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Former South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore is Exhibit A for those who think South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney should skip his third year of college football.
Lattimore might have been the top running back prospect in this year's draft, before a gruesome knee injury in October made his draft stock freefall, and cost him many thousands of dollars.
But Lattimore told NFL.com's Jeff Darlington he thought the NFL's rule requiring players be three years removed from high school before they can enter the draft was a good one.
"I feel like it's more of a maturity thing, as far as waiting three years," Lattimore said. "I feel like it's fair, I really do. I feel like three years is the right thing to do.
"It's a matter of maturing, getting stronger. If you leave after your second year, you're 19 years old playing against 30 year olds."
Lattimore said he was "cool with the rule," even if he might have been ready for such a leap himself after last season.
And he thinks Clowney accepts the rule as well, even though it keeps him out of a draft he might have been the top pick in.
"He's a great player," Lattimore said. "He's going to be the No. 1 pick overall. But he's a guy that, he can't sit out a year. That's what kind of person he is. I mean, he's not going to miss a year of football."
Perhaps not, but he's also not going to do much to elevate his draft stock either, which means it can only go down from here.


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Consider well the altruism found here (to the great chagrin of 'detractors').
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John Carroll quarterback Jarrod Kilburn is blogging the Blue Streaks' trip to play St. Norbert in Ireland. This is his entry from Thursday, the day before Friday's game:
Today started with a wake-up call at 6:45 a.m. (Dublin time) and then breakfast shortly thereafter. Pretty similar to an American breakfast, except here the bacon is more like pounded ham. An interesting, but pretty good, difference. Once we finished, we loaded the bus around 8:15 and traveled to the University College Dublin for today's practice. This one was especially cool because there were four other teams on four other fields right next to us at the same time, something that we're not accustomed to. After practice, we showered and walked the campus of UDC where the Vice President gave us a brief talk about the school and the graduate programs that they offer around 12:00 p.m. Lunch came next, which introduced us to Irish chocolate. It was unbelievably good and pretty funny to see a bunch of college football players acting like kids trying different types of candy bars and going crazy over them. Strength and conditioning coaches everywhere would have cringed at the display. I'm pretty sure I ate as much or more candy than I did for lunch.
When finished around 1:00, we walked back across campus and bused to Donnybrook Stadium, the rugby pitch that will serve as our stadium Friday night. At that point, everything surrounding this whole trip sunk in – we really were in Ireland to open up our 2012 season as part of this amazing event. I was so excited to finally take the field for the first time and took something like fifty pictures of it from all different angles and locations. The field was nice – stadium seating on St. Norbert's sideline with standing room only seating behind ours, and grass that was in pretty good condition. It won't be much of a change for us from our turf back home, which certainly helps when you're the away team. From there we bused to Trinity College, the premier school in Dublin and maybe all of Ireland. The campus was gorgeous and awesome to see first-hand, especially since it housed the Book of Kells and the library that was featured in the most recent "Star Wars" movies. Unfortunately, everything that we saw on the tour we will have to recall from memory as taking pictures wasn't allowed.
Shortly after finishing the tour and checking out the book store, we walked from Trinity to a street in downtown Dublin for the parade to kickoff GIFT 2012 at 3:00. All twelve teams and their respective bands and cheerleaders marched in it and it caused the majority of streets in the area we were in to be completely closed down. At first, I was a little skeptical of how the parade would be received since American football is nowhere near as popular here as rugby or Gaelic football. However, once it started I was amazed at the turnout and reception — it was packed! Parents, alums, and Dubliners alike lined the sidewalks to capture all the action and show their support. I did as best I could to both soak in the moment and make sure that I took enough pictures to remember it. I think it's safe to say we left the parade with a slight edge in the eyes of the Irish thanks to the little vinyl footballs the school provided us to throw out during it. Never underestimate how crazy people will go for promotional items. The parade wrapped up back at Trinity College with a rally. All teams sent a player representative with the head coach up to the stage to be honored while delegates and organizers talked about the event. It was unbelievable to have everyone in one spot, especially since we were able to mix in with the other teams and get to know some of their guys.
Once the rally ended, we bused back to our hotel for dinner at 8:00 and then straight to a team meeting at 9, which to say was inspiring would be an insult. Coach Scafe got us so fired up we were ready to go out and play the game on the 18th fairway right then. St. Norbert's has been all we've been thinking about since our season ended last year and excited can't begin to describe our team's sentiments about the game tomorrow. It's going to be hard sleeping tonight, that is for sure. 7:30 p.m. tomorrow can't come soon enough.
More on the John Carroll-St. Norbert game in Dublin:
Kilburn's entry from John Carroll's travel day and first day there.
Blue Streaks | Green Knights | Kilburn's bio | JCU in Kickoff ' 12 | G.I.F.T. | Broadcast | Game notes
St. Norbert senior DB Josh Vanden Heuvel's video blog with WLUK-TV in Green Bay


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Interview with Michael J. Totten
I've spent enough time in Egypt and interviewed enough people there to know that authentic liberals (in the general, classical, sense of the word) are thin on the ground, but they do exist and Samuel Tadros is one of them.
Fortunately for us—and unfortunately for his country—he left and lives now in Washington.
Last year he published his first book, Motherland Lost, which I reviewed for the Wall Street Journal, and he returns now with a short book (a long essay between covers) called Reflections on the Revolution in Egypt published by the Hoover Institution.
He and I spoke about it a couple of days ago.
MJT: You make a strong case in your book that the Egyptian revolutionaries commonly described as liberals are not really liberals. So who are these people really, and why do you suppose the West misunderstood them?
Samuel Tadros: They are really an amalgam of groups and individuals who took a stand against Mubarak. Some of them were Nasserists whose complaint with the regime was that it abrogated the promises made by Gamal Abdel Nasser [after the military coup of 1952]. They were upset about Mubarak's internal policies as well as his policies toward Israel and the United States. Others were revolutionary socialists unhappy with the regime's economic policies.
Most of the original revolutionaries before the crowds joined in were Nasserists and socialists, though some were what we could call proto-liberals. These were intellectuals who didn't have strong convictions, and they didn't really understand political liberalism, but the word "liberal" sounded good to them. Communism was less attractive to these people after the fall of the Soviet Union. Everyone abroad was talking about liberalism in Egypt, donors were seeking like minded Egyptians, so some Egyptians adopted the label for themselves without really understanding liberal ideas.
The West misunderstood them because of the natural tendency to find a good guy in the story, someone who looks like yourself. It's hard to tell Americans there are no good guys. Everyone who was not an Islamist and not a supporter of the Mubarak regime assumed that role, but hardly anyone examined what these people were actually saying. Many of the revolutionary socialists, for instance, were offended when they were called liberals.
MJT: When the revolutionary socialists hear the word "liberal," what do they think that means?
Samuel Tadros: Of all the groups in Egypt, the revolutionary socialists have the best understanding of political liberalism, partly because they are so strongly against it. They are especially against liberal economic policy. They don't want an open economy. They're also strongly opposed to procedural democracy. They don't want to limit it only to the political sphere. They think it should be implemented everywhere, especially in the workplace. They want it inside companies between owners and employees.
The revolutionary socialists understand liberalism, but the other groups have only a shallow understanding of it. Some of them claimed to be liberals, but their behavior was extremely anti-liberal. They say they support human rights, but only for themselves, not for other people, especially people they're against politically. Their discourse is extremely anti-Semitic and they tortured people in Tahrir Square.
