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Bluefield State College
Board of Governors
August 19, 2004
Members Present: Mr. John Barnes, Mr. Norris Kantor, Mr. Daniel Frost, Mr. Jeff Forlines, Dr. Louis Aikens, Dr. Frank Ball, Mr. Jack Stafford, Mr. Kevin Pruitt, Mr. Edward Knight, III
Members Absent: Mr. Jack Caffrey, Reverend Garry Moore, Dr. Lyn Guy, Ms. Anne Crowe
Staff Present: Dr. Albert Walker, Mr. Jim Nelson, Dr. David Perkins, and Dr. Mindy Maher, Mr. John Cardwell, Dr. Felica Blanks, Ms. Shelia Johnson
Guest Present: Mr. Ken Baker, Mrs. Joan Buchanan, Mr. Daniel Hodges, Mr. Frank Hart, Dr. Lionel Craddock
Mr. John Barnes, Chair called the meeting to order at 6:45 p.m.
Board of Governors Training
Mr. Barnes recommended that all Board of Governor members try to attend the Board of Governors training session at the Embassy Suites in Charleston, WV, September 24, 2004. He indicated that more information on the training session will be forthcoming.
Approval of Minutes
Mr. Barnes asked for approval of the minutes of July 15, 2004. A motion was made and seconded (JStafford/KPruitt) to approve minutes as submitted. Motion carried unanimously.
Executive Session
A motion was made and seconded (DForst/JStafford) to go into executive session at 6:55 P.M. Motion carried.
Regular Session
A motion was made and seconded (KPruitt/NKantor) to go back into regular session at 7:10 P. M.
A motion was made and seconded (DFrost/NKantor) to change the men's basketball coach position from classified to non-classified. Motion carried unanimously.
Athletic Director Terry Brown introduced Mr. Donald Jones, new men's basketball coach.
New River Community & Technical College
Dr. David Perkins, President of New River Community & Technical College gave a powerpoint presentation on the state of the college. He said: 1) A new vision statement has been established; 2) a mission statement was slightly revised; 3) strategic plan for 2004 was developed; 4) the site visit for accreditation will be November 14-17. The goal is to have the report complete and ready to mail by September 15; 5) NRCTC's catalog has been completed, and will be available to students on CD while the catalog is being printed.; 6) headcount is 1507; 7) seven faculty and eight staff have been hired as either new or replacement employees at NRCTC; 8) NRCTC's new organizational and administrative structure was presented. Mr. Frost had questions concerning one of the positions at the GCCC. Dr. Perkins provided additional detail and agreed to discuss this further with Mr. Frost after the meeting; 9) NRCTC completed an agreement to provide services to the Region I Workforce Investment Board.
Mr. Barnes noted that the accreditation is Board of Governor's top priority and that it appears to be on track for success. Mr. Barnes also asked if any additional resources are needed to assist with the accreditation efforts. Dr. Perkins indicated that he and Dr. Blanks will communicate with him regarding this.
Greenbrier County Library Board of Trustees Proposal
An appraisal of 4-acre property on Greenbrier campus which is proposed to be leased or given to the Greenbrier Library Commission was given out to Board of Governor members to review. The appraisal was discussed. It was mentioned that this property is zoned for educational/public purposes. Mr. Stafford asked if we had an opinion from the attorney general. Dr. Perkins said, that an opinion from the attorney general has been requested, but not received. Mr. Stafford said he was in favor of this proposal, but felt strongly that we should have a formal opinion from the attorney general.
A discussion arose concerning the Department of Highways building in Lewisburg and the needed roof repairs. Dr. Perkins will provide information on the roof repairs and facility at the next meeting.
Chairman Barnes reminded Board of Governors that there are several steps needed to complete this process - appraisal, contractual agreements from Mr. Kantor & Mr. Guills, and opinion of the attorney general.
More discussion took place concerning the ownership of property being used by NRCTC and changes that may occur in the future after its accreditation and/or legislative decisions.
Mr. Stafford again expressed his frustration with the need to obtain the opinion of the attorney general and to finalize the documentation. Mr. Knight suggested that NRCTC Board of Advisor meet to discuss the Greenbrier Library and provide an opinion to the Board of Governors. Chairman Barnes agreed. Mr. Barnes stated that the remaining documentation would be needed for the next meeting.
Financial and Administrative Affairs
Nicholas County Property:
Shelia Johnson discussed the acquisition of property on Nicholas County campus. Shelia reminded the Board of Governors that the property was under Bluefield State College's name due to bond conveyance. Shelia explained that NRCTC charges capital fees to students that is transferred to BSC to meet the current and future bonding requirement. A motion was made and second (JStafford/KPruitt) to accept the option to purchase the property at Nicolas County. Motion carried.
Facilities Presentation
Shelia gave a powerpoint presentation on the facilities and properties for each campus, as well as related maintenance issues. Board of Governors members discussed the capital expenditures project. A motion was made and seconded (NKantor/DFrost) to accept the capital expenditures project. Motion carried.
NRCTC/BSC Agreement
Shelia presented the Board of Governors members with the document that was signed in the ceremony with Governor Wise. The document was revised slightly since approved. A motion was made and seconded (JStafford/DFrost) to approve the signed agreement. Motion carried.
Budget Cut
Shelia announced that the College has been instructed to prepare for a five percent budget cut in July 2005 according to HEPC.
Merit Pay
Shelia also mentioned that two ad hoc committees are being formed (classified staff and faculty) to examine merit pay for faculty and salary schedule for staff.
Legislative & Public Relations
Mr Jim Nelson announced the following:
1. Dean Frank Hart introduced Lionel Craddock as the new Faculty Senate President. Dean Hart also discussed new initiatives in Engineering Technology including a new autonomous ground robotic vehicle competition in California.
2. Legislative Interim will be held in Beckley, Sunday through Tuesday.
3. Mentioned the signing ceremony on August 2nd.
4. Twelve news releases have been sent to legislators and gubernatorial candidates.
5. Announced that a play on the life and times of J. R. Clifford will occur at BSC on December 2nd in the Basic Science auditorium at 7:00 p.m. and a colloquium will also be scheduled beforehand for students.
6. BSC's new speech instructor will organize a two act play in the Fall 2004
7. Radio DJs "John Boy & Bill" will be on campus (September 10)
8. Jazz Ensemble will perform in a winter concert, December. 2004
Enrollment Management
Mr. John Cardwell announced that as of August 19, 2004 BSC's headcount is 1,870 and
NRCTC's headcount is 1,508.
