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The ice is thick enough for the 23rd annual Brainerd Jaycees $150,000 Ice Fishing Extravaganza.
The Crow Wing County sheriff's office issued organizers an event permit Thursday, Jan. 10. Sheriff Todd Dahl and Sgt. Scott Goddard met with Brainerd Jaycees on Gull Lake's Hole in the Day Bay to verify ice conditions. They found the ice clear and thick enough throughout the contest site.
The contest will be held next Saturday, Jan. 19, from noon to 3 p.m. Already more than 7,500 tickets have been sold.
Each year the contest draws more than 10,000 anglers who compete for more than $150,000 in prizes. There are 150 prizes, including a new pickup, a snowmobile and a fish house.
All proceeds go to area nonprofits.
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'Bay Of Tweets Invasion' Legitimizes Nearly Every Crackpot Anti-US Claim From Dictators Around The Globe
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In fact, the impact is being seen already. Remember how we'd just been discussing Turkey's latest attempt to ban Twitter? Zeynep Tufecki explains how this latest news has played right into the hands of Turkey's Prime Minister, noting that the Twitter ban was actually a calculated strategy to appeal to the fears of lower- and middle-class Turks that Twitter was part of an American plot to foment unrest. To have the ZunZuneo story come out days later simply serves to better confirm that plot:
Until now, though, in trying to paint their online critics as "foreign agents," these governments were grasping at straws. For example, lacking a better model, Ankara's AKP mayor, Melih Gokcek, who became the Turkish government's most vocal spokesperson during the Gezi protests, kept referring to OTPOR — the small, insignificant and defunct Serbian activist organization that received USAID funding in the 1990s — as supposedly the power behind all global protests, including Gezi.Meanwhile, what seemed like wacky conspiracy theories a month ago concerning USAID's efforts in Ukraine to overthrow the government there, suddenly seem more legitimate. In fact, most of the claims do appear to be nothing more than crazy conspiracy theories, but prior to the ZunZuneo story coming out, most people would have assumed that that, too, was a crazy conspiracy theory. And that's the huge problem here. Even if most of what USAID does is really important and valuable work for truly noble purposes, the ZunZuneo story undermines all of that, by making any conspiracy story seem legit. Last year, people thought Bolivian President Evo Morales was crazy for expelling USAID, claiming that it was seeking to "conspire against" the Bolivian government. Suddenly it's tough to assume that his claims weren't accurate. Similarly, with this story, there are suddenly additional stories coming out of highly questionable activities by USAID, which often look quite a lot like intelligence activities to undermine foreign governments.
I suspect there will be no more grasping at straws after ZunZeneo. Secretly funded by the U.S. government? Check. Aimed for regime change? Check. Collected information from unsuspecting users for political purposes? Check. Tried clumsily to hide its tracks? Check. The "Cuban Twitter" was a dictator's fever dream made real.
In fact, Glenn Greenwald is reporting that the ZunZuneo story is just a drop in the bucket of US propaganda efforts around the globe.
These ideas–discussions of how to exploit the internet, specifically social media, to surreptitiously disseminate viewpoints friendly to western interests and spread false or damaging information about targets–appear repeatedly throughout the archive of materials provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Documents prepared by NSA and its British counterpart GCHQ–and previously published by The Intercept as well as some by NBC News–detailed several of those programs, including a unit devoted in part to "discrediting" the agency's enemies with false information spread online.And, once again, even if the actual impact of these programs is limited, the mere perception that the US government is engaged in these kinds of practices helps push along pretty much any conspiracy theory about US government involvement, no matter how wacky or ridiculous. So, in a bumbling effort to spread a pro-US, pro-democracy message, USAID appears to have done the exact opposite, and handed crackpot authoritarian dictators ever more ammunition to crack down on actual American humanitarian aid and tools for communication.


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The Sweet Book of Candy Making
Working with sugar can be a little scary, or so a lot of people think. The Sweet Book of Candy Making is determined to quell those worries by explaining everything you need to know to make candy in the comfort of your own kitchen, just like your Grandma!
Quick Facts
• Who Wrote It: Elizabeth LaBau
• Who Published It: Quarry Books
• Number Of Recipes: 50+
• Recipes For Right Now: Glazed Fruit, Neapolitan Marshmallows, Pink Grapefruit Truffles, Lavender Caramels, Melting Mint Patties (think homemade Junior Mints!), Chocolate Covered Cherries, Butterscotch Buttons
• Other Highlights: Many candy books just cover the basics, and most blog posts don't go into the science of why and how sugar reacts the ways it does. The first 30 pages of this book are basically Candy Making 101. They talk about how and why you work with ingredients in certain ways, and cover everything you need to know — from old fashioned basics to new twists on the classics — so you can start replicating some of these treats on your own.
• Who Would Enjoy This Book: Beginning sugar workers and those looking to truly master the fundamentals of sugar work.
Find it at your local library, independent bookstore, or Amazon: The Sweet Book of Candy Making by Elizabeth LaBau
• Visit the Author's Website: Elizabeth LaBau
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Aug. 28, 2009) - The ETSU baseball team and head coach Tony Skole announced the addition of 13 new members to the roster on Friday. The class includes ten freshmen, one transfer and two junior college players.
"It was great to finally get everyone together last night," Skole said. "We are extremely excited to have everyone back on campus. This incoming class of players will instantly make us better in all areas. I am very excited about all of their abilities, but more than anything I am excited of the quality of the people in this group. Our coaching staff is very eager to begin working with them."
The Bucs are scheduled to open fall practice on Sept. 11 at Cardinal Park, while the Blue Gold World Series will close out fall practices.
Derek Bushey, a right-handed pitcher from Richmond, Va., catcher Adam Church from Boone, N.C., infielder Jaime Crawford from Kingsport, Tenn., right-handed pitcher and infielder Kerry Doane from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., outfielder Michael Gonzalez from Jupiter, Fla., left-handed pitcher and outfielder Andrew Green from Powell, Tenn., right-handed pitcher Scott McNally from Marietta, Ga., utility player Derek Niesman from Wellington, Fla., infielder Alex Reynolds from Johnson City, Tenn., and right-handed pitcher Joseph Timp from Bristol, Va. make up the ten freshmen joining the team.
Joining the team from the junior college ranks are right-handed pitcher Ben Booker from Cleveland State Community College and left-handed pitcher Lee Hall from Lake Sumpter Community College. Also joining the team is transfer Adam Ray, a right-handed pitcher from Lee University.
The ETSU baseball team will be conducting open baseball tryouts for walk-on players Sept. 9 at 6 p.m. at Cardinal Park.
Student-athletes interested in taking part in baseball tryouts must meet ALL of the following criteria:
1) Must be registered for at least 12 credit hours for the fall semester at the ETSU
2) Must be an NCAA qualifier*
3) Must stop by the baseball office at least one week before tryouts begin to complete appropriate paperwork
*To learn whether or not a prospective student-athlete is an NCAA qualifier, visit www.NCAAclearinghouse.net. The clearinghouse process can sometimes take two weeks or longer to complete. Only qualifiers will be allowed to take the field for tryouts.
Please visit www.ETSUBucs.com for more information on ETSU baseball and all other Buccaneer athletic news.
