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(From The Princess Bride)
Inigo Montoya: "I do not mean to pry, but you don't by any chance happen to have six fingers on your right hand?"
Man in Black: "Do you always start conversations this way?"
I love Inigo. He's focused, passionate, and funny.
Sort of like my new friend, Cathy. In just three meetings with me she has "completed" her 4-generation pedigree and is well on her way to filling in the details of the fifteen family groups.
I always give homework and rarely remember what assignment I gave. I should probably write them down? I'd be a fun teacher. My students would get away with a lot. But we'd also have fun learning, too. Exciting subjects drive themselves. Don't you think?
Cathy has surprised me two times now by coming into the Family History Center having done hers. She's amazing. She needs no reminders. We laughed about how tired she was. On Tuesday night we both left the Center and worked on some of her family history puzzles late into the night. She admitted that she had the next day off from work and spent the whole day looking for the link between two great grandparents with the same last name. That was the homework assignment she'd been given that she was so excited to share last night.
"You did?!" I squealed.
"Yup. I found them." She started talking to herself as she fingered through her files, looking for the one with the goods in it while I peppered her with distracting questions.
I switched chairs to sit at her right, explaining that I sleep on the left side of the bed, but I'm used to sitting to her right. My friend got a chuckle out of that declaration.
"You mean they were sisters?" I asked.
"That means that their great-grandchildren, one a boy and the other a girl, got married?" I looked at her, waiting.
""They're a few logs removed from the wood pile," she said matter-of-factly, staring straight ahead at the computer screen. Oh, my! She makes me laugh!
I had to get my cousins chart out to figure out what to call them. From now on it's going to be hanging in the Center."Cathy! Your mom and dad are third cousins!" No big deal, but really fun!
It was 8:30 and my ride had arrived, so we wrapped things up and I went home . While unwinding on the couch, Kyle asked, "What do you DO with people there?" which he followed up with, "I have NO interest in that at all!"
To which I replied, "It's in the stories, Kyle. You get hooked in the stories. We (Cathy and I) opened up a World War I draft registration record and found out this guy had three fingers on his left hand."
Kyle just stared at me with a squinched up nose. Guys love blood and guts and action! The kind that Inigo Montoya delivers. I think my son was starting to get it, but he just laughed and shook his head.
But my mind was already off imagining about how it had happened.
'Cause in the end, that's what intrigued me the most. And if Momma ain't intrigued, ain't NObody gonna be intrigued!
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In my line of work, I deal with helping people find their Jewish identity all of the time. In my personal life I struggle with finding "the one." It's no wonder that "This is Where I Leave You" stayed on my brain for several weeks. Plus, I was lucky enough to meet the author, Jonathan Tropper, at a reading of the paperback in Chicago.
It shook me as I wondered how I could enjoy the journey and the persona of the protagonist, while at the same time loathing his misogynist and superficial summations of women and what a man wants in a woman.
In fact, Judd Foxman, the Jewish male main character, espouses what I've suspected men thought all along: if you aren't a woman who looks like a model, you aren't much of a woman at all.
Despite my disappointment in Judd, I still adored him. It reminded me of my favorite quote from "Eat, Pray Love," a book that I initially loved and then wanted to burn at the end of reading it: "I have a tendency not only to see the best in everyone, but to assume that everyone is emotionally capable of reaching his highest potential...I have been a victim of my own optimism."
Could Judd possibly be as big of an asshole as he seemed? Is this really how men are? How they think?
Mr. Tropper answered my question before a small crowd at Borders earlier this month. He said, there is a part of all men that are like that. However, Judd is wearing the lenses of a man (and this is on the back of the book, so I'm not a spoiler) whose beloved wife has slept with his boss for an entire year and he has just found out about it. He is emasculated, humiliated, and devastated. Of course he is going to look at women negatively.
Okay, Mr. Tropper has rented some sympathy for Judd. But then I realized a guilty truth: had Judd been a woman whose husband had cheated on her, I would have had no problem with the male depictions in the book. It was just jarring to read it from a different perspective. The female characters include three adulterous women, a therapist engaged to her patient, and a mother more eccentric than the Barbra Streisand character in "Meet the Fockers."
This made me realize that no matter how empathetic I may think I am, at times I will jump to the wrong conclusions about what motivates people and characters to do what they do and think what they think.
In what I think was the most poignant part of the book, Judd realizes what he has thought all along about his relationship with his brother is inaccurate and skewed. I too frequently fall into that pattern—I think most of us do.
At the book reading, I asked Mr. Tropper if he is Jewish. He said that he is (looking surprised that I asked) and that it would have been really gutsy for someone not Jewish to write a book about a family observing shiva. Then he went on to dismiss the notion (which I didn't suggest at the time, but many others had) that this is a Jewish book.
It's laughable that he doesn't believe "This is Where I Leave You" is a Jewish book. The only people who might agree with him are Philip Roth and Woody Allen, but I maintain this is one of the most Jewish books to come out in the last few years.
It's not just the setting that is Jewish, but the conflicts faced by the characters. This doesn't mean that the book is not appealing to all audiences, but "This is Where I Leave You" deals with Jewish apathy, identity problems, and intermarriage, as well as faithlessness and dysfunctional relationships between parents and their children.
I wouldn't label Mr. Tropper a self-hater, but it did make me sad to see this disdain on his face towards owning his Jewishness positively.
It's such a shame Mr. Tropper isn't Birthright eligible so he could work some of these issues out. I would love to bring Mr. Tropper to a lively Shabbat meal where intellectual issues are discussed. I would love to show him that there can be more to Judaism than lox and bagels.
Mr. Tropper, there's no shame in calling "This is Where I Leave You" a Jewish book, as I doubt Jhumpa Lahir would run from calling "The Namesake" an Indian book. Similarly, the Indian community has lauded her, and if you would let it, the Jewish community would be admirers of your work as well.
Besides, the spread that they will have at the JCC will probably be better than that ice coffee you drank at Borders.
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Please tell me what level to evolve it, when answering please keep in mind Scyther learns different moves and gains more speed per level than scizor.
Scyther's and Scizor's movesets are mostly the same except for these levels below. Scyther's move is first, Scizors second.
1: Vacuum Wave or Bullet Punch 21: Wing Attack or Metal Claw 37: Double Team or Iron Defense 41: Air Slash or Iron Head
First, note that once you have evolved to Scizor you can learn any of Scizor's level up moves from the move relearner with a Heart Scale. (You have to do this for the level 1 moves.)
So of the 4 moves for Scyther, probably the only ones you would want are Wing Attack and maybe Vacuum Wave, which both take advantage of the Technician ability. So I would say any time after level 21 would be fine!
The answer to this question really depends on the moveset you wish to have for your Scizor
Level: Move: Type: Catagory: Strength: Accuracy: PP Start :Vacuum Wave :Fighting: Special: 40: 100%: 30 Start :Quick Attack: Normal: Physical: 40: 100%: 30 Start :Leer: Normal: Status: —: 100%: 30 5: Focus Energy: Normal: Status: —: —%: 30 9: Pursuit: Dark: Physical: 40: 100%: 20 13: False Swipe: Normal: Physical: 40: 100%: 40 17: Agility: Psychic: Status: —: —%: 30 21: Wing Attack: Flying: Physical: 60: 100%: 35 25: Fury Cutter: Bug: Physical: 20: 95%: 20 29: Slash Normal: Physical: 70: 100%: 20 33: Razor Wind: Normal: Special: 80: 100%: 10 37: Double Team: Normal: Status: —: —%: 15 41: X-Scissor Bug: Physical: 80: 100%: 15 45: Night Slash: Dark: Physical: 70: 100%: 15 49: Double Hit: Normal: Physical: 35: 90%: 10 53: Air Slash: Flying: Special: 75: 95%: 20 57: Swords Dance: Normal: Status: —: —%: 30 61: Feint: Normal: Physical: 30: 100%: 10
If you would like tips on the movesets, go to Smogon University
http://www.smogon.com/bw/pokemon/scizor http://www.smogon.com/bw/pokemon/scyther
Choose the moves you would like your Scizor to know, then level your Scyther to the correct level
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former UNLV player Ryan Moore won the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open on Sunday for his second PGA Tour title, birdieing the 16th hole to take the outright lead and finishing with a 5-under 66 for a one-stroke victory over Brendon de Jonge.
