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A new report, commissioned by the MacArthur Foundation, and entitled "Maternal Health from 1985-2013: Hopeful Progress and Enduring Challenges," traces the history of global efforts to define priorities, mobilize action and measure progress toward reducing the impact of maternal mortality. The paper, by independent consultant Tim Thomas, highlights major moments in policy, funding, programming, and clinical and social science research over the nearly 30 years since the World Health Organization (WHO) first published maternal mortality estimates and The Lancet published the groundbreaking article "Maternal mortality – a neglected tragedy: Where is the M in MCH?" Read more...
New Report Tracing History of Maternal Health Efforts Mentions Impact of Women Deliver
February 12th, 2014
New Study Shows Access to Information and Services Does Not Lead to Sexual Risk Taking
February 10th, 2014
A new study in Pediatrics has found that young women who are vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV) do not participate in riskier sexual behavior as a result. HPV is the most common STI in the United States and the leading cause of cervical cancer. These findings show, again, that providing young people with sexual and reproductive health information and services is not linked to riskier sexual behavior. Read more...
Celebrate Solutions: Peer Educator Promoting Cervical Cancer Screening in Mozambique
February 10th, 2014
By: Rehema Namukose, Women Deliver
Cervical cancer is the most common form of cancer among women in developing countries. In 2009, the government of Mozambique launched the first ever national cervical cancer program, offering screening and treatment as part of reproductive health services. With support from USAID, and working closely with Jhpiego and local partners, the program has increased the number of women accessing screening facilities. Nostina Ngomane, a 43-year-old widowed mother of two, is one of the program's beneficiaries. Persuaded to get screened through a cancer awareness presentation at a church gathering, Ngomane has taken on the role of a peer educator and is now working directly with screening sites supported by USAID's global Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP). Working to raise awareness, Ngomane reaches out to other women and talks to them about cervical and breast cancer, HIV, and family planning. Read More...
The Center for Reproductive Rights Releases New Briefing Paper on Reproductive Rights
February 4th, 2014
The Center for Reproductive Rights has finalized a new resource titled Substantive Equality and Reproductive Rights: A Briefing Paper on Aligning Development Goals with Human Rights Obligations. International human rights norms have recognized that reproductive rights are women's rights, clarifying that violations of reproductive rights are primarily manifestations of discrimination, poverty, and violence. Where women's rights to equality and non-discrimination are not fulfilled, women's access to reproductive health services and decision-making about their reproductive lives is limited. In addition, where women are unable to access reproductive health services, the inequalities and discrimination women face are exacerbated by the differentiated impact that childbearing has on women's health and lives, including education and employment. Read more...
Large Returns from Small Investments in Women's and Children's Health
January 16th, 2014
By: Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA; Originally posted on Huffington Post and devex
A recent study published in The Lancet finds that an increased investment in health of only five dollars per capita per year in 74 of the poorest countries can result in a nine-fold social and economic return. The Global Investment Framework for Women's and Children's Health, supported by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, the World Health Organization and other partners, shows that small investments in women's and children's health will yield a large return. By making the additional investments needed for life-saving interventions, it would be possible to not only avoid unnecessary deaths, but also have healthier, more productive individuals, communities and countries. Read more...
Long-Acting Reversible Contraception in the Context of Full Access, Full Choice
December 18th, 2013
2013 Statement from the Bellagio Group on LARCs
In November 2013 at the International Conference on Family Planning in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Population Council convened the third meeting of international experts to discuss ways to expand contraceptive choice and accelerate progress toward the Millennium Development Goal of universal access to reproductive health services by increasing access to highly effective, long-acting, reversible contraceptives (LARCs).
The Bellagio Group shares a commitment to leadership in increasing access and choice in contraceptive information, services, and supplies. Participants include service providers, donor representatives, researchers, procurement specialists, manufacturers, and public health specialists. Read more...
Looking Forward: From Problems to Progress
December 16th, 2013
By: Saundra Pelletier; Originally posted on Huffington Post
As this year comes to a close, I'll take this time for reflection and introspection -- to celebrate the successes, lament the missteps and be grateful for how far WomanCare Global has come. But it won't be long before I'll start thinking about tomorrow and the work that needs to be done. It's critical work because our world needs women -- and women need to have choices. Regardless of what motivates you, whether it's global warming, nutrition, agriculture or clean water, I am certain that the first step forward is providing women and girls with safe, affordable and sustainable contraceptive choice. Read more...
Post-2015 Development Framework: What's In It For Young People?
September 27th, 2013
By: Lindsay Menard-Freeman, Women Deliver, and Julie A. Cornell, Johnson & Johnson
On Thursday, September 26th a group of young activists from around the world gathered at the UN Church Center to discuss ways in which young people can contribute meaningfully to the post-2015 development framework, particularly related to HIV and access to sexual and reproductive health and rights. Each speaker underscored the importance of ensuring that young people have a seat at the table where global development decisions are made and a stake in the post-2015 development agenda.
Dr. Luiz Loures, Deputy Director of UNAIDS, opened the session by reminding the audience of a stark statistic: There are 1.8 billion young people around the world and 3 billion people under the age of 30. The majority of policy makers deciding the post-2015 framework will be far advanced in age, or indeed no long around, by the time most of these young people have matured into adulthood.
So where are the young people in this discussion about the future of development? Read more...
The Everyday Heroes
September 26th, 2013
By: Pamela Barnes; Originally posted on Huffington Post
Did you know that today is World Contraception Day? Many articles in your newsfeed today will likely call attention to the fact that despite ongoing advances in global reproductive health, there are still 220 million women around the world who want to avoid or postpone pregnancy but who lack access to modern contraception. World Contraception Day shines light on the urgent need for family planning and how best to get it into the hands of the women who need it most. A crucial but often forgotten link is the health care provider. When I think about World Contraception Day, I'm reminded that at some point in our lives, all of us need access to reproductive health information. Who gave you the information you wanted and needed? I would like to introduce to you to Nurse Peace Ametsitsi, an everyday hero whom I met while I was in Ghana. Peace helps women at the Koforidua Polyclinic in Eastern Ghana -- up to 50 a day -- find peace of mind in their lives. This post is dedicated to Peace, and to all health care providers whose guidance puts us on a healthy path. Read more...
New Partnerships for Improved Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health
September 16th, 2013
The Alliance for Reproductive, Maternal and Newborn Health, which is a unique partnership that aims to accelerate progress towards improved reproductive, maternal, and child health outcomes, is pleased to announce the publication of two Partnership Profiles. These profiles were developed through a collaborative process among the four Alliance founding partners: USAID, DFID, AusAID and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Partnership Profile series intended to highlight innovative and catalytic partnerships among donors, governments and implementing partners. Read more...
Women's Equality Day: Mobilizing the Women of the World
August 29th, 2013
By: Saundra Pelletier, WomanCare Global; Originally posted on Huffington Post
What does investing in women and in their ability to advocate for themselves mean for the world? In Caribou, Maine, where I'm from, girls had two choices when they were growing up - who they would marry and how many children they would have. There were many "invisible women" who lacked access to resources, powerful female role models and, above all, choice. My mother encouraged me to advocate for myself and for those who felt invisible. As the CEO of WomanCare Global, a non-profit women's health company focused on delivering high-quality healthcare products, I believe that empowering women by ensuring their reproductive choice is critical for women who simply want to provide a better quality of life for their children and ultimately, themselves. On a global scale, an investment in female empowerment ensures healthier, wealthier and better educated communities. Read more...
