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For someone who couldn't be a part of the "golden era" of hip-hop, Justin Smith, a.k.a. Just Blaze, has been a pillar of hip-hop production for a while now. The 33-year-old musician has worked with some of the industry's biggest artists over the last 13 years: Smith produced "Girls, Girls, Girls" and "Song Cry" for Jay Z's The Blueprint and continued to work with the rapper on his Grammy-nominated Black Album. He's also responsible for radio anthems such as Cam'ron's "Oh Boy," Kanye West's "Touch the Sky," T.I. and Rihanna's "Live Your Life," Beanie Sigel's "Roc the Mic," Freeway's "What We Do," and Faboulous' "Breathe."
So we were surprised to learn that Just Blaze's latest musical endeavors included a release on legendary Chicago house and techno imprint, Cajual Records. The tracks are re-workings of label-founder and house innovator Cajmere's classic "Brighter Days," in honor of the song's 20th anniversary. While hip-hop and dance music have shared sampling and beat-making techniques since the breakbeat era, it's still amazing to hear an iconic rap producer's approach to remixing the soulful euphoria of a classic house track. In his Re-Opened rendition of "Brighter Days," [stream below] the drums hit with harder intensity, augmented with minor chord progressions, ultimately resulting in a terrifically different experience from the original altogether.
That song is not the last of Smith's dance music production. He put out a three-hour live mix of house, techno, funky, and trance earlier this year and has been known to play up-tempo dance sets as an occasional member of A-Trak and Nick Catchdubs' Fool's Gold collective. He'll also be releasing his first dance EP on the label sometime next month.
Hive chatted with Smith about this new turn in his career, trends and criticisms of the current hip-hop and dance scenes, making a record with Usher, and what we should expect from his forthcoming release.
Just Blaze – "Brighter Days" ('The reOPENed 3am' mix) by DimMakRecords
You've started to include house music more frequently into your DJ sets. How did you decide to go deeper into dance music?
I've always made my name internationally through DJing. I think it's just one of those things where the word doesn't spread over night. It takes time. Also the holiday party I did with A-Trak a few years ago. It was the first time it was advertised that I was spinning house and I think that piqued a lot of people's interest. I don't want to say I killed it, but it was better than your average hip-hop DJ playing a house set.
Another thing is that I bought a new mixer, a Pioneer DJM2000, seven or eight months ago. I was really excited about it. I just bought it for my house for fun. While I was fooling around with it I ended up doing a three-hour mix of house, techno, and old-school rave. Stuff that I've always played out when I can. Anyways, I mentioned it on Twitter and people started talking about it so I uploaded it. When people actually listened to what I was playing, they were like, "Oh wow, he actually knows his music." I was playing influential records from over the years, not just house records that every DJ knows. I think that's what it's about — more than anything else — was that I finally had that outlet to expose that part of me.
What are your go-to tracks? The ones that you play at every gig.
There are your classic mainstays that I always play. My all-time classics that I play are the "Brighter Days" Underground Goodie remix by Cajmere and "Hot Music" by Soho. "Sume Sigh Say" by the House of Gypsies and "Can You Feel It" by Mr Fingers always stay in rotation. "Burning Hot" by Pepe Bradock and "Love Dancing" by Underground Solution too. Obviously, the era that I came up in dance music was the early '90s, so I'm really into Strictly Rhythms and all the Chicago classics.
Tell me how the Cajmere remixes came about.
[Cajmere's label] actually got wind of the holiday party set that I did with Fool's Gold where I had played a couple of classic Cajmere records. I played "Brighter Days," of course, but I played a couple of older ones like "Lookin' For a Man" and "Flash." You know, the lesser known stuff. Cajmere said he was a fan of mine as a producer and, once he saw what I was doing with classics, he was like, "Let's do something together." He wanted to do a party in Chicago and wanted me to come spin. Things never really lined up because I was so busy. So then, when they were doing this "Brighter Days" thing for the 20th anniversary of the song, they hit me up about being involved. I was like, "Hell yeah."
What's the difference between producing a house track and a rap track?
It's all the same in that both are based in the groove. If you have a good groove, nothing else matters. You can do the most technically amazing stuff in the world, but it doesn't matter if people hear it and don't want to bop their head, two-step to it, or go dancing to it. After you catch the groove, it depends on what kind of record you're making. If it's an instrumental house record, you're probably going to start out with a few more of those elements than you would if it was a vocal record.
I think it mostly depends on what reaction you want to get. Most of the hip-hop I produce, I go a lot harder. They're tracks that give you that strength and make you wanna go out and beat somebody up, you know? With the house, for me anyways, it's about making it danceable. It's a different feeling. For me, to be honest, I think it helps that I understand both kinds of music and spin both … but also that I dance. I'm a dancer. So I can channel what dancers might want to hear or feel at the time because that's the approach that I come from. I guess the difference is that I put myself into a different mindset.
That said, there's a noticeable crossover between dance and hip-hop right now.
I think there's more of a crossover between R&B and dance than there is with hip-hop. There are some hip-hop artists like Pitbull who have jumped full on into it. Puff has dipped his toes in the pool here and there too. For the most part it's mostly R&B though. Usher, Rihanna, Chris Brown. What I like about it is that they're going to real dance producers as opposed to R&B producers who just like dance music. Not to say they can't do it, but if you're going to do it, you might as well go all the way.
Speaking of Usher, we had a dance record that I made with him. Not for Confessions,but for the album after that. It's funny because we did the record and he and and label had worries. I was a hundred-percent for it — it was a great record — but he didn't want to put it out because he wasn't ready to go there yet. We actually sampled the same thing as "Infinity" by Guru Josh, a classic record from like '92. A year later that record ended up getting made by Josh and was a huge, huge, huge, international dance record. It was funny because his A&R hit me up when that came out and said, "Did you hear this song that sounds exactly like what you made for Usher?" I was like, "I know! I told you!"


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review from the Alpinist on the pyramid shelter ... hopefully useful for those GoLiters that want to push their tarps on Rainier in 60 MPH winds ... lolhttp://www.alpinist.com/doc/_print/web10f/ms-jr-golite-shangri-la-shelterDuring my trips up Raineer, I learned that the Shangri-La 2 pitched best if I first squared and anchored the four corners with something like a ski pole or ice axe, and then used adjustable ski poles for the two center supports. I also got in the habit of making sure I had really good anchors for the lines running from the top of the tent for stablity. I added my own cord to most of the guy lines above ground level, and added small loops of cord to the attachment points at ground level that did not already have these sewn on.In order to keep out spindrift, I typically buried the edges of the tent in snow, sealing the gap between the tarp and floor to keep me warm and dry.All of my camps during field-testing were on glaciers or snow, the weakest environment for this style of tent. The Shangri-La 2 performed extremely well in the 60-mph winds atop Raineer, having solid walls for protection. However, keeping the gap between tarp and floor was a cumbersome chore in the deep snow. My guiding partner and I appreciated the ample living space, especially when waiting out turbulent weather.
Edited by bearbreeder on 11/10/2010 05:27:12 MST.
Black Diamond is selling Betamids for $79 thru 11/9 with free shipping. A little heavier than the Golite (36 oz vs 26 oz), but a super deal for a sturdy design.Edit: the SL2 is apparently 23 oz per the specs and the 26 oz includes the stakes. My point was not to knock the SL2, but just to point out that the Betamid is a similar great design at a super price, albeit heavier.
Edited by bcamprini on 11/10/2010 12:22:54 MST.
The 2009 Shangri-La 2 shelter/stuff sack (no guylines/stakes) weighs 22 oz.
