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It was Snotlout, once again, who first came face to face with this Titan while on watch. He alerted the group right away who were flabbergasted at the size of this dragon, but unlike other Vikings, the dragon trainers did not turn tail and run at the first glance. They faced the titan and once convinced it could be a friend, the Vikings welcomed it into campus! Will you be brave enough to train a TITAN SCREAMING DEATH? Hide Titan Stormcutters Have Emerged from Behind the Clouds! As the School of Dragons' campus and surrounding grounds had seen nothing but rain for the past few days, Vikings were shocked to find that with the dark clouds and thunder came a new and rare resident, the Titan Stormcutter. Alert your fellow Vikings and members of your clan so they can take the reins on our latest Titan, today! Read More The moment the sun rose, after days of rain and thunder, Hookfang woke Snotlout up for an early morning flight. After grumbling and whining, Snoutlout finally led Hookfang for a quick fly. They had not been out long when thunder was heard in the distance. Thinking he wasn't going to make it back home on time, both dragon and dragon trainer decided to find a cave where they could protect themselves against the rainfall. They were making their way towards one when a huge shadow covered Hookfang, looking up Snotlout became aware of the presence of a sleeping Stormcutter. Hanging from a tree upside down, this Sharp Class dragon looked different than that of Valka's Cloudjumper. This dragon's scales were a leather like brown on some parts, its wings were a deep dark red while lightening to a pale pink. While this majestic dragon was sleeping, Snotlout took the opportunity and flew back to Berk, with rain and all, to notify Valka of such a wondrous creature. When told of this, Valka followed Hookfang and his trainer to the cave at once. Just like Valka thought, this was a Stormcutter but not your everyday one. This was none other than a stronger, and more formidable Titan Stormcutter! Will you be taking Berk by storm and train your very own? Hide Swoop in to Save the Day with the WINDWALKER! While some dragons can be as bold and courageous as a Deadly Nadder, others tend to be more attuned to the gentler and cautious side - but that doesn't mean these kinds of dragons aren't daring and tenacious in their own way! Even the WINDWALKER will have you know that it's not afraid to step up to the plate when the time calls for it, especially if it means protecting their own young from grave danger. This was definitely something Heather learned after being challenged to a seemingly innocuous race. Read More It was on her way back to Dragon's Edge with Windshear, when what Heather hoped to be a peaceful return trip quickly changed, as she and Windshear found themselves challenged by this seemingly playful Tidal Class dragon. 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A new and never-before-seen Titan has stormed the shores at Berk, taking Vikings and dragons alike by surprise! Will you be blasting through your next adventure with one of your own Titan Thunderdrums? Having just emerged from the uncharted and dark caves deep within the sea, this upgraded dragon has now officially joined the ranks of the growing list of winged companions that Vikings like you can train while studying on campus alongside Hiccup and the famed dragon riders from Berk. Read More Ask any seasoned trainer for yourself and they would easily agree that the all-powerful roar of this dragon is enough to scare even the fiercest of warriors. In fact, when the Dragon Riders themselves first encountered on, the dragon would only bond with the likes of the great Viking chief – Stoick. So one can only imagine the powerful force that resonates across land and sea when the strength of a Titan version of this Tidal Class companion is unleashed. 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On this latest adventure, students will journey through 4 new and uncharted areas to complete 21 quests, train 2 new dragons and connect with familiar Vikings characters made famous in How to Train Your Dragon 2! Read More In unlocking the Return to Dragon Island expansion, Vikings first discover a mysterious fog rolling in that has been leaving their fellow dragon trainers on Berk sick. After rescuing their friends, they are tasked to help figure out what this fog is and from where exactly it might be coming. Along the way they have the chance to work alongside Eret to free trapped dragons and catch up to old adversaries who are up to their same antics. But that's not the only legendary Viking to make their debut in School of Dragons v.2.0. After much anticipation and speculation, Valka has finally found her way to campus and wants to help you train 2 dragons that have previously been never-before- seen near the school grounds. 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This is not the first time this group of friends encounter a Skrill, if you remember the legend correctly they saved one from the hands of Dagur. However, it is the first time they, or anyone in Berk, has set eyes on the dragon in its Titan form. Although at the rate Vikings have been rushing to Titan Up their winged companions… this is certainly about to change! However, Vikings beware - while similar in appearance, this Titan Dragon has sharper and longer talons, as well as being larger in size. Hide Command the Skies with an Alpha Toothless Venture into a dragon training experience like no other as you take the reins on Toothless, Hiccup's famed Night Fury who in School of Dragons 1.21 has assumed the role of Alpha! Think you have what it takes to wield the responsibility of training such a powerful dragon? Test your skills because with a dragon that is this strong, only an elite group of trainers have been approved by Hiccup and the Headmaster for flight! 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Posted on 06/19/2012 4:41:55 PM PDT by floridavoter2
Asians have surpassed Hispanics as the largest group of new immigrants to the United States, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.
The study, called "The Rise of Asian-Americans" and released on Tuesday, reveals that Asian-Americans also have the highest income, are the best-educated and are the fastest-growing racial group in America.
About 430,000 Asians--or 36 percent of all new immigrants--arrived in the United States in 2010, according to U.S. census data. About 370,000, or 31 percent, were Hispanic.
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Muslims from India are considered 'Asian'. Right?
LEGAL immigration.
Illegal = Hispanics got'em outnumbered.
Someone new for obama to kiss up to.
Asians are the only good thing about Ann Arbor Michigan. They don't bother anyone, they're intelligent, they're educated. They really are some of the most pleasant people in the world to talk to.
I'm OK with this as long as they aren't muslims.
> Muslims from India are considered Asian. Right?
Yes, unfortunately.
This set of statistics counts people from India as "Asians," but there are relatively few Indian Moslems-- most Indians are Hindu.
This is most likely good news. Educated people tend to be republicans. Asians are normally hard workers and would not want their hard earned money going into politicians pockets to give to their constituents. We can only pray.
