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Lizzie Borden to O. J. Simpson: The Disappointing History of Forensic Science
The historical trajectory of forensic science can be illustrated by three celebrated murder trials: The Lizzie Borden case in 1892; the 1932 murder of the Lindbergh baby and trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann; and the O. J. Simpson double murder and marathon trial of the mid-1990s. Starting with the Borden case, the arc rises to the Lindbergh investigation and trial, then falls to the bungled Simpson crime scene investigation and subsequent trial featuring investigative and forensic incompetence, hired-gun testimony, and televised courtroom showboating and baffoonery.
While Lizzie Borden may have had the opportunity, motive, and means of hacking her stepmother and father to death in their Fall River, Massachusetts home on August 4, 1892, the police, without the benefit of forensic serology and latent fingerprint identification, had no way to physically link her to the bludgeoned victims, or to the never identified hatchet believed to be the instrument of death.
In England, the year of the Borden murders, a biologist named Francis Galton published the world's first book on fingerprint classification. As early as 1880, another Englishman, Henry Faulds, had been writing about the use of finger marks (latent prints) as a method of placing suspects at the scenes of crimes. When Mr. and Mrs. Borden were brutally beaten to death in Fall River, the so-called "exchange principle"--conceived by the French chemist Edmond Locard--that a criminal leaves part of himself at the scene of a crime and takes part of it with him--had not evolved from theory into practice. In 1901, nine years after Lizzie Borden's arrest, scientists in Germany discovered a way to identify and group human blood, a forensic technique that, had it existed in 1892, may have changed the outcome of the Borden case.
The all-male jury at Lizzie Borden's spectator-packed trial, without being presented with physical evidence linking the 32-year-old defendant to the bludgeoned and bloodied bodies, and believing that upper-middle-class women were too genteel for such brutality, found her not guilty. Had expert witnesses identified the stain on her dress as human blood, and matched a bloody crime scene latent to one of her fingers, the evidence, albeit circumstantial, may have convinced the jurors of her guilt. Assuming that she did in fact commit the double murder, Lizzie, confronted by investigators in possession of such damning, physical evidence, may have confessed, or in the very least, made an incriminating remark.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
In 1935, when Bruno Richard Hauptmann, an illegal alien from Germany living in the Bronx went on trial in Flemington, New Jersey for the March 1, 1932 murder of the 20-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, America had confidence in forensic science, and considered it the wave of the future. Because no one had seen the 35-year-old defendant climb the homemade, wooden extension ladder to the second story nursery window at the Lindbergh estate near Hopewell, New Jersey, prosecutors didn't possess direct evidence of his guilt. Moreover, no one knew exactly how Hauptmann had killed the baby--had he been strangled, suffocated, or bludgeoned to death?--or even exactly where the murder took place. (A truck driver who had pulled over to relieve himself along the road, found the baby's remains in a shallow grave about two miles from the Lindbergh house.) If Hauptmann were to be convicted, it would have to be entirely on physical evidence. In other words, jurors, based on the physical evidence and its expert analysis, would have to infer his guilt.
Having eluded detection for two and a half years following the hand-off of $50,000 in ransom money to a shadowy figure in a Bronx cemetery, the kidnapper had been passing the ransom bills, identified by their recorded serial numbers, around New York City. In September 1934, a squad made up of FBI agents, troopers from the New Jersey State Police, and officers with the New York City Police Department, pulled Hauptmann out of his car in Manhattan as he drove from his rented house in the Bronx to Wall Street where he had lost $25,000 in the stock market. From his wallet, the arresting officers recovered one of the ransom bills, and back at his house, found bundles of the ransom money--totaling $14,000--hidden in his garage. Confronted with this and other circumstantial evidence of his guilt, Hauptmann, a low-grade sociopath, refused to confess.
At Hauptmann's January 1935 trial, the most publicized and celebrated event of its kind in America, and perhaps the world, eight of the country's most prominent questioned document examiners testified that Hauptmann had written the note left in the nursery as well as the fourteen ransom negotiation letters sent to the Lindberghs prior to the cemetery payoff. A federal wood expert from Wisconsin took the stand and identified a board from the kidnap ladder as having come from Hauptmann's attic floor. This witness also matched tool marks on the ladder with test marks from the blade of Hauptmann's wood plane. (Although a carpenter by trade, Hauptmann had not used his tools since the ransom payoff in April 1932.)
On February 14, 1935, the jury, based upon Hauptmann's possession of the ransom money, and the physical evidence linking him to the extortion documents and the kidnap ladder, found him guilty. On April 3, 1936, following a series of appeals, prison personnel at the state penitentiary in Trenton, New Jersey strapped him into the electric chair and threw the switch. The handful of protestors gathered outside the death house, when informed of Hauptmann's execution, went home.
Sixty years after Hauptmann's execution, detectives in Los Angeles arrested O. J. Simpson for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ronald Goldman. The blooding knifings occurred at a time when most big city detectives had at least some college education, and months of police academy training. Human blood could not only be identified as such and grouped, it could be traced, through DNA science, to an individual donor. Unlike the Borden murders, the double homicide in California produced identifiable blood stains, drops and pools at the death site, in Simpson's vehicle, and inside his house. The prolonged, nationally televised trial featured the testimony of DNA analysts, crime scene technicians, blood spatter interpretation witnesses, footwear impression experts, and forensic pathologists. The Simpson trial introduced forensic DNA science to the American public, and could have been a showcase for forensic science in general. Instead, the case featured investigative bungling, batteries of opposing experts, prosecutorial incompetence, and a jury so confounded by the conflicting science, they found Simpson not guilty of a crime most people believe he committed.
Like Lizzie Borden, O. J. Simpson, while acquitted, was not exonerated. He was destined to live out the rest of his life in that gray area between innocence and guilt. In the Borden case, prosecutors did the best they could with what they had. In the Simpson case, the state squandered cutting edge science and an embarrassment of riches in physical, crime scene evidence. Perhaps the greatest lesson of the Simpson case is this: in a time of cutting edge science and relatively high-paid, well-educated police officers, criminal investigation has become a lost art, and forensic science, a failed promise.
