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|2013-04-08, 20:31
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Join Date: Dec 2012
wizards/witches magic recomendations?
I'm looking for some anime with magic in them.
it would be nice to have an anime that the main
character is kind of a person who was
terrible with magic but then becomes super powerful.
and if its one about sorcery and stuff
can it be one of those that the whole world is has magic
and stuff. oh and can the main character be
a teen it would be much a blighted also let it be a guy because ive known
of to many female ones
(kind of forgot can it be dubbed) thank you
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|2013-04-08, 21:53
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In your bloodstream
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Someday's Dreamers has an intriguing plot about prospective mages who must attend school and be licensed to practice their craft. It focuses on the ethical issues about when the use of magic is justifiable. The main character is a fifteen-year-old girl. You can watch the first episode for free at Sentai's site, theanimenetwork.com, but the remaining episodes require a subscription. An unrelated sequel was released a couple of years ago, but it is nowhere near as good as the original.
The girls in Mahou Shoujotai Arusu are younger, more like middle-school age, but the story itself is dark and complex. Young Arusu (Alice) wants to live in a magical world and use magical powers to do good things and make people happy. When she falls into a real magical world, she discovers that magic can also be used for darker purposes. This show is beautifully illustrated by Studio 4°C, but you should act fast if you're interested, as DVD stocks at major retailers are running low.
Gakuen Alice is another well-known show about a school for mages, but I've only watched a bit of it, so I can't really say much about it.
Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san is a comedy about a mage in his twenties who has contracts with various demons that he calls upon to help resolve his clients' problems. The demons are hilariously chibi, and his assistant is a very cute meganeko. The sequel is airing this season. This show is a bit raunchy at times, unlike the others.
The first three of these have dubs, but since I only watch with subtitles, I can't say how good they may be.
|2013-04-08, 23:18
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Location: Austin, TX
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Maybe Kaze no Stigma? I believe you can watch it for free on Hulu/Funimation's website.
|2013-04-08, 23:38
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Check out Little Witch Academia! It's only a single 25-minute episode, and it's one of the best anime to come out this year (or ever). You can think of it as a shorter version of Mahou Shoujotai Arusu that SeijiSensei recommended.
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|2008-09-21, 06:49
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Why do you guys keep saying its following the UBW or Heavens Feel storyline? Isnt it more near to the FATE storyline? However I was very curious about this manga until now as I kept surching for the scanlated version after chapter 17 but I AM no Longer interested as it seems SABER vanishes at the end of every ending. Be it UBW,FATE or HEAVENS FEEL. I had no idea before as I didnt watch the anime but now I m so depressed as SABERxSHIRO just dont end up together despite loving each other. So it sucks. Please tell me anyone that I m wrong BCOZ I want to be wrong. Anyone have more optimistic views. They couldve let Saber live at least in one of the storyarcs. Are there NO HAPPY ENDINGS?
|2008-09-21, 08:07
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|2008-09-21, 08:34
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I hope Blade Lord U r correct about this and they cjoose a more Happy Ending as it is just nt fair on Saber and they make such a good couple, though it is highly unlikely. Anyways the group that was scanlating this manga, have they dropped this project? If yes, have any other group taken it up?
|2008-09-23, 02:34
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Who knows, it could just end with a threesome.
|2008-09-24, 16:02
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Location: Oakville, Ontario, Canada
The Fate/Stay Night manga has finally begun translation into English in book form. Volume 1 has been translated by TokyoPop and will be released October 1st 2008.
Here's a link to preorder it on Amazon (note: this is the Canadian website for Amazon): http://www.amazon.ca/Fate-Stay-Night...2289486&sr=8-7.
|2008-10-05, 07:26
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Age: 30
I've recently been gritting my teeth when learning just how many good F/SN doujins are out there that haven't been scanlated yet, or have been stalled for months if not dropped. Kaleid liner Illiya and Heavens Failure are the biggest thorns in my eye (I'm not yet sure if Sword Dancers has any untranslated chapters, if so then that one goes to the top of my list), So I've been thinking about trying to scanlate them myself, only to run into two major walls:
1: I am severely lacking in raws to edit, I have Kaleid liner 03 raw, but the rest of them have been next to impossible to find. Of Heavens Failure I have the untranslated Volume 2, 3 and Volume EX.
2: My already limited knowledge of the Japanese language only stretches as far as the spoken language, the written language is still 100% unreadable to me.
So here is my question: Is anyone interested in teaming up with me in order to get these doujins translated? At the very least I need someone who can translate, and someone who has access to decent raw scans.
Edit: I managed to track down Kaleid liner Illiya scans of chapters 3 to 7, though the quality of chapters 5,6 and 7 is... somewhat lower, though still perfectly readable.
Edit2: Finally managed to pin down a raw of KLI chapter 8. And in good shape too!
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|2008-11-10, 13:58
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It should be good to follow the UBW route for a fresh change. If they followed the fate route, it'd be just like copying much of the anime.
I think Heaven's Feel wasn't a really popular scenario. According to some sources I read, people liked the UBW route.
|2008-11-11, 04:56
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The visual novel for the UBW route may describe the sounds and voices in it. But there is still a need to depict the actions in the manga.
Gosh, I just wish they would turn all these into an RPG or sorts. Something like the Tales of series.
|2008-11-24, 09:04
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Perhaps let's just hope if there will a remake if possible. Just like FMA as of current.
As of now, the manga is only there to spring surprises on readers.
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Translating chapter 36
Page 1
Archer: How regrettable.
Archer: You should have survived, at least.
<Either he is thinking they have survived or thinks that they didn't and wished they had...can't tell what's what since I don't have chap 35 sorry^^)
Rin: Archer!
Rin: Archer!
Page 2
(Rustling noise)
Rin: Shi...?
Shirou: Going down, Tohsaka?
Page 3
Rin: Shirou-kun!
Page 4
Shirou: It seems like Caster won't be chasing us.
Shirou: Honestly, we should be safe for now.
Shirou: We can't win if we end up having to fight
Rin: W-wait! I said wait!
Shirou: Oi! Tohsaka!
Rin: Put me down. I can walk by myself!
Rin: ...Really now...
Page 5
Rin: Ah!
Shirou: You should rest. Don't overwork yourself.
Shirou: That was one extremely, intense fight. Don't you think so?
Shirou: Chouto
< just something they say like a sigh… or something…sorry I'm not that good with these kind of stuff…especially if it has anything to do with slang and other sounds they emit or say when eating, lifting, or anything close for that matter.>
Shirou: A little rest wouldn't hurt. *
Rin: Emiya-kun…
Page 6
Rin: …Tsu! <Sneeze>
Shirou: You should wear that since it's cold.
Page 7
Rin: Why…Emiya-kun.
Rin: Why are you here?
Rin: You're no longer a part of the Holy Grail War.
Rin: And yet, you stubbornly came to such a place.
Rin: Always doing as you please.
Rin: If you made one wrong step. You could have died.
Page 8
Rin: Do you understand…?!
Shirou: Tohsaka.
Rin: Idiot.
Rin: Don't look at my direction!
Rin: Dammit…I just can't believe it.
Rin: For me to cry in front of a boy.
Page 9
Rin: Just for a while!
Rin: Please keep quite. *
Shirou: Ah…well
Shirou: Tohsaka.
Shirou: Do you still remember the catastrophe 10 years ago?
Page 10
Rin: Yes.
Rin: I remember the damage done by the previous Holy Grail War, the whole place was turned into a wasteland.
Shirou: My house was right in the middle when the disaster happened.
Shirou: Just about everything was burning.
Shirou: Naturally, I did not expect to live.
Shirou: However, I survived.
Shirou: My adopted Father, Kiritsugu, saved me.
Shirou: Up till now, I could never forget his face.
Kiritsugu: I'm glad, you're still alive.
Shirou: He said that over and over again.
Page 11
Shirou: And I thought.
Shirou: I was able to learn more about life and death because of him.
Shirou: Like him, I wanted to use my life for the sake of others.
Shirou: And… be able to help someone in trouble.
Shirou: And laugh it off just as he did.
