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Japanese: Fate/Apocrypha
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 2, 2017 to Dec 31, 2017
Premiered: Summer 2017
Broadcast: Sundays at 00:00 (JST)
Producers: Aniplex, Half H.P Studio, Notes, Tokyo MX, BS11
Licensors: Aniplex of America
Studios: A-1 Pictures
Source: Light novel
Genres: ActionAction, SupernaturalSupernatural, DramaDrama, MagicMagic, FantasyFantasy
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Score: 7.181 (scored by 110929110,929 users)
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Ranked: #30512
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The Holy Grail is a powerful, ancient relic capable of granting any wish the beholder desires. In order to obtain this power, various magi known as "masters" summon legendary Heroic Spirits called "servants" to fight for them in a destructive battle royale—the Holy Grail War. Only the last master-servant pair standing may claim the Grail for themselves. Yet, the third war ended inconclusively, as the Grail mysteriously disappeared following the conflict.
Many years later, the magi clan Yggdmillennia announces its possession of the Holy Grail, and intends to leave the Mage's Association. In response, the Association sends 50 elite magi to retrieve the Grail; however, all but one are killed by an unknown servant. The lone survivor is used as a messenger to convey Yggdmillennia's declaration of war on the Association.
As there are only two parties involved in the conflict, the Holy Grail War takes on an unusual form. Yggdmillennia and the Mage's Association will each deploy seven master-servant pairs, and the side that loses all its combatants first will forfeit the artifact. As the 14 masters summon their servants and assemble on the battlefield, the magical world shivers in anticipation with the rise of the Great Holy Grail War.
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Characters & Voice Actors
Hanae, Natsuki
Kawasumi, Ayako
Kuro no Rider
Ookubo, Rumi
Aka no Saber
Velvet, Waver
Namikawa, Daisuke
Aka no Lancer
Yusa, Kouji
Aka no Archer
Hayami, Saori
Sakurai, Takahiro
Tsuruoka, Satoshi
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Asai, Yoshiyuki
Iwanami, Yoshikazu
Sound Director
Sekine, Ayumi
Kodachi, Ukyou
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#1: "Eiyuu Unmei no Uta (英雄 運命の詩)" by EGOIST (eps 1-11)
#2: "ASH" by LiSA (eps 12-24)
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#1: "Désir" by GARNiDELiA (eps 2-12, 25)
#2: "KOE" by ASCA (eps 13-24)
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sterl1 (All reviews)
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS
Ahhh. A-1 Pictures. The studio who have time and time again, blessed us with their heavenly touch. Once again delivering the seasonal train-wreck that they have been doing so effectively since the creation of time itself. Being one of the most popular studios for both Western and Japanese fans; A-1 have made some of the most popular shows to come out of the medium. Many battle shounen such as Magi, Blue Exorcist, Fairy Tail and The seven deadly sins have all been met with a warm embrace from anime fans. Last year's big hit Erased, two of the most popular melodramas in Anohana and Your Lie in April, and the most important one of all: Sword Art Online. They have a lengthy list of popular shows but most of which are not met with the warmest of critical receptions and many usually have a split amongst watchers. Many casual watchers who are not very invested into the anime medium praise their works for their accessibility and good production values. On the other hand, more demanding viewers have scrutinized their shows for poor writing quality, needless otaku pandering, needless fanservice and in some cases; being an absolute train-wreck. I do believe that there is a lot of truth to what many say. Most shows I have encountered from A-1 are weak and only fill a criteria in order to make the maximum amount of profit they can. To cut a long story short; they are a mainstream magnet. While some of their shows are a little excessively over hated their latest title deserves all of the hate it has gotten and has reminded me why I ultimately dislike A-1.
Fate/Apocrypha is the latest title to come fresh off the conveyor belt and put another popular A-1 show in the limelight once again. This particular fate title follows the same basic formula you would expect from the franchise, but it does have its own unique twist in the plot. Instead of seven masters with seven servants fighting amongst each other for the Holy Grail, two factions fight over the grail each with their own set of seven servants and seven masters. Fate/Apocrypha is an alternate universe that branches off the fate/stay night universe where the Holy Grail has disappeared after the third Holy Grail war and has landed in the possession of a mage family that declared that they are in ownership of the grail and secede from the association.
As cool as its premise might sound on paper, Fate/Apocrypha is absolute trash. It's a downright train-wreck no matter which angle I approach it from. Its first mistake was starting off with a draining info-dump. A fantastic way to immerse the viewers! But that is far from the worst problem. The show tries to make the audience in some way, shape or form care for over fifteen named characters all of which either look like generic waifus or characters out of a final fantasy game. When you have Jack the ripper being portrayed as a loli, that really says a lot about what kind of show this is doesn't it?
Let's also not forget about a certain trap that took the anime world by storm. I wouldn't blame guys for pulling their dicks out to Astolfo since he resembles a female more than actual females do. Apart from blatant fetishizing, enabling those who want him as their waifbando to better self-insert and fulfill their deviant wishes. Astolfo's backstory was never really dug into enough to make him a distinguishable character with his own vision and ideals which further fuels the point that the only purpose he served in this calamity of a story is otaku fuel.
The fate franchise has always used sympathetic backstories to draw attention from the viewer. This worked far more efficiently in previous fate titles because they were about a much smaller group of characters who were a lot more distinctive from each other. Despite my problems with other fate incarnations, their characters were easier to care for because of tighter focus and a more well-structured surrounding plot. In this catastrophe, the show will very loosely reveal glimpses of a character's past while immediately transitioning to another character in a completely different scenario. This is not only immersion breaking for the viewer, but trying to split attention between a huge group of characters all of which look similar and are mostly generic anime archetypes is a huge step in achieving train-wreck status. Most characters lack any sort of meaningful characterization and most are too cookie-cutter which ultimately drags them down to the dirt. In addition to the characters being poor, the relationships between them are equally as dull with barely any engaging character chemistry or dialogue due to the dry atmosphere, dull presentation and lack of charisma from any of the cast bar Ruler who unlike everyone else, has some style and charm embedded in her. The rest are not worth mentioning individually as they generally share the same problems, a perfect example of lackluster script writing and the overall stupidity of most A-1 shows.
Furthermore, Fate/Apocrypha takes the extra step of killing off a character that seemed to be important to the overarching plot in just the 4th episode. All while desperately leeching for the audience's sympathy with a half-baked and ham-fisted flashback right before his death. And you think that's bad? What is even worse than that scenario is that he gave his life for a self-insert protagonist whom he'd just met by giving him his heart. Fate/Apocrypha cannot only handle its cast properly but it exceeded my expectations by handing me one of the most contrived scenarios in anime I have seen in awhile. Yet again, another perfect example of incompetent script writing.
Additionally, the bland self-insert protagonist whom had his life saved in the most contrived manner possible, makes one of the most ridiculous decisions he could ever have made. Being a homunculus made for war he escaped his captives under the protection of his trap-bait waifu and finally had the chance to live a free life. A sane human being would pick that option right? Well think again. This piece of shit character decides to jump straight back into the battlefield to save the other homunculus being held captive all of which he doesn't even know personally on top of going to fight for a brainless reason just after being held in a container all his life.
As bad as the characters and script are in Apocrypha, what ultimately makes this show horrendously disengaging is that nothing in this anime feels important. It's almost completely devoid of personality and energy making it an absolute snooze-fest nine times out of ten. Energy stems primarily from the characters. A charismatic cast is what gives a show charm and in effect, makes it more immersive. But I feel none of that from apocrypha. Its plot doesn't have a single shred of significance. What was the final straw for making me realize this is when a character attempted to sacrifice themselves in an attempt to take a formidable enemy with them. At that point in time I gave more fucks about cutting my nails than an artificial character with an artificial flashback that was thrown into an artificial scenario. And to put the icing on the cake, our bland self-insert was revived from almost certain death without any logical explanation. I call a bullshit asspull! If that isn't the perfect sign of a train-wreck, then what is?
Even some minor thematic significance does not stop a train-wreck from being a train-wreck. In the second half the anime started to explore some ideas relating to the nature of humanity and its salvation, ultimately ending in failure. Furthermore, Fate/Apocrypha never showed any illustrations, actions or consequences to serve its themes. Instead it presented them through bland characters who served as mouthpieces telling the audience about the themes instead of showing them through the plot to. It shows glimpses of events through some character flashbacks that support its themes but none of them are developed enough to leave an impression. With poor presentation and underdeveloped theme exploration, Fate/Apocrypha's story proved to be arguably one of the most boring rides in anime i have had the displeasure of participating in this year, further highlighting why this anime is probably the biggest failure of its airing season.
The one thing I hoped could pull through so I could keep my attention on this show was the action scenes. After all, Fate titles are well known for having some breathtaking action sequences. And yet even they are for the most part were only average and do nothing to get me hyped in the slightest. A-1 Pictures usually have good production values for all the shows they adapt from a popular source material. The character designs range from generic light novel designs to designs that look like they came out of a JRPG. The technical artwork on the characters and backgrounds are nothing to write home about and are too plain to breathe any life into the story but nonetheless the technical artwork was acceptable. The animation is what ultimately let me down. During most of the show's action scenes the art simplifies and there is clearly a lack of attention to detail. Furthermore, the action directing is very messy and the "camera" panning is too quick and shoddy, making the sequences difficult to follow and only adds to the laziness noticeably evident. Clearly A-1 don't give a donkey's ass because the name of the franchise alone will make money for the production committee. Its highlight was episode 22 which featured some brilliant sakuga sequences that stretched all the way till the end of the episode, unquestionably making it the best episode in the show and the only action sequences that are praiseworthy, but one episode full of breathtaking animation does not excuse all of its technical shortcomings littered all over the show.
