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Your favourite shot of 2006
Posted 21 December 2006 - 06:52 AM
Posted 21 December 2006 - 07:07 AM
a bit hesistant to post considering that most of your pics could have been contest winners or cover pages on diving magazines...
something about this shot of my DM who was swimming along this wall in Bohol, Philippines...
This was from my first trip with my DSLR and just after spending a few days absorbing some great tips from Mike Veitch in Anilao and Puerto Galera...
Posted 21 December 2006 - 07:26 AM
To narrow things down, two trips really stand out this year for me, as both were firsts: the Wetpixel Bahamas trip in March and the Seahorse Raja Ampat/South Birdshead trip in November. So I guess I will have to choose from those two. And since I am not currently sharing my West Papua images online - Bahamas it must be.
Actually narrowing it down to just one trip doesn't help much. That was such a great trip, tigers, hammers, bulls, lemons - were all new species to me. But I am actually going to choose a shot of a species I had seen before, a reefy. My main aim for that trip was to try and do something different photographically, from all the great shark images I had seen before. And I was pleased that I achieved that with this one.
Taken with a Nikon D2X + 12-24mm lens (with a dioptre, of course!).
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Posted 21 December 2006 - 07:46 AM
Posted 21 December 2006 - 08:47 AM
This one is one of my favorite this year, its from a Stuart Cove trip I did with Todd Essick and 3 drop dead gorgeous model, 30 plus shark on most dive, 5 days in a row, 3 to 4 dive a day. AAAAAAAHHHHHH ! I wanna go back !
I hope Cronix wasn't wearing a tuxedo when he took thoses shots of the Leopard Seal, last thing you wanna look like in antartica is lunch!!!! :-)
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Posted 21 December 2006 - 09:01 AM
Posted 21 December 2006 - 09:08 AM
lonely looking shark..Could be used for highlighting the dramatic effect of the shark finning industry...
Or as an Athena poster...!
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Posted 21 December 2006 - 10:33 AM
Posted 21 December 2006 - 03:19 PM
Canon 7D MkII, Nauticam NA-7DMKII housing, 2 x Inon Z240, 2 x Ikelite DS160, Tokina 10-17, Canon 60 & 100 macro, Sigma 150 macro, Kenko 1.X Teleconverters.
Posted 21 December 2006 - 03:44 PM
This is my most memorable shot, simply because it was almost my last. Shortly after I finished shooting (my 1st rhynopia), a weighted fishing net was thrown on top of me. I should probably add that I was extremely low on air and had left my dive knife on the boat. Thankfully, my DM eventually came to the rescue. BEWARE @ TK3!!!
THat would suck... where is TK3?
Cool shot though
Not my best, but my favourite for 2006 because after too many attempts on lots of dives I finally nailed it:
Thats awesome, love how you can see the eyes of the wrasse in there..
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Posted 21 December 2006 - 05:07 PM
both taken at the Tubbataha National Marine Sanctuary, Sulu Sea Philippines.
This one is hanging in in the office of the Tubbataha Marine Park Management office and another print was auctioned in a recent fund raiser to benefit Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park.
Sadly, the boat we were on in April sank when the a Super Typhoon hit the Philippines in November with the loss of the Mess Steward
Edited by scubastu, 21 December 2006 - 05:19 PM.
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Posted 21 December 2006 - 05:46 PM
It is of an 18kg Leatherback turtle shedding saltwater tears.
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Posted 21 December 2006 - 06:18 PM
Life is a beach and then you dive.
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Posted 21 December 2006 - 06:33 PM
8mm, 12-50mm, 45mm lenses
My web page.
Posted 21 December 2006 - 08:31 PM
I tought I would add one just so ALL the posted pics aren't potential contest winners.
I like this one simply because of the time it took to get it. I camped out in the sand for most of the dive and took over 50 shots of this little jawfish excavating his new home. I kept firing away trying to get one of him spitting sand. He finally got comfortable with me being there and went about his business. Not a great photo (heck, none of mine are) but special to me just the same.
Edited by dmoss, 21 December 2006 - 08:40 PM.
Canon 5D, Ikelite
My Flickr Photos
Posted 21 December 2006 - 08:50 PM
Happy Holidays to all.
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Posted 21 December 2006 - 10:51 PM
This was the best of two magical days at Roca Partida, diving with a family of humpback whales.
This gets my vote. That's fantastic! Love the tiny diver in the background.
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Posted 22 December 2006 - 03:27 AM
For me Antarctica was my best trip I think. But Mozambique comes very close
very dramatic photos!! wonderful.
Today i bought the new "Unterwasser" (german diving magazine) and i saw your picture there!
Congratulation for the big article!!!
never thought that sea leopard could be that dangerous
Flickr gallery
Posted 22 December 2006 - 03:40 AM
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Posted 22 December 2006 - 03:54 AM
This was the best of two magical days at Roca Partida, diving with a family of humpback whales.
That is a fantastic image. Very good composition, very well balanced.
very dramatic photos!! wonderful.
Today i bought the new "Unterwasser" (german diving magazine) and i saw your picture there!
Congratulation for the big article!!!
never thought that sea leopard could be that dangerous
Ah, so Unterwasser has hit the streets. I am very happy to have my first article in there. Still waiting for my own copy. I have only seen a rough pdf so far.
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The London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremonies Start Tomorrow! [VIDEO]
Every four years, I get Olympic fever because I'm SO EXCITED for the Summer Olympic Games to start!
Starting on July 27th, I'll be glued to my computer screen (and television screen, when I can) until August 12th, catching up on the latest news and results from the Games.
With an expectation of 205 nations participating in 300 events, the Games of the XXX Olympiad are surely going to be amazing and very entertaining!My favorite sports to watch are Gymnastics and Trampoline, because I trained on those events since I was 5 years old. This year, the U.S. Women's Gymnastics Team is one of the strongest, and I definitely think they're a contender to win the gold medal. Jordyn Wieber and Gabby Douglas are also expected to do well in the Individual Competition.
In the Trampoline event, I'm rooting for my former Team Canada teammates – three-time Olympic medalist Karen Cockburn, Olympic silver medalist Jason Burnett and World Cup medalist Rosie MacLennan.
Karen is going for the gold this time, trying to add to her Olympic Medals collection, where she earned a bronze medal in Sydney (2000), and a silver medal in Athens (2004) as well as in Beijing (2008). Jason, who holds the world record for degree of difficulty in a competition routine, will be looking to improve on his silver medal finish at the 2008 Games in Beijing, while Rosie will most likely place higher than her 7th place finish at the 2008 Olympics.
Also competing at this year's Games is SFA soccer player Kylie Louw, as a member of the South African national soccer team.
