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John Scott, VE1JS, former Secretary-Treasurer of the the now dormant Canadian DX Association presents a cheque for just over $1,320 to George Gorsline, VE3YV, Defense of Amateur Radio Fund trustee.
The DARF trust fund was established in 1991 by Bill Loucks, VE3AR, and Tom Atkins,VE3CDM to collect funds to pay for the expenses of a licensed radio amateur to be a member of the Industry Canada delegation at World Radio Conferences and preparatory sessions. The fund was subsequently settled as a registered Trust in the Province of Alberta.
Frequency allocations for all radio spectrum users are decided at these conferences.
Jim Dean, VE3IQ, has been our representative, explaining and advocating ham radio to delegates from the 168 member countries of the ITU to protect and expand spectrum available for amateur radio. Former members of CanaDX decided donating to DARF was the most fitting disposition of the funds.
Individual and club contributions to DARF are always welcome. Please send them in care of RAC headquarters. If you have questions on DARF, contact one of the trustees: Dave Snydal VE4XN, Gerry Holm, VE6LB, or George Gorsline VE3YV.
Month long World Radio Conference (WRC-07) begins in Geneva
This will be first of what I hope will be many personal news items from the WRC in Geneva. I (Ken VE3PU) arrived Saturday the 21st of October, and Jim Dean VE3IQ arrived on Sunday the 22nd in time for the opening ceremonies on Monday the 22nd.
I've picked up my badge admitting me to the big Geneva Conference centre, where most of the meetings will be held.
Geneva is really a pretty small town, and an invasion for a conference such as this is pretty noticeable. I have already bumped into many old friends from several countries, at the airport, on the street, and in local hotels and restaurants.
I renewed acquaintances with hundreds more at the opening ceremonies. Some are supporters, some are adversaries, but that does not get in the way of personal friendships that have been built up over the past ten years, and which may prove useful in the backroom dealing to come.
Among the over 2500 delegates arriving from some 180 countries around the world are many radio amateurs interested in preserving and extending our privileged access to the radio frequency spectrum.
The IARU team at this conference, headed by Larry Price W4RA, includes Paul Rinaldo W4RI, Hans Zimmermann F5VKP , Reinaldo Leandro YV5AMH and Ken Pulfer VE3PU, In addition, Dave Sumner, K1ZZ, and Tim Ellam, VE6SH will join the team for part of the time.
To give you a feel for how important this conference is to us, here are just a few of the other radio amateurs representing their national societies at the conference:
- Walt Ireland WB7CSL and Jon Siverling WB3ERA from the ARRL, USA
- Colin Thomas G3PSM from Great Britain representing RSGB
- Ole Garpestad LA2RR from Norway representing NRRL
- Keith Malcolm VK1ZKM representing the WIA, Australia
- Jim Dean VE3IQ representing RAC, Canada
- Peter Lake ZL2AZ representing NZART, New Zealand
- Tafa Diop 6W1KI representing Senegal, and
- Jay Oka JA1TRC representing JARL, Japan
As you have probably read, the opportunities for amateur radio at this conference are possible new bands at 5 MHz and at 136 kHz, and an expansion of the 40 metre band to 300 kHz world wide. On the other hand, some of the threats include a possible loss of the top 100 kHz in the existing 40 metre band, and a possible decision allowing cell phone companies in some countries to use all or part of what we think of as our 3 GHz amateur band. Already, Mexico has submitted a proposal for a 60 metre amateur band, and 22 countries in Europe have submitted a similar proposal. However the vast majority of countries represented here, including Canada and the USA, oppose any such new band.
Some interesting new proposals for agenda items at the next conference in 2011 are also on the table. These include a new 500 kHz amateur band, an extension of the 50-54 MHz 6 metre band into Europe and Africa, as their analog TV stations are replaced by digital, freeing up spectrum space. Also under discussion are possible allocations in 2011 in the region between 250 and 1000 GHz, where the IARU has proposed several new amateur bands
Our public relations effort is already underway. There is a very well written article in the current ITU News bulletin, distributed to all delegates, describing what the amateur radio community hopes to gain at this WRC. There will be a flier in every delegate's mailbox describing amateur radio and what it does for the community. And there is a trailer parked just outside the WRC entrance displaying emergency and disaster communications equipment, manned by two German radio amateurs. The local amateur radio club is putting the special callsign 4U1WRC on the air for the duration of the conference. And to top it all off, the most senior official in the ITU, Dr Hammadoun Toure, the Secretary General , proudly announced in is opening address to the conference that has just acquired his amateur radio licence, with the call sign HB9EHT. It should be an interesting conference.
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Okay, we admit it, we're as smitten by emerging and flashy technology as much as the next green geeks. But sometimes we get so caught up in the vehicles of tomorrow that we forget to look back at the incredibly green vehicles that have come before. One of the best – and most lampooned – was the Geo Metro.
The Aerocivic apparently has a distant relative from Canada. Darin Cosgrove, founder of Ecomodder.com, has added a boat tail to the back of his 1998 Pontiac Firefly (which is what the Geo Metro was called up north). According to Wired, the modified bodywork was constructed from cardboard, aluminum and duct tape, and it joins a series of previous aero mods including rear wheel skirts and a bellypan.
If you happen to be hanging out near Corbin, Kentucky tomorrow, you might consider making the trip to the Corbin Motor Speedway to check out the "high performance production electric car" being showcased tomorrow by Global Green Cars, the venture of Green Star Products Inc (GSPI) we told you about last week. Fresh off a successful appearance at the Rocky Mountain Raceway in their home state of Utah where the car made over 140 laps around the quarter mile oval, the company is eager to strut their
Our friend Ben over at EcoModder told us recently about an unusual conversion that was being discussed on the forums there: converting an old Geo Metro to hybrid drive. Yes, you read that right. What was originally an efficient little people mover (and, last year, a much-lusted-after ride) is transforming into a hybrid vehicle at the hands of EcoModder user Coyote X. The original goal: add electric drive to the vehicle for under $5,000 and with roughly 500 lbs. worth of stuff in order to go five
We've seen the values for older Geo Metro's skyrocket when fuel costs wer, um, skyrocketing. We've also wondered out loud if the perceived value is an accurate representation of what the cars should really sell for. Sure, getting 50 or more miles to the gallon is awesome, but the lack of modern conveniences, safety features and emissions technology are three major black marks against using the used vehicles as daily transportation. In any case, the high asking prices for used Metro's is still go
The used car market is responding very favorably to vehicles of ages past that have been able to eke the most miles from a single gallon of gas. The poster-child for the movement seems to be the oft-maligned Geo Metro, which is sometimes changing hands today for a similar dollar amount as it sold for when new in the early '90s. We're not so sure you could pry so many of our own hard-darned dollars from our sweaty palms for a vehicle that old, and Car and Driver is positive that they wouldn't spe
It's not uncommon for owners of the late, lamented Geo Metro XFI, which USA Today refers to as "nerdy," to report fuel mileage rivaling and sometimes beating hybrids such as the Toyota Prius. The lightweight structure and very small engines - just three-cylinders and 49 horsepower for the Metro - allow these little runabouts to post great mileage figures. With gas prices at an all-time high, the efficiency of vehicles like the Metro, Ford Fiesta and Apsire and Hyundai Excel is raising their pric
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The revised cost will be around Rs. 5,000 crore
The successful bidder for the Chennai Port's mega container terminal project may have to shell out over Rs.1,300 crore additionally in view of the revision of the cost of the project.
