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By Linda D. KozarynAmerican Forces Press Service
GARMISCH, Germany, Aug. 12, 1998 Mare's milk in Kazakhstan. Ram's testicles in Eastern Turkey. Lamb organs in Turkmenistan.
These are some of the culinary oddities offered the hale and hearty American service members who become Eurasian foreign area officers. These adventurous cultural and linguistic specialists known as "FAOs" (pronounced, FAY-ohs) are the link between the U.S. military and the international arena.
Eurasian FAOs serve as defense attaches, security assistance officers and special staff officers at unified and specified commands, the Pentagon and the White House. They are often the sole American military representative in the former-Soviet republics and Warsaw Pact nations.
FAOs prepare for their international jobs in an 18-month program at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies here. Co-sponsored by the United States and Germany, the school opened in 1993 to teach democratic principles to civilian and military leaders of nations once part of the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact. At that time, the center also absorbed the facilities and FAO training mission of a U.S. Army Russian language and regional studies institute.
During the Cold War, the Russian institute students were the only future FAOs who couldn't study in-country, explained Todd Arnold, a Marshall Center operations specialist. Everybody else could go to a U.S.-friendly country to improve their language and cultural skills -- to include Chinese specialists, who went to Taiwan.
The institute created an artificial atmosphere using former Soviet soldiers and defectors as instructors. At best, institute students would occasionally travel to Moscow or St. Petersburg, Russia; Kiev, Ukraine; Minsk, Belarus; or possibly the Central Asian republics. Then the Soviet Union collapsed.
"When the wall came down, opportunities popped up that were just unheard of a few years before," Arnold said. For example, he said, Marshall Center student FAOs since 1995 have helped establish embassies in newly independent ex-Soviet states. They've also worked on cooperative threat reduction in the former Soviet nuclear states of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.
Military-to-military contact continues to expand, Arnold said. About eight FAOs have graduated from the Russian-U.N. peacekeeping school outside Moscow. Two Americans have gone to the Ukrainian ground forces academy outside Kiev. At any given time three FAOs work in Bosnia as liaison officers with the Russian brigade. In February, the first American officer graduated from the Russian diplomatic academy.
In the past, primarily Army officers trained as FAOs. About the time the Berlin Wall fell, the Marine Corps began sending officers to Garmisch as well. In 1996, then-Defense Secretary William J. Perry directed all U.S. services to begin training foreign area officers. Arnold said Marshall Center officials hope the Air Force and Navy will soon join in the program.
Because the Marshall Center's prime mission is to educate mid-level and senior military and civilian leaders from more than 30 Central and Eastern European and Central Asian nations, it's "the heart of a whole new world" for FAOs, according to U.S. Army Col. Mark Beto, dean of the center's College of International and Security Studies.
A 28-year veteran and a 1980 Russian institute graduate, Beto served two tours at the U.S. military liaison mission in Potsdam, Germany, and a tour in Moscow as an assistant attache. The FAO program then was good, he said, but nothing like today's.
"Now that things have opened up and the Marshall Center has been founded, it's like bringing the former Soviet Union to the FAOs here," Beto said. "It's a marriage made in heaven."
The FAO students focus on military and political history and other regional topics. They also play a major role in the foreign officials' education, he said. Each FAO student sponsors a senior foreign student.
"They become training aids for each other," Beto said. "They pick each other's brains, speak each other's languages.
"If you're a [Marshall Center] graduate and you go back to Uzbekistan, or wherever you come from, what are you going to remember the most? Is it the lecture on budget formulation you had one morning, or is it going to be the conversations you had and the insights you gained standing over a barbecue grill, drinking a beer and talking to an American officer? I think it's the latter," he asserted. "Barriers break down. They start relating to one another. Friendships are developed which will live on."
A highlight of the FAO program is in-country internships that range from 30 days to six months. Relationships built in Garmisch contribute to the success of these internships. For instance, Beto said, many interns have returned from Central Asia swearing they'd never have made it if not for the friends they'd made at the Marshall Center.
Friendships don't come easily in the former Soviet-dominated states, particularly if the relationship begins on a strictly formal basis, he said. "But if you're taken around by the U.S. ambassador or the deputy chief of mission and you see someone you know in the ministry of defense, it makes all the difference in the world," Beto said. "You've just erased six months you would have had to spend building a relationship."
This year, the Marshall Center began offering courses for mid-level foreign officers and civilians, who happen to be about the same age as the FAO students. Beto said this is where the United States is truly investing in the future.
"It will be years before we really understand the seeds we've sown here," he said. "We think we've got a lot of synergy now between the FAOs and the older colonels and lieutenant colonels. Just think what's going to happen when these guys grow up together here. Close friendships will develop, and who knows? There may be a crisis someday and the key to resolving it might be a couple of Marshall Center graduates."
Army Lt. Col. Douglas Ben Reed heads the FAO Management Office at the Marshall Center. A veteran Army ordnance officer with more than 17 years' service, he chose to become a Soviet FAO as his secondary specialty. A 1992 Russian institute grad, he served two years at U.S. Army Europe headquarters as project manager for military-to-military programs with Bulgaria, Romania, Albania and Slovenia.
Eurasian FAOs are in more demand than ever, he said. "Our job opportunities have expanded greatly. Before, you just had one attache office in Moscow. Now there are 15 embassies and attaches," he added.
All FAOs at the Russian institute received exactly the same training, but now they can gain experience in Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Bosnia and any number of other places.
"Now you're not getting a cookie cutter product," Reed said. "That's going to benefit us in the long run, because four years from now when we're looking to fill the attache position in Kyrgyzstan, we've had three or four guys who have already been there. That diversity is good."
Army Lt. Col. John Sharp, FAO operations officer at the center, echoed his colleague's view. "There's nothing better for building self-confidence than doing it. They get exposure to the jobs they'll have in three or four years," he said.
Sharp said most FAOs are mid-range captains or junior majors, while many of the attaches are senior majors to lieutenant colonels. New FAOs may serve as assistant attaches and as acting defense attaches. In some cases, senior captains may be the senior U.S. military representative in a country.
A field artillery officer with 18 years of service, Sharp was in the Russian institute's last two-year class. By the time he graduated in 1992, the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact were history.
"It was a very interesting time and a very frustrating time to be a student," he said. "We spent our time watching the whole thing fall down. We didn't envision all the security assistance programs that are now going on within the former Soviet Union. We didn't foresee the explosion [of assignments] that there would be."
After a brief stint in Washington, Sharp went to Baku, Azerbaijan, where the United States was establishing diplomatic relations. He was the sole military representative to the newly independent state. At the time, he said, the U.S. embassy was a "standup operation" on the fourth floor of the old Intourist Hotel.