Tied with de Jonge and Jonas Blixt after the third round, Moore finished at 24-under 260 at TPC Summerlin. The Las Vegas resident earned $810,000 in the Fall Series opener.
De Jonge shot a 67. Blixt had a 70 to finish third at 20 under.
Jason Day pulled within three strokes of Moore and de Jonge with a birdie on the No. 16, but closed with a double bogey on the par-4 18th. He had a 65 to finish fourth at 18 under.
Moore birdied the second and third holes to take a one-stroke lead over playing partners Blixt and de Jonge, and birdied the seventh hole to pull two shots ahead.
De Jonge pulled even with birdies on Nos. 8 and 9 and they remained through 15, going to the 16th tee at 23 under. Moore birdied the 560-yard, par-5 16th to regain the outright lead and parred the final two holes.
Bill Lunde was fifth at 15 under after a 66. He jumped from 157th to 128th on the money list, with the final top 125 getting full tour cards for next season.
John Daly, tied for sixth at 10 under after a season-best 63 on Friday, followed a 15-over 86 on Saturday with a 6-over 77 on Sunday to finish last at 11-over 295. He dropped from 132nd to 137th on the money list.
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Paris, 1878: Following the death of their father from overwork, the three van Goethem sisters find their lives upended. Without their father's wages, and with what little their mother earns as a laundress disappearing down the absinthe bottle, eviction from their single boarding room seems imminent. With few options for work available for a girl, bookish 14-year-old Marie and her younger sister Charlotte are dispatched to the Paris Opera, where for a scant seven francs a week, the girls will be trained to enter its famous ballet. Their older sister, stubborn and insolent 17-year-old Antoinette, dismissed from the ballet, finds herself launched into the orbit of Émile Zola and the influence of his notorious naturalist masterpiece L'Assommoir - and into the arms of a young man who may turn out to be a murderer.
Marie throws herself into dance, hoping her natural gift and hard work will enable her to escape her circumstances, but the competition to become one of the famous étoiles at whose feet flowers are thrown nightly is fierce, and Marie is forced to turn elsewhere to make money. Cripplingly self-conscious about her low-class appearance, she nonetheless finds herself modeling in the studio of Edgar Degas, where her image will forever be immortalized in his controversial sculpture Little Dancer, Aged 14. Antoinette, meanwhile, descends lower and lower in society and must make the choice between honest labor as a laundress and the more profitable avenues available to a young woman in the Paris demimonde - that is unless her love for the dangerous Émile Abadie derails her completely.
Set at a moment of profound artistic, cultural, and societal change, The Painted Girls is ultimately a tale of two remarkable girls rendered uniquely vulnerable to the darker impulses of "civilized society". In the end, each will come to realize that her individual salvation, if not survival, lies with the other.
©2013 Cathy Marie Buchanan (P)2013 Blackstone Audio, Inc
"The Painted Girls is historical fiction at its finest, awash in period details of the Paris of Degas and Zola while remaining, at its heart, the poignant story of two sisters struggling to stay together even as they find themselves pulled toward different, and often misunderstood, dreams. Cathy Marie Buchanan also explores the uneasy relationship between artist and muse with both compassion and soul-searing honesty." (Melanie Benjamin, author of Alice I Have Been)
"Sisters, dance, art, ambition, and intrigue in late 1800s Paris. The Painted Girls offers the best of historical fiction: compelling characters brought backstage at l'Opera and front and center in Degas' studio. This one has 'book club favorite' written all over it." (Meg Waite Clayton, author of The Wednesday Sisters)
"Will hold you enthralled as it spools out the vivid story of young sisters in late nineteenth century Paris struggling to transcend their lives of poverty through the magic of dance. I guarantee, you will never look at Edgar Degas's immortal sculpture of the Little Dancer in quite the same way again." (Kate Alcott, author of The Dressmaker)
"Abundance of Misery"
This title appealed to me because of the association with Ballet. I have always wanted to learn more about this complex sport/art/science.
This audio started with the story of three sisters in 19th Century France. The story continued along predictable lines by describing the sisters' starvation, constant work at the barre and miserable boarding house living, where they were all crammed into one room with their mother. I continued to listen, waiting for the conflict, the small success or the intriguing character to enter. Short of a couple of appointments with the great artiste, Degas, nothing happened but more suffering. I tired of the constant whining, worrying and grimy encounters with men. There was no reward or romance - just more wailing about circumstances. Also, predictably one sister, working as a laundress, burned a shirt and was "docked one week's wages." Please! How obvious can you be?
I commend anyone who endeavors to write a full-length novel. The technical part - the writing - was well done in this book. Nice description and tone. However, my resources were spent and I expected a fair exchange.
I need something to grab me after the first three hours. I listed to most of the first part, then I quit.
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"Only a Pastel Version of the *Beautiful Era*"
A beautiful carving is made at the expense of all that is thrown away...a thought that describes this story of the young *ballet rat* that poses for Edgar Degas's sculpture, (Little Dancer of Fourteen) her family, and the Belle Epoque period of France. Behind the beauty of the opera, ballet, and the arts, is the contrast of the discarded and impoverished, their hard and sad lives of struggling to make a living.
The Belle Epoque.."the beautiful era"...Van Gogh, Gaugin, Matisse, Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso, the birth of Impressionism, the Ballet Russes, Baudelaire, Debussy, Ravel...a primordial soup of creativity in an amazing time. But Painted Girls views only the underbelly of Paris, through the eyes of 3 sisters struggling to pay rent and buy bread--the artists to them are men or patrons who will pay money for *services.* With such a vibrant and creative climate, the author never uses the full palette available, and paints only a watery view of Paris at its artistic height. It ends up being a story that could be told in almost any era.
I thought the first half of the book slow and almost juvenile, told through the younger girl's point of view; then the older sister starts to narrate, and the book quickly goes blue. Definitely not a YA novel! The debauchery the girls have to put up with just to make a living is sad to listen to, and even worse, their acceptance of that fact of life. The focus shifts to the older sister's infatuation with a young man--with all the charm of Bill Sikes--accused of murder. Degas makes just a brief appearance (his sculpture of the girl obviously gained its appreciation after his death), and while a few ballets of the times are mentioned, the listener hears more about the barre work than the lavish productions or famous dancers.
To the patient listener, there is a story, and even some historical bits, but it was much less than what I had anticipated (the 3* overall should probably be 2*)--even with the author's research, and so very slow. The narrator does a good job with the pronunciation of French names, as well as with the different female characters; her attempt at the male voices could have been spared by using Danny Campbell for all of the male parts instead of just the interludes...miniscule issue.
Love speculative fiction so I am always watching for great sci-fi or fantasy. But since I'm a book addict, any good writing works for me - mystery, historical fiction, classics, even great kids' books. Tend to steer clear of YA and romance, but sample some here and there since you never know where great stories or authors may be hiding :)
"Great concept does not realize its full potential"
Buchanan has taken some real historical people - some famous, some infamous, some unknown - woven some facts and some fictional plot twists together to create a unified storyline between some Degas' artwork, some historical figures, and the popular 19th century (and some earlier times) pseudo-scientific theory of physiognomy.. It is a really interesting concept for a novel but it falls short in implementation. The Painted Girls is less historical fiction than a period piece (late 19th century Paris, lower socio economic classes), but it's a period piece that provides only glimpses and not a real picture. More like watching the story unfold through a peephole than through a large window. The plot moves at a good pace (I feared the boredom of The Girl with a Pearl Earring, but that was not the case with The Painted Girls) and I definitely enjoyed the sections of the story that wove the artwork of Degas into the story. But, ultimately, I wasn't drawn into the time period and maybe partly as a result of that, I didn't connect with any of the characters. Frustrating people, often making bad decisions, and I just didn't care what happened to them. Overall, I was entertained and learned a bit from the novel, but it was disappointing that a rather creative concept just didn't quite deliver a KO punch.
