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If you were looking forward to playing Watch Dogs or The Crew then you'll need to keep that enthusiasm up for quite a while longer. Ubisoft announced this week that Watch Dogs is being delayed until spring 2014 in order to give the development team enough time to finish polishing it up, before doubling up the bad news shortly afterward with the announcement that The Crew has also been delayed, and won't come out until some time between July and September 2014.
A few of our readers who had already pre-ordered Watch Dogs as part of a bundle with PS4 asked what was going to happen to their orders in the light of the delay. Amazon and Gamestop have already issued statements assuring customers that their orders are still secure, and the most likely solution will be that customers will simply have to choose an alternative launch title to come with their new console.
As might be imagined, these two delays have had a significant impact on Ubisoft's projected income for this fiscal year. CVG reports that Ubisoft's initial forecast of $1.94 billion by the end of the 2013 fiscal year has now been adjusted down to a far more modest $1.38 billion.
Ubisoft CFO Alain Martinez said during an earnings call that the delays of The Crew and Watch Dogs were the biggest factors that will lead to the company failing to hit its target income, but not the only factors. Recently released titles, including Rayman Legends and Splinter Cell: Blacklist, have apparently underperformed according to Ubisoft's expectations.
There are numerous possible reasons why Rayman Legends and Splinter Cell: Blacklist might not have sold as many units as Ubisoft would have liked. Both games were delayed and released quite close to the launch of a new console generation, but that alone doesn't seem like enough to kill gamers' enthusiasm for these new entries in well-established franchises.
The more likely explanation is simply that Ubisoft's projected sales were simply too high – similar to how Square Enix was disappointed earlier this year by Tomb Raider selling 'only' 3.8 million units in a single month. For example, Martinez also revealed during the earnings call that Ubisoft expects to sell over 2.5 million units of The Crew – a frankly unrealistic target for a driving game that's also a new IP. The company is also anticipating that Watch Dogs, another new IP, will sell around 6 million units.
Despite the tempering of their income for this year, Ubisoft seems willing to take the hit in 2013 in the hopes of a major comeback during the 2014 fiscal year. VG24/7 reports that, after Ubisoft shares fell by up to 32%, the company issued a statement to shareholders assuring them that, "Our long-term goal is to win the next generation… We are building franchises that will become perennial pillars of Ubisoft's financial performance."
Rocky days for Ubisoft as the company waits out the end of this fiscal year and the advent of 2014. Do you think that those in charge really have a handle on things, or will their optimism and the game delays trip them up at the very start of the next generation?
Source: CVG & VG24/7


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Before the first game of this event, Sweden were a fair bet to qualify from this group. Their qualifying record was one of the best and, from an English point of view, most fans were grateful to them for beating Poland and giving England a chance to get in through the back door.After games against an average Belgium and a bad Turkey, the question that arises must be exactly how did they qualify? There is without any doubt a lack of quality players in the side and it's equally obvious that Henrik Larsson is a long, long way from being match fit. Lundberg continues to prove what an over-rated player he is and, without the abilities of Larsson, the goalscoring threat is non-existant. Maybe England's problems are that bad, after all.
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March 24th, 2007, 03:12 PM #1Any Florida Marketers?
I never know how to start off my posts...Do I start like a
letter...jump right in? I dunno,...
Anyhow, I'm going back to Florida from my internship here
with Russell...and Wanted to try and find some fellow
floridian marketers. I'm currently out of Port St. Lucie
(Treasure Coast area) but will be moving back to Tampa
over the summer.
I'm looking to expand my business either with partners or
employee's let me know if you're around? I'm also down
for just some fellow marketers to mastermind with.
Onwards and Upwards,
Justin Brooke
March 24th, 2007, 05:04 PM #2
Welcome to ABW Justin! You will find that Florida is almost the center of the affiliate universe. There are quite a few down there.
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Hey Justin welcome to the forum. I'm north of Ft Myers from Jan thru April, but I'd be happy to meet you at one of the lunches we do down here, and always love bouncing ideas with fellow ABW'ers. Hope you find your mastermind group and enjoy your stay here.
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₹ 1,899 Décathlon
Outlet was quite good, lots of products to choose from. But one negative experience is "when I asked the product to show which I wanted to purchase the representative wasn't quite friendly but showed us the product which is next to my chosen product. I requested him for couple of time to show the product of my choice but he didn't, so I'm quite unhappy with that type of response with your representative who represents your company brand.
It's compact but the disc plates are not fixed properly in the rod... while doing an exercise these disc are oscillating so that the weight not balanced in my hands . More over time it was tilted at one side and fell in ground. Very irritating
Hello Mr Govind,
Thank you for reviewing Domyos Fitness Kit 10Kg. I apologise for the inconvenience caused.