Page 12
Rin: You've got to be kidding.
Rin: You're telling me you came back and risked your life for that reason alone?
Shirou: Are you laughing?
Rin: …No
Rin: I'm actually relieved
Rin: Although it was rather reckless, it was not at all foolish.
Shirou: I… Tohsaka *
Page 13
Shirou: If I see someone suffering or in danger, I can't help but try to help them.
Shirou: Even if I wanted to, I just can't abandon them.
Shirou: As for you? What would you do?
Rin: …Naturally!
Rin: It goes without saying. I have no intention to withdraw.
Shirou: Is that so?
Shirou: Then, if that's the case.
Shirou: Will you cooperate with me?
Shirou: I'm inexperienced and still have a long way to go but I'm ready to learn.
Shirou: And to be honest, I can't do this alone. So I'm asking you this as a favor.
Page 14
Shirou: But in your case.
Shirou: Not only are you an excellent magi but you're a capable leader as well.
Shirou: That's a fact. *
Shirou: Well…that's what I think. *
Rin: You certainly took your time telling me your story…
Rin: You idiot!
Rin: Being strong, being weak why can't you just say it and spit it out already!
Rin: If we're going to cooperate and work together, I don't ever want to hear such nonsense again. Got it!
Shirou: Tohsaka
Rin: That ends our conversation Emiya-kun.
Page 15
Rin: And to tell you the truth, that was what I had in mind from the start.
Rin: Anyway, you do owe me for saving you in the nick of time from Rider. Therefore…
Rin: From now on, you have to work hard to pay me back.
Shirou: Tohsaka!
Lancer: Huh.
Lancer: Finally. Are you two done yet?
Page 16
Lancer: Geez… You guys couldn't make it any shorter.
Lancer: I was really getting tired of waiting for you two to shut up. I was literally about to fall asleep here.
Lancer: Well?
Rin+Shirou: Lancer!
Rin: Shit.
Page 17
Rin: Tonmadotokita! <Add cool spell name here...since all I could think of was Window to Oblivion>
Lancer: What the!
Lancer: Wait!
Lancer: Wait! Wait! Wait!
Lancer: I didn't come here with the intention to kill you guys.
Page 18
Lancer: I came here to cooperate.
Rin: Wha-
Rin+Shirou: WHAT?!
Page 19
Lancer: In short.
Lancer: No matter how hard you think of the current situation. Four of them against one Servant is a big disadvantage. Don't you agree?
Lancer: The same goes for you two.
Lancer: Therefore my Master thought it was best if we cooperate.
Lancer: Right now, I can no longer detect Caster's presence in her workshop.
Lancer: My Master is searching for her whereabouts as we speak.
Lancer: So for the mean time we should stick together.
Page 20
Lancer: As for me, I'm going to take my nap.
Lancer: As they say. Good things come to those who wait.
Lancer: See ya.
Shirou: Really.
Page 21
Shirou: We are in one odd predicament.
Rin: It can't be helped.
Rin: Still, Lancer's cooperation is most welcomed.
Rin: With him on our side, victory is certain…
Rin: Nnngg…
Shirou: …What are you doing?
Page 22
Rin: What…Can't you tell just by looking?
Rin: You know.
Rin: Honestly Emiya-kun, you have not received any proper training as a magi at all.
Rin: Now look here, a great amount of mana is stored within this jewel.
Rin: In our lineage the Tohsaka's have the special ability to move and store mana.
Rin: Using the power that reside in our blood.
Rin: Everyday, we pour any excess mana we have accumulated into a jewel.
Rin: In one year, the jewel can release enough accumulated power to cut anything into shreds but we use it only in an emergency or as a last resort.
Rin: Like today for instance.
Page 23
Rin: So be ready…
Rin: Geez…
Rin: If possible, I should never have used that pendant.
Shirou: What do you mean?
Rin: It's nothing.
Rin: Just talking to myself.
Shirou: But Tohsaka
Shirou: I can only use strengthening…
Rin: I have already taken that into consideration.
Rin: Now Emiya-kun.
Page 24
Rin: You can only use strengthening?
Shirou: Well kinda. Why?
Rin: As far as you know. Is that the only magic you can use?
Rin: For example, we can use magic thanks to our magical circuit. The number of circuits can vary. One can have two or more depending on the persons lineage.
Rin: The strength of these circuits differs for every magi. Strong for others but weak for some.
Rin: Emiya-kun, besides strengthening, is there any other magic you can use?
Page 25
Shirou: Well…
Shirou: I can use transfiguration and projection.
Shirou: But I stopped using it.
Shirou: Father said it was a waste of time. And projection takes more out of me in a day compared to using strengthening.
Rin: Is that so?
Rin: Indeed. Transfiguration only copies the outside appearance of an object.
Rin: Too much mana is required to create the object and the copy itself is of poorer quality than that of the original.
Rin: In other words using projection is useless.
Rin: Your father's judgment was correct.
Rin: OK. I get it now.
Rin: If at least a little. Can you show me how you use strengthening?
Page 26
Rin: Simply hold your hands together and sit still.
Rin: Since strengthening is the only ability you are good at. The more you concentrate the better.
Shirou: Well.
Shirou: I'll try.
Page 27
Rin: ………..
Rin: STOP!
Rin: That's enough Emiya-kun.
Shirou: Tohsaka but…
Shirou: I still didn't do anything…
Page 28
Rin: Your Strengthening is just as troublesome as before.
Rin: For now open your mouth.
Shirou: Eh?
Shirou: Like this?
Shirou: !!
Shirou: Uwa…!
Shirou: What is this!?
Shirou: Wait a minute. What the Hell did you make me eat!
Rin: It's for your own good.
Rin: And.
Shirou: Food…?
Page 29
Shirou: Agh…!
Shirou: What the!?
Shirou: My body suddenly…
Rin: Emiya-kun
Rin: Your fundamentals are all wrong.
Rin: Each time you use your magic, you're actually recreating the link you have with your magic circuit.
Rin: That is extremely dangerous.
Page 30
Rin: What you're doing is completely suicidal.
Rin: The way you trigger your magic circuit. You should be thankful you're still alive after all this time.
Rin: The jewel you just swallowed is currently activating the magic circuit inside your body and should correct the problem.
Rin: It's drastic but it can't be helped.
Rin: So endure it for awhile.
Shirou: Kuh…
Shirou: My connection.
Shirou: You've got to be kidding me…?
Rin: Now, now. It is perfectly safe.
Rin: Not like it's enough to kill you or anything right?
Shirou: My chest feels tight
Rin: This is inhumane. Probably not enough to kill me she says. Then don't try to feed this shit on me!
Page 31
Shirou: Now I have to endure all this! I never should have let my guard down!
Page 32
Kotomine: What?
Kotomine: There's no one there…?
End of Chapter 36
Translation of chapter 37
Page: 1
Shirou: What the?
Shirou: Hmm.
Shirou: Uwa!
Shirou: What in the world is Tohsaka doing …!?
Page 2
Rin: Emiya-kun?
Rin: I'm coming in.
Shirou: Tohsaka!?
Shirou: I'm…not!!
Shirou: Well…uhm.
Shirou: Hey there, how's it going…
Rin: Are you sick or something?
Rin: Because it seem to me you really don't care when it's time to get up?
Shirou: Yes…?
Page 3
(Back to back picture of Shirou and Archer)
Page 4
Rin: About the jewel I made you swallow yesterday?
Rin: Right now you are probably experiencing some changes in your body.
Rin: I guess it's hard for you to get up, especially on the first day. Though I expected a lot more from you.
Shirou: You didn't have to put it like that…!
(Real literal translation is that Rin's words are piercing through him(or hurt)…so to speak…but I can't think of a way to make it sound right…so…)
Rin: So how's your physical condition?
Rin: Is there any part of you that doesn't seem to function properly?
Shirou: Hmm…
Shirou: My body feels a bit hot but besides that.
Shirou: I feel fine.
Rin: Is that so?
Rin: In that case, you don't need my especially made porridge.
Rin: So let's go eat…
Rin: I already prepared a normal meal for us in the living room.
