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Learn about your software in a lab before you deploy it
Sysadmin blog The most important message I have for those considering Office Communications Server is to take the time to play with it in the lab.
My experience with OCS prompted me to install it in a lab environment to see what it could really do, even though I had already installed it directly into a production environment as a replacement for Live Communications Server 2005. I learned a lot.
OCS contains many features you will wish you had tried before a user stumbled upon them in the wild and you realise you don't know how they work. Also, install OCS after Exchange 2010 and Server 2008 R2 domain controllers. Server 2008 R2 and Exchange 2010 nuke some of the AD information that OCS relies on. I started my domain with Server 2003 DCs and OCS, intending to add Server 2008R2 and Exchange 2010 later. Lesson learned.
I was really only looking for a corporate instant messenger with a few cute integrations with Office and SharePoint, but I realised that with enough effort I could route every bit of corporate communications through OCS. Not only that, it offered the ability to snoop and filter so many things, in so many ways, that Google must be green with envy.
It might have been possible to simply turn on the additional features, smile, and continue about my day; but given that we have moved our desktop environment into VDI and the cool features are multimedia-based, I would have had to completely rethink our desktop strategy. Based on this one product, I might have.
Properly configured, OCS offers me the ability to spawn an extension of the corporate PBX anywhere I can pass packets. I can do neat multimedia things with that station, remote control it, and share information in a way that even basic users of my environment could appreciate. What's more, I can do it all on a piece of computer hardware that costs less than the handsets for my corporate PBX.
Assuming your remote users aren't connecting to the network on a wet piece of string, you can connect users with laptops, WinMo phone or crackberries in a similar fashion. This alone would make my CTO go away for a while. This one application might have been worth it, despite all of the other enhancements - VDI being one - I would have to give up to roll it out.
The truth: my cynicism got in the way. LCS was a stinker in terms of unified communications. When I started planning my network upgrade, Microsoft was just coming off of Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange 2007. I wrongly assumed that anything Microsoft cranked out wouldn't be worth the hassle of more than a basic implementation.
Installation and maintenance headaches aside, I wish I'd given OCS a proper go before deploying it. Sometimes you have to give a new technology an honest chance before you can discover what it's really capable of. ®


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Reflections on ImmigrationWritten by Bruce and Linda Hanson
June 24, 2008
We are currently on home assignment, living in Iowa, and visiting churches in Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois after completing our first term as missionaries in Honduras. It has been good to be back in Iowa, even if the winter was LONG and SNOWY!
On May 12 the largest immigration raid in US history took place at Agriprocessor, Inc. in the community of Postville, Iowa. Almost 400 people were detained and charged with both criminal and civil crimes.
As a missionary I have seen the poverty that drives people in Latin America to seek to work in the United States, and I know that legal options for entry into the United States are not available for these individuals. As a person of faith, I am called to speak out in concern for the people affected by this raid.
Our scriptures are clear. We are called to welcome the stranger among us (Matthew 25:38). We are reminded that we must not forget to keep on loving each other as brothers and sisters or to forget to entertain strangers, "for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it."(Hebrews 13:2) We are to remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering (Hebrews 13:3). Deuteronomy 10:17-18 tells us that God defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing. And you are not to oppress those who are aliens, "for you yourselves were aliens in Egypt" (Exodus 23:9). We remember that Jesus was also a refugee, an immigrant and an asylum seeker in the beginnings of his life as he fled prosecution from Herod (Matthew 2:13-15)
I visited Postville and spoke with the members of the community who have sought sanctuary at St. Bridget's Catholic Church. From Fatima I heard: No soy criminal. I am not a criminal. She explained that she only wanted a better life for her children, and told of losing a child to a treatable illness because they didn't have enough money to feed her adequately or attend to her medical needs in the rural Guatemalan community where they came from. She said they had worked hard to be good citizens, had paid their taxes, and participated in their community. Estoy triste, she said. Estoy muy triste. I am sad. I am very sad. She has lived in Postville for four years.
I ask your prayers for the people whose lives have been torn apart by this raid, by the hundreds who will be deported back to a life of miserable poverty where basics human needs are not available, to those left behind here in the United States without a means of support, for children separated from their parents and uprooted from their community, and for the schools and businesses and churches in Postville who mourn the loss of their Latino neighbors and friends.
I urge members of the Disciples of Christ and the United Church of Christ to call for an end to the ICE raids. I urge members to speak with our government officials and demand that fair immigration policies be implemented that allow us to legally incorporate immigrants seeking relief from unbearable poverty into our communities and workplaces, and assure their dignified and respectful treatment.
Linda Hanson
Missionary with Common Global Ministries, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Currently in Coralville, Iowa
Bruce and Linda Hanson are assigned to the Christian Commission on Development (CCD) to serve the Honduran Theological Community (CTH). Bruce is teaching HIV/AIDS education, prevention and care, while Linda is teaching theological courses.
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1. What is light therapy?
Bright light therapy involves daily, scheduled exposure to intense doses of white light in order to regulate seasonal mood swings, improve sleeping patterns, and produce a general sense of well-being. According to medical researchers, bright light therapy systems with fluorescent light tubes is the preferred device for bright light therapy, with a recommended starting dose of 10,000 LUX for 30 minutes per day. (LUX is the unit of measuring the illumination intensity of light.)
2. What is light therapy used for?
Bright light therapy was originally tested and developed by medical experts in the early 1980's for treating Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) - a type of recurrent, major mood disorder regularly experienced by some people during the fall and winter months. Those with SAD are often quite incapacitated by depressive episodes and require medical treatment. During the spring and summer, however, their symptoms usually disappear.
More recently, researchers have explored the benefits of using bright light therapy on people with "subsyndromal" SAD - commonly known as the "Winter Blues," and studies indicate a good response rate. Other conditions for which bright light therapy looks promising include non-seasonal mood disorders, bulimia nervosa, panic disorder and premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Doctors who use lights with pregnant women to avoid pre- and post-natal blues have reported encouraging results. Other studies show bright light therapy useful in certain disorders of the circadian system (i.e., the internal biological clock) including circadian sleep phase disorders, shift work, and jet lag .
3. What is the difference between Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and the Winter Blues?
Many people, especially in northern latitudes where winter hours of daylight are fewer, complain of feeling down, having less energy, putting on weight and having a hard time getting up in the morning. This is what we refer to as "having the Winter Blues."
Although there are variances among individuals, most people with SAD experience all of these symptoms, but to a much greater degree. They are often despondent and fatigued, and want to withdraw from the world. They may increase their sleep by as much as four or more hours per day, or have greatly increased appetites - sometimes accompanied by extreme cravings for sweet and starchy foods. Women frequently report worsening of premenstrual symptoms. In short, people with SAD suffer in the extreme the kinds of changes most of us experience in wintertime, and require medical treatment - either light therapy or antidepressants .
4. How prevalent is SAD?
According to a recent report published by the Canadian Consensus Group for the Treatment of Seasonal Affective Disorder (please see reference section), SAD is conservatively estimated to occur in up to 3% of the Canadian population, and 1% of the US. For recent population figures, that means as many as 3 million Americans and 900,000 Canadians suffer from SAD.
The number of people, however, who experience the Winter Blues is much greater. A recent estimate suggests eleven times as many people suffer from the Winter Blues as are diagnosed with SAD, and some studies indicate as much as 25% of the Canadian population experience some degree of winter doldrums. Women are at least twice as likely to have SAD as men .
5. How do I know if I could benefit from using a bright light system?
You could benefit from using a bright light system if you experience any combination of the following symptoms during the winter months:
6. Have bright light systems been proven to work?
Yes. Since the first controlled light therapy study in 1984, there have been more than 60 controlled studies published by researchers around the world. Experts are now confident that bright lights work for the majority of people with SAD. (Response rates of 60% to 90% have been shown). Accordingly, a report called the Canadian Consensus Guidelines for the Treatment of Seasonal Affective Disorder (published in 1999 and partially funded by Pfizer) recommends bright light therapy as an effective first-line treatment for SAD.