Addressing Hyderabad-based businessmen at a trade meet on Friday, Chennai Port Trust (ChPT) Chairman Atuly Misra said the project's previous estimate - Rs.3,686 crore - was made in 2006-2007 and the cost of several items had gone up since then. The new project cost would be in the region of Rs.5,000 crore.
However, the actual cost would be finalised in the next few weeks by the transactions adviser.
In the last one year or so, ChPT floated tenders twice and had even finalised bidders. But, the Board of Trustees rejected the offer stating that revenue offered by the bidders was low. The tender was scrapped and ChPT decided to revisit the project.
Jawahar Dock
Talking to The Hindu, Mr. Misra said, "The Transaction Adviser will be appointed within a month. Thereafter, we will float tender calling for Requests for Qualification (RfQ) from interested parties. It would take at least seven to eight months for us to award the project to the successful bidder. Meanwhile, we have floated tenders to convert Jawahar Dock, which was previously handling coal, into a container terminal that would handle mid-size vessels."
At the trade meet, Mr. Misra persuaded traders to use ChPT as a gateway to export their products to Singapore or Colombo.
"These traders, who are now using Mumbai and Mundra ports to move their goods, are reluctant to use Chennai Port due to congestion. We explained to them about the status of the Ennore-Manali Road Improvement Project and the availability of more vessels at ChPT on regular basis. The Container Corporation of India also came forward to run rakes thrice a week." he said.
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This mall is strategically located to provide visitors direct access from the Hard Rock Hotel, nightclubs, and the Majestic Casino, an entertainment center and venue for international poker tournaments. Shoppers are offered free parking in a covered garage. The 5th floor of the mall has a Mega Conventions Center, kids play area, kiosks, and a food court with varied dining options.
The largest shopping center in Panama City has an airstrip for charter flights and the Albrook Grand Transportation Terminal located nearby. The entire mall is air-conditioned so that you can comfortably shop for name brands at the wide variety of stores, enjoy the diverse cuisine in the food court, and have your kids play in a children's entertainment center. A new Panama Metro station was recently built to link the mall with the downtown.
The second walled city protected the stores of treasure against the dreaded pirate Henry Morgan's attacks. 'Old Town' continues to preserve its original architectural design, giving a touch of vintage whimsy to a sector that has added new hotels, open-air restaurants, nightclubs, theaters, and more development. With the spectacular view of the city afforded by its boardwalk to boot, Old Town is one of the most appealing tourist attractions in Panama City.
Es un conjunto de Monumental Histórico de la primera ciudad española, fundada en la costa del Pacífico de América, el 15 de Agosto de 1519, por Pedro Arias de Ávila. Desde aquí partieron las expediciones para la conquista del Imperio Inca y fue centro de una de las rutas comerciales más importantes del Nuevo Mundo.
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"Just because some smokers dump their ashtrays at intersections doesn't mean we all do. People need to stop categorizing smokers as bad people. We just have a bad habit. You still have no right to judge us."
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LuLu 3 years ago
Your squawk is confusing. You seem to be talking about all smokers in one sentence and then smokers who dump their ashtrays in another. You chide us for lumping them together, yet you're doing the very same thing. Yes, we certainly DO have the right to judge those who dump their ashtrays on public roadways.
FlunkyMonkey 3 years ago
Just like I have the right to categorize and judge all those who drink as potential murderers because they drive their automobiles--I would rather see a cigarette butt lying on the ground than an obituary caused by a drunk driver (yes, in my book, if you drink, you're drunk)
Terry.Lewis 3 years ago
A person who drinks one beer is not drunk. Your logic is flawed.
VSU 3 years ago
Depends on whether that one beer was drank after a full bottle of Jack Daniels.
chinaberry25 3 years ago
Cigarette smokers are the most selfish people I know. They blow smoke, litter, (do not tell me you have never thrown at least one cigarette on the ground, we know better) and this is just getting started. You will eat up Medicare charges for your selfish habits. Unless you are willing to absorb all of your medical bills yourself, then do not ask me to ever respect you. I am sure your family will agree when they have to take care of your when you die of your habit. I had a mother who did, so I know what I am talking about. You had a choice to never start smoking and now the rest of the world has to put up with you!!!!!
alleebrin 3 years ago
It is truly amazing to me that a person can hold a little rolled weed, that cost $4.00 to $5.00 a pack, between their fingers and know that it dominates their existence! I don't know how these people get out of bed in the morning! So gutless, with no willpower. I smoked once and I quit - ANYBODY CAN!!
bubbavet 3 years ago
You hit the nail on the head. My mother also passed away from smoking at 61.
Cartman 3 years ago
I am not a smoker. Smoking is a bad idea, but smokers make their own decisions. Most smokers go out of their way to not subject others to their smoke, but whatever they do - it isn't good enough for the holier than thou crowd. I think non-smokers should mind their own business. I detest the governmental regulations which prohibit smoking in places of business. That should be left to the business owner. If you allow government to dictate your conduct - it will dictate all of it. Not smoking is a good idea. But not every good idea needs to be a law. And don't get me started on the pure BS propoganda of "second hand" smoke.
skilletsdirt 3 years ago
The world is my ashtray!
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The recently opened GoGo Ramen serves noodles with a dash of the Orient
I don't like instant noodles. There, I've said it. It's not like I haven't tried. In this age of gourmet food, it seems almost subversive to admit to an instant noodle addiction.
And I so badly want to be subversive. I considered moving to Thailand to be a beach bartender. But gave it up when I realised that I won't be able to support by shoe 'habit'. I toyed with relocating to the Himalayas, but dropped the idea when I realised that Costa coffee doesn't yet have an outlet there. And I can't even get a tattoo now. Because everyone seems to have one. (So much for rebellion!)
After much careful experimentation, I realised the only way I could eat these noodles-in-minutes was by vastly undercooking the noodles. That way at least they have some bite. So I'm very pleased with myself when I stumble upon Korean-American chef David Chang's notes on making a perfect bowl of ramen. It turns out I've been on the right track. Noodles shouldn't just fall apart like a soggy love song. They should be springy, bouncy and feisty. Like a good hair day. (Oh, you knew you weren't escaping my feeble hair metaphors right from the start, didn't you?) Chang's the poster boy for subversive food, thanks to his chain of restaurants which have a cult-like following. They include the New York based Momofuku Noodle Bar, credited for making this Japanese comfort food the epitome of 'cool.'
