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In the first century, free-spirited Mary Magdalene flees the marriage her family has arranged for her, finding refuge and a sense of purpose in a radical new movement led by the charismatic, rabble-rousing preacher named Jesus.
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1 Samuel 25:1-3: There was a man in Maon, whose property was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel. Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was clever and beautiful, but the man was surly and mean; he was a Calebite.
We learn that Abigail's husband, Nabal, is very mean, surly, a fool, and quite rich. Abigail is beautiful and clever.
David is requiring Nabal's hospitality.
Nabal is foolish and refuses to show David and his men hospitality even though David showed Nabal hospitality. David's men return to David with Nabal's answer. David and his men set out to war against Nabal.
Nabal, as the servant claims, is so ill-natured that no one can speak to him. We know the bible states that 'wives are to submit to your husbands', however we do not see that in this passage about Abigail and her husband, Nabal.
1 Samuel 25:18-19: Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves, two skins of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five measures of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeys and said to her young men, 'Go on ahead of me; I am coming after you.' But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
It appears that Abigail goes behind her husband's back and undermines his authority to save her entire household from David and his army's wrath.
Abigail is on her way to meet David and his army! This is one very brave woman. She knows that if she doesn't act quickly that everyone in their household will be killed. She clearly does not 'submit' to her foolish husband, Nabal, but courageously initiates a plan to save her people.
Here we see Abigail humbly approach David and apologizes for her husband's actions and even publicly criticizes him for his actions, clearly not submission towards her husband. She claims to David that 'I did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent." It's as though she is claiming to have the ability to even be in charge, otherwise why would she make this claim, if she did not even have the authority to act as she did?
1 Samuel 25:26: 'Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, since the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt and from taking vengeance with your own hand, now let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be like Nabal.'" David will face allegations of bloodguilt several times in his life. Abigail has reminded him, in a very nice way, that if he followed through in his intent he not, Nabal, would be the guilty party. David does not have a right under the law to retaliate in this way. If he does, he will be guilty before God.
Abigail had wisdom. She never defended her foolish husband. She even warned David of the consequences of his action if he killed Nabal and his people. She encouraged David to do what was right in the sight of God.
Interestingly, David did not reprimand Abigail for not submitting to her husband, publically offending him or acting on her own authority. David actually applauded Abigail for spiritual wisdom and knowledge by preventing him from sin. David also stated that she had saved every man in her extended household. David even heeds the advice of a woman!
1 Samuel 25:36: Abigail came to Nabal; he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; so she told him nothing at all until the morning light.
1 Samuel 25:37-38: In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him; he became like a stone. About ten days later the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.
God actually punishes Nabal, not Abigail for undermining her husband's authority.
Many legalistic religious teachings are that Nabal was punished by God for his mistreatment of Abigail, so women can always trust that God will punish their husbands if the husband mistreats them, implying that a woman should just 'wait on the Lord' for God to correct and chastise the husband. This is definitely taught within the Bill Gothard cult in which I grew up in. It is true that God is a God of justice, but women should never stay in an abusive relationship, especially when they have children. We must never wait for someone to change before we take action! Interestingly David says that God punished Nabal because of the insult that he gave to David, not Abigail.
1 Samuel 25:39-42: Then David sent and wooed Abigail, to make her his wife. When David's servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, 'David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.' She rose and bowed down, with her face to the ground, and said, 'Your servant is a slave to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.' Abigail got up hurriedly and rode away on a donkey; her five maids attended her. She went after the messengers of David and became his wife. David also married Ahinoam of Jezreel; both of them became his wives.
So what does God do to Abigail for not submitting to her husband, disrespecting him, and undermining his authority? God allows her to become the wife of the future King of Israel. The point I'd like to stress about this story is that women do have CHOICES and a VOICE, which is what this organization is all about! I believe that wives are to submit to their husbands as the Bible teaches us, EXCEPT in cases of abuse. Therefore, in certain situations God actually calls women to act, not wait on the Lord, but to wisely act to save herself, her family and most importantly her children. If you are in an abusive destructive relationship, precious sisters in the Lord, you must have the courage and discernment that Abigail had and get yourself, as well as your children to safety. God desires for you to experience a joyful abundant life in Christ, not a life of fear and intimidation.
Child Abuse and Spousal Abuse: What does the Bible say about it?
There is no scripture in the Word of God that condones any form of abuse (physical, verbal, emotional, sexual or spiritual abuse) toward women or children. God opposes domestic violence.
The bible tells us exactly what 'love' is. I Cor 13:4-7 says, Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Have you ever seen a discouraged, hopeless child? Parents are to be their children's greatest supporters and encouragers, not their enemies.
FACT: Children who grow up in an abusive home are more likely to either become an abuser or become a victim, thus repeating the abusive cycle generation to generation.
If God, our heavenly father, is our model for parenting and the bible clearly says that God is SLOW to anger and HUGE in loyal love, forgiving iniquity and rebellion and sin, should we as parents of our precious children do the same?
Discipline vs. Punishment? The purpose of discipline is to help a child learn to control their behavior and know the difference between right and wrong, not for them to have fear of punishment. For example, a child doesn't steal because it is wrong, not because he is afraid of being caught. Painful, unpleasant punishment will prevent most children from doing what you don't want them to do. Discipline is giving loving beneficial instruction rather than harsh unloving punishment. Love is always the motive of the parent. Character will be the outcome. Physical punishment (spanking, slapping, grabbing harshly, etc) and verbal punishment (mocking, shaming, name calling, or cruel words such as "I hate you") are never productive, but will only destroy your child's self esteem and crush their spirit.


My Favorite was the Sea Lion!!!
Home Frugal Family Life Family Travel My Favorite was the Sea Lion!!!
Last week we went to Sea World. It was SO much fun to spend a day with the kids! I heard about an awesome thing that they do at Sea World San Diego (and probably others). They have educational home school field trip days. Since we home school our daughter for preschool, I was able to go. It was seriously SO much cheaper. The tickets are SUPER discounted and you are able to be int he park all morning. We saw many animals and a couple shows.
The kids LOVED the day. We left with them saying how much fun it was and how much they wanted to come back.
They touched a hedge hog, chocolate chip star fish and got to feed a bird some bugs. They were also able to see so many amazing sea animals. I was reminded of the fascination I had with dolphins and other sea mammals when I was younger. I used to LOVE to watch them swim and glide through th water. What amazing creations they are!!!!
But no, he responds "the sea lion." That was the first thing we saw and he was glued to the show that showed how they trained them and how they spoke and we were able to watch them swim and jump out of the water!


Take oil and garlic and spread it with a basting brush so that it evenly covers the bottom of the 13x9 baking dish.
Place chicken in dish. Then the sauce, half the cheese over the sauce, then sprinkle basil, cover everything with croutons, then rest of the cheese over the top of that.
Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour covered or the cheese will burn.


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Q: Project a grid in screenspace on the world xz plane I want to project a grid on the xz-plane like shown here:

To do that, I created a vertex grid with x and z range [-1|1]. In the shader I multiply the xz screen coordinate of a vertex with the inverse of the View-Projection matrix. Then I want to adjust the height, depending on the new world xz coordinates and finally I transform these coordinates back to screenspace by multiplying them with the View-Projection matrix.
I dont know why, but I get a very strange plane shown on the screen. Are the mathematical oprations I use correct?

A: The grid that you initially create, is that in projection space or actual screen co-ords? It sounds like it is in projection space since you only transform it with the inverse of the view-projection matrix to get into world co-ords. I think you need to include the "Window" matrix too i.e. transform them by the inverse of the View-Projection-Window matrix (and similarly on the way back to screen co-ords).
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I'm probably not understanding exactly what it is you're trying to do so here's some questions back. :)
Are you trying to take the grid that's shown in the screenshot in your question and project that onto world z-x co-ordinates? If so, then why do you start with a grid of z-x values? Also, if you apply an inverse view matrix to those then surely you would end up with a line since the camera looks along z although your second screenshots show that you are getting a plane. I'm a bit confused.

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After Civil War Americans Joined More Organizations Than Ever, Professor Postel Writes
SHEPHERD EXPRESS (MILWAUKEE) -- America had always been a nation of joiners, but according to Charles Postel, Americans joined more organizations than ever once the Civil War ended — including many groups that pursued equality of opportunity for all citizens. The latest book by Postel, a San Francisco State University History professor, is a rebuke to the American folklore of rugged individualism and Horatio Alger success stories. In the late 19th century, labor unions, farmers associations and women's groups were "widely understood as a means to pursue one's individual social, economic and political interests, as well as the social good." Postel also explores the dark side to this earlier vision of collective action: Unions excluded immigrants, the farmers allied themselves with white Southern planters and women's temperance groups worked with the Ku Klux Klan. Growing disparity of wealth in our own time threatens to return America to the era that is Postel's subject. The author concludes that the problem of establishing "living forms of solidarity" in a socially divisive nation "remains unresolved."

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Hardwoods that invade longleaf pine and other frequently-burned forests, woodlands and savannas are often one of the major threats to the open pineywoods that many landowners and land managers are striving to restore and maintain for bobwhite quail and other declining grassland birds. But not all native hardwoods are the same in these ecosystems, according to Johnny Stowe, a prescribed fire manager for the S.C. Department of Natural Resources.
Stowe, who penned the article "Whither the Fire-Oaks?" in a recent issue of The Longleaf Leader, says that certain desirable species of hardwoods are adapted to frequent fire, and provide valuable acorns and cover for wildlife, as well as other ecosystem benefits. Stowe says that "fire-oaks," such as post oak and Southern red oak, have traits that equip them to thrive in properly burned landscapes. In addition to these well-known "tree-sized" oaks, several so-called "scrub" oaks are also an important part of fire maintained landscapes. These scrub oaks include blackjack oak, bluejack oak, sand live oak, sand post oak and dwarf chinquapin oak.
There are even two oak species, runner oak and dwarf live oak, which grow in clonal patches and seldom get over waist tall when burned every year or two. Other hardwoods that can thrive in lands that are burned under prescription include hickories and chinquapins that produce nuts, and dogwood, blackgum and persimmons that yield soft mast of great value to wildlife. These and other woody species do not tend to be invasive when burned properly.
According to Stowe, "Landowners and managers might do well to consider managing for appropriate numbers of these trees and shrubs. In scattered patches and as individual trees, these native hardwoods are a natural part of the firelands of the South; they provide escape and nesting cover, much-needed acorns and other fruits, as well as biodiversity and beauty."
For more information on burning longleaf pinelands, visit The Longleaf Alliance website at www.longleafalliance.org.


