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This is partly a personal post, and partly a reflection of a synthesis of the core values of Diamond no Ace that I hold dear. Extremely mild spoilers ahead.
My Relationship with Anime Over the Past Five Years
Over the past five years, I stopped watching anime almost entirely. My reason was that I believed that adulting is dedicating time to actual pursuits that contribute to organic growth and self-improvement, better equipping myself with skills to be able to survive in this world – whether its communication skills to make more friends in real life and to get to know more people, technical competency for being a better lawyer, financial literacy to plan for the future etc. Fitting all of these into my routine meant that I was unable to squeeze out time for anime (and other forms of TV), which was a two-dimensional hobby which just involves me staring at a screen. It was also tough because there remains a dearth of interest in anime in the place I live in and especially, the social circles I run in. It felt like anime was part of a past which was long forgotten and should belong and stay there. While I still told the people I met about the feats of anime as a genre and sought to dispel the misconceptions surrounding the general perception with it, my growing unfamiliarity with the genre diminished my arguments and I became less able to build a persuasive stand on the issue.
Thankfully, with my dedication of time to the other areas of my life, I did manage to achieve small milestones in the areas I was putting time and effort in (which I may elaborate in a separate post another time, if I do sense some interest). Some events did also occur which made me re-think about how I had been going about my life the past five years, and forced me to take a hard look of my habits, mindset and goals. Together with the global pandemic which also gave me more time at home, I suddenly thought about anime again. There were various times where I felt like I missed watching anime, but I still questioned its utility. What is anime to me? Is it just pure entertainment – more of an addiction – and thus merely an unproductive use of time? Was it really escapist in nature – is it really a medium that looks into human beings' hearts, picks out their innermost desires and plays it in the form of a story across a screen, thus allowing its viewers to experience whatever they can't in real life for whatever reason, and enabling them to vicariously live life? If there is anything that I learnt from it, can it actually be applicable to not only my life? Is it something that can be applicable to others' life as well? Can I still be a proponent of anime's usefulness to the world without knowing the answers to these questions?
My expression is the same as Eijun's when I think about too many of these questions.
At the same time, the other, non-critical part of my mind saw the various pandemic-triggered lockdowns and work from home arrangements as an opportunity for me to loosen up a bit. Prior to that, my mind had been continually tense – like on a tightrope – trying to make full use of everyday in what I deemed to be a meaningful manner. With more time at home and with the world moving at a much slower pace, I finally had the luxury to think about returning to more time-consuming forms of entertainment. I still recall how addictive anime can be and how it can easily result in days of binge watching if I wasn't being careful enough with my time. But I also felt that staying away from it was chipping away the parts of me that held on due to my constant interactions with anime – the ability to sense and appreciate subtly shifting emotions, the ability to feel those subtle emotions, the wonderful feeling of seeing good story telling and multi-dimensional character development mesh together and synergize to create such value in entertainment that I am still unable to see or find in the other genres. Staying away from this had perhaps made me into a more callous person, I thought.
So I restarted watching anime and of course I was pleased to find that, there were not only plenty of new anime which looked promising, there were also re-adaptations and second and third seasons of some of the older titles. Titles like Steins; Gate got their next season, which made the reason more holistic and really fleshed out the story and its characters. Series like Attack on Titan and even Haikyuu as well got more seasons – which was always a pleasure given that their preliminary seasons were excellent adaptations to begin with.
But what was the best surprise was that my series most close to my heart, Diamond no Ace, actually got an 'Act II' (making it, technically, a third season). And that gave me the motivation to re-watch the series.
It is actually pretty interesting that each rewatch of an anime series really enables the viewer to pick up new subtleties that were not as apparent before. I have briefly mentioned this in my previous Steins; Gate post here. Most importantly, what stands out to me actually reflects the evolution of one's own tastes and preferences, as well as mindset and values and is perhaps, a mirror of my own personal journey over the past 5 years.
I last watched this series in 2015 to 2016. That's really 5 or 6 years ago, after which I graduated from university and plunged myself into the challenges and upheavals of real life and tried out many different things.
But now, when I look at Diamond no Ace again, I am even more floored by how precious and valuable such an anime series is. Rereading reviews, and comments on anime forums on Diamond no Ace makes me feel more indignant that there is so little appreciation of this series despite it being about a sport which I understand to be pretty popular in the USA, and despite it being the most realistic portrayal of the struggle of rising to the top and being a champion not only in the real life sports, but also in other aspects of life as well (if you know how to spot the resemblance, of course).
But let's backtrack. It may be appropriate at this point to include a summary of Diamond no Ace for the uninitiated (it astonishes me that I have not done this on this blog before).
Summary: What is Diamond no Ace About?
Some of the best characters in Daiya
Diamond no Ace is a story which follows Eijun Sawamura, a pitcher who is invited by a scout to Tokyo's prestigious Seidou High School after seeing the potential in his unusual pitching style and his spirit. Eijun declares he will become ace of the Seidou baseball team, a team with many skilled and talented players. However, he has a rival in the form of Satoru Furuya, a fellow first-year who pitches fastballs at a 'monster' speed. Together with other players in the team, the Seidou baseball team aims to defeat the other equally talented and skilled teams to become the champions of Nationals in Japan.
While all of the above sounds like the setting of any typical sports anime, there are many elements in the Diamond no Ace form of storytelling that subvert the conventional storytelling norms of sports anime. In this post, I am going to identify five reasons why, in my honest opinion, Diamond no Ace stands out from other anime – and is in fact head and shoulders above the rest of them.
Reason #1 The main character is trying to play catch-up to his teammates, rather being the one making the sole positive difference to the level of the team.
Eijun starts off as a noob … much to the chagrin of his teammates
In anime like Kuroko no Basket and Haikyuu!!, the team that the protagonist joins is an all round weak team – most likely a team that has not made past the first few rounds in a national competition i.e. a typically underdog team. The story then focuses on the main protagonist and accentuates how his addition to a team begins to subtly make changes in the team dynamic, the level of the team and together with the team, they jump through rings of fire to reach the top.
In Diamond no Ace, the Seidou baseball team is not actually weak by any objective nature. It is revealed very early on that they are a baseball powerhouse and one of the 'big' names of Tokyo. They also have a huge team with many people to choose from, a vast amount of facilities to facilitate training, a good coach and many talented and skillful players in their mix. Most of the regulars have been scouted from all over Japan and brought to the team. The only catch is that they have not been to Nationals in the past 6 years.
