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Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut – 11 – The Second Ever Cosmonaut
On the bus ride to the launch pad, Lev suddenly asks the driver to stop, and makes a face that wouldn't look out of place on Irina. Everyone is worried until he says he just needs to take a leak, and the bus erupts in laughter and relief. Mikhail joins him outside, and offers Lev congratulations, now that he knows why Lev was chosen over him: because Lev is an everyman.
The launch goes off without a hitch; it's almost too problem-free. Then again, the team learned a lot from the problems that occured during Irina's test flight, and it looks like they were able to use her data to solve those problems.
While in orbit, Lev borrows Irina's words to describe what he sees, and then uses kholodets as a code word to let her know, wherever she is, that he's thinking of her.
The launch occurs in the middle of the day, when Irina is still in bed. Anya lets her know Lev made it to space, and the throngs of celebrating Zirnitrans outside confirm the success.
The radio relays Lev's words to the masses, which Irina recognizes as her own, then hears about the kholodets and weeps in happiness. The effect of her going out into the sunlight is very well-done, evoking pain and disorientation.
Lev feels a bit disoriented after returning to Earth too. He's been promoted several spots to Major and has immediately a world historical figure and national hero and celebrity.
For someone as honest and unassuming as Lev, it's hard to keep up, especially when his post-launch job is all about schmoozing, marketing, and propaganda. Harlova even tells him he now has the power to start a revolution…if he so chooses.
Harlova seems to want Lev to go down this road, but he's still preoccupied with Irina, who lied to him about joining the design bureau. It gives him further pause when Harlova tells him that anything that no longer has a use is disposed of as a matter of course.
Anya is reassigned, which means Irina will soon be all alone. But when she gives Anya her jewel necklace to give to Lev, Anya presses it back in Irina's hand. She's resolved to help Irina see Lev again, and won't let Irina give up so easily.
Author magicalchurlsukuiPosted on Mon, 13 Dec 2021 Categories Anime Reviews, Fall 2021, Tsuki to Laika to NosferatuTags anya, capital, cosmonaut, dont give up, history, irina luminesk, kholodets, lev leps, lie, mikhail, orbit, politics, promotion, revolution, romance, separated, space, success, sunlight, vampire, zirnitra, 月とライカと吸血姫Leave a comment on Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut – 11 – The Second Ever Cosmonaut
Meikyuu Black Company – 06 – Meteoric Rise, Temporary Escape
Ninomiya celebrates his promotion to the Demon Lord Army's Western Invasion Force Director with a trip to a hot spring with Ranga and Rimu. He revels in the fact that at this pace of advancement he'll soon be a board member who can meet the Demon Lord face-to-face, and possibly return to Japan.
Little do the three know that they're under surveillance from a camera owned by one of the Three Ravens, high level corporate executives who feel threatened by Ninomiya. One is an old fart who's always spitting and wearing out the phrase "kids these days"; one is a voluptuous meatheaded amazon, and one is a four-eyed calculating perv.
Knowing what we know about Ninomiya, Rimu, and Ranga, it was a foregone conclusion that their petty schemes would fail one by one, much like Wile E. Coyote is always defeated in his efforts to capture Road Runner. Meathead unleashes a giant worm which Rimu quickly deals with; the worm even joins Ninomiya's team!
When it's the old fart's turn, he challenges Ninomiya to cultivate some barren land, which is easy thanks to giant worm tilling and Ranga's growing magic. Finally, the four-eyed perv tries to take unconsensual photos of Ranga nude, only to be defeated by the revelation he's a boy.
If the first half is all about Ninomiya continuing to rise due to his ability to assemble a powerful and talented team, the second half is all about one of its members: Ranga. In what is clearly a dream in the style of Alice in Wonderland, Ranga witnesses the drudgery of unending labor in the form of a group of rabbits turning a wheel to power the Queen's fountain.