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Het bisdom Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro (Latijn: Dioecesis Arretina-Cortonensis-Biturgensis seu Burgi Sancti Sepulchri; Italiaans: Diocesi di Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro) is een in Italië gelegen rooms-katholiek bisdom met zetel in de stad Arezzo. Het bisdom behoort tot de kerkprovincie Florence en is samen met de bisdommen Fiesole, Pistoia, Prato en San Miniato suffragaan aan het aartsbisdom Florence.

Geschiedenis
Het bisdom Arezzo werd opgericht in de 3e eeuw. Op 10 november 1561 werd het bisdom Montepulciano opgericht uit delen van het bisdom Arezzo. De bisschop van Arezzo heeft sinds 1730 het voorrecht een pallium te dragen.

Op 30 september 1986 werden, met het decreet Instantibus votis van de Congregatie voor de Bisschoppen, de bisdommen Cortona en Sansepolcro aan Arezzo toegevoegd. De huidige bisschop van Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro is aartsbisschop Riccardo Fontana.

Zie ook
 Lijst van rooms-katholieke bisdommen
 Katholieke Kerk in Italië

Externe links
 Bisdom Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro op catholic-hierarchy.org

Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro
Arezzo (provincie)

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The chance of earthquake damage in Smithshire is lower than Illinois average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Smithshire is lower than Illinois average and is higher than the national average.
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Other Weather Extremes Events
A total of 3,693 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Smithshire, IL were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:
Type Count Type Count Type Count Type Count Type Count
Avalanche: 0 Blizzard: 22 Cold: 51 Dense Fog: 40 Drought: 36
Dust Storm: 0 Flood: 424 Hail: 979 Heat: 25 Heavy Snow: 76
High Surf: 0 Hurricane: 0 Ice Storm: 47 Landslide: 0 Strong Wind: 74
Thunderstorm Winds: 1,498 Tropical Storm: 0 Wildfire: 0 Winter Storm: 107 Winter Weather: 105
Other: 209
Volcanos Nearby
No volcano is found in or near Smithshire, IL.
Historical Earthquake Events
No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Smithshire, IL.
No historical earthquake events found in or near Smithshire, IL.
Historical Tornado Events
A total of 75 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Smithshire, IL.
Distance (miles) Date Magnitude Start Lat/Log End Lat/Log Length Width Fatalities Injuries Property Damage Crop Damage Affected County
7.4 1999-04-05 2 40°38'N / 90°41'W 40°41'N / 90°39'W 3.00 Miles 100 Yards 0 0 3K 0 Warren
Brief Description: The tornado first touched down along Highway 9 southwest of Good Hope snapping several trees. From there the tornado moved northeast across Town Fork Creek damaging several trees in a densely wooded area and snapping two large trees along a county road. Damage along this path was rated F0. As the tornado continued northeast it moved through plowed farmland and approached a homestead along north-south county road west of Good Hope. The house sustained no structural damage, but several outbuildings suffered substantial damage. An older concrete block hog house was destroyed while the roof and sides of a new machine shed were torn off. A grain bin was blown about 500 yards from the home site into a neighboring field. Damage along this path was rated F2. For the next several miles the tornado tracked through plowed farmland snapping a few trees and blowing over several fences. The tornado then approached US Highway 67 just south of the McDonough-Warren County line. The tornado snapped two very large oak trees at a homestead with one landing on the house. It continued on a northeast track snapping several trees and damaging a roof on a homestead just south of the county line. Damage along this path was rated F1. The tornado then crossed from McDonough county into Warren county just east of highway 67. As the tornado continued northeast it hit a group of farm buildings north of the county line. Three of the buildings sustained major damage. A corn crib was blown on it's side while the roof of a barn and shed were destroyed. Damage along this path was rated F1. The tornado tracked into the south side of Swan Creek destroying a grain elevator. Just northeast of the elevator the walls of a concrete block machine shop were blown in and the building was completely destroyed. As is continued northeast it toppled several trees and antennae. Other damage in Swan Creek included two porches torn off homesteads and two roofs lifted, but not pulled off homesteads. Damage along this path was rated F2. The tornado continued northeast and lifted just north of town.
12.1 1967-01-24 2 40°51'N / 90°56'W 40°55'N / 90°51'W 5.70 Miles 77 Yards 0 0 25K 0 Henderson
12.3 1999-04-05 2 40°32'N / 90°43'W 40°37'N / 90°41'W 6.40 Miles 100 Yards 0 0 6K 0 Mcdonough
13.5 1957-05-21 3 40°30'N / 90°48'W 40°37'N / 90°35'W 13.70 Miles 120 Yards 0 0 250K 0 Mcdonough
14.4 1959-09-26 2 40°54'N / 90°38'W 40°57'N / 90°33'W 4.90 Miles 300 Yards 1 0 250K 0 Warren
18.6 1974-06-14 3 40°56'N / 90°24'W 40°43'N / 90°24'W 14.90 Miles 33 Yards 0 1 0K 0 Knox
19.6 1963-04-18 2 41°02'N / 90°45'W 0 0 25K 0 Warren
20.2 1959-09-27 2 40°28'N / 90°36'W 40°33'N / 90°27'W 9.40 Miles 200 Yards 0 1 250K 0 Mcdonough
21.3 1964-04-21 3 40°25'N / 90°44'W 40°30'N / 90°29'W 14.10 Miles 17 Yards 0 0 25K 0 Mcdonough
24.9 1995-05-13 2 40°44'N / 90°23'W 40°49'N / 90°09'W 14.00 Miles 880 Yards 0 2 1.6M 0 Knox
Brief Description: A tornado touched down 1 N of St. Augustine and traveled to the northeast. Twelve farm structures and 14 pieces of farm equipment were destroyed. Eighteen homes were either damaged or destroyed. Numerous trees were blown over and a 10 acre orchard with over 1200 trees was destroyed. The tornado also took off the roof of the Maquon Fire Department before it lifted and dissipated 1 NE of Maquon. Two people sustained minor injuries and damage was estimated around $1.6 million.
24.9 1967-01-24 2 40°42'N / 91°14'W 40°45'N / 91°12'W 3.00 Miles 200 Yards 0 4 250K 0 Lee
27.1 1998-06-18 2 41°06'N / 90°48'W 41°11'N / 90°43'W 6.00 Miles 880 Yards 0 0 110K 0 Mercer
Brief Description: The tornado damaged several rural home sites. Northeast of Seaton damage was noted to farm buildings and a silo. South of Aledo seven power lines poles were snapped, and a farmhouse 4 miles west of Aledo was destroyed. The tornado also damaged or destroyed farm buildings, roofs and chimneys south of Aledo.
27.1 1966-05-23 2 40°58'N / 91°11'W 41°01'N / 91°07'W 4.10 Miles 100 Yards 0 0 250K 0 Des Moines
27.5 1974-05-13 2 41°00'N / 91°09'W 1.00 Mile 50 Yards 0 0 250K 0 Des Moines
28.5 1974-06-14 3 41°18'N / 90°35'W 40°56'N / 90°24'W 26.90 Miles 440 Yards 0 1 0K 0 Mercer
28.9 1982-03-12 2 40°20'N / 90°41'W 0 1 25K 0 Mcdonough
29.6 1975-06-13 3 40°41'N / 90°15'W 40°40'N / 90°07'W 6.60 Miles 1300 Yards 0 0 2.5M 0 Fulton
30.2 1960-03-29 2 40°40'N / 91°20'W 40°46'N / 91°18'W 6.60 Miles 200 Yards 0 0 3K 0 Lee
30.3 1965-08-25 3 40°52'N / 91°18'W 3.00 Miles 100 Yards 0 1 250K 0 Des Moines
30.3 1977-05-04 2 40°52'N / 91°18'W 2.00 Miles 10 Yards 0 0 25K 0 Des Moines
30.3 1975-07-23 3 40°33'N / 90°20'W 40°33'N / 90°07'W 11.10 Miles 2630 Yards 0 0 250K 0 Fulton
33.2 1976-08-11 2 40°30'N / 90°12'W 0 1 250K 0 Fulton
34.6 1974-04-13 2 41°12'N / 90°27'W 0.10 Mile 20 Yards 0 0 25K 0 Mercer
34.9 1974-04-13 2 40°14'N / 90°57'W 40°18'N / 90°55'W 4.30 Miles 500 Yards 0 10 2.5M 0 Hancock
35.1 1990-06-19 2 40°34'N / 90°07'W 0.30 Mile 100 Yards 0 0 250K 0 Fulton
35.6 2003-05-10 2 40°12'N / 91°20'W 40°27'N / 90°55'W 28.40 Miles 200 Yards 0 0 400K 0 Hancock
Brief Description: Tornado developed in Adams County (WFO LSX) and moved northeast, entering Hancock county 1.2 miles southeast of Tioga at 1749 CST. The tornado moved in a northeast direction for 10.7 miles, passing 2.5 miles south of Basco where F2 damage was noted, and then turned slightly right. The tornado continued northeast for 17.7 miles, passing 1.2 miles south of Bentley and exited into McDonough County 3.9 miles SE of Fountain Green at 1830 CST. Most damage along the path in Hancock County was F0 and F1. The tornado was on the ground for a total of 28.4 miles in Hancock County.
36.4 1975-03-23 2 41°04'N / 90°11'W 1.00 Mile 80 Yards 0 2 25K 0 Knox
36.4 2006-04-13 2 41°16'N / 90°37'W 41°16'N / 90°35'W 2.00 Miles 50 Yards 0 0 30K 0 Mercer
Brief Description: Rated low F2 Tornado developed just east of 240th Street at 2107 CST and tracked generally east across the far northern part of Matherville and dissipated just west of U.S. 67 east of Matherville at 2111 CST. Two homes had roof damage done to them with the sheriff's office indicating one house was completely unroofed.
36.8 1961-05-14 3 39°43'N / 91°18'W 40°43'N / 90°13'W 89.60 Miles 100 Yards 0 0 2.5M 0 Pike
37.0 1990-03-08 2 40°12'N / 90°54'W 40°14'N / 90°26'W 25.00 Miles 33 Yards 0 0 250K 0 Schuyler
37.1 1973-09-30 3 40°14'N / 90°56'W 0 0 0K 0 Hancock
37.1 2010-06-05 2 40°48'N / 90°05'W 40°46'N / 89°59'W 6.00 Miles 50 Yards 0 0 420K 50K Knox
Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A tornado touched down 4.5 miles west-northwest of Yates City in eastern Knox County then tracked southeastward to the Knox-Peoria County line. Large tree limbs were snapped and crops were scoured in numerous places along this path. A house had the roof torn off and much of the upper level of the structure severely damaged. The attached garage was also destroyed. In addition, a large garage was destroyed, and seven outbuildings were severely damaged. The tornado continued southeastward into Peoria County. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A stationary frontal boundary extending from southern Michigan across north-central Illinois served as the focus for severe thunderstorm development during the late afternoon and evening of June 5th. A vigorous upper-level disturbance tracking across the Upper Midwest added extra wind energy to the atmosphere, allowing supercell thunderstorms to develop along the front. Eight tornadoes were spawned by the storms, mainly along a Galesburg to Eureka line. An isolated tornado formed further south across eastern Logan and western DeWitt counties as well. No injuries were reported.
37.3 1995-05-13 4 40°22'N / 90°18'W 40°25'N / 90°07'W 7.00 Miles 880 Yards 0 45 6.0M 0 Fulton
Brief Description: A tornado touched down 1 NE of Ipava and traveled to the northeast for seven miles, lifting and dissipating 2 NE of Lewistown. The tops of some high power line structures were broken off and 12 homes were destroyed. Numerous livestock were killed. Numerous cars and farm equipment were either damaged or destroyed. One car was thrown over a 100 yards into a farm field. Forty-five people sustained minor injuries, mainly from flying debris. Damage was estimated around $6 million.
37.4 1974-04-13 2 41°14'N / 90°25'W 0.10 Mile 17 Yards 0 1 3K 0 Mercer
38.0 1973-04-21 2 41°16'N / 90°50'W 41°20'N / 90°39'W 10.20 Miles 33 Yards 0 0 2.5M 0 Mercer
38.0 1978-08-15 3 41°16'N / 90°47'W 41°20'N / 90°41'W 6.40 Miles 77 Yards 0 0 250K 0 Mercer
38.2 1981-06-21 3 40°14'N / 90°38'W 40°12'N / 90°28'W 8.80 Miles 880 Yards 1 12 2.5M 0 Schuyler
38.6 1962-05-28 2 41°13'N / 90°20'W 0 0 0K 0 Henry
38.7 1975-07-23 3 40°34'N / 90°11'W 40°32'N / 89°55'W 14.00 Miles 2630 Yards 2 69 25.0M 0 Fulton
38.8 1976-03-04 2 41°02'N / 90°06'W 0.10 Mile 440 Yards 0 0 25K 0 Knox
39.2 1990-03-08 2 40°12'N / 90°57'W 40°12'N / 90°54'W 2.00 Miles 33 Yards 0 0 250K 0 Hancock
40.5 2010-06-05 2 40°46'N / 89°59'W 40°46'N / 89°57'W 2.00 Miles 50 Yards 0 0 85.0M 0K Peoria
Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A tornado crossed the Knox-Peoria County line 1.1 miles west of Elmwood, then continued southeastward through the town of Elmwood. Considerable structural damage occurred to 10 homes, 30 businesses and nearly two dozen vehicles in downtown Elmwood, amounting to approximately $85 million in damages. There was a total of about 80 people, some that were attending an outdoor festival in the downtown and some that were at a theater, that took shelter in the basement of the movie theater. As a result, there were no injuries. The tornado dissipated 1 mile east of Elmwood. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A stationary frontal boundary extending from southern Michigan across north-central Illinois served as the focus for severe thunderstorm development during the late afternoon and evening of June 5th. A vigorous upper-level disturbance tracking across the Upper Midwest added extra wind energy to the atmosphere, allowing supercell thunderstorms to develop along the front. Eight tornadoes were spawned by the storms, mainly along a Galesburg to Eureka line. An isolated tornado formed further south across eastern Logan and western DeWitt counties as well. No injuries were reported.