The performances by the narrators were satisfactory although there is an obvious challenge in a audiobook when the novel's dialog is in English but spoken by characters who actually would clearly speak French. When you read, your brain kind of finds a place where your imagination makes the bridge for that. But listening to American accents throw around French names and places using French pronunciations right in the middle of a sentence is constantly pulling you out of the setting - it is just kind of distracting. This book might be one that just is better read than heard.
I didn't mind spending a credit on the book, but my recommendation for it would be tepid at best.
"The Painted Girls"
I would not recommend this book. It failed to hold my interest and I couldn't wait for the
end to come.
I'm a private mortgage banker for Wells Fargo. I'm married with 5 children and 2 granddaughters. I love Audible as I spend lots car time.
"Couldn't finish this book"
Honestly, I tried. I even went away, read another one, and came back. Finally just deleted it. the book is beyond boring, and the reader is even worse.
The Storyteller
Mainly, she was monotone. No variance to her voice. I'd drive along, and realize that I flat couldn't remember what she just read.
Editing, and definitely a new reader.
I do not recommend.
"Depressing and alluring all at once"
There are still things from this book that I wonder about. That may be why I enjoyed it!
I have a 3 hour commute to work every day so I listen to audiobooks to help with my drive. It's added some happiness to my day (if it's a good book)!
"Vivid Portrayal of Ballet Girl"
Yes, I love Degas paintings. I love ballet. I love historical fiction. Great combo!
The ending was by far the best. I won't give it away.
No, this was my first but she is amazing.
Something about sisters.
"Wonderful Historic Perspective"
Yes, this book provided so much insight into the times and the lives of the young girls in Paris as well as their plight.
The changing from perspective of story. From sister to sister.
No, she was truly wonderful.
"Pulls you in"
Told from the viewpoints of sisters in an impoverished family with ties to the ballet, the story is surprisingly charming and engrossing -- I say surprisingly because I'm not interested in ballet and don't usually read period fiction. The narrator has a pleasant voice with a likable personality. I would call this elevated light entertainment - you won't learn anything but you won't feel like you've wasted your time on utter fluff, either.
Tech savvy but loves a 'real book'
"Terrifically Researched - A Great Read"
I really enjoyed this fact-based back story to Degas' famous sculpture "The little dancer of fourteen years". The two main characters: Antoinette and Marie, were very appealing and engaging. The subject matter, of the difficult lives of the 'petit rats' who barely lived above the poverty line and hoped for deliverance from the Paris Opera was also fascinating and enlightening. The fact that these ballet girls' lives were intertwined with a number of murders that scandalised 1880's Paris all made for a gripping tale.
There were numerous memorable moments, but Marie's audition for the cadre was a lovely moment.
It was fine, but (unlike The Poisonwood Bible) the voices were not individual enough to separate the characters easily.


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A coup d'état (/ˌkuːdeɪˈtɑː/; plural: coups d'état), also known as a coup, a putsch, or an overthrow, is the sudden deposition of a government,[1][2][3][4] usually by a small group of the existing state establishment—typically the military—to depose the extant government and replace it with another body, civil or military. A coup d'état is considered successful when the usurpers establish their dominance. When the coup neither fails completely nor succeeds, a civil war is a likely consequence.
A coup d'état typically uses the extant government's power to assume political control of the country. In Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook, military historian Edward Luttwak states that "[a] coup consists of the infiltration of a small, but critical, segment of the state apparatus, which is then used to displace the government from its control of the remainder." The armed forces, whether military or paramilitary, are not a defining factor of a coup d'état. Lately a view that all coups are a danger to democracy and stability has been challenged by the indication of the phenomenon of a "democratic coup d'état", which "respond to a popular uprising against an authoritarian or totalitarian regime and topple that regime for the limited purpose of holding the free and fair elections of civilian leaders."[5]
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The phrase coup d'État (French pronunciation: [ku deta]) is French, literally meaning a "stroke of state" or in practice a "blow against the state". In French the word "État", denoting a sovereign political entity, is capitalized.[6]
Although the coup d'état has featured in politics since antiquity, the phrase is of relatively recent coinage;[7] the Oxford Dictionary identifies it as a French expression meaning a "stroke of State". Prof. Thomas Childers, of the University of Pennsylvania, indicates that the English language's lack of a word denoting the sudden, violent change of government derives from England's stable political traditions and institutions. French and German history are coloured with such politico-military actions.
Since the unsuccessful coups d'état of Wolfgang Kapp in 1920 (the Kapp Putsch), the Swiss German word Putsch (pronounced [ˈpʊtʃ]; coined for the Züriputsch of 1839) also denotes the same politico-military actions: in Metropolitan France, putsch denoted the 1942 and 1961 anti-government attacks in Algiers, and the 1991 August Putsch in the USSR; the German equivalent is Staatsstreich (the German literal translation of coup d'état), yet a putsch is not always a coup d'état, for example, the Beer Hall Putsch was by politicians without military support.
Usage of the phrase
Politically, a coup d'état is a usually violent political engineering[citation needed], which affects who rules in the government, without radical changes in the form of the government, the political system. Tactically, a coup d'état involves control, by an active minority of usurpers, who block the remaining (non-participant) defenders of the state's possible defence of the attacked government, by either capturing or expelling the politico-military leaders, and seizing physical control of the country's key government offices, communications media, and infrastructure. It is to be noted that in the latest years there has been a broad use of the phrase in mass media, which may contradict the legal definition of "coup d'état". In looser usage (as in intelligence coup, boardroom coup) the term simply refers to gaining a sudden advantage on a rival.
The Pronunciamiento (Pronouncement) is a Spanish and Latin American type of coup d'état. The coup d'état (called golpe de Estado in Spanish) was more common in Spain and South America, while the Pronunciamiento was more common in Central America. The Pronunciamiento is the formal explanation for deposing the regnant government, justifying the installation of the new government that was effected with the golpe de Estado. The difference between a coup and a pronunciamento is that in the former, a military, paramilitary and/or opposing political faction deposes the current government and assumes power, in the latter, the military depose the civil government and install another civil government.[8]
Historically speaking, variations of coup d'état have been amongst the most common forms of governmental transition in human societies. In the modern day, coups d'état are common in Africa; between 1952 and 2000, thirty-three countries experienced 85 such depositions. Western Africa had most of them, 42; most were against civil regimes; 27 were against military regimes; and only in five were the deposed incumbents killed.[9] Moreover, as a change-of-government method, the incidence of the coup d'état has declined worldwide, because usually, the threat of one suffices to effect the change of government; the military do not usually assume power, but install a civil leader acceptable to them. The political advantage is the appearance of legitimacy, examples are the collapse of the French Fourth Republic, and the change of government effected in Mauritania, on 3 August 2005, while the president was in Saudi Arabia.
The political scientist Samuel P. Huntington identifies three classes of coup d'état:
- Breakthrough coup d'état: a revolutionary army overthrows a traditional government and creates a new bureaucratic elite. Generally led by mid-level or junior officers. Examples are China in 1911, Bulgaria in 1944, Egypt in 1952, Turkey in 1960, Greece in 1967, Libya in 1969, Portugal in 1974 and Liberia in 1980.
