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It was always a mystery to us why last year's Go GPS models — the Go 730 and Go 930 — didn't come with a redesigned windshield mount, when their cheaper siblings — the fourth-gen One and second-gen XL — came equipped with the company's devilishly compact EasyPort mount. Although it wasn't without its flaws, at least it had a ratcheting suction cup which would keep the GPS firmly affixed to the windscreen regardless of the passing road acne. Well, at last, the Go range has a windscreen mount that will, with the aid of a chunky rotating rubber lever, stick firmly to the glass.
As far as style goes, the Go 950 is distinctly on the chunky side with its gently rounded corners, curved back and large windshield cradle. The rubber coating on the unit's derriere, its midnight black hue and the metallic speaker grille give it an air of class, though. A rather superfluous computer docking base is also provided as part of the package.
The Go 950 features a 4.3-inch touchscreen boasting a bog standard resolution of 480x272. Aside from some nice zooming and sliding animations, a clutch of recoloured icons and backgrounds, and greater prominence for mobile phone functions, TomTom's menu system remains pretty much unaltered. Destination entry is a simple task with an on-screen QWERTY keyboard enabled by default.
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While the map screen mightn't win any awards for pizzazz, it's effective and clear. As can be seen above, TomTom has split the information boxes at the bottom into three lots. Tapping on each of the boxes yields a quick shortcut to a popular function; from left to right: volume, switching between 2D and 3D view, and route overview. Drivers can also configure shortcut buttons that appear on the left-hand side for functions, like voice commands and phone manipulation.
It's price may be some AU$200 less than the Go 930 at launch, but along the way the Go 950 has had to shed some features, most noticeably the FM transmitter and MP3 player. Helping to assuage the pain are Bluetooth hands-free, dead reckoning, text-to-speech, speed and red light camera alerts, voice commands, lane guidance and junction view, map correction and sharing, and detailed maps for 39 countries, including Australia, New Zealand, the UK, the US, Canada and much of Western Europe.
We had no issues pairing the Go 950 with a number of phones via Bluetooth. Hands-free call quality was suitable for a quick conversation, but you probably wouldn't want to discuss the works of Jean-Paul Sartre with it. Although text-to-speech for spoken street names is present it's annoyingly not enabled by default. It's not terribly proficient at pronouncing words of Australian or Aboriginal origin, such as Bourke and Parramatta. There's also a slightly awkward pause in the middle of some words.
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Discussion in 'Colorado Football Message Board' started by InTheBuff, Sep 8, 2008.
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Damn, Smith made some awesome catches.
I love DScotts two big runs with the jump and the stiff arm. Gotta find a way to get him some holes to run through
Is it my imagination or is the FULL game highlights only six seconds longer than the 2nd half highlights? ooof.
This morning they weren't. Maybe they've cut some stuff out.
Sorry, a little hyperbole to make a point about the first half.
Man Cha'pelle deked that guy out of his shoes on the way to the endzone. Did anyone catch his celebration? it was at the very end of the first replay of his INT return
I'm not really annoyed, just nitpicking, but don't you hate it when a broadcaster says "that guy is going to be a great player."?
How bout "that guy IS a great player."
After re-watching much of this here are my 2nd thoughts:
1. The O-Line was getting abused, particularly MTM & Miller. I do see that Miller did slide in to help MTM at times, but he also got torched on numerous occasions by their long haired #4. #4 would do a straight sprint around Ryan and he wouldn't even get a hand on him. If he would have just got a solid shove that rush is done for. MTM spent a LOT of time on his bum!
2. Cody, when he had time, did a GREAT job. Every passing highlight occured when he had a chance to read the field.
3. The offensive & defensive playcalling were night & day from 1st half to 2nd half. I now do believe we came in with a bland set of playcalls, but we started to throw the ball downfield in the 2nd half, which is something I believe we will see much more of vs. WVU. Defensively there were different formations, shifts and looks that really got to Nichols.
4. D. Scott & Speedy make things happen. When the ball is in their hands, they both turned busted plays into big yards at time. D. Scott also looked terrific when he didn't get hit in the backfield and he had the chance to find the hole, cut back/change directions and make people miss/push them off of him. If we can give these guys space GREAT things will happen.
5. The Refs really DID suck. I noted this in another post, but there were some obvious holdings missed and some bad penalties called.
6. Our DE's are not doing much. We need more speed or power from someone.
I could go on...but I'll leave er at that for now...
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National Power is investing $250m in two coal-fired stations in China, increasing its overseas investment to almost pounds 1.5bn. The company also said that it planned to double the rate of overseas investment to pounds 600m a year over the next two years.
Keith Henry, chief executive, said that by 2001-2002, its power station interests would be split 50:50 between the UK and overseas. At present it has 16,000 megawatts of plant in the UK and interests in 10,000 megawatts of overseas generating capacity.
The company already has significant interests in Australia, Pakistan and the Czech Republic and has plans to expand further into areas such as central Europe, Turkey, Zimbabwe and the US.
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The overseas contribution helped offset the squeeze on its UK earnings last year which saw pre-tax prfoits fall from pounds 740m to pounds 720m in the year ended 31 March.
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What Workout Plan Worked Best For You?
I lift 5 days per week pyramiding up on weight and dropping reps. I work two body parts per day, hitting legs and abs twice per week. I switch up the reps/weight periodically to continue to challenge my muscles. I also incorporate, core conditioning, balance and functional training into my workouts as well.
Cardio during the off season is typically 3-5 days per week, 20-30 minutes per day. During contest prep, cardio can vary from 30 minutes per day to 2 hours per day; with HIIT cardio being used 2-3 times per week.
