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How can I help my teenage daughter feel less stressed?
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Q "My 15-year-old daughter's just finished her exams, yet she still seems very stressed because of other things going on in her life, like the way she looks, her results, and the future generally. What's the best way I can help her?"
A Shelley Davidow, author of Raising Stress-Proof Kids, says: "Being 15 isn't easy. Couple that with exam stress and your teen could be at the end of her tether.
"Chronic exam stress means that it could be hard now for your daughter's body to turn off the fight-or-flight response. The result? Everything in her life can elicit an overactive stress response.
"Getting her nervous system back into balance is the first step. To do this, tell her to focus her attention on the area of the heart, and to breathe regularly and evenly for a few minutes each day, even adding a feeling of gratitude to each breath.
"This is the Institute of HeartMath's Quick Coherence Technique and it will re-set her autonomic nervous system. Next, it's important that you're not feeding her anxiety about her results and future.
"Instil in her your belief in her capacity to achieve her goals, regardless of a one-off test. Your perception of your daughter and your reactions to her can have a profound impact on her sense of self.
"Also, since recent research indicates most people will have several careers in a lifetime, it's highly unlikely that she'll have a single vocation.
"So help her build a picture of a fluid, open future, rather than one predetermined by current exam results.
"This will help to re-establish her sense of trust in the future. Finally, ask her what she'd love to do now, short-term, post exams. This shows you value her and her needs.
"Chat about how her dream might be realised. If she knows that you care about what she wants and she's motivated by the possibility of doing it, her confidence will grow.
"Insecurities about looks, friends and future will likely diminish as her focus turns to doing something significant that matters to her."


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School of Theatre Arts
The Grand Rapids Civic Theatre School of Theatre Arts offers the most comprehensive community theatre education program in the country. We offer:
We are very proud to have enriched the talents, skills, and lives of over 1,100 students each year through the programs offered through the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre School of Theatre Arts!
Class Schedule & Enrollment — FALL CLASSES BEGIN SEPTEMBER 28th!
We offer a variety of acting, musical theatre and voice classes for age 4 through adult during Fall, Winter and Spring terms at the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre School of Theatre Arts. See our current Course Guide for a class listing or view our classes in the Online Registration for class descriptions and full class details.
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Summer Theatre Arts Day Camps
Our week-long day camps offer kids age 4 through teenagers a fun-filled learning experience to practice, participate and perform in a real theatre, on a real stage. Every camper has a part to play and will learn theatre skills from experienced theatre professionals. The finale of every camp is a performance for family and friends on the Meijer Majestic Stage, complete with lights and sound. Tuition includes a commemorative camp t-shirt.
Summer Repertory Theatre Program
The Summer Repertory Theatre program is a wonderful opportunity for students age 14 - 19 with some previous theatre training. Each year, two shows are produced and performed in repertory (alternating shows each evening) by the students. This college-level program is supervised by theatre professionals and emphasizes training in the entire spectrum of theatre-related skills, from acting, to set and costume design, back-stage production, publicity, and more. Students are selected for the program by audition in May (watch our audition notices for details), and are cast in one show and serve as crew for the other. Each production is fully developed, fully rehearsed and presented as part of the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre Season.
Grand Rapids Civic Theatre Traveling Troupe
The Grand Rapids Civic Theatre Traveling Troupe is an outreach program that brings theatre to local elementary schools free of charge. Participation is by audition, and actors volunteer their time to travel one morning a week to perform on site at local elementary schools. Free community performances are also held at GRCT in March and as part of the Festival of the Arts in June. The Traveling Troupe presents a new show every year. To schedule a Traveling Troupe visit your school, please call 616-222-6653.
Need-based partial scholarships which cover 40% of tuition are available for both academic year classes and summer camps. Qualified applicants are served on a first come, first served basis. Application cannot guarantee a place in any class that has already filled to maximum enrollment. Please download a scholarship application using the link to the left for more information and detailed directions on how to apply for a scholarship. A new scholarship application must be submitted each academic year and each summer and applications must be received two weeks before the start of a term or summer camp.
Classes and Workshops are held onsite at the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre. See our map for more information on location and parking.
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Several years ago, I attended a marriage workshop along with my husband. This was not the first one that I had ever attended, nor will it be the last. These workshops not only provide me information and tools that help me better my own marriage, but they also benefit those who come to me for counseling. Continue reading


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This weekend is a big one for Northern Ireland, the highly anticipated, world class visitor attraction, The Titanic Belfast Building is set to open this weekend. The building tells the tale of the birth of the Titanic in Belfast to it's fateful maiden voyage on 14th April 1912.
Riches and luxury were fashionable during the "gilded age" of the early twentieth century, and first-class passage on the maiden voyage of a great transatlantic liner was among the heights of that fashion amongst the upper classes. The decor of Titanic's accommodation replicated the high fashion of yesteryears. The famous grand staircase was in William and Mary style , but the balustrade was Louis XIV.
The first-class dining saloon and reception room were Jacobean, the restaurant Louis XVI, the lounge Louis XV (Versailles), the reading and writing room late Georgian, the smoking room early Georgian. The gentlemen, and especially the ladies travelling first class, tried to honour their surroundings through their fashionable dress. In the palm room, for example, full dress was expected. Feminine finery encouraged the chivalry of the men, and that chivalry was to be sorely tested during the hours of the sinking of the ship.
First-class passengers may have been aware that on board was the well-known American fashion correspondent, Edith Russell, who was travelling with trunks full of French couturière for American clients. She later remembered what she was wearing when being evacuated from the sinking ship and what J. Bruce Ismay was wearing when he ordered her into a lifeboat.
For first class passengers on board Titanic, status was everything. Where you sat at dinner, the size of your suite and who you played cards with all marked out your position in society.
But perhaps the most visual way to make your social statement was by what you wore. for the ladies in particular, an ensemble by the latest on trend designer could put you ahead of the game. you certainly could not be seen at dinner in the same dress as the night before.
It was an era when fashion trends were moving quickly and even amongst the older generation there was a need to be seen to embrace modernity. One fashion faux-pas could knock you down the social ladder. It was a complicated game to play.
Of the 2,224 people on board the RMS Titanic on April 12, 1912, 144 were 1st class women who each wore 3-4 dresses a day. On a 7 day journey that would be about 20 dresses per women. In total about 2,880 1st class dresses went down with the ship.


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US Kills Five Afghan Cucumber Farmers in Air Strike
Officials Assumed Farmers Were Loading 'Munitions,' Not Cukes
A US military helicopter launched an overnight attack on a group of what it believed were "militants loading munitions into a van," killing five of them. According to police in the rural district of the Kandahar Province, they weren't militants, and those weren't munitions.
Instead, the Apache helicopter launched its attack on a group of farmers who were loading cucumbers they had grown into a van to be sent to a nearby bazaar. Despite police confirming the van it hit was full of cucumbers, NATO maintained that those it killed were militants. The attack is the second disputed incident of civilian killings in Kandahar Province in as many days.
The previous night, another helicopter launched an attack on a family's compound, killing four people, three of them children. The family insists the four were sleeping at the time of the attack, NATO insists they were carrying "plastic jugs" and that it assumes they were planting roadside bombs. NATO maintains the four were "insurgents" despite the young age of three of them.
The pair of incidents come as the new NATO chief is visiting the nation, and just a week after a UN report cautioned that the escalation of war in Afghanistan is taking a rising toll on the civilian population of the country. With the US trying to convince farmers to switch crops to stem the rising opium exports from the nation, the fact that they can't distinguish between cucumber and small arms is doubtless to make some farmers think twice.
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6 Responses to "US Kills Five Afghan Cucumber Farmers in Air Strike"
Wouldn't it be less expensive and more effective to pay the Afghan opium farmers the going rate for their crop and immediately destroy it in the field. Immediate destruction of the crop would eliminate its value to the drug lords and terrorists, as well as remove their ability to finance their drug business and terrorism. Destruction of the crop in the field would undoubtedly bring the bad guys directly to us, thus eliminating the need to chase them all over the unfamiliar terrain populated by a decidedly unhappy population. It would also remove the ability of the bad guys to influence farmers with a pay check. We would be the ones with the power to write the checks. In addition, we would not have to spend millions of dollars chasing the processed product all around the world, while maybe finding 15% of it. Anyway, don't you think it's a little illogical to expect an Afghan farmer to plant our suggested alternative crop and earn less for his efforts?
