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Best-kept secret Visitors and locals alike often refer to Halifax, and indeed all of Nova Scotia, as the "best-kept secret" in Canada. With one of the largest natural harbors in the world, Nova Scotia's capital is the biggest and most cosmopolitan city in Atlantic Canada's four provinces. Less than two hours by air from New York and Toronto, it is the halfway point between Europe and the west coast of North America.
Though Haligonians are proud of their well-kept secret, they are quick to make visitors welcome. You won't stand for long with an open map on a city street; someone will invariably stop to help you on your way.
In 1995, the municipalities of Dartmouth, Bedford, Halifax and Halifax County joined together and became officially known as the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), today the population is near 360,000.
Nevertheless, visitors will still see street signs directing them to Dartmouth, Bedford and Halifax. Dartmouth is a quiet bedroom community across the harbor from Halifax, via the ferry or one of the city's two suspension bridges. But the 10-minute ferry ride from Halifax's waterfront across the picturesque harbor—home to luxury yachts, recreational boats and gigantic container ships heading for the open sea—is a must, just for the view. And despite its one-block long "downtown," Dartmouth is home to one of HRM's best restaurants, MacAskill's , located within walking distance of the ferry terminal.
Bedford is north of Halifax's city cent re on a long stretch of road called The Bedford Highway, a major route to the Halifax International Airport. Bedford is an old, treed, residential area extending west of the highway, but the highway, which follows the train tracks out of Halifax, is a busy commercial area with boutiques, specialty stores, garden nurseries, restaurants and large malls on both sides, all visible and easily accessible from the main road.
Located on the southeastern coast of Nova Scotia, Halifax's city center sits on a peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean. Farther south than Montreal, it boasts a mild climate that sees little or no snow until after January. "The Peninsula" refers to old Halifax, the area enclosed by the Bedford Basin on the east, the Atlantic Ocean on the south, and the Northwest Arm on the west.
The South End is the ritzy part of the peninsula. Canopied by ancient trees, wide avenues give view to palatial homes constructed in various architectural styles, with grounds that are beautifully groomed and well planned. A drive through these leafy streets will take you to the southernmost part of the community, Point Pleasant Park . The park boasts one hundred and eighty-five acres of old trees, quiet trails a large, grassy area on the ocean that's perfect for picnics, and an underground bunker. There, history buffs can envision hunkered-down soldiers from wars past, waiting for the approach of enemy ships. The park has a small shallow beach for family outings and its large parking lot allows easy access.
Downtown Halifax is where the action is. As an important shipping center, the commercial part of the harbor is busy year-round. Vessels from Russia, South America and Europe float next to stern, gray submarines. During the summer, huge luxury liners dock near the neck of the harbor and are a popular tourist destination.
The shopping is good, the galleries are great, the history is everywhere, and the food is fabulous. With the best people-watching in the city, downtown is where you can hear many languages and accents as visitors from around the globe stroll the busy streets. It's also the site of the large, well-appointed Casino Nova Scotia , where the electronic bells and whistles clang all day and into the night as gamblers try their hand at games of chance.
You're never lost in downtown Halifax. If you're going downhill, you'll end up at the waterfront. If you're walking uphill, you'll arrive at the city's largest and most famous landmark, the Halifax Citadel National Historic Site .
Halifax is a convenient city. Most points of interest, dining and entertainment establishments are within walking distance of major downtown hotels. The fresh breezes off the water make strolling a pleasure, and rooftop restaurants and bars are a good place to stop for a breather or to sample one of the locally brewed beers. It's an easygoing city where visitors can wander in comfort and safety until the wee hours.
The West End of Halifax is both a lovely residential area and a shopper's paradise. Four malls draw bargain-hunters from both sides of the harbour. The sprawling complex known as the West End Mall and the Halifax Shopping Centre are across an avenue from each other and offer most large chain stores and lots of smaller hometown shops. The Village at Bayers Road is just north of the other two and all three are easily accessed from Bayers Road, a major artery leaving downtown Halifax, heading west. Further west is the Bayers Lake Industrial Park, whose name has become somewhat of a misnomer, as it has little industry and lots of shopping—you will find all of the major outlet stores.
The true East End of Halifax is in Dartmouth, in the Burnside Industrial Park, where the main industries are located along with the city's two newspaper plants. A sprawling complex of head offices and warehouses, Burnside will be a challenge for anyone without a map.
But Halifax is just a district within the larger playground that is Nova Scotia. If you want the best smoked-salmon in a 500-mile radius, it can be found 15 minutes out of the city. If you want to stay in a castle-like bed and breakfast, you can book it and be there in 30 minutes.
You want it, you got it
While not a huge city, Halifax has often been described as "having at least one of everything," which makes it a place of many choices. This is especially true of the city's dining and drinking establishments.
From beautifully-designed sushi to fresh lobster, seafood is offered everywhere. Even the most down-to-earth tavern provides crisp fish and chips made from fresh haddock or cod and potatoes that were round and brown only hours earlier. Ask any chef in one of the city's finer dining establishments about the difference between Atlantic and Pacific salmon, and you'll learn that the east coast offers a variety that's far more tender and succulent, even before the addition of lemon or butter.
One way that Haligonians mark the passing seasons is by the presence of chip trucks, which park on the lower end of Spring Garden Road, in front of the city's main library. Spring doesn't really arrive, officially, until someone has parked a chip wagon, offering the best and freshest French fries in town. And the summer hasn't ended until the desolate Sunday afternoon when Haligonians travel downtown and find the chip trucks have gone in out of the cold.
The city's British heritage and the presence of seven universities ensures that pub fare is top-quality. From a Ploughman's Lunch accompanied by an imported beer to an Eggs Benedict plate with complimentary Bloody Mary, all palates are served.
Halifax has a large Lebanese population, which means that fine Middle Eastern fare is readily available. The Mediteraneo Restaurant offers tasty meals and grocery stores like The Mid-East Food Centre and Phoenicia Foods Ltd. can supply all the ingredients to cook your own versions.
The downtown core is divided into two areas. Spring Garden Road is the major artery serving the westernmost area. It begins at Barrington Street and travels uphill to South Park Street. On that avenue are many of the city's finest restaurants and pubs, alongside some of the best shopping.
As you walk up Spring Garden, you'll see a sign for The Thirsty Duck , one of the liveliest pub/restaurants around. The three-room, second floor establishment boasts the building's original wooden beams and walls. The food is hearty and reasonably priced. In the evenings, the Duck buzzes with the after-work crowd, and Thursday through Saturday visiting musical groups play everything from traditional fiddle to light rock.
While the city's strength is seafood, it also offers up sizzling beef the way it should be done. Just before you see the sign for The Thirsty Duck , you'll look up and see the one for Ryan Duffy's Steak & Seafood , which offers beef that is cut and weighed table-side and then broiled over a hardwood fire to your specifications.