President's Report
Dr. Albert Walker gave a powerpoint presentation on summary of activities since the last Board meeting.
A discussion occurred regarding the US News and World Report rankings and the need for improved alumni involvement and communication.
1. Chairman Barnes made the following reminders: 1) copy of appraisal (complete version);
2) statement from Attorney General Office; and 3) at least three transfer options on Greenbrier Library property proposal.
2. Mr. Daniel Frost commented that the agreement documents provided by Shelia do not refer to the agreed upon changes in appropriations between NRCTC & BSC. Discussion followed.
3. Frank Ball commented about the need to invest in faculty and to fill vacancies. The issue was discussed. Chairman Barnes provided information on the Board's past & present decisions regarding raises and emphasized the Board's desire to look at the College's needs as a whole and to act in a fair manner.
Meeting Date
The next meeting date is September 16, 2004.
A motion was made and seconded (DFrost/KPruitt) to adjourn the meeting at 10:04 p.m.
Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,


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Pear & ginger loaf cake
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal453
- fat23g
- saturates14g
- carbs62g
- sugars43g
- fibre2g
- protein4g
- salt0.5g
- 200g unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing
- 100g caster sugar
- 100g soft brown sugar
Honey and syrups made from concentrated fruit juice were the earliest known sweeteners. Today,…
- 2 large egg, beaten
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- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 200g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
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- 2 balls stem ginger in syrup, drained and chopped
- 2 pears, peeled, cored and roughly chopped
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For the glaze
Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease and line the base and sides of a 900g/2lb loaf tin with baking parchment, ensuring the parchment comes 2cm above the top of the tin. Beat the butter and sugars together until pale, then gradually stir in the eggs and vanilla extract. Fold the flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt into the mix, then quickly stir through the stem ginger and pears. Pour the mixture into the loaf tin, smooth the surface, then bake for 1 hr - 1 hr 10 mins or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Allow to cool in the tin.
To make the glaze, mix the syrup with 1 tsp water and the sugar. Poke the surface of the loaf all over with a skewer, then pour on the syrup. Serve warm with cream, or allow to cool completely.
Recipe update
After reading your feedback on this recipe we decided to re-test it in the Good Food kitchen. We found that the cake baked better at a lower temperature so have adjusted this recipe slightly from the original in the magazine. The temperatures in this recipe are now correct.
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Comments (56)
made a few changes based on comments--upped the flour by 25g and added an additional 2 pears and baked for just about an hour...and although very damp & sunken slightly in middle (ravine as opposed to grand canyon), it is still a lovely tasting cake. I would recommend just dont expect the same "cake" qualities as a banana bread. also topped w crushed pecans and they just provided some nutty crunch. delish!
I followed the recipe to the letter for my first attempt, and although it tasted perfectly fine, my cake sank dramatically (think cake equivalent of the Mariana Trench). I tried the recipe again, but reduced the butter and sugar by 25g and left out the baking powder (which I strongly suspect is the cause of the sinking). I also completely blitzed the pear and squeezed a lot of the moisture out before adding to the mixture, and used a splash of milk to loosen it up before pouring into the tin. This time the cake rose perfectly and was still lovely and moist. Will definitely make again. Like others have said, it would be lovely warm with vanilla ice cream.
This is an excellent loaf cake that was (surprisingly) universally applauded by everyone. Superb flavour and texture. I did need to extend the cooking. For the 'topping' I forked the top of the cake whilst still hot, then spread over a couple of tablespoons of warmed ginger preserve that I had thinned with a little water. When left to cool it made a slightly gellified topping which looked very professional, and tasted sublime.
I made this 2 days ago, and as below, I cooked for an hour, took it out to test and the middle sank v badly. Cooked for another 10 mins. Didn't look great, more like a volcano, but family loved it, ate most of it for breakfast the next morning and am about to make another. I added chopped dark chocolate, and I agree with sheena below, maybe just one pear, esp if they r v ripe. Also you might need to cover with foil for last 10 mins or so.
I note that the cooking time is given as 1hour 45 minutes at the top, but 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes in the recipe. I cooked it for 1 hour 10 mins at 140 C and it sank in the middle. Also, the bottom of the cake was very wet. I felt that the pears were adding too much juice to the mixture. It tasted delicious, though. I would use only one pear and chop it more finely if I cooked this again.
I baked it this morning and it smells delicious. I wish that I'd read the comments first though because I had the same recurring problem of the sunken cake in the middle and the ginger flavour being too faint! I'm going to take it anyway to my triathlon club training session tonight and I'm sure that they'll wolf it down. I think i'll make it again but experiment with the addition of ground ginger (and cardoman!), add a splash of milk and reduce the butter and sugar.
This is a lovely cake recipe. I read all the comments and used 25g less butter and sugar. I only added 1/2tsp vanilla essence but used 2tsp ground ginger (I dont think that there would have been much of a ginger flavour without -but we do love ginger!!)My cake didnt sink. The only other thing I did different was to mix the ginger and pear with the dry ingeredients before adding and used a bit of milk to loosen the mixture .I will definitely make this again as it is a really moist cake loved by all.
Delicious! Swapped the SR flour for gluten free plain flour and added some baking powder to help it rise, all my fruit sank to the bottom, so next time i would toss the pear and ginger in the flour before mixing it all together.
Made the glaze, and ate it warm with a dollop of greek yoghurt. Scrumptious! Highly recommended
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Absolutely scrumptious moist and delicious-I have passed the recipe on to several friends and everyone loves it - one point, it doesn't affect the taste but we all find that after it comes out of the oven it sinks a little in the middle- anyyone got a way of stopping that ?I have tried hotter oven and less beating of eggs.


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06 December 2009
While working on what would emerge as Rambo: First Blood, Part II and Aliens, Cameron also had a third screenplay in the works, that saucy little over-achiever. Based on an idea he'd hatched during the Piranha II shoot, this was the story of a killer robot disguised a human being, come from the future to hunt an innocent woman whose unborn - unconceived! - son would one day prove to be a great freedom fighter in a war against humanity's robot overlords. Which is, when you get down to it, not all that original a concept - Harlan Ellison successfully sued in later years that Cameron had stolen the idea from a couple of the author's short stories - but something about the treatment, or maybe just the young writer's personality, convinced the British production company Hemdale Film to take a chance on giving Cameron his first shot at making a movie start to finish the way he wanted, without the constant overbearing interference of an insane Italian (Hemdale is a pretty interesting little company: two years later, they did the same thing for Oliver Stone, among a number of other interesting underseen 1980s gems). The result justified their faith, as The Terminator - for that was the story's name - became one of the outstanding sophomore directorial efforts of all time, one of the very best films ever made in the notoriously low-rent sci-fi action genre. But that is such a thin way of praising one of the greatest thrillers of that decade! Even if its competition was not a generation worth of Sci Fi Channel Originals (excuse me, "Syfy"), The Terminator would still be something of a masterpiece of cinema, for those of us willing to allow that "masterpiece of cinema" and "killer robot" movie can indeed co-exist as happy bedfellows.
