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Clovis Campus graduate rediscovered faith at Wayland
Note: This is the second in a three-part series of stories about the spiritual impact of Christian education.
CLOVIS, N.M. -- Raymond Atchley was admittedly unsure of his faith when he enrolled at Wayland Baptist University in Clovis, N.M. a few years back. He remembers asking then dean of the campus, Dr. Carol Green, if he could even attend.
"I told her, 'I'm not really sure that I'm a Christian, and I may be agnostic,' and she just smiled and said that everyone was welcome here," Atchley said. "I felt confident that was where I was supposed to be."
In 2003, after earning an associate's degree at Clovis Community College, Atchley enrolled in Wayland to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Education degree in human services. Having spent a 32-year career in law enforcement as a police officer in several cities and on several military bases, Atchley, now 50, said he was looking for a fresh start and the fulfillment he had lacked for many years.
"I was looking for God, so it was good to go to a school where you can do that," he said.
Atchley admits struggling with his faith and what he believed, wanting to be a bold Christian but not feeling worthy of that title. Some of the Christian concepts, like being "born again" were void of meaning.
During the campus' Spiritual Emphasis Week, Atchley said the speaker's words hit home.
"He said, 'Sometimes you gotta get out of the boat,'" he recalled, referring to the story of Jesus and the Apostle Peter walking on the water by faith. "I guess I got out of the boat."
At Wayland, Atchley said he found acceptance, love and a Christian witness displayed in faculty and staff who didn't preach or condemn but encouraged him to seek out the truth and investigate God and the Bible.
"People are sometimes afraid they'll be preached at (at a Christian university), but no one ever preached at me," he said. "They allowed me to find God on my own, with the love and care of my professors. I found a home here."
Through his Old Testament and New Testament classes at Wayland, Atchley said "things started gelling; my faith started coming back to me." He credits his teachers, Dr. Glenn McCoy and Jesse Cantu, with providing the answers and the openness to seek them.
In March 2005, Atchley earned his bachelor's degree, starting work on the Master of Education degree the next term. He's found a new joy in teaching concurrent high school students at a community college, a vocation he never would have imagined since he never liked teachers as a young man. He hopes to teach history at Wayland some day.
"Wayland gave me an education, but it also brought me back to the Lord," he said. "I just paddle the boat and let God work the rudder where he wants me to go."


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Sept. 22, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Behind a pair of goals from Zachary Kabelac, the MIT men's soccer team went on to post a 4-0 victory over Emerson College in the inaugural meeting between both programs on Monday. The win lifted the Engineers' record to 7-0-1 on the season while goalie Tom Caldwell collected the 14th shutout of his career, tying the Institute mark set by Morgan Mills '05.
MIT had numerous chances to get on the board early in the contest but its shots were just off the mark. Kabelac ended the deadlock in the 21st minute when he chased down a pass from Max Stein-Golenbock and beat the Lions' (2-3-1) defense for his sixth goal of the season. A defensive battle ensued for the remainder of the frame as each side combined for eight shots after MIT recorded a 7-1 advantage prior to Kabelac's goal.
The Engineers continued to attack in the second stanza, tallying six shots and four corner kicks during the first 10 minutes. Following an offsides call, MIT's Andrew Bishara regained possession of the ball and found Kabelac whose shot was initially deflected by Emerson netminder Jonas Imbert. Kabelac immediately headed the airborne ball to the right side of the net in the 59th minute. The Cardinal and Gray extended its lead to 3-0 when Chase Anderson set up Jason Zhu for a 25-yard shot that landed in the top right corner of the goal. MIT capped off the scoring with 1:21 left to play on Peter Bojo's blast following a foul just outside the box.
Caldwell posted two saves to go along with his fifth shutout of the season. Imbert collected 10 saves through 78 minutes while Derek Dumont closed out the contest with three saves, including an incredible diving stop to his left side.
MIT continues play on Thursday, Sept. 25 at Emmanuel College while Emerson will host Massachusetts Maritime Academy on Wednesday, Sept. 24.

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DUE WEST, S.C. – For the second time in as many matches, the Cobra men's tennis team picked up a 5-4 win this time over Conference Carolinas opponent Erskine College on Saturday afternoon. That makes three straight 5-4 decisions for the Coker men with the last two going in favor of the Cobras.
In their last match against Newberry the Cobras had to win matches at No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 in order to win, but this time the match was tied at four apiece with just freshman Tycho Lamberigts (Netherlands) left to play. Without hesitation Lamberigts stepped up to the challenge winning the first set 6-3. He lost the second set 4-6, but with his teammates cheering him on he fought back to win the third and final set 6-0 to give the Cobras the 5-4 victory.
James Corfield (Auckland, New Zealand) picked up his third straight win of the week in singles play with a 7-6, 7-6 win at No. 1 singles, also earning wins in singles play were Manel Soler (Barcelona, Spain) at No. 3 (6-3, 6-1) and Lamberigts at No. 6.
The Cobras other two victories of the day came at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles. The duo of Corfield and Guillermo Aylon (Zaragoza, Spain) won 8-5 at No. 1 and Juan Vallejo-Gonzalez (Quito, Equador) and Soler won at No. 2 doubles, 9-7.
The Cobras will be back in action on Tuesday when they host Lees-McRae College at home in a dual match with the Coker women starting at 3:00 p.m.


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Dominic Ondoro Beats Dick Beardsley's Course Record in 38th Annual Grandma's Marathon [PHOTOS]
The weather for the 38th running of Grandma's Marathon was reminiscent of the 1981 race in which Dick Beardsley set a course record of 2 hours, 9 minutes and 37 seconds. Beardsley, who joined the WEBC radio broadcast team this year, remarked on how the weather helped him set this record, which stood for 33 years - until today.
Excitement built as Kenyan Dominic Ondoro pulled away from the pack and built a pace to keep Beardsley's record in reach. As Ondoro worked his way along the final leg of the course, it was apparent that he would be able to eclipse the 33-year record, coming in at 2 hours, 9 minutes, and 6 seconds - 31 seconds faster than Beardsley's record.