Betalight weighs 19 ozs without stuff sack, but no upper venting when compared with shangri la 2
The Shangri-La 3 (2010) fly only is 25 oz. I think it would hold up much better in wind and snow, and has more room. I think it's a better selection than the SL2 for only 3 more ounces.
John, I think you mean the 2010 Shangri-La 2. The 2009 version was heavier. I just bought the 2010 version and it weighs 22.5 oz., with no stakes or guylines.I think the SL2 will hold up just as well as my old Hex 2. Basically it is two, low pyramids joined by a bridge of material, so it is inherently a very strong design. Its lower profile will give it some advantage over the taller teepee, though the teepee does have less flat cloth facing the wind. I decided to get the SL2 because of its smaller footprint and easier setup. Also, when I use it for two people there is no pole directly between us at our head end.
Edited by butuki on 11/10/2010 08:12:51 MST.
Hi Miguel. I just bought a 2009 version and weighed it at 22.4 oz. It has the tougher fabric, lower height, and is rated by golite for 4 seasons. The 2010 version has lighter fabric, higher inside height and is rated for 3 seasons.The one discussed in the article is the 2009 version, but his weight seems taken from the website and including 6 stakes. Will read further.
Edited by jshann on 11/10/2010 12:25:28 MST.
Hi John. That is very strange. The 2009 version is lighter than the 2010 version? Everywhere the information says it is heavier, but your scale and mine obvious prove it otherwise. Kind of disappointing, too, since I would have bought the 2009 version if I had known it was lighter... the heavier, stronger material would have been welcome.One thing I do prefer about the 2010 version are the extra guyline loops mid-panel on the sides. This will help stabilize the tent in strong winds and keep the long, flat sides from bowing in in strong winds.
Edited by butuki on 11/10/2010 15:48:29 MST.
Thanks for that link, Eric. I've had my Shangri-La 2 out in 40-mph winds; it's good to know it can handle 60.John and Miguel, my 2009 version also weights 22 oz. even, including the stuff sack. This was one of those unusual occasions when the specs. provided by the company actually overstated the weight of the product. The side tie-outs are a nice feature of the 2010 version.For maximum wind resistance, I've found it useful to think of the Shangri-La 2 as an eight-sided shelter rather than a four-sided shelter. The three panels on the sides can be set at slightly different angles to the wind. To do this, first set out the shelter in a rectangle with as square corners as you can make them. Then ignore the instructions and pull out each of the middle guy points as far as they will go and stake down. Then pop it up with your adjustable trekking poles. This will give you slightly less height but a little more width across the middle and a more wind-worthy shape.
Edited by Dondo on 11/10/2010 21:06:51 MST.
This is where I bought my 2010 SL2 from. As you can see the owners of the site weigh the gear and give accurate weights for what they sell, plus list the manufacturer's listed weights. On the site the listing is a little lighter than the shelter I received, which I weighed exactly (this time without the stuff sack) at 600 g or 21 oz. The 2009 version of the shelter is listed on the site at 708 g or 25 oz. Now how can the newer 2010 version, which has exactly the same dimensions as the 2009 version, but has a lighter material be, 100 g lighter on the site, but be heavier by 28 g when weighed? That doesn't make sense. How can a heavier material weigh less than a lighter material for a shelter that has the same dimensions (as the site states)? Something's screwy.Anyway, that doesn't detract at all from this shelter. I've been looking at many shelters for a long time, but this may finally be something that I'm happy with. My very first thought when I set it up the other day was, "Wow! I've come full-circle since the days of my floorless orange A-wedge tent when I was in the boyscouts. Dondo's reviews of the shelter on his blog are what got me really thinking about the SL2. Actually, a lot of Dondo's reasons for the gear he has settled for closely resemble mine. The SL2 may not be the lightest shelter out there, but it fulfills what I am looking for in a shelter.Dondo, I'll give your method for setting up the shelter a try. I've still got a lot of things to learn about its capabilities.
i looking at a pyramid shelter ... likely Duomidthe SL2 seems to be a bit heavier ... is it better though?
Miguel, the similarity in weight between the 2009 and 2010 versions despite using different weights of fabric has puzzled me as well. My 2009 version weighs 21.6 oz. without the stuff sack. Your 2010 version weighs 21 oz. One would expect there to be a difference of a least a few ounces instead of just 0.6 oz. I'll try an email to Golite to see if they can explain.
The difference is likely the PU coating (waterproof fire retardant) on the 2010 version making it similar weight to the 2009 silnylon without PU coating.The 2009 version has 49 square feet of space while the 2010 version has 45 square feet. Not sure I trust that spec either.
Edited by jshann on 11/12/2010 21:59:13 MST.
The 2010 version has taped seams. The 2009 did not. The 2010 version also has midpoint guyline tieouts which would add a couple of ounces.
The 2010 version has mid wall guy points and also it appears like the peak vents and especially the eyebrow vent covers are quite a bit larger. Not sure about the fabric being the same weight though since I have a newer golite poncho tarp that weighs about 8 oz compared to 10 for the older one so the fabric is definitely lighter.I actually expected the 2010 version's real weight to be quite a bit less than what Miguel measured since all the golite shelters I own (older Hex3 and 2008/2009 Shangri-la 4 both measured quite a bit less than the advertised golite weight.
Edited by DanG on 11/12/2010 22:17:10 MST.
Here's the reply from Golite:The lack of weight savings in this case, I guess) is due to additional guy points, nest toggles, updated vents and (overall) slightly different materials/construction for anything not flysheet. Additionally, the big difference is that the 2009 was NOT TAPED and the 2010 IS TAPED. So, any fabric weight savings from changing fabrics was lost with that feature upgrade. It's about 0.5-0.75 ounce difference per 1 yard of fabric. An SL2 uses about 9 yards so the difference fabric alone would have been no more than 6.5oz all things being equal.Also, I'm not sure of where your numbers are coming from but my records show that the 2009 and the 2010 both have the same weight - 1lb, 10oz. Some of the weights listed in the BPL link vary significantly from that. AND..all scales have a margin of error so, unless they are using many scales and normalizing, they may be getting weights inconsistent with ours.
There is no doubt that this is a good shelter for conditions.The very minor gripe I have is that I think the skin is a little heavier than it needs to be. Cuben, Spinnaker and silnylon would also hold up well in strong winds.So why make the skin so heavy? I guess for durability reasons. I know I have a Golite Hut 1 that I like a lot in hard conditions.
Maybe I should work for Golite.
Just for your considerations: the new SL2 has a smaller nest, instead using the space it once occupied under the fly as a vestibule. The older SL2 had a ~18" (?) space from door to trekking pole, now the pole is pretty much at the door.
Be careful mixing model year nest & tarps. If remember right, the older 2008 and down nests are a little shorter and when used with the new SL-2 makes a nice vestibule area. I am sure an e-mail to golite can get the specs of the different SL-2 nests so you can pare & tailor a SL-2 to meet different needs. Oops, this just repeats the info Brad is presenting. Regards, John
Edited by cabana on 11/22/2010 20:02:12 MST.
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Spot ethanol prices at the Argo supply hub east of Chicago rose 2.0 cents in thin, pre-holiday trade early Monday.
"It's obviously a very thin market there this week," a trader said. "It doesn't take much to move things."
Chicago spot ethanol traded at $2.22 per gallon while any-December ethanol changed hands at $2.15 per gallon, up 1.0 cent from Friday.
"We are kind of in holiday trade," commented Brandon Marshall, Northstar Commodity of Minneapolis, Minn. "There's not much happening today."
