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UN agency can visit in Jan says Iran
Vienna, December 22, 2011
A team of senior UN nuclear officials could visit Iran in January, the Islamic state's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency has told Reuters.
Ali Asghar Soltanieh said on Tuesday that Iran had renewed an invitation for an IAEA team to travel to Tehran and suggested Iranian officials would be ready to discuss international concerns about the country's nuclear programme.
He later gave further details in an interview with Reuters television on Wednesday evening, saying preliminary arrangements for the visit would be made in the first week of January.
'Any time after that, after the composition of the team is finalised, they are welcome to come. Therefore I assume that perhaps in January this visit will be made,' Soltanieh said.
Iran's latest overture to the Vienna-based UN agency, which has long urged Tehran to address disputes about its nuclear agenda, coincides with a sharpening of international sanctions imposed on Iran over its nuclear work.
Western diplomats tend to see such invitations as attempts by Iran, a major oil producer, to buy time and ease international pressure without heeding UN demands to curb activity that could be put to making atomic bombs and to be transparent about its programme to ease misgivings about it.
One Western envoy this week dismissed Iran's new offer of talks as part of a 'charm offensive' without any commitment from Tehran 'to talk substance'.
Iran says it is enriching uranium solely for peaceful purposes but its foes suspect this has military aims.
Western fears that Iran is seeking to develop atomic bomb capability were reinforced by a November 8 IAEA report that said Tehran appeared to have worked on designing a nuclear weapon.
Suspicions have been stoked by Iranian secrecy and lack of full cooperation with inspectors from the IAEA, whose job is to verify that countries' nuclear activities are peaceful.
Iran says its nuclear work is a peaceful bid to generate electricity so that it can export more of its oil and gas.
Iran initially invited Herman Nackaerts, IAEA deputy director general and head of nuclear safeguards inspections worldwide, in October. But Iran's angry reaction to the agency report the following month threw those plans into doubt.
Previous visits to Iran by senior IAEA officials have failed to make significant progress towards resolving the long-running row over Iran's nuclear programme, a dispute which has the potential to ignite a wider conflict in the Middle East.
IAEA inspectors monitor Iran's declared nuclear sites but their movements are otherwise restricted.
IAEA director general Yukiya Amano has made clear that any new visit by his senior officials to Tehran must address the agency's growing concerns about potential military dimensions to the nuclear programme.
An IAEA spokeswoman said on Wednesday the agency was 'working on a possible visit' to Iran, without elaborating. - Reuters


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So it's been one year since I did this last time. So here's another ten anime that I enjoyed since then that y'all might be interested in! List is random shit
Ping Pong: The Animation. For all you elitists out there, this is the best show you
guys can watch. It's really just the story of exceptional ping pong players, and
about their motivations. It also tackles themes like "What makes a hero?" and "Are
sports worth living for?" The art style is kind of ugly and takes time to get used to,
but the animation is superb and the artistic direction is stylish as hell. I really
recommend it if you can get over the art.
Elliott Smith
Mushishi. Elitists should definitely also check out Mushishi. It's a show about a third
(or fourth, I guess, fucking Archaebacteria) domain of life called mushi. It's not
quite philosophical but it tackles some of the problems people have living with
these, and the solutions to these problems are quite contemplative. The art is
fucking beautiful, and it's a great way to relax after a long day or something. Really
recommend watching an episode at a time. It's not the kind of thing you want to
rush through.
Brand New
The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
Evangelion. I'm assuming you know all about this. But in case you don't, it's
probably one of the most famous anime of all time. The premise is that 14 year olds
fight in these giant sorta-robots to fight Angels, these alien invaders. It's
ridiculously psychological and nearly impossible to understand without external
resources. It's a fantastic character study, and behind the bombast of the angel
fights and the general mindfuckery of the final episodes are an analysis of character
psyches. At its core, it's a simple coming of age story, but it's framed behind a
central theme (though there are others) of leaving the mother's womb as a
metaphor for coming of age.
Spice and Wolf: This is some pretty standard romance stuff. It's about a traveling
salesman and a wolf spirit who accompanies him, yadda yadda yadda. It's got cute,
witty dialogue and actually some interesting explanations about economics. Just
some high-quality feel good stuff.
Nick Drake
Pink Moon
Uchouten Kazoku: This is a fantastic, almost-but-not-quite magical realism show
about a society of tanuki (Japanese raccoon dogs) and tengu (Japanese gods of
wind I believe) living alongside humans in modern day Kyoto. Tanuki have the ability
to shapeshift with their proper composure, and Tengu can fly. This is a rather
grounded work on family but it's fantastically written and has some really gorgeous
scenes. The art style is a little bit weird though and might take some getting-used-
to. Fantastic if you want to be an anime elitist.
Kyousougiga: Another artsy show, this has often been described as a Disney-type
show in certain scenes. I'm not sure I agree with that, but I thought I'd throw it
out there. Kyousougiga is again a study of family, but unlike Uchouten Kazoku, it's
actually rather outlandish. The story takes place in a parallel universe Kyoto, and is
about a girl named Koto looking for a way back to her home. It's got a beautifully
vibrant color scheme, some cool action, and fantastic character work. Again, if
you're an elitist, check it out.
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Everything in Transit
Cross Game. This is a straightforward anime about baseball. It's about two families
that have been close since childhood and their love for the game. Cross Game is
just a fantastically solid show about people and their love for baseball in their quest
to get Koushien, which is like nationals for baseball in Japan. It doesn't do anything
out of the box; instead, it's just a really well told story.
George Winston
Honey and Clover: This is a borderline melodramatic show about college kids at an
art school. It's got rather girl art since it's josei (aimed towards adult women), but
it tackles ideas that everyone, especially college students, can relate to. It tackles
ideas such as youth, genius, and love. H&C is great for the same reasons Cross
Game is great. It really builds up the relationship of the characters and just plays
them out very naturally, though at times it can get a little repetitive and tedious.
It's definitely not a show for everyone.
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Forget and Not Slow Down
Silver Spoon. This show's manga is written by the same person who wrote Fullmetal
Alchemist, so it's quality stuff. However, it's more of a tribute to her life growing up
in a farm---in this show, the main character, a city dweller, goes to agricultural
school to get away from his family. He (and the audience) learns the ins and outs
of farm trade, and joys and troubles it has to offer. There's one episode where
literally they just gather fresh material to make pizza, and that episode was
absolutely fantastic. It really imparted on me one of those joys I personally will
never experience. It's also got the signature slapstick humor of Arakawa (the
mangaka). I find it hilarious and really enjoyed it but beware that you may not feel
the same.
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Perfect from Now On
Usagi Drop. Another standard anime that could easily be live action, Usagi Drop is
about a 30 year old with a boring life who adopts a 7 year old who is apparently the
daughter of his late grandfather (he was like 80, kind of weird yeah). The show is
just about the new life they lead and how the main character has trouble adapting.
It's a heartwarming tale of family and responsibility. If you're going to watch it,
don't even ask about the manga end. The anime was designed in a way that stays
true to the manga but doesn't imply the twist. So yeah, stay awaay.
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sup guys
here's my MAL if you want to check it out:
Attack on Titan
Shaman king
Started watching Evangelion again since I hadn't seen it in over 10 years. Not really digging it, as it doesn't seem to stand up to the other anime's i've seen. Never really delved any further than the surface level entertainment though.
FMA: Brotherhood is easily my favorite anime to date. Any recommendations around that? I've only seen a few all the way through. Evangelion (when I was younger), Attack on Titan, FMA: Brotherhood, Death Note. Saw a bunch of Naruto before it became pointless with all the fillers, and 2 seasons of Soul Eater before I got bored.
That ping pong one actually sounds really dope, as I just recently wondered how people can devote their entire lives to a sport.
man i've been slacking with my anime recently (for the past ~2 months or so). i just started one called Dennou Coil and it's really interesting but work has been taking over (but that's ending next week, so I should be good)
pretty cool list - will definitely end up watching Ping Pong (you should check out The Tatami Galaxy btw: it's another show by the person who wrote Ping Pong)
Mushishi is gorgeous - need to get on that season 2 material
Uchouten Kazoku is easily top 5 material for me, largely because of how easy I could relate to it (family with four brothers, father who is absent often enough etc)
Kyousou Giga had the potential to be a top 5 but it kinda fell flat near the end - still wonderful
I'll still stand by Evangelion being way too overrated and I find that a lot of the meanings found are generally excuses for the bad production (like, I'm pretty sure the creator said he added all the christian references because it was cool and nothing else)
aside from Tatami Galaxy, you might like Kuragehime and Watamote
ye ping pong is sweet, there's no over-romanticization of sports which is nice.
evangelion is great but yeah from a surface-level exam it's not great. it's the psychological aspect that makes it so acclaimed. fma: brotherhood is my favorite anime or second favorite as well. i'd definitely recommend avatar: the last airbender if you didn't watch that. besides that, i hear the other similar show with a similarly high quality is hunter x hunter (which gets better and more mature after first few episodes). i haven't seen it personally but that's what i hear.
if you liked death note you might like code geass too (i didn't like it at all but a lot of people seem to). or maybe try steins;gate, it's tied with fma:b as my favorite. a little slow in the beginning as you get to know the characters. it's a rad time travel show. i hear the dub is pretty good too.