Several controlled studies have also found bright light therapy beneficial for those with subsyndromal SAD (Winter Blues), and its effects on human body rhythms, independent of any effects on mood, are recognized (e.g., for shift work or jet lag). Although medical researchers are hesitant to make treatment recommendations without further research in these areas, the Canadian Consensus Group considers existing studies "encouraging".
7. How do bright lights work?
The exact cause of Seasonal Affective Disorder has yet to be scientifically proven, and so the mechanism by which bright light therapy work remains hypothetical. However, bright light therapy has been statistically proven effective in the treatment of SAD, which puts the role that daylight plays in regulating our daily body rhythms in the forefront of research.
8. How long does it take to experience the benefits of using bright light therapy?
Response to bright light therapy is usually very quick, and most people will notice a marked improvement within one week. Most people similarly experience a rapid recurrence of symptoms if they stop using their bright light therapy system.
Longer trials have also shown increasing response to bright light therapy after two weeks, with still more incremental improvements after three or four weeks. Therefore, it is recommended that you continue to use a bright light therapy system for at least a month before concluding it will not help you.
9. Could I get the same benefits by increasing the lighting in my home and office?
If you are particularly light-sensitive, you may feel more uplifted with increased exposure to increased room lighting. However, research studies show that much higher light intensities (at least 2,000 LUX) are required in order to produce the desired therapeutic effects, and it is just not possible using regular fixtures to get ambient lighting above 600 LUX.
Note also that medical experts caution against constructing your own bright light apparatus because of possible electrical hazards, as well as the difficulty in determining adequate light intensity and ensuring ultraviolet (UV) light rays are properly filtered .
10. What about spending more time outdoors -- would that work?
You should be able to satisfy your need for light by spending more time outdoors during the fall and winter days, as long as you can be outdoors regularly and for extended periods of time if conditions are cloudy. Most people find that difficult to do if they work indoors and have to keep an office schedule. The use of a 10,000 LUX bright light therapy system is therefore the most convenient way to get the light you need.
11. Are there any side-effects from using bright light systems?
Using a properly constructed bright light therapy system as recommended is considered very safe, and few people have to desist use because of side effects. A few temporary side effects, such as slight nausea, tend to pass quickly as you get used to the high intensity of light.
The majority of side effects, such as headache, eye strain, agitation, insomnia or difficulty getting to sleep, are caused by overdoing light therapy sessions. (In this case, it is possible to get "too much of a good thing.") Such symptoms usually disappear when you decrease the "dosage" of light to your optimal level (usually in the 20 to 30 minute range).
If you have clinically diagnosed SAD, you may experience other personal variances which should be assessed and monitored by your doctor.
12. What if I'm on antidepressants, can I use lights?
That depends. If your episodes are not seasonally triggered, it is unlikely that a bright light therapy system alone will alleviate your symptoms. However, a bright light therapy system may help uplift your mood, and, if your doctor recommends it, can be used in conjunction with your medication.
For treating SAD, bright light therapy systems are recommended as the first-line, "gold standard" treatment. Many people enjoy remission of symptoms simply by using bright light therapy. Others may not respond at all, though they are in the minority. Still others may use medication in conjunction with bright light treatment. Since individual requirements can vary widely, your treatment regime should be supervised by your doctor .
13. When is the use of a bright light system not recommended?
There are no absolute contraindications to bright light therapy. However, if you have any eye problems (e.g., glaucoma, cataracts, retinal detachment, retinopathy) or have predisposing factors for eye complications (e.g., diabetes, lupus), or if you are using medicated externally applied creams or lotions (e.g. Retin-A) or if you are taking medications that have photosensitizing effects in humans (e.g., lithium, melatonin), you should not use a bright light therapy system without first consulting your physician. Your doctor will need to assess your individual risk-benefit ratio of using bright light therapy
CAUTIONS Light energy can interact with and damage skin and eye tissues, especially when a photosensitizing molecule - whether from a drug or produced by the body - is bound within those tissues. The highest risk is with invisible ultraviolet (UV) light, which has been filtered out of the Day-Light system. In addition, there are certain pre-existing medical conditions of eyes and skin (e.g., retinal dystrophies, age-related macular degeneration, porphyria, lupus erythematodes, chronic actinic dermatitis and solar urticaria) that can show photosensitized reactions to intense visible light. In such cases, bright light therapy should be administered only under guidance of an ophthalmologist or dermatologist, as indicated. Ophthalmologists should keep in mind that in some genetic retinal diseases the eyes are especially light-sensitive. Certain medications also are known to photosensitize skin and/or retinal tissues. Examples in the visible range of light include neuroleptic drugs (e.g., phenothiazine), psoralen drugs, antiarrhythmic drugs (e.g., amiodarone), antimalarial and antirheumatic drugs, porphyrin drugs used in photodynamic treatment of skin diseases, and St. John's Wort (hypericum). Bright light therapy should not be used concurrently with these drugs. Melatonin can be used in conjunction with light therapy at opposite times of day (e.g., evening and morning), but if used concurrently, it can cause photosensitization. Drugs that photosensitize primarily in the UVA range (just below 400 nm) may also have a "tail" of light absorption that extends into the lower visible range (just above 400 nm), which could cause photosensitization. Examples are tetracycline, diuretic drugs (e.g., hydrochlorothiazide), sulfonamide drugs and tricyclic antidepressants (e.g., imipramine, nortriptyline, desipramine, amitriptyline). If such a reaction is experienced or suspected, bright light therapy should be discontinued unless substitute medication is available, or administered with protective measures under medical supervision. [Sources: Vincent DeLeo, M.D., St. Luke's-Roosevelt Medical Center, New York; Charlotte Remé, M.D., University of Zurich, Switzerland.]
14. Are bright lights medically approved?
At this point in time, no bright light therapy systems are approved as "medical devices" by government regulatory agencies in either the US or Canada. However, in so far as researchers have proven the effectiveness of bright light therapy and recommend it as a first-line treatment for SAD, bright light therapy systems have gained recognition of the medical community. To ensure that you choose an effective product, it is important to follow the guidelines of recognized experts and professional bodies to ensure that you select products that meet these strict, third-party guidelines. The Center for Environmental Therapeutics is one of these organizations (www.cet.org).
15. Are lights covered under my medical insurance, and do I require a prescription?
Many private insurance companies recognize the benefits of bright light therapy, its cost advantages over medication and will cover the purchase of a bright light therapy system with a prescription from your doctor. You should contact your insurance company before making the purchase to discuss coverage and determine their specific documentation requirements.
In North America, bright light therapy systems are not approved for reimbursement under government health insurance, but are widely available for purchase without a prescription. For more information, click here.
16. Why do research experts and medical doctors recommend the Day-Light system for light therapy?
Day-Light Bright Light Therapy Systems, manufactured by Uplift Technologies Inc., are recommended by doctors because they have been used in, or been designed to meet the standards for, clinical studies. Day-Lights have been the choice of leading researchers around the world since 1989 and been shown to be safe and effective.
Day-Light Bright Light Therapy Systems were selected by Dr. Raymond Lam, Medical Director for the Mood Disorders Program at the University of British Columbia Hospital, for use in a three-year, 200-person controlled study of bright light therapy for treating SAD. Dr. Lam says he selected Day-Lights because "they use the latest technology, are of excellent quality, durability and aesthetics, and meet all recommended safety standards. The company also has a track record of dependability."
17. What is the correct way to use Day-Lights for therapy sessions?
For bright light therapy sessions, you would use your Day-Light each morning for 20-30 minutes during the fall and winter months. To receive 10,000 LUX, you need to sit approximately 11 to 15 inches from the light. During the session, you should NOT look directly into the light, but read, eat breakfast or check your e-mail.
18. Why do I need 10,000 lux?
10,000 LUX for 30 minutes in the morning is what the experts recommend as a starting dosage for bright light therapy. Individuals may need to adjust the duration up or down from the 30 minute dose, or use the light at a different time of day, depending on their individual response to treatment. While you can get the appropriate dosage of light using a 2,500 LUX system for two hours per day, this is far less convenient for most people. Our Day-Light Bright Light Therapy Systems provide 10,000 LUX at 11 - 15 inches.