"Those were wild and crazy days, because the embassies were all in hotels somewhere, and they were all building offices, building relations and getting to know people," Sharp recalled. "The whole embassy was scattered around the hotel, which we shared with the Russian embassy, Amoco and Pennzoil, who'd booked up this hotel. I actually lived in a room with the Xerox paper and all the printer cartridges. The communications room was next door. The U.S. ambassador was downstairs."
Being the only U.S. service member in a country or region is not unusual for FAOs, Sharp noted. There are still one-man attache shops in places like Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. The FAOs there do normal attache functions, as well as security assistance officer functions, he said.
As defense attaches, FAOs meet with host-nation military counterparts, help organize military exercises, and in some cases, help transfer surplus U.S. military equipment. They serve alone or with an operations sergeant.
"More and more types of activities are happening all the time," Sharp said. "Training teams are coming in. They're probably busier now than I was at that time. They have more responsibility."
Serving alone carries weighty responsibility, because an FAO may be the only American local residents ever meet. "The statements you make, your conduct, demeanor and professionalism, the impression you leave, may influence a lot of key people and a lot of ordinary people. You can do a lot of good or a lot of damage," Sharp said.
During a 48-hour train trip through Central Asia to Siberia, for example, an American doctor traveling with a group of FAO students made a lasting positive impression.
"A passenger cut his hand rather badly," Sharp said. "The doctor treated him and then checked on him during days that followed. He established a friendship with some ordinary Russians from the depths of Siberia who had never met an American and probably will never again."
Even though Sharp is an administrator now rather than an in-country FAO, he still travels occasionally to the exotic lands where FAOs serve. He recently took a group of students to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, where, he said, the defense ministry treated them like kings. The hosts slaughtered a lamb to barbecue and put all its organs into a big cast iron pot. They then carried the steaming pot around to each guest.
"They came to me first, as the senior American," Sharp recalled. "I reached in and took a chunk of something that looked like liver. As the doctor on the trip with us watched me eat this, he said, 'I think it's part of the upper viaduct.' He was doing an anatomical analysis on all the parts, but I'm still not sure what I ate."
Becoming an FAO takes time and dedication, Beto, Reed and Sharp all agreed, and they have no regrets.
"There are tradeoffs you make," Sharp said. "I'm probably not going to become a brigade commander. I may have less of a chance of being a general officer. But I think I can make a real impact for my country by being an FAO. I have zero regrets. It's been a wonderful experience for me."


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The purpose of the meeting is to address community economics in 2013, and what the future holds moving forward, as well as to give a snapshot of where the community presently stands and projections of how current trends may impact the future.
During the meeting, there will be presentations from Greg Gunter, Elbert County 4-H Cooperative Extension Director Clay Talton, Elbert County Development Authority Director Beth Eavenson, and more.
The meeting will take place on Monday, November 18th at 7:00pm, and again, will be held at the Elberton Civic Center.
All Elbert County residents are encouraged to attend the meeting.

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65. Hanamaru Kindergarden
This series by Gainax is one that I found to be quite touching at times. It's the story of a recent college graduate named Tsuchida getting his first job as a kindergarden teacher where he spends his days playing with Anzu, Koume, Hiiragi and the other children in his class. It's simultaneously a story of the active imaginations of young children and a story of growing up as an adult. It's at both times fun and capable of being serious. The world would be better with more series like this.
64. Traveling Daru
Traveling Daru is a short 10-minute film about a young girl who loses her plush toy as her family leaves for America and the journey the toy named Daru takes to reunite with her. It's extremely sentimental in that the journey visits many sites while also cutting to the girl as she grows up. The loss of the toy has a profound effect on her life as she vividly remembers what it looked like even as she goes into running her own business. Daru's journey is at times uplifting and depressing, but it wonderfully works out in the end after having traveled the other way around the world to see her again.
63. Great Teacher Onizuka
Great Teacher Onizuka is entirely formulaic. A troubled student approaches the former yankee now teacher Onizuka with a great problem in their lives. He sets about solving it in the most unconventional way possible and builds his standing with the rest of the students. Its' very much a slow burn as far as the character development goes, but the series begins to shine in how the students onto whom he has passed his life lessons stand on their own. By the end, a struggle of one man against the educational establishment becomes a collective fight to change the establishment himself. Onizuka can ride off into the sunset with his head held high having taught a group of students how to live their lives on their own terms.
62. Durarara!!
A series of interconnected stories form the narrative of life in Ikebukuro in this particular drama. What drew me to this was the fact that characters were able to grow into the roles they would take up by the end of the series. Mikado is the best example of this as seemingly he is just the inconspicuous student through which we are supposed to see how the normal person lives in the district. Nope, instead he's much more central to events than it seems. In addition, you have a man with superhuman strength, a headless woman and the scientist who loves her and gangs of people fighting for control of the district. It's a fun ride.
61. RahXephon
Eva clone I hear you shouting. I don't really think that's entirely the case and this series definitely stands on its own. RahXephon is a mecha series set in a world that is entirely different from the one at the start. What seems real is not and one has to define it on their own with what power they have. Ayato doesn't sit and moan about his fate when it really matters. He has barriers to get there, sure, and he's treated as a curiosity for being able to pilot one of the title mecha, but it all works out in the end. In addition, the plot keeps dragging you along with all of the reveals in each episode that made me want to keep watching when I did marathon this particular show.
60. Detroit Metal City
Detroit Metal City can be seen as a comedic take on the idea of pragmatism trumping idealism in an incredibly dark way. The protagonist hero of this piece is Souichi, who has a desire to succeed as a musician singing light love songs with a ukelele. In reality, he's a successful musician in an entirely different way. By night, he goes by Johannes Krauser II, the vocalist and lead singer for the groove metal band Detroit Metal City, and his songs express love through rape, death and destruction. Through various misunderstandings and seemingly supernatural coincidences, Detroit Metal City's popularity rises with Souichi's inability to leave Krauser's persona behind.
59. Martian Successor Nadesico
There's a point that this series makes that cannot be avoided after a certain point. Living to the ideals of your favorite show is silly for an individual. But for an entire society to do so is dangerous. Otherwise, this is one of the early sort of reference comedies that seem to dominate these days. It's mainly limited to tropes about mecha anime, not surprising considering this is a mecha series after all. At it's release it was considered one of the best anime series of all time, but unfortunately time has not been so kind to it. However, it's much better than the movie sequel.
58. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
I was on the search for dark comedies when I first came across Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei. Straight comedies aren't exactly the most well known thing to come out of anime, so why not go darker? SZS succeeded when it was unafraid of poking fun at topics that were either absurd or controversial to discuss. Using a cast with Nozomu at the front to highlight the hypocrisy within society and the group of students that followed him became an entertaining treat in a cynical world.
57. Elfen Lied
I remember being obsessed with this gorefest back when I was in college. It got to the point where I actually came up with a body count of 100 from the whole series. The fact that 21 of those are in the first 5 minutes are really what people remember about this show. There was also something about the ending that has stuck with me over the years. It's that general feeling of love in the middle of the end of the world that really left an impact. Like Saikano and End of Evangelion this has lived long in the memory years after it finished. On the surface, this is a harem story with a character capable of killing people in horrible ways as one of the girls. However, I really found it to be a story about tragedy, despair and the worst of humanity with just that shred of hope keeping everything working.
56. Banner of the Stars III
The relationship between Jinto and Lafiel reaches the point of no return in the last (to date) installment of the Seikai series. Jinto has to deal with a diplomatic crisis on his home world, which is caught between being absorbed into the Empire or trying to push for independence. In the end, this is all about Jinto making a decision on what he wants to do with his life. Does he go back home and relive his younger days while putting them at risk? Or does his move on with Lafiel and protect his home land while never being allowed to return? The choice is an emotional one, if blindingly obvious. It's even more understandable because he found the one he loves. There's no place for nostalgia in diplomacy, unfortunately.
55. Macross: Do You Remember Love
For whatever reason, Kawamori has decided that this movie isn't canon at all. Minmei singing in the end was merely a metaphor and we can all just pretend that the only thing that happened was a battle. In reality, I could care less what Kawamori thinks about Macross canon and how he retcons stuff more than almost anyone I've ever known. It's been several years since I've watched this, but I found it to be an excellent story of loves won and lost. Fated encounters like the one I've pictured above happen quickly, but add enough to make it worth it to fans of the series. It also did an excellent job of telling a complete story about how culture makes people. It's over the top, I'll admit, but that's just the way Kawamori is.
54. Ouran High School Host Club
I kick this off with Ouran because at the end of the day, it just happened to find itself in this position. It aired at a time when there were lots of shows which had characters named Haruhi featuring in them. I think this is best example of the harem genre with a female character at the center. It doesn't mean it isn't without flaws; the whole social stratification angle is completely ignored except for comedy, but it does the job well enough.
53. The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi
Now this show defined the beginning of the current era in anime. Yes it aired completely out of order and it doesn't work anywhere near as well chronologically. Plus it's a literal miracle that the special edition DVDs let them run in broadcast order. What is it about this series that works? The cast of characters? The fact that the world is threatened by the title character? Actually I think it is just the sheer force of will from Kyon and Haruhi that makes this memorable.
52. Neon Genesis Evangelion
And on to the defining series of the previous generation. Combining aspects of Christian mythology with mecha drove the action in this series. However, I always think that it was a story about Shinji's inability to cope with the modern world. It doesn't make any sense when thrown straight into the action and the fact he never gets it both works and is incredibly frustrating at the same time. Now, the series lives on in movie reboots and marketing. Yes, marketing about a pre-apocalyptic world.
51. The Girl Who Lept Through Time
Finally a portrayal of what someone would actually do if given the opportunity to go back in time a number of times. It would be utterly wasted until that one opportunity to really go back is too late. I think this will age well unlike Evangelion because it serves as more of a time capsule back to when it was made. Also, the production value was much higher.
50. Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New World
This movie was a sort of remake of the first few episodes of the main OVAs, which admittedly aren't very good. As a movie, this does a fine job of conveying the action as it happens in the LotGH univers. It also builds on characters like Lap who never really got a chance to be anything in the main OVA. Unfortunately, this just leaves the viewer left hanging for more, and the drop in animation quality would be enough to put people off going to the main OVA early on.
49. Clannad: Another World, Tomoyo Chapter
"So why the hell are you putting a Clannad OVA in your top 50 again?" I asked myself when I noticed this in my top 50. Once again, I point out that in isolation Key visual novel adaptations are perfectly capable of making good one-off episodes. So I enjoyed this episode where Tomoyo and Tomoya have a perfectly normal relationship. The latter even goes on to find a perfectly normal job while the two of them can be together privately. Nothing special, but well-executed.
48. Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu
I seem to overrate the sad endings sometimes. It's been a hell of a long time since I finished this, but I remember feeling a profound sadness at Kana's fate in being the last line of defense for Earth. I also rather bizarrely fell in love with this series in the episode where they ended up at the cinema with multiple groups of people spying to see if Kana or Naoyuki would make a move.
47. Nodame Cantabile
Nodame Cantabile is heavily contrived at times. Chiaki seems to be given all the opportunities in the world to make himself into a famous conductor in Japan with all of the visiting big names that battled for the school's president many, many years ago. That's easy to forget in the face of the romance between him and the sloppy, out-of-sorts Noda Megumi. They just go so well together that I couldn't help but smile as the differences and arguments between the two of them worked out in the end. It was just about perfect and I'd put them in my top 5 romantic couples in anime.
46. Steins;Gate
Steins;Gate was special in the sense that it managed to turn a story about a pretentious kid with ambitions of being a mad scientist and having to make him cope with a changing world that was a result of his own idea to make everyone happy. Paradoxically, this led to those closest to him suffering great harm. In having to undo the damage Okabe has to discover things he didn't even know about himself to save the world he wants to protect. It was certainly a fun ride when I watched it.
45. Macross Plus
This was one of my formative anime that I watched many a year ago. It was one of the early CG uses in anime, but the dogfights were hand drawn, which makes it a true delight seeing Kawamori's vision brought to life. It took a long time for CG to get reasonably close to this, but I digress. It's also a story about a virtual idol and two former friends who eventually find it in themselves to reconcile their differences. It's also to this day my favorite soundtrack to an anime.
44. Giant Killing
Instead of going the usual route for a sports story, Giant Killing takes an entirely different route. A former club legend returns and promises exciting football. That his team has little money and has to battle relegation doesn't change that approach at all. Despite the losses, and there are lots of them, there is a lot this show does well. The clash of cultures between younger and older players, trying to develop the confidence of the younger group, the worries of the older players who know that injury and/or time may catch up to them and end it all and the behind the scenes running of the club are all captured very well here.
43. Bakemonogatari
The fact that this series is at its best when it is a series of dialogues about the nature of the characters doesn't detract from it at all. The 3rd and 12th episodes happen to be my personal favorites because of the interaction between Senjougahara and Araragi. It's a triumph of introspection too. Araragi is creepy when he would be in real life, and it is played up as such. Unfortunately, when the story continued, that aspect became aspirational.