@choccy, lol i've only seen titan of those three
Corpse party is amazing man. It's famous for being brutal and you'll finish it in less than 2 hours because it's only 4 episodes long. I highly recommend you watch it and shaman king, both fantastic animes
What did you think of attack on titan? I personally loved it because you weren't quite sure about the titans motives, so it was impossible to favour a side
and yeah i've watched tatami galaxy, i wasn't a huge fan when i watched it... i thought the first couple episodes were sorta meh, although the ending was fantastic. i'd probably like it more if i watched it again. i'll check out kuragehime (is that princess jellyfish? i hear good things about that), but i hate hate hate cringe humor so watamote is out.
re: evangelion, well the christian imagery is easy to ignore. it's fantastic as a psychological show, and the symbolism might be pointless (and yeah there's a lack of production) but there's a ton of thematic discussion in the show (especially, like i said, about leaving the mother's womb as a metaphor for coming of age)
Hokuto no Ken
@choccy, i liked titan. it was a fun show, though i preferred the horror direction of the first few episodes over where they actually took it. i don't know about it being ambiguous, the titans were to me basically zombies (impossible to root for) but maybe a little more interesting, but yeah the antagonist of the final arc (don't wanna spoil) was pretty morally ambiguous. it was definitely a fun popcorn show to watch with friends, imo.
re: the other two, i've heard of them both. i was never really interested in them but i'll think about it.
working through death note atm as my first anime, any recs on where next?
from what i've seen cowboy bebop and steins;gate look like good choices
Only Anime I've ever loved was Fist of the North Star. I like people exploding
jeff, what kind of stuff do you like outside of anime? and also, how "critical" are you about your media?
for example, death note is often compared to code geass, in that the protagonist has a supernatural power and is a genius who can outwit people. code geass however has a lot more anime tropes like high school stuff, a harem (multiple girls attracted to the protagonist), etc. that might bother you. plus the plot of geass is even more flimsy than death note.
bebop is always a good choice imo. steins;gate is good if you like sci-fi that's focused on characters rather than the "science" (although its explanations are good). i find you really appreciate steins;gate if you watch it for the characters. the first couple episodes are them dicking around with a time travel thing and basically establishing characters and their relationships. around the second half the plot kicks into high gear (you'll know exactly what i mean). i would definitely recommend both.
FLCL is like the only anime i still like
well i mean for the moment i'd like stuff that's fairly westernized and mostly character-based - i like death note for the plotting and cod-philosophy stuff (and the art direction) rather than the concept/supernatural stuff
what what you wrote i think i'll try steins next, thanks for the detailed recs
I agree about the horror elements. I was hoping the show would portray a psychological struggle that was a bit more terrifying than what eren has to go through, but sadly not. Once we got to the elite corps, it basically became an action anime. If you want the horror that was in the first few episodes then definitely check out corpse party, you'll love it.
Based on attack on Titan,do you have any recs for me? I'm a fan of the horror/thriller type that isn't very cheesy
@yak, still on my list to watch!
@jeff, if you prefer western/character-based stuff, you'll love Bebop. Steins;Gate isn't westernized (in fact it directly addresses "moe" and Akihabara which is sort of the nerdy otaku capital of the world) but it's definitely character-based. You'll probably also like Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. If you watched & liked Avatar: The Last Airbender, then it's fairly similar (using "magic" to control your surroundings... in FMA it's alchemy). super high quality stuff set in an alternate Germany.
@Choccy, yeah I agree with you re: Titan. I'll consider Corpse Party since it's only four episodes but gore/brutality usually isn't my thing (versus horror which I feel is a little more understated). I don't have very many great horror/thriller shows. What I feel comfortable recommending is Shinsekai Yori (From the New World). I wrote it about in the first edition of this list, but it's basically about an alternate dystopian future where civilization crumbled when humans discovered the ability of PK (psychokinesis). It's not strictly a horror/thriller (though one episode is) but it definitely evokes an eerie vibe. I haven't watched it but I hear Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is pretty eerie too. If he still goes on sputnik, ask sixdegrees (the user). He's an expert in that type of anime.
Kyousougiga sounds pretty interesting actually
isn't there that one anime where sharks with motorized legs take over the world
can't remember the name but i'd watch the hell outta that
It's more horror than gore but the gory parts are used very well. I'll warn you that episode 1 is pretty boring but necessary but it gets so much better after that. Will see what those animes are like if I can remember how to spell them
my fave is rush hour
there we go! it's not english but i mean it's motorized fuckin sharks with legs so who needs a script
Avatar is one of my favs as well. I didn't list it cause some elitists bashed me for calling it an anime in the past. It sounds like we have pretty similar tastes when it comes to this, judging from your comments. Will definitely check out the ones you mentioned. My roommates are actually watching hunter x hunter right now.
Also, completely agreed on your assessment of Titan. Was a huge fan until the turn.
what's that korean movie about the house i thought that was good
the tale of two sisters?
or the house?
lol jeff what the hell is that.
yak, check it out for sure. it's like 4 hours total so there's not much of an investment.
Joe, yeah people who say that drive me crazy. I mean I don't really care if it is or isn't anime but the point is it has the same aesthetic and is fucking quality stuff. I think it's always relevant to any anime conversation. And yeah my suitemates last year were obsessed with HxH. I was too busy to watch much of anything last year though so I didn't get into it
Kyousougiga... I haven't actually seen the TV series, but there was an ONA I saw about two years ago; and fuck, was it trippy. This is coming from someone who's seen Dead Leaves and Paranoia Agent.
Welcome to the NHK is my favorite anime. It is definitely silly in some parts, but it really hit home with a lot of people. It's a true gem that gets lost in a sea of mediocre yet insanely popular crap.
Been meaning to check bebop
no jo jo :(
@Anglboros, yep that ONA is awesome. If you really liked it, I really recommend the entire show. It's based on the ONA. I think the plot of the TV series makes more sense than the ONA but it's still trippy, just to a lesser degree.
@Haiku, yeah NHK is a great one. Personally I think it's one of those things that you really need to relate to to fully appreciate. It was definitely a well-written thing, but for me personally, there are certain moments about depression and such that were simply not fun to watch. Which is fine, depression isn't supposed to be fun to observe. But it never quite resonated with me.
@emester, definitely do it. It's just svelte and cool as fuck. Soundtrack is great, characters are great. There isn't exactly a plot (though there are arcs) but man it's great.
@Gestapo, I hear great things about JoJo! Haven't checked it though.
Wtf was that, jeff? That's like sharknado territory
jojo is the best anime/creation of the modern mad scientist japs
Soundtrack was reason why i wanted to check it in the first place
Anno is amazing. If you enjoy jazz, try Kids on the Slope too. It's also directed by Watanabe and
scored by Anno (both are Bebop if it wasn't obvious). It's about a three high schoolers in the
turbulent 1960s and how their mutual love for jazz created a basis for a strong relationship. Also
some interesting stuff about general 60s-era politics in Japan (surprisingly not that different from
America) although it's tangential to the jazz and character relationships.
damn it you've nailed the things I like, except for ping pong, we've already got a laundry list of sports anime and I thought ping pong didn't add nothing to the genre as well as being a quite mediocre in the art department. I guess if you want the elitist holy grail then that would be haibane renmei. It's basically an anime that doesn't really explain itself, and half of the time nothing really happens... And I love it actually XD. Also Madoka, has a great deal of appeal in the mainstream but as a whole and especially the third movie is something hard to digest. Then you've got Psycho Pass and Kino's Journey. They all pose interesting questions to the viewer in a non canon way. So I guess that's why I like them? Also Kuchuu Buranko
Haha man, Ping Pong was phenomenal. I usually don't like sports media period, but Ping Pong (and Cross Game) is the exception. I really enjoyed how it wasn't about the sport itself but rather the players and their motivations. In general I found the characterization to be superb. And the art was kind of ugly yeah but I found the show to have an excellent sense of style and direction. Like when Kazama turned into a dragon, for example, or the ball representing the airplane for Kong. But hey, to each their own.
Madoka was pretty good, it was fantastic from a critical level but I thought on a plot level there was a lot to be desired from the characters. Haibane and Kino's are on my plan to watch! I hear good things about both. Psycho Pass I'm less interested in, since I hear it's basically a wannabe GitS: SAC, and I didn't like GitS so I doubt PP would be my style. I haven't heard of Kuuchuu Buranko though, will check that one out!
