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|2011-01-25, 02:03
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Now you're just being silly. He hid the truth, lionized hiding the truth, refused to commit to whether he had even approached the truth, and the story ended. If you're saying "Well maybe he'll give direct answers in Rei, so you can't say he said he'd never reveal it," all you're doing is making excuses for a hack. You should know better, and you should demand better.
I'm not talking about you if you feel you're not insulted. There's no accounting for taste. But there's a lot of people who do feel insulted, and they are not just raging against the tempest here. There is a lot to be critical of, and for a conclusion it's left a lot of people wondering if there even was a "conclusion" thought out.
|2011-01-25, 02:06
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If you can't accept those answers, that's one thing. But pretending he didn't give them to us is quite another.
|2011-01-25, 02:08
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What EP8 essentially did was it verified that EP3-6 were Tooya's writing, possibly using Battler's memories. So we can hold on to something else now.
Anyways, I really don't see EP8 telling us to 'draw your own conclusions.' Because from the start, Rokkenjima Prime never really concerned us... only the things Beatrice wanted to tell us. Now we know, there are more things Battler, via Tooya, wanted to tell us too. Or tell Beatrice/Ange, and by extension us too.
|2011-01-25, 02:08
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And just to be clear, the difference here is that there are some things that need to be told and some things that might just be better without. "What was Battler doing all those years?" is not necessarily something we have to know, and in fact, anything that we think up in our heads is probably better than what we wound up actually being told. My problem is really that he told us things he should have shown us, made certain things too ambiguous that needed to be clear, and made things that could have been left ambiguous clear to no particular benefit for the story.
|2011-01-25, 02:14
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Don't get me wrong. There were things I definitely disliked about EP8. It felt rushed and relied too much on Ange making some really moronic choices in the middle. Beato and Battler's ending was perfect, but felt out of place with the focus of the ep, ect, ect. But I'm not upset because Ryukishi decided to forgo the traditional "line up the suspects and exposition dump at them for fifteen pages."
|2011-01-25, 02:17
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No, he never hid the truth, he never lionized hiding the truth. He told us from the beginning, that the truth lay not in the events of Rokkenjima Prime but in the mind of Beatrice. That was our primary concern. Where did the events of Rokkenjima Prime even come into play except for the end of EP7 and the middle of EP8?
"all you're doing is making excuses for a hack." <-- So, you resort to insults now, in order to support your argument? I mean, if you want to rage, go ahead, just troll. But, don't expect people to agree with you just because you are being vehement.
"You should know better, and you should demand better." <-- I'm sorry, but I'm quite satisfied at this point. If he refuses to give any more answers in the future, then I may have some gripes, but I don't see EP8 as the end yet. End of the character development, yes. And end of the story too. But not the end of the answers.
This is because my main interest in Umineko isn't Rokkenjima Prime. That's like asking how the Heisenberg Compensator work in Star Trek. It's silly.
|2011-01-25, 02:18
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Basically, it could have been exactly the same rundown as <insert theory here>, but conveyed in a fashion which made clear that this memory, whatever it happened to be, was "it." If that was his intention, he shot himself in the foot for me with some of the shoddiness, melodrama, and excess leading up to it. "Amnesia!" is just the unpleasant icing on the squash-flavored cake. I mean hey, it's still cake, but there's going to be a lot of it left over once the folks in the office who really like squash get their pieces.
|2011-01-25, 02:23
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So, finding Beatrice's motive wasn't really our clear objective from the beginning.
|2011-01-25, 02:39
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|2011-01-25, 03:01
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Our leaving it at the question was probably the mistake. (I notice that when we're uncertain, we leave it at a question and stop thinking... we don't follow things to their logical conclusion. (And when I say we, I don't mean us fine people on the board , I mean, us in general, as humans.))
Basically, it couldn't have been Eva nor Ange. Eva because she seemed to be the head of a company and not a writer, nor Ange because she was very young. Mystery Writer and Battler were the only two shown to have literary inclinations, specifically mystery inclinations.
Anyways, it very well could be there were some things that failed to satisfy you. I don't doubt that. But it really does seem that I read a different story (or picked up different lessons from the story) than you. I think you should understand that's why I can't agree with you.
But, that's what I mean, it's not the end for me. I remember Higurashi Rei still dealt very seriously with the conclusion of the story. That is the story was 'finished' and the puzzle was undone... (rather than a mystery)... but there was still a little left with Rika and Hanyuu's characterization.
Umineko has ended its character development and ended its story. I really don't see anywhere for him to put in more, except for.... no, it's like all the characters are totally accounted for. That's all I really see EP8 doing. I think even I was under the mistaken impression that he would provide all the answers here. But now that I recall, he kept saying that he would reveal little by little in his interviews, to allow people to figure out things. So, I'm thinking that EP8, or the whole 'Chiru' series is this little-by-little reveal. Because he's done this, I think he's thinking that if he reveals all the answers, it means the total end to the fun in Umineko. So, I still expect him to announce when he'll do that...
Honestly, I'm kinda glad we don't have everything yet; there's some things I'm still thinking about. See below.
But, maybe it was necessary, unfortunately. My theory is this, that Battler Prime very well knew the things that were going on on the island, to nearly the same level as Yasu, enough to allow Tooya to be able to write even more in detail.
I've been thinking that Yasu must have been aware of that there was someone out to really murder. And that she was trapped, because of this. This is because her stories take this into account! If she writes about it, it means she must know it. And this is separate from Yasu's idea that the siblings were capable of spontaneous murder.
Ok, so Tooya is able to fish out Battler's memories and write EP3-6. This is why I said he's suspicious; not that he's a culprit but that he must have known something was wrong. This is because despite losing his memories of the incident, he is still able to write to enough detail after only two EP regarding the staging of the murders. The writing is the proof of knowledge.
And I think that he was taking action in going back, rather than just blithely going along with Rudolf. Meta and Piece Battler may have been portrayed as idiots, but they were sometimes portrayed as smart. I think Battler Prime knew more than Yasu gave him credit for.
So it must be something vitally important that the both of them knew and were taking action on... although maybe not co-ordinated action.
By the way, I've never understood why Yasu said she was trapped. And Meta-Battler in EP5, after he figured it out, said that he realized that she was the one who was long suffering; not him. It was said that she couldn't leave the island, right? I mean, it couldn't really be her disfigurement (if there was one), or her inheriting the head-ship. It sounds like she was the boss afterwards. What reasons are there for people to have to remain on an island? Or with the family who's not even there most of the year?
|2011-01-25, 03:08
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I was working on piercing the Meta World since EP2, when I saw that it was 'Shannon' who was ordered to write Kinzo's will. It reminded me of how authors like to stick author characters in their novels; so I suspected that Shannon was a writer of some kind. (You see this in manga too; sometimes you see characters being mangaka.)
EP3 made me suspicious since George and Shannon's relationship basically progressed. So I kept telling my friends that there was something extremely wrong with that. Basically it didn't fit the kakera pattern from Higurashi.
This was all around EP4 time, since I marathoned EP1-4 in about a week. I couldn't sleep properly for a day or two. My mind kept going, sorting out all the information...
|2011-01-25, 03:11
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It's really funny because I ended up taking side I used to really dislike at first, like the Mystery side and the Author Theory. Which, is really ironic considering I was seriously thinking about dropping Umineko by the time I re-read EP6.
|2011-01-25, 03:18
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/quote/ Most of the game's content is made up and irrelevant. The author's self-insert Mary Sue won the game. Who reads it as a mystery is trolled by it not being one, who reads it as fantasy is trolled by metaworld not existing, who tries to accept both is trolled twice. The whole thing is strange as hell. Plot holes everywhere, like he didn't finish in time or something.
For example, all the stuff with Yasu, Jessica, George, all of the potential for exploring Kyrie and Rudolf's motivation, stuff that Umineko needed to end well, was completely discarded.
I had taken into account the motivations of every character, and basically this episode said FUCK YOU THEY WERE RED HERRINGS.
The very nature of Yasu NECESSITATES explanations of Jessica, George, and the servants motives, and yet instead of taking advantage of the thousands of ways in which he could have done something cool with the varying issues of the family, he goes with the most mundane motive and the most clichéd plot device.
This is a clueless mystery. Which would be fine, if Ryu didn't spend 7 episodes acting like everything would come together in some way.
