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Classic Comic Cover Corner (Holiday Edition) – Howard the Duck #3
Bob Leeper
Every Sunday morning we showcase a classic comic cover, complete with compelling commentary, for your cordial contemplation. It's the Classic Comic Cover Corner!
Howard the Duck (magazine) #3 – February, 1980
Cover art by Jack Davis
By now everyone has heard about the "Duck Dynasty" television star, Phil Robertson, getting into hot water for his disparaging remarks against the LGBT community. I've never seen this show and I'm not sure how anything some rich redneck says or thinks becomes national news, but did you know that there is another controversial "duck" character who has been putting the "nasty" in "dynasty" for the past forty years? It's true!
The satirical and non-politically-correct "Howard the Duck" first appeared, together with the "Man-Thing," in Adventure into Fear #19 back in 1973. But the quick-tempered, stogie-chomping mallard doesn't appear on the that cover – so instead we bring you Howard's holiday themed Howard the Duck (magazine) #3, from 1980. It only seems appropriate with Christmas almost upon us – and with Phil Robertson coincidentally looking so much like a grungy Saint Nicholas.
Howard the Duck first appeared
in Adventure into Fear #19
Howard was originally conceived by writer Steve Gerber and artist Val Mayerik, but this showcased magazine cover is illustrated by the legendary Jack Davis, who was one of the original artists on MAD magazine and is also famous for his work on TV Guide magazine.
Despite the lame George Lucas produced movie adaptation, back in the day Howard's wacky adventures among the hairless apes was very popular and considered pretty edgy material; although by today's standards it seems relatively tame.
One thing that does still appear to be timely is Howard the Duck's famous tagline, "Trapped in a world he never made," a play on the A. E. Housman poem, "The Laws of God, The Laws of Man," which said, "I, a stranger and afraid; In a world I never made." You can bet that Duck Dynasty dude feels that way about now.
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Bob Leeper is the co-owner and manager of "Arizona's Pop Culture and Alternative Art Network," Evermore Nevermore. He is the co-creator of the pop culture events Steampunk Street and ENCREDICON, and is a member of the Phoenix Film Critics Society. He also curates the Facebook fan site The Arizona Cave – AZ Fans of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and is one of the few brave and bold fans of Jar Jar Binks.


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Authy, a two-factor authentication service, turned to SSPR to launch their business, elevate brand recognition and "kill the password" once and for all
Authy came to SSPR as an unlaunched, two-factor authentication startup hoping to build awareness of their company and educate consumer and business populations on the perils of password security.
Breaking password security news in the midst of Authy's launch plan catapulted the SSPR team into action three weeks ahead of schedule. Aggressive, timely and proactive media outreach changed the conversation around these national headlines (such as
the iPhone/celebrity nudes hack, the Sony hack and breaches at Target and Home Depot) to showcase the vulnerabilities in passwords. SSPR was able to shift focus to the utility of a technology like Authy's two-factor authentication.
This "trendjacking" strategy pole-vaulted Authy into the enterprise space, with immediate and significant news stories in TechCrunch, The Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat and USA Today. The wave of coverage led to several new enterprise customers for Authy, one of which was the most successful pre-IPO tech startup in the country, Twilio. Less than two months later, Twilio acquired Authy in its first and only acquisition to date.
With a new CEO taking the helm, CareCloud tapped SSPR to bolster brand awareness in the healthcare tech space through targeted media outreach and social media management
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using Orleans.Providers;

namespace Orleans.Runtime.Configuration
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Configuration for a particular provider instance.
    /// </summary>
    [Serializable]
    public class ProviderConfiguration : IProviderConfiguration
    {
        private IDictionary<string, string> properties;
        private readonly IList<ProviderConfiguration> childConfigurations = new List<ProviderConfiguration>();
        [NonSerialized]
        private IList<IProvider> childProviders;
        [NonSerialized]
        private IProviderManager providerManager;

        public string Type { get; private set; }
        public string Name { get; private set; }
        public IProviderManager ProviderManager {get { return providerManager; } }

        private ReadOnlyDictionary<string, string> readonlyCopyOfProperties;
        /// <summary>
        /// Properties of this provider.
        /// </summary>
        public ReadOnlyDictionary<string, string> Properties
        {
            get
            {
                if (readonlyCopyOfProperties == null)
                {
                    readonlyCopyOfProperties = new ReadOnlyDictionary<string, string>(properties);
                }
                return readonlyCopyOfProperties;
            }
        }

        internal ProviderConfiguration()
        {
            properties = new Dictionary<string, string>();
        }

        public ProviderConfiguration(IDictionary<string, string> properties, string providerType, string name)
        {
            this.properties = properties ?? new Dictionary<string, string>(1);
            Type = providerType;
            Name = name;
        }

        // for testing purposes
        internal ProviderConfiguration(IDictionary<string, string> properties, IList<IProvider> childProviders)
        {
            this.properties = properties ?? new Dictionary<string, string>(1);
            this.childProviders = childProviders;
        }

        // Load from an element with the format <Provider Type="..." Name="...">...</Provider>
        internal void Load(XmlElement child, IDictionary<string, IProviderConfiguration> alreadyLoaded, XmlNamespaceManager nsManager)
        {
            readonlyCopyOfProperties = null; // cause later refresh of readonlyCopyOfProperties
            if (nsManager == null)
            {
                nsManager = new XmlNamespaceManager(new NameTable());
                nsManager.AddNamespace("orleans", "urn:orleans");
            }

            if (child.HasAttribute("Name"))
            {
                Name = child.GetAttribute("Name");
            }

            if (alreadyLoaded != null && alreadyLoaded.ContainsKey(Name))
            {
                // This is just a reference to an already defined provider

                var provider = (ProviderConfiguration)alreadyLoaded[Name];
                properties = provider.properties;
                Type = provider.Type;
                return;
            }

            if (child.HasAttribute("Type"))
            {
                Type = child.GetAttribute("Type");
            }
            else
            {
                throw new FormatException("Missing 'Type' attribute on 'Provider' element");
            }

            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(Name))
            {
                Name = Type;
            }

            properties = new Dictionary<string, string>();
            for (int i = 0; i < child.Attributes.Count; i++)
            {
                var key = child.Attributes[i].LocalName;
                var val = child.Attributes[i].Value;
                if ((key != "Type") && (key != "Name"))
                {
                    properties[key] = val;
                }
            }

            LoadProviderConfigurations(child, nsManager, alreadyLoaded, c => childConfigurations.Add(c));
        }

        internal static void LoadProviderConfigurations(XmlElement root, XmlNamespaceManager nsManager,
            IDictionary<string, IProviderConfiguration> alreadyLoaded, Action<ProviderConfiguration> add)
        {
            var nodes = root.SelectNodes("orleans:Provider", nsManager);
            foreach (var node in nodes)
            {
                var subElement = node as XmlElement;
                if (subElement == null) continue;

                var config = new ProviderConfiguration();
                config.Load(subElement, alreadyLoaded, nsManager);
                add(config);
            }
        }

        internal void SetProviderManager(IProviderManager manager)
        {
            this.providerManager = manager;
            foreach (var child in childConfigurations)
                child.SetProviderManager(manager);
        }

        public void SetProperty(string key, string val)
        {
            readonlyCopyOfProperties = null; // cause later refresh of readonlyCopyOfProperties
            if (!properties.ContainsKey(key))
            {
                properties.Add(key, val);
            }
            else
            {
                // reset the property.
                properties.Remove(key);
                properties.Add(key, val);
            }
        }

        public bool RemoveProperty(string key)
        {
            readonlyCopyOfProperties = null; // cause later refresh of readonlyCopyOfProperties
            return properties.Remove(key);
        }

