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Talk:Alice
I need help editing the pages about some of the Princesses (specifically Alice, Belle and Jasmine). I have little knowledge as to what occured in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories with these characters. Thus, I cannot provide longer summaries of their adventures in this game. I plan to watch the gameplay on YouTube when I have time, but until then maybe someone else could lengthen the Chain of Memories sections on these pages a little?
Also, I think I can find images of the princesses, but I'm not sure what images I can and can't use. What's the dealio with that? Sorry for my ignorance, I'm new around here. ^_^
Birth By Sleep[edit]
Amy Cotton - Trust in yourself and you can archive anything.
TALK - You are better off talking to me here.
I'm confused with what is going on. If Alice wasn't born until three years after Birth By Sleep, who was the Princess of Heart until her birth? I am only saying this, but I think until she was five years old, Wendy could have been one. It is probably why she was kidnapped, I'm not so sure. Has anyone got anything to say?
It took them ten whole years to capture the Princesses of Heart, so maybe at that time, there were only three who had the purest of hearts. The rest were discovered later. As in, much later.
But what really puzzles me is this : if Snow White was captured in Birth By Sleep, then how come, say, if we complete Deep Jungle before completing Wonderland, Snow White of all people stumbles into Hollow Bastion ?
There are some things even the stars cannot tell me. • TroisNyxÉtienne
Amy Cotton - Whatever
TALK - Larxene
I AM NOT SURE FOR MYSELF! Sorry about the anger thing. But what if they said there were seven in the game?
HeartlessSlayer - You see, I want to help them because...because...well, they need us.
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Actually, that has been confirmed in the game. If you beat Deep Jungle before completing Wonderland, Snow White will appear in the cutscene instead of Alice.
I know, so wouldn't that make a plot hole or something..... ?
Helping others always comes before asking others for help. • TroisNyxÉtienne
Its probably a gaming thing they've planned just in case if players didn't go to Wonderland first. Personally, I'd prefer to wait until BBS comes out. Who knows? maybe the game will be more focused on the other princesses that didn't get much screen time like Alice, and Jasmine.
I thought Jasmine did get substantial screen time in KHII......
As Amy said, Alice wouldn't have been born by then ; if her age was 7 in Kingdom Hearts then she'd have been born, say, 3 years after BBS.
Wasn't the disney version of alice a bit older? like 10 to 12?
Probably. I'll go check on Wikipedia.
I never found her real age, but I looked at some Alice in Wonderland movies and each one has a different age: 10, 13, 14, 16, 22. She might be older than 7, y'know.
Hm....... we'll see for ourselves pretty soon. I wonder what Nomura's got up his sleeves. ^_^
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Hopefully, Alice's real age (if she is on the game) or anything to do with all the girls
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I do have a theory of my own. If Alice really was seven in Kingdom Hearts, then it might implies that there were other Princesses of Heart before the ones we know. But that's just my theory.
Amy Cotton - Er, thank you?
Good question. We we'll have to wait and see. We'll know once Birth By Sleep comes out
If they release the news after the game... they might keep it hidden like they did with Coded
I don't think Wendy has anything to do with the Princesses of Heart, as stated in the game, Hook isn't very bright. But i believe the mistake was made because maybe Wendy's heart either doesn't have darkness, or doesn't have alot. Yet again, who knows?--PrincessAndie8thprincessofheart 14:49, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
You've got a point. Wendy's heart had little darkness. Almost none, that's why she would've been considered as a Princess of Heart.
@Amy Cotton : Francophone wiki says it : Alice's age is 7. Anyone has the Ultimania guide ? If so, can you guys like, please tell us what it says about Alice's age ?
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For that matter, what the heck were the Princess; doing during Kingdom Hearts II? If they returned to their homeworlds, like Kairi and Jasmine, why the heck did Mickey, Yen Sid, or DiZ not think it was at all important to protect them?
User:Charmed-Jay 04:42, 3 May 2009
Maybe there was no reason to provide protection. Remember in the first "Kingdom Hearts"? They were only captured by Maleficent because they wanted to use their hearts to open the door to darkness. In "Kingdom Hearts II", Xemnas wanted to create a new pathway to Kingdom Hearts, not open it through the original ways. Plus there's already too much light running around Hollow Bastion by the time Sora and the others woke up from their one-year slumber.
I got something to say. It's more of a pet peeve then anything related to what your talking about right know. WHY IS SHE CONSIDERED TO NOT BE A PRINCESS IN THE ARTICLE! If any of you remember from the end of the movie, she walks away with her nanny towards a GIENT CASTLE!!! I can understand if you didn't see it right away, it is colored almost the same as the sky, but watch it again and look at the background. You will see that there is a very large castle there. Also, did anyone actauly read the book, if not I am going to add the REAL Origin. Not the Disney movie one, the one form the book. If anyone has any objections on that, tell me now or forver hold your peace.
OK, I'm done venting, enjoy the rest of your day! XD Gnut2.0 05:40, 28 June 2009 (UTC)Gnut2.0
No, don't add her oriign from the book. The book may have come first, but this isn't about the original Alice. It's about the Alice form Disney's version. 24.165.55.239 04:08, October 9, 2009 (UTC)
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I personally fail to see how the trivia is out of hand. There are only 6 facts, one below the maximum amount allowed. Usually the template is only added when that number is exceeded.
World[edit]
