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You get the call from Crew Schedule. You don't have to take the flight–but you do: it's time to bring jets back into the New York metro area, ravaged as it is by Hurricane Sandy.
Means a different kind of thinking for you: more fuel (you'll take any excuse for more fuel, won't you?) for more loiter time and options depending on the weather, because you know the navigation aids and ground-based approach equipment has been damaged or may be without power.
There are twenty deadheading crewmembers on the flight roster, needing to get home, plus a half dozen others trying to commute to the three crew bases there (LGA, EWR, JFK) not to mention tons (literally) of backlogged cargo waiting to head east. All of that raises the jet's zero fuel weight, but fuel is primary. You get hit up by commuting crewmembers–"Can you agree to land with less fuel?" No, I shouldn't, I can't, I won't. You're the captain, so you're the asshole; you're the asshole, so you're the captain: all you want to see when the gear goes down on final approach is plenty of fuel to go somewhere else if need be. What a dick.
The First Officer today is one of the guys I really like flying with: serious, quiet, pragmatic; ex-Navy fighter jock, good guy. He's one hundred percent behind the "Fuel is God" philosophy. Makes it easier.
We blast across the southern United States, bang a left at Atlanta, head for Tidewater Virginia then up the coast. Sandy's loafing her way north and west, leaving the curved cirrus as her calling card up the eastern seaboard.
We grab the high ground, the 40,000 foot level to keep the fuel burn low and the tailwind high. As soon as we turn north over Norfolk, we begin to pick up Sandy's claw marks along the coastline: even from seven miles up, starting around northern the Maryland coast, the shore looks as if a giant hand had raked the sand from right to left, east to west, as Sandy's hurricane-force roar washed the sea and sand inland.
Lower now, abeam Atlantic City, New Jersey, we're peeking through cloud breaks in Sandy's sloppy remnants, and the view is ugly: the shoreline is swept clean of anything man made, and you know from a hundred flight through here that the shoreline was much more "humanized" until Sandy clawed it clean.
Sinking through ten thousand feet, the disaster takes on a detailed face: boats piled in front of houses; the normal geometry of streets and blocks skewed by wreckage, things that don't belong; jumbles of homes, cars, boats; you name it.
Sand driven blocks inland. Cars strewn akimbo. Roofs ripped off. No lights; no warning lights–and no navigation signals, due to no electricity. You see the couple of blocks burned to the ground by uncontrollable gas fires.
Humanity, flashing by at 160 miles per hour. I don't have time to look–but I can't help seeing the destruction below. These photos are courtesy of a deadheading flight attendant, taken sideways from the "A" seat just forward of the left wing.
No worries up front in the 21st-century jet: our navigation and approach guidance is all based on satellites, processed on board and projected right in front of my fat face:
We lumber to our gate, with a mixture of relief and satisfaction: we'll get the normal jet service up and running once again, get people moving, unstranded, reunited, home.
And we'll ferry another 160+ souls westbound, away from the storm and the shipwreck that is the northeast coast. There are crowds inside "Fort Kennedy" who are waiting like refugees to move west, to go home. We'll do the fuel numbers, the flight performance calculations, the take-off numbers down to a rat's ass to make it work–and work right. If; no–when that makes me the asshole again, so be it: we will be safe, we will fly smart.
We'll get that bird's eye, god's eye view of the coast one more time, at dusk, and try not to worry–but how can you not?–that in the gathering darkness, there are few if any lights below. We put that behind us at .8 Mach, but the human face doesn't go away no matter how high you climb or how fast you go.
Can't help but feel for those left behind. And those you know, stalwarts of Jethead like Miss Giulia and her husband Mike, the voice of Jethead Live: the remnants of the super-hurricane are headed their way; Peggy Willenberger, stormchaser who has made such extreme weather her stock in trade; Cedar Glen–didn't he mention Ohio once, now taking a pounding?
And the millions left behind, salvaging what they can, rebuilding. We're a quiet ark sailing westward, away from the storm, to a different and better now for the lucky ones making their escape.
Keep the fires burning; navigate, light the way west. Do it right–that's your job, your part in this journey. Follow the night sky home.


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Opinion: The War On Al Qaeda in Africa
Editorial page editor Paul Gigot on the weekend raids to capture terrorists in Libya and Somalia. Photos: Associated Press
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... I ... the ... the artsy look for an ... Aussie in the war on terror because did lose American boots on the ground in Libya over the weekend ... for the first time since the Ghadafi regime fell ... with the capture of a major al Qaeda leader ... and another attempted raid on an Al Shabaab's leader in Somalia ... editorial page editor Paul GBO stays with me now to talk about these raids ... on pot what star in Libya with the capture of Abu Anasta Libby ... how important time of the victory is this you want to ... well it's a bit one it's a it's a rare case with the Obama administration has actually captured a terrorist ... whose shooting him from drawing ... I can say he could be a goldmine of intelligence on ... al Qaeda because is a very senior opportunities ... big shot in Africa and will we know al Qaeda's been expanding ... its operations so ... I think the the big potential here is what ... he can tell them about to ... get an actual intelligence for a future attacks and tell them about them at work ... I'm How ... al Qaeda's changed ... in the Obama administration who has been very reticent to interrogate suspects ... and it doesn't they would say that's not true ... it's a that's not true ... is ... it what we know now is that in mind it when you are pushed ... yet the UN Bush did his results as you point out they haven't gotten a lot of intelligence ... to prevent future attacks ... on and do we have any sense of where this fellow is in what's being done what I'm most people seem to think is gonna show up ... somewhere ... floating for the next month or two ... where we will presumably the high ... value target FBI team that the president set up ... Healey cashier and the CIA interrogation unit he moved it to the FBI ... and ... I assume they are on the ship to call me on my copious not been read his Miranda rights ... I and I hope that he is being interrogated ... I that's with the missed ration did with the fellow but the war summing who they can fit in April of two thousand eleven Somali The kept on a ship for about two months ... they had done you know that's outside of the reach domestic courts ... even though the administration ultimately ... in guiding force on in the U S court ... and now he's awaiting trial here ... they they they do the kind of causing get no ... causing them how to still call it did not just on color Guantanamo don't put it in Cuba but just let him skip sailing around the ... seven seas ... the thirty seconds left I do wonder Somalia briefly last time we had the U S retailers back into thousandnine ... the solid attack on them on Nairobi Kenya ... recently ... on clearly in the region al Shabaab's has expanded into these very violent and deadly ... did we make a mistake by not focusing on the war on terror in Africa ... earlier ... greater some well you know we paid tension over the years to two Somali no question we have interventions we supported the Ethiopian it wants and and and we have had periodic strikes ... I think that we have not been systematically and often with some of these governments and helping them Kenya for example ... and the living them are now is very very weak ... but we need to be able to ... call our local ally it's because we can't just fly in ourselves we have given them a presence there ... we have to help out these local ... governments to make them a more stable mass for my real complaint about the administration's intervention in Libya ... the top of Ghadafi and they said ... last year ... and that's not the way to go because it's indeed we have a system that the democratically elected government ... to give me be able to provide more stability so you Hsing ... Jihad he's come back and and can focus on the war on terror continues the private is not vanquished editorial page editor

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Your First, Harrowing Glimpse at Left 4 Dead's Upcoming DLC "The Sacrifice"
The latest downloadable content for L
While there is one real conclusion to the story, as evidenced in the previous DLC "The Passing," players will have the opportunity to re-write history and select which team member will fall in "The Sacrifice." It won't change the franchise's canon, but it'll make you look totally badass.
