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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Blasts of super cold air may feel good on overworked muscles, but the increasingly popular form of cryotherapy does not stop muscle soreness or declines in muscle strength, according to a new study.
Though other measures of muscle injury, such as swelling and muscle-cell electrical activity, were slightly improved after the rapid cooling, "overall, it's ineffective," said Gaël Guilhem, the lead author of the study and a researcher at the National Institute for Sports in Paris, France.
What athletes are interested in, Guilhem said, is, "'am I (in less pain), am I stronger?' And the answer was, 'no.'"
Ice has long been used as a therapy for muscle injury.
"It's been the standard treatment for acute injury and chronic injury since the 70s," said Ty Hopkins, a professor at Brigham Young University, who was not part of the study.
Since then, approaches to cooling damaged tissues have become more sophisticated, involving machines that can use pulses of extremely cold air to quickly cool down sites of injury without hurting the skin.
Hopkins said such techniques have been gaining popularity recently in the context of attempts to reduce muscle damage after exercise.
Working muscles hard causes tiny tears in the fibers - whose repair ultimately makes muscles grow larger. But in the wake of the immediate injury, the muscle gets weak, inflamed and painful.
Although icing muscles can act as a painkiller, studies have not always agreed on whether the practice can prevent damage to the muscle tissue.
Guilhem and his colleagues asked 24 men to induce a muscle injury in their arm. The volunteers repeatedly unfolded one arm until it was straight while pushing against a resistance machine.
Within a day the muscles in each man's exercised arm were sore, and the researchers tracked their status for two weeks.
Half of the men received cryotherapy right after the strenuous exercise and again at one, two and three days later, while the other half received no extra intervention.
The therapy involved three applications, each lasting four minutes, of air cooled down to -30 degrees Celsius (-22 Fahrenheit).
Muscle strength in both groups dropped a day after the exercise, but the cooling therapy offered no benefit to those who received it, the researchers report in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Muscle soreness peaked a few days after the exercise and gradually declined over the next two weeks, but, again, having rapidly cooled the injured muscle made no difference in pain over the long term.
One of the measurements that did vary between the groups was inflammation, as marked by a protein in the blood called C-reactive protein.
The protein remained steady among the men who received the cryotherapy, while those who received no intervention had a 93 percent increase in C-reactive protein three days after the muscle exercise.
Guilhem and his colleagues also used electromyography - a large electrode on the muscles - to observe muscle "activity" during an exercise, a measure of the extent of muscle injury.
"What we saw is that the cryotherapy group preserved their muscle activity for around two days," Guilhem told Reuters Health.
In other words, while both groups developed declines in muscle activity, the cryotherapy group maintained activity for longer before that decline.
Guilhem added that the difference between the groups was very slight, however, "and it doesn't have an impact on muscle performance."
"It makes some sense that if you cool a damaged muscle, the muscle is not necessarily going to act differently because the muscle itself is damaged," he told Reuters Health.
While cryotherapy might not have a great effect in the context of a strenuous workout, that doesn't mean it won't have benefits in other situations, such as a joint injury, Hopkins said.
Guilhem said that cryotherapy could help people feel more comfortable while recovering from a muscle injury.
Hopkins agreed that cooling can be a helpful intervention in other ways.
"It works very well to limit secondary injuries, to limit swelling, to limit pain, and there's no downside to it," he told Reuters Health.
SOURCE: bit.ly/15lJObL The American Journal of Sports Medicine, online June 5, 2013.


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Skip and Frankie initially settled in Pueblo, Colo., where their three children, Jill, Jack, and Penny were born. The family moved from Pueblo to Tucson, Ariz., to Durango, Colo., before settling at Farmington, N.M. Frankie worked as a homemaker until the children were older, when she returned to college, commuting daily from Farmington to Durango. Frankie graduated summa cum laude with a degree in English literature in 1963 from Fort Lewis College. Throughout her life, Frankie had a passion for reading. She passed her love of literature on to her students at Farmington High School, where she taught school for two years.
In 1970, after the children were nearly grown, Frankie and Skip embarked on a grand new adventure. They purchased a small, nearly bankrupt, severely undercapitalized, community bank in Moab, Utah. While Frankie had no banking work experience, she was a quick learner, and soon Frankie and Skip were working side by side as an inimitable team to turn this bank around. In 1996, they capitalized on their gamble, years of hard work and dedication by merging their bank with a much larger regional bank – Zions Bank.
Above all, Frankie cherished her family. Frankie and Skip loved to travel with their children and grandchildren and, together, they explored such far-off places as Spain, Portugal, Alaska, Hawaii, Washington D.C., and New York. Closer to home, Frankie loved to take the mobile home on camping trips in the mountains of Colorado with the children and grandchildren. She also loved family gatherings for the holidays.