What Nutrition Plan Has Worked Best For You?
My nutrition is pretty basic. I eat mostly whole foods; only supplementing with meal replacement or protein shakes when whole foods are not convenient or accessible. I eat small meals 5-6 times per day.
Lean protein is a must; fish, egg whites, chicken breast and periodically lean red meat. I stick to whole grains such as oats, brown rice or Ezekiel bread. Fresh vegetables, and salads and low glycemic fruits are staples in my diet as well. 3/4 - 1 gallon of water per day.
What Supplements Have Given You The Greatest Gains?
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Maintaining a lean muscular physique has benefits other than just looking your best. I have a lot of cardiovascular disease and high cholesterol in my family. I want to lead a long healthy life. I feel as though I am healthier today than I have ever been in my life. I maintain low cholesterol, a healthy blood pressure, high metabolism, lots of energy, and low stress levels.
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IOMTT Michael Dunlop leaves Milwaukee Yamaha for BMW
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BALLYMONEY man Michael Dunlop has made the decision to ditch Milwaukee Yamaha and revert back to BMW machinery after struggling to set a quick lap time around the TT course.
Dunlop has split with Milwaukee Yamaha after a poor North West 200 and poor lap times at this year's Isle of Man TT and will instead ride for Stuart Hicken's Swadlincote based Buildbase BMW team on a BMW S1000RR with similar spec to the one the Northern Irish ride rode at last year's TT.
After only three laps of practice on Wednesday night, his lap on-board the Milwaukee Yamaha left him down in 13th place on the timesheets with a lap of 124.519mph compared to that of Bruce Anstey's of 128.641mph.
Speaking about the drastic split, Dunlop explained: "I would like to thank Milwaukee Yamaha for their support in bringing me into their team and I am genuinely sorry to be making this decision but unfortunately I don't think there is enough time left with the sessions we've already lost at the TT to be truly competitive and get the bike to the level we need to in order to win races here."
The 26-year-old had a phenomonal year at the TT last year on-board a BMW S1000RR and due to this he will now ride Hicken's BMW in the Superbike and the Senior TT races this year.
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Hicken's Buildbase BMW team are said to be on the 2pm boat over this afternoon which arrives on the Island at approximately 5pm ready for practice to start at 6:20pm.
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Ochil View offers Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling, Perth and St Andrews all within an hour's drive to experience a memorable Scottish holiday. For the keen golfer there are plenty of golf courses all within a 5 mile radius. Edinburgh Airport is 15 minutes drive & access to the M9 is a stone throw away. From Linlithgow train station, just 20 minutes away by train is Edinburgh, Scotland's Capital. A 30 min train journey in the opposite direction will allow you to discover Glasgow.
The house is 3 miles from Royal Burgh of Linlithgow, birthplace of Mary, Queen of Scots. Linlithgow has two prominent landmarks: Linlithgow Palace and Linlithgow Loch, and also famous for the Union Canal. The canal runs by the village of Philpstoun and beyond linking Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Philpstoun is a semi-rural village of Linlithgow and is where we are situated.
Ochil View is 3 bedroom semi-detached house which has magnificent view of the Ochil Hills of Stirlingshire from the rearbedrooms of the property. Accommodation offers -
Upper level – 3 bedrooms :
Bedroom1 = 1x king size bed ----- Bedroom 2 = 1x Queen double bed ----- Bedroom 3 = 2x small doubles (Twin room with 2 small double beds).
LINEN with a set of spare linen for all beds in cupboard up on the landing. Bedrooms have fleece blankets for cooler nights .Also plenty bathroom towels and kitchen towels.
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Kitchen is fully equipped for your self-catering needs with: Dining table with 6 chairs . Also an electric oven / gas hob, microwave, under counter fridge and freezer, and washing machine.
Family Bathroom with off the mains shower over the bath , basin & toilet. Separate W.C – toilet and hand basin
Lounge has an open working fireplace (logs supplied) with a Flat screen T.V with Sky TV. DVD Player with a selection of DVDs
Wifi is available, the house has its own BT Hub4 with unlimlited wi-fi.
The gardens are fully enclosed to keep children and pets safe, if front gate is closed over. Off street parking is available for 1 medium sized car. Another car can be parked securely in front of the property in the quiet street The back garden has substantial decking to enjoy an outdoor barbecue.
Property is advertised as max of 6 guests .
Child travel cot, also a bed rail and stair gates and high chair are provided too.
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There is a key safe at the back door which will allow you to have independent access at all times of your stay. I will e-mail you the access code a few days before your arrival for security reasons.
Arrival is from 2-00pm and departure is at 11-00 am ( however ,depending on other bookings, around your arrival & departure dates, a later departure time may be arranged--please discuss this with me as I may be able to help depending on other bookings.)
Please let me know your travel plans and I will do my best to assist.
We had an absolutely lovely stay at Orchil. Ms. Archibald really made us feel welcome and was extremely responsive to my questions. My family and I had to stay in a house with a kitchen because I have fairly severe food allergies. Ms. Archibald checked to see if I had any specific requirements for cleaners and also wanted to make sure we had all the cooking equipment we needed. The kitchen was well stocked with pans, bowls, cutlery, and the like. The only thing we needed in the kitchen was a jar to pour grease in -- no problem. Ms. Archibald brought it right over and we were squared away. Ms. Archibald also left our children some lovely Easter treats which they absolutely loved!!!
