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|2009-11-11, 17:24
|Link #21
AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Using my yokai glasses to save Mana again
Age: 69
Perhaps this thread should be merged with the Spoiler Q&A thread?
|2009-11-11, 18:55
|Link #22
Senior Member
SeedFreedom raises many good points on this issue, imo.
Edit: Just noticed that light novel is listed under the main Manga heading. Very well. However... people who are primarily interested in one or two anime series' are going to gravitate to boards dedicated to that particular series. Since that becomes the community for fans of that anime/source material franchise, that is where people naturally wish to discuss the source material.
|2009-11-11, 19:23
|Link #23
Le fou, c'est moi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Age: 29
Some people don't think much about "Character B will arrive and change the whole ballgame" as a spoiler, while some others will be pissed off they're told this ahead of time, because that hint just happens to be the puzzle piece that gave them an unwanted spoiler clue that ends up revealing something big.
And then there are those idiots who reveal major character deaths casually ("everybody's already watched it!" Well **** you I didn't).
Like, say, I can't find a School Rumble thread in the Manga forum because there's already one in the School Rumble anime sub-forum. So, yeah. Already there.
It's actually nor perfect either, since those threads seem to always get labeled "raws only," which means scanlation readers who dislike raw spoilers are left out. I guess you can't please everyone and the scanlation process is far more disjointed and difficult to keep up compared to fansubs but...
|2009-11-11, 19:32
|Link #24
Hina is my goddess
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Dec 2005
Its things like that which make people put absolutely everything into spoilers in the first place, creating the original problem. (Which is according to the mods, and not people complaining about spoilers. But to be honest i think most people don't care in a bit about pages of spoilers but are merely complaining about it so they don't accidentally run into one UNDER A SPOILER TAG WHICH BASICALLY GOES UNUSED because they don't know how not to click a spoiler tag with, duh, spoilers! now which makes a bigger problem.)
I will also disagree with you and weather you have watched it or not, once an episode is released, it is no longer a spoiler. Etiquette says that if it hasn't been translated it should be in tags, but it is not defined as an actual spoiler. So if somebody says "so and so died" and its out in the anime, its not a spoiler.
Sorry, but i wanted to come back to address this.
Last edited by SeedFreedom; 2009-11-11 at 19:57.
|2009-11-11, 19:59
|Link #25
Le fou, c'est moi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Age: 29
But depending on context "Person A will be important" can be spoilerish. Standalone, that's overkill. But conversations don't exist in a vacuum. A hypothetical example would be something like:
Poster X: Whoa, big cliffhanger! Looks like we have a turncoat in the gang.
Poster Y: I'm guessing it's Person B, C, or D.
Poster Z: Person A will be important.
Bang, spoiler. Sure, Person A might not *be* the turncoat, but the one who will out the turncoat, save the gang, whatever. But it's information that an audience of the show would not have otherwise known without this pre-exposure.
I don't blame the victim. Sure, it could be a "compulsion" to click a button you "shouldn't click," but I'd argue just the same it's also a compulsion to tell people what you shouldn't tell. No thank you I don't need to know Character ABC died in Episode 23 because you [not you, SeedFreedom; general you] would like to feel l33t and superior for downloading and watching the raws and wasting your time getting obscure spoilers from Japanese magazines.
The mods wouldn't need to be this highly restrictive if people are clear about what's in their spoiler tag (e.g. "Big spoiler from episode 23"); they're not. Separate spoiler threads would still be useful of course, but leeway could have been given much more if people recognize that simple courtesy.
Sure, the thread on the last episode of Code Geass will have big discussions on the big things that happen in the last episode of Code Geass, and we don't need spoilers there -- as is already the case -- but it *is* a spoiler, and I *am* going to report it and bitch about it, if this information is in the thread of the first episode of Code Geass, or some other unrelated thread completely. By the way this really big event happened to one of the main characters of Code Geass in the final episode, didn't you hear?
There's also a delay time between release and download and watching that will have to be taken into account. Nobody catches up right at the moment the fansub's finished and released.
|2009-11-11, 20:12
|Link #26
Hina is my goddess
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Dec 2005
Second point, also invalid. I have asked the mods if it would be satisfactory to strictly enforce proper use of spoiler tags, with full punishments to those who don't instead of an outright ban on spoilers. Their reply was they weren't going to take a chance with that. Later the new reply was, we don't want pages of spoiler tags after spoiler tags and this has nothing to do with people complaining about accidentally clicking it.
Third, another point i was trying to show. Everyone has their own opinion of what a spoiler is. I could walk a very fine line and be a jerk and ruin the show much more by barley sayign things which aren't defined as spoilers and it would be legal, vs simply using a spoiler tag. Case in point, i can freely talk about a raw without spoiler tags, but i would be a jerk. I could also freely talk about it the moment it has been released by a fansubber and not need spoiler tags and still ruin it for a vast majority of people who would not have downloaded it yet. it would also be impossible to only discuss fansubbed material because some shows are on a very slow subbing schedule, and some are licensed or unsubbed making the whole show unspeakable. I am not a raw watcher, nor am i a person who would do such a thing, but my point is it will always be too much and not enough at the same time. However one side will still allow the other side to be happy, and keep them safe with a little self control, vs no way i don't want to take that chance ban them all.
|2009-11-11, 20:53
|Link #27
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: USA
Age: 33
Not too long ago, there was a slight misunderstanding in one thread because one user said "I hope he is just guessing" in reply to something someone else said and things got out of hand. People need to be careful how they word their posts and include key phrases such as "I think" or "I predict" and such.