19. Can Day-Lights be used in other ways?
The quality of the light emitted by Day-Lights is very pleasant, and may be enjoyed outside the context of bright light therapy. Positioned at arms length (i.e., farther than the 11-15" distance for light therapy), or directed away from the face, they make excellent ambient, reading and task lights. Lightweight and portable, Day-Lights can be used for a variety of purposes.
20. Do Day-Lights cause tanning?
Day-Lights do not cause tanning because the ultraviolet (UV) rays that cause tanning are filtered out (99.3%). Medical experts caution that exposure to unfiltered bright lights for extended periods of time may eventually cause ocular damage. Be wary of "full spectrum" lights unless they are UV filtered.
Please click this LINK to see the spectral distribution graph for Day-Lights.
21. Are Day-Lights expensive to buy and maintain?
The retail price for quality-made, name-brand bright light systems is between $300 and $500. The suggested retail price for Day-Light models ranges from $189 - $229, but actual prices may vary. Day-Lights conform to all technical design guidelines recommended by medical experts for bright light therapy systems:
22. What if the Day-Light doesn't work for me?
Often a 1 - 4 week trial period is enough to determine if the Day-Light Bright Light Therapy System will be effective for you. Many vendors offer return options or may have rental programs where your "rent" is applied to the purchase price. Ask your vendor for details before purchasing.
23. How do I dispose or handle old fluorescent light tubes?
To ensure safe handling of old light tubes, always dispose of light tubes in accordance with local disposal regulations. For current information on fluorescent light tubes, please visit: www.lamprecycle.org, www.epa.gov in the US or www.hc-sc.gc.ca in Canada
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As we approach the Easter bank holiday weekend, our etyres mobile tyre fitting teams are busy fitting new caravan and motorhome tyres to vehicles across the country as many owners get set to enjoy their first road trip of the year.
We are pleased to see that TyreSafe, the UK's leading tyre safety awareness group, has released an online tyre pressure calculator for owners of these leisure vehicles.
With more than half a million caravan and motorhome owners expected to be heading out on the roads over the coming days, the unique web form tool provides a valuable resource to ensure tyres are properly inflated for the journeys ahead.
It is simple to use and only needs three key bits of information in order to generate a recommended pressure:
1. Maximum Technically Permitted Load Mass
2. Number of road wheels
3. Tyre size and load index
All you have to do is click here to access the tool and enter your details. It can be accessed while you are out and about, allowing you to refer to the results while adjusting the pressures.
etyres has compiled two extensive sections offering advice, tips and information about caravan tyres and motorhome tyres. As well as checking tyre pressures, it is vital to ensure the tread depth of the tyres is above the legal minimum of 1.6mm across the central three quarters and around the entire circumference. Also make sure there are no visible signs of damage, such as cuts, lumps or cracks in the tyres.
Stuart Jackson, chairman of TyreSafe, stressed: "A caravan's tyres are a fundamental part of its suspension system and they also need to be able to deal with a range of issues relating to loading, making them a crucial element of the vehicle.
"It is essential to safety when towing a caravan that its tyres are roadworthy, at the correct pressure and have at least the minimum legal tread depth."
etyres operate a mobile tyre fitting service, which is a perfect fit for caravan and motorhome owners who do not want the hassle of driving their vehicle to a garage and manoeuvring into a cramped bay. It doesn't matter to us if your vehicle is parked outside your home, at a storage site or evening a holiday park, we will arrange a time to come to you and get the job done so can get on with having fun and making plans.
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Why earnings won't be about earnings
Jan 07 - As investors prepare for fourth-quarter earnings season, likely cost cutting at Walt Disney could provide a sneak peak of the economic challenges for corporate America both in the past quarter and for the year ahead. Bobbi Rebell reports.
Mickey Mouse's job is probably safe- but maybe not so for many of his co-workers at Disney. Sources tell Reuters layoffs- and other cutbacks- could be coming at Disney's studio and other units. In Disney's most recent earnings report, net income was up 14 percent percent-but overall revenue was up just 3 percent. Disney is not alone in its revenue challenge. It's a concern for many U.S. corporations- who have been slashing costs to perk up earnings. But it is revenues that will tell the real story according to Thomson Reuters Research Analyst Greg Harrison: SOUNDBITE: GREG HARRISON, RESEARCH ANALYST, THOMSON REUTERS (ENGLISH) SAYING: "Revenues give a better clue as to what the demand is in the economy. You know they can't really be manipulated as easy as earnings can and so it gives a very straight forward measure of how the business is doing." According to Thomson Reuters research, revenue growth is expected to have grown just 1.9 percent in the 4th quarter - that's down dramatically from earlier estimates of 7.2 percent back in April. REPORTER BRIDGE: BOBBI REBELL, REUTERS REPORTER (ENGLISH) SAYING: "But ignoring the top line- and focusing on the bottom line has its consequences for the economy." SOUNDBITE: GREG HARRISON, RESEARCH ANALYST, THOMSON REUTERS (ENGLISH) SAYING: "It is not a great sign for employment, obviously, if they are boosting their profits by taking away people's jobs." The trend however is expected to continue: JP Morgan Private Wealth Management Chief Economist Anthony Chan: SOUNDBITE: ANTHONY CHAN, CHIEF ECONOMIST, JP MORGAN PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT (ENGLISH) SAYING: "I think U.S. businesses will continue to try to improve efficiency, that has really been the mantra that has generated faster corporate profit growth relative to overall economic growth and I don't expect that to change. Some firms will be able to do it by increasing productivity. Others may have to do it by freezing hirings, others might even have to do it by cutting staff to some extent but the direction of change is going to be the same for all companies and that is try to generate higher productivity and higher efficiencies in order to maintain profit margins." Aluminum company Alcoa will unofficially launch earnings season when it reports its results after Tuesday's market close.


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Cover of the first manga volume of Mahoromatic
|Written by
|Bunjūrō Nakayama
|Illustrated by
|Bow Ditama
|Published by
|Wani Books
|English publisher
|Comic Gum
|Original run
|2000 – 2006
|Anime television series
|Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden
|Directed by
|Hiroyuki Yamaga
|Produced by
|Hiroki Sato
Mitsutoshi Kubota
Tetsuo Gensho
Yuichi Sekido
|Written by
|Hiroyuki Yamaga
Shoji Saeki
|Music by
|Toshio Masuda
|Licensed by
|Original network
|BS-i, TBS
|Original run
|October 6, 2001 – December 29, 2001
|Anime television series
|Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful
|Directed by
|Hiroyuki Yamaga
|Written by
|Hiroyuki Yamaga
Jukki Hanada
Shouji Saeki
Sumio Uetake
Tomoyasu Okubo
|Music by
|Toshio Masuda
|Licensed by
|Original network
|BS-i, TBS
|Original run
|September 27, 2002 – January 17, 2003
|Original video animation
|Mahoromatic: Summer, Special
|Directed by
|Shouji Saeki
|Written by
|Bunjuro Nakayama
|Music by
|Toshio Masuda
|Licensed by
|August 15, 2003
|Original video animation
|Mahoromatic: I'm Home, Special
|Directed by
|Shouji Saeki
|Written by
|Tatsuhiko Urahata
|Music by
|Toshio Masuda
|Licensed by
|October 17, 2009 – October 24, 2009
Mahoromatic (まほろまてぃっく Mahoromatikku) is a Japanese manga series about a female android former soldier, Mahoro. Driven by guilt from her actions during her combat days, she decides to dedicate the rest of her life to serving the son of her late commander as a maid.
- 1 Characters
- 2 Manga
- 3 Anime
- 3.1 Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden
- 3.2 Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful
- 3.3 Mahoromatic: End of Year Special
- 3.4 Mahoromatic: Summer Special
- 3.5 Mahoromatic おかえり (Tadaima Okaeri—I'm Home)
- 4 DVDs
- 5 Music CDs
- 6 Merchandise
- 7 Endings
- 8 Footnotes
- 9 External links
Misato Residence[edit]
Mahoro Andou (安藤 まほろ Andō Mahoro) (CODE: V1046-R MAHORO)
- Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi (Japanese); Bridget Hoffman (English)
- Mahoro is an android created by VESPER to fight an alien invasion by Saint during the 1980s. She is fast and immensely powerful, and is considered to be a formidable opponent by her enemies.