Global Leaders Call for Accelerated Progress on Family Planning at Women Deliver 2013
May 30th, 2013
Melinda Gates, Babatunde Osotimehin and others highlight progress in expanding contraceptive access
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 29 May 2013 – On the second day of Women Deliver 2013, the largest conference on girls and women of the decade, global leaders announced progress and new commitments toward expanding contraceptive access for women in developing countries. They also outlined plans for sustaining this momentum in the years to come. Read more...
Youth Leaders Discuss Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV Services at Women Deliver 2013
May 29th, 2013
By: James Kityo, The Key Correspondents Programme
The Key Correspondents Programme is covering the Women Deliver 2013 global conference live from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia May 28 – 30.
At Women Deliver 2013 this week, two key partners for the Link Up project, the ATHENA Network and the Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GYCA), met with youth leaders from around the world on a range of issues that affect them when it comes to services for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and HIV. Read more...
Contraception and Gamified Advocacy
May 29th, 2013
By: Jill Sheffield, Women Deliver and Matti Navellou, Global Poverty Project; Originally posted on Huffington Post
It's time to modernize advocacy efforts to empower girls and women.
222 million women currently lack access to modern contraception. That's 222 million women who can't plan their fertility, and 222 million women who can't plan their lives.
As notable policymakers, government leaders, civil society representatives and corporate leaders come together this week to discuss the global health and empowerment of girls and women at the 3rd Women Deliver Global Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - now is the time to rethink effective advocacy in this area. Read more...
Girls' & Women's Health and Rights in Focus at Women Deliver 2013 in Kuala Lumpur
May 29th, 2013
Malaysian Prime Minister Honourable Dato' Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak and other global luminaries
open largest conference on girls and women of the decade
World Bank and Guttmacher Institute release new data on the value of investing in girls and women
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 28 May 2013 — Today, more than 4,000 global leaders and advocates from nearly 150 countries gathered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for Women Deliver 2013, the largest conference of the decade focused on the health and wellbeing of girls and women. The opening sessions of this three-day event highlighted the critical need to invest in girls and women to spur development worldwide.
Malaysian Prime Minister Honorable Dato' Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak delivered welcoming remarks and discussed Malaysia's efforts to ensure equal rights and opportunities for women as a critical component of the nation's development and economic growth. The Prime Minister highlighted Malaysia's success in reducing maternal mortality, and offered to share lessons learned with countries working to improve maternal health. Read more...
Women's Rights in Global Cartoons
May 28th, 2013
By: Liza Donnelly, Forbes Contributor; Originally posted on Forbes
The global advocacy group, Women Deliver, is hosting its third conference, May 28-30, 2013, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This conference brings together thousands of activists, world leaders, healthcare professionals, corporate leaders, NGOs and global media outlets from around the world to discuss how to help improve the lives of women and girls. For the event, I was honored to be invited to curate an exhibit of international cartoonist's art on the subject of women's rights. The artwork, gathered from cartoonists from 22 different countries, is also collected and published in a book, titled, "Women Deliver, The World Receives." It was wonderful to be given the opportunity to invite my colleagues to submit their artwork on the subject of women and women's rights. Cartoons can get at the heart of difficult and important subjects in ways that words often cannot. It takes a village, and the village usually has a cartoonist or two. Read more...
Women Deliver Catalyzes Conversations With Young People about Reproductive Health
May 28th, 2013
By: Purnima Mane, President and CEO of Pathfinder International; Originally posted on Huffington Post
The first official day of the 3rd annual Women Deliver Conference just wrapped up. Perhaps the biggest takeaway here so far is the incredible presence and engagement of young people.
More than 100 young leaders have travelled from around the world to share their experiences, energy, and wisdom. Each of these young leaders is working to improve the health and well-being of women and girls in their communities. They joined a catalyzing pre-conference event on Monday that inspired Pathfinder's Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Advisor Callie Simon to share, "These young leaders here rock my world. Days like these that make it all worth it." Read more...
Generation Z Delivers For Women's Health
May 28th, 2013
By: Joy Marini, Director of Corporate Contributions, Johnson & Johnson; Originally posted on Huffington Post
A few days ago, my 17-year-old daughter asked for help on a school project about "Generation Z." I Googled it immediately. Apparently, "Generation Z" describes those born at the tail end of the Millennial generation (approximately 1982-2002). They are the first generation to grow up with a computer in their home. They are reliant on technology to communicate and surveys indicate that they text and tweet as much as almost 80 times a day. Read more...
Getting Down to Business: Harnessing the Reach of the Private Sector to Deliver Affordable, Quality
May 27th, 2013
By: Dr. Priya Agrawal, Executive Director, Merck for Mothers
As the saying goes, "If better is possible, good is not enough." This is certainly the case with efforts to reduce maternal mortality, which is not declining fast enough.
One area where I believe we can do "better" in delivering maternal health services is within the local private health sector.
In many developing countries – like India, Nigeria, and Uganda – most people get their healthcare from private providers. When people are in need of care, they often turn to a local doctor or nurse because of flexible hours; or visit a nearby pharmacy because it's convenient; or perhaps even get care from a community health worker traveling door-to-door who they know and trust. Read more...
Partner Spotlight: Creating the Healthiest Generation Ever
May 26th, 2013
By: Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund
Last year, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) joined other independent organizations, governments, and private foundations at the London Summit on Family Planning in committing to expand women's access to contraception around the world.
The London Summit set an ambitious goal for the global community: to increase access to contraception for 120 million women living in the world's poorest countries by 2020. Read more...


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Google blames cheeseburgers for destroying the planet
@ I wonder
Almost as many cheeseburgers as it takes to fly Algore or Nancy Pelosi around on their jets...
Flame, because my gas sipping, corolla isn't doing nearly enough to fend off the impending, sun-inactivity-caused ice age... it does save me a buck or two at the pump, though.
'Soon soldiers will have 3 tiny choppers in their pocket'
@how much i want one
I have good news for you... you can have one!!!
Combine these 2 products, and there you have it.
Walkera 4#3 + range video = what they have there.
check out rangevideo.com and do an ebay or youtube search for "walkera 4#3"... I've built FPV rigs for small airplanes and helicopters just a bit bigger than that one.
Failed Nork rocket bits straddle Japan
I fail to see the hypocrisy. Kim is a psychopath and you should feel nervous, not appauled. The thought of his having the capability of striking any developed country with nuclear missiles is quite scary to me. You all claiming "hypocirsy" need to look at the character and history of their leader and the country before making such a ridiculous assertion. After writing this, I remembered, you're liberal, mush-for-brain, close-minded fools, and telling you that you need to reconsider is like beating my head against the wall in hopes for a raise at work... it's insanity.
I'd move if my crazy next door neighbor had 4 tons of explosives in his garrage... which is very much how Japan must feel.
Florida cops taser satnav lake plunge woman
goddam women...
Great rant... you and my wife would get along great!
Paris, because she knows when to open her mouth...
(happy 1st)...
Vatican vetos 'dot god' domain
I don.t rea.lly un.derstand wh.y an.y o.ne ca.res a.bout th.is... especi.ally th.e Po.pe. Doesn.t he ha.ve m.ore im.por.tant thin.gs to wo.rry abo.ut? I.m pret.ty sur.e my sou.l wo.uld r.i.p. if som.e jack.ass mad.e a po.rn si.te wi.th th.e .catholic TLD.
Paris, because she's always on top of her domain...
