will reduce these random patterns. The better imaging software contain filters to allow you to merge image stacks by layering them and working with opacity (or other options).
Enfuse is much simpler. Just feed a stack of images into Enfuse and it will merge them fine, thereby removing the random pixels that give the noise in your images.
A method I often use, is by using the "(high) speed burst" mode on my camera. The "(high) speed burst" mode is normally meant for fast changing scenes, e.g. sports, to capture the right moment. It's also a great mode to swiftly capture a stack of images.
For this example I just positioned the tripod, set my camera to "(high) speed burst" mode, pressed the release button for approx. 3 seconds and had 24 images: easy as that. (Never mind the composition, it's only an example)
(Off course: In low light conditions your high speed burst mode might end up in a reduced speed burst mode due to longer shutter speeds. Still you can capture quite some images in short time). In the table below you will find the: single exposure, 6 merged exposures, 12 merged exposures and 24 merged exposures.
|Normal images
Single Exposure
6 merged exposures
12 merged exposures
24 merged exposures
|Cropped images
Single Exposure
6 merged exposures
12 merged exposures
24 merged exposures
|Cropped images 200%
Single Exposure
6 merged exposures
12 merged exposures
24 merged exposures
Note: you might need to click the image in the opened window in Firefox or Safari to get the full-size image. In IE Explorer you might need to click the bottom-right corner of the image
If you examine the "single exposure" image you will see severe noise in the whitish wall, the green vases, the cardboard box and in the beech wood dresser. From the above examples you can see the noise is strongly reduced in the "6 merged exposures" and almost no longer existent in the "12 merged exposure" version. The "24 merged exposure" is even better.
Quality is always relative. Decide for yourself how far you want to go.
Expert options for sharpening and improving.
When combining many images you might loose some sharpness in your resulting image. It will still be much better than you will be able to achieve with the builtin camera noise reduction systems (apart from very expensive professional camera's maybe?). You can either apply an "unsharp mask" in an external program like Gimp [1]. Or you can do it in enfuse via the Expert options. The
EdgeScale functionality works like an Unsharp mask [2].
As the Edgescale functionality is basically a contrast weighting function, you need to set
Contrast > 0 for it to work. Next to that, you also need to set the
Mincurvature > 0 as Edgescale will be ineffective without it.
Note that using Expert options is moving you in the "fine tuning" area. It is hard to give examples as it so strongly depends on your images: contrast, soft/hard edges and so on. Next to that comes the personal taste: some like their images a bit softer, others like them to be as sharp and crisp as possible.
Note also that working on the contrast and edges might even increase the noise in your image again.
Exposure fusion and noise reduction.
The exposure fusion and noise reduction can be combined if neccessary. Say you want to photograph a city skyline at night, or a nice building at night enlighted with spotlights. This is a perfect situation for enfuse. You take for example images at -3, -1.5, 0, 1.5 and 3 EV and get a nicely fused image. It might still contain quite some noise. Shoot e.g. 4+ (the more, the better) images at -3, at -1.5, at 0, at 1.5 and at 3 EV and feed this 20+ images into ImageFuser. The result will be a nicely fused image with hardly any noise.
Some last notes and remarks.
- "Does this work if I copy an image 12 times (or so) and use the above mentioned technique?" NO, it does not. Remember that noise is a random pattern. If you copy the same image a number of times, the noise will always be in the same pixels, so it no longer is a random pattern.
- Switch off your camera's noise reduction system or set it to a low setting. When using image stacks you want your input images as sharp as possible.
- Use a tripod and if possible a remote shutter controler. Align your images with align_image_stack before enfusing them. Your images will improve, especially in sharpness.
- You might also want to take a look at the "image stacking" article on the panotools wiki. ImageFuser with enfuse is also an excellent combination for that purpose.
Other Links.
Noise Removal
RoiseRemove a helper program
Enfuse Guis
Enfuse reference manual