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Windows XP support will be available after April 8--just not for you
Microsoft is busy signing last-minute deals with big business to provide support for Windows XP after the deadline ends
Mark Hachman (PC World (US online)) on 07 April, 2014 23:57
On Tuesday night, the United Kingdom's Prime Minister, David Cameron, will go to sleep secure in the knowledge that his government's Windows XP PCs won't be hacked the next day. That doesn't mean you will.
Meet Microsoft's Custom Support for Windows XP, described as a last-ditch effort for big businesses to quite literally buy some more time to migrate from Windows XP to a more modern operating system. The U.K. paid 5.548 million pounds to Microsoft for an additional year of support to maintain critical and important security updates for Windows XP, Office 2003, and Exchange 2003. Otherwise, Microsoft plans to end support for Windows XP by April 8.
Microsoft has been warning about the demise of Windows XP support since September, 2007, and Custom Support will extract a heavy toll from businesses that were too slow to act: up to $5 million per year (according to a report from Gartner), negotiated on a custom, per-company basis. Last year, Gartner issued a report claiming that the prices could go as high as $200 per PC, per year. The firm called such prices "punitive".
"While many customers have already completed their migrations to a modern OS, some large customers with complex Windows XP deployments may not have their migrations complete by April 8," a Microsoft spokeswoman said in a statement. "To help those customers, we offer Custom Support for Windows XP as a temporary, last resort to help bridge the gap during a migration process to a modern OS, as the newest technologies provide the optimal chance to be and stay secure. We are sure that our customers are taking the necessary steps to protect their customers."
But that still provides an out to those who can't facilitate a change. According to one report, for example, over 400,000 ATMs were running Windows XP earlier this year, owned by a variety of banks who no doubt can afford to pay for a support extension. In March, a month before the deadline, 27.7 percent of all PCs tracked by NetApplications ran Windows XP.
According to Microsoft, Custom Support requires an active Premier Support agreement, and customers should work with their Microsoft Account Representative regarding their Custom Support options for Windows XP. According to the company, Custom Support is designed for customers who need a bit more time to complete their Windows XP migrations, not as a way to extend life to an expired product. Customers must have a migration plan with quarterly deployment milestones and a project completion end date in order to be accepted into the Custom Support program.
And, to be specific,"there is not a consumer equivalent" of Custom Support, Microsoft confirmed.
Should consumers get the same break?
To date, Microsoft has given no indication that it will extend consumer support for Windows XP after the April 8 deadline, even though it has extended anti-malware support through July, 2015. After that date, any and all vulnerabilities found for Windows XP will live on forever, even though there are some avenues to keep your PC safe and protected after the deadline expires.
In some ways, the migration from Windows XP to a modern OS like Windows 8 could be considered painless: As the number of digital photos taken grows, for example, some users have moved to external hard drives and cloud storage to store data, solutions that transcend a specific operating system. Applications written specifically for Windows XP, however, will require tinkering and compatibility modes.
For some, there's the cost aspect: To run any Windows OS after Windows XP (ideally, Windows 7 or Windows 8), users will basically need to invest in a new PC, minus the monitor and printer. Given the relatively low cost of PCs, however, users can buy a new PC for a few hundred dollars.
A more interesting question would be this: If Microsoft instituted a pricey, last-minute, pay-to-delay solution, what would consumers be willing to pay? $20? $50? $100? $200?
If you run Windows XP, let us know what you'd be willing to pay in the comments below. Chances are you're out of luck, but if Microsoft is willing to maintain a database of patches for big business, maybe they'll throw a bone to the consumer procrastinators, too.
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Cognates: 12th graders choose a 4 credit cognate in Research, Science, or Engineering.
AFROTC provides rigorous instruction in Leadership Education, Aerospace Science, and Wellness and Physical Training. Leadership Education emphasizes discipline, responsibility, leadership, citizenship, customs and courtesies, communication skills, principles of management and drill. The Aerospace curriculum acquaints students with the principles of aircraft flight, history of aviation, development of air power, contemporary aviation, exploring space, astronomy, geography and cultural studies. AFROTC students are never under any obligation to join the military.
The Band Program provides students the opportunity to enhance their STEM education with advanced studies in music. Both class instruction and after school opportunities are available. Students may be a part of the Concert Band, Jazz Band, or Marching Band. The Band has a dance and a flag line for marching band. Students do not need previous music experience to enter the program. The Marching Flock is a combined Band with Western High School and is the official Pep Band for Loyola University.
The Ingenuity Project is a cohort model that provides an accelerated math, science, and research program to identified gifted and talented students. Ingenuity supports students interested in cutting-edge research in STEM by connecting them with opportunities to engage with university faculty and researchers throughout Baltimore City's most prestigious universities and research institutions. Applicants must indicate Poly as their first choice in their school choice application and submit a completed Ingenuity application to the Ingenuity office.
The PLTW Pathway to Engineering Program is a hands-on, project-based, curriculum where students learn how to use the same industry-leading 3D design software that's used by companies like Intel, Lockheed Martin, and Pixar. Students design, test, and construct circuits and devices such as smart phones and tablets, and work collaboratively on a culminating capstone project. PLTW prepares students to be the most innovative and productive leaders in STEM.
AP Capstone is an innovative diploma program that allows students to develop the skills in research, collaboration, and communication. AP Capstone equips students with the power to explore academic and real-world issues from multiple perspectives to explore complex questions and understand and evaluate opposing viewpoints. The AP Research course allows students to design, plan, and conduct a yearlong investigation on a topic of their choosing with support from experts at the university or community level. Through research methodology, employing ethical research practices, and analyzing and synthesizing data, students present and orally defend their own scholarly academic research.
The Computer Science Program at Poly prepares students with the necessary skills to be able to code in Java. AP Computer Science A is equivalent to a first-semester, college-level course in computer science. Topics include problem solving, design strategies and methodologies, organization of data (data structures), and approaches to processing data (algorithms), analysis of potential solutions, and the ethical and social implications of computing.


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Huawei to Let Device Owners Access 'Performance Mode'
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Sep 8, 2018, 10:31 AM by Eric M. Zeman
Huawei says customers will eventually be able to access and turn on their phone's Performance Mode. The action comes about after Huawei was caught by AnandTech cheating on certain benchmark tests, include 3DMark. Some Huawei and Honor phones could detect the test and boost performance to improve the result. In response, 3DMark delisted the Huawei P20, P20 Pro, Nova 3, and Honor Play from its rankings. Explaining the issue, Huawei said, "The latest Huawei handsets leverage innovative technologies such as artificial intelligence to optimize resource allocation in a way so that the hardware can demonstrate its capabilities to the fullest extent, while fulfilling user demands across all scenarios." 3DMark says it is opposed to this approach, as it believes benchmark apps should be run as if they were any other app. Moving forward, Huawei will provide users with open access to Performance Mode — which boosts speeds at the expense of battery life — in the forthcoming EMUI 9.0 platform. Huawei says EMUI 9.0 will reach select phones, including the Mate 10 Pro and P20 Pro, later this fall.
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Huawei's P20 Pro includes one of the most advanced cameras of any phone in the market. It's novel in that it combines an unusual number of sensors and lenses with unique software to create a powerful machine for novice and knowledgeable users alike.
Hands On with the Huawei Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro
Huawei is taking aim at Apple, Samsung, and LG with its latest flagship handsets, the Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro. These high-quality devices feature stunning hardware, top specs, and table-stakes features such as fingerprint readers.
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Huawei is targeting Apple, Samsung, and LG with its latest flagship handset, the Mate 10 Pro. This high-quality device features classy hardware, top specs, and must-have tools.
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The Huawei P20 Pro and P20 have a few special tricks will really help them stand out among flagship phones in 2018. Which is why it's such a shame they aren't coming to the U.S..
6" display FHD+ resolution
Huawei Kirin 970 processor 6 GB RAM
NFC, Fingerprint Reader, Water-Resistant
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Will it let me remove the SPAM and SPYWARE TOO?
Like all Chinese OEMs do?

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MICHIGAN HORROR SHOW HOSTS #1: Christopher Coffin, 1961-1967
Screenshot courtesy of Lytle Hoover, youtube
Back in the 1950's, when movie studios like Universal, Paramount, Columbia, and MGM began selling their movie catalogs to television, the most popular package was Universal's "Classic Horror" films. You know the ones; Dracula, Frankenstein, the Wolf Man, the Mummy, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, the Invisible Man, and all the other spin-offs, sequels, and one-shots. TV audiences – especially the kids – couldn't get enough of these classic old horror films, so the need for a wrap-around was inevitable.
Thus was born the "Horror Show Host", a male or female, usually dressed in some kind of scary garb, hosting the evening's fright flicks and doing shtick between film segments. Puns abounded, making the audience groan, but they loved every second of it.
Christopher Coffin (portrayed by Reed Pasternak) was Flint's premier horror show host, showing great old horror classics from the 1930's, 40's and 50's.
His program was titled "Theatre of Thrills" and aired on WJRT-TV. Premiere dates for the show vary; some remember the show making its debut in 1961, where others recall the year as 1963. This could be due to the fact that the show was picked up by other affiliates in 1963 after having been on the air for a while. The show had a good run, expanded to Friday & Saturday nights, ending in 1967.
Christopher Coffin opened the show in his coffin, where he would greet the audience and read fan letters. Aside from his coffin, he was seen throughout the show in a wheelchair, where he did skits in between movie segments, sometimes mocking the movie he was showing. His backdrop was his 'castle', where various monsters helped him with domestic duties, and a graveyard set constructed outside the TV studio.
In the fall of 1967, "Theatre of Thrills" and Christopher Coffin were put to pasture. Why? WJRT-TV switched from black-and-white broadcasts to color. WJRT execs decided the gothic atmosphere of Chris' antics plus the special effects would not have the same affect in color, so the show was scrapped.
Christopher Coffin's alter-ego Reed Pasternak used his first name, 'Farrell' and continued as 'Reed Farrell', hosting a TV show in St. Louis from 1972-1974 and over the years voiced many TV films, documentaries, and commercials, and wrote literally hundreds of commercials for TV and radio.
Farrell Reed "Christopher Coffin" Pasternak passed away on July 6, 2019 at the age of 89.
Check out more MICHIGAN HORROR SHOW HOSTS by clicking here!
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Tired Of The Typical 'Wasteful' Holiday Season? Why Not Try A Toy Swap This Year!
The holiday season is in full swing, with parents pulling out their credit cards (or typing out their credit card numbers) to purchase toys and gifts for their children. For many, this is year has been a tough one with the way the economy has been in the United States and it's affects spreading across the world. Luckily, you don't have to have much money this year, to get your children some new toys!
Just in time for the holidays, thredUP, our favorite children's clothing exchange programs, has extended the swapping platform to include toys! This new exchange platform allows parents to exchange boxes of toys that their kids no longer play with, for boxes of 'new' gently used toys.
I know even for ourselves, many of my children's toys are brought to the Goodwill once they have outgrown or become 'bored' with them. Starting today, parents can trade in boxes of their second-hand toys online through thredUp, using the USPS flat box and door-to-door service thredUP has become known for.
thredUP's toy exchange works exactly like the existing swap service. Members can browse "Toy Boxes," and pick one they'd like to receive — paying only $5 plus shipping. That box of toys is sent to their doorstep. On the "send" side, swappers list boxes of toys their kids no longer play with. Box owners are notified when another member has picked their listing. thredUP generates the shipping label and schedules home pick-up — facilitating a seamlessly even trade.
To top it off, thredUP is powering the nation's largest Online Holiday Toy Swap, encouraging families to reuse during this typically wasteful season. Their aim is to save parents $500,000 in holiday shopping costs this season through their clothing and toy swap service.
Pretty cool, huh? Check out their website for more info!