2009-10 Baseball Newcomers
NAME Pos. B/T Cl. Hometown/Previous School
Ben Booker RHP R/R Jr. Knoxville, TN/Cleveland State CC
Derek Bushey RHP R/R Fr. Richmond, VA/St. Benedictine HS
Adam Church C R/R Fr. Boone, NC/Watauga HS
Jaime Crawford IF R/R Fr. Kingsport, TN/Dobyns-Bennett HS
Kerry Doane RHP/IF R/R Fr. Ft. Lauderdale, FL/Nova HS
Michael Gonzalez OF L/R Fr. Jupiter,FL/Jupiter HS
Andrew Green OF/LHP L/L Fr. Powell, TN/Powell HS
Lee Hall LHP L/L Jr. Jacksonville, FL/Lake Sumpter CC
Scott McNally RHP R/R Fr. Marietta, GA/Harrison HS
Derek Niesman UTL. R/R Fr. Wellington, FL/American Heritage-Delray HS
Adam Ray RHP R/R Sr. Athens, TN/Lee University
Alex Reynolds IF L/R Fr. Johnson City, TN/Boone HS
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What is PICT?
The Project on International Courts and Tribunals (PICT) was established in 1997. Initially, it operated as a framework of collaboration between academic institutions in New York and London (the Center on International Cooperation (CIC), New York University, and the London-based Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD) and subsequently, the Centre for International Courts and Tribunals, University College London). However, over time, PICT has evolved into a network of researchers and practitioners sharing a common interest in the study of international courts and tribunals and the implications of their operation for the broader field of international law. Members of the network regularly cooperate with one another, and with other interested individuals and institutions to generate innovative research activities and to disseminate basic knowledge about international courts and tribunals among students, state officials and other professionals.
What does PICT research explore?
PICT's research focuses primarily on the systemic issues associated with the sharp rise in the number of international courts and tribunals since the early 1990s and the parallel increase in their powers. PICT researchers embrace in their work a broad perspective to international adjudication, trying to identify across-the-board problems and solutions. They ask questions, such as what makes international courts effective? What are the functions of international judges? What mechanisms are in place to allow access to international courts by non-state actors and other disempowered constituencies? How are international courts funded? What are the relations between national and international courts? How are jurisdictional conflicts between international courts resolved? How are judges selected? What ethical standards should guide international judges and lawyers appearing before them? What renders some international courts more legitimate than others?
Who is involved in PICT?
PICT is directed by five academics: Philippe Sands (UCL), Thordis Ingadottir (Reykjavik University), Ruth Mackenzie (University of Westminster), Cesare Romano (Loyola, CA) and Yuval Shany (Hebrew University). They are assisted by a steering committee headed by Prof. Georges Abi-Saab (Graduate Institute, Geneva), and including former ICJ Judge Bruno Simma (University of Michigan), Judge Nina Vajic (ECHR), Judge Allan Rosas (ECJ), Judge Tullio Treves (ITLOS), Laurence Boisson de Chazournes (University of Geneva), Dr. Eduardo Valencia Ospina (International Law Commission Special Rapparteur on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters) and Prof. Monica Pinto (University of Buenos Aires). A large number of other individuals and institutions participate in PICT-sponsored activities.


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Kara Walker : An Instagram Homage
Just sharing this Instagram photo I snapped en route to the Metropolitan Museum earlier this morning. As I walked up Fifth Avenue, I got to Grand Army Plaza and found myself admiring the Pulitzer Fountain backlit against the gleaming Plaza Hotel. The noontime sunlight had created a stark silhouette of the sculpture of Pomona, the Roman goddess of abundance, created by ... Continue reading ›


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You need to download and install SuuntoLink on your PC or Mac to get software updates for your watch. We strongly recommend updating your watch when a new software release is available.
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Grilling brings out something primal in our Texan nature, best exemplified by the playful title of Bobby Flays book, Boy Meets Grill. (Yes, I know The Redheaded One is from The Big Apple, however he earned Honorary Texan status by marrying a Lone Star gal. From Big D, no less.) Speaking of which, it seems that Woodfire Grill establishments of one sort or another are springing up like ground hogs after a rainstorm hereabouts. But while Kennys and Zea Woodfire Grills are full-fledged restaurants, it would be nice if there were a fast casual place that did the same sort of thing, i.e. healthy grilling over a wood fire. Well, Cedars Woodfire Grill has just opened at the burgeoning intersection of Midway and Park and features woodfire grilling, but in a fast casual setting. Cedars offers bowls and salads featuring grilled meats, but also sandwiches such as the Signature Griller. Merely choose your protein from chicken, salad, steak, or baby Portobello and Cedars will grill it on rustica bread and add tomato, lettuce, grilled red onion, applewood smoked bacon, Cheddar cheese, and their own tangy, slightly sweet BBQ sauce. The steak is super tender and juicy because its grilled medium unless you request otherwise. Sided with good pita chips, Cedars Signature Griller is good enough to make even Bobby Flay forsake his gal for his grill, if only to make one for her as well. Such a gentleman!
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Welcome to this week's For the Kids Link Party!! I just love seeing so many of you back each week. Thank you all for being here!
If you missed my post from a couple of days ago, I am looking for guest hosts to feature at Sun Scholars in these upcoming weeks. I know so many of you have amazing little blogs, fabulous ideas, but are just hiding out in blogland where you might go unnoticed. Let me help you spread the word about your blog by sharing some of your fabulous ideas here. If you are interested, please send me an e-mail!! I'll be scheduling guest hosts on a first come, first serve basis.
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Jesus continues to challenge Jewish ideas about who will be in the kingdom of God and how the Kingdom will work. Those who have been dishonored on earth will be honored in the Kingdom, and those in positions of economic and religious honor here will be dishonored there. He also challenges individuals to reconsider their personal value systems. They should not honor their own lives and family above Christ, but rather give them up for Him.
25 Great crowds joined Him on His journey, and He turned to them.
Jesus: 26 If any of you come to Me without hating your own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, and yes, even your own life, you can't be My disciple. 27 If you don't carry your own cross as if to your own execution as you follow Me, you can't be part of My movement. 28 Just imagine that you want to build a tower. Wouldn't you first sit down and estimate the cost to be sure you have enough to finish what you start? 29 If you lay the foundation but then can't afford to finish the tower, everyone will mock you: 30 "Look at that guy who started something that he couldn't finish!"
31 Or imagine a king gearing up to go to war. Wouldn't he begin by sitting down with his advisors to determine whether his 10,000 troops could defeat the opponent's 20,000 troops? 32 If not, he'll send a peace delegation quickly and negotiate a peace treaty. 33 In the same way, if you want to be My disciple, it will cost you everything. Don't underestimate that cost!
34 Don't be like salt that has lost its taste. How can its saltiness be restored? Flavorless salt is absolutely worthless. 35 You can't even use it as fertilizer, so it's worth less than manure! Don't just listen to My words here. Get the deeper meaning.
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Oct 9, 2008 (CIDRAP News) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has contracted with a private biological resource business to set up a system to improve researchers' access to influenza viruses, test kits, and reagents.
The CDC yesterday announced the awarding of a $16.9 million contract to American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) of Manassas, Va., to set up the CDC Influenza Reagent Resource Center (CDC-IRR), described as a secure, Web-based system to improve access to viruses and related items.
ATCC is a private, nonprofit biological resource center that acquires, develops, produces, and distributes reference microorganisms, cell lines, and other materials for research. The contract is for 1 year, with an option to renew each year for up to 10 years, the CDC said.
"This new resource will be a significant improvement for accessing the CDC library of influenza viruses," said Dr. Nancy Cox, director of the CDC's Influenza Division, in a news release. "We expect that the CDC-IRR will speed the development of better diagnostic tests, antiviral drugs, and vaccines."
