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National broadband contract to be awarded mid-2008
The awarding of the contract for an operator to deploy broadband to cover the remaining 15pc of Ireland currently neglected by providers under the National Broadband Scheme will not be announced until the second quarter of next year, it emerged today.
The aim of the National Broadband Scheme is to ensure that all reasonable requests for broadband will be met. However, by the time the contract for covering the last 15pc is finally awarded it will be almost a full year since the previous communications minister Noel Dempsey TD announced the scheme in May this year.
The National Broadband Scheme replaces the now defunct Group Broadband Scheme, which was scrapped because of poor take-up. A mere 7,000 to 8,000 people received broadband under the scheme, far below the envisaged 90,000.
So far four consortia have been shortlisted to complete the scheme, including Eircom, BT, Hutchison 3G Ireland and an IFA/Motorola consortium.
Addressing a Shannon Development Seminar this morning, the Minister for State at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Tony Killeen TD said the new National Broadband Scheme will be there to ensure that all reasonable requests for broadband in unserved areas are met.
“It is intended that the contract for this scheme will be awarded in Quarter 2 of next year and the rollout of services will begin as soon as possible thereafter,” he said.
“As the communications industry moves towards the implementation of next-generation networks, this Government will ensure that Ireland is best placed to avail of the opportunities that the move presents.
“As a Minister of State in this department, I am determined to ensure that consumers will benefit through faster and cheaper broadband availability no matter where they live,” Killeen said.
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IDA: Overseas companies employ nearly 200,000 people in Ireland
IDA Ireland has released its end-of-year report for 2016, and with it, the news that Ireland has just below 200,000 people employed by client overseas companies – the highest level on record.
IDA Ireland announced this morning (3 January) that the exact figure is 199,877 people, employed when 18,627 jobs were created by client companies across 2016 in a range of sectors.
Having completed two years of its five-year strategy, Winning: Foreign Direct Investment 2015-2019, the governmental agency is particularly optimistic about the chances of achieving its 2019 target of 80,000 new jobs and 900 investments.
Record number of investments
Also in 2016, IDA companies achieved a record number of investments secured during the year, rising to 244 from 213 in the previous year.
Meanwhile, the number of new-name investments rose from 94 to 99 on the previous year.
Attributing a reason to the net job creation of 11,842 additional roles in Ireland, the IDA said there was a very strong pipeline of new investments, with lower job losses within the employment portfolio.
Dublin remains the epicentre
Over the course of the whole year in Ireland, 20,160 sci-tech jobs were created across all companies. Some of the largest within IDA’s clients included Oracle, which announced plans to recruit 450 people in January 2016.
Also, the plan to create 300 jobs at a new First Data R&D hub was seen as a boon to the town of Nenagh, Co Tipperary.
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This would follow the finding that in 2016, 63pc of capital investment was outside of Dublin. However, Dublin and the mid-west remains the area with most deployment, with just over 95,000 employed by IDA clients there.
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Challenges in 2017
The area with the least employment and growth was seen in the midlands, where only 58 jobs were added in 2016, at very small growth rate of 1pc.
In terms of economic impacts, IDA client companies spend €18.7bn in the Irish economy annually, but IDA Ireland’s CEO Martin Shanahan warned of a tough year ahead in 2017.
“Ongoing global political and economic uncertainty will continue to affect investor confidence in 2017,” he said.
“Competition from other jurisdictions for foreign investment has never been as strong. A continuation of pro-enterprise policies is a prerequisite to continue to win investments.”
However, he added that “while there is significant uncertainty, the jobs pipeline for the first quarter of 2017 looks promising”.
Shanahan continued: “In 2016, job losses within IDA client companies were at their lowest level since 1997. Given market turmoil, Brexit impacts and cost competitiveness pressure, IDA does not expect this trend to continue.”
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As an award-winning editor for Consumer Magazine of the Year 2013, Colm joined Siliconrepublic.com in January 2014 as a journalist covering AI, IoT, science and anything that will get us to Mars quicker. When not trying to get his hands on the latest gaming release, he can be found lost in a sea of Wikipedia articles on obscure historic battles and countries that don't exist anymore or watching classic Simpsons episodes far too many times to count.
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Is Google planning 500-job expansion in Dublin?
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Google is reportedly planning a 500-job expansion of its Dublin operations, where it already employs 1,500 people and may be planning to exit its Barrow Street offices for more spacious accommodation at Grand Canal Plaza and East Point.
Google is understood to be close to signing leases for two buildings of around 40,000 sq feet in size, one at Grand Canal Plaza, which is near its present Barrow Street offices, and another across the bay at East Point.
In October, Google CEO Eric Schmidt told Siliconrepublic that the majority of the company’s advertising revenues flow through the Irish operations and that Dublin’s docklands district, where Google’s EMEA headquarters are based, is the logical place for that investment. “It’s an absolute fact,” he added.
Schmidt did not elaborate on how much money will be spent on the Dublin expansion, nor did he outline how many new jobs will be created, but said future investments will be made in expanding the company’s enterprise products base and driving its Chrome browser into the enterprise world.
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Schmidt said that during his time with Sun Microsystems he had a good working relationship with IDA Ireland and said his main motivation to invest as CEO of Google is the Irish workforce.
According to a report in yesterday’s Sunday Tribune, Google has US$100m available to purchase or lease up to 200,000 sq feet of office space. The company has been looking to exit the Barrow Street building developed by Liam Carroll.
The 500 jobs are more than had originally been estimated.
However, the company is in more favour of renting property than buying, preferring to put the US$100m into other forms of expansion, the report said.
Related: Eric Schmidt, advertising, Google, IDA Ireland, jobs announcements
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SLR Lounge > Photography > Canon’s EOS-1D X Mk II To Feature Vastly Improved Dynamic Range?
Canon’s EOS-1D X Mk II To Feature Vastly Improved Dynamic Range?
Anthony Thurston, 6 years ago
We have an update for you on the recent rumor that we shared regarding the EOS-1 D X Mk II. If this rumor is legit, Canon may soon get the Dynamic Range monkey off its back.
According to the new report over on Canon Rumors, in addition to the improved ISO capabilities of the new EOS-1 D X Mk II, the body will feature vastly improved Dynamic Range. CR speculates that it could have the most stops of dynamic range of any DSLR currently on the market (though that could change with new announcements from other companies).
If this is true, it would be a huge deal for Canon, as the company has received lots of flack over the last year or so over the Dynamic Range of their sensors compared to that of their competition. It would also make sense for Canon to debut such a technology leap in their flagship DSLR, so there could be something to this rumor.
That said, CR does give it a CR2 rating, so plenty of salt is required. If you are a Canon shooter/fan, this is something that has got to get you a little excited.
What are your thoughts about this Canon EOS-1 D X Mark II rumor? Do you think that Canon can close, and even surpass the Dynamic Range gap in one tech generation? Leave a comment below and let us know what you think!
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Dave Haynie
There was a rumor about Sony having a new sensor technology, some multi-layer Foveon-like idea (no real details given) that peaked with a 21-stop dynamic range. That said, that’s only really interesting if the ADC on the sensor is 16, 18, or 20-bits wide, rather than the usual 14-bits.
On the other hand, given that this is a Canon flagship, that would be kind of a crushing statement about their in-house sensor technology, if they had to launch a breakthrough in DR based on Sony’s sensor — which would obviously show up in Sony and Nikon cameras at some point. Or maybe they have something akin to Magic Lantern’s “Dual ISO” hack, which manages to read the same sensor data twice, with two different amplifier settings, to get more range out of the photodiodes (photodiodes generally have a crazy dynamic range — after all, the settings on those don’t change from full ISO 100 daylight to the darkest 200K+ ISO shots you can live with). That’s kind of the same idea you use on a pro camcorder for worry-free audio: you run the same mono mic to both mic inputs (lots of audio sections have this as a built-in option), but use different gain on each, so you have an effective 24+ bits with two 16-bit channels.
Where Canon seems to lose is the older chip technology of their sensors. While not all that critical to modern sensors themselves (you are, after all, trying to build your photodiodes and charge wells as large as possible), they use an off-chip ADC. So that means the signal is amplified on the sensor, but invariably takes on additional noise going through the system. But if they went to parallel analog outputs using amplifiers at different levels, the noise added to each would be the same, but they would be sending over the image sample at different levels, so more of the image’s range would be free of post-amplifier noise. Of course, that would mean adding components, and probably using two for one ADCs and letting the crossover point between the two paths be controlled in software.
Of course, there have been other approaches, like using variable pixels sizes, but that starts to make the chips more complex in ways that manufacturer’s don’t like, as well as delivering really weird raw files. And presumably, there are guys at Canon getting paid to think of solutions, assuming they really do believe they have a DR problem. The long inaction, though, does make one wonder, especially in a era in which Sony just keeps getting better every year or two.
Ralph Hightower
With apologies to Janis Joplin:
“Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Canon 1Dx Mk II? My friends all shoot Nikons. I must make amends”
Rafael Steffen
Very interesting news specially for nature photography. Could they be using another vendors sensor for their new flagship camera?
Lauchlan Toal
I’ve heard this one before…
Duy-Khang Hoang
At least it was reported a month after April 1st :) The other alternative is that Canon is using someone else’s sensors (highly unlikely). Not because I doubt Canon’s ability, but more because I can’t see the logic in not making the 5Ds and 5Dsr the first to use this technology since they are the ones most likely to make use of the high dynamic range.
adam sanford
Duy-Khang, I’m keeping my feet on the ground re: the 5DS dynamic range — Maeda-san himself all but admitted the two new 5DS models would perform like a *7D2* at the pixel level. They will not be game-changing from a DR or high ISO perspective at all.
Ed Rhodes
i’ll never be able to afford it, but hopefully the improvements will trickle down in a reasonable timeframe
Hallelujah. As I’ll never own an integrally gripped rig, here’s hoping they drop that same sensor into the 5D4.
…and give the 5D4 spot metering at any AF point. :-)
Marlin Woodruff
The stuff dreams are made of, Adam
J. Dennis Thomas
You can’t spot meter at any AF point?
J Dennis — nope. All spot metering on all Canon bodies other than the 1D line is center AF point only. Even my 5D3 is locked out from off-center spot metering. It’s beyond ridiculous.
I can go the Magic Lantern route to get that functionality, but I’m super leery about bricking my rig, so I’ve avoided it.
Kevin Cucci
I do believe the 7D mark II has spot metering linked to all AF points. Though I could of just made that up lol
Dang! Nikon has been linking spot to AF-point on all DSLR’s from the get go. Such a simple thing to withhold from your consumers.
Kevin: no sir. Only 1D bodies or ML jailbroken bodies can spot meter off-center.
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What on Earth Happened With Spider-Man: Homecoming’s Latest Poster?
on 25th May 2017 at 11:47 am
Spider-Man: Homecoming looks really great… apart from the new poster, which is horrific. I was just wondering what the hell happened. Who okayed this? Who made it? Why is it so bad?
Never judge a movie by it’s poster, or it’s trailer. That said, it is important for marketing purposes, and creating good buzz around a movie, to make sure that its promotional material is spot on and enticing. There’s absolutely nothing enticing about Spider-Man: Homecoming’s new poster, it’s the complete opposite – it’s repellent. The film’s trailers have all sold the film very well, and I for one am excited to see the film as soon as it hits our cinema screens, yet you’d want the posters to do something similar.
Spider-Man: Homecoming’s new poster looks like it’s been made by an intern at Sony Pictures who’s just getting to grips with photoshop and wanted to show off his or her newly learned skills. There’s just way too much going on. Too many poorly cut out characters superimposed upon a New York backdrop. Moreover, why are both Tony Stark and Iron Man in this poster? It’s just very odd since all the posters before this one have been quite good.
Is this the worst MCU poster ever?
I particularly liked the poster with Spider-Man lying down in a yellow jacket, listening to some tunes through some expensive-looking headphones. This seemed to subtly encompass everything about the movie. You get a sense of Spider-Man: Homecoming’s tone, Spidey’s playful and youthful nature, and Stark Tower in the background reminds you that Iron Man will be in the film. There’s no subtlety about this new poster. Everything’s in your face and poorly presented. It might very well go down as one of the worst MCU movie posters in history.
OK, rant over. I just wanted to try and figure out why this poster’s even out in the open. That said, some people of the Internet have made their own hilarious versions of the poster. Check some of them out below.
I’ll be honest: I tried to improve the very busy SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING poster, and I no longer know where the original ends and mine begins pic.twitter.com/Sazywe9gwh
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) May 24, 2017
The new poster for Spider-Man Homecoming looks way too busy. pic.twitter.com/nGUBpF7ZVc
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) May 24, 2017
I don’t know why people didn’t like the final spider-man poster… It just needed a few more characters. #SpiderManHomecoming #Marvel pic.twitter.com/8Vq8mfiv8a
— The Art Fella (@Secoh2000) May 24, 2017
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Facebook's Latest Controversy Could Fundamentally Change the Platform - and Social Media Itself
The biggest social media story of the moment – and maybe ever – is the latest controversy surrounding the misuse of Facebook data by controversial advertising/lobbying group Cambridge Analytica.
To quickly get you up to speed, former Cambridge Analytica staffer Christopher Wylie has come forward with allegations that the company used personal information on American voters, gleaned from Facebook by academic researchers, in order to hyper-target Facebook ads and content which aimed to manipulate people’s psychological leanings to influence the outcome of the 2016 US Presidential Election. The same strategies were reportedly used to shift perception in the UKs Brexit vote.
In many ways, the revelations are not all that surprising – ever since the election of Donald Trump, people have been trying to work out how, exactly, it happened - but the direct linkage between Facebook data and the mass-manipulation of society has raised a whole new set of crucial questions. Political leaders are calling for Facebook to come under more scrutiny, officials are saying the company could be subject to hefty fines and the public, more broadly, is no doubt re-considering the amount of trust they place in the network.
Will that lead to fewer people using Facebook? Will we see Facebook come under more regulatory restrictions? And what, exactly, is the extent of what’s possible with Facebook’s data.
Here’s an overview of the implications.
Data Risks
First off, we’ll start with the pressing question – can your Facebook data be used to influence your opinion, without you even realizing?
The answer, undoubtedly, is yes.
Back in 2015, I interviewed Dr. Michal Kosinski, who was part of a research team that had conducted a very similar experiment to the one reportedly manipulated by Cambridge Analytica.
In their study, Kosinski and his team used the results of a hundred question psychological study, which had been completed by more than 86,000 participants through a Facebook-linked app, to map the responses alongside each users’ respective Facebook likes, which were also accessible through the app’s permissions.
Based on these correlating data points, the research team was able work out a range of psychological traits based on commonalities, with their results showing more predictive accuracy than family, friends, even partners of the subjects.
Using these insights, the team was able to establish baselines for a range of complex queries – here’s an example from Kosinski:
"One of our most surprising findings was that we could even predict whether your parents were divorced or not, based on your Facebook likes. Actually, when I saw those results, I started doubting my methods and I re-ran the analyses a few more times. I couldn't believe that what you like on Facebook could be affected by your parents' divorce, which could have happened many years earlier - we're talking here about people who might be 30 or 40 years old."
The researchers could accurately predict a wide range of things based on your digital footprint, including whether you were a smoker, your drinking habits, whether you were a drug user, your sexual orientation – according to Kosinski, everything was predictable, to a degree, based on this data.
So how did they do it? The secret is in scale.
Let’s say a person likes both Coca Cola and NFL on Facebook, either by directly liking the Page or interacting with related content in some way. That doesn’t tell you anything, right? One person liking two things is not a trend - you can’t conclude that everyone who likes Coke will also be a fan of the NFL. But on a scale of literally billions of users, and trillions of correlating data points, clear patterns do start to take shape. People who like this thing will also like this, at 80% correlative accuracy. People who are smokers share these traits – which are also shared by this group who reported being non-smokers (but actually are).
People who are more likely to vote for this candidate are most concerned about these issues – you can influence how they vote by targeting them with this type of content.
It may not seem like your basic interactions – your Likes, photos, shares – it doesn’t seem like each of those smaller processes can actually mean that much. But they do, or they can, so long as someone has access to the larger dataset.
This is what Cambridge Analytica reportedly had access to, via an academic who gave them the data. As such, despite the insights they had being recorded back in 2014, they’d still be relevant, and indicative today - that data could still be used to influence voters in 2020 with a large degree of accuracy.
Facebook itself has built its business on the back of the effectiveness of its ad targeting, offering ever-more sophisticated and data-driven options – there’s no doubt that such process can be used to manipulate the public.
And now that members of the public – not to mention regulatory authorities – are becoming more aware of this, what does that mean for Zuck and Co. moving forward?
A History of Queries
This, of course, is not the first time Facebook’s in-depth ad targeting has come under scrutiny.
Facebook has faced a range of questions over its data tools and platform policies - and has even come under regulation, in varying capacity, across regions of Europe. The company has access to more personal insight than any other organization has ever had in history, which is why it’s so incredibly valuable to advertisers, but that capacity also comes with an equally high level of risk, as evident by the Cambridge Analytica case.
Thus far, Facebook has been able to shake off such concerns and continue its forward momentum, but the suggestion that such data can be used to influence elections – potentially putting citizens at massive risk – is something that no one can ignore. Sure, you might be able to shake of specific ad targeting – so what if those Nikes you just looked up are now being pitched to you in a sidebar ad? But knowing that your very thoughts and unconscious leanings are being used against you, that’s something else entirely. Based on the data, you could well be making significant decisions, without even realizing it.
Any platform of Facebook’s size and influence is undoubtedly going to run into such issues at some time. But that’s the thing - there is no other platform of Facebook’s influence, and never has been. Given this, The Social Network is in uncharted territory. That’s not to excuse them for the various mishandlings of such concerns - but really, no one could have handled them. No one’s ever been in the situation that Facebook now finds itself.
On the flip side, no regularity authorities have ever been faced with such a challenge either – there’s simply no way of knowing, for sure, just how much influence Facebook has, and of what the company, or anyone who can access it, can do with its data. It’s clearly powerful; the level of insight could clearly impact people’s actions. But could it really be used to alter your thinking on a critical subject? Can political groups really use this data to change the way we think on a large enough scale to shift culture?
If the latest accusations are correct, then it can - though even then, the actual impacts are impossible to quantify. In which case, should we let Facebook off the hook?
The answers to these questions will play a crucial role in the future considerations for The Social Network, and how it can be used, both by everyday advertisers and academics alike (I’ve asked Facebook if the investigation will lead to further regulation of data on their part, but have received no response).
But then the other key question is ‘are we better off, as a society, without Facebook?’
Will this be the beginning of the end for Zuckerberg’s social behemoth?
Switching Off
On this front, the report couldn’t have come at a worse time for the company.
Various reports have already indicated that Facebook usage is in decline for the first time ever, with the platform turning to drastic new measures to try to boost engagement and keep users on site.
These new concerns will give users further reason to re-assess their Facebook habits – if people are spending more time in private messaging channels to avoid public over-sharing, the latest revelations will only help further fuel that movement.
Of course, Facebook the company is largely not losing out, as engagement on their various other platforms (Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram) continues to increase in-step. But still, their main platform is where they make the most money, where their ad system is best optimized, and where the most potential still lies.
Facebook can also still harvest data from those channels too, but without intrusive ads, they can’t monetize it in the same way, which, from a perceptual standpoint, makes those apps seem less risky.
It could well be that this latest controversy does the Facebook brand permanent damage, and leads to a re-focus on those other apps moving forward – and that could fundamentally change the social media landscape.
But then again, if history shows us anything it’s that humans are habitual - in all likelihood, people won’t change their social media habits unless they’re forced to. If Facebook comes under further scrutiny and regulation, that too could see a wide scale industry shift, and that seems the more likely scenario, as opposed to users leaving in droves.
But definitely, it does feel like public perception is shifting somewhat. Where that could see particularly significant impact is among younger users – while most adults now have a social routine in place, younger users coming in do not, and they might not look to adopt Facebook so readily, given the controversy. That could see Facebook slowly start to tail off - the first sparks of descent.
It seems incredibly premature to be forecasting the death of a platform that generated some $40 billion in revenue in 2017. But it does feel different this time. The questions are too loud to ignore.
As noted, Facebook may well be able to maneuver the minefield and see things go back to normal, but the perceptual shift feels significant.
The company will be forced to explain itself, beyond its announced investigation into data misuse by Cambridge Analytica, and the answers it provides will be crucial.
This new controversy is going to hurt, no doubt, but how much pain Zuck and Co feel will relate to how well they can respond to the rising roar of concern.
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Pajammy Jam of the Day | The Romany Rye - All the Boys
The Romany Rye is built around the the song craftsmanship of Luke MacMaster, an L.A.-based singer/songwriter with a penchant for that somber, indie-folk sound (totally my kinda sound, especially when harmonica is involved). While MacMaster penned the collection of songs that have come to be called Highway 1, Looking Back Carefully, it was with the help of a handful of notable musicians that the album came to life. MacMaster recorded with Delta Spirit's Kelly Winwrich, and Taylor Goldsmith (Dawes), David Quon (We Barbarians) and Blake Mills joined them in the studio.
On today's PJOTD, the harmonica takes a knife to my heart in the very first notes. That heartbreaker. It is, however, a very apropos introduction to the melancholy roadtripper that is "All the Boys." If The Low Anthem's "To Ohio" is a contemplative yet hopeful return home, then "All the Boys" is simply wearied and displaced. Just look at the chorus: "It's a lonely road/ and the ground is cold/ Tennessee, you drown my soul..."
Sometimes you're behind the wheel but unsure of where you're really going. "All the Boys" personifies that sentiment exactly.
The Romany Rye - All the Boys
Highway 1, Looking Back Carefully is out now. You should also check out The Romany Rye's recent Daytrotter session. The band's on tour with Delta Spirit all summer - yeehaw!
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Previewing This Weekend’s Wild Card Matchups, Which Are The Best Since 2014
Justin Decker
All 8 teams playing this Wild Card weekend are absolutely on fire with a combined record of 25-7 over the last quarter of the season. This year’s match ups feature the Super Bowl champs (and biggest dogs at +6), the likely Comeback Player of the Year, the youngest quarterback to start a playoff game, and a 12-win #5 seed that hasn’t lost a game outside of their “home” city. More on that cursed franchise to come, but first – let’s evaluate the Houston / Indianapolis game wherein the Texans finished 6-2 on their home turf:
IND @ HOU SAT, 4:35 PM ET
These teams have already played in two shootouts this season, each team losing by three points at home, including an overtime game. Expect more of the same especially from T.Y Hilton and Eric Ebron. Each have 18 targets over the two games; Ebron with two TDs and Hilton with over 100 yards receiving in both contests.
Houston is the healthier team, but the Colts are on a 9-1 tear with a defense that has found its mojo. This is a dead even match up, so with Houston getting a point it’s best to take the Colts money line and the over at 48 points. I will split the difference on the score from the first two contests in my prediction: IND 31 – HOU 28.
SEA @ DAL SAT, 8:15 PM ET
Dallas was dominated by Seattle 24-13 in the first match up way back in week 3 when the Cowboy’s best receiver was, uh, Geoff Swaim apparently. Then along comes Amari Cooper from the Raiders to score six touchdowns leading the Cowboys to a 7-2 record in clutch games down the stretch. If there were ever a more necessary mid-season wide receiver trade in recent NFL history it has skipped my memory.
This go-around the Cowboys are at home and I expect the results to be much different. Look for the Wolf Hunter Leighton Vander Esch to make an impact on arguably the deepest RB talent in the NFL. Surprisingly, the Cowboys have had a significant home field advantage this year and I expect another close contest. DAL 28 – SEA 24.
LAC @ BAL SUN, 1:05 PM ET
This may be Philip Rivers’ last chance to win a Super Bowl and my only hope for Philip is that he ends his career with as many playoff appearances as children. For a man with as many postseason births as Drew Brees, Rivers may be the unluckiest QB in NFL history. To make matters worse, low and behold somehow, someway the Los Angeles Chargers of Carson have managed to accomplish something no other team has accomplished before: They are a Wild Card team that hasn’t lost a single game away from their home city and friendly confines of [checks notes] Dignity Health Sports Park. Yes…Dignity Health Sports Park effective Jan. 1st. Catchy.
This could only have happened to the most cursed franchise in sports. Recall a couple of years ago to a team so unlucky that economists from the WSJ had to weigh in. A team, not too long ago that had the league’s best defense AND the league’s best offense AND still managed to miss the playoffs.
The fact is the Chargers are 12-4 and they are playing some of the best defense in the NFL. They’re poised for a rematch against the youngest starting QB in NFL playoff history. Keep in mind – the Chargers have beaten every team that has beaten them at home, save for this Ravens team. My prediction is that the Chargers will maintain the status quo. Gus Bradley will not let a rookie QB beat them twice.
A late and costly turnover, and an ugly game-plan marred with penalties, turnovers, and a confused offensive line which was disrupted by a desperate Ravens pass rush in the middle of a playoff push. This week America will get to see what the Chargers and Derwin James are capable of. The All-Pro is listed as a safety, but he has made more plays at corner and linebacker than any other Charger this season. He should be used as a spy on Lamar Jackson and even the playing field. LAC 23 – BAL 16.
PHI @ CHI 4:40 PM ET
Eagles money line for me here, this is a team of destiny. Who outside the greater Chicago (or Dallas/Fort Worth area) isn’t rooting for this team right now? Big Nick’s Dick is the Super Bowl MVP with nothing to lose vs. the yippy blow-hard Trubisky who is due to be humbled.
We’ve seen this story a dozen times. Expect Tarik Cohen and Darren Sproles to out-Sproles each other and put up great fantasy numbers. Expect a close, low-scoring game that ends with the most boring of Nick Foles game-winning interviews with Michele Tafoya, and the Eagles moving on to face the Saints. PHI 20 – CHI 14.
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Indian men’s Kabaddi national team has made country proud and won 2014 Kabaddi world cup. India beat Pakistan in a nail biting final by 45-42 score, match played at Guru Gobind Singh Stadium in Badal. This is the fifth Kabaddi world cup final that India win and fourth against Pakistan.
In the starting three quarters Pakistani players were on song and were winning the game. But at the final quarter Indian Kabaddi team showed tremendous spirit and took the title away from Pakistani side. Pakistani players blamed Indian players after the match that Indian team showed foul play.
India won 2 crore rupees price as well after winning Kabaddi world cup. Indian women’s Kabaddi team also won the world cup for the fourth time in the history of tournament. They beat New Zealand in the final game by 36-27 score. Winning Kabaddi world cup Indian women’s team also awarded with 1 crore rupees.
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From an idea to an industry. Interview with Piotr Wozniak, the author of SuperMemo
Jaroslaw Mlodzki, Bajtek 7/94, Poland, July 1994 Translated and corrected: April 1997
New article by Dr. Piotr Wozniak: The true history of spaced repetition
This is a translation of an interview with Piotr Wozniak published in Bajtek 7/94 (p. 18-19), Poland. Texts in square brackets are comments of the translator
JM: We speak English which might surprise our Polish readers. What is the history of SuperMemo and your personal life? The program is considered something extraordinary. I also believe in its revolutionary nature. Could you start with a few words about your roots and the family? Is SuperMemo somehow related to the fact that you prefer to speak English?
PW: Indeed there are strong connections [between the idea of a universal language and developing SuperMemo] but ... this is a long story. I will just tell you that initially I had lots of difficulties with promoting SuperMemo. I had no money, I could not find buyers and I was also wary of profit-hungry investors. I did not have a father. My sister was 17 years older and brother 16 years older. My siblings acted as an extra pair of parents. My brother was tutoring me a lot on geography, math and many other subjects. This is very good for a young man's development. When I went to school I was just exploding with desire to show what I have learned. Knowledge and the possibility to demonstrate it were the highest gratification. I was mad about chemistry and biology. I wanted to study biology to understand the way the human brain works. At home I kept dozens of animals. I was collecting all knowledge in piles of notebooks. Quickly I realized that it all cannot be kept in memory with traditional methods. There was more and more material to learn. Rehearsing this all verged on an impossibility. I needed more tricks and intuition to cope with it
JM: Which year was it?
PW: This pile-up of unmanageable knowledge was most painful in 1982. In 1983, I started systematic research on how repetitions affect the ability to recall information. I was then the third-year student of biology. I knew that intervals between successive repetitions should increase. I wanted to find how much they should increase exactly
JM: Were you a good student then?
PW: No. Just the opposite. First of all I would not attend lectures. I found studying books of more benefit. Secondly, I would not spend my time on stuff that was not within my focus of interest. I would not care about the taxonomy of leeches or bryophytes. On the other hand, I was dying to know more about humans, physiology, brain, health, etc. I was all the time in conflict with teachers [about not attending lectures]. At the same time, I worked hard to gain new knowledge. That was most important. Initially, my favorite subject was ... how to prevent aging. I sensed that with some little tricks at the molecular level, we could greatly enhance longevity. At the same time, I continued my interest in memory and learning. I started even thinking about a computer program that would help this idea. When I was graduating from molecular biology, the outline of SuperMemo was ready on paper
PW: 1985. I graduated from molecular biology and immediately went on to study computer science
JM: From scratch?
PW: Yes. I enrolled on a full five-year program
JM: You must have been a sort of eternal student looking for a formula to keep young by staying at the university?
PW: Not a all. I could have started working back in 1985. This was not a formula for having good time. I thought that armed with computer science, I will be able to get a job in the Institute of Biocybernetics [then newly created in Warsaw]. I wanted to do Big Science. I thought about biochemistry. My work in the laboratory showed me the gap between Polish science and the best labs in the west. I would not think of emigrating. I was too patriotic then. I could not have left the system that had paid for my education. Because of miserable status of experimental science, I decided to drift into theoretical biology. I wanted to study mathematics, physics or computer science. I had lots of ideas, and I knew that with a computer you can find things that would require years of labwork
JM: Did you graduate from computer science?
PW: Yes. Five years later
JM: What happened to SuperMemo?
PW: In May 1985, before graduation, I started my repetitions. The general outline of the learning algorithm was ready. Repetitions were made on paper but after a year I started realizing that this is an extremely effective method
JM: What did you use the method for? For learning biology or English?
PW: Both. Later, when I started studying computer science, I really started getting crazy about English
JM: Was it the time when you started speaking English in Poland?
PW: Not yet
JM: So when did you get this habit?
PW: First of all, I started from being an enthusiast of one language for the world and Esperanto. I even used to write my personal diary in Esperanto. However I was disappointed with lack of scientific literature in the language. Then I entered a loop of positive feedback between English and new knowledge. I read too little scientific literature due to a poor command of the language. The more I read, though, the more I realized what an ocean of information is taken away from me. I was isolated from the world's culture by knowing only my native Polish. Add to this communist propaganda in Polish media and you will see how I was made stupid and unaware. I knew biology and some other stuff, but I knew nothing about economics, politics, sociology, etc. I could not listen to the BBC or Voice of America because I was limited to a single language. However, when I could hear the "bad boy" Reagan speaking his own words, the world seemed to have been all turned around [bad boy was not that bad after all]. I understood that the faster I and others learn English, the faster we will truly understand the world. I wasn't then much focused on SuperMemo. I was generally interested in computer modeling of biological processes. However, learning English and my growing paper "databases" continually brought the subject of learning into my attention. Ultimately, I concluded that I desperately needed a computer program to handle the SuperMemo method. I was then making repetitions of whole pages that contained material of different difficulty. Computer could manage processing each single item separately. This would greatly increase the speed of learning. In late 1987, I finally wrote the first version of SuperMemo in which all elements were classified for their degree of difficulty
JM: What language did you use to write the program?
PW: Turbo Pascal 3.0
JM: What computer did you use?
PW: I had Amstrad PC 1512. My sister helped me greatly by sponsoring such an expensive toy. In 1987, there were very few such machines in Poland! You could not buy it in a shop. It was smuggled from Germany. Nevertheless, in December that year, I had my first SuperMemo and started my first repetitions on the computer
JM: What was the size of the hard disk?
PW: There was none!
JM: To sum it up: you studied computer science in order to use a PC without a hard disk to implement your ideas?
PW: More or less. The best point was that the program quickly surprised everyone with the results you could get. I did not expect you could learn that much in such a short period of time. I liked the paper-based method but ... the computer made a world of difference. Learning English was a real hit then. You could memorized 2000 words in less than a month with minimum effort. My colleagues could see that it is only a fraction of what can be accomplished
JM: And when did it all become a business? I know you can be a genius but you cannot do everything all by yourself. You have to have money, employ people, etc. How did you try to make it into an industry?
PW: I only had the program and a couple of colleagues who quickly measured its potential. One of them was Krzysztof Biedalak [cofounder of SuperMemo World] ...
JM: Did you test SuperMemo on your colleagues?
PW: Honestly, I did not need testing to prove the value of the program. This was evident. Those who got a copy got really crazy about learning more and more
JM: In other words, you have set up a group of SuperMemo maniacs?
PW: Yes, in a sense
JM: So you optimized your technology in a closed circle of guinea pigs?
PW: Not exactly. This circle was getting wider and wider quite quickly
JM: How long did this last?
PW: By the end of 1988 the program was ready to be sold. I started looking for someone who would want to buy it. I set the price at $10,000 [at that time in Poland, you could live comfortably for years just of the interest of this sum]
JM: Ten thousand dollars for one copy?
PW: No. I wanted to sell the program and all rights to the method. The one who would buy it could do anything he wanted with the program
JM: Have you found a buyer?
PW: No. If I did, I would not be selling SuperMemo now. I was trying to find a buyer in Holland, Krzysztof Biedalak tried in England, etc. No success. I realized that there was only one option: trying to sell it by myself. One of my colleagues, Tomek Kuehn, managed to sell about 20 first copies. In 1990, I wrote my Masters Thesis about SuperMemo. Prof. Kierzkowski from the University of Technology in Poznan was the supervisor
JM: What grade did you get for your work?
PW: Best possible. I turned into a model student by then
JM: Did you start work after the university?
PW: No. Upon graduation, me and Krzysztof Biedalak wanted to study in the US (neurophysiology and artificial intelligence respectively). At the same time we were still trying to sell SuperMemo. We spoke a lot about studying in the US and about SuperMemo. Ultimately we changed our mind. We would not go to the US. We would set up a company and try to sell SuperMemo. That was 1991 and SuperMemo World was set up in July
JM: Where did you get a programming team from?
PW: There was no team. Just me, Krzysztof and a 286 PC AT. We managed to finish SuperMemo 6 but we could not find buyers anywhere. Luckily, we registered SuperMemo for Software for Europe competition and ... we managed to get to the finals. This was the beginning of success. We got a stand at CeBIT '92 in Hanover and international promotion for free
JM: What happened next?
PW: Marczello Georgiew , Tomasz Kuehn and Janusz Murakowski joined the company, but ... this was still a very hard time. We were on the verge of bankruptcy. Still it was very hard to sell a novel product
JM: So when did the real success knock at your door?
PW: There was no single breakthrough. It all came gradually. In 1991 we have not sold a copy. Today the counter stands at 7,000 copies sold and is still accelerating [May 1994]
JM: How many people are in the company now?
PW: Five partners, a secretary and a bookkeeper
JM: How many programmers do you have?
PW: There are two people working over the Windows version (including myself). All other platforms are handled outside SuperMemo World: there is one person working over the Amiga version [Twin Spark Soft], one is programming the Mac version [AS Project] and one continues the version for DOS [Zoom Design]
JM: What programming language do you use?
PW: Borland Pascal 7.0 for Windows and DOS version, HiSoft Pascal for Amiga and Think Pascal for Mac
JM: I understand that the versions for other platforms differ from the version for Windows
PW: Yes. All authors implemented their own ideas. There is a lot of cross-inspiration
JM: What are the version numbers for particular platforms?
PW: Version 7.4 for Windows is in beta, 6.8 for DOS is also in beta, 2.0 for Amiga and 1.0 beta for Mac
JM: What about shareware version?
PW: SuperMemo 5.6 for DOS
JM: And how many databases do you have in sales?
PW: About 100 databases grouped in 10 so-called database mixes
JM: What are your plans for the future?
PW: Infinite! [see: SMC Business Plan]
JM: I guess this would take an infinite amount of time to discuss! Let us move it then to the next interview. Thanks for your time
Interviewer: Jaroslaw Mlodzki, Editor-in-chief, Bajtek, Poland
P.S: Many thanks to the staff of the restaurant of Park Hotel placed over the scenic Malta lake in Poznan. Only for their kindness were we able to continue talking long after the business hours
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The New Yorker just published a story about a Sierra Leonean man who was granted refugee status in the US as a teenager after having been a child soldier. Nelson Kargbo was held for two years without bail awaiting deportation from the US although he had a green card. He was arrested for domestic violence and under a law that allows deportation even if you’re a permanent resident, he was held to be sent back to a country where he had not been for over a decade. At the time of his arrest he had already fathered 4 children,he had a job, although suffering from undiagnosed PTSD.
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Indian Fashion Photographer- Rishi Taneja
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At first sight, Rishi Taneja looks no more than a young boy who is on a quest to finding his own-self. However, when you start talking to him, his knowledge about different forms of art, Indian fashion, and documentaries can leave you dumb-struck!
Silently observing that, we thought of not touching his intellectual side, which might have left us in an embarrassing state and concentrated only on what we had planned to talk about i.e. his photography!
SV: Did you always wanted to be a photographer?
RT: It wasn’t much of a want, but a need! I knew I needed to express myself with art. I have experience in many art forms including sculpting, painting, designing clothing etc, but photography is what I found my heart in.
SV: What are the best memories from Cambridge university days?
RT: I remember the first day I arrived in the UK and taking a nap early in the evening. I woke up at 10:30, greeted by bright sun, which people had told me is a rare sight there. I reckoned I had slept all night long and it was time for college. I got dressed, picked up my bags and moved out, only to be stopped by the receptionist of my residence to tell me it was 10:30 PM!
I was too embarrassed to question about why was it sunny, if it was night? For hours I thought I was going mad! Finally Googled it to know that it does stay bight till late in the summers of London. So that was my first day, an eighteen or so boy from India, alone in UK, under bright NIGHT! Now when I think of it, I find it ridiculously funny (smiles).
SV: How influential has it been on your career?
RT: Studying in the UK was enriching on many levels. Not only did it offer exceptional education, but also an amazing personal experience of living with people from different walks of life, with different beliefs and knowledge. It helped me grow my sensibility and i learnt to accept different ideas and thoughts that may not be ideal for me as an individual.
I have grown to understand different perspectives. Fashion in design form in india is not as mature as it is in Europe, so to gain that understanding from hundreds of years ago compared to as little as 30 years in india has been very helpful.
SV: How do you go about finalizing your shoot from theme selection to post production?
RT: Well that depends entirely on what the purpose of the shoot is! For example, if I am hired to click an editorial for a fashion magazine, I would meet with the team who would be contributing to the shoot including the make-up artist, stylist, hair designer, the models and my lighting team. All ideas would be put forward and we’d come up with one combined concept that would be exciting for everyone to work with.
Also depending on the publication, things change too, like for Vogue, which is more fashion centric, the work process would be very different to what I would have to do for Harpers Bazaar, which is more style oriented and Cosmopolitan that follows the rules of lifestyle more. It is important to understand the sensibility of the publication before you decide to plan the shoot for them.
SV: What are the fundamental changes that you think have happened in fashion photography in India, say in last five years?
RT: Our country is growing incredibly fast, in all areas. Less than two decades ago, we didn’t have a panel to judge anyone in fashion. Anyone who could afford to hire tailors could be a fashion designer. But now, it’s very different. There is competition, there is growth and there is opportunity.
India now is seen as a serious fashion source. So to accommodate to all this growth, there is an immense lifting in the aesthetics in photography too. There is absolutely no space for the mediocrity anymore. We now have the photographers who are aware of their strengths, for example Tarun Vishwa is incredible with studio lighting, Anushka Menon is phenomenal with the beauty portraits, late Mr. Prabuddha Das Gupta has done some exceptional works in black and white photography etc. So I think, we’ve come to a deeper understanding of aesthetic that wasn’t really there a few years ago.
SV: Are you more of an outdoor photographer or you like it indoors?
RT: I personally feel a lot more in control if I am photographing within a studio, as that gives me more control over the lighting and the reflections that comes from those lights. So I personally like to photograph within rooms, but don’t usually restrict myself a lot. If the concept of the shoot calls for an outdoor location, I go for it!
SV: Your client list keep increasing everyday with leading fashion houses to top celebrities. They all seem to be in love with you?
RT: I feel extremely blessed to have worked with the most amazing people in the industry. There is an extreme sense of personal bonding with my teams that I have worked with.
My first magazine cover was with FNL magazine many years ago, Mridula Sharma used to be the editor of the magazine than. Since FNL, Mridula and I haven’t really worked a lot together, but there is such a love, that stays! We are always equally excited to see each other as we did during the shoots with FNL.
So I guess that is something that I haven’t worked on creating, it just so happened to have met like-minded people. Also when it comes to work, I try and accommodate ideas from the entire team. The reason we all are a team is because we all love doing what we do, so to dismiss any idea, small or big is to take away joy from someone who is doing this with passion. At the end of the day, we all want to be excited and proud of what we do.
SV: How important are colors to portray the real sense of an image?
RT: The difference between the black and white photography and the colour photography is extreme, but fragile. It is very important to know how to deal with both forms if you do intend to work with both. Each colour offers a balance and a misbalance, monotony or breaking of that monotony. So depending on the portrayal, it is extremely important to place your colours at the right spots and in case of black and grey photography, it is important to balance the tones correctly.
SV: If you had to pick one fashion brand (or designer) and one celebrity that you think best suit your style of clicks, who would that be and why?
RT: I LOVE am;pm’s clothing. Priyanka and Ankur are a joy to work with and I understand their sensibility of fashion. The clean lines, the geometric patterns and the flow of their work are incredible.
I also love to shoot for Amit Aggarwal’s clothing for his strong sense of structure and bold shapes!
SV: What does future hold?
RT: I am not very fore-sighted! I am more spontaneous and experimental. But I do see my heart getting more pleasure from the documentary and life study photography works. So I hope to experiment with life study and realism in black and grey photography.
First Crush- A short brown boy, who i eventually realized is an ass**** lol
Camera – Polaroids and Nikon
A face I would like to shoot everyday – Lakshmi Menon.
Best location at work work – London and Venice.
Words: Sandeep Verma
Images courtesy: Rishi Taneja
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May 26, 2004 News & Features » Cover Story
God's Trombones
The spirit-filled marching band at the United House of Prayer in Church Hill.
By Andrew Beaujon
“Deacon Tony, turn on the air!”
The red-and-white school bus is rattling down 31st Street on a surface-of-Mars-hot Saturday afternoon, its seats filled with chattering teenagers, three clanking sousaphones and, apparently, one overheated wiseguy.
Tony Davis feigns hitting a switch before opening the window next to him instead. “That better?” he shouts back, laughing. A moment before, it didn't seem likely that the bus would ever pull out from the United House of Prayer for All People on Chimborazo Boulevard. Every time it seemed set to leave, another kid would appear, clutching a battered trombone case or wrestling a cooler.
It's only a five-minute drive to Armstrong High School from the House of Prayer.
But the trip has become necessary since a neighbor complained about the church's marching band practicing in the church's parking lot (and, when the spirit descended, marching through the neighborhood).
So now, every Saturday, the band piles in the bus that Tony Davis normally uses to shuttle carless parishioners to services and heads to a more amenable practice space.
Oh, incidentally, you read that right. The church has a marching band — the Madison Lions. And it's heading to D.C. Memorial Day weekend to blast praise in the streets.
“To understand the marching band, you have to understand shout band music,” says Apostle Anthony L. Taylor, pastor of Richmond's only United House of Prayer. And to understand shout band music, you need to know a little bit about the House of Prayer.
The denomination was founded in Massachusetts in 1919 by Charles Manuel Grace, a Portuguese-speaking immigrant from the Cape Verde islands. “Sweet Daddy” Grace founded the first House of Prayer in West Wareham, Mass., but the sect really took root in the Southeast, where Grace led revival meetings noted for such volume and enthusiasm that they made Pentecostal services look like tax-law seminars.
Grace traveled with a trombone player named George Williams, and the two made a point of collecting discarded instruments whenever possible. “Our founder loved parades,” Taylor says. “He would literally march through the streets of the cities where the Houses of Prayer were.” It was a good way to draw attention in the spiritual marketplace of early 20th-century America — not that Grace, who called himself the “boyfriend of the world,” sported flowing locks and robes and had a habit of baptizing converts with a fire hose, especially needed help in that department.
Today the United House of Prayer boasts about 3.5 million congregants. And nearly all Houses of Prayer have shout bands. Typically, shout bands have 15 to 20 members playing brass instruments accompanied by drums. Trombones take the lead in shout bands, probably because, like steel guitars in Floridian Pentecostal churches, they can bend notes to mimic voices.
“If I sing a song on the rostrum, they'll play it as I sing,” Taylor says of his church's group. The improvisational aspect of shout-band music gives way to regiment quickly, though: Once the lead trombonist settles on a “recitive” theme, the other musicians begin to play chordal harmonies, building what's called the “aria” section, and the whole shebozzle ends with the “shout,” a wall-shaking reprise.
Taylor is a young 38, disarmingly handsome with a voice that could melt diamonds. He moved to Richmond 12 years ago from his native Charlotte, N.C., a region Bishop Grace found particularly fertile, and which is now home of several nationally known shout bands such as Clouds of Heaven.
Taylor doesn't take his church's music for granted — he's a fan who'll reverently list shout-band innovators like Butch Littlejohn, George Holland and Eddie Babb, and pick through a pile of dubbed CDs with handwritten labels to play just the right track for a visitor (if you're curious, Smithsonian Folkways has a compilation of a few better-known shout bands called “Saints' Paradise”).
“You almost have to experience the band in a service,” Taylor says. “Unfortunately, in the past month we've had four funerals, and the band is part of every service that we do. And that's a lot of times the first experience that people have of a shout band. It's kind of odd because I get to see the faces. By the time they leave, they're like, ‘Oh, that was nice.' I don't think they mean to say the funeral was nice, but — we try to make it a celebration.”
We're sitting in the sanctuary of the church, which was renovated in 1995 and is clean and well-maintained. The band instruments in front of us are a different story — let's just say they've developed some personality over the years.
“Every member of this band is responsible for purchasing their own instrument,” Taylor says. “I'm always begging for instruments. I'm sure if we had the chance to say to people that got some old trombones in their closets that are gathering dust, they'd probably be very proud to know how well they'd be used.”
At Taylor's suggestion, Davis assembles most of the shout band from the youngsters waiting to go to get on the bus for marching band practice (all 18 or so shout-band members also are in the bigger group). The 13 or so guys appear to be in their teens or 20s and roll into the church wearing casual clothes.
“Steve, roll down that pants leg — we don't do that in here,” Taylor chides Steve Sutton Jr. in a friendly but firm tone. “They're gonna be taking some pictures, so we need to make sure everything's cool. Let's see … that towel on your shoulder's not cool, that rag on the floor's not cool — what else isn't cool?”
“Steve!” a bunch of guys shout.
“Steve, move out of the picture altogether,” Taylor teases.
Just as the band finishes warming up, Nathanial Page bounds in. Taylor tells him they're getting ready to start, but Page heads off to pray first. Quiet and self-effacing, Page is the leader of the shout band, a one-time Hampton University music major who arranges all the group's tunes without ever writing a note on the staff. The abbreviated brass section — eight trombones, one baritone and a sousaphone — is seated around a bass drummer, a snare drummer and a kid playing cymbals as the first trombonist starts calling a theme in Page's stead (Page will egolessly rejoin the band in a lower chair a few minutes later).
The band follows languidly, going into a slow, Dixielandish groove, which becomes more aggressive, repeating like a Neptunes beat. The players start swaying, and the music starts to crest. It's already way louder than most rock concerts, with the various horns playing choirlike harmonies, and then, on Tony Davis' signal, the fellows stand up. The kid playing cymbals moves to the front, still keeping the backbeat. Maybe it's the air conditioning, but wind seems to come off the trombones.
The baritone player signals, and suddenly the band breaks the song back down to just the groove, with the drums dropping out. And then they're back for the “shout,” one player improvising a sweaty, raspy solo, the band even louder than before. When Davis signals the end, it feels like a lot more than 10 minutes have just elapsed.
“Big circle!” Tony Davis calls out, after making the marching band members run two laps on Armstrong's track (a kid who threw his empty soda bottle out the window on the way over is sentenced to two extra circuits).
Everyone joins hands. Nathanial Page offers a prayer, thanking God for a day to practice and asking him to “bless our instruments, bless our sticks, bless our hearts and mouths.”
With their weather-beaten instruments — like an improvised sousaphone neck more electrical tape than brass — and Rocawear, these kids hardly look like a marching band. Taylor says they've got uniforms on order, but they won't come in time for the informal competition on Memorial Day weekend in Washington. The Madison Lions Community Marching Band, named for the United House of Prayer's bishop, S.C. Madison, will board their chartered bus and march around Logan Circle in blue khakis and white oxfords.
“We really want to grow,” Taylor says, standing in the infield as the band assembles on the track. “But you can only grow as big as you've got supplies to do.”
“Line up!” Davis shouts. Five young women with flags, led by Deacon Davis' wife, Tawana, take the front, followed by the brass section — three sousaphones, two baritones, five trombones. “Band! Attention!” Davis calls.
“U-H-O-P!” they respond, and the rhythm section sets the pace. The Lions begin circling the field, playing almost Stevie Wonderish melodies in places, striking beautiful harmonies and stirring beats. And suddenly all the incongruities vanish — this poverty-stricken neighborhood, these scruffy instruments, the calf-high weeds. This is a great band. And if they don't turn everyone's heads on Memorial Day, the competition will have been sent directly from heaven. S
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April 26, 2011 Opinion & Blogs » Back Page
Poison's Peak
The county is being asked for a permit to stockpile known carcinogens for generations to come. But the coal ash already is there.
