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Formatting new HD via usb port problems
hello all,I am trying to format a new HD via usb port under Win 7 but I am having a little trouble. The HD was originally not in an enclosure but I put it in one of those generic aluminum cases. When I go to disk management, I see the drive as unallocated with a black bar on top. I tried to right click to access the drop down menu but cannot. What am I missing here? Any help would be great appreciated. Thanks in advance. Last edited by nycdude; 05-07-2012 at 08:15 AM.. |
Does the enclosure support the size drive you are formatting? For example some enclosures will not support drives over 500mb or 1 TB etc..Is this USB powered 2 1/2" or 3 1/2" with an adapter? Do you have a USB to SATA/ATA adapter to try it without an enclosure?
The enclosure is for a 2.5 drive and I am trying to format a 500 GB HD. I am pretty sure its supports it but I will need to check. It is usb powered without an adapter. It does come with cable with 2 usb plugs on one end.
I do have a usb to sata station that I can plug the drive to double check. Last edited by nycdude; 05-07-2012 at 10:17 AM.. |
Try booting into a live linux distro and see if it can partition/format the drive.
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The black line only means that it is an unallocated space.
If you are unable to do anything with it, it might not be online or has the wrong status. You right click on the furthermost left hand square/rectangle to see what can be done with it. There's no real danger for you to try whatever, as anything you do can be reversed if need be. (see attachments) PS: If your external case has 3 USB connectors, make sure you plug them all in. PPS: When you right click on it, does it look like the menu in screenshot 3? BTW: If you are hooked up to a PC, they often have weak USB ports as compared to laptops which deal with those USB powered external drives a lot better than PC's do. Is the hard drive a 3.5 or 2.5 incher? Last edited by RockySosua; 05-07-2012 at 02:38 PM.. If you're on this ignore list, vivahate, sd44, cav, charles052, frogstar, godfather927 don't bother quoting me
I see that that my Disk is "Not Initialized but when I try to initialize the disk before Logical disk manager can access it using MBR "Master Boot Record", I get a Red X Data Error (cyclic redundancy check) error popup.
Not sure what that means. Now when I right click again, The Initialize Disk choice is grayed out. Last edited by nycdude; 05-07-2012 at 07:36 PM.. |
I've had hard drives do funky things when hooked up by USB and most of the time, it's the drive itself, but on occasion, it's the guts of the external case that's at fault. I keep the side of my PC off, ready to plug in a hard drive if the need arises, so it's super simple for me to find out what state the hard drive is in. I don't suppose you have a PC around to do that test, do you? Another way to do it is to install it into whatever puter you're using, boot up with a Windows disk and see if it can be formatted that way. If you are successful, then hard kill the computer after the format, before doing the OS install. Once done if you put it back in the USB case and it still acts up, you'd have to conclude that the case is kaput. |
It looks like the "new" drive is the problem. It also will not be recognized with trying to format through lappy.
Contacted Dell but I don't have hope they will replace it. Lucky this was bought before the HD prices went up so oop lost was not crazy. Still stings, though. Tip to oneself is to check a HD no matter if its seal to make sure it works. |
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Granted, the headline is accurate. But what's with the next paragraph?
It marks the first Israeli fatalities since militants fired into Israel after it killed a Hamas chief on Wednesday.
Leaving aside the use of the word 'militant,' reading this, you would be forgiven for thinking the terrorists only started firing rockets into Israel after we killed the Hamashole commander yesterday, ignoring the 100+ rockets preceding his vaporization, and the thousands following the last Israeli fatality.
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Is my landlord responsible for utllity bill after water leak?
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I was gone from my townhouse for two weeks, and when I came home I found that my water bill was for $900. There was no apparent leak, but it must be underground. I contacted my landlord immediately, and three weeks later he has still not fixed the leak. The water company says they will write off half of the overage fees for the leak, and that the homeowner will be responsible for the rest, however he claims that he is not liable for the bill, only for the repairs. Unless it is negligence on my part, I can't imagine that I should get stuck with the rest? I don't know what the law is, hopefully someone has some insight.