- Being an android, she has a limited life span. At the beginning of the story, she has just 398 days to live, and is given the choice to do anything she wants by VESPER. She chooses to become a maid for Suguru Misato: his father was her superior officer who was also killed (as collateral damage) when she killed an alien who had taken him hostage.
- Mahoro has a very sunny disposition and is friendly to just about everyone—she becomes a welcome regular at the market and becomes famous at Suguru's school when it is made known that she is working for him. She also quickly becomes an excellent cook, able to emulate and recreate dishes from the best restaurants. She is also quite devoted to Suguru, with feelings for him reminiscent of both a doting mother and a shy girlfriend.
- She is, however, extremely hostile towards anything perverted. A good portion of the story's humour comes from Mahoro chasing after Suguru's secret stash of pornographic magazines which, given her training, she is easily able to find. She is well known for this attitude from her catch phrase: "Ecchi na no wa ikenai to omoimasu" ("I think that dirty thoughts are bad"). Mahoro and Shikijo-sensei's dislike of one another stems from the fact that Shikijo is constantly trying to engage in an illicit relationship with Suguru. As such, Mahoro is very protective of Suguru when it comes to Shikijo's advances towards him.
- Mahoro is very concerned about appearances, refusing to wear normal clothes given her position as a maid. She is also obsessed with her small breasts, and some stories actually deal with her rivalry with Shikijo (who has very large breasts), as well as her techniques and requests to VESPER for larger breasts.
- Mahoro retains access to many of her weapons and gadgets from her VESPER days, and is able to pull out her gun at any time. She also has access to the "silpheed", which when worn on her back allows her to fly, as well as her support mech, Slash. She is able to call both the Silpheed and Slash at a moment's notice from the badge she wears on her maid uniform. In addition, she also has access to a fully equipped and armed BMW sports convertible and MV Agusta motorcycle.
- Mahoro was created using Saint alien technology, giving her a true soul and a pure heart. Later in the series it is revealed that Mahoro is directly connected to the memories of Matthew, who on some occasions supplies Mahoro with advice.
- She had no family name until the name Andou (short for android) was created by Suguru.
Suguru Misato (美里 優 Misato Suguru)
- Voiced by: Fujiko Takimoto (Japanese); Derek Stephen Prince (English) Wendee Lee (as a child) (English)
- Suguru Misato is a junior high school student living in Tokyo. He lost both his parents earlier—his mother (who was half Saint), and years later, his father. While he believed his father was killed in an accident during a business trip, he was actually a commander (and Mahoro's commanding officer) in VESPER and was killed-in-action during the alien war. Although relatives offered to take him in, he refused and lived alone prior to Mahoro's arrival.
- He is smart and has an IQ of 130. He makes a favorable impression on members of the opposite sex. Suguru had a whole stash of dirty magazines which were all thrown away when Mahoro first arrived. Although he continues to try to smuggle them in and hide them, Mahoro will often find them—leading to comical confrontations between the two. Suguru uses a whole range of creative tactics to conceal his magazines, and is capable of running away very fast when being chased.
- Suguru hired a maid because of the filthy state of his house. He was expecting an older woman, and Mahoro's arrival completely surprised him. At the end of the series Mahoro and Suguru have fallen in love.
Minawa Andou (安藤 みなわ Andō Minawa) (CODE: 370)
- Voiced by: Ai Shimizu (Japanese); Lara Jill Miller (Something More Beautiful), Christine Marie Cabanos (I'm Home) (English)
- Minawa is first introduced in Mahoromatic ~Something More Beautiful~. Clumsy and anemic, she ends up living with Mahoro and Suguru and going to school under the pretext of being Mahoro's younger sister. She has a habit of apologizing for everything she does, even if she has done nothing wrong. She claims to be a runaway member of The Management, but is later revealed to have been sent to gather information on VESPER's battle android Mahoro after being promised a heart in return. Mahoro, however, convinces her that the fact that she can cry means she already has a heart. Suguru's friend Hamaguchi develops a crush on her, and, despite her shortcomings, it is later insinuated that they form a relationship. It was later revealed that Minawa is not an android but a cyborg, and her body is in horrible shape due to all the experiments performed on her. Near the end of the series she leaves earth so she can get treatment at Saint's home world. At the end of the anime, it is suggested she was completely healed and is with Hamaguchi.
- She had no name until one was created by Suguru, so she could pretend to be Mahoro's little sister.
Slash (スラッシュ Surasshu) (CODE: V1046 R9-SLASH ZERO)
- Voiced by: Keiichi Noda (Japanese); Lex Lang (English)
- Slash is known as a "support mech" and assists Mahoro during combat. He has the form of a panther and can be summoned at any time by Mahoro. Although he can speak, his mouth never moves except during times when he expresses emotions. Although used for combat in the past, he often now acts as a guard dog around the Misato residence and a friend to the Misato's dog—a role he was not thrilled to take in the beginning.
- He is friendly but tough and will lend a helping paw when asked. Although Mahoro is Slash's master, he will now take commands from Suguru: since Suguru is Mahoro's employer, he is also her master and thus Slash's master as well.
- Near the end of the anime series, he was used to wipe out Management and was last seen standing at the side of the fallen Vesper leader.
- However,(in the manga) he firmly stood by Mahoro's side, as she uses her final powers to destroy the asteroid to save mankind.
Junior High School[edit]
Saori Shikijo (式条 沙織 Shikijō Saori)
- Voiced by: Yumi Takada (Japanese); Wendee Lee (English)
- Saori Shikijo, or Shikijo-sensei, is Suguru's perverted teacher in junior high school and is extremely attracted to him. She has an extreme shota complex, or an attraction to young boys. Many of the jokes stem from her attempts to openly physically seduce Suguru, and the ways in which her attempts are foiled by Mahoro.
- She is a beautiful and surprisingly strong woman; she also happens to be a heavy drinker and as a result is often broke and unable to afford food. Soon after Mahoro arrives at the Misato household, Shikijo starts inviting herself for dinner on a daily basis despite Mahoro's protests.
- Shikijo and Mahoro often compete with each other, usually with Mahoro emerging victorious except when it comes to insults. She has much larger breasts than Mahoro, or any other character in the series, which she flaunts when comparing herself to Mahoro or in taunting her. Her large breasts are also a focus of her many attempts to seduce Suguru.
In the manga, it is shown, after the time lapse, that she has yet to age, most likely due to her mentioned strict beauty regiment, and has also become the principal of the junior high school, which has done nothing to dampen her love for young boys.
Miyuki Sakura (佐倉 深雪 Sakura Miyuki)
- Voiced by: Yumi Kikuchi (Japanese); Michelle Ruff (English)
- The blue haired member of the "Triomatic," Miyuki, whose family owns the local bath house, is very tomboyish by contrast with the other two, but is just as loyal. She and her family have known Suguru since childhood; her father thinks of him as the son he never had. She doesn't admit it openly, but she is in love with Suguru, mentioning that her first kiss with Suguru was on the forehead after he had come to her rescue from a group of bullies; a conflict which she had started.
In the manga, after the time lapse, Miyuki is shown to have inherited, and still manage, the bath house, alongside her family. She is also shown to be married to Suguru's friend and former classmate, Kiyomi Kawahara, with whom she had a child. Despite being separated for so long, Miyuki still cares very deeply for Suguru, and is dismayed that he has yet to be happy or live his own life after Mahoro ceased to function.
Rin Todoriki (等々力 凛 Tōdōriki Rin)
- Voiced by: Manabi Mizuno (Japanese); Dorothy Elias-Fahn (English)
- Rin is the brown-haired and tallest member of the "Triomatic." She is the most ladylike of the three, but is also a skilled martial artist and very loyal. Like Miyuki, she is in love with Suguru, mentioning that her first kiss with Suguru was on the cheek during a summer class project involving insects.
