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An 11-year-old boy in Bellevue, Wash., is recovering from a broken finger this week after he took up a challenge from a local self-appointed superhero to punch him in his rubberized armor.
According to the superhero's spokesman, Ben Fodor -- also known as Phoenix Jones when he's suited up -- was speaking to students about bullying at the Bellevue Jewish Day School when several children asked the Seattle crime-fighter if they could punch him in the gut, KOMO NewsRadio reported.
The mother of one of the children said her son, Noah, was one of the first to leap at the opportunity to lay some haymakers.
"They were talking all about superheroes. (Phoenix) got up in front of the kids and was telling them all about his uniform and it's rubberized and armored and bulletproof," she told the radio station. "My child gets up in front of him and (Phoenix) says to him, 'OK, give me all you got. Give me your best punch, but wait, but don't do it too hard, you might get hurt.'"
The mother told KOMO that her son "took all his might and punched him," breaking a finger in the process
She said her son is feeling OK now, but that she doesn't think an adult in a superhero suit should give children the OK to punch him.
When asked about the lesson he learned from his Phoenix Jones encounter, Noah said, "I shouldn't punch a superhero as hard as I can."
In 2011, Fodor was arrested and later acquitted of pepper-spraying an angry mob as he donned the Phoenix Jones costume.
He's also an MMA fighter known as Flattop Fodor, and according to his Twitter account, is a two-time Ax Lightweight Champion and Current Welterweight Champion in Washington State.
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Whats up just a quick answer to your question you really dont need to worry about protecting you lasering. First off there shouldnt be any groves in your gun the lasering isnt supposed to cut into the gun that far I dont know who you had laser it but you shouldnt feel any difference in the lasered part and the unlasered part. You dont have to worry about rusting because all guns now days are made of alloys that wont rust but if you are worried about it take a dry rag a put a little lube on it or some gun oil and rub it in to your gun let it sit for a couple hours and then take a clean rag and wipe it off that will give your gun a protective coating.
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I'm not really worried about it, however after a day of play when I take my gun home and clean it I'll wipe down the gun and notice that in the engraving it looks as if there is dirt or even paint residue in some of the grooves. And yes there are small grooves in the engraving. When I actually sit down and clean it out with a toothbrush I can see a distinctive difference. However it all doesn't want to go away no matter what I use to clean it or how much I do. Kinda annoys the piss outta me idk if it's just me or what.
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I spent this afternoon at TEDx Haverford, which was organized by Isaac Anthony '14, Sofia Athanassiadis '14, Tamar Hoffman '15, Ellen Rienhart '15, and Victoria Sobocinski '13. My introduction to TED talks came via Bill Bragin '89, Lincoln Center's Director of Public Programming who serves as Music Advisor to TED; TED started out back in 1984 as a conference designed to bring together folks from Technology, Entertainment, and Design — and which continues to do so in twice-yearly conferences for which registration runs to $7,500 for the four days of 18-minute talks. TED now disseminates its talks through the web, an NPR show, and TEDx conferences in which local organizers adopt the TED format (one which works best for those who are both concise and charismatic) for locally-invited speakers who are interspersed with videos of TED and TEDx speakers whose talks address the themes chosen by the organizers.
The Haverford organizers selected three organizing themes for the day's talks: "Past to Future," "Hostility to Understanding," and "Isolation to Interaction." Given the work of the OMA office, I was particularly interested in the second set of talks that featured Tim Wilson, whose work with Seeds of Peace brings affords people from conflict-ridden regions to meet the "enemy" face to face to work on peace-building, John Carlos, whose stance on the podium at the '68 Olympics was an iconic moment that continues to speak to the power of resistance, as well as Lori Pompa, whose creation of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program has been transformative for Haverford students who have taken the CPGC-sponsored Inside-Out class taught by Barb Toews. But I didn't want to pass up the chance to hear Swarthmore's president Rebecca Chopp and Lafayette's president Dan Weiss (coming to a small liberal arts college near you in 2013!) speak about their vision for liberal arts colleges as we move deeper into the 21st century, or to listen to the presentation of Hayley O'Malley '08, who currently teaches high school English and Social Studies at Notre Dame de Namur while pursuing graduate work in English at Bread Loaf.
So while my ticket was for the second session, I snuck into the first one as well.
The TEDx experience started when I ran into Alanna Phillips '16, a first year student from Brooklyn who, like me, thought that the talks were taking place in Stokes; as we walked across campus to Sharpless Auditorium, we spoke about her classes which range from a Perspectives in Biology course focusing on vaccines to an introductory Arabic class (for which she would be lauded by Tim Wilson who reminded the audience that English will not be the lingua franca of the world in the coming decades). At Sharpless, I found a seat next to Chen-lei "Tom" Zhuang '15, one of the heads of the International Students' Organization who was nailing down details for the ISO's first campus-wide dinner of the year, and behind Kelsey Owyang '16, whom I first met in the Tri-College Multicultural Leadership Institute who was coming from practice for one of the two dance ensembles with which she performs.