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Teresa December 4, 2011 at 9:53 AM
I wonder how the OJ case would have turned out if the trial had a no nonsense judge. Judge Ito let the defense run the trial and he refused to stand up to them. I was appalled with the way the defense had even semi-intelligent people thrown off the jury so that they could have a cherry picked group who would either ignore evidence or not understand it. I shake my head when I think about the way that the defense made the trial all about a detective who said the "n" word instead of a brutal man who butchered 2 people. I don't have any respect for the prosecution either. They played the stupid games that the defense played instead of focusing the trial on the murders. If the trial hadn't been televised and the lawyers didn't have a camera to play to, I bet that the trial would have been a lot shorter and there would have been a guilty verdict.
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Let's Improve the comic! part 1
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Re: Let's Improve the comic! part 1
by FancyFool » Thu Dec 03, 2015 11:44 am
DoNotDelete wrote: Nice passionate comment. But just a tad overblown and a little bit exaggerative/misrepresentative of an otherwise cool and calm discussion.
Responding politely: there is such a thing as over-representation. Why should the Werehog/Shattered World crisis be given so much pagetime when the Werehog is a feature unique to only one Sonic game? One I suspect a lot of Sonic fans who follow the comic have not even played (I haven't).
It's not ridiculous to question if a comic has taken something to the point of overrepresentation, or if a storyline has been too ambitious/extended beyond its entertainment value. You personally might have a vested interest in the Werehog (and that's cool, I'm not going to berate you for that), but I'm not getting that same vibe from everyone here and I've seen comments elsewhere expressing disinterest in the Werehog component.
You can present your interest in the current storyline without being inflammatory or berating people who don't share the same opinion. This is how discussions work.
Right, my deepest apologies about that. I was beyond frustrated with all the hatred the Werehog was getting on this site when I saw your comment and it was around 2:00 AM in my area, so I wasn't exactly in a good state of mind when I wrote that piece. That and I'm not a mature person, no matter how eloquently I try to speak...
So, speaking (semi)rationally in response to what you've said, I honestly fail to see how the Werehog is getting too much representation. Since "Shattered World Crisis" began, the Werehog didn't appear until the eight issue, which may not seem like much but, given the monthly release of comic books, that's a pretty long time for it to appear in the adaptation of its own video game. And then after four issues of prominence (which is full-on justified since it was the debut of the Werehog and one long overdue), the Werehog doesn't make nearly much of an appearance. It only appeared TWICE in the Champions arc (the second time after the arc pretty much ended), it appears halfway through StH 272, and then it doesn't appear AT ALL in SU 75 and the whole of "World's Unite," with its own video game adaptation being paused for an ultimately disappointing and unnecessary crossover. And then the Werehog made two more appearances after WU, appearing in StH 276 and 278 but notably not 277. So, overall, the Werehog makes pretty infrequent appearances, which I'd hardly call "over-representation."
And even if the Werehog was being represented a lot, taking a lot of page-time that could've been used for Sonic, well OF COURSE it would have a lot of page-time! Shattered World Crisis is essentially an adaptation of Unleashed, the one game the Werehog ever appeared in and had a pretty fundamental part in (given that the Werehog itself was a result of the entire plot). You said it yourself, the Werehog is a unique feature of the game and only that game, so it kinda warrants a good amount of representation. For comparisons sake, that would be like if I complained in an adaptation of Colors that the Wisps get a lot of page time. Well, OF COURSE they're getting a lot of page-time: this is an adaptation of their debut game and one they had a fundamental part in, their plight by Eggman being the core plot of the entire game.
But at least the Wisps are officially a stable of the series now and get to have more appearances after Colors; the Werehog, on the other hand, is exclusive to Unleashed. Once Shattered World Crisis is over, which is going to be soon given Ian's determination to finish it fast, then the Werehog will never appear again! As said, this "Shattered World Crisis" is essentially the Werehog's last ever appearance in any official Sonic media, and here you people are trying to deny him any more appearances before that could even happen! That's why I was so freaking upset when I made that post: I'm a big fan of the Werehog and want to enjoy his very last appearance in this franchise (in the very medium that I personally think is the best piece of Sonic media right now) and you and other people are essentially saying "the Werehog needs to be removed right now, it needs to stop making appearances" in the middle of the adaptation of its own game.
I can understand if you guys are annoyed with the Werehog taking away focus from Sonic's core element- his speed. But Sonic as his normal self has had plenty of page-time in SWC and will have plenty more after SWC is over and done with. The Werehog, however, has limited appearances and so it be best to give him as much page-time as possible before SWC ends and takes the Werehog with it. Same deal with Chip, a character exclusive to Unleashed and won't be making relevant appearances again afterwards. If you guys want SWC to end sooner so the Werehog will go away, fine. But DON"T ever say that the Werehog's appearances should end right now, before SWC is close to ending. Of course, I guess that is what you were insinuating to begin with and if that was the case then I extra deeply apologize for kinda blowing up at you. But I doubt Specs64z was making the same insinuation when he said...
Specs64z wrote: (plz no wherehog)
And ditto for other people who have been objecting the Werehog so far...
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by MetalSkulkBane » Thu Dec 03, 2015 12:21 pm
MetalSkulkBane wrote: Sonic being "embodiment of chaos" doesn't mean he immortal (well, in theory), but more that impossible becomes possible around him. Probability isn't working as it should, he's "constant inconstancy" quoting Eggman.
Which doesn't change then fact that I don't really like it. It still implies that Sonic is immortal and that kills all the tension (yes we know he's immortal, but while reading we try to not think about that).
I didn't really get that it implied that "Sonic is Immortal", more that "Sonic is a walking time bomb", the more you interact with him, the more likely something's going to blow up in your face. Why deal with that when you can take Sonic apart much more easily, and safely, by destroying those around him? To quote Eggman after blowing up Antoine, "After ten-plus years, I'm not pushing my luck".[/quote]
Let me say it differently: Sonic is not unbeatable, he can be punched in the face, shoot in the back. All you can't say it "aha, now there is no for Sonic to win".
..Then again that is only my own interpretation/fanon, I can't really prove it with any quote.
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by Specs64z » Thu Dec 03, 2015 1:04 pm
Not gonna lie, It's largely because I'm biased against the wherehog rather than much to do with screen (page?) time or the meaning of Sonic. It's not because it's too slow, either. It's mainly because it's too boring. The levels were too long, too easy (or in rare cases way too hard cheap), and too abundant (wii version, haven't played HD). I dislike the wherehog as a result, and it's presence in the comic is just bleh for me.
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by PeléPelé06 » Thu Dec 03, 2015 2:01 pm
Speaking as someone who started reading the book after the reboot, my two cents would be that I don't really have any problems with it at present, though I'm honestly unsure if I'm only this patient with the story precisely because this is the first arc of it that I have read.