When Eijun joins the Seidou team, he is very rough around the edges. He was clueless about the more intricate rules of baseball, could hardly bat or field, and did not even know what kind of pitches he could throw. All he had was a moving fastball, which he did not even recognise as one – he only knew that this was part of his style of 'going head-to-head with enemy". It is only when he joins Seidou, when he gets acquainted in the vast talent and skill available in the world of baseball – most of it in the form of his teammates.
Thus this story starts his journey to climb his way to the top of the baseball mound. Eijun starts off with the most basic of training and exercises, deprived of game time as opposed to his teammates as he realises very soon that he has no skills that were useful to the team. What is unique to this story is that Eijun spends a lot of time on screen trying to not drag his teammates down, being inspired by his teammates to work harder and to see his goal of becoming the ace and his newfound goal of being useful to the team as goals that are not mutually exclusive. In fact the skill level difference is so vast that Eijun spends a lot more time watching his teammates play than pitching – something I will elaborate further below in my next point.
Reason #2: It is a story of multiple main characters of a team, and about other teams' hopes and dreams as well.
It is about everybody and not just Eijun
The story is not just about Eijun Sawamura. It is about his rival Satoru Furuya, whose talent for pitching powerful fastballs enables him to keep one step ahead of Eijun and gifts to him more game time than the protagonist and who also continues to grow in a manner that is inspired by and complementary with Eijun's strengths. It is about the genius catcher Miyuki Kazuya, who is positive, logical, focuses on what is in front of him and also grows in his lead of the pitchers and as well as a core pillar of the team. It is about Mei Narumiya, who comes across as exceedingly arrogant and loud-mouthed, but has the skills to back it up and has gone through his own set of trials and tribulations. It is even about the characters that are normally regarded as "side characters), for example, Isashiki Jun, the guy who initially is the strongest competitor of his more skilful and focused comrade Tetsuya Yuuki ("Tetsu"), but who turns into somebody who single-mindedly focuses on connecting the offense of the game to Tetsu; on how to get on base; on how to push the team to victory; on how to perform his role to the best of his ability so that they can fulfill the goal that everybody dreams of – going to nationals. It is even about the coach, Kataoka-san, whose coaching style focuses on character and team growth of each individual and which the story delves into in greater detail.
I could go on and on about the characters – but you get the point. In Season 2, the story even goes into the characters who are usually on the bleachers and the sideline. The story does not focus on one batch of regulars – the third-years leave the team and new first-years join. The regulars are not set in stone and there is constant renewal. There is hence a sense of resonance with the viewers as they grow together with the characters and are subject to the same forces of life – where old people leave and new people come.
Even for the rival teams, there is always something in each of their backstory that that resonates powerfully with the average person and the feelings of failing at something despite working and trying hard, and those feelings of desperation and powerlessness. I had previously written a post about one of the rival teams, Sakurazawa, whose backstory contains some of these powerful messages.
In contrast, there is a obvious set of core characters for most other shounen and sports anime. The stories usually hesitate either to 'kill off" people or to render them obsolete (e.g. to 'graduate' the seniors and make them leave the team') and are usually more concerned in tweaking the plot to justify these characters' continued existence on the team. Moreover, most sports anime are more focused on the growth of the main characters – who again, are usually identified by the writers from the start. Arguably, this may be due to the preference for more compact and efficient storytelling due to practical considerations, for example the inability to procure multiple extensions of the series and therefore having to choose to focus on one or two individuals. But it certainly doesn't produce the effect that Diamond no Ace has – the feeling that you grow together with the characters (read: not just one or two, but all of them) on their journey, and the sense of satisfaction and accomplishment the viewer feels when they finally achieve certain important milestones.
Reason #3 It is not afraid to show the harsh realities of life – that even if you work hard and even if you are talented, you may fail and not just once.
Eijun will be great … eventually
Some mainstream sports anime like Haikyuu and Kuroko no Basket use the same formula – the main character's team loses in the first game or first final of a major tournament to a major rival team, who is a rival team that gets more backstories than the rest. They have a period of reflection and more training, and then they restart the series of competitions, this time, winning all the matches. All of this concludes in a matter of a few two-cour episodes – perhaps within a total of 75 to 100 episodes. This means that mathematically, the first failure should have occurred within 25 episodes, which seems to be the maximum amount of time that most mainstream viewers' attention can be held before they start to lose interest if the protagonist does not seem to be 'epic' enough.
Unlike Haikyuu or Kuroko no Basket, Diamond no Ace does not hesitate to be bold and go the long way around. Many complaints of the series are around the fact that Eijun's journey to becoming ace seems to be taking two steps forward and one step back – it is fraught with difficulties as he is surrounded by competition. His development takes a slow start and he is most of the time sidelined while he tries to learn baseball, bit by bit, and what it means to not play for himself but for his team as he gets to familiarise himself with them. He is often often loud-mouthed, confident to an extremity of being not self aware, is the joke of the team, and thus hard to take seriously (or in some viewers' terms, too 'cringey'). Yet Eijun knows how it feels like to struggle, and observant or sensitive viewers may pick up his serious, competitive side – the side where he continues to struggle and strive for his best while still remaining positive and the joke of the team.
Furuya Satoru, Eijun's biggest rival
In Diamond no Ace, failure is not just a plot device and not a temporary setback. You can fail, pick yourself up, only to fall prey to another cognitive weakness and fall back into a slump, where you have to look hard at yourself in a more deeper and thorough manner, and devise new ways of trying to improve. Most of Diamond no Ace's early story centers on Eijun struggling to even participate in matches with the team. We see his rival, Furuya, basically blasting his way through the ranks while he is stuck. In contrast, we look at Eijun fail and fail again. Diamond no Ace also makes the bounce-backs from failure are pretty realistic as well; and the characters don't suddenly become 'flared up' by the presence of their 'nakama' (i.e. comrades), and as far as I recall, they only used this excuse once, and this was pretty early on in the story). There is also limited use of plot armour as Eijun is really subject to the same abject trials as just about everybody else in the story.
The reliable third years
Diamond no Ace also shows that sometimes in life, there are no second chances. The world of competitive sports is especially cruel, something very small can trip you up and rob you from a second chance. Diamond no Ace is not afraid to pull out the rug beneath you by cutting out characters it had worked hard to introduce and build up, and is realistic in showing that even if one achieves a certain milestone, he still has a very long way to go. Protractors may think this is very 'anti-climatic', but it is this dose of realism that keeps the viewers' exhilaration in check, and makes victory – if and when it comes – all the more sweet.
#4 It shows that people with talent, ability and skill will still have to work hard to stay on top.