The breadth, depth, and range of experiences, interests, and talents manifest in Alanna's, Tom's, and Kelsey's investments in their Haverford educations and experiences were material manifestations of a key insight from Rebecca Chopp's and Dan Weiss' presentation — that at residential liberal arts institutions, students' presence on campus 24/7 means that they are intimately involved with making and remaking the life of the community (even as Haverford students are famous for their forays into places ranging from Philadelphia to the Philippines). As Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs work to make bodies of knowledge available to the masses, small liberal arts colleges focus on the practice of teaching students how to think creatively, critically, and in close collaboration with people who themselves bring a diversity of experiences, perspectives, and visions — thus enabling people to reconsider and recast bodies of knowledge and ways of knowing.
My sense is that each mode of exchange has its place and space: I think a lot about Margaret Mead's oft-quoted call to "never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Such a group may in fact constitue itself through a discussion group engendered from a MOOC course enrolling a hundred thousand people and this is one of the miracles of modern technology. At a place like Haverford, that group might come together in a common room in Barclay, Tritton, or HCA 42 (aka "HCA 38 in Base 9″), by virtue of a tutorial group for a writing seminar, in Superlab or on Swan Field, after a show in the Black Box or Drop Shot or James House, because of a common interest in food justice or a shared love for Korean pop music (may I recommend Eruption's Pinoy take on Psy's "Gangnam Style"?) or an obsession with Belgian bande dessinee.
Or it might come through a love of Shakespeare: Hayley O'Malley opened her talk by speaking of the ways in which she gets her students to get interested in reading Shakespeare, noting that for many of them, their first significant interaction with the Bard may come via Hilary Duff or Lindsay Lohan (understanding She's the Man to be a free adaptation of Twelfth Night, and Mean Girls as a take on Julius Caesar). Hayley spoke about the process of adaptation itself to be a sign of cultural vitality and reinvigoration, and reminded us of the power of literature to create a common ground for people who come from radically different cultures and contexts by giving us a frame through which to view and revise the world.
In a TED video of a talk by John Hunter (www.ted.com/talks/john_hunter_on_the_world_peace_game.html), Hunter flips the script by speaking to his experiences teaching Sun Tzu's Art of War to fourth graders who are tasked with saving the world through a World Peace Game that puts students into the role of policy makers, politicians, weather goddesses and agent provocateurs as a means of enabling them to think and work through crises and challenges ranging from global warming to arms escalation. I'm sitting with a story that he told about a 9 year old girl who, as a defense minister for an impoverished country, singlehandedly forestalled a hostile takeover by an oil-rich neighboring nation by moving to surround that nation's oil fields with her tanks (high on the list of quotable quotes from the afternoon "You never want to cross a nine-year-old girl armed with tanks"), thus cutting off their fuel supply. Hunter speaks about how this led to a group discussion about the ethics of engaging in a small war to intervene against larger-scale violence; as someone who has questioned whether any war can be seen as just, this moves me to reconsider my own world view. Wondering what Rufus Jones might have to say about this concept so am returning to an account of his work with the American Friends Service Committee; wondering what others took away from today's talks, and what will come of the seeds planted this afternoon…..


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Find Your Passion: Telling A Mexican-American Story
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Lisa Elizondo has given names and faces to the history of the farm workers movement in Washington state in the 1960s and 1970s.
Last summer, Elizondo, a McNair Scholar at The University of Alabama, went on a whirlwind tour of Washington and Oakland, Calif., to gather oral histories of the farm workers' movement in Seattle, the Yakima Valley and other locations. Her project was funded by the McNair Scholars Program. She uncovered stories of how Mexican-Americans united to improve lives through health clinics and academic opportunities.
"The nature of an oral history project is the story," says Elizondo, a junior majoring in American studies and minoring in Latino studies in New College. "So, I told the story. I asked, 'Why study Washington? What sets it apart from other hubs of the Chicano movement? And the answer is that it created opportunities in both health care and education."
Elizondo found her answers in the interviews she conducted during her McNair Scholars Summer Research Internship in June and July under the guidance of Dr. Michael Innis-Jiménez, assistant professor of American studies at UA. She presented a summary of her research as a plenary speaker at the 18th annual University of California Berkeley McNair Research Symposium in Aug. 2010, and during the fall semester at a UA lecture that was part of the celebration of Hispanic Latino Heritage Month.
"Her project not only provides us with a glimpse of the Mexican-American civil rights movement outside of the traditionally studied states of California and Texas, but her oral histories will be a treasure to future researchers," Innis-Jiménez says. "Elizondo has an extraordinary ability to gather the histories of these individuals who have important stories to tell. She does a great job of analyzing their experiences and creating a well-rounded snapshot of the historical and contemporary importance of El Movimiento in Washington state."
Named for astronaut Ronald E. McNair, who died in the Challenger space shuttle flight in 1986, the McNair Scholars Program was started for individuals who are either first-generation college students or are underrepresented in graduate studies, who meet financial criterion. Students who are accepted to the nationally-funded program participate in research and other scholarly activities.
The farm workers' and Mexican-American civil rights movements hold deep meaning for Elizondo. Her parents, Norma and Epifanio Elizondo, were activists when they were students at the University of Washington in Seattle. That university, Elizondo says, was a wellspring for the movement. In the late 1960s, African-American students and the university's president struck an agreement to bring more students of color to the university.
