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At the Library Board meeting on October 21, 2004, Chair Rebecca Pordum delivered the following statement:
A Message to the Community from the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library Board of Trustees
The Buffalo and Erie County Public Library is a public trust. For nearly 170 years the people of our community have invested in their libraries, and those libraries have returned that investment many times over in resources, services and improved quality of life.
Today, that long-term, bountiful investment is in jeopardy.
For the child just beginning to discover the wonder of reading; for the teen striving to make meaningful life choices; for the unemployed adult struggling to re-enter the workforce; for the retired senior desperate to access and understand computers and the Internet so she can share e-mail with her out-of-town grandchildren, there is no substitute for the public library.
There may be dark days ahead for that child, that teen, that unemployed adult, that senior -- and for many thousands of residents of Erie County.
On September 28th, the Library submitted a status quo, hold-the-line 2005 budget request to Erie County's Office of Budget, Management and Finance. That request was bare bones. It continued to reduce staffing. It continued to control costs. But it sustained public service at 2004 levels.
As faithful stewards of a public trust, the Library Board of Trustees stands by this request. To recommend anything less would compromise this Library System and would represent a disservice to the people of Erie County who rely on the Library for a wide range of important resources, programs and services.
The public library is not a luxury. It is a necessity! Since the recession year of 2001, circulation of library materials across Erie County has increased 21%. Over the same period, library computer use has soared 48%. This year, the Library expects to circulate more than nine million items, welcome and serve more than five million visitors and provide more than 450,000 registered computer use sessions.
What other publicly supported institution can claim such a record of public service and success?
The Buffalo and Erie County Public Library is a model of responsible, accountable, regional service to the people of Erie County. The Library has never failed to live within its means. The Library has adapted to the wants and needs of Erie County residents, with performance and output measures confirming that it delivers what Erie County residents demand and consider valuable.
Operation of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library is funded primarily through a dedicated portion of the County's real property tax. Under a proposal transmitted by the County Budget Office on October 18th, that support would plummet from $24.2 million in 2004 to $6.2 million in 2005 – a loss of $18 million. To compound matters, $2.8 million in New York State Aid would be at risk as well, making the cut nearly $22 million – 75% of the Library's operating budget.
The Library System as we know it would collapse.
On January 1, 2005, hundreds of thousands of citizens who depend on the Library would encounter locked doors, conceivably at more than 50 locations. Millions of dollars of public property: books, media, computers and other resources would be out of reach -- essentially lost.
Consider HSBC Arena. Fill every seat 18 and one-half times and you can count the number of Erie County residents who regularly visit and rely on their local library for materials, services, programs and a place to appreciate them all. For those with limited disposable income and few alternatives for education, recreation, self-improvement and personal growth, the public library is a mainstay.
No other County-funded service touches as many residents as the public library. No other County-funded service shows greater return on investment. No other County-funded service contributes more to the quality of life. No other County-funded service makes the weak strong, the uninformed enlightened and the average person able to succeed in an increasingly challenging world.
Cutting funds and closing libraries is shortsighted and counterproductive. If we want people to remain in Erie County; if we want people to return to Erie County; if we want people to invest in Erie County, we must sustain and enhance our public libraries. We can't afford not to make that investment in our present and in the next generation's future.
I urge all Erie County residents to register their outrage over these proposed cuts. We must direct our elected officials at both the County and State level to do whatever it takes to sustain our public libraries, to seek long-term solutions to these recurring threats.
They must not reduce Library support! It is a small price to pay for a positive return that is too great to measure.
The Director and I have met with County Executive Giambra and Deputy County Executive Calabrese to convey our concerns and our commitment to preserve our Library System. We will continue to work with elected officials at both the County and State level to explore strategies to address this current challenge, and we urge all elected officials to work together to find meaningful, lasting solutions.
The Library Board welcomes any opportunity to discuss this vitally important issue with public officials, citizens and constituent groups.
Rebecca Pordum, Chair
B&ECPL Board of Trustees
October 21, 2004


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What's News: Neiman Marcus is exploring a sale or public offering. One World Trade Center reaches its full height. And flowers floating to market, instead of flying. Jason Bellini reports. Photo: AP
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Assistant OpinionJournal.com editor Allysia Finley on Stockton's municipal bankruptcy. Photos: Getty Images
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Destructoid's Reverend Anthony writes:
"Assassin's Creed is a disappointing, repetitive game filled with horrendously long and unnecessary cut scenes, a boring plot, tedious chores, and significant difficulty problems - it's a game with a few great ideas but absolutely no idea how to implement them...In conclusion, lower your expectations, don't play for more than three hours at a time, and don't pay more than nine bucks to get a hold of it. Assassin's Creed is an above average game...but just barely."
...shut the f**k up and stop jumping on bad reviews. Play the game for yourself and THEN judge, ok?