Also on Spring Garden Road, you'll find Il Mercato , one of the city's finest restaurants. It is so popular that they don't take reservations. Your best bet is to show up an hour before you want to eat, get on the list and grab a pre-dinner cocktail at the bar.
For a little shopping on Spring Garden Road, visit the Park Lane shopping complex. Inside, you'll find the Birmingham Bar & Grill , which offers fine food and, on weekend nights, live jazz.
Just a few blocks west of Park Lane shopping complex, and one block north, on Doyle Street, is Tom's Little Havana Cafe . Dine on blackened catfish while enjoying some great blues music.
While there is a multitude of restaurants, taverns, coffee shops and boutiques on Spring Garden Road, be sure to check out the waterfront area. Bordered on the north by Barrington Street, the area is chockablock with fine dining. Greek, Lebanese, Japanese, French, Indonesian, Chinese, Indian, Italian, Czechoslovakian and West African cuisine can all be found in this district.
For Greek, go to the city's best-loved Greek restaurant, Opa! . Cheerful Mediterranean blues border a whitewashed exterior. In the summer diners can sit at tiled patio tables surrounded by plants. Inside, salmon-colored hues recall sun-baked walls, and a huge skylight above the main dining area brightens up the atmosphere. The menu is large and varied, and the food leans more toward piquant than pedestrian. When you are down in the waterfront area, go even further south to sample the delights of Cafe Chianti , a charming downstairs bistro with an old-world atmosphere and fine dining.
Northern Italian fare is popular in Halifax. At La Perla , across the Halifax Harbour in Dartmouth, you will feel as though you're sitting in an isolated trattoria where the kitchen and front staff exist only to serve you. This delightful restaurant offers superbly crafted fare. Sip a Campari and soda while smells from the kitchen tantalize your senses.
If you like to be entertained while dining, check out the Halifax Feast Dinner Theatre . Since the mid 1980s, the theatre has staged popular shows that often sends up TV shows and movies. The menu is set, depending on what's available during the season. The venerable building is loaded with entertainment for all the senses.
Haligonians love to party, and you won't be able to go more than a few steps through the downtown area without passing a lively pub or lounge. However, visitors should take note that while bars are open all week, liquor stores are closed on Sunday. In warmer months, from June to October, rooftop patios are filled with patrons enjoying the sea breeze and cold drinks; Spring Garden Road and the waterfront area are packed to overflow. The Sheraton Halifax Hotel has one of the best seaside patios.
As an old city, Halifax doesn't have to create atmosphere. Many of its historic buildings house dining and drinking establishments, lending them a distinct charm. Halifax is a jolly, friendly place, and its bars and restaurants are great places for locals and visitors to socialize.
It all starts on the water
Visitors to a city steeped in a colorful seafaring past won't be surprised to learn that the most popular excursions involve the ocean, the navy, and other things maritime.
Conveniently, most of the city's attractions mingle on the waterfront, within easy walking distance of each other. After arriving in town, head down to the waterfront, where you'll find the headquarters for most tour operations, on sea or land. In the Historic Properties is The Red Store Visitor Information Centre with pamphlets, maps and details about every inch of the province.
Gardeners should sign up for a descriptive walking tour of The Halifax Public Gardens , a large gated park off Spring Garden Road. It's a haven of quiet beauty where long-necked swans navigate the ponds while ducks politely await the shower of breadcrumbs tossed to them by generous visitors. The gardens are beautifully maintained and exquisitely planned, with walkways shaded by trees. In the center of the gardens is an ornate wooden bandstand facing rows of chairs; a weary nature-lover can sit here and enjoy an iced tea while listening to Dixieland jazz.
Boat tours are varied and plentiful. You can sign up for a moonlight cruise aboard the Bluenose II , or take a leisurely afternoon trip up and down the harbor with a narrated history of waterfront landmarks. There are whale-watching tours that guarantee sightings—if not of whales, then of blue herons, sea ducks, dolphins and shiny-headed seals. Just outside the city there are any number of fishing villages that offer seafood restaurants, craft shops, and quiet time by the ocean.
Theme cruises aboard two-deck paddlewheelers provide a buffet dinner accompanied by live jazz, blues, or Boomers' tunes from the 1950s and '60s. These vessels are a lovely sight as they haul anchor and head off into the blue-black waters of the harbor at night, lights blazing and music blaring. In the daytime, they head out into the sunlit harbour with bar and concession services readily available.
Sightseeing tours both in the city and outside it are plentiful. You can take a bus/walking tour of the three Halifax cemeteries that house the remains of Titanic casualties, complete with a spoken historical survey of the tragedy. And while on the subject of cemeteries, Halifax is home to the only known cemetery that contains its own traffic light. The downtown Camp Hill Cemetery, bordered by Robie Street, has a working traffic light in its northwestern corner.
Tours are divided into seven routes, each colour-coded in all information/tourism material. The most popular tour goes to Peggy's Cove, a tiny picturesque community near Halifax that meanders along the South Shore, part of the Lighthouse Route. A tranquil village built on a bold rockscape, Peggy's Cove offers a dramatic view of the Atlantic Ocean. It is also home to one of the province's most famous lighthouses. With daily express runs by motorcoach and boat, it's an easy destination. Once at Peggy's Cove, you can arrange for a half-day excursion to the Pennant Granite Barrens, a tour that describes the evolution of the rocky, moon-like landscape formed by the sea's relentless rhythm.
Another popular tour is the scenic Cabot Trail, part of the Cape Breton Island Route, home to magnificent vistas of massive cliffs and rugged coastline. You can travel to Cape Breton on an escorted bus tour and return by rail on a three-day excursion that includes a comfortable stay at the area's best hotels with stop-offs at sites of interest. You'll see clear, "bottomless" lakes shouldered by huge cliffs. Eagles, osprey and terns surf the breeze as seagulls cry at the setting sun.
"Capers" are a hardy, friendly folk, known for their willingness to work hard and party harder. The Cabot Trail is dotted with bed-and-breakfast establishments and rustic cottages where a weary traveller can stop and enjoy the awe-inspiring vistas or find a kitchen party enlivened by amateur fiddlers and singers.
Another tour option is provided by Classic Journeys and takes you throughout Nova Scotia's Coasts & Villages . This exclusive and fancy six-day walking tour offers all the comfort you'd dream of while taking in the beauty of the area.
The Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site is one of the largest in North America. Settled by the French in 1713, the town of Louisbourg was for many years France's crown jewel in the New World. The town is surrounded by large stone gates, walls and formal gardens. Inside, the citizens, in full period-costume, go about their day-to-day lives as they would have two centuries ago. A blacksmith, ironmonger, full working stable and other businesses operate using only the implements and resources of the time. No fast food here; three period restaurants offer 18th century cuisine, from hearty pea soup to freshly-baked brown bread. Guided walking tours through the town can be arranged onsite, as can excursions outside the Fortress.