It's missing Mushishi and Rurouni Kenshin.
I don't get the appeal of anime at all
Yoko Kanno's soundtracks are always a THRILL to hear every once in a while. Still can't get enough of the Cowboy Bebop theme to this day, man. I'm also a bit of a Taku Iwasaki fanatic...
"It's missing Mushishi"
"#2: Mushishi"
lol. Rurouni Kenshin's OVAs were pretty good.
@Sea, um I mean it's like saying "I don't get the appeal of western television at all." I mean I do prefer it as a medium because I think in general animation looks nicer than shittily produced TV stuff/ green screen (stuff like GoT doesn't apply). And there's a lot more flexibility when it comes to what you can represent as pictures.
That said, what's nice about anime is there are so many diverse categories that everyone can find a couple things they like, even if they avoid the vast majority of stuff. Something like Cowboy Bebop is something that most people in the west, even those who dislike what they perceive to be anime, can enjoy.
Eureka Seven was pretty good too. It's too bad the second series was really bad.
"um I mean it's like saying "I don't get the appeal of western television at all.""
is it? I get the impression that it has a distinct style; unlike the Whole Western Television
"animation looks nicer than shittily produced TV stuff/ green screen"
ugh watch good shows then
and I like animated stuff too, just not anime
but yeah not trying to shit on what you enjoy
maybe I'll give cowboy bebop or sth a try sometime
the whole 'scene' and its fans is the biggest thing holding me back, along with the fact that errything looks really cliche but, again, speaking from limited perspective
yeah, not to mention anime is not bound by the preconcieved notion that cartoons are for kids, for it's actual appeal is pretty wide in the age department. And we have to also understand that it was never meant to be for kids anyway. Just look at the soviet animation scene in the 20's and you'll notice the whole experimentality of it. The almost non-simplified artwork, the wide array of themes and abstract "stories", the whole trippyness of the resulting atmosphere... The western world just looked at that and thought "we should totally get this for kids, we don't even have to put an effort, they'll watch anything!" and so we got Hanna Barbera. Obviously not to bash the western cartoons, they have value in their own way but these were the studios that brought that stereotype in.
" I get the impression that it has a distinct style"
Erm yeah I'd say as a whole, it has a certain style. But there are certainly directors who break the
mold though. The most obvious example is Miyazaki. But there's also Watanabe, which is why something
like Cowboy Bebop might be up your alley. You also might want to check out Baccano! I wasn't the
biggest fan but it's supposed to be pretty Tarantino like, and it's non-chronological. Those two
shows I think you would like quite a bit. And maybe if you want to see the advantages of anime over
live TV, watch an episode of Mushishi. There's a lot of creative freedom where you don't need CGI to
have weird effects, so you can have alternate lifeforms like in Mushishi that look "native" to the
work of medium. Oh, and maybe Serial Experiments Lain if you want something really cerebral. Those
four give a pretty solid experience of what anime can accomplish as a medium.
"yeah, not to mention anime is not bound by the preconcieved notion that cartoons are for kids"
uhhhh that's definitely not unique to anime dude
And yeah the anime "scene" definitely has its issues. I mean I've met plenty of IRL anime fans who are normal. I'd argue most are. But the loudest and most salient fans are also the obnoxious ones that give anime a bad rap, and there are a lot of embarrassingly bad anime that I avoid. But there are so many productions per year that there is always some good stuff airing.
Sorry about the format of the above post, I forgot how editing comments fucks up formatting on this site.
I mean (sorry to beat a dead horse here, with the amount of (well-deserved) praise this show gets) Rick & Morty is one of my fav shows as of late and the things they're able to do with animation and fucking dan harmon's creativity is pretty astounding
nah thank you for the thoughtful responses though, I appreciate it. don't think I'll be giving anime a try anytime soon but maybe I'll try going in with an open mind at some pt.
I hear Rick & Morty is fucking fantastic, I need to check it out for sure.
and NP, yeah no particular reason to get into anime, but def. keep an open mind if a friend wants to watch Bebop or something like that with you.
yeah take a look at R & M. it's the best new comedy I've seen in years, and there's only been one season. Harmon is a genius.
I didn't say it was unique to anime, I said it was widespread, but due to the japanese dictatorship at the time hanna barbera was founded and beyond, anime never got influenced by cheaply produced material. The only thing you get as a major reference in art style was before the dictatorship, in the early 1900, with the similarities in art style between disney and Ozamu Tezuka's work, but they never got into that hanna barbera period the western world was in. All this means that the japanese don't have this preconception ingrained because it was never there to begin with, so they are basically the only exceptions that come to mind.
wow never watching anime ever now way2go hepatitis kitty
Oh god toxin don't even get me started on weaboos, tumblr gifs and all that jazz, I live that almost everyday here in my country. It's not that truly informed and responsible people do not exist, but the obnoxious ones definetly speak the loudest and are the easiest to pinpoint, so i understand completely.
@Sea, sweet I think you convinced me to check it out.
@EasyMode, agreed man. I'm lucky enough to live in a place (SoCal) in an age group (college aged) where anime is so accepted that the weird folks are exceptions to the rule. Would be nice if more people stepped out of the shounen genre and watched some of the more interesting stuff like what's on my lists, but whatever I'll take it. But places like tumblr and /r/anime are nearly impossible to browse now lol
Yeah, it's not really worth it I guess. But we still manage to get our fix. And the fact that the only thing western television displays in anime is shounen is to be expected. It's all we spectators demand anyway because we don't know best. (probably not you and me but everyone who only knows anime for what is on tv) And because we don't know best we will continue to consume nothing but shounen, and that's what they'll keep transmitting because to even think there is other stuff beyond the mainstream is quite challenging both to the broadcasting stations to the spectator.
But then again we have dissect the issue. Imagine suddently Bakemonogatari aired on western television! What would the appeal to our average citizen be? Almost none. There are certain cultural aspects that are unrelatable between us and them. One of them is comedy for example, you surely know how boke and tsukkomi is constant. It relies on a pretty formulaic and samey structure. Which is not familiar not to mention japanese comedy relies heavily on wordplay, so do riddles too, so trying to make these gimmicks work in a western world is nothing short of impossible. Also, japanese mithology, and the countless references that exist? Fan translation is already hard but at least with a fanub you're putting up material for a community that has a certain degree of experience in the medium. In the case of your average citizen, they know absolutely nothing and it would take a cultural leap of faith to make something like Sayonara Zetsubou sensei or Mushishi work here in the west. Not saying it's impossible, it's just highly unlikely and risky.
I mean I agree there are certain shows that wouldn't become popular here like Monogatari since a lot of the appeal is dependent on cultural knowledge. But there are tons of stuff that definitely have appeal to the West. I don't see why Mushishi, or Baccano!, or Steins;Gate (this is a bit more iffy since it has some references to Moe/Akihabara), or Angel Beats! (to name something I don't really like) couldn't be big here.
But I mean that said I'm pretty happy the way it is... with the internet there are always people to engage whatever anime with so it's not imperative that it achieves GoT or BB popularity where virtually everyone in my age group is talking about it. Though it would be nice if some of the more quality stuff got more popular (and more revenue and thus funding), so we have less shitty high school stuff and more interesting works
damn, toxin.
great lists, tons of quality stuff
Yeah, I guess that it's not all bad in the end. What guarantee would I have that if suddenly a show like Kara no Kyoukai was the norm here in the west? I probably would keep looking further to something in the underground that challenged me even more. Maybe you'd do that too. It's because our interest moves us. And as fans we inevitably want to know more.
But regarding what I said earlier I was examining the feat of bringing anime to the west with a more technical emphasis, I mentioned fan translations because I'm kinda inside the vn translation scene (and the visual novel scene overall) and though I don't know Japanese in an acceptable way, I've worked my way with translation aggregators in the past and used quite a lot of ATLAS in the past too.
I looking back I think what bothers me the most now that you mentioned funding is the absolute crap of festivals we have here in Portugal. I usually have an independent stand at some of these so I know who manages these events... And let's that they don't really know what they're doing. We have had events at an abandoned factory in complete PITCH BLACK. and I was sitting there, selling art I had made. And no one could even see what I was selling and I had to be there because that was the artist's alley and nobody even knew there were people selling stuff there. Not to mention, walk up to any stand that represents any store that sells manga or figures in one of these events, ask them for something in particular and they won't know what to do, since they have 0 knowledge about things. They'll just grab anyone to represent their store and handle the sales and I frankly think that a bit more visibility and more funding as you very well said would improve the situation here in my country to a level that is mildly acceptable. Also, Comic con is coming to portugal! But wait, it's the same people who handle all the other shitty cons that ever happened, so it's basically the same thing, but even more low budget, it just happens to have the name comic con attached to it... sigh
Yeah, kinda would like this thing to be a bit widespread, not so much because it's something I think everyone should be interested in, because I'm not even a supporter of that ideology but the improvement I would see in order for anime to be a bit more well known for the right reasons would have really good consequences for everyone who likes this thing.