Bern was basically right all along, you can't even blame her for ridiculing the whole thing. /unquote/
So, basically, R07 left two choices for you: to play the "draw your own conclusions" game, which roughly translates to "eat up that shite, pigs/goats, and ask for seconds", or to try salvaging whatever is salvageable from that ambiguous mess and come up with your own "best fit" solution. I prefer the latter. I'll have my proper mystery ending irregardless of whether R07 would be so kind as to provide one (or, more realistically, if he bothered to prepare one in the first place). This is a matter of principle and taste, really, and I'll uphold mine.
As things stand now, I prefer "Battler is the R-prime" culprit because it's the best I can come up with from what I'm given. But it may be space aliens or Bigfoot tomorrow, if new information comes up that somehow supports that better. I don't even have to try that hard, as long as it gives Umineko proper closure, hell, any closure. The people who see the desire for closure as something unnatural baffle me, nor do I see any obligation to prove anything to people like that. This is not my problem. That was/is R07 problem all along.
|2011-01-25, 03:24
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i think the adult always solve the epitapt in all the games except ep6 thats why they made it through the second day.
in all ep,the bomb is always set ON so if they didn't solve the epitapt boom the bomb explode,just like in ep6.
but still they all die the second day.so it means that the culprit is one of the adult who got greedy and want the gold by themselves.
the culprit is kyrie or rudolf or maybe both of them?.i come to the conclusion after i read ep1,i remember rudolf saying he might get killed tonight.isn't that a bit suspicios that he knows what gonna happened that night?
battler was never killed by the culprit because rudolf doesn't want battler to be killed.
|2011-01-25, 03:48
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So, the strategy is, tell someone you're going to give them a super hard puzzle. Then tell them the answer. Then, watch as they say, "Nahhhhh..." 8) I saw this happening in the last Van Dine novel I read a few weeks back too. He basically told us the answer. Then led us around, springing up possible 'suspects' that didn't fit the original clue.
I mean, that wasn't all there was to the Author Theory. No one could believe in the Author Theory, not even me, until I pointed out how historians show that people, cultures, civilizations, buildings or other things once existed even though they were wiped out. By how they were referred to by other people. If you were to think of this as science, you would only rely on the primary resources for proof.
The only way "anything goes" was if Yasu, and now Battler/Tooya were writing with no structure in mind. But this isn't true since we can see things in EP1 and 2 that validate future episodes, for example.
I didn't think Kyrie was a psychopath as EP7's Tea Party portrayed her, but from this I was disturbed to think that should she 'imagine' that the only outcomes would lead to murder, she could free herself to act first. And of course people would think she's a psychopath for doing so. 8)
|2011-01-25, 04:10
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Personally, I always kept on changing my thoughts and attitudes depending on the information presented. If there was something I found weird but didn't have any proper explanation for it, I typed it in a note-pad file I had. I remember I also had other files (I say "had," because all my info got lost, since my PC broke) for theories I didn't like (narrative-wise), just in case.
I honestly don't have any problems with obvious answers and being lead into thinking otherwise. I've read some detective novels like that as well, and I personally liked them. Although, I wouldn't call Umineko's answer as obvious, since even if ShKanon was relatively easy to spot, the whole deal about personalities/alter-egos/imaginary friends/whatever being able to die and acknowledged in the Red as such was rather contrived, in my opinion. So, even if we could make a case about there being hints, the idea itself is not particularly logical, in my opinion, for most people to even come up with that idea - and I don't remember anyone suggesting it either. Moreover, I just couldn't like the answers presented by R07, nor did I like the story after EP5. The lack of certainty at the end didn't really make it any better.
But well, that's all there is to it. I guess my expectation were too high. Perhaps, that's my fault for my lack of enjoyment at the end. Who knows? As for why I still have the need to speak about it if I didn't like it at the end? I suppose doing it brings me some catharsis. That, and I do enjoy making crack theories, and do some actual theorising.
|2011-01-25, 04:18
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Really I just find all this absolutely hilarious since we were told since forever ago that we weren't going to be told the answers on everything.
"Shit, he really meant it when he said we had to find our own answers? Well fuck that, I thought he was going to change his mind."
Chill the hell out, guys. At this point the complaining is starting to go into very petty and whiny territory. At no point were we ever promised a "Solution" and there was a significant amount of foreshadowing for the catbox remaining closed forever; add on that the "mystery is solvable with EPS 1-4" and how Rokkenjima Prime is like non-existent at that point in the narrative and like, well...
I don't know, maybe my existence is skewed to hell because all my favorite stories are stuff that rely on the userbase filling the blanks themselves, so Umineko's just sort of par for the course.
Or maybe I just subconsciously decided that the ride was so fucking awesome that Ryu's allowed a bungled ending, since he made such an epic story I'm not confidant on how he could conclude it much better.
|2011-01-25, 07:52
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Many times he said that it was a game between him and his readers. I will always wonder what kind of ending we would have received if he felt that his readers understood his story. (The goats indicate otherwise)
Beatrice's cat box will forever rest at the bottom of the sea. I'm satisfied with it but what would that image look like if he were just a troll?
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|2011-01-25, 09:18
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Ironic that you then launched into a discussion of rewriting history.
Still, I'm not actually mad. Mad is when I PM you something that makes you stop speaking to me. I'm just passionate, like a swarthy matador.
|2011-01-25, 11:26
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The City Commission approved bids from Klotz Sand Company Inc. to provide the asphalt for upcoming street projects at Monday's commission meeting.
"The bid was in the amount of $263,263.60," Jane Longmeyer, director of public information said.
The roads that are to be repaired are the Ash Street Loop; Gray Street from 12th to 13th; Greenwood Ave. from Spruce to Homewood; Harris Ave. from McArtor to Beeson; and Ash Street from 9th to 11th.
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Tindersticks at the Barbican
Apologies if this has already been mentioned... but this is really exciting. Just got my ticket. I only ever saw them on the film score tour, where Stuart Staples had a bad throat so he couldn't sing any songs, so I really can't wait for this.
Also, does anyone know exactly what the 'Across Six Leap Years' album is? I've read in some places that it's a best of, and in others that it contains various re-recordings/re-arrangements of songs from their back catalogue..
My post is near yours on the board at the moment. I've seen them
three times before. First was at The Barbican performing their second album in its entirity, second at Shepherds Bush Empire and third at Somerset House last year. They're hit and miss live for me. The best time was at The Barbican maybe about six or seven years ago. I booked my ticket last night. But just to reiterate, a lot of the front area tickets have gone already so get yours now.
In reply to your question, I don't know what Across Six Leap Years is
exactly but looking at their website it looks like a best of. It makes for a potentially brilliant gig. Despite everyone raving about their album last year, I thought it was average; I'm more a fan of their early stuff. But a best of show of Tindersticks can only be a brilliant thing.
I thought The Something Rain was incredible
but love their early stuff too. I need to explore the other two 'later period' albums though, which I haven't heard.
Seen them around 7-8 times
First time in 1994, was at the show that became the Live at the Bloomsbury album, most recently in Berlin last year on the Something Rain tour. They are a fucking awesome live band and they just get better & better every time I see them.
Thanks for the heads up
Never seen them before, so very excited.
Seen them 5 or 6 times.
Barbican is a perfect venue for them and, if it is a 'best of' gig, it will be incredible.
I would cream myself if
'Across six leap years' was the current incarnation of the band reinterpreting choice selections across the bands catalogue and releasing it as a studio album.
Oh, that I could be in Europe in October, but alas no. Only seen them live once in a church in Bristol, but very very special. And their live records always sound great.
Here seems to be the official word on 'Across six leap years' - by the way
In which case I will be creaming myself but having to wait until October. :(
just got a ticket for myself in the fourth row pretty central
was gonna book two as there was a couple ten rows back but then i thought i'd rather not talk to anyone for the duration of the gig. now lets hope the people either side are schtum.
I've tickets for the front for E36 and E37. Maybe you're nearby.
I won't talk. Don't worry.
The new album sounds interesting.
Can't find a tracklisting anywhere
Got a link?
hasnt been released yet
though there are clear clues if you watch the 2 and half minute video on their website showing them recording ssounds from some of the songs.
I think this is a great idea, particularly that they feel more comfortable with this than a greatest hits. 10 songs is a little short (maybe I'm greedy) but I think there'sa real rationale for the current line-up which brigs toogether all the elements of early and late Tindersticks to reevaluate the old songs. And it will be interesting to see songs from different albums made to fit next to each other on an album.