- Guardian coup d'état: the "musical chairs" coup d'état. The stated aim of such a coup is usually improving public order and efficiency, and ending corruption. There usually is no fundamental change to the power structure. Generally, the leaders portray their actions as a temporary and unfortunate necessity. An early example is the coup d'état by consul Sulla, in 88 B.C., against supporters of Marius in Rome, after the latter attempted to strip him of a military command. An example from the Age of Enlightenment is Swedish king Gustav III's Coup d'État in 1772, when he overthrew the government, instituted a new constitution with himself as an enlightened despot, all with massive popular consent. A contemporary instance is the civilian Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's overthrow by Chief of Army Staff General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq in 1977, who cited widespread civil disorder and impending civil war as his justification. In 1999, General Pervez Musharraf overthrew Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the same grounds. Nations with guardian coups can frequently shift back and forth between civilian and military governments. Example countries include Pakistan, Turkey (1971 and 1980), and Thailand. A bloodless coup usually arises from the Guardian coup d'état.
- Veto coup d'état: occurs when the army vetoes the people's mass participation and social mobilisation in governing themselves. In such a case, the army confronts and suppresses large-scale, broad-based civil opposition, tending to repression and killing, such as the coup d'état in Chile in 1973 against the elected Socialist President Salvador Allende by the Chilean military. The same happened in Argentina throughout the period 1930–1983.
A coup d'état is typed according to the military rank of the lead usurper.
- The veto coup d'état and the guardian coup d'état are affected by the army's commanding officers.
- The breakthrough coup d'état is effected by junior officers (colonels or lower rank) or non-commissioned officers (sergeants). When junior officers or enlisted men so seize power, the coup d'état is a mutiny with grave implications for the organizational and professional integrity of the military.
- In a bloodless coup d'état, the threat of violence suffices to depose the incumbent. In 1889, Brazil became a republic via bloodless coup; in 1999, Pervez Musharraf assumed power in Pakistan via a bloodless coup; and, in 2006, Sonthi Boonyaratglin assumed power in Thailand as the leader of the Council for Democratic Reform under Constitutional Monarchy.
The self-coup denotes an incumbent government – aided and abetted by the military – assuming extra-constitutional powers. A historical example is President, then Emperor, Louis Napoléon Bonaparte. Modern examples include Alberto Fujimori, in Peru, who, although elected, temporarily suspended the legislature and the judiciary in 1992, becoming an authoritarian ruler, and King Gyanendra's assumption of "emergency powers" in Nepal. Another form of self-coup is when a government, having been defeated in an election, refuses to step down.
Resistance to coups d'état
Many coups d'état, even if initially successful in seizing the main centres of state power, are actively opposed by certain segments of society or by the international community. Opposition can take many different forms, including an attempted counter-coup by sections of the armed forces, international isolation of the new regime, and military intervention.
Sometimes opposition takes the form of civil resistance, in which the coup is met with mass demonstrations from the population generally, and disobedience among civil servants and members of the armed forces. Cases in which civil resistance played a significant part in defeating armed coups d'état include: the Kornilov Putsch in Russia in August 1917; the Kapp Putsch in Berlin in March 1920; and the Generals' Revolt in Algiers in April 1961.[10] The coup in the Soviet Union on 19–21 August 1991 is another case in which civil resistance was part of an effective opposition to a coup: Boris Yeltsin, President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, stood on top of a tank in the centre of Moscow and urged people to refuse co-operation with the coup.
Post-military-coup governments
After the coup d'état, the conspirators face the matter of what type of government to establish. In Latin America, it was common for the post-coup government to be led by a junta, a committee of the chiefs of staff of the armed forces. A common form of African post-coup government is the revolutionary assembly, a quasi-legislative body elected by the army. In Pakistan, the military leader typically assumes the title of chief martial law administrator.
According to Huntington, most leaders of a coup d'état act under the concept of right orders: they believe that the best resolution of the country's problems is merely to issue correct orders. This view of government underestimates the difficulty of implementing government policy, and the degree of political resistance to certain correct orders. It presupposes that everyone who matters in the country shares a single, common interest, and that the only question is how to pursue that single, common interest.
Current leaders who assumed power via coups d'état
Title | Name | Assumed office | Country |
Sultan | Qaboos of Oman* | 23 July 1970 | Oman |
President | Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | 3 August 1979 | Equatorial Guinea |
President | Yoweri Museveni | 29 January 1986 | Uganda |
President | Blaise Compaoré | 15 October 1987 | Burkina Faso |
President | Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir | 30 June 1989 | Sudan |
President | Idriss Déby | 2 December 1990 | Chad |
President | Yahya Jammeh† | 22 July 1994 | The Gambia |
Emir | Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani* | 27 June 1995 | Qatar |
President | Denis Sassou-Nguesso | 25 October 1997 | Republic of the Congo |
Prime Minister of Fiji | Frank Bainimarama | 5 December 2006 | Fiji |
President | Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz‡ | 6 August 2008 | Mauritania |
President of the High Transitional Authority | Andry Rajoelina | 17 March 2009 | Madagascar |
Interim President | Dioncounda Traoré§ | 11 April 2012 | Mali |
Acting President | Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo‖ | 11 May 2012 | Guinea-Bissau |
President | Michel Djotodia | 24 March 2013 | Central African Republic |
* Monarchs who overthrew their own fathers.
† Jammeh was subsequently confirmed in office by apparently free and fair elections.[11]
‡ Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was subsequently confirmed by a narrow margin in the Mauritanian presidential election, 2009, which were regarded as "satisfactory" by international observers.
§Overseeing new elections after the 2012 Malian coup d'état led by Amadou Sanogo forced the previous president to resign, as per the terms of a brokered reconciliation deal.
‖Placed in office as part of transitional agreement following the 2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état.
Other uses of the term
The term has also been used in a corporate context more specifically as boardroom coup. CEOs that have been sacked by behind-the-scenes maneuvering include Robert Stempel of General Motors[12][13] and John Akers of IBM, in 1992 and 1993, respectively.[14][15]
Steve Jobs attempted management coups twice at Apple Inc.; first in 1985 when he unsuccessfully tried to oust John Sculley and then again in 1997 which successfully forced Gil Amelio to resign.[16][17]
See also
- ^ Legal thought in the United States of America under contemporary pressures: Reports from the United States of America on topics of major concern as established for the VIII Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law Authors: International Academy of Comparative Law, American Association for the Comparative Study of Law Editors John Newbold Hazard, Wenceslas J. Wagner Publisher: Émile Bruylant, 1970 Length 689 pages p. 509 Quote: "But even if the most laudatory of motivations be assumed, the fact remains that the coup d'etat'is a deliberately illegal act of the gravest kind and strikes at the highest level of law and order in society..."
- ^ Coup d'etat: a practical handbook By Edward Luttwak p. 172 Quote: "Clearly the coup is by definition illegal, "
- ^ USAID[dead link]
- ^ Coup d'etat Definition from Auburn U. Quote: A quick and decisive extra-legal seizure of governmental power by a relatively small but highly organized group of political or military leaders...
- ^ Ozan O. Varol, The Democratic Coup d'État, 53 Harv. Int'l L.J. 292 (2012).
- ^ "Banque de d�pannage linguistique – �tat". Office québécois de la langue française. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
- ^ Julius Caesar's civil war, 5 Jan 49 BC.
- ^ Edward Luttwak, Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook, Harvard University Press, 1969, 1980. ISBN 0-674-17547-6.
- ^ George Klay Kieh, Jr. and Pita Ogaba Agbese (eds.), The Military and Politics in Africa, Ashgate Publishing, 2004. ISBN 0-7546-1876-5, pp. 44–5.
- ^ Adam Roberts, 'Civil Resistance to Military Coups', Journal of Peace Research, Oslo, vol. 12, no. 1, 1975, pp. 19–36, covers these and some other cases.
- ^ "The Gambia". Retrieved 27 July 2012.
- ^ Bunkley, Nick (10 May 2011). "Robert C. Stempel Is Dead at 77; Led G.M. During a Troubled Period". The New York Times.
- ^ Miller, Stephen (11 May 2011). "Engineer Ran GM in Dark Early '90s". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Black, Larry (27 January 1993). The Independent (London) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/ibm-fires-akers-and-slashes-dividend-1481080.html
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- ^ Seibold, Chris (24 May 2011). "May 24, 1985: Jobs Fails to Oust Sculley". Apple Matters. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- ^ "Apple Formally Names Jobs as Interim Chief". The New York Times (New York). 17 September 1997. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- Curzio Malaparte, Technique du Coup d'État (Published in French), Paris, 1931
- S.E. Finer, The Man on Horseback: The Role of the Military in Politics, Pall Mall Press, London, 1962. p. 98.