World of Warcraft: 'The crack cocaine of the computer world'
Who wears the pants in your family?
Pull the damned plug... it's not THAT hard... and it's YOUR responsibility, not the game designers'. It's only hard because your kid is used to doing whatever the hell he/she wants and you just caving after 3 hours of negotiating with them, with the vane hope that if you can just tell him the right thing, then he'll magically agree with your wiser position, and change his own behavior. Well, unfortunately, that's not how the mind of a teenager works. When they want something, that's it... they just want it, and it's your job to take it the hell away if it becomes an addiction.
Obama wants to wring fat dollar from mobile operators
I love my country, but...
Is there anyone from whom he will not steal?
Lockheed offers ready-to-go supersoldier exoskeleton
I want to see some armor on there! Dragon skin is heavy...
Mines the one with 117 scratched on the side...
NASA releases moon return globo-projection movie
Why in the hell do we need to go to the moon? (that about sums up my thoughts on this topic)
Graphics biz feels first real pain since 2000
@ken hagan
That's a big "IF".
Paris, because if she works out, all other hardware is obsolete...
Asus ENGTX285 TOP overclocked graphics card
ATI still a better deal...
I'm running farcry 2 on all very high settings on a measly ATI 4850 w/ a 3.8ghz E8500 supporting it, and it's great! (and I'm very particular about good framerates) My point is, if you're looking to play all the best games at more than playable framerates, but budget matters to you, then ATI cards are where it's at! They win on all the "bang for your buck" scales that I've seen. I'm no fanboi either... I actually like nvida better (stereoscopic support, CUDA, and other reasons), but budget wins in 2009 :)
US House OKs Obama's IT stimulus
it's not a "stiimulus"
Obama is a master of PR. This is not an "economic stimulus package" as used the previous year by Bush, where everyone gets a check for $600 to go spend, thus "stimulating" the economy. This is simply a spending bill. What really gets me about it is that $350bil. of it won't be spent until 2010, which just happens to be an election year... you do the math. Yay for socialism... I was really getting tired of being rewarded for all my hard work...
World's fastest production car to gain electric twin
@ all you math geeks...
You keep forgetting to account for Mr. Fusion to give it the 1.21 Gigawatts (pronounced "jigga-watts") needed to see some serious shit! AKA, the 250+ MPH... at which point I think it also can travel through time, thanks to the handy flux capacitor.
Cows can't detect earthquakes: Official
the cows were too distracted to notice the earthquakes, because they were busily pondering the ramifications of their global warming flatulence... or lack thereof... as it's fricken COOLER on earth than it was last year! Gotta love scientists.
NY policeman plunders US terror watchlist
what's wrong with databases?
What happened to the kid? The article mentions the abuse of the watchlist, but does not comment on the outcome of the "supposed" abuse. Sounds to me like a guy violated the law and is being prosecuted... like the system is working as it should... which is a fricken miracle by itself.
Verizon awarded $33.15m against cybersquatter
What happened that was illegal? Someone bought a domain name before a big corporation... and somehow that's damaging the big company? Oh that's right... big companies are also big contributors to legislators' campaigns.... I remember... <slaps forehead>
Aliens, because they know how to regulate commerce... and they need to abduct some US senators...
Atari promises it won't suck this time
bail them out too...
If they go "Tango Uniform", just petition the US congress for some cash... they'll bail you out. We're bailing everyone else out.
Paris, because her bail out didn't cost me a dime...
NASA's curious climate capers
post hoc ergo propter hoc
I worked for 4 years at a university doing post graduate clinical and cognitive psychology research, and I saw "fudged" numbers like this all the time. Only on professor of 4 asked for the actual code used to "manipulate" or "analyze" the data of the 15-20 projects that came down the pike. I completely lost my faith in science in those 4 years. So, when I hear about all this doomsday prophecying coming from "so-called" experts, I think to myself, what ulterior motive could they have for "manipulating" their analysis code... low and behold, I was correct. For years I've been saying this global warming stuff is a bunch of bullarky... or in other words, there's little, if any, REAL scientific evidence for such a phenomenon that rules out normal, warming and cooling trends.
It's not so much that these guys are fudging their numbers, it's that they're resistant to be transparent in their methods that raises concern. If you have something to hide, it's not science... unless it's classified or related to engineering a product for the market. In this case, they're engineering data for the likes of the weather channel, one of the biggest proponents of global warming, or as it's know now... climate change. Thank you Algore.
What's even worse, to me, the rampant post hoc analysis and mis-allocation of blame for climate change... if we don't even know if it's happening, how can we blame man for it? Furthermore, why should we be allocating millions or billions in federal funds to "stop" it...
E-voting glitches hamper elections in seven states
Who's gonna go first?
I wonder which news network is gonna claim a victory first? Wheeeee....
Oh, and what the hell is wrong with paper ballots? God knows the energy going into all these stupid electronic voting thing-a-ma-jiggers ain't saving any trees or cute fuzzy animals compared to good ole paper ballots.
Democratic rep fathered alleged Palin hacker
Sarah Palin doesn't live in a trailer park. If you can't see the difference between her and the subject of your intended comparison, then you deserve to get the next Jimmy Carter, which is Obama. Change is sometime just going back to what's been tried before, expecting something new and different... A.K.A insanity (liberalism)
Maybe aliens will save our economy from the morons in charge...
Today be talk like a pirate day
Yes. You are the only one.
Paris, because she doesn't even come close...
US Congress votes for some offshore oil relaxations
@ Mike Richards
You're right about the oil coming in at around 2015. Some have said it could be done faster, but 7 years is a pretty good ball park. Still, because oil price is so heavily speculated (and thus volatile), the prospect of 15 - 20 billion barrels of oil coming out of the US in the "relatively" near future could drive prices down, or spur some current oil producers to increase production.
Our democratically controlled congress is full of inept morons whose only job is to ensure that they have a job come election time... they don't really care about the people, they just think saying that they do will get them elected. Hence their approval rating is in the teens.
Drill damnit!!!! It's good for the entire world's population!!!
Paris, because a little fun is also good for everyone.
Google goes after 3 billion with super satellite
hmm.... my thoughts too...
I know if I had to choose between a toilet and the internet, I'd definitely choose the internet. What would I do without theReg every day?
Larry Ellison gets huge pay rise
how much do you have to have before it becomes greedy??
Sounds like a good reward to me... his company grew 25% in one year... that's incredible!!! The reason he's the 2nd highest paid guy on the planet is that no one else can do what he can do. If someone else could, they'd pay him less, or hire someone else...
I just wish I had bought stock in oracle a while ago...
And it's not greed... just because YOU don't have 25billion....
Paris, because no one else can do what she does quite as well, either...
FCC votes to silence 700MHz lurkers
@ note to self
The feds sell crap they don't own all the time... i.e. radio frequencies
A third of Vista PCs downgraded to XP
if microsoft is mozart...
...then Vista is atonal music... you could remove all the notes, and you'd be at peace again.
NASA to brief on manned spaceship 'concerns'
stop humping the laser...
I mean common... we've been doing this stuff for 40+ years. How hard is it to make a fricken manned space-craft? The shuttle was a disaster, I'm glad they're retiring it. It was dangerous and a waste of money. That notion may piss a lot of people off, but lets compare the shuttle to the average passenger plane... if 1 out of every 62 passenger flights ended in a fireball like the shuttle did, no amount of government bail-out would save the airline industry... we'd all be riding mag-lev trains.