"So, they went out into eastern Washington into the Yakima Valley and recruited a lot of Mexican-American kids who had graduated high school but were still working in the fields," says Elizondo, who is a National Hispanic Scholar and a former member of the UA softball team. "They weren't sure what they were going to do. These teens hadn't even thought of college as a possibility. The recruiters said, 'Come with us. We're starting a new era at the University of Washington.' And that's where a lot of the Mexican-American students came from."
Elizondo's parents had moved to Washington state from Texas with their families as part of a stream of farm workers looking for more steady employment. When they got to the University of Washington, they helped organize boycotts and spurred action on several other fronts using a variety of means, including an activist theater group.
"They boycotted grapes on campus," says Elizondo, who grew up in Burleson, Texas. "Since Seattle is an urban area, there are grocery stores around campus, and students picketed outside of them. Dr. Erasmo Gamboa, former activist and professor at the University of Washington, told me that they were the first campus in the United States to completely remove non-union grapes, which was a major accomplishment.
"They also had an activist theater group that performed skits about different aspects of Mexican-American life in Washington– farm work, the beautiful and vibrant culture, and their struggles to be educated equally. It was interesting to go through and see old pictures and see the roles my parents were playing in the movement."
Much has been written about the California United Farm Workers movement led by César Chávez, but not so much about what happened in Washington state. Family memories inspired Elizondo to bring these stories to light, and family connections helped her find activists to interview.
"I owe the success of this project entirely to my parents," she says. "I met with their old college friends. A lot of those people had stayed there. A lot of the people who came up as leaders of the movement in Washington were personal friends of my parents and my grandmother. It was really awesome to see history come to life in a personal context."
Chávez was a major inspiration for the movement in Washington; one of the people she interviewed had driven down to California to meet Chávez, and was able to watch him in action.
"They had heard all about him organizing strikes and boycotts with farm workers, so they decided to go down and see what all the fuss was about," she says. "They went down there and knocked on the door, and a man answered. They asked to see César Chávez, and the man said, 'I'm César Chávez.'
"They said they had thought it would be a nice building and a big organization for the United Farm Workers, but they got to it and found a small run-down house instead. They said, 'We have heard a lot about you —what are you doing?' He said, 'Instead of telling you what I'm doing, why don't you spend a couple of weeks working with me?' So, they'd ride the buses and note who was bringing in scabs to break the strikes and things like that.
"They drew a lot of inspiration from him. Chávez came to Washington a number of times, spoke at the University of Washington and stayed at a house I actually got to see. I saw the attic and bedroom that he used to stay in. It was an emotional moment for me to be in the same room that the forefather of El Movimiento had spent so much time in. I was truly in awe."
The fruits of the Washington state movement are still around. Activists lobbied for a law to prevent school-age children from working in the fields during the day, which resulted in increased graduation rates for Mexican-Americans. Elizondo also notes the accomplishments of Rogelio Riojas, the first, and current, director of Sea Mar Community Health Centers, based in Seattle. The Sea Mar system has become a key place for serving the often-overlooked low income and minority populations in the state of Washington.
Throughout their college careers and after graduation, some of the student-activists also returned to the Yakima Valley to aid their fellow students and farm workers. Activist Tomás Villanueva founded the local Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic, which today has 20 facilities and is considered the largest system of farm worker clinics in the United States.
"The connection between the University of Washington and the Yakima Valley is one that can't be ignored or discounted," she says. "There's such a rich Mexican American community in the Yakima Valley, and that's where a lot of the students came from. Many activists went back to the Valley and are still making an impact there as educators and advocates. The connection is still as important now as it was then."
But what fueled Elizondo's passion the most were her face-to-face interviews with so many of the activists who had joined hands to help improve the lives of their fellow human beings. She's grateful for the opportunity to let these people tell their own stories.
"I let people talk. That's the best thing to do," she says. "I would have liked to do that to a larger extent, sit down and spend a day with them, but due to the time constraints and the time I had to put the project together, most interviews were about an hour. I had the same basic questions that were conversation-starters. Eventually, people opened up and were more than happy to share their experiences with me. I'm just glad that I have the opportunity to let their stories speak to others."
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Peel that mango, but don't do it into the trash can. You'll need those fillings in just a moment.
The sliced lime goes into the poaching liquid with its skin and all.
This is poaching liquid with punch: lime, onion, dried chile, and mango peels join forced with the more conventional salt, pepper, and water.
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They'll stay in the ice bath until fully cooled.
Meanwhile, the rest of the filling starts to come together. Here we have seeded cucumber and diced scallion greens.
The neatly diced mango joins in the fun -- can you spot the sambal oelek hiding under it?
Draining the shrimp guards against a soggy filling. (No one wants a soggy filling.)
"Bite-sized" is what we're going for.
The spooky reflection of the yellow mango and pink shrimp in the sides of the shiny metal bowl makes it look like it's glowing.
Cooking the mai fun is easy -- just soak them in boiling water, then drain.
While the noodles soak, Amanda whips up the dipping sauce. It has -- surprise! -- more mango in it.
Nothing complicated here, just fresh flavors blended together.
Finally, it's time to roll. (Literally.) Merrill soaks a rice paper wrapper in warm water until it's pliant and soft.
