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Summer 2015 Anime Spotlight
Actually, I am... (Jitsu wa watashi wa)
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Hetalia - The World Twinkle
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How would you rate episode 1 of
Actually, I Am… ?
Nick Creamer
This one was really cute! I wasn't expecting much, but it turned out to be overall pretty charming. The plot here is a pretty standard romcom setup, with our protagonist Kuromine Asahi's one big Personality Attribute being his absolute inability to keep any kind of secret. In spite of this, he's been nursing a crush on his mysterious classmate Shiragami Youko for most of a year, and with a push from his helpful friends, he decides to finally confess. Mustering up his courage and confronting her in the classroom, he learns that Shiragami has a secret of her own - she's actually a vampire. Shiragami seems pretty harmless as far as vampires go, though, so after he gets over his very light shock, Kuromine offers to share her secret, at least as long as he can.
The variables here are all pretty standard; Kuromine's your good-hearted average Joe protagonist, the vampire twist isn't anything particularly unusual, and the show's already filling out with a number of other cute girls who all seem to have their own angle on the proceedings. But the show moves well, and the characters are actually pretty charming. Shiragami's easily the standout so far; her mix of positivity and obliviousness makes her a really fun character to be around, and the dynamic between her and Kuromine already feels very natural and endearing. The humor isn't as strong as the characters (a whole lot of "wild overreactions are jokes, right?" and the like), but there were a couple nice gags (I particularly liked Kuromine's deadpanning that Shiragami's vampirism is actually just kinda cute), and silly faces always have a certain appeal.
The aesthetics are somewhat less strong. I've seen portions of the manga this show's based on, and the character style comes off as far more expressive and unique in print than on screen. It's one of those unfortunate side effects of the adaptation process - the need to adopt a uniform character design for animation rounds off the unique panel-to-panel appeal of the original style, leaving characters that look a bit awkwardly designed in spite of their very expressive eyes. Kuromine in particular really looks more like a background character than a protagonist, and the backgrounds and music aren't much to speak of either. Still, overall I had fun with this episode, and that counts for a lot. Strong chemistry is the foundation of a solid romcom, and though Actually I Am… doesn't seem to aspire to anything more than that, being a reasonable genre piece is a perfectly respectable goal.
Actually, I Am is available streaming at Crunchyroll.
Theron Martin
Review: Actually I Am. . . is the anime adaptation of the manga My Monster Secret, which is due to make its way to American shores in early 2016. Its opener and descriptions of its premise suggest that it is going to be a wacky supernatural harem series, perhaps in the vein of Rosario to Vampire, and since those are a-dime-a-dozen in anime, I had not expected much from the first episode. What I saw instead was a surprisingly sweet and amiable first episode about a boy who can't keep secrets until confronted with the one which he absolutely, positively must keep.
That boy is Asahi Kuromine, whose posse of friends refer to as a "leaky basket" because he is so easy to read that he is utterly incapable of convincingly lying or keeping secrets. Playing Old Maid is a losing proposition for him, and the Class Rep, whom the guys refer to as the Iron Lady, once harshly told him off when she picked up on him looking her way a little too often. (The end of the episode suggests that she may have had other reasons for dissuading him than just being annoyed by possible romantic interest, however.) His friends are even, as Asahi discovers, aware that he has long secretly been infatuated with classmate Youko Shiragami, a pretty girl who always seems alone and unapproachable, and so push him into confessing to her, since being rejected is at least better than a repeat of the Iron Lady incident. When he does go to confess, though, he discovers that she has a good reason for isolating herself: she's actually a vampire who must keep her true nature secret if she is to be allowed to attend school. Her having to leave school because she has been discovered is the last thing Asahi wants, so he vows to keep this one secret and be the friend whom she can trust. As the epilogue indicates, though, Youko is not the only girl in the class who isn't normal, and an almost maniacal female school newspaper reporter is also sure to be a problem.
The artistic effort from TMS Entertainment is only a mediocre one, which is glaringly obvious from the beginning, and has more of an old-school feel to it. Unexpectedly, though, it doesn't take a lewd approach; in fact, there isn't a stitch of fan service in the first episode. The opener suggests that this will not always be the case, but unless the first episode is seriously misleading, that won't be a focal point. Nothing really stands out about the premise or humor, either, but the writing has just a bit more earnestness than normal and conveys the sentiment of Asahi's feelings and Youko's predicament with surprising effectiveness, an endeavor helped along greatly by some atypically soothing and gentle background music choices. Asahi's posse is also a likable and personable bunch, a group of guys who may tease Asahi but without an ounce of malicious intent, and that further helps separate this title from others of its ilk. The unique bit of vampire lore here is also amusingly different; vampires in this setting don't turn to ash in the sunlight but they do tan really fast, which would still be suspicious for Youko, hence the reason she goes to school early and stays late.
Given what the opener shows, I still have great concerns about how well the series will play out, but the first episode, at least, isn't at all bad.
Rebecca Silverman