By Nicole Anderson-Ellis
Scott Elmquist
East End Resource Recovery is seeking Henrico County's permission to continue storing coal ash on Darbytown Road.
Go see it for yourself. Drive southeast on Darbytown Road in Henrico County's East End, past the houses decorated for the Easter holiday, and there it is, rising above the trees. From a distance it's a bald hill. Standing in the yard across the street you can see bulldozers shifting the peaks of dark gray powder.
Coal ash.
People know that smoke from a coal-fired power station is poisonous. Yet few of us consider the toxic ash left after the coal burns. I never did. Then, last December, our neighbor called. Had I seen the meeting agenda for Henrico County's upcoming Board of Zoning Appeals? Turns out the East End Landfill LLC wanted a permit "to deposit coal ash and other materials at 1820 Darbytown Road."
And the kicker? The ash already was there.
The exact makeup of coal ash depends on the batch of coal, but typically includes arsenic, lead, mercury, cadmium and even uranium. Exposure can cause neurological damage; birth defects; heart, lung and kidney disease; and various forms of cancer. That's according to data from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as the Nobel Prize-winning organization Physicians for Social Responsibility.
There are lots of ways to be poisoned by coal ash. Drink contaminated water, eat food grown in contaminated soil, or just breathe in the wrong place. Recent studies from scientists at Duke University show inhaled coal-ash dust pushes radioactivity and trace metals deep into the lungs where their impact is magnified.
At particular risk are children, pregnant women, the elderly and people with lung disease. In Henrico County that includes the more than 6,500 children suffering from pediatric asthma, more than 20,000 asthmatic adults, and nearly 10,000 residents who have chronic bronchitis, according to the American Lung Association's 2010 State of the Air Report.
So here's this ash, piled high in the midst of residential neighborhoods, just waiting for a breeze. On the first of December gusts in the region reached 46 mph, blowing from the southwest. Strong enough to carry ash over Montrose? Of course. Fulton Hill? Church Hill? Rocketts Landing? Get on Google Earth. See how close it is.
Even more surprising than learning there was coal ash being trucked into our town is the fact that the state's Department of Environmental Quality seems OK with it. Even as the federal Environmental Protection Agency is considering a proposed rule to deem coal ash as hazardous waste, the DEQ gave the East End Landfill the thumbs up, claiming the facility meets the necessary requirements and the level of toxic material is small.
But it doesn't take large doses of these toxins to cause harm. There is no safe level of lead exposure, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. And remember, we're already exposed to heavy metals. The Dominion Resources power station — eight miles south — generated 2.7 tons of lead and 50 pounds of mercury in the last three years alone, according to its own reporting. Every small dose increases our health risks.
In addition, heavy metals don't weaken with time; they'll pose the same threat a decade or century from now. The county is being asked for a permit to stockpile known carcinogens for generations to come.
So who would be trusted with this danger? The East End Landfill, owned by Waste Associates Holdings, which in 2008 and 2009 failed six straight inspections. It was fined more than $100,000 in 2009 alone for violations including failure to mark the boundary of the safety liner, risking landslides by piling materials too highl and too steepl, and failure to cover materials properly. In late 2009, the county issued a stop-work order when mud from the landfill covered Darbytown Road. The most recent fire was last September.
By what standard is this facility capable of safeguarding our communities' health and safety? In what way has it demonstrated itself worthy of such a responsibility?
Given the health risk this ash poses and given the DEQ's mission — "promoting the health and well-being of the citizens of the Commonwealth" — it's troubling that the agency allowed the importation of this waste into our community.
The good news? Wise voices are weighing in. Henrico Supervisor James Donati and State Sen. Donald McEachin stood up at a December meeting and opposed storing coal ash in their districts, as did representatives from the Partnership for Smarter Growth, Envision Henrico, the Fulton Hill Resource Center, and neighbors who could get time off on a weekday morning. The board listened, and denied the permit.
Threat avoided. Right?
Only on paper. The ash remains. And last week my neighbor called. Had I seen Henrico's Board of Zoning Appeals agenda? On Thursday, April 28, at 9 a.m. the East End Landfill (which was renamed in December and is now East End Resource Recovery) will appeal the board's last decision in hopes of getting permission to keep storing coal ash.
No doubt, faced with the scientific facts and united community opinion, the Board of Zoning Appeals will uphold its own mission, including "excellent management of the valued resources which create our coveted quality of life."
But this time, we need more than a negative vote. We need the coal ash gone. S
Nicole Anderson-Ellis teaches critical thinking and critical writing at Virginia Commonwealth University.
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Christmas Day marks almost one year to the day that Liverpool announced they had signed Virgil van Dijk.
It is no secret Virgil van Dijk faced a big task to take the Reds from a team that were leaking goals but scoring freely into the outfit they are today which could challenge any side in the world.
That side, of which the imperious Dutchman has had a massive impact on, sit unbeaten at the top of the Premier League clear of their nearest rivals Manchester City by four points. A Merry Christmas indeed.
Van Dijk arrived at Anfield on January 1, 2018, after the news broke the week before that he’d be joining up with Jurgen Klopp and since then has conceded just 17 goals during his time for the club.
His debut against Everton on January 5 was marked with an emphatic goal and what followed was his calmness that spread throughout the backline and his ability to defend and lead quickly shone as the Reds went on a sensational run to the Champions League final.
During this Premier League season the ever-present Van Dijk has helped Liverpool to keep 11 clean sheets in their first 18 games to add another string to the team’s impressive unbeaten bow.
The centre-back has truly been nothing short of world-class since he arrived and just about everyone has lauded him with the highest of praise.
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Our African safari tours consist of compelling adventures that include legendary game reserves and extraordinary game drives throughout this region with opportunities to view the "Big Five".
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Keith Spears
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I’m on a quest to tell stories with music.
My journey started when I shifted from classical piano to providing eerie keyboard accompaniment at the 1994 Phantom’s Feast, a Halloween dinner theater experience. I followed my musical path to create soundtracks for radio drama with Precarious Audio Theater, indie film with Zombie Zero, contemporary dance with HafenGeist, and the stage with Mary Zimmerman’s The Arabian Nights. In my band Invocatio we told dark romantic tales of poets and mad lovers, and in Voluntary Nightmare we narrated the zombie apocalypse through gothic cabaret.
When I returned to the West Coast in 2013, I decided to pursue my musical goals more formally. I spent the next few years completing a Bachelor’s degree in Music Composition for Film, TV, and Games through Berklee Online. I wrote and recorded in Logic Pro, certified in Pro Tools, and produced scores in Finale and Sibelius. I also applied my computer skills and cheerful demeanor to providing technical support for premier clients at Marketo, learning about marketing in the process.
With my degree completed and my life stabilized after another move, the next leg of the journey is underway. I released The Heart of Nosferatu, a gothic score calling back to classic horror movies, and Jabberwocky, an orchestral scoring of Lewis Carroll’s poem created for a fashion show presentation. For the holidays, I scored and produced Letters from Krampus, a collection of humor and horror shorts in an audiobook style.
My quest has led me through wonderful adventures, but I have not reached the end. If you have a story to tell and want music that helps in the telling, I’d love to connect with you.
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Poultry livestock on agricultural holdings in the UK June 2018, by type
Published by Statista Research Department, Nov 27, 2020
In June 2018, the number of broiler chickens in the United Kingdom came to about 124 million animals. This is more than three times the number of animals that are laying eggs for consumption. Compared to the previous years, both 2017 and 2018 have seen an increase in broiler livestock numbers. Only the number of poultry livestock that isn't chickens has been declining over the covered period in question. The number of all types of chickens has been growing since 2010.
Poultry livestock on agricultural holdings in the United Kingdom as of the 1st of June 2018, by type (in 1,000s)
Hens and pullets laying eggs for eating
Breeding flock
Table chickens (broilers)
Other poultry (ducks, geese, turkey, all other poultry)
2010 to June 1st, 2018
Each years figures are correct as of the 1st of June.
Poultry in the United Kingdom
Weekly UK household expenditure on cooked poultry 2006-2019
Weekly UK household expenditure on uncooked poultry 2006-2019
Weekly UK household consumption of cooked poultry 2006-2018/19
Eating out: weekly consumption of poultry in the United Kingdom (UK) 2006-2018/19
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Statistics 2 – Inference and Association
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This course will teach you the use of inference and association through a series of practical applications, based on the resampling/simulation approach, and how to test hypotheses, compute confidence intervals regarding proportions or means, computer correlations, and use of simple linear regressions.
This course, the second of a three-course sequence, will teach you the use of inference and association through a series of practical applications, based on the resampling/simulation approach, and how to test hypotheses, compute confidence intervals regarding proportions or means, computer correlations, and use of simple linear regressions.
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This course is the second in a three-course sequence that provides an easy introduction to inference and association through a series of practical applications based on the resampling/simulation approach. Once you have completed this course you will be able to test hypotheses and compute confidence intervals regarding proportions or means, compute correlations and fit simple linear regressions.
After completing this course, you will be able to test hypotheses and compute confidence intervals regarding proportions or means, compute correlations and fit simple linear regressions.
Calculate a confidence interval for a proportion
Conduct an A-B test
Calculate the correlation coefficient and test its statistical significance
Fit a simple regression line via least squares
Use the regression equation for predicting
Fit a multiple regression model
Distinguish between explanation and prediction in regression
Assess regression model fit (R-squared, goodness-of-fit, RMSE)
Interpret regression coefficients
Explain the use of k-nearest neighbors for prediction
Use a hold-out sample to assess performance of models
Who Should Take This Course
Anyone with no prior statistical background, who encounter statistics in their work, or who needs introductory statistics for further study.
Mr. Peter Bruce
Mr. Peter Bruce is Founder and President of The Institute for Statistics Education at Statistics.com. He is the developer of Resampling Stats software (originated by Julian Simon in the 1970's), and has also taught resampling statistics at the University of Maryland and in a variety of short courses. He is the author of Data Mining for Business Analytics, with Galit Shmueli, Peter Gedeck, Inbal Yahav and Nitin R. Patel (Wiley, 3rd ed. 2016; JMP version 2017, R version 2018, Python version 2019), Introductory Statistics and Analytics (Wiley, 2015), and Statistics for Data Scientists, with Andrew Bruce and Peter Gedeck, (O'Reilly 2016). He serves on the American Statistical Association's Ad...
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Ms. Anuja Kulkarni
Ms. Anuja Kulkarni has managed and taught over 125 online course sessions and more than 1000 students as an Assistant Teacher at The Institute for Statistics Education. She holds a Masters’ degree in Statistics from Kolhapur University, India, where she also taught undergraduate statistics. Ms. Kulkarni teaches Statistics, Optimization Methods and Predictive Analytics and assists in several other course topics here for over six years. In all, her passion is leading new students into the fascinating and practical world of statistics through the introductory statistics course series at The Institute.
Mrs. Meena Badade
Mrs. Meena Badade has over 23 years teaching experience, leading courses in statistics at various levels of education and at different institutions nationally and internationally. She also has a number of research papers published in respected journals. In addition to academic practice, she has considerable corporate experience at Metric Consultancy, where she worked as a statistical consultant and data analyst for international clients, applying various statistical techniques to projects in several industries.
Confidence Intervals for Proportions; 2-Sample Comparisons
CI for a proportion
The language of hypothesis testing
A-B tests
Bandit Algorithms (briefly)
Correlation and Simple (1-variable) Regression
Significance testing for correlation
Fitting a regression line by hand
Least squares fit
Using the regression equation
Explain or predict?
Multiple predictor variables
Assessing the regression model
Goodness-of-fit (R-squared)
Interpreting the coefficients
RMSE (root mean squared error)
Prediction; K-Nearest Neighbors
Using the regression model to make predictions
Using a hold-out sample
Assessing model performance
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Apr 9, 2021 to May 7, 2021
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The courses listed below are prerequisites for enrollment in this course:
Statistics 1 – Probability and Study Design
This course, the first of a three-course sequence, provides an introduction to statistics for those with little or no prior exposure to basic probability and statistics.
Topic: Statistics, Introductory Statistics | Skill: Introductory | Credit Options: ACE, CAP, CEU
Class Start Dates: Feb 5, 2021, Mar 5, 2021, Apr 2, 2021, May 7, 2021, Jun 4, 2021, Jul 2, 2021, Aug 6, 2021, Sep 3, 2021
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Introductory Statistics for College Credit
This course will teach you the equivalent of a semester course in introductory statistics.
Topic: Statistics, Introductory Statistics | Skill: Introductory | Credit Options: ACE, CEU
Class Start Dates: Feb 5, 2021, Mar 5, 2021, Apr 2, 2021, May 7, 2021, Jun 4, 2021, Jul 2, 2021, Aug 6, 2021, Sep 3, 2021, Jan 7, 2022, Feb 4, 2022, Mar 4, 2022, Apr 1, 2022, May 6, 2022
Statistics 3 – ANOVA and Regression
This course, the third of a three-course sequence, provides ananalysis of variance (ANOVA) and multiple linear regression through a series of practical applications.
Topic: Statistics, Introductory Statistics | Skill: Introductory, Intermediate | Credit Options: CEU
Class Start Dates: Jan 22, 2021, Mar 19, 2021, May 21, 2021, Jul 16, 2021, Nov 19, 2021, Jan 21, 2022, Mar 18, 2022, Jul 15, 2022, Sep 16, 2022
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Organization of Course
This course takes place online at The Institute for 4 weeks. During each course week, you participate at times of your own choosing – there are no set times when you must be online. Course participants will be given access to a private discussion board. In class discussions led by the instructor, you can post questions, seek clarification, and interact with your fellow students and the instructor.
At the beginning of each week, you receive the relevant material, in addition to answers to exercises from the previous session. During the week, you are expected to go over the course materials, work through exercises, and submit answers. Discussion among participants is encouraged. The instructor will provide answers and comments, and at the end of the week, you will receive individual feedback on your homework answers.
Time Requirements
This is a 4-week course requiring 10-15 hours per week of review and study, at times of your choosing.
Homework in this course consists of short answer problems, and includes exercises that require the use of computer software.
In addition to assigned readings, this course also has an exam, short narrated software demos, example software codes, and supplemental readings available online.
Those seeking ACE credit, or who are certificate candidates needing to satisfy their introductory statistics requirement, must pass an online exam at the end of Statistics 2 – Inference and Association.
Course Text
The text for this course is Introductory Statistics and Analytics: A Resampling Perspective by Peter Bruce, (2014, Wiley). This course material will also be provided electronically, with updates, as part of the course, but you may wish to purchase the book as a reference to retain after the course is over.
In this course, software is needed for statistical analysis and simple resampling/simulation operations. We recommend one of these three options:
Regular Excel (not Excel Starter) and Resampling Stats for Excel (must have Windows)
StatCrunch (Windows or Mac OS)
You will need to have some facility with using formulas in Excel. If you don’t, please review either this tutorial or this tutorial before the course starts.
Resampling Stats for Excel
This is a commercial add-in for Excel, designed as a practitioner’s tool for doing resampling simulations. A free license is available to all course participants, while they are enrolled in the statistics.com sequence of introductory statistics courses. Runs only on Windows. Enrolled students will be given access to a free 1-year trial of Resampling Stats through the software download link on the main Stats course webpage. You can also visit the Resampling Stats website and download the 1-year trial here.
StatCrunch
This is a very affordable web-based statistical software program, which also has simulation and resampling capabilities. Runs over the web, so can be used with both Windows and Mac. Resampling is not as intuitive as with Box Sampler and Resampling Stats for Excel. Learn more at www.statcrunch.com.
Note for StatCrunch Users: On all platforms, we recommend that you use the New version of StatCrunch. All examples in the textbook supplement are based on the New version of StatCrunch.
R is a powerful opensource statistical scripting language that is widely recognized as an industry standard. You will need to have familiarity with R and RStudio prior to taking the Statistics 1, 2 or 3 courses if you choose to use R as your software package. Comprehensive supplemental materials are available for R users. You can learn more about R here and RStudio here.
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TNN Finishes 7th and 11th at Tour de Hongrie
Race: 2018 Tour de Hongrie, stage 2
Location: Velence / Székesfehérvár, Hungary
SZEKESFEHERVAR, HUNGARY – Hot weather dominated the peloton on Thursday at stage 2 of the Tour de Hongrie, and Team Novo Nordisk rose to beat it down during the 190km second stage from Velence to Szekesfehervar.
Time and time again teammates from the world’s first all-diabetes professional cycling team raced back to the team car to pick up bottles of water, Nuun and food for each other, spending their energy to keep Charles Planet safe at the front in third overall.
Efforts were rewarded when Planet struck out for a bonus second in the first intermediate sprint of the day, gaining an advantage that kept him steady in the General Classification while all around him rival teams sought the same.
With the temperature steady at 30ºC/86ºF under a cloudless sky and boiling sun, Planet kept his cool over more than four hours of racing, finishing at the front in a mass sprint and retaining his third place with three more days to go.
Teammate Andrea Peron finished seventh on the day, Planet was just behind him in 11th. Italian Matteo Moschetti won the stage, moving into second overall with a 10-second time bonus, while his countryman Manuel Belletti held on to the leader’s yellow jersey. Planet is now 13 seconds off the lead, and has a two second advantage over fourth.
The Tour de Hongrie continues on Friday with a flat sprint stage from Cegled to Hajduszoboszlo, at 206km the longest day expected at the 2018 Tour de Hongrie. Temperatures are rising and the wind is flat and listless, and with a General Classification separated by mere seconds, likely another tough day on the road.
Andrea Peron:
“12 bottles for me today, and when it’s this hot I prefer water to be able to stay at the front and keep my focus. Charles and I were protected by the team all day, and we need it because it’s a tough fight in this race.”
Vassili Davidenko:
“We put the team to work today, and we emptied two full coolers of bottles to keep them hydrated and cool. The race is full of tactical decisions, and the peloton is strong and evenly matched. For Andrea in the sprints and Charles in the GC we have a strong squad at the Tour de Hongrie.”
1st: Matteo Moschetti (Polartec-Kometa): 4:14:07
2nd: Attilio Viviani (Sangemini – MG.Kvis): same time as Moschetti
3rd: Manuel Belletti (Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec): ”
7th: Andrea Peron: “
(Photos: ©René Vigneron)
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The Email Collection The NSA Shut Down Has Been Abused For Years
from the and-it's-only-part-of-a-larger-collection dept
Fri, Apr 28th 2017 7:39pm — Tim Cushing
As was noted here earlier, the NSA surprised many people by shutting down its email collection. This collection was authorized by the FISA Amendments Act, which is due for renewal at the end of this year. Since the point the collection began, it was clear the NSA was also harvesting (inadvertently, it said) US persons' communications.
Ron Wyden, along with a few other lawmakers, has been asking the NSA for years to turn over information on this program -- specifically, how many US persons had been swept up "incidentally" in the bulk collection. For years, the NSA has refused to do so, claiming it would be impossible to compile this information and, somewhat hilariously, claiming it would violate the privacy of those swept up in the collection to query the database for incidental collections.
This decision to shut down the program may result in that answer never being given to Wyden. The ODNI (Office of the Director of National Intelligence) may decide the shutdown renders this particular query moot. It shouldn't. Now that the email program has been shut down EXPLICITLY because it sweeps up too many US persons' in the dragnet, the answer is more important than ever. And the ODNI has recently (and very belatedly) promised to deliver this number and should keep that promise even though the program has been shut down. Not only that, but this shutdown only affects the collection of email. It doesn't prevent the NSA from collecting other internet-based communications. With fewer people using email as their primary communication method, the NSA will still have plenty of communications to harvest.
There's another good reason for turning over that number: the Section 702 collection has been plagued with problems pretty much since its inception. The FISA court determined in 2011 that the program -- as operated by the NSA -- was unconstitutional. Apparently some fixes were made as the program was allowed to continue. But as Marcy Wheeler pointed out a year ago, the program has never not been violating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
In his November 6, 2015 opinion reauthorizing Section 702, presiding judge Thomas Hogan described two more definite violations of 50 U.S.C. §1809(a)(2), and one potential one, bringing the list of times the FISC caught NSA illegally surveilling Americans to four, and potentially five, times.
Fall 2009 confession/July 2010 opinion: Collection of categories of data under the bulk PRTT program not permitted by the FISC (Bates’ opinion describes a category violation reported to FISC in the very first PRTT docket, along with NSA’s assurances it would never happen again)
June 2010 confession/December 10 2010, May 13, 2011 opinions: Retention of overcollected data from a traditional FISA warrant in mission management systems ultimately not deemed necessary for collection avoidance
May 2011 confession/October 3, 2011 opinion: Collection of entirely domestic communications on upstream surveillance MCTs
July 13, 2015 confession/November 6, 2015 opinion: Retention of 702 communications that had been otherwise purged in mission management systems, even though FISC had ruled against such retention in 2011
[Potential] July 13, 2015 confession/November 6, 2015 opinion: Retention of data that should have been purged or aged off in compliance databases
This is the authority the NSA wants approved at the end of the year. This shutdown might be an attempt to finally make the program legal -- or at least legal enough to survive a closer examination as the issue heads towards a vote.
This shutdown -- along with the NSA's long history of abuse -- also explains why there were no Section 702 approvals from the FISA court. As Wheeler suggested when the information was first released, the lack of approvals in 2016 indicated the program had "serious issues." Her post from last year shows the program has always had "serious issues." The number of requests the government made in 2016 was redacted from the report, but the footnote attached to it suggests it was more than one.
Perhaps the court no longer found the program Constitutional, at least not the way the NSA routinely operated it. While incidental collection is always a problem with bulk surveillance, the internal controls, which NSA talking points claim prevent abuse, apparently aren't controlling much or preventing much. It appears the NSA can't find a way to operate this part of the Section 702 program without collecting (and querying) US persons' communications, so it has decided to shut it down, rather than spend any more time and effort trying to talk the FISA court into approving its ritualistic abuse.
Despite having years to improve its practices and improve its segregation of collected data, the agency apparently did very little to rein this program in. A 2014 DOJ/ODNI report quoted by Wheeler shows misuse of collected data continued to increase even as the NSA sought orders to collect even more.
The joint oversight team, however, is concerned about the increase in incidents involving improper queries using United States person identifiers, including incidents involving NSA’s querying of Section 702-acquired data in upstream data using United States Person identifiers. Specifically, although section 3(b)(5) of NSA’s Section 702 minimization procedures permits the scanning of media using United States person identifiers, this same section prohibits using United States person identifiers to query Internet communications acquired through NSA’s upstream collection techniques. NSA [redacted] incidents of non-compliance with this subsection of its minimization procedures, many of which involved analysts inadvertently searching upstream collection. For example, [redacted], the NSA analyst conducted approved querying with United States persons identifiers ([long redaction]), but inadvertently forgot to exclude Section 702-acquired upstream data from his query.
This continued abuse and misuse is highly problematic, although the ODNI has been the last entity to officially recognize this. The "upstream" collection not only results in vast amounts of intercepted communications, but is one the FBI's favorite sources for intel. The ODNI denies to this day the FBI's searches of the NSA's collections are "backdoor searches," but it's information and communications the FBI certainly can't collect itself under its legal authorities. The supposedly foreign-facing collection is routinely used by a domestic law enforcement agency to obtain US persons' communications without a warrant. That's a "backdoor" search, no matter how the ODNI portrays it.
No matter what else comes of it, this shutdown is huge. Even though it's a smaller part of a larger internet communications collection program, it's still a significant closure. And once again, this is a result of Snowden's leaks. Wyden's persistent pestering about incidental collection likely played a small part as well. But without documents clearly showing how much the program collected and how it was being used, the NSA would most likely still be trying to find a way to push these requests past the FISA court. And without this additional scrutiny, the court itself might have found itself more easily persuaded.
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Re: Congress Judicial Powers
Congress has NO authority to imprison anybody without a formal Declaration of War in effect, under the U.S Constitution.
Nor does Congress have subpoena authority or Contempt-of-Congress authority. These are "Judicial" powers.
Under the Constitution, all Federal "judicial powers" reside solely with the Supreme Court and its lower courts.
Congress simply granted itself these judicial powers-- an outrageous violation of fundamental U.S. law.
No wonder the NSA/CIA/FBI think they can ignore the law -- they are absolutely correct... in the realpolitik of Washington D.C.
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HMD Global to mark the debut of Nokia 6.1 Plus on August 21 in India
Moupiya Dutta Mobile Aug 7, 2018, 10:00 pm
Not long ago, HMD World teased that it will soon be launching a new smartphone in India and lately rumors pointed out towards the launch of the Nokia 6.1 Plus, the global variant of Nokia X6. Nokia licensee HMD Global has cemented the rumors by sending out an invitation to media for a smartphone launch on August 21 in India.
The invitation doesn’t mention the title of the distinct smartphone, there is no official confirmation on what to expect at the launch event, so it seems that the Nokia 6.1 Plus is likely to be at least one of the handsets to make its debut on the event. The HMD invite says “HMD World invites you to a unique gathering for the following massive unveil.” The massive event is to take place in New Delhi on August 21.
Nokia 6.1 Plus was first released in Hong Kong and alongside this as rumors mark HMD Global may also launch the Nokia 5.1 Plus and Nokia 2.1.
The vital specifications of the Nokia 6.1 Plus are identical to the Nokia X6 that was launched in China in May. It involves a 5.8-inch total High definition+ display screen with the notch, octa-core Snapdragon 636 SoC, 4GB RAM, 16MP+5MP rear digicam sensor, and 3060mAh in-built battery.
There is a dual rear camera setup with a 16-megapixel primary sensor and a 5-megapixel secondary sensor – sporting an f/2.0 aperture. For additional security, it also has a face unlock support.
Nokia 6.1 Plus that was first debuted in Hong Kong was priced around HKD 2,288 (Rs 20,100) that comes in two variants; Blue and White color. The real dilemma is the value tag at which it will be released, as of now there are no details available on the handset’s price for India.
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Facebook Dating; Everything you need to know about
Editorial Apps May 30, 2020, 4:22 pm
Facebook Dating feature concept
Facebook Dating app a Tinder or Aisle competitor launched in the US last year. Users can integrate their Instagram posts directly into their Dating profile. And can add Instagram followers to their Secret Crush lists, in addition to Facebook friends. alongside, you can add Facebook and Instagram Stories to your Dating profile too.
Facebook Dating doesn’t have a separate app, instead, it’s a part of the existing Facebook Android and iOS mobile app. There’s no desktop version available for now.
Users’ basic details like living city, past school, work, etc is already known to Facebook. So it might show matches that you have in common, like interests, events, and groups. Likewise the genders you’re interested in whether it’s men, women, or everyone. When setting up a profile, it needs more detailed preferences such as age range, children or no children, distance, education level, height, language are spoken, and religion.
This Dating feature is accessible through the Facebook mobile app on the menu. There’s no swipe left or right option, just a heart-shaped like button.
The Facebook Dating feature is free to use and will be available for both Android and iOS mobile apps. It doesn’t include any video call chat option and. It is rolling out in a selected market for above 18+ aged users.
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The availability of bike parking can have a profound effect. Even the best lock and chain won't help if there's no place to park your bike, and we have a severe shortage of dedicated bike racks in New York City. It's a gamble whether you can bring your bike indoors, and outdoors it isn't always clear where it's best (or legal) to park, so that can also be a gamble.
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A strong chain and a good lock,
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New York City does have efforts to increase bike parking, indoors as well as outside, and there's also an effort to combine bike parking with street tree protection. On the other hand, we have a really bad bike theft problem, compounded by city employees sawing through locks and seizing bicycles.
In other words, we've got good news and bad news.
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New York City's bike parking facilities and policies should encourage people to go by bike. Right now, we don't have that. TIME'S UP! has visited cities with good strategies, which could be implemented here. (And when they are, we'll put them on the "Good News" page!)
Berkeley, California, made safe space in the street for bikes to park in (left, above).
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Amsterdam again. These bike racks (right) have two tiers, which make it possible to stagger the bikes' handlebars. This way, more bikes can fit in a given area.
Bike racks are so numerous in Portland, Oregon, that some people make unusual, customized ones. This bookstore (right), which has more dedicated bike parking than most city blocks in NYC, has racks arranged like books on a shelf, each with the title of a book about bicycles.
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What makes the James Webb telescope so special?
by adminPosted on November 19, 2019 September 4, 2019
One would have to ask what is not particularly about the James Webb telescope.
It is one of the riskiest, most complex, most expensive missions of all time.
In short, it is a technical miracle.
But let’s start with the predecessor.
The Hubble Telescope has done an incredible job, revolutionizing astronomy over the past 20 years.
(see Hubble Ultra Deep Field)
Hubble Ultra Deep Field – Wikipedia
Although Hubble has been serviced and modernized three times in Earth’s orbit, time is running out for this telescope.
In order for the telescope to continue to take these fantastic images, it must be extremely precisely aligned by gyroscopes/bearings/wheels over days.
These benefits decrease over time. So NASA was looking for a successor.
She turned to the astrophysicist and Nobel laureate John C. Mather.
(Nobel Prize for COBE satellite that captured the background radiation for the first time)
The team led by project leader J. Mather developed a space telescope that dwarfs everything that has happened.
Because the diameter of the payload cladding of rockets is limited, it is not appropriate to design wide satellites. (e.g. with the Ariane 5 max 5m width is allowed)
Therefore, the James Webb telescope was not built as a single mirror like Hubble, but as segments in honeycomb form.
The yellow color comes from a gold coating.
The mirror itself is made of beryllium (beryllium does not warp at extreme temperatures) and was extremely difficult to manufacture.
Each segment can be controlled separately.
Similar to a facet eye of a fly.
Here is a comparison of the Hubble and JWST mirrors.
Unlike Hubble, the mirror will not work in the visible spectrum.
Because the further you look into the past, the more the light shifts into the infrared.
Gold best reflects infrared radiation.
With this mirror, humanity will be able to, except for 13.5 billion!
(in memory of the Urnkall was 13.8 billion years ago) Years into the past and watch how the first galaxies, stars and even planets were formed.
In order to look back to the past, the mirror must be cooled to the almost absolute zero point.
This is achieved by two methods: on the one hand, a very complex sun/heat shield has been developed, which is the size of a tennis court.
Between the individual layers is the vacuum of space, which is very well insulated.
Secondly, a limited supply of coolant is taken and the telescope is actively cooled down.
Here you can see how the heat is shielded between the heat shield and the telescope.
To be as far away from the disturbing sun as possible, James Webb will not fly around Earth like Hubble in orbit, but will be at Lagrange Point 2, 1.5 million km from Earth.
Lagrange Points – Wikipedia
If something of this highly complex telescope doesn’t work, no one can fix it.
Everything has to work perfectly right away, otherwise it is 9 billion dollars, that’s how much the project has lost so far.
The heat shield is far too big to be transported in a rocket, so it is built up like an origami and unfolded in space.
Here is an animation that takes two minutes, will take over a month.
ESA is also involved in this telescope, which, in addition to new instruments, will also provide the Ariane 5 rocket.
This telescope has integrated 10 brand new technologies.
Particularly interesting, Nirspec (ESA/Airbus) is a very complex instrument with microshutter (small windows 100x 200 microns x 62000 pieces).
Through these shutters, the JWST is able to analyze thousands of objects/exoplanets simultaneously.
This makes it possible for the first time to search exoplanets for extraterrestrial life on a large scale.
What the Kepler telescope used to need a day for, the JWST manages in half an hour.
This video shows how the light is guided through a series of complex mirrors into the NirSpec.
In addition, the JWST has the most advanced infrared detectors (MIRI), making it 100 times more sensitive than the Hubble telescope.
Originally the start was planned for 2018, unfortunately the development has been delayed several times, the earliest start date is March 2021.
There were doubts about the reliability of the heat shield.
The cost will be about 10 billion dollars at launch.
The telescope itself is finished, but it is being tested tirelessly to make sure everything is running perfectly, because there will probably be no second telescope of this kind.
At the start, many people will hold their breath, because so much can go wrong.
The rocket could explode at launch, the JWST could not reach L2, the antenna or solar panel could not extend, the heat shield could not unfold properly, the optics of the telescope could not align properly, etc.
Many scientists find the project too risky.
The service life is only designed for 10 years.
When it goes into operation, we will better understand how the Sun and Earth were created, and see unique images from the earliest years of the universe.
Interesting fact: If the telescope were 21 light years away from Earth, it would still be able to see the Earth.
If all goes well, it will be the first time to take highly detailed shots of Proxima Centauri.
Image of the finished telescope without heat shield in a special cooling chamber (-250掳C) to test the optics.
Originally built for the Apollo program.
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RIM Scoops Up Social Gaming Outfit Scoreloop
by Gaurav Kheterpal on June 8, 2011
RIM is well aware it’s no longer the king of the enterprise smartphone segment. After the BlackBerry lost out to iPhone and Android in the enterprise, the company projected the PlayBook as an ‘iPad killer‘ and later suffered the embarrassment of having to recall 1,000 PlayBooks due to a “faulty operating system.”
Now that RIM has tried just about every trick in the book and nothing seems to be working, the Waterloo-based giant is switching to a Plan-B. The company announced Tuesday that it has purchased Scoreloop, a Germany-based company which makes a toolkit for developers to add social features to mobile games.
Over the last year, RIM has seen a consistent downward turn in its stock prices and investors are quickly running out of patience with the core leadership group led by co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie. While it’s heartening to see RIM try something new amidst a management crisis, I’m not sure if it can quickly make the Scoreloop acquisition count to reverse its dwindling fortunes.
Scoreloop is best known for its cross-platform social gaming software that allows game developers to set up in-game currencies and rewards, achievements, leaderboards, downloadable content releases and other features. The company, founded in 2008 and headquartered in Munich, works on multiple platforms including Apple’s iOS, Google’s Android and Windows Phone 7.
RIM says it’s committed to enhancing its social app portfolio. The company recently unveiled the BBM™ Social Platform which lets developers create innovative social app experiences. The company expects to work with the team at Scoreloop to provide tools that will further enable its developer community to take gaming to a new level of social integration on the BlackBerry platform. Scoreloop says it will continue to develop on its cross platform approach, but its BlackBerry solution will be unparalleled.
Scoreloop chief executive Marc Gumpinger said the Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM has the “ambition to build the best platform for mobile games. So we’ve joined forces to help make this a reality.”
IMO, the Scoreloop acquisition isn’t a bad move. Apple plans to go after RIM with iMessage and the Waterloo-based giant has every reason to be worried. I’m glad this has prompted RIM to shed its “enterprise-only” inhibitions for the BlackBerry and look to tap uncharted territories such as social apps and gaming. Whether it lures game developers to give the BlackBerry platform a second look, I’m not so sure.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Trident: Years of trouble with missiles
Sam Coates, Deputy Political Editor
Monday January 30 2017, 12.01am, The Times
Althought the submarine itself passed all tests, its nuclear missiles appeared to have issues with navigation
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The nuclear missiles used in Trident submarines have been blighted by problems for years, it emerged yesterday. Issues with the navigation controls were spelled out in documents published by the United States defence department.
They suggest that more than £1.4 billion has been spent repairing and modernising the guidance system, according to the Sunday Times. The D5 missile used by the British Trident submarine, made by Lockheed Martin in the US, is also used by the American fleet and comes from the same stockpile. The US government put pressure on the UK to keep quiet after the navigation system failed in a test last summer.
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Ronnie O’Sullivan battles back to beat Ding Junhui at Masters
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Ronnie O’Sullivan rallied from the brink of defeat to beat Ding Junhui in a final-frame decider and keep alive his hopes of an eighth Masters title.
O’Sullivan looked to be heading out of the tournament when he trailed 5-3 with Ding on a break of 28, but a simple missed red to the middle cost the Chinese player dear.
The world champion won the frame and hauled back level before he was gifted a 6-5 victory after a rash attempt at a long brown by Ding, who won his only Masters title in 2011.
All Stitched up 🪡@ronnieo147 proved why he's the 7x Masters Champion as he fought back to beat Ding Junhui 6-5.
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O’Sullivan said: “It’s a big match and it’s not always going to go your way, so you’ve just got to suck it up sometimes.
“I never doubt my ability to stick in there and my match-player temperament and bottle-wise I know I’m Premier League in that department.”
Ding had blazed through the first three frames to establish a commanding lead but a 103 from O’Sullivan gave him hope of pulling back into the match.
Ronnie O’Sullivan is a seven-times Masters champion (Steven Paston/PA)
A brilliant 60, almost entirely comprised of low-value colours, further narrowed O’Sullivan’s deficit but sparked a superb response from Ding who fired a 129 clearance.
In what was developing into a classic Masters contest, O’Sullivan responded with a break of 100 to go 4-3, only for Ding to immediately hit back with 128 to go within one frame of victory.
O’Sullivan gave Ding hope in the decider when he missed a red to the middle on 34, but Ding’s bizarre choice to take a long brown proved to be his final shot of the match as a 73 from O’Sullivan sealed his place in the last eight.
No other player can match Ronnie O’Sullivan’s seven Masters titles (Adam Davy/PA)
Afterwards, O’Sullivan gave a glimpse into the lockdown routine which is contributing one of the most successful periods of his career.
“I’ve been spending six hours a day on the practice table religious for weeks, because I have not much else to do really,” added O’Sullivan.
“I’m probably the fittest I’ve been for 10 years. I’m running 45 miles a week at the moment and I’m more excited about that than anything else.”
John Higgins held his nerve to beat Mark Allen 6-5 and book a quarter-final date with O’Sullivan.
John Higgins has beaten Mark Allen 6-5 🏴🧙♂️👊
He'll face Ronnie O'Sullivan in the last eight of the @Betfred Masters!#ilovesnooker pic.twitter.com/pZIeS4UKci
Higgins trailed 39-3 in the final frame before a superbly crafted break of 59 saw him into the last eight.
The Scot had led 3-1 with Allen’s only first-session success a second-frame break of 106 – the 600th century in Masters history.
Allen started the second session with a 92 break and levelled matters by capitalising on some uncharacteristic Higgins errors to win the sixth frame on the black.
Higgins quickly regained his composure with breaks of 84 and 80, but Allen fought back to make it 5-5 and set up a thrilling final frame.
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Allegheny National Forest - Brush Hollow XC Ski Trail
Ballast, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
Allegheny National Forest - Deerlick XC Ski Trail
Allegheny National Forest - Heart's Content XC Ski Trail
Dirt, Grass, Gravel
Allegheny National Forest - Kellettville to Nebraska Trace
Dirt, Grass
Allegheny National Forest - Mill Creek Trail
Allegheny National Forest - Minister Creek Trail
Allegheny National Forest - Tidioute Riverside RecTrek Trail
Ballast, Dirt, Grass
Allegheny National Forest - Twin Lakes Trail
Allegheny River Valley Trail
Beaver Dam Trail
Beaver Meadow Trail
Blaisdell-Emery Trail
Clarion Highlands
Dirt, Gravel
Clarion-Little Toby Trail
David S. Ammerman Trail (formerly Clearfield to Grampian Trail)
Five Bridges Trail
Ballast, Cinder, Dirt, Grass
Houtzdale Line Trail
Kinzua Bridge Skywalk
Kinzua Valley Trail
Knox Kane Rail Trail
Lowlands Trail
Mahoning Shadow Trail
Marienville Bike Trail
Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
Marilla Bridges Trail
Rail 66 Country Trail
Asphalt, Cinder, Gravel
Redbank Valley Rail Trail
Ballast, Crushed Stone
Richard E. McDowell Trail
Sentiero DiShay Trail
Shawmut Trail
Snow Shoe Rail Trail
Ballast, Gravel
Susquehannock Trail System
Warren to North Warren Bike Trail
West Creek Recreational Trail
Wolf Run Trail
This trail is not groomed. Three stacked loops offer a variety of hiking and skiing opportunities at a range of difficulty levels. The trail starts out on a railroad grade along Big Mill Creek. This...
PA 7.7 mi Ballast, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
This trail is not groomed. The trail is a combination of logging roads, railroad grades and pipelines that offer challenges to a wide range of skill levels. Trail is marked with blue diamonds.
PA 9 mi Ballast, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
This trail is not groomed. The three loops are suitable for beginners. The trail is marked with blue diamonds. Check out the short 1.2 mile Hearts Content Interpretive Trail which offers a scenic hike...
PA 8.3 mi Dirt, Grass, Gravel
The route is primitive and unimproved. The trail crosses several streams that are not bridged. The trail follows the scenic Tionesta Creek with lots of great scenery and fishing.
PA 12 mi Dirt, Grass
The Mill Creek Trail serves as a connector between Twin Lakes Recreation Area and the Brush Hollow Trail. Just south of Forest Road 138, the Mill Creek Trail leaves the Twin Lakes Trail and heads...
PA 5.6 mi Dirt, Grass
This moderately difficult trail features great views of Minister Creek and passes by several outstanding rock outcropings, the latter about 1 mile from the trailhead parking lot. This heavily used...
Located on the western side of the Allegheny National Forest, this trail extends north to south, parallel to the Allegheny River from the town of Tidioute to Grove Run. The trail retains much of the...
PA 4.5 mi Ballast, Dirt, Grass
This trail passes through a variety of pleasing landscapes. The area near Crane Run is especially scenic. The trail is marked with white diamonds. The skill level of this trail is rated more...
PA 16.6 mi Dirt, Grass
The towns of Allegany and Olean (OH-lee-an) sat at the hub of river, railroad, wagon road, and canal traffic during New York’s early history. It’s no wonder that today the area is home to a popular...
NY 8.1 mi Asphalt
Located in one of Pennsylvanias most popular State Parks, the Beaver Dam Trail follows old railroad grades at Parker Dam State Park in Clearfield County. The trail runs past streams, beaver dams,...
PA 2.3 mi Crushed Stone
Developed as a Safe Routes to School project, the paved section of the Beaver Meadow Trail runs eastward for 1.5 miles from the Dubois City Park along the northern bank of Sandy Lick Creek traversing...
PA 2.9 mi Asphalt
The Blaisdell-Emery Trail follows an abandoned railroad bed between South Bradford and the borough of Lewis Run. This scenic trail parallels Tunungant Creek (locally called Tuna Creek) for part of the...
The Clarion Highlands Trail is one of the highest rail-trails in the Commonwealth. It traverses the Allegheny Plateau, passing over the divide between the Clarion and Allegheny Rivers, and follows the...
PA 8.5 mi Dirt, Gravel
The Clarion-Little Toby Trail lets you venture on the wild side for 18 miles as it traverses remote state hunting grounds adjoining the Allegheny National Forest. You’ll likely see deer and other...
PA 18 mi Crushed Stone
The David S. Ammerman Trail rolls through Pennsylvania coal country for nearly 11 miles between Clearfield and Grampian, skirting the West Branch of the Susquehanna River and two of its tributaries....
PA 10.6 mi Crushed Stone
The Five Bridges Trail in northwestern Pennsylvania uses a portion of the former Pittsburgh and Shawmut Railroad corridor, which ran from Brockway to Brookville. Begin at the western end of the...
PA 8.5 mi Ballast, Cinder, Dirt, Grass
The old railroad line known as the Moshannon, or the Mills Branch, crossed the Moshannon Valley during the mid- to late 1800s. The line was the foundation of the region's late 19th- and early...
PA 10.5 mi Gravel
hough it may only be 600 feet long, the Kinzua Bridge Skywalk is a special treat for history buffs and thrill seekers alike. Situated within Kinzua Bridge State Park in the township of Mt. Jewett, the...
PA 0.2 mi Boardwalk
Deep within the Allegheny National Forest lies a rail-trail with a past. The Kinzua Valley Trail follows the route of the former Kinzua and Hemlock Railroad (later Valley Railroad) near the town of...
PA 6 mi Crushed Stone
A 3.8-mile section of northern Pennsylvania's Knox Kane Rail Trail opened in McKean County in 2018. The crushed-stone pathway runs through a largely forested corridor between Center Street in Mount...
Located in beautiful Sinnemahoning State Park in Pennsylvania, the Lowlands Trail uses the former corridor of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad. The trail and park are now part of the tour...
If Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow on Groundhog Day, Mahoning Shadow Trail users expect six more weeks of winter before spring arrives. The 15-mile Central Pennsylvania trail passes through the...
PA 15 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone
The Marienville Bike Trail is part of a system of roads and trails in the Allegheny National Forest. The trails are open to mountain bikes, trail bikes, and ATVs and are rated as difficult because of...
PA 23.3 mi Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel
The Marilla Bridges Trail provides a 1-mile loop around Marilla Reservoir in Bradford, not far from the Pennsylvania/New York border. The fine-crushed limestone trail offers a scenic trek through the...
Rail 66 Country Trail is a rustic trail paralleling Route 66, that begins in the Village of Marianne near the Clarion Junction (SR 322/SR 66) and extends north to the Clarion/Forest County line. The...
PA 20 mi Asphalt, Cinder, Gravel
The Redbank Valley Trail follows a rail corridor developed by the Allegheny Valley Railroad in 1872 to carry passengers, coal, and lumber to Pittsburgh and beyond. Passenger service along the line...
PA 51 mi Ballast, Crushed Stone
The Richard E. McDowell Trail is a hiking and biking trail on the edge of the University of Pittsburgh, Bradford campus. The trail is almost entirely shrouded by the riparian woodland of the West...
Primarily a cross-country ski route, the 13.4-mile Sentiero DiShay Trail can also be enjoyed for hiking and mountain biking. The trail winds through a mixed forest of conifer and deciduous trees. The...
PA 13.4 mi Dirt
The Shawmut Trail begins in the southwest corner of the small, charming community of Smethport and continues southwest out of town along Marvin Creek. Along the way, views are a mix of woodlands,...
Coordinated by the Snow Shoe Rails to Trails Association (SSRTA), the Snow Shoe Trail caters primarily to ATV and off-road motorcycle enthusiasts. It is open to other users as well, but the rough...
PA 18.5 mi Ballast, Gravel
Located in scenic Potter and Clinton Counties, the Susquehannock Hiking Trail is an 85-mile amalgamation of old Civilian Conservation Corps fire trails, logging roads and railroad grades through the...
PA 30 mi Dirt
Located along the banks of Conewango Creek, the open 3-mile segment of this proposed 11-mile trail follows an old New York Central branch north from the city of Warren. Designed to serve primarily as...
PA 3 mi Asphalt
The West Creek Recreational Trail connects St. Marys and Emporium in a forested area of northern Pennsylvania known as elk country. The 19.5-mile trail follows the route of the Philadelphia and Erie...
Running parallel to State Route 219, this 4 mile section of trail has been built on a former line of the Pennsylvania Railroad (Line 651) and runs from Sandy Township in Clearfield County (near...
PA 4.2 mi Gravel
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Not your typical Rail-Trail
November, 2020 by wwwknapp
I biked this trail on 7/18/2020. I initially attempted to find this trail by entering the Sinnemahoning State Park at its south entrance. That was a mistake since this trail does NOT have a trailhead at is southern end unless you wish to bike the park road to get to the trail. Also, it is VERY easy to miss the trail entrance at its southern end. The best location to access this trail is from its northern end where there is a nice sized trailhead parking area. The Trailhead parking area is accessed by taking the 1st road off to the right AFTER passing the Park Entrance at its North End. The Trail is initially pretty flat with a very, very slight downhill grade from the Northern Trailhead and is on a crushed limestone surface; i.e. your typical Rail-Trail. However, at the 2 mile mark where the trail initially crosses over the Park road, the trail veers off the original railroad Right Of Way (ROW) and ascends significantly as it winds its way thru the forest laden with pine trees on a narrow path and then descends sharply back down to the park road. After crossing the park road, the trail gets back on to the Original Railroad ROW. But unlike the trail surface at its northern end, this section of the trail is covered with a rough grass surface for about 3/4 of a mile before the trail makes a very sharp U turn and ascends a VERY steep hill before terminating at the Park Road. Feel Free to reference the DCNR Map: http://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1737237&DocName=SINN_ParkMap.pdf. According to my bike odometer which is accurately calibrated, I had 4.56 miles from the Northern Trailhead to where the trail terminates on to the Park Road.
Fall ride
November, 2020 by hanzeljames
Was superb ride Just flew along Saw a owl Heard different birds than I'm used to had a great time Gates very bike friendly Trail Surface brand new at least 20 miles Total asphalt is 25.6 mi Lot of road crossings but it is what it is Stop means stop !! Easy 1-1/2 hrs from Pgh
May ride again this week
And there is a DQ at one end lol
How good does that get
20 Miles of smooth sailing
October, 2020 by vicki1960
Trail is complete from Route 322 in Shippenville to the Forest County Line. Brand new asphalt paved section recently extended from mile marker 12 in Leeper to mile marker 20.5 at the Clarion-Forest County line.
The mid section of the trail, mile markers 5.5 to 7.5 which were tar and chipped since 2013, has been resurfaced with new asphalt.
Once you come to the end of the trail at Blood road, you can access the Four Seasons Marienville Trail for an additional 6 miles into Marienville.
Beautiful colors of Fall to enjoy on the trail.
Very Rough for a bicycle
Though open to bicycles, this trail is very rough with it's washboard surface and large gravel. I even found it difficult to walk on.
We parked at the Gillentown trailhead (approx mile marker 49) and proceeded to bike towards the higher mile marker numbers. Though it was very pretty, the surface was rough. Some points we got off and walked our bikes and even walking was difficult. We only went out a few miles then turned around coming back to the parking area. We proceed to bike the other direction, lower mile marker numbers and towards the Clarence end of the trail which was packed limestone and much smoother though only 3 miles from Gillentown to Clarence.
We wanted to see the Peale Tunnel which was on the bumpy section of the trail and never made it that far. We also wanted to ride across the Viaduct which is farther out. Found out it's been closed since 2013 and no plans in the near future to open it. It's in very poor rotted condition and would take a lot of work to make it passable.
This trail is mainly for ATV's which you need a membership. It's also open to Equestrians and for walking/hiking.
October 14th ride
October, 2020 by j130hn72
Beautiful ride from Leeper to Mariane. Very nice trail for a fall ride.
