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BEIJING (AP) — China's auto sales rose 7.1 percent in 2012 after growth accelerated in December as an economic recovery began to gain traction, an industry group reported Friday.
Sales in the world's biggest market by number of vehicles sold totaled 15.5 million units, the China Association of Auto Manufacturers said. December sales rose 6.9 percent to 1.46 million vehicles.
Global automakers are looking to China to drive revenues amid weakness elsewhere. But last year's growth was hampered by an economic slump and ownership restrictions imposed by some cities to curb traffic and smog.
Full-year growth was healthy even though it came in below the CAAM's earlier forecast of 8 percent, said Zhang Xin, an industry analyst for Guotai Jun'an Securities in Beijing.
"The purchasing power of Chinese auto customers is pretty good," said Zhang. "Growth in 2013 could be even better, even without any stimulus. And the new government also is advocating expanding domestic demand."
The communist government is promoting auto manufacturing and ownership but has tried to fine-tune policies to encourage sales of smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles. General Motors Co., Nissan Motor Co. and Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz have launched lower-priced Chinese brands for the vast but poor rural market.
Sales that racked up monthly double digit increases in the first half of the year decelerated as China's economic growth slowed to a three-year low of 7.4 percent in the three months ended in September. Sales growth declined steadily from June's 15.8 percent to 11 percent in July before bottoming out at 3.7 percent in August.
As for China's new but ambitious domestic automakers, sales rose 6.1 percent to 6.5 million vehicles, meaning they lost market share to global rivals, the association said. Their share of the passenger car market declined 0.4 percentage point from 2011 to 41.9 percent.
"They are hurt more by foreign brands than by local or the newly created local ones," said Zhang. "Competition in the future will be stronger and stronger, for sure."
Total vehicle sales including trucks and buses rose 7.1 percent in December to 1.8 million vehicles, according to the CAAM. For the year, sales rose 4.3 percent to 19.3 million vehicles.
Also Friday, the Chinese government released a forecast that total vehicle sales should rise to 20.8 million this year.
Among global automakers, Ford Motor Co. said earlier sales of Ford brand vehicles in China rose 21 percent in 2012 to 626,616 vehicles. It said December sales rose 43 percent from a year earlier to 70,510.
Sales of Japanese brands were hurt by tensions between Beijing and Tokyo over disputed islands in the East China Sea, which kept buyers away from the showrooms of Japanese autos.
Nissan said its 2012 sales fell 5.3 percent to 1.18 million vehicles but beat its forecast of 1.175 million. It said December sales of 90,400 vehicles showed a "continuing recovery trend" over November but gave no details.
Daimler said Chinese sales of its Mercedes-Benz, Smart, AMG and Maybach brands rose 4 percent over 2011 to 206,150 vehicles.
AP researcher Fu Ting in Shanghai contributed.

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With the recent approval of suppressors for hunting in Texas, it's only fitting that a shooting range will host an event for hunters and shooters to learn more about them.
The first Silencers Are Legal Shoot! will be held April 28 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Elm Fork Shooting Range in Dallas. High Precision Range will introduce its new 9mm subsonic ammunition, and other companies including Silencerco, AAC and Gemtech.
The shoot is being put on to help educate the public and show products. Proceeds, after expenses, will be donated to the American Silencer Association, a non-profit trade association for the silencer industry.
"We want the consumer to experience this ammunition and walk away wanting more," said Ryan Nicholas, HPR national sales director. "What better way to introduce product than to be able to test drive it immediately. With our innovative and responsive engineering team, we are introducing high quality ammo that doesn't break the bank and we are fortunate to be participating."
Bring your suppressed guns and enjoy silenced fun. This is a suppressed-only shoot. No unsuppressed shooting will be permitted at this event.
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If you were to do a poll to find out who is the most popular player in the Premiership Robin Van Persie would probably win at canter given the billions of United fans across the globe who would vote for him.
But is he really the most popular player in the Premiership? Thought not. So I asked a highly cultured group of footy fans to name who their favourite Premiership players are, the catch being that they couldn't nominate anyone from their own team – and naming a player from their rivals was positively encouraged.
So which players do you admire? Who do you like watching? Who do you respect? And who would you think would be top value if you went for a drink with them?
Here are the ten players we came up with. Tell us who we missed in the comments.
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10 Paul Scholes
Ok, so I know some fans don't like him because he can be a bit un-necessary when tackling, but you have to admire the United midfielder for his talent, loyalty to the Reds and down to earth approach to life. How many other Premiership players would take the bus? The only other United players to get nods were Rooney and Michael Carrick. If Carrick could repeat his United form for England this year he'd probably get a few more.


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World Superbike in Brno this race-weekend, the home round for the Czech-based Effenbert-Liberty Ducati team. Once again in the spotlight after its dust-up following the Monza round, Effenbert Liberty rider Sylvain Guintoli took to Twitter ahead of WSBK's stop in Brno, announcing in a string of messages that that Czech team had breached its contract with him by not providing a bike for the Czech round, and as far as the French rider was concerned, the contract had been nullified.
Giving its side of the situation several days later, Liberty Racing first cited an issue with Guintoli's technical team, but later amended that statement by blaming Guintoli's lackluster results as the reason for why the French rider had been sacked. This is of course in spite of the fact that Guintoli has been on the podium three times this season so far, including a race win in Holland. Guintoli is currently eighth overall in the Championship, and is the first Liberty Racing rider to have won a race in WSBK.


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An activity based on the game 'Pelmanism'. Set your own level of challenge and beat your own previous best score.
Problem one was solved by 70% of the pupils. Problem 2 was solved by 60% of them. Every pupil solved at least one of the problems. Nine pupils solved both problems. How many pupils took the exam?
Can you match the cards and figure out whether the tabloid headlines can be trusted?
An interactive game for 1 person. You are given a rectangle with 50 squares on it. Roll the dice to get a percentage between 2 and 100. How many squares is this? Keep going until you get 100. . . .
A political commentator summed up an election result. Given that there were just four candidates and that the figures quoted were exact find the number of votes polled for each candidate.


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STOCKTON - Vegetables sizzled in olive oil and the smell of garlic and onions filled the air as a corner off a waiting room for families seeking public assistance turned into a test kitchen for cheap, healthy meals earlier this month.
STOCKTON - Vegetables sizzled in olive oil and the smell of garlic and onions filled the air as a corner off a waiting room for families seeking public assistance turned into a test kitchen for cheap, healthy meals earlier this month.
Federico Navarro's stir fry grew as he added sliced asparagus, carrots, squash and bell peppers to the pan. All the ingredients are high in nutrients and low in calories, said the nutrition development coordinator of Delta Health Care. And all the ingredients can be bought with vouchers provided through the WIC vouchers nutrition program.
Delta Health is one of the three voucher providers in the county for WIC, the common acronym for the federally funded Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. The cooking demonstrations are new since January, something Delta Health officials started in order to show people who might not know what to do with a bag of lentils how to turn program vouchers into healthy, easy meals.
When the stir fry was complete, Navarro tipped the pan forward so the dozen or so WIC recipients in the nutrition class could see the riot of orange, red, green and yellow that he said could help the parents steer their young children away from chips and junk and toward vegetables and healthy food at an early age.
"We eat with our eyes, right? Our kids eat with their eyes," he said.
Delta Health does five of the demonstrations every Thursday in its Stockton office and is planning on expanding it to its Lodi office.
The WIC program focuses on children younger than 5 and pregnant mothers. The average value of the food it buys is about $63 a month.