This should not come as a surprise to anyone given the lack of liberal discourse in Egypt. It would be impossible to find five books in Arabic that stand for liberalism. The great canon of Western civilization is not available in Arabic.
MJT: Expand a bit on that torture business. Those incidents aren't widely known outside Egypt.
Samuel Tadros: The core revolutionaries believed the Mubarak regime was pure evil, that it was all powerful, and that nobody supported it. So any person they encountered who was against the revolution was automatically assumed to be working for this enormous powerful state. Anyone who disagreed with the protestors was accused of working for the secret police.
I'm sure Mubarak had informers in Tahrir Square. Any regime would have sent informers down there. But the revolutionaries didn't know who these people were, and they created a small prison inside the square for people arrested by the revolutionaries. They conducted justice in the square as if it were an independent state. You can see videos on YouTube of people who were tortured by the revolutionaries, who were arrested and beaten.
This revolutionary justice, the taking of the law into their own hands, was seen again when police stations were attacked with Molotov cocktails. Policemen were beaten and killed in the streets. The revolution is often described as peaceful, but that's not entirely correct. It was peaceful compared with the civil war in Syria, but more than 800 people were killed during the 18 days before Mubarak was removed from power. Police stations were burned and ransacked. Weapons were stolen. There was a lot of violence then.
MJT: Your book includes a sentence that really struck me. You wrote that the revolutionaries were completely ignorant of the country they sought to transform. How could they be so ignorant of their own country, and what exactly did they not understand?
Samuel Tadros: Egypt is a large country. There are around 90 million people, but 20 million people live in one city. It's tempting to be blinded by Cairo. It's a humongous city. So it's not surprising that people who spend all their days in Cairo and only leave to go to the north coast on vacation would mistake Cairo for Egypt. Many of them have hardly seen the rest of the country.
They also saw the revolution as a struggle between black and white, between good and evil, between a corrupt regime and forces for change. That kind of struggle doesn't require people to get involved in the details of the society. They didn't want to see any gray in the story. For them, it had to be black and white.
And they don't understand how politics really works. They entered politics through the human rights NGOs, which are inflexible and demanding, rather than the traditional method which requires you to visit villages, campaign, mobilize the vote, and make compromises with your opponents.
MJT: What do you think of Egypt's new ruler General Sisi?
Samuel Tadros: He's an extremely problematic figure. For someone who is now becoming Egypt's president, for a long time we didn't know much about him. He's had an exceptional rise to power to say the least. But now we can see who the man really is, and it's not pretty.
His view of the state's relationship to the society is totalitarian. He's not Adolf Hitler or Josef Stalin, but he sees no separation between the state and anything else. He views every aspect of the public and private sphere as an organic part of the state. When he talks about religion, for example, he says it's his job as Egypt's president to oversee the morals of the society. He thinks the media must work in harmony with the state in order to further Egypt's national interest. Every businessman is expected to work in a harmonious way with the state.
MJT: He isn't Hitler, but he does look a bit like Mussolini.
Samuel Tadros: He's completely ignorant of how economics works. He's probably a competent military officer. He can do the things he's supposed to be good at—managing soldiers and tanks, etc. But he doesn't understand the complexity of the modern economy.
And he did not view himself as a candidate who needed to win the support of the people. He viewed the people's demonstrations against the Muslim Brotherhood as support for himself. He expects people to support him. He does not seem to think anyone should expect anything from him as a candidate. He had no campaign platform.
And lastly he's a man with a very bad temper. Ministers who served with him after the coup said he banged his fists on the table whenever he heard something he didn't like. He was easily provoked during media interviews, and these interviews were completely controlled by the military. Even then we saw outbursts of anger.
MJT: What's the deal with his government claiming it found the cure for the HIV virus?
Samuel Tadros: That's North Korean level lunacy. The military held a press conference and claimed Egypt found the cure for HIV and Hepatitis C. They say they can cure it with a device that looks similar to the device used to find bombs.
The public was shocked when the military announced this.
Ibrahim Abdel-Atti says the machine transforms the virus into nutrition. "I take AIDS from the patient," he said, "and feed the patient on AIDS. I give it to him as a kebab skewer to feed on. I take the disease and I give it to him as food." I'm not exaggerating. That's actually what he said. The military claimed that by next year the entire country will be cured of HIV and Hepatitis C.
MJT: Did anybody actually believe this?
Samuel Tadros: Unfortunately, yes. There are those who under pressure will relent and say it's probably crazy, but many people are afraid of what this tells us about our military. They don't want to face the fact that lunatics are running the country.
MJT: Sisi has basically declared war on the Muslim Brotherhood, but I doubt that's a war he can win.
Samuel Tadros: It depends on how you define the word "win." The Brotherhood's organization has been dealt a heavy blow, but that's different from political Islam as an ideology. Political Islam won't disappear any time soon, the reasons for the emergence of Islamism, the crisis of modernity and Egypt's failure to find a place for itself under the sun are still there and there is no political ideology that can compete with Islamism at the moment, but the organization itself has really been hurt. The Brotherhood recruitment has stopped for eleven months. There are no new members joining the ranks.
The weekly meetings have been disrupted. Not only the first tier of leadership, but also the second and third tiers of leadership are in prison. So I think it's possible for Sisi to win a war against the organization.
But where will the rest of the members go if there is no organization? There are hundreds of thousands of them. And these are not like people who decide to join the Democratic or Republican parties in the US where they can leave any time they want at the first sign of trouble. Muslim Brotherhood members commit five to eight years of their lives to become accepted. They study hard and are examined five times, and they go through all this despite personal risk to themselves. It was no fun becoming a Muslim Brotherhood member under Hosni Mubarak. They were often arrested. They spent time in jail. Their promotions might have been affected. Their businesses might have been confiscated. These people were extremely committed to the cause.
Where will they go? That's the big question.
MJT: I worry they'll become more extreme and violent. What else are they going to do? It's either that or quit, right? And like you said the Muslim Brotherhood isn't an easy thing to quit.
Samuel Tadros: Definitely. But that doesn't necessarily mean they will become jihadis.
Islamism has been dealt tremendous blows. It's still powerful as an ideology, but all the methods attempted to achieve it have failed. Ayman al-Zawahiri may be correct in pointing out to the Muslim Brotherhood that their attempt to work within the political system has failed, but his approach hasn't been successful either. Thirteen years after the September 11 attacks, what has he accomplished? The jihadis are no closer to achieving the dream than the Brotherhood.
Look at the failures of the jihadists and the fighting between jihadists in places like Syria between ISIS and Nusra. Is that what people should aspire to? Salafism hasn't been successful either, nor is educating people and transforming them one step at a time.
So we've reached an interesting moment in history. The ideology remains coherent and powerful, but all the means to achieve it are proven failures. Where does that leave us? That's the question.
MJT: Do you know the answer?
Samuel Tadros: Some of the Muslim Brotherhood members will become jihadis, but others will move to what I would call revolutionary Islamism, which would be violent but not jihadist. That may sound contradictory, but I'm talking about a low-level violent insurgency within the cities. Not car bombs in markets, but throwing Molotov cocktails at police stations. They will kill police officers, but they won't mount sophisticated military operations like the jihadists in Syria. They will focus on traditional revolutionary activities in the streets.
We already have seen the beginnings of such a movement even before the coup. Young people who gathered around azem Salah Abu Ismail and formed Hazemoon. It would make Ali Shariati, the Iranian Shia scholar, quite proud. It's a mixture of Islamism and a Marxist discourse on the people in one package. This would be a tremendous development. Sunni Islam has never been revolutionized in this way before.