By means of "a secure internet web portal for approved users," the system will give researchers, vaccine and diagnostic-test developers, and public health officials better access to a repository of flu viruses, including those that could pose a pandemic risk, as well as kits and reagents (substances used in tests), the CDC said.
Under the contract, ATCC will essentially take over from the CDC the work of storing flu viruses, test kits, and reagents and sending them to other labs and researchers, according to Dr. Daniel Jernigan, deputy director of the CDC's Influenza Division. Researchers and developers of vaccines and tests need the items because flu viruses constantly change.
"Historically CDC has provided some of these products for developers to use, but what's happened in the past is that people haven't had as easy access to those things as they've needed," Jernigan told CIDRAP News. "Also, as H5N1 has emerged and with the potential for a pandemic, we've recognized that there needed to be availability of a stockpile of viruses and library of reagents."
Once the system is set up, Jernigan said, researchers will be able to enroll in it and order materials online. A person seeking to develop a new flu diagnostic test, for example, will be able to order particular viral strains and a test kit, consisting of a standard set of viruses used to validate the test.
In the event of a flu pandemic, the CDC-IRR will serve as a source of reagents to qualified labs, the CDC statement said. Such labs are expected to play a critical role in detecting and confirming initial cases, characterizing viruses, monitoring the course of the pandemic, and choosing vaccine strains, the agency said.
Jernigan said the new system is expected to help both public health labs, which are "the first line of detection for pandemic and seasonal influenza viruses," and developers making new vaccines, antiviral drugs, and diagnostic tests.
"We're trying to speed up development by providing much greater access to new viruses and other products that we have here but are not easily accessible," he said.
Jernigan said the CDC and other federal agencies have a long-standing relationship with ATCC, which has operated for more than 80 years. "We work with them on other repositories we have here. This is one of the largest projects we've initiated with them," he said.
See also:
Oct 8 CDC news release
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At a time when the English cricket team is facing quite a few changes, the ECB today appointed Middlesex director of cricket Angus Fraser to the selection panel, reports The Guardian.
He now will be join England's national selector James Whittaker - who himself is new - as well as England's T20 and ODI coach Ashley Giles in the selection panel to lead the rebuilding phase of English cricket.
If anyone doesn't know, Fraser is a former English cricketer who played 46 tests and 42 ODIs as a fast bowler. The Middlesex man's career spanned over 10 years before he announced his retirement.
Throughout his career, he remained England's best bowler as he dismantled many line-ups. He could have enjoyed more success but injuries really had a bad impact on his career.
He also enjoyed a huge amount of success for his county as he took 886 first class and 392 List-A wickets over an 18-year career that ended in April 2002. In 2008, he was appointed as the managing director of cricket for the same county and he still continues to occupy the same role.
National selector James Whittaker seemed pleased with the appointment: "I am delighted to welcome Angus Fraser on to the selection panel. Gus has been heavily involved in cricket for many years as a player and an administrator.
"He brings integrity and the wealth of knowledge that we will need as we look to identify the players across all formats who can thrive in the international environment."
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Fairway And AWI Honor A Chicago, Illinois VeteranMay 16, 2018 1:59 pm
A Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation branch in Illinois partnered with the American Warrior Initiative (AWI) to honor a local U.S. veteran with a service dog at an event held in Chicago. Along with a donation, a residential housing "Boot Camp" was held to train real estate professionals and mortgage planners on how to excellently handle the home-purchase needs of active duty military members and veterans.
The honoree at the event was U.S.Army veteran Quincy Casper, who served for almost eight years. During both active duty and Army Reserve, Quincy spent time deployed in Iraq, Germany and Afghanistan. Quincy was eventually medically discharged from the Army due to injuries he received in combat. Fairway Independent Mortgage and the American Warrior Initiative worked with Custom Canines to honor Quincy with a service dog named Brecken. Joining Quincy for the occasion was U.S.Air Force veteran Joshua Webster, who was recently honored with an AWI outreach of his own.
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"The Chicago event was held at the Chicago Theater Works very close to downtown Chicago. It was a unique space, and we had approximately 85 Realtors attending the event. It was a totally packed event — standing room only! It was wonderful that Joshua Webster was also able to attend the Chicago event to support Quincy. So, we were lucky to have both veterans and their families attending along with the volunteers from Custom Canines."
Founded by Louise Thaxton and Sean Parnell, the American Warrior Initiative is a non-profit organization sponsored by Fairway Independent Mortgage. The AWI seeks to ease U.S. veterans' transition from military to civilian life.
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Marilyn Minter Exhibit at Salon 94
Photos by G. Art by Marilyn Minter.
For Marilyn Minter's latest exhibit at Salon 94 in New York, she placed plate glass between her camera and her subjects. The exhibit features painting, photography, multi-media and mercury!
You really need to see this exhibit in person to get a feel for the size of the works as well as the way they are laid out. It will really enhance your experience. The good news is, the show will be on display until December 4, 2011. There is no bad news! See Marilyn Minter at Salon 94 (located at 243 Bowery in Manhattan).


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NEW YORK, April 10 (UPI) -- Indiana sophomore center Cody Zeller and Syracuse sophomore guard Michael Carter-Williams each said Wednesday they are entering the 2013 NBA Draft.
Zeller joins junior guard Victor Oladipo in announcing his decision to enter the draft after averaging 16.5 points and 8.0 rebounds this season for Indiana.
Zeller scored 1,157 points over 72 career games with the Hoosiers after helping them win the Big Ten regular-season title and advance to the East Region semifinals of the NCAA Tournament.
Carter-Williams, meanwhile, helped end the Hoosiers' season in that contest as a member of the Syracuse Orange.
The Massachusetts native started all 40 games Syracuse this season, averaging 11.9 points, 7.3 assists and 2.78 steals per contest.
He was a key part of a team that finished 30-10 overall to reach the Final Four before falling to eventual runner-up Michigan.


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You Don't Build Communities, You Enable Them
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Steve Yelvington blasts back that Gillin is quite mistaken and that community is the most important thing that newspapers should be focusing on: "Failure to build community is one of the many reasons so many newspapers are in so much trouble right now."
To some extent, both Steve and Paul are correct -- and I don't think they actually disagree as much as Steve makes it out in his post. The traditional newspaper business model worked because the readership was a community of sorts. They were a community of "local" readers who could be advertised to. The problem for newspapers is that they didn't necessarily understand this, focusing solely on the content creation side. But they didn't realize that other sources of information were creating other places where similar (and different) communities could form and be advertised to. That started eating into that "community" of newspaper readers, because there was no plenty of competition providing a much better community experience.
So, yes, Steve is correct that newspapers do need to get back to cultivating a community -- but Paul is correct that simply yelling "community!" and thinking you can throw some "community features" on a site aren't going to do very much. What the rest of the internet has shown is that you build community not by building a community, but by enabling a group of people to do what they want. And that can include commenting on the news, creating the news or sharing the news among many other things. There isn't a magic bullet to create a community -- but newspapers should look to see what they can do to enable a community to form and then get out of the way.


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|2007-03-28, 20:38
|Link #62
Desu~! Desu~! Desu~!
Join Date: May 2006
Man, YesAsia owns you. They only say "free shipping" but it's really included into the product. YesAsia does some overcharging ownage on your wallet.