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So you happen to be a villain that has to beat a superpowered hero. But unfortunately you weren't so lucky as The Hero in The Super Power Lottery.You not even got to be a Power Parasite. But fortunately The Hero has Powers as Programs and with the right Plot Device you will be able to have them or maybe they rely on a transformation trinket that you could easily steal use to get their powers. A Super Power Thief however might not always steal the Super Powers for themselves, maybe they are happy with bringing down to normal the Hero or simply giving the powers to someone or something else. Expect the villain to have a Power High whenever he gets acces to the super powers. Not to be confused with Power Parasite that is when the villain has this a superpower. A Super Power Thief needs a Plot Device like a McGuffin or stealing a Transformation Trinket for them to steal the superpowers ( that they might not have had stolen for themselves for that matter) Comic Books
- X-Men loss of control over her mutant power to steal other powers is what caused Rogue to abandon the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and seek help from the X-Men. They finally got her power fixed recently.
- Subverted in Madoka Magica stealing the "transformation device" called soul gem doesn't steal their powers but their souls
- In Batman: The Brave and the Bold Dr Sivana tricked both Captain marvel and Black Adam unorder to steal Black Adam's powers. He success thanks to a complex machine he built.
- In Ben10 This is the main goal of Vilgax. He wants to steal the Omnitrix ( a device similar to a watch that lets you transform into different aliens) from Ben.
- In Jackie Chan Adventures This is done all the time via talismans. This trinkets give superpowers to whoever is holding them as such they are very easy to steal.
- In the Green Lantern movie Hal Jordan traded his ring to the villain for her loved one. The villain even had a Power High with Hal's ring. Unfortunately for him it didn't obey him completely because he wasn't a chosen one
- In Smallville there was a Muggle teen that stole (twice) Clark Kent's superpowers thanks to a combinatIon of kryptonite and lighting.
- Witch!Lana "Isobel" stole Clark's superpowers via a special spell. She thought that Clark's powers were simply magic however.
- Lana stole a "suit" that granted superpowers fromlex Luthor and took it for herself.
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- Comic Books: X-Men loss of control over her mutant power to steal other powers is what caused Rogue to abandon the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and seek help from the X-Men. They finally got her power fixed recently.
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I don't like the name, only because I fear people might think the person is a thief with super powers when it's the super powers they are stealing. Superpower Stealer? Or am I the only one who makes that confusion?
That names is great too.
The name also needs to make clear that this is not Power Parasite.
I think Mega Manning, Ditto Fighter, and Power Parasite already cover this.
Do any of those cover people who use or steal an object to gain powers?
^ So... Power Parasite or Mega Manning... only they use an object to do it? The Same But More Specific.
And in that case, Rogue shoudn't be there. Nor should the kid with the power to steal Clark's powers in Smallville. And I'm not sure about Witch!Lana either. (Does a spell count as an "object" or is magical ability an "innate power"?)
The Dungeons And Dragons "Spellthief" class can steal the spells 9r spell like abilities (which really aren't all that spell like) of someone they hit or volunteers.


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A NEW road link to Oxford University's Begbroke Science Park has opened to traffic.
Last year the university was controversially given consent to build the access road across Green Belt land to the park, which conducts academic research and provides space for hi-tech start-up companies.
It provides a direct link between the science park and the A44 Woodstock Road, taking traffic off Sandy Lane in Yarnton.
Residents in Begbroke and Yarnton opposed both the route finally adopted and an earlier proposal for a road through Yarnton.
University vice-chancellor ProfAndrew Hamilton officially opened the road on Wednesday.
He was driven along the road to cut a ribbon in the Autonomous Bowler Wildcat, a driverless robotic car, based on a Land Rover Defender, developed by Prof Paul Newman.
Prof Peter Dobson, academic director of the science park, said: "The road will trigger new building initiatives on the site and enable the university to lead the way with innovative developments that are so vital for economic recovery in the UK."
Dr Caroline Livingstone, the manager of the science park, added: "The new road gives us direct access to the A44, between the Begbroke and Sandy Lane roundabouts, relieving Sandy Lane of our traffic both now and as activity expands in the future.
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MONTEREY PARK – An anonymous tip led Monterey Park firefighters and police to a warehouse where they found more than 25 tons of fireworks last week, officials announced Friday.
Monterey Park Fire Battalion Chief Randy Harper said about 60 percent of the fireworks discovered at 990 Monterey Pass Road were deemed illegal fireworks. He said the fireworks belong to a business that leases the warehouse.
No one has been arrested or cited yet.
Harper said the fire and police departments are currently working with the state fire marshal's office and city officials to determine health and safety, fire, and municipal code violations.
He added that the warehouse didn't have a permit to store fireworks and had no sprinklers.
Harper said the warehouse is located in an industrial area, but the hills above are residential.
Authorities received a tip May 9 that fireworks were being sold at the warehouse.
The fireworks, which filled seven tractor trailers, were confiscated. He said they finished removing the fireworks on Thursday.
"It's being held as evidence. (The fireworks) have been moved outside the city to approved sites," Harper said.
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Cities Of Europe
The old lady Europe includes dozens of destinations popular among tourists and known worldwide. If you set off for the tour de Europe, you'll most probably aim for Paris, London, Vienna, Berlin, Rome, Venice and many other great representatives of tremendous European history, culture and lifestyle. Among those default check points, lie thousand of underrated, undiscovered and half – hidden places with equally astonishing treasures and features worth of seeing.
If you take some less common touristic paths, you'll get to know the full collection of these charming cities or regions, each with a unique culture, customs and sensibility.
So, if you're planning to get to know Europe better and feel its taste during some future vacation, we honestly advise you to take some roads less travelled.
There's a town in Greece whose name says "it lies in the middle of the sky". Spirituality stored in the name is fully reflected in the Meteora. The Meteora encapsulates one of the largest and most significant complexes of Orthodox monasteries in Greece protected by UNESCO.
Built on sandstone rocks, it's a perfect place to explore aspects of this religion, history of Greece and enjoy silence, peace and beautiful sights and landscapes.
Germany carries this wrong reputation of sterile and rigid atmosphere, while it actually hosts thousands intriguing places fully colored with local ambient and tradition. Play some Beethoven, explore his legacy, enjoy domestic beer, traditional Kolsch or wine while enjoying friendly and cozy ambience of Bonn, Beethoven's birthplace.
Country of Dracula wasn't on your "must visit" list? It should be. Romania, among all its beauties, hosts Peles Castle, one of the Europe's most beautiful castles, but still quite unknown. Don't let the lack of attractive advertising fool you. Once you reach this place, you'll be surprised by how many wonderful sights stayed off major touristic guides.
Nature can be stunning when barely touched by humans. This is the first impression you'll get if you visit Slovenia and its Lake Bled. The perfect destination for romantic couples and nature lovers.
The truth is that you will not see France if you don't explore its culture, taste its cheese and wine, but it doesn't necessarily have to be in Paris. Go meet Beaune in Burgundy, enjoy its wineries and explore nearby. You'll feel the France at its best far away from the typical touristic rush.
Dalmatia in Croatia, with all its islands, such as Korcula, is truly breathtaking. These places will offer you whatever you'd like, from peaceful exploring of rich local culture, relaxing on astonishing beaches, hiking and wandering through wild hills or simply enjoying a pleasant nightlife. Whatever you are up to, the birthplace of Marco Polo should be among your touristic plans.
Somewhere between mystic mountains and deep secrets of the sea, lies Portugal's city Sintra. This unique place hides traces of Romanticism and its spirit, a lot of historical heritage and maintained monuments, attractive nature and rich cultural life. Spending several days over there will give you an incredible experience.
Tourists usually gravitate towards bigger cities, but when it comes to Europe, smaller often offers better and nicer. Explore some blogs before hitting off to explore Europe, you'll come across dozens of attractive ideas to fulfill your touristic lists and plans.


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Hot on the heels of the 2008 Zagat guide results where Bay Area restaurant service scored an abysmally low 18 out of 30, Michael Bauer today turns his attention to bad service. In this case it's someone pissed off about having to wait for a table because other tables insist on hanging out after the meal.
While the whiney complainer in question blames both the restaurant (for not kicking people out quicker) and the diners (for being so goddamned slow), in the end, Bauer comes down hard against the diners: "Lingering after the bill has been paid is simply rude and inconsiderate."
