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Summer/Fall 2009 -- All the news on Access-A-Ride -- Volume 8
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Travel Training Brings Greater Independence
Fare for One-way Trip on Access-A-Ride is $2.25
Seatbelt/Shoulder Harness – A Must for Safe Travel
Personal Care Attendants Must be Able to Assist You
Important Information for Subscription Customers
Paratransit Advisory Committee (PAC) Meeting Highlights
Your Cell Phone: A Link to AAR Same Day Trips
Moved, Changed Your Telephone Number, Cell Number or Equipment?
No-Shows and Late Pick-ups Defined
New AAR Designated Pick-up Locations
Need More Information About AAR?
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Access-A-Ride Quick-and-Easy Phone Tips
As the number of riders and requests for trips continues to rise, Paratransit works diligently to maintain a zero-trip-denial rate. Paratransit secures various resources to meet the demand for service.
One recent activity was to establish new contracts with private transportation firms and increase contract terms to ten years. Paratransit and New York City Transit's Procurement Division worked for approximately 18 months to identify and establish contracts with sixteen carriers.
The result is six new Access-A-Ride Carriers, and eleven carriers with previous AAR service experience. Paratransit staff focused strongly on the start-up of the new carriers. Currently, the eleven experienced carriers and six new ones (highlighted below) provide service for approximately 130,000 customers throughout New York City and across the New York City borderline to nearby areas of Nassau and Westchester Counties.
The carriers include:
Atlantic Paratransit, Inc. (ATL)
PTM Management Corp. (PTC)
Careride (CRP)
Columbus Transit LLC (COT)
Empire Paratransit Corp. (EPC)
Maggies Paratransit Corp. (MAG)
MV Transportation, Inc. (MVT)
Dedicated Services, Inc. (DED)
MV Public (MVP)
Premier Paratransit (PRE)
Star Cruiser Transportation, Inc. (STC)
Advance Transit (ADV)
All Transit, LLC (ITA)
CBT Para Transit (CBT)
Progress Transit, Inc. (PRG)
TC Paratransit (TCP)
Paratransit has studied trip patterns and determined that approximately 60 percent of trips are local (within a borough) and 40 percent are inter-borough. Therefore, representation in boroughs was a consideration in choosing carriers and strategic locations.
Carriers GVC and ADV are located in the Bronx, which has experienced a growth in Access-A-Ride (AAR) customers and requests for trips.
Now that long-term contracts are in place, Automatic Vehicle Location Monitoring (AVLM) devices will be installed on 100 percent of our fleet by the end of the year.
A Bus Trip to the Fabric Store: Travel Training Brings Greater Independence
By Michael Levy, Director, Travel Training
Most of us would agree with Azzlee Blackwood, "It's no fun being stuck in the house." That's why Ms. Blackwood, who uses a walker, began traveling around the city via Access-A-Ride. Soon she was volunteering as a sewing instructor at Independence Care System (ICS) in Manhattan.
Ms. Blackwood wondered whether she could board a Transit bus with her walker. Would she be able to maneuver the walker onto the bus lift? Would it be safe? She enrolled in Transit's travel training program and discovered that the answer to both questions was "yes."
Her trainer showed her how to position her walker on the lift when boarding and leaving the bus. In a few weeks, Ms. Blackwood skillfully and confidently boarded the B15 bus, transferred to the M103 bus on 125th Street and Lexington Avenue and completed her trip to a fabric store in Spanish Harlem. She explained, "If you're serious about sewing, you need to work with good quality material."
Since completing the training in 2007, Ms. Blackwood has used her travel skills to learn additional bus routes to other stores and to the movies.
Her experience reminds us that many Access-A-Ride users can ride Transit buses after some training, and that the bus lift is for anyone who cannot board the bus via the steps because
of a disability related to mobility, balance or endurance.
As summer turns to autumn, think of the places to which you could travel by bus or subway. To apply for travel training or for more information, call Michael Levy at 718-393-4148.
Fare for One-way Trip on Access-A-Ride is $2.25
Starting Sunday, June 28, 2009, the fare for a one-way trip on Access-A-Ride is $2.25. Exact fare, please.
Fares are collected prior to the vehicle's departure, and may be collected prior to boarding. AAR drivers are not required to transport anyone who does not pay the fare.
Seatbelt/Shoulder Harness – A Must for Safe Travel, not a Choice
If you travel in a wheelchair or scooter, your safety is at risk unless the driver secures your seatbelt/shoulder harness.
This is true even if your wheelchair or scooter has its own seatbelt. Seatbelts provided by manufacturers of wheelchairs or scooters are designed to keep you from falling out of your mobility device during your daily activities, whether within buildings or outside on streets, park lanes, roads and other places. However, those seatbelts will not restrain you if you travel in a motor vehicle that swerves or stops suddenly, or is involved in an accident.
Just as customers riding in passenger seats have to wear seatbelts, customers who use wheelchairs or scooters must wear seatbelt/shoulder harnesses too.
Personal Care Attendants (PCA) Must be Able to Assist You
When you reserve a trip and indicate you will be traveling with a PCA, that person is expected to provide you with whatever assistance you require to get to and from the AAR vehicle; this includes carrying two bags/parcels weighing a total of 40 lbs. PCAs travel free of charge because they are supposed to assist you. If the person traveling with you is unable to perform these tasks, then you must make a reservation for him/her as your guest.
AAR drivers are not required to help customers with the aforementioned tasks when customers are accompanied by a PCA. However, drivers will assist you onto the lift and secure your seatbelt, if you require it, and will secure your wheelchair or scooter and the seatbelt/shoulder harness.
Important Information for Subscription Customers
Subscription trips are automatically cancelled on the following holidays. If you will be traveling on any of these holidays, you MUST call to reserve a trip:
New Year's Eve Day; New Year's Day; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; Presidents' Day; Good Friday; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Columbus Day; Veterans Day; Thanksgiving Day; Day after Thanksgiving; Christmas Eve Day; Christmas Day.