It would make more sense. Still, it would have made more sense to have pursued Bin Laden, which we were lied about, instead of acquiring launching pads for further conflict. As we know now the Taliban kept opium production down without us having to do a damn thing but now it has skyrocketed. Funny how wherever the U.S. sticks its nose, and other protruding organs, there is a boom in the drug trade. Maybe the safest place on earth is Antarctica. That is, of course, until Uncle "Snowman" Sam claims there are Meth labs there damaging the worlds "chillin". In which case we can expect the bipartisan bombs to fall until he gets his cut of the action.
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|Aging and male reproductive function: A mitochondrial perspective .
MedLine Citation:
|PMID: 23277044 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review
|Researching the effects of aging in the male reproductive system is not trivial. Not only are multiple changes at molecular, cellular and endocrine levels involved, but any findings must be discussed with variable individual characteristics, as well as with lifestyle and environmental factors. Age-related changes in the reproductive system include any aspect of reproductive function, from deregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis and of local auto/paracrine interactions, to effects on testicular stem cells, defects in testicular architecture and spermatogenesis, or sperm with decreased functionality. Several theories place mitochondria at the hub of cellular events related to aging, namely regarding the accumulation of oxidative damage to cells and tissues, a process in which these organelles play a prominent role, although alternative theories have also emerged. However, oxidative stress is not the only process involved in mitochondrial-related aging; mitochondrial energy metabolism, changes in mitochondrial DNA or in mitochondrial-dependent testosterone production are also important. Crucially, all these issues are likely interdependent. We will review evidence that suggests that mitochondria constitute a common link between aging and fertility loss.
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my brother walked in while we were fucking, silently took my bong from my closet, saluted us and walked out.
It's hard to be above the influence when you are the influence.
Got drunk. Then they sung "we didnt start the fire" to my other cousin who accidentally burnt down the house when she was younger.
Well we were just driving down the street, there was a realtor and a couple walking up the porch of a house for sale, mark sticks his head out, opens his mouth to say something, pukes all down the side of the car, pauses, and yells "THIS IS A PHENOMAL NEIGHBORHOOD YOURE GONNA LOVE IT"
you started crying because you didn't get to wear your rainboots this week so i turned on the shower and let you jump around in it
I wonder if u can grow weed on Framville and sell it to Mafia Wars?
The fact you even thought licking it would fix it boggles my mind
So he handed us the weed then asked us if we needed any papers. And she goes "i dont know what that means, do we need to sign something?"
I know. I just don't want anything else. I have no other desire. Just a ham sandwich.
He was taking the caps off the vodka bottles and throwing them out the window so we'd have to finish them. Engineers have the best logic.
Eventually evolution will just give us a better liver anyway, so our great great grandkids should THANK us for our binge drinking.
This girl named her kid Rainforrest. If I die, just know it was from laughing so fucking hard.
I'm sorry but when I'm riding in the trunk on the way to mcdonalds at 6 am I just don't want to listen to reba macintire
Some guy shouted fuck america during the national anthem, i decked him. They threw him out. USA USA USA!
Are they still out there making out on the couch? How can we get them to leave?
Just saw actual Chinese people doing a Chinese firedrill. Good day.
I'm watching CSI, they found semen in the woman's ear.
can you sing with all the voices of the mountain? can you paint with al the colors of the windddd
First off: I'm drunk so fuck you. Second: you weren't a bad girlfriend. Tres: thats 3 in spanish. Number 4: fuck 3 Doors Down
seriously iPhone. stop autocorrecting all my fucks into ducks. you're making all my strong worded texts look harmless and adorable.
i would really appreciate it if you would stop texting my girlfriend.
i would really appreciate it if you would stop cock blocking me.
I'm fucking your sister right now.
rather than putting your name in guys phones, you just texted 90999 to donate $10 to Haiti and then gave it back to them
my math teacher staples burger king applications to failed tests
Just made my alarm the Lion King song. Too excited about waking up to sleep.
its a sex-hate relationship...no love involved
They found an open window, climbed through and proceeded to arrest half the party. These campus cops are like fucking ninjas.
He was trying to put his hand up my shirt but I remembered the coke was stashed in my bra so I moved his hand to my pants
So how do we make 4/20 better than every other day we are stoned?
almost just walked around my whole building with my bowl in my hand before i remembered 420 isnt a get out of jail free card
This is a mass text. Does anyone know where I am?
he said I was the best sex he's ever had, handed me a burger king crown and told me to take my walk of shame with pride
how does a 20 year old who hasnt gone through puberty yet score the game winning goal? fuck sidney crosby and his small nuts.
so we have officially lost him as of 7 hours ago.. already called campus security, the drunk tank and the hospital. figure he'll turn up eventually..
He made sure to throw up on the Mexico side of the border while we were in line at the check point. Then finished by screaming you an have it back. You can have it all back.
I woke up and my clothes were soaked in the shower and I was wearing a Ghostbusters uniform. I'm shocked she hasn't left me yet.
You kept telling that ginger girl, "it's not your fault, it's not your fault, it's not your fault."
you were on all fours yelling at the earth to stop spinning.
So apparently I ran down the hall to another party and started handing out uncooked spaghetti to strangers. You'd be surprised how many drunk people will eat raw noodles.
we found you eating frozen orange juice with a spoon and then drinking vodka from the bottle.
I have the Lakers game on, but all I can think about is having sex with you. Not sure what you've done here.
stop texting me from phones in the verizon store and pretending to be guys i talked to when i was drunk. its confusing.
just because im gay does not mean you need to notify me every time you watch the ellen degeneres show
I love the moment a guy admits defeat against the front clasping bra.
you went around the entire night in your french maid costume dusting off the "cob webs" on everyone's crotch saying "you havent gotten any action in a while"
Canada: barely better than America at a sport they invented.
I'm at the airport and there's a guy wearing all camoflash to go hunting .. Should I bump in to him and say woahh sorry didn't see you there?
we put the last xanax in the middle and played hungry hungry hippos to see whod get it
sweetheart all i remember is you throwing up and saying "i thought things would be better now that barack obama is president"
Bagel with cream cheese. It's blowing my fucking mind.
She forced me to throw up so it would "rejuvenate" me. It worked and then we took six more shots and did a keg stand. You know what I call that? Friendship.
the cop then proceeds to point out the "proud parent of a dare graduate" bumper sticker and say well i guess it's time to take that off
Fuck that. Livers are so overdramatic and attention hungry.
You answered the door when the cops arrived with a beer in one hand and a pillowcase over your head yelling "GAGA, OOH LA LA!"
ok so I'm texting you now like I promised instead of drunktexting aaron and telling him how badly I want his cock tonight. aren't you proud?
do you ever think like no deep thought could take place in the spanish language? like all they talk about is like tacos?
Our professor just said "No class today, go get stoned." A guy seriously walked over and hugged him.
Puking in one of the stalls, a guy ran in and started puking in the other stall... In between heaves we told each other our names; i found out that it was my old best friend that moved away in the 8th grade
At McDonald's last night the guy gave you the wrong kind of McFlurry, so you screamed at him, "YOU MCFUCKED UP."
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This I have done all over the world. it is a world wide hide and seek a cache. It is free. Check out geocaching.com
Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices. The basic idea is to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, outdoors and then share your experiences online.
For all those who have a GPS on their phone (or any other hand held system), look into Geocaching (www.geocaching.com). It makes exercising by walking or cycling into a treasure hunt, giving more purpose and motivation for getting out and doing it. I think there is even a Geocaching Spark Team!!
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Call for Artwork Submissions: 2014 Cultural Calendar
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
The Clarksville Arts & Heritage Development Council will be accepting artwork submissions for our 2014 Cultural Calendar through Thursday, September 12.