Oh sure Bauer, blame the customer. While we can certainly relate with both sides here, isn't it ultimately the restaurant's responsibility to keep traffic moving? After all, they're the ones running the show. If space is tight and waits are long, we say the service needs to grow some balls and start turning tables.
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Chess / By Shelby Lyman
Magnus Carlsen is the Achilles of chess.
His games are not merely a form of play, an exercise of board science or a flowering of the aesthetic in a form of sublimated warfare.
Carlsen, to put it simply, wages war on the chessboard. Like Achilles, he is a lethal force striking fear into the enemy ranks.
Modern grandmasters are tough and resilient. They are capable of protracted maneuver and fight. But against Carlsen they often demonstrate an added dimension: collapse!
The pressure he mounts is relentless, Surviving is never easy.
Carlsen is always there, lurking and stalking.
Willy-nilly, one is obligated to stand and fight – not an easy thing to do in a four or five-hour struggle. Active, not passive, play is the sine qua non for survival.
Sometimes, one imagines, it is a relief to lose and finally escape the onslaught of the deceptively boyish predator.
Anand will have an opportunity to regain the world title he lost last year to Carlsen in November.
The grandmaster from Chennai, India, has the talent, the self-knowledge and will.
But does he have, at the age of 44, the strength and stamina it takes to cope with Carlsen?
Below is a win by Yusnel Bacallao Alonso against Sebastian Bogner from Capablanca Memorial Premier Tournament in Havana, Cuba.
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SALT LAKE CITY — With the spectacular way he's played the past couple of days, it appears that Alec Burks could very well be headed for the annual NBA All-Star game himself someday.
For the second straight night, the third-year shooting guard put on a superb fourth-quarter show to propel the Utah Jazz to victory.
Indeed, when the Philadelphia 76ers rallied from a 14-point deficit in the final period to tie the score at 91-all with 2:10 remaining, it looked like an embarrassing collapse was very much in the making for Utah.
But just when things started to get grim, the 6-foot-6 Burks hoisted the Jazz on his shoulders and scored the game's next nine points over a critical 1:48 stretch to give the Jazz a 100-91 lead, and late free throws by Marvin Williams and Gordon Hayward preserved Utah's 105-100 victory Wednesday night at EnergySolutions Arena.
Burks wound up with a game-high 26 points, 15 of them coming in the fourth quarter alone. That one-man, game-changing run of his came on the heels of a similar 13-point outburst in the final period of Tuesday night's road win against the Los Angeles Lakers.
"Alec, I thought, did a great job of closing the game out for us and attacking the basket," Utah coach Tyrone Corbin said. "It's been great to be able to put the ball in his hands and get him to make plays for us, especially down the stretch in close games.
"He's a confident guy, and we need him to be that way because we want him to attack. The way he can mix his jump shots and getting on top of the basket, he's not afraid to get in there and get contact and finish, getting to the foul line and making plays.
"He's made some tremendous strides this year and we look forward to him continuing that," Corbin said.
"I was just being aggressive," Burks said. "Playing the game I play and trying to get to the rim."
Hayward had a rough 3-of-17 shooting night from the field, but thanks to his 11-of-12 foul shooting he finished with 17 points and had another stat sheet-filling effort with — shades of former Jazzman Andrei Kirilenko — seven rebounds, seven assists, three blocks and two steals.
Marvin Williams added 13 points and, with starting center Derrick Favors exiting Wednesday's game with a strained hip in the first quarter, Williams picked up the slack on the boards with a game-high 14 rebounds.
"He's been that guy for us all year," Corbin said. "Whatever you need from him to help us win, man, he's willing to do it. And he understands the moments when we need him to step up, if it's scoring or getting a defensive stop, or tonight getting rebounds and communication. He's been tremendous for us all year."
Enes Kanter, Jeremy Evans and Richard Jefferson each turned in solid performances of their own in a victory that gave the Jazz (19-33) their first three-game winning streak of the season in their final game before the annual All-Star break.
Kanter contributed 12 points and seven rebounds; Jefferson added a dozen points of his own; and Evans used some slick 5-of-7 shooting to score 10 more points as Utah's bench brigade — led by Burks, Kanter and Evans — outscored their Philly counterparts by a whopping 56-10 margin.
Kanter praised the performance of his teammate and fellow bench buddy Burks.
"He is playing really hard," Kanter said. "At the end, I got him his dunk, so he is appreciative of me. Alec just came in and hyped us up."
For Philadelphia, Evan Turner had 21 points, Michael Carter Williams added 19 with eight assists, and Thaddeus Young also scored 19 for the Sixers. Spencer Hawes had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and James Anderson chipped in with 15 points on the strength of five 3-pointers — three of them coming in the last 22 seconds to keep things interesting until the final buzzer.
The season-best winning streak will allow the Jazz to feel good about themselves heading into All-Star weekend at New Orleans, where rookie point guard Trey Burke will be Utah's lone representative — playing in the Rising Stars Challenge and also participating in the Taco Bell Skills Challenge, teaming up with Portland's Damian Lillard, the former Weber State star.
"We need the break," Corbin said. "But we needed to win this game first. It wasn't our best game, execution-wise, but we had enough resiliency to win the ballgame, and that's the most important thing right now.
"We need a break. We feel good about the last few ballgames, but the guys are beat up a little bit. And I think mentally it'll be good for us to get away from it for a little bit. Sometimes you get so inundated with it, physically you're beat up and your mind isn't in it. But you get a few days away you refresh yourself and kind of jump-start it.
"We're looking forward to the guys getting some rest and when they come back," he said, "we've got to get back to work. ... We'll try to get ourselves ready for the second half (of the season)."
OK, before we get too carried away, let's remind ourselves that this Sixers squad will never be mistaken for that great NBA championship team from 30-something years ago featuring Julius "Dr. J" Erving and Moses Malone. In fact, Philadelphia's record (15-39) is a few games worse than Utah's this season.
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Crowd-pleasing dunks by Jefferson, Hayward and Evans paced the Jazz to a 31-22 lead by the end of the first quarter. But back-to-back 3s by Anderson helped keep Philadelphia within striking distance, 56-48, at halftime.
Jefferson, Kanter, Burks, Evans and Rudy Gobert each scored four points in a brilliantly balanced third quarter that ended with the Jazz holding on to a 78-69 lead.
Utah extended its lead to 14 points early in the fourth quarter, the last time at 89-75 on a jumper by Burks, before Philadelphia mounted a 14-2 run that deadlocked things at 91, setting the stage for Burks' late heroics.
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Homecoming football: Tigers host Northfield tonight
Last year's game against Northfield may have been the best of the season for the Farmington football team.
The Tigers fell 21-16 on the road against a Raiders team that went on to win eight games and finish second in the Missota Conference while piling up over 2,000 rushing yards.
The Northfield team the Tigers host in tonight's Homecoming game appears to be far less intimidating. The Raiders have lost two games in a row - one to a Chanhassen team Farmington defeated for its only victory - and they've already matched last season's total of three losses.
Northfield ran for 247 yards and five touchdowns in its lone conference victory in Week 3. The running game has produced an average of just 131 yards per game and three total touchdowns in its other four contests.
Farmington, meanwhile, has continued to live and die through the air. Junior quarterback Darren Beenken has completed 76 of 144 passes for 840 yards and eight touchdowns, but is coming off his two worst games of the season. Last week at Holy Angels he completed just 7 of 30 passes, and the week before he completed 14 of 27 passes, but was picked off four times against Shakopee.
In those last two losses, the Tiger defense has allowed a combined 789 rushing yards.
Senior tailback Athen Ashton leads the Tiger ground game with 400 yards on 90 carries.
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My husband has an incorrect medical bill from 4 years ago. We have tried working with the Insurance company that we had at that time to no avail. The collection agency has now sent a collection notice to me trying to collect this past due balance. Is this legal and what recourse do I have?
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If it's more than 4 years old, it's uncollectable. Tell the collector to never contact you by phone again. Under the law, they're required to stop. That doesn't mean it won't show up on your husband's credit report, however. Send a certified return receipt letter to the collection agency disputing the bill and asking for verification. (Keep a copy of the letter). Good luck.
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Charlie Sheen didn't mean to get on stage and call a crowd at his new club a bunch of "faggots." But he did.
TMZ reports that FX's Anger Management star has apologized. He was reportedly hosting the opening of his new bar, EPIC, in Cabo San Lucas at the El Ganzo Hotel — which he promised on Twitter would be "the party of the year!!" — and TMZ posted video of him yelling over the mic, "Lying bunch of faggot assholes, how we doing?"
To make it all better, Sheen blamed the whole thing on his lisping.
"I meant no ill will and intended to hurt no one and I apologize if I offended anyone," Sheen told TMZ. "I meant to say maggot but I have a lisp."