Frankie was a devout believer in Jesus Christ. She loved to read and study the Bible and was a longtime member of the Community Church of Moab.
She is survived by her husband, Skip; a younger brother, Robert Adamich of San Francisco, Calif.; her three children, Jill Jacobson (Gary) of Moab, Utah, Jack Nightingale of Farmington, N.M., and Penny Newman (Jim) of Montrose, Colo. Frankie is also survived by seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and several cousins, nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Jan. 15 at Community Church of Moab. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.SpanishValleyMortuary.com.


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For Arielle Klagsbrun, the Keystone XL pipeline is President Obama's last chance.
Klagsbrun went door to door to elect Obama in 2008. On her 18th birthday, she voted for him. "When President Obama was elected, I was probably one of the most excited people in the whole world," she told National Journal.
Three years later, Klagsbrun isn't so excited. "It's just not the same feeling as it was in 2008," she said.
At a fundraiser in St. Louis earlier this month, she wasn't listening to Obama anymore. She was interrupting him. Klagsbrun and a fellow student shouted at the president to stop the $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline, a controversial 1,700-mile project to bring carbon-heavy tar-sands oil from Alberta, Canada, to refineries on the Gulf Coast of Texas.
"The Keystone XL is the moment for Obama to say, 'Yes I am the person that you voted for,'" said Klagsbrun. "Should he veto the pipeline, a whole generation will be reinspired all around."
The youth vote was critical to Obama's election. An estimated 22 million Americans under the age of 30 voted in 2008 – the third-highest showing of young voters in U.S. history, according to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. Young voters preferred Obama by a 2-1 margin.
Environmental activists oppose the pipeline project because extraction and production of tar-sands oil is much more damaging to the environment and emits more greenhouse gases than the processes for obtaining and processing conventional oil. Proponents argue that it would slash U.S. dependence on foreign oil and create thousands of U.S. jobs.
All signs point to the administration's approval of the controversial project.
"We're looking at it right now," Obama told protesters who interrupted his speech on Wednesday at the University of Colorado in Denver. "No decision has been made. And I know your deep concern about it. So we will address it."
In a tough political environment and leading up to the 2012 election in which the primary issue is jobs, experts and insiders say there's no way the president will reject the project. A combined 91 percent of National Journal's Energy and Environment Insiders said earlier this month that Obama will give it the green light, with more than 70 percent predicting it would happen before the end of the year.
The State Department, which must decide whether to approve the project because it crosses international borders, held hearings across the country and in Washington this fall and hopes to make a decision by the end of the year.
"There's going to be a huge uproar if the administration approves the pipeline," said Stewart Boss, cochairman of the Sierra Student Coalition at the University of North Carolina. Though Boss, a junior at UNC, was too young to vote in 2008, he was certainly not short on the optimism and hope that drove his generation to the polls. Pending and past decisions such as the pipeline project, expanded drilling in the Arctic, and the Environmental Protection Agency's stalled ozone-pollution rule, Boss said, are cases in which Obama doesn't have the excuse of a divided government.
Boss and other environmentalists are putting their faith in the EPA instead of the White House. "More than any other person, [EPA Administrator] Lisa Jackson has been standing her ground on these climate and energy issues," said Boss.
Jackson said this week that the EPA is close to completing its review of the State Department's final environmental impact statement for the Keystone project. The EPA found an earlier draft "inadequate."
"This is a pipeline that cuts our country literally in half," Jackson told a meeting of young environmental activists at Howard University on Thursday.
Many of these young activists regard Jackson as a true champion of environmental issues.
"We stand behind Lisa Jackson and the EPA and we are pushing for President Obama to stand behind her," said Maura Friedman, a University of Georgia student who organized the university's Beyond Coal campaign.
"We were promised a lot of things by President Obama on environment that haven't been delivered," Friedman added. "These are things that we're going to remember when we go to the polls."


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DUDLEY Kingswinford will take great heart from their 55-0 reverse to local rivals Stourbridge ahead of this Saturday's clash at home to Otley.
Despite the defeat, the DKs only conceded 14 points in the second half against their opponents when almost everyone was expecting the floodgates to open.
Team manager Mark Holloway insisted: "We defended extremely well in the second half and played with a great deal of heart.
"We wanted to show we're just not laying down and letting teams trample all over us".
Holloway remains optimistic that despite 16 straight defeats, a win will come soon and insists: "We'll surprise someone, somewhere. There's been a spirit and determination that still remains and we're looking forwards, not backwards.
The DKs will wait on the fitness of a number of players, including Harry Bayliss and Jon Tideswell before naming their side to face Otley.
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Date: 1825
Origin: Clinton, Oneida County, NY
Builder: Unknown
Original owner: Williams, Othniel (?-1832)/ West Park Row Corp.
Info: The Williams Carriage Shed was originally part of the estate of Othniel Williams, a lawyer in Clinton as well as a Trustee and the Treasurer of Hamilton College. The Williams family owned several carriages.