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On Sunday, the Fort Collins Symphony Guild presents its annual Musical Zoo event. The zoo includes performances by strolling entertainers and small ensembles, an instrument petting zoo where kids can try out a variety of instruments, and a grand finale concert bringing the return of Peter and the Wolf, narrated by Bas Bleu Theatres Wendy Ishii with music by the Fort Collins Symphony, and featuring dancers from Canyon Concert Ballet.
Musical Zoo, 2:30 to 5:30 p.m., Timberline Church, 2908 Timberline Road, Fort Collins. Tickets are $2 (free for those younger than 2). Information: www.fcsymphonyguild.org.


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Our story starts in The Dark Forest. The mysterious Lord Winston provides sent a message regarding help in the Township involving Gerdin. "Do you hear which?" Dubach, a longhaired human, displaying two swords and a velveteen dark-colored cape, alerts your quintet of adventurers. A Goblin is spotted lurking in the trees. He's silent. "Friend or synthetic? Speak now!" Place, a petite and detrimentally fearless elf, shouts. An additional Goblin appears, then another, our five pals are surrounded. And so our battle starts.
This isn't a wiped scene from Game of Thrones or a lost chapter from Lord In the Rings. This is Arena of LARP. You know one of those "live actions role playing" games. Most of us saw Role Models, the particular Lightning Bolt movie on Youtube, and noticed comic-con buzzing about the Knights of Badassdom trailer. Indeed, LARP is steadily going into the mainstream. Realm of LARP, a documentary series premiering on The Nerdist Channel Summer 18th, is the most recent effort to explore LARPing you might say no filmmaker provides ever tried before-without wisdom.
"I had seen the subject protected in one-off documentaries, there was never anything that really revealed you what the encounter was like from your LARPer's point of view," says, An entire world of LARP creator, Victor Varnado. "We by no means got the chance to obtain them as the heroes that they imagine themselves to be."
For those of you who aren't around the pulse of odd things adults perform in the woods, LARPing is Dungeons and Dragons 2.0. It takes Role play game to the next level by incorporating improvisational story telling, setting, action and costume. LARPing runs in genre through Tolkien-style adventures to sci-fi illusion and noir. The most immersive types involve full-on combat along with armor and polyurethane foam swords.
Filmmakers have tried to catch the essence regarding LARP in documentaries like Huge Camp (2007) along with Darkon (2006) but thought we would focus more on the sorts of people who LARP not on the expertise of LARPing itself.
"What I found was a lot of people looking at LARP like, 'Look at precisely how weird this is,' and 'Who would ever do this?'" says Varnado. "But what I found when I researched was a lot of people who ended up having so much fun. I thought to me personally, 'Why haven't we observed that? Why haven't we seen that side?'"
Varnado is proper. No matter how empathetic each film portrays its subjects, LARPing is ignored as mere escapism and fantasy. Monster Camp out and Darkon ultimately define players as nonwinners who lack the cultural and emotional maturity to find satisfaction in real life.
Realm of LARP more carefully reveals the work and experience of LARPing. With each eleven-minute episode, the viewers watches the story happen as it is being played out. Special effects like animated arrows, lasers, and wellbeing barometers are edited straight into compensate where the LARPers' creativity is necessary. The five direct players provide comments in character. We only hear from their "real life" celebrities when they are discussing his or her character's role in the game. Yeah, it's meta.
"Tuck is an elf. Tuck can be dumb," Myka Fox could be the only first time LARPer in the series. "It takes a really intelligent person to be able to portray someone dumb," she says a couple of minutes before Tuck gleefully prospects the clan of five into the ambush of Goblins in episode 1.
Tuck's role as a LARP newb makes it possible for the viewer in order to cynically fumble through the storyline with your ex as other gamers (some who have more than a decade of experience, like Dubach) ease through combat, conflict, and plan with bravado and know-how.
"At first I thought they [LARPers] would take it way too seriously, but there is a general awareness that it was really just a game, "says Myka. "I thought once this got going it had been all characters all of the time-without any grounding. I was allayed to see everyone had a sense of humor about what was going on."
For many LARPing isn't a seduction to abandon one's hold on reality to acquire the land involving make believe, it's a tool associated with self discovery, technique, and fun. Historically stories have been used to teach lessons. Would certainly the tortoise as well as the hair-Luke and Darth Vader-make any sense whatsoever if we couldn't see ourselves reflected in them?
The idea isn't surprising that we need to be in their shoes. Would likely we make the same choices? Can we always be as cunning as well as as brave? There aren't many scenarios in the real world that demand we presume and act rapidly so why knock those who seek new solutions to test old abilities forgotten with our way of life of comfort? The actual heroes we enjoy (and the ones we now play) are usually fictional characters, but they're an extension of who we are and might know about are capable of. As Varnado quipped, "Why simply watch Harry Potter when you can go out and be Harry Knitter?" And so our battle begins.
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MASHPEE — Mashpee and Cotuit firefighters extinguished a small kitchen fire in Mashpee on Wednesday night, according to Mashpee Fire Chief Thomas Rullo.
The grease fire started when one of the residents of 7 Forest Road was frying something in a pan and left it unattended, according to Rullo. The fire spread to a nearby cereal box and caused some damage to the kitchen cabinets, Rullo said.
A man who lives in the home ran downstairs when he heard a fire alarm and carried the flaming pan outside, according to the chief. He had minor burns on his hand, but did not require treatment. A woman who was at the home was unharmed, Rullo said. An electrical inspector was called to the scene to look for any wire damage.
Rullo said that half of kitchen fires start while someone is frying, and warned never to leave a pan unattended. "It only takes a few minutes before the whole house is on fire," Rullo said.
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When There is a Doubt...Street Art // Thursday, September 22, 2011
The German street art collective, Mentalgassi teamed with Amnesty International last year to create "Making The Invisible Visible" project, intended to raise awareness to the case of now executed inmate Troy Davis. We thought we would share this clever piece of work today in hope that what happened in Georgia open some eyes. A video of the process also included.


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Gretchen Dubs is on a hunt - a hunt for the perfect apple. She spent all of last semester immersed in the apple business, collecting data, running tests and researching varieties of the popular fruit. Now, she finally thinks she has it.
"It's the B Strain," Gretchen said. "The B Strain is the best."
Gretchen, a senior at Gettysburg Area High School, recently finished an internship at the Penn State Fruit Research & Extension Center, where she assisted in an experiment designed to find the perfect Honeycrisp apple. For researchers at the lab, the perfect Honeycrisp apple had to have two things: a bright red exterior and a crispy, sweet interior.
"Honeycrisps have become very popular," said James Schupp, a researcher who worked with Gretchen at the Penn State lab. Along with that popularity, Schupp said, has come an increased supply, which means that customers can afford to be a bit more choosy when selecting which Honeycrisps to buy.
"Consumers buy with their eyes," Schupp said.
When given the choice, they almost always will choose the redder apples. For Pennsylvania farmers, that presents a bit of a problem.
"Honeycrisps were born and bred in Minnesota," Schupp said, "and there, the climate is much colder than we have here."
In more northern parts of the country, Honeycrisps are able to become redder because of cooler temperatures. However, in places such as Pennsylvania, where it is still warm outside when Honeycrisps ripen in late August, the apples are unable to reach that nice red color, Schupp said.
So, when Gretchen began her internship in the fall, she set out to find a redder strain of Honeycrisp apples that could be grown in Pennsylvania and allow local growers to maintain their competitiveness in a produce market that demands attractive fruit.