No...fanboys like you will never understand that.
i've been playing it since Tuesday and i really enjoy it. it's a lil repetitive but i like it. lots of fun to me.
i say: 8.5
well personally i think it is a mix of GTA and Metal Gear. So far i love this game and i only got it today. As of right now i am playing it more than COD4 about 70-30. Hope everyone else is smart enough to judge it after they play it, not before.
typical review of a narrow minded person. Always critical, but completely incapable of doing better. Don't judge other negatively if you can't do better. If you can do better, then just do it.
Play the game for yourself and don't let other reviewers form your opinion about a game.
I've played it and I can agree on that it gets repetitive pretty fast. It's still a good game though. Good, not great.
get uncharted over this garbage. assassin' creed is a good rental at best.
This is spot on... right with my review of it. Which, by the way I reviewed before anyone. People said I was lying. Said this and that, boy did they learn.
For the love of GOD..shut the [email protected] up. No one gives a flying sh!t about your review.
Jesus what an ego maniac.
I do blu. you shut the fuk up for the love of GOD
i think those reviews are hilarious, 99% of the time
"the sites that 100% unbiased 1% of the time"
can fornicate themselves with a barbed iron stick....
See what's out there to preview and then you be the judge. Not every game is everyone elses cup of tea.
I agree with you. But in the other news I did not.
Is this game worth purchasing or not???
I reserved Assassin's Creed about a month ago but I still haven't gone to obtain my copy because I don't know if it's worth dropping $60 on it.
Is it worth buying or just worth renting? or by going from reviews like this is it not even worth renting?
You can't make the decision by yourself? If you want me to make the decision for you then I say buy it. Waste your money, I don't care.
If you don't like it then tough sh!t, try to return it.
Again, you all disagree.. Yet, I have proof on my blogsite. I reviewed it well in advance, got flank for it. Said I didn't have it... Said I was lying. Said this and that... Well, funny how my score and everything I said about the game "well ahead of any review" came true. Asscreed is just that ASS! Not even Jade Raymonds, could save it.
Both your review and this review are wrong. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
I agree with FuRy above - nobody cares about your review - please stop praising yourself as it is completely annoying to read.
um, there's an ignore option.. it's more annoying to read the stupid kiddyschool arguing.
That Assassin's Creed is a game people should rent or play for themselves with so many mixed reviews going around.
I think it looks cool, so i`m going to give it a chance.
This is exactly what LAIR fans have been saying for the longest. I don't know when these ridiculous reviews will stop - if ever, but I am throughly tired of it.
These edotorial gaming sites just see the community as puppets. If a competing forum is getting more hits on their website they jsut throw some contraversy like "MGS 4, pretty but boring 3.5/10" and they instantly get flooded with hits from gamers flocking in their trying to voice their opinions on the review.
They jsut take the community and industry as a joke now, it's jsut gotten way out of hand.
reviews aren't worth much anymore. You have to go by how you feel. I liked Lair and still do. I'm in the minority but I am a minority so I'm used to that. LOL
Reviewers just want there site to get more hits so they can get more advertising dollars. It's really a disservice for us gamers but we have to be smart and test a game for ourselves. It's the only way.
I agree, the current review situation is just laughable for me, although in a sad way. Yeah, of course a game is a subjective experience (what isn`t really ?), but there should be a little more consistency in the reviews.
If a game isn`t good, it also needs to be better pointed out why it isn`t. A lot of the reasoning (don`t really want to call it that, but...) i`ve heard in some reviews, just contradict the score they`ve given too, like GameSpot`s Ratchet review to name one. They need more and/or more professional game reviews i think.
Keyser, you`re probably right about the hits for the site, even though it could just mean sloppy journalism in some cases ;)
I trust my friends recommendations much more the site reviews anyway. To try the game for yourself is always better than any review though, either from friend or foe ;)
get real. here's why there are good reviews on ad-funded publications for this huge flop of a game in the first place:
remember those huge ac ads on gamespot before the release? hence the 9 from them. if you want good and unbiased reviews, get them from independent sites that don't get five figure income from ads.
Assassins Creed is boring.. Very boring. It's tedios and, you're right, it's not for everyone. AAA games are for everyone... So, by that merit, this game isn't AAA. Everyone has their taste... me, I didn't like it. I got mine for free at my work when they came in so I'm not complaining and I'm giving it away on myblogsite like I did with VF5, Ridge Racer 7, Fight Night 3 and Rainbow six. That's why people love me... cause I give back.
AAA games are for everyone? I don't like FPS games...your logic and posts are sorely lacking.
Thinks hes some kind of reviewer.I got news for you,anyone can write crap on a Myspace blog.You should stay on Myspace and leave N4G and the Playstation Blog alone.All you do is talk sh!t.Go get a Wii you are not worthy of the PS3 or the 360.Oh, and nothing is for everyone.Except Oxygen...I think we all like to have that.
