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The Seer Returns - An interview with Michael Gira.

The Seer Returns - An interview with Michael Gira.

The story of Swans, or more succinctly Michael Gira, has been told a thousand times over. His troubled childhood and the trials and tribulations of his thirty years as the dictator of the loudest band on earth does make for a fascinating article, and yet for an artist so obsessed with pushing himself forward it feels almost an insult to dwell so constantly on the past. Even before the release of this year's epic The Seer, an album Michael describes as "The culmination of every previous Swans album, as well as any other music I've made", their mammoth live set included material that outdated it, something rather curious in consideration of such a bold statement. In reference to the question of why he excludes songs from such a definitive work and substitutes them for tracks as yet unreleased he explains;

"...to feel alive. I don't think anyone in the band wants to be playing old songs and pleasing an audience by meeting their expectations. We want it to be, y'know, a vital and uncomfortable place, a new terrain, and hopefully something exciting will happen. We never try to replicate what's on the record."

For those that have seen Swans live this is something that doesn't need saying. The total set-time usually approaches or even passes 180 minutes, and yet barely a handful of tracks are played. He comments;

"The sets are, against our will, expanding. London was about three hours, and it seems to be against our control! These things keep growing, and it is more like the music plays us than us playing it."

Speaking prior to their performance at Manchester's Sound Control his words are a premonition. Their set is certainly long and certainly uncomfortable. In a dangerously crowded venue with no air conditioning for a good two thirds of the set it at times feels like a test of endurance or a battle. When greeting the band backstage just after their soundcheck they seem ready for an imminent war. Guitarist Norman Westberg paces around nervously, gaunt, percussionist Thor sprawls across a sofa seemingly in a trance whilst the trio of Christoph Hahn, Chris Pravdica and Phil Puleo hush small-talk. Mr Gira, at the head of the table resplendent in a trademark cowboy's hat, is the general ready to lead his troops with confidence and assurance. I'm reminded of the protagonist and antagonist of Michael Marshall Smith's 'Spares', trying to convince themselves the war they are about to step into is in fact real.

Like war there is always an uncertainty from start to finish in the world of Swans, and it is a puzzle as to how anything does reach a conclusion. I ask, using 'To Be Kind', the set opener for the current tour as a primer, how a Swans track is born and how it grows, and secondly how absolute his control is in this uncoiling;

"There are several ways. Some things grow just from me having written an acoustic guitar song, and I'll go and play it with a drummer just for a time and then we'll gradually orchestrate it, gather other musicians, build it up like it's a piece of cinema or something. Other ones I'll come to the band with a basic groove and some ideas of how I want it to be and we'll just start playing and figure out how it develops, and I'm kind of overseeing the process, editing live, and gradually it takes its form.

We have three new songs we're playing (on this tour) that in this state aren't really finished, so there's an element of surprise. 'To Be Kind' has developed a lot and the whole orchestrated end section, the louder section, is fitting together. Another example is the third song in the set, which is called 'She Loves Us', and in that the whole groove has changed completely just through playing live, and even the first part has kind of transformed into something else. It's just through seeing what works and seeing what doesn't. ...Last night (in London) we did a version of The Seer that was about 45 minutes long, and there is this whole quiet section that we just started improvising and it just built into something entirely different. It's exciting when that happens.

The band reacts to what I have to say and they play with their own personality, I might make them do something and then push that, or pull back if I don't like it. I'm like a live director."

There is, evidently, a huge emphasis on improvisation and keeping a song as a living, breathing thing. Many times during a Swans set they veer so far from the common path of a particular track that should you leave the venue for five minutes for a drink or merely a morsel of fresh air, something quite necessary during their performance in Manchester, there is no point of reference to tell you just where they are at. It is at times frustrating and at times exhilarating. It also raises an interesting question; with such gargantuan songs being road-tested on roads so winding and untrodden, how exactly do they take the form they do on record? Before going into a studio does Michael have an idea on what the final form will be, particularly on a release such as The Seer which sounds like such a complete work?

"I have lots of ideas, but usually they're abandoned about...fifteen minutes into the session when I hear what things actually sound like! And then I just grapple with what it is. (When writing the material on The Seer) I knew I wouldn't restrain myself, and I would just worry about how it would be formatted later, whether it would just be digital or 4 LPs, or whatever, and it turned out to be 3 LPs. I tried to just let the music take shape, and put it in a form that was gratifying and then moved on. We play three songs from that album now, because they're changing quite a bit from what was recorded.

When we go into the studio things are in a semi-final form. (On The Seer) there's a song called 'Mother Of The World', there was a seed and we played the parts but there was a lot of re-arranging that went on afterwards and it ended up sounding much different than I attended going in.

I've always tried to keep recordings and what we play live as completely separate things. I don't want to be like one of those bands that sample loops from a record and just sound like the record."

Which is a double edged sword. On one hand, if your favourite song is played then it may well miss your favourite part, or skip over entirely a certain section. Contrasting this, however, there is much more enticement to see the band more than once on the same tour as you never know exactly what form a song will take. With an abundance of unreleased material on new tracks such as the aforementioned 'To Be Kind', which begins washed with lulled vocals and a lullaby simplicity that gives way to one of the bands most all-encompassing walls of sheer noise to date, there is an opportunity to get a sneak peak of what is to come on record, but there is a strong possibility that by the time they come to be recorded it will be an entirely different animal.