Sheen was apparently out partying with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa when the antigay slur was made. He tweeted an Instagram pic with his arm around the former chairman of the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
Sheen's kind words for the mayor: "From Boyle Heights to Mayor of LA..! To @hotelelganza 2 party w/SHEEN at SheenZ..! Antonio Villaraigosa knows how to party!"


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The latest to join the ranks of grim subjects made to sing is the new musical, Eliot Ness in Cleveland, at The Cleveland Play House through Nov. 5. Given its flawed hero and colorful local lore, Eliot Ness would appear, on the surface, to have all the trappings of success. But the combination of lofty themes and lowbrow humor is at cross-purposes, striking a discordant note throughout the entire production.
The creation of a phantom Al Capone is one of the musical's best conceits, and the imaginary face-offs between Ray DeMattis as the swaggering bootlegger and Burke Moses as the troubled protagonist are equally ingenious. The other characters, though, are two-dimensional, including a pair of Keystone Kops whose lame jokes dissolve the line between taste and tastelessness. While clever lyrics illuminate composer Robert Lindsey Nassif's songs, much of his music smacks of recycled rock.
Based on Peter Ullian's stage play, In the Shadow of the Terminal Tower, Eliot Ness in Cleveland was first developed and workshopped in 1997 with The Directors Company and producer Hal Prince in New York, and then had its world premiere at the Denver Center for Performing Arts in 1998. Along the way here, it lost original director Nick Corley, whose additional book writing credit has also disappeared from the show. Now under David Esbjornson's direction, with musical staging by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, and musical direction by Lee Stametz, Ness clearly has potential, which makes its pitfalls even more glaring.
The Midwest premiere of 2 fi Jews is at Cleveland State's Factory Theatre through Oct. 28. Septuagenarian playwright Alan Brandt's intergenerational comedy, which enjoyed a successful 11-month Off-Broadway run, is not a very deep play, but an eminently satisfying one in its lighthearted dissection of father-son relationships. The co-production, directed by Dr. Sidney Kraus with Dorothy Silver, and starring veteran regional actors Reuben Silver as the feisty immigrant father and A. Neil Thackaberry as his workaholic son, continues at Actors' Summit in Akron, Nov. 2-26.
The current production of N. Richard Nash's The Rainmaker at Ensemble Theatre through Oct. 22 proves the enduring power of the well-made 1954 romantic play, coupled with Lucia Columbi's outstanding direction and a solid ensemble. Standouts include Laura Stitt as the eligible spinster daughter and Bernard Canepari as her well-meaning father.
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New theatre work and new cinema are center stage this fall. Patricia Watt's Manhattan Drama Collective's new-play reading series just concluded, as did the Hamptons International Film Festival, while Bay Street Theatre's reading series is about to start.
Warren Leight (Side Man) co-wrote the musical revue act High-Heeled Women in his salad days with Cassandra Danz and Mary Fulham. The trio have reworked it with Dick Gallagher as musical director, renamed it Fame Takes A Holiday, and engaged four dynamic singing actresses (Abigail Gampel, Deborah LaCoy, Susan Murphy, Mary Purdy) for a run at La MaMa E.T.C. from Oct. 26-Nov. 19. It's a spoof in the Nunsense and Forever Plaid vein.
Sag Harbor's Bay Street Theatre has three new-play readings on Oct. 21 and 22. Joel Field's romantic comedy How I Fell in Love will be read by Larry Keith, David Marshall Grant, and others at 3 pm on Oct. 21. Tennessee Williams' early play Period of Adjustment, directed by Jack Hofsiss, is at 7 pm. On Sunday at 11 am, Ira Lewis' malicious comedy Gross Points, about an American superstar, will feature Alec Baldwin.
The eighth Hamptons International Film Festival (Oct. 11-15) concentrated on independent features and documentaries by first- and second-time American filmmakers. The Golden Starfish Awards are the festival's highest honor, and the Feature Film Award went to Dani Minnick's Falling Like This, the story of an early 1980s San Fernando Valley delinquent and Katie, the tomboy who loves him. The winning documentary was David and Laurie Gwen Shapiro's Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale, focusing on 78-year-old Greenwich Village anthropologist Tobias Schneeman, who lived with cannibals in Peru in 1955.
The Audience Awards went to Hans Petter Moland's feature film Aberdeen, the story of an estranged daughter attempting to reunite her alcoholic father with his dying wife, and Amir Bar-Lev's documentary Fighter, which follows 77-year-old former pilot Jan Weiner and 72-year-old author Arnost Lustig "as they retrace Weiner's harrowing and complicated journey from World War II hero to Italian POW."
Other highlights of the festival included Maggie Greenwald's Songcatcher, starring Janet McTeer and Aidan Quinn, about a 1907 musicologist in Appalachia; Pollock, with Ed Harris (who also directed) and Marcia Gay Harden as artists Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner; Bob Giraldi's Dinner Rush, with Danny Aiello heading an Italian-American family of restaurateurs; and Shirley MacLaine's directing debut, Bruno, about a young catholic school spelling bee champion who must wear dresses when he competes, featuring Gary Sinise and Jennifer Tilly.
Jan Silver
Upstate New York
A determined young woman with boundless energy has given a welcome gift to the people of Upstate New York.
After seven years of scouring Northern New York State, from the city of Albany to the Canadian border, former California actress Carol Max found what she was looking for—a suitable property on which to open a theatre.
Although the area in question was not without theatres, there was not even one open year-round—a lack, which has contributed to Max's success. After several dinner theatre experiments, Max discovered a small abandoned church building near Latham, a small community north of Albany. With the help of her husband, a contractor, Max renovated the church and created a charming 85-seat theatre, which opened in late September to a full house, and will continue in the venue from September to July.
The new Curtain Call Theater's first production was Edward Albee's Three Tall Women (closed Oct. 8)—a courageous gesture on Max's part, since the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, while highly regarded, is not always a popular favorite. Fortunately, the production was excellent, the houses were full, and Max seems well established.
The Puppet Master of Lodz was a surprise hit when performed at Stagework Theatre in North Pointe Cultural Arts Center of Kinderhook, NY, about a year ago. Recently, it was revived in a special engagement at The Egg in the Empire Center in Albany (closed Oct. 8).
The story is that of a World War II Holocaust survivor, a Polish Jew, who cannot accept that the war is over and, for five years, has confined himself and his "family" of puppets to his small apartment.
The survivor, Samuel Finkle Baum, was played by Scott Klavan. Although Klavan is an accomplished actor, his interpretation of the role was flat and perfunctory, never displaying believable emotion for the man's plight. His interaction with his beloved puppets was also lacking in emotional drive. His Baum was mad, but we did not feel sympathy for him.
Only in the last few moments, when reunited with the man who saved him from the Nazis, did Klavan come alive.
Eleanor Koblenz
St Louis/Kansas City
Joneal Joplin, who made his Repertory Theatre of St. Louis debut in Of Mice and Men in 1972, makes his 81st appearance when he portrays William Jennings Bryan (e.g. Matthew Harrison Brady) in the Rep's production of Inherit the Wind, Oct. 13-Nov. 10 at the Loretto-Hilton Center. Joplin, who has lived in St. Louis since that initial season, has worked every professional theatre in the area and most throughout the Midwest.
The Jerome Lawrence-Robert E. Lee drama had its world premiere in 1955, marking the 30th anniversary of the famous "Monkey Trial" in Dayton, TN. Philip Pleasants, last here a decade ago in The Little Foxes, plays Clarence Darrow (e.g. Henry Drummond). Ed Stern directs, and the drama comes to St. Louis after a run at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, where he is artistic director. In exchange, Cincinnati will be home to Everything's Ducky, which opened the Rep season.
The St. Louis Black Repertory Company, which has performed most of August Wilson's plays, will offer the St. Louis premiere of Jitney as its opening 2001 production Jan. 3. Oak and Ivy, by Kathleen McGhee-Anderson; a revival of Godspell; Legends, by Leslie Lee; and Samm-Art Williams' The Dance on Widows' Row round out the six-month season.
Speaking of premieres, Kansas City's Unicorn Theatre will offer the first Midwest production of Art, Oct. 20-Nov. 12, directed by Mark Robbins, and with a cast including Dan Barnett, David Fritts, and John Rensenhouse. Rensenhouse, making his Unicorn debut, has been a semi-regular in St. Louis, where the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis will present Yasmina Reza's play in December.
Continuing Kansas City action also includes Song of Singapore, starring Loretta Swit, at the New Theatre Restaurant in Overland Park, KS., through Nov. 5, and Ira Levin's classic mystery, Deathtrap, at the American Heartland Theatre through Oct. 22. Joining Swit, who originated the role of Maj. Margaret Houlihan in the TV series "M*A*S*H," are Erik Frandsen, Billy Grey, Francis Kane, and Elio Pace. Gary Holcombe is Sidney Bruhl in Deathtrap, with Craig Benton as young Clifford Anderson.