Having taught in a Queens JHS with a 55% Hispanic and 32% Asian population I can address your point.For the most part Asian kids arrive here generally well educated except for English and History. There is a strong desire to improve both socially and financially. Many of my Latino kids arrived here uneducated. It was not unusual to have a new 7th grader for whom we were his first scholastic experience. Latino kids have cultural issues as many are stigmatized for acting white. Asians have bad kids but they are not celebrated except in bad Mickey Rourke films. Finally there is distance. NYC to the New Delhi, Seoul or Shanghaiis an obstacle compared to NYC to the DR or Cartegena. Distance makes the country of origin into the old country not my country.
Thanks for that perspective...
I suppose the closer one is to the southern border, the more true your anecdote becomes.
Most Americans of Asian decent I know are Hard core conseratives. They hate Communists and Marxists, especially ones from Kenya that have big ears and hang around in bathhouses.
Interesting because I have no problem with it but in the Mid Atlantic region it seems to be raining Asians. Most seem second generation at least but there are so many. I'd guess many of the younger are college students.
Why don't politicians pander to Asians the way they pander to Hispanics?
Your right, I should have used the word good education.
Because they don't make themselves a demographic for it. I'll go un-PC here and say that, as a rule, Asians tend to be well informed and educated on economic/financial issues. They understand how money is made, spent, invested, etc. Perhaps because the vast majority of them are here LEGALLY and came for reasons other than "getting free shiite." They are academically proficient (?) as compared to the hordes of criminals, malcontents, and assorted overflow that washes in from our southern border.
Aren't the pre-Columbian native populations of the Americas racially related to Asian? The trouble with this article is that it compares a race (Asian) with and ethnicity (Hispanic). What category would an Asian Hispanic (Alberto Fujimori the former President of Peru for example) fit into?
My observation would be that the word Asian covers a whole lot of cultures, languages and races. East Asians will usually adapt to the political environment they live in or will be apolitical and hope for the best. San Francisco's Chinese have only become active outside their neighborhood recently and are liberal to compete. The Japanese in Hawaii are liberal to compete. Southeast Asians are more conservative as are Indians. The Muslims are Muslim. Competitiveness seems the common thread, thus the students. Pandering will work only so far as it aids success. Most are sincere Americans though some Chinese are still wed to China.
The quickest way to get illegals deported is to convince them to vote Republican.
The non-Muslim Asians are smarter than the average POL. The POLs know they are. They will not buy the POLs BS stories.
Asians value achievement - educational and economic. They are respectful of others, especially elders.
Our country benefits when we import hard-working achievers - which should be the goal of legal immigration.
Most of the Indians who converted to Islam were from lower castes. They felt they were held back by Hinduism, and wanted to joined a system where everyone was equal.
But several hundred years later, they are less likely to be well-educated and qualified to emigrate. Most of the Indians who come to this country are from the middle and upper castes, and have families who can pay for expensive private education.
I bet the feds are flooding America with Muslims from the middle east and calling them asians
I'm surrounded by Asians (Chinese) at work. They do not understand American culture and bring their communism with them.
I'm also married to an Asian woman born and raised until 16 in communist Laos. She doesn't know the concept of America. I have to teach her our culture.
So, I don't think this immigration stat is necessarily a good thing either. At least the hispanics tend to be Catholic and not athiest and communist.
This is not very clear. Could you rewrite this part more clearly? I never heard of Mickey Rourke.
"Asians?" Mostly Muslims, probably.
I could never figure any Asian being liberal. It seems to go against everything they actually practice. Hard work, long hours,learning English, being reliable etc.
I've never seen an Asian person looking for a handout, but a lot of their politicians and voters certainly do.
lRourke is an actor of big ego and modest talent. Made his bones in the Pope of Greenwich Village. A couple of years later he played a cop bent on cleaning up NYC's Chinatown. Chinese kids were shown as dealers hookers and murderers. They were portrayed like Coppola portrayed the mafia, like being bad was cool.
The difference in the LSM not saying legal immigrants and documenting how many illegal Hispanics entered the country during that period.
A while back, George Will created a nice phrase for that when he explained why early Europeans assimilated in America where current Hispanics don't. He said the Europeans were "psychologically guillotined" and because of the distance from the homeland, faced a sink-or-swim scenario that those weeping across the border didn't.
[sidebar]When I saw the article, the first thing that popped into my mind was "Well, that's one group who won't be fighting with the Blacks or Hispanics (some of them) for a piece of the welfare pie." From personal experience, where the others band together to fight "The Man", the Asians band together to put their people through school or to start businesses. Yeah, I know there are some bad ones, but they seem to me to be a minority in the numerical sense.
Thank you
I am so with you. My daughter is Chinese.
She likes to watch the news in the morning so she "can be smart." She's known as "the little ambassador" at school, because the administration always shows her off to parents looking to put their kids in that school. She can spell and write her first name. She knows all the letters of the alphabet. She can count to 14. She knows her mom's phone number in case of emergency. She is trained in self rescue flotation. She loves for dad to take her to Starbucks in the morning. She can operate an iPad, and has her own iPod Touch.
My daughter is 3.
In my years teaching in my JHS Inever heard a Korean, Chinese, Bangladeshoi call his country "my country' Conversely I rarely knew a Dominican, Colombian, Mexican etc, who didn't. There was one memorable exception. A Columbian kid named Juan Carlos,JC to his friends. He always talked of how grateful he was to be here, but how much he loved Colombia. He graduated in the early 90s. he came back to visit a few years later, after the US had beaten Colombia in a World Cup Match. I said "JC, who did you root for?" He said "The USA!" Sometimes they do join the fold. as did another student from the DR. He joined the 69th NYNG and was KIA by an IED in Iraq. I'm proud I taught them both.
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Local Law Enforcement Combine for Massive Emergency Drill in Dallas This Morning
Dallas Fire-Rescue workers escort a "victim" of this morning's "attack" to a "triage center" outside the Dallas Convention Center.
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We may not have Detective Dan Stark out there to protect us anymore, but this morning a handful of local agencies put their guns together to see how they'd handle responding to a major attack on the city.
Dallas Fire-Rescue, Dallas Police (including SWAT teams and a bomb squad) and medical services ran through a trio of simulated attacks, in fact, beginning at the Dallas Convention Center this morning and ending early this afternoon at Fair Park. The full-scale exercise was coordinated by the Office of Emergency Management. DFR Lt. Joel Lavender was tasked with herding media around this morning and said the whole simulation, based on a script of events provided by Northrop Grumman Corp., was the largest Dallas has seen in a long time.