What type of games do like?? Do you like any games that are stealth based?
i could never negative feedback this guy enough for spewing so much crap out of his mouth. Comeback when you have something useful and/or productive to say.
guys. please just push the ignore button. We could do without the badmouthing, it's annoying enough to read the fanboys warbabble. let the guy be, he has a valid point imho. and a right to his opinion.
It may not exactly live up to all the hype that it has received, but it is by no means an average game. Terrific story line, great visuals, huge environment to explore, and just plain FUN! To each his own. I can see where some people would give it a 7 and some would give it a 10. Personally I believe it to be a solid 9 and an experience not to be missed. Just like the reviewers.....DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.
lol, this game has no cutscenes, and they are surely not long. what are they smoking ? laughable.
Man, Destructoid, don't let this dude do reviews. Kids, if you want to know more about it, rent it, watch videos on it, watch a friend play it. Me, personally, I give it thumbs up. Try it out. Man these harsh reviews begging for attention blows.
Now had AC implemented gamplay that was radically new like heavy motion sensing control gameplay, it probably would have gotten it's fair share of 2.5s
It's a shame how these trully next gen titles (current gen) that introduce new takes on gameplay are being shot to hell by reviewers. They cry for new and innovative and want new stuff but they contradict themsleves by giving 4s and 5s to these types of great new games but embrass & hand out 10s to old gameplay mechanics like halo3 & Metriod.
It jsut makes no sense what's happening with editorial reviews this gen. I think this kind of editorial reviewer system is old and unneccesary nowadays. There's a huge variety to accesible media that we gamers can use to help oursleves with game info, we don't need gaming sites for this anymore.
Gaming web sites should really be limited to news and/or community forums by gamers. Their review methods are jsut archaic and played out.
You raise an interesting point again. But i don`t know if a game should get high praise just because it introduces something "new" (even though new and next-gen are expressions which in itself are debatable).
It also has to be executed well in my opinion. If the original idea fails due to execution, but still is a great idea, it most likely will be pick up by some others and made the way it should. Maybe it`s not always fair, but that`s how it is. Like foreign movies with great ideas, but don`t have the Hollywood execution, or Killswitch before Gears.
there's nothing next gen about it. it's definetly more linear than gta, the ai is crap, the stealth is ten steps back from the first hitman (you can't even disguise yourself), and the graphics are choppy and buggy (atleast on the ps3). it's just a shadow of the colossus and hitman copycat, and a bad one at that.. then again, I haven't seen any games worthy of calling next gen yet, maybe mass effect will do it. uncharted certainly has true next gen graphics, but it's a pretty trad game (nothing wrong with that if you do it well).
Didn't this site say COD wasn't worth buying and you should rent that too? I mean come on COD4 was so worth 60 bucks!
you right, i played the game now 14 hours. It's really always the same crap. And if you are an xbox360 gamer than you will have to spend more time with MORE boring missions.
Now i reached around 650 score and iam Fücked up with playing that game.
Never played a boring game like this.
i would give 7 points of 10.
above average means 5.5 !!!!!!!
may be 6 or 7 is an opinion ..
but 5.5 is sth like " PAY ATTENTION to MY SITE"
...and I much prefer AC to CoD4. What game isn't repetitive in some respect? I think that I compare this game in a lot of ways to Oblivion. Oblivion got so much praise because you could go anywhere and do anything, but it was also repetitive (Go to gate of Oblivion, sword fight little red guys, close gate, repeat...)
I've only played AC for about three hours so far and maybe it'll get boring, but so far I'm really enjoying it.
Cause they are a pain in the ASS...no pun intended(yes pun intended).
This site is always stirring up controversey from Halo 3 to a number of other quality titles.
This is what happens when a wanna be up and coming site wants to brandish their big new shiny nuts and say...LOOK AT ME, i'm a complete joke. No gamer in their right mind would turn to this site for an honest insightful review. They're like the National inquirer of gaming journalism..next story Master chief seen giving the Arbiter a reach around. I mean come on.
In cnclusion I feel Assassin's Creed is a quality title that is a true next-gen experience. There are some faults but by no means a 5.5 game, That would mean it's worse than a majority of the recently released games..bull!
Shove it Destructards!
Wow. They've "Lair'd" Assassins Creed. 5.5? Wow. 7 is one thing but 5.5 is wiping your *ss with the disc.
So far it's the FLOP of the Year. I fell asleep playing. Maybe after about 1 hour it will get fun. Right now I fell like I'm playing a boring a$$ RPG. TOO much talking. I hate cut scenes.
Actually, Lair is the FLOP of the year. But I guess that is arbitrary, kinda like Destructiod's opinion......IMO
There is a button reserved in cut scenes to change the camera angle for glitches. A freeking glitch button. ARE YOU KIDDING ME UBI. Big coding flop. This gen is about GFX. Too much time on GFX.
I know alot of my friends that hate stealth base games. If your one of those people, don't expect to fall in love with this game just cause it was hyped up. No matter how much hype it received it's not going to change your mind if you don't like stealth base games. If you only like action games go play a hyped up action game. But to those of us who enjoy stealth base games it could be great.