It's kind of hard to believe that Actually, I Am is based on a manga that began serialization in 2013, because it has something of the 1980s about its look, specifically Takashi Shiina's Ghost Sweeper Mikami. Sadly in this case, that's not a good thing, because this is not an attractive show, although I do appreciate that all of the characters look very distinct. Actually, I am tries very hard to be funny, but it tries a bit too hard, resulting in an introduction that drags on and doesn't use what it has going for it to its advantage.
There is a kind of nice understory to this show, although how it is executed leaves something to be desired. High school student Asahi is known among his friends as a "leaky basket," incapable of keeping a secret to himself – they just leak out through his mouth. Even when he's sure he's kept it tightly locked away, like his crush on mint-haired beauty Youko, it turns out that everyone's known all along. In a surprise (for him), Youko turns out to be the one person who hasn't noticed, although she's been keeping a secret of her own: she's a vampire. When Asahi goes to confess, he finds her stretching her bat wings and ends up promising to keep her secret and be her friend so that she won't have to leave school. How well this works out remains to be seen.
While Asahi and Youko are the main characters, there's a fairly large cast of Asahi's friends and apparently a group of three other girls, only two of whom we've met so far: the class rep and the so-called "heathen queen," Mikan, who is your typical anime girl reporter stereotype. I'm not thrilled with the "heathen queen" title, although I see where they might come up with it given her brash character; I do feel like there could have been a better name that might have been more to the point, however. There's something off about the class rep, of course, besides her large screw hair-tie, suggesting a science fiction element to what would otherwise be a stock paranormal shounen romance (by which I mean using strictly fantasy elements).
While I wasn't particularly thrilled by the whole thing, what really stands out is the fact that it felt like it ended three times before actually ending: before the ending theme, after it when Youko and Asahi were walking down the hall, and then again after that when the sci fi moment reared its head. It's probably meant to be funny. I wish I'd laughed...which is how I can sum up the entire episode.
Hope Chapman
This show has a good heart, and I can appreciate that. The characters are good-natured, the romance is sincere, and the jokes are at worst just a little lukewarm. The opening song implies there will be more raucous humor in the future, but this first episode focused way more on the "romance" side of the romcom equation, and that's okay. This tale of "boy with terrible poker face" falling for "incognito vampire girl" and forming a friendship that may become ~something more~ is perfectly alright on paper.
But great googly-moogly, "Actually, I Am" is ugly as sin! (And what a title...)
The low production values, unattractive art design, and sluggish pacing of this dated-yet-timeless premise really cut the legs out from under it. This series is based on a fairly recent manga, so it didn't have to come across as a forgotten relic of bygone days somewhere between Tenchi Muyo and Karin (Chibi Vampire to some), but that's definitely the strongest impression the first episode leaves. Outside of its slightly more modern style of physical comedy and HD resolution, this could very easily have been dug up out of a pile of forgotten digipaint anime romcoms from 2004. It's a brand-new show that feels like a relic, and that makes it weird to discuss. Your eyes instinctively slide off the screen, and whether fairly or not, there's a creeping suspicion that you already know everything that will happen in the show ahead of time. It's just too familiar, in a "thick layer of dust on a childhood beanie baby" kind of way.
It's really difficult to get away from the show's moldy aesthetic and threadbare execution, but trying to judge it in a void as a comedy, it's perfectly sweet and competent. The romantic leads have complementary gimmicks that give them solid potential chemistry, and the future side characters previewed in the opening theme look like they'll be providing the extra raunch and spice the show needs to be more memorable. It's a nice little show that's cruelly hampered by its hideous appearance. (Even the aforementioned opening song is pretty ear-poisony.) Beauty is in the eye of the beholder of course, so if you're on the lookout for a charming harem-style romantic comedy, there's some warmth and joy to be had from this one. There's not much bite in it, but it certainly doesn't bite in the bad way either.
Zac Bertschy
Rating: 2.5? I guess?
Kuromine Asahi is nicknamed "leaky basket" by his friends because he's incapable of keeping a secret, but he has a big one he can't wait to share: he has a huge crush on the green-haired loner Shiragame Youko, and he finally works up the gumption to confess to her one day after school. As he bursts into the otherwise empty classroom to spill his guts, Shiragame is just then taking the opportunity afforded by solitude to stretch her bat wings and pop out her fangs. She's a vampire! That doesn't deter Kuromine, though – he tells her he'll take this secret to his grave and intends on becoming friends for life.
If that all seems a little threadbare, it's because it is – typically when it comes to supernatural romantic comedies, the premise is a little more complex than this, but Actually, I Am… has no pretensions on being anything more than a lighthearted romcom. It feels like it time-traveled here from the early 90s – the green hair, the (frankly kind of unattractive) retro character designs, and the script leans on wacky characters with clearly-defined comedy archetype personalities filling out the rest of the cast rather than introducing a ton of lore-heavy supporting characters that complicate things. I don't know if that makes it good or not – I was a little shocked at just how slight the whole thing really is and I didn't find myself particularly engaged with what was going on, but this is a stripped-down, very simplistic romantic comedy that is unabashedly a throwback to the way anime looked and sounded 20 years ago.