She began by gathering the fruit of three different naturally occurring strands of Honeycrisp trees at the Penn State lab. She then took a series of pictures of each of them and, using digital image analysis, determined which of the three strands most consistently produced the reddest fruit.
"But since Honeycrisps are also known for crispness," Gretchen said, "I also did a crunch test to make sure that we were maintaining the quality on the inside while having a nice-looking apple on the outside."
The crunch test is done by using a machine that sends probes into the core of the apple and records how deep and how quickly the probe sinks in, Gretchen said. In the end, Gretchen and the researchers determined that the redder B Strain was still just as crunchy as the standard strain of Honeycrisp that is grown in Pennsylvania today.
Crispness was an important quality to test for, Schupp said, to avoid the pitfalls of another popular apple in its quest toward perfection - the Red Delicious. As farmers and researchers sought to make the Red Delicious redder and redder, much of the flavor was lost along the way, Schupp said.
"We don't want to do the same thing with Honeycrisp that we did to Red Delicious," Schupp said.
Now that Gretchen has finished her research project, her results were sent back to the University of Minnesota, where the B Strain fruit tree was first developed. It is then up to the university to put a patent on the strain and work with a nursery to start selling the trees to farmers in Pennsylvania, Schupp said.
While helping local farmers find better and more consumer-friendly apples is undoubtedly a positive outcome of Gretchen's project, Schupp said, the other successful outcome is the experience Gretchen gained as a young researcher.
"It was nice to take everything that I learned in high school and use it in a real world application," Gretchen said.
She said she has taken several agricultural classes in high school and has since fallen in love with the subject because it gives her the opportunity to do things in real time, instead of just sitting at a desk. After graduation, she plans to go to Penn State Mont Alto and work to become an agronomist.
Gretchen epitomizes all that students are supposed to get out of the high school agricultural program, said Bill Tindall, one of Gretchen's teachers.
"We try to teach the students that there are career opportunities out there in agriculture," Tindall said, "and they are good ones."
There are so many careers in agriculture that didn't exist before, Tindall said, such as advanced researchers, dairy farm nutritionists and plant and animal scientists.
It is with this up-and-coming sector of the agricultural economy that Gretchen has set her goals, now that her quest for the perfect apple is over.


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In that it's actually interactive and doesn't just sit there looking all cute and cuddly- although he is that too of course! If you've been looking for a slingshot with a difference then Flying Monkey is the answer to all your dreams!
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Flying monkey will give you hours of fun. Just put two fingers in the hand pockets, pull back his stretchy, elastic arms just like a sling shot and let him go! Like a real superhero, Flying Monkey lets out a signature call every time you send him flying through the air and what else would be fitting other than a cheeky monkey call?
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Located in Golden Triangle, this luxury hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Kota Kasablanka Mall, Pasar Festival, and Epicentrum Walk. Kuningan City Mall and Ambassador Mall are also within 1 mi (2 km).
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This hotel features 3 restaurants, a full-service spa, and an outdoor pool. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a health club, a bar/lounge, and a poolside bar are onsite.
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In addition to a full-service spa, The Park Lane Jakarta features an outdoor pool and a health club. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 3 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business amenities at this 4.5-star property consist of a business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms. 7 meeting rooms are available. This luxury hotel also offers a children's pool, a sauna, and a steam room.
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When I was a mere Junior, a year ago, I joined a revolutionary site that would make communicating not only simple, but fun. My peers all mocked me for joining a site that was just "a bunch of status updates" but I, knowing I was right of course, told them it was more.
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Since joining Twitter I have realize that I was/am right. Twitter is more than status updates from your friends. It's a way to connect with professionals in your field, swap blog ideas, or even help you figure out a random question. It gets better, by using #hashtags (that's what they look like) you can meet a million new people who share your similar interests..without the noise. For instance, I love to write so I use the hashtag #writers where I can talk to other authors about things such as overcoming writers block or just for a good discussion about annoyances within our work.
So I know what you're thinking…Twitter is just professional blah blah blah I don't want to be on it, I'm just a freshman. But that is where you are wrong! Not only will you gain further insight in to future careers, be able to shoot your professors message instantly (and get quicker replies), BUT (this is the kicker) you can talk to people online by following a hashtag of your favorite show while it is happening! It's amazing, you can talk to millions of people about the Glee episode you are watching (and what Kurt was wearing, and why you were a little bit creeped out)
While we are on the subject of live Twitter feeds…remember what I said about #hashtags, well they are also used to house chats. I know one of Ed's favorites is #sachat, which is a place where people in the student affairs industry (or people interested in it) come to chat at a specific time every week. This opens up opportunity for you to ask a multitude of people questions and get many replies. And unlike the random mentions in your tweets, these will get more replies back because you are clearly showing an interest and it is timely.
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Starting an Account
It's important, that when making an account, you stick to your real name. By using your real name you can brand yourself in whatever career field or area you hope to further yourself in. This could be something in Fashion, Business, Music, Social Work, I don't know is you are seeing a trend, but there are a lot of different topics/businesses on Twitter. If your name is taken (because let's face it, there are already over a million active users) add your middle initial, or a combination of your first name initial with your middle initial and last name. But try to avoid using "sexigurl212" or "sexiboi305" although I think those might be used already.
So to make it clear, we are using our names in order to self brand ourselves. Because as we've already learned Twitter is NOT a bunch of sta
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(here's the link, because I have a feeling you want to sign up)
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|Altered inotropic and lusitropic responses to heart rate in conscious dogs with tachycardia-induced heart failure.
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|PMID: 8606289 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|OBJECTIVES: The effects of increasing heart rate on left ventricular contraction and relaxation were examined in conscious dogs with tachycardia-induced heart failure under autonomically blocked conditions. BACKGROUND: Previous studies using isolated myocardium have shown attenuated positive inotropic responses to stimulation frequency in heart failure. However, these responses have not been well examined in intact preparations in the presence of heart failure with autonomic system blockade, where the intrinsic ventricular responses to increasing heart rate could be revealed. METHODS: Seven dogs were instrumented with a micromanometer and a conductance volume catheter. After autonomic blockade to eliminate neural reflexes, left ventricular contractile properties were quantified by the slope of the end-systolic pressure-volume relation (ventricular elastance), and left ventricular relaxation was assessed by the time constant of isovolumetric ventricular pressure decay. RESULTS: Increasing the heart rate by 60 beats/min enhanced ventricular elastance by 71 +/- 18% (mean +/- SD) and decreased end-systolic volume by 6 +/- 5% in normal hearts. In failing hearts, ventricular elastance increased by only 21 +/- 20%, and end-systolic volume did not change appreciably. Although the reduction in left ventricular end-diastolic and minimal pressures by tachycardia was smaller in the failing heart, ventricular relaxation rate remained unaltered both in the normal heart and in the failing heart. CONCLUSIONS: Under conscious but autonomically blocked conditions, effects of increasing heart rate on the failing left ventricle are characterized by a predominant attenuation of the inotropic response rather than of the lusitropic response.
|H Asanoi; S Ishizaka; S Joho; T Kameyama; H Inoue; S Sasayama
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|Title: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Volume: 27 ISSN: 0735-1097 ISO Abbreviation: J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. Publication Date: 1996 Mar
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|Created Date: 1996-05-22 Completed Date: 1996-05-22 Revised Date: 2007-11-15
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|Nlm Unique ID: 8301365 Medline TA: J Am Coll Cardiol Country: UNITED STATES
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|Languages: eng Pagination: 728-35 Citation Subset: AIM; IM
|Second Department of Internal Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan.
