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Four things:
1. Prescription
2. Glass lenses (I tried plastic lenses, they scratch easily. I've heard that plastic lenses are "good" for welders, as the welding spatter doesn't stick. Big deal--the spatter shouldn't be getting to you eyeglasses to begin with.)
4. Side shields to fit the frames
Nice thing is that safety frames cost LESS than the regular frames. Tells me something about the profit margins of regular eyeglasses.
As far as prescription glasses..they make penty of low cost safety glasses that will comfortably wear right over top of the regular prescription glasses,its getting to the point that wearing just prescription glass type safety glasses are not allowed on most jobs anymore,even with side sheilds.
There are not sufficient as far as they leave a gaping gap around the eyes,plus they only have a slight impact resistant factor compared to a good pair of Z87.1 Polycarbonate pair like the Smith & Wessons..you can litteraly lay them down on a table and beat the crap out of them with a 8# sledge and never break the lens.,try that with ANY prescription glasses.....
Prescription safety glass frames cost less because they are not made from metals and not fancy designs,they are plastic impact resistant.Much cheaper process to make.
I agree about welding spatter should never even get to the glasses..but i think you're mis-understanding..the grinding and cutting with a torch leaves spatter on them,not the welding behind a shield..now a days on safety regulated jobs you will have to wear a face sheild anytime grinding or cutting with a torch or plasma...
Times have changed as far as safety rules,for a good reason because the past decades of people with serious life altering injuries and deaths in the past is being used as reasons to get stricter and find reasonable solutions...
One more reason i would rather wear the safety glasses designed to go over the prescription glasses...
How much does just 1 pair of those prescription safety glasses cost?...You could buy a few boxes or more of the safety glasses designed to fit over the prescription glasses to what the script pair costs.
It doesn't matter WHAT type you wear..glass or plastic.they WILL get stratched and ruined.
Buy the little cheap kits for glass cleaning with the right solution and material to clean them without scratching them,they even cheaply sell boxes of little packets like the "moist towlettes" that are made for cleaning glasses,you'll triple or more the life of them..wiping them off with your shirt,paper towels,tissues..etc..scratches them,i keep the tray in my lunch box loaded up with the little packets for mine,and even stuff a few in my pocket while workin a job or in my shop at home.
And when they get real bad,do like Mike does(deadbodyman) and polish them if you don't feel like buying more.
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A collection of frequently asked questions about backup settings, capabilities, and how CrashPlan works in general. Some settings are controlled by your system administrator and may not be adjusted.
How long are deleted files retained?
If you delete files from your system, they remain backed up and in your backup archive forever, as long as:
How can I increase backup speed?
You can make backup go faster by increasing the resources CrashPlan can use.
More information about increasing back up speeds is listed in our Speeding Up Your Backuparticle.
At what time does CrashPlan back up?
By default, CrashPlan backs up every 15 minutes. You can specify as often as once a minute.
Can I set up CrashPlan so that it does NOT back up automatically?
CrashPlan always backs up automatically. The software is designed for automatic backup to ensure your protection and is not dependent on human intervention. You do not have the option to run CrashPlan manually. Between automatic backups, however, you can force CrashPlan to back up on demand. Just click the arrow at the end of the backup progress bar.
Typically, users find that they can leave CrashPlan always running without detecting any noticeable effect on their computer.
When do I get alerted if CrashPlan can't back up?
CrashPlan will email you when the Warning and Critical times have passed. Warning time is 7 days. Critical time is 14 days.
How do I configure CrashPlan for the best data protection?
If you want the best protection, we recommend these settings:
If CrashPlan consumes too much network or CPU while you are using the computer, go to Settings > General or Settings > Network and change the settings appropriately to reduce the allowed CPU usage or network bandwidth. It's much better to adjust the throttle settings than to only allow CrashPlan to run between specified times.
How much can I expect to back up to ACU CrashPlan Cloud in a day?
On average, you can expect your CrashPlan backup to progress by at least 10 GB of information a day, as long as your computer is powered on and not in standby mode. That's the equivalent of:
How can I avoid restarting my backup when replacing a computer?
Install CrashPlan on the new computer under your existing account. Then choose to adopt a previous computer via the message window on the Backup screen.
Can CrashPlan back up when my computer is asleep?
No. CrashPlan can't back up when the source or destination computer is asleep or off. Backup will resume after the computer wakes up or is powered on.
Can I move my backup to a server with faster speeds?
No. There is no way to move your backup to a server that's geographically closer to your location or with a lighter user load. To improve backup performance, modify your settings to speed up your backup, and be aware that your backup speed may not match your available bandwidth.
CrashPlan breaks down the files into their component parts in order to transmit and store them efficiently, which means they are not stored in a readable format. The component parts are stored inside a folder named after the source computer's ID in chunks of 4 GB. By default, all files are compressed and encrypted before leaving the source computer.
Why is the play button to start backup sometimes disabled?
There are times when CrashPlan does not allow you to manually start backup by clicking the play button on the Backup tab:
What is the difference between deleted files and deselected files?
How can I permanently delete a particular file from my backup?
Deselect the file from your backup selection. The file will be removed the next time the regularly scheduled archive maintenance job runs—or as soon as you click the Compact button for that destination.
Why am I getting an alert email?
If a computer has not connected to our servers to report progress, you'll receive an alert.
How much space does de-duplication and compression save?
The data savings can vary greatly based on the type of files being backed up. For example, text documents compress extremely well, but movies do not. However, we typically observe 10-30% savings in disk space as a result of compression and de-duplication.
Why does it look like my whole file is backed up repeatedly?
After initial backup of the file is complete, only new or changed information is sent when the file is backed up.
When CrashPlan scans a file, it knows that the file changed and the progress bar runs through the file as if the information is new. But as it goes, it discovers the information hasn't actually changed and only transmits the new information to the backup destination.
For the technically savvy: CrashPlan does incremental deltas by block within the file.
What does "pruning versions" mean?
As part of the backup process, CrashPlan regularly performs archive maintenance which removes, or "prunes," file versions in accordance to your file retention settings.
Why does it look like backup has started over?
Occasionally, CrashPlan's advanced data de-duplication needs to rescan your files. When this happens, CrashPlan looks exactly like it is backing up your data again, but it is actually scanning each block to see if it has been backed up already. Progress goes much, much faster than if you were backing up all over again, and your files are still available for restore during this process.
How does file versioning work?
By default, CrashPlan keeps more of your recent versions and less of the older ones. CrashPlan for Home subscribers can further refine the rules for keeping versions over specific periods of time, or even keep an unlimited number of versions.
More information is available in the Specify Version Settings article.
If something happens to your file, you can go back to the version you need and restore it.
CrashPlan uses advanced data de-duplication and block level incremental backup. At a very basic level, this means that once a file is backed up, only subsequent changes are sent to your backup destination. For example, CrashPlan is smart enough to know that only paragraph two in your letter to Grandma has changed and will only send the data from paragraph two to your backup destination, not the whole file. You're able to recover either version of the file.
Why are there extra versions stored?
Versions in excess of your specified number to retain are pruned during the regular archive maintenance routine, which runs weekly by default (Settings > Backup > Inbound backup from other computers) or when you push the Compact button from the source.
What is the file verification scan for?