From the start I understood that the Unleashed adaptation would be basically all set-up; I grew up reading lots of long-running shonen manga, so I'm fine with that as long as A: it's not boring (I really enjoyed Countdown to Chaos, unlike some on this board who have been reading the comic for longer than me, and The Chase is my favorite story arc of the comic so far--liked it more than Champions, which is still great) and B: it has a satisfying payoff.
If future arcs don't make the build-up feel worth it, though, there is real possibility that I may start enjoying the comic less.
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by FancyFool » Thu Dec 03, 2015 5:43 pm
Specs64z wrote: Not gonna lie, It's largely because I'm biased against the wherehog rather than much to do with screen (page?) time or the meaning of Sonic. It's not because it's too slow, either. It's mainly because it's too boring. The levels were too long, too easy (or in rare cases way too hard cheap), and too abundant (wii version, haven't played HD). I dislike the wherehog as a result, and it's presence in the comic is just bleh for me.
I figured that bias was the reason for that statement given your negative thoughts on UnWiished back in a previous topic with the "Werehog" being a factor for your negative opinion, which I'm not going to object to since I've always thought lowly of UnWiished, with the overabundant and watered down Night Levels being a major factor (seriously, HD Night Levels may be longer than the individual Wii Night Stages but they blow them out of the water in terms of overall quality).
I do, however, object to how you're using the Wii Night Stages as a reason to dislike the Werehog as a character/concept when, quite frankly, such a thing as gameplay shouldn't be a factor on the quality of a character/concept. Like, does Big the Cat, as a character, deserve the huge amount of hate he gets for the fishing levels in SA1? Imho, no he doesn't. It's not Big's fault that he was lumped into such boring and disruptive gameplay; Big's gameplay could've been anything else in that game but SEGA decided to have his gameplay be fishing. Same deal with Silver in regards to his gameplay in 06 and, yes, the Werehog and the GoW gameplay it got stuck with. Silver's gameplay in Sonic 06 didn't have to be a slow, puzzle-based platformer, it could've been gameplay more identical to the standard Sonic gameplay just with Telekinesis thrown into the mix, and same with the Werehog but with stretchy arms and a little bit of combat instead.
Also, I'm sure I don't have to tell you this but you shouldn't let bias get in the way of things, especially when taking part in critical, logical discussion (hypocritical of me to say given my previous "outburst" but meh). For instance, and I heavily apologize in advance to everyone, I'll admit that I have a bias against Sally Acorn. I never liked her and I don't think I ever will. There's just many things about her that rub me the wrong way and unfortunately I can't properly explain most of them but the ones I can explain and are most relevant are: Sally's heavy prominence in the comics (without a doubt, she has the most overall focus of all the Freedom Fighters and even gets more focus than most the SEGA cast) and how Sally is mostly the in-universe reason for why Cream isn't being allowed to do anything legit as a member of the Freedom Fighters (I've already harped on this in my topic but Cream seriously needs to do something important in the comics soon and have that actually impact her character cause, as Mobotropolis pointed out, Cream has fundamentally done nothing since becoming a Freedom Fighter and not only is it making people question why she's in the FF in the first place but it's proving a lot of people's assessments on Cream being "useless" or how she should just be a minor civilian character instead of a major character taking part in the stories. The fact that Sally is usually the one who enforces Cream's inaction by sidelining her for her own safety a la SatAM!Tails and EarlyArchie!Amy, both moments that got old and tired VERY FAST, doesn't help warm me up to Sally at all, especially since Cream is one of my favorite characters being sidelined by a character I never liked).
So yeah, I'm not fond of Sally and I would personally love it if she got downgraded in the comics. But that doesn't mean she should be demoted or be called a bad character and I'm not qualified to say she should since I have a personal and emotional dislike for her character. There's no genuine reason for Sally to be downgraded, she's not badly affecting the comics (as far as I know), so if I were to say "Sally should be demoted or even removed from the comics" or "Sally's a bad character" then all I'd be doing is needlessly angering fans of Sally. It's especially a stupid thing to do since the comics is the only piece of medium allowing Sally continued appearances, so me wanting Sally to be demoted out of pure bias isn't fair to Sally's character and her fans AND I myself will lose all credibility (assuming I had any to begin with...).
So back to you, that's kind of what you were doing with that little comment. You have a personal dislike for the Werehog born from a bad experience (a bad experience that really shouldn't be used to judge the concept) and so you want it gone from the comics just because. If you wanted the Werehog to stop appearing because it, say, overwhelms all the page time in the comics, then I'd me more understanding of your desire but as it stands you simply want the Werehog gone because you personally don't care about it and that's not acceptable.
by croubo » Thu Dec 03, 2015 8:00 pm
laviarray wrote: "What does Archie's Sonic have to offer?"
For me, it comes down to the fact that it's just a fun and enjoyable read. The cast, the character interactions, the humor, the art, all of it.
Then again, while I've always liked Sonic, I've always been more of a casual fan, veering more towards the comics and cartoons than the actual games (I love the classic Genesis titles and the Adventure titles, but otherwise I'm pretty 'meh' about the games), so take that as you will.
I don't think the Freedom Fighters are boring at all, just underused, currently. I still see them as the same characters that I've come to enjoy seeing developed before the reboot, just with different looks and somewhat tweaked backgrounds. The times they do get focused on, though, much like the game characters, they still shine. Little interactions still go a long way, like Sally talking to Big about how he sees Nicole or Sonic cheering up Tails about losing to Honey. For my money, Rotor has actually improved. He was always the one character that I never cared too much about, but I like his new personality of being the pragmatic, "Big Picture" guy that he is now.
Would I like for the Archie characters get more attention and development? Absolutely. Bunnie's always been a personal favorite of mine (and not just among Archie-exclusive characters either), so it's been disappointing to see her get so little screen time that wasn't shared with Antoine. Meanwhile, it'd be nice to see Amy in a team NOT with Sonic. So I'll definitely echo the sentiment to mix up the character interactions (Big and Antoine was fun, for example).
The Shattered Worlds arc has been long, but I don't mind, because it's really more of a collection of smaller arcs that I still find entertaining on their own. That and I like exploring the world and seeing the new characters introduced. It's a slow burn, but I read One Piece, which puts most other stories to shame when it comes to slow burns, so it doesn't really bother me here. I'm just enjoying the ride and I enjoy the mix of SEGA and Non-SEGA characters and elements. Ian has said that once Shattered Worlds is over, he plans on taking what he's built and playing with it and exploring the characters more, and he's earned enough goodwill from me by this point that I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and see how it all plays out.