- Rin has also the most physically developed breasts of the Triomatic, which at times causes Miyuki and Chizuko consternation. For the most part Rin seems almost embarrassed when the other two complain about her breasts, but as the series goes on she becomes more and more comfortable with her "advantage", similar to their teacher, Shikijo-sensei.
- Rin's family is wealthy (coming from a long military line), and lives in a palatial estate filled with numerous pieces of art.
In the manga, after the time lapse, it is shown that Rin has now become a teacher at the same junior high school she and her friends had attended when they were younger; similar to when they were younger, she is still the most developed.
Chizuko Oe (大江 千鶴子 Ōe Chizuko)
- Voiced by: Asami Sanada (Japanese); Melissa Fahn (Original series, Something More Beautiful (episodes 5-11) and I'm Home), Rebecca Forstadt (Something More Beautiful (episodes 1-4 and 12-14)) (English)
- Chizuko is a cheerful and bright, short blonde-haired girl, and is the most innocent of the "Triomatic". For the most part she treats Suguru as a friend, almost like a brother, and is very loyal. Some of her comments suggest that she loves him as more than a friend, but that she has put them aside, feeling that her love is unrequited, and chooses to simply remain by Suguru's side anyway. This notion is made somewhat evident when she states that Suguru won't choose anyone among the "Triomatic", because he values their friendship more than love.
- Chizuko enjoys food a great deal and has an extremely adept sense of taste, being able to identify the exact restaurant that a dish has come from and the exact origins of ingredients. Chizuko will often scream with absolute delight when she tastes Mahoro's cooking. While some initially mistake it as a scream of fear or horror, her friends know that it is a sign of culinary approval.
In the manga, after the time lapse, it is shown that Chizuko went for her dream and became a popular author, most likely relating to food and taste.
Toshiya Hamaguchi (浜口 俊也 Hamaguchi Toshiya)
- Voiced by: Hideki Ogihara (Japanese); Dave Wittenberg (Original Series and Something More Beautiful), Erik Scott Kimerer (I'm Home) (English)
- One of Suguru's male friends who shares his interest in dirty magazines. He has a crush on Minawa, which causes him much trouble because she doesn't understand his attempts to express his interest in her.
At the end of the anime, it is suggested that once Minawa is completely healed, Hamaguchi enters into a relationship with Minawa.
Kiyomi Kawahara (川原 清巳 Kawahara Kiyomi)
- Voiced by: Atsushi Kisaichi (Japanese); Kirk Thornton (Original Series and Something More Beautiful), Keith Silverstein (I'm Home) (English)
- One of Suguru's male friends who also enjoys looking at dirty magazines. He is a kendo student, and is usually with Suguru's other friend Toshiya.
In the manga, after the time lapse, Kiyomi is shown to be in a relationship with Suguru's friend and former classmate, Miyuki Sakura, and works at the bath house.
Yoshimi Tanaka (田中 佳美 Tanaka Yoshimi)
- Voiced by: Tomoko Kaneda (Japanese); Lia Sargent (English)
Minato Hokaze (帆風 みなと Hokaze Minato)
- Voiced by: Shinji Kawada (Japanese); Kirk Thornton (English)
A friend of Mahoro and her primary care giver, Minato is the scientist primarily responsible for the maintenance of Mahoro; he is also constantly asked by Mahoro to give her a bigger bust.
Tou Ryuga (流河 濤 Ryuga Tou)
- Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (Japanese); Steven Blum (Original Series and Something More Beautiful), Keith Silverstein (I'm Home) (English)
Is a combat android seen in the first series as a science teacher. His task was to investigate the reason Mahoro was living as a maid. He also wanted to finish the battle with her to see who is the strongest android/warrior, during the final battle he discovers the reason she is living as a maid for Suguru and who the true warrior is. In the second series, he decides to live as a human and continues to teach at Suguru's school much to the irritation to Slash.
In the end of the anime, he visit the members of the Saint for the last time as they depart to another galaxy.
In the manga version, he marries one of his students whom he saved earlier, and becomes a father of a reborn Mahoro.
Introduced in Something More Beautiful, Management is a top secret organization that had shaped the world from the shadows throughout its history. They are dedicated to destroying not only Saint, to preserve the order they established from alien influence, but Vesper as well, for having sympathy for Saint.
Feldrance (フェルドランス Feldlance) (CODE: 227)
- Voiced by: Misato Sakamoto (Japanese); Mona Marshall (English)
A cold-hearted android in the form of a youth who was created by and works under the Management's robotics scientist Professor Mephlis during his scheme to take Mahoro for himself. However, Feldrance was actually working for the higher-ups to collect the data that Mephlis gathered on Mahoro. When Mephlis's plans failed, Feldrance made his move and killed the scientist before taking the data as his creator's lab explodes; he felt no remorse for betraying his creator, coldly pointing out that it was Mephlis, after all, who made Feldrance the way he is.
In the anime, he soon met his untimely end along with the death of Mahoro.
In the manga version, he chops Suguru's hands while capturing Mahoro but soon stopped by Slash and Ryuuga. He also witnessed the death of Mahoro to save Mankind. In the epilogue, he was the one of the last defenses of The Management in Mars. he encounters Suguru who kills him. With his last breath, he asks whether the quest of vengeance gave him satisfaction.
Mahoromatic (まほろまてぃっく Mahoromatikku) is a manga series by Bow Ditama and Bunjūrō Nakayama. Originally serialized in Gum Comics, it has been compiled into eight tankōbon volumes published by Gum Comics.
Original Manga[edit]
- まほろまてぃっく 第1巻 「美里家のメイドさん」
- Translation: The maid of the Misato Residence
- Published: 10 Oct 1999
- まほろまてぃっく 第2巻 「陽射しくらくらメイドさん」
- Translation: The maid, dizzy in the sunlight
- Published: 10 Jul 2000
- まほろまてぃっく 第3巻 「過去に追われるメイドさん」
- Translation: The maid, chased by her past
- Published: 3 Mar 2001
- まほろまてぃっく 第4巻 「いろいろ夢見るメイドさん」
- Translation: The maid, dreaming all sorts of things
- Published: 10 Oct 2001
- まほろまてぃっく 第5巻 「今日も元気なメイドさん」
- Translation: The maid, full of energy today too
- Published: 10 Jun 2002
- まほろまてぃっく 第6巻 「笑顔の素敵なメイドさん」
- Translation: The maid with the lovely smile
- Published: 3 Mar 2003
- A special version was also produced, where a plastic figure model of Mahoro was packaged with the manga, along with a special cover.
- まほろまてぃっく 第7巻 「涙で動くメイドさん」
- Translation: The maid who runs on tears
- Published: 10 Oct 2003
- まほろまてぃっく 第8巻 「美里家のまほろさん」
- Translation: Mahoro-san of the Misato Residence
- Published: 5 Dec 2004
- The special version contained a crystal Mahoro, as well as a special cover.
English Version[edit]
The English version was published by Tokyopop.
- Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden 1 "The Misato Residence's Maid"
- Published: May 1, 2004
- Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden 2 "Fun in the Sun"
- Published: July 1, 2004
- Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden 3 "The Running Maid"
- Published: Sep 1 2004
- Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden 4 "The Maid of Many Dreams"
- Published: Dec 15 2004
- Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden 5 "The Ever-Energetic Maid"
- Published: Mar 8 2005
- Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden 6 "The Maid With The Wonderful Smile"
- Published: Jun 7 2005
- Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden 7 "The Maid Moved By Tears"
- Published: Oct 11 2005
- Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden 8 "The Misato home's Mahoro-san"
- Published: Jan 11 2006
The manga proved popular, and was adapted into two anime series jointly by Gainax and Shaft: "Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden" and "Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful" (まほろまてぃっく~もっと美しいもの~ Mahoromatikku: Motto Utsukushii Mono)
The first series consisted of twelve episodes and ran from September 10, 2001 to January 28, 2002 on BS-i in Japan, and more or less followed the manga to the third volume.
The second series also followed the manga, culminating in the story's end. This series ran from September 26, 2002 till January 16, 2003.