Paratransit Advisory Committee (PAC) Meeting Highlights
The material in this article summarizes reports from AAR staff and addresses questions asked by PAC members at meetings held between July 15, 2008 and March 24, 2009.
July 15, 2008
In Tom Charles' absence, Carol Zwick and Beverly Morris presented the AAR report. The number of AAR customers and the number of AAR trips continues to grow. As of June 30, 2008, 115,884 customers were registered with AAR.
A discussion of the application process followed. Those applying and re-applying must call for an application. They receive a letter with the date, time and location of their interviews. Unfortunately, 40 percent of applicants do not appear for their scheduled appointment.
Since April 2008, AAR has made eligibility determinations within 21 days of the receipt of an application, as mandated by the ADA. AAR first notifies applicants who have been denied service; next, we contact applicants granted conditional eligibility so they may appeal the decision if they choose; finally, AAR responds to those applicants who have been given full eligibility. Only five percent of applicants are denied service.
AAR reviews written appeals within seven days of receiving them. In-person appeals are heard within two weeks, whenever possible. A significant number of appeals involve customers who have recovered from an accident or illness and now meet either fewer paratransit eligibility criteria or none at all.
Ken Stuart of Customer Relations reported on complaints and commendations. AAR's complaint management system is one of the largest in the nation, and is now computer-based. Approximately 13.5 percent of incidents reported are commendations.
The PAC requested that the actual number of complaints AAR receives should be included in PAC AAR reports.
The PAC will be asked to sit in on sensitivity training of old and new carrier trainers.
November 18, 2008
The PAC welcomed new members Doris Seligman and Monica Sanabria. There are still two vacancies.
Tom Charles reported that the number of AAR registrants increased 1.3% to 118,000, surpassing predictions.
Customers are taking more trips, in part, perhaps because of improved AAR service. Complaints per thousand boardings have declined. On-time performance was maintained.
The increase in taxi and voucher authorizations is a measured and managed process. Paratransit must monitor the commitment by the car service to our customers.
As the commitment and performance become reliable and consistent, there is a corresponding increase in taxi and voucher authorizations.
As an internal control to limit the potential for fraudulent claims, customers who reserve the use of taxis or vouchers for more than 50 percent of their trips during a given month will have all of their reserved trips performed by AAR in the following month.
The re-assignment of vehicles from carriers who did not receive a contract award to new carriers delayed the installation of Automatic Vehicle Location Monitoring (AVLM) equipment. However, 50 percent of AAR vehicles now use AVLM.
The PAC discussed its concerns about the upgrading of AAR's phone system, the location of designated bus stops and the maintenance of a comfortable, accessible environment at assessment centers.
January 27, 2009
Paratransit is working to maintain and improve designated bus stops such as the AAR stops at Penn Station and the Javits Center. A stop may become inoperable because of construction.
The growing rate of registrants has consistently exceeded forecasts. Paratransit incorporates this trend in its planning. By the fall of 2009, all carriers will be capable of transporting customers anywhere in the city.
Paratransit is working to reduce delays that may occur in picking up wheelchair users.
Preliminary 2008 statistics indicate that completed trips increased more than 20 percent. We had 121,976 registrants, and the number of registrants continues to grow.
AAR currently has 2,040 vehicles; the number will increase to 2,222 by the end of the year.
AVLM will be installed in all vehicles by the end of 2009, including those used by six new carriers. If a vehicle has AVLM, AAR can pinpoint where the vehicle is traveling as well as where it has been during past trips.
Transit Control staff is being trained to provide customers with realistic arrival times when a vehicle is late. Customers are encouraged to commend Transit Control when they have had a good experience.
Problems have occurred when passengers who need PCAs travel via AAR unattended. PAC members were encouraged to educate parents about the difference between "special transportation," which provides matrons, and AAR, which does not.
There were delays in upgrading the phone system. Initial problems, such as missed calls and busy lines, have now been solved.
The PAC discussed cold weather challenges. Shortening the
30-minute pick-up period during the winter isn't possible at this time. Customers must wait where they can see vehicles (if the customers are not visually impaired), and drivers can see them as well.
March 24, 2009
The number of early cancellations increased, while late cancellations decreased. This was a result of the November 2008 change in the late cancellation policy.
During 2008, ridership increased by 22.5 percent, including an increase in weekend trips and trips per day.
Chuck Stebbins from the National Safety Council presented a film used to train drivers who work with passengers with disabilities. This film will be incorporated into the 80-hour initial training all AAR drivers receive.
To get information about applying to serve on the PAC, to share suggestions, or to ask about AAR policy, please contact Stephanie L. White, chair, c/o Denise Ann McQuade, 130 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201, or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Important Information
Your Cell Phone: A Link to AAR Same Day Trips
Remember to keep your cell phone charged, and activate it before and during your trips. When you want a trip update or to cancel a same-day trip or report a same-day problem, call 877-337-2017; press #1 for English or #2 for Spanish; then press #5 to be connected to Transit Control.
Annual Highway Travel Permit
Every October 1, the New York City Department of Transportation Authorized Parking and Permits Division issues its Annual Highway Travel Permit for vans and buses, including AAR. This permit indicates highways that vans and buses may travel on, and those where travel will be restricted for the next year.
Until September 30, 2009, AAR vans are not allowed on the Belt Parkway between exit (9) Knapp Street through exit (13) Rockaway Parkway, East and Westbound. Vans may travel on all other highways. However, drivers must observe all posted weight and height restrictions.
A Trip's Maximum Ride Time is Based on Trip Distance
The chart below indicates the time a customer can anticipate traveling in a vehicle.
Miles Maximum Ride Time
0 to 3 miles 50 minutes
3 to 6 miles 1 hour 5 minutes
6 to 9 miles 1 hour 35 minutes
9 to 12 miles 1 hour 55 minutes
12 to 14 miles 2 hours 15 minutes
Greater than 14 miles 2 hours 35 minutes
Moved, Changed Your Telephone Number, Cell Number or Equipment?