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FancyFool wrote:
So back to you, that's kind of what you were doing with that little comment. You have a personal dislike for the Werehog born from a bad experience (a bad experience that really shouldn't be used to judge the concept) and so you want it gone from the comics just because. If you wanted the Werehog to stop appearing because it, say, overwhelms all the page time in the comics, then I'd me more understanding of your desire but as it stands you simply want the Werehog gone because you personally don't care about it and that's not acceptable. [shortened for size]
I am well aware of the influence of bias on opinions. Not all opinions have to be rationalized or broken down into science. I don't like Wherehog. Therefore I don't like it in the comic. Yes, there's not a whole lot of justification, but that doesn't mean I can't disaprove or dislike said character. After all, this is just a fictional thing so a biased opinion is perfectly acceptable, imo.
by ToaArcan » Thu Dec 03, 2015 11:10 pm
To me, the comic offers a few things:
1) The Freedom Fighters. I was watching SatAM a long time before I got my first game, and I'm a lot more attached to the Freedom Fighters than I am most of the SEGA cast. Even if I don't particularly like some aspects of the comic, I'm interested in finding out what's happening with the FF. It's pretty telling that I stopped reading for a while after 235, when the whole comic became "The Sonic, Tails, and Amy show".
2) A story that's not entirely tethered to a game. I honestly find the game stories... awful, at least for the past six years. The characters are thin at best, caricatures of their former selves at worst, and the stakes are either so small that it doesn't seem to matter, so ill-defined that I'm not sure what they are, or not treated with any weight by the characters.
3) A regular Sonic fix while SEGA are producing...nothing of value.
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by WiNTER BELLS » Thu Dec 03, 2015 11:58 pm
MetalSkulkBane wrote: Let me say it differently: Sonic is not unbeatable, he can be punched in the face, shoot in the back. All you can't say it "aha, now there is no for Sonic to win".
Ah, I get you. Though one could argue that such tropes are to be expected of any/most comic books, especially around Sonic's target audience. One reason why I loved the whole "Embodiment of Chaos" thing is that it give's a better reasoning than simply "because the hero got lucky". I mean, sure Sonic's Chaos factor can help him beat impossible odds, but how many of Sonic's troubles could have been avoided without his Chaos factor? We expect the hero to triumph in stories, but in this case Sonic may actually be doing more harm than good simply by existing.
Actually... was it ever confirmed that Sonic's Chaos factor is gone? It's the same Sonic, so logic would state "no" but...
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by DoNotDelete » Fri Dec 04, 2015 12:10 am
Okay, you're right about the over-representation part - I'll concede that. I suppose really it's more of an illusion that the Werehog has been over-represented - or at least given 'too much page time' - because events like WU have interrupted the flow of the Shattered World Crisis and made it seem as though it has lasted longer than it really has.
FancyFool wrote: Once Shattered World Crisis is over, which is going to be soon given Ian's determination to finish it fast, then the Werehog will never appear again! As said, this "Shattered World Crisis" is essentially the Werehog's last ever appearance in any official Sonic media, and here you people are trying to deny him any more appearances before that could even happen! That's why I was so freaking upset when I made that post: I'm a big fan of the Werehog and want to enjoy his very last appearance in this franchise (in the very medium that I personally think is the best piece of Sonic media right now) and you and other people are essentially saying "the Werehog needs to be removed right now, it needs to stop making appearances" in the middle of the adaptation of its own game.
I can understand if you guys are annoyed with the Werehog taking away focus from Sonic's core element- his speed. But Sonic as his normal self has had plenty of page-time in SWC and will have plenty more after SWC is over and done with. The Werehog, however, has limited appearances and so it be best to give him as much page-time as possible before SWC ends and takes the Werehog with it. Same deal with Chip, a character exclusive to Unleashed and won't be making relevant appearances again afterwards. If you guys want SWC to end sooner so the Werehog will go away, fine. But DON"T ever say that the Werehog's appearances should end right now, before SWC is close to ending. Of course, I guess that is what you were insinuating to begin with and if that was the case then I extra deeply apologize for kinda blowing up at you.
I didn't mean to imply that I wanted to do away with the Werehog before Shattered World is over - I can understand you being upset by that. I'm guessing Sonic's 'release' from that condition is somehow linked to fixing the world anyway (not actually having any foreknowledge of the Werehog's game), so I wouldn't worry about him disappearing before then.
Also I didn't know that Ian had made any statement he wanted to finish the Shattered World Crisis soon. If that's already the case then I can put up with the Werehog component for as long as it lasts. No offence intended, but I'm just not really interested in the Werehog anymore.
Admittedly, the arc where Sonic got his Werehog rage under control (with Mighty and Sage's help) was good. I won't begrudge the comic for that story. Since then though, the importance of the Werehog component has been lost on me.
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by FancyFool » Fri Dec 04, 2015 1:23 am
DoNotDelete wrote: I didn't mean to imply that I wanted to do away with the Werehog before Shattered World is over - I can understand you being upset by that. I'm guessing Sonic's 'release' from that condition is somehow linked to fixing the world anyway (not actually having any foreknowledge of the Werehog's game), so I wouldn't worry about him disappearing before then.
Ah, OK then! And, once again, my most deepest apologies for assuming that was the case with you initially. Maybe if you had said "It would be better if Shattered World Crisis ends sooner so we can focus more on normal Sonic" instead of "Get rid of the Werehog sooner" then I wouldn't have made that assumption. (Also, just to fill you in, the Werehog is essentially a fragment of Dark Gaia that got unintentionally absorbed by Sonic. I don't think Sonic being "released" from the form would necessarily help fix the world (heck, I think it endangers the world even more since it empowers Dark Gaia) but the Werehog form will definitely be gone once everything is resolved either due to Dark Gaia taking back that fragment from Sonic or by being rendered dormant and his influence gone for at least a few eons).
DoNotDelete wrote: Also I didn't know that Ian had made any statement he wanted to finish the Shattered World Crisis soon, If that's already the case then I can put up with the Werehog component for as long as it lasts. No offence intended, but I'm just not really interested in the Werehog anymore.