Diamond no Ace is a series that takes its time to focus on building up most of its characters. This results in ample time in fleshing out each and every one of them. In a world where our protagonist is not the most special snowflake around, there would, of course, be worthy rivals and teammates that showcase the kind of talent which some viewers argue should have probably made them the main characters instead. But as we have established above, Diamond no Ace does not care much about pandering to conventional plot devices that would guarantee them that level of fame and viewership. Instead, we get a good focus on both the talented and the non-talented. But there is one thing for sure – all of them work equally as hard or harder. And this is where it gets interesting.
Most of the time, talent is used as a powerful plot device – it serves very good deus ex machina purposes in explaining plot conveniences. It can be used in varying degrees and extents to supplement a story that focuses on elevating the underdog to the top. At a more sophisticated level, talent is used to accentuate the prowess of the main rivals of the main team (i.e. they are usually many levels of skill and talent above the main team), making them seemingly so impossible to beat so that it makes the main team's eventual defeat of them (made possible due to a variety of plot devices and maneuvers) even more impactful to the audience.
Diamond no Ace acknowledges talent, but hardly focuses on it. For example, in the Seido team, Miyuki Kazuya and Chris Yu Takagawa (both catchers for the team) (other than Satoru Furuya, Eijun's rival) are the only individuals on the team that are widely acknowledged to have talent. Yet, the series doesn't give them a lot of time to shine – when we got to know Chris, he is already injured and no longer in the main team and takes on mentoring and managerial roles within the team. Even Miyuki Kazuya, one of the main characters (other than Eijun the protagonist), is portrayed to rely more on his logic and tactician-like skills, rather than any innate physical talent (He is said to have a very powerful shoulder, but this is also something that applies to quite a few characters in the story and would not be a sufficient justification to be the sole reason of making the difference to the team).
Miyuki Kazuya – Both a strong batter and talented catcher for Seido
However as it was subsequent revealed in the later part of Season 1, it is revealed that his motivation to go to Seido was actually to challenge himself to be better, and to pit himself against what is known as the all-star team of Mei Narumiya and his group of top batters to see how good he can become. At Seido, Miyuki also does not have an easy time handling all the pitchers due to their different temperaments and skill levels, and does not make accurate calls 100% on the field 100% of the time. And yet, the ongoing challenge is what drives Miyuki to be better, and he genuinely enjoys not playing with the top dogs and being guaranteed victory all the time. He also works doubly hard in all his roles to ensure that he remains on top of the game in every capacity and every hat he puts on.
Interestingly, the same goes for Mei Narumiya, said to be the best pitcher in the Tokyo region. While he appears as the quintessential main rival for Eijun and gang, it is revealed that he has lost to his personal demons previously and came out top, and his journey is not as smooth-sailing as his obnoxious persona seems to suggest. Both Mei and Miyuki are talented, but they are also given more team responsibilities as a result. Diamond no Ace also portrays the conflict between their own pride and desire to be at the top and the responsibility towards their teammates (as they really do care about them despite not appearing), and their unwavering desire to confront and surmount that challenges that lie ahead. As the 'talented', they have less room for error and are inadvertently left alone in that lesser people assume that they would never be able to empathise with the 'average person's struggles'.
Mei Narumiya – Best pitcher?
Every single person in Diamond no Ace is a hard worker, and nobody is really overwhelmingly superior to another. We are also constantly reminded throughout the series that the first string positions are in constant flux and the first string people have to keep improving themselves so that the ones gunning for a position behind them don't catch up to them. This is more apparent in Season 2 as the series progresses into fall as a new team. While most of the show is focused on what happens during the games, there is also a lot of focus on the training that occurs in between. It also focuses on fleshing out the sentiments of the ones that were left behind – the benchwarmers, the ones who aren't even in the first and second string – and highlights their contributions as well. Arguably, this makes for a more nuanced and realistic difference in skill level as per real life – nobody is guaranteed to have a winning streak all the time, despite natural ability, and the audience learns to appreciate all the different levels of skill and talent more. It also creates a more unique appreciation of what it means to be a support role, and the Seido team genuinely acknowledges those behind-the-scenes efforts.
#5 It has a great OST, great character aesthetic design and great character development
What really completes the enjoyment of Diamond no Ace as an anime is the great battle OST that plays during all the moments of tension, as well as the great character design of the characters. Admittedly, not every character is a bishounen, but I would be fairly surprised if the consensus is that the characters are not 'good-looking' enough.
Each character also stands out as unique as the other. Its difficult to even find a favourite character in Diamond no Ace as each of them are just beautiful in their imperfections. Did I also mention that the way the characters are written are also very realistic? They are multi-faceted and hardly conform to their superficial 'personas' e.g. the loud-mouthed and 'entertainer' type Eijun actually feels a lot of responsibility on his shoulders, 'self-centered' Furuya also feels furious when he makes mistakes that cost the team, and the blunt and 'evil' Miyuki Kazuya is also extremely focused on bringing out the best in his teammates. And these are just to name a few of those characteristics, as the characters reveal their other sides and grow throughout the series.
For all the reasons above, Diamond no Ace is a more realistic counterpart to most sports anime which may make it harder to get through, but enables its viewers to reap lots out of it when the blood, sweat and tears that its characters pay off. It is a story that tries to defy conventional storytelling and oft-used clichés and does not hesitate to be bold in its approach. While it is definitely not for the faint-hearted, it is at its core, one of the most inspirational stories in both individual and team spirit, and in my honest opinion, personifies what the anime-watching experience should truly be – heavy in its values and life lessons, and a genuine diamond in the rough to all who have had the opportunity to step into it.
Thanks for all of those who read this post till the end! For those who have watched Diamond no Ace, do you agree with the points set out above? For those who have not, would you be encouraged to watch it? Feel free to let me know your thoughts in the comments below. Cheers!
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8 thoughts on "5 Reasons Why Diamond no Ace Stands Out from Other Sports Anime"
I never seen this anime, but I have been told it's one of those really good and inspirational sports anime. Glad you enjoyed watching it. 😀
Yes its really good and inspirational, I do think its highly recommended for shounen fans as well as it is equally as exciting in its own way XD
Definitely looks like a good Shonen series. Mixing sports with real life challenges makes this anime sound quite appealing. Maybe I should make this a priority XD.
Haha it would be a great series to start even if you don't know baseball (I didn't know baseball but I googled my way through it XD) and more so if you do! It's personally inspiring for me and more so than other shonen than I have seen.
I don't know baseball either, but if the story and characters are likeable, I will stay around. I am currently watching Food Wars. I am not a cook, but I am enjoying it lol. Slice of life anime really hits home XD.
