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As this is my first column as Chair of NABO, I'll begin with a short background: I live on a narrowboat on the Upper Peak Forest Canal with my husband Chris and two Labradors. My disability prevents us moving at present and we are now on a home mooring. I may not have lived on a boat all my life, but my family spent six weeks on one after they emigrated to New Zealand in the early 1960s, and I spent my teens crewing for friends who had yachts. I didn't know about my great grandfather until after we had moved aboard, when my Mum told me that he was born on a narrowboat in Middlewich and was a flyboatman with his brothers and father. So, in a sense I have come home to my roots and, even with my illness, we have never once thought about moving back into bricks and mortar. We love this life and the strong community we have among boaters; something that escapes you outside of the towpath and certainly one that CRT still struggles to understand.
After moving aboard, it became apparent that there was a general discontent with CRT among boaters and that the Trust managers weren't helping themselves. CRT then compounded it by issuing new terms and conditions with little consultation. It was then that we decided we needed to do a bit more and joined NABO. The enforcement actions, particularly against boats without a home mooring, were haphazard across the country. To compound this, the terms and conditions also addressed boats with a home mooring, saying that in the future, you had to maintain the same boating pattern as boats without a home mooring (moving every 14 days etc.). This is completely against the 1995 Act of Parliament and a condition that NABO is still opposed to. In fact, even the Trust seems a little confused, judging by the recent Boaters' Updates, in which the Trust contradicted itself.
I decided to stand as a private boaters' rep on the CRT Council and was elected in December 2015. As I approach the end of the first year, I have attended two council meetings (held every six months) and two meetings with the Boating Team. So, as you can see, we don't get to have a huge influence. But they are interesting, particularly as we boaters are now 'customers' and should benefit from a better customer service from the Trust. I often feel like a lone voice, being the only northern boater, and one of only two liveaboards, but if I can change perceptions, it will be a positive outcome. Vegetation cutback, mowing and dredging near designated visitor moorings are at the top of CRT's priorities, although it remains to be seen whether this translates to action on the waterways. However, CRT is now listening to boaters, with an extended National Advisory Group, and it appears to accept feedback from the various user groups. Death by PowerPoint is still prevalent, but it is getting better. They do at least provide time for discussion - most of the time.
As Chair of NABO, I will continue the work done by my predecessors and will be representing your views in the meetings NABO has with the various navigation authorities. NABO's Council also has a presence on the BSS Panel, but we do need your help. If you have concerns, or issues with vegetation, dredging, or maintenance, you can now complete a new form online. As 'customers' we have the right to expect better customer service and NABO will ensure that the Trust act on this, on our members' behalf.
The last year has been interesting and 2017 will likely see more changes. Again, we will need our members' help in presenting your views to the various navigation authorities. So please get in touch and come along to a council meeting. Finally, wherever you spend Christmas, have a lovely time. Merry Christmas and happy New Year.


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Ezen az oldalon az 1879-ben fennálló államok vezetőinek névsora olvasható földrészek, majd országok szerinti bontásban.

Európa
 Andorra (parlamentáris társhercegség)
Társhercegek
Francia társherceg –
Patrice de Mac-Mahon (1873–1879)
Jules Grévy (1879–1887), lista
Episzkopális társherceg –
Josep Caixal i Estradé (1853–1879)
Salvador Casañas y Pagés (1879–1901), lista
 (monarchia)
Uralkodó – II. Lipót király (1865–1909)
Kormányfő – Walthère Frère-Orban (1878–1884), lista
 (monarchia)
Uralkodó – IX. Keresztély király (1863–1906)
Kormányfő – Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1875–1894), lista
 (parlamentáris monarchia)
Uralkodó – Viktória Nagy-Britannia királynője (1837–1901)
Kormányfő – Benjamin Disraeli (1874–1880), lista
 (köztársaság)
Államfő –
Patrice de Mac-Mahon (1873–1879)
Jules Grévy (1879–1887), lista
Kormányfő –
Jules Dufaure (1877–1879)
William Henry Waddington (1879)
Charles de Freycinet (1879–1880), lista
 (monarchia)
Uralkodó – I. György király (1863–1913)
Kormányfő – Aléxandrosz Kumundúrosz (1878–1880), lista
 (monarchia)
Uralkodó – III. Vilmos király (1849–1890)
Kormányfő –
Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (1877–1879)
Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg (1879–1883), lista
 (parlamentáris monarchia)
Uralkodó – II. János herceg (1859–1929)
 (monarchia)
Uralkodó – III. Vilmos nagyherceg (1849–1890)
Kormányfő – Félix de Blochausen (1874–1885), lista
Monaco (monarchia)
Uralkodó – III. Károly herceg (1856–1989)
 Montenegró (monarchia)
Uralkodó – I. Miklós király (1860–1918)
Kormányfő – Božo Petrović (1879–1905), lista
 (monarchia)
Uralkodó – I. Vilmos császár (1871–1888)
Kancellár – Otto von Bismarck (1871–1890), lista
 (monarchia)
Uralkodó – I. Umbertó király (1878–1900)
Kormányfő –
Agostino Depretis (1878–1879)
Benedetto Cairoli (1879–1881), lista
 Orosz Birodalom (monarchia)
Uralkodó – II. Sándor cár (1855–1881)
 (monarchia)
Uralkodó – I. Ferenc József király (1848–1916)
Kormányfő –
Ausztria –
Adolf von Auersperg (1871–1879)
Karl Ritter von Stremayr (1879)
Eduard Taaffe (1879–1893), lista
Magyarország – Tisza Kálmán (1875–1890), lista
Pápai állam (abszolút monarchia)
Uralkodó – XIII. Leó pápa (1878–1903)
 (monarchia)
Uralkodó – I. Népszerű Lajos király (1861–1889)
Kormányfő –
Fontes Pereira de Melo (1878–1879)
Anselmo José Braamcamp (1879–1881), lista
 Román Királyság (monarchia)
Uralkodó – I. Károly király (1866–1914)
Kormányfő – Ion Brătianu (1876–1881), lista
 (köztársaság)
San Marino régenskapitányai
 (monarchia)
Uralkodó – XII. Alfonz király (1874–1886)
Kormányfő –
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1875–1879)
Arsenio Martínez Campos (1879)
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1879–1881), lista
Svájc (konföderáció)
Szövetségi Tanács:
Karl Schenk (1863–1895), Emil Welti (1866–1891), Fridolin Anderwert (1875–1880), Numa Droz (1875–1892), Bernhard Hammer (1875–1890), elnök, Simeon Bavier (1878–1883),Wilhelm Hertenstein (1879–1888)
 (parlamentáris monarchia)
Norvégia és Svédország perszonálunióban álltak.
Uralkodó – II. Oszkár király (1872–1907)
Kormányfő – Louis Gerhard De Geer (1876–1880), lista
 Szerb Fejedelemség (monarchia)
Uralkodó – I. Milán király (1868–1889)
Kormányfő – Jovan Ristić (1878–1880), lista

Afrika
 Asanti Birodalom (monarchia)
Uralkodó – Mensa Bonsu (1874–1883), Asantehene (1884–1887)
Benini Királyság (monarchia)
Uralkodó – Adolo király (1848–1888)
Etiópia (monarchia)
Uralkodó – IV. János császár (1871–1889)
Futa-Dzsalon (moszlim teokrácia)
Uralkodó – Almany Almadou (1873–1896)
Kaffa Királyság (monarchia)
Uralkodó – Gali Serocso császár (1870–1890)
 Kanói Emírség (monarchia)
Uralkodó – Abdullah (1855–1883)
 (köztársaság)
Államfő – Anthony W. Gardiner (1878–1883), lista
 (monarchia)
Uralkodó – I. Haszan szultán (1873–1894)
 Mohéli (Mwali) (monarchia)
Uralkodó – II. Abdul Rahman király (1878–1885)
 Oranje Szabadállam (köztársaság)
Államfő – Jan Brand (1864–1888), lista
Szokoto Kalifátus (monarchia)
Uralkodó – Mu'azu (1877–1881)
Kormányfő – Abdullah bin Muhammad Fodiye (1874–1886)
Szváziföld (monarchia)
Uralkodó – IV. Dlamini király (1875–1889)
Transvaal Köztársaság (köztársaság)
Brit annexió 1877–1881 között.
Vadai Birodalom
Uralkodó – Juszuf kolak (1874–1898)
 Wassoulou Birodalom (monarchia)
Uralkodó – Samori Ture, császár (1878–1898)

Dél-Amerika
 (köztársaság)
Államfő – Nicolás Remigio Aurelio Avellaneda (1874–1880), lista
 (köztársaság)
Államfő – Hilarión Grosolé Daza (1876–1879), lista
 Brazil Császárság (monarchia)
Uralkodó – II. Péter császár (1831–1889)
 (köztársaság)
Államfő – Aníbal Pinto (1876–1881), lista
 (köztársaság)
Államfő – Ignacio de Veintemilla (1876–1883), lista
 (köztársaság)
Államfő – Julián Trujillo Largacha (1878–1880), lista
 (köztársaság)
Államfő – Cándido Bareiro (1878–1880), lista
 (köztársaság)
Államfő –
Mariano Ignacio Prado (1876–1879)
Nicolás de Piérola Villegas (1879–1881), lista
 (köztársaság)
Államfő – Lorenzo Latorre (1876–1880), lista
 (köztársaság)
Államfő –
José Gregorio Valera (1878–1879)
Antonio Guzmán Blanco (1879–1884), lista