After Ondoro crossed the finish line, he and Beardsley met, exchanging words and an embrace. Beardsley commented how he couldn't believe that it took 33 years for his course record to fall. When asked if he aspired to break the record, Ondoro said it was his goal entering the race.
In a posting on the Grandma's Marathon website that was published before the weekend's race (see full transcript here), Beardsley expressed his disbelief in how long the record had stood, saying:
It is hard to believe that the record has stood for 30 years, the record and the race mean the world to me. Someone just last month wrote me and said it is the longest standing record for a major marathon.


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TWIS is up
No RCMB, oh dear leader?
No RCMB, oh dear leader?
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:50 PM ^
That Arkansas section was riotous. Who knew Arkansas fans could be so witty?
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:05 PM ^
I glanced at RCMB after the OSU game and it was pretty tame. Sparty still believes they can ride their defense to a sweep of the Legends division and a return spot in the B1G Championship. When they lose in Ann Arbor in a couple of weeks, things will get much spicier, I'm sure.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:07 PM ^
If Brian mentioned RCMB in TWIS every time they deserved it, it would look like he was obsessing on them. I liked it better when everybody just laughed at MSU while they pounded their fists and screamed, "will somebody please pay attention to me."
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:16 PM ^
RE: Coach, are our players to dumb to run your offense?
And really, before cursing the luck gods for Rich's programs, didn't we have 2008 Wisconsin to fill the Okie State role of beating a team that's supposed to be really good but is really average and feel glorious at the time but looking back is a bit more "meh"?
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:21 PM ^
I liked the pic of the giant Jim Leavitt cutout. Many USF fans realized that Leavitt was getting a raw deal when he was fired. Remember, that was the year when the "cool" way to get rid of football coaches was to accuse them of misconduct, thus freeing the schools of paying the full buyouts.
The USF administration thought that Leavitt wasn't going to be the coach to lead them to elite status, but they didn't have a lot of money in the budget to pay off his contract. They wanted to get rid of him in the worst way, and that's exactly what they did. Now, fans are beginning to realize that Leavitt's perecieved "ceiling" may have had more to do with personnel than personalities.
In the case of USF, it's simple. Until they have a roster of players who also received FSU and Florida offers, they aren't going to compete with the likes of FSU and Florida. Every year, USF manages to get one or two players who had an offer from one of the "big boys." That isn't nearly enough.
Firing Jim Leavitt and hiring Skip Holtz hasn't really done anything except replacing an (occasionally) exciting offense with a boring one.
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Top 20 Treasure Competition
3 May 2017,
Over the last few months you may have seen the Saving Treasures; Telling Stories team on social media using the hashtag 'Finds Friday', where we've been showcasing some of our wonderful treasure and non-treasure items recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme Cymru.
This month we'd like to focus on two special finds from Wales: The Abergavenny Coin Hoard and a prehistoric feasting site in Llanmaes.
Why these two finds?
Both have been nominated in a nationwide competition, held by the British Museum and The Daily Telegraph, to search for the nation's favourite treasure item from the 'Top 20' list.
2017 marks the 20th anniversary since the passing of the 1996 Treasure Act and items on the 'Top 20' list highlight some of the most important treasure discoveries since the Treasure Act.
We might be a tad biased towards which ones we'll be voting for, but we want to share the history behind these finds as they really do have a story to tell, or in the case of Llanmaes, an enigmatic mystery as to what was actually happening at the site. You can read about the 20 items by clicking this link, and don't forget to vote!
Our first nomination on the 'Top 20' treasure list is a site, rather than a single group of objects. The discovery is a prehistoric feasting place and settlement, uncovered in Llanmaes, in the Vale of Glamorgan.
This important site was discovered following the reporting of a potential treasure find by two metal detectorists in 2003, and excavation continued for the next seven years by archaeologists from the National Museum of Wales, assisted by students from Cardiff University and local volunteers.
The story behind Llanmaes
The earliest remains on the site, dating to about 2150-1950 BC, are the cremated remains of an adult male, which were buried in an urn. It seems that this burial provided the focus for later settlement, which yielded treasure objects such as a gold bead. One mystery object in the shape of a great white shark's tooth has left archaeologists puzzled. We're not too sure where it came from or why it was left there!
By the beginning of the Iron Age (about 675 BC) this settlement had been abandoned, but the site continued to be the focus of human activity in the form of feasting, which left behind an extensive midden deposit. This is the first known example from Wales, of a class of middens representing remarkable accumulations of cultural material gathered by communities at the beginning of the Iron Age. This has revealed an extraordinary prehistoric feasting mound, containing thousands of pig bones, further feasting vessels, bronze cauldrons, pottery and axes.
Unexpectedly, nearly three-quarters of the animal bones were from pigs – a far higher proportion than is usual for such deposits, and, even more remarkable is the discovery that the majority of the pigs' bones were from the right fore-quarter of the animal. Similarly, some of the axe-heads are of a type associated with parts of northern France, so it seems as though people were converging on Llanmaes during the Early Iron Age from a wide area to engage in cultural activities which had clear rules and accepted practices.
Feasting seems to have come to an end at the site during the Roman period, when changing cultural practices made the earlier rituals less appropriate, but evidence of continued Roman occupation suggests that it still held meaning for local people into the 4th century AD.
The community at Llanmaes were closely involved with the excavations over the years, and the National Museum's Archaeology department brought in a number of school groups to work with artists on creative responses, such as performances, inspired by the site.
Abergavenny hoard
In April 2002 three metal-detectorists had the find of their lives in a field near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire where they found a scattered hoard of 199 silver pennies.
The Abergavenny hoard is the earliest Norman hoard from Wales and provides a vivid picture of monetary circulation in the Welsh March in the 1080s CE. It includes 130 coins of the Anglo-Saxon king Edward the Confessor (1042-66) and 69 coins of the Norman king William the Conqueror (1066-87).
Where did they come from?
Norman incursions into Gwent (present-day Monmouthshire) had followed hard on the heels of the conquest of England by Duke William in 1066 and they brought with them the habit of using coins.
The 199 silver pennies provide a rich mixture of issues of Edward the Confessor (1042-66) and William the Conqueror (1066-87); there are coins of 104 moneyers from 36 mints, with Hereford prominent.