Similarly, the OST is typical for the kind of show this is. There are two tracks in particular that work well with the action sequences and serve to add some tension. It's a shame those tracks weren't used on an action anime that has far more passion put into it. Both the opening and ending are very forgettable and can easily be skipped every episode. While the voice acting works well enough for most characters, some over-exaggerated screaming scenes full of over-bloated drama were unnecessarily magnified to the point of borderline cringe. It could be due to inexperience and it's not a relatively damaging issue in the grand scheme of things but nonetheless it was distasteful.
Now I have surely made Fate/Apocrypha seem like the spawn of satan, and it's bad enough to be placed borderline bottom of the barrel. When you look at how many problems this show has and how little qualities there are to be taken away, an individual has every right to label this anime as a failure. But to its credit, this anime somehow managed to improve about two thirds into its episode count. Of course, it's not saying much when a show is extremely incompetent and all of a sudden decides to start doing a satisfactory job at the most basic of tasks. There was so much room for improvement that even someone with no professional writing experience like myself would be able to glue some paper over the cracks and steady the ship. In the middle of its run, the show killed off a multitude of characters in a huge battle, most of which were throw aways with either no characterization or minimal characterization and i did not care for them in the slightest. But as a result of its character clean up, the show stopped spreading itself so thin by concentrating on a smaller cast which were more vital to the plot and gave the audience some insight into their personality and goals. Furthermore, a clear antagonistic force was established with a concise objective that stabilized the plot, and for the first time, Fate/apocrypha showed some competency in juggling character focused episodes and action sequences. Everything in the show from this point on had more weight placed on it, a sense of importance that I got from nothing in the first half, which was simply an empty casket. Instead of simultaneously throwing together multiple random encounters that were more jarring than exciting, the plot became more focused on individual arcs and events which made it easier to sit through. Even the action sequences slightly improved, with more convincing directing in the latter half.
However by that point that damage was all but done. No matter how much you try to plug the holes on a sinking ship, eventually you will run out of paper for the cracks if the ship continues to come under fire. Its improvements were still vastly overshadowed by the poor characters, bland aesthetic, dry atmosphere and cookie cutter plot filled with holes. Any events that followed were still uninteresting and the execution was simply tasteless. By the time the show elevated its drama and plot with higher stakes, i couldn't bring myself to care about the characters.
Like I said previously, Fate/Apocrypha is trash. A textbook example on how to make a train-wreck of a story with barely any redeeming factors. Just another anime that should be thrown into the dumpster just like 95% of seasonal anime that air. It spreads itself so thin that none of the characterization or major events have any semblance of importance and to top it all off its story is an atrocious mess with a lack of focus. At this point I have almost completely lost all faith in the fate franchise, and titles like these highlight why I ultimately dislike A-1 Pictures as a studio. Many in the anime community say that studios cannot be completely accountable for most anime they produce because most don't hold the same staff in-house for every project. There is certainly truth in that statement, but it's clear as daylight that A-1 have an identity and that is to be a completely mechanical workshop devoid of creativity, solely designed to pump out shows in the dozens that will make every otaku's dick wet all while completely forgetting about the script. Don't get me completely wrong, I do enjoy some shows from A-1, and I'm sure I'll find some more of that nature in their extensive catalogue, but it's shows like these that keep supporting my argument that A-1 are the circus of the anime industry and that won't be changing anytime soon.
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AdolZeppeli (All reviews)
So I'm making this review mostly for future watchers of the Fate/Series, mostly those that are entering on the Fate universe. Before going ahead with Apocrypha's Review I have a Question for you readers
1- Is this your first Fate? if the answer is Yes, I'd recommend you to go watch Stay Night and Zero first, then you'll have an Idea of how Fate works.
Also for those that are already into fate, I'd recommend you to do a certain investigation to Fate's deep lore. Remember Dark Souls? that game were you are given specific orders and there is almost no story telling? Dark Souls have an in-game lore that is pretty deep and rewarding for those that dig into it, so for your sake, try to have some knowledge on the servants included on this anime, and also how their noble phantasm works, otherwise you will feel kinda lost.
So, before getting into the review, there might be spoilers, so you are warned.
Fate/Apocrypha starts as a 7 vs 7 servant battle between 2 factions, mostly known as "Red and Black". Another holy battle in order to get the holy grail that will fulfill the wish of the victor. This battle starts as a selfish war request just for the "fun of it", it is quite a very dull reason. Later on it turns into something else that pretty much sets up the anime towards the main story of this series, but I'll leave it there because I might get into spoilers.
The anime takes some episodes to set itself in the first "stage" that consist on the birth of Sumanai 2.0 AKA "the most hated Main Character in the Fate Series" (according to the amount of rant in the forums) I don't consider Sieg to be that bad of a MC. He might look like he has a lot of aspulls around him, but if we did our investigation into the lore of Fate, we shall know that there aren't any asspulls here, it might be convenient for plot purposes, but it makes sense (It is also explained at the very exact moment things happens, which contributes on the feeling of being convenient). Story: 6/10
Now, this is not ufotable we are talking about, the infamous A-1 Pictures is well known for doing many shit stuff and butchering the source. Also, they don't have the best animation style, not as smooth as Ufotable. However, they managed to make Apocrypha an enjoyable experience when it comes to Art and Animation. This is a place were I knew that many people don't know how animation works, Don't mistake "Animation" with "Art Style" or "Still frames" obviously, if you make a screen shot on a scene that has a lot of movement, you will see a lot of derpy faces, but that's not bad animation, this is required to make a scene that needs to be fluid because of the speed of what is happening at the moment. There are also scenes that requires this kind of "Ugly" Style when it comes to something that needs that "twisted" feeling. Art/Animation: 7/10
Regarding the sound department, the first opening is quite out of place for a Fate Series, it is not a bad song but it doesn't really look like it would fit Fate, the first ending, on the other hand is really great, I could say the same for the second opening, which fits more fate Imo, The second ending is okay, not as good as the first one.
Now, if we talk about sound effects, that's were Apocrypha fails in the sound department, the "noises" they got as sound effects aren't top tier material, they honestly sound like doing a blow on a microphone and then make it louder and call it "explosion", its pretty stupid, the rest of the sound effects are your typical generic set of effects, like the "Clink" of swords that you will probably hear on many fighting anime that involves sword fighting, is not bad at all, but not really great.
Now about the soundtrack, I found myself liking the heroic tones A-1 did for this anime, even if they overuse them a lot, they are right in place and (in my case) very hype inducing. Sound: 7/10
About the characters, like on every Fate series, we are set up into heroes from different eras, this is were you need to get into the lore of fate for these characters because if you don't really know who they are you will probably feel lost when it comes to their motivations. Also take in consideration that in the fate franchise some servants tend to be of the opposite gender. For example, "Altria" also known as the "Original Saber" from the Stay Night, Zero Series is meant to represent the King Arthur, but she's actually a female. There are very interesting choices on this anime when it comes to servant representation, Jack The Ripper was quite a nice touch being what "It" is. That aside, the lack of character development might be a bad thing when it comes to their motivations, specially for the Main Character.
There is also an addition of a new class of servant, the "Ruler" Class, its role is to oversee the battlefield in case something goes wrong, (Jeanne/Leticia besto waifu) btw, Ruler servants are meant to be OP. Characters: 6/10
Now, this might not be the best Fate up to date, but it is really enjoyable, it is definitely not bad, it is just quite "meh" compared to what Ufotable is capable of doing, so just erase the idea of comparing this to the other fate adaptations from your head and you will have a good time watching this Anime. Enjoyment 9/10
Stark700 (All reviews)
Taking a footstep into the Type-Moon universe feels almost intimidating at first. The franchise consists of an immense fictional universe that's filled with unnatural ideas. Their flagship titles include the Fate franchise that were adapted into several TV series, OVAs, and movies. However, Fate/Apocrypha came to me as a show that couldn't hold itself together. What could have been a big hit of the year translated into a nakedly boring storyteller that dropped the ball.
To get the obvious out of the way, you don't absolutely need to watch other Fate shows to understand Fate/Apocrypha. It's advisable though since getting a better understanding of the general premise (in particular, the Holy Grail War) could improve your experience. Besides, the first few episodes does get into its exposition to explain some of the rules and concepts. It also introduces two sides of the Grail War with its ensemble of characters.
I don't want to jump the boat here but it felt like Fate/Apocrypha had to do a lot to please the viewers. Setting up a show with a story premise that involves two sides clashing for the ultimate prize sounds like a sensational attraction. It could really draw viewers, whether you're a newbie or veteran of the Fate franchise. As someone in the middle like myself, it felt like a show that could really get viewers to really invest themselves more to what the Fate franchise had to offer. It's sort of refreshing to see a war drama-like scenario rather than a battle royal. Unfortunately, it didn't really live up to expectations that made this show feel any refreshing. It felt like a formulaic story that I couldn't feel attached to or appreciated. As more episodes progressed, it became a chore to watch. Before I get to the what, how, and why, it's important to understand what Fate/Apocrypha really did wrong.
For a show like this, it obviously has a decent amount of characters it had to work with. Given the context that there are at least 7 masters and servants on both sides (Red faction and Black faction), there would be a minimum of 28 characters that gets involved in the main story. Then, there's Ruler/Jeanne who serves as the mediator of the Grail War. (think of her like a middleman of a game) With 25 episodes adapting a 5-volume light novel series, the main concern lies with the fact that the show won't have enough time to spotlight all the characters. Indeed, this anime did omit characterization on multiple fronts with its cast. This applies to both sides that includes the masters and servants. What made it worse is that the characters' roles and motivations didn't seem interesting to begin with. It just felt like the characters are there like pieces of a chess game. Some characters such as Mordred, Atalanta, and Jeanne has their own background stories. Unfortunately, those are vaguely explored and really doesn't do justice with the show's characterization. At the worst part, we have mindless characters like Spartacus and Jack the Ripper that just felt disposable.