40.9 1978-08-15 3 41°20'N / 90°41'W 41°21'N / 90°42'W 0 0 250K 0 Rock Island
41.3 1974-06-14 3 41°23'N / 90°40'W 41°18'N / 90°35'W 6.80 Miles 33 Yards 0 0 0K 0 Rock Island
41.4 2003-05-10 2 40°32'N / 91°35'W 40°38'N / 91°25'W 11.50 Miles 200 Yards 0 0 1.0M 0 Lee
Brief Description: Tornado developed 1.5 miles west of Argyle at 1728 CST and moved northeast for 11.5 miles before dissipating 1.3 miles North of Viele at 1747 CST. A maximum rating of F2 was noted just west of Argyle where a house was turned approximately 120 degrees and moved 25 to 40 feet off its foundation. Three teens ran inside the house and sought shelter, 2 in an interior bathroom and the other under the stairs. Three large trees on the back edge of the property stopped the house and likely prevented the teens from being injured or killed. The remainder of the damage path saw F0 and F1 damage.
42.0 1959-09-26 2 41°11'N / 90°22'W 41°18'N / 90°10'W 12.90 Miles 33 Yards 0 0 250K 0 Henry
42.0 1967-01-24 2 41°12'N / 91°17'W 2.00 Miles 150 Yards 0 1 25K 0 Louisa
42.1 1990-03-08 2 40°14'N / 90°26'W 40°14'N / 90°12'W 15.00 Miles 50 Yards 0 0 250K 0 Fulton
42.5 1999-04-08 3 40°21'N / 91°27'W 40°25'N / 91°20'W 7.50 Miles 200 Yards 0 0 15.0M 0 Hancock
Brief Description: A tornado developed just west of Warsaw in Hancock County and produced F2 damage to homes in the south part of the community. 2 homes were destroyed while another 30 structures suffered damage, including the high school track and football field and fairgrounds. Trees and branches were blown down in many parts of town. The tornado moved northeast into Hamilton where F3 damage occurred. The tornado destroyed or damaged 144 homes and businesses amounting to 10 million dollars in total damage. 4 people suffered minor injuries. The KHQA-TV tower and KOKX radio tower were destroyed. Governor George Ryan declared Hancock County a state disaster area. The tornado weakened and lifted just northeast of Hamilton. Strong thunderstorms continued over much of Hamilton County in the wake of the tornado producing torrential rain and water over various roads in town.
42.9 1970-05-09 2 41°13'N / 91°17'W 1.00 Mile 100 Yards 0 0 25K 0 Louisa
43.0 2003-05-10 2 40°07'N / 90°40'W 40°09'N / 90°35'W 6.00 Miles 150 Yards 0 0 0 0 Schuyler
Brief Description: A tornado touched down 5.5 miles west of Rushville. It destroyed a house, as well as a barn. The tornado traveled to the northeast blowing down numerous trees and power lines. Also, numerous silos, barns and machine sheds were either damaged or destroyed. The tornado lifted and dissipated 3 miles north northwest of Rushville. No injuries were reported.
43.0 2007-06-01 3 41°16'N / 91°11'W 41°19'N / 91°07'W 6.00 Miles 774 Yards 0 1 1.0M 0K Louisa
Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The tornado touched down on the southern edge of Grandview. It moved through the center of town intensifying in rural areas as it approached the county line. In Grandview, several homes sustained severe damage. North of Grandview, about 1.5 miles, a farm house was completely destroyed. Other homes and trees along the path sustained damage. The tornado crossed the Louisa-Muscatine county line just south of Fruitland, IA. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A line of thunderstorms pivoted northeast into parts of southeast Iowa during the mid-morning hours of June 1st. Much of the area was just breaking out of a blanket of dense fog where visibilities dropped to less than a quarter mile. Dew point temperatures were in the middle 60s to around 70 degrees. The line of storms appeared to become more broken through the late morning hours, while the area from Iowa City to Waterloo appeared to stratify out into a large area of showers. Just before 12:00 pm CDT, rapid intensification of storm cells on the southeast end of the original line occurred as it moved into northern portions of Louisa County. A tornado touched down just south of Grandview, IA and moved northeast through Fruitland, IA and on to the southwest parts of Muscatine, IA. The tornado then lifted and as the storm cell continued to move northeast across Muscatine County. The super-cell re-intensified as it entered the southeast part of Cedar County just before 1 pm producing a brief tornado near Wilton, IA. The storm then moved across northwest parts of Scott County and Clinton County producing damaging wind gusts and large hail. The super-cell continued northeast into Jackson County producing a tornado near Bellevue around 2:30 pm, which moved across the Mississippi River into Jo Daviess County before lifting. The storm produced yet another tornado just south of Scales Mound, IL around 3:15 pm before moving into southwest Wisconsin and dissipating. During the early afternoon hours, additional storms strengthened on the south end of the original line of storms, which went on to produce wind damage and large hail as they moved through northwest Illinois through the late afternoon hours.
43.4 1990-11-27 2 40°06'N / 90°35'W 40°11'N / 90°29'W 6.00 Miles 100 Yards 0 0 250K 0 Schuyler
43.4 1974-05-16 2 41°20'N / 90°33'W 41°21'N / 90°22'W 9.20 Miles 100 Yards 0 0 2.5M 0 Rock Island
44.4 1977-05-04 2 40°58'N / 91°33'W 41°00'N / 91°31'W 0 1 250K 0 Henry
44.8 1957-03-14 2 40°06'N / 90°35'W 40°08'N / 90°32'W 2.30 Miles 33 Yards 0 0 25K 0 Schuyler
45.0 1977-05-04 2 40°47'N / 91°36'W 2.00 Miles 60 Yards 0 0 250K 0 Lee
45.1 1973-04-21 2 41°20'N / 90°39'W 41°26'N / 90°25'W 13.60 Miles 33 Yards 0 2 2.5M 0 Rock Island
45.4 1954-04-30 2 40°48'N / 91°25'W 41°50'N / 90°57'W 75.30 Miles 200 Yards 0 0 25K 0 Des Moines
45.7 1974-04-13 3 40°16'N / 91°29'W 40°23'N / 91°20'W 11.00 Miles 700 Yards 0 0 2.5M 0 Hancock
45.9 1998-04-07 2 40°20'N / 90°04'W 40°20'N / 90°03'W 1.00 Mile 35 Yards 0 0 0 0 Fulton
Brief Description: A tornado initially touched down in a farm field and overturned some irrigation equipment 3 miles east southeast of Sepo. Then it travelled to the northeast destroying a mobile home which was anchored, but the only thing left was the floor of the unit. The floor was wiped clean of all plumbing fixtures and walls with only a washing machine and water heater left on the floor. Most of the debris was deposited in the Illinois River about 50 yards away. A couple of three foot diameter trees were snapped off near the mobile home. Also, a nearby machine shed was destroyed and a motor home was rolled three times over the top of the damage and left upside down 30 feet from its original position. Just north of the mobile home, a concrete block pumping station was damaged. The roof was torn off, all of the windows broken out, and one wall was buckled. The tornado then moved across the Illinois River into Mason County. The tornado moved into the Baldwin Beach area, damaging three homes. From there the tornado, hopped and skipped along a northeasterly track, causing spotty damage to trees. The tornado finally lifted and dissipated 7 miles northeast of Buzzville in the Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery area. No injuries were reported and no damage estimate was available.
46.2 1996-04-19 3 41°12'N / 90°07'W 41°11'N / 90°02'W 3.00 Miles 100 Yards 0 4 10.0M 0 Henry
Brief Description: 10 Million in damage and 4 hospitalized as this tornado moved from Bishop Hill through Galva. At least 6 Million of damage was reported in the city limits of Galva where 150 homes were damaged, 26 received extensive damage, and 15 had to be destroyed. Extensive damage was also received to the city sewage treatment plant. A second, small and short lived tornado, did much less damage to the eastern part of town, most notably pushing over gravestones in a cemetery and downing trees.
46.6 1965-04-23 2 41°21'N / 90°20'W 0.20 Mile 100 Yards 0 0 25K 0 Henry
46.9 2007-06-01 3 41°19'N / 91°07'W 41°27'N / 91°01'W 10.00 Miles 774 Yards 0 6 15.0M 0K Muscatine
Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A tornado entered into Muscatine County from Louisa County just south of Fruitland, IA. It progressed to the northeast through the center of Fruitland destroying the post office and city hall building, numerous homes, and overturning some railroad cars. The tornado weakened as it approached the southwest portions of Muscatine. In Muscatine, the western sections of town had varying degrees of damage, which was mainly confined to roof damage. At a car dealership, some cars were displaced. The tornado eventually lifted on the northeast side of Muscatine near the junction of highways 22 and 61. Debris from Muscatine and Fruitland fell in Lowden, IA. Some personal papers were found 1 to 4 miles northwest of Lowden. Lowden is approximately 30 miles NNE of Muscatine. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A line of thunderstorms pivoted northeast into parts of southeast Iowa during the mid-morning hours of June 1st. Much of the area was just breaking out of a blanket of dense fog where visibilities dropped to less than a quarter mile. Dew point temperatures were in the middle 60s to around 70 degrees. The line of storms appeared to become more broken through the late morning hours, while the area from Iowa City to Waterloo appeared to stratify out into a large area of showers. Just before 12:00 pm CDT, rapid intensification of storm cells on the southeast end of the original line occurred as it moved into northern portions of Louisa County. A tornado touched down just south of Grandview, IA and moved northeast through Fruitland, IA and on to the southwest parts of Muscatine, IA. The tornado then lifted and as the storm cell continued to move northeast across Muscatine County. The super-cell re-intensified as it entered the southeast part of Cedar County just before 1 pm producing a brief tornado near Wilton, IA. The storm then moved across northwest parts of Scott County and Clinton County producing damaging wind gusts and large hail. The super-cell continued northeast into Jackson County producing a tornado near Bellevue around 2:30 pm, which moved across the Mississippi River into Jo Daviess County before lifting. The storm produced yet another tornado just south of Scales Mound, IL around 3:15 pm before moving into southwest Wisconsin and dissipating. During the early afternoon hours, additional storms strengthened on the south end of the original line of storms, which went on to produce wind damage and large hail as they moved through northwest Illinois through the late afternoon hours.
48.5 1996-04-19 2 40°12'N / 90°09'W 40°18'N / 90°02'W 9.00 Miles 250 Yards 0 1 0 0 Mason
Brief Description: A tornado touched down in Bath causing major damage to one home and minor damage to 11 homes. Also, 2 trailers were destroyed. In one of the trailers a woman sustained minor injuries when the tornado hit it. After going through Bath, the tornado continued to the northeast where it destroyed and uprooted numerous trees in the Bath Cemetery, blew down numerous power lines, destroyed numerous farm buildings and picked up a semi-truck and blew it into a nearby field. Only the one minor injury was reported and no damage estimate was available.
48.8 1974-04-13 2 40°17'N / 91°30'W 40°19'N / 91°25'W 4.30 Miles 100 Yards 0 0 25K 0 Clark
49.5 1967-04-21 2 40°53'N / 91°56'W 41°04'N / 91°21'W 32.80 Miles 100 Yards 0 0 250K 0 Van Buren
49.6 2001-06-14 2 41°28'N / 90°48'W 41°28'N / 90°48'W 0.10 Mile 200 Yards 0 0 0 0 Muscatine
Brief Description: An F2 tornado touched down at 501 pm CST, around a half mile east/northeast of Montpelier, near Highway 22 and the Muscatine/Scott County line. The tornado then tracked northeast into Scott County, was on the ground about 6.5 miles, and was 200 yards wide. The tornado ripped the roof off of three homes in Blue Grass, and produced lesser damage to many other homes. Three people in Blue Grass sustained minor injuries. The tornado produced F2 damage in the area around Normandy Street in Blue Grass, before lifting 2.5 miles northeast of the community at 506 pm CST.