The end of the episode introduces another plot element – some kind of mysterious science girl who's watching our two leads from a 90s anime science lab, so obviously the story does get more complicated (the opening credits are full of characters who don't show up in this first episode at all) but obviously the screenwriters didn't feel the need to rush anything along. I wouldn't watch more of this based on the first episode, but it's so wide open it could go anywhere from here. Here's hoping they introduce a twist or two to make it interesting – right now it's only unique in that it feels like a museum piece even though it's ostensibly a brand new show based on a manga that's only a couple years old.
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Norfolk Island Airlines was a regional and domestic Australian airline based on Norfolk Island. It operated services to the Australian mainland from Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands. In 1973 the airline began serving the Norfolk Island - Brisbane route, expanding to Lord Howe Island Airport in 1976. The route between Norfolk Island and Brisbane was around 800 nautical miles (1,500 km), making it one of the longest commuter airline routes in the world.
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I, too, wanted to be off then!
Hape Kerkeling* isn't the only one who can do it. Walking the Camino de Santiago (the Pilgrimage of St James) has been a dream of mine for a very long time. Alone, on foot, with only the essentials in my backpack. But do I trust myself enough to do it? Will it be physically possible? I'm not really the most athletic person I know so how long can I walk at one stretch? These were the questions and doubts that for years kept me from fulfilling this dream. But five years ago, the big decision was made and to gradually prepare myself, I began by going on a partial pilgrimage every year, starting out with two days in the Allgäu, working up to a week each on paths in Lower Bavaria, Austria and Upper Bavaria. This year the time had finally come for me to embark on a 14-day trip to Santiago de Compostela.
Why do people go on pilgrimages at all?
As far back as the Middle Ages people embarked on the St. James pilgrimage, their goal being to secure a place in Paradise. Today, however, the pilgrims' motivations are not necessarily religious. Some see it as a sporting challenge; others want to meet up with as many people from all over the world as possible. Still others are trying to process some kind of trauma, are recovering from burnout or merely want to prove something. The reasons are as varied as the people who undertake the journey. For me, a pilgrimage is a personal time out. It is a chance to wind down, to immerse myself in nature while walking, to be aware of all the wonderful plants and animals, even the very smallest, to be mindful of them, to look around me every day in wonder and marvel at how beautifully the world is created. In Germany, pilgrims are considered to be somewhat exotic. In Spain on the other hand, these travellers are part of everyday life and are greeted everywhere by strangers locals calling out "Buen Camino".
Pilgrimages are addictive. As soon as I come back from one journey, I start thinking about where I want to go next year. Not surprisingly then that my planning already started in Autumn last year. However, this time it was different. While on the Munich Way of St James in 2017, I met a like-minded pilgrim. We walked the last segment of our trip together and got along so well that we decided to join up for the next pilgrimage. We opted for the Portuguese Camino, which begins in Porto and ends in Santiago de Compostela. In contrast to the traditional 800-kilometre-long Spanish Camino, this one stretches for approximately 250 kilometres and can be completed in two weeks. In January 2018 we booked our flight from Munich to Porto, with a return flight from Santiago, and found a place to stay in Porto for the first night. To allow ourselves some flexibility, we left all other overnight stops open. But more about that in the next instalment.
My choice of equipment has steadily improved over the years so that my backpack now weighs just over 4 kilos (nine pounds). It's very liberating to realise how little you can manage with!
Apart from the clothes I'm wearing, I only pack one set of underwear, a quick-drying T-shirt and a change of trousers. Doing laundry is part of each evening's ritual and everything is dry and ready to be packed again next morning. In case the weather turns cool, a fleece jacket and possibly – depending on the climate – a softshell jacket can be useful. I pack a light pair of pyjamas as well.
The most important thing: Shoes must fit properly (preferably one to one-and-a-half sizes larger than the normal shoe size) and it is essential that they be well worn in.
The socks shouldn't be brand new either. I made that mistake this time and promptly had a blister. Right-left socks without seams have proven to be the best choice.
I have had the same backpack for many years and, although it wasn't expensive and only holds 25 litres, it serves me well. When the time comes to buy a new one I'll make sure that it's a perfect fit. To avoid putting too much strain on the shoulders, a backpack should never be too big or sit too low. A hip belt is indispensable.
As soon as I start to pack my rucksack backpack every year, I can feel the excitement in anticipation of the journey start to grow. I'm curious to see what the journey has in store for me and to discover how I'll deal with the challenges I'll face every day. I look forward to the unknown countryside, to the people and to experiences outside of my comfort zone.
My adventures on the route from Porto to Santiago de Compostela this year will follow in the next instalment.
*Hape Kerkerling is a German entertainer who wrote a very popular book ("Ich bin dann mal weg" – "I'm off then – losing and finding myself on the Camino di Santiago") describing his pilgrimage.