CrashPlan has two ways of verifying your files are backed up: the real-time file watcher and the file verification scan (Verify backup file selection every X days). So if, for some reason, the real-time watcher didn't flag a file for backup, the file system scan would still catch and back up that file.
The scheduled file verification scan also checks your system for deleted files. A file will show up as deleted only after the automatic scan has run.
Why does my transfer speed vary?
The raw speed depends almost entirely on the machine doing the backing up and the type of data being being backed up. The source machine is handling all of the data de-duplication, compression and encryption, and it's doing that all at a very low priority setting so the computer is still usable while it's backing up.
During backup, CrashPlan provides a best estimate of how much time remains before the backup is complete. This estimate is constantly revised based on what CrashPlan encounters and what part of the process is taking place, so it is normal for the "time remaining" to fluctuate.
Why is backup not as fast as copying files?
CrashPlan has to do some work to de-duplicate, compress and encrypt your files before it can send your information to it's destination. CrashPlan is designed to work in the background and not slow down your system while you're working, so by default, the resources allowed for performing this work are limited.
How does CrashPlan handle symbolic links?
CrashPlan backs up the symbolic link file itself, but does not back up any of the folders or files the symbolic links points to.
I'm backing up data on an external drive. What happens to my backup data when it's not connected?
If your drive is unmounted, CrashPlan is smart enough to know the drive is unavailable. CrashPlan does not treat the files as deselected.
What does the Compact button do?
The Compact button:
This process is also known as Archive Maintenance.
What is the difference between backup software and archive software?
CrashPlan is designed for live backup of files, and not for archiving files.
This means that backup software like CrashPlan cannot be used like iDisk to add, update or remove files from any computer.
Comprehensive product documentation is available on our support site. You can also easily save PDFs of single articles or groups of articles to create your own customized collection of product documentation.
There are some types of files that CrashPlan excludes from backing up (called admin excludes) or hides from the file selection list (hidden files). You cannot change these settings. See What Is Not Being Backed Up for complete details.
Yes. On Mac and Linux, you can back up any open file. On Windows, CrashPlan uses Microsoft's Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). However if you are backing up larger database files, you will want to read the following "Can CrashPlan back up my database?" question and answer below.
Can CrashPlan back up my database?
Yes. There are two ways you could do this:
Important Note: When backing up open files in place, there is always a risk of getting a corrupted backup on Mac, Linux and Solaris platforms, especially with large, random-access databases that change a lot, such as Entourage.
On Windows with VSS, this is not a risk as long as the application writing the files supports the VSS contract. Your database application must support VSS in order to back up open database files.
When backing up large, active database files, make sure you increase the backup interval to a few hours or more.
See also Backing Up Open Files In Windows With VSS and Backing Up Open Files And Databases.
No. The CrashPlan app must be installed and running on both the source and the destination computers in order to back up with CrashPlan.
CrashPlan does more than simply send data. CrashPlan also encrypts, de-duplicates, compresses, and verifies the data during backup and restore to ensure the health of your files. For more information about the unique benefits of CrashPlan, see our Enthusiast's Guide.
Where can I view details about backup status?
On the Backup tab, click the i icon Description: nformation icon below the progress bar to view number of files completed, number of files TO DO and disk used for any incoming or outgoing backup.
Can I back up my CrashPlan archives with CrashPlan?
No. CrashPlan excludes its own backup archives from the file selection. This is hard-coded and cannot be changed.
If you'd like your backup data stored at multiple locations, simply back up your files to multiple destinations.
Can CrashPlan back up to a server using the WebDAV protocol?
CrashPlan won't be able to back up to the server using the WebDAV protocol if that's solely how you use the server. If you fully control the server and can install a CrashPlan client onto it in user space, then you could back up to the server.
Can I back up Outlook for Mac or Entourage files?
Yes, you can back up both Outlook for Mac and Entourage files.
Yes. Package files are folders "disguised" to look like single files, even though they contain multiple files. Like any other folder, CrashPlan supports backing up and restoring packages. However, only the following types display as a single file in the CrashPlan app:
.oo3, .rtfd, .app, .pages, .key, .service, .pkg, .mpkg, .bundle, .component, .kext, .clr, .slideSaver, .bnz, .svxSite, .graffle
You can still back up and restore packages not included in this list. They'll just appear as folders in the CrashPlan app. For example, to restore an Apple Numbers spreadsheet, select the entire folder from the CrashPlan app. Navigate to the location where you restored the folder and you will find that it displays as a single file.
Can I back up a Windows mapped drive?
Currently, we do not support backing up mapped drives. A full technical explanation and (unsupported) workaround can be found in our Back Up A Windows Network Drive article.
Can I back up NTFS encrypted folders?
Yes. Please follow the instructions in the Enabling Windows EFS Support tutorial.
Why aren't open files being backed up?
On Windows, CrashPlan uses the Volume Shadow Service (VSS) to negotiate with other applications over backing up files that are locked open. A primary example of this would be the Outlook pst file.
Make sure the Volume Shadow Service is enabled Automatically. If you've turned it on, reboot your computer to ensure all programs are using VSS properly. After VSS is enabled, the backup files log should reveal that files that were previously locked open and unavailable are now being backed up.
If your data is in files or volumes where VSS does not work, consider using an application-specific dump/export tool and let CrashPlan keep versions of the export. For example, Outlook has tools for automatically dumping its data on a regular basis.


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Why this is a pivotal season for Phil Jones
With limited options in defence, could Phil Jones finally fulfil his potential? As the 3-0 defeat at Arsenal suggested, all is not rosy at the heart of Manchester United's defence. After an extremely impressive start to the season, United's back four were left badly exposed.
Phil Jones is fully fit for the first time this season, which could result in Daley Blind being moved to left back in Luke Shaw's absence, a position he flourished in during the second half of last season. With Chris Smalling looking more and more assured in the heart of the defence, what has United's other young English centre back got to offer?


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my new neck tatt! done by Jason "jaysonic" Mahar.
i painted this a while ago and finally got it done on mon.
i painted this a while ago and finally got it done on mon.
very nice!
I have similar rose on my arm. Though mine is with a diamond inside. I love the colours!
this looks outstanding not to mention it sexy as all hell!!
sweet ass tattoo my friend..
Looks pretty good man
That is killer looking. I would like to extend my chestpiece up to my neck with something like that.
lookin really good!
Nice! I like the blue!
looks awesome!!
This is BEAUTIFUL!! I love it!
insane! i like it : )
Nice, I am still trying to come up with something for my neck, can't pinpoint anything that I think is me. That is a spot everyone will see, almost first!
o ya ... its a bold move for sure ...but ive been wanting these for a long time.Im going to get script saying family under it soon
Wow !!Dude that is nice,one sitting?
Sweet! Neck tattoos are awesome/badass...haha
omg intense!!!
love the colors!
Looks awesome!!
Ouch! Looks like it would be painful healing, particularly in the creases, how you holding up? Looks fantastic by the way!
its great ... ive been using tatu derm on it which seems to be helping alot ... but it sucks when you take it off ...lol


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posted by Mike .
Computers manufactured by a certain company have a serial number consisting of a letter of the alphabet followed by a six-digit number. If all the serial numbers of this type have been used, how many sets have already been manufactured?
