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Immigration reform stalled in Congress
CHICAGO — If the current standoff on immigration reform isn't the very model of Washington intractability, I don't know what is.
Let's understand the moment: President Barack Obama delayed the Department of Homeland Security's review to determine what the administration can do by way of executive action so that Republicans can have the space they need to pass their own reform package this summer, maybe.
This happened on the same day the news broke that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's re-election campaign had sent out mailers highlighting his role in "stopping the Obama-Reid plan to give illegal aliens amnesty."
Perhaps Obama's move is a brilliantly Manichaean strategy to ensure that, once the Republicans again fail to agree to any immigration reform that will douse Latino voter ire, he can swoop in with crowd-pleasing deferrals of his administration's historic rate of deportations. Or, maybe it's just plain stupid.
Recently I would have bet the Obama administration would soon be using the DHS review as a platform for announcing some expansive executive decision that would also, coincidentally, please his Latino and immigrant supporters. The increasingly hysterical prognostications that the Democrats are going to get buried in the upcoming midterm elections were gaining traction.
As recently as May 15, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson was on PBS' "NewsHour" assuring viewers that the controversial Secure Communities program — in which local law enforcement authorities work with federal immigration officials on removal cases — required a "fresh start" and he had "talked to a number of individuals, concerned groups about the potential for expanding the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program, revising our removal priorities."
But Johnson followed this with a firm, "And I would say that we have to be careful not to pre-empt Congress in certain areas. They are the lawmakers. Whatever we do in the executive branch, we have to do within the confines of existing law." This sounded like a disclaimer that things could still go either way.
Now it seems unavoidable that, ultimately, neither party will do anything to pass immigration reform.
If the disappointment expressed by avowed Obama acolytes is any indication, even a 180-degree turn from giving Republicans time to compromise — and pivoting to, for instance, suspending all deportation activity — will harm not only the president but all Democrats for some time to come.
The frustration palpable in the parade of exhausted and outraged statements that flowed out of some of the largest immigrant advocacy organizations was damning.
"The president says that he is giving House Republicans enough space to pass immigration reform in this session of Congress," says Lawrence Benito, CEO of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. "But for thousands of families who will be torn apart in the coming weeks, simply hoping House Republicans will act on immigration reform is nothing more than an empty promise."
"Dreamers," those young activists who might have been eligible for relief under the proposed Dream Act but then vowed to fight for deportation relief for all unlawfully present immigrants, were especially furious.
"It is a betrayal to say we're going to put your lives on hold and continue to risk you and your family and give space to Republicans who have yet to show up on this issue," Lorella Praeli, director of policy and advocacy with United We Dream, told BuzzFeed. "Both parties have played politics with our families for too long and any advocacy organization that is complicit with that has to be held accountable."
It would be simplistic to believe this tenuous and unsatisfying set of left-right strategic ploys could end up having a fully positive outcome for anyone.
A moderate Republican compromise on some of the thorniest immigration points — such as a wide-ranging legalization — would roil an already divided party and, worse, sow an even angrier brand of anti-immigrant rhetoric going into the 2016 elections. And an Obama deferred-action-for-everyone scheme will leave Latinos with the foul taste that comes with being used as political pawns.
And everyone else? They'll have justification for distrusting politicians and Washington even more.


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AVerMedia AVerTV Hybrid+FM PCI (A16D)
AVerMedia AverTV Hybrid+FM PCI A16D
No precompiled or source linux driver from the Driver download page
Avermedia offers two "Hybrid+FM PCI" cards that, unlike their names feature different tuner chipset;
- model A16AR has a good support in v4l and some bynary driver from Driver download page
- while model A16D has no support in v4l and Driver download page.
Looking on the card we can find:
- Philips SAA7135HL PCI Audio/Video Broadcast Decoder
- Xceive XC3018 Silicon Tuner
- Zarlink MT352 Digital Terrestrial TV Demodulator
It seem that the card is quite similar to the Cardbus version (E506R).
Analogue TV seems to work already, but without audio.
Remote can be enabled as well, but I am not able to let it work together with the tuner at the moment.
Installation with TV tuning support:
As for the (E506R) there's some experimental code in
$ hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/~mrechberger/v4l-dvb-kernel $ cd v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l $ make $ make install
Install firmware for the XC3028 as reported for the em2880
$ modprobe xc3028-tuner $ modprobe saa7134 card=104 alsa=1 tuner=71
Installation with IR Remote support:
get code from the master developement repository
$ hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb $ cd v4l-dvb/v4l $ make $ make install $ modprobe saa7134 card=85 alsa=1
(See the useful thread on (spanish) ubuntu forum.
Thanks to SunnyBUG, the autor of the original article "CARDBUS Hybrid TV FM (E506R)" from which most of this was taken.
Adding its own driver
I did many tests to get both TV and remote working, without success:
in saa7134-cards.c at the end of "saa7134_board saa7134_boards[]"
[SAA7134_BOARD_AVERMEDIA_A16D] = { .name = "AVerMedia Hybrid TV/Radio (A16D)", .audio_clock = 0x187de7, .tuner_type = TUNER_XCEIVE_XC3028, .radio_type = UNSET, .tuner_addr = 0x61, .radio_addr = ADDR_UNSET, .inputs = {{ .name = name_tv, .vmux = 1, .amux = TV, .tv = 1, },{ .name = name_svideo, .vmux = 8, .amux = LINE1, }}, .radio = { .name = name_radio, .amux = LINE1, }, },
in saa7134-cards.c near the end of "pci_device_id saa7134_pci_tbl[]"
},{ .vendor = PCI_VENDOR_ID_PHILIPS, .device = PCI_DEVICE_ID_PHILIPS_SAA7133, .subvendor = 0x1461, /* Avermedia Technologies Inc */ .subdevice = 0xf936, .driver_data = SAA7134_BOARD_AVERMEDIA_A16D,
in saa7134-cards.c in "saa7134_board_init1(struct saa7134_dev *dev)"
case SAA7134_BOARD_AVERMEDIA_A16D: /* enable remote */ dev->has_remote = SAA7134_REMOTE_GPIO; /* power-up tuner chip conflict with remote */ saa_andorl(SAA7134_GPIO_GPMODE0 >> 2, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff); saa_andorl(SAA7134_GPIO_GPSTATUS0 >> 2, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff); /* probably above values need tuning*/ msleep(1); break;
in saa7134-input.c in "saa7134_input_init1(struct saa7134_dev *dev)"
case SAA7134_BOARD_AVERMEDIA_A16D: case SAA7134_BOARD_AVERMEDIA_777: ir_codes = ir_codes_avermedia; mask_keycode = 0x02F200; mask_keydown = 0x000400; polling = 50; // ms saa_setl(SAA7134_GPIO_GPMODE0 >> 2, 0x100); saa_setl(SAA7134_GPIO_GPSTATUS0 >> 2, 0x100); break;
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Two students hospitalized, struck by SUV
Two Port Arthur ISD students crossing the road while walking to school were struck by an SUV Thursday morning, Jan. 30.
Around 7:45 a.m. PAPD officers were dispatched to 1300 Freeman Ave. in reference to an auto-pedestrian accident involving two Abraham Middle School students who were struck by an SUV in front of Washington Middle School, at the corner of 12th Street and Freeman Avenue.
The driver of the SUV was driving the wrong way on a one-way street, and claimed the sun was in her eyes, according to a PAPD press release.
One of the students was transported to Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth Hospital and the second was taken to Christus Hospital St. Mary. Both are recovering from non-life threatening injuries and the driver was cited for multiple offenses, the PAPD press release stated.


