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I'm An Asian Woman And I Refuse To Be Fetishized [Swipe Life]
November 30, 2018 · by belindacai · in Tinder.. ·
"So, I lived abroad in China," my date said. It was somewhat of a non sequitur from the conversation.
"Oh, okay. Cool," I replied.
He proceeded to give me a knowing look before launching into a monologue about his ever-enlightening travel experiences and exes overseas.
"Just to be clear," I inquired, "you don't have an Asian fetish, do you?"
He tells me no, he doesn't, but he chooses to not go out with blonde women because they remind him too much of his mother and sister. He doesn't even really like white girls. He grins at me. I give him side-eye.
Flash forward a few months and I'm on another first date with another white guy. This one has lived abroad in South Korea. He tells me he likes my tattoos and asks how my parents feel about them. He's heard that Asian parents can be strict and disapproving. I tell him I'm my own person and it's none of his damn business what my parents think.
My race shouldn't be the first thing you message me about.
Between dates like these, receiving first messages that ask, "what nationality are you?" and being catcalled not only for being a woman but also for being Chinese ("Nǐ hǎo! Konnichiwa! Where ya going, baby?"), I've been fetishized by white — and non-white — men everywhere. I'm not alone — Asian women are widely known to experience this.
One study conducted across four U.S. cities found that Asian women and white men are considered "the most desirable potential mates" when it comes to online dating sites. But while white men likely do not get messages like, "I want to try my first whitey" or "I want your sexy Caucasian body on me," Asian women do.
If someone messages me, "Hi, I think Asians girls are hot," I almost immediately block them. I'm not playing that game. Nope. However, there are those sly fetishists who can appear innocuous on the outside but have yellow fever vibes brewing beneath the surface.
My culture isn't a shared interest.
While not all white guys I've dated — and I've only entered serious relationships with white guys — are like that, I've fallen prey to a few short-term relationships with these types. They all managed to white-splain Chinese or Asian culture, whether in the form of travel stories, pop culture, anime, or tales of the Asian communities they immerse themselves in while simultaneously putting me on a pedestal for, well, just being Asian. These casual relationships have been short-lived. I only got into them because I was not fully aware, at first, that I was being fetishized.
If someone messages me, "Hi, I think Asians girls are hot," I almost immediately block them.
Perhaps these men are looking for an Asian woman who fits the stereotype of being submissive and quiet, but I am hardly that. I'm assertive and sometimes too loud — not to mention straight-up mean if you're a creep. I grew up in a largely white city in Ohio, and I always have been and always will be vocal about mistreatment of people of color and backwards politics.
So why have my partners all been white? Well, I've only had four long-term relationships in my 28 years of living. The first was with a classmate from my predominantly white high school. The next two were also Ohio boys with whom I had mutual friends and a past. I met my current partner online, and we immediately hit it off over our shared interests. My race is not one of them.
I will talk about my background on my own time.
None of these guys have a history of seeking out Asian ladies. In every case, I was their first Asian partner. And that is something I keep an eye out for; if someone's social media only shows them with Asian ladies, I'm going to be skeeved out.
I too have dated men of various races and backgrounds. I'm open to dating anyone, so long as I'm attracted to them and they don't fetishize me. Now that I live in the diverse city of Los Angeles, I feel it would be silly to only seek out one particular race.
It's taken years for me to unlearn internalized racism, which at one point, made me hate myself for being Chinese. Now, it's an integral part of my identity that I wear on my sleeve. I talk about my parents' pasts in communist China, how my dad was granted asylum in the U.S. during the Tiananmen Square protests, and their struggles as immigrants in this country. I talk about how these experiences have shaped me into who I am today and how I always want to be more connected to my roots.
Once I trust someone, I open up about my background and life as a Chinese-American woman. I want them to understand how it has shaped every aspect of who I am, but also doesn't define me or reduce me to anything less than a full person. The guys I've chosen to be with in the long term are not perfect by any means, but they never sought me out or pigeonholed me for being Chinese. They didn't expect me to behave a certain way or be submissive because that's how they perceive Chinese women. I've been through enough of that to know exactly how much I hate it, so if you're going to fetishize me, I have one thing to say to you: zǒu kāi (get lost).
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After an unexpected hiatus, The Fanboy Podcast returns with its 66th episode! Host, and Revenge of The Fans Editor-in-Chief, Mario-Francisco Robles opens the sure with his closing statements on yesterday's big Wall Street Journal feature on the Snyder Cut of Justice League. From there, he talks about Henry Cavill and the state of his negotiations with Warner Bros. over his future as Superman. Next on the docket are all of the different little happenings and whispers are Batman-centric films like The Batman, Joker, and the various Harley Quinn films on the horizon.
MFR then shifts gear and shares some new insights he's been given into the parameters of Marvel's deal with Sony and what it means for Spider-Man, the MCU, and those Spidey Spin-Offs they've got on the way, like Venom, Silver and Black, abd Morbius. Find out the corner Disney/Marvel backed itself into with this deal, and why Sony has the potential to laugh all the way to the bank while the Mouse House has plenty to lose.
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Please Pray for Loretta Lynn!
Please pray for a speedy recovery for this sweet lady.
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Glasgow, KY Award winning Gospel artist, The Sneed Family is excited to bring American Icon and Country Music superstar, Loretta Lynn back to her home state of Kentucky for a special night of music in her first ever appearance in Glasgow. The concert will be held on Friday, July 10th at 7:00 PM CST at the historic Plaza Theatre.
Organizers have already announced dates for the third annual festival – September 12-13, 2015 – and it will once again be held at the Loretta Lynn Ranch.
(Nashville, Tenn.) – A limited number of tickets are still available for the inaugural Loretta Lynn's Gospel Music Festival set to be held September 28 – 29, 2013 at Loretta Lynn's Ranch in historic Hurricane Mills, TN. Organizers report the event is nearing SOLD OUT status!
All other events at the Loretta Lynn Ranch – including the weekend Wrangler camp – will proceed as scheduled. Guests may inquire by calling 931-296-7700. Organizers will announce a new trail ride date as soon as possible.
Legendary Country Music Hall of Fame member Merle Haggard, Country Music sensation Kacey Musgraves and the Queen of Country Music herself, Loretta Lynn, are the next set to take the stage during the weekend of August 31 – September 1, 2013.
Tickets for all concerts and more information on future events is available online at www.LorettaLynn.com.
Nashville, TN – The hills will ring with the glorious sounds of Gospel music as Loretta Lynn welcomes fans to the inaugural "Loretta Lynn's Gospel Music Festival" to be held at her Hurricane Mills, TN ranch September 28-29, 2013.
SHERRY DAMRON RELEASES WRITING COLLABORATION WITH LEGENDARY LORETTA LYNN.
Sherry Damron of Vadalia, GA has just released "You Ain't Devil Enough" on iTunes. The song is a rewrite of Loretta Lynn's "You Ain't Woman Enough".
Sherry, her husband and their son are preaching the gospel in churches and arenas nationwide as well as abroad. They have a TV program "I STILL BELIEVE" which is airing four times weekly. Dwayne and Sherry pastor "The Sanctuary" in Vidalia, Georgia and have also established an extension of the ministry in Pakistan.
"You Ain't Devil Enough" will be released to gospel radio during the month of August.
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A fundraiser for Ray Burdett to help with his medical expense for the cancer treatment that he is receiving will be Saturday, July 9 at the Barbara Fairchild Diner in Branson, MO beginning at 12 Noon!
Pickers and Singers all day at the Diner. Help raise funds for Ray!
Ray was diagnosed with two tumors on his liver in April 2011. Since that time, he has been working with doctors (currently a treatment team at CTCA-Tulsa), and has had a round of radiation and other treatments in the hopes of annihilating the cancer. As you can imagine, fighting cancer or any other disease takes a lot of energy.
More than anything, Ray values your prayers for healing. Friends and family members around the world are praying for his complete restoration to good health. In addition, pray for peace and comfort for both Ray, and his family and close friends as they face this battle together.
Born into a family of Gospel singers, Ray has spent his life as a professional singer — Gospel and Country. He has been all over the world, working with such artists as Loretta Lynn, Wayne Newton, Charley Pride, the Statesmen, Willie Wynn and the Tennesseans, Bob Wills and the Inspirationals, the Blackwood Singers, and many more.
His amazing bass voice has been heard on many recordings, television shows (he was a member of the Hee Haw Gospel Quartet in the later years of the show, and was featured on the rendition of "God Bless American Again" with Loretta Lynn on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.