MJT: Right. The Iranian revolutionaries were like that in 1979.
If President Obama were to ask you for advice on formulating a new Egypt policy, what would you tell him?
Samuel Tadros: That's the toughest question in the world.
A lot of people think the US is extremely limited in what it can accomplish, but I disagree. The Brotherhood strongly reacts to public pressure, especially Western public pressure. If Washington had tried to force the Brotherhood to abide by certain standards, the Brotherhood might have decided to take a slower route.
As for Sisi, there is an important debate in Washington about human rights, about American values versus American interests, but I think that blinds us to another serious question. Will Egypt's new regime advance American interests in the first place?
MJT: I don't think so.
**Samuel Tadros: **Two points concern me in particular. One is the very strong anti-American conspiracy theories that are being sponsored and spread by the Egyptian regime. This government isn't acting at all like a friend or ally of the United States and what it's doing will have powerful ramifications, not only on Egyptian views of the US but also on actual events.
For instance, the names of Egyptian employees at the US Embassy were published in newspapers and they were attacked as traitors. An employee at the embassy was arrested and accused of being a secret link between the American conspiracy and the Muslim Brotherhood.
And there's the question of whether Sisi's policies toward the Muslim Brotherhood is creating a larger problem for the US in the future. He might think he can control the situation in the Sinai, but that will take a very long time if it ever even occurs. Will his actions create a higher risk of attacks in the Suez Canal? Will his actions create more radicalization in Egypt? These are things the US needs to be thinking about.
I haven't yet answered you about what President Obama should do, but I think the real question should be whether or not the regime will help US interests.
MJT: I doubt it.
Samuel Tadros: I doubt it too. But that doesn't mean the US and Egypt should become completely detached. US interests in Egypt are complicated—stability, the right of passage on the Suez Canal, the right for planes to cross Egyptian air space, Egypt's peace treaty with Israel, and Egypt as a potential moderate force in the region in general.
But I think there is a tendency in the US to view Egypt as more important than it really is. That's partly a result of the Cold War. The Egypt that forged a strategic relationship with America in the 1970s no longer exists. Egypt is not such a powerful state anymore. Egypt's previous role has been filled by a variety of states, including Saudi Arabia and even Qatar. I don't think this realization has hit Washington yet.
MJT: What about the US aid money to the Egyptian government? Should we cut if off? I'm increasingly convinced that we should.
Samuel Tadros: If you cut off the aid money the question is, what happens next? Egypt would be shocked, partly because the government views that money as its natural right. They signed the treaty with Israel for US money. That was the deal. And Egypt kept its end of the bargain. There's a strong sense of entitlement there.
The government even thinks it should get more money because inflation has made it worth less than in the 1970s.
Thanks to the rampant conspiracy theories and anti-Semitism, the government believes the US is completely controlled by the Jews, which means they're safe as long as they maintain the relationship with the United States and keep the peace. As long as they do that, the US would never dare touch them.
They think they understand the US, but they don't. And US policy has reinforced this belief. They truly believe that no matter what they do, the aid will never be touched.
If the aid is cut tomorrow, it will send powerful shock waves through Egypt. And Egypt will not turn to Russia. Russia can't sustain or become a sponsor of a country like Egypt. And Egypt can't just change its military doctrine, its equipment, and its weaponry over to the Russian system. That would take a generation.
So if you cut off the aid money, it will create an enormous shock in Egypt that would lead to a reassessment of everything. They would be forced to re-examine their policies and how they've been conducting themselves. Money from the Gulf might replace the money Egypt receives from the US, but it can't replace the prestige attached to its relationship with the US. Sisi studied at a US military academy for a year. So did the minister of defense. Those relationships are much more important than the money the Gulf can supply.
MJT: Would the Egyptian government's reassessment push it in a good direction or a bad direction?
Samuel Tadros: In a good direction, I think. It would destroy their entire understanding about how the world works and force them to change.


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Revision as of 09:49, 24 September 2007
WTP Architecture Working Group
- Update our high level architecture document
- Make current with how things currently are (add, JSF, JPA, DTP, etc.)
- Make current with how we want things to be (improved componentization, etc)
- Make a Projects View
- Make a Features View
- Make recommendations that are important to release 3.0, such as
- Can we install and/or enable proper capabilities for various install scenarios?
- Should/can some plugins move to better components/features?
- Work with project leads for the "bottoms up" perspective, and address what's realistic
Minutes 9/14
Attendees: Konstantin, Nitin, Cameron, David W, Tim dB
Some of the discussion topics:
- Long term, should/can we use the build to enforce architecture?
- We can build things separately, but build currently assumes things go in a single order, i.e. once things are built they are available to all future components that build.
- Should the foundation supply build infrastructure?
- They already provide machines and much infrastructure.
- Build project has been suggested before, and other teams have tried to promote their build technology. There has been little interest.
- Maybe just common scripts or mechanisms for sharing?
- WTP structure is now several projects, each with core vs UI and wst vs jst split.
- Suggestion of packaging individual features or components for download. Could be on a separate download page, but would allow adopters to get exactly what they want.
- Is that overkill?
- Unclear how 3.4 provisioning work might affect features.
- We should break components up as wst/jst when we look at dependencies.
- Will want to eventually investigate core/UI split too.
- Should tests be included as part of a component?
- In practice we should have component level tests (part of a component) and project/cross-component tests. In reality most tests are component level, but some components have cross-component tests too.
- General agreement we should look at our dependencies without tests (to investigate the clean/runtime view of things) and also compare to see what dependencies tests add.
- Discussed Konstantin's visualization tool, Tim's dependency tool
- Cyclic dependencies are bad. :)
- What about other dependencies, esp. JDT?
- Should come up with a view of what requires JDT and what doesn't.
- JEM and EMF both have non-JDT/JDT split as well.
- Konstantin: Check on legal issues and send out source to tool
- Tim: Start modifying tool to read K's component format, start editing existing wiki page, setup next meeting
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The ease of use of Google Maps' new satellite imagery integration is going to have some interesting implications.
A few days ago, Google integrated its Keyhole technology into Google Maps, allowing an easy one-click switch between map data and satellite imagery.
It's a mind-blowing use of technology. If you've played with the full version of Keyhole before, the novelty is a bit dampened (especially since the web data is quite a bit lower in resolution), but the ability to toggle back and forth between map and satellite views is insanely useful for establishing a sense of scale.
Interesting things are happening already. Matt Haughey has been exploring and annotating what he's finding. Jeff Veen thinks it's a fulfillment of an Orwellian prophesy, by the people instead of by the government. Privacy concerns for the individual? Well, there are bound to be those. Read the comments on Jeff's "Google is Watching" post for intelligent rebuttals — it's not even close to real time data for one, and Flickr has much more potential as a surveillance tool anyway.
But corporate and environmental whistle-blowing? Let's kick that off right in my own backyard. The province of British Columbia has a huge and thriving forestry industry. There are a lot of things one could say about trade tariffs and exporting practices and pine beetles and other business concerns, as they've been in the media lately. I have mixed feelings about that industry in general, as it is important to the local economy, and I've done my share of work for companies that earn their money from cutting down trees.
But that's as far as I'll go to defend it. A picture is worth a thousand words and all that, so here's a 4000 word essay on what the forestry industry is doing in British Columbia, as of whatever the date was when the satellite snapped these. Click through any image to get to the Google Maps bookmark of the same, it's worth it to move around a bit and get a sheer sense of scale (and see how much more there is to this than what I've depicted in these 4 shots.)