From the inception of the national WIC program 40 years ago this year, its focus has been on health and nutrition, said Julie Grunsky, program coordinator at Delta Health. And nutrition education has been a big focus of the local program even before the start of the demonstration.
The food available through WIC changed in 2009 to include fresh fruits and vegetables, she said. "We have the sense that people don't quite know what to do with them," she said. "We gave recipes, but we didn't go all the way."
The education, recipes and demonstrations get children eating healthy, but it is also important for the parents, particularly expectant mothers, she said.
Another focus of the WIC program has been to promote the health benefits of breast-feeding, like helping prevent diabetes and childhood obesity. "It's the best start for babies," Grunsky said.
Delta Health is one of the providers of the program in San Joaquin County, where the vouchers are distributed. The others are county Public Health Services and Community Medical Center, according to the California Department of Public Health, which oversees the program.
About 1.5 million people in the state annually take part in the program, according to state figures. The total monthly benefit across the state amounts to about $1.1 billion.
There are 4,500 places in the state where people can redeem the vouchers for food, including about 30 locations in San Joaquin County, according to the state.
During February, there were 20,641 people in the WIC program in San Joaquin County.
Nutrition is especially important for the health of the women and children in the program, said Barbara Alberson, a deputy director of county Public Health. Studies show better nutrition can mean faster brain growth, higher birth weights and a reduction in infant mortality rates.
And nutrition education is a big part of WIC, she said. "It's not just giving out vouchers for food."
WIC is one of the nutrition education programs at Public Health, and other programs also have cooking demonstrations, she said.
During part of his cooking demonstration, Delta Health's Navarro served up his stir fry on brown rice.
"I think it's good, and I don't like brown rice," said Elaine Brown, 49, of Stockton. But she said she'd try making the recipe at home for her 3-year-old grandson.
Nary Rang, 27, held on to her 2-year-old son, Anthony Wahl, during the cooking. She said she knows how to cook and the toddler is already a fan of vegetables, but that she came to the class because it's important for him to keep eating healthy.
"Because he's a picky eater," she said. "Hopefully they'll give me some tips of what to feed him."
Contact reporter Zachary K. Johnson at (209) 546-8258 or email@example.com. Follow him at recordnet.com/johnsonblog and on Twitter @zacharykjohnson.


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I was banned and mentally scar. But, recent events are a must to discuss.
Banning Private Messages ---- Unblocking this forum is beyond my technical abilities
World Events
Egypt's Revolution -------- Just a Zhid staged event
Libya ---------- Odd that the Jewgro (Obama) bombed Libya because Qaddafi (Israel's Mercs) killed a few protesters. When Israel attacked and slaughtered thousands in Lebanon and Gaza, no one said a word.
Sudan -------- The Liberation Army (nee Communist/Zhids) just want the vast oil supplies of South Sudan
Jerusalem Family killed ----- Five Jews were knifed in an air tight military compound of Itamar .... spare me - Zio black op
Jerusalem bus bomb ------ More Shin Bet black ops ..... Just Jews killing janitors with sophisticated cell phone bombs
The Oscars --------------- Once again Bin Laden lets Zionists alone
Wis conson union busting -----A bunch of Hillel Hebs carrying signs
The revolt in Syria ----------- More staged Zhid bullsh*t. Israeli snipers killing protesters, and Mossad car bombs
Hopefully this will bring us to the final chapter of economic despair, and a nuclear event. No one wanted to hear a word in 1928, but by 1931 America was ripe for revolution.
jacob gold
Brigadier General
The Jewilians want World Domination
Look at 1918, Russia, Germany, Europe, Iceland, Canada, South America, and now the Syrias, Libya, Egypt, Iraq. The final grab will be Iran.
Their game is simple, they collapse a society, eliminate the opposition, and then buy the corporations, real estate, etc for nothing ...... just look at the Jewish engineered 1929.


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The Chicago Bears have released TE Richard Angulo, OL James Marten, OL Levi Horn, OL Tim Walter, OL Edwin Williams, FB Eddie Williams, WR Greg Mathews, DL Mick Williams, DL Barry Turner, DB Cornelius Brown, DB Quentin Scott, DB Woodny Turenne and S Aaron Webster, reports Brad Biggs, of The Chicago Tribune.
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Police: Man tried to kill ex-wife
FORT DODGE, Iowa —
A Fort Dodge woman is in critical condition, and police said her ex-husband tried to kill her.
Police said Larry Crawford, 43, is being held in the Webster County Jail. Police believe he attacked his ex-wife, Jolene Crawford.
She was found unconscious in her home at 339 Loomis Avenue early Saturday morning.
She was flown to Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines with blunt force trauma to the head.


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Took a redshirt, but practiced with the team after transferring from UC Davis.
Prior to Sacramento State
Spent his freshman (2010-11) and sophomore (2011-12) seasons at UC Davis…played in 59 of a possible 61 games during those two seasons with the Aggies…combined to average 2.7 points and 2.0 rebounds in 14.7 minutes per game while shooting 43.8 percent (60-137) from the field…started 19 games during his two seasons, including 14 his sophomore year…posted season averages of 3.3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 16.3 minutes per game as a sophomore…had a career-high 10 points against Cal Poly on Jan. 28, 2012…had six points and a career-best 10 rebounds at Cal State Fullerton on Dec. 29, 2011…also had nine points at Portland in the second game of his career as a freshman.
High School
A 2010 graduate of Thousand Oaks High School in Thousand Oaks, Calif…helped lead the Lancers to a CIF championship and a 30-3 record as a junior in 2009…named the CIF Southern Section Division II-AA Player of the Year in 2009...received first team all-league and all-county honors as a junior...was a first team all-section choice as a senior in 2010...also selected to the 2010 ESPN all-state, all-Ventura County and Daily News all-area postseason teams...named the Marmonte League co-MVP and county co-MVP as a senior...named a scholar-athlete at Thousand Oaks during 2007 and 2008.
A kinesiology major…parents are Andrew and Liz Tiffin…enjoys juggling as a hobby.


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I have just finished Peter Ackroyd's Turner in the Brief Lives series. I know that he has written many biographies, but this is my first. I have ambiguous feelings towards this book. On the one hand it feels like an encyclopedia article; being full of information written quite compact. On the other hand, the author have take an erudite approach and try to beautify the language. These two approaches seems to be contradictions and thus I am not quite sure how to make an opinion on the contents.
The book seems to lack an aim, but I suppose that is due to its short length. Over all it was a just a quick read and I know a bit more aboutJoseph Mallord William Turner.


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Obsessive Matt Garza Trade Watch: Move Coming Soon? Orioles, Padres, Giants, Rockies, More
Leading up to, and then after, Matt Garza's most recent start – a dominating effort in Milwaukee on Thursday, chatter about Garza as a trade piece increased exponentially.
- Given that uptick, Nick Cafardo reports that, according to two big league sources, Garza is expected to be moved sooner rather than later – i.e., well before the July 31 Trade Deadline. An NL GM told Cafardo, "There's a lot of competition for [Garza]. I think Theo is getting inundated with calls for him, so he's probably the hot name." I doubt the Cubs move Garza before the All-Star break unless they get an absolutely ridiculous deal … but as the rumors heat up, I now think that's a real possibility. I'd still probably bet on Garza being dealt after the break (and after Ricky Nolasco is moved), but nothing would surprise me at this point.