This past weekend was the Palmetto Health Walk for Life to benefit breast cancer treatment and research. It was the most beautiful morning! It was sunny with the bluest sky and the temp was about 60 degrees. I couldn't have hand picked a prettier day. I was an active participant in this event for years, during and shortly after college. I haven't participated in several years and I realized on Saturday how much I miss it! I met with a few of my sweet friends from church to walk in honor of our dear friend, Alice.
This event is so wonderful on so many levels. Our large group broke off into smaller groups as the walk got under-way. A couple of girls I walked with are my friends through church, but I have never really gotten to know them. We spent about an hour-and-a-half chit chatting, sharing stories, laughing, and talking about our plans for our homes and children. I really enjoyed getting to know them better. We got to enjoy the perfect weather, bond with good friends, and got in a great walk at the same time! All this while raising money for a really good cause!
Alice has a great story to tell about being a "Spider Fighter", her diagnosis, and determination to fight this. I'd love to have her share it on my blog one day. She is a true fighter and inspiration. Her struggle hits very close to home, as she is a young, busy mother of three beautiful young ladies. I will continue to pray for her healing and speedy recovery, as well as a breakthrough in fighting this terrible disease. Won't you join me in prayer?
So here's to Alice and all the women fighting all kinds of cancers!


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package com.intellij.packaging.impl.elements;

import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
import com.intellij.packaging.artifacts.ArtifactManager;
import com.intellij.packaging.artifacts.ArtifactType;
import com.intellij.packaging.elements.ArtifactIncrementalCompilerContext;
import com.intellij.packaging.elements.IncrementalCompilerInstructionCreator;
import com.intellij.packaging.elements.PackagingElementResolvingContext;
import com.intellij.packaging.impl.ui.DirectoryCopyPresentation;
import com.intellij.packaging.ui.ArtifactEditorContext;
import com.intellij.packaging.ui.PackagingElementPresentation;
import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

/**
 * @author nik
 */
public class DirectoryCopyPackagingElement extends FileOrDirectoryCopyPackagingElement<DirectoryCopyPackagingElement> {
  public DirectoryCopyPackagingElement() {
    super(DirectoryCopyElementType.getInstance());
  }

  public DirectoryCopyPackagingElement(String directoryPath) {
    this();
    myFilePath = directoryPath;
  }

  @Override
  public PackagingElementPresentation createPresentation(@Nonnull ArtifactEditorContext context) {
    return new DirectoryCopyPresentation(myFilePath);
  }

  @Override
  public void computeIncrementalCompilerInstructions(@Nonnull IncrementalCompilerInstructionCreator creator,
                                                     @Nonnull PackagingElementResolvingContext resolvingContext,
                                                     @Nonnull ArtifactIncrementalCompilerContext compilerContext,
                                                     @Nonnull ArtifactType artifactType) {
    final VirtualFile file = findFile();
    if (file != null && file.isValid() && file.isDirectory()) {
      creator.addDirectoryCopyInstructions(file);
    }
  }

  public DirectoryCopyPackagingElement getState() {
    return this;
  }

  public void loadState(ArtifactManager artifactManager, DirectoryCopyPackagingElement state) {
    myFilePath = state.getFilePath();
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return "dir:" + myFilePath;
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Oil prices dropped on Wednesday after the record production cut announced by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was believed to be not enough to keep pace with falling demand.
Although the 2.46 million barrel per day cut was greater than expected, commodities traders didn't take much notice. Instead, they chose to focus on the report released by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) which showed that supply was still high as demand continues to slide.
The EIA said that U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased 0.5 million barrels for the week ended Dec. 12, compared to the previous week. Total motor gasoline inventories increased by 1.3 million barrels, compared to the 1.0 million barrel rise expected by analysts.
Analysts has expected a much smaller rise in inventories.
U.S. light, sweet crude fell $3.54, or 8.12 percent, to settle at $40.06 a barrel, dipping to a more than four year low. Prices dipped below $40 at one point during trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
The White House called OPEC's decision to cut production "short-sighted" and said the oil cartel has an obligation to keep the market well-supplied.
"The fall in oil prices in recent months has benefited the economy at a difficult time and helped hard-pressed consumers," U.K. Energy Minister Mike O'Brien said in a statement after OPEC's announcement.
The cut comes on top of existing reductions of 2 million barrels per day agreed by OPEC at its last two meetings. However, OPEC member nations don't always heed to their designated quotas. Last month, an OPEC report revealed that they produced more than 600,000 barrels above their November quota.
Saudi Arabia has publicly stated that their target price of $75 is a 'fair' price for crude oil. So much so, that they even consider it a 'noble cause' to prop up the prices to that point.
"You must understand the purpose of the $75 price is for a much more noble cause," the Saudi Oil Minister said. "You need every producer to produce and marginal producers cannot produce at $40 a barrel," the minister said.
Oil magnate, T. Boone Pickens, who is advocating for Americans to reduce their dependence on foreign oil, released a statement after the latest OPEC supply cut.
"This is in line with what I predicted would happen last week. OPEC's decision will likely lead to an increase in oil and gas prices in America and proves the point that we must reduce our dependence on foreign oil," the founder of the Pickens Plan said.
He also said that it's understandable why OPEC is propping up the prices of a commodity they own, but that Americans should be more intent on preventing the price from being controlled by interests that aren't aligned with those of the U.S.
"We have the domestic resources in wind, solar and natural gas to get the job done on energy and transportation, so let's use them,"said Pickens.
OPEC wants non-member nations, such as Russia and Mexico, to cut production on their own too.


I read this article and found it very interesting, thought it might be something for you. The article is called BRZ concept and is located at https://www.farmofminds.com/brz-concept/.
Photoshopped Subaru BRZ makes me miserable not having it! Pic proves that BRZ has great styling potential!


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Q: PrintWriter Loop to a Server Some background:  I'm beginning a computer science grad program (I've self-taught myself basically everything I know; zero academic CS experience) and an assignment early on is to create a client-server application that allows the client to upload or download text files from the server.
I'm working on the upload part, where I have the client read the text file line-by-line (with a while-loop) through a buffered reader, then send those lines through to the server, which then uses a PrintWriter and another while-loop to write those same lines in to a file.
I've printed into the console to test and I can confirm the client is passing along the correct output.
I can also confirm the server is receiving that output and writes it correctly when printing to the console...except I'm not getting the "Upload Complete!" message when the loop is done. So, the loop seemingly doesn't end for some reason, so when printing to the file, I can't pull out of the loop, close the PrintWriter (and save the file) and tell the client the upload is done.
The result is, I'm seeing the file created where I want it, but there is no content.
EDIT: Got everything working.
Here's the client
try{
        //create socket
        Socket clientSocket = new Socket("192.168.1.114", 2006);

        //input stream & reader
        InputStream clientInputStream = clientSocket.getInputStream();
        BufferedReader clientReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(clientInputStream));

        //create output stream & writer
        OutputStream clientOutputStream = clientSocket.getOutputStream();
        PrintWriter clientWriter = new PrintWriter(clientOutputStream, true);

        //look for input from server and print it to the console
        String command = clientReader.readLine();
        System.out.println(command);

        //assign the user input as the next character, then send that character over the output stream
        Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
        String reply = in.next();
        clientWriter.println(reply);

        //Base conditional statements around what client wants to do
        //If choose download, client reads text file from server and writes to a file
        if(reply.equals("D") || reply.equals("d"))
        {
            //DOWNLOAD CODE STILL TO COME
            System.out.println("Client is reading from server and writing to file");
        }
        //If choose upload, client uploads and writes text file to server
        else if(reply.equals("U") || reply.equals("u"))
        {
            //Creates scanner looking for server "which file to upload (must be a .txt file, DO include file extension" prompt
            //Prints the prompt to the console
            Scanner serverUploadQuestion = new Scanner(clientReader);
            String serverUploadPrompt = serverUploadQuestion.nextLine();
            System.out.println(serverUploadPrompt);

            //Assigns the filename to the next user input, sends the name to server
            Scanner clientFileChoice = new Scanner(System.in);
            String fileToUpload = clientFileChoice.nextLine();
            clientWriter.println(fileToUpload);
            clientWriter.flush();

            //Reads the designated file and prints it to the server
            try{
            FileReader fileRead = new FileReader("C:/Users/Mike/Documents/" + fileToUpload);
            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(fileRead);

            String line;
            while((line = reader.readLine()) != null)
            {
                clientWriter.println(line);//test by printing to console
            }
            clientSocket.shutdownOutput();
            }catch(FileNotFoundException fnfe){System.out.println(fnfe.getMessage() + "The file was not found");}
        }

        //wait for final server response, and print its response in the console
        String result = clientReader.readLine();
        System.out.println(result);
        }catch(IOException e){System.out.println("Client at-end problem is " + e);}
    }

}
And the server
try{
        ServerSocket ss = new ServerSocket(2006);
        //establish socket and input/output readers
        Socket myS = ss.accept();
        BufferedReader bf = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(myS.getInputStream()));
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(myS.getOutputStream(), true);

        //print a prompt to the client
        out.println("Enter 'u' to upload a file, 'd' to download a file");
        out.flush();

            String u = "U";
            String uu = "u";
            String d = "D";
            String dd = "d";
            String filename;
            String clientChoice = bf.readLine();