One of the best things about this house is it's location -- especially if you have children. There is a lovely park just up the street (not quite visible from the house, but just beyond) that our children loved -- and some of the local children played football there and invited our boys to play. Everyone was so welcoming and kind -- and we were able to relax and enjoy a quiet vacation. We spent two afternoons in the local village of Philipstoun -- what a lovely castle they have and delightful shops! Lots of restaurants if you can eat in them -- we didn't partake because of my aforementioned food allergies. Finally, we spent several days in Edinburgh -- just a quick 20 min (and relatively cheap!) train ride from Philipstoun; you can catch a bus to grab the train or drive there in less than 10 mins.
We had a lovely stay and would absolutely recommend Orchil to any perspective visitors. You will not be disappointed!
Our family was very happy staying here for four nights earlier this month. The property was a fairly short drive from Linlithgow and its train station (we took the train everywhere despite having a vehicle) and not far from the motorway. The home itself was very comfortably furnished and had a very well equipped kitchen. Leanne is a lovely host and was available if we needed her. She had left some food in the kitchen for us which was much appreciated our first night when we arrived quite late due to vehicle problems - thanks Leanne! We would not hesitate to recommend this property.
Lianne was a wonderful person. She went above and beyond to make our stay perfect.
My 2 sons and I had an amazing time staying in this property for almost 3 weeks. Leanne has thought of everything. The house is cosy and homely- it doesn't feel like a rental holiday home. The kitchen had everything I needed to host a family lunch, the beds were super comfy, plenty of storage space for clothing and a very lovely welcome pack for our arrival. I spent many evenings laying in front of the open fire watching trashy tv ( thanks to a full sky package) whilst the little ones slept. It was great being able to park right outside the front door for carrying sleeping babies straight into the house and the space outside would have been great had it not been the bleak mid winter. My only suggestion ( and this is purely personal preference) would be to take the gazebo down and store the outdoor furniture during the winter as it blocks the view from the kitchen window when you are washing the dishes and its such a lovely view looking out over the fields towards the house of the binns. Leanne looked after us incredibly well and having her next door was great if we had any questions ( or indeed if we needed to borrow a measuring tape!!) We visit Linlithgow most years from Australia to visit family and I have already told my husband that for further visits I would like to come back and stay at ochilview. Thanks you to Leanne and her family !!
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Speakers are environment modifiers and lawn obstacles spawned in the boss battle with Zombot Multi-stage Masher on Neon Mixtape Tour - Day 32 and Modern Day - Day 34, and by Bass Zombie in the Chinese version. Speakers will thump out a powerful beat every few seconds to damage two plants in front of them, but they cannot damage Phat Beets. It also cannot damage Cacti or Celery Stalkers if they are hiding. They also have the ability to generate an extremely powerful shockwave empowered by bass that topples down all plants and zombies in its vicinity, sending them off the screen. However, this ability is disabled during rap and 8-bit jams. This ability is most noticeable during pop and metal jams. Aside from that, speakers also act as obstacles that is similar to tombstones, surfboards, frozen blocks, and backpacks. They can still be destroyed by lawn mowers. They cannot be spawned at the first column from the left side of the lawn.
- It can also instantly kill Zombot Multi-stage Masher as shown here at 3:08. To do this, have a Breakdancer Zombie toss the Zombot on rap stage twice. Toss the Breakdancer Zombie at two-second interval so it will not get tossed away from the lawn. If done right, use Power Snow more frequently until it reaches the metal phase (since shockwaves are never launched in the third and fourth phase). It will then be killed instantly if one of the five speakers adjacent to the Zombot's original position is still present.
- It also occurs with Primal Peashooter in Modern Day - Day 34 though much easier than the former.
- Shockwaves generated by this and Hair Metal Gargantuar are different from each other. The shockwave generated by the speaker can send all plants and zombies it hits flying to the left of the screen while the shockwave generated by Hair Metal Gargantuar's guitar can only hit one plant (two if it slams a plant that is extremely close to itself, i.e. the player places a plant in front of this zombie) and does not harm zombies.
- During the fifth and last phase, it launches shockwaves the most often.
- Additionally, in the first and second phases, it falls and launch shockwaves at a steady rate.
- It never falls in the second and fifth phase, while speakers never launch shockwaves in the third and fourth phase.
- Additionally, in the first and second phases, it falls and launch shockwaves at a steady rate.
- Despite being an underground plant, an unarmed Primal Potato Mine can be harmed from speakers.
- Speakers that fall from the top will never activate shockwaves. Only the speaker that is nearest to the Zombot (on the 7th column) will do that.
- It also appears in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, as an obstacle needed to be destroyed in the Imp's quest Impsomnia.
- They also appear in Zomburbia and Zombopolis as decorations near a Graveyard.
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Brandon Andrew Robinson is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin. Brandon has established a body of work that probes the interplay between culture and social inequality by analyzing how the intersections of gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, and health unfold within emerging spaces such as new media technologies and the urban South. This work informs his current research on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) homeless youth.
Brandon's current project, supported by the National Science Foundation and the Equality Knowledge Project, is a multi-site ethnographic study on LGBTQ youth homelessness in central Texas. LGBTQ youth comprise 40% of the youth homeless population in the United States, despite comprising only about 5% of the U.S. youth population. However, scholars have yet to examine LGBTQ homeless youth's perceived pathways into and experiences of homelessness. To address this lacuna, Brandon conducted a year and a half of ethnographic fieldwork, 50 in-depth interviews, and a survey at a homeless youth drop-in center and at the first LGBTQ youth homeless shelter in the South. Through this research, he brings to the forefront the lived experiences of LGBTQ homeless youth in the rapidly urbanizing South to highlight how norms around gender and sexuality within the context of poverty and being a racial minority contribute to the struggles of homeless youth.