(I have to apologize, i didn't get my adderall today, so any of my comments are likely diarrhea of the mouth... or fingertips, as it were)
Dead foul for obvious reasons...
Philips Cineos 42PFL9603D Ambilight LCD TV
joerg = fanboi
I don't know what he's promoting, but he wreaks of a fanboi. He's probably my friend that just bought a $3000 samsung but turned out to hate the motion processing that came with it.... bleh... it's like watching the olympics fireworks show... so fake!
Fake feet trip up Olympic opening coverage
So let me get this straight. When we capitalize and attempt to privately fund as much of the venue construction and other expenses as possible, we're cheapening the olympic spirit. But, when China spruces things up a bit with some computer animation because they want their olympics to be as attractive as possible, that doesn't cheapen The Games? If you can't just come out and be what you are, if you can't compete with what you can do on your own... then by all means, use steroids, cheat, add cgi to a broadcast, hack Counterstrike for nothing but headshots, etc. etc. It's dishonorable when not announced... and they didn't announce it because everyone would be pissed... and rightly so. I want to see the reality of the games, not some "fancied up" version. I want to see our guys win, but when some of them get their butts handed to them, I want to see that too... and when the fireworks are amazing, I want to see them... and when they're stupid, I want to see that too... but the commies don't. They want everything to look great... because it's not... they're not free, and they're not happy.
Paris because at least we all know her broadcasts are real.
CERN: LHC to fire first proton-smash ray next month
you're all gonna be jealous...
The world has mocked the US for being a bunch of gun-totin-morons for years... but when head-crabs start teleporting out of thin air, you're all gonna wish 2 things. One, that the stupid collider was built in the US (the mother of all the world's man-made disasters), and Two, that you all hadn't been quite as zealous about gun control.
Mines the one with "Kimber Custom II" written on it...
The FDRs of Green explain the gentle art of planet saving
Green Party = Communist Party
But it's not cool (politically correct) to be Communist, so, like so many other Chinese products, they just repackaged and re-labeled it. They're still seeking the same outcome: government controlled economy (everything). It's a pretty ingenious tactic, I have to admit.
If someone disagrees, the response is not to the argument made against them, it's a personal attack on the person making the argument... classic liberal politics.
I'm all for protecting mother nature, because I like my water clean, and prefer my hamburgers not to glow in the dark, and want the same for my kids and fellow man, but that requires the use of the real scientific method... not hysterical fear mongering on the part of PhD weilding zealots. The same principles hold true for the economic segment of society.
Paris, because she doesn't hide who she really is.
New York threatens Comcast with anti-porn suit
Kiddie porn is bad, M'kay?
So child pornography is bad. That's pretty unequivocal. But, the illogical assumption by the all-knowing, and all-powerful New York Attorney General is this: Child porn is bad, therefore anything we do with the intention to stop it must be good.
This is the same flaw Hitler made. Protecting the German people is a good thing... but killing Jews with the intention of protecting the German people is genocide. One of my mentors used to say, "The path to hell is paved with good intentions," and here lies a perfect example. Let's all forgo our right to privacy and free speech so some politician with undoubtedly good intentions and a career to think about can get some publicity and maintain his campaign support.
Aliens, because they're so smart, they figured out you can make policies that are good for the public while not trampling on the individuals' rights...
Baptist church in assault rifle giveaway
OMG GUNS... those crazy Americans!!!
The last time I checked, no war has been won without bloodshed, and there have been a few times we've been fighting for our religious freedoms, as well as many others. Given a little historical perspective, I don't find this story at all troubling. I read it as a bunch of baptists training people in the safe and proper use of firearms, and encouraging their religious beliefs. What's wrong with that? I'm an atheist (and American) and I have no problem with these religious "nutjobs" owning guns... because I know they'd be the first to stand up and fight against tyranny.
Paris, because I'd love to teach her to handle a weapon.
FCC chief wants to throttle Comcast
Capitalism still works... but politicians muck it up.
The only way corporations in the US can screw the citizens by bribing the government is if the company maintains a monopoly on a service. There's no possible way a bread company can fuck me over, when there are 30 different kinds of bread on the shelf for me to choose from... because if one is $5, I just choose the one next to it that is $3. But, when there's only one source of a needed item, like electricity, it's very easy for the corporation to get in bed with the politicians and screw the consumers.
Capitalism works, both for the consumer and the company, but monopolies and corrupt politicians fight against it for their own gain at the helpless expense of the people.
Paris, because she knows what the people want... and makes a fortune giving it to them.
AMD takes a $950m hit in Q2
I could afford $4.80 a share!
I'm interested to see how things go in Q3 with the 4800 series of cards selling like hotcakes... and they are hot! You could fry an egg on mine.
Public sector faces hefty fines for data breaches
operant conditioning, my friends...
The person or persons that stole the data are the ones responsible. If I leave my keys on a table at a friend's house, and another guest takes them and steals my car, should the government fine the home owner for not having better security?
NO... they should string up the person that stole the car from a light pole, or bring back the stockades, so we can all throw salmonella infested tomatoes at them. In the case of the data thieves, THEY should get the 1m in fines... make them slaves to the people until they pay off their debts. I could use a house-keeper!
Paris, because she's all the fine anyone needs...
Are the ice caps melting?
The only part interesting me in the whole global warming story is when my cost of living goes up because of some un-proven hypothesis. Then I start to care about global warming...
Sure, I care about the environment and preserving our water sources and farm lands, because I need to eat, and drink, as do my family, friends, and community, which I also care about. How am I going to sell a product when all of my consumers are dead from poisoned water supplies, or tainted soil?
Paris because she's never cold in her southern most regions...
Samsung SP-A400B movie and business projector
old tech?
My Epson, 720p, 3LCD projector cost me a whopping $800 US (less than £400 for you cinema buffs on the other side of the pond) six months ago and has similar if not better performance that this thing... What's so special about this one?
Also, there's a difference between a DVD at 720p and a Bluray disc at 720p. The DVD is essetially anti-aliased so it looks good on 720p, but the detail in the frame is no where near as great on a DVD as it is on a Bluray, even on a "mere" 720p. I can very clearly tell the difference when watching movies on bluray vs dvd on my projector.
Paris, because her devil is in her details...
Wind power key to UK's desperate renewable energy bid
Oh just... get over it
Why not just build a nuke plant? You could store all the world's nuclear spent fuel in a single storage facility 1000 ft below the surface of a mountain in the Colorado (my home state) or Montana Rockies, 100 miles from anyone.... for the next 200 years. The environmental impact would be nearly zero. No CO2, no 9 legged frogs, no tainted water supplies, nothing... except the petroleum guzzling, CO emitting trucks, trains and planes that would need to transport the spent fuel. I don't understand the resistance to this, aside from the hysterical and irrational fear around the impact of radioactive energy sources.
Also, could someone point me in the direction of some research that says CO2 is bad for the environment? I mean real data... a link would be nice. Last I heard, our O2 producing plants need CO2...
Mars whacked by object bigger than Pluto
I love untestable hypotheses - see ring theory
scientist 1 - "i believe mars was irrevocably altered by a pluto sized rock."
scientist 2 - "I see no evidence that such an event ever occurred."
scientist 1 - "Oh yeah? then where did all the Martians go?"
scientist 2 - "hmmm... good point..."
USAF ramps up kill-bot fleet following Gates sackings
humans are obsolete - we need sleep!