Given that everybody in the world has either seen this movie by now, or has heard enough to know what it's about, one can easily forget how long and how well Cameron stretches out the mystery of what's going on with the two naked men who appear on the streets of Los Angeles one night in May, 1984, surrounded by a burst of electricity: the first of these, a hulking brute with a Germanic accent (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is clearly bad news, stomping over to a collection of gang-bangers (among them a young Bill Paxton, who would become Cameron's most frequent collaborator, appearing in four of the director's features) and killing or maiming them to secure their clothes pretty much the first thing after he stands up and gets his bearings. Those clothes, by the way, should absolutely not be able to fit the much bigger man, but that's just one of a goodly number of plot holes that I only ever notice after I'm done watching the film; like a number of excellent thriller directors before him, Cameron demonstrates in The Terminator an outstanding ability to keep the action moving so swiftly that we just don't care if this detail or that doesn't quite add up.
The second naked guy (Michael Biehn) doesn't have the same hulking presence or indestructibility (we get a nice long look at some ugly scars on his back, early on), but he's not exactly a 90-pound-weakling: he has the alertness and tense frame of an animal, darting about, and doing his own bit of clothing theft, and managing to steal a gun off of a policeman. By this point we're starting to get the idea that this littler fella might not quite be such bad news as the other, because he has very particularly not tried to kill anyone yet, but we still don't really know what's going on, what any of it has to do with the opening title card that mentions a war between humans and machines, or why both men have such an interest in the three entries in the L.A. metro area phone book under "Connor, Sarah".
It becomes quickly obvious to us which of the three Sarah Connors is the one who matters, for we meet her, in the form of actress Linda Hamilton, waking late for her shitty job as a diner waitress. We spend a little time establishing how dull and routine her life is, with her co-worker noting in what we don't yet realise is irony, that in one-hundred years, nobody will care; then Sarah hears on the news that someone with exactly her name has been brutally murdered. Thinking little of it, she prepares to go out that night with her roommate Ginger (Bess Motta), while the LAPD, led by Lt. Ed Traxler (Paul Winfield), and Det. Hal Vukovich (Lance Henriksen) have to deal with the second execution-style death of a woman named Sarah Connor in one day.
We still don't know what's going on (I mean, we do, but we didn't when the movie was new, or if we somehow managed to come across it on video without knowing everything about the plot): we saw the bigger man kill the first Sarah, but we don't know about the second, and neither man has so far established himself as trustworthy in the remotest degree. So when the littler guy manages to start tracking "our" Sarah Connor, we have every reason to assume that he's bad news: and so does she, having by now learned that there's a pattern of deaths leading right up to her. She ducks into a starkly '80s club called Tech-Noir to call the police and hide; the little man follows her and the big man, having just killed Ginger and her boyfriend, overhears Sarah giving away her location on the answering machine. Cue: two potentially lethal, nameless, unspeaking men stalking the same woman in a crowded nightclub; at least one of whom has a massive armory of automatic and semi-automatic weaponry. Eventually, it's the big man who makes the first move, shooting down people by the handful trying to get to Sarah, when the little man grabs her and, 36 minutes in, says his very first line of dialogue, which for my money is just as classic as any of Schwarzenegger's monosyllabic Teutonic utterances: "Come with me if you want to live".
With our hero and villain finally established, the rest of the movie is a chase, pure and simple: the big man, which the little guy, Kyle Reese, calls a "Terminator", a cyborg killing machine whose single purpose is to destroy Sarah Connor, following the two humans around Los Angeles and into the surrounding areas, murder and nothing else on his mind. I remain perpetually amazed by how magnificently Cameron keeps the tension up: certainly in those first 36 minutes, there is not a single moment that isn't operating at 100%, when even the necessary exposition of Sarah Connor and her life is handled with maximum efficiency. The Terminator is one of those movies that just refuses to let up, and even in the two massive exposition dumps that Reese gets saddled with, we don't have any sensation of the movie sagging under the weight of all that chatter, for two reasons: the first is that he's not speaking in a calm, "let me tell you a story" manner, but jumping back and forth, one direction to another, explaining things and then backing up to explain the explanation. The second is that when he takes the time to tell Sarah about the nuclear war of the future and how her son John Connor is the only hope of humanity, and how the machines sent the Terminator back in time to kill her before John was born, it comes immediately after a major setpiece, when we're just about ready for the movie to slow down and let us catch our breath after what has then been approximately 45 minutes of perpetual forward momentum. What it reminds me of, strange as it is to say, is a screwball comedy from the 1940s: Preston Sturges's The Lady Eve, which also moves forward with an unflagging pace for about 45 minutes of non-stop verbal barbs (rather than non-stop rising tension), before finally letting us catch our breath in a short segment of decent physical comedy (which is I guess to screwball as exposition is to '80s action).
That the director of Piranha II should prove so unnaturally deft at stringing action and suspense scenes along with such merciless stamina is shocking, to say the least. Which is why plenty of people, Cameron included, tend to prefer to call this his "real" debut, given that he was responsible for little besides camera placement in that 1981 film. At any rate, the way in which every little element of The Terminator works together, like a rich and multi-layered symphony, every note contributing to the whole, speaks to a preternatural skill at the art of filmmaking. There is the parsimonious way that he deals out information about Reese and the Terminator, guaranteeing that we'll be interested in figuring out who these two men are; the quick strokes used to define Sarah Connor, making her just real enough that we'll be invested in her survival until he can take the time to stop and tell us exactly why we need to be especially invested in her survival. The creation of Sarah Connor as a credible, interesting human being owes quite a lot to Linda Hamilton, who I think has never gotten her due as an actress in this film (nor in its sequel, when she is called upon to do even more, and does it with the greatest skill): she's playing an essential variant on the Alice in Wonderland type, a young woman of no special importance who is thrust into a nightmare world and never allowed to get her bearings, and this is often the kind of role that seems to the audience nothing but a placeholder: it is the nightmare that is the point, and we don't particularly care about the figure in the center (this is what hamstrings most Alice in Wonderland adaptations). Hamilton is a good enough actress to stress those things about Sarah that are particular and engaging - her ability to rebound from frustration, her trusting & open nature, and her surprisingly good sense for a woman in a 1980s "killer is stalking you" movie - that we get a good sense of why we like this woman that isn't present in the screenplay, and we are concerned for her survival above and beyond the typical '80s thriller conceit that we want her to live because the filmmakers are telling us that we do.