What's it like on the ground in one of these clear cut areas? Well, if you're lucky and the operators of the cut have actually replanted anything, it's generally a young glade of small but healthy trees.
If they haven't, it's ugly. The bleak ground is covered with gnarled and torn wood left behind to rot in the elements, and muddy where the root systems that used to keep the soil together have died. It's disgustingly barren, while at the same time being impassable due to the amount of dead vegetation littering the destroyed ecosystem. I wish I had some photos of that, perhaps I'll see what I can dig up.
For what it's worth, I've got a collection of interesting Google Maps sights here:
I'll be updating it as I find interesting new spots.
Mapquest also used to let you view satellite images of their maps, but that was a while ago. And of course, you couldn't scroll around like you can with Google.
Also, I was under the impression that forestry, when done correctly, is actually good for the environment. See here: http://www.safnet.org/aboutforestry/envrbene.cfm
Peter, there were a few comments on Jeff Veen's article along the same lines. MapQuest and others have had satellite photos for ages, it's just the Google UI that's turning heads this time around. I'm not sure how the data sets compare though.
Re: forestry. Perhaps. It should probably be noted that the publication you linked is put out by a Forestry society. I've heard the same arguments before though, and I'm neither agreeing nor disagreeing with them. Seeing what I see on the maps, I'd have a hard time believing the scale of forestry in this province is healthy.
Wow, using satellite imagery to put the effects of logging into perspective. Now that's cool (in a sad way).
My Dad lives in Southern Oregon, an area that is heavily reliant on the logging industry and the visible effects of this are everywhere (from the ground). I went ahead and checked out that part of Oregon with Google Maps and it looks virgin compared to the land you have shown around Vancouver. That is very sad.
See (Southern Oregon):
It's true that forest needs maintenence to be healthy. Mother Nature used to take care of this "herself" by means of forest fires — but the U.S. has had a policy of putting out fires for most of the 20th century.
Harvesting can also be helpful, but if we're talking solely in terms of forest health, the ideal things to harvest aren't marketable — it's dead trees, diseased trees and underbrush.
Selective harvesting of healthy wood can fit into an ecosystem without destroying it, but clearcutting as it is practiced is never good for the ecosystem. The closest we could get, if we want to clearcut, would be to cut, then burn the whole area with a controlled burn and re-seed to simulate a catastrophic forest fire, but it's far cheaper for the lumber companies to just clear-cut, so they generally won't do anything else unless forced to by government.
I have a really good picture of a clear cut here. Okay, so not great, because my camera sucked, but it shows the ugliness. That hill used to be full of trees.
> U.S. has had a policy of putting out fires for most of the 20th century
Not in National Parks, at least until the fire grows out of control.
As Dave shows, this isn't just a US problem.
I forgot to include the url!
This is a great post, Dave, thanks for those images. Forestry is just one of those gut-wrenching things that you realise is a necessity, but is still way overdone, and the end product often misused and wasted.
I wonder if wood will one day be grown hydroponically, like those tomatoes? Wouldn't that be weird…
For irony's sake I searched flicker until I found a picture of logging tied to British Columbia. Here it is:
I catch clearcuts in Oregon every time I head out into the hills to hike or run. Here's a shot I took last year, around the Silver Falls area, outside of Salem, OR.
I really don't think you zoomed out far enough to show the full impact of the forestry industry.
The image basically shows the majority of the northern half of interior BC. The Coast Mountains in the bottom-left side of the image and the Rocky's in the top-right. Prince George is in the bottom-right corner. Even if you were to zoom out to a view of the entire province, you could still see the impact of the cuts. The forested areas in Alberta are treated the same.
I'm studying geography at the University of Calgary and look at satellite imagery all the time. Its funny how quickly you become desensitized to clearcuts because they are in basically every image you see of a forest environment.
On another note: One problem I have with Google Maps and most of the online map services is that they don't have scales. I don't think it would be a hard calculation to put on a ratio scale, yet it is a very critical component of any map (ex: 1:50,000).
Thanks for the informative post helping to expose some of the devastation from the logging industry. I think the general public has no idea how much of our forests are being wiped out. Being exposed to imagery would help. The clear cuts aren't that apparent just driving around, at least here in Oregon. I think we have some sort of law that defines scenic buffers (which are very narrow, something like 200 feet) but what are they there for except to hide the truth from the public?
Anyway the Google Maps imagery is certainly cool. I got lost for several hours just checking stuff out the other day. The view Mount St. Helens is one of my favorites - http://maps.google.com/maps?q=cougar,wa&ll=46.211243,-122.186852&spn=0.232430,0.239983&t=k&hl=en)
Mappy (for European maps) also have a similar service for ages, although it was made in Macromedia Flash. But you can also move in the map in "Satellite mode", and switch from satellite to normal map with a convenient slide. :)
http://www.mappy.fr/ if you're interested (look for "Eiffel tower" in Paris, for example :-); the slide is in the top left corner.
Wow! Now THAT's a great use of technology. Good thinking.
I know how they hide these things from the main road, but it is still a little shocking to see from this perspective. I drove through Prince George a couple years ago and you can't see much of this.
When I got back from that trip I was telling a friend about how they "hide" clear cuts, and he wouldn't really believe me. Good work on the google-photomaps, they should help.
BTW, I think it is even a little more nefarious down in Oregon … where they tend to grow beautiful replanted forests right along the road… and leave you to believe they do that everywhere.
>> U.S. has had a policy of putting out fires for most of the 20th century
> Not in National Parks, at least until the fire grows out of control.
It is true that natural fires in National Parks (I'm not sure how National Forests fires are managed) are now allowed to burn (unless it is expected to grow out of control), however, the policy was to put out fires in until the latter decades of the 20th century. The huge, out of control fire in Yellowstone in 1988 was in part because there was a large buildup of fuel. On average, the Ponderosa Pine forest that covered much of the western United States would have small natural fires every few years keeping down the fuel that allows fires to grow out of control today. Mechanical thinning is important if these forests are to remain healthy without fires.
Unfortunately, these photos are tangible evidence of a legacy too much focus on volume rather than higher value products. If we're going to decrease the unsustainable rate of cut, but maintain forestry employment levels, we need to value-add every tree cut down in BC. A continued expansion of raw log exports will increase the prevalence of such pictures into the future.
Such a shame. As you say, it'll be interesting what sort of impact the 'availability' to this kind of information Google provides, has on public opinion if it were to be taken advantage of well.
Another site similar, though only covers Spain and uses Java, though no less interesting: http://sigpac.mapa.es/fega/visor/
Mezzoblue has been under my "Design" folder in NetNewsWire for a while, now I may have to move it to the "Work" folder. :)
I'm the web designer for Rainforest Action Network (http://www.ran.org/) and we have been campaigning for change in giant logging companies around the world for the last twenty years. We've had same major victories, too. Boise-Cascade signed a policy agreement with us to stop logging old growth forests just last year.
I guess I'm saying that as nasty as these photos look, there's no need to feel completely helpless. RAN is currently campaigning against Weyerhaeuser, a major player in the Pacific Northwest and it's not hard to get involved.
We've actually got an action coming up soon in Seattle. If you show up, Dave, I'll buy your book. Deal?
(Though I have to admit I'll probably buy your book anyway as soon as I finish Cederholm's.)