Springdale, Ark. — January 22, 2019 — For the third straight year, Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) ranks No. 1 on Fortune magazine's list of the World's Most Admired Companies in the Food Production category.
Sustainability also remains a key area of focus for the company. Last week Tyson Foods launched a partnership with Environmental Defense Fund to help meet the company's Land Stewardship Goal.
Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies list is the definitive report card on corporate reputations. Korn Ferry has collaborated with Fortune annually since 1997 to identify, select and rank the World's Most Admired Companies and uncover the business practices that make these companies highly regarded among their peers.
To compile the rankings, corporate reputation and performance are measured against nine key attributes: innovation, people management, use of corporate assets, social responsibility, quality of management, financial soundness, long-term investment, quality of products and services, and global competitiveness. Tyson Foods ranks No. 1 in the Food Production category in seven of these key attributes of reputation.
The World's Most Admired Companies list can be found on the Fortune website. For more information on how the rankings are determined, view the full methodology on Korn Ferry's website.


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Kirkus Reviews - Soar High, Dragonfly
A circular account of a dragonfly's life span told simultaneously as a narrative and a collection of scientific facts. The creative duo behind Good Trick, Walking Stick (2016) returns to the insect world. Readers follow the life cycle of a green darner dragonfly, from its mother laying eggs… View »
Kirkus Reviews - The Wild World of Buck Bray: The Wolves of Slough Creek
Middle schooler and television star Buck Bray is back for a third outing, this time bringing his intrepid detecting skills to Yellowstone National Park. He's accompanied by his partner in crime prevention, Toni, the daughter of the cameraman who films the national park-related… View »
Kirkus Reviews - The First Men Who Went to the Moon
The rhymed lines are fully cumulated only once, so there is some repetition but never enough to grow monotonous…. A visually effective and a serviceable addition to the rapidly growing shelf of tributes to our space program's high-water mark. View »
Kirkus Reviews - Badger's Perfect Garden
There is no drought of picture books about animal friends making a garden. The hook in this one is the message that when plans go awry, there may still be a rainbow at the end. It is spring. Badger has dozens of jars of seeds that he saved from last summer to plant the "perfect garden." His… View »
Kirkus reviews - Tip and Tucker Road Trip
This beginning reader introduces children to two hamsters with quite different personalities. Part of the I Am A Reader line, this first outing for Tip and Tucker opens in a pet shop, where Mr. Lopez has come to purchase a pet. Tucker, a larger tan hamster, is excited and tries to get Tip… View »
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Kirkus Reviews - Ollie on Stage
A slapstick celebration of the process of discovering and honoring what makes us and our friends unique. View »
Kirkus Reviews - Good Night, Library
The litany of items the text wishes good night includes poetry and prose, plots, puppet stages, computers, carpet squares, fairy tales, characters, filing cart, and more. This being a fairly modern library, they also bid good night to board games and comic books…The librarian, a white… View »
Kirkus Reviews - Bundle
A cute, purple hippo models winterwear in a variety of colors and makes a snowman an offer it can't refuse. This sweet and simple board book engages children on several levels, first by introducing colors and various winter garments, then by encouraging them to review those colors—reading… View »
Kirkus Reviews - Lulu and Rocky in Milwaukee
An unexpectedly attractive addition to the standard picture-book travel guide. Lulu, a young fox, and her penguin companion, Pufferson, one day receive a letter from her aunt Fancy. Sending them tickets for the trip, her aunt encourages the duo to take the ferry to Milwaukee to join Lulu's… View »
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Kirkus Reviews - Four Seasons of Fun
A rhyming look at all the fun to be had during a year of seasonal changes. An apple tree anchors the book, its branches visually portraying each of the seasons: "Glittering sunbeams make a golden crown / for a tree that is wearing a blossom gown." Daigneault's illustration here shows the… View »