*Sigh* None taken. At this point, I've just come to accept that the majority of people either hate or are indifferent to the Werehog so getting offended by their negative thoughts on it just isn't worth it. That and I can hardly blame you and anyone else for becoming disinterested by the Werehog given the lack of importance it was actually given in the plot, both in the game and in this saga. Apparently writing Sonic as a werewolf is very hard to make interesting :roll:
Ironically, I mostly blame that arc as to why the Werehog has lost importance later on. Had Sonic instead slowly adapted to the Werehog form over the course of the arc, reigning in his increased temper and getting used to the feel of the form, then the Werehog could've potentially retained interest and importance all the way through Shattered World Crisis (without resorting to have Sonic become "feral" to maintain interest, which wouldn't be a good idea given Sonic's character). But what happened instead is that Sonic flips out the first time and then immediately gets training from a sloth, learning very shortly to control his temper and adapting to the Werehog form just like that. Like, it feels that whole "Control Arc" didn't work out for the long term and as a result the Werehog concept suffers once more I swear all my favorite things are cursed...
by ToaArcan » Fri Dec 04, 2015 7:07 am
I too wasn't particularly fond of the "Control" arc.
For me, the whole point of the Werehog was that Sonic got a big dose of Dark Gaia, and turned into a monster... but he was still Sonic. He was incorruptible, too strong and self-assured to let that change affect him. I've even toyed with this idea in an RP series I did with a friend- We had three other victims, and all of them needed Chip around to keep themselves tame, because they didn't have Sonic's all-consuming self-confidence, and they could be corrupted.
Instead, the comic turned him into a monster anyway, and then immediately resolved that, leaving the whole thing feeling rather... pointless.
I do, however, appreciate Sonic getting some character development. That's part of why I still prefer the FF to the SEGA crew- Some character development is better than none, and I was surprised to see Sonic get some, especially with SEGA's rules about that. I was also really pleased to see it stick. In the waning days of the Preboot timeline, Sonic was actually one of my least favourite characters. To me, it felt like Ian was putting a little more emphasis on the "Cocky jerk" part of his personality than was really needed- His comments after Geoffrey was found guilty, and, reaching back a bit further, the whole situation with Tails and Fiona, not to mention his continuous "Shoot the breeze with Tails and Amy, ignore Mecha Sally". Now, though, he's one of my favourites.
Speaking of the above, I couldn't help but notice that, in the preboot, Sonic's jerk moments always happened when he was single or "playing the field", and his more heartwarming ones always happened when he was either dating Sally or pretty much with her but not officially confirmed. As if she made him happier, soothed him, or something. Always wondered whether that was intentional of accidental.
On the topic of the Constant Chaos thing, and how it was supposed to make Sonic always come through, I wonder how that gets tied in with his complete failure to catch Mecha Sally?
by Mobotropolis » Sat Dec 05, 2015 12:09 am
Sonic was going to save everyone eventually, I guess.
Except Antoine if he had died. And Tommy. And Eddie. And all of those other people he failed to save.
Sonic being "embodiment of chaos" doesn't mean he immortal (well, in theory), but more that impossible becomes possible around him.
So ... was Larry an embodiment of Chaos because he had the exact same power?
I actually thought that Larry's power was Chaos-based.
In issue 210, Eggman stated that through the massive amounts of Chaos energy he's been exposed to
No. No. I get that.
It's that this even had to be a thing at all that rubbed me the wrong way. Instead of The Freedom Fighter's victories being attributed to their incredible talent, skill, teamwork, or planning it is being attributed to what is essentially magic. It was my hope that the Chaos Factor actually was the ramblings of an insane Eggman and/or that he was proven wrong about his assessment and came to value Sonic's friends as a threat in their own right. The story seemed to run with the Chaos Factor actually being a thing, though, and that just makes me wonder why he bothers.
Except, you know, out of spite.
It also makes me wonder why none of the other characters who have been exposed to high levels of Chaos Energy like Knuckles who was bathed in it as a baby, Shadow who has so much it needs to be constantly surpressed, or Mammoth Mongul who had a freaken Chaos Emerald in his chest did not seem to be as blessed as Sonic when it came to Chaos Energy.
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by lalalei2001 » Sat Dec 05, 2015 1:44 am
Mobotropolis wrote: It also makes me wonder why none of the other characters who have been exposed to high levels of Chaos Energy like Knuckles who was bathed in it as a baby, Shadow who has so much it needs to be constantly surpressed, or Mammoth Mongul who had a freaken Chaos Emerald in his chest did not seem to be as blessed as Sonic when it came to Chaos Energy.
Well, there was his One Billionth Power Ring. I think the Chaos Energy PLUS Ring Energy had something to do with it.
by ToaArcan » Sat Dec 05, 2015 2:50 am
It struck me as a half-formed attempt to give him something equal to Chaos Knuckles and Titan Tails that SEGA would still permit.
Previous writers had established that Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles were meant to be a sort of trio, the most powerful beings with Chaos-derived powers in the Primeverse. However, while Tails and Knuckles got their own horrible resolutions to those plot points, Sonic didn't. Whatever awful Super form Penders had lined up for him thankfully never saw the light of day.
However, it meant that he was left out of the supposed trio, and Tails and Knuckles were enormously powerful next to him. Enter the "Constant Chaos" thing as Sonic's own god-mode, and he even gets to one-up his friends by having said power without a terrible new form to go along with it.
Honestly, the only good thing to come out of that whole mess is the ability to laugh at the idea that a dignified, collected, arrogant guy like Miles was stuck being part of Titan Tails.
I mean seriously, who thought Titan Tails was a good idea?
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Electric bikes (E-Bikes) can be your favorite transportation medium soon when you try them. Apart from adults, kids, and youngsters, these bikes have become popular with even those people who think that they may not be able to ride. You can go to your workplace now devoid of sweat and can also conquer hills when you ride an electric bicycle. Electric bicycles also come in different styles and classes in the USA. It is in contrast to other regions of the world, such as Europe where there is only a single class for all the electronic bikes.
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The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) joins the United Nations, governments, and many other organizations around the world, in observing December 9, 2015 as the first International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime. In September of 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring that the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity be observed every year on December 9, the anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
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Preventing genocide means paying more attention to the warning signs, and being prepared to take immediate action to address them. This is the spirit of my Human Rights up Front initiative.
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Dr. Tibi Galis, Executive Director of the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, emphasizes the importance of memory in efforts to prevent future genocide and other mass atrocities:
Observing the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime on December 9 creates a tremendous opportunity to recognize the importance of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment on the Crime of Genocide and to emphasize our global community's collective responsibility in preventing this crime. We must remember that genocide is a process, not an event, and therefore our response must be preventative and oriented toward the long term. This engagement must occur at all levels and by all segments of society to make "Never Again" a reality for future generations.