Észak- és Közép-Amerika
 (köztársaság)
Államfő – Rutherford B. Hayes (1877–1881), lista
 (köztársaság)
Államfő – Tomás Guardia Gutierrez (1876–1882), lista
 (köztársaság)
Államfő –
Államtitkári Tanács (1878–1879)
Cesáreo Guillermo (1879)
Gregorio Luperón (1879–1880), lista
 (köztársaság)
Államfő – Rafael Zaldívar (1876–1884), lista
 (köztársaság)
Államfő – Justo Rufino Barrios (1873–1885), lista
 (köztársaság)
Államfő –
Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal (1876–1879)
Joseph Lamothe (1879), ideiglenes
Lysius Salomon (1879–1888), lista
 (köztársaság)
Államfő – Marco Aurelio Soto (1876–1883), lista
 (parlamentáris monarchia)
Uralkodó – Viktória királynő (1837–1901)
Kormányfő – John A. Macdonald (1878–1891), lista
 (köztársaság)
Államfő – Porfirio Díaz (1877–1880), lista
 Nicaragua (köztársaság)
Államfő –
Pedro Joaquín Chamorro (1875–1879)
Joaquín Zavala (1879–1883), lista

Ázsia
 Aceh Szultánság (monarchia)
Uralkodó – Alauddin Muhammad Da'ud Syah II (1875–1903)
Afganisztán (monarchia)
Uralkodó –
Ser Ali Kán emír (1868–1879)
Muhammad Jákub Kán emír (1879)
Interregnum (1879–1880)
Bhután (monarchia)
Uralkodó –
Kicep Dordzsi Namgyal (1878–1879)
Csogjal Zangpo druk deszi (1879–1880)
 Buhara
Uralkodó – Mozaffar al-Din kán (1860–1885)
 Dálai Emírség (monarchia)
Uralkodó – Ali bin Mukbil al-Amiri (1878–1886)
 Dzsebel Sammar (monarchia)
Uralkodó – Muhammad bin Abdullah (1869–1897), Dzsebel Sammar emírje
Csoszon (monarchia)
Uralkodó – Kodzsong király (1863–1897)
 Hiva
Uralkodó – II. Muhammad Rahím Bahadúr kán (1864–1910)
 (császárság)
Uralkodó – Mucuhito császár (1867–1912)
 Kína
Uralkodó – Kuang-hszü császár (1875–1908)
 Maszkat és Omán (abszolút monarchia)
Uralkodó – Turki szultán (1871–1888)
 (alkotmányos monarchia)
Uralkodó – Szurendra király (1847–1881)
Kormányfő – Ranodip Szing Kunvar (1877–1885), lista
 Oszmán Birodalom (monarchia)
Uralkodó – II. Abdul-Hamid szultán (1876–1909)
Kormányfő –
Hayreddin pasa (1878–1879)
Ahmed Arifi pasa (1879)
Mehmed Szaíd pasa (1879–1880), lista
 Perzsia (monarchia)
Uralkodó – Nászer ad-Din sah (1848–1896)
 Sziám (parlamentáris monarchia)
Uralkodó – Csulalongkorn király (1868–1910)

Óceánia
 Tonga (monarchia)
Uralkodó – I. Tupou király (1875–1893)
Kormányfő –
Tēvita ʻUnga (1876–1879)
nem volt betöltve (1879–1881), lista

Jegyzetek

Források
 Rulers

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It Should Have Been a DGU: Off-Campus Gang Rape Edition
Apr 10, 2013 |
As and when my daughters are old enough and responsible enough to carry a firearm, I'd like them to do so. Whether or not they carry, they will [continue to] learn the importance of situational awareness, which includes knowing the likely location and nature of violent threats. Speaking of which, I would be livid if their alma mater failed to provide my progeny with the salient details of a violent assault against a fellow student until four days afterwards. According to nbcnews.com, the gang rape at La Salle University in Philadelphia occurred a mile off campus; administrators figure that once a student steps out of the school's gun-free zone they're fair game. Come to think of it, I'm not paying for a school that doesn't allow campus carry. Got that girls? My condolences to the victim. [h/t Brandon]
cmdrlimpet says:
Utah Public Colleges, the best choice for the armed student.
Most Utah schools. They are having problems with Utah Valley University trying to be a bastion of liberal stupidity.
ST says:
The crummy thing about gun free zones are that not only are gun owners disarmed IN the zone, they're disarmed going to and from it also. A fact criminals are well aware of.
I wouldn't expect the university to willingly make things right after this tragedy. An Iowa college student w/a CCW permit who obediently left her gun at home was raped within sight of the police station, and only after threatening a lawsuit was she granted "permission" by the University President to carry her G19.
Unless, of course, you are one of the wealthy few who can drive to campus, and therefore keep a weapon in the car. Just another reason gun control favors the wealthy.
The legality of keeping a gun in the car depends on state law.
For example, California state law forbids the presence of firearms on university property no matter where its located. If the college owns the parking lot, you're boned.
Pyratemime says:
In Texas you can keep the weapon in your car as an extension of castle doctrine. I have a number of student even living in the dorms where they cannot have a firearm who have one (properly locked and concealed) in the vehicle that is in the campus parking lot. They do this so they can CCW when off campus.
CarlosT says:
Every place I've worked has been a gun free zone (as too many businesses are), but the one that was really sensible about it was the jail. The employee area had a big wall mounted cabinet with a bunch of compartments. You could get a key for one of them and when you came in, you locked your gun up and retrieved it when you went home.
If schools want to be gun free zones, they should provide similar lockers. There's no reason students should have to be disarmed off campus just because guns make administrators feel icky.
Nice idea, but too much temptation for theft, and too much liability.
DJC1012 says:
Maybe the lockers could be housed in the campus police office(s)?
Inconvenient if you are leaving the campus in the opposite direction but, better than nothing?
I work at a major university. There are muggings on a weekly basis according to spot crime within a mile or two of campus (of students walking home).
There have been exactly two security alerts in the last two years about such muggings. Campus security alerts are a joke.
I believe campus liability is within their grounds. outside of their gates Universities don't give a crap and say it is a local PD issue. Local PD often don't give a crap around the university perimeter believing that it will be reported by campus PD and thus you are left with an unprotected zones.
Rape on campus is still a huge problem and administration does not like to take about it because it could ruin their images printed on the catalog.
no one wants to take responsibility but at the same time, they want to keep everyone from being able to protect themselves
miserylovescompany says:
Therein lies the rub. I can't blame the school for what goes on OFF the campus. But the problem is that they somehow fear students growing a brain and actually taking steps to protect themselves more than they do an imminent threat to those same students. Typical anti-gun denial and rationalization.
The Clery Act actually requires that universities to provide "timely" warnings to the campus community of crimes both on and near campus.
On paper, yes, but not in practice.
The problem is your daughters go away to school at 17 or 18, but even if campus carry is legal they can't do that until 21. What do you suggest for the intervening years?
Like he said, there's situational awareness, and beyond that, it depends on the particular place. There's often pepper spray, batons, tasers, and sometimes knives.
But yeah, it really sucks.
Russ Bixby says:
'Tis better to ask forgiveness…
I'm not an 18 yo girl, I'm a 36 yo guy, and I won't say that's my policy, but I won't say that's not my policy, either. Either in general, or on this particular subject.
Have them join the Texas National Guard and come to a Texas university. In TX if you are in the military you can get your CHL at 18. A nice CCW pistol would make a wonderful HS graduation present.
C. Walther says:
Bonus: it's free (well, the paperwork part is. I think you still have to pay for the class).
Call boxes.
The brevity of your comment is outstanding, but its clarity leaves something to be desired. 😀
PeterZ in West Tennessee says:
A long, sharply pointed ballpoint pen to the neck goes a long way to discouraging rape.
tdiinva says:
I have it on good authority of Harvard Dr. David Hemenway that carrying a gun makes you a wuss. You should be using your superior intelligence to overcome the force of your attacker. Or alternatively just lie back an enjoy it.
Donald Borsch Jr says:
Straight outta the Democrat Guide To Women.
And raise the rapist's offspring – straight from the Republican handbook.
Neither side is right on this. Either before or after, one of 'em'll be ewscrayed on this subject.
How about a real, working Constitution Party…?
Just send her to Dr. Gosnell's clinic. He will fix the problem.
'Tis better to avoid such problems, but since rapists tend to use condoms it's better to simply kill the rapist.
Saves another gal as well.
We had a gun rights lady here in Wis that didn't have a cc permit, she said her gun was open carry in her car, the cop said otherise. She put her freedom on the line & refused to accept some lesser charge. She won in court, the state lost the case, her attorney fees & precedence. My point is if you have a legitimte reason to carry it is very likely a properly picked jury will let you off. Yes, do you feel lucky? She did, Randy
You know, whatever a cockle is, the ones in my heart just got a li'l bit warmer.
This post makes me feel better.
I don't know about you guys, but I'm curious what Russ Bixby thinks about Randy's post.
The first response was blocked; must've been the word starting with c and ending in ockles. I posted a robot-proof message instead, but 'twould appear that my original then posted.
Animals that think they are men. If caught, I highly recommend castration, and to have an "R" tattooed upon their foreheads, backs of their hands, and each side of their necks, in bright red.
Then, release them to society. NO jail time. Oh, and to be sure and alert the victim and her family members when the rapists will be released. Maybe they will like to greet the rapists as they exit the safety of jail. Just sayin'.
One quibble: animals don't rape. These things are lower than the beasts.
Gotta correct you there, Russ. Animals rape all the time. Yes they do. They often copulate with females who are non-receptive or not in season, and they do so by force. Males of many species will sexually assault lesser males in order to establish dominance. It's a jungle out there.
Hmmm… alright.
annoying says:
What I find really problematic about campus gun-free zones is when this prohibition extends to university-owned housing (campus housing/dorms). It's effectively a prohibition on gun-ownership for a student, since they can't do anything at their home, let alone on their way to class and back.
RKflorida says:
A friend came by to visit and during the conversation he mentioned that he had finally received his CC permit. I asked him when he was going to actually start carrying and he said he was. He then pulled out a little LCP from a little soft pocket holster. What stuck in my mind was the TOTAL concealment even when wearing a tucked in dress shirt with dress slacks. That got me to thinking about the odds that you would be busted for carrying that little gun. Honest! I couldn't see the damn thing or even any indication of a holster and I was looking. That was dress slacks, imagine how hidden it would be in cargo type pants.
The Original Brad says:
My Baretta 21A (in .22lr) is invisible with my IWB clip on holster. I am not going to win any prolonged unfights, yes, but any gun is better than no gun. They may still kill me with it, but they'll have to beat me over the head because it'll be empty.
OHgunner says:
I carried a Sig SP2022 IWB all day today. Under a T-Shirt. Not so much as an awkward look. Pretty sure that as long as you don't give anyone a reason to pat you down you can conceal most guns rather effectively. Learn how to move while carrying (avoid bending at the waist, bend at the knees as much as possible) and spend some time in front of a mirror. And keep the fact you're licensed to carry to yourself. It would really suck to conceal appropriately only to have your buddy blow your cover.
I'm a PhD student at the University of Texas at Arlington. On October 24, 2012 there was a shooting at an on-campus apartment complex in which student living facilities were struck by bullets. While no one was injured, the campus police didn't see fit to notify students of what happened until almost three hours after the shooting had occurred.
http://www.theshorthorn.com/news/campus/gun-shots-reported-at-centennial-court/article_4cb61fee-1e51-11e2-83e3-0019bb30f31a.html
I live in an off-campus apartment directly adjacent to the apartments where the shooting took place. That night, my girlfriend and I were at a talk given by Dr. Steven Weinberg (the Nobel Laureate physicist who gave the Higgs boson its name) that was held about two blocks from where the shooting happened. There were at least 200 people in attendance and only un-armed security in the building.
http://www.uta.edu/physics/lcws12/pages/publicevent.html
The first indication I had that anything was wrong was when my girlfriend and I were walking back to my apartment and saw that police had blocked off the street. We received an e-mail alert hours later saying that there had been a shooting, and that was it.
I e-mailed the University president and howled about the student body not being informed of an on-campus shooting when classes were in session and a talk was taking place down the street. He responded and said campus police (somehow) knew there was no danger, so they didn't feel the need to notify anyone immediately, despite the fact the shooter was not (and, as far as I'm aware, has not been) caught and no one knew where he / she ran off to.
I've also written (repeatedly) to my State Senator and State Representative for this area stating my position on campus "gun-free" zones, and neither have bothered responding. It's good to know they're both ready to have that "gun control conversation."
Hate to say it RF, but I'm afraid for my daughter too someday… colleges these days have still been very slooooow to protect their students, especially female students, from crimes like rape. The statistic of 1 out of 5 (20%) of women will be sexually assault at college is unacceptable. From an NPR series:
http://www.npr.org/series/124073905/seeking-justice-for-campus-rapes
Serial offenders as well, probably knowing their victims are unarmed and they'll never be punished, tend to act with impunity.
"Documents from Indiana University and a later federal investigation of Margaux's case show that the accused man had left a trail of trouble. Another woman said he'd tried to rape her in her bed, but she fought him off. She did not report those incidents to campus police. But she did send an e-mail to Margaux, who passed along the information to campus officials. When they asked the woman to come to the hearing, she declined. Still, the man, a freshman, like Margaux, was known to campus police. He'd been arrested and charged with a felony for beating up a male student."
"NPR's investigation found that most men found responsible for campus sexual assault get only mild punishment. Reporters at the Center for Public Integrity obtained a database of about 130 colleges and universities that got federal grants because they wanted to do a better job dealing with sexual assault. Even when men at those schools were found responsible for sexual assault, only 10 to 25 percent were expelled."
Four days later, the school sent out a Safety Reminder to students, notifying them of the attack and offering the following tips:
Refrain from walking alone, particularly at night, in off-campus areas.
Travel in well-lit areas. Avoid shortcuts through driveways.
Report suspicious persons to Security and Safety or Philadelphia Police.
Be constantly aware of your surroundings at all times.
Use university shuttle and escort services.
Practice drawing with a compact 9mm loaded with hollowpoints and showing no mercy.
I added the last one, we all know that's not on the list