Tindersticks has and will always be the band that make me say: if I was in a band, this is what I want to be doing, the path I want to follow.ThirstyDog this'd this
I'm intrigued to know what's on there
And super excited for the Barbican show now!
I think they're the most exciting band
Of the last 20 years. There's opposition in all things I guess.
My most-seen live band, never anything less than brilliant.
can't be bothered going to London for this actually. will sell for £20 (one ticket)
fifth row back pretty central.
You can just send your ticket back
and get Barbican credit if you can't shift it.
whats barbican credit? is it like itchy and scratchy dollars?
i guess i'll do that in a week or so if no-one on here wants it.
It's just a credit on your account
that you can spend at any time on other Barbican events. This assumes you bought direct from the Barbican though.
Would love to see the Tindersticks
Brilliant band
I've a free spare ticket to this if anyone wants it? My mate can't make
it and no other friends want it. It's a Front Stalls Row E ticket in the centre. You'll be sat to me however.
Who's excited for this?
Should be good although a lot of their recent stuff sounds
very samey to me. I'm hoping for City Sickness tomorrow; easily their best song. I'll be celebrating passing a round of redundancy interviews and so the gig will be a good introduction to the weekend.
- TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
the something rain
doesn't sound like anything they've done. One of my greatest live shows and favorite memories was seeing Tindersticks with an orchestra in New York around the time of Waiting for the Moon. It was one of the most passionate, emotional and powerful live experiences i'd ever had. I didn't think I could love them more but after that show I did. Would give anything to see them again but they don't come to the states anymore.
Just saw this on the venue website:
Please note the start time of this event has changed to 8pm. Tindersticks will play two sets, with no support act. There will be one interval in this concert.
This looks to be the two sets that we get tomorrow:


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PLYMOUTH — A tough loss on the road a week ago leaves Plymouth's Rockies with a week to recover and will have to do it against one of their schedule's top challenges.
Each year the Plymouth vs. Concord match is a red letter date on each team's calendar. Nearly every year for the past 10 it has decided or had powerful implications regarding the NLC championship.
A week ago at Wawasee, the Warriors exposed some Plymouth difficulties.
"I thought we were really prepared going in and I thought we did some good things," said Plymouth head coach John Barron. "We really played poorly on special teams and the Cook kid is just a great receiver and made a lot of plays."
"I feel like their front played very well and gave us some problems that resulted in us putting the ball on the ground."
Some other turnovers — the bottom line in the Plymouth loss — were inevitable given the need to score quickly and often once behind late in the game.
"We had a couple late picks and it was when we were trying some new things in the passing game," said Barron. "We did some things that we just don't do. It's just one of those games where we just have to let it go and move on."
The faster the better as the 5-1 Minutemen come to town after a loss a week ago to Jimtown.
"It's normally not very good to see them after a loss," said Barron. "Normally they just take it out on who they're playing,, but this is Homecoming week. It's exciting to our kids, it's exciting to our school, and I really think our kids are resilient. They understand what it takes, especially to beat a team like Concord. They know they have a chance to have a say in who is conference champion."
There is some work on the drawing board.
"There are some things we have to fix," said Barron. "Losing games that way isn't really acceptable to us and we have to look at ourselves — players and coaches — and do what we have to to get back where we want to be."
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The response meant a lot to the aging slugger. He just needs some time to decide if he wants to come back.
Paul Konerko heard the cheers when he was introduced with the starting lineup for the Chicago White Sox. He was greeted with a standing ovation when he came to the plate in the first inning. There was even applause when he fouled out in his only plate appearance.
The response meant a lot to the aging slugger. He just needs some time to decide if he wants to come back.
"We'll see how I feel in a month or a month and a half from now," Konerko said after Chicago's 4-1 loss to the Kansas City Royals, "and try to come to grips with what's what."
Konerko's future is uncertain after he hit .244 with 12 homers and 54 RBIs in one of the worst seasons of his sparkling 17-year career. The 37-year-old first baseman is eligible for free agency and isn't sure if he wants to play next year at all.
If this was it, he was treated well by the crowd of 22,633 for the final game of a dismal season for the White Sox. The team captain was replaced by Conor Gillaspie with one out in the top of the second, and he stopped to shake pitcher Jose Quintana's hand as he left the field to more cheers.
"It always feels good. The fans here have treated me great over the years," said Konerko, who tweaked his back during Saturday night's 6-5 victory, leading to the quick hook in the finale. "In a year like this, they treated me better than probably I deserved, really the whole team when you think about it."
Konerko waved his hat to the crowd as he made his way to the dugout. With the Royals also standing and clapping on the other side, the six-time All-Star acknowledged the long ovation with a brief curtain call.
"I didn't want to make a big spectacle out of it," said Konerko, who is second in franchise history with 427 homers and 1,361 RBIs, and third with 2,249 hits. "There's no escaping it kind of at the end here when there is some unknown about what's going to happen."
Kansas City won three of four in Chicago and went 17-10 in September for its most successful month of the season. The Royals' 86-76 record was their best mark since they went 92-70 in 1989.
"This team came out every game and expected to win every game regardless of what happened the night before," said Greg Holland, who got three outs for his 47th save. "We got to grind it out that way; that's how you get in the playoffs. We came up short but I think going into next spring we're going to be pretty happy with where we're at."
Kansas City left-hander Bruce Chen (9-4) allowed one run and four hits in 6 2-3 innings. He went 6-4 with a 3.61 ERA in 15 starts after he joined the rotation in July.
"I feel like I helped the team in the second half," Chen said. "I feel like I was a major contributor on a team making a run on the playoffs and it was fun."
Alexei Ramirez homered for the White Sox, who left seven runners on base. Chicago loaded the bases with one out in the ninth, but Holland struck out Gordon Beckham and Marcus Semien to end the game.
It was a fitting end for Chicago (63-99), which had one of the majors' worst offenses this year. Hitting coach Jeff Manto was let go on Saturday, and the White Sox finished with their most losses since they had a franchise-record 106 in 1970.
"Nobody is happy with losing," Quintana said. "We obviously didn't get to the goal as a team, but the positive thing is to learn from it and come back the very next year and see what we can do."
Quintana (9-7) pitched seven innings to reach 200 for the season. He was charged with four runs and six hits.
The lefty issued two walks, and each of them was costly. Johnny Giavotella got one before Salvador Perez hit his 13th homer in the fourth, and Justin Maxwell got the other before Brett Hayes' first homer of the year in the seventh.
"It's a good start. I think we're making progress as an organization," said manager Ned Yost, who completed the final season of his contract but is expected to return next year. "Ten games over .500, it's a significant first step and we need to continue to build on it."
NOTES: It was Hayes' first homer since Sept. 21, 2011, for the Marlins against Atlanta. ... Sunday's crowd brought the season total for U.S. Cellular Field to 1,765,544, an average of 21,833 per game. ... Holland finished with 103 strikeouts, tying Jim York (1971) for the franchise record for a reliever.


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Remote Technologies Inc. (RTI) was a founding exhibitor of Integrated Systems Europe 10 years ago, and at ISE 2013 this week in Amsterdam, the company celebrated the feat with one of its biggest product launches ever—a brand new home control platform called Apex, multiple in-wall touchscreens,sleek new handheld remote controllers, HDBaseT matrix switch, multiroom audio, and a slew of new home automation drivers (see the complete lineup here).
We first saw the products in the U.S. at CEDIA Expo 2012, but Europe feasts its eyes on the stuff for the first time here in Amsterdam.
Apex is a brand new platform for RTI's home-control ecosystem, with several advanced features seldom seen in other home control systems. For example, programming for the ecosystem is stored in the cloud, so multiple custom electronics pros can work on projects without having to worry if they're working on the most current version.
Another unique feature: Your CE pro can upgrade remote controls remotely over the Internet. That may seem pretty mundane, but in fact it's a pretty major accomplishment. They could always upload new programs remotely to an RTI processor, but how did they update a wireless remote without having to head out to the homeowner's house?
With Apex, when the CE pro uploads new software, the system wakes up the remote with ZigBee and then streams the updates via Wi-Fi.
Most of the RTI handhelds also have a third radio besides Wi-Fi and the 2.4 GHz ZigBee: 433 MHz.