On this important day of remembrance, AIPR stands with the United Nations and organizations around the world in calling upon all UN member states to both sign and ratify the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and to continue work on vital mechanisms that work to protect populations from the terrible crime of Genocide.


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The Sopranos Sessions
Matt Zoller Seitz and Alan Sepinwall
Abrams Books, January 2019
On January 10, 1999, a mobster walked into a psychiatrist's office and changed TV history. By shattering preconceptions about the kinds of stories the medium should tell, The Sopranos launched our current age of prestige television, paving the way for such giants as Mad Men, The Wire, Breaking Bad, and Game of Thrones. As TV critics for Tony Soprano's hometown paper, New Jersey's The Star-Ledger, Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz were among the first to write about the series before it became a cultural phenomenon.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the show's debut, Sepinwall and Seitz have reunited to produce The Sopranos Sessions, a collection of recaps, conversations, and critical essays covering every episode. Featuring a series of new long-form interviews with series creator David Chase, as well as selections from the authors' archival writing on the series, The Sopranos Sessions explores the show's artistry, themes, and legacy, examining its portrayal of Italian Americans, its graphic depictions of violence, and its deep connections to other cinematic and television classics.
"This amazing book by Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Setiz has bigger twists than anything I could ever come up with. Highly suggest you pick up a copy ASAP!"
— Sam Esmail, creator of Mr. Robot
Matt Zoller Seitz is the television critic for New York magazine and the editor in chief of RogerEbert.com. He is the author of Mad Men Carousel and The Wes Anderson Collection. He lives in Brooklyn. Alan Sepinwall is the chief television critic for Rolling Stone and the author of Breaking Bad 101. His thoughts on television have appeared in the New York Times, Time, and Variety. He lives in New Jersey. Laura Lippman, a New York Times bestselling novelist, has won every major mystery‑writing prize in the United States. She lives in Baltimore with her husband, David Simon.
Copyright ©2016-2023, The Williams Company


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Daniel Cohan
Baker Institute Rice Faculty Scholar | Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Daniel Cohan, Ph.D., is an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Rice University, where he teaches courses on atmospheric science, and energy and the environment. His research specializes in the development of photochemical models and their application to air quality management and the impacts of energy use on air quality and climate. He received a B.A. in applied mathematics from Harvard University, a Ph.D. in atmospheric chemistry from Georgia Institute of Technology, and served as a Fulbright Scholar to Australia. Cohan is a recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER award and a member of the NASA Air Quality Applied Sciences Team.
Contact him at cohan@rice.edu or (713) 348-5129.
Center for Energy Studies | Commentary
Why Gas Stoves Matter to the Climate — and the Gas Industry: Keeping Them Means Homes Will Use Gas for Heating Too
Daniel Cohan January 18, 2023
Center for Energy Studies | Journal
Valuing the Air Quality Effects of Biochar Reductions on Soil NO Emissions
Ghasideh Pourhashem, Kenneth B. Medlock III, Caroline A. Masiello, Daniel Cohan July 26, 2017
Big New Incentives for Clean Energy Aren't Enough – the Inflation Reduction Act Was Just the First Step, Now the Hard Work Begins
The Inflation Reduction Act's incentives for clean energy technology aren't enough — the biggest need domestically is for more infrastructure and stricter environmental regulations, wrote Baker Institute Rice Faculty Scholar Daniel Cohan.
Read More in The Conversation
SCOTUS EPA Ruling: Less Drastic Than Some Feared
While a Supreme Court ruling last week limited the EPA's authority, Congress and environmental agencies have other options for reducing emissions, said Baker Institute Rice faculty scholar Dan Cohen. Read his comments on what the decision will and won't mean.
Read more in Texas Climate News.
How will TX Grid Fare in the Dead of Summer?
"In every other energy market, we've been willing to buy and sell from neighbors around the country and around the world. Why we don't do that with electricity really baffles me," said scholar Dan Cohan as heat waves threaten Texas grid operations.
Read more at CBS-Austin news.


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LifeBridge Health's Mammothon encourages breast-cancer screenings
Busy mom plans to get her first mammogram
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WEBVTT MAMMOGRAM ON MONDAY. >> AND WANT TO BE THERE FOR MY GIRLS AS LONG AS I POSSIBLY CAN SO IT IS TIME. >> JENNIFER PUPSHIS JUST TURNED 40, SHE'S A MOM OF TWO YOUNG GIRLS AND SHE'S GETTING A MAMMOGRAM FOR THE FIRST TIME SHE'S TAKING ADVANTAGE OF MAMMOTHON, LIFEBRIDGE HEALTH'S ALL-DAY BREAST SCREENING EVENT, COMING UP ON NOVEMBER 14. >> THEY ARE MAKING IT SUPER EASY TO NOT HAVE TO TAKE OFF WORK. >> ORGANIZERS OF THE EVENT HOPE THE CONVENIENCE FACTOR WILL MAKE THE IDEA OF A MAMMOGRAM MORE APPEALING BUT MOST WOMEN WILL TELL YOU IT'S THE DISCOMFORT THEY FEAR MOST. A MINOR TRADE-OFF IF IT PREVENTS A MAJOR LIFE EVENT. >> WE USE THE PAD TO COST -- CUSHION IT. THAT SHOULD NOT SCARE YOU AWAY FROM COMING. YOU ONLY NEED TO DO IT ONCE A YEAR. >> A MINOR TRADE-OFF IF IT PREVENTS A MAJOR LIFE EVENT. DOCTOR COSTELLIC EXPLAINS WHAT RADIOLOGISTS LOOK FOR. >> THEY ARE LOOKING FOR ABNORMAL PATTERNS ARE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS DIFFERENT COMPARED TO MAMMOGRAMS. >> HIS FAITH BUT SOMETHING THAT PATIENT COMES BACK. IT IS THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST CANCER.