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The 2007 Chevy Silverado Crew Cab Z71 Plus demonstrates how a great truck can be made even better with Chevrolet Accessories. The Z71 designation has long stood for off-road performance excellence, and that reputation is enhanced with this concept vehicle. The Z71 Plus features Rancho Suspension shocks and a two-inch lift kit, which provides room for the Chevrolet Accessories chrome off-road 20 x 8.5-inch wheels and BFGoodrich All Terrain tires. The handsome, but rugged, interior features two-tone leather seating surfaces and matching door trim. The bed is outfitted with a full range of Chevrolet Accessories – all of which are available through Chevy dealers.
It's great to see GM showing off what you can get through their dealer network.
Does that DuPont paint come with a special layer of Teflon?
I sure wish the Silverado Z71 would recieve the same treatment as the Tahoe Z71 with the different bumper for better approach angle and different looks. Looks no different than an LT.


Giovanna Lucherini, Director of Convention Bureau Napoli, at IBTM World in Barcelona.
IBTM World, the leading global event for the meeting, incentive, events and business travel industry, takes place in Barcelona from Tuesday, November 28, until Thursday, November 30, 2017.
Giovanna Lucherini, Director of Naples' Convention Bureau and past president of MPI Italia Chapter, will attend IBTM at MPI International's stand, in Fira de Barcelona's Hall 3.


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Mardi Moore is from a Colorado pioneer family and came of age during the AIDS pandemic - she has been involved in LGBTQ politics at the local and national level since. In late 2013, Mardi became the executive director of Out Boulder County. Since then, she has put together a solid team of staff, diversified and built a strong board, increased individual giving by more than 200%, balanced the budget, refilled the reserve and has increased the number of programs and services that Out Boulder County provides to the LGBTQ and Allied communities. Most notably in her tenure at Out Boulder County, Mardi implemented a Trans* Leadership Academy and a Trans Steering Committee that has ensured that Boulder County has one of the strongest Trans communities in the state. In 2016, Out Boulder County opened a second location in Longmont to better serve all of Boulder County. Recently, Mardi received the PFLAG Boulder GLBT Activist of the Year Award, the GLBT Center of Colorado's Trans Ally of the Year Award, BCAP's Local Legend Award and the Open Door Fund Change Maker Award.