Certain players in the response were given secret roles to help add twists to throw other responders for a loop -- letting it unfold like a citywide murder mystery party. Lavender preferred a different metaphor: "This is our Christmas show," he said. "This has been in the planning stages for months and months."
And just like a real Christmas pageant, some people scored more awesome roles than others -- like the crowd of simulated casualties that zombie-walked out of buses and over to a makeshift triage center, some with bloody faces or fake bone splinters sticking out of their shins.
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We got a look at a series of SWAT teams moving past the doors and up the escalators, and a few minutes later DFR evacuated a pair of DART buses that had been idling outside the convention center. A few ambulances drove off with the worst of the simulated casualties, and then everyone packed up for the Dallas Fire Academy and the exercise's second phase.
Lavender said they'd hear early next year about how everyone did.
One of the happy casualties makes his way out of the fray.
Clearly somebody had been briefed they'd be observing from the ivy patch today.
Everything went according to plan, far as we could tell.
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There are times when I think India would be best off returning to the days before industrialisation and development hit us – when we had earthen lamps and oil wicks, horse carriages and bullock carts, mud floors and hand-written registers (maybe fashioned from palm leaves) on which records were kept.
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All that's left to finish off this project is to more clearly distinguish the train from its environment and create smoke billowing out of the smokestack in order to achieve this final effect here. Now, we'll accomplish the former--that is drawing a stroke around the entire train-- by expanding its appearance and converting the strokes to path outlines and then uniting all those path outlines together and then we'll create the smoke as a compound shape. So I'll go ahead and switch back over to my train shape here and I'll click on it to make it active. Now, as you've seen over the course of the previous three movies, we've heaped a ton of Transform effects onto this train, which means I can't grab the Rotate tool and rotate this guy into a different position, but you can do something else.
You can apply a Dynamic Rotation if you want to. So, you would just need to make sure here in the Appearance panel that the path is active and not one of the strokes. And then you would drop down to the FX icon, choose Distort & Transform and choose the Transform command, and dial in a Rotate value, such as let's say 35 degrees. And go ahead and click the Preview button, and notice that not only rotates all the strokes, but it also rotates all the Transform operations along with it. So the moral of the story is, if you start things off inside the Appearance panel, you should stick with it; you should keep applying Dynamic effects.
Anyway, I'm going to cancel out, because I'm happy with my horizontal train, but in order to apply a stroke all the way around it, at least to do so successfully, I need to go ahead and expand it. So I'll switch back over to the Layers panel and I'll twirl open the Train layer and I'll go ahead and press Ctrl+C or Cmd+C on the Mac in order to copy the selected train and I'll press Ctrl+F or Cmd+F on the Mac to paste that copy in front. Then I'll turn the copy off. We'll come back to it in a moment, and I'll go ahead and meatball the original train, which is the one we'll expand.
Now, I don't want to expand everything about it. We should get rid of a few things first, including all these strokes at top. So I've switched over to the Appearance panel. I'll click on the top stroke, Shift+Click on the 60 point stroke down here--the one just above the smokestack--and I'll click on the Trashcan in order to get rid of all those. We're just trying to simplify things at this point. Then I'll twirl open that smokestack stroke and I'll turn off its Drop Shadow; we don't need to worry about throwing it away. Next, I'll go ahead and scroll down to these strokes that make up the cowcatcher. So I'll click on the top 2-point one and Shift+Click on the 7-point one; you want to leave the 8-point one in there, and then click on the Trashcan icon to get rid of those.
And then finally we want to remove a couple of more Drop Shadows here. There is the Drop Shadow that's associated with the engineer's roof, which I believe is this one right there, and I'll go ahead and turn off that Drop Shadow- the one associated with the 82-point stroke. And then there's a 74-point stroke right there; that's the front element that's holding the cowcatcher. So I'll go ahead and twirl it open as well and turn off its Drop Shadow and we end up with these few remaining shapes. And there's one more thing. I don't want those levers that are popping out of these engine elements here, so I'll go ahead and select the bottommost stroke, --the 4-point stroke--and I'll Shift+Click on the top 2-point stroke there and I'll click on the Trashcan to get rid of those as well. All right! Now that we've distilled this thing down to its most fundamental elements, I'll go up to the Object menu and choose Expand Appearance, and then I'll return to the Object menu, choose Path, and then choose Outline Stroke in order to convert all of those strokes to filled path outlines like so. All right! Now let's combine them together.
What we've got at this point is a group obviously, but there is a group inside that group. So what you need to do is go up to the Object menu and choose the Ungroup command twice, or press Ctrl+Shift+G or Cmd+ Shift+G on the Mac twice in a row. And then just to make sure everything has worked, you can switch back to the Layers panel. With the Train layer open, just scroll through the list of items to make sure there's no arrowheads in front of them, in which case you're good to go. Then go to the Window menu and choose the Pathfinder command in order to bring up the Pathfinder panel and click on the Unite icon in order to unite all those paths outlines together.
All right! Now I just want to make sure that everything worked according to plan here. I have a feeling there's a tiny problem. I'm going to turn off the Tracks layer in order to hide it, and then I'll press Ctrl+Spacebar or Cmd+Spacebar on the Mac to get the Zoom tool and I'll marquee around this corner right here; very tiny marquee as you can see, and sure enough I've a little bit of an arrowhead here that I don't want. So I'll press the P key to switch to my Pen tool and I'll click on this top point in order to subtract it. And now I could keep scrolling over like this, but that would take forever, so I'll go ahead and bring up the Navigator panel and move down to the tip here, although this might not be the most efficient solution either.
Why don't I just go ahead and zoom out a little bit so I can see what I'm doing? I'm in totally the wrong location. What I wanted to do was check this point right there and make sure it's just one point at the nose of the train, and sure enough it is. So I'll zoom out once again, and then I'll go ahead and Ctrl+Spacebar or Cmd+Spacebar, zoom around this corner and click on this point with a Pen tool to subtract it. All right, that's great! Now I can zoom back out to normal zoom level and I can bring back the background elements like so, as well as the train, so I can better see what I'm doing.