October, 2020 by rpd1
Have ridden the trail a couple of times. I was surprised when I got to Leeper at the 12.7 mile mark it was paved. It turned out it was paved the next 14.1 miles to the edge of the town of Marienville. I rode another .5 miles into Marienville on a cinder path and there is an old train station that it appears that is being fixed up. The trail appears to keep going up along Rt. 66 as a cinder trail. Also the tar and chip part of the trail was also paved. We rode on October 9 and the trees were in full color. The trail is now paved from the 0.7 mile marker(Rt. 322) to 26.8. The bad part of this trail is that it crosses Rt. 66 four times and the first two are on the dangerous side. Site distance is not great for cars going 55-60 mph. If you like paved trails, this is a must.
Nice ride in along West Creek
October, 2020 by rory.stenerson
Taking advantage of the fall colors, I started out in Emporium on my recumbent trike with street tires. I rode the gentle upgrade for about 12.5 miles, but had to turn around because the cartway surface has been damaged by heavy equipment tracks. I didn't see any bathroom facilities or water fountains, but there's a nice sheltered picnic table just West of where the trail crosses Route 120, about 8 miles. Very nice scenery of farms the meandering West Creek, but this would get more stars if they had at least a porta-toliet, and the better care of the cartway going West.
26 miles of asphalt
October, 2020 by paulheckbert
The 26 miles from SR 322 (Marianne) to Marienville are asphalt (no more tar and chip), and about half of that is new asphalt put down in 2020. About .7 mile in Marienville between SR 322 and SR 66 is coarse gravel, unmaintained, and little-traveled as of October 2020.
The trail follows a ridge between the watersheds of the Clarion River and Allegheny River. There is a very gradual elevation rise over the 26 miles, from an altitude of 1500 feet in Marianne to 1730 feet in Marienville.
The trail parallels busy Route 66 for its entire length, with the distance between trail and road varying between 30 feet and almost 1 mile. There are four dangerous crossings of Route 66 at which cars travel at speeds approaching 60 mph, and do not slow for cyclists. There are also gravel driveways and roads crossing the trail, some of them soft and a bit treacherous for bikes with narrow tires.
Along the trail you pass O’Neil’s Quality Foods (smoked meat, deer processing, etc) at the Marianne trailhead, Zacherl’s Farm Market south of Lucinda (hay rides and a field of pumpkins when I was there in mid-October), DB’s Smokin’ BBQ north of Lucinda, apple trees by the side of the trail, a huge field of corn, a friendly and very attractive horse, and the Shamrock Dining Room at Kelly Hotel in Marienville, among other attractions.
Beautiful fall ride Sunday, October 4, 2020
October, 2020 by daoper8768
We had a great ride, beautiful, cool day for it. We started at the Leeper trailhead and did an in and out 16 mile ride toward Marianne. They just completed the asphalt and it made for a very smooth ride. Wooded areas had beautiful fall color, farmland with fields of corn made it look all golden, horses, cattle and saw big bear prints across the path. We will be doing this trail again, hopefully the whole length of it next time. We love this type of trail and highly recommend it ¿
2nd visit, a different section
September, 2020 by vicki1960
2nd visit to this trail in 2020. Trying to complete the whole thing. Parked in Summerville and biked to Brookville. Had lunch in Brookville. There are several places in town just off the trail. Biked back to Summerville and past it towards New Bethlehem. 35 miles on the trail this day.
Surface is packed crushed limestone but bumpy in some places.
Saw all kinds of cool history along the trail. This section crosses the Redbank Creek quite a few times via very nice wooden bridges. In Summerville there is a service station a few blocks from the trail if you need water and/or snacks.
Enjoying this trail very much and hope to visit again this Fall. Right now still very green.
5 Bridges trail very cool
September, 2020 by mikeanddee
Loved the trail it was a bit rough at times but a nice ride on my fat bike once I aired the tires down a bit. Saw a few deer and some blue herring. Trail a bit over grown at times but you could see someone is working at giving it so TLC. Well worth the ride. I parked at Sugarhill rode toward Brockway first then I turned around and did the other half towards Brookville. Some nice scenery. Worth the trip.
Sligo Spur
September, 2020 by rpd1
Parked at the Redbank Valley and Sligo Spur intersection. I have rode the Redbank many times and decided to ride the Sligo today. From mile 0 to 4.8 is all up hill. Supposedly less than a 4% grade. The next 2 miles are down hill, next 1.6 uphill, and the last .6 downhill. The trail will just end at a dirt road. The trail is mostly through woods and cinder trail that is in very good shape. You will also see three beaver dams(mile 1.0, 1.2, and 6.8). You will also crossover three streams that are orange from mine run off. This is not a trail for beginners. The uphill is some work. Most of the downhill part you will coast. RPD1 Sept 21, 2020
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Best Buy Net Climbs 10% In Fiscal Q2
By Jeff Malester ⋅ Published: September 24, 2001
Fueled by sales of higher margin merchandise such as digital products, Best Buy reported net earnings of $85 million in its fiscal second quarter, 10 percent above the $77 million recorded in the same three months last year.
On a pro forma basis in the second quarter of last year, where the operations of Best Buy and Musicland are combined as though the acquisition had been completed as of the beginning of fiscal 2001, net earnings totaled $70 million.
Total sales for the second quarter ended Sept. 1, as reported, climbed 31 percent to $4.2 billion, compared with $3.2 billion in the year-ago second three months. On a pro forma basis, total sales in the second quarter of 2000 were $3.6 billion.
As reported, sales at Best Buy stores reached $3.8 billion in the second quarter, up 18 percent from $3.2 billion in the year-ago period. Sales at Musicland store were $396 million in the quarter, down 1 percent from a pro forma figure of $400 million last year.
Comp-store sales at Best Buy climbed 2.8 percent in the second quarter, while comp-store sales dipped 0.4 percent at Musicland during the same time frame.
Best Buy’s store gains were broad, with sales increasing in virtually every region of the country. Musicland’s flat comps were attributed to double-digit gains in sales of entertainment software, including DVD movies and video gaming, offset by continued softness in sales of prerecorded music.
Looking ahead, Best Buy expects comp-store sales to range from flat to a positive 2 percent in the overall company’s third quarter.
“The combination of stronger-than-expected consumer interest, a more profitable sales mix and tight controls on spending drove our earnings well above expectations,” said Dick Schulze, chairman/CEO. “Both Best Buy and Musicland produced bottom-line results that were ahead of plan.”
Sales of digital products continued to rise, said Schulze, who anticipates that digital share could reach 18 percent or 19 percent of sales at Best Buy stores in the fourth quarter, up from the 15 percent of sales recorded in the second quarter.
Overall company gross profit margin increased 230 basis points to 22.8 percent in the second quarter, compared with 20.5 percent in the year-ago second three months. On a pro forma basis, however, the climb was reduced to 30 basis points, up from 22.5 percent last year.
The inclusion of Musicland’s higher expense structure drove selling, general and administrative expenses higher by 300 basis points in the second quarter, reaching 19.8 percent, compared with 16.8 percent in the year-ago period. On a pro forma basis, SG&A was 19.2 percent in the year-ago three months.
For the six months, total company sales rose 28 percent to $7.9 billion, up from $6.1 billion last year, and $6.9 billion on a pro forma basis.
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Shoreview’s longest tenured employee has retired. The city council will recognize his four decades of service at Monday night’s meeting.
Building and Grounds Superintendent Gary Chapman retired Oct. 30 after working for the city 45 years.
Chapman started in 1975 as a seasonal employee and was hired as a full-time park maintenance worker in 1979. He was promoted to lead worker in the parks division in 1988 and then to buildings and grounds superintendent in 2000.
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TOKYO — The head of Sony Corp.’s video game division says the Japanese electronics and entertainment company is readying not just games but also music, movies and other kinds of entertainment for its Virtual Reality headgear, set to go on sale next month.
Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia President Atsushi Morita appeared at a Tokyo event today, ahead of the Tokyo Game Show annual exhibition opening later this week. The latest in video games, including VR, will be on display at the show.
One of the VR experiences being promised is a music video that’s a collaboration between the “Biohazard” horror game, called “Resident Evil” in the US, from Japanese game maker Capcom, and L’Arc-en-Ciel, a Japanese rock band, that takes advantage of VR technology’s illusion of 3-D and 360-degree surround imagery.
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FX announces schedule: ‘Justified’ season 5 starts in January, ‘The Americans’ season 2 in February
FX announced some of their winter premiere dates for some of their hit shows. Dates for Archer, Justified, Chozen and The Americans were part of the news release.
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Justified season five will begin on January 7 (airing 10pm EST) with 13 new episodes centering around Timothy Olyphant’s main character Raylan Givens.
Givens will now face the Crowes, described as ““a deadly, lawless family from Florida intent on settling in Harlan with new criminal enterprises in mind.”
No worries, Walton Goggins will be back as Boyd Crowder.
The animated comedy Archer will start its fifth season as well. The first of the new 13 episodes will air on January 13th (also at 10pm EST) as the hilarious animated comedy continues to please fans. A new animated show, Chozen, follows Archer at 10:30pm.
The show centers on a gay white rapper fresh out of prison featuring the voices of Bobby Moynihan, Hannibal Buress, Michael Pena, Nick Swardson, Kathryn Hahn, and Method Man.
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WHITNEY: Millenial moms create cyber spaces for kids
Whitney Gronski-Buffa
Published 4:44 pm EST, Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Are you following me online? Are you following Olivia?
We’re both on Twitter. I’m @whitneymae and she’s @oliviambuffa. We each have our own email addresses.
Before you roll your eyes, know that Olivia and I are in good company online. According to a recent study conducted by Gerber.com, “close to 40 percent of moms aged 18 to 34 created social media accounts for their baby before the child’s first birthday — and another 7 percent made one before their kid’s second birthday.”
I secured Olivia’s Twitter and email accounts sometime around her first birthday.
It was one of those late-night ventures in silliness to which I’m prone. I read an article about a father who had committed to never posting any pictures of his daughter online as a means of protecting and giving her full control of her image. He also registered her name across a bunch of social media accounts with the intention of giving her all the passwords when she was old enough to take the reins in shaping her online presence.
So I did the same, right then, in something of a fever pitch. Other parents have different motivations for making online accounts for their kids. One woman, who spoke to today.com’s Parents site, said she wanted to avoid overwhelming her followers and friends with pictures of her son, so she created an Instagram account devoted solely to him. Another mother, who gave birth to extremely premature twins, set up a Facebook page for them when they were in NICU. She used it to update family and friends on their condition and continued using it as they grew into healthy-if-not-treacherous toddlers.
My motivation was more about control.
I started using whitneymae as an online moniker in college, making a conscious decision to omit my last name because I figured it would change in some way if/when I got married. But there is another Whitney Mae someone out there in the world (I think she’s British), and she and I are competing for username rights across social media platforms.
“I don’t want that to happen to Olivia,” I thought as I blinked blearily at the computer and logged her in to a few accounts of her own.
Then I did nothing with them. I never emailed her and her Twitter account sat silently in cyberspace. Until she started talking in real life.
Suddenly I felt compelled to commit some of her funny mispronunciations and first utterances to memory. I thought first of carrying around a little pocket-sized Moleskine notebook so I could write it all down, but then I remembered the Twitter account.
I manage her account and mine with the Hootsuite app on my phone. It’s usually nearby and more practical than reaching for a pen and paper every time she babbles. The chronological timeline of tweets makes a great marker of development, too. I can scroll down and see when she mastered the pronunciation of doggy, and when she started combining words into sentences. And there’s plenty of comedy gold to be found. For example, this tweeted comment from Oct. 13: “When presented with a ‘healthy’ breakfast cookie: ‘Is poop? Wipe cookie?’”
I’ll count that one as another win for millennial moms. (On a side note, I want to give a shoutout to the crew at Wright’s Bakery as they close their wonderful business after nearly 60 years in downtown Reed City. Without their triple chocolate chunk cookies [and their date cookies, and their sugar cookies, and their napoleons], the gestation of Olivia Buffa would not have been possible. While pregnant and making my weekly crime-beat rounds in Reed City, I never missed a trip to that bakery and always appreciated the ladies’ encouragement to buy as many cookies as I “needed.” Thanks for your service, Wright’s! You’ll be missed dearly.)
Whitney is the Pioneer’s parenting columnist. After four years reporting and editing at the paper, she’s stepped back to spend more time with her family. Read more here each week and reach her at whitney.buffa@gmail.com.
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‘Step up public spending on health, education’
Our Bureau New Delhi | Updated on January 09, 2018 Published on August 11, 2017
Salaries of teachers, scholarships and payments to children must be in the form of direct transfers
The Survey has called for more public investments in social sectors — mainly education and health — at a time when the NITI Aayog is seen to be encouraging more privatisation, specifically in the health sector.
“The public investment in social infrastructure like education and health is critical in the development of an economy,” the report said.
While India has had a target of increasing public spending in education and health (as a percentage of GDP) for years, in reality expenditure has remained stagnant and in some cases even reduced.
“As a percentage of GDP, the expenditure on education which remained stagnant around 3.1 per cent during the period 2009-10 to 2013-14, however, declined to 2.8 per cent in 2014-15,” the Survey said.
Right to Education has improved enrolment of children in school but has not had a commensurate increase in learning outcomes, it pointed out.
The Survey suggested that salaries of teachers, scholarships and other payments to children should be done in the form of direct transfers as in Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to ensure funds are transferred in full and to encourage more engagement.
Drop out trend
What is telling is the reasons for dropping out of school. While boys drop out to start earning, girls mostly leave schools to help out at home, as well as financial constraints. “This suggests that the cost of education is a key determinant in the completion of education,” the survey noted. According to data from the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), the average annual private expenditure on general education per student (primary and above) has increased from ₹2,461 in 2007-08 to ₹6,788 in 2014.
“It is imperative that the government take appropriate measures to maintain quality of education and impart skills through education which ensure employability and returns to their investments,” the Survey noted.
The current metrics to measure skill training outcomes, too, are inefficient as they look only at the number of people ‘trained’ ignoring parameters such as level of training, person days, person hours and duration of training, the report points out.
The figures on health parameters, too, are dismal. While India has improved, significantly, on the primary measures of health — infant mortality, maternal mortality and life expectancy — a simple comparison with other countries at similar level of economic development shows it is far behind.
Lagging behind
Not only is the country’s private out-of-pocket expenditure higher than any other BRICS nation, but it is lagging in nearly all these parameters of health as well.
“The higher out-of-pocket expenditure on health leads to the impoverishment of poorer sections of society and widens inequalities,” the Survey said, adding, “It is necessary to expand provision of quality public health services to low income groups to prevent impoverishment of large sections of population owing to ill health.”
The Survey has also recommended a push to cheaper generic medicines and reduce dependence on patent drugs, makers of which “make excess profits at the cost of the consumer.”
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Josh Rouse: Olathe-based Squanchy's Lures sells homemade bass, crappie jigs online
Josh Rouse @RouseOutdoorsKS
Jun 22, 2019 at 6:10 AM Jun 22, 2019 at 6:24 AM
They say when you love what you’re doing, you never work a day in your life.
An Olathe man may one day find out if that maxim is a true statement, thanks to the power of e-commerce and his love of fishing.
Jeffrey Carrieres, 34, recently began creating and selling an array of colorful bass jigs and other jigheads through his new enterprise, Squanchy’s Lures.
“I haven't been making them all too long,” Carrieres said. “Only about a year. I got bored over the winter and figured it was a hobby to do and save me some money. I ended up giving some to my fishing buddies and we were pretty happy with the jigs and how they held up, so I figured I would try and sell some.”
The name Squanchy may sound like a personal nickname, but it actually comes from his adopted tabby cat.
“That’s the name he had when we adopted him from the shelter,” Carrieres said of the name, possibly derived from a recurring character on “Rick and Morty” — an animated show that airs on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim programming block. “My daughter tried to rename him George, but it didn't stick.”
And Squanchy the Cat serves as the perfect mascot for his owner’s start-up thanks to its eye-catching, black-and-white logo showing a street-wise alley cat with a fish skeleton hanging from its mouth like a cigar. The logo, drawn in the style of 1930s cartoons such as “Betty Boop,” was designed by graphic artist Phoenix Mayer, and it has since been printed out on shirts that Carrieres sells online. In a stroke of luck, Mayer and Carrieres just happen to be co-workers at Challenger Teamware, 8263 Flint Street in Lenexa.
“I work in a screen print shop,” Carrieres said of his day job. “We do mainly rec sport leagues jerseys and stuff, so I asked one of the artists to draw it up for me.”
Squanchy’s is one of a handful of Kansas-based small businesses who make use of online sales and social media to market their lures, including Topeka-based Top Secret Jig Company, Rose Hill's MESU Bait Company, Wichita-based TTG Lures and Crappie Stopper Jigs and Flies, also based out of Olathe.
Carrieres said he posts everything he has for sale on his Instagram account, @SquanchysLures, and is in the process of adding them all to his Etsy store at https://www.etsy.com/shop/SquanchysLures. Those who want to purchase his lures can do so either on his Etsy site or by direct messaging him on Instagram.
“I fully stand behind any of my products,” Carrieres said. “If you were to ever purchase them and are unsatisfied, please contact me and I will fix the situation. I fully stand behind what I make.”
In addition to his Etsy and Instagram accounts, Carrieres also has a Squanchy’s Lures Facebook page at https://facebook.com/SquanchysLures/, and can be contacted by phone at 913-333-2009.
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Carrieres’ selection is fairly wide for such a young company, with four main jighead types available in a variety of colors and sizes, as well as merchandise featuring his logo.
“So right now, I currently make flipping jigs, football jigs, bug-eyed minnowhead jigs and then freestyle jigs, along with some shirts,” Carrieres said. “I'll probably be making swim jigs next.”
The freestyle jigheads, which come in two sizes and seven colors, are ballhead jigheads with big eyes and red, 1/0 Matzuo sickle hooks, while the minnowhead jigs are more elongated with a thicker-wire Mustad hook. He has two sizes of freestyle jig available in seven different colors — alewife (a light purple), junebug, ruby red, watermelon, disco blue, black and white — and five sizes of the minnowhead available in six colors — alewife, ruby red, white, disco blue, black and glow-bright green.
Both lures make for great crappie and panfish jigs. On Instagram, he showed photos of his minnowhead paired with a 2.25-inch Hellfire soft plastic jig by Combat Jigs, another popular luremaker on Instagram, while in another photo on Facebook he paired the freestyle jighead with the 3.5-inch version of the Hellfire.
His bass jigs, which also feature a heavy-wire Mustad hook and sell for $4.99 apiece, tend to match more closely with the colors of baitfish, though he had a few that stand out such as Bloody Mary — red on white — and Lava Craw — bright orange on red. He guessed that his top-selling color overall was probably junebug. Other colors for his bass jigs include baby bass, sunfish, green sunfish, midnight blue, smokey junebug and pink shad.
“I had to mod my football jig mold to take thicker Mustad hooks,” he said. “The ones it was supposed to take weren't thick enough for me.”
Carrieres said he is looking to expand his offerings this winter to include different types of jigs such as feather/hair jigs after hearing different requests from his customer base.
“I've had a lot of requests for crappie jigs, so I've been considering learning how to tie those and make some this winter,” Carrieres said. “Winter is when I usually make a lot of my products. It's what I do when I can't fish.”
Carrieres added that while it is a business, making a boatload of cash wasn’t as important to him as helping others catch a boatload of fish. He appreciates being able to do what he loves — and creating a quality product for others to enjoy and, hopefully, catch a lunker on — even if it’s not quite paying the bills yet.
“So I haven't really made a lot of money, but that was never my intention,” Carrieres said. “I just enjoy making quality jigs because fishing is my passion and it’s a fun hobby.
“If I some day made it big, I wouldn't complain, though.”
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A Comprehensive Guide on the SECURE Act: Potentials and Pitfalls Explored
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The SECURE Act, an acronym for “Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act” was signed into law on December 20, 2019, as part of a massive compromise government spending bill. The Act represents the most significant reform of the retirement system since the Pension Protection Act of 2006.
With a few exceptions, the Act’s provisions are effective on or after January 1, 2020, and impact both employer sponsored retirement plans as well as traditional and Roth IRAs. For operational compliance, quick action may be needed for those provisions taking effect in 2020.
In this LIVE Webcast, a seasoned panel of thought leaders and professionals brought together by The Knowledge Group will provide and present to the audience an in-depth analysis of the fundamentals as well as recent updates in the SECURE Act. Speakers will also present the important issues surrounding this significant topic.
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Protection for Multiple Employer Plans and Compliant Employers from a Participating Employer’s Qualification Failures.
Increase in Small Employer Tax Credit for Pension Plan Startup Costs and Added Credit for Automatic Enrollment.
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Flexibility for 401(k) Non-elective Contribution Safe Harbor Notice Requirements and Plan Amendments.
Repeal of IRA Contribution Age Limit.
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Before joining Millennium Trust in 2017, John served as General Counsel and Executive Vice President – Finance at Sync Financial, a tech-enabled financial services company. John has also served as Assistant General Counsel of Solo Cup Company and as a partner in the capital markets practice at Jones Day, an international law firm. He began his career as a Certified Public Accountant® with Ernst & Young.
John earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a juris doctor from the University of Notre Dame.
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By The Denver Egotist / January 11, 2019 /
Coming out of school as newly minted designers, we often aspire to the heights of master craftsmanship. We envision ourselves creating expertly designed, meticulously implemented products that inspire awe with their beauty, artistry, and execution.
Then the real world promptly smacks us in the face.
Craftsmen spend untold hours creating their masterpieces. They sweat the details and pour their souls into the work. Their final creations are as much art as they are products.
Somewhere in our industrialized rush, we’ve lost our sense of craftsmanship.
We, on the other hand, find ourselves saddled with impossible deadlines that require us to compromise on features and details. It’s all we can do just to get the project done. Our final products are minimum viable. They’re driven by the invisible hand of the market, which relentlessly demands speed so we can squeeze out a few more sales for the quarter. Getting a product out is considered better than getting it perfect.
The craftsman is not worried about speed. The craftsman is worried about the quality and value of the final product.
Somewhere in our industrialized rush, we’ve lost our sense of craftsmanship. To succeed in the future, we’ll need to find it again.
Do We Need Speed?
Speed is cancer to craftsmanship. But the idea that speed is a positive quality runs deep. Like, primordial deep. In the book Metaphors We Live By, authorsGeorge Lakoff and Mark Johnson explain that our positive association with speed dates back to the dawn of humanity, when early man observed that healthy humans walked at a quicker pace than those who were not healthy. The rest, in our primitive lizard brains, is history. Fast is better than slow.
We haven’t evolved much past that.
We assume first to market is best. Yet, according to researchers at Northwestern, late entrants to a market are more successful than first-movers 70 percent of the time.
When a startup does win, it’s often not because they were fast, but because they were focused.
We mythologize the fast, nimble startup that disrupts the lumbering, established market leader. But, like the plane crash that makes us question the safety of flying, these rare, widely covered stories do not represent the full picture. The average startup does not win the battle, regardless of how fast it moves. When Richard Branson weighed in on this, his advice for entrepreneurs was littered with words like long-term, carefully, and wisely. Those words don’t sound fast at all.
When a startup does win, it’s often not because they were fast, but because they were focused. Just as when a larger company is disrupted, it’s not necessarily because it was slow, but because it lacked focus as its business grew to multiple markets and products.
Focus, therefore, is more important than speed.
The Hare was faster than the Tortoise, but the Tortoise won because the Hare lost focus.
The Changing Complexion of the Market
The driving mantra of fast-moving tech companies is out is better than perfect. However, a seismic shift is happening in the way consumers think about products and what they’re willing to pay for. The shift means we may need to rethink that mantra.
Josh Allan Dykstra laid it out in his Fast Company article, “Why Millennials Don’t Want to Buy Stuff.”
To ‘own something’ in the traditional sense is becoming less important, because what’s scarce has changed. Ownership just isn’t hard anymore. We can now find and own practically anything we want, at any time, through the unending flea market of the Internet. Because of this, the balance between supply and demand has been altered, and the value has moved elsewhere.
I’d take this a step further. I don’t think this change is just about scarcity, I think it is also about quality. The world is flooded with worthless crap. Speed drives quantity over quality, and the durability and lifespan of our stuff has been steadily declining.
In the digital space, quality does not necessarily come from how long something lasts. Quality is a combination of utility and design. A great product needs to solve a real problem in a thoughtful, simple way.
So much of what we create does not solve a real problem. And even if it does, it likely wasn’t created all that thoughtfully. How could it be, when the main goal is to just get something out there? This quote from 2010 in Apple’s app review guidelines sums it up nicely:
“We have over 250,000 apps in the App Store. We don’t need any more Fart apps.”
As Dykstra put it:
Humanity is experiencing an evolution in consciousness. We’re starting to think differently about what it means to ‘own’ something. This is why a similar ambivalence towards ownership is emerging in all sorts of areas, from car-buying to music listening to entertainment consumption…the big push behind it all is that our thinking is changing.
Couple this ambivalence with growing concerns about environmental and social impact and you’ve got yourself a consumerism revolution in the making.
“The biggest insight we can glean from the death of ownership is about connection,” Dykstra writes. “This is the thing which is now scarce, because when we can easily acquire anything, the question becomes, ‘What do we do with this?’”
We no longer care about acquiring — we care about connecting. With each other, with ourselves, and with our environment.
Creating a product that drives a true connection with a person requires thoughtfulness and a relentless obsession. It requires craftsmanship.
What Do We Do With This?
Speed is not an advantage anymore. In the digital space, the technical playing field has been leveled by open source tools and frameworks. Everyone now has the ability to move quickly. Advances like 3D printing are likely to bring similar change in the manufacturing world as well. Being first is now more irrelevant than ever.
Magic takes time. Magic takes craftsmanship.
More importantly, the consumer mindset is shifting. People are becoming more and more selective about what to spend their money on. Apple understood this before almost anyone else, and they’ve led a design revolution that has changed the expectations of every consumer who chooses to buy a product. Thoughtfulness and great design matter.
It’s no longer enough for a product to simply exist. To succeed, future products need that thing, that je ne sais quoi, that magic. And magic takes time. Magic takes craftsmanship.
Craftsmanship is the new advantage.
Companies have to sweat the details. We can’t be afraid to push our timelines to get something right. As designers and developers, we’re doing ourselves, our companies, and our end users a disservice by cutting corners to hit deadlines and striving for minimum viable products.
We have to stop selling ourselves short.
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Aparshakti Khurana’s first song ‘Kudiye Ni’ is out and we love it
Kudiye Ne the soothing romantic track by Aparshakti Khurana and Neeti Mohan will steal your heart
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By Cheena Khanna On May 31, 2019
Bollywood actor-turned-singer Aparshakti Khurana is making his debut as a singer-composer with “Kudiye Ni”. Sargun Mehta, who gained a lot of popularity in Punjabi song Qismat’s video will be seen opposite Aparshakti in the Punjabi romantic track set in a wedding space.
The song titled ‘Kudiye Ni’ has been sung by Aparshakti Khurana and singer Neeti Mohan.
In the video, we can see Aparshakti in pastel shades in a summer wedding setup, with cast wearing sunglasses and dancing in the sun. Sargun looks stunning in a pastel blue and pink lehenga. The song looks like a romantic wedding number that will soon trend as the wedding number of the season.
A couple of days ago, the Dangal actor thanked his sister-in-law Tahira Kashyap for directing its music video. He also wrote a Twitter post to Neeti Mohan thanking her for “training this raw musician”.
Andhadhun actor Ayushmann Khurrana also posted a tweet praising his wife and brother’s work, The actor tweeted, “Lovely song. Waiting. Proud of you.”
Recently, Aparshakti Khurana featured in another music video along with Alia Bhatt’s best friend Akansha Ranjan Kapoor. He was seen in the pop single ‘Tere Do Naina’. The song was composed by Gourov-Roshin and sung by Ankit Tiwari.
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I finally got to see the WWE Live. I used to watch the wrestling all the time with my cousin whilst growing up and have got back into it this year. I have seen quite a few local events and when I saw that WWE was coming to Leeds, I just knew we had to get tickets.
Most of my favourite wrestlers are on the Raw roster however Leeds got the Smackdown roster. Granted I was a little disappointed I wasn't going to see Finn, Dean or Seth but I have realised I like a lot more of the Smackdown roster than I thought.
We arrived at the venue once the doors opened so we had plenty of time to get merchandise and get settled (they even threw in some top 10 countdowns), but the best part was when a woman who worked at the arena came up and asked if we wanted a seating upgrade. We chose to buy tickets on level 2 originally and the view was still great however when she said we could go sit in level 1 we gladly accepted. The view was fantastic we could see everything.
The show kicked off with Bobby Roode and Dolph Ziggler, they really got the crowd going and set up for a brilliant night. I now love Bobby Roode and can't get his entrance theme out of my head.
I would go as far as saying the Usos are my favourite tag team from both Smackdown and Raw. I was hoping to see them against the new day however seeing them against the likes of Breezango was also brilliant. Jimmy and Jay are brilliant wrestlers and to see them live was fantastic.
I didn't like Randy Orton before seeing him live (I heard his entrance music and thought oh no here we go). He never really appealed to me however he is a brilliant wrestler and that became apparent watching him. He came up against Rusev and the match was great, the crowd was brilliant in this too getting behind Randy chanting RKO. Granted Rusev is one of the wrestlers I really don't like however Randy really made the match worth paying attention to. Seeing him hit and DDT and RKO was great and I have to admit I am now beginning to like him and won't be skipping over his matches in the future when watching on the network.
Now the women's Smackdown division is definitely my favourite, I love them all. I was worried I would only get to see a few of them wrestling live but was pleasantly surprised when they all came out for a 4 on 3 match. It was Naomi, Charlotte and Becky vs Lana, Natalya, Tamina and Carmella. It was a fantastic match. I absolutely love Becky Lynch she is fantastic, if I had to pick a favourite out of the Women it would definitely be her. As soon as her entrance hit the crowd were going crazy so when she won it was brilliant.
Not only did we get that match but we also got to see the whole of the women's division team up against James Ellesworth (seriously that guy irritates me just looking at him), so obviously it was fantastic when Becky Lynch hit him with a stone cold stunner. It just summed up a perfect match.
My final favourite was the triple threat match for the title between new champion AJ Styles, Jinder Mahal and Shinsuke Nakamura. I hate Jinder so was so glad when he lost the title the previous night, Shinsuke was just like Randy I didn't like him until I saw him live but wow AJ Styles..... he really is the phenomenal one. He is a brilliant wrestler and really has the crowd behind him. They were in the match with the title on the line but I was so glad to see AJ keep hold of it. AJ is a deserving champion and I just really hope he keeps hold of it so he can face off against Brock Lesnar at survivor series.
Obviously there were more matches on the card than this but these were my standout ones. I even spent an absolute fortune on merchandise (post coming up soon) and overall had a fantastic night. I am even looking for tickets to go see it again next year.
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How is the fellowship structured?
The fellowship is project-based. Throughout the year, the fellow has the opportunity to work with various hospitals and departments, which allows exposure to different areas across UNC Health.
Must the selected fellow come from a CAHME-accredited graduate program?
It is not required that a candidate graduate from a CAHME-accredited program. The program is targeted to and designed to best serve individuals working towards or have completed a master’s degree in health administration, business administration, public health and/or related master’s level management programs. Individuals with medical degrees have been accepted in the past, however these individuals had completed a master’s degree in administration or management and were making a career change from clinical to administration.
Are the dates of the fellowship flexible?
The fellowship is a one-year appointment beginning on or around July 1 and continuing through the following June. Candidates must be available for the entire one-year appointment, have completed their course work prior to starting the fellowship and be available to begin in early July.
Can the current fellow review an applicant’s resume?
Current fellows are available to answer questions about their experiences in the fellowship, but they cannot review application materials prior to submission. This ensures fairness in the application process by making sure all applicants have access to the same information.
Who should write the recommendations?
UNC requires three letters of recommendation, at least one professional and one academic. These letters should address the applicant’s administrative and/or management experience as well as academic qualifications. All letters of recommendation must be on original letterhead, and signed by the person providing the recommendation. The letters can be addressed to the Fellowship Selection Committee.
Are international applicants eligible for consideration?
UNC will consider complete applications from all qualified applicants. It will be the responsibility of the selected fellow to complete all required documentation for an international visa; UNC Hospitals does not sponsor international visa applications.
Are other employees aware of the administrative fellow? Are they willing to work with and teach the fellow?
The Administrative Fellowship has been a fixture at UNC Hospitals for over three decades. As a result, the Executive team, hospital directors, clinical leadership, and employees throughout the hospitals are aware of the Fellow’s role, and are proactive in facilitating opportunities for Fellows to make meaningful contributions to the organization.
Is the fellowship a paid position?
The fellow is paid a salary and is considered a full-time employee of the hospital during his/her one-year appointment. As such, the fellow is eligible for employee benefits including health insurance coverage, retirement savings and paid time off.
My MHA program requires a one-year residency that will fulfill my graduation requirements. Can the fellowship be used to complete my master’s degree?
Yes, students who have completed the didactic portion of their master’s program are eligible to apply.
What is the timeline for the application process? Do all applicants have the opportunity to interview?
All completed applications received by the deadline found under Application Checklist are reviewed. A selected group of candidates will be invited to participate in telephone interviews. Regardless of a candidate’s place of residence, this first round is exclusively conducted via telephone. Local candidates will not be invited on-site during this phase in the process. Candidates invited for the final round of interviews will travel to UNC. Each candidate will spend a full day meeting with the Executive Team.
The Fellowship is designed to be flexible to meet the needs and interests of both the selected Fellow and the organization. The Fellowship is intended to be an educational experience for the Fellow while also giving him or her the opportunity to impact the organization with practical and meaningful project deliverables.
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Full-time study program in English
Bachelor’s Programme (BSc) in Computer Science Engineering
The objective of the programme is to train and educate engineers who are able to install, exploit and maintain information technology based systems and services including the design and development of the necessary software systems as well. The graduates are able to progress into a Master of Science Degree Programme in Computer Science Engineering and/or are prepared to embark upon a professional career in the field.
Admissions requirement:
High School Certificate in Mathematics and one of the following subjects: Physics, Informatics, Electronics. English language skills in level B2
The necessary requirements to obtain qualifications:
Requirements for the Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Engineering
complete 210 credits
complete the mandatory internship
Course structure, credits:
Subjects: 146 credits
Specialization Courses: 39 credits
Thesis: 15 credits
Elective Subjects: 10 credits
Evaluation and grading criteria:
Most courses require an examination to be taken during the midterm and the final exam period. In addition, the teacher may prescribe, for example, an oral report, may assess the student’s performance in class, and may set written homework assignments and special homework essays. All these requirements are announced in advance, together with their percentage weight in calculating the final grade.
1 Hungarian credit = 1 ECTS 1 credit is defined as 30 student working hours
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A complete application consists of the following documents:
- completed application form
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- certificate of English language knowledge (Accepted proof of proficiency: FCE or CAE, IELTS 6+ or TOEFL 79+; Exemption from the English language proficiency test is granted to those: whose native language is English or who have studied in a secondary school/ higher education institution where the language of tuition is English)
- officially certified copy of the valid passport (with the place and date of expiration)
- CV in English
- 4 passport-sized photographs.
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The application form should be duly filled in electronically and sent in with all requested documents to arrive before the deadline. After receiving all the necessary application documents listed above, the applicant takes part in a professional entrance examination led by the admission committee of the faculty, which makes a recommendation about the admission of the applicant. The oral entrance examination can take place either in the John von Neumann University, or via Skype. Following the entrance examination the University sends the notification letter to the applicant about the result of the application.
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Showdown over competing Nebraska brand bills
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LINCOLN, Neb. — Tuesday, Feb. 18 will be the last day of the short 60-day session that the Nebraska Unicameral’s Agriculture Committee can hear testimony on bills. And owing to expected testimony on two competing brand bills, Tuesday will likely be one of the ag committees longest days this session.
As previously reported by TSLN, LB 1165, introduced by Sen. John Stinner of Gering, would be a boon to a select group of big feeders and a foil to both cow/calf ranchers and county governments. It would disband the 79-year old Nebraska Brand Committee, end brand inspections in the state (laying off nearly 80 brand inspectors whose responsibilities would then be passed on to sheriff’s offices), and transfer the responsibility for recording brands to the Department of Agriculture. In addition, the committee’s more than $3 million cash-fund — which is producer’s money used to fund committee operations — would be swept into the state’s budget.
The alternative bill, LB 1200, was brought forward by the brand committee and introduced on the last day of bill introduction by Sen. Tom Brewer of Gordon. At 59-pages, it keeps the Brand Committee intact, but seeks to compromise between competing segments of the cattle industry while making some big changes to the brand law.
The brand committee’s John Widdowson told TSLN Thursday evening that an amendment to LB 1200 was delivered to the ag committee late on Thursday, and it is unclear when exactly the committee will take up the amendment or when it will be published online.
Those involved with LB 1200 will admit that it has a lot of moving parts and was hastily produced as a response to LB 1165. For example, figures included in the text of the bill introduced were “place holders” until after the committee had sharpened its pencils and met with accountants to develop a strategic plan, which includes projections out to 2030.
“What we really want to get out is that the final numbers in (LB 1200) are the caps,” Widdowson said. “That is what we have the statutory authority to go up to the cap if we need to, and we can go down with those fees as the committee needs to.”
Widdowson said setting the caps at the maximum projected need will make it so the agency does not have to go to the legislature each time it needs to keep up with the rising cost of doing business.
“We built in future cost of inflation and expenses going up,” he said.
LB 1200 contains some big changes to the fee structures for various services, with some of the amended numbers broken down below.
RENEWAL FEES: Brand renewal fees will jump from $50 every four years to $200 every four years. The reasoning is that of the 33,000+ brands currently recorded and active in Nebraska, a sizeable chunk are renewed as family heirlooms and passed on long after the cattle and ranches have been sold. The committee feels that if these heirlooms are valued, the fee should reflect that value. For active brand users, the increase amounts to an annual renewal fee instead of once every four years.
REGISTERED FEEDLOTS and Grow Yards: The maximum fees Registered Feedlots (RFLs) will pay for a new permit will be $600 as an initial fee, and a max $350 fee to renew the permit. The bill also adds RFL permitting for grow yards, which will be capped at $150. Rather than the RFL fee structure being directly to headcounts, the “audit fee” for RFLs will be capped at $600 per audit. However, under this arrangement the frequency with which those audits are required will vary. For example, Widdowson said RFLs with one-time capacities of 10,000 head or fewer will only be required to have an inspector come to the facility once per quarter to perform an audit. An RFL with a 10,000 head capacity would pay a maximum of $2,400 in audit fees, versus the $10,000 annual fee they currently pay. The size/frequency scale for the required audits maxes out at every month for RFLs with 62,500 or more head, meaning those lots will be audited once a month at a maximum $600 per audit. Fees for those RFLs will drop from $62,500 to about $7,200.
LOCAL BRAND INSPECTION: Widdowson said that local brand inspections will be renamed “physical inspections,” and that the current statutory fee cap of $1.10 will be lifted to a maximum $1.50. The reason for this is that producers are currently charged $1 per head for local inspections, while the cost to the brand committee is about $1.33. Making the person requesting the inspection pay for the inspector’s mileage does help the committee better pay for the inspection, however with the reduction of RFL income, the fees will need to increase if it is to match the cost of inspection. However, it is not projected to increase beyond $1.50, Widdowson said.
MILEAGE: The $10 fee for an inspector to come to your location will disappear. Regardless of whether it is an RFL audit or a physical inspect, the party requesting an inspector will be responsible for paying the mileage. This
48-HOURS NOTICE: If you require a physical brand inspection, you will need to give the agency 48-hours’ notice, otherwise a $50 surcharge will be added to the inspection bill. This is intended to help cut the costs associated with last-minute requests for inspections due to inspectors accruing overtime. It also embodies an old adage: “A failure to plan on your part does not necessitate an emergency on mine.”
Widdowson said that the Committee’s intent is to have each arm of the brand committee be self-sufficient, rather than having one side of the house covering or subsidizing the expenses in another.
“We want to stop pitting RFLs against the cow/calf guys,” he said. “We’re trying to match up the fee to the service that we provide. We want it so that no single segment of the industry can say that the fees they pay are subsidizing someone else.
“Is fair equal? No. Fair is fair, and it’s not always equal,” Widdowson said.
As technology advances, the brand committee wants keep up and stay relevant. While the USDA’s APHIS RFID mandate has been zapped by lawsuits and temporarily withdrawn, the brand committee wants to make voluntary use of Electronic ID available as either a companion or an alternative to branding
Interim Brand Committee Director and Chief Investigator Dave Horton told TSLN that manufacturers have reported more than a million EID tags sold in the state of Nebraska, mostly to dairy farmers and registered purebred stock growers. Some are eager to adopt the technology, while others express reluctance and skepticism.
LB 1200 also contains provisions for nose prints and retinal scans, and other forms of ID, in order to give the committee enough flexibility to change practices to match what producers are using. By “future-proofing” against these changing trends, the committee hopes it can have a brand law that it won’t have to revisit for at least a decade.
“We’re not in the business of telling people what they need to use,” Widdowson said. “We want to give them a menu of options to pick from that keep them within statute and lets the producer decide what method is most valuable and cost effective.”
However, the primary producer concern should be that branding and inspections goes beyond just merely identifying which cattle belong to whom.
A brand represents an individual’s legal title to that personal property. When a rancher needs to take out an operating loan and uses cattle for collateral, it’s the brand that ties that transaction to a real asset. Acts of fraud, such as check kiting and Ponzi schemes, are the new cattle rustling in the West. Those crimes are perpetrated more easily and frequently in areas without regimented brand inspections than they do within. Criminals are caught, investigated and prosecuted because of brand inspections and investigations. Without those safeguards and sureties, banks and investors can potentially be placed on the hook for millions in bad loans overdraft fees in the fallout of failed fraudulent feedlots.
And if it has happened before, it will happen again.
Who is behind these bills?
Stinner’s bill, LB 1165, seeks to accomplish what a 2017 lawsuit from a nonprofit calling itself “Nebraska Beef Producers Committee” failed to do: get rid of the brand committee and end inspection fees.
The Beef Producers had sued The Nebraska Brand Committee and its former executive director, Bill Bunce, arguing that Nebraska’s brand law was unconstitutional, and sought to stop the brand committee’s enforcement of the Nebraska Brand Act. They lost that lawsuit, with the judge telling the Beef Producers that the appropriate redress of their grievances was the Nebraska Legislature.
While previous news reports from multiple mentioned that the Beef Producers Committee was comprised of feedlot operators, none were publicly identified. However, Lincoln-based lobbying firm Zulkoski Webber LLC lists Nebraska Beef Producers Committee as a current client on its website, and a review of documents filed with the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission lists the lobby as being accountable to Jerry Adams, CEO of the Broken Bow-based Adams Land and Cattle LLC.
Mandatory disclosure records show that the Beef Producers, under Adams, have also hired another Lincoln-based lobby, Peetz & Company, to represent it “on any & all matters of importance to the Nebraska Beef Producers.”
Forms show that both firms were retained for the 3rd and 4th quarters of 2019 and the 1st quarter of 2020. The two firms have been paid roughly $88,000 by Nebraska Beef Producers over the last two years. Zulkoski Webber’s office told TSLN that its lobby work for the Beef Producers relates to brand laws. Peetz & Company did not return a message requesting more information. A phone call to Adams was not returned by press time.
Regardless of the money being spent, the introduction of LB 1165 sounded the alarm among producers and triggered a response from a brand committee which has a reputation for butting heads with and blowing off the legislature. Stinner’s bill got the brand committee’s attention, and LB 1200 is intended to be a compromise that’s sustainable, Widdowson said.
Nebraska Cattlemen’s support of LB 1200 is expected, owing to its mixed membership makeup of cow-calf producers – who represent the numbers – and feedlot operators — who represent the finances. It has to thread the needle and keep a delicate balance of serving both interests.
Nebraska Farm Bureau, on the other hand, has a more rigid brand inspection policy adopted by members in 2016.
“We support the work of the Brand Committee and believe the Committee should have the fee authority necessary to adequately fund its programs,” the Farm Bureau policy manual states. “Nebraska’s brand inspection law should be broadened to encompass the entire state. We recognize the need for a registered feedlot inspection program and believe an equitable fee structure should be developed to continue the program. We do not support an exemption from fees for feedlots participating in the program.”
But how do you define “equitable fee structure,” and what constitutes “an exemption” of those fees? That remains to be determined, and if that question is not raised during testimony on LB 1200, Farm Bureau members will have to decide in December, as its current brand inspection policy will expire if it’s not renewed or amended.
It’ll be a tough sell
The eight-member Agriculture Committee has an interesting makeup: four of the senators serving on the committee represent districts in Omaha; none represent districts inside the brand inspection area. Concerned cattlemen need to make an effort to show up, as senators will largely be relying on the testimony they hear Tuesday to make a decision on the path forward.
Rick Leonard, the ag committee’s legislative research analyst, said that because both bills are expected to bring a big crowd, the committee reserved the largest hearing room available – the Warner Legislative Chamber, which housed Nebraska’s Senate before the 1937 adoption of the unicameral did away with it. Testimony on the bills will likely go beyond 6 p.m.
In the week before the hearings, Brewer’s office teamed up with the Brand Committee, Nebraska Cattlemen and Nebraska Farm Bureau to host a luncheon in Lincoln on Tuesday, Feb. 11, and gave 30 senators a crash course on Nebraska’s brand laws, in hopes that they’ll win support LB 1200.
However, it’s a short session and there’s a lot of heavy lifting on LB 1200 that still needs to be done. There’s a chance that after the hearings, neither bill will advance to floor for debate. That would end the panic and give more time for the Brand Committee to get feedback from the people LB 1200 affects.
And hopefully they’ll deliver a more polished bill earlier in the next session.
But don’t count that chicken until it’s hatched.
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Q: What are the challenges that Zach Ertz presents to your defense?
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Q: In what area of Stephen Weatherly's game have you seen the most improvement as his playing time as expanded?
A: I think the biggest thing that Stephen has done, he's playing more free and just reacting and playing. I think he feels like he belongs, and so he goes out there with confidence. I think that's the biggest thing.
Q: Did you talk to the team much this week about the NFC Championship game last year in Philadelphia, or did you mostly dismiss it because that was last season?
A: It was last season.
Q: What did you see from Dallas Goedert coming out of college? Was he in consideration to be drafted here as well?
A: Everybody that was in the draft was under consideration. We had him for the top 30.
Q: What did you like about Goedert's game?
A: He catches the ball well, he's got great size, runs fast. He was one of the better tight ends in the draft.
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California bill to ban youth tackle football pulled before committee vote
A California bill that sought to ban tackle football for children under 12 years old will not make it to a committee vote.
Representatives for lawmakers in Sacramento told interested parties Thursday that Assembly Bill 2108 — called the “Safe Football Act” — had been pulled by Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, D-Sacramento, who co-sponsored the bill with Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, D-San Diego.
A vote on the bill was scheduled Tuesday for the seven-member committee for Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media.
“I’ve heard they pulled the bill for lack of support,” said Kimberly Archie, of North Hollywood, who has been one of the most vocal supporters of the bill.
The Save California Football Coalition tweeted Thursday afternoon, “AB2108 has been pulled from committee!! Thank you parents, volunteers and our entire coalition for showing everyone that youth football matters!”
The bill was introduced in February, and at the time, Gonzalez Fletcher said, “The science is clear: head injuries sustained at a young age can harm kids for the rest of their lives.”
The original bill called for tackle football to be banned before high school. It was later altered to limit tackle for players under 12 years old.
The bill stirred strong emotions, pitting lovers of the game and its perceived virtues against those who said football’s benefits don’t outweigh the potential damage to children’s brains.
Archie and Rancho Bernardo’s Jo Cornell were among those who advocated for the bill with the assembly members. The two are suing Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc. after each of their sons died in 2014.
Tyler Cornell committed suicide and Archie’s son, Paul Bright, died in a motorcycle accident. Their brains were examined, and they were found to be suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) — a degenerative brain disease that has been linked to repeated blows to the head, such as those experienced in football.
Cornell and Bright played youth and high school football.
After the bill was introduced, the Save California Football Coalition was formed and began to collect supporters via social media. Its Twitter followers, as of Thursday, numbered 1,062.
As recently as Sunday, 150 parents and kids in football jerseys rallied outside the Capitol in support of the game.
In a statement Thursday, the coalition said, “We are optimistic that if this or similar legislation is presented in the future, we will once again, mobilize, vocalize, and work alongside with all of you to ensure the future of the sport of youth tackle football and all those it serves.”
In speaking to Assembly staffers, Cornell and Archie attempted to emphasize science over emotion. They had letters of support from the California Neurological Society and San Diego Brain Injury Foundation.
However, Archie said McCarty encouraged her and Cornell to “play the grieving moms.”
Representatives for McCarty were not available Thursday night.
Archie also criticized the message McCarty wanted to convey to the committee. He enlisted the expertise of Chris Nowinski, the high-profile spokesman for CTE research at Boston University and co-founder of the Concussion Legacy Foundation.
Archie said she believed Nowinski’s presentations don’t speak enough to the effects of football on younger children.
Pop Warner Adopts USA Football's American Development Model
op Warner, the largest youth football league in the country, will be offering USA Football's American Development Model this year, the first national implementation of the U.S. Olympic Committee-backed program for the sport.
USA Football's ADM, rooted in skill development for youngsters, provides multiple entry points and game types for the sport. Under USA Football's recommendation and supporting programs, youth leagues can offer flag football, rookie tackle — a small-sided, modified form of tackle piloted in 2017 — and traditional 11-player tackle.
For Pop Warner to adopt the ADM is a major step in youth football; nearly 200,000 youngsters are enrolled in the organization.