Now, we do have a main protagonist in the show despite the war-like drama going on. The show introduces Sieg, a homunculus that gets involved in the Holy Grail War. After a series of events, he gained the ability to transform into a servant in Siegfried's form. To be honest, Sieg's role in the show felt like a mixed bag for me. Compared to the other characters, he gets a lot of spotlight as he learns about himself, the world, and begins to act on his own morals. However, they are generic to the core and really doesn't bring interest in terms of storytelling. On the other hand, his character chemistry with Jeanne is perhaps one of the better elements of the show as it makes them both look more human. Still, Sieg is portrayed too much like an average protagonist that just doesn't stand out compared to the others. Everything he says almost sounds the same and he has a rather uninteresting personality as a character by himself. The only occasional time he shines is through character interactions with others. It's also sad to say but most of the characters in this show can hardly shine on their own. It's mostly the character chemistry that sells more interest. They come in a variety of forms such as respect (Mordred/Kairi), greed (Siegfried/Gordes), parental (Jack the Ripper/Reika), among others. Unfortunately, I confess that most of the character relationships in the show ended up being dry and empty. It felt like a lot was missing including insufferable personalities, roles, and in general, characterization. Shirou Kotome is a character that people will begin to take notice more in the latter half of the show. Still, I can't say his role in the show is impressive given his view on humanity and morals. Shirou's personality in this anime is also easy to dislike and feels more like they introduced him as an antithesis of Sieg. The clash of ideals gets old fast and tedious. The only plus on this is that both he and Sieg makes the story flow better as their roles are more acceptable. Just be aware of that the show suffers from weak plot devices and doesn't do justice at telling its story.
So Fate/Apocrypha did a lot of wrong. What did the show actually do right? For me, the characters themselves have rather distinctive personalities that can occasionally be entertaining to watch. Mordred is perhaps one of the more dynamic character with a prideful amount of charisma. Astolfo adds a big dose of comedy to this rather moody show. William the Shakespeare also shows a ton of energy through his philosophy and dialogues that can occasionally be amusing to watch. Even Frankenstein can occasionally have windows of moments that draws attention to viewers. Admitingly, I do miss a few of the characters after their demise. The story itself has a thoughtful premise despite the poor pacing at times and omitting/rushing certain content from the light novel. It's very predictable at times but occasionally feels impactful when you see the plot being carried out. Unfortunately, these concepts are mostly scattered throughout the show and doesn't connect each other in a balanced way. It's like a broken toy that still has problems after being repaired.
Watching Fate/Apocrypha's action scenes reminds me of battle-shounen style cinematics. Rather than ufotable, A-1 Pictures takes this project that set off some red flags at first. Through their history of adapting shows with action, it felt like this anime's technical elements would be mediocre. While it doesn't live up to the caliber of ufotable, A-1 Pictures does live up to their standards. To put it simply, the show's action scenes mostly looks sharp and stylish. In one particular episode in the latter half of the series, it really brings out a style of animation that stood out by itself. There are some episodes that suffers from raw visual quality with sloppier action movements but for most part, it lives up to expectations. Character facial expressions is also noticeable that showcases the persona of the cast. Jeanne, Atalanta, William the Shakespeare, and Jack the Ripper are a few examples. Character designs also stands out with noticeable traits such as Astolfo's androgynous appearance, Frankenstein's experimental look, Mordred's prideful knight armor, or Semiramis' devious dress. Jeanne herself stands out as well with her pure look as a spirit in a French girl's body. Most of the fan service in the show comes with the violence rather than skin so do expect a lot of that.
On the technical front, this anime's theme songs and OST delivered what I would expect from an action/fantasy show. It balances between orchestral, eerie, harmonious, and intense. In particular, the moments between Jeanne and Sieg has OST that make them stand out more compared to other character pairs. Character voice mannerism is suitable for most of the casts' personalities although it may take a while to get used to Astolfo and Sieg. Jeanne's voice sounds too monotonous at times and holds the show back as a main character. On the other hand, I do really find Mordred to stand out a lot in the show with her voice and personality. Frankenstein is also worth mentioning as she hardly gets any lines but portrays her personality consistently like from the original story.
Fate/Apocrypha felt like a show that had a lot of potential but had too much to work with to be able to make everything go smoothly in the end. While this may seem like an excuse at first, it still doesn't feel right as the story and characters didn't capitalize on them. The Holy Grail war drama has been going on for a long time since the Fate franchise begin and to be honest, this one didn't feel any exceptional compared to its other works. It didn't inject ideas that made the show impressive but instead tried to rely on its character cast to do the storytelling. That came out as poorly made with little value to talk about in the end. Even at 25 episodes, it still felt like a show that gave the Fate franchise a middle finger.
CodeBlazeFate (All reviews)
Fate/Apocrypha: A Postmortem Review
Now that 2017 is drawing to a close, we can certainly say Fate/Apocrypha lived up to its name, given that this is an entirely unnecessary installment to view due to its poor quality. It is arguably the blandest, most forgettable installment in the Fate series, notable only for current memes and trends in the community, such as traps and the meme of lewding fictional characters, as well as for what it tried and failed to accomplish over the course of its run. Now before I delve into the review proper, allow me to answer some burning questions:
"Can Fate/Apocrypha be watched as a standalone?"
Yes, but I wouldn't recommend doing so, as you want to know the rules of the main Holy Grail Wars first that way you know how this deviates. It doesn't explain all of those rules either nor does it explain all of the new stuff it does despite some attempts. You should at least watch the main timeline installments to avoid possible confusion with this one. So no, do not make this your first, let alone only experience with Fate/ anime.
"Should I watch Fate/Grand Order: First Order beforehand?"
No. Pretend that abomination doesn't exist. It will not give you any insight into Apocrypha's deviations either. All the entry does is cause confusion, not explain anything it adds or amends, and advertises a mobile game that contains all of the servants in the franchise.
"I'm a guy. Is it gay if I like Astolfo as my waifu?"
Yes it is and yes you are unless you're bi. Thankfully for you, he's bi too.
Fate/Apocrypha, otherwise known by me as Fate/Steak Sauce, was animated primarily by Studio A-1 Pictures, and to be honest, I feel it may have utterly destroyed itself under its lofty ambitions in a variety of ways, resulting in a relatively dull mess full of improperly explained new mechanics, logical errors and holes, a cornucopia of characters that are as bloated as they are uninteresting to the point of even beating out last year's juggernaut dumpster fire Re:Zero, and lastly, arguably the worst production values ever given to a major A-1 Pictures show. It simply spread itself too thin, leading to a disappointment in nearly all aspects.
Before we really delve into why this show manages to be relatively disappointing in retrospect for me (as I was conditioned by footage and reception over the course of 23 weeks prior to my viewing of this failure to correctly assume this anime would be hovering around the subpar range at all times), how about we look at the one area Fate/Steak Sauce manages to somewhat excel in, that being the music. The composer, Masaru Yokoyama, did a rather decent job with the tracks present here such as its namesake track "Fate/Apocrypha", among a few other catchy and epic battle tracks. Some of these tracks are rather memorable, for right and wrong reasons. Simply put, these standout tracks get played way too much, particularly "Fate/Apocrypha" and "Jack the Ripper", the latter of which plays in over ⅔ of the scenes Jack the Ripper and her master, Reina RIkudou, are in. Another issue is that sometimes the music just gets cut off, and while that may work once in a blue moon like in episodes 6 and 17 when a character saves another from a deadly surprise attack, the rest of the time it comes off as sloppy and jarring. Nowhere is this more apparent than with the first OP, where it just cuts off instead of ending and lingering for half a second like it probably should.
Speaking of OPs, while OP1, "Eiyuu Unmei no Uta" is one of the weaker songs done by EGOIST, it is nonetheless as pretty good OP that works well given the nature of this show's "Great Holy Grail War". OP 2, "ASH", is one of LiSA's strongest, rivaling, probably surpassing the band's immensely popular SAO OP 1. This one feels like the perfect 2nd OP of a Light Novel action anime adaptation, which happens to be what LiSA's songs are primarily used on with the likes of SAO, Mahouka, and Qualidea Code, and quite frankly, this is easily the catchiest LiSA OP to date for me. ED 1, "Désir" by GARNiDELiA, is a pretty decent track by this group as well, and of all the tracks I heard from her this year, this is arguably my favorite, but it certainly isn't among my favorites she's done. ED 2, "KOE" by ASCA, is absolutely astounding! If nothing else, Fate/Apocrypha has easily the best ED theme in the franchise to date, because this song is phenomenal, especially the full version! It fits perfectly for this kind of show as well in its 2nd cour too and the vocals are fantastic. I cannot wait to hear more songs from this group, and with this same studio releasing Grancrest Senki soon at the time of writing, I won't have to wait too long it seems.
Of course, you cannot properly review an anime without taking the actual visuals into account and woo boy was it...rocky. For starters, it seems like A-1 Pictures tried their own spin on the Ufotable face and artstyle and it often doesn't work that well. The models quite frequently look off, and I can't count the number of scenes where a character (or multiple characters) not horribly far from the foreground doesn't have a face. There's also that time in episode 9 where Frankenstein's arms and face became a slinky and turned an emotional scene into unintentional hilarity. The CGI is brief here though sometimes it just looks egregious too (Saber plane from episode 19, anyone?). Hell, the character designs pail massively in comparison to those of Zero and F/SN by a mile. The outfits range from meh to absolutely hideous, with some of the worst offenders being Shakespeare and especially Siegfried, who is easily the worst designed character in the franchise to me. Everything about this design feels ugly and wrong, especially the armorless glowing chest. Other bad designs include Jack the Ripper, who is a little girl (or little girl body that happens to carry the spirits of a plethora of souls of unfortunate children) with an outfit that TV tropes would define as "stripperific".