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It filled me with a a huge feeling of contentment and familiarity as soon as I started listening to Ex-Communication, and it was like I didn't have to wait over a year to listen to this next installment. There is something about superheros dealing with zombies that is so interesting to me. But again Clines was able to take this story way past the typical zombie horde chasing the terrified humans. Ex-Communication picks up shortly after Ex-Patriots, if there was a time frame that past I must have missed it, still the crew is fending off the zombie super villian Legion but then there is something way worse than the zombie collective. Clines really focuses on the true diabolicalness of human nature. We tend to do whatever it takes, hurt anyone in the way of preserving yourselves in the face of complete annihilation. This audiobook is really about how peoples true nature can and will come out, to betray those they once loved, and about how opposite forces can join to fight of the bigger threat first. I have a good feeling that there will be another chapter to this awesome series, I can't wait.
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When you start reading "Hard Duty: The Merkiaari Wars, 1" you know you are in for a large and complex story over many light years of travel, across various planets and alien races. The human race has learned the hard way that the murderous Merkiaari are out to exterminate them. After many lengthy and devastating battles, the humans have pushed the enemy out, but not defeated them. Humanity is now cautious and wary about aliens, hiding their many planets through cloaked communications and other means. So when they discover the Shan, a newly discovered alien race with limited space capability, the human explores are unsure whether to warn them about the Merkiaari or simply stay hidden and let fate run its course.
The Shan are a feline alien race which Mark Cooper develops well. He creates interesting characters that the reader will identify with and care about. The Merkiaari on the other hand are not described much at all, just blood thirsty aliens with an unknown agenda. Without listening to the sequels, it is hard to say how this will develop, but by the quality of the story, it should be worked out to the reader's satisfaction eventually.
This is a solid listen, good characters, and mostly good hard sci-fi. The exception is a long section about making the ship's voice recognition device small enough to be portable. Really? You mean in 500 years no one will improve on my already outdated iPhone. On the other hand there are lots of cool tech ideas like anti-gravity, nanotech, plasma rifles, etc.
The narration is excellent. Mikael Naramore has narrated dozens of sci-fi novels and is a true pro. He puts some cool sound effects in when one of the characters is listening to his own computer voice. You know who is who, but Mikael doesn't overdo it. As close to perfect as narration can get.
Hard Duty is good space opera that will keep Scifi fans entertained for many hours. Well worth listening to.
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There were several reason why I decided to pre-order The Synchronicity War (Book 1). One being the narrator, Luke Daniels, is one of my favorites, especially when performing a military science fiction story. Another being the Publisher, Podium Publishing, as I have , to date, really enjoyed every audiobook of theirs that I have listened to.
. Here is the rundown. Humans are now cruising around the universe. They finally run into an alien race, that seems to be far superior. Intergalactic war ensues.
In the style of Jack Campbell, Dietmar Wehr tells the story of Commander Shiloh as he makes, or maybe breaks, first contact and the aftermath. While The Synchronicity War (Book 1) was not nearly as polished, it did add in those special ideas that made me enjoy Campbell's space odyssey. Such as the delay in communications due to the time lag over huge distances; all of the minutiae of all the different classes of ships; the way hyperspace travel works; etc. Think of this as a cross between these two fantastic series The Lost Fleet and Frontlines.
I really liked the twist. Shiloh keeps seeing visions of what is to come in the future. Allowing himself the chance to either make what he saw a reality or to do something different to make it not happen. I don't think I have ever listened to a military science fiction story where the main character has several premonitions. I an interested in where this phenomena will take the story in future books.
Full of military politics, albeit a little much at times, and intense space battle action scenes, I devoured this audiobook almost in one sitting.
Oh and when the summary says "Be aware that Part 1 has a cliffhanger ending", it does and if you are anything like me you will need the second book as soon as possible. Unfortunately for me, at the time of writing, I will have to wait a few weeks for Book 2. I see that it is a four book series in print, I really hope that they all will be translated to audio.
While this might not have been Luke Daniels absolute best performance, it will rank in the upper echelon. For some reason he is able to throw himself so deep into a story that you can imagine no other narrator that would fill the bill.
Somehow Daniels, even though he has his standard voices, can make each characters voice completely distinct from one another. Making each one fit like a glove. Especially with the AI (artificial intelligent), adding in subtle yet unusual pauses accentuating the fact that it is not a human speaking.
