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Discussion in 'The Toyark' started by Shin Densetsu, Dec 20, 2011.
A Label King Of Fighters XIII K
And I thought this thing was in prototype hell after missing the last couple WonFes'. It's a good looking piece (well except maybe those weird eyes) but I am hesitant in getting him when D-Arts has a good chance of releasing a K' of their own.
But of course the first company to release a Rugal wins in my heart.
I dunno. I'm no KOF expert, but the face is a bit off, and those hips/crotch looks really weird. If anything, I'd hold off for a Kyo and Iori.
Considering the SHFiguarts line is getting Terry Bogard, I'm hoping that there will be some more KOF figures there instead...
We've already seen that Terry, Kim, Kyo, and Mai will be coming out as D-Arts.
Ah. My bad. I though they were SH Figuarts.
I just saw the pics, and I must say that I'm highly tempted. But now I'm going off-topic.
D-Arts is pretty much the same thing, just like Ultra Act and Monster Arts.
Looking forward to Kyo figure
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The entire concept of The Controversy, of making my words so big, blasting and broadcasting how "Muslim" I am is so, so incredibly tongue-in-cheek. I know I'm your equal, and I feel like the blog is the response the media wants from Muslims (that we are not terrorists, and we are hurt by your accusations) but DUDE.
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Trust me, I'm writing this in the middle of exam season frenzy, and although we are not terrorists and are hurt by your accusations…
There. I said it.
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You see, this dude did an incredible project on the Ukraine crisis because the media, for him, depicted this crisis like it would be the end of the world…or at least lead to full out total war. (Spoiler alert: as of this date the Ukraine crisis hasn't led to full out total war).
And the media does shit like that, I should know, I'm Muslim.
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Before everything I am myself, and that is perhaps the most contraversial thing: that words, the media, even books upon books, can never describe me, depict me to you as completely as I am.
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Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 11:16 PM
To: Anton Yasnitsky
Cc: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
Subject: Re: [xmca] review of Italian translation of Thinking and Speech: In
defence of van der Veer and Mecacci
I have not been able to find Mecacci's email so far, but perhaps you could
enlighten us
on the major, meaning-shifting differences between the 1934 and 1982 Russian
I am also curious about your view on the translation of Myshlenie as
Thinking rather than
Thought. Seems like it could to either way and a case could be made for the
noun form
rather than the verb. Its an issue we discussed a lot in the mid 1990's with
no clear
On 5/30/08, Anton Yasnitsky <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 4:05 PM, David Kellogg
> > <email@example.com>
> > wrote:
> > > I think what the review says about the Italian translation is simply
> > > wrong.
> I think what this comment says about van der Veer's review is simply
> wrong. I feel it is my sad duty to correct this misrepresentation of the
> case and, specifically, address several dubious or even totally false
> statements.
> 1. > > Kozulin's (re-)translation into English is based on the 1934
> > edition, not the later editions.
> Wrong. Kozulin did say that "this new translation is based on the 1934
> edition of Myshlenie i rech', etc", but perhaps made realy bad use of this
> edition. Thus, on the same page adds that "substantial portions of the
> 1962 translation made by the late Eugenie Hanfmann and Gertrude Vakar have
> been retained" (Kozulin, 1986, p. lvi), which, to me, makes the
> translation quite unreliable. Finally, comparison of the texts shows that
> Kozulin's text is at times quite different from Vygotsky's 1934 text (I do
> have a copy of this 1934 text and did compare the two).
> 2. > > It's also quite contradictory and unconvincing in other ways. For
> > example, it claims that Piaget was probably familiar with Vygotsky's
> work
> > simply because Vygotsky had written a preface to his work.
> ...
> > > There's a language barrier here that we are still up against; as far
> > as we know, Piaget did not read Russian well (I read somewhere that
> Piaget's copy
> > > of the 1934 edition of "Thinking and Speech" was apparently unread
> > when he
> > > died). Yes, he corresponded with Luria and even received letters from
> > > Vygotsky, but they were probably in French. No English or French
> > translation
> > > of "Thinking and Speech" existed.
> Generally, interrelations between Piaget and Vygotsky is a fairly obscure
> topic and a recent article by Susan Pass (2007) unfortunately does not
> clarify the issue at all. For this reason, I suggest that we first need to
> have a look at "convincing argumentation" by Mecacci. What van der Veer
> says is that "Meccacci convincingly argues that this statement is wholly
> unlikely in view of the fact that, among other things, a) Piaget
> corresponded regularly with Vygotsky's close collaborator Luria since the
> early nineteen-thirties, and b) Piaget wrote himself a foreword for the
> Soviet edition of two of his books, which also included a lengthy critical
> introduction by Vygotsky".