The country's first ramen shop has just opened in Chennai. Run by Sandesh Reddy (of Sandy's) and Sidharth Venkatesan, GoGo Ramen, serves up just two styles of ramen, pork and vegetarian. (By this weekend, however, they will be adding chicken to the menu.)
There's a reason why they're moving so cautiously and working with a minimalistic menu. Ramen is hard to get right. Given the fact that their main clientele are Japanese expatriates they need to get it just right. The next challenge, of course, is consistency, especially tough in a market like this where there are so many variables, from ingredients to man power.
So far, things seem to be falling into place. The restaurant is cosy-chic. Its busy seating suggests that they're styling themselves after the popular cramped noodles bars of Tokyo. However, the vibe here is a lot more rarefied, and unavoidably so. Given the fact that at least 80 per cent of the ingredients are necessarily imported, a ramen shop in India will never be able to price itself as an everyday lunch spot. And therein lies the rub. For it's not a special occasion restaurant either. This is essentially comfort food, so you need to go in expecting a warm hearth, not fireworks.
We're lucky, however. Our meal begins with fireworks thanks to the pork buns. These are shaped very differently from the standard pockets. Leaning towards the Korean style of pau, they're stuffed with juicy slices of pork, cucumbers and an addictively sticky soy sauce. The chicken buns are quite flat in comparison. The edamame, dusted with crunchy flakes of salt, is strictly for fans of these tender soy beans. We also try gyoza, steamed dumplings seared at the bottom.
The star of the show is of course the ramen. These noodles are traditionally made with wheat, water and alkaline salts. The salt is the secret ingredient that keeps them from getting mushy. GoGo Ramen adds one more ingredient to the noodles: egg for additional springiness.
The bowls are intimidatingly large, though I'm assured that is standard 'ramen size'. The pork broth base, boiled for 18 hours till it's almost opaque, is lightened with one chicken carcass, a handful of carrots and some onions. There's leek, ginger and scallion to flavour the soup, which also contains a healthy helping of Kombu, a version of kelp.
The ramen is served with a boiled egg, with a still wobbly yolk, and a couple of slices of slow cooked pork. It's robust with a distinct umami flavour. Since the flavour of the soup can get tedious after a while, it helps to have all the additional ingredients to play with: Sprouts, bamboo shoots. Spinach and tender seaweed. You can also opt for add-ons, like American corn with butter, mushrooms or tofu. Though I would stick with the basic version, to avoid a chaos of flavours.
For vegetarians, there is Soy Miso Ramen, which I'll probably order next time. Then add in pork for a lighter meal. That way I can be annoyingly virtuous about how healthy I'm being. Besides, miso is great for the hair. Just saying…
GoGo Ramen is at 10/14, 1st Cross Street, 4th Main Road, Near Greenways Road, R.A. Puram. It's open for lunch and dinner. Call 42061392 for reservations. A meal for two costs about Rs.1200.
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Two persons, who were arrested while exchanging Rs.45 lakh in Perumbavoor on Friday, are suspected to be part of a larger racket involved in tax evasion in the plywood manufacturing unit.
Sources in the police said that there had been information about attempts to evade tax and the area was under surveillance. Al Ameen, 30, of Coimbatore and Kunju Mohammed, 55, of Karothukuzhy, were arrested from Perumbavoor bus stand in a joint operation by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and the Perumbavoor police. The two could not give proper account for money in their possession.
The suspected method of tax evaders was to bill for lesser amounts for processed plywood and then bring back the difference in payment through unofficial channels and carriers. Of the more than 1,000 industrial units in Perumbavoor, there are 300-odd plywood manufacturers.
The town is renowned in the domestic market as the cheapest provider of plywood because of the availability of rubber wood as raw material.
"Some efforts have been noticed among our members to evade Central Excise Tax and we have been campaigning amongst us to discourage that trend. Except for adjustments made in payment, all transactions are done through proper billing," said Abdul Kareem, general secretary of the Ernakulam District Sawmill and Plywood Manufacturers' Association.
However, those who have been up in arms against the plywood industries alleged that this practice has been going on for long.
"A similar case was reported some days ago from Muvattupuzha and probably that might have triggered Friday's arrest. Otherwise, this was known to all authorities," said Varghese Pulluvazhi, chairman of the Action Council for Environmental Protection, also referring to a case registered by the Kalamassery police a couple of years ago, after a youth carrying a big sum of unaccounted money was attacked at NAD Road and robbed.
"It is to be suspected that only a part of the actual amount is transacted through banks and nearly 60 per cent of the payments are routed through hawala networks. They have agents and a system for this and what happened in Perumbavoor is not an isolated incident," he said.
The police are probing the possible link between these carriers and other hawala rackets, though preliminary investigations have thrown up no such leads.
A combined effort from various agencies like the police, DRI, and the Department of Commercial Taxes was required to curb the trend, said a senior police official in the rural district.
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Longing for Sun in a Shady Yard
By Marjorie anderson, The Edmond Sun, Okla.
Jul. 12–EDMOND — The street out front looks like a hopscotch grid, and I can thank the City of Edmond for that. Throughout the four summers I've lived here, weeds have sprung up through seams and cracks in the concrete. They won't do that anymore.
Before, it was a toss-up between mowing the pavement or spraying those cracks with Round-up. Now long black stripes zigzag every which way, filling in the spaces where pesky weed seeds once sprouted.
That's one weed problem solved, but there are others. Here I sit perched on my gardening stool, plucking offenders from between struggling plants in my flowerbeds. How dare they crop up where I've worked so hard to exclude them! It's not right that they prosper amidst my barely surviving geraniums.
I lavish fertilizer, water and love upon those curly-leafed, wishfully mega-blossomed flowers. I deadhead them on the rare occasion when one of them blooms long enough to need it. I actually talk to those stunted, ungrateful plants.
Su-the-weenie-dog cocks her head and looks around for someone to make sense of my garble, but the geraniums aren't listening. Otherwise they'd know I'm apologizing. I've given them my all, but that's not enough. What they want is sun, and sunlight is at a premium in this yard. I love every shade tree on the place, but you'd think there'd be some way I could have them and flowers, too.
The problem with shade in western Oklahoma, where I grew up, was that there wasn't any. You appreciate trees once you've lived on the open plains where you don't mow your yard, you sweep it.
An everlasting wind whips up red dirt, along with the seeds you planted in it if you don't keep it watered down. Flowers in those areas aren't choosy about where the moisture comes from. They're grateful for your dishpan water, soapy or not.
Northwest of there, near the little town of Sharon, you don't try for a flowerbed at all. There's not a shade tree for miles. A blistering hot sun shrivels even weeds to a crisp, and that's a shame. You don't resent weeds in that part of country. You bless every one of them for their efforts to hold down the sandy loam. You'd cultivate those weeds if you could.