49.6 2003-05-10 2 39°59'N / 90°55'W 40°05'N / 90°43'W 13.00 Miles 300 Yards 0 0 0 0 Brown
Brief Description: The tornado that went across southeast Adams County entered Brown County about 750 pm CDT southwest of Highway 24 and Timewell. Witnesses observed a multiple vortex tornado that damaged one home, two out-buildings, several machine sheds, and several grain bins. Approximately three miles northeast of Timewell the tornado damaged another farmstead and numerous trees. Six machine sheds were destroyed while a home sustained damage to the roof and the west and south walls. A number of large trees in the vicinity of the farmstead were also damaged. Five miles northwest of Mount Sterling, several witnesses observed a multiple vortex pattern with several smaller tornadoes rotating around a larger tornado. The width of the damage area (mainly trees) varied from 50 to as large as 300 yards. Numerous trees were snapped at the base of the tree and tossed northeastward. The damage intensity was estimated from F1 to the lower end of F2. The tornado continued to travel northeast crossing county road 1500 north (5 miles north-northwest of Mount Sterling). Several large trees were either snapped half-way or uprooted at this location. Damage path width ranged from 50 to as large as 100 yards while damage intensity was estimated at the lower end of F1. The tornado damage intensified a second time as the tornado moved across Illinois Highway 99, 7 miles north of Mount Sterling. One old farm home and a large barn were completely destroyed with debris tossed 1/3 mile to the east. A second farmstead 1/2 mile east experienced damage to several machine sheds, grain bins and a barn. The nearby home sustained little damage. Several large trees in the vicinity of the barn and machine sheds were uprooted or snapped near the base of the trunk. The width of the damage pattern over this area varied from 50 to 100 yards. Damage intensity ranged from F1 to lower end of F2. Many witnesses along the track of this tornado did not hear the classic "freight train" sound as heard in other cases. Rather they heard a "swishing" type sound. Additionally, many witnesses did not observe lightning or hear thunder as the tornado passed. A special thanks to Mr. Brian Gallaher, Chief of the Mount Sterling Fire Department for providing valuable information.
49.8 1961-05-14 3 40°54'N / 89°59'W 41°07'N / 89°43'W 20.20 Miles 100 Yards 0 0 2.5M 0 Peoria
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Aldnoah.Zero – 12 (Fin)
This final episode earns full marks for adrenaline-pounding zeal and sheer boldness, as well as remaining true to its characters until the very end. In the final scene, in the castle's Aldnoah chamber, the very place where Asseylum snatched a Terran victory out of the jaws of defeat, we not only lose her, but Inaho as well. That's a steep butcher's bill than we expected even for a show we thought would be one-cour-and-done; it's even more daring considering a second season is coming next year.
On the one hand, it sucks to see Inaho and Seylum go down so abruptly after they had achieved so much. On the other, both had fulfilled their purpose. Seylum shut the castle down, Inaho had held off the baddies long enough to let her, and after she dies, it's almost a given that Inaho too will either keel over from blood loss or, as is the case, gets shot by Slaine. Both were friends of the princess, and she would have wanted them to get along, but it just wasn't in the cards.
It isn't until his final moments that his memories and feelings of Seylum rush over him like a crashing wave, so on the whole I'm okay with this, it's a tragic but also oddly logical end for both of them, and it shows that the good guys can't have it all. (I will say I am extremely glad Inko is still alive and hope we see get to see more of her in the future.) What wasn't so logical, and what prevents this final ep of A/Z from a higher rating, is what led up to this final scene.
I don't mind at all the crew of the Deucalion being too wounded to assist any further, nor do I have any particular qualms with Yuki and Inka making their way through the castle with the princess (Your Princess IS In This Castle!). What turned me off was that here was his already overpowered kataphrakt getting even more buffed up and combined with others into one big Mega-phrakt in a transformation scene that goes on too long in a show that never spent this kind of time on such things before. It was a bit too Gundam-y.
And you can call it ironic if you will, but after all that build up to how huge and powerful and invincible this guy just became, Inaho is simply able to survive far too long. Even if he's the best Terran kataphrakt pilot in the world, his primative orange kataphrakt should be crushed like a Coke can in the first minute of fighting. What's the point of an super-powerful mecha if its shields have such an obvious weakness? This was yet another case of the Martians possessing ridiculously superior technology but no tactics to speak of.
In earlier battles this might have been excusable, but in particular with Saazbaum, a dedicated, decorated veteran and otherwise capable commander, to fall so easily to the underdog. At least the overarching message that has endured throughout A/Z remains consistent: Inaho and the Terrans only survive as long as they do thanks mainly to appalling incompetence on the part of the Martians. You can't even say they did a good job with the initial invasion, because they were never able to finish the job.
Those issues aside, this was still a thrilling and satisfying end to the series (the music-less end credits were particularly stirring)…were that the case, that is. I'll confess I wasn't aware of a second season, and it's not something I'm 100% sure I needed in my life, but A/Z has definitely earned the right to get a close look. Like Inaho, it's been a mostly level-headed, dependable and proficient mecha show, and I'm curious to see where it goes without two of its leads. But that's not for a few months yet. Till then, farewell A/Z, and RIP Inaho and Asseylum. You'll be missed.
Final Average Rating: 8.50
MAL Score: 8.13
Author braveradePosted on Sat, 20 Sep 2014 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 Categories Aldnoah.Zero, Anime Reviews, Summer 2014Tags aldnoah, aldnoah drive, amifumi inko, asseylum vers allusia, アルドノア・ゼロ, darzana magbaredge, deucalion, eddelrittuo, finale, jealousy, kaizuka inaho, kaizuka yuki, kataphrakt, mecha, princess asseylum, rayet areash, saazbaum, seylum, slaine troyard, tragedy, united earth headquarters, vers5 Comments on Aldnoah.Zero – 12 (Fin)
Aldnoah.Zero – 11
Unlike SAOII, A/Z has no episodes to spare, and so really brought it this week, throwing us into the decisive battle. Even then, it had to cut things short right in the middle, just when things were getting interesting. But despite the fact it left a lot on the table, this episode excelled on its own merits, heightening the peril and tension for the finale.
The win was truly strong with this one. You had Saazbaum launching the assault on UE HQ, half-destroying the hall where Asseylum made her televised address (which he had blocked), leading to the rather unexpected sight of Eddelrittuo at the wheel of a Humvee, speeding her highness to safety. I also didn't expect Rayet to have a change of heart and cover them, but I liked the move.
Inaho continues to suggest totally insane shit with a straight face and calm voice—and Yuki even calls him out for it!—but it doesn't mean he's wrong, and Asseylum agrees to be used tactically now that shes been proven ineffective as a means of securing any kind of political solution. Asseylum, who last week said she believes Inaho is kind, still understands that this isn't the time to be kind.
The multiple subterranean layers of UE HQ fall like dominoes before Saazbaum's bunker-buster bombing, and it isn't long at all before enemy assets are inside messing up the place. As this is pretty much the Terrans' last stand, the time for half-measures and retreat is over: either Saazbaum will fall, or they will. Saazy himself takes out the Deucelion, but Magbaredge manages to ram it into the castle, enabling access. They're down, but far from out.
Author braveradePosted on Sat, 13 Sep 2014 Categories Aldnoah.Zero, Anime Reviews, Summer 2014Tags aldnoah, aldnoah drive, amifumi inko, asseylum vers allusia, アルドノア・ゼロ, darzana magbaredge, deucalion, eddelrittuo, jealousy, kaizuka inaho, kaizuka yuki, kataphrakt, princess asseylum, rayet areash, russia, saazbaum, seylum, slaine troyard, united earth headquarters, vers3 Comments on Aldnoah.Zero – 11
This week's episode of A/Z was spectacularly efficient and moving right from the get-go, as Inaho figures out that the Deucalion is down because Seylum is. Does he panic or scream? Who do you think we're talking about, fool? (You're not a fool. I apologize.) He enters Inaho Lifesaver Mode, using the CPR he learned (and took seriously) in high school, not hesitating for a moment to do what needs to be done to bring the princess back.
Lesser shows would have played up the embarrasment a teenage boy would have at having to suddenly be so intimate with the girl he likes, but A/Z is not a lesser show. The scene is immensely tense and thrilling, and as the sweat gathered on Inaho's brow and Seylum isn't waking up, I'll admit to getting a little leaky-eyed. And while in real life only 7% of people undergoing CPR are successfully revived, this is thankfully part of that 7%. Her first gasp for air is a viscerally satisfying moment.
Then Seylum fingers her attacker, Rayet grabs an automatic, and it's Standoff Time. Rayet confesses, she's a Martian too. All this time she's been calling them the enemy and scum unworthy of trust, she's also been talking about herself, or at least what she once was, as shes been trying to become a Terran since her father's death. Seylum counters Rayet's bile with contriteness and kindness, admitting her rash actions have only made Earth-Vers relations worse.
Rayet's frustration is rooted far less in politics, or even the fact her father died, than her jealousy over Seylum's "transition" in the midst of all these intense events, and that the Terrans so readily accepted her. To Rayet's eyes, she's gotten everything so easily, and it has eaten her up inside. She's so taken aback by Seylum's response, she loses her cool altogether and turns the pistol on herself. That's when BAM, INAHO ACTION MODE disarms and restrains her, quick as a flash. This kid is cool as shit.
As awesome and powerful as this "shower standoff" was, it only took up the episode's A-part, which also managed to squeeze Yagarai giving Magbaredge a DVD containing his interview with Lt. Morito, in which he lays out the tragic but also very understandable circumstances of her brother's death during Heaven's Fall, maybe paving the path for Magbaredge to forgive him. That's quite a frikkin' first half.
That's a nice segue into the second half, since the day of Heaven's Fall also carries great weight with Count Saazbaum. He and his betrothed Viscountess Orlane were sent on an advance mission to Earth's surface, and her kataphrakt's flight systems failed after the moon shattered. He was forced to escape, leaving her behind to die just as Morito left Humeray.
But he and Orlane wouldn't have even been there if it weren't for the Vers Royal Family, turning the peoples' discontent over degrading conditions on Mars onto Earth by making Terrans the scapegoat. And while revenge is extremely important to Saazbaum, his motivation goes beyond that. He's tired of pretending Vers is any kind of place to have a civilization, especially since that civilization has only survived thanks to Aldnoah, which is controlled by the royals.
This is interesting, because Saazbaum isn't your Vers true believer, and yet he isn't simply in this for himself: he has no regard to the empire he hails from. He built up his lands and his wealth all by himself, as did other counts, but always he had to live in the same shadow of Aldnoah as everyone else. Inhabiting Mars is a "fool's errand" to him; only Earth can properly accommodate them.
