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The Calgary Flames, with 28 chaps in camp, need to make decisions. Soon.
Five players must go by Monday. Unfortunately for the team, there are no more pre-season tests.
In particular, it's challenging now for the Flames brass to sort out the three goalies. Of Karri Ramo, Reto Berra, Joey MacDonald, one needs to vamoose.
"It's a nightmare," coach Bob Hartley said after Friday's on-ice session at the Scotiabank Saddledome. "But that's what we have. There's not much we can do. We try to evaluate them as much as we can. It's like having three students sitting in the same desk."
What about the rest of the team?
Still here are nine defencemen and 16 forwards.
The Flames need to get down to 23, including two goalies.
"We still have some major decisions, but, let's face it, the core of our team, the core of our lineup, we know," said Hartley. "Obviously, we're not set yet on our No. 1 goalie or our No. 2 goalie. But we watch. We watch those guys on the ice. We watch those guys in meetings. We watch them in the gym. We do video with them, then we go back on the ice the next day with a certain drill that will tell us if they get it or not."
Michael Cammalleri, reportedly hampered by a hand injury, was nowhere to be seen during practice.
"I'm starting to be a little bit like you guys — I'm anxious to see him," said Hartley. "The medical staff is on top of it and I always listen to those guys. When they give me the green light for a player . . . he's going to be on the ice. Till then, we're not going to gamble."
Cammalleri, a versatile forward, co-led the Flames last season with 32 points.
So while the team could certainly use his skill set, Hartley said they're not going to put the player's well-being at risk.
"It would be nice (for Cammalleri to be healthy), but we're not going to put him on the ice till he's OK," said Hartley. "There's no sense. It's a nagging injury and if we don't fix it right away, he's going to play with this all year. There's no way. We need Cammy at his best, so we'll take the time that we need."
Another injured winger, Jiri Hudler, joined practice Friday.
But yet another winger, Sven Baertschi, beset by a lower-body injury, was excused. Hartley called it short-term.
"It should be a couple of days, we think. It's minor."
You couldn't miss Chris Breen, all six-foot-seven and 230 pounds of him. There he was Friday, getting into his first team practice since having shoulder surgery in April.
"Yeah, it felt good not to be bag-skating by myself for once this camp," chuckled the 24-year-old defenceman, who's spent the past three winters with AHL Abbotsford. "It's nice to just get out there and finally have to start making some reads and be with the guys and feel more a part of the team than I have the last little bit."
Breen initially hurt his right shoulder on an awkward collision. Nevertheless, he played two more months with the injury ("It would slide out, but go right back in"). But a late-season fight added to the damage and a torn-labrum operation was necessary.
Given a six-month time-frame for recuperation, the Uxbridge, Ont., native is on schedule.
"I don't know when I'm actually going to be cleared to play a game . . . but we're where we want to be, if not a little ahead," said Breen. "We have nine (defencemen) here right now. So, obviously, I'm going to do everything I can to push for a spot. We're fighting for spots every day now. Nothing's concrete."


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Lance Davis is mainly in charge of the Linux distro CentOS, a re-build from Red Hat Enterprise Linux. In an open letter aimed at him, seven developers are appealing for him to get in touch. Efforts to contact Davis by phone have been of no avail. Davis holding the domain plus sole 'Founders' rights in the IRC channels makes the situation particularly difficult for the developers. Davis obviously is also in charge of donation money. In the letter: "You have long promised a statement of CentOS project funds, to this date this has not appeared."
Developers at CentOS are worried that Davis' AWOL will endanger the whole project: "Please do not kill CentOS through your fear of shared management of the project."
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Neville Williams, 56, broke into his victim's home and boasted it was his birthday as he brutally raped her.
After her ordeal, which happened on October 1, 1999 - Williams' 42nd birthday - he threatened to return and rape the young mum again if she called police.
The terrified victim, aged 19 at the time, fled her home in Birmingham and resettled in another part of the country to escape the memory of what happened.
But after 12 years of silence she finally went to police in November 2011 and officers launched a search for her attacker.
Specialist teams were able to track Williams after his victim remembered he called himself by his nickname 'Crunch'.
After his arrest in June last year unemployed Williams denied the attack and went on trial earlier this year.
But a jury found him guilty after hearing evidence from a friend and the woman's GP about a change in her personality following the attack.
At Birmingham Crown Court, Neville, from Smiths Wood, Solihull, West Midlands, was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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A man has been found guilty of 18 offences, including five rapes, after attacking six women in one night.
Harbinder Khatkar, from Sinfin, in Derby, was found guilty of a string of attacks in the Pear Tree and Normanton areas of the city between midnight on February 1 and 9:00 the next day.
The 37-year-old was also convicted of the rape of a woman in 2011 for which he had previously been acquitted.
Derbyshire police said they were some of the "worst crimes imaginable".
'Completely devastated'
Khatkar, whose charges included rape, robbery, causing actual bodily harm, assault, sexual assault and trespass with the intent to commit a sexual offence, is expected to be sentenced at Derby Crown Court on Friday.
One victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the hearing her life had been "completely devastated" by what Khatkar had done to her in her own home.
Det Insp Douglas Naden said: "This has been one of the largest and most complex investigations undertaken by my team of detectives - and in terms of serial offending has been one of the worst cases they have ever dealt with.
"The court has heard evidence of some of the worst crimes imaginable which have had a devastating impact on the victims and their families."
Khatkar had previously been acquitted of raping a woman in 2011 but the Crown Prosecution Service successfully overturned the verdict at the Court of Appeal so he could be tried again.
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It was a moment no parent should ever have to experience.
Increasingly concerned by his 13-year-old daughter's unexplained absences, Terry followed her to a shabby flat above a convenience store.
A few weeks later he returned, hoping to find her after she had stormed out of their home following an argument, and was confronted with his worse fears: the flat was being used by a grooming gang who took their victims there for sex.
On this occasion his daughter was not there, but in one of the squalid rooms he found another of the gang's victims, a girl also aged just 13.
It was one of a series of bolt-holes the five men were using in the area around Dartford, Kent.
"It's not far from our home to where some of these men lived," he said. "I did what I could as a father, what any father would do to protect their child. I confronted Saleh and his gang. I barged into their houses, putting myself at risk, to try and get her out.
"But there was only one of me and there were plenty of them, so what could I do? In the end I couldn't protect her."
What was to unfold in the aftermath of the discovery, however, left Terry — not his real name — feeling that the criminal justice and immigration systems were protecting her attacker.
"Saleh" was Jumaa Kater Saleh, a then 19-year-old who had arrived in Britain three years earlier claiming refugee status, and was subsequently convicted of serious sex offences against Terry's daughter, who can only be referred to as "A" for legal reasons.
Earlier this month three judges, led by the Master of the Rolls, ruled that Saleh's human rights had been breached when he was held for eight months too long at Harmondsworth immigration removal centre near Heathrow, following his release from Feltham Young Offender Institution two years into a four-year sentence for sex offences.
After several rounds of legal appeals costing thousands of pounds, paid for by the taxpayer in legal aid, Saleh won his case to remain in the country and now lives freely in Leicester.
Within weeks he should learn how much he stands to gain in compensation, which, measured against other similar claims, could be in the region of tens of thousands of pounds.
Terry is disgusted by the decision of the court, which will make Saleh a rich man by the standards of Sudan, the impoverished and war-ravaged country he left at the age of 16, claiming his life, as a member of the persecuted Zaghawa tribe, was at risk.
Last week The Telegraph disclosed the full story of Saleh's use of the legal system at vast cost to the public purse.
For Terry, the fact that taxpayers like him and his family are paying Saleh is a moral outrage.
"Why should someone who has committed this sort of crime be allowed to receive any sort of compensation?" he asked, speaking in the living room of his neat home, its bookshelves lined with pictures of his children and grandchildren.
"What about his victim? My daughter has received nothing for what she went through, we were never told whether she could get any sort of compensation as a victim, yet he stands to get thousands.
