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Although details are still sparse, rumor has it that tonight GM's Vice President of Global Design, Ed Welburn will join Jay Leno to unveil their extremely confidential car design collaboration. They're calling it a 'super car' that all started as a sketch on a bar napkin (shown here). It's clearly futuristic and early whispers indicate it's eco-friendly– and that makes us very happy to hear. Stay tuned for more info and pictures of the launch. We're planning on a few high-five sessions with Leno and GM executives afterwards– that is, if we like what we see.


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Amazon was kind enough to offer up this pre-made spec comparison chart of their new tablet line-up. You can see exactly how the new Kindle Fire HDX family compares to the regular Kindle Fire HD models.
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Amazon was kind enough to offer up this pre-made spec comparison chart of their new tablet line-up. You can see exactly how the new Kindle Fire HDX family compares to the regular Kindle Fire HD models.
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Along with tonight's announcement of the new Kindle Fire HDX tablets by Amazon, we also get a new Kindle Fire HD that has been upgraded in a number of areas yet drops in at a low price of $139. At that insanely low price, you are looking at a 1280×800 HD display (216ppi), 1.5GHz dual-core processor, Dolby Digital Plus audio dual speakers, the same slim design of the HDX series, and the new Fire OS 3.0 fork of Android.
The new Kindle Fire is available for pre-order in both 8GB and 16GB models starting today, and will begin shipping October 2.
Amazon Links: Kindle Fire HD WiFi ($139) (more…)
Amazon just went massive late night press release and product announcement on us, with an unveiling of their new Kindle Fire HDX line of tablets. The new tablets come in both 7-inch and 8.9-inch display sizes, run 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800 processors (quad-core), last for up to 11 hours of "mixed use," utilize a new forked version of Android called Fire OS 3.0 "Mojito," introduce free 24×7 tech support through the Mayday button, and can connect via LTE on both AT&T and Verizon networks.
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Amazon's newest tablet, the Kindle Fire HD 8.9, starts shipping today. At $299 (for the WiFi version), you get a 8.9″ 1920×1200 display (with 254ppi), TI OMAP4470 dual-core processor, dual stereo Dolby Digital Plus audio speakers, a front facing camera for video chatting, and easy access to all of Amazon's content.
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The brand new Kindle Fire HD 7″ and the 2nd generation Kindle Fire are now available. Announced last week at an event in Los Angeles, Amazon initially only opened up pre-orders for these two devices with a launch date of September 14. Since it's now September 14, the switch appears to have been flipped, with pre-orders becoming a thing of the past. If you don't feel like waiting for the Fire HD 8.9″ or Paperwhite, then hit up the links below and get to ordering.
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Link: Kindle Fire HD 7″ WiFi (16GB for $199, 32GB for $249) – Available September 14
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This must be fate - i woke up last night 4am - to find a travel programme on visiting the exact place - Wat Pra Krew,
i WAS EAGERLY LOOKING IN THE BACK GROUND OF ALL THE SHOTS TO SEE IF I COULD SEE YOU BOTH HA HA - sorry caps lock !!!
by the time the programme finished it was 5am and i was wide awake - curse u Bangkok for the stunning locations......
they even visited the buddhist retreat - the pic of the little boy by the hindu tree carving - it was very surreal - knowing my little sis and bro in law had visited the very same place xxxx
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The Grand Palace and Temple is only about a 15 minute walk away from our guesthouse so we decided to have a lazy morning and walk over there quite leisurely. On our way we were lucky enough to meet our first ever Bangkok rip-off artist!! The con-men are legendary around here and we had been warned against listening to anyone who asks where you are going and then tries to tell you that your destination is closed for the day. Well that is exactly what happened to us. We were walking down the road when we stopped to look at one of the street maps when a very nice Thai man came over and overheard us say the words 'Grand Palace'. Hearing that we were looking for the palace he started giving us directions and telling us what a great place it is and that we would have a wonderful day. We thanked him for his directions and said goodbye. He smiled and waved us off, before then running down the street after us because he had just 'remembered' that the Grand Palace is actually closed today until 4pm! Isn't that a coincidence?! Considering that we now had so much spare time he very kindly offered to help us out finding some other activities to do, like visiting an art gallery or take a tuk-tuk drive. We could see this guy coming a mile off so we decided to have a little bit of a giggle with him and asked why exactly the palace had been closed today. Some of the answers he came up with were hilarious: first he told that the king was performing a ceremony today, then he told us that the Emerald Buddha was having its annual bath in holy water and then (this was my favourite) he told us that all the Buddha statues at the temple were having their clothes changed today and we weren't allowed in because the Buddhas would be naked
At the palace we bought our tickets and headed in for a look around: the first place we went was the temple complex. Thai temples are so incredibly different to all the other temples we have been in so far, they are just so shiny and glittery! These temples were covered from top to bottom in shimmering gold, green and purple mosaic tiles and when the sun hit them you couldn't even look directly at them because of the glare. Today is the first day in ages that we have been somewhere that is over-run with other tourists; you couldn't even move in the temples without bumping into another person. There were hundreds of people on guided tours and some of the guides were nut-cases, especially the Chinese tour guides who literally scream at the top their voices and scare the crap out of most people they are showing around. We saw one Chinese tour guide take a photo of some of their customers and I'm sure that they only smiled for the photo because they were scared he would start screaming at them again if they didn't. After having spent so much time in Asia we are old-hands at temple etiquette now and we understand how most of the blessings, offerings, chantings etc work. For instance, we know the proper direction which you should walk round the temple, we know how to give incense offerings and we know how to sit on the prayer mats without causing any offence (never point your feet at a Buddha statue, always sit with your feet pointing behind you)
Anyway, the temples were magnificent and we were really lucky to get a chance to enter the housing complex of the Emerald Buddha. As I said earlier the Emerald Buddha is Thailand's most sacred statue and is kept inside a huge golden temple. When we entered there were about a hundred people and monks sitting on prayer mats and paying respect to the Buddha. The statue itself was a lot smaller than we were expecting, but it was absolutely beautiful and sparkled in the light from the candles and lamps. After we had finished in the temples we went next door to visit the palace; you can't actually enter the palace, we were slightly disappointed to discover that you can only see it from the outside. It was a huge building and was surrounded by dozens of Thai guardsmen in crisp white uniforms and wielding riffles and bayonets…they are like scary-assed versions of English beefeaters. Even though they looked pretty frightening they were actually really sweet and even let Tom pose for a photo with them. We got to see the changing of the guardsmen while we were there, which was brilliant. There was one crazy Chinese man who risked life and limb to get his photo taken with the guardsmen as they were doing the change-over: the guards are nice but you probably don't want to mess with them when they are performing their duties
Once we had finished at the palace we still had most of the afternoon left so we headed around the corner to visit another complex of temples, this one houses Thailand's largest statue of Buddha lying down. It was called Wat Pho and is pretty famous here in Thailand. Once we had paid our admission we went straight to visit the big Buddha. Since we have left home it is fair to say that we have seen some pretty amazing sights… but the giant reclining golden Buddha at Wat Pho is one of the most incredible things I have ever seen. It is over 46 meters long and 15 meters high and is housed in a giant purpose-built temple. It is so huge that you can't really see it all in one go; it makes you feel so joyous to think that someone built this statue out of love and devotion. The rest of Wat Pho was also wonderful; there was even a TV crew filming while we were there, we couldn't decide if we recognized the actress or not…we'll let you know if we figure out who she was!
After we had finished at Wat Pho we headed back to the guesthouse to freshen up and then went out for some food. The veggie caf� that we had eaten in the other night hosts a Saturday night all-you-can-eat buffet party with Thai dancing for the grand price of �2.50… needless to say we went along and had some of the most amazing food we'd ever eaten! Later in the evening we walked back home via Khoa San road and got a taste of Bangkok's infamous nightlife. It wasn't actually as bad as we had expected although Tom got approached by dozens of men trying to sell him 'ping-pong' shows (if you don't know what a ping-pong show is, then whatever you do don't type it into google!).