Since there are always 2 letters and 6 digits, and the order of the letters and digits do matter, it is a question of permutations.
We take the letters and digits in sequence, and multiply together the possible choices for each:
First letter: 26
Second letter: 26
digit 1: 10
digit 2: 10
digit 3: 10
digit 4: 10
digit 5: 10
digit 6: 10
So the number of computers manufactured if all numbers have been used is:
so the answer is 676,000,000 sets?
However, teachers would like to see how your number was obtained. Do NOT just give a numerical result. Most of the time, the numerical number is less interesting (to the teacher).
Above is wrong. It says 1 Letter and 6 digits. so answer is 26 * 10^6 or 26,000,000


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Kathryn Lofton's Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon is a work, first and foremost, of cultural anthropology. The back cover confirms this fact. Yes, the book is about the incorporations of Oprah. But more significantly, it is an ethnography of "American astonishment," of what it feels like to live before screens that enlighten and advertise and encompass (the virtual counterpart of living within the effervescent glare of studio lights and perpetual applause). Lofton captures, as few writers can, the everyday magic of our viral time—what, in the ritual grammar of Oprah, are referred to as "Aha! Moments."
The Gospel of an Icon
Every moment an Aha! Moment!posted by John Lardas Modern
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Oprah the Omnipotentposted by Leigh Eric Schmidt
Lofton tells me she shares with Jonathan Z. Smith the view that difference is the beginning of any good conversation. I am going to take her up on that notion and dwell here on a point of disagreement rather than those points, about the wild commingling of religion and consumption, upon which we agree. . . . I agree with Lofton that there is all too much about Oprah's world and her devotees to make one wonder—at least from a certain highbrow academic standpoint—about "the intensity of their shallowness." Call me an unreconstructed humanist, an overly hopeful liberal, but I doubt that banality is the sum of the matter, even for Oprah's most frivolous (or lighthearted) fans.
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O is for Ozarksposted by John Schmalzbauer
O is for Oprah. O is for Ozarks. Can the second embrace the first? Though Lofton stays away from the issue of audience reactions, it is an intriguing question. Dubbed an "Evangelical Epicenter" by the Patchwork Nation project, my Ozarks county is a long way from Oprah's Chicago studio.
Tags: American politics, Oprah Winfrey, popular culture, religion in the U.S.
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O tedious selfhood, O aftertaste of splintersposted by Tracy Fessenden
It's striking to me how often, with what little resistance, the many scholarly forums this book has now generated have likewise settled into for-and-against discussions of Oprah. This no doubt is tribute to Lofton's remarkable creation of what Daphne Brooks calls a "self-help meta-empire of scholars trying to come to terms with their own Oprah addictions." It's also, perhaps unavoidably, an Oprah effect: What other books have so readily pressed scholars into sharing our experiences, our feelings, about the subjects they engage? (Could we imagine Born Again Bodies prompting a gabfest on our struggles with weight loss and gain? The Mormon Question drawing out our deepest thoughts on monogamy alternatives? The New Metaphysicals eliciting a coming-clean on the checks we wrote to the astrologer?)
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Divine pervasion and the change that isn'tposted by Pamela Klassen
Pervasive presence—or just ordinary ubiquity—is one of the main strategies in Oprah's attempt to serve as a guide through the jumble of consumer choices, spiritual makeovers, and "original individuality" that is "secular" living in contemporary North America. Reading The Gospel of an Icon gave me a heightened awareness of this ubiquity, a new recognition of the way in which Oprah really is everywhere. As Lofton puts it in one of her clarifying turns of phrase: "She is the divine pervasion."
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De-provincializing Oprahposted by Manuel A. Vásquez
In Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon, Kathryn Lofton holds up a lustrous mirror to the polymorphously perverse dynamics of boom and bust, surplus and lack, and redemptive optimism and paranoid anxiety that characterize America (and much of the world) at the turn of the twenty-first century…. [Her] insight into the intense and extensive contemporary intra-activity of materiality and spirituality is a powerful explanatory tool. For example, it helps explain the explosive growth of global Neo-Pentecostal networks and cultures, which operate through mass media and popular culture to spread a gospel of health and wealth based on the notion that spiritual salvation, economic success, and physical well-being are mutually implicative.
Tags: American exceptionalism, Brazil, consumerism, culture, materialism, Pentecostalism, spirituality
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OMG: Oprah Winfrey, pop religion, and the temple of our familiarposted by Daphne Brooks
I have been—and perhaps in some ways will always be—one of the denizens, the followers, the 100% skeptical and yet 100% "true believers" of and in the Oprah Nation. I have been both captivated by her programs about white supremacy in all-white Forsyth County, Georgia (which aired in 1986, my freshman year in college) and the Little Rock Nine's steely and yet graceful fortitude (which aired in 1996, when I was in graduate school) and embarrassed by her ostentatious obsession with the material (see the "My Favorite Things" episodes from any year). Still I can't deny that O's consistent engagement with the cultural memory of the Civil Rights movement and her equally consistent obsession with spectacular consumerism are somehow entwined.
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Oprah, the Rorschach testposted by Katherine Pratt Ewing
Focusing on Oprah as an icon/inkblot, we can use our reactions to her as a Rorschach test: What do we project onto Oprah and what analytical blind spots result from these projections and the discursive anxieties that underlie them? The uneasiness, evident in Lofton's tone throughout the book, is an index of fundamental contradictions that many of us, as members of the intellectual elite, embody.
Tags: American politics, capitalism, consumerism, culture, feminism, Glenn Beck, neoliberalism, politics, race, spirituality
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Adrift on common dreamsposted by Jason Bivins
What a strange, provocative experience it has been to dwell with Kathryn Lofton's Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon during these unsettling months. The seams of public life seem especially frayed of late—a precariousness underscored by disasters natural and political that keep coming. And yet ours is the radiant moment of endless possibility so central to Lofton's subject, whose chief promise is that of a self that matters, that experiences abundance and becoming. It was with this coexistence in mind that I plunged into Oprah's world.
Tags: belief, politics, popular culture, public sphere, religion in the U.S., religious studies, spirituality
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Holy City (a history of Chicago's future)posted by Marshall Brown
Pilgrims immediately flooded the City of Chicago when Oprah Winfrey left this earth on Her 120th birthday. Millions of global devotees knew Her as The Oprah, and the institutional complex that She left behind became a holy city. After The Oprah Winfrey Show ended, in 2011, She decided not to move west, since California's bankruptcy had made the establishment of a new media empire in Los Angeles seem increasingly implausible.
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Surviving the secularposted by Ari Y. Kelman
Whether you see "the secular" as a threat or a refuge, an option or an impulse, we are all trying to survive it, and one could argue that religious folks are trying to survive the secular far more ardently than secular folks are trying to survive the religious (at least in the United States). Of course, most of us fall somewhere in between—looking for and cobbling together meaning in and around the edges of religious and secular schools of thought and belief. Yet, for all of the boundary marking and making, secular and religious are not mutually exclusive; they are mutually constitutive.
And that's where Lofton (along with an audience of millions) finds Oprah: at the intersection of religious and secular, in between spiritual and material, personal and communal, ritual and improvisational. And it is a brilliant discovery.