Seems like every time I've been in Game Stop for the last year they've been trying to convince me to pre-order this game. I never did. When I saw all those ads on Southpark a few weeks ago, I knew right away that this game sucks! The cut scenes they showed looked really, really boring and the gameplay looks like it has too much platform jumping.
At this point there are too many AAA games already out to waste time and money on pre-ordering anything that is an unknown.
AC isn't a AAA game by any means, but a 5.5 is ridiculous. Further proof that Destructoid sucks.
this review is complete bs. I own this game, and it's one of the best I've played in a while. I think it started off slow in the beginning, but you need to learn how to play it. Review sites need to go down. They're just hurting the industry with their overzealous beliefs that they are the final word on games. I guess I'd be angry too if I was writing internet reviews from my mom's basement. If you really care about these games getting bad reviews, then don't read them and hurt the site's traffic. Whoever employs these people will eventually tire of them when site traffic goes down because they're too incompetent to write an article worth reading.
Whoa, WHOAAA, let's slow down here for a minuite. It's true this game isn't all it was hyped up to be, BUT, it deffinetly diserves more then a 5.5. This reviewer must be smoking crack..
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I don't remember ever seeing a game with such a vast discrepancy of scores between reviewers.It's not of the ordinary among movie and music reviews so I wouldn't take it too personally.Hopefully the good reviews will persuade most people to pick it up and give it a deserved chance.I think some reviewers need to take their personal feelings out of the equation when giving a score.Obviously this isn't everyones cup of tea but then you could say that about MGS,Halo 3,etc. but you don't see such extreme variances in scores for these.
if you liked the Prince of Persia games, you will probably like Assassin's Creed. it's practically an open-world Prince of Persia.
i knew this game was for me, when, about four or five hours into the game, i was given a short assignment to assassinate some punk guard who was harassing one of my fellow Assassins (though, honestly, i should have sliced his throat for being such a poor excuse for one of us). i followed guard along his route, snuck up behind him, and stabbed him in the heart. while he fell to the ground, gurgling his last breaths, i slunk away into an alley, climbing to a rooftop, the sounds of the crowd asking "what happened?" fading away while i made my escape.
i like the game alot. of course, i'm a die hard Prince of Persia fan, and thought that trilogy of games is one of the best in the industry.
this reliance on reviews is beginning to trouble me. when i was younger, we used reviews, sure, but in all honesty, most of the games being released back in the NES era sucked, so a review actually *MEANT something. if a game was good, believe me, they told you about it. it was more black and white back then.
now though, there are too many shades of gray with games, and you have too few people trying to account for the tastes of *MILLIONS.
i stopped reading the OPM review section when my tastes, and the tastes of their reviewers began to differ so much that i couldn't take their suggestions anymore following the hiring of some new staff (either i loved a game they hated, or they hated a game that i love).
you guys seriously need to either rent the game, or bite the bullet and buy the titles that interest you. just as long as you get your *ACTUAL HANDS on the game and play it for yourself.
i took a chance and bought the game Lair. i enjoyed it for a time (and beat it), but ultimately, it's a game i knew i wouldn't play again, once games like Heavenly Sword, Ratchet and Clank, Assassin's Creed, and Uncharted came out, as those are more my types of games, so i traded it in (for Assassin's Creed, actually).
it's getting absurd that people are suddenly forsaking their own tastes for the tastes of, uh, other people? what the hell? anything else in our lives, we rely on our own opinions;
clothes: "i'll wear what i want"
women (and men for some): "i'll date who i want"
food: "i'll eat what i want"
but games? "uh, well, uh, that, um, guy, from, like, ign, said this game, that i really wanted to play sucked, so, uh, like, i don't want to get it now..."
it's ridiculous.
I totally loved POP 1 and 3. I disliked AC from the get go. The sci-fi backstory is distracting, awkward and unnecessary, it doesn't pull you in like in POP, it's just an annoyance. The game doesn't do anything to challenge or inspire you. I get what it aims for, a bit of POP, a bit of GTA, Hitman and Shadow Of The Colossus, but there isn't anything that ties it all together. It doesn't have that spirit..
Yeah, and tetris is not repetetive pfff... AC is one of the best games I've played this year. The gfx are mind-blowing, and I really feel the ambience of the cities. For the first time in a game, a city feels alive.
How come games like orange box got 9 and 10s? The gfx are mediocre and just shooting at people gets very repetetive. AC should score above that.
honestlyy who eevr wrotee this review must be onee low life who cant get laid in his lifee ...tell me a game that isnt a little repetitive ....
myte as well just say - all u do in halo is go around shooting ppl and throww gernades ..:S
I'll probably rent it one day, or maybe buy it when it hits $25-$30.
however I still think its alot better than 5.5, wtf? thats just a slap in the face to Ubi, yeah its repetitive and people need to stop making excuses like "all games are repetitive", sure thats true to some extent but its a devs job to make those (similiar/same) tasks varied enough where it doesn't get dull/boring, I still like the game but it seems to me Ubi could have a killer game on their hands if they just would have made some different choices and of course a solid framerate, but again a 5.5?= yeah maybe Destructoid does need the hits.