> According to van der Veer, Mecacci discusses "Piaget's claim that he had
> not acquainted himself with Vygotsky's critique until 1962" but not the
> availablity of translation of Vygotsky's book. Thus, I personally doubt
> that the language of correspondence between Luria and, possibly, Vygotsky
> with Piaget has anything to do with Piaget's possibly being acquainted
> with Vygotsky's critique. For instance, as we now know, in 1935-36 Luria
> was preparing a memorial volume for the late Vygotsky, and Piaget was one
> of those who agreed to contribute (King & Wertheimer, 2005, 270-279). In
> his letter to Luria, Piaget wrote (in my second-hand translation from
> Russian): "Let me tell you how deeply I am saddened by the [new of the]
> death of Vygotsky about whom you told me so much and who--I know--takes
> such a [prominent] place in psychology", etc. (Vygodskaya & Lifanova,
> 1996, 331). This is all hypothetical, and we do not have a statement by
> Piaget that he knew of Vygotsky's criticism of his work, but I believe it
> is highly unlikely that Piaget who, according to his letter, was quite
> well familiar with Vygotsky's work, was not aware of his critique of his
> works.
> Anyway, my point is that van der Veer is not THAT "contradictory and
> unconvincing" is it may seem to somebody.
> 3. > > What is written about the Russian editor is very contradictory. On
> > the one
> > > hand, we are told he was responsible for distortions of the text. How
> > could
> > > we know, unless we had access to some ur-text BEFORE the 1934 edition?
> > As
> > > far as I know, no such text exists.
> Answer: from the editor himself.
> Kolbanovsky, in his Editor's preface (1934) to the first publication of
> Myshlenie i rech' on different occasions remarks that the work of Vygotsky
> can not without reasonable doubt be regarded as "the expression of
> Marxist-Leninist theory in development of the problem of thinking and
> speech" (p. iv), and that "sometimes, in critical and experimental studies
> by Vygotsky, particularly in his early works, digressions from
> consistently materialist perspective, some infatuations [uvlecheniya] and
> mistakes occur" (p. v). Then, Kolbanovsky concludes that he attempted to
> preserve the word of Vygotsky as is and made only the "most necessary
> corrections".
> Back to van der Veer's review, the author states that "Kolbanovsky changed
> some of the wordings to make the book more palatable for the ideological
> leaders". This is highly hypothetical and conjectural, indeed, yet most
> likely given the historical and social context of Vygotsky's posthumous
> publicatiion.
> 4. > > According to Levitin, he played a heroic role. Kolbanovsky was at
> > first
> > > dispatched to dispatch Vygotsky and on meeting the man realized his
> > genius
> > > and ensured publication of the work after his death, even though he
> > probably
> > > knew the risks better than anyone else.
> According to [an interpretation of] Levitin, indeed.
> 5. > >After publication (which as we
> > know
> > > contained some much more dangerous passages than simply references to
> > > pedology and testing) Kobalovsky disappeared.
> First, "Kobalovsky" was in fact Kolbanovsky.
> Second, he did not disappear. On the contrary, in 1936, when the Communist
> Party degree on "paedological perversions" came out, V.N. Kolbanovsky was
> the Director of the Institute of Psychology in Moscow--from 1932 and until
> 1938 (Nikol'skaya, 1994). Even after 1938, when Kolbanovsky was displaced
> from the directorship and K.N. Kornilov was again appointed the Director
> of the Institute, Kolbanovsky did not "disappear" and remained one of the
> top figures in the official Soviet psychology. For the list of Kolbavsky's
> publication please see http://ipsy.org.ru/gs680.php .
> Third, on the role of Kolbanovsky and his "heroic role" in the history of
> Vygotskian legacy. Please consider a fragment of Kolbanovsky's
> presentation during one of the "public discussions" of Vygotsky's
> scientific contribution that was organized in 1936 at the Institute of
> Psychology immediately after the decree on paedology:
> Kolbanovsky: "What is wrong in the system of L.S. Vygotsky? It is his
> initial methodological perspective, that is, his cultural-historical
> theory. Is Vygotsky a Marxist in this respect? Obviously he is not... What
> do I think about this theory? I would say that I never identified this
> theory as Marxist or approaching to Marxism. But if we look deeper into
> the roots of the theory itself [we will see that] it requires now most
> profound critique as an anti-Marxist theory, as a theory that does not
> exceed the boundaries of the bourgeois understanding of the history, and,
> is, therefore, essentially hostile to Marxism" (cit. by Vygodsky &
> Lifanova, 1996, p. 143).