The town of Annapolis Royal is a three-hour drive along the Evangeline Trail from Halifax and is a must-see for history buffs. However, most everyone will appreciate its large, gracious houses, unique shops, galleries, studios and fine inns. The town is home to an astonishing 150 designated heritage buildings, many of which are now lovingly restored bed-and-breakfast establishments, restaurants and inns. Annapolis Royal is also the site of the oldest wooden house in Canada, the deGannes-Cosby home, constructed in 1708.
Gardeners of all stripes will appreciate Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens, a 10-acre spread with winding pathways that take visitors through spectacular displays, tranquil settings, theme gardens and unique collection gardens.
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Bottom line, a highly unlikely combination of events must happen to brick a drive. The problem involves not only firmware, (duh), but an unfortunate test pattern in reserved area of the disks, AND the disk must have been powered down when a certain counter is set to a specific value at the moment of power-down. This explains everythign from why only some disks with certain firmware revisions are vulnerable and seagate has to look up serial numbers.
It does not reveal enough details to create a "cookbook" so some hacker can brick drives, but it gives enough information to give people some peace-of-mind that this is all blown out of proportion and the real-world risk of having a problem is profoundly low.
The vast majority of people who complain about bricked drives are the unfortunate few that have a drive that failed via the traditional media failure, electronics failure, whatever ... but are not victimes of a firmware bug. Read and draw your own conclusions. Think about human nature for a minute. If you have perfectly fine disk drives then you aren't hitting the support sites. If you have a dead disk, you hit this site, see what firmware you have, then freak out when you read about a firmware bug that bricks disks running the same firmware as your newfound "brick". Ergo, you have the same bug.
Anyway, read and draw your own conclusion.
01-26-2009 01:29 AM - last edited on 01-26-2009 07:00 AM by AlanM
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although i do agree people are overreacting;
Hi. I also tend to agree on some level of overreaction... however, I also think that Seagate is minimizing the problem, because if the problem were so unlikely, we would not be seeing so many people with more than one disk of the affected series that have both bricked within days.
01-26-2009 04:08 AM - edited 01-26-2009 08:02 AM
Even if all of this is true (and it reads like a Seagate PR release), and only a small proportion of all 7200.11 drives that shipped were affected, that could still be hundreds of thousands of drives. Do you want to gamble that you are not going to be one of the unlucky ones? I know I did, and lost a drive within a few weeks.
It's hard to believe it's such a small problem when so many people have had the issue, and some have had several drives go, including drives that came back as RMA direct from Seagate. You only have to look at things like the <name of large US online retailer removed after threats of banning> customer comments to see how many drives were dying. And for every person that bothered to comment, there are probably a hundred that just silently returned their drives. At the same time we have seen special releases of rescue software to specifically address this issue, and data retrieval companys claiming they saw massive increases of drives coming in for data rescue. Imagine how many people couldn't or wouldn't pay ten times the price of the drive to rescue their lost data.
TBH, this article sounds like spin control, and that the author was pretty much fed his article by Seagate's PR people. It's just the usual company line of downplaying a big problem.
I can't call overreaction the cry of people who had lost MONTHS of work, their source of income, family pics & vids, just because a defective product and the lack of support from a company as big and trusted as Seagate.
They're obviously minimazing the problem.
CapSarcastic is right. He knows there's more than meets the eye.
Take the time and read the threads in this forum, or search Newegg, or search the web and you'll see this is not a small or random problem.
This is serious.
If the problem was due to a head crash or circuit board failure, then you wouldn't be so quick to judge, would you? So what evidence is there that the bricking is a statistically significant percentage of drive failures. Think about it. Some people are reporting that 30-40% of the drives are "affected". One would therefore expect that there would be hundreds or thousands of individual posts asking for help. There aren't.
Some people are reporting the number is as high as 30-40%. Let's be conservative and call it 5%. Seagate is on a run rate of shipping 1,000,000,000 disk drives over next 5 years. While I am too indignant of this conspiracy nonsense to look up the exact number of annual barracuda shipments, I think it is safe to say it is an 8-figure number.
Where then, are the hundreds of thousands of original posts from people who have bricked drives? If the number was that high, then even Microsoft would have seen the problem in QC. You have everybody who has ever had a drive failure jump on the conspiracy bandwagon. I've read a few of them, and some of the posters have all the technical expertise in disk drive technology of a TV salesrep at a Walmart.
All disk drives die. This is called entropy. No direct distributor or company in the drive testing business has gone on the record to say that 'cudas have had a jump in the AFR, or even that the AFR is significantly different then that of any other product out there. How many original posters in the entire Seagate support forum have reported confirmed bricking problems? (Not problems that could be attributed to normal mechanical or electrical failure). Companies like EMC, NetApp, Xyratex, Dell and IBM would be screaming bloody murder and dropping Seagate as a supplier if the problem was as big as you claim it to be. I have yet to see any major drive OEM make any press releases saying they are dropping Seagate.
Have you? That is all the evidence one should need that this is a non-issue, and industry hype from people who revel in conspiracy theory.
01-26-2009 06:14 AM - last edited on 01-26-2009 07:03 AM by AlanM
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Have you? That is all the evidence one should need that this is a non-issue, and industry hype from people who revel in conspiracy theory.
Not sure what you are saying. Are you claiming that the firmware bug that a Seagate employee on ___ posted the details about and that has caused them to issue this new firmware is in fact not a problem at all? If so how do you explain those who have followed the self-help recovery procedure for their bricked drives which got them working again? If the drives were suffereing from typical drive failures then that procedure would have done nothing.
The bug has specific conditions leading to bricking (not the least of which is that it only hits if you power the drive down and back up) so of course some environments would see higher rates of failure do to this problem then others.
People who deal with large volumes of drives have already confirmed the problem is real - I'd love to see your evidence to refute that.
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I agree with the article except for this statement:
"Q. Are patches / fixes out yet?
A. Yes. As of the date of this posting, they are out for every affected model."
They are not yet, unfortunately, out for EVERY affected model. Seagate does intend to release patches for every affected model, but the work is ongoing as of right now.
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Rachel and Sue meet Dame Judi Dench
On Saturday 16 June two lucky committee members met actress Dame Judi Dench at local NGS Event
Dame Judi Dench was the guest of honour at a garden party hosted by Charlecote Park, in partnership with the National Garden Scheme (NGS). The party celebrated 85 years since the founding of the NGS in 1927. Charlecote Park was one of 600 private gardens to open for the charity in its first year.
The presentations made by Dame Judi Dench honoured five local gardeners that have opened their gardens for the NGS for the last 10 or 20 years. A plaque was also be presented to the National Trust and the Lucy family to commemorate 85 years' association with the NGS at Charlecote Park.
The NGS is a charity founded in 1927 to raise money for district nurses. Charlecote Park was one of 600 gardens to open to the public that year, with all entry fees going to the NGS. Today, over 3,700 gardens – from National Trust properties, to private local gardens – open for NGS each year and since 1927, £35m has been raised for a number of charities including Macmillan Cancer Support.
