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About Raul Malo
It begins with a fanfare. With a few well-chosen notes, a mournful trumpet carries us to a far away place and proclaims that something is about to happen, calling on one's full attention. And in every way, Sinners & Saints, the new album from Raul Malo, is worthy of that attention.
Self-produced in his home studio and brimming with deeply personal beliefs and passions,Sinners & Saints is the most intimate, honest and complex album Malo has made in an already distinguished career. You will hear in it a lifetime's journey, from the singer and songwriter's youth in the Cuban neighborhoods of Miami through his years with hit country band the Mavericks to his place today as one of the most intriguing and talented artists in the Americana and World Music scenes.
Rooted in Malo's life-long connection to Latin music, but infused with his wide-ranging love of country, blues, jazz and vintage rock and roll, Sinners & Saints melds sonic ingenuity with emotional sincerity. His lyrics continue to mature, and his vision continues to sharpen. His musicianship, especially his ability to blend traditional Mexican instruments with his ferociously twanging guitars, is on full display. The many thousands of fans who have been on the journey with him so far will want to add this album to their collections, and for those finding out about Malo for the first time, Sinners & Saints will be an ideal introduction to his searching, eclectic and thoroughly appealing sound.
The title track opens the record, setting the album's tone thematically and musically. Its origins lie in one of Malo's oldest and most significant sense memories. From his boyhood and through his years coming of age in Miami, he spent many a night in neighborhood music rooms listening to local artists perform their Zarzuelas, in which guitarists and dancers stirred up fiery improvisations in the classic flamenco style.
'The guitar player would follow the dancer and the dancer would follow the guitar player. They'd play off each other,' Malo recalls. 'And it would create this ambiance of intensity and passion that was really beautiful to watch, and it was really beautiful to be in that room when it was happening.'
Inspired by those musicians' improvised songs, Malo wrote 'Sinners & Saints' by conjuring up those nights in his head, attacking his electric guitar with a cross between flamenco melodicism and retro surf-twang, and singing spontaneously. First impulses were shaped into verses, and verses became a song that ruminates, a bit mysteriously, on the dark side of human nature, free of the structures or baggage associated with pop or country songwriting. 'It has no chorus, no repeatable hook line,' he says. 'And it's long. Purposefully long.' That patient indulgence in pure, delicious musicality is but one way in which Malo has usedSinners & Saints to continue his growth from the effervescent and efficient pop-craft of his years with the Mavericks. They were a great band, and for the most part, he loved being part of it, but with platinum album sales and a major record label to keep up with, the Mavericks became a bounded musical universe where spontaneity was discouraged and side projects proved nearly impossible. His decision to part ways after more than a decade together was difficult, but in retrospect it was the best direction for Raul the artist. 'My world has changed completely since those days,' he says. 'I went from a bus and two semis to driving up and down the Jersey Turnpike with a tour manager and a rental car and my acoustic guitar playing these little clubs on the East Coast. And I found myself having more fun, and seeing more and learning more, and meeting more wonderful people than I did in all my years of touring in the Mavericks.'
In his post Mavericks world, Malo also was able to pursue side projects that took him into territory he needed to explore. His collaboration with members of Los Lobos, Rick Trevino and others in the Latin super-group Los Super Seven was an artistic turning point, where the possibilities of a progressive approach to traditional music from Cuba, Mexico and Texas became abundantly clear and tantalizing. Malo's first solo album, Today, released in 2001, had one foot in that world and one in the songwriting ferment of Nashville's Americana scene. That stylistic journey has continued, finding a new stopping-off point with Sinners & Saints. 'Living For Today,' the album's second track, ventures into socio-political territory. Against an upbeat soundscape that includes chiming guitars, the Vox organ of Augie Meyers and the background vocals of The Trishas, Malo laments the short-term, self-centered myopia that sometimes seems to have gripped American business, government and culture. Anyone who rolled their car over their Dixie Chicks CDs in 2003 probably won't put this one at the top of their hit parade, but in a musical space that includes the biting observations of Rodney Crowell, Todd Snider or James McMurtry, this anxiety-venting song will be a welcome addition.
And speaking of Rodney Crowell, fans will be thrilled to hear Malo's heart-felt reading of his modern-day standard 'Til I Gain Control Again.' While it has vague echoes of the country-leaning covers made famous by Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson and others, Malo's intense vocals invest the song with a fevered, Otis Redding-like soul vibe. It produces perhaps the most emotionally loaded moments on the disc. 'I've wanted to record that song for a long time and never found the right time or place but thematically for this record, what a perfect fit,' Malo says. 'Talk about a sinner and a saint. That song embodies both and you can hear him coming to terms with what he's done.' Moreover, the track demonstrates the intensity Malo demanded of himself in the very difficult position of being producer, artist and sideman all at once. 'I don't think I would have been able to do that with anybody else there,' he says. 'It was at night. The kids were gone. I did it a couple of times and that's a complete take. It's not perfect, but the emotion is there. I remember that night being just physically shaken when I was done and I had never really experienced that before.'
The disc's other songs are also full of special moments. Raul did emerge from his home studio long enough to go to Austin to record an original song called 'Superstar' with his pals in the Texas Tornados. That and several other tracks feature the blazing Tex-Mex accordion of hotshot Michael Guerra, like the fun and bubbly 'San Antonio Baby.' In a more serious vein, Malo delivers the classic Spanish song 'Sombras' in the stunning tenor voice that's made him famous. And one really hears Raul stretching into new arranging and mixing territory with his cover of Los Lobos' 'Saint Behind The Glass.' The rich broth of percussion, guitars and Mexican instruments will leave audiophiles deeply absorbed, and the cryptic lyrics offer an appropriately ambiguous finale to the album.
Raul Malo has seen and done a great deal in his career, but Sinners & Saints demonstrates there is much more inside him and his ever-changing spirit relishes new challenges and ideas. 'This is the hardest I've ever worked on an album,' he says with a mixture of relief and pride. That includes the physical labor of confronting the studio alone day after day as well as the emotional courage to challenge his listeners and speak his mind. 'This really is about me and my point of view. I realized that after I'd done it. It reflects really how I feel about a lot of things. That's why this is as much of me as I've ever put on a record.'
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The Role of the "Inflammatory/ Pathogen Burden" for Cardiac Ageing (AntiCardAgeing)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01045512
Recruitment Status : Terminated (unsufficient recruitment)
First Posted : January 11, 2010
Last Update Posted : January 28, 2015
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In the elderly a chronic basal systemic inflammation prevails - which is evident by enhanced CRP or IL-6 plasma concentrations - and by compromised defense mechanisms against invading microbes. These alterations belong to the physiological ageing process of the immune system (immunosenescence) and are regarded as an inflammatory response towards lifelong antigen stress ("inflammatory/pathogen burden"). This lifelong antigen stress evokes an age-dependent basal inflammatory activation of innate immunity as well as a wasting of specific immunity: it is supposed that in the course of life-time due to a multitude of infectious/inflammatory events ("multiple hits") an inflammatory stress prevails or "inflammatory/pathogen burden" accumulates, which substantially contributes to an enhancement of the inflammatory parameters of natural immune response. Such enhanced inflammatory parameters characterize persons at increased risk of degenerative diseases like atherosclerosis or coronary heart disease. The risk is the higher, the higher the "pathogen burden". An impact of the inflammatory load on cardiac ageing has not yet been described.