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"What you would expect from Gina Damico"
Here is what I know of what to expect from Gina Damico. Young adult hilarity and fun, I mean the type that will make you laugh out loud and give you stitches. I hope that this new novel will follow this trend she has created for herself.
Hellhole is a ridiculous tale of a young man, Max Kilgore, high school student, family breadwinner and primary caregiver to his sick mother. Somehow gets paired up with the Devil, or rather on of 666 of them. Now he must keep the beast satisfied in order to keep him from ruining his life and the lives of the ones he loves with the promise to heal is mother.
One the best parts and something I have never come across, especially in a young adult story, was Max's best friend sense childhood is his female neighbor. Seriously, a strictly platonic relationship! As with pretty much all stories in this genre, there is the love story that evolves from an unlikely source, even though she is really the only other female character.
All in all, if you are looking for a fast and entertaining young adult listen, you have found what you crave.
I am not sure, and would love to know, how in the world Macleod Andrews gets the job to narrate a ton of fun and enjoyable audiobooks. Along with that I seem to continue to end up listening to them all. Seriously, if you are looking for an audiobook that will guarantee a stellar audio performance, look no further than Andrews. There are few others that I can think of that will be able to elevate a so-so story to outstanding.
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"Hmmm So many genres all in one book!"
Hmmm So many genres all in one book!
Young adult — most of the characters are in high school. Science fiction — beings come from other worlds/dimension and are sent to open the portal. Fantasy — superhero abilities sprung from out of the "blue" just in time to save innocents. Horror (albeit light and without dirt and blood) — the selected dead can rise again, much stronger and meaner than before. Romance — first he's with Natalie, then with his "first love" Erica and sidekick finally lands the sweetheart he's been wooing since elementary. Comedy — if Ted's not coming up with the well-timed one-liners, Dhiraj is just too funny with his money-making obsession. This is a great combination of many genres, but, first and foremost, a young adult. The subject matter remained age appropriate.
I received a copy of this book in audio from in exchange for an honest review. I am glad for the change as this was a truly enjoyable listen-to. I have never watched Buffy, except in commercials, and I read from most of the genres this book could easily be placed into, this wasn't a no-brainer when I read the blurb. This is an example of not judging a book by its cover (I have nothing against the cover — it simply doesn't grab me) or its book blurb (again, nothing wrong about the description — it simply wasn't convincing me of a "need" to read.
All that and I am happy to have spent my time listening with this story for nearly nine hours. Well, that's not quite accurate. I thought the narrator, Steven Jay Cohen, read far too slowly. I sped up the audio to 2x to make the narrator's voice speak in a more pleasing speed. That is the only real negative to this reader — his pace is far too slow. I didn't think to speed up the playing until nearly 2 hours into the story, when I was nearly ready to put this in my Did Not Finish shelf.
The pace of the story, in terms of plot development, character development, action and reveals was very good. I look forward to picking up the subsequent books in this series, though, I suspect I will read them rather than listen to them.
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"This story will leave you looking behind you"
This is the first novel I have had the pleasure of hearing written by J.D. Barker. The mention of the store "Needful Things" in Castle Rock captured my attention first. Having read Stephen King's novel Needful Things, I knew Forsaken had to be as interesting and captivating.
Thad McAlister an author tells the story of Shadow Cove and its inhabitants during the Salem Witch Trials. Unfortunately, writing his book releases an evilness bent on revenge first and foremost at the same time endangering his family. This novel which practically wrote itself will be the novel that puts McAlister on the established and legend writers list. One would not expect writing a book would result in so much darkness and fear. But for Thad McAlister and his family, they experience the fear and horror of things best left unwritten first hand. Rachel McAlister realizes early on that she has brought this horror upon her family with a casual comment made at the mysterious little shop in Castle Rock but has no way to stop it. Thad figures out much later that his writing has opened a door best left closed and sealed. Can he save his family? Can he save himself? The answers will terrify you!