Julia Sewell, NGS county organiser for Warwickshire, says: "We're delighted that Dame Judi agreed to present these awards. Dame Judi has a long association with Charlecote having lived in the village at one time and her father-in-law worked at Charlecote Park itself. We are very excited that she came to see all that is new at Charlecote Park as well as to help the NGS celebrate its 85th birthday".
Despite the rain, throughout the day there was live music, sheep shearing demonstrations, walks and talks, children's games, barbeque food and a classic car display. There was also stalls featuring a number of local groups, including a Macmillan stand providing visitors with information on Macmillan's services and support


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Nicolas Cage
has always strived to make a name for himself based on his work, rather than on his lineage. As the nephew of filmmaker
Francis Ford Coppola
altered his last name to avoid accusations of nepotism. (He chose "
" both out of admiration for avant-garde musician
John Cage
en homage
to comic book hero Luke Cage). Even if he had retained the family name, it isn't likely that anyone would consider
holding fast to his uncle's coattails. Time and again,
travels to great lengths to add verisimilitude to his roles.
Born January 7, 1964, in Long Beach, CA, to a literature professor father and dancer/choreographer mother,
first caught the acting bug while a student at Beverly Hills High School. After graduation, he debuted on film with a small part in
Amy Heckerling
's 1982 classic
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
. Following a lead role in
Martha Coolidge
's cult comedy
Valley Girl
spent the remainder of the decade playing endearingly bizarre and disreputable men, most notably as Crazy Charlie the Appliance King in
Peggy Sue Got Married
(1986), Hi McDonough in
Raising Arizona
(1987), and Ronny Cammareri in the same year's
, the last of which won him a Golden Globe nomination and a legion of female fans, ecstatic over the actor's unconventional romantic appeal.
The '90s saw
assume a series of diverse roles, ranging from a violent ex-con in
David Lynch
Wild at Heart
(1990) to a sweet-natured private eye in the romantic comedy
Honeymoon in Vegas
(1992) to a dying alcoholic in
Mike Figgis
' astonishing
Leaving Las Vegas
(1995). For this last role,
won a Best Actor Oscar for his quietly devastating portrayal, and, respectability in hand, gained an official entrance into Hollywood's higher ranks.
After winning his Oscar, along with a score of other honors for his performance,
switched gears in a way that would prove to be, with the occasional exception, largely permanent. He dove into a series of action movies like the Michael Bay thriller
The Rock
, the prisoners-on-a-plane movie
Con Air
, and the infamous
John Woo
. Greeted with hefty paychecks and audience approval, Cage forged ahead on a career path lit largely with explosions.
There would be exceptions, like 1998's
City of Angels
, a remake of
Wim Wenders
Wings of Desire
, and
Martin Scorsese
Bringing Out the Dead
, and the the lightly dramatic romantic comedy
The Family Man
, but
stuck mostly to thrillers and action movies. A spate of such films would fill his resume, like
Gone in 60 Seconds
The Life of David Gale
, 8MM, and Snake Eyes, but Cage would briefly revisit his roots in character work, teaming with
Being John Malkovich
Spike Jonze
in 2002 for a duel role in the complex comedy
(2002). With
appearing as both screenwriter
Charlie Kaufman
as well as his fictional brother Donald,
followed Charlie's attempt to adapt author
Susan Orlean
's seemingly unfilmable novel The Orchid Thief as a feature film, and Donald's parallel efforts to write his own hacky yet lucrative script by following the guidance of a caustic,
Syd Field
-like screenwriting instructor (
Brian Cox
). A weighty role that demanded an actor capable of portraying characters that couldn't differ more emotionally despite their outward appearance,
his second Oscar nomination -- and he was soon back to business as usual.
2004 saw the release of the megahit adventure film
National Treasure
, which cast
as an archaeologist convinced there's a treasure map on the back of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. The outrageous film would earn a sequel in 2007, but first
made the ill-advised decision to star in
Neil LaBute
's reworking of the
Robin Hardy
Anthony Shaffer
The Wicker Man
(2006). Though video compilations of the movie's most hilariously hackneyed moments would become popular on the internet, Cage was soon portraying a motorcycle-driving stuntman who sells his soul to Mephistopheles -- in
Mark Steven Johnson
's live-action comic book adaptation
Ghost Rider
. Upon premiering in the States, the film became a big success. In the same year's sci-fi thriller
, directed by
Lee Tamahori
plays Cris Johnson, a man who attains the ability to see into the future and must suddenly decide between saving himself and saving the world; the film failed to ignite the way
Ghost Rider
did just a couple months before it.
Next came Bangkok Dangerous, Knowing, The Bad Liutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans, Drive Angry, Seeking Justice, and Trespass -- all high octane, high adrenaline movies that found Cage diving, leaping, and shooting his way through the story. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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A Thousand Words
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Norbit director Brian Robbins re-teams with that film's star, Eddie Murphy, for this comedy about a smooth-talking man who discovers that he has only 1,000 words left to speak before dying. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
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Crank co-directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor helm this sequel to 2007's Ghost Rider that finds Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) summoning his infernal alter ego to help rescue a ten-year-old boy from the Devil incarnate. Tracked to a secluded area of Eastern Europe and approached by a clandestine sect of the church with word that the apocalypse is at hand, Johnny realizes that his only hope for breaking the curse of the Ghost Rider is to prevent the Devil (Ciaran Hinds) from taking possession of a young boy (Fergus Riordan) who may be humanity's last hope against the forces of darkness. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Drive Angry
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Nicolas Cage headlines this high-octane thriller as Milton, a hard-case felon who breaks out of Hell to prevent the cult that murdered his daughter from sacrificing his infant granddaughter to Satan on the night of the full moon. With just three days to go before the ritual killing, Milton crosses paths with knockout waitress Piper (Amber Heard), who steals her cheating ex-boyfriend's vintage Charger and joins him on his quest to save the Earth from the forces of darkness. With Piper's help and a mean set of wheels to keep them moving, they may have a shot at taking down diabolical cult leader Jonah King (Billy Burke) before he achieves his malevolent goal. But should Jonah get the opportunity to make his dark sacrifice, he will become the most powerful man alive and all of humanity will suffer. Unfortunately for Milton, the cops are quickly closing in, and the Devil's determined minion, "The Accountant" (William Fichtner), will stop at nothing to drag him back down to Hell. With each passing minute, Milton's last shot at redemption is fading, and the fate of the entire world inches ever closer to infernal darkness. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Season of the Witch
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A noble knight battles a wicked witch in a bid to save humanity from an ancient evil in this supernatural thriller starring Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman. Upon returning to his home in Europe, crusading knight Behmen (Cage) finds his faith beginning to falter due to the brutality he's witnessed on the battlefield. The Black Plague has decimated the countryside, forcing Behmen and his loyal companion, Felson (Perlman), to seek sustenance and supplies at the Palace of Marburg. They're weary from war, but they're about to discover that their struggle is just beginning. Commanded by the moribund Cardinal to deliver a suspected witch to the abbey where her powers can be abolished, Behman accepts the assignment under the condition that the young peasant girl will receive a fair trial. The church believes the girl to be the one responsible for the Black Plague, and they may be right, too. As the two men and a small group of chaperones set out on their arduous mission, they quickly realize that their young charge is something more than human, and that they're about to face an evil beyond human comprehension. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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A wealthy family fight back against a gang of ruthless criminals during a violent home invasion in this relentless nail-biter from director Joel Schumacher (8MM, Phone Booth). Powerful businessman Kyle (Nicolas Cage) lives in a private community with his gorgeous wife Sarah (Nicole Kidman) and their rebellious teenage daughter Avery (Liana Liberato). Though security is tight in their affluent neighborhood, cunning thief Elias (Ben Mendelsohn) has spent months planning the perfect robbery, and his crew have the skills needed to pull it off. Meanwhile, Sarah is overseeing the renovations that Kyle has approved when her gaze begins to drift to the backyard of their sprawling estate and to a handsome worker (Cam Gigandet) as he tends to their pool. Then one night, without warning, a simple knock at the door changes everything. Their home suddenly overrun by a band of ruthless criminals whose polite demeanor masks a terrifying malevolence, the fractured family realize that the only way out alive is to trust one another and fight together to reclaim what is rightfully theirs. Trespass played at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Seeking Justice