I'm covering this show and I'm loving it!!.
Also nice to see you post yuni!!
Formerly Rocco B from inthecubbyhole xDD
Thanks Rocco for all the support as always 🙂
hiyeah (@haiyeahj)
You wrote exactly every reasons why i am obsessed with DnA. I just can't understand why people hesitant to follow this series. It's been years since i read the manga and continuing till now, and right now act 2 just ends. Hope it can be updated in the near future. Cheers to fellow fans!


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Dharun Ravi Found Guilty In Rutgers Webcam Spying Trial
Filed Under:Dharun Ravi, Garden State Equality, Joe Clementi, Levon Putney, Lou Young, Mark Furnish, Peter Haskell, Rutgers, Steve Sandberg, Steven Goldstein, Tyler Clementi
Dharun Ravi in court on Friday, March 16, 2012 (credit: CBS 2)
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Dharun Ravi, a former Rutgers student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate who later committed suicide, was found guilty of invasion of privacy and bias intimidation.
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The jury reached a split verdict during its third day of deliberations in the Rutgers webcam spying trial.
Ravi shook his head as the verdict was read. The jury found he used a webcam to spy on his roommate Tyler Clementi in Sept. 2010 and that he did it and told others about it because of a bias against gays.
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Each bias intimidation charge included five questions. A finding of guilty on any of them made Ravi guilty of the entire charge.
The jury issued a split verdict on those subquestions, finding him not guilty on some sub parts of some counts, but guilty of all 15 counts as a whole.
It found, for example, that Ravi did not try to intimidate Clementi's romantic partner, identified in court only as M.B., and that Clementi reasonably believed Ravi was trying to intimidate him because of his sexual orientation. It split over whether Ravi knowingly or willfully intimidated Clementi because of his sexuality.
Ravi was also found guilty of witness and evidence tampering, attempted invasion of privacy and hindering apprehension or prosecution.
LINK: Full Breakdown of Decisions Posted on NJ.com.
"They didn't find necessarily that he hates gays, but they found that the victims felt intimidated because they were gay," explained legal analyst and attorney Mark Furnish. "It's complicated and it's an unsettled area of the law and I think there will be fertile grounds for an appeal in the case."
Kashad Leverett of South Amboy is the same age as the defendant he judged. He said the evidence showed Ravi acted with intent. He said there was very little argument during the deliberations and no one considered the spying to be an innocent prank.
"It wasn't a typical jury where you see people arguing and everything," Leverett told CBS 2's Lou Young.
Days after the spying took place, Clementi committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge. Ravi was not charged with causing Clementi's death.
Outside the courthouse after the decisions were read, Clementi's father, Joe, addressed himself to college students and other young people, saying: "You're going to meet a lot of people in your life. Some of these people you may not like. Just because you don't like them doesn't mean you have to work against them."
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"We were here every day because wanted to be here for our son, and because we believed this trial was important because it dealt with important issues for our society and for our young people today," Joe Clementi said on Friday.
He is asking young people to be tolerant and to speak up if they see something they know is wrong.
"You can make the world a better place. The change you want to see in the world begins with you," he said.
Clementi's family has created a foundation to prevent teen suicide and develop anti-bullying programs.
Clementi's death was one in a string of suicides by young gays around the country in September 2010. President Barack Obama commented on it, as did talk show host Ellen DeGeneres.
Steven Goldstein, chairman of the gay rights activist group Garden State Equality, said he believes the verdict sends an important message.
"We do believe that this verdict shows that a 'kids will be kids' defense is no excuse for bullying," he said. "This is an important verdict in the interest of sending a powerful signal that bullying is unacceptable, period."
Rutgers also issued a statement after the verdict that said: "This sad incident should make us all pause to recognize the importance of civility and mutual respect in the way we live, work and communicate with others."
The most serious charges, bias intimidation based on sexual orientation, a hate crime, carry up to 10 years in prison each. Legal experts said the most Ravi would probably get all together would be 10 years.
Ravi's sentencing is set for May 21.
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Danger, Deceit, and Death: The Story of Opiates in America
By Liz Greene 06/19/16
To know the history of opiates in North America is to know the roots of a tremendous problem; to know how ignorance and greed turned medicine into human suffering on an astronomical scale.
The heart of one of America's greatest epidemics.
On the surface, Papaver somniferum (also known as the opium poppy) seems like a harmless plant. However, this lovely flower is at the heart of one of America's greatest epidemics—opiate addiction. To know the history of opiates in North America is to know the roots of a tremendous problem—to know how ignorance and greed turned medicine into human suffering on an astronomical scale.
Until the 19th century, opium was used for millennia in its natural form, tracing as far back as 5000 BCE in the Neolithic age. As time marched forward, medicinal and recreational use of opium spread around the world, showing up in almost every country. By the 1800s, opium had made its way to the United States, and consumption skyrocketed.
Physicians and pharmacists prescribed opium tinctures (such as laudanum) for everything from cholera and tuberculosis to insomnia and "female complaints." As a consequence of this widespread and unregulated use, by the late 19th century between 150,000 and 200,000 people were thoroughly addicted.
Despite the rampant use of medicinal tinctures, blame for the introduction of opium to the American populace was laid directly at the feet of Chinese emigrants.
It has been estimated that in San Francisco thirty per cent of the Chinese are addicted to smoking and that ten per cent of the entire population of Chinatown are habitual "opium drunkards." The drug is smoked as freely as tobacco. First, there are the opium dens. There are scores of these dens in the Chinese quarter of every large city. There the Chinaman can buy his pipe and smoke in peace. In San Francisco white people are forbidden to visit these dens, but they have such places of their own, which are well known to the police, and the vice is ever spreading and increasing. — C.F. Holder, Scientific American, 1898
While Chinese emigrants to San Francisco and New York may have introduced the social traditions of the opium den, they were hardly to blame for the staggering amount of Americans already in the grip of addiction.
Opium use had taken a toll on America, and both physicians and pharmacists were searching for an alternative. Unfortunately, the alternative that presented itself was even more deadly.
In 1805, 21-year-old German pharmacist Friedrich Sertürner did something truly amazing—he isolated the active alkaloid morphine from crude opium. After some initial tests, Sertürner started marketing the drug to the general public as both an analgesic and as a treatment for opium and alcohol addiction. By 1827, demand was high enough for German pharmaceutical company Merck to begin to commercial manufacture of morphine.
Morphine made its way to the Unites States by the mid 1850s, becoming extremely popular within the medical profession due to its ability to treat severe pain. However, by the 1870s, physicians had become increasingly aware of the drug's addictive properties. Within twenty years of its arrival to the United States, morphine had become as much of a problem as opium.