"For us, nothing trumps safety and we're confident the USA Football ADM is going to make the experience safer and more enjoyable," says Jon Butler, Pop Warner's Executive Director.
"With recent changes...things like eliminating kickoffs for our youngest divisions, limiting contact to 25 percent of all practice time, and requiring clearance from a medical professional certified in concussion management before a player with a suspected head injury can return to play, we make our game better and safer."
"The USA Football ADM will allow kids to experience the sport at their own pace and it will help us with the development of both players and coaches."
The American Development Model has worked well in several other sports whose national governing bodies, like football, have earned USOC membership. The ADM program has five key areas, all of which can be applied to youth football:
Universal access to create opportunity for all athletes. This means no cuts under age 12.
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A fun, engaging and progressively challenging atmosphere.
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ADM will be made available to every Pop Warner organization across the country beginning this fall. The process will begin with messaging to parents, coaches and players about the philosophy of ADM and its role in improving the game.
"We will also make all three game experiences available to every Pop Warner program, which is something we're quite comfortable with since we already offer both flag and tackle," Butler said.
"In fact, this past season we piloted USA Football's rookie tackle program at one of our leagues in Austin, Texas — Hill Country Pop Warner — and received a very favorable response. We have gained experience with all the elements of the ADM and we will encourage our programs to take advantage of it."
USA Football CEO Scott Hallenbeck has championed his sport's inclusion of ADM, which has been highly successful in other sports such as ice hockey.
"We're inspired to continue seeking improvements and innovations for football and its athletes," Hallenbeck said.
"We strongly believe in football's American Development Model to offer a smart progression, empowering parents and players with multiple entry points and options to choose from.
"I applaud Pop Warner's decision to embrace USA Football's ADM and for encouraging their leagues to make this pathway part of their program."
Social media cost this star athlete his Division I scholarship
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One high school football player learned this the hard way and is looking to use his experience to help educate others.
Shedrick “Shed” McCall III, a star running back at L.C. Byrd (Chesterfield, Va.) started a YouTube channel in hopes of beginning a YouTube career. He wanted to talk about funny experiences and things he has been through in life.
Unfortunately, McCall was unaware that his use of foul language and actions in these videos would have huge ramifications for him.
College scouts don't just look at the player and their abilities on the field, but also how the player, the person, acts off the field; even what they post on social media.
For McCall, it was one YouTube video in particular. He talked about an incident in which he was trespassing. That video went viral.
Soon after the video was posted, McCall received a phone call that his offer to play Division I football at Old Dominion—to school he had been committed to for six months—was revoked.
All of his hard work to receive a Divison I offer was gone, because of a video he posted to YouTube.
For many, social media is part of our daily routine: checking Twitter, posting to Facebook, liking photos on Instagram and even uploading videos to YouTube.
Social media platforms have given people the opportunity to post their thoughts and express their opinions to a large audience.
McCall’s latest YouTube video has a different, positive message, and one for athletes of all ages. He wants to share his experience to prevent other athletes from harming their futures because of social media.
“Another kid is going to walk the same path I walked, I don’t want to see that happen,” he said in a new video posted to his YouTube channel.
McCall wants to educate young athletes about the powerful effect of social media.
“For my young kids out there just please… just please understand, just watch what you put on social media, just watch what you post,” he said.
McCall won’t be defined by this mistake. After losing his scholarship to Old Dominion, he received an opportunity to play for Norfolk State, where he represents one of the most talented recruits the school has had in recent years.
One post, one tweet, one video is all it takes to ruin the future you have worked so hard to build. McCall’s story is a powerful reminder that every accomplishment can be overshadowed by one bad decision, and that athletes need to think carefully about what they share on social media.
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Counterfeiting in India: Laws and Remedies
In context of counterfeiting, Prada CEO, Patrizio Bertelli once said- we don’t want to be a brand that no one copies…..
Counterfeiting also referred to as the act of copying brands has all the more proliferated with technological advancement. The counterfeiting menace has extensively and deeply penetrated the markets worldwide, as a consequence of which luxurious brands like Prada and Gucci which could only be found in select exclusive showrooms can now be spotted in any random street shop of India. In essence Counterfeiting and piracy involves infringement of IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) in the nature of trademarks, patents and copyrights.
Counterfeiting has always been a convoluted concern for the Indian as well as Global economy. The Indian markets particularly the street shops are flooded with countless counterfeit goods, some spelling reebok as rebook and some Adidas as Addidas and owing to comparatively lower price of such goods, Indian customers are easily fascinated by them. The USTR (United States Trade Representative) Report in 2015 issued a list of notorious market all over the world and India’s Tank Road and Sadar Bazar in New Delhi were recognized as notorious markets. The Report further stated that India ranked first in terms of number of nominated physical markets with an increase in reports of counterfeit apparel and footwear. On account of extensive trade of counterfeit goods, even in 2016 India features in the priority watch list of USTR Special 301 Report.
Apart from adversely affecting the brands and the public in general, counterfeiting also has a perturbing effect on the economy. Studies also suggest that IPR infringements are an important source of income for organised criminal groups. These groups are also often engaged in other crimes, such as drug trafficking, excise fraud, human trafficking or money laundering[1]. Here it would be germane to delve into Indian Laws and precedents which prohibit counterfeiting and extend protection to brands against this illicit trade.
Remedies against Counterfeiting
The IP regulations in India i.e. Trademark Act, Copyright Act and Patent Act envisage provisions which prohibit counterfeiting.
Copyright Act, 1957– The Act confers power on the Police to seize infringed copies of copyrighted works. Section 63 of the Act provides for the offence of infringement of copyright or other rights conferred by the Copyright Act and Section 64 empowers the Police to seize infringing copies.
Trademark Act, 1999– The Act nowhere mentions the term “counterfeit”, however the Act provides for civil remedies in the form of injunction, damages, delivery-up, anton pillar and john doe orders under Relief in suit for infringement under Section 135 of Trademark Act.
The Act also provides for criminal remedies. It enumerates provision in the event of falsifying or falsely applying for a trademark under Section 102 and 103 of the Act.
Border Protection Measures
Border protection measures or measures at the ports are very essential to ensure that counterfeit products are not being exported from India and not being imported to India.
Anti-Counterfeiting regulations under the Intellectual Property Rights (Imported Goods) Enforcement Rules, 2007
The IPR Rules, 2007 empowers the competent authority of Customs to seize counterfeit/ pirated goods or suspend the clearance of such goods at the port. The Rules additionally empowers the Custom Department to destroy goods infringing IPR.
Key highlights of the Rules:
The right holder has to send a notice for protection of its IPR to the concerned authority for suspending the clearance of counterfeit goods
Ownership of valid IPR is a mandatory requisite for availing border protection under the above Rules
Under general circumstances within in a time period of 30 days the custom official registers the IP of the Right Holder
Upon registration and examination, the import of alleged counterfeit goods are prohibited under the Customs Act, 1962
The above regulations have been formulated by the Legislature to ensure IP protection of right holders and combat the decaying effect of counterfeiting in India. Apart from the statutory provisions, the judicial decisions and observations in context of prohibiting counterfeiting in India are worth mentioning.
Awarding Punitive damages
In cases involving unjust enrichment on account of sale of counterfeit goods, the Courts have granted punitive damages to the Plaintiff. One such recent case is Cartier International AG & Ors. V. Gaurav Bhatia( Jan, 2016), wherein the Plaintiff sought to restrain the Defendant from operating an e-commerce website www.digaaz.com which allegedly was offering counterfeit goods bearing registered trademarks of luxurious brands like Cartier, Panerai, Pasha etc. at heavily discounted prices.
In the case, anti-counterfeiting raids were conducted by the Chandigarh Cyber Cell which pursuant to investigation confirmed that the Defendant was offering for sale counterfeit goods on their e-commerce websites. The Court in view of established trademark infringement awarded punitive damages of INR 1 crore to the Plaintiff and opined that the purchasing public was bound to assume some sort of association or connection between the Defendant and Plaintiff’s product.
Similarly, in a case while awarding punitive damages the Court stated that in such cases of counterfeiting serious note had to be taken and counterfeiting can be curbed by passing appropriate orders of punitive damages including imposition of exemplary costs so that the defendant in future does not enjoy the benefit of counterfeiting well known trademarks/ trade dress. In this case, the defendant was manufacturing and selling counterfeit FMCG goods under the trademarks Fair & Lovely, Lux, Close- up, Sunsilk etc. [Hindustan Lever Ltd. & Anr. v. Satish Kumar (2012)]
Sale of Counterfeit goods online
The recent spurt in online shopping has also led to the sale of counterfeit goods online and there have been cases wherein such perpetrators have been recognized by the Court. It cannot be denied that the potentiality of harm on the internet is comparatively much higher and it’s very difficult to get hold of actual infringers. The potentiality of harm on the internet is much higher as compared to the physical world, due to obscurity and ubiquitous character of internet. The Cartier case (ibid) demonstrates the perilous outcome of sale of counterfeit goods online.
In a case the Delhi High Court made a categorical observation on potential harm of IP infringement on the internet and stated that “In an Internet service, a particular Internet site could be reached by anyone anywhere in the world who proposes to visit the said Internet site. With the advancement and progress in technology, services rendered in the Internet has also come to be recognised and accepted and are being given protection so as to protect such provider of service from passing off the services rendered by others as that of the plaintiff. As a matter of fact in a matter where services rendered through the domain name in the Internet, a very alert vigil is necessary and a strict view is to be taken for its easy access and reach by anyone from any corner of the globe.” [Yahoo! Inc. v Akash Arora & Ors. (1999)]
Counterfeiting can be ironically classified as a leech which is crippling the economy internally. The lacunae in legislations to specifically address the critical issue of counterfeiting coupled with inefficient enforcement infrastructures and lack of awareness among people who are easily fascinated by unexpectedly lower price of branded (fake) goods and balderdash of sellers augment the incidence of this illicit trade.
[1] 2017 Situation Report on Counterfeiting and Piracy in the European Union
Intellectual Property Rights (Imported Goods) Enforcement Rules 2007
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Large logs that once bordered Mount Douglas Park were recently chopped up and removed from the park – despite bylaws banning the actions – leaving behind a trail of sawdust. (Photo courtesy Darrell Wick)
Wood snatchers illegally chop, smuggle logs out of Saanich park
Parks bylaw prohibits removing wood, using chainsaws in parks
Devon Bidal
A few piles of sawdust are all that remains of two massive logs the once bordered Mount Douglas Park and stewards remind park-users that taking wood from Saanich parks is a bylaw infraction.
On the morning of Thursday, Dec. 4, Darrell Wick, president of the Friends of Mount Douglas Park Society, noticed that at some point in the night, someone had come by and chopped up half a log in the park near the Cordova Bay Road bus stop.
By Saturday morning, the entire log was gone, and he assumes it was the same person who filled their vehicle the first night.
READ ALSO: Mushroom pickers disregard bylaws for Mount Douglas Park
Less than a week later, another log in the park along Ash Road disappeared. Based on the size of the logs and the amount of sawdust left behind, Wick assumes a chainsaw was used.
Taking wood from Saanich parks is in violation of the municipality’s parks management bylaws. While the large logs were situated along the side of the road, they were still in the park and had been placed there for a reason. For example, the log taken from Cordova Bay Road provided a barrier for people waiting at the bus stop.
READ ALSO: Sap thief taps Saanich park maple trees, faces hefty fine
Unfortunately, this isn’t a new problem in Mount Douglas Park and Wick said it isn’t always possible to enforce the rule if the wood is taken overnight.
Saanich’s bylaws don’t permit wood or trees to be removed from the parks. (Photo courtesy Darrell Wick)
About 10 years ago, after several incidents with wood being taken from the park, the district put up a sign that says “removal of wood or use of a chainsaw is not permitted in Saanich parks – Parks Bylaw #7753.”
The sign is still there but wasn’t enough to deter the most recent wood snatchers.
Aside from educating park-users about the bylaws, staff and volunteers with the group also try to keep all logs in the park large enough that they can’t be carried out, Wick said.
READ ALSO: Trees topped, greenery snatched from Saanich park
The bylaw also applies to live trees, Wick noted. In previous years, the Friends of Mount Douglas Park Society has encountered people collecting their Christmas trees in the park – another infraction.
“It’s selfish to take wood, trees, anything from the park,” he said.
Eva Riccius, senior manager of parks for Saanich, said anyone found in violation of the rules would be issued a ticket for “no less than $100.”
“It’s not authorized,” she emphasized. “Please don’t do it.”
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“She Really Has Had a Total Makeover”: Karen Pence’s Transformation Is a Play for 2024
The second lady has emerged with a new look—“more of a stateswoman,” says a veteran Republican—and a renewed commitment to the Trump White House. Sources close to the Pences say it’s all part of their plan for a presidential campaign: “They’re playing long ball.”
By Tom LoBianco
By Hollie Adams/Bloomberg/Getty Images.
Quietly, almost imperceptibly, Karen Pence has begun to change. She’s grown out her bob and straight-across bangs in favor of longer locks. Her business-casual outfits have been traded up for sleek pantsuits and streamlined skirts. The shift has been subtle, but it hasn’t gone unremarked. In a video posted to her daughter Charlotte Pence’s Instagram account in October, Pence appears in a double-breasted dress with gold buttons and a cinched belt. “Mrs. Pence, I love how you’ve updated your look,” one commenter wrote. Another added, “Mrs. Pence looks SO amazing. You can tell that she lost weight.”
“She really has had a total makeover, she looks great,” a Pence family friend told me. “She looks like she’s happy, she radiates confidence.” A veteran Republican operative close to the Trump White House said he hadn’t noticed the change until I brought it up, but on review said it looked like she was growing into the role of second lady: “She had kind of a subdued country presence before, now she has more of a stateswoman look.”
Pence’s spokeswoman, Kara Brooks, declined requests for comment, and other Pence advisers, who protect Pence fiercely, declined to talk about her new image. But longtime Indiana Republicans who’ve known the Pences for decades say it’s all part of their long game to win the White House, perhaps in 2024—a topic of increasing speculation as Mike Pence takes more campaign-style trips to battleground states, including a bus tour of Michigan this week. One longtime Trump adviser told me Pence’s run for the White House starts the day after the 2020 election.
From the start, Karen was a mystery to Donald Trump’s campaign and administration—a potentially dangerous unknown, Trumpworld sources said. Her reported righteous anger at Trump in October 2016, when the Washington Post published the Access Hollywood tape, seemed to confirm she wasn’t fully on board. On election night, after discovering Trump had won, Karen twice rebuffed kisses from Mike. (In a rare interview with USA Today last November, she said she did not recall the incidents.)
Once inside the administration, Karen largely kept to herself, multiple sources said, working on favorite issues such as art therapy and relief for the spouses of active military personnel and veterans. That wouldn’t be odd in a normal administration, but Trump demands complete loyalty, and Karen’s seclusion reinforced the belief among some Trump advisers that she wasn’t on their team. To Trumpworld, that was particularly dangerous considering her role as unofficial chief adviser and gatekeeper to the vice president. Trump’s advisers gradually picked up on what Indiana politicos had long known: that there was only one person in Mike’s inner circle, and she could make or break an idea, multiple sources told me for my Mike Pence biography, Piety and Power.
Meanwhile, the Pences adjusted to being back in D.C., this time in the limelight. (Their first 12 years in Washington had been spent in a relative bubble in Arlington, Virginia, where they raised their three school-aged children.) When beltway power-watchers chattered about the dissonance between an ex-model first lady and a Midwestern wife, the Pences largely took it in stride—until the king and queen of Jordan visited them in June 2018. Mike tweeted perfunctory photos of their meeting with King Abdullah II and Queen Rania, and Twitter trolls laced into Karen over her outfit: her dress was too short, they said, and it was scandalous to see an older woman bare her shoulders.
Pence’s insular world of advisers responded in private with righteous indignation, but publicly let it slide, giving the appearance it barely fazed them. At the time, no less than Vanity Fair came to Karen’s defense. “There are many things worthy of critique when it comes to the Second Family and the current administration, fashion choices included,” wrote Erika Harwood, linking to an article about the vice president’s apparent xenophobia. “A woman over 60 showing her shoulders, many may be surprised to learn, is not one of them.”
Internally, however, the incident marked a turning point, sources told me. When she left Indiana, her wardrobe resembled what an average woman might pick up at a department store. (Mike’s brand remains, proudly, Joseph A. Bank suits—just a handful.) Now, she’s dabbling in tailored outfits more in line with the buttoned-up look of Washington, and she’s staying active by going for regular runs. Some Indiana politicos speculated that it’s simply easier for Karen to focus on herself as second lady than when she was first lady in Indiana; she doesn’t cook meals anymore, and her kids have mostly left the nest, giving her more personal time. But other observers noted that she will be under pressure to define herself to the public if her husband plans to run for president in 2024, and the daily distraction of Trump’s derangement has provided the perfect smokescreen behind which to start the process.
On September 21—three days before the publication of my book—Karen unveiled a new Twitter account, and a video message saying she was ready to stand firmly behind Trump in his reelection bid. Here, her new look was notable: an understated black dress and pearls, while making a direct appeal to the camera to vote Trump. The move had the effect of silencing hostile factions in the White House, who had feared that while Mike could laugh off Trump’s foul mouth and philandering, Karen still came off like a “scold,” one Washington Republican noted. Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump had been floating the idea of replacing Mike on the ticket for a few months (something they deny), and my book detailed new information about Karen’s powerful role in Mike’s life that even Trump’s vetting team hadn’t picked up on—for instance, her hidden hand in driving an expansion of Medicaid while Mike was governor. But a few days later, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment investigation into Trump, and suddenly the chatter of removing Pence from the ticket seemed not just trivial, but perhaps even suicidal, with congressional investigators bearing down.
Political spouses have often gone through redefinitions, perhaps none more famous than the 1992 effort to remake Hillary Clinton’s image from one of career woman to something more family-oriented. Ironically, Karen has had to move the other way, toward an image that feels more modern. One veteran strategist of multiple Republican White Houses noted that the Washington ecosphere is tough for any second lady, but especially so for one being constantly judged against Melania Trump. Karen, the strategist noted, is just starting to find her footing, both in the administration and on the campaign trail.
As part of her evolution, last May, Karen ran a mini-marathon along the C&O canal, which runs from just outside Georgetown to the tony suburbs of Washington, with a young gay couple who are friends with the Pence kids and have become regulars at family get-togethers. (One half of the couple posted a photo of himself to Instagram running the race. He didn’t return a request for comment, and Karen’s office declined to comment on the race.) A Pence family friend said she was glad to join them but didn’t want to draw attention to it, in part for fear of a backlash against the couple in the LGBTQ community. But another Republican operative speculated it was as much about protecting the gay couple from blowback on the left as it was about protecting Mike and Karen from blowback on the Christian Right.
At the same time, Karen has begun to dial up her involvement in the president’s campaign, hosting a “Women for Trump” event last fall and making more joint appearances with Melania. When asked by USA Today if that constituted an “expansion of her campaign role,” she brushed aside the question: “That’s an interesting question to me because I’ve been campaigning since 1987, so it’s kind of funny for people to think that I’m suddenly campaigning. It may have that appearance, though, to people.” (In fact it was an unusually candid response; the tight circle of Penceworld rarely talks openly about Karen’s power and political acumen, which she developed conjointly with her husband over more than three decades in the public sphere.)
As I’ve reported, the Pences have been focused on the White House since November 2008, the moment after then senator Barack Obama’s election, when Mike truly caught fire on the right. Their original plan in joining the Trump ticket, sources told me for my book, was to run for the Republican nomination in 2020 when Trump lost in 2016. That, of course, didn’t happen, so the Pences’ window was pushed to 2024. Since the 2016 election, Mike has campaigned and fundraised extensively for Trump, which has the dual benefit of giving him exposure and developing stronger ties with Republican mega-donors who will decide who runs in the subsequent election.
Ergo the timing for the reinvention of Karen, said one longtime Indiana Republican, is ideal. If they waited until the 2024 campaign to reinvent her image, too many people would take notice. But now, with the Democratic primary and the Trump media circus running full tilt, is the perfect time for a soft launch. The Indiana Republican noted the Pences have time and space to make mistakes before the heat of the spotlight melts them. “They’re playing long ball.”
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Stone carved Hindu Temples in Karnataka (India), some of which are dated back to 11th Century
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Votes Without Violence
Cross-Country Analysis
What Is VAW-E?
Following the 2011 elections in Uganda, citizens demonstrated increased interest in engaging the political process, including by participating in more street-level demonstrations and protests than at any time in recent history.
Election:
Uganda National Elections 2016
National Election 2016
As the country prepared for the 2016 general election period, CSOs and political parties continued to advocate for more representative political systems that would allow for enhanced participation and increased accountability.
The Citizens’ Election Observation Network-Uganda (CEON-U), a citizen election observer coalition of local CSOs, monitored the 2016 electoral process in Uganda between September, 2015 and June 2016, covering the pre-election, election day and post-election periods. Overall, few observers reported witnessing or hearing reports of violence against women in the pre-election period. On election day, of the incidents of violence that were reported, observers reported more incidents of violence against voters than against any other group.
CEON-U and the CSO members of the coalition worked to engage citizens at the local level as part of their public outreach, complementing the work CEON-U undertook to monitor the electoral processes.
Before the Election
CEON-U included specific questions about VAW-E in their systematic long term observation in the pre-electoral period of Uganda's 2015 elections.
Over 200 observers were deployed throughout the country, and reported their findings every week for several months, giving a great depth to the data collected. Several specific questions about VAW-E were part of this observation and reporting, including the following: Have you witnessed or heard of hate speech, violence or intimidation against candidates or their supporters because they are women?
CEON also disaggregated other questions about electoral violence by gender. While few observers reported witnessing or hearing reports of violence against poll officials, for example, the reported violent incidents in the pre-election period targeting election officials affected an equal percentage of men and women observers
Have you witnessed or heard of attacks or intimidation of election officials?
98% of CEON-U’s observers reported that they had not witnessed or heard of any attacks against election officials, including acts of intimidation.
Read more about Have you witnessed or heard of attacks or intimidation of election officials?
Have you witnessed or heard of hate speech, violence or intimidation against candidates or their supporters because they are women?
CEON-U trained observers to report on hate speech, violence and intimidation against women candidates and their supporters. Of the reports received, only 8% of observers reported any acts of this gender-based violence.
Read more about Have you witnessed or heard of hate speech, violence or intimidation against candidates or their supporters because they are women?
As part of their monitoring efforts, observers monitored reports of attacks on or intimidation of election officials, disaggregating the data by gender.
Observers who were part of CEON's observation on election day observed more incidents of violence against voters than against any other group, although election officials were also a significant portion of victims of observed incidents of violence. Of the types of violent incidents that were observed, there were some differences between whether victims were men, women, or involved victims of both genders. Overwhelmingly, perpetrators of violent incidents were men.
Uganda Election Day Gender Demographics
One question that CEON’s observers were asked to report on was the breakdown of polling officials by gender: 27% of the officials at the polling stations observed were women.
Read more about Uganda Election Day Gender Demographics
Uganda Incidents of Violence at the National Level
Of the incidents that were reported by observers, 38% targeted voters, while 31% were against election officials, 23% were against party agents, and 8% were against observers.
Read more about Uganda Incidents of Violence at the National Level
Uganda Election Day Victims
Of the reported incidents of violence, men were more likely to be targeted by harassment and violence than women; while women were more likely than men to be targeted by impersonation. In all categories, mixed-gender groups were the most frequently targeted.
Read more about Uganda Election Day Victims
Uganda Election Day Perpetrators
Of the incidents of violence that were reported by observers, the perpetrators were most likely to be men, regardless of the type of violence observed.
Read more about Uganda Election Day Perpetrators
About the Observation
In its pre-election observation, CEON-U deployed 223 long-term observers in all 112 districts of Uganda. These observers reported every week for several months, giving a wide span of longitudinal data. In total, CEON-U deployed 900 observers, with 700 participating in the election day observation.
Electoral violence undermines democratic elections, which are a cornerstone of democratic governance. Violence against women in elections is a particular form of electoral violence, motivated by a desire to prevent women from participating in the electoral process, which sees women attacked for daring to participate in elections. Learn More About Votes Without Violence
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It's Cask Ale Week... over there.
All this week, many in the U.K. are participating in National Cask Ale Week. Also known as 'real ale' and 'cask-conditioned ale,' cask ale is fresh, unfiltered beer that is served from the cask in which it undergoes a secondary, carbonation-producing, fermentation. Many beer drinkers —including me!— consider cask ale to have more fully developed flavor than kegged or bottled beer, due to live yeast in the cask, its ultimate freshness, and the gentle method of serving the beer.
The 'week' began on Saturday, 1 October, and will continue through Sunday 9 October 2011 (besting The Beatles' Eight Days a Week). Cask Marque —a 'real ale' quality assurance program in the UK— is the organizer, assisted by CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale), a UK-based consumer cask ale organization.
Over 7,500 pubs in Britain are said to be participating, billed as the "World's Biggest Ale Trail."
Timed to coincide with the launch of Cask Ale Week, Cask Marque are launching the new Ale Trail section of their app. Available for iPhone and Android "The World's Biggest Ale Trail" offers customers the chance to use their phone's camera to scan QR codes placed on Cask Marque certificates in each of their 7,500 accredited pubs. When they reach certain numbers of pubs scanned then prizes are won.
The app allows participants to find nearby Cask Marque-accredited pubs, to search for similar cask ales in other pubs, to rate beers in a communal database (akin to the Untappd smartphone app or web-based BeerAdvocate and RateBeer), and to access other 'beer-ticking' functions.
National Cask Ale Week also corresponds with the annual release of the Cask Report, a state-of-the-UK-industry analysis written by beer author Pete Brown.
But NOT here in the U.S.
Although cask ale growth is empirically obvious in the U.S., there is no American analogue to Cask Ale Week, or, really, to CAMRA. The Brewers Association —the trade association for small breweries in the U.S.— neither maintains a database on cask ale nor compiles statistics from its member breweries. Its recently concluded 30th annual Great American Beer Festival offered no national competition for 'real ale.' Ray Daniels, of Cicerone —the beer server education program— once organized a national Real Ale Festival, but that competition is no more.
There are several smaller regional festivals. Two examples would be NERAX (the New England Real Ale eXposition) and this month's Chesapeake Real Ale Festival, in Baltimore, Maryland. It's organized by the only US-based branch of the SPBW (Society for the Preservation of Beer from the Wood) —another consumer advocacy group for real ale, based in the UK, though less politically active than CAMRA. Cask ale guru Alex Hall —British born but New York-based— maintains a a database of restaurants and pubs that regularly serve cask ale, at Cask Beer Finder.
Maybe, just maybe, it's time to push for a Cask Ale Week —or a Cask Ale Day, to start with— here in the U.S.A., in 2012. Anyone with me?
Follow National Cask Ale Week on Twitter @caskaleweek
On Facebook, at caskaleweek.
At the home website itself: caskaleweek.co.uk.
More on cask ale in the US: Alex Hall's website and at Cask Ale USA.
Andy G 10/7/11, 6:11 PM
I'm with you! The beer scene in San Diego has really started to take notice of cask events... I've happily attended the last 4 years of the Annual Real Ale Festival at Pizza Port Carlsbad (after abandoning 7 straight years of attending Stone Brewing Festivals, devoid of Cask beer) we San Diegans are also spoiled and enjoy weekly casks at several of the Scot Blair owned bars in central San Diego (Hamilton's Tavern and Monkey Paw Brewpub especially).
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Tom Tancredo, Jane Norton -- and Sarah Palin?
Michael Roberts | September 15, 2009 | 6:58am
In an article by ace Denver Post reporter Lynn Bartels, former Congressman Tom Tancredo unloads on fellow Republican (and former Colorado Lieutenant Governor) Jane Norton, saying the only reason she'll be announcing a Senate run later today is because she was talked into it by Arizona Senator and recent presidential nominee John McCain. "Does John McCain have a right to do that? Sure. Do I have a right to bitch about it? You bet," Tancredo told Bartels. "Jane Norton is a nice lady who I like. End of story. But I fear she is not ready for prime time."
Anyone surprised that Tancredo would go rogue against one of his own must not have been paying attention in recent years. "The Flag Bearer," Westword's 2003 profile of the ex-rep, is filled with anecdotes about him refusing to toe the party line. But if McCain really was the string-puller behind Norton's candidacy, she may be make more of a mark than her three-sentence Wikipedia page would suggest. The last politico McCain anointed was a certain Sarah Palin, who supplied loads of hilarity en route to not becoming our nation's vice president -- and while Norton can't see Russia from her house, she's got to have a little bit of a mavericky streak to have struck Big John's political fancy. If so, Coloradans may tune in whether she's ready for prime time or not.
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SEC approves new rewards for whistleblowers
Blow the whistle on financial fraud, earn valuable rewards.
The Securities and Exchange Commission approved rules Wednesday that could make it highly lucrative for Wall Street whistleblowers and other corporate insiders to alert the agency to securities violations.
The agency was acting at the behest of Congress and President Obama, who mandated the rewards last year in legislation responding to the mortgage meltdown.
Under the rules, whistleblowers will be entitled to receive 10 percent to 30 percent of the money they help the SEC collect through enforcement actions.
Corporations had lobbied intensely for rules that would impose constraints on whistleblowers. But a majority of SEC commissioners rejected pleas by business groups that, before going to the SEC, whistleblowers should be required to notify the companies they are accusing of wrongdoing and give them a chance to address the allegations.
“Today’s rules are intended to break the silence of those who see a wrong,” SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro said.
“For an agency with limited resources like the SEC, I believe it is critical to be able to leverage the resources of people who may have firsthand information about potential violations of the law,” Schapiro said.
Schapiro, an independent, and two Democratic commissioners voted for the rules over the opposition of two Republican commissioners.
Republican commissioner Kathleen Casey said that, by allowing whistleblowers to bypass companies’ internal compliance programs and go straight to the SEC, the agency might allow problems to become more serious. She said the SEC was overestimating its ability to sift through complaints from tipsters.
The issue was one of the most contentious that the SEC has faced in its response to the financial crisis of 2008. It was also a bellwether of the agency’s direction under Schapiro, an Obama appointee who previously headed a self-regulatory organization for Wall Street firms.
Some observers expected the SEC, whipsawed by competing interests, to chart more of a middle course or to side outright with corporate groups.
House Republicans, who hold power over the agency’s purse strings, added to the pressure on the SEC to tilt toward the business community.
Instead, on key points, the corporate wish list was rebuffed.
Whistleblower advocates said they were surprised and relieved by the outcome.
“It was a great day for whistleblowers,” said lawyer Stephen M. Kohn, executive director of the National Whistleblowers Center. “The SEC refused to buckle under tremendous pressure from Wall Street lobbyists, led by the Chamber of Commerce, who worked overtime trying to undermine historic corporate whistleblower protections.”
If the business lobby lost, it might have been because it overreached and discredited itself by arguing that whistleblowers should be required to first contact the very companies they are accusing of wrongdoing, Kohn said.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a chief critic of the proposal, condemned the vote.
“This rule will make it harder and slower to detect and stop corporate fraud,” leaders of the group said in a statement. “Not informing the company of a potential fraud and waiting for the SEC to act is the equivalent of not calling the firefighters down the street to put out a raging fire and instead calling the lawyers from the next town to sue over the fire.”
Business groups had argued that the SEC would be overwhelmed with tips, many of them unfounded or irrelevant to securities enforcement, such as complaints based on personnel disputes.
But SEC enforcement director Robert Khuzami told commissioners Wednesday that he saw no evidence of such problems. Rather, the agency has already seen an increase in high-quality tips with detailed supporting information, Khuzami said.
SEC enforcement official Stephen Cohen illustrated the point by noting that a whistleblower recently provided a road map to a possible fraud that saved the agency six to 12 months of investigative work and revealed wrongdoing that the agency might not otherwise have detected.
The rewards could deter executives from committing fraud, said lawyer Dean Zerbe, who represents informants.
“Knowing that whistleblowers are being encouraged to dime them out will make the next [Bernard] Madoff think twice and three times before they go down a bad path,” Zerbe said.
Perhaps the biggest consolation for corporations is that, when determining the size of a reward, the SEC could give whistleblowers credit for taking their allegations to the firms’ internal compliance programs.
Some companies argued that corporate officers, directors and compliance personnel — people responsible for fielding and acting on internal complaints — should be ineligible for rewards.
The SEC banned such personnel from the program, but then added major exceptions: Those employees could still alert the SEC and receive bounties if they believe such disclosure might prevent substantial injury to the company or its investors, or if they think the company is acting in a way that would impede an investigation.
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Bodegas Muga Torre Muga 2015
Tempranillo from Rioja, Spain
The dense legs that this wine reveals are a sign of its enormous elegance. The purple-coloured hues around the rim reflect its youth. On the nose you find black fruit aromas at the peak of ripeness, spicy black pepper aromas and woodland herbs. Balsamic herb nuances appear with rosemary and some smoky notes from the ageing in top class oak casks, creating a harmony and balance which cannot be matched. In the mouth we can find the juicy, elegant tannins with a nice sharp acidity to balance the palate. Hints of liquorice and the pepper return. A very persistent, elegant, enjoyable and approachable wine.
You can pair this wine with red meat left to hang for a good time, game or failing that, enjoy it on its own. We can also recommend it to accompany grilled white fish.
Blend: 75% Tempranillo, 15% Mazuelo, and 10% Craciano.
This is an extremely powerful, confident wine. So young and so complex. Immaculate black cherries, plums and blackberries and deeply integrated, spicy oak that's super fresh. The power and build is staggering. It's so rich and so balanced with seamless plum-flavored tannins. Perfect!
In the end, they also showed me the 2015 Torre Muga, even though the wine had only been in bottle for three months. There were no substantial changes in the way this was made—in provenance of the grape, the fermentation or élevage—even though they fine-tune the use of the oak in every vintage. I don't think I've ever tasted such a young and fruit-driven Torre Muga, and even though it felt a little dizzy from the recent bottling, it had great purity and such a structure and build that it is going to need some time in bottle. But this looks like a better vintage than the 2014.
A deep nose of spiced blackberry and balsamic aromas includes notes of lavender, tobacco and warm earth. Flavors of blackberry, cassis, toast, coffee and dark chocolate feed a long finish that hums with power and precision. It’s sturdy yet pliable in structure, and could hold up for another 20 years. Drink through 2040. Jorge Ordóñez Selections.
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Torre Muga comes from slightly lower vineyards than the bodega's Prado Enea, but we're still talking 500 to 550 metres. Aged from 18 months in new French oak, this is the most "international" Muga red, with sturdy tannins, lots of toasty vanilla spice and serious, plushly textured fruit. 2024-35. Alcohol: 14
Bodegas Muga is a family firm founded in 1932 by Isaac Muga and Aurora Caño. The first wines were made in an underground cellar, until in 1968 they decided to set up their own winery in a beautiful old 19th-century town-house situated in the city of Haro. The Bodegas Muga outstanding feature is that it always uses the finest materials, combining tradition with the latest advances in winemaking so as always to give its wines the very best quality without losing authenticity. Indeed, it is the only wine cellar in Spain which employs its own master cooper and coopers, who make all the vats for the cellar as well as the oak casks. The winery remains true to traditional winemaking methods such as racking the casks by gravity and fining the wine with fresh egg whites. Bodegas Muga has succeeded in combining the purest family tradition with an updated vision of the future which has allowed them to preserve their own personality and character.
Hailed as the star red variety in Spain’s most celebrated wine region, Tempranillo from Rioja, or simply labeled, “Rioja,” produces elegant wines with complex notes of red and black fruit, crushed rock, leather, toast and tobacco, whose best examples are fully capable of decades of improvement in the cellar.
Rioja wines are typically a blend of fruit from its three sub-regions: Rioja Alta, Rioja Alavesa and Rioja Oriental, although specific sub-region (zonas), village (municipios) and vineyard (viñedo singular) wines can now be labeled. Rioja Alta and Alavesa, at the highest elevations, are considered to be the source of the brightest, most elegant fruit, while grapes from the warmer and drier, Rioja Oriental, produce wines with deep color, great body and richness.
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Miss Buffalo II set to cruise starting June 16, frontline workers and first responders cruise for free
by: Kaley Lynch
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo Harbor Cruises and the Miss Buffalo II are good to cruise the Queen City’s waterways again- and frontline workers and first responders can enjoy free rides.
Cruises are set to resume June 16.
To prevent the spread of the coronavirus, some new measures will be in place. There will be hand sanitizer stations and signage throughout the boat, Plexiglass dividers, and touchless payment systems at the bar and ticket window. All crew will also be screened daily.
Masks will be required for boarding, disembarking and when passengers are moving about the boat or in situations when remaining socially distant is not possible. Masks will be on hand for passengers.
Free rides for frontline workers and first responders are good for all summer. They will just need to show badges and/or valid ID.
“The safety of our passengers and crew has always been of utmost importance and has increased tenfold in the midst of the pandemic that has gripped us all,” said BHC President, Ryan Hayhurst. “Our crew will continue to work hard to ensure that they meet the latest guidelines provided by the CDC and other outlets. We have developed new training protocols for the crew with a focus on high-touch areas like handrails, doorknobs, and other surfaces. We have reconfigured our floor plan to allow for social distancing and have a new schedule that will be rolled out later this week on our website and social media.”
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District in Pittsburgh to investigate homework about kids running from cop
Local police officials called the assignment irresponsible and said they're glad the district is investigating
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Pittsburgh school officials are investigating “inappropriate” homework assigned to first graders about children running from a police officer.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports the one-page reading assignment distributed to students at Linden Pre-K in Point Breeze describes children named Tom and Rob running from “the cop” and not stopping.
Superintendent Anthony Hamlet said in a statement Thursday that the assignment sends the wrong message to students and doesn’t meet expectations for instruction.
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers President Nina Esposito-Visgitis says the apparent aim was to teach kids short words with the letter “O” in the middle. She says the assignment was a mistake but that parents should’ve contacted the teachers rather than posting on social media.
Local police officials called the assignment irresponsible and said they’re glad the district is investigating.
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Electric eel powers aquarium’s Christmas lights
by: The Associated Press, CNN Newsource
Posted: Dec 5, 2019 / 05:47 AM CST / Updated: Dec 5, 2019 / 12:16 PM CST
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Visitors to the Tennessee Aquarium may be shocked to learn that an electric eel named Miguel Wattson is lighting up a Christmas tree.
A special system connected to Miguel’s tank enables his shocks to power strands of lights on a nearby tree, according to a news release.
Miguel releases low-voltage blips of electricity when he is trying to find food, aquarist Kimberly Hurt said. That translates to a rapid, dim blinking of the Christmas lights. When he is eating or excited he emits higher voltage shocks which cause bigger flashes.
Wattson has his own Twitter account where he shares tweets generated by his sparky self, courtesy of coding by Tennessee Tech University’s iCube center.
“They combined electrical engineering and emerging business communication to give the eel a voice,” center director Kevin Liska previously said in an aquarium statement.
In between Miguel’s tweets boasting statements like “SHAZAM!!!!” and “ka-BLAMEROO!!!!!,” a video posted to the account shows Miguel shaking in his tank as lights on the nearby tree sputter on and off.
The aquarium hopes the Christmas tree will spark love and appreciation for the unusual freshwater fish.
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UK judge to decide on bail for WikiLeaks’ imprisoned Assange
Posted: Jan 6, 2021 / 05:36 AM CST / Updated: Jan 6, 2021 / 05:36 AM CST
FILE – In this May 19, 2017 file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange greets supporters outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he has been in self imposed exile since 2012. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
LONDON (AP) – A British judge is set to decide whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be released from the prison where he has been held for more than a year and a half as he fights extradition to the United States. Assange has been detained at London’s high-security Belmarsh Prison since April 2019, when he was arrested for skipping bail during a separate legal battle.
District Judge Vanessa Baraitser will preside over a bail hearing Wednesday, two days after she rejected an American request to send Assange to the U.S. to face espionage charges over WikiLeaks’ publication of secret military documents a decade ago. The judge said Assange is likely to kill himself if held under harsh U.S. prison conditions.
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Commentary OpinionTHE REPORT FROM WASHINGTON
Sen. John 'McShame' in Syria
Exclusive: Ellis Washington targets Republican for meeting with Muslim fanatics
By Ellis Washington
"The core political values of our free society are so deeply embedded in our collective consciousness that only a few malcontents, lunatics [e.g., conservatives] generally, ever dare to threaten them."
~ John McCain
"If it had not been for Senator John McCain and President Obama being for what we knew at the time included al-Qaeda anti-rebel forces [in Libya], then we would still have a U.S. ambassador and three others alive today, because Benghazi would not have happened."
~ Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas
Most conservatives, including radio icon Mark Levin, have nothing but utter contempt toward Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. and his acolyte, Sen. Lindsay Graham, calling them "media whores" for constantly pushing amnesty for illegal aliens, their incessant strivings to always be in the media eye and especially for their frequent claims of being a "conservative" while at every opportunity slandering young Turk conservatives like Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, Rand Paul, R-Ky., Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and my favorite, Ted Cruz, R-Texas.
When I read Cameron Joseph's op-ed in The Hill, "McCain meets with rebel leaders in Syria," like most Americans I asked myself: Why in the world is Sen. McCain in Syria giving away his coveted prestige to a motley crew of Muslim fanatics ("Syrian rebels") who are trying to oust Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad? The Obama administration wants President Assad out of Syria because since 1970 this vicious dictator and his father, Hafez al-Assad, have murdered their way to illegitimate power while being a puppet state of Iran propagating Islamic terrorism worldwide.
The Syrian rebels have been quite clear what type of government they will establish once they oust Assad from Syria – a Muslim caliphate based on radical Shariah law. In other words, Syria will become an al-Qaida state.
Enter Sen. John McShame.
Cameron Joseph wrote in his op-ed that since the start of Syria's civil war two years ago, Sen. McCain's visit makes him the highest-ranking U.S. official to enter the country. McCain met with Gen. Salem Idris, the leader of the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army and remains a leading opponent of the Obama administration's Syrian policy, calling for the U.S. to provide heavier weaponry to support opposition forces seeking the ouster of al-Assad. The White House, though, has continued to focus on diplomatic solutions to gradually remove Assad from power.
Like a duplicitous Quisling, McCain is pictured all over the world grinning and shaking hands with the Syrian rebels even though they have committed a number of human rights violations and war crimes, including the following:
A Syrian rebel carves the heart out of a dead government soldier and eats it. His comrades nearby cheer: "God is great";
Torturing villagers, including widespread raping of women and selling of children as sex slaves;
Conducting summary killings, using child soldiers, sectarian violence and committing war crimes;
Hostage taking, torture and summary killing of soldiers, pro-government militias and civilians they've captured or abducted.
CNN writer James Dawes, in a fine article, "Why a Syrian rebel eats a soldier's heart," had this interesting analysis demonstrating the chasm between civilized men and Muslim fanaticism:
How can ordinary men commit such horrific acts? The war criminals I have met did not start out by desecrating corpses, torturing villagers or murdering children. They got there slowly. There are some men who are natural monsters, but most monsters are made.
This is how you make them.
First, take a man (and yes, it is most often a man) and isolate him. Separate him from his family and friends and put him in an information bubble, an echo chamber cut off from the outside world. Make him conform to the values of his new group by exploiting his insecurity and need for approval. This is the first step in any war.
Second, train him to think that the world is painted in black and white, not shades of gray. Train him in either-or, binary thinking. Either you are my friend or my enemy. Either you are pure or impure. Either the people you love are safe or they are in immediate peril. Either you are all right or you are all wrong.
Third, physically exhaust him. Break down his body and spirit – through brutal training or prolonged combat – until he can't think straight. Subject him to a system of harsh and arbitrary punishment and equally arbitrary rewards. Condition him to feel helpless. A man who feels like he has lost control over his life is a dangerous man, because hurting others feels like control.
Fourth – and this is the most important part – start small. Work up to atrocity step by step. Put him into a strange and frightening environment with minimal regulation. Let the aggression escalate. Each violent act he commits while trying to survive will make the next act feel easier, more natural.
The first time he kills a villager, it is terrifying. The second time, it is hard. The third or fourth time, it starts to feel almost easy. Eventually, he finds himself competing with his fellow soldiers to see who can do it fastest, most often, most creatively.
With this grotesque backdrop of utter terror, gratuitous slaughter and failure of international diplomacy, how in God's name does Sen. McCain believe that giving greater weaponry to the Syrian rebels – these avowed Muslim fanatics who hate America, Israel and the West – will bring an end to the war atrocities in Syria? They will only escalate as Russia presently has over a dozen warships in Syrian waters running patrols while Assad has vowed to wage war against Israel.
In a macabre paradox, it is fitting that a Syrian rebel soldier ate the heart of a dead Syrian soldier, since Sen. John "McShame" has made his 30 year political career – dating back to the President Ronald Reagan years – by eating the heart out of the Republican Party by undermining it at every opportunity to make himself look more important than he really is. His fake presidential run in 2008 was done to keep any viable Reagan conservative off the ticket (he called Obama a "descent man" and appeared reluctant to debate him seriously), thus paving the way for a two-term Barack Obama presidency of shackling America in Democratic Socialism. This is why I think Sen. John McCain is a RINO – a Republican in name only.
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Ellis Washington is a former staff editor of the Michigan Law Review and law clerk at the Rutherford Institute. He is a professor of Constitutional Law, Legal Ethics, and Contracts at the National Paralegal College, a counselor at the American College of Education, and a founding board member of Salt and Light Global. Washington is a co-host of "Joshua's Trial," a radio show of Christian conservative thought. A graduate of John Marshall Law School and post-grad work at Harvard Law School, his latest law review article is titled, "Social Darwinism in Nazi Family and Inheritance Law." Washington’s latest book is a 2-volume collection of essays and Socratic dialogues – "The Progressive Revolution" (University Press of America, 2013). Visit his popular law/political blog, "EllisWashingtonReport.com, an essential repository dedicated to educating the next generation of young conservative intellectuals.
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Childcare to be exempt from new lockdown measures
Formal and informal childcare will be exempt from local lockdown restrictions, the Health Secretary has announced as Boris Johnson announces new measures to curb the rise in Covid infections.
'All our people deserve good managers'
The Health Secretary has announced that care arrangements – both formal and informal – will be exempt from local lockdown measures in England.
Matt Hancock said the exemption would apply to children under 14 and vulnerable adults. Informal childcare arrangements must be part of a consistent childcare relationship. The exemption does not include playdates or parties. Local lockdowns now apply in Bolton, Greater Manchester, Leicester, Northampton, North East of England, North West of England, West Midlands and West Yorkshire.
On Tuesday, Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove said that people in England should work from home if they can, reversing previous a Government push to get people back to the office.
He told the BBC’s Today programme: “We are stressing that if it is safe to work in your workplace, if you are in a Covid-secure workplace, then you should be there if your job requires it. But, if you can work from home you should.”
Boris Johnson repeated that people should work from home if they can when he announced new measures that he said could stay in place for six months. They include all pubs, bars and restaurants in England having to close by 10pm and a doubling of the fine for a first offence of not wearing masks or following rules to £200.
The director-general of the CBI, Carolyn Fairbairn, said the six-month timetable “will come as a shock” to business, adding reversing plans to bring more employees back to offices was a “crushing blow for thousands of firms.” Peter Cheese, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, said: “With home working likely to be the default for another six months, employers must recognise that isolation and anxiety could become an issue for some workers. To counter this, they should ensure managers are regularly checking in with their teams, and are asking about their wellbeing.”
Different rules in different parts of the country
Scotland has banned social contact between households indoors from Friday while up to six people can meet outside from up to two households. Unlike England, where six people from multiple households can meet indoors or outdoors, the six does not include children under 12.
People in Northern Ireland won’t be able to meet anyone who they don’t live with inside their home from Tuesday. In Wales people already have to work from home if they can and people can only meet six people indoors and make sure that those six people are all part of their extended household. Several regions are under local lockdown and under more severe restrictions.
At the weekend the Government said that it will bring in fines starting at £1,000 for people in England who fail to self isolate when asked to, backed by payment of £500 for those on lower incomes who cannot work from home and have lost income as a result.
The fines could increase to up to £10,000 for repeat offences and for the most egregious breaches, including for those preventing others from self-isolating. For example, this could include business owners who threaten self-isolating staff with redundancy if they do not come to work.
The Government says this will be backed with regular contact from NHS Test and Trace call handlers making with those self-isolating, with the ability to escalate any suspicion of non-compliance to Local Authorities and local police; using police resources to check compliance in high risk areas and groups, based on local intelligence; acting on tip-offs from the public and investigating and prosecuting high-profile and egregious cases of non-compliance.
It says just under four million people who are in receipt of benefits in England will be eligible for a payment of £500 to pay for their costs if they self isolate. The payment will be available to those who are required to self-isolate from 28th September.
The Government says it expects self-isolation support schemes to be in place by 12th October and that those forced to self isolate from 28th will receive backdated payments via their local authority.
Meanwhile, the Labour party is expected to urge the Government to subsidise wages for workers to enable businesses to bring them back part time. Anneliese Dodds, Labour’s shadow chancellor, will speak at the party’s conference to urge the Prime Minister to implement a “job recovery scheme to enable businesses in key sectors to bring back more staff on reduced hours, with government subsidising a proportion of wages for the rest of the working week”. The proposed scheme would work by rewarding employers who give people hours rather than cut jobs.
Published: 22nd September 2020
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LEADING OFF: Reds wait for virus test results before return
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer warms up in the outfield during team baseball practice at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)
A look at what’s happening around the majors on Monday:
WAIT AND SEE
The Cincinnati Reds will wait for their latest COVID-19 test results to see when they can resume the season.
Cincinnati had home games against Pittsburgh postponed Saturday and Sunday after a player tested positive. The Reds expect the new results Monday, when Major League Baseball will decide whether they can travel to Kansas City for a series scheduled to begin Tuesday night.
The Pirates worked out at Great American Ball Park on Sunday, then returned to Pittsburgh.