- Cafardo mentions the Orioles as a particularly good fit for Garza, and …
- Among a group of names (which includes Scott Feldman), the Orioles are now considering Matt Garza, according to the Baltimore Sun. The issue for the Orioles in a deal for Garza, for example, is going to be the difficulty in matching up in value. The Orioles aren't going to deal top pitching prospect Kevin Gausman, and they probably aren't going to deal big-time pitching prospect Dylan Bundy, who set to have Tommy John surgery (though I don't know that the surgery would necessarily scare the Cubs off from a talent like Bundy). From there, the system is a smattering of interesting types, but no one that obviously stands out as a headliner fit in a Garza deal.
- Indeed, Jon Heyman reports that the Orioles' interest in Garza has ticked up after previously being lukewarm, but they believe the price is too high right now. Given the Orioles' system, I've got to believe that they have been given the impression that the Cubs are going to want one of Gausman or Bundy in a Garza deal – otherwise I'm not sure I see how they could conclude the price was too high, given what they have.
- San Diego beat writer Bill Center chatted with Padres fans on Friday, and Garza's name came up frequently. Center says Garza, together with Orioles pitcher Jake Arrieta, are the two pitchers he hears most connected to the Padres, adding that the Padres are more in on Garza than Ricky Nolasco. He says that the price for pitching at the deadline is going to be "sky high," and as many as seven teams are in on Garza. (I suspect it's more than that.) Recall, San Diego was the destination in the first solid Garza rumor of the season.
- Jon Morosi reports that, although the Giants would like to acquire a multiyear pitcher, they do have interest in Garza. The Giants are also looking for an outfielder.
- The Rockies are "aggressively" scouting starting pitchers, including Garza, according to the Denver Post. The Rockies are interested in Kevin Gregg, too, so they might want to try and grab a package at the Chicago Cubs Store. On prospects, though, I'm not sure how well the two teams line up – the Cubs are looking for impact pitching prospects, and that is definitely not the Rockies' system strength.
- Paul Swyden at FanGraphs took note of the rising Garza stock, but dug into something we'd noted over the past couple weeks: yes, Garza's last three starts have been dominant, but they've come against the Astros, Mets, and Brewers. And they came on the heels of arguably the worst start of Garza's career, which was against a very good Reds team. Swyden's piece downplays the importance of those three successful starts, and contends that, because of Garza's injury history and his career numbers (which are good, but not Number Two material), a team trading for him should not expect that they're getting the apparent stud that faced the Astros, Mets, and Brewers. It's fair to raise that flag of caution, but it's also fair to note that beating up on bad teams is something good pitchers do – you can't punish them for it. And the truth is, a handful of dominant starts probably won't jack up Garza's value so much as it will simply convince interested teams that he's as healthy and effective as he's ever been (and the opinions on that effectiveness might vary among teams). So, if you were inclined to want him before, you probably feel justified in going hard after him now.


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Trapped Thursday: 10 Must-Hear Trap Tunes Of The Week
From rap jockeys to EDM spinners, nearly every producer has tried their hand at the bass/hip-hop/dub hybrid known as trap. Its taken over air and webwaves, as well as festival sound systems – from twerkin' Flosstradamus remixes to Baauer's viral 'Harlem Shake' – even Skrillex got in on the action. Couldn't go to EDC? No worries, we'll bring the beats to all you trap addicts with the best, freshest trap originals and remixes of the week.


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AMD in LIVE! sticker frenzy
Promises a Sin City in every room of your house
AMD made a grab for the pre-CES limelight today announcing plans for media center desktop and notebooks under its LIVE! branding.
But while the vendor is extending its professional AMD LIVE! brand to consumer devices now, the devices themselves won't appear till the middle of the year.
The LIVE! stickers will be slapped on boxes running Athlon 64 X2 desktop chips and its dual core mobile parts.
This will enable what the vendor describes as "innovative, complementary, industry-friendly solutions that enhance the consumer electronics and broadcast devices already accepted and used by consumers today". AMD goes on to say "AMD LIVE! experiences should offer users the ability to seamlessly connect, store, distribute access and enjoy digital media content in multiple rooms… and even take it with them to enjoy on the go."
We think this means AMD wants customers' PCs to plug into TVs, MP3 players and the like, so they can shuffle bits of music, video, photos and games.
The vendor has assembled a list of cheer leaders for the strategy, including Motorola, Microsoft, and Broadcom. It also roped in Robert Rodriguez, director of Sin City and the Desperado series, who said, "AMD LIVE! delivers the final dream…" Interesting, as Rodriguez' dreams tend to feature lots of hot lead, spilling guts, and, as light relief, lashings of Salma Hayek.®


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By Karl Plume
(Reuters) - Mississippi River barge traffic remained congested on Friday near Vicksburg, Mississippi, where a barge accident and oil spill shuttered the major shipping artery on Sunday, but the backlog of boats was slowly declining.
The U.S. Coast Guard reopened the river on Wednesday to one-way traffic through a 16-mile safety zone from river mile marker 425 to 441, where the backlog of barges had ballooned to more than 1,000.
The backup thinned to 519 barges by midday Friday, including 11 northbound tows pushing a total of 138 barges and 26 southbound tows with 381 barges, said Coast Guard spokesman Jonathan Lally.
Ordered to remain at a slow speed and spaced 1-1/2 to 2 miles apart, 87 tow boats hauling 1,339 barges have transited the safety zone thus far, he said.
Cleanup crews have deployed 5,300 feet of boom to contain the spill and recovered more than 8,000 gallons of oil-water mixture since the barge collided with a railroad bridge and ruptured one of its 80,000-gallon tanks.
Crews have lightered 252,000 gallons of crude oil from the damaged barge, which had been carrying more than 668,000 gallons. Once the cargo is lightered, the barge will be removed to a maritime facility in Vicksburg.
The Coast Guard would not estimate how soon the river would fully reopen to shipping traffic.
"The response crews are working as quickly and as safely as they can. There are crews that are going to conduct shoreline cleanup as well as the skimming operations that they've done to ensure that the impact on the environment is minimal," Lally said.
Shippers rely on the Mississippi River and other inland waterways to haul billions of dollars worth of grain, coal, fertilizer and other commodities every year. Some 55 to 65 percent of all U.S. grain and soybean exports are transported down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.
The shipping disruption did not seriously impact grain exports at the Gulf, although prices for soybean barges south of the closure briefly jumped early in the week before retreating.
The oil spill was the latest in a recent string of logistical headaches for shippers.
Low water along a busy shipping corridor between St. Louis and Cairo, Illinois, has threatened to disrupt traffic on the drought-drained river since December. Dredging operations and other work aimed at keeping barges flowing have also snarled traffic at times.
The river system's busiest lock was closed for a day last week after a barge collided with a lock gate.
(Reporting by Karl Plume in Chicago; Editing by Bob Burgdorfer)


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I have decided to run a game, inspired by LTDave's Erfworld Matrix Game. Here are the rules as he presented them:
An Erfworld Matrix Campaign
By Lt. D. Grounds, (BBusFiEconDis, BTh)
With editorial assistance from Mr Ronaldo Calliari, late of Her Majesty's Secret Service.
There are a lot of games on the forum with at a tactical level, and some that try to replicate Empires in detail. This game aims to be Strategic and broad.
For more information on this style of game, use the Google and enter "Matrix Games Chris Engels". Or visit this site: http://www.onr.com/user/bturner/far_col ... atrix.html which contains the basic rules I would like to use for this Campaign. All credit to Chris Engels for anything stolen from him (and or her – Chris is a pretty non-gender specific name where I'm from – but probably him).
The Game:
Each player controls an Erfworld Nation. The object of the Game is to capture the Capital of one of the opposing Nations. If at the end of a Round you have captured an opposing Capital and still control your own, you are the Winner (and Greatest Tool of the Titans).
Any number of players can join. I would like at least five.