The fights are probably the most hit and miss aspect. Sometimes the fights look absolutely abysmal with ruthlessly horrendous choreography and shots that are entirely disconnected to the point of the fights becoming beyond incoherent and incomprehensible (see Karna vs Siegfried in episode 3). Not to mention that the frame rate of the fights can be immensely choppy, such as in the main fight of episode 21. Other times, however, many of the fights would actually become tolerable, if not downright wonderful to look at sometimes, such as anytime Karna busts out his fire moves starting from his fight with Vlad the Impaler in episode 8 and pretty much the entirety of episode 22 (yes, the art is less detailed but the animation is bombastic and dynamic, with absolutely wonderful looking flashy art and animation for the imaginative and stellar attacks and newly constructed environments). The actual choreography of nearly all melee is truly terrible, with some of the worst fights this studio has produced, but then we get those exemplary aforementioned examples on occasion and the fact that a lot of the time the flashy visuals are done effectively, and it all sorta averages out even, all things considered.
There are two interesting plotlines in this series, both of which directly involve the main characters, Sieg, Jeanne (and technically Leticia), Astolfo, Shishigo, and Mordred. Those are his journey of learning what it's like to live and have freedom, and what it really means to be good and find salvation. Over the course of the series, this homunculus, with little knowledge of the world, asks these questions and becomes part of an overarching dialogue with these characters who ask the same and end up coming to their own conclusions of at least one of the two answers, with heartwarming and heartbreaking circumstances and great, terrible, and far more morally ambiguous people fueling or at least playing some influence on said answers, especially for Sieg. He tries to help other homunculi gain freedom just like a select few did for him, and by the end of the series, he comes to his own conclusions just in time to help someone he cares about regain resolve. This, in essence, is one of the two main, interweaving plots of Fate/Apocrypha. To be nice for a moment, Apocrypha does this admittedly well to a degree, and there are a few reasons for this. For one, Sieg starts off weak and with physically no developed personality, as some characters are quick to point out. While he does grow into a more archetypal character akin to what Shirou Emiya from Fate ends up reconstructing in UBW, it is still appreciated development, even if he grows little afterwards, only developing a sense of hate most of his contemporaries (with exception to, oddly enough, Kirito from Sword Art Online), never come close to exhibiting. Another reason this all works is that despite many of the characters not being that well written, more than ⅓ of this sizeable cast plays a major role in his journey through these questions and his final decision towards the end of the series. This means, at least structurally, this all works fine and dandy to some extent, as there are many defining moments in the series for Sieg that influence him in a positive or negative way. There is one problem with the structure to be brought up later but even still, this all sounds pretty good, right?
Oh, if only...
If that were the case, this series would've actually been rather poignant and compelling. For one, as mentioned earlier, not that many of the characters are actually well-written, as they don't have good chemistry with Sieg in the first place, and they're not interesting in their own right anyway. Given the immense size of this show's character ensemble, with a grand total of over 30 characters in a 25 episode series with only 23 minutes per episode, inevitably only few would stand out as worthwhile characters. That is, of course, assuming that any character in such a cast was to do so at all, which is unfortunately not really the case here. Sure, thanks to a few spoiler-based reasons, we only actually need to follow around 24 of them. But that's still too many for such a series to handle. A lot of them are immensely forgettable in their own right, with a few such as Celenike and Atlanta becoming increasingly, crushingly terrible as the story went on. The main 5 mentioned earlier are the closest we get to well-written characters. This, along with the lack of time to really sell the drama related to some of the more minor characters, makes the deaths of some less emotionally impactful than the people behind this show wanted them to be, especially in the second half of the show, where the majority of the characters are killed. There are a few decent character dynamics such as Jack and Reina, Shishigo and Mordred, and Shakespeare and Semiramis, but not enough are explored well enough for me to truly feel for when some of these characters start dying. This also means that characters whose confrontations with Sieg are key to his development are far less effective given their lack of focus or proper characterization in a dismal, bloated roster that gets shredded off over the course of the war. It effectively means that the main plotline of Sieg's story, and the war at hand, are not blended well together. Speaking of Sieg, he somehow comes out as the best character of the show, having to develop into a more archetypal character, which is immensely bizarre and interesting, even if, once again, he doesn't become that exemplary of a character. There is some nice banter between some of these characters but banter doesn't automatically make ok at best characters suddenly good and compelling, despite the ambition and drama displayed with many, especially with the main antagonist. I'll leave it at that though before I go too far. We still have one major subcategory of reasons the writing failed, that of course, being the narrative.
To avoid spoilers, let's just say there are asspulls galore and many things that just appear out of nowhere only for them to appear from a portal the next time in an attempt to make up for not explaining anything beforehand and causing confusion. One of two nasty exceptions is what a certain female character acquires out of nowhere in episode 21, as there is no explanation as to how or where she got it. This instance actually gets somewhat repeated in episode 23 with a serum a certain important duo used to win a major fight. Everything related to Noble Phantasms is wrong, from the fact that they don't establish the amount one can have here, or the fact that there are legally many one can weird for some reason (they simply show it and only later do they explain after all the confusion caused). A certain character gets struck by the effects of a servant's Noble Phantasm in episode 10 that was effectively an electric suicide bomb, and then manages to use all of the noble phantasms the servant who accidentally zapped him with hers had, in episode 24. I understand that the holy grail war this time is different and that there are new rules created specifically for this spin-off entry, and they do a reasonable enough job explaining most of these. However, with instances like the above, they still managed to drop the ball. Sometimes the story claims that a character used more command seals than he or she actually did (or at the least, they don't show all of them being used). Sometimes it seems like characters just teleport from one location at the end of an episode to another that was far away at the beginning of the next, in an instant (not including the times servants actually do). Other times, time seems to have passed by tremendously with nothing having happened during the fights whatsoever (especially in episode 3). I could keep going on, piling all the small details that really tear up the narrative from the inside, as the first half alone gave me 2 whole pages of errors and holes to list, but I think I'll stop here.
Needless to say, I was a bit disappointed with this entry, not out of the fact that it didn't meet initial expectations, as it kind of did, but because I saw the potential it ended up having, and found that in an effort to do so much, it failed to make the best out of much of anything. I didn't even go over the fact that Sieg has a myriad of roles to play in such a short time, including being at the center of a love triangle with Astolfo and Jeanne. I could still list a ton of errors made in both halves, and try to more manually show how this series could've been better other than maybe suggesting an increase in length which would obliterate this series' relatively decent pacing. I didn't talk about how surprisingly absent Leticia is, or even try to delve into this giant and subpar cast. I did expect this series to crumble underneath its own weight, and for what it's worth, it did surprise me at times, and leave me with some enjoyment, intentionally or otherwise. I didn't expect a show's emotional core and its backdrop to be at odds with one another and come up short as a result.
So, with all my negative views on it, and the fact that I advised against viewing it, I still didn't try to spoil Fate/Apocrypha. For those of you who know how I operate, particularly with bad shows, this must be at least a little baffling. Well, it's because for all intents and purposes, I really can't stop anyone from watching it, especially given that it did some interesting things. Though, you shouldn't expect this to become very common. That said, Fate/Apocrypha is ultimately a sadly dismal entry, both in terms of its contemporaries, and in terms of an anime in its own right. It tried so hard and got so far, but as the lyrics go, in the end, it doesn't even matter. The fights range from great to terrible, and the narrative, for all it tries to tell and do, manages to be riddled with holes, structural issues, and an inability to properly combine its main storyline with its backdrop. Barring its noble intentions and occasionally impressive fights, the only real saving grace for this anime is the music, which tends to get overplayed in this anime, unfortunately. It merely ended up like a Lancer in any other Fate/entry, out of luck and doomed to fail. So, goodbye Fate/Apocrypha, at least you tried your best, and sparked a new life with some current anime trends, for better or worse…
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Note: Router's settings didn't change and the port is forwarded.
If I try to traceroute the server from outside, the first 12 or 13 results are ok but then it starts failing (except for the 16th, I don't know why). If I try to ping it, it ends up to be offline (some days ago it was successful).
If I try to do both things from inside the local network (still using the external ip) the traceroute completely fails while the ping is successful.
Any idea? I'd rather talk about it here than with a call center.
Update: if I try to traceroute from inside with -I option, it succeed (one hop as result). I couldn't try it from outside because the app I use doesn't allow to add custom options.
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Haleyuru Srinivasa Krishnaswamy Iyengar (H. S. K.) (26 August 1920 – 29 August 2008) was a Kannada columnist, essayist, novelist, critic and teacher of Economics and Commerce studies in Mysore.  He is remembered for his character sketches and short essays on personalities and issues of national & international import, in his weekly column "Varada Vyakthi" (Kan: ವಾರದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ). These appeared in the Kannada magazine "Sudha" continuously for nearly two decades. His literary critique "Kannadadalli Vidambana Sahitya" won him the Kannada Sahitya Akademi Award in 1981. His perspective on elements of Vishistadvaita in the works of Kuvempu were brought forth in his book "Kuvempu Sahityadalli Vishistadvaita – Darshana". H. S. K. penned close to thousand character sketches over two decades. These were later published in four collected volumes. He received the "Rajyotsava Award" from Government of Karnataka in 1997. For his lifetime contribution to Journalism and Kannada literature, the University of Mysore conferred a doctorate degree on him in 2004.