If your answer to any of these questions is "yes," please let us know by calling 877-337-2017 and pressing #1 for English and #1 again for Customer Information/Eligibility.
No-Shows and Late Pick-ups Defined
Customer no-show –when the vehicle arrives at the pick-up location within the 30-minute pickup window, waits the required five minutes, and the customer does not board the vehicle.
Carrier no-show – when the vehicle does not arrive at the customer's pick-up location within or after the 30-minute waiting period and circumstances are within the carrier's control.
No-fault no-show – when the vehicle doesn't arrive at the customer's pick-up location within the 30-minute waiting period, and it's due to circumstances beyond the carrier's control.
Late pick-up – when the vehicle arrives after the 30-minute waiting period.
Late cancellation – when a customer cancels a trip less than three hours before the scheduled trip.
Cancelling a Trip
Please remember to cancel trips by calling 877-337-2017 or 718-393-4999 (customers who are deaf call through the relay), pressing #1 for English or #2 for Spanish, and then pressing #4 to speak with a reservationist.
To cancel a same-day trip, customers should press #1 for English or #2 for Spanish and then press #5 to speak to a customer information agent.
If you reserve seven or more trips within any month and "no-show" and/or "late cancel" 40 percent or more of those scheduled trips you are in danger of suspension.
A first suspension is for two months. Suspensions last for longer periods each time you no-show and/or late cancel seven or more trips within a month; the longest suspension is for three years. Subscription customers not only lose their subscription service but also cannot reapply until four months after the end of their suspension period.
New AAR Designated Pick-up Locations: Yankee and Citi Field Stadiums
Yankee Stadium |
The AAR stop is located on 126th Street at the BullPen Gate in the Passenger Loading Zone directly in front of the ticket windows. Customers have shelter and a clear sight line of 126th Street from BullPen Gate. |
Currently, there are 114 AAR Designated Pick-up Locations throughout the five boroughs. Centrally located at large, encompassing, active venues such as hospitals, ball parks and transportation hubs, these stops have AAR identification signs to ensure a successful connection.
Need More Information About AAR?
Visit the MTA website at www.mta.info for the most updated AAR information. Click on this icon on the Homepage, then click on Paratransit Services,
scroll down, and click on Access-A-Ride New York City Transit Paratransit Division.
If your organization has 15 or more people interested in learning more about AAR service, please call Russell Schmid at 718-393-4130, or Donna Fredericksen at 718-393-4147 to arrange for a presentation.
Call Customer Assistance at 718-330-3322 to ask for these publications:
Guide to Access-A-Ride
Drivers and Customers Can Make Everyone's Ride Better
Telephone Directory for Customers with Disabilities
Access-A-Ride Quick-and-Easy Phone
On The Move (additional copies)
NYC Transit Customer Services
2 Broadway, 11th Floor, Room D11.03
New York, NY 10004
Tel. 718-330-3322 or TTY 718-596-8273
Request On The Move in Braille or on cassette by calling Michael Levy at 718-393-4148, or you may download it at the MTA website www.mta.info
Miscellaneous Information
Subway Map for Customers with Disabilities
Request copies of the Subway Map for Customers with Disabilities by calling 212-878-7483.
Your questions and comments are welcome.
Please send them to:
On The Move
MTA NYC Transit Paratransit Division
130 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201.
Quick-and-Easy Phone Tips
Call 877-337-2017 toll-free from
area codes 212, 718, 347, 516, 631, 646, 914, and 845. From other area codes, dial 718-393-4999. Customers who are deaf call through the relay.
Press 1 for English,
or press 2 for Spanish then:
Press 1: Customer Information/Eligibility/application
Press 2: Reservations
Press 3: Change reservation
Press 4: Cancel reservation by 5 p.m.the day before your trip
Press 5: Cancel same-day trip less than three hours before scheduled pick-up or for help with same-day problems
Press 6: Subscription service
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Re: Naruto's Homosexuality
Who gives a flying fuck if Naruto is gay or not??? Lmao, come on.
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Re: Naruto's Homosexuality
Naruto has been a story of bonds since the beginning, circulating around the lives of Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto. Being a shonen ninja-themed adventure story about the brotherhood between the two, it is inevitable for people to jump to the conclusion that homosexual feelings exist between the two. This is rather intriguing as Naruto has constantly showed signs of attraction in the opposite sex, while being uncomfortable and indeed homophobic towards depictions of the male body. Not many male homosexuals avoid seeing that which they are attracted to. The counterargument that this is Naruto hiding his feeling seem to be very delusional as characters are displayed through entirely visual observation in manga. Naruto's very reactions show disgust, so how are we the audience supposed to interpret it? When Sasuke hits an opponent with a genjutsu, should I simply assume it was ineffetive, despite visual evidence to the contrary? Commentary means nothing without the support of the manga. A few awkward panels (most of which can only be interpreted as homosexual, when one clearly is guided to it) that were done for humour do not matter.