I'll press Ctrl+H or Cmd+H on the Mac to hide my selection outlines. United Path is still selected, so I'll switch over to the Appearance panel. I've got a Fill, but I don't have a Stroke, so I'll go ahead and change the line weight value to 2 points in order to create the appearance of a 1-point stroke around the entire train. And now let's add a Drop Shadow by going up to the Effect menu, choosing Stylize, and choosing the Drop Shadow command, or you can take advantage of my keyboard shortcut, Ctrl+Alt+E or Cmd+Option+E on the Mac. These are the settings I want to apply; an Opacity value of 100%, deep black is my color.
So, 000 for the RGB values, both the X and Y Offset are set to 8 points; the Blur is set to 6 points. I'll turn on the Preview checkbox, and why in the world does it look like that? This should be this really super dark shadow. Well, I'll show you what happened though. Click the OK button in order to apply the effect, and sure enough I went ahead and applied it to the stroke instead of the path. But that's not a problem, you can just grab the Drop Shadow and drag and drop it below the Fill like so, in order to assign it to the path instead of the stroke and we end up with this very meaty dark Drop Shadow. All right! I'll go ahead and press the V key to switch back to the Black Arrow tool.
Switch back over to the Layers panel and notice this hidden item in the Train layer. Go ahead and turn it on. And what it is, is a group of a bunch of replicated circles; every single one of these guys is a circle. I'll click on one of them. I've hidden my selection edges, so I'll press Ctrl+H or Cmd+H on the Mac to bring them back. Now, I've gone ahead and grouped all these circles together. Before we can join them into a stream of smoke, we need to Ungroup them. So go up to the Object menu and choose the Ungroup command. And next, before you deselect any of these circles, because that would be a disaster, go ahead and return to the Pathfinder panel, and instead of clicking on the Unite icon, press the Alt key or the Option key on the Mac and click on the icon. And that way you fuse the paths together into a compound shape, which means that you can change your mind later and move the circles around and do whatever you like. All right! Now I'll press Ctrl+H or Cmd+H on the Mac again in order to hide the selection edges, and I'll switch back to the Appearance panel.
And as you can see, I've got a Stroke; I don't have a Fill. I actually want the opposite, so I'll press Shift+X in order to swap those guys with each other. And then I'll go ahead and swap out the fill from black to this final gradient swatch which is called Smoke. And all it is is a dark shad of gray; it's actually the Shadow Rail gray, set to 100% Opacity on one side and 0% Opacity on the other side, with the midpoint skew that's set at a Location of 25%, and we end up with this effect here.
Now, that looks terrible. When is the last time you saw opaque smoke like that? Well, the problem is that we have the Blend mode set to Normal. What we need is to twirl open the Fill, click on the word Opacity there, and change the Blend mode to Multiply, and that ends up producing this rich smoky effect right here. And that's how you finish off the train by adding a stroke around the entire thing, along with the Drop Shadow and some billowing smoke.
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When right-handed pitcher Gerrit Cole became the No. 1 overall pick of the 2011 MLB amateur draft Monday night, it seemed there was no doubt in anyone's mind that he will become a star.
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crichards888 3 years ago#1
Them: "pick support"
Me: picked Malphite
Them: OMFG really? report this clown etc. etc.
They were abusive as hell, and at the end they said I was getting a stack of reports for ruining the game. I mean, seriously? I can't even play the champ I want without this crap? It was a close game overall, MAYBE we would have won if I went Sona or something, but I felt like Malphite.
Are people just blowing the current "meta" way out of proportion? Or are the roles so damn rigid that I could possibly get banned for this? I'm not really concerned about a ban, just seeing what you guys think of the current "metagame".
The metagame is there because people are familiar with it and it works.
Getting a group of strangers to carve out a brand new strategy without practice is very difficult, hence the meta.
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People ARE stubborn about the meta, and if you're going to be stubborn about not adhering to it, even if you're good enough to pull it off, don't be surprised when people get irritated.
I mean I've seen jungle heimerdingers go 2/0/1 before I was level 6. Doesn't mean I want one on my team late game.
zeppelin312 3 years ago#4
the meta is still constantly shfiting in small increments, but overall basic lane archetypes are slightly more rigid, shifting only after long stretches of time, if ever again.
The meta is there because, at the moment, it's the best possible setup.
And, considering the fact that you're playing with 4 other people, you're the one that's wrong here. Just because you believe that the meta is wrong, or whatever, does not mean that you're allowed to ruin someone else's game.
Now, if your team's agreed to just forget the meta and do whatever, go ahead, have fun. But if it's 4 against 1? Please stop ruining the game for other people.
How dare the Gods work against me! I don't remember giving them permission.
earth angel 3 years ago#6
But then the question is, why ruin the game for yourself just to adhere to other people? If you want to play Malphite for a game, why should you not be allowed? Especially in an unranked 5v5. While I could see an argument in ranked matches, I think it is stupid to tell someone they aren't allowed to play someone they like in a game the counts for... nothing really.
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Play with friends?
It's what I do, and we mess around with stuff all the time.
Just please don't make a stranger waste 40 minutes of their time because you refuse to follow the rules.
if you want to play malphite, go top, or even jungle. He needs too many items, and more importantly, levels to be a good support.
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crichards888 (Topic Creator)3 years ago#8
NicoGrimm posted...
The meta is there because, at the moment, it's the best possible setup.
See, this is the logic I can't really wrap my head around. I didn't actively even "ruin" the game. I let Ez get CS, I tried securing kills/harassing with Shard and my ult. I even built support-y items. Didn't stop these guys from harassing the bejeezus out of me.
I felt like playing Malphite. So I played him, if playing a character I want is enough to "ruin a game for 4 people" then it just seems to me that the metagame is flawed. Maybe I'm just done with this nonsense.
I mean... did you say anything? Like "hey folks, I'd like to play Malphite this game. Any chance top/jungle would be willing to switch?"
Y'know, communication?
And yes, the meta is kind of a big deal to most people once you hit a point where people know what they're doing because it's pretty well established as the best way to do things. Even something like Malphite support can be problematic because he doesn't really bring a lot to lane as a support and Malphite without money for items is basically a non-entity outside of his ult.