That Earth is already inhabited is of no consequence to him…and in any case, there simply don't seem to be a whole lot of Terrans left on Earth anyway. When the Deucalion finally arrives at United Earth HQ they find the undergound shelters under-inhabited and over-supplied. Still, it's all they've got, and Saazbaum is headed there to put the Terrans out of their misery.
Can Inaho and the others wriggle their way out of it? Is Rayet destined to sit out the remainder of the show in the brig? Will Darzana forgive Morito, and will Morito be able to move forward? Heck, Asseylum even made Inaho flinch by calling him a kind person, no matter what practical excuses he gives for all that he's done for her. Will these two go anywhere? What side will Slaine pick? There's an awful lot of questions to answer. I sure hope two episodes is enough to do it.
Author braveradePosted on Sat, 6 Sep 2014 Categories Aldnoah.Zero, Anime Reviews, Summer 2014Tags aldnoah, amifumi inko, asseylum vers allusia, アルドノア・ゼロ, darzana magbaredge, deucalion, eddelrittuo, flashback, jealousy, kaizuka inaho, kaizuka yuki, kataphrakt, princess asseylum, rayet areash, saazbaum, seylum, shower, simulation, slaine troyard, standoff, terrans, united earth headquarters, vers, yanagai3 Comments on Aldnoah.Zero – 10
With the human crew out of constant immediate danger for two episodes now, A/Z has had more chances to demonstrate its sense of humor. For all the horrors it's presented, the show can be pretty funy, and its outlook has remained optimistic. One look no further than all the little side moments that have peppered more tense situations.
Now those moments have more room to breathe, whether it's Yuki's alleged ability to interpret Inaho's mood from his stonelike face, to her teasing of Inko and Rayet, to Nina managing to snatch up Asseylum's princess gown for reasons both practical and selfish. I'd also be remiss if I didn't mention the continuation of the wry banter between Magbaredge and Mizusaki; a nice blend of bitchy and chummy.
All this joking around early in definitely lightens the mood, but also softens us up for the blows that come later, as the episode suddenly descends into darkness. The seeds are planted when Rayet is in the simulator, and Yuki dials up the purple kataphrakt that killed Rayet's dad right in front of her. The experience shakes poor Rayet to the core, and continues to be baffled by Asseylum's calm, collected outer facade.
What Yuki did was an accident, but Yagarai gets the idea to use the simulator to recreate Marito's own ordeal. Again, the comedy peeks through when Marito initially dismisses the simulation as "blocky" crap. His mood changes on a dime when he sees a blocky version of the kataphrakt he and Humeray encountered fifteen years ago, and we dive along with him right into that memory in its entirety.
Long story short, they were outmatched, tanks are cramped and suck, and there was nothing he could have done for Humeray other than what he did, which is shoot him so he doesn't have to endure being burnt alive. It was an impossible situation, and he shouldn't blame or torture himself for what happened. We'll see how many more times he lets Yaganai make him relive it.
But hold on, that flashback isn't even the darkest, most fucked up thing to go down in this episode. Asseylum doesn't mean it, but her very presence is driving Rayet crazy. While she and Eddelrittuo come in the shower prattling about how awesome she is, it's the last straw. While Eddy is away for a moment, Rayet, seemingly in some kind of trance, slowly walks into Asseylum's stall and strangles her with her necklace.
Then the Deucalion shuts down and crashes, since Asseylum was its source of power…a fact we had forgotten right up until that point! I'm not yet buying that she's dead—just unconscious—but it's still serious business that Rayet's passive disdain has turned active and unhinged. It's also ironic that after all the Vers traitors' attempts to off Asseylum in the most public and flashy way possible, it's a human that ends up "getting to her" in the shower of a floating battleship.
Finally, Slaine is now the guest of Count Saazbaum after the latter killed Cruhteo. Saaz comes right out and admits he is the traitor who plotted Asseylum's assassination, but it's not what we initially thought: Saazbaum isn't just a selfish rich asshole, he's a selfish rich asshole who felt used by the royalty fifteen years ago, whipping up wars to distract the masses back home, which led to the death of his beloved betrothed. He's committed to taking out the royal family—Asseylum included—and no amount of surprisingly sharp butter knives will stop him.
Author braveradePosted on Sat, 30 Aug 2014 Categories Aldnoah.Zero, Anime Reviews, Summer 2014Tags aldnoah, amifumi inko, asseylum vers allusia, アルドノア・ゼロ, battleship, darzana magbaredge, deucalion, eddelrittuo, flashback, kaizuka inaho, kaizuka yuki, kataphrakt, princess asseylum, PTSD, rayet areash, saazbaum, seylum, shower, simulation, slaine troyard, terrans, traumatized, vers, yanagai
For the first time, Inaho, his friends, and the other Terrans aren't on the run or fighting for their lives, nor is anyone in particular looking for them…unless you count that ridiculously brief cease-fire (we're not). Those who would are either defeated or in the dark. Now they have their flying battleship Deucalion and their Aldnoah Drive-activating Princess, what's left of the world would seem to be their oyster.
The show makes the very unexpected decision not to have the Terrans recover Slaine after he's shot down. Instead they flee the area, and Cruhteo is the one who finds him. While Inaho, Rayet, and Asseylum have to endure a mildly stern debriefing from Magbaredge and some rather amusing interactions with Inko, Nina and Calm, Slaine is tortured mercilessly for information about why he went to the island.
Interspersed with sense of his sickening treatment at the hands of Cruhteo as Saazbaum looks on, the show—and Slaine himself—flash back to happier times, which show that after Asseylum saved his life, Slaine was the one who inspired her to want to travel to Earth and seek peace in the first place. He was the spark, but it was only ignited because she was also a good and decent person who saved him regardless of his homeworld.
Cruhteo looks to be on the verge of extinguishing the spark for good when Slaine finally pipes up, telling Cruhteo he killed Sir Trillram because he tried to assassinate the princess, who's still alive. Like Slaine, we couldn't know whose side Cruhteo was on, and so had to assume he was an enemy…but he's not. Once he learns of the assassination plot, he asks Slaine's forgiveness, genuninely impressed a lowly Terran risked his life for Asseylum.
Then Cruhteo springs into action…perhaps too quickly and recklessly. If you know other Orbital Knights have conspired against the crown, you'd think he'd be a little more careful acting on the very dangerous information he's just received. Still, it's in his character to be all noble and bombastic and arrogant to a fault.
Calling for a cease-fire, asking for Terran assistance in locating the princess, and vowing to punish the traitor knights are all well and good, but blurting it all out on open channels where your enemy can hear you and know you're a sitting duck…it smacks of incompetence and naivete. Saazbaum descends on his bridge, and Cruhteo is so clueless he just stands there calling for his kataphrakt to be readied…as if Saazbaum would wait for him to mount one so they could have an honorable duel.
Nope, Saazbaum just kills him. Having a loyal, powerful knight like Cruhteo on Asseylum's side seemed like a good idea at first, but knowing how ill-prepared Cruhteo was for the game Saazbaum had set up makes us wonder if he wouldn't have been more a hindrance than a help. The sensible knights seem to have no honor, and the honorable ones no sense.
It gets to the crux of Rayet's bitter monologue in the Deucalion's briefing room, which I really dug, so here it is verbatim:
We can't trust you Martians, either. A nation that latched onto an archaic feudal system that relies on the superscience of an ancient civilization called Aldnoah…Commoners who are obsessed with proving themselves in battle to win social standing…and nobility who casually betray them and grind them into the dirt…How can you possibly trust people like that?!
Rayet has said often that All Martians are the enemy, but we hadn't truly appreciated the efficacy of those words until now. Still, as Calm so eloquently puts it during his fantastic flip-flop (thoroughly un-impressing Inko and Nina in the process, as he caves because Asseylum is so cute), there are good and bad martians.
Yet Between the self-involved knights and the uninformed commoners, the only two good Martians so far are Asseylum and Eddelrittuo. The rest, be it by virtue of their hostility, ignorance, or ineptitude, are indeed the enemy. If there are any other Martians out there—be it knights or their retainers—worth a damn to the cause of peace, we haven't seen them yet. Will that change, or are our heroes on their own?
Author braveradePosted on Sat, 23 Aug 2014 Sat, 23 Aug 2014 Categories Aldnoah.Zero, Anime Reviews, Summer 2014Tags aldnoah, amifumi inko, ashura, asseylum vers allusia, アルドノア・ゼロ, battleship, cruhteo, darzana magbaredge, deucalion, flashback, kaizuka inaho, kaizuka yuki, kataphrakt, princess asseylum, rayet areash, saazbaum, slaine troyard, terrans, torture, vers2 Comments on Aldnoah.Zero – 08
AZ delivers yet another action-packed, cinematic tour-de-force of an episode. After fighting with little but their wits and some luck, Inaho & Co. finally catch a break when the sorta-deserting Slaine tracks down the Princess and "Orange", his nickname for Inaho's trainer, and they finally have a decent weapon in his sleek Sky Carrier with which to do battle with their latest Martian foe.
I'm not going to mince words; Femieanne is not much of a character at all, but we can see how her sturm und drang routine would scare most humans into submission. Not Inaho; he continues to keep his cool and pinpoints all her weaknesses, such that by the time she stops playing around and getting serious about the fight, it's too late. Meanwhile, Inaho, Yuki, Inko and Slaine buy valuable time for Magbaredge's ship.
When a secret cave is revealed in the island's rock face, the ship is steered in and collapses the opening. What they find is something even the Martians apparently didn't know about: not only is the very red "demon" kataphrakt that Morito battled fifteen years ago, but an entire Aldnoah-powered hover-battleship, the reveal of which is suitably bad-ass in scale and intensity.
I can forgive Femieanne being a bit lame because of that and pretty much Inaho does this week, always carrying the expression that it's, like, no biggie. He decides to put his trust in "Bat" and climbs aboard the carrier so he can gain more height in his fight with the enemy Kat. As I said, he determines the fingers and engines of Fem's arms are weak points. But between his cool heroics and the battleship reveal, this wasn't a bad romp at all.
After that battleship runs Fem over, leaving her a heap of twisted metal and red lights, it's Rayet, piloting a Kat, who delivers the killing blow. Then Inaho does something unexpected but not out of character: he shoots Slaine down, calling him an enemy, and who can blame him? The humans will need the power of Aldnoah to defeat the Martians, and if Slaine aims to stop them for Asseylum's sake, he is indeed the enemy.
Author braveradePosted on Sat, 16 Aug 2014 Categories Aldnoah.Zero, Anime Reviews, Summer 2014Tags aldnoah, amifumi inko, ashura, asseylum vers allusia, アルドノア・ゼロ, battleship, cruhteo, darzana magbaredge, femieanne, kaizuka inaho, kaizuka yuki, kataphrakt, princess asseylum, rayet areash, saazbaum, slaine troyard, terrans, vers5 Comments on Aldnoah.Zero – 07
The Orbital Knights of Vers got what they wanted: an official declaration of war by their emperor. Upon hearing this news, quite a few mecha protagonists would gnash their teeth and tighten their fists in indignation, but Inaho just shoots Asseylum a look that says "Well, looks like your plan went nowhere, Princess!"