Do you know anyone competing at the Olympics this year?
Here's a full list of the 2012 Olympics Schedule and Results page.
Here's a montage of the 2012 Women's Gymnastics Olympic Team:
Karen Cockburn performing her silver medal routine at the 2008 Beijing Olympics:

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Lufkin 4th Graders Recognized for Design Skills
Handicapped dogs may soon benefit from the work of some Lufkin 4th graders. Students at Brandon Elementary recently learned that a New Hampshire-based website picked up on their idea of new and improved "drag bags" for dogs, which are those things that handicapped dogs can put on, cool off, and move around the yard with a little easier.
The students sent drawings of the redesigned drag-bags to the founder and President of handicappedpets.com, Mark Robinson, and he loved their idea.
An engineering program at the school may help integrate the product, and it plans to help the kids keep learning new ways to create products, make life easier, and learn important life skills.
Anyone else accomplish something big like this in fourth grade? I think my fourth grade class was recognized once for making it all the way through one day without getting in trouble for throwing spit balls at each other. Nice work Brandon Elementary! You make us all proud.


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Co-op boys hockey gains first win of season
The `goat' turning into the `hero' is a familiar scenario in sports. And it sort of played out that way in short order during an FCIAC boys ice hockey game Wednesday night at the Wonderland of Ice in Bridgeport.
The Fairfield co-op player who committed the penalty on which visiting St. Joseph got the equalizing goal late in the third period was the same player who scored a solo game-winning goal less than a minute later. Fairfield captain Conor Scharlop, after being called for interference with 3 minutes and 32 seconds remaining, dashed down ice, beat a Cadets' defender, then from close range lifted a shot over the shoulder of St. Joseph goaltender Dylan Batterson to give the defending CIAC Division II state champions a 3-2 victory.
Fairfield, which had scored but six goals all season before Wednesday, improved to 1-4-1, while the Cadets (2-4-0) lost for the fourth time in their last five games.
Fairfield scored goals 50 seconds apart in the first period for a 2-0 lead, with Owen Emmoendorfer opening the scoring and Matthew Roberts following up. The Cadets scored a pair of power play goals when Colin Powell converted with 7:48 remaining in the third period and Ryan Corcoran knocked in Dom DeRosa's goalmouth feed with 2:31 left.
Scharlop left the penalty box on Corcoran's goal. Within 58 seconds, he had atoned for his penalty by knocking the puck past a defender, darting up ice, then beating another defender before firing home what soon became the winner. St. Joseph had 1:43 in which to rally after Scharlop's go-ahead sniping.
Perhaps not too much guilt can be sent Scharlop's way for his penalty. If he had not interfered, a Cadets' forward would have had a clear path toward Fairfield goalie Kyle Greenhut. Greenhut made 26 saves, but there would have been plenty of drama if the play had unfolded as a breakaway with the game on the line. The suspense then was directed toward the Cadets' power play and Fairfield penalty kill.
"That was a beautiful goal," St. Joseph coach Marty Crouse said of Scharlop's dash. "That shows you what hard work can do."
"That was a great shot," said Fairfield coach Mark Pettorini. "He put it where it needed to be."
"All I was thinking about was `green light, green light (which is turned on to signal a goal),' all the way down the ice," Scharlop said. "I put it up high. It hit the inside crossbar."
For Scharlop, a defenseman, it was his first goal of 2013-14 and the 14th of his four-year career.
"We played so pumped," said Scharlop, a Fairfield Warde student. "Our whole focus was we came out and we wanted it. We wanted it more than they did. I've played with a lot of the St. Joseph players."
Pettorini praised his team for following his strategy, which, after the team averaged 1.5 goals per game and relied on the standout goaltending by Greenhut, took on a simple, basic theme.
"Our game plan, everyone did a good job with it. That's why we had some success," Pettorini said. "That was a big one (win). That was great goaltending (by Greenhut). He got us through a state championship last year. He's been great."
With one-third of Fairfield's goal output coming on Wednesday, Pettorini knows that a bulk of his offense will come from "blue-collar goals, hard-working goals," he said.
Crouse searched for the apt way to characterize his team's slump -- all losses except for a 9-0 thumping of South Windsor (1-4-0) on Dec. 28 after a season-opening win over Guilford (1-4-0). Finally, he said, "I'm dumbfounded. I've coached for 10 years and there have been a lot of ups and downs, I've seen a lot of things. I'm just dumbfounded right now.
"In the last couple of games, we've strung together a fair amount of poor performances," Crouse said. "Something's got to give. We don't shoot with a purpose; we don't finish. We think we've done our job just by getting a shot.
"It feels like we're a bleeding fish in a shark tank right now," Crouse said.
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Records: St. Joseph 2-4-0, 0-1-0 FCIAC; Fairfield 1-4-0, 1-0-0 FCIAC. Goals: SJ--Colin Powell, Ryan Corcoran; F--Owen Emmoendorfer, Matthew Roberts, Conor Scharlop. Assists: SJ--Ryan Corcoran, Dom DeRosa, Nick DiSabella; F--Jack O'Rourke. Goalies: SJ--Dylan Batterson (11 saves); F--Kyle Greenhut (26 saves). Shots: SJ--28; F--14.


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$ 23,000
$ 8
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$ 87,667
$ 75
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$ 87
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$ 84,796
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$ 151,516
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$ 132,612
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$ 137,177
$ 70
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$ 168,995
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$ 152,158
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Orchestra of Exiles World famous violinist and Polish Jew Bronislaw Huberman embarks on a four-year odyssey, which culminates in 1936 with the creation of a top-flight symphony orchestra in the desert outback of Palestine. His Jewish musicians were drawn from among the best players of Europe and were all escaping a world that would soon be torn apart by Nazi aggression.G


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Google Soars as Revenue Tops Analyst Targets
Google Inc. shares rallied late Thursday after the Internet company beat Wall Street's profit and revenue estimates for the third quarter. MarketWatch's Dan Gallagher reports. (Photo: AP)
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As veterans return from war, their military experience is in demand on the nation's railroads
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OMAHA, Neb. – As thousands of American soldiers return to the civilian workforce after service in Iraq or Afghanistan, many are finding jobs on the nation's rail lines.
More than 25 percent of all U.S. railroad workers have served in the military.
Veterans have a long history of railroad work. Civil War veterans, for example, helped complete the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s. Railroad opportunities are especially welcome now because the unemployment rate for recent veterans remains higher than for the rest of the nation.
Mark Major once led soldiers in Iraq. Now he helps manage intermodal freight trains in Oakland, Calif. He sought out a rail job because of the challenges and independence it offered and because he had known other soldiers who went to work for a railroad and liked it.