        public override string ToString()
        {
            // print only _properties keys, not values, to not leak application sensitive data.
            var propsStr = properties == null ? "Null" : Utils.EnumerableToString(properties.Keys);
            return string.Format("Name={0}, Type={1}, Properties={2}", Name, Type, propsStr);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Children providers of this provider. Used by hierarchical providers.
        /// </summary>
        public IList<IProvider> Children
        {
            get
            {
                if (childProviders != null)
                    return new List<IProvider>(childProviders); //clone

                var list = new List<IProvider>();

                if (childConfigurations.Count == 0)
                    return list; // empty list

                foreach (var config in childConfigurations)
                    list.Add(providerManager.GetProvider(config.Name));

                childProviders = list;
                return new List<IProvider>(childProviders); // clone
            }
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Provider categoty configuration.
    /// </summary>
    [Serializable]
    public class ProviderCategoryConfiguration
    {
        public const string BOOTSTRAP_PROVIDER_CATEGORY_NAME = "Bootstrap";
        public const string STORAGE_PROVIDER_CATEGORY_NAME = "Storage";
        public const string STREAM_PROVIDER_CATEGORY_NAME = "Stream";

        public string Name { get; set; }
        public IDictionary<string, IProviderConfiguration> Providers { get; set; }

        public ProviderCategoryConfiguration(string name)
        {
            Name = name;
            Providers = new Dictionary<string, IProviderConfiguration>();
        }

        // Load from an element with the format <NameProviders>...</NameProviders>
        // that contains a sequence of Provider elements (see the ProviderConfiguration type)
        internal static ProviderCategoryConfiguration Load(XmlElement child)
        {
            string name = child.LocalName.Substring(0, child.LocalName.Length - 9);

            var category = new ProviderCategoryConfiguration(name);

            var nsManager = new XmlNamespaceManager(new NameTable());
            nsManager.AddNamespace("orleans", "urn:orleans");

            ProviderConfiguration.LoadProviderConfigurations(
                child, nsManager, category.Providers,
                c => category.Providers.Add(c.Name, c));
            return category;
        }

        internal void Merge(ProviderCategoryConfiguration other)
        {
            foreach (var provider in other.Providers)
            {
                Providers.Add(provider);
            }
        }

        internal void SetConfiguration(string key, string val)
        {
            foreach (IProviderConfiguration config in Providers.Values)
            {
                ((ProviderConfiguration)config).SetProperty(key, val);
            }
        }

        internal static string ProviderConfigsToXmlString(IDictionary<string, ProviderCategoryConfiguration> providerConfig)
        {
            var sb = new StringBuilder();
            foreach (string category in providerConfig.Keys)
            {
                var providerInfo = providerConfig[category];
                string catName = providerInfo.Name;
                sb.AppendFormat("<{0}Providers>", catName).AppendLine();
                foreach (string provName in providerInfo.Providers.Keys)
                {
                    var prov = (ProviderConfiguration) providerInfo.Providers[provName];
                    sb.AppendLine("<Provider");
                    sb.AppendFormat("  Name=\"{0}\"", provName).AppendLine();
                    sb.AppendFormat("  Type=\"{0}\"", prov.Type).AppendLine();
                    foreach (var propName in prov.Properties.Keys)
                    {
                        sb.AppendFormat("  {0}=\"{1}\"", propName, prov.Properties[propName]).AppendLine();
                    }
                    sb.AppendLine(" />");
                }
                sb.AppendFormat("</{0}Providers>", catName).AppendLine();
            }
            return sb.ToString();
        }

        public override string ToString()
        {
            var sb = new StringBuilder();
            foreach (var kv in Providers)
            {
                sb.AppendFormat("           {0}", kv.Value).AppendLine();
            }
            return sb.ToString();
        }
    }

    internal class ProviderConfigurationUtility
    {
        internal static void RegisterProvider(IDictionary<string, ProviderCategoryConfiguration> providerConfigurations, string providerCategory, string providerTypeFullName, string providerName, IDictionary<string, string> properties = null)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(providerCategory))
                throw new ArgumentException("Provider Category cannot be null or empty string", "providerCategory");

            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(providerTypeFullName))
                throw new ArgumentException("Provider type full name cannot be null or empty string", "providerTypeFullName");

            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(providerName))
                throw new ArgumentException("Provider name cannot be null or empty string", "providerName");

            ProviderCategoryConfiguration category;
            if (!providerConfigurations.TryGetValue(providerCategory, out category))
            {
                category = new ProviderCategoryConfiguration(providerCategory);
                providerConfigurations.Add(category.Name, category);
            }

            if (category.Providers.ContainsKey(providerName))
                throw new InvalidOperationException(
                    string.Format("{0} provider of type {1} with name '{2}' has been already registered", providerCategory, providerTypeFullName, providerName));

            var config = new ProviderConfiguration(
                properties ?? new Dictionary<string, string>(),
                providerTypeFullName, providerName);

            category.Providers.Add(config.Name, config);
        }

        internal static bool TryGetProviderConfiguration(IDictionary<string, ProviderCategoryConfiguration> providerConfigurations,
            string providerTypeFullName, string providerName, out IProviderConfiguration config)
        {
            foreach (ProviderCategoryConfiguration category in providerConfigurations.Values)
            {
                foreach (IProviderConfiguration providerConfig in category.Providers.Values)
                {
                    if (providerConfig.Type.Equals(providerTypeFullName) && providerConfig.Name.Equals(providerName))
                    {
                        config = providerConfig;
                        return true;
                    }
                }
            }
            config = null;
            return false;
        }

        internal static IEnumerable<IProviderConfiguration> GetAllProviderConfigurations(IDictionary<string, ProviderCategoryConfiguration> providerConfigurations)
        {
            return providerConfigurations.Values.SelectMany(category => category.Providers.Values);
        }

        internal static string PrintProviderConfigurations(IDictionary<string, ProviderCategoryConfiguration> providerConfigurations)
        {
            var sb = new StringBuilder();
            if (providerConfigurations.Keys.Count > 0)
            {
                foreach (string provType in providerConfigurations.Keys)
                {
                    ProviderCategoryConfiguration provTypeConfigs = providerConfigurations[provType];
                    sb.AppendFormat("       {0}Providers:", provType)
                        .AppendLine();
                    sb.AppendFormat(provTypeConfigs.ToString())
                        .AppendLine();
                }
            }
            else
            {
                sb.AppendLine("       No providers configured.");
            }
            return sb.ToString();
        }
    }
}