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Cardiac Pacing, Artificial
Confounding Factors (Epidemiology)
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Stroke Volume
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Waytag top loader making clickety/metalic sound
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Posted 29 August 2005 - 02:56 AM
its an admiral model # lnc 6766a00
Posted 30 August 2005 - 12:31 AM
Without hearing your noise I would be totally guessing. I just worked on one of these with the same kind of complaint a couple of days ago.
My customer described the noise as like a belt buckle scraping against the tub. Are you only getting the noise when the machine is agitating? If so, than the most likely problem is the brake slipping.
To determine if this is the problem, take the front panel off.
Using a putty knife release the clips, (about 2" in from each side), that hold the top down, raise the top and remove the two 5/16" screws holding the front panel on.
Now, with a full load of cloths in the machine and set on largest load setting water level let the machine fill up and start agitating. Watch the transmission and see if it stays locked in one spot or if it is turning a little each time the agitator moves back and forth.
If the transmission is moving then try to hold it in place and if the noise stops this will be the same problem and you can post back here and I can tell you what to do to fix it.
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Posted 30 August 2005 - 02:39 AM
the noise sounds like it is coming from underneath the transmition where the belt pully assemply is, im going to flip it over and remove the pully and see whats there,
Posted 30 August 2005 - 04:13 AM
how can it be a "fake maytag" when EVERY part on it, except for the blue selector display, says "MAYTAG"?
That's what we professional appliantologists call these sub-brands that were acquired by Maytag, took on the name, but kept the same old, cheesy design. So, while it's masquerading with a Maytag name on it, and Maytag distributes the parts for it, it's still just a shitty Admiral.
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Posted 30 August 2005 - 10:01 PM
I just fixed a problem like this.
my 4 year old top maytag top loader is making a metalic clickety sound, sound changes as the machine goes through cycles, every once in awhile the noise will stop, but then it comes back just as loud,checked underneath, replaced belt while i was there, moved everything by hand and i could not duplicate the sound, what could it be?, i thought about removing the drum to see if something was in that part, but i dont have the first clue how to remove the inner drum, any help would be appreciated
Turns out that two (of the four) mounting nuts had fallen off the motor (the bolts that hold the motor to its positioning bracket) because they were rusty.
The motor was therefore hanging down from its mounting bracket on an angle and the brake actuator was getting hit constantly -- what a racket.
Replaced all four nuts with stainless steel/nylon keeper nuts. Fixed the problem.
Perhaps a similar thing is going on with your machine??
Posted 31 August 2005 - 01:23 AM
the noise sounds like it is coming from underneath the transmition where the belt pully assemply is, im going to flip it over and remove the pully and see whats there,
Well, if you don't know how the system operates you're not going to see anything wrong, this is a part of the trade that us techs get paid the bucks for and we're trying to impart that knowledge to you mere "Grasshoppers".
Did you do as I instructed and remove the front panel and see if the transmission was moving a little each time the agitator moved back and forth?
Your clue as to the noise coming from the bottom around the pulleys is telling me you do have a slipping brake, now if you could just confirm that we can continue......
If you do as instructed and answer with your findings you can be guided as how to quickly fixed this offending machine.
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ATLEE, EDWIN A., JR. (1878–1938). Edwin A. Atlee, Jr., lawyer, was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, on March 8, 1878, the son of Betty (Foster) and Edwin Augustus Atlee. He spent his boyhood with his family in Laredo and acted as page in the House and in the Senate of the Texas legislature while his father was representative and senator from Webb County. He was educated in Austin and Laredo and took his law degree from the University of Texas in 1896. He enlisted in 1898 to fight in the Spanish American War and served as sergeant in Troop K, First Texas Cavalry. He was admitted to the bar in 1902 and practiced law in partnership with his father at Laredo until 1910. Later he formed the law firm of Atlee and Smith at Laredo. He died on October 8, 1938, and was buried in the Elks Cemetery at Laredo.
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Words: Laura Austin Photos: Huggy & Mike Yoshida Last night we were lucky enough to get an exclusive first look at Bear Mountain's new Red Bull Plaza. And no we didn't just look at it, be we got to watch the likes of Forest Bailey, Chris Bradshaw, Lucas Magoon, Daniel Brown, Will Bateman, Pat Lynch, Brett Wilkinson, and Big Mike take full advantage of this urban style setup under a full moon the night before it opened to the public. Let's just say you are going to want to check this thing out for yourself. Nestled off to the side of Bear's chair 9 is what we would consider the "street scene". This area contains 13 different setups, 21 features all together, and infinite ways to hit them. The Red Bull Plaza includes a 30' marble ledge, two 20' concrete rails, three ledges, two banks, a kink building wall, building wall with a ledge attachment, four stair sets, two down rails, bleacher box, planter ledge box and a down-flat-down ledge wall. Forest Bailey was definitely taking advantage of what all the new setup had to offer. "It's sick as a whole because you can choose tons of different lines and it's basically like having a skatepark in the snow." This zone is definitely different from your typical resort experience. "It's a place you can just come and hang out." According to Bradshaw. "If there's crowded liftlines you can just bring your backpack with some snacks and hang out and hike with all your buddies." Which is definitely nice, you don't have to worry about people on the lift, or a peanut gallery at the base watching your every move. Clayton Shoemaker, Director of Youth Marketing and Park Development for Big Bear Mountain Resorts, said they had a plan for this setup over a year ago. They wanted to take all the Hot Dawgz & Hand Rails features and put them in one compact area for the public to enjoy. And thanks to Red Bull they were able to turn this vision into reality. "It isn't just features in a straight line," said Shoemaker. "There are ways to connect 3,4,5 features in a row. It's a way to bring the urban feel, that the guys are out there filming on, to the mountain." Each year they plan to do more and eventually create a "mock city" as Shoemaker put it, with permanent features and all they have to do is come in and put snow around it. But without getting to far ahead of ourselves, The Red Bull Plaza is already changing the face of what mountains are capable of putting together. The public can now take the things they only see pros do in movies and try it within a well-maintained set up without worry about the cops busting them for trespassing.Read More


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A charter bus carrying college students to three Virginia campuses near the close of the holiday weekend overturned Sunday evening, leaving one person seriously injured and 35 others aboard with minor injuries, police said.
Grab an umbrella before you head out the door Monday – showers are moving back into the area, and high temperatures will be in the low- to mid-40s.
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A "Top of the Month" guide of must-hit, must-see events in December.
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Among the many frustrations we had with Samsung's first smartwatch, the Galaxy Gear, was the limited number of apps available for it. While the company offered premium access to select partners, it never came out with a software development kit (SDK) for anyone and everyone to submit their own app. When the Gear 2 was announced earlier this week, Samsung also promised that it would deliver an SDK for its latest series of wearables. At the company's developer keynote at MWC this morning, that's finally changed -- Samsung has announced the "immediate availability" of kits for the Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo and Gear Fit, as well as another SDK for S-Health.
There's a bit of a difference between the Gear and the Gear Fit kits, however. The Tizen-based Gear SDK will make it possible for developers to create applications that run on both Gear 2 watches (using both Android apps and web apps), while the Gear Fit version offers an emulator and the ability to control the device from an Android app. We'll continue to update you as we get more information at this morning's keynote.
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History of Issaquah-Fall City Road documented, now online
March 23, 2010
After more than a year of on-the-road and in-the-archives research, the King County Road Services Division has compiled the history of Issaquah-Fall City Road. Find the information on a Web site packed with maps, photos, facts, and a mile-by-mile guide to the corridor.
The effort marks the completion of the county Historic and Scenic Corridors Project.