The coins had been lost or hidden in a cloth bag, after about 1080 CE and for most people living in that time they would have represented several months' pay. However, the lack of positive archaeological context makes it impossible to judge whether the coins had been concealed deliberately or were simply lost. We shall probably never know quite why these coins ended up in the corner of a field in Monmouthshire but, as well as expanding our knowledge of the coinage itself, they will cast new light on monetary conditions in the area after the Norman Conquest.
And there we have it, our two treasure finds on the 'Top 20' treasures list.
The online voting continues until May 15th, and you can vote for LLanmaes or the Abergavenny Hoard by following this link:


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WeightWatchers Oatmeal Scones Recipe
After experimenting a little with an old scone recipe, this is what came up – a healthier, low-fat (but still delicious) treat. These oatmeal scones are great served warm, split in half and spread with butter or jam, together with a hot cup of tea.
Weight Watchers Oatmeal Scones recipe
3/4 cup old fashioned oats
1 1/4 cups wheat flour
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup dried fruit (cranberries, currants, raisins, etc.) (optional)
2/3 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup light butter or 1/4 cup margarine
1 tablespoon half-and-half (optional)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 tablespoon buttermilk (for brushing)
extra sugar (optional)
1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Mix together the dry ingredients (oats, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt).
3. Cut in the butter and combine using a fork until the mixture resembles bread crumbs.
4. Add the dried fruit to the dry mixture if desired.
5. In a separate bowl, mix together the wet ingredients (half-and-half, buttermilk, vanilla).
6. Gradually add the wet mixture to the flour mixture and combine until a soft and sticky dough is formed.
7. Move the dough to a lightly floured surface and knead 2-3 times. Do not overwork the dough.
8. Roll the dough into a 6-8-inch circle and cut into 8 pie-shaped slices (or you can experiment with other dough shapes such as circles to maximize the number of servings).
8. Bake in the oven for about 15-18 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean and the scones are golden-brown.
9. For a golden color and extra crunch, brush the top of the scones with buttermilk. Sprinkle some sugar on top and broil for a few minutes, turning and adjusting as necessary.
Servings: 8
Nutritional information for one serving:
Oatmeal scones WW points: 3
Calories: 153
Total fat: 5.1 g
Cholesterol: 8.5 mg
Sodium: 214.3 mg
Total carbs: 23.1 g
Dietary fiber: 2.7 g
Protein: 4.4 g
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You might also like these Weight Watchers bread recipes:
- Weight Watchers English Muffins recipe – 4 points
- Weight Watchers Sweet Milk Donuts recipe – 2 points
- Weight Watchers Brioche recipe – 4 points
- Weight Watchers Orange Biscuit recipe – 5 points
- Weight Watchers Buttermilk Biscuit recipe – 3 points


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Katie Couric And Bryant Gumbel Discover The Internet
from the ah,-discovery dept
"What is internet anyway?"Eventually someone tries to explain it, and Gumbel seems to just get more frustrated and incredulous:
How does one... what is it? What do you write to it, like mail?!?"It's not like they're supposed to be reporters or anything, who can do some research to find out what it is they're talking about...


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December 31, 1997
An entirely new Oriental Institute Public Programs page is now available. Visitors may select Public Programs of interest by either topic or date, receiving links to documents that describe specific Public Program events at the Oriental Institute. The new Public Programs page is accessible via the "public programs" link in the header section of most of our pages. The Public Programs listings will be updated on a weekly basis.
December 8, 1997
The Oriental Institute Publications Office Publications Catalog has been redesigned and expanded. With few exceptions, the Catalog now has brief synopses of each publication as well as pricing, ISBN, and content information.
November 13, 1997
The Oriental Institute Museum Highlights From The Collections pages have had their format revised, and several of the object photographs have been cleaned up.
November 11, 1997
The sixth installment of the photographic exhibit entitled Tom Van Eynde: Thebes Photographic Project, by the Epigraphic Survey's staff photographer, Tom Van Eynde, is now available.
November 8, 1997
Two Oriental Institute archaeology projects in the 1930's have revised projects pages, the Persian Expedition to Iran and the Khorsabad Excavations in Iraq.
October 30, 1997
Twelve Chicago House Bulletins are now available, all of the issues dating back to January 1994. These are the communications of the Oriental Institute's Epigraphic Survey in Luxor, Egypt.
- Chicago House Bulletin VIII, No.2/3 - Aug. 15, 1997
- Chicago House Bulletin VIII, No.1 - Dec. 15, 1996
- Chicago House Bulletin VII, No.3 - Aug. 15, 1996
- Chicago House Bulletin VII, No.2 - Apr. 15, 1996
- Chicago House Bulletin VII, No.1 - Dec. 15, 1995
- Chicago House Bulletin VI, No.3 - Aug. 15, 1995
- Chicago House Bulletin VI, No.2 - Apr. 15, 1995
- Chicago House Bulletin VI, No.1 - Dec. 15, 1994
- Chicago House Bulletin V, No.3 - Aug. 15, 1994
- Chicago House Bulletin V, No.2 - Apr. 15, 1994
- Chicago House Bulletin V, No.1 - Jan. 15, 1994
October 17, 1997
A dissertation proposal by Jill Ashley Fine, presented to The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago, and approved in August 1997, entitled The Socioeconomic Organization of the Metalworkers During the Late Bronze Period at Ugarit.
September 12, 1997
The Oriental Institute Museum Education Office pages are now updated for the Fall 1997 schedule of events and activities.
July 23, 1997
Simple keyword searching of the Oriental Institute website Table of Contents, by topic, project, or author's last name, for example, is now available. This is in addition to the standard Table of Contents text file, which is organized by several categories. A link to the Argos search engine is also available. We hope by offering these three options will make it easier for users to find the particular files they seek from the Oriental Institute website.
July 21, 1997
A public Guestbook, for visitor comments regarding the Oriental Institute website, is now available. We welcome your comments and messages!!!
July 17, 1997
Information regarding a new Oriental Institute philology project, The Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions Project, under the direction of Professors Gene Gragg and Matthew W. Stolper, is now available.