A busy mom plans to get her first mammogram Monday during Mammothon. "I want to be there for my girls as long as I possibly can, so it's time," Jennifer Pupshis said. Pupshis just turned 40, she's a mom of two young girls and she's getting a mammogram for the first time. "You can come a few minutes early. You do have to register and things like that," breast surgeon Dr. Corinne Costellic said. Pupshis is taking advantage of Mammothon -- LifeBridge Health's all-day breast-screening event, coming up on Monday. "They're making it super easy for us working moms to not have to take off work. I can run over here at lunch," Pupshis said. Organizers of the event hope the convenience factor will make the idea of a mammogram more appealing, but most women will tell you it's the discomfort they fear most. "We do use something called a MammoPad here to soften and help cushion the mammogram experience a little bit more, but that shouldn't scare you away from coming in. You only need to do it once a year," Costellic said. It is a minor trade-off if it prevents a major life event. Costellic explains what radiologists look for. "They're looking for maybe abnormal patterns of calcifications or something just looks different from prior mammograms," Costellic said. If they spot something in a routine screening, the patient comes back for a diagnostic mammogram. It's the first line of defense against breast cancer. "I look at it as a part of life. It's what I have to do to be a healthy mom and be there for my girls," Pupshis said. Mammothon takes place from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday at Carroll Hospital in Westminster, Northwest Hospital in Randallstown and the Herman and Walter Samuelson Breast Care Center at Quarry Lake in Pikesville.
A busy mom plans to get her first mammogram Monday during Mammothon.
"I want to be there for my girls as long as I possibly can, so it's time," Jennifer Pupshis said.
LifeBridge Health to host 'Mammothon'
Pupshis just turned 40, she's a mom of two young girls and she's getting a mammogram for the first time.
"You can come a few minutes early. You do have to register and things like that," breast surgeon Dr. Corinne Costellic said.
Pupshis is taking advantage of Mammothon -- LifeBridge Health's all-day breast-screening event, coming up on Monday.
"They're making it super easy for us working moms to not have to take off work. I can run over here at lunch," Pupshis said.
Organizers of the event hope the convenience factor will make the idea of a mammogram more appealing, but most women will tell you it's the discomfort they fear most.
"We do use something called a MammoPad here to soften and help cushion the mammogram experience a little bit more, but that shouldn't scare you away from coming in. You only need to do it once a year," Costellic said.
It is a minor trade-off if it prevents a major life event. Costellic explains what radiologists look for.
"They're looking for maybe abnormal patterns of calcifications or something just looks different from prior mammograms," Costellic said.
If they spot something in a routine screening, the patient comes back for a diagnostic mammogram. It's the first line of defense against breast cancer.
"I look at it as a part of life. It's what I have to do to be a healthy mom and be there for my girls," Pupshis said.
Mammothon takes place from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday at Carroll Hospital in Westminster, Northwest Hospital in Randallstown and the Herman and Walter Samuelson Breast Care Center at Quarry Lake in Pikesville.


An apprenticeship is a training programme designed in collaboration with employers and training providers to give eager applicants the skills and qualifications needed by businesses. They are programmes with a combination of on-the-job and off-the-job learning.
Trafford College Group is committed to developing apprentices in order to make them: employable, multi-skilled, confident and capable independent learners, literate and numerate, well-rounded responsible citizens.
Trafford College Group have developed this charter to encourage organisations to sign up and commit to high quality apprenticeship opportunities.
We are committed to the vision of high quality apprenticeships as a skills development programme for the current and future workforce as we build a new, fair and prosperous economy. There are a number of principles which must be met in order to ensure that this vision is realised in a way that is beneficial to the apprentices, the employing businesses and the society as a whole.
What can you expect as an Employer?
To receive access to exclusive College support services and training programmes, designed to improve the programme.
To be an integral part of the training in ensuring the apprentice and the programme is meeting your needs and expectations.
What are you committing to as an Employer?
Implementing an effective, structured training plan and be willing to adapt this as they progress.


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Pablo Ferrández-Castro: Haydn, Cello Concerto in C major, Hob. VIIb/1
Pablo Ferrández-Castro – Fourth Prize
Cello: Round 2
Small Hall of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia
Chamber Ensemble of the Shostakovich State Academic Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, Vladimir Altschuler
Concert's Program
Joseph Haydn - Cello Concerto in C major, Hob. VIIb/1
3. Rondo. Allegro
About the candidate
Born into a family of musicians in Madrid. He studied at the Queen Sofia College of Music under Prof. Natalia Shakhovskaya. He completed advanced studies at the Kronberg Academy under the supervision of Frans Helmerson. He was a…
Get to know him better!
Which people would you invite as guests to your dream dinner party?
Beethoven, Schumann and Stradivarius.
What is your favorite meal?
I love big meals! I love Cheeseburgers (the ideal burger is: Bacon, cheese and BBQ sauce, medium rare always!) and Italian and Mexican food.
Do you have a favorite motto or proverb that you live your life by?
Live, laugh, love and work hard.
Which person or people inspire you the most?
Puff! I don't think I could name them all, we are so lucky that we have such incredible artists around. Janine Jansen, Maria Joao Pires, Martha Argerich... my list is way too long! But I can say, to make the list shorter, that in the past months I have found myself listening most to Gidon Kremer, Christoph Eschenbach and Daniil Trifonov. Three incredible artists that inspire me every day.
If you were 80 years old, what advice would you give to young people today?
Professionally I would tell them, that if they believe in something strongly enough, don't let anyone tell you that it can't be done, sometimes it is good to go away from the "marked path" to learn and improve. Also, I would tell them to value very much those special loved ones, because life has big ups and downs and those people are, after all, the most important thing we have.
What would you like people to say about you?
This question makes me a bit uncomfortable! But I think I would want them to say that I am a good person.
How do you overcome the stage fright? / What is your ritual before going on stage?
Stage fright: I think nerves and tension are unavoidable, whenever you are on stage there is always a certain amount of stress, sometimes more sometimes less. I think it slowly gets better after years performing. Experience is really key here. I think the beginning of the concert is always the most difficult, and the fastest you can manage to feel comfortable, the better, so you can focus in what really matters - the music! What I find very helpful is to visualize yourself on stage playing and feeling good, to imagine that feeling when you practice or when you are in bed about to sleep. After, if you happen to be nervous during the concert, you can easily access the feeling that you "rehearsed."
When you perform... who are you playing for?
If there is someone that I know in the audience, I usually play thinking that I'm playing for them. What I look for the most, is communication with the audience, if that connection happens, then both ends of the performance, the performer and listener will enjoy it very much. If that connection doesn't happen, then the purpose of music haven't been achieved, and that is quite upsetting for me. But who knows, sometimes you are lucky and something magical happens in the hall. I guess, that is for what we musicians devote our lives to, those rare and sacred moments.