And the example I gave, was concrete info from the source material specifying names and all, so yeah.
Another thing to think about, Crunchyroll and other simulcast sites... has created a lot new issues to address. As far as spoilers go, in the past once a fansub was released spoiler tags were not required, but used sometimes if the person wishes to be considerate. Now, we have a lot of people using simulcast sites and others fansubs. In some cases, fansubs beat out simulcast subs (ie: Crunchyroll posts White Album six days after it airs).
Therefore, should spoiler tags be required until Crunchyroll or the simulcast site associated with the series posts it? Obviously I think they should be used, but the staff may think otherwise.
Luckily in the White Album thread I explained this and everyone is using spoiler tags a lot because some people will watch the RAW first, others will watch the fansub that comes out a few days later and the rest Crunchyroll with their late release.
|2009-11-12, 00:38
|Link #28
Join Date: Dec 2003
Age: 36
Now, this was written before Crunchyroll existed in its present form, and I think arguments could be made either way about whether Crunchyroll subbed streams should be treated as "raws" (because access is limited to people who pay subscriptions and are in the target areas), or as "fansubs" (because they are in English and targeted at many of the same people who would otherwise view fansubs).
Personally speaking -- and this is just me alone for now -- I side a little bit more towards the latter. Even before when we were just talking about fansubs, there were always cases where people were waiting for another group to release, or where they had to wait a while to be able to view the episode for whatever reason. If someone were to discuss the episode in the open without spoiler tags, since it was subbed, I probably wouldn't consider that inconsiderate since it is the official, licensed subtitled version. I am reminded of the fact that the current spoiler policy was designed to prevent the superfluous use of spoiler tags as well, so just blanketing everything in spoiler tags "to be safe" is not in accordance with the goals of the policy either.
But again, this whole area is one of the few deliberate "grey areas" of the policy. Technically speaking, anything in the specific episode once it airs is never a spoiler according to the policy. And even though the wording currently says "fansub viewers", it should probably be revised to be a bit more broad in light of the more wide arrange of options available now. It was written in "simpler times".
I guess you could sum up the goal/philosophy of the current spoiler policy as follows:
"Managing the acceptable use of spoiler tags by directing spoiler-rich conversations in advance to more appropriate venues."
The net effect of the policy was a reduction in the amount of spoiler tags being used in threads across the board, and a reduction in the amount of "big deal" spoilers being posted in anime threads. In that sense, "mission accomplished". That isn't to say the current policy is perfect by any means -- there are some quirks that I don't really like myself -- but I think I can at least speak for most of the staff when I say that this is a heck of a lot better than the old way.
So again, this is in the spirit of progress; understanding how we got here helps us know where to go next.
|2009-11-12, 05:30
|Link #29
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Monterrey N.L. Mexico
You speculate about something.... anything, and just like that, somebody jumps on you and tells you how wrong you are. These people sometimes voice their corrections as a fact and don't even try to word their lines as a simple disagreement with your theories.
|2009-11-12, 06:40
|Link #30
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: event horizon
Would it be possible to create a policy that accomplishes the same thing but doesn't use the vague concept of "spoiler" as the basis? (or at all) The current definition (as per paragraph 1) seems like nothing more then a excuse to apply arbitrary judgment "on things you don't like", not a actual definition of the problem. Irenicus's post above is a good example how manipulative the policy is. Why is it wrong if someone sais: "Person A will be important." to be exact? given the stereotypes in anime I would say its a fair statement; there's no visible indication (s)he is basing the statement on some source of information either.
Also, in all this talk about the policy the supporters always bring up "intentional gray areas" and how you have to be "enlightened" to understand the so called "subtilitites" and such. Things like this should be taboo for a policy, are you telling us its intentionally written badly and that's good? Why bother writing rules down in that case? This is not some religious movement (I hope).
|2009-11-12, 07:43
|Link #31
Senior Member
It seems very arbitrary to me to say that this thread you can use spoiler tags in, but that thread you can't. You should be allowed to use spoiler tags on every thread on every board; that is how it works on every signal other message board that I've been a part of, and it allows for much smoother, freer-flowing discussion.
If people don't want to be spoiled, then they shouldn't click on spoiler tags. It's such a very easy concept. I follow it myself in instances where I don't want to be spoiled.
I'm going to be blunt here - it shouldn't be the job of Anime Suki to protect posters from themselves. If posters are going to click on spoiler tags then they've already chosen to spoil themselves, and to risk spoiling themselves on something big.
Now... yes people need to be careful in how they word their posts when they're not using spoiler tags to begin with. But that's separate from the issue with spoiler tags in particular.
|2009-11-12, 08:10
|Link #32
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: USA
Age: 33
If people use spoiler tags until the "pubic" release of simulcast episodes then everyone can talk about the particular episode they just watched. While you may not want to make this into a rule, it should be added as a suggestion for people to use to be considerate.
But the whole point of spoiler tags is to give the person reading the choice of whether or not they want to be spoiled.
Or to hide extremely long posts or images that are big or NSFW.
|2009-11-12, 08:24
|Link #33
Senior Member
Honestly, I think that there are a lot of Anime Suki posters that aren't even aware of this (imo) discussion-quashing approach to spoiler tags.
|2009-11-12, 09:07
|Link #34
Knowledge is the solution
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: St. Louis, MO
Age: 34
Funny thing you mention all of these. Personally I've always found the spoiler policy to be too lenient, and I always try for it to be enforced as much as possible, and I'd try to call for a more restrictive use of the spoiler tag. I've always regarded it more as a necessary evil rather than a board feature personally.
|2009-11-12, 09:42
|Link #35
Join Date: Jan 2007
My take on this: If life gives you spoiler buttons, you either click on them or not. End of story.