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Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure / Tropes G to K
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Tropes for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Tropes A to B (Adaptation Dye-Job) | Tropes C to D | Tropes E to F (Famous Last Words) | Tropes G to K (Hate Sink) | Tropes L to O | Tropes P to T (Shout-Out) | Tropes U to Z
Generation Xerox: Averted for the most part, as most members of the Joestar/Kujo family look distinctive enough on their own (although Joseph does bear a striking resemblance to his Grandfather, but only for Battle Tendency). Avdol does look identical to his father though, which is still an aversion, because it's actually Avdol himself in disguise.
However all the Joestars inherit their commitment to good and hotbloodedness.
Genius Bruiser: Joseph is no weakling, but his real strength is his wit and intelligence he uses against his enemies. Likewise with his great-granddaughter Jolyne, who is just as sharp but an even more kickass fighter — it's the reason Pucci's more afraid of her than of Jotaro.
Pillar Men have both extremely strong bodies and superior intellect.
Weather Report from the Stone Ocean storyline is also notable. His abilities to manipulate weather are relatively limited in range, but he demonstrates remarkably precise control and clever applications of this power, as well as revealing a deep breadth of knowledge. All while looking like a humanoid version of Appa.
Subverted for Anasui, who was a child prodigy and has a compulsion to discover and learn things (by taking them apart). He downplays this severely by acting every bit the part of a thug, and it's not even clear if he has to act at all.
And Jotaro, who is well read, and eventually becomes a Marine Biologist!
Jonathan and Dio were both Genius Bruisers in Phantom Blood: both played rugby in college, with Jonathan majoring in archaeology and Dio graduating as valedictorian.
Genius Ditz: Old Joseph is a wacky, pushy American who loves comic books, but he became a billionaire purely through his skill at running a real estate company, and this is before he gained Hermit Purple.
Genre-Busting: As a whole, the manga is a combination of action, adventure, horror, fantasy, and drama. Then some parts are western, slice of life, romance, mystery...
Genre Shift: Almost all parts are noticeably different. Part one is over-the-top action-horror with Fist of the North Star elements, part two is over-the-top Indiana Jones-style action-adventure with Fist of the North Star elements (again), the third part kind of resembles Journey to the West, the fourth part ends up being a murder mystery, part five is a mob thriller, part six is a prison story, and Steel Ball Run is a horse race/western. JoJolion, is a mystery thriller about Josuke's identity and the Rock Humans.
Girls Behind Bars: The beginning of Stone Ocean.
Glass Cannon: Most stand users are this. No matter how powerful the stand is, their user are only slightly more resistant than normal humans, which is why DIO was so frightening: his vampiric powers made him a Lightning Bruiser on top of having one of the most powerful stand ever.
A God Am I:
Battle Tendency says in the start that the Pillar Men were worshiped as gods. Kars pulls this at the very end.
Enrico Pucci from Stone Ocean as well. He doesn't believe he IS God, but he believes that God chose him to create Heaven on Earth and control destiny.
God and Satan Are Both Jerks: Through Theme Naming, not by actual principle — God and Satan are both alluded to, but are never established as characters (though Jesus is, and he's a pretty nice guy). "Dio" and "Diavolo" and respectively the Italian names for "God" and "The Devil". Neither of them are pleasant company, as the former is the Big Bad for Part 1 and Part 3, while the latter is the Big Bad for Part 5, and the both of them count as Greater-Scope Villains for the first six arcs.
Godzilla Threshold: Requiem Stands are treated as this by the protagonists. Piercing one's Stand with the Stand Arrow will transform it into a Requiem Stand, effectively evolving it into something bearing only a vague resemblance to the former Stand with radically different new abilities, unimaginable power, and complete control over some metaphysical domain, such as souls or time. The downside is that Requiem Stands require immense mental fortitude to control or they tend to go berserk, affecting friends and foe alike and ignoring their user's commands if they lack the necessary willpower.
In certain circumstances, the transformation can be undone by removing its Stand Arrow, unless the Stand's master is already dead, such as with Chariot Requiem. In such a situation, the evolution is permanent and the only recourse is to destroy the Requiem Stand in some way. On the other hand Gold Experience Requiem's transformation is permanent and irreversible despite losing its hold on the Arrow, so it would seem to vary from Stand to Stand.
Gonk: The drawings in Boingo's manga seem like they're trying to push this trope to its logical extreme.
Good Is Not Dumb: The large majority of the protagonists have at least some Guile Hero tendencies, and win their fight by outsmarting their opponents rather than brute strength.
Good Is Not Nice: Joseph and Jotaro are the heroes, but are still dicks.
Good Is Not Soft: The purest of the Joestar will kill his enemies if they are evil.
Special mention to Giorno who genuinely is a Neighbourhood-friendly Gangster but also viciously kills anyone in his path.
Good Thing You Can Heal: Tends to be used by Araki as an excuse to really beat up on his protagonists, but there's no denying it comes in handy. Josuke's Crazy Diamond is the purest example of this, as its ability is to restore damaged things to their original state (unless he's mad, in which case the results can end up quite distorted). Less directly, Giornio's Gold Experience can turn inanimate objects into living tissue to replace damaged flesh, Foo Fighters can do the same with plankton for a quick patch job and Hot Pants can use Cream starter to cover any flesh wound. Since this isn't the intended purpose for those stands, however, the full healing process can take much longer and be more uncomfortable than Crazy Diamond's work. Jolyne can also stitch people up quickly with her strings, but that's more of a stop-gap solution that works better on her than on anyone else.
In Steel Ball Run, Johnny and Gyro have a Zombie Horse (healing string) and Hot Pants' Cream Starter seemingly just to let Araki mutilate them even more.
Go Out with a Smile: Jonathan; Jolyne
Gorn: Not as bad as say...Vagabond or even Fist of the North Star since it's mainly blood, not guts or limbs flying. But it is still one of the most violent shonen series out there...
Specifically Araki likes to draw injuries in specific organs the readers will probably cringe at the idea of being hurt in there.
Government Conspiracy: In "Steel Ball Run",the eponymous race is a conspiracy orchestrated by the President of the Unites States Funny Valentine in order to reunites the relics of Jesus-Christ.
Gratuitous English:
Every single attack and Stand name is given in English, from Sunlight Yellow Overdrive (which is spelt Sunraito Iero Obadoraibu) in Phantom Blood through The World (ZA WARUDO!) and up to JoJolion's Soft & Wet (Sofuto Ando Wetto).
This goes for some catch phrases too. For example, Joseph Joestar's "OH! MY! GOD!" is written in English in the manga whenever he uses it. The D'Arby brothers also tend to say "GOOD!" when they come to agreement with their opponent, and Avdol's "Yes, I AM!" is always said with enthusiasm. Cameo and Judgment's "HAIL 2 U!" was parodied when Avdol corrupts it into "HELL 2 U!"
From Diamond Is Unbreakable, Koichi's Stand, Echoes (Act 3) is capable of speaking, but usually does it "gangsta-style" like: "OK! Master Let's kill da ho! Beeetch!"
The weird 3(san )kyu 4 evah in Steel Ball Run also a Pun.
For years, Part 4's title was officially translated as Diamond is not Crash (or Crush). It's more frequently referred to by the less Engrishy Diamond Is Unbreakable, which has finally been seeing some use in Japanese materials as of 2013.
Gratuitous German: The soundtrack releases to the TV anime's adaptation of Battle Tendency are titled Musik ("music") and Leicht Verwendbar ("lightnote They picked the wrong translation of "light", as "leicht" is the adjective for "not heavy" or "easy" rather than the noun "Licht" meaning a source of illumination usernote Again, this is the wrong word, and actually means "usable". Thus, the name as a whole literally translates to "easily usable".").
Gratuitous Italian: Everything in Vento Aureo, as it is set in Italy.
Some fansubs groups of the first season of the anime also add a bit of Italian when either of the Zeppelis are involved.
While it's not the Italian language per se, the vast majority of American citizens in Stone Ocean (set in Florida, US) have Italian names for some reason (because Araki names most Stand masters after famous fashion designers and companies, but there's no In-Universe reason).
"Groundhog Day" Loop:
Kira's final Stand ability, Bite the Dust, is a version of this. Hayato has been cursed with a miniature Killer Queen which will emerge and detonate anyone who tries to extract information about Kira from him, with the time loop resetting to the morning Kira set the trap afterward. What makes this trap truly insidious is that certain key events will carry over to the next loop and spontaneously occur even if Hayato deliberately avoids taking the same actions.
Ringo's stand Mandom from part 7 creates a version where everyone has Ripple Effect-Proof Memory, creating a cat-and-mouse game between the user and his victims as they attempt to one-up each other.
The Greatest Story Never Told: The whole plot of Phantom Blood is said to have fallen into oblivion as everyone involved kept it secret.
Guardian Entity: The Stands are the Trope Codifier in Japanese media.
Guile Hero: All the protagonists. Almost every battle is decided through trickery and clever tactics rather than power.
Guns Are Worthless:
The first two parts are focused around vampires, who can only be killed by sunlight and Ripple. Thus, when Dio and Straizo are blasted full of holes, they wind up perfectly fine soon after.
Whenever guns come into play, Stands can usually negate them. Most protagonist Stands (Star Platinum, Crazy Diamond) are fast and precise enough to catch the bullet, and a few villain Stands are able to deflect them as well. The only way a gun can pose a threat to a Stand user most of the time is if the gun is a Stand, or if it's being augmented by one.
The Gunslinger: Guido Mista, Hol Horse, Magenta Magenta, and Foo Fighters.
Lots of people in Steel Ball Run end up using revolvers, especially if their Stand is not really that useful for directly attacking an enemy, like Ringo's or Mountain Tim's.
Funny Valentine uses a gun.
Gut Punch: Beloved characters are more often than not suddenly killed. Sometimes a Gut Punch literally happens because villainous Stand do punch through people's stomachs.
Guy Liner:In most artwork, the mostly male characters are colored as if they wore lipsticks, as if the poses weren't enough.
Hair Color Dissonance: Pretty much every character is victim to this since Araki is partial to using wacky coloring on volume covers and other official art. For example, Yasuho from JoJolion is probably rose-haired but has also appeared with her hair colored purple and green.
Ham-to-Ham Combat: They are everywhere, no character is letting an occasion to gloat about their power or exposing their way of life in the hammiest way possible pass.
Harmful Healing: When Josuke of Part 4 gets angry, his Stand's ability to heal/repair objects goes a bit out of his control. Ask the guy whose nose was basically turned into a pig snout. Done deliberately against the user of Highway Star; the guy was bedridden and tried to use that to defend himself... so Josuke healed him back to perfect health and then beat the shit out of him.
Pearl Jam's powers give food this effect. Any food or beverage affected by it will be especially delicious and restorative, but also detoxes the affected by forcefully expelling things such as rotted teeth and even intestines, though afterwards you'll feel better than before.
Hate Sink: Has its own page here.
Hates Small Talk: Jotaro is always straight to the point, and talking with him is an arduous task. Likewise, Giorno doesn't say anything until he has something to say.
Heart Is an Awesome Power: Pretty much everyone, constantly. Taking seemingly-useless powers and making them awesome is a regular feature.
Heaven: Righteous characters are seen ascending to Heaven, although no one sees villains descending to Hell.
Heel–Face Turn: Some characters introduced as evil become good after being defeated
Kakyoin and Polnareff from Stardust Crusaders were Brainwashed and Crazy, serving Dio against their will.
Foo Fighters began as a misguided henchman of Pucci, but befriends Jolyne and joins the side of good.
Wekapipo, a Punch-Clock Villain at the service of Funny Valentine, is told by Gyro that his family is taking care of Weakapipo's blind sister. He allies with Gyro and Johnny out of gratitude.
He Knows Too Much: A common reason for why people die in Jojo.
Enya dies half because she failed to kill the Joestars, but also because DIO doesn't want her to spill the beans on his power, even though she stays silent as she realizes DIO has betrayed her.
Shigechi discovers that Yoshikage Kira is a serial killer, he dies not five minutes after.
Anyone to even wishes to know about Diavolo, be it his past, name, power or appearance, gets offed.
Johngalli A. gets shot from behind by Whitesnake because he knows its owner and Pucci doesn't want to be discovered too soon.
Gloria Costello, Ermes's big sister, gets killed by Sports Maxx for accidentally witnessing one of his murders.
Hereditary Curse: A Joestar curse is briefly alluded to in "Battle Tendency" to represent the tragic fate of every Joestar to date. It's not represented as an actual curse, though.
In "JoJolion" the Higashikata disease which turns the eldest child to rock is explicitely called a curse.
Heroes "R" Us: Commencing with Part 2, the Speedwagon Foundation dedicates a part of its funds investigating supernatural events and helping the Joestars in any way they can, providing supplies and information on the enemy at the cost of the many Red Shirts working in it.
Heroic Resolve: Fights are won by those with the guts to do what's necessary to win, notably sacrifice a limb or two or even one's life.
Heroic Sacrifice: There are many such sacrifices in the series.
Will A. Zeppeli fights Tarkus, knowing that he will die in order to free Jonathan.
Abdul and Iggy sacrifice themselves to save Polnareff from Vanilla Ice.
Kakyoin takes one for the team, with his extremely risky strategy of using the 20-Meter Emerald Splash to figure out DIO's power. At the cost of his life, his plan works in the end.
Foo Fighters spends the last of its plankton to heal Anasui and subsequently, dies.
In Jojolion Josefumi Kujo sacrifices himself to save Yoshikage Kira, the son of Holy whom Josefumi sees as a saintly figure.
Hero Killer: Many main antagonists and their strongest henchmen will be this.
Dio Brando has killed Jonathan and Kakyoin while being indirectly responsible for many other deaths.
Vanilla Ice is the biggest Hero Killer of Stardust Crusaders, killing two of the main characters.
Whenever Diavolo appears, someone from Bucciarati's Gang dies, namely Bruno, Abbacchio and Narancia, half of the cast!
Pucci almost manages to kill the entire party in Stone Ocean, having the distinction of killing Jotaro!
Hidden Purpose Test: As an entrance test to Passione, Polpo gives Giorno a lighter and tells him to keep it lit for 24 hours. The true purpose of the test is to weed out the weak when the lighter is eventually put out and lit up, as Black Sabbath appears to stab any nearby people with an Arrow.
High-Pressure Blood: Whenever blood flows, it always sprays far and wide, covering the characters in blood.
High-Voltage Death: Keicho is taken by Red Hot Chili Pepper and is run through an electric cable, he dies electrocuted. In Stone Ocean, Thunder Mcqueen tries to kill himself this way.
Hot-Blooded: Being hot-blooded is practically a hereditary trait among Joestars, with Joseph being the most hot-blooded of the entire family.
Hollywood Darkness: The anime portrays darkness with really out-there coloring . The first image is in torchlight; the second is "complete darkness".
Hollywood Healing: Characters tend to receive gruesome wounds during a fight, but mysteriously heal between each arc. This is later Handwaved when Araki begins to incorporate healers in the group.
Homage: Part 3 was originally intended to be a modern retelling of Dracula and that can still be seen in the final version.
The first willing servant of the main vampire is an older, deranged man associated with flies (Gray Fly, a man with a bug Stand, in JoJo; Renfield, who consumes flies, in Dracula).
Dio's coffin ends up on a boat that he wipes out, leaving an eerily empty boat to pull into port, just like Dracula's arrival in England.
A timed quest begins as the main vampire villain curses a woman close to the other main characters (Dio's actions granting Holy a Stand she can't handle in JoJo; Dracula cursing Mina in Dracula).
The heroes are able to track down the main vampire villain thanks to a mutual psychic connection between them (the connection with Jonathan's body and Hermit Purple in JoJo; Dracula's curse on Mina in Dracula).
The time limit leading to a quest to chase the vampire down to the home base that he has hidden in to escape the heroes that have discovered his plot (Jotaro going from Japan to Dio's home in Egypt in JoJo; the heroes leaving London to stop Dracula in Transylvania in Dracula).
Unlike what is typical for JoJo, since Dio is using Jonathan's body, the defeat of the vampire means his body finally gets to rest in peace (in Dracula, vampires are more like demons possessing a body, trapping the owner's soul from passing on, so killing Dracula frees his soul and causes the body to smile).
Several character elements could also be considered homages. The main vampire has a strong connection to a character named Jonathan. Either Joseph or Avdol could be considered parallels to Van Helsing (Joseph being the older mentor, Avdol providing information about the threats they face). Kakyoin's Heroic Sacrifice is somewhat similar to Quincey Morris, both of them are younger characters who die providing a way for the heroes to finish off the villain. Hol Horse, who was originally going to join the heroes, is an exaggerated cowboy stereotype, similar to the Texan Quincey Morris.
Hotter and Sexier: Since the move to a seinen magazine, the series has been able to get away with showing the occasional nipple. Part 8 also is fairly sexualized at points, such as Gappy nearly having sex with Daiya, and Yasuho nearly getting raped, not to mention a decent bit of nudity.
Even then, whereas Phantom Blood was pretty prude (a stolen first kiss being the only scene vaguely reminiscent of sexual abuse), Stone Ocean begins with Jolyne complaining that someone saw her masturbating.
How Do I Shot Web?: When Stand abilities first manifest in someone, they typically don't know how to utilize them, or don't know that that they are utilizing them. For example, Jotaro didn't know he could control Star Platinum and thought he was being haunted by a spirit only he could see, and Koichi had no clue how to summon Echoes when he was revived with his newfound Stand powers.
Hypocritical Humor:
Mikitaka (who claims to be an alien) has something to say about Super Fly: "Boy, there are some weird people to live in a tower".
Earlier in Part 3, Polnareff decides to pick a restaurant by throwing his lit cigarette on the ground and going to the one it points too; later a fire starts due to the same cigarette and Polnareff wonders who could be so careless.
Identity Amnesia: Weather Report from Stone Ocean has had his memory stolen by Enrico Pucci and doesn't remember who he is. In Jojolion, Josuke's (Josuke being a temporary name) amnesia and his attempt to discover his identity drive much of the plot.
Idiot Ball: Happens all the time, unfortunately.
The whole damn Stardust Crusaders team (but especially Kakyoin) was collectively holding the ball when they were being attacked by Death 13. Even counting the fact that it attacks them in their dreams Freddy Krueger-style and they don't remember a thing when they wake up, Kakyoin acts completely hysterical when he finds out, to the point of convincing the others that he's losing his mind, while the others are unreasonably skeptical of the idea that the baby they're carrying around might be a Stand user (an orangutan turned out to be a Stand user earlier, why not a baby?) and that the Stand attacks them in their dreams when both Kakyoin and Polnareff remember having horrible nightmares (just not what happened during them) that day.
When Jotaro found Polnareff who was de-aged by Alessi's Stand he assumes that Polnareff is just a kid. Considering that not only did the kid look like Polnareff but also wore his clothes and claimed to be Polnareff, Jotaro should have gotten suspicious. The group have fought Stand users with some really bizarre abilities after all, and an enemy Stand is usually the first conclusion they jump to whenever anything strange happens.
In Vento Aureo, it takes an absurdly long time for the gang to figure out that Narancia is knowingly being controlled by a Stand that makes him lie, even though he covers his mouth as much as possible, does increasingly bizarre things, and constantly freaks out right after speaking. They should at least have realized that something was deeply wrong with him, instead of writing it off as some sort of prank.
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: A recurring element in Jojo is that the strongest Stands will at one point punch through someone's stomach, impaling the victim with their arm.
Impossibly Cool Clothes: The picture on this page is a pretty good indication how swank the average character dresses. The Impossibly Cool Clothes factor evolves as the series progresses, and artwork outside of the actual story is just crazy. What is that hat? A deerstalker, maybe? Turned sideways? But what about that red...growth? ◊
Impossibly Tacky Clothes: That said, not everyone views them the same way, especially with regards to the costumes presented from Vento Aureo onwards (try to convince newcomers that Fugo's clothes were not eaten by moths, for example).
Improbable Age: Several examples, particularly Abbacchio's previous police work. He is supposed to be only 20 when Part 5 started.
Improbable Weapon User: Zeppeli and WINE. His grandson uses soap bubbles. And his Alternate Timeline version uses Steel Balls.
Inelegant Blubbering:
Polnareff sheds some very un-manly tears after Avdol's (apparent) death.
Esidisi's sudden crying fit, which was unexpected enough to rather unnerve his opponent, and looked pretty silly.
Info Dump: Happens frequently as Araki stumbles upon something that interests him, such as the brown rat, or the history of Singapore, Akira's custom-made guitar, or Florida's wildlife.
Informed Ability/Flaw: Sometimes, Stand stats just don't make sense.
For example, The Emperor, which is able to guide its bullet mid-flight around a swinging sword and resume its original trajectory has the second lowest possible Precision possible for a Stand, just short of a zero.
An example of the opposite end of the scale is 20th Century Boy, which somehow has a mid-tier C in speed despite the fact that activating it prevents the user from moving at all.
Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: The Oingo Boingo brothers are ineffectual goons who are simply a lot more hilarious and pathetic than genuinely threatening.
Insane Troll Logic: A few CloudCuckooLanders demonstrate this.
Alessi claims that only weirdos say they aren't weird. Thus by claiming to be weird, he's not a weirdo.
Thunder McQueen is complimented and pushed to live by Ermes, he's overjoyed to find someone who supports him and figures that since something that good won't happen to him again, he's better off killing himself.
According to Dr. Ferdinand, dinosaurs went extinct because they didn't respect the Earth.
In-Series Nickname: ""Jojo"".
Intellectual Animal: Developing a Stand in an animal brings its level of intelligence to near-human levels. Iggy, Pet Shop, and Stray Cat being the primary examples.
Foo Fighters is an even more extreme example: it's a mass of plankton formed into its own Stand, though later it conceals itself by taking over a dead girl's body to walk around in. It's less squicky than it sounds. Her main reason for allying with Jolyne is that she's absolutely in love with experiencing things like sights, smells, tastes, and sensations, and having actual memories.
Interesting Situation Duel: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure could be summarized as "Interesting Situation Duel - The Manga". More prominent examples of this trope include:
Gyro vs. Valentine in which Lucy's corpse is the center of a space distorsion which causes the water of the Atlantic Ocean to surround the three of them.
Joseph vs. Wamuu, as both have to pilot chariots pulled by vampire horses, and a weapon is distributed to each of them at every turn.
Kakyoin vs. Gray Fly happens in the cramped space of a plane.
Joseph vs. Kars, a Free-Fall Fight
Josuke vs. Toyohiro, a Rooftop Confrontation
Jolyne vs. Lang Rangler which happens in a no-gravity and no-atmosphere environment.
Foo Fighters vs. Kenzou as Kenzou's Stand Dragon's Dream points toward the best direction to attack the other, but Dragon's Dream is neutral.
Gyro vs. Ringo during which Ringo can rewind time by six seconds, but both are aware of this rewind and have to recompose plans to take into account their past mistakes.
Chariot Requiem causes a "Freaky Friday" Flip for everyone in Rome, then automatically protects the Arrow which everyone wants. However, Stands all try to protect the Arrow.
Invisible to Normals: Stands themselves, being psychic manifestations, cannot be seen by the non-sensitive. The same applies to any powers the Stand has - the flaming heat created by Magician's Red can be felt, but not seen. The two best occasions that illustrate this is in Stardust Crusaders, where Holly says she saw a "hand" emerge from Jotaro to stop a bullet, something other people couldn't see, and in Steel Ball Run, Blackmore notes that Lucy can't see his Stand, which takes the form of a mask, while from Lucy's point of view she only sees his face as normal. There are exceptions to this rule, most frequently in Stands that modify the appearance of objects, like the disguise-forming Yellow Temperance or the invisibility field of Achtung Baby.
Involuntary Group Split: Several times:
In Stardust Crusaders, Terence D'Arby splits the group in half by taking Jotaro, Joseph and Kakyoin.
In Stone Ocean, C-Moon's gravity powers make Ermes fall away from the group.
Invulnerable Horses: Zig-Zagged in Steel Ball Run, most of the time horses don't suffer damage from the battles, but one opponent will occasionally attack the horses themselves, and maybe even hurt them.
Irony: The Red Stone of Aja, the key to Kars' ascendance to godhood, was also the key to his ultimate defeat.
Ironic Echo: In the anime, Part 2 specifically, the same music is used when Caesar is introduced as when his body is found.
During the final battle of Part 3, DIO thinks to himself that "I have one simple ideal, just one — to be victorious and rule!" After Jotaro beats him, he says there was "one reason for your defeat, just one simple answer — because you pissed me off."
Ironic Hell: Kars wants to become utterly immortal in every sense of the word. So Joseph uses a volcano to shoot him into space, where he can't die or change his trajectory and spends the rest of eternity curled into a ball until he goes insane and stops thinking.
Most of the villains actually end up suffering ironic fates.
Kira just wanted to be left alone and keep on murdering people to achieve happiness. He ends up being dragged to hell by the ghosts of his victims as karmic payback.
Diavolo wanted to erase all ties to his past and stand alone at the top of humanity. He ends up stuck in an infinite and continuously changing death loop due to Gold Experience erasing the moment of his death. Afterwards, Giorno takes over his organization.
Funny Valentine abuses the power of D4C to escape any harm in his goal to take the corpse. Tusk Act 4 slams him into a hole in the ground, and Funny's attempts to use D4C to escape by switching bodies with his counterparts fail since Tusk Act 4's power forces his counterparts into a hole as well, leading to a temporary repetitious loop of Funny escaping only to be dragged back into the hole.
The only exception is Dio Brando, who was originally cosigned to spending the rest of his limited unlife on a sunken ship in the arms of the dead Jonathan Joestar, the one person who he loved and hated more than anything in the world. Not only did he get what he wanted in the first place, but he came back stronger than ever from it. Ultiamtely what he wanted ended up backfiring as it gave the other Jostars their stands and it's later revealed to be a Double Subversion when Jotaro uses Time Stands Still powers against him, leading to his defeat.
It Makes Sense in Context:
Arguably one of the selling points of the series. Because Stardust Crusaders was the first part to be localized in the West, a prologue explaining the events of the first two parts was made.
Futhermore, good luck explaining anything to anyone due to the rampant amount of Musical Theme Naming. "Vanilla Ice ◊, using Cream ◊, killed Iggy ◊ and Avdol ◊ and almost killed Polnareff ◊."
Just a Flesh Wound: Zigzagged, some gruesome wounds barely register on the characters but others, usually those that truly handicap movement like a leg wound, are treated gravely.
Just a Kid: The younger Stand users hide how dangerous they are by passing as a normal child. Everyone thinks of Mannish Boy as a normal baby while he wields one of the most dangerous Stands of Part 3. In the same vein, Ken Oyanagi acts like a normal kid obsessed with Rock paper scissors to lure people into his game.
Kiai: One of the more well-known aspects of the series is the so-called "Stand cry", a repetitive war cry uttered when one's Stand engages in Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs.
Dio Brando's "Wryyyyyy!" The most famous version is from the popular flash-movie with it. There's also the famous "MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA!" (meaning "futile" or "useless" in Japanese).
Jotaro's "ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA... ORAAAAAAAA!".
His daughter Jolyne has the same Stand cry, and so does Johnny. Part 8 Josuke as well, with an occasional "ARA" thrown in.
In fact, "ORAORAORA" could be said to be the signature Kiai of the Joestar family.
In the first two parts, everybody, even oneshot characters, had their own, although these were not Stand cries since the first two parts didn't feature Stands.
Part 4 Josuke has "DORARARARARARARARA! DORYA!"
In Part 5, almost everybody has some sort of Stand cry.
Giorno has "MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA!" and "WRYYYYYYYY!", mirroring his father's.
Bucciarati has "ARIARIARIARIARI! ARRIVEDERCI!" (Arrivederci means "Goodbye!" in Italian.)
Narancia has "VOLAVOLAVOLAVOLAVOLA! VOLARE VIA!" (Meaning "Fly away!" in Italian.)
Fugo has "UBASHAAAAAAAA!" and the various other shrieks emitted by his Stand.
Trish has "WANNABEEEEEE!"
Kick the Dog: Being a villain in this series means you have to do this at least once.
Dio, in Stardust Crusaders, forces Senator Wilson Phillips to drive him around Cairo, after disabling the guy's driver, regardless of who gets in the way. And then they run into a large traffic jam.
Dio: There's plenty of room on the sidewalk. Drive on there.
Phillips: But, but there are people there!
Dio: So? Do it.
Later, just before fighting Jotaro and killing Joseph, he took advantage of his ability in the most petty way possible, ripping apart a cat and using its flesh to traumatize as many people as possible by sticking it into their stuff.
In Phantom Blood, he forces Erina to kiss him, rather than Jonathan, the rightful kisser, putting human heads on dogs, and forcing a mother to eat her child on the terms he wouldn't harm him.
Tarkus, one of Dio's zombies, literally kicking Bruford's armor and badmouthing him for dying again, which is very jarring considering the latter was a comrade in arms in life.
Straizo tearing out a lady's tooth in front of Joseph.
Kars going back on his word about fighting Lisa Lisa fairly and backstabbing her. Then gloating about it to Joseph.
Wamuu casually killing Mark without even noticing him. Both Caesar and Joseph are angry at this Lack of Empathy.
J. Geil gloating about killing Avdol and Polnareff's sister.
Steely Dan's assassination of Enya comes across as this, considering how loyal she was to Dio.
Alessi turning an innocent woman into a fetus because she was in the way.
Kira using Hayato as a bomb while mocking him.
Diavolo killing a helpless boy and using him as a calling card to Bruno's group.
Polpo killing a helpless janitor for lighting a lighter during Giorno's initiation test.
Melone killing a woman in order to create a baby Stand from her.
Ciocolata going a killing spree, killing the population of Rome For the Evulz.
Pucci using Dio's knife trick on Jolyne in front of Jotaro to push his Papa Wolf button.
Dontello attempting to kill off some hospitalized children in front of Jolyne to drive down the Despair Event Horizon.
Valentine invoking his Karma Houdini powers to force his karma onto others.
The running joke is that Araki has some hatred of dogs, since he has a bad habit of violently killing them in the series. Just check below.note Actually, Araki loves dogs. To him, it's the quickest way to show someone is an irredeemable monster.
Dio's first act upon meeting Jonathan is to literally kick Danny, Jonathan's dog, when he comes over to him.
Phantom Blood: Danny is bound in wire and burned alive.
Subverted surprisingly in Battle Tendency, when the Big Bad Kars actually saves a dog from drunk drivers while killing them at the same time.
Stardust Crusaders: A dog is dissolved by Yellow Temperance, another dog's head splits open in Death 13's dreamworld, Pet Shop kills two dogs for accidentally wandering around Dio's citadel and eats their eyes out in front of their owner, and Iggy is forced to tear his leg off to survive his battle with Pet Shop and is later either torn to shreds by Negative Space Wedgie or literally kicked to death by Vanilla Ice, depending on the adaptation. The prevalence of dead dogs is practically lampshaded when Jotaro sees a impaled dog, and just thinks "Move on, nothing to see here!"
Diamond Is Unbreakable: Angelo bites off a dog's face, Kira slits Arnold's neck, and Antonio explodes a dog's internal organs, but it comes back healthier than ever before.
Stone Ocean: Pucci's stand kills a dog during the final battle.
Steel Ball Run: Magenta Magenta shoots a wolf pup.
Know When to Fold 'Em: In a series full of Combat Pragmatist, characters choosing to retreat from a disadvantageous battle until they can get the upper hand are common.
In Stardust Crusaders, the group doesn't even bother facing DIO directly at night, knowing that fighting him without the slightest hint of his power is suicide, thus opt to flee, despite Polnareff's protests.
In Stone Ocean, Pucci acquires the power of accelerating time, which he uses somewhat like Super Speed. The group decides to flee temporarily toward a more advantageous terrain.
A recurring joke is Joseph going into a big badass monologue about how he still has a trick up his sleeve that his opponent cannot match, with the "trick" being revealed as Joseph running away. For reference, it's absolutely hilarious. Of course, running away from a Crazy-Prepared Hamon-wielding vampire or a completely indestructible, shapeshifting Ultimate Life Form is a very rational thing to do, and being the Guile Hero that he is, Joseph is always thinking about a solution while running.
Alternative Title(s): G To O
Tropes E to F
Franchise/JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Tropes L to O
Manga/JoJo's Bizarre Adventure