42. Kare Kano
The first half of this series is remembered as a wonderful adaptation of a shoujo classic with some unique artistic touches thrown it. It was that aspect that caused the creator to fall out with Gainax's adaptation. So, the 2nd half slowed the plot progression down to a pace slightly slower than glacial, while upping the crazy artistic touches and lengthy recaps of the plot each week. There's a lot of dumb stuff in there, but I think the episode with the characters on sticks is one of my favorite episodes.
This is yet another one of those series that attempts to address whether a man and woman can truly be friends. It gets off to an inauspicious start as Fumihiko and Aka end up sleeping together on their first night together. Then, their professional circumstances dictate that they have to hide the fact they are living together. Their relationship transforms into this amazingly deep platonic bond before the two of them eventually realize that they are in love with each other. It's pure bliss with plenty of Audrey Hepburn references thrown in to boot.
40. Jormungand
It's the show about arms dealers that has nothing to do with arms dealing. This was a bit of a slow starter in that it seemed to be caught up in geopolitics and in killing off the occasional threat to the main character, Koko Hekmatyar. After that, the series became more of a character study of those who desire power and those who choose to serve under them. The same style of writing could have created a similar show with a business or politically oriented series. Instead, it provided a platform which questioned why people with good intentions do terrible things. The ending will strike some as absurd in how much power ends up concentrated in one person's hands, but by the same token that could apply to any group with a mission.
39. Moyashimon
This is truly the anime equivalent of the college buddy comedy. There's just plenty that makes this a pleasant watching experience. It starts with a pair of friends who enter the school who quickly separate. One goes on to learn about the college experience and what goes into the creation of liquor (and there is a lot of that), while the other goes on a strange journey of self-discovery only to reappear dressed in goth-loli outfits. That it doesn't fall apart when everything goes back together is an accomplishment.
38. Whisper of the Heart
A Ghibli-produced movie made by a director making his debut who died shortly afterwards, Whisper of the Heart just about captures the combination of post-bubble life in the Japan of the early 90s as well as some of the fantastic stories that have been created by the studio in a single package. Since this was written after I wrote the review on it, I have to state that I REALLY LIKED THE 2ND HALF OF THE MOVIE. I WAS TRYING TO AVOID WRITING SPOILERS, BUT APPARENTLY THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR A NUMBER OF PEOPLE OUT THERE. THE ENDING WRAPS EVERYTHING UP NICELY EVEN IF THE RELATIONSHIP AT THE CENTER IS YOUNG AND IGNORANT OF THE REST OF THE WORLD.
37. Macross Frontier
This is a show that is very much disliked, if even loathed, by someone I talk to regularly. Yet, I really came out of watching it really liking what I saw. I think it did the job of being a great homage to previous Macross series. Plus, the love triangle at the center of the story is properly resolved. How often do you see that these days? (Note: this is not an endorsement of who ultimately won)
36. Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
V Gundam was the last of the classic Universal Century Gundam series. A completely new cast of characters in the distant future from the time of Amuro Ray and Char Aznable was living a completely peaceful life on Earth when the war was taken to them. What I liked about this is that it is by far the darkest of the Tomino Gundam stories, with only Ideon really surpassing it in everything he made. He captured this brilliantly by introducing characters who would then go on to die quite quickly. It created a mood that no one was safe, which I think was entirely lacking with any subsequent Gundam series.
35. Cromartie High School
This was utterly surreal comedy as gangs of high school students at schools named after old American baseball players who played in the Japanese league do stupid things. The whole idea wouldn't work but for the fact that it is captured from the view of someone who is perfectly normal. It also does the thing that too few shows know what to do right, run the right length.
34. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
A movie that was meant as a remake of the final 2 episodes of the series proper. I think it is quite good how the movie begins and ends with the feeling of disgust. But I think the battle set pieces and the final scenes of the destruction of the world are what will live on in the memory.
33. Tokyo Godfathers
This is a fine Christmas movie and the story of three homeless people trying to find a baby's mother. In the process we learn more about how each character came to be in their predicament. It all ends up being rather sentimental in the end, but it's really hard to avoid that if Christmas is at the center of the story.
Another Gainax project that combined experimental animation with a story about the isolation of rural life. I think it is a great example of something that you can get out of it what you put in. It has its comedic moments and even does the reference comedy better than most do it these days. Most of all, I thought it was fun. That's what really counts in the end, isn't it?
31. Mobile Suit Gundam
And this is probably the only series I can safely say was affected by real life tragedy. I highlighted this before but the attacks of September 11th provided an excuse for this to be pulled off television. I can't praise this show enough for the fantastic job it did in building the world that the rest of the UC series followed in. Yes, it does have it's fair share of LOL TOMINO moments, namely Amuro burying the Gundam standing straight up, then managing to get in it, but it was also building off of a tradition of super robot shows where details like that didn't matter.
30. Akira
Akira was a movie that was part of the wave of Japanese animation that came over to the West in the early 90s as something that was billed as genuinely cool. I know a lot of what came over on that wave is now considered terribad, but this really lives up to the hype. In a post-apocalyptic Japan, social order breaks down as the lower classes in the city prey for destruction again. In the meantime, you have a clash between friends, one of whose inferiority complex to the other makes it harder go on a rampage once given god-like powers. That leaves the one closest to him to stop him. Technically, this film is fantastic on a number of levels. The score is one of the most unique things you will ever hear. I recommend this to anyone who hasn't seen it already.
29. Urusei Yatsura Movie 2: Beautiful Dreamer
I haven't actually properly watched the Urusei Yatsura series, but that didn't stop me from enjoying this triumph of directorial excellence. If you've watched the Ghost in the Shell movies, you will recognize the director immediately. The movie takes the cast of characters in a classic time loop plot, though this was made about 30 years ago. This doesn't even feel like the proto-harem series that the characters and story came from. It has those bits, but this is a serious movie all the way through. Definitely a hidden gem if you can find it.
28. Eden of the East
The first real spy anime of the post-Bourne era. The basic premise is simple. Someone gave a group of people a bunch of money and told them to save Japan. That the series begins in Washington, D.C. with one of the protagonists throwing rocks at the White House (though not really threatening in any way) sets the tone. There is an air over this series about how those in authority have abandoned those who are deemed social outcasts. The project that gives the series it's title was born out of an idea created by a group of unemployed college students. The higher tension in the series is the clash of ideas. Whether it is better to start a war to reclaim past glories, or better utilize the people who are considered to have no future by those in power is something I rarely expect an anime to address?