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Postby open roader » Wed Feb 06, 2013 10:04 pm
I'd never stretch tubulars on anything other than a tubular rim , however, it indeed may well be possible to snap them over a clincher rim - too easy to inexpensively purchase an old pair oftrack tubular wheels for the purpose from fleaBay or other online auction sites.
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Postby scotto » Thu Feb 07, 2013 7:53 am
jacks1071 wrote:Unless you've got forearms like popeye, you're going to do a much better glue job by pre-stretching them.
this freak needs to pre stretch his tyres a lot. Would probably would have trouble opening the packet !!
these guys just have to look at the tubular and it just surrenders
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Contis maybe, Vittorias, I don't think so.jacks1071 wrote:Unless you've got forearms like popeye, you're going to do a much better glue job by pre-stretching them.
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Not so easy!
Postby SenorP » Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:07 pm
First, there are conflicting instructions on how to glue the tyres on.
Vittoria mastik tin just say slam some glue on rim and tyre, wait a bit, put some more on mount the tyres and leave them 24 hours.
Vittoria tyre instructions say 2 to 3 layers of glue, 24 hours between, then a thin layer on rim, mount and wait 24 hours.
I erred on the side of caution which means I'll probably never get them off!
The instructions and videos fail to mention that it's nearly impossible to get the last bit of tyre over the rim without touching the rim...which has uncured glue on it....
It's also a lot harder to get the tyre aligned than all the clever experienced guys on You Tube. It seems you need a fair bit of pressure to make the tub behave. Too little and it winks at you sideways and ends up off centre. Too much and you can't shift it.
Under the heading of "Things I wish I'd known before!"
Dealing with punctures. "Carry a small bottle of sealant," they say. Then when you have a puncture, unscrew the valve and squirt some sealant in, spin the wheel, hit it with the greenhouse gas and ride on.
Er.... The new red valve Vittoria tubs do not have a removable core - the whole valve stem unscrews from a little stub on the tub. A little stub which is now hidden deep behind the rim where I can't get at it to add sealant. I should have added sealant BEFORE I mounted the tyre.
So when the pppssspuncture happens I'll have to resort to replacing the tub with a spare. If I can get the frickkatting tyre off. Or I suppose use 'Pitstop' which is reputed to be only 50% effective.
I did leave 4 cms of unglued tyre opposite the rim, so I'll be able to get a star post in there are lever it off. I hope.
I'll either get used to all this, or in a short time there will be a nice pair of Zeros on EBay! No one said I'd need to tow a trailer with spare tub, tool kit pro mechanic and laundry facilities.
They'd better ride well - tomorrow's the day when the glue has cured and we'll see.
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Things must have changed big time between then and now.
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Re: Stretching tubulars
Postby open roader » Sat Feb 09, 2013 9:15 pm
I erred on the side of caution which means I'll probably never get them off!
You won't have difficulty getting the tyre off the rim if it's only 3-4 years old. I recently removed a pair of 8 year old glued perished tyres from a pair of wheels I'd purchased - the old glue was very hard and tight and ripped the cloth backer off the tyres when pulled with force. Peeling off a 4 year old tyre with a much heavier glue volume was a snap in comparison......
Getting glue on the rim/brake track irks me a tad too but after gluing up my 3rd pair I resort to adding a few strips of masking tape opposite the valve to cover this inevitablity.
This is your first attempt, just keep the tips and tricks in the forefront of your mind when you glue up your next set, it does become easier with pratice. I enjoy gluing tubulars, it's one thing I can be slow at and yet do a top shelf job of it at the same time.
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Postby ironhanglider » Sat Feb 09, 2013 9:41 pm
foo on patrol wrote:Never ever stretched them and quite often raced on them the same day I glued them on, without any problems.
Things must have changed big time between then and now.
Ahh the days of Clement Red glue, more pressure is better, and not wasting too much glue, or glueing between every other set of spokes when mounting so that you can get the tyre off more easily.
In these modern scientific times good enough is no longer good enough. In the pursuit of better mechanical performance (and an irrational fear of rolling a tyre) we want maximum adhesion rather than what will probably do. Glueing for novices is portrayed as some black art and best done by a 'professional' who charges for the privilege. It is in their interest to make the job sound complex so they can charge more for it. My experience of the modern theory is that it can be mighty hard to remove a well glued tyre without levers, bleeding thumbs and all. It certainly removes any doubt in the corners.
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Postby foo on patrol » Sun Feb 10, 2013 6:06 am
Put the wind up my sails a bit before I did my first glue on but after the first time, I thought, well that wasn't so hard. I also repaired and restitched them
myself, couldn't see the point in paying someone else to do it.
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|View Poll Results: Utawarerumono Total Series Rating
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|9 out of 10 : Excellent
|8 out of 10 : Very Good
|7 out of 10 : Good
|6 out of 10 : Average
|5 out of 10 : Below Average
|4 out of 10 : Poor
|3 out of 10 : Bad
|2 out of 10 : Very Bad
|1 out of 10 : Painful
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|2007-04-05, 17:23
|Link #41
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Age: 30
I thought the series started out quite solid, but fizzled somewhat towards the end. Indeed, the plot was rather confusing towards the end.
What really disappointed me about the series were the villains. Seriously, I couldn't find any villain that I really liked at all, which is a huge turn-off for me for any show about martial conflict. Niwe's laugh was pretty interesting, but that's about it. The conflict pretty much failed to captivate me.
I did, however, like the portray and development of the protagonists. I particularly liked Touka and Genjimaru. The war tactic scenes were really enjoyable (like episode 9), although the generic soldiers fighting was pretty boring. All in all, it was an entertaining series, but probably wouldn't be too high up on my list of favorites or anything.
Although the Uta-warriors mini-game was very enjoyable. ^_^
|2007-09-23, 00:14
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I finished this about a month ago. Two things, at least, stand out:
2) Hakuoro has the best harem ever.
Overall enjoyment: B
Character appeal: A
Music: B+
Animation: B
Staff: B-
I swear I listen to that opening song at least a few times per day...
|2007-11-28, 21:30
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I gave the series a perfect 10/10. It was truly enjoyable, and I haven't enjoyed a series this good in a while.
Favorite character for me is easily Aruruu. I love how she speaks. She's so cute, but not in the sickeningly cute way like in other anime's I've seen.
|2008-03-18, 19:16
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I like the series. Although the science and Godzilla imo, was turned me off.
Well, the characters and the storyline was good. If there's a season 2. Definitely I'll watch it. Touka was my favorite character on the show.
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recently rewatching it, it really a nice anim. get 10 from me. Never play the game before, but from the anime itself already very good.
I like Eruruu because such a kind girl(hard to find), cute somemore . 2nd character was Aruruu, because she was cute.
and then the last part was touching(sad), make me sad for few day when the 1st time watch, this 2nd time again, feel the same.
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That would be Subaru from Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha.
On topic, I loved this series from start to finish, there were downsides, like the hits it took in the animation department at times which irked me, and sudden plot revelations that were abandoned just as easilly, but overall this was a great show to watch.
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I know this is a dead thread pretty much, but I just finished the show and was inspired to really think about it after reading Zaris's post. Another friend and I were talking about it, so I collected my thoughts hitting upon much of what Zaris said but also my own take on the show.
First, let me say, in the past Ive had very high expectations of animes based on games because the games were so good stuff like Final Fantasy Unlimited, Star Ocean Ex, Chronotrigger, and Xenosaga and was overall sorely disappointed in terms of story, animation, and a general job well done. Usually theres too many characters and too much plot for too little space. Utawarerumono is too plagued by these problems, but manages to salvage a decent story overall and fair character development. In many ways, Utawarrumono could have used more space and cut some filler and been a much tighter and better story.