Each month will feature an artist's work and highlight arts and heritage events of the past and present. Submitted work will be juried to determine which piece is featured each month, as well as which artwork appears on the cover. Calendars will be available through our website, as well as in the Customs House Museum's "Seasons" gift shop.
This year's wall calendar will feature work related to Montgomery County, Tennessee. It may focus on a detail from a building or piece of public art or a scene from downtown Clarksville, or it may depict a view of a farm, county road, or local park. Literally, the sky is the limit, as long as it is observed in Montgomery County.
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Clinton Twp is also known as: Kalamazoo County / Climax village.
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The Clyne & Sobocinski Funeral Home emerged as a result of a fire in May of 2000. The original Clyne Funeral Home was established as Hubbard & Clyne in 1925. William D. Clyne bought out his partner, Duncan Hubbard, in 1930 and re-located from Mt....
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I have an 06 trailblazer which has a 0017 obd code. After some light research I replaced the cam shaft timing actuator solenoid 60 bucks and about twenty minutes later it was installed. Problem is I still have the code. What else would cause this code. Take into account I reset the ECM drove over 100miles and it is still not cleared the MIL
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January 17, 2013.
Sludge build up in the oil passage is the reason for this code from lack of maintenance. You need the oil system flushed with cleaning agents to get all the sludge out of the system. Hopefully it clean out the system. If not, an overhaul is in order. You may have to replace the solenoid again after flushing as it has been contaminated with sludge already.
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Cameron Masnayon, a teenager who is recovering from a severe beating in Harmon, may be well enough to return to Guam by the end of July.
Masnayon should be ready to return to Guam, and testify at trial, in about six to eight weeks, according to a June 7 letter from doctors in Hawaii, said Assistant Attorney General David Rivera yesterday.
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DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I have recently separated from my husband. Our 15-year-old son keeps pushing me for why I want the divorce, but when I try to explain, he accuses me of bashing his dad and shuts me off. This keeps happening and is causing frustration between us. His father was emotionally abusive to me and had multiple affairs that I'm pretty sure my son doesn't know about. How much do kids really want to hear? And what is best? Please help.
— Divorced Mom
Moriah, 17, Rutland, Vt.: Almost all of my friends' parents have separated and each friend wanted different amounts of information. Some preferred to be completely in the dark while others needed all the information to feel settled. ALL knew more than their parents realized and were frustrated that their parents were hiding stuff — or worse, lying. Since your son keeps grilling you, he's the type who needs more of the story to make sense of things. Make sure the truth is told in an unbiased way, allowing for his own interpretation. Or let him know there are things you don't want to share. This is much better than omitting something without saying you're omitting it.
Omari, 20, Washington, D.C.: I honestly feel for you. I also respect you for leaving because some people stick it out at too large a cost. Your ex should be the one to admit his infidelity to his son. However, for the sake of your relationship, you may have to tell him if your ex will not. If one of my parents was unfaithful, I would definitely want to know.
Brandon, 21, Mapleton, Maine: Kids should only be told what they can comprehend at their age. You don't explain infidelity to a middle-school kid, but it's neither slanderous or wrong to tell older teens the TRUE reason for a divorce. However, if they don't ask, don't volunteer it. You may not be comfortable answering questions immediately, but don't wait too long. My dad finally opened up to me 12 years after their divorce! It felt awkward and unnecessary, since I was long over it. While it was comforting to know that I wasn't a primary cause, hearing that when the divorce happened would have been better. Divorce bias, especially early on, is common for kids to fall into. As long as the "out" parent stays involved in the child's life (don't give up on them!) they'll grow out of it and realize that playing favorites or holding grudges doesn't get them anywhere.


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Michael Jordan Being Sued By Woman Claiming Affair
Michael Jordan just turned 50 and ESPN celebrated it like he is some sort of deity. It was a little weird, but this is way weirder.
MJ is now being sued by a woman who claims he fathered her 16 year-old son. She is asking for a paternity test, a pretty straight forward request. The timing of this, so many years later, is a bit strange though. Also of note, Michael Jordan was married during the alleged conception. Pretty ugly if true.
We should be careful about jumping to conclusions, but let's also back off the MJ love train which departed Chapel Hill all those years ago. He is well known as an adulterer, gambling addict, a very poor team owner, and an atrocious dresser… Really very horrible.
Ryan Kantor is an author at Sports-Kings.com. He is a life-long Yankees fan and a proud Clemson alumnus, residing in North Carolina, where he works in marketing research. For more stories like this, you can visit his personal blog at RyanKantor.com and follow him on Twitter at @Ryan_Kantor.


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Glassybaby, the wildly-popular candle votives created by Seattleite Lee Rhodes, is opening their first retail location on the Eastside, setting up shop in the former Sophisticated Swine's space on Main St.
If you're jumping for joy at that announcement (we are!), the joy continues tomorrow, September 17th, with a grand opening party at the new digs from 4- 8 p.m. Bites will be provided by neighboring Monsoon restaurant, wine passed around and shoppers will get a sneak peak of the new fall colors, with 10% of all sales from the evening benefiting Cancer Services at Overlake and Making Strides for Breast Cancer.
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Titans, volunteers helped rebuild diamond
The Snitz Club of Oshkosh owes a huge debt of gratitude to Oshkosh Titan Head Baseball Coach Tom Lechnir and his entire team for donating hundreds of man hours of their time over a seven-week period to install a new infield surface at E.J. Schneider Field at Oshkosh North High School. In addition to redoing the infield and baselines, they also rebuilt the pitcher's mound, rebuilt the home plate area, rebuilt the bullpens, painted the bleachers, pulled weeds, distributed wood chips on berms, and worked on both the junior varsity diamond and the softball field as well. Coach Lechnir took great care to measure and re-measure the bases and the mound to make sure everything was absolutely perfect. He also spent several hours with us planning the project and setting timelines. Thanks to him and his Titan team, we once again have a field of which we as a community can be extremely proud. Coach Lechnir, thank you for teaching your charges the value of community service.
The Snitz Club would also like to thank North Head Baseball Coach Troy Schaefer, his father, Assistant Coach Eric Clark, his son Drew (and his employer, Wally Schmid Excavating, for donating use of a skid steer), and the Oshkosh North baseball team for removing the old surface. The North team also made a significant financial contribution to the project. Special mention goes to Mike Harvot, who donated many hours of his time to help remove the old surface, and Kevin Harvot, for all of his help with the project. The club would also like to thank North Athletic Director Craig Lieder for his help and support. The same holds true for the Oshkosh Area School District "outside guys," particularly Glenn Potratz and Pete Valdez, with an assist from Dennis Wesenberg. Also thanks to Dennis Robinson for his advice and help over the two-year period of this project. His constant reminder to use "sweat equity" for the project helped save the club thousands of dollars. Without all of these volunteers, the Snitz Club could not have undertaken this project.
Thanks also to Central Wisconsin Sod & Landscaping, Inc., Roe Nursery and Zillges Materials for their help with the project and committing to tight timelines and budget constraints.
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We can't wait to see what Kim Kardashian will be wearing during her pregnancy, so when we found out she got advised on maternity wear, we were all ears.
The 32-year-old reality TV star has been advised to try wearing maternity dresses in bright hues ''like poppy or deep iris'' to revamp her pregnancy image.
Kim has been the subject of scrutiny, mainly Twitter trolls, since announcing that she is expecting her first child with rapper Kanye West – but hopefully things will take a positive turn now she ditches the skintight garms.
Kim sparked controversy by stepping out in this mesh D&G dress on NYE - Splash
So far the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star has sported an incredibly sexy and revealing Dolce & Gabbana mesh see-through gown on New Year's Eve after the announcement of her pregnancy.
Unfortunately, the choice of dress along with partying pictures of the star sparked fury amongst her followers, who claimed she was unfit to be a mother.
But all negativity aside, maternity clothing designer Rosie Pope has shared what kind of looks Kim should be pulling off as her baby bump grows.
''Kim has a fabulously curvy figure that will work beautifully with a lot of maternity clothes.''