"The worst of it is that as taxpayers, me and her mother are paying for him to go through the court system and then we'll end up contributing through our taxes to any compensation he gets – the man who did this to our girl. It's crazy."
Terry feels the case of Saleh is a poor reflection of Britain's asylum system and the way the Home Office and judiciary enforce it.
"We keep letting people like him into this country and people like him keep committing these crimes. But they always have a sob story," he said.
"They always say they will be killed if they are sent back and we always believe them. When will we learn? Now it seems even his own expert witness didn't believe him and his story about being a genuine asylum seeker. So why did the court?"
The compensation decision has done nothing to heal the wounds left by Saleh on girl A's family by an ordeal which began when she and a number of other girls met him and his gang in the streets of their home town, in early 2007.
A's first encounter with the gang came at the town's library, where she was introduced by a friend, another
13-year-old girl, to its leader, a Sudanese man called Adil Aboulkadir, 33.
During a six-week trial at Maidstone Crown Court, a jury heard how the two girls went back to Aboulkadir's dingy house on the corner of a busy street in Dartford. Here, over the weeks that followed, Aboulkadir had sex with A on several occasions. Aboulkadir had previously dragged A's friend up the stairs and forced himself on her.
Terry's daughter initially told Aboulkadir she was 16, but when she admitted she was just 13, he told her he did not want a relationship with her, as she was "too little".
Instead he passed A on to Saleh, who for two months pursued an illegal sexual relationship with her.
It only ended when another of Aboulkadir's victims was persuaded by a friend to report the gang to police, who began an investigation.
Saleh's defence was itself traumatic, with the gang claiming that police photographs of the victims shown to the jury were intended to make them look younger than they had appeared. The jury rejected the defence, a subsequent appeal was dismissed and the five were jailed – Saleh for four years.
Almost seven years later, the impact is clear.
"At the time my daughter was a silly young girl, but as she grew up the real significance of what he did hit home. Looking back at what he did, and what she went through, my daughter is disgusted with him. It took a while for her to realise how bad it really was. It was traumatic.
"And then to have to give evidence in court, even if it was by video link, to have to relive it all, just added to what she had to go through. She will never forget what happened. She will always be scarred by it."
A has gone on to recover from her ordeal and in her father's words "built a life for herself". She now has a loving, supportive partner with whom she has had two children of her own, one aged three and the other three months.
"She's a wonderful girl with a great partner who has supported her all the way. She hasn't let herself be beaten by what's happened, but she's outraged by the idea he might get this money."
But Saleh's use of the court system has made it impossible for his presence in their lives to go away.
It was A who first told Terry and her mother, an administrator, that Saleh stood to receive compensation for his detention after the end of his jail term.
"Nobody warned us, or my daughter, what was going to happen," said Terry. "That's been the case throughout. My partner was in hospital and my daughter rang me to warn me not to tell Mum about it, but I couldn't hide it from her. She is absolutely furious.
"It's not helped her health at all, hearing what's happened. Apart from the police, my daughter had very little support. Again it seems like the victim gets forgotten about and the person who did the crime gets all the help."
The questions the case has raised are troubling, but for Terry, it was the lack of respect the criminal justice system showed his daughter that hurt most.
"What sort of people are the judges who make these decisions?" said Terry.
"It's obvious something like this has never happened to their children.
"Saleh was a paedophile preying on young girls, yet he was only locked up for two years. What does he have to be compensated for? For being detained eight months longer than he should have been? He got off lightly."
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Marius Glad Trimbitas, 33 (5.03.80), of no fixed abode, left his victim with numerous injuries.
He was sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court today, Monday, 25 November, after admitting the offences on Monday, 28 October.
Trimbitas will also be placed on an extended license for a period of four years and will be placed on the sex register for life.
His victim was saved from further injury and assault after three members of the public fought off the attacker after they heard the victim's cries for help.
The 24-year-old woman was walking along the New Kent Road, SE1, at around 04:00hrs on Sunday, 6 October, when she stopped to look at a bus timetable.
Trimbitas grabbed her from behind and dragged onto a nearby set of steps. He then subjected her to a horrific assault while threatening to kill her.
During the attack, three members of the public – two men and a woman – heard the victim screaming and intervened. They pulled Trimbitas off the woman and he then ran off.
The two men pursued Trimbitas while the woman looked after the victim but they stopped after Trimbitas confronted them claiming to have a knife.
Police were called and the case was investigated by the Met's Sapphire Command (now the Met's Sexual Offences, Exploitation and Child Abuse Command).
The victim suffered a number of injuries and she required hospital treatment.
A shoe found at the scene was analysed at the Met's Specialist Forensic Services (SFS) lab and identified that the shoe belonged to Romanian national Trimbitas within 24 hours.
A manhunt was launched with the police gaining assistance from homeless charities and the homeless unit at Southwark council.
Officers also enlisted the help of the homeless and the Romanian community – to find Trimbitas.
Realising the net was closing in, Trimbitas eventually handed himself in into Charing Cross police station on Friday, 11 October and was subsequently charged with rape, assault by penetration and threats to kill.
Detective Constable Paul Hill, of the Met's Sexual Offences, Exploitation and Child Abuse Command, said: "I commend the victim for her courage and commitment in this case. This was a very violent attack on a lone female at night on her way home.
"She was attacked on a busy Road and had three brave people walking past not intervened, she could have been more seriously injured. Trimbitas is a dangerous individual who has now been convicted of this crime and will rightly spend a long time in prison."
Detective Inspector Jackie Wakeford-Smith, said: "This is one of the most disturbing assaults I have worked on. Detectives from Sapphire worked tirelessly, to identify and locate Trimbitas who was rough sleeper and I thank the homeless population in Southwark and Westminster who assisted us in locating him.
"I cannot rule out that he has not done this before but if you have been assaulted by Trimbitas, please come forward and tell us. We have trained officers and partners who can support you."
The judge also recommended that Trimbitas be deported after serving his sentence.
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On Monday, 25 November a teenager was sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court to four years in a young offenders institution, for robbery.
Gabriel Shogbola, 18 [27/02/1995] of Valance Avenue, Dagenham received the sentence after pleading guilty at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 2 October.
On Saturday, 20 July 2013 at 03.00hrs, Shogbola and three other unidentified males, forced their way into an address in Fenman Gardens, Ilford. Once inside they threatened to stab the 41-year-old occupant. They stole his mobile phone and laptop computer.
On police arrival, they obtained a description of the suspect who was subsequently arrested, nearby the address. On 21 July 2013, Shogbola was charged with robbery and was remanded in custody to appear at Redbridge Magistrates' Court.
Three male suspects remain outstanding, enquiries continue.
Detective Inspector Craig Robinson, from Redbridge Borough Police, said: "This was an attack on a householder in the middle of the night, where serious threats were made. This sentence reflects the seriousness with which the courts take this type of crime.
"I hope this will serve as a deterrent to others. I would urge anyone who has information regarding the other suspects to call Redbridge CID on 0208 345 2745 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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A man who left his neighbour blind in one eye has been jailed for grievous bodily harm.
Royston Marshall, 49 of Lewisham Road, SE13 was found guilty of grievous bodily harm on Wednesday, 27 November and sentenced to four years imprisonment on the same day at Woolwich Crown Court.
The court heard how the police were called by the London Ambulance Service (LAS) to an address at Lewisham Road on Monday, 22 April at approximately 21:00 hours to a 45-year-old man who had been assaulted by his neighbour.
When officers arrived on scene they were able to establish that the man had been grabbed from behind by Marshall, head butted and continuously punched in the face before hitting the floor.
After the attack Marshall had left the man lying there and returned to his flat.
Officers learned that Marshall had attacked his neighbour after being challenged about his lax approach to security, continuously leaving the communal door open.