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A beloved high-school teacher empowers a group of vigilantes to exact revenge against the criminal who attacked his wife, but he begins to regret his decision when the clandestine crime fighters demand that he kill a man in return. Will Gerard (Nicolas Cage) and his wife Laura (January Jones) were just a typical happy couple until the night a shocking act of violence left them feeling victimized and vulnerable. Later, as Laura begins her slow recovery in the hospital, a concerned stranger (Guy Pearce) approaches Will with an offer to save them the suffering of a drawn-out trial by promptly dispatching his wife's assailant. Though the help he offers is free of charge, the stranger makes it clear that he may call on Will to repay the favor sometime in the future. When that day comes and Will realizes the true price of revenge is too high for him to pay, the men who once agreed to help him suddenly become his worst enemies. Jennifer Carpenter and Harold Perrineau Jr. co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
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Inspired by the beloved segment of the Walt Disney classic Fantasia, The Sorcerer's Apprentice moves the setting of the story to modern-day Manhattan, where decidedly average teen Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel) hones his magical powers under the tutelage of master sorcerer Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage). Malevolent wizard Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina) is determined to claim New York City as his own. And Horvath isn't alone in his diabolical endeavor, because by joining forces with the sinister sorcerer, pop illusionist Drake Stone (Toby Kebbell) aspires to gain powers beyond his wildest imagination. Realizing that he can't take on Horvath and Stone alone, Blake recruits Stutler as his reluctant assistant and begins training him the battle that will determine the fate of the Big Apple. Teresa Palmer and Monica Bellucci co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Adapted from Mark Millar's hyper-violent comic book of the same name, director Matthew Vaughn's (Layer Cake) vigilante superhero film tells the tale of an average New York teenager who decides to don a costume and fight crime. Comic book geek Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) may not have good coordination or special powers, but that doesn't mean he isn't a fully capable crime fighter. After purchasing a flashy wet suit on the Internet, Dave starts busting up baddies with nothing but brute force. He calls himself Kick-Ass, and he can take a beating as good as he can dish one out. Before long, Kick-Ass has become a local sensation, and others are following his lead. Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) and Hit-Girl (Chloe Moretz) are a father-daughter crime-fighting duo who have set their sights on local mob heavy Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong). They're doing a decent job of dismantling Frank's sizable underworld empire when Kick-Ass gets drawn into the fray. But Frank's men play rough, and his son, Chris (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), is about to become Kick-Ass' very first arch nemesis. When Chris assumes the persona of Red Mist, the stage is set for a superhero showdown that could spell the end of Kick-Ass once and for all. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
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Abel Ferrara's cult crime drama Bad Lieutenant is given a sister film with this Werner Herzog-helmed production that takes its inspiration from the original, but focuses on new characters and plotlines. Nicolas Cage steps into Harvey Keitel's mold of a corrupt and drug-addled police officer, with the scummy setting moving from New York City to New Orleans. Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, and Xzibit co-star in the Nu Image/Millennium Films picture. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
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Electric God
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A time capsule containing a cryptic message about the coming apocalypse sends a concerned father on a race to prevent the horrific events from unfolding as predicted in this sci-fi thriller directed by Alex Proyas (Dark City) and starring Nicolas Cage. 1958: As the dedication ceremony for a newly constructed elementary school gets under way, a time capsule containing student drawings of the future is buried on the grounds and scheduled to be unearthed on the school's 50th anniversary. Instead of submitting a drawing, however, one little girl scribbles a series of seemingly random numbers on her paper before it is buried. Fifty years later, the time capsule is unearthed for a new generation of students to examine. Young Caleb Koestler (Chandler Canterbury) is one of those students. The mysterious sequence of numbers falling into his possession, Caleb takes the paper to his father, Professor John Koestler (Cage), for examination. Studying the numbers, Professor Koestler soon discovers that they aren't random at all, but an encoded message containing the precise dates, death tolls, and coordinates of every major disaster since the time capsule was buried. Not only that, but the document also indicates that there will be three more such events, the last of which indicates a doomsday scenario that appears directly tied to Professor Koestler and Caleb. His desperate plea to authorities falling on deaf ears, Professor Koestler realizes that his only hope for preventing more lives from being lost is to take personal action. Though the author of the prophecies is no longer living, Professor Koestler is eventually able to track down her daughter Diana Wayland (Rose Byrne), and granddaughter Abby, who reluctantly agree to aid in the investigation. As the final date on the list draws near, Professor Koestler enters into a frantic race against time to prevent destruction on a global scale, in the process realizing that in order to save millions of lives, he may have to make the ultimate sacrifice. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Astro Boy
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A young robot with incredible powers, super strength, and the purest spirit on the planet discovers the joys of being human while embarking on a worldwide journey to discover his true potential in this animated update of Osamu Tezuka's classic anime story. Astro Boy (Freddie Highmore) is a young robot from futuristic Metro City. Created by a brilliant scientist named Tenma (Nicolas Cage), and powered by pure positive "blue" energy that gives him such abilities as x-ray vision, inhuman speed, and flight, the wide-eyed android longs to find his true place in the world. He sets out on an epic journey that brings him face to face with an underworld army of robots and some of the strangest creatures ever to walk the Earth, and along the way learns to experience human feelings and emotions. Astro Boy's remarkable mission of discovery is suddenly cut short, however, when he learns that his friends and family back in Metro City are in grave danger. As Astro Boy prepares to face off against his greatest adversary in order to save everything he cares most about, he realizes that only through victory will he finally discover what it takes to be a hero. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Two time Oscar-winning visual effects artist Hoyt Yeatman makes his feature directorial debut with this Jerry Bruckheimer-produced family film following a group of highly trained guinea pigs on their mission to prevent an evil billionaire from taking over the world. Beginning in the Civil War -- when carrier pigeons delivered messages from the front lines -- the American government has been covertly training animals to work in espionage. The latest government program is a clandestine espionage team known as "G-Force," which includes a team of ultra-intelligent guinea pigs who share 98.7 percent of their DNA with humans. Comprised of unpredictable weapons expert Blaster (voice of Tracy Morgan), alluring martial arts expert Juarez (voice of Penélope Cruz), stealthy reconnaissance expert Mooch, and a star-nosed mole named Speckles (voice of Nicolas Cage), who specializes in computers, this crack team of agents is fronted by heroic squad leader Darwin (voice of Sam Rockwell). When a deranged billionaire hatches a plan to control the entire planet through common household appliances, the G-Force leaps into action on a mission to ensure that he does not succeed. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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The Sadhu