27. Sengoku Collection
This is the only entry you are getting from 2012, sorry. Sencolle takes a well-worn trope of utilizing genderbent Sengoku-era figures and turns it into a different take on modern life. There are episodes which are hopeful, fun, profoundly sad, funny and longing for a life that can't be returned. The fact of the matter is that it's 26 different takes on modern society, even if they are filled with Brechtian alienation methods or homages to 2001 or Legend of the Galactic Heroes. It was the most fun I had in a long time.
26. Honey and Clover
Another one of the college-themed series on this list, I can't help but feel this captures life in that period of life better than most. It's really hard to describe this in short other than to vaguely say that it is the story of a group of kids transitioning to adulthood. The anxieties of trying to find a job after college and to try to end up with the one you love. I may not have been satisfied with the ending, but I can still remember that scene where Takemoto falls in love with Hagu all the time.
25. Saikano
Easily the most depressing series I have ever seen. I find it best to watch this in a marathon on a nice clear day. Because the ending is just so damn depressing. The story is of an innocent pair whose life is changed when the girl, Chise, is transformed into a weapon to fight in a war that had already destroyed most of the world. At the same time, the rest of their friends meet their ends in tragic ways as the world goes crazy. I should also add that there were 2 scenes in this series that actually brought me to tears.
24. Nekojiru Gekijou
This is a fun little dark comedy that has its own tragic story. Essentially, the creator of the manga ended up committing suicide, and her bleak view of the world comes through in this series made after her death. You have anthropomorphized characters in a caste system with cats on top and pigs all the way on the bottom, and do you know exactly where each animal ranks in society quickly. There's also bloody deaths played for comedy and genuine social commentary that works well here.
23. Aoi Bungaku
This is really just an anthology of classic Japanese novels brought to life. I think what really stood out for me was the combination of great storytelling and the different styles each story brought out. The Spider's Thread and Run, Melos really stood out for me in this regard. Adaptation of literature doesn't have to be boring, not should it be dismissed because it doesn't fit into the light novel trend that seems to be endless.
22. Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
The 2nd season of the Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei franchise was the best in my opinion, otherwise it wouldn't be here. It was so good that I once wrote on how a minor character should be recognized as excellent on the basis of a single episode. Alright, that may have been a bit over the top, but I think the episodes in this season are at their most critical of society.
21. Nadia, The Secret of Blue Water
Considering the last third of this series and the movie made can be considered catastrophically bad if not terribad, the strength of the first 2/3rds of this series land it a place here. This is roughly based off of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, but it has a heart that has long since abandoned Gainax. The need to cash in led to the horror I mentioned above, and it would be a fore bearer of what was to come for the series. But sticking to this series, it is a fun adventure all the way through. At least until it hits the troubles.
20. Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars
This movie was the story of Yang Wen-li and Reinhard von Müsel's first encounters on the battlefield, and it is definitely worthy of a place on this list. It encapsulates so much of what makes the main OVA special in just a single hour. There's politics, battlefield action, and a set piece at the end set to Bolero which is the best in the entire franchise. It really sets the stage for what happens later in the story. I just wish I had watched this first.
19. Daicon Opening Animations
In the early 80s, a group of students who were science-fiction and animation fans put together a pair of short clips that would air at a convention on a minimal budget. They would go on to found Gainax and have an impact on the industry for years to come. As for these shorts, they manage to tell a complete story without having a character speak. But also, there are so many liberties taken with copyright that they can't ever be commercially released
18. Metropolis
Time hasn't really served this movie well. As more and more people watch it, this position on the list looks worse and worse still. However, I do genuinely like it. The film is rather slow to move along as the Metropolis-inspired feel to the city. The soundtrack perfectly captures the mood of the place as well. It all eventually leads up to a conclusion that is typical of man trying to conquer God. It all falls apart to the voice of Ray Charles singing I Can't Stop Loving You. It's a strange thing.
17. Serial Experiments Lain
Lain is seriously dated. I'll be one of the first to admit that. The integration of people with technology is a commonly addressed theme. The plot is very much disjointed, but this is really an atmospheric series with an emphasis on how detached technology can make people from each other. It provoked many hours of thought in me, mainly because of the clear contrast in quality from what else aired that season.
16. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
Higurashi had the time loop angle mastered from the start. This is a genuinely good horror series before time even plays a role. It at first seemed like the same cast of characters forever doomed to play through a bloody end. Only when it emerged that Rika was constantly aware of the fact that they were trapped in time did this become something special in my eyes. The production budget is very low in this series, but it's a tribute that it ends up as a fantastic exploitation vehicle as a result.
15. Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
The ideal Christmas anime in my opinion, and 2nd only to Die Hard in my pantheon of Christmas must sees. This is an almost guaranteed annual watch, with hamburgers as the food simply because of the tragic end one character meets. Essentially 0080 is a growing up story of a boy who loves war and then has to see the consequences of having to participate in it. In the end, Al is left a blubbering mess at the meaninglessness of it all. It has it's own nostalgic touch, trust me.
14. Rose of Versailles
Rose of Versailles is historical fiction of the highest order. Set in the final years of the French monarchy, it features a main trio of Marie Antoinette and two fictional characters Oscar, a woman who was brought up like a son but whose femininity is never hidden and Andre, Oscar's servant. All-in-all, it ends up as a tragic tale of the corrupting power of the court, and the latter pair's love story that never seems to come true as fate and society itself seems to be against them.
13. Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
What the hell is this doing here? Actually, I can make a good argument for it. It was the first foray of Kyoto Animation into longer run anime. It took the cast of characters from FMP and took full advantage of the fact that Sousuke would be odd in real life to make it into a comedy. I would call it meta-humor of the highest order. The simple fact is that watching Sousuke fail miserably to live a normal life brought me no end of laughter. Something very few comedies do to me these days.
12. Cowboy Bebop
I watched an episode of this with my father once. His big takeaway was the question of "Why do the use guns in space?" Honestly, the space aspect of the show is secondary to the number of stand-alone stories that are entertaining and the sadness of the main plot. The ending seemed absolutely perfect, even to one of my college roommates who wasn't even into anime at all. I'm just going on nostalgia here, aren't I?
11. My Neighbor Totoro
I'd probably call this the ideal children's movie. This is Miyazaki in full flight as it captures childhood imagination about as well as anyone can. In the unlikely event that I somehow end up with children, this would be one of the first anime I would show them. I can't think of anything else to say about this.