"The Sacrifice" will be available for free for PC users and for 560MS Points ($7) on the Xbox 360 when it launches on October 5.
While Valve has kept silent on a previously reported Mac version of Left 4 Dead 2, the trailer lists "OS X" as one of the DLC launch platforms. Looks like it's happening after all.
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Definition from Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary
1) The condition of being under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Intoxication is not criminal until it impairs a person's ability to operate a vehicle with normal caution ("drunk driving") based on specific levels of alcohol in the blood or, in the case of public drunkenness, when the person becomes unable to care for himself, dangerous to himself or others, or the cause of a disturbance. 2) The defense to a criminal charge, in which the defendant claims that intoxication made it impossible for him to form the intent or specific intent to commit the crime. This defense is available only rarely. (See also: intent, specific intent)


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It is available in three trims, Sport, Touring, and Grand Touring, offered in front-wheel or all-wheel drive. Powered by a 2.0-litre 146-hp, SKYACTIV four-cylinder engine with direct injection, attached to a six-speed automatic transmission. Available features, depending on trim level, include 18-inch wheels, HD radio, a seven-speaker Bose audio system, blind spot monitoring system, an intelligent key system, a power moonroof, LED adaptive headlights, LED taillights, power heated leather/simulated suede seats, automatic climate control, and the convenience of Bluetooth. Standard safety features include six-airbags, four-wheel anti-lock disc brakes with brake assist, electronic stability and traction control, and tire pressure monitoring.
For 2018, the 2018 CX-3 gains standard Smart City Brake Support for all trims, and Touring and Grand Touring also get standard automatic headlights, automatic climate control, and rain sensitive wipers.


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Winemaker Interview: Paul Old of Le Clos Perdus, Languedoc
How would you describe your winemaking philosophy?
To see oneself as a caretaker, allowing as many intelligent conversations as possible to take place between micro-organisms in the vineyard and in the cellar. It's this life force that gives a vineyard and its wine a sense of time and place. Vitality and complexity in the wine naturally follows. The ability to capture a time and a communication between man and nature in a bottle for people to enjoy gives great pleasure.
What wines or winemakers helped influence your philosophy?
Richard Mc Intye of Moorooduc Estate passed on valuable information about wild ferments; Nicolas Joly and Marcel Deiss inspired me to focus on the multiplicity of life in the soil to generate complexity and vitality in the bottle. Laurent Baraou of Clos Des Camuzeilles explained the importance of being pro-active in the vineyard and a procrastinator in the cellar. Magali and Dominique Terrier of Domaine Des Deux Anes introduced me to Mourvèdre in the Corbieres.
How involved in grape-growing are you? Is there a particular vineyard site that wows you year after year?
For me winemaking starts at bud burst and continues 'til the wine is placed in the bottle.
At Les Clos Perdus we have vines on three very different terroirs. Over our seven years each vineyard seems to have developed a unique voice. Like children, you love them all the same but differently.
How do you think your palate has evolved over the years? How do you think that's influenced your wines?
I'm no longer seduced by big flavours. I like a wine to gently introduce itself and keep your attention while it takes you on a journey that lasts the duration of the bottle. I believe these wines are achieved by allowing the terroir to do the talking.
What kinds of food do you like to pair your wines with?
Our wines have good acids, a high level of minerality and are complex. Because of these factors they suit a broad range of foods. However, the reds sit really well next to game such as pheasant, wild boar, and tomato-based sauces such as tatatouille. The whites are great next to rich risottos (wild mushroom and/or duck), scallops and fish.
What changes are planned for coming vintages? Any new (top secret) varietals, blends or propriety wines on the horizon?
We have half a hectare of 110-year-old Terret Gris vines that sits just above a coastal lagoon. Thet [the grapes] give wonderfully unique whites, but we are also experimenting with a small quantity blended into our Mire Le Mer red.
Is there a style of wine that you think appeals to critics that might not represent your favorite style? How do you deal with it?
Yes, some wines jump out when placed in a group of wines, but when you get them home and are able to pay them more attention,you find they lack complexity and soul.
What do you drink when you are not drinking your own wine?
There is knowledge to be gained and wonderful jewels to be found in the wines of the Languedoc. This is whereI put most of my attention at the moment.
Do you collect wine? If so, what's in your cellar?
My decision to collect wine always coincides with an increased rate of consumption. If I did have the discipline and time I would search out traditional style Barolos and Barbarescos. Domaine Leroy, Château Beaucastel, Giaconda, Polish Hill and some Guigal Côte Rôtie would be nice for starters.
What do you see as some of the biggest challenges facing the wine industry today?
I'm sure there are many important issues missed by winemakers like myself that spend most of their energies in the vineyard and winery. However, I do see that as producers are pushed more and more to cut prices and payments become later a lot of mid-sized producers will fall. A greater gulf will develop between commercial supermarket wines and small artisan wineries. I believe this gulf will replicate itself in the consumers who will be divided by those who just want an alcoholic beverage to consume and those who want a bottle that is able to reflect and communicates a particular time, place and culture.


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Reduced Seal Fee Will Go Into Effect on July 1
June 27, 2013 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Reduced Seal Fee Will Go Into Effect on July 1
Beginning July 1, the cost of the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) seal for manufacturer members will decrease from $17 to $16 each.
The RVIA board authorized the seal price reduction at its meeting on March 4 during the association's Annual Meeting. The new $16 seal fee will apply to all member manufacturer vehicle types. The Go RVing per unit assessment remains unchanged at the current levels of $46 for folding camping trailers and truck campers; $61 for travel trailers and fifth-wheel travel trailers; and $74 for motorhomes.
This marks the sixth decrease in the seal fee since it was temporarily raised to $35 in July 2009 by the RVIA board to address growing pressure on the association's budget caused by the reduction in show and dues income caused by the downturn in the general economy. This action helped avoid further program cuts and severe service reductions that would have compromised RVIA's mission to promote and protect the interest of the association's membership and the RV industry.