In order to prevent the discs from oscillating please ensure that the lock is properly tightened. Please keep even weights on both sides to keep the rod balanced.
You can also go for the threaded bar and spinlock collars. The same weights can be used.
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An excellent work out tool, I find it very helpful and to carry out some cool body building staying in my room.
I strongly reccomend for toning of bicep, tricep muscles, Squats etc.
Very good value for money however internal diameter of weights are slightly larger than the bar so difficult to stop any movement/rattle while training. Otherwise good.
weights were fine but the bar chips and the spring clips are too small for the bar.
Thanks a lot for letting know your opinion on 10 kg Weight Training Dumbbells Set. The spring clips are made to suit the bars and this is the first time we had this kind of feedbacks, probably your set was defective so..don t forget you can claim a refund or a product change!
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6 Solid weight plates. Strong solid 2kg bar. 2 spring locks.
I have 2 of these sets, so i now have a pair of dumbbells, it's a good job the price for 1 is amazing :)
I prefer the threaded collars to keep the weights on, but these spring locks are really good, a lot better than i thought..
Would recommend
Good quality dumbells at a good price. Only niggle is the spring collars don't hold the plates tight, so there is some movement but there is no danger of them coming loose.
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King of Sweden 2
Rated 3.5 / 5 stars
i keep crashing
maybe its just me who suck, but meh... first one was wonderful though. i'll give this another shot another day i suppose...
Remember to upgrade your car and the game will become easier...
Ban That Fulp!
Rated 5 / 5 stars
amazing game
i got 877. tom rhymes with bom.
No! Tom rhymes with BOMB!
(silly Rucklo)
Madness: Premeditation
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars
First time I tried it out...
...I quit after only two levels. But once you get the hang of it, it's really a fun concept.
I guess the big problem, like many seem to have pointed out, is the first threshold of understanding the game. Alot of people are like me, if they don't understand at once they'll give up and move on to something else, which is a real shame.
I think the most important issue could be dealt with by being alot more clear of what to do. F.ex. at the Claudette boss, the side-brains do glow slightly when entering the room, but it's possibly not enough. The glow could be a little more clear, f.ex. have some "glow-shadow" going on - dunno if you know what I mean, but visually make it a little more clear.
Making things more clear could also be advantegous to have sound come along with it, sublte "beeps" when the brain-areas glow would attract the gamers attention.
Claudette is just a simple example, I think that these little things is something that alot of the stages are in need of. Point with the whole hand what to do in some areas, simply.
Another thing that could be implemented is a "hint/lazyass suckah" button. When clicked, some score-penalty could be made, and when you o"premeditate" you would not only move yourself, but you would see everything else (or a few selected things) that moves too, in a shaded visualization. Or perhaps just have a few trainee-levels with the above "real-time shaded" concept going on.
The music gets boring after a while, a simple suggestion would be to fade out and pause the music inbetween each level - or perhaps even let the music, if only one tune, consist of say 4 loops. Once one loop starts, it'll keep playing the "full song", but the entry-point would be different between each stage.
In some games you'll see the "inbetween-levels" have a short loop, some only have some background-noise. In this game I think some distant screams and "futuristic techy noises" would've made a good ambience. Perhaps some distant machine rumble or so too.
More tunes would bring diversity, of course. What happened to the boss-tune btw? :)
In conclusion:
- The game is visually great. The overall gameplay-feeling is good, but it lacks claity of what to do. There could be more work with audio, which could add alot to said clarity, it would ease the first threshold of "what the hell am I supposed to do here" feeling that alot seem to get at first.
Don't be shy to hook me up if you guys want some custom-made music&sfx and feedback from an audio-guy's point of view if there's a next project in the future! :)
I completely forgot about your boss track with the rush to release, I'll add it in when I get some time
Madness Hydraulic
Rated 5 / 5 stars
Great use of the Accelerant build!
Awesome to se re-use and upgrade of a game-engine in this manner!
Fun game overall, it just gets kindof messy after a few levels. One way to ease this up could be to make the bullet-trace of Hank red instead of the same colour the enemies bullets get. I find that I sometimes lose trrack of the mouse too, maybe it could be more prominent in the design somehow.
Rated 5 / 5 stars
pretty fun
tests are always fun :)
though my english wasn't enough in some questions, which kindof makes the whole thing awry, for me not having eng. as my mouther-tounge at least.
scored 131, i guess im average or something. hooray, average masses here i come.
Make My Next Game
Rated 5 / 5 stars
this is really cool
like mentioned, it's not all that easy to figure out what to do, some kind of lame guide would help... oh i know, like a paperclip at the bottom right, maybe one with eyes and stuff oh that'd be swell! ^___^
nevertheless, cool shit man!