A television special, "Mahoromatic: Summer TV Special" (まほろまてぃっく夏のTVスペシャル Mahoromatikku Natsu no Terebi Supesharu), set in the days when Minawa had become a regular part of the household, was produced and aired around Summer 2003.
A two episode special entitled Mahoromatic: Tadaima Okaeri was announced on August 22, 2009. It aired on October 17 and October 24, 2009.[1] It takes place during the second series, on days 270-268 of Mahoro's life timer.
Originally the anime was licensed by Pioneer Entertainment (later Geneon Entertainment). As of October 2008, ADV Films had announced that they had regained licenses to both Mahoromatic, and Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful, through its new Japanese licensor Sentai Filmworks.[2] Currently, the anime is now distributed by Sentai Filmworks (however, the Ep00 Special and Year End Special are absent). They also recently acquired the Mahoromatic: I'm Home special, with the English dub to be produced at Bang Zoom! Entertainment.[3]
Mahoromatic including both seasons and the summer special is currently available through The Anime Network's free video on demand service, found on many cable systems and DirecTV.
Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden[edit]
Episode list[edit]
- Ep01 In an Hydrangea Garden
- Ep02 Lady Teacher Saori, Age: Twenty-Five
- Ep03 How Shallow the Grave
- Ep04 I Will Shoot Him Through the Heart
- Ep05 638-of-8 is Doing Fine
- Ep06 Moon, Flowers, Feeling of Autumn
- Ep07 The Maid, Chased by the Past
- Ep08 The Owner of the Perfect Heart
- Ep09 Limelight
- Ep10 The Fate as a Warrior
- Year End Special
- Ep11 My Important Person
- Ep12 At the Scenery I Dreamed One Day
Theme songs[edit]
- Opening Theme: "Kaerimichi"
- Translation: Our Way Home
- Singer: Ayako Kawasumi
- Ending Theme: "Mahoro de MAMBO"
- Singers: Triomatic (Asami Sanada, Manabi Mizuno, Yumi Kikuchi)
Production details[edit]
- Original story: Bunjuro Nakayama & Bow Ditama
- Director: Hiroyuki Yamaga
- Character design/Chief animation director: Takamura Kazuhiro
- Art design: Masahiro Satō
- Art director: Naoko Kosakabe
- Color coordinator: Yōko Mitsuhashi
- Editor: Takeshi Seyama
- Sound director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
- Director of photography: Tsuguo Ozawa
- Music: Toshio Masuda
- Animation production: GAINAX & Shaft
Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful[edit]
Episode list[edit]
- Ep01 Return of the Maid
- Ep02 From Today On, You Are Minawa
- Ep03 Dreams Should Be Grand
- Ep04 Looking for a Lost Object
- Ep05 Will I Catch a Cold Tomorrow?
- Ep06 Doing Delightful New Year Things
- Ep07 Don't Ever Come Back Again!
- Ep08 Grandfather and Grandson
- Ep09 Sweeter Than Love, But a Bit Bitter
- Ep10 Things I Like
- Ep11 A Wish, the Color of Cherry Blossoms
- Ep12 Annunciation
- Ep13 End of a Dream
- Ep14 Na-Geanna
Theme songs[edit]
- Opening theme: "So-re-i-yu"
- Translation: Soleil (French for "Sun")
- Singer: Ayako Kawasumi
- Ending theme: "Triomatic Ran! Ran! Ran!"
- Singers: Triomatic (Asami Sanada, Manabi Mizuno, Yumi Kikuchi)
Production Details[edit]
Mahoromatic: End of Year Special[edit]
Shown after Episode 10. These feature a refresher of all the events so far along with new conversations and discussions between characters. Both seasons one and two have this special.
Mahoromatic: Summer Special[edit]
Released after the second season, this episode takes place during the second season and revolves around the issue of Suguru's ecchi no hon (dirty books). The Summer Special is the only special to be aired in the U.S.
Mahoromatic おかえり (Tadaima Okaeri—I'm Home)[edit]
Takes place during the second season between episodes 2 and 3, on days 270–268 of Mahoro's life timer. Mahoro and Suguru, along with Suguru's classmates, are preparing for a Hiryu town festival, when Feldlance attacks in an attempt to capture Minawa.
Episode list[edit]
- Part 1: ただいまの風 (Returning Wind)
- Part 2: おかえりの空 (Welcoming Sky)
Theme songs[edit]
- Opening theme:
"Tadaima no Kaze" (ただいまの風, Returning Wind)
- Singer: Ayako Kawasumi as Mahoro Ando
- Ending theme:
"[Ma] no Tsuku Bugi!" ([ま]のつくブギ!, [Or] Take the Boogie)
- Singers: Triomatic & Minawa & Mahoro
A series of six DVDs was released in Japan for both seasons.
A series of six DVDs was released in North America for both seasons.
A series of four DVDs was released in Europe for season one, each DVD containing 3 episodes.
Sentai Filmworks re-released Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden in 2 DVDs as Collection 1, but 2 episodes weren't on this collection: the Ep00 special and Year End Special. Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful was also re-released in 3 DVDs as Collection 2, with 15 episodes listed (14 series episodes plus the Mahoromatic: Summer Special OVA). The Year End Special was not included on this collection.
Music CDs[edit]
Music CDs, including dramas were released in Japan. Several of these CDs were later released in the United States with cover book translations.
Gashapon sets were produced in 2005 featuring Mahoro and Minawa in their maid costumes.
A PlayStation 2 game by Konami of the same name was also produced for the series. It followed the style of a visual novel with full voiceovers and text accompanying pictures and minigames.
Anime's ending[edit]
The finale is set on a Saint-Earth colony world, 20 years after Mahoro's "death" and the mutual defeat of Vesper and Management. Suguru left Japan, deciding never to return, and is now a renegade half-cyborg hunter of the last "Management holdouts." He has only memories of Earth, and a sole companion who tries to kill him for the bounty on his head.
As Suguru is in critical condition, Mahoro reappears alive, asking to take him home.
Manga's ending[edit]
The ending is set on Earth, 20 years after Mahoro's death and the defeat of Management. Suguru has been working as a commander within Vesper, and has just returned to Earth from the final defeat of Management's last vestiges.
Unbeknownst to Suguru, Mahoro was reborn as a baby shortly after her death as an android. She has grown up, and remembers Suguru. When Suguru returns from Vesper headquarters expecting to find an empty house, she is there waiting for him.
- ^ Mahoromatic: Tadaima Okaeri Anime to Debut in October
- ^ ADV Films to Distribute Anime for Sentai Filmworks
- ^ "Sentai Filmworks Licenses Mahoromatic I'm Home Special". Anime News Network. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
External links[edit]
- Mahoromatic (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Main Official Site (in Japanese)
- Gainax Mahoro Anime Site (in Japanese)
- Madman Entertainment Mahoromatic Site
- Interview with Bow Ditama (in French)
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- 2001 anime television series
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- 2003 anime OVAs
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- Madman Entertainment manga
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In honor of the return of the 80's in fashion (seriously, I'm dizzy walking the streets of now – I had to actually call my friend and have him remind me which decade I'm in. It's scary. And you know something- that is still ugly clothing this time around too!) I sat down and watched one of my all time favorites: Overboard! This is a classic! I love this movie on so many levels: it's a loosely based adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew, it's got all the good and bad of being rich vs poor and the great divide between the two, it's a true warning that a woman is a slave in the household unless she is given respect and love, and its got all the great gooey chemistry between this hot Hollywood couple. Here is how the timeless (I used to think this movie was ugly and dirty but through the goggles of nostalgia and brain washing by the fashion industry that 80's are cool I find it quite glamorous) Overboard checks off my list:
• Giddy: From the first twang of that terrible song during the credits, I'm in heaven! Goldie playing rich-bitch is so cute, then you have great moments like "Fuk her Fuk her" "I don't think you can say that on television" "No, No, Fuk her means seal in my country" ; and the Katarina and Arturo story, the making love scene; the dirty boys (filthy in mind and in body); "Baby, if you have a baby, you won't be the baby anymore" (something I am still trying to convince my parents of) and countless other moments
• Lie: Oh heck yeah! A big one! Let's see here: He gets knocked off her yacht and left unpaid for building a cabinet made of oak so when she turns up in a mental hospital with no memory he fakes being married to her in order to get a SLAVE to cook, clean, and raise his children as payback. Written down it sounds so much more awful then on screen. (But seriously, the hospital considers it proof that they are married because he can describe a strawberry like birth mark on her ass, if its always that simple there are quite a few people who could claim being married to me…)
• Big Emotional Outburst: We have several, cause Goldie is friggin adorable when she's angry! My favorite though (besides jumping in the water for each other at the end of the movie) is when she tells off that nasty judging teacher.