I once left a scarf in my mother-in-law's Sharon yard overnight and never saw it again. Sand had drifted as high as the fence by morning and buried my scarf in its midst. The wind shifted the other direction before evening, leaving the sand flat beneath the fence and taking my scarf with it. The children were little then. I kept a firm grip on them.
In Canada, I could dig up bleeding hearts and lilies of the valley in the woods, plant them in my flowerbed, and they'd exceed my wildest expectations. That's not going to happen in Oklahoma.
I've dug up fantastic wild flowers blooming on the shoulder of the highway east of I-35; nursed their tender roots all the way to my house; planted them with great care in my sunny yard (back when I had a sunny yard), and they were dead before morning. Wild flowers are weeds, but they don't prosper here in captivity. Not even if they're encouraged.
My Hennessey gardening friend bought a bag of wildflower seeds, scratched the soil in a sunny spot according to directions, and broadcast the seed throughout. The seeds sprouted and grew into what? Weeds! The kind that mowing and Round-up won't cure.
My friend would profit from the City of Edmond's services if he weren't outside their jurisdiction.
MARJORIE ANDERSON is an Edmond resident.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Marines will lead the U.S. troop drawdown in Afghanistan this year, reducing by about half their numbers in the key province of Helmand as Afghans move fully into the combat lead there, a top U.S. general said Wednesday.
Helmand, which has seen some of the fiercest American and allied fighting over the past two years, is transitioning to Afghan control faster than most other Taliban-contested areas of the country. Yet to be seen is whether the Afghans will manage to stand on their own as the Americans thin out.
As evidence that Helmand remains dangerous for allied forces, six British soldiers were killed Tuesday when their armored vehicle was hit by an explosion _ the biggest loss for British forces there since 2006.
Maj. Gen. John Toolan, who has commanded the U.S. Marine contingent in Helmand for the past year, told The Associated Press in a phone interview from his Camp Leatherneck headquarters in southwestern Afghanistan that the number of Marines is likely to shrink by 8,000-10,000 from the current total of 17,500 by the end of September. That is the target date for the overall U.S. force in Afghanistan to drop to 68,000 from the current 90,000.
Toolan is completing his Afghan assignment on Monday, to be succeeded by Maj. Gen. Charles Gurganus. He asserted that the Taliban have been greatly weakened in what has long been considered their heartland.
"The insurgency is under significant pressure," he said. "A lot of its influence has been ushered to the periphery of the main population centers, and there is very strong momentum behind the transition" to Afghan control.
Toolan said the top commander of U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan, Marine Gen. John Allen, has not yet made final decisions on the troop drawdown. His plan is expected to be final before President Barack Obama meets with other NATO heads of government at a summit meeting in Chicago in May.
The broad aim, established at NATO's November 2010 summit, is to have Afghan forces fully responsible for security by the end of 2014, with the residual U.S. and NATO military role yet to be fully defined. Between now and then, allied forces are shifting from combat into a "train-and-advise" mission.
Toolan said his Marines already have made that shift. They have formed 44 "security force assistance teams" of 12 to 18 people each that are working with individual Afghan army and police units to accelerate their move toward full independence, he said.
As the Marines' overall presence shrinks this year, the number of such teams will drop to about 30, he said. That will be enough to assist "a good portion" of _ but not all _ Afghan security units, he said.
As an illustration of how the Marines are preparing to shrink their role this year, Toolan said they will have reduced the number of their bases in Helmand to 75 by this spring, from 250 last October. By September or October they will be down to 30 bases, he said. Some are being closed; others are being transferred to Afghan forces for their use.
Stephen Biddle, a defense analyst at the Council on Foreign Relations and an occasional visitor to Afghanistan, said he sees reason to worry that U.S. forces will be handing off security responsibility to Afghans this year even as the U.S. troop numbers shrink. The Taliban are likely to see this transition as an opportune time to launch "another wave of counterattacks" that will test the Afghans, Biddle said.
"Lots of people view transition to Afghan security lead as an experiment, and there is a fair amount of uncertainty in a variety of corners about how well or badly it's going to go," he said. "I think it's very, very likely that the Taliban will try to find out."
Toolan said the strategy for Helmand this spring and summer will be focused on limiting the Taliban's capacity for regaining the ground they lost over the past two years by targeting the drug trade that finances them.
By destroying caches of opium and other drug materials, "we will reduce the threat that the insurgents will be able to present after this harvest season, which will support the drawdown of (U.S. and allied) forces that would be leaving here," he said.
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Jimmy Traub just wrote my farewell profile for the Sunday Times and called it: "Giuliani's New York: The city, and psyche, he'll leave behind." Thank God he didn't write about the psyche I'm taking with me. It's so great that such a smart guy is still willing to take seriously almost every self-serving claim I've ever made. It's also so great that his formula is to dump critiques from the underclass on the back pages that the upper classes never get to. And the timing just made Tina salivate!
All the obscure monitors, from the Financial Control Board to the Independent Budget Office to the Citizens Budget Commission, are going nuts about me spending all the surpluses, hiking the debt, adding tax cuts of gargantuan future proportions, doubling police overtime, and leaving future deficits bigger than the Fresh Kills landfill. The federal welfare law, a national recession, and the soaring cost of garbage disposal all hit the city as I walk out the door. Isn't it just very, very great that when the chickens come home to roost, not even Donna will still be at the mansion? (Make a note to have her send me over some clean shirts.)
I had a hard time when I was U.S. Attorney figuring out what this political racket was all about, but now I know. It's about making your cousin's husband head of the Trade Waste Commission. Or your ex-wife and cousin head of the Central Park Conservancy. Or your mid-life honey head of the Convention & Visitors Bureau. Or your other cousin a six-figure honcho at the Economic Development Corporation.
It's about your best friend doing a million a year in consulting just to talk about you. It's about special detective details for ex-police commissioners who knew how to defer, and for current girlfriends who know how to look dazzled. It's about feeding the family of the party leader who got you elected, even the dysfunctional son. It's about your deputies and their wives becoming lobbyists, and everyone putting a price on how close their mouth is to your ear.
And happiest of all, it's about getting your City Hall research staff to put together every document we wouldn't release under Freedom of Information so I can use whatever I want in the book. It's about ringing up the biggest payday of my life, even enough to silence Hanover, while I still have influence to trade. Papa would be proud.
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LEIPSIC – Delphos St. John's no longer even considers anything close to having a balance between the run and the pass.
Instead, the Blue Jays' versatility comes from who and where they decide to run the football.
St. John's ran for 405 yards in a 33-18 victory over Leipsic in the first round of the Division VII football playoffs Saturday at Leipsic.