Kim has been has been advised to wear brighter hues after wearing a load of black - Splash
''I know she's been wearing a lot of black recently, but I would love to see her in a long sleeve cinched dress in a bright shade like Poppy or Deep Iris," Rosie explained to StyleCaster.
"If she wants to show off a bit more cleavage, I think a great option would be something slinky, with a deep but classic neckline,'' she added.
Rosie, who is the star of US TV show Pregnant in Heels, discussed whether or not such items are appropriate pregnancy attire and tactfully explained that spandex is fashionable at the moment.
"I think the pregnancy bump is a beautiful thing and I love that Kim wants to celebrate it with her style and show the world her curves.''
Could we be expecting garms such as this from Kim's pregnancy? Who knows! Splash
''The key is my maternity style mantra: 'If you wouldn't wear it before, don't wear it now'. While Kim is shopping for maternity clothes, she should simply stay true to this mantra and buy pieces that suit her style, but are adapted to fit her bump and growing curves,'' she went on.
''Kim is lucky - it's very in vogue to wear figure-hugging maternity clothes in tight spandex materials, which is right up her alley,'' she added.
''She should make sure to keep her signature whites, laces, and leathers, and continue revealing her best assets (just not all of them at once!)," Rosie said.
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Symmetry principles in physics are a very powerful guiding principle. Sometimes they are so powerful that they can determine a theory completely. This talk will be a tour from the Standard Model of particle physics to string theory compactifications using mostly symmetry arguments.
Symmetry principles in physics are a very powerful guiding principle. Sometimes they are so powerful that they can determine a theory completely. This talk will be a tour from the Standard Model of particle physics to string theory compactifications using mostly symmetry arguments.
Taking our intuitive understanding of the quantum world gained by studying a particle in a one-dimensional box, we generalize to understand a quantum harmonic oscillator.
Learning Outcomes:
• Introduction to the classical physics of a ball rolling back and forth in a bowl, a simple example of a very important type of bounded motion called a "harmonic oscillator."
• The quantization of allowed energies of a harmonic oscillator: even spacing between energy levels, and zero point energy.
By applying our understanding of the quantum harmonic oscillator to the electromagnetic field we learn what a photon is, and are introduced to "quantum field theory" and the amazing "Casimir effect."
Learning Outcomes:
• Understanding that classical electromagnetic waves bouncing around inside a mirrored box will exist as standing waves with only certain allowed frequencies.
Space obeys the rules of Euclidean geometry. Spacetime obeys the rules of a new kind of geometry called Minkowskian geometry.
Learning Outcomes:
• Triangles in spacetime obey a Pythagoras-like theorem, but with an unusual minus sign.
• The true nature of time as geometrical distance in spacetime.
• How to analyse and resolve the Twins' Paradox using spacetime diagrams in combination with Minkowskian geometry.
Learning to use Minkowskian geometry to understand, very simply, a variety of aspects of Einstein's spacetime.
Learning Outcomes:
• How a straight line is the longest path between two points in spacetime.
• How a light particle experiences space and time: its journey from one location in the universe to another involves zero spacetime distance, and is thus instantaneous!
• How Einstein's special relativity has no difficulty handling accelerated observers.
A discussion of how to synchronize clocks that are separated in space, and how this leads to the relativity of simultaneity.
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• Understanding that clock synchronization is a physical process, and exploring various methods of synchronization using spacetime diagrams.
• How to measure distance with a clock: the concept of radar ranging distance.
• A profound realization about the nature of spacetime: Events that are simultaneous for one observer might not be simultaneous for another.


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That is the kernel include it?
No, faux doesn't have a d2vzw variant.
AFAIK the included kernel was a CM10 kernel that's what it looked like.
I just went over to the T-Mo section and got the Faux kernel for AOSP JB and flashed that separately (mostly as I wanted to see if it worked fine knowing how KT worked for us... and I really like Faux's work) and it does as far as I can tell. No major bugs so far.


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Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai:Volume 2 Romancing Saga
Romancing Saga[1]
I went to the clubroom as usual, where I found Yozora, Sena, Yukimura, Rika, and even Maria.
Yozora and Rika were reading and Yukimura was on standby in front of the teapot.
Sena was busy playing one of her galge on her PS.
I asked her about it before, and from what I understand in this game the main character gets sucked into the world of one of his games and tries to get back to his own world with the help of some of the girls he meets in that world.
Maria was lazing on the sofa enjoying her potato chips.
"Kodaka Kodaka! Yozora gave me some potato chips!" Maria reported happily to me.
"Ohh... Yozora did huh..."
I gave Yozora a suspicious look, to which Yozora nonchalantly replied
"It's my thanks for Maria always helping me out."
"Hah, so you've finally realized how amazing I am have you!?"
"Yeah, I owe you Maria. Just don't forget your end of the deal."
I knew there had to be a catch.
"Leave it to me! I'll make sure they give this club a good budget!"
"Good, I hope you do. If you fail I'll have to take your panties and sell them off to some blue sailor shop."
Yet another one of her crazy deals.
"...Can the school even give a club like ours that doesn't have any real activities any funding in the first place?"
I asked, to which Yozora quickly nodded back.
"I doubt it, but if it only cost me a cheap bag of potato chips to get some funding for our club I'm not complaining."
"So then what about you selling Maria's panties to a blue sailor shop?"
"I was mostly just joking about that, but it really all depends on my mood when she tells me if she did it or not."
It was then that I realized something.
"...You know, you say that doujinshi and eroge and stuff are all shameless, but you don't seem to have any trouble talking about rape or selling people's panties off to a blue sailor shop, do you."
"Rape is just rape and selling panties is just business, isn't it?"
While wondering about how she could think either of those is no big deal, I asked
"Then what's wrong with doujinshi and eroge?"
I'm not sure why, but Yozora started to blush and said
Yozora's voice was practically a whisper and so quiet that I couldn't hear what she said.
"? What'd you say?"
"N-nothing! Anyway those kinds of thing are all shameless!"
Said Yozora, getting flustered about my question for some reason. I really don't get her.
"How ridiculous... why do those kinds of games even exist in this world..."
Complained Yozora while looking over at Sena.
As for Sena, she was in a trance holding her controller in one hand and staring at the TV screen.
The game was playing a sweet song while the staff credits rolled by, and at the same time showing what I assume to be various scenes from the game one at a time.
I guess she finished the game. Finally the credits ended and showed "FIN" on the screen. After it did, Sena quietly whispered
"...Why wouldn't you just stay inside the game world..."
Said Yozora with a face that looked like she was looking at a pile of raw sewage.
I have to admit, even I had a bit of that feeling after hearing what she said.
If it was just a joke fine, but it was obvious that Sena accidentally blurted out what she was really thinking while she was completely absorbed in the game.
"! Ah...!"
Sena finally came back to her senses and started blushing after seeing our faces.
"T-that's not it, okay!? I was just joking, it's like, I just wanted to try saying it, okay!? I'm not so bad that I can't keep reality and fiction separate!!"
And then, Rika asked
"Sena-senpai, do you like games?"
"W-well yeah I guess so."
Said Sena, seemingly trying to hide what she really thinks.
"...What the hell do you mean 'I guess so'?" said Yozora.
"It can't actually take you into a game world, but I have game that can do something pretty close to that."
Sena's eyes were sparkling at what Rika said.
"Yes. It's still in development, but I think you can play part of it."
"Why do you have a game like that?"
"Because it's a beta version that I helped develop. I had planned on doing some testing on it, but it's really more of a multiplayer game so I never got around to it. You guys wanna give it a shot?"
"Let's do it!"
Replied Sena immediately, and Yozora also approved with a "Why not, it'll help kill some time."
"Okay, wait here then while I go get it from the Rika room."
Rika brought a cardboard box full of weird goggle-type headsets.
"So we can see the game world through these things?
"Exactly, Kodaka-senpai. They're called head-mounted displays."
"You see a lot of this kinda thing in SF manga and games and stuff, but this is my first time seeing it for real."