I get wanting to play a particular role or champion, but that game wasn't the time. There's always next game. Or talking to people. Or playing with friends or... really anything other than just refusing to communicate and whining about the "meta."
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Because OTHER supports do it better? Not to mention that, again, he's very item,and level dependent, and has very high mana costs which don;t allow you to spam your abilities.
How dare the Gods work against me! I don't remember giving them permission.
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I've only lived in Greeley for a year and a half and I've fallen in love with the town. Our size and scale suit me — nothing is too far away and it has all the services I need close at hand. I love the many days of sunshine and low humidity. I love the parks and green spaces, especially the Sheep Draw and Poudre trails. I love the mountains that are so close but just far enough away to enjoy both a full view of the range and lower housing prices. I already love many of the people who have hearts as big as our lovely high plains.
I have watched with interest the unfolding of the public relations campaign "Greeley, Unexpected." I realized they were on to something — Greeley has a self-image problem and it is not just about the occasional smells. Everywhere I go I meet people who are cynical and dispirited about "the little guy" not being able to make a difference in this town.
Nowhere has that frustration been greater than with the perception that the city and county are in the back pocket of the oil and gas industry.
Being a newcomer, I wondered if it really could be as bad as everyone thinks. When I got the notice to expand drilling within 500 feet of my home I got a chance to test my faith and those beliefs, and I experienced both the "expected" and "unexpected" Greeley first-hand.
The Planning Commission had a public hearing on July 9 on a plan that would ultimately allow 18 wellheads, 25 oil tanks, seven water tanks and 17 separators to be crammed on a 12.55-acre site. On top of this Greeley already has 427 wells, with 200 more in the works. Ultimately the city anticipates that 1,605 wells will be drilled in Greeley to add to the 20,128 in surrounding Weld County. No other municipality in Colorado is subjecting their citizens to the unknown impacts of this concentration of drilling within city limits.
While the drilling plan near my home meets the minimum setback requirements by Greeley's development codes, it flunks all of the setback requirements that go into effect for new applications filed with the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission as of Aug. 1. Greeley officials have offered to let the energy company plant trees on public land to hide this huge fracking operation. But don't worry, declares the Commission's Planning Summary: Thanks to these trees, the 12 new horizontal wells and the tank batteries and equipment that go with them will actually "enhance the Sheep Draw Open Space."
The "expected" Greeley emerged at the outset of the hearing. After having listened to more than 45 minutes of testimony from city staff and the operator, I had my chance at bat. I have testified at literally hundreds of public hearings at the municipal, state and federal level over the past 30 years, and I have never seen such an obvious attempt to create a hostile environment toward public input. Not only was there a three-minute time limit imposed on testimony, the tone clearly communicated that citizen participation was being tolerated rather than welcomed. When I was cut off minutes into my presentation, I asked for and was denied an extension. My husband then offered to yield his time so that I could continue. He was curtly refused. But then, the "unexpected" happened. My husband started reading my testimony from where I left off. When he was cut off, a person I had met just the night before came up and continued on. Like a scene from a movie, my testimony was passed like a baton from citizen to citizen and I heard my words come out of the mouths of strangers. So beautiful — so humbling — so "unexpected."
And the Planning Commission? They voted 4-3 to continue the public hearing to today, July 23, to allow commissioners time to digest the comments and to hear more testimony. "Greeley Unexpected" is alive and well in active citizens and public officials who want to serve the people; only time will tell if we have enough of both to help Greeley turn a corner to a better future. Greeley Expected or Unexpected? It might just depend on you.
Sara Barwinski has a master's degree in social work and in systematic theology, and was a policy analyst and registered lobbyist in Missouri. In Greeley, she is a happy pastor's wife and proud mom and grandma.


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|2006-06-23, 14:32
|Link #1201
Absolute Haruhist!
Join Date: Mar 2006
Age: 29
Well, the show features itself in many aspects of Japanese lifestyle and culture, basically the show is in Japan itself lol
Episode 00 itself, is a compound parody of cliches and stuff found mostly/only in Japanese shows/anime. Most people are turned off by this episode because they don't know anything about it.
Honestly, I don't know how to type this post, because there's too much Japanese references there for me to start with lol.
EDIT: I'll just add a few random stuff to support why I think the show is very Japanese:
In episode 2, Yuuutsu 1, Haruhi's hair accessories change colour according to the days of the week. Japanese days are named after: moon, fire, water, wood, gold, earth and sun, basically the 5 elements + moon and sun. Haruhi's accessories follow the colour of the elements, moon = yellow, fire = red, water = blue... etc.
Then there's the Golden Week Japanese holiday.
|2006-06-23, 15:10
|Link #1202
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2004
First, Naruto is FAR more popular than SuzuHaru, which has something more like an intense cult-like following of fans. Naruto registers about 200,000 downloads a week, while SuzuHaru has about 35,000. It has actually LOST audience; starting from 95,000 downloads for its first episode and is stabilizing in the mid 30,000s (which is also the number for Ah! My Goddess, School Rumble and other such mid-table anime).
There is nothing particularly mainstream about the popularity of SuzuHaru. Thus, I think you are just over-influenced by the small number of very devoted fans here on this board, as well as elsewhere. It's just that lovers of this series love it VERY much, despite being somewhat low in numbers.
Second, Naruto's depreciation in quality was an after-effect of its immense popularity. I read the series ever since it first came out (in Asia) and it was really quite original with its skills and lame humour. However, its immense popularity gave way to lame stories that continually drag on and on and on... That's what I feel anyways. Authors who have their works explode into the realm of popularity face ALOT of pressure from their editors and fanbase to construct a storyline that the consumers demand. That's why fanpolls are used as well.
This results in stuff like Inuyasha (otherwise known as The Neverending Story IV) or even the current running of Ah! My Goddess (which is also somewhat debatable in its literary intention of episodic stories).. Leaving Naruto in Japan would make no difference. You are quite naive to think of things like this.
I am convinced that bringing SuzuHaru to the States would NOT result in a popularity boom to anywhere near the heights of Naruto. You have to know that Naruto is a STAPLE anime, like rice for AZNs (like me :B). Plenty of kids and alot of teenagers who watch anime, watch Naruto on TV and such. There is NOTHING in SuzuHaru that will attract this bulk of the viewing population. Just consider the various staple anime --- Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Pokemon... SuzuHaru does not belong to this category.