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This must be fate - i woke up last night 4am - to find a travel programme on visiting the exact place - Wat Pra Krew,
Hiya guys, sorry but coz uve not updated ur blog im now avin 2 back track on ur others to keep me amused!!
ha ha ha ping pong shows!!! i think even J knows wot they r, ive seen them on dirty sanzez so that says it all really lol luv u guys soooo much, cnt wait to av u home wiv us, Lil Charlie bear (as benji calls him) is a cheeky lil monkey cnt wait 4 u 2 av cuddles wiv him xxx


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ExecStart=/usr/bin/grive -p /home/lpp/gdrive
Is the After=asd.service enough to ensure that all symbolic links are set up and that are no race conditions in the system?]]>
Does asd copies everything from sync targets to tmpfs or only on first usage? I'm asking because I might mount ~8GB folder into asd and pulling everything would be trashing my own PC for no good reason. The folder in question is my google-drive-ocamlfuse and I'd like to be able to move fast on it and not wait too much for sync with google servers.]]>
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
roundcubemail: /var/log exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
stat ~/scratch
File: '/home/hoangngan/scratch' -> '/tmp/asd-hoangngan/home/hoangngan/scratch'
Size: 41 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 symbolic link
Device: 812h/2066d Inode: 18223630 Links: 1
Access: (0777/lrwxrwxrwx) Uid: ( 1000/hoangngan) Gid: ( 1000/hoangngan)
Access: 2015-11-14 10:09:12.199981254 -0800
Modify: 2015-11-14 10:09:12.196647921 -0800
Change: 2015-11-14 10:09:12.196647921 -0800
Birth: -
stat ~/scratch/
File: '.'
Size: 60 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 directory
Device: 2ah/42d Inode: 339582 Links: 1
Access: (0755/drwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 1000/hoangngan) Gid: ( 1000/hoangngan)
Access: 2015-11-14 10:09:43.606647636 -0800
Modify: 2015-11-14 10:09:12.193314587 -0800
Change: 2015-11-14 10:09:12.199981254 -0800
Birth: -
df -h
tmpfs 786M 151M 635M 20% /run/user/1000
overlaid 786M 151M 635M 20% /run/user/1000/hoangngan-firefox-4ze2rv7s.default
overlaid 3.9G 913M 3.0G 24% /tmp/asd-hoangngan/home/hoangngan/.config
overlaid 3.9G 913M 3.0G 24% /tmp/asd-hoangngan/home/hoangngan/scratch
Well, if you're using psd to manage the profile itself, would muck up things if you created a new dir in that and symlinked the live cache to it?
mkdir ~/.config/chromium/MYCACHE ln -s ~/.config/chromium/MYCACHE ~/.cache/chromium
I wonder if that would work? Make sure you stop both psd and asd before you try it and always backup your profile to a nice safe tarball.
An update about this: seems to actually work, I haven't lost any caches so far, so I'd say it's unlikely to happen again. Now I wonder what the difference between the two scripts is. I know it says something about psd having more checks in place or something, wouldn't it make sense to introduces (some of) them into asd as well?]]>
2015/11/08 22:34:50 [error] 14927#0: *1 FastCGI sent in stderr: "Primary script unknown" while reading response header from upstream,
client: 127.0.0.1, server: , request: "GET /info.php HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock:", host: "ark.local"
Any idea what this might be?
EDIT: I've tried adding the temp folders to the basedir, no dice... However, if I run php-fpm as root, it seems to work, which makes me feel it's a permission issue? (I've tested on a simple phpinfo() page and it still won't work, so I don't think I have the same issue as berot.]]>


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Bonnie Says: 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' & 'The Last Airbender' Are Your Kids Must-See Movies!
Guess what — movie critics don't get kids at all.
If a kids film isn't packed with adult jokes to amuse THEM, they give it a major thumbs down.
If the movie is just magical, or about magic and fantasy and especially if it's live action, they pull a scrooge and deprive it from multiple stars and good reviews!
That's exactly what has happened to this weeks The Sorcerer's Apprentice, starring Nicholas Cage, and to The Last Airbender, which opened a couple weeks ago.
So you dumb, old movie critics — I've seen both movies and more importantly, I took several kids to see both, and I can tell you — they LOVED them!
No, neither is a GREAT film, but for the youngster set, they are both entertaining and imagination-sparkling.
My nine-year-old and his pal, both of whom had vaguely heard of the great Merlin the magician, were totally roped in by the film's tale of a master sorcerer, Balthazar (Cage), desperate to protect New York City from his evil arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath, played by Alfred Molina.
Balthazar recruits a nerdy physics goofball, Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel), to help; telling him that unbelievably, Dave is actually "the prime Merlinian" — in other words, is a man who is destined to be a major magician.
Nicholas Cage is in fine form — fit, majorly muscled and sporting some mighty fine long hair — not that kids notice that. But they do like the mayhem and the magic that ensues.
As for The Last Airbender — the fancy film critics, were even more cruely, sneering at the acting, the dialogue, and the directing by M. Night Shyamalan's adaption from the Nickelodeon cartoon series.
Well, my kids and their friends watch the cartoon series all the time — I've never seen it — and we ALL completely enjoyed this sweet, fantastical film.
It was a classic kid pleaser — you kids and teens — one of them who posses air, water, fire and earth "bending" skills — must save the good people of the world, from an evil adult Fire King.
The visual magic is fabulous, the scenery is gorgeous, the kids and teens are adorable, there's a bad guy (Fire King's son) who may not be exactly what he seems — what's not to LIKE?
My kids couldn't stop chattering with questions and observations, when the last scene finished. They can't wait for the sequel!
So take that critics who seem to have it out for poor M. Night for some reason and take your kids to The Last Airbender AND The Sorcerer's Apprentice!


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|Ener-G landfill gas generation facility at San Nicolás landfill site in Aguascalientes Mexico.
Ener-G, a U.K.-based provider of renewable energy solutions, will begin construction on its second landfill gas management facility in Mexico following its appointment by the Municipality of Durango to generate renewable energy from waste at the Durango city landfill.
Ener-G, working in partnership with its sister company Biogas Technology, will design, finance, build and operate the £2.3 million (US$ 3.633 million) biogas power generation facility. According to an Ener-G press release, the facility will capture the methane gas emitted from 1 million tons of waste and convert it into 1.5 megawatts of clean energy in its initial power generation stage. This is sufficient to provide the municipal government with half of its street lighting, Ener-G says.
The facility is expected to begin power generation this summer and is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 64,000 tons per year, helping Mexico to deliver on targets set by the country's new Climate Change Act.
The two-phase landfill gas generation project started in 2008 when Biogas Technology was appointed by Durango to collect and destroy the biogas emissions by flaring. The project is registered with the United Nations under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which provides certified emission reduction credits for each ton of carbon dioxide saved. The credits can be traded internationally to offset emissions by large polluters in the developed world.
Earlier this year, Ener-G partnered with the municipality of Aguascalientes, Mexico, to open a landfill gas generation facility at the San Nicolás landfill site in Aguascalientes. The company has invested £4.5 million (US$7.1 million) in the project, which is supplying 2.475 megawatts (MW) of clean energy to the automaker Nissan to power its car manufacturing plant, while delivering cost and carbon saving benefits to the municipality, the company says.
Hugh Richmond, managing director of Ener-G Natural Power, says, "We are looking forward to working with the municipality of Durango to open the new biogas generation facility. The project will be funded entirely by Ener-G and we will pay royalties to the municipality. We have ambitions to build more of these plants in Mexico to match the strong desire and commitment by the Mexico Government for investment in renewables."
Mexico's Climate Change Act calls for the country to cut its carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent by 2020, by 50 percent below current levels by 2050, and to generate 35 percent of electricity from renewable sources by 2024.


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Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Character Creation and Discussion
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2008-03-08, 13:47
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Philippines
Part 2.