Early years

H. S. K. was born in the village of Haleyuru near the picturesque tourist locale of Chunchanakatte in K. R. Nagar taluk of Mysore district, India. His parents were Srinivasa Iyengar and Alamelamma. Srinivasa Iyengar was a school teacher by profession. H. S. K. had his initial schooling in Siddapura school at Kempegowda Koppal (village) before moving to Dalavayi and Banumaiah High Schools at Mysore. During these years, H. S. K. began the "Kannada Sangha" (local Kannada literary assoc.) at K. R. Nagar. For a brief period, H. S. K. made a living distributing newspapers in and around his village. He worked as a reporter for then-popular Kannada periodicals "Tayinadu" (Kan: ತಾಯಿನಾಡು) and "The Hindu". H. S. K. completed his Intermediate qualification at Mysore and moved to Central College, Bangalore (then under the University of Mysore) in 1940 for his L. Com (Commerce degree) qualification. During the next three years of his L. Com studies at the Central College, H. S. K. scored good marks and thus secured free boarding at the Ramakrishna Student Home (as a scholarship). In this period, he came into contact with stalwarts of Kannada literary movement like B. M. Srikantaiah, G. P. Rajarathnam and D. V. Gundappa. He stood first in the "Kannada Sahitya Parishat's" exam and won the "Kannada Jana" prize which he personally received from B. M. Srikantaiah.

Academician

He completed his Bachelor's degree in Economics & Commerce studies in 1948 and joined National High School, Bangalore as a teacher. After a few years at National High School, he moved to 'Ranganatha Institute of Commerce', Bangalore as a member of the faculty. Around this time, Banumaiah College, Mysore invited H. S. K. to join its faculty in the department of Economics & Commerce. While at Banumaiah College, he completed his Master's degree in Economics from Benaras Hindu University in 1951. With a Master's degree, Krishnaswamy Iyengar was able to get promoted to the posts of Associate Professor, Professor and eventually ended up as Principal of the college. He retired from the institution in 1969. At the behest of Prof D. Javaregowda, H. M. Nayak and then Vice Chancellor Srimali, H. S. K. was invited to grace the post of Editor of Humanities Division of the "Kannada Encyclopedia Project" at University of Mysore. For ten years between 1970 and 1980, H. S. K. was additionally the Editor-in-Chief of "Manavika Karnataka" magazine from the University's press. During his tenure at the University of Mysore for eleven years, Krishnaswamy Iyengar also engaged classes for students in the Diploma and Post Graduate studies departments where he delivered lectures on "Indian Cultural Studies". He retired from the University of Mysore in 1980.

Literary works

 H. S. K.'s writings span six decades. He wrote mainly in Kannada, but also authored a few works in English. While majority of his writing is essentially biographical in nature, he also experimented with poetry, novels, short stories, economic treatises and socio-political caricatures.

Regular columns
His earliest foray into writing columns for newspapers was in the form of articles which he submitted for 'Deshabandhu', 'Vishwa Karnataka' and 'Chaya' newspapers. He wrote also for the Kannada Sahitya Parishat's "Kannada Nudi" newspaper. He also wrote columns for "Prajavani", "Taranga", "Star of Mysore" and "Mysooru Mithra" newspapers as well.