Cincinnati is the third team to have games postponed because one of its players tested positive for COVID-19, joining the Marlins and the Cardinals.
The Yankees plan to activate Aroldis Chapman after the All-Star closer recovered from COVID-19. Chapman tested positive for the coronavirus during preseason workouts and hasn’t pitched yet this season.
New York also expects slugger Aaron Judge to resume baseball activities after he was placed on the injured list Friday with a right calf strain. Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and DJ LeMahieu were all shelved last week, and Judge is expected to be the first to return to the AL East leaders when he’s eligible on Saturday.
Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette is on the injured list, interrupting his big-hitting season. He strained his right knee stretching before an at-bat during a game in Buffalo that got suspended because of rain Saturday.
Bichette is batting .361, second-best in the American League. He entered Sunday fifth in the league in slugging (.672) and OPS (1.063).
Brandon Drury started in place of Bichette and infielder Santiago Espinal was added to the roster.
Eighteen Miami players who went on the injured list following the club’s coronavirus outbreak have reported to the team’s spring training site in Jupiter, Florida, to begin workouts.
The group includes starting pitchers Sandy Alcantara and Jose Ureña, catcher Jorge Alfaro and shortstop Miguel Rojas. It’s unlikely any of the players will be activated before the next homestand, which starts Aug. 28.
Miami, which played its virus-delayed home opener on Friday, opens a four-game set at Marlins Park against the Mets. Jordan Yamamoto (0-0, 9.82 ERA) is scheduled to start vs. New York’s Robert Gsellman (0-0, 9.00 ERA).
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Australia driver report: part one
We analyse how the top drivers fared on the gravel roads of Coates Hire Rally Australia.
Thierry Neuville (Hyundai i20)
A steady, trouble-free run netted Neuville [above] an okay-ish seventh place but as the Hyundai team leader we were expecting much more. The Belgian struggled to find a decent rhythm on Friday's slippery stages and his confidence won't have been helped by the fact that both his team-mates were doing considerably better. He found some fight on Saturday, when he was scrapping with Sordo for seventh, but team orders meant this was a battle he couldn't really lose. Declared himself satisfied to have collected some points for Hyundai, but this wasn't one of his better rallies.
Lorenzo Bertelli (Ford Fiesta RS)
Another rally to forget for the Italian. On the opening day he was troubled by wayward handling - despite a decent position in the start order - and later said his Fiesta was undriveable when he also lost the handbrake. He returned on Saturday but wasn't able to do much before his engine expired with a fuel-injector problem. Back again on Sunday, Bertelli had a difficult job opening the roads, then went off on the final stage and damaged the left-rear corner. He emerged from the stage with the loss of four minutes but retired at the finish control.
Elfyn Evans (Ford Fiesta RS)
This was an extremely disappointing event for Evans who was unable to get to grips with the Australian roads. He lacked feeling and confidence from the start, and took a further knock when a spin and a puncture on stage four plunged him down the standings. From then on his times were below par and his end of stage comments consistently bleak as he struggled to understand what was going wrong. He found no answers in Australia and is hoping that a post mortem at M-Sport's base in the UK will turn up something.
Sébastien Ogier (Volkswagen Polo R)
Of all the events this year, Australia was where Ogier felt he would suffer most from the road sweeping disadvantage of running first in the start order. He went as far as to say that on paper at least a win looked impossible. Which makes his sublime, championship-winning victory all the more impressive. Somehow the Frenchman managed to find confidence and grip where others couldn't and kept himself close enough to spring into the lead on Saturday's repeated tests. That called for some incredible skill - but having run first on the road so often this year, Ogier reckons he's better at it now than ever before.
Jari-Matti Latvala (Volkswagen Polo R)
This was another terrific rally for Jari-Matti but in the end he was not quite quick enough to reel in his team-mate. A lack of confidence on day one meant he couldn't make the most of Ogier's racing line ahead, but the battle was really lost on Saturday's opening Nambucca test where he admitted to briefly 'losing the spark to fight'. Three stages from home he insisted he was still fighting to win, but with the competition so evenly matched there was simply too much to make up.
Hayden Paddon (Hyundai i20)
Not quite the Paddon podium he and his army of fans were after, but fifth was a great result nonetheless for Hayden after a faulty diff limited his potential on the opening day. Back to full speed on Saturday, he impressed with two stages wins - including the 50km Nambucca - and kept things neat and tidy through Sunday's tests to wrap up his fourth top-five result of the season. The result was proof that Hyundai made the right decision to promote him to the factory squad. We won't be surprised if he's back there later this year.
Hyundai's 2016 car previewed
Korean manufacturer displays new car in Frankfurt
Ogier strives to be even better
Newly-crowned champion unwilling to rest on his laurels
Australia podium just what I needed - Meeke
Meeke makes his point with third place Down Under
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June 2006 Issue
Volume 10, Issue 5.
Articles and Author Essays:
Article: Napalm by Alex Keegan
A common error that beginning writers make is when they miss conveying the most important moment of the story to the readers. The author may be aware of how important a moment is in his story, but he is unable to properly convey this incredible moment to the reader because his pacing is off or he doesn't know how to make the moment stand out. Alex Keegan calls this incredible moment "Napalm": a burning, intense moment that really sticks with the reader. In his new article, Alex Keegan discusses Napalm and how writers can learn to incorporate it into their stories.
Article: Songwriters Anonymous: Part 3 by Mary Dawson
Some of the best songwriters in history are almost totally anonymous. But these songwriters, who cared more about writing a hit song than recording one, had very interesting lives. In this third article in her ongoing series, Mary Dawson looks at two more "members" of this prestigious club: Leon Russell, "pop music's most anonymous big shot," who wrote "This Masquerade" recorded by George Benson and Richard Leigh, the quintessential "songwriter's songwriter," who wrote numerous hit songs, including the Crystal Gayle hit, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue?" and "Cold Day in July" by the Dixie Chicks.
Author Essay: The Decade of the Spy by Gayle Lynds
After the Cold War ended, John Le Carré declared that the spy novel was dead. He then moved on to write in another genre. It was a lean time for writers who wrote spy novels and for women thriller writers, in particular. But all that has changed: in fact, espionage thrillers are now hotter than ever. New York Times bestselling novelist Gayle Lynds, author of The Coil, discusses her exciting new espionage thriller, The Last Spymaster (St. Martin's Press), and what she calls "The Decade of the Spy."
Author Essay: In Praise of Lying: Fiction vs. Nonfiction by Amy Hassinger
Nonfiction is very much in the news these days. Capote, the James Frey debacle and the even creepier Nasdijj scam have raised the kinds of questions that plague many a memoir writer: how much can you really remember? How much can you ethically invent (creating dialogue, for example, from a forgotten conversation), and how much do you have to base on verifiable fact? What is the truth, anyway? Amy Hassinger, the author of The Priest's Madonna (Putnam), explores the issue in her article, "In Praise of Lying: Fiction vs. Nonfiction."
Children's/Young Adult
An Egg is Quiet by Dianna Aston and Sylvia Long (Chronicle Books)
Flyte (Septimus Heap, Book 2) by Angie Sage (HarperCollins)
Little Lamb Finger Puppet Book (Chronicle Books)
Mom and Dad Are Palindromes by Mark Shulman and Adam McCauley (Chronicle Books)
The Quillan Games (Pendragon Adventures, Book 7) by D.J. MacHale (Simon and Schuster)
Victory by Susan Cooper (Margaret K. McElderry)
Broken by Kelly Armstrong (Bantam Spectra)
Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher (Roc)
The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue (Nan Talese Books)
Working For the Devil by Lilith Saintcrow (Warner Books)
The Mediterranean Prescription by Angelo Acquista, M.D. (Ballantine)
A Taste of Southern Italy by Marlena De Blasi (Ballantine)
The Fallen by T. Jefferson Parker (William Morrow)
The Hard Way by Lee Child (Delacorte Press)
The Last Cato by Matilde Asensi (Rayo)
The Last Spymaster by Gayle Lynds (St. Martin's Press)
Romance and Women's Fiction
Dark Demon by Christine Feehan (Jove)
Hex and the Single Girl by Valerie Frankel (Avon Trade)
The Hazards of Hunting a Duke (Desperate Debutantes) by Julia London (Pocket Star)
Once Upon Stilettos by Shanna Swendson (Ballantine Books)
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178 – Giant-Size Special #6
December 24, 2017 podcasts 78 comments
Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line!
In which we enter a new era of X-Men; Magneto reluctantly returns to villainy; Jay tries to like X-Men volume 2; when in doubt, you should open your story with a space fight; Nick Fury has so many pouches; experimenting on babies unsurprisingly backfires; psychic powers are pink; Claremont deserved better; Producer Matt makes his on-air debut; and you (yes, you!) are once again the recipients of a Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Award for Excellence in X-Cellence.
The 1991 relaunch of X-Men
X-Men vol. 2 #1-3
Chris Claremont’s departure from Marvel
X-Men vs. Uncanny X-Men
Gold Team
Why Magneto is emblematic of Claremont’s vision for the X-Men
Why there are so many copies of X-Men #1
How comics sales are counted
Our very different perspectives on X-Men #1
A space fight
Revision vs. reversion
What may or may not be in Nick Fury’s pouches
Daring loungewear worn well
Fabian Cortez
Flatscans
Disproportionate escalation
The Acolytes
Delgado, kind of, maybe
Several notable absences
The Magneto Protocols
That one time Magneto got turned into a baby
Some dubious science
A semi-invisible plane
Code Silver
Further miracles of magnetism
Producer Matt Hunter
Podcasting about video games
The Fourth Annual Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence at X-Cellence
Best X-Toon holiday episodes
NEXT EPISODE: Havok gets a job!
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Magneto Protocols
Matt Hunter
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x-men #1
X-Men Volume 2
Porthos Fitz Sh'iar Empress says:
Thank you all for this amazing holiday gift to your fans! I wish you all the best this season and in the new year! I feel this milestone in X-MEN history was a significant point for many readers, and I have long anticipated hearing your thoughts on these issues that cemented the X-MEN as the paragon of comics for years to come, while sadly losing their greatest and most important creative voice.
Zelinko says:
An old man on a porch waving his nukes around at the kids.
That’s a mental image I’ve never had before
You clearly didn’t grow up with Reagan in the White House, because that’s sort what it felt like
pawpaw5771 says:
A couple of rambling thoughts on this episode:
Thanks for the awesome opening Cordelia!
Here’s to another year to come of your professional ridiculousness, X-Perts!
Not sure if it was due to the studio setting for the Portland recording or due to other factors, but the episode sounded especially great. Great work Matt!
I didn’t start reading X-Men with v2 #1 — I returned to X-Men comics right before it with the Muir Island Saga. When I did start reading the X-Men in the 80s though, I can totally understand how Miles felt about this release. X-Men even when I started seemed so big and sprawling, and seemed so planned due to Claremont’s ability “to Claremont” with plot seeds and revisiting them with payoffs in the long term, that it was awe inspiring. It was that sprawl that was a huge part of the appeal – this was so big, and so impenetrable, and so impossible to wrap around understanding it all, that it just had to be great!!
It’s still weird looking back at this to see how unceremoniously Claremont’s departure was handled. He did deserve better, and it’s impossible for me not to feel that way even all these years later. This gif from The Office seems to crystalize how the departure was handled: http://i.imgur.com/4bUV7Ls.gif
Super looking forward to the coverage of Peter David’s initial X-Factor run. It’s aged so well, and is such a nice contrast to the core X-books of the time.
Happy Holidays X-Perts! Please stay safe in the snow Miles! Please remember to sleep Jay!
Couldn’t agree more bud, Claremont’s departure was handled poorly, and I can’t wait to hear the sacred scribes delve into Peter David’s work!
W. H. Rad says:
On Chris Claremont’s ability “to Claremont, let us not forget Louise Simonson’s hand in those plots, whom our hosts also had the chance to be on a panel with during this year. Sure, that same panel made us question how many of the Kitty Pryde costumes were Chris Claremont’s suggestions, or the Xtreme X-Men costumes, but there were upsides to it. As we move into coverage of 1992 and further superhero comic book marketability gimmicks, let us remember she moved on to the Death of Superman.
Great point, and thanks for the reminder. I had no intention of minimizing or erasing Louise’s work on the titles or the era, she definitely had a huge part in shaping the titles and characters over this time period as well.
I also honestly didn’t know that Death of Superman is what she moved on to. Interesting.
Voord 99 says:
The Death of Superman era is an interesting step-up from Inferno/The X-Cutioner’s Song — three main writers (plus others) plus a boatload of artists all tightly integrating a single storyline across multiple books in a way in which the joins are much less visible than with the Simonson/Claremont collaboration.
One suspects that Simonson was able to bring a lot of her experience as both writer and editor to the project. But one also senses also that the absence of anyone with as strong a specific creative vision as Claremont’s helped the Death of Superman to be a genuine “writer’s room” team effort, while also making the product a little bland.
The best thing on the Superman: Doomsday DVD is the documentary about this,* with a picture of the whiteboard on which they plotted out the whole thing. On it, Simonson remained, even after all those years, remarkably emotionally moved by Superman’s death — it was clearly much more of a personal story for her than I at least would have expected. I don’t know if she had a personal history with Superman in her childhood that was still informing her reaction, but she clearly still found his death genuinely upsetting after a decade and a half.
*The documentary does however have a real flaw in how it represents the speculator frenzy that drove up the sales of Superman #75, as, well, not a speculator frenzy. Still, it’s definitely worth a watch.
I felt the exact same way as Jay when I got to these issues.
My first x-men comics reading actually started with Schism, which I read a little after comixology included Marvel on android back in like 2009 or 2010.
I had listened to the Rucka episode of the podcast about young cyclops and then found my way back at around episode 70-something and then i was hooked. I listened to every episode in about a month or two and I started reading on Marvel Unlimited at Claremont’s debut and read everything I could up until a little after the relaunch and it just wasn’t doing anything for me. So I put the tablet down and said, “maybe I’ll come back after Jay and Miles talk about it” and skipped to the Morrison era. I think there’s just something about the 90s style that I can’t get passed.
Hey X-Perts! Not only was this my first issue of X-Men, this was my first comic book ever!
I was born in ’88, so I didn’t read this the year it came out. I think I read it the summer of ’96. We were in the process of moving, and my whole family was staying in a condo that was much too small for us. I literally slept in a cupboard above the stairs like a reverse Harry Potter, and my siblings were jammed into a small bedroom together.
I guess my dad felt for me. There was a video rental place a short walk from the condo, and that video rental had a spinning rack with all sorts of comics. He had read X-Men #1 when it was Lee and Kirby, saw the #1 and thought it would be cool to get for me with a smattering of Spidey comics.
Yeah, I was totally confused, but I was also totally enchanted. My next step was getting the VHS copy of Night of the Sentinels (form the X-Men animated series) out from the library and watching it until the tape wore down. Within a year I was slamming quarters into the X-Men arcade game at the local bowling alley (this story is incredibly 90s). When I ran out of quarters I’d watch other kids play, or pretend I was playing the demo.
The first X-Men issue I’d purchase proper was Uncanny X-Men #329, where they teamed up with Doctor Strange. I was pretty much all in until everything was swallowed by the Onslaught Saga, which even as a 9-year-old I recognized as trash.
I stopped reading superhero books until college, when I friend got me Bendis’s Ultimate Spider-Man, and I realized how much I missed them. I went on Wikipedia and discovered Surge, Dust, Elixir, X-23 and a whole new generation of mutants had sprung up, which led me to getting back into comics, which led me to reviewing comics, which I do today on Multiversity.
While these issues in particular were overwhelming, I saw what Miles sees. There’s so much potential and X-Men was so ubiquitous that this was a wonderful gateway. It could of been better, but it worked for me, and so many other 90s kids, and led me to a life of intense comics fandom. I agree with Jay that the issues themselves are… fine? But there’s something magical about them.
GREAT episode. Cordelia’s intro made my heart grow 3 sizes. Jay feelings on X-men #1 mirrors mine closely. I own a ragged copy of Giant Size X-men #1, but my heart belongs to the Claremont/Byrne era that follows. X-men #1 was the end of my X-men, but it also precipitated my retreat from mainstream comics in general for quite a while. That single comic represented so much I disliked about that era of books: the violent plots that seem assembled by 5th grade boys playing with action figures; the Pro wrestling and sports illustrated swimsuit edition body styles; the greedy,venal fan exploiting speculators market; and, of course, the pouches. It just seemed a broad decision had been made to dumb down comics. And the X-men were the leader of the pack. My hatred for the books at the time was visceral.Even the words Acolytes and Fabian Cortez are enough to raise my hackles.
It is going to be an interesting exercise to see if I can gain any appreciation for this period. I have to admit that Magneto rocks fantastic lounge wear. Happy Holidays!
NurseMetal says:
I’m a little disappointed that you didn’t specify what Gambit kissed in issue 1. I want to see a timeline where Cyclops adresses all undesirable behaviors with explosive aversion therapy.
Having just got to the end of the podcast can I just say that the weekly ritual of listening to this (and TLATS during the hiatus) has been one of my highlights of the year. Losing myself in reminiscence for the comics of my teenage years for an hour a week is a real antidote to some of the awfulness of 2017.
Seeing people like me reliving the battles we thought we’d won against the bigots and the bullies has been a reality shock that I didn’t expect. I’ve had enough abuse over the years to know that homophobia hadn’t disappeared (and it’s allies like racism, sexism, disablism and transphobia) but I truly thought we had turned a corner legally and socially where our basic rights were inalienable. Maybe I was naive.
You guys are one of the lights in my darkness right up there with my marriage and the fact that my brother-in-law is an ideal candidate for the Huntingdon’s treatment trial. You may not always be aware of how much joy you bring into the World but you need to know that we love you and stand shoulder to shoulder with you.
There’s an old favorite Damage Control issue from the first mini-series that talks about repairing the mansion.
Apparently some of the Shi’ar tech started stealing construction materials from the surrounding area to rebuild the mansion.
You beat me to it on the Damage Control issue! 🙂
Alright, but what’s Asteroid M’s deal? It had been destroyed by Warlock and then one of the pieces was destroyed in The X-Men vs. The Avengers, but it’s back without fanfare. Actually, I like Jay’s slip of the tongue. What if every time Magneto rebuilt an asteroid base he iterated the letters, and this really had been Asteroid N? Then Cyclops could yell at him that he should have used numbers.
“But Scott.. I DO only have 26 asteroids, anything more than that would be gauche”
Seriously though (for a limited value of seriously), as I understand it, he’s had two Asteroid M’s. The first was impacted by Warlock and split up, some of the tech being recovered led to the Avengers encounter, and the whole thing was demolished.
The one that we see in these issues is his shiny, posh new Asteroid M built whilst he was working with the Hellfire Club as a contingency plan, with more lounging space for a fatigued demagogue who just wants to kick back and relax.
David Morris says:
I’m going to head canon that all Asteroid M’s were potential world killers which Magneto corralled. As he’s not a PR person it’s never occurred to him to tell anyone.
Thank god for xplainations – I’ve read this arc half dozen times and didn’t pic up on half the plot points. It’s kinda a big fun mess…
There are some real bittersweet moments in the SDAPCAEXes this year.
Agreed, I was super-bummed when I read about the recent cancellations, which was hammered in all the more when they showed up as the most acclaimed current series by my favorite podcast. Even Astonishing is a limited series.
rpawson5771 says:
At least Astonishing was always presented as a maxi-series, and the upcoming Rogue & Gambit, Legion, and New Mutants series are all being solicited as minis. I mean, I should have known better with regards to Jean Grey, Iceman, and Generation X I guess…
Wait, Generation X and Iceman are cancelled? Why do I destroy everything I touch? …no, wait, that’s the X-Men: Evolution Rogue & Ladytron music video, not my exact reality.
Did you also read (in alphabetical order): America, Defenders, Gwenpool, Hawkeye, Luke Cage, Royals, Secret Warriors, She-Hulk, Uncanny Avengers, and USAvengers?
Because all these non-X-Men-related ongoings also got canceled recently. Every Marvel solicit is a metaphorical bloodbath for months. :/
If I am to be responsible for Luke Cage, it’s only because the printer put half an issue of that in the middle of Monsters Unleashed.
https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/11/23/monsters-unleashed-8-luke-cage-167/
She-Hulk (“originally” Hulk) and U.S. Avengers, too? U.S. Avengers was the only thing with the word “patriot” in it which I had any sense of pride about this entire year. Squirrel Girl fought Hydra in Paris with Captain Britain. There was a power skrull who looked like the principal from Archie, was copying Gambit and threw a failing grade at the team. Red Hulk had a moustache while he fought a giant monster with Deadpool in an horror comic homage. Find these moments and treasure them. But most of all, U.S. Avengers #3 had the, “I need to know how you find the hope,” conversation between Roberto DaCosta and an alternate timeline Danielle Cage.
Krzysiek Ceran says:
USAvengers is over, but it’s over along with every other Avengers title. They are being combined, or rolled into the main Avengers series, for a storyline called ‘Avengers: No Surrender’. I think it’s supposed to be a weekly title, Al Ewing will write it with Mark Waid and whoever was writing ‘Uncanny Avengers’ last (Jim Zub?). All characters from all those titles will appear.
Mullet Man says:
I think this is the Titan Up the Defense episode that covers Magneto and Mutant Alpha: https://player.fm/series/titan-up-the-defense/titan-up-the-defense-44-defenders-16
The writers of the animated series talk about why they used Jubilee instead of Kitty Pride on this podcast: http://www.xavierfiles.com/2017/10/09/episode-10-wolverine-phone-xmentas/
Gary P. says:
Surprised by the lack of commentary on Claremont’s editorializing against the direction of the book that was being forced on him and causing his departure. Look at Magneto’s dialogue during the fight in issue 1:
“Have you X-Men all gone mad?! I said I meant you no harm, why do you assault me–”
“So! Our comradeship means nothing–”
“You choose to see me solely as the man I was. Is that then what I am?”
“…But Wolverine… I have fought by his side. For the brief time I worked with the X-Men, he accepted me wholeheartedly. If not as a friend, then at least as a comrade-in-arms. Why then has he turned on me? What has changed?!”
Knowing what’s going on behind the scenes, this seems transparent commentary by the author. This doesn’t make sense with what’s happened with these characters. This only makes sense in a back-to-basics, editorially-driven mandate. Why did Wolverine attack Magneto? Claremont hangs a lampshade on the fact that it makes no sense. The only reason for the X-Men attacking is because the X-Men fight Magneto. If there’s a Magneto around, the X-Men’ll fight him. Everyone knows that!
Claremont’s final raised middle finger to this rejection of his approach to the book (growing characters who come, go, retire from the life) is Moira’s explanation at the end of issue #3:
“My process was a failure, Magneto– effective only so lon as the subject NEVER used their mutant power. The structures of the mind and the body have t’be aligned a certain, specific way for those powers to operate, in harmony, so t’speak wi’ your essential character. That’s why you all have such indomitable wills. No matter how deeply you’re ‘brainwashed’, each use o’yuir power reverts you to your natural, ‘default’ state.”
You want heroes who never grow up? Who never leave that ideal vision you have in your mind? FINE, Jim. FINE Bob. HERE. They CAN’T grow up. They CAN’T change. Wolverine will always be a gruff jerk on the verge of a berserker rage who hates Cyclops and authority, because every time his healing factor neutralizes a beer, he goes right back to that. Just like he is on the lunchboxes, beach towels, and t-shirts. That’s your explanation for the comment on the show asking why Wolverine acts like that in these issues, by the way: I have no doubt it’s Chris giving Jim and Bob the broad caricature they asked for.
My take, anyway.
Ggodo says:
That sounds about roght.
Staffan says:
X-men must fight Magneto. Purple must fight green. Is no other way.
CitizenX says:
I think Magneto’s final words serve just as well if you think of them as Claremont speaking to Harras. I always thought this story’s ending would have been better if we had felt like Magneto was going to stay dead. The trope was already well established by then, and Claremont himself stated that he had no illusions that Magneto would stay dead.
Gary P says:
I can see that in some of the last parts of his speech: “Perhaps it’s best it end this way, Charles. For MY dreams to end in flames and glory here far above the Earth… I give you your dream, Charles. But I fear, in time, your heart will BREAK, as you realize it has ever been a fool’s hope.” It didn’t pop as hard for me as the “This story makes no SENSE!” lines, obviously, but I can see it.
I will have to check out mechlo’s work. For others who have an interest in chiptunes, but might prefer exposure to a broad range of them (perhaps in podcast form), consider the Gamewave Podcast.
http://gamewave.yays.co/
The first episode of the original run had Machinae Supremacy, Phlogiston, Nullsleep, even Anamanaguchi well before they created the excellent soundtrack to Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Movie: The Game.
On the comic, that retcon for Moira and Magneto doesn’t make any sense. Maybe I just need to listen to it, again, but we all know from The X-Men vs. The Avengers that it’s Magneto’s helmet which makes him Silver Age Magneto. Plus, he crushed that helmet and the costume was destroyed along with the rest of the piece of Asteroid M which they fought around. The outrage doesn’t make much sense, either, if Moira actually was Magneto’s legal guardian. Personally, I would just as soon forget that ever happened, along with the crotch which our hosts will apparently never stop not-talking about to the point it won an award.
Jay and Miles, thank you for another great episode! Your podcast has brought me great joy and I look forward to it, especially when things are difficult.
You mentioned in this episode that you wanted to hear from fans who picked up X-Men #1 wanting to start reading X-Men and *that was me* – I was a fan of “X-Men: Evolution” as a young teen and decided to start reading the comics. I read a few issues from the local library’s limited collection but then decided to go to the LCS. I asked for X-Men and was given four comics that were on sale. One of the four comics was X-Men Vol 2 #1. This was more than a decade after the comic was actually released.
To this day, I consider X-Men #1 the reason why I gave up on comics for a long time after that initial attempt. It wasn’t until listening to your podcast that I’ve given X-Men comics another try, specifically currently reading the Claremont era. Been meaning for a while to write something about this experience, to give a perspective of how confusing it can be for new readers to get into X-Men and give suggestions to long-time fans on recommending starting points for new readers.
Anyway, thank again for a great podcast! Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
GAMBIT & ROGUE ARE THE PERFECT MATCH: LOL yes, Gambit is usually all sleezy & rapey, and they are the perfect match cause he cant well, rape her :P. i never thought of it like that.
@3:35 the player resets the console in this. Was this the first ever game where u had to RESET the console? even b4 METAL GEAR SOLID 1
https://youtu.be/YWjc0ZPOr-A?t=3m9s
I meant for the above ^ to have started with X-MEN SEGA GAME:
Are the Marvel X-Movies, ARE going to have 100% new actors in those roles right? I hope there is no chance of them using any of the same actors.
I am fairly certain it is unique, at least on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. Emulators of the console either have the ability to perform a soft reset specifically for this game, or they don’t which makes it impossible to finish without that feature.
Is “rapey” the word to use here? The fact he can’t rape her is incidental to the fact he should never rape anyone, ever. They don’t give out cookies for NOT being a monster, it’s sort of expected as a bare minimum
Yes, I agree. Just because you can’t accomplish terrible things to another party does not mean you should be in proximity to them. For example, just because Deathstroke the Terminator cannot kill Deadpool doesn’t mean they should work together. Deathstroke should do so when it is amusing that he can’t kill Deadpool, as it was in Mike Galusick’s fan series on YouTube.
Anyway, Rogue stranded Gambit in Antarctica one time. Not the Savage Land, but the part which is inhospitable to humans. Leaving someone to die is probably a sign that the relationship is less than ideal.
Gambit in general is a character who is so thoroughly meant to be put together from things that a teenage boy might think to be cool that I have never warmed to him. (And his interactions with Rogue come across to me as part and parcel of that strategy to me. They’re about helping the young male reader to read Rogue as fantasy girlfriend.)
We all seem to agree that all those other Kewl 90’s characters were cringeworthy and awful. Why this one has come to seem so essential to the X-Men is a bit of a mystery to me. Especially now that I am reading the stuff I missed along with the podcast, and I can see that when Claremont introduced Gambit, he was no better. Frankly, Gambit is for me one of the strongest arguments that Claremont would have been better off leaving the X-books sooner than he did.
There’s no there there — Gambit just seems to me to be a collection of surface attributes meant to appeal to some of the worst instincts of the young male comics reader. What am I missing?
Actually, Gambit’s original origin was that he was an avatar for a young boy, and therefore would be a young boy’s idea of cool.
I found Gambit to be more impressive when I was a pre-teen than at any later point. However, in the unfortunately rushed X-Men: Destiny he’s basically a spymaster, which is a direction I wish someone would take him again.
Blue Milk says:
I have such fond memories of this era of XMen comics.I was the right age for the cartoon and watched it but hated on it because I was obsessed with the comics.The cartoons art sucked, stories fell short,charcters were pale imitation
love the podcast but hate the presentism. I’m very liberal but it seems that both hosts are a little sensitive about 30 yr old fictional characters.Xmen has always been progressive for its time.
Sometimes it has been yes, but things like Gambit’s behavior has always been more than as bit sleazy, and things like Psylocke’s transformation into an Asian woman, instead introducing an actual Asian woman to be on the team raised eyebrows 39 years as go too.
Yeah I feel the same way about legacy characters like Captain Marvel,X23 Wolverine and Jane Thor. I think it’s so much more interesting to have these characters stand on there own with original identities instead of taking indented from popular male characters.
Blue Will says:
There so many great original female characters like Elektra,Storm,Rogue,Invisible Women etc.The female characters they choose to push like squirrel girl and Ms.Marvel are C list at best.Id like to see these great original female characters get a focus over watered down female versions of male characters. It’s weak an unoriginal.
Gotta strongly disagree with you there – in my opinion, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Ms. Marvel, All-New Wolverine, and The Mighty Thor are four of the best books Marvel is currently publishing. Plus, Squirrel Girl *is* an original female character, and while Ms. Marvel is in part a legacy character, it’s primarily the legacy of another woman, Carol Danvers. (Mar-Vell hasn’t been significant in many years.)
Would I like to see more non-legacy female characters? Sure. But the comics market is a cautious and hidebound one, and books about truly original characters tend not to sell and are thus quickly canceled. I’ll happily accept female heroes as legacy characters if that’s what it takes to get such amazing comics out there.
Thank you for phrasing that better than I could.
And of course, I’m so old my default is to remember when Marvel first chose to reuse the Captain Marvel name, and went with the awesome Monica Rambeau, who was a name-only legacy and who was amazing! But who has since had to change her name at least three times, and twice because the same white guy started using a name she was already using.
JFO777 says:
My first contact with the X-Men was Uncanny 167 and a half of 168 (that’s how is was published in Spain, and how we got those comics in Argentina). And I kept reading until (a little after secret wars) the man of the newsstand where I got my comics, tired of me asking almost everyday for a new issue I guess, told me the series was canceled.
But then came the first (Burton) Batman movie, and comics from DC were everywhere.
Years passed.
And then, in 1993, in a day unlike any other, I saw X-Men #1.
Ororo and Piotr were on the background, Scott, Rogue and Wolverine felt like boring and stupid doppelgangers, Kitty and Madelyne were not around and everyone seemed to be OK with that, I didn’t knew the rest of the characters and nothing here made me care for them, I didn’t like the art (I still don’t) and I totally didn’t like the writing (a very bad translation didn’t helped) (also, at the time I was reading some amazing stuff from people like Moore, Morrison and Gaiman to name a few and THIS Claremont didn’t look very good against those).
My hate for this issue still burns with rage today.
That 7/8 years old kid I once was found the X-men again. And he never left them go.
I started to listen this pod like a year ago, in mixed order (because that was my X-men X-perience with this era and I wanted to repeat that because reasons) which led me to untangle the continuity of your personal lifes (I find your lack of clones and time displaced guests that never leave… highly disappointing), and, the best part, made me re-read a lot of this stuff again. Mostly Uncanny and New Mutants.
So, thank you Jay, Miles, and all the producers and guest stars, for an astonishing nerd as fuck year.
I feel like this is one of the best compliments which can be given to superhero comic fans. Good job, JFO777! As you are experiencing Jay & Miles in an order which sounds as confusing as Marvel UK imports, just wait until you get to Giant Size Special #2. Not only was that tabletop role-playing game session based upon the animated series (which itself was based on the X-Men relaunch), therein Jay and Miles discussed their X-Men ’92 counterparts. Also, if you have more to say about Spanish and Argentine comic book experiences, I know I would be interested.
So, thank you for xplaining this mess. My wife has been watching the 90s cartoon while knitting and she asked me to explain what was happening when they did this story, and I just had to kknda ramble and trail off with “. . .Fabian Cortez is a dick. . .”
Don’t feel too bad, if asked to summarise Fabian Cortez, I think most people would go for exactly that phrasing.
Vanessa P says:
Great episode as always. Listening to your podcast is always something I look forward to!
You really made me want to dig out my old trading cards. I have a bunch of the 1990 Marvel universe set, the entire 1991 set as well as the X-Men set which the Jim Lee art. They are in a binder that has a list of all the bands I liked at the time listed on the front and the bands I didn’t like on the back. I think there is also a hole punched (bad idea) copy of New Mutants #34 in there. Ah, childhood memories.
For double X-tra 90s upbringing bonus points, were the trading cards pulled out and looked at later while listening to “In the Garage” by Weezer?
♫I’ve got Kitty Pryde and Nightcrawler, too. Waiting there for me. Yes, I do. I do.♫
I think Cortez also was killed by Exodus in Bloodties, right? Villainous betrayals don’t seem to do Marvel characters much favors…
I do get what you guys are saying about the book becoming more action-centric with Jim Lee co-plotting, but you know, it still feels like a very Claremont story to me, and perhaps one of his most meta. This is essentially Chris’ second trial of Magneto, only this time, it’s Claremont’s entire 17-year run with the character that’s being called into question. I suspect “Rubicon” was in part Chris’ response to the people who disagreed with the way he had portrayed and developed the character– including former peers like Roger Stern and John Byrne himself– and folks who just wanted to see Magneto as a villain again, like Jim Lee and Bob Harras. At times in this story, especially in issue #1, it feels like Chris was speaking directly through Magneto (without breaking character), expressing his disapproval of where other creative forces wanted the character to go, and that’s why it still feels like such a personal story, at least to me. And it all comes to a head in issue #3, where Claremont uses the plot to validate his Magneto and essentially say, “What I did with the character counted. What I did mattered.” All while finally reconciling his Magneto with Stan and Jack’s.
I think that partly the case, but to me, it comes across as also having a dose of Claremont being a consummate professional and even perhaps a bit of a company man and just trying to make this mandated plot development and make sense without violating where the character has been for years.
Similarly, I think he offers an interesting depiction of Beast in these issues and even more the X-Factor issues that he did (where Beast is inevitably more of a presence). I have the sense that Claremont is trying to reconcile the Beast that appeared in X-Factor (who displayed a certain reversion to his Silver Age self) with the fun-loving Beast as he was depicted in the Avengers. The “fearless leader” stuff, for instance.
You have a sense of a person who has matured over time: who was one thing as an insecure teenager, then reacted against that and went a bit crazy in his twenties, and has now grown up and becoming genuinely relaxed and angst-free about his intelligence and intellectualism, without being someone who didn’t go through his “wild and crazy” phase at all.
I think you’re right– Chris was also trying to make Magneto’s mandated return to villainy work with the way he’d written the character previously. And I think he succeeds by going a step further and actually turning it into both a scrutiny and affirmation of the journey he’d taken Magneto on for nearly two decades. In the end, it’s really Chris who gets the final say by having Magneto go “down with the ship”– it’s like he’s saying, “I’d rather remove Magneto from the board entirely, on my terms, then let you (Harras, Lee, et. al.) move him in a direction I don’t agree with.” Sure, Erik’s brought back later as full-on villain, but at least Chris got to give him a send-off that felt right to him.
Jay talked about the characters feeling a little more two-dimensional in this story than usual, and I understand that perspective, but I’d say they were written in a more “introductory” manner than two-dimensional. This was, after all, the start of a new series, which in theory is usually a good jumping-on point for new readers. With a cast so massive, I can see why Chris would decide to focus on his team’s most definable traits: it’s a good, quick way of letting new readers know what each character is like. Charles is hopeful, Beast is erudite and witty, Logan gets the job done but does it his way, etc. If Chris had just written this in the same style he’d usually written Uncanny, chances are a lot of new readers would have been more than a bit lost.
TheSam says:
I believe that Byrne had already been using Magneto as a villain in West Coast Avengers at the time with the then-evil Scarlet Witch, and he showed up doing evil stuff in Acts of Vengeance. I have to agree that keeping Magneto away from other writers who wanted to use him as a villain was part of it too.
As for the question in the podcast of “why reference the Mutant Alpha story of all Magneto stories”, I think it was the last Magneto story that was written before Claremont wrote the X-men. I think it contrasts with the character growth that happened for the character since then and also as a way to say, “THIS is how you end a character.”
The Lonely Sand Person says:
I know this is weird, guys, but for once, redirecting plasma is TOTALLY something magnetism can do.
That does happen on the sun all the time.
wrenson says:
Came here to say this. It’s what Earth’s magnetic field does all the time and the plasma from the Sun (solar wind) that gets through is responsible for the Aurora Borealis.
One thing I noticed was how Chris’s characterization of Magneto here echoes Alan Moore’s characterization of him in Heroes for Hope. Both stories have Magneto being pushed into action by his followers, as opposed to the take-charge Magneto of the silver age.
thepariaheffect says:
I too was one of the many confused children who stumbled into X-Men with vol. 2 #1. And man, it was BIZARRE.
My primary exposure to X-Men at this point had been through a single issue of Wolverine, after which I was forever forbidden to read comics because there was an ad for Dungeons and Dragons in the back. Luckily, my grandparents picked me up those awesome randomly packed packets of comics you used to be able to get at Toys-R-Us all the time – and in one of those packs was this comic.
To make things even worse, there was also an issue of Excalibur that primarily starred Technet. It does not surprise me at all that I ran screaming away from X-Men to the other franchise in that pack (Thor) as quickly as possible!
To think that Elizabethan Norse gods in space, including one who turns into a doctor while not flying by throwing a hammer and grabbing onto it (except when he doesn’t, or he’s Eric Masterson or a frog), are more straightforward than X-Men.
I sure am glad that they stopped publishing X-Men comics with Adjectiveless number 3. Why they would pull the plug at the height of their popularity is mysterious, but at least they ended on a majestic note with Magneto’s death, instead of dragging things on ceaselessly and senselessly.
90sfan says:
Oh my gosh, I can’t believe I missed this when it came out! I love the Acolytes, I love that dickbag Fabian Cortez, I’ve been waiting forever for you guys to spotlight them!
A few things:
– This was the first X-Men issue that I read! I was around 11 or 12 and had been introduced to X-Men via the Evolution cartoon. I was basically confused and then forgot about it for years, only for my love for this bunch to suddenly return in college when I revisited them with more context for the series as a whole.
– Actually, the Delgado thing did get sorted out. There were two Delgados. The mutant Delgado who was a member of the Acoltyes is Marco Delgado, who posessed the powers to grow bigger, strong, and faster (his comrade Chrome helped by using his own transmuting powers to coat him in rock-like armor) The SHIELD agent was Harry Delgado. I don’t know why Claremont put this confusing-ass thing in, but that’s the situation.
– There was indeed an Acolyte with offscreen telepathic powers! Anne Marie! She never used them on-panel but they were confirmed in supplementary source material, and she was using them constantly to keep a SHIELD agent named Nance Winters prisoner on Asteroid M.
– The whole “X-Men not listening to Magneto trying to convince them he’s not a villain” and “everyone’s the bad guy here” thing comes, I think, from Claremont trying to talk through Magneto as his self-insert. This whole thing really does read to me as Claremont feeling the X-Men he loves were being taken from him, so he writes Magneto, one his favorite characters, as the victim of the X-Men turning on him. Unfortunately, it does make the X-Men look like the “real” bad guys and Magneto the true tragic hero.
– The idea that Claremont based Fabian Cortez on Fabian Niceiza is a fan theory that has been around for a long time, but as far as I know there has never been confirmation on it. However, there’s a lot of reason to think it might be the case. Firstly, of course, the name. Claremont has admitted to naming many characters after real people, such as Senator Robert Kelly (named for one of his professors at college) and Lourdes Chantel (named for Lourdes Ortiz, who translated for him at a convention in Barcelona) Secondly, there’s the way Fabian usurps and takes over Magneto’s role, just as Niceiza replaced Claremont at Marvel, and Claremont’s obvious at ire at this if we go with the idea (which, again, is just how it seems to me) that Magneto is Claremont’s mouthpiece in a lot of this. Thirdly, his sister is named Anne Marie (she’s mentioned as his sister in the second issue) and Fabian Niceiza has a brother named Mariano, which is the masculine form of Anne Marie. Fourthly, when Claremont wrote X-Men Forever (incidentally using the same title that Niceiza had used for a previous series…) he pretty much just does the worst shit to Fabian and makes a note in the narrative boxes about literally no one caring that he does. It just feels to me like some very personal spite going on. Which I love, because Fabian Cortez is just legitimately despicable (in a fantastic way I love) and this just makes it funnier because EVEN THE WRITERS HATE HIM!
Thank you so much for this episode, I loved it!
Now I wish Claremont had titled one of these issues ‘Brave New World!’ It doesn’t map perfectly, but would anyone else like an X-Men fairytale version of this story as The Tempest?
I’m glad for everyone who’s thrilled by these issues, but these were my last issues the first time through. I failed to muster the enthusiasm to get more than a few pages into #2 on Marvel Unlimited this time. I recognise Lee’s skill, enthusiasm and hard work, but his art just doesn’t work for me. I think I’m going to be someone who follows your show, but isn’t reading along for the main X books for some time.
Arinya says:
After a 5 minute disclaimer of how much you don’t like the volume 2 there is a lot of awesome in these books. The over the top dialogue, the awesome art that is so 90s and the ridiculous outfits! I agree it’s not a masterpiece soap opera that were the X-Men books before but this series was so entertaining! It was my very first X-men book and thanks to it 11 year old me was hooked! I became an X-Men fan! Thanks for reminding me how silly and great the 90s were.
Because my favorite X-Men as a kid were Iceman (from Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends), Storm (from her light up aciton figure), Beast (because he was smart on the cartoon), and Jean (because she baked Beast cookies in prison and that just seems like a decent thing to do), and because I was the type of kid that picked Tails over Sonic, Vanilla over Chocolate, etc., I was all about the Gold Team. It was actually my biggest problem with teh Genesis game (that I couldn’t play as any Gold Team Members). Oh that and that that game was hard AF.
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I’ve been binging the podcast for the last 2 months. Almost caught up! I’ve been wanting to ask: what is the source of the Peter Corbeau “theme music” you guys play during the awards and Corbeau references? It gets stuck in my head and I want to hear the full song. Thanks!
Staffan Johansson says:
It’s from an ancient TV show called Voyage of the Mimi.
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Chapter 213: Nap
“Naofumi, you dense Motherfucker”
-Motoyasu
After returning to the village, I took a light nap.
Because of Firo’s misconduct, I have forbid her from coming into my bed.
In order to keep up the Atlas countermeasures, I invited Melty over, but…
“W-w-why do I have to sleep with Naofumi!?” (Melty)
“Originally, it was Firo’s duty, but as she caused quite an uproar, she has been banished as a punishment.” (Naofumi)
I asked Rat for the reason for her suddenly going to heat.
She said it may be because I slept next to her so much.
Something about… Being attached to me, or something.
I have no idea what she’s trying to say.
I have no intentions of setting up house in this world.
Building a Harem in another world?
I threw away such dreams long ago.
“And so her successor is you, Melty. I thought I would leave her duties to you. Despite what I say, you’re pretty strong. You should be able to drive Atlas out.” (Naofumi)
“I don’t want to!” (Melty)
Melty’s face is dyed a deep shade of red.
But of course.
I did sacrifice her to halt Firo’s movement…
“I see. You hate it that much. Then there’s no helping it.” (Naofumi)
“Eh… ah, wait.” (Melty)
“I was in the wrong.” (Naofumi)
“Ah… Yeah…” (Melty)
What? Melty is making a strange expression as she hesitantly lowers her extended hand before leaving.
Now then, I have to find another tribute.
Besides Melty, is there someone else in this village who can fight on par with Atlas?
“Hero-sama, I’ve come to deliver your requested equipment.” (Imya)
At that moment, Imya came with the peddling clothing I ordered.
Kiel and the others have good faces, so I thought of making them wear nostalgic Maid outfits, or some clothes that have niche audiences when they go out peddling.
The reception was quite good, and earnings increased.
“Faaaa…” (Imya)
Imya hands the clothing over as she stifles a yawn. Did she stay up all night making these?
Fumu… If she’s sleepy, then her timing is good.
My Atlas troubles are common knowledge in the village.
She should understand.
I’m worried whether or not she will be able to drive Atlas out, but there’s no one else here, so there’s no choice.
“Now then, Imya.” (Naofumi)
“What could it be?” (Imya)
“Won’t you sleep with me?” (Naofumi)
“EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH!?” (Imya)
After pausing for a few seconds, Imya lets out a loud voice, and falls over.
“Oy, what are you so surprised about?” (Naofumi)
“M-my heart isn’t ready…” (Imya)
“What do you mean? It’s just sleeping.” (Naofumi)
“And I’m… dirty…” (Imya)
What is she saying? I stare at Imya.
I don’t get the dirty feeling I got from Raphtalia when I bought her. Just from looking her, I see she has put a bit of attention into personal hygiene.
The Raphtalia from back then hadn’t bathed in weeks. Though I don’t know why my mind is comparing them.
“Don’t mind it.” (Naofumi)
“I can’t!” (Imya)
“I’m also sleepy, so hurry and come to the bed.” (Naofumi)
“A…ah… Yes.” (Imya)
Imya is shaking. Am I really that scary?
But if she’s learned to remain vigilant, I guess that’s a good thing.
Why is she loosening her clothing?
A half-naked Imya shakes nervously as she approaches me. Why is she half-naked?
I don’t know what her customs are, but does she sleep half-naked?
Timidly, she lies down on my bed.
I put the covers over her and close my eyes, but Imya seems to be making pained sounds as she continues shivering.
As a Mole Demi-Human, are human Beds no good for her?
“What’s wrong? Calm down. You won’t be able to sleep like that.” (Naofumi)
Maybe because I’ve been sleeping with Firo a lot, having something next to me when I sleep calms me down.
I no longer toss and turn from my trauma like before. I guess sleeping with Firo has been a good rehabilitation.
Oh? Imya’s body temperature is quite high. I lightly pat her head.
And Imya twitches violently.
“Hii!? Um… As I thought… It’s impossible for me! Sorry!” (Imya)
Imya says as she jumps up and runs out of the room.
“Oy. What happened to her?… O-y.” (Naofumi)
Did she think I would try to make a move on her?
No, I don’t think she’s someone who would make that big of a misunderstanding. The fact that Firo sleeps with me as an Atlas countermeasure should be common knowledge here…
As I chase after Imya, I find her discussing something with Kiel. As soon as she sees me, she runs away again at an alarming speed.
Should I invite Kiel instead?
“Niichan! What are you doing!? Don’t you have no interest in women?” (Kiel)
Kiel acts rebelliously like she always does, but as soon as I get on the bed, she quiets down.
“Uu… Niichan. What do you plan on doing!?” (Kiel)
I pat dog form Kiel as I lie down.
Maybe because I’m used to stroking Firo’s feathers.
Perhaps that’s what lets me sleep easily with others.
In Puppy Mode, all of Kiel’s body is covered in fur. It’s similar and quite soothing. Though Imya would have been fine as well.
“Oh, if Atlas tries to come in, drive her out. Then I’ll be sleeping.” (Naofumi)
“Ah, Niichan! What do you mean by that?” (Kiel)
“You’re being noisy. Quiet down.” (Naofumi)
“I-I got it Nii-chan.” (Kiel)
Following my orders, Kiel goes quiet, as she lies in the bed waiting for me to fall asleep.
“Niichan. Don’t cause so many misunderstandings… and don’t scare Imya-chan so much…” (Kiel)
“Ha? What are you talking about?” (Naofumi)
“… Niichan, is it true that you’re doing it with Atlas-chan and Firo-chan?” (Kiel)
“I don’t know what you’re misunderstanding, but there’s no way that’s true. Everyone should know, right?” (Naofumi)
“… First I’m hearing of it, Niichan.” (Kiel)
“Is that so? I though Sadina passed on the information.” (Naofumi)
“There’s no way Sadina Nee-chan would tell the truth about situations like this! She said that you would be aiming for me next!” (Kiel)
What is that whale telling these kids!?
There’s no way I would do such things.
“I did something bad to Imya. I’ll have to apologize later.” (Naofumi)
“… I don’t think you have to worry about it. Imya-chan seemed happy.” (Kiel)
With question marks floating above my head, I went to sleep.
By the way, Atlas did indeed come, and Kiel drove her off with her barking.
Amazing. Kiel is acting like a guard dog.
My evaluation of her has risen ever so slightly.
By the way, because of her barking, I couldn’t sleep well.
Anyways, after I woke up from my nap, it was the afternoon.
After distributing lunch to the slaves, I teleported to the castle.
Since Motoyasu surrendered, I have to tell the Queen.
If Firo continues manipulating him, he’ll probably help work towards world peace.
I also have to stop by the Old Man’s place to place in an order for a carriage.
When I appeared in the Castle, Trash was in front of me.
“…” (Naofumi)
“…” (Trash)
His clothes are quite normal today.
After silence ruled the area for a while… Trash turned and left.
After seeing Atlas, he’s gone quiet.
The Queen always comes here to greet me, so this time I go to her office.
“If it isn’t Iwatani-sama. How are you doing?” (Queen)
“You know why I’m here, right?” (Naofumi)
“Yes, it’s about the Hero of the Spear, right?” (Queen)
“Yeah. Did he come here?” (Naofumi)
“… Early in the morning, he was standing in front of the castle, turning himself in… I went to see him after hearing the report, but he was a little… He wouldn’t listen to me, and I had to speak to him through a male interpreter.” (Queen)
The queen uses a fan to cover her mouth as she glares at me.