"That's who we are now," St. John's coach Todd Schulte said of his running game. "We are not fancy, whatsoever. It took me a while to figure out exactly who we were and I think we've done that. Coming in, we know we'll have all sorts of people to deal with at the line of scrimmage. … But that's who we are and it's worked so far."
For the Blue Jays, Luke MacLennan ran for 174 yards on nine carries with a 67-yard TD. Tyler Jettinghoff ran for 151 yards on 20 carries with two TDs (2, 61 yards).
"We just do what we're good at," Jettinghoff said.
Running the read option, St. John's quarterback Nick Martz had 80 yards on the ground with two TDs.
St. John's (7-4) advances to the second round of the playoffs against the Tiffin Calvert (7-4) on Saturday at a site to be named. Leipsic, the No. 1 seed in the region, ends its year 8-3.
"We've just gotten better at what we're doing," Jettinghoff said. "We hope to keep progressing and getting better."
On St. John's second play of the game, Martz got loose on a 59-yard read-option run for a TD to give the Blue Jays a 6-0 lead.
After Leipsic's Zack Kuhlman picked off a Martz pass and returned it 27 yards to the 1, the Vikings needed only one play to score.
Jordan Chamberlin took it over from the 1 to tie the game at 6.
St. John's took the lead to stay on a 61-yard TD sweep to the left by Jettinghoff, in which he ran over a Leipsic defender as he turned the corner. That came with 2:52 left in the first quarter.
"I saw two guys coming at me and I said, 'Oh, do I juke them or do I go through them? I decided to go through them and I kept going. And I got a nice block down field from Luke (MacLennan)."
Jettinghoff's 2-yard TD with 8:28 left in the second gave the Blue Jays a 20-6 lead.
St. John's led 27-6 at the half. MacLennan's 67-yard TD run gave the Blue Jays a 33-12 lead with 3:32 left in the third quarter.
"That came on an option," MacLennan said. "In the second half, the end started playing off (me) more because the quarterback was running well, so they started handing me the ball. I had more of a wide-open hole."
Chamberlin's 5-yard TD brought Leipsic within 33-18 with 7:08 in the game.
Leipsic had one last drive, but it had to do it without Kuhlman (hand) and Chamberlin (ankle), who were both on the sideline with injuries.
The Vikings drove to the St. John's 24 with Ross Mangas at quarterback, but the Blue Jays took over on downs and killed the clock.
Martz only threw the ball twice for the Blue Jays. He completed one and had one picked off.
For Leipsic, Chamberlin finished with 123 yards on 23 carries. He had TDs of 56 and 5 yards.
Kuhlman completed 10 of 24 for 85 yards with one interception. He ran for 52 yards on eight carries.
The key was the Blue Jays' offensive line, led by 6-foot-4, 250-pound Spencer Ginter, which pounded out 274 yards rushing and 27 points by halftime.
"I thought we were getting some good things going in the second quarter," Schulte said. … "I thought we started to wear on them a little bit as the game went on. In the second quarter, I thought we had them tired on both sides of the ball."
Coldwater 42, Pemberville Eastwood 16
PEMBERVILLE - Coldwater (9-2) advanced in Division V, Region 16 with a victory at Eastwood (8-3).
The Cavaliers will next play at 7 p.m. Saturday against Doylestown Chippewa (9-2) which defeated region top seed Columbia (10-1) 62-28, at a site to be determined.
Marion Local 63, Ft. Loramie 14
MARIA STEIN - The Flyers, the third seed in Division VII, Region 26, moved to 11-0 and will play at 7 p.m. Saturday against second seed Covington (11-0) which defeated Portsmouth Notre Dame at a site to be determined.


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Registrar's Notes – December 5, 2011
December 5, 2011
University Calendars
The University Calendars have been set through the 2015-2016 academic year. To view current and future University Calendars, click on the "calendar" tab on the Registrar's Office website.
April Graduation Deadline
The deadline for students to submit their graduation application has been extended through the end of the semester to allow students additional time to meet with their advisor and submit the application paperwork to the Registrar's Office.
Banner Upgrade
Planning and testing are underway for the next Banner upgrade which is scheduled for the last weekend in January. We will be moving to version 8.5. This upgrade provides fixes to some problems and keeps us current for support purposes. The changes most functional users will see are minimal. More information will be coming as we get closer to the upgrade weekend.
Upcoming dates:
- Saturday, December 17—Commencement
- Tuesday, December 20—Fall Grades Due at noon
- Monday, January 9—Classes begin at 8 a.m.
- Monday, January 16—Martin Luther King Jr. Day recess
- Friday, March 2—Spirit day
- Monday, March 5—Spring break begins
- Monday, March 12—Classes resume
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India 'A' and New Zealand 'A', after playing two drawn multi-day matches, are ready for the three one-day matches starting on Sunday at the ACA-VDCA stadium here.
New Zealand might have got used to the local conditions and pitches, but faces a new team in the limited overs format.
Leading the team in one-day matches, Unmukt Chand has pushed backed the poor show with his bat in the multi-day matches and is confident about him and the team doing well.
On 10 players replacing those in the squad for the multi-day matches, coach Sanjay Bangar finds no problem of the team being a unit.
Players are expected to try hard as the team for the series against West Indies 'A' in Bangalore will be announced soon.
Leg-spinner Ish Sodhi and left-handed all-rounder Corey Anderson were included in the New Zealand national team for the Bangladesh tour, and this should boost their morale. Andrew Ellis, one of the three players who came as replacements for the one-day matches and is leading the team now, said the players are working hard.
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India 'A': Unmukt Chand (capt.), Robin Uthappa, Aditya Tare, Kedar Jadhav, Mandeep Singh, Ashok Menaria, Sanju Viswanadh, Sachin Baby, Dhawal Kulkarni, Basant Mohanty, Sandeep Sharma, Shrikant Wagh, Rahul Sharma and Jalaj Saxena.
New Zealand 'A': Andrew Ellis (capt.), Tom Latham, Luke Ronchi, Matthew Henry, Anton Devcich, Colin Munro, Scott Kuggeleijn, Corey Anderson, Carl Cachopa, Todd Astle, Mark Gillespie, Doug Bracewell, Ish Sodhi, Daryl Mitchell and Adam Milne.
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary and Rajesh Deshpande. Third umpire: K.N. Ananthapadmanabhan. Match Referee: Manu Nayyar.
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Unbelievably dramatic story lines and offscreen scandals keep WWEs chairman and CEO, Vince McMahon, high on the list of douchiest people on the planet. Former wrestling superstars have accused him of sexual harassment, strong-arming business deals, and not giving a shit about employees. But he has also built a multibillion-dollar media empire.
The WWE, despite its questionable business practices, has a very loyal following. For some fans, November is to wrestling what Thanksgiving is to football. And for 23 years, WWEs Survivor Series has been held during the 11th month in cities across North America and broadcast live to millions via pay-per-view. The Magic City will host WWEs Survivor Series this Sunday at the American Airlines Arena. During the Diva Championship Match, either defending BFF Michelle McCool or Layla will contend with the one woman who has proven herself capable of unseating WWEs Mean Girls. Nexus leader Wade Barrett will combat WWE champion Randy Orton, and world heavyweight champion Kane will take on Edge for the world title.