Plot General
One of the things I really liked about the show was how the interwove the stories together some. It is hard to tell where Oboros story ends and Benawi/Korous starts, the same true with Niwe and Touka or Kuuyas and Karuras. This makes the next story arc seem less like a randomly adventure after random adventure and more coherent. My biggest complaint was Karuras story isnt very related to the rest of the plot. In fact the only lasting thing I think that comes out of it is, is a clue for Eruruus character. The other thing I am sitting on the fence about was the almost obsession of not making this an original world but rather a post apocalyptic earth, and of course mecha. While I dont know if I would have gone that route if I had been a writer, I will accept it grudgingly without further comment.
The show pulls no punches. Several semi-main characters die or are rendered mindless from the trauma. Unlike a show like Full Metal Alchemist, I feel the deaths are done better and are for a reason, rather than random killings. While that may make it less realistic, it makes it more of a work of art, in my opinion.
Hakuoro is an interesting character despite is cliché not remembering amnesia. I still like how he is not the best warrior, but the best tactician. This makes him really stand out in anime most leads are more like Oboro--young and wanting to be the best fighter, not the best leader. Time and time again, Hakuoro agonizes over his decisions, showing he has wisdom. In the beginning he even tells Benawi, that he feels hell go to hell for his rebellion--this is a very ancient idea of the Will of the Heaven, against the divine order of the world (in the Chinese novels/games Romance of Three Kingdoms this is mentioned often) He also has regrets and even nightmares after he kills Niwes death. He doubts himself constantly, if he is the best person to lead the kingdom and is willing to forfeit his own life on several occasions if he feels the kingdom will come off better for it.
While noble, hes not perfect though. When he makes mistakes, his friends and countrymen die. When he rashly attacks Toukas country after several villages and messengers being razed and killed, he ends up losing many more men in a needless and pointless battle. It gets more personal too. The Eruruus village was wiped out and he couldnt prevent it all he could do was drink afterwards and might have fallen into a vicious cycle of depression if not saved by Eruruu. He couldnt save Kuuya despite his best efforts. Probably even worse to him emotionally, was his lack of power to protect Aruruu when she faced off against the nutcase Hauenkua--this very well might have been one of the most climatic scenes of the show--Ill cover it in depth later.
The thing I like about him most, is he is a dynamic character. Each encounter he has, he becomes a bit wiser and handles things in the future better. Its not the normal, hero gains a new power which is critical to win his next challenge scenario which is all too common and boring. In order to explain this growth though, Ill have to first explain another character
Eruruu like Hakuoro seems very generic at first--healer, kind, in love with the male lead from the very opening scenes, and loyal to the point of almost being subservient to his ever whim. I am aware this is a feudal story and that would be the norm, however, my mind rails against it to a degree as a boring character--however, I was mistaken from my initial impressions--she does make her own choices.
She is respected so much by Hakuoro he places many important decisions in her hands Nuwangis fate, Hakuoro takes her side against Oboro when deciding Karuras fate, or when he is troubled over whether or not he is Rak Shine, she forces him to rest against his first judgment, and so forth. She isnt merely a yes-woman but rather a deciding force. In fact, she often acts like Hakuoros guide, as if she was a tiny angel sitting on his shoulder. It is her that presses him to grow. When he is doubting who he is over the Rak Shine business, it is her that comforts him and says Hakuoro is Hakuoro. Cliché and simple but very effective in saying, it doesnt matter about your past, but rather who you are. The same was true with how she saved him from drinking after the destruction of their village.
This isnt a one sided influence though. He wields great influence over her as well. Theres no clearer point when Eruruu is making the hangover tonic for Oboro and he praises her on how skilled shes become. While her words dont say much, it is obviously from looking at her ears and rapid movements of her tail and hands, she is thrilled beyond belief.
Oboro is unique among the minor characters in that he develops the most. He starts off again like a main character in most shows--powerful and with the desire to grow stronger in martial combat. Throughout the beginning of the show he has many qualities but the one the sticks out the most is the fact he is a loose cannon. He puts emotion before logic and reason and gets himself and his allies into all kinds of trouble. As the series goes on, he reluctantly is willing to be more precise and cunning and less and less easily swayed by emotion. The ending is a perfect capstone to his growth he realizes that he is not the best candidate for leader, while his previous ego would have not allowed him to step down. So he declines the position in favor of his rival.
Of Kamyu, Aruruu, Genjimaru, Karura, Dori and Gura, Urutori, Benawi, Tuskuru/Teoro, Sakuya, Touka, Yuzuha, and Kurou, most of this characters are only developed when the plots requires them to change and not a bit more. Most of these characters change in subtle ways if at all. Take Kurou for example, throughout the show is stubbornly loyal to Benawi and his country, and enjoys fighting. However, even he changes a tiny bit when Teoro dies and doesnt want to announce it in front of the sisters. Touka is the overprotective, noble samurai warrior and the only thing I can gather about her personal character is she likes cute things Aruruus second pet or the doll from the omake episodes. Yes, some of the characters change during their story lines, like Toukas choice to change sides, but after that point her character growth stops--compared to Orobo who changes and there isnt a reason for it in the plot line, but rather it is showing growth of character. While Aruruu is a static character after her initial entrance, I am giving her special attention simply because she acts like a child, while most anime characters of her age would not.
The villains as a group I feel they were poorly done. Inkara and his brother are the same character, both indulgent and idiotic rulers, Nuwangi, Niew, Suwonkas, and Hauenkua are all psychopaths, especially the later three, and Dii is the cold manipulator. None of them are realistic at all, none invoke any empathy. Hein receives a very small amount since he at least tries to follow a code of honor. Kuuya is the truly tragic villain, but even she makes her own decisions.
I think the villain is easily as important as a hero. While I wouldnt have liked one to completely overshadow the entire show, I think the problem is none of them are developed quite enough to make us care or really understand them? Why is Hauenkua a reject from the mad pilots of Gundam or why is Suwonkas so obsessed with Karura. We just dont know or really care. A good villain has reasons for doing what he does. A great villain makes us agree with them, even if only a little. Rarely are people clear cut in life as good or evil.
Aruruus death.
Aruruu being struck down is overwhelming touching and dramatic. I could sense it was going to happen because Hakuoro tells her twice in a short span to fall back. There was just something about the scene that held me spellbound with each pass I knew it was going to happen, but I didnt know when it was going to happen. I couldnt help but flinch when she got knocked off her tiger. I am pretty sure Freewind heard me grasp from across the room. It didnt register that they could kill off the cute, innocent mascot almost--Full Metal Alchemist did that, but shed only been around two episodes, while Aruruu was a main character.. When he sister raced to her side, I kept telling myself she was going to be ok. And then Eruruu announced she was dead. Ive never felt so empathic towards Hakuoro in wanting to demand the blood of another character. The following scene of Haunkuas mecha being torn to rubble was immensely satisfying. It is rare for an anime to really emotionally tug at the heartstrings of the viewer like that.
And then she is ok again. What gives? Did that just cheapen the intensity of the scene? Wont their be long terms effects on Aruruu after such a horrible event? Like Hakuoro we are surprised to seen such a tranquil scene of her playing in the courtyard with Mukuru, without a care in the world. This is repeated at the end of episode 22 and then again in 23, with Aruruu playing in the laundry. Also in both, we clearly do see Eruruu is much more troubled because of the pact.
The Pact
Eruruus pact actually has one extremely interesting consequence. Is she in love with Hakuoro because of the pact and is nothing more than a puppet or does she have freewill? This is an almost quasi-religious question, should humans love God merely because God wills it or do we really have a choice? Is love by obligation less meaningful than that of choice? Can she even tell the difference?