"It's not like this is some super-advanced futuristic game you know. The technology to make something like this has been around way before we were even born, it's just that it's never really been put to use in games."
"Why not? Because of the cost?"
"Isn't it because of how stupid it looks?" said Sena.
"I don't know either, but my guess is that Sena's answer is probably correct." Rika quickly replied.
...They do have a point. Wearing this helmet/visor looking thing and playing a game that only you can see might look a little ridiculous to people watching you.
"Anyway, this is the latest model from "Large Hardware Inc." who keeps working on things like this in the hopes that one day they'll be able to make them look better and start getting adapted by game developers. It's called the 'VR Boy'."
Rika then pulled out a laptop from her bag, put it on the table, and then said
"And here on this laptop I have a fantasy RPG game called 'Romancing Saga' that was developed to be released alongside the 'VR Boy' system. This is the game I was talking about that we can all play together."
"...Why Saga?" I asked.
"Because the company who made it is from Saga. Heh heh heh, don't you think it sounds just like one of a certain little company's games?"[2]
"...You know sometimes I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about."
Anyway, we all put on a VR Boy headset and grabbed a game-pad style controller.
The VR Boy was big enough that it covered up most of my head, but it wasn't nearly as heavy as it looked so I bet someone could play with it for a long time without getting tired out.
"It's pitch black! I can't see anything!" said Maria.
"I'm gonna start up the program now so just wait a bit." said Rika.
Both the VR Boy and the game-pad are wireless, so I guess Rika's PC is what's taking the place of the console.
After waiting a little while, everything got much brighter and "Large Hardware" company logo was displayed by the goggles along with a beautiful mountain scenery.
This is way better than a movie screen, we all cheered at how it was almost as if we were really in the mountains.
Then, from the VR Boy's headphones I could hear the sound of a narrator along with some serious sounding music.
"Saga, the final frontier."
"Like hell it is!" I yelled, unable to stay quiet after hearing such a ridiculous statement...
"If you ask anyone in Tokyo 'Where is Saga located?" over 90% of them will be unable to answer or tell you something like 'Saga? Is there even a prefecture named Saga? Ah I get it, this is a trick question isn't it? You're actually talking about Shiga!'"
"Hey. Isn't this just some people from Saga complaining!?"
"Assholes... You're all a bunch of assholes! Your prefecture is only one letter off from ours! Who gives a shit if you have Lake Biwa, god damn Shiga!"
"Now the narrator is yelling at us!?" And it looks like he totally forgot about Tokyo...
"Once upon a time, a certain governor of Saga said 'There are 7 prefectures in Kyuushuu: Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ooita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, and... wait, was there really a 7th? Ah, I know, Okinawa!'[3] In order to end this sad state of affairs and make Saga prefecture more well known, the Demon King was summoned to our world."
I can't say anything...! It's so stupid I don't even know what to say...!
The game changed scenes and an eerie looking castle appeared. On the bottom part of the screen its name was displayed.
"Valhalla Castle"
"Ahh, this opening is kinda long so let's just skip it!"
All of a sudden I heard Rika's voice from my headphones, followed by the game screen going black again.
"Eh!? Wait, I wanted to watch it! Saga's Valhalla Castle looked so cool!"
I heard Sena's voice through the headphones too.
Looks like whenever another player starts talking the VR Boy will transmit it to all the other players.
Ah but besides that, I was kinda interested in that Valhalla Castle too.
"To make a long story short, your goal as the players is to work together to defeat the Demon King of Valhalla Castle. The story continues on after that too and has you go out and conquer other prefectures, but we can't play that part without an internet connection."
Explained Rika, ignoring Valhalla Castle.
"Now then, next up is where you'd all design your characters, but that'd take a while to do so this time Rika will just have you all use some character designs I made to look like you ahead of time. All you have to do is choose your class. You can change your class during the game so just go with whatever looks good to you for now."
"Hmm..." said Yozora.
"Not a problem. I was going to make a character that looked just like me anyway." said Sena.
The character design menu popped up on the screen.
It was a dark room with a single mirror in front of me, and in the mirror a fantasy-esque villager-looking version of me was shown.
Aside from the clothes this character looks pretty much exactly like me. It's almost like I'm looking into a real mirror.
A menu popped up next to the window, and in it were a list of classes for me to choose from.
I guess I use the game-pad here to choose what I want to be.
There were over 100 classes or so for me to choose from so I was a little lost at first, but in the end I just went with "Wizard".
Can't go wrong with a what's basically one of the staples of any RPG fantasy game.
After choosing my class, the mirror filled the entire screen and after a while I was standing in the mountain scenery I saw just a few minutes ago.
This thing really has some crazy production values...
As I was busy admiring the scenery I heard a voice call out to me from behind.
I turned around (using the game-pad to move my character) and saw Rika standing there.
"...What's with those clothes?"
I said, dumbfounded.
Rika's clothes consisted of a pair of denim short shorts so short I could almost see her butt, and a tube top that barely covered about as much skin as a piece of underwear would. To put it simply, her outfit was incredibly skimpy.
She had a gun belt on her waist with a holster holding a gun on each side.
"I picked the Gunner class and this is what I turned out like."
"That's a pretty crazy outfit you've got there..."
"I could say the same about you, Senpai."
"You think so?"
No matter how much I fiddle with my character's view I can't see how I look.
"If you open up the start menu and go to 'Equipment' you can see what you look like."
I did exactly as Rika said, and another mirror came down in front of me just like when I chose my class.
"What the hell is this!?"
I was completely dumbfounded (and amazed at how well the game recreated my facial expression).
My character in the mirror was wearing a pair of acid wash jeans, a shirt with large picture of an anime girl on it, and a bandana tied up like a headband. How should I say this, I look just like that kind of stereotypical Akihabara otaku that doesn't actually exist, even in Akihabara itself.
"I-I chose Wizard as my class, what the heck!?"
I went and double-checked to be sure, and all of my armor did indeed say "Wizard Shirt", "Wizard Pants", and "Wizard Bandana". Why the hell does a Wizard look like this!?
"There's a little legend on the web about Wizards."
Rika said with an indifferent tone to her voice.
"A legend?"
"It goes something like: 'A man who is able to protect his chastity for 30 years will become a Wizard." I'd say those clothes you're wearing right now are quite fitting for a 30 year old virgin Wizard."[4]
"Who'd want to be a Wizard like this... Why couldn't it just be your typical Wizard with a robe and staff or something..."
"It's basically just a joke from the developers. I told them they should cut it out with all those internet memes, but those people are a pain to deal with."
"Uh-huh... well whatever, I can just change my equipment I guess..."
I sighed, and trying to stay positive I looked over what kinds of magic I can use.
...There wasn't a single spell.
"Hey, why can't I use magic!? I'm a Wizard aren't I!?"
"It's just a legend after all. 'Wizard' is just a fancy title that people call 30 year old virgins."
"Then this isn't even a real class, is it!?
"Just because this is a world in which magic exists doesn't mean that being a Wizard is actually possible. I think it's more important to think about what you want to do with your magic rather than being fixated on simply being able to use it."
"No matter how you try to spin it I'm still not a real Wizard damn it!!"
I yelled, and then three balls of light appeared in front of us with Sena, Yozora(?), and Yukimura(?) coming out of them.
"Pft, what are you wearing Kodaka?"
Sena laughed at my clothes without the slightest delay.
"...Just so you know, you're not exactly in a position to make fun of people's clothes."
Sena made a confused faced and then yelled in astonishment after seeing what she looked like the way I did.
"What is this!?"
Sena was wearing a "shirt" which was just a few strips of cloth wrapped around her chest, and a pair of shabby looking work pants. I'm not sure if you could say it was sexy or not, but it was definitely weird.
In addition to her clothes, she was holding a huge hammer in her right hand.
"Why am I wearing this!? I picked Blacksmith as my class!"
"Ahh, now that you mention it you do kinda look like a blacksmith..."
I said, to which Sena complained
"No I don't! Blacksmiths are supposed to wear more refined clothes and use magic to summon swords that they elegantly defeat their enemies with...!"