I think some of the more vicious anti-SuzuHaru viewers have already conceived of some fans as Harutards. I can certainly think of one distinct person on this board who has continually come on to post mocking insults of SuzuHaru fans.. even now. Very childish poster. It is important to understand that this series is not widely popular in any sense; but the love from its fans is extremely intense --- almost like that for Rozen Maiden.
And why not?
It is beautifully animated. It has interesting characters. It is superbly well-directed.
It is definitely not the action-fare that the typical young anime viewer will want to watch; and I've seen complaints about lack of action, or "boring" in posts on this board. But that has never been what SuzuHaru is about... just a simple read of the novel will let one understand that. As I have said many times, I think the author is beginning to stretch out the SuzuHaru series in the later volumes; and if this continues without significant inter-character or plot progress, I *WILL* give up on this series even though I really like it alot.
A distinguishing characteristic of an expert is knowing when something's done; and not overdo things. I think many creators lack this dimension of expertise, and I'm beginning to think SuzuHaru might fall into the same trap. But who knows?
|2006-06-23, 16:01
|Link #1203
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 59
First, I'll agree with Jinsoo about the basic premise of preferring "short and brilliant" against "long and jumped the shark or shallow".
On the accessibility to non-japanese audiences: The gut aspects of the show are straight physics, metaphysics, sci-fi --- nothing "eastern" there outside of the parallels between quantum physics and eastern philosophy. The dressing of the show is japanese: school, holidays, etc.. and a lot of the minor stuff (hairbows, cultural festival) .. but none of those are *alien* to US or EU audiences. They know its set in Japan, that they wear school uniforms (like many schools elsewhere), that different countries have their own holidays (just substitute "spring break" for Golden Week). Americans know Harry Potter is set in England so they deal with the cultural uniqueness (though most of them completely miss the connection of accent to class status).
So they'll miss the little things.... more likely American complaints would center around "why is it taking so long for Kyon to move on one of the girls" - standard American short attention span and lack of training to deal with plots that don't go boom every five seconds. My exposure to European fare is limited to BBC fare where plots require attention span (even the comedy series) but I don't know if that is typical there.
Last edited by Vexx; 2006-06-23 at 16:17.
|2006-06-23, 16:20
|Link #1204
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 27
WHA!? This anime is barely known! How is it like Naruto?!?!?!
That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard....you can't even look this anime up on google. Younger people can like this too..I am 17...and that's kinda young....and I love this anime. It's light and let's you ease up accept for being depressed or too into action. This anime is way more layed back and that's why i love it.
Plus the writing is awesome...the writer is very good and being able to dragging an audience in and capturing them. He puts various clues among episodes....and makes it based on realistic stats which I find very interesting. He makes the magic and unlogical story more realistic and welcoming by having it present through out the whole anime and even before the anime has started....they planned it out before they made the anime...and didn't start winging it like ALOT of shonnens.
Except for it being like a fighting anime and the character always having to fight a guy who is stronger than the last one....these character stay who they are...and the nature of this strange god named Haruhi belongs with the atmosphere. She doesn't change along with her powers based on something new and added in....she is apart of everything around her like Kyon and the rest of them. The anime is whole.
Sorry if you guys don't understand that...I know what I mean because I do the same things to my story as this anime...lol
and to Vexx....I am american and I do not have a short attention span, thank-you very-much
I think the anime should have another series and that's it. It's nice that its short..but you can really add alot in the second episode(edit: I mean season...>_<). Explain more things...have more funny episodes...and more romance.
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|2006-06-23, 16:32
|Link #1205
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 59
Heh.. I'm American too... and I'm surrounded by Americans... and I declare most of them don't have the attention span to get out of a paper bag.
The fact you were able to register, post here, and write in complete sentences with fair grammar already puts you in the minority
I'm exposed to a lot of people in my business and teaching activities ... over exposure is not always a good thing. I want it clear I don't think there's anything *inherently* wrong with the people --- just incredibly poorly raised. I think *any* of my fellow citizens can comprehend calculus, the writings of Plato, critically analyze Shakespeare, or how to read a circuit schematic - they just had the urge to learn beaten to a pulp when young.
Trying desperately to pull this back on-topic: I think Haruhi would do well as a PBS offering (Japanese Masterpiece Theater) but would tank on FOX. There's plenty of material for a second season as in "the further adventures of".... but I'm not sure I'd really want it UNLESS we continued to see progression (or even ups and downs) of the relationships of the group. The series MASH kept re-inventing itself with new explorations of how the people were bonded to each other but eventually (probably a season late) called it a done show. One of the things that attracted me to japanese anime was that complete stories were told, lives changed, and it wasn't always for the better. The best way for a series to drive me off are the "fight of the week" or the "monster of the week" or the "none of the relationships really change" syndromes.
Last edited by Vexx; 2006-06-23 at 16:45.
|2006-06-23, 16:45
|Link #1206
> Haruhiist <
i dont think that the novel serie will lose interest of the fan audience
I have read some chapters of some novels (thanks to Baka-tsuki) i must the whole story is pretty good and interesting. if the author keeps this way i think there will many novels to come
however if they stretched out the serie then there will be chance that it will fall
however the animation isnt cheap either, so a short serie will fit it
of course i hope there will be second season ... not because i want to see SOS dan crew (especially Haruhi) <<- ignore this
but there are a lot of questions unanswered like Shamisen
well thats how i look at it
|2006-06-23, 17:30
|Link #1207
Haruhiism Worshipper
Join Date: Feb 2006
Age: 31
Example: Pokemon traversed the ocean to North America. The show isn't very deep or an innovation in annimation or plot design, yet the show is (was) very popular.
Your argument is very contradictory and disjointed. First you compare bringing SHaruhi over to NA would bring upon a phenomenon that rivals Naruto, then you make a 180 and say it wouldn't be popular here. Hmm....