Who says neutrals can't pack a big punch? Sure, they're soft, subtle and elegant, but they're also the glue that holds a successful design together. Without them, colours would run wild. If your space could use a softer touch, put these power-colours to work. We'll show you how!
Neutral colours create the backdrop for all elements within a space. The neutral you choose speaks volumes about your personal style preference. Warmer neutrals, such as tan, brown and golden shades, work well for traditional spaces, whereas gray, blue and silver shades appear more modern. White and black can be used to complement a range of styles, such as vintage, cottage-chic, modern, French-country, urban and eclectic. For a room you'll love, choose a neutral that sets the stage for your favorite style.
For colour schemes that consist primarily of neutrals, be sure to use different textures and patterns throughout the space. Weaves work well for rugs, throws and storage baskets. Satin and sheer fabrics enhance any window treatment, and faux fur pillows are soft to the touch. Layering these elements throughout your room allows the eye to separate one item from the next, creating an elegant feel.
Once you've created visual interest through texture and pattern, top everything off with small pops of colour that enhance your decor. An easy way to add a splash of colour is through artwork. Find prints or framed images that include neutral colours from your scheme while also introducing brighter hues. You can also use floral arrangements for a touch of natural colour. The blooms and stems will add just enough colour to become a focal point in the room.
If choosing the right neutral is still a tough call, find your inspiration from nature. Bring in natural elements, such as wood, shell, glass and metallic finishes, then use them as a reference when choosing other items for the room. When shopping for paint, take some of the smaller accessories with you. Hold them against your paint samples to see how the colours affect one another. You may even find the perfect paint shade hidden within these accessories; if so, ask the paint representative if they can match the colour.
Of all neutral colours, white brings the most to the table. The old rule says, "Don't use dark colours in small spaces." The new rule says, "Add white, and do what you want." Create a white board-and-batten wainscot or simply use white as the primary colour for furniture, fabrics and accessories, and you'll find freedom to go bold on the walls in any room of the house.