What job would you least like to do?
I enjoy very much having my own schedule. I think a job that would take that away would make me unhappy.
What's the "most played" non-classical track on your phone?
Jay Z: The Black Album.
You are on a desert island and can bring only 3 items, what do you bring?
Well hopefully they have internet in that island! I would bring my iPhone with some nice headphones, music is essential, my favorite TV shows (friends, the wire, sopranos, breaking bad etc) and a fast vehicle in which to travel around and have some fun (now that no one is watching!).
What is your favorite noise/sound? What is the most annoying noise for you?
I love cars, so my favorite noise? The noise from a great car engine. Most annoying sound, probably an alarm that doesn't stop.
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
Since I'm getting older, my city Madrid is growing deeper and deeper on me. It is such a beautiful city! Also I'm crazily in love with Paris.
What is the first thing you think about when you hear the word Tchaikovsky?
What is the first thing you think about when you hear the word competition?
Tchaikovsky. What were you expecting ? It has mostly been the only thing in my head for the last few months!
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Jimmy has been passionate about residential construction since he was a kid. Starting at a young age, he was drawing houses and watching home improvement and woodworking shows on TV.
Jimmy continued his pursuit of this passion in college at the University of Maryland, College Park.
In 2003, Jimmy started in homebuilding with a large, national builder. Fast forward to today, and Jimmy is even more passionate about all things residential construction. Whether he is hands on or managing the work, he is a student of the industry and is constantly seeking new avenues for learning and new ways to master his craft. He is especially interested in Trim Carpentry, Building Science, Schedule Efficiency, and Craftsmanship.
Jimmy started JT Custom Builders to bring his passion to your home. From Custom Homes to Remodeling, Jimmy has the experience and knowledge to transform your dream into reality.
Dan joined the JT Custom Builders team in 2019 and brings many years of experience with nearly every aspect of residential remodeling including carpentry, drywall, tile, and more.
Dan works on both the new homes and the remodeling projects for JT Custom Builders.
Amber joined JT Custom Builders in 2018 and has been the back office glue that holds the company together. Amber has been in the books, and manages invoicing, permitting, and photography (to name just a few).
Amber is currently the Office Manager for JT Custom Builders.


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The Women's 12.5 kilometre biathlon mass start competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 25 February, at Cesana San Sicario. Competitors raced over five loops of a 2.5 kilometre skiing course, shooting twenty times, ten prone and ten standing. Each miss required a competitor to ski a 150-metre penalty loop.
Germany's Martina Glagow led the World Cup standings before the Olympics, while Norway's Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen was the reigning World Champion at the event.
The race was held at 12:00.
^ "Torino 2006 Official Report - Biathlon" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-12. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
This page was last edited on 9 November 2018, at 00:41 (UTC).


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Q: Knockoutjs dependencies How can I dump the dependency graph when using knockoutjs? I am having trouble understanding why my views do not update when my data model changes, and my attempts to simulate this in jsfiddle failed (the dependencies worked correctly in the simplified code). I am looking for a way to dump the dependencies in the debugger (or onto the console) so that I can get a better understanding of what's going on. Stepping through the code was a painful and unrewarding experience.

A: While this is not exactly what you want, you could always subscribe to view model properties and spit out changed values. Also, when using computed variables, I found it useful to manually trigger dependencies.

A: I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "dependency graph" in this case, but if you're referring to the objects you're binding to you could have a look at Mat McLoughlin's Knockout Inspector which can be really helpful to debug your data subscriptions and data changes. Not sure that's what you're asking for, but I hope it can be helpful.

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White Crane Online was founded by Mark Stevenson who has been practising martial arts for almost 20 years and teaching for a decade. Mark runs a successful UK based Chinese martial arts club, White Crane Academy.
The idea behind White Crane Online is to make White Crane tai chi accessible to a global audience – and to create a large community of people who can share the benefits of this tremendous art.
Mark is passionate about keeping the heart and soul of an ancient tradition alive, ensuring that more people can experience tai chi's transformative effects on their mobility, balance, flexibility and mental health.
Often referred to as 'meditation in motion', tai chi is perfectly placed to relieve stress and anxiety caused by the busyness of modern life. It's something that most of us need! The tai chi form taught at White Crane Online includes 66 postures, gently transitioning from one to the next. These fluid movements, while focusing on the breath, help you to practice mindfulness.
Signing up with WCO will give users access to hours of free video tuition, with extra support offered through our Facebook group. This is an excellent way to begin your tai chi journey and start reaping the health benefits of bringing this practice into your life.
Subscribers will have access to all the free material including exclusive access to monthly videos that help you to practice and perfect all 66 moves of the White Crane Tai Chi form and the 18 move Shibashi qigong form. Additionally, you will be invited to join a closed Facebook group, where exclusive content will be regularly uploaded – and where you are free to ask questions, as well as posting your own videos for instructors and senior students to check.


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What a total shithole Liverpool is. I went there on the train today to fix something that had gone wrong at Chris' Dad's as yet unused new office there and the place hasn't changed at all since I last went, which has to be three months at least.
There's still a sky full of cranes from any number of building sites, each one of which has imposed some sort of temporary road closure in its environs, which would normally be acceptable except all the different construction companies don't appear to communicate with each other regarding their road closures and temporary one way systems and so it's actually possible to get trapped in a one way system from which there is no escape, if you're in a car. Even pedestrians come up against sealed off streets with no alternative route presented, and I know the particular area of the city in which this office is reasonably well; heaven help a visitor to the city. The roads and pavements that are open are all wet and filthy with building site muck.
Yes, I know that all these building sites will eventually make Liverpool a better place and that it's in the middle of a transition period at the moment, but I do have ask to ask to what end? Liverpool, far from being the globally important shipping hub that it used to be, is just another boring British city, trying desperately to catch up with its trailblazing Mancunian neighbour, but it's just too late to the party if you ask me. Birmingham, Leeds and Sheffield are the same, they're all building sites too at the moment, keen to compete with Manchester, but it's all a little trite now. Manchester's done it; it's rebuilt, revitalised and it's fabulous. Why bother with anywhere else? I love it here. Were it not for the fact that I have family in Surrey I probably wouldn't ever leave the city, holidays notwithstanding.
The Liverpool locals haven't changed either, but then I didn't expect anything else. They still seem to actually go out of their way to get in mine. I don't know what it is about Liverpudlians, they just seem to have this knack of getting in my way more than locals in any other city in the country.