We are given a small amount of insight into the mind of Barker and it is a deep, dark place: minions that crawl forth and smother everything with vile rotten dirt, plants that rip the flesh from anyone brave enough to venture through them. Even a most innocent noise "click-click-clickity-click" becomes terrifying! The one phrase that made my blood run cold was "her soul crept in." The imagery of this was jaw dropping. This is a small phrase and not entirely unique, the manner in which Barker uses it makes it frighteningly creepy.
The storylines flow fluidly, interwoven expertly and horrors are described with a rich vocabulary that leaves one with images burned deep in their minds. Just using "click-click-clickity-click" invokes terror in one's mind resulting in goose bumps.
Barker develops each character to its fullest, both main and secondary ones. I can still see the small minions with their yellowed teeth and long nails. I can even smell their vile rotten dirt that is their physical essence when destroyed. Barker is a master wordsmith.
This story will leave you looking behind you at each and every snap, crackle and pop your house makes night or in broad day light!
Christina Delaine does an excellent job of narrating. Her "click-click-clickity-click" is so softly spoken time and again, that one hears it in their minds throughout the book. She translates the fear, darkness and chilling atmosphere clearly with her voice.
The audio production by Audible Studios was excellent and clearly done, I had no issues at all.
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"There was little depth and detail in characters"
The Biomass Revolution is set in the post-apocalyptic near future in the city of Tisaia. The story follows many characters as they navigate the challenges of this isolationist and oppressive state. Through the eyes of government officials, citizens, and revolutionaries, the reader gets a perspective of the conflict surrounding human rights and control of fuel.
There are many different directions that this book could have taken and the focus on the fuel source and the human rights questions are compelling issues that would arise in a post-apocalyptic world. Structurally, the novel is built up of chapter for a lot of different points of view. Some of them we only see once while a few of the others are recurring. I generally love novels with multiple points of view, and like many such novels, in The Biomass Revolution, listening to the story is like getting a bird's eye view of whats happening. The perspectives range from government officials, soldiers, government workers, minorities, revolutionaries and more. It's a very high up view of how all the pieces are moving toward a conclusion. And the best part is that the points of view converge at the end without leaving any hanging story lines. While bordering on cheesy, the end and the epilogue were especially satisfying. Overall, I thought the world building was adequate. The different settings were clearly defined. The only thing that I wish had more depth in this regard is the biomass. There was no detail into what exactly was the biomass, other than a fuel source, which seemed a bit vague.
This leads me to the biggest flaw of the novel. There was little depth, detail, and really character, in most of characters. The characters' motivations were written simply without much depth, which made the actions of characters difficult to believe. For example, the romantic plot-line was especially frustrating to me. The relationship just became serious without any defined reason for it being so. And it was a driving factor for a lot of the actions the main character took, but I just didn't believe that those actions made any logical sense. Perhaps, if fewer points of view had been used it would've possible to provide a bird's eye view of the plots moving pieces, without sacrificing subtle character development. As it is, the characters' different points of view just seemed to be there to move the plot forward. Overall, I found the writing to be simple and without much nuance.
As a result of my dislike for the simplicity of the writing for the book, it was difficult to tease out my thoughts on the narration. I often stopped paying attention and so I had to constantly shift backwards, but I'm not sure if that was the author's fault or the narrator's. The main criticism that most of the characters tones and voices did not vary, which made it difficult to remember who was speaking, which was critical in a book with so many different points of view.
I've been thinking about how to review this book from when I started reading it. Something about it just didn't mesh with me. Overall, the premise had a lot of potential and the plot was delivered in a logical bare bones way, but the character development leaves a lot to be desired.
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"The train wreck that we saw start in book 2 has ex"
I was difficult for me to think of anything other that listening to this audiobook after finishing book 2. Philbrook has created a magic of sorts that resonated deep within me. I do have to say that it is starting to bug the crap out of me how dreadfully unprepared, not only with skill but the mental fortitude, I would be if I were in Adrian's position.
Tipping the scales at almost twice as long as the first two books in the series and by far the longest in the series. I thought to myself that Philbrook must have a lot of ground to cover, boy was I right. There is a ton of stuff happening all around Adrian and his crew. Punctuated with side stories and point of view changes that added so much to the dramatic happenings. This also added a whole new dimension to the story as it would take you back through events where you think you know what has happened. You had no idea what the other side was thinking and doing and planning until now.