"It's nice to have a choice, especially here in Europe," says Alexander Tempel of RTI distributor Vivateq. "Behind the scenes there's a lot of concrete and metal construction."
Meanwhile, RTI's spin-off company Pro Control is celebrating one year of shipping product—a more affordable, simple-to-program version of RTI's own rich controllers.
At ISE 2013, Pro Control launched the Pro.8, its version of RTI's SURFiR, an inexpensive supplement to an app-controlled entertainment system.
Also this week, Pro Control went live with its iOS app.
Pro Control GM Mike Everett says, "We're really whole now with the app and the Pro.8."
The timing for RTI's product launch couldn't be better, as it looks like Logitech is canning its popular Harmony line of remotes.
"We're happy to support more dealers who are looking for a solution," says RTI VP sales and marketing Pete Baker says, noting that RTI picked up some good business after Philips dropped the Pronto.
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Hartford Stage season ends with 'Twelfth Night'
At the end of an exceptionally busy season, Hartford Stage artistic director Darko Tresnjak says that "all I can do is plow ahead."
The Connecticut regional theater produced a new musical directed by Tresnjak -- "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder" -- that is set to open on Broadway in the fall (the New York Times gave it a rave in Hartford), but during a phone interview last week the theater artist was completely caught up in "Twelfth Night."
The Shakespeare comedy is ending the Hartford Stage season with a run that continues through Sunday, June 16.
Tresnjak restaged and tweaked "Gentleman's Guide" for a recent run at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego that paved the way to the Walter Kerr Theater on Broadway, where previews will begin Tuesday, Oct. 22.
"It felt really good," Tresnjak said of the positive critical and audience response to the show in Connecticut and California, but stressed that he has never been one to "rest on my laurels."
As we talked, the director was on his cellphone, exploring the just-constructed set for his "Twelfth Night," and apologizing for being "breathless with excitement" at seeing the giant stage filling up with a "sort of jungle gym" that his company would be exploring within hours.
The director sees his forthcoming Broadway production as something of a fluke.
"It's honest for me to say that my interest in New York (productions) is very limited. Unless you're ready to talk about film stars it's hard to work there."
When I asked Tresnjak why he chose "Twelfth Night" for his season closer and what the play has to say to a 2013 audience, he chuckled.
"I'm stumped by the way you asked the question," he said. "For me, I would just say that `Twelfth Night' puts the biggest smile on my face. It's Shakespeare's most Mozartian piece (filled with) a generosity of spirit and very accepting of human nature."
The gender confusion that is set in motion by the play's heroine, Viola, after she survives a shipwreck and poses as a young man, powers one of the Bard's most modern and most moving comedies.
"The humor in the piece ranges from the cathartic to the sadistic. There's not a lot of guilt in the play. I find it very medicinal," Tresnjack said.
"It's among his last plays," the director continued. "There's something deeply accepting in it about the different sides of humanity and the ambiguity of our existence.
"One of the things I love about it is that it was writen around the same time he wrote `Hamlet' (when the playwright lost one of his twin sons). ... He was at the peak of his poetic powers at that stage. ... There are two very different ways of looking at the loss of a child," he said, adding that in the comedy the "dead" twin eventually returns to Viola for an ecstatic reunion.
The director believes the blend of "ravishing poetry and sublime silliness" has made "Twelfth Night" an ageless classic.
"I don't have any particular reason for doing it now other than I was anxious to get back to it," he said of returning to a play he staged for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival several years ago.
Tresnjak said that although the text is paramount in any Shakespeare production he is putting his background in dance and movement to use in an intensely physical take on "Twelfth Night."
The huge expanse of the Hartford Stage playing area has allowed Tresnjak to think much bigger than he did on the Oregon production.
"Some of the ideas I'm employing in this `Twelfth Night' I couldn't do anywhere else," he said.
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Keeping Up Democratic Appearances
In autumn 2004, an Egyptian student magazine ran a cover story listing the contributions to human civilisation made by the Arab world during its inventive heyday in the Middle Ages. Now, the magazine went on to suggest, the Arabs were about to provide the world with yet another achievement: hereditary democracy.
Though the article made no mention of the Egyptian president, the feared handover of political power from Mubarak senior to Mubarak junior was clearly at the root of the cynicism and irony behind the protest.
Even in 2004, such student fears were not without justification. In Tahrir Square, near the Egyptian Museum in the heart of downtown Cairo, a four-storey-high poster appeared at around the same time as the article.
Image transfer à l'Egyptien
The poster showed Gamal Mubarak, son of the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, alongside the five Egyptian medal winners from the Olympic Games in Athens. It had been the country's biggest Olympic medal haul for 56 years. Evidently the chance of basking in some of the reflected glory was something the regime was reluctant to pass up on.
For the country's critical intellectuals this was not simply an example of "image transfer", as it is known in advertising jargon, but rather a portentous warning and one that has triggered heated debate, a clear indication that Gamal is now being publicly groomed to follow in his father's footsteps, and proof positive of the country's final desertion of democratic principles.
In October of the same year, the "Kifaya" protest movement published its manifesto, "Egyptian Movement for Change", a document which, above all, raised its voice in protest against the possibility of presidential succession.
"Enough is enough!"
"Kifaya" roughly translates as "enough is enough". The gloomy prospect of Mubarak the younger waiting in the wings to follow on from the near quarter century of autocratic rule perpetrated by his father is one that is inspiring the protestors, a group embodying a broad political spectrum that includes the left, liberals and fundamentalist Islam.
What followed was a brief taste of unwonted freedom for Egyptian civil society and one that in retrospect has taken on an illusory, mirage-like quality. In early 2005, Mubarak senior announced the first more or less free presidential elections, with multiple candidates, for September 7 of that year.
The leader of the liberal "Al-Ghad" party, which was surprisingly granted official approval six months ago, gained eight per cent of the votes in the subsequent election, coming second behind Mubarak. Opposition newspapers, formerly banned, were now allowed to begin publishing again, and others began to appear.
Short-lived freedom
Suddenly even the president was fair game for criticism. The country's independent media were now openly criticising him, as indeed were some of those usually loyal to the state.
In their regular speeches and interviews, both father and son have been at pains to deny rumours of any impending transfer of power within the family. This was most notable in an interview given by Hosni Mubarak on an American TV channel prior to the last presidential election.
Asked who, if not himself, the senior, should run for election, Mubarak answered: "Not what you think!" An answer that brought smiles to the faces of both presenter and president, though there was a hint of irritation as Mubarak added that, certain elements were using theses rumours about his son because they needed something to criticise, and to fuel their propaganda. It was something, he claimed, that had never crossed their minds.
But Hosni Mubarak has governed since 1981 and is in his fifth term of office; he will be 80 next year. Son Gamal is seen as someone who can be trusted, as efficient and a modernizer. The 43-year-old investment banker, a graduate of the "American University of Cairo", has worked in London and is favoured by the Egyptian economic elite.
The appointment of reforming economists, technocrats and managers to ministerial posts has been put down to his influence. The current economic growth of seven per cent is credited to him. Already, after a meteoric rise, he is the second most powerful man in the country.
Popular autocrat
The Mubarak family firm with the patriarch at the helm, held securely in his iron fist, guarantees the kind of stability that many ordinary people believe is necessary to steer the country through troubled waters in a region where many neighbouring countries are threatening to sink into chaos. It is by no means unthinkable, therefore, that the president's son might actually win an election.
A referendum which delivered a victory for Gamal Mubarak, even where this was due to lack of alternatives, would still, nominally, be democratic. Possibly because of this, since the autumn of 2005, the opposition has been finding itself exposed to an ever-increasing degree of repression. Civil liberties are being increasingly abused.
The beacon of hope that was the "Al-Ghad" party has been reduced to an irrelevance. On the flimsiest of pretexts the party leader, Ayman Nour, found himself the victim of what amounted to a show trial followed by conviction and a five-year prison sentence.
Tough on opposition
Independent newspaper editors critical of the regime were brought to trial and the country's constitution amended by new regulations that make it impossible for the secular civil opposition in its current weakened state to put up candidates for the presidency.
The Muslim Brotherhood, the only relevant opposition force, is tolerated, but also illegal, and so in no position to put up a candidate.