Any dialogue with (*) after it means I am not that sure and I can only try to translate it the best I can.
Please be reminded this translation is not the best or the most accurate. My Japanese is not all that great and my knowledge of Kanji sucks even more. As a whole I can usually get what they are trying to say but most of the time it is more on guess work on what they are TRULY trying to say. So this is more of a preview...rather than a real translation.
(Any corrections for any misinterpretation for my translation is most helpful.)
Updated: 02/15/09
Last edited by Lucian; 2009-02-15 at 07:53. Reason: Chapter 37 1-4 is up
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Local Fish Hub: will foodies embrace aquaculture?
Local foodies are by now familiar with the idea of a CSA (Community-Supported Agriculture), where people buy shares of produce from local farms or their reps before the growing season begins to receive weekly deliveries of fresh produce. Appalachia Star Farm in Nelson, Open Gate Farm in Earlysville, Layz S Ranch in Palmyra, and distributors like Horse & Buggy Produce and the Local Food Hub are a few that come to mind.
So, would you be willing to support local fishermen in the same way?
Two local grad students in UVA's School of Architecture want to take the CSA idea and apply it to fishermen, or what's officially known as a CSF ( Community-Supported Fishery), and create the Charlottesville Community-Supported Fishery.
Recently, Jack Cochran and Douglas Dickerson have been testing the waters, so to speak, by setting up booths at the local farmer's market to spark interest. So did they get any bites?
"It seemed to go over well with a good amount of people, and many were very interested in participating," says Dickerson. "Community members could purchase different types of fish like catfish, shrimp, trout, rockfish on a weekly, biweekly, monthly basis, and have it delivered to the farmer's market."
The duo have connected with a network of local fish farmers in South-Central Virginia, the Virginia Natural Fish Company (VNFC), an organization sponsored and assembled by the Virginia Aqua-Farmers Network (VAN), which provides sustainably harvested, natural seafood, catfish, and trout. One of those aqua-farmers is Lynn Blackwood, who founded Blackwood Farm in Meherrin, Virginia in 1998. Blackwood raises fish in four ponds fed by underground springs (primarily catfish and rainbow trout), and maintains a system of aeration that constantly purifies the water.
For now, Dickerson says he and Cochran are simply trying to get the word. Well, here's the word: want fish? Check out their website at csfcharlottesville.wordpress.com and let them know.


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Leopardo Construction completed the 400,000-square-foot Poplar Creek Crossing shopping center in Hoffman Estates, Ill. The center is anchored by a 124,000-square-foot Target store and joined by other national retailers, including T.J. Maxx, Linens 'n Things, Michaels Crafts, Cost Plus World Market, OfficeMax, PetSmart, Kirkland's and others.
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YOUCAT Question n. 466 - Part II. What is envy, and how can you fight against it?
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" This is a commentary to The Youth Catechism (YouCat) through the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC)"
This commentary to The Youth Catechism (YouCat) through the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) offers to the reader of YouCat, written in a language suitable for young people, the more extensive and indepth treatments of the CCC. The CCC comments follow any answer to give to the reader additional help in understanding the questions that are discussed, and their significance in his life. It would show what the Catholic Church believes today, and how one can with good reason believe. YouCat and this commentary through the Catechism of the Catholic Church are both exciting, because they speak of our own destiny and so deeply engage every one of us. The structure we find in the Youth Catechism is taken from centuries of catechetical experience: What we believe—How we should celebrate the Christian mysteries—How we have life in Christ—How we should pray. We need to be more deeply rooted in our faith than the generation of our parents, so that we can engage the big challenges and temptations of this time, with strength and determination. Let's all study this Gospel message, our "pearl of great value" (Mt 13:46).May God bless you.
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Lighting Up the Opera
So much has already been made—rightfully so—of the spectacle of Monday night's Met Ball, which raised money for the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. But during a week like this, we sometimes forget that there's another Met in town.
It's just across the park, over in Lincoln Center, at the Metropolitan Opera. The other night—actually, the night before the Met Ball—that institution had a big fundraiser, too, raising $3.6 million.
The evening was the annual On Stage at the Met gala, a black-tie affair that involves dinner on one of the company's ginormous sets. There was no Jennifer Lopez, no Kardashians, no Madonna, no Gwyneth. And no safety pins, no mohawks, no spiked gloves, no exhibits featuring urinals.
But there was at least a little bit of flash: The set at this year's gala was from Michael Mayer's production of "Rigoletto" this season, which relocated Verdi's tragedy to Las Vegas in 1960.
But before anyone could step on stage, there were cocktails in the Mercedes T. Bass Grand Tier, with, of course, Ms. Bass herself, who was in for the weekend from Texas.
"We're honoring our corporate sponsors," said Ms. Bass. "We need them."
She was wearing a fluorescent yellow gown—perhaps even chartreuse—by Oscar de la Renta, a color that not only fit in with the neon lights of the "Rigoletto" set design, but also with the gowns of many of the other ladies in attendance.
"It's May," Ms. Bass said. "I think everyone's feeling spring, no matter the color."
"You are so pink!" said Julia Harmelin as she greeted her friend Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer, who was wearing a bright fuschia gown.
Ms. Lerman-Neubauer and her husband, Joe Neubauer, the former CEO of Aramark, were being honored for underwriting the Met's Live in HD series, which helps bring the opera to movie theaters all over the nation and almost all of the world.
"We're on every continent except Antarctica," said Ms. Lerman-Neubauer a Philadelphia-based philanthropist.
Just then, the stage director Mr. Mayer ("Spring Awakening") approached.
"Wait until you see the set," Mr. Mayer told Ms. Lerman-Neubauer. "You're in for a treat."
"I've seen it," Lerman-Neubauer replied.
Mr. Mayer said that even when he works on Broadway, eating on-stage is forbidden. "When I walk across with a Starbucks , they yell at me," he explained.
Having dinner on his "Rigoletto" set, he added "is a little scary, but it's a huge honor. I'm just going to make sure everyone's drinking white wine instead of red, and they're not serving spaghetti." (They weren't.)
"OK, everyone," announced Ann Ziff, the Met's chairman. "Let's go up to our magnificent stage."
The crowd slowly moved downstairs and into the auditorium. It included Jean Shafiroff, who was wearing a poofy red number. Did she think it would fit on the "Rigoletto" set?
"I hope so," she said.
Also amongst the attendees: Joe Torre, the baseball icon. He waxed poetic on how the sport is similar to opera. "The only thing that comes to mind for me, besides the music, is the drama," he said. And, on the opposite side of the spectrum, the club queen Susanne Bartsch, who eschewed bright colors for a spidery black get-up.
Once inside, the stage was gleaming, full of brightly colored cocktail glasses; neon palm trees; the outline of breasts (remember, Las Vegas, 1960!); a sign that read "Smoking Good Time"; and another that read "the Frolic Room."
Ms. Bartsch felt surprisingly at home. "I know," she said, as guests found their seats and settled in for a particularly well-lit evening. "It's the Copacabana. Do you think anyone would mind if I yodeled?"


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Ian Somerhalder & Nikki Reed Attend the Creative Arts Emmys 2014
Ian Somerhalder looks super studly in his tuxedo while walking the red carpet at the 2014 Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Saturday (August 16) at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles.
The 35-year-old actor went to the awards show in support of his documentary Years of Living Dangerously, which is nominated for the Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series award this evening.
Ian's girlfriend Nikki Reed was also seen in attendance at the awards show. She walked the red carpet with her dad Seth.
"Beautiful California! So happy to be here for the Creative Arts EMMYS! I hope @YEARSofLIVING wins tonight! Thanks so much for the support! Wow!!" Ian tweeted. "The fact that programming like Years of Living Dangerously can affect so many and be so impactful gives me hope, hopefully gives us all hope."
FYI: Ian is wearing Dior. Nikki is wearing a Versace dress, earrings by Graziela Gems and Dana Rebecca Designs, and rings by Graziela Gems and EF Collection.


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Join us at Dickies at Swan Lake Resort on Valentine's Day as Chef Zach Lucchese and his team prepares an elegant three course meal for you and your Valentine.