Doctors were again faced with the problem of finding a sufficient alternative.
In 1874, a chemist named C.R. Alder Wright tasked himself with finding a safer pain medication to replace morphine. He ended up discovering a chemical compound which he christened diacetylmorphine. After testing the compound on his dog—and nearly killing it in the process—he concluded the drug was toxic. He published his findings in a chemistry trade journal, tucked the formula away in his notes, and forgot about it.
Two and a half decades later, Felix Hoffmann, a chemist at Bayer Pharmaceuticals in Germany, attempted to duplicate Mr. Wright's experiment in hopes of producing codeine. Instead, the experiment produced an acetylated form of morphine that was two times more potent than morphine itself. The head of the research department based the name of the drug on the German word "heroisch," which means "heroic, strong." It was introduced to the world as heroin.
Bayer marketed heroin as being a non-addictive substitute for morphine as well as a cough suppressant. However, despite Bayer's claims, heroin quickly produced one of the highest rates of addiction among users. By 1913, the habit-forming dangers of heroin were apparent to everyone, and Bayer stopped producing the drug.
In 1914, Congress passed the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act in an effort to control the sale and distribution of heroin and other opioids. Under this act, the drug was still allowed to be prescribed and sold for medical purposes. However, in 1924, the United States Congress took it one step further, banning the import of crude opium for the purpose of manufacturing heroin.[10]
Prescription Opiates in the 20th & 21st Centuries
As heroin disappeared from prescription pads into the criminal underworld, synthetic opiates rose to take its place.
In 1916, Freund and Speyer of the University of Frankfurt in Germany synthesized oxycodone from thebaine. Their hope, like many scientists before them, was that their newly discovered drug could relieve pain without causing addiction. Unfortunately, oxycodone proved to be addictive as well—though not nearly as addictive as heroin and morphine.
Americans limped through the 20th century, relying on opiate derivatives such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, and methadone—each one finding its own particular group of victims. As addiction to prescription opiates rose, the medical community reacted. The 1980s saw a reluctance in physicians to prescribe opiates, leading to pain being undertreated, even in dying patients. However, by the end of the '90s, the pendulum had swung in the other direction, with poorly trained doctors prescribing opiates liberally, often before exploring other treatments.
The 21st century has seen a startling rise in opioid related overdoses due to abuse. We're also in the throes of a new heroin epidemic—directly related to prescription opiate addiction. While the current administration is working to stem the tide of deaths by amending opiate prescription guidelines, it's clear that they have many years of work ahead of them. It's a delicate process, as we must find a way to curb abuse and overdose without harming the patients who truly benefit from prescription opiates.
To address the complex problem of prescription opioid and heroin abuse in this country, we must recognize and consider the special character of this phenomenon, for we are asked not only to confront the negative and growing impact of opioid abuse on health and mortality, but also to preserve the fundamental role played by prescription opioid pain relievers in healing and reducing human suffering. That is, scientific insight must strike the right balance between providing maximum relief from suffering while minimizing associated risks and adverse effects. — Dr. Nora D. Volkow
The story of opiate addiction in America is long and troubled. We've seen scientific breakthroughs morph into human pain and misery, only to be followed by the same thing, again and again. It's a vicious cycle, and one wonders if we'll ever see the end.
Liz Greene is an animal loving, history studying, and anxiety-ridden realist from the beautiful city of trees, Boise, Idaho. You can follow her latest misadventures on her blog, Instant Lo.
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The dietary supplements, on sale at health food shops, put the spark back into ageing rats.
Now experts believe they may do the same for people.
The pills are acetyl-L-carnitine, taken as a therapy for low energy levels and heart disease, and alphalipoic acid, a fatty acid used to protect the eye.
Both contain chemicals normally found in the body's cells.
Scientists fed ageing rats acetyl-L-carnitine in their water and alpha-lipoic acid in their food.
The supplements, when combined, produced amazing results.
Rats aged between two and four months were compared to others aged 24 to 28 months - the equivalent of old age in humans.
After a month on the supplements, the old rats became more active. Their memories also improved.
'This is equivalent to making a 75 to 80-year-old person act middleaged,' said Prof Ames.
The scientists also measured the effects the two supplements had on memory by seeing how well the rats found their way through mazes.
The study was being discussed yesterday at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's annual conference in Boston, Massachusetts.
A bottle of 30 acetyl-L-carnitine pills is about £28 in the shops and a phial of 50 alpha-lipoic acid pills about £29.
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Professor Tory Hagen of Oregon State University, another member of the team, said the improvements brought about by the two supplements were impressive.
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'Are we also not Gorkhas?' Trinamool supporters who fled Darjeeling hills want to return home
On a damp monsoon afternoon in July, a clutch of children were playing cricket in a lane in a residential area in Siliguri. Usually fond of football, which is more popular in the Darjeeling hills from where they had come, they had just discovered the joys of gully cricket – one of the ways in which they were adjusting to their new lives in the North Bengal plains.
It has been more than a month now that these children moved here with their families as political refugees. They live in a community hall in the town. Their homes in the hills have been either razed to the ground or badly damaged. Their fault: their parents are supporters or leaders of Trinamool Congress, the ruling party in the state, not the right party to belong to in the Darjeeling hills in the current atmosphere. Since June 8, the hills have been reeling under a general strike in support of the demand for a separate state with sporadic violence claiming eight lives.
"Our supporters in the hills have been threatened and intimidated by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha," said Goutam Deb, senior Trinamool Congress leader and state minister for tourism.
Read the full story on political refugees from the hills, published in Scroll.in, here.


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Strong Viking: Hills Edition- Amsterdam- Race Review
June 2, 2016 By Ashley Samples
Strong Viking claims to be the best obstacle run in the world! They were chosen as the best obstacle run in 2013, 2014 & 2015 from over 100 obstacle run events. Unique beyond any races in the States, they have many editions of their race which define the terrain and obstacles a participant can expect: Mud Edition, Hills Edition, Water Edition, and Family Obstacle Run among others. Beyond having different editions, they also offer a variety of distances at each event, 7km Lightning, 11km Warrior, 19 km Beast, and the 42km Iron Viking. If you conquer the Lightning, Warrior and Beast series in one season, racers can earn a Viking Torque bracelet. After each run, you'll receive one distance specific bracelet and can trade the three bracelets for the Torque at one of the events.