Given a few hours of instruction and sim time, I could fly that thing... or at least land it and make it take off successfully. Operating all the weapons systems... now that's another story... but they can leave that up to a trained non-aviator anyway. Hell, you can get your ultra-light license with just 20 hours of flight training... how much harder could it be to pilot this fly-by-wire thing? Is the FAA actually a model of efficency here?
These things are all going to be piloted autonomously soon anyway (see the following video). Sure, military techys and soldiers will still maintain effective control on the weapons systems, but the actual flying, landing or taking off of the plane doesn't need a human at the helm... taxiing and dealing with other ground traffic, maybe....
NY street-cleaning truck swallows dog
mutt-suck fatality
I love you reg! Best subtitle ever! I laughed at work and got hell from my boss...
Games consoles not green enough, claims Greenpeace
an xbox ate your baby!
"...are believed to interfere with sexual development in male mammals."
Who wants to mate with a gaming dork, anyway... that's the only thing hampering my reproductive capability. "Hey baby, wanna see me pwn mad noobs?" doesn't really go over well in a bar, which is why we have, GTA 4... "Oh, Kate, you complete me."
Intel chastises AMD for 'scorched earth' anti-trust attack
lawdawgs and corner stores... rasterized not stirred...
Eh, their lawyers are getting paid, regardless. Might as well put them to work. :)
AMD is a little behind the curve, has been for a while, but I'm a big fan of theirs and (objectively) they're still providing good competition in the market. AMD isn't the mom-and-pop-store to intel's wallyworld, just yet and the future of the home PC and HPC world is far from set in stone. So long as us consumers keep getting the benefit of intel's so-called "discounts", let the lawyers go at it while Microsoft tries to bring us "true" multi-threaded windows applications... oh yeah, I can't wait for my vector-based "Aero" running on 1000, x86 cores... woohoo. But who really cares? I'm struggling to find the motivation for improvement in this tech segment... aside from my own personal affection for games,
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Today's workout was excellent! Mentally I am in a much better place than I have been which helps a lot. Being positive and having a good outlook on things mentally is huge in performing and feeling well. This whole journey is so much more than just being able to touch my toes or having a six pack, it's about living right, making good decisions, looking and feeling great all the time. There is the mental aspect which is likely the most important in my opinion along with the physical aspects and the diet. I am still working on the diet but am happy with my mental and physical progress to this point. I am going to add in Yoga next week along with the diet. As soon as I feel that I am flexible enough to perform the movements with proper form I will be adding in strength training. Strength training is a very important component to this whole process not only for men but for women as well. Today I ran for 20 minutes and was able to go a bit farther than I did on Monday. Things are coming along great! I have not lost any weight for those of you who are wondering. This is not a problem in my eyes, I am feeling better and the weight will come off once I get the diet in check. I don't put much merit into scales or who much I weigh anyways. Circumference measurements are a much more accurate gauge of progress in my opinion. Tomorrow is Day 6, I will be running a mile. I'll be back with another video and post but until then have a great day!


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Jawatan Kosong Nafas - Pertubuhan Peladang Kebangsaan (NAFAS) has been embodied in 31 Mac 1972 by the Prime Minister of Malaysia Ke-2, Allahyarham Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein Al-Haj. In early penubuhannya, BREATH recognized as the National Union of cultivators have been registered under the 1967 Act and the cultivators Unity acts as umbrella body for farming unions across the country. Unity embodiment cultivators on when it has been inspired by Tun Abdul Razak himself Allahyarham results than his trip to Taiwan.
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Hi Daniel! I'm going to Korea to visit my family in April… it's going to be a quick trip, so do you have 2 or 3 places that are a MUST go to around Yong San/Itaewon area? I'm thinking about Ola Mario, but any other ideas?? We usually just go around to the markets in Dongdaemoon and nibble here and there at the vendors, but I want to take them out to a nice meal!
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Amy, it depends on how much you want to spend and the type of cuisine. In Itaewon..hmmm…You have to go to St. Ex, La Bocca, Passion 5 and Tartine's are great for dessert, I really like Petra's by Noksopyeong Station for Turkish Food, Chef Meili's has amazing sausages, Zelen is great for Bulgarian Food, and I like Tony's Bar and Bistro for Australian Food.
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Confused by all the conflicting messages about Iran's actual threat to the U.S. and, on a broader scale, to global security? It's no wonder, given the sturm und drang coming from the Bush administration. Now, thankfully, former weapons inspector and Truthdig contributor Scott Ritter makes sense of the situation in this video of a still timely talk he gave in July.
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Has any one actually bought and had one of these delivered? from which supplier?
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I came to this forum in November and did all I could to help make this forum and have fun with the posters but along the way some power greedy admins / mods and those bastards know who they are did all in there power to keep me down (I am not speaking about every mod or admin just those who tried to ruin the name of feel the fire)
I have had mods bully me over msn and more but I still stuck with this forum because I loved this place.
A few weeks ago I got a warning which was quickly removed. Following the warning I was banned only a few days later which was a ban until 2010. A few days late I have a email asking me to come back we are sorry and I get un ban.
In the few days I was banned I found a new forum which I am having a blast on for that reason I will never return to this site and for many other reasons.
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Work out the fractions to match the cards with the same amount of
A fun game for two. You'll need some counters.
A Sudoku with clues as ratios or fractions.
The game uses a 3x3 square board. 2 players take turns to play,
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orange, or orange to green. The player who forms 3 of 1 colour in a
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A card pairing game involving knowledge of simple ratio.
A game for 1 person. Can you work out how the dice must be rolled from the start position to the finish? Play on line.
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A Sudoku with clues as ratios.
A game for 2 players. Given a board of dots in a grid pattern, players take turns drawing a line by connecting 2 adjacent dots. Your goal is to complete more squares than your opponent.
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A game to be played against the computer, or in groups. Pick a 7-digit number. A random digit is generated. What must you subract to remove the digit from your number? the first to zero wins.
An interactive game for 1 person. You are given a rectangle with 50 squares on it. Roll the dice to get a percentage between 2 and 100. How many squares is this? Keep going until you get 100. . . .
A game for 1 or 2 people. Use the interactive version, or play with friends. Try to round up as many counters as possible.
A game for 2 people that can be played on line or with pens and paper. Combine your knowledege of coordinates with your skills of strategic thinking.
Take turns to place a decimal number on the spiral. Can you get three consecutive numbers?
Use the tangram pieces to make our pictures, or to design some of
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In this game for two players, you throw two dice and find the product. How many shapes can you draw on the grid which have that area or perimeter?
Train game for an adult and child. Who will be the first to make the train?
Board Block game for two. Can you stop your partner from being able to make a shape on the board?
Here is a version of the game 'Happy Families' for you to make and
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A game to make and play based on the number line.
Here is a solitaire type environment for you to experiment with. Which targets can you reach?
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A game for 2 players. Can be played online. One player has 1 red
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other side, and the blue needs to trap the red.
Exchange the positions of the two sets of counters in the least possible number of moves
A game for two players on a large squared space.
Try to stop your opponent from being able to split the piles of counters into unequal numbers. Can you find a strategy?
A game for 2 people that everybody knows. You can play with a
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A game in which players take it in turns to choose a number. Can you block your opponent?
An extension of noughts and crosses in which the grid is enlarged
and the length of the winning line can to altered to 3, 4 or 5.
A game for 2 people. Take turns placing a counter on the star. You
win when you have completed a line of 3 in your colour.
Choose the size of your pegboard and the shapes you can make. Can you work out the strategies needed to block your opponent?