Cost: $30 (tax and tip not included) per person.
The menu will include:
1st Course - Soup, Salad and Appetizers (Choose One)
- Heirloom Spinach Salad
with Pears, Walnuts, Goat Cheese, Cranberries and Bacon Vinaigrette
- Smoked Tomato Basil Bisque
with Charred Corn Salsa
- Salmon Cakes
with Sweet Corn Puree, Red Curry Aioli, Cilantro and Chili
- Shrimp Cocktail
with Horseradish Cocktail Sauce and Lemon
- Baked Goat Cheese
with Basil-Tomato Sauce, Arugula and Toasted Artisan Bread
2nd Course - Entree (Choose One)
- 10oz. New York Strip and Pomme Frites
Rosemary, Cajun Cream Sauce, Pomme Frites, Sea Salt, Truffle Essence and Onion Rings
- Thai Barbeque Chicken
Pomegranate Barbecue Glazed Airline Chicken Breast, Coconut Risotto and Apricot-Peach Chutney
- Almond Crusted Trout
Lemon Caper Buerre Blanc, Cherry Tomato Panzenella and Tuscan Cannellini Beans
3rd Course - Dessert (Choose One)
- Strawberry Tiramisu
- Fresh Berries with Zabione
- Assorted Gelato's
Drink Specials will also be available.
Reservations can be made by calling 800.935.5616 x742. Want to make a night of it? Rooms are available for $109 + tax. This includes a Deluxe Continental Breakfast for two on Saturday Morning. We look forward to having you join us on Valentine's Day at Swan Lake Resort.


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R.C. Hunt, who's raised pigs for 50 years in North Carolina, offers no apologies for a common practice in the U.S. pork industry: mixing feed with a controversial drug that makes the animals grow leaner in the final weeks of their lives.
With the Food and Drug Administration allowing farmers to give the drug, ractopamine, to their pigs since 1999, pork producers say their meat is perfectly safe.
"I believe in the science," said Hunt, of Wilson, N.C., who produces 125,000 pigs a year and is a former president of the National Pork Producers Council.
But food safety advocates say there's one big problem: Amid fears that it may be harmful to animals and humans alike, the drug has been banned or restricted in roughly 160 of the world's 196 countries, including those in the European Union.
The growing anxiety over the safety of U.S. pork and other food products could thwart an expanded trade deal between the two economic superpowers, a top priority for President Barack Obama.
As European and U.S. negotiators met privately in a sixth round of talks in Brussels that ended Friday, critics worried that a pact might result in new trade rules that harm the European food supply.
"We want to have quality food. We don't want to have food that is produced in ways that are not good for our health," said Olga Kikou of Brussels, European affairs manager for Compassion in World Farming, an international advocacy organization headquartered in London that focuses on farm animal welfare issues.
Many Europeans have long opposed genetically modified products, but much of the recent uproar has focused on U.S meat. That includes chicken, which in the U.S. is disinfected with chlorine in a commonly used cleaning practice.
In May, German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave assurances that she'd block the imports of any chlorine-washed chicken, or chlorhuhnchen, as it's known in German. The EU has banned U.S. chickens since 1996, but American chicken producers want the ban lifted as part of a new trade pact.
In June, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made a trip to Paris, where he urged Europeans to accept "the common language of science" in trade.
Critics say U.S. officials should put more emphasis on health.
"This is such a great example of how the U.S. is really putting the financial interest of companies ahead of public health," said Kari Hamerschlag, senior program manager of the food and technology program at the environmental group Friends of the Earth in Berkeley, Calif. "We want to export our really crappy meat-production system to the rest of the world _ and they don't want it."
But with the European economy struggling, many trade backers say EU leaders will come under increased pressure from their citizens to change their food rules.
Hunt called Europeans "great people, and they have great opportunities." But he said they needed imports to satisfy consumer demand for meat.
"I've visited farms in the EU. They're inefficient, they're antiquated and they're non-sustainable," Hunt said. "The EU used to be able to provide all of its pork and beef needs. They can't do that today. . . . At some point in time, the people make the decision: If you run short on food, you will have riots in the streets."
Hunt said he worried that the United States already was "getting behind the food curve" and wouldn't be able to help feed the growing world population unless farmers adapted: "That's where I become open to trying scientifically approved technologies."
Ractopamine, which is fed to 60 percent to 80 percent of all pigs in the U.S., has been linked to more than 160,000 reports of sickened or dead pigs, according to the Center for Food Safety, a nonprofit group that focuses on environmental and health issues.
The drug, part of a class called beta-agonists, increases the pig's heart rate and relaxes its blood vessels, resulting in leaner muscles for the animal and lower feed and production costs for the producer. It's manufactured by Elanco, a branch of Eli Lilly, the pharmaceutical giant.
In a May report, the Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy said that a series of studies had shown that pigs fed ractopamine showed increased aggression, more abnormal behavior and difficulty walking.
Hamerschlag said pork producers were on "the absolute wrong side of this issue" and predicted that more Americans will begin pushing for a ban on ractopamine.
"Pork producers would be smart to get out ahead of that," she said.
Some companies, including Virginia-based Smithfield, are already moving to provide ractopamine-free pork.
Even before a Chinese firm acquired the company last year, Smithfield announced that it had begun converting two of its North Carolina plants _ in Clinton and Tar Heel _ to be free of the additive. China demands that its imported meat be certified as ractopamine-free. When it made the announcement, Smithfield said its move would help the company increase its market share and that it would be well-positioned to provide ractopamine-free meat in the future, domestically and abroad.
Hunt said the fears were unfounded, likening the drug to a vitamin that helps pigs digest their feed. And he said he'd never seen any ill effects.
"We've always looked at the ractopamine as kind of a natural product. We've been using it for many, many years," Hunt said.
Currently, though, Hunt said he wasn't using any ractopamine, because his operation had changed and was now focused on young pigs. The drug is given to pigs during the final weeks of their lives to get them to convert more fat to muscle before they're slaughtered.
Since negotiations with Europe on a new trade pact began last year, U.S. officials have been taking heat from both sides.
In March, 29 environmental and consumers groups, including the Center for Food Safety, wrote a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman saying the U.S. should ban ractopamine "and not export this harmful practice to other parts of the world."
But with the EU ranking as the world's second largest pork market, trailing only China, the National Pork Producers Council said the industry "will not accept any outcome other than the elimination of the EU ban on the use of ractopamine."
Pork producers say the science is clearly on their side, noting that even a United Nations panel that sets global food-safety standards _ the Codex Alimentarius Commission _ voted in 2012 to confirm the safety of ractopamine.
While U.S. trade backers focus on science, Europeans prefer to go with their guts. They even have a name for it: The precautionary principle, which allows government officials to make decisions based on the possibility of risk, not just hard evidence.
Kikou said it was the best way to protect the public.
"You want to be absolutely, absolutely sure, especially in cases of food," she said. "You know how it is with science: Today we say something and tomorrow you can find some study somewhere that will dispute all the other studies. It just shows two very different perspectives."
Hunt said opponents in Europe were engaged in "defensive posturing" and were doing everything they could to defend their domestic markets.
"That's the bottom line," he said. "I don't think it has anything to do with food safety."
The issue is on Congress' radar, with both of North Carolina's U.S. senators, Republican Richard Burr and Democrat Kay Hagan, backing ractopamine.
When Russia announced a new zero-tolerance policy toward the drug last year, Burr and Hagan joined a group of 33 senators who denounced the move as "an egregious trade barrier with no scientific merit."
Breaking into the vast European market could mean big money for North Carolina, which already ranks second in U.S. pork production. North Carolina and top-ranked Iowa account for 45 percent of the nation's hog inventory, according to the U.S. Agriculture Department.
Hunt, 59, the president and co-owner of Andrews Hunt Farms, which owns 1,000 acres in Franklin, Nash and Wilson counties, said Europeans had a history of targeting any U.S. agricultural innovation.
He said U.S. pork producers were "blessed with the opportunity of feeding lots of people in this world" and they needed to keep up with the latest science and technology.