The Room Tribute
Rated 5 / 5 stars
This is as retarded...
...as the movie, and by the gods I LOVE IT!!!
This is just amazing. I'm amazed. Ah ha ha!
Newgrounds HQ Showdown
Rated 3.5 / 5 stars
pretty fun
imo the controls were a little too slow, and well, it's a little too much of a defend the portal rip-off.
game was way too easy too, but hey, it was done over a weekend, so good job lads! :)
PixEvo - The Fountain
Rated 5 / 5 stars
simple, but characteristic, just like a small flashgame should be!
i'm currently having a hard time gettinr the 32:nd pixel, i thin i have to fall on it, but it's hard... i'll make it eventually though.
keep em coming, man!!! :)
M-Bot The Game
Rated 5 / 5 stars
hell yeah, about time this got done!
i honestly thought you had abandoned this project as I've heard nothing about it since modmeet 2008.
First off, holy shit this game looks fucking AMAZING! the background, everything is just so damn slick...
Even so, it did almost freeze my computer up a bit. I don't have a very new comp, but that's nothing a q-button can't take care off... assuming you'd be willing to let players play with lower qual... thinking of the amazing artwork, i know i'd think twice before adding such a feature :D
The music suits really good, i love the changing of loops as you upgrade, brings a whole new "level" to the game. I only managed to get 3 grades, because i sucked at the game + my comp is slow, so maybe this suggestions is already in game, but something i missed: have some kind of filter added with the combo, just a small touch - it'd go great with the loops in the background changing as one level.
Gameplay was kindof difficult, at least for me with my shitty comp. more than once i managed to click somewhere outside the game-screen, even if i tried to focus on the red arrow and let it guide me. another thing that brought it down slightly was the repetition. when i got to the walls, i thought they'd never end. fact is my comp pretty much froze there, so i didn't even advance beyond that, yet anyways.
I learned that holding down the attack-key wasn't a good idea with a shitty comp, constant clicking apparently is smoother for the gameplay.
The theme is fucking badass, the environment is badass, the music is badass
All in all, fucking amazing job MC, congrats for pushing out a completley badass game!
thanks for the props. sorry about the hiccups. definitely lower your screen resolution and try again, that helped with rumble.
Ill ask frosted to add a Quality button, but I really doubt it would help since nothing here is vector I dont think it would run much faster. but well look in to it.
and great idea about the filter with the combo, definitely will have to try that on the next game..
thanks again.


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A month has passed since the Trump inauguration and the world is still split on how to react, respond and progress with the next four years. The result of the election still remains a point of debate across the globe, with many actively protesting for either side of the cause. However, the election was met with much controversy, from tax avoidance to Russian hacking and email leaks, there wasn't a dull moment.
The UK's decision to exit Europe has also been pointed to as an inspiration for the overwhelming support for Donald Trump – nonetheless, a simplified email marketing campaign was one of the main contributions towards Trump's cause. What can marketers learn from the political outsider's move to the White House?
An email campaign of legend
Back in 2008, Barack Obama made US history, for more reasons than one. The Democratic campaign was modernised, it stood out heavily for its use of innovative marketing techniques and strategy - something that is still reflected on today in the marketing and political industries alike.
Obama did something spectacular and tapped into over three million grass-root donors, who contributed $640 million to the presidential campaign by the night of the result. The majority of donations were made online, something quite contemporary for 2008. This was made possible through a strategic digital marketing campaign, utilising websites, blogs, video games and user-generated content to engage the whole of America! Barack even announced via Twitter, that Joe Biden would be the US VP nominee, a brand new use of social media for political engagement.
A red-thread of hope was constantly sewn throughout, linking together his advertising, tone and demeanour and his campaign logo was even utilised across the world as one of the cult images of the 21st century, reiterating and spreading his message of 'change'.
Obama's communication throughout his whole presidential marketing campaign was professional, seamless, integrated and engaging and it is regarded as one of the most successful presidential races in recent history.
Did Trump do the same?
To the majority Trump's victory came as a huge surprise, his campaign was tarnished by scandals and he was the outsider from start to finish for the White House residency. Nonetheless, something that would have stood out to perceptive marketers was the campaign's ability to balance customer acquisition with customer retention. The Democrats embraced diversity and inclusion, yet Trump created a storyline of the 'Forgotten Man'. Trump used this as his red-thread, weaving it through his marketing campaign, reaching out to those who felt overlooked by Clinton's party, this storyline also energised dissatisfied voters and engaged with new voters.