            //if the client chooses upload
            if (clientChoice.equals(u) || clientChoice.equals(uu))
            {
                //ask the client for the file name, assign it to a string variable
                out.println("Which file are you uploading (must be a .txt file, INCLUDE file extension in the name)?");
                filename = bf.readLine();

                try{
                //Create a file writer that will write the file
                FileWriter fw = new FileWriter("c://Users/Mike/workspace/"+filename);

                //Create print writer
                PrintWriter fp = new PrintWriter(fw);

                //Print to the file each line coming in from the client
                String fileLine;
                while((fileLine = bf.readLine()) != null)
                {
                    fp.println(fileLine);
                }
                fp.close();
                out.println("Upload Complete!");
                //close the file printer
                }catch(IOException e){System.out.println("Server problem is " + e);}

            }
            //if client chooses download
            else if (clientChoice.equals(d) || clientChoice.equals(dd))
            {
                out.println("Downloaded file!");
            }
            //if client enters invalid input
            else if (!clientChoice.equals(u) && !clientChoice.equals(uu) && !clientChoice.equals(d) && !clientChoice.equals(dd))
            {
                out.println("Invalid prompt.  Please re-connect and try again.");
            }

        }catch(IOException e){System.out.println("Server at-end problem is " + e);}
}

}

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Have you ever gotten invited to a wedding? If so, who got married -- or will get married? Where was the wedding and did you have fun? I went to two weddings last year – one in New York and one in Connecticut. Getting dressed up can be a lot of fun, at times.
In spoken English, the verb get sometimes replaces the verb be in passive sentences. We call this the "get-passive" and you just heard me use it several times as I talked about weddings.
Use of the get-passive is considered conversational. But it is sometimes the better choice, even in written English. It can provide a clearer meaning.
And I am getting excited about today's program. So let's get started!
First, here's a quick refresher on active and passive voice.
In an active sentence, the subject performs the action of the verb. The object receives it. Take the sentence, "I broke my favorite cup." The subject is I and the object is my favorite cup.
The get-passive has two structures: get + adjective and get + past participle.
For both structures, the verb tense of get changes based on whether you're talking about the present, past or future.
Let's first talk about get + adjective.
Food can get cold, get hot or get warm. Some foods (like bread) get hard in the microwave. These are all examples of get + adjective.
The verb get can be followed by some adjectives to express the idea of change or becoming something. We use this structure for people and things. We can talk about the weather getting hot or getting cold, for instance. A person can also get dressed up, get nervous, get hungry, get rich or get sick.
What time are we meeting for lunch? I am getting hungry.
Notice the use of get in the present continuous verb tense.
Get + hungry is such a fixed English collocation that it sounds unnatural any other way. Saying, "I am becoming hungry," for instance, sounds so unnatural that the listener might be unsure of its meaning.
Get can also be followed by the past participle – the form of a verb that usually ends in -ed or -en.
The verb get expresses action so, for this structure, we use it with action verbs. Action verbs express physical or mental action. They include such verbs as break, eat, choose and marry.
His brother got married last year.
Married is the past participle of marry.
My favorite cup got broken.
Broken is the past participle of break.
So, the get-passive is used with action verbs. But, the be-passive can be used with action and stative verbs.
However, depending on what is said, the get-passive can offer clarity between an action and a state. Take the sentence, "His brother was married last year." Does the speaker mean his brother's wedding happened last year? Or that his brother had a spouse last year, but does not now?
Computers and computer servers can get hacked -- an example of get + past participle.
So, the get-passive can help bring attention to specific details about a person or action. For that reason, we often use it to talk about something either desirable, unexpected or negative.
Vanessa got promoted to program director!
Please be careful. You don't want to get hit by a car.
The company's server got hacked last week.
What time does the mail get delivered?
And lastly, the get-passive in used in some expressions, like some you already heard – get married, for example – plus others, like get lost, get done, get ready and get dressed. Some are idiomatic while others are simply collocations. But they are so fixed in English that to say them another way would be terribly hard on the ears.
Whew! I'm getting winded. I had better stop here. Remember to leave a comment on our website. We want to hear about that wedding you got invited to!
Now, you try it! Choose one or both of the exercises below to practice the get-passive. Write your responses in the comments section.
In a few sentences, tell us about a wedding you got invited to. Who got married -- or will get married? Where was the wedding? Did you enjoy it? Did you get dressed up? Use two or three examples of the get-passive. You can use get + past participle and get + adjective.
In a few sentences, tell us about some other event or happening. Use two or three examples of get + adjective. Some possible adjectives include: tall, sick, better, worse, lost, old, thirsty, hungry, nervous, sleepy, hot, warm, cold, dark, light and late.


Peter Shanahan is a graduate of the College of William and Mary, a Certified Financial Planner and Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor. Most recently, Peter earned the distinguished designation Master Planner Advanced Studies (MPAS). He's one of the founding partners of a wealth management practice with Hilliard Lyons in Hendersonville, North Carolina. He has been in practice for over 30 years, and has contributed to the training of hundreds of financial advisors. Peter owns a horse farm near Tryon, North Carolina, and has earned colors with two local hunts, having served as treasurer for one of them. He also currently serves as president of a local equestrian trail association. He has lectured extensively on a variety of financial topics, but his primary area of interest is the intersection between his two passions: financial planning and equestrian pursuits. Do you have questions you want Peter to answer? Send questions to editor@sidelinesnews.com.
Ok, so you're not filthy rich. Let's just stipulate that. Because if you were, you would most likely have a team of people working just for you in what's called a "family office." Your people would be arranging your next trip as you read this. They would have made reservations for dinner at your destination city; your theater tickets would be waiting for you; and the Bentley would be waxed, gassed up and ready to go.
Your accountant and investment person would also be waiting for you, to discuss a tax strategy for your consideration. They would already have discussed it with your attorney, who would have had papers ready for your signature. Each member of your team would know a lot about the whole picture. They would talk to each other, and together they would strategize on your behalf to help you make the most of what you've got.
Good, because it's you I want to talk to. Let's say that you have a farm in the Carolinas with a few good jumpers (or just trail horses). Maybe you also own a condo in Florida, and possibly a lake house in another state with a boat dock and boat. You probably have an investment portfolio, property/casualty insurance and, hopefully, wills, trusts and powers of attorney. You meet with your CPA once a year, at tax time, so that you and she can discuss what happened last year, and what you will owe as a result. There will be little or no advance planning. You last met with your estate attorney when your first grandchild was born. You now have three more. Your investment advisors, CPA and estate attorney have never met.
Two things are true here. First, you may not be ready for a family office (yet), but let's face it: You've got a lot going on. Second (and this is important), you are more than likely being under-served by your team. That's because, in all likelihood, your team doesn't communicate proactively with each other on your behalf. I'll bet they have never all met to discuss you. Your investment people probably never reach out to your CPA to give her a heads-up on realized and unrealized capital gains, or distributions from retirement plans, and tax withholding on those distributions.
Your CPA may never have discussed your charitable inclinations with your investment advisor, who, by the way, never told your attorney about your special-needs grandchild, or the fact that your daughter's marriage is a bit shaky. The insurance on your farm is residential, not commercial, and it won't protect you if someone riding the trails around your farm is injured. The equine liability or recreational use statutes in your state might have helped, but the signs you posted don't meet the requirements for your state. Your insurance agent also doesn't know that you own the lake house, because you insured it with a local agent in that state, and so your "umbrella" liability insurance won't protect you if there's a boating accident.
Hopefully, you won't have a heart attack when you realize this, because if you do, your estate will go through probate in three states, because you forgot to title your real estate to your trust, and no one ever checked up on it.
You may remember the line from "Cool Hand Luke:" "What we've got here is failure to communicate." Over the years, I've seen countless instances where the failure of a client's various advisors to communicate has led to disastrous results and missed opportunities.
So, what can a person who isn't rich do to avoid these problems?
Let me suggest that you build your own virtual family office (VFO). Under this type of arrangement, you allow each of your advisors to speak directly to the others on your behalf. It allows your CPA to tell your investment advisor things like when to capture gains or losses and when not to, to distribute efficiently from IRAs and other retirement plans and so on. It will also allow your investment advisor to keep your CPA up to date on any distributions from your retirement plans and tax withholding on those distributions, as well as special situations, like your plans to sell real estate. It allows him to keep your estate planning attorney informed about how your accounts are titled, and how the beneficiary designations read; and so on. Just like the super-rich, you have a team of experts working for you; they're just not all working exclusively for you. So, you also don't have the expense that goes along with that.
The first thing to consider as you begin to create your own VFO is who will be the "quarterback," which is to say, who will coordinate the flow of information between all of your team members. It may be possible for you to be your own quarterback; but, this may defeat the whole purpose, both because you may want to free yourself from this burden, particularly as you age, and also because you may not have the broad-based knowledge required to know when it's necessary to involve particular members of your team.
So, who should be the quarterback? First, you should favor whichever team member has the broadest knowledge base of all the areas that need to be coordinated: tax, investment, risk management and estate planning. Second, you should favor the team members whom you see or talk to most frequently, since they will be in a position to know what's going on in your life. Finally, the quarterback should be proactive in nature. He or she should ideally have a formal process in place to review the whole picture and to keep other team members informed on an ongoing basis — particularly about issues related to their areas of expertise.
Once you've chosen a team quarterback, you'll need to authorize each team member, in writing, to share information with the others. You should have a formal mechanism in place to do this. And there's an added benefit: You will quickly learn which of your team members are willing and able to operate at this level of play, and which are not. This is useful to know, and it is sometimes a good bellwether indicator of the team members' overall skill level.
The long and short is that you can come fairly close to the benefits of integration and coordination found in a family office without having to have the team members on your payroll. Of course, you will still need to arrange your own theater tickets.
Next Installment: Using your team to save taxes when you sell your farm.