Watching the stiff wrappers go translucent and slack is like magic.
Over a layer of cilantro leaves, spoon on some of the filling (not too much).
Fold the wrapper up and secure it with your fingers...
Then fold in both sides.
Roll up the package like a tiny burrito, and that's it! Now repeat.
Nice and simple: lime, yogurt and coconut milk, mango, hot pepper (we used a jalapeno, but ChezSuzanne calls for a serrano), mint, and honey.
With the mint chopped, it's time to face the pepper. Lopping off the bottom makes it easier to cut later.
Merrill is a pro -- those matchsticks are all the same size.
And then she turns them 90 degrees to cut a dice. Next!
You don't need too much lime juice, but it makes a world of difference in flavor.
On to the mangoes: a sharp peeler is essential when peeling super-ripe fruit.
Amanda deftly slices the mango down to the seed...
...And then Merrill makes quick work of the cubing itself. Be sure to save some to use as a garnish!
The creamy good stuff -- milk, coconut milk, and yogurt -- goes into the food processor along with the honey.
After tossing in the mint, Amanda measures out the freshly-squeezed lime juice.
Don't forget to add the mango! You might have trouble making mango sunshine without it.
The peppers go in last, along with a big pinch of salt.
Amanda takes her responsibility for pureeing the soup very, very seriously.
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"I think the girls fought hard and had a great game," first-year coach Cortney Hunkapilar said.
She said ultimately the loss came down to errors, but that she was still proud of the girls.
The game started out in favor of the Santa Gertrudis Lions when they scored two runs in the top of the first inning but, a big play by Cecilia Bauer kept the girls's spirits up.
"Cecelia had a home run in the bottom of the first that really helped the girls," Hunkapilar said.
But the momentum was not enough the carry the girls for the rest of the game.
There were some errors by the Lady Cats, but there were also some high points for the team.
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The fourth and final run for the Lady Cats was scored by Klaeveman during the seventh inning. She reached on an base hit and teammate Bauer followed with an RBI base hit to add to the Lady Cats side of the scoreboard..
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Refugio went through a realignment this year and faced some tough teams.
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"They have more talent than they give themselves credit for," Hunkapilar said.
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Resent the implicationNovember 04,2013
Resent the implication
As Winston Churchill once famously said there are some things up with which I will not put. One of which, is being accused by the Montpelier Planning Director of being unethical while a member, and subsequent Chair, of the city Planning Commission. The director published to the community that I have a conflict of interest because I advocated reducing the size of the Growth district to exclude property at 250 Main St., which is property that abuts mine.
A short explanation of what the Growth Center is, and what actually happened at the Commission, will show how false that accusation is.
The Growth Center is a creature of state law, which provides that the State Downtown Development Board may give benefits to developers who build less than 50 units in the district, provided smart growth principles are followed. Currently the Growth District includes all of Montpelier that can be accessed by city water and sewer services. Representatives of the Development Board gave me their opinion that the center is too big. Among the statutory smart growth principles is the requirement for mixed use defined as including, or having, the potential to include retail, office services, other commercial, civic, recreational, industrial and residential neighborhoods including, affordable housing and new residential neighborhoods, within a densely developed, compact area. If every development in the city must contain mixed use I am opposed to it.
The city attorney has advised the Planning Commission the growth district law is in flux and subject to change next year so the Commission should not act to conform to it until the states proposed revisions to the law, due in 2014, are made. I expect the Commission to follow that advice.
Like any citizen I can express my views of a matter before the Commission and argue for a result. If a motion is made to adopt a position, deliberation then follows. I have stated my intention not to vote or deliberate on a proposition in which there is a possibility that I would violate the city ethics policy. In fact the commission, to date, has not voted on any motion concerning the size of the growth center, which makes any claim of unethical behavior on my part absurd. It is a strange accusation to make by someone who claims to extol the First Amendment.
In fact, the city ethics policy provides: Conflict of Interest does not arise in the case of votes or decisions on matters in which the public officer has a personal or pecuniary interest in the outcome no greater than that of other persons generally affect by the decision (such as adopting a bylaw of settling a tax rate) who are residents of Montpelier. Because the size of the Growth Center potentially affects the entire city that provision applies.
The actual conflict is that I, and a majority of the Commission, disagree not only with the directors vehement personal policy goals that are not warranted by a reasoned interpretation of the City Master Plan, but also with her unprincipled personal attacks on members of the commission. As a reader can see, another thing up with which I will not put is the directors defiance of any policy that contradicts her views especially when mixed with false accusations impugning members integrity.
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LMAO! This is far from perfect. Loads of commercial crap (Amaranth, Bye Bye Beautiful) and perhaps the most boring song they've ever made (Eva) on this one. OTOH, it also contains their best and heaviest songs to date, including PATP and Master Passion Greed. It's like Once and CC in almost every way, there's more filler, but the awesome tracks are even more awesome than Ghost Love Score and The Beauty Of The Beast. Marco singing on almost every track is also great.
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You would at least think running Western States would be enough for me to get my butt in gear and start training...but it hasn't. Any other year, and I would be drooling at the propect of spending a summer's day running from Squaw Valley to Auburn. Usually a month off from real running is all I need to re-energize, but things are very different right now, and I have no real desire to run ultras, or attempt to run them "fast". Don't get me wrong,I'm still running, but only 25-40 miles per week instead of the traditional 70-90.