It was with great trepidation that I registered for a race that was called Hills Edition. I selected the 19km – Odin- which was the competitive wave. Obstacle number one was reading the confirmation emails that were in Dutch. On May 21st I was able to attend my first Strong Viking event to see if it was as great as it appeared to be online.
The race location was at a park and recreation area which backs up to Snow Planet, an indoor ski facility. Parking and registration were very organized. The festival area was energetic and packed with racers and spectators. Unlike races in the States, there were gender specific porta johns (to include urinals for men) and enclosed shower areas allowing racers to strip down and hose off before entering his/her respective changing tent. The starting line and finish line were in the same respective area and provided a focused backdrop for the entire festival area.
Upon entering the starting corral, attendants were checked for the time identifying wristband, an "Elite band" (elastic and Velcro arm band- which only fit on my leg) and filtered into a two entranced enclosure flanked by large 10-ft walls. For the Odin- competitive wave 19km and Iron Viking 42km – the number of men far exceeded the number of women (if I had to guess, I would say at least 80/20). The wave was large, as expected for a sold out event. The emcee explained the obstacles that could be averted such as a hammer throw, joust, and buddy carry- due to the dependence of another racer at the same obstacle. When the gun sounded, athletes scaled the start wall and disbursed among the course. Participants became spread out over a long uphill rock climb, descending stairs and up a second rugged ascent.
Comparatively, there were many obstacles that one would expect to see at a race in the United States however some of the similar obstacles were met with a new twist. The barbed wire crawl was comparable to a Spartan Race- long and uphill, balance beams were advanced with moving levers and cylindrical steps, overs were prevalent with so many in a row they felt never ending, contrast to a typical tire pull they used a series of connected logs, there were bag carries that lead through hilly terrain which were reminiscent to a BattleFrog Series Wreck Bag carry. There was a warped wall which could be completed with or without a rope assist. A highlight was seeing a familiar friend, the Platinum Rig! (from what I could tell, the rig configuration was not so difficult that it would set Elite racers back and the lanes were the same for all participants).
There were many obstacles worth highlighting individually due to uniqueness. The first was the shield and hammer carry. Both pieces were made of wood, while not heavy, they had an awkwardness that made running with them a challenge, but provided a fun photo op! Using a similar but larger and much heavier hammer, there was an obstacle that required athletes to hit a log (picture a 6ft telephone pole on its side) down the length of a stand. This was quite challenging for someone of small stature and I spent a long time there to get the job done. One of my favorite obstacles was a combination of four obstacles, starting with a leap reminiscent of the dragons back at OCR World Championships, 2015. Then climbing off the dragon's back into monkey bars. At the end of the bars there was a transition beam where you could stand to gather rings to lead to the next portion. There was a board with pegs to traverse across while holding rings in your hands. After that, you transition to a standard peg board which could be mastered in a few quick moves. A fall at any point in the duration of the obstacle would require the racer to restart. The Flying Ragnar was a leap to a hinged bar which would fling the runner out over the water, in hopes of hitting a bell at the end of a string. This was nearly impossible for anyone lightweight and short due to the counterbalance weight and distance from the bell. Toward the end of the race was a pipe slider, which was wooded parallel bars overhead, and a pipe the athlete holds perpendicular to brace over the parallel bars. Movement was achieved by pullups accompanied by kipping, while it took some time to get a feeling for the obstacle, once a rhythm was developed, it proved to be quite fun. The most miserable obstacle was the run through Snow Planet, which involved a snow crawl, incline wall, and a freezing trudge up the ski slope.
Strong Viking exceeded my expectations for obstacle course racing in Europe. I had a great time talking with locals post-race who were very interested in how it compared to races in the States. I met many athletes who had qualified and were looking forward to attending the OCR World Championships in October. In my opinion, the course was better than most in the United States and so well marked there was no way to get off course. I would absolutely love to do another one and it would be awesome if they could bring one race a year to North America. I would gladly clear my schedule to attend. If I had to leave a critique it would be to make the Flying Ragnar more accessible for athletes of all sizes (similar critiques were on their Facebook reviews). An additional ask would be for more defined rules for mandatory obstacle completion. If you plan to travel for vacation in Europe, I would suggest putting a Strong Viking event into your schedule.
Photo Credits: Strong Viking Obstacle Run official participant photos and Dustin Radney
Filed Under: Featured, International Race Reviews Tagged With: amsterdam, international ocr, netherlands, Obstacle Course Racing, ocr, Strong Viking, Strong Viking Hills
Give Us Our BattleFrog Back!
May 10, 2016 By Ashley Samples
Elites who travel for the BattleFrog series do it for a number of reasons, a challenge, training for the OCR World Championship, and opportunity to collect the once rare and coveted Elite band. After experiencing an excellent course in Charlotte just two weeks ago, I was longing to feel that BF rush all over again. With an 80% fail rate, epic PVC monkey bars and 2 rigs per lap, it was everything I expected a Regional race to be! I kept my band, and I added it to my pile of hard earned rubber treasures. This was a stark contrast to the vast nothingness that awaited competitors in DC.
Participants of the DC BattleFrog are wondering what happened to the BattleFrog race they know and loved, and what was the trail run that showed up in its place? After each race, BattleFrog poses the question "What was your favorite obstacle?" When the most common answer was "mud", you're doing it wrong.
The race venue was beautiful: gorgeous bike trails with rolling hills and more mud than you can imagine. The Elite wave took off running, we ran, and ran some more. Finally someone said what we were all thinking, "It would be cool if this obstacle course race had obstacles." Standard to any race, athletes were instructed to keep the flags to the right, however through the main trail there were not many flags as though the path was implied, but there were a number of off-shoot trails with arrows- for bikers- that lead people off course. Everyone I spoke with post-race had a story of confusion, as did the timing tent with sorting out who actually placed among the top of their respective fields.
The biggest issue with this race was the lack of volunteers (most likely due to Savage Race taking place in MD on the same day). All water stations but one was unmanned. Many stations had large water jugs and no cups. One sip of water on a 10-mile course was brutal; the only saving grace was that the weather was cool and the course mostly shaded. An additional obstacle was trying to shower off because the water wasn't running, leaving some athletes standing there shivering and others wandering away in search of someone who could assist.