I can understand her feelings. Recently, I’ve been starting to doubt whether or not his mind even has the capacity to accept logic.
He follows Firo’s words without question, but everything else is…
“This is all your daughter’s fault.” (Naofumi)
“I’m aware. But this change was mostly brought about by Iwatani-sama’s pet bird, correct?” (Queen)
I can’t deny it, but when you say it like that…
“So? What are you going to do with Motoyasu’s sentencing?” (Naofumi)
“As you’ve probably assumed, we’re not going to press further punishment as long as he participates in the wave. Though the individual has also honestly admitted to being a bandit in the mountains.” (Queen)
The Queen’s avoiding eye contact.
It seems evident that she’s hiding something.
Or perhaps she’s signaling for me to deduce it myself.
She probably had a hard time dealing with Motoyasu.
“And? What did he do?” (Naofumi)
“Ah, did you understand what I meant?” (Queen)
“You avoided eye contact to make me understand, right?” (Naofumi)
“I’m thankful for Iwatani-sama’s deductive ability…” (Queen)
“Just get on with it.” (Naofumi)
“Then let me report. The individual in question demanded that he be punished, but we kept trying to tell him that we had no intention of doing so. He refused to pull back, so we told him attaining world peace was to be his punishment.” (Queen)
That’s a bit much, I told the Queen.
Well, it’s not like he’s repenting anything. He probably just wants to show Firo that he’s starting over for her sake.
“After that, how should I say this. Up until that point, things proceeded relatively smoothly, but after that, the Hero of the Spear began to take increasingly troublesome action regarding the Filo Rials within the castle…” (Queen)
“Ha?” (Naofumi)
38 Responses to Chapter 213: Nap
Prashanth says:
thanks for the wonderful chapters
somedude01 says:
“Shat is that whale telling these kids”
sandmanny says:
Thanks for the chapter. Happy Christmas!
Thanks for the chapter! And Naofumi’s denseness continues to hit amazing levels.
Melty’s face is died a deep shade of red.
^dyed
The individual in question demanded that he be punished, but Iwe kept trying to tell him …
^I kept
Poke Poke says:
Happy Holidays and best of luck on your exams next month.
Naofumi this blockhead.
Thanks a lot for the chapter and merry christmas
Ty for christmas give ^^
jose4039 says:
viracom says:
what’s the point of that white snow falling on white background? just saying…. thx for chapter
Thanks for the release today!
Reblogged this on Hatoken Translations.
“increasingly troublesome action regarding the Filo Rials within the castle…” Hint hint wink wink… He’s really broken…
Life says:
Thanks! Random, but my brothers depressed cuz all the stores and most of the restaurants are closed today: it’s his birthday. (I held back on the lemons this year too).
;_; says:
Merry Christmas. That you for the wonderful gift!
SpiralBaka says:
Pedro Martinez says:
Pac-Muffin says:
Thanks for the Christmas present :)
Thank you for the chapter.
kookiedreamer says:
Reblogged this on Ohanashimi.
SlumberKnight says:
Thanks for the chapter. Naofumu really is dense … and Motoyasu is … Motoyasu?
Because of Firo’s misconduct, I have forbid her from coming into my bed. > forbidden
but Iwe kept trying to tell > I or we ?
IamMe says:
Forbid is correct. Something is forbidden or you make something forbidden. You forbid an action or forbid someone from doing something.
It’s a matter of tense.
Actually, it would be either:
Because of Firo’s misconduct, I forbid her from coming into my bed.
Because of Firo’s misconduct, I have forbidden her from coming into my bed.
Thinking about it again, the current is not quite correct.
Twitchy says:
Shouldn’t “died” be dyed.
Marvin Solorzano says:
merry christmas, thanks for the chapter
“As a Mole Demi-Human, are human Beds no good for her?” Shouldn’t be “As a Mole Beastmen”?
BTW: Where is all this bed conversation taking place? Inside Naofumi’s room? There seem to be a lot of people in that place or they go inside and outside multiple times? Can’t seem to follow where the event is happening.
Most of the conversations are in his room, but every time he dismisses a person, he steps out and waves the next one in. (Or at least that’s how I interpret it).
Melty was in his room, and she ran out. Then Imya came by his room to drop of clothes, then ran out. Naofumi followed her, found Kiel, brought her back to his room and fell asleep.
Is how I interpret it.
Digimon360 says:
not_me says:
Thanks and Merry Christmas everyone (if you celebrate it)
thx alot marry cristimas ( in my language feliz natal ) =D
Hi guys, Merry Christmas too. We probably have a fellow fan of Hero of the Shield in the mangaka of “Handa-kun”, if you go a see the manga you can guess why, haha.
And even if you undestand soon…read it, the manga it is pretty funny if you give it the change. I predict an anime of this one.
oh, there is a Motoyasu too…
TurtleBeech says:
Laughing through the whole chapter, great work :D!
The images of Melty and Filo Rial form Firo are stuck in my head… Oh god, all the way to third base… Oh god…
#4243 boag (@EL_Boag) says:
burd fucker
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Sevens: Dissolution
Posted on February 21, 2016 by Yoraikun
Dissolution.
When I woke up, Monica’s face was before my eyes
“… Oy?”
No, she’s way too close.
“To wake a sleeping chicken the kiss of one as cute as I is necce- …oh, you actually woke up… how unfortunate”
Distancing herself, and straightening her back, Monica seemed delighted.
She’d challenged Celes a number of times, so I assume the loyalty of Automata must be high.
(But even if I know that, it’s still something to be happy about.)
I raised my torso, and tried moving my body. As the ancestors had informed me, my healing was already completed.
My wounds had closed, but I still felt some pain throughout.
A scar remained on my left arm. It was from when she nailed me to the wall, and grated the blade back and forth.
But perhaps it’s best that something remained.
(With a reminder like this to look at every day, it looks like I’ll be able to live on without forgetting how much a threat Celes is.)
“For now, I’ll rest my body some more. This is the Faunbeux’s mansion, right? Why did they decide to save us?”
When I said that, Monica looked at me in wonder.
“How were you able to determine our location? When you were carried here, I was sure you didn’t have any consciousness to speak of.”
I smiled a little, got off the bed, and tried moving my body a little.
“This and that. This and… ah, and Monica.”
“Thank you. I’ll give my gratitude for now.”
When I gave her my thanks for saving me, Monica suddenly began making a wriggling movement, her hair style ruffling itself into a mess, as she delightedly…
“Gawd! So you’ve finally began to dere! Just how long did that take, you damn chicken! We’re sleeping in the same bed tonight. Prepare yourself.”
(TL: Dere as in the other side of the tsun coin.)
“Yeah, no, we’re not doing that. And don’t you sleep standing up?”
When I denied her with a smile, she crouched down on the spot, and pretended to cry.
“Even I was worried about you, you know. You didn’t show any signs of waking, so I spent most of the time in sleep mode, though.”
“So you were asleep!? No, perhaps that was for the best. ”
Monica had a line connecting her to me, from which she received Mana.
While that let the automaton even rebuild herself, it also meant my Mana was constantly drained. When recovering my physical state was of the highest priority, having Monica moving around would only slow the process.
“… Where are Novem and the others?”
Monica stood, and spoke expressionlessly.
“Some infighting broke out. The vixen is preparing the bath. Well, with this, there are less nuisances to come in between us. Now, Chicken Dickwad! Take my nursing with everything you’ve got!”
I sat down on the bed, and addressed her.
“Before that, I’ve got a request.”
“How greedy of you. Say anything you want. I’ll carry it out perfectly. Speak!”
To Monica, who awaited her orders, I…
“Can you assemble all our party’s members? I’ve something important to say.”
And finishing those words, I looked up a the ceiling.
Everyone gathered in my room.
As the heads of history had suspected, the harem goal Novem had spoke of caused their relations to turn dicey.
In the space of the room, everyone stood a considerable distance from Novem.
(It’s to be expected after receiving game-piece treatment.)
It’s not like I intend to chastise Novem for making a harem for me.
I mean, if you think about it, all she did was make sure the ones to gather around me were immune to Celes’ influence.
Whether we’re to fight or run, Novem simply determined that such a trait was essential.
They looked at me as I sat on the bed.
Aria looked like she wanted to say something.
Miranda remained wary of Novem.
Shannon nervously assessed her surroundings.
Clara’s field of vision was also swimming around the room.
Monica was standing by my side.
And Novem…
“Lyle-sama, what is it you wanted to talk about?”
I stood, and observed the faces of my comrades.
“… I’ve decided to disband the party. So I’d like for us to decide here whether we’ll disband now or in Beim. Perhaps we can make the trip, and look for other parties to join as we work with these members a little longer.”
Novem listened to my decision, and silently nodded.
“I will accompany you to the end.”
Smiling, I…
“That so? But I’d like it if you made your choice after I told the whole story.”
Aria stared at me, and yelled.
“Don’t just proceed talks on your own! And wait, what are you even trying to do? Disbanding and all.”
Miranda was the same, it seems.
“I’m sure a certain someone said he’d make sure I didn’t regret anything, right? That’s a clear-cut abandoning of responsibility right there.”
I gave a bitter smile.
“That’s right. I did say I wouldn’t let you regret. But if we go on as we are, you’ll only regret more. I’ve finally gotten myself a goal. It’s much too big for me, and to be completely honest, I have yet to decide how I’ll even go about carrying it out. But taking you all along will just be going down the road to regrets. Of course, I’m aware it isn’t something I can do alone, and I don’t have such intentions. After this, I’ll reform a party, with the express purpose of working towards that goal.”
I decided to fight.
But in that case, I can no longer walk alongside my comrades without the same resolve.
What I’ve decided is the dis and reassembly of a party.
“That’s just selfish…”
As Shannon looked at me with condemning eyes, I smiled and apologized.
“That’s right. It’s selfish. No matter how far I go, I’ll still be selfish. And the goal I speak of is to defeat Celes.”
On my utterance, Clara corrected the positioning of her glasses, as she spoke.
“Does that imply assassination?”
“I did consider it, but there’s more problems than merits with that one. So when I get to Beim, I’ll reform a party, and start building up power. Do you want to return to Arumsaas, Clara? Whatever we earn as a party will be evenly divided, so if you have any desires, it may be possible to grant them.”
I believe she said she wanted to run a bookstore in the future.
Money-wise, I’m sure we have enough to start up a small store.
Aria commented on my opinion.
“Fight Celes? Are you an idiot? You just crashed and burned on that none too long ago! Challenging that one is… shouldn’t you be thinking of running off somewhere and living a quiet life?”
And that does sound quite appealing in itself.
Earn money as adventurers, and eventually use the advice of the ancestors to continue on the Walt House’s legacy of reclaiming land. I did consider that path.
I’m sure that would be fine as well.
I’m sure that if I had chosen it, the ancestors would have supported me with their all. But I’ve already made my choice.
“I can’t leave her be. That’s why I chose to oppose her. I’m sorry, but this is the end of the party. Don’t worry so much over that point. I’ll prepare a considerable preparatory period, and if we go all the way to Beim, I’m sure we’ll be in great demand. That’s just how competent the members of this party are.”
Miranda informed me as a representative of the rest.
“Please give me some time to think. And at present, we can’t even move from Centralle.”
“Yes, I’m sure you’ll need time. What about you, Novem?”
Novem’s expression looked as if she wasn’t expecting that question from me. A little happy, yet discontent at the same time.
A complicated expression.
Having woken up, I sat across from Lianne.
Resting in a sofa, and sipping tea.
“I give my thanks for saving us. But pardon my rudeness, could I ask your reasons? I can’t think there was a single merit in such an act.”
With her long and pink hair tied up behind her head, Lianne gave a thin smile.
She looked a bit tired, and her face had more shadows than usual.
“I don’t think there any merit to it either. It’s just that thing called intuition. Both in meeting you and saving you.”
While taking a sip of tea, I wondered if this person had the same sort of sharp feral instincts as the First once had.
“Do you believe such instincts exist?”
“Yes, I do. I mean, I’ve been saved a number of times by something like that.”
With a simple, ‘I see,’ she returned to her tea.
She must be thinking I’d been through trouble a number of times as an adventurer. She’s not wrong with that assumption, and correcting it would just make matters more complicated.
(Of the First’s and Second’s wills that were once in the Jewel and so on and so forth… it’s no good. It’ll just take up time to convince her.)
She did seem much busier than me, anyways.
Along with the preparations to vacate the mansion, she appeared to be probing through some of the deeper internal affairs of Bahnseim.
It was during that act that she went and discovered our party.
“Tomorrow there’s going to be an official announcement in Centralle’s plaza. Celes will officially be engaged to his royal highness, and become the true queen to be both nominally and virtually.”
I already knew, so I wasn’t surprised.
“It was going to happen sooner or later, though I do think it a little soon for the announcement.”
“They couldn’t wait, I hear. See, Celes is quite charming, so the crown prince and the others are working fast to make sure no strange bugs crawl out aiming for her.”
Seeing her giggle to herself, I wondered just what was going through Lianne’s mind when she saw her former fiancée in such a state…
While she’s surely smiling, I doubt she finds it all too interesting inside.
“She’s just acting on a whim. Though I do get the feeling she’d calmly prey on any man to catch her fancy.”
Lianne agreed.
“I’ll bet. Even so, the prince… Rufus will eventually just be pushed to the side, I believe. Worse comes to worst, if a child no one knows the father of is to be born, they’ll still sit on the throne all the same.”
That’s just how twisted it all was.
Ever since Celes set foot in the city, everything rapidly started descending to madness. Thinking of it as the power of a monster made me shiver.
“So by the princess’s intuition, how do you think Bahnseim will fare? Do you think it will last?”
On my question, she stared right at me.
“… Isn’t that dependent on you? I’m surprised you came out alive after standing before her. It’s lucky as all hell that you got away with injuries of that level. You see, I thought you were the key. It was just by lust for revenge, but I wanted you to be the one to bring ruin to this country… I mean, a death match between two carrying the same blood in their veins sounds interesting, doesn’t it?”
A voice came from the Jewel.
It was the Fifth’s.
『No matter the time, women sure are strong.』
It was an answer as to why she saved me much more satisfying that plain old good will.
Of all else, I was the same.
Even if I sugarcoated it, my petty pride was stirring up a desire for vengeance. I wanted to defeat Celes, and triumph over her.
Those dark emotions included formed the current me.
“Then I have to try hard to answer to your expectations. Will taking on Bahnseim be hard for Faunbeux as a country?”
Lianne stopped her tea-holding hand, and looked at me with a serious expression.
“There isn’t a single country nearby that can put up a decent fight with a nation as large as Bahnseim. And even if they were to win, no small country would be able to govern its mass. Some alliances and unions will need to be made for a chance at victory, but…”
The Seventh let his voice from the Jewel.
『For countries stealing amongst themselves to try uniting, it’s more likely a war will break out amongst themselves before all else. I’m sure it’ll become something plenty muddled up. And I doubt it’s possible in the first place.』
Lianne put to mouth the reason the Seventh was about to say.
“Trying to explain the threat of Celes to one who’s never seen her before won’t breed understanding. Showing her to them will likely get them in her cage. It’s the worst.”
The moment you fully understand the threat, it’s much too late.
“… Princess, what do you plan on doing henceforth?”
On my question, Lianne let a light smile grace her face.
“A princess rejected by their groom doesn’t make for good rumor. Even if I go back, just what treatment awaits… of course…”
I confirmed the sensation that she had used a Skill, and felt the handle of my teacup fracture.
I caught the cup with my left hand, not letting any of its contents spill.
“Oh, how unfortunate.”
It does look like Lianne has a Skill of her own.
When I tried considering what sort of Skill it was, she laughed, and…
“My Skill is 【Trick】. It’s only good for a little mischief, but that’s enough for now. I’ll just use this to bring some misfortune to those that offer me a cold reception back home.”
Seeing her laugh to herself, I left the teacup on the table.
Her eyes had yet to show defeat.
I really wonder what this girl plans to perpetuate.
“… I plan on fighting Celes. But I haven’t decided on the means yet.”
‘I see,’ she muttered as she finished her tea.
-… Aria and Clara dropped by Miranda’s room.
While they had their own borrowed rooms, everyone besides Lyle, Novem and Monica had gathered there.
Miranda looked over Aria, Shannon and Clara, and sighed.
“So you said you wanted to discuss the future? Don’t you all have your own wills or anything?”
Aria complained.
“But doesn’t disbanding after coming all the way here irritate you at all!? The plan went down all too fast, and disbanding after we go all the way to Beim is nothing but trouble, isn’t it!?”
Miranda explained.
“That’s exactly why Lyle said he’d make some operational time over there, isn’t it? How about you use it to look for your next party? For yours and Clara’s ability levels, you’ll find one in no time.”
In truth, everyone’s individual abilities were quite high.
While Lyle’s party had immature coordination, it was compensated for with personal competence.
Even if they transferred to other parties, the need to polish up coordination remained the same.
Clara posed a question to Miranda.
“Miranda-san, so are you leaning towards disbanding in Beim, then?”
Putting her hand on her hip, Miranda pushed out her chest, and nodded.
“I don’t mind either way, really. I mean, I’m following him anyways.”
Shannon was surprised.
“Eh!? I mean, Celes-sama is…”
Miranda yelled at Shannon for continuing to add –sama to the accursed name.
“Drop the –sama already! That one’s already just an enemy. And you’ve already bought yourself quite some resentment from her, so trying to curry favor with an honorific is too late.”
“That wasn’t my intent… but there’s still no way we can win.”
The girl hanging her head, Shannon, was most likely the one among them who’d confirmed Celes’ power to its fullest.
Because her eyes didn’t function, her Skill had bestowed demon eyes unto her.
And by their power, she could collect more information than others.
“I’m dragging Shannon along, but Aria, Clara, you both have to decide on your own. Lyle has decided to fight Celes. That’s the direction his party will move. You can’t be complaining, ‘this isn’t how it was supposed to be’ after that.”
Miranda planned on following Lyle. Even if the party disbanded, she just had to be a part of it when it formed again.
She didn’t fancy being with Novem, but even so, she chose to go along.
If Novem was to move for Lyle’s sake, and she was to as well, then… she knew that as long as she still had some use, Novem wouldn’t try to cut her off.
While she saw all of Novem’s actions as ominous and uncanny, she could understand that all of them had been for Lyle’s sake.
Aria made a bit of a perplexed face.
“Y-you’re fine with that? Miranda, you think you can win against that Celes?”
“A frontal attack is impossible. There’s the gap in skill… so we’ll prepare in a way we can win. Lyle’s no fool either. Did he say we’d all be jumping into a pit of flames? He does seem to have the mind to make preparations.”
Clara was as collected as usual. It’s likely she had already reached her conclusion.
Miranda watched Aria shake.
“So just decide for yourself. If you’re aiming to be a first-rate adventurer, then you should take responsibility in your own actions. That self-responsibility thing.”
The party had come together for various reasons.
They had come together, attracted by the existence called Lyle, but those without clear goals in mind- Aria and Shannon- couldn’t help but sway.
While thinking there was no helping it, Miranda tried directing Aria a little.
“It’s not like I’ll say you ran away if you decided to join another party. It’s completely natural for a party to break apart if goals differ.”
Clara affirmed her words.
“More so, before you’re gathered up and used by someone like Novem-san, and thrust into a situation you can’t escape from, it’s best you confirmed your own will and intentions. Lyle-san’s way is the kinder by far.”
With a greater understanding of what it meant to be an adventurer than the rest, Clara spoke and nodded to herself.
“… But saying something like that after all this time! After just pulling us around however he felt…!”
The fact that Aria liked Lyle was something Miranda understood.
That’s why she spoke.
“Right. Then you’re leaving, are you, Aria? Isn’t that fine? There are plenty of fish in the sea.”
Aria burst out of the room.
Watching her back, Clara addressed Miranda.
“Was that not a little too cold?”
“What of it? I’ve no reason to comfort a love rival. I don’t feel like bullying her with malicious intent, but I’m not going to look after her beyond the scope of a comrade.”
Stroking her light verdure hair, Miranda spoke to Clara.
“If she does something to me, I’ll get back at her. If she saves me, I’ll repay the favor. But you see, if she doesn’t follow along of her own will, then she’ll just be a hindrance to the current Lyle. You understand that, right?”
Watching Clara nod, Miranda turned her eyes to the open doorway Aria had left behind…
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When nepu has gone too far…
Fire Phoenix says:
the moment nepu get’s ntr’d it’s gone too far
rudygb17 says:
We need to have a nepu-intervention.
What the hell is a Nepu?
Albert Walker says:
purplericefields says:
I wonder?
Eric the Fred says:
An existence beyond time and nature, unfathomable to us mere mortals.
Or a follower of Neptunia. Your choice.
djoty says:
f5, hurray
Murali says:
ok not
TheAnswerIs42 says:
shirayukibns says:
Looks like things are heating up, hopefully aria and clara don’t leave….
Alpaca says:
Once you’ve tasted the Mr. Lyle, there’s no going back.
monsterbandage says:
I wonder if there’s going to be a Mr. Leo くすくす
And . . . I think aria will leave go trainning in moutain killing bear with one finger come back as babarian lead army of orc riding wywern and shout WARGGGGGGGGGG
Rickhy says:
Aria will go to the north training under sword god. Years later in second duel of lyle and celes she will come saving lyle in nick of time like a prince of charming. Oh wait wrong series …
Note that the chick lose out, even though she took his virginity. 3rd wife… For harem battle, it’s required that you stick to the man, not staying away.
3rd? If Aria really go training for a year by the the time she come back Lyle probably have 10 wives already.
Don’t forget that this story by far only took half a year for Lyle to find 4 more wives excluding Novem and Monica.
Kyre says:
I am deeply amused by that comment because I -keep- drawing parallels, not in content but in style, to MT in this story. The storytelling style and the pacing are very similar.
I, I can’t unsee it now…
VelhoDit says:
thanks for another chapter
Rainbow Farts says:
I kinda wanted someone to leave though.
rlackbabbit says:
The harem… not the harem…
That’s like the biggest damage anyone can do.
One less waifu is one less laifu.
That’s Cele’s is strong, to actually be able to damage the harem. That’s like the HP of a harem king
Nordlending says:
So they go to Beim after all.
Manthin says:
well they need a place away from Celes sticky fingers and a a chaotic place like Beim sounds perfect to stay under radar for a while…
Plus it’s not in Banhseim, so it’s juuust outside of her range… kinda.
Leon K (Raufgar) says:
John J. Sheridan, Babylon 5? Or was it the Vorlon ambassador?
Put the bunny back in the box says:
“A scat remained on my left arm”
Uuuhhhhh…… I think you mean “scab”
….unless Celes dumped him in a latrine
Whitetragedy says:
I couldn’t stop laughing when I read that
Look like Lianne may dead in the future because of Celes’s boredom.
Celse will has whose father child of someday!? That possible If she too bored I guess.
It is pretty much confirmed that Lianne is going back to her own country though, so Celes will not really do anything until she decided that she wants to conquer Liannne’s country or something.
kinda felt like Aria is going to Lyle’s room after this. then decides to confess while arguing with Lyle
Anish Kumar says:
yungjeeezy says:
Thanks for the chapter “D
would be interesting to see at least one of them leave and then have a mushy reunion chapter later
Aoitenshi says:
“I-it’s not like I am following you or anything like that, got it?!”
(Me): then get the fuck away from me!
Latreria Falsafaria says:
That might be dangerous if Mr.Lyle just happens to be at that time.
Like a certain other redheaded tomboy that left, only to come back years later in the nick of time to save her man.
Nah, a warm and happy reunion would be better.
tonyorobsky says:
Huhuhuhuhu! I’m enjoying how things are going right now.
I can see Aria leaving the party to come back later, and I can feel Eva wanting to tag along.
Thanks for the chapters.
I get the feeling that Eva doesn’t end up tagging along, ’cause what can a bard do?
RamdonBaka says:
tell that to Leliana
And who the hell is that?
Dragon age :v
Tell that to Gilbert from FFIV. Leaving my party whenever he got injured; the bitch.
Eva wanting to tag along with Aria or Lyle?
Kudan says:
loidplus says:
“Stroking her light verdure hair” Isnt that light green? What a colourful selection!
It’s a shade-changing color! Or maybe a gradient?
It would be cool to see someone actually having a hair like that and it not being merely an aesthetic choice from part of the illustrator(s).
Did not expect Clara to make her decision more decisively than Aria. Thanks for the chapter.
I am proud of Lyle he is actually acting responsibly and goal oriented now
Although I would have ditched novem she pisses me off now
naleastie says:
Right. Even though she’s on your side, she doesn’t say everything. It’s hard to trust someone like that… yeah, just scram Novem. You’re making me sad. :(
I really don’t think Novem is going anywhere, whether he likes it or not.
She would probably stalk him anyway hahaha Still, I hope Lyle will have a talk with her at some point. Like really soon. XD
Leguron says:
He should have bitchslapped her and told her that he would kill her if she wasn’t the one who saved him. The next time they meet he’d kill her.
Welcome back, you edgy, edgy person. And at this point, I think Novem is the stronger one here.
Germ says:
yeah lol, lyle is saying everything to his party members right? did he tell them the effects of jewels? nope, even though they need to know since their opponent also has one.
i suppose the information novem holds is dangerous. she revealed a bit of it and the party almost disbanded. ok it was her fault in the first place, but i doubt there were other metods to create strong bonds in such a short time.
she isn’t a good person, but for Lyle she is absolutely trustworthy. for the other party members… she would probably push them off a cliff with a smile if it could save Lyle
Everything you said is true.. but even if it’s for Lyle’s sake, I doubt you can say Novem is trustworthy. I mean, wouldn’t you be *precisely* scared of what she could do, just for his sake?
You would need to be (*madly*) in love with Lyle if you’re willing to trust her.
Yeeeah, even though it would benefit the party, they can function without knowing. Lyle’s skills aren’t particularly the party’s business (and the fact that Celes has a jewel has JUST been revealed). Novem’s secret is, however, to Lyle. It literally concerns the reason for his isolation, exilement and recent murder attempt. She may have his reasons, but personally, I’d have my reservations in dealing with her after this event and that chat. Not outright distrust her, but yeah, putting a liiitle bit of distance.
Nordiks says:
Hi fellow followers of Yorai-sama, due to my insatiable thirst for more Sevens I found that someone translated Sevens Gaiden. Its the story of Leo Walt. Just google it but there are a lot of spoliers so read at your own risk :)
Thanks for the spoiler reminder. Going to refrain for now. But its good to know theres some extras to read after this. Defnitely going to remember this.
Good, Lyle is growing and a bit mature now. The naive mindset is still there, but thats the nature of humans.
And Monica’s tsundere side is always entertaining. She doesnt look like it, but among all the girls shes the most caring of him. Hopefully not just because Lyle is her energy source(mana).
You don’t seem to notice Novem….
If anything she’s just being loyal to her house. Not sure if love is involved…
Well, even if it is for her house, she does have to care for Lyle’s well being
Thank you for the chapter :)
““I did consider it, but there’s more problems tan merits with that one.” Ack!! Math! Trigonometry, Stay away!! Meat has no sin!!
SilveRosary says:
Round bun definitely has a sin cos a meatbun is a meatbun, so yea meatbun definitely will not escape from tanger
With what they will face in the future, it’s better to leave now if they have no strong conviction.
King of the End says:
RandomDude says:
│R ┣─┫ F ┣━┫!!!│
┗─┫ A ┣┰┫ U┣─┛
Is it really so hard to add an extra box for the s?
xandarth says:
lol – I’ve thought that since I first saw it.
Celes is gonna start a war and Lyle will make a group to face them in the future… maybe. Thanks for the chapter
miranda becoming sort of novem 2 now.. about how she tried to think the best for lyle >.<
Prinny X says:
Lyle : “Monica, assemble the avenger”
ProudNeet says:
Bla-bla… For what all that pathos? He’ll kill no one. He won’t kill Celes. He’ll punish no one in the end. What a miserable story have began. He’ll never rise an army. He’ll never devastate his rotten fatherland. He’ll never do something strong. He’ll never do something great. He’ll bring no justice at the end. Than for what reason the story will be trying to keep readers in tension? For what reason will good people die? For what reason author want me be thrown in detestable feeling again and again? What will I get in the end? Where will be fun? I’m not a maso you know. MC just that pathetic. Hate this thing.
This novel was good.
He literally did everything you just listed
Is that so? Thank. Seriously. I was thinking about drop after 5th volume. But if it is as you said, than it wonderful!
Really, I’m grateful now!
can confirm did everything here multiple times AND MORE.
LogLauncher says:
It’s nice to have a light novel where the “harem” doesn’t just magically get along together.
Yeah. It’s not like them getting along together is a bad thing, but when there’s no explanation for that it just feels… artificial.
In Monogatari, some heroines get along with each other, others don’t; some don’t even know of the existence of others and others outright hate each other. It’s good to have organic relationships in stories, even in improbable settings like a harem (even though Monogatari’s is not a real harem).
Youseiki says:
“It was just by lust for revenge, but I wanted you to be the one to bring ruin to this country…”
Damn Lianne
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Sevens: The Other Side →
Sevens: Royal Princess
Lorphys’ royal castle had a sturdy make.
The town around it was organized for efficiency. If you want to put it another way, it gave off quite a simple impression.
And within that simple castle, the audience hall alone was extravagant. It’s just, it looked to be that a number of ornaments were forcibly adorned.
The red carpet spread out, and at the room’s highest point sat the princess in a large chair. Beside her sat her engagement partner, the prince of Selva.
Princess 【Annerinne Lorphys】 had her hair in a half up. But her long hair was her pride. It was tied at the end, and when she sat, she would drape it over her shoulder.
Her violet hair began to turn pale around a third from the tip.
A white dress, and perhaps for the sole purpose of resting her hair on, a red mantle was hung around her shoulders.
Her skin was pale, and had a kind-looking expression. Her slightly-drooping eyes contained green pupils.
But her face looked a little troubled.
She took some fleeting glances at the reactions of her fiancé beside her… 【Dario Selva】. Perhaps her smiling fiancé wasn’t quite amused, as his smile was stiff.
His white hair, and comfortable white clothing made his tan skin look overly prominent. His red eyes were looking at us.
Beside the royal princess… a few steps down, sitting in the closest position to the couple, Prime Minister 【Lonbolt】 cleared his throat, and proceeded the conversation.
“Well then, your request is to be left independent. Is that correct?”
Former High Priest Gastone-san denied it. The heads of both men looked oh-so lonely, so perhaps a sort of sympathy had been built. Lonbolt-san’s tone of voice was a kind one.
(Lonbolt-san looks like he has his troubles.)
While he didn’t have hair on his head, his eyes were sharp. His body was slim enough to make people watching him feel worried. That was Lonbolt-san.
“No. Not our own independence, we wish to retake our country. The reason we have opened this meeting in Lorphys is only to proclaim we will not be launching any attacks on your side.”
Around were nobles and knights, enough to make the audience hall feel narrow.
From the Jewel, I heard a rude voice.
It was the Seventh.
『… It’s shabbier than my mansion.』
The Third spoke.
『Well, even when compared to what the Fourth had at his time, they have less land. There’s no helping it.』
Confirming the faces around, the Fifth.
『They’re too small in scale, and they can’t gather troops… if they don’t have the numbers, they have to raise the quality. I see, they do seem to be putting some effort into it, but… why does only this room feel so strange? The others are nice and simple.』
The Fourth spoke.
『It’s kinda in bad taste. Even from my point of view, it’s in bad taste.』
The Sixth seemed to be looking at Dario.
『… Could it be that prince called Dario’s preferences? Around his arms and neck, he does have an excessive amount of ornaments. Even when he doesn’t seem to be an upstart or anything.』
Selva was a country with a considerable amount of history. They weren’t new upstarts, but I couldn’t say they had particularly good taste either.
(Is that their national character? In that case, it’s been arranged to match Selva.)
Lonbolt-san addressed Gastone-san.
“I see; so you’re aiming to retake. And for that sake, you seek our assistance.”
The one to speak out there was Thelma-san.
“No, we will move of our own accord. Let’s see. After reclamation, there will surely be times we’ll seek out your assistance.”
Aura-san stayed quiet. Both she and Thelma-san were wearing the dresses Monica had prepared, and the eyes of the surrounding men gathered on them.
Dario whispered something quietly to princess Annerinne.
After observing that action, I looked around. I didn’t let slide that Alette-san and the other knights were making some unpleasant faces.
And royal princess Annerinne opened her mouth.
“But I’m sure moving individually will prove difficult. What say you to taking up a stay in Lorphys? I think there’s a share of things we can do for your cause.”
“No, the sentiment alone is enough. While Zayin is bringing so much trouble to Lorphys, we know full well how much we’ll be afforded.”
What we wished for here was an agreement not to lay hands on one another. And my personal goal was to see the princess.
Beside me, Novem was expressionlessly looking at the princess. Now wasn’t the time to smile, but she was making quite a serious face… rather than that, it felt as if she were ascertaining something.
On my other side stood Miranda.
Miranda was sending her eyes at Dario.
Princess Annerinne was…
“If you come under our side, I’m sure negotiations will become possible. We’ve finished preparations to hand over our mithril. Won’t you lend us your strength in evading this war?”
In regards to that persuasion, Thelma-san.
“I appreciate the proposal. But this war has already passed the point of evasion. Armies of both sides are already gathering on the border. It seems small fights have already broken out. And Zayin won’t back down until the result they seek is before their eyes.”
Zayin didn’t want mithril from the start. What they wanted was a pretext to attack. It’s only that mithril had come out at around the right time.
When Thelma-san was about to persuade Princess Annerinne back, her fiancé Dario made a move. He stood, and clapped his hands.
After all eyes gathered on him, he opened his mouth.
“No, this is truly wonderful. A Holy Maiden making a stand for her homeland… no, former Holy Maiden, was it? I do find it beautiful. But instead of looking only at yourselves, I wish for you to look at Lorphys’ current state of affairs. Not to be mean, but you are the ones who have caused its current strife. Isn’t it only reasonable that you lend your assistance?”
It was a sound opinion, but I knew.
Selva was moving in the backstage, and they were steadily making preparations.
Putting together the information gathered by information dealer Rauno-san, and the conclusion he reached… hearing his hypothesis, there were a few places I could nod to.
(Selva is in a hurry.)
The reason for their hurry was that they neighbored the two maidens of the great war… the country shared a border with both of those women of war.
To oppose them, national power was a necessity, and they also needed cooperation with other countries. Rauno-san hypothesized that it wasn’t Lorphys, but Zayin that was aiding them.
(Well, I can’t really say where their real objective lies, but whether it be whittling down, or snatching, there’s no doubt that a tasty outcome awaits for Zayin and Selva.)
And this time, Lorphys’ position was that of the prey.
Aura-san opened her mouth. She seemed to have had enough of the atmosphere here.
“… We are saying we will resolve the problem on our own. And our proposal is just as you’ve heard. Wouldn’t that be most beneficial to your side?”
Our proposal.
It was a rise to action in the parts of Zayin’s territory that had once belonged to Lorphys. So far, we had captured a declining fortress, and we were going to direct ourselves as an independent power from there.
It was a pain, so I didn’t really want to do it, but if we weren’t going to stick onto Lorphys’ side, there was no choice but to choose a route like that.
I mean, the current Lorphys was close to moving by every word of fiancé Dario. It was moving to Selva’s will even more blatantly.
(If we went and joined this side, we’ll either be confined to the reserves, of assassinated… what a pain.)
One of the lined up nobles raised their voice.
“Your highness. If they make a stand in the remote regions, Zayin will have no choice but to direct some of their troops there. Meaning it will cut down their deployment on the front lines. Wouldn’t it be best to accept this talk?”
The other nobles as well.
“Right now, chipping away at the enemy forces is vital. From Zayin’s perspective, there’s no way they could overlook the stand of these former Holy Maidens. More so, I think it fine if we offer them a bit of backing ourselves. Goods, as well as soldiers and funds. The more they have, the better for us.”
He said to support us, but he was seeing us as a diversion for the enemy. The right decision if he wanted to protect his homeland.
There, Princess Annerinne.
“Even before war has begun, you already think of fighting… it is the government’s role to search for ways to avert it no matter what.”
(She’s got a point there. But the mistake she’s making is…)
The Sixth put my thoughts to words.
『… Naïve. It isn’t before war has begun. It’s long since started. Perhaps this girl would’ve become a fine queen if she didn’t put out her mouth in times of peace.』
The Third too.
『Her appearance is nice; just right for a decoration. Well, the problem is how she’s blind to love, perhaps?』
Right, perhaps she had fallen for Selva’s prince, but she was at his every whim.
The horrible part of it was how she took Dario’s words over her own vassals. Various internal problems had broken out, and Lorphys’ domestic affairs were a mess.
(She’ll immediately change her stance on her fiancé’s input, so we can’t really trust her.)
The reason the ancestors proclaimed Princess Annerinne as terrible, was because we had found such information. Her words held no credibility. That’s why we couldn’t trust them.
There were too many insecure factors to be had with her as our ally. So we took some distance.
Alette-san offered her opinion to princess Annerinne.
“Your highness, it wouldn’t be strange if Zayin moved at any moment now. Averting it is already impossible. I beg of you, for the sake of both causes, use this meeting to…
And once again, an opinion was cut off.
Dario pointed at me.
“You were permitted to stand in this hall because you were to be the next vice-captain of the knights, but it seems you were not of such caliber. Negotiations are to be had until we can attain the greatest possible outcome for the people. And do you have knotholes for eyes? A mere adventurer… what’s more, a nameless adventurer, and part-time knight captain? Do you seriously believe one who has never commanded soldiers can bring down a fortress? Then let us say it as we stand… you are incompetent.”
Hearing those words, the Third shook with laughter.
『T-truly. Lyle… hasn’t experienced a real war yet. That one isn’t a mistake.』
I was of the same opinion.
And I saw the knights and nobles in the audience hall holding back their anger. Even so, Dario continued to speak.
“From what I’ve heard, you’ve gathered no more than a hundred adventurers. Will you even reach that fortress of yours?”
Alette-san followed through tor me.
“… Even in Beim, Lyle-dono is an excellent adventurer. I shall guarantee it. I believe he has outstanding future prospects.”
Dario snorted.
“How far off the mark can you be? This is why Lorphys’ knight brigade is no good. Knights pretending to be adventurers, and laboring themselves over…”
To Dario’s side, Princess Annerinne spoke.
“I deeply apologize, Dario-sama. But Alette made that statement with the country’s well-being on her mind. Please permit it.”
『Well, she’s young. Around the same as Lyle? Love errs her judgement. It’s a fatal flaw at this point in time, mind you.』
Within the hall, the surrounding nobles and knights began to realize where they stood with Dario. We were being completely left behind.
I held back on giving a bitter smile, and sought permission for my next statement.
“Beg pardon. Is it alright if I have a say?”
When it quieted down, Lonbolt-san looked at me, and permitted it.
“… We are the ones who should be apologizing. Please go ahead.”
Not to Dario, I spoke whilst looking at Princess Annerinne.
“Well then, as long as we’re able to get a fortress in our hands, would the problem cease to be?”
Perhaps irritated at being ignored, Dario stuck his mouth in from the side.
“You’ll take one down? One ignorant of war sure knowns how to flap his mouth.”
Dario was in his mid-twenties. But as far as I’d researched, there were no records of him stepping onto a battlefield. I looked at Princess Annerinne, and tried again.
“Well then, about the fortress… If we get out hands on Fort Noinyl, will all problems between us be resolved?”
Well it really wouldn’t resolve anything.
But still irritated, thinking we couldn’t do it, Dario spoke.
“Just try it. Lose and come back if you will, but please make sure you don’t get that Holy Maiden of yours stolen while you’re at it!”
The Fifth let out his voice.
『It’s because it’s more convenient for him if we’re out of the picture. More so, maybe it’s best for him if we were crushed and disappeared altogether.』
And the princess as well.
“Yes. If you can accomplish it, we will feel more secure with leaving the Holy Maiden in your hands.”
Internally.
(Already treating her as the Holy Maiden. What’s more, acting as if they’re of higher position? It’s not like we’re relying on them… but it’s convenient to say the least.)
When I bowed, I felt a reaction from my Skills.
There was a presence hurriedly approaching the audience chamber.
The Third called over to me. I felt some mischief in his voice.
『Lyle, how about you…』
Hearing him, I mused over how embarrassing it’d be if I failed, as I made a grand gesture.
“Very well. Then I, Lyle Walt, shall take control of a fortress. What, it’s a simple matter. Let’s see… yes, and that’s the end of it.”
When I snapped my fingers, some ridiculing eyes fell on me. Princess Annerinne was taken aback. Looking at me, Dario.
“Have you lost it?”
Said that, with an indecent smile on his face. Novem beside me opened her mouth.
“Lyle-sama, you’re joking too much.”
And Miranda as well.
“It would be better if he was always like that.”
They were both mildly amazed. But neither of them looked down on me.
And the hall’s door burst open with some momentum.
The one who opened it was a knight who looked to be a messenger. Perhaps he had rushed here, as he was out of breath. After taking a single deep breath, he spoke.
“M-message in! Fort Noinyl has been…”
The surrounding reactions were quite interesting. Eyes opened wide, quite a few were looking between my face, and the messenger’s.
Inside my head, I…
(Thank god I was right… I was saved the embarrassment.)
I was overcome with relief.
“… Fort Noinyl has been taken by a group calling themselves the Holy Knights!”
Within the ensuing uproar, I spoke to the princess.
“Glad to have resolved our matter. We will be heading to the fortress. Don’t worry, we’ll draw the enemy away for you. It should prove at least mildly to Lorphys’ advantage. Ah, and we don’t need any reinforcements. I’m sure you have it rough as it is. This chance we’ve created for you… please put it to good use.”
When I gathered up all our members to leave the chamber, a voice called out to me from behind. It was Dario.
“W-wait! Do you understand what it is you’ve just done!? With this, Lorphys and Zayin have lost all chances of avoiding this war! This is all your responsibility!”
From the Jewel, I heard the voice of a Third enjoying himself.
『Lyle’s fault? Ahahaha! No, no… this is your problem with Zayin, and you just happened to make it a tad easier to take a stand, so he did it. And he gave you prior notice, so doesn’t that make him the upright one? How cruel. Even with prior notice.』
(Prior notice, is it? Well, I did tell him before the information got here, but how ill-natured.)
The Third seemed to be having fun, knowing it would come to this. He really was a schemer.
I knew I had prepared enough forces to take it down. But I never thought the messenger would come in at that very moment.
I turned, and gave my response.
“Oh, you’re putting the blame on me? But how troubling… you see, I have no right or obligation to Lorphys. I question whether there’s a need for me to take responsibility. Well then, it will be getting busy from here on, so I shall be taking my leave.”
As I left the hall, I saw Alette-san stick up her thumb in a position that Dario couldn’t see.
She was considerably delighted.
But it really would be getting busy.
“Now then, on to the next move.”
I hurriedly moved onto the next move.
62 Responses to Sevens: Royal Princess
AsianOtakuGuy says:
Pssst Yorai
*quiet voice* yes?
*whispers* hai o/
p.s. first
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spero0 says:
and should she’s got a paint there be she’s got a point there
He who has have had! says:
Nepu is getting its head blown off!!! THIS IS NEPU-CRUELTY !!!! BOW BEFORE NEPU GOD AND ASK FOR MERCY!!!!!
So that’s why they let that one knight escape, and man, it’s going to be fun to see what happens to Dario in the future. Especially when those two war maidens make their move.
ahkot says:
The one escaped was on Zayin’s side
Jotyma says:
If he didn’t escape it would take longer for the fort’s capture to be ascertained.
xland44 says:
True but the fact that Lorphys learned that so quickly… they must have a spy that is pretty high ranked in their military. That, or they really suck at keeping their information classified.
Of course they have spies there. Knowing is half the battle.
You are assuming competence from them when they are under the control of a country that wants them to lose.😒
ersyadiazz says:
Bruv, ever heard about “reconnaissance team”? 🤦♂️
Ancestors are having a party right now i bet lol
So are we all. It was fucking hilarious.
electronpail says:
Smug Lyle best Lyle
The third is totally enjoying himself.
That’s why he’s my favorite. I’m super in tune with his sense of humor and nastiness.
Plus, 3 is my favorite number and he has my favorite weapon and skill of all the ancestors.
Also, his appearance is my favorite alongside the Fifth’s and Sixth’s.
kuroinfinity says:
LOL that bluff xD
Narf says:
The princess is so ridiculously servile towards her fiancé that I’m a bit surprised that no riots or at least scheming towards that is going on in the country. Could she be moving to every whim of the prince in a more obvious manner? She’s very clearly steering the country towards losing sovereignety fast, so I wouldn’t be surprised at all if one of the nobles made a move to prevent that.
I quite like the recent developments. Finally stuff is happening on the great stage!
diablo8x says:
Loyalty is a peculiar thing, and can be an incredible binding force, especially in Knightly feudal societies. We have examples of that in our history. The battle of Hattin for one, in an era when fealty was considered the quintessential virtue of a knight, we have chroniclers mournfully lamenting, that it would have been better if the lords of the Kingdom of Jerusalem had not been so loyal to the crown.
You would find many others going through history.
The lords maybe grumbling and even making some stands, but ultimately following behind the crown is not unrealistic.
even when she is clearly heading towards the demise of her country and when they obviously see there is a foreign country behind this?
i mean, if king is inept maybe you follow and advice him, but here she is a puppet for selva more or less.
and if lyle could discover it, there is no reason they couldn’t. so… yeah, either a coup d’etat or maybe sending dario out of the country/breaking the engagement. there is a risk of selva attacking, but at least the enemy will come from outside…
even if the princess doesn’t want to break the engagement, they should have a way to force her. maybe keep her somewhere until dario is chased out of the country? seems like a good compromise with loyalty…
I’m selling Lorphys’ vassals too virtuous, but maybe it really is pure loyalty. Maybe Annerinne’s parents were really good monarchs and their loss pained the country deeply. The fact that she is so sweet and compassionate to her people makes me think so; and maybe that endears her to her vassals even more, plus the fact that she’s clearly being used by a foreign bastard. They’d want to protect her; like, maybe how you’d react if you saw your sweet little sister being duped by a bastard fuckboy.
Well, it needs a bit of suspension of disbelief to believe that, but that could be it. Not all kingdoms and vassals are all bad. They must have had their good parts, and judging by how Annerinne, Lonbolt and the vice-captain-to-be and her brigade behave (Hell, even the audience when they heard Dario mock Alette), it’s easy to think they’re a country with nice people in general.
they are moving towards rebellion I mean everyone in that chamber was really angry at the prince in law and wanted to support lyle so yeah he will eventually be ousted
The problem is that she is the only remaining member of the royal family. So they can’t do anything about it.
her being the only member of the royal family makes it difficult to reason with her, but it makes it A LOT easier to use other means since she is alone. if the method isn’t too forceful (making her break the engagement against her will) even the most loyal ones shouldn’t interfere… well maybe those on dario’s side, but that would smoke out the corrupt ones.
just random speculation. i do not understand anything about human behaviour in politics
All the princess issues would be solved if he just showed up as Mr Lyle…
I mean, that prince would be NTR’d before the day ended.
Idk. A girl as kind and servile as her looks like it’d take a while to steal.
I’m not saying Mr. Lyle couldn’t, cause we know he could, but it’d take him a bit. Or more like, it’d take Lyle a bit, then Mr. Lyle would come swooping over to score a critical hit and consolidate the netori.
A waffling head of state is the worst. You just cant realize on his or her statement on serious matters~
*rely*
Damn, Lyle, ain’t you are a smooth one (the ancestors are the smooth one actually lol)
I think he had quite a bit of his own input in this scene, though. He’s steadily growing to be the Mr. Lyle we all know and love.
What did you say? The beautiful princess can’t be trust because she fall for the villain prince.
Easy as f**k, let prepare Mr. Lyle for princess to head over heels to.
Monica: Didn’t they say that marriage is the graveyard of all men?
Mr. Lyle: Then I shall dye that graveyard in my colors.
Get your ass prepared, Princess. Mr. Lyle is having it for dinner tonight.
accountmadeforants says:
Aw yiss, making sure the Alette route is still available next time mr. lyle shows up. Let’s hope ms. alette is home at that time, too.
This fiance seems like a spy or something. Too counter productive.
it was clearly stated he is.
well, not exactly a spy, his country will gain if lorphys loses
More than likely Selva gains when Lorphys and Zayin have worn each other out. Opportunistic buzzards are always hovering over battlefields.
Lyle channeling some Mr.Lyle this chapter
Is it just me or is Lyle steadely becoming more like mr. lyle? Not that’s bad it’S awesome actually
I think if they were serious, his harem alone could have taken the fort. But that would be showing his cards when he doesn’t have to.
mmm… maybe may alone? i still do not really undertand how strong is a kilin….
this is why the rule of having royalty only marring other royalty leads to in breed traitors and morons taking over governments
Note: if you look at the past kings of England, France, Spain, and the tsars of Russia they were all related
I hate politics. Vote for Trump and migrate to Canada.
Funny Valentine is the only true way for America to be great again.
Funny Valentine 2016
Lol, that prince hold no candle against Lyle, and I can’t wait to see Mr. Lyle at the end of the war…. maybe he would sign a marriage proposal?
See Eva? This shits what legends are made from! Mr. Lyle has shown a fragment of his power! Hahahah
KuroTian says:
Mr.Lyle is slowly assimilating.
Slowly but surely the coming of Mr.Lyle
Hearing him, I mused over how embarrassing it’s be if I failed, as I made a grand gesture.
『Lyle, how about you…』Should be…『Mr. Lyle, how about you…』
Now that is the way to make an impression! You show them who’s boss, Mr. Lyle~!