Part 2
Fighting Style:
Fighting Style
Aurion is primarily a ranged-fighter who uses pinpoint attacks in preference over larger ones. His skill in Illusion magic is the one which is usually put into use most of the time, where he quickly and efficiently confuses enemies to land a clean and decisive hit; or at least, leading to the capture of the enemies in his traps. He avoids wasting energy in attacking opponents, usually trying to defeat them in only a few well-placed hits.
Despite the style discussed above, he wont shy away from close-quarters clashes if needed. His decent abilities in hand-to-hand and in using VKA-01, a sword device are; while not that of Knight-level are already potent enough to last him thru such kinds of fights. Though instead of fighting straight-out melee, he fights with a mix of close-range strikes coupled with point-blank magic shots that are originally intended for longer ranges. Its not unusual to see him fighting with several controlled projectiles orbiting him when forced to fight in melee range; which are used to effectively compensate for his lack of melee specialization. He also has a knack for enforcing his own bodys physical capability with magic the way Knights do, though only to a limited degree.
His tactics ranges from well-calculated maneuvers to small-scale psychological warfare to downright ridiculous ploys that messes up with the enemies head all the same. The first two are his preferred methods of in dealing with dangerous adversaries in real battles; propagating frustration and confusion in the enemy ranks and striking from a safe distance once the stage is set to go down. However, he almost always uses the latter tactic in practice matches, even against those with extremely high magic potentials such as the Aces. In truth, he was able to soundly defeat two of the Aces (who were then around 13 years of age) one-on-one during mock battles because of his (as his colleagues put it) devious machinations. He disturbed Nanohas concentration after dodging (and stealing some of) her shots with an illusion of a giant ferret (She thought that Yuuno had become large) and Fate by quickly reacting at a stationary position and using the Acceleration Field against her speed and following through by making an illusion of Chrono confessing to her (She fainted on the spot before Aurion even decided on what to subdue her with). Keroko was slightly harder to deal with because of her good battle instincts. But, he was able to take advantage of her non-controlled motion sickness by unleashing a number of well-placed Acceleration Fields which ruined her flight control, allowing him to defeat her during the confusion; overwhelming her in close range by managing to catch both her wrists behind her back using Reishiki, its barrel pointed at her spine at the same time. Hayate, after seeing the tactics used against her three best friends, was more ready compared to the first three. Actually entering Unison Mode before the battle even started. Aurion, alarmed at such a serious move right at the start, (Not to mention fearing for his training facility. In fact, he confused and subdued Nanoha and Fate when they were setting up for Excelion Buster and Jet Zamber respectively, in order to avoid damage to his training room more than anything else) was forced to use his less used tactics and heavier magic field manipulation; ending the battle as quickly as he could by using a Struggle Bind on Hayate by discharging his gauntlet and boots as instant spells. After a heavy dose of scolding about using Full Drive tactics in his training facility, Nanoha overstraining herself again, Fate being gullible even though shes an Enforcer already, Keroko about not thinking ahead enough and Hayate lacking restraint, he consoled the upset girls by stating that he was only able to win because of being able to prepare suitable tactics from earlier study of their combat data; laughingly declaring that hes not accepting rematches in fear of getting shot by the girls patented Breaker moves because hes pretty much out of tricks already. Signum and Zafira believe that hes lying, but opted to remain quiet about it. In mock battles, or even some real battles, he usually holds telepathic conversations with his opponent and tries to destroy their focus.
During battles where hes in a team, he prefers to provide support fire and tactical insights, letting his teammates get the kills. Such is more advisable since his abilities are more efficiently used in direct tactical offensive support rather than attacking directly.
Aurion is, in every sense of the word, an incredibly adept spellcaster. The sheer amount and variety of his repertoire of spells far surpasses that of many mages at his level. This is due to the fact that aside from being a Magitech researcher, he is also heavily involved in the field of Magic Spell research, most notably the recent studies and implementation with Belka magic and its formal reintroduction into TSAB as Neo-Belka, which uses Mid-Childan tech as a base. Usually, researchers are tasked to study the spells in theory and let the select mages do the testing. However, owing to his background, Aurion most of the time insists that he be the one to test the several new spells developed in his division, leading to him expanding his knowledge and expertise in magic in general. Multi-casting of three or more different spells at a time is possible (though still naturally difficult) for him. One area where he seems severely lacking is that of Ceremonial Spells, of which he has none in active use. His trigger phrase for some shooting spells is, Attack!
To add to this, the way he designed Reishiki gave it a significantly higher processing speed even when compared to most Storage Devices, giving faster spellcasting time than most. He doesnt use cartridges most of the time, except when using his miscellaneous devices. He has a habit of snapping his fingers in casting simple attack spells.
Mid-Childa Spells:
As an elite Enforcer in his youth, Aurion has access to most of the spells that are known by field mages; along with some more complicated spells like Struggle Bind and Long-range Bind. Its notable that his moveset bears resemblance to that of Chronos, given their similar roles in the past.
Neo-Belka Spells:
As his secondary/complementary magic style, his knowledge of Neo-Belka magic spells mostly comes from demonstrations of the Wolkenritter (and to a limited extent, Hayate). So far, he has only successfully replicated the more straight forward spells like Panzergeist (which he sometimes uses as primary defense). He has also been able to replicate Zafiras Steel Yoke spell rather well, his variation involving the discharge of one of his combat boots and stomping the ground in order to surround his immediate surrounding with the spikes in very little time. But for the most part, he only makes Belka variations of Mid-Childa spells for an additional boost in power at the expense of some range and control; and also some other spells derived from his research.
Magical Field Manipulation/ Magical Energy Recycling:
One of his favorite abilities, he was able to obtain this ability after the Perfect Void Incident, due to exposure with the Lost Logia in question. His perception and level of control over the residual magic particles in his surroundings has been raised several bars higher than most mages, actually allowing him to seize these forcefully even when some spells directed at him havent fully dispersed yet. Due to this, he is able to practically abuse some spells that need high levels of control, most notably his Poltergeist spell; which has been mastered to the extent that he can telekinetically (actually using magic to make objects move) move objects with highly impressive control. He is also able to power some of his spells with external energy instead of those from his Linker Core. Casting most types of spells at any given point within the field is possible. To a limited extent, he is sometimes able to steal low-power projectile spells from his opponents and use it against them (the first time he is shown to do this is when he stole some of Nanohas Axel Shooter units and used them against her). Oddly enough, his Linker Core is also not strained as much as it should be with such feats, but instead, his mind takes the strain the most with this ability. With prolonged use, he experiences tremendous mental strain and severe migraines. On some occasions in the past, the overuse of this ability had caused him mental collapse, knocking him out for a long duration of time. The natural effective area of control is ten meters diameter around him, which can be extended to twenty meters with Almarias help.
This allows him to last considerably longer in the battlefield, but paradoxically, also limits his time in the fray since he can only take so much mental strain. He has polished this skill for almost a decade that its almost second nature to him. Recently (by the end of the StrikerS timeline), a noticeable change has occurred with regards to this ability, specifically that Aurions eyes glows with his magic color every time he uses this. The reason is unknown; however, his level of control has risen along with this skill. Nevertheless, the problem with the associated mental strain still remains.
Standard bread-and-butter spells for a primary-range fighter like Aurion. In his case, he uses his knowledge of Neo-Belkan spellcasting to provide additional power in exchange of range and accuracy to some of his spells.
Long Range Attack Spells
Proton Bolt:
This is his basic small-scale multi-projectile spell. It involves releasing/gathering energy around him and shooting them. The individual units are controlled mentally and move in a zigzag manner. So far, he is shown to be capable of firing off and controlling around a hundred units of these if he concentrates hard enough, though this feat is obviously very taxing and hardly practical. The power is relative to the amount of energy used or the number of units produced. He usually brings these about by snapping his fingers first.