"I've been raising pigs for 50 years, since I was a little boy," Hunt said. "North Carolina's my home, and I'm doing everything I can to stay competitive and be productive."


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It's easy to coast through a "normal" season throwing a little water here and there at the vines as long as the reservoirs are full, the wells are running deep, and there are no environmentalists filing lawsuits to take water away from people for endangered species.
Throw just one monkey wrench into that scenario and suddenly it's a whole different story. Try throwing three monkey wrenches into it like Mother Nature and the state legislature did this year, and that's what California growers are dealing with today. Next season could get interesting to say the least.
"This season came on the heels of a fairly dry winter," says Jim Smoot, viticulturist and independent vineyard consultant in Paso Robles, Calif. "We didn't have the normal moisture in the soil profile at the beginning of the season, so we were starting out with a deficit."
It was a good year to test the latest science regarding soil moisture, vine uptake and anything remotely related to water.
"We started using soil moisture monitoring this year," says Jerry Grant, vineyard manager of Niner Wine Estates in Paso Robles. "The system that we are using now from Precision Ag Inc. takes hourly recordings and is much more accurate than the probes we were using before. The old method was very haphazard."
The savings have been substantial, according to Grant. "We've cut our water use at least in half," he says. "Then when you consider the fact that we're not dealing with the ramifications of too much vigor in the vines, you can add to that the savings of not having to deal with excess canopy growth."
The days of the neutron probe are passé, according to Lowell Zelinski, independent PCA and owner of Precision Ag Inc. in Templeton. "Today, more and more growers are turning to soil-based monitoring systems using capacitance sensors," he says. "There are several soil moisture monitoring systems on the market, and in general, most provide similar information. However, they differ in how the information is delivered, what accessories are available, and of course, the cost. When the systems are installed and used properly, they are a valuable production tool."
Zelinski believes that capacitance-based soil moisture monitoring is one of the best and most cost-effective ways to schedule irrigation in vines, trees and many other permanent and semi-permanent crops.
"Many methods of soil moisture monitoring are effective for telling you 'how much' to water but don't tell you 'when,'" Zelinski says. "To optimize plant health and the plant's use of water and nutrients, knowing when to water is just as critical as knowing how much. With the capacitance sensors you receive accurate, reliable, visual data that can answer both questions."
The soil moisture monitoring program at Niner Estates measures much more than just soil moisture. It's almost a misnomer.
"We can track temperatures, rainfall, leaf moisture, soil water and a number of other factors," Grant says. "This system is so precise that we can irrigate within 15 minutes of optimal time to irrigate. With the neutron probe, we were always working at least a week behind."
With water at the forefront of every grower's mind these days, conservation and optimal irrigation timing is perhaps a concept worthy of investigating. "I give people an honest assessment of the various methods of monitoring their crop's water and nutrient requirements and how they affect irrigation scheduling decisions," Zelinski says. "Each system has its advantages but I have found that the capacitance-based soil moisture monitoring really provides the most accurate, reliable data."
He is particularly partial to the EcH20 system from Decagon. "It's less expensive than most systems and the probes are easier to install," he says. "They are continually developing new instrumentation to enhance the system to give growers other ways to monitor their crops such as the leaf perometer — a handheld device that measures stomatal conductance. An ET monitoring station should be released in 2008. The EcH20 line also includes sensors that measure air temperature, relative humidity, rainfall and irrigation events, and leaf wetness."
Regardless of the system, Zelinski believes that irrigation conservation is critical to the long-term viability of the wine grape industry. The bonus for growers is that it's not all that difficult to implement.
"Soil moisture monitoring isn't exactly rocket science," Zelinski says. "However, it is new technology and there is a learning curve. A user's knowledge level can impact their experience with the equipment, the equipment's effectiveness and the value they receive from it."


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The PD 5580 is a precise, high power step motor driver. It is suitable for driving motors from NEMA 14 through NEMA 42 frame sizes, producing up to 400 watts of output power. Microstepping at resolutions up to 50,800 steps per revolution provides smooth torque, low vibration and precise positioning. The PD 5580 is protected against overtemperature and overcurrent faults, with indicator lights and a signal output. The PD 5580 includes mating connectors, switch covers, two (2) mounting brackets and heat sink. The drive can be mounted on the narrow (2.95 x 8 inch) side or the wide (5.3 x 8 inch) side.
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CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's benchmark stock index has plunged again in the second major drop since Islamist president Mohammed Morsi issued decrees to assume far-ranging powers.
Wednesday's drop of 4.6 percentage points was the latest sign of the impact of President Mohammed Morsi's decrees on Egypt's already battered economy. His move set off a wave of unrest, including a 200,000-strong demonstration in Cairo.
The latest drop on the Egyptian Exchange's EGX30 came after market shares plunged by close to 10 percent on Sunday. That was the biggest loss since the period following the ouster of longtime President Hosni Mubarak in February 2011 after a popular uprising.
Sunday's loss in share value was estimated at close to $5 billion.
A year and a half of turmoil has decimated tourism and foreign investment in Egypt.


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Fire Crews Respond to Structure Fire in Old Town
Fire crews have responded to the scene of a structure fire in Old Town.
The call came in shortly after 10 this morning and callers reported seeing flames going up the side of the building.
It's believed the fire involves an apartment building with as many as four units. There's no word yet from the scene.
Penobscot Regional Dispatch says fire fighters from Old Town, Orono, Milford and Bangor are assisting on the scene, on Route 2 near the Old Town mill.
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"Star Wars" No. 1 is set after the 1977 original film and is written by Jason Aaron ("Thor, God of Thunder") and drawn by John Cassaday ("Astonishing X-Men"). (John Cassaday / Marvel)Link
"Star Wars: Princess Leia" No. 1 is the start of a five-issue series by writer Mark Waid ("Daredevil") and artist Terry Dodson ("Marvel Knights Spider-Man"). (Terry Dodson / Marvel)Link
"Star Wars: Darth Vader" No. 1 is by writer Kieron Gillen ("Invincible Iron Man," "Young Avengers") and artist Salvador Larroca ("X-Treme X-Men"). Cover by Adi Granov. (Marvel)Link
Marvel is launching back into "Star Wars" comics with major creative Force, with three series – a core title, plus a Darth Vader ongoing and a Princess Leia miniseries — rolling out in January, February and March.
Writer Jason Aaron ("Thor, God of Thunder") and John Cassaday ("Astonishing X-Men"), who Marvel Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada introduced to the "Cup o' Joe" Comic-Con International panel Saturday afternoon as "Jedis," will pick up the story right after the original film in January's "Star Wars" No. 1, an ongoing monthly series.
"As far as I'm concerned it's 1977, and we've just been hired to produce the direct sequel to that original movie," Aaron said. "I want everybody here who reads this book to feel like I felt when I was a kid and first met these characters … I want you to feel that same childlike wonder and glee, because that's exactly what I feel when I sit down to write it. One of the biggest geek-out moments I've had as a writer was getting to write C-3PO dialogue."
Cassaday added that "we're not treating it as an additional story — this is the in-between movie, so we're treating it that seriously, we're trying to give it that kind of respect."
Editor in Chief Axel Alonso said that Marvel was working with Lucasfilm's story group, and that the comics' part of the saga will be as relevant as any other medium's: "These stories really count," he said.
The main series' debut will be followed in February by the launch of "Star Wars: Darth Vader," which Alonso characterized as separate from the Aaron-Cassaday project but intertwined and happening at the same time. The Sith Lord's solo title will be written by Kieron Gillen ("Invincible Iron Man," "Young Avengers") and drawn by Salvador Larroca ("Uncanny Avengers").
Editor Jordan White said Gillen pitched it as, "At the end of 'Star Wars,' Vader is the sole survivor of the biggest loss the Empire has ever had. But when we see him at the beginning of 'The Empire Strikes Back,' he's even more powerful than ever. In the first movie, they literally make fun of him for using the Force. And in the second one, everybody's afraid of him at all times. So what happened in between? … We're going to show that story of him rising to his full, full power."
White also insinuated that bounty hunters including Boba Fett and IG-88 will appear in the "Vader" series.