"CARDIAC AGEING", REFLECTED BY A NARROWING OF HEART RATE VARIABILITY: The physiological ageing process of the heart goes along with a narrowing of heart rate variability as shown by various groups, including our own. Arguments in favour of a causal relationship between inflammation and cardiac ageing come from an experimental study with healthy human volunteers who had received a low dose of endotoxin: such a proinflammatory stimulus leads to a reversible narrowing of heart rate variability (7). Also in senescence heart rate variability steadily declines, paralleled by a steady increase of basal inflammatory activity.
The reduction of heart rate variability also is regarded as a sensitive parameter of autonomic dysfunction, which contributes to the compromise of cardiac reserve in old age. Apart from typical morphological features and functional deterioration, e.g. diastolic dysfunction, the senescent heart is typically characterized by a narrowed heart rate variability. Efforts have been made to estimate the cardiac age of an individual by this compromised heart rate variability, which may be divergent to the biological age. In recent years diverse approaches were proposed to measure cardiac age on the basis of heart rate variability. The published mathematical formulae were mostly validated with small patient groups and have presently not entered clinical practice. Still heart rate variability is an accepted surrogate parameter of cardiac ageing and is amenable by therapeutic measures, e.g. beta-blockade.
The interaction between autonomic nervous system and inflammation is bilateral: thus vagal stimulation can improve heart rate variability and at the same time evoke anti-inflammatory action: this "cholinergic anti-inflammatory" reflex could make the basis for pharmacological interventions to confine overwhelming inflammatory response syndromes. The afferent vagal nerve, on the other hand, can be stimulated by inflammatory mediators and toxins (endotoxin, Interleukin-1), thus activating the efferent vagus to release acetylcholine, which can bind to a nicotinergic acetylcholine receptor on macrophages and thus interrupt cytokine release and limit the rise in the blood levels of proinflammatory cytokines (TNF, IL-6). The biological meaning of this reflex is to localise inflammatory reactions in the organism and prevent a spill of cytokines to the circulation. A functioning autonomic nervous system is thus mandatory to prevent overshooting of inflammatory response to infection and non-infectious stimuli. The link between cardiac ageing and autonomic dysfunction gives another argument in favour of the notion that autonomic dysfunction and pathogen/inflammatory load could be factors promoting cardiac ageing. This, on the other hand, implies the chance of slowing down the cardiac ageing process by successfully modulating the extent of autonomic dysfunction and the scope of "pathogen/inflammatory burden".
A possible causal relationship between basal inflammatory activation and cardiac ageing has not been established. This is the issue of the project proposal. In this trial the investigators strive to lower the "pathogen/ inflammatory load" by simple and safe measures. The investigators therefore chose treatment with statins, standardised physical training (both parameters of heart function and heart rate variability could thus be improved) and vaccinations against influenza and pneumococci to prevent a further enhanced "pathogen/ inflammatory burden".
|Condition or disease
|Aging Inflammation
|Drug: fluvastatin
|Phase 2
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|96 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|The Role of the "Inflammatory/ Pathogen Burden" for Cardiac Ageing
|Study Start Date :
|October 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|September 2014
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|September 2014
|Active Comparator: statins, standardised physical training
Drug: fluvastatin
40-80mg once daily
|No Intervention: to continue with current lifestyle
- reduced narrowing of heart rate variability (measured by SDNN of a standardised 20 minute- resting-ecg) via lowering inflammatory/ pathogen burden by anti-inflammatory measures (standardized physical activity and statin administration) [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- quality of life [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- inflammatory parameters [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- major adverse cardiac events (MACE)including death, non lethal myocardial infarction and hospitalisation for cardiovascular reason [ Time Frame: 24 month ]
- inflammatory parameters in vaccinated and unvaccinated probands [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- heart rate variability in vaccinated and unvaccinated probands [ Time Frame: 24 month ]
- evidence of reduced narrowing of heart rate variability (measured by SDNN of a 24-hours-holter-ecg) via lowering inflammatory/ pathogen burden by anti-inflammatory measures (standardized physical activity and statin administration) [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|60 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- age 60-75
- physical activity less than 3 times a week
- written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- heart disease requiring treatment
- treatment with beta-receptor-antagonists
- treatment with statins
- treatment with immunosuppressive drugs
- treatment with anti- inflammatory drugs
- underlying hematological disease
- alcohol abuse, drug abuse
- diabetes mellitus
- study participation within past 30 days
- known intolerance to active agent or any other component of the drug
- active liver disease or unexplained persistent elevation of serum levels of transaminases or cholestasis
- existing myopathy
- pregnancy or nursing period
- absence of an ophthalmological examination within 12 month prior inclusion
- known cataract
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01045512
|Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Medizinische Fakultät, Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin III, Universitätsklinikum Halle (Saale), Ernst-Grube-Strasse 40
|Halle (Saale), Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, 06097
|Study Chair:
|Ursula Müller-Werdan, Prof.Dr.med.
|Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Medical Faculty
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01045512 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
2007-003003-12 ( Registry Identifier: EudraCT )
|First Posted:
|January 11, 2010 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|January 28, 2015
|Last Verified:
|January 2015
Keywords provided by Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg:
heart rate variability
autonomic nervous system
inflammatory/pathogen burden
physical activity
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pathologic Processes

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There are many ways to locate Nebraska cemetery records on the Internet ... everything from Google to the USGenWeb pages to the tombstone project of the Nebraska State Genealogical Society. Here is just a sampling of what you can find on Internet.
Wyuka Cemetery at 3600 O Street in Lincoln was established by an act of the Nebraska Legislature in 1869. The original three acres east of the city is now within the city of Lincoln and no longer a "rural cemetery." The cemetery was patterned after Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts. Wyuka Cemetery now encompasses over 140 acres between O Street and north to Vine Street in Lincoln. They have an excellent searchable database for burial records.
Forest Lawn Cemetery at 7909 Mormon Bridge Road in Omaha has a searchable database which is a work in progress. They have almost 90,000 records on file. The Forest Lawn Cemetery Association was organized under the laws of Nebraska on 13 May 1885.
The cemetery at Kearney is located at 4440 Avenue I. They have a searchable database that is easy to access. They also have a detailed map for locating burial sites.
The North Platte Cemetery, located on West Rodeo Road, was established in 1872. Their record database is continually updated.
In Buffalo County, the Ravenna cemeteries of Highland, Mt. Calvary and Highland Park have online databases.
There are more databases of Nebraska cemeteries online. Just start exploring!


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Christmas, a postal holiday
Wick's World
Eight years after retirement, I received my first standing ovation at the post office. By the time Tuesday afternoon rolled around at the Cliff Avenue Post Office in Eagan, Minnesota, I had accumulated 22 parcels due out by the end of the business day. This was my last load of the year, as I was shutting down business so I could spend the next two weeks in California with family.
On Monday, I had lugged the packages all the way inside the door, only to count 30 customers waiting in line. I turned around and made a quick exit. It wasn't as much the quandary of waiting in line that bothered me as it was the fact that every customer that came in was going to have a long wait behind me. Also, several of my parcels were heading overseas. If you have mailed a parcel out of the country lately, you already know that the poor overworked, underappreciated postal clerk has no choice but to punch in every letter and number on the customs form before the computer will continue.
I took my place in line and watched as people lined up behind me staring at my huge pile. I tried a few times to make eye contact only to have customers look away a micro-second after delivering what I was certain was the evil eye. So I kept my head down and continued reading a book, a habit I picked up at the post office when postal facilities around the country made the first of many drastic cuts.