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Fate / stay night: Unlimited Blade Works – 23
The calm is over, bring on the storm. And my oh my, is that storm ever gross. Let it be said: shutting down the Holy Grail is a task akin to wading through refuse in the bowels of the Death Star; at least that's the vibe I got. This is mana given physical form, but that form is nasty. It seems too crude weapon for a King of Heroes would use to "cull the mongrels" as he so eloquently puts it. Then again, I imagine it's the only weapon he has to get the job done.
Shirou, Rin and Saber's plan falls apart almost immediately, as Gil confronts the former two while the latter is tied up for the entire episode by Assassin, who has not vanished yet, due to…good fortune? Don't you mean 'plot convenience,' show? Regardless, I'm glad the show didn't forget about Assassin, and even though he's fading away, he puts up his usual tough fight at the temple gate, complete with his original brand of stoic banter.
As for Gil, the glimpse of yore is striking, but his grandeur is let down by his unceasing monologues, which make him sound like a garden-variety villain, contemptuous of humanity, seeking to reshape the world to the way it was, when everyone's life had purpose. I don't remember the Gilgamesh of the eponymous epic to be such a dick towards humanity.
Then again, I haven't read it in a while. He also seems to take his sweet old time killing Shirou, even saying out loud he's going easy on him, since he'd consider taking the "Faker" seriously a defeat in and of itself. Look, I don't need all villains to have a sympathetic side, but Gil is essentially nothing but a harbinger of death. He's barely even a character, and for all his talk of originality, he's always felt like the thinnest, least developed Servant in UBW.
His bluster about not going all out is also an opening to his defeat, as arrogant villains like him are often their own worst enemies. His complete lack of understanding of humanity's complexity is also demonstrated as Rin casually wades through the goo, climbs the grail, and pulls its vessel Shinji out, disrupting Gil's plans. Rin isn't doing it for her would-be sexual predator, but for his sister, someone the show has totally forgotten about but we know to be a good person.
Gil think's Rin's actions are part and parcel of what's wrong with humanity, but hey, the grail ain't got a vessel any more, and it forms a giant arm to reach out to him when Shinji is gone, interrupting a fight that Shirou is hanging in fairly well, now that he's copying all of the weapons Gil sends at him.
In one of Gil's cooler moments, his mouth is actually mostly shut. Instead, he summons a strange lock-like mechanism which he then unlocks, summoning a bizarre-looking sword Shirou neither recognizes or nor can scan. Gil calls it Ea—no doubt named after the Sumerian deity also known as Enki—and dispatches the grail arm with ease, also destroying the temple he's standing on and knocking Shirou out.
Meanwhile, as their battle rages on, Assassin reveals nothing he's ever done has had any meaning, since he was always a false, fictional servant. Sasaki Kojirou was never his name; he has no name, and only exists to replicate the skills of the real Sasaki.
Yet despite all that untold time as nothing, doing nothing of consequence, he considers the final moments he spends locked in battle with Saber to finally provide him with purpose. Saber manages to cut him through with her Holy Sword, and he lets her pass, making me wonder if she'll now disappear because she used it…
So that leaves us with a Rin with an out-cold, messed-up Shinji in her arms, a grail seeking a new vessel and being rebuked by Gilgamesh, a Shirou who is severely winded and lying in a pile of rubble, and a Saber whose time on this earth may or may not have just become severely curtailed a result of using her trump.
Of these people, Gilgamesh certainly seems to be standing on the firmest ground, but with his grail sabotage Saber sure to bear down on him momentarily, he may want to start thinking about a Plan B. I'm certain he's going down—he's the bad guy and this is that kind of show—it's a matter of how fantastically he's brought down, and what it will cost our heroes.
Author braveradePosted on Sat, 13 Jun 2015 Categories Anime Reviews, Fall 2014, Fate stay night: Unlimited Blade WorksTags archer, assassin, borrowed, curses, demise, ea, emiya kuritsugu, Emiya Shirou, fakes, Fate - Stay Night, final battle, flashback, future, gilgamesh, holy grail, household of three, Kotomine Kirei, magic crest, master, memory, rambling, saber, sham, sharing, tohsaka rin, ufotable, unlimited blade works, vessel, villain2 Comments on Fate / stay night: Unlimited Blade Works – 23
Shokugeki no Souma – 11
Shinomiya concedes that shokugekis of the type Souma proposes aren't unprecidented, but like any other shokugeki, they requite the consent of both parties; consent he's not willing to provide. That would be that, but Doujima Gin, who is running this show and its venue, and Inui decide otherwise.
Gin authorizes an unofficial or "street" shokugeki in the basement kitchen of the resort annex. If Souma and Megumi wins, they're both still in Totsuki. If they lose, they're both expelled.
Not suprisingly, Megumi feels responsible for putting Souma in this predicament, but he won't have her blaming herself for a choice he made. He says he made it because it's not time for her to drop out yet, but the unspoken reason is, of course, she's a dear friend who he couldn't stand by and watch get unfairly washed out. They're in this together now, because that's what he wanted.
When the contestants, Gin, and four other alumai judges assemble in the basement kitchen, Gin sets the rules: two hours, veggies leftover from the day's training sessions, and most importantly, Megumi is the head chef who will be going up against Shinomiya. Souma will be a sous chef, nothing more, who must follow Megumi's vision without alteration.
The reason for this is both plain and very welcome: if Souma is in charge and wins the shokugeki for Megumi, she'll remain a tagalong, and continue to need to be saved by him. By putting her in the chef's seat, Gin is hoping this shokugeki is the crucible through which they'll finally see what Megumi's made of, and whether Souma is justified in believing it's worth un-expelling her.
I loved the playful banter and horseplay between Gin, Shino, and the judges; all of whom are old classmates, if not friends who've known each other a long time. They also keep each other in check, the same way Aldini's more reasonable brother kept him in check as his character was built, so not even Shino can become a full-blown villain.
Of course, the fact she's going up against a seasoned, up-and-coming French chef-owner straight up freezes Megumi, until Souma slaps her hands together with his, a trick that always stops his hands from shaking, but require two people to do it. The message is clear: he's here for her, only this time he's behind her rather than the other way around.
She needn't be concerned about her opponent or what he's making, all she can do is put everything she has into her dish, using the skills she's honed since she used to watch her mom cook as a young girl. Watching her stride proudly into battle with Souma as her trusty sidekick was a great image.
Also a great image? DAT CHOU FARCI. Honestly, I've had cabbage rolls before, some delicious, some gross, but never anything like Chef Shino prepares. The judges put on a clinic in gastronomic know-how in analyzing his dish, and the animators do a great job whetting my own appetite by showing us the intricate step-by-step of its preparation.
The foodgasm fantasy of the week is the four judges playing off of the fact it tastes like Shino put a spell on his dish, turning them into a magical girl team, complete with Gin in drag. I'll admit, I'd probably watch a couple episodes of that show!
Alas, this battle is not settled this week; in fact, we only catch a passing glimpse of the fruits of Chef Tadokoro's labors, though we saw that she and Souma are like a well-oiled machine, with him supporting her in everything without making his own tasks suffer or taking over. You can literally see Megumi's confidence surge as they cook, but she gets nervous again when it's time to present.
Again, Souma gives her the push she needs to approach the alumni with her dish: an elaborate and delectable-looking terrine, this time not limited by Shino's recette. We won't know how they feel about it until next week, but we do know one thing: Shino held back, believing he could beat Megumi without breaking out his signature dish (or food bankai, if you will.) While Gin doesn't think it likely Shino will lose, he does wonder if Shino's arrogance is his Achilles Heel.
My take? It probably is. If Megumi really put everything she is and has into that terrine, while Shino just kinda half-assed things (at least by his standards), I believe the judges will be able to taste the difference.
Author sesameacrylicPosted on Sat, 13 Jun 2015 Categories Anime Reviews, Shokugeki no Souma, Spring 2015Tags alumnai, cabbage roll, chou farci, cooking, doujima gin, expelled, expulsion, 食戟のソーマ, food wars, inui hinako, J.C. STAFF, magical girls, professional, restaurant, shinomiya kojirou, shokugeki, shonen, sous chef, street fight, tadokoro megumi, terrine, training camp, unfairness, vegetable terrine, yoshino yuuki, yukihira souma5 Comments on Shokugeki no Souma – 11
Oregairu 2 – 11
Okay, so last week we weren't quite witnessing an omiai, but rather a party for Yukino, with family and friends old and new assembled. But it still creates the rumor that she and Hayama Hayato are going out. And Hayama Hayato is supposed to be "Everyone's", in the way exceptionally handsome and talented school idols are.
Iroha knows such rumors could open the flood gates of girls "testing" Hayato for openings, as she most effectively demonstrates on Hikki. But Miura Yumiko is not amused. If Hayato is the King of the School, she's the Queen, and while to a degree a king belongs to his subjects, Hayato is hers, and she wants to get to the bottom of this upsetting rumor.
Only all they can get out of either subject of the rumor are unsatisfying answers. While the idea of these two going out feels ludicrous, it's not like are privy to their every move, either. But let's say they're not and move on, because that's what everyone is going to be doing soon, either to liberal arts or sciences.
Which one Hayama chooses could help everyone figure out what he's going to do with himself, and who he's going to do it with, but he volunteers no information to Hikki upon being asked. Turns out Everyone's Hayama is No One's Hayama.
When the Service Club shows up to help Iroha rearrange a room, Yukino and Yui don't only see how Iroha acts towards Hikky when she thinks they're not behind him (they are), but the alumnai who show up to help include Haruno, who doesn't know anything more about Hayama's future plans.
Making Hikki walk her home (not a bad deal for Hikki, really), she shares in the growing frustration with not knowing the path Yukino and Hayama will choose. But she does know Hayama was hoping Hikki would ask him like he did.
The next day there's a marathon, and after we see Yui's adorable "Ganbatte!" face, we see what Hikki planned with Saika: the tennis club holds the field back to let Hikki run alone side by side with Hayama. Hikki tries to capitalize on the emotionally vulnerable state of someone at the halfway point of a long trial to get more out of Hayato…and he succeeds!…sort of.
Faced with Hikki's smug assertion Hayato has been using Yumiko as a shield against other girls, and telling him if his goal is to keep them away, he should choose the Sciences, Hayato tells Hikki he doesn't like him, and they could never be friends, because as much as he's tried to be equals with him, he can't help but feel inferior to Hikki.
Hayato may be able to find another gear and win the footrace, as the setting of high school is his wheelhouse, but he doesn't think he'll win the battle he wants to against Hikki. Not necessarily the battle for Yukino's heart, but something more abstract: the battle to find "The Real Thing." High School is ultimately just practice for such a thing.
In thanking only Iroha and Yumiko in his victory speech, Hayato quells the rumors about him and Yukino. Then Hikki heads to the nurse's office to tend to his skinned knee, and Yukino is there, having forfeited her race. She insists on dressing his wound, which puts the two in direct contact and even within kissing distance at the perfect time of day, but understandably (and somewhat infuriatingly), neither can pull the trigger.
That's not all bad though, because these two, plus Yui, are in a good place. And it seems all three will be going into Liberal Arts, so they'll be together at least a bit longer.
At the after-party, Hayato formally apologizes to Yukino for getting her mixed up in the rumors, and when he has him alone, Hikki declares he doesn't much like Hayato, either, something hardly anyone's ever said to his exalted face, and almost seems to make him happy.
But Hayama Hayato, the one with seemingly all the choices in the world, stalwartly refuses to choose anything, no matter who it may confound hurt, calling it his "self-satisfaction." It's a fence somebody like him, with his particular lot in life, has decided to continue standing on, and it's hard to judge him for it.
Author sesameacrylicPosted on Sat, 13 Jun 2015 Categories Anime Reviews, Oregairu 2, Spring 2015Tags future, hayama hayato, hikigaya hachiman, intrusive, isshiki iroha, liberal arts, love polygon, marathon, miura yumiko, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU 2, omiai, sciences, secretive, the real thing, totsuka saika, Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru, yuigahama yui, yukinoshita haruno, yukinoshita yukino2 Comments on Oregairu 2 – 11
Nisekoi 2 – 10
Nisekoi 2's intense episodic nature means we're never quite sure what we're going to get from week to week, and considering the success of other rom-coms with more serialized format, often leave us feeling like it's taking the wrong approach. But this week demonstrated that when it wants to, Nisekoi can do a lot in just one week.
Submitted for your approval: four-eyed class clown and horndog Maiko Shuu actually gets DIMENSION, and gets to make more than just sly cat faces! I sure didn't see that coming, but once it got going I was not complaining.
While they go way back, Shuu has always been far better at hiding who he likes than Raku, whom Shuu knows full well loves Onodera. All Shuu gives away at first about his love is that she's an "unattainable flower" who will ultimately break his heart. Raku bounces this idea off of Tsugumi of all people, which is perfect because she happens to be in the very situation he's presenting to her as a hypothetical.
Fortunately for Tsugumi, Raku is far to dense to pick up on the source of her embarrassment, but Tsugumi ultimately treats his questions with respect, telling him she'd probably never tell that unattainable person how she felt, lest she cause trouble for him; matching Shuu's position on the matter.
One can make the case that Tsugumi's unattainable love is Raku, assuming what she's feeling for him is love (something she's not at all sure of). But Shuu's love is the teacher, Kyoko-sensei, who suddenly drops the hammer that she's getting married and quitting teaching.
Shuu reacts to the news with a big smile and lots of laughter and hearty congratulations, but inside he's devastated. And yet, because it was the older Kyoko who told him he was the most mature of the guys in his class, he's apparently determined never to tell Kyoko his feelings—something he may regret—but will instead live with that regret, like adults sometimes must do.
Shuu-as-Raku's-mirror works surprisingly well throughout the episode, especially as the perennial Best Girl Chitoge and clingy Marika are all but absent this week. We can focus instead on the triangle of Tsugumi, Raku, and Kosaki. Raku's affection for Kosaki is so strong, merely thinking of her being married off to some other guy makes him cough up black stuff and does significant damage to his soul. Heck, I felt pretty awful about that dark fantasy!
Yet, when Raku gathers himself, he can indeed see himself living life under those circumstances, as long as Kosaki is happy. That's when Tsugumi flags him down, eager to clarify her responses. She maintains that she could see herself never confessing to that hypothetical guy and choosing to live with that, but that doesn't mean she wants to…nor does it mean she can.
That settles things for Raku, who clarifies his position to Shuu: he'll stand by whatever decision he makes, including not confessing to Kyoko. But he'll also give Shuu a push if asked. Shuu asks, Raku pushes him, and he manages to catch Kyoko right before a taxi drives her out of his life. We can't hear their exchange, only the pounding rain, but we don't have to: Shuu gets the gentle rejection he knew he'd get. Even when Raku worries he meddled too much, Ryuu is thankful for his push.
That push was made possible by Tsugumi, and led to Raku giving himself a push by asking Kosaki, who was looking all over school worried about him, to walk home with him, not because anything is wrong, but because he feels like it. Kosaki is initially shocked by his forwardness, but still accepts, as readily as Kyoko rejects Shuu. You can't spend your youth wallowing in unpleasant hypotheticals: you gotta enjoy!
That brings us to the final piece of the puzzle this week: Ruri. Frankly, I thought we'd see more of her this week than we ended up seeing, but what we got was still pretty good, as the episode was peppered with moments of her love-hate relationship with Shuu and her status as an attainable—but up-till-now under-noticed—flower in Shuu's life.
Author sesameacrylicPosted on Sat, 13 Jun 2015 Categories Anime Reviews, Nisekoi 2, Spring 2015Tags childhood friends, confession, crush, enjoying youth, episodic, false love, hypothetical, ichijou raku, maiko shuu, marriage, maturity, miyamoto ruri, onodera kosaki, push, regrets, silence, teacher, tsugumi seishirou, tsundere, unrequited love
Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu – 11
"I couldn't tell who I was." so begins a stirring re-telling of the events of last week's episode, only from Nagato Yuki's perspective, or rather "Nagato-Yuki", someone who carries Yuki's memories but don't feel like her own. As a result, in this portion of the episode everyone's voice is muffled slightly, as if there's too much wax in our ears.
Those muffled voices combine with the darker and grainier imagery to really effectively express the discombobulation of Yuki's condition. And yet, even though there were sinister undertones to Asakura's "Who are you?" query that ended last week's episode, it's a testament to the writing that Yuki is bestowed with even more humanity, as Asakura decides she'll make an effort not to "deny" the "current" Nagato Yuki.
That doesn't meant Asakura isn't concerned about Yuki's health: a personality change could be a precursor to a more life-threatening condition. So she convinces Yuki to go to the hospital, where the doctor believes Yuki is suffering from a type of memory impairment called "dysmnesia" brought on by the shock of the accident. The doc believe it to be temporary, but recommends a hospital stay. Asakura talks her down by promising to take care of Yuki, who has thus far still been able to function.
When Asakura finally lets Kyon in on this, he's not surprised, and even more readily believes what's happened when Yuki confesses she left her video game at home, something the "old" Yuki would never do. But like Asakura, while worried, he's still respectful of the "current" Yuki's right to exist and doesn't want her to feel alone. To that end, they resolve to treat her just like they always have. Continuity and normalcy will hopefullly hasten recovery.
Sure enough, even though when she first encountered Kyon after he accident she said her current self couldn't feel the feelings she knows the former Yuki had for him, she's not incapable of emotion altogether. She even expresses some very Yuki-esque embarrassment at not wanting to ask for so much food, even though her stomach growls more than once as a result, betraying her true state of hunger.
This development, which has been foreshadowed all along in the show's title, has certainly provided a spark to the show. And while I decry overly assertive music that "tells me how to feel", I'll make a notable exception here: Kato Tatsuya's surging score throughout this arc has been phenomenal. This arc is also reminding me of one of my all-time favorite animes, Serial Experiments: Lain; never a bad thing.
Author sesameacrylicPosted on Sat, 13 Jun 2015 Categories Anime Reviews, Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu, Spring 2015Tags Asahina Mikuru, asakura ryouko, car accident, change, dysmnesia, 長門有希ちゃんの消失, hot spring, Koizumi, koizumi itsuki, KyoAni, Kyon, literature club, memory loss, Nagato Yuki, personality, romantic comedy, satelight, silence, Suzumiya Haruhi, temporary, The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan


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Labyrinth is a 1986 fantasy film directed by Jim Henson, produced by George Lucas, and designed through the art of Brian Froud. Henson collaborated on the screenwriting with children's author
Dennis Lee and Monty Python alumnus Terry Jones. The leads are David Bowie as Jareth the Goblin King and a teenage Jennifer Connelly as Sarah Williams. Most of the other significant roles are played by puppets or by a combination of puppetry and human performance. The plot revolves around Sarah's quest to rescue her little brother from the Goblin King while trapped in a world that is an enormous fantasy maze. The movie was shot on location in New York and at Elstree Studios in the UK.
Labyrinth is a 1986 fantasy film directed by Jim Henson, produced by George Lucas, and designed through the art of Brian Froud. Henson collaborated on the screenwriting with children's author Dennis Lee and Monty Python alumnus Terry Jones. The leads are David Bowie as Jareth the Goblin King and a teenage Jennifer Connelly as Sarah Williams. Most of the other significant roles are played by puppets or by a combination of puppetry and human performance. The plot revolves around Sarah's quest to rescue her little brother from the Goblin King while trapped in a world that is an enormous fantasy maze. The movie was shot on location in New York and at Elstree Studios in the UK.
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Catalan parliament meets for first time since failed independence bid
Pro-independence parties hold a majority and have started the process of getting sacked leader Carles Puigdemont back in power.
By Alan McGuinness, News Reporter
Image: Deputies take their seats before the start of the session
Catalonia's parliament has met for the first time since the region's failed bid for independence from Spain.
The legislature was dissolved following the unsuccessful secession effort, with Madrid calling fresh elections in a bid by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to defuse Spain's worst constitutional crisis in decades.
But pro-independence parties are now in the majority and the session has seen separatists start the process of getting sacked regional leader Carles Puigdemont back into power.
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With 70 out of 135 deputies, they in theory have the votes necessary to nominate a separatist president, with Mr Puigdemont their favoured candidate.
A first vote to choose a new leader is likely to take place at the end of this month.
Mr Puigdemont and his cabinet were sacked by Madrid after the regional parliament declared unilateral independence following an independence referendum seen as illegal by the Spanish government.
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The separatists have managed to elect a pro-independence deputy as parliamentary speaker, a boost in their bid to allow Mr Puigdemont and others to govern remotely.
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Mr Puigdemont is currently in self-imposed exile in Belgium and risks being arrested on charges of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds if he returns.
Three Catalan politicians are being held in prison on the same charges as Mr Puigdemont, while five others are abroad, meaning the separatists' majority is not assured.
Spain's government has warned Catalonia that it will maintain direct control over the region if Mr Puigdemont attempts to govern from Belgium.
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A parliamentary committee which will make the final decision is due to be formed later on Wednesday.
Direct rule has proved hugely unpopular in Catalonia, which enjoyed considerable autonomy before the secession crisis.
According to economy minister Luis de Guindos, the crisis has hit economic growth, with an estimated cost of €1bn (£886m).
More than 3,000 companies have moved their headquarters out of the region amid the uncertainty.