Joe Pollack
Chris Coleman opened his first season as artistic director of Portland Center Stage with an auspicious production of The Devils, by Elizabeth Egloff, based on a novel by Dostoyevsky. Coleman, formerly of Actor's Express, Atlanta, GA, had earlier staged The Devils in Atlanta. Directing this production, he adapted it to fit the stage in Portland Center's Newmark Theatre, larger than Atlanta's. The play, and season, opened Sept. 29, with The Devils continuing through Oct. 22.
The opening night audience drew a crowd from well outside the Portland area, including Pat Patton, producing artistic director of the Tacoma Actors Guild, Tacoma, WA. JoAnn Johnson, married to Patton, plays Mrs. Stavrogin in The Devils.
On Nov. 3, Portland Center Stage will open The Cripple of Inishman, by Martin McDonagh, who is also the author of The Beauty Queen of Leenane, which closes its current run at Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland on Oct. 15. Leenane's four roles are solidly played by Teresa Thuman as Mag; Lorraine Bahr as her daughter, Maureen; Mark Schwan as Ryan Dooley; and Thomas Nabhan as his brother, Pato.
A memorial service was held in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Angus Bowmer Theatre in Ashland on Thursday, Oct. 5, for David Wieken, a stage manager with the festival. Wieken died Sunday, Oct. 1, as the result of head injuries received in a climbing accident on Mt. Shasta in northern California, about 75 miles from Ashland. Wieken reportedly fell about 1,000 feet down an ice field on the mountain in a Sept. 23 pre-dawn accident. He was taken by emergency helicopter to a hospital in Redding, CA, and placed in intensive care. Life support systems were disconnected Oct. 1.
In seven seasons with the Oregon festival, he managed 18 productions, including this year's Force of Nature, by Steven Dietz, which closed in September, and Shakespeare's Henry V, continuing in repertory through Oct. 29, the closing of the festival's 2000 season.
Wieken's stage managing duties have been taken over by Jeremy Eisen. Wieken is survived by his wife, Christine Williams, an actress in her fifth season with the festival. Her roles in the repertory have been assumed by understudies.
Alvin Reiss
While Arizona Theatre Company offers an impressive version of Yasmina Reza's Art, and Phoenix Theatre presents a great 35th anniversary production of Man of La Mancha (with changes by author and valley resident Dale Wasserman), the local media chooses to cover the packaged touring company Theater League and their production of Evita. What has made them worthy of the extensive sound bytes? This season, rather than paying for a full orchestra, President Mark Edelman has brought in "a state-of-the-art musical enhancement system" to accompany a smaller eight-person orchestra.
Incensed by the move, the local musicians union organized a classy protest. Though Arizona musicians were invited to perform, they all declined. Instead, in front of the Orpheum Theatre, dressed in tuxedos and sporting plastic roses in their lapels, they handed out leaflets to opening night patrons that called attention to the "Virtual Pit Orchestra," asking, "Can an artificial rose smell as sweet as a walk in the garden?" Mr. Edelman countered by having ushers hand out hastily created leaflets in the lobby, countering that he has "done like almost all touring Broadway musicals…and supplemented our musicians with the latest in performance technology." Before it was over, all local television networks, whose coverage of theatre in Arizona is, in a word, non-existent, offered live coverage both inside and outside the Orpheum Theatre. On a single bright note, the coverage did seem more slanted toward the musicians.
It all wound up being for naught. The production was a critical bash-fest, with performances similar to novellas on Spanish television. Despite this, the show was a financial success for its eight-night run. The precedent has been set.
Meanwhile, the new Dale Wasserman/Allan Jay Friedman musical, A Walk in the Sky, has finished its run at Stagebrush Theatre. There's no fear that this will be heading to Broadway in its current condition. The show, which deals with mountain men, Native Americans, and pioneers in the Rocky Mountains in the early 19th century, is packed with perky tunes, a cutesy plot, and not enough dramatic action or multi-dimensional characters to fill a thimble.
Mark S. P. Turvin
North Carolina
This October, North Carolina is observing the 100th anniversary of the birth of its most famous literary son, Thomas Wolfe. In Chapel Hill where Wolfe attended college, Playmakers Repertory Company is presenting Ketti Frings' Pulitzer Prize-winning adaptation of Look Homeward, Angel. Featured in the cast are Kathleen Nolan and Jonathan Bolt as Eliza and W. O. Gant. Liam Gerrity and Jordan Matter play their sons, Eugene and Ben. The director is Kent Paul, with the stage design by Tim Saternow. Production dates are Oct. 18-Nov. 12.
Charlotte Repertory Theatre offers Neil Simon's comedy Proposals. Directed by Terry Loughlin, the production runs Oct. 13-29.
The Bard is on tap for Raleigh's Burning Coal Theatre Company with a staging of Macbeth. Guest Director Alexander Vannis Stephano has a cast that includes California actor Scott Eberlein as Macbeth and Lynda Clark as Lady Macbeth. The "Scottish Play" runs Nov. 2-19.
In Sanford, the Temple Theatre's second production of the season is The Uneasy Chair by Evan Smith. Described as a Victorian comedy of manners, the play is directed by Tim Morrisey. Featured in the cast are Donna Shannon, Martin Thompson, Debra Gillingham, and Stephen Wilson. It plays Oct. 13-29.
Flat Rock Playhouse is into ghosts with its production of The Woman in Black, adapted from Susan Hill's novel by Stephen Mallatratt. Spooking dates are Oct. 4-22.
Actors Theatre Charlotte opens its season with Jeff Baron's Visiting Mr. Green. It is directed by Dennis Delamar and plays Oct. 4-22.
Raleigh Ensemble Players present Never the Sinner by John Logan. Described as a "riveting and unconventional love story," the drama emerges from the infamous Leopold and Loeb case. Production dates are Oct. 19–Nov. 4. Debbie Royals will direct.
Bill Hardy
It might be hard to conceive of a pair of more different evenings of theatre than those provided by the Trinity Repertory Company's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Heather Henson's Echo Trace, which opened on consecutive nights in Providence.
Directed by Amanda Dehnert, with a plain wood set by David Jenkins, Trinity's version of Edward Albee's masterpiece sounded like the crack of a rifle for its more than three-hour length.
As George and Martha, two Providence veterans, Brian McEleney and Anne Scurria, began rather playfully. Their interactions gave you the idea that this couple might well be just a pair of boozy-soft academics. But as the evening flashed by, McEleney and Scurria hit the accelerator, and turned Albee's calamitous work into a play with all the heft and depth that Virginia Woolf has to offer.
There was strong support from Stephen Thorne, a new Trinity company member, and from Tanya Anderson, a Conservatory student, whose "interpretive" modern dance was a delight.
Up the block from Trinity the next night, Henson's mélange of marionettes and movers could not have been more different than Trinity's rifle crack. The artist (yes, daughter of Jim) aims to look at and portray the rhythms of nature. On stage at Perishable Theatre (as part of the Providence Puppetry Festival), her Echo Trace saw the birth of several deer as if unfolding from a flower. The dancers, manipulating the deer with long sticks, moved through the tiny performing space with quiet, easy grace. Miguel Frasconi provided the music, via electronic equipment and water-filled pyrex bowls. It was haunting and pleasant at once.
The 26-year-old Henson, who has moved from Providence to Orlando, Fla., once again showed herself to be an artist to watch.
Meanwhile, across town, the Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre has a hit on its hands. Its movable version of Macbeth (the audience sits in 20-person pods, which the actors push all over the performing space) is completely sold out, and even three added performances were gone in less than a day.
The play's eccentricities—a pickup truck drives into the former garage to cart off Lady MacDuff and her children—undoubtedly helped sell the show, as did terrific performances by Nigel Gore in the title role, and Jennifer Mudge Tucker as Lady Macbeth.
Finally, Adrian Hall and Katharine Helmond did a lively version of Love Letters at Rhode Island College with Hall, the legendary former director of Trinity Rep, doing quite well—too fast, but lots of emotion—as an actor.
Bill Gale


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How to Type Multiplication Sign (×) in Computer
Don't know how to type or make a multiplication sign (×) in your computer? It's very easy my friend.
multiplication sign/symbol
You have 3 options to make a multiplication sign:
1. Just type letter X or x in your keyboard.
2. Use the keyboard shortcut of multiplication symbol (×). How?
Hold Alt in your keyboard and press 0215
3. Just copy any of the following (in different sizes). You can paste it anywhere you want:
× × × × × × × ×
Note: Use the Numpad (Numeric pad) located on the right side of your keyboard. It will not work if you use the numeric characters located on the upperpart of the alphabet in the keyboard.