Hover your mouse over the counters to see which ones will be
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remove a counter. How you can make sure you win?
An activity based on the game 'Pelmanism'. Set your own level of challenge and beat your own previous best score.
A game for 2 players. Take turns to place a counter so that it
occupies one of the lowest possible positions in the grid. The
first player to complete a line of 4 wins.
Can you spot the similarities between this game and other games you
know? The aim is to choose 3 numbers that total 15.
An ordinary set of dominoes can be laid out as a 7 by 4 magic
rectangle in which all the spots in all the columns add to 24,
while those in the rows add to 42. Try it! Now try the magic
A shunting puzzle for 1 person. Swop the positions of the counters at the top and bottom of the board.
Collect as many diamonds as you can by drawing three straight lines.
Two sudokus in one. Challenge yourself to make the necessary
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Totality game for an adult and child. Be the first to reach your agreed total.
Four numbers on an intersection that need to be placed in the
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Definitions for cladekleɪd
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word clade
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a group of organisms sharing features that reflect a common ancestor or descent.
Category: Biology, Taxonomy
Origin of clade:
1957; < Gk kládos branch
Princeton's WordNet
a group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor
A group of animals or other organisms derived from a common ancestor species.
A higher level grouping of a genetic haplogroup.
Origin: From κλάδος.
A clade or monophylum is a group consisting of an ancestor and all its descendants, a single "branch" on the "tree of life". The ancestor may be an individual, a breeding pair, a population or even a species. Many familiar groups, the rodents and the insects for example, are clades; others, like the lizards and the monkeys, are not. Increasingly, taxonomists try to name preferably or only taxa that are clades.
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Ever since I switched to self-employment, I've had several people tell me their thoughts on whether or not working from home would work for them. Usually these people say one of two things.
One phrase I often hear is "Oh, you are so lucky to be able to work from home. I would LOVE that."
The other phrase I hear is the exact opposite "I would absolutely HATE working from home. That would never work for me."
I know several people who work from home and couldn't possibly love it anymore than they already do (I'm in that group), and I also know those who have worked from home in the past and completely hated it.
Whether we're talking about working from home for yourself, or working from home for others, those who work from the comfort of their home usually experience similar problems and situations.
Working from home obviously isn't for everyone, but below is how I make working from home work for me:


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Governments need to pay for things, and when traditional sources of revenue decline, other sources are found. To deal with the urgent needs of the highway infrastructure system and, if possible, add capacity, states need a lot more money than they currently have. Unable to get more from Congress, since Congress remains opposed to raising the gas tax, states are asking for the right to skip the gas-pump middleman and go straight to your wallet in the form of toll roads.
Beyond the recession, the reasons for busted highway and infrastructure budgets are manifold, from people driving less – and so less collected in gas taxes, to more fuel efficient cars – requiring less gas and so again, less in gas taxes, to roads and bridges that cost more to construct. A Congressional commission wrote that the U.S. needs to spend $137 billion more every single year to keep up with infrastructure needs; meanwhile less money is flowing to coffers and the federal highway fund is expected to be run down to zero in 2013.
Federal laws prohibit all but 15 states from collecting tolls on highways that receive federal funds, so states want Congress to change that provision. Trials have begun in three other states to test out tolls, including one that raises the toll until the toll lanes are sufficiently cleared, in order to keep the paying lanes from becoming congested as is known to happen regularly in some systems. But getting nationwide approval is a long way off. Oversight of a greatly expanded tolling industry would need to be sorted; the federal government already has questions about how state's latitude in spending toll revenue – for the specific toll road or general transportation needs, for instance – and where tolls might be placed, since "states also have a history of slapping tolls on roads traveled by a large share of out-of-state motorists."
On the other side, tolling agencies operate in more mysterious circumstances than many are comfortable with. Private companies and public-private partnerships aren't bound by the disclosure requirements of pure government agencies, which can lead to seemingly capricious toll hikes, huge sums of money going where it isn't meant and after-the-fact finger pointing that doesn't help toll-paying motorists. Not that any of that will change what's ultimately coming: it costs more to ply the nation's roads, and there's no doubt we're going to more pay for it. Somehow.


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The Jock and Kimmy...
Lance and Ilana will have to fight Octus at some point.
Modula was saved...
The Titan is actually the Galalunan equivalent of Gurren Lagann.
Modula and Solomon are connected in some fashion.
The king didn't send his daughter through a portal in space, but in time.
Alternatively, Galaluna is Earth in the past.
Solomon and the Galactic Guardians were an advanced team from Galaluna who arrived on Earth during the development of the Rift Gate.
Modula is related to Lance in some way.
There will an evil Sym-Bionic Titan.
General Steel is actually Thunderbolt Ross under an assumed name.
Lance and Ilana are Long Lost Siblings
General Steel will become a monster.Not having learned his lesson from the events of episode 3, Steel will spiral into insanity as he continues to believe the Titan to be a threat, finally culminating in him either being approached by Modula or using the device he used on the Mudtraddi to somehow transform into a creature capable of fighting the Titan.
Steel will ally with one of the alien factions before the end.Either Modula will come to Earth in person or send an intelligent monster, and he'll trick Steel into helping him, or Steel will realize the Mutraddi are the more serious threat and have a (very tense, and likely very temporary) Enemy Mine with the Titan. Or both- he'll initially be tricked into helping Modula, then help take him down to get revenge.
Gallaluna is Earth from a paralell dimension.Similar to the "Earth from the future" WMG above, but with a slightly different spin on it- the rift wasn't through space or time, but across dimensions.
Steel and Lance will have a Not So Different moment or episode if Lance gets captured by SteelThe fact that they're hard pressed, tough as nails millitary men with impulse control problems will probably come up sometime. It may even lead to Character Development with either or both of them.
A future problem will be ordinary people turning into monsters.The Mutraddi DNA in the cloud was dispersed when it rained after the Titan team destroyed it; isn't that the same water that every organism in Sherman is going to be drinking? Alien genetics in the water? Can't be good for you...
When the episodes stop focusing on Lance...They will focus on the other characters, including some of the villains. Specifics:
Solomon is either an Animal Friends fan, or he has a kid and they like to watch it together.Just because it's adorable.
Samurai Jack is Lance's fatherWhy? ...Well, why not?
Solomon is Lance's father
Barb will learn of Octus' true identiy...
The Titan will gain a conscious of it's own
The Galactic Guardian Group will whip out their own giant robot at some point.
Sym-Bionic Titan is set in The Verse of Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls
Arthur IS Octus
Baron is Modulla's son
Baron is SolomonThey both have white hair. Yeah. I got nothing.
Lance's mom died in childbirth or left his dad
The headmaster was a rival to Lance's father.Quite possibly an Unknown Rival, in fact, who couldn't achieve the same sort of recognition and wound up at the school instead of being famous at the forefront of his field. Unable to revolve his grudge against Lance's father before his disappearance, he decided to make Lance's life as miserable as possible while maintaining plausible denialibility. That's why Baron was able to get away with escalating into flat-out trying to kill him; he was already a favored student, and was just subtly 'encouraged' to make Lance his latest personal Butt Monkey.
Baron will return as an enemy.Being the bastard he is, he'll join Modula's side for power and riches and will become Lance's main rival.
Baron is Galalulan RoyaltyHe's had the same hair style as the King and Ilana...hell they might even be cousins or something.
Barb is Psychotic
The wreckage Steel collected will be used...
Barb has a vendetta agent single fathers.