- D. J. Goodspeed, Six Coups d'État, Viking Press inc., New-York, 1962
- Edward Luttwak, Coup d'état: A practical handbook, Harvard University Press, 1969, 1980. ISBN 0-674-17547-6
- Ken Connor and David Hebditch, How to Stage a Military Coup: From Planning to Execution, Pen and Sword Books Ltd, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84832-503-6
- McGowan, Patrick. 2005. "Coups and Conflict in West Africa, 1955–2004: Part I, Theoretical Perspectives." Armed Forces & Society, vol. 32: pp. 5–23.
- McGowan, Patrick. 2006. "Coups and Conflict in West Africa, 1955–2004: Part II, Empirical Findings." Armed Forces & Society, vol. 32: pp. 234–253.
- Beeson, Mark. 2008. "Civil-Military Relations in Indonesia and the Philippines: Will the Thai Coup Prove Contagious?" Armed Forces & Society, vol. 34: pp. 474–490.
- N'Diaye, Boubacar. 2002. "How Not to Institutionalize Civilian Control: Kenya's Coup Prevention Strategies, 1964–1997." Armed Forces & Society, vol. 28: pp. 619–640
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Does it hurt you all for me to say kid rock is singing about me . And Jesus did say Satan has planted something in 2006, it was something bad that was going to happen in England, and later I said is this something else Satan planted, mad at some people for abusing me .
Wait a minute, Jesus loves the sinner not the sin but he wouldn't commit sin. Soooo it has to be Satan rolling, or Pami.
What would Jesus say about that pami? Is that satan rolling that for ya or was Jesus hip?
After all he is singing about me, I remember the day when some of the songs from the album were inspired, wrote at nick cave's forum, is this another thing Satan has planted, read in the paper someone is trying to pass a law that if it were in effect the reporters during Watergate would have arrested, had to do with spying, was so upset at a church, some bands and spies, thinking they might have their hands in on it, someone at the website that day said to me go take some pills to calm down, I told them I don't like taking pills, I'm rolling one .
Some thoughts should just be kept too oneself.IAin you get my drift
Wrote I hope kid rock doesn't mine me telling you all about Rock and Roll Jesus, I've wanted to retract that statement, because I feel he should not mine .
These people, it says in Isaiah it will come back upon them, thought of how I wrote here about how Stone Sour is depicting me in a video, I could say back to them Jesus depicted you, on the drawing there is a big sad face with one eye shut .
Does anyone know any other options ? besides suing, and I will not write a book, not when bad things are happening, just the thought of it is awful, thought of making a video of me talking about these things, posting it at Stone Sour website would be a good payback, but I'm not going to do that, maybe too shy I guess .
And they told me to sell it all, I would not could not sell the Lord .
The sons told me to sell it all, and yes it was in a song, and in Isaiah it says Daughter of Zion you have been sold for nothing . What to do about them spying on me, maybe I should have sued them, could have left the country, there is no closure, never felt drawn by the Holy Spirit to do that, just kept trying to get them to take my hand . Y'all know what I'm thinking now about how Stone Sour depicts me in the video Say You'll Haunt Me at the end the woman is handcuffed to a chair, does make you want to sue them, they are being so bad, my sons like the ground .
KRSVAL I will not go to another church in this country and talk to them, thank you all, but really nothing is wrong with me, just some people were hurting me, and it was for Jesus, writing on the internet has helped immensely, and I know to think of the church above as mine . Was thinking the other day about the priest that was traveling with kid rock when the album Rock and Rock Jesus came out, anyone here know his name or the church .
If I told you all I inspired the album Rock and Roll Jesus, would there be believe, and some respect would be nice, anyway the statement is true, and I hope kid rock doesn't mind me telling you all .
bluesuedeshoes was thinking the other day about you writing about tracking Santa, got a connection, tracking their mother they were .
Everyone needs help you wrote, what do think I've been saying and keep quoting, Isaiah Of all her sons would none help her, a fact is Jesus is making parts of the Holy Bible happen . I've said in the past when someone has said to me I need counseling, legal counseling, have thought a lawyer would at least probably believe me about them bugging my phone .
Glad I did not read your post until after the holidays .
Pam are you mute or deaf because you kinda write like my brother who is. Just curious . Pardon me if I'm wrong.
I agree with the last two posters, Pam. Please seek some help. You will feel so much better, promise.
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Everyone needs help once in awhile. I think you would be much happier if you find a professional to help you sort out some of the things you have been posting about. It's really not making any sense, and you need to know why. Catholic Family/Social Services offers counseling assistance based on income--they are in the phone book. Best of Luck to you.
The truth behind the song, after letting them know I knew the phone was being bugged back in 2005 when some people from China were joining this church, they attack me with a song Lights and Sounds, some of the lyrics from it, don't you see the lights and sounds heralding you in [they mean bands singing about me] say it sober [at that time did not really ever drink much] sell it all they sing in the song tell how you needed love and no one was there, kind of weird that they sold it and are telling everyone for me, and I do think of Isaiah 51 They are drunk by the Hand of the Lord .
The song Lights and Sounds by Yellow card, was an attack upon me by a church, some bands and spies, Isaiah 51 My sons like the ground like a street to be walked over, was thinking the other day how the Holy Bible says If people hate and exclude you and say mean evil things because of Jesus leap for joy great is your reward in Heaven, in that way I should have great peace .
msbehavin you wrote are you scared ? John 12:15 Do not be afraid O Daughter of Zion see your King is coming, Isaiah 51 Of all her sons were there none to take her and guide . My letters about bad things happening, all I ever wanted was a phone number to call, they took the phone away from me, because of what they were doing, my sons, my sons, my sons of the Kingdom of the Lord, by the Holy Spirit I know that is who they are, I felt Jesus saying more than once I come Home to Him like an arrow of light, so no I'm not afraid .
Sorry I was drinking last night, when I wrote those last 3 post . And they sing in the song Lights and Sounds about me, say it sober .
Wrote the Santa spirit, thought I should correct myself, kids would say what do you mean the Santa spirit, I would say in the spirit of Santa . Heard something on the radio tonight about Santa and spirit, 98 rock .
Sorry Pam I am confused, I no nothing of NASA doing anything special at the holidays, but they did formally address the "end" date "predicted" by the Mayans. NORAD, the radar people tracked the Christmas sleigh for the kids.
There is a new song that has been kind of bothering me by Fun, they sing in a song about something wonderful came out of lying, can only say they were not the ones being hurt . Lies of the beautiful People by Sixx Am, always felt the song helped, and it was put in a very good way explaining what they, a church, some bands and spies were doing . With the exception of the bands that were with this church, and spies, feel any songs that came out about me after 2006 when I started writing on the internet are alright .


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" | Eternal flame dragon, come out and burn all place into ashes! Ride the Vanguard, Dragonic Overlord!
At the end of an endless quest, you arrive at final evolution! Sublimate your savage soul and show your true form! Crossride! Dragonic Overlord The End! Harbinger of destruction, spread your ravaging flames across this battlefield! And rise from the ashes....the Overlord has reached his ultimate form!! Crossride! Dragonic Overlord The End! Crossride the Vanguard! A silver sword on white wings! Heavenly Dragon... Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion "THE BLOOD"!
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Toshiki Kai is a very serious character. It is known from the end of episode 1 that he had previously met Aichi Sendou and gave him the card Blaster Blade, which later becomes the heart of Aichi's Royal Paladin deck.NameEdit
Despite continuous reference to 'Kai' both in-series and out, Kai's given name is in fact Toshiki. Going with Japanese rules of etiquette, none of the characters in Vanguard refer to Kai by his given name because none of them are close enough to him socially to speak to him as such, much like how Mr. Mark only refers to Aichi as Sendou, and Katsumi Morikawa refers to Kamui as Katsuragi.