When the victim was found by the LAS he had sustained a broken jaw, a serious injury to his left eye socket and a head injury. When the victim was taken to Kings College Hospital he was told he required emergency treatment to his left eye and the procedure needed to take place immediately, but despite this the victim was left blind in his left eye.
Marshall was quickly apprehended by officers on the day of the offence and charged on Tuesday, 23 April with grievous bodily harm
DC Helen Eady, Lewisham CID, said: "I am pleased that Marshall has received the maximum sentence available for this offence. The attack was vicious and unprovoked and has left the victim with an appalling and serious lifelong injury. Even when Marshall was arrested he was uncooperative and showed no remorse. Whilst Marshall will be behind bars for a few years, what happened that day is life changing for his victim."
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By Austen Davies
A report submitted by the former British Ambassador in Warsaw at the time of the great Polish Invasion has 'proved the lie' and confirmed that the odious, treasonous, self-seeking ego that is Blair knew full well the implications of the Labour government's 'non-control' of Polish immigration were.
That power-crazed megalomaniac, who is still treated like royalty instead of the unscrupulous criminal he is, knew full-well that the estimate of "13,000 maximum" Polish immigrants was ridiculously understated – and he was told as much by the Polish Government Minister who was incredulous to the point of looking for the 'catch' when he was told that no restrictions would apply to migrants seeking to move to the UK - and that once here they would enjoy full access to the Labour market – and all the 'benefits' associated with being 'British'.
"The Polish minister instinctively knew what Tony Blair's Labour government consistently denied: the immediate abolition of all border restrictions would lead to a surge of his people to these shores" said the former Ambassador.
More than one-million Poles have settled here.
Under the Labour Government 80% of new jobs were going to foreigners; British jobs for British workers? Never on the agenda; just another lie to those whom our successive governments hold in utter contempt. Us.
That there was a short-term boost to the economy thanks to the availability of cheap workers is true – but it was only ever going to be very short term. The strain that such an influx put on everything from housing to welfare didn't matter; it will be someone else's problem by the time it hits.
But it's always our problem. 'Us' again – down here on Planet Earth trying to live with the social chaos and misery that are synonymous with the reclassification of regions and entire towns to ghetto status.
And from January, 29 million citizens from these poorer EU member states will have the right to live and work here. Yet a recent poll conducted by a national newspaper showed 82% of Brits wanting the Border closed down. One-way, that is. Did you think you lived in a democracy? Think on.
Cameron is flapping, of course; he hears the clanking of chains that marks the approach of the Ghost of Elections Yet To Come, and it's smoking a cigarette and clutching a pint of beer. So he flexes his surgically-enhanced biceps and squares up to a projected image of the future;
"You can't have benefits for 3 months"; they've managed to get by without benefits in Romania– they'll manage another three months.
"Beggars will be deported"; you'll have to catch them first.
It's pathetic. And so are we if we believe this Heir to Blair.
1.Whatever ridiculous gesticulations the so-called Prime Minister of the Subservient European State of Blighty-in-the-Clart makes, he cannot stop 29 million Romas and Bulgars getting the ferry from Calais if they've a mind to, and
2.EU laws (and they are the ones that count) dictate that no citizen of a Member State can be treated any differently to any other citizen of any other Member State – so he's talking . . . . oh, put your own expletive in!
There are three things we must do – and we must do them now:
1.CLOSE the Borders; Britain is full
2.RESIGN from the European Union; we never agreed to it anyway
3.BEGIN the forced repatriation of all undesirable foreigners; starting with the two mentally-deficient Michaels currently on holiday in Belmarsh. Prison-life in Pakistan will suit them.
The British National Party and ONLY the British National Party is committed to these three points – these three promises. In these three commitments are all the reasons why you and everyone you know should vote BNP.
No other Party will make these commitments; no other Party is exclusively dedicated to serve the British people of Britain – so start spreading the word today.
Before it's too late.
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There has been a suspicious spike in student loans applications from Bulgarians and Romanians. This is suspicious because it is the student support type of loan for student living expenses which have spiked which is separate to the loans for tuition fees.
Although anyone in the EU can apply for a tuition fee loan to study in the UK, of which there are millions still owing a long time after their studies complete, in order to apply for the living expenses type you are required to have been resident in the UK for 3 years.
The Minister responsible says over three quarters of Romanian and Bulgarian applicants have failed to provide the proof of this 3 year residency and so they have had to freeze the loans for now.
Typically of the inept immigrant-appeasing government they have already paid out the first installment of this loan before it has even been proven that they are eligible and so will have to try and recoup millions of pounds in suspect and potentially fraudulent loans because installments are quite large.
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Detectives want to speak to 43 year old Mohammed Ikram – although this may well be a fake name – about the indecent assault of a young girl which happened on a beach in Bournemouth in 2009.
Ikram, who struggles to speak English, has links across London – specifically to the Neasden area.
Anyone with any information about Mohammed Ikram should contact Dorset Police on 01202 22 22 22 or call Crimestoppers in confidence on 0800 555 111.
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A Coventry man has been charged with murder following the death of a man who fell from the eighth floor of a block of flats.
Unemployed Younis Masih, aged 39, from Eden Street in the city, will appear before Coventry magistrates.
Police have named the man who died on the evening of Wednesday 4 December at Paradise House as Edwin Mazordze (pictured). The Zimbabwe born 30-year-old had lived in Coventry since 2004.
His family said: "We are all still in shock over what has happened. Eddie was a much loved son and brother who will be greatly missed by all his family. We are trying to come to terms with this shocking and terrible news."
Detectives continue to investigate the circumstances of his death and are appealing for anyone with information who has not spoken to police to call Force CID on 101 or alternatively information can be given to Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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A taxi driver has been found guilty of sexually exploiting teenage girls on Teesside.
Shakil Munir, 32, of Tollesby Road, Middlesbrough, had denied five charges involving two victims aged 13 and 14.
Two other men on trial alongside Munir were found not guilty. Junaid Butt and Ibrar Mahmood, both 18, were cleared of all charges against them.
The jury at Teesside Crown Court will continue considering its verdict in respect of a 17-year-old on Thursday.
Munir was found guilty of four counts of sexual activity with a child and one of child abduction after a trial lasting more than five weeks.
Mr Butt and Mr Mahmood were unanimously cleared earlier.
An 18-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to child sex offences.
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A man who raped a woman on her doorstep was traced after dropping his
mobile phone during the attack.
Jean Elin, 34 (4.05.78), saw the woman in Camberwell as she returned
home from a night out.
He assaulted her before making off – but was traced and arrested within
four days by detectives from the Metropolitan Police Service's Sapphire
Elin, of Barking Road, Plaistow, pleaded not guilty to two counts of
rape against the 24-year-old woman, but was today convicted at Inner
London Crown Court.
He was jailed for nine years.
On Saturday 14 January the victim was returning home after a night out
in south London. She left a club and travelled on a bus, but missed her
usual stop and ended up in an area she was unsure of at around 03:00hrs.
She decided to walk to her house, but when she reached home she was seen
by Elin who was driving past.
He attacked her on the porch of her home.
The victim was heard screaming by a friend who came to her assistance,
scaring Elin off.
The friend noticed a phone on the floor and recovered it.
Police were alerted and examined the mobile. Several numbers in the
phone were contacted, including one for a woman who advised officers
that she had lent her car to Elin on the night concerned.
When he had returned it shortly after 04:00hrs he stated he had just
lost his phone.
Further enquiries led police to Elin – who was found to be variously
using two aliases – and he was arrested on suspicion of rape.
Acting Detective Sergeant Richard Huggins, of Sapphire, said: "We
welcome the guilty verdict, which hopefully brings some measure of
justice to the victim.
"She was returning to the safety of her home when the opportunistic Elin
struck and raped her. He then prolonged the ordeal by refusing to plead
guilty when brought before the court.
"I would like to pay tribute to the woman and her family who supported
our investigation and the subsequent prosecution."