Critics of the regime such as the sociologist Saad Eddin Ibrahim or the writer Alaa Al-Aswani believe Mubarak is using this to frighten the West. The message is: the alternative to me is Islamic fundamentalism!
Apart from the representatives of Mubarak's ruling NDP party, there is no one who is currently in a position to fulfil the necessary conditions for presidential candidacy. Besides, the most recent constitutional amendment makes membership of a so-called party supreme council mandatory.
Putting a democratic face on succession
At the party conference in Cairo in early November Mubarak's NDP set up this very council, with son Gamal as a member – a clear step in the direction of hereditary succession in the guise of democracy as far as the opposition is concerned.
The dynamic son of the president is not without a flaw, however. He did not have a military career. A serious defect, since for decades, the political ruling class in Egypt has relied on the support of the powerful military.
The changeover from father to son, according to experts, can therefore only take place while Hosni Mubarak, former fighter pilot and head of the air force, is still alive. The next presidential elections are not scheduled until 2011.
Jürgen Stryjak
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Translated from the German by Ron Walker
Interview Ahmad Saif al-Islam Hamad
"No to Another Term of Mubarak in Office"
Egyptians will be voting in September on whether to extend the term of Husni Mubarak as president once more. Opposition to the move is growing, and Ahmad Hamad, executive director of the Hisham Mubarak Law Centre, told Mona Naggar about the background to the movement
Kifaya's Corruption Report in Egypt
The Fallen Pharaoh
Egypt's Kifaya Movement has raised the ante in its opposition to President Hosni Mubarak's regime by issuing a massive report that dares to name names and detail corruption among the country's leaders. Barry Rubin reports
From Father to Son
Hereditary Republics in the Middle East
With the turn of the new millennium, there is a new trend within the Middle East: More and more states are turned into Hereditary Republics. Viktor Kocher, Middle East correspondent for the Swiss daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung, has analysed recent developments in detail


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- Japanese researchers have used spider silk as violin strings. This is what it sounds like when
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- Surprisingly, certain spider silk is an excellent conductor of heat -- better than silicon, aluminum or iron -- and becomes more conductive as it stretches. Silk threads from "golden silk orbweavers" could teach us more about thermal conductivity and have applications in heat sinks or textile fiber technology. [url]
- It took a million spiders to produce enough silk to make an 11'x4' rug. It also took 70 people four years to collect all that silk. [url]
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EPA Announces Million Dollar Grant to Reduce Port Pollution in Camden, N.J.
Release Date: 10/19/2010
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(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $1.1 million to upgrade 48 pieces of cargo handling equipment at the South Jersey Port in Camden, N.J. Older diesel engines generate significant amounts of fine particles, hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide, which are released into the air and can contribute to severe respiratory ailments and trigger asthma.
The grant will provide for the installation of improved engines on port vehicles including fork lifts, lift trucks, front end loaders and other types of port equipment. EPA's commitment advances one of the Agency's priorities, environmental justice, ensuring that everyone enjoys the same degree of protection from environmental and health hazards. The Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management will also utilize $1.4 million in EPA funding to repower 16 construction cranes with cleaner engines and install a diesel particulate filter on a repowered crane in areas throughout N.Y. and N.J. in a separate but related project.
"Reducing air pollution from diesel engines will help communities such as Camden that are already negatively impacted by air pollution," said Judith Enck, EPA Regional Administrator. "EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has emphasized the importance of building strong relationships with overburdened communities. Addressing the local environmental impacts of shipping at the nation's ports is a priority for EPA."
Waterfront South and South Central Camden have one of the highest concentrations of contaminated sites and operating facilities that are sources of air pollution sources in all of New Jersey. With 1,700 residents living nearby, the area has two EPA Superfund sites and over a dozen contaminated sites identified by the state.
Camden has one of the highest population densities in New Jersey and is home to many industrial and manufacturing facilities. It is located near major highways, and hosts the South Jersey Port, rail operations and distribution centers. The South Jersey Port Corporation is an agency of the State of New Jersey that owns, operates and manages the ports of Camden and Salem, overseeing the import and export of four million tons of international bulk and container cargos annually into and through the Southern New Jersey region.
The project will:
- save over 64,000 gallons of fuel
- reduce carbon dioxide by over 715 tons
- reduce nitrogen oxide by over 352 tons
- reduce particulate matter by over 34 tons – all during the lifetime of the equipment
- EPA estimates that for every dollar invested in reducing diesel exhaust, a community will see up to $13 in public health benefits.
Nationwide, diesel engines emit 7.3 million tons of smog-forming nitrogen oxides and 333,000 tons of soot annually. This pollution is linked to thousands of premature deaths, hundreds of thousands of asthma attacks and millions of lost work days. The particles in diesel exhaust can penetrate deep into the lungs and pose serious health risks, including increasing the risk of cancer and aggravating the symptoms of asthma and other respiratory problems in healthy individuals. In addition, diesel exhaust contributes to already unhealthy ozone levels. Camden has unhealthy air and does not meet air quality standards for ozone and fine particulate matter.
The South Jersey Port in Camden has a greater tendency, compared to ports with much larger budgets, to hold on to its cargo handling equipment rather than replacing it with newer models. As a result, the average life span of a typical piece of equipment at the port is 22 years. Due to this advanced age of the fleet, the older engine technology in use results in considerably higher particulate matter and nitrogen oxides.
Nationally, EPA has taken steps to ensure that the diesel engines manufactured now and in the future will be significantly cleaner than those operating today; however, diesel engines are very durable, and older models will continue to be used and pose health and environmental problems for decades. Repowering existing diesel engines with newer, cleaner engines is a relatively simple and very cost-effective way to reduce this harmful pollution.
EPA efforts to reduce air pollution are ongoing. In January 2010, EPA Administrator Jackson proposed the strictest air pollution standards in U.S. history. Last year, EPA announced tougher tailpipe emission standards for cars and light-duty trucks for model years 2012-2016, which will result in cleaner vehicles - ultimately requiring an average fuel economy standard of 35 mpg in 2016. This will result in increased fuel economy of five percent every year, reduce greenhouse gas pollution by nearly 950 million metric tons and save the average car buyer more than $3,000 in fuel costs.
EPA's National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program has provided over $35 million to New Jersey, New York and Puerto Rico since 2005.
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On a day Orlando Magic officials pledged publicly they'll do everything they can to keep Dwight Howard, the team announced that the second-highest person in the team hierarchy — a person who has been in contact with Howard recently — is leaving his post.
Team officials announced that Bob Vander Weide, the son-in-law of Magic Owner Rich DeVos, has stepped down from his post as the Magic's chief executive officer. Alex Martins has been promoted from president to CEO.
Vander Weide, Martins and Dan DeVos — one of the owner's sons and now the team's new chairman — insisted that Howard's situation had nothing to do with Vander Weide stepping down.
"That had absolutely no role in this whatsoever," Martins said. "This is something that Bob has started talking to me about over a year ago and something he's probably talked to the family about longer than a year ago. And we've been preparing for this time for a year."
Vander Weide, a member the NBA's labor-relations and planning committees, said he was waiting for the league's labor dispute to be resolved before he made his intentions public.
Martins confirmed that Howard had an in-person meeting with General Manager Otis Smith on Monday and had been in contact with Vander Weide, 53.
One of Howard's conversations with Vander Weide included a late-night talk in which, according to Bright House Sports Networks, "Howard thought Vander Weide may have been intoxicated."
Vander Weide told the Orlando Sentinel: "I can just tell you that, having spoken to Dwight Monday night after playing paddle tennis with a couple of buddies and having a couple of glasses of wine, I was not intoxicated, and we had a conversation."
Vander Weide described that conversation as "amicable."
"There was no hard feelings," he said. "He had called a couple of times, and I wanted to get back to him. The only thing I can say is maybe I should of waited until the next morning having been with buddies and having had a couple of glasses of wine. But it was not aggressive. It was not negative. It was more 'where we're going to be this week.' And we talked candidly."
Howard can become a free agent after the 2011-12 season. His uncertain status beyond this upcoming season has ignited a flurry of speculation and angst among Magic fans about Howard's future plans.
Howard largely has remained mum on the subject of his future plans, but in recent months, he's indicated that he wants the Magic to improve.
At one point during a TV interview during a promotional trip to Russia, responding to a question from a reporter about who he'd like to play with, Howard said he'd like to play with superstar point guards Chris Paul and Deron Williams — who, like, Howard, can become free agents after this upcoming season.