Given similarly limited roles, Biehn and yes, Schwarzenegger do a similarly fine job making their characters more than just what we see on the page. Like I said, Biehn comes across like a wiry, clever animal as much as a human being, and I think that's all the actor's doing (though maybe the director helped pull it out of him - who can say?); either way, it suggests the hellish life of 20-whatever when he comes from, and makes us feel for this ragged little survivalist. Meanwhile, the monumentally iconic villain of the piece: it's something of a joke that Schwarzenegger's best performance is of an emotionless robot with only 16 lines of dialogue, but if the slasher movies of the same era prove one thing, it's that it takes more than just a chiseled chin to be an effective wordless killer. It takes presence, and in Schwarzenegger's case, a magnificent series of cat-like expressions, and jerks of the head: he may be a machine but by God he is a believable machine, and that's not the nothing that it sounds like. It's absolutely the kind of performance that deserves to make an actor a superstar, although I don't think anybody could have guessed the arc of Schwarzenegger's career in 1984.
It's not all character-based stuff that works, of course: cinematographer Adam Greenberg does a much better job than the mold of '80s action requires in capturing a dingy, shadowy world, punctuated by sickly fluorescents; Stan Winston's design for the Terminator's metal endoskeleton is of course the stuff of legend, even if some of the animatronics used to replicate Schwarzenegger's head in certain shots are definitely showing their age. Of all the collaborators, though, it's composer Brad Fiedel that deserves the most love: his pounding, techno-spiced main theme, used as a motivistic element whenever the Terminator asserts his unstoppable machine-ness, is one of the great pieces of movie music in the whole decade, and it's probably the greatest tool Cameron has to use in keeping the film thrusting forward. It is dramatic and unmelodic and jarring, and no matter how often you hear it, it never stops getting you a bit riled up in your seat, and more than anything else, it is that constant bass line that keeps the movie feeling like it will never slow down, not until the threat is over.
The most impressive thing about The Terminator, though, is the respect with which Cameron treats his scenario, and the intelligence of his screenplay co-written with Gale Anne Hurd (not quite yet the second of his five wives; she also produced, and would continue to produce Cameron's films until their 1989 divorce) is unlike nearly any other sci-fi action film in history. He treats the story as a serious matter, not just a bit of popcorn fluff - it is I think his intellectually honest treatment of even his most outlandishly silly stories that makes Cameron's films so consistently excellent compared to other filmmakers' attempts to copy him - and the result is one of the tightest time-travel narratives ever put together, as well as one of the most genuinely nerve-wracking "killer robot" films of all. I admire even his admission of problems he cannot solve, such as Reese's angry "I didn't build the fucking thing!" when he's pressed by a police psychologist about the time travel machine; surely one of the finest sleight-of-hand answers in a sci-fi movie ever.
Cameron's commitment to his material brings The Terminator far above the level of all the other films where the screenplay is just a pretext for explosions and car chases: it is a story with weight and real stakes, and while the characters may be archetypes, they are archetypes with personality, and their fate is a matter of genuine concern. For something made in such a traditionally escapist and trashy genre, it is fantastic that Cameron was able to prove himself a master-class director with The Terminator, a miraculously intense film that uses all the powers of the cinema in creating one of the tightest thrillers ever made. This is what the birth of a genius looks like.
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- Colin Low said...
Biehn comes across like a wiry, clever animal as much as a human being, and I think that's all the actor's doing (though maybe the director helped pull it out of him - who can say?)
I don't profess to know how Biehn is away from Cameron, but between this and Aliens he's one of my all-time favourite action stars. If he had been born twenty years later, he'd be a megastar now, rather than being a second fiddle to all those '80s musclemen.
- Oliver said...
Glad to see you loved the shit out of this movie. There are people out there who are horror junkies and gore hounds and things like that, but I myself am an action junkie. And The Terminator may be one of the best action films of all time.
Permit me a correction. Kyle has a line when he steals the police officer's gun: "What's the date?" and then "No, what year?".
In any case, there's a very, very, very special place in my heart for this film. I almost always watch it along with a handful of other 80's action films at least once a year.
And if you'll permit me a shameless bit of blog-plugging, allow me to point anyone with eyeballs and fingers for commenting to my very own James Cameron retrosepctive:
Thank you for not banning my account.
- javi75 said...
I always liked how the term "Tech-Noir" sounds. It should be used to name some movie genre...
- andrew said...
Terminator is so good film and it's fool of joy.I sure that if you see all part of this game then you can get idea that how machines is harmful to us.In first part Arnold is done as the machine man who make worst of the humans.But in other two parts he saves the humans.
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- Oliver said...
You spambots are getting smarter by the minute.
- Daniel Silberberg said...
Believe it or not, my girlfriend hadn't seen this movie before, nor did she know the plot. Needless to say, having just read this article, I was leaping for joy at the opportunity presented. Watching her reactions during the movie was like watching it for the first time again.
- JD said...
I am--or was--one of those rare beasts who had never really known more about either Terminator film than "Arnold Schwarzenegger is a robot", and I've sworn to catch up on all the old books and movies that everyone else has managed to see.
It really is the perfect action film. Not a scene gets wasted--stacked up against so-called 'epics' that push three hours, it's nice to see something that tells its story in under two--and thank the gods there's no market-tested romantic subplot to drag it down (I wouldn't call Sarah and Kyle's night of passion "romantic" so much as "primal urge to ensure the species' survival"). The editing creates atmosphere and tension without sacrificing clarity, the score is the perfect blend of '80s cheese and menace, and it develops Sarah Connor from dazed bystander to mother of the revolution without skimping on the action. The feminist part of me also salutes her being portrayed as a human who learns to cope with shit getting real, rather than a shrieking damsel designed for Mr. Manly Hero to protect.