This current project expands on Brandon's previous investigations of how the intersections of gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, and health generate social inequalities. In a digital ethnographic study, Brandon investigated how gay men interact on a dating website. In an award-winning article in Sociology of Race & Ethnicity, Brandon shows how a website's infrastructure affords people the ability to racially cleanse bodies of color from their viewing practices. A Social Currents article from the same study explores the online quantification of bodies and its discriminatory effects toward fat people. In Sexuality Research & Social Policy, Brandon demonstrates the mechanisms through which LGBT Dutch assimilation practices marginalize gender non-conforming people. His quantitative study on men seeking men online and their sexual behaviors is in Culture, Health & Sexuality, and his discourse analysis of the racial and gender stereotypes in online sexual advertisements appears in Deviant Behavior. In Social Theory & Health, Brandon expounds a Weberian theoretical exposition regarding HIV and sexual health. All of this work has culminated in co-authoring an upper-division undergraduate textbook Race and Sexuality.
Aside from his own projects, Brandon was the project manager for Debra Umberson's Health and Relationships Project. He has also published two book chapters, an encyclopedia entry, in the official newsletter for the American Sociological Association, and on The Huffington Post.
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The New York Times called 2015 "The Year We Obsessed Over Identity." From Laverne Cox and Caitlyn Jenner to Rachel Dolezal and "Key & Peele" – identities and categories around race, class, gender, and sexuality have been called into question. So, who are we? And how do we know who we are? Although the answers to these questions may seem personal and inherent, in this course, we will explore these questions through a sociological lens. We will examine how the self is produced by society and what the relation is between the self and society. Essentially, this course will tackle how our identities are socially produced and how the social production of identities is bound up with power, privilege, and oppression. The beginning of the course will focus on general theories and concepts about identities, the self, and society. We will then consider the roles that race, gender, class, and sexuality play in understanding our identities. We will end the course by looking at more thematic areas around identities.
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Mock, Janet. 2014. Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More. New York: Atria Books.
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Robinson, Brandon Andrew. 2016. "The Quantifiable-Body Discourse: 'Height-Weight Proportionality' and Gay Men's Bodies in Cyberspace." Social Currents 3(2):172-185.
Robinson, Brandon Andrew. 2015. "'Personal Preference' as the New Racism: Gay Desire and Racial Cleansing in Cyberspace." Sociology of Race & Ethnicity 1(2): 317-330.
Robinson, Brandon Andrew. 2014. "Barebacking with Weber: Re-enchanting the Rational Sexual Order." Social Theory & Health 12(3): 235-250.
Robinson, Brandon Andrew and David A. Moskowitz. 2013. "The Eroticism of Internet Cruising as a Self-Contained Behaviour: A Multivariate Analysis of Men Seeking Men Demographics and Getting Off Online." Culture, Health & Sexuality 15(5): 555-569.
Robinson, Brandon Andrew and Salvador Vidal-Ortiz. 2013. "Displacing the Dominant 'Down Low' Discourse: Deviance, Same-sex Desire, and Craigslist.org." Deviant Behavior 34(3): 224-241.
Robinson, Brandon Andrew. 2012. "Is This What Equality Looks Like? How Assimilation Marginalizes the Dutch LGBT Community." Sexuality Research & Social Policy 9(4): 327-336.
Vidal-Ortiz, Salvador and Brandon Andrew Robinson. 2016. "The Racial and Sexual Stereotypes of the 'Down Low' on Craigslist.org." Introducing the New Sexuality Studies, 3rd edition, edited by Nancy Fischer and Steven Seidman. New York: Routledge.
Robinson, Brandon Andrew. 2013. "The Queer Potentiality of Barebacking: Charging, Whoring, and Breeding as Utopian Practices." Pp. 101-128 in A Critical Inquiry into Queer Utopias, edited by Angela Jones. New York: Palgrave MacMillian.
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Pictlogica Final FantasyEdit
Amarant appears in Pictlogica Final Fantasy as a playable character.
Final Fantasy ArtniksEdit
Amarant appears in Final Fantasy Artniks.
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An accomplished--and thus highly feared--bounty hunter. Amarant is a skilled fighter, and his thick mane of red hair has led many to call him the Flaming Amarant.
Amarant is a playable character who could first be recruited during the Challenge Event A Place to Call Home as the First Time Reward for completing the event's stage Madain Sari - Pursuers on Classic difficulty. His recruitment process differed from the usual three-battle stages in that he had a single-battle stage with no enemy waves before or after him, which made him one of the quickest characters to recruit in any event. He was also awarded upon completion of the Bonus Quest, "Complete Gizamaluke's Grotto Elite (IX)", and was later reissued in Angel of Death. Amarant also appears as a boss named "Scarlet Hair" in dedicated Final Fantasy IX stages.
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Amarant is a Pugilist whose combat role is Physical Attack.
"Pugilist" is just a fancy word for a fist-fighter, but "Monk" is an even better word to describe what Amarant does for a party. Like Refia before him, Amarant can attack from either rank, and he has strong physical stats to support his role. His Soul Breaks include skills that support other party members as well. His Speed is also an asset, as is a broad range of usable skills. Thus, he may well be a worthy addition to the player's roster.
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Amarant can use Combat abilities up to rarity rank 5, Support abilities up to rarity rank 3, Celerity abilities up to rarity rank 3, Monk abilities up to rarity rank 5, and Sharpshooter abilities up to rarity rank 5.
His default Soul Break is No Mercy which at the expense of one Soul Gauge segment deals physical damage to one target. The fist Scissor Fangs (IX) allow Amarant to use Aura which at the expense of one Soul Gauge segment grants Shell and heavy Regen to all allies.