I routinely wait in a line of 10-15 customers no matter what day of the year I go in to do business. And by the way, you would have thought that as a retired postmaster, I would have had better sense than to start a business that required me to come to the post office five days a week. Actually, I had given it some thought. I just hadn't planned on my business being quite so successful.
I finally reached the window only to hear the adjacent clerk announce, "I am closing my window now."
A collective groan resonated throughout the halls of the now least popular federal building in town. I thought, why close now, just when a guy walks up with 22 packages? Something about unions I guess. Now I was certain everyone in line would silently take their frustrations out on me.
The clerk waiting on me began pounding on keys, spitting out labels and moving those parcels as fast as anyone I had ever seen. Nonetheless, it was to no avail. The workload I handed him was simply too huge to be prompt.
I finally finished my business and was left with no choice but to turn around and face the line of disgruntled customers. Not knowing what to say I figured I would just play it by ear. I turned to leave and looked down the line of 20 –some people, every one of them looking like they were dying to address me. Finally an elderly lady looked at me and began to clap. It was contagious. She had the entire line giving me what could only be described as a standing ovation.
"I promise I won't be back in here until next year," I told the now-smiling audience.
I returned the next day to Moose Lake and again I had to go to the post office to finish up some last minute business. The line was only five deep and two clerks were manning the windows. What a pleasure to get quick service and be able to visit with my old friends besides.
I always was fond of the holiday season despite the heavier workload. One of my greatest joys was answering the many letters addressed to Santa Claus. I willingly did this on my own time until my own workload got so heavy I no longer enjoyed it.
Last night I ran into the lady who replaced me as Santa. As we exchanged Dear Santa stories, "Karla Elf" let me know how much she enjoys answering the letters.
Happy holidays everyone.


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Party for P.A.L. Traveling Teams
The East Hampton Police Athletic League football program, now in its fourth year, will hold a fund-raiser tomorrow at the Beachhouse restaurant on Route 27 from 6 to 9 p.m.
There will be food, drinks, a D.J., raffles, and a silent auction of more than 100 donated items.
Money raised will go toward new equipment, said Don Reese, who heads the program and coaches its 11-year-old traveling team, which is ranked among the Island's top 20.
"We're 3-1, though we should be 4-0," Reese said Tuesday. "If East Hampton is to have a future in football, these kids, if they stay together, are it. Last year, as 10-year-olds, they only lost one game. There are 20 kids on this team who can play."
Reese said East Hampton's program comprises five age-group traveling teams at present — the 11s, 10s, 9s, 7 and 8s, and 5 and 6s — and is looking to have eight teams next year, with the addition of separate seventh and eighth-grade teams and 5 and 6-year-old teams.
Practice sessions for all the P.A.L. squads are held Tuesday and Thursday evenings at East Hampton High School from 5 to 6:30, and on Saturdays from 9 to 11 a.m. Games are usually played Sundays. Most of the teams, with the exception of Reese's 11-year-olds, are to play at home on Oct. 23.
Besides Reese, the other coaches are Joe Hren, whose 9-year-olds are undefeated, at 5-0; Ron White, whose 10-year-olds have yet to win; Bill Gardiner, whose 7 and 8s won their first game Monday, and Joe Pannasch, whose 5 and 6s, who play eight on a side, are to play their first game in the coming week.
"Over all, I'd say the program is really moving along," said Reese.
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Official Press Release
Pop culture publishing and consulting company ICv2 has announced that it will host the ICv2 Comics and Media Conference: Building Connections on Wednesday, July 22nd, in conjunction with San Diego Comic-Con International.
"Comics are increasingly the raw material for films, TV shows, and videogames and vice versa, and San Diego is where that all comes together," ICv2 President Milton Griepp said. "We wanted to create a conference where writers and artists; publishers; producers of films, TV shows, and videogames; agents and managers; licensing pros; retailers; and librarians and educators can all come together to talk about what's happening and about how to expand this incredibly productive cross-fertilization."
The ICv2 Comics and Media Conference, a ticketed half-day event, will be held at the San Diego Marriott, next to the San Diego Convention Center, on Wednesday afternoon, July 22nd, from 1 to 5 p.m., just before Preview Night at Comic-Con. Comic-Con is assisting with promotion and logistics for the event.
Confirmed speakers and panelists include film, TV, and comics writer Jeph Loeb, who will deliver the keynote address for the event; Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, who will participate in the discussion of Comics after Hollywood; and businesspeople from the worlds of comics, film, TV, and videogames, with more speakers still being added.
Confirmed Sessions:
Keynote Address
Comics and Media Case Studies
Comics and the IP Life Cycle
Comics after Hollywood
Confirmed Speakers, Panelists, Moderators:
Nick Barrucci, Dynamite Entertainment
Robin Brenner, author, librarian
Milton Griepp, ICv2
Matt Hawkins, Top Cow
Rick Jacobs, Circle of Confusion
Jeff Katz, American Original
Jeph Loeb, writer for film, TV, and comics
Tom Mclean, writer for Variety, Animation
Mike Mignola, writer, artist, creator of Hellboy
Joe Nozemack, Oni Press
PW Comicsweek and The Beat by Heidi MacDonald, two publications of Publisher's Weekly, have signed on to sponsor the conference.
The Beat
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Every week PW Comics Week reports on comics & graphic novel publishing bringing our readers business trends, artist, publisher profiles & retail information. It also delves into top stories and a release schedule of not-to-be missed titles.
ICv2 covers the business world of comics and graphic novels, specialty DVDs, tabletop games, and movie and TV licensed products on its Website, ICv2.com
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Hello again. I'm at Pixar now working with the amazing Bill Cone on the 2012 movie with the newts in it. They're building a really amazing art dept here, I'm super excited to be a part of this project!
Still no new artwork (that I'm allowed to show)! Okay, okay I swear I'm going to get something done outside of work, really. Laaammmee. What happened to this being an art blog? Seriously...
Oh yeah, congrats to those who made it into the Pixar internship, drop me a line, I'd love to meet you.
Monday, May 19, 2008
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For high-school sweethearts Jessica Beck and Chris McCormick, choosing the location for their wedding was the easiest part of the planning process. "We wanted our wedding to have a feeling of subtle romance," says Jessica. And for romance mixed with elegance, the Granite Bay, CA, couple looked no further than St. Francis Winery in Santa Rosa, where the lush greenery provided the perfect backdrop. To complement the beauty of the vineyard's grapes and roses, Jessica incorporated shades of lavender and dusty rose, which suited her theme.
On her big day, June 18, 2005, Jessica wore a pale-pink strapless gown by Lazaro, which featured detailed embroidery and crystals on the bodice. Rather than wear a formal tuxedo, Chris opted for a black suit from Joseph Abboud. The ceremony, for which the bridesmaids wore lavender satin gowns and the groomsmen donned black suits with lavender ties, was performed by the couple's pastor. "We wrote our own vows," says Jessica, "so the ceremony was really emotional for us."