"I've met many women (and we've met many men) who don't realize what a treasure their marriage is until it's stolen from them.
The enemy of our faith is called a thief and a liar. And one of the things we're too often allowing to be stolen from us, is seeing our spouse as a gift from God, to help us to become more like Christ. We fail to see him or her as if they are autographed by God to not only bless our lives but to smooth down our rough edges. We allow our eyesight to become focused on the negative to such a degree that we don't see the positive and acknowledge it. We don't realize that as we encourage each other we "spur" one another on to "love and good deeds."
The Bible says in Ephesians 4, "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen."
Think about the things you said to your spouse today and/or yesterday. Was your "talk" wholesome and did it benefit him or her and those around you as they listened?
That doesn't mean you can't be truthful and confrontational. But was it truthful and "spoken in love" where your motivation was to help your spouse and help your marital partnership?
The Bible says in Galatians 6, "If someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ."
And then there's the temptation to be prideful when our spouse does something "wrong" and we feel proud and think, "at least I didn't do that!" But is that an attitude which God would have you hold on to?
The Bible also says in Galatians 6, "If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself without comparing himself to somebody else, for each should carry his own load… Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows."
Are you allowing your marriage to be stolen by "comparison?" Are you comparing your actions with your spouse's and feeling prideful because of it? Or, maybe you're comparing your marriage to someone else's and you're coveting what they have. That can cause trouble!
Are you allowing your marriage to be robbed of being people, who "give thanks in every situation" knowing that God can "work good" even out of that which appears to be bad on the surface?
Are you looking so intently at the "speck" in your spouse's eye that you over-look the "log" in your own, forgetting the Matthew 7:3 principles? Our pastor said in a message recently that he confessed to his family that he came to realize he minimizes the "logs" in his own way of looking at things, and goes right past them to point out the "specks" others have in their vision of reality. Ouch! When I thought about it, I realized that I'm guilty of the same thing. How about you? Is your view of your spouse's good habits less visible because of what you choose to focus on as you look past your own bad habits?
As Cindy Dagnan also said (which applies to this Marriage Message), "Not putting our marriage at the top of our earthly priority list is a mistake we cannot afford to make. Now that we can admit that our marriage is a treasure and gift from God, "He who finds a wife finds a good thing." Proverbs 18:22 What can we do so it won't lose its luster?
That's a good question that each of us should ask God to help us to answer.
New articles are added every week, so return often because you'll find other helpful marriage information as well as all of the previous Marriage Messages.


Are you an innovative startup that is operating in the industries of Commerce? Then Startupbootcamp Commerce team would like to meet you at the Conference in Warsaw on the 23rd of October.
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Unlike in 2008, the block samiti, zila parishad and panchayat elections scheduled in May will be a smooth affair between the SAD and the BJP. The two parties had competed against each other in the last elections despite being allies.
Unlike in 2008, the block samiti, zila parishad and panchayat elections scheduled in May will be a smooth affair between the SAD and the BJP.
The two parties had competed against each other in the last elections despite being allies. Clashes between their workers were also reported from some places, prompting national-level BJP leaders to intervene to iron out the differences between the coalition partners.
As a mark of protest, a cabinet minister of the BJP in the previous government (2007-12) had even threatened to resign, but SAD-BJP leaders managed to pacify him.
"We took up the matter with SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal and he immediately agreed to a seat-sharing arrangement," said Punjab BJP president Kamal Sharma. A two-member committee comprising Dr Daljit Singh Cheema of the SAD and Tiksan Sud of the BJP has been constituted for the purpose, he said.
"Instead of working out any arithmetic for seat-sharing, we will simply field candidates who have better chances of winning, irrespective of whether they belong to the SAD or the BJP," said Sharma.
In all, 323 wards of 22 zila parishads and about 1,700 wards of 145 block samitis will be going to the poll.
The process of filing nominations will begin on Friday. While the zila parishad and block samiti polls will take place on May 12, the elections to 13,162 panchayats will be conducted from May 26 to 30. There are 81,631 wards for the panchayat polls.
"We have arrived at a mutual understanding with the BJP to ensure smooth elections. Field reports from MLAs and constituency in-charges are pouring in, and we are in the process of finalising candidates," Dr Cheema told HT.
During the previous elections, the SAD did not allow the BJP to make its presence felt in rural Akali strongholds. Political analysts feel that the 2012 assembly elections have changed the dynamics of Akali politics. Having made inroads in urban areas, the SAD is now shedding its image of "a party of peasants with rural base", and is hence allowing the BJP to have its share in the rural pie.