Tags: consumerism, religion in the U.S., religious nones, secularity, spirituality
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Spirituality: what remains?posted by Webb Keane
To use the concept of spirituality analytically is enormously difficult. There comes a point in reading this book when one can't help wondering what would not count as spiritual? But, of course, that all-encompassing capacity is an important part of the popular appeal of this category in the first place. In a helpful moment of specificity, Lofton reports that Oprah is opposed to religion, which is identified with "exclusive rituals, legislating hierarchies, codes of membership." Spirituality, by contrast, would presumably be what remains once these impediments have been removed. It is not created or bestowed, but uncovered. In this respect, spirituality is the product of that purification characteristic of what I have called the "moral narrative of modernity."
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"The hegemony of her sway"posted by Jeffrey Mahan
Oprah's "gift is not her interviewing strategy but her confessional promiscuity." While claiming only to tell you what she herself believes, Oprah "converts you to an idea, to the idea of her biographical revelations as a model for the world. She is the divine pervasion." This is a largely passive religious practice. One watches the consumption and eclectic conversation of Oprah and her guests. The viewer participates by buying into Oprah's interpretations and by buying the goods that Oprah offers and affirms. Paradoxically, the sure pathway to valuing oneself and finding one's own truth is to follow in the way of Oprah, believing what she believes and possessing the cashmere sweater sets, elegant journals, and teak serving trays that she recommends. It is, in Lofton's words, "the hegemony of her sway" that is the core of Oprah's spiritual power.
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Will Oprah Winfrey save us all?posted by Deirdre English
Oprah Winfrey is the single most powerful woman in media. She presides over a multi-billion dollar empire as both mogul and star. As a model of American womanhood, she is distinctly contemporary: never before has the predominantly white, middle-class public accepted such an anomalous spokesperson. She is single, childless, and co-habiting with the distinctively named Stedman Graham, who guards the few slivers of privacy she has left; her soul mate is her best friend, Gayle King. These factors alone would seem to mark her populist origins as more of an iconoclast than an icon; a free-thinker, cultural feminist, and a liberal.
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Spirituality, mediation, consumptionposted by David Morgan
Oprah is a compelling object for the scholarly study of religion as a contemporary phenomenon. She is mass-mediated, commercial, and famous—and spiritual, if by that we mean something that is not encompassed by the institutional structure of an organized religion, but that belongs nonetheless to the domain of the academic study of "religion." People consume, consult, and adore Oprah on a daily basis. In a word, she's an icon. This is the term that Kathryn Lofton uses to describe Oprah, and it's an appropriate choice, because it simultaneously alludes to religious imagery and popular branding, to sacred economies and the commercial market of media products. And the allusions are not mutually contradictory.
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What is Oprah?: An interview with Kathryn Loftonposted by Nathan Schneider
In Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon, just out from University of California Press, Yale religion professor Kathryn Lofton orchestrates an encounter between American religious history and daytime television. Oprah Winfrey and the media empire that bears here name, Lofton finds, bear the rudiments of modern, neoliberal womanhood, conveyed through a resolutely non-religious spirituality.
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Shinji Takahashi, M.D. (1912–1985): pioneer in early development toward CT and IMRT
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It is clear that Professor Takahashi understood the principle of modern CT in the 1950s, long before Godfrey N. Hounsfield reported the development of the first CT images in 1972. Subsequently, in 1979, Hounsfield and Alan M. Cormack were awarded the Nobel Prize for the invention of CT.
In the 1980s, rotation radiography devices used for conformational radiotherapy were replaced by CT devices. Computerized control systems for multileaf collimators were introduced, and conformational radiotherapy quickly became associated with the advanced computer systems for treatment planning. Moreover, conformational radiotherapy evolved into intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), which gained widespread use in the 1990s.
In 1977, Professor Takahashi received the 67th Japan Academy Prize and an Imperial Prize for "Study on Patho-Anatomical Analysis of the Living Body by Means of X-Rays", for his exploration of magnification radiography in addition to many other achievements described above. For magnification radiography, the focal spot of the X-ray tube needs to be extremely small. Since his time at the Hirosaki University, Professor Takahashi had made a number of attempts to obtain a microfocus X-ray tube. In 1958, after Professor Takahashi had moved to the Nagoya University, a bias-type microfocus rotating-anode X-ray tube with a focal spot size of 50 μ was developed, and it began to be applied in clinical practice. In the application of this X-ray tube, several X-ray tubes with different focal-spot sizes were lined up, and magnification radiographs of the same body part were obtained at one to four magnification ratios by moving the examination table horizontally. This method was used for plain radiography of bones and lungs, and also for bronchography. Serial angiography of blood vessels also became possible with the combined use of a device designed to change the cassettes continuously. This research was continued at the Nagoya City University by Professor Sadayuki Sakuma, one of Professor Takahashi's collaborators, and the results were published in 1975 [7].
In 1966, Professor Takahashi became a member of the Committee 3 of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP), and in 1973 he became a member of the main Commission. The mission of the ICRP is to study the impact of radiation on the global environment and to identify the ways of protecting against such an impact. For the subsequent 15 years, Professor Takahashi contributed to the expansion of the ICRP [8] and fulfilled his duty by always attending the annual committee meetings. To acknowledge Professor Takahashi's contribution to the Commission, the ICRP made him an Honorary Member in 1980, and he organized the ICRP meeting held in Tokyo in May of the following year.
In 1974, Professor Takahashi was appointed Vice President of the newly opened Hamamatsu University School of Medicine. In 1980, he became President of the Aichi Cancer Center. In 1984, he was awarded the Order of Culture by the Japanese Government for his numerous achievements in radiology.
In March 1985, Professor Takahashi retired as the President of the Aichi Cancer Center, and he passed away from pancreatic cancer in April. He was 73 years old. In July of the same year, he was posthumously awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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13 Responses to "Gov't Corporations"
I gave a police officer a courtesy notice for harassing.A charge was laid by me against a person who threatened my body and property. The police stayed this charge and are now going after me. I guess that I will give notices to judge,bailiff and the crown now. It is sick.
M. Gatzke Hi, can you let us know what happened after you gave them all a Courtesy Notice, we can all learn by what is been done cheers man.
Aloha, I would like to know more. Does this include the US Military who has been illegally occupying our country since 1893? At the time you all filed the UCC, we filed complaints to the UN and are investigating the judges etc. for war crimes, and all of their attorneys, clerks, security and various police for NOT doing their jobs.
Please go to website address; hawaiiankingdom.org for all the facts and please get back to me, because I like the ideas here, that need to expand more for example, we also face chemtrails, military rail project, Monsanto, drugs, prisons and over development. Is there room to unite here? I think there is, since your suit filed affects the world…I am all for that and do not mind coordinating efforts in Hawaii to make sure it is done right here…where crimes are where the State makes their money, abusing our lands, water, air space, mineral rights, our children and all the people of these lands.
I wait to here from someone regarding our issues and how we can work together…we also have trusts, monarchy and other issues we are trying to work out now…for myself, a Hawaiian woman, I have no problems agreeing to put my g.g.g.g.g.g.g. cousins trust into the OPPT and to end the idea of a monarchy, which I agree is not progressive and has to end.
Thank you to all who made this work and it looks good…sounds great from legal perspective and a breath of fresh air.