The table below details the new fee structure for the RVIA seal:


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Wednesday, August 06, 2008
The last straw.
The end of civilisation as we know it.
Dubai Eye Radio is reporting:
Some ENOC and EPPCO petrol stations will be trialling self-service petrol pumps from August 12.
ENOC has been handing out leaflets to customers at certain sites to make them aware of the changes.
The leaflet also provides instructions on how to fill vehicles with fuel.
This will be the straw that breaks the camel's back, the final piece in the jigsaw that opens the floodgates to expats leaving.
You heard it here first.
Dubai Eye have it here.
18 comments:
- August 06, 2008 2:53 pm
- Duffy said...
So...disenfranchisement, perpetual gridlock, never ending construction, second class citizenship, highly restricted speech, 30% rent increase and inflation are all fine but ask them to pump their own gas and they'll flee? You're an odd lot I'd say.
- August 06, 2008 4:48 pm
- Seabee said...
Duffy, they are but minor irritations compared to the threatened removal of the pump attendants!
- August 06, 2008 5:10 pm
- Al-Maawali said...
I dunno... I kinda find it interesting. I wanna see what will happen. Looking forward to it :p
- August 06, 2008 5:27 pm
How can I smoke, use my mobile and fill up my car all at the same time??
- August 06, 2008 5:59 pm
- Mars said...
hardly the last straw...
- August 06, 2008 7:54 pm
- Seabee said...
Dave you'll soon get the hang of it. Just watch and learn from the other customers.
- August 06, 2008 8:31 pm
- Duffy said...
Tangental question: How much is gasoline/petrol over there?
- August 06, 2008 9:39 pm
- Dubai Photo Story said...
I'm looking forward to it. I am sick of waiting endlessly for the attendents to serve me anyway.
The one area of interest is the methodology. One way will be the american way... push credit card in....fill gas.... stop....card automatically charged. Guess what...atleast we can get back to using our credit card!!!! yummy!!!
- August 06, 2008 11:04 pm
- i*maginate said...
Am all for streamlining, but done backwards front, not the other way around.
Sorry for the attendants.
- August 07, 2008 3:56 am
- ahirunopekkles said...
think of the positive side..its still exercise.
- August 07, 2008 7:46 am
Alisha Fikri, a British national originally from Pakistan, said she had often come across motorists lighting up a cigarette at petrol stations right next to the petrol pump.
"Imagine the disaster that such motorists can bring when they are allowed to put fuel in cars. I did reprimand one of them but was bluntly asked to mind my own business.
The above bit from Gulf News shows one cultural aspect of many people in Dubai. To them, driving badly, smoking in petrol stations, breaking queues, throwing garbage on the street etc. is part of their "own business" and no one has right to interfere.
Singapore style laws are the only way to deter such people
- August 07, 2008 9:52 am
- Seabee said...
i*, quite right. I made fun of it but there is a serious side. There's no discussion about all the people who will lose their jobs. And the safety aspect is worrying too.
DPS, no, credit cards are not back in. According to the reports we'll have to go into the shop and tell them which pump, which fuel and how much we want, and pay by cash. They'll set the pump accordingly and it will cut off when the correct amount of fuel is delivered. I always simply tell them to fill the tank, which won't be possible with the new system.
Duffy unleaded is US$1.40 per US gallon.
- August 07, 2008 11:12 am
Why do they have to make it complicated? The queues inside the shop are going to be insane - you've got on average 8 or 12 pumps outside and one cashier inside the shop. Its not gonna be pretty, especially with those among us who don't beleive in queuing.
Back in the UK in the summer I noticed how cars sit at the pump while the driver is inside paying and the queues build up behind them. The current system is so much more efficient, fill, pay go.
Yup, its the end of civilisation as we know it!
- August 07, 2008 2:33 pm
- Seabee said...
A queue in Dubai Rose, now there's a novel idea. It's much more likely to be a rugby scrum free for all pushing and shoving crowd around the cash till.
- August 07, 2008 2:41 pm
- Duffy said...
Gas has plummeted to $3.85. Seriously.
- August 07, 2008 4:41 pm
- Seabee said...
Duffy think yourselves fortunate, it's more than that in the UK and in Australia. You all have huge taxes on it, here we don't and the price is fixed by the government.
- August 07, 2008 6:08 pm
- rosh said...
Neat post Seabee. The large majority of customers, are gonna be smoking, talking on cell phones and shoving way their way thru queues. It's beyond me what kind of savings are EPPCO/ENOC hoping from taking away those poor attendants paychecks. Does that mean gas prices at EPPCO/ENOC are gonna be lower than ADNOC's? Guess not.
Cold hearted, self centered, greed mongers!
- August 10, 2008 5:24 am


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CCH Outlines Options as Congress, Taxpayers Face Fiscal Cliff
CCH Offers Scenario for What Different Proposals Would Mean for a Middle-income Married Couple
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Dec. 26, 2012 04:51 PM
RIVERWOODS, Ill., Dec. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Congress is scheduled to return tomorrow to complete work for the year, which is hoped to include a deal to avert the December 31 "fiscal cliff" deadline, but it will need to work quickly to do so – or come to some interim agreement, according to CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business and leading global provider of tax, accounting and audit information, software and services (CCHGroup.com).
"While a deal looked close on several occasions during negotiations, it's been elusive so far," said George Jones, JD, CCH Senior Federal Tax Analyst. "Whether a resolution can be reached before Congress recesses for the year grows dimmer as the days progress."
The fiscal cliff, shorthand for January 1, 2013, when the terms of the Budget Control Act of 2011 are scheduled to go into effect, includes a series of across-the-board spending cuts and tax increases.
According to CCH, three scenarios that could transpire over the next few days include:
"Even if we go over the fiscal cliff, Congress could act early next year to reach a compromise and make any agreement retroactive to the beginning of the year," said Jones. "However, this would not be the ideal scenario for most taxpayers, businesses or investors – most of whom would prefer some degree of certainty heading into 2013."
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Anyway, the only way for him in this lifetime now is to defeat 100 Mikotos (he was halfway through the sisters), since that isn't going to happen, the alternative is to defeat something 100 times the power of Mikoto...
Maybe Oxygen -> Poison gas?
Maybe Water -> Corrosive Acid?
But changing matter into new matter... Does/Can it change the state of the matter?
|2010-01-08, 21:20
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aren't both of them going to russia after index?
am i the only one who sees fiamma reaching the full extent of his power, only for accelerator to reach level 6 and team up with touma to kick his ass into oblivion?
would accelerator have been able to survive something like that?
|2010-01-08, 21:50
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Fiamma said he needed Index, Sasha, and the Holy Stone from Touma to complete his Holy Right. But likewise, could Imagine Breaker need those same materials to complete itself? So instead of Fiamma getting Imagine Breaker, it's Touma who steals Fiamma's Holy Right to complete his power.
|2010-01-08, 22:04
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A little off the current discussion, but related to the light novels anyways.