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OPINION: Travis Armstrong : Teamsters union tries to censor these pages
Can it be possible that the Teamsters union is actually trying to suppress our editorial pages? The labor group -- which has tried since 2006 to convince Santa Barbarans that it's a defender of free speech -- wants me to stop writing this type of opinion column on the union's negotiations with the News-Press.
It's just more of the group's attempts to try to wrest control of this paper from the owner and prevent the company's 1st Amendment right to freedom of press to be exercised.
As noted in a column last month, I've been sitting at the negotiation table for the News-Press in talks with the union that believes it represents newsroom reporters, photographers and copy editors. It's become clear to me that the rather self-interested objectives of discharged reporters -- Melinda Burns, Dawn Hobbs and Tom Schultz -- are different from the concerns of those in the newsroom today.
It's as if a small group of former employees have high-jacked the process for their own purposes and to pursue personal gripes.
This union and these former journalists for two years have been attempting to use the National Labor Relations Act to usurp News-Press owner Wendy McCaw's 1st Amendment protections and determine what's in the newspaper.
And, to decide what's not to be in the paper.
As News-Press attorney L. Michael Zinser wrote Thursday to Teamsters negotiator Nick Caruso:
"Unfortunately, your claim that Travis Armstrong, the editorial page editor, cannot publish something is part and parcel of the union's continuing campaign to try to control the content (of the) Santa Barbara News-Press. The union has no legal right to do so. Therefore, we do not believe the ground rule has been violated."
This latest tactic should come as no surprise. Throughout the unionization campaign at the News-Press, those behind it or supporting it have tried to portray themselves as champions of free expression and the 1st Amendment.
And in some cases, this couldn't be further from the truth.
For example, politicians Marty Blum and Susan Rose took to demonstrating in front of the newspaper in De la Guerra Plaza to try to silence the opinion pages. Their thin skins bristled at being held accountable on these pages for policy missteps and ethical lapses, with reporters such as James Rainey of the Los Angeles Times failing their obligation to readers to sort out the true motives of these government leaders.
The union's bargaining committee, made up primarily of former journalists, wants to continue to try to censor the News-Press as evidenced by its demand that these columns stop.
As noted, though, trying to control the content of this newspaper is nothing new to these folks.
U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Wilson on May 21 rejected granting an injunction to force the newspaper to hire back a group of fired reporters. He took aim at the legal failings and erroneous conclusions of William Kocol, an administrative-law judge for the labor board, who ruled in favor of the former employees.
Judge Wilson wrote that in making this determination, the Kocol decision "did not acknowledge that the union campaign was not simply making general demands to restore journalistic integrity, but making a specific demand related to the content of the News-Press."
In fact, this was "a central demand of the union campaign continually backed from early on in its history of public demonstrations and a union-organized customer boycott putting pressure" on the newspaper.
Now they want to squelch what's in the News-Press. Yet the union committee or its supporters apparently have no trouble, in some way or another, writing about the talks and leaking letters or other information to the media or other outlets.
The self-proclaimed "defenders of free speech" want to play by their own set of rules, while trying to censor this column and decide what you can read about their behavior and tactics.
Travis Armstrong is the editorial page editor of the News-Press and host of a public affairs program heard live at 10 a.m. Wednesdays on AM 1290.
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Q: Expo fonts in global stylesheet I am using Expo and need to use custom fonts in my global stylesheet. Expo documents this, however it is not relevant in my case since componentDidMount() only executes within a class:
class App extends React.Component {
  componentDidMount() {
    Font.loadAsync({
      'open-sans-bold': require('./assets/fonts/OpenSans-Bold.ttf'),
    });
  }