Will Google maps actually let you look at government locations, like the White house or Fort Knox or the Pentagon?
Creepy stuff.
this should be simple. but it's not working for me. how do i capture the url of the zoomed in location?
Anyone know of any good, reputable programs for reforesting? Places that people or businesses could donate to and be sure that their money is being used wisely to plant new trees?
Since it's not likely that the loggers would stop, how do we make things better in the meantime? Are they selling the land that they have stripped?
Just some thoughts to ponder and talk on.
The US government does withhold the right to use what's called "shutter control" to limit collection and distribution of satellite imagery. The problem is, it only applies to US-based satellites such as LandSat, ORBVIEW-3, IKONOS and Quickbird.
There are many other satellites out there that can produce high spatial resolution imagery such as the French SPOT satellite series, the Indian IRS, and EROS. All of them outside of US control.
Because of this, there is very little reason for the US to implement shutter control.
China recently launched what is believed to be a high spatial resolution satellite called ZY-2, though there's very little info about it as you can imagine.
Wow. That's absolutely insane. I posted this: http://romeda.org/index.php?p=54 last night, without having seen your post. Crazy serendipity.
Dave, I'm moving back to Vancouver Island in June, the clear cutting there is equally as devastating.
There were some beautiful spots that have just been ruined by the mowing down of the forestry (the drive to Tofino springs to mind).
Just found evidence of massive runoff pollution near Tijuana, Mexico. Check out this map and then zoom out a bit to see the runoff plume trail down the coast. Pretty nasty.
I think it would be remiss of me to not mention Multimap's similar functionality. The difference is that Multimap lays a semi-transparent map on top of the aerial photo. For example, Waterloo Station in London:
Two great spoofs of the supreme power of Google Maps:
Google Maps uncover secrets of Silicon Valley corporations
Office worker uses Google Maps to pinpoint exact location in cubicle
I would assume the clearcutting seen in these photos is from 2001/2002, as apparently a lot of this satellite imagery is a few years old.
(As a side-note, I used to work at a sawmill in BC while in highschool.)
If and when more detailed imagery is made available, I wouldn't be surprised if people were to start hunting for BC's other famous "cash crops" via satellite.
I was thinking this very same thing the other day while browsing google's satellite imagery of British Columbia. Of course, the extent of the damage is clear to anyone who flies over in a plane on a sunny day. I hope these images get much more publicity…
I was checking out the clearcuts in our province the other day as well via google maps… It's gross, but I too am desensitized to a degree, as I was a treeplanter at one point and a cutblock became a place to make a bit of money. A whole lot of my friends rely on planting, brushing or fire fighting in the summer to sustain themselves and I am glad that's at least an option to do that type of work if need be. The forestry industry is so ingrained into our lives, not just with paper and lumber, but employment in general especially for us here in BC. It can't keep up like this forever though.
29 - Good call! Damn…
Disclaimer: I used to live in Prince George, and I used to work in the forestry industry. I also consider myself to be something of an environmentalist as well, so there.
I don't think I can defend everything the industry does. There's definitely a lot of bad stuff happening, and if the people and government don't control the industry, it sure the hell isn't going to do it by itself.
That said…
Keep in mind that the source satellite imagery for these maps are not showing the true colours that you'd actually see on the ground. In that way, it's somewhat deceptive.
The purpose of satellite imagery is so it can be used for analysis, so they're going to colour it to show contrast. They've just picked fairly natural colouring so it looks somewhat pretty and lifelike - but keep in mind that it is not.
The extent of the logging is clearly detailed. What isn't so clear from the imagery is how well the various differently coloured areas are regenerating.
Looking at the imagery, it looks like all those areas have just been cut, and are not regenerating. But if you physically have been to many of those areas, you're going to see forests that have been growing back for 5, 10, 15, or 20 years. Of course, in the interior (Prince George area), it takes 70+ years before a block is going to be ready to be reharvested again. On the coast, it might only take 30 years.
Use the data for the purpose it was meant for - for doing some hard-core technical analysis. This data could be used to quantify the environmental damage and policy tradeoffs. That's what the particular piece of imagery we're looking at was designed for - not to solicit an emotional response.
No doubt about it, a forest ecosystem that is "in production" is not going to be the same as a preserved all-natural one. One the other hand, we all use wood and paper products in our daily lives, and this is where they come from.
In response to Jim's comments:
It is true that satellite imagery doesn't capture an exact replica of what our eyes see as "true color" but I would hardly say that the satellite imagery is deceptive in this way. The imagery is from LandSat 7 (mostly) using a bands 3, 2, 1 assigned to colours red, green and blue. These bands are there to create an quasi-'true color' image. And sure enhancements are used, but otherwise the thing would appear extremely dark and would be useless (most likely using linear strech to increase contrast).
I believe you can do quite a bit of qualitative analysis on what you do see here without expensive image processing software as long as you know what you're looking at (though its pretty obvious). In the images Dave posted you can clearly see that fresh cuts appear bright and tan-coloured, where as regenerating cuts have a more green in them. Quantitative analysis is a different story, which is where the experts come in.
Similarly, I don't see why imagery can't be used to solicit emotion as well as being used for analysis. How else do you expect society to take notice and work towards enviromentally and somewhat economically viable a solution?
I've created a Google Maps Satellite directory:
Feel free to add other maps as you see fit!
Kamloops… good to see you still think of us here, Dave. :)
I too was looking those images the other day and comment to some co-workers regarding the amount of clear cuts.
Being raised in a household solely supported by timber dollars, it's hard for me. I agree that forest management is a critical issue, but it may be hypocritical of me to say so.
The best point made is the issue of accountability of people in power. The average citizen has every right to be concerned, and now has one more tool to help them prove a point. These images may be a few years old, but they sure paint a not so pleasant picture.
Thanks Dave.
just came across this:
Google Sightseeing!
That's such a sad group of photos, and it broke my heart when I looked at GoogleMaps.
Thank you for sharing.
This article is featured in Wired Magazine (July 2005, page 30)….!
"Graphic designer Dave Shea uses satellite maps to look at the logging industry's opeations in British Columbia…. What's possible: Sat coverage of Brazil so environauts can document rain forest destruction."
How exciting!
If you like Google Maps maybe you like Panoramio.com, a photo-sharing community :
Brian said: "I don't see why imagery can't be used to solicit emotion".
Certainly, this is an honourable intention, as long as you are making a fair representation of reality. It's too easy to manipulate images to achieve whatever effect you want to present. Mark Monmonier's "How To Lie With Maps" applies equally to image analysis.
As an example, this Sierra Club map was subject to considerable discussion when it was originally produced:
and the provincial government created a map using the same data that looked considerably greener.
This left me wondering which was correct, or if neither was. If you manipulate data for emotional impact, you can easily lose credibility.
Brian said: 'I don't see why imagery can't be used to solicit emotion.'
Certainly, this is an honourable intention, as long as you are making a fair representation of reality. It's too easy to manipulate images to achieve whatever effect you want to present. Mark Monmonier's How To Lie With Maps applies equally to image analysis.
If you manipulate data for emotional impact, you can easily lose credibility.


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For that matter, would ESPN let a Republican host [if there are any at the network] shout "Ch-Ch-Ch-Cheney!" to mark an outstanding feat?
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Your automatic transmission needs fluid to operate its hydraulics, lubricate the machinery, and keep the transmission cool. Dirt, debris, or any foreign material in the transmission fluid could wear out transmission parts. The transmission filter's job is to filter out that material so that the transmission fluid can do its job. The transmission filter is housed inside the transmission oil pan, underneath the transmission, at the front of the vehicle.