July 14, 1997
All of the 1995-96 Oriental Institute Annual Report entries are now available. They can be accessed in Table of Contents form, or they can be reached through the HomePages of the various Archaeological and Philological projects, OI Department HomePages, and the Individual Scholarship HomePages. Additionally, they are listed in the Abzu What's New HomePage.
June 13, 1997
A dissertation proposal by Clemens Reichel, presented to The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago, and approved in June 1996, entitled Political Change and Cultural Continuity in Eshnunna from the Ur III to the Old Babylonian Period
June 1, 1997
The Oriental Institute invites one and all to the LEGACY CAMPAIGN CORNERSTONE CEREMONY. The celebration features remarks by University of Chicago President Hugo F. Sonnenschein, the reenactment of an ancient Assyrian building ritual, and a champagne reception. Join us on the East Lawn of the Oriental Institute, 1155 East 58th Street, Chicago, IL, on Thursday June 12 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 NOON.
May 16, 1997
The culture of ancient Egypt has fascinated people for thousands of years. If you have always wanted to learn about the richness of the history, culture and religion of ancient Egypt, but did not know where to start, the Oriental Institute's special course "A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO ANCIENT EGYPT" is for you. This course will be taught at the Oriental Institute, 1155 East 58th Street, Chicago, IL, Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m., June 11-July 16, 1997.
May 12, 1997
The fifth installment of the photographic exhibit by the Epigraphic Survey's staff photographer, Tom Van Eynde, is now available. Photographs in the exhibition, entitled Tom Van Eynde: Thebes Photographic Project, are updated bi-monthly.
May 6, 1997
Disjecta Membra in Araneo - Scattered Remains on the Web. [This paper was given by Alexandra O'Brien, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Chicago, during the annual meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt in Ann Arbor on Saturday 12th April 1997].
May 5, 1997
The Sumerian Lexical Archive (SLA), a project of Oriental Institute Professor Miguel Civil, is now available. SLA is an open forum for the presentation and discussion, in brief paragraphs, of matters related to Sumerian lexicography. New, unpublished lexical texts are also included in the SLA. The required fonts for viewing Sumerian tranliterations are currently available for downloading on the Windows platform. Macintosh fonts will be available shortly.
April 15, 1997
A complete listing of Spring 97 offerings from the Museum Education Program at the Oriental Institute is now available.
April 10, 1997
A new document, Demotic Texts Published on the World Wide Web, is now available. Developed by Alexandra A. O'Brien, it is a project and publication of The Research Archives of the Oriental Institute, Chicago.
March 22, 1997
Information regarding a major Mesopotamian archaeology publication effort at the Oriental Institute, the Diyala Miscellaneous Objects Publication Project, is now available.
March 21, 1997
Almost exactly four years after it started, the Oriental Institute WWW site has an entirely new "look and feel", and we have switched the server hardware to a Sun SPARCstation 10 computer to provide faster response times. Visitors to the site can relax, however, because no previous pages have been removed, and the server switch should be transparent to most users.
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As always, we welcome comments from visitors to the Oriental Institute WWW site, especially now that we are presenting a very different face to the public.
February 5, 1997
A new resource, Egypt and the Ancient Near East Web Resources for Young People and Teachers, is now available. This is a project and publication of The Research Archives of the Oriental Institute, Chicago.
January 16, 1997
A synopsis is now available of the special exhibit of the Oriental Institute Museum, FACES OF ANCIENT EGYPT, which is on display at the University of Chicago's David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, from September 10, 1996 through March 9, 1997.
January 8, 1997
The fourth installment of the photographic exhibit by the Epigraphic Survey's staff photographer, Tom Van Eynde, is now available. Photographs in the exhibition, entitled Tom Van Eynde: Thebes Photographic Project, are updated bi-monthly.


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"Shades of Grey: Inner Goddess" includes a foreword penned by James, excerpts from her novels, here writing playlist and illustrations.
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Late last month at a Vanity Fair Oscar party, James said she herself planned to write a less intimate book next time around. "It won't be nearly so raunchy -- and I will probably write it under another name," she said.
James, who used to write for British television, is involved with the planned "Fifty Shades of Grey" film, which is to be produced by Focus Features and Universal. Fans are still wondering who might play shy co-ed Anastasia Steele and her billionaire lover Christian Grey.
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The summer signing, who has struggled with injuries this term, opened the scoring just before half time before coolly adding his second and third in the latter stages of the contest as he became the first Asian player to score a Premier League treble.
And Sir Alex was keen to cite persistent setbacks as the reason behind Kagawa's slow start at the club, before promising the fans that the best is yet to come from the Japan international.
"It was a brilliant day for him, he is a good finisher. His second goal was composed and intelligent, his last was brilliant," he told reporters. "He missed that period of football in October and November that set him back a bit. He is gradually getting his form back but next year he will be far better, you will see a really good player then."
The 71-year-old boss also spoke of the imminent Champions League encounter with Real Madrid and predicted that both teams would score in what would be a "fantastic night".
"It will be a fantastic night, you are talking about two of the greatest clubs in the world. Emotions will be high and I am sure it will be a tremendous match," he continued.
"If we can get a blank against us on Tuesday we would go through. But I think both teams will score. I just hope we get more than them."


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Interior issues new rules, holds firm on moratorium
This story was updated at 1:10 p.m. EDT.
The Obama administration today imposed new offshore drilling safety regulations, a move needed to end its moratorium on deepwater exploratory drilling, but it gave no indication of when that ban would be lifted.
Instead, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar promised the industry would face a "dynamic regulatory environment" in the weeks and months to come, as his department refines and further tightens its safety and environmental standards for offshore drilling.
"These new rules and the aggressive reform agenda we have undertaken are raising the bar for the oil and gas industry's safety and environmental practices on the outer continental shelf," Salazar said during a speech at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. "Under these new rules, operators will need to comply with tougher requirements for everything from well design and cementing practices to blowout preventers and employee training."
The new rules come in the wake of the blowout of a BP PLC well in the Gulf of Mexico in April that sparked the largest oil spill in U.S. history. Following the spill, Interior cracked down on drilling safety and regulation and imposed a temporary freeze on deepwater drilling operations. Today's rules will guide drillers on how they can operate after the moratorium ends.