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Debate Recap: Trump Wins, Biden Doesn't Faint, Chris Wallace Goes Down Hard
By Tyler O'Neil 11:34 PM on September 29, 2020
AP Photo/Julio Cortez
President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden went head to head on Tuesday night, and moderator Chris Wallace got knocked out. Wallace seemed to push left-wing talking points to help Biden and hurt Trump, but both candidates talked over him. Trump and Biden brought out the fisticuffs and both got in a few good hits. Biden stumbled but he did not come across as a bumbling fool.
While Trump and Biden both went on the offensive, Trump got in more clear statements and Biden came across as shifty, especially on packing the Supreme Court.
Wallace asked Biden if he would support expanding the Supreme Court to more than nine justices, noting that Democrats brought up the issue first. Biden refused to answer the question, and Trump pressed him.
When Trump asked, "Why aren't you going to answer that question?" Biden shot back, "Would you shut up, man?"
After Trump pressed, "Who is on your list, Joe?" Biden responded by saying, "This is so unpresidential."
Not only did Biden dodge the question, but he lost his cool about the issue, and then accused his opponent of being unpresidential right after he said, "Would you shut up, man?"
Trump's right.
Joe won't answer whether he'd pack the court and end the filibuster. Candidates are candidates and they're supposed to, you know, take positions on things. Him ducking this shows how he is not "the Democratic Party"#Debates2020 pic.twitter.com/HK2TPokq2m
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 30, 2020
On the issue of nominating Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's replacement to the Supreme Court, Trump insisted, "I'm not elected for three years, I'm elected for four years." He suggested that Biden's call for delaying the nomination and confirmation until after the election would essentially deny Trump's presidency — an effective counter.
Joe Biden Refuses to Answer Whether or Not He'll Pack the Court: 'Would You Shut Up, Man?'
When Trump tried to catch Biden on the extreme measures of the far left, the Democrat responded, "I am the Democratic Party right now." We'll see what Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has to say about that.
Biden: "I AM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY right now."
So… it's treason, then. #Debates2020 pic.twitter.com/Wn7lSOzHu1
— Tyler O'Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) September 30, 2020
On the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, Biden claimed that the U.S. has 4 percent of the world's population but 20 percent of coronavirus deaths. Trump rightly called him out on this, noting that countries like China are likely undercounting their deaths. (He should have mentioned Iran and Russia, but he did mention China and India.)
Biden repeated the false claim that Trump suggested injecting "bleach into your arm." In reality, Trump asked the experts a question about using a disinfectant to fight the virus, and he suggested that people should not try this without medical doctors.
In response to Pres. Trump's vaccine claims, Joe Biden says, "This is the same man who told you by Easter this would be gone away. By the warm weather, it'd be gone, miraculously…And by the way, maybe you can inject some bleach into your arm." https://t.co/5Bl4Ob3O2t pic.twitter.com/h1xM8EH98L
— ABC News (@ABC) September 30, 2020
When Trump brought up Hunter Biden's notorious corruption, Joe Biden insisted, "My son did nothing wrong at Burisma." The president countered, "Why did he deserve three and a half million from Moscow?!"
Biden noted that black Americans have died from COVID-19 at higher rates, insisting that Trump's presidency has "been disastrous for the African American community." Yet Trump rightly countered by citing the 1994 crime bill and Trump's criminal justice reform. "I'm letting people out of jail now." Trump accused Biden of using the term "super-predators." Biden did condemn "predators," but Hillary Clinton was the one to call criminals "super-predators." Clinton was defending the bill Biden championed, however.
Fresh Off Calling for a Nationwide Lockdown, Biden Blames Trump for COVID Lockdowns
Trump championed law and order, noting that 250 military leaders and generals have endorsed him, along with a long list of law enforcement organizations, including the national Fraternal Order of Police. The president challenged Biden to name a single law enforcement group that supports him and the Democrat could not.
Joe Biden can't name a single law enforcement group that supports him#Debates2020 pic.twitter.com/8WgwhrNr0w
— Team Trump (Text VOTE to 88022) (@TeamTrump) September 30, 2020
When Wallace asked Trump about his decision to end "white privilege" trainings in the federal government, the president explained, "I ended it because it's racist." He noted that the trainings, many of which follow Marxist critical race theory, "were teaching people to hate our country," claiming that America is fundamentally racist. Biden countered by saying that "there is racial insensitivity."
Trump rightly noted that Biden's policy would destroy the suburbs by getting rid of local control over zoning. Biden responded by saying, "all these dog whistles on racism don't work anymore." The Democrat is correct — dog whistles don't work, because Trump's argument isn't a dog whistle. Biden supports the Obama administration's radical AFFH (Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing) regulation which gets rid of single-family zoning in the name of diversity. This would end local control, which is the real issue.
President Trump touted that he will have nominated and the Senate will have confirmed approximately 300 federal judges, along with at least two — and likely three — Supreme Court justices.
Biden countered by claiming that Trump is "Putin's puppy" and accusing the president of "causing the recession" associated with the coronavirus pandemic.
As Reason's Robby Soave pointed out, Trump painted Biden as the candidate of lockdowns and Biden did little to rebut the idea. The Democrat has suggested he would shut down the country again if he wins in November.
Trump is painting Biden as the candidate of lockdowns and lockdown-related pain, and Biden is making little effort to rebut this.
— Robby Soave (@robbysoave) September 30, 2020
Wallace pulled a fast one toward the end of the debate, bringing up the issue of climate change. President Trump condemned the Paris Climate Accord, noted that the environment has gotten better, touted the project to plant a billion trees, and emphasized the importance of forest management in states like California that have been overwhelmed by forest fires.
Joe Biden Promises Fewer Fires, Floods, and Hurricanes if He Wins in November
"If you had forest management, good forest management, you wouldn't be getting those calls," Trump said, explaining that dead leaves on the forest floor contribute to wildfires. I grew up in dry rural Colorado and I spent my summers clearing up the forest floor in the mountains. My father is a volunteer firefighter and I did my Eagle Project in wildland fire mitigation. Forest management is far more critical to preventing forest fires than the unproven claims about climate change increasing the temperature by a degree or two.
President Trump points to forest management as the cause of the wildfires in the West, but avoids specifics on his climate change beliefs. #Debates2020 https://t.co/McrHYPnMbj pic.twitter.com/EIBsZYXZ1W
— CNBC (@CNBC) September 30, 2020
In one of the more memorable events of the night, President Trump called on the Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by," while Joe Biden refused to even address the instigators in antifa. Instead, Biden cited FBI Director Christopher Wray, who has called antifa an ideology, not a group. "Antifa's an idea, not an organization," the Democrat said, supposedly quoting Wray.
Chris Wallace: "Are you willing, tonight, to condemn white supremacists and militia groups…?"
President Trump: "Sure, I'm willing to do that…Proud Boys, stand back and stand by! But I'll tell you what…somebody's got to do something about Antifa and the left." pic.twitter.com/9gJ8qyO4hL
— CSPAN (@cspan) September 30, 2020
While Wallace took Trump to task for interrupting Biden, Wallace himself interrupted Trump.
Moderator Chris Wallace to Trump as he repeatedly interrupts Biden: "Your campaign agreed that both sides would get 2 minute answers uninterrupted … why don't you observe what your campaign agreed to?"
Biden: "He never keeps his word." https://t.co/5Bl4Ob3O2t #Debates2020 pic.twitter.com/r5YbOFE5Gq
Chris Wallace interrupted Trump 35 times tonight.
He did not interrupt Biden once.
— JT Lewis (@thejtlewis) September 30, 2020
"Gentlemen, I hate to raise my voice, but why should I be different than the two of you?" Wallace said. Wallace suggested that Trump had interrupted more than Biden, but Biden also interrupted both Trump and Wallace throughout the debate.
Chris Wallace jumps in after Trump and Biden have continuously interrupted each other: "Gentlemen, I hate to raise my voice, but why shouldn't I be different than the two of you?"
He also tells Trump: "Frankly, you've been doing more interrupting" https://t.co/a7VWn5npT9 pic.twitter.com/htgKNkq2Yw
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 30, 2020
CNN's Jake Tapper called the debate "a hot mess, inside a dumpster fire, inside a train wreck."
"That was a hot mess, inside a dumpster fire, inside a train wreck," says @JakeTapper about the first presidential debate between Pres. Trump and Joe Biden. "We'll talk about who won the debate, who lost the debate … One thing for sure, the American people lost." #Debates2020 pic.twitter.com/ATsne4ldB8
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) September 30, 2020
President Trump got in more good jabs at Biden than the Democrat got in at him, but Biden did not prove the stuttering fool that many on the Right expected. I would say Trump won the debate, but it was grating to hear three people talk at once so many times.
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Environmentalists speak out during offshore drilling workshop in Dover
The Bureau of Ocean Energy and Management met with Delawareans on Thursday to discuss a new five-year lease plan for offshore oil and gas activities.