One of the things of note on The Seer, an album birthed from countless abandoned ideas, is the use of collaboration throughout, with vocals provided by Alan & Mimi of Low, Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Akron/Family amongst others. In reference to Alan & Mimi's lead vocals on the albums' opening track 'Lunacy', how did this come about on an album on which so much was left undecided going into the studio?

"I asked them right after I wrote it. I don't know why I thought of them. I guess I just thought of their harmonies, which are utterly beautiful, and I thought that they belonged there, so I emailed them and they said yes...On the song with Karen O ('Song For A Warrior') I was just singing it and I thought my vocal sounded atrocious! The song was good, but my vocal was wrong, and it was the influence of Chris (Swans bassist Chris Pravdica), he pointed me to some of her solo work and I heard it and thought it was very poignant, and her voice was perfect for the song."

As the last echoes of support act Sir Richard Bishop ring out the interview is cut short by a need for the band to prepare to unleash their latest onslaught. A final question is asked; where now for Swans? Is there a finite plan for the future?

"We'll probably do another record after this, write some more new songs and record them. (On the new songs...) we're taking elements from The Seer and trying to take them into new directions. We're trying still, fitfully, to take them into more open ended grooves, leave behind the pummelling effect.

We have a long time to tour still on this record, but we are getting new material out of it too. There is a song called 'The Apostate' which is the final song of the set, should we make it, that has an entirely new intro not on the record that has developed live that will probably end up being a new song in its own right on the new record.

I'm curating a festival (In London in April), a lot of people have said yes but I can't give any details as yet. Initially it was meant to be a 'quiet' day and a 'loud' day, which is proving to be problematic schedule wise. Also it was initially meant to be a celebration of 30 years of Swans, and I think that's too egotistical."

At all times Michael Gira is a quandary and someone who, despite obviously possessing a clear mind and conviction in everything he does, is hard to pin down. All-controlling on stage, admonishing at band members mid-song should they lose focus, and at almost every other stage of the process of the birth, life, presentation and death of a work, there is an abhorrence of self-congratulation or self-satisfaction. It is the paramount reason that, thirty years on from the start of Swans' journey and half a century from the start of Michael's, he remains one of the foremost forward-thinking minds in alternative music.

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Smith was driving a Volkswagen SUV northbound on the highway at a high rate of speed around 3:10 p.m. before swerving and crashing into the Lexus north of Edgewood Road for unknown reasons, according to the CHP.

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The sheep had been chased by a dog over a steep, 300-foot cliff in Point Richmond on Tuesday afternoon before the two animals found themselves trapped there.

Firefighters rappelled down the cliff and came to their rescue.

"When the most dramatic thing in Richmond is an animal rescue, it's a good day," Vice Mayor Tom Butt, who owns the sheep, wrote in an e-mail to residents Wednesday morning.

Butt owns three goats and two sheep to graze on brush and help prevent wildfires. On Tuesday, a dog named Sparkle got inside Butt's fence and chased one of the sheep out of the pasture and over a nearby cliff.

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As enthusiasm for compact personal POV cameras like GoPro and Contour continues to grow, iPhone accessory innovator Mophie recently released their solution to the dedicated camera system, OutRide. The mountable case and app turns your iPhone into a protected video camera, allowing you to use your most readily available and familiar device for capturing the excitement.

Using multiple mounts the rugged, waterproof case can be affixed on a wide range of surfaces—surfboard, skateboard, bike—with minimal risk of damage to your device. The lightweight polycarbonate housing also features an integrated wide-angle lens with 170 degrees of capture, while the free OutRide app lets you view footage, make edits and share videos through various social channels—meaning more than just your nearest friend can see the aftermath of the inevitable "watch this" moment.

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You can transform a space such as this 6 ft x 10 ft one into a craft room which doubles for laundry. Built-in cabinets, fold-away hidden ironing board, stacked washer-dryer combo unit, and a drop down drying rack complete this economical and space-saving laundry area.  A lacy adhesive appliqué can make glass doors more classy and more private. Wall paper on the ceiling offers an endless variation of interesting spaces.

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Date2011-03-01 / 2011-03-06
OrganisationAsian Tennis Federation (ATF)
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 Sets3 sets

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Cornell AgencyPeople in Grayling and the surrounding area have relied on Cornell Agency for many years. In fact, the agency traces its roots all the way back to 1916. However. for most local residents the tradition is most closely associated with the late Willard “Butch” Cornell and his wife Beatrice.

Mr. Cornell was a popular and highly successful high school coach, Mrs. Cornell was a teacher of business subjects in area high schools. It was under their ownership that the agency really began to grow during the 1940’s. It was also during that time that the Cornells embarked upon the parallel course of the real estate business. That firm, now a separate entity, continues today as Coldwell Banker-Cornell Realty.

For many years, the agency operated from an office at 701 Maple St, adjacent to the Cornell home. In 1964 Paul Thomson,  an area insurance claims adjuster,  was hired. Another long time employee who joined Cornell  in the 1950’s was Ann Hanson, who remained with the firm until her retirement in the 1990’s.

In 1972, Cornell Insurance and Real Estate relocated to the corner of M72 and 1·75 Business Loop. It was in that same year the insurance agency was purchased by Paul Thomson. Joyce Fox, another long-time fixture at Cornell joined in 1972 and stayed until retirement. Shortly thereafter, in 1974, George Stancil,  a former high school teacher, became associated with the firm. As the business continued to expand,  Ron Thomson joined in 1984, followed by Linda Northrop in 1986.