The department had already spelled out some of the new regulatory conditions in a safety report issued in May and in two notices to lessees in June. The new regulations add to that suite of requirements, making mandatory several of the recommendations outlined in the May report.
The drilling safety rule details the proper cementing, casing and drilling fluid procedures that drillers should use in order to maintain wellbore integrity while drilling. The new rule also strengthens oversight of equipment, like blowout preventers, used to shut off the flow of oil and gas.
The workplace safety rule requires operators to have a comprehensive safety and environmental impact program in place to reduce organizational errors that could cause accidents or spills. The rule makes mandatory a practice recommended by the American Petroleum Institute (API) to its members. That voluntary program will help companies identify, address and manage safety hazards and environmental impacts.
Erik Milito, API's upstream director, said Interior's rules should balance safety improvements and a framework for government approval for exploration and development projects.
"The rule must serve the interests of improved safety and energy development," Milito said in a statement. "There has to be a clear, practical and certain process for project review that will protect the environment. We cannot have an approval process that creates unpredictable delays that could place at risk the flow of domestic energy in our country."
And Milito urged the administration to lift its moratorium on deepwater drilling.
"Every day the moratorium remains exacts an economic penalty on the people of the Gulf and on our nation. The costs are already too high. We continue to urge the government to end it as soon as possible," Milito said.
Salazar defends ban
Salazar had said the long-awaited rules were necessary before he would ease off the drilling ban. Still, he gave no indication of when the freeze would end during his remarks today.
"There will always be risks in offshore drilling," Salazar said. "We will only lift the moratorium when I as secretary of the Interior am confident that we have significantly lessened those risks."
Salazar continued to defend his decision to freeze offshore drilling following the Deepwater Horizon explosion, saying the accident and ensuing spill had exposed the oil and gas industry's lack of safety standards and preparedness to deal with spills.
He also took aim at the moratorium's many critics -- including industry organizations and oil state legislators -- who have called the moratorium a job-killer and fought to lift it.
"The same people who have fought to weaken regulation and oversight of the oil and gas industry have protested from the start," he said. "They wanted to go back to business as usual and forget that anything happened this summer."
Salazar also defended his coming decision to lift the ban, saying it would only be done after he was confident that industry met a "gold standard" for worker and environmental protection.
"When we do lift the suspension, some will say it is too soon, they will say there are still risks involved," the secretary said. "We need that oil and gas to power our cars, our homes and our industry, but we can make -- and are making -- drilling safer."
'Turning point' for energy policy?
He added that the oil spill should be a "turning point" toward a national push to develop wind, solar, geothermal and other renewable energy sources. The administration will announce permitting for the world's largest solar developments in the next few weeks or months, Salazar said.
"Our energy policy, frankly, has failed us time and time again for many decades," Salazar said. "We rely too much on foreign oil. We are falling behind India and China in the race for clean energy technologies and clean energy jobs, and our oceans, coasts and climate are at risk. We need to change the game."
Salazar also touted the Obama administration's efforts thus far to improve drilling enforcement. The administration has committed additional resources to oversight and reorganized the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, Interior's offshore drilling oversight agency that was previously known as the Minerals Management Service.
Tomorrow, Salazar will be in Colorado to formally establish Interior's Office of Natural Resources Revenue, which will collect royalties from onshore and offshore energy development. Salazar said the agency was necessary to eliminate BOEMRE's conflicting mandate of regulating offshore energy and collecting revenue from it.
Environmentalists say they are encouraged by the safety crackdown.
David Pettit, a senior attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council, praised the rules as an "extremely positive step forward."
The drilling safety rule addresses some of the mistakes BP made on the Deepwater Horizon platform by requiring third-party verification of platforms casing and cementing, Pettit said.
The workplace safety rule's requirement for an environmental management system has been a longtime priority of the environmental advocates, but industry groups have argued the systems should be voluntary, he said.
"That discussion is over, but the secretary just mandated it," Pettit said.
Adam Kolton, senior director of congressional and federal affairs at the National Wildlife Federation, agreed that the rules are a positive step forward.
"Secretary Salazar has laid out the right vision -- to restore the Gulf, to strengthen oil and gas regulations in ways that better protect workers and the environment and most critically to advance a clean energy future," Kolton said in a statement.
Kolton said the group is pleased Interior has not lifted the moratorium yet.
"As we've seen in the Gulf oil disaster, the stakes are too great to proceed hastily," he said.
But Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.), ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, does not agree.
"The Interior Department today announced new rules on drilling but still refuses to say when the arbitrary, non-science-based moratorium will be lifted," Hastings said in a statement. "When will the administration actually begin issuing permits? When will people in the Gulf be allowed to return to work?"
Hastings urged the administration to make the rules "clear, concise, enforceable, and, most importantly, enable energy production to immediately resume in the Gulf."
"Otherwise a de facto moratorium could remain in place for years that will cause more American job losses and more companies moving operations overseas," Hastings added.
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Here are the results for the Big Dawgs Competition held on January 23rd. Congratulations to Nathan and Marie for successfully meeting the Sunday Criterion for all three WODs. They each received an additional 5 points as a result.
Final Placement was determined using the following criteria..(tie breaks)
Competitors were ranked using Total Points followed by...
Total number of Sunday Criteria met follow by...
Total Number of Double Unders...
In hindsight, should the Tie Breaker Methodology been posted prior to the competition? The answer is yes and no. Yes because it would have very clear to every competitor how crucial each Double Unders was worth and no because it is a good reminder for all that in competition every Rep Counts.
Sunday Criteria for each of the WODs was
For Males:
perform 15 OHS with your bodyweight,
score a sub 7 min row, and
perform wod 3 under 4:15;
For Females:
perform 15 OHS with 65% of your bodyweight;
score a SUB 8:00 row, and
perform wod 3 under 8 minutes
WOD scores that met the Sunday Criteria are shown in green.
A. Back Squat @ 30X0; 3,3,2,2,1,1; rest 240 sec
B. Power Clean @ 12X1; 2,2,2,2,2; rest 180 sec
7 sets for total time:
30 double unders
20 chin ups
10 push jerk from rack - 135#/95#
rest 2 min
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The waiter was having a bad night. He was asked to bring out the kid's mac and cheese as soon as possible. That didn't happen. The drinks went empty. The appetizers were nowhere to be seen. The evening did not get any better.