I will never understand this spoiler cult. This sense of entitlement that even if I hide spoilerish information you still have the right to have it marked properly so you will never miss something you might want to read goes beyond me.
This is just an instance of the old dilemma, how much restrictions and how much bureaucracy are you willing to accept to protect people against individual risks.
The "risks" being as insignificant as they are in this case, my opinion is clear.
I wonder how many people who don't even want to accept the tiny responsibility to open or not to open spoilers on their own risk on Mondays demonstrate on Tuesdays against "socialism" and a "big government" that might take away your "freedom" to dig yourself into really deep shit.
|2009-11-12, 11:33
|Link #36
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|2009-11-12, 12:35
|Link #37
Join Date: Sep 2009
Spoiler for Episode 32:
Spoiler for Episode 32:
Now, the second spoiler is technically labeled correctly, and without strict spoiler rules wouldn't be wrong to post. And I just wanted to talk about episode 32. I'm not a moron, I don't click on unmarked or vague spoilers for that specific reason that I don't want little references to manga or whatever the person may be doing. However, I reasonably would like to be able to read "spoilers" used courteously for current content without there possibility that it's okay to have real spoilers in there with the excuse that it's my fault because I surely wanted to spoil myself. So while I am sympathetic for those who think that the current spoiler policy is limiting their ability to have better discussions, I also dislike the attitude that it is only in place to protect people who can't resist clicking things they don't want to read.
|2009-11-12, 12:39
|Link #38
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Frankly, if people had a freaking clue on how to label their spoilers, none of this would be an issue. Its probably a good thing I'm not a mod as I'd be fairly liberal with the ban-hammer to get the point across.
|2009-11-12, 13:24
|Link #39
Join Date: Dec 2003
Age: 36
For what it's worth, it's nice that some people here prefer the old policy, but I can pretty much guarantee that the staff will not go back to that old state because we've been there and it was too problematic. You can say "you didn't try hard enough" until you're blue in the face. So, if you all are really interested in making constructive suggestions, you have to start by accepting that we're not taking a step back. Any changes that are made would have to represent a step forward that continues to support the objectives of the previous change.
As I've explained before, the current policy has the benefit of providing a clear-cut, objective set of rules that defines which spoilers are and aren't allowed. There is no subjectivity about whether something is or isn't properly labeled. And it resulted in a reduction in both the amount of overall spoilers, and in the risk of having major events spoiled (because we tell people to discuss the novels/manga elsewhere). So I appreciate the simplicity of the "a spoiler is a spoiler, if you don't like it don't click" concept, but that isn't the only concept that matters here.
|2009-11-12, 14:52
|Link #40
Join Date: Dec 2003
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I don't see what's so complicated about the stated example, though. If a person uses their knowledge of the source material to hint or suggest about future plot development, that does "disclose an event, character, plot or other information before it is revealed within the specific work being discussed". It's a spoiler according to the policy, and we could issue an infraction. Many warnings and infractions have been issued for this sort of thing. Where's the supposed ambiguity? Just because the hypothetical poster didn't outright say what's going to happen in plain terms? That's why that summary sentence is written the way that it is.
If people have constructive suggestions, I really am interested, as there are some things about the current policy that I find less than ideal as well and wouldn't mind improving. This is why I'm trying to provide factual information about the thinking that went into the current policy, so that constructive suggestions can be framed in that context. A lot of what was in the policy wasn't my idea or my preference, but I at least understand why it's there. But if you're more interested in just shooting down the explanations and dismissing them, you'll lose one of the few advocates for change you might have had. I don't exactly see a ton of other staff jumping all over this thread with interest, and I can tell you again that I don't see many staff members who see the current policy as all that problematic. If people just want to rant and rave about how the current policy is "unfair", don't expect to see any changes being made on that basis.
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You won't find quite as much space for random wandering this time out. New York isn't Lingshan Island, and the sense of urgency and forward momentum is that much greater in Crysis 2. But that shift leads to a game that feels more focused than the original, while avoiding some of Crysis: Warhead's more bizarrely funneled sections. Crysis 2's occasional narrow, tunneled areas are almost never combat scenarios; instead, they feel like deliberate moments of respite, to let you take in the catastrophe around you, and to build on the story.
Written by sci-fi novelist Richard K. Morgan (of Altered Carbon and Black Man/Thirteen), Crysis 2's story deals with sophisticated themes like transhumanism and the corporatization of power. The story is slow to get going, and once it does, it sometimes seems like some pretty important moments of exposition got cut. Plot holes notwithstanding, Crysis 2 tells an interesting (if uneven) story that doesn't talk down to you. You just need to pay attention (and discover at least a few of the hidden e-mail collectibles) to be clear on what's going on.
You may have trouble paying attention to the story, though, given Crysis 2's constant sensory assault. This is the best-looking console game to date. It eschews the dark, hyper-filtered visual style of games like Killzone and Gears of War for beautiful, ubiquitous light. Light isn't directed in Crysis 2, it cascades -- over buildings, through trees and glass, reflecting and bouncing around levels in a way you haven't seen in a game before. It's a stark contrast to the constant, screen-shaking destruction of one of the world's most distinctive centers of popular culture. It's difficult not to get caught up watching the FDR Drive ripple and fall to pieces in a roar of shifting concrete and a cloud of debris, or making your way past other shattered landmarks. The soundtrack complements this well, and Crysis 2 features loud, clear, aggressive positional audio for those with 5.1 setups. Gunfire echoes down city streets like Michael Mann directed them.