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Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, Rhoda Janzen
Daughter to a famous theologian and an irrepressibly matter-of-fact mother, Rhoda Janzen grew up in a strict Mennonite family. She wore tight plaits, shapeless ankle length skirts, and took a thermos of strong-smelling Borscht to school each day. She couldn't dance and was permitted to sing only hymns. Since the Mennonites frown on higher education for women, it was expected that Janzen would marry, settle down, and produce obedient Mennonite children.
As soon as she is able, Janzen flees. She studies English literature instead of theology, gains a PhD, becomes a professor, publishes poetry. And she marries the opposite of a Mennonite man—the stylish, worldly, vainglorious Nick. Janzen's life then becomes one of elegant understatement, full of art openings, cocktail parties, interesting conversations, and little black dresses.
One day, Nick leaves her for a man he meets on Gay.com. In the same week, she is in an awful automobile accident. Alone, in shock, unable to work or manage the mortgage on their new lake house on her own, Janzen hits rock bottom. Her family urges her to come home, and home she goes.
What happens surprises her. She is heartily welcomed. She is accepted and loved. Without a husband, Janzen unconsciously drifts back to the point of origin, finding comfort in the sense of community and strong ethics of the Mennonites, even while she pokes fun at their old-fashioned quirks.
Her descriptions of growing up Mennonite and how this upbringing collides with the world Nick offers are at once hilarious and tender. Janzen's intelligence shines brightly through all the comedy. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress is a heart-warming story of self-revelation, transformation and, finally, self-acceptance.
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home, Rhoda Janzen published by Allen & Unwin.
Review first published in The Courier-Mail in February 2011.