When he laments that she can't get them more tolerable hours or paid time off, he suddenly shrinks to a tiny size. While escaping the horde of evil rabbits (very Re:Zero-esque, that) he falls through a chute down into a massive underground…internet café.
If the rabbits toiling above ground represented one extreme of the labor spectrum, this café represents the other: all the mole people there have no goals other than repeating the same actions over and over again, calling into question whether life is even worth living.
From corporate grunts to NEETs, oppression and stagnation, Ranga finds himself trapped, both spiritually and physically (in a cage). His ancestor Belza, the Queen of this world, insists that he take her place by her side. That's when the real Ninomiya stomps the White Rabbit Ninomiya and head-butts Ranga back into reality.
Apparently, the team was on a mission to defeat a Mobile Suit-like giant robot when it shot a strange beam into Ranga's head, placing him in that dream prison that drew upon his own fears and insecurities. When he asks Ninomiya if always running away is bad, he tells him perhaps usually, but there's always the useful phrase "strategic retreat".
As long as Ranga's overall goal hasn't changed, he's free to run away as many times as he needs to for the sake of future victory. Of course, Mobile Suit Gundam, the source of inspiration for their defeated mecha, was packed with those kinds of strategic retreats.
Defeating the mecha means Ninomiya can finally meet the Demon Lord…and she (or he) appears to be a Bahamut-like dragon in human form, like Rimu. Like Ranga last week, s/he asks Ninomiya to "save this world". I know what he'll probably say: Assuming he does, can he go home?
Author braveradePosted on Sat, 14 Aug 2021 Categories Anime Reviews, Meikyuu Black Company, Summer 2021Tags alice in wonderland, belza, corporate, Demon Lord, dream, efficiency, 迷宮ブラックカンパニー, hot spring, hungry, internet cafe, isekai, monsters, ninomiya kinji, pro labor, promotion, ranga, rimu, rivals, running away, saving the world, three ravens
Mars Red – 01 (First Impressions) – On a Silver Platter
Tokyo, Japan, 1923: Major Maeda Yoshinobu is escorted to a maximum-security underground prison at Tsukishima Island housing a single inmate: Misaki, an actress who was performing Salome at the Imperial Theatre when she was turned into a vampire. When Maeda meets her through thick glass, she's still reciting the lines of the play, as if she were still on stage.
Later on, a suspiciously vampiric-looking young man at the theatre tells Maeda that when the lights go out and the curtains rise, the audience is transported to the underworld. I can't help but watch Maeda and his chatterbox underling's journey deeper and deeper into the Tsukishima facility and think they too are on a journey to the underworld.
While Japan and its military are rapidly modernizing and westernizing, it's ironic that the covert vampire hunting unit Lt. General Nakajima has created deals with ancient monsters. The general reminds Maeda not to allow sympathy or pity to dull his blade, and Maeda assures him if Misaki cannot be brought to their side, he'll promptly dispose of her.
Maeda visits the theatre, where the stage is still a mess of blood and ruined scenery, and he meets the inscrutable actor Deffrot, who played Jokanaan, AKA John the Baptist, whose head is served to Salome on a silver platter as payment for her Dance of the Seven Veils. In a very neat piece of "camera"work, the shadow of Maeda's head is cast on the play's poster, held in Salome's hands.
Outside the theatre Maeda is approached by a young lady he mistakes for Misaki, but she introduces herself as Shirase Aoi, a reporter for the Nitto News. Maeda ignores her requests for comment and access to the theatre, and then Moriyama arrives by car to report that Misaki has escaped. For a second there, I wondered if Aoi was Misaki after all.
As Moriyama speeds Maeda back to Tsukishima, Misaki effortlessly smashes through all of the steel doors and barriers in her way, takes a bullet with barely a flinch, bleeds black blood, bites a neck, casually nudges a bullet away and dodges the others with her vampiric speed. Through it all she moves with a dancer's grace, embodying the role of Salome—whom I learned was transformed by French writers from her biblical role to the "incarnation of female lust".