How do we play:
In round 0, give your nation and ruler their names, and then give FIVE characteristics of the nation. Characteristics represent the strengths of your nation, and must consist of an Adjective and a Noun. For example: "Strong Military" is a characteristic. "Military" is not.
Characteristics are used as REASONS in your arguments.
In round 1, and each round after, each player may propose an ARGUMENT. An argument consists of an ACTION and a RESULT. Each Argument may have up to three REASONS. Arguments may relate to any nation in the game, not just your own. But each player may only make one argument per round.
For Example:
King Jetstone creates a powerful army in his Capital.
Reasons: 1. Jetstone has a STRONG MILITARY
2. Jetstone has a LARGE TREASURY
3. The King is an ABLE ADMINISTRATOR
At the end of the round, the GM will judge each argument, and rate them VERY STRONG, STRONG, NORMAL, WEAK, or STUPID, and then roll a d6 to determine outcomes.
VERY STRONG arguments will succeed on a roll of 1-5.
STRONG arguments will succeed on a roll of 1-4.
NORMAL arguments will succeed on a roll of 1-3.
WEAK arguments will succeed on a roll of 1-2.
VERY WEAK arguments will success on a roll of 1.
STUPID arguments will never succeed (An argument would have to be very stupid to be judged as such. For example: The King turns into a flying anchovy and devours the entire world, ending the game, and making me emperor of the pizza planet).
Ratings are based on Reasons and Results. If the result is pretty minor, the rating will be stronger than a disastrous Result. For Example: "My army wins the battle" is going to have a better rating than "My army destroys every living thing that opposes them."
No discussion will be entered into as to ratings or dice results. The GM's decision is final.
Counter Arguments
Players may attempt to use their argument to change the outcome of another player's argument. For example:
"Yes, and…" arguments add an extra result to a previous argument and give +1 to the die roll.
"Yes, but…" arguments change the effect of an action.
"No, Actually..." arguments contradict both the action and the result, but give -1 to the die roll.
So, the Jetstone player make the argument above about creating a powerful army. Another player may use their argument to say "Yes, and the Army has a large amount of Heavy Units." This "Yes, and…" is in effect helping the Jetstone player, whose rating and results are improved.
Another player might say, "Yes, but the army is not powerful. In fact, it is quite average." If successful, this modification would change the outcome of the Jetstone argument. They would end up with an Average Army, instead of a Powerful Army.
Another player might try a "No, Actually the King decides to commission a work of art, and the Jetstone Treasury is wasted." This argument is less likely to succeed, but if it did it would damage the Jetstone nation.
Another player might decide to support a previous "No, actually…" by adding a "Yes, and…" to it, increasing its chance of success.
A "Yes, and..." argument can only relate to the nations invovled in the original argument, and the original action.
So player A says "A attacks B and wins".
Another player can only make a Yes, and... that relates to A & B (not C or D). So:
"Yes, A attacks B and wins, AND A's army has great morale" FINE.
"Yes, A attacks B and wins, AND C gets a brand new bicycle" NOT FINE.
All arguments and counter arguments should have three Reasons to support them. If the arguments are characteristics of the relevant nation, this will help improve the rating of the argument. Reasons may also be based on successful arguments of previous rounds. If the Jetstone Nation was successful in creating a Powerful Army in a previous round, they could use this as a reason to defeat their enemies in battle.
Our Army crosses the border and defeats the army of Gobwin Knob in the field.
1. Powerful Army
2. Strong Military
3. Lots of Heavy Units
Rounds and Time:
Players will have 48 hours from the start of the round to make their argument. They will then be rated by the GM, dice rolled, and outcomes listed on the forum. A new round will then begin. Arguments can be made about any nation in the game, and do not have to relate to earlier arguments at all.
Competing Arguments:
Let's say Jetstone makes an argument that "the Jetstone Army fights the Gobwin Knob army and routs them from the field."
And the Gobwin Knob player argues "The Gobwin Knob Army fights the Jetstone Army and defeats them, wiping them out." Only one result can be true.
In this case, the GM will rate both arguments and then roll dice until one fails.
For example, the Jetstone argument could be judged as Strong, while the Gobwin Knob argument is Normal. Dice are rolled until one fails.
One of the arguments will succeed (unless it is Stupid)
So How do I win?
You win by making an argument that leaves you in control of another nation's capital. If your argument is "My army attacks and defeats the garrison of the Escotian capital, and we capture it." And this succeeds, you win the game. Probably every other player will want this to fail, so you'll have a lot of counter arguments. It'll be hard to do. You'll need to build up a series of good reasons to win an argument like that. So you might spend a turn marching close to the Escotian Capital. The next turn you might besiege the city. The next turn you might breach the walls. And then you could argue for capture and victory. But other players will be trying to stop you!
If someone proposes an argument that might win them the game (ie, the result of the argument involves occupying another player's capital), then the time allowance for argument posting will be increased by 24 hours, and players who have proposed an earlier argument may change it if they wish to do so.
And is there a map?
No. The world exists as the players describe it in their arguments.
And, what, no numbers?
And no, no numbers. Very strange for one of my games. Instead, it is about adjectives. If a Powerful army goes up against a Strong army, it will be up to the GM to decide which has the advantage. You might try to argue for superlatives, like "Invincible Army", but they'll be rated tougher as a result.
Can an argument change a past event?
No. If in Round 1 it is found that your army defeated the enemy, no one can argue in round 2 that the enemy actually defeated your army in round 1. They could argue for a new army, or a complication, but what has been declared to have happened has happened.
Can an argument be used again and again?
Yes. If an argument was very strong last round and failed, try it again this round. You might get lucky.
What if a player does not post an argument?
Then they don't get an action that round. Players will have 48 hours from the GM's post to give an argument. If you hold back, waiting to counter something else, you might miss out.
The aim of this game is to be entertaining and fun. You might not win, but hopefully you'll enjoy the experience.
I am also making some modifications myself. Anything in this new set of rules supersedes any contradicting rules from the existing set.
Repeated Arguments:
Arguments that are repeated over more than one round are weakened by 1 point for every consecutive round. This is to stop someone from making a "Jetstone sneak-attacks the capital and kills the king" argument until they roll a 1. This is in contradiction to the existing rules.
Primary and Secondary Arguments:
Primary and Secondary Arguments can be made each turn. The Secondary Argument gets an automatic -1 to strength. One of the two arguments must be in reference to your own side, but they cannot both be. For example, you could not make the arguments of "Jetstone raises a Grand Army" and "Jetstone discovers a cache of Powerful Magic Items," and you could not make the arguments (if you are Jetstone) of "Gobwin Knob's Chief Warlord falls over and impales himself on a spear" and "Faq's Air Force no longer has casters."
Acceptable Descriptors:
The descriptors of your side cannot be too broad or powerful. For example, "Powerful Casters" or "Strong Military" would not be acceptable. "Powerful Croakamancer," "Magic Kingdom Contacts," "Impeccable Strategy," or "Overpowering Air Force" would all be examples of acceptable descriptors.
I would also like to have about 5 players. Give the name of your side, some fluff or flavor if desired, and your five descriptors. I will be a player in this game, but I super-promise to not let that affect my decisions about the strength of my arguments. I am going to keep a list of all the sides here, for reference.
The Pyrite Horde:
Based vaguely off the Mongols. They are a side with a strong populace and a military orientation.
The Pyrite Horde:
has a DEVOTED POPULACE
has IMPECCABLE STRATEGY
has ABUNDANT NATURAL RESOURCES
has an EXCEPTIONAL CROAKAMANCER
has a GARGANTUAN EMPIRE
The Fordonian Aristocracy:
Their troops always remember to bring a towel!