Adrian is quite the dynamic character, ex-military, college janitor or something (sorry I don't remember), now leader of the healthiest encampment of survivors he can find. Who happens to have a heart of gold and is extremely emotionally charged in most of his actions and decisions. All of the characters are interesting, well evolved and not one dimensional. We get to know what is in that head of Adrian's perhaps more than we wanted, but it adds so much intensity.
The train wreck that we saw start in book 2 has exploded. Lots and I mean lots of death and destruction, but there is also some growth and rebuilding. Here is the long and short of it all: enemies are made, defense is justified, traitors are among us, friends are made, friends are lost, more friends are made, revenge is sweet and dreams of the dead. Don't worry if this doesn't make any sense, it will once you listen.
It is all the little nuances that James Foster adds to what isn't written that makes him so successful as Adrian. Whether it be the sighs of exasperation while listing of the ammo count, or the subtle and not so subtle humorous remarks, that could be taken differently, in the journal entries. He is also one of a few narrators that is able to deliver the story at a solid speed that is neither too fast or too slow. With his familiar and soothing voice he will keep you on the edge of your seat while bringing Philbrook's vision to life.
James Foster is Adrian Ring just as much as Ray Porter is Joe Ledger. I cannot get enough of either of these guys.
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"If you loved Steelheart you will love Firefight!"
I pre-ordered Firefight months ago, everyday, even though I knew it wasn't out yet, I still had to check. I was so entranced by the premiss of superheroes having their powers make them evil. I wish it wasn't such a long wait, but now the wait is over.
Sanderson has created such a unique universe with this series. Full of deep characters that I actually developed feelings for. Not only that but the world that he has created, near future United States that has been transformed by the Epics.
Steelheart took place in Newcago (Chicago) and Firefight is set in Babylon (New YorK). Here the Reckoners have another high epic to destroy. One who controls water in more ways than I thought possible. Along the way we get to know more about the back-story of Prof and other members of the team.
While this was a pretty straight forward story, no real plot twists or turns, except for the ending. I didn't see it coming. I need the next audiobook so bad.
Sorry I didn't really summarize the book. I don't want to give anything away. Let me just say this. If you loved Steelheart you will love Firefight even more!
Sparks! Macloud Andrews shines with this performance. Allowing himself to deliver a full range of unique voices for the plethora of characters. Each one fitting what my minds eye thinks they would sound like.
Andrews is not just a story teller, narrator, or performer here. He is an audiobook technician. And he is on my list of go to narrators. I have several more of his narrations in my to be listened to lineup.
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"I totally listened to this out of order"
I totally listened to this out of the order of the series, but I couldn't help myself. I wanted more from the amazing universe that Brandon Sanderson has created in this series.
I was right, this was a great Reckoners thirst quencher, perfect for wetting your mind for the next book to be released.
In Firefight I thought that David had become a bit reckless and way too confident. I think that Mitosis does a good job of addressing that fact. Here the Professor is out in Babylon doing reconnaissance for the upcoming adventure there. Then David and the Reckoners find a new high epic, Mitosis, in New Cago. Of course that will not stand.
Without giving anything away, let me say this. If you have already listened to Steelheat and find yourself wanting to be brought back to the Epic universe, all be it for an hour, you will not be disappointed at all. Fun, face paced, everything you will want other than length.
Macleaod Andrews delivers again. Quite honestly one of the most diverse, in the sense of voices, narrators I have ever listened to. Able to spit out various different accents and sexes at the drop of a hat. There is a reason I simply search audiobooks by his name alone.
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"I have sadly never read anything about Aladdin"
So… this was published in 2011 but I remember my mom being all crazy about me NOT reading Piers Anthony when I was a teen. I can sort of see why as there are glimpses of his sexual writing in this one.
I was pretty interested in the beginning and was into the story but every other word starts is about sex. Not in a crazy porn way but in a casual I'm horny way. Firstly, hello one of the main characters is trying to save her son! Calm down and keep it in your pants! Secondly, he has some issues because he cannot perform since his wife died. Well.. maybe that's why he can't get his mind off of sex but come on. There is a time and place!