This is an interesting junction because it makes Eruruu question her feelings for Hakuoro. Most anime is filled with characters that plow ahead with their love, without any doubt except caused by situations or characters. In fact, in no other show Ive seen to date, save Cardcaptor Sakura, does a character doubt their feelings for the potential other. In reality, I know I have in the past, and this gives it a touch of realism. Thankfully Urutori is wise enough to say guide Eruruu with her feelings.
And we know Eruruu has feelings for him, that are genuine. After all, very early in the series, she visible deflates when she is introduced to Urutori as like a sister after the later suggests she might be a queen. Urutori, Karura, and Yuzuha all realize it and talk to her about it in their own ways With the business of Rak Shine and Hakuoro drinking to escape his guilt, she tells him no matter what he has done, shell always be near him.
Theres lots of little things (this could be said of Eruruu as well), but when Hakuoro uses the medicine to put her to sleep after the destruction of their village, he is doing so compassionately, in such a way that I cant see it as being anything else but love, especially when they follow up the scene with him watching her sleep, covering her up in a blanket, and then holding her hand. Towards the end, after the pact is revealed, he admits that he couldnt live without her, that it was her holding his heart together. And that he wants her to remain with him always--again I like her doubt here, because it makes it seem realistic. During the flashback scene about the Iceman, he mistakes Eruruu mistaken for Mikoto, the vertigo effects breaking the flashback shows Mikoto change to Eruruu, and finally in the last episode realizes the connection, to a past love--almost a soul mate, reincarnation type of thing. And of course they kiss sealing the deal, because she forces it to happen. To me that makes the conclusion of the series apparent.
Like most love stories, it is hard to pin down a single defining moment. The critical scene for me is in episode 13...the very middle of the series. Like many scenes, Eruruu is supporting Hakuoro while he is drinking after losing so many friends and wondering who he is, and Eruruu says that Hakuoro is Hakuoro and then touches his hand. Perhaps the drink, lowered his moral threshold and he actually held her hand back and embraced her. She was startled and pulled away, only to return in a more peaceful embrace. Thats the clearest sign they love each other, but of course theres a lot of dancing around the F word.
Yes the F word family. It is a way of explaining their closeness without making the other uncomfortable. In short it is an excuse. (Speaking of which, Ill fight tooth and nail any claim of incest, simply because theres no proof of it we dont know how many generations have paced from the time of the Icemen to the present. Wed assume quite a few since there are tribes of people and the genetic diversity issue is a non issue from that distance--otherwise you could claim everyone is related to well everyone.)
Hakuoro is Hakuoro
But anyway, the reason I thought that scene was so important was because it touches not only upon physical intimacy but the Hakuoro is Hakuoro idea. Most heroes without a memory are obsessed with recovering it and Hakuoro was beginning to fall into that trap because he felt that he didnt know who he was and could be an evil person--very fitting a masked man--it is like he had covered up his previous identity. The symbolism beats us again later over the head with Eruruus choice to save the old ruins in the capital is likewise interesting. She proves to Hakuoro, that there can be new growth of ashen, burnt soil. This is clearly a metaphor for Hakoro himself. The past of the city and for him neither are important. What does matter is who he is now and if he has the resolve to push free of past that holds him down. And he does find new growth. Again Eruruu services as his guardian angel, helping him find his way--much like a lighthouse for his dark soul.
These are a taste of the lessons that one can take away and actually live a better life knowing. Yes, they are nothing new to most people. But sometimes we need reminders to refresh and inspire us. And that is what art, yes art, like Utawareumono does and why I enjoy it so much.
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Ok i really love this show but the ending drop it from a 10/10 to a 9/10. The ending was inconsistent with the whole show. I guess the ending did connect and made some sense of what was going on but it was way out there compare to the mood and context of the whole series.
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I didnt quite get the "someday i'll be back" at the end... isnt he going to be sealed forever unlike before? Then why did he say that and if im not wrong, at the end when eruru turns back and smiles means she sees him?
Btw... the reason Aruru calls him dad is because she somehow knew who he was?
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Maybe it is because he cant mantain his evil side controlled for a long period after awakening.... that is why the awakening cycles.... I feel bad for Eruru since it seems as if Hakuoro did nothing but keep harming her.
All he does is pop from nowhere when ever he wants and causes a world disaster between his evil and good sides, have some girl fall for him and then leaves when he gets bored. >.<
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Hmmm I saw things differently I suppose. Something I read somewhere suggested, that Hakuoro the man was the vessel for the primal deity. When he raged after they killed Mikoto so so cruelly he split into two halves...a good ie Hakuoro and evil side ie Dii. The impression I received was that the two sides of the primal deity were imprisoned at the end, and the man that originally combined with the deity could eventually be set free.
The only thing that confused me was if the deity could resurrection Aruruu, then why didn't he do so for Mikoto as well? I pondered it quite a bit and the only thing I could think of was perhaps he couldn't at the time and eventually acquired the power.
I disagree with Incube's viewpoint that all he did was harm her though. The events with Nuwangi I think would have happened without his presence eventually I think, and he did try to protect the village and comfort her after it was destroyed. And it was obvious that he cared about her quite a bit from the various scenes, which I illustrated in one of my posts above or could be seen in Zaris's earlier post. I could go into great detail if you like...
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I was actually rewatching the series with a friend and he pointed something out that I'd missed on the first watching. It isn't until Mutikapa dies, that we first see Mukuru and the story line refers to the tiger as a servant of the gods. My friend suggested their could only be one at a time...that's why there isn't a second tiger mate for Mutikapa or anything and why Mukuru isn't around. It's like almost as if he is a phoenix and reborn after death.
Anyone, that knows more about the canon than I, able to confirm or deny such speculation?
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Just watched the series literally just finished it like 10 minutes ago, God I loved this anime so much. 20 - 26 were my favorites finally the love shows and if im not mistaken its considered incest right??? anyways back on topic loved the Erurru girls in this anime hawt ^.^. Story was really good it was like it seemed like a bunch of the fights would just fly by and they didn't make Oboro really that strong when it seems that he should of surpassed most of them. plus sounds lil gay but couldn't stop crying at middleish when Hakuoro was saying his good byes to dang touching x.x.
but yea totally recommend this for people now
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WHITTINGHAM, Vt. – The Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC) named its players of the week for September 5 and Gallaudet University was well represented as junior wide receiver Ryne Worsham (Chicago, Ill.) and sophomore defensive end Adham Talaat (Springfield, Va.) were named the Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, respectively. The two awards are the first from the ECFC for Gallaudet this season. GU had four ECFC Player of the Week award winners last season.
The pair had a hand in keeping the Bison (0-1) in the home opening 28-27 overtime loss to Otterbein University at Hotchkiss Field last Saturday.
Worsham had a career game for Gallaudet as he hauled in seven passes for a career-best 155 yards and two touchdowns in a thrilling 28-27 overtime loss to Otterbein at home. Worsham caught a 9-yard pass on fourth down in overtime to give the Bison a shot to win the game. He had game long 44-yard reception in the loss. He also scored on an 11-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter.
Talaat made a game saving block as Otterbein lined up to attempt a game-winning 32-yard field goal with three seconds left in regulation. The 6-foot-6 Talaat busted through the line and swatted the kick attempt away as time expired to send the game to overtime. In the game, Talaat made five tackles, 2.5 tackles for a loss of 13 yards and 1.5 sacks for 10 yards lost. He also had one quarterback hurry, as he was a constant threat in the Cardinal backfield.
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Oak Ridge Intermediate fifth graders use technology to communication with a school in Connecticut for a critical thinking assignment. photos by spree Hilliard/Lake Sun
Fifth grade students at Oak Ridge Intermediate in Camdenton skyped with a class in Conneticut, but there was one catch — neither class knew where the other class was from. That's why they call their Skype session a 'mystery Skype.' After asking yes and no questions, the classes attempted to guess where each other were from.