• Wedding: No but there are faked pictures of the wedding which are HILARIOUS!
• Dance Sequence: Yes Jim Dandy to the Rescue Jim Dandy to the Rescue! (Um Goldie- you look like your having an orgasm on the dance floor).
• Rewatchable: YES YES YES YES YES
• Love: I love this kind of love story! This is the backwards kind- start with work, family, obligations, start at hate and discover respect, admiration, and love.
• Fantasy: At the very end, they all discover that she's the rich one. Rich enough for friggin servants and a yacht and evening gowns for no good reason at all! The one boy sums it up best "How do you spell Porsche?" This ranks right up there with my lottery fantasy.
• Journey of the Main Character: Oh I actually think Goldie does an amazing job with this character! Here she goes from being a rich-bitch snob who can not have any empathy for someone not rich like her to being battered around as a slave for a sweaty bohunk man to finding virtue in the smaller things in life (like teaching a child to read and cleaning a house) to once again fit back into the world she came from. It's a really fascinating journey to watch.
• Body Count: Cest la vie: Non!
• Music Montages/Soundtrack: Ok this music sucks, but true to the 80's there are lots of great montages. Especially in building the greatest thing Elk Snout has ever seen: A mini put put.
• Strong Female: Yes! Goldie! I love you!
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By Micah Edwards
Western Michigan University has seen a sudden decrease in students seeking a journalism degree over the past four academic school years.
According to WMU's annual Degrees Conferred Reports, Western had consistently been handing out at least 20 journalism degrees from 2004 to 2012, peaking at 33 degrees in the 2005 to 2006 school year. However, in three of the past four years Western has had less than 10 journalism majors graduate.
It's not just WMU that is handing out fewer journalism degrees. Grand Valley State University is more difficult to track because of more fluctuations, but 2012 was the lowest year with 10 journalism degrees awarded. In the two years prior to that they had given out 20 and 28 respectively, and in 2015 and 2014, GVSU awarded 13 and 14 journalism degrees respectively.
The decline in journalism degrees is not just related to Michigan. A University of Georgia study found that total enrollment in the nation's journalism schools has dropped. While the United States Census confirms that college enrollment has been declining over the past two years, that overall decline cannot account for the sharpness in the journalism decline, especially in the years prior to the overall college enrollment decline.
There are many possible reasons for the declining number of journalism degrees being handed out. The American Journalism Review has been studying the nationwide decline in journalism degrees, and articles in the AJR note that a large part of the decline can be attributed to the publicity in layoffs in news media.
In their latest annual census, the American Society of News Editors found that newsroom jobs have dropped 10.4 percent, down to 32,900 full-time journalists in 2014 over 2013. The decrease in jobs is mostly due to declining subscriptions in newspapers, requiring layoffs and even closures. Students might be worried about getting a degree and then being unable to find a job in the media.
Brendan Buffa, a WMU senior and editor-in-chief of the Western Herald offered his own insight on why he thinks fewer students might be seeking out a degree.
"It's very rare to see students that have the passion to get them to the point where they're going to be working for a daily or an online presence," Buffa said. "There's a demand, just a very minimal amount of students that want to become involved with the journalism programs."
Buffa said that he has noticed journalism changing throughout the years. He said that over the years he has seen a large push in journalism to go online, and thinks that these changes will continue to affect journalism both at Western, and the rest of the journalism community.
"I don't think the Western Herald as a whole will dissolve at all in the next 25 years, I just think that the format with which we deliver the newspaper to the students will change dramatically," Buffa said.
Emily Monacelli, a former WMU journalism student who now works for the Kalamazoo Gazette, still believes that there are reasons to study and work in the journalism field.
"I do still think that it's a worthy profession. I'm still doing it. I think it opens doors to meeting a lot of people you wouldn't normally meet and going places you normally wouldn't go, so I think it's worth it," Monacelli said.


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Our talented Craft Club created the fantastic Great British Craftography Map, and it's currently up for auction to raise money for Solent Mind, our corporate charity. The crafty individuals recreated the Ordnance Survey National Grid into a 2.2m by 1.2m wall hanging with the 91 tiles showcasing 16 different craft techniques. Each tile represents a notable subject from the area covered – it could be a geographical feature, a well-known landmark, a local food, or even a craft or material associated with the area.
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Past the age of fifty, Velasquez no longer painted anything concrete and precise. He drifted through the material world, penetrating it, as the air and the dusk. In the shimmering of the shadows, he caught unawares the nuances of color which he transformed into the invisible heart of his symphony of silence . . . His only experience of the world was those mysterious copulations which united the forms and tones with a secret but inevitable movement, which no convulsions or catacylsm could ever interrupt or impede. Space reigned supreme . . . It was as if some tenuous radiation gliding over the surfaces, imbued itself of their visible emanations, modelling them and endowing them with form, carrying elsewhere a perfume, like an echo, which would thus be dispersed like an imponderable dusk, over all the surrounding planes . . .
The world he lived in was sad. A degenerate king, inbred infantas, idiots, dwarfs, cripples, deformed clowns clothed as princes, whose only job was to laugh at themselves and amuse those lifeless outlaws who were trapped by etiquette, conspiracy, lies, and inextricably bound to the confessional by guilt. Outside the gates, the Auto-da-fe, and silence . . . A spirit of nostalgia prevailed. But we see none of the ugliness or sadness or any of the signs of gloom and cruelty of this crippled infancy. Velasquez is the painter of the evening, of the plains, of the silence, even when he paints in broad daylight, even when he paints in a closed room, even while hunting and war thrashes around him. Spanish painters never went outside except at those times in the day when the air was radiant, when everything was burnished by the sun. They discoursed only with evening . . .


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September 9, 2014 Post number 200 and something.
There was a great opinion piece in the Globe and Mail by Margaret Wente this past weekend:
Suddenly I'm the oldest person my workplace
It's a funny and well-written article about being an older employee - and very timely for me right now.
I too am the oldest person in my workplace (well almost), and feel it keenly. Not just because I am old enough to be the mother of most of my co-workers...but also because I often feel irrelevant - like it's all over for me- and they all know it.
To be fair, most of the time I do feel like it's all over for me and I've started counting down to retirement in months rather than years. But recently a job opportunity has presented itself, one that I'm thinking about applying for. And for the first time in several years I find myself excited about the thought of work again.
The duties and responsibilities read like they are written for me, perfectly matched to my skill set and my interests. It is still government so will have those good benefits, but in a quasi-private sector area that might be a better fit.
So I got out the old resume and started working on it this weekend. and I realized how old I look on paper.
I graduated in marketing and communications thirty years ago this year. My resume lists jobs going back to 1984...it is shocking to realize that many of the people I work with now were somewhere between primary school and a glint in their dad's eye in 1984. Who think that 1984 is so long ago, it is like history....the world before computers and online dating.
So I deleted those early jobs and erased all the years leading up to 1987, hoping to come across about ten years younger. ..at least on paper, there's no fooling anybody in person.
I started thinking about how difficult it is to present yourself as an engaging...and engaged employee when you spend your lunch hours googling retirement financial planning tools and checking out how much less your pension will be if you retire in 80 months instead of 87.
Do people with a best before date of fewer than ten years even get hired?
I started over (in a limp, haphazard way) professionally three years ago, in my early 50's, can I do it again? Can I muster the enthusiasm, the professional polish and the blow-dried hair to get in the door?