You'd figure with a perfect blueprint to work with, nobody in the future would have any excuse whatsoever to fuck up action movies, but I suppose that's how it goes.


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Dr. Seuss' real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel. But at times throughout his career, he used several other pen names, including Dr. Theophrastus Seuss, Theo LeSieg and Rosetta Stone.
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Seuss also worked as an illustrator for advertising campaigns and as a political cartoonist for a New York newspaper. He also worked in the animation department for the U.S. Army during World War II and wrote a film that won an Academy Award for documentary feature.
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Seuss first started using a pen name at Dartmouth College after he was caught hosting a drinking party. The dean forced him to resign from all of his extracurricular activities. To keep writing, he started using the name Seuss, which was his mother's maiden name.
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Seuss' advertising for Flit, a bug spray, became part of popular culture in the 1920s and 1930s. Comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen used his catchphrase -- "Quick, Henry, the Flit!" -- as a punchline.
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According to his own accounts, his first book, "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street," was rejected by between 20 and 43 publishers. A chance encounter with an old college classmate led to the book's ultimate publication.
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Dr. Seuss wrote a fantasy/musical film that was released in 1953 called "The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T." It was a critical and financial failure and he never attempted another feature film.
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In the 1950s, an executive at Houghton Mifflin challenged Seuss to write a book using only 250 words that he thought were important for first-graders to know. Seuss completed "The Cat in the Hat" nine months later using 236 of the words given to him.
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A 14-year-old Seuss met President Theodore Roosevelt as a Boy Scout who sold war bonds. But Roosevelt was not given enough medals for the scouts, leaving Seuss without one. The president bellowed "What's this little boy doing here?" Seuss dreaded public appearances for the rest of his life.
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Seuss added the "Dr." to his pen name because his father had always wanted him to be a physician.
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Though he devoted most of his life to writing children's books, Seuss had no children of his own. To this, he would say, "You have 'em; I'll entertain 'em."
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Seuss has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the 6500 block of Hollywood Boulevard.
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Seuss' figures in his drawings are often rounded and droopy. Almost all of the buildings and machinery he drew were devoid of straight lines, even when he was showing real objects. For instance, a crane or a steam calliope would both be droopy, while they would have straight lines in real life.
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In honor of the fall season, we're taking a look back at the greatest fashion moments in television history. From Rhoda's wacky headscarves to Ally McBeal's micromini suits, these iconic looks have influenced American fashion—as well as our very own style choices—over the years.
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In the late '60s and early '70s, Peggy Lipton played doe-eyed blonde Julie Barnes on the TV police drama The Mod Squad. Her character's appropriately mod style was both feminine and modern.
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On The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda's signature style expressed who she was: an independent single woman and the slightly quirky, bohemian best pal to the show's star. She wore handcrafted jewelry and her printed headscarves made her a fashion trendsetter.
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It's no surprise that Farrah Fawcett became a sex symbol in the late '70s as Charlie's Angels rose to popularity. And while she's usually associated with her red swimsuit, she also created a stir by wielding a gun—while going braless.
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Perhaps the most famous fashion statement in TV history was the pair of shorts worn by Daisy Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard. The denim cut-offs inspired a song in the '90s and today, the itty-bitty bottoms are still popular among teens and grown women with the bodies of teens.
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Thanks to Nolan Miller, the Emmy Award–winning costume designer on Dynasty, sequins and sparkle, floor-length fur and serious shoulder pads became synonymous with '80s glam.
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While Cliff Huxtable was known for his graphic sweaters during The Cosby Show days, it was Lisa Bonet's effortless, menswear-inspired outfits (complete with her signature hat) that made a lasting fashion impression.
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Many of us took style cues from Beverly Hills 90210's Brenda Walsh and Kelly Taylor, coveting their outfits over the show's ten-year run. One of our favorites? This black-and-white bow prom dress, which inspired plenty of knockoffs in the early '90s.
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When then-unknown Claire Danes played Angela Chase in the ABC soap My So-Called Life, she made grunge-inspired flannels, Doc Martens and vintage floral prints too cool for school. The cult show only lasted one epic season, but the teen-angst look remains timeless.
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Carrie Bradshaw went through many a style incarnation throughout the run of Sex and the City. From voluminous miniskirts to piled-on pearls, any look Carrie sported was a fashion hit, thanks to the brilliance of costume designer Patricia Field. But it was Carrie's signature nameplate necklace, rediscovered in the series finale, that sent ladies everywhere off to their local jewelers.
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Ever since Mad Men aired we've been on a nostalgic trip back to the early '60s by way of costume designer Janie Bryant's authentic use of bespoke suits, curve-hugging pencil skirts and floral cocktail dresses. One of our favorite looks? The black knee-length number worn by Betty in Italy. (The donut-like bun we're still iffy on.)
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PBS's hit drama Downton Abbey has repopularized World War I–era style, inspiring Ralph Lauren's airy florals and Karl Lagerfeld's dramatic headpieces. Susanna Buxton, the show's costume designer—who has been nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Design—doesn't miss a beat when it comes to showcasing the evolution of skirt length, which changed dramatically during the early 20th century. Stay tuned for midi- and calf-length skirts in the show's third season.


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When Caroline Wimbley Levine returned to Tall Pines Plantation, she never expected to make peace with long-buried truths about herself and her family. Her late mother, the Queen of Tall Pines, was a force of nature, but now she is gone, leaving Caroline and the rest of the family uncertain of who will take her place.
In the lush South Carolina countryside, old hurts, betrayals, and dark secrets will surface, and a new generation will rise along the banks of the mighty Edisto River.
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Here's one for the Southern gals as well as Yankees who appreciate Frank's signature mix of sass, sex, and gargantuan personalities…. below the always funny theatrics, however, is a compelling saga of loss and acceptance. When Frank nails it, she really nails it, and she does so here.
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Students, Faculty Serve Warm Hearts and Meals at Mary's Place Outreach
A group of St. John Fisher College graduate students and faculty took some time out of the busy last week of classes to prepare and serve a warm meal to over 40 refugee children and volunteers from Mary's Place Outreach in Rochester on April 18.
Each Wednesday, the organization provides a community dinner for children of refugees following their after-school tutoring program. The dinners are held at the Church of the Ascension on Lake Avenue. Each child also received a small wrapped gift as part of the experience.
Sherry Jimenez and Fawzia Fazily serving some of the refugee children.