I read the article. The reviewer expressed his arguements and his point of view in a correct and interesting way. Yes, he bashed the game in many aspect, yet he recognized what he blieved, where it´s strong points ("Assassin's Creed will feel like one of the most fun games to come out this year -- thanks entirely to the fighting and freerunning mechanics")
Again, like any other review, it´s written by a person, with his own judging values and tastes. There is no such thing as true objectivity, and surely you cannot expect it when reviewing a game: there are so many factors that can make a game fun for some people and terrybly dull for others...
All in all, what remains a reliable rule of thumb (at least for me), and a quite obvious one is: if everyne says it is a great game, it must be at least a good one. In this case, it seems, the opinion is divided.
So go for it if you feel like it appeals to you.
As for me, I will buy this game.
Hey before they decided to multi platform it they should of considered PS3!Oh how did they fit all the greatness on a dvd?hmmlol
Oh well i avoid multi platform crap like this..
time's have changed lets start making console games not off shelf 360 ports..OK!
First post, though I have read these forums for months now. At first it was enjoyable to get a diverse popular opinion on whats really good in video games. Now, its more like Fox News with a real negative stream of news thats constantly bombards the one thing I'm sure we all have in common.
As far as Assassin's Creed, I'm only about 5 hours deep and I gotta say, whoever gives this game less then an 8 is out of their mind. Beautiful graphics, splended physics, an original storyline and not to mention fun, this is TO ME the 3rd or 4th best game of 2007.
Of course, I hear its repetitive, and I'm only so far, but this assault on a highly ambitious title must stop. I cant believe some of the hate this title has gotten...........


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The attractive maidenhair tree has been widely planted as an ornamental, and cultivated individuals exist across the world (3). Trees were traditionally planted in temple gardens in Japan and China, but today are popular in towns worldwide and are even farmed in plantations for their medicinal properties (3). The survival of wild trees however is less secure; examples can be found in China on Mount Xitianmu in the Zhejiang Province, but it is unclear whether these are the last truly wild trees or descendents from temple gardens (3).
The maidenhair tree is most suited to moist, deep, sandy soils in full sunlight but is extremely adaptable to a range of stressful conditions. Indeed, it was the first tree in the vicinity of Hiroshima to bud after the atomic bomb of 1945 (3).
Classified as Endangered (EN - B1+2c) on the IUCN Red List 2002 (1).
The maidenhair tree was thought to have become extinct, similarly to the other members of its ancient lineage, until it was discovered in Japan in 1691 (3). This fascinating species had persisted in the gardens of temples in the East and the first seeds were brought to Europe in the 1700s (3). The loss of the Ginkgo from the wild is likely to have been a result of deforestation, which has swept through the region (1).
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|2009-07-28, 09:43
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One Piece - Chapter 552 (manga)
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Okay, let's do this:
-The ministory now focuses on Chopper, who escapes from some natives that want to cook and eat him.
-Luffy says that he always knew that he and Ace weren't blood related, and even knew that his father was Roger. Meanwhile, Ace has a flashback about meeting Shanks (whom he thanked for looking after Luffy), and apparently he actually turned down an offer to join the Shichibukai. He fought with Jinbei for 5 days (well, that certainly explains how they knew each other), and had a scuffle with the man that he would recognize as his father, as well. It also turns out that Whitebeard told Ace that he wasn't obligated to go hunt down Blackbeard, but he ignored his "dad's" orders because he wanted to deal out punishment to the traitor.....
-It turns out that Whitebeard is a DF user. He has the powers of the Gura Gura fruit, an earthquake power. Sengoku says that that it's a power that can destroy the world. Whitebeard uses his great power to split the heavens (I guess like with his encounter with Shanks) and creates a great tsunami. There are two tsunamis and admirals Aokiji and Akainu try to stop them before 50,000 marines are wiped out. It seems that Akainu is about to reveal his powers....
Wow, so Whiebeard was a DF user.... that was unexpected. And an earthquake power, too. Yes, an insanely powerful fruit like that is most certainly fitting for the strongest man in the world. Still, while htat's cool and all, I'm still more interested in seeing his commanders and his New World allies in action. Maybe we'll see more unique DF powers amongst those guys too, yeah? And while it's still most likely that Akainu will be a Logia, I'm still crossing my fingers for the small chance that he's a Paramecia or (Awakened) Zoan instead.......
And.... huh, so Luffy knew about Ace's father all along, even though he didn't know about his own until just recently? Interesting. But man, it's pretty crazy to think that Ace and Jinbei were fighting for 5 days straight! And it's also good to know that Whitebeard actually DID have reservations about sending Ace after Blackbeard. Still, it would have been wise for Whitebeard to stop Ace from going anyway, or they wouldn't be caught in this current predicament.... oh, well. What's done is done, I guess......