"On what planet to blacksmiths wear fancy clothes and 'elegantly' defeat their enemies?"
Rika said, astonished.
"Lucas, The protagonist in 'The Sacred Black Star' does!"
"Please don't confuse your games for reality."
This is a game too though isn't it...
"By the way, in RomaSaga the Blacksmith is just as you'd expect. They're a class focused on damage dealing that uses their hammers to crush their enemies. They can't use any magic at all, and their magic resistance is weak so they die pretty quickly if they get hit by any magic. Also, they're very susceptible to status-altering magic like Sleep and Confusion so watch out for them."
"...Did one of the developers have something against blacksmiths...?"
"Ahh, I messed up... This is totally the class that least suits me..."
Said Sena moping about her choice.
"...You're not that bad off." I said, and then pointed at Yozora.
"Eh? ――Pft!"
Sena laughed after seeing Yozora's outfit.
Yozora, obviously annoyed about her clothes, was wearing a giant rose costume with her hands, legs, and face all sticking out from the stem.
"...W-what are you?"
"......A 'Rose Girl'."
She looks more like a Demon Rose than a Rose Girl to me.
"I've heard of an anime called 'Rose Girl' before, is this like that?" I asked.
A little while ago I saw Kobato watching it, it was basically an anime about young girls in goth-loli clothes fighting each other.
"...I'm the same. I'd heard the name before and that it was supposed to be pretty popular. There was apparently a politician who was seen reading the original 'Rose Girl' at an airport and started getting called 'The Rose King' and stuff like that so I figured the 'Rose Girl' class would be a perfect fit for me, the president of the Neighbors Club, but..."
Yozora said with a disappointed look on her face.
"Ah that class got added after Rika mentioned to the developers one day 'That Rose Girl anime is pretty popular these days isn't it?' They added it without knowing much about the anime so they based the class off of the name despite the fact that it doesn't really fit in with the game's setting at all. It's primarily a tank class that has very high attack and defense against both physical and magical attacks."
"...Hmph. I guess it's fine as long as it's strong."
Said Yozora, who then tried hopping in a few circles.
"...Do you actually like that costume?""...Not really."
Yozora's voice gave off a slight feeling that she was lying.
"Aniki. What do you think of my clothes?"
Yukimura walked over to me and did a little turn in place.
"...Uhh, well, you definitely look strong."
Yukimura's class was obviously Armored Warrior.
His armor was bright red and he was wearing a kabuto helmet that covered his entire face except for his eyes.
"So it looks like you picked 'Samurai' huh Yukimura. As you can see it's a class made for fighting on the frontlines."
"Hmm... wait, what?"
I just realized all of a sudden.
"Sena, Yozora, and Yukimura are all on the frontlines, Rika's a long-range fighter, and I'm-"
"You're useless."
"...I'm useless, and we don't have a healer in our party."
I better hope I don't take any serious damage.
"Maria didn't make a Priest? She's a nun and all." said Yozora.
We all grouped up and waited for Maria, but she didn't show up.
"I'll go take a look."
Rika took off her VR Boy headset, and a few minutes later...
"Maria-sensei is asleep."
"...So she fell asleep after eating that bag of potato chips... What a useless girl."
"We'll just have to go with the 5 of us then."
Sena said, walking off ahead.
"Where are we going?"
"Over there, right?"
Sena pointed to the, kinda cheap, love hotel looking, western-style castle in the distance .
"That's right. That's the Demon King's Valhalla Castle." said Rika.
"We're going for the Demon King right off the bat!?"
"Everything's in offline mode until you beat him, so it's mostly like a tutorial. The real game is the online mode you unlock after beating him."
"It's pretty harsh that they make you go up against the Demon King in the tutorial."
"It's okay, this guy's just the Demon King of Saga after all."
"That's harsh too!"
The second I yelled that at Rika
A bunch of monsters started coming out of the ground along with an ear-piercing roar.
"Uwa!?" "Hyah!?"
Yozora and Sena both screamed. It's pretty rare to see Yozora make that reaction to something.
"It would seem some evil spirits have appeared."
Said Yukimura, totally unfazed by what just happened.
"What the heck are these things... they're totally disgusting..."
Sena said, openly showing her disgust.
The monsters that showed up were just a little bit shorter than we are.
They looked like fish that grew arms and legs and were able to walk upright, essentially Mermen, and each of them was holding a spear in their hands.
At a glance they did look just like aliens with their round oval shaped heads. They had no eyes and their mouths were filled with fierce looking fangs.
Also, even though they're fish they didn't have any scales so they looked just like a weird grayish colored amphibian that gave off a disgusting looking faint blue glow.
I recognized that unique face of theirs.
"Warasubo... These look just like Warasubo...!"
"You know about them? You're quite knowledgeable Kodaka-senpai."
"What the heck is a Warasubo... a deep-sea fish?"
Asked Yozora, creeped out by the Warasubo.
"They're not a deep-sea fish. Warasubo are... members of the Gobiidae family that live in the Ariake Sea around Kyuushuu's coast. I used to eat them back when I lived in Kyuushuu."
"...You ate that? I'd expect no less from a real man like you, Aniki."
Yukimura also seemed a bit lost for words.
"These guys are called 'Warasubo Soldiers' and they're easiest enemy to beat. All the enemies in this game are centered around Warasubo, there's also enemies like the 'Warasubo Knight', 'Warasubo Mage', and so on. They look exactly like aliens out the outside so they were an easy choice to base all the enemies off of."
"They only look like aliens huh..."
I got a little depressed after hearing Rika say that.
"Hmph... Anyway let's get out there and obliterate them."
Sena tightened her grip on her hammer.
Rika pulled out her guns, Yukimura pulled out his sword, and Yozora grew thorns out of her arms.
I jumped out in front of everyone who was about the charge at the Warasubo.
"How can you treat them like monsters just because they look like one!? The Warasubo didn't choose to be born looking like that!"
Even I could tell that I was getting too emotional over this.
These guys are just made-up monsters in a game made for the players to defeat.
But ever since I moved to Kyuushuu (Fukuoka Prefecture) back in grade school and first saw a Warasubo, I've always felt that we were sort of similar.
I could see myself in the Warasubo, everyone treats them like they're an utterly repulsive alien just because their face looks scary.
"I'm asking you... can't you let these guys go...?"
To my begging, Rika and Yozora gave me a kind smile and said
"...You really are a nice person aren't you, Kodaka-senpai."
Sena also chimed in, and said along with a little laugh
"...Well, that's just like you to say that I guess."
And then ---
Rika's bullet went right through Warasubo Soldier A's head, Sena's hammer smashed Warasubo Soldier B's head in one hit, and Yozora's thorns stretched out like a spear, piercing Warasubo soldier C's heart.
The Warasubo Soldiers all died shouting a blood-curdling scream while shooting their purple blood gushed out of them.
Their dead bodies were sucked into the ground and disappeared.
I let out a yell.
"Why!? Why did you kill them!?"
"Eh? 'Cuz they're disgusting."
Sena quickly replied to my protests.
"Isn't this like one of those scene where you listen to me and let them go!?"
"I know how you feel Kodaka-senpai, but we can't go on if we don't raise our EXP."
Rika said, unconcernedly.
Was that kind smile you showed me earlier all a lie?
"Kodaka. Their lives were not wasted. They live on in all of us as EXP."
Said Yozora, who obviously couldn't care less about the Warasubo, while attacking the remaining Warasubo Soldiers with her thorns.
Sena and Rika joined her in slaughtering each and every Warasubo Soldier they saw.
"Ah, Yukimura! That one's still alive, finish it off for me!"
"Understood, Sena-anego."[5]
Yukimura decapitated the Warasubo Soldier whose torso had been crushed by Sena's hammer and was still twitching without even the slightest hint of hesitation.
"It's my way of showing respect for a fellow warrior."
Said Yukimura with a strange sense of happiness in his voice while joining the battle and becoming soaked in the blood of the Warasubo Soldiers he was cutting down one by one.
The Warasubo Soldiers continued to be slaughtered with no resistance whatsoever.