Mahalo Piha,
Kawehi Kanui,
Waimanalo, Oahu
Hello all!!! I recently disconnected from the system, stop using my drivers license, and did not register my car, so no insurance company would give me insurance. I was stopped on 8/8/13 made a special appearance in court on 8/22/13 because I signed the citation All Rights Reserved, the judge ruled he had no jurisdiction and the case was closed. I was stopped again last night for the same thing, I want my day in court but don't know how to do this considering the people have in fact abolished our government by tactic silence after Heather filled the UCC fillings unrebutted. I served the forecloser in court the last time in went on the 22nd, the judge passed t off as not pertaining to his court, not being a forecloser court. The millions of home owners were not foreclosure homes, but were still foreclosed on. This time I feel I should serve the arrest warrant but to demand the gov system arrest itself is a bit difficult. The officer wanted to know what I would do if I had an accident without insurance and I said they would have to contact my trustees at OPPT. Not sure exactly how that would work but I AM officially Sovereign and want a public trial on media to settle this matter of the forecloser so we can get on with co-creating a world that works for everyone. My Sovereign Authority is filled in the county and states that there is a $250,000 fee per violation and $250,000 per every 15min there after. The judge chased the courier down to return my bill after he opened it and read it. They seem to do what ever they want but who enforces our inalienable right? I'd like a public trial and to sopena Heather as the UCC consultant and an advisor in how to take this all public. The judge did offer me a trial if I was willing to give him jurisdiction I'd just like my team of Trustee's to help me set things up so we can go for it once and for all!!! What say you? I don't have internet so I have a problem staying in touch I try to keep all informed.much love Awumdah
Why do you want what you refer to as your trustees to set this up ?
Everyone is looking for a magic wand a magic piece of paper that says you are free well you need no wand or paper you are free all that you need to do now is Be and Do :;-)
Hi can you tell me did they take your car from you when you did not re register your car ?? Thank you and good on you for standing in your truth <3
Mis saludos a td@s
Referente a los doc. OPPT emitidos por Tucci Jarraf
Hay mucha documentación, pero no sabemos hacer uso de ella. Ahora deberían de explicar cómo nos vamos a desenvolver en el viejo sistema
haciendo uso del UCC. Por ejemplo ¿qué alternativa hay a nuestros permisos de conducir, documentos de identidad, etc.,? ¿Qué alegaciones presentas si vas a un juicio ya que no es necesario abogado?………..
My greetings to td @ s
Referring to the doc. OPPT issued by Tucci Jarraf
There are a lot of documentation, but do not know to use it. Now we should explain how we will develop in the old system
making use of the UCC. For example what is the alternative to our driving licenses, identity cards, etc..,? What arguments show if you go to trial and you do not need a lawyer? ………..
The 13 Amendment proves you do not need a lawyer…
Carolina Hi, We all have to learn how to use the documents first, if you don't know then you may end up in jail. For the time been keep using your license and ID cards. Don't go into their Courts, give everyone involved a flyer and Courtesy Notice with your terms and conditions, every time they respond invoice them, keep records of registered letters, dates, amounts. Do not CONSENT to anything and do not answer to your CORPORATE CAPITAL LETTER NAME your name is Caroline only. Read Mary Crofts book she is fantastic at it, you will find her somewhere on the I/uv site here somewhere cheers.
Gracias Noel por tus sugerencias. Todo lleva su tiempo, hay mucha documentación al respecto
Yo por mi parte ya he enviado varias notificaciones de cortesía acompañando a varios recuros, ¡y con éxito!
Espero que el traductor de google exprese en inglés la traducción correcta.
Thanks Noel for your suggestions. Everything takes time, a lot of documentation to
For my part I have sent several notices accompanying several recuros courtesy, and successful!
I hope google translator expresses the correct translation in English
How can the I-UV moderators be contacted via email about important developments such as this? Both of the emails B.Z. Riger gave me over two years ago now seem inoperative!
Just found this info.. I have many questions!! How do I use the documents to get out of my debt?! And what does this mean for living in this society? And I read somewhere that each of us has $10,000,000,000 owed to us, is that true? And where on the Internet can I find the filings on the UCC website so my husband believes me..?
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Gov't Corporations: Pillage and Debauchery at The Cost of The 'Peasants'
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The LTW booth is located on Ocean Front Walk in tourist-oriented Venice Beach, California. This unique location offers a global reach, as people stroll the Ocean Front Walk from around the world. Stretching the entire length of Venice Beach, from Santa Monica to Marina del Rey, Ocean Front Walk is a spiritual smorgasbord of psychics, tarot card readers, healers, mystics, Atheists United, Black Moslems, Hindus, and Buddhists. And, surprisingly, LTW has the only Christian booth on Ocean Front Walk.
The LTW booth has a sign that reads, "Come find out what God has to say about your future- for free!" Free handouts are available pertaining to every religion and belief system. Bibles, books, CDs, tracts and tapes in several languages are available to anyone interested at no charge. These resources provide Biblical answers for objections to Christianity. Curious people visit the booth to talk about issues in their lives, ask for prayer and voice questions about the Bible. We stock an alphabetized file bin of apologetic answers to Biblically challenge our postmodern culture. No solicitations have ever been made for financial support, even initially, since the ministry began in 2002. Yet the Lord continues to supply the needs of this full-time ministry through His people giving voluntarily, as He so desires, by the Holy Spirit prompting certain individuals and churches to partner with us without being asked.
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Wilbros Hearing Continues Today
A hearing on a request from Stephens County and the other plaintiffs in a civil suit against the Wilbros facility asking a judge to shut the facility down is scheduled to continue today.
It started Monday in Stephens County Superior Court.
During testimony, University of Georgia composting expert Dr. K.C. Das testified that he believed the carbon-nitrogen ratio in the compost at Wilbros needed to be increased, something that was called for in a court order issued last September.
Dr. Das said that he has not seen adequate information that the carbon-nitrogen ratio had been increased as ordered.
He then testified that based on his concerns regarding Wilbros' composting operation, the potential for producing odor was "pretty significant."
Dr. Das also testified that he had not always gotten information he requested from Wilbros in a timely manner.
In opening statements, Plaintiffs' Attorney Don Stack said Wilbros had violated previous court and Environmental Protection Division orders by not increasing its carbon to nitrogen ratio, sending raw waste materials directly to the wastewater treatment pond without processing, having non-functioning equipment in some cases, having too much moisture in the compost piles, and continued a repeated pattern of misinformation and inconsistent information.
Numerous Georgia Environmental Protection Division officials also testified in court about the alleged EPD permit violations.
However, Wilbros' attorney Steven Gilliam disputes Stack's allegations.
Gilliam said Wilbros has done what it has been ordered to do and met all necessary requirements.
He added that Wilbros has already spent $2.2 million in making improvements and argued that the EPD did not negotiate in good faith with Wilbros over the latest alleged violations as is required by law.
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Sustaining the ecological, social and economic values of the forests of Southern Tasmania
Gray, Matthew (2006) Sustaining the ecological, social and economic values of the forests of Southern Tasmania. PhD thesis, University of New England.