The five-issue miniseries "Star Wars: Princess Leia," by Eisner Award-winning writer Mark Waid ("Daredevil") and Terry Dodson, launches in March.
"Obviously, in the first film, her home planet (or at least her adopted home planet – spoilers) is blown up, and as she says, there is no time for her sorrows right then – but there is time for her sorrows in this," White said, adding that it wouldn't just be her crying, but her as a kick-ass hero.
It was also announced that limited-edition lithographs by Cassaday would be at the Marvel booth on Sunday, with Aaron and the artist signing.
The titles marks a homecoming of the George Lucas-created franchise's comics after more than 20 years away from Marvel, which published the first "Star Wars" comics beginning in 1977 with the official movie adaptation by Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin, followed by some off-kilter stories that introduced some eccentric characters to the "Star Wars" universe (see green space rabbit Jaxxon).
"Star Wars" comics explored more of the galaxy at Dark Horse Comics, which took over the license in 1991 and succeeded in making "Star Wars" series and graphic novels one of its flagship titles, beginning with Tom Veitch and Cam Kennedy's "Dark Empire."
Dark Horse currently has a popular series called simply "Star Wars," also set in the interim between the original film and "The Empire Strikes Back." It is written by Brian Wood, who also pens "X-Men" for Marvel.
The franchise's return to Marvel was announced in February.
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Preventing circumvention of path-based MAC via links
AppArmor can be circumvented via hardlinks in the standard POSIX security model. However, the kernel now includes the ability to prevent this vulnerability, without needing the patches distributions like Ubuntu have applied to their kernels as workarounds.
See Sysctl#Preventing_link_TOCTOU_vulnerabilities for details.
Implementation Status
AppArmor is currently available in the Arch Linux kernel, but it has to be activated on kernel boot.
The userspace support requires AUR packages.
Not all the packages work out-of-the-box, but it is a work in progress. If you know how to build profiles yourself you shouldn't have too many problems. Also there is an AUR kernel which includes apparmor specific patches from Ubuntu's launchpad.
AUR/apparmor package
Added lot of features:
- apparmor-parser
- libapparmor
- apparmor-utils
- apparmor-profiles
- apparmor-notify
- apparmor-lib
- apparmor-perl
- apparmor-python
- apparmor-ruby
- apparmor-dbus
- apparmor-profile-editor
But we still miss following features (TODO):
- init (rc.d) scripts! http://aur.pastebin.com/beQ4BjGX
- chase missing dependencies
- test everything
- make list of files that should go to backup=() arrays in packages...
- changehat modules for PAM(!), Apache and Tomcat (btw those are dependent on libapparmor)
- out-of-box-experience know-how
- make some package with profiles for all [core] packages enabled by default without need for any further user configuration
- etc...
- apparmor gnome applet (can't build, deprecated...)
- Official pages
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/security/apparmor/AppArmor-2.6/
- http://wiki.apparmor.net/index.php/AppArmor_Core_Policy_Reference
- http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1008906 (Tutorial)
- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AppArmor
- http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/contrib/linux/Documentation/apparmor.txt
- http://wiki.apparmor.net/index.php/Kernel_interfaces
- http://wiki.apparmor.net/index.php/AppArmor_versions
- http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/oneiric/man5/apparmor.d.5.html
- http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/oneiric/man8/apparmor_parser.8.html
- http://wiki.apparmor.net/index.php/Distro_CentOS
- http://bodhizazen.net/aa-profiles/
- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ApparmorProfileMigration
- wikipedia:Linux_Security_Modules
- http://wiki.apparmor.net/index.php/Gittutorial
AppArmor Packages
Kernel Configuration
Here is configuration of ArchLinux kernel which enables AppArmor (just FYI, you do not need to touch it):
CONFIG_SECURITY_APPARMOR=y CONFIG_SECURITY_APPARMOR_BOOTPARAM_VALUE=0 # CONFIG_DEFAULT_SECURITY_APPARMOR is not set
However, integration of AppArmor into the 2.6.36 kernel is not quite complete. It is missing network mediation and some of the interfaces for introspection. See here for details. There are compatibility patches that can be applied to every recent kernel to reintroduce these interfaces. The patchset is pretty small and should be applied if you decide to use AppArmor. (Note: the patchset for 2.6.39 works with Kernel 3.0.x)
Bootloader Configuration
To test profiles, or enforce the use of AppArmor it must be enabled at boot time. To do this add
apparmor=1 security=apparmor to the kernel boot parameters.
After reboot you can test if AppArmor is really enabled using this command as root:
# cat /sys/module/apparmor/parameters/enabled Y
(Y=enabled, N=disabled, no such file = module not in kernel)
AppArmor will be disabled by default in Arch Linux, so you will not need to disable it explicitly until you will build your own kernel with AppArmor enabled by default. If so, Add
apparmor=0 security="" to kernel boot parameters.
System Configuration
Mounts (/etc/fstab securityfs)
none /sys/kernel/security securityfs defaults 0 0
UserSpace Tools
You can currently install userspace tools from AUR.
You need userspace tools that are compatible with your kernel version. The compatibility list can be found here: http://wiki.apparmor.net/index.php/AppArmor_versions e.g.: Kernel 2.6.36 is compatible with AppArmor 2.5.1
More Info
AppArmor, like most other LSMs, supplements rather than replaces the default Discretionary access control. As such it's impossible to grant a process more privileges than it had in the first place.
Ubuntu, SUSE and a number of other distributions use it by default. RHEL (and it's variants) use SELinux which requires good userspace integration to work properly. People tend to agree that it is also much much harder to configure correctly.
Taking a common example - A new Flash vulnerability: If you were to browse to a malicious website AppArmor can prevent the exploited plugin from accessing anything that may contain private information. In almost all browsers, plugins run out of process which makes isolating them much easier.
AppArmor profiles (usually) get stored in easy to read text files in
Every breach of policy triggers a message in the system log, and many distributions also integrate it into DBUS so that you get real-time violation warnings popping up on your desktop.


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Emma Stone & Andrew Garfield: Sunset Embrace!
Emma Stone embraces her boyfriend Andrew Garfield while hiking together on Thursday (December 1) in Los Angeles.
The 23-year-old actress and her 28-year-old beau stopped to look at the scenery as sunset began to hit on the horizon. So cute!
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Nute Gunray
Neimoidians are known for their business skills, but Nute Gunray, Viceroy of the Trade Federation, was more cutthroat than most. It was Gunray who conspired with the Sith Lord Darth Sidious to launch the blockade and subsequent invasion of Naboo. Once the planet was under siege, Gunray attempted to force Queen Amidala to sign a treaty that would legitimize the occupation. Amidala escaped, and returned to infiltrate her own palace and blast through Gunray's protectors. Arrested by Republic officials, Gunray was carted off to answer for his crimes, but evaded imprisonment and kept his post.
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The viceroy of the powerful Trade Federation, Nute Gunray secretly allied himself with Darth Sidious a decade before the Clone Wars. Manipulated by Sidious, Gunray invaded Naboo. This bold move turned out to be a disaster – the invasion failed and Gunray was arrested, only dimly aware that he'd been a pawn in a Sith plot.
Gunray escaped imprisonment after multiple trials, returning to his Trade Federation duties. While the Trade Federation was officially neutral in the Clone Wars, its support for the Separatist cause was an open secret, and Gunray repeatedly tried to assassinate Amidala in retaliation for his humiliation on Naboo.
In the final days of the Clone Wars, Gunray and the other members of the Separatist Council became refugees, hidden away by General Grievous as Republic troops closed in. At the conclusion of the war, Sidious sent Anakin Skywalker to Mustafar to kill Gunray and his comrades. The fallen Jedi did so gladly.
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Trade Federation
One of the wealthiest corporate organizations in the galaxy, the Trade Federation controlled most of the interstellar shipping passing through the Rim territories. The Trade Federation was headed by Viceroy Nute Gunray, and even had its own representative in the Republic Senate to lobby for even greater power. On the orders of Darth Sidious, the Trade Federation sent its battle droids to invade Naboo to create a government crisis. During the Clone Wars, the Trade Federation secretly signed on as a member of Count Dooku's Separatist organization, though representatives in the Senate tried to deny this.