How do I know if my automatic transmission filter needs to be replaced?
Over time, the material that the filter draws out of the fluid will stick inside the filter and start to clog it up. This will reduce its ability to filter out more material. Eventually, it might keep the fluid from flowing properly. That's why the transmission filter needs to be replaced regularly. Your owner's manual will tell you how frequently to do this. Normally, you will change your transmission fluid and replace the transmission fluid filter at the same time.
If you let the transmission filter go too long, the transmission may begin to exhibit certain symptoms. The transmission may slip or grind when shifting gears, or may suddenly lurch into the next gear. Wear or overheating in the transmission can result in a burning smell, or even, sometimes, smoke coming from the engine compartment. When you finally get around to replacing the filter, you might find that the transmission fluid has a burnt or sludgy appearance.
Can I replace the automatic transmission filter myself?
As part of regular maintenance, replacing a transmission filter is pretty easy, although the job can get a bit messy. You will have to drain the transmission fluid. Be sure to have a drain pan ready. Loosen the bolts from the transmission oil pan to drain the fluid, then remove the bolts and pull off the pan. At this point, you can unbolt the old transmission filter. You'll want to thoroughly clean the transmission oil pan before you reinstall it. It's normal to have a small amount of sludge and metal shavings stuck to the pan. There is a magnet in the pan that catches metal filings. Clean that part extra carefully. Apply gasket sealant and a new gasket to the pan before you reinstall it. Before you reinstall the pan, you'll naturally have to install the new transmission filter and bolt it into place. Then reinstall the pan and insert the bolts. Tighten the bolts to the manufacturer's torque specifications. Over-tightening or under-tightening the bolts can result in transmission fluid leaks. Tighten the bolts in a crisscross pattern to apply even pressure to the pan. Then be sure to add new transmission fluid.


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This 16-3/4" diameter by 3-1/4" high saucer is large enough to catch and contain most dropped seeds. Made from UV-resistant, high-impact polypropylene, it is adaptable to most bird feeders under 7" in diameter that don't have a moving base (zinc-coated hanging hardware included). Drainage holes are small enough to keep in small seeds, such as niger, but larger holes can be drilled for better drainage.
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The Memphis College of Art has filed a $1.5 million building permit with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement for interior work on its Downtown campus, 477 S. Main St.
The permit calls for "interior finish out of fourth and fifth floors" of the 49,025-square-foot building, which the college bought in 2010 for $400,000.
Grinder-Haizlip Construction Co. is the contractor on the permit. No architect is listed.
The Memphis College of Art in April 2010 filed a $2.2 million permit for the first phase of renovating the building, where the college houses its graduate school.
MCA at the time said it would spend about $3 million on the purchase and renovation of the building, slated to house everything from classrooms to studios to gallery space for graduate faculty and students.
Source: The Daily News Online & Chandler Reports
– Daily News staff
Two companies with major local operations have won tax freezes for proposed expansions.
The board of the Economic Development Growth Engine of Memphis and Shelby County has approved payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreements for United Parcel Service and Memphis-based Monogram Foods. The two expansions are expected to add 40 new jobs between them.
UPS was awarded an 11-year PILOT for its plan to invest around $80 million to expand its existing facility at Memphis International Airport by 140,000 square feet. The expansion, which EDGE said would bring in $1.62 in new taxes for every $1 abated, is expected to create 15 new jobs.
Monogram Foods was awarded an eight-year PILOT for its plan to move to a new headquarters at 530 Oak Court Drive in East Memphis.
The $2.1 million project, which EDGE said would produce $1.98 in new tax revenue for every $1 abated, is expected to create 25 new jobs.
– Amos Maki
The Orpheum Theatre's 35th Annual Auction this month was the theater's most successful auction in the history of the event.
According to The Orpheum, the fundraiser brought in more than $330,000 through auctions, sponsorships and ticket sales, and an additional $72,600 through a raffle.
All proceeds benefit the Orpheum's new Centre for Performing Arts, scheduled to break ground in early 2014.
The $14.5 million facility will offer advanced performing arts education programs.
– Andy Meek
Three Republican incumbents and three Shelby County Commission hopefuls were the first six candidates to pull petitions on the opening day of the candidate filing season for the 2014 county elections.
The incumbents with petitions out on opening day were Probate Court Clerk Paul Boyd, Shelby County Clerk Wayne Mashburn and Juvenile Court Clerk Joy Touliatos.
Shelby County Commission candidates pulling petitions were Colonel Gene Billingsley in District 7, David C. Bradford in District 2 and Van Turner in District 12. The county commission's district structure changes for the 2014 county elections to 13 single-member districts. The commission is currently a body of 13 with five districts: one single-member district and four districts with three commissioners each.
The deadline for candidates to file their petitions for the county ballot is Feb. 20. Election day for the county primaries is May 6, with the county general election on Aug. 7.
– Bill Dries
Gov. Bill Haslam is wrapping up his annual budget hearings as he prepares to assemble his annual spending proposal.
The Republican governor was expected to hear from the Tennessee Department of Transportation at the state Capitol on Monday.
Haslam has warned that much of the modest growth in state revenues will be consumed by cost increases in TennCare, the state's expanded Medicaid program.
The governor has asked all departments to present potential spending cuts because of the state's sluggish economic performance.
The state's annual transportation budget is about $1.8 billion. The state makes up about 44 percent of that funding, largely from fuel taxes.
– The Associated Press
Mississippi lawmakers are watching Tuesday's launch of Internet gambling in New Jersey.
House Gaming Committee Chairman Richard Bennett, R-Long Beach, told the Sun Herald in Biloxi that hearings and discussions on Internet gambling are planned during Mississippi's 2014 legislative session.
However, he predicted no action, saying he'd rather let Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware – the three states where Internet gambling is legal – work things out.
"I don't believe we're going to have anything come out on it this session," Bennett said. "It's just too early right now," he said.
But Bennett said he doesn't plan to wait for long. And when lawmakers do act, Bennett said he wants to license only companies that own casinos in Mississippi to provide Internet gambling.
State Rep. Bobby Moak, a Bogue Chitto Democrat and longtime gambling legislation point man, introduced Internet gambling legislation the last two years and says he plans to try again in 2014.
"You have to take some risk," he said.
Moak said Internet gambling will give the casinos and state treasury a boost.
Some websites claim online wagering is already legal in Mississippi because state legislation doesn't specifically ban it. But Allen Godfrey, executive director of the state Gaming Commission, said those claims are wrong.
"Internet gambling is not a legal thing in Mississippi," he said.
Internet gambling in New Jersey isn't restricted to residents, but a gambler must be in the state to wager and must be a club member of a New Jersey casino.
The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes fell in October for the fifth straight month. Higher mortgage rates, price increases and the 16-day government shutdown held back sales.
The National Association of Realtors said Monday that its seasonally adjusted pending home sales index dipped 0.6 percent to 102.1. That's the lowest level since December. September's reading was revised slightly higher to 102.7.
There is generally a one- to two-month lag between a signed contract and a completed sale. The drop suggests final sales will remain weak in the coming months.
The Realtors' group said the shutdown prevented the IRS from verifying incomes, a critical part of the mortgage-approval process. The group said that 17 percent of Realtors reported delays.
Sales may rebound a bit in November as purchases delayed by the shutdown are completed. But sales are not expected to pick up much after that.