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NSF has published an article where they talk about 9 ways in which computing has made an impact on HIV research. One of the 9 impactful ways is the work of ECE Professor Shantenu Jha with his collaborators: # 7 of, "Nine ways NSF-supported supercomputers help scientists understand and treat the disease"
The project demonstrated how researchers might use genetic sequencing techniques and massive computations to design patient-specific treatment protocols in near-real-time. In the future, it is expected that this type of patient-specific drug selection will become routine.
Shantenu Jha is an Associate Professor of ECE. In his 3.5 years at Rutgers, he has launched a very successful research operation in architecting/designing distributed cyberinfrastructure, has established rich collaborations around the world (including with those responsible for last year's Nobel Prize), and has already received substantial external recognition in terms of funding and prestigious awards (NIH, DoE, UK EPSRC, NSF CAREER award, Rutgers Board of Trustees Fellowship for Scholarly Excellence).


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The Beaufort Branch of the Beaufort County Public Library will be hosting a Poetry Slam/Poetry Workshop on Saturday, April 21 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
One of the prominent judges and collaborators in this event is Jamie Fleming the creative director of LOUD Inc., a local nonprofit that uses media arts and performance poetry to empower kids to live out their dreams.
This is a very special event for teens (12 to 18 years old) in the Beaufort area and all are encouraged to come and participate or just watch. Food and drinks will be provided for this event. Prizes will be awarded by judges and popular vote. The library's address is 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, SC 29902.
The event is intended to allow teens to share their love of poetry or learn more about what poetry is and how to express themselves through this literary and emotional outlet. Teens are not required to read poetry aloud unless they wish to do so. This event is as much about learning about poetry as reciting it to one's peers.
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Photo: Briana Jordan scored 17 in her first career start (photo by Tony Marable)
MARTIN, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech women's basketball team has enjoyed plenty of success on the road this season, including seven wins on enemy floors in Ohio Valley Conference play.
Saturday afternoon, however, coach Sytia Messer's team didn't have an answer for the homecourt edge by UT Martin as the host Skyhawks ended Tech's 10-game winning streak with an 83-56 victory in the Elam Center.
"I'm hoping we can bounce back from this the same way we did when we played at Morehead," Messer said. "We want to go home and protect our home court. We're going to really need our crowd when we get home. We need our fans to come out to Eblen Center and be our sixth man for the next three games.
"We got a little complacent today," Messer said. "Give a lot of credit to the Martin basketball team and their coaches. We didn't do things we wanted to do. We didn't have toughness or consistency. We didn't protect the ball. We didn't get to the free throw line. Now we need to go home and learn from this loss."
UT Martin took advantage of its familiarity with its cavernous arena to shoot 42 percent, including 12-for-28 3-pointers for 42.9 percent accuracy from beyond the arc. The home team also enjoyed a huge advantage at the free throw line, outscoring Tech 23-4 at the charity stripe. The Skyhawks were 23-for-28 for 82 percent while Tech was 4-for-9 for 44 percent.
The result means the Skyhawks (16-9/11-3 OVC) have snuck to within one game in the loss column of the league-leading Golden Eagles in the OVC standings. Tech (13-2 OVC/19-5 overall) have three conference games remaining, all at home in Eblen Center.
Tech hosts Tennessee State on Thursday at 7 p.m., and will entertain Austin Peay Saturday at 5:30 p.m. Tech's final OVC game is Saturday, Feb. 26, against Jacksonville State.
UT Martin has four league games left, with two on the road (EIU and SEMO) before wrapping up with a pair at home (EKU and Morehead State). The Skyhawk women are now 8-0 at home this season and 8-9 on the road.
Morehead State, meanwhile, is two games behind the Golden Eagles with a 11-4 OVC record. The Eagles have three games remaining, all on the road including the season finale at UTM.
Freshman Briana Jordan, making the first start of her career in place of injured Kellie Cook, proved to be the top scorer for the Golden Eagles with 17 points. Brittany Darling notched a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Kylie Cook added eight points and seven rebounds.
Tech shot 37.7 percent from the field (23-for-61), including 27.3 percent (6-for-22) from long distance. The Golden Eagle owned a 45-35 advantage in rebounds, but had 21 turnovers compared with just seven by the Skyhawks.
Alecia Weatherly led four UTM players in doubles, netting 23 along with seven rebounds. She was 6-for-9 from outside the arc and 5-for-6 at the free throw line.
Jasmine Newsome added 18 points, going 10-for-12 at the charity line. Heather Butler had 17 points and Beth Hawn scored 10.
Tech jumped out to a 9-0 lead, but the Skyhawks came back with a 10-0 run and took their first lead. It was a tight first half, with UT Martin heading to the break with a 48-36 lead.
Tech cut the difference to six early in the second half, but a decisive 14-2 run by the Skyhawks was keyed by sharp defensive play and several 3-pointers.
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Supreme Court temporarily blocks interim redistricting maps
The U.S. Supreme Court late Friday granted Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's request to temporarily block interim redistricting maps drawn by a lower court.
The decision effectively prevents candidates from filing for office and could delay legislative and congressional primaries — now scheduled for March 6 — until May.
Besides granting Abbott's request for an emergency stay, the one-page order told the groups involved in the redistricting fight to prepare for oral arguments before the court Jan. 9.
There is no deadline for a ruling from the court.
"I think it is surprising that they let it go on for so long," said Michael Li, an elections lawyer who has been keeping close tabs on Texas' redistricting process.
He said simply granting the stay, which suspends enforcement of interim maps drawn by a three-judge panel in San Antonio until the Supreme Court issues a further ruling, offers no hint on how justices are leaning.
Political operatives across the state said the Supreme Court's move effectively freezes the candidate filing period as lawmakers and potential challengers wait to see what the Supreme Court will do and when the primary elections will be.
"When you don't know what district you live in, you can't very well file for office," said Harold Cook, a longtime Democratic strategist in Texas. "Politicos all over the place are going to be vibrating in place, trying to figure out what this means, when in fact there is no answer to that question until the Supreme Court is good and ready to tell us."
Abbott acknowledged in a legal filing that granting his request likely would delay primary elections for Congress and the Texas House and Senate until May. He suggested primaries for other contests could be left in March.
"The Texas Attorney General's Office is committed to protecting the integrity of Texas' elections by ensuring they are conducted based on legally constructed redistricting maps," Abbott said in a statement late Friday.
While the attorney general's office celebrated what several observers called an unexpected win, state Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, one of the major players in the litigation against the state, said he was puzzled by the Supreme Court's stay. "I thought that the San Antonio court judges didn't go far enough," said Veasey, who has filed to run in the newly drawn minority-dominated 33rd Congressional district in the Fort Worth area.