Provenance: The Farmers' Museum acquired the structure in 1957 from West Park Row Corp.
*West Park Row Corp. bought the property from Kirkland Properties on January 4, 1951.
*Kirkland Properties, Inc. acquired the property from Edward W. Stanley on December 3, 1945.
*Edward W. Stanley bought the property from Anna F. Davidson on November 8, 1945.
*Anna F. Davidson became sole owner September 4, 1945.
*Adian H. Newell and Anna F. Davidson acquired the property from William F. and Ruth W. Newton on August 28, 1941.
*(O. Gregory Burns acquired portion of property on June 2, 1938 to preserve ROW - the law office from William F. and Ruth W. Newton.)
*William F. and Ruth W. Newton acquired the property from the estate of Delia A. Williams on May 25, 1938.
*Delia A. Williams received the property from her husband Othniel S. Williams' will in 1880.
*Othniel S. Williams received the property from Mary Williams' will in 1842.
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Kostich is Serbian-American. His father, Nikola Kostich, also an attorney, emigrated from Serbia in 1958. Neither father nor son has forgotten his roots. Each follows closely what is happening in the war-torn nation, once part of what was Yugoslavia.
For Aleks Kostich, 38, the biggest war this week is taking place on the red-dirt courts at the French Open tennis championships. The No. 2 seed there in men's singles is Novak Djokovic, a tall 24-year-old built like an arrow. Just about everyone with even the slightest interest in tennis knows Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. But over the last six months, Djokovic has grabbed and kept the spotlight.
Sports Illustrated anointed him "the most dominant athlete in the world right now."
That Novak Djokovic is a Serb makes Aleks Kostich one happy fellow.
With victories in the first two rounds at the French Open, Djokovic had won 41 matches in a row since Jan. 1. The record in modern tennis is 46 straight victories, set by Argentina's Guillermo Vilas, in 1977. If you go back to December and count Davis Cup play, Djokovic has won 43 consecutive matches. Along the way, he has whipped the daunting Nadal four times in a row and the esteemed Federer the last three times they have met.
Want more? Djokovic has lost only nine sets since November.
His next match happens Friday, June 3, in the semifinals in Paris, where he'll play Federer.
"It wouldn't break my heart if Djokovic lost," says Kostich, "because I know the streak will have to end at some point. But to be honest, I'll be surprised."
Serbia, about the size of Virginia, is a landlocked republic of 7 million people. Until the past few years, Serbia's major sports were soccer, basketball and water polo. Tennis is popular there, but only lately has the country turned out so many good male and female players. Nenad Zimonjic has won seven Grand Slam doubles titles and earned a No. 1 ranking in men's doubles. Both Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic have been ranked No. 1 in women's singles.
Meanwhile the United States, with more than 300 million people, does not have a female singles player ranked in the top 10 in the world. The last time an American man won a Grand Slam tournament was 2003.
Kostich grew up "a McEnroe nut" in a suburb of Milwaukee. He was, he says, a "scrappy baseliner" who played junior tournaments. During summer vacations he often visited Serbia, where his father still has relatives. He even played tennis there once, at a small club in Belgrade, the capital city.
"Serbia is special for me," Kostich says. "It's my dad's native country, but in my travels there, I grew to love the place and the people. It brings me a sense of enormous pride. I really have come to appreciate my Serbian heritage."
On occasion he grills little ground-
In high school, Kostich grew interested in running. He was recruited to compete at middle distances for the University of New Mexico. He did that for two years until he became disillusioned with UNM's track program, which in the 1990s was less than mediocre.
In time Kostich got married, went to law school back in Wisconsin, practiced law there for a spell, returned to Albuquerque, started a family and played tennis recreationally.
Meanwhile Serbia and a portion of the Balkans were going through upheaval. At the end of World War II, Yugoslavia's iron-fisted dictator, Josip Tito, worked to unify the surrounding countries. Forty-odd years later, that plan crumbled. Bloody border disputes reigned as a civil war erupted. Serbia's new leader, Slobodan Milosevic, was accused of ethnic cleansing and assorted war crimes. He died in prison in 2006 while awaiting trial.
Coincidentally, Ratko Mladic, a former Bosnian Serb general accused of masterminding the massacre of Srebrenica in 1995, was captured on Thursday, May 26, near Belgrade. Mladic, in hiding for 15 years, was considered one of the world's most-wanted fugitives. Serbia's failure to find him reportedly was the key stumbling block for that nation's entrance into the European Union.
Everyone suffered in the civil war—Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia, Herzegovina and Kosovo. Things got so bad that in 1999 NATO forces dropped cluster bombs on Serbia and the area around it to quell the unrest. The bombings went on for 78 days.
Kostich, who was then living in Milwaukee, joined other members of the Serbian diaspora to publicly protest the bombings. "I felt the bombing was illegal."