You still compare SHaruhi to a simple comedy. Just because a show has comedic elements, it doesn't make the show a straight up comedy. The Da Vinci Code had penis jokes, and to my knowledge, the book/movie was not a comedy. If we were to steoreotype SHaruhi so superficially, it'd be a sci-fi, slice of life, comedic, sports, romance, drama, music video, mystery show with critiques and critical analysis of oontology, the anthropic principle, reality, the meaning of happiness, and the critique of amateur videos presented with top quality animation and a sarcastic yet blunt narrorator about an abrasive and determined girl and her band of merry friends that consist of aliens, time travellers and ESPers. (I feel so bad for anyone who has to read the precedent aloud...) off the top of my head. Quite simply it is a show with many layers that simply cannot be explored within a single episode viewing, not to mention the fact that 15 people is hardly a creditable population in a statistic.
In my opinion, Kyoani made a bold move animating a novel that has an abrasive lead. Note that Kyoani has done mainstream works before (FMP anyone?) and animations based off critically acclaimed works such as AIR. They have experience
in targetting audience and knew full well that a super abrasive character such as Suzumiya Haruhi won't sell as well as a generic lead. And yet the popularity of SHaruhi still exploded due to their mastery of animation and their dedication to original works. Kyoani dared to innovate where others would be happy staying in the status quo. In simpler terms, while SHaruhi may not be the funniest thing on earth, it's animation and storytelling shines brighter than any other show this season if not the last few years. Whereas Ouran High School Host Club is ground-poundingly funny at times, it rarely -if ever- innovates anything.
Frankly, out of all the criticisms of SHaruhi I've seen, I haven't once encountered one that has some notion of deep thought put into it...except sometimes with Kaioshin-sama who's a hot-head and is inexplicably after my blood...(I'm joking of course)
Really, what is the joy in trolling boards to get a rise out of the inhabitants? Can someone explain that to me?
Edit: I speel guud...minor diction maintenance, can't do much about that run-on sentence though...my head hurts.
Last edited by Shirobane; 2006-06-23 at 22:57.
|2006-06-23, 18:03
|Link #1208
One thing I've been conflicted with is what order to tell people to watch it in. Episode One can kinda turn people off because it's so peculiar but you have no hint as to something peculiar going on in episode 2. Then there's episode four's frustrating and perplexing placement. I know, I know. Intentional. But it's fun to preserve the mystery of the show as long as possible.
I've mostly told people, watch episode 1 if you want to see a bad student film with the characters and get a hint as to the oddity to proceed but don't expect to understand it with one viewing. But episode 4 is still really really perplexing.
Even if you do watch them in order I still recommend people watch episode 5 before 4. I still don't get all the subtle things that happen in 4.
And then there's watching it in chronological order...all in all I have no definitive answer. I mean I can see thematically how things fit well together. But it's tough to say one viewing is better than another, this show just plain needs multiple viewings.
|2006-06-23, 18:38
|Link #1209
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
I would say, tell your friends to watch episode 1 and 2, and in that order, before making any judgements on the series. As you said, episode 1 might turn some people off, but it shouldn't after episode 2. Plus, this would be like a little test, there are those that get it, and there are those that don't.
|2006-06-23, 18:41
|Link #1210
Join Date: Jun 2006
The key to suggesting people which order to watch (let's just say Haruhi's order or Kyon's order) depends on the person you are suggesting to. If the person trusts you enough to stick long enough watching the anime past 3 episodes, I'd say watch it as KyoAni presents it. But if the person has zero tolerance and/or short attention-span, chronological order is probably the better way to go.
Personally, I think watching it out of chronological order makes everything much, much more interesting. Because you are watching it out of order, you're most likely not keen to all the minor details on the first watching. An example, I was rewatching the baseball tournament episode, and I had just realized Yuki wasn't wearing her glasses (how the heck did I miss that the first time!?! I have dishonored my fellow Haruhi-ists ). So to me, it feels like every time I watch the same episode, I find something new, something else that is interesting. It makes the replay button a lot more enjoyable; if I can make the analogy, it'd be kind of like a game with multi-ending scenarios with something new and different each time.
|2006-06-23, 18:49
|Link #1211
They really trust me but I just want to preserve the revelations in episode 5 as much as possible for them. Probably inordinantly so because I had them spoiled for me. Didn't ruin my enjoyment of the show a lick (I did watch 5 before 4 though and that really helped, it's the only episode I can't really make much of a case for watching in airing order).
I gotta admitt, this show could be a pain in the butt for its eventual licensor depending on the company. I'm hoping for a dedicated licensor, one who includes copious translation notes and an SOS-Brigade arm-band wouldn't hurt either.
|2006-06-24, 20:40
|Link #1212
Okay I've got ask, am I the only person on the form that holds the Haruhi Might Not Be God theory. I mean there has yet to be anything to prove it absolutely other than Hearsay and yet everybody already seems pretty decided that this is her universe and she has absolute control. If anybody else hear is holding off on the idea that Haruhi is god and is waiting for real proof, than don't be afraid to speak up, I'd like to here your theory. If I may draw a Star Trek comparison Q could do the exact same things as Haruhi only much better and more efficiently but nobody felt he was god (especially Sisko who actually punched him square in the face), but rather a powerful entity who even got his powers taken away (Maybe it could even happen to Haruhi).
There's so much yet to be proven and so many questions to be raised and possibly never answered, so why have the folks here decided to elevate Haruhi to god (complex?) status already? Wow that was long winded and repetitive sorry everybody. Basically why listen too Itsuki the guy who started the God Theory in the first place back in Volume 1 Chapter 3, he's constantly screwing with peoples heads and playing tricks, I don't believe him for a second, out of all the explanations, Yuki's temporal anomaly or time basically messing up 3 years ago granting people special powers (maybe Haruhi too)
|2006-06-24, 22:12
|Link #1213
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
|2006-06-24, 22:40
|Link #1214
Data from scratch eh, wonder if she can alter existing data, maybe thats the limit on her power and why she can't mold people or things into exactly what she wants them to be. Being able to make thing from scratch doesn't mean god, its pretty much been proven that she is mortal (persparation, signs of fatigue and she can feel pain). Also I swear to god anytime weird stuff happens concerning her Kyon is within inches of her physically, I swear she needs him to be near her to create data. Anyway all I'm saying is there is a huge difference between being able to create temporal anomalies and being omnipotent, and for all we know its Kyon or the both of them in combination doing it because he's always there when stuff goes down.
|2006-06-24, 23:45
|Link #1215
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 59
Kind of depends on how you define "god" ... for all intents and purposes "Q" was a god -- able to alter reality, matter, energy, space, time.