The three federal judges in San Antoniohad to create interim redistricting plans for the 2012 election because the maps passed by Legislature aren't legally enforceable until a federal court in Washington, D.C., certifies the proposals don't disenfranchise minority voters.
Abbott told the Supreme Court that the San Antonio judges' maps were "judicial activism at its worst," and argued that the lower court had gone too far with its maps because courts have not explicitly ruled that the state's maps were illegal.
However, lawyers with the U.S. Justice Department wrote in a key filing that they believed the Legislature's congressional and Texas House maps were drawn with the intent to discriminate.
The judicial panels in Washington and San Antonio — both comprised of two Republican appointees and one Democratic appointee — have signaled their discomfort with the Legislature's redistricting plans.
In a pretrial order, the Washington judges said they believed the state used an improper standard to determine whether the Legislature's maps would disenfranchise minority voters.
The San Antonio court made significant changes to the congressional and state House and Senate maps passed by the Legislature, creating more majority-minority districts.
Observers say the altered districts could give Democrats 65-70 seats in the Texas House, up from 49, and as many as four more seats in Congress.


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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Aaron of Princeton will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Thursday.
Robert Aaron and the former Helen Earley Morris were married Jan. 24, 1963, in Dixon. They are the parents of two daughters, Shirley Marsh and Sharon Jenson. They also have four grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
The couple will celebrate the event with a family dinner.
Cards may be sent to the couple at: 789 Mayfair Drive, Princeton, IL 61356.


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Neil Island is in the Andaman Islands.
Neil, with its very relaxed vibe and long, deserted beaches is a place to chill out after the "bustle" of Havelock Island. Neil is quite small compared to Havelock. Its widest part is about 5 km in length. You can walk the whole island in about an hour or two. The total population of this island is 2675. In Neil there have three good sand beaches. The colour of sea water is light blue, dark blue and green. Neil Island is a peaceful island.
Get in
Ferry from Port Blair to Neil. It takes 2 hours and costs Rs 715. No Standing tickets are issued post Jan-26 accident, which claimed many lives. Two boats (and three on some days a week) leave make the round trip from Port Blair to Neil Island every day with one of them going via Havelock Island. Boat timings are subject to change/ cancellation due to weather and you should check the latest boat schedule at http://www.and.nic.in/ while planning for your trip.
From RANGAT[[3]] there is also a ferry which leaves at 6:15am, goes to Havelock[[4]] and then comes to Neil.
There is a ticket office with a waiting room at Neil Island. Ticket office is right next to the jetty.
For all Speed Vessels the fare is Rs.285 but for MV Bambooka and MV North Passage the ticket costs Rs. 360.
Get around
On arrival, the guesthouse owners will meet you at the jetty, and give you a free autorickshaw ride to their guesthouse. The return journey will cost 50Rs.
Bicycles can be rented here for a price between Rs 50-75 per day. Though not needed they can be useful if you want to travel around Neil in a day.
You can get an auto-rickshaw and go around to see self-declared private 'resorts' to find accommodation.
Two Wheeler Hire: You can hire a two wheeler for Rs 300 per day. This is the best way to explore the Island as you have the freedom to go to any place at any time. Definitely much more cheaper than hiring a taxi or an auto. Make sure to fill Fuel before 5 in the evening, as you might not find any later. Having a bike would also help you to stop at any part of the beach to click Pictures and enjoy the place. Also one can use a two wheeler to explore other resorts for better food, if the food given by their resort is not so good.
Please note that only BSNL and Airtel service is available on this island. All other mobile services do not work.
Diveindia runs certified diver courses and snorkelling and scuba dives off the coast of Neil Island. A single scuba dive typically costs Rs. 4,500/- but this is usually negotiable. Reef off the coast of Neil Island are full of fishes and live corals. Visit http://www.diveindia.com/neil.html for more information.
Walk around on several beaches at Neil Island.Laxmanpur beach with its white sand beach is perfect for evening walks. Sitapur beach is great for swimming and Bharatpur is a good option if you like collecting shells! Neil is a small island and there are several interesting walks all over the island.
The Infiniti Live-aboard yacht now includes Neil Island as part of some of its trips. Its the most comfortable option to get to Neil island, stay there & dive as it provides all three services (it brings passengers from Port Blair).
The main bazaar has a few eateries serving the usual Indian fare.
At the beach resorts, food has to be ordered generally at least two hours in advance as the "cook" travels to the market gets the supplies and prepares it.
Tango Beach Resort and newly opened Sea Shell Resort (both on Laxmanpur beach) have good restaurants serving conventional Indian and seafood. Try Sutapa Sweets in the main market if you like Indian sweets and samosas.
Coconut milk.
Alcohol is also available in most of the resorts.
Get out
Two options:
1) Leave via the ferry that got you here sometime in the evening
2)You can manage to get a private boat ride to Havelock from here for around 1000Rs if interested.For Indians this is not a problem but foreigners be aware, the police at the jetty on Havelock do check your RAP (restricted area permit) on the way out and EXPECT to see an entry number on it, which you will not have if you came privately. This is done, precisely to stop tourists making unauthorised visits to islands they should not be on and the authorities take this quite seriously so DO expect trouble if you decide to do this. (Of course if you left by the same method and went back to where you came from nobody would be any the wiser).


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International Business Machines has been on a bit of a roller coaster this year, and investors are hoping that the uphill climb the stock has been on for the last three months is not a presage of an impending swoop down.
Against other large-cap tech stocks, IBM's put in a solid performance this year, up more than 13% since Jan. 1 and outperforming many rivals such as Cisco , H-P , and NetApp – though coming behind growing arch-rival Oracle . But the trip has been a volatile one, with the shares running up to a record high in the first quarter only to lose all those gains in the second quarter and make them all back in the third. IBM's total market value is roughly on par with Microsoft , though still less than half of Apple .
Unclear is how sentiment going into the company's third-quarter report on Tuesday afternoon will affect the trades. Big Blue is currently projected to report its second consecutive revenue decline alone with a healthy 10% gain to its earnings-per-share line. The tech giant has found top-line growth to be challenging over the past several quarters and has focused on cost management and share buybacks to boost the bottom line. Analysts are looking for revenue of $25.4 billion with earnings of $3.62 per share for the third quarter, according to consensus estimates from FactSet.
Wall Street seems to be keeping its sentiment in check, as 60% of the brokers covering IBM are maintaining neutral ratings on the stock. Joseph Foresi of Janney Capital predicted on Monday that IBM has likely experienced "a sluggish, but stable demand backdrop" and said investors will be focused on deal signings and "margin expansion" in the report, along with other signs that may indicate demand for tech products with industry's first significant report of the third quarter earnings season.