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After the existing bidders for the 1993 Worldcon made frankly awful presentations at Smofcon 6 in December, 1989, many con-runners were worried that none of the three bid committees who had announced (San Francisco in '93, Phoenix in '93 and Zagreb in 1993) were competent, and by March, 1990 it had boiled over and the Hawaii in '93 Worldcon bid was set up under the chairmanship of Lex Nakashima. (Other committee members included Elayne Pelz, Mark Olson and {four others — need names}.)
The site selection filing deadline had already passed, so the bid would not appear on the ballot and had to run as a write-in. In the five months from launch in March 1990 to the vote at ConFiction that August, the bid won sufficient support to come in second, losing to San Francisco in '93. See 1993 Site Selection results.
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With the boom of global online shopping in recent years, the Australian government has recently implemented new legislation to begin taxing low value goods from overseas sales. Any vendor that makes more than $75,000 AUD worth of sales in a year will have to comply by collecting GST for low cost goods upon purchase to then remit to the Australian government.
This has the supposed advantages of increased GST revenue, more consistent taxing on household consumption and a step towards "levelling the playing field" between domestic and overseas retailers. However, these changes might cause more harm than good to the Australian consumer and economy.
There are many potential issues with the newly implemented system which may negatively impact consumers.
In some circumstances, purchases made from overseas might be vulnerable to being taxed twice. When purchasing low value goods, these goods could be classified as a taxable supply and will be taxed upon purchase. However, if a combined shipment of low value goods exceeds $1000 in value then they may also be deemed as taxable importation, and thus could be taxed again at customs. The only way to avoid this would be vendors providing notice to customs so that the relevant taxation rules can be "switched off". If this is not done properly then consumers will have to rely on suppliers providing a refund, as GST taken upon importation cannot be refunded.
A supposed benefit of these changes is the increased equality between domestic and overseas suppliers when it comes to tax. Previously, only overseas shipments valued over $1000 were taxed, which made shopping overseas an attractive option for Australian shoppers. While the new increase in prices may drive more consumers to buy from Australian retailers, in the long term it is likely insufficient to combat the larger range and lower prices seen in international stores. In a lot of instances, it is still preferable and cost effective to pay the new tax and buy from overseas than it is to seek a local supplier. Backlash over the new system can already be seen from major suppliers such as Amazon, who announced they will no longer ship from the US site directly to Australian customers. Aussie shoppers can now only access the Australian Amazon website, which boasts considerably less variety than it's US counterpart.
"Treasurer Scott Morrison has designed the new laws in order to level the playing field for Australian retailers as well as to raise revenue. This is a double benefit to the economy through GST and pushing consumers to Australian retailers.
Previously low value goods went untaxed in overseas purchases as the revenue produced by such taxes were outweighed by the cost of enforcement. Since online shopping has become such a large market, the situation has changed, and the government estimates that the new taxes will generate $300 million in the first 3 years. However, since the introduction of the new system this estimate might start to drop rapidly if other major suppliers follow Amazons example and stop shipping internationally. If many more follow suit, then it won't take long for the operation to become unprofitable, leaving little advantage to a low value goods tax.
For anyone who uses imported low value goods in their homes or businesses, it is important to understand the potential effect these new legislative provisions might have on you. If you import large quantities of low value goods like stationary and other office equipment that totals to over $1000 in value, without proper precaution you might end up paying GST twice on these orders. Ensuring that you use a reputable supplier that complies with the new rules for avoiding double taxation is the only way to avoid this. Alternatively, if you purchase such goods from an importer then you may see a hike in prices.
While these reforms are very new, there are many other countries that have announced similar reforms, and it will be interesting to see how these policies develop, how they are implemented and who will win the stalemate between major retailers like Amazon and governments.
Ultimately these reforms may not have the intended benefit on the Australian economy as originally hoped, and Australian retailers may see very little increase in online business. The Australian consumer is most likely to feel the negative effects of these changes, with increased costs and decreased choices. Care also needs to be taken in choosing your retailer to ensure you don't end up being taxed twice.
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The "Take Back The Night" singer teams up with director Ryan Reichenfeld to create a chilling seven minute mini-movie where Justin is tortured by the love of his life.
Throughout the visual, Justin continuously vies for the attention of his girlfriend, who is played by Elvis Presley's granddaughter Riley Keough. Eventually, Justin and Riley find themselves in an intense make-out session that leads to a twisted ending.
"TKO" is off Justin's The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2, which dropped back in September. Justin is currently the best-selling artist of the year with the release of his two new albums.
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With its ability to review and interpret all American law, the Supreme Court of the United States is arguably the most influential branch of government. Yet, institutionally, it is the least powerful. Its authority relies entirely on the willing consent of the executive and legislative branches of the U.S. government and of the American people to accept it as law's ultimate arbiter. Perhaps for this very reason the Court has taken great care to shield itself from the public gaze.
Offering a sweeping history of this remote and austere institution, The United States Supreme Court pulls back the curtain of mystery to make the Court accessible to all readers. Eighteen essays, written by the nation's top legal historians — among them Mark Tushnet, Scot Powe, Paul Finkelman, and Katherine Fischer Taylor — provide incisive interpretation of the Court's activities over the past two centuries, from its first meetings in borrowed space in the U.S. Capitol to the ornate "Marble Palace" of the present day.
The United States Supreme Court showcases the Court's legal triumphs and disasters, its internal workings, and its impact on American politics, society, and culture. The book also brings to light the uneasy influence of popular culture and electoral politics on the Court. Organized chronologically by the terms of each chief justice, here are fresh insights into the Court's key moments and cases, from the Dred Scot decision to Brown v. Board of Education, from the Lochner era to the Warren Court, from Roe v. Wade to Bush v. Gore.


MANILA -- MalacaAang on Monday said there is no reason for the public to panic over the anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia, as it assured that the vaccine poses no real deadly after-effects as once believed by some concerned sectors.
The assurance was made by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque during a Palace briefing.
The good news is people should not panic about the dengue vaccine. There is no danger with the dengue vaccine, he said.
Alarms were raised after the Department of Health (DOH) suspended the use of Dengvaxia, a dengue vaccine made by French firm Sanofi Pasteur, due to findings from the manufacturer itself that it may cause severe disease in people who have no prior dengue infection.
According to DOH estimates, one out of 10 Filipinos, or 10 percent of the population have not been infected by the dengue virus.
Roque noted that earlier concerns were over the term severe dengue which Sanofi used to describe the type of infection that may afflict those not previously infected by dengue before being vaccinated.
Dengue infection is classified as mild, severe and deadly.
It turned out that the classification being used by the French manufacturer is entirely different from the classification currently used by the DOH and the World Health Organization (WHO).
And the 'severe dengue' that is mentioned by Sanofi will involve symptoms that include two days of fever and hemophilia. 'Yung pagmamarka sa skin (The skin rashes). It is not the deadly type of dengue," Roque said.
So in common parlance, sa ordinaryong salita, 'yung pinakamalala po na pupwedeng mangyari sang-ayon sa bagong pag-aaral mismo ng Sanofi, (the worst case scenario according to Sanofi's latest study) eh 'yung mga hindi pa nagkaka-dengue na isa lamang sa 10 ay pupwedeng magka-dengue, na sa ating classification dati ay mild lamang dahil meron lang lagnat at merong mga pasa. Hindi po 'yung severe na nakakamatay (Those who have not had dengue before which is one in 10 can acquire dengue, which is based on our classification is mild only because it is only characterized by fever and bruises. It's not the severe one which is deadly), he added.
To further allay undue public fear, Roque also assured that MalacaAang would be the first to announce if there would be any cause for concern.
I guess the sentiment that should be shared with the public is we will tell you if there is a reason to be concerned. So huwag po tayong mag-panic, (Let's not panic.) he said.
At kung mayroon naman pong ibang datos na magpapakita na talagang may dahilan para maabala ang publiko, sasabihin naman po iyan ni Presidente (Rodrigo) Duterte. Wala po kaming itatago sa publiko, (If there are other data which will show that there is a reason for the public to be alarmed, President Rodrigo Duterte will tell that. We will not hide anything from the public.) Roque said.
In the meantime, the DOH clarified that a recipient of the dengue vaccine that has no previous infection with the disease does not automatically mean that you would have a severe infection after a three-year period.
You may develop. You may be at risk. But not saying that those one out of 10 would eventually develop severe dengue, DOH spokesperson Dr. Lyndon Lee Suy said in the same briefing.
Nonetheless, he assured the public that the DOH would monitor all recipients of Dengvaxia for the next years.
In the meantime, he said it is also important for the public to realize that immunization is only a part of the fight against the disease.
Let's go back to basics. You have to have a good immune system, resistance level. Kasi infection pa rin ito eh, (This is just an infection.) he said.
The DOH official also pointed out that dengue is caused by mosquitoes and eliminating their breeding places is the best way to minimize the risk of infection.
Hindi ito manggagaling sa bakuna, 'yung dengue mo, manggagaling pa rin ito saan? Kagat pa rin ng lamok. So go back tayo doon. Anong gagawin ko para hindi ako magka-dengue? Balik tayo sa paglilinis ulit ng kapaligiran, (This will not come from the vaccine. The dengue, where will it come from? It will still come from a mosquito bite. Let's go back there. What will do to avoid dengue? We will go back to keeping our surroundings clean.) he said.
So that would lower down the risk of you acquiring the dengue infection. Let us focus on that, Lee Suy said.