Confederacy of Independent Systems
The Confederacy of Independent Systems, also known as the Separatist Alliance, was a collection of star systems and corporate titans that left the Republic and fought for independence against the Republic's clone armies and Jedi Knights. The charismatic former Jedi Count Dooku was the Alliance's political leader, while its military power came from credits and assets donated by powerful galactic trade groups. No one suspected that the Alliance was actually a tool of Darth Sidious, who had engineered the Clone Wars as part of a Sith plot to rule the galaxy.
Rune Haako
A cowardly Neimoidian official, Rune Haako had no shortage of despair during the Trade Federation blockade and invasion of Naboo. As lieutenant to Viceroy Nute Gunray, Haako was privy to his superior's plans and knew of the mysterious Sith patron who was the true mastermind behind their bold maneuvers. Haako, when beyond Sith earshot, openly questioned Gunray's judgment in striking this terrifying alliance. When Queen Amidala retook her capital of Theed, Haako and Gunray were captured and sent to Coruscant for trial and punishment.
Padmé Amidala
Emperor Palpatine / Darth Sidious
Scheming, powerful, and evil to the core, Darth Sidious restored the Sith and destroyed the Jedi Order. Living a double life, Sidious was in fact Palpatine, a Naboo Senator and phantom menace. He slowly manipulated the political system of the Galactic Republic until he was named Supreme Chancellor -- and eventually Emperor -- ruling the galaxy through fear and tyranny.
Daultay Dofine
The unctuous captain of the Neimoidian blockade over Naboo, Dofine was an officer in the Trade Federation. Greedy, deceitful and cowardly, Dofine nevertheless had the wherewithal to openly question Darth Sidious' machinations, for which he was verbally reprimanded by the Sith Lord. Despite his insubordination, Dofine remained in command of the blockade's forces. He gave the order to activate the droids on the surface of Naboo. Dofine perished aboard the Droid Control Ship when Naboo starfighter forces destroyed the vessel.


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STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — NBC has borrowed an idea — and a voice — from football's popular "Red Zone" broadcasts for a digital channel that tries to reflect the breadth and immediacy of the busy days at the Winter Olympics.
The "Gold Zone" is one of NBC's most popular online offerings, and perhaps a model for how future Olympics will be presented on television.
On Thursday, the "Gold Zone" dipped into coverage of the first U.S. men's hockey game, a 7-1 rout of Slovakia. Shrinking pictures so two appeared side-by-side on the screen, host Andrew Siciliano simultaneously displayed Russia's game with Slovenia, and asked viewers to vote via Twitter which game they most wanted to see.
Within an hour, "Gold Zone" also darted around to live speed skating, curling and biathlon.
At one point, the screen was divided into quarters with live action in each box.
NBC tried something similar during the London Olympics in 2012 as an alternative to streams of individual sports, but without any narration, said Rick Cordella, senior vice president and general manager of NBC Sports Digital. A few months ago, the company decided to fully embrace its inspiration by contacting Siciliano.
Siciliano was hosting a sports talk radio and a cable TV program on fantasy football nine years ago when Fox and DirecTV approached him with the "Red Zone" idea. "My initial reaction was, 'I'm going to miss sitting on my couch with my friends'" on NFL Sundays, he said.
The football show follows several games simultaneously, hopping from one to another at key moments, often when one team is within an opponent's "red zone" — 20 yards or less from a touchdown. It appeals to fans, along with bettors and fantasy football players, who don't want to watch entire games, but do want to see every big play.
The idea clicked, so much so that the NFL Network began producing its own version for distribution to cable companies. Siciliano doesn't miss his friends on the couch at home.
"I get to stand in front of a wall of televisions and be America's remote control," he said.
For "Gold Zone," Siciliano works in a studio at the NBC Sports Group's headquarters in Connecticut. He's onscreen for a 7 to 11 a.m. ET time shift, which is late afternoon and early evening Sochi time. He's relieved by colleague Ryan Burr, who works his own four-hour shift starting at 11.
With the NFL, Siciliano figures he knows about every player in the league. But for the Olympics, he's had a crash course on the more than 2,000 athletes in competition, including how to pronounce difficult names.
"Gold Zone" will take feeds of individual sport announcers, both from NBC and the IOC, and Siciliano ties it all together as a narrator to keep viewers abreast of developing stories.
"People want to see the celebrations. They want to see the emotions," he said. "The emotions are so raw because these athletes have been training for this for all of their lives."
The show is a clearinghouse for Olympic fans who don't want to curate their own viewing experiences. Traffic to "Gold Zone" has exceeded all expectations, Cordella said. The stream has had 279,000 unique visitors throughout the Olympics, with more than 10 million minutes watched, NBC said.
"I love it," Siciliano said, "because I truly think it's the future. With instant gratification, it's getting to the point where the viewer assumes that everything will be like the 'Red Zone.' They won't miss anything."
It's also no stretch to see the same concept be applied to television during future Olympics, perhaps on the NBC Sports Network.
"That will be a decision for others to make," Cordella said.
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By Jonathan Kaminsky
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - Gay marriage opponents conceded defeat on Thursday in their bid to block passage of a referendum legalizing same-sex matrimony in Washington state, two days after Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve similar measures at the ballot box.
Although votes were still trickling in from Washington's mail-in-only election, approval of same-sex marriage was firmly in the lead, 52 percent to 48 percent, prompting both sides to agree that passage was assured.
A spokesman for the Washington secretary of state's office said about two-thirds of the projected 3.1 million ballots cast had already been counted as of Thursday afternoon.
"We are disappointed in losing a tough election battle on marriage by a narrow margin. But while we are disappointed, we are not defeated," Joseph Backholm, chairman of Preserve Marriage Washington, said in a statement conceding defeat.
But he said the outcome, in a liberal Western state, did not "represent a sea change" in the view that "children need both a mother and a father."
"We are fighting for a cause that is true, and beautiful, and right — the sacred institution of marriage," he said.
Gay marriage proponents behind Referendum 74 declared victory on Election Night.
The votes in the three states have been hailed as a watershed moment by gay-rights activists. While same-sex unions had already been legalized in six states and the District of Columbia by lawmakers or courts, gay marriage had never been enacted by popular vote before Tuesday.
Meanwhile, voters in more than 30 states have approved constitutional bans on gay marriage.
The Democratic-controlled Washington state legislature voted earlier this year to legalize same-sex marriage, and Governor Chris Gregoire, a Democrat and a Catholic, signed the measure into law in February.
But the law was blocked pending Tuesday's vote after opponents submitted a petition for repeal, placing the question on the November ballot.
"Washington has made history, and I couldn't be prouder. Voters stood up for what is right and what is just and said that all Washington families are equal under the law," Gregoire said in a statement. "I am proud that our LGBT families will no longer be treated as separate but equal. They will be equal."
"This is a day that historians will look back on as a turning point for equality," she said.
(Reporting by Jonathan Kaminsky; Editing By Cynthia Johnston and Steve Gorman)


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Joanne-you're such a busy lady yet always find the time to make us smile!.Were you a cheerleader in school? Did you attend pep rallies? Cause you sure are good at firing up the crowd! Thanks for helping me smile on a rainy day
I also appreciated your note that I threw the wrong brick this week. No wonder my entry wasn't getting read And I thought it was because the word got out that I left the house in mismatched pajamas I'll never do that again...especially in a snow storm!


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Anyone interested in learning more about the recent discovery of Chronic Wasting Disease in the deer herd in Adams County is invited to attend a meeting to discuss the disease and its potential impacts.
The meeting is scheduled for Feb. 5, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Rome Town Hall.
A panel of experts on wildlife health, wildlife biology and conservation law will give a short presentation and will then answer questions and obtain input from the audience. The Rome municipal building is located 17 miles north of Adams-Friendship at the intersection of State 13 and Alpine Drive (County D).
In December, the state Department of Natural Resources reported that a 3-year-old buck deer harvested in Adams County tested positive for CWD. The infected deer, harvested and volunteered for sampling by an archery hunter, is the first to test positive for CWD in the county.