Howard also mentioned Monta Ellis, Stephen Jackson and Anthony Morrow.
Martins said the team would not comment on any specifics about team officials' conversations with Howard.
But Martins did say that the team expressed its interest in keeping Howard for the long-term and that it has a sense of how Howard wants the organization to progress.
"We've built a championship-caliber organization for him, and we believe that this is his home," Martins said. "He can own this city for the rest of his career, like the Brett Favres and the Albert Pujols of the world. They've been with their franchises for the most part (other than the end of Favre's career), stayed with their franchises and built championship organizations around them in what would be considered small- to mid-size markets.
"And Dwight Howard can be the NBA equivalent of that, and we're going to do everything we can do to make that occur. In the end, it's his decision, but we're going to give him every opportunity, every asset, every reason to be here for the rest of his career."
Dan DeVos, 53, will serve as the DeVos family's primary conduit with front-office officials on team matters.
Vander Weide started his career with the Magic in 1992 as vice president of basketball operations and was named the team's president in 1994. He was promoted to CEO and vice chair in July 2010.
He and his wife, Cheri, the daughter of Rich DeVos, have five children. Vander Weide said one of the benefits of his decision to step down is that he'll be able to spend more time with his family.
But he emphasized that family considerations aren't the reason he'll move into more of an advisory role with the Magic.
"We've got five beautiful kids," he said. "We're struggling like families do on a day-by-day basis to try to make it all work, but that's where it's at."


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Consumer goods leaders discover the key to profitable growth
They're Just-in-Time (JIT) Marketers, and they out-grow and out-earn the rest of the consumer goods industry. They're skilled at directing compelling messages or offers to the consumer in the mood to buy, and they integrate digital and analytical capabilities firmly into their operating models while focusing strongly on profitable growth. It's a strategy that pays off: on a global, cross-industry basis, JIT Marketers enjoy growth that exceeds 26 percent over both one and three year periods much more often than their peers do.
Traditional marketing methods produce hit or miss results
Accenture research shows that even when companies use the most effective marketing tactics, less than 20 percent of the consumers they reach find the messages relevant, resulting in waste, inefficiency and poor quality. JIT Marketers focus intently on eliminating this waste, and they do a lot more. These players understand that in the current environment, achieving sustainable profitable growth takes more than cost cutting—it requires robust operational capabilities, innovative new business models, strong leadership, digital maturity, well-positioned categories and brands, and exceptional customer knowledge.
Embracing the five keys to JIT marketing success
We've identified five characteristics that set JIT Marketers apart from the rest of the consumer goods industry.
Value delivery: They invest in marketing infrastructure that enables them to communicate and execute their customer value propositions.
Leadership: They have the strong leaders needed to balance effectiveness with efficiency and to support and drive the company's marketing strategy and vision.
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when I reply or start a new topic I like everyone else selects the box and away we type..but I have noticed for me anyway as i type a long reply/post and the text box fills up that when it starts to go on longer than just the original txt box it doesn't scroll down as it normally would do
instead I can't see what I am typing natuarally and have to use the scroll bar to see what I have typed...the second I then next type a character..the txt goes back to the beginning to view and the words bounce up and down whilst I still cannot see what I am typing
This all sounds very confusing but i wondered if anyone had the same experiences?
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If you're using IE, switching to compatibility mode solves the problem. I don't know about other browsers.
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According to SuperHeroHype.com, it looks as if Dr. Doom has now been cast for the Fantastic Four movie as well. Guy by the name of Julian McMahon, from the FX Series nip/tuck. I'm not familiar with him, as I haven't seen the show, but here's a pic:
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GFT Markets Launches MT4 for Mobile
Jan 07, 2013, 04:00 ET
LONDON, January 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
GFT Markets, the global provider of retail derivatives, has today announced that it will now support MT4 for Mobile as an add-on to its current MetaTrader forex platform offering. MT4 is widely considered the most popular front-end application for derivatives traders looking to automate their strategy with a pre-defined set of trading rules.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120802/553838 )
MT4 for mobile gives clients all the functionality of their desktop MT4 platform with the added convenience of being able to access the service whenever and wherever they want. The mobile platform works on iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows Mobile devices.
Martin Slaney, Director of Global Product Management at GFT Markets, commented:
"Our clients have become significant supporters ofMT4 since we first launched the service in spring 2011. Because the application can run complex trading strategies on an automated basis it frees up clients to get on with the day job, whilst coupled with our exceptional speed of execution, it means trades can be filled at - or very close to - their target price."
The release of the mobile service is the first of many innovations GFT Markets expects to be delivering to its MT4 offering in the coming months.
About GFT Markets
From local offices in London, New Jersey, Grand Rapids, Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo, GFT provides its global client base with the opportunity to speculate and trade in a broad range of markets, quickly, efficiently and securely. Most known for its award-winning DealBook® platform available for desktop, the web, or mobile phone, GFT also provides options for automated trading, 24/7 customer service, and competitive spreads even in times of market volatility.
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Schools across the county closed ahead of even colder temperatures and this weekend's anticipated snowfall.
Schools were closed throughout Stark County, nearly all blaming "freezing temperatures."
But the temperature was well below freezing.
And thanks to winds — and those expected — the air felt even colder.
At 7 a.m. when many students would likely be either at school bus stops or already heading to school, the temperature was 2 degrees below zero, winds were blowing out of the southwest at 9 mph and the resulting wind- chill was minus 18, according to the National Weather Service's website at www.erh.noaa.gov.
It has been colder.
Weather service records — maintained since 1887 — list the low for Friday's date of Jan. 24 at 21 degrees below zero in 1963.
Now, more cold is on the way and, of course, snow — up to a half foot.
The weather service advisory noted that the wind chill readings may drop to 24 degrees below zero before the wind chill advisory expires about 1 p.m. Friday. But winds were expected to increase to between 20 and 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph, the weather service said. (The winter storm watch the weather service had issued was no longer in effect by Friday morning.)
The weather service-issued winter weather and wind chill advisories remained in place, with the winter weather advisory not set to expire until late Saturday night.
And snow was expected, with the chances listed at 100 percent for Friday night and Saturday ahead of anticipated snowfall leaving up to 6 inches.
The temperature was expected to reach 14 degrees Friday before falling to 13 degrees overnight, the weather service said. A high temperature of 21 degrees was in the forecast for Saturday, but the temperature Saturday night was expected to plummet again to zero.
And temperatures were expected to be even colder Monday night, when the actual temperature is expected to plummet to 10 degrees below zero, the weather service's extended forecast shows. The record low for Monday's date is minus 9 in 1936, and for Tuesday, minus 13 in 1977.