Paul Thomson retired from active participation at the end of 2002, and the agency was purchased by George Stancil, Linda Northrop and Ron Thomson. In addition to the owners, the agency employs 6 other associates. It handles all lines of property, casualty, life and health insurance, as well as bonds. The agency represents top carriers such as Auto-Owners, Citizens, Progressive, Pioneer State Mutual and Blue Cross-Blue Shield.

Today, Cornell Agency stands as one of Northern Michigan’s oldest and largest insurance companies, and continues the proud tradition of professionalism and community service begun so many years ago.

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PONDEROSA LEATHER GOODS CO., INC. is the first contract manufacturer in the Philippines of baseball and hockey gloves for major Sporting Goods Companies in the United States, Canada, and Japan.

Since beginning in 1980, the company has grown into one of the largest baseball glove factories in the world, having an annual production capacity of one million gloves.

The company is a joint venture among local Filipino businessmen and foreign investors from the United States and Taiwan. The company is accredited with the country's Board Of Investments (BOI).


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Bulle isn't that big a place with a population of only 11,000 people, yet for the past five years the town has taken top honors as Switzerland's fastest growing community. It probably has to do with its location at the base of the Swiss Alps. The views of the mountains are just fantastic and it's on the main road leading up to Gstaad, one of Switzerland's most famous ski resorts.

I'm here to visit Orama, the parent company of Andre Le Marquand and Side Watch watches. The address brings me to a good-looking, four-story building about a two-minute walk from Bulle's compact city center. Judging from the building's directory there are only two tenants, Orama and a construction company. I enter the elevator and press the button for the second floor reception. Hmm, the elevator doesn't move. Matter of fact, when you press any of the floor buttons the elevator doesn't move. It looks like you need a key to access the floors. As I stand there scratching my head I take a second look at a piece of stationary taped next to the elevator buttons. It's in French but I notice the Andre Le Marquand letterhead. Oh, oh, I know the word "fermee" means closed and I see dates. Jeez, they're closed for vacation July 18 to August 18.

As I'm retrieving the camera off my bike to snap a picture of the note in the elevator I notice a man greeting a woman who had been waiting outside the building. He exited a car festooned with several Side Watch advertisements. The elevator doors were just about to close when I say in a loud voice, "do you work for Side Watch?" The man answers, "yes". I explain who I am, what I do and how I sent a letter a month earlier to founder and CEO Andre Le Marquand telling of my pending arrival. I then say, "boy, that's pretty tacky that nobody notified me you'd be closed". The man says to come on up and he'll see with me after his meeting with the woman.

The second floor houses the reception area and offices. The first floor contains the watch assembly area. While the man talks to the woman he suggests I wander around downstairs as he turns on the lights and I'm shown the stairway. Looking at all the watches and assorted watch parts scattered about the workbenches I say, "you don't even know me and you trust me down here by myself?" The man just shrugs his head as he heads back upstairs.

Boy, I like the offices and workplace. Stepping off the elevator, who's exterior is black, a colorful reception area filled with lots of red and black greets visitors. Along with the reception counter painted a bright red there's also the bright red window blinds. Several black pillows decorate the bright red sofa and strips of bright red periodically interrupt the black carpeting throughout the floor. A glass display near the reception counter is filled with Andre Le Marquand watches.

So, who is this man who ends up giving me a nice reception? It's Cedric Le Marquand, head of sales and marketing, and son of founder Andre Le Marquand. Le Marquand doesn't know anything about my letter of introduction but apologizes for the snafu. His 73-year old father started the company back in 1978 and the plan is for him to eventually take over the reins.

Built in 1996, the company owns and occupies the first two floors of the four-story building. Parking is plentiful for the 27 employees including covered parking for commuting cyclists and smoking is not allowed in the workplace. There's no cafeteria but there's a break room, which I notice lacks chairs. Why no chairs? Well, the intricate workings of watches requires sitting down on your rear end all day and evidently when break time comes, the employees have elected to forgo sitting down. It's an hour to Geneva's airport, one and a half to Zurich's airport and three minutes to the nearest freeway. Any employee perks? Watches at cost.

So, you haven't heard of Side Watch? Me neither. It's a new line of watch with the idea being you wear these wristwatches on the side of the arm. It's primarily aimed at those into sports. For example, wearing one while cycling I don't have to turn my wrist to see the time.

Le Marquand's second floor middle office is next door to his father's. I note the laptop, one plant (real) and several pictures of his wife and kids. Going home for lunch isn't too big a deal since his commute time is two and a half minutes. His view out the window? The street. Oh, and remember how I was surprised at Le Marquand letting me roam around the watch assembly area unsupervised? It turns out close circuit cameras were beaming pictures of me to a monitor on his desk.

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By Maggie Ryan (07/17/2013)

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) received authorization from 2012 Senate Bill 1022 to begin the process of designing and constructing three new dorm buildings at any of four existing correctional center locations, including California Institute for Men in Chino, California State Prison and Sacramento/Folsom State Prison in Represa, California State Prison and Solano/California Medical Facility in Vacaville, Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP) in Ione or Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego. Although planning has started, construction isn’t scheduled to begin until early 2014.

This project is a result of the 2011 state law requiring inmates who are non-violent and who have committed less serious offenses to be housed in local facilities. A restructuring of the classification system for inmates is resulting in a shift in the number of Level II and III inmates as well. “We’re expecting to have 7,000 inmates move from Level III to Level II. We need more beds,” said Dana Simas, information officer at CDCR.

The pending closure of the dilapidated California Rehabilitation Center (CRC) is another factor contributing to the growing need for more Level II inmate beds as those prisoners are transferred to other facilities.