Why is it interesting that Naruto and Sasuke kiss? The manga, particularly at the beginning, was aimed at teenage boys; what's more hilarious to them than accidentally kissing another boy and hating it? Goku's actions were done in the same fashion: for comic relief. The scene in which Sasuke and Naruto's kiss takes place is quite intense, as Naruto is belittled into a sense of non-existence. The class hates him and loves Sasuke to the point of idoltary, so in a petty means to make himself feel big, Naruto challenged Sasuke by jumping on his desk. He was pushed into Sasuke and then both proceeded to nearly vomit. How this could be interpreted differently is rather interesting. By interesting, I mean faulty as a Soviet nuclear power plant in the Ukraine. Naruto doesn't accidentally kiss Sakura because it wouldn't be funny and would be meaningless unless both had the same feeling. This is a sign of a true or even a legitimate romance. Wait? You're arguing that Naruto is gay because he likes Sakura because of her physical appearance? Jesus F-ing Christ man. Lamesauce. So a physical attraction can be mimicked for years, so much that he stood up against Gaara for her? Wow, that's some mighty peer pressure, considering Lee wasn't met until the Chunin Exams.... must have been hard imitating someone you didn't know. Er...Naruto thinks "I need to stop making a fool of myself in front of Sakura-chan" and blatantly stops to admire her growth, when has he done that for anyone else? Naruto ignores Sakura's confession because of the reasons, shocker!, provided in the chapter. He knows Sasuke is still in Sakua's heart and she is fooling her self, thus why he becomes visually disappointed from being shocked. He's a kid on Christmas who just found-out his present was fake. It's been nearly 3 years of Naruto being sombre in his feelings around Sakura, knowing she loved Sasuke, why would he react incredibly strongly out-of-the-blue? After the death of Jiraiya, the near death of Kakashi and the Pain Arc, I fail to see Naruto being brought to tears about something as little as Sakura lying. Really? Naruto and Sasuke rarely discussed their emotions. They expressed them in a typical male way: through actions. Just like brothers, they squabble and try to outdo one another, while in the end still loving each other. The panel you provide shows Naruto and Sasuke holding hands. You do realize that that holding hands is not homosexual right? Simply because it is not common in North American and European society does not mean it is homosexual. In Ethiopia, straight men constantly hold hands. It is only homosexual if you deem it so. You have aimed to do so in order to validate your weak argument. When does Naruto give up on his dream of becoming Hokage? He said "a person who cannot save his friend, cannot become Hokage." In other words, saving Sasuke is the path to becoming Hokage. HUGE difference. ...Beauty and the Beast... seriously? Your historical analysis is rather faulty as in Sparta, a man's duty was to provide the city-state with off-spring. Casual homosexual sex was not frowned on, until a man refused to have a wife, as was to be expected. This was state-supported bisexuality, not homosexuality. Good try. Wait. Having a coach who gets laid and being in the same pool of water means something is gay? Jumping to conclusions are we... Naruto blatantly expressed his love for Sakura, constantly and while he has ignored Hinata, he has come closer to real romance with her than Sasuke. He has said to her "I like people like you," with Kishimoto obviously hinting at more. Never in the manga has there even been a slight hint of homosexuality. You are stretching strong male-male relations to the breaking point. Naruto's disinterest in Jiraiya's books is not that shocking... some straight men don't like strip clubs, does this mean they take it up the ass? Naruto is constantly complaining about how Jiraiya forces him to go into the Pervy Jutsu, so why would he complain if it was what he wanted. Furthermore, when he desired attention from Jiraiya, as a male mentor, why did he not use it? He wallowed in self-pity, learning the Rasengan alone, without complaining... and guess what? He never used it to re-gain that attention Jiraiya gave him when they first met. Wait... you are arguing that a visual representation of his disgust is contrary to his inner feelings, despite the fact that the mode of media is entirely visual. Holy fuck. This is like me arguing the politics of a composer by listening to his music. Epic fail. You are assuming that Narutoverse has homosexuals and is not a reflection of Kishimoto's own cultural lens that is openly homophobic. Japan is a very conservative country and does not embrace homosexuality, thus why it is so often a scape-goat as in other cultures. Thinking that Sasuke feels a similar social pressure is also foolish and Sasuke wants to "re-build his clan," somewhat difficult when one is homosexual. Jesus Christ, the graffitti is graffitti. Haku was a very feminine boy, thus why Naruto was attracted to him. Why hasn't Naruto been attracted to any boys since? Oh yeah. Because he's straight. Another attempt by Kishimoto to be funny. Actually, his attempts are quite concurrent with being an orphan who desperately needs any attention. That technique was another source of humour, which was used against Gaara only because Naruto assumed "he'd be weaker at the bottom." Strategy is key. The last paragraph is such a stretch it's not even worth my time. Anyone who is defeated is put in a position of less power, they are degraded in the social hierarchy. This can conjur thoughts of sexual hedonism, having that complete control over the other. But the defining factor of homosexuality is actually DOING of the acts... being naked with another man is not homosexual until sexual activity begins. Furthermore, Sasuke leaning over to Naruto is more like a bow, a respectful admission of Naruto's equal skills. Their similarities are as brothers, who hate and love each other at the same time. In conclusion, Naruto is not gay. Arguments for his homosexuality are destroyed by a simple fact. There is not a single panel that shows Naruto being openly gay, participating in homosexual actions or admiring the physicality of other men. However there are entire chapters focusing on Naruto's romantic relationships with Sakura and Hinata, whom both have feelings for him, in one way or another. His physical attraction to Sakura, open homophobia and classic brotherhood bond with Sasuke needs to be put into context. This is a Japanese manga for young men; conservative Japanese values and male-centred plot are obvious. Misinterpreting a male emphasis in a shonen for homoseuxality is an essentially faulty argument. Indeed, the whole point against Naruto and Sasuke bond as platonic can itself be explained as a very expression of homophobia. The closeness of two men, to a point beyond brothers, shatters the fragile mind of some who cannot accept male relationships that are of such strength. They can only interpret such relationships as sexual because they themselves have only felt such depth of emotion with members of the opposite sex, thus explaining to them why have failed to foster similar bonds.
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Re: Naruto's Homosexuality
Naruto was too socially ignorant to pretend to have a crush on Sakura for so long. If he were gay, his 1st crush would have been a boy if not Sasuke. Naruto just has a bond with Sasuke that is best understood by saying, for 12 years Naruto had nobody. Sasuke, his worst enemy, becamme his teammate and after bonding for a while, he gave his life to protect Naruto from Haku. For someone cold and cool with goals like Sasuke to jump in the line of fire for hated, friendless, little orphan Naruto is something special to Naruto. It's creates an eternal bond that defies all labels and limits u typically put on typical bonds. It all began that day, built on the ultimate sacrifice of Sasuke's on life for Naruto's lfe. That tight of a bond may come off as so close it's too close, like it could be gay to some, but it isnt anywhere near gay.
Funny thread and posts But Kishi does "gay play" in this manga enough for me to notice so... But when Naruto wakes up with the wood, he gets it soft again with thoughts of Hinata and Sakura. I promise
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Re: Naruto's Homosexuality
^^whatever happen to spacing and indents?