10. Princess Mononoke
And immediately into a more adult Miyazaki piece. This is the story of a man seeking salvation from a curse via protecting a girl raised by wolves against technologically advanced, and environmentally destroying people. It doesn't dwell on that aspect that much, but as a result it does a better job of communicating that message. Overall, I think it ends up being a masterful story of the effects of man's conquest of nature and nature's fight to adapt to man.
9. Diebuster
I saw this and Gunbuster primarily driven by the fact that I really liked the OP to this. Yes, an OP convinced me to watch this. What can I say, this is a worthy successor. It captures all of what made Gunbuster epic in my mind and allowed the characters featured here to live on their own. The only bit of concern I had for this is that the middle episodes seem to progress the story at light speed. So Nono goes from being a curiosity to most powerful entity in the Earth sphere really quickly. However, the ending more than makes up for that.
8. Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Another sequel which relies on a completely different cast of characters. This is way more soul destroying in the end for the main character at the start. Camille is completely driven by ideals even if his family situation is in tatters. The story moves along as his talent at piloting mobile suits proves to be even greater than anyone would think. However, he runs into a love interest that eventually destroys him. Much like Amuro's encounters with Lalah in the original series, Camille has the same with a girl named Four. The series also has one of those THAT episodes I talked about a couple years ago where the number of main characters killed is ridiculously high. It all leads up to a tragic end where death would have been preferable.
7. Kaiba
If there was one word I would use to describe Kaiba I would use surreal. This is a story of a society split into haves and have-nots and a world where bodies are tradeable commodities. In the middle of it all is a love story between Kaiba and Neiro, which shines above all else in this series. The artistic sense of this series is more than enough to put people off. I'm well aware of that fact as only Australia of any Western territory is lucky enough to have it licensed. However, it was excellent enough for me to at least attempt to write posts on them. Even if no one ever read them, unfortunately.
6. White Album 2
White Album 2 was a real surprise when I first began watching it. The first episode had an attention to detail that was so high that it turned out to be a continuity error. That turned out to be the only downtime in this turbulent ride of a high school love triangle. This isn't so much a story of how the three characters deal with the fact that eventually they will have to split. It's the fact that the chemistry they showed as the built up to a concert performance at the school festival made them want to keep what they had. Irrational choices are made by all three and as such none of them will be completely happy with the outcome. That's just as these things should work out.
5. Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!
At some point that I can't even remember when this happened, this series became the defining point of the success of a series in disc sales. I'd like to think that it is much bigger than that. It has a lot of the features you would see in present shows, cute girls doing cute things, but the constructed world makes that seem like a small point. Yes, this show has a very good point to make about the division of labor in a shrinking labor pool. In the show itself, it's considered odd that they would go to school to begin with as they could make plenty of money from the off as freeters once compulsory education began. Hell, even the entire school culture had changed to the point where just having a school festival seems like an inconvenience to the students rather than an opportunity to bond as a student body. I got a nice sociological exploration experience out of it, but others may see it differently.
4. Gunbuster
Gunbuster proves in my mind that it is possible to make something that is considered an epic, that lasts less than 2 hours. Here are six episodes that begin at a high school as a tribute to Ace wo Nerae! and by the end you have intergalactic warfare trying to save humanity from some sort of alien threat. In the middle you get bonding between the two women at the heart of the story, an exploration of what the effects of travel in space does to people and a fantastic ending done entirely in black-and-white. Thousands of years are covered in the space of this show. Everyone Kazumi and Noriko would have known is long dead, yet they are remembered numerous years later for the work they did.
3. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
The final Miyazaki work on this list is one of the earlier pieces of his work. Nausicaä has an environmental message that is so obvious you could put a giant scrolling banner across the screen that yells, Humans Are Destroying the Environment. Regardless, this is set on a post-apocalyptic Earth where humans try to survive the toxic wasteland that they created. The title character also isn't above getting involved in the fighting over the few remaining pieces of usable land left on the planet. This work is Miyazaki through and through as he wrote it all from scratch. The ending is also rather optimistic at the same time. I believe he later took the manga he created from this story and made it all very dark. Unfortunately, that was years after this was made. Regardless, it's still my favorite anime in movie form.
2. Legend of the Galactic Heroes
LotGH is a good enough series that I spent the time to write on it every week for over three years. But it's only number 2, you say? I'd rather dwell on the positives. Here is a world that is faithfully adapted from a number of novels written. Before it was adapted into animated form, there was enough time for a folklore behind the series to be built. An entire universe of future events and outcomes of battles had already been shaped. It was all a matter of putting it together. And boy was it rough to start out with. Inconsistent directing and animation in the first few episode that were bad enough to go back and remake them as a movie later. Through all 110 episodes of it, there were very few wasted episodes. An episode from the first 26 episodes could come back in a big way several years later in production terms. All the while, the characters driving the story grew legends of their own. The fact that it still managed to work as important characters were killed off is a testament to how well the supporting characters were constructed. Sadly, I doubt we will see anything of LotGH's ilk again. It's just too costly to risk failure now.
1. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
And finally, you've reached the end of this giant list only to find that I've put a Gainax robot anime at number 1. I actually have a story that could be interesting as to how I watched this. As people who have watched this series know, there is a time gap about 60% of the way through the series as the story moves on to another time. I had hit that point when watching it, only to then wait 2 years to continue on. It could only go downhill from there I thought. I'd probably have put the first story arc by itself at #4 on this list. After some convincing from people on Twitter, I pressed on. And I was well rewarded. The epic feeling of the first half of the story continued on after the time leap. The ending was a little sad, but the fact that Simon was able to live on despite losing the love of his life was an excellent touch. Ultimately, I think you can say that the thing I got most out of TTGL is that with enough effort and teamwork, a group of people can accomplish epic feats. A simple message that is so often forgotten as I watch more anime.


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"Coaching here at UK is a process - what we do here every day has value in and of itself and the journey and path that we're on is extremely tough, but very satisfying knowing that we're helping build a program that we can all be proud of.
"It takes time to implement our own culture, however, our current players here at UK have done a tremendous job in believing what we're doing and caring enough to focus on this every day. We're very excited moving forward and cannot wait for our new incoming players to join us so we can continue to work hard at getting better in every aspect."
Rayner returned to Lexington after serving as head coach at High Point for the last four seasons where she led the Panthers to a 33-38-12 record, including a 19-13-11 mark in her last two seasons. In 2007, Rayner guided High Point to the Big South Tournament Championship and made the school's second appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
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During her time at High Point, she produced 14 All-Big South performers and recruited and developed three Big South All-Freshman selections. Rayner's insistence on excellence in the classroom showed results as well, producing two Big South Women's Soccer Scholar Athletes of the Year and four CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honorees.