So, I waffled about it all weekend and then today (coincidentally right after our weekly office meeting with the youngsters), I decided that yes, I do it have it in me to give it one more try. I mean who knows if I will even get an interview, but if I don't try, I'll always wonder...
So I will go out with a bang, perhaps a resoundingly humiliating one. But, to paraphrase Neil Young, better to flame out with a spectacular rejection than fade away in irrelevance.
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White Hawk is here to help guide families through the process of advocating for their loved ones, coach individuals to become stronger advocates for themselves and mentor community groups and businesses in the creation of more inclusive organizations. Thank you for visiting our site. We're happy to have you here.
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We are two former military intelligence analysts who found our skills to be very valuable in the battle for disability rights in schools.
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IDEA is a federal law that provides critical protections for special education, ensuring that children with disabilities are able to access the same public educational opportunities as their non-disabled peers. The goal of IDEA is to provide children with disabilities full participation and equality in educational environments by addressing their cognitive, behavioral, functional and developmental needs in a manner that will prepare them for independence and success in their adult lives.
In 2017, the United States Supreme Court heard a case (Endrew F. vs. Douglas County School District) in which the concept of an appropriate education was argued.
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Pathfinding and running code. More...
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|pathfind_direction_to (struct loc from, struct loc to)
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Pathfinding and running code.
Copyright (c) 1988 Christopher J Stuart (running code) Copyright (c) 2004-2007 Christophe Cavalaria, Leon Marrick (pathfinding)
This work is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either:
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b) the "Angband licence": This software may be copied and distributed for educational, research, and not for profit purposes provided that this copyright and statement are included in all such copies. Other copyrights may also apply.
References bell(), cave, ddx, ddy, dir_search, ex, ey, FALSE, fill_terrain_info(), i, MARK_DISTANCE, MAX_PF_LENGTH, mflag_has, square::mon, ox, oy, pf_result, pf_result_index, player::px, player::py, square_monster(), chunk::squares, terrain, and TRUE.
Referenced by do_cmd_pathfind().
Compute the direction (in the angband 123456789 sense) from a point to a point.
We decide to use diagonals if dx and dy are within a factor of two of each other; otherwise we choose a cardinal direction.
References ABS, DIR_E, DIR_N, DIR_NE, DIR_NONE, DIR_NW, DIR_S, DIR_SE, DIR_SW, DIR_UNKNOWN, DIR_W, loc::x, and loc::y.
Referenced by test_dir_to(), and textui_get_rep_dir().
Take one step along the current "run" path.
Called with a real direction to begin a new run, and with zero to continue a run in progress.
References cave, CMD_RUN, cmd_set_arg_direction(), cmdq_peek(), cmdq_push(), ddx, ddy, disturb(), player_upkeep::energy_use, FALSE, angband_constants::move_energy, move_player(), pf_result, pf_result_index, PU_TORCH, player::px, player::py, run_cur_dir, run_init(), run_test(), player_upkeep::running, player_upkeep::running_withpathfind, square_ismark(), square_ispassable(), TRUE, player_upkeep::update, player::upkeep, and z_info.
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Mark Zuckerberg is not your average 27-year-old young man – or even your average entrepreneur. This CEO's story is more than just that of the Harvard dropout who started Facebook in 2004, having never previously had a full-time job. Zuckerberg then moved to Silicon Valley and managed to create the most influential and high profile social media business and one of the world's top companies in just 8 years.
Since the age of 18, when he famously created TheFacebook.com in his Harvard dorm room with roommates Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes, Zuckerberg has been disrupting the web and the way we relate with each other as no one had done before. Mark Zuckerberg is loved and hated because of the way he has expanded the web towards the concept of the social graph whilst opening up the thorny issue of personal data privacy and transparency. But, regardless of where you stand on Zuckerberg the man, his impact and influence are undeniable. The dorm room project has become the web's greatest directory, with almost 50% of the world's web users on it (currently totalling 2 billion people). To date more than 91 billion photos have been uploaded to Facebook and half a billion people now use the platform on mobile phones.
But who exactly is this young man that has already been portrayed in a major Hollywood film directed by David Fincher, one of cinema's most talented directors, with a cast including Justin Timberlake (another interestingly disruptive entertainment character and a member of the group that recently acquired MySpace)? Who is the real Mark Zuckerberg? Is he a megalomaniac hacker, an evangelist or a disruptive visionary?
"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
– US President Calvin Coolidge
A bold and strong visionary, Mark Zuckerberg is an ambitious, obsessive character and personality who, through hard work and vision, has been pushing the boundaries of the web, society, economy and politics both directly and indirectly. The 845 million members of Facebook, and the active 483 million users that log in to it multiple times during a typical day, prove that he is not alone in his vision, and that his social networking platform has indeed become a part of the daily lives of a substantial portion of the world.
Zuckerberg is simultaneously a hardcore dreamer and a hard worker. He has a 360 degree responsibility in Facebook, having a hands-on approach in setting the overall direction, management and product strategy for the platform, and according to some sources he still occasionally codes the website. He also leads the design of Facebook's service and the development of its core technology and infrastructure.
In his early years as a hacker (a description he prefers over coder) Zuckerberg developed a technological music recommendation engine system called Synapse and a peer-to-peer client called Wirehog. However, he abandoned both to pursue new projects and continue his studies. Even in his younger years he showed exceptional skills in web development – nevertheless he did not choose the easy path. When he was reportedly offered a million dollars to continue developing Synapse for Microsoft, Zuckerberg instead decided to attend Harvard University and study computer science.
During his rapid passage through Harvard, Zuckerberg created Facemash, a website that compared students' dorm photos side-by-side in a fashion similar to HOT or NOT. This was a preliminary step in his well-documented issues with pushing the boundaries of the law, the authorities and personal privacy. Harvard's administration board was of course far from amused by Facemash, and Zuckerberg faced subsequent disciplinary action. Less than three months later he launched Facebook.
Since then his public profile has skyrocketed and his career and work on Facebook have been changing the way we interact with the web and with the entire social digital footprint. In 2007 Zuckerberg won the Crunchie Award for 'Best Overall Startup or Product' and was voted Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year' for 2010. It is interesting to note that in September 2010, Zuckerberg donated $100 million to the Newark Public School System to help renovate and revamp it (in 1995 the state took control of the system having declared it a failure). Zuckerberg himself has no direct connection to Newark, and some commentators saw the donation as an attempt to forestall any negative publicity arising from the "The Social Network", which opened in cinemas on 1st October 2010 – but it's unlikely that the citizens of Newark were overly concerned about the motivations behind the donation.


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"Constantly risking"
Raúl Higuera was in born in 1982 in Santander, Colombia. Before he was 25, he was considered one of the best 100 advertising photographers in the world. He has worked extensively with latin celebrities such as Shakira, Paulina Rubio and Juanes.
Higuera divides his time between studios in Bogota, Paris and New York; traveling between Europe, Asia, North and South America. He shoots everything from fashion editorials for magazines like Latin American Vogue, Ocean Drive, Vanidades, Harper's Bazaar and other magazines in Europe, Japan and the United States.
His early studies in theater, advertising and business, gave Raul a Professional yet unique eye, which has enabled him to achieve what is called by critics, "a fresh and sassy approach tempered by a hint of surrealism".
Rayl Higuera's work also includes work for advertising campaigns for iconic multi-brands like Coca-Cola, Marlboro, Renault, Kia, the Colombian Ministries of Security and Tourism, to album artwork for superstars like Juanes and Paulina Rubio. In 2008, his personal art projects were the subject of a traveling exhibition through Hong Kong, Miami, Paris, New York and Los Angeles.
Raul Higuera was depicted in 'Photographer in Focus' on Fashion TV as being versatile and passionate, able to turn any scenario into a work of art; high praise indeed from art directors who commit large budgets to his account.
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For a little place (population only about 40,000) there's a lot to do in Canterbury. It only qualifies as a city by merit of it's cathedral but, partly due to the resultant tourists and partly due to the high student population (UKC, Christ Church College and Canterbury College), there are plenty of fine pubs and restaurants to pass the time in. That's when you're not seeing the sights, of course, which are also covered here... click on the anywhere to return here.
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