So, where does Crysis 2 stumble? It has a checkpoint system that ranges from passable to unforgiving, as if it was designed to supplement the habitual PC quick-saving of the first game. Moreover, the free-thinking strategy that Crysis 2 fosters gets discarded completely at a few points, and the game demands a course of action without properly explaining what it is -- or where to go. This can result in rare moments of exasperation or outright confusion. Then there are the glitches.
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Remember that "smart" AI I mentioned? It isn't always turned on, and there are weird moments where enemies will walk in circles, or headfirst into their teammates without end. Other times, enemies human and otherwise will remain completely oblivious to the shrieking firefight inches away from them. It's... distracting. Crysis 2's experience is often such a well integrated whole that watching the game's facade fall for a moment hurts when it happens. Crytek are lucky that the game picks itself back up again so well that these are minor complaints.
For those looking beyond the campaign, Crysis 2 offers the de riguer persistent multiplayer experience. Much like Call of Duty, you can unlock an ever escalating series of weapons and suit upgrades (think: perks). While Crysis 2's progression resembles Black Ops and its forbears, its moment to moment play remains purely Crysis. Every player has access to the standard Nanosuit abilities, and the superhuman showdowns can be unpredictable fun.
At first, anyway. After several months of beta play on Xbox 360 and PC (and about four hours of play with the review build), I can safely say that it has some balance issues. Sniper fire, cloaks, and Nanovision rule the field, and cut down on the Nanosuit physicality and traversal that make Crysis 2 feel different from other online shooters. It's difficult to say whether a strong, long-term community will rally around the game.
The PS3 version of Crysis 2 has particular idiosyncracies. After playing both console versions, and playing through the same set of levels multiple times on both consoles, it became clear to a number of editors at IGN that the PS3 version is lacking somewhat in comparison to the 360 version of the game. The game still looks great on PS3, but the framerate is less consistent, the resolution is lower (in the neighborhood of 10% lower than the Xbox 360 release), and certain graphical effects and some lighting appear dialed back. In layman's terms, there are more jagged edges in the PS3 version of the game, and things get choppy more often than its 360 counterpart, which hurts controller response. The 360 is not immune to this, it just doesn't happen as often.
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Despite those complaints, Crysis 2 succeeds. It&#Array;s a beautiful, engrossing experience that avoids the anemic, scripted playbook made law by the 500 pound shooter gorilla. It plays well, encourages creative problem-solving, and confidently delivers a series of escalating and changing encounters and scenarios that will push you to think in a way few shooters have in an era of increasingly funneled experiences. While Crysis 2 loses its footing during a few odd moments, Crytek more than delivers on the promise of their previous games.


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LITTLE ROCK �With proceeds down from last year, the state Lottery Commission will consider adding monitor games to boost revenue � option that Gov. Mike Beebe and others have spoken against in the past.
LITTLE ROCK �With proceeds down from last year, the state Lottery Commission will consider adding monitor games to boost revenue � option that Gov. Mike Beebe and others have spoken against in the past.
Commissioner Dianne Lamberth of Batesville asked the commission Monday to take another look at monitor games, which so far have not been offered in Arkansas. Rep. Mark Perry, D-Jacksonville, co-chairman of the legislative oversight committee on the lottery, had requested earlier that the commission take up the issue.
Lamberth requested a review of how other state lottery games have incorporated keno and other monitor games and how the games have fared.
Bruce Engstrom of North Little Rock, attending Monday�s meeting via phone, asked if the 2009 state law establishing the lottery permits monitor games. Chairman George Hammons of Pine Bluff said it does.
Steve Faris of Hot Springs, a former legislator, said he would like to know how the entire legislative oversight committee feels about monitor games, not just Perry.
Ben Pickard of Searcy agreed and noted that �when this issue was discussed initially, there was quite a bit of resistance from the Legislature.�
As to whether the lottery law permits monitor games, Pickard said,�Personally I think that�s a little foggy, and I�m not sure whether this is what the people voted on when we started.�
Voters approved a constitutional amendment to allow a state lottery to fund college scholarships in November 2008. Beebe said in June 2009 that he questioned whether voters intended to approve monitor games such as keno when they approved the lottery.
Several legislators also have expressed reservations about monitor games, as has the Christian conservative Family Council, which has likened them to casino games.
According to Lottery Director Bishop Woosley, a typical monitor game would be played by selecting numbers from a screen, with winning numbers determined by a drawing. Under Arkansas law, a monitor game could not be interactive, so even if a game were called �poker� or �Texas hold �em,� players would not actually play poker against a machine.
�It will be another source of revenue,� Woosley told reporters after Monday�s meeting. �It�s just up to the commission whether or not it�s a (type) of game that they want to play.�
The Lottery Commission�s contract with vendor Intralot requires the company to provide 400 monitors, but in June 2012 the commission voted to swap out the monitors for televisions that could be placed in retail stores to advertise the lottery. Woosley said Monday it may be possible to obtain monitors from Intralot at no extra cost, �but it�s not something I�ve discussed with them.�
Woosley told the commission Monday that as of May 31 the lottery�s net proceeds for the current fiscal year totaled $81.3 million. He said that total likely would reach $90 million by the end of the fiscal year on Sunday, barring a large prize payout.
�There may be a $2 million prize winner sitting down in the claims center right now, so you just have to hold your breath,� he said.