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FADER/MoMA PS1 Warm Up Mixes: Ron Morelli and Steve Summers
Every Saturday every summer, MoMA PS1 presents Warm Up, a event series taking place in their enormous courtyard. The museum—MoMA's longstanding sister site in Long Island City, Queens—is a lightning rod for new and exciting artists, and each week's performers inhabit a similar space in the music world. To ensure a great, current and diverse schedule, the lineup—with oversight from MoMA PS1 director Klaus Biesenbach and organized by MoMA PS1 assistant curator Eliza Ryan—is selected by a team of heavy hitters: Dean Bein, head of True Panther Sounds; Kris Chen, head of A & R at XL Recordings; Robin Carolan, head of Tri Angle Records; Jonathan Galkin, co-founder of DFA Records; Brandon Stosuy, editor at Pitchfork and contributing editor for The Believer; and Matt Werth, label head of RVNG Intl.
Every Thursday throughout the summer, as a warm up to Warm Up, FADER and MoMA PS1 will be posting an exclusive mix from one of the artists performing. This week, we're lucky enough to have two mixes. One is from Ron Morelli, an NYC staple and founder of the L.I.E.S. record label, which releases the finest product across all genres of electronic music. This is an exclusive two hour (!) live mix of really raw shit. The second is an incredible collection from Steve Summers, house expert. It is truly deep, occasionally dark, sometimes excited, always jamming and, as diverse as it is, dude rides the waves so seamlessly it's like one 45 minute weirdo track. Download the mixes below and see Ron and Steve along with Terrence Parker, D3 and Professor Genius this Saturday.
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Interview: Perfumer Vajra Wright
JoSelle Vanderhooft
Issue: 26 April 2010
As the popularity of science fiction, fantasy, and horror continues to rise, these genres' influence has spread into a number of art forms, including fashion design, jewelry, woven arts, and even the latest technological toys—what was the flip phone, after all, but a late Twentieth Century version of Star Trek 's communicator? One less obvious area they have also influenced is the olfactory arts. In the last 10 years, a number of e-tailers (retailers who sell primarily or exclusively online) have sprung up that specialize in hand blended, non alcohol-based perfumes that take everything from mythology and folklore to steampunk, cyberpunk and zombie apocalypses as inspirations to create unusual, and often unforgettable, scents. In this three-part series, we'll be interviewing a few of these innovative creators.
The perfumer profiled this week is Vajra Wright of Conjure Oils, a two-year-old boutique specializing in myth and folklore-inspired work as well as authentic Hoodoo and Santería oils.
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JoSelle Vanderhooft: Vajra, you've been making perfumes since childhood. How did your interest in perfumery begin?
Vajra Wright: It all started when I was about seven. I got a Barbie Perfume Maker for Christmas and the ability to blend and create fragrance captivated my imagination. As a teenager, I had a bit of a witchy reputation—I'm sure it had nothing to do with the random jars of rose petals, dandelions or vanilla beans soaking in sunlight and oil on my windowsill. I experimented with dried herbs and roots as well. When I got old enough to work, I worked at a health food store and the cosmetics buyer there was an aromatherapist. When she found out about my experiments, she kindly took me under her wing and introduced me to the world of essential oils and taught me all that my brain could absorb.
JV: As an adult, have you studied the art of perfumery, or are you mostly self-taught?
VW: So, as far as actually blending perfumes goes, I am self taught, but in the aromaceutical and aromatherapy arenas, I've apprenticed with several experienced folks over the years. I kinda think formalized training is a classist notion that invalidates the traditional ways women learned trades: at the knees of their elders.
JV: Like all artists, perfumers have long drawn from a number of inspirations, including holidays, nature, and gemstones. How and why did myth—in the scholarly sense of the word as well as in the sense of myth as fantasy—inspire you to make fragrances?
VW: In the fourth grade, I had to go to a "special school for gifted children," and one of the things we studied in depth was Greek Mythology. I vividly recall being immersed in a world of gorgons, gods, goddesses, and satyrs and being in absolute awe if it all. I connected deeply with the gods and goddesses and can remember the frustration I felt when I asked the teacher if people still believed in these deities and she replied no. The pantheon was so amazing, I just couldn't believe anyone would abandon it!
This experience started me on a lifelong study of mythology and archetype. In fact, I'm currently getting a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology and my main area of interest is studying Jung and his theories and interventions. We connect as people through myth and image—it's powerful and universal stuff. And it lends itself perfectly to fragrance. No other sense can invoke involuntary memories like the olfactory system, and I postulate that the right fragrance for the right person can, in fact, connect them to the Collective Unconscious—the universal image bank we all share as part of being human.
JV: You have several different lines of perfume devoted to the mythic and fantastical, including one that focuses on gods/goddesses, saints, heroes, and even historical figures who have become shrouded in legend and a mythos of their own, such as Cleopatra and Aleister Crowley. How did so many traditions come together under one sub heading?
VW: Looking at the Conjure Oils website is like lifting the hood on my brain and peering in at my spiritual history. It's really very personal. I don't dare touch something I haven't experienced or studied firsthand. Every oil I make comes from a period of time in my life where my experience of that tradition, subject or pantheon touched me deeply. It is my thanks and homage to them. I can't fake it—it's just not me. The perfume comes from a place of my own visceral understanding, as well as my own intuition, of the entities involved. Sometimes it feels like they're there, guiding me, telling me how they'd like to be remembered or represented. Fragrant channeling in a way, I guess!
A gargoyle friend holds two Conjure Oils blends: Sacred Whore of Babylon and Shunga, a Valentine's Day limited edition scent.
JV: One of the most exciting and unusual lines that you offer is based on the Loteria board game, which has a fascinating history. How did you first encounter the game, and what about it do you find so inspiring?
VW: I first discovered the Loteria game in 1997 when I visited Portland, Oregon for the first time. I was shopping on Hawthorne and found some tumblers with these various, captivating, strange tarot-esque images on them. Of course, I bought them all and commenced on studying their origins. At first, I assumed they had some esoteric meanings, but imagine my surprise when I found out that they were a bingo game! It took lots of meditation on it to realize what a sacred history games themselves have and really, the images themselves could have jumped right out of the archetype river! I concluded that they were, indeed, magical cards and therefore were an intriguing and wonderful medium of inspiration for a perfume line.
JV: Traditionally, there are 54 Loteria cards, the same number as in a deck of playing cards with Jokers included. Currently, you have made scents for 25 of those. Do you plan on making scents for the entire set?
VW: Like I said, something needs to speak to me. When the other images are ready to be made, I'm sure they'll let me know. Usually by waking me at 4am insisting I work on it right then!
JV: Another line that you've created—and one that should appeal to a lot of fantasy and horror fans—is Via Carpathia, which pays tribute to the allure and seduction of vampires, who never seem to be out of fashion. What smells nice about vampires?
VW: Mystery and intrigue! That's what smells nice about vampires! They represent the Shadow self—the part of our unconscious that we deny or repress. The darkness and romance that surrounds vampire culture resonates with deep primal urges—to live and love forever—to be able to possess, or devour another completely in an eternal union, to join an elite and ancient race. I think it all springs out of the deep longings of the human soul that is afraid of the mortality of the body, of death—ideas people have contemplated and desired for centuries! I think that's why it never goes out of fashion. It's very romantic, really.
Via Carpathia was originally slated to be released as a Limited Edition line, but the response (the resonance!) was so overwhelming that I decided to add it to the catalog permanently, and it's been one of the most popular lines on the site since!
JV: There is often a lot of crossover between fantasy fans and those who practice, or at least have an interest in, Hoodoo, Santería, Dianic Wicca and other spiritual practices that routinely involve the use of ritual oils. Talk a little about how each of these traditions has inspired you.
VW: It all comes down to the energy of the image, whether it's a character in a graphic novel or a 5,000 year old Sumerian deity. Aside from their spiritual properties, they all carry psychological influence and gravity. In that way, though my life experience, I've created Conjure Oils as my way to blend the division between the worlds of magickal and mundane—I really don't see the difference. You can use my Hecate oil, for example, to invoke Hecate at the crossroads at midnight, or you can wear it because it envelopes you in the world and feeling of a night filled with stars, bonfires and jasmine on the wind. There's something for everyone—so long as they have a love for myth and magic and imagination!
Miss Victoria's Tea House is Conjure Oils' steampunk-inspired line.
JV: Specifically, let's talk about your Hoodoo oils. Some of your blends are traditional recipes, and some are unique to Conjure Oils. How do you go about creating a new blend for ritual/spell use?
VW: I don't want to answer this one! I ain't givin' out my secrets! [laughs]
JV: You've just launched Conjure Oil's Oddment Emporium, which offers soaps and solid perfumes for sale. What's next for you?
VW: I'd like to expand the catalog. I've been working on a Cryptozoology line for three years now and would love to see it go live (finally!) I'm also working on a line of traditional magical oils in the witchcraft tradition. I'm also working on a line for the Vodoun pantheon (and a portion of all sales of that line will be donated to Haiti forever. God knows, they need all the help they can get.) And I'm working on a line inspired by Dante's Inferno. I'm also working with an author and blending oils for characters in her books, but that's all the info I can give on that subject right now! Suffice to say, it's going to be fantastic! So, there's some pretty cool stuff coming down the pike for Conjure Oils, if I do say so myself!
Visit Conjure Oils here.
© Copyright 2010 JoSelle Vanderhooft
About JoSelle Vanderhooft
JoSelle Vanderhooft is an articles editor at Strange Horzions and the author of several poetry collections, including Fathers, Daughters, Ghosts & Monsters and the 2008 Bram Stoker Award finalist Ossuary . She is the editor of several anthologies including Steam-Powered: Lesbian Steampunk Stories and (with Catherine Lundoff) Hellebore & Rue: Tales of Lesbian Magic Users . She lives in Florida.