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Registrar's Notes – June 24, 2013
June 24,2013
We are in the home stretch of Fall 2013 orientation. As of today, 2,322 students have attended orientation and we are expecting an additional 787 students on campus during the remaining four sessions.
Summer Term Information
Summer I session ends Wednesday.Grades are due next Tuesday, July 2 at noon. Grades will be available to students as soon as we complete processing, which should will be sometime in the late afternoon on July 2. Summer II starts at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday.
More than 1,300 degrees will be conferred at commencement on Saturday. Two ceremonies will be held in Miller Auditorium as follows:
9:00 a.m. College of Education and Human Development
College of Health and Human Services
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Extended University Programs
noon College of Arts and Sciences
College of Aviation
Haworth College of Business
College of Fine Arts
Graduates are able to pick up eight guest tickets in the WMU Bookstore through Saturday. If extra tickets are available they will be distributed on Friday, June 28 at Miller Auditorium beginning at 11:00 a.m.
The commencement ceremonies will be broadcast live on EduCABLE channel 5 and throughout the Kalamazoo viewing area by Charter Communications on Public Media Network's channel 99.
Additional information on the Summer 2013 commencement ceremony can be found online at: www.wmich.edu/commencement.
Upcoming Dates:
- Wednesday, June Session ends
- Thursday, June Summer II session starts
- Saturday, June Commencement
- Tuesday, July Summer I final grades due at noon
- Wednesday, July Summer II drop/add ends
- Thursday, July Independence Day Recess
- Friday, July Census
- Tuesday, July Last day to receive a 50% refund for complete withdrawal
- Monday, July Last day to receive a 25% refund for complete withdrawal
- Monday, July Last day to withdraw
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SC modifies implementation of judicial affidavit rule
MANILA, Philippines—Refusing to suspend the implementation of the Judicial Affidavit Rule (JAR), the Supreme Court has instead modified its implementation, requiring public prosecutors in criminal cases to use, in lieu of judicial affidavit, the sworn statements executed by complainants and their witnesses.
The new rule, which took effect last Jan. 1, requires the submission of judicial affidavits in lieu of direct testimony of witnesses in criminal cases where the maximum imposable penalty does not exceed six years.
In its two-page resolution, the SC requires the attending public prosecutor, when presenting the witness, to "affirm the truth of what the sworn statement contains and ask the witness only those additional direct examination questions that have not been amply covered by the sworn statement."
The modified compliance shall be for one year only and on Jan. 1, 2014, the JAR shall be in full effect in criminal cases, the SC said.
The high court also said it "expects the public prosecutors in both the first and second-level courts to take steps during the one-year modified compliance period (1) to seek the needed augmentation of their ranks; and (2) to develop methods and systems that would enable them to fully comply with the requirements of the Judicial Affidavit Rule when the modified compliance period ends."
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Horn Lake residents slow to adopt recycling
New curbside program draws few volunteers
The City of Horn Lake is struggling to fulfill its minimum of 250 participants to roll out a curbside recycling program approved at the Feb. 1 Board of Aldermen meeting.
As of last week, 27 residents had enrolled. The hopes were to have the recycling through Waste Connections Inc. start at the beginning of March.
"I'm a little disappointed in the numbers," said Keep Horn Lake Beautiful vice chairman Leon Martin. "We advertise ourselves as the greenest city in Mississippi. We need to be recycling if we're going to retain that title."
Interested citizens would pay $6.25 a month with the charge appearing on their utility bills. Because the program is not mandatory, they are required to come to City Hall to fill out paperwork.
"I think there's a lot of miscommunication," Horn Lake City Administrator Andrea Freeze said. "People are thinking that the city is doing this. We're not. We're outsourcing it."
Waste Connections is the same company that handles Southaven's recycling. The pickup is biweekly and includes incentives where points can be redeemed for rewards.
Discussed at the Feb. 15 board meeting was the pending arrival of 7,500 door hangers that would be distributed to help outline the program.
"I'm just hoping when something gets out to the residents there will be a big jump, but certainly it's not going to start (March 1). Potentially, April 1," said Martin.
According to Freeze, the recycle option would be a cost savings for those homeowners with two trash cans. An additional container is $10 per month.
Horn Lake Mayor Nat Baker is hopeful the program gets its wheels, but also acknowledges old habits die hard.
"There's a lot of plusses to it," he said, "but this is an older established community and the older generation is not that strong in recycling."
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Are you brave enough to come and see some of the creepiest and crawliest creatures we could find?? With help from our friends at the Creepy Crawly Road Show we have a variety of animals for you to meet and learn about!!
The Circus is coming back to Cantref! Can you juggle? ride a uni-cycle? spin plates, be a clown or balance on a high beam? Now is your chance to run away to the circus and be an entertainer, well for the day any way!!
Come and take some tips from our friends from Panic Circus!! Or you can just sit back and watch the entertainment, its guaranteed fun for the whole family! Panic circus are back by popular demand, and promise it will be bigger and better than ever before!
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Cantref is 10 this year and we're having a birthday party and One Direction Adventure are helping us celebrate in style!! This is the tribute band who were chosen to perform on Channel 5 TV for Big Brothers Bit on the Side!
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Come & see the tributes to Niall, Zayn, Liam, Harry & Louis as One Direction Adventure emulate their idols in a high action and hit filled One Direction tribute show at Cantref's 10th Birthday Party!!
There is lots of family fun happening throughout the day here at Cantref - Brecon's Biggest Adventure - from Dance Acts & Dance Work Shops, Story Telling, Talent Contests!! Plus all of the Cantref Attractions & Pet Shows are open as normal!! Also there will be a Hogg Roast & a Licensed Bar and of course our Cafe will be open too!
Ahoy there me shipmates it's time to dress up, shiver me timbers and swashbuckle me arties at HMS Cantref! They'll be loads of Fun Games, Live Shows & Hidden Treasures, Walking the plank & prizes for the bast dressed Pirates & Princesses and loads loads more!!
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Thread: Is Japanese anime real art?
November 29th, 2006 #31
I like the old style better too... A lot of the new ones are more plasticky... And the character designs seems to have demised... Even though I won't be gushing over the new styles, some of them still win me over their stories... Monster, GITS: SAC, Fullmetal Alchemist, One Piece (thank goodness you made the cutoff on 1999, 'cuz you would've gotten so much flak with Cowboy Bebop being made in 1998 )... Although I must say, the backgrounds in most anime (especially movies) have improved in leaps and bounds...
And while we're on the subject, anybody recommend me to blind-buy Steamboy?...
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Hopefuly we can talk about this like mature people.