I can back it up too if anyone insists with comparisons, but I doubt there will be dissenters.
|2007-03-28, 20:56
|Link #63
Plus even if shipping is slightly built into the price, that would make the actual products prices far cheaper than retail and still cheaper than the USD $19.99 S&H Standard shipping from HimeyaShop, and impossibly cheaper than the USD $75.00 Expedited FedEX option, which is completely outrageous.
|2007-03-28, 22:57
|Link #64
Dansa med oss
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Near Cincinnati, OH, but actually in Kentucky
Age: 30
I'd like to grab the PC version of CLANNAD, but everywhere I look either has only the PS2 release or the PC version is $80+. Is my wallet doomed to raepage?
I've checked the three sites recently discussed, and I'd like to avoid Akibado if possible.
I've never imported anything before and I'd rather not get screwed.
|2007-03-28, 23:19
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|2007-03-28, 23:46
|Link #66
Dansa med oss
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Near Cincinnati, OH, but actually in Kentucky
Age: 30
Do they ship outside Japan? I'm looking, but I'm not seeing any indication that they do. They seem to want me to register before I can purchase, and there's no option for foreign addresses. I could just be missing it and/or an idiot, though.
|2007-04-05, 11:47
|Link #67
Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
You can buy Japanese games here -
i know its slightly off the anime theme but i really liked the likes of onimusha 1,2 & 3,and also God Of War,what a game.
"Life can be understood backwards but must be lived forwards"
Psp Downloads,games,music & video:
|2007-04-10, 21:08
|Link #68
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Age: 34
Someone help I am desperate to find Heroine Anthem 1 & 2
Been looking for days and days but it just seems impossible to do. I have found a hell lot of listing for these games on http://www.tw.ebay.com/ and http://tw.auctions.yahoo.com/ but like Yahoo auctions japan, the only way to get stuff from there is contact an errand service that will get the stuff for you.
But I don't think any errand services exists in Taiwan or China, so the I thought about play-asia and emailed them about that but I have not received any answer yet, but I don't think they will be able to get them for me. yesasia.com has the taiwanese versions listed on there, but they are all sold out of it.
Oh I see that both a chinese and Taiwanese verion has been released. I think the chinese version is called. Heroine Anthem: The Elect of Wassernixie
So far I could make out 3 different publisher for those games (Heroine Anthem 1 and 2)
Chinese publisher for Heroine Anthem 1 & 2:
Winking Entertainment: http://www.winkingworks.com/ (I am pretty sure Winking Entertainment is the chinese publisher for both games)
And the taiwanese publishers are:
Heroine Anthem 1 (Third Wave) (The website is dead)
Heroine Anthem 2 (Soft World) sg.soft-world.com/main/index02.htm
I am not sure about all this though.
The only official website for that first game that I could find that still works is:
The games are spelled like that in Taiwanese (or is it simplified chinese?):
Heroine Anthem: The Elect of Wassernixie 聖女之歌 人魚的新娘
Heroine Anthem 2: The Angel of Sarem 聖女之歌2 撒雷母天使
Besides all that info, I don't know where to look or what to do to get this game.
So what should I do? I don't care if I get the taiwanese or chinese version of those games, I just want the games...
So anyone think they could give me a hand or a tip on to how to get these games?
|2007-04-19, 20:03
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|2007-04-19, 21:46
|Link #72
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Canada
Age: 33
Getchu does not ship to addresses outside of Japan, so just like Amazon.co.jp, all you can do is stare at those prices and drool.
You can try Paletweb, since they offer the cheapest prices I know around.
If I were you though, I'd get the PS2 version of CLANNAD, since the game is only 100 times better with voice.
Or you can go for the unofficial guide to "voice patching" your PC version of CLANNAD (which I did and it worked perfectly), but you will still need to have a PS2 version of the game in order to extract the necessary files.
|2007-04-21, 08:43
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
I found some japanese games here: http://demo.arcadebuilder.net/index....rch&q=japanese
You can play them online and then buy the full version if you like them.
|2007-05-02, 04:35
|Link #74
I thought Amazon.co.jp ships internationally, it just costs an arm and a leg?
Anyway, I'm really looking to buy Japanese visual novels (Higurashi, Tsukihime, Fate, etc), but I'm wondering, can you buy these games in Dealer's Rooms at conventions like Otakon? Are there any stores in the Japanese areas of towns like New York City or San Francisco that sell doujin/visual novel works? I travel around the country, so I figure if so, I can maybe save on shipping instead of buying online.
|2007-05-02, 23:39
|Link #75
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Age: 31
As for finding such things at Conventions, there's a good chance that the odd booth will have a copy of popular, commercially available games such as FSN or Kanon, but most likely they'll price it much higher than normal.
|2007-05-16, 11:09
|Link #79
Senior Member
The previous question was where he could find another site that sells Ero-games besides www.Himeya.shop. And www.play.asia.com definitely doesn't have the answer to his question.
To answer his question: Sorry guy Himeyashop.com is like your best bet for Ero-games especially with their good selection of them and reliability, you just have to grin and bear it with their prices.
|2007-06-04, 17:08
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Does Anyone Who Develops New Products In Hollywood Ask 'Would I Ever Actually Use This?'
from the you-do-what-to-do-what-now? dept
I think we can add to this "huh?" discussion: the new effort from Fox, in which the studio will be putting up giant murals in malls to try to make it "easier" for you to buy DVDs. Here's how it works according to Deadline.com:
As part of an exclusive one-year partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, the malls will have a wall with cover art and QR codes for many the studio's home videos. People who want to buy the movie or TV show can download a smartphone app called Fox Movie Mall, available for both iPhones and Android devices. It will enable them to scan an image and go directly to a Web site to complete the purchase for a DVD or Blu-ray disc shipped free to their home.So, yeah. You go to a mall (physical) and download a special app (digital) which you then use to scan a silly QR code (digital) to be sent to a website (digital) to order a DVD (physical) to be shipped to your home (physical). There are a bunch of ridiculous extra steps here and I can't figure out how any of this makes sense. If you have people in a mall already and you're trying to get people to buy physical product, why not just let them scan and pick up the physical product? If you're focusing on the digital components, why require a specialized app that no one's going to want to download, and then not offer a digital version of the film?
Fox execs claim that they expect this new effort "to reach as many 60 million people over the next four months with the mall wallscapes." I guess that depends on your interpretation of "reach." If you mean 60 million people may walk by and ignore these murals, perhaps that's true. Though that suggests Fox must be spending a ridiculous amount of money to get these murals pretty much everywhere. If you mean that 60 million people will actually pay any attention at all to this convoluted system to buy an obsolete product fewer and fewer people actually want, well, then someone's done a miscalculation somewhere.
Seriously: how hard is it for folks in Hollywood to ask this simple question: "Would I ever use this product that I'm developing?" If the answer is "not in a million years" perhaps it's time to move on to building products that consumers actually want.


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Um.. This section is going to have to be put in prose and each point explained. I have no idea what some of these things are. And this "the land of..the land of..the land of.." is just goofy. Texugo 02:10, 4 December 2008 (EST)
The article needs a lot of improvement. Many new article related on places in Bihar has to be started.
Bihar had many important tourist places like Bodh Gaya, Gaya, Nalanda, Patna, Vaisali etc, which are important to Buddhist tourists, who visit these sites every year in huge number. We need good tourist information guide for all these places. These articles should also convey information about the improved law and order situation in the state.