After the ceremony, the guests enjoyed an outdoor cocktail hour, where they were served miniature crab cakes and vegetable rolls. For dinner, everyone was seated at long, rectangular tables, where they dined on grilled mahimahi with fruit salsa and sautéed vegetables, or chicken breast stuffed with spinach and mozzarella. To underscore the romantic setting, Jessica worked with the floral design company, Wine Country Flowers, to create elaborate arrangements of peonies, hydrangeas and roses in the ever-present shades of lavender and dusty rose. The couple's three-tiered wedding cake was covered with white fondant, and the lavender ribbon and sweet pea that graced each layer perfectly mirrored the colors and flowers featured throughout the event. After dinner, guests danced as Italian classics played softly in the background.
When the reception was over, both Jessica and Chris were completely
exhausted—a sure sign that their fabulous fete was a hit—and they agreed that their absolute favorite moment of the wedding day was seeing each other for the first time as Jessica walked down the aisle. "I didn't know what his reaction would be when he saw me," recalls the bride. "Chris said I looked even more amazing than he could have ever imagined."
Learn From Jessica and Chris
Have your favors reflect your theme: Jessica and Chris carried the romantic lavender hues into every aspect of their wedding—including
the fun favors. Every guest was given a little silver tin filled with purple candies called amorini, which means "little love" in Italian.
Consider your 'maids: Jessica's only requirement of her best gals was that they had to wear the color lavender—so each bridesmaid was able to choose the dress that flattered her figure the most.
Have your menu reflect the location: With dinner, Jessica and Chris offered reserve wines straight from St. Francis' vineyard, which were perfectly paired with the grilled mahimahi and stuffed chicken. —Cristi L. Hansen


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Dr. Greene's Answer:
CT's are wonderful, lifesaving technology, but as with antibiotics, it is wise to ask if there is a safe way to diagnose the situation without a CT. If a CT is recommended, it is wise to ask that a child-appropriate level of radiation be used, to cut the radiation risk in half.
- Is a CT scan the best examination for my child?
- How will the CT scan be adjusted based on my child's size?
- Will a radiologist be involved in my child's CT scan?
Some radiologists practice ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) – a commitment to using the lowest dose of radiation that will do the job well).
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I've written my goals for the year: to eat healthy and exercise, to pay down my home, and to dig deeper into friendships. But while those are great ambitions, if I left them as just ambitions, or resolutions, chances are I wouldn't get them done. Most people don't stick with their new-years resolutions. But it's not because they lack the resolve. It's because their goals aren't embedded in the context of a narrative.
I've discovered something better than resolutions. If you've read A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, you know I've reorganized my life into stories rather than goals. I don't have any problem with goals. I like goals and still set them. But without an overarching plot, goals don't make sense and are hard to achieve. A story gives a goal a narrative context that forces you to engage and follow through. People who are in great shape and have their finances in order probably don't set goals to be in good shape or get their finances in order. They probably set goals of running a marathon or paying off their house. In other words, they think in narrative rather than goals. The goals get met in the journey of the story.
A story involves a person that wants something and is willing to overcome conflict to get it.
A story involves a person that wants something and is willing to overcome conflict to get it. If you plan a story this year, instead of just simple goals, your life will be more exciting, more meaningful and more memorable. And you are much more likely to stick to your goals. For instance, rather than saying I want to finish getting into shape this year, I've written down that I want to climb Mt. Hood with a couple friends. I have a vision of standing on top of the mountain in May, taking pictures and all that. Now my goal has a narrative context. That's just a simple story, and I've planned some stories that are far more difficult but I only use that as an example. If my goal were to lose twenty pounds, I doubt I'd stick with it. But when you have friends flying up from Texas to summit the mountain with you, you'd better believe you are going to be hitting the stairs. I have to, because it I don't, my story will be a tragedy. Again, stories give goals context.
So here are a few tips on planning a story for 2017:
1.Want something.
In a story, the character wants something. Rudy wants to play football at Notre Dame, Harry wants Sally, Frodo wants to destroy the ring and so on. It's true in every story, or else a story doesn't make sense. If we don't want something in our lives, our stories feel boring, long, meaningless and tired. We feel this way because we are sitting in the theater of our mind watching a story that isn't getting started. Or worse, we are praying and asking God to give us a story while the entire time God is handing us a pen, telling us to write it ourselves. That's why he gave us a will. So spend some time thinking about what you want with the year. Do you want to pay down the house, get into shape, deepen a relationship? Make your ambition clear and focussed. Choose two or three dominant desires and write them down.
If we don't want something in our lives, our stories feel boring, long, meaningless and tired.
2. Envision a climactic scene.
Screenwriters often begin their story with the end in mind. They know their entire movie is heading toward that scene where Frodo throws the ring into the fire. And they write the movie to get him there. My climactic scene will be (God willing) standing on top of Mt. Hood. So I automatically know the hundreds of scenes that are going to lead up to that climax. I know there will have to be scenes hiking in the gorge, riding my bike, eating well, spending time at high altitude, accumulating gear and so forth. If you're goals are relational (I highly recommend half your goals be relational, because relational stories are the most fulfilling) you might envision you and your wife renewing your vows, or you and your son refurbishing a car together. Once you have that climactic scene in mind, you'll know the scenes it takes to get there. Also, write this stuff down. Even if you just throw it away, write down what that climactic scene looks like, smells like and feels like. It will get in your brain and like a good protagonist in a great movie, you'll wake every day knowing what you are supposed to do with your time.
Once you have that climactic scene in mind, you'll know the scenes it takes to get there.
3. Create an Inciting Incident.
Characters don't want to change. That's why so many new-years resolutions fail. We write down that we want to lose twenty pounds and end up gaining ten. It happens every year. What we are overlooking is a principle that every good screenwriter knows: Characters don't change without being forced to change. An inciting incident is the event in a movie that causes upheaval in the protagonist life. The protagonist, then, naturally seeks to return to stability. And in order to do that, he HAS to solve his new problem. In Taken, Liam Neeson's daughter is kidnapped and he MUST find her. In The Grapes of Wrath, the dust bowl forces the Joad family west. Characters must be pressured to change, or they won't. And a narrative context can help. For instance, with my wrapping up my fitness goals (I've now lost well over 100 pounds, but have definitely taken the year off to just have fun, so it's time to get back on it) I decided to climb Mt. Hood. But that isn't enough. An inciting incident has to force me to climb Mt. Hood, so I contacted my friend Brandon Bargo in Austin and for the last couple months we've been talking about what it will take. We will also, hopefully, be climbing St. Helens and Adams that same month, so I'm going to have to be in really great shape. If I don't, there's a social consequence. I will let my buddy down, and I'll also look like an idiot in front of all of you guys. So bringing a friend into the mix, and going public with my ambition serves as an inciting incident. Other inciting incidents might be signing up with friends for a marathon, joining a kick-boxing class, inviting friends to dinner every Sunday, writing an I'm Sorry letter to an old friend, buying an engagement ring, writing a check to a ministry, whatever…just something that forces you to move.
That should get you started, at least. Want something, imagine a climactic scene and create an inciting incident. And do it this week. Don't wait. I created mine in November so I could get an early start.
Living a good story is a lot of fun, but it can also be difficult and boring.
I don't know very many writers who love the actual act of writing. We will do anything to avoid work. But because we have to pay our bills, at some point every day a good writer sits down to do his/her work. And it's no different when you're living a good story. I doubt I am going to want to run stairs every day, but the truth is I have to. And I'm not going to want to eat right, either. But I have to. I'm not trying to make the whole thing sound grim. Living a good story is a lot of fun, but it can also be difficult and boring. But when it's done, when you've renewed your vows or climbed a mountain, you'll look back on one of the most rich and fulfilling years of your life, filled with scenes of difficulty and conflict, of beauty and sacrifice. The year will feel twice as long, because anything that isn't a story is quickly forgotten by the brain, and your entire year will have been a story.