Attack: B max per unit
Casting time: 1 second summoning for around six units
Speed: A+
Control: S-
Range: A
Proton Blaster:
Aurions basic buster spell. He collects energy on his hand or more preferably on Reishikis barrel to shoot a concentrated beam of energy. The width of the actual beam can vary from half a meter across to about a size of a fist depending on the concentration of energy.
Attack: A+ ~> AA
Casting time: around 2 seconds or higher
Speed: AA
Range: AA+
Remote Bullet:
Aurion charges a singular powerful projectile and sends it against enemies. His level of control on this attack is very high, allowing him to accurately hit several targets with just this.
Attack: A to A+
Casting time: 2 seconds for each unit
Speed: A+
Control: SS
Range: AA-
Proton Cannon:
A variation to the Proton Blaster spell. This involves gathering energy the same way as with the base spell, but instead of firing a beam of energy, a single, high-power energy projectile is fired. This offers more power and additional chances of piercing thru AMF easier. If needed, Aurion can coat the projectile with additional layers of magical energy the same way with Teana Lanster and Vice Gransenics Variable Barett spells.
Attack: AA+ to AAA+
Casting time: 4 seconds or longer
Range: AA
Disruptor Shot:
This is a spell specialized for rendering even the more sturdy magical barriers inoperative for a few moments due to disrupting the stability and control of the said defenses.
Casting time: 4 seconds
Speed: AA
Range: AA
Blaze Cannon:
This is also a technique which Chrono knows of. Aurion gathers a considerable amount of heat energy and shoots the opponent with a sustained beam of blue flame. The attack power is relative to the amount of energy gathered before the shot. The power of the shot can be increased when Reishikis railgun attachment is utilized.
Attack: A
Casting Speed: 3 seconds
Speed: A ~> AA+
Range: AA-
Blaze Bomber:
This is a variation of Blaze Cannon. Instead of releasing the gathered energy in a shooting move, it is used as an energy bomb instead. The attack power is relative to the amount of energy gathered. This is a Neo-Belka exclusive variation.
Attack: AA+
Casting Speed: 4 seconds
Speed: B
Range: A-
Frost Cannon:
Aurion gathers a considerable amount of energy and shoots the opponent with a sustained beam of magical energy. The attack power is lower compared to Blaze Cannon but has the additional effect of encasing the target hit in a relatively thick layer of ice.
Attack: B+
Casting Speed: 4 seconds
Speed: A- ~> AA
Range: AA
Frost Bomber:
Similar in principle with Blaze Bomber as it uses the energy of a Frost Cannon as an energy bomb. It also has the added effect of encasing the target hit in a relatively thick layer of ice.
Attack: A+
Casting Speed: 5 seconds
Speed: B-
Range: AA
Corona Burst Shot:
A spell where energy is gathered in front of the caster while designating targets. Afterwards, several independent bursts of energy are released and automatically homes in on a specific target. The power and number of shots are relative to the amount of energy gathered. In Aurions case, Almaria is usually the one who does targeting due to her high efficiency and detection capabilities. Its extremely difficult to dodge this spell.
Attack: C+ per unit
Casting speed: 7 seconds.
Speed: AA
Range: AAA
Permanence Impact:
This is arguably Aurions best spell in his entire arsenal. This is a Sustained Collection-Buster spell. It makes use of Aurions ability of empowering his spells with latent magical energy in the air. He firsts fires of a Buster spell normally, however, the difference comes when the dispersed energy are sucked back and processed into the beam, allowing him to continuously pummel at a certain opponent or area at a long time. He can also use the dispersed magical particles from an opponents attack or defense given that these are magical in nature. However, the very high inherent strain associated with this spell renders this very impractical in most situations.
Attack: AAA ~> S *sustained*
Casting time: 8 seconds
Speed: AAA
Range: AA+
Despite being mainly a Mid-Childan mage, Aurion is no stranger when it comes to close-quarter engagements; owing to the nature of his job in the past and his recent involvement in Neo-Belkan magic research. His hand-to-hand/armed skills are of high-standard, augmented by his vast knowledge of magic to complement his style.
Close Range Attack Spells
Stinger Blade:
This technique is the same one Chrono is shown using in As. Energy blades are gathered around the user and fired at the targets; detonating upon command.
Attack: A- per unit
Speed: A-
Range: B+
Strike Blade:
His own variation of Stinger Blade. This is a more concentrated energy blade that can actually be used for cutting and slashing instead of just as an exploding projectile.
Attack: A
Casting time: 2 seconds
Range: Melee to B- if shot
Stinger Blade: Execution Shift:
Also Chronos AOE spell. It involves bombarding the enemy with hundreds of Stinger Blades, detonating them on impact or letting them pierce the targets. In order to cast this spell faster, Aurion usually purges his right-arm gauntlet to convert most of the residue energy into the blades.
Attack: AAA cumulative
Casting time: fastest at 5 seconds by record
Range: A-
Break Impulse:
Another move that Chrono is shown using. This involves concentrating energy in a weapon or a part of the body for an attack of high breaking power. Aurion prefers to use this move in the same time he discharges one of his disposable spell units, delivering a devastating punch or kick at the target.
Attack: AAA+ small-area physical damage/ S+ with purge
Range: Melee
Self-explanatory. He can use both Mid-Childa and Neo-Belka defensive spells.
Defensive Spells
An auto-guard spell. Relatively simple but very sturdy. Used in one direction only.
Defense: A+
Guard Extended:
A better version of Guard. It can be cast over a large area to protect a number of people or a sizable object.
Defense: AA max
Area: Ten meter circle area
Round Shield:
A powerful shield that can withstand a prolonged attack. They can be layered with each other when cast en masse.
Defense: AAA-
Area: Up to three meters
Pyramid Shield:
An extremely dense shield of magical energy shaped as a pyramid. It provides top-class defense in one direction.
Defense: S
Area: Two and a half meters
A Neo-Belkan perimeter-guard spell. It forms around the user.
Defense: AA-
A Neo-Belkan unidirectional defensive spell. Similar to Round Shield. Can be stacked.
Defense: AAA+
Panzer Festung (Tank Fortress):
Aurions best defensive spell. An incredibly powerful defensive move. that can be used to block up to SS- ranking attacks at the highest output recorded. It causes a lot of magical strain and drain on the user and can be used only sparingly. He usually purges his spell units to use this effectively
Defense: AAA ~> SS-
Area: Four meters quarter dome
Duration: Max 1 minute
Isolierung Lichtschein (Isolation Flash):
Used when Aurions cape (which holds around three cartridges worth of magical energy) is purged. It forcefully eradicates magic that is not giving off Aurions magical signature in his general vicinity in a powerful sustained explosion. The spell itself is easy for him to cast. But the problem is that reforming his cape can cause him a lot of his magical stamina. This is rarely used and only seen as a last ditch attempt to avoid getting hit by an attack. Consequently, this also doubles as a very powerful offensive move if used properly.
Defense: Inapplicable due to nature
Dispelling Power: S+ three second duration
Area: Six meter radius
Speed: AAA
The field of spellcasting where Aurion excels the most; being his field of specialization during his term as an Enforcer.
Illusion Spells
Optic Hide:
Turns a user or a target invisible to the naked eye and common sensors.
Duration: As long as the user can maintain the illusion
Fake Silhouette:
Makes a moving image of a user or another person or thing to confuse opponents; dispelled manually or by shock.
Duration: As long as the user can maintain the illusion
Range: 1 km
Mirage Hide:
Can make something look like another thing; dispelled manually or by shock.
Duration: As long as the user can maintain the illusion
Range: 1 km
Nightmare Mirage:
Aurion can make a target see and hear something that is not really present. Takes considerably more focus and energy to cast compared to other illusion spells.
Duration: As long as the user can maintain the illusion
Range: 250 meters
Capture Spells:
Auroin mastered most these spells during his term as an Enforcer because of the wide array of possible applications in different circumstances of capture-type spells. However, he rarely ever gets to use most of these. His binds are without a doubt powerful, proven by the fact that even the Aces, particularly even someone as magically powerful as Hayate had a hard time escaping from them during their mock-battle in the past.