"County roads have always been important links to regional and community history, and this project resulted in a wealth of material that helps explain not only our transportation history, but also our human history here in King County," county Road Services Division Linda Dougherty said in a news release.
The road division partnered with the county cultural services agency, 4Culture, and the King County Historic Preservation Program.
The grant-funded project documented the stories of more than 100 years of transportation development in the region and identified the most significant historic transportation corridors left in unincorporated King County. The county included nine corridors in the study. Read more
Bring questions to garden, historic roads open houses Thursday
June 24, 2009
NEW — 3:15 p.m. June 24, 2009
Pickering Farm Garden open house
Bring fresh ideas to a city open house Thursday night. City officials and Seattle Tilth staffers want to hear suggestions for improving Pickering Farm Garden.
The open house is from 5-7 p.m. at City Hall Northwest, 1775 12th Ave. N.W.
City officials formed a partnership with the Tilth to plant the seed for the garden's vision, design and growth.
Officials have received several ideas for the garden, including establishing city demonstration gardens, offering hands-on educational opportunities for organic gardening, creating a hub of a connected community trail system that includes other community garden sites and connecting to a Gilman Boulevard edible landscaping parkway.
Pickering Farm Garden is located on the west side of Pickering Barn. City and Tilth employees hosted an earlier open house related to the garden June 11.


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The Idiot from Osaka
In anime and manga, a comedy-relief character who is intended to be perceived as a foil for the protagonist will almost always be an idiot, may enjoy drinking and fighting, be incredibly cheap (yet always broke), and will almost always speak with a Kansai Regional Accent instantly recognizable to native speakers of Japanese. (In North American dubs, a Kansai/Osaka accent is usually rendered as either a Deep South/Redneck accent or a heavy Brooklyn accent—the cultural connotations overlap sufficiently in either case that this works.) How this stereotype arose is uncertain, but in anime it is not merely a trope but a cliche. Truth in Television in the sense that it is a Real Life stereotype. Usually, when someone from Kansai comes to Tokyo, he adopts a Tokyo accent. Someone who insists on speaking Kansai in Tokyo will be looked at as if he were some sort of idiot. Alternately, an Osakan character may be a jokester. This character may actually be quite intelligent, but presents to the world a comedic face. The Boke and Tsukkomi Routine is heavily associated with this kind of character thanks to a tradition of Kansai comedians. Also note that the trope title can be a Sublime Rhyme in Japanese ("Osaka no Baka"). Compare the Corrupt Hick and Southern-Fried Private for its North American counterparts.
- Sumiyoshi in Excel Saga. Compared to his roommates Watanabe and Iwata, however, he's the smartest of Excel's neighbors and probably the most normal character in the series.
- Unusually, his accent is rendered in English (in the translation of the manga) as a Geordie accent, which doesn't quite carry the same connotations (it's more associated with crudeness). Also, in the manga version of the story, he is not from Kansai proper, but instead is from Okayama prefecture (which is slightly to the west of the Kansai region).
- Sasshi in Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi.
- Sasshi isn't just from Osaka — he lives in Osaka. When not hopping worlds back and forth, that is. He's still an idiot though.
- Osaka (of course) in Azumanga Daioh. Her name isn't even Osaka; it's Ayumu Kasuga, but Tomo branded her with the nickname for being from Osaka. Like Sakaki, however, the humor in Osaka's character lay in how she doesn't act like her required stereotype: She's still not exactly bright, but she's an earnest, daydreaming airhead who's prone to strange thoughts, not a brash money-grubber; and she also didn't even speak in the stereotypical Kansai Regional Dialect, until she caved under Yukari's stubborn insistence that there's no need to "force" herself to speak in standard Japanese. Osaka is often teased for not saying things that a stereotypical person from Osaka should say. In the ADV Manga English translation, "Osaka" is apparently analogized to working-class Philadelphia (the dub of the anime recasts the accent as Texan, and the Yen Press translation likewise gives her a Southern accent).
Tomo. Let me look in your lunch pail. There should be a meatball sandwich in there.Ayumu. That's a stereotype!
- She's actually quite smart when it comes to lateral thinking. In an episode when she was able to answer some punny riddles, they suggested that she become a teacher. So when she told the teacher that that was her chosen career, the teacher was offended that the other students thought she was stupid! Poor, poor Osaka...
- They even lampshade the naming in the show. She is actually listed in school under the name "Osaka", and laments that people keep viewing her that way.
- Aiko Senoo in Ojamajo Doremi, though it is subverted for the most part.
- Kinnosuke from Itazura Na Kiss.
- Toji Suzuhara in Neon Genesis Evangelion. The manga gives his dialogue the Brooklyn accent version.
- Kyousuke Kawachi in Yakitate!! Japan. He is occasionally referred to simply as "Kansai-ben" ("Kansai dialect") and is at one point openly mocked as being a comical side character only good for being excessively shocked at every little surprise.
- Sakura the kyuubi-fox in Hyper Police is both a trickster, since she is a kitsune, and moneygrubbing (homeless solely because it saves money). She also speaks with one of the thickest Kansei accents in anime. Even non-Japanese speakers can notice the accent.
- Kero-chan in Cardcaptor Sakura, despite being an ancient magical guardian, speaks in an Osakan accent and has many of the mannerisms: silly, cheerful, stubborn, etc. Sakura points this out to him the first time they meet; he claims it is because the Clow book was left in an Osaka library for thirty years so the accent rubbed off on him.
- Similarly, Tarte from Fresh Pretty Cure! is a Weasel Mascot from another world who speaks with a Kansai accent.
- Ken-chan and Meirin in Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito. The two even have a Lampshade Hanging moment over how great it is to meet other Kansai people, even though neither of them comes from our actual universe.
- Later, Tamamonomae, who even has her Fan Nickname "Chichi kitsune" come from the Kansai dialect for breasts.
- Played with in The Prince of Tennis. Kintarou Touyama is a very naive and over-imaginative Wild Child who's also an excellent tennis player with fearsome physical strength and enough charm to befriend almost everyone he meets up with. The kid can even lift up small motorcycles with his bare hands, for crying it loud!
- On the other hand, this is subverted with the Oshitari cousins. Both Yuushi (from Hyoutei) and Kenya (from Shitenhouji, meaning he's Kintarou's sempai) are from the Kansai area and use the accent... but they're fairly smart and more-or-less serious guys. Lampshaded when local Plucky Comic Relief Hikaru "Dabide" Amane tries to get Yuushi roped ino the typical Osaka humor routines with him, but Oshitari is VERY peeved. (Though it's highly likely that Yuushi was just playing along, as the tsukkomi to Dabide's bokke.)
- And on the other other hand, Atobe does treat Yuushi as The Idiot from Osaka quite often (for instance, when he overheard Yuushi and Kenya getting into an extremely silly argument over the phone). In the spirit of fairness, other times Atobe turns around and acts as if he (grudgingly) respects Yuushi's intelligence.
- Two of Kintarou's sempais, Data player Koharu Konjiki and his partner Yuuji Hitouji, actually use the "Osaka jokester" stereotype to their advantage in the courts; with their "Comedy Tennis" tactics, they manage to disrupt their rivals' concentration and get the upper hand. It's really fucking hilarious.
- On the other hand, this is subverted with the Oshitari cousins. Both Yuushi (from Hyoutei) and Kenya (from Shitenhouji, meaning he's Kintarou's sempai) are from the Kansai area and use the accent... but they're fairly smart and more-or-less serious guys. Lampshaded when local Plucky Comic Relief Hikaru "Dabide" Amane tries to get Yuushi roped ino the typical Osaka humor routines with him, but Oshitari is VERY peeved. (Though it's highly likely that Yuushi was just playing along, as the tsukkomi to Dabide's bokke.)