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|2009-07-28, 09:53
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People have been talking about Devil Fruit abilities that can control waves and how powerful it will be. I guess Whitebeard definitely shown that the ability is indeed devastating.
He probably used it against those Marine ships earlier on that were in the New World keeping an eye on him. With his quakes causing tsunamis, he can wipe out anything on land and on the sea.
|2009-07-28, 10:00
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Man. Hearing about Whitebeard's power, says volumes about Roger's strength as well. How does somebody fight evenly against somebody with that kind of DF.
I thought they divide in the Heavens (Skies) was caused by Haki, so it turns out it was really his DF. That's bit of a let down. But on that same note, Sengoku has to be out of his fucking mind, I dont think I would want to fuck with somebody with kind of power. But who knows what kind of power Sengoku has as well.
|2009-07-28, 10:06
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not really to surprised that he has a DF, as other then shanks has there been a single other high end human pirate captain that didn't have one? (kuro/krieg aren't high end)
interesting power, I'm assuming he knows the Admirals can stop the waves otherwise such a large AOE attack would take out ace as well, so it could just be hiding a 2nd move of his.
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Until we see more of his ability, we cannot be certain whether he can or cannot quake the skies.
I'm not sure whether he's a Paramecia or Logia though. An earthquake is definitely natural enough to be Logia and he may be a type like Blackbeard's Darkness, natural but doesn't give his body an indestructible property.
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|2009-07-28, 11:08
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Nah, he'll reveal himself to be a sponge Zoan and will suck up all the water into his body instead, you mark my words.
All kidding aside, this is definitely an interesting time for Akainu to reveal his powers. This actually sorta reminds me of when Aokiji revealed his powers during the long island arc, when he was about to be attacked by a sea king. I always thought it was cool for new characters to reveal their powers at critical moments. I most certainly hope that Akainu doesn't disappoint.....
Anyway, I too am unsure about whether or not Whitebeard's fruit should be lumped into the Paramecia or Logia category. As already said, an earthquake is a natural occurrance, which would definitely make it a Logia, but this doesn't seem like the type of ability that can transform the user's body (is it even possible to turn into seismic waves?). I'm leaning towards it being a Paramecia power myself, since we already had psuedo-natural abilities in that category (like Mr. 3 with his wax and Magellan with his poison). But I guess we really just have to see him in action before we can really be sure about anything......
|2009-07-28, 11:13
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Learning that Whitebeard has a Devil Fruit isn't that great of a shock, and he certainly has an overtly powerful enough fruit that his title of Strongest is not harmed (though, I kind of wish that he had a seemingly innocuous fruit (like bubbles (bubbles have already been taken, but you get my point) or something that looks harmless, but due to Whitebeard's mastery and imaginative use of the fruit, he turned a seemingly innocuous fruit into a godlike power)). In Japan especially, there is very little more feared (and respected) than an earthquake, so Whitebeard having this power shows just how much Oda is putting on Whitebeard (hopefully people like Mold will be able to accept this supreme power and not be upset that the earlier assumption of Whitebeard using simple physical power to rise to the top were incorrect).
edit: during Garp's conversation with Ace he labeled Whitebeard as a "Ruler/God of the Sea," and this chapter thouroughly confirms that title. Whitebeard is Poseidon/Neptune, able to send tsunamis out to destroy his enemies; and while his bisento is no trident, it's close enough .
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I guess Gura Gura no mi (Whitebeards fruit) is Earth logia and through his element he can cause seismic quakes.
Of course he could just have paramecia fruit what is strictly specialized on earthquakes but I think having earth/rock type logia is more plausible.
Spoler indicates that he already took down 50 000 with tsunami but its early spoiler so we might get clarification.
|2009-07-28, 12:26
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Actually I'm pretty sure it indicates that he's about to wipe out 50,000 marines with a tsunami, but the admirals are putting a stop to that before there are any casualties. I mean, it wouldn't do for the marines to lose half of their forces in just one attack, would it....?
But yeah, this instantly explains why even a Logia like Eneru wouldn't be able to rule the blue seas, even if he had a 500 million bounty. All Whitebeard would have to do is cause a big enough rumble and his opponent will be taken out with a huge tidal wave. And if he fights on land he can easily devestate the landscape enough to give opponents a disadvantage (heck, he can even form volcanoes with his power!). Quite a destructive, yet useful power indeed......
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|2009-07-28, 13:03
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When Robin said its a rumored invincible DF I think its pretty much that.