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Corpse Reviver #2 Cocktail
Said to have the ability to revive a corpse, hence the name, the Corpse Reviver was first listed in "The Savoy Cocktail Book" by Harry Craddock (1930). If you are feeling six feet under this Halloween, one or two of these cocktails is sure to bring you back to life.
3/4 ounce gin
3/4 ounce lemon juice
3/4 ounce Cointreau
3/4 ounce Lillet Blanc
1 dash absinthe
Shake with ice.
Strain into a cocktail glass.
Nick L. 26 Oct 2010
12:19 pm
Just a heads up, you have lemon juice on the side recipe twice (one as 3/4 oz and one as 1 oz.)
Otherwise, a great drink that I almost forgot about! All the flavors work so wonderfully together, although I usually go a little lighter on the Cointreau.
Lukas 26 Oct 2010
12:38 pm
I am so glad that you finally are making new episodes, I really missed your show!
George R. Welch 26 Oct 2010
1:59 pm
This is a fabulous cocktail, wonderfully made by Mr. Hess. It is just amazing how the flavors blend to make something new, and I agree with Robert that you must have the dash of absinthe.
Robert—your bottle of Lillet Blanc looks very different from what we buy here. Ours look like this: http://www.cocktaildb.com/ingr_galleryDetail?id=480&assetID=1016
Is yours a different product? Does Lillet market it differently in different regions?
Thanks, —George
Chris CV 29 Oct 2010
7:53 am
It looks good, but I don't have any Lillet Blanc—I'll try to remedy that today.
Robert, did you ever find your source for CR #3? I know I like that one.
Ereich Empey 1 Nov 2010
4:03 pm
George, if I may, the bottle he is using is actually an limited edition bottle that was recently released. It is the same product.
Also, Robert, have you tried the Corpse Reviver #2 with Cocchi Americano in place of the Lillet Blanc? It is really interesting since the two liqueurs are the same.
eddie delisio 14 Dec 2010
3:46 pm
I recommend rinsing the cocktail glass with 1/4 oz of absinthe rather than incorporating it. I also sometimes pre-louche the absinthe rinse by adding a tiny bit of water and a few ice cubes and gently swirling it all around and discarding (unless more absinthe flavor is desired), then shake and slowly fill the glass. #2 is the popular one of the 3 mentioned in the video. I had been influenced to believe this was the only version worth drinking. However, I replaced #2 with the #1 after tasting it myself (finally), and testing it on a few customers. It is quite a great digestif and a more fitting drink in colder months, in my opinion. Simple to make, stir equal parts calvados, brandy, sweet vermouth. High quality spirits will make this sing. Cheers
zach 16 Mar 2011
6:29 am
Quick question on Lillet Robert…as it's a wine, albeit fortified, do you recommend keeping it refrigerated similar to what might be done for vermouth to help preserve it's aromatic qualities?
While North Shore Distillery came out with a bottled version of the CR#2 that I do enjoy - http://www.northshoredistillery.com/lrcorpse.htm - very much looking forward to mixing it up properly, thanks much-
Robert Hess 16 Mar 2011
6:36 am
Absolutely. Any low-proof aromatized wines should be kept in the fridge once they are opened. This clearly will impact your fridge space, which is why we bought a second one mostly for drink related storage. Frankly I can't imagine how anybody can get by with only one refridgerator in the kitchen.
Interesting about the bottled CR2, I don't see that their website details exactly what is in this bottled version, I'd be a little concerned about the citrus component in a bottled cocktail, it can last for a while, but not too long. Let us know what you think once you try it!


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Instead of telling the user to install GRUB(2) alone in case of UEFI, direct the reader to the [[UEFI_Bootloaders]] page which provides info about all the UEFI bootloaders capable of booting linux kernel. Also how can I edit the guide, there is no "edit" tab shown on top of the page. Is this page restricted to few authors only? -- [[User:The.ridikulus.rat|Keshav P R]] ([[User talk:The.ridikulus.rat|talk]]) 15:31, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
Instead of telling the user to install GRUB(2) alone in case of UEFI, direct the reader to the [[UEFI_Bootloaders]] page which provides info about all the UEFI bootloaders capable of booting linux kernel. Also how can I edit the guide, there is no "edit" tab shown on top of the page. Is this page restricted to few authors only? -- [[User:The.ridikulus.rat|Keshav P R]] ([[User talk:The.ridikulus.rat|talk]]) 15:31, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
==Proposed changes to Beginners' Guide and link to Post-Installation==
==Proposed changes to Beginners' Guide and link to Post-Installation==
Revision as of 16:02, 23 October 2013
- 1 Read this first before add new suggestion
- 2 Change section "Connect to the internet"
- 3 Suggestions to update this guide as part of ISO
- 4 add a step: setting the clock
- 5 pacman-key --init / populate?
- 6 Link to UEFI Bootloaders page
- 7 Proposed changes to Beginners' Guide and link to Post-Installation
- 8 Mounting the Swap partition.
- 9 Hardware compatibility List
- 10 base is redundant in pacstrap command
- 11 simplify umount
- 12 Clarify that vconsole.conf must be created
Read this first before add new suggestion
- Point of this page is to not become another Beginner's guide. It's meant to be a concise checklist of things to be done. So detailed install instruction should go to Beginners' Guide.
- If there is something to discuss which should also affect the Beginner's guide, then do it on Talk:Beginners' Guide. An advanced user will find this page less bloated and easier to read, so let's KISS.
Change section "Connect to the internet"
Since the installation guide is now part of the iso image, I'd like to see a few references to the manpages of the necessary tools here, since you cannot open the network related wiki pages. Maybe something like this would be acceptable:
Assuming a wired ethernet connection, running dhclient or dhcpcd is sufficient to get a lease. Otherwise set up the connection manually using ip add, wpa_supplicant (WLAN with WPA), pppoe-setup (DSL), etc. You can also create and use netcfg profiles. Read more in the manpages: ip(8), wpa_supplicant(8), pppoe(8), netcfg(8), netcfg-profiles(5)
A reminder to install the packages for the internet connection in the pacstrap section would also be nice. -- progandy
Suggestions to update this guide as part of ISO
Since this guide is now being included as 'install.txt' in the ISO, it might be beneficial to incorporate the following changes:
- Entirely remove the 1. Download section and move it to the Download area of the archlinux.org page. This document here is about installing, not downloading, checking, burning discs or dd'ing. The majority of users reading this have likely already booted up the install medium.
- Begin or end the document by mentioning the new archlinux(7) man page which explains the location of important system configuration files
# man archlinux
- Slightly expand the 6. Connect to the internet section to include the most basic examples of setting up a private network using a dynamic and static IP address. (Right now it's only a single paragraph/line.) It's a vital installation step and should actually be moved to the top as one of the first actions during system setup. This fact should be emphasized.