Nicolas Cage stars as a soldier who is transformed into a spiritual warrior while traveling through colonial India in this exciting blend of action and Indian mythology based on author Gotham Chopra's original graphic novel. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Original Bangkok Dangerous directors Danny and Oxide Pang return to familiar territory with this remake of their own popular 1999 thriller about a ruthless hitman (Nicolas Cage) who travels to Bangkok in order to carry out four crucial jobs. During the course of his missions, the triggerman falls in love with a pretty local girl while also forming a friendly bond with his young errand boy. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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The Wrestler
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His sense of identity fading into nothingness after the spotlights dim and he experiences a close brush with mortality, a retired wrestler begins to evaluate his life while considering the comeback that could very well kill him in director Darren Aronofsky's poignant portrait of an introspective former superstar in the twilight of his career. Back in his heyday, wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson (Mickey Rourke) was an icon in the ring. His image immortalized in action figures and video games, he would headline arenas across the globe. Twenty years later, those glory days have passed, and Randy is forced to earn his keep by brawling before handfuls of fans in high school gyms and community centers around New Jersey. In the wake of a heart attack, the former icon attempts to earn a little extra cash while working in a deli and making an effort to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter, Stephanie (Evan Rachel Wood). Yet, despite Randy's continued attempts at convincing local stripper Cassidy (Marisa Tomei) to settle down with him in his humble trailer, the ring still calls to him. Later, when the prospect of a high-profile rematch with his longtime nemesis presents itself, Randy is forced to weigh his mortality against his desire to hear the crowd roar one last time. The Wrestler snagged two Oscar nominations, one for Best Actor (Rourke) and one for Best Supporting Actress (Tomei). ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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A man with the ability to see the future and change the outcome of events before they occur is forced to choose between saving himself and saving the world in this supernatural thriller starring Nicolas Cage and directed by Lee Tamahori (Die Another Day, The Edge). Cris Johnson (Cage) is a Las Vegas magician who possesses the unique ability to witness the events of the immediate future moments before they happen. As a child Cris was subjected to a series of cruel experiments by government scientists and doctors, but a change of name and a new identity allowed the tortured psychic to elude detection and start a new life away from the prying eyes of his former captors. Though his clairvoyant vision only extends a few minutes into the future, it has still allowed Cris to eke out a living as a low-rent Las Vegas magician while earning a little extra cash at the blackjack tables. Up to this point in his life Cris has never used his power for anything substantial, but when he experiences a vision of Los Angeles being incinerated in a nuclear holocaust, the small-time magician realizes that he could hold the key to saving millions of lives. But as low as he has tried to lie in recent years, Cris has never completely escaped detection by the government. Now, as terrorists prepare to unleash the ultimate horror on an unsuspecting city, FBI counter terror agent Callie Ferris (Julianne Moore) sets out to capture Cris and convince him to use his exceptional gift to prevent the nuclear nightmare from becoming a terrifying reality. Jessica Biel, Peter Falk, and Thomas Kretschmann co-star in the film, which is based on a short story by acclaimed sci-fi author Philip K. Dick. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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National Treasure: Book of Secrets
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In this adventure-filled sequel to the 2004 blockbuster National Treasure, Nicolas Cage reprises his role as artifact hunter and archaeologist extraordinaire Ben Franklin Gates. In this outing, Gates learns of his own family's implication in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth. Gates must then locate an elusive diary, not only to clear his family's name, but to unearth and connect several secrets, buried within the book, that point to a massive, global conspiracy. The film co-stars Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel, and Helen Mirren as Ben's mother. Jerry Bruckheimer returns as producer. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
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The Dresden Files [TV Series]
Based on a series of novels by Jim Butcher, the weekly, hour-long Sci Fi Channel series The Dresden Files starred former 24 regular Paul Blackthorne as Harry Dresden, a Chicago-based private eye with a unique gift. Put simply, Harry was a genuine, bona-fide wizard--indeed, the only wizard who advertised in the Yellow Pages. Blessed (?) with the ability to cast spells, mix potions, fortell the future and alter fate--at least within the limits set down by the High Council of Wizards--Harry put his talents to practical use by investigating crime cases involving the paranormal, for a fee of 500 bucks a day plus expenses for those who could afford his services, but occasionally working gratis for needy souls who'd been caught in the crossfire of the Black Arts. Harry's chief assistant and spiritual adviser (in every sense of the word) was Bob (Terrence Mann), a misplaced ghost who was doomed to walk the earth for all eternity--and apparently, to dredge up clues and follow leads. Also on hand was cyical Chicago cop Connie Murphy (Valerie Cruz), who, though she suspected Harry of being a charlatan, begrudgingly called upon his services whenever she was up against an "unusual" case. Debuting January 12, 2007, The Dresden Files was originally conceived as a theatrical feature, but was converted into a weekly TV show after the release of another, similar film, Constantine. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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When a motorcycle-riding stuntman offers his soul to Mephistopheles in order to save the life of the one he loves most, he is forced to play host to a powerful supernatural entity whose flaming skull visage strikes fear into the heart of his enemies in this feature-film version of the long-running comic series. By day, Johnny Blaze (actor and comic-book devotee Nicolas Cage) is one of the world's best-known stuntmen, but when the sun goes down and he is in the presence of evil, the death-defying daredevil bursts into flames to become the indestructible, motorcycle-riding antihero known to the world as the Ghost Rider. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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The Wicker Man
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A young child has gone missing and it's up to a haunted but determined policeman to travel to the remote island community where she was last seen and solve the lingering mystery of her disappearance in director Neil LaBute's updated reworking of Anthony Shaffer's 1973 cult horror classic. Upon receiving a letter from his one-time fiancée, Willow (Kate Beahan), imploring him to search for her missing daughter on the secluded island of Summersisle, Policeman Edward Malus (Nicolas Cage) quickly makes his way to the island to locate the girl and seek an answer as to why Willow suddenly and inexplicably disappeared shortly before their wedding date. Once there, Malus is troubled to discover that although there are traces of the child to be found in such locations as the local schoolhouse, the residents of Summersisle seem reluctant to offer any specific details as to the girl's apparent death. His investigation effectively stalled by the highly secretive Wiccan community, Sheriff Malus soon discovers that there are still some cultures that have their own unique beliefs about humankind's relationship with Mother Earth, and refuse to adapt to the rules of modern society. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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World Trade Center