Biographies
H. S. K. authored 1167 character sketches on numerous personalities at home and abroad. These appeared under the banner of "Varada Vyakthi" (Kan: ವಾರದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ - "Person of the Week") columns in the popular "Sudha" Kannada magazine. These character sketches were collected into four volumes (as omnibus editions) under the titles: "Belaku Chellida Baduku", "Manyaru Samanyaru", "Gaganachukki Barachukki" and "Minchu Gonchalu".  These volumes contained in them biographical sketches on personalities in India as well as abroad like S. Srikanta Sastri (Indian historian), Kuvempu (Kannada poet laureate), D. R. Bendre (Kannada poet), T. R. Subba Rao (Kannada writer), Nelson Mandela (Anti-apartheid activist), John McEnroe (Tennis player), Amartya Sen (Indian economist and Nobel laureate), Ramanujacharya (11th century Hindu theologian), Jayaprakash Narayan (Indian statesman) and Indira Gandhi (former Indian Prime Minister) to name a few. In the years following Emergency in India, H. S. K. authored a separate biography on Jayprakash Narayan in 1977.  His collection of biographies on the leading Kannada litterateurs of the 1960s came out under the title of "Ettarada Vyaktigaḷu"  in 1966. His biographical piece on noted Indian Economist V. K. R. V. was published in 1967 by Geetha Book House, Mysore.  His next biographical work was on the Indian Film Director, Producer and Cinematographer B. R. Panthalu and this was published in 1979. H. S. K. authored what is often considered to be a definitive biography of Dr B. R. Ambedkar in 1977. Interestingly, H. S. K.'s biographical sketches were seldom limited to those in the socio-political arena and often extended beyond those confines. He wrote a well researched biography of the 10th century Indian theologian and philosopher Ramanujacharya in 1963.

Essays
His collections of essays came out under four different titles - "Jedana Bale", "Modada Maye", "Chandrakanthi" (Collection of lectures delivered on All India Radio - Akashvani) and "Gaddala" (on the hustle and bustle of city life). His collection of 12 short essays came out in 1980 under the title of "Surahonne: Hanneraḍu alita Prabandhagaḷu". He teamed up with Kannada writer and poet - K. S. Nissar Ahmed and Kannada writer A. R. Mitra to bring out an anthology of Kannada essays from 1974 till 1983 titled "Daśavārṣika Prabandhagaḷu". His collection of articles on the literature of the Haridāsas - a sect in Vaishnavism was published by Maṅgaḷa Bhāratī Prakāśana as "Dāsa Sāhitya Darśana" in 1984. His next collection of essays "Mēghalahari: Prabandha Saṅkalana" was published in 1989.

Novels and short stories
H. S. K.'s first novel "Mukti Marga" captured the challenges faced by a young idealist who returns to his native village with hopes of developing it. His next novel "Bayakeya Belè" dealt with the challenges and aspirations of a princely state (like Mysore) emerging out in the post-independence years. His third and last novel was "Kurukshetra". His collection of short stories includes"Aa Chitra" & "Muppina Sangathi".

Poetry
H. S. K. tried his hand at Kannada poetry and brought out collections of poems under titles - "Davanada Kone" (1989) and "Tingalurina Teru" (2001).

Economics and commerce
An Economist by education, H. S. K. wrote extensively on contemporary economic plans of the day, namely the Five Year Plans of the Government of India. His take on these plans came out as "Namma Abhivr̥ddhi Yojanegaḷu" (1960) and "Kēndradalli Janatā Mantrimaṇḍala" (1977). His 1971 work "Vanijyashastra Parichaya" was an introduction to the world of economics, which H. S. K. penned specifically for students of economics in the University.

On Kannada language

H. S. K. almost always wrote in Kannada language and advocated its use even in administrative circles. This perspective was propounded firmly in his works "Vyavaharika Kannada" (2004) and "Adalitha Kannada" (1991).

Edited works

 "Banking Nighantu"
"Banking Prapancha"
 "Dasa-Sahitya Darshana"
 "Gandhiji: Ondu Punardarshana"
 "Avalokana : a compendium on Karnataka's heritage"
 "Akashavani"
"Banuli Baravanige" - Collection of Radio Lectures by H. S. Krishnaswamy Iyengar

English works

 "Movers and Shakers of Mysore" [Two Volumes]
 "Kuvempu"
 "Bendre"
 "Shivarama Karanth"
 "Masti"

Recognition

Six decades of writing, over a thousand biographies and character sketches, essays, anthology of poems, novels and short stories and small treatises on economics and commerce related matters made H. S. K. a household name in Kannada literary and journalistic circles. These are a few of the awards which came his way.

 Karnataka Sahitya Akademi Award (1981)
 Karnataka Patrika Akademi Award (1996)
 Rajyotsava Award (1997)
 Viswamanava Award (1999)
 H. K. Veeranna Gowda Award (1996)
 Ha Ma Na Award (1999)
 Rotary Model Award (2000)
 Ankanashri Award (2000)
 Felicitation Volumes: "Ayda Barahagalu" (60th birthday) & "Samadarśi" (75th birthday)
 Honorary Doctorate - D. Litt from University of Mysore (2004)

Later years
H. S. Krishnaswamy Iyengar continued to write in his retirement years. He was a columnist for dailies such as "Star of Mysore", "Mysuru Mithra" and "Taranga" in the latter years. H. S. K. died at the age of 88 years on 29 August 2008 at Mysore after suffering a brief period of illness.

References

Bibliography
 East - West Center Library (July 1965) - "Select list of recent publications"; Publishers: Honolulu, East-West Center Library, pp. 15.
 Amaresh Dutta (1988) - "Encyclopaedia of Indian literature / 2 Devraj to Jyoti"; Publishers: New Delhi : Sahitya Academy, pp. 1221.
 S. V. Upendra Charya (2019) - "People You Love to Know About: Of people, famous and forgotten": Publishers: NotionPress.com, ebook.
 K C Dutt; Sahitya Akademi (1999) - "Who's who of Indian writers, 1999"; Publishers: New Delhi : Sahitya Akademi
Henry Scholberg (1987) - "South Asia biographical dictionary"; Publishers: Zug, Switzerland : IDC.
Library of Congress, New Delhi (1979) - "Accessions List, India"; Publishers: New Delhi, Library of Congress Office.
Praful Nandashanker Dave; Debi Prasanna Pattanayak (1974) - "Improving language skills in the mother tongue, a developmental-cum-experimental bridge course project for college entrants studying through the medium of mother-tongue, Kannada: Report"; Publishers: Mysore : Central Institute of Indian Languages; pp. 86
Karnataka (INDIA) (1965) - "Karnataka State gazetteer: Mysore"; Publishers: Bangalore : Printed by the Director of Print, Stationery and Publications at the Govt. Press; pp. VII
Dr. C. N. Ramachandran (2011) - "KANNADA: AKYANA-VYAKYANA"; Publishers: Sapna Book House; pp. 55
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Gaṅgā Rām Garg (1992) - "Encyclopaedia of the Hindu World, Volume 3"; Publishers: New Delhi : Concept Pub. Co.; pp. 827

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Too few online businesses realize the importance of encapsulating that entire website about dogs into one common, central theme that drives hordes of traffic to your site. Allow me to give you a few examples of what I mean by developing a site theme.
If your website is about dogs, then you probably have a specific purpose for your site � perhaps you are selling dog food, or maybe you just want to provide information about a specific type of dog. If you are a dog trainer you may want to sell an info-product about training dogs, or a veterinarian may want to share information about caring for dogs or provide information about her vet services. The deal here is, you absolutely have to determine the purpose of your site and narrow it down to one specific niche topic.
A website about dogs is way too general. If you want search engines such as Google to begin ranking you higher for specific key phrases, you need to evaluate the goals of your website and begin capitalizing on key phrases that are important to you.
Determine your site theme. In this case, we might say that you have decided you want to sell videos about dog training. This completely rules out any other types of information on dogs that are out there floating around in Google, when someone decides to perform a search on dog training. Once your entire website becomes inundated with the theme of dog training, your website becomes quite popular in that niche.
Sprinkling keywords throughout your site about your dog training videos will create a theme for your site and boost your rankings in Google. Additionally, with better Google rankings and more site visitors who are actually looking for your service or product, you will be more likely to obtain truly committed customers and clients.
So think about your keywords and key phrases and begin working on that site theme!