Compared to rivals, Trump spent only a fraction on broadcast advertising and direct marketing. Instead, he relied on a carefully planned digital marketing campaign like Obama did nearly ten years before, rather than planned messaging and policy announcements. Trump strategically built his following through improvisation and surprise. He was willing to cause controversy, to a bored, disillusioned nation, this enabled him to be able to make a wave throughout global mass media and establish a strong base of loyal supporters.
In our recent Presidential scorecard, we analysed Clinton and Trump's email campaign against six marketing parameters. We discovered that the extent of Trump's lead was not yet known - his emails had a clear focus on personalisation, attention-grabbing subject lines such as 'We're Being Overrun' and 'I'm fighting for YOU', giving him a notable edge over Clinton's inbox tactics.
Ultimately, Trump won the small-dollar donation battle, finding himself as the most successful Grand Old Party nominee for donations under $200 in history. Above and below the line tactics worked in sync for this nominee with incredible effect, he had a captivating effect on hard, medium and soft-line Republicans and stole the heart of many Democrats and disillusioned Americans.
Whichever side of the Trump debate you find yourself on, it is important to remember the simplicity and influence of Trump's strategic marketing campaign. Yes, Trump is a business man, but the strategies offer us insight and inspiration for ever more competitive marketing environments, where customer retention is king. There will be plenty of issues in 2017 that concern the marketing space as a result of Trump's victory, but honest and effective marketing campaigns will prevail.
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I had the privilege of meeting and getting to know Heidi at a physical therapy clinic in Vail, CO, where we were both rehabilitating from debilitating long-term injuries. I instantly recognized that her approach to recovery from injury was different than most, if not all, other people I have encountered during my 4+ years of physical therapy. Heidi was and is incredibly disciplined and meticulous in her rehab, leaving no stone unturned. We've spent hours on the phone or via text brain storming ideas to optimize our recovery. She's been an amazing friend and tremendous help in my personal road back to playing soccer professionally again.
The first thing you'll probably notice about Heidi is her positive aura. It is quite contagious, and her fun and bright spirit energizes whichever room she is in. She has an incredible drive and ability to find solutions where there are seemingly none. I've learned in my life to take advice from those who have traveled the same road before me, so when Heidi speaks, I listen. Experience is a massively important quality, especially for rehabilitating an injury. If you feel lost and confused, angry or stressed, or just need someone to help you get your focus back…Heidi can help.
I've played soccer professionally on three different continents. Among the people I met were elite and world class coaches, soccer players, athletic trainers, doctors, chiropractors, physical therapists and the list goes on. Heidi is without a doubt in that class.
Following a knee/quadriceps injury and surgery I developed significant arthrofibrosis in my knee. As described on the Arthrofibrosis Page of this website, this condition is one of the most difficult challenges in orthopedics to treat and overcome. Heidi was instrumental in helping me navigate through the arthrofibrosis "maze" and assemble the best care team possible.
Heidi's ability to understand and relate to the specific challenges associated with chronic injuries, including arthrofibrosis, sets her apart from the long list of healthcare professionals I have interacted with during my 5 year injury recovery journey. During our phone and email consultations Heidi emphasized three key points that helped me gain strength in more ways than words can describe:
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I had the pleasure of meeting Heidi in person at the Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colorado, while we were both recovering from arthrofibrosis surgery (total of 12 knee surgeries between the two of us). Heidi's determination to restore her own knee function and achieve her long-term recovery goals was truly remarkable. Her impact on other patients was even more impressive. Not only was she friendly, positive, and compassionate, but she could make even the most injury-frustrated patients smile. Heidi has been a injury/recovery coach, a mentor, and most importantly a dear friend. I am forever grateful for Heidi's support and the resources on the injuredathletestoolbox.com website. I give her my highest recommendation.
Over the last year, I have had the great fortune of forming an amazing friendship with Heidi Armstrong. Heidi and I met at the Howard Head Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Clinic. While I was working to recover a hip from a complex surgery, Heidi was driving forward with healing her knee. Unfortunately, I had many complications and rehabbing my hip consumed my life. As a Half Ironman Athlete and Emergency Room Physician, I have never been one to "sit still." Needless to say, my injury put a severe damper on my life. With the impressive wisdom, concern, caring, and love from Heidi, I have been able to realize that this setback is a learning process in my life. Heidi is absolutely one of the most amazing people I have met. Her injury has changed her life drastically yet she remains optimistic and full of love and life! Her smiling face enlightens my heart each time I see her or talk to her! Heidi has provided me with amazing insight and resources that keep me moving forward. She is full of guidance for many people but especially the injured athlete. It is without hesitation that I strongly recommend Heidi for guidance in any aspect in life!