Obtain dynamic IP
# dhcpcd
Set static IP
# ip link set dev eth0 up # ip addr add 192.168.1.2/24 dev eth0 # ip route add default via 192.168.1.1 # echo "nameserver 184.108.40.206" >> /etc/resolv.conf
- I can agree to all your suggestions, I wonder why no one is modifying the wiki. Internet connection setup is the most important part and should be covered more extensively. In addition to your changes, mention the manpages and configuration templates for netcfg and pppoe-setup/connect. The boot medium must at least contain easy accesible information in order to read all pages referenced in the installation guide. There should also be mentioned that elinks is installed and can be used to access the wiki. --Progandy (talk) 21:50, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
add a step: setting the clock
Lots of things care about the clock being more-or-less correct, e.g. pacman-key will not work at all if the clock is too far out. Lots of brand new computers come with the clock set to something in the distant past, which causes weird problems during the install. Thetrivialstuff (talk) 23:14, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
I agree, the instructions in "Installation Guide" leaves you without a /etc/adjtime file.
The following should be added (taken from beginners guide, but shortened):
Set the hardware clock and generate a
/etc/adjtime file with
# hwclock --systohc --utc or
# hwclock --systohc --localtime
Bwid (talk) 08:03, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
- There's no need for an adjtime file, but it does make sense to have people use
timedatectlfrom the live media to set the clock correctly. -- thestinger (talk) 03:30, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
pacman-key --init / populate?
Isn't this a required step? pacstrap does not seem to do it on its own. Thetrivialstuff (talk) 23:15, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
- Edit: Ah; I think this was related to the "set the clock" step -- I see that there is a pacman keyring init in the boot sequence of the latest media, but it (silently?) fails if the local clock is wrong.
- https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-releng/2012-July/002708.html --Bluewind (talk) 09:10, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
This really need to be included on tutorial before pacstrap. Otherwise it will not work. Michelboaventura (talk) 16:49, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
Link to UEFI Bootloaders page
Instead of telling the user to install GRUB(2) alone in case of UEFI, direct the reader to the UEFI_Bootloaders page which provides info about all the UEFI bootloaders capable of booting linux kernel. Also how can I edit the guide, there is no "edit" tab shown on top of the page. Is this page restricted to few authors only? -- Keshav P R (talk) 15:31, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
I second the motion to add a link for UEFI bootloader info. This install guide discusses creating a UEFI System partition, but ignores EFISTUB in the bootloader section. A direct link to EFISTUB would acheive the result that Keshav P R proposed, without linking to UEFI_Bootloaders which redundantly lists GRUB and Syslinux as options again. Currently the bootloader text reads: "You can choose between GRUB or Syslinux." I propose the following text: "You can use GRUB, Syslinux, or EFISTUB." Dwightjl (talk) 16:02, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
Proposed changes to Beginners' Guide and link to Post-Installation
Some major changes are under discussion in Talk:Beginners'_Guide#Guide_restructuring: some of them would require adjustments to this very guide, see for example this post.
Please reply in the linked discussion, not here.
-- Kynikos (talk) 12:15, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
- I've added the steps in Beginners' Guide/Post-Installation to this guide, which now directly sends users to Beginners' Guide/Extra.
- If however Talk:Beginners' Guide#Guide restructuring will be implemented as planned, the Beginners' Guide will have a slightly different installation procedure than this guide, unless this one is updated too.
- -- Kynikos (talk) 14:08, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
- The link to Post-Installation was the last step of the guide, so that's the line I've replaced with the instructions from Post-Installation.
- About rebooting in case of a kernel upgrade, I don't think it's necessary to state that since this guide is aimed at experienced users.
- In any case, any reordering or modification of the various steps should better be approved by a Developer, and probably the forum or the mailing lists are better places than this talk page to involve them in such discussions.
- -- Kynikos (talk) 14:59, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
- Yeah, but at this point, you were instructed to reboot. In order to edit
pacman.conf, you need to mount the root partition. And to update your system, you need to chroot into it. It would be better if "Unmount leftovers" was renamed "Unmount leftovers and reboot", and added at the end (before the suggestion to read the instructions from Extra). --DSpider (talk) 15:07, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
- Yeah, but at this point, you were instructed to reboot. In order to edit
- You are still instructed to reboot, aren't you? The "Unmount leftovers" section currently tells you to "reboot and then login into the new system with the root account". In the "new system", the correct partition is already mounted at /.
- Whether or not configuring pacman, updating the system and adding a user would be better done in the chroot before rebooting, it's something that should be discussed with a Developer. I too think that it would make more sense, requiring one less reboot in case of a kernel upgrade.
- -- Kynikos (talk) 15:18, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
- Renaming "Unmount leftovers" to "Unmount leftovers and reboot" is safe anyway, so I've done that. -- Kynikos (talk) 15:37, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
- @DSpider: you're quite active on the forum, why don't you propose your idea there? I think it would be interesting to discuss it. -- Kynikos (talk) 14:11, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
- Ok, after reading this I realize that maybe I haven't been clear enough, so I'll try to explain everything more thoroughly.
- The current procedure makes you configure the system in the chroot environment from the live system.
- Then, still in the live system, it asks you to exit the chroot, unmount the partitions for the new system, reboot and login into the new system. Now, I refuse to write more explicitly in the guide that you should boot into the new system, and not again in the live system, in order to login into the new system.
- Since you are now into the new system (not the live system), the root partition is mounted at
/, not at
/mnt/, so you should be able to configure pacman, update the system and add a user wihtout chrooting. Now, if you've tested the procedure and really noticed that for some obscure-to-me reason you still need to chroot to /mnt in order to do those operations, please ask for clarifications in the forum because I wouldn't be able to answer any more.
- Last thing, and I think this is the 3rd or 4th time I write it, I agree with you that configuring pacman etc. could easily be done in the chroot environment at step 1, but you should propose that change in the forum first, since it would be a change in the official installation procedure and I won't take responsibility for that.
- I think this is the best I can do here, the next step to explain all this could be making a movie or a five-act play, but I hope it's not necessary :)
- -- Kynikos (talk) 05:56, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
Mounting the Swap partition.
Just a note to clarify the swap partition is NOT mounted. You will get an error message if you try.
Turning on the partition with swapon command will have the desired effect of having it activated before you add it to /etc/fstab. --CaptainK (talk) 07:56, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
Hardware compatibility List
The Installation Guide should refer to the Hardware compatibility List at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HCL in case specific kernel parameters are needed for the mainboard. --Qqqqqqqqq9 (talk) 09:32, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
- -1. The info in HCL is quite out of date so it should not be linked. -- Fengchao (talk) 13:13, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
base is redundant in pacstrap command
pacstrap /mnt
works just fine. base is installed by default. KISS, right? I'd do it myself, except it seems regular users don't have permission to edit this page.
Ewtoombs (talk) 22:54, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
simplify umount
# umount /mnt/{boot,home,}
could be replaced with
# umount -R /mnt
which will umount everything under /mnt recursively. This is simpler because the user doesn't have to explicitly specify everything he mounted under /mnt. 65kid (talk) 11:53, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
Clarify that vconsole.conf must be created
Example: "Add console keymap and font preferences in /etc/vconsole.conf. This file must be created by you."
- Please read #Read this first before add new suggestion, first point... Lahwaacz (talk) 20:46, 5 October 2013 (UTC)


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yep, it can sound nasty but I'm very new with xfce (and linux globally) ;(
I can see and use my xubuntu shared drives and folders from others network pcs but I am not able to find out how to access these pcs shared folders from xubuntu.....I'm sure it's so f.......simple but well........can U help me ?