With the war resuming, Captain Magbaredge and the ragtag combination of crew, trainees, and civilians, has little choice but to run and hide where they doubt the Martians would bother them: Tanegashima, an uninhabited land scarred by Heaven's Fall. It's a homecoming for Lt. Marito, as that's where he and his friend Humeray fought Vers kataphrakts with obsolete tanks 15 years ago; a fight only Marito survived.
Adding fuel to his fire of guilt, Darzana discloses that Humeray was her brother and she blames Marito for his death. I must say I wasn't expecting that kind of connection between him and what seemed like a side character, but I did enjoy that whole scene of the three adults drinking on the flight deck.
AZ continues its trend of keeping the peril cranked up and not giving its underdog heroes much of a respite. They could have done a momentum-killing rest episode of mostly character work and it probably would have been just fine, but AZ's got things to do, so we meet the first female Orbital Knight, someone who apparently was interested in planting her flag on a ruin.
In fact, it's that calm, reflective drinking scene on the flight deck she interrupts by launching the four arms of her kataphrakt at the Terran ship like missiles. Even HE rounds won't penetrate her armor, and the most they can do after Morito himself jumps in the cockpit of a Kat (and after having another panic attack) is to deflect her arms with the blast force of heavy ordinance. Even then, they're on the verge of defeat when Inaho runs out of bullets.
They're saved in the knick of time by Slaine, freshly escaped from Cruhteo and looking for the orange trainee Inaho favors. Now, even if most of them don't know it yet, the Terrans have the only one on Earth who can control Aldnoah tech (Asseylum), and the son of the lead researcher (Slaine). Combined with the cool-as-a-cucumber Inaho, the vengeful sister, and the functioning alcoholic vet, there's a nice team coming into focus.
I liked how Yuki told Inaho to address her as Warrant Officer Kaizuka on the ship, but when they're in the cockpit, she allows "Yuki-nee", which is as good a callsign as any.
The rivalry between Slaine and Inaho begins before they formally meet, as Inaho corrects Asseylum on why Earth's sky is blue; Asseylum having been taught by Slaine.
Saazbaum brings up wanting to interogate Slaine now, when Slaine is on the run? Great timing, guy.
Even upside down, or out of ammo, Inaho stays cool.
"Wait…We're not dead?" Oh Inko…please don't die!
Author braveradePosted on Sat, 9 Aug 2014 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 Categories Aldnoah.Zero, Anime Reviews, Summer 2014Tags amifumi inko, assassination, asseylum vers allusia, アルドノア・ゼロ, conspiracy, cruhteo, darzana magbaredge, escape, humeray, kaizuka inaho, kaizuka yuki, kataphrakt, princess asseylum, PTSD, rayet areash, saazbaum, slaine troyard, terrans, vers
To their enemies and detractors, Slaine and Inaho are insignificant, pathetic, impudent nobodies. Even so, Slaine is able to contact the Emperor of Vers, while Inaho must face off against Vlad a second time, and a second time shows him the door, only this time it's a permanent arrangement.
Unfortunately, Slaine's efforts have the opposite effect that he intended, because Count Saazbaum got to His Majesty first. The emperor may know Slaine since he was a child rescued by his granddaughter after crash landing on Mars, but right now all he cares about is exacting justice for an assassination that didn't really happen, and certainly wasn't the UE's fault.
The emperor had initially issued an armistice this week, but you wouldn't have known it from Vlad's actions. Apparently repairing his personal honor through a rematch with the "Orange Brat" trumps an imperial decree. But when the cat's away the mice will play, and the cat is between 54.6 and 401 million km away.
Vlad lands on the deck of the aircraft carrier where Inaho & Co are aboard and starts wrecking up the place, but while the professional soldiers in their top-of-the-line kataphrakts are carved up like a cake, Inaho is ready for him with more unconventional tactics, making full use of explosive armor, putting Vlad's kat into a hold.
Vlad's so confident he's going to make mincemeat out of Inaho's orange trainer, he neglects his surroundings. Inaho has the helm tilt the ship as he has Vlad caught in a hold, then bails out as the two kats fall overboard. The heat from Vlad's own swords causes a steam explosion that destroys him.
All in all, pretty awesome battle, though he makes the other soldiers look bad, they're products of their conventional military training, which won't work against Vers. It's also a nice touch that the one to pick him up from his escape pod is Rayet, holding out a hand, seeming to say wordlessly "I like living, so thanks for saving us. Again."
Rayet also seems to do Asseylum a favor by discouraging her from revealing herself to the ship's captain and asking them to contact her gramps. Gramps is convinced she's dead, and unless she can sneak into an orbital knight's castle and contact him directly, he'll stay convinced.
Since Saazbaum is now aware of Slaine's treachery, further communication with the emporer by anyone with the actual truth in their possession will be no mean feat. The armistice is off again, as are the gloves.
Author braveradePosted on Sat, 2 Aug 2014 Categories Aldnoah.Zero, Anime Reviews, Summer 2014Tags amifumi inko, assassination, asseylum vers allusia, アルドノア・ゼロ, communication, conspiracy, cruhteo, eddelrittuo, kaizuka inaho, kaizuka yuki, kataphrakt, martians, navy, princess asseylum, rayet areash, saazbaum, slaine troyard, steam explosion, terrans, vers, vlad
This was yet another tour-de-force nail-biter of backs-up-against-the-wall, all or nothing action. Again, it's not a question of whether humanity can defeat Vers; that isn't going to happen anytime soon. But you take small victories where you can get them, and for Inaho and company, every day their cargo of civilians is safe from harm is a victory.
Even if their hometown of Shinawara is a meteorite-ridden ruin, they're still alive; an act of resistance against Vers in and of itself. After Inaho saved her, Asseylum decides to reveal her true identity to him, and he's his usual cool-as-a-cucumber self. It's ironic that there's another character named "Calm" who's a lot less calm than Inaho; none of what this show has thrown at him has really flustered him.
With the civilians safe, their new mission is to find the means for the princess to contact her grandfather the emperor; she believes knowing she's still alive will halt the war in its tracks, but that's an exceedingly naive assumption. Even if grandpa wants peace with the Terrans as much as she does, the Orbital Knights have landed, staked their claims, and blood is in the water. It's a veritable feeding frenzy down there, and glory is the repast.
Still, that's the plan. Inaho may not consider the princess the enemy, but Rayet won't hesistate to expose her if she deems it necessary. That becomes a possibility when the navy hovercraft they're aboard and the installation where they're resupplying falls under the attack of a Vers kataphrakt, one that wields a really bright, noisy light katana. One by one, the forward Terran kataphrakts are felled, and a great tension builds as the enemy draws closer and closer.
Asseylum volunteers to go out there and speak to the pilot as she did before, but she'd be flipping a coin over whether he's loyal or one of the co-conspirators who tried to assassinate her (and still believe they succeeded). Instead, Inaho and Calm go out in their trainers and do what they do best: improvise. Using a cargo crane to knock the Vers kataphrakt on its ass was particularly inspired, and I loved Inko's sheepish reaction when it doesn't work a second time.
But again, Inaho & Co. aren't trying to pull off miracles, only buying time, plain and simple, for the cavalry to arrive in the form of another naval vessel armed with enough teeth to compel the enemy to bug out. When you're such an overwhelming underdog, sometimes you need to depend on things other than your own strength and skill—like luck, timing, and the enemy's arrogance or indifference—to survive the day.
And then there's Slaine, who gets in his plane and heads right back to Cruhteo, lying that the meteorite bombardment did Trillram in and not mentioning that Asseylum still draws breath. Even if Cruhteo didn't conspire against the princess, he's still exploiting the situation for all it's worth. And While he gets smacked around, Slaine seems to convince his superior to let him continue to participate in the battle, meaning we can't rule out him and Asseylum reuniting again.
Author braveradePosted on Sat, 26 Jul 2014 Sun, 27 Jul 2014 Categories Aldnoah.Zero, Anime Reviews, Summer 2014Tags amifumi inko, assassination, asseylum vers allusia, アルドノア・ゼロ, calm craftman, civilians, conspiracy, cruhteo, eddelrittuo, hovercraft, kaizuka inaho, kaizuka yuki, kataphrakt, martians, navy, princess asseylum, rayet areash, slaine troyard, terrans, vers4 Comments on Aldnoah.Zero – 04
Last week A/Z left the two bands of Terrans we're following in Tokyo with some steep hills to climb: Lt. Marito to save the civilian stragglers and his students, and Inaho and his friends to mount some kind, any kind of counterattack against Sir Trillram's purple pillbug. The damn thing has to have its weaknesses; they turned out to be very glaring weaknesses in the end, but time, prodding, and a good deal of decoy work was needed to reveal and exploit them.
After Inaho devises plan and they prepare as best they can, It's SHOWTIME, Everybody! and A/Z does not disappoint with the righteous action that follows. I particularly liked Asseylum handling a grenade launcher while Rayet handled the wheel of the decoy truck. Inko pilots a Terran kataphrakt along with Inaho and Calm, so the ladies aren't sitting on the sidelines here.
As it turns out, Trillram's kataphrakt is totally blind without help from recon drones in the air, easily obscured by smoke bombs, and while most of the pillbug's surface is covered by that impenetrable barrier, there are "bald spots" that enable it to function at all, which Inaho finds when the pillbug falls into the bay. As Count Saazbaum pointed out, there's no time to waste; the kataphrakt's technology revolved around a strategy of quickly and utterly defeating the enemy.
But the "rats" who survived the initial onslaught were small, crafty and had enough time to chew through that technology. Needless to say, it was extremely satisfying to see the damn thing finally go down, with Inaho dedicating his coup de grace to the friend whose hand slipped out of his the day before. He and his friends old and new proved something this day, both to the rest of the world and their conquerors: the Vers aren't invincible, and if they want to play at war, they'll get one.
Another nice shift in momentum for the good guys: Slaine shedding his status as Terran lapdog, when he comes to pick up Trillram and learns of the plot to assassinate the princess. Trillram is still too arrogant for his own good and turns his back on Slaine, who snatches up his sidearm and terminates his command with extreme prejudice. Now if only Slaine can somehow meet back up with Asseylum. There's far more work to be done…and traitors to expose, if any of Vers will still listen.
Author braveradePosted on Sat, 19 Jul 2014 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 Categories Aldnoah.Zero, Anime Reviews, Summer 2014Tags asseylum vers allusia, アルドノア・ゼロ, body double, conspiracy, decoy, evacuation, kaizuka inaho, kataphrakt, marito kouichirou, martians, mecha, pillbug, princess asseylum, rayet areash, saazbaum, sir trillram, slaine troyard, terrans, tokyo, vers, weaknesses4 Comments on Aldnoah.Zero – 03
Vers landing castles have touched down in New Orleans, Maputo, Beijing and Tokyo, and even the defenses Earth has been preparing for fifteen years have absolutely no effect on their invaders. F-22s are swatted like flies and primative kataphrakts are sliced up like cold cuts. Count Cruhteo sends Sir Trillram to "retrieve" the Vers operatives who carried out the Asseyleum assassination, but that means killing them all so that no word gets out about the conspiracy.