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Their friends and Westcott neighbors helped keep the Harvard Place shop doors open. Williams and Daino split the operations, with one opening the shop and the other closing it. Neither knew how to bake the treats or roast the fair-trade coffee on the menu, but learned with trial, error and a good sense of humor. Soon they were working seven days a week in the coffee shop, rarely taking time off, not even drawing a paycheck-and it became clear this was more than a hobby. When the recession hit in 2008 and coffee prices more than doubled, Williams and Daino decided to take their roles a little more seriously and look for opportunities to grow the business.
"We didn't have the resources to shore up what our vision was for the company at the time. We had the customers, the products, the vision, but we could only learn so much about running the business on our own," explains Williams.
Daino and Williams pursued industry-specific training, taking classes at Diedrich Roasters in Idaho and New York City-based International Culinary Center for baking. With increased demand from restaurants, cafes and other wholesale clients, the partners invested in a custom, state-of-the-art roasting machine. The measurements of the roaster meant it could not fit inside their 900-square-foot off-site location on Burnett Avenue in Syracuse, causing Williams and Daino to look for larger space to rent. In June 2014, Recess Coffee found a 3,300-square-foot space on Boss Road in Syracuse with plenty of room for roasting and baking.
In October 2015, Recess Coffee expanded with a second leased location in the historic Courier Building in downtown Syracuse. The 800-square-foot space features unique architectural details and street-level storefront on Montgomery Street across from City Hall. While the business partners planned to use the success of the first shop to support the second through the first year, the second location became profitable from the beginning. Between the two shops and the production space, Recess Coffee grew to employ seven full-time and 26 part-time employees at the end of 2015.
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This episode tells about Monica and Ross' sibling rivalry. Their family, the Gellers, always played a football game every year on Thanksgiving. They call it "The Geller Bowl." The winner would get "The Geller Cup." This is just a troll doll nailed to a piece of wood. However, after a bad argument, their dad threw the cup into a lake after "Geller Bowl 6" so they could not play football ever again. Monica reveals that she fished the trophy out of the lake and has had it for years. This causes turmoil between her and Ross and they yet again have a "Geller Bowl" except this time with their friends. The six play a three-on-three game with the "Geller Cup" as the prize.
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What about donors? Should I give to the most pressing needs to the detriment of other organizations I usually support?
You should give to the most pressing needs—and you should maintain a long-term view of what society will look like post-COVID-19 if you stop supporting organizations working to increase access to education, employment, job creation, a safe and healthy environment, and a more equitable society.
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Why are there so few 'characters' in the Western video game industry compared to the Japanese one?
Thread starter Bakkus
BigBooper
Don't forget Tom Clancy. He's got a ton of games.
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works at SSM studios so definitely a top character
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Airbus Jr said:
Lets just be honest here youre upset cos i just proved you wrong
And it trigered you my friend
"Best part is even console gamers dont know half those names"
This statement of yours does it represent console gamers, my fellow pc friend ?
Font know where this PC stuff is coming from, just proves you have no knowledge of game systems.
This feels like a frame-of-reference fallacy. Someone here listed 20-some Japanese names of famous developers. I only recognized two. However I could probably mention a bunch of names that I hold dear and I'd bet they might not have even heard of the devs I list.
Hell as a classical musician who seems to like dead old Russian composers, I bet people here wouldn't even know any of their names. And they were far more accomplished than most musicians today.
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there used to be more "characters" amongst western developers. many got carried away and made bombs then got fired. focus in the west recently is on development teams not individuals. this is better because a game is developed by large number of people with divers talents.
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Bakkus said:
Thanks for that counter list. I don't know much about many of these
Well.....that seems to be a you problem then.
The list is literally some of the biggest pioneers in all of gaming, west or otherwise. We are talking about people that literally created genres, engines, gaming languages etc. You not knowing about them doesn't mean we have few characters, it simply means you "don't know much" about them yourself.
Does not mean they do not exist.
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Bakkus
EDMIX said:
Yeah, but what many people seemed to have missed was that I was more referring to personality, like for example movie directors Tarantino and Kubrick are/were huge vocal weirdos who made controversial statements or were perfectionists in their craft, like for example Suda51, Kamiya, and Kojima are. This thread kind of went in directions I never intended...
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That has more to do with the fact in west movie industry is bigger while in Japan, Video games and Anime industry is bigger.
In west you get those big personalities from movie industry rather than video game. It just how it is.
I was more referring to personality, like for example Tarantino and Kubrick are/were huge vocal weirdos who made controversial statements or were perfectionists in their craft.
Ok, but if you don't know who those developers are, you are also going to be unaware of many statements they've made.... The people listed by MiguelItUp have made many statements about the industry. Perfectionist? Theses fucking people created entire GENRES in gaming.
So I agree with many here that simply see this as you not knowing about many developers. When you say something like "I don't know much about" it stopped being about there being um "so few characters" and more like "i don't know much about those characters".
Sir....that is a you problem. That has nothing to do with them not existing, it has to do with "I don't know much about" them.
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Virt McPolygon
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Spoken like a typical, clueless as fuck gamer.
Yes, a sex scene invalidates a writers work because you think its awkward. Not even gonna argue with you. You probably think TLOU 2 has bad writing too.
Games typically have shit writing and he is one of the few trying to elevate the medium in that regard. Point blank.
Fortnite, L4D, Dark Souls, Bayonetta, Mario, pick your poison. They all have one thing in common. Gamers couldn't care less about the story in any of those games. The writing is either non existent or trash tier in all of them and no one cares because video games.
I used to work in the industry. Actually on one of the games you listed. The series has probably the best writing, characters and lore within the past decade because the writers cared about subtlety. Shit, most of the interesting text was implied and found in item descriptions. Not everything has to be spelled out to the player like a YA novel or Hollywood movie.
Not gonna argue either, so I'm out.
Agreed. I like those games and even I feel the writing is BS and or non-existent in em. I can't say that no one cares, but MOST don't care.
LazyParrot said:
You can argue about the quality of or even the existence of From Software's stories all you want, but there's no doubt that people care about them. There are people on Youtube essentially making a living posting lore videos for those games. I mean, just look at this shit:
I'm sure some people do care, shit we can argue someone cares about the writing in Tetris or that Need For Speed game with a story mode lol Doesn't mean its good or relevant or anything like that.
The souls stuff is so fucking vague its not even funny, I'm sorry but that shit barely counts as a story. I love the series and Demon Souls and Bloodborne are some of my favorite games of all time, but the story is nothing but vague lore stuff, you have to really, really reach to even say a "story" exist in all of that, let alone make it sound like its story is anything meaningful. If you have to even have a whole ass Youtube channel devoted to even trying to EXPLAIN it, its cause it wasn't done enough in the game for any player to even care or understand it. To me, this is not good writing. Oh you needed to fucking go somewhere else to have it explained to you? Does that sound like they conveyed it correctly to you? You can find any fucking community of fanatics that will reach to make it sound like any damn story is this epic timeless classic or some shit, doesn't make it so....
Virt McPolygon said:
The series has probably the best writing
None listed even REMOTELY have the "best writing" in gaming. I like all those games, but to really be arguing any of them have good writing let alone THE BEST is laughable. We in some trouble in gaming if that shit is really what we are saying is the best. Nothing is wrong with those games either, but they are simply not games that have good writing. Some of that shit is borderline non-existent.
lore within the past decade because the writers cared about subtlety.
Nah, they cared about saving money.
Look....when EA comes out with game with um "lore" packed in it and the story barely exist, keep thinking that a publisher really, really gives a shit when they start doing that and watch people from EA be like "its good bro cause look how um Subtle it is, very little voice acting cause of um subtlety, 2 page script cause.....subtlety"
I love the souls series, but that shit isn't even in my top 100 favorite STORIES in a game.
most of the interesting text was implied and found in item descriptions.
That isn't a thing one says in favor of a game most times, its usually stated when the story is shit and the best part is those item descriptions. ie The story was shit, barely any voice acting, barely any acting at all, plot doesn't exist, my god most of the interesting text was implied and found in item descriptions...... =)
Sounds like they should have fucken written a book instead if thats what they want. When in a medium, you must still fucking tell a story USING THE TOOLS OF THAT MEDIUM, thats like in a FILM saying some shit like "most of the best stuff is implied and found in the newspaper in this scene here, or job application form is the best part of the movie as you see he is looking for a job"
Or, or....fucking SHOW HIM LOOKING FOR A FUCKING JOB, its a FILM, you are to FILM him doing that shit.
Want to write it all out? Ok....write a book, that makes more sense for such a thing. Its not even say I dislike how that is done, simply that such a thing shouldn't be in place of a actual story and should never even be really used as an example of gamings greatest stories. Look at Half Life 2, it uses the animations, faces, the world etc to tell a story on TOP of a real script, voice acting etc It doesn't just use 1 feature to death to try to tell a story.
Fartynoob said:
They are great at rpg. To the point, they are the king of it. Outside of that is where they fail of. Personally preference also plays huge part. Other than that, I agree with you.
Character Action, Platformers, Fighting Games, Souls-like, Hunting games, Rhythm games, Bullet Hell, and probably more I'm not remembering right now.
I doubt you can say the west is better in those genres.
I think that it's because of the corporate nature of America in contrast to Japan.