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Amarant can equip the following weapon types: daggers, fists, and thrown. The fist Scissor Fangs (IX) allow Amarant to use Aura.
He can equip the following armor types: hats, light armor, and bracers.
He can equip accessories.
Final Fantasy Brave ExviusEdit
Amarant appears as a vision obtainable through summoning. His job is Monk. His trust mastery reward is HP +30%. He possesses the special abilities Throw, Chakra, Gravity Fist, Power Break, HP +10%, Curse, Counter, Draw Attacks, Eye for an Eye and Revive. His limit bursts are No Mercy, Holy Strike and Countdown.
- No. 235: "A fighter who appears in tales of Gaia, a world foreign to this one. He was known by the alias, the Flaming Amarant, thanks to his bright-red hair and fearsome power. Having been alone since birth, he used his own fist to navigate his way through the world on his own. Because of this, he was unable to bring himself to trust others, and was rarely ever known to speak. Still, somehow, he found himself chasing after the man with the tail."
- No. 236: "A fighter who appears in tales of Gaia, a world foreign to this one. Having fought his way alone through the world, he was reluctant to put trust in others. When he was a guard in Treno he set up a trap to capture the thief Zidane, but ended up being framed by him, instead. This sent him after Zidane, though not for revenge, but out of suspicion for the actions of a man who despite being Amarant's equal chose not to act on it."
- No. 237: "A fighter who appears in tales of Gaia, a world foreign to this one. Even as an assassin appointed by Brahne herself, he was unable to subdue Zidane, who once threw his own trap back in his face. Curious as to why Zidane didn't deal him the final blow, and interested in seeing exactly what kind of man he was, Amarant decided to join his former adversary. Once a man who believe the strong have no need for the weak, the longer he spent with his new comrades, the more he changed."
- —Entries for different versions of Amarant.
Final Fantasy Trading Card GameEdit
Amarant appears in the Final Fantasy Trading Card Game and is represented in Earth-elemental cards. He is depicted in his Final Fantasy IX render, Yoshitaka Amano artwork and a promo poster.
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Yosemite National Park, California: The two men attempting to free climb the daunting 914-metre Dawn Wall route of El Capitan spent much of Monday morning in their tents, hanging 366 metres above the valley floor.
When Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson are not climbing, they are doing all the things that ground-bound people might do on their couches: resting, eating, drinking coffee, talking on mobile phones and surfing the internet. One difference is that they often sand their battered fingertips. Another is that they go to the bathroom in a bag.
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Duo take on world's 'toughest' climb
Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson are attempting an unprecedented free ascent up the Dawn Wall at California's El Capitan, said to be the toughest climb in the world.
For people around the world following their ascent, the wonder of attempting what many consider the most difficult rock climb in the world is hard to comprehend. But to those who have never even climbed to their own roofs, the logistics of spending weeks on a wall, in winter, hundreds of metres above the ground, is something beyond the realm of imagination, too.
How do they charge mobile phones? Where do they get the food? And bathroom in a bag?
Quick answers: Solar power, deliveries every five days, and yes - although one of them was spotted urinating off the cliff.
"If you could send a hot pizza up tomorrow," Caldwell jokingly suggested in a phone interview on Sunday. "And we're almost out of coffee."
Caldwell and Jorgeson are attempting to become the first to free climb the Dawn Wall, something many thought might be impossible because of its enormousness and vertical, smooth surface. To free climb means to climb without aid - propelled only by hands and feet, attached to a rope merely to catch a fall. And fall they do, sometimes several times while trying to complete a crux, or difficult manoeuvre.
In the valley below the climbers on Monday morning, Erik Sloan prepared about 68 kilograms of supplies, including five days' worth of food, that he and another man would spend the day hauling up the sheer face.
Sloan, a long-time friend of the climbers whose website yosemitebigwall.com is a key source for route maps, had "haul" bags filled with 45 litres of water, pasta, chili, fresh vegetables and fruit, trail mix and a small bottle of Bulleit whiskey "to take the edge off". Alas, no hot pizza.
There are anchor points in the wall about every 45 metres. Sloan and his partner climb to the anchor points, then use a pulley system and their own body weight to drag each bag up, one section at a time. It takes about 10 trips, and several hours, to get the bags to the camp.
The camp consists of three portaledges, basically 1.2-metre-by-1.8-metre hanging cots with aluminum frames and clips that connect to bolts in the mountain. There is one for Caldwell, one for Jorgeson and one for the rotating members of a film crew chronicling the attempt. (The photographers, who are not free climbing, go down every couple of days to charge batteries and download their images.)
"Once we get most of the hardest pitches [sections] down, which is about 300 or 400 feet [90 or 120 metres] above us, we'll move our whole camp up about 500 feet [150 metres], and we'll base out of there for a day or two," Caldwell said on Sunday.
"Then it'll be more traditional wall style, where we'll climb and haul each day with us for a couple of days until we get to the top."
Part of the climbers' scouting work the past couple of years has been to insert bolts, where deemed necessary, to support the climb - to hold ropes and gear. It is a common practice, unless someone climbs without ropes at all, because there is nowhere else to fasten to a rock this size. But it pales in comparison to the hundreds of bolts used by Warren Harding and Dean Caldwell (no relation to Tommy) on the first ascent of the Dawn Wall, with aid, in 1970. Harding was widely criticised, and a rival, Royal Robbins, spent weeks cutting and removing much of the hardware.