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A 21-year-old man has been found guilty of the murder of Andrew Iacovou in Morden on Satruday, 25 May.
Shafique Ahmad Aarij of no fixed address, was found guilty in a unanimous jury verdict at Southwark Crown Court.
Officers were alerted by the London Ambulance Service at around 10:30hrs on Saturday, 25 May to reports of a member of staff suffering serious injuries at Ladbrokes in Aberconway Road, Morden.
Andrew Iacovou, 55 (26.03.58), of the Sutton area, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A post-mortem gave the cause of death as blunt trauma to the head.
He will be sentenced on 13 January 2014.
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Three men have been found guilty of an aggravated burglary in Croydon and sentenced to a total of thirty years in prison, after a trial at Croydon Crown Court.
They are:
Idir Brahimi, aged 23, of...
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Two men who stabbed a teenager to death and then fled to Jamaica nearly six years ago have today, Thursday 28 November, been convicted of murder and violent disorder.
Onique Nembhard, 25, a Jamaican...
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Just done an interview for a Russian newspaper concerning Cameron's blather regarding the forthcoming depopulation of Romania. She seemed fair enough but pretended not to understand my English when I asked about the Russian people's acceptance of a comparative invasion.
Upon such a subject can be found a few notes penned by historian Michael Burleigh in the Daily Mail. Equating any form of genuine nationalism with a sudden and corresponding irrational impulsion to gas everybody, as the Daily Mail does oh so well, Mr Burleigh somewhat short-changes us.
Hungary's economy is in constant crisis, and its authoritarian Right-wing government, under the leadership of Viktor Orban, competes for votes with a hugely popular neo-Nazi party that is as malign as Britain's BNP.
The difference is that the extremist Jobbik, or 'right choice', party exerts real power. It is the third largest party in Hungary's parliament, with 17 per cent of the vote and 47 out of 486 seats. Jobbik's support tends to come from relatively well-off and educated people, who have something to lose, rather than from the ill-educated and poor. As such, it is influential....
On the subject of history, Jobbik erected a large bronze bust of Admiral Horthy a stone's throw from the country's parliament — a gesture that, in the eyes of the party's critics, is like allowing the BNP to put a bust of Sir Oswald Mosley near Westminster.
You might have expected such a prominent observer of history to point out that continued mass immigration on spurious economic grounds is nothing more than genocide in itself. Can he not bring himself to equate the continued replacement and consequent eradication of the indigenous peoples of Europe by powerful special interest and corporate entities ?
Maybe, like others he can see for himself, but is forbidden or too frightened to do so under the present strict climatic constraints. Perhaps that offers another explanation for the incessant media diatribe against the BNP to compliment the one I provided last night. After all why inconvenience yourself with confronting your own shortcomings when you can simply cry witch ?
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Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale accused of killing drummer and machine-gunner near Woolwich military barracks.
The trial of the two men accused of murdering the soldier Lee Rigby is scheduled to begin on Friday. The start of the trial had been delayed, but on Tuesday the trial judge, Mr Justice Sweeney, gave the media permission to report that the opening of the prosecution case before a jury was imminent.
The judge said he will hear further legal submissions before the crown can outline the evidence which, it says, will demonstrate the guilt of Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale.
Rigby, 25, a drummer and machine-gunner in the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, died on May 22 2013 as he walked back to Woolwich military barracks, south London, in broad daylight. Witnesses reported that he was struck by a car and then stabbed.
Adebolajo, 28, and Adebowale, 22, deny murder.
Last week the two accused appeared in the dock together at the Old Bailey, separated by security guards. They spoke only to confirm their names.
Adebolajo has asked to be addressed as Mujaahid Abu Hamza, and his co-accused has asked to be addressed as Ismail Ibn Abdullah during proceedings.
The two men also stand accused of the attempted murder of a police officer and conspiring to murder a police officer.
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Mobile Suit Gundam
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Mobile Suit Gundam | |
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機動戦士ガンダム (Kidō Senshi Gandamu) |
Genre | Military science fiction, Real Robot |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Yoshiyuki Tomino |
Written by | Yoshiyuki Tomino, Hajime Yatate |
Studio | Nippon Sunrise |
Licensed by | Canada and the United States: Bandai Visual |
Network | Nagoya Broadcasting Network, Animax |
English network | United States: Cartoon Network (Toonami) |
Original run | April 7, 1979 – January 26, 1980 |
Episodes | 43 (42 in English) |
Manga | |
Written by | Yoshiyuki Tomino |
Illustrated by | Yoshikazu Yasuhiko |
Published by | Akita Shoten |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | 1979 – 1980 |
Volumes | 2 |
Anime film | |
Directed by | Yoshiyuki Tomino |
Written by | Yoshiyuki Tomino, Hajime Yatate |
Studio | Nippon Sunrise |
Licensed by | Bandai Visual |
Released | March 14, 1981 |
Runtime | 137 minutes |
Anime film | |
Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow | |
Directed by | Yoshiyuki Tomino |
Written by | Yoshiyuki Tomino, Hajime Yatate |
Studio | Nippon Sunrise |
Licensed by | Bandai Visual |
Released | July 11, 1981 |
Runtime | 134 minutes |
Anime film | |
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space | |
Directed by | Yoshiyuki Tomino |
Written by | Yoshiyuki Tomino, Hajime Yatate |
Studio | Nippon Sunrise |
Licensed by | Bandai Visual |
Released | March 13, 1982 |
Runtime | 141 minutes |
Mobile Suit Gundam (機動戦士ガンダム Kidō Senshi Gandamu, also known as First Gundam, Gundam 0079 or simply Gundam '79 ) is a televised anime series, produced by Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network on April 7, 1979, and lasted until January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes. It was the very first Gundam series, which has subsequently been adapted into numerous sequels and spin-offs.
In 1981, the series was re-edited for theatrical release and split into three movies. The characters were designed by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, and Kunio Okawara was responsible for the mechanical designs, including the eponymous giant robot, the RX-78-2 Gundam. The first movie was released on February 22, 1981.
Set in a fictional universe in the Universal Century year 0079, the Principality of Zeon has declared independence from the Earth Federation, and subsequently launched a war of independence called the One year War. The conflict has directly affected every continent on earth, also nearly every space colony and lunar settlement. Zeon, though smaller, has the tactical upper hand through their use of a new type of humanoid weapons called mobile suits. After half of all humanity perishes in the conflict, the war settled into a bitter stalemate lasting over 8 months.
The story begins with a newly deployed Federation warship, the White Base, arriving at the secret research base located at the Side 7 colony to pick up the Federation's newest weapon. However, they are closely followed by Zeon forces. A Zeon reconnaissance team member disobeys mission orders and attacks the colony, killing most of the Federation crew and civilians in the process. Out of desperation, citizen boy Amuro Ray accidentally finds the Federation's new arsenal—the RX-78 Gundam, and neutralizes the situation. Scrambling everything they can, the White Base sets out with her newly formed crew of civilian recruits and refugees in her journey to survive, and unknowingly, change the course of the war.