When did "free trip" become an oxymoron?
In the world of airline loyalty programs, it's been years since an award flight came unencumbered with all manner of fees, including the so-called fuel surcharges that can run up the cost of that nominally free flight to stratospheric levels.
And when it comes to sweepstakes featuring prize trips—which seem to have much of the same aspirational allure as mileage awards—the winners have always borne a significant cost: federal and sometimes state taxes assessed on the value of the trip.
The tax hit can be substantial. Which is why I always, always make prominent mention of the prize trip's ARV (approximate retail value) in my regular coverage of travel sweepstakes. And why Dottie ultimately declined to accept the prize she won in a sweepstakes she read about here.
So, after determining that the prize couldn't be donated to charity, she declined to accept it.
It's worth noting that taxes are assessed on the fair market value of the prize, which does leave sweepstakes winners some wiggle room. In Dottie's case, for instance, the sponsor-claimed values of the airfare and accommodations were pegged at $1,200 and $820 per night, respectively. Given the restrictions typically placed on prize travel, a strong argument could be made to the IRS that those prices should be lowered considerably, thereby softening the tax blow. But engaging with the IRS entails a cost as well, in time, effort, and aggravation.
Do you enter travel sweepstakes? You understand the potential tax consequences of winning, right?


Scientists were able to take advantage of some peculiar properties of gold to focus light down to atomic levels, allowing scientists to see individual bonds between atoms.
The results of the research open up new ways to study the interaction between light and matter, including the possibility of making certain molecules undergo new sorts of chemical reactions.
Love it. Science gets closer and closer to understanding Spirit/Light/the Essence of Life . . .
This sounds as if they are touching on how light actually behaves at the vibrational level and in the creative force. Very interesting!! We are learning so much every day!


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Q: onActivityResult returns null data for an video capture in Nexus 4 with v4.3 The onActivityResult returns null data for an video capture(Camcorder option). The functionality is working fine in all devices except the Nexus 4 device - v4.3 when we use the below code.
Intent intent = new Intent(android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE);
currentActivity.startActivityForResult(intent,  Constants.REQ_CODE_PICTURE_SNAP_RECORDER);

If we use the below code, the functionality is working fine in all devices except in the HTC One S v4.1.1 device.
 Intent intent = new Intent(android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE);
 intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT,fileUri);
 currentActivity.startActivityForResult(intent,  Constants.REQ_CODE_PICTURE_SNAP_RECORDER);

The main problem is here the URI path is different like the below:
Getting File Location as:
    FileNotFoundException:
    /storage/emulated/0/DCIM/ImagesFolder/VID_20140612_012146.3gp

Saving File Location is:
    mnt/sdcard/DCIM/ImagesFolder/VID_20140605_020203.3gp

Can you please anyone suggest me to fix this issue as generic for all mobile devices.


Here is the 13-th piece for the CD-2 with the music by Antonio Sinopoli. This is the first TRISTE from DOS TRISTES (№6 & №7). The piece dedicated: "Al Dr.Juan D.Brusco". Santos Vega was an Argentine gaucho, and invincible payador (a kind of minstrel that competed in singing competitions resembling dialectic discussions), who was only defeated by the Devil himself, disguised as the payador Juan sin Ropa ("John Clothless").
The myth states he is buried near San Clemente del Tuyú.
Андрей Шилов играет 13-ю пьесу для CD-2 с музыкой Антонио Синополи. Это Триште "SANTOS VEGA" из цикла ДВА ТРИШТЕ №6 и №7.


Gold Quartz is one of the world's rarest forms of natural gold. It is found underground by hard rock miners in only a few locations in the world. The natural veins of gold were formed by hydrothermal pressure deep within the earth millions of years ago. The quartz comes in various colors and sometimes contains other minerals. The quartz rocks are cut into slabs to expose the veins. These slabs are then hand cut and polished into stones.
Each pendant has a smooth, polished surface and raw, uncut edges. a stunning, one of a kind statement necklace.


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Cambridge sign Fleetwood's Chris Maxwell on loan until January
Last updated on 17 July 201317 July 2013 .From the section Football
Cambridge United have signed goalkeeper Chris Maxwell on loan from League Two side Fleetwood Town until January.
The 22-year-old joined the Cod Army from Wrexham in the summer of 2012 but did not make a first-team appearance for Fleetwood last season.
He ended the campaign back at the Welsh club, appearing in two Wembley finals for Andy Morrell's Conference outfit.
The Wales Under-21 international won the FA Trophy in March but was on the losing side in May's play-off final.
"In agreeing a long-term loan for Chris, we have a goalkeeper of undoubted ability and a proven track record in this league," Cambridge director of football Jez George told the club website.external-link
"He is highly rated and we are absolutely delighted to have acquired his services at least until the January transfer window."
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BBC interviews Dr James Tibenderana on progress against malaria MDG target
Following the release of findings in the Journal Nature yesterday highlighting the effect of malaria control on Plasmodium falciparum in Africa, between 2000 and 2015, the BBC World Service interviewed Malaria Consortium Development Director, Dr James Tibenderana, about what these encouraging results could mean for the future of malaria control and elimination efforts.
Progress against malaria has been one of the great successes of the MDG era, with global deaths cut in half since 2000. However, with threats such as the emergence of drug resistant malaria parasites, eradication remains elusive. Effective malaria control measures must be scaled up in order to ensure continued success in the fight against the disease.
You can listen to the full interview here.
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USC takes a 21-10 lead into the locker room at the mid-point of the game.
So far, we've seen two games, the one before Vincent Joseph got hurt and the one after USC finally decided to play some smashmouth football, ala the Charles White days.
USC also turned up the heat on the defensive side of things, holding NU to 57 yards and getting a couple of three-and-outs. The Trojans meanwhile, got 126 yards and eight of their 11 first downs in the 2nd quarter, mostly by lining up, squaring their shoulders and running it down the throat of the NU defense.
Take away their first two offensive plays of the game and the Trojans didn't do squat in quarter No. 1. And dare I say, Nebraska was clearly the better team.
But after the long delay to tend to the injured Joseph, it seems like the USC coaching staff decided to man-up and revert to their late 70s-early 80s for most of the yards in their two touchdown drives.
Under Pete Carroll, USC has been a notoriously better second half team. So we'll see what they do to keep control of the game. The DBs seem to be giving Nebraska 10 yards and a handshake every time. They need to clamp down a bit more since their D-line is working their arse off to get to Keller.
Nebraska's short passing game worked brilliantly early on as they charged to a 10-7 lead. But the SC line was still able to get some pressure on Keller, particularly Sedrick Ellis, so to have any chance whatsoever, the O-line must do a better job of plugging things up. Hell, ditto goes for the Nebraska defense too. That line and those linebackers are getting caught picking the wrong seam and being out of position.
Of course, Nebraska can probably feel confident in knowing that USC will make some bone-head plays and penalties, as they usually do.