In the Singaporean dub, Kai is his first name and Toshiki is his last name.
Kai is a serious person and doesn't like to joke around like other kids his age. He doesn't talk much or to anyone. When cardfighting, he is shown to be more serious and confident on winning the game without any need of support. Despite his selective mute personality, he has a best friend which is, Taishi Miwa.There is also some speculation and various scenes in the anime that suggest Kai may have a soft spot for Aichi, even though he refuses to admit it. Often times, his friend Miwa will tease him about it. According to Miwa, Kai used to be more friendly before he moved away.
Kai is shown to have some knowledge when it comes to cooking and especially like onions. Whether this stems from him living alone and having to fend for himself remains to be seen.
He shares the popular phrase, "Final Turn!" with Ren Suzugamori, though Aichi recently adopted it as well as he got corrupted by PSY Qualia. This probably came from the fact that Ren and Kai were once on the same team.
His manga counterpart personality differs from his anime counterpart. He still is very much a serious person and is quite confident on him winning cardfight battles. Although he retains his seriouses, he actually enjoys going to Card Capital and smiles quite often. He seems more friendly and supportive towards Aichi also he appears to talk more towards Miwa.
Kai was first seen in the local card shop, cardfighting with Morikawa and won him easily as he rides his trump card, Dragonic Overlord. Then Morikawa requested a rematch, at first Kai rejected it, reasoning that he was not strong enough but accepted when he bet a card which attracted his attention, Blaster Blade, a card he stole from Aichi. Kai disposed him easily and took the card, then Aichi came and challenge him to claim back his card. Kai accepted the challenge and teaches him the rules because Aichi was a beginner in Cardfight!! Vanguard. Before the cardfight start, Kai returned the card to Aichi, hoped that he will use it effectively against him. Throughout the fight, Aichi learned that Kai was the one who gave the card to him during his childhood. Eventually, Kai lost the game and returned the card to Aichi, though he purposely held back during the fight.
Kai was seen again when Aichi and his friends spotted him walking back to his home. They decided to follow him secretly due to their curiosity. But soon, Kai found out they were tailing him. Aichi apologizes and asks him for another battle, but he declines it. However, when Kamui challenged him, he accepted it with an askance look. The next day, the two commence their fight. At first, Kai took the upper hand by riding a Grade 3 card very quickly, but shortly afterwards, Kamui countered it with his own Grade 3 card. However, Kai once again proved that he was the strongest as he summoned Vortex Dragon, proceeded to activate its Mega Blast to destroy the rear-guard units controlled by Kamui, leaving Kamui defenseless for the final attack from Kai. He left the scene after he defeated Kamui, but not before Aichi told him he vowed to become a stronger and more worthy opponent in order to challenge Kai again.After that, he entered the Local Shop Tournament, with a hope that he would find some strong opponent. However, he easily reached the Semi-Final in the tournament. After the setup of the Semi-Final round, he was selected to be the next opponent of Misaki. Kai announced "Final Turn" before he easily claimed victory against Misaki. During the final round, he once again defeated Kamui effortlessly and took the champion title. After the tournament, he was invited into the Regional Tournament with Kamui, Misaki and Aichi as a team, calls Team Q4 , short for Team Quadrifoglio.
In the First Round of the Regional Tournament, he annihilates his opponent without even breaking a sweat. Team Q4 easily won the second and third round. During the Finals of the Regional Tournament, he had a close fight against Kaoru but he still won the cardfight with two critical triggers on Blazing Flare Dragon. However, it was shown that Kai purposely let his opponent take the lead before crushing him, hoping to motivate Aichi's will to fight.
During Kai's match with Kyou Yahagi, he taunts him with the fact that him and Ren both say, "Final Turn!" Kai turns the tables on Kyou shortly after and takes back his phrase.
After the first Regional championship, Kai starts suspecting that Aichi might have the same ability as Ren. During Aichi's fight with Kyou, Kai confirmed it. Kai, not wanting to suffer what happened with Ren again, told Aichi that he is not getting stronger, but weaker, and quits Team Q4. He also appears to blame himself for this and for the currently unknown incident that happened with Ren, as shown by how after quitting Team Q4 he said "he made the same mistake again".Kai later fought with Kourin, who was looking for him and also suspecting he also had PSY Qualia, but confirmed he doesn't. Kai also said it is his fault that Aichi obtained PSY Qualia, and that he wants to exceed it. Then he accepted to help stop Aichi before he fully turns into Ren.
Kai cardfights Aichi and talks about his past, how Aichi showed him that Vanguard fights are supposed to be fun and not all about power, later convincing him to abandon using PSY Qualia that true strength does not comes from that power but oneself.
Before the final match of the nationals, he challenges Ren for a fight in order to bring his former self back. Kai draws the card that will be the trump card to beat Ren and crossrides Dragonic Overlord The End saying that he will bring Ren back with this card. But Ren crossrides Phantom Blaster Overlord and wins. Later, he is seen in the match between Aichi vs Ren, where he helps Aichi snap out of PSY Qualia's influence. After the match, he gives Ren and Aichi a smile and thanks Aichi for saving Ren. At the end of the season, Kai finally challenges Aichi to a proper cardfight.
Season 2Edit
During this season, he uses a Narukami deck. Kai will be taking part in Asia Circuit and will travel around Asia to fight different fighters.Kai is first shown fighting against Takuto Tatsunagi, who was using a Gold Paladin deck. Towards the end of the fight, Takuto rides an Great Silver Wolf, Garmore that transforms Kai's Kagero deck into a Narukami deck. The next day, Kai spots Aichi in the park and challenges fim to a fight and during the battle, Kai does reveal he believes Aichi's story and starts to have certain memory flashes of Aichi's Blaster Blade.
Kai starts training to become stronger, and fights Kyou on a mountain, and wins the fight, triggering an avalanche, which Kai saves Kyou from it.
During the Seoul Stage, he is seen with Ren and Asaka in his new team, Team New Al4, who wins all of their battles against Team Movie Stars in the first round of the Seoul Stage. He fights Kamui in the next match-up against Team Q4, winning the match by taking advantage of the special rule, using Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion's Limit Break twice in the match. He appears beside Tetsu after the match, watching Ren's and Asaka's match. Kai does not have any recollection of PSY Qualia as he did not react when Ren says that the power is incredible. In the final round of the Seoul Stage, he wins the match against Team Caesar's Gai Usui.
Team NAL4 is invited to a summer resort island to train by the Tatsunagi Financial Group. He watc
hes Aichi and his friends training on the beach. He paired up with Aichi for the Test of Courage and tells him that their paths will cross. Next morning, Kai is asked by Ren to play beach volleyball with him and Asaka, but declines, and asked Miwa out to cardfight with him. Later in the afternoon, he sees Q4 off from land as they go back to Japan, in preparation for the next stage.
Kai and the rest of the winners of each stage gather in Japan, the last stage of the VF Circuit. NAL4 wanders around the amusement park where the final stage is held. After the winning ceremony, all the teams gather in a room that has a portal that creates a space connected between Cray and Earth to fight a mysterious empty power, Void. NAL4 gets seperated with the other te
ams by Leon Soryu not long after their arrival in the space. Ren uses his PSY Qualia to track Leon's whereabouts. After finding Leon, Kai challenges Leon and expresses his anger about "sacrificing" the three clans to bring back Aqua Force. He crossrides Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion "THE BLOOD" to counter Leon's Aqua Force units, but Leon managed to survive and crossrides Blue Storm Supreme Dragon, Glory Maelstrom and takes the win. Kai and his team were sent back to Earth as defeated cardfighters cannot exist in that space.
Season 3Edit
He is now a senior at his high school and is a part of his school's cardfight club.