> 6. > >So how is it that he is
> > now
> > > responsible for distortions?
> This must be a rhetorical question, eh?
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As noted previously (#287), the Balaam pericope (Num 22-24) and the Baal Peor apostasy (Num 25) both present a viable Moabite force in northern Moab, contradictory to the traditions preserved in the Yahwist which spoke of an Amorite presence and Amorite territory. See also #282-285. Similarly, the present story of the Israelites' apostasy and attachment to the cult of Baal at Peor clashes pretty heavily with the rather positive presentation ofRead More
#297. Who led the Israelites to worship Baal of Peor: the Moabites OR the Midianites? (Num 25:1-2 vs Num 25:16-18, 31:15-16)
#294. To which god was Balaam subservient: Yahweh OR El? (Num 23:8, 23:26 vs Num 23:8)
#295. By which god was Israel blessed: Yahweh OR El? (Num 24:1 vs Num 24:4)
#296. Who liberated the Israelites from Egypt: Yahweh OR El? (Ex 20:21; Lev 19:36, 23:43; Deut 5:6, 13:10, etc. vs Num 23:22, 24:8)
In contradiction #27—Is Yahweh and El the same god or different gods? (which has become one of my most visited posts)—I not only laid out the biblical evidence suggesting that Yahweh and El were variously viewed as the same deity on several occasions, while in a few rare instances as two distinct deities, but I also summarized the scholarly evidence for the claim that (some of ?) the early Israelites actuallyRead More
#293. Has Yahweh not found iniquity in Israel OR has he? (Num 23:21 vs Num 21:5-9, 25:1-18)
Another textual indicator that the Balaam pericope derives from a different source than its surrounding material is its radically contrary depiction of Yahweh (or El) towards Israel and of Israel itself. In Balak's second attempt to extract from Balaam a divine curse against Israel, Balaam comes back with these words from Yahweh, or El (see forthcoming). He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob, and neither has he seen any evil inRead More
#292. Who comes forth against Balaam as a satan: an angel of Yahweh OR Yahweh himself? (Num 22:22, 22:32 vs Num 22:32)
I throw this one out there for its provocative effect—to allow us to think about the relationship between 3 figures as they were depicted and understood by ancient Israelite scribes: Yahweh, Yahweh's angel, and satan (literally without definite article, 'an adversary'). Although the Balaam story is pretty clear and adamant about the fact that it is Yahweh's angel (malak) who comes out as "satan" or an adversary against Balaam, a caseRead More
#291. Does Balaam wish to curse Israel and is prevented by Yahweh OR does he not wish to curse Israel? (Deut 23:5-6; Josh 24:9-10; Neh 13:2; 2 Pet 2:15; Jude 1:11; Rev 2:14 vs Num 22:22-35)
The narrative of Numbers 22-24 never presents nor implies that Balaam wishes to harm or curse Israel. To the contrary, Balaam is presented as a loyal vassal of Yahweh, and when on three separate occasions Balak asks Balaam to pronounce curses upon Israel, Balaam refuses saying that he can only utter that which his god—Yahweh—has placed in his own mouth. Indeed, Balaam even refers to Yahweh as "my god," which mightRead More
#290. Does Yahweh permit Balaam to depart OR not? (Num 22:20 vs Num 22:22)
This contradiction is typically cited in the scholarly literature, although for my part it doesn't seem all too problematic, nor even relevant. It does create for some interesting narrative tension however. Scholars who note this contradiction usually argue that the story about Balaam and his talking ass come from a different tradition. In either case, Yahweh's pronouncement that Balaam should go with the king's men in Num 22:20 and Yahweh's angerRead More
#289. Where does Balaam come from: Pethor OR Aram (Num 22:5 vs Num 23:7)
Within the Balaam story itself, especially between the prose and poetry sections, there seems to be conflating traditions concerning Balaam's origin. The prose of Numbers 22:5 places his coming from Pethor, while the poetry section of Numbers 23:7 accredits him originating from as far away as Aram. We will note other textual inconsistencies between the prose and poetry sections of Numbers 22-24 in future posts, all of which have led scholarsRead More