Manoj nav 06:05, 4 December 2008 (EST)
Instead of placing the following controversial section in the article, so that people can have a lot at it and discuss, it is better to have it in the discussion page it self.
Whatever index of prosperity and development you choose, Bihar comes triumphantly at the bottom. It has the lowest literacy, the highest number of deaths in police custody, the worst roads, the highest crime, the fewest cinemas. Its per capita income is less than half the Indian average. Not long ago it even had a major famine. -- William Dalrymple, The Age of Kali
Ancient Bihar was the birthplace of the Maurya Empire, the largest ever to rule the Indian subcontinent, and the site of the Buddha's enlightenment. Unfortunately the Maurya Empire collapsed in 185 BCE, and it's been downhill ever since. Struck by severe recession in the 1990s that saw Bihar become a byword for poverty, corruption and crime, things have slowly improved recently, but there's still a long way to go.
Why to place a controversial section in the article at all until there is a concencus? I am removing the controversial section. Manoj nav 10:01, 4 December 2008 (EST)
What is this if now a racist gang.. read the comments. These comments show the mentality of the writers.
Manoj nav 11:53, 6 December 2008 (EST)
There is one city too many listed, magic number is 9, which one should we ditch?
William Dalrymple
...is a historian, travel writer and journalist (WP) who has spent nearly two decades living in and covering India, and his books are mandatory reading for anybody who wants to even attempt to understand India. But the point of the quote is not his opinion, but the facts he states:
If you disagree with that, then show me a state in India which has lower literacy, higher deaths in police custody, worse roads, higher crime or fewer cinemas than Bihar. Jpatokal 00:57, 5 December 2008 (EST)
There are so many historians and so many journalists. I didn't even know about William Dalrymple before I ran into this discussion.
Higher crime : Rising crime graph in MP
As per the recently released annual report of the National Crime Records Bureau, the state has earned the dubious distinction of being the crime capital of the country for third consecutive time.
MP, Maharashtra top list of states reporting crimes
Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra have earned the dubious distinction of topping the list of states reporting the most number of crime cases in the country, which registered over 19.89 lakh cases.
Our greatest achievement: longer lives : In terms of per capita income, the richest major state, Maharashtra is four times as rich as Bihar. Yet, life expectancy in Bihar (61 years) is only slightly behind that of Maharashtra (66.4 years). Bihar is almost on par with the national life expectancy of 62.7 years.
Number of deaths in police custody is not an index of prosperity and development, on the other hand life expectancy surely is.
These information should be given in right prospective and not in a biased way.
Cinemas : Move over Bollywood, here's Bhojpuri
The industry, catering to 200m people who speak the Bhojpuri language - a dialect of Hindi - and live in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, is raking in cash like never before.
Sticking to home-grown Indian family melodramas and throwing in some glamorous faces and slick foreign locations for a contemporary feel, Bhojpuri films are often outperforming Bollywood biopics at the box office these days.
Manoj nav 01:34, 5 December 2008 (EST)
Poor image of Bihar
After independence , when India was falling into an autocratic rule during the regime of Indira Gandhi, the main thrust to the movement to hold elections came from Bihar under the leadership of Jaya Prakash Narayan.
This resulted in two things:
Manoj nav 02:05, 5 December 2008 (EST)
No body try to sell bihar as a tourist destination, whatever I have written it was the fact about bihar, it is a fact that Bihar is birth place of two religion(Bhuddhism, Jainism) and it has a glorius past because of major historical landmark like Patliputra, Bodhgaya, Rajgriha, Vaishali, Nalanda & Vikramshila.
It was a power centre in ancient days, even Patna was a major trading centre in middle era(during Mughal), even British ruler also understand the strategic importance of patna thats why they made Patna as a capital of Bihar/Orissa in 1912AD.
Now a days Patna is a major business centre in eastern India, it is growing as a major education hub as IIT/NIFT/NIPER/NIT like institution has come up here so Pls. do'nt disgrace Bihar/patna.


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"Anything that is practical isn't handsome," Anna Dello Russo declared in an interview earlier this week, so how perfect that she's creating her own extravagant collection of accessories for H&M? That's right, fash fans, moments ago the high street hero announced it's teaming up with the flamboyant fashionista to release jewellery, sunglasses, shoes, bags and even a TROLLEY for all you eager shopping bunnies!
'Unabashedly glamorous, precious and playful, the range is an expression of Dello Russo's taste for ornamentation,' the just-released press release reports. The ADR-designed beauties will be available from 4th October, at the peak of the global fashion weeks, and will land in around 140 stores worldwide and online. Yeeeep!
"I am excited by this collaboration: this is the first time H&M have involved a Fashion Director in a special project,' Anna says. "This is the sign of an important evolution in fashion, and I am both thrilled and humbled to be the one chosen to lead it.
"I wanted to create precious accessories that are impossible to find. As a stylist I know accessorization is essential: it is the personal touch to any outfit. With these pieces everybody can have fun, turning an ordinary day into a fantastic fashion day." And at affordable prices too - amen to that!
Margareta van den Bosch, Creative Advisor at H&M, says: "It's been extremely exciting to involve Anna Dello Russo in this project, something completely different from what we have done before. Anna has a fantastic eye and a strong taste, apart from being a veritable fashion icon. She produced an extravagant range of accessories that will get H&M customers and everyone in love with fashion excited. The collection is a celebration of excess, fantasy and decoration."
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that New Era Canning Company, New Era, Mich., is expanding its product recall because of potential Clostridium botulinum (C. botulinum) contamination to all canned green beans and garbanzo beans distributed by the company nationwide over the last five years. C. botulinum can cause botulism, a serious and sometimes life-threatening condition. The affected cans are large institutional-sized containers, weighing approximately six and a half pounds.
Symptoms of botulism poisoning in humans can begin from 6 hours to 2 weeks after eating food that contains the toxin. Symptoms may include double vision, blurred vision, drooping eyelids, slurred speech, difficulty swallowing, and muscle weakness that moves progressively down the body, affecting the shoulders first, then descending to the upper arms, lower arms, thighs, and calves. Botulism poisoning also can cause paralysis of the breathing muscles, which can result in death unless assistance with breathing (mechanical ventilation) is provided. Individuals who have these symptoms and who may have recently eaten the products under recall or other food products made with them should seek immediate medical attention.
To date, no illnesses have been reported to the FDA; however, consumers should not consume these products, even if they appear to be normal, because of the potential serious risk to health. Consumers who have the affected products or who have used them in recipes should immediately throw the cans and food away.
New Era took this voluntary action in the interest of public health in accordance with FDA's recall request. The company is taking immediate action to retrieve all inventories of the products throughout the distribution chain, including consumers' homes, nursing homes, schools, warehouses, restaurants, retail stores, health care facilities, and other facilities.
For specific brands and codes of green beans and garbanzo beans that are subject to this recall, consumers and retailers can access this information at the following link. Please note that New Era produces canned products under other brand names and labels. Therefore, the recalled products may not necessarily be labeled with New Era's name. Also, the cans may bear a variety of product codes or no codes at all. Regardless of brand name or label, or the presence or absence of a code, the recalled cans should not be opened or used, and should be disposed of as described below. Consumers who are not sure if a product is subject to the recall should still throw it out as a precaution.
Any food that may contain the recalled canned beans should be disposed of carefully. Even tiny amounts of the C. botulinum toxin can cause serious illness when ingested, inhaled, or absorbed through the eye or a break in the skin. Skin contact should be avoided as much as possible, and hands should be washed immediately after handling the food.