Subsequently, DNR surveillance revealed two more infected deer, one each in the neighboring counties of Juneau and Portage. The three counties lie north of the CWD management zone in south central Wisconsin.
CWD is a nervous system disease of deer, moose, and elk. It belongs to the family of fatal diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) or prion diseases. CWD occurs only in members of the cervid or deer family, both wild and captive. Current information suggests that CWD may be transmitted both directly through animal to animal contact and indirectly from a CWD-prion contaminated environment. Recent studies indicate that CWD prions exist in the saliva, urine, and feces of infected deer.
To learn more about CWD, visit the department's website and enter the search keyword CWD, then click on "Chronic Wasting Disease in Wisconsin's Wild White-tailed Deer."


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James Zheng, AIA, LEED AP, is a partner at Goettsch Partners, as well as the director of Asian operations. As such, he leads the majority of the firm's projects in the region, especially throughout China. He focuses on the planning and design of large-scale office, hospitality and mixed-use developments, with work in more than 20 cities. Through his efforts, the firm established a representative office in Shanghai in 2004. Today, the firm maintains a growing full-service office there staffed with both local and U.S.-trained professionals.
Some of Mr. Zheng's recent projects include the 15-story, 535,000-square-foot China Diamond Exchange Center in Shanghai; the 40-story, 1.3 million-square-foot Nexus Center office building in Beijing, the 37-story, 2 million-square-foot Grand Hyatt Chengdu at Chicony Plaza mixed-use development; a 66-story, 1.9 million-square-foot mixed-use tower that features the Park Hyatt Guangzhou; and the 92-story, 3.2 million-square-foot Tianjin R&F Guangdong Tower, which will be one of China's tallest buildings.
Mr. Zheng is a native of Shanghai and studied architecture at Tongji University for two years before moving to Chicago. He received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Master of Business Administration degree from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. Since joining the firm in 1995, he has quickly risen to his leadership position with balanced strengths in design, marketing and management. In recognition of his wide-ranging talents and accomplishments, Mr. Zheng received the 2004 AIA Chicago Young Architect Award and was named among the Crain's Chicago Business 40 Under 40 in 2005. He is a member of the AIA, a registered LEED Accredited Professional, and a member of The Executives' Club of Chicago.
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|Colts | P. Alexander signed
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John Oehser, of Colts.com, reports the Indianapolis Colts signed DL Phillip Alexander (Texans) Tuesday, Aug. 22.
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The Associated Press reports the Houston Texans have waived DL Phillip Alexander from the team.
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HoustonTexans.com reports the Houston Texans have signed undrafted rookie free agent DE Phillip Alexander (Duke). Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Bill Cole, of the Winston-Salem Journal, reports the New York Giants conducted a pre-draft workout with Duke DE Phillip Alexander. The Giants are the only team that took a close look at Alexander on their own. In late March at Wallace Wade Stadium, at least six teams, the Giants among them, watched Alexander work out. Alexander, 6-4 and 265, was encouraged after talking to the NFL coaches and personnel who were in Durham, North Carolina.
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Gil Brandt, of NFL.com, reports Duke DL/LB Phillip Alexander measured a height of 6-3 1/2 and a weight of 274 pounds at his Pro Day. He ran the 40-yard dash with times of 4.82 seconds and 4.83 seconds while finishing the short shuttle in 4.15 seconds and the three-cone drill in 7.10 seconds. He measured a 37-inch vertical jump and a 9-foot-5 broad jump while completing 25 repetitions on the 225-pound bench press.
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میدان ِتکراریها
از گذشته تا امروز همواره اسب در میدان نقاشیم حضور داشته است. در ابتدا اسبها در میدانهای طبیعی خود به تکاپو می پرداختند. بعدها میدان ، ً صحن زندگیم ً شد. میدان زندگیم هر روز پرهیاهوتر شد. میدان زندگیم ، میدانیست با جغرافیای خاص خود، زبان خود، عشقها و حسرتهای خاص خود. این بار اسبها را در میدان ِنافرمان رها کردم تا با قواعد امروزینِ میدان خود را تطبیق دهند. یکی بسان اجدادش در رقابت ِسریعترین است و دیگری باز به رسم گذشتگان چشم بسته صبوری اهل سنت را تکرار می کند.
افعال تکراری تا کی؟ آیا معنایی در آن است؟ آیا صعودی در کار است؟ آیا خلقی در کار است؟ آیا تکرار همان خلق است؟ تاریخ تکرار از چه زمانی است؟ و آیا به غیر از تکرار همه خیال است؟
The field of repetition
Till today, horses have always been present in the "field" of my paintings.
At first, the horses would stride the pasture in their own natural patterns;
Yet later on, this field would become the field of my life, a space with it's own geographical coordinates, language, passion and regrets.
The field would become more clamoured and turbulent as the days went by…
This time I gave my horses the chance to rebel or adjust themselves to the current rules of the field. One strives to be the fastest the same way its ancestors did and another blindly continues to stick with its traditional patient stride.
How long will this repetition continue? Is there a meaning to it all? Will there be ascension? Is there creativity involved? Could repetition and creation become one? When did it all begin, and is all else an illusion?
Overview and HistoryTehran is the capital of Iran and the largest city in the Middle East, with a population of fifteen million people living under the peaks of the Alborz mountain range.Although archaeological evidence places human activity around Tehran back into the years 6000BC, the city was not mentioned in any writings until much later, in the thirteenth century. It's a relatively new city by Iranian standards.But Tehran was a well-known village in the ninth century. It grew rapidly when its neighboring city, Rhages, was destroyed by Mongolian raiders. Many people fled to Tehran.In the seventeenth century Tehran became home to the rulers of the Safavid Dynasty. This is the period when the wall around the city was first constructed. Tehran became the capital of Iran in 1795 and amazingly fast growth followed over the next two hundred years.The recent history of Tehran saw construction of apartment complexes and wide avenues in place of the old Persian gardens, to the detriment of the city's cultural history.The city at present is laid out in two general parts. Northern Tehran is more cosmopolitan and expensive, southern Tehran is cheaper and gets the name "downtown."Getting ThereMehrabad airport is the original one which is currently in the process of being replaced by Imam Khomeini International Airport. The new one is farther away from the city but it now receives all the international traffic, so allow an extra hour to get there or back.TransportationTehran driving can be a wild free-for-all like some South American cities, so get ready for shared taxis, confusing bus routes and a brand new shiny metro system to make it all better. To be fair, there is a great highway system here.The metro has four lines, tickets cost 2000IR, and they have segregated cars. The women-only carriages are the last two at the end, FYI.Taxis come in two flavors, shared and private. Private taxis are more expensive but easier to manage for the visiting traveler. Tehran has a mean rush hour starting at seven AM and lasting until 8PM in its evening version. Solution? Motorcycle taxis! They cut through the traffic and any spare nerves you might have left.People and CultureMore than sixty percent of Tehranis were born outside of the city, making it as ethnically and linguistically diverse as the country itself. Tehran is the most secular and liberal city in Iran and as such it attracts students from all over the country.Things to do, RecommendationsTake the metro to the Tehran Bazaar at the stop "Panzda Gordad". There you can find anything and everything -- shoes, clothes, food, gold, machines and more. Just for the sight of it alone you should take a trip there.If you like being outside, go to Darband and drink tea in a traditional setting. Tehranis love a good picnic and there are plenty of parks to enjoy. Try Mellat park on a friday (fridays are public holidays), or maybe Park Daneshjou, Saaii or Jamshidieh.Remember to go upstairs and have a look around, always always always! The Azadi Tower should fit the bill; it was constructed to commemorate the 2500th anniversary of the Persian Empire.Tehran is also full of museums such as:the Contemporary Art Museumthe Abghine Musuem (glass works)the 19th century Golestan Royal Palace museumthe museum of carpets (!!!)Reza Abbasi Museum of extraordinary miniaturesand most stunning of all,the Crown Jewels Museum which holds the largest pink diamond in the world and many other jaw-dropping jewels.Text by Steve Smith.