In Japan you obviously have suits behind the scenes, but generally speaking creators are still allowed more freedom to be individuals but are also expected to take responsibility if they mess up.
While in America the creators are treated like a part of the company and an extension of it, so if they do or say something bad it's as if the company does it so they extend more control over them and what they say and do.
It's probably pretty hard to be a '' character '' too in the current online climate in the US, the Japanese can kinda get away with more because people just look at it as '' the Japanese being the Japanese ''.
That's why for example while people still bitch and moan about female characters not dressing or behaving like nuns in Japanese games, they do it to a MUCH lesser extent thant they do with Western devs.
Because it's just viewed as a '' Japanese thing '' so it's more expected, while with the West people love to try and control everything and bully people around.
I mean with Oda for example I think if a Western dev was that quirky people would kinda just purely find it cringe, but because he's Japanese people accept him being weird more and his Engrish plays a part of it too.
And while Western devs do get away with demeaning people online, they only get away with it when it's '' politically correct '' and safe.
When there's that context there, but when that context isn't there I don't think that they do.
So if they acted more like Harada and basically just acted like a douche he'd probably get a stern talking to from someone above him in the West because in US corporate culture that'd be seen as if it's the company doing it.
I mean this is why you so often see in devs bios that '' my views don't reflect the company ''.
To some extent I do think that it does, I mean there's a limit where maybe hiring someone who is just actually hateful towards fans isn't a good idea and does reflect negatively on the company.
But I also think it's kinda moronic to think that everything they say and do is a reflection of the company.
But yeah it kinda says a lot that like Ed Boon and Cory Barlog are like two of the big ones, because they're insanely boring as people.
Cory just has this overly wholesome persona that almost comes across as fake at times, it's like wholesome to a creepy extreme.
Or compare Blizzcon to the FFXIV Fan Fest, in the fan fest the devs just goof around and don't just read scripts.
But at Blizzcon everything is super ultra controlled and when the devs diverge away from the script you get things like '' don't you guys have phones ''.
Video games basically just became really big and became part of mainstream corporate America, and you can't be yourself at that point.
Actors are not actually being themselves either at events and in interviews, it's completely controlled and artificial and they receive media training for it. It's all fake, video games just became part of that culture too.
LazyParrot
Yeah, but that's my point. You can say it sucks all day long, but you can't say people don't care, which is what you did.
The whole "I'm sure some people care" thing doesn't fly either when the number of views on the story videos made by a single Youtuber is higher than the total number of copies sold across the entire series. That shit ain't happening for Tetris or Need For Speed. I'm pretty sure it isn't even happening for Mario. Lots of people who play these games do care about the story. Hell, lot's of people who don't play them apparently do, too. There's just no arguing against that.
My post stated " but MOST don't care." I never said shit about "people don't care" as in some generation or something.
Stop man...
doesn't fly either when the number of views on the story videos made by a single Youtuber is higher than the total number of copies sold across the entire series.
Yea...that doesn't really help your point, it shows that such a thing doesn't even move units for that series, as in its not that great if folks would rather just have someone tell them lore shit on Youtube then play the game.
Lots of people who play these games do care about the story
Sure bud, but I don't believe MOST really care about that shit and I like the series. The story is just non-existent in those things, you need to reach hard as fuck to even pretend it makes sense or some deep meaningful thing lol
Your original post stated "Gamers couldn't care less about the story in any of those games." No most in there.
You're bringing quality into this again. I've said it twice before, but I guess I'll have to say it again: this is not about whether the story or the way it is told is good or not. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. That's something each player has to decide from themselves. This is about whether or not people care about it.
If, as you claim, people watch these videos because the story in the actual game is too confusing for them, then that still shows they care. People generally don't spend hours watching something they don't have any interest in. Similarly, if, as you say, people would rather watch these videos than actually play the game, then that would at best prove that the way the story is told in the game itself is bad, not that people aren't interested in it. And that's assuming the reason these people chose Youtube over playing the game is related to the story in the first place, which doesn't have to be the case.
Sure bud, but I don't believe MOST really care about that shit and I like the series.
You're free to believe whatever you want, of course. It helps to at least have some evidence to back it up, though.
My original post? The fuck are you talking about? This is where we have to put you on ignore man, you can't even put the effort to properly read a post before replying.
Sooooo here is the orignal post and the user that made that comment. Please read the post thoroughly man, shit I even told you my comment wasn't about some generalization that simply imho MAJOIRTY don't care about it, never said shit about all of em or anything like that, didn't you think it was weird that I made that comment? Did you not think..."hmmm maybe I should read the comment again" before posting?
Gamers couldn't care less about the story in any of those games
Whats so sad about this, is even my fucking comment replying to them states I don't mean all or something.
" I can't say that no one cares, but MOST don't care." smh. You could have just read the entire post, not sure if you are just rage posting and don't see who said what or triggered or who knows lol
You're bringing quality into this again
Because it needs to be factored, its relevant to what is being stated. If I believe most gamers don't really care for the story in such titles, then yes...I need to bring up quality as a reason. I like those games and even I think the stories in them are shit, but I'm playing for the gameplay alone. I'm sorry but I'm not buying any Souls game for the "story" lol Every game listed in that comment I don't buy based on story, they are just not that great, but I think most are not really buying for those reasons too as they are just not deep story type games where that is the main focus, as in the title will sink or swim based on the "story".
this is not about whether the story or the way it is told is good or not
Oh it most definitely is. I don't even get the point of this if you are not mad quality is being factored and talked about, why the fuck did you think I was making that comment about MOST gamers not caring about them in those titles in general? The quality of them is poor, no different then Need For Speed or Battlefield single player etc Does this mean I hate games with stories? No, simply means I like games that actually have good stories and I like games that have great gameplay.
Sometimes both can't be found in a game and thats ok, but buddy....I do not buy that most are buying some of those IP for story, as I buy those series myself and those stories are laughably bad and afterthoughts.
Have a good one =)
You got me there. I got the two of you confused and that's 100% on me. You're right, I was wrong.
I like those games and even I think the stories in them are shit, but I'm playing for the gameplay alone. I'm sorry but I'm not buying any Souls game for the "story" lol
I think you're oversimplifying things a bit here by equating buying a game because of the story with caring about the story. They're not the same. The former necessarily entails the latter, but not vice versa.
It's probably true that most people don't buy Souls games for the story, and I certainly never claimed they did. I mean, I don't buy those games for the story either, but I still care about it and appreciate the way it is told. I'd imagine it's like that for most people, otherwise those lore videos wouldn't get as many views as they do. If people really didn't care they wouldn't even bother looking this stuff up.
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They suck at exploration. Fighting games, while great at it, is not the same level as mortal combat. That thing is brutal. It might not be good in term of virtua fighter, but in term of brutality, that game is number 1. Shooter game is western. Agree with you on platform. I have yet to see a Mario like experience game. In term of mmo, wester games get in to the point. while its repetitive in nature, The eastern side sucks at making it interesting.
While in your list they might dominate, there other list western dominate. Exploration (No man sky), RPG (The witcher 3, skyrim), Shooter (battlefield, HALO, Call of duty), Racing (Forza, Need for speed, While GT is good, its not at the level of forza horizon series or need for speed). Sports,.
while great at it, is not the same level as mortal combat.
Sales isn't a barometer of quality. If sales are, then I can just bring up Smash.
Besides MK, what else? I can easily name a dozen fighting games from the east that are very relevant.
I have yet to see a Mario like experience game. In term of mmo, wester games get in to the point
True, this I can agree with. Though it's not as clear cut as it used to be. Games like FFXIV and Black Desert are up there at top 10 MMOs. Aside from Guild Wars 2 and Elder Scrolls Online, most of the western MMOs are stuck at early 2000s MMO like Runescape.
If I'm just gonna name an MMO juggernaut then Korea actually takes the cake. Not only do they pump out MMOs yearly, they're also pretty big in the Asian market which largely gets ignored by Western media.
Why is there so many shitty directors and producers in the video game industry?
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FEATURED: ZENITH Chronomaster Original – A 21st Century Rendition of the A386
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A 21st century rendition of the A386! The El Primero has been and always will be very special to me on a personal level. I've often been intrigued by the legacy of watches being passed down, you know, like the famous Patek Philippe ad campaign , "You never actually own a Patek Philippe, you merely look after it for the next generation". Although I loved the sentiment here, I never knew how that actually felt until the day my father handed over his watch to me, my first luxury timepiece, the gold El Primero Rainbow Chronograph. Let me be honest, back then I was over the moon to get my first luxury "gold" timepiece, but I had no idea that I was now the proud owner of a 90's cult classic.
Chronomaster Original
Reference: 03.3200.3600/69.M3200
Price: 8,900 CHF
Well, that just a quick insight into my bias towards Zenith, but I was quite excited to know that 50 years later, the brand has now introduced a spruced up 2021 version of the iconic A386, which made its debut way back in 1969 as one of the first steel watches to be equipped with the revolutionary El Primero calibre. Yes, the world's first automatic high-frequency integrated chronograph movement! Now although we have witnessed Zenith's tributes to various emblematic historical references, including gold versions of the A386 in its Chronomaster Revival collection, a steel re-edition as part of it's permanent is certainly more than welcome
Chronomaster Original Reference: 03.3200.3600/69.C902 Price: 8,400 CHF