The soup came. Eventually. It was not right. At least we got the drinks filled. For now. Later, much later the meals finally made it. After two of the three main meals were sent back for being wrong, let's just say it wasn't only the food that was steamed.
For each and every infraction the waiter began to apologize profusely. As the meal wound down if the words "I'm sorry" were issued one more time, food was going to fly.
Where was the manager? It was over-time to lodge a complaint. Forget the gratuity. There should be a deduction or a free dessert! Best yet, the waiter needed to be fired. These thoughts and actions were certainly justified. We have our rights as a customer!
As the waiter brought the bill and repeated his apology for what seemed to be the hundredth time, the gracious hand of a loving God reached out and grabbed the waiter's nervous hand. The kind words of the offended customer began to calm the troubled spirit within.
"Honey, it's been a rough night. Stand still for a minute. Take a deep breath. This can't continue for you. Listen, we aren't going to call the manager. We aren't going to keep the gratuity. Stop for a minute. What's going wrong? What's keeping you from concentrating on doing your job right? Hon, (a common Baltimorean expression) take another deep breath; we aren't out to hurt you, we want you to make it. Right now, the night has to change for you. Do you understand?" The gracious words calmed the young man.
Tears flowed for a few seconds. The grace of the customer changed the spirit of the humbled waiter. He shook his head in unbelief. A smile wiped out the worry. His step as he went back to the service area had a renewed bounce. Somehow, he was going to make it through the night.
In my own life, I constantly think of Paul, the apostle. For sure, he was not Jesus. None of us are. But Paul, he had something different. He had a kingdom perspective. This isn't home. He was where God wanted him to be to bring light into darkness. He understood that there was more at stake than the condition of his steak. He knew that God doesn't make mistakes and has his people in the right place and time to reveal the love and grace of God. He got it that this world, it's not the way it is supposed to be, but there is another one coming. For now, we are called to reveal the kingdom of Christ.
I didn't have a kingdom perspective that night. I wanted justice.
My wife had the kingdom perspective. She knew the young man needed grace. She was the gospel. In God's hands is the perspective and heart of the waiter. For a few minutes in a local restaurant she knew the gospel Paul knew.
To read more by John Ring, check out his blog at johnring.wordpress.com.


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Woodruff wrote:macbone wrote:Gilli, Woodruff, are you ok with the thief in the story being either Woodruff's character or a similar gnome thief? If Woodruff's ok with it, I'm ok, too.
[OOC]Personally, I favor it not being my character for two reasons:
1. I love the foreshadowing idea of using what appears to be the titular character.
2. Like macbone mentioned earlier, we don't need reasons to be at each others back from the beginning. I've actually been in games where two characters came to severely dislike one another to the point of even trying to sort of take each other out (without it being obvious).
Consider it scratched then. I'll rewrite it so it's a mysterious human stranger I bump into instead, like macbone suggested. Eiykur has nothing against Gnomes at the outset.


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Is this Panasonic's best Edge LED telly yet? With a slinky designed frame around great smart TV features, a quality panel and dual-core processing, the company famous for plasmas here diversifies to stunning effect.
Design and build quality are second to none.
Measuring a mere 27mm in depth, the look is what Panasonic calls its 'Super Narrow Metal' frame, which features a 10mm black screen surround within a metallic 2mm bezel.
Completing the oh-so-svelte look is a curved 'crescent' desktop stand.
Other than its generally very un-Panasonic looks, the headline act on the TX-L47WT50 is VIERA Connect, which is fast becoming one of the best smart TV interfaces around.
Unlike those on Sony, Samsung and LG TVs it's not fully integrated into the architecture of the TV, which may be a mistake, but at least keeps it a clean affair.
It's also customisable, which is rare, and a boon given the sheer amount of apps that keep appearing.
As a default (and do bear in mind that regular firmware updates may change this) VIERA Connect's first page sports BBC News, the all-new BBC Sport, Skype, BBC iPlayer, Eurosport, YouTube, and Acetrax movies.
The second page includes Aupeo radio, Jambox Games (chess, Sudoku, etc), iConcerts, SHOUTcast radio, the useful ROVI TV guide, and Panasonic's own web browser.
The third – and last, unless you download a load more apps – includes Netflix, Euronews, Dailymotion, CNBC Real-Time, and Fetch TV.
On pure panel tech alone the TX-L47WT50B is just as smart, pairing an 'Infinite Contrast' IPS Alpha LCD panel with active shutter 3D.
Similar models
The TX-L47WT50 comes from a newly huge Edge LED collection by Panasonic.
Flanked by the 42-inch TX-L42WT50B and 55-inch TX-L55WT50B, this is the flagship LED Series for Panasonic.
There's no dual-core processing, but it's worth checking out the step-down DT50 Series, which includes the TX-L42DT50B and TX-L47WT50B.
However, get to this kind of money and it's seriously worth considering Panasonic's historical area of expertise – 3D plasmas – which include the fabulous, great value ST50, GT50 and VT50 Series.


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A nice spot on one of the many hiking trails around Lake Berryessa, in Napa County, California. The trail is pretty, relatively flat, and amazingly well maintained.
The Bay Area is renowned for its natural beauty, affluence, diversity, and progressive thinking new age reputation. Lots of ammenities, tours and hotels can be found all around the area.San Francisco is the cultural and financial center of the Bay Area, and has the second highest population density of any major city in North America after New York City. It is also a major tourist destination, and transport and accommodation is plentiful, ranging from luxury hotels to cheap accommodation. San Jose is the largest city in terms of population, land area, and industrial development, and is the center of Silicon Valley, a well-known high technology region. Oakland is a major manufacturing and distribution center, rail terminus/hub, and has the fourth largest container shipping port in the United States.Largely because of San Francisco and Silicon Valley, the Bay Area presently ranks second only to the much larger New York City region in number of Fortune 500 company headquarters (April 2010 Fortune Magazine). source: wikipedia


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State parks seek summer internsJanuary 07, 2013 No comments
The DNR is looking to recruit 38 volunteers to work on trails this summer at four state parks for the Indiana Heritage Corps (IHC) program.