I'd have to check a quote to be sure, but I'm fairly confident that Alice is stated to not be from Wonderland. Neverland, I feel, is a special case in that London is explicitly depicted as part of the world. However, a lot of these others are more in line with what we see with Beast, Sora, or Riku -- one way or another, they got pulled from their world into another, without using the Lanes Between as normally done. Honestly, Neverland seems to be the exception to the rule here, as we see it flying through the Lanes Between as a ship, but then it apparently immediately lands at Neverland world (which includes the sea, islands, and London)."We're werewolves, not swearwolves." (KrytenKoro) 19:56, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
You're right, more or less. Here's the quotes in question, when you first meet Alice.
Sora: That's crazy! So, where are you from?
Alice: Hmm, curious. I can't quite remember. You see, I found this mysterious rabbit hole. When I tried to peek inside, I tumbled in head over heels... And I found myself here.
Sora: So you're from another world!
Goofy: That's funny. Maybe you don't need a ship, then.
Aside from establishing that Alice is another world hopper (which would explain why it took a while for them to find her, what with them probably searching for her back in London or wherever) it also hints at the later reveal of the Corridors of Darkness that Maleficent and her crew are using to go from world to world.
Fact of the matter is, Disney movies are full of "other worlds" like this, such as Nightmare Before Christmas, Alice in Wonderland, and Peter Pan. Well, that last one is tricky. In-game, London hosts Neverland's keyhole, which would suggest they're in the same world. That fits the book. "Second star to the left and straight on 'till morning" is actually nautical navigation to get to Neverland, an island hidden on Earth, making it the same world. However, every interpretation of that line afterwards treats it as a description of the exact place in the sky where Neverland (treated as a world instead) can be found. A storyboard for a deleted scene for Disney's Peter Pan even shows Wendy's return home as them flying on Hook's ship through space, collecting star dust and such along the way. I think had Nomura had the time, he'd have stuck two keyholes in that overalll "world", one for Neverland as well, but it doesn't work too well to put it on Hook's ship and he didn't want to spend time making land sections of Neverland, so it probably just never happened. My head cannon is that Mickey sealed that missed keyhole from the "other side", just like he did with the door to Kingdom Hearts at the end of the game, but that's just my fan theory, so officially Neverland/London are just "one world" so it's best to go with the book interpretation. 98.160.111.83 22:11, 5 December 2015 (UTC)DJ
I think Alice isn't a "world hopper", but Wonderland and wherever Alice lives are in the same world, like how you can travel between Halloween Town and Christmas Town by going through a tree. For Neverland, I think the Clock Tower is part of the same world, although it isn't necessarily part of Earth. There are many locations based on Earth and if they all take place on Earth, you would have to be able to travel between them without going through space. Therefore, I think locations like Neverland's London are some sort of alternate universe duplicate of the real London. TheSilentHero 13:00, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
There's the fairy tale, though, that the world was one until it was conquered by darkness, and then separate fragments were resurrected from the imaginations of children. That always seemed to be a thinly veiled "Earth was destroyed, then partially resurrected via rose-tinted memories of Disney movies and Final Fantasy games.""We're werewolves, not swearwolves." (KrytenKoro) 15:36, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
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Bangladesh Bank heist: RCBC president resigns
The Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) accepted the resignation of Lorenzo Tan as president and CEO of the Yuchengco-controlled financial institution effective immediately, the bank said in a statement released this evening.
RCBC, however, cleared Tan of any wrongdoing, saying an internal investigation into the $81-million money laundering caper "had cleared [him] of any breach of bank rules and policies."
"He resigned to give the board a free hand in directing the course of the bank's future," RCBC said.
In a separate statement, Tan said that "despite having been cleared of any wrongdoing, as president and CEO of RCBC, I take full moral responsibility for this sad incident in the history of the bank."
"With a heavy heart, I feel the time has come for me to move on and provide my services elsewhere," he added.
Until his replacement is announced, Helen Yuchengco-Dee will oversee the bank's operations, as president and CEO, supported by a management team composed of RCBC vice chair Cesar EA Virata, director Armando Medina and the current group of senior managers.
Tan was implicated in the issue after the bank's former Jupiter Street branch manager Maia Deguito said he asked her to "take care" of valued client Kim Wong, a casino junket operator whose Chinese client was said to have brought in funds that were later found to have been stolen from the Bangladeshi central bank. Tan has denied this accusation, and filed civil and criminal cases against Deguito and her lawyer for libel and perjury.
Tan joined RCBC in 2007, overseeing the expansion of RCBC's network from 294 branches in 2006 to 475 as of March 2016; ATMs, from 257 to 1,405; and customer base from 800 thousand to 7.32 million. Last year, RCBC posted a net income of P5.1 billion, up 16.3 percent from 2014.
In a statement, Tan expressed his gratitude to the shareholders, officers and customers of RCBC.
"As I move on to new things, I am confident the bank will continue on the path of growth, with the strong and capable hands of senior management led by Mrs. Dee," he said.
RCBC's investigation headed by its external lawyers and SGV & Co. cleared Tan of any knowledge, involvement or participation in the unauthorized transfer to RCBC of the funds stolen from Bangladesh Bank.
"As shown by RCBC's own investigation, the allegations of my involvement in the current money-laundering issue are unfounded and baseless." Tan added, "Despite my resignation, however, I am committed to help uncover the truth, not only to clear my name but also to bring justice to the Bangladeshi people."
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Q: How to connect dots where there are missing values? lets take this example:
       test=c(1,5,NA,5,4,1,NA,3,3,5,4,2)