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We also have an initiative called Profintech. It is an exclusive programme for promoting and financing technology and biotechnology companies associated with the Asociación Clúster Granada Plaza Tecnológica y Biotecnológica.
For this purpose, we have an exclusive club of equity investors, who participate in the program in order to meet companies interested in raising capital. Endorsed by the success of the On Granada Tech City initiative and project, the program brings regional, national and international investors together. It should also be noted that this is not a collective investment scheme.
Each investor participates in at least two annual meetings, in the format of a business lunch or dinner, to share experiences. They will also receive information about all the projects we are analysing that fit their investment profile.
They will also be provided with a report on the quality and financial health, growth capacity, and investment options related to each project.
Updated information on all calls from regional to European level.
Support for the development of technical and economic reports.
Support in the application process.
Final justification and possible corrections.
For Consortium projects, we also provide support in the search for national and international partners.
Information on Consortiums in which our companies can participate.
The Monitoring Committee to follow up on the Agreement with the University of Granada, which is already in place, is made up of three representatives of the University of Granada appointed by the Chancellor, and three other representatives of the Asociación Clúster Granada Plaza Tecnológica y Biotecnológica appointed by its Chairman.
The approval of strategic plans.
The approval of annual collaboration plans.
The resolution of any discrepancies that may arise during the execution of this agreement, and those that may be born from the effective implementation of these provisions.
Make On Granada known as an Innovative Business Association.
Improve the support services provided to the associates, and the research, development, and innovation related services in particular.
Promote and stimulate On Granada as an Innovative Business Association.
Disseminate and promote the research results obtained by R&D+i projects.
Increase brand recognition and improve brand positioning.
Improve the communication flow with our partners.
Gain greater visibility: Have the media publish articles about actions, participations, standpoints/claims on issues and achievements.
Encourage interaction with social network followers.
Position the association as a leader in the sector in Andalusia in particular and Spain in general.
Labour Relations Committee, which is already in place and whose aim is to lay the foundations for a future sectorial collective agreement.
Digital Economy Entrepreneurship Committee, already in place and with the purpose of participating in the strategy of the R&D+i Projects, Training and Employment, and Financing initiatives of the Technical Office.
Comisión eHealth, ya constituida y tiene el objetivo de participar en la estrategia del Servicio de Proyectos I + D + i de la Oficina Técnica.
Fomentar la investigación, desarrollo e innovación en el ámbito de las ciencias y tecnologías de la Salud.
Incorporar a la asociación a la mayoría de las empresas del sector de eHealth que operan en Andalucía.
Posicionar a Andalucía como una plaza de referencia a nivel global dentro del incipiente sector de la eHealth.
Impulsar la creación y aprovechamiento de infraestructuras relacionadas con la eHealth en Andalucía.
Fortalecer el ecosistema relacionado con la eHealth, conectando a los diversos actores implicados para generar valor añadido (empresas, inversores, investigadores, servicios de salud, usuarios, etc.). Promoción de eventos, acciones y proyectos relacionados con el sector de eHealth, para aumentar la visibilidad de Andalucía como plaza y el de las empresas del sector.
Training Committee, to be constituted. Its purpose will be to participate in the strategy of the Training and Employment Service of the Technical Office.
Smart Cities Committee, to be constituted. Its purpose will be to provide technology, with a special focus on everything related to Industry 4.0, biotechnology, and science and technology applied to health, to develop smart cities, and to encourage collaboration with other Innovative Business Associations, such as the Andalusia Smart Cities Cluster, Honorary Partner of our Association.