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Re: Naruto's Homosexuality
^ i know tl;dr
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Re: Naruto's Homosexuality
Sorry did it in word, isn't being that co-operative after being copied. You'll have to suffer through I am afraid.
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Re: Naruto's Homosexuality
And oh, I know what a strawman is, kthx. He did. With great assumption, btw. Quote:
And oh.. for various reasons? Elaborate. Quote:
Not convincing, eh? That pretty much makes the OP's theory a complete personal opinion and/or assumptions. As if Kishimoto has any fetishes about homosexuality (not that Im claiming he does/doesnt). Seriously.. There are even less sign of romance in the story than expected/predicted, so why would Kishi give a goddamn fck about homosexuality for that matter? Quote:
You seem to know a lot. =/ Quote:
EDIT: Anywho, regardless of homosexuality and whatnot, this thread WINS. (for the lulz and such)
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Re: Naruto's Homosexuality
This sounds convincing enough, true. but just because the argument is worded nice and dressed up in a suit doesn't mean it is fact. It just makes it a ...politician! Sure it sounds good and meaningful and heal down right believable....but sadly the promises are empty and the words unintelligible. Naruto isn't gay. He is a emotional child which he has always been from wanting to fit in to never giving up to sticking to his promises he has always been whole hearted and passionate in whatever or whoever he dedicates himself to.
Weak women characters makes Kishi gay?! LOL. Tsunade isn't weak, Anko isn't weak, Kurenai isn't weak.......Mizukage? not weak either. So the characters Male and female that need to be strong are strong, the others serve their purpose story wise . I mean i hate TenTen with a passion, but she helped neji train his 360 rotation and if Naruto needs to learn how to fight with summoning weapons she is the one to see.
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to say naruto is gay is to say almost all the male characters in naruto to be gay
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I haven't read the whole thing sense I'm drunk as shit but the fact that Naruto & homo is in the topic is enough to rep this. You're the fucking man wish I thought of making this thread first.
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Its true he's gay look:
http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/3/08/ It's like Myths gayness for the 4th and Naruto, plus you know he's jealous of Sasugey that's why he disses him. Not that Naruto is real but yeh he gay.
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I've personally preached about Naru-Sasu in the past but this just takes the cake. never thought of making an actual thread on the issue. everyone should rep this Naru-Sasu has more manga evidence when compared to any paring involving Naruto in this manga. Naruto loves the cock & the manga backs this up.
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He intertwined canon evidence throughout his conjecture & simply stated a point of view/theory. Whereas you don't link any evidence, constantly ridicule those who find validity in the OP's theory and openly dismiss the idea since there has been no blatant panel showing Naruto in act of homosexuality. Furthermore a tid bit to consider in regards to Kishimoto's cultural lens it should be well noted that he is influenced by the ancient japanese tales in formulating characters/jutsus & in ancient japanese literature, the topic of homosexuality was addressed & when it cames to same sex friends twas common place edit: did anyone else have trouble typing? cuz i couldn't type in reply boxes til i cleared the cookies
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Just so you know, TSH, this particular argument (which you have made, don't try twisting your words) is commiting the Fallacy of Ignorance, "Naruto is heterosexual, because there's no proof he's not." Problem is, there is evidence, you're just unwilling to accept it because you're the one defending an opinion. We have no opinion to defend, we merely defend the evidence. Last edited by Mal; 11-20-2009 at 01:26 AM. Reason: Improved example |
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A tv review article by: Kelvin Green, Paul Brian McCoyPaul: The BBC has a history of adapting Shakespeare, almost as a public trust, but not always to the greatest ends. There have been some dodgy productions over the years, particularly during their attempt to cover all of Shakespeare's works from 1978 through 1985.
Those were television adaptations, however, keeping the productions theatrical and more in line with tradition. Now, the BBC has commissioned a four part adaptation of Shakespeare's Henriad, Richard II, Henry IV part one, Henry IV part two, and Henry V, to be produced as film projects.
The first, Richard II, directed by Rupert Goold and starring Ben Whishaw as King Richard premiered last week, and I have to say I was fairly impressed.
Kelvin: Me too. I have a passing familiarity with Henry IV and I'm very fond of Henry V, but I'd not read or seen Richard II before, so I didn't know what to expect.
Paul: I had read the play in college, but it wasn't one that I was very familiar with either.
Kelvin: I think what I liked most about it -- apart from the performances, which I'm sure we'll get to in a bit -- was how it looked. It kept Shakespeare's text intact, more or less, but it didn't look in the slightest bit stagey. For a TV movie, it looked very filmic.
I shouldn't be surprised though. The director, Rupert Goold, also did an adaptation of Macbeth for the BBC in 2010, and that looked stunning.
Paul: I've heard good things about that production, but haven't seen it.
You're right though. This was a beautiful film.
I was particularly taken with the way the colors and settings took a turn darker as the story progressed. The contrast between Richard lounging about in the forest with his cousins to having ash and dirt rain down upon him in the end was stunning.
Kelvin: Yes, the imagery was well chosen throughout, although the bit towards the end where his signature in the sand is washed away by the tide was a bit much for me.
Still, one dodgy moment in a two and a half hour film is not a bad result.
Paul: Well, they laid on the symbolism fairly thick throughout. I wasn't bothered by that, but thought the Saint Sebastian imagery was a bit much.
Kelvin: I didn't have as much of a problem with that, although in hindsight I can see how it might have been a bit too cute.
Paul: It's a bit overdone in film when going for homoerotic imagery. And I would have preferred his death to be the traditional stabbing instead of recreating Sebastian's death by arrows.
Kelvin: Yes, at the time I thought that was quite neat, but I understand how it might be a bit strained.
Paul: I seem to remember some scholars saying that the murder of Richard was a sort of tribute to the memory of Marlowe, who was also stabbed to death just two years prior to the play's debut. As the play was inspired (some would say too closely inspired) by Marlowe's Edward II, I always thought that was a nice way to allow the scene to play.