      plot(test,type="l")

This will plot test but will not connect the dots.Is there a way we can ignore the NAs and connect the dots so we get pretty graph?

A: There isn't a way to ignore the missing values.  You need to replace them with interpolated values.
# using base packages only
plot(approx(test, xout=seq_along(test))$y, type="l")
# or, using zoo
library(zoo)
plot(na.approx(test), type="l")

A: Another way that preserves the missing value in the same spots
data=data.frame(x=1:12,y=test)
plot(data)
lines(data)
lines(na.omit(data),col=2)

Or in ggplot2
ggplot(data,aes(x,y))+geom_point()+geom_line(data=na.omit(data))

A: One options is:
plot(na.omit(test), type = "l")

If you want to retain the x-axis going from 1 - length(test) then:
plot(na.omit(cbind(x = seq_along(test), y = test)), type = "l")

A: Either you have to ignore the NAs with the mentioned solutions using na.omit() or you try to replace the NAs with reasonable values - you can use the package imputeTS for this.
You could e.g. interpolate:
library(imputeTS)
imp <- na_interpolation(test)
plot(imp, type="l")

You could take the mean as replacement:
library(imputeTS)
imp <- na_mean(test)
plot(imp, type="l")

You could also take the moving average as replacment:
library(imputeTS)
imp <- na_ma(test)
plot(imp, type="l")

In the end, it makes sense to use what is best for your use case. Oftentimes this will be 'ignoring' the NAs - since interpolation/imputation is only a estimation of the real values and also requires selecting the right method.