The Borndeni Confluence:
an Experienced Lookamancer
a Capable Foolamancer
Advanced Tactics
a Large Treasury
a Large Army
The Kingdom of Cesedria
Swift Scouts
An Experienced Thinkamancer
A Master Dollamancer
Expert Tacticians
Shrewd Diplomats
|LTD [ Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:35 pm ]
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Hey Downorz -
Pencil me in. Will be happy to play.
I hope you get more players... come on, jump on in!
|CroverusRaven [ Tue Oct 02, 2012 12:21 am ]
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The Fordonian Aristocracy
Their troops always remember to bring a towel!
|Downzorz [ Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:58 am ]
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Updated the main post. I will post a map later today, once I get to a scanner.
|LTD [ Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:53 pm ]
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The Borndeni Confluence has
an Experienced Lookamancer
a Capable Foolamancer
Advanced Tactics
a Large Treasury
a Large Army
|CroverusRaven [ Wed Oct 10, 2012 7:54 am ]
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Um... bump?
|LTD [ Wed Oct 10, 2012 7:28 pm ]
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|Downzorz [ Sun Oct 21, 2012 12:59 am ]
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Hey guys. Really sorry I've been gone, I've had some personal issues that have left me with zero free time for quite a while. I'm gonna get on a map ASAP, and probably start soon. Again, really sorry.
|turbler [ Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:34 pm ]
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If you're willing to accept another player. . .
The Kingdom of Cesedria has:
Swift Scouts
An Experienced Thinkamancer
A Master Dollamancer
Expert Tacticians
Shrewd Diplomats
|Downzorz [ Fri Nov 02, 2012 9:02 am ]
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Okay, with one more player added, we'll start claiming capitals. Forgive my terrible art: The things that look kind of like trees are forest, the things that look a little bit like shrubs are Savannah/plains, the wavy things inside shapes are water, the wavy things outside the shapes are sand dunes, representing desert. The overlapping triangles are mountains. If anybody wants to draw a better map, feel free. I will choose my capital last; aside from that, it's first come, first served.
|LTD [ Sun Nov 04, 2012 1:57 am ]
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The Capital of the Borndeni Confluence is North of the Eastern Sea, and South of the Mountains.
(And that is a truly terrible map... If I have time I'll make a nicer one).
|CroverusRaven [ Sun Nov 04, 2012 1:26 am ]
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The Fordonian Aristocracy will have it's center of power midway between the North-Western forest, plains, and lake.
|turbler [ Mon Nov 05, 2012 8:48 pm ]
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Cesedria will take the area just West of the Eastern Sea (North of the desert, south of the plains & forest).
|CroverusRaven [ Thu Nov 08, 2012 1:16 am ]
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|Downzorz [ Mon Nov 12, 2012 8:21 pm ]
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If we don't get anymore people, we will start soon.
|WhirdCheese [ Mon Nov 12, 2012 9:09 pm ]
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The Emissary
Bob the Envoy
1. Excellent Ambassadors
2. High-Level Hippymancer
3. High-Level Foolamancer
4. Large Treasury
5. Lots of Marbits
West of the Savanah East of the lake.
|LTD [ Mon Nov 12, 2012 10:04 pm ]
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A slightly nicer map...
|CroverusRaven [ Mon Nov 12, 2012 11:46 pm ]
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Looks good LTDave, I see Dontpanik, the capital of the Fordonian Aristocracy, is placed perfectly where I wanted it.
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RIPLEY – The 2013 season has been one of strides for the Ripley High baseball team. The squad began the season with a youthful roster high on enthusiasm but short on experience.
As the regular season winds down, the Vikings of Coach Shane Casto have posted their eighth victory with a 12-3 bashing of Class AA No. 1 Herbert Hoover (21-3) on Thursday night at Ray Swisher Field at Viking Park.
"Hoover is a talented squad. We really needed this win. We needed to establish some confidence and get refocused," said Casto.
Ripley's Isaac Koontz took the hill on this night and surrendered three earned runs in the first two frames but that was all the Huskies would muster against Ripley's flamethrower on this evening as Koontz closed the door with five scoreless innings in the contest.
The Huskies carried over a disappointing loss to Point Pleasant on the previous evening,also contributing to their inevitable loss of their perch at the top of the Class AA West Virginia rankings.
For Ripley, they got all they would need in the second inning as they blasted Hoover for seven runs.
It all started when Isaac Koontz reached on an error. Nathan Tucker later brought him home with a sharp single to center. After walking, Cody Pittenger advanced to third on the play and scored on a pop out from Luke Layhew.
Easton Berry brought Tucker home with a daisy cutter just past the glove of the Husky shortstop. Trevor Tucker singled to center and Berry advanced to second. Christopher Jordan then walked to juice the bases.
Tyler Pittenger then singled to left center to plate Berry and the runners advanced. Trevor tucker then scored when Jonny Stepp reached on an error. Christopher jordan's keen base running allowed him to score on the play as he caught the Huskies asleep and made them pay.
Cody Pittenger then walked, allowing his elder brother Tyler Pittenger to cross the plate.
The inning gave Koontz all of the run support he would need as Ripley jumped out to a7-3 advantage.
In the fourth, Trevor Tucker scored on an RBI hit from Jordan.
In the sixth, Trevor Tucker was plated again when Jonny Stepp notched two RBIs as he also plated Cody Pittenger.
Koontz went the distance to earn the win while giving up seven hits, three walks and striking out three Huskies along the way. It is worthy of noting that Koontz kept Hoover's Corey Bird off the base paths. Bird, one of Class AA's finest players was held in check with a 1-for-3 performance that produced a run. Bird also walked in the contest.
The Vikings hit barrage was led by Tyler Pittenger's four hit day. He scored twice while driving in a run, Christopher Jordan went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBIs. Trevor Tucker notched two hits and scored three times, Jonny Stepp had a hit and three RBIs, Nathan Tucker and Easton Berry each had a hit, a run and an RBI, Cody Pittenger scored a run and notched an RBI and Isaac Vidrine and Isaac Koontz scored for Ripley.
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John Meek of Stockton, known to his friends as "Tinker" passed away peacefully in a Stockton hospital on Monday, April 15, 2013, after succumbing to a series of recent health-related issues. John Chester Meek was born in Redwood City and grew up in French Camp where he attended French Camp Elementary before graduating from Manteca Union High School in 1961. After high school, John enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and was stationed in Korea during the Vietnam War. Once discharged from the service, he worked for 30 years as a clerk at Tracy Defense Depot, and later Sharpe's Army Depot before retiring in 1999.
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"God is the immemorial refuge of the incompetent, the helpless, the miserable. They find not only sanctuary in His arms, but also a kind of superiority, soothing to their macerated egos: He will set them above their betters."
H.L. Mencken
"I find it necessary to wash my hands after I have come into contact with religious people."
Friedrich Nietzsche
Recent A/N threads have generated much thoughtful comment on what to say when some retarded believer says that Jesus loves you. It's a provocative remark, designed to trump anything the atheist says because it assumes that the believer's religious psychosis must prevail.
But there's much more. We unbelievers get offensive religious talk thrown at us all the time.
Jews are rarely subjected to – and rarely have to deal with -- worshipful talk about Allah or Shiva. That's because they mostly hang with other Jews, sometimes cloistering themselves completely, as in certain communities in Brooklyn, New Jersey, and elsewhere.
Tectonics of religion
I like to compare religions to tectonic places. When they meet, there is friction, fire, death. Mostly they stay apart if they can help it.