But I'm an English Lit Nerd.
Kelvin: Ha!
It's not something that would have occurred to me, but it wouldn't be a surprise.
Paul: I'm not surprised that the director decided to focus more on the historical arguments the play poses. And Sebastian's symbolic acceptance of his fate and "heroism born of weakness" concept is very appropriate for what they're doing here.
It just seemed a bit cliché to me. Or easy, maybe, rather than cliché.
Kelvin: Perhaps it's because I didn't come to it with the same background, but I didn't have a problem with that aspect.
Paul: One thing I was very impressed with (although a little put off by a the same time) was the way Goold and the performers played up the ambiguity of the story.
The central conflict here is between the concept of the Divine Right of Kings and the people's right to choose (or something to that effect), and the conflict between Richard and Bolingbroke is presented with a fairly even hand.
Kelvin: Yes indeed. I believe that Richard tends to be portrayed as more villainous in most adaptations and Bolingbroke as more of a schemer. Here, Richard seemed more naive and Bolingbroke seemed caught up in something larger than himself.
Paul: I know the text itself leaves it open to interpretation. The performances can lean the play one way or the other with just the use of inflection and body language, but here, you're right. Richard just seems naive and Bolingbroke really seems to be innocent of any larger scheming.
Kelvin: Yes, a lot of it is down to the performances. Ben Whishaw's Richard was fascinating.
Paul: I still have a hard time believing he played Pingu in Nathan Barley. That entertains me to no end!
Kelvin: Yes, it's a bit of a jump!
Paul: I was completely unaware that he was one of the most acclaimed Hamlets of the last decade!
Kelvin: I did not know that. People bang on about David Tennant's Hamlet all the time, but I'd not heard about Whishaw. I can believe it though.
His Richard was so, well, weird. He was so detached that he seemed almost like some sort of alien; he didn't understand this world of bearded, angry men, and so was ill-equipped to deal with it. Yet, at the same time, they did this thing where Whishaw was watching everything around him with this impish little smile.
It was a very interesting portrayal.
Paul: Yes. Very subtle. And I say that after I thought he was going to be playing it a bit more camp in the start.
Kelvin: Yes, they were hinting at camp and effeminate, but there was more going on there.
Paul: That's another example of how the performance of the text influences the meaning. Richard's dialogue is very flowery and filled with poetic metaphor, whereas the rest of the cast's language is much more down to earth.
That's something Shakespeare was experimenting with here, when normally, all of the upper class would have spoken in poetry, with plain language and prose reserved for the lower classes. Which also says something about the themes of the play itself, really.
You're right. He does comes off as alien, almost.
Kelvin: Sort of The Man Who Fell To Earth.
Paul: Exactly!
What other performances stood out for you?
Kelvin: Oddly enough, I thought James Purefoy was very good, and so I was disappointed -- not knowing the play -- that he didn't get much screen time.
Paul: That was my biggest disappointment. I was really hoping for more.
I have a bit of a man-crush on Purefoy. He is great in everything he does.
Kelvin: He was excellent here, snarling his lines and glaring at everyone.
I loved the training scene right at the beginning too, like something out of a Rocky movie!
Paul: Loved that!
Kelvin: Somewhere out there there is a Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead type side-story in which Purefoy's Mowbray is running about kicking ass.
In the rain.
Paul: The real Thomas de Mowbray eventually died of the Plague in Venice in 1399, just a year after his actual banishment. So that's disappointing. Unless it was a ruse!
Kelvin: Of course, he faked his death so he could strike at his enemies without warning!
Paul: Ha!
This is a whole new level of nerd-dom, you realize?
Kelvin: "Venetians are a cowardly and superstitious lot"
I have no idea what you mean.
Paul: LOL! And then we're back around to Marlowe (in a manner). Purefoy as secret spy Marlowe, writing Shakespeare's plays and having adventures. That would be amazing!
Kelvin: Write it!
Paul: What with the whole faking his death rumors and whatnot.
Kelvin: Brilliant!
Paul: You've gotta be careful when you suggest Marlowe wrote Shakespeare's plays. People get pissed.
Kelvin: Yeah, but who could argue with an action hero Marlowe? Fools, that's who.
Anyway... I also thought Patrick Stewart did an excellent job -- in fact I smiled as soon as I saw him in the crowd in that first scene -- and I was impressed at how David Morrissey -- who has such a likeable screen presence -- became such a hissable Northumberland.
Paul: YES! I was just about to say the same thing about Stewart. And Morrissey was also surprisingly threatening.
Kelvin: Stewart was Macbeth in the production I mentioned earlier. He was, of course, excellent.
Paul: David Suchet's Duke of York took me by surprise. Not his performance, but the turns his character took. He played two-sided with ease, and his eventual almost manic support for Bolingbroke was kind of disturbing.
Kelvin: Yes, a case of overcompensating perhaps. Showing his loyalty through a rabid desire to have his own son executed for treason.
Paul: A rabid excess passed on to his son.
Kelvin: I'm going to be a bit of a snob here, but one of the things I like about these BBC productions -- and you don't get this with other British TV channels -- is that they can stack a programme like this with actors who are so good that when you ask "which other performances impressed you?" I could go on for ages.
Paul: Oh I agree. I loved the short appearance of David Bradley as The Gardner, for example.
Kelvin: Yep! My thoughts exactly.
A minor role, but let's stick a real heavyweight in there, because we can.
Paul: Or Lindsay Duncan as the Dutchess of York. Amazing work in a very small role.
Kelvin: Quite so. I suppose this is a bit of what Game of Thrones has, although in this case, the script is better!
Paul: Ha! It also has Game of Thrones' Lucian Msamati as the Bishop of Carlisle (in another walking along the beach scene, no less!). Again, smaller parts, but outstanding performances.
Kelvin: I've heard actors say that Shakespeare brings the best out of them, and it seems to be true on the basis of this evidence.
Paul: Maybe the only performance that didn't really hit me like it should have, though, was Rory Kinnear as Bolingbroke.