The way that the author consistently introduces new characters to help move the plot and then sidelines the majority of them after their arc is over is slightly annoying. Just reading the novel discussion there are like, what, 10 characters that I have no idea about, while I only get to recognize about 8 out of the 20+ I already know. It almost feels like the author doesn't know how to write about people, but only about super powers.
Anyhow, I'll continue following Index if only because I find the universe its set in to be fascinating. Story wise though, I actually prefer Railgun.
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The power you have mentioned is pretty close to the power of the 4th level 5.
@babothea: Don't worry many characters who appears along the 19 volumes + 2 side stories are developed in their time.
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Even Aisa? D: That girl has got to have one of the least developed stories. All we know is that she doesn't like killing people (yay) and she kills vampires by existing (boo). Hahaha
Well I meant that by introducing so many characters at once the reader can't actually feel like s/he knows them all. I'd rather have a well-developed cast of 5 rather than an army of stock characters, if you know what I mean.
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Well is the universe of the author and he/she does what she/he wants to do, maybe cause for the author the world doesn't spin around a little number of characters. And if you look at the material there is enought to make about tree seasons .
About Aisa... in my opinion, the author jokes with the character, she wanted to have a normal life and she got it, but the consequences were unexpected for her althought she tries to bring some colors to her character she can't because now she is normal.... "be aware of what you wish"
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The best way to create lv6
If they want Lv6 all they have to do is lower the standard of each level. I mean, if they do that, some lv 1 will become lv2 ,some lv2 >>> lv3, some lv3>>>lv4 and some Lv4>> Lv5.
After that, select some of lv5 (may be 1st - 5th) and call them Lv6. That it.
The Level is just "a number to tell how strong of the ability". They can change its rule if they want.
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To clear up a few thing.
The nature os Kakine's power is even unknown to himself, until he finally saw Accelerator's wings. He realized where the new matters he created came from. This is an imporatnt hint, as it suggests those new matter has an origin somewhere. Also on whether Kakine can change the state of the matter, we have never see him use powers like that. But it does show his power can control mass. And finally, the angelic nature of Kakine's power is described as "He who weilds a piece of heaven that inhabits by the God." As for Accelerator, the angelic nature of his power is described as "He who weilds a piece of power that equates to god."
As for "downloading AIM", Crowley mentioned it slightly by describing Accelerator updating his power as "The process of downloading the data of the AIM Spread Field into the vector controlling device has finally been completed." I interpret this as downloading new software (data from the AIM Field) into the hard ware (Accelerator, the vector controlling device) to to optimize the hardware's functional capacity.
I feel that Lv.6, like its name, SYSTEM, suggests, is turning yourself to be a part of the system. Basically become one with the AIME Field.
BTW, on the topic of how too kill Accelreator, there is two obvious way to do it, but both pretty hard to achieve.
One way of doing it is to mimic Kakine, use something that is completly foreign to Accelerator's understanding thus not included in his reflection filter, and kill him in one hit before Accelerator gets a chance to include whatever that is new to him into his reflection calculation process. Hmm... perhaps Fianma has a chance? Accelerator most certainly have no comprehension at all on magical energies, and Holy Right is certainly powerful enough to end the fight in a single blow.
The second way is to use an attack very complicated I mean, VERY complicated (note, not powerful, but complicated) that it compltely surpasses Accelerator's calculation capacity. After all, he can't reflect things that he can't include into his calculations. Like how Accelerator couldn't reflect the bullet when he is trying to delete the virus in LO's brain as he ran out of hardware memory to start another calculation process. But then, if you are using this method, if have to kill him before he activates black wings, because well, once Accelerator connects himself to the AIM Field, his calculation capacity is almost limitless.
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The other Levels don't really have specific description ('Strong', 'Great', 'Super') but Lv 6 has always been called the 'Absolute Power'.
Not the same topic, but here's a little trivia. Mikoto's school has Two Level 5s, Forty-seven Level 4s, and the rest are Level 3s.
A separate topic, what is the 'Dark Legacy' that Aleister used?
Holy Right + Holy Stone + 103 000 Grimoire + Sasha = ????
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woah, I've got a lot catching up to do...
I've got a question: Hamatsura Shiagi was from Skill-out before, right? It seems the next episodes of Railgun anime is gonna be about skill-out. Is it okay to expect to see him?
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From what he said about Curtana=Original that this level of artifact is still not enough as vessel.
He said "It's probably exploded into pieces, a moment that I transfer my power".
"Curtana=Original" the sword of mercy is an artifact that bear the power of Michael.
It grants the power of Angel leader(Michael)rank to its owner.
The "complete dimension amputation technique system" that activated from this sword is freaking powerful.
That's make the battle against Carissa who bear "Curtana=Original" and her armies become the most epic and largest scale battle as of now.
It's begin with the Necessarius(alongside with Touma,Index, 3rd princess Vilian,kanzaki and all member of Amakusa church) vs Carissa&armies.
Then it's followed by Kaori+Knight leader+Aqua VS Carissa.
but even those three are still no match against her.
And to think that such a powerful artifact is still not be able to withstand Fianma's power.....
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There's no way for it to match the power of true angel himself, why Fianma's Holy right is the ultimate power of Michael it's definitely stronger.
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Recipe Review: Hot Chocolate On A Stick
Hot Chocolate on a Stick. The idea just sounds fabulous doesn't it? We have to warn you, once you make your own hot chocolate, you'll never go back to storebought and your friends and family will always receive a fresh batch at the holidays because it's so simple to make, there's no way you'll ever be able to deprive them of this simple luxury again.
The idea behind these little chocolate cubes is after swirling them in a hot cup of milk or cream (water isn't the best option in this instance), you're left with a frothy cup of chocolatey goodness. It works brilliantly and can be spiced up or down to your own personal liking. You can leave it just straight chocolate, or add marshmallows like we did — maybe some cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg or vanilla. If you like things spicier you could even add in chili or extra sea salt for more of a kick.
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• Hot Chocolate on a Stick from The Giver's Log
The Giver's Log is a fabulous place to pick up other tricks on making household goods and snacks. This awesome creation was no different and our results came out perfectly without any hassle or even that big of a mess (although we have more to say about that later on). The ingredient list is minimal and includes: chocolate, cocoa, powdered sugar and salt. Easy right? Right!