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This thesis articulates a methodology that can be applied to the analysis and design of underlying organisational structures and processes that will consistently and effectively address 'wicked problems' (the most difficult class of problems that we can conceptualise: problems which consist of 'clusters' of problems; problems within these clusters cannot be solved in isolation from one another, and include sociopolitical and moral-spiritual issues (Rittel and Webber 1973)) in forestry. This transdisciplinary methodology has been developed from the perspective of institutional economics synthesised with perspectives from ecological economics and system dynamics.
The institutionalist policymaking framework provides an approach for the explicit development of holistic policy. An illustrative application of this framework has been applied to the wicked problem of forestry in southern Tasmania as an example of the applicability of the approach in the Australian context. To date all attempts to seek solutions to that prevailing wicked problem set have relied on non-reflexive, partial and highly reductionist thinking.
A formal assessment of prevailing governance and process arrangements applying to that particular forestry industry has been undertaken using the social fabric matrix. This methodology lies at the heart of the institutionalist policymaking framework, and allows for the systematic exploration of elaborately complex causal links and relationships, such as are present in southern Tasmania.
Some possible attributes of an alternative approach to forest management that sustains ecological, social and economic values of forests have been articulated as indicative of the alternative policy and management outcomes that real-world application of this transdisciplinary, discursive and reflexive framework may crystallise. Substantive and lasting solutions to wicked problems need to be formed endogenously, that is, from within the system. The institutionalist policymaking framework is a vehicle through which this endogenous creation of solutions to wicked problems may be realised.
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Welcome to the 23rd season
Of the Fidelity Life Corporate Challenge
November 2016
This 5km run and walk series for business teams will tour New Zealand with stops in some of our most beautiful city parks. We kick off on Wellington's stunning waterfront at Waitangi Park on November 9th, followed by a trip to North Hagley Park in Christchurch on 16th November and finishing off in The Domain, Auckland on November 23rd.
When the challenges of the workplace are great, you want a fit and energetic team to meet them head-on! Studies show corporate fitness and well-being positively affects the fiscal fitness of your business. The Corporate Challenge offers training programmes to get your employees exercising and then brings them together outside the workplace for team building and fun competition in a beautiful New Zealand setting.
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Dec. 30, 2009
Recap | Box Score | Notes | Photo Gallery | AP Photo Gallery
HEAD COACH Pat Summitt:
(opening remarks): "I thought overall we did a lot of good things. Glory Johnson came in off the bench and did a great job in the paint. We had a lot of players who were able to get quality minutes, and we didn't have to ask Kelley Cain to play extended minutes. We had contributions everywhere on the floor. I thought we were better defensively in the second half. We have to be committed there all of the time."
(on whether she was concerned about the team being rusty after not having a game since December 22): "I wasn't that concerned. We've had two very, very challenging practices, and they've responded well. Our players are a lot more invested in getting into the gym. Larry Pratt wasn't happy, and Coach Summitt wasn't happy that they hadn't been doing that. The game against Stanford opened our eyes about that, and that's why they've gotten a whole lot better. Angie Bjorklund--that's why she shoots so well. And Taber Spani. Shekinna (Stricklen) is more dedicated now. The team has to be across the board."
(on the performance of Angie Bjorklund): "If there's one player who has worked the hardest, it's Angie Bjorklund. It's paying off not only for her but for our team as well."
(on the performance of Briana Bass): "Bree had some really good minutes. She tried to get to the paint too early some times, but she ran the team well. I was pleased with her play."
(on Shekinna Stricklen's injury status): "Our orthopedic staff says that she's OK. She just kind of landed funny. We'll see tomorrow. She's day-to-day. The weird thing is that is the third time that has happened in that area. I'm going to tell her to run right."
(on Lady Vols' additional practice in Pratt Pavilion): "I think there's no question that they have been in the gym. Tyler (Summitt's son and Lady Vol practice player) says they have blown his phone up. All they have to do is get in the gym."
(on Shekinna Stricklen): "Shekinna is such a valuable member of this team. She has a chance to be one of the best to ever play here. I've seen this two other times (her being injured. We dodged a bullet again."
(on Angie Bjorklund's improvement): "We had the players write out what they needed to do to get better. Angie needs to be a better defender. She needs to be more patient when we're setting screens. She's very committed to getting better."
(on Old Dominion coach Wendy Larry): "Wendy spoke at the the (Day of) 1,000 Stories. She's been a friend for years. This year has been very difficult for her. In coaching, you have highs and lows, and you've got to weather the storm. I've got a lot of respect for her. I feel for her. I know she'll get through this."
(on Glory Johnson coming in off the bench): "I'm very proud of Glory. She wasn't focused in the San Francisco game, so I decided to bring her in off the bench and send her a message. She's our best athlete. She's much better than she was in that game. I reminded her that she has to work hard and stay focused."
TENNESSEE JUNIOR GUARD/FORWARD Angie Bjorklund
(On the team's strong shooting performance): "Coach (Summitt) really emphasized getting in the gym after the Stanford game and everyone took it seriously. Everyone has been getting in the gym and it really shows. Just getting an extra 200-300 shots before or after practice really helps. It helps mentally too. In your head, you think about how you've been in the gym and that builds confidence, both in each other and in your own shot. We've also been focusing on getting the ball inside, which helps open things up on the outside."
(On what she thought when Shekinna Stricklen was injured): "For me, I go straight to God and say this in your hands. Taber (Spani) and I got together and prayed. We have faith that God can do anything, including healing your knee if that is His will."
TENNESSEE SOPHOMORE GUARD Briana Bass
(On how much it helped her confidence to knock down a couple of shots early): "It helped a lot. I have Angie to thank for that. She has been helping me stay focused, believe in myself and not put too much pressure on myself and just take that open shot.
(On playing 32 minutes after Shekinna Stricklen was injured in the first half): "I try to always stay ready because you never know what is going to happen. Whether my role is to cheer my teammates on from the bench or get out there and make a defensive play, I'm always trying to be ready."
(On the team's 27 assists): "In the Stanford game, we only had four assists. One of our goals was to share the ball and play more as a team. That's something we've been really trying to work on, whether it's going out to eat together or hanging out together, just working on little things to be a team."
TENNESSEE SOPHOMORE FORWARD Glory Johnson
(On coming off the bench): "Coaches start specific people that they feel will get the team off to the best start, but at the same time, people on the bench are just as important. You have to do anything you can to help the team out, whether it is getting rebounds or scoring points. You just have to be willing to do whatever you can to help your team out."
(On her excitement when Briana Bass scores): "A lot of players try to take advantage of the smaller players, so I just get excited when I see Bree taking advantage of other people with her cross-over that gets everybody going the opposite direction. A lot of people underestimate what she can do."
(opening statement): "I asked (Tennessee Head Coach) Pat (Summitt) for a fire extinguisher at halftime. I think (UT junior guard) Angie Bjorklund distinguished herself as one of the best there is. She certainly put on a clinic in the 20 minutes she played. I'm hopeful (Skekinna) Stricklen is OK. She is a very important piece to their puzzle. We gave (sophomore guard) Brianna Bass probably her signature night. It's one of those days when you allow a team to get a ton of confidence and it's tough to stop the bleeding. We are in a situation right now where we're trying to find some confidence with the schedule we've played. Up until a week ago we had the toughest schedule in the country according to the RPI. With young kids and a couple of players who aren't 100 percent, we're just trying to find our way."