The idea for the outing of came from Fisher student, Sherry Jimenez. She is a doctoral candidate in the Executive Leadership Program (Ed.D) in the College's Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. School of Education and is also Experiential Education Coordinator at the Wegmans School of Pharmacy.
"While all of us have it in our hearts to serve the community, the Ed.D. Program has truly placed an emphasis on this core value," said Jiminez. "As emerging executive leaders, it is critical that we put our values into practice, not only in our respective professions, but also in our community."
Social justice is the conceptual framework of the School of Education, and Ed.D. candidates are encouraged to celebrate diversity, achievement, compassion, knowledge, and service.
Fawzia Fazily, also a candidate in the Ed.D. Program, is completing her dissertation research on refugee children and parents.
"As a doctoral candidate, I want to be a positive role model to children who are still trying to get to know their new country. They need to know that in this country, we all take part in our community regardless of our race, religion, status, or culture. We care about these children, and we understand that adjusting to their new homeland is difficult, but they are not alone in this journey," said Fazily.
Dr. Marie Cianca, student advisor for four of the candidates who were participating, was appreciative of the richness of the experience for both the student volunteers and the refugee children. She was also impressed by students from John Marshall High School and Northwest College Prep, who were also there as volunteers.
"Our small act of kindness was fully appreciated by the children and the coordinators from Mary's Place. Equally touching was how much it was appreciated by the high school students, who volunteer regularly to help the younger children in the tutoring program," said Cianca. "With so much negative news on today's youth, here are outstanding students who are quietly helping others on a regular basis and doing it gladly without a bit of public recognition."
Other students and faculty who participated in the event included: Dr. Asim Abu-Baker, Assistant Director of Experiential Education and Associate Professor, Wegmans School of Pharmacy; Wasan Abu-Baker, graduate education student; Karen Bobak, Ed.D. candidate; Shirley Green, Ed.D. candidate; and Debbie Johnson, Ed.D. candidate.
Mary's Place Outreach was founded in 2009 for refugees of all faiths and nationalities.
Marie Cianca, Sherry Jimenez, Debbie Johnson, Shirley Green, Fawzia Fazily, Karen Bobak, Layann Abu-Baker (daughter of Asim and Wasan Abu-Baker), Wasan Abu-Baker (holding daughter Lamees), Asim Abu-Baker (holding son Omar).


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During the last few days of June, temperatures were extremely high in much of the state, stressing row crops, pastures, rangeland and livestock, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service personnel.
In some areas, historical records were broken the last week of June. In San Antonio, a 108-degree day was the highest since the 1800s, when records began to be taken, said Aaron Treadway, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in New Braunfels.
But during the first days of July, it was record lows that were broken.
"It's been pretty much a roller coaster ride of extreme temperatures," Treadway said. "It'll warm back up as we get into the middle of July, and we'll see temperatures back in the century mark."
Last week, the same high-pressure zone that is blocking cooler air from the north and causing extremely hot weather on the West Coast, was behind the extreme highs in Texas, Treadway said.
The summer high-pressure zone is what meteorologists call the "death ridge," he said, as it not only blocks cool fronts but moisture as well.
Death-ridge conditions are not that much out of the ordinary; they just came a little earlier this year, and will likely return mid-July, he said.
The week or so of extremely high, near-record breaking temperatures combined with drought conditions during the last half of June were hard on all crops, said Dr. Travis Miller, AgriLife Extension agronomist and Texas A&M University soil and crop sciences associate department head.
More information on the current Texas drought and wildfire alerts can be found on the AgriLife Extension Agricultural Drought Task Force website at http://agrilife.tamu.edu/drought/.
AgriLife Extension district reporters compiled the following summaries for the week of June 25 – July 1:
South: (Live Oak and McMullen)
Rain came to a few counties. Atascosa and La Salle counties received rain, while Frio and McMullen did not. Brooks County received some light, scattered showers. The rest of the region remained dry.
Soil moisture conditions were short to very short in the eastern and southern parts of the region, adequate to short in the western parts of the region, and adequate in the northern parts of the region.
Generally, soil-moisture levels dropped due to triple-digit temperatures and persistent high winds.
Rangeland and pastures were beginning to decline throughout most of the region as temperatures soared into the triple digits, and strong winds were constant.
In Frio County, peanut planting neared completion, corn was being harvested and sorghum was turning color.
Jim Wells County producers were harvesting hay. Many row-crop fields were being zeroed out by insurance adjusters and plowed under.
Zavala County cotton was progressing well, corn was quickly maturing or already drying down, melons were being harvested, while the onion harvest wound down.
In Hidalgo County, grain sorghum and corn harvesting was very active. Starr County row-crop producers continued with grain sorghum harvesting, while the harvesting of cantaloupes, watermelons and hay continued.
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Oppressively hot, dry weather settled over the area, causing a rapid decrease of soil moisture, and stressing crops and livestock. Some counties were harvesting corn and sorghum as the triple-digit temperatures sped up the maturation of both crops.
Ranchers were still feeding range cubes and hay as pastures deteriorated because of the ongoing drought. There was some rain reported over the last weekend of June, but none was forecast for the first week of July.


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MapLloyd's map of the lower Mississippi River from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico; compiled from Government surveys in the Topographical Bureau, Washington, D.C. Scale 1:316,800. Signed in ms: "Milliard Fillmore, March 9, 1863." Another edition. 4 sheets, each 48 x 66 cm. dated 1863. Stephenson, no. 41. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 28 LC Railroad maps, 139 Description derived from published bibliography. "Exhibiting the sugar and cotton plantations, cities, towns, landings, sand bars, islands, bluffs, bayous, cut-offs, the steamboat channel, mileage, fortifications, railroads, &c. along the ...
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Ring Leader
A kinder, gentler Mike Tyson turns his storied life into a one-man show
By David Jenison 01/16/2013
There are two types of performers a smartass is better off not heckling: comedians and ear-biting boxing champs. Nevertheless, the so-called "Baddest Man on the Planet" has had a few such moments with his new one-man show, "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth."
"I was on stage and someone started talking, and I didn't know what it was," recalls Tyson during a recent interview. "It was someone saying, 'I'm going to kill you.' That was on Broadway."
He would have another threat on the Broadway stage, and during a speaking event in Australia, a man jumped from the balcony in an attempt to reach the boxer. Iron Mike has not had to deliver any Michael Spinks-like takedowns as of yet, but that doesn't rule out the possibility that he could.
"It depends on what mood I am in and how I woke up that day," Tyson laughs. "I might do one of those rock 'n roll dives out into the audience. You never know."