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Even though my knee injury happened 9 years before I met Heidi, I dealt with the major difficulties of that injury the whole time. And in that time span I had never come across someone like Heidi. Someone who understood every face, angle, and surprise of injury. She gets it like nobody else. There's nothing like experiencing an injury or multiple ones yourself. Nothing like talking to someone who has had that same feeling of being dunked under water once again…just as you got up to breathe. Heidi was and is diligent, amazingly detailed and thoughtful. She had an eagle eye for connecting me with the community and resources I needed. And best of all she is one of the most understanding and compassionate human beings I've ever met. From the beginning I knew she did this all from her heart. It was a supreme privilege and blessing to get to know Heidi.
I believe that an injured athlete needs an independent, unbiased advocate to help him/her through the maze of possible traditional medical, holistic, and therapeutic options–an advocate who is an elite athlete and has extensive personal experience with injury and recovery, and an advocate who would have the best interests of the injured athlete at heart. I believe Heidi Armstrong meets these criteria and would highly recommend her to any athlete needing honest, experienced guidance during the difficult time after an injury.
I was looking for a chiropractor for low back pain; Heidi and I worked together to make sure I was approaching my injury correctly. I wasn't. She explained to me the common causes of low back pain and how a proper diagnosis by an MD was the correct first step. An MRI of my low back showed a ruptured disc. Without Heidi's advice, who knows how much time I would have wasted or potential further injury I would have subjected myself to without the proper diagnosis. Heidi is incredibly knowledgeable about health care, and, as an injured athlete herself, she has a deep empathy for injured athletes. I highly recommend Heidi for any injured athlete trying to find their way back to their sport.
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As a young UT student I met Heidi through volunteer, non-profit work she supervised. She quickly became and energetic and heart-warming guide. Last year, as I neared the end of training for my fourth half-marathon I encountered abdominal pain similar to some I had experienced over four years prior. The first time I experienced these problems I spent 8 months going to countless doctors and receiving no worthwhile advice. Four years later, when the symptoms came back it took five minutes on the phone with Heidi to figure out the plan that saved my love for running. She put me in contact with a sports therapist who quickly diagnosed and solved the problem, enabling me to complete my half-marathon and keep running ever since.
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As an elite level alpine racer, attending a ski-specific high school, injury was the last thing I wanted to encounter. Training from twenty to thirty-five hours a week finally took a toll on my body. I met Heidi after my first surgery (now on number four) and as skiing has gotten pushed farther and farther away Heidi has been there for me giving me the ability see the light at the end of the tunnel. Heidi is an inspiration to me as she spreads such an upbeat and refreshing attitude to everyone around her. She will definitely succeed in anything she does and will help as many people as she can along the way. I may not have realized it before I began my recovery, but being injured truly is a journey and a journey like this should never be traveled alone.
Through my ski team, we have required sports psych sessions. These sessions got me nowhere; if anything they set me back. I was completely against the idea of talking with anyone about what I was going through because they just didn't understand what it was like.
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Gory and Sadistic Anime
Could someone please list some of the most gory anime with just pure attention of slaughtering with demon, devil, or any related clairvoyance stuff?
The other anime seem a bit too dull for me, due to all the drama and such, so I'm currently looking for a nice violent anime of somewhat similiar to MD Geist or anything along the way, thank you. =D
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Kite and Berserk are the 2 that comes into mind. But Kite doesn't deal with demons just real humans. Which is evil enough.
Most gory series are tame.
If you sadistic type:
Perfect Blue
Now and Then, Here and There
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|2006-08-18, 16:47
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The new Hellsing Ultimate is very gory, and the characters take much pleasure in killing vampires/gouls. (it's more violent than the other hellsing I think)
In Devilman Lady she turns into a demon looking monster... and if I remember correctly she deals with resisting her evil monster side (pleasure in killing, etc). It's pretty gory too.
Oh, and the new Witchblade anime has a whole sadism aspect to it, but not too much in the way of gore.
|2006-08-18, 17:57
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Oh my my my, what an interesting thread this is!
I'd say Higurashi is pretty sadistic too, in a way. Am I wrong?
Then I second Xellos about Now and then, Here and then, the problem being this is a crappy pointless series.
Perfect Blue is a great piece of sadism too, but it's a movie so I don't know if that's what ETB is looking for...
edit: yeah, I third on Dokuro-chan
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|2006-08-18, 22:36
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It has lots of action, but I don't remember it having much gore, nevertheless it's one of my favorite animes: Project ARMS
Of course, GANTZ has plenty of gore, but I bet you've seen that already.
Speed Grapher is another one you should check out too if you haven't yet.