I personally view the change in art style (or in your terms 'effort'), as something akin to the phenomena found everywhere in life as time goes by. All things change with time. In fine art, when Impressionism came about, it was something very different, very simple, almost *lazy,* yet undeniably beautiful when done correctly. Of course, there are plenty of badly drawn shows today, however that does not disqualify the entire genre as a whole. Art does not always need to be detailed, and realistic. You mentioned that you would love to see Ouran Host Club drawin in a style similar to Fist of the North Star, but I simply could not imagine it. I think the simple, almost paper-cut-out art style they used suits the show much better than a serious style would. In my opinion, the styles which you're hooked on give no room for expressing the fun of shows today.
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I always figured the changing look in various anime was just normal for any art, but I suppose this is food for thought, though I don't know how long my siv of a mind will stay interested in the subject. However, I'm curious, where does one fit in this discussion if they don't have any perceptions of the older cartoons as being of better quality than the more recent? I mean, what if you like it for reasons that aren't concerned about the art of the time, but rather appreciate the distraction provided, however short lived, by any 22 minute episode of animated cartoon?
November 29th, 2006 #34
You are still comparing big budget productions such as OVA´s and Movies to Low budget TV series.
Fair fight would be you to compare productions of equal or similar budget.
(seba-boi, It looks like a nice film...I would say "go for it")
November 29th, 2006 #35
I see Anime as Art in the sense that its well crafted and thoughtout construct, like any quality film. Its not art in the Framed in a Gallery sense. I've seen anime incorporated in gallery works; it was interesting and so was the intent behind the paintings, but it didn't quite click with me.
I recommend renting Steamboy first before you buy. I found it rather weak story-wise. Craft wise its typical of Otomo standards, which is to say extremely well made and designed. But then I recommend rent before buy on almost all animated movies.
November 29th, 2006 #36
what kind of a stupid ass question is that?!
November 29th, 2006 #37Originally Posted by JenZee
Oh, come on... surely you could see I was joking? Besides, even if was being serious in calling people silly, that would be pretty articulated for an internet-based argument! lol.
And what I meant with Ouran host club wasn't that I think it should have a different art style... true, Hokuto no Ken probably wouldn't suit it. I just meant that any modern anime at all would look a million times better with some good old school 80s shading.
And in typical Johnson fashion, I then spent like an hour doctoring the following image in a futile attempt to prove my point...
Shamagim- I see your point and raise you twenty. But to be honest, the later of episodes of Fist of the North star (TV series) looke better than any of the classic examples I used. Whereas the recent Hellsing (OVA series) looks just as bad as the new examples. But I see what you mean... I really should dig up clips from both those shows and post them, perhaps.
seba_boi - Bebop is why I always quote the cutt off point as being 1999. I love Bebop with a passion! I'm so glad it wasn't made a year later, or it would have looked all washed out and computery.
November 29th, 2006 #38
Paul I like the unshaded versions better it looks more like traditional Japanese woodblock prints.
See? Highly subjective. :-)
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November 29th, 2006 #39Originally Posted by Paul "Otaking"
but NO!
(And in both versions, the bigger issue is that the character clashes terribly with the background.)
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November 29th, 2006 #40
Lol...yeah, but I wasn't going to redraw the background as well! ^_^ I knew everyone would think the flat, rubbish looking pic would look better, so it wasn't worth spending another 3 hours doctoring someone else's work...
November 29th, 2006 #41
In gthe ouran host club comparison I also like the clean cut version a lot better.
Death note, bebop, slayers, one piece.
All works of art.
The style fits the serie. Period.
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umm wait.. a lot of the "nicer" looking sample art comes from OVA or movies (with considerably higher budgets), while most of the flat shaded examples are from TV series.
Heck, the lemnear and gunbuster artwork's look like they're from posters and are not cells (prolly have some of urashihara's or mikimoto's artbooks from that era too).
the nice looking 0083 scenes were mainly stationary too. Not to mention most of the final battle scenes were a single cell pasted on a background... add laser shots, and lot's of camera movement.
now most 80s TV series... were examples of how cheap it got occasionally, one tone shading, non-moving "animation", and lot's of wind blowing. Hey, there was crap then, there's still crap now.
*gets flashback of watching tapes shows with rec.arts.anime translated printouts*
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November 29th, 2006 #44
I'd have to disagree stonrgly. I think in modern Anime the colours have been used much better, not blinding me with the a-la second grade colour palette of earlier decades. I'm much more for the subtle use of colour and the simplified renderings than the overdone frames of the eighties. Same with Western Comics - used to be nauseatingly colourful, but since Frank Miller things have come along nicely. Panels are far more readable and not near as confusing.
Have you seen "Spirited Away"? (Not sure if it has come up). Looks far better than anything before, and the new Ghost in the Shell movie has some stunning visuals. Besides, your just taking the best of the old and comparing with the worst of the new like Shamagim said. How bout you take Grave of the Fireflies and put it right up against Spirited Away, would you?
I'm with all the others, anime is art, but it's a cliched style and something you shouldn't leap onto when you can explore so many other avenues.
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it should also be noted that macross plus is still the highest budgeted OVA ever produced. it wasn't that the macross zero team couldn't match the framerate because they didn't have the skill, they just didn't have the same budget.
November 29th, 2006 #46Originally Posted by Paul "Otaking"
Man all this talk of Macross is making me want to re-marathon it... and top it off with the LOVELY Macross Zero!
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November 29th, 2006 #47
you just like the "shading" is all
please, there's more to art than just that. Modern anime has more style. Thats hot!
November 29th, 2006 #48
sorry, i´m too lazy too read this hole thing... -but this color-sample.. -did anyone realize, that the old one looks like a boy and the new one like a girl?
so.. what´s the point?
in this freaking big pic... the new samples have definitely the better color. and thre is only a different mood..
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The blocky shading is a style element, the quality put into the ova over that of a tv series is a whole different matter and the two should not be confused. If you're not going to watch an anime simply because the aesthetics are not suitable enough, then you're shooting yourself in the foot.
No one's having a hard time saying which anime is better. It's hard to take your argument seriously if you're going to continue to compare old ovas to new anime tv shows, it's not logical or analytical in any sense of the word. What works for language quality across all anime platforms does not work for image quality on all platforms, your logic is faulty, your examples are faulty and your conclusions are just silly.
If people like the newer anime tv series to the older ova's, then FLCL is a no brainer hit out of the ballpark. It had a good budget, but it didn't somehow fall into a timeloop and contain dated blocky shading, rather lots of style and experimentation, clean crisp colors, and good saturation. It is a matter of style and taste, and there's lots to choose from.
November 30th, 2006 #50
I believe anime is "real art".
This is just a little about how anime started and how I consider it to be art in a different view then some.
It was a style adapted around 1956-1958.
Osamu Tezuka was considered the "Disney of Japan" and the Hapanese "God of comics".