Now, I have sadly never read anything about Aladdin (save Disney's movie but I don't think that counts really) so I did not have any pre ideas about this. It was a fresh story and the characters (minus their obvious fixation on sex) were quite interesting! I could have used a little less of the sex bit but really the plot was intriguing but especially since I know nothing about other Aladdin's adventures.
I also received this on audible so I got to listen to the gravely voice of Paul Licameli! I just love his voice and could listen to him all day long. Weirdly I have a plus and a minus for the narration but I'm curious if this is just the way he talks; he is very insistent with every word! Every. Word. He speaks in such a compelling way that it is almost difficult to decipher when something more intense is actually going on. I listened to a sample of Don't Open The Well by Kirk Anderson but the particular excerpt definitely sounds like it needed his intensity. In Aladdin, in some portions it was a bit much, but in others, like the example of Don't Open the Well, I think it is perfect. The depth to his voice definitely drags the listener into the story, whether they want to listen or not. It's compelling and fabulous!
Aladdin Relighted though, did not need so much of a compelling, intense voice. It worked but in some places it was strange. Maybe it was that the story was strange as well. The plot and characters are funny and kept me entertained though!
In short: This was my first Piers Anthony. I'm not sure if I'm in love or if I'm holding back because I'm not a huge fan of Fantasy. It was easy to get into but hard to stay with.
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Everyone needs to be well- prepared when their time to retire comes. Retirement is when a person stops working completely or they can also be semi-retired. This will mean that they will reduce the amount of hours that they have normally been working. Not everyone is lucky enough to be able to stop working at the normal age and is forced to carry on because of their financial situations.
Many will stop working when they become eligible for either a private or public pension benefit. Most countries have a scheme in place that provides pensions which are sponsored by either the state or their employees. The general age is around fifty to seventy years old but this can vary depending on the country.
The terms old age is used when one passes or nears the life expectancy of a human being. These people are considered to have inadequate regenerative abilities and tend to be more prone to sicknesses, disease and syndromes then the younger generation. The process of aging is called senescence or to grow old.
When people reach old age they look around for someplace where they can settle down and enjoy the years that they still have left. Some of the worst states in America to settle down in are Alabama, Michigan, New York and Maryland to name just a few. Alabama is considered the worst as the violent and property crime rates are very high.
Michigan is thought to be perfect because it is very large in size and the growth rate is above national averages. It is because of the economic factors that bring it down to one of the worst states. New York also has a poor economic factor for one's golden years.
There are many different villages that cater for the elderly where they are only asked for a monthly rental. Their tenure rights give the resident the right to stay in the unit for the rest of their lives if they wish. This gives them the opportunity to travel around the country without having to worry about the safety of their possessions.
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London: Lord Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG), paid tribute to two prominent sports journalists whose efforts helped increase the success of the Games.
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- Sebastian Coe address the opening ceremony of the 124th IOC session at the Royal Opera House in London before the 2012 Olympic Games, London, Britain.
Speaking to media members from across the world at the formal welcome ceremony at the London Games' Main Press Centre (MPC) on Monday night, Lord Coe paid tribute to John Rodda and Steve Parry for their tremendous contribution to the Olympic Movement.
Rodda, who worked for the Guardian for more than 50 years, during which time he also served on the IOC Press Commission for 18 years, died in 2009. Parry was a former Reuters sports editor and another influential figure in Olympic media circles, working as media adviser to London's bid to host the 2012 Games. He died in 2008.
In tribute to the pair, organisers have dedicated the 'John Rodda Press Workroom' and the 'Steve Parry Bar' at the MPC in their memory.
"I had a massive admiration for both these gentlemen during their lifetime. I first met John in my late teens as an up-and-coming athlete, and he had already established himself as one of the finest sports writers of his generation. Most of us here think of him as a doyen of athletic sports writers with an astute observation of the Olympic movement," Coe lauded.