- Shizuma Kusanagi from Real Bout High School is a pompous, Hot-Blooded showboat and is actually a little dim... however, he's a Genius Ditz music virtuoso, being particularly talented at guitar and piano but capable of playing almost any instrument competently. And the fact that he's from Kansai only comes up once.
- Subverted in Air Gear, in which the Trickster Mentor Sora Takeuchi, who speaks with a Kansai accent is revealed to be the Big Bad of the series. He was such a cool guy, too...
- In Ranma ½. Ukyou Kuonji has the accent but few idiotic tendencies, rather being a bifauxnen workaholic (itself a Kansai stereotype, but a different one) with possible yandere tendencies.
- Kanjani8, a boyband devoted to the stereotype.
- Emishi Haruki, the "Fresh Blood Joker," in GetBackers. Also Natsuki Amon, who, it is explicitly mentioned, fakes an accent to come off as a cheerful buffoon.
- Joker in Flame of Recca.
- Benitora in Samurai Deeper Kyo is a subversion, since he's both a great deal more serious than he initially appears and the son of the Shogun; at this point in history, the Japanese formal capital was in Kyoto, which is located in the Kansai region. It's entirely possible he was raised there and plays up the accent just to annoy his dad.
- While not explicitly stated to be from the Kansai region, Ichiroku/M16A4 from Upotte speaks in an Osakan accent and has many of the mannerisms: silly, cheerful, stubborn, foul-mouthed.
- Mitsune "Kitsune" Konno, from Love Hina, who is almost never seen without her booze...except at one point, where it's replaced with vinegar. She isn't pleased.
- Arisugawa Sorata in X1999 subverts it. He can be pretty goofy and cheerful, but he's treated rather respectfully by the rest of the cast (even if he flirts quite a bit with Arashi, though she eventually warms up to him). And not to mention, he's a genuinely powerful fighter when the situation merits.
- Sakuya Aizawa from Hayate the Combat Butler, who sees life as one huge Boke and Tsukkomi Routine.
- Zigzagged in Detective Conan by Osaka detective Heiji Hattori, who is just as brilliant as the Tokyo-dwelling main character, and also has a number of special skills, such as sword-fighting skill. He's also portrayed as a lot more amiable and prone to perpetrate practical jokes than the main character, though he is oftentimes a very serious character.
- Even so, Hattori and his prospect girlfriend Kazuha are BOTH prone to occasional fits of stereotypical Osakan obnoxiousness.
- Yurika Doujima from Witch Hunter Robin. She comes into work late, leaves early, and generally acts like a complete goof-off. Subverted a bit in that it's later revealed to be mostly Obfuscating Stupidity — she is capable of acting competently when the situation requires it.
- Oosawagi Natsumi in Ace Attorney (Lotta Hart in the localization) is a fiery tabloid photographer. Reportedly she was so much of an Osaka stereotype that one of the Osaka-born staff members took mild offense to her. In the localization she is from 'The Heartland' and speaks with an appropriate accent. Natsumi/Lotta often outright admits the fact that she is the walking embodiment of this trope and always fiercely tries to defend her homeland and de-power the stereotype by claiming that she's the only one who really fits the trope in Osaka/Rural America.
- Tasuki from Fushigi Yuugi.
- And his Expy in Absolute Boyfriend, the salesman Gaku Namikiri.
- Caldina, the sexy Cool Big Sis and illusionist from Magic Knight Rayearth, speaks in an Osaka accent... and averts this as she is not an idiot.
- May be played a bit straighter by Princess Tata, who also speaks in an Osaka accent and is very Hot-Blooded. Both her and Caldina are voiced by Osaka natives.
- Maido-kun/Howdy from Hamtaro.
- Hajime No Ippo has the brash and talkative Naniwa Tiger Takeshi Sendo. He's from Osaka, has a thick accent (and is voiced by an Osaka native), boxes because he loves to fight strong men, and used to be a gang leader in high school... to protect other people from harmful gangs. His grandmother's nickname for him is "idiot".
- In Kamen Rider Kiva, the boisterous rockstar wannabe Eritate Kengo fits this trope to a T, until midseason when it is revealed that he was always a Tokyo native, taking on the Kansai accent to come across as more personable. He also goes through a major attitude overhaul at this point, losing the accent and the hair and shifting to full Bad Ass gear.
- Browning in Transformers: Super-God Masterforce, comedic mascot.
- Thrust and Dirge in Beast Wars II, a comedy duo. Also Diver.
- Gusher (Slapper) in Transformers: Robots in Disguise
- Shuichi Nakatsu from Hana-Kimi. And also his garishly dressed mother who is absolute comic relief.
- Video game example: In Megaman Battle Network 3, Tora is so painfully stereotypically Osakan (despite being a literal, but not figurative, Chess Master) it even bleeds through into the English version of the game, even without any of the usual conventions of rendering a Kansai dialect.
- The Osaka team in Gantz takes the "idiot" in the trope title literally. Almost all of them are Ax-Crazy Trigger Happy bastards, and their complete lack of Team Spirit gets them brutally slaughtered.
- Li Kohran, from Sakura Wars. Despite being of Chinese descent, she speaks in an Osakan accent, since she was raised there. An idiot mechanical genius who is prone to having her creations blow up in her face. In one episode of the OVAs, she even threw in a random "What the heck" just for the Osakan reference.
- Nishiki from The Movie of Kamen Rider Hibiki, in keeping with the five movie Riders' Location Theming.
- Takane Katsu and the other Osakan characters in Burst Angel. A southern accent is used for the English dub.
- Tadao Yokoshima in Ghost Sweeper Mikami.
- In a meta-example, some of the character's behavior in the Generation II Pokémon games becomes somewhat amusing when you remember that Johto is Kansai.
- Whitney has an Osaka accent in the Japanese version and, though she's not an idiot per se, she is a Genki Girl.
- Spain from Axis Powers Hetalia speaks and acts like this. Although, he's definitely not from Osaka.
- And actually averted with the guy who represents the Osaka prefecture, who is kind of a keet but not an idiot.
- Subverted in Lovely Complex, where EVERYBODY has a Kansai accent. Both idiots and smart people.
- Mentioned in Gai Gin when Gin is planning to meet some netfriends in Osaka. According to her sources they talk with a weird dialect and "Oh yeah, they are all completely insane." When we meet him, though, the Kansai-born Pyon is perfectly intelligent and nice, despite a childish sense of humour (he takes delight in learning the meaning of the English word "boogers").
- Kina from Wife and Wife, while having the Kansai accent, subverts this by being rather insightful at times, but also quite devious in her knowledge of how to push her partner Sumi's buttons.
- Spiderman is a living parody of Osaka people: Kansai Regional Accent? Check! Very Greedy and materialistic? Check! Likes a lot of Takoyaki?. Check!
- Tsubame from Ai Kora.
- Rika from Inazuma Eleven may count, consider her Stalker with a Crush tract on Ishinose Kazuya.
- Nezumi from Alien vs. Ninja is a textbook example, albeit a live-action one.
- In Death Note Misa Amane is from Kansai. Subverted because she doesn't speak in Osaka-ben, despite having lived in Osaka before she came into the plot; not that surprising since many people from the Kansai region learn to speak in the "Tokyoite accent" so as to fit in or at least to not stand out, and in Misa's case it's a vital necessity since she's a Teen Idol and needs to have a broad appeal.