Original concept and development[edit]
The "Mobile Suits" of the show were inspired by the power armors from the American novel Starship Troopers from 1959.[1] Yoshiyuki Tomino's original plot for the anime was considerably much more grim, with Amuro dying halfway through the series, and the crew of the White Base having to ally with Char (who is given a red Gundam), but finally having to battle him after he takes control of the Principality of Zeon. The original concept found expression in a series of novels written by Tomino soon after the show's conclusion, and elements of the storyline weaved themselves into Zeta Gundam and Char's Counterattack.[citation needed]
Tomino met mechanical designer Kunio Okawara when he first worked in two television series from Sunrise. Tomino liked Okawara's work and asked him to collaborate with him in his upcoming project. Originally, the anime would be called "Gunboy" but it was renamed to Mobile Suit Gundam.[2]
The White Base, the mothership of the protagonist crew members, is designed with a 3 plane view method by Kunio Okawara, however, it is not specially designed for the anime series Gundam, it was actually a salvaged design from the anime Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3.[3] The idea of having a space carrier from the director Yoshiyuki Tomino is partly inspired by the earlier science fiction anime Space Battleship Yamato, in which he claimed to be a fan of.[3] It was intended to be in a more realistic black colour, but was changed to white by the order of Sunrise, similar to the colour change of the main mecha Gundam was changed from a grayish white to white, red, blue and yellow. Director Tomino showed great disgust in the colour change, also noticing the unrealistic non-aerodynamic design of it after the show was on air, said in an interview that such design would never appeared in the real world, since it would be a sitting duck from fighter aircraft. Tomino still held a grudge 10 years after the show aired and stated in an interview in Newtype 1989 April issue that the imaginary enemies of Gundam are Sunrise, sponsors and television stations.[4]
In February 1980, Mobile Suit Gundam was aired in Italy, the first country to broadcast the show outside of Japan.[5] It's one of the most appreciated Anime in that country, even today, counting multiple fan clubs and a strong market for both home video and Gunpla.
Mobile Suit Gundam was also later aired by the anime satellite television network, Animax, across Japan, with the series continuing to be aired on the network currently, and later its respective networks worldwide, including Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and other regions.
Hoping to capitalize on the success of Gundam Wing from the previous year, Bandai Entertainment released a heavily edited and English-dubbed version of Mobile Suit Gundam, premiering on Toonami across the United States on Monday, July 23, 2001. The series did not do as well as Wing but the ratings were high enough for the whole series to be aired and to spawn an enormous toy line. Unfortunately, due the September 11th attacks, Cartoon Network, like many other TV stations, began pulling, and editing, war-themed content and violent programming, resulting in the cancellation of the series. However, the series finale was shown as part of Toonami's "New Year's Eve-il" special on December 31, 2001[6] and the unaired episodes were aired in reruns during 2002.
On Saturday, June 8, 2002, the series was given another chance by Cartoon Network on their late-night Adult Swim block, but it was again pulled before completing its run because of low ratings.
On May 30, 2006, Bandai Entertainment re-released the English dub of the TV series in a 10 volume DVD set.[7] There was no Japanese audio track included, apparently because Yoshiyuki Tomino felt that the original mono mix was in too poor of a condition to use.[8] However, in 2007 the original series was released on DVD in Japan, which sold over 100,000 copies within a month's time from December 21, 2007 to January 21, 2008.[9]
At the 2010 New York Comic Con/New York Anime Festival, Bandai Entertainment announced that they would re-release Mobile Suit Gundam with both Japanese and English dubs. Only one episode out of the 43 episode will not be dubbed, at the request of Yoshiyuki Tomino. Bandai released Gundam in two sets in the summer of 2011.[10] The first set was released on September 13, 2011.[11]
In both American TV showings and on the American DVD release, episode 15 ("Kukurus Doan's Island") was cut out. According to Yoshiyuki Tomino, the animation was not up to his usual standards, the episode becoming a "lost episode" of sorts, never being dubbed.[12] The episode remained on the Japanese DVD release.
In 1979, before the end of the anime, Yoshiyuki Tomino himself created the first novelizations of the original Gundam anime series. The novels, issued as a series of three books, allowed him to depict his story in a more sophisticated, adult, and detailed fashion. Along with this adaptation came several major changes to the story. For example, Amuro is already a member of the Federation military at the time of the initial Zeon attack on Side 7, and the main characters in the Federation serve on the White Base-class ships Pegasus and Pegasus II rather than the Pegasus-class White Base.[13] Additionally, the war continues well into the year UC 0080 in the novels, whereas it concludes at the beginning of that year in the anime series.
Perhaps the most controversial difference between the anime series and the novels is that in the latter, Amuro Ray is killed in the final attack against the Zeonic stronghold of A Baoa Qu when his RX-78-3 is pierced through the torso by a Rick Dom's beam bazooka. This occurs as Char's unit attempts to warn him about Gihren's intention to destroy the fortress and take the Federation's offensive fleet along with it. Char Aznable and the crew of Pegasus II (White Base), along with handpicked men under Kycilia Zabi's command, make a deep penetrating attack against the Side 3 and together kill Gihren Zabi, after which Kycilia is killed by Char. Tomino later lamented that had he known that anime ending would be different and that another series would be made, he would not have killed off Amuro in the novels.
The three novels were translated into English by Frederik Schodt and published by Del Rey Books in September 1990. At the time, there were no officially recognized romanizations of character and mecha names, and a variety of different spellings were being used in the English-language fan community. In the original three novels, therefore, Mr. Schodt wrote the name "Char" as "Sha." "Sha" is a transliteration of the Japanese pronunciation, although Mr. Tomino later publicly confirmed at Anime Expo New York 2002 that the name was originally based on the French name Charles Aznavour, a popular French-language singer. (Interestingly, the 2004 edition of the English translation revealed that Schodt felt that the "Char" rendering "seemed too close" to Aznavour's name.) He also rendered "Zaku" as "Zak," and (after consulting with Mr. Tomino) "Jion" as "Zeon," instead of "Zion," which was in use in some circles. Some North American fans, already attached to particular spellings, took great umbrage at Schodt's renditions, forgetting that in the original Japanese most character and mecha names are written in katakana, and that there were, therefore, no "official spellings." Many years later, when the Gundam series was finally licensed in North America, the rightsholders did come up with a unified list of "official spellings" for English-language material, and some of these spellings include Schodt's renditions, as well as the renditions to which certain North American fans were attached.
In 2004, Frederik Schodt revised his original translation of the books, which had been out of print for nearly a decade. What had been a three volume set in the 1990 Del Rey edition was re-released by Stone Bridge Press as one single volume of 476 pages (with a vastly improved cover design), titled Mobile Suit Gundam: Awakening, Escalation, Confrontation. Since the rights holders in Japan by this time had created a unified (although still evolving) list of romanized character and mecha names, Schodt was able to use it, and Amuro's rival in the novel thus became "Char" and not "Sha"; the popular Zeon Mobile Suit, similarly, became "Zaku," and not "Zak".[14]
Compilation movies[edit]
Following the success of the Mobile Suit Gundam TV series, Yoshiyuki Tomino returned in 1981 and reworked the footage into three separate compilation movies. The first two movies, Mobile Suit Gundam and Mobile Suit Gundam: Soldiers of Sorrow, were released in 1981. The third movie, Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space, was released in 1982.
Each of the three movies is largely composed of old footage from the TV series, however Tomino felt that some things could be changed for the better. Tomino removed several aspects of the show which he felt were still too super robot-esque for the real robot series he intended Gundam to be, such as the Gundam Hammer weapon. The G-Armor upgrade parts were also completely removed and replaced in the narrative by the more realistic Core Booster support fighters, and Hayato receives a RX-77 Guncannon at Jaburo to replace the disadvantaged RX-75 Guntank. The third movie also includes a substantial amount of new footage expanding on the battles of Solomon and A Baoa Qu.
In 1998, the three compilation movies were first released for directly to VHS subtitled into English as part of Bandai's AnimeVillage releases, which makes them among the first Gundam works released in English. The movies were released again in North America on May 7, 2002 in DVD format, available separately or in a boxed set. These are also available only with re-done Japanese audio with English subtitles, the DVDs identical to the 20th anniversary release of the movie compilation in Japan. The original Japanese voice cast members rerecorded their lines with the exception of those who were deceased. The 20th anniversary release was digitally remastered and many of the sound effects were replaced, most notably the futuristic gun sounds being replaced by louder machine gun sound effects. Also, the music soundtrack, while not remixed was rearranged and in some cases removed from some scenes. The vocal songs are rearranged also, especially in the closing credits of the second and third movies.