G3 and the Titan will team upLeading to a cultural/weapon exchange, giving the Titan a massive Deadly Upgrade via Octus scanning and absorbing the tech. Think Titan+Wave Motion Gun.
Solomon is Alucard.Just look at how similar they are. They both dress alike, both are members of mysterious organizations that deal with taking down monsters, and both are quite intimidating even when they're not doing anything particularly threatening. The Hellsing organization must've learned that aliens are as big a threat as ghouls and vampires, had Alucard disguise himself as "Solomon" and sent him overseas to ensure the various giant monsters are destroyed.
Octus' "father" form will soon have a romance with Barb.
Octus is a type of Techno-Organic beinglike the Replicants from Blade runner
Lance's father invented the Octus unitBut then he went through the rift gate before they could be mass produced, and only the one was ever made. Also, this would make Lance and Octus literal bros.
Baron and Ilana are brother and sister.Baron wasn't in attendance of Lance's father's funeral because he was attending the Academy. Also, Baron is bailed out at the jail cell by his father, who isn't shown, and then the King is shown as the only one there. Baron and Ilana also bare some resemblance. Other reasons for Baron not being shown with Ilana and the King are because he was always at the Academy.
The Gender balance of Galaluna is not one to oneI don't know why really. I just get the feeling there are less females to go around there.
Lance's father's still alive...But Lance at this point doesn't believe it (despite prove) or doesn't care. He doesn't even want to see him. Because if his dad was still alive, why hasn't he contacted him? it only proves that his father really IS dead or his father doesn't care about him anymore. At some point, they will meet and his father will explain everything.
Lance's father is the man with the gauntlet and the founder of G3.The Rift Gate transported him to Earth where,using his expertise in Galalunian technology, recreated it on Earth and founded G3 in order to protect against the Mutraddi and any other hostile threats. He taught the Guardians Galulunan combat hence how Solomon's fighting style is similar to Lance's. He is furious with Solomon due to Solomon going against his orders by abducting and attacking his son and the princess.
Solomon's fighting style is a Galalunan martial art.
Cartoon Network is letting Gennedy Tartakovsky do whatever he wants with this show.As stated under the Radar article his shows have made the network an ungodly amount of money and publicity as well as winning critical praise this is their thank-you after all these years. It has a lot of things that appeal to his tastes and is one of his darkest and the most "adult" series he's been a part of (okay, except maybe Samurai Jack and definately the Korgoth pilot), and it airs in Prime Time which means that because of the timeslot it can get away with more violence, risque humor, and blatant Fanservice than typical Cartoon Network fare.
Solomon is overly obsessed with stopping alien invasion and protecting the earthExplains why he disobeyed his orders from his boss and why he chose to torture Lance, Ilana, and the Titan for answers instead of politely asking.
The G3 interrogator will return.As we last saw him in Episode 11, he got beaten to a pulp by Lance for threatening Ilana. Because of this he now has a personal grudge for Lance, and will seriously harm Ilana to get to him.
The Shaman is (was) Mutrads version of SlendermanWatches people all the time? Check. Makes recording equipment screw up when he appears? Check. Clothes made of waving tentacles? Looks like it. His giant golum is the equivalent of Masky or the Rake.
Octus has a human (well, gallalunian) formIt looks like Lance and Ilana put on robot suits, but they're actually switching places with robots in subspace. Octus is a gallalunian who hasn't switched back to his meat form because he's forgotten about it and/or is hiding it. (Alternately: He's Lance's father, and he can't switch back at this time because his body is lost).
Octus will choose to stay on EarthHe is becoming more accustomed to our ways- understanding our social class, the language we use and even using it for himself, he even knows the fashion trends and falls- he's more human than either Lance or Ilana have ever been. Sure, Ilana attempts, but it's out of desperation to be the Princess she once was on Gallaluna, to fill that missing void of motherly affection she had towards her planet- to be able to help and protect 'her' people. Lance doesn't even bother, considering Ilana is his priority. But Octus is almost assimilating to the lifestyles of humans, creating actual bonds and relations, strong relations, with people (Barb, Meat, Kimmy) on Earth, and in a way becoming human himself, and developing actual emotions beyond the capabilities of your 'average robot'. He is more like an Earthling than a Gallalunian. Which would be a reasonable thing, considering how he has really only been exposed to our culture (There hasn't been much saying he had been active on Gallaluna for a long time, if any time at all). It may turn out that, once all is said and done, when Modula has been defeated and all danger is gone, and it's time to go 'home', Octus will probably choose to stay on Earth. Maybe escort Lance and Ilana back to their planet, but come back and live his life here, on Earth, as a robot in disguise, with all the friends he has made over time. Leaving for a kind of bitter-sweet, happily ever after sort of ending.
The "Booty Quake It" scene was added for Viral MarketingThe scene in question has become a viral video of sorts after it's first airing. There is no doubt that the show's ratings and awareness to other people went up considerably during and after the scene first aired. It probably also garnered a BIG fan change for the show and/or for the Network in general. Even if Cartoon Network gave Genndy all the creative freedom in the world, I don't think they would have allowed the scene to pass through the censors, unless...
An older, teenaged Baron is going to crash land on Earth as a spy for the Mutraddi and befriend IlanaLeading to a very peeved Lance and skeptical Octus.
The ending scene in "The Ballad of Scary Mary" was a Dying Dream as Mary perished of exposure in the woodsBecause the logical alternative is too creepy.
The reason Titan had a changed timeslot is that Cartoon Network was afraid of it.Aside from maybe Regular Show, Titan is the most boundary-pushing show on Cartoon Network. This could be seen as a possible threat to viewerships (after all, what if a concerned mother sees Titan as violent?). So what's the best way to get rid of the show without having to fire ol' Genny? Air the show on a Wednesday night before two failing programs of CN Real.
General Modula is providing Solomon Mutradi Technology, in return for Princess Illana
Octus is slowly gaining a soul.Evidence: Ever since Kimmy and him hooked up Octus has been changing. Before when Octus, Ilana and Lance were in titan mode, whenever his projection would show up while they were talking it would be his robot form. In the two most recent episodes his projection has been Newton. I think that Octus is slowly gaining a more... human soul, thanks to Kimmy.
The Evil Titan idea.As mentioned above, there are guessings that a dark counterpart will appear at one point or another. And we have Baron as the perfect antithesis of Lance; cold, ruthless, and even more singleminded. But who would be proper mirror opposites for Ilana and Octus? Justin and Kimmy. What better way to destroy your enemies than by having one fight his greatest rival, and the others unable to fight the people they care about? Alternatively, Ilana's father could be her dark counterpart, making it even more painful for her.
Solomon isn't human...And doesn't know it, either through amnesia or a secret ancestry. Either way, he's definitely non-human and has a connection to the Galalunian military. Evidence: fighting techniques are identical to Lances and his organization has access to advanced alien technology, yet somehow the Earth never come in contact with aliens before the incident in the Woods.
Solomon is a time-displaced Lance.Otherwise as the "Solomon isn't human..." one above.
Solomon is the split-off mind/soul/personality of Titan.Titan itself has no mind, right? And yet Octus does. Why would a Princess have to fight like she does? What purpose does being in Titan serve, when it would be easier NOT to be in a colossal bipedal target?
Humans are the descendants of Galalunians.Or at least their distant cousins, as proof that Lance and Ilana are not only fully identical to humans. But they also have red blood, speak their language, can breathe the planet's air, and ate earth food without any allergic reactions or side effects. The early humans were Galalunian colonists that gotten stranded on Earth, and lived throughout their centuries while forgetting their past.