Tear stains are distinguished as the reddish brown streaks that appear under your dog's eye. It is commonly seen in dog breeds such as the Lhasa Apso, Maltese, and Shih Tzu. It is much more noticeable on animals with light-colored fur.
A lot of pet owners fret over tear staining because it doesn't look good, but there is more to tear staining than the aesthetic concern. Epiphora (excessive tear production), is the most common cause of discoloration.
The reason is because your pet's tears contain porphyrins, which are molecules that contain iron as the result of red blood cells breakdown.
Genetics, environmental factors, and overall health status can influence the amount of porphyrins that your pet makes and secretes. The porphyrins can leave a rust-colored stain if it sits on your pet's fur.
Excess tearing can be a result of many conditions. If your dog has a flatter snout and protruding eyes, check if her facial hair is not rubbing on her cornea, as this may lead to tearing and irritation.
Ectropion: A condition in which the lower eyelid rolls out or droops from the surface of the eyes, which causes watery eyes and irritation.
Entropion: A condition in which the lower eyelid folds inward, which causes pain, irritation, and excessive tearing.
Trichiasis: A condition in which the eyelashes grow in the wrong direction, which causes pain and irritation.
If your pet doesn't have any structural abnormality on her eyelid or eyelashes, then excessive tearing could be due to viral conjunctivitis, glaucoma or your pet might be suffering from an allergic reaction.
A foreign object that gets stuck in your pet's eye, causing acute injury, can also cause tearing and irritation.
Abnormal tear drainage is one of the causes of tear stains. It is quite common in brachycephalic breeds (dogs with "pushed" faces). Examples include pugs, bulldogs, Shih Tsuz and Pekingese.
These breeds commonly develop eyelid problems because of their protruding eyes. They often have difficulty in closing their eyes all the way. This may lead to drying and irritation, which can also lead to excessive tearing as their body attempts to keep the corneas moist and well lubricated. Most of these breeds also have abnormal tear drainage.
Their tear isn't funneled into their tear ducts, then it spills out onto their faces, which makes their eyes chronically runny. Sometimes, your pet's tear ducts may be simply blocked. Go to your veterinarian as he/she may be able to flush them out and solve the problem.
Getting a veterinary ophthalmologist for complicated cases is well worth it. They have the training, experience and specialize equipment necessary to perform delicate eye surgery.
Excessive tearing from your pet's eye may lead to infection. If you noticed an unpleasant order, then your pet may have developed a yeast infection.
You may see a holistic veterinarian for natural treatment option if your pet has caught a yeast or another infection. You could also try using colloidal silver as it has antimicrobial properties that may help reduce yeast infection. Apply a small amount (via cotton ball) and gently rub it in your pet's face.
Alternatively, you can also dilute an organic tear-free baby shampoo and gently cleanse the skin around your dog's eye twice a day until the infection is gone.
Wipe your dog's face with a damp cloth at least twice a day. This will clear away porphyrin.
Keep your dog's face hair trimmed.
If the hair around your pet's eyes is notably annoying to her, ask a groomer to shave the hair under the eyes. Applying a thin layer of coconut oil to the area may help reduce irritation and inflammation.
Use some herbal eye wash products that may be useful for pets that are prone to tear stains. There are also supplements that are notable in assisting detoxification such as dandelion, milk thistle, chlorophyll, olive leaf, probiotics, and colostrum.
Overall, a good health foundation is needed. Feed your dog a fresh, and well-balanced diet and always supply clean and filtered drinking water.
If you feed your dog a commercial diet, then it is recommended to rotate brands and recipes/flavors to provide a variety of nutrients to your pet. This will also give your pet a break from the exact same amount of premixed vitamins and minerals that you feed her on a daily basis.
Avoid removing tear stains with products like milk of magnesia, hydrogen peroxide, corn syrup, make-up remover, and medicated powders intended for humans.
Avoid tear stain products that contain antibiotics. You should only use a tear stain product that is clearly labeled as "antibiotic free". For natural options, go to your holistic veterinarian and ask for a recommendation.
By keeping your pet's face clean, providing her with a healthy diet and addressing any injuries or structural or infectious factors in her excessive tearing, you can likely keep tear staining to a minimum.


Despite growing pressure to address the tragedy of African migrants drowning in the Mediterranean, the African leaders at the African Union summit in South Africa are unlikely to offer any solutions to the crisis, according to AFP.
In anticipation of the scheduled meeting between the AU and EU later in the year, the AU will discuss refugee issues in closed session on the first day of the nine day summit. However, due to the fact, most African leaders scorn human rights, there is a lack of competence and will to be critical of each other's policies on refugee and immigration for fear of being seen as a mouthpiece of the West. Because of this and of course most African leaders lack of empathy for a commoner in their countries all efforts to combat the African refugee crises have been thwarted for now.
South African president Jacob Zuma, the host of the 25th African Union summit is not likely to take the lead on any pan-continental effort to tackle the refugee crisis, as he faces criticism over deadly xenophobic violence in his country earlier this year. After the xenophobic attacks in South Africa, President Jacob Zuma refused to accept blame and he was quoted as saying "As much as we can have a problem alleged to be xenophobic, our brother countries contributed to this," he said. "Why are the citizens not in their countries?". A problem Nigeria and Zimbabwe led the criticism against South Africa for not protecting their citizens after a series of anti-migrant attacks in January and April.
Last weekend alone, 6,000 people, most of them sub-Saharan Africans, were pulled to safety from fishing boats and rubber dinghies off Libya. Nearly 1,800, mainly African and Middle Eastern refugees, have drowned in the Mediterranean this year.


Join us to hear from Molly Rudberg-Leshnock to hear about personal branding, leadership and Motherhood, Inc!
Entrepreneur, author and reinvention coach, Molly brings with her a potent mix of personal branding, leadership development, marketing strategy, working at thriving companies and running her own for over 15 years. A sworn enemy of the status quo, Molly works with individuals and organizations to get gutsy, craft change and overthrow the belief systems that limit their possibility and potential. Part business strategist, marketing maven and status quo questioner, Molly's clients prefer to color outside the lines, question convention and take on the impossible.
Having worked alongside numerous small and large companies, including The Illinois Technology Association, GE/SmartSignal, BP, Allstate Insurance, Kellogg Graduate School, Northwestern University, JAM Productions and numerous others, Molly's belief is simple: Every person and organization has an inspired direction. Every person and organization has a unique story. Every person and organization deserves to discover and declare that story. With an unwavering commitment to powerfully dig and distill out these individual and organizational narratives, through coaching, leadership development and true partnership, Molly's clients gain the confidence needed to set up and out – and declare the story they most want to share with the world.