WB's DF is certainly something tho, dealing with with enemies on the water, summon up a tidal wave and be done with it all or destroy the land they walk on and bedone with it. All done and be home for tea
|2009-07-28, 13:33
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Well yeah, I guess he can avoid it depending on the range of the tsunami, but if we're talking about Logias who have the best chance of "outrunning" a wave, then it would undoubtedly be Kizaru (light>lightning in terms of speed). Also, I kinda doubt a huge ball of electricity will be enough to stop a raging wall of water, but whatever (I don't really like getting into debates about the "tiers" of DF powers, so I think I'll refrain from further hypothetical "X vs. Y" conversations for the time being)......
But as already said, Whitebeard definitely has an extremely destructive ability. I already mentioned that he can create active volcanoes with his power, but he can also cause avalanches, landslides, and just plain level any city or town that's in the range of his quakes. Sengoku's not kidding when he said that it's an ability that can destroy the world......
|2009-07-28, 13:36
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^And he is physically strong enough to attack opponents in the sky. All in all, in one move, Whitebeard shows that he is the strongest single character we have seen up to this point able to defend and attack from all positions.
|2009-07-28, 13:43
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Now that Whitebeard's Devil Fruit has been revealed. The question is how do you defeat it? Roger couldn't even defeat Whitebeard, but rather fought evenly with him. Which leads me to believe the inevitable, Blackbeard is the only one, since his Devil Fruit actually cancels out other Devil Fruits. Sengoku may be strong, but if he was able to take out Whitebeard, or even had a slight chance to do so, he would have.
Also... if Shanks and Rayleigh do appear, the World Government will be completely overwhelmed.
|2009-07-28, 13:57
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Here's my review:
Mini-story: Chopper escaping the natives wanting to eat him. I wonder what he'll do now?
Main Story: Whitebeard a DF user. Never saw this coming. And Akainu was about to reveal his powers only to have this chapter end for us. We may have to wait till next week to see what they are along with the full explanation on Doflamingo's powers.
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Not since the maiden flight of Challenger in 1983 has a space shuttle operated with just a four-man complement. This reduced crew size can accommodate the extra payload on STS-135, but the payload isn't the reason Atlantis is flying with the smallest crew in 28 years. That's just a bonus.
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CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Cole Hamels cradled the World Series MVP trophy in his hands that chilly October night in 2008.
He was the conquering hero of Philadelphia.
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Cole Hamels cradled the World Series MVP trophy in his hands that chilly October night in 2008.
He was the conquering hero of Philadelphia.
He almost single-handedly delivered the city its first championship since 1983, when the 76ers won the NBA title. But Hamels would continue to prove his worth in the coming years. He would make two National League All-Star teams and finish in the top 10 in NL Cy Young Award voting twice. He would be part of one of the greatest rotations in baseball history in 2011, when the Phillies won a franchise record 102 games.
He then signed a six-year, $144 million contract extension in July, proving monetarily he was one of the best pitchers in baseball.
But yet he had never started Opening Day until this year, which he'll do when he opens the Phillies' season Monday at 7:10 p.m. ET against the Braves at Turner Field.
"It really is [an honor]," he said. "A lot of great pitchers have had that honor, and to be one of them, it's something I will cherish. To be able to get your team off to the right start sets the tone for the entire season. It's something I'll be able to remember for a really long time. At the same time, I'm looking forward to the season. It's going to be a great season."
Hamels is one of the remaining core members of the '08 championship team. Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins and Carlos Ruiz are the others.
He is the youngest, at 29.
He said he signed his extension because he believes in the future of the organization, despite an 81-81 finish last year that left the Phillies out of the postseason for the first time since 2006. Still, Hamels does acknowledge the time to win with this group is narrowing.
"You don't want to see it, but you understand the game of baseball is a very small window," Hamels said. "And you have to do very well for that period of time that you have. So I think -- even though you don't want to hear it -- it's more or less just the knowledge that you have to give it everything you can while you can, because it's going to be taken away really fast and you don't want to regret anything.
"I think that's kind of the idea behind what we have to do. We have to perfect everything we can. We have to play as hard as we possibly can. Because it's going to disappear fast, and I don't want it to disappear. That's why I still signed here, because I firmly believe we have a great team and we can win the World Series. And the organization wants to see that and the fans want to see that. And I think that's the ingredients that you need to succeed, and we have to push the limits."
Hamels did not start Opening Day in 2009 because of an elbow injury. He did not start Opening Day each of the previous three seasons because Roy Halladay got the nod.
Halladay is cause for serious concern as the season starts. He hasn't looked anything close to the dominant pitcher he had been in the past.
That should put more pressure on Hamels to perform.
"I think all of us need to do that," he said. "I don't think it's necessarily the pitching staff. I think it's the 25 guys on the team have to, along with the coaches. We have to motivate each other. We have to stay positive no matter if one guy goes down. That's what was hard with last year -- we weren't able to push to our top limits, and I think that's what we have to do this year and I know we're capable of it. And I think we've realized that. When you take a step back, you know you can take a couple of steps forward, and I think that's what we're doing."