Students were assigned to different roles for the Skype — an Internet video chat tool — session. Two data collectors and two researchers were positioned in the middle of the room with the other students gathered around tables on either side of those students. The main Skype computer was at the front of the room with the other class on video was projected on the smart board for all to see.
Each grouping of students had a map and two laptops for researching.
To an observer's eye, the scene looked somewhat like organized chaos. In reality, the students were talking amongst themselves and frantically researching to find answers.
The Camdenton students began asking questions starting with, "Are you located north of the Equator?"
The other students quickly answered, "yes."
Then it was the other school's turn, "Are you located in North America?"
A Camdenton student answered, "yes."
The questions went on in a similar fashion. Camdenton students asked if their counterparts' state bordered an ocean, was west of the Mississippi River and if the first letter of their state's name began with a letter ranging from A to M.
Students from the other school asked the Laker students if they were in the Mountain time zone and if they were north of 40 degrees latitude.
Then began somewhat of a guessing game.
"Are you in Georgia?" asked the other school.
"No," replied a Camdenton student.
"Are you in Texas?"
"Are you in Arkansas?"
Then it happened.
"Are you in Missouri?"
The Camdenton students also tried to guess the other class' state. They asked if they were in New York, Delaware, Georgia, Maine and Maryland until they figured it out — Connecticut.
The game was not quite over yet. They had each figured out which state the other class was in but now for the hard part — which town was the class in?
The Connecticut class asked if the students were located north of Jefferson City in which they replied, "No."
The class began making guesses. Springfield, Macon, Rolla and Union were all options.
Camdenton students asked if the other class was at least an hour from Hartford, Conn. — Connecticut's capitol.
They answered, "About an hour. It depends on traffic."
The Laker students asked other specifics such as if the Connecticut town was north of Highway 91 and if they lived close to the ocean their state borders.
When the classes were about to run out of time, they decided to give each other hints.
"We are from the southern part of Connecticut," the class stated.
"We are close to a body of water," Camdenton students replied.
After two more incorrect guesses, the schools decided to reveal their locations.
The other participating school was from Mystic, Connecticut and had been involved in eight other Skype sessions like this one.
For Kristin Eidson's fifth grade class, this was their first time to participate in a mystery Skype.
"I could not be more proud of your effort today," Tabitha Thompson, Oak Ridge's Media Specialist, said.
After finishing the exercise, the students shared what they enjoyed most about the mystery Skype.
Some enjoyed getting to learn about different parts of the country, getting to talk to other students so far away, meeting new people and working together as a team and getting to see how excited the entire class was about this project.
Thompson agreed and said, "You were all so excited about learning."
Thompson was beaming with pride when explaining why she chose to participate in a mystery Skype with her students.
"I wanted to do this just because it really helps kids with collaborating and critical thinking," Thompson said. "Everybody felt like what they were doing is important."
The mystery Skype is one way that technology is being implemented into classrooms across the country.
"I think technology is a tool we can truly change teaching with," Thompson added.
This was the second class in Camdenton to participate in a mystery skype. Thompson has several more skype sessions set up. She even hopes to Skype with a class in a different county in the near future.


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Stupid Costly Patent Nuclear War By Microsoft & Apple Against Android Averted
from the stupid-this-had-to-happen-in-the-first-place dept
Last year, Rockstar launched its massive patent attack on Android, suing basically all the major Android phone makers and Google. While some have argued that big company v. big company patent attacks aren't a form of patent trolling, some of us disagree. This, like most patent trolling, is just trying to extract money from companies and has nothing to do with actual innovation. In the tech world, some have referred to this kind of thing as "privateering" in which a big company puts the patents into a shell company to hide their trolling activity.
Either way, it appears that a settlement of sorts has been reached, with Rockstar Consortium agreeing to sell its patents to RPX (with Google and Cisco picking up much of the bill). RPX is sort of the "good version of Intellectual Ventures." It's a company that collects a bunch of patents with the goal of using those patents for member companies for defensive purposes. Even though RPX has generally been "good," the business model basically lives because of patent trolling. Its very existence is because of all the patent trolling and abuse out there. In this case, though, it's making sure that basically anyone can license these patents under FRAND (fair and reasonable, non-discriminatory) rates. The price being paid is approximately $900 million. While that article points out that this is considerably less than the $4.5 billion Microsoft and Apple paid originally, again, this is only 4,000 of the 6,000 patents, and you have to assume the 2,000 the other companies kept were the really valuable patents.
In short, this is basically Google and Cisco (with some help from a few others) licensing these patents to stop the majority of the lawsuits -- while also making sure that others can pay in as well should they feel threatened. Of course, Microsoft, Apple and the others still have control over the really good patents they kept for themselves, rather than give to Rockstar. And the whole thing does nothing for innovation other than shift around some money.
Cisco's Mark Chandler celebrated the deal as a "common sense" solution. And, it certainly beats all out patent litigation war. But it's still just about moving money around, rather than encouraging innovation. He notes that in settling this as a group, it helps keep things from getting totally out of control:
While we have no quarrel with companies using their patents to stop the copying of differentiating features without permission... the driving up of patent valuations as each side in the war sought to bulk up for battle ended up serving no one other than lawyers and middlemen.In the end, this is a better solution than years of legal battles. Making this offering open to others (at least for a limited time) is also a better result than might otherwise have been achieved. But it still shows how patents are abused and misused to shake down companies, rather than for any legitimate purpose. And, as Chandler also notes, the real issue still has to come down to fixing the broken patent system:
What is most critical, however, is changing the law to level the playing field and restore a patent system that rewards innovation, not litigation gamesmanship. The chance will come later this spring to enact meaningful patent reform. We will be there as advocates, and hope you will be too.


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Poll question: Have you Blocked FOX NEWS on your television? Updated at 3:59 PM
Edited on Sat Apr-17-10 04:34 PM by AnArmyVeteran
I have a satellite company and I'm being fed 200 channels. I used my DVR's filter to block Fox News from even being seen. I don't even want to scan through the programming guide and see the names Beck, Hannity, OReilly or Fox anywhere on my television. And I don't want to accidently tune into one of their programs because it would add to their viewership numbers and therefore enable them to make more money.
Has anyone else blocked Fox News?
Side story: Any time I go to a restaurant or store and Fox News is on I ask them politely to change the channel. Or I leave a note on the receipt saying I will never return to their store/restaurant if they continue to leave their televisions on Fox. I've been doing this for at least five years. The last time I went to a store where Fox was on I complained and the next day their televisions were on a sports channel instead. I think it's a good idea for all of us to protest and to stop Fox from polluting the public discourse with their distorted and dishonest programming.
Poll result (81 votes)
Yes, I proudly blocked Fox News from entering my home... (30 votes, 37%)
No... (51 votes, 63%)
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demtenjeep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-17-10 04:32 PM
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1. no, I have sense to use the remote. Additionally
I occasionally like to watch the dumbasses in action. Kind of a train wreck mentality I guessxultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-17-10 05:16 PM
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30. -1 I find your "I have sense to use the remote." statement to be total BULLSHIT and INSULTING
What makes it bullshit? Well People who think they are superior to others often make statement such as this to make themselves feel better about themselves.
Blocking Faux is more of a statement than anything else.
What makes it insulting is that while telling others who block it they are idiots because they can't use the remote you admit to occasionally watching their bullshit. From my perspective someone who would watch their bullshit shouldn't tell anyone whether they have sense or not.