But atheists stand between the plates. Or perhaps at the edge of one, as with Humanistic Jews and Unitarians. In any event, we mix with all kinds of folks – family, friends, business associates – who espouse different levels of religiosity. We will inevitably bump up against people who engage in a little – or a lot of – God-talk.
How to respond?
How do I respond when Mom thanks God for every positive event and piece of luck? She's going to say it, she can't help it, she really does believe that someone's looking out for her (her words) – and she knows damn well what I think of God.
Should we thank him for my father's dying at a mere 69, missing two whole generations of his progeny (and two of my marriages)? I'm weary of that discussion. I usually just let it pass, though sometimes I still call her on it.
You never know.
"Thank God" is just the beginning. You never know when you're going to be hit with a piece of religious BS. On the way to a jam session in VT, my fellow-musician friend drove a young neighbor couple to Brattleboro, which was where we were going.
For way too long I had to listen to the travails of the gluten-free life -- the arduous chore of baking pizza crust from millet seed, oh, pity us, our special diet/religion and the attendant inconvenience, which must be of intense fascination to EVERYONE.
No, they're not. The diet may be medically necessary (but what are the odds that two gluten-intolerant people would marry?). But nobody gives a shit. At least I don't. My niece and nephew are vegans, which is respected when they go to their father's house. Well, there always is a vegetarian dish anyway. Last time, we had swordfish, noodles, and corn.
By what deranged belief system do you pass up something as delicious and healthy as grilled swordfish (or, in the case of Jews, shrimp and lobster)? Because you're special, and your specialness must be on display at all times, even to the extent of bringing your own kosher food to someone else's house (in this case, mine; had I found out earlier, these religious idiots would have been invited to leave my non-kosher house and eat their special food on the patio, where the temperature was six degrees).
I felt powerfully compelled to turn around and calmly tell the we're-so-special people that my body may be rife with gluten, whatever the problem with it is, but I've made it this far following nutritional common sense, eating chicken and fish, nuts, tomato sauce, salmon, green tea, and a bunch of other boring but effective stuff. And not boring other people with it!
Philosophical refutation
And as far as the rationale for vegetarianism, Carlos Mencia points out that sanctimonious vegans are reducing the amount of plant life, which means less oxygen and more CO2, a greenhouse gas…and hey, don't plants have feelings too? Who's to say the thresher doesn't create a field of pain and agony?
Anyway, back to the young neo-hippie couple. After an innocuous remark about a child, the wife said, "Well they're young. They just came from the spirit world." Again, I kept my mouth shut. I'll never see these people again, and so I could resist my urge to say, "No, they don't, you fucktards. There is no spirit world. They came from their mothers' wombs. They're immature because… they're children!"
Yielding to God-talk
My point is that many atheists are subjected to God-talk repeatedly, even if it's just your old Mom saying "thank God" – and often unexpectedly.
Still, I harbor, as I'm sure many readers do, an urge to talk back. Over and over I yield, to maintain social comity. They can't see me roll my eyes.
But some day I might just have had enough. I know I have the courage to confront religious believers. I just haven't had the opportunity.
Opportunity to talk back
It may come. Mom is 95, healthy but very frail. Jews insist on getting the body in the ground in 24 hours (I really prefer the casket-in-the-parlor, everybody-get-hammered type of sendoff), so all this will have to be decided in advance. And it has been.
She has asked me to attend her funeral, at her (formerly our) synagogue in my home town. I agreed to attend, but not to stand, pray, or wear a skullcap.
Scenarios of disobedience
I doubt that this will be acceptable to the congregants. One way it could play out is that I'm asked to leave the sanctuary. Or somehow I give in, but when I get up there to say something, it will be about the special evil and intolerance of religion.
I will say that honoring her expressed wish -- and the bargain we struck – is the proper way to bury her. Fuck your stupid rules, holy books, humiliating prayers, and costumes. Your god is barbaric and nonexistent. Revering the "wisdom" of some stupid pre-scientific barbarians is just nuts. There's nothing in your holy scroll that is of interest or benefit to me – or you.
I imagine myself saying such things, in public, from the pulpit.
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To Gary: I read the piece. Kurtz has long been one of my heroes. Rabbi Sherwin Wine also contended that humanism had to stand for something positive.
I especially like Kurtz' idea that humanism must embrace the whole human spirit. Indeed, one of the first such acts comes from shedding religion's chains: it is a great liberation not to worry about God's plan, what he meant in this or that Biblical passage, whether he'll answer my prayers...to know that life can be well lived without any of that stuff. It's a freedom I revel in, especially when I watch believers praying or doing other religious schtick.
Pat...My wife is a victim of religious ostracism - the only one of four sisters who wouldn't toe the Orthodox Jewish line; a hard-core atheist like me. She was systematically excluded from family events, even though earlier, she had gone with the Jewish thing for years. Her father showered the other three with houses, handouts, and more.
To Gary: It IS an issue of integrity and moral courage. Unlike so many of those who will be there, I can't fake it.
This is residual anger, shared by every A/N member, that religious BS goes on and on, forever trying to exclude unbelievers, trying to take over governments and societies (often successfully), wasting lives in the pursuit of fantasy (or, at worst, terrorism), wreaking its havoc on the planet...
Alan, you're correct. And, it's even more maddeningly frustrating when it directly affects the lives of those we care about the most.
I like Pat's advice on how to communicate your feelings about the rituals and its implications for the believers.
"Had I done so, as a non-believer, I would have mocking the very thing I was engaged in doing, at a time when it was inappropriate. And, had I done so, I would have committed an act of cowardice to my own conscience."
Holding up some secular and humanist ideals to others is a way of showing others the possibilities of life without religion as the arbiter of morals and behavior.
To Pat and Lillie,
I said only that I would imagine making anti-religious pronouncements at my mother's funeral...reason, as you say so well in your opening two sentences, draws me back from the brink of actually doing it. But I can't not go. Your behavior at your aunt's funeral seems like a compromise that a principled atheist can live with.
My anger is not that of one who's recovering from religion - it's not as if I recently tried to extricate myself from orthodoxy. This is residual anger, shared by every A/N member, that religious BS goes on and on, forever trying to exclude unbelievers, trying to take over governmets and societies (often successfully), wasting lives in the pursuit of fantasy (or, at worst, terrorism), wreaking its havoc on the planet, as Rich Goscicki has explained so compellingly in "10 Reasons Not To Believe."
Thanks to Gary - I'll check out the link. I'm sure there is a middle road by which I can (sort of) do what's expected and keep my dignity.
I'm not so sure I would do my inaugural address as an atheist from a pulpit to a group of congregants. Kind of reminds me of what you yourself said here. Seems to me to be the same as bringing kosher food to your dinner party. While I realize it's your mother, it is her sendoff, at her chosen locale. At that point, there's really nothing you can, or in my estimation, should do about it. While it's your mother, it's her wish. As to the yarmulke, I would skip wearing it. I certainly wouldn't do anything to lead anyone on that you approve or otherwise acquiesce in their beliefs. But I wouldn't disrupt it either.
A few years ago I went the Catholic funeral of my aunt, who helped raise me after my mother died at a very young age. I was raised Catholic, but didn't go through the magic rituals at the funeral mass - didn't take communion, and as a pall bearer, was the only one in front of the entire congregation that didn't do the sign of the cross or genuflect when I passed in front of the alter. I kept my mouth shut, was respectful, and when a few people gave me "looks," I glared back at them. They then averted their gaze.
I was later asked by a family member why I didn't engage in the rituals, even though I'm an atheist. My response was that it would have been disrespectful to both the believers and myself. Had I done so, as a non-believer, I would have mocking the very thing I was engaged in doing, at a time when it was inappropriate. And, had I done so, I would have committed an act of cowardice to my own conscience.