Fifty Shades of Grey has romped to the top of the box office with a stunning $81.7 million opening weekend take.
The film adaptation of E.L. James's steamy novel is a huge hit, becoming the highest grossing Valentine's/Presidents Day weekend opener of all time, beating out the 2010 romantic comedy Valentine's Day.
It's also the second-biggest February weekend debut ever, behind Mel Gibson's The Passion of Christ, which opened with $84 million 11 years ago.
Fifty Shades has also opened big globally, with an estimated $158 million outside America, becoming the biggest R-rated film debut internationally.
Colin Firth's new action film Kingsman: The Secret Service also enjoyed success at the cinemas, opening with $35.6 million.
Last week's number one, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, falls to three, while American Sniper and Jupiter Ascending round out the new top five.
Find out what FanBolt's Editor-in-Chief thought when she saw Fifty Shades of Grey!


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About a year ago, Elon University students Jacob Danieley and Frank Hurd started making music together. Then juniors, both were used to delighting the Elon community at Midnight Meals and Friday nights in Irazu.
During the summer, Hurd and Danieley decided the time was right to expand into a bigger band. They played with a variety of other musicians before deciding to add sophomore Ben Soldate, fellow senior Chris Lorch and 2010 alumnus Mike Lobacz to their line-up.
"We played with Mike, Chris and Ben and knew immediately that was the group we wanted," Hurd said.
They decided on the name Phoenix Highway as both homage to Elon and just a cool-sounding name.
"I was driving on the highway late at night and thought of it," Danieley said.
Having band members in different stages of their college experiences and careers can be difficult, but the band manages to practice once per week. They also keep in touch through an e-mail chain between practices.
"It's a challenge," Hurd said.
On Oct. 21 the new band performed for the first time. The Fat Frogg was their host and they played from 10 p.m. until midnight.
For now, the band is focusing on building its fan base and getting established as a performing act. They are still working on integrating harmonies and their favorite music styles – rock, pop and country – into a seamless, unique sound. For now, they do mainly covers, but Hurd and Danieley are songwriters.
"(We) see a lot of potential in the future writing original music," Hurd said.
For alumnus Lobacz, performing in Elon was a bit strange.
The band has three keyboard/guitarist/vocalists in Hurd, Danieley and Lobacz, while Lorch plays the drums and Soldate is on bass. According to Hurd and Danieley, each member has their individual musician goals, but all are dedicated to working for the good of the band.


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We believe that the spiritual journey is a lifelong process. Throughout our years we continue to explore deep questions, to struggle with ethical challenges, and to grow in wisdom, compassion, generosity, and faith. The answers of our youth may no longer serve us in our mature years. The challenges of our contemporary society are ever new and changing. Boundaries of knowledge and of inspiration are ever expanding.
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Our programs vary from year to year. Our offerings include programs and events that focus on Faith Development (including Unitarian Universalist Heritage and Identity, World Religions, and personal/spiritual/religious growth). We also focus on earth justice, social justice and community building both within and outside our community.
We have one Covenant Group that meets twice a month for simple ritual and conversation about a spiritual theme. The participants draw from their own experiences. This group is open to new members. We are hoping to develop more Covenant Groups in the future as interests develop.
The Dialogue Group meets twice a month and is open to all adults. The group is led by Ron Fishman who dialogues using the Bohmian Method. The Bohmian Method is a free-flowing group conversation. Participants attempt to experience everyone's point of view equally and non-judgmentally. The Bohmian Dialogue Method is a transforming way to communicate.
By teaching a children's class, working with a group of teens, leading an adult program or some other congregational group, one's own spirituality is stretched and deepened.


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Make a fine paste of jeera, methi seeds & coconut using curd.
Add the remaining curd, salt to this paste & mix well (tambli should be like a thick milkshake).
In a kadka pan, prepare the tempering by adding oil. When oil is hot, add mustard seeds, asafoetida & red chilli.
Pour this tadka/oggarane to the tambli prepared & serve it with rice, papad or pickle.
PS: If you need it little spicy, you could add 1-2 green chillies when preparing the paste.
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.mixin (@colorVal) when (lightness(@colorVal) > 75%) {color:red;}
.mixin (@colorVal) when (lightness(@colorVal) > 25%) {color:green;}
.mixin (@colorVal) when (lightness(@colorVal) <= 75%) {color:green;}
.mixin (@colorVal) when (lightness(@colorVal) <= 25%) {color:blue;}

I can't quite figure out how to combine guards. In the example above, a color with a lightness of 20% would have both the 3rd and 4th guards apply. So it would compile a color of both green and then blue. That technically renders correctly due to the order, but still kind of messy...
Any alternative solution? Thanks!