He seen briefly in episode 107, battling a kid in Card Capital.During the intermural fight against Aichi's school, he is matched up against Naoki Ishida. He acknowledges his skill in Vanguard as Naoki pushes Kai to 5 damage. However, Kai manages to win the match with Eradicator, Dragonic Descendant and agreed to fight Naoki again. Later in the matchup, he swapped Morikawa's deck with his old Kagero deck. Through that cardfight, he sees Aichi grow even stronger as a player, commenting that even Dragonic Overlord The End could not reach him anymore.
During the regionals, he fights against Shingo crushing him completely commenting that he wanted to fight Aichi instead. But after his team fails to advance and after watching Ren and Aichi's Cardfight, Kai soon realizes that their skills have grown to the point where not even he can reach them anymore.
Manga BiographyEdit
In chapter one, he is shown to be fighting Morikawa in a cardfight. He wins against Morikawa. Miwa comes out saying that Kai is the best cardfighter even asking Misaki if there was any other cardfighter that are as good as Kai. Kai went to step out leaving Miwa and the others. He wonders if there was any good cardfighters at all and mentions that he would never get any better than what he is now. He and Miwa was at the Card Capital when Morikawa came out again to challenge Kai once more though Kai rejected the invitation when Morikawa pulled out Blaster Blade. Miwa was outcome with joy at that the fact that Morikawa had such a card and asked to cardfight him for the card. Kai was shocked to have seen Blaster Blade wondering where did Morikawa came upon the card. Miwa was able to win against Morikawa making him the new owner of Blaster Blade, but Kai took the card to see if it was the same card. Aichi came running through the shop begging Morikawa for his card back though of course he lost the card to Miwa. Aichi then asked if he could have it back only for both Kai and Miwa to answer that he must win it back trhough a cardfight. Although Aichi was shy about cardfighting, he admitted that he had a deck and willing to take a challenge from Kai. Since it was his first battle, Kai taught him the basic of the game and gave him Blaster Blade back seeing that his deck probably needed it. Aichi won against Kai and told Kai that he was glad to be able to meet him, saying also that it was fun playing against him.
In chapter 2, he and Miwa is waiting in Card Capital for Aichi to come. They greeted him. Miwa and Aichi fought against each other. Miwa won the battle and said that he was the greatest cardfighter. Kai countered that he always loses to him, but Miwa countered back saying that Aichi won against him. Kai then said that they should cardfight only to be interuptted by Kamui as he make his way to the shop. Kamui asked who was the strongest cardfighter. Miwa said that he was, but Kai said that he lost to him, causing him to say that he lost to Aichi, only for Aichi to say that he lost to Miwa which in turned caused Kamui to spin around in confusion. So he decided to fight against Miwa and Kamui won. Kai told Aichi that he should against Kamui. Aichi said that he wasn't good though Kai said that he won against him so he should be able to have some skill learned already. Aichi won against Kamui which caused Kamui to say that he will be more like Aichi. Then Miwa said that he should be more like him and not Aichi. This, of course, caused Kamui to see the circle again. Kai is shown smiling at his friends.
In one chapter, it was mentioned by Miwa to Aichi that Kai had planned to make a deck with Blaster Blade back when he had the card. Of course, Kai told him to not bother with this. Aichi was amazed and shocked to know of this.
Season 1Edit
His main deck focus is the Kagerō clan. His trump card is Dragonic Overlord and later, it's crossride form Dragonic Overlord The End. His strongest and most commonly used cards are normally Flame Dragons. During the Card Capital shop tournament, he also uses Vortex Dragon, using Embodiment of Victory, Aleph's superior ride to speed up it's Soul Charge.
Later in the series, he focuses on the Blazing Flare Dragon's superior ride and uses it during the first Regionals tournament, winning all his matches with it. This deck focuses more on retiring enemy units and units that gets advantage due to that.
After Aichi is tainted by PSY Qualia, Kai switches his deck to the Amber Dragon build and focuses on beatdown strategies due to him being angry at himself for not being able to stop Aichi from getting tainted.
Towards the end of the series, his deck is rebuilt to focus on Dragonic Overlord The End and cards that supports or gets supported by the Overlord series. However with this deck, he did not manage to defeat Ren to bring him back to his old self.
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Season 2Edit
During season 2, he uses a Narukami deck, focusing on Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion as his ace. Kai later uses Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion "THE BLOOD" to defeat Leon in order to send him back to Earth, but was not able to do so.
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Season 3Edit
Kai continues to use the Narukami clan utilizing the Eradicators with his deck. This deck utilizes Vowing Sword Dragon 's effect to get rid of an important threat before going in for the win. In addition, he uses Dragonic Descendant with such an effect to ensure that even when his attack doesn't go through the first time, he sets up for another, even more powerful strike.
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Opponent(s) | Episode(s) | Outcome |
Katsumi Morikawa | 1 | Win (x2) |
Aichi Sendou | 1-2 | Lose |
Kamui Katsuragi | 7 | Win |
Unknown Fighter | 10 | Win |
Kazuki Inaba | 10 | Win |
Misaki Tokura | 12 | Win |
Kamui Katsuragi | 13 | Win |
Laito Kurosaki | 17 | Win |
Team Chemistry Club Member | 18 | Win |
Kaoru Komatsubara | 20 | Win |
Kick Shuu | 29 | Win |
Kyou Yahagi | 30 | Win |
Kenji Mitsusada | 34 | Win |
Kenji Mitsusada | 35 | Undetermined |
Jun Mutsuki | 36 | Win |
Unknown Fighter | 40 | Win |
Kourin Tatsunagi | 44 | Win |
Tetsu Shinjou (Flashback) | 49 | Win |
Ren Suzugamori (Flashback) | 49 | Unfinished |
Aichi Sendou | 49-50 | Unfinished |
Kamui Katsuragi | 52 | Undetermined |
Ren Suzugamori | 57-58 | Lose |
Aichi Sendou | 65 | Undetermined |
Record (Season 2) | ||
Opponent(s) | Episode(s) | Outcome |
Takuto Tatsunagi | 66 | Undetermined |
Aichi Sendou | 67 | Win |
Kyou Yahagi | 77 | Win |
Team Movie Star member | 79 | Win |
Kamui Katsuragi | 80 | Win |
Gai Usui | 82 | Win |
Ren Suzugamori | Prior 85 | Win Several |
Taishi Miwa | 85 | Win Several |
Leon Soryu | 101-102 | Lose |
Record (Season 3) | ||
Opponent(s) | Episode(s) | Outcome |
Naoki Ishida | 110 | Win |
Shingo Komoi | 120 | Win |
Yuta Izaki | 121 | Undetermined |
Takuto Tatsunagi | 127-128 | TBD |
Kai's Character SongsEdit
- Kai has the same name and personality as Kai from the the "Beyblade" series. Also,they both deal with fire element.


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ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22, 2013 - Students, teachers and parents of the Defense Department's schools can be confident that despite the department's upcoming civilian furloughs, the school year will start on time, the Department of Defense Education Activity's director said today.
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WASHINGTON, May 21, 2013 - During the busy season of military transfers, adjusting to new communities and registering children for school, more than 2,000 museums across the nation will open their doors, free of charge, to service members and their families as a break from the summer challenges, a Defense Department official said today.
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ARLINGTON, Va., May 21, 2013 - Nearly 250 members of the Oklahoma National Guard are assisting with victim search and security today in Moore, Okla., where a monster tornado left at least 51 dead, including 20 children, authorities said.
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The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing from the Vietnam War, was recently accounted for and will be buried along with the 12 other servicemen who were lost in the same crash.