The lottery took in $97 million for scholarships in the 2012-13 fiscal year. The Legislature this year adopted a tiered system of scholarship amounts, in which the amounts increase each year that a student attends a four-year school, as a way to lower expenses in response to high demand for scholarships and declining lottery revenue.
The commission also met in executive session Monday to review the job performances of Woosley and the lottery�s internal auditor, Matt Brown. Hammons said later that both received favorable reviews and that no decision had been made as to whether they would receive cost-of-living increases in the coming fiscal year.


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Yesterday I walked past a display of silverware that was in the form of the Empire State Building. It reminded me of a great game to play with your kids that will keep them busy on a cold winter's day.
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Anybody who cares about noir fiction should read Domenic Stansberry's scathing rebuke to the calcification of the genre. (And since noir is the fundamental inspiration for a ton of urban fantasy right now, as well as much of the cyberpunk genre, pretty much anybody who's interested in well-written science fiction and fantasy should care about noir.)
Stansberry's "Noir Manifesto" was written in 2003, but it's only just been published on line for the first time, and it's just as relevant as it was eight years ago. Writing about the French noir writer Jean-Patrick Manchette, Stansberry writes:
The noir tradition in which Manchette was writing had its roots in the vernacular, and focused on the crimes of desire by people hemmed in by social conditions. Noir writers like Dave Goodis, Jim Thompson, Dorothy Hughes, Chester Himes and Charles Williams were social determinists whose work demonstrated considerable empathy for the little guy, the down- and-outer, the outsider who has been pushed out, excluded, trapped. Who then takes hopeless action to escape that trap-and ultimately fails.
In contrast, the primary ethos of the new breed of crime melodramas does not share such concerns. These books are instead much more akin to the old western dime novels-which focused on the rescue of Pollyanna tied to the railroad track.
Stansberry says the best noir books of the 21st century are ones which tend to be ignored by "afficionados of the genre", including Murakami's Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World.
So what's Stansberry's prescription for restoring noir to its former greatness? Doing away with "the mentality that rationalism and logical must prevail. That order must be restored. That good must triumph." Which is a fascinating idea, when you apply it to science fiction and fantasy — would you want to read some noirish SF where the hero doesn't figure out everything in the end, and the day isn't entirely saved?
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Legend of the fake framebuilder
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What a great story! Thanks. Lets hope that reality and quality can win out over false marketing and hype.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 1, 2009 at 3:15 PM
This is spot on...ReplyDelete
'The impostors have a gift for conversation, self promotion and spin.....'
This is a great story, but I'm not sure about the conclusion. My experience is that most framebuilders are great at building bikes and lousy at promoting themselves and interacting with customers.ReplyDelete
If you are in business building bikes, it is a business which mean you need lots of different skills. Building the product, bookkeeping, customer service, and yes marketing. Builders spend too little time on this last point.
Just because you can tell a potential customer why they should buy a bike from you in a compelling way does not mean you are a con-man. I admire great salesmen as much as great builders. You still have to deliver on what you sell and be honest with your customer, but I see no up side in being snobby about a builder who can sell their product. In fact I think we'd all be better off if more builders took the approach of figuring out what the customer wants and selling the product well if it's a good match.
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You are sitting with your cell phone staring at a text message you wrote to your ex hours ago. You debate whether to send it or not. You stare at your phone while your mind tells you to have more respect for yourself. You logically understand that sending the message is not going to make the situation any better – nor will it heal your pain. Then your heart enters the scene and overpowers your mind. Your heart says, "Go ahead, send it, you will feel better…temporarily at least."
The scenario above represents one example of a misalignment between your heart and your mind that is a common occurrence after a break up. Every decision you make is determined by a combination of your logic and emotion. If these different elements that make you who you are happen to conflict, you will understandably feel conflicted and make decisions that reflect this turmoil.
The concept of alignment will help you understand why you may have been in a relationship that was not good enough for you. It will also help you understand how to use your logic to help heal your broken heart. Let's look at some more examples of what happens when your heart and mind disagree with one another.
Scenario 1 – During the Relationship
Your mind says, "I deserve more – this relationship is not right."
Your heart says, "Stay, it will work out."
If you were in a relationship where it was obvious that you were not receiving the love, respect, and engagement that you deserve, then your mind was probably nudging you during the relationship and asking you, "Why are we still here?" You remained in that relationship for longer than you should have because your heart believed that your mate and relationship could change.
Your heart believed that it was better to be in a relationship that was mediocre than to be alone. Your heart was saying to you, "Hey, give it a chance, it's not that bad." Your mind and heart were not aligned and this probably led to fighting, to an internal struggle, and eventually the break up. Often when we want more from a relationship than we are getting, we continually try to get 'more' by attempting to change the person we are with or by forcing other changes in the relationship. This is generally a destructive path.
Scenario 2 – During the Relationship
Your heart says, "This relationship is everything I need."
Your mind says, "There are red flags here that I shouldn't ignore."
When one partner in a relationship is not happy, they usually provide indications either verbally, in the form of passive-aggressive behavior, or via non-verbal actions of their discontent. If you are the other partner that is madly in love, you do actually receive the red flags as signals in your mind. Unfortunately, your heart overpowers your logic in this case. Your heart speaks so loudly about how in love you are and how perfect everything is, that you drown out the messages your mind has received.
Eventually, after the break up, it is easier to see the red flags were present in your relationship. You also may realize that some of the reason you were deeply attached to your ex was because you loved the idea of being in love. If you relate to this scenario, remember, you deserve a love with equal give and take. Reciprocity is essential to the success of a relationship and you should never have to convince someone to love you as much as you love them.