The forecast also shows that temperatures, after Monday, won't climb back into the double digits until at least Thursday.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Should I shave my beard? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Should I shave my beard? Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Discussion View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message Evil GiraffeJoined: 05 Feb 2003Posts: 32Location: Kofu, Japan Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2003 4:30 am Post subject: Should I shave my beard? I know it's a silly thing to ask but I have a JET interview coming up and a couple people have told me that Japanese people don't like beards. I'm not sure about this, but hey, they might know something I don't. I'm also wondering if it's just a good idea in general before a professional interview. I keep it short and neat so I think it looks fine but one never knows. So does anyone have any inside knowledge on this? Also, the email I got from JET said to dress in a professional manner. Does this mean a coat and tie? Or what? Back to top CelesteJoined: 17 Jan 2003Posts: 814Location: Fukuoka City, Japan Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2003 5:46 am Post subject: Re: Should I shave my beard? I was so curious, that I just asked my JET supervisor. She tells me that she personally likes beards, and that they do not have any kind of stigma here, but that men here don't grow them because they don't have the time to keep them groomed. She says to tell you to keep your beard. Dress in a professional manner means dress pants, white shirt, tie, and a sportcoat. You could opt for a suit if you so wished. Back to top Kent F. KruhoefferJoined: 22 Jan 2003Posts: 2129Location: 中国 Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2003 7:46 am Post subject: Keep it! Dear Mr. Giraffe in Bakersfield, I worked in Japan for 2 years, in Ibaraki Prefecture, in a town called Tsuchiura. Not far from Tokyo, actually. I too have a neatly trimmed beard, which I kept during my entire 2 years there. During my second year working for "Promesa Academy Club", I was asked by the general director if I would be willing to "pose" for the school's advertising poster. I agreed. Long story short; my smiling, bearded face now adorns every pepsi machine and telephone pole from Kashiwa to Tsuchiura. If they were really "anal" about beards, they wouldn't have made me their poster boy. And finally, a big "yes" on wearing a jacket and tie. Japanese are indeed very concerned with appearances and looking professional. As they say in Nihonggo, "Ganbatte mas!" JustMy2CentsForYa, Kent F. Kruhoeffer Linguamir Samara, Russia 5 February 2003 Back to top Evil GiraffeJoined: 05 Feb 2003Posts: 32Location: Kofu, Japan Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 4:15 am Post subject: thanks to both of you. you have eased my worries. i didn't want to have to shave but i was and am willing to do so if that's what needs to be done. the only doubts i still have are some words my brother said to me. he said, "look, it cannot help you get the job and it just might hurt you. so you should shave it." but i must remember that he works in a company that doesn't allow facial hair. he interviews people. and they call this a free country. thanks again. Back to top Lucy SnowJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 218Location: US Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 7:58 am Post subject: Facial Hair in Japan My husband had a beard the entire time he taught at a university in Japan, and never heard any complaints from anyone. BTW--what kind of company doesn't allow facial hair? Back to top steven_gerrardJoined: 07 Feb 2003Posts: 155 Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 8:55 am Post subject: Ah come on, beards are foul in whatever country you live in. If I had interviewed two very similar candidates, one hairy, one not, I would go for the non- beardy one every time. Especially if the hirsuite one was a woman..... SHAVE! You'll look years younger and not as repulsive to the opposite sex.... Back to top gerardJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 581Location: Internet Cafe Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 1:27 pm Post subject: The guy was given the best advice by his brother---Wont help and it might hurt---says it all.........I have nil against beards,tattoos,long hair or much of anything really but employers tend to...Hey you only have 1 beard but there 1000 jobs out there .... Back to top Bindair DundatJoined: 04 Feb 2003Posts: 1123 Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 2:06 pm Post subject: Don't listen to these people who are telling you that they lived in Japan and had a beard, etc. You're not there yet. Shave your beard for the interview, and grow it back after you get the job. Figure: The guy who interviews you is going to choose someone for the job who fits, as closely as possible, his idea of what the ideal candidate looks like, walks like, talks like, smells like.... The world is NOT full of open-minded, easy-going, live-and-let-live people. My advice is to figure out, to the best of your ability, who the interviewer wants to see, and then you BE that person -- for the interview, anyway. Unfortunately, looks count -- a lot. Back to top Kent F. KruhoefferJoined: 22 Jan 2003Posts: 2129Location: 中国 Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 8:13 am Post subject: respectfully disagree Dear Mr. Dundat, You are correct about your comments regarding (some) employers who are looking for the "Ken & Barbie" stereotypes. I can't argue that point, especially in Asia, where I spent six years teaching English. There *are* schools who care more about "how you look" than "what you know" or "who you are". On the other hand, my motto...and advice...to anyone starting out in this business is simple: "Be yourself" during the interview, and forget about employers who consider 'appearance' to be more relevant than character and/or experience. This philosophy has worked extremely well for me over the past 14 years in ESL. Think about it, Bindair: I am a 41 year old male. If the interviewer is looking for a 24 year old female with blonde hair, blue eyes and a nice figure, would you advise me to show up at the interview "in drag"? God save us. If you think my beard is potentially unattractive to prospective employers, you ain't seen "ugly" until you've seen me in nylons and high-heels Regards, kent Back to top Evil GiraffeJoined: 05 Feb 2003Posts: 32Location: Kofu, Japan Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 11:19 pm Post subject: well, thanks to all. my interview is wednesday and i am still deciding what to do. i think i might shave though. cause the truth is that if i don't get the job i'll be wondering if it was the beard. now, some may say that if they are going to base a decision on such a stupid aspect then maybe i'm better off not working for them. but the truth is that i really wan't this job and that i can always grow the thing back. Back to top BrendaJoined: 13 Feb 2003Posts: 48Location: Montreal, Canada Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2003 3:13 am Post subject: Sounds like you've made the best decision simply because you're comfortable with it. If you're willing to change your look to get the job, go for it. If it helps you get the job, hourray! But I'd also keep in mind to remember to ask later on if it's ok with your new employer whether they mind if you grow it back once you've got the job.... Back to top Kent F. KruhoefferJoined: 22 Jan 2003Posts: 2129Location: 中国 Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2003 5:23 am Post subject: Good Luck ! Dear Mr. Giraffe in Bakersfield, Since we've pretty much exhausted the facial-hair topic, (Thank God!) here are a couple more last-minute "tips" for you to think about during the JET interview. If you wear earrings or nose?rings, it's a good idea to remove them for the interview. It's best not to sit with your legs crossed, as it is considered very rude in Japan to point the soles of your shoes at someone. Don't chew gum. This is a no-brainer, but some people forget. As I mentioned above, "be yourself", and don't be afraid to show your sense of humor, if the opportunity presents itself. Speak *slowly* and *clearly*, especially if the interviewer is Japanese. Don't be afraid to ask questions. Anyway, Good luck on Wednesday I really hope you get the job, with or without facial hair! Best wishes, kent Back to top Evil GiraffeJoined: 05 Feb 2003Posts: 32Location: Kofu, Japan Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2003 4:09 am Post subject: mr kruhoeffer, thanks for the advice. most of it is common sense to me but like i told my father, it never hurts to be reminded of such things. my interview went very well as far as i can tell. of course, i won't really know till april but it was fun and i think i made the right impression. anyway thanks for the wishes. april won't come fast enough. Back to top Kent F. KruhoefferJoined: 22 Jan 2003Posts: 2129Location: 中国 Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2003 7:53 am Post subject: sitting on pins and needles, eh? Dear Mr. Giraffe in Bakersfield, It was nice of you to reply. If you feel you made the right impression during the interview, I'm sure they did too. 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You have no idea exactly how tough [insert sporting activity] is.
Whether we claim it aloud or simply repeat it to ourselves, much of us share this sentiment. As American writer Mary McCarthy when stated, "We are the hero of our very own story." Bryan Feller has some great stories for health.
That stated, some activities are legally more difficult than others, as well as in the realm of outdoor sports, a couple of are in a league of their very own. Take rock climbing, for example, which needs eruptive upper-body strength, analytic, and crux-time focus. Downhill mountain bicycle riders regularly risk destroyed bones, while open-water swimmers push themselves to the restriction in unforgiving problems. Nordic skiers require their bodies deep into oxygen debt, and also ultrarunners– well, you understand.
Yet just how can we quantify which one is, in fact, the toughest? Here's how: we chose 5 competitive sporting activities that we really feel are difficult to learn, could be unsafe to carry out and also call for a high level of ability as well as health and fitness. * We after that checked out peer-reviewed research study as well as compared calories melted per hr, the typical number of injuries per 1,000 hours of an athlete's activity, as well as death prices. Ultimately, we asked a panel of world-class professional athletes to consider in on what makes their vocations so hard as well as to vote for the sporting activity, besides their own, that they assume is the hardest.
Rock Climbing
Calories burned per hr: 818
Injury price: 0.56 each 1,000 hours
Casualty rate: 145 per 1 million mountain climbers
Just how difficult is it to find out?
" It's pretty obtainable due to the fact that climbing up gyms have actually ended up being such a huge thing," states Steph Davis, the very first lady to summit all seven heights in the Fitz Roy Array in Patagonia as well as the 2nd female to free-climb El Capitan in someday. "You can simply most likely to a gym as well as get shown how to start climbing."
Just how do you train for it?
Most significant climbers hang out bizarre, heavily reinforcing their upper body, core, and fingers. This kind of training remains in contrast to the continual agony experienced by Nordic skiers and also ultrarunners, but the eruptive upper-body and also grip-strength exercises usually carried out on a hangboard, are developed to hurt. A whole lot.
Downhill Hill Biking
Calories per hour: 632
Injury rate: 43 each 1,000 hrs
Casualty price: 11.2 each 1 million mountain cyclists
Just how hard is it to discover?
" It resembles nothing else on earth," says Rachel Atherton, who won all 7 rounds of the 2016 Union Cycliste Internationale Downhill Mountain Bike World Cup in September. Traveling quickly over loose singletrack as well as technical rock yards takes digestive tracts, and also there's a large mental understanding curve for those new to the sporting activity. As well as, the cost of entrance is steep: a full-suspension gear can easily set you back as much as a gently made use of Corolla.