Bandai Visual has announced the re-release of the Mobile Suit Gundam movies on DVD from new HD masters and with the original, theatrical, mono audio mix. This box set is scheduled for release in Japan on December 21, 2007.[15][16] On May 18, 2010 Bandai Entertainment re-released the movie trilogy under their Anime Legends label.[17][18]
Mobile Suit Gundam manga, namely Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, are published in English by Vertical Inc.
Character | Japanese | English (Series) | English (Movies) |
Amuro Ray | Toru Furuya | Brad Swaile | Michael Lindsay |
Char Aznable | Shuichi Ikeda | Michael Kopsa | Steven Blum |
Bright Noah | Hirotaka Suzuoki | Chris Kalhoon | Wheat St. James |
Mirai Yashima | Fuyumi Shiraishi | Cathy Weseluck | Leslie Buhr |
Sayla Mass | Yō Inoue | Alaina Burnett | Olivia Bardeau |
Fraw Bow | Rumiko Ukai | Kristie Marsden | Melissa Fahn |
Kai Shiden | Toshio Furukawa | Richard Ian Cox | Eddie Frierson |
Hayato Kobayashi | Kiyonobu Suzuki | Matt Smith | Richard Cansino |
Ryu Jose | Shōzō Iizuka | Ward Perry | Bob Papenbrook |
Lalah Sune | Keiko Han | Willow Johnson | Lia Sargent |
Gihren Zabi | Banjo Ginga | Hiro Kanagawa | Doug Stone |
Garma Zabi | Katsuji Mori | Brian Dobson | Bo Williams |
Kishiria Zabi | Mami Koyama | Michelle Porter | Bambi Darro |
Dozle Zabi | Daisuke Gouri | French Tickner | Peter Spellos |
Degwin Zabi | Ichiro Nagai | Chris Schneider | Elliot Reynolds |
Ramba Ral | Masashi Hirose | John Payne | Michael McConnohie |
Crowley Hamon | Yumi Nakatani | Lenore Zann | Dian Andrews |
Earth Federation[edit]
- Amuro Ray
- Bright Noa
- Fraw Bow
- General Revil
- Haro
- Hayato Kobayashi
- Kai Shiden
- Matilda Ajan
- Mirai Yashima
- Ryu Jose
- Sayla Mass
- Slegger Law
- Tem Ray
Principality of Zeon[edit]
- Char Aznable
- Dozle Zabi
- Garma Zabi
- Gihren Zabi
- Kycilia Zabi
- Lalah Sune
- M'Quve
- Ramba Ral
- Black Tri-Stars
Opening and ending songs[edit]
- Opening
- "Tobe! Gundam" (翔べ! ガンダム Tobe! Gandamu , Fly! Gundam)
- Lyrics: Yoshiyuki Tomino (as the pseudonym "Rin Iogi")
- Composition: Takeo Watanabe
- Arrangement: Yuji Matsuyama
- Artist: Koh Ikeda
- Ending
- "Eien ni Amuro" (永遠にアムロ , Forever Amuro) by Koh Ikeda (TV series)
- "Suna no Jūjika" (砂の十字架 , Cross of Sand) by Takajin Yashiki (Movie I)
- "Ai Senshi" (哀 戦士 , Soldiers of Sorrow) by Daisuke Inoue (Movie II)
- "Meguriai" (めぐりあい , Encounters) by Daisuke Inoue (Movie III)
- Interlude
- "Char ga Kuru" (シャアが来る Shaa ga Kuru , Here Comes Char) by Hori Koichiro
- "Kirameki no Lalah" (きらめきのララァ Kirameki no Raraa , Shining Lalah) by Keiko Toda
- "Ima wa Oyasumi" (いまはおやすみ , Now is Good Night) by Keiko Toda – Insert Song in Episode 36
Gundam-themed Rides[edit]
Gundam the Ride[edit]
"Gundam the Ride: A Baoa Qu" was an amusement park attraction at the Fuji-Q Highland Amusement Park located in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan. It was a dark ride for the park.
Gundam the Ride, which opened to the public on July 20, 2000, was based on Mobile Suit Gundam. Set during the final chaotic Battle of A Baoa Qu, Gundam the Ride places its riders in an Escape Launch Shuttle about to leave the battleship Suruga.
The animation of Gundam the Ride used mostly computer graphics, however, all human characters were hand-drawn cel animation, similar to the style current Gundam video games are done in. All of the character designs for Gundam the Ride were done by Haruhiko Mikimoto.
The ride's characters make a cameo appearance in the video game "Encounters in Space" while the player (playing as Amuro Ray in his Gundam) is making his way through the Dolos.
The ride closed on January 8, 2007.
Gundam Crisis Attraction[edit]
Set to replace the original "Gundam the Ride", the main feature of this attraction is a full size 1:1 Gundam model, lying flat inside the venue. Instead of sitting in a movable cockpit and watching a CG movie, it requires participants to carry handheld devices throughout the attraction to find certain pieces of information, similar to a scavenger hunt, in order to activate the Gundam. The interior of the attraction is a mock-up of a Federation ship, and employees remain in-character inside of the ride.
Video games[edit]
(For the list below, only video games featuring mobile suits appeared in One Year War, or related variations)
There have been many video games based on or with mobile suits from the original Gundam series. Of these, the following have crossed the border into North America:
- Gundam Battle Assault, Gundam Battle Assault 2
- Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise From the Ashes
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic Front
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space
- Mobile Suit Gundam VS Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire (Mobile Suit Gundam: Target in Sight in Japan)
- MS Saga: A New Dawn (Mobile Suit Gundam: True Odyssey in Japan)
- Mobile Suit Gundam Seed: Never Ending Tomorrow
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam, Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2, Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 (Gundam Musou in Japan)
Current generation games that have been unreleased in countries outside Japan include:
- Mobile Suit Gundam (1993 arcade game)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Bonds of the Battlefield
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Spirits of Zeon ~Dual Stars of Carnage~
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Spirit of Zeon ~Memory of Soldier~
- Quiz Mobile Suit Gundam: Monsenshi
- Mobile Suit Gundam Giren's Greed: Blood of Zeon
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Lost War Chronicles
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Climax UC
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The One Year War
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Path of the Soldiers (also referred to as Ace Pilot)
- Gundam Battle (series)
- SD Gundam G-Generation (series)
- SD Gundam SCAD Hammers
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Operation: Troy
- Kidō Senshi Gundam: Senjō no Kizuna
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam
- Kidō Senshi Gundam SEED Battle Destiny
- Gundam Breaker
Gundam was not popular when it first aired, and in fact came close to being cancelled. The series was originally set to run for 52 episodes but was cut down to 39 by the show's sponsors, which included Clover (toy company) (the original toymakers for the series). However, the staff was able to negotiate a one month extension to end the series with 43 episodes.[19] Despite being released in 1979, the original Gundam series is still remembered and recognized within the anime fan community. The series revolutionized mecha anime,[20] introducing the new Real Robot genre, and over the years became synonymous with the entire genre for many. As a result, for example, parodies of mecha genre commonly feature homages to Mobile Suit Gundam, thanks to its immediate recognizability.[21]
When Bandai bought the copyrights to build plastic models for the show's mecha, which was a relatively new market compared to the old Chogokin series Clover was making, things changed completely. With the introduction of their line of Gundam models, the popularity of the show began to soar. The models sold very well, the show began to do very well in reruns and its theatrical compilation was a huge success. Audiences were expecting another Super Robot TV show, and instead found Gundam, the first work of anime in an entirely new genre: the Real Robot genre.[22]
The series was the first winner of the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize, in 1979 and the first half of 1980. By the end of 2007, each episode of the original TV series averaged a sales figure of 80,928 copies, including all of the different formats it was published in (VHS, LD, DVD, etc.).[23] The first DVD box set sold over 100,000 copies in the first month of release, from December 21, 2007 to January 21, 2008.[24] As part of the 30th Anniversary of the Gundam series, the company officially announced a project on March 11, 2009 called Real-G, a plan to build a 1:1 real size scale Gundam in Japan. It was completed in July 2009 and taken down later.[25] The 18 meter tall statue was reconstructed in Shizuoka Prefecture and was taken down in March 2011.[26]
John Oppliger observes that the characters of Amuro Ray, to whom the young Japanese of that time could easily relate, and Char Aznable, who was "simply [...] fascinating", made a major contribution to the series' popularity. He also concludes that "in many respects First Gundam stands for the nostalgic identifying values of everything that anime itself represents".[21]
Mecha anime creator Shoji Kawamori attended Keio University in the same years as Macross screenwriter Hiroshi Ōnogi and character designer Haruhiko Mikimoto, where they had a Mobile Suit Gundam fan club called "Gunsight One", a name they would use years later as the call sign of the bridge of the SDF-1 spaceship from their first Macross anime TV series. In fact, The Super Dimension Fortress Macross mecha anime series was inspired by Gundam in several aspects during its early development.[27]
American musician Richie Kotzen, former guitarist from Poison and Mr. Big, released an album called Ai Senshi ZxR in 2006 in Japan. The album consisted of covered music from the Gundam Series and original songs.