Prior to her coaching tenure at UK, Rayner began her collegiate coaching career as the top assistant for the men's and women's soccer programs at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tenn. She earned her bachelor's degree in physical education with a minor in coaching from Lincoln Memorial in 2001.
In addition to her collegiate coaching experience, Rayner served as the Director of Coaching for the Knoxville (Tenn.) United Stars Girls club, where two of her teams won Tennessee State Championships and other squads captured titles in numerous tournaments around the region.
Rayner, who played professionally in Australia and England for several years before coming to the United States to pursue a college education, was a member of the New Zealand National Team that competed in the first Women's World Soccer Championships in China in 1991.


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Any Paramore fans here?
My daughter is 16 and rented The Final Riot Paramore DVD from Net Flix. She has the CDs so I've listen to them numerous times.
The DVD friggin rocks! The band is super tight and powerful. The musicianship is superb!
I don't like all of their songs, but the performance blew me away.
The drummer rocks. He's playing a Truth kit with wood hoops. I didn't like his slappy snare sound, but that guy can play drums.
If you like this band check out the DVD.
Re: Any Paramore fans here?
Not a huge fan of the music but I always really like the drum beats...really cool stuff.
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I can't stand them but my sister likes them (and she's actually older than me believe it or not lol) but yes i agree. Good drummer.
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I like a couple of their songs. I think the drumming is missery business is outstanding.
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I like them, but if Paramore is kind of a "Guilty Pleasure" because you're more into metal and hard rock, you should check out VersaEmerge. Similar band format, but with a more edgy sound and complex time signatures. They also had a good drummer, but he recently left. I don't know about his replacement.
And, uh, their singer.
I believe I have said enough.
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they are a really tight band, i wouldn't say I'm their biggest fan or anything but they are a bunch of really talented people...and they are all so young too. Check our their acoustic stuff too, its amazingly good. Awesome drumming. I enjoying playing to their music.
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Im the same as everyone else don't like the band but I do like the drummer
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I took my daughter to No Doubt this last Summer, and Paramore opened up for them. I thought they were tight and was impressed with how solid the drummer was.
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Also SF i'm surprised the snare sounded "slappy" because on the recordings i think it sounds quite deep and throaty.
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I love Paramore! I love the drummer, and, dang, the singer sure does have an amazing voice! I love Zac's drums so much, I'm gonna buy a Truth kit when I graduate college.
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LOVE them.
Really original stuff, they've got such a distinct sound. Not a fan of the new album, but the musicianship of these guys (and girl) are simply stunning.
They are a PLEASURE to watch. Zac Farro has been a huge influence on my pop drumming style.
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I am not a fan but I do enjoy their musical style.
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Bethlehem, Pa., August 22, 2012—A recent Moravian College graduate and a current student were nominated last week for 2012 Emmy awards through the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) Mid-Atlantic Chapter. Emily Cohen '12 and Brittany Garzillo '13 were part of the inaugural semester of PBS39 College Production U, a 15-week session in which television professionals from PBS39 partnered with Moravian College to produce a documentary called Three Students, Three Expressions of Art, available for viewing at http://tempo.wlvt.org/index.php/2012/02/14/994/.
"We are so pleased our students are being recognized for their outstanding work," says Krista Steinke, chair and associate professor of art at Moravian College, who served as faculty coordinator. "The course at PBS39 offered students an ideal opportunity for hands-on learning experience at an award-winning television studio.
"The students learned the basic skills and techniques to produce a professional video piece, and they also learned how to conceptualize an idea, work together as a team, and produce a work that is broadcast on television. The benefits from this course go beyond the classroom, as the students can include this opportunity on their resumes and portfolios if they go into a related field," she adds.
Cohen was executive producer, editor and director of photography on the project, and Garzillo was the writer, reporter and producer. They are nominated for a College Production Award for the documentary, which focused on Moravian's art department and detailed how three exceptional students followed their passions for the arts and used art to express themselves and illustrate who they are.
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For the first time in its 60+ year history, the International Softball Congress is entering into a complete reorganization that affects personnel as well as how teams qualify for berths to the World Tournament and ISC II Tournament of Champions.
Here is a summary of the changes.
Internal Changes
The ISC has eliminated 12 positions in the commissioner ranks and at the same time, changed team qualifying from an Area basis to a Regional basis. There will no longer be the former Area Qualifying tournaments as we used to know them.
We are now divided into 5 Regions; US West, US Central, US East, Canada West and Canada East. Each of these regions is headed by a Regional Vice President. Under each VP are 1 - 4 Regional Commissioners all of whom are former Area or Travel League Commissioners.
The definitions of these regions is on the ISC web site www.iscfastpitch.com. Click on Rules and Forms link in left margin. It also has the revised Letter of
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Here is a breakdown of these regions, championship berth allocations and the personnel involved.
US West (4 WT, 3 ISC II)
Regional VP – Chris Santos
Regional Commissioners – Keith Erkenbrack (with help from
Commissioners at Large – Dick Mason, Jim Williamson, Dave Blackburn & Milt Stark
Specialists – Jim Flanagan and Ron Chambers
US Central (10 WT, 9 ISC II)
Regional VP – Dave LeBlanc
Regional Commissioners – Dean Oscar, Les Novak, Tom Crouch and Pat Sullivan
Commissioners at Large – Wayne Fisher, Floyd Hammen, Ed Kirner, Royce Heath & Charlie Smith
Specialists –Judd Berthiaume, Gary Baughman, Bret Baughman, Hank DeWild & Tony Schaaf
US East (6 WT excluding defending champ, 5 ISC II)
Regional VP – Bill Howell
Regional Commissioners – Billy Smith and Lee Isenhart
Commissioners at Large – Larry Fisher, Bill Hillhouse, Robert Gray & Tom Stasik
Specialists – Doug Gillis & Rick Havercroft
Regional VP – Ferdi Nelissen
Regional Commissioners – Todd McCabe and Craig Donaldson
Commissioners at Large – None
Specialists – None
Regional VP – Bob McGowan
Regional Commissioners – Colin Smith and Blair Setford
Commissioners at Large – None
Specialists – Al Doran, Bruce Bierman and Todd Idenouye
International (4 WT, 0 ISC II)
International Commissioner - Bill Hillhouse
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Transcript:How to Fill Out a W-4 FormHi, I'm Omar Saad here for About.com, and today, we're going to take a look at how to fill out a W-4 form using information from About.com's Tax Planning site.