That was done well. Thanks for the chapter
Normaldude says:
Lyle’s stock keeps rising in my books. Afraid, I am going to need 2 books to keep track.
Thank you for the chapter(read: daily bread) yorai-kun.
3 chapters in one day?? I love you, yorai sama!!
GG Lyle!!
ItIsAllFubar says:
I don’t get it, what was the point of this meeting?
Pretty much ascertaining their prescence and the non-intervention agreement with Lorphys.
Also, according to Lyle, seeing the princess… for whatever reason (probably to see for himself just how incompetent as a ruler she really is, but we all know we want some princess netori here).
A glorious coincidence.
I feel so sorry for the people that just couldn’t stand Lyle in the first few chapters and missed his slow but steady and MARVELOUS growth (not Growth), like, seriously. He’s slowly gaining more experience and confidence, thus assimilating his real self, Mr. Lyle. It makes me so giddy every time I remember how far he’s come.
Also, as much as I was resigned for Annerinne to be just a princess and not a potential harem member (didn’t really care either way), I fell in love with her description. She’s like one of my favorite archetype of characters with some of my favorite physical traits in heroines! Also, the netori would be great since Dario irritates me.
But alas, I see it’s nigh-impossible for it to happen and I resign myself to it.
Let at least Alette and Thelma be part of the harem, please; I beseech you, whichever of the 10 goddesses.
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Dragoon 68: The Elf Sisters and Flan
Loneliness, hatred, desire… the Gaia Dragon’s lair tainted by conflicting emotions, and the black fog was absorbed and taken in. She maintained her own ego, but she didn’t carry enough power to resist the dragon corpse. Even so, she looked into the emotions surrounding the dragon, and there were various things she managed to see.
As a subspecies, this dragon had been distanced from the others. While among fellow dragons, it had been isolated from the forest. It spent long years in the depths of the earth lamenting until it became a corpse.
But the dragon had a role. As an undead dragon, its role was to fight the protagonist. After graduation, the protagonist’s party would be stationed in the ‘Royal Guard’, a new organization formed by the country, and the protagonist himself would become their captain. The other members were, of course, his harem members.
Among the missions they were to carry out was a quest to slay an undead dragon. It was nothing more than one of the quests that existed to build up existence before the war arc. The one who had been prepared for that sake was the subspecies dragon.
The fearsome appearance of its corpse was there to put on a show that it was a fearsome foe.
‘This is a dragon fated to be slain. In a few years’ time, it will go out and start a rampage, but for now, here it lays…’
The black fog thought over various things with the information it had on hand. It was at that moment. The fog noticed its own mistake and called out to the boar and bird.
‘S-self meeting!!!’
‘I’m not getting any closer to that thing.’
From the distance entrance of the cage, the two of them looked at the dragon corpse that had taken in the black fog. The fog began explaining the situation to them.
‘This is a dragon fated to be slain! It will be fine for now, but at this rate, it will make its way out in less than a year. There were originally a few years left, but because it took me in, it’s going to start moving ahead of schedule!’
‘… That’s your fault.’
‘Exactly, so it’s my (our) responsibility.’
She wasn’t an individual, therefore the responsibility lay with all three of them, declared the black fog. The boar and bird sighed. But if her words were true, then this was a situation they couldn’t leave be. The three beings were originally existences born to return an irregular to his base. Getting in Rudel’s way, lowering his ranking in the wilderness training, and setting Aleist up as the hero over Rudel.
It was all to return the story to its original path. The boar born from the possibility Rudel wouldn’t drop out of the training as he was supposed to in the event.
The bird that came forth when Aleist’s popularity was much lower than it was supposed to be. It was for that sake that its status down magic displayed no effect only against Aleist.
Finally, the black fog had been born to correct Rudel himself, who was dragging in and changing all his surroundings. It had taken over Cattleya and Lilim, those that Rudel admired in order to fold his heart. As a result of the setting approving of Rudel along the way, it went berserk.
On the sole reason of its own existence, the black fog had tried to kill Rudel. While they had each greeted an unfortunate fate, the three of them existed to mediate the story.
‘There’s no helping it… we’ll go tell Rudel about it.’
The boar decided so, and the bird also nodded as it slipped out of the cave. Seeing the two of them off, the black fog spoke.
‘I-If possible, could you keep quiet about my slipup!?’
“Oy, Fritz, did you hear? It seems that rumor going around is true.”
In the academy cafeteria, the second years of the fundamental curriculum were discussing the newly established royal guard. Apparently, the leader of the new unit would be given a dragon, and there were even talks that their duties and jurisdiction would rival the high knights and dragoons, so the students were sure it was a lie.
As the conversation was turned to him, Fritz recalled the letter he received a few weeks prior.
“IS that so? I heard that as long as they have knight qualifications, anyone can participate in the royal guard captain selection process. Is that one also true?”
Fritz pretended not to know, but he already knew all. The sender of his letter was the first princess Aileen, and the letter pertained to the royal guard. But it wasn’t written that he would be selected. All Fritz knew was that he would be able to participate.
“It a new organization of elites we’re talking about here! Why don’t we take a whack at it too?”
Perhaps they would be chosen. Seeing his classmates get worked up as they thought over their prospects, Fritz wasn’t so calm inside. From the events of last year, he couldn’t help but be conscious of Rudel and the others.
“High knights will be there, and active knights as well, right? I think it’ll be considerably difficult.”
Having experienced an overwhelming defeat, Fritz couldn’t understand what he was lacking. He couldn’t understand the fact that he had only ever lived in a narrow world, but even so, he sought out power and wanted to grow stronger.
“Even if I’m no good, there won’t be a problem with you, Fritz! If it’s now, you might even be able to beat Rudel. If it’s Fritz, strongest in our year, I do think you’re worthy to be royal guard captain.”
His classmates’ words they believed from the bottom of their hearts irritated him. The pseudo magic sword he had obtained through watching Rudel, and the techniques he used freely to strengthen his body, even with all of them Fritz had lost. His classmates who couldn’t understand that irritated him. To add onto that, Fritz had lost to Aleist as well.
“Well, it sounds interesting, so I guess I’ll try entering.”
(It’s Aileen’s request, after all.)
After giving that answer, Fritz returned to his meal. Fritz’ selection was a determined fact, but oblivious to that, he decided to take the challenge. He even felt thankful to Aileen for giving him the chance.
“M-Millia-san!”
A bouquet in his hand, Aleist was practicing his confession to a wall. Around, his friends he’d been with from his fundamental curriculum years watched over with grins. They were there to make sure no one came, and until Millia- who he’s called out- arrived, they critiqued Aleist’s practice confessions.
“Aleist, you’re trying too hard… you’ll be fine as long as you learn to say the word love more naturally. You’ve got a good face, and she won’t say no, I tell you.”
“No, doesn’t that make it sound like his face is all he’s got? In truth, he’s a perfect guy with both status and fame, right?”
His friends watching him, after confirming that the time drew near, they decided to disperse. Tell us how it works out, they said as they left, and seeing them leave, Aleist began to feel hopeless.
“I-it’s fine! I’m sure it’ll work out… even if it doesn’t, I won’t give up! I’ll try however many…”
While Aleist muttered to convince himself, he heard the footsteps of someone’s approach, accelerating his heart. He had called her out to a relatively secluded space, so he concluded the one approaching was Millia. He instantly carried out his confession.
“I-I like you! Please go out with me!!!”
His eyes closed, Aleist handed over the bouquet. But even here he had failed miserably.
“E-eh!? W-well, if you’re fine with me…”
“Eh!?”
The voice wasn’t Millia, so Aleist opened his eyes to confirm it. There stood a young girl with red hair. Her tan skin and red hair standing out, the girl who looked younger than her age let one was not Millia. She was a potential lover interest called Lux.
While she boasted a small body, she was a warrior from birth who wielded a large hammer. The appearance of the first year girl sent Aleist into great confusion. Unluckily, that was where Millia made her entrance.
“Oh? I came because I was called here, but it doesn’t look like Aleist is the one who called for me… Aleist, you should give Seli and Juju some consideration as well.”
Calmly looking over Aleist and Lux, she had noticed Aleist was making a confession. While the essence was mistaken, the situation was correct. Aleist’s friend had summoned Millia there, but the fact he didn’t tell her who was waiting for her had become a problem.
If she knew, perhaps she would have noticed her mistake.
After cautioning Aleist, Millia awkwardly walked off. In the four years since she came to the academy she had grown, and now she was more of a lady than a girl. They were sisters after all, and Millia was coming to resemble her big sister Lilim. Seeing her back as she walked off, Aleist cried.
“Whyyyyyy!!!”
Around that time, Rudel was speaking with Millia’s older sister Lilim. From Lilim’s point of view, she was just dropping by the person who’d been on her mind lately, but she knew Rudel had looked out for her in the events of two years passed. She was worried whether there were any drawbacks from the actions Rudel had taken to save her.
“You’re going to the dragon dwellings!?”
“Yes. I got permission, so all that’s left is to actualize it.”
As the two spoke of the gossip surrounding the academy, the topic naturally shifted to the newly established royal guard. Lilim knew Rudel had become the white knight, and she had somewhat realized the royal guard was related to that. Her knowledge only served to increase her surprise at Rudel’s actions.
“There is no reason for a human like you to push yourself so. For a demi-human, unless you obtain a wild dragon, you’ll never be recognized, but you have an opportunity to obtain a gray dragon. Yet you’ll make a waste of it?”
While Lilim said harsh words in worry, Rudel answered with a bitter smile.
“I have a few reasons. But my biggest one is because I want to choose my dragon. Though that’s just my own selfishness. It’s not like I hate gray dragons or anything!”
On Rudel’s frantic denial at the end, Lilim gave a chuckle. I know, she said, and told Rudel she wasn’t misunderstanding anything.
For Rudel, he also had a promise with the three. He had no mind to obsess over it, but some part of his heart hurt when he heard he wouldn’t be able to choose his own dragon. To Rudel, Lilim made a certain proposal.
“If your feelings remain unchanged, then do you want me to take you to the dragon dwellings? It’s the homeland of my dragon, and you’re not a person I’m not supposed to take.”
“You will!? I’d definitely like to take you up on that!”
Seeing Rudel delighted that he could ride a dragon, Lilim smiled. But she also did want Rudel to give up. As gray dragons were reared by the country, they didn’t attack humans. Even if you weren’t chosen, they wouldn’t take your life. But wild dragons boasted pride much higher than the gray.
It was quite normal for them to kill humans they hated. While their abilities were high, there was a danger of losing one’s life.
“Very well, then once the time comes, and you still wish to go, let us get in touch.”
Saying that, Lilim parted with Rudel. Since she’d come to the academy anyways, she thought to go meet her little sister Millia. Though she was treated as a bit of an extra to Rudel.
The former goddess, now Sakuya, was living a life parasiting off of Rudel and Izumi. But there was only a year left of their time at the academy, so the time had come to think of her future.
In Rudel’s room, Sakuya lay on the bed as she ate sweets. When she didn’t have a name, Luecke and Aleist would call her terrible things, so she compromised and chose the name Sakuya. When Aleist called her Flan von Brains and Flan McFlan, there was once a time she wept as she clung onto Rudel.
As a resolution, Rudel thought lining up two flans was no good, so… how about Flan AlaMode? He asked. So as always, the former goddess ended up crying her way to Izumi, and Sakuya was now her name. She was never able to think up any good names for herself, but she decided anything was better than being called Flan.
Izumi thought it was quite a nice name and she couldn’t understand what the former goddess didn’t like about it. But Sakuya it was, and now Sakuya was surprised at what Rudel declared.
“Study? What are you talking about, Rudel. I’m a goddess!”
“Former, that is… and isn’t it about time you thought about going independent? I’m fine with supporting you, but the way things are going, you’re going to remain your no-good self.”
Playing around all day only to be saved by Izumi or Rudel, Sakuya had no words to return.
“Nnrrghh, fine, got it. I’ll make you regret the day you made light of a goddess’ intellect, you hear! When it comes to me, the letters that humans use are mere… what’s this?”
As Sakuya showed her motivation, Rudel handed over a few books. Those books were the picture books about dragoons Rudel had brought with him. If only it were a doujin, I would’ve happily read it… thought Sakuya as she opened one up.
But no matter what page she looked at, she could see traces it had been read over again and again.
“Do you really like dragoons so much? They’re just knights who ride dragons. I’m pretty sure the white knight title supersedes them.”
“… Let’s just say I could put white knight and dragoon on a scale. I have no doubt I would pick dragoon without any hesitation.”
As Rudel cut it clear, Sakuya uninterestedly looked at the pictures. She didn’t know the letters, so she looked at the pictures, and tried reading a story of her own imagination.
A male dragon and male knight cross over the bounds of species and… as she read that tale alone, Rudel hit her on the head relatively seriously. With teary eyes, Sakuya rubbed her head as she glared at Rudel, but he was actually quite angry so she apologized.
“Don’t just arbitrarily revise the story! There’s no helping it, so I guess I’ll have to read them to you each night.”
“You sure look happy when you say that. Men sure seem to love dragons and other strong lifeforms…”
Uninterested as she was, Rudel would read her the dragoon books each night. A few days later, Sakuya burst into Izumi’s room, preciously holding a picture book in her hands as she declared,
“Izumi, I’m going to become a dragoon!”
“I-I see… E-EeeeEh!!!?”
Sakuya’s eye’s sparkled as she adoringly held the book up high, and Izumi had no idea what to say to her.
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Pantasma Namer says:
Deym!! NEPUUUUU!!!
I was suppose to be first!! NUUUOOO~~
The cat chilling it’s ball on the walls are preceding your urge to be first!
Rnfunkys says:
Nepu Colosal!!!!!!!!
Thx for the Chappy ~!
myworldisruin says:
Hahahahaha even goddess want to become dragoon , wow the picture book is so powerful to brainwash someone
name moniker says:
first it was “how to pet a dragon” and now its the picture book, soon we’ll discover that all the dragoon books he has been reading were actually god-tier artifacts~
orangelightsaber says:
Fast you guys are fast…
Travis Brecke says:
Neko MK2 says:
Rudel completely brainwashing sakuya eh or she just that much of child who easily influenced by her parent(rudel)
zaxthealien says:
her other parent(izumi) will scold her and the idiot who brainwashed her, surely. . . .
Thanks for the new chapter! Well that’s quite the interesting goal that the goddess has set for herself. -.-‘
Ahh the innocent honesty of children :)
spanglishtranslationsblog says:
That totally didn’t sound like a pedo, I think…
LoL No… try a dad of a little one who’s done that numerous times
See a video of X… DAD! I’m going to be X when I grow up. 3 days later it’s something completely different.
Diggydawg says:
I think you nailed it on the head. The former goddess may have existed for centuries but she hasn’t even “lived” a year yet; her she hasn’t mentally grown at all.
Susu says:
I lol’d at that ending
I instantly had a bad feeling upon reading that part somehow
Thanks for another chapter :D
thatguy572 says:
Think about it like this, Rudel was no good until he had the goal and role model of the ideal dragoon. So having such a goal can make you a better person. Besides, she may have some leftover goddess power that manifests in excellent magical abilities if she tries hard enough.
Yunchii says:
eh? the goddess name is Sakuya? that’s mean she…..
You’re not Nepu! It’s an Impasta
Hmmm noodles it’s an imposter of imposters calling himself impasta [._____.]/
Noodles???
Pasta is sphagettio in italia xD
The goddess was tainted by Rudel … Or would converted be more appropriate ?
He’s more effective than a jehovas witness lol
Jehovah’s witnesses are terrible and ineffective
At least they should clean your doorknob after annoying you xD
I feel like the fog, boar, bird, and goddess will all fuse with the undead dragon to reincarnate into a living dragon. seems like how the story is heading.
ahmadmahd says:
It’s a birdboarfogon goddess
ryllonceras says:
way to go pal
We’ve got ourselves a convert here. It won’t be long before dragons become an object of worship
CesarAKG says:
Being a dragoon is the new chuunibyou…
Oh right, I should uncensor the character page.
moto says:
Goddess looks older than i thought she be. Oooohhh lilm
Selinus says:
Why did I initially think Rudel had red hair and green eyes?
(Though his current eyes/hair is my favorite color combo so it’s a pleasant surprise…)
The villian combo?
sodemaso says:
i just noticied that Rudel had white hair AND BLUE EYES!!! (someone need’s to make a Yu Gi Oh card Blue Eye White Dragoon)
Mrooee, i want mrooee illus!~
They look so cool~
But i wonder when is someone gonna do the LN for Dragooon?
I want to see Lilim dark elf mode lol
Rudel asses hair is good i like it!!! Aileen, sakuya and lilim are waifu materials!!!!
Dragons33 says:
They look better than I thought. I always had the image of practically an 8yr old for the former goddess. Catelleya looks more Galante than I thought and Lilim more elegant. All in all, Rudel is surrounded by some very beautiful women.
just noticed but Fritz look’s a lot like a certain spinning aficionado…
The former goddess got infected eh
kurogami ryuji says:
rudel connverted her into a dragon idiot kkk (i am one too for a long time)
So Sakuya wants to be a dragoon, eh?
I feel like she might be able to do it if she puts her mind to it…. maybe
Rafu~
tali?
It’s actually contagious. No cure.
Thx for the chapter, Yoraikun!
more like she got brain washed…
Lagraser says:
I almost laugh out loud in the office when I read the goddess wanted to be a dragoon also, Rudel brainwashed her!! hahaha
Lewd Anon says:
Yes. YES! Turn the Goddess into a Dragoon! Bring her into your ways!
Meanwhile, just like I’ve hoped, Aleist getting his Harem alright, but ones involving alternate love interests that Rudel hasn’t been involved with.
And last but not least, since there’s no “Hero” joining the Royal Guards, I’m assuming that the Undead Dragon ends up fusing with the black spirits and becoming the Black Dragon mount to Rudel, all in order to oppose the “Hero”. And also because Rudel will give it its last rights via maximum petting. Not even a bitter undead super dragon would be able to resist.
my guess is that the “will of the world” is trying to equalize the status quo since the empire has the hero, giving Arlest a harem full of strong battle junks… i am assuming his party is gonna be full of really strong young woman/man to give him a chance against the third prince
That’s the way I see it honestly. Aleist ends up with a harem full of battle-happy girls, fulfilling the game criteria of having a number of “ace” warriors as well as his own harem, at the same time. Additionally, fitting in with him leading a set of elites into battle (due to originally being the Hero in-game).
While Rudel ends up with other girls corrupted by his influence (Izumi, Fina, Milla, catgirls, etc) or were intended to be paired up with him (Cattalya), or were unwanted by Aleist (Dragoon riders in general, so Lilim), while trying to implement Original Rudel’s debauchery in the form of “petting” and a harem (he was supposed to be just like his father).
Basically, the world saw Rudel’s girls too corrupted by his influence to change them, and chose to start Aleist’s harem from a clean slate.
Auyena says:
There arent gonna be enough dragons to go around now we know why the world wanted to stop him lol
It’s contagious!!!
Well, it’s probably because she got read that every night.
I really feel sorry for 3 mid bosses that got beaten by Laharl LOLOL
That’s Dark Adonis to you.
They takes a turn from serious bosses to comedy gangs LOL
Why are we suddenly talking about Disgaea? Not that I mind. One thing I love about those games is all the characters, good, bad, and in-between, have really odd personality quirks, so a tsukkomi is never far away… 😉
…Kinda like this series. Ah ha! I get it now! 🤣
Flan is a great name!
…For those who disagree, there’s a certain vampire that would like to play with you.
Yes I’m aware that her name is Flandre. But haven’t you heard of Flan on Flan?
She’s infected!
Spamking says:
ROFL Rudel did the impossible, he converted a fujoshi into a dragon idiot
thealbinoblacksheep says:
WARNING, Rudelitis is highly contagious. Symptoms include but are not limited to; Dracophilia, difficulty focusing on things not related to dragons, uncontrolled heavy petting, and obliviousness.
Rudelitis is very difficult to cure but some symptoms can be mitigated through the use of an oriental woman.
What? What? What?!! How did she end up wanting to become a Dragoon all of a sudden!? Does Rudel have the ability to control minds? Or did he perhaps employ the use of his petting techniques on her!? 😕
No way right, being petted by him makes you want to become his pet or something, not turn into a dragoon… :)
WAT?! Doujin? Are Sakuya same like Novem and Septem?
Hahaha our mc brainwasting his pet
Maybe it’s just me, but I think something weird’s gonna happen between Sakuya and Rudel at some point in the future…
farty says:
The former goddess got brainwashed by Rudel. lol
What is dragoon baptism.
Kasinki says:
The legendary dragoon infection is spreading! Send help!!!
I really like this novel. THanks for the update!
Thanks for the story so not only is he deviating the original story, he also corrupted the Goddes!!!!! HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Any time now…
habib1100 says:
Thanks for doing this chapter! 😆😂😂
OH GOD! ANOTGER DRAGON IDIOT!
As a White Knight his powers have made him contagious 🐉
santoryuun says:
Hahahahahaha this hopeless godess!
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Android VR Set To Launch At Google I/O As A Standalone Headset
Virtual Reality has been exploding in popularity over the past couple of years, and Google is no stranger to the technology. A couple years ago they debuted Google Cardboard as a cheap, effective solution for entering the world of VR. According to a new report however, the company isn’t stopping there. Peter Rojas, co-founder of both Gizmodo and Engadget has today mentioned on Twitter that Google will be announced “Android VR” next week as a new VR option for mobile users.
Android VR will definitely be announced next week, and from what I’ve heard will be less powerful than the Vive or Rift.
— Peter Rojas (@peterrojas) May 11, 2016
Apparently this new headset won’t rely on a phone, or even a PC to get things done. Presumably it’ll work a lot like Microsoft’s HoloLens where all the required components are built directly into the headset. Rojas confirms that Android VR will be more powerful than something like Samsung’s Gear VR, but not quite as powerful as the HTC Vive or Oculous Rift.
Android VR has also been reference within the latest preview for Unreal Engine and Google’s own published schedule for I/O next week certainly holds up this news. With I/O just one week away, it’s already looking like one seriously interesting event this year.
Ben is a tech geek who co-founded YourTechExplained in 2016. Constantly switching between devices that literally surround him, he can be found reviewing the latest smartphones around the web.
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ITT: Old 3D 07/02/17(Sun)09:27:43 No.570286
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ITT: Old 3D Anonymous 07/02/17(Sun)09:27:43 No.570286
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPMFhcC4SvQ
Do you think they also played with boob size parameters back then?
looks better than the Daz M3 a couple years ago, lol
I don't doubt it
I also wanted to say that it looks kinda like daz
Better facial animation than mass effect Andromeda
>First 3D porn made
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>looks better than the Daz M3
Michael 3 is literally a head scan of Dan Farr. I met him in 2011 and it's hilarious.
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must be really strange to see a model of you in bad CG porn literally everywhere.
reminds me of that voyager episode involving the hundreds of hologram clones of the programmer who created the EMH that ended up being used for mining and cleaning pipes.
>must be really strange to see a model of you in bad CG porn literally everywhere.
Before I met him I did ask him in chat what his nice Mormon family thought about their son starring in so much gay porn on the internet and he said something about them not being computer savvy enough to find it. I decided not to remind him of that in person.
Also, correction here: it was Michael 1/2 that was a headscan of Dan. But yeah for years we ALL said M1/2 had a goofy, implausible face until the website let the cat out of the bag. And, if you look hard enough at P4 Male you realize Chris Creek was using Dan as a model even before DAZ existed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_wK74Ejnqc
Also don't forget the 1981 movie "Looker," based on a Michael Crichton story about ad agencies replacing models with CGI for nefarious subliminal reasons (then murdering the models). I emailed the SFX guys who did this scene and this is what Gary Demos said. (I commented that Susan's very angular face was made for this kind of thing and asked if she were cast for that reason)
I am copying Art Durinski, who can give you the detailed
answers that you seek.
Our first 3D digitizing of faces was Peter Fonda for "Futureworld"
in 1976. We used three pin-registered Mitchell 35mm cameras
at 0deg, 90deg, and 180deg, with grids project on Peter's
For Michael Crichton's "Looker" we used several mirrors and
a single pin-registered Mitchell, to get multiple views on
a single frame. Art and Larry Malone actually painted
(or pasted) grids and reference dots on Susan Dey's face.
The images were hand-digitzed on a 60" custom 2-cursor Talos
tablet having 200/in resolution (or maybe higher than that).
Amazingly, the story line (which we helped with) showed an
automated version of this scan on Susan Dey. We were
basically predicting how this would eventually be done.
Something you might not have guessed is that we used
someone else for the body and Susan Dey for the face.
Mal McMillan helped us splice everything together, and
helped us compensate for lens distortion (a key issue in
doing this).
There was nothing special about Susan's features, although
they were clearly excellent in retrospect. Our job was to
digitize whoever Michael Crichton chose for the lead actress.
Susan Dey was a wonderful choice, and she was great
to work with.
I think that Art Durinski has pictures of him and Larry Malone
painting reference points on Susan's face.
-Gary
>Our first 3D digitizing of faces was Peter Fonda for "Futureworld" in 1976.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9sytPC1l0o
I neglected to mention that this scene was the first instance of CGI in a motion picture. In the earlier parts, it reuses Fred Parkes' animation seen in OP, and the hand flexing is Ed Catmull's famous 1972 animation digitized off his own hand (quite possibly the oldest CGI recorded):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LXw2PYvdN8
Tell me this hasn't aged well, I dare you m'fucka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL0RH3x7Zzo
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>11 minutes into computer dreams and chill and he gives you this look
Gonna fuck me a fish!
I love how they still had to use practical effects to get the quality level they wanted.
Can you imagine seeing this for the first time?
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>a 10 seconds spot was tenths of thousands, sometimes even hundreds of thousands of $ for 3D animation back then
>it's a WHOLE HOUR
Whoever paid for this must have spent a FORTUNE on this.
It hasn't aged well at all it's just that the internet currently lives through a big wave of 80/90's nostalgia which 3D stuff of that time is a big part of and because of that it kind of seems fresh again but in reality it really isn't.
Ah, just saw it's just a compilation and not one thing... But yeah, was really expensive back then.
>tenths of thousands
Isn't this the first instance of people trying to animate something fappable in CG?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NpPeA-x6as
> imagine being Corbin Bernsen fucking Amanda Pays' face in its prime
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>using Poser in 1972
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5seU-5U0ms
We're living in the fucking matrix.
How much time for render ? Omg 2, 3, 4 month ? + place the vertices point by points
really cool
not sure but I think the "modeling" or digitizing took more time than rendering.
still better than blender
The topology of that hand is absolutely horrendous.
uncanny v a l l e y
why don't you go back to 1972 and tell Ed how to do it right then
the difference in skill and knowledge needed to be competent in 3D in even just the 90s for videogames and in 2017 for just amateur work that isn't scoffed at is so vast, can you imagine if they went back in time and set 3D on the right path in the 70s? we'd need masters degrees to meet the visual standards
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fucking this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNBjMRvOB5M
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First ever meme video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62Nn8JltYrI
I think it was also a student project compilation too. That's what the Mind's Eye series was, just a compilation of the best student animations.
neroo !NEr0oITgjU
neroo !NEr0oITgjU 09/21/17(Thu)21:35:00 No.583219
That face was used in the music video for We Can't Stop by Miley Cyrus
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that video is postmodern as fugg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWChhdIgT6Q
This shit is like a fever dream.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FKpU0pnne8
I like this primitive kind of 3D.
legendary video
These are lovely, but "aging well" is a myth.
Pretty stuff is always pretty, ugly stuff is always ugly, that's not something which magically changes with age.
I think it's just about being able to associate something with a particular time frame but yeah for some reason this is considered a bad thing often
>"Nigga I'm gonna' slam dat fish ass yo!"
I almost have no idea what the FUCK is going on
https://youtu.be/cCljXjwCzH0
Europoor kids show from around 95. Fun fact: one of the lead actress started doing pron later.
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>tfw you never got to use a multi-million dollar Cray XMP Supercomputer in the 80s to render memes
Bumping the thread for this amazing video
>(quite possibly the oldest CGI recorded)
highly doubt it, people have been making electronic art since the 30s
those were too annoying to operate
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did I stroke out?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUgnUQAgmKw
And they rendered it as ASCII art.
blyat
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHOpSrDwZNM
I was surprised to find out that when production started on Star Trek the Next Generation in 1987, they were tinkering with the idea of going full CGI for the spaceship effects. Obviously this was a little premature, the capabilities of CGI at the time weren't quite good enough for them, and the industry couldn't really be relied upon for a TV show... but I'll be damned if these tests aren't way better than I would have expected
...but then they cut to the actual footage made using physical models and it's like "oh right, CGI didn't even stand a chance against this"
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These back-lit shots are particularly good, they almost pass for real.
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It's crazy to think that hobbyists can now make their own photoreal renderings on their home PCs
looks horrible compared to physical models DESU
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>less than 5 minutes to respond
>on /3/
Are you this quick to shit on everything you see? It literally looks better than any of the CGI efforts in the Trek TV shows, including the current one.
Besides, I always felt the 6ft Enterprise-D model looked kind of uncanny. Legit thought it was CGI when I was a young and didn't know any better.
>Are you this quick to shit on everything you see?
I've literally been watching Star Trek for longer than you've been alive kid.
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You literally don't know that, you have nothing to base that statement on.
And how long you've been watching Star Trek has no particular bearing on your ability to judge the quality of CGI. Why are you boasting about that like it means anything? Why are you whipping your dick out with every post you make? Keep it in your pants, dude, you'll embarrass yourself.
>tfw still having the tingly feeling of some SERIOUS SHIT about to go down just by seeing a tilted camera view on the Enterprise D
This is stuff nightmares are made of.
Gonna have to agree with the other anon, physical models look better.
Though considering what they were working with, holy shit that's impressive.
>Gonna have to agree with the other anon, physical models look better.
no one has said otherwise
IT'S YOUR MOVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmLUs6mjs6Y
why does this look more complex than mass effect andromeda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmPGuMGs8cg
This is my jam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe_0zKVVGQw
Not too shabby for the time imo
becuase it actually was, just imagine those university professors writing lines of code without a proper user interface
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With both the late 80's and the 90's now being considered "retro" and the (although memeish) popularity of vaporwave, do you think that old looking cgi will become an accepted aesthetic style? low poly videogames are now starting to become popular and with the increasing number of people getting tired of photorealism in both movies and games, this seems likely to me.
now a video that their creators hate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTP2RUD_cL0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpMFrOZGABU
That's actually a lot better than I was expecting for late-80s CGI. Can see why they still went with models until Voyager, though.
Would love to know who made these tests, they feel like something ILM may have done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pSJgsojhbs
I kinda miss those old CRTs. But only a bit.
important thread
that's actually fucking cool
ah the good old days, when computers with this kind of capability cost only 20k.
Not bad for 1987. Looks better than the CG in the first season of Babylon 5.
I like how, even with the limitations, the fundamental principles of art theory still mean they can be quite good.
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Just look up anything from SIGGRAPH before the 2000s
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I’m a fan of the rotating boobs.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b_UqzLBFz4Y
looks like a meme
back when memes didn't have a lifetime of literal seconds
>help rape
>it was just a joke :^)
can somebody make and sell shirts of these
stop talkin about ez money cucklet and enjoy the meme
needs crystal castles
What the fuck is a meme you fucking neet that is a work of art
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCf3hiCSr_U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV5obrYaogU
We need to do a computer dreams parody where the kid looks into the mirror and is transported into a fantastical world of cylinder cock with sphere balls first time renders and blender guru donut cups as far as the eye can see as he flies on an anvil.
This blenderfag has keked loudly.
fucking kek
Star Trek II - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52XlyMbxxh8
Genesis sequence was done in 1982 and it's awesome even today. If you google you'll find couple of articles describing the process. They wrote their own software to animate the effects.
Back then physical models of the ships were still way more detailed than any computer graphics could achieve and ILM etc had so many years of experience using optical effects that doing the ships using cg would have been counter-productive. However as the processing power of computers increased the scale tipped over at some point.
Also one thing which creates an extra pass of magic is that back then (1980s) cg effects were shot back to film by photographing the CRT. This results in this color bleeding look which glows magically.
Actual film printers which used laser to expose the film become common only after late 90s, like Arri etc.
The boob slider has always been there.
>2004 was 14 years ago
>Iray is still shit compared to this
>POVray
I nostalgicame
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SOY face at 1:10
I really like the platonic solids one- that shit is so meta.
what the fuck was wrong with CGI in 1988
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffIZSAZRzDA
That fucking lighting is great.
Agreed, looked just like the original old movie film stock and even the fade transitions and blur look from the era. How in the hell...
I'm wondering if Pixar put in a bid to do TNG. The high quality for 1988 stuff feels like their work.
If not, then hot damn, I kinda wish we knew who did these tests then.
Sorry, didn't understand the context of your post.
Not sure what you're referring to because haven't read the thread, but if you're talking about TNG that you can see now on Netflix, or on Blu-Ray, it has all been heavily re-mastered and almost all the CG was redone from scratch a couple years ago.
Luckily for us the show was filmed on beautiful 35mm film stock, so all this film was rescanned at hi resolution. The CG scenes, however, were printed out straight to video - they never made it onto celluloid- and so they would look like utter shit next to the hi resolution film scans. So they had to be completely recreated - they tried not to 'improve' any of the CG from back then, and instead just tried to copy the sequences exactly - but they are inevitably a bit better looking all round.
Incidentally- there are one or two very occasional live-action shots on the bridge of the Enterprise that were for some reason shot on video. These sequences obviously couldn't be recreated so they just went into the remaster as-is and they look like absolute fucking dogshit when intercut between the 35mm scans. If you watch all of TNG on Netflix, you'll see these shots - you literally can't miss them.
I hope this becomes the case. I love low poly stuff, love old cg pokemon cards
They did a good job of not pulling a Lucas with the CG. Most casual viewers who haven't seen TNG in years would probably not realize the CG scenes have been updated - they're very faithful to the original but, in terms of resolution and sharpness the new scenes are far superior. If the old original CG sequences were just included alongside the newly scanned film footage they would have been unwatchable. This is the mark of a good remaster - you don't really notice that anything has been changed unless you look for it.
Forgot to include link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=44&v=bQHpfk4X-wc
I was talking about that BTS featurette talking about the process of the effects' production.
>thread is almost a year old
It's not titled "Old 3D" for nothing, son.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIfh0XMrg6w
God this ad is so cool
holy fuck that looks like Reboot on crack
Holy fuck, it actually is. I knew this board was slow as fuck but damn...
>he doesn't remember the blender question thread
started out with a small inquiry but turned into nothing but shitposting and stayed up for way over a year. mods even removed some really bad spam so there was more headroom again until the post limit was reached. glorious shit.
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Gonna bump this thread because I find this shit really aesthetic for 1974
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwOwRH4JpXc
Five more days until we can celebrate this thread's first birthday.
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Tonight, you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0lIlROWro8 I believe this was made by some people who went on to work at pixar in its really early days.
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Not exactly CGI, but here's a video about how the sound effects for TRON were created using the greatest synthesizer ever made: The Fairlight CMI.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajXxr71l0rQ
I forgot to mention, these were probably rendered some time in the late 70s. Kraftwerk took forever to release the album it was for.
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ayyyyyyyyyyyyyooooooooooo happy first birthday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwU3UARE6yc
few hours too early my guy
Two more hours from now, though.
Thread's officially a year old! Happy birthday, guys.
>celebrating your birthday on the hour you're born and not the day
its called birthDAY not birth hour, you mongo
>Let's ignore rounding rules!
That's how planes crash, Anon.
Fucking morphing vertexes between keyframes is an annoying thing to do now, how the hell did they do it in the 70s?
>What are timezones
That's how mistakes are made, Anon.
And that's why we aim for the precise time the thread was created a year ago. Then, it'd be 1 year old no matter where you are in the world.
Jesus France, just...
This is amazing. Light colour tv would have still been pretty recent right?
The original 'Monster'.
Can you physically deal with this much (original 1983, Japanese)
A E S T H E T I C
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WlAnrdtGmg
>implying one person can stop a meme
Not real old 3d but def got a early 3d vibe to it and the video is pretty neat.
https://youtu.be/lf6ZBGO2jSw
They don't need to, its already old and tired. It was corny in 2012, when vaporwave died, and then got dragged out when normies discovered it, but even theyre sick of it. Now its just sad 30 year old boomers who still think its cool.
It was completely ruined once pol adapted it to "fashwave"
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>baawwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Waitaminute that music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiXioWKF5ig
fashwave is bad not because it "ruined vaporwave," It's bad because it's made by shit for brains who have tenuous grasp on any aesthetic principles
I've played 10k seat venues. You chuds can't even get 10k views on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72HjLrSzgRU
from 1994 yet has better features than maya. hmmm...
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thats fuckin amazing hahahhaha
who knew this would still be top tier 22 years later
I was so impressed by this 20 years ago, and worked with every single version of max since them.
The movements looks so... choppy now!
Kinetic owned 3ds for a time, then it reverted back to Autodesk.
Then they made mudbox and that ridiculously useless and retarded motionbuilder, removed HAVOK from the Max package and it was downhill from there.
Try and access Autodesk website and you will understand what i´m talking about. They simple diverged all 3ds max resources to Maya and kept updating the licenses yearly to keep the cash cow without giving anything decent- try doing fluid dynamics with max, it´s impossible.
Frankly, i never thought i´d say this, but i´m seriously considering switching to Blender.
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3ds Max 2018 build 3 something.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQGgKBr9YIs
>I'm not too happy how 3ds is handled today.
Same. The newer versions take AGES to start up and are just full of bugs. 2017 is particularly awful and has bugs in simple everyday things that I never used to deal with.
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shit, the video got taken down
quick someone upload a backup
https://archive.org/details/computerdreamsvhs
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I miss the 80's
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ur the man, bro
https://archive.org/details/virtualnaturevhs
37 minutes of trippy 902 CG set to music composed on this thing >>630644
*1993 how the fuck did that become 902
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Did anybody post our glorious father Tony de Peltrie? 1985
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=munTr4vmxYE
*cue popular 2018 maymay*
But seriously, I wonder if back then they knew how much of a fucking nightmare fuel their animations were. I mean in this case it's to some degree intended but there were also stuff supposed to be happy family shit that looks incredibly horrible with pitch black backgrounds, lifeless phong shading and and strange facial expressions.
>a revolutionary new technology was squandered for this
>produced by a woman
color me unsuprised
I rewatch the mind's eye and beyond the mind's eye multiple times a year. I have eternally good memories tied to those old sounds and 3D.
Beyond the Mind's Eye - 06 Too Far
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCzUjxORhqA
funny how they swapped out the Hawaiian punch can here with "too far"
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Oh shit it's him
how would I about creating stuff that looks like this? It seems like flat colour instead of texture is a big one
Single directional light usually pointing outwards the camera. Phong or Gouraud shading, hard shadows, no AO, most importantly some post processing that simulates old analog film medium.
would emulating actual old software be way to cumbersome to be worthwhile?
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No because most of it is about recording it on an analog device or make I look like it, it's all about the post processing for the most part.
no it isn't
yeah, I was think of autodesk 3ds on dosbox but I think you might be right about using modern tools
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had a go, turned out better than expected
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this isn't actually old btw, as u can probs tell, but I made it trying to emulate very early 3d games
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>or person, if you're a PC fgt
I appreciate your consideration
I didn't texture it because I was aiming for something like pic related
hadn't heard of the colony before, looks pretty interesting, what sort of frame rate did it run at?
How did you do this?
what specifically?
like in general.
What software, what settings and stuff.
I really want to make stuff that has that old look
could you maybe give an example, I'm very interested, and kind of a noob
I used blender, internal render, most of the settings were just default I think, added some enviromental lighting. All textures are procedural. I did some post processing in gimp, messed around with the colours, added a chromatic aberration, blurred it a bit. You can do all that in blender though quite easily like I did here >>646172
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lower still, same amount of faces but no quads
>Squandered
It was used to make surreal 3D memes three decades before it became popular.
>That hand topography
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Reminds me of pic related
fake, toy story was the first 3D ever made, nigger
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I can't imagine how hard it would be just to set the damn thing up in the first place. Dat massive cooling system that doubled as a comfy seat.
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check these out:
http://blackat9.tripod.com/brycea.htm
http://www.conquerordesigns.com/old-gallery/index.htm
http://digitalblasphemy.com/seeall.shtml?y=1997
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I love this demo so much.
The intentional or unintentional surrealism, the fantastic 3D sound stage and the primitive and eery 3D graphics are just fucking fantastic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oSlbyLAksM
Also, RIP Aureal A3D sound. Fuck Creative for ruining you and their fucking Patent trolling.
Hey, you found my old shit
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Partially related
Pretty much forgotten, but very influential on developments: Lightscape Renderer, a feasible radiosity solution as early as 1993...and what did people use it for? Of course, ArchViz...
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This will always make me laugh. Incompetent riggers can be covered by competent animators making due with shit controls or even hand animating vertices. Incompetent animators can be made decent with prebuilt excellent emotion/face controls by a competent rigger. Everyone was just so bad here there was no saving it. It's like they literally hired high school computer class students.
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well, that's what they got for hiring based on memes instead of merit but yeah, this shouldn't be part of this thread.
It was neither the fault of the riggers or the animators, its a full blown management failure.
Some fucking idiots in suits made a couple of decisions without having the knowledge to actually making them.
no1. Some Suit saw "No mans sky" and decided that's the route to go for an new Mass Effect game. Bioware spend countless man-hours trying to get this done with an engine they barely knew and that has the following reputation: if the engine does something well, it does it exceptionally well like a F1 car when it comes to speed. When it doesn't do something well, it simply doesn't do it.
no2. Some idiot in a suit made the glorious decision, to switch DCC In the middle of production. From Max to Maya or the other way around, i don't remember anymore. Doesn't matter anyways. They changed the complete pipeline while in the middle of creating a game.
no3. They spent too much time in pre-production and trying to get that procedural planet tech RnD going they actually forgot to start seriously with the game in a proper planned manner.
no4. Actual production time was WAY TO LITTLE. They knew it. EA knew it.
no5. They where seriously understaffed.
no6. They actually released the game in this state since the suits demanded it.
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Fuck you, I'm a dragon
If that's the Cray I think it is, I actually have one of those PCB slots in the picture. It's to a Cray-1 s/1000 I Believe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c3nWhR41D0
https://youtu.be/hl2lhtBIt2E
Was watching a documentary on the history of CG, and saw this.
I found this hilarious when I watched Robocop 2. Milking the weird effect of that kind of animation, feels before its time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E4_K_tAmC8
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Pretty revolutionary. They found a way to directly drive the motion channels with some input device, allowing one animator to "puppeteer" the cain face in realtime for showing emotions more effectively. Another reason: severe time constraints, so iterating with keyframe animation was pretty much off the table.
my fellow t/3/apots if we make one post every 2 days starting from this post we can keep this thread going until its 2 year birthday
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADF3-6owY0A
Aged like milk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhM_LxeKgEQ
I know my SoftImage (Creative Environment) scanline renderer when I see it
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ofc, it already is fashionable in the contmporary art and fashion worlds - therefore it'll trickle down to mainstream culture soon.
e.g Jon Rafman, Weekday's newest campaign
The stories are not always pleasant or understandable to the outside world
>mfw this thread will still be open for another 2 years
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https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5__U-kYrFIg5OEfvtnw0Cp1u8pqe1DMN
While not story-driven, this series of instructional vids is full a mix of old CGI and VFX
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http://cd.textfiles.com/gifsgalore/GIFS/RAYTRACE/
Some of these shovelware CDs have a few of my old artworks. The price you pay for uploading your work to every graphics BBS in NA and Europe.
holy fucking shit, I actually watched the shit out of that crap when I was a kid
freaky shit
Man, that type of 3D used in those 90s shows have dated hard.
Imagine doing all that with just primitive subd and texturing. Must have been a hell.
>he doesn't know that most of the animations in Mass Effect Andromeda were procedurally generated with the intention of replacing them...
They didn't have enough time to replace the compooter animations with real animations because the animators they highered weren't diverse and progressive enough... Wait. Hmm... Nah, it was actually the big wigs upstairs. It couldn't have been the fact that their animators were working at three fifths the needed production rate.
Just like you, anon
This is pure NURBS and some poly modelling, no sub-d.
Also lots of procedurals.
Wasn't exactly hell, just time consuming like it is today.
t. 90s / early 00s 3D artist
this is terrifying but strangely beautiful
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikoWh1M-4zU
How could somebody recreate retro looking 3d? Do you use old software? or do you just use current software and style it like old 3d? How do you think Jack Stauber created the effects in the video above? Sorry I'm a Dazfag and new to the rest of the 3dcg world.
I keep some old versions of tools around for stuff like that, but you can recreate such styles in modern software.
>jack stauber
blurgh, sorry.
i’ve talked with him, it’s just blender put through a VHS cassette.
he also records a CRT screen with an old camcorder, that’s how you get those wobbly text effects. it’s rendered out to a black BG and then chroma keyed in. he also uses the rotoscope function of AE to draw directly onto frame (those sketchy 80s pattern things you see), and processes it through the same VHS + camcorder + CRT fx chain
poor CG isn’t that hard to do though. it’s not the technical limits that made a lot of the early CG look bad, it was the poor stylistic choices made + unskilled artists
also, pop food is objectively better than his latest album. much stronger songwriting, it’s almost like he’s gotten lazy bcuz of the viral fame he got and stopped evolving
also, a lot of his fanbase is quite cringy in terms of how they search for this “meaningfulness” in his work, when a lot of it is faux deep (i have friends who know him IRL, that’s how i got a lot of this info). cringy fanbases are expected though
additionally. i could easily make plenty of jokes about the basedboy tier beard, the 30 year boomer tier nature of his work (the fact he was born in 1996 makes it worse, because it’s basically fake nostalgia), but i’m not going to
Pretty much this. Fake nostalgia. Also it seems like he's really going nowhere as an artist.
>Also it seems like he's really going nowhere as an artist.
Hahaha? What? Hes going further than you anon. He’s getting deals with adult swim and everything, of course he’s going somewhere. I hate the people on this board, always shitting on talented people who get (deserved) success, and then raging because they’re not as talented.
Not him, but artists are worthless. They produce nothing of real tangible value. If you do 3D, do product and industrial design, 3D printing, CNC or at least archviz. Something that makes it into the real world for real humans to interact with, not just some flashy pixel garbage. You art not doing "art", you just contribute to the noise.
You think your post is something other than dull pixel garbage? I'm sorry, Anon, but you're not making "a valid point", you just contribute to the noise.
I never posted anything here. I design and construct engine parts and program CNC machines. Things of actual tangible value.
>Things of actual tangible value.
Between your works and those of Michelangelo, which ones do you think would be saved in the event of a fire?
This but unironically. The vast majority of 3D artists are parasites.
Good thing my works are fireproof by design, anon.
Missed the point entirely. Typical engineerlet.
Go play with something shiny or model a dick or something.
>model a dick or something
Sure, because otherwise you wouldn't have the basis for even drawing a draft, am I right?
I don't understand why you'd be on this board then. I mean I agree with you somewhat, that stuff is more directly beneficial to society, but still, this board is primarily for artist types who do CG. Most of the posts cater to that
I'm not sure if you know this, but trolls typically butt in where they're not wanted in an attempt to get people riled up.
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>I have the life experience of a wet rag
>everyone not doing 3D weebshit or gaming garbage is a troll
>artists are worthless. They produce nothing of real tangible value.
NGMI
Faces remind me of Virtua Fighter.
That means YOU, asshole
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Why is it that so often 3D renders aren't commercial worthy? They need some kind of filter or something to make them look better.
Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side.
You didn't get the joke, did you?
There's a joke in there?
Do you mean here >>678018, or here >>678020?
Because it's supposed to be part of a pipeline you dip. Renderers are not end all be alls.
>>rendered in Cycles, no post-processing, 10 bazillion samples
You're retarded for thinking that.
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Take your shitposting elsewhere.
This thread is and has been about old CG for almost two years
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based SGI poster
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http://www.realtimerendering.com/blog/an-introduction-to-ray-tracing-is-now-free-for-download/
That book still sits on my shelf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrttTR8e8-4
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Leave the man alone
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Found something very special
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3j9eEwqcww
Really neat but also a picture book perfect example of how most 3D animators in the 80s and 90s seems to have been trippin' HARD.
But I shouldn't have looked into the comments. Seems like some leddit part found that video
>haha I maed funy comend
>most 3D animators in the 80s and 90s seems to have been trippin'
Bit of an exaggeration.
I never delivered something like this and time for own projects was practically non existent, at least if you wanted to eat regularly.
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Stuff like that was often done by either bored teens messing around with cracked copies of whatever 3D software they got hold of - or considerably worse - pretentious art students
>often
emphasis on often, not always.
also, your post is in part bullshit because even if they pulled the software from somewhere, most computers even up to 1996 would barely or not be able to run 3D modeling software, especially not rendering clips like that without taking literal months to render.
>run win95 in a vm
>give it 5ghz
>done in 10 seconds
"Grass looks much greener, but it's just green painted cement"
I want to fuck that robot
this is a real weird lyric to drop here especially considering I am listening to it right now
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>literal months to render
3dmemes@1994
The hand looks like it had a stroke
happy 2nd anniversary, thread. it's been great
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Holy fuck, I remember starting this thread like it was just a week ago.
Time runs way too fucking fast.
this thread needs to go
I'm sure some of them were literally tripping. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pPBSGIvOcs I wonder how long it to to render/simulate that stuff back then.
OK-ish.
This specifically was, as far as I could gather(and identify by style), done in Imagine, a popular mid-range 3D tool on the Amiga that was also later ported to the x86 architecture.
An Amiga with decent accelerator board could crunch through that in a few days at broadcast resolution.
I've actually put a lot of thought into this.