You will need to make sure that the only liquid that goes into the mixture is the melted chocolate itself. If you want to add other things like alcohol or extracts, they'll need to be put to the side and powders and pastes used instead to keep your chocolate from seizing. Make sure to secure a chocolate that is at least 70% cocoa butter (a higher ratio of cacao will provide faster melting) and although that seems bitter, the sugar in the recipe is more than enough to counter it and will impart the extra-rich flavor you're really craving.
Kept in an airtight container these treats last for a full year and can be decorated, adorned and packaged to your heart's desire. They're perfect for keeping in your desk drawer at work for a midday chocolate break or in your pantry for a chocolate fix at any time of day.
A Note About Not Using A Mold:
When we made our recipe, we were short on the ice cube tray molds. And after our recent move into a much smaller apartment, we slimmed down our craft room and did away with all of our cute candy and craft molds we had been saving for rainy day projects. So without any molds in sight, we decided to put the mixture into an 8×8″ pan lined with parchment paper. We thought it would work out OK — and it did; although, if you try this method at home, we will warn you, there will be chocolate shrapnel adorning your nice clean counters and it might actually require the help of an electric knife.
The block is dense enough, regular knifes (heated or not) and bench scrapers just caused the chocolate to fracture in unattractive shapes, so we brought out our electric knife and went to town. It worked brilliantly, but it would have been easier to head to the corner store for an ice cube tray or two. Although we don't often admit to our faults here on The Kitchn, we thought it prudent to include this one as many of you might not have molds handy and could have the same thought we did.
One more tip, in case you'd like to give it a go in a pan: the shapes also might have cut cleaner with a regular hot knife had we scored the top before the chocolate was 100% cooled and hardened.
Thanks to The Giver's Log for the inspiration!
Related: Recipe: Mexican Hot Chocolate
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If You Really Want to Store Your Grain, Let's Do the NumbersTweet
Let me ask what your grain marketing plan is for the 2013 crop. That's what I thought. Storage. Keep it off the market until the market comes to you. And that is why you have kept the grain bin makers very busy lately. Grain storage is the name of the marketing game and this is the type of year when it should pay, but the cost of storage should be a known factor. There is no reason to store grain hoping a springtime sale will cover the cost of storage and all of the associated expenses. But how do you determine the cost and how do you know if you have all of the expenses included in your calculation? Good questions!
The availability of storage provides an alternative to a marketing plan that allows one to capture the carry in the market. Sometimes the carry is small and a high cost of storage may not pay to forward contract. Iowa State University economists Bob Wisner and Don Hofstrand evaluate the cost of storing grain and make the point, "Maximum storage income results from selective rather than continuous use of storage facilities."
Facility costs include depreciation, return on investment, maintenance, insurance, etc., which are not included in the operational costs for drying and handling, but must be included. You paid a lot of money for a bin and all of the loading and unloading equipment and that must be amortized over the thousands of bushels that are stored and handled. And that cost exists whether the bin is empty or full. If you have no farm storage and only use commercial storage, the facility cost is built into the few cents per bushel charged by the elevator. Those rates may be monthly, daily, or even start with a minimum charge.
You may not want to go to the trouble of calculating it, but there is an interest charge on the money that you have tied up in storing your asset. It may seem insignificant, but calculate it some time and you will realize that it is a significant cost that has to be covered by your break-even price that rises while the grain is stored. Consider the grain as collateral for a loan, and the longer you store it, the higher the interest charge is. Whether you are paying a commercial loan interest charge or losing interest for money that might be invested, interest is still a cost of storage.
Grain stored in a bin will only have value when it is unloaded if the quality has not deteriorated. The quality will not improve during storage, but it will deteriorate, and that will happen if it is too wet and its shelf life is shorter than the length of time it needs to be stored. Drying the grain is a cost either with on-farm storage or commercial storage and needs to be included in the break-even cost.
When grain is dried and moisture removed, the number of bushels in the bin will decline. The amount of shrink calculated by an elevator is slightly more than calculated for on-farm storage, but is a factor in determining the number of bushels eventually sold based on weight of the grain. The shrink for farm-stored grain is about 1.25% and for commercially stored grain is about 1.4%. For $5 corn, the cost of shrink for removing 5 points of moisture is calculated by: 5 points multiplied by 1.25% multiplied by $5.00, which 31.25 cents. That is over and above the drying cost.
Your farm bins will have fans that consume substantial amounts of electricity. However, you have tens of thousands of dollars worth of grain stored in the bin and the small amount spent on electricity is needed to ensure the grain does not decline in value because it came out as sample grade. The aeration is needed to cool the temperature of the grain in the winter and warm it up in the spring so the moisture stays in the same balance as the outside air. Aeration should cost under a penny a bushel and that is not much considering the value of the grain and keeping it condition.
Moving grain into a bin and moving it back out is an additional cost. Augers, conveyors, and elevators are put into bins to move grain. The initial investment is already part of the cost of storage, but the added cost of electricity and labor need to be added to the grain as part of the storage cost. Hofstrand and Wisner calculate that charge at 2-3 cents per bushel.
Quality deterioration
This is an issue that should not have to be addressed, but it will happen to the best of farmers when the environmental dynamics in the bin are not obvious. Problems may erupt from moisture, hot spots, insects, or even mold in the grain that was not detected. There are many pieces of technology available to monitor the grain quality and all elevators use them. Part of the cost of quality deterioration is shrinkage during the handling process and may not be known until the grain is sold. Such deterioration is part of the commercial grain storage charge at an elevator.
So how do you compute all of these costs and know what your break-even cost of storage may be? After all, if you have made the decision to store and not sell, the cost has to be known to know whether it is covered by the carry in the market. Fortunately, another Iowa State University economist has developed a decision aid that covers all of the above costs and even more. William Edwards has produced a spread sheet that makes the calculations for you, when all of the known numbers are provided. Those include grain prices, facility costs, electricity, interest, and all of the other items on the buffet of storage costs. Work through his decision aid and his graphs will give a good indication of whether your desired forward contract will make or lose money for you.
Storing grain is an important decision that has a cost, but a cost that can be calculated. And your calculation will indicate whether your marketing plan will make or lose money based on the storage decision. The cost of farm storage has many elements, all of which have different values for every farm. The cost of commercial storage covers those elements, but in a package deal offered by the elevator, and possibly with a minimum charge at the outset.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (April 19, 2012) – Winners of its last 12 matches, the No. 1-seeded ETSU men's tennis team begins its quest for a sixth-consecutive Atlantic Sun Championship crown this weekend at the Buddy Hartsell Tennis Center.