Scenario 3 – After the Break Up
Your mind says, "I am going to be okay. In fact, before long, I'm going to feel like myself."
Your heart says, "The pain is excruciating, I don't think I will ever feel at peace again."
After your break up, if you sit quietly and listen to your inner voice, you will hear hope inside. This hope is telling you that you will feel better, that you will live life once again with passion, and that you will experience love once again. The information you are being sent from your mind is based on your history and the fact that you have overcome obstacles in the past. Your mind remembers the times where you have faced adversity and have come out on the other side stronger and brighter. Your heart is speaking out of fear; listen to your mind – it has a strong basis for giving you hope.
Listen to words from friends, family, and counselors even if they do not feel like they are helping to heal your broken heart. Every single word helps. Listen to every word someone with experience has to tell you. Up until now, we haven't discussed the subconscious mind. Positive messages to your subconscious mind can overpower negative ones from your heart. Everything you are reading and listening to about healing is entering your subconscious and will help you heal faster.
Above I have discussed the logical mind being overpowered by a somewhat illogical heart. Please note, the situation can certainly occur in reverse. Your heart may experience genuine love yet have seeds of doubt planted by an insecure mind. In either situation, if you are looking to heal your heartache from your current break up, please know it is possible.


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I've opened the Bible to Psalm 100 - The Psalm of Thanksgiving.
I hope as you gather with your family and friends this year, you will take a minute to savor every second and to Praise the Lord for all He has done.
From my house to yours, I wish you a year of Happiness, Health and Blessings.
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It's official, ladies! Ryan Reynolds has been named People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2010. The guy who's about to become The Green Lantern has come a long way considering how he looked when I first saw him on television.
Back in 1990 or 1991 when I was living on my own in Marshfield, I'd drag myself out of bed Saturday morning and flip on Nickelodeon at 11am for my guilty pleasure, a Canadian soap opera for young people called "Fifteen". This thespian train wreck was horrible but yet -- like many disasters -- I couldn't tear myself away. Each week I'd try to shake off the previous night's hangover by watching this cluster. After Nick found that they too couldn't stomach "Fifteen", they dropped it and I was forced to move on. Years later I started watching ABC's "Two Guys, A Girl and a Pizza Place" and realized that one of the characters looked very familiar. It took a while but I figured out that Ryan Reynolds on "Two Guys" was one of the kids on "Fifteen".
Of course, Reynolds moved on since then ("Van Wilder" et.al.) but if you've never seen the really early days of "The Sexiest Man Alive", enjoy these clips from "Fifteen" featuring a teenaged Ryan Reynolds and bask in the bad. (I especially like the breathy blonde. Is she whispering?)
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Conservatives lament - and defend - state of Romney campaign
Updated 9:48 a.m. Eastern Time
Mitt Romney's campaign for president is coming under increasing pressure to change course - or clean house - from establishment Republicans who fear the Romney campaign is squandering a prime opportunity to win back the White House.
Two Romney advisers told CBS News Friday morning that the campaign is beefing up its communications and rapid response team.
On Thursday, the conservative Wall Street Journal editorial page rippedthe Romney campaign for its fumblingof the debateover whether the health care law signed by President Obama includes a tax.
"This latest mistake is of a piece with the campaign's insular staff and strategy that are slowly squandering an historic opportunity," the Journal wrote. "...Mr. Romney promised Republicans he was the best man to make the case against President Obama, whom they desperately want to defeat. So far Mr. Romney is letting them down."
Ramesh Ponnuru, senior editor at the conservative National Review, told CBS News that the criticism and others like it is "reflective of real conservative unease about the Romney campaign strategy, and also about the campaign's at least perceived insularity."
Hours after the Journal broadside went live, influential Weekly Standard editor William Kristol posted a story in which he compared Romney to Democrats Michael Dukakis and John Kerry. Kristol suggested that, like those presidential nominees, Romney is on the way to losing "a winnable presidential election to a vulnerable incumbent."
"Is it too much to ask Mitt Romney to get off autopilot and actually think about the race he's running?" Kristol wrote. Like the Journal, Kristol took Romney to task for having little message beyond claiming that President Obama has been a poor steward of the economy.
"The economy is of course important," he wrote, criticizing Romney for a lack of specific policy plans. "But voters want to hear what Romney is going to do about the economy." Talk radio host Laura Ingraham, meanwhile, argued on the air Thursday that Romney needs to "get off the jet ski," a reference to his vacation this week in New Hampshire.
The criticism came four days after conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who owns the Fox News channel, tweeted that Romney should replace his campaign staff. "Met Romney last week," he wrote. "Tough O Chicago pros will be hard to beat unless he drops old friends from team and hires some real pros. Doubtful."
The Romney campaign did not respond to a request for a response to the new criticisms. But in the wake of Murdoch's tweet, press secretary Andrea Saul said, "Gov. Romney respects Rupert Murdoch and also respects his team and has confidence in them." Romney's advisers told CBS News Friday that there are no plans to replace the core campaign team.
Ponnuru said Romney would be wise to heed the criticism that emerged Thursday.
"Voters are perfectly aware that Obama inherited a bad economy, and they want to know what Romney would do differently that would help the economy, and so far they haven't really had much of that," Ponnuru said. "It's just general statements about how bad the economy is, how Obama has failed, and how Romney is a leader who has good ideas and all that...I think the country wants a little bit more than that."
National Review editor Rich Lowry agreed.