At first glance, the original Chronomaster and the A386 it's based on appear almost identical with a 38mm round bezel-less steel case with a raised and domed crystal, that pump-style chronograph pushers, the faceted lugs and the mix of radial brushed and polished surfaces throughout. Indistinguishable between the past and present models.
Undoubtedly, the most visually distinctive design element of the A386 is the dial. For starters there is that emblematic tri-colour chronograph in shades of grey and blue, the trapezoid date window at 04:30 and the red chronograph second hand, all intrinsic parts that have all been passed down to the Chronomaster Original, with a few subtle updates to match the boost in performance. The black inner scale surrounding the dial of the A386, once used to calculate time spent working using a 1/100 th of an hour time division system, finds a new purpose in the Chronomaster Original, with its 1/10 th of a second chronograph hand making a rotation around the dial in 10 seconds, totalling 100 measurable time units.
Reference: 03.3200.3600/21.C903
Substituting the tachymeter scale on the outer circumference on the dial, a 1/10 th of a second chronograph scale takes its place, allowing for the measurement and reading of elapsed time in precise fractions of a second. And for instantaneous, precise reading of the 10th of a second, the paddle-shaped seconds hand of the original A386 has been replaced with a straight, red-lacquered hand. The logo has also been updated to the more contemporary script Zenith uses today.
The steel bracelet, however, has been reimagined, foregoing the open "ladder" design of the 1960s for solid links that are sumptuously chamfered and decorated in the same fashion as the case.
The result of 50 years of gradual improvement and a true mastery of the automatic high-frequency chronograph movement, the Chronomaster Original is equipped with the latest version of the El Primero calibre, dubbed the El Primero 3600. With its high frequency of 5 Hz (36,000 VpH), the movement is able to precisely offer a true 1/10th of a second indication. Its autonomy has also been rendered more efficient, with an extended power reserve of 60 hours. Visible through the sapphire display back, the new architecture features a sleeker and more open design, revealing a blue column wheel and open rotor marked with the five-pointed star Zenith.
Apart from the signature steel with tri-colour dial configuration, the Chronomaster Original is available in two other versions: A steel case with a "reverse panda" black dial with silver chronograph registers, and an 18k rose gold version with the tri-colour dial. Personally, I've got my eyes on that panda!
Price: 18,900 CHF
Back in 1969, the A386 completely changed the game of automatic chronographs and although Zenith did stop the production briefly, this new rendition of the Original Chronomaster reinstates the fact that true icons never fade away.
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Maulaya Bharmal's forefathers wre kings in India. He and Maulaya Tarmal accepted 'iman' as propagated by Maulaya Abdullah and both extended 'khidmat' tirelessly in the spread of 'iman'. Hence, as a 'sawab' Allah bestowed them with 'doat kiram' and 'hudud' in their 'nasal' (progeny).
He was the second 'Wali-ul-Hind'. He was groomed by Maulaya Abdullah - the first 'Wali-ul-Hind' - to be his successor. He spread the 'Dawaat' in secrecy.
He was the third 'Wali-ul-Hind'. Like his father Maulaya Yaaqub, he also spread the 'Dawaat' discreetly.
He was the fourth 'Wali-ul-Hind'. Maulaya Ali was a great scholar. He groomed his son Maulaya Dawood and also Maulaya Hassan-Fir-Shaheed and Maulaya Adam for the 'khidmat' of the 'Dawaat'. He initiated the settling of moomineen in Ahmedabad along with Ahmed Shah, Maulaya Adam Khwaja Kala and Sheikh Mujal.
Syedi Fakhruddin Shaheed was sent to the towns in the district of Waghar by Maulaya Yaaqub the third 'Wali-ul-Hind' to spread "Dawaat'. In the month of Moharram, he held Imam Hussain's 'waaz' and accepted the 'wajebat' of moomineen in Galyakot. On the 27th of Moharram he left Galyakot, but was attacked by bandits near a lake. Inspite of putting up a bold front, he was slain. He is a personage of 'mojizaat' who is able to overcome any difficulties. Due to the 'barakaat' of his and ancestors 'khidmat' he was blessed with 'doat' and 'hudud kiram' in his progeny. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin Saheb (TUS) is a descendent of Syedi Fakhruddin Shaheed and so are 'hudud kiram' like Syedi Shamas Khan and Syedi Hasanji Badshah.
Maulaya Daud was sent to Wagar from Patan by Maulaya Yaaqub following the 'shahadat' of Syedi Fakhruddin Shaheed. His 'qabr mubarak' is in the 'sahen' of his father's 'mazar'.
He was the great, great grandson of Maulaya Bharmal and became the fifth 'Wali-ul-Hind'. He lived during the era of Syedna Abdullah Fakhruddin, the 16th Dai. The 31st Dai, Syedna Qasim Khan Zainuddin was his descendent. He was a brilliant person and well-known for his wisdom. He had answered many difficult questions during his lifetime. For example, he explained an 'ayat' which in direct translation is; - "One cannot enter 'Jannat' (Heaven) lest a camel passes through a needle-hole". He also explained the significance of 3 identical heads. There is a 'riwayat' where the Roman Emperor sent three identical heads to Feroz Shah, the king of Gujarat, to decipher which of the three heads was of greatest value. None whom the king called could solve the problem. Then he was told about Maulaya Hassan- Fir-Shaheed who was invited to solve the query. Maulaya Hassan-Fir poured water into the ear of each head. In the case of the first head, the water trickled through the mouth and he said this is the head of a 'ahmaq' (fool). For the second, it trickled through the other ear and he said this was the head of a 'jaahil'. Finally in the third it trickled through the throat into the chest and said that this was the head of an 'aaqil' (intelligent person). Hence he explained that the third head held the greatest value. The king was greatly impressed and presented him with an area of land which is now known as Denmal. He fell victim to his enemies and became 'shaheed'. His 'qabr mubarak' is in Denmal.
He was a Dai during the reign of Imam Mustansir Billah (SA) who came to Hind together with Maulaya Ahmad in 467 H. Maulaya Abdullah is the forefather of Syedi Hassan Feer Saheb in whose nasal were several doats including our Dai-uz-zamaan Syedna Mohamad Burhanuddin Saheb (TUS). Maulaya Abdullah worked tirelessly to explain to the people the true 'iman' and to show them the folly of idol worship. In one instance he felled an idol in the form of an elephant which was suspended in mid-air by magnetic forces, by removing the magnets.
a) He drew out water from a dry well during a draught in a town in Gujarat.
b)He was encircled by fire which provided him protection against the Raja's men who were pursuing him.
He was the companion of Maulaya Abdullah and assisted him in the propagation of 'Iman'.
They were the first to accept the 'dawaat' as preached by Maulaya Abdullah and Maulaya Ahmad.
He was also a companion of Maulaya Abdullah And was sent to the towns of Deccan for spreading the 'iman'.
First and foremost make a 'niyyat'.
Make 'wazoo' and ensure your clothes are 'paak'.
Stand with humility and respect near the 'qabr mubarak'.
Recite the following 'surats' : Yasin, Ikhlas, Falaq, Al-naas, Hamd and recite as many chapters of the Quraan as possible.
Recite 'Doas', 'Qasidas' and 'Munajats'.
'Tasleem' with respect before 'ziyarat'. While you are doing the 'ziyarat' you could ask for your desires to be fulfilled.
Fulfill whatever 'minnat' or 'nazar' (if you have any).
Collect the flower petals from the 'qabr mubarak' for 'barakat'.
Donate generously towards the 'golak' of the 'mazaar' for 'barakat' and sawab.
Syedna Jalal had the 'sharaf' of doing 'khidmat' for the last Dai in Yeman - 23rd Dai, Syedna Mohammad Izzuddin (RA). He was the second Dai in Hind, but was the first to pass away in India. Syedna Jalal was bestowed 'nas' by Syedna Yusuf Najmuddin (RA) who was the first Dai in Hind but whose 'wafaat' was in Yemen. The 'nas' was bestowed in a letter from Yemen and he was in office for only a period of four months. Prior to his elevation as a Dai, he was a 'wali-ul-hind' for about 20 years while Syedna Yusuf was in Yemen. His tenure of office was during the time of Mogul King Mohammad Shah III. Many plots were hatched by the 'dawaat's' enemies and he was exposed to a great deal of suffering. Twice Syedna Jalal saw 'Imamuzzaman' in his dream and he bestowed 'nas' on the 26th and 27th Dais.
He acquired his ilm in Yemen from Syedna Yusuf Najmuddin. His reign was very glorious and he used to travel in splendour, despite the restrictions placed on the 'dawaat' by the Mogul rulers of that era. During his reign, there were 28 'mohallas' in Ahmedabad and moomineen were found in 140 towns. It was also during his time that an ayat which was omitted from the 'azaan' was recited again in public. Syedna Dawood also restored the library in Yemen and he built a masjid in Sarangpur Mohalla and also a palace in Ahmedabad. He bestowed 'nas' upon Syedna Dawood Bin Qutubshah.
It was during his reign that a schism occured between the moomineen and the reason we are now known as DAWOODI BOHRAS. The split was due to Suleiman Bin Hasan who although at first acknowledged Syedna Dawood as the rightful Dai and successor of Syedna Dawood Ajabshah, later plotted against him. As a result of this differences, it caused a great deal of agony to the 'dai-uz-zaman' and moomineen. Syedna Dawood had to remain in hiding for four years. Later the Mogul King, Akbar, acknowledged Syedna Dawood as the rightful Dai and he remained on the 'takht' for fifteen years. He was ill before his 'wafaat' and bestowed 'nas' on Syedna Sheikh Adam Safiuddin. The 'qabr mubarak' of his consort Rani Aisaheba, who is also the mother of two Dais, Syedna Tayeb Zakiuddin (RA) and Syedna Qutbuddin Shaheed (RA), is beside him.
He served four 'Doatul Kiram' - from Syedna Yusuf Najmuddin (24th Dai) to Syedna Dawood Bin Qutubshah (27th Dai). His most significant contribution was during the reign of his predecessor Syedna Dawood Bin Qutubshah, where he tirelessly worked to defend the 'dawaat' from Suleiman and his henchmen, by sacrificing his wealth and personal safety. He was imprisoned several times often bound in chains and hung up-side down and whipped. He used his ilm to protect the 'dawaat' and constantly gave 'hidaayat' to moomineen. Even when he ascended the 'dawaat's takht', he was harassed by his enemies. He bestowed 'nas' upon Syedna Abdul Tayeb Zakiuddin (RA).
He was the son of Syedna Dawood Bin Qutubshah. Like his illustrious father, he also had to endure schism during his reign - where Ali bin Ibrahim formed the Alia sect and seperated from Daawat-ul-Haq. While his father was in seclusion, Syedna Abdul Tayeb Zakiuddin, together with other 'hudud kiraam' worked tirelessly to protect the daawat. He bestowed 'nas' on Syedna Ali Shamsuddin (RA) whose ziarat is in Yemen.
He is a descendent of Syedi Hassan Feer Shaheed. He served five Doatul Kiraam - from Syedna Dawood Bin Ajabshah to Syedna Ali Shamsuddin. He was bestowed 'nas' by Syedna Ali Shamsuddin.
He and the moomineen during his time endured great hardships and were prevented from following the 'shariat' and were forced to wear ivory and shave off their beards. Nevertheless, with the tireless efforts of Doatul Kiraam, moomineen remained steadfast on the 'shariat'. Syedna Feerkhan was also taken prisoner by the Mogul ruler, laeen Aurangzeb and was kept in the stable, and when the stable caught fire, the spot where Syedna was, remained untouched. After the death of laeen Aurengzeb, moomineen found peace. Syedna Feerkhan Shujauddin bestowed 'nas' upon Syedna Ismail Badruddin bin Maulai Raj - whose ziarat is in Jamnagar.
He acquired his 'ilm' from Syedi Abdeali Immaduddin. Syedna Abdullah Badruddin (AQ) (50th Dai) and Syedi Abdeali Mohyuddin acquired 'ilm' from him. They in turn passed on the 'ilm' to the 51st Dai, Syedna Taher Saifuddin (AQ). Syedna Abdul Hussain Hussamuddin became 'Mukasire Daawat' at the age of 32 years and was elevated to 'Mazoon-e-Daawat' four years later. He succeeded Syedna Abdul Qader Najmuddin (AQ) as the 48th Dai. Syedna Abdul Hussain Hussamuddin had a lot of concern for moomineen. He used to travel to 'moomineens bilad' (towns) and settle the daawat's debt.