"Similar to other companies, IBM\'s multiple has expanded along with the market, making its results a good test of how stocks will react to steady, but perhaps not overwhelming results," Foresi wrote, keeping his buy rating on the stock.
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The Characters:
Tommy - Postal worker who is chosen by an advanced alien consortium to defend Earth.
Stephanie - Scientist who specializes in unknown animals. (Is there a big career in this?)
George - Police Officer who has a serious conspiracy complex.
Arthur - Computer whiz who is at Stephanie's beck and call.
The Proctor - Hologram of a tiny (Less than a foot tall.) mall tramp who is sent to brief Tommy.
Zarkorr! The Invader - The huge monster which will destroy Earth unless Tommy stops it.
The Plot:
You get darn little monster out of this "monster movie" my friends. What you do get is a postal employee tasked with defending Earth against a 180 foot tall advesary. Zarkorr looks fairly cool, unfortunately the special effects around him are not. I found some of the dialog extremely entertaining though, especially the way people act upon finding out Tommy works for the U.S. Postal Service. Our hero is visited by "The Proctor" who dumps a whole load of whoop-ass in his lap, he must stop Zarkorr or Earth will be destroyed! So he manages to recruit Stephanie, George, and Arthur to assist him and together they come up with a plan. A plan which involves Tommy going toe to toe with this titan! I'll leave the ending a surprise so I don't ruin it for you...
Things I Learned From This Movie:
TV sets in New Jersey can pick up the news in Japan.
Superior beings have no common sense.
One out of every two cops are serious alien conspiracy-theory freaks.
The National Guard uses Stinger air-to-air missles against rampaging monsters.
Computer hackers are always slightly insane, paralyzed from the waist down, unwashed, and able to hack NORAD.
Giant monsters are classified as endangered species.
Monsters cause nearby buildings to explode for no obvious reason.
Stuff To Watch For:
3 mins - Laser sounds, holes being punched out of the mountain, strange lights - and these idiots yell, "Avalanche?"
32 mins - Who cocked their pistol? George? Nope... ...Tommy? Nope... ...the other cop? Nope... ...well darn, I know I heard it.
35 mins - This Newark, NJ police car has no barrier between the front and back?
40 mins - It was just pitch black but 5 minutes later it looks to be noon?
46 mins - Arthur is typing! Really!
73 mins - In the close-ups he is holding the shield from the other side?
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Starving actors speak out
Zarkorr Roaring.
Tommy: "No I'm not a mailman. I'm a postal employee, there's a difference."
Security Guard: "This is a gun, put down the c-stand or I will take this gun and shoot you and then you will die."
Reporter: "Jesus Christ no! It's still coming, it hasn't even been touched! It's shooting lightning bolts from it's eyes, the planes are being blown from the sky one by one!"
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Reply #1.
Posted on March 29, 1999, 03:07:40 PM by email@example.com
More Zarkorr, less postal employee and his idiot friends. It's nice to see someone who cares enough to make cheap monster movies these days.
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Posted on April 28, 1999, 08:05:42 PM by
I had sex with the girl who plays "proctor" her name is jen Gay and she lives in Florida. shes a total whore though.
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Reply #3.
Posted on May 25, 1999, 09:02:09 AM by email@example.com
Yeah, but was it any good? Bragging rights, I suppose... but do you really wanna say, "Hey, I knocked the bottom out of that chick in Zarkorr!?" I wouldn't admit to that... well, maybe I would, since she's pretty attractive... but that whole being in Zarkorr thing... I dunno.
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Reply #4.
Posted on March 24, 2000, 03:28:54 PM by Paul H.
I was going to post a comment about Zarkorr being an ok movie and all that crap but after someone sleeps with the Zarkorr chic why bother.
I can't compete with that.
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Reply #5.
Posted on July 29, 2000, 03:57:05 AM by Luke
Whoa. I can't believe I wasted 82 minutes of my life watching this awful piece of horses**t.
Zarkorr! The Invader
Reply #6.
Posted on February 23, 2001, 09:51:14 AM by Draconias Galactica
Review too long for comment space. See my review here. That is all.
Zarkorr! The Invader
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Posted on June 22, 2001, 05:21:22 PM by
My favorite is when the buildings are falling down, and you can not only see the lightbulb that makes the buildings light up, but you can watch the windows BOUNCE and wobble as they hit the ground!!!!! Damn - I want that proctor chic - damn you!
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Posted on November 25, 2006, 04:10:12 PM by Paul
I watched "Zarkorr!: The Invader" as an illegally copied tape in Jamaica. (It seems all video stores in Jamaica have only illegally copied tapes). I enjoyed parts of the movie, although I had smoked a fat spliff prior to watching it. Actually, one part nearly made me pee my pants with laughter (might've been the spliff). It was a line from the main character - ended in "...until Zarkorr comes along and squashes me!" God, I watched that scene like 20 times, then I went and ate a can of condensed milk. Weed is weird.
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|2012-10-14, 14:01
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Me at work
Though yes if she doesn't interfere the situation is over,that doesn't make the results acceptable because not everyone finds paralyzing rape victims to be acceptable.
|2012-10-14, 14:09
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
As for the results being acceptable or not... well true that's up for debate. I guess that all depends on how accurate the Psycho Pass really is.
|2012-10-14, 14:25
|Link #863
Bag Giver
Join Date: Jan 2012
I had the impression that there are actually two separate assessments this episode:
1. an immediate assessment based on readers from scanners/dominators. This reading is used to determine the level of force the police can use.
2. an in depth assessment from the Sibyl system that determines how effective therapy on the latent criminal would be and thus his final punishment.
Recall what Ginoza told Akane while they were in the tent: They don't need to wait for the Sibyl's judgment. They can just go in. Soon after, the paddy wagon arrived with dominators. Recall how the dominator was able to produce an immediate reading from a drunk in the street, and recall how quickly it found the woman to be a valid target for lethal force. The great difference between how long it took for a Sibyl judgment to arrive for the rapist and for the woman suggests two different systems of analysis.
One could argue that the assessment for the woman was faster because she had a dominator pointed at her. However, this is inconsistent with Ginoza's suggestion that they could wait for the Sibyl judgment--without finding the rapist.
As for being allowed to kill without a final judgment, this is perfectly consistent with real world police practice: The police are allowed to use lethal force without a verdict, an indictment, or even an arrest warrant under the correct emergency circumstances.
|2012-10-14, 14:26
|Link #864
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Wonderland.
Age: 26
Actually, I totally agree with what MartianMage said. There's no actual concrete proof that the system is really as "flawed" as it seemed to be. All the arguments presented so far that defend that statement are based on a mentally unstable criminal's complaints, a completely broken woman's hysterical outbursts and a chaotic chain of events caused by a rookie's unneeded intervention.
|2012-10-14, 14:44
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I disagree with you all.