'It is going to be so awesome'
A 2.0 version of Tyson has emerged in recent years, one that seems more inclined to avoid conflict. The notorious fighter has returned to the spotlight with appearances in "The Hangover" movies, "Entourage" and the "Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen," among others. Upon seeing Chazz Palminteri's acclaimed one-man production of "A Bronx Tale," Tyson found his new calling. He wanted to emulate that format, but with his own larger-than-life tale.
The autobiographical "Undisputed Truth" debuted last April with a six-day run at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, followed by a Broadway production in August. His wife, Kiki Tyson, wrote the show, and Spike Lee directed it, having previously worked with the boxer on promos for the 1990 Tyson-Alex Stewart fight. Following these two successful runs, Tyson is now taking the show on the road all across the country, though the most interesting date is the tour opener, Feb. 12 in Indianapolis.
The average sports fan thinks Indy 500 or basketball when the Indiana state capital is mentioned. However, boxing enthusiasts know it as the city from which Tyson was sent to prison for three years after he was convicted of rape. There are clearly more sympathetic cities in which to launch the tour, but the fighter embraces the challenge.
"I look at this as an opportunity for those people who witnessed that time, and we do have disagreements about what happened in the case, but they will see this is a different person now than they saw then," Tyson says sincerely. "It is going to be so awesome. Besides the trials and tribulations I had in Indianapolis, I have a great deal of friends there, too. I am just looking forward to it. I'm not one of those guys who is going to worry on the past and trip on a door that closed on my face when I could concentrate on the one that is open in front of me."
Amazing experience
While most people believe OJ Simpson was guilty, many people believe Tyson may have been innocent. Famed Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz even fought to appeal the verdict based on important information disallowed by the judge. If he was innocent, as Tyson still avows, he could easily have become bitter. Instead, he only hopes the city sees a better man.
"Prison was an amazing experience for me, that I survived and that I'm doing what I'm doing now," he says. "[There is a difference between] how I conducted myself in Indiana in the early '90s and how I conduct myself now." Scheduling his first show in Indiana is proof, he adds.
Tyson had more low points after his first round of counting days behind bars — e.g., taking a bite out of Evander Holyfield and a road-rage incident in Maryland that sent him back to jail — but the fighter is now a sober and vegan Muslim. He is also grateful he didn't share a fate similar to Hector Camacho, the over-the-top boxer who was murdered last November. Camacho, like the Tyson of old, had a history of legal troubles.
"My first reaction was, 'Goddamn, I just saw the guy in Vegas,'" recalls Tyson. "I also thought, 'This could easily be me if I didn't have these decisions in my life.' I don't know what his decisions were. People say it was over some rivalry stuff. I can remember being in a state where I am not going to pay the drug guy. I am tired of paying. I am a tough guy. Somebody is scared to fight you, but [they see] you when you are not expecting it and your guard is down and that is what happens. I am not saying that is what happened to Hector, but in my situation, I was out there like that before I changed my lifestyle."
Kind of like a bully
Camacho was 50. Tyson is 46. Asked if he thought he'd make it this far, Iron Mike admits, "I didn't think I would make it to 25. It was just God's blessing that I went to prison. You know, I was just crazy. I know everyone says, 'They robbed you of your time, robbed you of your time.' Man, I was so out of control. I didn't know how out of control I was until I was in prison. I took that as a blessing."
He later adds, "At the level my notoriety was, I am out there reckless like that. You understand? I was out there, uninhibited, kind of like a bully. I am grateful that I turned my life around."
Following two nights in Indianapolis, "Undisputed Truth" heads out across the country with stops in San Francisco, San Diego and Anaheim. It arrives at LA's Pantages Theater March 9.
"It is going to be a rollercoaster of emotions, my life, when I explain the story," says Tyson of "Undisputed Truth."
"I am sure people understand about loss and victory and triumphs and mistakes and heartbreak — everything you have to experience to be a complete human being and to function in this world."
Tyson also made sure the show didn't gloss over any of his worst moments.
"My wife, who wrote it, tried to sugarcoat it at first. I had to explain that the people know this guy, not the guy you fell in love with. She had to write it down as I explained it to her, the kind of guy I was back then."
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Audience members will have different reactions to the story, but one horror will touch even the most hardened skeptic. On Feb. 23, the show comes to Phoenix, which was the boxer's home in 2009 when his 4-year-old daughter, Exodus, died in a freak treadmill accident.
"I speak about my daughter during the show, and that is not a pretty sight," Tyson says in a noticeably somber tone. "It is not like people are unaware of these issues. They have seen them in the press, but they don't know the underlying factors, and I am expressing that [in the show]. I cannot lie to them, because they'll just say, 'That is bull.' They probably don't know what really happened and what caused the altercations, but they know about the altercations. The underlying story, I am expressing that."
In order to be transparent, Tyson takes a novel approach. In his mind, the boxer tries to imagine that "I am an actor portraying Mike Tyson's life," rather than retaining a self-awareness, which he says would be disastrous. Many of the experiences are still painful, but Tyson feels he has to go there in order to show the power of redemption.
"I was put under the proverbial magnifying glass, and everybody saw my mistakes, but I have the same story that most people have, especially African Americans: never having both parents in my life, in and out of reform school, undisciplined, alcohol and drugs, violence, difficulty having relationships — all that stuff," Tyson says, "A lot of people in my neighborhood had that problem. I was just fortunate enough to make it out successfully."
He hopes his story can encourage others to overcome their problems as well.
"You have to go through that moment in life to be a man," Tyson says. "You [might feel your] heart is totally disgusted and shattered and life is meaningless, but we come back from it. We come back. We don't go the full nine yards. Everyone has to go through moments like that to become a human being, men and women, but we have to overcome it. I know you lost this or that, but it is not over."
New kind of championship
As an extension of his life change, the boxer has started the Mike Tyson Cares Foundation. The goal is to lend a helping hand to young people born into situations similar to what he experienced. In 2011, Tyson was enshrined in the International Boxing Hall of Fame, and he regularly makes the lists of the greatest boxers and punchers of all time. Nevertheless, the further he gets from his boxing days, the more he wants to leave a different type of legacy.
"[It is about] giving kids a fighting chance in life," he says, repeating his foundation's tagline. "Giving back is the ultimate feeling of satisfaction. You never know who these children can be. We give up on them before they have a chance."