I'm enjoying my time away from the "task" of running. I still love trails, mountain vistas, and running fellowship. But, more and more that is all I really want out of running, not medals, closets stuffed with race shirts, and buckles. The idea of starting lines, finish lines, and competetion have lost much of their former appeal. Can I still run two tough 100 mile races with my current mindset? I guess we'll find out.
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- Runner Tammy said...
Hi Mike,
With WS100 I have no time goals except to finish and have a GREAT time with lots of new and old friends.
Feel free to hang back with me. I can almost definitely promise you it will be fun times (but probably not fast times:-)
See you at Squaw if not before,
- March 23, 2011 at 4:48 PM
- jenn said...
while I totally get you loving running just for the sake of running.. ( that's AWESOME to reach that point).
but 1. you are SO talented. You are GOOD at ultra running.. I'm downright envious of your speed and ability. You make it look SO easy.
2. OMG... do you KNOW how many people would LOVE to be in your shoes?! please train properly for MMT and WS so you can be the BEST MIKE you can be!! I just don't want you to look back in hindsight and see what a great opportunity you had and you didn't seize it with both hands and literally RUN with it! Life is so short. and I know that in the end, the starts, finishes, race bibs, buckles and shirts just pile up to a big nothing-- but you will have THE EXPERIENCE of running WS and that is something uniquely YOURS. YOUR WS JOURNEY. OWN IT.
may and june will both be here before you know it. I would just view MMT as a long run for WS? :o)
I totally respect what you are saying.. just wanted to offer a slightly different point of view. You know if you never ran another ultra again. I'd still think you are just wonderful and a special friend of mine!! and in the end IT's ALL YOU.. It's YOU running over the rocks at MMT all day and night.. and it's YOU coming into forest hills aidstation after a HOT run in the canyons. with still many miles to get to the finish line. SO it's YOU that has to want it. :o) I get that completely :o) no matter how excited I am that you are in the dance..
take care and have a great week!! ((HUG))
hope to see you soon!
- March 24, 2011 at 5:55 AM
- Rick Gray said...
Your feelings are totally ok and understandable. Running is not just about winning and how fast you may run. Competition can be the best thing for you and it can also be the worst. Your mind is now telling you that competition for a place and fast time are not important to you right now. That might change, but who knows and it does not really matter. Use your ultras to enjoy your time out in the woods and to enjoy your friends around you. Do not let this opportunity pass you up to run WS and MMT. Just approach it differently. It is all about Mike enjoying himself and nothing more.
- March 25, 2011 at 7:37 AM
- Jess said...
I'm not an ultra runner...yet...but for what it's worth, I think breaks are good for however long you need them. AND that it is WAY cool you got picked for both races - please do train so you can fully enjoy it!
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Fair-trade organizations seek to insure that products are farmed or manufactured without child labor or forced labor and under optimal working conditions. Fair-trade items are produced in ways that encourage sustainability, support independent small businesses and cooperatives, and guarantee fair pay to workers and a fair price for goods.
Unfortunately, unlike the "Certified Organic" label, a fair-trade label does not indicate legally enforceable standards, a situation underscoring the importance of a controversial decision last September that sent shock waves through the fair-trade community. Fair Trade USA (FTUSA) ended its affiliation with the international Fairtrade Labeling Organization (FLO), which sets labeling and production standards globally. Then FTUSA declared that it would certify coffee produced on plantations, a practice shunned by FLO, which accredits only coffee grown on 360 democratically run, farmer-owned cooperatives.
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One would think that I'd know better by now. Once Memorial Day hits, and the summer visitors begin their annual migration to the Upper Delaware valley, the always active world of arts and entertainment here in the Catskills amps up big time... and I hit the ground running. This past week, I found myself busily trying to do it all, with limited success. Thankfully, my community support is firmly in place, and a few kind souls assisted me in my efforts to cover the endless array of events spanning two states and four counties, over the river and through the woods.
With so much on my plate, I hesitate to give short shrift to anyone, so this season I'll be trying something new. Now that The River Reporter (TRR) has an active online presence (www.riverreporteronline.com), I will be posting reviews of concerts and shows to our web site and have the opportunity to produce larger photo albums of the events to our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/theriverreporter) as well. If you haven't had an opportunity to visit our internet sources, this would be an ideal time to check out these great pages for daily updates.