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Hmm, I was curious about Koisento when I saw it on one of those upcoming anime pictures, but now I'm legitimately interested. Comparisons to Kon? Intriguing. | |||
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Uh, .hack isn't that old, the original anime and first game premiered in 2002. Something can't "survive" a period it didn't exist during. But I'm not surprised you didn't like it, this was obviously made for fans of the franchise. While you're focusing on things like animation and story, we're looking for references and Easter eggs and other little things so we're getting something entirely different out of the show than a casual viewer will. I'm pretty excited to see this myself. Emerje |
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Well of course. Go Nagai has moved on from the classic designs long time ago. See the 1990's Mazinsaga manga for reference, so that's 20 years ago. It features a very spiky and edgy Mazinger Z. The original Mazinger Z makes me think of cylinders, not eggs though. Shin Mazinger featured robot on robot action though, although they weren't the main focus of the show and that was a departure from the usual Mazinger fare. As for Mazinkaiser SKL. it seems to combine metal and mecha and I think that's kind of original by itself. I wish we could see more of this kind of stuff. Now I'm kind of interested in that King Thorn movie, but the reception seems bad. Still, I'm going to give it a try. Last edited by SantaBla on Fri Dec 17, 2010 5:53 pm; edited 3 times in total |
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I've finally realised why that Appleseed preview image looks so familiar: Deunan and Briareos are sporting what resemble the Personal Armour and Power Suit (respectively) from the old X-com games. | |||
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Since I'm a tremendous nerd, I have a question: How different is this from MIPCOM? | |||
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Wow, YamaPi's looking mighty good in that Ashita no Joe poster (left). I forgot that was coming out. | |||
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The industry as a whole doesn't seem to think so, the next season is going see a crap ton of OVAs, OADs, ONAs, and whatever other acronyms you can come up with getting released. Though most of them are building off of established franchises, so maybe the pundits are saying the OVA market isn't the place to develop new properties? The straight-to-DVD line up actually includes most of the titles I'm looking forward to. There's a couple of TV shows I have hopes for, but compared to new Votoms, Black Lagoon, Mazinkaiser, not to mention Tailenders and the Supernatural anime, they're looking kind of weak. I've been particulaly optimistic about Koisento, and am pleased as punch to hear its getting good buzz. |
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PJ Hahn: 'BP has lied to us from day one. We could have stopped the oil'
In a special report from the marshlands of Louisiana, Michael McCarthy meets the man in charge of defending the coast
Wednesday 09 June 2010
"Hell," says PJ Hahn, the man at the very tip of the sharp end of America's oil spill disaster, "we're under siege here. If somebody was breaking into your house, would you get on the phone to friends and neighbours to discuss it? You'd shoot the sonofabitch. It's that simple."
Blond-haired, blue-eyed, cowboy-booted – and very direct – PJ has what may be the toughest job of all in the Gulf of Mexico right now. He is personally responsible for preventing the oil that is pouring out of the shattered Deepwater Horizon well from devastating his Louisiana coastal community, which is smack on the front line. And his frustration with bureaucracy hindering what he judges the right aggressive response has begun to reach boiling point, for he tells me without even pausing for breath: "If I were king, I would have two offices, the department of thinking outside the box, and the department of common sense, and I would throw everyone else out of there!"
PJ is director of coastal zone management for Plaquemines parish – a parish in Louisiana being the equivalent of a county in the other American states – with Plaquemines being the area of the bottom 70 miles of the Mississippi Delta, where the mighty river flows into the Gulf. A hundred miles across, most of Plaquemines is marshland, but marshland of enormous economic and ecological importance, as it is the nursery for the fish, shrimp and oysters that sustain the state's whopping seafood industry, and is also the winter refuge for hundreds of thousands of ducks and geese that arrive from all over America. Furthermore, it is an essential protective zone for New Orleans, just to the north, when tropical storms and hurricanes blow in. It is known as "the speedbump for New Orleans".
In the past few days the oil, which seven weeks ago began pouring from BP's crippled seabed well 40 miles out, has finally started to come ashore in quantity, and Plaquemines is where it has made landfall. It has begun to collect on the beaches of the barrier islands just off the marshes on either side of the Mississippi, leading to the pictures of desperately oiled birds that have gone round the world, and it is beginning to seep into the marshes themselves.