- Video game example: In the Japanese version of Sonic Rush Adventure, Marine The Racoon is definitely this trope. In the English version, she has an Australian accent. Since Sonic Team is based in the United States, we may never know which was adapted from which.
- Kintaros from Kamen Rider Den-O isn't actually from Osaka, but speaks the dialect. And while he's not an idiot, he is kind of The Ditz; in his spotlight story arc, his contractor wanted to become the best karate-ka he could, so Kintaros trained his body...with Sumo. And didn't realize it until a couple of preteen boys told him.
- Erika from Ginga E Kickoff is from Osaka, and proud of it. She's a loud tomboy and a natural comedian.
- Yasushi Furuya in Uchuu Kyoudai. Technically from Kyoto, but same accent.
- Subverted by Ami Mizuno from Sailor Moon - she has a Kyoto accent, yet unlike the stereotype, she is quite intelligent and even somewhat overfocused on her studies - maybe as an effort to distance herself from the aforementioned stereotype?
- Also averted by Naru Osaka, who seems to be relatively well-adjusted for someone who is kidnapped every five seconds in the early series. In fact, in her first appearances she comes off as being quite more levelheaded than Usagi. (Not that it's too hard.)
- The shopkeeper — Shilleka — from Etrian Odyssey.
- Hikoichi Aida from Slam Dunk. His older sister Yayoi is much more savvy, but prone to silliness once in a while.
- Akiko Narumi in Kamen Rider Double, whose foolishness comes more from being somewhat sheltered and being the Audience Surrogate, emigrating to Fuuto in the first episode. Her father Sokichi thoroughly averts this, though it's unclear if he was Osakan or if his family simply lived there.
- Making it even funnier, a Monster of the Week puts Akiko in an Imagine Spot which transplants the plot to Osaka, including Philip and Ryu Terui transformed into stereotypical lazy Osakans while Shotaro is the Fish out of Water transplant from the big city. In Philip's case it may be an Actor Allusion, as Masaki Suda actually is from Osaka.
- Discussed in Krakow;
Boss: Tom, have you noticed that Yamaguchi-san speaks with an Osaka accent?
Tom: She's from Osaka?
Boss: No, she's from Kanto. But Yamaguchi-san is a very unrefined, gruff woman. She also drinks heavily and is overly obsessed with money.
Tom: But... that doesn't make any sense!
Boss: *thhk* It would seem you do not understand Japanese culture.
- Mostly averted in Kill la Kill. Kaneo Takarada lives in Osaka and fits the stereotype of a greedy son of a bitch, but he's also a tactical mastermind who gives Honnouji Academy's forces a run for their money.
- Mostly averted by Captain Tsubasa's Makoto Souda, who is NOT an idiot but a Combat Pragmatist. He does play up the Hot-Blooded and arrogant side of the stereotype, however. And pays dearly for it when Napoleon goes Genre Savvy and provokes him into getting himself kicked out of the Japan vs. France game.
- As a note for those curious, the reason this stereotype exists is because Osaka's forms of industry and production are generally less demanding than many of the kinds found within Tokyo. This coupled with a much less crowded city causes the people of Osaka to not need to be in as much of a hurry to get anywhere as is somewhat required in Tokyo. As a result, the people on average (by Japanese standard anyway) tend to be more laid back, calm, and openly friendly in personality (which also makes Osakans on average more welcoming of foreigners than people from Tokyo). Being so distinctly different in personality from the capital's residents tends to make Tokyo perceive Osaka as a place that is too informal and doesn't take everything seriously enough. Which isn't true, but that's how stereotypes work.
- Noriko Nishikawa from Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku. Kotetsu's poor neighbor and classmate who can stand up being a tough kid and has just as bad grades as his.
- Asuka Kazama from Tekken
- Minoru Uesugi, aka Green Racer, from Gekisou Sentai Carranger is depicted as hailing from Osaka. Similar to the Kamen Rider Double example above for Philip, this may be an Actor Allusion as Minoru's actor, Yoshihiro Fukuda, is also from Osaka.
Foreign Dubs
- In the Japanese dubs of the Shrek movies, the main character (played with a Scottish accent in English), voiced by Masatoshi Hamada, is given a Kansai accent to match his violent, crude, and temperamental personality (as supposedly the Scottish accent does as well).


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Monday, June 24, 2013
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CONYERS -- Georgia Piedmont Technical College is growing -- officials just don't know why yet.
Dr. Jabari Simama, president of GPTC, reported Thursday at a meeting of the Rotary Club of Conyers, that the school is the fastest growing college in the Technical College System of Georgia.
Last year, the TCSG as a whole grew by .6 percent, while GPTC grew 17 percent.
"We are proud of the fact that we are growing. We celebrate it," Simama said.
He said college officials are looking at the reasons for the growth and developing an outreach strategy.
"There's a renaissance underway at our college now. There's a lot of energy and excitement," he said.
The college recently underwent a name change, from DeKalb Technical College, and some administration changes after the retirement of former college President Robin Hoffman in 2011. Simama began his tenure in September 2012.
Simama said that GPTC is the largest provider of adult education in Georgia by helping adults get their GEDs, certificates or college diplomas. He said that the average age student is 32 years old.
"We do educate nontraditional and more mature students," Simama said. "There's nothing wrong with being out of school for 10 to 15 years ... and coming back in. We provide a lot of learning support."
Still, he said there are a lot more adults who need to earn their GEDs or some kind of post-secondary education -- there are 1.3 million people in Georgia without high school diplomas.
"We have a lot of work to do," he said. "It's imperative in this market that we help more and more adults get a high school diploma and GED. If they don't have a foundation, they're going to be marginalized in this economy."
He added that sometimes even a high school diploma or GED isn't enough -- it's better to have even just some college. He said that the median earnings a worker without a high school diploma will make is about $24,000 annually, which is almost poverty level for a family of four; the median for a person with an associate's degree is about $41,000 annually.
Simama said that people also need to be computer literate and highly skilled and trained in the field they hope to enter. He added that he wants to partner better with grade schools to talk to students as early as fifth grade about college and careers and the skills they need.
The college serves more than 21,500 students in degree programs, continuing education classes and adult education courses on campuses in DeKalb and Newton counties, as well as in educational centers around metro Atlanta, including offices at the Newton College & Career Academy and the Rockdale Career Academy.
It offers 137 career pathways and programs. The most popular include practical nursing, basic law enforcement and criminal justice and information technology.
More like this story
- Georgia Piedmont's new president begins this week ( August 29, 2012 )
- New GPTC president arrives ( September 20, 2012 )
- Georgia Piedmont Technical College President Jabari Simama is appointed to Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors ( January 22, 2015 )
- GPTC gets "A" from accreditation agency ( October 1, 2012 )
- GPTC announces new vice president ( December 6, 2012 )


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Volleyball action hits the region finals on Saturday night for M.I. Christian.
Merritt Island Christian demonstrated both great skill and resiliency on Tuesday night en route to defeating The Pine School 25-12, 28-26, 24-20 in their Class 2A regional semifinal matchup.
The Cougars advance to a regional final contest at Naples Seacrest Country Day on Saturday at 7 p.m.
The Cougars' skill was on full display in the first set as they trounced the Lady Knights 25-12. ...


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The culprit: a clogged commode.
The resident of the home, 74-year-old Robert Byrne, had poured bleach into a stopped-up toilet in his upstairs bathroom the previous night, according to Capt. John E. Rein Jr. of the township police. Noticing Thursday morning that the bleach didn't do the trick, Byrne dumped sulfuric acid into the ...


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