The project is still in the early stages of development, and has several more rounds of planning to go through before any final decisions are made about the location of the new beds, according to Simas. Officials are considering several options for the placement of the facilities, including spreading the three dorm buildings across only two prisons.

Although discussions are still in progress about location and who the general contractor and architect will be, some things are certain. This project will increase the total number of Level II inmate beds in California by 2,376. The cost of building a double housing facility will be $533,792, while a single facility will cost $276,208.

Another perk to the project will be the addition of hundreds of new jobs. A double facility is expected to add 375 additional staff members, and a single facility will add 190. Simas said that the CDCR doesn’t anticipate facing any challenges with the future construction work yet, but did cite factors such as traffic, sewage and environmental elements as potential conflicts in the construction process.

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George Felix Allen left a severed deer's head in a black family's mailbox?

Please, somebody tell me this one's not true. Because otherwise, I'll have failed to be cynical enough about Republicans, yet again. All all these guys sadists, or what?

Accusations by Dr. Ken Shelton, a radiologist who was a tight end and wide receiver for the University of Virginia in the early 1970s when Allen was quarterback. He said Allen not only used the n-word frequently but also once stuffed a severed deer head into a black family's mailbox.

Republicans sure have weird, erm, relations with animals, don't they? We've got Santorum and the dogs, we've got Bush blowing up frogs, but "stuffing" a deer's head into a mailbox? George Felix makes Stupid Ricky and George W look like pussies, doens't he? The circumstantial gory details:

Shelton said the incident with the deer head occurred during their college days when he, Allen and another teammate who has since died were hunting on a farm the third man's family owned near Bumpass, Va., 40 miles east of the university.

Shelton said Allen asked the other teammate where black families lived in the area, then stuffed a deer's head into the mailbox of one of the homes.

"George insisted on taking the severed head, and I was a little shocked by that," he told the AP. "This was just after the movie `The Godfather' came out with the severed horse's head in the bed."

Shelton said he came forward because of Allen's presidential prospects and the "macaca" incident.

"When I saw the look in his eye in that camera and using the word `macaca,' it just brought back the bullying way I knew from George back then," he said.

Shelton described himself as an independent who has supported Democratic and Republican candidates. H

Somehow, I think all these wierd animal incidents say a lot about today's Republican party: If you've sensed a certain lack of empathy in the leadership--blowing up frogs by shoving firecrackers up their ass then lighting the fuse, (Bush as a child), stealing cats from shelters, treating them as pets, and then dissecting them (Frist), using Terry Schiavo's dead body as a political football (the whole party), forced pregnancy (the whole party), state-sanctioned torture (Bush, then the whole party)--maybe basic sadism is at the root of it all.

NOTE See Macaca meets Bambi. Heck, see Bambi.

UPDATE The Times coverage says Allen "affixed" the head to the mailbox, instead of "stuffing" the head into the mailbox. Maybe some journalist could get Felix to clarify?

UPDATE I find it fascinating that coverage of this story is focussing on a word--granted, the word is "nigger"--instead of a violent and disgusting action. There's our media in action again...

UPDATE Welcome, Wonkette readers, from the story of the severered hog's head in New Jersey, of all places. Maybe the hog was a feral hog?

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PLYMOUTH, NH-Host Plymouth State broke a 7-7 tie with four goals at the start of the fourth quarter, and went on to defeat the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's men's lacrosse team, 13-10, in the regular season finale for both teams at Panther Field Saturday.

The Panthers got goals from Zach Frank, Ross Murphy, Mike Ventura and Ty Long to take an 11-7 lead with 8:20 left in the fourth quarter.  Freshman attacker Riley Baxter (Groton, MA/Groton-Dunstable HS) scored twice for UMD in the fourth quarter and sophomore midfielder Todd Davis (Sandwich, MA/Sandwich HS) scored once, but PSU held on for the win.

Plymouth State took a 4-2 lead after the first quarter, but UMD got two goals from sophomore attacker Adam Niden (Walpole, MA/Walpole HS) and one from Baxter to take the lead at 5-4 before Nick Morello scored 10 seconds before the end of the half to create a 5-5 halftime tie.

Freshman attacker Connor Gaffney (Andover, MA/Andover HS) and senior midfielder Alex Reposa (Shrewsbury, MA/Shrewsbury HS) scored in the third quarter for UMD as the Corsairs and Panthers were tied 7-7 after three quarters.

Niden and Baxter each had three goals and an assist to lead the Corsairs. Murphy, Nick Morello and Chris Annunciata each scored three times to lead Plymouth State.

"We played well in the second and third quarters, but we didn't get off the bus in the first quarter and in the fourth quarter, we made too many mistakes and they capitalized on them," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Kevin Mahoney. "We didn't play our best today. Plymouth State has a good young team and they played well, and we didn't play well for all 60 minutes."

The Panthers outshot the Corsairs, 35-34. Sophomore goalkeeper Nick Thayer (Chelmsford, MA/Chelmsford HS) and PSU goalkeeper Jack Tyo each made 11 saves.

UMass Dartmouth dropped to 9-5 and 3-4 in the Little East Conference with the defeat, while Plymouth State improved to 9-5 and 3-4 in the LEC with the victory. Both teams will return to action when the Little East Conference Tournament begins on Tuesday.

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View Full Version : Favourite Tomboys?