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Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan Announces 2011 Fall Tour, 'Oceania' Details, And Wrestling Company
Smashing Pumpkins have been working on an epic 44 song project called 'Teargarden by Kaleidyscope' and the latest offshoot of that is the album 'Oceania'. Though it's not due until early next year, Billy Corgan announced the band will tour this fall and his involvement with a new wrestling company.
The Smashing Pumpkins announced via their website that they will be hitting the road this fall and according to Rolling Stone they will be testing new songs from 'Oceania' as well as playing classic Pumpkins' hits.
'Oceania' will be coming to stores in early 2012 but Billy, who recently acquired the rights to the Pumpkins' back catalog, will be dropping deluxe editions of the band's previous works starting with 'Gish' and 'Siamese Dream' this fall.
Corgan was also named as the creative director of the new wrestling endeavor Resistance Pro. Billy has long been a fan of wrestling and even paired the last song released from 'Teargarden…', 'Owata', with a mini-documentary on women's wrestling. You can see Corgan speaking to WGN about Resistance Pro, spirituality, and the demise of Chicago's popular alt-rock station Q101 in the video below.
Smashing Pumpkins 2011 Tour Dates
10/05 – Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern
10/07 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theatre
10/08 – Las Vegas, NV @ Cosmopolitan
10/10 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
10/13 – Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theatre
10/14 – Chicago, IL @ TBA
10/15 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
10/17 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
10/18 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
10/19 – Providence, RI @ Lupo's
10/21 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
10/22 – Philadelphia, PA @ Tower Theatre


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The three selectmen, Tom Gray, Bob Bridges and Mike Beaulieu, were in attendance. Also present, Nick Marique, Betsy Baker, Les Elder, Laurie Palmeirs, Gail Pennell, Pat Smith, Larry Brown, Bob Carrier, Brian Boyers, Steve Pannish, and Charles Ek.
Brian Boyers, code enforcement officer, presented the board with a revised major building permit application, minor building permit application and a permission to alter plans & scope/issued permit. These will replace the current forms. Legal review is still pending. The board agreed to approve the revised applications.
PWD Smith met with the board and presented a packet regarding a proposed mechanical weight scale and information on a $5,000 grant from America the Beautiful,which deals with recycling equipment. The grant was awarded towards the price of the scale. The scale will assist in creating accurate weight and fees of refuse and items being dropped off. The recommended quote on the scale from Fairbanks Scales from Bellingham, Mass., is $57,533. The board gave their approval for purchase and to accept the grant. The balance of the purchase price will be taken from the transfer station revolving fund that has a current balance of $175,886.
Milton Mills Library Trustee Palmeira presented information regarding a Mooseplate Grant to be pursued to promote the Library and hopefully replace the handicap ramp or to be used for matching LCHIP funds in future. If this grant is approved, work on the handicap ramp would begin in August 2014. Selectmen gave their approval.
The board gave approval to SBA Communications, leasee of the Elm Street tower, for a replacement bond with a new insurance company.
The Town of Farmington notified the selectmen that they will be allowing private septic haulers who pick up Milton sewage to drop off at their facility in the near future. This would allow haulers less travel mileage and may create a price reduction for Milton residents. Although no permission is needed from the Milton Board, as a courtesy Farmington Sewer Department wanted to let the board know of their decision to allow this. Consensus by the board was in full agreement and hoped there may be a lower price for Milton residents.
There was discussion regarding a letter from the state regarding Milton Auto Works at 1385 White Mountain Highway. TA Dionne explained it's either to run or renew a new or used car dealership or start renew inspections. The letter was forwarded to Code Enforcement Officer Brian Boyers and the Planning Board for further review.
Selectman Bridges noted a Facebook posting by Michael Bernier in which he states he will be teaching surfing lessons at the town's beach, charging a fee, having clients sign a waiver and will be contacting the recreation director, Karen Brown. Bridges (also a recreation commissioner) advised no one has contacted the recreation commission and no one is allowed to run a private business on town property.
The public works department has posted notice that unless specifically permitted by written directive of the public works director, it shall be unlawful for any person, partnership or corporation to haul, transport or cause to be transported by vehicle with a gross weight over eight tons, any material over the class 5 roads in the Town of Milton from March 14 through 11:59 pm, April 30, or as determined necessary by the public works director.
Members in attendance at the recent meeting included: Brian Boyers, Peter Hayward, Robbie Parsons, Tom gray and Larry Brown. And Kimberly Ladisheff and Grace Whitis.
It was reported that Land Bank Realty Trust's excavation site has ceased operations. It was noted that any excavation that has ceased operation must be reclaimed within 12 months of expiration of a permit or from ceasing operation. It was agreed that notice would be sent to the owner that no further excavation shall occur on the property without first obtaining a permit.
Whitis told the board that that she had recently purchased the horse farm located at 334 Jug Hill Road in Milton Mills. The property was purchased as a horse business This an agriculture business and will continue as such. There is a 175 -foot by 95-foot steel structure with a 36-foot by 50-foot wing, existing on property. Whitis would like an addition and 15 stalls, with no other changes. There is plenty of land and no lot line issues. There are drainage issues so they will stay away from any waterways. Consensus of the board was no site plan required, only a building permit through the code officer.


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I know it's probably a tiny thing, but man, do I hate having to click on the web form fields to fill in stuff in a drop down menu, like those State choosers, or Date choosers.
There I am, tabbing along from form field to form field, blithely filling in the data being requested (Name, Address, Phone Number, etc.), when it's time to hit the State form. The input skips it, every time! I have to take my hands from the keyboard, drop them to the trackpad, or (even worse) the mouse, and click on the dang thing.
There's got to be a better way.


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"Just because you can't think how it can be done doesn't mean it's impossible to do" – Amit Shah.
Happens each time I get into a debate. People, with their limited knowledge, can't think of ways a particular thing can be done by a particular way.
Slightly off-topic: I've finished reading "I Sing the Body Electronic" a few weeks back (review pending). It talks about one of the projects that Microsoft took up. The developers don't have patience to explain the nitty-gritties of their work to designers. Similarly, designers would have a tough time goading developers to create a "simple" widget that looks like an ellipse instead of a standard circle.
So how do you really explain stuff to people? They don't open up their minds. They're just not ready to accept that things could happen in a different way. They just go by what they've learnt till now and what their brains are capable of extrapolating.
Seemingly bright people stay in their own nutshells. They impress their colleagues / managers by talking at length about what they know and how things could get done. But hold on, cowboy… Don't you think it'll be better if we did things this way? Uh-oh.. how's that possible? I don't think it can be done. <Does some research on the 'net. Finds one or two sentences which of course don't talk about specifics. Comes back with them as proof. I think we're over the episode and I've made my point. But hey, now we'll have to start an email debate. Great!>
Engineers are meant to doubt everything they hear and see. I used to do that. But I've realized over time that to be communicative, you have to be receptive as well. If you just go around flouting everything that seems impossible to you, hold back. Think about it. No doubt, challenge it. But also give it some credence and consider it could be possible. Will make your life easier because the people involved (at the other end of the argument) will be willing to share more with you just because you're more receptive.
If you don't agree to something, people might not tell you things, which means you won't get to learn new things and you're out of loop on possibly very important new developments (happening in your own group, perhaps). What's better is to just nail it down in a second meeting. First meeting, carry points home. Research. Send mail. Research more if there are replies. Second meeting, things are automatically sorted out.
Yeah, get out of the notion that you'll always be right. And that you're the first person in the world to think of a particular solution. There are bright minds everywhere. Beside you, in the next building, in next city, the next country, the next continent and so on.. Take credit for what you've said. But don't expect others to not have said / thought of the same thing.


text: The little donkey would never have set out had Mary and Joseph not been called to Bethlehem by a census – a procedure with a venerable history even at the time. Centuries later, the first chapter of Norman England was recorded in the Domesday Book. Taxing, conscripting and a desire to show off the state's reach lay behind such early efforts, and the same impulses combined with Malthusian panic to trigger the headcount of 1801 – a count which became the census we know today. Once a tool of subjugation and aggrandisement, the census evolved into an instrument to plan public services, as well as becoming the definitive log of the changing social currents of creed, family and work. Or, at least, a fairly definitive source: the 2001 debacle which saw Jedi Knight put on the census keepers' list of religions revealed that knocking on every door does not always get at the truth. But a comprehensive count gets much closer to it than any random sample. All sorts of data is calibrated back to the census, and so there is a head-spinning circularity to Whitehall's plans to make next year's headcount the last and distil future population estimates from other sources. Given its £400m price tag, neither the census's power in tracing family roots nor its unique utility to social scientists will carry the day. Perhaps brute politics might. The coalition plans to abolish a slew of Labour seats by equalising constituency size – on the basis of next year's census. This exercise should surely convince it that counting still counts.


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