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The 'Animaniacs' Are Being Revived at Hulu
Bilal Mian January 4, 2018 Leave a comment
The Animaniacs are back and this time they'll be wreaking havoc on Hulu thanks to a new deal between Hulu, Amblin Television, and Warner Bros. Animation.
The Warner brothers and sister, Yakko, Wakko, and Dot, along with Pinky and the Brain will return in a two-season straight-to-series order with Steven Spielberg helming the reigns again as executive producer of the series. Sam Register, President, Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Digital Series, and Amblin Television Co-Presidents Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank will also serve as executive producers.
In addition to announcing the new series, Hulu and Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution also inked a new pact that makes Hulu the exclusive streaming home to the complete library of all 99 episodes of the original Animaniacs, as well as Pinky and the Brain, the subsequent Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain, and the complete Tiny Toon Adventures collection. Hulu users can begin watching the classic episodes starting today!
"We cannot wait to work with Steven Spielberg and the entire Amblin and Warner Bros. teams to bring more sketches, catchphrases, songs and laughs from the Animaniacs to kids and adults everywhere," said Craig Erwich, SVP of Content, Hulu. "Now one of the most beloved, inventive and funny animated franchises in history, Animaniacs and its cast of witty characters can live on, on Hulu. This marks yet another big move for us as we continue our efforts to be the #1 streaming destination for premium animated content."
"I am so pleased and proud that Animaniacs will have a home at Hulu," said Executive Producer Steven Spielberg. "Together with Warner Bros., we look to bring new audiences and longtime fans into this wild world of Yakko, Wakko, and Dot. I am also excited that the full library of Animaniacs and Tiny Toon Adventures episodes are included in the deal."
"Yakko, Wakko and Dot have been waiting impatiently inside the water tower, and now their hilarious brand of animated chaos will be unleashed — again! We're incredibly excited to be partnering with Amblin and Hulu for new episodes of Animaniacs, filled with endless laughs — and ongoing plots for world domination by Pinky and the Brain," said Sam Register, President, Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Digital Series. "Parents who grew up with the cartoon now have new episodes to share with their own families."
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Decreased fuel costs and increased consumer confidence are leading to record profits, but airlines still show no signs of adjusting strategies to improve consumer satisfaction as a result.
North American airline earnings will climb 73 percent to $19 billion in 2015 from $11 billion this year, bolstered by lower jet fuel costs, a Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst forecast.
Glenn Engel raised earnings estimates today for nine U.S. and two Canadian carriers as a result of the decline in prices for oil, which is refined into jet fuel. Airlines also will benefit as lower energy costs give consumers more discretionary income they may spend on travel, he said.
Earnings that match Engel's forecasts would extend a turnaround among U.S. carriers that racked up $58 billion in losses from 2001 to 2009 before returning to profit in 2010. Executives at American Airlines Group Inc. and Delta Air Lines Inc. have said they expect to report record results this year.
"We continue to believe that the recent decline in jet fuel prices represents significant upside to airline EPS, if sustainable," William Greene, a Morgan Stanley analyst, said today in a report to investors.
The Bloomberg U.S. Airline Index declined 2.3 percent at 1:45 p.m. in New York trading, as broader markets also fell on fewer Black Friday shoppers and weaker economic data in China. The index has climbed 68 percent this year, outpacing an 11 percent gain in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
Oil prices fell to the lowest level since July 2009 after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries failed to cut output on Nov. 27 in response to a glut in supply. Prices that have since rebounded remain down 31 percent this year.
Jet fuel for immediate delivery in New York harbor has tumbled 30 percent this year to $2.23 a gallon, its lowest price since December 2009. Even with the lower prices, fuel remains among the top costs for airlines.
American, the world's largest carrier, spent $8.4 billion on fuel for jets in its primary fleet during the first nine months of this year. It was the largest single expense and accounted for about one-third of the airline's operating costs.
Engel raised his ratings on JetBlue Airways Corp. and Air Canada to buy from underperform, saying airline shares don't fully reflect oil prices remaining low longer. American and Hawaiian Holdings Inc. were changed to buy from neutral. The analyst reduced Delta to neutral from buy, and Alaska Air Group Inc. to underperform from buy, while raising his stock target price for each of those carriers.
The analyst said Delta's hedges, or financial instruments designed to protect against price spikes, and profit sharing limit its benefit from lower fuel costs while Alaska was cut based on its market-share battle in Seattle with Delta.
Helane Becker, an airline analyst at Cowen & Co. in New York, is cautious in evaluating the effects of falling fuel prices.
"We think that can turn just as quickly so we haven't really adjusted our estimates for next year," Becker said in a phone interview.
Still, signs look strong that airline fares will remain intact, she said. In the past, lower fuel prices eventually led to a drop in fares because the underlying cause was a slowing economy. This time, the economy still seems robust and the drop in fuel costs is resulting from an oversupply, Becker said.
Airlines so far haven't shown any sign of dropping ticket prices amid strong consumer demand, she said.
To contact the reporters on this story: Mary Schlangenstein in Dallas at maryc.s@bloomberg.net; Michael Sasso in Atlanta at msasso9@bloomberg.net To contact the editors responsible for this story: Ed Dufner at edufner@bloomberg.net Andrew Pollack, Bruce Rule.