"Something like this was inevitable, but I think the thrust of the criticism is sound," he said.
Lowry argued that by being more specific about his policy plans, Romney would be less susceptible to attacks based on his history at Bain and would have an easier time achieving his goals if he does win the presidency.
"There's a general sense on the right that a more substantive campaign would be better," said Lowry.
Not every Republican is finding fault with the Romney campaign. Republican strategist Charlie Black, a top adviser to Sen. John McCain during McCain's 2008 presidential run, said the conservative handwringing shouldn't come as a surprise.
"Every presidential campaign these same people, or people of their ilk, attack the campaign because it's not good enough," said Black, who is now an informal adviser to Romney. "Sometimes they might be right - this time they're wrong."
"They do it every four years," Black continued, noting that Romney is nearly even with Mr. Obama in polls. "I think I'm going to walk down to the Wall Street Journal and tell them I'm taking over their editorial page. Now I've never done it before, you understand, but I'm sure I know how to do it better than you do."
"I didn't say much when they were punching me around in 2008 when we were down 10, 12 points in the polls, but that is just not the case this time," he added.
In an email, Republican strategist Mary Matalin largely defended the Romney campaign from the critics.
"...these same pages (to which I am addicted and agree with 99.9%) lambasted Romney for his 59-Point economic plan for its specificity, now they lament his non-specificity," she wrote. "He has given any number of specific speeches and insights to not only his policies, but the philosophy whence they emanate."
"Could the campaign have threaded that needle better (as WSJ details)? Yes," Matalin continued. "Does it matter? Yes...but...not as much to swing voters as what the IMPACT of the tax/penalty/fine/incentive will be on their family budgets and on the national debt, which they are increasingly understanding as impeding growth and job creation."
Matalin argued that the Romney campaign has plenty of time to work out the kinks, writing that Americans "are not glued to political news this scorching July 4 holiday and will start paying attention after the Olympics when they will dip into the conventions, then in earnest after Labor Day."
"No campaign is 100%," she added. Where does she put the Romney campaign? A "solid 75%."
Dan Schnur, a former communications director for John McCain and the director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at the University of Southern California, noted that "most of the critics who've been voicing their concerns over the last several days are people who are never particularly big fans of Romney in the past."
"That doesn't mean they're complaints don't have some validity, but they're coming from people who've never been that fond of the way he's approached politics," he said.
Schnur added, however, that the Romney campaign could benefit from bringing outsiders in. The current team - which Ponnuru said seems to be "very much of a closed shop" - is built around a tight-knit team of longtime Romney aides, including senior advisers Eric Fehrnstrom and Beth Myers.
"Every successful presidential campaign in modern history has expanded their team between the primary and the general election," he said. "That's not a criticism of the people who help the candidate achieve the nomination, it's just a recognition that the campaign is moving on to a different type of playing field."
"Romney's got a tremendously talented team of advisers, but like Reagan, Clinton and every other successful campaign in recent memory, they'd probably benefit from some fresh voices as well," he said.
"A successful campaign team is about balance," Schnur continued. "On the one hand, you want people who know the candidate almost as well as he knows himself. You want people who understand him and his motivations. But on the other hand, you also gotta find some people, some additional voices, who have some emotional distance."
He pointed to Mr. Obama to illustrate.
"Obama has very strong loyalists, like David Axelrod and Valerie Jarrett," Schnur said. "He's also brought in people who have different types of perspective, like Rahm Emanuel and Jim Messina. It doesn't devalue the former, it just augments them."
Black, the informal Romney adviser, said the Romney campaign has already evolved.
"They just went from 100 employees to 400 in the last ten months," he said. "...The addition of Ed Gillespie as a senior adviser is a major move. It's a totally different campaign."
CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Norah O'Donnell contributed reporting.


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Morristown High School offers a rigorous college preparatory curriculum, including 20 Advanced Placement Courses and 21 Honors level courses. Our students maximize opportunities to sample and explore emerging career fields in areas such as technology, music, visual and performing arts, and the medical and science fields. Morristown High School provides an extensive program of interscholastic sports, co-curricular activities, and performing arts.
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Letter to the House of Representatives on the Higher Education Act Reauthorization (H.R. 4137)
July 31, 2008
Dear Representative:
On behalf of the National Education Association's (NEA) 3.2 million members, we would like to offer our views on the conference report for the Higher Education Act Reauthorization (H.R. 4137). We commend the conferees for including a number of positive provisions that will strengthen post-secondary education. However, we strongly object to the inclusion of "academic bill of rights" (ABOR) language in the conference agreement.
We are very pleased with a number of provisions in the agreement, including those regarding:
- Pell Grants - increasing the purchasing power of Pell Grants by raising the maximum award to $6,000 in the upcoming academic year (from $4,310), followed by incremental increases of $400 in subsequent years to reach a maximum grant of $8,000 in academic year 2014-2015.
- Textbooks - addressing the growing crisis of affordable course materials by balancing students' abilities to manage textbook costs through advanced planning with respect for faculty's legitimate academic freedom concerns.
- TEACH Grants - making positive changes to clarify and strengthen the program, including addressing" extenuating circumstances" that might affect repayment, and helping teachers deal with changes in high-need designations while they fulfill their service requirement. The bill also requires a study that will provide useful information on the program and its efficacy.
- Patsy T. Mink Fellowship Program - providing awards to assist highly qualified minorities and women to acquire the doctoral degree, or the highest degree possible, in certain academic areas, thereby helping more women and underrepresented populations entering the professoriate.