ETSU (12-8, 9-0 A-Sun) earned a bye into Saturday's semifinal with the help of its first undefeated A-Sun season since running the table in 2009. The Bucs await the winner of Friday's quarterfinal match between No. 4 Lipscomb (9-11, 4-5 A-Sun) and No. 5 USC Upstate (11-9, 4-5 A-Sun), which is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Saturday's ensuing semifinal is also scheduled for 8:30 a.m.
The remainder of the field has nationally ranked No. 62 North Florida (18-5, 8-1) as the No. 2 seed which earns a bye into the semifinal. The Ospreys await the victor of Friday's other quarterfinal matchup between No. 3 Stetson (16-4, 7-2 A-Sun) and No. 6 Florida Gulf Coast (7-9, 4-5 A-Sun). UNF's lone loss during the conference season came against ETSU, 4-3, on March 17 in Jacksonville, Fla.
After starting the season 0-8, ETSU has stormed back to win its last 12 matches and regain a national ranking of No. 72. ETSU has defeated two ITA-ranked squads during the winning streak, beating then-No. 71 Stetson 5-0 on March 23, and coming away victorious against then-No. 73 Radford 4-0 on April 3.
As a result of last weekend's 5-2 defeat of USC Upstate in ETSU's regular season finale, freshman Rogerio Ribeiro (Sao Paulo, Brazil) earned his first collegiate Atlantic Sun Player of the Week honors. Ribeiro defeated the Spartans' Tyler Grove 6-0, 6-1, completing the regular season with a 20-8 overall record, including a perfect 9-0 mark through A-Sun competition.
Seniors Sander Gille (Kuringen, Belgium), Jeremy Bonnevalle (Keerbergen, Belgium) and Robin Akser (Ornskoldsvik, Sweden) will be playing in their final A-Sun Championship. The senior trio has been an integral part of ETSU's last three postseason titles, and will look to make it a clean four-year run by going out with both a regular season and championship trophy.
Fourth-seeded Lipscomb heads into Championship play off a 5-2 loss against Stetson last Saturday. The Bison got a big win against Florida Gulf Coast, 4-3, the day before, ensuring their spot in the postseason field.
Against FGCU, Lance Lvovsky won a thrilling match tiebreak against Miguel Cortez, 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (13-11) with the match tied at 3-3 to lift the Bison to victory. Lipscomb got its three other points from Oliver Strecker at No. 1 singles, Daniel Hernandez at No. 2 singles and Stuart Tierney in the No. 6 slot.
USC Upstate enters its first-ever A-Sun Championship as the No. 5 seed. The Spartans ended the regular season with a 5-2 loss against the Bucs at the Buddy Hartsell Tennis Center, but won their two prior matches against Kennesaw State and Mercer at home to earn their first trip into the field of six.
Gonzalo Blanco led the way through USC Upstate's A-Sun season, finishing with a 7-2 conference record while posting a spring singles mark of 13-6. Blanco plays primarily as the Spartans' No. 3 in singles, holding a record of 8-3 in such matches this year.
During its undefeated run through the 2012 A-Sun season, ETSU downed Lipscomb 7-0 in Nashville, Tenn., on March 30, and USC Upstate 5-2 on Senior Day in Johnson City, Tenn., last Saturday.
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Forward Control Jeeps - 50 Years Of PuglinessPosted in Events on April 1, 2007
The date was March 31, 2007. The place: Phoenix, Arizona. The reason we were there: to see the largest collection of Forward Control Jeeps we'd ever be likely to see celebrating the 50th anniversary of the FC's introduction.
They came from all over the country. Both the Jeeps and the people responded to the invitation-only event from the Forward Control Jeep Owners Club. All kinds of FCs were on display, from full-on restorations to chop-top FCs that needed to be trailered in, to FCs that never existed (but sure looked good), to the largest group of M-677s in one place since they rolled off the assembly line 40 years ago.
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For those of you scratching your heads, here is a brief history: Forward Control Trucks were big in the early '50s. With the cab of the truck sitting over the engine and front wheels, there was more space for a bed, and in turn, cargo. Willy-Overland started producing its own FC truck in 1956, calling it the FC-150. It had an 81-inch wheelbase, and by 1957, a 103.5- inch-long wheelbase version, the FC-170, was also available. There were also military FCs made in four configurations. By 1965, though, Jeep had canned the Forward Control Trucks, relegating them to history and the select few who like their looks or utility and keep them on the road even today.
We got wind of the invitation-only national gathering of FC Owners in Phoenix and decided that, if we were ever going to learn more about this misbegotten and misunderstood Jeep, a national gathering of enthusiasts was the place to do it.
The FC is often mocked for being pug-ugly or having a face even a mother couldn't love. Well, after hanging out with these FC enthusiasts, Trasborg is now hunting for one. There is just no help for some people. For more info about the annual FC event go to thefcconnection.com.


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Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish "Asf Fue: II" This episode is the second segment of the four-part review and covers the time Raquel spent in Argentina.G
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Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish "Asf Fue: III" This episode is the third segment of the four-part review of the series and features highlights from Raquel's trip to Puerto Rico.G


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|2007-03-12, 13:51
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There is one good guy in Black Lagoon: Garcia Lovelace! The boy hero of justice. All Catholic virtue and steady upbringing aside, he actually never killed anyone!
His dad was similarly a good guy but I won't mention him because... well, let's just say he's removed from the plot eventually.
|2007-03-12, 13:52
|Link #842
Pilot in Training
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Earth
I think the last dance will be some outside group wiping them all out. All the mafia organizations and their sub units including Black lagoon if my Hotel Moscow theory is not the end.
Either another crime organization or a government group.
|2007-03-12, 14:16
|Link #843
Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
And yes, what an upstandingly moral member of the community he is! Everyone should strive to be like the Lovelace's.
Pillars of the community who run one of the 6 largest drug cartels in the region!
And not only that, he hires one of the most deadly guerilla's to be his maid!
Yay! *sarcasm*
As much as I love the series, the whole part where Garcia was describing his life with the his father and Roberta, which made it look like they were genteel country nobility had me cracking up. The Lovelace familly is about as far removed from innocent as you can get. Garcia is still naive, but as Balalaika said, he will make a good head of the familly someday. And old man Lovelaces's hands are stained with blood, just like the rest of them.
|2007-03-12, 15:33
|Link #844
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
1)According to Garcia, the Lovelaces are one of thirteen leading families (land owning but poor ex-aristocracy) in South America, who have been on the decline ever since the Cartels arrived, first to buy and then to interfere with their farm lands. He also mentions that his father is an old fashioned man who did not "expand into new business ventures."
The behavior by the cartels reveals an important detail; that the Lovelace's were not using their lands for drug-related activities, even though the soil composition of their land was extraordinarily suitable for narcotics, so much that the Cartels tried to take it from them and kidnap Garcia as a means to reach that objective and take revenge.