Environmentalists speak out during offshore drilling workshop in Dover The Bureau of Ocean Energy and Management met with Delawareans on Thursday to discuss a new five-year lease plan for offshore oil and gas activities. Check out this story on delawareonline.com: https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2018/01/19/environmentalists-speak-out-during-offshore-drilling-workshop-dover/1039032001/
Maddy Lauria, The News Journal Published 10:00 p.m. ET Jan. 18, 2018 | Updated 1:40 p.m. ET Jan. 19, 2018
Delaware leaders and environmentalists are worried about what an oil spill could mean for wildlife and coastal tourism now that federal officials plan to open the East Coast to offshore drilling. Maddy Lauria, The News Journal
Megan Davidson, a biological oceanographer with the Bureau of Ocean Energy and Management, Division of Environmental Assessment talks to people about the national outer continental shelf oil and gas leasing program during a meeting in Dover.(Photo: Jason Minto, The News Journal)Buy Photo
Delaware leaders and environmentalists are worried about what an oil spill could mean for wildlife and coastal tourism now that federal officials plan to open the East Coast to offshore drilling.
"Certainly trying to prevent more Deepwater Horizons from happening anywhere along our coast is important," said Sierra Club Secretary Robin Mann, citing the catastrophic explosion at an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 that left 11 people dead and dumped 135 millions of gallons of oil in the water.
"We haven't even fully applied the lessons we learned at Deepwater Horizon," she said. "Preventing new catastrophes, new damage to marine ecosystems, to coastal communities, to small businesses in beach communities is all really important."
Members of the public attending a workshop hosted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in Dover Thursday had a chance to learn more about a newly proposed offshore drilling lease plan, which aims to open 90 percent of America's offshore waters to oil and gas exploration.
The new plan was announced by the Department of Interior in early January and has been called the largest proposed lease acreage available in the history of the National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program.
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The Trump administration aims to open 25 of 26 planning areas to offshore oil and gas drilling. This graphic shows the lease areas that would be available along the East Coast, West Coast and Gulf of Mexico. (Photo: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management)
"We're very concerned about what this means or potentially could mean for us and our whole life as a tourism destination," said Lewes Mayor Ted Becker. "We have two primary economies: agriculture and tourism. If we jeopardize those two economic engines, we could do serious harm not only to Sussex County and the communities that border the ocean, but to the entire state's budget."
Becker joined a group of environmentalists who held a press conference at the Holiday Inn on Route 13 in Dover. Representatives from Sierra Club, Surfrider, Delaware Surf Fishing and others held signs stating "drilling kills" and "keep our coast oil free."
"Fish and oil don't mix unless I'm cooking," said Rich King of Delaware Surf Fishing. "It's not going to do us much good at all."
Rich King of Delaware Surf Fishing looks at an oil formation-to-production poster during a meeting held by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to discuss the newly proposed national outer continental shelf oil and gas leasing program for 2019-2024. (Photo: Jason Minto, The News Journal)
The proposed plan would open up 47 lease sales in 25 of 26 planning areas, allowing oil and gas companies to drill in the Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific oceans as well as the Gulf of Mexico. The proposed plan will replace the 2017-2022 lease schedule approved by the Obama administration in late 2016, which only included 11 lease sales, said Department of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.
"This is a start on looking at American energy dominance and looking at our offshore assets and the beginning of a dialogue of when, how, where and how fast those offshore assets should be or could be developed," Zinke said in a teleconference.
Less than a week after Zinke announced the proposed plan, he said in a statement on Twitter that he would exclude Florida's coast because he agrees with Gov. Rick Scott that "Florida is unique and its coasts are heavily reliant on tourism as an economic driver."
Gov. John Carney, a Democrat who has long been against offshore drilling activities near Delaware, said he invited Zinke to see Delaware's beaches and marine resources, the main driver for the state's multi-billion dollar tourism industry.
"Delaware simply cannot accept the risks associated with offshore drilling, and we will continue expressing our concerns to the Trump Administration," Carney said in a statement after his phone call with Zinke.
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In a Jan. 11 letter to Zinke, Delaware Attorney General Matthew Denn also said the state would consider legal action "if the Department [of Interior] declines to proceed in the manner required by law."
Denn said the way the recent rewrite of the leasing plan was handled – especially a lack of communication with governors before proposing the plan – suggests a violation of federal law and constitutional due process rights.
Carney and governors from Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Virginia co-authored another letter to Zinke on Jan. 17 asking for their states to also be excluded from the proposed program.
"Like Florida, each of our states has unique natural resources and an economy that is reliant on tourism as an essential driver," the letter reads. "We support the notion of energy diversity, but the environmental and economic importance of the Atlantic Ocean must be weighed against the potential unintended consequences of these types of activities."
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management held a meeting in Dover – one of 23 workshops nationwide – to talk to people about the national outer continental shelf oil and gas leasing program. (Photo: Jason Minto, The News Journal)
Environmentalists also worry about the impact of seismic testing, the precursor to drilling. While offshore drilling activities take place in federal waters at least three miles away from the coast, seismic testing activities could potentially reach into local waters.
Seismic testing uses high-powered air guns and other equipment to search for deposits of oil, gas, and minerals deep below the seafloor.
Suzanne Thurman, executive director of the Lewes-based Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute, said those loud underwater blasts can have dramatic effects on marine life.
Seismic airgun blasts can reach 250 decibels – which would be twice as loud as standing right next to a jet engine, she said.
Such loud sounds can physically harm marine animals, and impact their ability to communicate. Of the 32 marine mammals and sea turtles in Delaware waters, large baleen whales, dolphins and porpoises are most at risk, Thurman said.
"They manage their life, navigate their world and find food all using sound," she said. "And if it were to go to oil drilling, there are no assurances there would not be another Deepwater Horizon spill. And that was 8 years ago, and still today the dolphins' health is completely deteriorated: they have chronic lung disease, adrenal collapse, their immune systems are trashed and the birth rate is incredibly low."
Luke Hevner of Selbyville, Del., leaves his comments after a meeting with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to discuss the national outer continental shelf oil and gas leasing program. (Photo: Jason Minto, The News Journal)
Before the proposed plan is approved, the public and elected officials will have more time to chime in. Multiple comment periods will be open before President Donald Trump and Congress review a final lease plan.
People can comment on the proposed plan through March 9 by searching "BOEM-2017-0074" at www.regulations.gov or by sending written comments to Kelly Hammerle, National OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program Manager, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (VAM-LD), 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 20166-9216.
Contact reporter Maddy Lauria at (302) 345-0608, mlauria@delawareonline.com or on Twitter @MaddyinMilford.
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Q: Pyplot table position, bbox without changing width/height I have a plot routine in a loop, where i want to place a table containing some information below the plot. The table is variable in number of elements.
I want to set the position of the table to be below the plot, and i can do that with bbox. The problem is that bbox takes 4 inputs, where two of them are width/height of the table. And that messes with my routine using table.auto_set_column_width.
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Kamen Rider Gaim
The logo for Kamen Rider Gaim
Superhero fiction
Shotaro Ishinomori
Toriko Nanajo
Gan Sunaaku
Nobuhiro Mouri
Jin Haganeya
Norimitsu Kaiho
Ryuta Tasaki
Takayuki Shibasaki
Satoshi Morota
Shojiro Nakazawa
Hidenori Ishida
Osamu Kaneda
Kyohei Yamaguchi
Gaku Sano
Yutaka Kobayashi
Yuumi Shida
Yuki Kubota
Tsunenori Aoki
Minami Tsukui
Gaku Matsuda
Ryo Matsuda
Metal Yoshida
Narrated by
Hōchū Ōtsuka
"Just Live More" by Gaimu no Kaze
Ending theme
"E-X-A (Exciting×Attitude)" by Kamen Rider Girls
"Never surrender" by Team Baron
"Toki no Hana" by Kamen Rider Girls
"Raise Up Your Flag" by Kouta Kazuraba
"Ranbu Escalation" by Kouta Kazuraba & Kaito Kumon
Kousuke Yamashita
Original language(s)
Motoi Sasaki (TV Asahi)
Naomi Takebe (Toei)
Taku Mochizuki (Toei)
24 – 25 min. (per episode)
Production company(s)
Toei Company
October 6, 2013 (2013-10-06) –
Kamen Rider Wizard
Kamen Rider Drive
Production website
Kamen Rider Gaim (仮面ライダー鎧武/ガイム, Kamen Raidā Gaimu) is a Japanese television series, a tokusatsu drama that is in the Kamen Rider Series; it is the 15th series during its Heisei run and 24th overall. The series, written by Gen Urobuchi, directed by Ryuta Tasaki and produced by Naomi Takebe, began airing on TV Asahi from October 6, 2013, replacing Kamen Rider Wizard in its initial timeslot and joining Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger then Ressha Sentai ToQger in the Super Hero Time programming block, until Gaim concluded on September 28, 2014.