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Director Oliver Stone once again offers a powerful and provocative story based on real-life events in this drama. Sargeant John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage) and William J. Jimeno (Michael Pena) were two officers assigned to New York City's Port Authority who were working their beats on a quiet day in early fall when they received an emergency call. The day was September 11, 2001, and McLoughlin and Jimeno were among the policemen who attempted to evacuate the World Trade Center towers after they were struck by airliners piloted by terrorists. Both McLoughlin and Jimeno were inside the fifth building of the World Trade Center when the towers fell, and were two of the last people found alive amidst the wreckage. As McLoughlin and Jimeno struggled to hold on to their lives as rescuers sifted through the rubble, their spouses -- Donna McLoughlin (Maria Bello) and Allison Jimeno (Maggie Gyllenhaal) -- clung to the desperate hope that their husbands would survive and be found. As the McLoughlin and Jimeno families waited for word on the fate of the two men, they watched as a city and a nation came together with strength and compassion in the face of a tragedy. World Trade Center was based on the true story of John McLoughlin and William J. Jimeno, both of whom cooperated with producers in the making of this film. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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The Ant Bully
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A kid who hates ants finds himself living among the six-legged critters in this computer-animated comedy-adventure. Lucas Nickle (voice of Zach Tyler Eisen) is a ten-year-old boy whose family has just moved to a new town, and Lucas isn't enjoying it much -- he hasn't made any friends yet, his big sister ignores him, his parents (voices of Larry Miller and Cheri Oteri) are occupied with their upcoming vacation in Mexico, and his loving but slightly crazy grandmother (voice of Lily Tomlin) is convinced space aliens are casing out the neighborhood. To make matters worse, the local bully has found Lucas and is making his life miserable, so the boy looks for someone
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Speculation or not if Accelerator is supposed to play a big role like that in the game you would think he would be on the cover of the game since he would help sell it(Though Misaka alone sells the game but, eh). You know, like the other characters that will be playing a big role in the game.
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That would be pointless, why would they skip that far ahead of the manga, anime, and light novels just to appease a part of the fanbase that wants to get the girls pregnant?
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Heh you know, we act like it's a big deal, but isn't it normal for the original author to write the script for all the mediums of his series ? |
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Its not normal if he writes everything and then people start saying everything is canon. Its kinda getting hard for me to track which is canon and which is not. Index is getting too big that the only things I read on the series is the main light novel. I even stop reading the manga of index and railgun. Then I played the psp game which turn crazy itself. Now this another game is being created that will surely be crazy too but I doubt that it would be canon.
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... and also me being puzzled about one particular thing about CANAAN. Just because he wrote one scenario that led to CANAAN doesn't make it part of Nasuverse right...
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Index PSP games pretty much was just what ifs (e.g. what if Mikoto bumped into Accelerator and Last Order randomly on the streets of Academy City) and what would've played out if those things did happen (aside from Touma's story).
Railgun PSP game is half canon like the Railgun anime 2nd half is (because Kongou). I'm pretty sure Hazamaya Kana (the girl with the bag that was also in Seventh Mist during the bombing) was shown with her hair cut in the Railgun manga (sisters arc), because she was a victim of the hair-cutting bug/lady/whatever.
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It is interesting to note that Ireland's effort to reclaim its Diaspora with a major conference in Dublin is occurring at the same time as a presidential candidate there is being excoriated for being an American as well as an Irish citizen.
One wonders what the many American businessmen and women will make of the attacks in the media on Dana Rosemary Scanlon since she revealed she was also an American citizen.
Admittedly, she should have stated it earlier, but the hostility in the media is amazing to witness.
The Irish Times even helpfully printed the oath declaring allegiance to America that she took when she became a citizen, even though dual American and Irish citizenship is clearly allowed.
The unspoken message is that somehow Dana, who has lived the vast majority of her life in Ireland and only lived in America when pursuing an American singing career, is somehow an alien and not to be trusted,
Coming at a time when the Diaspora has been gathered to assure them that they are all deeply treasured and honored it comes as somewhat of a surprise.
The leading presidential candidate Michael D Higgins has chimed in saying that American citizenship in some way made Dana suspect on the entire issue of running for president.
The Irish Times devoted almost a full page to the matter, making it out as some kind of major scandal.
This is despite the fact that Dana has as much chance of winning as the man in the moon.
American citizenship is somehow associated with being unclean in certain quarters in Ireland .
Despite the investment, the tourists, the goodwill, there is still it seems a nativist suspicion of Americans that Dana has run smack into.
Don't get me wrong, the vast majority of Irish people are pro American and very supportive.
But there is a chattering class that delights in feeding an anti-American frenzy and they are in full flight right now.
It is a strange message to send to Irish Americans and Irish abroad everywhere.
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ceceann | Jun 05, 2012, 03:16 PM EDT
Well stated abhainn. The hypocrisy of IC using this sensationalism while lobbying for Congress to allow more Irish immigration is astounding.
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abhainn | Oct 16, 2011, 04:48 PM EDT
The headline is wrong. Irish media have not targetted "US citizenship as unclean". They have quite properly pointed out that Rosemary Scallion swore the oath of allegiance to the United States which states in part, "I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen." It is proper and necessary to question what it means to renounce one's Irish citizenship, as Scallion did. Americans should not be surprised by Irish interest in this question given the fascination Americans have about Barack Obama's birth certificate. Ms. Scallion has sworn to give up her Irish citizenship, so she is no longer qualified to be president of Ireland. No-one in Ireland has said American citizenship is "unclean" so please do not mislead your readers about that.
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JohnODriscoll | Oct 10, 2011, 12:58 PM EDT
Yep.Right wing tossers lacking the courage to print anything that goes against their cretinous world view. Thought so.
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JohnODriscoll | Oct 10, 2011, 12:56 PM EDT
Couldn't agree more. If the Irish Elites really gave a toss about the Diaspora they'd have long since given them the vote. This is another money racket. Ireland is sinking just as the Asgard II sank on ''9/11'2008 (and if ever there was a sign or augury that was one).
And it is Ireland's well-deserved karma to sink. Back into the mud She crawled out of having gone down into it as Tom Barry said to defeat the British.
After all, She trampled everything She ever stood for; sold Her history of being the Most Oppresed People Ever for a mess of FDI pottage; betrayed the legacy of the Dead Generations to cowardice inhumanity and rapine for 30 pieces of silver when She allowed Her neutrality (that killed so many men and ships in WW2) to be abused and Her laws against torture to be trampled on by the United States from March 2003 unto the present day.