"...By the way, why aren't these guys attacking us?"
"The game is still unfinished, so their attack AI's haven't been completed yet."
Answered Rika, shooting her gun next to me.
Too much... This is too much, Warasubo my friend...
"...Masako... Yoshio... Sorry... Daddy won't be making it back home..."
"Sorry... little bro, it doesn't look like I'll be able to keep that promise we made..."
"I don't want to die... I have to live... I have to make it back home so I can see her..."
Some of the slain Warasubo started talking all of a sudden.
"Ugh, disgusting!"
Sena stopped moving.
"It's probably meant to show that the enemies have a reason for fighting too and to get the player to think about whether their actions are justified or not. I guess it's trying to give it more depth than a simple good beats evil story."
Said Yozora giving her explanation for it while piercing a Warasubo Soldier's head with her thorns.
"...Mercilessly killing your enemies even though you perfectly understand the designer's intents... Yozora you're seriously cold-blooded."
"No need to compliment me so much Kodaka."
"Don't worry I wasn't!!"
"I shall give you a swift death, this is my mercy to you as a fellow warrior."
Yukimura continued to emotionlessly decapitate the Warasubo saying things like "My wife is giving birth next month...!" and "I hope if I get to be a shellfish in my next life."
...About five minutes after the fight started the Warasubo Soldiers were completely annihilated.
"Having a five minute long battle right away with so many enemies is a little overboard isn't it. This game's balance really needs some adjusting." said Rika.
At the same time, a short fanfare echoed in my headphones and the text "You Leveled Up!" was displayed on the screen.
"I didn't do any fighting and it still gave me experience..."
I took a quick look at my status menu and found that my HP went up a little bit.
Just in case I actually learned a spell I checked the skill menu as well, and there was one new skill listed.
Excited, I quickly read through the description.
"Skill: 'Believe in Tomorrow'
Effects: Just believing isn't good enough. If you don't actually go out and do anything nothing will change."
"Screw you!"
We continued our trek towards Valhalla Castle.
Thanks to this game being different from 'Monster Hunting' in that you can't attack your own allies, Yozora and Sena didn't start fighting each other and so far it's been smooth sailing.
We had a few battles with some more Warasubo Soldiers in addition to a few Warasubo Knights and Warasubo Mages, but since they only show up and never attack us it'd be more fitting to call them lumps of free EXP than real enemies.
We all kept leveling up, and everyone else kept learning new magic and special skills.
As for me, all I learned was a bunch of annoying skills like "Don't listen to the story about how your classmate had a baby" and "I think I'll really give it my all tomorrow, maybe" and "Hey old woman, I'm going to the pachinko parlor so gimmie some money" and "Your life is over because of your debt in the black market".
Since I had nothing else to do I kept casting the only remotely good sounding spell "Believe in Tomorrow" but it never did anything.
While watching my allies continue their slaughter, I thought about the Warasubo.
Back when I lived in Kyuushuu I was still in grade school and couldn't cook for myself, but I remember that the Warasubo I always ate at my Dad's friend's restaurant was really good.
I even ate the Fried Warasubo and Warasubo Tempura that Kobato wouldn't eat because she was too scared of the Warasubo.
I wonder if I can get some good Warasubo in this town too.
I'd like to give cooking some Warasubo on my own a try sometime.
Grilled Warasubo, Warasubo Tempura, Warasubo Sashimi, Warasubo Kabayaki, Warasubo Pasta, Warasubo Curry, Warasubo Hamburger, Warasubo Fish Paste... there are so many things I could do.
We kept moving on while I was thinking about the Warasubo and eventually reached the Demon King.
The Demon King was a Warasubo too.
Since he's supposed to be the king and all, he was 10 times the size of a Warasubo Soldier, and was wearing very Demon King-esque armor while holding a giant axe and shield.
The Warasubo Demon King suddenly attacked us.
"What the heck, why is he attacking us all of a sudden!?"
Yelled Sena who was standing at the front of our party while dodging the Demon King's attack.
"I guess they never got around to finishing his pre-battle script."
Said Rika, shooting at the Demon King with her guns.
Bang! Bang!
They all hit the Demon King, but it didn't have any effect at all.
"No surprises there, the Demon King is tough..."
Sena let out a war cry and charged at the Demon King holding her hammer over her head.
But the Demon King blocked the attack with his shield.
He then raised his axe and counterattacked, leaving Sena with a gaping cut on her right arm.
Realistic looking blood was gushing out of her wound.
"A-are you okay!?"
"It... doesn't hurt, but it feels nasty... That one attack took out almost half my HP too..."
Said Sena with a slightly contorted face.
"But this is how a fight should be. The stronger your enemy is the better it feels when you defeat him."
Said Sena, sounding kind of cool while raising her hammer for a second time.
"I just need to aim for the opening of his right after my first attack hits...!"
The Demon King launched another attack at Sena who was charging at him.
Despite his huge body he was able to do a non-stop barrage of quick attacks, leaving Sena unable to do anything but dodge.
"Ahh come on! How am I supposed to attack him like this!?"
"Meat! I can use my 'Rose Guard' to nullify his decapitating strike once! Charge in there with everything you've got!" Yelled Yozora.
"! So you mean even if I get hit I'll be okay!? In that case I'll go all out and use my 'Blast Hammer' on him!"
Sena made a temporary retreat from the Demon King, enough room for her to unleash her special skill.
The 'Blast Hammer' is Sena' strongest skill she's learned so far and it has a lot of destructive power, but it leaves her wide open when preparing it so using it is actually pretty hard.
But with Yozora's 'Rose Guard' blocking the Demon King's attack, she should be able to hit him with it for sure.
Alright! This is gonna work...!
"Blast... HAMMERRRRRRR!!"
The hammer tripled its size and became wrapped in a fiery blaze.
The Demon King swung his axe at Sena charging at him. The Demon King's attack was faster than Sena's, but this is when we can use Yozora's 'Rose Guard'!
I yelled for Yozora to use her skill.
"Hmph... This wall's graphics are pretty realistic too."
...Yozora wasn't paying attention.
Those were Sena's final words.
The Demon King's attack cleaved Sena's body in two, and her body dripping with blood was sucked into the ground.
I stared at Yozora a bit, and she then said with a smirk on her face
"All I said was 'I can use my 'Rose Guard' to nullify his decapitating strike once!' Not once did I say I'd use it."
"Then what about your 'Charge in there with everything you've got!'?"
"I meant I wanted her to hurry up and get killed by the Demon King already."
She's as evil as ever.
She can even kill her allies in a game where you can't attack them directly...
"Y-you! What are you doing!? Who cares about a stupid wall!?"
A light-blue colored transparent ghost version of Sena appeared from where her body disappeared and swung her hammer at Yozora over and over.
But each time the hammer just passed right through her.
"Hmph, it's useless! Dead characters can't do anything in this game. To put it in terms you can understand, you lost to me you stupid piece of ghost meat!"
Sena groaned at Yozora's harassment.
"Ghhh...! Don't we have any resurrection magic!?"
"Unfortunately not." Said Rika, shaking her head.
"Now then, we've lost one of our front-line guards so we're in real trouble here. What should we do?"
"I shall handle it."
Said Yukimura, and then charged at the Demon King.
"Thunder Sword."
His sword became wrapped in lightning and unleashed a high-speed attack.
It hit the Demon King's arm, and it looks like it did some damage too.
However, the Demon King's counterattack still blew Yukimura away.
"I'll back you up, Yukimura."
Rika shot a few bullets at the Demon King in rapid succession to stop him from finishing Yukimura off.
Seemingly annoyed, the Demon King turned and charged at Rika instead, and launched a fearsome attack after closing the distance in no time at all.
I doubt Rika will be able to survive that attack with how low her defense skill is.
"Hmph. 'Rose Guard'."
Yozora's skill formed a barrier of roses in front of Rika and repelled the Demon King's attack. The barrier was destroyed in one hit, but it gave Rika enough time to get away.
"Thanks for the help, Yozora-senpai."