Marine Corps Pfc. Daniel A. Benedett of Seattle, Wash., will be buried May 15, at Arlington National Cemetery, along with Air Force 2nd Lt. Richard Vandegeer of Cleveland, Ohio; Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Bernard Gause Jr., of Birmingham, Ala.; Hospitalman Ronald J. Manning of Steubenville, Ohio; Marine Corps servicemen Lance Cpl. Gregory S. Copenhaver of Lewistown, Pa.; Lance Cpl. Andres Garcia of Carlsbad, N.M.; Pfc. Lynn Blessing of Lancaster, Pa.; Pfc. Walter Boyd of Portsmouth, Va.; Pfc. James J. Jacques of La Junta, Colo.; Pfc. James R. Maxwell of Memphis, Tenn.; Pfc. Richard W. Rivernburgh of Schenectady, N.Y.; Pfc. Antonio R. Sandoval of San Antonio, Texas; and Pfc. Kelton R. Turner of St. Louis, Mo.
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There's plenty of snow to shovel.
There's plenty of snow to shovel.
We picked up about 4-inches in the F-M area.
3-6 inches was common across the southern Red River Valley.
The Devils Lake basin saw more than a foot of snow, and much of the northern Red River Valley received 7-10 inches. roads are snow-covered and slick.
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How do you attach a wall mounted faucet-yes buried in the lath and plaster wall- to pex piping so it doesn't wiggle? Do I have to build a bracket or brace for it? Currently have the wall mount attached to galvanized threaded pipe-which is connected downstairs to copper pipe, and yeah it is corroded and in need of adding shut off valves and then pex due to being on an outside uninsulated wall. Any hints-APPRECIATED! DaveThis message has been edited. Last edited by: gnomad56, | |||
If you are relying on solid piping to hold the faucet steady, then the only way you can swap to pex without opening up the wall is to keep enough galvanized attached to the faucet so that you can attach the galvanized to the framing to keep everything in place. This is assuming that you have some access from the back side to replace the plumbing. If you are OK with opening up the front side, then you can attach the faucet directly to the framing and run pex to the faucet. Jaybee | ||||
Very poor plan. Galvinized will leak and close up over time, if it comes in contact with any dissimiler material, it will start to corrode far faster. I had thought about installing a wall mounted faucet over my stove one time. When I figured out how much more work it was I gave up on the idea. The paster and lath would have to go to be able to mount a backing to mount it to. joecaption | ||||
Thanks, it seemed a bit obvious that something needed to secure the faucet- so when I get to ripping the wall apart I'll have to plan a bracket or somehow secure it. Thanks all | ||||
for the next reader... those pot-filler fixtures come with instruction sheets. read and learn, grasshopper. I would generically expect you have to prep the area like you were putting in a showerhead; that is, open the wall up, set a 2x4 or 2x6 at the back for support, and use a drop elbow (drop ell) of brass with full-length stainless or brass screws to hold it to the 2-by. plumb down from there, and use an appropriate brass nipple for the pot filler to screw into. and lots of teflon tape wrapped with the threads when you screw this in. ideally you open the wall on the other side, too, so you can cut a 1-1/2 inch deep notch in two studs for your 2-by support to slip into like a glove. construction adhesive and screws make it strong. you could lean on a toenailed "brace" and pull it right out. sig: if this is a new economy, how come they still want my old-fashioned money? | ||||
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Waxy O'Connor's Liquor License Suspended 16 Days for 4th Violation
Foxborough's Board of Selectmen agreed to a settlement at Tuesday's liquor license violation hearing that will allow Waxy O'Connor's to continue to operate in town.
Despite four liquor license violations in less than two years, Foxborough's Board of Selectmen agreed Tuesday to a settlement that would allow Waxy O'Connor's to continue its business in town – but not without penalty. As part of the settlement agreement, Waxy's liquor license has been suspended 16 days, beginning Wednesday, Jan. 23 and lasting through Thursday, Feb. 7. The suspension includes no alcohol service on Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 3). In addition to the suspension, the Main Street pub will also gift the town $2,000 in legal fees and $8,000 in police/public safety training. The above conditions were part of a 17-point settlement agreement presented by Waxy's attorney Frank Spillane, who also serves as Foxborough's Town Moderator. …
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Players from Callaway, LaGrange and Troup will participate in an all-star football game that will be played in the Georgia Dome on Dec. 22.
The event will include six youth football games and two high-school all-star games.
The first high-school game, the North Georgia vs. Central Georgia Senior All-Atar Bowl, will be played at 3 p.m., and that's the game the local players will participate in.
The Atlanta East-West Metro Senior All-Star Bowl will be held at 7 p.m.
LaGrange head coach Donnie Branch said it's a "big deal" for the players to get one final opportunity to represent their high school on the gridiron.
"As much as anything, it gives them a chance to play football against a bunch of good players," Branch said. "That'll be a big deal for them."
LaGrange will have three players in the game, defensive linemen D.J. Hudson and Chris Manning, and wide receiver Dee Smith.
Callaway's two players will be offensive lineman Michael "Moose" DeLoach and free safety Cortez Leonard.
Troup has three representatives in the game, offensive linemen Levi Cornwell, offensive and defensive linemen Maurice Swain, and wide receiver and defensive back Ricky Frazier.
The eight local players will be a part of the Central squad that will be under the direction of Frank Vohun, a long-time high-school coach in Georgia.
"I'm real excited about this game," Vohun said. "Each one of these young men who play in this game will have a great experience playing in the Georgia Dome representing their family and school."
The all-star game, and the festivities that accompany it, will give those players a chance to make an impression on college coaches and scouts.
"These all-star games provide additional exposure for student athletes seeking scholarship opportunities," said John Starr, the event director. "In addition, the games are a reward for players' outstanding efforts and commitment to the sport."
The eight local players are each being rewarded for exceptional seasons, and careers.
At LaGrange, Hudson and Manning were anchors on the defensive line the past few seasons, and Smith has wrapped up an extraordinary prep career.
Smith caught more than 100 combined passes his past two seasons, and he had nearly 60 catches with 11 touchdowns this season.
Branch said all three players have attracted the interest of college coaches.
"They'll all go play somewhere, it's a matter of where they fit in," Branch said. "They're all being recruited."
For Callaway, DeLoach and Leonard were key parts of a team that went 11-2 and made it to the second round of the state playoffs.
Leonard, who played at Troup in 2011, was a standout safety for Callaway, and he was also an impact player at running back.
DeLoach anchored an offensive line that helped Callaway's offense put up huge numbers.
For Troup, Cornwell has been an anchor on the offensive line the past few seasons, Swain was a force as an offensive lineman and defensive lineman, and Frazier was one of the team's most versatile and effective players as a big-play wide receiver and a lock-down cornerback.


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Welcome to the UBC School of Kinesiology
Kinesiology is an academic discipline which involves the study of physical activity and its impact on health, society, and quality of life. It includes such areas of study as exercise science, sports management, athletic training and sports medicine, socio-cultural analyses of sports, sport and exercise psychology, fitness leadership, physical education-teacher education, and pre-professional training for physical therapy, occupational therapy, medicine and other health related fields.
Announcement: We are currently accepting applications for Scholarships and Awards.


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Watch their faces light up on Christmas morning when they discover a stocking bursting with fantastic and unique Christmas gifts. It's often difficult to find suitable Christmas stocking fillers for everyone without spending a fortune, which is why we've handpicked an affordable selection of fantastic presents. Choose from gifts for animal lovers, afternoon teas, days out in the UK, makeovers and personalised gifts - all of which are priced up to £25 and under.
And there is really something for everybody. From personalised wines and vineyard tours for those who enjoy a tipple - through to personalised sweets and chocolates for friends and family members with a sweet tooth.
If you're after little extras for the kids this Christmas, then we have a good range of personalised children's book, too.
When it comes to Christmas stocking ideas for football fans, we have a range of Premier League stadium tours priced under £20, as well as an assortment of personalised mugs displaying the badge of their favourite team. We also have a good choice of unique stocking fillers for those who like to stay active; including fantastic riverboat and adrenaline experiences.
Because we know that it's often tricky to find the right stocking fillers and cheaper Christmas gift ideas for mum or dad (particularly stocking fillers), we've cherry picked inexpensive luxury spa days and days out for under £25.
For other bargain Xmas gifts, have a look at our choice of secret Santa ideas.
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