I personally think that everyone who uses that, "I have sense to or not to" really lacks the sense to know they look like idiots when suing the statement.Tunkamerica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-17-10 05:26 PM
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35. -1 I find your characterization of the previous poster's ability to
use a remote and watch differing opinions without losing his grip on reality as "bullshit"... and "insulting" as a totally overblown reaction to an innocuous statement of fact. Whereas flying off the handle and cursing and calling people "idiots" for stating opinions is obviously more judgemental than the statement you're judging.BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-17-10 05:32 PM
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38. Confirming I know how to use my remote too.hughee99 (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-17-10 06:29 PM
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45. So those who don't block Fox on their own TV make the statement
that they didn't block it because this makes them feel better about themselves... and people who do block it make that statement because it makes them feel better about themselves. What's the difference? From my perspective, someone who has to block a channel on their own TV to avoid watching, and then brags about doing it, probably shouldn't be telling someone else whether they have sense or not. Personally, I find the whole "I'm going stop doing something I don't like to do anyway, in protest" a little silly to begin with.The Gunslinger (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-17-10 06:41 PM
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46. No, but it has never been on for 1 second,
What weak feeble egoes they must have.
God forbide if they see something that doesn't match up with the drama playing their headsCU's Paranormal Expert.
Keep your powder dry, your sword sharp and your wits intact.
This is why I try to resist clicking on these DU monitoring threads; I just get even more pissed off. Do these jackasses over there not watch MSNBC, CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC... and see the utter hypocrisy of this coprophagist?"The efforts of the government alone will never be enough. In the end the people must choose and the people must help themselves" ~ JFK; from his famous inauguration speech (What Democrats sounded like before today's neo-Liberals hijacked that party)
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Wrong answer gets the member banned. We've seen this before.Liberals! The real fascists.
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In hockey, it means you have to sit in the penalty box for five minutes.
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I watch a bit of most of the news channels, including Fox, CNN and MSNBC.
I also read a diverse sample of political thought from National Review to The Nation.
I guess these zealots at DU never thought of that.Hey careful man! There's a beverage here!
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OMG, OMG!!! I just heard that FOX NEWS believes the earth is round. What total idiots they are. I'm blocking them immediately and will allow only the flat earther stations like ABC,CBS,NBC aand MSNBC from now on.
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Next thing you know they'll be telling us that OMG is not a word. Jeez.
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04-18-2010, 02:41 PMBlocking Faux is more of a statement than anything else.
As was said above, I never block anything. I'll flip on MSNBC or CNN occasionally, depending on the particular news that's going on. In all honesty, I don't really watch that much cable news period.
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SuitJunky - Tailored Addiction!
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Colours: Designers have flexibility to use any colour palette, or can use the colours used on the existing page.
Existing page: For identifying components only. The only things we like about this design include the Top bar (login area) and the use of icons on the right. Don't like background.
As minimum, we require:
(1) New background image, design or texture;
(2) New main image (guy in smoky den or whatever);
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(4) Some icons and other small "flourishes" to scatter through the site.
Our Target Audience is 18-35 year old males with an interest in fashion and suits.
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-Anthropologie (http://www.anthropologie.com) nice subtle touches that go together nicely – particularly the scruffy bordering around the images.
-Spicebox (http://www.parliamentdesign.com/spicebox/) – great little touches such as the shadows giving the objects on the page and added dimension, and the general feel is of a site that has been lovingly put together.
-Habitat (http://www.habitatshoes.com/mens) clean simple design with subtle stylish flourishes such as the hand-drawn lines and titles.
-Rock Pillars (http://www.rockpillars.cz/) interesting use of the chalk/mountainous borders – although perhaps the roughed edges around the images is a little over-done.
New site theme to be based on:
"William S. Burroughs and Hunter S Thompson; true junkies: writing and other creative activities, SMOKY DENS, Beat, hallucinations, Morocco".
The designer should at least be familiar with the works Naked Lunch and Fear and Loathing for direction on the style of graphics to be used.
Apart from the general nav/login/footers/shopping bag/search, the following main components must also appear:
1.Main image/promotional area
2.Generic graphical banner area for displaying relevant information
3.'Easy as 1,2,3' banner that explains the process
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Faculty survey shows substantial unhappiness with University President George Ross
There is a continued dissatisfaction from faculty about the job performance of University President George Ross following the tumultuous 2011-12 academic year.
According to documents obtained by Central Michigan Life, votes tallied by the Faculty Association for Ross' comprehensive review by the Board of Trustees show a general unhappiness with Ross' leadership.
The review was headed by trustees Brian Fannon, John Hurd and Marilyn French Hubbard.
During the review process, leaders through the campus and Mount Pleasant community were interviewed. FA President Laura Frey; Tim Connors, professor of communication and dramatic arts; and Joshua Smith, associate professor of philosophy and religion and FA president-elect, were selected to take part in the interview process on Nov. 13.
A survey was distributed for FA members to fill out in mid-November, asking 37 questions to 617 members about their thoughts on Ross' job performance and nearly every category had a negative answer. A total of 245 FA members responded, for a total of a 39.7 percent response rate.
One question asked members to evaluate Ross' effectiveness on a five-point scale, with five being the best. One-hundred and ninety-one faculty members rated Ross a two or one, while only 47 voted Ross a three or higher.
Another question asked FA members if they favored Ross continuing as University President. In response, 184 of the 236 votes 'disagreed' or 'strongly disagreed' with the statement.
"We're going to let the data speak for itself," Frey said Tuesday, adding she is glad that trustees allowed the FA to speak.
The survey was emailed to trustees after the evaluation, but Fannon said it will not be part of the nearly 20-page report submitted to the Board of Trustees and the public at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday in the presidential conference room in the Bovee University Center.
"That survey was sent to all the trustees, but it's not part of our report," he said. " … We all got the survey and I don't know if the other trustees have read it."
He said data is still being put together from the more than 60 confidential face-to-face interviews, several phone interviews and several letters.
"We've got a good report we can present to the board and the public," he said.
Ross came into this academic year saying he hoped to heal several injured relationships that remained following an FA strike and several battles regarding university funding during the 2011-12 academic year.
"We had a little hiccup, maybe a big hiccup, but we're stronger for it," Ross said in September about the 2011-12 academic year at Central Michigan University.
But Academic Senate Chairman Jim McDonald said more action has to be taken.
"To just say time will heal all isn't going to do it, as deep as the wounds were," McDonald said.
Tuesday, Ross said he understands people are upset but hopes continual meetings with faculty will quell some of the anger. He wouldn't comment directly on the FA vote as he hadn't read it, he said.
"I understand that there are still faculty members on this campus that are angry. That's been made clear to me," he said.
In December 2011, the A-Senate voted no confidence in Ross and Provost Gary Shapiro. McDonald said he is still unhappy with the level of transparency and shared governance on campus.
In the spring, a Shared Governance Committee was formed to help create better decision-making for the university, McDonald was named co-chair of the committee.
"I have tried to find a way to continue to move this campus forward … I will continue to reach out. I believe we are making progress," Ross said.
But McDonald said he is somewhat unhappy with the small steps, and shared governance hasn't been used as effectively as he had hoped.
McDonald used Shapiro's recent retirement as an example. There were seven faculty spots on the search committee for the new Provost and Ross appointed five of the seven spots, while the other two were appointed by the A-Senate.
"Why not follow through and use shared governance to elect people?" McDonald said.
Ross said he reached out to the deans of the five colleges and the deans hand-picked the five representatives.
There are also issues with the evaluation of deans, something that was discussed during the formation of the shared governance committee.
McDonald said there hasn't been an evaluation of deans in 13 years and that it's needed to tell the board of trustees, Ross and the deans how they are doing.
"It's transparent and it's informative," he said.
While the wounds are still apparent, McDonald said, he's nervous about what the university is doing about its future.
"A lot of this existed before bargaining even started but now it's lingering," he said.