IHC is an AmeriCorps program administered through the DNR Division of State Parks & Reservoirs.
IHC volunteers receive on-site housing, a living allowance of $340 per month, an education stipend ($1,468 before taxes) and hands-on experience, as well as a chance to earn college internship credit and live at a state park.
The state parks that will have IHC are Pokagon (in Angola), Fort Harrison (in Indianapolis), Brown County (in Nashville), and O'Bannon Woods (in Corydon). IHC members will clean, restore, and construct 25 cumulative miles of trail in the four parks.
IHC candidates should be at least 17 years old, U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents, be able to pass a strict FBI background check, and be able to make a three-and-a-half-month commitment (Monday–Friday, May 13–Aug. 16) to the program.
IHC, which started in January 2012, is funded through Indiana's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
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Serie A: Milan 1 Catania 0
Milan's late push for European football continued as a 1-0 home win over rock-bottom Catania extended their Serie A winning streak to four.
In what has been a largely disappointing campaign so far for Milan, there may yet be light at the end of the tunnel as their end-of-season resurgence under Clarence Seedorf continued at San Siro on Sunday.
Their latest victory has taken them to within five points of rivals Inter, who occupy the last guaranteed UEFA Europa League spot, although sixth place could also still provide a berth in Europe's secondary competition should Coppa Italia finalists Napoli and Fiorentina finish in the top five.
Meanwhile, defeat for Maurizio Pellegrino on his second debut as Catania head coach means his side are now eight points adrift of safety with just five matches to play.
Riccardo Montolivo, who netted in Milan's 3-1 victory at Catania earlier this season, scored the game's only goal in the 23rd minute thanks to a superb long-range effort.
And while a second goal proved elusive, Milan controlled the match and were aided by Fabian Rinaudo's late red card – given after an over-the-ball lunge on Philippe Mexes saw him booked for a second time.
Catania started life under Pellegrino brightly, with winger Pablo Barrientos flashing a shot across goal, and he continued to be at the heart of their attacking forays, forcing a fine one-handed save from Milan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati.
Barrientos' curling 25-yard effort awoke Milan from their slumber and Adil Rami went close to giving them the lead, flicking Kaka's whipped free-kick from the left over the bar.
Montolivo then produced his moment of brilliance, striking a 25-yard drive that arrowed into the bottom left corner.
The goal appeared to galvanise Milan, who started to look more assured in possession, and Adel Taarabt bent a 20-yard effort just wide shortly after the half-hour mark.
Mario Balotelli was next to go close, curling a free-kick narrowly past the left-hand post, and Milan continued to dictate the tempo in the second half.
Balotelli could have doubled their lead, only for team-mate Andrea Poli to take the ball away from him following Taarabt's dangerous cross.
Defender Mexes almost scored an outrageous goal, with the centre-back's acrobatic scissor kick going over from Balotelli's dinked free-kick, and Nigel De Jong was then denied by Catania goalkeeper Mariano Andujar.
Milan could not find the all-important second goal but Catania's hopes of salvaging a draw were dealt a blow with 11 minutes left as Rinaudo was given his marching orders.
Taarabt then curled wide again before Balotelli shot over but one goal would prove enough for Milan as they posted four league wins in a row for the first time since March 2013.


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- Create a consumer account at Outlook.com. This account is external to your organization. This example assumes that the account is email@example.com.
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|2006-01-06, 17:41
|Link #263
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Join Date: Dec 2005
ok guys quit it with the shinn vs kira thing because in a show like this both of them can pretty much summon lighting from their hands and annihalate an army and it would be passed off by the director as plausible.
i have an interesting question to pose to you that someone from another forum kept using as an "excuse". dio you think a characters "bankability has anything to do with their importance to the show" or rather would you believe the excuse that kira and athrun got more screentime because they were more "bankable". i find this logic to be utter bs but i like to hear your thoughts on the matter. "should character bankability" be taken seriously as a major factor?
|2006-01-06, 18:28
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I was just poking fun, not trying to bash. For the record, I like both Shinn and Kira.... its just that they both were tarnished by fukuda I guess. Lets just hope that someone else is in charge of seed3 and we all won't be getting the same BS again
|2006-01-06, 18:51
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Join Date: Dec 2005
@demongod86 if you notice strike freedom=sf=stock footage.
@sniper-sensei i'm sure you like me miss the good old days when pilots won not because of fanbase,plot devices,or god suits but because of their superior(sp?) skills.
and to the topic gsd did lack direction.
|2006-01-06, 20:19
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|2006-01-06, 21:09
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Gundam Boobs and Boom FTW
Join Date: Dec 2005
First off, remember that if it doesn't make money, it doesn't go anywhere. At all. All work is a business venture. The point of business priority uno and beyond all other concerns is to make money. If the fans like Kira and Athrun, then Kira and Athrun they will GET. Fukuda just did not have the storytelling capabilities to tell a good story while catering to the fans.
There is a law of writing that states there is no idea shitty enough that a sufficiently talented writer cannot make it work.
There is also a corollary that states that there is no idea brilliant or original enough that a sufficiently inept writer cannot screw it up.
Fukuda had a nice idea going...he just couldn't deliver because he was too inept to make it work. I say had I been the writer, GSD would have been FAR more enjoyable, even given the idea constraints.
|2006-01-07, 02:11
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Destiny did not fail, it just suffered from narrow minded fans. It did not follow the normal Gundam formula in terms of story and characters. It is the most un-Gundam like show, outside of Turn A, Gundam X, and G Gundam.
Also, it is the second act to a larger overall story. It is not a self contained story like all of the UC shows.
Any similarities to UC shows is a tribute to Tomino. Actually, the entire show seems to be a tribute to Tomino. For example, the last ending of Destiny is identical to the ending Ideon.
|2006-01-07, 03:49
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Join Date: Dec 2005
honestly, with the number of rants and complaints this thing has..it is impossible to fathom that's "its the fans fault~". besides, i don't think anyone would care if it followed the conventional gundam series or not, a good show is a good show.
simply put, it wasn't a second act for a larger story. it was just an afterthought for a marketing scam thought up by bandai and given to an illiterate illegitimate son of a muthaf****.
the similiarities weren't a tribute..they show a lack of creativity and laziness. example: genesis, neo-genesis? freedom, strike-freedom? justice, infinite-justice?
providence, legend? notice anything?
i amy accept your reasoning that it may be a tribute..but given the sheer amount of re-used scenes.. it really isn't valid.
no matter how much people argue for GSD,the fact remains that its really a lame excuse for a gundam show.
|2006-01-07, 04:42
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Tsubasa No Kami
This isn't even about piloting ability.