That is the hope. If Hamels leads the rotation, the Phillies certainly have a better chance of getting back to the postseason. But it will be difficult to usurp the Nationals, who finished with the best record in baseball last season.
"Very close," Hamels said, when asked if the Phillies were close to winning the World Series again. "But when the time comes and we have to step between the lines, we have to play the very best baseball we can for 173 games. We have to look at it that way. If we don't take that sort of approach, then we're selling ourselves short. That's the attitude that we're getting. You can feel it in the clubhouse. You can see the work ethic. This is something that we want to do. We want to win 173 games and that's what we going to play for."
He can get them off on the right foot Monday.
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PTC announced Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0, the next major release of its integrated 3D CAD/CAM/CAE software and a key component of the PTC Product Development System (PDS). Pro/ENGINEER, the world's first parametric CAD solution, delivers new capabilities to help customers eliminate traditional design barriers to achieve faster, more efficient and more innovative product development. Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0 is scheduled to be available during calendar Q4 FY2009.
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In today's complex environment, product development teams often face a number of barriers that can impact productivity. These include the difficulty of making design changes, the length of time to productivity, dealing with heterogeneous CAD data, working with a multitude of disconnected point solutions, and identifying resources and leveraging collective knowledge when needed. Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0 will offer new capabilities and over 330 enhancements that improve productivity, enrich the user experience and provide the freedom to design without barriers.
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The integration of all of these capabilities into Pro/ENGINEER will help to reduce errors, time and costs from using too many disparate/disconnected tools.
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I just returned from the 20th annual PTC/USER conference in Orlando, Florida as a sponsored guest of PTC. I was impressed with a number of the presentations on the company's new products and its evolving philosophy where social computing meets product development for what the company has termed Social Product Development. (See my new blog at
for a discussion of PTC's Social Product Development initiative).
We'll cover what's new with the various product lines (including Windchill, Mathcad, and Arbortext) over the next few weeks, but this time around I want to focus on what we learned about Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0. I actually learned quite a bit about what's coming in general conference sessions, a brief hands-on workshop, and a chat with Mike Campbell, PTC's senior vice president of product management of desktop products.
I had my first exposure to Pro/ENGINEER in 1994. On the one hand, I was impressed with what it could do, but on the other, I felt overwhelmed by the sheer number of options and the strict rules that you had to follow when designing anything. At that time, you were forced to adapt to the design tool, and not the other way around. I wondered if Pro/ENGINEER would ever become a truly usable design tool to the "common man." Now known as Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire, it certainly has had its ups and downs over the years. Though far from perfect, it has come a long way in terms of approachability and usability.
Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0, probably the takeaway theme for the release is productivity gains.
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"This may be a good sign for Microsoft: a little over a day after putting its new Surface RT tablet up for pre-order, the entry-level $499 version of the tablet has sold out. Its estimated shipping time has slipped from October 26, Windows 8's release date, to a more nebulous 'within three weeks'." We'll see. Wouldn't be the first time a company artificially keeps supply short to generate 'sold-out' hype.


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As we reported earlier this week, Apple is busy sending out cease and desist letters to small, defenceless projects to defend its trademark application (it doesn't actually own the trademark yet) for 'app store'. This has prompted many a discussion over the trademarkability of such a generic term, and over the origins of the abbreviation 'app'. Who came up with it? How old is it? To my surprise - the abbreviation is much older than you'd think, and in a way, it illustrates quite well the demise of the programmer. What? Read on.
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That entry dates back to the June 1990 version of the Jargon File [1]
The entry for "Killer App" (added to the Jargon file in July 1996 [2]) dates the usage of that term to the "mid 1980s"
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At the Parks & Recreations Commission meeting last night at Santa Monica city hall, Richard Mckinnon, of Santa Monica Spoke, and now on the parks commission, made a presentation on the idea of a semi-regular Ciclovia in Santa Monica (streets-wiki post for those less familiar with concept). The idea was very well received by the commission, and a few other members of Spoke, my self included, and some members of the public I had not met before, nearly all spoke in strong support. With unanimous agreement within the Parks & Recs commission a motion will be made for City Council consideration, which ultimately has the power to decide to move forward. Richard is pushing for a first run date of 10/10/10, which would certainly be an easy one to remember, and could put Santa Monica in a position to jump the date set for the larger scale one being planned in Los Angeles.
One of the funnier moments in what are usually very dry city meetings, a commissioner brought up the what if sceneiro if rain were to happen, and commissioner Phil Brock, a long time advocate of cycling on the commission, happened to know that on the 10th of October it has actually never rained in Santa Monica since the city was founded. Though on the odd chance it were too, I don't doubt people would still take to the streets for a fun time anyways.
So hopefully this can garner the support of the Council, and become a reality sooner than later. I'm sure that even under a relatively short notice for such an ambitious event, the number of people willing to volunteer time to make it happen and promote it, would guarantee a successful first run with high attendance.
Friday, July 16, 2010
A Santa Monica Ciclovia Takes A Step Closer To Reality
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