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You can use logical operators with guards. The syntax is based on CSS media queries.
Use the and keyword to combine guards:
.mixin (@a) when (isnumber(@a)) and (@a > 0) { ... }

So for your case use:
.mixin (@colorVal) when (lightness(@colorVal) > 25%) and (lightness(@colorVal) < = 75%) {
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On June 26 2018, voice actors Eriko Nakamura (Mikage Kiryu) and Kenji Akabane (Yasuo Nanbu) participated in an online talk show called D Studio with host Hisanori Yoshida. Nakamura is usually a co-host, but she took the guest chair during the first half hour for a light-hearted conversation. Nico Nico News published a transcript of their discussion, which made this translation possible. See the original article here and watch the show (untranslated) on Youtube here.
Voice Actor Kenji Akabane talks about the role of Yasuo Nanbu in Space Battleship Yamato 2202.
Nippon Broadcast announcer Hisanori Yoshida is the host of the Nico Nico Live program Hisanori Yoshida's D Studio, with Voice Actor Eriko Nakamura as his assistant. This time, Kenji Akabane, the voice of Yasuo Nanbu in Yamato 2202, appeared as a guest. Yamato 2202's TV broadcast begins in the fall, and Chapter 6 will be released on November 2. Conversation developed about the story of Yamato 2202 and Akabane's honest individuality.
Yoshida: When I talk about Kenji Aakabane, out of the many roles you've played people have a strong image of Idol Master. You also appear in Yamato 2202, Soldiers of Love?
Akabane: Yes, I appear in it.
Yoshida: What part do you play?
Yoshida: On the bridge? Are you on the bridge?
Akabane: That's right. I'm on the bridge in charge of gunnery. It's nostalgic. I've had that feeling since the audition.
Yoshida: This is the character design.
Nakamura: Don't you think it looks like you?
Akabane: I didn't really think about it.
Nakamura: Really? When I saw it on screen, I thought it might be the first time a character's face looks so much like you.
Yoshida: Sure, you did. After all, if you're an actor you probably want to try for the main character in a masterpiece.
Akabane: I wanted to try for it. It's nostalgic. I remember that when I see this.
Yoshida: With both Mr. Akabane and Ms. Nakamura here today, it almost feels like you're newlyweds.
Yoshida: After all, you're the hero and heroine of a famous work. Ms. Nakamura is just starting out, so that feeling of there not being anything is incredible. Also, haven't you met Mr. Akabane many times before? Whenever I see you, I think I've never met someone whose reactions to things are more reliable than yours.
Yoshida: See, isn't that reliable?
Nakamura: That was a good example.
Akabane: Well then, how would you respond to that, Ms. Nakamura?
Yoshida: I don't think Ms. Nakamura is reliable.
Yoshida: See, just like that. It's not a bad thing at all, I think it's the conscience of a Japanese person.
Akabane: I certainly think that I want to live an ordinary life.
Yoshida: I think Mr. Akabane has reached the state where he wants to build the image of an ordinary life.
Akabane: I think so, for the time being.
Nakamura: I'm sorry I gave a little glimpse into something that isn't reliable.
Akabane: I think I need to be reliable when Ms. Nakamura is here watching.
Yoshida: After all, that's what you think when you see her, right?
Yoshida: That's because a lot of people see Ms. Nakamura being original, so conversely being reliable may be the most important personality, because we can't have a work where reliable people don't appear.
Akabane: There is that. As for me, since I appear in a lot of harem works, the main character is usually a reliable human being.
Nakamura: That's how I met him, in a harem work seven years ago.
Yoshida: If anything, it may be better to call yourself a victim. In terms of you being at the center, is that what you do in Yamato 2202? You did at one time, although you're not currently playing an active role at the moment.
Akabane: That's right. Unfortunately, I'm not playing an active part compared with Yamato 2199.
Akabane: After all, I lost out to Keyman, didn't I?
Yoshida: There are some who stand out in other ways. And we haven't talked about Ms. Nakamura's role yet, but I'd like her to appear in one episode after another.
Nakamura: I look forward to working with you. Sorry to interrupt.
Yoshida: I'm digressing, aren't I? It's very fresh for you to talk about your role.
Yoshida: Yes. Mostly because it's always interesting to hear about your adventures.
Nakamura: In Yamato 2202 I'm playing the part of Mikage Kiryu. This is the first time I'm seeing her in a while.
Yoshida: And what kind of feeling is there in this character's position?
Nakamura: She's a girl who belongs in the technical department for the movement of various spaceships. She's in the department that takes care of Yamato's movement. At least, that's her position in Yamato 2199. In Yamato 2202, she's one of the characters who chooses not to get on Yamato and launch.
Yoshida: There has to be some people on the ground, otherwise it couldn't launch.
Akabane: There was such a scene, yes. You dared to do that.
Nakamura: We did. After that I appeared on screen and did various things, so for now I'm separated from Nanbu.
Yoshida: Is it good to be colleagues on the job?
Akabane: That's right. Especially because it's Yamato's crew. I'm in a different place now, but I feel like I'm treated as one of Yamato's crew.
Nakamura: It's like a family, isn't it?
Yoshida: Honestly, Mr. Akabane, I'd like to get a serious answer to my question. As you may have noticed, Ms. Nakamura and I basically talk about appropriate things.
Akabane: I'm promoting Yamato 2202 appropriately, so I think I'll raise my points and then leave.
Yoshida: However, Nico Nico is said to be "serious." "Serious, gentlemanly, serious seriousness." So we'll be serious about Yamato 2202 for a moment. The theater version that goes to Blu-ray is up to its fifth Chapter, isn't it? And Chapter 6 is scheduled for release?
Akabane: That's right. The Regeneration Chapter.
Yoshida: How many will there be?
Akabane: It goes to seven chapters.
Yoshida: So isn't the climax starting at this point? At this point Yamato 2199, wasn't Yamato starting toward Iscandar?
Nakamura: Yes, to get the Cosmo Reverse System, and after Earth was revived the hardships that happened afterward are depicted in Yamato 2202.
Akabane: That's right. Now…it's Gatlantis.
Nakamura: The enemy is coming.
Yoshida: Up to now there were two battles, and Yamato 2202 makes it three this time.
Akabane: In Chapter 5, everyone starts to suffer. There is an encounter between two people, and Keyman is troubled about where he should go. Then there is the reason that Sabera is kidnapped. At the same time, she is making moves on the Yamato side. She is called Sabera, right?
Akabane: Ah. Touko. Because of everything she brings in, the fifth chapter is where everyone starts to suffer along with Kato because of his child.
Akabane: I think Chapter 5 feels like a time when everyone is suffering. Kodai was suffering before that, but it feels close-up to the others by the end of Chapter 5.
Yoshida: The story is progressing quite well, and its essence is the magnificent story of the old Space Battleship Yamato. That's because the present technique of [Writer] Harutoshi Fukui is like Nippon Broadcasting stations running the radio drama of Space Battleship Yamato, isn't it?
Akabane: That's right. That's what's being done.
Nakamura: He does the series composition and scripts.
Yoshida: I think people know about [his film] Another Country's Aegis and he also writes a lot of Gundam series. In this script, a huge drama runs through the seven chapters released in theaters. We're up to five and the next one is in November, although this time that won't be all, I've heard.
Nakamura: Yes, that's right. And the part that has already been shown since Chapter 1 will start on TV this fall.
Akabane: The theater edition hasn't ended yet. The story is whether or not we'll make it in time.
Yoshida: Isn't [Director] Nobuyoshi Habara doing it in a state of near-death?
Nakamura: He's fine, isn't he?
Akabane: I think Mr. Habara is doing fine.
Nakamura: In terms of those who are involved in Yamato 2202, I think many people have regained their vitality from being involved in it.
Yoshida: Maybe so. The director and the generation working at the top of it right now are in between their 50s and 60s, and since anime is a very physical job, it seems like they're doing it as their final work.
Yoshida: People say that, but of course Hayao Miyazaki is up in his 60s or 70s. The initial inspiration for these people was Space Battleship Yamato, wasn't it?
Yoshida: That feeling of putting everything you've got into making it is what makes this Yamato series so great on the screen this time.
Nakamura: Chapter 5 finishes in a serious place, and it's about three months before the next chapter will be shown, following the start of the TV broadcast in the fall. In keeping with that timing, we can all enjoy seeing Yamato 2202 in the theater and on TV. The premiere is delayed until November 2, but Mr. Habara and Mr. Fukui have said it's supposed to be amazing.
Nakamura: You say that to my face(Laughs)!?
Akabane: That's because I'm the type who will make things go out of control no matter what I say.


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