  // ...
}

My global stylesheet looks like this:
const React = require('react-native');

import {
  Dimensions,
  StatusBar,
} from 'react-native';

const { StyleSheet } = React;

export default {
  // ...
}

A: Font loading in Expo is "lazy" in the sense that you can create a StyleSheet object that references a font before it is loaded. For example, this code is valid:
async function exampleAsync() {
  let stylesheet = StyleSheet.create({
    fancyText: {
      ...Expo.Font.style('open-sans-bold'),
    },
  });

  await Expo.Font.loadAsync({
    'open-sans-bold': require('./assets/fonts/OpenSans-Bold.ttf'),
  });
}

So you don't need to call Expo.Font.loadAsync within componentDidMount necessarily, and it's OK to call StyleSheet.create and Expo.Font.style before the font is loaded.
What's important is that you wait for Expo.Font.loadAsync to complete before you render a component whose style uses the loaded font.

A: I ended up just loading fonts within the Navigation file, and was then able to access these fonts in my global stylesheet and throughout my app.

A: What you could do is simply in your root/top component add a state flag checking whether font async already finished.
Then add a condition in your render method to be sure that your child components will be rendered only after Fonts were succesfully loaded.  Pls see example
     export default class App extends React.Component {
      state = {
        fontLoaded: false,
      }

      componentDidMount() {
        this.loadAssetsAsync();
      }

      async loadAssetsAsync() {
        await Expo.Font.loadAsync({
         'open-sans-bold': require('./assets/fonts/OpenSans-Bold.ttf'),
        });;

        this.setState({ fontLoaded: true });
      }

      render() {
        if (!this.state.fontLoaded) {
          return <AppLoading />;  // render some progress indicator
        }

        return (
          <Navigator />    //render your child components tree
        );
      }
    }

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