Realism is a style on it's own, and requires the least artistry (and the most craftsmanship), but it's bounded by the technology of the time. We are long past the point where a game designed to look as realistic as possible actually looks bad once the novelty of the graphics wear off. If your game/movie/whatever is designed with a different style, though, one which is bounded by the creativity of the artist rather than the resources, then it will probably look good in perpetuity, since a style is only made worse by being compared to something better, there are thousands of distinctive styles even within a single medium, and not a lot of people have the talent that artistry takes.
Remember: everyone thought E.T. looked good when it came out. It was the gameplay that people had a problem with. Now that we are where we are in computer graphics, the game looks like shit, too.
An Amiga as in an Amiga 500?!?!? I had a buddy who had one of those in the early 90's, we played games on it.
No no no, A3000 / A4000 with 68040 + FPU accelerator and as much RAM as possible.
Some guy is recreating this style pretty well. Found a video of his recent portfolio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYAzTeOcMPc
Okay, still not perfect.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x12w2j
Old The Prodigy music video.
its EA you fags they cut corners in everything.
Literally push game out ASAP even if its broken.
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>LOOKER
That scanning tech!
How can we get this scanning?
Because photogrametry is cancer and hobo scanning and google cardboard of 3D scanning.
Also enjoy this old CGI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I33u7P-XokE
>big wave of 80/90's nostalgia
Wrong! The early 3D is something that looks different something you don't see every day.
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they're not even hiding it
Don't bother watching this, just skip to the robot sex part.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRuJfZJKgUo
this one is less trippy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWKz7TTBPbQ
I just love how rough and unpolished literally everything about those is.
cry more fgt
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I actually meant it and wasn't being sarcastic, you retard.
always gave me goosebumps when i was a kid, wondering how i could get to this area in the game, thinkin "mama mia mario where r u, that place looka scary"
When I was in college in the mid 80s I saw a lot of weird animation in my computer graphics design class. My final project was a knight walking through the corridors of a spooky castle, he approached a sword stuck in an anvil and when he grabbed it to put it out he transformed into a skeleton and did a funky dance before transforming back into a knight and then walking away like that shit was just too damn freaky for him to deal with.
Wish I still had it now. I wonder if anyone ever found the old 3/4" video tape it was recorded on and kept it.
Feels strange to make the bump limit post after 832 days. Was probably the longest lasting thread I've ever had and those years went by way too fucking fast.
Thanks to everyone who contributed
Man... Computer Dreams from 1988.
When I was still in college in 2014, I started smoking weed with a couple of buddies who were all nerdy/autistic and into CG or Programming. We watched the whole thing stoned out of our minds. Repeated this like a tradition every few months because it blew us away. Then Vaporwave started becoming a thing and the rest is history...
Here's a glorious early 90s CGI compilation scored by the guy who did all the music for the first three seasons of Miami Vice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5zMtCvWhG0
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indeed, I have been digging this stuff for a while now, have been trying to find disc images of ether dvd's or laserdisc/tape rips of these old cgi compilations, demo reels, and documentaries. (including a few that I actually own on laserdisc and vhs) it's kinda sad to see this thread go I guess.
[spoiler]thread 2 when?[/spoiler]
byebye thread..
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Alltowers May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
Rest in peace Mr Masrani (JW)
Joe Planeta May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
I'm very happy to hear this I did not like him
saumya sharma May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
I have written an effective blog on Irfan Khan -A legend kalakaar to give tribute to him…………pl lend some valuabe time reading it……….LINK: sharmasaumya.blogspot.com ………. In this i have also written a poem for Irfan SIR………….PL SEE IT WILL MOTIVATE ME…………Thanks to all………….RIP IRFAN KHAN
Innovator Media May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
Irrfan Khan best dialogues
https://youtu.be/QYb987MTsFM
Bibek NANDI May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iZqq7qXPRb0
FunMasti & Fitness May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
इरफान खान की Biography
http://sportteacherlife92.blogspot.com/2020/05/blog-post_5.html
1,000,000 subscribers with 2 videos May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
The only bolywood actor i know..
TRAILER HD May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
https://youtu.be/2UHEKoSDX0w
Dylan Wong May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
RIP Irrfan Khan. Another great actor gone too soon. He will always be remembered in movies like Slumdog Millionaire, Life of Pi, and Jurassic World.
Isaac Baracker May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
2020 can’t get any worse right? Right??
Nikhil Ananth May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
Everyone please dont forget the hindi movies he was famous for. Not only the american films that stereotype Indian culture.
Somya Prakash May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
Just posted a video on my channel as a tribute to Irrfan Khan. If you too are a fan and admirer of him and his work, check it out🙏🏽❤️
desertoutpost13 May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
I really liked his acting he was good
Miguel Fraino May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
Each person who was killed by the Wuhan virus was just as important as this person who was not killed by the virus.
Creative Catalyst May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
Good riddance!
Satyam Shivam May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
Jaane Wale Chale Jaate Hain Jaane Wali Ki Yaad Aati Hai.
Praveen Sharma May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
Tribute to Irrfan Khan and Rishi Kapoor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ-oWR4XUFQ
chandimamk May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
A tribute by a Sri Lankan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxxLJoDlnbc
To Be Honest May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
I've never heard of this guy before…but sad1
Min Zhu May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
I love his movies
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John Rivas May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
Great actor, good man. May he rip! 53 is still young, and to die from cancer. I need to quit smoking, it's so hard. And the sad part is my wife has cancer, I'd give my life for her. But I'm smoking it away. 😥😥
tibetan incense May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️miss you very much
Parviz Dzhalolov May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
Irfan Khan & Rishi Kapoor 🕊
Shivananda bairava May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
I can't accept his death till…
Joe Gotti May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
What a tragedy at least he shared his talent of acting with the world and left us movies to remember him by he was truly one of the best actors in the world
Knight for Right May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
I'm surprised that they didn't say he died of COV-19….
Howard Roark May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
No one cares about some actor …
Mrigraj Yadav May 8, 2020 at 12:11 pm Reply
His death made me cry.
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Costco Bows Down to Sharia Law – They’ve Officially Gone TOO FAR!
June 15, 2020 dan
A man reported a controversial trip to Costco.
When he arrived at refrigerated section of the store to choose some cuts of meat for the family, he spotted chicken breasts that were already boneless and vacuum sealed.
Americannews:
He was about to purchase the chicken, when he saw a sign that read “Certified Halal.” Instantly, the man was offended. Halal is the term that means that the meat is lawful to eat for a devout Muslim, but it differs vastly from terms like “Kosher” and here’s why.
For lawful meat in Islam, the animal must be killed while the butcher faces Mecca, and either the butcher cries “Allah Akbar” or a tape plays the words over the loud speaker. The process is one of idol worship.
According to the man, serving the meat in the store is an attempt to force American communities to submit to Sharia law.
“I believe in the freedom of religion. What I am starting to observe, however, is that one religion (currently the minority) is being given a wide berth and allowed special status,” the man wrote. “Those that know their Bible are not surprised by this; we are talking about the religion of the anti-Christ after all. But it still amazes me that it can happen so suddenly and without anyone really taking notice.”
Costco has been contacted for comment regarding the incident but has failed to respond. In the mean time you can’t help but wonder if this story is true or a fabrication. With the Muslim sympathy going on in the world I can’t help but believe there is some level of truth. We will update once more info is found out.
Every day across the country, millions of Americans shop for groceries to feed their families. There are hundreds of stores to choose from, but one of the most popular of stores is Costco since they offer families products in bulk at a lower cost. These low-cost savings help hardworking Americans save thousands of dollars which is incredibly helpful since the cost of living has increased over the last several years. However it was recently discovered that Costco and other stores like it are supporting a devious scheme and are making every American pay for it with their purchases.
With the cost of living skyrocketing, Americans are looking for ways to make ends meet and feed their families without breaking the bank. One of those ways that families do that is by shopping at grocery stores that offer products in bulk which can significantly save people thousands of dollars. Sadly, the liberal agenda has found a way to ruin that too by infiltrating the grocery store market with their push for Islamic domination.
The threat of radical Islam is real even though liberals and the mainstream media would have the public think otherwise. Over the last eight years, Islamic extremists have made their way to our shores and our using our very laws to transform America fundamentally. These radicals have been abusing our freedom of religion to push their dangerous ideology into our public schools, communities, and now our groceries stores.
With the help from insidious leftist politicians, Muslim extremists are working hard to make sure that food offered in stores are Sharia compliant.
And, what makes it worse, is that we are all paying for it.
The president of Halal Choices, Kirralie Smith recently made a video detailing how Islamic groups have convinced food companies to make their products halal compliant and then pass the cost off onto the consumer.
While that information is chilling in itself, what is even more frightening is that there a multitude of other companies in bed with this insidious plot.
Here is more from Bare Naked Islam:
In October 2010, news broke about how the Campbell’s Soup company received an Islamic (halal) certification for some of its product line, and many were outraged. There was a legitimate concern – not with the fact that Campbell’s received the certification, but with what organization the certification came from, that being the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), a group co-founded by Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) leader Sami al-Arian.
In 2007 and 2008, ISNA was named by the U.S. Justice Department as a co-conspirator for two federal trials dealing with the financing of millions of dollars to Hamas. The defendants of the trials were the leaders of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) and HLF itself. In the end, each was found guilty of all charges.
There was good reason for ISNA being named. For years, since HLF was established in 1987 as the Occupied Land Fund (OLF), the group advertised its mailing address as the same one being used (to this day) by ISNA. ISNA’s main youth group, the Muslim Students Association (MSA), asked for donations to be sent to the address in OLF’s name.
This information, along with the backlash Campbell’s received, might have contributed to Campbell’s ending its association with ISNA and becoming the client of another halal group, the Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America (IFANCA).
However, Campbell’s may have acted too soon, as ISNA has now announced that it and IFANCA have forged an agreement to work together. As was posted this month on ISNA’s site, “ISNA has built an alliance with the Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America (IFANCA), the largest Halal certifying body in the U.S., for support in establishing the national Halal standards and accreditation body.”
The push to make food products halal friendly in America has quickly spread to almost every major food company in our country including KFC, Whole Foods, Publix, and as previously mentioned Costco. For a complete list of companies that are complying with Islamic demands please visit, Bare Naked Islam’s page.
While some may muse that this is just another way to make money off the Muslim community it could be one way for Muslim extremists to force Americans to give in to their demands and take over our country once and for all.
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Talks With NSCN-IM On Naga Issue In Advance Stage: Ajay Kumar Bhalla
'The central government is in peace negotiations with almost all groups of the Northeast including the ULFA and the major ones', says Bhalla.
PTI 06 November 2020
Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla
@BhallaAjay26/Twitter
PTI 2020-11-06T17:57:42+05:30 Talks With NSCN-IM On Naga Issue In Advance Stage: Ajay Kumar Bhalla
Talks with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland - Isak Muivah (NSCN-IM) for final settlement of the decades-long Naga issue are in an advance stage and the government is providing all assistance to the northeastern states to deal with rebel groups, Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Friday said.
Participating in the diamond jubilee webinar organised by the National Defence College here, he said the central government is in peace negotiations with almost all groups of the Northeast including the ULFA and the major ones who could have been potentially used by China are holding talks.
"There could be potential but not that much. These people (insurgents) have lost that kind of massive support. The leadership of ULFA is back in Assam and talking to the government. The NSCN people, after the ceasefire, are sitting in Delhi and talking to us for the final settlement. We don't see that kind of major disruptions coming," he said in reply to a question on whether the government foresees China's involvement in the eastern sector after the Ladakh standoff.
Troops of the Indian Army and China's PLA are locked in the border standoff in eastern Ladakh since May. Twenty Indian Army soldiers were killed on June 15 in a clash with the PLA at Galwan valley.
The Home Secretary said the situation in the northeastern region is "well under control" and the central government is providing assistance to the state governments in dealing with the insurgent groups.
"The government is providing assistance to the states to deal with the insurgent groups and also carrying out negotiations with the insurgent groups. There has been a settlement with the Bodos after a long struggle, talks are in an advanced stage with the NSCN to resolve the Naga issue," he said.
Bhalla said in Tripura, the violence is nil now.
The AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act) is in force partially in Nagaland, Manipur, and Assam and due to the improved security situation, it has been removed from Meghalaya and in Arunachal Pradesh, only a few districts are under this act, he said.
"It is a very positive development for the northeastern part of the country. Various groups are talking to the government. The government is pursuing the policy of talks with various groups.
"There has been substantial improvement in the security situation in the Northeast in the last six years. In 2019, the region saw the lowest insurgency-related violence and casualties in terms of civilians and security forces personnel," he said.
Replying to another question, the Home Secretary said the Ministry of Home Affairs has implemented 'one border, one force' policy and accordingly deployed BSF personnel in the borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh, the ITBP men along the China border, the SSB along the Nepal and Bhutan borders and the Assam Rifles along Myanmar border.
"That's how we have divided our border guarding forces. To that extent, we have implemented... Of course, there are various issues along the Pakistan border like terror activities... But there is coordination with the Army," he said.
Bhalla termed cybersecurity and smuggling of narcotics as areas of concern for which there is a need to remain "alert now".
He also said the recently held elections to the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, in which 65 percent population took part, was a major step towards initiating the development process.
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KANSAS CITY COUNCIL RECORD
Upon Roll Call the following members were present:
Present: 4 - SCOTT TAYLOR, LEE BARNES JR., HEATHER HALL, KATHERYN SHIELDS
Excused: 1 - QUINTON LUCAS
COMMUNICATION - Notice received to the City Clerk regarding a Petition to establish the Valley View Community Improvement District.
RECEIVED AND FILED
Ayes: 4 - Taylor, Barnes Jr., Hall, Shields
Nays: 0
COMMUNICATION - Notice of Intent to Acquire and Lease Property Pursuant to Redevelopment Contract Proposal submitted by Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Kansas City for the development of a public parking lot within the Linwood & Cleveland Urban Renewal Area.
(Sub.) Rezoning a 40 acre tract of land generally located at the southwest corner of N.E. 96th Street and N. Brighton Avenue, from District R-80 to District R-7.5, and approving a preliminary plat to allow for 43 single family lots and 6 tracts. (11593-P-11 and SD 0924H)
PLANNING, ZONING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE recommends "ADVANCE AND DO PASS AS A COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE, DEBATE"
Olofu Agbaji, City Planning and Development, gave the stff report on the Ordinance. The preliminary plat proposes 43 single family lots with 32 lots within phase 1 with access to NE 96th Street. Phase 2 is proposed with 5 lots and phase 3 with 6 lots with access from NE 92nd Street. This plat provides required 30 foot private open space buffer along NE 96th Street for lots back up to a major arterial. Average lot sizes are about 9,000 square feet per lot, with an average lot width of 75 feet. Building setbacks are provided in the amounts of 30 feet front yard setbacks and 15 feet side yard setback along public right of way. The lot sizes, width and setbacks proposed for this residential development meets the requirements of the Zoning and Development Code and the approved preliminary plan.
PLANNING, ZONING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE recommends "ADVANCE AND DO PASS, DEBATE"
Olofu Agbaji, gave the staff report on the Ordinance. As a condition of approval of the MPD rezoning, the applicant was required to plat the property in accordance with Chapter 88 as the establishment of this MPD zoning created a zoning boundary that is not a property line, thereby making it difficult to establish the necessary setbacks. The plat is also a request to execute the late Mrs. Rice’s Will by subdividing the estate amongst the four siblings. As a result the plat proposed creating four (4) lots. Lot 1 is proposed to be 0.79 acres with 84 feet of frontage on E. 58th Street. There is an existing single family residence on this lot. Lot 2 is proposed to be 0.83 acres with 84 feet of frontage on E. 58th Street. Lot 2 is zoned MPD and has an existing single family home and an auto sales and service operation in the existing garage. Lot 3 is proposed to be 1.54 acres and will have access off Crystal Avenue. Lot 4 is proposed at 1.62 acres and is shown as land locked. Staff recommends a flag lot to allow for potential service when the roadway is improved.
Approving a major amendment to a development plan on approximately 11.2 acres generally located at 8501 N. Boardwalk Avenue to allow building and parking additions to the existing vehicle sales and service establishment in District B3-3 (Community Business (dash 3)). (10410-P-41)
Patty Noll, City Planning and Development, gave the staff report on the Ordinance. The applicant proposes five additions totaling 23,795 sq. ft. to most facets of the business. New construction will occur in two phases, resulting in a total building area of 65,849 sq. ft. Additions will primarily occur on the first level, on the northwest, southeast, and front of the existing structure. Vehicle display area will be reconfigured accordingly. Material of the new addition is to be precast concrete. No new signage is proposed. As the proposed additions will increase the building coverage by more than 10% and the total floor area by more than 5,000 square feet, approval of the amended development plan is necessary per 88-516-06-A.
1. Staff from the City Auditor's Office will present a Scope Statement: Arterial Street Impact Fees.
Doug Jones, City Auditor, addressed the Committee. Arterial Street Impact Fees are payment required of new development to help pay for the additional arterial street capacity needed to accommodate development. Chapter 39 imposes an impact fee on development so each project could pay its fair share of improvements on arterial streets. Fees are used for eligible improvements such as construction of new arterial streets, adding lanes to existing arterial streets, signalization, intersection and other improvements to increase arterial system capacity. Other eligible expenditures include an eight percent administrative fee and a consultant fee to update program. Reasons for the auditing of arterial street impact fees include unchanged fees for 15 years, City Plan Commission warns that the fee ordinance is not keeping pace with development, and public testimony concerning the use of fees. The audit objective is "Would the city benefit from increasing the arterial street impact fees in accordance with Chapter 39 of the Code of Ordinances?" Methods utilized to conduct the audit will include, but not be limited to, a review Chapter 39 of the City Code, interviewing individuals with knowledge of arterial street impact fees, and analyzing the impact of program fees and credits on funds available for street improvements.
2. Consideration of Semi-Annual Docket Items.
(Sub.) Approving and designating Redevelopment Project 1 of the 45th Street Tax Increment Financing Plan as a Redevelopment Project and adopting tax increment financing therefor.
PLANNING, ZONING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE recommends "RELEASE"
Approving and designating Redevelopment Project 1B of the 1200 Main/South Loop Tax Increment Financing Plan as a Redevelopment Project and adopting tax increment financing therefor.
Approving and designating Redevelopment Project 1E of the 1200 Main/South Loop Tax Increment Financing Plan as a Redevelopment Project and adopting tax increment financing therefor.
Approving and designating Redevelopment Project 1G of the 1200 Main/South Loop Tax Increment Financing Plan as a Redevelopment Project and adopting tax increment financing therefor.
Approving and designating Redevelopment Project 11 of the Antioch Mall Tax Increment Financing Plan as a Redevelopment Project; and adopting tax increment financing therefore.
Accepting the recommendations of the Tax Increment Financing Commission as to the Towne Center Tax Increment Financing Plan; approving the Towne Center Tax Increment Financing Plan; and designating a Redevelopment Area.
Approving and designating Redevelopment Project A of the Towne Center Tax Increment Financing Plan as a Redevelopment Project; and adopting tax increment financing therefore.
Approving and designating Redevelopment Project B of the Towne Center Tax Increment Financing Plan as a Redevelopment Project; and adopting tax increment financing therefore.
Approving and designating Redevelopment Project C of the Towne Center Tax Increment Financing Plan as a Redevelopment Project; and adopting tax increment financing therefore.
Approving and designating Redevelopment Project D of the Towne Center Tax Increment Financing Plan as a Redevelopment Project; and adopting tax increment financing therefore.
Vacating the east/west street of Rochester Avenue from the east line of N. Montgall Avenue to the west line of N. Chestnut Trafficway; retaining a utility easement; providing for reversion if certain conditions are not met; and directing the City Clerk to record certain documents. (1712-V)
RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to develop and implement a program, to be denominated the Shared Success Fund, for the purpose of furthering economic development in severely distressed census tracts within the City.
Rezoning a 1 acre tract of land generally located at the southwest corner of 17th Street and Madison Avenue from Districts B1-1 and R-2.5 to District UR, and approving a preliminary development plan to allow for the a mixed use development. (14653-UR)
RESOLUTION - Approving an amendment to the Greater Downtown Area Plan for an area of 0.4 acres generally located at 1724 Madison Avenue by changing the recommended land use designation from residential low (urban) to residential high. (675-S-7)
Approving the 17th and Madison PIEA General Development Plan on approximately 1 acre generally located at the southwest corner of 17th Street and Madison Avenue, and declaring said area to be blighted and insanitary and in need of redevelopment and rehabilitation pursuant to the Planned Industrial Expansion Law. (718-S)
3. There may be general discussion regarding current Planning, Zoning and Economic Development issues.
4. Pursuant to the following subsections of Section 610.021 of the Revised Statutes (1) legal matters, litigation, or privileged communications with attorneys of Missouri, there may be a closed session to discuss: , pursuant to subsection 1; (2) real estate, pursuant to subsection 2; (3) personnel, pursuant to subsection 3 and 13; and/or (4) sealed bids or proposals, pursuant to subsection 12.
The City Clerk's Office now has equipment for the hearing impaired for use with every meeting. To check out the equipment please see the secretary for each committee. Be prepared to leave your Driver`s License or State issued Identification Card with the secretary and she will give you the equipment. Upon returning the equipment your license will be returned.
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CHATTER: Does Super Smash Bros. Gay?
September 9, 2018 Eggware.XYZ Chatter, Gaming Leave a comment
Time and time again, we are confronted with the crushing question: Which members of the Super Smash Bros. Melee cast are gay? It is an all-encompassing thought. At virtually all times we are pondering this question. Could it be Captain Falcon? Yoshi, perhaps… or even Fox? It could be anybody. Anybody at all…
Which is why we’ve compiled this master list of all Super Smash Bros. Melee characters, sorted by how gay we believe they are. This is our comprehensive and completely accurate list, so if you disagree, tough.
The Unranked
Our first category are those who, for moral reasons, we cannot rank. A surprising number of the Melee cast – seven characters in total – are children. We would rather these characters have the opportunity to figure their sexualities out themselves, so we will respectfully leave the following characters unrated:
Marth
Young Link
Pichu, being a baby Pokemon, is possibly the youngest member of the cast as a literal infant. Kirby’s age is less determinable, but we observe that his attitude and demeanor does not appear to be mature enough to handle adult sexuality. Ness is only 13 years old, and Young Link only 10. Marth and Roy are on the older scale – both are around 16 – but we still feel that this is too young to be nosing into their personal business.
The only outliers here are the Ice Climbers. The exact relationship and age between the Ice Climbers is totally unknown; it is possible that they are brother and sister, husband and wife, or just good friends. As with Kirby, since we cannot guess the age of the Ice Climbers, they will not be ranked.
The Unsexual
Now, we begin with characters that we think are totally asexual. For either biological or personal reasons, these characters have never had sex and never will.
Mr. Game & Watch
It is made clear that Mr. Game & Watch is no ordinary human. From an older, two-dimensional time, he possesses only the most rudimentary of features that would even define him as a person – let alone a “mister”. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Mr. Game & Watch plays a pivotal role as the unwilling source of “Shadow Bugs”, a dark substance that is used to create evil clones of other playable characters. It can be assumed with this knowledge that Mr. Game & Watch reproduces asexually and would have no interest in sex.
Mewtwo is a unique Pokemon for several reasons. It is a clone of the Legendary Pokemon Mew, which is considered to be the genetic progenitor for almost all other Pokemon. Due to its incredible origins, Mewtwo is one of the few Pokemon to demonstrate a human-level intelligence and ability to communicate. We can consider Mewtwo to be able to think and feel on an adult human’s level, but we don’t think it would be interested in sex. Mewtwo is a notoriously cruel Pokemon who only craves the accumulation of power; it would have no time for sexual relations on any level.
Ganondorf
Like Mewtwo, Ganondorf would not care about sexuality; his desire for ultimate power would overshadow all other urges. Ganondorf is a Gerudo, an otherwise all-female tribe that only produces a male once in a hundred years. Growing up surrounded by women, we think Ganondorf would have never “learned” how to relate to someone sexually.
The Straights
Next, we move onto those who we believe are not homosexual.
Mario is a video game heterosexual classique. Virtually all of his games are focused around the rescue of his de facto girlfriend, Princess Peach. This is possibly the most heterosexual endeavor of them all: Mindlessly, repetitively, and fruitlessly endeavoring after a woman who does not really show any serious interest in you. We do not want to imply that Mario is “one of the bad ones” for being a heterosexual; he is without a doubt a kind and caring ally with nothing but compassion for LGBT people. Yet he is who he is, and he will not change that.
Princess Peach is a classic perfect princess, meaning that she is unfortunately boring. Her relationship with Mario is never fully discussed, but she is always quick to reward him with a chaste kiss on the cheek when she is rescued. If Mario and Peach are indeed a couple, they are a remarkably sexless one… which just might be the way they like it.
Donkey Kong radiates massive amounts of sexual energy. He is a beast. His girlfriend, Candy Kong, is an archetype of femininity designed to appeal to the straightest of men. Donkey Kong is nothing short of a Chad.
This short category is for those who we feel are neither heterosexual, nor exactly homosexual.
Bowser’s modus operandi is archtypical: kidnap the princess and force her to marry him. This reeks of performative heterosexuality. Bowser virtually never succeeds in kidnapping Princess Peach, let alone the act of marrying her. The one time he does, the fabric of the universe shatters from the sheer “wrongness” of Bowser succeeding in his act. While the attraction to Princess Peach is undeniable, Bowser is clearly forcing himself into the “correct” heterosexual action to disguise a deeper-seated attraction to men as well.
Zelda/Sheik
Zelda, being two characters in one, is a unique opportunity. It’s well established at this point that Sheik is not a character separate from Zelda, but is a persona that Zelda puts on at her leisure. Sheik, as Zelda’s “character”, is a man, but Zelda herself identifies as a woman. To put the matter bluntly, Zelda is a bigender drag king. It is our belief that as Princess Zelda, she only demonstrates attraction to men, but as Sheik, Zelda explores her latent desires in a more comfortable male persona.
Finally we arrive at the centerpiece of our argument: Who in Melee is gay?
Fox and Falco
Fox and Falco are, unquestionably, boyfriends. We imagine sleepless nights filled with their horrible Melee voice clips, keeping Slippy and Peppy up. We also imagine sleepless days of them eating Super Mushrooms and rampaging cities with their big furry feet, but that’s considerably more disturbing.
What rhymes with Link? That’s right – twink. This one’s obvious.
Captain Falcon
Captain Falcon, aside from being a world-class F-Zero racer, works as a galactic bounty hunter. He would be spending much of his time on the galactic “road” – giving him ample time to visit galactic truck stops for quick pickups.
Samus is a 6 foot, 3 inch, 198 pound truck of a woman. She is a lesbian powerhouse and nobody can deny this. The top energy Samus radiates can penetrate steel and crumble concrete. There is no question that she is a gay woman’s dreamboat.
As far as we know, there are very little (possibly no) female Yoshis. Yoshi is frequently paired off with Birdo, who is the only canon transgender character in the Mario series. Now, the last thing we want to imply is that Yoshi is gay because he is interested in Birdo – nothing could be further from the truth. In actuality, Yoshi is a transgender man. His ability to lay eggs demonstrates the possession of some kind of uterus, but Yoshi has consistently been a “he” since his first introduction. Yoshi and Birdo are the perfect transgender MLM/WLW solidarity friendship.
Jigglypuff & Pikachu
The case of Jigglypuff and Pikachu is one that we would like to take a little time to address before we move on. Like Mewtwo, these are both Pokemon; unlike Mewtwo, they are non-legendary.
The case of regular Pokemon intelligence is a difficult one to understand. In the anime, at least, most Pokemon demonstrate a human level of intelligence and simply cannot speak human languages. In the games, many Pokemon are completely unintelligent on the level of simple animals.
We’re going to assume that Jigglypuff and Pikachu are both intelligent enough to understand the concept of consent. And if we are to assume that they have human intelligence, this implies that they have made the smart choice and are gay.
I mean, just look at them.
Finally, we come to the cream of the crop. The biggest gay in Melee. Luigi’s got a lot going on: he’s a got an older brother, which is known to significantly increase the chances of becoming gay later in life. He’s consistently been portrayed as effeminate, with interests like clothing and the arts being mentioned in virtually every game he’s in. Add in a certain famous CD-i mishap that’s cemented his status as “gay Luigi” for over a decade now, and Luigi is without a doubt the most flamboyantly open homosexual in the entire SSBM cast.
And there you have it, that’s all the characters! Have anything to say? Leave a comment below and we’ll tell you personally why you’re wrong!
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Bird Flu: 'Tested in Britain'
Rumpl4skn
Location: 36� 3'N x 86�40'W
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:43 pm Post subject: Bird Flu: 'Tested in Britain'
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-birdflu-britain.html?hp&ex=1170565200&en=3884f7d4dc28654d&ei=5094&partner=homepage
The first link to this article I saw was on HuffingtonPost - their title was in reference to an outbreak of "Lethal Bird Flu". Obviously their readership is primarily turkeys (talk about your self-writing jokes).
Britain Suffers Outbreak of Bird Flu
Filed at 1:01 p.m. ET
HOLTON (Reuters) - Britain scrambled to contain its first outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu in domestic poultry on Saturday after the virus was found at a farm run by Europe's biggest turkey producer.
Some 2,500 turkeys have died since Thursday at the Bernard Matthews farm near Lowestoft in eastern England. The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said all 159,000 birds there would be culled over the next few days.
``We're in new territory,'' National Farmers' Union Poultry Board chairman Charles Bourns told Reuters. ``We've every confidence in Defra (I'll bet they do - R4) but, until we know how this disease arrived, this is a very apprehensive time for all poultry farmers.''
Defra said the virus was the same pathogenic Asian strain found last month in Hungary where an outbreak among geese on a farm prompted the slaughter of thousands of birds.
That outbreak followed a relative lull in cases of H5N1 among European poultry since hundreds of turkeys died at a farm in east France about a year ago.
The strain tends to be transmitted to poultry by infected migrating wildfowl.
It has killed at least 164 people worldwide since 2003, most of them in Asia, and more than 200 million birds have died from it, or been killed to prevent its spread.
But it has not yet fulfilled scientists' worst fears (read: wildest dreams - R4) by mutating into a form that could be easily transmitted between humans and possibly cause a global pandemic.
UNUSUAL OUTBREAK
Avian flu expert Colin Butter of the Institute of Animal Health said the British outbreak was surprising as it had happened outside the main bird migration period. (It's already out of control! The bird flu is thinking outside the box!!! - R4)
``The next thing we need to know is if this is a primary or secondary case. If this is a secondary case, it is much more serious. If this is the first case, or 'reference case', and we can stamp it out, the outbreak will be controlled,'' he said.
A protection zone was established with a radius of 3 km (2 miles) and a surveillance zone of 10 km around the infected farm. Bird gatherings such as bird shows and pigeon racing were suspended nationwide. (LOL - R4)
Across the North Sea, Norway, which has had no cases of the deadly bird flu strain, responded to the news by ordering farmers to keep poultry indoors in the area south of Nordland county and banned bird gatherings, such as bird shows and competitions.
Britain's poultry industry is worth 3.4 billion pounds ($6.7 billion), with 800 million birds produced each year.
The Health Protection Agency said the current level of risk to humans from H5N1 was extremely low. (Shhhhh!!! - R4)
In May, 50,000 chickens at three farms in Norfolk, also in eastern England and home to some of Europe's biggest poultry farms, were culled after another strain, H7N3, was detected.
A wild swan found dead in Scotland in March had the H5N1 version of the virus. It was thought to have caught the disease elsewhere, died at sea and been washed ashore in Scotland. (Ah-HAH! The lone swan theory. That bird was most likely murdered by PNAC.... - R4)
"No matter what happens, ever... there's ALWAYS at least one reason. And the top reason is ALWAYS money."
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obeylittle
Location: Middle o' Mitten, Michigan Corp. division of United States of America Corp. division of Global Corp.
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 1:15 am Post subject:
Round and round she goes, where she stops, nobody knows...
It appears that the Bernard Matthews Farm has been singled out to demonstrate the inhumane treatment of commercially farmed poultry with the medias giddily providing the print space:
Bernard Matthews staff played 'baseball' with live turkey
EXCLUSIVE: THE BIRD BATTERER
These folks even went so far as illegal entry at Bernard Matthews farm filming a video and bringing back a heart-tugging story:
Stuffed! The Terrible Truth About Turkeys
On the page linked above it is revealed that Kerry Foods owns the Bernard Matthews farm and is part of The Kerry Group plc. On the Kerry group fact sheet are the top three competitors of The Kerry Group;
Northern Foods plc, Unilever and Uniq.
The top three competitors for Northern Foods plc are; Nestle' S.A. or which Nestle' top there competitors are ConAgra, Danone and Kraft Foods. The top three competitors of Unilever are; Proctor & Gamble, Nestle' and Kraft Foods. The top three competitors of Uniq are; Bakkavor, Greencore and Northern foods.
The Bernard Matthews Farm and The Kerry Group are up against some tough luck with this Bird Flu thang, huh... What with them getting that bad streak of heart-yanking publicity and now they got no birds to beat and eat... multinational competitors gettin' on with it like they had nothing to do with all that bad karma... an' Bird Flu is lofted up on high again for all to fear.
Think they (we) gettin' the (psyop) messages (fascism) yet?
To ask if there's some mistake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 4:19 pm Post subject:
They should just stop those turkeys from travelling period.
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Location: Deep Down
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:06 pm Post subject:
A BRIEF HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
A long time ago there was a powerful city-state called Athens.
Historians call Athens the "birthplace of reason" due to their laws, their democratic tendencies and the enlightened thinking of residents like Plato:
Of course, all that thinking didn't stop Athens from getting into a war with their militant neighbor, Sparta.
This is called the Peloponnesian War. To protect themselves from the invading Spartans, the Athenians built a big wall.
Safe inside, the Athenians decided to wait out the seige. Unfortunately for them, the Spartans camped upstream.
Before long, the Athenian people began to fall ill. The sickness rapidly spread throughout the city. The Athenian leader Pericles perished. Panic ensued.
'The bodies of dying men lay one upon another, and half-dead creatures reeled about in the streets. The catastrophe became so overwhelming that men cared nothing for any rule of religion or law.'
-Thucydides
And so the Spartans defeated Athens, and the Greek enlightenment died with the city. This episode is known as:
Ah, the plague... It seems nothing causes fear and suffering like a good, old fashioned plague.
The Romans understood this. They were known for catapulting disease-filled containers (and carcasses) over city walls...
...a warfare technique which continued through Napoleon's time.
Of course, plagues weren't just weapons of war. They were also weapons of social control. Just ask that paragon of control, the Catholic church.
The church happily used the panic caused by the "Black Death" to blame and destroy its enemies - the Jews.
Later, when the Europeans finally 'discovered' the 'new world', they brought all this knowledge and experience with them. Rest assured. They used it again...
...and again.
Of course, the Europeans were equal opportunity germ warriors. When the colonists in America openly rebelled, the English deliberately spread smallpox infected slaves amongst them. Calling smallpox his "most dangerous foe", George Washington took the drastic measure of mass inoculating his troops at Valley Forge.
During the American 'Civil' War, Confederate sympathizer (and later Kentucky governor) Dr. Luke Blackburn sent five chests full of what he hoped to be yellow fever infected clothing to Union cities in an attempt to panic the northern civilians.
Of course, it didn't actually work. What Dr. Blackburn didn't know was that yellow fever was only spread by bites from infected mosquitoes.
In fact, nobody knew that for sure until 1901, when Dr. Walter Reed deliberately infected his lovely nurse, Ms. Clara Maass, with a yellow fever mosquito...
...an act which the U.S. Army celebrated by naming their massive bio-medical research facilities after him.
Before long, the world plunged into 'the Great War'. New technology - machine guns - quickly produced a stalemate.
So, all sides rapidly explored much scarier weapons - chemicals!
But the stalemate continued.
Then, seemingly out of nowhere, came the largest world-wide pandemic of all time - the Spanish Flu.
For a year and a half, the Spanish Flu raged around the world, killing millions. Unlike all other influenzas before and since, the Spanish Flu killed young and old alike, including fully healthy adults. No flu strain had ever behaved like this before.
Where do you think it came from? Spain?
Alas, no. It came from here:
Oops. At least the government quickly owned up to its mistake, right?
No again.
The good news is that, in 1925, all the major world powers signed a protocol in Geneva prohibiting the use of bacteriological and biological methods of warfare. The protocol essentially declared that the civilised world no longer believes in spreading fear and terror.
At last, a return to the days of Athenian reason...
So, we should have nothing to worry about, right?
Another great pictograph, back. Bravo.
I'd like to post this up on some other forums, but in a little while. I think they're still doing the in-depth, journalistic research on the Scoop Du Jour, "When Astronauts Attack."
Thanks, Rump4!
Sorry, Fintan. Didn't mean to hijack the thread.
Location: minime-rica
click to enlarge if you've really got nothing better to do :roll:
Sorry, my bad......
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Rate of Stamp Duty
State wise stamp duty rules for eForm 1, Memorandum of Association (MoA), Articles of Associations (AoA), eForm SH-7 and eForm FC-1)
Stamp duty rules for Form INC-2/INC-7/INC-29, MoA, AoA, and SH-7
Name of state/ union territory Amount in Rupees
INC-2/INC-7/INC-29 MoA AoA SH-7
Delhi (companies having share capital other than section 8) 10 200 0.15% of authorised capital subject to a maximum stamp duty of Rs. 25 lakhs of stamp duty
Stamp duty shall be: 0.15% of amount of increase in authorised capital subject to maximum of Rs. 25 lakhs.
Delhi (companies not having share capital other than section 8) 10 200 200 NIL
Delhi (Section 8 companies) 10 NIL NIL NIL
Haryana (companies having share capital other than section 8) 15 60
60 if authorised capital is less than or equal to Rs. 1 lakh
120 if authorised capital is greater than Rs. 1 lakh
Haryana (companies not having share capital other than section 8) 15 60 60 NIL
Haryana (Section 8 companies) 15 NIL NIL NIL
Maharashtra (companies having share capital other than section 8) 100 200 1000 on every Rs. 5 lakhs of authorised capital or part thereof subject to a maximum of 50 lakhs of stamp duty.
Stamp duty shall be Rs. 1000 on every Rs.5 Lakhs of amount of increase in authorised capital or part thereof subject to a maximum of 50 Lakhs of stamp duty.
However, in the case of increase of authorised Capital beyond Rs. 2,50,00,00,000/-, No stamp duty shall be payable
For eg- For SH-7 if auth. Capital is increased from Rs. 240 crores to Rs. 300 crores then stamp duty payable shall be calculated on Rs. 10 crores (i.e. Rs. 250 crores Rs. 240 crores) and not on Rs. 60 crores (i.e. Rs. 300 crores- Rs.240 crores) as no stamp duty is payable beyond authorised capital of Rs. 250 crores.
Maharashtra (companies not having share capital other than section 8) 100 NIL NIL NIL
Maharashtra (Section 8 companies) 100 NIL NIL NIL
Orissa (companies having share capital other than section 8) 10 300 300 NIL These rules shall also apply to companies not having share capital other than section 8 and Section 8 companies.
Andhra Pradesh (companies having share capital other than section 8) 20 500 0.15% of the authorised capital subject to a minimum of Rs.1000/- and a maximum of Rs.5 lakhs 0.15% of amount of increase in authorised capital subject to a minimum of Rs. 1000/- and maximum of Rs. 5 Lakhs.
These rules shall also apply to section 8 companies having share capital.
Stamp rule for SH-7 implies that the maximum limit of Rs. 5 Lakhs shall be calculated every time there is any increase in share capital, even if the company has already paid Rs. 5 Lakhs of stamp duty.
Andhra Pradesh (companies not having share capital other than section 8) 20 500 1000 1000 These rules shall also apply to section 8 companies not having share capital
Telangana (companies having share capital other than section 8) 20 500 0.15% of the authorized capital subject to a minimum of Rs.1000/- and a maximum of Rs.5 lakhs 0.15% of amount of increase in authorised capital subject to a minimum of Rs. 1000/- and maximum of Rs. 5 Lakhs.
Telangana (companies not having share capital other than section 8) 20 500 1000 1000 These rules shall also apply to section 8 companies not having share capital
Bihar (companies having share capital other than section 8) 20 500 0.15% of authorised capital or 1000, whichever is more subject to a maximum of 5 lakhs of stamp duty.
Stamp duty shall be higher of (i) or (ii),
(i) Rs. 1000/-
(ii) 0.15% of amount of increased authorised capital subject to maximum of Rs. 5 lakhs of stamp duty Less 0.15% of amount of existing authorised capital subject to maximum of Rs. 5 lakhs of stamp duty
(iii) However, If 0.15% of amount of existing authorised capital is Rs. 5 lakhs or more then no stamp duty shall be payable.
Bihar (companies not having share capital other than section 8) 20 500 1000 NIL
Bihar (Section 8 companies) 20 NIL NIL NIL
Jharkhand (companies having share capital other than section 8) 5 63 105 NIL These rules shall also apply to companies not having share capital other than section 8.
Jharkhand (Section 8 companies) 5 NIL NIL NIL
Jammu and Kashmir (companies having share capital other than section 8) 10 150 150 if authorised capital is less than equal to Rs. 1 lakh and 300 if authorised capital is greater than Rs. 1 lakh NIL
Jammu and Kashmir (companies not having share capital other than section 8) 10 150 150 NIL
Jammu and Kashmir (Section 8 companies) 10 NIL NIL NIL
Tamil Nadu (companies having share capital other than section 8) 20 200 300 NIL These rules shall also apply to companies not having share capital other than section 8.
Tamil Nadu (Sevtion 8 companies) 20 NIL NIL NIL
Puducherry (companies having share capital other than section 8) 10 200 300 NIL These rules shall also apply to companies not having share capital other than section 8.
Puducherry (Section 8 companies) 10 NIL NIL NIL
Assam (companies having share capital other than section 8) 15 200 310 NIL These rules shall also apply to section 8 companies and companies not having share capital other than section 8
Meghalaya (companies having share capital other than section 8) 10 100 300 NIL These rules shall also apply to section 8 companies and companies not having share capital other than section 8
Manipur (companies having share capital other than section 8) 10 100 150 NIL These rules shall also apply to section 8 companies and companies not having share capital other than section 8
Nagaland (companies having share capital other than section 8) 10 100 150 NIL These rules shall also apply to section 8 companies and companies not having share capital other than section 8
Tripura (companies having share capital other than section 8) 10 100 150 NIL These rules shall also apply to section 8 companies and companies not having share capital other than section 8
Arunachal Pradesh (companies having share capital other than section 8) 10 200 500 NIL These rules shall also apply to section 8 companies and companies not having share capital other than section 8
Mizoram (companies having share capital other than section 8) 10 100 150 NIL These rules shall also apply to section 8 companies and companies not having share capital other than section 8
Kerala (companies having share capital other than section 8) 25 1000 For companies having Authorised Capital up to Rs. 10 Lakhs- Rs. 2,000/-
For companies having Authorised Capital above Rs. 10 Lakhs and up to Rs. 25 Lakhs- Rs. 5,000/-
For companies having Authorised Capital above Rs. 25 Lakhs- 0.5% of the Autorized Capital NIL These rules shall also apply to section 8 companies having share capital.
Kerala (companies not having share capital other than section 8) 25 1000 2000 NIL These rules shall also apply to section 8 companies not having share capital.
Lakshadweep (companies having share capital other than section 8) 25 500 1000 NIL These rules shall also apply to section 8 companies and companies not having share capital other than section 8
Madhya Pradesh (companies having share capital) 50 2500 0.15% of authorised capital subject to miniumm of Rupees 5000 and maximum of Rupees 25 lakh of stamp duty. Stamp duty shall be
0.15% of amount of increased authorised capital subject to minimum of Rs. 5000 and maximum of Rs. 25 lakhs of stamp dutyless
0.15% of amount of existing authorised capital subject to minimum of Rrs.5000 and maximum of Rs.25 lakhs of stamp duty (in case the last capital increase occurred on or after 16th Sept 14) OR 0.15% of amount of existing authorised capital subject to minimum of Rs. 1000 and maximum of Rs. 5 lakhs of stamp duty (in case the last capital increase occurred prior to 16th sept 14) as the case may be.
Madhya Pradesh (companies not having share capital) 10 2500 5000 NIL
Chhattisgarh (companies having share capital other than section 8) 10 500 0.15% of authorised capital or 1000, whichever is more subject to a maximum of 5 lakhs of stamp duty
(iii) However, If 0.15% of amount of existing authorised capital is Rs. 5 lakhs or more then no stamp duty shall be payable
Chhattisgarh (companies not having share capital other than section 8) 10 500 1000 NIL
Chhattisgarh (section 8 companies) 10 NIL NIL NIL
Rajasthan (companies having share capital other than section 8) 10 500 0.5% of authorised capital 0.5% of amount of increase in authorised capital subject to maximum stamp duty of Rs. 25 lakhs
These rules shall also apply to section 8 companies having share capital
Stamp rule for SH-7 implies that the maximum limit of Rs. 25 Lakhs shall be Calculated every time there is any increase in share capital, even if the company has already paid Rs. 25 Lakhs of stamp duty.
Rajasthan (companies not having share capital other than section 8) 10 500 500 NIL These rules shall also apply to section 8 companies not having share capital
Punjab (companies having share capital other than section 8) 25 5000 5000 if authorised capital is less than equal to Rs. 1 lakh and 10,000 if authorised capital is greater than Rs. 1 lakh NIL
Punjab (companies not having share capital other than section 8) 25 5000 5000 NIL
Punjab (section 8 companies) 25 NIL NIL NIL
Himachal Pradesh (companies having share capital other than section 8) 3 60 60 if authorised capital is less than equal to Rs. 1 lakh and 120 if authorised capital is greater than Rs. 1 lakh NIL
Himachal Pradesh (companies not having share capital other than section 8) 3 60 60 NIL
Himachal Pradesh (section 8 companies) 3 NIL NIL NIL
Chandigarh (companies having share capital other than section 8) 3 500 1000 NIL
Chandigarh (companies not having share capital other than section 8) 3 500 1000 NIL
Chandigarh (section 8 companies) 3 NIL NIL NIL
Uttar Pradesh (companies having share capital other than section 8) 10 500 500 NIL These rules shall also apply to companies not having share capital (other than section 8) and to section 8 companies having share capital
Uttar Pradesh (section 8 companies) NIL NIL NIL NIL These rules shall be applicable only to section 8 companies not having share capital.
Uttarakhand (companies having share capital other than section 8) 10 500 500 NIL These rules shall also apply to companies not having share capital (other than section 8) and to section 8 companies having share capital
Uttarakhand (section 8 companies) NIL NIL NIL NIL These rules shall be applicable only to section 8 companies not having share capital
West Bengal (companies having share capital other than section 8) 10 60 300 NIL These rules shall also apply to companies not having share capital other than section 8
West Bengal (section 8 companies) 10 NIL NIL NIL
Karnataka (companies having share capital other than section 8) 20 1000 500 on every Rs.10 lakhs of authorised capital or part thereof 500 on every Rs.10 lakhs of amount of increase in authorised capital or part thereof, subject to a minimum of 500.
Karnataka (companies not having share capital other than section 8) 20 1000 500 NIL
Karnataka (section 8 companies) 20 NIL NIL NIL
Gujarat (companies having share capital other than section 8) 20 100 0.5% of authorized capital subject to maximum of 5 lakhs Stamp duty shall be- 0.5% of amount of increased authorised capital subject to maximum of Rs. 5 lakhs of stamp duty
Less 0.5% of amount of existing authorised capital subject to maximum of Rs. 5 lakhs of stamp duty
Gujarat (companies not having share capital other than section 8) 20 100 1000 NIL
Gujarat (section 8 companies) 20 NIL NIL NIL
Dadra and Nagar Haveli (companies having share capital other than section 8) 1 15 25 NIL These rules shall also apply to companies not having share capital other than section 8.
Dadra and Nagar Haveli (section 8 companies) 1 NIL NIL NIL
Goa (companies having share capital other than section 8) 50 150 Rs. 1000/- for every Rs. 5 lakhs or part thereof authorised capital. Rs. 1000/- for every Rs. 5 lakhs of amount of increase in authorised capital or part thereof.
Goa (companies not having share capital other than section 8) 50 150 1000 NIL
Goa (section 8 companies) 50 NIL NIL NIL
Daman and Diu (companies having share capital other than section 8) 20 150 Rs. 1000/- for every Rs. 5 lakhs or part thereof authorized capital. Rs. 1000/- for every Rs. 5 lakhs of amount of increase in authorised capital or part thereof
Daman and Diu (companies not having share capital other than section 8) 20 150 1000 NIL
Daman and Diu (section 8 companies) 20 NIL NIL NIL
Andaman and Nicobar (companies having share capital other than section 8) 20 200 300 NIL
Andaman and Nicobar (companies not having share capital other than section 8) 20 200 300 NIL
Andaman and Nicobar (section 8 companies) 20 NIL NIL NIL
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Sweden to close six embassies, open 10 new ones
By Bengali Movie / January 22, 2010
The Swedish government Thursday said it would close six of its embassies, including five in Europe, this year and open 10 new embassies.
Embassies facing closure were based in European Union members Bulgaria, Ireland, Luxembourg, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
"Within the framework of the close cooperation that exists between the EU member states, there is scope for developing new forms for maintaining bilateral contacts in future," Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said.
Meanwhile, Sweden is to upgrade its missions in Albania, Kosovo, Georgia and Moldova to embassies.
"We want to be where we make the best possible use of the money that a Swedish presence costs. It is positive that we can use our resources to strengthen Sweden’s presence in a number of nearby countries," Bildt added.
The sixth embassy to be closed was in Dakar, Senegal, while section offices were to be upgraded in Senegal’s West African neighbours Burkina Faso, Liberia and Mali as well as Rwanda, Bolivia and Cambodia.
International Development Cooperation Minister Gunilla Carlsson said "a stronger presence on the spot" would benefit development aid cooperation.
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