PJ Hahn has feared for weeks that this would happen, as he has held a key concern from early on: the protective booms were not working. The long floating barricades that are meant to hold back oil on the water were insufficient in this case, because there are enormous quantities of oil under the water, which are getting through. But PJ has had a plan: to constrict big sand berms (man-made ridges) just outside the barrier islands where the oil can be allowed to wash ashore and then easily removed. The scheme, for 20 miles of berms, is beginning this weekend; it will cost $240m (£170m), which BP will pay; it will take a month to complete.
Yet it has taken a month to obtain permission for it, from all the agencies that have had to be consulted, and the very thought of this delay sets PJ's cold blue eyes on fire. "It shouldn't take a month to get a permit! We need this stuff to start happening now, we don't have time to wait. This is waiting, right here," – and he jabs his finger down on a photo of a dead brown pelican he took on Sunday, a bird so obscenely dolloped in crude oil that it looked like it was part of a stew.
He is a stocky, young-looking 54 with a flashing smile, a former policeman from San Antonio, Texas, where he got his love of cowboy boots. He has 25 pairs. ("I guess I'm the Imelda Marcos of the boot world.") He gives off a sort of furious energy. Divorced with two daughters, he has been running coastal defence for Plaquemines since 2007, and had an enormous job on his plate long before the oil spill came along, which was – and is – to ward off the effects of another Hurricane Katrina, the August 2005 storm which was America's costliest natural disaster and killed nearly 2,000 people.
For the last seven weeks he has been working 20 hours a day on the spill, watching in dismay as the commercial and sport fisheries of Plaquemines have been shut down, and watching with anxiety as the oil has approached his marshes.
"It's the life for the whole coast. Everything starts in the marsh, the micro-organisms, the small fish, the shrimp, the oysters, all are born or created in the marsh, then they move out to sea, and that's the first source for what you have out in the ocean. Fifty per cent of all the nation's seafood comes from Plaquemines parish and 75 per cent of the nation's migratory wildfowl pass through here. These are some of the most productive marshes in the country. But the problem we have is that you can go and clean the beaches very easily in Mississippi, in Alabama and Florida, but you can't clean the marshes."
He pauses and says: "You don't wish it on anybody, but the bottom line is this: if the oil ends up on a beach in Mississippi, you get a big digger, scrape off the first layer, hump in some new fresh sand, and everybody's in bathing suits next day. It don't work that way for a marsh."
PJ spent most of last weekend looking at what the oil was already doing to the wildlife, observing not only pelicans and other birds being overwhelmed by it but other creatures as small as hermit crabs and as big as porpoises.
He is seized by the images and the memories, and as soon as I walked into his office in Belle Chasse he took me by the arm and led me to the computer screen and went through his photos, which ranged from pelican chicks oiled in the nest by their oiled parents, to fish which had jumped up through the oil and were floating on top of it. "The scary thing is, the oil is even worse under the water," he said. "It's travelling below the surface as well," and he recounted how a photographer who was with him had jumped into what he thought was water and became stuck in oil which from the surface was not visible.
Since the spill began, PJ and his staff have been trying to keep the oil at bay by diverting some of the massive flow of fresh water from the Mississippi into the marshlands on either side of the river, but this has already caused a dilemma with the oysters, which will die if their environment is not sufficiently saline. "Do you want the fresh water in there killing them, or do you want the oil?" he said grimly. He has no faith in BP's ability to cap the well from above – in fact he has little faith in BP at all, saying "They've lied to us from day one" – and thinks only a relief well drilled in at an angle will end the spill. But this will take until August, if it is not delayed further by the hurricane season, so he thinks a lot more oil is on the way, much of it beneath the surface – hence the need for the sand berms.
They are going ahead now. But the delay in sanctioning them, caused by the necessity for various US government agencies to agree, has left him incensed. "If we had started this a month ago, we could have stopped the oil that's come in here right now," he said. "We had a conference call and I was so angry, I was so outraged, that I started cursing – I thought my assistant had left my phone on mute.
"The bottom line is, this is an emergency, yet we've spent all this time just aiming! We need to start shooting!"
King Canute was unable to hold back the tide, you may remember, with all his royal power, but PJ Hahn in his cowboy boots might just be able to hold back the oil.
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