- Community Colleges - authorizing a pilot program to increase college persistence and success. Part of this program targets funds for scholarships, support programs, and counseling for community college students to ensure persistence and, when possible, matriculation to a four-year school.
- Business Workforce Partnerships for Job Skill Training in High-Growth Occupations or Industries" program - authorizing a grant program for partnerships between institutions of higher education and businesses to develop programs that would give students the skills necessary for employment with local businesses.
- Teach for America (TFA) - requiring a study that will allow for a meaningful comparison of TFA teachers to their colleagues who completed traditional teacher preparation programs. The required studies must meet peer review standards of the education research community with reviewers having expertise in a number of areas, including assessment and instruction.
- Collective Bargaining Rights - applying the "savings clause" to protect collective bargaining rights to all of Title II.
- Adjunct Teacher Corps -stating that Adjunct Teacher Corps teachers cannot displace current teachers or reduce the number of teachers who otherwise would be hired, and specifying that an adjunct teacher is not the primary teacher and must work under the supervision of a regular, highly qualified teacher.
We are also very pleased that the conference agreement contains no Teacher Incentive Fund or other "merit pay" provisions.
We do, however, strongly object to inclusion in the conference report of the "academic bill of rights" - a critical issue for NEA's higher education members. NEA has consistently and ardently opposed the inclusion of ABOR in any higher education bill. Although the agreement language is framed as a "sense of the Congress," we believe it raises major concerns. Essentially, the mere presence of this language in the bill opens the door for unwarranted government intrusion into the classroom and the curriculum.
We thank you for your consideration of our views on these important issues.
Diane Shust, Director of Government Relations
Randall Moody, Manager of Federal Advocacy


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A Short Review of "The Water Knife" by Paolo Bacigalupi
by Charles Carreon
June 12, 2017
I live in Tucson, Arizona, a town that has basically already dried up and blown away by the time the action goes down in this Climate-Catastrophe dystopian thriller. The action kicks off in the lush arcology of Las Vegas, where the protagonist, Angel Velasquez, works for the Southern Nevada Water Authority as a "water knife," a hit man who works to keep himself living in an air conditioned Vegas arcology. A cool drink of water he's not.
Angel works for Catherine Case, whose job it is to keep Vegas supplied with the water it needs to continue its existence in the parched American Southwest. Angel's first mission is to lead a Blackhawk raid on the little town of Carver City, Arizona, a misbegotten burg that Case has targeted for annihilation by water-deprivation. Angel gets his score, and moves on down to Phoenix in his yellow Tesla roadster to investigate why his fellow-assassin, Julio, has gone silent when he's supposed to be destroying lives and acquiring water rights.
Angel finds Julio, and they head down to the Phoenix morgue to look over the corpse of a man name of Vosovic. We don't know it at this point, and neither does Angel, but Vosovic has been hideously tortured to death by Julio, who is pretending to be scared out of his wits, but is actually colder than a can of Coors, ready to get back to work on anyone who might be able to answer those difficult questions that water knives always have to be asking – who's got the water rights? Torture for fun and profit is a topic that Bacigalupi enjoys exploring. He gets into the details, the modus operandi, and it may not make good bedtime reading if your sleep is easily disturbed.
At the morgue, Angel meets Lucy, a journalist who is always a little too curious for her health. Lucy is at the morgue looking for the corpse of one of her sources, James, a water-rights lawyer who thought he had found his ticket out of Phoenix somewhere in a stack of old paperwork. Digging through old, dusty water rights on an Indian reservation, James found some rights so old they'd been forgotten by everyone, so senior that only God could assert a claim of priority. Not surprisingly, James has been tortured to death in a manner identical to Vosovic – so relentlessly that he's bitten off his tongue in an effort to end the ordeal.
Like a negative Grail, James' water rights are deadly to anyone who touches them, and the bodies keep piling up. Amidst a landscape crowded with Texans dying of thirst, paying whatever the market will bear for water, we meet street trash like Maria and Sarah, whose daily existence is to be stalked by gangsters working for "the Vet," a psycho who keeps jackals as pets and feeds them people – people like Maria and Sarah, or anybody who doesn't pay rent to him for the privilege of selling water or skin on his dusty gang turf.
You can guess that Angel and Lucy are going to get hooked up, and that either Sarah or Maria, or both, will get dispatched by the Vet's gangsters, but you'll never anticipate all of the twists and turns as these characters orbit the black hole of greed that surrounds the water rights James died for. Embedded in the book is another book – Mark Reisner's "Cadillac Desert," a serious work about the feckless exploitation of the rivers and aquifers of the Southwest by rapacious farmers and bureaucrats, the ancestors of Angel's boss, Catherine Case. A first edition of Cadillac Desert is found on the bookshelf of every educated person who has the misfortune to inhabit the pages of Bacigalupi's sad and prescient tome. I think he is suggesting that it's high time we all read it. But I must admit, I started Cadillac Desert a few years back, and never finished it, opting to watch a rental copy of the multi-part PBS series that, somehow, hasn't yet made it into DVD format.
I don't know if The Water Knife will get turned into a movie, but it would be educational if it didn't just devolve into a splatter-fest. After all the blood and the dust settles, the lesson that Bacigalupi is trying to get across is simple: there are two types of people. The first group of people see the ugly truth that humans have badly fucked up, and we are all going to pay the price. The second, much larger group, keeps believing the happy horseshit shoveled our way by the politicians and the media. I'm not sure we have a choice in what group we are in, but you could always kill your TV if you don't want to be in the second group.


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