Kelvin: Yes, I wasn't sure about Kinnear myself.
Paul: The performance was solid enough, but as we've already mentioned, he played the character in a more reactive than proactive way. It kind of leeched a strong sense of purpose from the role.
Kelvin: Again, I'm not familiar with the original text, so I don't know if it's true of that, but yes, he seemed to fade into the background for much of the film.
Paul: There's a school of thought that Shakespeare was possibly influenced by Machiavelli's The Prince when writing Bolingbroke and he was manipulating appearances to get himself on the throne - at least from the time of his banishment on.
Culminating in the murder of Richard being ordered "accidentally" as a "misunderstanding."
Kelvin: And then the very public pilgrimage to Jerusalem to beg forgiveness for his "accidental" part in the murder.
It's good PR.
Paul: Exactly. Kinnear plays the character so sincerely that it's hard to really think anything bad about him. Bolingbroke, I mean. Not Kinnear himself.
Kelvin: Yes, he doesn't play him as a schemer as far as I could tell.
There were the silent nods here and there, but they came across less as subtle string-pulling, and more a decent man who's found himself out of his depth.
Paul: I would have liked a little more duplicity in the performance, if only to make it stand out a bit more. Imagine Purefoy in that role! He'd have been hard to restrain.
Kelvin: Oh yes indeed.
Paul: That may have gone too far in the other direction!
Kelvin: The scenes where he did take charge -- the beach at the beginning of his exile, and the execution by the moat -- showed that Kinnear does have the acting chops, so I must assume that it was a deliberate move to play Bolingbroke as a more passive sort.
Paul: It had to come down to the direction. It's almost as though Goold was directing this during its original run, shortly after Queen Elizabeth took the throne, and didn't want to upset her supporters or those allying against her.
Kelvin: Ha! Yes, excellent point.
It's funny, but I was thinking something along similar lines as I was watching it.
This will get a bit involved and possibly a bit tinfoil-hat, so be warned.
Paul: I'm buckled in.
Kelvin: The BBC commissioned these four films -- bizarre as it seems -- as part of their Olympics coverage, to celebrate Britishness.
Yet what they've delivered -- in this first film at least -- is a story of an ineffective ruler and an England that's almost bankrupt.
That's not really very Olympic.
Given who's in charge right now, and how they've not been a friend of the BBC, I did find myself wondering if there was a deliberate political point being made in not only the choice of play to adapt, but the way it was adapted.
Which, of course, would be in keeping with Shakespeare's plays being used for political gain, as you suggest with Elizabeth above.
Okay, tinfoil hat off now.
Paul: That's bloody brilliant right there.
And it ties right in the historical record, where in 1601 the Earl of Essex paid the Globe Theatre to perform Richard II on the eve of their attempted insurrection.
Kelvin: Boom!
Paul: There it is!
Kelvin: I am probably wrong, but while the 2012 BBC adaptation of Richard II says a lot about Britain in 2012, I'm not sure it's got anything to do with celebration.
Paul: Well it will be leading up to Henry V right before the beginning of the games.
Kelvin: Yes, Henry V is about as ENGLAND! WOO! as it gets, so we'll see.
I was wondering if there will be any continuity of characterisation in these films, and if Jeremy Irons' Henry IV will share Kinnear's odd passivity.
That would be interesting.
Paul: That's one of the things I'm really looking forward to. I want to see how all of these plays work together as performances. I've read them, but never seen them played out like this.
Kelvin: I have to admit, as a comics geek, when I first discovered that some of Shakespeare's plays had actual continuity, I got a bit excited!
Paul: Me too.
Kelvin: The BBC plays of the 70's and 80's kept the same cast and sets for Henry IV and V, which is an interesting approach. I'd like to see those too. I suspect they may not be as impressive as this current crop, however.
Paul: I don't know. I'd love to see Jon Finch playing King Henry!
Kelvin: We have them in our DVD library at work. I should really make the time to watch them one of these days.
Paul: Since he played Jerry Cornelius in The Final Programme, I'd watch him in anything.
Kelvin: Ha! King Henry, Eternal Champion!
Paul: Especially alongside Jacobi and Gielgud in Richard II.
Kelvin: Oh gosh yes.
Paul: So, any final thoughts?
Kelvin: Only that I am quite proud to be a licence fee payer. When people moan about paying a £145 "tax" each year, I'll point to stuff like this and hope they realise how it's so worth it.
I was very impressed .
Paul: You make me feel bad about stealing it!
Kelvin: Ha!
It was co-financed by NBC, so it'll turn up somewhere there, I assume. And WNET, so you'll get it for free.
Paul: I was also very impressed. Aside from one or two minor issues, this was exactly what I was hoping for. I suppose if I have to give it a rating (and the software setup here does make it necessary) I'd give it a . Almost perfect.
Kelvin: I'd agree. The only niggles I had were minor, so I'll go with too.
On the basis of this one, I can't wait for the next three films.
Paul: Next week (or tonight, rather): Jeremy Irons and Loki himself, Tom Hiddleston! I can't wait!
Kelvin: Amazing!
Kelvin Green erupted fully formed from the grey shapeless mass of Ubbo Sathla in the dark days before humans walked the earth. He grew up on Judge Dredd, Transformers, Indiana Jones #12, the Avengers and Spider-Man, and thinks comics don't get much better than FLCL, Nextwave and Rocket Raccoon. Kelvin lives among garbage and seagulls and doesn't hate Marvel nearly as much as you all think he does.
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The gradual and metered improvement with the Ubuntu variant of Linux created and supported by commercial Linux distributor Canonical takes another step forward this week with the release of "Intrepid Ibex", which will be distributed as Ubuntu 8.10. Ubuntu 8.10 is a regular release of the Linux variant, not one with what …
Release Candidate
I downloaded the release candidate this week for my laptop and it is great; Wifi works out of the box showing all the networks around me as well as my own, all the apps and settings for my 8.04 apps were picked up correctly. It is responsive and clean looking (I replaced the default wallpaper ages ago) and feels very solid. All quite unlike Vista that I have dual booting on this laptop.