"The recovery in home sales has clearly at least stalled," said Jim O'Sullivan, chief U.S. economist with High Frequency Economics, a forecasting firm. "With other data showing the recovery in the labor market still on track, and confidence moving up again, we expect home sales to start trending up again in coming months."
A limited supply of homes has pushed up prices in the past year. Prices of existing homes jumped 12 percent in September from the previous year, according to real estate data provider CoreLogic.
Signed contracts fell sharply in the West, where investors have snapped up foreclosed homes and bid up prices in the past year. Signed contracts also slipped in the South, another area hit hard during the crisis. But contracts rose last month in the Northeast and Midwest.
Mortgage rates have eased but remain nearly a point higher than they were in the spring. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage fell to 4.22 percent last week from 4.35 percent the week before. That's down from a peak in August of nearly 4.6 percent and still low by historical standards.
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ISLAMABAD: Economic losses suffered by Pakistan due to terrorism continued to pile up as the country lost another Rs701 billion ($6.9bn) during the first nine months (July-March) of 2013-14.
The country has lost Rs8264.4bn ($102.5bn), both in direct and indirect costs of incidents of terrorism, during the past 13 years of its engagement with war on terror, Economic Survey 2013-14 released on Monday said.
It was, however, important to note that the losses during the outgoing fiscal year had declined by 32.9 per cent as compared to last year. Losses during 2013-14 had scaled back to the 2007-08 in terms of dollar value. The declining trend for losses had started in 2011-12 and has continued since then.
Pakistan lost the most in 2010-11 for any single year when its losses due to terrorism were calculated to be Rs2,037bn ($23.77bn).
The impact of terrorism on the economy was measured by a finance ministry-led inter-ministerial committee comprising representatives of ministries of interior, foreign affairs, commerce and inter-provincial coordination.
The Economic Survey said that the "rise of violent extremism and increase in terrorism … disrupted Pakistan's normal economic and trading activities, which not only resulted in higher costs of business but also created disruptions in the production cycles, resulting in significant delays in meeting the export orders around the globe. As a result, Pakistani products have gradually lost their market share to their competitors."
This led to slowing down of economic growth, declining tax collection and loss of foreign investment.
The blame for growing extremism and terrorism in Pakistan was put on "instability and conflict" in Afghanistan.
The breakdown of the losses given by the Economic Survey showed that while all other sectors suffered less than previous years, foreign investment took the biggest hit during this period. It is estimated that the country lost foreign investment worth $3,260m during the last year as compared to $210m during the previous year.
Lost foreign investments roughly made up half of the total losses incurred by the country due to terrorism.
Losses in terms of exports ($323m), industrial output ($129.6m), and tax collection ($1,732.4m) reduced significantly over the previous year.
Lower figures quoted for the compensation paid to affectees ($13.97m) and damage to physical infrastructure (437.36m) this year was clear indication that despite some high-profile incidents, damage caused by terrorism decreased.
The Economic Survey said Pakistan "needs enormous resources to enhance productive capacity of the economy by repairing damaged infrastructure and to create a favorable investment climate".
It said the security situation was a "key determinant" of future flow of the investment.
The survey further noted that Pakistan's economy needs an early end to the conflict in Afghanistan.


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Gunnison Oktoberfest
Thanks to The Gunnison Bank and Trust for hosting the 21st annual Oktoberfest, a great community event in downtown Gunnison. The Pete Dunda Polka Band, which has played every Oktoberfest since it's beginning, had a previous engagement and wasn't able to perform this year. Doctor Robert, The Beatles tribute band from Crested Butte, Colorado, was happy to fill the spot, playing over two hours of Beatles music for the festivities. Folks of all ages seemed to enjoy our version of Beatles music, and we sure had a great time playing on such a perfect fall afternoon.
Beatles music is difficult to perform if the voice is impaired, as every song is driven by heavy vocals. Despite a three-week bout with laryngitis, Karen was able to play her fourth show since her throat issues began.
We debuted two songs for Gunnison, finishing out the afternoon with "A Day in the Life" from 1967's "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Here's a recording of our version from that day:
A Day in the Life
Our second debut featured Mr. Ben Wright on his first lead vocals with Doctor Robert. After two years and 100 songs into this project, Ben came out strong with a stellar version of "Act Naturally" from 1965's "Help!" album. Here's our version:
Act Naturally
Dr. Robert also played a few songs that rarely make an appearance at our shows:
I'm a Loser
Bungalow Bill
All Together Now
Got to Get You Into My Life
Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey
We love acoustic Beatles too:
Here Comes the Sun
I'm Only Sleeping
I've Just Seen a Face
Love Me Do
Norwegian Wood
Two of Us
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
And of course no Doctor Robert Beatles Tribute show is complete without some electrified rock n' roll:
All My Loving
Baby You're a Rich Man
Back in the USSR
Can't Buy Me Love
Day Tripper
Drive My Car
Get Back
I Feel Fine
I Saw Her Standing There
I Shoulda Known Better
I Want to Hold Your Hand
Money (That's What I Want)
Penny Lane
Please Please Me
She Loves You
Tell Me Why
What Goes On
With a Little Help From My Friends
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|2007-05-28, 12:27
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|2007-05-28, 14:43
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Bishoujo fanatic
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Finland / Japan
Although I would rather mix a Konata figurine in the anime pose with a white carton in the background that says the legendary "貧乳はステータスだ、希少価値だ!"
|2007-05-30, 22:25
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Media Create, which tracks weekly best selling video games in Japan, has reported that the DS game 真・らき☆すた 萌えドリル ~旅立ち~ (Shin Lucky☆Star Moe Drill: Tabidachi) has hit #3 in the sales chart between 21 May to 27 May. Check out the game OP .
Supposedly it's a brain training game with a story attached as well as otaku elements like a tsundere quiz to test how tsundere you are. It also uses the drama seiyuus
|2007-05-31, 16:39
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Bishoujo fanatic
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Finland / Japan
For the parts that might be fun if they'd be large (so that various situations wouldn't recycle themselves), I'd mention the hougen check (translate regional Japanese dialects into "usual" Japanese) and the cinema mode (where you try your luck as a voice actor). At times like these I hope that I had a DS
|2007-06-12, 17:09
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Age: 39
Hi. I need help finding two different Konata t-shirts online. First one is this one: http://nijigencospa.com/detail/id/0000008487 Second one: http://cospatio.com/detail/id/00000008520
The first problem is most of these retailers will not ship outside of Japan. Second, I don't want to use a deputy service or get it through Yahoo! Auction Japan. If anyone has any idea or suggestion to purchase these shirts, or if you know any site, it would be kindly appreciated. Thanks!
P.S. Most of the sites seem to be sold out of these as well... ugh.
|2007-06-13, 19:53
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mt. Ordeals
Speaking of HLJ, I remember once I placed an order for a back-ordered Haruhi t-shirt a year ago IIRC, because I wanted to wear one for a convention. What I don't remember is what became of it. ^^;
I think either they never got a stock again, or that the demand was so high that because my place in the backorder list was so high, they ran out of stock on the backordered stock before they reached my ranking place. In anycase, I don't have a t-shirt from them. I guess it can't hurt to try, but I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you. ^^;
|2007-06-13, 21:02
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Age: 39
I have had my share of "backordered" nightmare before as well -- coinsidentally, with t-shirts and clothing --and I know better to raise my hope. But I really want these Konata t-shirts, especially the "dress up Konata" one, and it makes me a little happy to know that I have a slight chance through HLJ. I have never ordered from HLJ, so I cannot make a comment about their overall quality, but I am praying that they will somehow miraculously have one for me! But, yeah, I usually hate the word 'backorderd' but I am quite desperate for these shirts. ^^; Thank you so much anyway for trying to watch my back Kain!
|2007-06-13, 21:13
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
Over the last few years, "backordered" usually means they're out and have asked for more but no one has gotten around to laughing at their request yet. www.hlj.com is pretty straightforward about that - they won't take orders what they don't have (and pre-orders are based on what the manufacturer allots them). I've seen a few figure-backorders actually open up ... but much more rarely the other products.