A different dance ensues, with both Maeda and Misaki gradually making their way to the same spot: across the Nihonbashi bridge to Marunouchi Plaza at Tokyo Station. It's the capper to an episode that serves as a Where's Where of Taisho-era Tokyo.
Misaki gets closer and closer to Maeda, but when he grips his sword and prepares to draw, she places her hand over his, embraces him a little while longer, then steps aside and lets herself be consumed by the morning light, without further bloodshed. The same stigmata design on her tongue appears on the spot where she incinerated.
Back at HQ, General Nakajima promotes Maeda to Colonel and puts him in command of Code Zero, with the mission of apprehending or disposing of vampires in Japan. If I had to describe Mars Red in one word, it would be classy. Given another word, I'd use deliberate. As Maeda navigates a Tokyo in flux and deals with Misaki, every scene is given room to breathe. Maeda is a bit of a stiff, but still…I'm intrigued.
Author braveradePosted on Mon, 29 Mar 2021 Tue, 30 Mar 2021 Categories Anime Reviews, Mars Red, Spring 2021Tags actress, beheaded, classy, code zero, deffrot, escape, general, historical, imperial theatre, maeda yoshinobu, moriyama, nakajima, play, promotion, salome, shirase aoi, special forces, stigmata, tokyo, underground, unit zero, vampires
Jujutsu Kaisen – 24 (Fin) – Only So Many Open Seats
When Eso—who like his more monstery-looking brother Kechizu isn't a cursed spirit but a physical being—unleashes his special attack Wing King, Yuuji grabs Nobara in a princess carry and uses his superhuman speed to flee Eso's range of attack.
They're then headed off by Kechizu, who douses them both with his blood. Eso then activates a cursed technique called Decay that ensures both Yuuji and Nobara's skin will be rotted away until by morning nothing will be left but bones.
We learn that Eso, Kechizu, and their brother Choso comprise The Cursed Wombs: Death Paintings One through Three—the result of either failed or successful (depending on your point of view) experiments in cross-breeding humans and cursed spirits. The three see each other as one and are devoted to one another, as they are all they had when they were sealed away prior to Mahiru stealing and releasing them into the world.
Unfortunately, Eso and Kechizu fucked with the wrong jujutsu sorcerers. Nobara is one of the worst opponents they could have, as she can use her Straw Doll Technique Resonance on the blood splattered on her to turn their curse back on them. Yuuji is an even worse match, as thanks to being possessed by Sukuna he's immune to all poisons and poison-like techniques.
Nobara makes clear that Yuuji still makes pain, but pain alone isn't enough to stop the likes of Yuuji. Together the two bust out their own techniques and deliver crippling blows to Eso and Kechizu. Just as last week was Megumi's time to shine, Jujutsu Kaisen saves its finale for some of Yuuji and Nobara's most badass moments.
Eso can't use Wing King unless he releases Decay, but when he fears his brother is near death he does just that, playing right into the sorcerers' hands. Both he and Kechizu are killed—not exorcised—they are physical beings their bodies remain. Choso senses their loss while playing The Game of Life with Getou and Mahiru.
Yuuji and Nobara win the battle without suffering serious harm. Yuuji asks if Nobara is okay psychologically after killing a physical being. Nobara's answer is superbly true to her character: when you're a sorcerer, "these things happen."
There are only so many people you can save, and as she puts it, only so many open seats in her life for people who will sway her heart. Yuuji just so happens to be the rare person in her life to bring their own seat and sit down. It's her way of saying Yuuji is one of the few people she cares about, and it's beautiful.
The two are initially distraught upon finding Megumi passed out under the bridge, and when he wakes up, they're over the moon with relief. Megumi gives Yuuji the Sukuna finger he secured, but both of them are surprised when a mouth emerges from Yuuji's hand and eats it. Thankfully, Yuuji's body is able to withstand yet another finger. Then Nitta arrives and chastises them for not keeping in contact.