Yuki would be a god to almost any collection of people on Earth. Itsuki could pass as a god in closed space. The Data Entity of which Yuki is a part might as well be god(s).
As Spock is fond of saying, "A difference which makes no difference *is* no difference."
Now if you mean The Creator of All Space and Time .... well thats a faith question - Itsuki's people have their viewpoint.
Personally, I'm with the Yuki faction - Haruhi represents a next step in evolution, not only manipulation of existing datafields but slurping new datafield out of nothing (ZPE fun). But as others have said, each faction is seeing one facet of the jewel that is Haruhi -- they may ALL be correct in their own way.
I like your idea that Kyon is somehow necessary and key to her ability (yo ghostbusters, gatekeeper, meet keymaster) and that it also stems from that event which we don't speak of outside of spoilers.
|2006-06-24, 23:50
|Link #1216
illusion control
I think the question of whether Haruhi is God or not is getting hung up on the definition of "God".
Basically, Haruhi's abilities are (currently) defined as such-and-such, let's say Power X. Now, someone might say that God has Power X, and anyone who has Power X is akin to God, and someone akin to God is basically God. If so, then Haruhi is God.
Someone else might say that God is not just Power X, but also Power Y and Power Z and Power Sigma and more, in which case Haruhi is not God, but simply a powerful being. Or even a being with power, which is distinct from "powerful being".
So whether Haruhi is (akin to) God or not depends on what you think God is.
Personally, I don't really know whether Haruhi is God, because I don't know what God is like. We may as well argue about whether Zeus is God, or Thor is God, or Odin is God, or Set is God, so on and so forth.
|2006-06-25, 00:03
|Link #1217
One PUNCH!
Join Date: Dec 2005
Which fits to what Mikuru, Itsuki, and Yuki have been saying: Kyon is the "key" to Haruhi. Or Keymaster, if you prefer.
|2006-06-25, 01:22
|Link #1218
Haruhiism Worshipper
Join Date: Feb 2006
Age: 31
In context however,
|2006-06-25, 01:28
|Link #1219
You see that's called "Begging The Question", both you and Shirobane. Basically you expect someone to believe your conclusion without first believing the basis on which it is founded or essentially the question being answered. Also who says mortals can't create new information, I've seen tons of other series where normal people can access the Akashic Record given the right tools and rewrite it (Cybuster, Full Metal Panic, Slayers, Space Runaway Ideon, I Could Go On) , and guess what, its fairly hit and miss and in often cases random like with Haruhi.
|2006-06-25, 02:32
|Link #1220
Haruhiism Worshipper
Join Date: Feb 2006
Age: 31
If we're going to dive into my beliefs, then I'm an athiest by choice. One of the joys of atheism is that I can believe in a higher power without necessarily believing in a god.
Haruhiism is an idea, basically started by a bunch of people who enjoyed the show. No one really knows what it stands for, but all members have some interpretation. My interpertation of it is the way of living life with full energy and determination of Oharuhi-sama. I believe in Haruhi as a deity in the simplest terms, a figure of worship (hell she's not even real). I could care less if she's a god in whatever conventional terms, she is a figure that represents infinite energy and determination to me.
For some reason you've seem to have combined two unrelated things (an idea proposed by Itsuki in the novel and a fan-made idea of Haruhiism) into the same argument in your quest to defamate Haruhi's godliness which is only really supported by the Itsuki camp. (a bit off topic but by last count how many people liked Itsuki?)
I hope that clears some of the confusion up. For the record I don't back any camp, I just enjoy the show. Haruhi (in all her epic Tsun-) is a breath of fresh air in a market rife with generic characters.
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Yea, sure ok. I find it hilarious that some investor have been saying that $18 buyout isn't enough. Roche doesn't need PACB. They have Genia. When they figure out how to increase accuracy rate in nanopore, this stock goes to zero, no question. That may take a couple of years, but it can happen tomorrow.
Take it from an experienced investor, always take the bird in hand and use it to reinvest in the next big thing.
Are you kidding me? 75 million is a rounding error for a 200 billion dollar company. If for some reason Sequel is not working, better to cut bait and lose 75M instead of putting in and losing hundreds more.
A mark of a good management running a public is if they came out and gave a mid quarter update on the status of the transition to the high production contractor and the status of the backlog - how many have been fulfilled and any cancellations. Good companies give mid quarter updates all the time especially in times of extreme volitilty in the stock price. They have no problem coming to shareholders when they need money, but when it comes supporting shareholders they're completely absent. This is an inexperienced public CEO, and he should just do the right thing by shareholders and just sellout to Roche.
If you haven't been paying attention, no one expects them to 'do' anything to affect the stock. That's a naive question to even ask. I do expect, as every retail does, to be inform of any material events that may cause the price to move so violently so that we can make an informed decision as to hold or sell. If any information has been leaked and retail doesn't know about it, it's no longer a level playing field. When you get more experience, you'll understand.
Does anyone know how to contact the Board of Directors? The IR contact is a peon. She won't know anything or do anything.
I called in yesterday and nicely asked to speak with Investor Relations. She said she would transfer but instead hung up on me. My first thought was oh my god what kind of fly by night outfit did I invest in. I gave her the benefit of the doubt and called back. This time she transferred me to somebody's voicemail. I left a message for them call me back. No call yet.
1. With Glaxosmithkline (British company) off the table as an aquirer after brexit, the likelihood of a buyout in near term has diminished causing funds to trim their risk.
2. Some European companies that were on the backlog decided to cancel their orders until they get more certainty on impact of brexit. Some low level sales rep may have leaked that piece of info, but company decides that the information is not material enough to release to the public pre-earnings.
I say that any information that is responsible for moving a stock 30-40% in two weeks should be considered material and should be released to the public ASAP and not wait till ER, especially if management decides to offload any of their shares between now and ER - that's jail time or, at the very least, a lawsuit.