Join Date: Dec 2005
For that matter, I have problems seeing how unnecessarily tasing the unarmed, non-aggressive victim is acceptable.
|2012-10-14, 14:44
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Graphic Designer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 32
Really, that's just plain as day: the inherent problem is the system and individuals know that well they are doomed if they go past a certain treshold, to which doesn't seem to be controllable by oneself, except with devices.
And technically, even if Akane failed to calm her, the very problem was her partners walking around with their boomstick ready to cap her out.
|2012-10-14, 14:59
|Link #867
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Yes, it does matter.
All that I'm saying is maybe the system is not as flawed as you make it to be. Perhaps it really is acceptable.
You expect them to put all possible course of action in the gun? That's why the first point matters.
Acceptable for the people in this particular story. Again if the system was as flawed as you're claiming it to be then why do you think it was passed?
And I'll just bring up the first point again.
What if the Psycho Pass reading on the victim is actually very accurate? What if she's not so mentally stable to begin with? The point here is that the initial recommendation to paralyze the victim and give her treatment is a pretty acceptable course of action.
|2012-10-14, 15:03
|Link #868
阿賀野型3番艦、矢矧 Lv168
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 32
1) the victim was not planning to do anything until she got cornered (she was still treated as a criminal by the system, even before she fell down and reached the tanks with the lighter).
2) Akane could reason her, and lower her psycho pass level to "paralyzer mode".
These 2 points are self evident the system is moment based, with little to absolutely no concern for circumstances or even "actual" reading of the individual thoughts and psyche.
And no, the initial recommendation wasn't to paralyze the victim to treat her: it was to paralyze a "latent criminal" and use the therapy afterwards, the very same way they had to deal with the abducting rapist. Which means the system makes -no- distinction.
And the system did consider the victim as "not worthy to live", by the enforcer layman terms, which translated into lethal mode. Therefore, simply because she was the victim who got shocked too much, she -deserved to die like the criminal who abducted her-, and that's without any redemption possible, which was proved otherwise by Akane's actions.
No matter how you look at it, the system is anything but accurate.
|2012-10-14, 15:06
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Wonderland.
Age: 26
|2012-10-14, 15:08
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Mexico
Age: 48
There is one thing no one so far has talked about. Between the perp failed arrest and the moment he took a hostage he did two things, he got some potent drug that made him kind of a batman/captain america in physical fitness and he got a hue scanner. This last bit is IMO very important because those should be illegal and even those who are legal no doubt are tailored to only function with one specific person (whom cannot read his own hue with it). If people could easily read their exact hue level they will no doubt do the same thing (or something worse) the perp did, his life as a human being was over and he could not accept a life of slavery (or inside some mental seclusion facility) he could go out with a bang. But this scanner he got could read anyone's hue level, so not only his level increased but also his kidnapper level as a consequence. So either there is a black market for this things (unlikely) or some people outside the government have access to these technology and give sell them to these guys to keep the government resources tied to hunting these small (but none the less dangerous) fries.
|2012-10-14, 15:13
|Link #871
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Wonderland.
Age: 26
My apologies, I forgot this one
|2012-10-14, 15:14
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 32
And no, the enforcers did not offer the therapy whatsoever: they immediately pointed the gun with paralyzer mode on her, without even suggesting the therapy and whatnot, and the series implies heavily the therapy is -not- a cake walk.
So your point doesn't stand at all: the very moment you menace a victim, under the premise they are as dangerous as latent criminal despite they did nothing wrong, is the proof of the very flaw of the system: it does not set apart victims and criminals, and the former can be punished because they were involved.
The simple knowledge of such system that will also punish you despite being the victim is by no means a laughing matter: no matter what you do, if your psycho pass is too high, you are just as bad as the criminal.
Therefore, the very existence of the system is a source of stress and fear that can lead to punishment for the innocent as well, which is not supposed to be, but still used that way.
|2012-10-14, 15:19
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2. And this is why I was saying that we're not sure if they are forced to follow the gun's intructions. The gun can only give interpretation of the readings it currently has. It's not an almighty judge on the spot tool.
And as Graveyard Duck has pointed out. There are 2 judgement systems. The gun can only give quick assessments. Sibyl issues absolute judgement. The moment the criminal is found out to be resistant to the paralyzer Sibyl issued that the criminal is no longer needed in the world. Did Sibyl issue the same for the victim? No, it didn't. And this is where the question of "are they forced to follow the gun's recommendations" comes in. And at this point does it really matter if they use the same tag for her? From what I can tell criminal or not. If you have a dangerous Psycho Pass reading you're supposed to take therapy.
The initial reading on the victim was to paralyze. The victim did not get a Sibyl oracle/judgement. The gun can only give recommendations on what it reads.
|2012-10-14, 15:25
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|2012-10-14, 15:27
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|2012-10-14, 15:31
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|2012-10-14, 15:32
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Simply speaking, the dominator statements are not orders, but definitely the course of action they are encouraged to use (which is enforced by the fact the Dominator changes its mode automatically without the wielder to input the change: so instead of being a mere indicator of the criminal mind state, it simply adapt into the function "they should be using"). To begin with, the way how Masaoka explained the lethal mode, it was basically judged by the whole system they should just execute the criminal without any attempt to capture them.
So whether they may not follow the dominator statement, the actions they take reflect the system decisions. And the decisions and considerations taken do not consider the nature of the individual in front of her, so stating "this individual should die", means that regardless what they think, they should just kill them, which Kougami tried.
|2012-10-14, 15:32
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44 pages already? Wow.
Having obviously not read all of the latest discussion.
Doesn't the gun just kind of read the target's psychological profile as it targets them? If you ask me, the system isn't inherently flawed. It just isn't able to predict what will happen later. It just came up at a certain "value" which apparently the higher ups, or the sybil system or w/e determines to be "uncurable". It doesn't seem to be able to predict what happens later however. Which leads me to believe the reading IS accurate, but the rules are flawed, rather than the system itself.
|2012-10-14, 15:39
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And this is where my issue come from. You're calling out "flaws" on the system but you don't even really know how it works.
No need to repeat myself.
And what if the next episode tells you that you're wrong?
Is this show a documentary made by a supporter of the Sibyl/Psycho Pass system?
And I'll say this again... if Akane did not interfere then it would not have escalated further. The system didn't even give the victim an oracle/judgement.
But do you know what she's thinking? No, you don't. The same goes for Masaoka and Kogami. So what's wrong with following a paralyze recommendation?
And no the victim never got a Sibyl oracle/judgement.