Bind Spells
Chain Bind:
A simple bind using magical chains.
Binding power: B
Binding speed: A+
Range: AA
Control: S
Ring Bind:
A number of restriction rings surrounds an opponents limbs and holds them in place.
Binding power: B+
Binding speed: A+
Range: A+
Delayed Bind:
Similar to what Chrono used to defeat Fate in the As manga. Captures a target within a certain range.
Binding power: A
Binding speed: AA+
Long Range Bind:
Similar to that used by Lieze Aria during As. It is a type of bind that can be used to restrict targets even at sniping range.
Binding power: A
Binding speed: AAA
Range: S
Controlled Bind:
A bind that is controlled before and after latching no to an opponent. It allows Aurion to forcefully move a bound body part of the enemy.
Binding power: A-
Binding speed: A+
Range: A
Control: S
Constrict Bind:
As the name suggests, a bind that can also be used to constrict an opponent.
Power: A+
Binding power: AA
Binding speed: A
Range: B
Blade Bind:
A bind that can cut an opponent as well. A rather deadly bind spell compared to others.
Power: AA
Binding power: A
Binding speed: B+
Range: B
Struggle Bind:
A very powerful bind that serves as a magical ground. It can restrict a target from using their magical capabilities. It can also dispel magical effects like Transformation Magic.
Binding power: AA+ ~> AAA+ depending on number of cartridges or spell charges used
Binding speed: B+
Range: B-
Restriction Shot:
Used with a Gun Device or the railgun attachment. It is a spell that allows most types of bind spells to be shot at long range.
Binding power: Depends on the bind used
Speed: S
Range: S-
Crystal Cage:
Similar to what the Lieze twins used to trap Nanoha and Fate during As. It surrounds the target with a pyramidal barrier that prevents escape.
Cage power: AAA
Iron Yoke:
Based on Zafiras move, Steel Yoke. A spell which uses restricting bands generated from mana to stop the targets movements. Originally a spell used to restrict, capture or impede a target; however, Aurion usually uses these to stab the targets as energy spikes. He can surpass Zafiras output using his spell units, but he doesnt have Zafiras efficiency with this.
Attack: AA max
Binding Power: AA+
Speed: AAA
Range: A+
Support/Tactical Spells:
Aurions repertoire of spellcasting extends as far as these types of spells
Support/Tactical Spells
Acceleration Field:
One of the favorites among Aurions many spells. It is a semi-transparent, human-sized field that forcefully propels anything that enters it at the specified direction. It has both Mid-Childan and Neo-Belkan variations; with the latter providing more speed but less size.
Physical Heal:
A simple healing spell for simple injuries. Has a light anesthetic effect.
Bind Break:
Used to break a bind. The time it takes to break the bind is relative on the complexity of the bind used.
Bind Steal:
Aurion can forcefully seize control of enemy binds for several possible applications. It can also be used to release bound allies. It takes considerable concentration to use. This is exclusive to him.
Reverse Bind:
A preventive measure spell. It consists of surrounding the self or another person with a field that acts as an anti-bind. When a bind is used against the user, the anti-bind field reacts and cancels it out almost immediately. Setting this up is reasonably difficult.
Area Search:
An area scan and tracking spell. Almaria is particularly efficient in this.
Accel Shift:
Increases the users speed dramatically (but only temporarily) to the point where it cannot be followed by the human eye. This is essentially similar but slightly inferior to Fate T. Harlaowns Sonic Move spell.
Lightning Move:
A faster but more taxing form of Accel Shift. The user usually feels directional disorientation after using this. Linear motion only.
Reishiki and Almaria can auto-recover in little time; even after considerable damage is dealt.
Recovery speed: B-
Miscellaneous/ Special Spells:
These are spells that doesnt fall into any particular category. These are strictly exclusive spells that Aurion developed himself.
Special Spells
Maelstrom Field:
A move where the magic particles surrounding and released by Aurion is induced to a state of excessive and rapid distortion, causing considerable damage without wasting energy. Its useful for immediate offense and defense when the targets are in proximity. This isnt exactly powerful, but is very useful in a pinch. His Magic Field Manipulation ability is required for this.
Attack: C+ to B +
Casting time: 2 seconds
Speed: Rate of expansion at ten meters per second
Area: 15 meters diameter area
A spell that involves telepathically picking up several objects from surroundings by covering them with magic particles (the same with how Nanoha did to Teana in StrikerS episode 7) and using them for offense or defense. The state of matter of the objects is of little concern. Aurion prefers using big rocks with this. He is also shown to sometimes mentally grab people and fling them around on occasion. His Manipulation ability plays a large part in his proficiency here.
Control: S
Isolation Field:
One of Aurions favorite spells. It involves cloaking a set area from most forms of physical and magical scans, essentially making the targets in the set area as invisible; sound is impeded as well so he usually uses this for private conversations, but the outside world also gets blocked out. And also, a set level of magical activity inside can be cloaked. Its rather difficult to use this spell in a combat setting. Anything inside will be sensed by Aurion regardless of any sort of cloaking because it also serves as a spatial expansion of his senses.
Range: 10 meter radius
This was one of Aurions defining spells during his term as an Enforcer. A specialized depressant spell. Aurion uses this spell to impede the targets use of cohesive thinking due to directly sending impulses to the brain that messes up the several mental functions. Direct skin contact is needed on an area near the targets spinal column. Aurion uses his right hand in touching the targets nape for best results. No long term damage is done to brain of the target as this spell only act like a potent drug. He used this mainly in interrogating during his Enforcer years. Where he would use moderate to elevated physical torture combined with this spell to easily break the wills of the interrogated. Now, he usually uses this in making panicking people relax or when he needs to use his mind games, disabling even clever people from seeing through his tricks.
Despite his expertise, there are some spells that he cannot cast normally; needing to have certain equipment such as his miscellaneous devices.
Equipment Spells
His weapon of choice in close combat (aside from hand-to-hand) is a sword. VKA-01 is a simple but sturdy non-AI armed device for that purpose. He is also able to use these spells with better efficacy when he combines the sword unit with Reishiki/Almaria, forming the specialized Reishiki/Almaria Sword-Arm device.
Saturation Blade:
This is a variation of the Strike Blade move. Several energy blades are compressed into a single large one to be used against an enemy. A bladed Armed Device is needed as a base. Like Strike Blade, it can be used as a cutting weapon or as an explosive charge. One particular tactic used is Aurion stabbing it to a large opponent and breaking off the blade from the handle; leaving the blade to explode while imbedded on the enemy afterwards. A simpler version would be simply firing off the blade from the sword. Aurion claims that this can be considered as a weaker but more versatile version of Fate and Khas Zambers. The power of these blades can be heightened by compression. Casting and power are improved with cartridge-use.
Attack: AA+ ~> S small area explosive/cutting power
Casting Speed: 5 seconds
Range: Melee
Erweiterung (Extension):
A spell used for bladed Armed Devices. It allows for an energy blade shaft to extend from the blade for an extension (pun not intended) for several possible uses.
Attack: A+ sustained
Casting speed: 2 seconds
Sturm Schneide (Storm Blade):
A spell used for bladed Armed Devices. Energy is gathered and is released as an energy slash. This can be cast quickly and consecutively. It becomes more powerful if the charging time before release. It can be quite powerful with minimal charging time if there is cartridge use.
Attack: A- ~> AA+
Casting speed: 1 to 4 three seconds
Speed: AA+
Range: A+
Schneider Impulse:
This is Aurions best spell when using a bladed device. It quickly releases a very concentrated blade beam from its tip and used to slash opponents from far away. Its inspired by Fates Jet Zamber move. It is of course far less powerful but is faster to cast. This takes three cartridges minimum.