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Q: Find all points along a path AS3 Basically, I want to randomly add a movie clip to any point along a bezier curve. Is there a way to find all points along a path? Or maybe there's a way to find the equation (it's a quadratic curve)? If all else fails, is there a way to find the points along a straight line (that isn't perfectly horizontal or vertical)?

A: If you are using the pen tool, this is creating a Shape. You can access the path of this shape by reading the result from Shape.graphics.readGraphicsData()
See the reference for readGraphicsData.

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Q: Visual Studio 2017 build agent fails to build with error cs0400 I've installed the VS 2017 Build agent and registered it in the 'Default' agent queue. The project I'm trying to build is a VS 2017 class library project, targeting .Net Standard 1.0.
When building from Visual Studio, build succeeds. However the build on the build agent fails.

T16:05:59.0389362Z ##[error]C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Local\Temp.NETStandard,Version=v1.0.AssemblyAttributes.cs(4,20): Error CS0400: The type or namespace name 'System' could not be found in the global namespace (are you missing an assembly reference?)

By comparing the build logs with my local build I can see that the build agent calls the csc.exe with missing 'reference' attributes.
My project has no any explicit references - it just requires .NetStandard 1.0 libraries (SDK).
The command line the build agent uses is:

\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\Roslyn\csc.exe /noconfig /unsafe- /checked- /nowarn:1701,1702,1705 /nostdlib+ /errorreport:prompt /warn:4 /define:TRACE;RELEASE;NETSTANDARD1_0 /debug- /debug:portable /filealign:512 /nologo /optimize+ /out:obj\Release\netstandard1.0\Geo.Common.dll /ruleset:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Team Tools\Static Analysis Tools\Rule Sets\MinimumRecommendedRules.ruleset" /target:library /warnaserror- /utf8output /deterministic+ Distance.cs DistanceExtensions.cs GeoCoordinate.cs Unit.cs "C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Local\Temp.NETStandard,Version=v1.0.AssemblyAttributes.cs" obj\Release\netstandard1.0\Geo.Common.AssemblyInfo.cs

I know I can just hardcode the 'reference' list as command line attributes to the build step in build definition, but that's a workaround.
What is the right way to fix this ?
Thanks!
UPDATE
Turned out that the reason for the failure was that the earlier step in the build definition, the NuGet Restore was using the 3.5 version of nuget.exe. Because the project file was in VS 2017 format, nuget.exe was unable to find any referenced packages, so was completing successfully without actually pulling anything in. Thus, on the next step, the build was failing as no NuGet packages (hence any assemblies) were found.
SOLUTION
I downloaded nuget.exe 4.0 (found here) and place it in the agent's work directory (D:\VsAgentWork\nuget.exe in my case). Then, I customized the NuGet Restore step, to reference the nuget.exe from the provided location (....\nuget.exe).

A: You need to restore you package for your solution.  For .NET Core you need to either do this with the dotnet cli or with the MSBuild /t:restore target or you can download NuGet 4 from the nuget site and put that on your build machine and specify it in the path on the NuGet installer task.

A: Had this exact same issue, and switching from
nuget restore xyz.sln

to
dotnet restore
nuget restore xyz.sln

before the build itself fixed it.

A: I experienced this with VS2017 too, it seems to be a bug.
In the first instance just restart VS, but I did find the full steps are sometimes needed to resolve the issue:

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*Close VS

*Delete the .vs/ folder

*Delete any bin/ and obj/ folders

*Reload VS and run a rebuild

A: If you want to use the hosted VS2017 agent pool for your .net core app, you can run 'dotnet restore', and that should work too: https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/docs/build/apps/aspnet/ci/build-aspnet-core