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The Suikoden games (opinion thread)
March 31, 2012, 12:29:34 AM »
Currently I have Suikoden 1,3,4,5 but I haven't completed any of them and actually haven't even played 3 or 4 yet. (only reason I got 4 was so that I would have the complete main series if I decided to get 2). Anyway most people say the 2nd game is the best followed by the 1st and the 5th was a comeback with the 4th game in the series being the worst. I don't know much about 3 but anyway Why is this? I would like to read some opinions on why people think which games are best from best to worst order and why (without spoilers) that is. From things that are unique to RPG's like the first game having a base where all the people who joined the liberation army chill. (I thought that was really cool and unique building an army and also not all characters fight some are just support characters. Another example could possibly the whole rune system. Just things in each game that gamers felt the developers made good and original choices compared to others that might have been just down right dumb. Besides everyones opinions on the games some sample questions could be why is the 4th game the worst? Why do people consider the 5th game a comeback and so on and so forth. Please make the responses neat and in this format
Suikoden: reasons explaining why liked the game and what made it stand out and different compared to the others
Suikoden II: Same as above
Suikoden III: Same as above
Suikoden IV: Same as above
Suikoden V: Same as above
PS: Try not and get to in depth story wise and also please list favorite first and go down from their also main games only not side stories or any games that aren't numbered
Really interested in reading some of these responses thanks
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Re: The Suikoden games (opinion thread)
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March 31, 2012, 03:37:08 AM »
We do happen to have a Suikoden general discussion thread
. But I guess it's probably full of spoilers so I'll bite.
That said, the biggest reason why people are fans of these games is the fact that they
were all in one world with noteworthy events from previous games having an effect in later games or having characters from one game show up in another. The first game is basically just that. It came up with the idea of having you assemble a team out of 108 different characters and implemented it in a way that actually worked. Meanwhile the plot was basically limited to the scope of a kingdom in the midst of political turmoil and was very loosely based (or more likely heavily inspired by) on the themes and setting of the classic Chinese novel of the same name. The game itself is fairly straight forward and was a breath of fresh air compared to it's contemporaries. The second game basically takes what Suki1 started and ran with it. Now you had a much more structured plot, more effort put into the characters (with returning characters carrying ever greater weight for those who were familiar with the previous game), and more options and things to do beyond the main story (from growing a garden, to raising livestock, and from pursing a criminal, to competing in Iron Chef style cookoffs). Though unfortunately the game was plagued with bugs and a weak translation plus the war battles were awful games of chance rather than the rock/paper/scissors affair that the first game employed. The third game unfortunately was both where the series tries to make the transition to 3D with passable results and more damning a couple of major changes to the gameplay system that generally made things worse than better. Most noticeable was the change from having six individual party members comprising your battle party you had three sets of two as well as having battles take place in a Lunar style battle arena where your party members are tripping over each other and getting in each other's way and most area of effect attack rune magic (i.e. Fire Magic) suffer from friendly fire. Meanwhile skills were also introduced to expand character's reporte but it also meant having to grind everybody you wanted to use to acquire the skills you needed to remain competent. Also the game threw a metric fuck ton of unwinnable fights in your general direction. The "Trinity Sight" system lead to not only a fairly irrelevant Tenkai star but a rather late home castle, and ironically enough a terrible choice in who you wanted to nerf with main character status since the game's True Rune sucks and none of the three candidates want anything to do with it. Also this was the game where the series director/main writer left leaving only his notes on how things are supposed to go behind. I haven't played 4, Tactics, or 5 yet.
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Re: The Suikoden games (opinion thread)
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March 31, 2012, 03:57:15 AM »
I'm too tired to make a lengthy reply but I will quickly say that the only game I didn't really enjoy was S4.
The rest are all worth playing.
Aeolus is right. There's something compelling about a series where the world in connected and time actually passes, because I can't think of many other series where it's done other than maybe Shadow Hearts.
I mean the bare bones of each game is the same in that you get sent off and have to recruit 108 stars to overthrow some jerk, but the way each game is executed makes them compelling.
I avoid online multiplayer because my brain still works.
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March 31, 2012, 03:58:49 AM »
It's executed well simply because the developers never glorified the war or took a stupid way out, unlike most other JRPGs, where you have this war but then both sides stop and join together to combat a bigger, supernatural threat.
Last Edit: March 31, 2012, 04:06:42 AM by Ashton
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Re: The Suikoden games (opinion thread)
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March 31, 2012, 04:04:34 AM »
That's a good point actually.
It does tend to avoid a lot of cliches that other JRPGs fall into.
I avoid online multiplayer because my brain still works.
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March 31, 2012, 04:08:03 AM »
It DOES seem like it was headed in that direction, but man. If you're going to do it it may as well be series encompassing, especially since no one will take it seriously happening every other week.
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March 31, 2012, 04:14:29 AM »
The overarching plot seemed to be heading that way.
It seemed to me that they wanted to focus on different true runes for each entry (Soul Eater/Emperor for I, Rune of Beginning/Beast for II, the five elements for III, Punishment/Forgiveness for IV, and Sun/Dawn/Dusk for V) before delving into the Suikoden world's origins and final destiny, but never realized it because of corporate bullshit.
Ah, what could have been. I want to review the new Suikoden for the site but I don't even want to play it anymore.
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March 31, 2012, 05:34:37 AM »
Quote from: Ashton on March 31, 2012, 03:58:49 AM
combat a bigger, supernatural threat
That actually does sort-of happen in a couple of the games, but as far as I can remember it's more of a FF9-style "well that was out of nowhere" kinda thing. The conflicts between any human characters are actually resolved before any supernatural threat comes along.
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March 31, 2012, 10:38:46 AM »
Quote from: Ashton on March 31, 2012, 03:58:49 AM
It's executed well simply because the developers never glorified the war or took a stupid way out, unlike most other JRPGs, where you have this war but then both sides stop and join together to combat a bigger, supernatural threat.