11-19-2002, 08:21 PM
Haven't started a thread in a long while....but I'll give it another shot. Given that the androgynous thread created a mild confusion, I thought I'd try a simpler stereotype in anime-
So who ranks in your favourite Tomboy?

Although not anime my fave would be Aika from Eternal Arcadia. She is such a cool pirate girl and those goggles! ^^

11-19-2002, 08:27 PM
just in case there is any confusion- Tomboys are girls that act boyishly but don't necessarily have to look like or dress up in boy's clothes! (although it helps!)

11-19-2002, 09:02 PM
Akane Tendo

Ryuunosuke Fujinami

11-19-2002, 11:28 PM
Tenoh Haruka... Bwhaha. She has always been my favorite anime character from the start. Mwee hee hee.. moo.

11-20-2002, 01:53 AM
Haruhara Haruko, mochiron!!! *rides a Vespa through the galaxy* My shooting star is in the shop today.

11-20-2002, 03:18 AM
lol!! i forgot the name!! but she's a samurai girl <<wow what a helpful description>> and she's the reincarnation of a great warrior. dang i feel stupid now. OH WAIT, it's Jubei-Chan!! hehe!

11-20-2002, 03:41 PM
I would think Motoko Kusanagi would count.

"What? Tough chick needs backup? Since when did she ever need backup?"

11-20-2002, 03:57 PM
I wonder if Aika from Skies of Arcadia counts.

11-20-2002, 05:39 PM
I think Aika counts.

As for anime....one of the younger girls from Love Hina...Seta's daughter...she a definite fave. If only i could remember her name!

11-20-2002, 06:31 PM
Akane for me.

11-20-2002, 06:50 PM
Seiya Kou, manga version of course^.^

11-20-2002, 07:00 PM
Akane Tendo!!

Something Lulu
11-21-2002, 01:51 AM
Originally posted by Nietsche
As for anime....one of the younger girls from Love Hina...Seta's daughter...she a definite fave. If only i could remember her name!

That would be Sarah McDougall.

Akane is my fave, with Motoko from Love Hina running a close second.

11-21-2002, 03:26 AM
kagura from azumanga daioh!!

11-21-2002, 11:31 AM
Defenitely Pan from Dragonball Gt and Haruka Tenoh from Sailor Moon.

11-22-2002, 12:53 PM
Hmmmm.....I would have to go with Akane Tendo (Ranma 1/2), Ukyo Kuonji (Ranma 1/2), and Ryoko (Tenchi Muyo)....wait....Does Ryoko count? I think she's very boy-ish a lot of the time.

11-22-2002, 01:13 PM

Ryoko, good one. Completely forgot about Ryoko.

Mei Lan Chang
11-22-2002, 01:23 PM
Yes, I will follow the Akane Tendo crowd on that one. It's so cute the way she won't admit she likes Ranma. And she isn't helpless and annoying like most female main characters...well...at least when she is its actually cute and not terribly irritating. -snarls at pathetic and intentionally weak main characters...which could be why tomboys are so fun-

11-23-2002, 03:32 AM
There's a few, but, overall -- King from The King of Fighters series... She WAS in an anime, The Art of Fighting anime, but.. ^^;; I like her best in the KOF video game series... "C'mon, baby!" *drool collapse*

11-24-2002, 09:19 PM
Haruka and Haruko! Boo-yah!

11-24-2002, 09:29 PM
Tsujimoto Natsumi from You're Under Arrest! ^___^ She's one of my favorite anime females, and I was thinking about cosplaying her a while ago when my hair was shorter..

Kamui Motoaki
11-24-2002, 10:13 PM
Rally Vincent. . . oh yea~ ^_^

11-25-2002, 12:56 PM
Although from a video game and not an anime I would have to say....Meryl Silverburgh from Metal Gear Solid. Boo-yah! I have a thing for red heads.

11-25-2002, 01:15 PM
Kei from the Dirty Pair and also Akane Tendo. :angel:

Something Lulu
11-25-2002, 01:18 PM
How could I forget Kei??!?!?! Thanks for mentioning her, Lovelyangel. Dirty Pair was one of the first animes I really got into (waaay back in the day) and I thought Kei was just the coolest chick. (I must have been about 9 at this point.) I even had a Dirty Pair T-shirt! And I used to try to draw Kei, cuz her hair was so cool. lol

Kenshin Ken
11-25-2002, 01:43 PM
mm, I'd put in my part here:

Akane tendo( ranma 1/2)
Nanami (suikoden 2)
Ukyo ( Ranma 1/2)
Sarah ( Love hina)

....arrggh...can't..remember..names n specifics.

11-25-2002, 01:53 PM
Holy cheese and crackers! I forget about Utena Tenjou. I don't think no ones has mention her yet. *reads others posts*..no..:)

..yea... she is my other favorite Tomboy. :)

11-25-2002, 02:09 PM
Utena counts? Then she has my vote. :D

11-28-2002, 10:48 PM
*thinks really hard*

Akane Tendo, of course!!
Sara from Love Hina
And ... Ryoko from Real Bout High School (manga version) - all I know is that she is not "lady like"...

That's all...

11-29-2002, 02:21 PM
hmmm...i agree with mostly everyone..

**my favorite kawaii tomboy is akane tendo***

she kicks major ass!!!! ^___^

Scarlet Phoenix
11-29-2002, 09:02 PM
Y'all gotta luv akane tendo. Also Ukyo f/Ranma 1/2 and Haruka f/sailormoon

11-29-2002, 11:57 PM
King, Kurai( Angel Sanctuary), Haruka Tenou, Makoto (And yes, she counts..v.v;), and uhm...others...yeah...x.x;

Shadow Lady
11-30-2002, 12:53 AM
Radical Edward from Cowboy Bebop!