The idea of trying to practice a sport when explosions are happening all around you seems unimaginable. Yet that's what Novak Djokovic, Ana Ivanovic, Nemanja Vidic and others in Serbia did.
"People's lives were wrecked," says Kostich. "Their minds were scarred. Those experiences, I think, made Serbians like Djokovic who they are. It was a very tough time back there, economically and every other way. The adversity Serbians faced gave people a great resolve and made them tougher."
Kostich first became aware of Djokovic in 2006. "People were talking about him a lot. He was an up-and-coming player." The following year Djokovic reached the semifinals at Wimbledon and the finals at the U.S. Open. Along the way, he developed a reputation as a not-terribly-likable clown. "Djoker," some called him, for his snarky, on-court imitations of Nadal and Maria Sharapova. In matches he came off more annoying than inspiring: Before serving, he bounces a tennis ball a dozen times or more. Inconsistency marked his play, leaving Nadal and Federer alone at the top. Djokovic appeared to be an afterthought. A good enough player, but certainly not a great one.
Even after Djokovic won the Australian Open in 2008, it was hard to talk of him in the same breath as Nadal and Federer. Yes, Djokovic hit the ball with tremendous pace. But his game was uneven, injuries plagued him and, too often, he was out of shape.
Kostich remained a fan. He admired Djokovic for his charity work and for his deep religious beliefs.
In late 2008, Kostich and his architect wife, Lisa Logan, subscribed to the Tennis Channel. It stays on, they admit, pretty much all day and night when they are at home. By 2010, Djokovic began to make his mark. Overnight, it seemed, his serve improved immensely. So did his service return. After long rallies, he no longer looked pooped.
His run actually started with the Davis Cup, when Serbia faced the United States in a first-round tie in March 2010. Going in, the U.S. had won the Davis Cup 32 times. Serbia had never come close to winning it. America, backed by the well-heeled United States Tennis Association, boasts numerous first-class training centers. Some tennis courts in Serbia remain badly pocked from the bombings a decade before.
The United States lost the tie, 3-2. Djokovic's singles win clinched the victory.
Serbia went on to play France in the final of the Davis Cup in early December. France, with a glorious tennis past, had captured the Davis Cup nine times. The year before France had been runner-up. Paris is home to the storied Roland Garros, where the French Open takes place.
Though the final would take place in Belgrade, few gave little Serbia a chance.
To win the Davis Cup for any nation is second only to winning the World Cup in soccer. It happens typically to large countries with expansive athletics facilities.
Kostich was checking coverage on the Tennis Channel, which was broadcasting the Davis Cup final, when he received a telephone call from Wisconsin. His father had been hospitalized with congestive heart failure. Serious surgery lay ahead. Aleks rushed home.
"He was barely conscious; it was real touch and go. I kept him updated, though."
On Sunday morning, Dec. 5, at his parents' home in Milwaukee, Kostich turned on his computer. He soon saw that Serbia, led by Novak Djokovic, had done the impossible. It had knocked off France to win the Davis Cup.
"I think I raised my arm and shouted," Kostich remembers.
He brought the outcome to the hospital. "I can't say it speeded my dad's recovery," he says, "but it didn't hurt. For Serbians, the news from back there was for many years just plain bad."
After double bypass surgery and a valve replacement, Nikola Kostich is back at work.
In Serbia, the celebrating went on for weeks. Parties rocked Belgrade nightclubs. Endless parades marched by. The country issued a postage stamp featuring a photo of Serbia's victorious Davis Cup squad. Prominent on the stamp is Novak Djokovic, swinging a racket. Seven months later, as the wins pile up, Djokovic is still swinging a racket.
And Aleksandar Kostich is smiling.


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^When Tsukune ,instead of losing control of his power and become one of them maintains control of his power and become something that Gyokuro did not expect .
So yeah ,I agree with this.
|2012-12-14, 14:24
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I think Gyokuro is all talk and no show, sure she may have caught Tsukune off guard, but that don't mean anything, she was doing everything she could to stay away from Haji and Gin. Once Tsukune gains his power-up, wiping the floor with Gyokuro should be a breeze for him.
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|2012-12-14, 17:53
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|2012-12-15, 08:46
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And so far everything goes as she planned, so i guess that's why she's so calm.
About Tsukune he was tired and exausted from fighting Akuha, while i believe he would still lose i think it would a litle different if he was in better.
|2012-12-15, 23:38
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|2012-12-16, 01:47
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Well, in my opinion, Inner Moka is definitely going to have more appearances in the future arc's.
As for Outer Moka, well based upon the developments so far... I think we have no choice but to have some tearful goodbye scene for her, near the end of this arc.
And... it's not caused by the fact that the seal has been broken by Gyokuro... it's because of the other function the Rosario has.