That another point to the series credit as well. Outside of the occasional True Rune bullshit nobody's this supernatural DBZ reject that most JRPGs tend to both have and make your team into. It's basically just a bunch of people banding a nation together to kick ass on whatever whatever warmonger is stirring trouble at the moment.
Hell, even eliminating the main antagonist isn't always enough to wrap up a conflict. Often times you'll just have some other asshole roll up and take over at that point and it isn't until you win the war that the conflict is resolved.
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March 31, 2012, 11:02:31 AM »
I found the True Runes thing really interesting too. In a lot of jRPGs, the gods are either evil or ineffectual or fake. In Suikoden, the True Runes just do their own thing and don't seem to even have a sense of morality.
And when a supernatural threat shows up, its usually linked to one of the Runes. Except for that tree thing in Suikoden 4.
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March 31, 2012, 11:57:46 AM »
Didn't like what I played of S1. It was incredibly easy and you pretty much just bash auto-battle to win. Maybe it got harder later on. No idea.
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March 31, 2012, 12:04:39 PM »
Quote from: LINK398 on March 31, 2012, 12:29:34 AM
Please make the responses neat and in this format
Suikoden: reasons explaining why liked the game and what made it stand out and different compared to the others
Suikoden II: Same as above
Suikoden III: Same as above
Suikoden IV: Same as above
Suikoden V: Same as above
You can't be serious...
Just play the damn games and decide for yourself.
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August 01, 2012, 11:07:04 PM »
Suikoden I:
This game felt totaly original to me whe I first played it. They really tried to make your standard, traditional JRPG with a difference. The sheer amount of characters was really different for me. The way in which that fell in line with the story, and the depth of character interaction, felt to me what was really needed in RPG's. They really played on the deeper aspect of storylines within games and the superb writing was a real stand out for me. Even when the story was rushed or too short, you always felt there was more 'behind the scenes' which really got your imagination fired up. I loved the customisation i.e. naming your castle, this made me feel more involved than I had in previous RPG games. Also, the amazing soundtack <3
You were left feeling that the series had (and still does!) bags of potential.
Suikoden II:
Suikoden II capatalised on this potential. It expanded on its predeccessor in every way possible. Many fans consider it to be a 'perfect game'. Need I say anymore?
Suikoden III:
What a game. I'm actualy replaying this right now. I only compelted it once before, unlike the first two which I completed numerous times. I feel that Suikoden III was actualy really ahead of its time. Although I didn't like the buddy system, I got the idea. It could have worked with a few tweaks. I liked that it was the first Suikoden game that levelling up your characters actualy had a difference on the major war battles. Many people did not like the Trinity System but I think its really uniqe. I dont like seeing the same scenes over and over again, on my second playthrough, however. Again, with a few tweaks I think the Trinity Sight System could have been better. The thing I like most is the sheer volume of dialouge and storyline. Overall, I think SIII is a hidden gem and slightly revolutionary. If JRPGs are to ever make a comeback, they can take a leaf out of this book and try somethign different.
When I first played SIII, I felt it was too different and that Murayama was trying too hard to change things and/or come up with somethign new and 'cool'. Now, looking back realising we only had 3 of the Suikoden games made by Murayama, I am happy he made these changes and can truly appreciate Suikoden III for the ahead-of-its-time masterpiece that I perceive it to be.
Suikoden IV:
Yeah ..this one lol Alot of fans hatde this game and, while I was gravely dissapointed with it at first, I cannot deny that fell under its spell. I think its a great game. I like it. I like the characters and the setting. It was different. And in a good way. Yeah alot of the differences are bad too. But I thought it felt quite unique. The standout for me was how, despite its flaws, it somehow managed retain the Suikoden feel but in an entirely different setting and style.The only major draw back for me was the total lack of depth in the story. But I felt Suikoden Tactics made up for this.
Many people say that a good game shouldn't need another game to make it good. I disagree. I think this is neccessary for some gaming experiences. I think Suikoden IV is one of these experiences. Both of these games compliment eachother really well and it makes quite a deep experience playing through the both at the same time and delving into its lore.
Suikoden V:
Yay! A return to a more traditional Suikoden! ^^
Actualy, I disliked this more than IV. I thought it tried too hard to be like Suikoden II. Some of the stroy point and dialouge was, to me, either poor or simply ripping off SII. On the one hand, its great that the developers clearly made a concerted effort to try and make Suikoden V closer to the original games. But on the other hand this would ensure that the game would always be compared to SII ...where it would inevitably fail. I think the writing was just not up to the calibre of Murayama. This is why the story was so basic in SIV - they did not want to take any risks lacking Murayamas prowess. Something the SIV team were shot down for. But they took the risk with SV. In my opinion, they kinda failed. But they should be applauded for taking the risk. Kinda a no win situaion for them. But I would be more than happy with games like SV if it meant the continuation of the series.
I do not think there is anything that truly stand out for SV for me. I think it felt like just another traditional JRPG and not exactly a unique Suikoden. Don't take that as truly dislikingthe game though. Even with a new team, they managed to pull off a decent story, good characters, great artwork and a great soundtrack. Yeah, I'd buy that again for SVI :)
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Re: The Suikoden games (opinion thread)
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August 02, 2012, 12:21:10 AM »
Why must you keep bumping Suikoden topics?