Caldwell and Jorgeson have spent years training for the climb, practising individual pitches again and again, memorising and recording the best ways to move - this hand to this tiny nub, this foot splayed to this one, one move at a time. The quest now is to send, or complete, all 32 pitches, in sequence, to the summit without returning to the ground, whether chased off El Capitan by weather, injuries, fatigue or moral defeat.
On Monday, Caldwell wrote on his Facebook page he had navigated Pitch 16, the "dyno", by circling around one portion that Jorgeson plans to tackle by leaping horizontally, body off the wall for a moment, and catching himself with his fingers and toes.
Jorgeson is not there yet. After two days of struggle on the sideways traverse of Pitch 15, he took Monday to rest and let his split fingertips heal. The dry, cold conditions are good for gripping, but fingers take a beating. Between attempts, climbers sand their fingers to remove the dead skin, and they apply lotion to them several times a day. (Caldwell is missing half of an index finger, severed by a saw accident years ago.)
Between climbs, they are captive in their camp. Each has a compact stove to heat meals and boil water. Making the climb in winter, where the temperatures have risen to 50 degrees during the day and fallen well below freezing at night, is ideal for more than climbing; it solves any refrigeration issues.
@Stamaji, I find pitch 19 to be one of the most stunning. Check this pic from
pic.twitter.com/00pXAbsgCa — Kevin Jorgeson (@kjorgeson)
January 3, 2015
A few days ago, Caldwell posted a photograph on Twitter of a sandwich he was eating: salami, cucumbers and avocado on a bagel.
Each has a toilet - essentially a bag with deodorisers, placed inside another bag.
Most of the climbing is done in the late afternoon and evening, when the temperatures are cool and the sun does not beat on the rock and cause sweaty hands and slippery soles.
That leaves a lot of downtime for plotting the next advance, reading, texting, updating social media and talking on the phone. (The wall of El Capitan, inexplicably, might have the best mobile reception in the Yosemite Valley.) Phones and electronic devices are charged by portable solar panels. The men usually put their phones in "airplane" mode to help save the battery.
@sword_duke, check the view:
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January 3, 2015
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Talk:United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations
|This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations article.
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Dispute over whether a recent event should be removed from the article or included. I believe the event is notable, the other user does not. Sephiroth storm (talk) 16:25, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
Someone should do a break down on how many civilian agents, active duty, and reserve agents there are......... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 22.214.171.124 (talk) 04:47, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
Major Rewrite[edit]
AFOSI has undergone a major shuffle in the organization. Much of this article is seriously outdated. I am not familiar enough with the wikipedia process to make the changes, but I'm very familiar with AFOSI. Any recommendations on how to proceed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.8.131.52 (talk) 07:22, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
Additional Information Request[edit]
There needs to be some information relating to AFOSI and the UFO phenomenon. Many cases have been traced back to AFOSI operatives as disinformation or who-knows-what-their-intent-was. Timewalk92 (talk) 18:46, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
Isn't that stuff just used to cover up research. There were all kinds of ufo sights in the test area for the stealth fighter test flights. It don't bother me if their putting disinformation out there about that stuff national security and all that.--126.96.36.199 (talk) 07:51, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Protect page[edit]
I think you should protect the page from vandalism. Someone keeps putting up a section on the AFOSI STTF ?? I have not heard of this and I am a retired NCIS Special Agent, I googled it and I cant dig up much info, also it has NO refrences. --184.108.40.206 (talk) 04:21, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
I suggest someone reports this user before we protect this page. That SITT stuff is really irritating. --Der rikkk (talk) 08:29, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
I agree the user also put up the SITT stuff on List of Special forces united (under the USA section), SITT is not real to my knowlege, the AFOSI has anti-terrorism teams, alsmost every federal law enforcement agency does after 9/11, i know this because i am a NCIS special agent. --18.104.22.168 (talk) 02:37, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
SITT is garbage... frankly it makes us look stupid... it needs to be removed.
- I have removed (I hope) all of the SITT content. I have no knowledge of such a group, and couldn't comment if I did. Tgeairn (talk) 08:19, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
The 'SITT' stuff has been showing up with regularity for a while now, presumably posted by the same person using different IP addresses. I think the only way to stop it at this point would be to protect or semi-protect the page.--Ndunruh (talk) 10:23, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
Civilian or military personnel?[edit]
Are the OSI agents civilian law enforcement or are they military police? 22.214.171.124 (talk) 17:13, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
- They are Special Agents, federal criminal investigators. Agents can be civilians, or Air Force enlisted or officer personnel. More info here [1] EricSerge (talk) 17:28, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
Paragraph headed: 'Information Operations'[edit]
In this paragraph, who is the 'our' referrred to? I would guess that the author is assuming a United States readership, but many readers (such as myself) are not from that country. I would suggest that the personal pronoun be replaced here.