In other words, after the introduction of those vampires injected with parts of Alucard, and Tsukune's "change" that started occurring in the latest chapter... I don't see the solution that Akasha used to "solve" the Alucard problem, working anymore.
Basically, the Rosario is the only object remaining that can ... more or less, keep Alucard in check, and assuming that they get it away from Gyokuro, and since I doubt that anyone present on the scene, who would be strong enough to defeat Alucard, I don't see Mikogami or / and Tohou Fuhai returning such an important item to Moka, just to "revive" her Outer personality.
After all, it would be a pretty illogical move on their part, since Moka and Tsukune are definitely going to continue having contact with Fairy Tale / the Masked King, after this arc is over, and having the Rosario in their possession, would just make the "enemy" try to take it away from them, again... returning us to the same ... or maybe even worse problem then the one that we currently have.
Naturally we could be introduced to another plot twist that will cause some more changes, on the topic of Inner / Outer Moka... but, at the current moment this is what I think about this topic...
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|2012-12-17, 00:54
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He knows about Ura's condition, and its obvious that he's going to correct that.
How, who knows. 8I
|2012-12-17, 01:00
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Outer Moka was create by the rosario.
The rosario was create to control Alucard.
What if Outer Moka take over Alucard so we can have an Inner Moka and an Outer Moka at the same time. But I don't know how Tsukune will react.
|2012-12-17, 01:09
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Unless, Akasha and Mikogami would appear on the scene, in someway, I don't see how that would be possible, with the group's current members.
As for this being the plot to reveal the existence of ayashi to humans... well, that would be a pretty extreme way of doing that, which would definitely increase the "serious" aspect of this manga (since I don't see the group fooling around, when the humans and ayashi, would be just a step away from engaging in a full open war).
Like you said, it's possible, but at the current point, I would like to think that this option has a small chance of occurring.
I think that's unlikely... due to the fact that I doubt Alucard's current body, can return into a human shape... and Outer Moka having Alucard's "current body" would be a real turn off, for Tsukune.
Not to mention, it's too convenient ... and seems like something similar to something, that the thing which shouldn't be named *cough*anime*cough*of*cough*R+V*cough*... pulled off, near it's conclusion.
Finally, I think that "Outer Moka's" function is more related to the "seal Moka" part of the Rosario ... which needed to be broken, in other to awaken it's "control Alucard" abilities.
I know, that there are a few mysteries reaming concerning the Rosario, but that's what I think, based upon the "confirmed" information that we currently have.
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|2012-12-17, 22:51
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voceane has a point but maybe not exactly the way he's thinking the rosario created outer moka using her mother's appearence as a base and maybe her personality as well and the rosario was created to control alucard, it could be possible that the rosario could be used to save her mother by placing the rosario on alucard and make her mother the one in control of her and alucards body
|2012-12-18, 00:14
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That's why I doubt that a development like that will occur.
Of course, I could see a development, where the Rosario would be used to revive Akasha ... but, it will only happen if Akasha's "strength" and power levels would be seriously reduced in the process.
Otherwise, she should just remain trapped within Alucard (no matter how sad and tragic that sounds), since if Akasha would remain at the level, that she demonstrated in the flashback, her "return"... would pretty much cause the other characters to be overshadowed by her.
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I hope Akasha does keep her OP status, I mean it really wouldn't have to mean that she would overshadow the other characters, she can play a supporting character and offer guidance and help to Moka, Tsukune and the others, and would only fight if she actually had to, it's very appropriate for someone like Akasha to be overpowered.
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I don't think Akasha will be joining the main cast. More than likely the allowed herself to be absorbed with Alucard because the Shinso blood is what it reacts to. She may reappear for a momentary greeting with Tsukune, but I think in the end she will be stuck inside Alucard forever to seal Alucard away.
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Which is why it makes Tsukune's rise to what he is now, still believable - his mannerisms have not changed so much from the beginning. Tsukune is still Tsukune, even though he is dealing with a vampire girlfriend and her very messed up family that's trying to pretty much destroy humans in general.
As for Akasha, I'm at a loss as to what I want from her - other than her just coming back of course. I can deal with her keeping her OP status -or- being reduced from so much time being spent in Alucard. If she came back with vastly lower strength, it would just set the stage for her daughter, Moka, to inherit her legacy and strength as a Bloodriver and as the strongest Dark Lord. Of course, I wouldn't mind it if she gave Gyokuro a high-heel roundhouse to the face, blasting her off into the stratosphere for making her daughter cry as she did, but that's just me.
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A native and lifelong resident of the Bay Area, Robert Bechtle focuses on the things he knows best, such as family, cars, houses, and neighborhoods. In doing so he turns what seem to be ordinary scenes of middle-class American life into paintings. During his student years and into the 1960s, when he was getting his artistic footing, Pop art was evolving across the country and Bay Area Figurative art was flourishing locally. His resistance to getting caught up in the sensuous surfaces of figurative painting prompted him to move toward a tightly controlled paint handling and to work with photographic source material as a fundamental and explicit part of his practice, simultaneously exploring California culture and basic issues of painting in very matter-of-fact ways.