2)According to Balalaika's research and Garcia's own words, the Lovelace's have only one servant (later on we see that they hired a new one). There's no mention of a private army, or any sizable membership necessary of a crime organization.
3) Roberta was not hired by Diego; rather, he took her under his wing after she quit FARC and was on the run due to his friendship to her deceased father. It is also clear that from that point on until she goes to Roanapour to rescue Garcia, she served the Lovelace's only in the capacity of a maid, albeit a poor one who could neither cook nor clean.
And 4...
Spoiler for Manga Volume 6:
In conclusion: The Lovelace family under Diego was not a part of a drug cartel, but as Garcia, Rock, and Balalaika confirmed, a poor landed Family that has declined from former prestige. Roberta took it upon herself to serve the Family in what ways she could, as a maid and later on a body guard when the need arose. The recent storyline centered on the Lovelace is still continuing, so we'll see how that turns out.
|2007-03-12, 16:27
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Ok, that clears it up.
When I watched the anime it seemed like they were part of a cartel, just a minor one which had fallen onto hard times. Their land was suitable for farming, but it would have been more profitable on the short term to extract the mineral used in ceramics. The other cartels wanted the land, so they pressured Diego by kidnapping Garcia.
At least that's the way I saw it.
Also keep in mind, Balalaika seems to hold some respect for the familly, respect that she doesn't give easily.
I haven't read the manga, but I'll agree with you that the Lovelace familly is about as close to "Good guys" as you can get, in the shady world of Black Lagoon.
|2007-03-13, 14:03
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the last chapter so far is the chapter 51.
So IMO, for a third season animated, we'll wait for a long time ^^
|2007-03-14, 04:25
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Logician and Romantic
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Within my mind
Age: 38
This assumes of course that Black Lagoon isn't a bi-monthly manga .
Anyone know for sure?
|2007-03-26, 09:53
|Link #853
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
i just watched the whole of series 1 on dvd - subbed, & i have to say the translation was pretty poor! very literal translations that hardly make sense most of the time.
whoever said the ciggarette kiss in the police car scene was pretty hot you are well right! they HAVE TO get it on in some way at some stage.
oh and also the scene in ep 10 (i think) where rock wakes her up and leans over to open the window blinds, that was pretty nice too.
revy is soft at heart, she just wants a hug & needs looking after!
i'm downloading the 2nd series now - i'm a bit behind and this is my first post on this site so hi!
|2007-03-26, 11:31
|Link #854
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|2007-03-27, 14:16
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Errm...because Japanese voice actors suck at pronouncing English and most other western languages since Japanese lacks a lot of the sounds.
I don't think it matters much to the Japanese audience which it's produced for.
|2007-03-28, 05:29
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Cute but Useless
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Waaaaay over there
Better a few pockets of bad English than a crappy English dub job
Funnily enough, this issue came up on the threads in YouTube for Full Moon wo Sagashite. My replies there appear to apply here except the idiotic/mature ratio of posters seem much more favorable here
First off, it's a Japanese show, so it's aimed towards a Japanese audience. It's pretty obvious that whatever language is being spoken is for the benefit of the audience it's intended for. Since Rock was hired to be an interpreter for Balalaika and Revi is Chinese-American, it's my guess you're to assume everyone's speaking English.
A good American example of this is "Enemy at the Gates". Instead of having Jude Law and Rachel Weiz learn Russian for two years before filming, they speak English and leave it to the audience to figure out that yes, they're Russian and therefore speaking Russian.
Personally, I think Black Lagoon handled this better by having Revi and Balalaika speaking English (albeit horribly) to cue the audience before reverting back to Japanese. It definitely aids in perceiving all those moments of tension and alienation certain characters find themselves in during this series.
Also, I agree about the "hotness" of the cigarette kiss. It's my favorite scene in the entire series. Discarding the usual Hollywood-type cliche' and replacing it with disturbing elegance.
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Last month I posted about the Sanderson family and their relationship to the Finnestad family.
Here is the preceding page which was missing from the main portion of the document.
Seward Sanderson who married Ole and Mari Finnestad's granddaughter, Ellen Mary (Marie) Vallem is mentioned in his brother Kenneth's history.
The Shabbona, Rollo, Lee Museum provided the document and have been an excellent source of information.
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Himkoti is situated at a distance of 2.75 kms from Adkuwari and 8.75kms from Katra on the new track. Himkoti is one of the most beautiful spots on this track with breathtaking scenic views of the entire valley. Though Himkoti is not associated with any religious or traditional value yet it has a charm of its own. Nature lovers would love to be in this place.
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"Whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16
We've found that retired couples and stay‐at‐home spouses are especially likely to fall into four traps that can take the joy out of life. Here they are, along with some suggestions for avoiding each trap. First is the trap of isolation. Don't allow yourself to withdraw within your own four walls. Stay connected to people even when it's easier to stay home.
The second trap is inactivity. The simple act of taking a walk, visiting the library, or going grocery shopping keeps the muscles limber and the mind alert.
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The fourth trap is despair. The elderly, in particular, can slip into thinking that life is over and no longer worth living. Yet the Christian must always be future oriented. The beauty of our faith lies in the assurance of the next world, where true joy awaits us all.
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|2008-06-30, 06:03
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seiyuu maniac
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Tokyo, Japan
(I don't consider these spoilers because it's basically lifted from novel descriptions)
Ami is Kitamura's childhood friend. She's a profressional model and is pretty, sweet, friendly etc. Except that the impecculate exterior is an act - she's really quite mailicous deep down. Only Kitamura, Ryuji and Taiga knows about her true personality. She and Taiga instantly became arch enemies on their first meeting when she provoked Taiga (not smart ^^ with her true personality.
She's arguably the more interesting main female characters out of the three as her true intentions are never quite clear. Also not only does she plays an important part in providing a lot of comedy (her verbal arguments with Taiga are insanely crazy), but she also furthers the relationships between the characters. She's a catalyst character in the story so her seiyuu's ability is quite important.
|2008-06-30, 12:31
|Link #63
Reality Blender
Join Date: Feb 2007
Haven't read her related chapters yet. I probably should now.
I'm happy with Hirofumi Nojima as Ryuji. At first I thought this was funny because Ryuji's best friend looks very much like Ike, but that aside I think he is perfect for role, never really thought about Ryuji's voice though....
Now to wait until autumn.
|2008-06-30, 12:41
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Gone for Good
Join Date: Apr 2004
Seeing as this is picked up by JC Staff, much to my dismay which I hope can be dispelled when the first episode airs, I would think they might reunite Kugimiya with Kawasumi Ayako for a 3rd series with Kawasumi doing Minori.