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20 years on FAWE returns to its birthplace to chart its new course for the future
FAWE is hosting a two-day strategic planning meeting at the Rockefeller Foundations Bellagio Centre in Italy the birthplace of the organisation from 26 to 28 September 2012. During this event, FAWEs management, its strategic and funding partners and young beneficiaries of its work will reflect on its role and contribution to gender equality and education in Africa over the past 20 years.
The group will also critique and provide input into FAWEs Strategic Plan 2013-2017 that seeks to address emerging needs and challenges in the education sector in Africa within the context of the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDG) agenda.
The new Plan will come into force in January 2013 and focus on:
- Enabling change in communities and school by working alongside girls, their families, communities, schools and other stakeholders to make positive impact on girls access, performance, retention and empowerment
- Documenting evidence and good practice and sharing learning to create a knowledge hub for girls education issues in Africa
- Supporting governments and ministers to support girls by working with national governments and policy-makers to ensure gender-sensitive education policies are developed and implemented
- Strengthening the FAWE network by working in cross-functional teams across the organisation
- Creating a movement for change in girls education through partnerships with a wide range of government and non-government organisations, funders, donors and other committed organisations and individuals.
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Figure skater Jason Brown may not be walking away from his first Olympics with a medal, but he's OK with that.
"It's just something I love to do and the fact that I got to do it at the Winter Olympic Games and made the team and came to my first senior championship event and got top 10 is huge," he told NBC 5's Rob Elgas in an exclusive interview. "It wasn't my best skate, there were definitely a few mistakes that you wish you didn't make and you wish you could do it again, but I enjoyed every moment and I took it all in and I performed to the crowd and I just had fun."
And Brown says his skating career is far from over. In fact, he said, it's just beginning.
"This is just the beginning of my career," said the young newcomer. "I want to be in it for another eight years so I can't wait to take this experience and really use it to my advantage and use it for the future. I want that gold, I want to be there on that podium."
Brown credits his unprecedented success to the support of his hometown Highland Park, Ill.
"The amount of support and the amount of help that they have given me and the love and the time and just their energy-- it means the world to me," he said. "I can't ever truly thank them enough."
And as his skating career continues to develop, he plans to stay just as close to his hometown supporters, including his coach Kori Ade.
"I don't see myself ever being coached full-time by a different coach," he said. "She's just my rock and she's the best teacher, the best coach and best, best friend that I could ever go through this experience with."


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Free Download: Mozilla Japan's Open Source Furniture Plans
You've undoubtedly heard of open source software. But how about open source furniture? Japanese design firm NOSIGNER abides by the ethos of a sharing culture, uploading the office furniture plans they designed for others to download and share or remix as they please. Plans include the desk, shelving, lighting and flooring system found inside Mozilla Japan's new office...
The Yokohama-based design firm NOSIGNER explains the design philosophy behind the modular Open Source Furnitures, a system which abides by the same open source, "build what you may" philosophy as their software client, Mozilla:
"Open Source" is a kind of movement to open the source code of software. It enable everyone to be able to use that software and participate in improving. This movement has made it possible software is continually being improved, and develop high-quality software on a budget.
This office constructed by the common product, such as corner module or plastic pallet. Therefore, our design might also be able to call the "open source furniture"so to speak. Because general products used and all drawings uploaded to the web, it is possible for everyone to make these functional office furnitures inexpensively.
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Archbishop Mark of Yegorievsk consecrates the Church of the Ascension on the island of Koh Samui in Thailand
On 6 February 2014, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Archbishop Mark of Yegorievsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate's Administration for Institutions Abroad, began his visit to Thailand and Cambodia.
Meeting Archbishop Mark at the Bangkok airport were archimandrite Oleg (Cherepanin), representative of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Kingdom of Thailand; Mr. Alexei Falunin, vice-consul of the Russian Federation in the Kingdom of Thailand; and local clergymen.
On the first day Archbishop Mark visited the Dormition monastic community in the Ratchaburi province.
On February 7, he laid the foundation stone of the Church of the Holy Royal Passion-Bearers in the town of Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan province. The Russian community in Hua Hin numbers three hundred people. About a year ago, its representatives applied to archimandrite Oleg (Cherepanin) with a request to build an Orthodox church in the town, as the nearest church is situated at the monastery in Ratchaburi and not all people can get there. A small plot of land was bought with the money collected by the community. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia blessed the construction of the church.
On February 8, the archpastor celebrated a prayer service at the Church of the Holy Trinity on the island of Phuket and blessed a new belfry.
On February 9, the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee, the feast of the Synaxis of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church, Archbishop Mark of Yegorievsk consecrated the Church of the Ascension on the island of Koh Samui and celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the newly consecrated church.
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Source: Red Sox intend to interview Tim Wallach
Dodgers third base coach Tim Wallach has been contacted by the Red Sox to interview for their managing job, a team source confirmed to the Globe. The team's intention to interview Wallach was first reported by the Boston Herald.
"He's a good man," former Astros manager Brad Mills said of Wallach. "He's got the experience handling a team, and he's a very good baseball man."
Wallach was a three-time Gold Glove winner and five-time All-Star at third base for the Montreal Expos, hitting .257 with 260 homers for his career. He was the Dodgers' hitting coach under Jim Tracy and Grady Little. Later, he managed the Triple A Albuquerque Isotopes in 2009-2010, being named Pacific Coast League manager of the year in '09. He has been the Dodgers' third base coach under Don Mattingly since 2011.
Wallach is expected to interview with the Sox next week.
The Red Sox still are focused primarily on John Farrell. There is no word yet on whether the Sox have officially asked the Blue Jays for permission to speak to Farrell, but once they do, compensation will become a factor. It appears the Sox are interviewing a handful of other candidates just in case.


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Experience a secluded serenity beach reserved exclusively for the use of spa guests. This hidden oasis sheltered from the Venetian Village piazza by a handsome limestone façade of the Abu Dhabi spa complex is open only to the guests of or above the age of 16 and provides a luxurious setting where you can relish a quiet moment of tranquility to the soft sound of the lapping waves. The private beach offering express spa treatments and healthy refreshments is open daily from 10 a.m. till sunset and welcomes guests who have reserved a spa treatment, hammam, massage or facial.
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI announced this morning that he would canonize Blessed Mary MacKillop of Australia and Blessed Andre Bessette of Canada, along with four others, at the Vatican Oct. 17.
The pope responded in Latin, asking for the consensus of the cardinals present. Then he proclaimed — still in Latin — that the canonization ceremony would be Oct. 17.


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Exercise, Protein or Calories: Which Matters Most for Weight Loss?
By G. Douglas Andersen, DC, DACBSP, CCN
In a study designed to measure nitrogen balance, there were some interesting incidental findings regarding exercise, weight loss, calories and protein.1 Researchers recruited 22 fit males for a 12-day study.Unlike most studies of this type that depend on questionnaires to track unsupervised periods, these volunteers spent 24 hours a day in a research dormitory. The first four days confirmed the caloric intakes and energy expenditures that were established prior to the experiment. Subjects were then divided into three energy groups and for seven consecutive days, their activity levels were increased over individual baselines by 1,000 calories (done in 15-minute blocks of different exercises throughout the day):
The subjects in this study lost weight by burning more calories, rather than eating fewer calories. Table 1 shows that the low-energy, high-protein group lost less muscle, more fat and more weight than the low-energy group (with identical calorie totals and activity levels) that contained less protein. This supports what we already know about the metabolic cost and muscle-protecting effects of protein.2
The result ranges in Table 2 show that not every subject in the low-energy, high-protein group lost less muscle and more fat than every subject in the low-energy, normal-protein group. And both tables show that every person in the neutral-energy group also lost weight (the study was not mathematically designed for that to happen). Either the post-exercise metabolic activity was higher or the caloric intake was lower than the researchers' calculations, measurements and/or models indicated.