Exactly how do you educate for it?
Unlike the cross-country as well as enduro techniques, downhill racers typically aren't striking the rollers for cardio conditioning. Besides spending quality time on the bike, dynamic lifts such as squats and deadlifts and muscle-searing upper-body exercises like heavy chin-ups are crucial to developing the toughness required to muscle a 40-pound gear down a steep, rough incline. "I educate with my brothers Dan and also Gee, that is likewise pro mountain bicycle riders," claims Atherton. "I want to mix it up with yoga or stand-up paddleboarding or rock climbing to maintain it fun. Apart from that, it's crucial to invest a lot of time on the bike."


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before running aground onto the shores of a minimal, somber, muffled and textured electro with strains that are nevertheless poetically devastating, the creator behind the montreal project nos royaumes flirted with the uneven terrains of rhythmic noise, pure noise, hard ebm and a zillion other sonic outlets, under various names. it is, however, with the founding of its current project that he proudly delivers us his first official release, which is the result of months, even years, of experimentation, discovery and refining. the enriched synthesis made by nos royaumes with his first 2-track 7 inch single, « l'antichambre », brings us to a crossing of the different roads the creator followed in his many experimentations and sonic discoveries in recent years, to a place where the demarcation line between old-school industrial, dark ambient, narrative paths not spelt out and recursive bruitism takes on blurred and original shades. nos royaumes demonstrates, with the two monumental tracks of his first release, that oppressing ambiences can easily go together with enveloping atmospheres.


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Now that site is based on the new HTML5 coding, and I am not suggesting that it will have much effect on research sites such as Ancestry, or Findmypast, but I am certain that it will be used by people, like myself, who write their own websites. It will also be used in conjunction with another new language, CSS3, which is used to code the positioning and layout of the pages.
Will this affect the User?Yes, it will! Already the latest browsers are starting to incorporate the functionality which they need in order to read HTML5 and CSS3. Chrome is probably the best at present but it is steadily being introduced into Firefox, Opera, IE9 and other major browsers. The figures below are taken from visitors to my own website.
1) Browsers used:
2) IE Users:
IE users with the XP operating system also have a big problem since it would seem that IE9 will only be available for Vista and Win7 operating systems - a change to Chrome could be their best option.
Website GeneratorsTo generate my Pedigree web pages I use the HTML generator included in the Legacy Family Tree program. I still consider this to be the best program around for these types of web pages, but it is now getting old and tired as it is written in very basic HTML. It has received a boost with the publishing of a program from LTools which enables the conversion to CSS/HTML, but, in my view, will shortly need to be rewritten - this comment also applies to most similar programs.
The FutureThis year promises to be one of the most exciting in website development for many years but for the new techniques to achieve their potential depends not only on the website developers but also relies on the users to upgrade their browsers and the software manufacturers to improve their generators - before we reinvent the wheel!!
DisclosureThe author is a volunteer beta tester for Legacy Family Tree.
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Jeter in vintage form for Anaheim farewell
ANAHEIM -- They sent out their best and brightest -- Mike Trout, Albert Pujols, Jered Weaver and Howie Kendrick -- to present Derek Jeter a paddleboard as a token of their affection for what he has done for baseball across 19 memorable seasons. The hugs were sincere and so were the smiles.
And this is the thanks the Angels got: a lazy fly ball by Jeter causing all kinds of residual commotion, a Jeter home run -- his first in 162 at-bats -- followed by an infield hit, and, finally, the sting of a 9-2 defeat in Jeter's final regular-season appearance at Angel Stadium.
ANAHEIM -- They sent out their best and brightest -- Mike Trout, Albert Pujols, Jered Weaver and Howie Kendrick -- to present Derek Jeter a paddleboard as a token of their affection for what he has done for baseball across 19 memorable seasons. The hugs were sincere and so were the smiles.
And this is the thanks the Angels got: a lazy fly ball by Jeter causing all kinds of residual commotion, a Jeter home run -- his first in 162 at-bats -- followed by an infield hit, and, finally, the sting of a 9-2 defeat in Jeter's final regular-season appearance at Angel Stadium.
"It's good to get one," Jeter said of his first home run of 2014. "I'm not catching Babe Ruth or anything in home runs, but it's good to get one. We got a win; that's what's important at this point."
Reggie Jackson, who played for both teams and was known to launch baseballs, liked the shortstop's aggression at the plate.
"He was feeling it tonight, that's the big thing," Mr. October said. "It's been a year since he's played. He looked like himself tonight, and it was good to see. The great ones enjoy the big moments."
The Halos and their fans would love to see No. 2 of the Yankees play again in their home yard before he moves off into the sunset. That can happen only in October, a destination both franchises used to virtually take for granted in those good old days when they ruled their respective coasts.
It was through the Angels, in a rousing 2009 American League Championship Series, that the Yanks claimed their most recent World Series crown by knocking out the Phillies. Jeter was 35, a .334 hitter that season and third in the AL Most Valuable Player Award balloting. He batted .407 in that Fall Classic with 11 hits in six games. He was Derek Jeter, Captain Clutch, and that's what he did, almost routinely, back then.
Jeter will be 40 in seven weeks. He's pausing to smell the coffee and roses now as he plays shortstop, takes his cuts and tries one last time to help drive his team to and through another meaningful October.
Jeter hasn't shied away from admitting that this is what he has in mind -- and this is a guy who has gotten what he wanted an uncommonly high percentage of the time. So even if you're not all that thrilled with the starting pitching and wonder if the lineup has enough pop, you have to be optimistic if you're a fan of the Yankees.
This, after all, is Derek Jeter's team. This is not some fly-by-night operation. It's the Yanks, and he's the man who makes magic, the man whose 3,344 hits are exceeded by only seven men in history, three among the living. Look what Jeter did Wednesday to Vidal Nuno, turning him into a veritable Whitey Ford for a night by retiring 13 Halos in a row after they'd produced a second-inning run.
Jeter is a once-a-generation player who lives in a world apart, a sage. He is greeted by cheers and ovations in foreign ballparks and handed nice gifts, and he responds by launching home runs and drawing even more favorable applause.
Nobody else with no attachment whatsoever to the Angels gets this brand of treatment at Angel Stadium.
"The fans have been awesome here from the first game [Monday night]," Jeter said. "All three games are what you remember. I appreciate it. Regular season, postseason, I have fond memories here."
Jeter clearly was revved up for this one after his pregame presentation, complete with a video highlight package featuring acts from his extraordinary career.
First time up, facing lefty Hector Santiago, Jeter swung at the first pitch and lofted the towering fly ball that brought Trout and right fielder Collin Cowgill together in right-center. It was Trout's ball, but Cowgill wanted it too, and it bounded free for an error on Cowgill. Mark Teixeira ripped a two-run double, and by the time the inning ended, the Halos were five runs down.
An inning later, Jeter took a strike before wheeling on a Santiago slider and lifting it over the wall in left-center. Trout, who grew up in Millville, N.J., cheering for the Phils and Jeter, watched it sail over his head into an area he frequently visits with his lively bat.
"He's such a great guy," said Trout, whose family has been embraced by Jeter in visits to Yankee Stadium. "He's everything a baseball player should be."
It's a fascinating tale, the kid from New Jersey who wanted to be Jeter standing poised to assume his idol's role as the face of the sport.
Trout was taken by the Angels 25th overall in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft, a pick they received as compensation for the Yankees' signing of Teixeira, the Halos' free-agent first baseman.
Before the game, Teixeira talked about his half-season with the Angels in 2008 after they acquired him from the Braves. He helped drive what he called "one of the best teams I've ever been around" to an AL West title before it fell to the Red Sox in four AL Division Series games.
"We couldn't get the big hit," Teixeira said. "I loved my time here; it was one of the best times of my career."
Teixeira, a Maryland native who grew up admiring Don Mattingly, departed Anaheim for pinstripes, then had a hand in putting away the Halos in the ALCS on the way to the parade.
As upset as the Angels were about that, and about losing Teixeira, how do you hold a grudge when you end up with the best player in the world in the deal?
You don't. You count your blessings.
Lyle Spencer is a reporter for MLB.com.