"That's a pretty amazing skill. Can't we win if you just keep using that on Yukimura?"
Yozora shook her head at my suggestion.
"It takes too much MP to use. At best I can use it 3 more times."
The Demon King seemed to notice Yozora's skill, so it changed targets and moved in to attack her instead.
But Yozora, cool as always said
"You guys sneak around behind and attack while I've got his attention."
So that means she's gonna make herself the bait for us huh.
I guess even Yozora can work with others if she really wants to...
Rika and Yukimura did exactly as Yozora said and used the opening she gave them to sneak around behind the Demon King.
The Demon King was about to launch an attack at Yozora, but she stayed calm and cast Rose Guard on hersel-
"Ros- Fuhyah!?"
All of a sudden Yozora stopped moving and let out an unusually cute yell.
"What's wrong!?"
"Kh, W-What!? H-Hyahh!?"
Yozora let out another strange yell that sounded like she was laughing, and was sliced in half by the Demon King's axe before she could use her Rose Guard.
Rika and Yukimura's attacks did manage to damage the Demon King, but as a result Yozora died.
Now we're really screwed.
"Hey what happened Yozora!?"
I asked, and then Yozora's ghost appeared with a face twisted in anger.
"Y-You god damn piece of meat...!!"
"Ahaha, I~diot I~diot! Don't underestimate me!"
I heard Sena's voice not from my headphones, but from her normal voice outside the game.
I'm guessing Sena took off her VR Boy and started tickling Yozora.
Tickling someone while they're in the middle of a game... she's just as bad as Yozora...
The Demon King attacked Yukimura with a roar.
Yukimura's body disappeared just like that, while spurting blood from all of his wounds.
"My wish was always to die on the battlefield..."
"...The Demon King's attack strength seems a little too high. I should tell them to fix that later."
The Demon King then charged after Rika who had been jumping around firing shots at him.
...This is the end for us isn't it...
The only ones still alive are me and Rika, and I'm useless.
Oh well, I might as well keep trying to cast "Believe in Tomorrow".
The Demon King's attacks finally hit Rika, and thus Rika died as well.
The Demon King slowly drew near me, the last surviving party member, to deal the finishing blow.
I stood firm and continued casting "Believe in Tomorrow".
We came here by slaughtering all of those Warasubo.
This might be what we deserve for that.
The Demon King swung his axe down at my head-- ...and at that moment!!
The final "Believe in Tomorrow" that I cast started making my body glow all of a sudden and sent the Demon King flying! A new "Skill Up! 'Believe in Tomorrow' has become 'God's Breath'" message popped up in front of me. I quickly went to check "God's Breath" in my skill menu, and it said: "The ultimate attack magic capable of defeating the Demon King granted only to those who never give up hope." Alright, we can still win! I selected "God's Breath" and unleashed its power on the Demon King completely obliterating him with a giant sword of light--...
--...is what I wish had happened, but unfortunately I died like everyone else.
"After that battle, nobody ever saw them again."
Announced the solemn narrator, followed by the screen going black.
The words "GAME OVER" were then displayed in big bloody letters.
After our game over nobody felt like trying again (and we didn't save either) so we decided to give up on RomaSaga.
"...Sheesh, if you would've just guarded me when I charged in we could've beaten the Demon King."
"Who cares, we never needed you in the first place. If you would've just shut up and been a good little ghost we would've won easily."
I put away the VR Boy I was wearing while watching Sena and Yozora have another one of their usual fights.
And while I was, I met eyes with Rika who was also putting her VR Boy away.
"Hmm, I'm not sure how to say it, but... I guess it's like, you should avoid playing games with those two."
I said with a wry smile, and then Rika tilted her head in confusion for some reason.
"You think so? Rika had a lot of fun though."
Rika gave a tender smile to my surprise.
"It was only my first time playing a game with everyone, but it was really fun."
While feeling as though I'd lost somehow by being captivated by her smile, I remembered all the other times we'd played games together.
...If I really think about it, I guess they were actually pretty fun.
"To think that you could still get in my way even after dying. You're even worse than a rotten piece of meat. Why don't you try being useful and turn yourself into the ingredients for a meat bun. That's the only value you have to society."
"As if a lowly plant like you has any right to complain about a human like me. Know your place. Also why were you wearing that stupid rose costume, a rose is practically the exact opposite of what you are."
Yozora and Sena were still fighting.
It sounds weird, but maybe those two really did enjoy playing that game.
...Not that either of them would ever admit it.
"Hmph. A primitive ape like you who only knows how to swing a hammer around like a Neanderthal would never understand the beauty of a Rose Girl like me. You know, that uncivilized look really suits you quite well."
"I was a Blacksmith! A splendid and cultured member of society!"
"So you think a cultured person goes around hitting people on the head with a hammer, you god damn troglodyte?"
"That's just what a Blacksmith does in that game, I can't help it!"
"Hm? Ah sorry, I don't speak monkey. Please pick a human language if you wish to talk with me."
"...! Y-you little...!"
Yozora's face went beet red after having Sena make the same voice she made when Sena tickled her.
"...Meat... Someday I'll pay you back 1000 times over for that... I'll make you regret doing that to me so much you'll wish you were dead... I'll disgrace you so thoroughly you'll wish you were never born..."
"H-hmph, j-just try it why don't you?"
Sena was clearly scared of Yozora's voice full of murderous intent.
"But still, that yell of yours was very cute Yozora-senpai. It was totally moe."
Even I had to laugh at that.
"You've got a point there. I wish I could've seen how her face actually looked when it happened though."
"D-don't call me cute!"
Seeing Yozora turn away from us in embarrassment was, how should I put it, just as cute as her voice from earlier.
I don't know why, but Sena was glaring at me.
"N-nothing, idiot."
Sometimes I don't have a clue what she's thinking.
Well anyway, that's how our first time playing a game together since Rika and Yukimura joined the Neighbors Club ended.
Translator's Notes and References
- ↑ Saga here refers to a small prefecture in Japan, not the English word Saga.
- ↑ Romancing Saga (with Saga being the actual English word) is a series of games by Square/Square Enix
- ↑ In case it isn't clear, Saga is the 7th prefecture in Kyuushuu. Okinawa is a whole separate island farther south.
- ↑ dont die dateless dummy.
- ↑ Anego is the female version of Aniki, both of which are formal ways to refer to siblings or people you see as close as siblings.
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In front, from left, are Caddie Howard, Sarah Craig, Kennedy Fiscus, Cori Hipsher, Bailey Maroon and Christy Brown. In back are coach Allison Hall, Katie Wilkerson, Katelyn Mills, Breanne Swain, Katlyn McKinney, Reyna Arenas, Christy Brown and J'Amy Jackson.
Josh Franke's three-pointer from the top of the key with 7.3 seconds left on the clock gave visiting Staunton a win over the Vandals last Friday night.
Vandalia advanced to the second round of the Class 2A girls basketball regional at Greenville on Monday by breezing past Staunton, 60-30.
Despite having three spots in their lineup open, Vandalia's wrestlers kept the Vandals' regional title streak alive on Saturday.
Chaston Womack has joined the 100 Club.
A Vandalia Community High School junior, Womack recently recorded the 100th victory of his prep wrestling career.
He joins Vandalia teammates Dalton Blankenship, Ryne Lipsey and Jake Stewart in the 100 Club.
Womack began the season with 71 wins. He recorded win No. 100 of his career at Petersburg-PORTA on Jan. 24.
"It was a great feeling," Womack said of getting to 100 career victories. "It's a good accomplishment. A lot of people strive for it."
ALTAMONT — South Central overcame a double-digit deficit and knocked off St. Elmo/Brownstown, 59-47, in the third-place game of the 2015 National Trail Conference Tournament.
The Cougars were down 10 points early in the game, 18-8. But they rallied in the second quarter and never looked back.
Three players reached double figures for the Cougars, as Brett Harmeier had 16 points, Dre Hill scored 12 and Evan Langley added 11.
Landon Feezel scored 19 points to lead the Eagles (8-14). He was the only SEB player in double figures.
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Thursday, June 21, 2012 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
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