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Radiologists, say goodbye to cardiac CT
When radiologists look back on how ultrasound and nuclear medicine evolved, some lament battles lost. Once firmly in the grip of radiologists, these modalities slipped from their grasp into the hands of other specialists, notably those of cardiologists. It's about to happen again-this time in CT.
When radiologists look back on how ultrasound and nuclear medicine evolved, some lament battles lost. Once firmly in the grip of radiologists, these modalities slipped from their grasp into the hands of other specialists, notably those of cardiologists. It's about to happen again--this time in CT.
At the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference in Washington, DC, Philips Medical Systems will unveil a 16-slice CT scanner designed specifically for diagnostic cardiologists working in private practice. The aptly named Brilliance CT Private Practice CV could single-handedly dash the hope that radiologists might extend their reach into cardiology. Even more ominous, this device, which has been optimized not only for cardiac but also for vascular studies, will provide cardiologists with the tools for CT angiography.
Philips plans to begin shipping its new CT before the end of this year. Other such systems are sure to follow. Until now, CT manufacturers have been loading cardiac software on premium systems and pricing them well beyond the reach of cardiologists. Not so for Philips' new CT product, which is priced under $700,000 with the express intent of drawing cardiologists to buy it.
In retrospect, it seems inevitable that some company would do what Philips is doing. Echocardiography systems are optimized for cardiology and have been for a long time. The same is true for gamma cameras operating in nuclear cardiology. These products became popular when they were priced within the budgets of their intended customers: cardiologists.
Until this year, 16-slice scanners were at the top of the food chain. The impending debut of 32-, 40-, and 64-slice products changed that, dropping 16-slice systems well below a million dollars. As the march of technology continues, these systems will cost less and less, and they will be less and less appealing to radiologists. Philips is the first to jump on the commercial possibilities that this change is bringing about. They will not be the last.
In the years ahead, 32- and 64-slice scanners, whose capabilities will be even more suited to cardiology, will drop in price to the range now filled by 16-slice scanners. With that, the fate of radiologists' future in cardiac CT will be sealed.
Market forces will dictate which specialty controls cardiac CT--possibly even CTA. In the past, these forces have not been kind to radiology. They are about to get worse.
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I thought the Ciudad de México was supposed to have the best museums. Well, it might, but Oaxaca certainly gives it a run. My favorite of the many museums we explored was the Cultural Museum situated next to the cathedral in El Centro. After having been to the Anthropology Museum in CDMX, you'd think we were burned out looking at so many antiquities, but you'd be wrong.
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Cool temperatures in this mountainous city were a lovely break in August.
The gardens are young but having planted adult plants makes it feel ancient.
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As the world over, many skills being lost as the younger generation is not interested in such time consuming work.
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One more astonishing museum is the private collection of world renowned Oaxacan muralist, Rufino Tamayo. I know I can use words like amazing, astonishing, and fabulous just so many times without my readers glazing over. This one is not to be missed.
Then there are the incidental galleries found overhead in corner restaurants where we stopped for breakfast.
Mexico is all things Frida.
If Oaxaca is on your bucket list, give yourself at least ten days. You need that amount of time to leisurely explore the many wonderful things there are to see, do and eat. Enjoy a rooftop sunset, mescal tasting and time to wander. You won't be disappointed.
Just to be clear, the tree wasn't crying, I was. Day one of our visit to Oaxaca in Central Mexico, about five hours south of Mexico City, we joined a tour with a bi-lingual guide to visit the archeological site of Mitla, a place I had visited over forty years ago.
The step-fret designs are individually cut stones. No mortar is involved.
We took a couple of tours while in Oaxaca. They were cheap, $20 each for the entire day, cold water provided. The guides were very knowledgeable. We stopped for lunch at great local restaurants and the groups were small, maybe eight people. It helps that we were visiting during the slow season. It rained most days, but it never slowed us down.
I kept forgetting to bring my "before" pictures with me.
When I visited Mitla in 1975, it was located off a dirt road in the high dessert. I was in awe as I walked the archeological site. The site hasn't changed much but boy have the surroundings. It is now situated in the middle of a large community that services the many bus loads of tourists arriving daily. I can't even imagine it during high season.
On the way to Mitla we stopped at the Tule Tree. I had never heard of it. It is the tree with the largest circumference in the world, 137 feet around!
Located in the Zapotecan village of Santa Maria del Tule, Oax.
For some reason I was overcome with grief looking at this beautiful 2,000 year old tree. She knew the ancients, saw the slaughter of the indigenous people, lived through revolution after revolution, and now stands witness to the insanity of our times. Maybe it was me, but I sensed sadness and wept. I wonder if she knew an earthquake was coming to her land two weeks later that would kill many people?
One more stop to see a petrified waterfall. We didn't quite beat the rain, but it was worth the trek.
Sulphuric spring pools to the left.