Some others:
Innocent Venus seems like it'll have plenty of violence
Maou Dante
Hellsing OVA
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|2006-08-19, 09:51
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It's not entirely about slaughtering demons but you can try the recently released Kemonozume. It's centered around people from this organization to kill demons that can shape-shift into humans (or, you can look at it as humans that shape-shift as demons...). And the human-demons themselves. The art style is very much unlike most anime so I don't know if you will find it jarring. But it's quite funky and cool, the music's great and there's enough gross-ish stuff (ep 2 had this monster eating a human and there were guts trailing out and one guy was going "...ramen" - something to that extent).
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This isn't a crappy pointless series; its Akitaroh Daichi's MASTERPIECE. Its not my Number 1 Anime for nothing.
Second, it isn't sadist. No, its realist. It portrays heart wrenchingly real themes in a beautiful way, and will not disappoint at the end. So if you are in this for Blood and Gore and Arms coming off and Sex; Now and Then, Here and There is NOT for you.
TOKKO would suit you better.
|2006-08-19, 13:19
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Anyways, I repeat, it's all a matter of taste. Apart from that, I think we're are much alike. ^^ So don't get mad.
Let's be still friends, OK?
To get back to the topic : I remember Excel Saga has its gore moments too, hasn't it?
|2006-08-22, 08:10
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Now and Then, Here and There is an anime that I like and hate at the same time. It could of had some more happy moments, but it really doesn't have those happy moments, which could have atleast diminish the angst I was getting from this anime. This anime was made to show the horrors of war and humanity, but really there were aspects in the anime that when you stop and think about it really does not make any sense. For example:
|2006-08-28, 02:24
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Sorry for posting late. raphaël, I think that any hatred and frustration in this show is necessary, because this is a show about war, and I don't see how the characters can't be that way being in the circumstances they are in. The brutality constantly around them, being conscripted forcefully, being hit around by superiors, always having to be on your toes, and having to follow orders to kill, even kill children your age (like how Nabuca had to execute the children from his village who tried to escaped). In those circumstances, where the threat of death is really the last of their concerns, people become like that; I think it's hardly clichéd.
Not only that, but when the "bad" guy in Sister's village (forgot his name) was describing how his own sister was kidnapped and left for dead, almost made me cry because I felt the sadness and overwhelming bitterness in his voice, and I understood why he hates Hellywood so much, and then, you really understand the cycle of hatred in war. At the least, the Anime brought around that point.
The main villain, King Hamdo was, like Hitler, a megalomaniac if I'm not wrong. I think that fit him perfectly, the way he shifted between giving serious commands and his other side, the cowardly, wheedling, over-reliant side. It showed that he got to his position by his merits as a commander, to inspire such blind loyalty; but the years of indulgence and dependence and comforts took their toll on him; the mere possibility that he could lose it all along with his life drove him paranoid, crazy.
In any case,
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am i the only who is screaming "KOROSHIYA ICHI" at the mere title of this topic. it IS almost ENTIRELY about sadism (and masochism) and bloody violent and gory. while it has no demon its fecking sweet. right up your ally. (i agree also with most everything posted here thus far. especialy narutaru. dont be fooled by narutarus apearance, sadism is in high order there. its fecking violent)
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I would recommend Ichi The Killer as well, but not the anime, nor the manga for that matter. To each his own of course, but I never really liked either of those. The movie of Miike on the other hand is pretty damn sweet. I do agree with Narutaru though, very nice series. After watching the first episode you'd think it's just another Pokemon ripoff but it soon changes into something really violent and really...really dark. great stuff!
Other than that I'd suggest Ergo Proxy, Texhnolyze, Blame!, Monster (a lot more subtle though) but they have probably been mentioned before.
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Discussion in 'On Topic' started by Ranger-AO, Feb 25, 2007.
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no. a squad is made up of teams.
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Dude, he'll just throw down with an oakleaf smash......
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SPEAKER PELOSI: I just had the privilege of speaking to the House Democrats about how we're progressing on the economic recovery package. We took great pride in the brilliant presentation that President Obama made last night, to the country, and that he has presented to Florida, to the Floridians today.
Here back in the capital, we're moving in a forward direction. Momentarily we will be appointing conferees on the floor of the House, in order to go to conference later today, to put together the reconciliation between the House and the Senate.
And hopefully that will be done as soon as possible, because tens of thousands of Americans are losing their jobs every day. Six hundred thousand of them lost their jobs in the month of January.
We cannot lose any time in stopping that by passing the economic recovery package.
Our colleagues are excited about the prospects, concerned about some of the differences between the House and the Senate. And we promised that because our bill, the House-passed bill, produced more jobs, we'll go to conference to fight for those jobs.
In addition, some of the other business of the meeting was that I told our colleagues that because of the condition of our economy and the financial crisis our country is in, that the leadership will be instructing the Appropriations Committee not to include a COLA for next year in the appropriations bill that is being put together for fiscal year 2010.