The Canon EOS 1100D (called Canon T3 in some regions) and the Contax N Digital are two digital cameras that were revealed to the public, respectively, in February 2011 and February 2002. Both are DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) cameras that are based on an APS-C (1100D) and a full frame (N Digital) sensor. The Canon has a resolution of 12.2 megapixels, whereas the Contax provides 6.1 MP. Read on to find out how these two cameras compare with respect to their body size, their sensors, their features, their input-output connections, and their reception by expert reviewers.
An illustration of the physical size and weight of the Canon 1100D and the Contax N Digital is provided in the side-by-side display below. The two cameras are presented according to their relative size. Three consecutive perspectives from the front, the top, and the back are available. All size dimensions are rounded to the nearest millimeter.
If the front view area (width x height) of the cameras is taken as an aggregate measure of their size, the Contax N Digital is considerably larger (61 percent) than the Canon 1100D. Moreover, the N Digital is substantially heavier (100 percent) than the 1100D. In this context, it is worth noting that neither the 1100D nor the N Digital are weather-sealed.
As can be seen in the images above, the N Digital has a battery grip built in. This facilitates image-taking in portrait orientation and gives it additional battery power. In order to provide similar functionality for the 1100D, there are third party battery grips available as optional accessories (see here on eBay).
Any camera decision will naturally be influenced heavily by the price. The manufacturer's suggested retail prices give an idea on the placement of the camera in the maker's lineup and the broader market. The 1100D was launched at a markedly lower price (by 94 percent) than the N Digital, which puts it into a different market segment. Usually, retail prices stay at first close to the launch price, but after several months, discounts become available. Later in the product cycle and, in particular, when the replacement model is about to appear, further discounting and stock clearance sales often push the camera price considerably down. Then, after the new model is out, very good deals can frequently be found on the pre-owned market.
Of the two cameras under consideration, the Canon 1100D features an APS-C sensor and the Contax N Digital a full frame sensor. The sensor area in the N Digital is 167 percent bigger. As a result of these sensor size differences, the cameras have a format factor of, respectively, 1.6 and 1.0. Both cameras have a native aspect ratio (sensor width to sensor height) of 3:2.
Despite having a smaller sensor, the Canon 1100D offers a higher resolution of 12.2 megapixels, compared with 6.1 MP of the Contax N Digital. This megapixels advantage comes at the cost of a higher pixel density and a smaller size of the individual pixel (with a pixel pitch of 5.15μm versus 11.90μm for the N Digital). However, it should be noted that the 1100D is much more recent (by 8 years and 11 months) than the N Digital, and its sensor will have benefitted from technological advances during this time that make it possible to gather light more efficiently.
The Canon EOS 1100D has a native sensitivity range from ISO 100 to ISO 6400 The corresponding ISO settings for the Contax N Digital are ISO 50 to ISO 1600 (no boost).
Many modern cameras are not only capable of taking still images, but also of capturing video footage. The 1100D indeed provides movie recording capabilities, while the N Digital does not. The highest resolution format that the 1100D can use is 720/30p.
Apart from body and sensor, cameras can and do differ across a range of features. The 1100D and the N Digital are similar in the sense that both have an optical viewfinder. The latter is useful for getting a clear image for framing even in brightly lit environments. The viewfinders of both cameras offer the same field of view (95%), but the viewfinder of the N Digital has a higher magnification than the one of the 1100D (0.73x vs 0.50x), so that the size of the image transmitted appears closer to the size seen with the naked human eye. The adjacent table lists some of the other core features of the Canon 1100D and Contax N Digital along with similar information for a selection of comparators.
One difference between the cameras concerns the presence of an on-board flash. The 1100D has one, while the N Digital does not. While the built-in flash of the 1100D is not very powerful, it can at times be useful as a fill-in light.
The 1100D writes its imaging data to SDXC cards, while the N Digital uses Compact Flash cards.
For some imaging applications, the extent to which a camera can communicate with its environment can be an important aspect in the camera decision process. The table below provides an overview of the connectivity of the Canon EOS 1100D and Contax N Digital and, in particular, the interfaces the cameras (and selected comparators) provide for accessory control and data transfer.
Studio photographers will appreciate that the Contax N Digital (unlike the 1100D) features a PC Sync socket, so that professional strobe lights can be controlled by the camera.
Both the 1100D and the N Digital have been discontinued, but can regularly be found used on eBay. The 1100D was replaced by the Canon 1200D, while the N Digital does not have a direct successor. Further information on the two cameras, as well as related accessories, can be found on the official Canon and Contax websites.
So how do things add up? Which of the two cameras – the Canon 1100D or the Contax N Digital – has the upper hand? The listing below highlights the relative strengths of the two models.
More detail: Offers more megapixels (12.2 vs 6.1MP) with a 41% higher linear resolution.
Less heavy: Is lighter (by 495g or 50 percent) and hence easier to carry around.
Longer lasting: Can take more shots (700 versus 100) on a single battery charge.
More modern: Reflects 8 years and 11 months of technical progress since the N Digital launch.
If the count of relative strengths (bullet points above) is taken as a measure, the 1100D emerges as the winner of the contest (10 : 7 points). However, the relevance of individual strengths will vary across photographers, so that you might want to apply your own weighing scheme to the summary points when reflecting and deciding on a new camera.
Do the specifications of the Canon 1100D and the Contax N Digital place the cameras among the top in their class? Find out in the latest Best DSLR Camera listing.
In any case, while the comparison of technical specifications can provide a useful overview of the capabilities of different cameras, it remains incomplete and does no justice, for example, to the way the 1100D or the N Digital perform in practice. User reviews that are available, for instance, at amazon can sometimes shed light on these issues, but such feedback is all too often partial, inconsistent, and inaccurate.


Santa Clarita is the fourth largest city in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2007 California Department of Finance estimate, the Santa Clarita's population was 177,158. Including unicorporated areas of the Santa Clarita Valley, the population is estimated at over 200,000. It is located about 35 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, and occupies most of the Santa Clarita Valley. It is a notable example of a U.S. edge city or boomburb. The FBI rates it as the sixth safest city in the United States with at least 100,000 inhabitants. (Nearby Simi Valley and Thousand Oaks, in Ventura County, traditionally alternate between the first and second spots on the list.) Santa Clarita is ranked as one of the top 100 places to live by Money.
Santa Clarita was incorporated in 1987 as the union of several previously existing communities, including Canyon Country, Newhall, Saugus, and Valencia, all of which are the land of the former Rancho San Francisco. Its principal boundaries are the Golden State (I-5) and Antelope Valley (Cal-14) freeways; their merger in Newhall Pass at the city's southernmost point gives Santa Clarita its distinctive triangular appearance on the map.
The City of Santa Clarita has a contract with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for law enforcement and with the Los Angeles County Fire Department for fire protection. It has its own sheriff station located at the intersection of Valencia Blvd and Magic Mountain Parkway, and currently has eight fire stations - but with the increasing growth in the area eight new stations are planned for the area by 2012.


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Cheque For $3 Million From Ports Waterways starts Marine Rescue NSW
A cheque for a $3 million from Ports & Waterways Minister marks the beginning of Marine Rescue NSW
"It's the most important advance in marine safety for the recreational boating public in Australia since the Volunteer Coastal Patrol was established in 1937", said Commodore Peter Phillipson, Officer Commanding, Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol.
This week the Minister for Ports & Waterways, Joe Tripodi, presented a cheque for a $3 million grant to the chiefs of the three existing volunteer marine rescue groups that serve the NSW boating public. The cheque handover marked the formal establishment of MARINE RESCUE NSW.
"This grant is a just and intelligent allocation back to the NSW boating community of revenue gathered by NSW Maritime from this group through boating licence and registration fees." said Commodore Phillipson.
The new, unified volunteer marine rescue organisation will provide NSW with the largest safety net of marine search and rescue, radio communication and boating education services of any state in Australia.
Commodore Phillipson, together with Commodore Frank Robards, Chair of the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Association NSW State Council; and Bill Carter Chair of both the Volunteer Rescue Association Marine Committee NSW and the NSW Volunteer Marine Rescue Council, joined to endorse the NSW Government's action.
"Although there has been good informal co-operation between the three organisations in the past," said Bill Carter, "the new single organisation will eliminate any uncertainties that arose from different corporate structures and procedures. We will all be speaking with one voice now. The boating public will know they only have to contact one organisation anywhere in NSW waters. This is a big advance for both the volunteers and the public."
MARINE RESCUE NSW will unify 56 accredited volunteer marine rescue units on the NSW coast into a single, cohesive organisation that will simplify and streamline marine rescue, radio and education services for the NSW boating community.
"While each of the three existing organisations is saddened by the impending loss of their individual identities in NSW, we know that our respective proud histories and experience will always remain and indeed, will form an important part of the foundation of MARINE RESCUE NSW." said Commodore Robards.
MARINE RESCUE NSW will be launched to the public at the Sydney International Boat Show later this month. The volunteers' new blue uniforms will be the first visible sign of the new organisation and two rescue vessels will show off the new white and red livery that will be introduced as existing vessels are replaced or refurbished.
For more details about MARINE RESCUE NSW visit www.marinerescuensw.com.au
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Coromandel rescue helicopter base to stay
Posted On Wednesday, 26 September 2018 14:35
The National Ambulance Sector Office (NASO) has today announced that the Coromandel rescue helicopter base in Whitianga will remain as a base from where air ambulance services can be performed.
Whether a rescue helicopter and crew will be stationed in Whitianga on a 24/7 basis, as is currently the case, has not yet been determined. A decision in that regard will depend on improved data collection and monitoring to ensure helicopters and crews are available when and where they are most needed.
NASO has entered into an agreement with a new joint venture trust between the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust (ARHT) and the Northland Emergency Services Trust (NEST) to provide a single consolidated air ambulance service across the northern part of New Zealand. This will be for medical and injury emergencies and inter-hospital transfer services.
The new joint venture trust will announce its name before 31 March 2019, once all outstanding contractual matters with NASO have been worked through. Until 31 March 2019, ARHT and NEST will continue to provide the air ambulance services to Auckland, the Coromandel and Northland they are providing at the moment.
The NASO contract for the northern part of New Zealand covers from Counties Manukau to the tip of the North Island and includes the Northland, Waitemata, Auckland and Counties Manukau District Health Board regions. The new joint venture trust will continue to support Starship Hospital's paediatric intensive care facility and will include the Coromandel for medical and injury emergencies.
The rescue helicopter bases in Whangarei and Auckland will also remain.
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