Attack: AAA
Casting speed: 6 seconds
Range: AA+
In his youth, he used to have a rifle-device called Vega. Through his years as a researcher, he decided midway to relearn his old skills with regard to using such a weapon manufactured VKA-02, an energy-rifle non-AI armed device. All of his shooting spells are possible with this, also giving him the option of using cartridges for powering-up the said spells. He can also use these spells with better even much better efficacy when he combines the rifle unit with Reishiki/Almaria, forming the specialized Reishiki/Almaria Gun-Arm device.
Aurions vast experience and knowledge of magic and combat strategy makes him a foe to be feared. He doesnt so much as overwhelm opponents by sheer force, but he doesnt rely solely on tactics either. His preferred style involves tactical use of his own capabilities and the surroundings as setup, particularly his illusions and binds. He then strikes with unusually powerful focused attacks, which is how he compensates for his relative lack of magical stamina. In short, the focus of his style is versatility rather than focusing in anything in particular. But the fact that he has already specialized in some fields before jumping to versatility gives him some unfair specialization in some areas. The following is a rundown of his capabilities per category.
Range Attack:
As a once-standard Mage of the TSAB, he is naturally a more range-oriented attacker. If one were to compare him to someone like Nanoha, he strikes with smaller, concentrated energy projectiles in contrast to the extremely high-power shots of the Ace of Aces. His spellcasting speed is undoubtedly FAST, which is also due to augmentation by his device, Reishiki. Its rare to see any spell that takes more than a few seconds for him to cast. His degree of control over his shots is phenomenal, higher than even that of Nanohas or Kerokos; owing to his unique Magical Field Manipulation skill. His accuracy in shooting is also top-tier, but he is more oriented for in-field shooting as opposed to sniping from extreme distances. He is an overall very proficient range-attacker; with several years amount of experience and precision behind his each and every shot.
Melee Attack:
He is by no means a melee-combat specialist. However, he has a good amount of ability in hand-to-hand combat stemming from his training under Instructor Austin Abrams of the Air Division during his youth. His strikes are powerful enough by non-Knight standards, but he more often than not augments his own strikes with magic such as Break Impulse for particularly devastating results. He has about eight years of swordsmanship training to be able to use his first miscellaneous device properly; VKA-01, a double-edge broadsword that he wields one-handedly. He started doing so in order to have a better feel of the Neo-Belkan System research in which he heavily participated in. However, the most fearsome part about his capabilities in close ranges is his left prosthetic arm/device, Reishiki. Aside from taking the form of a robotic arm, it also possesses a frighteningly monstrous amount of physical strength inherent in robotic appendages. He can go as far as crushing bones that are unprotected just by his grip. And going along those lines, his strikes are incredibly powerful when he uses melee weapons (whether makeshift or not) left-handed. All of these give him a definitive edge over most Mages in close-quarters combat. Of course, full-fledged Knights such as Signum and melee-specialist Mages like Fate naturally surpass him in terms of close-quarters combat skill, nonetheless.
Physical Defense:
Aurion is no Knight, and is naturally more reliant in magical shielding due to being a Mage. However, he WAS trained under Austin Abrams after all, an instructor who advocated for top physical and mental form for mages. Despite having retired active military service, he maintains a good physical training system to keep himself fit for battle reminiscent to that of Abrams methods (of course, on several degrees lower, since Abrams is a definitive monster in physical form) Due to this, his physique is in great condition, and can take a good amount of physical punishment.
Magical Defense:
His magical defenses are, strictly speaking, solid. He knows several types of barriers, shields, and other types of defenses from both Mid-Childan and Neo-Belkan systems; actually creating a couple of unique and very powerful defense spells of his own. However, as good as his defenses are, he prefers to dodge over blocking attacks since he has far less energy compared to the likes of the Aces. Naturally, highly-intensive magical defense-use is very taxing on the magical stamina of a mage, even in consideration with his Magical Field Manipulation ability. In short, he has good defenses but doesnt have the stamina to play tank for too long.
Tactical/Support Abilities:
His plethora of spells also includes support skills. However, one wouldnt help but notice that almost all of them save for the single basic healing spell are all combat-oriented instead of purely support skills. Despite his proficiency with multiple types of magic in general, his orientation is primarily more on the offensive side. His best area in tactical spells and arguably his best area in magic altogether (even higher than his range-attack skills), is his prowess in Illusion magic. His proficiency in mirages, disguise, invisibility and even overlapping illusions has always been his best area since he was an Enforcer; and it actually remains so up to now. He likes to spend more of his magical energy in his illusions than in attacks or defenses, granting him several ways of defeating enemies without spending too much energy in more stamina-consuming attacks. He has a surprisingly large amount of known Restriction/Bind spells; which has been made a subject of some jokes on some occasions. He knows how, and is not afraid to play dirty as well, which is an asset with some harder dealings in the field.
Mana Capacity:
Arguably his worst area as a mage aside from pure support spells, his magic capacity count only amounts to 523,000 units, lower than half of either Takamachi Nanohas (1,270,000) and Fate T. Harlaowns (1,430,000) latent magical stamina. While still quite an honestly respectable amount, this limitation prompts him to focus on more low-power and smaller, concentrated spells over any kind of big magical attacks.
Speed and Agility:
His speed and agility are overall decent, but not much when compared to the ranks of Fate, Keroko and other speed/maneuverability-specialists. He still would need separate spells to be able to do quick moves at par with those mentioned since his natural speed wont compare too well.
Tactical Ability:
While not an outright natural tactical genius, Aurion is actually on par with those like Tesla in tactical ability, which should be attributed to Aurions sharp mind and extensive experience in tactics. (Amusingly, though Tesla should be faring better than she does right now in her and Aurions competitive games, Aurion retains a strong score lead since their little competitions can sometimes range from normal games of strategy to those of individual mind games, where he excels.) But, instead of only prowess in tactical theory, his strong point is in tactical innovation; which sometimes borders on the silly side of things, but oddly enough, works wonders on some occasions.
Overall, Aurion is an almost unbelievably versatile offense-mage. His range of abilities, coupled with his sharp mind makes him a terrible foe to confront and an invaluable ally to have. His sheer versatility would most certainly warrant him a mage rank thats in the S-Category. However, he doesnt take any more examinations to increase his recorded ranking of AAA+; as he is no longer in direct TSAB Military service. If there is a position in combat that is most suited for him, it would most likely be for direct offensive support and not direct frontal assault. This is because his energy is better left to confusing and putting adversaries into susceptible positions for the main attackers to strike with minimal worries.
Random Info
- During Aurions brief visits in Earth, he takes ideas for his devices from the several things he sees there. Earth is where he got the idea of a cell phone form for Almaria. (Cell phones are not used in Mid-Childa, as stated by Chrono in the As Sound Stage 2)
- His psychological education didnt go to waist, for he now uses his expertise in the matters of the mind to his advantage in several situations. Hes particularly good in making depressed people feel even just a bit better during his Counselor Mode. He had subjected the Aces to this treatment, finding that Nanoha seems to be the most emotionally stable of the three.
- He was a stiff and serious Enforcer in his youth; a clear antithesis to his now annoyingly cheerful and laid-back behavior nowadays.
- He has a habit of buying books from Earth and reading them in the research facilities as a way of recreation.
- He frequently receives several invitations to take a more active part in the TSAB military due to his high expertise in tactical and team combat. He declines all of these invitations though, stating that he gets more than enough excitement from also performing the role of the bodyguard of the technology personnel.
- He claims that he has zero talent at musical instruments.
- He has records of several shows from earth and watches them by a projection from Reishiki.
Common Anti-AMF (Anti-Magic Field) Tactics:
Anti-AMF Tactics
- As a former field mage, Aurion sometimes gets the tendency to join (and observe) other TSAB squadrons on field work at some times. It was also around four years before StrikerS that he and the squad he was accompanying came across the Gadget Drones with AMFs. Not being a stranger around AMFs, (AMF is already an available technology around those times, as shown in the As to StrikerS manga) he was able to formulate a number of ways to get around the formidable defense.