American musician Andrew W.K. also released an album called Gundam Rock on September 9, 2009, in Japan. The album consists of covered music from the Gundam series to celebrate its 30th Anniversary.[28]
Guillermo Del Toro has cited the series as an influence on Pacific Rim.[29]
Background Research[edit]
The background research of Mobile Suit Gundam is well praised in its field, positions in which the colonies (sides) are located in orbit are lagrangian points are based on real scientific theory, while the colonies (sides) are based on the O'Neill cylinder theory.[30][31][32] It even caused the fame of the O'Neil cylinder in Japan.[33]
See also[edit]
- ^ Tomino, Yoshiyuki (2004). Mobile Suit Gundam: Awakening, Escalation, Confrontation. Stone Bridge Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-880656-86-0.
- ^ "The Mike Toole Show Super Robot Island: Final". Anime News Network. November 18, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
- ^ a b Gundam Century Renewal Version, Kishosha, March 15, 2000, ISBN 4-87777-028-3
- ^ Newtype magazine 1989 April Issue
- ^ http://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/anim/gundam.htm
- ^ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/edit-list/2002-03-04/cartoon-network-interview interview
- ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mobile_suit_gundam_vol_1_the_battle_begins/ Rotten Tomatoes page of the first volume.
- ^ http://www.animejump.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=40&page=1 ("The sound quality of the recordings that remain from First Gundam is quite poor at this time. Because of this, there was no other way but to re-record the First Gundam movies, including the addition of new music. So there would be no possibility of having the original soundtrack released in the United States.")
- ^ Otona no Gundam, Adult's Gundam, Nikki Entertainment
- ^ "Bandai Ent. Adds 1st Gundam TV Series With English Subs". Anime News Network. October 9, 2010.
- ^ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mobile-Suit-Gundam-Complete-Collection/dp/B005F96UNW/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1368017806&sr=1-1&keywords=mobile+suit+gundam
- ^ http://www.animeondvd.com/conitem.php?item=180 ("I asked that it would be skipped. There is a reason, but since the staff is still alive I can't answer it. It's a long story.")
- ^ Tomino, Yoshiyuki (2004). Mobile Suit Gundam. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. p. 11. ISBN 1-880656-86-8.
- ^ Tomino, Yoshiyuki (2004). Mobile Suit Gundam. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. pp. 470–473. ISBN 1-880656-86-8.
- ^ [商品詳細 ] バンダイビジュアル株式会社
- ^ Gunota Headlines
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ The Legend Story of Gundam, Goods Press, March 15, 2011, ISBN 978-4-19-925031-6
- ^ Oppliger, John (June 24, 2008). "Ask John: Which Anime Have Been Ahead of Their Time?". AnimeNation. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
- ^ a b John Oppliger (May 16, 2008). "Ask John: Why Are Gundam Fans So Obsessed With First Gundam?". AnimeNation. Retrieved May 30, 2008.
- ^ Oricon Style manga and anime interviews and specials, Robot anime special, "リアルロボット"というジャンルを生み出した作品が『機動戦士ガンダム』である。(Mobile Suit Gundam, the series that gave birth to the genre named "Real Robot")
- ^ Otona no Gundam Perfect, Nikkei Business Publications January 21, 2008
- ^ 1/1実物大ガンダム大地に立つ!
- ^ "静岡の空をそめていく……実物大ガンダム公開直前リポート – ITmedia News" (in Japanese). July 7, 2010. Retrieved September 19, 2010. "Shizuoka ... full-scale Gundam"
- ^ "Translation & Cultural Notes". The Super Dimension Fortress Macross Liner Notes. AnimEigo. December 21, 2001. Retrieved February 12, 2012. "According to the liner notes of the AnimEigo DVD release of the Macross TV series Gunsight One was also the fanzine title of the Gundam fan club that creator Shoji Kawamori, character designer Haruhiko Mikimoto, and writer Hiroshi Oonogi (members number 1, 2, and 3 of said club) founded while they were students at Keio University in Japan..."
- ^ "Gundam Rock English Cover Album to Ship in Japan". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 16, 2009.
- ^ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-08-11/pacific-rim-director-visits-odaiba-life-size-gundam-in-video
- ^ Gundam Century, Gundam Science, High Frontier
- ^ Gundam SF World
- ^ Mobile Suit Gundam Epoch Vol. 1
- ^ 王立科學博物館
External links[edit]
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- Official Website: Anime
- Mobile Suit Gundam (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Mobile Suit Gundam at the Internet Movie Database
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Gundam metaseries (production order) 1979–1980 |
Succeeded by Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam |
Preceded by Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO |
Gundam Universal Century timeline U.C. 0079 – 0080 |
Succeeded by Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team, Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket |
- 1979 anime television series
- Manga series
- 1979 manga
- 1981 anime films
- 1982 anime films
- Anime featured in the Super Robot Wars series
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Laying out your UI (Windows Store apps)
Learn about the layout of Windows Store apps and how they differ from traditional desktop apps. You have a number of surfaces you can use in your Windows Store app, like the app window, flyouts, dialogs, and app bars. Choosing the right surface at the right time can mean the difference between an app that is a breeze to use or a burden.
The app page, or canvas
The app page, sometimes called the canvas, is the base of your UI. The canvas holds all of your content and controls. Whenever possible, you should integrate your UI elements into this base surface. For example, instead of using a pop-up to display an error, you can smoothly show, hide, or shift the error message on the window with the built-in animations. Presenting your UI inline lets users fully immerse themselves in your app and stay in context.
You can create as many app pages as you need to support your user scenarios. See Planning Windows Store apps and Navigation design to learn more about laying out app pages to support user scenarios.
Resizing your UI
People can resize your app so that they can use another app. You can design your app so that the content flows dynamically to optimize the user experience as people resize.
Full screen App fills entire screen. | |
Resized App is resized to a portion of the entire screen. Other apps can fill the remaining screen area. |
See Guidelines for resizing for more info.
Touch keyboard and handwriting panel
The touch keyboard and handwriting panel provide a secondary command UI for text entry. This panel is displayed when a user touches an editable input field in a Windows Store app or when they click the keyboard icon in the taskbar of the Desktop. The panel is dismissed when the input field loses focus.
The touch keyboard enables text entry and editing for form factors that don't have a hardware keyboard or other peripheral keyboard devices. The handwriting panel enables text entry and editing for pen-based form factors.
Similar to the view states mentioned previously, you can design your app so that the content flows dynamically to optimize the user experience when the touch keyboard and the handwriting panel are displayed.
See Guidelines for touch keyboard and handwriting panel for more info on supporting these text input modes.
App bars
Outside of the app page, the app bar is the primary command interface for your app. Use the app bar to present navigation, commands, and tools to users. The app bar is hidden by default and appears when users swipe a finger from the top or bottom edge of the screen. It covers the content of the app and can be dismissed by the user with an edge swipe, or by interacting with the app.