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The researchers explore some of the theoretical underpinnings of urban unhappiness — referring often to Louis Wirth's 1938 paper, "Urbanism as a Way of Life," [PDF] which cites "the relative absence of intimate personal acquaintanceship," as one of many potential reasons city residents should be less happy — before moving on to recent data. Their primary resource is the General Social Survey, a broad sweep of social information collected regularly since 1972. By mapping responses to the G.S.S. question on happiness with data on place of residence, the researchers find that, between 1972 and 2008, "happiness has been lowest in the nation's largest cities and has consistently been at its highest levels in small towns and rural areas":
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But in making their point the authors overlook an equally significant body of research that shows the matter is far from settled. In the psychological well-being study noted above, for instance, researchers also found that poor whites had a higher well-being in cities than in rural areas, and that urban and rural poor showed no difference overall in happiness or depression — results that Berry and Okulicz-Kozaryn fail to mention. They also cite a 1992 study of the Detroit metro area in support of their happiness gradient that, upon closer inspection, concludes the opposite: people in the suburbs were "no more likely" than those in the city to express satisfaction with the quality of their lives, according to the Detroit report.
The oversights don't end there. The authors briefly reference, but fail to elaborate on, a 2008 paper [PDF] that lists several recent research studies that failed to confirm the urban-rural gradient. This 2008 study also pointed out that many urban happiness studies control for income, which can provide "a deceptive appearance of greater rural well-being," since income and happiness are typically (though not always) positively correlated. The final caveat worth mentioning is the G.S.S. happiness question itself. The item calls for one of only three responses — very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy — that reduce all the complexities of happiness to an absurdly simple multiple choice.
Having said all that, Berry and Okulicz-Kozaryn certainly understand that their proposed gradient is far from straightforward. For one thing, their own previous research has noticed that in some parts of the world, namely rapidly developing cities in Asia, well-being was relatively higher in big cities than elsewhere. In the new study they also perform some additional tests that ultimately undermine the gradient and lead them to conclude that "its foundations are more complex." When they added data on ancestry into their analysis, for instance, the gradient dulled substantially; when they factored in race to the analysis, it dulled some more; and when they considered both ancestry and race, the gradient disappeared.
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|2009-06-21, 17:41
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Well...about the Nina=Chosen one for the Goat...It could be possible because she has a rather special relationship with the electronic spirits(and this could be a quite good choice to bring back the story to the LN somewhat).
The only problem with the anime-original stories in general that htey tend to be worse than the original. Somehow I can't imagine why they must alter the story of a manga or light novel if most of the fans's wish to see it animated and the others don't mind the similarities(because they probably not even know the original before). If it's the matter of fanservice or animation cost then I could tolerate it. But they're changing the characters too without a proper reason.
Edit:Pairing wars? Now?It's no use...but if we're overanalysing things it's either Nina or Leerin. Probably the later.
|2009-06-21, 18:04
|Link #82
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Idaho
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_-_... That's it? That's Season 1?
... Season 2 better be an improvement because I don't recall anything but characters and their backgrounds/relationships being explained in this entire twenty-four episodes.
Spoiler for Vague Episode 24 Spoilers:
With that having been said, it was still an alright episode and there were some entertaining moments. But, I'd have to say that calling it average is pushing it.
Edit: Also... Just because you guys look like you're having fun with pairing wars. Episode 1 Spoiler: Leerin totally kissed Layfon already.
They've totally been sending each other letters the entire time. The only one who even has a slight chance of beating Leerin while she's so far ahead is Felli. Newsflash, Nina and Layfon don't even have romantic moments, at all. I don't understand why people think she's going to be the one.
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|2009-06-21, 18:19
|Link #84
Disputatio exaro nex
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Turkey
Age: 35
Last scenes are when the credits are rolling of course, how can you write them off? It's a common thing that happens during season finals and they show how people end up after the events. They're as concrete as it gets.
|2009-06-21, 18:38
|Link #85
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
I've never been impressed with the action in CSR and this episode is no exception (understandable, consider how they mainly fight with Kei), but the fusion of the katana and HB looks like an overkill.... very cliche. I'd have loved to see a Layfon fighting with one sword in each hand. *wishful thinking*
What I like most about the episode is the very last bit when Leerin and Layfon read the letter together and brings the episode to a close. Kind of like a full circle since they recited a similar line that Leerin wrote in her letter back in the first episode. I reckon that's exceptionally done to draw out some emotional response from the viewers.
|2009-06-21, 19:12
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Disputatio exaro nex
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Turkey
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IIRC he's been called as Dick in the novels for some time now, I definitely saw that more than once in novel thread. Unsure if they started shorting it that way later on in the novel but it felt as a sign of another season. As changing what he's called just for the final ep would stay awkward. I know it's conspiracy theory-like but food for thought nonetheless.
|2009-06-21, 19:16
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Join Date: Jun 2008
I wish there were .5 ratings on the voting scale, but meh. You can't get everything you want in life, which is why the ending isn't a 10 for me. The Savaris/Layfon battle could definitely have been more impressive; instead, it was something like 5 minutes of Savaris beating up Layfon, then Layfon getting his magic sword and blowing Savaris away. Kind of anti-climactic.
For the most part, the fighting against the filth monsters was a little boring too, though the level of explosions was nice. The swordboard was just...flashes of Eureka 7, but lamer.
Best parts of the episode:
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As for the pairings...I think Layfon would say he doesn't deserve to be loved; he pushes everyone away. Personally, I'd be extremely happy too if someone I thought was dead turned out to be alive. So Layfon's reaction to Nina's return wasn't too surprising or too significant. His romantic moments with Felli are usually shown to be that way through Felli's reactions rather than Layfon's, so I'd say it's a bit one-sided there. As for Leerin, Layfon probably still sees her as his sister or as someone who deserves better; that's why he kissed her on the cheek. Mei doesn't even matter in the anime.
But Nina fans? It doesn't endear anyone to your side when you call Felli fans
Please, if you're going to derail a thread, could you try to be civil?
That said, the closest thing to a romantic moment in this episode was Layfon/Leerin's reunion on the battlefield and Felli's conversation with Layfon at the end. Felli showed her tsundere side there, which is appropriate as she is still a teenager and not an adult. There could definitely have been a kiss between Layfon and Leerin in that scene and it wouldn't have felt out of place, like the sparkly pink ball in Ep 19.
|2009-06-21, 19:18
|Link #89
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: In a Regios
Does anyone know where the light novel is in regards to where the show left of? i mean like what volume is it? this would sort of give me an idea how much material their is so far.
In my opinion the ending was pretty good i wasnt expecting the best show ever from the anime however i loved it, and i can compensate thanks to the novels WHICH ARE AWESOME!(thanks to blewin AGAIN! for his hard work and making it possible for us CSR fans to read the novels)
|2009-06-21, 19:34
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Join Date: Feb 2007
I was going to say something about overgeneralization, but it's all probably going to fall on deaf ears anyway, so nevermind.
|2009-06-21, 20:09
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Belgium, Antwerp
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If they were really that important it would been add before the credits cause (a stupid example) in the cinema you always see the majority just leave during the credits even if it has bonus scenes next to the credits. Which only shows how insignificant they really are.
We're all free to our own opinion, just saying that I don't agree at all with Felli is totally out if you were serious. And yeah maybe I went in a bit to smuggish or childish way about it.
But like I said in one of the comments that got deleted which I'm glad for cause that wasn't a real sign of maturity (giving in to flamebait). This shown isn't romance oriented. It's action oriented and in like a lot of them they ignore the romance or hardly do it justice. Here beeing a mix of it. Giving some romance but hardly conclusive enough. So open that we can start a discussion similar to: Did Lelouch die or did he live?