He created comics and cartroons featuring a wide range of artistic genres ranging from the very commercial to more artistic.
He basically made the first magna.
He was highly influenced by Disney's and FLiescher's characters. His take on their characters led the foundations of the "anime style".
If you look closely at his Astroboy series, you can see a bit of early mickey mouse and some of betty boop style to it.
I look at anime as a genre that has adapted through the years just as any other animation out there.
Yes there are some pretty shitty animes out there, but there are tons of shitty American cartoons that have been produced through the years as well.
I would have to say the best animated feature of anime would have to be Spirited Away. Hiyao Miyazaki is one incredible artist!
November 30th, 2006 #51
I just realized something else.
The 'wonderfully shaded old anime' looks quite americanized.
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Only hentai is real art.
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November 30th, 2006 #53
Machzero - Yeah, indded there are some unfair comparisons between ovas and tv series there. That's because I was rushed... but as I've said before, Hokuto no Ken's later episodes look as good if not better than the 80s examples I've used... and that's a TV series. Dragonball Z is a TV series and has shading easily on par with the examples, too. The amazing thing is that shading of this level wasn't confined to OVAs, but can be seen in all manner of 80s Tv series too.
On the other hand, Hellsing and other modern OVA series look about the same as the TV examples. They don't have any more shading; they just move a bit smoother.
Brandan N - Spirited Away is excellent, but looks no different to any of Ghibli's earlier character design work or shading. They're the *only* studio whose stuff still looks as good as it did. I watched Grave of the Fireflies the other day, and yes, it is extremely comparable to Spirited Away. Ghibli are just great.
On the contrary, compare the recent movie Steam Boy (in development for 10 years) to the team's earlier Akira, and Steam Boy looks extremely nasty in comparison. Budget restraints, I guess.
Ah.Heng- You said it! Lol. It's not that anime directors make a conscious choice to make everything grey and bland (as many fans of modern stuff choose to believe), but that they don't have the money anymore. The 80s was the golden era of anime because it was the height of Japan's economic boom.
JenZee - Macross Zero is easily the best CG there is. I just don't really feel anything at all when I look at CG is the problem. I know that all they had to do was build one model of a Valkyrie, and that's most of the work done. Mac Plus, on the other hand, required redrawing the planes on every single frames, and the choreography is still light years ahead of Zero. Oh well...
Denart - If by 'style' you mean less skill, less colour, less detail and less movement, you're absolutely right. You should look at some of the old 80s camera work... I was watching Space Adventure Cobra the other day, and two people were talking as they opened a door. The camera aoomed around them 360 degrees as they talked, tracked in on the key and followed it into the lock - just for a conversation scene. In modern anime, that would have clearly been two still faces with only their mouths moving. Come on, you know *that's* true, at least!
Arne - It's an odd one, that. It's actually a girl in the series, but she's meant to look like a guy and confuse everyone.
Kallisti - Thing is, there are hundreds of 80s anime shows with good stories AND good artwork. So why should I bother watching some new show that has a good story and no decent artwork? That's the glory of anime - there's so many billions of titles that I never have to run out of old stuff to watch for the first time. Don't get me wrong... Full Metal Alchemist was excellent up until they diverged from the manga, but it was still pig ugly. Why bother with it, when I can watch Bubblegum crisis and have my eyes actually bleed because the artwork is so ridiculously good?
HunterKiller -that's another good point. People say "all 80s anime was girls with big eyes," but they just haven't had their eyes own open. There were a plethora of vastly differing styles in 80s anime... Buichi Terasawa in particular drew very western looking characters, and Golgo 13 was more American looking than a lot of US comics. It's odd, but modern anime all looks the same to me. Grey, with big pocking lips and badly drawn eyes.
IILooney - You actually make a very good point. Nowadays, it's only modern hentai art that still looks anything like old anime. So yeah, only hentai is real art! Lol
And finally, have a lok at this. I tried adapting one of my characters into the new anime style, adhering strictly to the shading and linework of several screenshots of Paradise Kiss. The result is accurate, and makes me want to die so the pain will go away.
November 30th, 2006 #54
Paul, overlooking the fact that your modern style drawing looks like you crafted it with deliberate sloppiness and haste to prove your own point, still, the amount of time invested in a piece does not equate to its worth.
You also seem to be overlooking the fact that all anime is "modern". The differences in style that happen over mere decades isn't even going to register as a blip in the continuum of art history.
Animation is expensive to make. So what if theres a lot of low-quality animation being made? It keeps the public interested in the genre, and ensures that money keeps flowing into the industry. Out of the masses of crap arises the occasional gem as with every other media.
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November 30th, 2006 #55Paul, I did a little experiment. I thought to myself, "self, I bet his date for the Decline of Anime corresponds exactly with his early twenties." Then I checked your profile. Bingo!
And Paul, it looks like you simply prefer heavy saturation to high key value schemes when deciding between good and bad. I'm not going to state my preference, but in most cases, more is not necessarily better.
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December 1st, 2006 #56
My opinion?
The old animes look plain ugly to me. The shading is too dramatic, too saturated as well the style the faces are drawn are just simply... not to my taste. The lines are blocky and overall I don't like the composition and the highly "dramatic" effects.
I admit it's better drawn and used more time in shadows and lights.
The modern anime, however... it looks comfortable to my eye, the lines are smooth, the colors don't hurt my eyes. It's balanced as well the colors look natural. Also instead of using 500 extra hours on creating shadows that barely no one notices, they (hopefully) have used more time in storylines and such.
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this really comes down to a matter of personal taste.
I think alot of the stuff from back in the 80's looks like busy, over cluttered junk that shouldn't see the light of day again.
and that alot of the stuff these days ...like, just for instance, FLCL, or ANYTHING by Miyazaki looks MILES ahead in terms of overall technique and animation than the others in the 80's could have even touched.
Except for Akira.
That is a man's man.
In regards to what you pointed out in your first post:
I would say in terms of shading, if a line is able to convey the depth of the form they are drawing in as simple a way as possible while still retaining enough information to recognize what it is (which, just from one of your examples, the boy the towel over his neck does), then more power to them. They have done their job, and don't need any extrenuous information, that would---like a stated earlier---clutter the image and make it look too busy when it doesn't need to be. Shading doesn't necessarily make something better.
December 1st, 2006 #59
IMO anime is ridiculous because it constricts everybody to drawing with very similar style. Yes, the the creators of the anime style did create art but some people that just copy the style are not, IMO.
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Watercolour and pencil, simple style: http://migi.moo.jp/
Manga influence: http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~makofu/kuro_002.htm (the lotr fanart is amazing btw)
See how these are vastly different from one another and yet alike? It is in no way less worthy of praise, it's just a different approach.
I'd say for most it's hard to see asian work the same way as u.s. work because no one really gets to see the personal small works of the everyday joe who likes to draw and post it on the internet.
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