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"We'll do it in a civilized way this time. We'll have the time to look at that. [Mr. Harper] doesn't want a vote on Afghanistan before the vote on the budget ...
The Afghanistan vote will come after the budget, which is a critical point. Last week the government reversed course and tabled the industry aid package separately. Some conjecture here, but that flip flop suggests the Conservatives were worried the budget wouldn't pass, and they didn't want the stench of political blackmail hanging over their head during an election. In taking the aid package out of the budget, Harper now has a talking point in a campaign. The fact that Harper backed down on this point is very telling, and I see it as a recognition that the budget won't pass.
Now, we learn that the critical Afghanistan vote won't occur until after the budget. If you assume the Conservatives have calculated the budget is unlikely to pass (we already have the Bloc and NDP firmly against, the Liberals obviously encouraged by recent polls), then delaying the Afghanistan vote might be more about posturing than a real "civilized" debate.
Harper is desperately trying to look diplomatic on Afghanistan, in a sense distancing himself from direct ownership. Manley was always a political exercise first, and now Harper has that powerful tool as argument. The question then becomes, would Harper rather run with Afghanistan still on the table, demanding a majority to implement Manley? In some ways, you assume Afghanistan is a weak spot, but you don't need a majority to agree, just around 40%, which is conceivable.
The other two big issues on the table are the economy and the environment, both of which present obvious challenges for the government. Could it be that Harper feels confident enough with his "bi-partisan" panel to force Afghanistan to the fore during an election? When you look at the alternatives, Afghanistan might not be half-bad. Harper's advantage lies in his apparent leadership qualities, fighting a campaign on Afghanistan might highlight his strengths.
I'm starting to think that the Afghanistan vote is more theatre, than reality. Harper presents the vote, to give the perception he is seeking approval, reaching out, all the while having calculated his budget will fail. What is really going on here will crystalize once we start getting some leaks of what is in the budget. If there are "poison pills" or hardline offerings, then we know with certainty, the Afghanistan vote was never on the table.


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I'm a casual fan of the NBA, while my wife is a fairly hardcore Nuggets supporter. (Oddly she developed her initial affection for the team about seven years ago when she was working in the Denver DA's office, within the confines of which the then-roster was known collectively as the Thuggets). So we watch most of their games on TV.
Last night the broadcast cuts into the game with highlights from Philly v. Charlotte, which among other things feature Gerald Henderson hitting a jump shot.
Me: Gerald Henderson is still in the league? He must be close to 40!
Spouse: Who's Gerald Henderson?
Me: You know, the guy who used to be on the Celtics.
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Hong Kong will hold its Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings Autumn Sale 2010 on 4 October at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, offering over 150 exceptional works with a total estimate in excess of HK$30 million / US$3.9 million.
MOK Kim Chuan, Sothebys Head of Southeast Asian Paintings said, The success of our Spring Sale is a testament to the growing global interest in rare and quality Southeast Asian paintings. This season, Sothebys will continue to present a careful selection of works by established modern masters, highlighted by S. Sudjojonos A New Dawn. The Contemporary section will feature record-breaking artists led by I Nyoman Masriadi, as well as a group of exhilarating works of young, up-and-coming artists who have demonstrated outstanding creativity and potential in their creations. There will also be innovative 3-D installation works that, along with the other bold selections in this Autumn Sale season, are sure to stimulate the collecting interests of new and established art collectors alike, and to present another opportunity for them to acquire interesting works.
Sothebys will continue to present the most revered names in Modern Southeast Asian paintings. Affandi, Le Mayeur, Amorsolo and Manasala, who hail from Indonesia and the Philippines, are the undisputed masters in their fields. Their paintings from the early 20th century provide an insight into the rich and inspiring Southeast Asian culture, while demonstrating its impact on the lives of artists and common man alike.
A highlight from the Moderns is an outstanding work by Indonesian artist S. Sudjojono (1914 1986), whose revolutionary ideas of realism earned him a reputation as the Father of Indonesian Modernism. Reality, as he defined it, went further than the conventions of realism or social realism; it illustrated the human condition. A New Dawn (est. HK$1.6-2.5 million; image on P.1) was executed in 1956, a period marked by Sudjojonos deepening involvement in politics and restlessness, which led to a body of many unfinished works. The current work is a large format (120 x 240 cm) comparative to his other canvasses, and is one of the rare paintings that the artist completed during this period.