For a "mandatory obstacle completion" race to have no volunteers at obstacles brought out the worst in dishonest racers. I personally witnessed men leaving the rig after failure and running away with bands on, diminishing the value of the band, and having zero respect for the sport. The band has to mean something, otherwise, let me throw my spear and do some burpees. There are too many people who are training extremely hard so that they can keep their band for the FIRST time. Don't insult their efforts by lowering the standard or allowing the band to be given freely to anyone who shows up and "tries". When elites register as elites, they know exactly what they signed up for. Every time they approach that starting line, they wonder, today, will my best be good enough. Often times, it's not, and THAT'S what keeps the Elites coming back. My band from this weekend won't get to join the "collection" because this band has no value, despite a first place finish on the women's podium. The completion rate had to be 90+ percent. I saw only ONE elite band left at the rig, and as far as I'm concerned, that band was the only one of value in DC, the one that wasn't earned. That athlete understands what an Elite band means. I am willing to bet that the respectable athlete who left it behind will be back for redemption when the BattleFrog they know and love returns.
While BattleFrog is undertaking a huge task of building a brand and working to attract a larger consumer market, they are making the returning racers wonder where this series is headed. Obviously to stay in business they need to increase their attendance numbers. One way to do this is to be consistent. After talking with Elites, first timers looking to become Elites, and open wave runners looking for a good time, there was a common consensus in DC- that race wasn't what anyone expected it to be. Having an "elite","intermediate", and "novice" lane is a great way to incorporate all levels of racers, but keep the elite field difficult. One jerry can is fine for open wave but believe me when I say all elites can handle two, regardless of course conditions. Most elites would rather shed blood, sweat, and tears on the course even to leave without a band than to be coddled in an "everyone is a winner" environment. A returning elite who participated in BattleFrog Cincinnati last year had talked up the series to his friends about how it had been the most challenging thing he had ever done. His friends all came to DC to accept the challenge and laughed at the simplicity of it. That stops people from promoting the series, when they themselves no longer know what to expect.
I love BattleFrog. I want this series to succeed. This race series drew me in at their first race ever-a 5k course in Miami 2014. I have attended over a dozen other BF races across the country. The series was what prepared me for OCRWC. BattleFrog built hybrid athletes; ones who could adapt, grow, evolve, and mentally be strong enough to believe that they could conquer anything put before them. Long wait times at obstacles were never "bottlenecks" for people making multiple attempts; they were locations where camaraderie was harvested, friendships formed, and OCR competitors were united with common goals. BattleFrog has an amazing pro team of rounded athletes and some of the nicest people you will ever meet, but for how long? If the series is no longer helping to build better athletes by presenting challenging courses, what reason will they have to stay? BattleFrog could do what they tend to do, and throw more money at problems, or they can listen to people in the OCR community and give us back our BattleFrog!
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Filed Under: Races, Reviews Tagged With: 2016 battlefrog, bands, battlefrog, battlefrog series, dc races, obstacle completion, Obstacle Course Racing, ocr, va races
Wadi Adventure Race- Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
January 20, 2016 By Ashley Samples
Wadi Adventure Race (W.A.R.) 11 took place on a Saturday morning on the base of Jebel Hafeet in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The park is home to the world's longest man-made whitewater channels – a combined length of 1.2 kilometers- and the world's largest surf pool. The race had 3 distances to choose from, 5k, 10k, and 15k (10k course with a repeat of the 5k course). Each distance listed different registration types based on athletic ability with only the 10k offering an "Elite" category. It was not mandatory obstacle completion; however, the rules state a competitor must make three attempts before moving on and select obstacles had a penalty loop for non-completion.
When registering for the race, we had fairly low expectations of the event compared to races in the USA. Event parking was easy, free, and close to the venue. Registration and packet pickup was a smooth and surprisingly quick transaction. When we headed to the starting area, the earlier race waves were being announced and released every 10 minutes. As soon as the last 5k wave departed they called for the 10k participants for a "warm up" session. This consisted of a "coach" on a stage helping us loosen up by doing various exercises and calisthenics. As soon as the coordinated warm-up ended, they called for the elite 10k participants to move into the starting corral. We quickly assessed the competition and discussed the best path forward as they called for the final participants of the elite wave. There was a person with a bullhorn who greeted us and quickly explained the highlights of the rules (makers, volunteers, etc…). In a matter of seconds, he was counting down 3….2…. 1 and we were off on the normal fast paced sprint that ensues after flood gates open to every competitive wave in OCR.
The course was surprisingly well marked for using mostly arrows to guide runners. There was an abundance of volunteers in vests who were strategically placed along the course and at every obstacle. These high visibility vests were nice because it was easy to identify the volunteers among the spectators and other competitors. W.A.R. had many different kinds of terrain ranging from sand, cement, rocks, trail, hills and spongy plant life I have never seen before. The 10k course had 25+ obstacles, many of them comparable to what we see in the US: sandbag carry (with over/unders), tire pull, cargo net, incline wall, 8' vertical wall, rope swing, barbed wire crawl, ladder climb, rope traverse, parallel bars, pipe crawl, ice water bath, and water crossings. Obstacles unique to the course and worth highlighting include the long monkey bars, the plunge into the surf pool – in which many people wore life jackets to assist in the swim back to shore, and the most unconventional – the run against the current through the man made white water channels. This obstacle was surprisingly more difficult than I imagined with the rushing current being waist high at some points. Runners were cheered to the finish line and high-fived by Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Pocahontas, and the Michelin Man.
There was a post-race buffet with at least fifteen different food options. This was real food, both hot and cold, not the standard protein bar and banana. One thing was missing – the free beer, or any beer for that matter (because of UAE regulations). The awards ceremony started on time and had prizes for podium placement in all 3 race distances and a trophy for first. Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, presented the awards and had competed in the 15k race.
Overall, the race was a great experience and worth the hour and forty-five minute drive from Dubai. Of the 600 registered racers, there were 60 different nations represented, including 49 people from the USA. The 5k category registrants were 46% female and 54% male, 10k was 25% female and 75% male, and the 15k was 15% female and 85% male. Both the male and female podium had international representation. As a competitive racer, the difficulty level was not "high" as touted on the registration site. Although the obstacles weren't technical, they were strategically placed, well constructed, and able to wear you down as a good race should. I would highly recommend W.A.R. to anyone interested in OCR and who is in or near the region during the next event. The people were very friendly and the overall experience was incredible.
Photo credit: Ami Joyce and https://www.facebook.com/WadiAdventureRace/
Filed Under: International Race Reviews Tagged With: international ocr, Obstacle Course Racing, UAE, Wadi Adventure Race
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Police stand at the area after a lorry truck ploughed through a Christmas market on December 19, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. Several people have died while dozens have been injured as police investigate the attack at a market outside the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church on the Kurfuerstendamm and whether it is linked to a terrorist plot.

Berlin Christmas market attack suspect Anis Amri has been killed in Milan, according to Italian state police.
The suspect was killed in a shootout in Sesto San Giovanni — a town near Milan — just after 3 a.m. local time, say Italian police in their Twitter feed.