(On the Lady Monarchs' tough schedule): "The intention with a young basketball team is to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I'm not sure when that light is going to shine bright for our team, but there is also something real good about playing that type of competition we've played because at some point you see the corner and that light comes on, and all the sudden you are competing too. We have a number of young players we would like to cultivate and condition to play some of these games in the future that are competitive."
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DURHAM, N.C. – The Duke University women's lacrosse team jumped out to a 6-1 lead and held on for the 10-8 victory over No. 5/6 Georgetown Saturday at Koskinen Stadium. The Blue Devils move to 7-1 (0-1 ACC) with the win, while the Hoyas drop to 2-2 on the year.
Duke had the edge in final score despite Georgetown controlling the draw, 13-7, and owning a 22-19 shot advantage for the game. However, the Blue Devil defense pressured the Hoyas into 21 turnovers, 17 caused, as Duke limited its turnovers to eight per half.
"Obviously I'm thrilled with the win," head coach Kerstin Kimel said. "Georgetown is a great team. We had a great first half; our defense was fantastic. We were able to limit their two leading attackers to four points between them, and they average a lot higher than that. I felt like our game was made there. Overall, a great team effort and a tough effort; that's what I care about."
Six Blue Devils registered goals on the afternoon, led by junior Christie Kaestner's hat trick. Kaestner also dished out an assist to total four points and classmate Sarah Bullard matched that mark with two goals and two assists. Sophomore Kat Thomas picked up two goals and an assist to go along with four draw controls and senior Lindsay Gilbride registered two points on a goal and an assist.
Georgetown's Ashby Kaestner scored the first goal of the game on an assist from Molly Ford, but Duke's Kaestner tied the score 45 seconds later on an unassisted goal. Kaestner would add two more goals in a 5-0 Blue Devil run that put Duke up four late in the first half. Georgetown ended the run with 1:30 left in the period to pull within 5-2, but Kaestner found Bullard across the middle with five seconds remaining in the half to give Duke a 6-2 advantage heading into the intermission.
The two teams traded two scores each to open the second half as Duke's Thomas scored twice for the Devils. Leading 8-4, senior Danielle Kachulis extended the Blue Devils' lead to five, drilling a shot in transition with 20:55 left to play.
Yet Georgetown would not give in, and the Hoyas responded with a 3-0 run covering four minutes to bring the score to 9-7 with 12:03 left to play.
Bullard netted a free position shot to build Duke's lead back to three, but Georgetown cut it again to two with 6:31 left to play. The Blue Devil defense came through in the end and did not allow a Hoya shot in the final six minutes and forcing three turnovers in that span.
"Our second half could've been a lot cleaner, but what you saw was the fact that they've played three games in seven days. It showed for Georgetown, too. We expected them to come out and really take it to us in the second half. We could have done a much better job of executing offensively in the second half, which is something we're going to work on."
Freshman Kaitlin Gaiss made her first collegiate start in goal for Duke after sophomore Mollie Mackler went down with an injury. The rookie made six saves to pick up her first win and also collected three ground balls and caused a turnover.
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This episode was pretty epic, and one of all-time favorites.
That being, the criticism I have for it:
* Ash used have used his entire Hoenn team (Pikachu/Corphish/Torkoal/Sceptile/Swellow/Glalie). I mean Heracross was a strategic pick but he already got a battle before, and Gible featured heavily against Conway. Corphish and Glalie should have been used instead. Corphish/Torkoal/Swellow/Glalie should have taken out Darkrai with Glalie getting the win. Glalie/Sceptile should have taken out Latios with Sceptile getting the win. And Pikachu should have drew against third Legendary.
* Torkoal has battled a Legendary before in Brandon's Registeel and almost beat it. No way it should have died that easily.
* Swellow losing to Latios that quickly was complete PIS considering Swellow built a reputation for stamina and toughness. I would have loved to see an aerial duel before Swellow got KO'd.
Takuto is surely insane since his Darkrai wins all but one battle. I think Darkrai learning Reito Bimu is not necessary since it is an ice type move and done little to develop Darkrai. Takuto should command Darkrai to use Nightmare which is much better suit in my opinion.
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Well, I liked that we got to see Sceptile battle again. And Pikachu vs Latios was pretty epic.
The rest sucked.
I can't help but wonder if Tobias was used on purpose as a deliberate mock of those players who use nothing but legendary pokemon in WiFi battles. If so, then they should have given Darkrai and Latios their shiny colours. That would have been the icing on the cake.
This episode was the WORST EVER. I mean seriously Tobias walks in out of nowhere and brings out a Darkrai and Latois who in the games are classified as Uber Pokémon and aren't allowed in competitions such as the Battle Tower or the Pokémon world Tournament. It's totally unfair. He cheated using those Pokémon. Whatever happened to cheaters never prosper. and Tobais didn't even get any character development. He's just this big silent mysterious guy who everyone seems to soil themselves whenever he comes by. I mean if I were Ash and I knew he was competing in the league I would have just quit and tried again the next year. It was almost heartbreaking to watch Heracross, Torkoal and Gible fall without any real fight and Ash become all sad and frustrated when he realises how badly he is going to loose. Thought it certainly wiped the smug smile off Tobias's face when Sceptile beat Darkrai - but then he just pulls out Latios and goes on to knock out Sceptile and Swellow really easily. Then we get to Pikachu who puts up a really decent fight although almost gets killed when they fly so high above the stadium. I'm kinda glad the tied because it gave Ash a sort of positive note to finish on.
But seriously people like to have a go at Cameron from Unova when he beats Ash with only five Pokémon. This bloke Tobais takes out Ash's entire team with only 2 Pokémon which were both legendary. Ash never even had a chance. That's just downright humiliating. At least with Cameron they were evenly matched and both sides put in their all, and Cameron clearly had a strong bond with his Pokémon (especially Lucario). Tobais was just like, Dark void - Your dead Haracross, Dark void - lights out Torkoal, Peekaboo I KO you Gible. Now Darkrai. What's this my Darkai has been knocked out for the first time ever. Oh dear. I'd just better pull out one of my other legendary Pokémon so I can mop the floor with Ash, hurt his best friend Pikachu and crush his hopes and dreams. And it's not even 10:00am. I must say. Not a bad morning. I mean what on earth were the writers thinking. A bloke with legendaries just demolishes Ash and destroys all his hard work and the fans love it despite Tobais cheating, and yet when Ash's friend and kindred spirt Cameron battle their all and Ash looses they hate it despite Cameron having earned the win.
On a positive note, as a romantic Pikashipper I liked the way Ash got a bit of confidence back when he saw the determined look on Pikachu's face and was able to make a reasonable come back with his best friends (or more) assistance. Ash and Pikachu were very much in sync in that last battle. It was a strong finish to an otherwise ridged and unfair match. And then he does the usual of making sure Pikachu is okay and giving him a hug and telling him he did well. It's very sweet. But other than that this was a terrible ending to Ash's journey in Sinnoh. Tobais is easily one of my most hated characters because of this.