12-01-2002, 04:41 AM
this is pretty much every girl on my favorite female anime character list
1.pirotess-record of lodoss war
2.cima garahau-gundam 0083
.anna & uni puma-dominion tank police
.urd-oh my goddess
.priss-BGC/BGC 2040
.miranda-venus wars
.angel-angel cop
.natsumi-your under arrest
.gally-gunnm(battle angel alita)
.kongero-jubei nimpucho/ninja scroll
.kei-original dirty pair
.hazumi-bakuen campus guardress
.arshes nei-bastard
.irie-fam & irie ruin explorers
.eria & neria-escaflowne
.nausicaa-kaze no tani no nausicaa
.mink-dragon half
.emelia-macross 7
.yoko-sore yuke utchu senkan yamamato yoko

12-01-2002, 03:34 PM
Haruka-kun.... ~Glomps Uranus plushie~ Whee!

I also love Akane, simply because she's so damn cool. ^____^

12-01-2002, 09:30 PM
I think Asuka from Evangelion counts. She rocks in such a hardcore way!


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Wanted to do my own version of Pinkie Pie. made her a bit 80's to celebrate the era ponies were born in.

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leo 11-18 16:39
quando vai chegar mais aneis???

CosplayFu ([email protected]) 11-18 19:40

Olá leo, nós o faremos de volta em estoque o mais breve possível. n_n
Eklaz 10-04 07:04
can i take off the shimon ring if i want to and put it back ???

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Hello Eklaz, all parts of the ring are attached, so we are afraid you cannot take off one part and put it back again.  n_n
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Hey! Are there different sizes available? If so, what is the smallest? If not, is it possible to customize a size? Thank you ^_^

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Hello Ash, All rings in CosplayFU are fixed size ( about 2 cm ). ^ ^ We don't have customized rings. Sorry for this. n_n
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How big is the ring?

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Yo! I'm KawaiixFukuro otherwise known as Leash, I'm an 18 year-old female currently residing in the wet and miserable realm we call the 'United Kingdom'

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Back in 2008 I found out what cosplay was and bought my first which was Itachi Uchiha from Naruto but didn't actually start attending conventions till 2012 when I visited London October's MCM as Amaterasu from Okami which was my first handmade costume.

Since then my cosplay world opened up for me as it became such a change from hardly knowing anyone who enjoyed or shared similar interests to anime and cosplay, to suddenly having met and befriending people who pretty much like what you do and attend cosplay/gaming conventions regularly. So far most of my completed hand made cosplays have been based on game characters like Link from Legend of Zelda, Reno from Final Fantasy and Riku from Kingdom Hearts which I believe has been influenced by college where I studied a gaming course.

Even though I haven't attended a lot of conventions as yet, I participate in joining group meetings based around where I live, sometimes organising meetings myself and attending Manga Nights put on by Forbidden Planet stores. In future I plan to continue attending as many conventions as possible whilst still making my own costumes in order to go up in the masquerade.

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Le Loft – Jaco’s Upscale VIP Bar/Club (Video)

Playa Jaco (Jaco Beach) Nightlife – One of the best-known surfing towns in Costa Rica is Jaco, a city commonly known for nightlife near the beach, surfing and beautiful women. Like many cities in the country there are bars on the beach, but Jaco offers tourist the option of dressing up and going to the clubs. For those interested in a more upscale, luxurious, American style bar/club in the city, Le Loft is the place to go.

le loft jaco 1With AC, which can be considered rare in Costa Rica, a Dj who plays all the current American hits and a selection of American drinks, Le Loft makes you feel like you are in the United States. Demographics vary from early twenties to late fifties. Costa Rican law states that you must be eighteen or older to legally drink in the country therefore everyone in the club will be at least eighteen years old.  You will find people from all parts of the world at the bar; this is the beauty of Costa Rica.

The good vibe from the people and the great music from the DJ make the ambiance fun for everyone. It is a popular place for anyone looking to enjoy the night. The club also offers a selection of VIP’s promotions to choose from that include bottle service. Locals enjoy going to Le Loft because it is considered one of the nicest bars and clubs in Jaco.

Since it is Costa Rica the party does not usually begin until after midnight. It is common for tourists to hangout at the bars around Le Loft, have dinner and drink before heading out to the club.

In addition to the American style, the bar has different theme nights. From black light Saturdays to bikini Sundays, entertainment is not something to worry about at Le Loft. Body painting during black light theme night will give everyone something to do. Depending on the night, there is an open bar for ladies and a selection of gorgeous women for the men. Another entertainment is the dancers who only take a break to refresh and dance all night.

Anyone looking to enjoy a pleasant environment in the city of Jaco will enjoy a night out at Le Loft. It is clean, decorated with style, and it gives people the opportunity to dress up. The music, friends, girls and the large and diverse theme nights will make your party experience unforgettable.

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Miley Cyrus' home is burglarized while she's on tour; car, jewelry missing

Miley Cyrus' home was burglarized while she was away on her Bangerz tour last Friday.

Cyrus, 21, is said to have been in Sweden at the time.

Police responded to a burglary call on Friday, according to L.A. Now and Associated Press, and said that a man and woman got into the house by climbing a fence around 4 p.m. and went through the garage.

The "Wrecking Ball" singer's assistant discovered something was amiss when she returned to the Los Angeles abode around midnight Saturday and called the police, according to TMZ.