You may like to visit the Recovering From Religion group. We have been dealing with anger a good bit lately.
Maybe there is something in between confronting and keeping your mouth shut. Be prepared to speak positively about gives you comfort and strength (such as humanist principles, free inquiry) and what your values/ethics are.
This is sort of the approach of a secular humanist like Paul Kurtz. See
Thanks to Lillie and Phoenix. I look forward to further comments. I don't know when the funeral decision is coming -- could be next year or next week -- so I have to think it through.
Lillie is right - this is the place to share the frustrations that religion visits upon us.
To Phoenix, yes, I would love to preach the joys of a god-free life to anyone who sticks God or Jesus in my face, but I don't.
Even though you promised, I suggest you not attend. It is definitely not worth it. Getting your anger out on A/N is healthy. I certainly understand and encourage you to do this. Visit her grave later to place flowers in respect for the love you shared.
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Women with a vision straight from the heart! Ekta Kapoor and Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari collaborate to tell heartfelt stories
Ekta Kapoor, whose unique approach to content has led to clutter breaking films and ideas is set to unite with celebrated filmmaker Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, whose directorial ventures, 'Nil Battey Sannata' and 'Bareilly Ki Barfi', won her many accolades and awards.
The two women and their love for cinema has driven them to collaborate and tell heartfelt stories of life. Talking about teaming up with Ashwiny, producer Ekta Kapoor said, "I love the way she works and I really believe in the fact that her characters and story-telling dig deep and explore a lot more than just the surface. They are simple characters but with so much depth in it"
They have locked down on two films together. Their first is a coming of age, romantic comedy of a married couple being directed by Ashwiny, followed by a light-hearted love story of hope and happiness, which will be directed by a debutante who both Ashwiny and Ekta will
The two women will be co-producing the same under their respective banners, Balaji Motion Pictures and earthsky pictures.
With this Ashwiny is all set to foray into being a producer as well.
Looking forward to this collaborative effort, Ashwiny adds, "The collaboration is so beautiful because together we are set to ally on our understanding of human relationships and insights, albeit with a lot of quirk."
Can't wait to see this collaboration on the silver screen!
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The Sadness Of Bollywood Marriages Falling Apart
I hate to say this. But I saw it coming. Film Producer Madhu Mantena a dear friend had been in pain for a while now. A week back he told me he has something important to tell me.
Now comes the announcement that he and his wife of three years Masaba Gupta , are giving their marriage a break. The announcement came on the social media. This is where lives and relationships are made and unmade these days.Long live the sanctity of privacy.
Prior to Madhu, it was another friend Arjun Rampal who quit his marriage by "mutual consent". Arjun told me he and his wife, married for 20 years, had parted "as friends".
This, I find hard to believe.The effort to make a ruptured amputated marriage look like a clean split is plainly an eyewash. Filmland marriages want to look squeaky-clean when they break up. It's like a messy murder. You can't wash away the blood no matter how hard you try.
Hrithik Roshan and his wife go on vacations with their children after their marriage ended.It's just not real. If they wanted to go on family vacations why break the marriage? And if they did decide to mutually break the marriage why the show of togetherness with pictures going up on social media even before the vacation has started?
I am pretty much sure Madhu Mantena won't go on post-marriage vacations with Masaba. He isn't the media-friendly type and will refrain from indulging in ironic acts of simulated intimacy in a dead relationship.
I have to admit Madhu has been singularly unlucky in love. He was in a very comfortable relationship with actress-author Nandana Sen for nearly eight years.
Madhu, Nandana and I had dinner together in Mumbai where they just couldn't keep their eyes and hands off one another. When that relationship ended Madhu who always gets into relationships thinking they are for keeps, was determined to find love again. He got into another relationship with an author which ended as suddenly as it had become.
Masaba Gupta seemed to be for keeps. Madhu just couldn't get enough of her. Smothering your partner with love could create serious space problems. It did for Madhu's marriage. He is now single and not quite ready to mingle. There is a lot of pain in the parting.
Madhu never wanted the marriage to end. But this business of showbusiness saps you. Only the thickskinned survive. Star-wives who have successfully managed to forge a life of their own away from their star-husband's shadows have succeeded in keeping their marriages going. You think they don't know about their husband's furtive flings?
Madhu Mantena's marriage with Masaba was a fairytale to begin with. It soured because they never found a middleground between his targets as a producer and her goals as a dress designer. Now as things stand , barring one,every one of the partners at the production house Phantom—AnuragKashyap, Vikas Behl and now Madhua Mantena– has a broken marriage behind him.
If I was the fourth partner at Phantom I'd seriously think aboyt breaking away from business before
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With Another Season Of Kaun Banega Crorepati Upon Us Amitabh Bachchan Walks The Talk With Subhash K Jha
Another season of KBC. It's been 18 years of you and this amazing event. I still remember that moment when you decided to do it in spite of advice not to. How do you look back on the experience?
Yes, 18 years since the start of KBC and it's the tenth season, nine of which have been conducted by me, one done by Shah Rukh. Hesitancy and apprehension were prime when it was suggested to me and the fear, of what others felt would be diminishing my 70 MM film projection to a 25-inch TV screen. But circumstances were not very conducive. I never did have a 70 MM film projection ever, irrespective of what the market and Industry may have believed, more so at the juncture when KBC came my way, I had already begun reading my 'The End' credits!
What do you mean?
I had no work, no money and a bagful of ill-mannered threatening creditors. Apart from the creativity of venturing into TV, something that I had always kept in the back of my mind years earlier, it was giving me an opportunity to, not entirely, but in a small way indicate to those I owed money, that I was working at it. This effort along with some financial guidance, helped me pay off each and every person. But the experience of KBC was much larger, in more ways than one.
Would you say KBC has given you a chance to know people from every walk of life, better than you did before KBC?
Yes, I'd agree with that.
Do you remember your most memorable interactions on KBC?
Oh, each and every interaction on KBC has been, not just memorable, but a learning of a lifetime. Who we are as a country, as Indians, what is it that human bearings contend with.. what motivates them, what extenuating circumstances humanity battles with each day. The varied emotions that each of us carries. What life does the rest of the country live, as opposed to us, who live cocooned lives. There have been alarming and disturbing stories of social and moral struggles, of the strengths and weaknesses, we tend to overlook in others. And in conclusion, what an incredible India we have that resides within each of our 1.2 billion souls!
The show will obviously take up a lot of your time, are you going to cut down on your film shooting for now?
NO film projects and KBC shall go side by side.
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So tell us about your film assignments in some detail, if possible.
I have just completed my work in a Sujoy Ghosh directed film called BADLA, starring Taapsee Pannu, Amrita Singh, and some exciting newcomers. Then there is Thugs Of Hindostan of which already there is much news, releasing on Diwali. Nagraj Manjule who made the Marathi blockbuster Sairat is doing one with me called JHUND and that should start soon after KBC ends by November. I am also with Karan Johar's Dharma Production in BRAHMASTRA with Ayaan Mukerjee directing the lead superstars, Ranbir and Alia. There is ANKHEN 2 with Anees Bazmi and a host of very desirable colleagues. I shall be doing a film with Rumi Jafri, and a film as a gesture to help a member of my staff. There are also several other concepts being worked on, but more of that later…
How is the experience of working with Aamir Khan in Thugs Of Hindostan? A lot is being discussed about your look in the film. How was the look decided? I know you hate false beards, etc. What made you agree to the elaborate facials
Working with Aamir has been delightful. We are together for the first time. He is an actor, producer, director, assistant director, writer, distributor, exhibitor, marketer, publicist, hair makeup and costume designer, and proficient in many other hidden aspects of filmmaking that exist. And so one waits for a few gems from these multifarious attributes, during our work days, to come flying our way as a learning experience. As for The LOOK has been the work of some very talented design and concept ladies. And the hair all over my face remains an irksome sticky issue.