It's about why GSD failed.
And..maybe...the piloting issue could be one of the reasons why it failed...? >.>
Maybe it's because they are going on this stupidly long trip to nowhere so the need for a Silhouette barrage...it's just about as mysterious as to how the Archangel actually gets refueled (but is not mysterious anymore apparently Terminal is all over the world and have sympathizers in just about every continent on the planet earth)...
About the transformation thing...
Shinn was protected by the Sailormoon plot device so that his transformation isn't interrupted even if it was something Kira had seen for the last 23465402605 times already...
@ Demongod86
Money is everything for a 25 year old franchise, and the trick to getting the old fans to enjoy a Gundam show is to make them a Gundam show. Unfortunately, due to something evil that has happened, it was a show that some old fans hated because of how the story went. I mean, the new fans didn't mind it that much because some of them weren't introduced to the other Gundam shows before it, but technically speaking, Gundam was in many ways a classic and how Bandai and Fukuda treated it was just so... Never mind the story, as long as we could sell tons of these model kits? Never mind the story, as long as the old cast fans are pleased? Never mind the story, as long as we get the money to pay for all these artists singing all these songs and so cut back on quality and make us hit the Photoshop CS stations again and again? Never mind the story, as long as nobody fries them in hell for making tons of loop holes where in the most dangerous situations could spell of all the Gundam fandom? It seems that it has come to this, and it is very sad.
It could be in some ways a Gundam show, and in some ways, not a Gundam show. To be able to make something Gundam but not entirely Gundam, a new story that reflects everything that is Gundam, but not a blatant copy of some original ideas before it, please, and of course, a storyline that may be riddled with lots of questions but these questions must lead somewhere, not nowhere, and that it should add up to the main story at hand, without getting too confusing.
This scenario makes me think of love of money as the root of all evil...in an even clearer sense...
But why sacrifice everything for the love of getting fans to like you? What about the other fans that could be alienated? Of course, you can't please everybody, but why does it have to be so screwed up like this wherein every thread concerning the main characters of GSD turns into a hate/flame thread? The fact that Fukuda succeeded in separating the Kira fans from the Shinn fans or the old cast fans from the new cast fans is SO evident, that make one evil remark about something, they will gang up on you like wolves ganging up on a poor rabbit caught in a snare. If ever, GSD was very successful in doing just that.
Fukuda was inept in the sense that his wife was also doing the scripts and the story. A lot of disagreements among the writers or whatever happened (if those magazine interviews were to be believed) because of everything that has happened. Fukuda failed to see through the entire process, which, as a director, is something that he should do, not just leave the story writing to the writers because in the end, he's the one responsible in bringing all these ideas together. Make up a great story, but if it's not that good enough to be put on the storyboard to be debated a zillion times over, then it's as good as shot. Remember that it's not only Morosawa making the scripts; she's just the one who gives the green light for ideas, stories, apart from her own ideas, stories. But since much of their preferences lean towards certain characters and Fukuda failed to look at this project as something that's not only for BANDAI... Lots of good stories may be shafted in the entire storyboard process because of that, many really good ideas, but because of the ineptitude of the director, we get something evil as GSD.
@ lil shinta
Not narrow minded fans. More like, GSD has become a battle between fans, and the other Gundam shows before it didn't suffer this much because even if they took place in different timelines, they all followed one story wherein their main characters weren't nerfed because of uber fanbase. GSD was a Gundam show where the fanbase is even mightier than the director. It doesn't make any real sense.
In fact, GSD was the return to the main Gundam theme of "title series Gundam" unlike its predecessor before it. But it was screwed, several times over, to the many reasons that were presented in this thread. So, it was no way not an un-Gundam show but in some ways an un-Gundam show. Do you get what I mean?
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The recaps were ridiculous, character deaths where there needn't be any (I WANT MIA BACK!!!!), terrible writing on Morosawa's part...
nepotism is BAD. Reused scenes are BAD. The story in and of itself was not terrible...Shinn was problematic as a character due to staying static, but the rest of the story was not bad. There were some other issues that were sorta like Kira deciding to play superhero vs. destroy then getting his Freedom trashed the next fight.
Shinn would have stopped that marauding destroy anyway, if not with Impulse then definitely with Destiny.
Then there are forced eps. 34, here's looking at you. We have to pimp the SF so scratch the Freedom...why not just get back to Orb, launch to space, then have a wing/arm refit? Boom, SF right there. But instead, Shinn did the unthinkable, then was a victim of the unimaginable.
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|2006-01-07, 12:06
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|2006-01-07, 12:17
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Of course there will be similarities to the first show it only takes place two years after Seed. So, the technology will be very similar, unlike the technolgy gap in MSG and Zeta.
I understand your dislike for the show but please let the re-used scene arguement die, all Gundam shows re-use the hell out of certain scenes.
What GSD showed is that wars are always played out behind the scenes instead of on the battlefield.
Just like Turn A and Gundam X, I think GSD will be appreciated in the future once the entire story is done.
|2006-01-07, 15:02
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They wasted so much time on pointless talking like ep 17 was a complete waste. in fact, Athrun trying to be a mentor to anyone is dumb consdiering he is alwasy indecisive. plus athrun seemed to be mor ehumours than anything and overall cheesy. Mia shoudl have died...
Yuuna didn't need to die he had so much potnetial. Djbril shouldn't have died so early cause thier was much left for him to do. Hiene should ahve lived logner than what he did. Heck even todoka, by the law of seed, should have been recapped to death like nicol, tolle, and uzumi-sama...
the battles were lame.... beam spam (ZafT. Kira) vs just plain spam (EA/BC/Logos) throw in a few curse words and grunt deaths, adn that pretty much describes the battles of GSD.
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