Georgeupstairs (talk) 22:12, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
per WP:NNC: The notability guidelines do not apply to article or list content. However, AFIP is noteable. It is the first reported program of its type within the DoD, and calls into question the Agency and possible legal or moral implications that could have a long term affect on the agency and the DoD. As for NPOV concerns I'll admit that use of the term "Unfortunately" gives a negative connatation to the information, find a better way to present the facts and I will accept it. Sephiroth storm (talk) 19:12, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
- Recentism relates to articles, not content, it is also not a policy or guideline. In addition the section does not overburden the content in the article. The information is not flimsy. Just because something is new does not make it recentism, as long as the content has long term value to the article it does not qualify. Sephiroth storm (talk) 19:19, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
- Actually, recentism does include content. Regardless, I also cited WP:NOTNEWS. you are incorrect that notability isn't a factor in content. The policy says "Wikipedia considers the enduring notability of persons and events. While news coverage can be useful source material for encyclopedic topics, most newsworthy events do not qualify for inclusion". That's my issue here. I don't see the enduring notability and you're saying notability doesn't matter when it clearly does. We're not a newspaper and just because something made it into the news cycle doesn't mean it gets included here. Niteshift36 (talk) 20:25, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
- I agree that everything in the news does not belong on wikipedia. However, you are ignoring the facts: WP:Note: "These notability guidelines only outline how suitable a topic is for its own article or list. They do not limit the content of an article or list. For Wikipedia's policies regarding content, see Neutral point of view, Verifiability, No original research, What Wikipedia is not, and Biographies of living persons." WP:RECENT seems almost entirely focused on articles. It also says "Material may need to be moved, deleted, or added to." You have only considered one option, I have offered to allow you to add to or edit the section in the spirit of wikipedia. In addition as stated, RECENT is not a policy or guideline requiring you to delete content. "This essay contains the advice or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors. Essays may represent widespread norms or minority viewpoints. Consider these views with discretion. Essays are not Wikipedia policies or guidelines." Finally NOTNEWS, I think this event COULD definatly stand the test of time. It will be some time before we see if there will be a significant effect, however, the requirements of WP:EVENT are met. LASTING: "An event that is a precedent or catalyst for something else of lasting significance is likely to be notable." As I stated, this is the first time an event of its type has happened to a military FELO. GEOSCOPE: The event effects the entire US Air Force stationed globally. Indeed, information could come from this program involving crimes committed on foreign soil. INDEPTH and CONTINUEDCOVERAGE may be established later, it is better to include the information now and to remove it later than just to act as if the event did not occur, IMO. DIVERSE is met, numerous sources are reporting on the event, the original article was expansive and in significant depth, investigating incidents with numerous individuals. I only linked 2 for the current time, I will await more reporting to expand the section if and when there is additional information.
- First off, don't ever litter my talk page again with your absurd COI template again. If you took 2 seconds to look at my page, you'd see I was in the Army, not that Air Force. Second, you didn't "offer to allow" me to do anything. Third, don't lecture me on what a policy is and isn't. It's a waste of my time. Next, you talk about what could be notable over time. You know how we find that out? We wait and see. This isn't a race to see how fast we can put it on, the leave it there for a year to find out. You need to show cause for it to be included. The rest of your response, citing GEOSCOPE etc, is just stretching. The continuing coverage isn't there yet. We don't base it on your crystal ball. Niteshift36 (talk) 23:39, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
- 1. Be Civil. 2, an editor has the right to post a warning notice. 3, I am aware you are Army as I stated you have a CID logo, I stated that they are both Military FLEA's which presents a potential COI, you may be inclined to make a brother agency look good or keep its name looking good. 4, wikipedia content is subject to wikipedia policies and guidlines. You are using them to make you point, I have the right to do the same. The policy for notability does not require, to my knowledge, all the criteria to be met. I will seek uninvolved editors to comment on whether the information should be included. Ultimately it doesnt matter what I think or you think, the community decides. Sephiroth storm (talk) 01:30, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
- 1)Don't be a dick. 2) An editor should only post templates that apply and that one clearly didn't. Further, the essay WP:DTTR reminds us that templating regulars "tends to be counter-productive in resolving the issue, as it can be construed as being patronising and uncivil." 3) That's a pretty weak excuse for your unwarranted actions. Apparently you know nothing about the agencies of which you speak or you'd know that your premise is ridiculous. Further, you base is solely on your silly guess. You have nothing of substance to base your uncivil and patronizing template on. 4) The difference is that my citations actually support my position and you're grasping at straws. Niteshift36 (talk) 02:57, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
- Lets get back to the topic. We have a disagreement on whether the policies allow the content. I have requested a third opinion hopefully we get some input. Sephiroth storm (talk) 14:02, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
- I looked at WP:NOTNEWS and note item 2: News Reports - "Wikipedia considers the enduring notability of persons and events." I think this information is definitely enduring and notable. I find the content to be appropriate, though I do think it could be cleaned up a bit. Finally I think wholesale deleting is not editing. Often it is censorship. Buz lightning (talk) 02:33, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
- I don't think it should be included and the existing material is very POV. "Snitch"? Seriously? What a loaded, POV term. FYI, when you start throwing "censorship" around, it becomes inflammatory and serves to stifle discussion. Niteshift36 (talk) 05:06, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
- I looked at WP:NOTNEWS and note item 2: News Reports - "Wikipedia considers the enduring notability of persons and events." I think this information is definitely enduring and notable. I find the content to be appropriate, though I do think it could be cleaned up a bit. Finally I think wholesale deleting is not editing. Often it is censorship. Buz lightning (talk) 02:33, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you for your input. I want to be clear that I understand the ideals behind Niteshift36's edits, I just feel that 1, the content should be included, and 2, if my edit was in any way POV, it can be edited to be more NPOV. Sephiroth storm (talk) 16:54, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
3O Response: *I do not think there is a "recentism" problem if sources have emphasised this new issue. Sometimes recent events are important.
- Notability rules describe what articles we create, not what details we can add to those articles.