"The suspects were able to gain access into the residence and garage," the LAPD told Us Magazine in a statement. "They removed property including jewelry and a 2014 white, four-door Maserati Quattroporte. No one was home at the time of the burglary."

Police told TMZ there was no sign of forced entry. The Maserati has been estimated at $102,000 by TMZ and $135,000 by Us but no dollar amount has been attached to the jewelry.

It's the second break-in at the singer's San Fernando Valley home; last November, someone also gained entry while she wasn't home.

On Sunday, the "Hanna Montana" alum tweeted that she was feeling "homesick" just after posting that she was pretty emotional.

"ya know when you just cry in the shower for no reason," she wrote.

The twerking extraordinaire, who is still reeling from the death of her dog Floyd, had to cancel a leg of her tour in April because of an allergic reaction she obtained while treating a sinus infection with antibiotics.

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Ussery hired as Russellville High School principal
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The Russellville School Board approved the hiring of Russellville Middle School Principal Sammy Ussery as high school principal at Tuesday night’s school board meeting.

Assistant Superintendent Alene Bynum said the administration and board are excited to bring Ussery into the position.

“He will bring a lot of energy and ideas,” she said. “He has already been working with staff and students and parents. He is very qualified for this position.”

Ussery, a 1994 graduate of Russellville High School, will replace Wesley White, who is retiring at the end of this school year.

“I couldn’t be more excited or humbled,” he said, describing White as a mentor. “I want to continue the positive things he did at the high school and add my own personality.”

He said the change is “joyful, but tough,” because of his closeness to the students and faculty at RMS, even after only a year as principal there.

“I can’t wait to meet with the faculty and students,” he said. “I’m grateful for the acknowledgment of the board, the district and the faculty.”

Prior to RMS, Ussery was principal at Dover, Western Yell County and Danville high schools.
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Violinist Natasha Korsakove is featured soloist for Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra concert

Symphony guest soloist multilingual

Symphony guest soloist multilingual

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It's easy to understand Natasha Korsakova's confusion when asked about her national identity.

It's a question she's gotten many times, "And at first, I really didn't know what to say," said the guest soloist for the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra's upcoming Classics concert.

Korsakova, a great-grandniece of composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, was born in Moscow to a Greek pianist and a Russian violinist. She took up violin at 5, played her first public performance at 7, and moved to Germany at 18 to launch a career that, over the past 16 years, has taken her around the globe, winning her the Russian Muse award in her home city and Artist of the Year awards in Chile and in Italy.

The violinist speaks five languages (Russian, German, Italian, English and Danish) and, when not traveling, divides her time between homes in Germany and in Italy.

"I felt a little like a Russian, like a Greek, like a German and like an Italian. But finally, I understood that I'm very European. That's how I consider myself," she said in a phone interview from a hotel in Waterbury, Conn., where she was beginning her latest North American tour.

As much as any language, music was her mother tongue and her father tongue. She grew listening to her parents practice pieces they performed for a living as professional touring artists. And she spent a lot of time with her grandfather, a violinist who taught her the instrument and, with is wife, kept her when her parents were off touring.

"I saw my parents traveling around the world, meeting people in every country, bringing home great memories," she said. "I think at first subconsciously, then realistically, I wanted to do the same."

Both her grandfather and her father had wanted her to play piano, she said, "But my mother said 'No way.'"

As a pianist, herself, her mother knew the trials of playing a different instrument at every venue, and she knew how many good pianists were already out there. "She said 'No, no, she will play violin, if anything.' I'm very grateful to my mother for this."

Korsakova's grandfather taught her, but her father became her model, she said.

She grew up listening to him practice and perform Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, the piece she'll play in The Victory with the Evansville Philharmonic. "My father played the concerto 305 times," she said. "He loved it. He said even after 300 times, you never get tired of this music, and I absolutely agree. You can play it as many times as you want, and you never get tired of it."

Her own interpretation of the music has evolved. "I tried to copy my father as much as possible, the phrases he played, the fingerings he made, even the way he looked while playing the violin," she said.

Korsakova has played it at least 10 times before, including a German performance celebrating the 25th anniversary of the dismantling of the Berlin Wall.

The performance will also include Igor Stravinsky's music from the ballet "Petrouchka" and subtitles will be provided so the audience will know what would be going on in the ballet.

Korsakova's father, who died in 1991, remains "a strong influence, always," she said. "He was a genius, really, but at some point I just thought, 'I am a personality, I have my own individuality. I still play it similarly, but I have put a personal tone into the concerto, which makes it different from the way my father did it."

Playing her own way, Korsakova, 34, has become an internationally recognized soloist who has performed in major concert halls around the globe, playing to huge audiences and dignitaries including a president and a pope.

Regardless of her audience, however, the music holds her focus, she said. "I don't see much difference between playing in London in front of 3,000 people or playing in a little city. The responsibility is always the same."

As she has for the past 12 years, Korsakova will play Saturday on an instrument built in 1775 by Vincenzo Panormo, whom she considers a kindred spirit.

"He was a little bit like me," she said. "He was an Italian from Sicily, traveling all over Europe. I'm not even certain whether my violin was made in France or England or Germany."

What: Violinist Natasha Korsakova will be featured soloist when the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra performs Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto on a program including works by Igor Stravinsky and Korsakova's great-grand uncle, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

The performance will also include Igor Stravinsky's music from the ballet "Petrouchka" and subtitles will be provided so the audience will know what would be going on in the ballet.