Basics of Filling Out a W-4 FormThe W-4 is probably one of the most common IRS forms around. If you've ever been employed, you've certainly filled one out. They tend to be pretty straightforward, but it's not uncommon to have some questions when filling it out. Let's take a closer look. The W-4 form consists of two pages. The top portion of page 1 is the personal allowance worksheet that you keep for your personal records. The bottom portion of the first page is the section that you fill out and return to your employer. And page 2 contains additional worksheets and tax tables, also for your records.
Begin to Fill Out the W-4 FormStarting at the top in box number one, provide your name: first, last, and middle initial. Directly beneath where you entered your first name, you will need to enter in your complete address. Proceed to box two and enter in your social security number. Box three will require you to enter your marital status. If you are married but want to withhold at the higher single rate, check the box furthest right. Next, move on to box number five and enter in the total number of allowances you are claiming. If you are single or are married and have a spouse who doesn't work and are unsure of what to enter here, simply complete the worksheet on the top of page one to determine your withholding allowance. If you are married and your spouse does work, use the worksheet on page 2 to determine your withholding allowance.
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Finger Lakes Health College of Nursing was established by a small group of nurses who share the same vision and dedication to the profession of nursing and to meeting the healthcare needs of the rural community of the Finger Lakes Region. Recognizing a need for Registered Nurse (RN) preparation in the region, Geneva General Hospital offers an associates' degree program for RN training which continues the tradition and commitment, the hospital has demonstrated throughout the years of an ever-changing healthcare environment.
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In the triangle PQR , PQ = 8, PR = 7 and RQ = 9
Find the size of the largest angle of the triangle.
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The law of sines require that the angle opposite to the largest side must be the largest angle.
Here, largest side is QR.
So, `angleP` must be the largest.
It can be found out using the law of cosines. Thus,
`rArr angleP=arccos(0.2857)=73.4^o`
Area of the triangle can be obtained by Heron's formula.
Here `s=(8+7+9)/2=12 ` units
Area A=`sqrt(12*(12-8)(12-7)(12-9))` sq. units
`=sqrt(12*4*5*3)=sqrt720 ` sq. unit
`=26.83 ` sq. units
Therefore, the measure of the largest angle of the triangle is 73.4 degrees and its area is 26.83 sq. units.
Angle P is largest as it is opposite the largest side. Use the Law of Cosines to find angle P:
`m/_P=cos^(-1)(2/7)~~73.4^@` .
The area of a traingle can be found if you know two sides and the included angle using `"Area"=1/2 ab sinC`
So `"Area"=1/2(8)(7)sin(73.4)~~26.83` square units.
Largest angle is P with measure 73.4 degrees; the area of the triangle is approximately 26.83 square units
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Truth, justice and the Roman way?
CORPUS CHRISTI - Forgive me for doubting that EPA administrator Al Armendariz's "crucify" comment rates a "-gate."
For those who haven't heard, Armendariz, the EPA administrator for Texas and four other states, was caught on video making an ill-advised analogy between environmental enforcement and the Romans' method of subduing an unruly village by crucifying a few bystanders. The EPA, he said, would make examples of violators as a deterrent.
The audience for these remarks were folks from the small town of Dish, where fracking was going on and the groundwater showed some contamination. Residents needed assurances and Armendariz went a bit nuclear in trying to reassure them.
The reaction to his hyperbole has been predictably hyperbolic. For example, here's a statement from our own U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold:
"This appalling comment confirms what we in Texas have known for a long time. The EPA is more concerned with punishing the oil and gas industry than protecting the environment. I intend to work with the Oversight and Government Reform Committee to investigate this shameful attack on the industry that is leading the economic recovery both in Texas and across America."
And this from U.S. Rep. Ted Poe, R-Humble:
"The comments made by Administrator Armendariz back in 2010 confirm what we've known all along: the EPA's crusade to destroy the oil and gas industry is a politically premeditated effort, not one meant to protect the environment. Administrator Armendariz's words reflect his disdain for the oil and gas industry and make clear that his decisions are made without an ounce of impartiality. He should be fired."
Yes, crucify him.
Notice the striking similarities in the two congressmen's comments — the confirming of what we knew all along, the conspiracy to punish the oil industry rather than just protect the environment. I have an ear for music and I expect to enjoy a lot of orchestration before the Armendariz video's 15 minutes are up.
I have to wonder, had the remarks been by the Corpus Christi police chief about subduing street gangs, would Farenthold have responded similarly? Might he have applauded? Because Armendariz's remarks, however intemperate, were about enforcement against polluters. The deliberate attempt to destroy an industry, as alleged by our congressman and others, is something entirely else.
In and around Dish, the results of Armendariz's bloody crucifixion crusade were that drillers "changed some methods," according to The Associated Press. No spikes driven through wrists or ankles.
Every day I say things that make Armendariz's remarks sound temperate, and I don't think that makes me unusual. For example, I have said, and probably will say again before this day is done, that blocking drivers from making a right turn on red should be a capital offense. I don't anticipate executing anyone for it.
That's why, in today's hyperbolic world of wars on women and Christmas, Armendariz's hyperbole just didn't seem all that noteworthy.
Many will view me as some kind of liberal environmental extremist for having said so. It may surprise my inevitable vilifiers that I favor drill-baby-drilling — in Alaska, the deep and shallow Gulf of Mexico, the Eagle Ford, you name it. I was appalled at the foolish decision to block that pipeline from Canada. To say that oil and gas remain our the cheapest, most sensible and maybe even our most environmentally safe source of energy isn't so much a position as a recognition of the facts.
I also view the fact that more drilling has occurred under the Obama administration than the Bush administration as a true statement told in the service of a lie. The market-driven increase in drilling has occurred despite, not because of, Barack Obama or Al Armendariz.
Point made?
I also, given the opportunity, would put the heads of deliberate environmental polluters on pikes. I'd be lenient with non-deliberate polluters — maybe make them pay a fine, definitely make them "change some methods." That's just a law-and-order point of view that responsible petroleum energy officials and right-wing politicians should share. It should be their common ground with Al Armendariz, even if they disagree on all else.
True conservatives who are truthful would see and acknowledge only one real flaw in Armendariz's crucifixion analaogy, and that is that the Romans just grabbed the first few villagers and made examples of them regardless of guilt or innocence. Armendariz was talking about punishing the guilty. That's his job — maybe not for much longer.
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I'm splitting hairs here but for some reason, every time that I hear someone say "It's ON the Cloud", I cringe and want to immediately correct them. But I hear that phrase everywhere, on the radio, on podcasts to even occasionally in the hallways of GoGrid. I'm not quite sure why it bothers me, technically it is somewhat correct, but it just simply doesn't make sense. So, I'm hoping to change it – standardize it – with this blog post, but that will require you, the reader, to correct people and educate them.
Let's start with the basics, some definitions:
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