- It is hard to write neutral content. Are there any other sources on AFIP apart from the two news articles? Dental plan / lisa needs braces! 15:25, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
- Continued reporting- [2] [3] [4] The third article provides some critical dates that can be used. Sephiroth storm (talk) 17:47, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
- Actually, you're confusing yourself. You're confusing the Wikipedia policy on notability with the common use of the term. When I say something isn't "notable" enough to be in the article, I'm not talking about applying the notability policy. It is referring to giving it WP:UNDUE weight. Additionally, I cited WP:NOTNEWS, which clearly states "Wikipedia considers the enduring notability of persons and events. While news coverage can be useful source material for encyclopedic topics, most newsworthy events do not qualify for inclusion". I believe this is the case. There is nothing that unusual here. A law enforcement agency using informants is nothing new. This story will be getting no coverage a year from now, let alone the 10 year guideline that the essay on recentism suggests. While this incident may be appropriate for the article on the AF Academy, it doesn't merit inclusion here and not as a stand alone section where this minor story is being highlighted and weighted disproportionately. Niteshift36 (talk) 05:06, 7 December 2013 (UTC).
- Continued reporting- [2] [3] [4] The third article provides some critical dates that can be used. Sephiroth storm (talk) 17:47, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
- My .02, Enduring notability does not just refer to whether it will be reported on, but whether the information has an enduring effect. It has already had an effect as they have changed their policies to have Academy oversight. The reason the info is here, rather than on the Academy page is because the criticism was primarily directed at OSI, not the Academy which had little oversight, when it was even aware of an investigation. Sephiroth storm (talk) 13:47, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
- Apparently once the biased version is inserted, nobody cares about discussing it. I still don't believe it merits inclusion, but I've removed some of the POV material and added some balance to it. Niteshift36 (talk) 04:38, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
- I think the issue is that this is a low visibility article, no one is rushing to edit it. Sephiroth storm (talk) 14:03, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
- You weren't able to wait a day to discuss anything. In a day, you forced the edits back in multiple times, reported a premature 3RR that ended up boomeranging and trumped up a COI issue. Seems like you had plenty of "rush" going on. Here is another part of the issue: You're making this all about the Academy. The Informant program, has existed for years and will continue to exist. Almost every agency uses informants. This is nothing new. But when you try to focus on a single event, that's when we start crossing into UNDUE, NOTNEWS and Recentism. Again, this is a story that nobody will be covering 2 years from now and, despite the incorrect opinions rendered here, enduring coverage (ie notability used as a common word) is a factor in determining inclusion. Niteshift36 (talk) 15:19, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
- The informant Program is not at issue, the program at the Academy is. As the other editors have asserted, the information meets wikipedia's standards for inclusion. Sephiroth storm (talk) 16:32, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
- Just because a couple of people agreed doesn't make it a dead issue. Neither of them have gone beyond offering a passing opinion and, at least in one case, was based in part on a faulty premise. Basing this on a passing "issue" is exactly what we should be avoiding and what makes this a NOTNEWS issue. Niteshift36 (talk) 17:08, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
- So you do not agree that the revelation of this program forcing a policy issue does not lend itself to being notable? Sephiroth storm (talk) 00:09, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
- You say that the content is not notable enough to be in the article: Not referring to the policy, but to neutrailty. You have edited the article to address the issue of neutrality-resolved.
- You quote notnews, your reasoning being that many agencies have informant programs. You are neglecting the obvious fact that the reason it is being reported on is the treatment of the informants.
In addition you missed the next line in notnews,"For example, routine news reporting on things like announcements, sports, or celebrities is not a sufficient basis for inclusion in the encyclopedia. While including information on recent developments is sometimes appropriate, breaking news should not be emphasized or otherwise treated differently from other information." The information is not in any of the mentioned categories, and you should review WP:PERSISTENCE "However, this may be difficult or impossible to determine shortly after the event occurs, as editors cannot know whether an event will receive further coverage or not. That an event occurred recently does not in itself make it non-notable." Sephiroth storm (talk) 00:37, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
- Don't confuse yourself. I object to the entry. Period. Since you refuse to discuss it before forcing it into the article, I've made edits addressing the POV way you wrote it. That doesn't mean I have accepted it as valid for inclusion. I'm not neglecting that there is temporary interest in the program. That's sort of the point. The program has existed for years. There is a temporary bump in interest, then it'll go back to something nobody covers until the next temporary bump. I didn't ignore what NOTNEWS says. Instead, I paid attention to it. PERSISTENCE doesn't give you a free pass. Yes, it's impossible to be sure, but we can predict based on previous incidents that shared similarities. If you look at Google trends for "office of special investigations", you'll see that that it is a pretty low search term over the past few years. Even with this incident, there hasn't been much of an increase. And that's only mentions of OSI, not necessarily related to this incident. Niteshift36 (talk) 02:08, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
- Oops. I should have read the talk page before editing. Sorry. This piece is not notable enough to include the way you have it. If it is included it should be under Criminal Investigations as an example. Which means all of the other sections such as Threat Detection and Technology Protection should include examples as well. Johnsagent (talk) 08:28, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
- Since when have I refused to discuss anything? Please provide diffs Sephiroth storm (talk) 18:33, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
- Did you miss the word BEFORE? I removed it and you just reverted. You continued reverting even after you started to talk about it. Niteshift36 (talk) 19:09, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
Request for comment on AFIP[edit]
I am responding to RFC from an independent. Prima facae the AFIP appears approriate to the page. I think however that stylistically it does need to be re-written to make it more encyclopaedic. If the existence of AFIP came to light recently it would be appropriate to say that it came to light on x date as a result of x. It would then be appropriate to say its details are as follows, of which case y was the first case ever to come to the attention of the media or not as the case may be. Ideally there should be some reference to the body with oversight of the programme as this currently appears to a be an ommission. Isthisuseful (talk) 20:42, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
- I added the specific date the incident came to light, The section already mentions that the AFA Superintendent now has oversight of the program. Sephiroth storm (talk) 16:05, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
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