When disposing of these products, double-bag the cans in plastic bags. Make sure the bags are tightly closed, then place in a trash receptacle for non-recyclable trash outside of the home. Restaurants and institutions should ensure that such products are only placed in locked receptacles that are not accessible to the public. Additional instructions for safe disposal may be found here. Anyone with questions may call FDA at 1-888-SAFEFOOD.
FDA and the Michigan Department of Agriculture launched a joint investigation of New Era's processing plant. This investigation resulted in the identification of C. botulinum contamination in several lots of canned green beans and one lot of garbanzo beans, the identification of serious food violations, and this expanded recall. Original findings of this investigation resulted in the company voluntarily recalling green beans in December 2007 (click here), and green beans, Mexican-style chili beans, and dark red kidney beans in January (click here).
FDA initiated the inspection at New Era, along with inspections of other low acid canned food (LACF) manufacturers, following four cases of botulism in consumers who had consumed canned hot dog chili sauce in the summer of 2007. In light of these botulism cases, FDA increased its inspection efforts to assure that manufacturers of all types of LACF products are adhering to applicable FDA requirements. These actions illustrate the need for companies to operate under adequate preventive control systems.
As part of the ongoing investigation, FDA issued an Order of Need for Emergency Permit to New Era. This order prohibits the manufacture and shipment of the company's low acid canned foods across state lines until they demonstrate to FDA's satisfaction that the products are safe. In addition, the Michigan Department of Agriculture, under its state authority, has embargoed New Era's entire inventory of low acid canned products contained in the company's warehouses in Michigan. As a result, New Era is not currently distributing any products.
Prevention of foodborne illness is a key element of the FDA's new Food Protection Plan, launched November 6, 2007.
FDA Warns Public Of Possible Botulism Risk
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that New Era Canning Company, New Era, Mich., is expanding its product recall because of potential Clostridium botulinum (C. botulinum) contamination to all canned green beans and garbanzo beans distributed by the company nationwide over the last five years. C. botulinum can cause botulism, a serious and sometimes life-threatening condition. The affected cans are large institutional-sized containers, weighing approximately six and a half pounds.


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The adoption of biotechnology, export expansion, and supplier reliability are crucial components to further bolster the U.S. wheat industry — a $16.5 billion economic powerhouse in 2008.
"Bringing biotechnology into the wheat realm is imperative for a healthy and expanding U.S. wheat industry," said Michael Edgar, Yuma, Ariz.
Edgar is nearing the completion of his one-year term as chairman of U.S. Wheat Associates (USW), the industry's export market development organization.
USW and the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) are collaboratively building industry support for the adaptation of biotechnology in wheat.
The two groups and the North American Millers' Association, plus similar associations in Canada and Australia, announced in May the intent to work toward synchronized commercialization of biotech traits in wheat. The groups agreed that biotechnology in wheat should be introduced in a coordinated fashion to minimize market disruption.
Biotech wheat is currently not grown commercially in the world.
"Wheat has lost acreage in the United States to corn and soybeans due to competition from crops that have the advantages of biotech traits," Edgar said.
More than three-quarters of the wheat growers responding to a NAWG survey approved a petition supporting the commercialization of biotechnology in wheat.
"Until now, there has only been speculation about the breadth of grower support for biotechnology in wheat," said NAWG CEO Daren Coppock. "This petition was designed to gather those answers from across our wheat producing areas, and now we have an objective and clear answer."
According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. wheat farmers produced more than 75 million tons of all varieties of wheat in 2007.
About half of the U.S. crop is exported annually, Edgar says. The top five customers in order: Japan, Egypt, Nigeria, Mexico, and the European Union.
USW's key role is building export markets for U.S. wheat in about 90 countries. Cuba is a budding market for expanded U.S. wheat sales. USW leadership visited Cuba several years ago, successfully opening the door to limited U.S. wheat sales into the country.
Edgar and U.S. wheat farmers met in Washington, D.C., this past spring with leaders from the Cuban Interest Section, a quasi-equivalent to a Cuban embassy.
"Cubans consume 750,000 to 900,000 tons of wheat annually and we should be able to supply their needs," Edgar said. "It doesn't make sense for Cuba to buy European-grown wheat that's transported across the Atlantic Ocean when the U.S. coastline is several hundred miles away."
Free trade agreements are another venue to building markets for U.S. farm products. The North American Free Trade Agreement with the United States, Mexico, and Canada is the most popular and controversial FTA. More than a dozen FTAs are in place.
Pending FTAs with Colombia and Panama are on hold awaiting direction from the Obama administration.
"USW is providing the Obama administration with background information and export projections on U.S. wheat sales to Columbia and Panama," Edgar says. "I don't have a good feel on whether the Obama administration will support or oppose the proposed agreements." USW supports the agreements.
If the deal is worked out, Columbia and Panama would likely purchase hard red winter wheat from the Pacific Northwest or the Gulf of Mexico.
The U.S. wheat industry has a solid reputation as a reliable, steady supplier of grain to the world. That image is critical, Edgar says, to maintain current markets and build new opportunities. USW has 16 foreign offices around the world promoting the United States as a reliable and steady wheat source.
"When the world experienced a short wheat supply last year, the U.S. wheat industry and U.S. Wheat Associates stayed in close contact with their customers worldwide," Edgar said. "We remained a reliable, steady supplier of grain to the world. Not all wheat-exporting countries could say that."
USW is not a grain trader; the organization develops markets for U.S. wheat companies to negotiate wheat sales.
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Three players are also ranked in the top 10 nationally in individual categories, as well.
Sophomore Parker Showers (Aspers, Pa./Biglerville) is fourth in kickoff return yardage, averaging 36.33 yards per return. Against Westminster on Sept. 11, Showers touched the ball twice on returns, posting 83 yards, including a 58-yard return. His shortest return this season is 25 yards. As a freshman, Showers finished 10th nationally in the category, averaging 27.92 yards per kick return.
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Senior running back Josh Kleinfelter (Bellwood, Pa./Bellwood-Antis) is 10th in rushing yards per game, averaging 150 per game. Kleinfelter, thanks to a 209-yard game against Westminster, has vaulted into the national leaders in the category. As a junior, Kleinfelter finished 82nd in the nation, averaging 82.10 yards per game and as a sophomore, he finished 43rd in the category, averaging 102.09 yards per game.
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BOSTON � Curator Liz Munsell was relieved and excited: a delayed visa finally came through to allow a Cuban performance artist to enter the United States and bring his art to the Museum of Fine Arts.
"This the first time he will have done this work, anywhere," said Munsell, assistant curator of the new exhibit "Permission to be Global: Latin American Art," where artist Lazaro Saavedra will perform on April 30.
Wearing a construction worker�s helmet and resting his head on a lush, cream-colored fabric pillow, Saavedra will lie inside an open wooden coffin beneath three wreathes. The Cuban government prohibited him from performing the 1990 piece, and his experience with censorship is conveyed in the exhibit�s blue print drawings, History for the historians.
"The Cuban government thought he was making a parody of workers, who are important figures in a socialist country, and stopped him," said Munsell, who will speak with the public during the performance. "We want to give these artists an opportunity to realize their works."
Performance art became part of the Museum of Fine Arts just a year ago, but it is central to contemporary art in Latin America and a highlight of the MFA exhibit, its first on contemporary Latin American art. A second performance artist, Guatemalan Regina Jos� Galindo, will present her new work on immigration June 25.