Furthermore, even though the neutral-energy group consumed less protein than the low-energy, high-protein group did, the extra calories protected more muscle than the extra protein did.
In conclusion, based on this small study, the low-energy diet with higher protein did appear to increase thermogenesis and preserve muscle at the expense of fat compared to the low-energy diet with normal protein levels. Conversely, the differences between the low-energy groups were smaller than the differences between either low-energy group and the neutral-energy group. In other words, a calorie is not a calorie and does differ depending on its source – but total calories still exert a larger influence than the total of a calorie source does.
This not surprising; checking out the weight-loss section in any bookstore proves it. Simply look around and you will see best-sellers that advocate high protein, low protein, high carbohydrate, low carbohydrate, high fat, low fat and every combination in between. The reason so many seemingly contradictory approaches claim to be successful is because they are – as long as a person pays enough attention to follow the plan that, one way or another, prevents energy intake from exceeding energy output.
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Advanced WindowsCare 2.00
Advanced WindowsCare is designed to provide one-click care for your PC.
It includes a quick spyware scan, adware blocking, privacy cleanup and several system scans that can find and fix invalid registry entries and clean up temporary files. The program also analyzes your system configuration and suggests changes to optimize performance. Advanced users can review all changes that are about to be made and make adjustments as needed - a restore option is provided in conjunction XP System Restore. Advanced WindowsCare provides a convenient way for non-technical users to perform routine maintenance and apply system optimization tweaks without the need to become a computer geek. The program can also be scheduled to run automatically. A Pro Edition can also be purchased that offers additional optimization features.


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DevOps Foundation Certification Training
This course introduces you to DevOps. DevOps is the cultural and professional association that stresses on communication, collaboration, integration and automation to improve the flow of job between software developers and IT operations professionals. Improved workflows will result in better ability to design, develop, deploy and operate software and services faster for the benefit of the business.
This course helps you understand and build your DevOps vocabulary and to understand its principles and practices. This course is intended to motivate you to serve as a change champion by sharing and collaborating.
After successfully completion of this course, you will have an understanding of DevOps and will be able to explain:
- Explain the drivers accountable for the surfacing of DevOps
- Define and discuss the key concepts and principles of DevOps
- List and explain the business benefits of DevOps and continuous delivery
- Explain the Service Delivery process
- Explain the concepts of test automation, infrastructure automation, and build and deployment automation
- Describe how DevOps relates to Lean and Agile methodologies
- Recapitulate case studies of IT organizations that are building the conversion to Adaptive IT and DevOps models
- List the most common and popular DevOps tools
- Discuss the critical success factors for DevOps implementation
Also you'll be equipped with the knowledge of:
- The need of DevOps practice in the organization, from both the business as well as IT perspective.
- To explain what is DevOps
- DevOps values and principles
- How DevOps interfaces with other frameworks such as Agile, Lean and ITSM
- The characteristics of a DevOps culture
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Question: I am planning to start a business within the next few years that will involve domesticated reindeer. I will likely need to import them into California from another state and am wondering what licenses, fees and requirements I will need to meet in order to do this. I do not plan to have more than five animals at any time and they will live on my property with me. I will not be using them for anything related to food or human/animal consumption. In other words, they will not be hunted or slaughtered.
I also want to know what areas are subject to zoning and other limitations. How can I know which geographical areas within Southern California will allow me to keep reindeer? I want to figure out which cities/towns I should look into, in terms of the real estate market, to meet these requirements. (Erica A.)
Answer: Reindeer are a restricted species and may not be imported as pets, so you must have a verified use or need. If your plan is to use the animals for exhibition or display purposes, you cannot do so without obtaining a restricted species permit (pursuant to CCR Title 14, section 671).
According to Kathi Kline from DFG's Special Permits Unit, the importation of any deer to an authorized restricted species facility requires the applicant to submit a Cervidae Importation Application for approval by DFG Veterinarian Dr. Pam Swift at the Wildlife Investigations Lab. Zoning issues are not part of the restricted species permitting process. It is the applicant's/permittee's responsibility to comply with all city or county zoning requirements.
Under the Cervidae Importation Application that must be filed, importers seeking authorization to import approved hoofed animal species must verify the animals have been tested and cleared of bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis before importation. Additional testing prior to importation may be required when there is reason to believe other diseases, parasites or other health risks are present.
Incidentally, California law also prohibits the importation of reindeer for meat production (aka "deer farming"). Only fallow deer may be possessed for this purpose (California Code of Regulations Title 14, section 676).
Catching bait fish in a fish trap?
Question: Is it against the law to use a small (12 inch by 24 inch) fish trap on the shoreline of Huntington Beach for the purpose of catching bait fish (smelt and anchovies)? I've seen a lot of fisherman using them but was told by a kayak shop that they are illegal to use and could result in a hefty fine. (Roy B.)
Answer: Using traps to take bait fish south of Point Conception (Santa Barbara County) is not allowed. Generally, hook and line or a dip net not greater than six feet in diameter are the only methods allowed to take fin fish in the ocean waters south of Point Conception (See CCR Title 14, sections 28.65 through 29.00).
Catching crawdads just for fun?
Question: Do I have to have a license to take a piece of string and some liver and fish for crawdads for fun? I don't want to keep them. I don't want to eat them. I don't want to use them for bait. I just want to catch them. (Jim M.)
Answer: Yes, a fishing license is required even if you don't keep them. It's the same premise as "catch and release" fishing for trout.
Doctor's note for a Disabled Archer Permit?
Question: I have recently been advised by my doctor to discontinue shooting archery equipment due to my fourth reconstructive shoulder operation. As an avid archery hunter, I am really having a hard time with this! When I stopped into my local archery shop, they informed me of a device that locks the draw cycle back on a compound bow. What would I need to do to be able to use such a device during archery season? Is there a doctor's note or something that I would need, and if so, what would I do with that note? (Tim S.)
Answer: You may qualify for a Disabled Archer Permit if you have written verification from a physician regarding your medical condition (check section 354(j) in the 2010-2011 Hunting Regulations available online at http://www.dfg.ca.gov/regulations/).
For more information and the Disabled Archer Permit application, please go to: http://dfg.ca.gov/licensing/pdffiles/fg537.pdf. There is no fee for this permit.
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Begin your voyage at SeaWorld® and connect with the sea like never before. Be inspired by Orca Encounter, or laugh at the comical antics of Clyde and Seamore's sea lion and otter show. Experience a celebration of illumination with Electric Ocean, and dive into deep-see discovery with Ocean Explorer. Feed and touch dolphins and bat rays and get up-close to beluga whales. Soar, dive and twist like a ray on our Manta® coaster or take a plunge on Journey to Atlantis®.
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City passes delivered as planned with no surprise except the magic of Disney for our first visit.
It was so nice to be able to go freely between Disneyland and California Adventure and just show them my card to re-enter, never having to hassle with a hand stamp to leave. It was great. I loved that all of our parks were paid for in advance.
By far the easiest way to visit multiple parks in Southern California. Take it to the gate just like a normal park ticket and don't worry about carrying around multiple admission passes. It's also the best deal you'll find for Disneyland.
The CityPASS was amazing and I would recommend it to anyone. It is the perfect amount of fun and is so simple to use. I loved my experience and I know that if I ever venture back to Southern California I will definitely buy another CityPASS.


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Gaara CosplayGaara is an individual with a troubled past who was host to a demon much like Naruto (also known as a jinchuriki). Gaara's signature move sabakukyu or "Coffin of crushing sand" is an intense move that literally implodes the victim in a coffin of sand.
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