Once the final release comes out, I will put it on my server.
Who needs Long Term Support.
8.10 is great for 3g
I use a Three 3g modem. With Windows it's a nightmare - you have to install a crappy app which looks like it was knocked up in VB3 by a lemon.
In Ubuntu you plug it in and it asks you to give your UK 3G provider from a dropdown list - you're then connected. Marvellous stuff.
ubuntu netbook remix
Is a version of ubuntu geared for mini laptops and other small screens. Looking forwards to 8.10 as there are some new network drivers for the eee pc.
Looking forward to it
Looking forward to another great Ubuntu release. These folks really are leading the way in desktop Linux usability. In my opinion they have surpassed Microsoft in this area (Vista is practically unusable) and are in the same league as Apple. Anyone who says Linux is hard to use either hasn't seen it in ten years or is on Microsoft's payroll.
Very nice on the original Eee
I've had the beta on my Asus Eee for a week or so, and it shows that plenty of tweaking and polishing has been going on. Version 8.04 has been very good, but lacked drivers for things like the Eee's WIFI. There are ways of getting it going in 8.04, all documented on the official Ubuntu wiki, but with 8.10 it works out of the box. As the version number increment shows (from .04 to .10 rather than to 9.0), this release is not supposed to offer any groundbreaking new features, but it's still a worthwhile upgrade.
@Chris - version numbers
The versioning for Ubuntu just indicates when it's released, i.e. Oct 08 is 8.10, the previous version 8.4 was released in April etc. I agree with you though it works excellently on the eee, I have a 901 and use netbook remix.
Version Number is Month - not point release
04 = April
10 = Oct - representing the 6 monthly release cycle
"Finally, Ubuntu 8.10 Server Edition supports SATA RAID controllers (sometimes called FakeRAID"
About damn time, I can finally move Ubuntu to my RAID'd 10000 Raptors instead of the old 7200 disk its currently sat on messing up my cases air flow.
@ IGnatius T Foobar
This must be some new meaning of the word "usability" that I wasn't previously of...
@Neil Jones and @AC
Fsck me, I never realised that the version numbers were date based. I thought that was just something that MicroSoft sometimes did.
@ Calvin Davidson
"This must be some new meaning of the word "usability" that I wasn't previously (aware) of..."
I was about to say the exact same thing, except IGnatius T Foobar's comment included the words: "In my opinion".
This totally changes the assertion and (in my opinon - lol) makes his comment perfectly valid.
Weekend fun
That's my weekend sorted then: upgrade my trusty ThinkPad T42 from Hardy to Intrepid! And if I can have my 3G modem work out of the box, so much the better. I might give the Eee 701 a makeover while I'm at it. And the home server. And create myself an Intrepid USB stick! So much fun, that might even last for several weekends! Unless having a life comes in the way of course.
next ubuntu release
@ AC above - apparently the next release is going to be called, wait for it.... "Jaunty Jackalope"
"Wifi works out of the box showing all the networks around me as well as my own"
you then, have been lucky! None of the 3 different wifi cards i have, including one that is linux certified work at all, despite all 3 working perfectly on the same machine on 7.10.
Hopefully the next release will include a nice series of GUI tools for troubleshooting hardware and setting options without having to delve into the terminal and config files.
"Network Manager is now at the 0.7 level (more on this below)"
Where below is the "more on this"? It's something I was actually interested in hearing about. That's just like people who (a) start ordered lists when they are speaking, but only make one point.
"...a Xen-compatible hypervisor that many suspect is itself heavily based on Xen if not simply Xen in Windows drag. (You decompile the code and get sued by Microsoft to prove it - I'll write the story.)"
Sounds like a job for us Aussies. According to one of my law lecturers, EULAs are invalid here, and that's the only thing that says you can't decompile / reverse engineer / modify etc etc etc
Jaunty Jackalope...
... Jesus!
Can't wait for Kamikaze Kitten followed .06 versions later by Lactating Lemming, then - YES! - that most happy, time-poor monkey.
Oh, some of my machines are still running 6.06
Just checked my P2P machine, is still running Azureus 2.something and mlDonkey on Ubuntu 6.06!!! Fact is, it works so well I don't see any reasons to upgrade. Updates keep flowing, thank you. I will of course upgrade the two home desktops, it's always nice to have up to date versions of everything.
I love this Ubuntu thing....
I keep on coming
..... back for more of this, and then walking away again.
TBH, Ubuntu on the desktop has never, ever, been an issue for me. Its all been good. But why, oh why, has Canononicaniconical taken so long to address the not-so-humble laptop? WTF have they been doing all of these years? Has someone at Cananaina..... oh you know who .... just discovered the laptop? Ubuntu, and most other Lin*x distros have compeltely sucked on that platform.
Hope really does reign eternal, it seems. I'll give this'un a try and see how it does. I'm not holding my breath for anything too exciting, but it will be nice to see Ubuntu simply work simply on a laptop for a change.
By contrast, Xandros on the EeePC 701 instantly recognised my Voda 3G USB Stick and fired up a 3G/HSPA connection for me in seconds. So what we're reading is that Ubuntu has, in this respect, caught up? Shock. Horror.
Oh well, at least it is smile-inducing, in my opinion [just to be safe].


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NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Neil Newhouse (R). July 27-30, 2007. N=approx. 500 adults nationwide.
"The National Basketball Association and law enforcement authorities are investigating whether one of its referees conspired with gamblers to affect the outcome of games. Do you believe this represents an isolated case, or are problems of this kind more widespread in professional sports?"
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Asked of all adults (N=1,020, MoE ± 3): "Are you a fan of professional basketball, or not?"
CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll. Jan. 15-17, 1999. N=1,009 adults nationwide, including 435 basketball fans.
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Hand Raised: The Barns of Montanaby Chere Jiusto and Christine W. BrownHistoric barns exhibit a rugged beauty that comes with age and
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