Variable Magic Projectiles:
Basically the same tactic Teana Lanster is shown using in Nanoha StrikerS. This involves coating the magic projectile to be used with an extra layer of protection that absorbs the AMFs cancellation in place of the actual controlled magic bullet/s. As an AA-rank magic skill, this is relatively easy for him to execute. This tactic is best used at a suitable range away from the enemy with AMF, however.
Reishikis Physical Weapons:
Reishiki has the ability to manifest non-magic based energy blades about two meters of length from the two cylinders at Aurions forearms. There is also a small rail gun that can fire live rounds (at extremely high velocities) at his prosthetic arm/device. These two weapons are apparently powerful enough to slice/pierce through the physical defense of the AMFs quite easily. (He keeps this a secret due to the ban on physical weapons in TSAB-administered public areas)
Compression of the Magical Field Manipulation Area:
By compression of the field of effect of the normally high range of the manipulated field to only around four meters, he is able to strengthen the hold on magic particles around him, resulting in partial nullification of the AMF because of the counteracting forces tightening and loosening of the links in magic particles. Due to this, he is able to still cast spells normally, even under the influence of AMF. It is still unconfirmed how effective this tactic is when used at varying levels of AMF influence, for Aurion finished the battle quickly instead of gathering data, due to the urgency of the situation.
Discharging Spell Units at AMF Range:
This is one of his newer tactics in the anti-AMF tactics development. His right arm gauntlet and combat boots (basically, his disposable spell charges) are technically classified as part of his Barrier Jacket. With that being so, the extremely powerful sub-molecular bonds prevents the AMFs from dissolving the pseudo-armor. With that being said, he is able to freely discharge these units even within AMF influence, opening up for the possibility of execution of quick offensive spells to destroy the drones immediately. His favorite variation of this tactic is using one of his boots to instantly cast his version of Zafiras energy spikes around him by stomping the ground at discharge. The high density of these spikes makes it all the more effective. Another tactic is discharging one of his units to deliver a critical hit with a Break Impulse punch or kick.
- His first name is derived from the recent car model released by Toyota, the Toyota Aurion. While his last name is derived from the 1994 Dauer 962 LeMans, a custom car known to accelerate from 0 to 60 MPH at 2.6 seconds.
- Alamarias design is derived is based on the phones used during Henshin sequences in Kamen Rider 555.
- I got the term Reishiki (Type Zero) from the mech called Grungust Reishiki in the Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation game for the GBA
- Maelstorm Field is based on the move Cyflash of the mech called Cybuster in the SRW and Masoukishin series.
- Reishikis lines of Standing by, Ready and Complete are also derived from the electronic voices of the Henshin belt and Phone from Kamen Rider 555. As it is, I also used the voice of the Faiz Belt for Reishiki.
- His trigger phrase of, Attack! was taken from Satoru Akashi (Boukenred), the leader of the Super Sentai group called GouGou Sentai Boukenger. He says this while snapping his fingers after giving an order.
- His title of Chief during battles is also a reference to Boukenred of Boukenger.
- I was tempted to give him the habit of randomly flicking his wrist (like Takumi Inui, the main character of Kamen Rider 555) but decided against it.
- In my original design, he had a Lost Logia as a third armament. It takes the form of a convertible large bladed weapon with a long handle. This Lost Logia was planned to have a mind of its own address him as Ningen (literally, human). This was to be a reference to Mikoto Nakadai aka AbareKiller and his Blastasaur, TopGaler in Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger.
Yes... Dealt away with the unneeded HAXX and focused on what made Aurion, Aurion. This version is what I'm planning on using for GenerationS. Though I am willing to adjust some details or nerf even further some parts if needed. That's how it is. Hopefully, this comes up to standards of the New-Era OC thread.
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The Bali nine trials opened in Denpasar today with prosecutors pointing to Andrew Chan, 24, of Sydney as the key figure behind the botched importation of 8.3kg of heroin.
Prosecutors alleged that it was Chan who arranged the meetings of the group in Sydney and who distributed money and gave instructions to the other alleged conspirators.
The cases against Brisbane man Myuran Sukumaran and Michael Czugaj of Sydney have been adjourned for a week while defence lawyers prepare a response to today's allegations.
The court heard that Sukumaran assisted Chan in strapping bags of heroin to the legs and bodies of Renae Lawrence, Czugaj, Martin Stephens and Scott Rush. It was Chan who organised transport to the airport for the four drug mules and who was due to depart Bali on the same flight with them.
The court was told that Chan supplied $2080 to Renae Lawrence for accommodation and transport during her stay in Bali at the earliest meeting of the conspirators on March 30.
It also heard that Chan gave $500 to Scott Rush and Czugaj on April 7.
On April 5, it is alleged, Sukumaran gave Lawrence $500 and a Nolia mobile phone. He instructed her to call an Australian contact codenamed 'Pinoccio', the court heard.
It also heard that the total quantity of heroin discovered was 8.292kg.
The two accused men today were supported by family members.
Sukumaran's younger brother, who declined to give his name, sat
behind the accused man. Flanked by consular officials, he looked
Czugaj's mother, Vicki, was seated in the front row of the court behind her fresh-faced son. Mrs Czugaj was clearly nervous.
The two defendants appeared mainly impassive. Sukumaran was hustled forcefully in and out by the police, but was for the most part unflustered. Czugaj was impassive and appeared pensive.
Chan, Czugaj, Rush, Stephen and Lawrence were arrested at Denpasar airport departure lounge while waiting for a flight to Sydney on April 17.
Si Yi Chen, Tach Duc Thanh Nguyen, Sukumaran and Matthew Norman were arrested shortly after at Melasti Beach Bungalows in Kuta.
Indonesian prosecutors are confident all nine Australians will be convicted and handed the death penalty. Security is expected to be tight at the court for the seven trials, which are expected to last at least four months.
- theage.com.au
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Location: Produce Safety and Microbiology ResearchTitle: Protein, free amino acid, phenloic, ß-carotene, and lycopene content, and antioxidative and cancer cell inhibitory effects of 12 greenhouse-grown commercial cherry tomato varieties) Author
|Choi, Suk Hyun
|Kim, Dong-seok
|Kozukue, Nobuyuki
|Kim, Hyun-jeong
|Nishitani, Yosuke
|Mizuno, Masashi
|Levin, Carol
|Friedman, Mendel
Submitted to: Journal of Food Composition and Analysis
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/15/2014
Publication Date: 4/2/2014
Citation: Choi, S., Kim, D., Kozukue, N., Kim, H., Nishitani, Y., Mizuno, M., Levin, C.E., Friedman, M. 2014. Protein, free amino acid, phenloic, ß-carotene, and lycopene content, and antioxidative and cancer cell inhibitory effects of 12 greenhouse-grown commercial cherry tomato varieties. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 34(2):115-127. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2014.03.005. Interpretive Summary: Tomatoes, the fruit of the species Solanum lycopersicum, are a good source of nutrients and bioactive compounds. The nature and concentration of synthesized compounds are influenced by agricultural practices, environmental factors, variety, and ripeness. There is a large variation between cultivars with respect to both fruit size and color, which could affect their beneficial properties. The present study aims to increase our understanding of the distribution of free amino acids, proteins, the pigments ß-carotene and lycopene, and phenolic compounds(flavonoids), as well as antioxidative and cancer-cell-inhibiting effects, among a diverse collection of cherry tomato varieties. Because composition can vary significantly under different environmental conditions, the 12 minitomatoes in this study were grown under the same conditions. We measured composition using mass spectrometry, antioxidative activities by two assays, and effects on the growth of normal and cancer cells by the MTT assay. Overall, cervical carcinoma cells were the most susceptible to inhibition by the minitomato extracts. The results demonstrate differences and similarities in the content of bioactive compounds and in bioactivities. The characterized phenolic compounds (flavonoids) merit study for their ability to inhibit foodborne pathogens and bacterial toxins.