Or there's the yesasia (and sometimes amazon) tactic of never actually having the product but getting you to wait for six weeks while everyone else empties their shelves and then lamenting they weren't able to get it, your loss.
At least I know that cdjapan.co.jp will damn near break their necks to make sure they meet their pre-order commitment.
Amazon and yesasia need to review what "just in time" stocking is... it ain't "say we have it and then maybe worry about getting it later".
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|2007-06-13, 22:29
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I got Comp Heroines Vol.04 2007 Summer issue in the mail today. It has Lucky Star postcards, a Konata pencilboard, and posters that have the same images as the postcard. The back of the pencilboard had a character taking off a Konata mask; i'm not sure who it's supposed to be. I don't have a scanner, so maybe this will pop up online somewhere.
|2007-06-14, 00:41
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Anyway, I think that's probably a drawing of Aya Hirano that appeared on a comic strip that was posted twice before in the image thread.
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|2007-06-18, 20:14
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I didn't find this info in other threads so let me know if this is redundant info...
According to the Lucky Star Hompage, You can pre-order a special Lucky Star "Okiraku Box" (Big Luck?) to be released in 9/26/2007. Two are planned: Konata and Kagami versions.
In these boxes you'll find these items:
☆ Kagami or Konata figurine designed and supervised by Yoshimizu Kagami Sensei. 10cm tall each.
☆ A booklet called "Okiraku Guidebook" featuring Konata or Kagami
☆ An enjoyable CD-ROM with either Konata or Kagami, containing wallpaper, screen-saver and other goodies.
☆ RyouOu Gakuen Student Notebood Style Memopad, Konata or Kagami version
It seemed you can star pre-order with any bookstore (note, NOT hobby shops) starting from 6/16. I checked Amazon and lo and behold, there they be:
Kotana Okiraku Box
Kagami Okiraku Box
Now I don't know about you, but I'm definately getting these. Yeah they're really tiny but I like them that way. I know Amazon.jp doesn't ship figures internationally, but these appearantly count as books. So I just did my pre-order. They took it and will ship on 9/28/07.
Here's the figurine photos. How can you NOT GET?
EDIT: According to Amazon, the Kagami-sama box is ranked at #11 and Kona-chan box is ranked at #14. It's pretty AMAZING to see pre-orders ranked so high! And Kagami-sama is beating kona-chan! Tsundere'ko rulez!!!
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|2007-06-18, 22:44
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Destroying the balance
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: 西宮市... Okay, California. ;P
They look nice, but the color of the paint on Kagami's hair seems a little on the blue side (almost identical to Kona's!). I assume it'll be different on the actual figure...
|2007-06-18, 23:16
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
I stewed on these quite a while before ruling against them... they're quite cute but I'd rather have a group of small characters if those ever come to light.
|2007-06-18, 23:29
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Evil Little Pixie
I also decided not to get them (though they're adorable! *fangirl squee!*). I can justify getting manga and anime, but figurines I have a hard time with (I say that but I have the Galaxy Angels and a couple other random little characters hanging out on my bookshelf... I forgot my excuses for getting those).
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Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center Presents Next Installment of Concert Series, MUSIC AT THE MANSION, Today
NiCori Studios and Productions in association with Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center announces a new installment of the monthly concert series, "Music at the Mansion", today, January 27, at 3pm. Performers include NJ resident singer/actress Sahirah Johnson, actor/cabaret singer Adam Shapiro and Award winning pianist Barry Levitt. There will also be a new segment called the "Young Musician Moment" and will showcase a young performer. The first ever "Young Musician Moment" will feature 9 year old Ava Rose Dressendofer."Music at the Mansion" is a series showcasing talented performers from NYC and NJ. The series is hosted by NYC Cabaret singer and Bloomfield resident Corinna Sowers-Adler and features Deborah Martin on piano. This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and administered by the Essex County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs. Series hostess, Corinna Sowers-Adler, has been nominated as "Best Host of a Variety Show" and "Best Female Vocalist" for the 2012 Broadway World Cabaret Awards. Tickets are $10 per person and are available at the door. Seating begins at 2:30pm. Light refreshments will be served. Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center is located at 240 Belleville Avenue, Bloomfield, NJ. For more information, please contact info (at) corinnasings.com or call Oakeside at 973-429-0960.


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Griffin helps A's overcome Sabathia, Yankees
Bronx, NY – Adam Rosales took CC Sabathia's first pitch over the left-field fence and A.J. Griffin did the rest over seven-plus scoreless innings as the Oakland Athletics downed the New York Yankees, 2-0, in the opener of a three-game series.
Griffin (3-2), who allowed 11 earned runs over his previous two outings, limited New York to six hits with one walk and four strikeouts before Sean Doolittle and Grant Balfour finished off the shutout.
Jed Lowrie and Nate Freiman each had three hits while Derek Norris knocked in a run for Oakland, which opened its season-long 10-game road trip with its fourth win in five games.
The A's worked the count on Sabathia all night and knocked the left-handed starter out after six innings. Sabathia (4-3) gave up two runs on eight hits -- seven singles -- and two walks while fanning six in defeat.
"I felt like I had good stuff, they just did a good job of putting good at- bats together and running my pitch count up," Sabathia said.
His first pitch of the game was sent into the left-field seats by Rosales, who sprinted around the bases to celebrate his first career leadoff homer.
Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano made a terrific backhand up the middle and threw out Lowrie by a half-step to strand two runners in the fifth, but the A's tacked on a run in the sixth.
Yoenis Cespedes worked a leadoff walk and raced to third when Josh Donaldson hit one off the top of the right-field wall. Ichiro Suzuki threw out Donaldson trying to stretch his hit into a double, and Norris followed with a run- scoring line drive single to left.
The A's left two runners on again and didn't muster anything against reliever Adam Warren, but Griffin made the lead stand by holding the Yankees without a hit in six chances with runners in scoring position.
"I was just trying to spot my fastball...and keep guys off balance," Griffin said.
Griffin exited after Brett Gardner bunted his way on to lead off the eighth. Doolittle entered and got Cano on a flyout before inducing a 5-4-3 double-play ball off the bat of Vernon Wells.
Doolittle retired the first two hitters in the ninth, and Balfour struck out Eduardo Nunez to pick up his fourth save of the season.
The loss dropped the Yankees to 6-2 on their 10-game homestand.
Game Notes
The Yankees' Joe Girardi was managing his 1,000th career game ... The Yankees fell to 10-2 in games decided by two or fewer runs and dropped to 16-2 when holding their opponents to four or fewer runs ... Gardner and Jayson Nix each had two hits for New York ... The A's are 12-3 with Cespedes in the starting lineup compared to 5-10 when he doesn't start ... Oakland's Seth Smith went 0- for-5 with four strikeouts ... Balfour has converted 22 straight save chances dating back to last season.


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