One member of the group of what Trillram deems "rats" manages to escape his initial attack: Rayet Areash, whom the Kataphrakt forces consisting of Lt. Marito and Yuki mistake for a civilian. Yuki scoops her up and rendezvous with an evacuation vehicle with her brother Inaho and his friends aboard. Inaho, who had himself just recently been picked up, has with him two "foreigners" who we know to be Eddelrittuo and none other than Princess Asseylum in disguise; only her body double was the one killed in the motorcade assault.
While these four cities have all but fallen and all attempts to counterattack are futile, the Terrans aren't done yet, as long as they refuse to give up. Even though they're only students, Inaho, Inko & Co. are still called upon to help evacuate civilians from the battle zones. Even in the face of certain death, Lt. Morito and Yuki fight with everything they have to delay and hold back Trillram and allow the innocents to escape.
They do this unaware that right beside them sit not only one of those responsible for the plot that served as the justification for the Vers invasion, but Vers' own discarded, peace-loving princess her group thought they offed. They're not done yet, either: the ferry with the bulk of evacuees needs cover. Inaho & Co will pilot training kataphrakts with live ammo and do what they can, which may not be much against the might of the Vers invaders, but who knows: maybe those bastards' arrogance will end up being their undoing. In any case, they're not giving up quite yet.
Author braveradePosted on Sat, 12 Jul 2014 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 Categories Aldnoah.Zero, Anime Reviews, Summer 2014Tags assassination, asseylum vers allusia, アルドノア・ゼロ, body double, count cruhteo, decoy, evacuation, f-22, kaizuka inaho, marito kouichirou, martians, mecha, motorcade, princess asseylum, rayet areash, slaine troyard, terrans, tokyo, trillram3 Comments on Aldnoah.Zero – 02
Could I go a whole season without a mecha series? After this show's very strong opening salvo, I'm inclined to think not. From the brain of Urobuchi Gen (Fate/Zero, Gargantia, Madoka Magica, and Phantom) comes an epic action sci-fi series in which an uneasy peace is shattered and all the humanity of Earth are threatened with destruction by…the humanity of Mars.
That's right, rather than Sidonia, our foes aren't horrific monsters driven by instinct, but an offshoot of the human race that emigrated to Mars and evolved into a powerful military empire. Biologically, the two sides are all but identical. But precisely because the Martians are human, there are some of them who would use any excuse to bring the hammer down on "Old Humanity", AKA the 'Terrans." Absent peace, the natural state of man is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short", no matter which planet they call home.
The other side of the political spectrum, Princess Asseylum (sounds kinda like "asylum") has traveled to Earth for a goodwill visit in hopes of fostering amity and building a lasting piece after a brutal war fifteen years ago cleaved the moon in two, killing untold scores on Earth. In the new ring of moon rubble that circles the planet, 37 orbital castles run by 37 Martian lords lie in wait, sharpening their fangs, begging Asseylum not to bother with peace.
All goodwill and hope of escaping all-out war is snuffed out when Terrans (possibly working for those lords) destroy Asseylum's motorcade with a barrage of missiles, apparently (but probably not) killing her. The Martian lords have their excuse, and send their castles crashing down like meteors, wiping out New Orleans, among other cities. It's a race to see which lord can gain the most territory in the shortest time.
There's no indication the "Terrans" have any real defense against the Martians. This is underlined pretty bitterly by a veteran of the past war, Lt. Marito, who now instructs students in the operation of relatively clunky-looking mecha that wouldn't be fit to fuel their Martian equivalents if they were melted down and refined. Marito, drinking heavily, knows the training is bullshit, but he's seemingly the only one who knows just how screwed everyone is, since he's one of the few people to lay eyes on the titular Aldnoah.
The episode is brimming with characters, but the ones who seem to matter are Asseylum; her Terran aide Slaine, whom she rescued years ago; Count Cruhteo, one of the lords. On earth, you have the stoic protagonist Kaizuka Inaho, his big sister Yuki (who works under Marito), and his various school friends. The paths of the various Terran and Martian characters cross when Asseylum arrives in Japan, where Inaho & Co. are at the parade.
When a foe is bent on destroying you because they believe you are inferior, and more to the point, simply because they can, you can give up and die, like Lt. Marito seems content to do, or somehow prove that you're not as inferior as your foe thought you were, and that destroying you won't be as easy as buying reduced eggs online.
That typically means the underdog has a secret weapon in their possession to fight on more equal ground. That weapon hasn't been revealed yet, but my guess is it's an Aldnoah, and that Inaho ( and anagram of "I, Noah"…) will be the pilot. We'll see how the show gets him into that cockpit and how he fares; his unexcitable temperament should serve him well. Still, the Martians have an awfully big head start.
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Author braveradePosted on Sun, 6 Jul 2014 Sun, 6 Jul 2014 Categories Aldnoah.Zero, Anime Reviews, Summer 2014Tags assassination, asseylum vers allusia, アルドノア・ゼロ, count cruhteo, kaizuka inaho, marito kouichirou, martians, mecha, motorcade, princess asseylum, slaine troyard, terrans2 Comments on Aldnoah.Zero – 01
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Why Does Anyone Believe This Guy?
Fauci Accused Of 'Misinformation Campaign' Against Hydroxychloroquine; Ohio Gov Wants State Officials To Reverse Prohibition
Update (1240ET): Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) says he agrees with FDA Commissioner Steven Hahn (see below), and has asked the state medical board to "halt their new rule prohibiting the selling or dispensing of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for the treatment or prevention of COVID-19."
Therefore, I am asking the @OhioRxBoard to halt their new rule prohibiting the selling or dispensing of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for the treatment or prevention of COVID-19.
— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) July 30, 2020
With the science behind the use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) to treat COVID-19 far from settled, more than a few people have noted the aggressive campaign against the widely-prescribed anti-malaria drug.
The anti-HCQ push has infected Silicon Valley as well – as tech giants have been labeling pro-hydroxychloroquine content as 'misinformation' – most recently banishing a press conference by a group of doctors touting the drug from just about every platform.
To that end, Yale epidemiologist Dr. Harvey Risch has accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of waging a "misinformation campaign" against the drug, according to Just The News.
On Tuesday during an interview on "Good Morning America," Fauci further downplayed the drug's purported benefit, claiming that "the overwhelming prevailing clinical trials that have looked at the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine have indicated that it is not effective in [treating] coronavirus disease."
Risch, however, is sharply criticizing Fauci's approach to evaluating the drug's effectiveness, arguing that repeated trials and tests have shown that it is markedly effective at treating COVID-19 so long as it is administered properly.
On Tuesday, Risch went further, charging in an interview with Just the News that Fauci is perpetrating a "misinformation campaign" in his opposition to the drug.
Fauci "has been maintaining a studious position that only randomized controlled trial evidence has any value," Risch said, "and everything else he calls anecdotal." –Just The News
In a Newsweek Op-Ed published last week, Risch called HCQ "the key to defeating COVID-19," and said it was particularly effective in conjunction with one of two antibiotics and zinc, saying it has "shown to be highly effective."
Risch said the drug could save 100,000 lives if widely deployed.
Meanwhile, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn noted that some medical observational studies "suggest a benefit" to the drug, also according to Just The News.
"So the FDA looks at all what we call 'the totality of data,'" Hahn said in a Tuesday morning radio interview with Florida radio host Drew Steele. "There are observational studies that suggest a benefit. There are five randomized trials that did not show a benefit to hydroxychloroquine, both in the prophylactic setting and in the treatment — both early and late." –Just The News
More recently, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) announced that he would be taking "zinc, erythromycin and hydroxychloroquine" after being diagnosed with COVID-19 on Wednesday.
If you're looking for those positive studies, click into this thread:
It's not perfect as HCQ was also used in Belgium and Spain and later in Italy, but the idea is that Western Europe as a whole never embraced the 'treat early and often' strategy. Mostly they tried it with sick patients, didn't work..moved on
They mainly followed the WHO position
— Gummi Bear (@gummibear737) July 16, 2020
And for an even longer thread on positive reports involving HCQ, click this tweet:
Health officials from China, Korea, India, Taiwan, Malaysia, Bahrain, Turkey, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Morocco, Algeria, Nigeria, Senegal, Cuba, Italy, and 65 scientific studies have shown hydroxychloroquine is effective when used early against COVID19. A thread. pic.twitter.com/ol4Z3VxmkY
— CryptoNephilim (@cryptonephilim) July 29, 2020
from: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/yale-epidemiologist-accuses-fauci-misinformation-campaign-against-hydroxychloroquine-fda
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Shadow Treasury update – Overseas Loan Transparency Act
This week, alongside Shadow Treasury and Shadow International Development colleagues, I have been working on a major policy announcement. Ahead of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Japan this weekend, Labour demands #loanjustice. We have unveiled plans for an Overseas Loan Transparency Act establishing a public Overseas Loan Transparency Register. Watch our video here to explain more.
The Tories' approach to international development has failed to take on board the human-made nature of poverty and inequality. Recent years have seen a string of scandals, as private UK-based companies have made loans in secret to foreign governments, often on highly unequal terms, causing significant financial distress, particularly for countries in the Global South. Civil society groups, in the UK and abroad, have called for an end to this exploitative practice – and have demanded greater transparency in the form of a register of these loans to ensure their existence and terms are made public.
Labour will take a stand against the injustice of countries having to divert money away from public services to repay unfair international debts at the same time as bearing the burden of a global climate crisis they did not create. Labour's Overseas Loan Transparency Register will require all lenders from the UK making loans to foreign governments to disclose the existence of these loans and key details of those loans on the register. I'm proud to be part of this exciting policy initiative. Stay in touch via my Facebook page for the latest information.
Also this week I met with UK Finance in a wide ranging policy discussion covering Brexit, the UK economy, financial inclusion, and British exports to the rest of the world. It is vital that Labour maintains strong relationships with key economic stakeholders and is ready to govern with a strong economic vision, whenever the next General Election may be.
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Q: nested foreach loops in R to update common array I am trying to use a couple of foreach loops in R to fill out a common array in parallel. A very simplified version of what I am trying to do is:
library(foreach)
set.seed(123)
x <- matrix(NA, nrow = 8, ncol = 2)