See Commanding design for more info on designing your command and Guidelines for app bars for user experience guidelines
The charms are a specific and consistent set of buttons to users in every app: search, share, connect, settings, and start. We believe these are core scenarios that every user wants to do in almost every app they use.
- Search Users can search for your app's content or for web content from anywhere in the system.
- Share Users can share content from your app with people or services.
- Devices Users can connect to devices and send content, stream media, and print.
- Settings Users can configure your app to their preferences and access user help.
- Start Users can go directly to the Start screen.
See these guidelines for more info: search, sharing, app settings, and app help
Context menus
The context menu, sometimes called a popup menu, shows actions that users can perform on text or UI elements in an app. You can use up to five commands on each content menu, like cut, copy, or open with. This limit keeps the context menu uncluttered, easy-to-read, and directly relevant to the text or object that the commands act on.
Don't use context menus as the primary command interface for an app. That's what the app bar is for. See Guidelines for context menus for more info.
Message dialogs
Message dialogs are dialogs that require explicit user interaction. They dim the app window and demand a user response before continuing. Use message dialogs only when you intend to stop the user and to demand response.
In the example above, the app window is dimmed, and the user must tap one of the two buttons to dismiss the dialog. That is, the message in the dialog cannot be ignored.
See Guidelines for message dialogs for more info.
Flyouts show temporary, dismissable UI related to what the user is currently doing. For example, you can use flyouts to ask the user to confirm an action, to show a drop-down menu from a button the app bar, or to show more details about an item. Flyouts are different from message dialogs in that you should show a flyout only in response to a user tap or click, and you should always dismiss the flyout when the user taps outside of it; you should show a message dialog only when you need to interrupt the user and demand some kind of interaction.
In the example above, the app stays active, and the user can tap the button or tap outside the flyout to dismiss it. That is, the message in the flyout can be ignored. See Guidelines for Flyouts for more info.
Toasts are notifications that you show to users when your app is in the background. Toasts are good for updating users with information they want to know in real-time, but it's ok if they miss. Users tap on the toast to switch to your app and learn more.
Be aware that people can find toast notifications disruptive and annoying, so be thoughtful about when you want to show a toast to users. See Guidelines for toast notifications for more info.
Tiles appear on the Start screen and replace the application shortcuts that would have appeared on the desktop screen and in the old Start menu. People tap your app's tile to launch your app.See Guidelines for tiles for more info. |
Errors within an app can be communicated to the user through three main surfaces. The right surface for an error is chosen by the app developer based on the content and consequences of the error.
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A non-critical error specific to an element in the app. Your app cannot fix the problem, but users can. User interaction: Users can continue to interact with the app, system components, and other apps without dismissing the error. Example: The user enters an invalid string in a text box and then retypes it. |
Text inline on the canvas
A non-critical error that applies to the whole app. Your app cannot fix the problem, but users can. User interaction: Users can continue to interact with the app, system components, and other apps without dismissing the error. Example: Mail cannot sync at the moment. |
Text at the top of the page
A significant but non-critical error that applies to the whole app and your app can suggest a solution. User interaction: Users can respond to your prompt or continue to interact with the app, system components, and other apps without dismissing the error. |
Error and warning bar
A critical error that applies to the whole app and prevents the user from using the app. User interaction: Users cannot continue interacting with the app unless they dismiss the error. Users can still interact with system components and use other apps. |
Message dialog
Do not use flyouts, toasts, or custom UI surfaces to display errors.
Errors: Inline text
In general, the inline error is the first choice of surface. An inline text error delivers messages in the context of the user's current actions or the current app page itself. An inline error does not require an explicit user action to dismiss the message. The message goes away automatically when it no longer applies.
Do | Align the message with the control or element that the message relates to. |
Lay out the message with ample surround space to increase its focal strength. |
The following example shows an inline error message associated with a specific text box.
Don't | Include actions or commands in the message. |
In the following example, an Error and Warning bar would be a better choice.
Errors: Error or warning bar
Use a Error or Warning bar to notify users of important errors and warnings and to encourage the user to take action. Error messages inform users that a problem occurred, explain why it happened, and provide a solution so users can fix the problem. Warning messages alert a user of a condition that might cause a problem in the future.
Do | Position the bar at the top of the screen, encouraging the user to notice and take action. |
Color the bar with a color from the app's palette. | |
Use the same color and layout for all your error and warning bars. |
Don't | Display bars with different colors or glyphs (such as a shield or exclamation point) based on perceived severity. |
Use an 'X' glyph to close the bar; instead, use a labeled Close button. | |
Use an error and warning bar for information-only message. |
The message in the example below is purely informational and no action is required. In this case, an inline message at the top of the screen should have been used.
Errors: Message dialogs
Use a message dialog only if a modal message is required, blocking the user from interacting with the app.
Do | Use a message dialog if the user must take action before using the app any further. |
The following example is an appropriate use of an error message dialog because users cannot use the app unless they have an active account.
Don't | Use a dialog if the user can ignore the message. |
In the following example, there is nothing about the error that would require you to block users until they address it. An error or warning bar would have been a better choice.
Related topics
- Guidelines for app bars
- Guidelines for app settings
- Guidelines for search
- Guidelines for sharing content
- Guidelines for Flyouts
- Guidelines for message dialogs
- Guidelines for context menus
- Guidelines for splash screens
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Steve Sullivan: Coyotes have a 'winning attitude' in dressing room
But after three straight playoff appearances, including a trip to the Western Conference Finals last season, Tippett and Co. are starting to attract veterans from around the league.
Steve Sullivan broke into the NHL in 1995 with the New Jersey Devils and has seen plenty during his accomplished career, which has featured five previous stops (Devils, Maple Leafs, Blackhawks, Predators and Penguins).
When asked why at this stage of his career he chose to sign a one-year deal with a team like the Coyotes, the 38-year-old was not short on praise for his new club.
"Their style of play and just their identity of being in every game and being hard to play against," Sullivan said on what his reason was for joining Phoenix this offseason. "You never hear a bad thing about Coach Tippett and they win. They were a couple games away from moving on [to the Stanley Cup."
Sullivan, who recorded 49 points for Pittsburgh in 2011-12 (17 goals and 31 assists), has tasted postseason play throughout his career, but has never played in the Stanley Cup Finals.
With the 119-day lockout keeping him from officially practicing with his new teammates, Sullivan admitted feeling a sense of relief after finally getting the chance to skate as a Coyote Sunday.
"It's exciting," said Sullivan. "It's been four months waiting for this. The family came here in early August to kind of get things going, and we're excited about this.
"We just had our first meeting, and it's a great dressing room. It's seems to be a good attitude and a winning attitude coming off of last season."
Sullivan has never made an All-Star team but was awarded the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for perseverance in 2008-09, after coming back from a horrendous back injury that kept him off the ice for almost two seasons.
- The Pulse: Coyotes fans excited about potential outdoor game
- Three multi-point performances pace Coyotes to win over Islanders
- 'Yotes Notes: Phoenix ends three-game home losing streak with win over Islanders
- Tippett: Outdoor game in Phoenix would be 'great for our city'
- Coyotes coach Tippett: Backup G Thomas Greiss has 'earned the confidence of his teammates'
- Antoine Vermette, Coyotes Center - Wednesday December 11Antoine Vermette discusses his two-goal performance against the Avalanche Tuesday.
- Dave Tippett, Coyotes head coach - Wednesday December 11The Yotes grabbed a solid bounce back win over the Avalanche.
- Mike Ribeiro, Phoenix Coyotes center - Thursday December 5The biggest takeaways from Wednesday night's game against Calgary.
- Dave Tippett, Coyotes head coach - Thursday December 5Tippett discussed goalie Mike Smith's inconsistency.
- Don Maloney, Phoenix Coyotes GM - Wednesday December 4How were the Coyotes able to get back on track? Can they build off of this win?


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