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JohnODriscoll | Oct 10, 2011, 12:55 PM EDT
But anyway. Just whistling down the wind here. No way on such a right-wing HooRah bulletin board as this will anyone have the courage to print what I just said. Good luck to ye. Going on the likely karma you've got coming America, good luck is one thing you won't be enjoying anytime soon.
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GeorgeDillon | Oct 10, 2011, 12:07 PM EDT
joycean: You are correct. All this Diaspora guff that's emanating from Ireland is just guff and blarney. When the Irish thought they were rich they had no time for us. Now they are saying that having US citizenship is a sin. Maybe they'll make us wear the Scarlet Letters when we go over there, a big US on our foreheads. Seriously though, the Irish are contemptible, aren't they? Sometimes (often) they make me sick.
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leinsterlady | Oct 09, 2011, 01:43 PM EDT
As a reminder Eamonn De Valera was born in Brooklyn!
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joycean | Oct 09, 2011, 10:12 AM EDT
Same problem Niall O'Dowd faced when he considered running.Maybe Americans being courted by the Irish government will wake up. Since she doesn't vote, maybe she should renounce her US citizenship, do some penance.
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usaireland | Oct 08, 2011, 09:03 PM EDT
I'm less concerned with Dana and her situation but rather am bemused by the shortsighted , narrow minded attitudes of some of our people. Being fortunate enough myself to hold dual US-Irish citizenship, I'm amazed, disgusted, and embarrassed to find that the sections of the Irish media are leading a witch-hunt on this topic. In past decades, thousands of us Irish from all over the island were very happy and grateful that the US allowed us in to live and work when there was ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for us at home. Successive Irish governments lobbied US politicians to support provision of emigration visas i.e. Morrision, Donnelly visas. Even now, Ireland is requesting that the US legitimize undocumented Irish in the US. Once again, Irish people are looking to emigrate because there are FEW JOBs available here. Most of the employment that is here is provided by US owned companies. We were desperate to claim President Obama as one of our own and spend millions marketing Ireland to attract American tourists. I also find it extremely annoying that there is the suggestion that those of us who mostly HAD to immigrate are disloyal by choosing to take US citizenship. This is one subject that should have been left alone – this discussion is an insult to the US and also to Irish emigrants both past and present who have no choice but to leave this country in search of a better life. Incidentally, I returned here in 2004 to live and in the Celtic Tiger times was on the receiving end of comments like .." typical… returning now that we are doing well" ….and other such nonsense. Obviously, these people conveniently forgot the real truth. To these of you who support this narrow mindset- how dare you?
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seanomelbourne | Oct 08, 2011, 06:12 PM EDT
Dana's dual citizenship should not be a problem,why did she hide the fact.Then you have the argument that an Irish born citizen could not be potus.Poor auld George schizo Dillon he just doe's not know what side he's on
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pndirishandprou | Oct 08, 2011, 05:24 PM EDT
GeorgeDillon: "I'd never want to be President of Loony Liberal Leprechaun Land." Do you really think anyone would every vote for you, here in this country or over there?? You make pick up a few votes in Michelle Bachmann land, but you wouldn't get a single vote from any self-respecting voter.
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pndirishandprou | Oct 08, 2011, 05:09 PM EDT
US and Irish dual citizenship is also allowed in the US. However, can anyone imagine a candidate for US presidency holding dual citizenship?? Of course not, s/he would be ripped apart by their opponents. If you run for the highest office in the country you cannot leave any doubt about your loyalty to the country, which you inevitably do if you hold more than one citizenship. So what was Scanlon thinking?
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GeorgeDillon | Oct 08, 2011, 02:54 PM EDT
Several of the other candidates, especially the Blueshirt, are more loyal to the European Union or to the British Commonwealth than they are to Ireland.
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flattop55 | Oct 08, 2011, 02:13 PM EDT
I, too, hold dual US-Irish citizenship, but I agree that one who represents the People of Ireland as the nation's President should not have divided loyalties. Being a citizen of any country entails significant obligations and duties. I can envision situations where dual citizenship may present a conflict of interests, either real or perceived, that could compromise a President's position and decision making. It seems entirely reasonable to me, that one who aspires to be President of the Irish People should be completely free from any foreign responsibility or obligation. At this level, the office also has immense symbolic importance that requires one to embody Ireland and the body politic itself.
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tocon1941 | Oct 08, 2011, 01:25 PM EDT
Any fool can run for President of the United States. Just take a look at the current candidates. However, any U.S. citizen that holds dual citizenship with another country cannot obtain a "Security Clearance." Neither the Department of Defense nor the Justice Department will allow a candidate for any level of clearance to proceed until that candidate formally renounces the "foreign" citizenship.
Holding dual citizenship is a nice gesture and shows respect for a persons heritage. But it does not work in the game of politics. President Obama has had to deal with false rumors that he was not born in the United States. Imagine the problems he would have faced if he had obtained dual citizenship in a moment of sentiment.
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In this edition of "Comparatively Speaking," Tony O'Lenick explores the differences between extraction via water-, oil-, fluoro- and silicone-soluble solvents. This column follows previous others defining extraction and different processes for using it.
Extraction is a process that makes use of partition coefficient to remove desirable fractions from a biological matrix. The specific materials extracted are determined by the solubility of those ingredients in the different menstrua (solvents). As an example, one patent application1 describes the extraction from broccoli sprouts of four different active fractions via four different silicone polymer menstrua, as indicated by four Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra. Spectral subtraction of the menstrua allows for the identification of groups present in the extracted materials. Menstrua based on the partition coefficient technology of the described invention thus allow for the rapid screening and effective extraction of this class of materials from broccoli sprouts as well as other cruciferous materials.
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Dried and crushed plant material was placed in a filter bag having a pore size of 100 microns. The amount of plant material was 5% by weight, and the silicone-based menstruum comprised 95% of the weight. The menstruum was added to a recirculaton vessel, heated to between 60°C and 90°C, and recirculated through the filter bag for a period of 12 hr. Of the total amount of plant material subjected to extraction, 12.1% of the material went into the various solvents, leaving 87.9% of the plant material behind as insoluble solvent.
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The silicone menstruum having alkyl-soluble groups, i.e., alkyl silicone or cetyl dimethicone, extracted 3% of the actives. Based on FTIR, the spectral subtractions were ester, unsaturation, some amine groups and some ketones. The extract changed in color from water-white to pale yellow. The skin feel of the product was quite cosmetically elegant, providing a smooth feel with outstanding glide and spread. The extract of this example could be used as-is; i.e., in the menstruum without further modification, as well as in a topical emulsion systems by methods known to those skilled in the art.
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The dimethicone silicone fluid (50 Pa•s) menstruum extracted 0.9% of the plant material. The functional groups present on the FTIR after spectral subtraction were primarily alcohol and ketones. The extract had no color change. The skin feel was cosmetically appealing, providing a dry, powdery feel with outstanding spread. This extract could be used as-is or put into topical emulsion systems. Also, unlike the starting material, the fraction had a distinct UV spectra.