When: 7 p.m. Saturday

Where: The Victory

Tickets: $16 to $56 for adults, $6 to $56 for children 12 and younger, $5 at the door for students after 6 p.m. Members of club2030 may register online for $10 tickets up to 3 p.m. Saturday. Additional fees of $2 to $5 apply.

Information: Call 812-425-5050 for reservations or information or go to online.

Broadcast: A digital recording of the concert will air at 7 p.m. Dec. 2 on WNIN 88.3FM


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Tribal Justice and Safety Gets $90M in U.S. Grants

     (CN) - Uncle Sam awarded 192 grants, worth more than $90 million, to help law enforcement and prevent crime in needy American Indian tribal areas, as well as Alaska Native villages.
     The funds will go to 110 American Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages, tribal consortia and tribal designated nonprofits, according to a report released Wednesday by the Justice Department.
     Supported areas include "public safety and community policing; justice systems planning; alcohol and substance abuse; corrections and correctional alternatives; violence against women; juvenile justice; and tribal youth programs."
     The Justice Department's Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS), a single application for tribal-specific grant programs, made the awards.
     CTAS administered its first round of consolidated grants in September 2010, and has doled out 989 grants totaling more than $437 million since then.
     Thirty U.S. attorneys from districts that include Indian country or one or more federally recognized tribes serve on the Native American Issues Subcommittee of the attorney general's Advisory Committee.
     The NAIS focuses on criminal and civil Indian country issues, and makes policy recommendations to the attorney general.
     Uncle Sam notes that its annual consultation on violence against native women is scheduled for Oct. 31 in Bismarck, N.D. That city will also host an Interdepartmental Tribal Justice, Safety and Wellness Session on Oct. 29-30.
     There, tribal leaders can share their views on the department grants.


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Reading To Wiggly Children

I often overhear parents say, “I would like to read to my child more, but he/she (let’s face it, it is usually a he) just won’t sit still”.  As a former reading lady and mother of several wiggly children, I thought I would link up to Works For Me Wednesday to share some of the tricks that I use to read to wiggly children.

First, I start reading to my children long before they can escape (within days of birth). The earlier you start reading to your children, the more likely it is to seem like a regular daily activity like eating or bathing.

Be animated! Be silly! Make sound effects:
June2010 204 My husband gasping while reading “Two beetles gasped and ran away” from Miss Spider’s Tea Party: The Counting Book.

Alternate reading with an action song. When my son is wiggly, we follow  Miss Spider’s Tea Party: The Counting Book with the Itsy Bitsy Spider, then read The Very Busy Spider and follow it up with several rounds of Old McDonald’s Farm.

Engage them. Ask them to point to pictures. Being willing to stop and discuss a picture or concept they find interesting:
June2010 210 My husband pauses to let my son count the tea cups. BTW, real men read stories about tea parties to their sons. :D

If they don’t want to sit on your lap, don’t make them. Read like the reading lady: Turn the book outward and let your child move about the room while you read. They will look up occasionally to see a picture and they will hear and retain much more than you think possible. Last week my son said, “You keep reading. I will be back; I am going to climb under the bed”.

Take advantage of the times when you have a captive audience. Read during meal times. Have an older sibling read to your toddler while he is strapped in the car seat.
HPIM0766 My husband reading to the children at dinner time.

Let them act out a book while you read a book like Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed or Ten in the Bed.

Children are more likely to want to hear a story that they were involved in choosing. Let them pick out a book at the library or thrift shop.

Give them a choice between reading and something you know they don’t want to do. I sometimes ask my toddler, “would you like to read a book or clean your room?'” Let them bamboozle you into reading “one more book” before bedtime. Once they are “reading”, let them sneak a little extra reading time before they fall asleep. Nothing is more enticing than a forbidden activity!

I realize the ideas in the last paragraph are somewhat controversial. Some people may view them as deceptive or encouraging deception. You did read the title of this blog, right? Covert Teaching sometimes requires subversive methods.

How do you read to your wiggly children?

GreadingtoA (2) My second oldest wiggle worm reading to my youngest wiggle worm.

Disclosure: I have linked the books to amazon, where I am an affiliate, so you can read a description if you wish. However, I encourage you to check these books out at the library.

Edited to change wriggle to wiggle after realizing that not everybody has teenagers who like to imitate Gollum in their household.

The Activity Mom said...

Great tips! My 3 year old is great about sitting and paying attention to a story now but when he was much younger he'd always walk away and I'd just keep reading and he usually came wondering back for the rest of the story.

groovie mom said...

My kids sometimes like to build with Legos, toss a ball in the air, draw...when I'm reading to them. It used to drive me nuts, but when I would "quiz" them on what I'd just read about, they always knew what was going on so now I let them do as they please so long as it's quiet.


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'Sweet Caroline' sales up after bombings

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NEW YORK (AP) — Sales for Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" are up by 597 percent a week after the tune became a source of comfort following the explosions at the Boston Marathon.

Nielsen SoundScan said Wednesday the song sold 19,000 tracks this week. It sold 2,800 tracks the previous week and 1.75 million tracks to date.

The crowd-pleasing song is a staple of Boston Red Sox games. It makes no specific mention of Boston or the Red Sox, but the team started playing it regularly at Fenway Park more than a decade ago and fans took to it.

The New York Yankees, Toronto Raptors and other professional sports teams have also played the song at games in the days after last week's deadly blasts.

Diamond released "Sweet Caroline" in 1969. It is addressed to Caroline Kennedy.

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