Depicting the morning rituals of a village, three central figures of different genders and generations stand side by side gazing at the dawn of a new day. Created the same year that Indonesia severed its last ties as a colony from the Netherlands and during the time when Sudjojono began his relationship with the love of his life, Rose Pandanwangi, the painting speaks of new beginnings, hope and progress. A work of supreme importance on both an art historical and personal level, it epitomises the depth of Sudjojonos role in shaping the progress of Modern Indonesian Art.
Another fascinating highlight on offer is Atelier de Tissage (Weaving Atelier) (est. HK$2.7-3.9 million) by Belgian artist, Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur De Merprès (1880-1958). One of the last great impressionists, Le Mayeurs voyage to Bali represented the culmination of his great quest for beauty. Executed in the 1940s, this painting is an exquisite example of the artist at the pinnacle of his creativity. It showcases Le Mayeurs unsurpassed expertise and dexterity at capturing sunlight and beauty in an instant. The composition, textured impastos and expressive brushstrokes rendered vibrantly on a luminous picture plane form a most enthralling Impressionist palette and portray a most elegant balance between movements, colour and form. With the majority of his works in private collections, oil on canvas works of this theme and size is a truly rare gem.
Executed in 1979, Self Portrait (est. HK$900,000-1,500,000) by Indonesia master, Affandi (1907-1990) is one of the spotlights. His paintings are uniquely streaked with hard wisps of colour an effect of his own technique, by which he often squeezed paint directly onto the canvas from its tube and used his fingers as a brush. Being an abstract expressionist, Affandi reveals his self-perception on canvas, and the result is a valuable insight into his very core. As ever-changing as his mood, no two selfportraits are identical. Charged with emotion, the Self Portraits dynamic brushstrokes and paint impasto represent Affandi at his most soulful and intimate. It is an incredibly fine example of his mastery of expressionism. Other excellent works by Affandi, such as Cockfight, Temple, and Landscape, will also be on offer.
Workers in the Fields (est. HK$380,000 550,000) is an exceptionally rare, early painting by Fernando Amorsolo (1892-1972) one of the most important figures in the history of painting in the Philippines. His works from the 1920s are avidly sought-after by collectors. They were created at the time when Amorsolo had finally achieved his quest for mastery of light, colour and shadow. These works are also typically smaller in size. The scarcity of his 1920s works in the art market is indicative of its great popularity and great uniqueness; most of these works are held in the esteemed collections of private collectors and fine museums.
Throughout the later phase of his career, Amorsolo recreated some of his earlier compositions in numerous editions. Therefore, among connoisseurs his first-edition early paintings, such as this one, are referred to as his original originals. Executed in 1926, Workers in the Fields is a stunning example of Amorsolos early talent.
River Landscape (est. HK$160,000-250,000) by Felix Martinez (1859-1907), another Filipino artist, will also be featured.
From 19251945, the esteemed painter and art professor Joseph Inguimberty devoted his life to championing a modern reform of lacquer technique at the Hanoi School of Fine Arts (Lécole des Beaux Arts de Hanoi). This special Coromandel Screen (est. HK$480,000680,000) is among the first of its kind to be executed in Vietnamese art history. Commissioned by Governor General Brévié in 1938 at the School of Fine Arts in Hanoi, it is a proven original work of art made collectively by a group of lacquer masters graduated from the School that year and this sale sees its first-ever public exhibition.
On the screens main facade, against a vermillion background, is the last Vietnamese emperor, Bao Dai. He is surrounded by a procession of his followers, including imperial dignitaries and military generals, soldiers, servants and musicians, as they all left the imperial palace in Hue. The opposite facade is awash in gold paint, scenic with tranquil images of the phoenix Annam and two cranes moving among Asian flowers and plants.
Other magnificent works by Vietnamese artists include a selection of five paintings by Mai Trung Thu (1906-1980), the master of Vietnamese Modernism; as well as a collection of exquisite lacquer boxes commissioned by the Tobacco Company of Indochina (est. HK$40,000-50,000).
This sale will offer an exciting group of contemporary paintings that grip the imaginations of art collectors everywhere, as well as the works of a new generation of innovative artists who have burst into prominence in recent years.
In Sothebys Hong Kong Spring 2010 sale, Im Still Lucky by Indonesian artist I Nyoman Masriadi (b. 1973) was sold for HK$4.94 million (US$633,333), achieving the second highest auction price for the artist. This season, Sothebys will continue to present a well-rounded, important collection of Masriadis works from three significant periods of his life: Untitled (1999); Masriadi Fans Club (2005); and his latest work, the superbly witty, multilayered Sok Ngirit (Pretending to be Prudent) (2010). They illustrate the celebrated enfant terrible of Southeast Asian Contemporary at his best, and highlight the Contemporary section of the auction.