3.1 The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle
3.2 Kamen Rider Taisen
3.3 Great Soccer Battle! Golden Fruits Cup!
3.4 Movie War Full Throttle
3.5 Heisei Generations Final
4 Video game
5 Hyper Battle DVD
6 Gaim Gaiden
7 Novel
9 Production and development
10 Cast
10.1 Guest cast
11 Theme songs
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Main article: List of Kamen Rider Gaim characters
In Zawame City (沢芽市, Zawame-shi), a large company known as the Yggdrasill Corporation transformed the once bustling suburban city into a jōkamachi. To escape the resulting feeling of oppression, many of the youth in Zawame formed dance crews called Beat Riders to bring joy back into peoples' lives. Also rising in popularity is the Inves Game, a simulator that uses strange devices known as Lockseeds to summon monsters known as Inves. Kouta Kazuraba, a member of the dance group Team Gaim, tries to find his place in the world while torn between his loyalty to his teammates and his sister Akira's insistence that he starts acting like an adult and find a proper job. When Team Gaim's captain disappears after informing Kouta of a strange belt he found, Kouta discovers that the Lockseeds and Inves are from an alternate dimension known as Helheim Forest. Encountering a mysterious girl resembling his Team Gaim teammate and close friend Mai Takatsukasa, Kouta uses a Sengoku Driver belt and the Orange Lockseed to become a samurai-armored warrior that is later named Armored Rider Gaim. In time, including Team Baron's leader Kaito Kumon as Armored Rider Baron and Kouta's Team Gaim teammate Mitsuzane Kureshima as Ryugen, other Armored Riders appear to amass social power throughout Zawame: Team Raid Wild's Ryoji Hase as Kurokage, Team Invitto's Hideyasu Jonouchi as Gridon, and the perfectionist ex-soldier Oren Pierre Alfonzo as Bravo. Unbeknownst to the Armored Riders, the Yggdrasill Corporation monitors them and the Inves Games while the head of its R&D division, Mitsuzane's older brother Takatora, is the enigmatic white Armored Rider Zangetsu who is protecting a dark secret hidden within Helheim Forest.
Eventually, when Kouta confronts Takatora as he becomes a New Generation Armored Rider alongside the Armored Rider development scientist Ryoma Sengoku as Duke, his aide Yoko Minato as Marika, and the Lockseed Dealer Sid as Sigurd, he learns the horrible truth of Helheim Forest: that it was home to a once prosperous civilization that was eradicated by the strange plants growing throughout it, as anyone who consumed the fruit of these plants is turned into an Inves. Finding an ally in DJ Sagara, a pirate radio DJ who knows more than he is letting on such as the intelligent Over Lord Inves, Kouta finds himself in the middle of a Sengoku period-like brawl among various factions for the right to possess the power of Helheim Forest–the proverbial forbidden fruit itself–and the fate of life on Earth as he knows it. But while adamant to obtain the Golden Fruit to save the world, Kouta's goal involves him having a predestined confrontation with Kaito who desires the fruit's power to shatter the status quo of the world.
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Main article: List of Kamen Rider Gaim episodes
"Transform! The Orange From the Sky!?"
Transcription: "Henshin! Sora kara Orenji!?" (Japanese: 変身!空からオレンジ!?) Gen Urobuchi October 6, 2013 (2013-10-06)
"Deadly! Pineapple Kick!"
Transcription: "Hissatsu! Pain Kikku!" (Japanese: 必殺!パインキック!) Gen Urobuchi October 13, 2013 (2013-10-13)
"Shock! The Rival's Banana Transformation!?"
Transcription: "Shōgeki! Raibaru ga Banana Henshin!?" (Japanese: 衝撃!ライバルがバナナ変身!?) Gen Urobuchi October 20, 2013 (2013-10-20)
"He's Appeared! The Third Grape Rider!"
Transcription: "Tanjō! Sanninme no Budō Raidā!" (Japanese: 誕生!3人目のぶどうライダー!) Gen Urobuchi October 27, 2013 (2013-10-27)
"Return! The Ichigo Arms of Friendship!"
Transcription: "Fukkatsu! Yūjō no Ichigo Āmuzu!" (Japanese: 復活!友情のイチゴアームズ!) Gen Urobuchi November 10, 2013 (2013-11-10)
"The Durian Rider Appears!"
Transcription: "Dorian Raidā, Sansen!" (Japanese: ドリアンライダー、参戦!) Gen Urobuchi November 17, 2013 (2013-11-17)
"Great Ball Watermelon, Big Bang!"
Transcription: "Ōdama Suika, Biggu Ban!" (Japanese: 大玉スイカ、ビッグバン!) Gen Urobuchi November 24, 2013 (2013-11-24)
"Baron's New Mango Power"
Transcription: "Baron no Atarashiki Chikara, Mangō" (Japanese: バロンの新しき力、マンゴー) Gen Urobuchi
Toriko Nanajo December 1, 2013 (2013-12-01)
"The Great "Inves Monster Capturing" Operation!"
Transcription: "Kaibutsu Inbesu Hokaku Daisakusen!" (Japanese: 怪物インベス捕獲大作戦!) Gen Urobuchi December 8, 2013 (2013-12-08)
"All the Riders Gather! Revealing the Forest's Mystery!"
Transcription: "Raidā Daishūketsu! Mori no Nazo o Abake!" (Japanese: ライダー大集結!森の謎を暴け!) Gen Urobuchi
Gan Sunaaku December 15, 2013 (2013-12-15)
"The Truth Behind the Christmas Game"
Transcription: "Kurisumasu Gēmu no Shinjitsu" (Japanese: クリスマスゲームの真実) Gen Urobuchi
Nobuhiro Mouri December 22, 2013 (2013-12-22)
"The New Generation Rider Appears!"
Transcription: "Shin Sedai Raidā Tōjō!" (Japanese: 新世代ライダー登場!) Gen Urobuchi January 5, 2014 (2014-01-05)
"The Friendship Tag Team of Gaim and Baron!"
Transcription: "Gaimu, Baron no Yūjō Taggu!" (Japanese: 鎧武、バロンの友情タッグ!) Gen Urobuchi January 12, 2014 (2014-01-12)
"The Secret of Helheim's Fruits"
Transcription: "Heruheimu no Kajitsu no Himitsu" (Japanese: ヘルヘイムの果実の秘密) Gen Urobuchi January 19, 2014 (2014-01-19)
"The Man Who Developed the Belts"
Transcription: "Beruto o Kaihatsu-shita Otoko" (Japanese: ベルトを開発した男) Gen Urobuchi January 26, 2014 (2014-01-26)
"A New Arms! Jimber Lemon Is Born!"
Transcription: "Shin Āmuzu! Jinbā Remon Tanjō!" (Japanese: 新アームズ!ジンバーレモン誕生!) Gen Urobuchi February 2, 2014 (2014-02-02)
"The Peach Rider Marika Descends!"
Transcription: "Momo no Raidā, Marika Kōrin!" (Japanese: 桃のライダー、マリカ光臨!) Gen Urobuchi February 9, 2014 (2014-02-09)
"Farewell Beat Riders"
Transcription: "Saraba Bīto Raidāzu" (Japanese: さらばビートライダーズ) Gen Urobuchi
Nobuhiro Mouri February 16, 2014 (2014-02-16)
"The Gift Secret Weapon"
Transcription: "Okurareta Himitsu Heiki" (Japanese: 贈られた秘密兵器) Gen Urobuchi
"The End of the World, the Invasion Begins"
Transcription: "Sekai no Owari Hajimaru Shinryaku" (Japanese: 世界のおわり はじまる侵略) Gen Urobuchi March 2, 2014 (2014-03-02)
"Yggdrasill's Secret"
Transcription: "Yugudorashiru no Himitsu" (Japanese: ユグドラシルの秘密) Gen Urobuchi March 9, 2014 (2014-03-09)
"A Seventh of the Truth"
Transcription: "Nana-bun-no-Ichi no Shinjitsu" (Japanese: 7分の1の真実) Gen Urobuchi March 16, 2014 (2014-03-16)
"Now Let's Go! Kachidoki Arms!"
Transcription: "Iza Shutsujin! Kachidoki Āmuzu!" (Japanese: いざ出陣!カチドキアームズ!) Gen Urobuchi March 23, 2014 (2014-03-23)
"Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kamen Rider Gaim: Spring Break Combined Special"
Transcription: "Ressha Sentai Tokkyūjā Tai Kamen Raidā Gaimu Haruyasumi Gattai Supesharu" (Japanese: 烈車戦隊トッキュウジャーVS仮面ライダー鎧武 春休み合体スペシャル) Nobuhiro Mouri March 30, 2014 (2014-03-30)
"The New Formidable Over Lords"
Transcription: "Aratana Kyōteki Ōbārōdo" (Japanese: 新たな強敵オーバーロード) Gen Urobuchi April 6, 2014 (2014-04-06)
"Gridon and Bravo's Strongest Tag Team"
Transcription: "Guridon Burābo Saikyō Taggu" (Japanese: グリドン・ブラーボ最強タッグ) Gen Urobuchi
Jin Haganeya April 13, 2014 (2014-04-13)
"Baron's Genesis Transformation!"
Transcription: "Baron no Geneshisu Henshin!" (Japanese: バロンのゲネシス変身!) Gen Urobuchi
"Time to Know the Truth"
Transcription: "Shinjitsu o Shiru Toki" (Japanese: 真実を知る時) Gen Urobuchi April 27, 2014 (2014-04-27)
"The Betrayal of Zangetsu"
Transcription: "Uragiri no Zangetsu" (Japanese: 裏切りの斬月) Gen Urobuchi
Jin Haganeya May 4, 2014 (2014-05-04)
"The Over Lord King"
Transcription: "Ōbārōdo no Ō" (Japanese: オーバーロードの王) Gen Urobuchi May 11, 2014 (2014-05-11)
"The Red and Blue Kikaider"
Transcription: "Aka to Ao no Kikaidā" (Japanese: 赤と青のキカイダー) Nobuhiro Mouri May 18, 2014 (2014-05-18)
"The Whereabouts of the Forbidden Fruit"
Transcription: "Kindan no Kajitsu no Yukue" (Japanese: 禁断の果実のゆくえ) Gen Urobuchi May 25, 2014 (2014-05-25)
"The Strongest Power! Kiwami Arms"
Transcription: "Saikyō no Chikara! Kiwami Āmuzu" (Japanese: 最強の力!極アームズ) Gen Urobuchi June 1, 2014 (2014-06-01)
"The Great Beat Riders' Gathering!"
Transcription: "Bīto Raidāzu Daishūketsu!" (Japanese: ビートライダーズ大集結!) Gen Urobuchi
Norimitsu Kaiho June 8, 2014 (2014-06-08)
"The King's Power and the Queen's Revival"
Transcription: "Ō no Chikara to Ōhi Fukkatsu" (Japanese: 王の力と王妃復活) Gen Urobuchi
Jin Haganeya June 22, 2014 (2014-06-22)
"Mitchy's Ark"
Transcription: "Mitchi no Hakobune" (Japanese: ミッチの箱舟) Gen Urobuchi June 29, 2014 (2014-06-29)
"A Brotherly Conclusion! Zangetsu vs. Zangetsu Shin!"
Transcription: "Kyōdai no Ketchaku! Zangetsu VS Zangetsu Shin!" (Japanese: 兄弟の決着!斬月VS斬月・真!) Gen Urobuchi July 6, 2014 (2014-07-06)
"Baron Soccer Showdown: Summer Camp!"
Transcription: "Baron Sakkā Taiketsu Natsu no Jin!" (Japanese: バロン・サッカー対決 夏の陣!) Nobuhiro Mouri July 13, 2014 (2014-07-13)
"Return of the Professor"
Transcription: "Purofessā no Kikan" (Japanese: プロフェッサーの帰還) Gen Urobuchi
Jin Haganeya July 20, 2014 (2014-07-20)
"The Suicide Plan to Break Into Tower!"
Transcription: "Kesshi no Tawā Totsunyū Sakusen!" (Japanese: 決死のタワー突入作戦!) Gen Urobuchi July 27, 2014 (2014-07-27)
"The Over Lord Awakens"
Transcription: "Ōbārōdo e no Mezame" (Japanese: オーバーロードへの目覚め) Gen Urobuchi August 10, 2014 (2014-08-10)
"A Duel with the Over Lord King!"
Transcription: "Gekitotsu! Ōbārōdo no Ō" (Japanese: 激突!オーバーロードの王) Gen Urobuchi
Jin Haganeya August 17, 2014 (2014-08-17)
"Mitsuzane's Last Transformation!"
Transcription: "Mitsuzane! Saigo no Henshin!" (Japanese: 光実!最後の変身!) Gen Urobuchi
"Baron's Ultimate Transformation"
Transcription: "Baron Kyūkyoku no Henshin" (Japanese: バロン 究極の変身) Gen Urobuchi August 31, 2014 (2014-08-31)
"The Future Goals of Two People"
Transcription: "Futari no Mezasu Mirai wa" (Japanese: 二人の目指す未来は) Gen Urobuchi
Jin Haganeya September 7, 2014 (2014-09-07)
"The Final Battle of the Two Destined People!"
Transcription: "Unmei no Futari Saishū Batoru!" (Japanese: 運命の二人 最終バトル!) Gen Urobuchi September 14, 2014 (2014-09-14)
"The Fated Victor"
Transcription: "Unmei no Shōsha" (Japanese: 運命の勝者) Gen Urobuchi September 21, 2014 (2014-09-21)
"Transform! And to the Future"
Transcription: "Henshin! Soshite Mirai e" (Japanese: 変身!そして未来へ) Jin Haganeya September 28, 2014 (2014-09-28)
Films[edit]
The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle[edit]