"Undisputed Truth" is appealing because Tyson is clearly giving it his all. He is the youngest fighter to unify the heavyweight belts, and he brings this same fighting spirit to the stage. In fact, he even compares the one-man show to stepping into the ring.
"I have the same anxieties, the anxiety of failing," says Tyson. "Whether it is a fighter or an entertainer, when his name gets announced, the only person he hears is the person who is not applauding. He does not hear the 50,000 who are. The doubt, the fear of being a failure is there."
Tyson, who hopes to do an international tour in the future, acknowledges one important difference between performing and fighting. With "Undisputed Truth," Tyson concludes, "I don't have to go to the hospital afterward."
For more, visit tysononbroadway.com
A version of this story first appeared in the Inland Empire Weekly.
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- The optical linear and nonlinear properties of ~ 340-nm thick Si membranes were investigated. The investigation included both experiments in which the reflection and transmission from the membranes were measured, and finite differences time domain simulations. The linear optical transmission of the Si membranes can be controlled by changing the thickness of a thermally grown oxide on the membrane. Illumination of the membranes with high levels of irradiation leads to optical modifications that are consistent with the formation of amorphous silicon and dielectric breakdown. When irradiated under conditions where dielectric breakdown occurs, the membranes can be ablated in a well-controlled manner. Laser micro-structuring of the membranes by ablation was carried out to make micrometer-sized holes by focused fs-pulses. Ns-pulses were also used to fabricate arrays of holes by proximity-ablation of a closely-packed pattern of colloidal particles.
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From what the manga showed, I think Naruto is not the fastest shinobi alive anymore. His rasengan got block by Tobi's fan even though he was in Bijuu Mode.
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To be honest i put 1 star cuz it didnt progress in anything! It even had the same finish with 592! Other than that super funny BEE as always! But what was really INTERESTINg was that he was detailed knowledgable about KAkashi ! It could be a hint, but still very vague! Could it uchiha kagami?but it would sucked if it was him, no connection!
Originally Posted by madvillain
true but nobody knows that kagami is truly dead it the more you think about it the more it makes sense that tobi is kagami, remember that kagami wasn't present during the 9 tails attack on the leaf village
so wasnt the rest of uchiha clan. whats ur point
this chapter was good, but i guess i expected more
So boring
Originally Posted by psukkar
so wasnt the rest of uchiha clan. whats ur point
forgot about that D: but other than that then, kagami was trained under the 2nd hokage so that could explain tobi's space time ninjitsu, he was team mates with danzo, so that could explain how tobi knew danzo, hes "presumed" to be dead, and remember how tobi was so interested in the edo tensei? he probably saw the 2nd hokage using the technique but was never taught it because it was a forbidden jutsu so he was intrigued when kabuto was using it,idk just a guess
i really liked the fact or small detail that naruto and the nine tails communicate so well, that's really interesting.
and the fact that "tobi" knows guy and kakashi is a true spoiler alert for probably the next issue. this chapter definitely leaves some spoilers.
now we know that the big bad a$$ 9 tails is afraid of something. that's good to see the "humanity" in him. but overall i liked it, I thought it was going to be atleast 19 pages out of the 20 but again i was let down...lol
I bet the so6p will make a spirtual revial soon like kushina and minato did.
we will see the so6p soon enough.
I liked it and Kurama is so smart why didnt 8 tails know this hes a tailed beast also S06P probably loved Kurama more and told him things laso when tobi and kakashi was talking did tobi know kakashi back in the days Great I cant believe Kurama fears 10 tails if Kurama defeats it he is truly strongest
First of all great chapter...it did explain few things...like....
1)Tobi is reviving the juubi so as to cast the infinite tsukuyomi...although its not in its perfect form....
2)We got something on tobi(he commented on both kakashi and guy's most commom characterstics)...but still insufficient to conclude "who tobi is:..."(there r simply number of ways how tobi could have info on thse two...)
3)And the gedo mazo is just a summon(outer path summon)...kakashi said its a vessel(not the body)...coz the acyual body of juubi is still captured in moon becoz of chibaku tensai....so the gedo is simply acting like a container......in this case.
and it created a few doubts and qestions in my mind....
1)How naruto can go to QB mode...now that he and kurama molds chakra together...or in this case kurama was not lending his power to naruto..??plz someone explain this to me...
2)Now lets assume that if the revival process(thats currently going on ) completes there is no stoping to tobi....so wiil naruto,bee,guy and kakashi can stop this revival..??or someone else will interrupt the process...if its naruto and co....then it will be interesting...coz naruto's goal is TOBI"S MASK...so i think tobi's face is soon gonna be revealed...
guys one thing about this tobi know kahashi abd Gai personally, u need to understand that zetsu can record fights so he clearly saw kisame and kahashi fight absuki members.
awesome chapter 5/5
next week juubi
The Juubi in Naruto Manga !
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This was a great chapter.
First Naruto-Kurama switch
Ten-tails created the world
Tobi somehow knows Kakashi and Guy well
Tobi is minutes away from enacting his evil plan to destroy every human on the planet
A one on one fight between Naruto and Tobi next chapter
its all just so exciting:ice:
Originally Posted by psukkar
so wasnt the rest of uchiha clan. whats ur point
off the subject...where did you get that symbol from? (with all those elements)
Originally Posted by aniyi
off the subject...where did you get that symbol from? (with all those elements)
i made it.
Chapter was borin they talked about stuff I already knew
it told us irrelevant info in this chapter, we already know this 3/5
Originally Posted by Champ
Chapter was borin they talked about stuff I already knew
tell me about it.
the only thing we saw was that the nine tails is very smart figureing out how tobi got his chkara from shinobi he fought decades ago.
Idk who tobi can be but that "face" reference he made was to me obviously pointing to guy and the fact hes not good with faces. But when i think about who tobi can be i try to see whats the motive for his actions. Obito wouldnt have one. He accepted his death and even thought about kakashi at his last moments. He gave him his sharingan as a gift. Never dis he even show he wanted revenge or was upset. This kagami guy seems like he might have one. But everything doesnt fit. Yes he lost his master. Who knew space-time tech. He knew danzo and the 3rd. But that would mean he wouldve been close. Idk something seems off. But maybe thats the point. Im just saying all the dots dont connect yet. To me tobi shoukd be someome who lost everything. No matter what he did he coukdnt change anything. That pain was too much. It broke his mind. Now he knows away to prevent that from happening. To have the power to control. Something he lacked before. Thats I.T. idk. Its just a thought
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