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|2011-11-06, 00:15
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|2011-11-06, 05:25
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Ok..i just finished to see the episode sub...and i liked this very much
I liked the flashback of Shana past with Shiro, she was to cute!!!!
The reunion between Shana and Yuji was a bit hard.., i think is normal for Shana be afraid of Yuji in this moment..
And Hecate...,i don't care if you're on the bad side, in my eyes you're too cute!!!!
The Professor continues to be increasingly crazy...
In the end i'm enjoying seeing all the antagonists in this moment!!!
|2011-11-06, 11:54
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Nice episode. 8/10.
Everyone is preparing for the coming war in their own way. I guess we will get to know more flame haze and tomogara before the war starts.
Good to see Yuji's human side. He isn't used to see Shana so weak and vulnerable, so he became worried and didn't know what to do in that situation. Guess we'll be getting more of these Shana-Yuji moments in the coming episodes.
I was happy with the cute Shana moments here and there. Young Shana was cute as hell as well.
|2011-11-06, 11:59
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|2011-11-06, 14:07
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Just finished watching it again, with subs. I enjoyed it, but I don't regret my vote, which was a 7/10.
I expected more of Shana's reunion with Yuji, though I actually liked it: of course, Shana is afraid of him, and Yuji is not used to that. Also, since I recently re-watched Season 1, I remember Yuji promised her not to leave her alone - which is her biggest fear. Now she is all alone and very vulnerable. I am happy to see she hasn't lost her perkiness though, demanding Yuji to take the Hougu off, and knowing she tried to escape.
I also expected to have more drama with Shana hurting herself, when trying to cut the Hougu When I read it at the novel thread, I imagined it to be really dramatic: she laid in the bed sick and Yuji by her side. In the episode we only had a glimpse at her wrist and Yuji saying what happened...
Yuji loosing his head was interesting also, and unusual... and Lamies to show up, it is getting interesting
As for the second part, seeing Wilhelmina loosing her head, not knowing she had the back-pack on her back was cute ^^, and shows how much she is attached to Shana. And her clothes!! LMAO - I think before, with the previous Enpatsu Shakugan no Uchite, she was a distinguished lady... why is she always dressed as a victorian maid?
As for Hecate, I like her very much. Her voice is to calming and composed.
The doctor reminds me of Season 3 of Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon! xD
|2011-11-06, 14:34
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I agree...why Wilhelmina is always dressed like this??!!!
And i i will say this for a long time..i really like when Wilhelmina turn in a Flame Haze, when the mask on her face appears..is look like a Hollow..gives me a sense of power!
|2011-11-06, 17:04
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i liked this episode! I like the yuji and shana interaction.
but honestly I don't really know what to make of yuji badass, I have read some of the novel summaries online so I have a basic understanding of the whole wanting to protect his loved ones which include shana and change the fate of the flame haze however going by the anime season 1 and 2 I find it hard to come to grips with the idea of Yuji turning kind of bad for the greater good.
I don't exactly know how he was portrayed in the novels but because of his kind of passive, nice guy yet slighty insensitive nature and also the because there was never any romantic signs of love from his side shown in the anime I can't beleive that upon realising his love for Shana he decides to become the Yuji badass that he is now that can scare a powerless Shana half to death as seen in this episode.
I liked his shock and concern over Shana's reaction to him and also the interaction between them from last episode (I mean him wanting to take shana not so much the fighting but the fight was awesome) but when I look at this Yuji (minus the evil) and the past seasons Yuji I feel like saying "where has this Yuji been?" (again minus the evil)
Both past seasons have showed signs of him wanting to become stronger to fight alongside Shana but I felt they could have shown more signs of him possibly falling for her, I mean heck he showed kazumi and fake hecate more romantic-ish attention.
Also can that rejection of kazumi be seen as a rejection its was so ambiguous!
Rant over! Nice episode! on with ep 6!
|2011-11-06, 17:50
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Thus the nightmares about Yuji, his hand, his powerful badassary, and how vunerable Shana is.
|2011-11-06, 18:11
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Nickymanga: I can't help but to agree with you, when you say it is unpredictable. It actually is! We had 2 seasons focused in school life and "small battles", on a tsundere heroine and an insensitive male lead who only wanted to go with her and become stronger. When I first read in the novel thread he went to the bad side, I was quite shocked.
Don't take me wrong, I am expecting so much of this season. I mean, I loved season 1 and I am adoring this final season as much, so far. I only think the character development was very sudden. I only wish they developed season 2 more, and it wouldn't be so much of a shock.
|2011-11-06, 18:18
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In SnS 1 & 2, we aren't allowed at all into Yuji's mind except for when he says he wants to grow stronger for Shana and when he had that battle with Zarovee [dude who could clone himself but Yuji destroyed as a total badass]
|2011-11-06, 18:22
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I HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG'D so hard at lolilier than loli Shana. Silly Yuji, you have to be more considerate of people after giving them some form of beating!
And the sudden jump around of POVs was a bit disappointing. Wanted more Yuji and Shana interaction.
|2011-11-06, 19:38
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Spoiler for Origin of Wilhelmina:
Having known that, refer to 14 m 36 s of Episode 2 of Shakugan no Shana S OVA.
In response to Yuji, Wilhemina said: "When I requested a garment worn by those who work around nobles, I was told this is the style ~de arimasu."
What Wilhemina actually meant was that she wanted a dress worn by royal families, such as princesses. However, the tailor who made her dress had wrongfully interpreted that Wilhemina was someone who works for nobles, such as maids.
Up to now, Wilhemina still mistakens her dress as the dress worn by princesses, when it is actually worn by maids.
It is just my opinion, though.
Spoiler for Initial Foreshadowing Of The Snake of the Festival:
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|2011-11-06, 21:06
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The merging thing i fine because really that could be touched upon at anytime through a flashback or something but I'm mainly talking his relationship with Shana.
I felt previous seasons lacked to show any romantic development between him and Shana mainly on his part. I felt they could have shown maybe slight hints that he even considered her as a love interest. Dont get me wrong I know this is not a love anime but if you want me to believe "Oh I love her let me change the world" then you got to sell it better then that.
For me it was so bad that during Yuji's walk/montage through the city to meet Shana when he said 'she taught me its ok to love somone' I thought really when did this happen!?
I know he is way more confident now for obvious reasons I just think there could be more build up.
|2011-11-07, 01:19
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Just watched the subs recently.
Nawww I'm so happy to see the cute orphan Shana and also on how she was found . Though I wanted to also see how she first met Wilhelmina and Alastor and how she ended up in Tendoukyuu.
I agree with everyone who said there should be more Yuji x Shana moments. Is it me or does Yuji seems to get more scary and creepy in each released episode?