And if I have to say my opinion about it, I go with Felli beeing the one who had the final scene and was acting like a wife catching her husband cheating with his mistress. Leerin's hug was cute and all but in the end they didn't even bother to show him sending her of. Having the final scene speaks volumes for me and rolling credits are just rolling credits. But I know all that's just my opinion.
|2009-06-21, 20:37
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Disputatio exaro nex
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|2009-06-21, 20:42
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Location: United States
Also, as a side note, I'm not sure where people are getting the teenager = I can be super immature excuse. Almost all the main characters including Layfon and the harem are teenagers However, you can see the clear differences in each of them.
|2009-06-21, 20:51
|Link #97
Emotionless White Face
Join Date: Feb 2008
Anyway, about Felli, I disagree, but as expected, Romance stayed unresolved (for the best or the worse)
Good episode anyway
Tonight, I did an epic catch up of what i missed. I was busy with my exams so far.
I liked the ending, let's hope for a second season
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|2009-06-21, 21:10
|Link #98
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: all and none
meh personally i thought this eps was clinch... it probably would have ranked higher if i didn't know that they were butchering the story line at the same time.
so yeah 5, below average in my expectations i expected some sorta average anime end but they went with the super clinch one that offended my tastes more then anything else.
the witch though had the best line of the eps as noted by others.
|2009-06-21, 21:16
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I'll let you judge yourself but I do think I've watched enough anime series to know how significant rolling credits are. Just take Midori no Hibi were I got my nick from. All rolling credits do is show obvious things, the they all lived happily ever after ending. You'd hardly find anything significant in it that you wouldn't have guessed.
Rolling credits, stated my opinion about it enough. And Kenshin never told me that it was his word!
|2009-06-21, 21:43
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Disputatio exaro nex
Join Date: May 2009
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Fun fact of the day: Same thing happened at the end of ep 2, a very critical moment regarding the plot was shown while Yasashii Uso played and credits rolled. Can you ignore that part and act as if it never happened too?
In any case, I was merely saying that she wasn't his waifu, so he can flirt with whoever he likes. That's why the kick was unjustified, as always.
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Eighty young people from the Chance to Dance programme and Youth Opera Company performed in the Linbury Studio Theatre at the weekend, in a unique double bill of dance and music.
The 100th anniversary of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring was celebrated with an adapted version of Kenneth MacMillan's controversial ballet. The piece was performed by 30 primary school-aged children and Royal Ballet dancers Tristan Dyer and Valentino Zucchetti. Royal Ballet Soloists Kristen McNally and Thomas Whitehead adapted and created new choreography for the Chance to Dance Company, while Tristan and Valentino were coached by former Director of The Royal Ballet Monica Mason. MacMillan created the central role of 'Chosen One' on Monica when The Rite of Spring had its premiere in 1962. Costumes used during this Linbury production included some historical pieces from The Royal Ballet's Rite of Spring.
The Youth Opera Company performed Gone Fishing, a unique work created specially by Karen Gillingham and Suzi Zumpe. The piece uses extracts of music from composers through the ages, from Monteverdi and Rameau, through Mozart and Rossini, to Britten and Adams. Youth Opera Chorus members had to master singing in French, German, Spanish and English and performed with soprano Sarah Redgwick.
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How Nine-Eleven kicked my ass.
Everything wasn't peachy keen on 09/11/01, but we were getting along pretty well. My kids were in middle school. My husband had his own business on the American Stock Exchange, next door to the World Trade Center. We had a house in a small town in New Jersey that I was coo-coo over. Setting aside the drugs and alcohol, domestic abuse, overspending and emotional problems we were like Ozzie Osborne & Harriet.
Tuesday, September 11, 2001, my husband, Stu Alpert, stepped out for a smoke at the Trinity Place door of the Amex where he was a floor broker. An impossibly loud noise made him jump, "What was that? A sonic boom?" Who would think a 747 airliner piloted by Muslim terrorists had hit the World Trade Center taking out the Windows on the World restaurant where he was supposed to go to breakfast?
The rain of burning debris sent people back into the building where Exchange Officials encouraged them to stay. Well, where would they go, with oily smoke and the raining debris and all.
Stu, as a floor official, was conducting a floor-by-floor sweep of the Amex when the first tower collapsed. The windows blew out and smoke, ash and burning crap flooded inside. Amex officials told everyone to evacuate, so they took off running with wet paper towels over their faces.
My daughter and I watched this on TV, and I remember thinking, "That's it. He's dead. No one can live through that. I'm a widow."
At the Battery, tug boats volunteering to take people off Manhattan. As he climbed on the tugboat, the second tower went down, and a wall of smoke moved south towards them.
In Hoboken, New Jersey, he was in shock, and all he could think was, "I have to get to my car in Journal Square (in Jersey City) so I can get home." Nevermind that his briefcase with cellphone, money and car keys were back at the Amex.
"How do I get to Jersey City?" he asked the Red Cross guy.
"Hold on, buddy. Sit down and relax" the guy said, handing him a blanket and wet towel.
"No, give these to someone who really needs them–just tell me how to get to Jersey City" he insisted.
An overcrowded bus in Hoboken took him to Journal Square in Jersey City. Journal Square was, understandably, closed. When cops told him he couldn't get to his car he freaked out. "Don't tell me I can't get to my car! I've just been in a bombing!"
"Calm down, pal. We'll get you in there," cops told him. And they did. They took him right to his car when the uncomfortable reality hit that he had no car keys.
Highways were blockaded, so I couldn't come get him. He got a bus to Newark Penn Station and a NJ Transit commuter train to Cranford, where we took him home, covered in white ash and a little wobbly. He cried later when we were alone. "It was Armageddon."
Five of his buddies had managed to go to breakfast at Windows on the World. He attended their memorial services. A hundred other brokers, traders, customers and 50 restaurant staffers are gone. Only one of his friend's bodies was identified. Six men from our small town are dead, including the father of one of my daughter's friends. The next town over lost eight. Another, lost 11.
The Amex was closed for a month, which meant no business for Stu–which meant no income for him, his partner or their employees. Also none for the hot dog guy, the shoeshine guy, the sandwich shop or the newspaper guy. The Amex reopened eventually, but inevitably his business, like many others, died a slow lingering death.
Stu was never really the same after that.
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"A few blocks away from the wreckage, the American Stock Exchange's 2,400 traders and clerks returned to their trading floor at 86 Trinity Place for the first time since the attacks.
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Workers had to present identification at the police checkpoint at Trinity Place and Rector St. and pass through metal detectors at the building. Some had their bags inspected. Others were patted down by security guards.
"I'm scared to be here," said 19-year-old Daniel Chipaio, a trader's assistant from Bensonhurst. "If it was easy for [the terrorists] to do it the first time, why couldn't they do it again?"
Elizabeth Fogerty of Manhattan, an Amex public relations worker, covered her face with her rabbit-fur shawl to avoid the pungent stench of burned metal and ash lingering in the air. "It can't be good for you," she said.
But as Gov. Pataki presided over the ringing of the opening bell, many employees said they were just happy to be back at work.
"A bell ringing is a good symbol that everything is beginning again," said John Riccardi, 37, of Manalapan, N.J., who works in research. "I'm sure some people are nervous, but it's nice to be back."


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