foreach(i=1:8) %dopar% {
    foreach(j=1:2) %do% {

      l <- runif(1, i, 100)
      x[i,j] <- i + j + l     #This is much more complicated in my real code.

    }
}

I would like to code to update the matrix x in parallel and have the output look like:
> x
       [,1]      [,2]
 [1,]  31.47017  82.04221
 [2,]  45.07974  92.53571
 [3,]  98.22533  12.41898
 [4,]  59.69813  95.67223
 [5,]  63.38633  55.37840
 [6,] 102.94233  56.61341
 [7,]  78.01407  69.25491
 [8,]  26.46907 100.78390

However, I cannot seem to figure out how to get the array to be updated. I have tried putting the x <- elsewhere, but it doesn't seem to like it. I think this will be a very easy thing to fix, but all my searching has not lead me there yet. Thanks.

A: Just to add something to Steve's answer: I think the crucial point is that the parallel backend starts multiple Rscript.exe processes (as can be seen in the task manager).
Certain objects that are used within foreach, i.e. in your case x, are then copied into the memory that was allocated for each of these processes. I am not sure how the copying is handled in the foreach package, but with the *ply functions of the plyr package you have to explicitly state the objects that should be copied.
The different processes do not share their memory. (I am not aware of other R packages that can use shared memory...)
One can demonstrate that the matrix x is actually copied by using .Internal(inspect(x)) to print object x's memory location.
library(foreach)
library(doParallel)

x <- matrix(1:16, nrow = 8, ncol = 2)
#print memory location of x
capture.output(.Internal(inspect(x)))[1]

#create parallel backend; in our case two Rscript.exe processes
workers=makeCluster(2)
registerDoParallel(workers)

y<- foreach(i=1:8, .combine='rbind') %dopar% {
    #return memory location of x
    capture.output(.Internal(inspect(x)))[1]
}

#print matrix y
#there should be two different memory locations -
#according to the two Rscript.exe processes started above
y

#close parallel backend
stopCluster(workers)

The matrix y reads
       [,1]
result.1 "@0x0000000003dab910 13 INTSXP g0c5 [NAM(1),ATT] (len=16, tl=0) 1,2,3,4,5,..."
result.2 "@0x0000000003dab9b0 13 INTSXP g0c5 [NAM(1),ATT] (len=16, tl=0) 1,2,3,4,5,..."
result.3 "@0x0000000003dab910 13 INTSXP g0c5 [NAM(2),ATT] (len=16, tl=0) 1,2,3,4,5,..."
result.4 "@0x0000000003dab910 13 INTSXP g0c5 [NAM(2),ATT] (len=16, tl=0) 1,2,3,4,5,..."
...

You should find two different memory addresses there.

A: foreach loops are used for their return value, like lapply.  In this way they are very different from for loops which are used for their side effects.  By using the appropriate .combine functions, the inner foreach loop can return vectors which are combined row-wise into a matrix by the outer foreach loop:
x <- foreach(i=1:8, .combine='rbind') %dopar% {
   foreach(j=1:2, .combine='c') %do% {
     l <- runif(1, i, 100)
     i + j + l
   }
}

You can also use the nesting operator: %:%:
x <- foreach(i=1:8, .combine='rbind') %:%
   foreach(j=1:2, .combine='c') %dopar% {
     l <- runif(1, i, 100)
     i + j + l
   }

Note that set.seed probably won't do what you want, since it is being performed on the local machine, while the random numbers are generated in different R sessions, possibly on different machines.


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