Though Hino Satoshi certainly does not give that "timid guy with an intimidating face" feel of Ryuji, so there goes the Shana/ZnT reunion. I would have either Sugita Tomokazu (Kyon) or Nakamura Yuuichi (Tomoya from Clannad) do him if I were to do the casting, but they would still be too "cool" for Ryuji.
Funny too I was thinking of Kuwatani Natsuko initially doing Ami, because of her, well, personality. Read the goddamn novel and find out why. Kuwatani did Asakura Ryoko, that's as much hint as I'll reveal why I'd prefer her doing Ami.
|2008-07-10, 13:51
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Seitenkan no Greeter
|2008-07-22, 12:15
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Augumented Paranoia
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|2008-07-23, 10:25
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Seitenkan no Greeter
But he's also voiced some (other) characters that I liked fairly well (or at least were in series that I like). Two examples: Tohma H. Norstein, from Digimon Savers (go genius rich kids! >_> XD), and my favorite, Boogie-kun, from Karin (I mean, who doesn't love a semi-psychopathic little talking plush doll? Especially when paired with a gothic lolita vampire. Oh, and did I mention that in the manga,
EDIT: Whoops...wasn't paying attention. Thanks, Cats.
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|2008-07-23, 12:07
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Location: event horizon
Use [spoiler] instead of [spoil] please, lol.
I just hope Ryuji's eyes/face are kept as a complete scarecrow fest.
I think it can be really amusing in a animated format...
Other then that, no real big expenctation for Tora Dora.
|2008-07-23, 12:56
|Link #75
Le fou, c'est moi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Age: 29
Seriously though, yeah, disappointment, except for most otaku and seiyuu fanboys out there. The Americans are hardly the only ones guilty of typecasting. She plays good tsundere, but she can only be one tsundere -- heck, as a talented voice actor she probably has capacity for more, but fan and producer expectations will do its job otherwise -- and that renders all the different subtleties of her characters mute. Shana wasn't Louise and she wasn't Nagi, yet they sounded the same in similar situations.
Plus, while it's been a long time since Shana S1, I thought her performance as Shana S2 was awkward at best, considering Shana S2 wasn't so much tsundere as just socially awkward and cheesy and it shows.
|2008-07-23, 13:51
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Its JC Staff, of course shes going to get the lead. Shes the lead in almost every Dengeki light novel/manga adaption they do, either as tsundere voice or her playing a male
I don't get peoples beef, yeah SNS and ZnT fell a bit off course (ZnT 3 seems to be sticking way closer to the novel though, s2 was meh), but I think they can do a series justice if they get enough episodes, sometimes they don't have a choice but to change the story a bit or it would just be awkward - for instance
|2008-07-24, 07:44
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Seitenkan no Greeter
EDIT: Also, I have noticed that Shana does tend to have a slightly deeper voice than the two other major loli tsundere characters Rie Kugimiya has played, so it's not like the voices sound exactly the same.
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|2008-07-24, 11:20
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Osana-Najimi Shipper
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mt. Ordeals
Kugimiya can in fact do a lot of different voices, and do them well to boot, if my love of Kasugano Nene of Potemayo shows. Only problem is that her loli tsundere voice is really starting to bleed my ears, and I for one won't be looking forward to her voice in this show. (Heck, for the first time in memory, I for one am not looking forward to a Japanese audio track in a game that's coming in december, mainly because of Kugimiya. XD)
|2008-07-24, 12:46
|Link #80
Seitenkan no Greeter
(Hint: the game was released in the US two days ago, July 22nd. ...I think. I might have to check the date for the game again...but whatever.)
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|2011-07-22, 16:16
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What the gay?.......
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: 버루진이아
Age: 28
Need a cute, shojo anime to watch with gf
hey, can anyone suggest any good shojo anime? preferably one that is cute and funny.
She enjoyed fruits basket and fmp: fumoffu.
Also she told me about a gender bender with a girl named megumi? she said that megumi that thought she was a boy who was transformed into a girl, but was a girl with a boyish personality? anybody know? was a while ago she says. but i would appreciate it.
but mainly cute and funny, but romantic. not fan service ones please. I dont think she would appreciate it lol.
|2011-07-22, 17:33
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Hokkaido
Age: 69
I'd start with a few episodes of Chi's Sweet Home as an appetizer. You can watch three of them in less than ten minutes.
As for your original request, I'd suggest Nodame Cantabile, REC, and, if you can find it, Saiunkoku Monogatari.
|2011-07-22, 17:34
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Blooming on the mountain
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light....
I will also second REC and Saiunkoku Monogatari (seasons 1 and 2 both).
For some reason the To Heart series also jumped to mind when I read your first post too....
|2011-07-22, 19:08
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Le fou, c'est moi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Age: 29
^To Heart is no shoujo though. His gf has to be okay with moe/otaku-themed stuff to like it, and lots of female anime fans...aren't.
I second Ouran for a rare good shoujo comedy anime. In the same vein she might like Special A, albeit it's frankly not as good.
Second Nodame as well. It's really, really good. The drama is even better actually.
Oh yeah, and you might try Aishiteruze Baby. Yuzuyu is 120% cuteness in human form. The show isn't all out comedy but it's light and gentle at heart.
Also, in case your girlfriend likes FABULOUS (...max) bishies, the currently airing Mawaru Penguin Drum is the most fabulous thing in anime since Code Geass. Be warned, it may turn deadly serious on us at any moment.
|2011-07-23, 15:52
|Link #10
Blooming on the mountain
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light....
|2011-07-23, 18:33
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Tumble Rumble
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Imagination Land
Age: 34
Ouran High School Host Club. Defiently.
School Rumble is a Romantic comedy with a big love triangle. Its really worth a watch. When you get into the first few episodes you cant get enough (:
|2011-07-31, 11:43
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I think I might know the one your gf was talking about. It's a manga called fly high and it's not gender bender per se. The protagonist is a girl who got raised with her dad thinking she was a boy and she started to get trained by him, then when she moves her mother takes the opportunity to turn her back to a girl... I won't say anymore since I don't want to spoil it for you if you read it!!
|2011-07-31, 22:40
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Le fou, c'est moi
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Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
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Uh guys, no, that anime was, as I said above, Tenshi na Konamaiki. It had exactly the plot, the main character's name (Megumi), and the twist (that was actually a spoiler) as what his girlfriend said.
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skater18000 wrote:Tate is the best WR we have
Starrman44 wrote:Ogletree would be a dream in my opinion. If Green was the only option, I would have went Fluker. I think Ogletree, Wags, and Wright would be fantastic...
Wenhawk wrote:McGruff, I agree Ertz and Eiffert are similar to Miller and we are more likely to go with a guy like Josh Reed later on, but this was more of what we could do at #25. And TE is an option just not that strong of one it seems.
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