When the man was asked for his papers, he pulled a .22-caliber gun out of his backpack and fired, continued the tweet.
The driver of the police car returned fire, killing the suspect. A policeman was injured in the shootout and is in hospital, according to Italian police.
Twelve people were killed and dozens injured when a truck plowed into the busy market Monday.
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The Big Movida: The Third American Revolution
Just the facts, Ma'am.
On October 29, 2010, AP reported:
"FBI agents who ensnared a suburban father in a terrorism sting involving a fictional subway bomb plot have turned their attention to figuring out what may have made the Pakistani-born U.S. citizen turn against his adopted country."
How could a "suburban father" become a terrorist? What made this Virginia resident into a man who, by his own admission, wanted to kill as many people as possible by bombing Washington DC metro stations? Evidently, the mystery continues.
But should it?
To figure out how Farooq Ahmed, 34, became radicalized, start at square one -- the suburban father. He is a graduate in computer science of City College in New York. He worked as an engineer for various companies. He lived in an upscale neighborhood.
When you are finished, call it what you will, it still remains the same: middle class rebellion.


This is more than just a boat ride - the skippers tell you the most amazing stories and bring the Harbour to life! The scenery is amazing! And the trip becomes a memorable part of your time on the cycle trail! Take time to explore the area.
Passenger and Cycle ferry service between Horeke and Kohukohu and Rawene.
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The June 28, 1914 assasination of Franz Ferdinand started World War One. A war in which brave little Serbia sparked loads of sympathy in London.
Allied support led to the dismantling of the Habsburg Empire and the formation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The new kingdom got its first constitution signed on June 28, 1921.
The mother of all June 28's was, of course, the mentioned battle on Kosovo Polje, in which the Serbs where decimated by the Ottomans – all in quite a heroic way. And the Ottoman Sultan was killed as well.
On June 28 – at least, approximately, to modern day calendar – 1389, the 'Serb-defining' battle was fought on Kosovo Polje.
On the exact spot, on June 28 1987, Milosevic started playing the nationalist card.
June 28, 1987 – Milosevic assures his Serb brethren nobody will beat them ever again.
And from there, it was not a huge step to ethnic cleansing. A very nasty war later, Milosevic was brought to justice on June 28, 2001.
Deze Blossfeldt is één van de bijna anderhalf miljoen afbeeldingen uit de Deutsche Fotothek, een project van de met het fraaie acroniem SLUB getooide Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden. Naast fotografencollecties bevat de sammlung veel thematisch geordend beeldmateriaal (Verkehr, Möbeldesign, Modefotos 20er und 30er Jahre, DDR-Kunst, usw.). Uit het thema Gewässerkarten deze kaart van Dresden met de overstromingen van 1845.
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Snoeck, D., Pel, L., & De Belie, N. (2018). The pore structure of hydrating cementitious materials visualized and studied by NMR and MIP. Nanotechnology in construction (NICOM6) (pp. 1–9). Presented at the Nanotechnology in construction (NICOM6).
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Akaroa Lighthouse
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The Akaroa Lighthouse is a historic Akaroa landmark.
The six-sided wooden lighthouse was originally located on the Akaroa heads at the entrance to Akaroa Harbour. The lighthouse was built in 1878-9. The tower was 28 feet (8.5 metres) high. The light itself was 270 feet above sea level. The light, which first shone in January 1880 was visible 37 kilometres (23 miles) out to sea.
The lighthouse was replaced by an automatic light in 1977. A volunteer community group formed the Akaroa Lighthouse Preservation Society and brought the lighthouse for $1. It was cut into three pieces and reassembled at Cemetery Point (now known as Lighthouse Point) on the 4th October 1980.
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From director Steven Spielberg comes War Horse, an epic adventure for audiences of all ages.
Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, War Horse begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets - British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter - before the story reaches its emotional climax in the heart of No Man's Land.
The First World War is experienced through the journey of this horse-an odyssey of joy and sorrow, passionate friendship and high adventure. War Horse is one of the great stories of friendship and war - a successful book, it was turned into a hugely successful international theatrical hit that is arriving on Broadway next year. It now comes to screen in an epic adaptation by one of the great directors in film history.
Actors David Thewlis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston, Toby Kebbell, Emily Watson, Peter Mullan, David Kross, Sarah Jane O'Neill, Jeremy Irvine, Niels Arestrup, David Dencik, Geoff Bell, Patrick Kennedy, Nicolas Bro & Rainer Bock
Screen Widescreen
Languages English - Dolby Digital (5.1)
Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; Swedish ; Norwegian ; Danish ; Finnish ; Icelandic
Duration 2 hours and 26 minutes (approx)
by Hayden on May 12th 2013
This movie is very underated as it is one of the best movies i have seen. This movie forms a bond between a boy and a horse. But the twists are endless. It always leaves you guessing until the last minute what will happen. You should buy this movie. It is very much a movie for 12 and up.
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Q: Prolog exercise with structures and list, strange output It's my first time with prolog so I hope you could help me find out what I'm missing here.
For the command:
eq_multiply(equation([variable("a", 2), variable("b", 1)]), 3, MultipliedEquation).

I get this output:
MultipliedEquation = equation(_2922).

Instead, I need to get this output:
MultipliedEquation = equation([variable(a, 6.0), variable(b, 3.0)]).

That's my code:
eq_multiply(equation([]), Factor, Return).
eq_multiply(equation([variable(A, X)|Tail1]), Factor, equation(List)) :-
Res is X * Factor, eq_multiply(equation(Tail1), Factor, equation([variable(A, Res)|List])).

Hope you could help me find my mistake,
Thanks!

A: Assuming the argument of the equation/1 term is always a list (as in your example), you can start by unwrapping the argument:
eq_multiply(equation(List), Factor, equation(Result)) :-
    eq_multiply_list(List, Factor, Result).

The eq_multiply_list/3 auxiliary predicate now simply needs to walk the list and perform the multiply operation on each list element. The base case would be when the list is empty:
eq_multiply_list([], _, []).

If the list if not empty, you process the head of the list and then process the tail of the list:
eq_multiply_list([variable(A, X)| Tail1], Factor, [variable(A, Res)| Tail2]) :-
    Res is X * Factor,
    eq_multiply_list(Tail1, Factor, Tail2).

Your sample query:
?- eq_multiply(equation([variable("a", 2), variable("b", 1)]), 3, MultipliedEquation).
MultipliedEquation = equation([variable("a", 6), variable("b", 3)]).

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