Technical Abstract: The content of water, free amino acids, amino acid metabolites, crude protein, the carotene pigments ß-carotene and lycopene, and 9 characterized and 2 incompletely characterized individual phenolic (flavonoid) compounds of 12 greenhouse-grown cherry tomato varieties of various colors (green, yellow, orange, red, and black) was determined using HPLC and LC/MS methods. Antioxidative effects using the ABTS and FRAP assays and cancer-cell-inhibiting effects against 2 normal (Chang liver and Hel299 lung) and 3 human cancer (lung A549; liver HepG2; and cervical HeLa) cell lines using the MTT cell viability assay were also determined. Lycopene inhibited all the cell lines, but showed strong activity against the cervical carcinoma and the lung cancer cells. The tomato extracts showed inhibition at the higher doses. The HeLa cervical carcinoma cell line was most inhibited by the pure compounds, and the HeLa or the HepG2 cells lines were the most inhibited by the tomato extracts. The results demonstrate wide-ranging differences as well as similarities in the content of nutritional and bioactive compounds in cherry tomatoes, and suggest that such knowledge can benefit consumers.


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My close friend Shawn, who is an amazing gem hunter, was born in Pakistan and earlier this year travelled to his home country in search of gem rough. His quest took him into the remote Zagi Mountains where he came across miners hunting a gem known as Bastnäsite.
This brown gemstone, which looks similar in appearance to a translucent Smokey Quartz, was first unearthed in Sweden in the early 1800s and was named after the Bastnäs Mine where it was discovered.
Although not a rare mineral (Bastnäsite can be found in America, Africa, China and Mongolia), 'gem quality' material is virtually unheard of. So far we have only acquired several pieces, however Shawn is planning another trip soon and we hope to be able to discover more pieces in the future.
Also spelt 'Bastnaesite', the gem is also very unusual in that it contains a large percentage of the element cerium. One of the latest discoveries is said to be Ambatofinandrahana in Madagascar; however we have yet to see them ourselves. For now the only deposit we are sourcing from is the Kunar Province in Afghanistan.


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Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, Joan Jett + More Nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Amongst the nominees for the 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction are Green Day, Nine Inch Nails and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts.
Amongst the nominees for the 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction are Green Day, Nine Inch Nails and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts.
Vote for either Marilyn Manson's 'I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)' or Nine Inch Nails' 'We're in This Together' in this Classic Cage Match.
Watch as this toddler goes from bawling to rocking thanks to a simple needle drop of Nine Inch Nails' 'Copy of A.'
"Bow down before the one you serve / You're going to get what you deserve." That line became famous thanks to an angst-ridden youngster named Trent Reznor and his band Nine Inch Nails. But a lot has changed for Reznor over the years and he reflected on how his music and perspective has shifted with age in a new interview with The Daily Record.
For those of you who felt that Nine Inch Nails have tamed a bit with age, we have one thing to say: Step … right … up! The band, in the midst of the promotion for their 'Hesitation Marks' album, dipped into their catalog for a furious live rendition of 'March of the Pigs' in Australia.
We know that you can't travel to every corner of the map to see your favorite acts play, but Nine Inch Nails tend to make it easier than most acts when it comes to catching some of their standout performances. This rings true again as pro-shot concert footage from both their Lollapalooza show in Brazil and Argentina have hit the Internet.
Looks like Nine Inch Nails will be at "home with the armadillo" this weekend as the band will make a rare concert TV performance on the long-running PBS series, 'Austin City Limits.' In advance of the airing, the band has unveiled a teaser via Rolling Stone in the form of their performance of 'Sanctified' for the show.
Back in January, the hilarious parody song 'This Is a Trent Reznor Song' was released by Freddy Scott. He channels Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor in a spot on performance.
As we reported over the weekend, Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden are joining forces for a co-headlining 2014 North American summer tour, but it wasn't that long ago that frontmen Trent Reznor and Chris Cornell were not on the best of terms.
Two of rock's biggest bands -- Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden -- have announced that they're teaming up for a co-headlining 2014 North American summer tour! The trek kicks off July 19 in Las Vegas and runs through an Aug. 25 gig in Los Angeles.


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Written and Directed by David Cronenberg
Marilyn Chambers as Rose
Frank Moore as Hart Read
Joe Silver as Murray Cypher
Howard Ryshpan as Dr. Dan Keloid
Also starring
Patricia Gage
Roger Periard
Rabid is a film directed by David Cronenberg (The Fly, The Dead Zone). It stars Marilyn Chambers (yes, the late adult film actress) as Rose. Frank Moore plays Hart Read, Roses' boyfriend. The two of them are traveling on Hart's motorcycle when they are involved in an accident. Hart suffers a dislocated shoulder. However Roses' injuries require plastic surgery and she becomes the "guinea pig" of Dr. Dan Keloid. Dr. Keloid performs a new type of plastic surgery on her in which her intact tissue is grafted to the burned areas of her body on the hope that it will differentiate and replace the damaged area. The operation is a success…kind of. Rose heals, but she also develops a need for human blood. She doesn't bite her victims in the way of the traditional vampire. Under her armpit is a new orifice that hides a phallic-like stinger that she injects into her victims to draw their blood. The ones that survive have no recollection of what happened to them and after a period of about 8 hours they show the symptoms of rabies (rage, foaming at the mouth). They attack others and pretty soon there is an epidemic going on and martial law is declared to keep things from getting too far out of hand. Throughout all this Rose continues to stack up victims of her unnatural thirst and seems to have no idea that she is the Patient Zero who started the epidemic. I'm not going to give away the ending. If you haven't seen the film check it out and let me know what you think. If you have then let me know how I did summarizing it and point out any mistakes I may have made.
David Cronenberg is a director whose central theme in his films has always been the monster within us, not the monster without. He is known as the Director of Venereal Horror. Rabid is his second feature film and was preceded by Shivers aka They Came from Within.
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Mia Love's Awesome RNC Speech (Video)
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I have posted before about Mia Love, the Mayor from Utah, who is looking to become the first African-American Republican woman in the House of Representatives. Get to know Mia Love at this link. If you can, consider donating to her campaign at this link.
Space Station View of Hurricane Isaac (Video)
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Very cool. Looks way bigger up in space than it does on the TV screen.
R.I.P. Jerry Nelson, Voice of Count von Count (Video)
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Thank you Mr. Nelson for helping me learn how to count and generations of other kids too. There's an excellent obituary on WashingtonPost.com about Mr. Nelson's life. Above, is one of my all-time favorite scenes of Count von Count from Sesame Street when he gets a job as an elevator operator.
Logitech Creates Washable Keyboard (Video)
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Pretty cool. Via Newsy, Logitech created a waterproof keyboard that can be washed in up to 11 inches of water. Just DON'T put it in the dishwasher.
Thank You Clinton Portis! (Video)
By Lee Hernly in news, NFL, video No Comments Tags: clinton portis, highlights, retirement, retires, washington redskins
First Mike Sellers retired. Today, Clinton Portis retires (or is it one of his alter-egos?). As a fan of the burgundy & gold, we sure do miss you and wish you the very best. Check out some of his Redskins highlights here.
Shoes for a King but not for average kids
By Lee Hernly in news, sports No Comments Tags: king james, lebron james, nba, shoes
Gregg Doyel at CBS Sports has a great post calling out LeBron 'King' James for pushing shoes ($315??) that James himself couldn't have bought as a kid. Doyel writes that James hasn't changed and he still doesn't live in the real world.


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End of the Road - Sep 20, 2012
20th September 2012 So I haven't really written since camp, but I also haven't been on a computer since camp! Mini camp went well, apart from half of the staff getting fired or quitting half an ...
Burlington and Counsellor Reviews - Aug 10, 2012
10th August 2012, Friday: Only one and a half weeks left until main camp ends and it's flying by! The 3rd lot of two weekers came and went so fast, and I miss most of them. They left me and Alex r...
Thunderstorms and the start of Second Session - Jul 30, 2012
Wowee it's been a while since my last entry! So when I last wrote I had just got my second lot of campers, and now I am half way through my third! The second lot of girls were amazing, I really mis...