People enjoy Tobias because even despite the loss it still shows Ash's progress as he manages to a.) achieve his highest League rank b.) shows skill by beating 2 Legendary Pokemon in the same battle c.) showcased that Ash was probably the strongest trainer in the Sinnoh League d.) shows Ash still has another level to go reach and that his current end of region DP level can still be bettered leaving room for improvement in BW
which incidentally pisses people off about the Unova League, especially Cameron because it completely regresses not just Ash's DP level, but also his constant improvement in all the previous sagas.
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I actually thought the battle in this episode wasn't as bad as it seemed, in fact I thought it was pretty epic that Ash took down 2 legendary Pokemon when no one has ever beat Tobias' Darkrai. It was also clear that Ash was the 2nd strongest in this league and he only lost because the writers needed to keep him in the anime at the time. I honestly wouldn't mind a repeat of this battle if Ash needs to lose in a future league.
Great battle that made Ash look impressive, although it wasn't perfect.
And while it's not unreasonable Ash loose to a trainer he's never met before, why did have to be a totally over powered trainer with legendaries. Tobais was always going to win. We knew it going in. Even if Ash were the strongest in the Sinnoh league it was still unfair he got whipped out by a legendary user. Tobias showed connection or bond with his Pokemon. He didn't say anything nice to Latios whereas Cameron was happily spinning Lucario round and round. It was cute. Tobias just look like he was using them as battle slaves. He gave off a harsh and cold demeanour. When you saw him taking the cup it felt like the wrong person had won. When Virgil won in Unova you had a good feeling. Sort of if Ash didn't win at least someone who deserved it did.
I don't see the fact that Ash obtained a higher ranking in Sinnoh than Unova as a good enough excuse to have a go at Cameron. Ash was just lucky that he didn't have to face Tobais until that point in the competition. If he had had the misfortune to meet him in the preliminary rounds it would have been all over red rover before the match even started. I agree a better way to have done Unova would have been to have Ash face and loose to Cameron in the Semi finals or finals (and possibly have Cameron win the league) and have Ash defeat Virgil in the Quarter finals (which I think he could have done with his Unova team). I don't actually think Ash was any better in Sinnoh than Unova. His Pokémon were relatively high powered and able to pull off some impressive feats. I think it's perfectly plausible that Snivy could have defeated Darkrai. She as strong as Sceptile or at least has the potential to be.
As for cheating. Yes he was not stopped from entering the league with the two legendary Pokémon but I have to wonder what the writers were thinking when they created a character who uses legendary Pokémon. To me using legendary Pokémon in a regional championship (in which all the other Pokémon are not legendary) would be like Ian Thorpe entering the Weet-bix Triathlon and blood doping to improve his performance. Given it's rare in the games for someone to use legendary Pokémon and even the champion does not it's almost a little insulting to fans of Ash and Pikachu to see a bloke with 2 bloody legendaries come in and mop the floor with the entire tournament and destroy everyones hard work effortlessly. Ash worked so hard to be in the league he did not deserve to get owed by some unknown bloke with legendary Pokémon. The legendary or legendaries that the player obtains are always linked to the story line or are caught as event Pokémon post game. For goodness sake, not even the elite four or Cynthia use legendary Pokémon and they are the strongest trainers in Sinnoh.
Yes, Brandon did use the reggi trio but Brandon is a special case. First of all he is identified as a very strong trainer who only the best take on. This is true in the games as well - you have to defeat the battle frontier to battle him. Secondly Brandon received some character development and aside from his tough guy act it was clear he had compassion for his Pokémon. Thirdly Brandon uses other Pokémon not just three legendaries and he was not competition in a competition that seemed like it was mostly for children. Finally Brandon was an archeologist so it's not hard to see how he obtained them. With Tobias it is never explained and I personally believe it could have been fraudulent.
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If you're really comparing a loss to a possible Elite 4 tier opponent who destroyed an entire region to a loss to a guy who can't even figure out the Unova League is suppossed to take place in Unova then I'll be here laughing.
The E4 and Cynthia don't use Legendaries? So what. There is not a said defined path to becoming the strongest now is there. And this is not even touching upon how strong Tobias's Pokemon would have to be to even stand a chance when he went to capture said Legendaries in the first place. The conventional route to facing the E4 is through the League. Ergo he wants to beat the E4 and challenge Cynthia for her spot. So yes he's going to bring his OP team through the League to win it and gain acess to battling the E4 and possibly Cynthia.
The blood doping example holds no merit since it is not cheating to start with no matter how much you try to claim it is.
I personally didn't care for Swellow and Torkoal being destroyed so quickly (Swellow because it can do much better, and Torkoal because it loses a lot) but that's forgivable for obvious reasons. It was a good episode and the Pikachu vs. Latios was really enjoyable.
But just because the episode was enjoyable, doesn't mean the episode should have happened. There are some aspects that were really bad. Firstly the writing was kind of lazy. How much sense does it make that someone could use one Pokemon to sweep through a competition designed to find a champion? If his only competition is so much weaker than he is, then how did he get that strong in the first place? You could argue that instead of making Ash look good, Tobias made every Sinnoh gym and every competitor in the Pokemon League look awful.
This episode also really made it clear that Ash was never going to win a Pokemon League, and the fact that the main character will never succeed is not something you want to convince your viewers.
One other problem I had was that Pikachu and Latios looked dead when the battle finished. I don't think the Pokemon should have to battle until they look like they're about to die. Battles can still be enjoyable without the overly brutal scenes. >_>
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And I am comparing The Tobias and Cameron battles in that it's odd people are happy with Ash loosing to a bloke with two Pokemon but not one with five and that Ash lost to a character only writen to win. A Tobias is is a symbol Ash will never win a league. Furthermore if he is a cheater then he is hardly elite four material.
Just because Ash finished one step behind in Unova than he did in Sinnoh does not make it a regression. He's not going to do brilliantly all the time and it's more realistic to see him do slightly worse the next time round. Can anyone involved in any form of high level competition honestly say they have constantly improved without any exception. The main thing to do is to learn from your mistakes and try to improve for next time. Not an unreasonable point for the anime to make given it is a children's show. His Pokémon are not any better or worse in terms of their achievements in Unova than they have been in any other region and nobody seems to have consider that the level of competition in Unova, with the exception of Tobias may have been much higher than in Sinnoh, evidence by the fact that Ash finished a run lower there than he did in Sinnoh. Cameron is probably a better trainer than Paul given he has a team of six fully evolved Pokémon and he is show to treat them with kindness and respect, where as Paul did not and relied on strength and cruelty.
The comparison I am making is that it is odd that fans will hate on Cameron for winning with 5 Pokémon when Tobias did the same thing with 2. The inclusion of Tobias was completely unfair and I do consider the use of legendaries in this context cheating for the reasons I have explained.
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This episode has some great dialogue that I caught on a rewatch.
Jessie: Is it me or is Darkrai strong?
James: What a keen grasp of the obvious.
Also Tobias taunted Ash so hard. When he revealed Latios he said "To think I'm using my 2nd Pokemon here in this Pokeball!" The emphasis on Pokeball was heavy. Having a Latios is no big deal. Catching it in a Pokeball? You're done Ash.
That was a good episode. I think Ash should've used his Charizard, Infernape, or something instead of Torkoal. Plus, I think Ash should've gotten an award for being the first one to defeat Tobias' Darkrai.
I wonder what the last guy's other Pokemon were besides Magmortar?