"Because of the restrictions on expression that occurred during the dictatorships in Latin America, artists didn�t have access to museums and gallery space," said Munsell, who was a Fulbright Scholar in Chile and wrote her master�s thesis on Latin American performance art.
"They ended up doing more ephemeral work in public spaces. Even though there�s democracy now, younger generations of artists look to the tradition of performance art."
In addition to performance art, the exhibit features 60 works by 46 artists from Central and South America created between 1960 and the present. The sculptures, paintings, photography, mixed media, videos and installations are part of the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection. Born in Cuba, raised in Venezuela and now a Miami resident, Cisneros is the president of the nonprofit Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO).
"(Its) mission (is) to expanding global understandings of contemporary Latin American art and artists, pushing beyond traditional paradigms and stereotypes," wrote Cisneros in the exhibit catalogue.
The title "Permission to be Global" reflects the fact that the ideal of a free flow between nations remains unrealized.
"Global has become a buzzword, but it�s really only a global world for some people," Munsell said. "Products cross borders, but people and ideas don�t always cross freely. The artists haven�t been allowed to be global and audiences haven�t had access to their works. This exhibit makes that possible."
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"It�s in a way a political exhibit, but not that it offers a political viewpoint," Munsell said. "People will see conceptual art that is in dialogue with art from across the world and that is from many perspectives."
In the wire sculpture La Jaula (The Cage), hundreds of thin pieces of stainless steel seem to have been scattered at random, creating a feel of chaos inside a rectangular wire cage. The son of the sculptor, Argentinian Le�n Ferrari, was killed by the military regime during Argentina�s Dirty War in the 1970s.
In Reja Naranja (Orange Bars) by Venezuelan artist Daniel Medina, a metal security gate swings open from the wall, and its bars face op-art-like orange wall stripes, which can be seen as either shutting out the public or protecting inhabitants from violence.
In four ink-and-pencil drawings by Argentinian Horacio Zabala, the continent of South America is gradually blacked out with stamps � bureaucratic, not postal � until it is solid black, suggesting the denial of facts and truth.
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Munsell said she has been struck by visitor response to the video installation, Sedimentaciones (Sedimentation) by Colombian Oscar Munoz. On a low table inside a black box space, a video shows hands reaching for fuzzy black and white photos of faces and placing them in a white sink of shallow water. To the sound of the water sucked into the drain, the image dissolves in black ink, so that the face disappears. Then, as though reversing history, the hand reaches for the blank paper, runs it in the water, and the face is restored.
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A three-run homer for host Poets proved to be difference Monday afternoon in a 5-1 loss by the Wabash baseball team at Whittier College. The game was part of the Little Giants' spring break trip to California.
Whittier's Nathan Mendez launched a three-run shot in the second inning to erase a 1-0 Wabash lead, giving the Poets all the runs they would need to improve to 8-7 overall.
The Little Giants jumped on the scoreboard early when Brian Lares opened the game with a lead off double. A John Pennington single sent Lares (left) to third just ahead of a sacrifice fly by Montana Timmons for the only run of the game for Wabash.
Wabash threatened again in the third inning, loading the bases with one out. The threat ended when Pennington was thrown out at the plate trying to score on a fly ball off the bat of Tanner Coggins. The Little Giants loaded the bases with one out again in the fourth inning, but once again could not capitalize when the next two batters failed to get the ball out of the infield.
Whittier would add two more runs in the seventh inning on an RBI double by Austin Straus and a run-scoring single by Alex Gast.
Jeff Soller took the loss, working five innings as the starting pitcher. He gave up five hits, including the three-run homer for his only runs allowed. Soller walked three batters and struck out five. Kevin Clendening pitched 1-1/3 innings, surrendering two runs on four hits with one walk. Nate Adams faced two batters, striking out one. Pete Schmith closed out the ninth inning by allowing just one hit and striking out one.
Wabash matched Whittier hit for hit, with each team finishing with 10. John Holm was 3-for-4 at the plate. Pennington and Chris Deig each added two hits. Timmons had one hit in addition to his RBI sacrifice fly.
The Little Giants (2-6) continue the California portion of their schedule on Tuesday with a nine-inning contest at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at 2:30 p.m. (PST).


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|2009-06-06, 04:09
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Its a futile time waste of trying to have an argument people who have entirely diffent taste.
No doubt they rate this weeks Bleach chapter many times better than OP chapter and if you read Bleach too you can see how twisted their taste of manga is...
They like diffrent manga, they dont appreciate plot, good phase, comedy and charecter relationships, they dont understand OP but they still read it and bash it because it doesnt please their particular needs, if OP would be such as they would want it to be this wouldnt have much diffrence than Bleach, who is entirely diffrent type of manga.
Some people read mangas for only fighting,powerups and art while others read it for story,comedy,adventure and charecters.
Phenomenom and Mold have such entirely diffrent point of view and diffrent things they want that when they read OP that they are always left dissapointed and bored.
Its excatly how I feel after reading each Bleach chapter, we simply enjoy diffrent things on mangas,what we love they despite and what they love we could find them boring..
Having arguments with such people is truely waste of time because you cant force to change their taste of manga just like you cant force everyone like boiled eggs.
|2009-06-06, 04:18
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Another awesom chapter from this arc. I love the way thing's are building up, Magellan hot on luffy's tail only to be stopped by Mr 3! Magellan's looking pretty unbeatable right now, I don't know if he'll stall him for long. Magellan's hydra power's just might burn through 3's wax. Now im hoping some strong people come off those ship's. Like Smoker, or Coby. Either way i hope Luffy make's it in time.
|2009-06-06, 04:25
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Constructive criticism is always needed, but a critic who's clouded by his own views is just a someone who fails to appreciate. And of course someone clouded by the good will fail to see the bad. When you let the good or bad outweigh each other in either ways, you end up on both sides of the coin.
But why bother with the bad if you're out to enjoy? If you're out to enjoy, why not look on the pros and let it outweigh the cons?
And my method once worked over at the Clannad subforum. Of course I was labeled as being as childish as my target, in the end my target learnt his mistake.
I don't know, while we are enjoying ourselves with this arc, some people are just looking from a wrong direction.
|2009-06-06, 05:13
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I personally have enjoyed the Impel down Arc, but only because I consider it just an extension of Sabaody Archipelao. Some how I don't see the big show down with Magellan, it just doesn't seem like the focus since my feeling we're going to get the cliche save ace at the public execution. Also when luffy has to actually sets out to defeat a big boss its intentional and its because he's done something inherently evil of his own accord, and usually because someone has done something to his nakama.
(Arlong and Nami, Don Krieg and Sanji, Vivi and Crocodile, Robin and CP9, Ussop and Captain Kuro, Brooke and Moria)
It also seems he's either avoided or not completed major fights when he didn't have this incentive. Though lack of power has been factor. Smoker/Aokiji/Kuma are examples. In these cases the enemy was stronger, but even more so the enemy was "attacking" luffy, and not the other way around.
|2009-06-06, 05:44
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Cos Bleach sucks.
Actually, saying that Bleach sucks would be an understatement..Bleach is that terrible.
Some say Naruto is bad, but compared to Bleach, Naruto is like OP..
rofl, OP isn't the best manga ever, but its definitely the best out of the top 3, and one of the best shonen series out there imo.
To top it off, I can not stand Iva. He can be funny sometimes, but seriously its just way too ridiculous, the whole transsexual thing. Alrite, one tranny is fine, but a whole army of them?! Makes me think wtf...