As the busy work week comes to an end, we at Art of BI are looking forward with great anticipation to the coming week. We will be joining other "ODTUGers" at Kscope 2015 in the beautiful Hollywood, FL.
With Business Intelligence projected to have a market value of more than $20 billion by 2018, it is of utmost importance to stay on the cutting edge of new developments in the BI realm. Our collaboration technology can help you do just that.
Our flagship product is BITeamwork, which is a plug-in that enables comments and annotations within your Oracle BI application. This product is essentially a platform that creates a culture among BI users that will enhance the depth of interaction, communication and overall involvement between business units beyond the capabilities of Oracle's out-of-the-box BI applications.
With BITeamwork, we've taken the very basic concept of commenting within a dashboard or adding annotations to your data, and what we have found is that everyone's ideas of what collaboration is varies. When releasing BITeamwork to your team, a "Splash Page" can be very helpful.
A Splash Page gives the people in your organization awareness of any topic. In the photo below, you can see how you can do that on a scheduled frequency if you want to as well.
After creating a Splash Page, you have the ability to show this to your end users. This is especially helpful when you first release OBIEE, or when you are launching a new report or dashboard. Several of our clients use this feature with links to videos to make the page even more helpful.
This is a seamless and very dynamic way to collaborate. Creating a better workflow and a culture of collective decision making is our primary goal. As we head out to Florida, we look forward to meeting with as many other BI users as we can to find out what is and is not working for you. We want to show you how collaborative BI can improve the depth of interaction within your organization and really take you to the next level.


Planting rice on our Yolo County rice farm in May of 2017!
Farming is a generational family tradition. Pictured here are Ward & Stephanie Charter (5th Generation California Farmers) and Coleman & Wayne (6th Generation California Farmers) Although the technology has changed tremendously over the past 100 years, the love of the land and growing crops has not. We are so blessed to be a small part of what feeds the world!


CIFF screening: "Bad Reputation": 7:30 p.m. April 6, Rock Hall's Foster Theater. Only standby tickets are available for this documentary that follows Joan Jett's life story. It's part of the 42nd Cleveland International Film Festival.
Celebration Day: 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. April 7, Rock Hall. The official kickoff to Rock Week includes free admission to the Rock Hall, live music, family activities, new exhibits, educational programs, food trucks and film screenings.
In-Museum Inductee Highlights: April 9-14, Rock Hall. Visitors can explore the lives and music of the Class of 2018. Trivia and prizes are part of the fun. Free with Rock Hall admission.
Author Series: Gayle Wald: 7 p.m. April 11, Rock Hall's Foster Theater. Wald will discuss her book "Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe," during this free event. Tharpe is being honored as an early influencer this year.
Hall of Fame Series: The Moody Blues: 8 p.m. April 12, Rock Hall's Klipsch Audio Main Stage. Arrive early for this limited capacity, standing-room-only event that's free with Rock Hall admission.
Silent No More: #MeToo and the Music Industry: noon to 1:30 p.m. April 12, City Club of Cleveland. The panel discussion includes Meredith Rutledge-Borger (assistant curator for the Rock Hall), Noelle Scaggs (co-lead singer of Fitz and the Tantrums) and Gayle Wald (professor of English at the Columbian College of Arts & Science at George Washington University), moderated by Lauren Onkey (senior director of NPR Music). Tickets are $35; tables are $350-$450.
Red Carpet Livestream: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. April 14. Watch artists, celebrities and guests arrive for the induction ceremony on the Rock Hall's Facebook or YouTube pages.
Induction Ceremony and Official Simulcast: 7:30 p.m. April 14. Both are sold out. You can watch the ceremony on HBO at a later date.
Induction Afterparty with DJ Questlove: 11 p.m. April 14, House of Blues Cleveland. Tickets for the three-hour set are $30 in advance, or $35 day of show.
Hall of Fame Series: Bill Bruford of Yes: 7 p.m. April 18, Rock Hall's Foster Theater. The 2017 Rock Hall inductee will talk about his career, and an audience Q&A will be part of the $10 event.


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## Table of Contents
- [Overview](#overview)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Wrap-up](#wrap)

## Overview

The goal of the mynewt BMA2XX sensor driver is to allow a common interface
across the family of [Bosch BMA200 series accelerometers](https://www.bosch-sensortec.com/bst/products/motion/accelerometers/overview_accelerometers).
Fortunately, the line of sensors have very similar functionality, and share
the same registers mappings and interrupt engine.  The main differences are
that each sensor has different bit-depth (14, 12, 10bit) and chip ids.

The BMA2XX is based off the functionality of the mynewt BMA253 driver, but
now includes SPI and I2C support and will support the following models:

* BMA280 - Supported
* BMA255 - (Coming soon)
* BMA253 - Supported
* BMA250E - (Coming soon)
* BMA22E - (Coming soon)
* BMA220 - (Coming soon)

Bosch-Sensortech has also published a [generic driver](https://github.com/BoschSensortec/BMA2x2_driver)
for reference

## Usage

The BMA2XX driver is designed as an (offboard sensor) and is instantiated from
 the sensor creator.  It also has shell support and defines a "bma2xx" command
 option.  To test it out let's walk through a simple sensor_test application.

NOTE:  Stay tuned for

### Create Target
First let's create a new target and base it off the sensor_test app.  We will
 also enable the shell, the driver and indicate if we are SPI or I2C.
~~~~
> newt target create bma2xx_sensor_test
Target targets/bma2xx_sensor_test successfully created
~~~~
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> newt target set bma2xx_sensor_test app=@apache-mynewt-core/apps/sensors_test bsp=@apache-mynewt-core/hw/bsp/bmd300eval build_profile=debug
Target targets/bma2xx_sensor_test successfully set target.app to @apache-mynewt-core/apps/sensors_test
Target targets/bma2xx_sensor_test successfully set target.bsp to @apache-mynewt-core/hw/bsp/bmd300eval
Target targets/bma2xx_sensor_test successfully set target.build_profile to debug
~~~~
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> newt target set bma2xx_sensor_test syscfg=BMA2XX_OFB=1:SPI_0_MASTER=1:BMA2XX_CLI=1:SHELL_TASK=1
Target targets/bma2xx_sensor_test successfully set target.syscfg to BMA2XX_OFB=1:SPI_0_MASTER=1:BMA2XX_CLI=1:SHELL_TASK=1
~~~~

### Set Model in Config
As mentioned earlier the BMA2XX driver is supported in the sensor creator,
and comes with a set of default settings.  The key attribute that needs to be
 set is the specific model (eg. BMA280, BMA253, etc) so that chip_ids and
 resolution of accelerometer values are correct.  This is found in
 [sensor_creator.c](https://github.com/apache/mynewt-core/blob/master/hw/sensor/creator/src/sensor_creator.c)
in the config_bma2xx_sensor() function, and we will indicate that the BMA280
is present.
~~~~
int
config_bma2xx_sensor(void)
{
    struct os_dev * dev;
    struct bma2xx_cfg cfg;
    int rc;

    dev = os_dev_open("bma2xx_0", OS_TIMEOUT_NEVER, NULL);
    assert(dev != NULL);

    // set the model attribute to one of the following enums
    // enum bma2xx_model {
    //   BMA2XX_BMA280 = 0,
    //   BMA2XX_BMA253 = 1,
    // };
    //
    cfg.model = BMA2XX_BMA280;

    .
    .
    .
}
~~~~

### Set Pins
Don't forgot to update your SPI/I2C pins the appropriate BSP configs and
sensor_creator.c file.  We will not cover how to do that here.

### Load App
Now it's time to build, and load the app to the target bsp.  We will assume
the bootloader is already built and installed.  See [this tutorial](https://mynewt.apache.org/latest/os/tutorials/sensors/sensor_thingy_lis2dh12_onb/)
for more instructions.
Using the "newt run" command (build, load, gdb) we get the following:

~~~~
> newt run bma2xx_sensor_test 0.0.0.1
    .
    .
    .
at repos/apache-mynewt-core/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf52xxx/src/hal_os_tick.c:165
165	    if (ticks > 0) {
Resetting target
0x000000dc in ?? ()
(gdb) c
Continuing.
~~~~

### Read Data
Now that the app is loaded and running in a gdb session let's interact with the
shell to read some data. Below is output from uart session with the BSP.
Please note the command available under the "bma2xx" command option.
~~~~
help

009897 help
009897 stat
009898 config
009899 log
009900 flash
009901 i2c_scan
009902 tasks
009903 mpool
009904 date
009905 sensor
009906 bma2xx
009907
009908 compat> bma2xx

010864 self-test <default|strict>
010864 offset-compensation <x={0g|-1g|+1g}> <y={0g|-1g|+1g}> <z={0g|-1g|+1g}>
010866 query-offsets
010867 write-offsets
010868 stream-read <num-reads>
010868 current-temp
010869 current-orient
010870 wait-for-orient
010870 wait-for-high-g
010871 wait-for-low-g
010872 wait-for-tap <double|single>
010872 power-settings <normal|deep-suspend|suspend|standby|lpm1|lpm2>
                      <0.5ms|1ms|2ms|4ms|6ms|10ms|25ms|50ms|100ms|500ms|1s>
010876 compat> bma2xx stream-read 10

012040 x = 0.009516000 y = 0.017324000 z = 1.004791975
012041 x = 0.011224000 y = 0.021715998 z = 0.998936000
012042 x = 0.012932000 y = 0.021472000 z = 0.997716032
012044 x = 0.019032000 y = 0.019763998 z = 1.001863956
012045 x = 0.016592000 y = 0.017811998 z = 0.996495936
012046 x = 0.017080000 y = 0.016348001 z = 1.001132011
012048 x = 0.016104000 y = 0.011224000 z = 0.993323968
012049 x = 0.017324000 y = 0.015372000 z = 1.006255984
012051 x = 0.015616000 y = 0.015616000 z = 0.994544000
012052 x = 0.014884000 y = 0.018056000 z = 0.999668032
012065 compat>
~~~~

## Wrap-Up
As shown in the example above, in one package your app can support the family
 of Bosch BMA200 sensors with minimal configuration.  Also, using the "newt
 size" command the package runs ~13k in debug mode  In the coming weeks the
  intent is complete support of the rest of the sensors, and provide more in
  depth tutorials that exercise the sensor API.

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