I also asked our chairmen -- I spoke with them this morning at the chairmen's meeting, but reported to our caucus that we are asking -- our leadership is asking the chairs of our committees, in the spirit of Mr. Tanner's legislation, for fiscal accountability, asking our chairmen to hold hearings on the issues that are before the -- the agencies of government that are before them: how the tax dollar is spent, what the results are.
Again, in the interests of fiscal soundness, we'll be looking at everything from entitlements to defense spending -- again, student loans to every dollar that the federal government spends.
So we're hard at work, eager to end -- to end the conference on the recovery package, and look forward to sending it to the president's desk, hopefully before the end of this week.
Q Madame Speaker, could you describe the tenor of the meeting, and address the possibility of any danger of your left-wing, particularly -- any defections on that part, in terms of not going along with the bill, with some of the cuts that the Senate -- (off mike)?
SPEAKER PELOSI: The tenor of this meeting?
Q Yes.
SPEAKER PELOSI: Well, our members have one thing at heart: the creation of jobs to relieve the economic strife and stress that America's families are experiencing right now. So they know, as President Obama cautioned the nation, that we cannot allow the perfect to be the enemy of the effective and of the necessary. And we will not.
Any one of us can write the bill that we like better. Isn't that the way it always is? But we built consensus. We're proud of the product that we put forth. And it has a strategic vision, a strategic mission. So all the parts of it have to come together in a way that keeps the promise that we are making of bold, swift action to create jobs.
The -- I think that we're in good shape with our caucus.
(Cross talk.)
I think I have time for one more, though, because I have got to get to work.
Q (Off mike) -- between the two bills -- Senator Reid sounded confident this morning after your meeting with President Obama that it would take about another 24 hours to break those differences. Do you share that timeline? And do you hope --
SPEAKER PELOSI: Well, I hope that it's so.
Q (Inaudible) -- to bridge the differences?
SPEAKER PELOSI: Well, I hope that that is so. Well, you know what the regular order is. The House has passed its bill. The Senate has passed its. Usually you go to conference and split the difference between the two houses. That may not be the case here. At these conferences, my experience has been that the White House has a seat at the table, that they weigh in -- whether it's a physical seat, but they weigh in on it. And we have a clear idea of what the differences are and hope to resolve them as soon as possible. But I --
Q (Off mike) -- about the three Senate Republican votes, to what extent do they play a role in your calculus here at conference, insuring that those three GOP senators will be aboard the eventual consensus?
SPEAKER PELOSI: Well, my -- our responsibility on the House side -- and our conferees will be Mr. -- Steny will be announcing on the floor -- Mr. Obey, Mr. Waxman and Mr. Rangel. They're speaking for our House Democrats. Mr. Boehner has not informed me yet who the conferees are -- perhaps you know -- of the -- on the Republican side.
But from our standpoint, we're there to fight for the jobs. The Senate conferees will advocate for their position and they will be responsible for what the senators think or vote or what. But that's not my --
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Q I'm talking about Collins, Specter and Snowe.
SPEAKER PELOSI: Right.
Q To what extent do they play a role in your calculus? Because they need those votes to --
SPEAKER PELOSI: Well, as I said, that's part of what the Senate will bring to the table. We'll bring to the -- hopes, aspirations of the American people for us to create as many jobs as possible in the most fiscally sound way and the most transparent way to stabilize the economy -- to stabilize the economy. And that is what our responsibility will be at the table.
We have some particular suggestions on how we can get more jobs out of this conference than there are in the Senate bill. And we hope that they will be well received by the other -- (inaudible word).
Q What about the top end of $800 billion, with Senator Nelson --
Q What other suggestions have you talked about?
SPEAKER PELOSI: You know what? I really -- I won't be finished if I stay here. So I really do have to go.
Q Could you just mention these suggestions that you mentioned? Can you articulate them, what they --
SPEAKER PELOSI: Well, the issues that the president talked about in his speech last night are priorities that we share. The president talked about school construction, how that was important to children, but it creates jobs immediately.
He talked about the greening of America's federal buildings, how that was important to our environment and economy. It created jobs immediately.
He talked about information, health information technology and how that makes health care better, more affordable, fewer errors and how that created jobs immediately. There are some. The extension of COBRA and Medicaid piece that goes with that on the tax side and energy and commerce side of it is important. The tax credit for children, the refundable tax credit for children is important.
I'm not going to give you the whole list, but all of these stimulate the economy, create jobs, are fiscally sound and are part of a strategic mission for this bill to create jobs, to bring stability, to inspire confidence and now I have to go to work.
Mr. Hoyer, I'm sure will be happy to --
Q Mr. Hoyer, how long do you think it's going to take (inaudible).
HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER STENY HOYER (D-MD): I don't think we know realistically. I have said and the Speaker have said and Leader Reid have said that we're going to get this bill done before we leave here for the Presidents' Day break. I'm hopeful that we can get this done relatively quickly and we're going to work as hard as we can to get it done by Friday.
Q Senator Nelson has been saying that the -- (inaudible).
REP. HOYER: I'm not sure about this, but I think Senator Nelson and Senator Collins both mentioned an $800 billion number, frankly, as they were relating to $780 billion bill, however, the Senate added $60 billion to that bill on the floor, which got it to $840 billion. So I'm not sure that was done, I think, before the Senate added substantial dollars to their bill.
Q (Off mike.)
REP. HOYER: Excuse me?
Q (Off mike.) Do you expect the debt ceiling to increase --
REP. HOYER: Well, I think the answer to that is the responsible thing for us to do given the situation that we confront. It's clearly that we're going to borrow money and raising the debt ceiling I think is a responsible thing to do. Nobody likes to do that, but very frankly, we ought to stop buying things and stop borrowing if we're not going to raise the debt ceiling, otherwise, America is going to pay its bills.
Q Do you essentially -- (off mike) -- that the final version passes the Senate?
REP. HOYER: Nobody has said that and I don't think that's the case. I certainly hope it's not the case, after all, the House passed a bill, the Senate passed a bill. They're different and we're now going to go to conference to try to resolve those differences and the way you do that is to compromise and I would hope that that's the procedure we're going to follow and I would hope that all of the members of the Senate, all the members of the House understand that's the process and are willing to give a little. But the very fact is that the president said yesterday and has said continually, we have said continually, it is absolutely essential for the strength of our economy, the ability of our economy to rebound, to stop the hemorrhaging of jobs in America, that we pass this bill and we pass it soon and we give confidence to the economy and to our people that their government can act on behalf of stabilizing the economy and trying to bring back jobs as opposed to lose jobs at the extraordinary rate that we've lost them over the last few months.
Q (Off mike.)
REP. HOYER: Well, let me say, I don't know whether the Speaker said this, but the Speaker and I view this the same. This bill is whichever bill you use, the Senate or the House bill, a very, very substantial investment in bringing our economy back if we took the Senate bill as it is. There are differences, however, state stabilization being one of the major differences, large dollar differences, about half the difference. We believe the state stabilization fund were very important to give the states who, after all, have to have a balanced budget, 49 of them are constrained by balanced budgets. I'm for that, by the way, so they don't lay off teachers, they don't lay off police, they don't lay off firefighters and they can continue to operate in a way that will educate our children, keep our people healthy and grow our economy.
So that that's the difference and we're going to have to talk about it and we'll see whether we can resolve the differences between those two figures, but obviously, we thought it was important and we still feel it's important.
Thank you. I apologize because I forgot I wanted to say something. I doubt that there are -- there's anybody in the House of Representatives who has fought harder to make sure that we have cost of living adjustments on a regular basis. I did that because I think when you do large raises as opposed to cost of living adjustments, the people understandably say why are you doing that? We haven't done that? However, we're in a context today where we have extraordinary pain in our community, people losing their jobs, our economy under great stress and the Speaker and I have discussed and we both agree that it would not be appropriate for us to take a COLA adjustment in the coming year.
And so we will provide in the bill that handles this matter in the future that that COLA adjustment will not occur.
Thank you.
Source: http://www.fednews.com/transcript.htm?id=20090210t2719&nquery=&query=pelosi


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Doesn't the new year bring with it all kinds of anticipation? What will this year bring? Surprises - good and bad. Great memories will be made. It's like a blank canvas that the Lord is just beginning to paint on. Optimism is high on the first day of January.
Really, my optimism should not wane as the year progresses. There is no reason I should be any less enthusiastic about "what's next" on June 1st than I am on January 1st. God has not changed from 12/31 to 01/01...so why should my attitude change? Maybe the first day of a new year is a good time for me to remember that God is with me always, He never changes, there is no shadow of turning with Him. Tomorrow is not unknown to Him, yesterday's errors are not written in stone with no redeeming value, and His mercies are new every single morning. Even when we are faithless, He will remain faithful, for He cannot disown Himself (see Paul's letters to Timothy).
That's pretty good news, on January One and every other day of the year. My hope is in the Lord, the joy of the Lord is my strength, and all of my days were written in His book before one of them came to be. It's good to know these truths; it's amazing to personally know the One Who is Truth.
Enjoy each moment of 2010, and enjoy each moment of homeschooling.
Day 5 done :)
Jan L. Burt
Friday, January 1, 2010
January One
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