You've just done a guest appearance on Ela Helicopter? What was it like shooting with Kajol after so many years?
Kajol was not with me in that 'blink and you miss' presence!
Finally, Amitji, a great deal is expected from someone as influential as you whenever a crisis occurs in the country. Do you think these expectations are justified and are they difficult to live up to?
I think the content of my Blog has addressed some of these issues. But to answer your query you may first have to answer one yourself. Or perhaps face an interjection from me. Your observation 'from someone as influential as you' is directed in a manner which you and the reader shall have understood in a way I do not agree with. I shall accept to be an 'influential' person if what I proclaim in my campaigns for Polio, TB, Hep B, Swachch Bharat, Beti Bachao, and the several other campaigns that bring notice to moral and social malaise and integrity, is accepted and brings positive results. Any other kind of 'influence' that you or any other may imagine, is an imagination, a mirage, a delusion, a self-deception! An influence in your mention… I am none such!
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But there very high social expectations, admittedly unfair, from you?
Having said that, I shall accept, that being in the terrain we traverse, it is to be expected. How one contends with it is a personal decision. My individual thinking may not be in line with the general strain of thought, or vice versa, and I as a free individual in a free country shall have the right to keep it or express it, for public consumption. In today's world of immediate and rapid communication consumption, what you say or not say, shall always have comment, discourse, and debate, which at times can and will become vile, vicious and at most times intolerable. It shall always be my decision to assess whether the motive of such deliberation has been achieved, or is mere attention seeking stratagem.
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26-Year Old Hyderabadi Filmmaker Is The Latest Worldwide Sensation
Just when we thought it couldn't get any better for Asians in Hollywood after the fluke tempestuous (and not entirely deserved, I might add) success of the seasons's big blockbuster Rich Crazy Asians the film that features only actors of Asian origin , yet another Asian filmmaker has taken the global boxoffice by storm.
And this time, we Indians have a lot to be proud of. While Crazy Rich Asians doesn't even have a token Indian representation in its cast or crew(I did catch a Sardarji valet in a hotel driveway shot) Searching, the new thriller released just a week after the hysterically applauded Crazy Rich Asians, is again giving Asians a renewed and exceptional identity in world cinema.
And this one is directed by the Indo-American filmmaker Aneesh Chaganty whose roots are in Hyderabad. Chaganty worked for a couple of years with Google before gravtitating full-time to filmmaking.
His stunning directorial debut Searching is set in the cyber universe where a distraught father attempts to locate his missing daughter.
Interestingly Chaganty, who grew up on a staple diet of Bollywood and Hollywood films,pitched Searching to the studios as a 8-minute short film. It was the producers who suggested that Chaganty turn the short film into a full-length feature film. The director initially declined the offer arguing that he didn't want to stretch a good idea beyond a point.
However Aneesh Chaganty did finally make Searching as a feature film.Released on August 24 the film, made on a shoestrong budget with Korean star John Cho in the lead, has already established Chaganty as a filmmaker to reckon with. The ultimate compliment for this small-budgeted blockbuster came from the Crazy Rich Asians crew when they booked an entire theatre to watch Chaganty's film.
The young filmmaker names Manoj Night Shyamalan as his main influence. No doubt Chaganty's thriller-noire approach to cinema makes him the new 'Night' among Indo-American filmmakers. I fervently hope Chaganty's career doesn't follow Shyamalan's trajectory.
There was a time after The Sixth Sense when Manoj Shayamalan who likes to be called 'Night' was seen as the brightest filmmakers from India in Hollywood.And then it all fell apart, film by film.Unbreakable that followed The Sixth Sense was received fairly. But soon after,Manoj rapidly declined into the night with Signs(2002), The Village(2004), The Lady In Water(2006) , The happening(2008) and worst of all the 3D abomination The Air Bender which apart from other atrocities, also revealed Dev 'Slumdog' Patel to be an extremely inept actor.To be honest one thought The Air Bender to be a kind of closure on Mr Shyamalam's career as spook merchant.We thought it couldn't get any worse.
But it did.
In how many more ways could Shyamalan tell the same Sixth Sense story over and over again? The eerie has become progressively dreary in Shayamalan's oeuvre.
I remember just before the release of The Happening(not happening at all) I asked Shyamalan why his career lost momentum after The Sixth Sense.
Protesting loudly the filmmaker said, "I hear this a lot in India. It feels like everyone is five years behind. You can't judge my career by the box office alone."
Agreed, but I do hope Aneesh Chaganty remembers that being the new Shyamalan doesn't mean that you turn blind to reality. Night can never be described as day.
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Metascore®Generally unfavorable reviewsbased on a weighted average of allcritic review scores.
Green Lantern was meant to be a sci-fi adventure, but it proves to be a genuine mystery. How could its megamoola budget have yielded a production that looks almost as tacky as "Flash Gordon" (which had the good grace to deprecate itself at every turn)?
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For a movie that touts the importance of humanity, Green Lantern is a strangely lifeless spectacle.
Reynolds makes Hal a perfectly functional comic-book hero, but there's a big difference between functional and super.
Serves up all the requisite elements with enough self-deprecating humor to suggest it doesn't take itself too seriously.
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OK for kids 12+
Entertaining but superficial superhero thriller.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that this big-screen take on the classic comic book superhero, starring Ryan Reynolds as a cocky test pilot who morphs into a superhero, offers lots of fast-paced, combat-filled action, much of it cartoonish in nature. And the movie's Parallax monster is pretty scary (especially for younger kids), but there's isn't much in the way of blood or gore -- though one scene does show a syringe going into a character's eye. The movie is humorous at some moments and intense during others; it superficially addresses heavy topics like death and childhood trauma. Expect infrequent swearing ("s--t," "a--hole," etc.), some drinking (mostly social, by adults), flirting, kissing, and a shot or two of characters in skimpy apparel (one after an implied one-night stand).
Messages: The movie has a pretty powerful (if superficially explored) message: It's OK to admit fear; it's the first step to overcoming it -- though acting out of fear can destroy you. And when you're called to greatness, take heed.
Role models: Though he's a bit of a cad, Hal Jordan is a good guy with a caring heart and a fearless nature that he harnesses for good. There are villains, too, but they're clearly portrayed as such and are ultimately doomed.
Violence: The main monster, the Parallax, is pretty scary and could definitely frighten younger children. The movie is filled with loud explosions and battle scenes, mostly involving a lot of punching and throwing and, in one case, deadly light rays that sear through a character's core. There's little blood or gore, though in one scene, a syringe is shown plunging into a character's eye. Another tries to attack his own father.
Sex: Some flirting and kissing; a couple is shown briefly under the covers on a bed. It's implied that Hal has had a one-night stand (he's shown in his underwear). Brief cleavage shot.
Language: Occasional use of words like "s--t," "a--hole," "goddammit," "hell," "son of a bitch," "crap," "damn," "goddamn," and "bastard"; a character gives another the finger.
Consumerism: A few labels/brands visible, including Pabst, Apple, and an LG phone. And given that it's a superhero film, expect off-screen product tie-ins, too.
Drinking, drugs and smoking: Some drinking of beer and hard liquor at a bar, but no one gets sloshed. Social drinking at parties.
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