Also I disliked the war battles mechanic in Suki III due to the fact that it still boiled down to random chance determining whether you won or lost somebody, except now with tons of mandatory grinding as well.
Also also, I didn't like IV because it requires Tactics to be anywhere near the level of the other games. On its own it was a rushed, halfassed, piece of crap with an ocean that can die in a fire.
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Gave him a temp ban over it. If you're called out on it in another thread maybe you should reconsider bumping every topic you could quickly find on the subject!
And this probably doesn't really need to stick around either.
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This permanent A list mostly movie actor finally settled down because his now actress wife refused to get an abortion when she got pregnant
Warren Hearty and Annette BeningReplyCancel
*Beatty spelchek but thanx for your help as always you POS!*ReplyCancel
Derp *wife* I go with Jessi & Sandy…ReplyCancel
Herp and Heard aren't married yet. (Whoever posted that close up of Johnny's teeth, way to break a 21 Jump Street heart.)ReplyCancel
How old is this blind?ReplyCancel
Both Annette & Sandy were actresses BEFORE they got with their hubbies. Amber and JD not married yet. Huh, seems like it should be easy…ReplyCancel
I kinda wanna say Hilarriiiaaa, but that's wrong.ReplyCancel
Meanie – the 'now' probably relates to 'wife' part of description.ReplyCancel
Problem I'm having is " NOW actress " wife. Both Being and Heard were Actresses before marriage. ( even tho Deep and Heard aren't married yet) I feel sick putting Heard in even the same category as Annette Being:-\ReplyCancel
Douglas/CZJ could technically fit but it doesn't sound like them, at least not back in the dayReplyCancel
Now wife, not now actress is how I read it.ReplyCancel
Lol Rhysie, I type so slow but great minds and all that… 😀ReplyCancel
Lol Looks like just you and me. 😀ReplyCancel
I would be nice if we had some kind of time frame on this.ReplyCancel
@Lulu- Hilarious works too.ReplyCancel
Um, congrats?ReplyCancel
the wording threw me a little. This means they got married because she was pregnant and didn't want to abort, right?ReplyCancel
Yep, Garner was 4 months along when she and Ben married…ReplyCancel
Is Affleck really permanent A? He has stayed consistent despite chronic Kevin Smith movie cameos. No way Alec gets that rating. Well, whoever this actor is, his kid officially hates him now. Snootchie Booootchies!!!ReplyCancel
@Rhysie, Great place to be! 😀ReplyCancel
steampunk – could be but is affleck on list of 'permanent A list actors'?ReplyCancel
@ Vintage, That's the part I had no trouble with…the rest threw me …ReplyCancel
I read it as the A list male actor's never been married b4 so im going w/Depp (@this moment anyway).ReplyCancel
@ Rose and Heisenberg, he is perm A for enty..
Affleck blinds are his bread and butter here.
When he has Nothing else he posts Ben blinds…
A all the way in entyland.:-)
nope im changing forgot @ now wife part-not DeppReplyCancel
Well then based on the other reveal today about the sex addict rehab this is could def be them. He's a catholic boy (i think) and married his baby mama. Otherwise he would probably still be out hounding pussy like clooney.ReplyCancel
Ok then this is Affleck & Garner FTWReplyCancel
yeah, Ben & Jen- & on another BI,they insinuated that they're living in separate homes now(in L.A. anyway)ReplyCancel
or it was Angie?? don't mind me no sleep makes a dull everthingReplyCancel
Bunni – 2010 blind. He has academy award since then.ReplyCancel
@Jessi 😉ReplyCancel
No it wouldn't, it hates me with a passion like I cheated on it with a different app 🙂ReplyCancel
I cannot tell a lie NO! But I did try to break up with spelchek so there's that. Never gave been forgiven.ReplyCancel
*have* 🙁ReplyCancel
This is someone older – Depp and Affleck are still actively working, and could make career-destroying movies which would lower their ratings. They're both A's now, but that could change – nothing permanent about either one.
Beatty is a good guess.
And Ben is Protestant, not Catholic.
Just turn spellcheck off. Your spelling without it isn't going to be worse than what it's doing to you.
I don't think this is Affleck and Garner. It says "his NOW actress wife," at what point was Jen not an actress?
I read it as actor marries pregnant non-actress he knocked up and she subsequently became an actress.ReplyCancel
I don't think it's Ben and Jenn. I agree with Malibu.ReplyCancel
Malibu – you might be right but it can also be read as Now actress Wife as in he got an actress pregnant and then married her.ReplyCancel
Nicolas Cage and Alice Kim? He got her one role in 2007's "Next" which he produced. She was a waitress when they married in 2004…ReplyCancel
I'm reading this as the actress is now his wife not that she got pregnant and became his wife.
This sounds like Beatty to me although I read a blind somewhere that implied he got a very young woman pregnant within the last ten years. ( I was going to say five years but figured ten years would cover it). By very young I mean less that twenty but older than sixteen.ReplyCancel
Maybe Chris Hemswoth and Elsa Pataky??ReplyCancel
Choose life. Someone alert the Westborough Baptists. I'm sure there's some gay soldiers involved.ReplyCancel