Main article: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard: The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard: The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle (仮面ライダー×仮面ライダー 鎧武&ウィザード 天下分け目の戦国MOVIE大合戦, Kamen Raidā × Kamen Raidā Gaimu Ando Wizādo Tenkawakeme no Sengoku Mūbī Daigassen), released on December 14, 2013, is the annual entry of the "Movie Wars" film series, featuring a crossover between the cast and characters from Kamen Rider Gaim and Kamen Rider Wizard. A short teaser of the film was first shown during the screening of Kamen Rider Wizard in Magic Land,[1] with a later teaser shown after the finale of Wizard announcing the release date. The event of the movie takes place between Episode 9 and 10.
Kamen Rider Taisen[edit]
Main article: Heisei Rider vs. Shōwa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai
Heisei Rider vs. Shōwa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai (平成ライダー対昭和ライダー 仮面ライダー大戦 feat.スーパー戦隊, Heisei Raidā Tai Shōwa Raidā Kamen Raidā Taisen Fīcharingu Sūpā Sentai) was released in Japanese theaters on March 29, 2014.[2] It was first hinted at in a trailer after The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle. Many previous series' leading actors will be returning for the film, with Masahiro Inoue of Kamen Rider Decade, Renn Kiriyama of Kamen Rider W, and Kohei Murakami and Kento Handa of Kamen Rider 555, initially confirmed, with a subsequent trailer for the film also showing Shunya Shiraishi from Kamen Rider Wizard. Kento Handa, on his Ustream channel, announced that he had been on set with Ryo Hayami of Kamen Rider X,[3] and Hiroshi Fujioka of the original Kamen Rider was announced as being on the cast.[4] In a recent trailer and magazine, the Sentai teams' Ressha Sentai ToQger and Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger were confirmed to be in the movie, Shun Sugata of Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!! TV special returns and will also play a new double role as Ambasaddor Darkness, and Itsuji Itao of Kamen Rider The First will play as Ren Aoi, a main antagonist of the film. It has been reported that Ryo Ryusei will return as Daigo Kiryu.[5] The event of the movie takes place between Episode 23 and 24.
Great Soccer Battle! Golden Fruits Cup![edit]
Main article: Kamen Rider Gaim: Great Soccer Battle! Golden Fruits Cup!
Kamen Rider Gaim the Movie: Great Soccer Battle! Golden Fruits Cup! (劇場版 仮面ライダー鎧武 サッカー大決戦!黄金の果実争奪杯(カップ)!, Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Gaimu Sakkā Daikessen! Ōgon no Kajitsu Sōdatsu Kappu!) was released in Japanese theaters on July 19, 2014, double-billed with the film for Ressha Sentai ToQger. It was a collaboration with the Japanese soccer league J. League and feature cameo appearances by professional soccer players. The film's antagonist Kogane (コウガネ, Kōgane), Kamen Rider Mars (仮面ライダーマルス, Kamen Raidā Marusu), will be portrayed by kabuki actor Kataoka Ainosuke VI.[6] The event of the movie takes place between Episode 37 and 38.
Movie War Full Throttle[edit]
Main article: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim: Movie War Full Throttle
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim: Movie War Full Throttle (仮面ライダー×仮面ライダードライブ&鎧武 MOVIE大戦フルスロットル, Kamen Raidā × Kamen Raidā Doraibu Ando Gaimu Mūbī Taisen Furu Surottoru) was released in Japanese theaters on December 13, 2014. It will feature a crossover with the then airing Kamen Rider series Kamen Rider Drive as well as the epilogue of Gaim's story, reuniting the main cast.
Heisei Generations Final[edit]
Main article: Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Final: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Rider
A Movie War film, titled Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Final: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Rider (仮面ライダー平成ジェネレーションズ FINAL ビルド&エグゼイドwithレジェンドライダー, Kamen Raidā Heisei Jenerēshonzu Fainaru Birudo Ando Eguzeido Wizu Rejendo Raidā) was announced to be released on December 9, 2017. Along the casts of Kamen Rider Build and Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, Shu Watanabe and Ryosuke Miura (Kamen Rider OOO), Sota Fukushi (Kamen Rider Fourze), Gaku Sano (Kamen Rider Gaim), and Shun Nishime (Kamen Rider Ghost) will reprise their respective roles.
Video game[edit]
A PlayStation 3 and Wii U sequel to Kamen Rider: Battride War titled Kamen Rider: Battride War II (仮面ライダー バトライド・ウォーII, Kamen Raidā Batoraido Wō Tsū) was released on June 26, 2014. It featured characters from Gaim as well as characters and scenarios based on the recent Kamen Rider series and films. A limited edition version of the game featuring music from the TV series and films was also released.[7]
Hyper Battle DVD[edit]
As with every year, Telebi-kun sells a limited edition "Hyper Battle DVD" (超(ハイパー)バトルDVD, Haipā Batoru Dī Bui Dī) that tells a unique and non-canon story of the members of the cast. For Gaim, the DVD is titled Kamen Rider Gaim: Fresh Orange Arms Is Born! ~You Can Also Seize It! The Power of Fresh~ (仮面ライダー鎧武 フレッシュオレンジアームズ誕生!~君もつかめ!フレッシュの力~, Kamen Raidā Gaimu Furesshu Orenji Āmuzu Tanjō! ~Kimi mo Tsukame! Furesshu no Chikara~). During the events of the DVD, Kouta and Kaito learn their Lockseeds rusted as they and Mai are visited by the mysterious girl who cryptically tells them the best way to restore the Lockseeds is to make them "fresh." From cleaning the Team Gaim garage to Kaito making a fruit tart and then Mai setting up a fashion show, future Mai explains the final step is a fresh smile. Though Kouta succeeds with his Lockseed transformed into a Fresh Orange Lockseed, Kaito is disillusioned and decides to go Hellheim Forest. Found by Kamen Riders Zangetsu and Ryugen, who respectively equip the Mango and Pine Lockseeds, Kaito becomes Kamen Rider Baron Kiwi Arms to call out Kouta as he transforms into the shiny Kamen Rider Gaim Fresh Orange Arms.
Gaim Gaiden[edit]
Main article: Kamen Rider Gaim Gaiden
Kamen Rider Gaim Gaiden (仮面ライダー鎧武外伝, Kamen Raidā Gaimu Gaiden, Kamen Rider Gaim Side Story) is a set of two V-Cinema releases that focus on side stories of Takatora Kureshima as Kamen Rider Zangetsu and Kaito Kumon as Kamen Rider Baron. Both releases are named after their primary character. The films feature two new Kamen Riders, Kamen Rider Idun (仮面ライダーイドゥン, Kamen Raidā Idun) and Kamen Rider Tyrant (仮面ライダータイラント, Kamen Raidā Tairanto). The V-Cinemas were released on April 22, 2015. The event of the movie takes place between Episode 20 and 21.
A second Gaim Gaiden focusing on side stories of Ryoma Sengoku as Kamen Rider Duke and Zack as Kamen Rider Knuckle was released on November 11, 2015. The films feature two new Kamen Riders, Kamen Rider Saver (仮面ライダーセイヴァー, Kamen Raidā Seivā) and Kamen Rider Black Baron (仮面ライダーブラックバロン, Kamen Raidā Burakku Baron).
Novel[edit]
Kamen Rider Gaim (仮面ライダー鎧武, Kamen Raidā Gaimu), written by Jin Haganeya, Gan Sunaaku and Gen Urobuchi, is part of a series of spin-off novel adaptions of the Heisei Era Kamen Riders. The events of the novel take place after Kamen Rider Knuckle of Gaim Gaiden: Kamen Rider Duke/Kamen Rider Knuckle. The novel was released on March 24, 2016.
Production and development[edit]
Kamen Rider Gaim's "Orange Arms" form comes from Japanese armor and the orange.
Trademarks on Kamen Rider Gaim were requested in May 2013, and the show was officially announced on July 25, 2013.[9] The series producer, Naomi Takebe, wanted Gaim to return to the style of early Heisei era series, in which multiple Riders are featured. Drawing inspiration from the Sengoku period, Bandai presented the idea of using fruits as a core theme to Takebe, which led to the creation of the Arms Change. Takebe approached Gen Urobuchi, known for Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Fate/Zero, to serve as the series main writer, and Ryuta Tasaki, who had previously worked on Kamen Rider Agito and Kamen Rider Ryuki, to direct. In an interview, Urobuchi states that Takebe requested that the series not follow the two-episode structure of recent series, as well as saying that he hopes to create the same kind of excitement he felt from Kamen Rider Black to a new generation. Urobuchi's company Nitroplus also assisted with designs.[10]
The show's lead role went to 2011 Junon Super Boy Contest Grand Prix winner Gaku Sano, portraying Kouta Kazuraba. Sano said that he grew up wishing he could be the character from Kamen Rider Kuuga, and now that he will portray Kamen Rider Gaim he hopes that he will inspire a new generation of boys.[11][12] Rounding out the main cast are Yutaka Kobayashi as Kaito Kumon/Kamen Rider Baron, Mahiro Takasugi as Mitsuzane Kureshima/Kamen Rider Ryugen, Yuumi Shida from idol group Yumemiru Adolescence as the heroine Mai Takatsukasa, and Yuki Kubota as Takatora Kureshima/Kamen Rider Zangetsu.[11][12][13][14]
Cast[edit]
Kouta Kazuraba (葛葉 紘汰, Kazuraba Kōta): Gaku Sano (佐野 岳, Sano Gaku)
Kaito Kumon (駆紋 戒斗, Kumon Kaito): Yutaka Kobayashi (小林 豊, Kobayashi Yutaka)
Mitsuzane Kureshima (呉島 光実, Kureshima Mitsuzane): Mahiro Takasugi (高杉 真宙, Takasugi Mahiro)
Mai Takatsukasa (高司 舞, Takatsukasa Mai), Maiden of Fate (運命の巫女, Unmei no Miko): Yuumi Shida (志田 友美, Shida Yūmi)
Takatora Kureshima (呉島 貴虎, Kureshima Takatora): Yuki Kubota (久保田 悠来, Kubota Yūki)
Ryoma Sengoku (戦極 凌馬, Sengoku Ryōma): Tsunenori Aoki (青木 玄徳, Aoki Tsunenori)[15]
Yoko Minato (湊 耀子, Minato Yōko): Minami Tsukui (佃井 皆美, Tsukui Minami)
Chucky (チャッキー, Chakkī): Kanon Tsuyama (津山 香音, Tsuyama Kanon, of Lucky Color's)
Rica (リカ, Rika): Miina Yokota (横田 美菜, Yokota Miina, of Lucky Color's)
Rat (ラット, Ratto): Ren Ozawa (小澤 廉, Ozawa Ren)
Zack (ザック, Zakku): Gaku Matsuda (松田 岳, Matsuda Gaku)
Peko (ペコ): Saku Momose (百瀬 朔, Momose Saku)
Ryoji Hase (初瀬 亮二, Hase Ryōji): Atsushi Shiramata (白又 敦, Shiramata Atsushi)
Hideyasu Jonouchi (城乃内 秀保, Jōnouchi Hideyasu): Ryo Matsuda (松田 凌, Matsuda Ryō)
Oren Pierre Alfonzo (凰蓮・ピエール・アルフォンゾ, Ōren Piēru Arufonzo): Metal Yoshida (吉田 メタル, Yoshida Metaru)
Akira Kazuraba (葛葉 晶, Kazuraba Akira): Rika Izumi (泉 里香, Izumi Rika)
Kiyojiro Bando (阪東 清治郎, Bandō Kiyojirō): Tomohisa Yuge (弓削 智久, Yuge Tomohisa)
Sid (シド, Shido): Kazuki Namioka (波岡 一喜, Namioka Kazuki)
DJ Sagara (DJサガラ, Dī Jei Sagara): Tomomitsu Yamaguchi (山口 智充, Yamaguchi Tomomitsu)
Dēmushu (デェムシュ, Voice): Tomokazu Sugita (杉田 智和, Sugita Tomokazu)
Redyue (レデュエ, Voice): Kenjiro Tsuda (津田 健次郎, Tsuda Kenjirō)
Roshuo (ロシュオ, Voice): Jōji Nakata (中田 譲治, Nakata Jōji)
Sengoku Driver Equipment Voice: Seiji Hiratoko (平床 政治, Hiratoko Seiji)[16][17]
Genesis Driver Equipment Voice: Shin-ichiro Miki (三木 眞一郎, Miki Shinichirō)