Masriadi's powerful muscled men have been recognised as one of the greatest breakthroughs in Southeast Asian Contemporary Art. Bold, black and unyielding, these now-iconic figures resonate with strength and determination in Masriadi's world, where struggle, conflict and power-play occur as a matter of course, and where the human body and spirit may be the only asset one has in order to move forward. Sok Ngirit (Pretending to be Prudent) (est. HK$1.4-2.2 million) reflects the artists trademark humour, where Masriadi depicts a man monopolising a phone booth while a hoard of people angrily awaits him. They have stripped down to their underwear from agitation, heat and perhaps to draw attention to themselves yet their efforts are in vain. Very rarely does Masriadi feature so many protagonists in his composition; apart from one or two central subjects, other figures are usually relegated to the background. However, the present work demonstrates most successfully his dexterity with balance and composition. His nonchalant yet piercing examination of the human condition expresses sensitivity to the soul and essence of society and humanity in search for a way to validate their lives.
Handiwirman Saputra (b. 1975) speaks with a visual language that is solely his. Stylistically and aesthetically, it is neither an extension nor a reinterpretation of any artwork we have seen before. Nothing-Something-Nothing 3 (est. HK$750,000-950,000) is a prime example of this ingenuity. Part of the limited Seri Gambar Hias (Decorative Picture Series), executed in 2005, the present work evokes a gamut of contradictions: subtle yet strong, familiar yet strange, realistic yet unreal. The title itself alludes to these qualities which seem to exist, negate one another, and yet is no less real in spite of it. Through a fantastic composition, objects that are "nothing" become "something", but its real meaning depends on our own understanding and perspective. The allure and inimitability of Handiwirman's work rest on the moral and philosophical values that Handiwirman unveils to the most assiduous observer.
Landscapes from the eyes of Indonesian artist Rudi Mantofani (b. 1973) are more than just a landscape. They straddle the borderline between the surreal and the plausible. Perfectly rendered, pseudo-realistic green pastures and blue mountains are mysterious and slightly idealised backdrops while the main subject matter takes its place in the centre of the picture plane. His images are simply composed, yet are often bewildering, thought-provoking and profound. The current work, Bayangan Terang (Bright Shadow) (est. HK$320,000-480,000), is one of Rudi Mantofanis finest works, in which the artist takes the viewer to explore a mysterious riddle that contains a powerful statement about the human condition.
A further highlight of the Contemporary section is by Filipino artist Ronald Ventura (b. 1973). The current work, Natural-Lies (est. HK$180,000-280,000) introduces dialectics with tension where an empty black vision offsets against a cluttered, dirty, white environment; quiet contemplation against chaos.
The little vermin in this painting, purposely annoying the child by playing musical instruments into his ear, are wearing gas masks; with their mouths fully covered, they create paradoxically a deafening silence. A winged figure casually drops a bomb, while a perverted bronze figure politely makes his way through the childs parted limbs - both pertain to a tender brutality. The child fights for tranquil composure against the relentless violence of the world. His grotesque Pinocchio-like nose is not a product of lying but of stress, of innocence in a malicious world, a horrible manifestation of trauma. As he clutches his strangely aged gut, his resolve and reverie cannot hold any longer. Desire is setting in and he is finally, unfortunately, becoming human.
MOK Kim Chuan
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - MIT's men's swimming and diving team received individual victories from seven different swimmers on Saturday afternoon on its way to impressive victories over Babson College and Bowdoin College. With the wins, Tech improves to 2-0 on the season, while Babson falls to 1-5 and Bowdoin drops to 1-1.
The Engineers defeated Babson by a score of 181-99 and overcame Bowdoin by a margin of 175-99. Head-to-head, Bowdoin downed Babson, 169-113.
The Cardinal and Gray was led by senior Craig Edwards, sophomore Deke Hu and freshman Rastislav Racz, who each picked up two individual wins in addition to their triumph in the 200-yard medley relay. The trio, along with Luke Cummings, picked up the top spot in that race with a time of 1:36.60.
Hu took first-place in both the 100-yard (54.63) and 200-yard (2:01.14) butterfly, while Edwards did the same in both the 100-yard (54.73) and 200-yard (2:00.97) backstroke. Racz won the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 58.79, making his first ever NCAA "B" cut in the process. The Bratislava, Slovakia native then touched the wall at 2:09.61 in the 200-yard breaststroke for his second individual victory of the day.
The Engineers took the top spot in four of the freestyle events, as Cummings took the 100 (49.20), Peter Wellings won the 200 (1:49.68), Udit Garg was victorious in the 500 (5:04.55) and Harrison Hall clocked the fastest time in the 1000 (10:34.91).
Sophomore Mike Smith-Bronstein was also impressive for MIT, returning from the conclusion of the water polo season to swim his lifetime best in the 50-yard freestyle (22.76).
The Engineers return to action after the Thanksgiving break, when they travel to Wesleyan University on Saturday, Dec. 2 at 11:00 a.m. Babson will head to Tufts University at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 30, while Bowdoin hosts the University of Maine-Orono at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 20.