Maybe thats just me.
Its not 100% accurate, and there are exceptions. But BB and CHopper are the EXCEPTIONS and not the rule.
I said generally speaking, did you even read what i wrote?
..I know the manga. Of course the bounty system is flawed as a measure of strength, and I know there are some rare cases where the WG does not know the true threat of a character or else assigns a higher bounty which does not correspond to strength. But GENERALLY speaking higher bounty = higher strength. Do you not understand what 'generally speaking' actually means?
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|2009-06-06, 10:28
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Typical internet routine, some random internet kid finds it amusing to play the anonymous negative guy 24/7.
Judging by our everday mindless fanboi's view, this eposide sucked because jinbei didnt do a damn,Blackbeards fate is unknown,Iva is defeated in single blow.Dont even bother replying so that they can go and sulk in their little room.
|2009-06-06, 11:14
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There are a few factors that determine how large a bounty can be:
1) How long has the person been a pirate/criminal?
2) How heinous were the actions that they committed, and how many of them have caught the attention of the World Govenment?
3) Location of residence? Someone who resides in the New World is most likely going to have a higher bounty than someone who resides in the Grand Line, given that the New World is a very dangerous domain to stay in, let alone survive.
4) Knowledge that is detrimental to the World Government. Robin received a bounty of 79 million at the age of 8 just for having knowledge of the poneglyphs and being a survivor of the Ohara incident. I don't think I need to elucidate on this any further.
5) Affiliations with other factions? Connections can make a criminal potentially more dangerous.
In addition to these factors, bounties are determined by the World Government and Marines based on how dangerous they perceive the criminals to be. They don't completely know the true potential or strength capabilities of their targets (who would know the criminals better than the criminals themselves?), and therefore it is a fallible argument to suggest that bounties serve as an accurate indicator of strength (due to ignorance on the part of the WG and Marines). I think I've explained myself well enough to you, and if you're still not convinced, I have something ready just in case.
|2009-06-06, 13:09
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And blackbeard: I'd type a reply for you, but I'm too tired right now, its 2 in the morning and I wanna sleep.
Will type a post next morning, although its safe to say that I don't agree with you.
From what I've seen in your posts, you seem to be arguing that bounty has nothing whatsoever to do with strength. Whilst I know that bounty is based on threat alone, my point is that the threat of a character to the WG often correlates with their strength. There are some exceptions to this (as you kindly pointed out..) but generally, I belief this to be the case.
|2009-06-06, 15:52
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Not true. I still get as much enjoyment as I can out of Impel Down, even though it is the worst arc so far.
Criticism is just called not turning off your mind. If you turn off your mind, maybe you will like everything ok, everything will taste vanilla, but how do you know you didn't miss out on something better?
Honestly, if you think Impel Down is nearly as good as earlier arcs, maybe you just didn't get the most out of the earlier ones.
I liked Skypiea very much. It was a classic well-written adventure on its own and also makes the world bigger and more interesting. A narrow focus on the main storyline is not a good idea.
Having so many characters return like they did also starts to feel a bit like fanservice, and makes the world feel smaller and less interesting.
Almost like Oda knew Impel Down had the weakest storyline so far, so he brought back a bunch of fan favorites to distract people.
Personally I don't think Mr 1/2/3 should have appeared at all, that just makes the world too small. And I still think Mr 3's declaration was out of character.
|2009-06-06, 15:54
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|2009-06-06, 16:23
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Additionally, in regards to "fan service", besides Buggy, we have known that all of these characters were in Impel Down for close to 150 chapters, far longer than Ace has even been captured. So, realistically, it would have been strange if Luffy hadn't run into them during his invasion of the Gaol.
|2009-06-06, 21:08
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Age: 31
And as you said, you're 'personally' thinking you don't like the arc because of the various reasons you stated. It seems that its your personal taste at work which makes you think that the arc is bad. But this doesn't mean the arc is bad for all of us, in fact it seems quite alot of us like this arc. The problem doesn't lie with the arc, it lies with the individual who doesn't like it, because this isn't a downright bad arc.
Even if its not the best, yes you can still enjoy it. And this arc probably won't see an end anytime soon, you won't get a good judgement of things until its complete. There's reasons why we're thinking this is an epic build up of things to come.
Characters are brought back or introduced for this build up, not just for fanservice. If everyone is gathering on one spot of the planet, I'm sure you'll meet someone you know. Impel Down is also where Baroque works is kept, if you're as loud as Luffy, someone who remembers you will probably notice you. Its not like we're meeting every single old character here, we're only meeting ones who are supposed to be here, kept in the prison and those who are involved with Whitebeard.
|2009-06-06, 21:15
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Yikes, this week' comments are angrier than usual. Well, perhaps I'm not really one to judge, because I'm so deluded in my complete and utter idolization of Oda and One Piece that I can never, ever see any possible faults in One Piece. To me, One Piece is perfection on paper. Though, I do feel lucky that I am able to think like this, because if One Piece chapters weren't the highlight of my week, and if I was critical of them in the slightest, I'd be a considerably more miserable person all around. That said, anything I would have to say about this chapter would probably just amount to little more than incessant fan ranting of delight, so I'll leave it at that to avoid invoking anyone's wrath.
|2009-06-06, 21:52
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Spoken like a true fanboy, I must say.
|2009-06-06, 21:59
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I stated that point in a general view and its not even about One Piece.
You appreciate to get the good out of something. You criticise to find room for improvement. When you want to enjoy something, you would like to appreciate. If you want to suggest a better idea to the author, you give him your constructive criticism.
They say criticism brings discussion on the internets, but does the criticism bring effective discussions? Is our discussion here effective? Does it reach the ears of Oda?
|2009-06-06, 22:48
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You "guys" are looking at it all wrong. Those that complain the loudest are probably the biggest fans. Specifically, they love the series so much that they become very upset when they think that Oda is not living up to his potential...or at least that is my optimistic viewpoint concerning harsh negative criticism when harsh negative criticism is not necessarily warranted.
|2009-06-06, 23:07
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Which means 'fanboys' are actually the ones complaining. So what are fanboys? The word is totally non existant in my dictionary, it has no meaning. When 'fanboys' argue with each other, fanboys cancel off each other on both sides of the equation, the result has nothing to do with 'fanboys'.
What's left is why can't people just look on the good side of things and enjoy it?
Instead of complaining the appearance of old characters, why not rejoice over their return? Why complain and look at the bad side if you're so keen to enjoy?
While people always point that criticism is needed for discussion, it always ends up useless. Is there a need to argue over something useless?
EDIT: And yes, I'm exactly trying to point out how useless it can be by criticising criticism and showing how criticism ends up with nothing. Can I be doing something out of nothing?
|2009-06-06, 23:22
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Everyone else do criticise, people complained of various stuff, but we do see that they're enjoying what they're reading. But is there a need for complete posts of nothing but complains, every week?
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Includes 2 versions, the main piece and just the piano loop.
MAIN PIECE starts at 0:00 on preview, length 2:04 PIANO LOOP starts at 2:04 on preview, length 38 seconds
A piece for bright, optimistic company outlooks and presentations. Ideal for TV daytime themes and morning shows, background and source music, as well as slide presentations of weddings/holidays etc.
A rocking piece with piano, layered electric and acoustic guitar with a ROCKING guitar solo , drums, bass guitar and xylophone, with synth pad thrown in for extra interest.