The nightmare Shana experiences shows how scared she is of Yuji. Was that how Shana was defeated by Yuji in episode 4?
Anyway, that intimate scene was obviously really intense. Man, Yuji is creepy now and if you think about it at the beginning of sns, Yuji feared the 'Flame haired burning eyed hunter' and Shana was kick-ass strong while Yuji was just a wimp.
However, now its the reverse. We see Yuji so confident and strong and Shana so fearful of him and devoid of all her powers.
"You're always so reckless" quote had me thinking alot. It made me question as to whether Yuji has completely turned evil and how much Yuji has changed, in a good or bad way. And "You are impudent indeed"? how can Alastor say that to Shana?
I found Yuji to be stupid in not knowing how Shana feels about him and how she fears him.
Overall, I expected more action of this episode but oh well I'm patient enough to wait for more Shana x Yuji moments xD
Wait on second thought, I'm a crazy sns fan so I'm not patient at all.
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|2011-11-07, 13:35
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alvinkhorfire: Thank you for the wonderful explanation. I saw SnS S, but it was a while ago and I didn't remember that conversation.
As for the overall discussion, I think the anime is lacking many details, which makes me hate myself for not knowing Japanese, so I could read the novels. In season 1 we had some signs of Yuji's part, but that disappeared in season 2 almost completely, with the exception of the final episodes. Also, the lack of knowing what he was thinking specially his conversations with SnH and what he thought of Shana makes the anime very poor indeed! And now, suddenly this happens?
On the other hand I understand why this happened: J. S. Staff didn't know in the first place they would animate all the novels; I mean, we could have ended in season 1 in the first place; also in season 2 (actually, 'till I went to the novel thread and read Yuji disappeared on that Christmas Eve, I thought he met Shana and confessed).
I only regret not knowing Japanese to read the novels, all of them...
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Russian troops are coming to the U.S.
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Russian troops are coming to the U.S. You heard me Russian Airborne Assault troops Why is this happening? More over why are we letting it happen?
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Russian "Airborne Assault Forces" will be arriving in Colorado this May for joint terror-war exercises with U.S. soldiers, according to U.S. officials and Russian military personnel cited in media reports. The Kremlin's Defense Ministry and the U.S. Department of Defense both said it would be the first time in history that American and Russian airborne special operations troops would be training together on U.S. soil.
Analysts and commentators across the alternative media expressed alarm about the controversial announcement, likening it to a scene out of the movie Red Dawn or the predictions made by the late radio host Bill Cooper. It was not immediately clear exactly why the Obama administration decided to allow the scheme.
"The Russian soldiers are here as invited guests of the U.S. government; this is part of a formal bilateral exchange program between the U.S. and Russia that seeks to develop transparency and promote defense reform," Cmdr. Wendy L. Snyder, U.S. Defense Press Officer for policy, told The New American in an e-mail. "This is the first time that American and Russian special operations troops have participated in a bilateral exercise."
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It's 1 p.m. Tuesday and there have been no arrests yet at Whale's Tail Beach in Miramar Beach.
"The cold weather has kept the breakers off the beach," said Lt. Keith Chamblee of the Walton County Sheriff's Office.
But just 30 minutes later, it seems he has spoken too soon. While deputies sit underneath a canopy, they get a call that an officer on bike has arrested a breaker. Two officers immediately get up and head over to pick up the breaker in a van.
It was 2009 that the spring break crowds started to fill up condos and beach houses in South Walton. Last year, local officials and the WCSO had declared they had had enough and began aggressively arresting underage drinkers. Deputies heavily patrolled the beaches issuing more than 1,000 arrests for the spring break season and even famously broke up a large house party sending 32 co-eds to jail in DeFuniak Springs.
This year, however, is different.
"The NTAs [Notices to Appear] were not getting their attention as they should have been," Chamblee said.
Instead of just handing out NTAs to offending visitors, WCSO is now offering a free ride to jail in DeFuniak Springs with all arrests.
"We're trying to do as many physical arrests as possible," Chamblee said.
By 2 p.m. Tuesday, officers are busy with several sandy-feet breakers. At the compound WCSO set up across from the Whale's Tail restaurant, those arrested are brought over in handcuffs to give their personal information. Detention deputies then drive the breakers in a non-descript white van sans handcuffs to the jail in DeFuniak Springs. Those looking to pick up their arrested friends are told to expect the entire process to take about five hours.
"Either they make bond or they have to appear in court," explained Ann Petty, one of the detention deputies. "The fine for liquor possession by a person under 21 is $250. After the $20 booking fee and another $2 per day spent in jail, they end up paying a little more. We've had a few with felony charges, like one who had possession of narcotics, who have to stay and see the judge."
The strict punishment has come as a surprise to breakers, Chamblee said.
"We had breakers tell us they'd been partying in Panama City Beach for a week and as soon as they came here, they got arrested," he said. "We've given them plenty of warning, but here they came."
There are about 30 officers patrolling the area surrounding the Whale's Tail beach from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on foot, bike, car, truck and even ATVs in the sand.
"We're looking for clues, going through the crowds and seeing their reactions," said Deputy Jeff McIntosh, who is out of uniform and helping fill out paperwork at the compound recovering from knee surgery.
McIntosh has been working beach patrol with the WCSO for 8 and a half years and knows all of the signs to look for, he said.
"Those that drop their cups quickly, we'll grab whatever they dropped to check if it's alcohol," he said. "We're looking for reactions basically."
Between the male and female breakers, Chamblee noted that mostly males have been more calm about their arrest.
"They know they got caught doing something illegal," he said simply.
Females, on the other hand, have more of a reputation for being upset. As Chamblee talks, a female breaker with #TO4TB � a popular acronym in social media � written in black sharpie down her arm wipes away tears.
"Some are even getting a little ugly," Chamblee said. "We had one young lady try to run away from an officer who ended up twisting a knee. She was charged for resisting arrest, with a $5,000 bond."
This week has been pretty busy with 259 spring break-related arrests (this includes NTAs) as of press time; 52 of those alone from Tuesday. By aggressively arresting, Chamblee said he is hoping to send a strong message to visiting minors.
"We've got breakers who are way over consumption," he said. "They don't realize how dangerous it is. We saw one girl who was so intoxicated she couldn't stand up. Deputies brought her over here and she knew her name, but she didn't know where she was from or where she was staying."
"Hopefully kids will cut out the foolishness and come to the beach to have fun. Play in the water. Drink a Coke," Chamblee added. "Their welfare � their safety is our biggest concern."


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I ride strapped and still like to jump the boards on the way back out to the line up, so I need durability besides a good riding board. Been surfing for a long time, been kiting for about 10 years.
Any input would be appreciated.