Narration: Hōchū Ōtsuka (大塚 芳忠, Ōtsuka Hōchū)
Guest cast[edit]
Yuya Sumii (角居 裕也, Sumii Yūya, 1, 14, 40): Hiromi Sakimoto (崎本 大海, Sakimoto Hiromi)
Team Pop Up (チームPOP UP, Chīmu Poppu Appu, 18): Kamen Rider Girls (仮面ライダーGIRLS, Kamen Raidā Gāruzu)
Jiro (ジロー, Jirō, 30): Jingi Irie (入江 甚儀, Irie Jingi)
Lapis (ラピス, Rapisu, 37): Taketo Tanaka (田中 偉登, Tanaka Taketo)
Kamen Rider Mars (仮面ライダーマルス, Kamen Raidā Marusu, Voice; 37): Kataoka Ainosuke VI (六代目 片岡 愛之助, Rokudaime Kataoka Ainosuke)
Kengo Nakamura (中村 憲剛, Nakamura Kengo, of Kawasaki Frontale; 37)
Kosuke Ota (太田 宏介, Ōta Kōsuke, of F.C. Tokyo; 37)
Queen (王妃, Ōhi, 41): Hiromi Iwasaki (岩崎 ひろみ, Iwasaki Hiromi)
Theme songs[edit]
"Just Live More"
Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
Artist: Gaim no Kaze (鎧武乃風, Gaimu no Kaze)[13][14]
Insert themes
"E-X-A (Exciting×Attitude)"
Composition & Arrangement: tatsuo (of everset)
Artist: Kamen Rider Girls
Episodes: 3, 5, 11
"E-X-A (Exciting×Attitude)" is the theme for Kamen Rider Gaim.
"Never surrender"
Composition & Arrangement: Junichi "IGAO" Igarashi
Artist: Team Baron (Kaito Kumon, Zack, & Peco) (Yutaka Kobayashi, Gaku Matsuda, & Saku Momose)
Episodes: 8, 26, 37
"Never surrender" is the theme for Kamen Rider Baron.
"Toki no Hana" (時の華, "Flower of Time")
Composition: Naoki Maeda
Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
Episodes: 17, 21, 29
"Toki no Hana" is the theme for Kamen Rider Gaim Jimber Lemon Arms.
"Raise Up Your Flag"
Artist: Kouta Kazuraba (Gaku Sano)
Episodes: "Spring Break Combined Special", 24, 28, 30, 37
"Raise Up Your Flag" is the theme for Kamen Rider Gaim Kachidoki Arms.
"Ranbu Escalation" (乱舞Escalation, "Dancing Escalation")
Artist: Kouta Kazuraba & Kaito Kumon (Gaku Sano & Yutaka Kobayashi)
Episodes: 36, 37, 39, 41, 45
"Ranbu Escalation" is the theme for Kamen Rider Gaim Kiwami Arms, Baron Lemon Energy Arms, and Lord Baron.
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This Dispensary's Commitment to Community Is More Than Meets the Eye
Company values—particularly "Giving Back" and "Diversity & Individuality"—play a big role in daily operations.
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Ryan Hudson, co-founder and chief executive officer of The Apothecarium, envisioned a better dispensary experience. "Years ago, I was standing in line at a dispensary, waiting behind a woman my grandmother's age," he said. "Like me, she was there for a serious medical issue. But the people working there were unable to provide her the information she needed. That was my 'lightbulb moment'—when I decided to create a dispensary where she could find quality cannabis in a welcoming, non-judgmental environment and also get the information and support she needed to use it safely and effectively.
"Everything we do at The Apothecarium—from the products we select to the training our staff receives to the way we design our dispensaries—is intended to give her the experience she deserves," he added. "I know if we are meeting her needs, then we are probably meeting the needs of everyone who comes through our doors."
Named one of the "Best-Designed Marijuana Shops Across America" by Architectural Digest in 2017, The Apothecarium in San Francisco's Castro district is more than just a pretty face. The dispensary, one of four in The Apothecarium family, also is home to an art gallery, an educational classroom with weekly events, 500 SKUs encompassing a full range of cannabis products from flower and concentrates to vape pens and edibles, and a well-educated staff of more than fifty employees.
Situated on Market Street near its intersection with Dolores Street, The Apothecarium is smack-dab in the heart of California's cannabis legalization epicenter. "Through our front windows you can see the building that housed one of Dennis Peron's early dispensaries," said Chief Marketing Officer Eliot Dobris. "[That's] where he and other activists wrote Proposition 215, which California voters passed in 1996, legalizing medical marijuana."
Stepping through the dispensary's doors, a customers' first encounter is with staff at the reception desk. The sleek black-and-white counter area sits across from a chic, elegant lobby where guests are able to browse the product menu and wait in comfort for their cannabis consultant. "After check-in, [customers] can wait on stylish upholstered furniture that mixes a blend of neo-Victorian and modern details, or they can peruse accessories and branded merchandise in our award-winning boutique," said Dobris.
Entering the main floor of the 5,200-square-foot shop, the white-tiled walkway is emblazoned with a large inlaid tile seal proclaiming the store's date of establishment in 2011, when it was housed in a different location on Market Street. The current location has been home to the shop since 2016 and was designed under the direction of architect Vincent Gonzaga and interior design firm Urban Chalet.
Artwork in Mark's Corner is curated by Danyol Leon
The open space concept behind the dispensary design makes the shop easy to navigate. Moving from the entryway to the wood-paneled floor of the showroom, off to the left is Mark's Corner, a curated art gallery with bimonthly rotating exhibits. "Mark's Corner is named after Mark Estes, an artist, cannabis enthusiast, and AIDS patient who died in the 1990s," said Dobris. "The space serves as a reminder to our staff and guests that the fight for legal marijuana began in our neighborhood and arose directly from the HIV/AIDS crisis." The gallery predominantly exhibits local artists and hosts opening events at each new installation, much like a museum gallery. Cannabis consultant and "Minister of Culture" Danyol Leon curates the collections. Continuing through the dispensary, a well-lit checkout area in soothing shades of blue and brown with a white, marble-topped, L-shaped counter reminiscent of a hotel check-in desk lines the back of the shop, and a classroom off to the right completes the arc.
An effort to educate
Aligning with the company's mission to provide "quality cannabis in a welcoming environment with empathy, education, and ongoing personal support," The Apothecarium sees customer education as a matter of paramount importance.
"We focus on education and one-on-one consultations with highly trained staff," Dobris said. "A typical dispensary displays hundreds of products under glass counters, which can be overwhelming to newcomers. We prefer to focus on one-on-one interactions with our highly trained staff who can help people find the right products for their needs and ensure they leave understanding how to use [those products.]"
Education is in everything the dispensary does, including its restaurant-style printed menus on which the flower selection is accompanied not only by tasting notes and a description of each cultivar's physical characteristics but also THC and CBD percentages, and a bar graph representing select therapeutic effects—sedative, anxiety relief, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, and mood elevation.
In addition, the dispensary offers a range of classes and events such as in-store vendor presentations and support groups for members. Educational classes—hosted weekly on Thursdays—are a popular draw for the shop. Attendees often find them to be "standing room only." Recent topics included Cannabis and Cancer 101; Cannabis Without the High: CBD and THCA for Cancer, Mood, and Pain; and Terpenes: Cannabis Aromas & Effects.
Company values—particularly "Giving Back" and "Diversity & Individuality"—play a big role in daily operations. "At The Apothecarium, we take our commitment to community seriously," said Dobris. "Since our founding in 2011, we have donated more than $400,000 in cash to community groups and nonprofits—plus more than $300,000 worth of in-kind donations." Offering transparency, the company provides a list of beneficiaries on its website.
With its location in the Castro, a pledge of diversity is crucial to the dispensary. "We operate in a neighborhood that is famous for its LGBTQ+ residents. Many of our staff are LGBTQ+ and so are many of our guests," Dobris said. "We are a company that prizes inclusion and diversity." That includes diverse demographics, as well. "We focus on seniors, working professionals, and folks with serious medical conditions," he said. "That said, we welcome all types of guests, and we see people of all ages, genders, and ethnicities."
Of relevance to its senior and medical clientele, The Apothecarium is easily accessible via several forms of public transportation, with nearby stops of the Muni Metro, bus, BART, and the city's historic streetcar line—a great benefit to customers who otherwise would be unable to make the journey.
"When you come inside The Apothecarium, you see a lot of gray hair," Dobris said. "We take pride in providing a welcoming environment to people who might not feel comfortable in other dispensaries."
The Apothecarium | 2029 Market Street | San Francisco, California 94114 | Apothecarium.com/san-francisco
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The Supreme Court of North Dakota has affirmed a trial court's decision granting an attorney's motion for summary judgment in a legal malpractice suit. In Johnson v. Bronson, a woman hired an attorney to represent her at a hearing to determine if she should be involuntarily committed to a mental health institution. At the hearing, it was determined that she should be hospitalized. However, she was released two weeks later.
The woman then filed a legal malpractice action alleging that the attorney negligently represented her at the hearing. The attorney moved for summary judgment, which the trial court granted. The women appealed.
The Supreme Court of North Dakota affirmed the lower court's decision. In order to prove the causation element of legal malpractice, the client must show that but-for the attorney's negligence, she would have achieved a better result in the underlying case. Relying on expert deposition testimony submitted in support of the attorney's motion, the trial court properly found that the attorney's conduct did not result in the woman's hospitalization. Thus, summary judgment was appropriate.


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Q: jquery how to re-detach a detach on option I need help concerning following code: http://jsfiddle.net/8PsdE/
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How can I add the detached option back again? Thx in advance...

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