The finale will have Modula go One-Winged AngelModula seems like the kind of guy whose no longer merely a normal Galalunian, he's got powers that dwarf everyone else, such as super speed and Super Strength on top of his psychic control of the Mutradi. Odds are he's somehow become something far more sinister. In the finale he'll go One-Winged Angel to reveal this and fight the Titan himself.
The Titan will get a Mecha Expansion Pack at some pointEther other Galalunians will arive with their own Mecha or Octus will make them himself and recruit earthlings to use them. The series is based largely on Japanese mecha shows, so this is a given.
In episode Twenty, titled 'The Hero Returns, Lance will not really go back to Galaluna(This is based summaries from the wikipedia page) Really he has been captured, and someone (maybe a new mutradi monster, but it'd be even better if it was the Shaman or G3) is messing with his mind. The episode will officially end the first season with a nice cliffie when Lance (or at least the audience) discovers that Lance has been captured. Because Lance is kinda necessary for forming Titan, so ending up on Galaluna again isn't an option yet, and this sounds more interesting then him turning around and coming back.
Lance's commander from "Escape From Galaluna" is Baron's father.They both have pointy nose.
Octus HAS a soul.A dying child was put into a robot but has no past memories.
Modula isn't being mind controlled.Modula isn't really being mind controlled, but the Mutradi THINK he is. Perhaps when he was captured, they attempted to brain wash him with the helmet, but Modula was able to strive off the mind control...for now. He wasn't able to fight it off until the initial destruction/conquering of Gallaluna, but regained control shortly after. Being battle smart, he knew he couldn't fight an entire army of Mutradi off by himself, so he decided to send the bigger, stronger ones to Earth to be destroyed by Titan, thus weakening their forces and allowing a counter strike to begin. As for why he keeps killing refugees and resistance fighters, perhaps the hat can gain control again from time to time. It's more of a battle of wills thing, let's say.
The show was based off an episode of Samurai JackEpisode XLVII. In the ep, A faraway planet is at war. The king sends his son and daughter, Prince Aster and Princess Ravina away from the planet to protect them. He sends his robot aswell. After a quick chase (That also reveals some character similarities, like Aster's(Lance) imagination in battle), the trio decide to land on planet Earth, becasue, aside from the gravity, the two planets are fairly similar. After landing, and getting arrested by Aku, Ravina(Ilana) gives a heart felt speech about why they're there. Then they get imprisoned and Jack shows up, which is where the similarity just about ends (unless Soloman gets up to some stuff). Basically, I'm saying that the storyline and characters are very similar, right down to character design (Asters hair is like Lance's but fluffier, Ravina's clothing looks like something Ilana would wear, and they have the same body types for age.) and fighting technique (Ravina stuck strictly to laser beams, while we see Aster take out at least one robot by jumping on it's back, punching his hand through it's eye and pulling the wires out viciously.) Either Genndy really liked the idea and built on it, or he repressed the memory somewhere and it came back out.
The Energy Monster was sent specifically to be a Hero Killer by ModulaModula interagated the King and has been gather information on the Titan. The energy monster seems to be specifically designed to render them useless. Their powered armor and even the Titan would be vunerable to it. It seems specifcally designed to take it out. And it succeeded by killing Octus.
The Hero Returns in episode 20 refers to OctusOctus was killed in episode 18 by the Energy Monster. He'll be dead for episode 19, leaving General Steel's mecha (if rumors are right) and G3 to deal with the newest monsters. In episode 20, Octus will be rebuilt and unlike a Super Mode for the Titan.
Episode 20 won't leave the series open endedSadly, the show has been canceled. However, considering Samurai Jack was cancled before it could end, Genndy might have realized it'd be best not to risk it with this show, or was warned in time, and planned to make episode 20 be able to serve as either a Season Finale or Series Finale. Perhaps Modula decides to take care of Illana personally ( with Octus dead, its his perfect oppertunity) but he'll end up meeting his end at the hands of the Titan or its pilots. Had it continued, Modula would be replaced with a new Big Bad, but if it got canceled (which sadly it was), Modula is defeated and the heroes can return home. Unlikely, yes, but a troper can dream...
The show will return... eventuallyBut not on Cartoon Network, Genndy has reportedly moved on to Sony Pictures Animation. If he really wanted to continue the series Sony has enough money and clout to buy the show and execute a Channel Hop, although it could be some time before we see new episodes, if any at all.
Modula is a Mutradi/Gallalunian hybridAfter he was left for dead, the Mutradi saved his life by combining their own DNA with his in an attempt to use him against the Gallaunians, but due to their mostly simple minded nature, his intelligence overwelmed them and made him the Hive King, also granting him his super human powers. Perhaps he'll use this power to go One-Winged Angel in the finale and turn into a mega beast.
Concerning Octus coming back to life
Lance doesn't plan on returning to Galaluna
Solomon is a clone of Lance
The last episode will be...
When Modula is defeated, he'll be subjected to Cruel Mercy
If the series had continued, Steel would've had a Heel-Face Turn and become the Sixth Ranger
The series finale will either be a Bolivian Army Ending or a Flash Forward.
The ending of Episode 20 was redone when they found out it wasn't going past thatI say this because of the H.M.E.R being curbstomped so easily. episode 19 built it up to be some extremely powerful war machine and everything else did the same. IT utterly demolitioned the first Mutradii it fought and was overall treated as extremely powerful. It being destroyed so easily seems to completely go against all the build up to it. It seems like they intended to do much more with it but because they had to close up that loose end so quickly, they had to have it destroyed and the Titan return to being the only mecha on the block.
OctusWas the main character all along.
The leader of G3 is a prototype Octus unitWe catch a few glimpses of him in the last episode. He has the same bulky figure as Octus, but more mechanical; the top of his head has a protrusion which looks very much like Octus. This scene shows how similar they are. He also had a very intimate knowledge of how Octus worked, as well as replacement parts: his limbs were lost in the space station, Lance only recovered the core.
Alternatively, the leader of G3 is the King of Galaluna (with Robot hands)
Lance's father is Sam Beckett from Quantum Leap
Stuart Snyder must get kicked out of office to bring this show back.
Clover is scared of the Titan. Which is why he chose to went to New York for food instead of their burg.
Aku is the power behind Modula.That's the real reason Modula survived...he's just a pawn of one of the evilest beings in the universe.
Patton Oswalt would have made an appearanceMaybe as a rival for Octus at School, whatever gets him back.
The Toonami repeats will stir up interest in a revivalMaybe a wrap up movie or a continuation without Genndy's involvement. Granted this might be a becareful what you wish for scenario though...
"Scary Mary" is the grandmother of one of the kids in the high school.Whether or not she actually talked about what happened before she met her husband is another story, but likely her grandchild knows what really happened and is just playing along.
Barb is a G3 spy.She was sent to observe the actions of Lance, Ilana, and Octus. She knows Octus is a robot and wants to study his technology and capabilities further, hence her interest in him she disguises as romantic interest. She is able to circumvent every security measure the Lunises put on their house and can overpower Lance, as when she occasionally grabs his arm and he's unable to pull away. She also has very uncanny timing and seems unbothered by anything weird the Lunises are doing. She's pulling Obfuscating Stupidity as your stereotypical sitcom neighbor, and nobody suspects a thing.
Season 2 will eventually be made into a comic book by IDW Publishing.


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