Yuuji, Nobara, and Megumi managed to defeat three Special-Grade curses, a feat for which Gojou claims credit for his diligent instruction as he chats with Utahime on her day off. Megumi and Nobara agree to keep the fact Yuuji "resonated" with Eso and Kechizu a secret to protect their bud. Toudou Aoi and Mei Mei officially recommend the three sorcerers—along with Maki and Panda—for promotion to First Grade status.
Maki and Panda spar together as Toge (who I assume is already a First Grade) keeps score; both of them determined not to get left in the dust by the three first year up-and-comers. Nobara then goes on a celebratory shopping spree with Yuuji and Megumi, using Yuuji as her pack mule.
Getou, Mahiru, Choso, and a host of other high-level baddies remain at large to be eliminated, while perhaps the greatest threat remains within Yuuji in Ryoumen Sukuna. A "To Be Continued" at the very end of the episode serves as a promise that at some point Jujutsu Kaisen will return to settle these matters with its trademark blend of bombastic action, heartwarming camaraderie, and rib-tickling comedy. I already can't wait.
Author braveradePosted on Sat, 27 Mar 2021 Sat, 27 Mar 2021 Categories Anime Reviews, Fall 2020, Jujutsu KaisenTags badass, beatdown, black flash, brothers, choso, combat, cursed spirit, cursed wombs, decay, eso, finger, fushiguro megumi, gojou satoru, inumaki toge, iori utahime, itadori yuuji, kechizu, killing, kugisaki nobara, nitta akari, promotion, resonance, ryoumen sukuna, teamwork, toudou aoi, trio, zenin maki, 呪術廻戦
Star Trek: Lower Decks – 10 (S1 Fin) – Nor Yet Favor to Women of Skill…
If you watched TOS you know about Beta III and how its pre-warp civilization was ruled by computer Landru until Captain Kirk shut it down. Apparently problem solved, but flash forward to the time of Lower Decks and the people of Beta III are once again under Landru's heel.
While distributing art supplies, Brad tells Beckett he now knows she is the captain's daughter, and since their comms are on an open channel, it isn't long until the whole crew finds out. Beckett must contend with an uptick in nepotistic ass-kissing by her crewmates.
Elsewhere on the Cerritos, Rutherford tests out a new personality modifier that can make him optimistic, sexy, angry, and everything in between. This is as Tendi serves as liason for a new Exocomp crew member, Ensign…Peanut Hamper. Since the little guys were deemed sentient back in TNG's "The Quality of Life", it was only a matter of time!
Finally, Captain Bowman and the crew of the destroyed Rubidoux are breaking in their new ship, the Solvang, when they are captured (and blown up attempting to escape) by a powerful and gigantic ship made of a motley of cannibalized ship components…but the sharper-eyed nerds notice the ship at its core: Pakleds, last featured in TNG's "Samaritan Snare."
Needless to say, this episode is packed with stories big and small. And since this is the season finale, there are a number of big character changes to the status quo enjoyed in the previous nine episodes that will reverberate into the already-approved second season.
First is the cementing of Beckett and Boimler's friendship in spite of their very different personalities. As predicted, Beckett is finally rolling down her sleeves, putting her hair up, and taking being a Starfleet officer seriously. Of course, this is for a very Beckett reason: she wants to run away from the hassle of being the Captain's kid, and for that she'll need to get promoted and transferred.
Tendi and Peanut Hamper turn get along like two space peas in a space pod, though the latter's lack of hands makes it hard to manipulate objects meant for humans. Still, just when Tendi is about to warn the doctor that Peanut may not have the steadiest hands, Peanut executes perfect microsutures and even develops a new skin-grafting technique. The CMO is impressed, but is Tendi jealous? Of course not! She's proud of Peanut Hamper!
Things take a sudden turn for the action-packed when the Cerritos receives a distress signal from the Solvang. When they arrive, the Pakled ship is already scavenging parts from the wreck of the Solvang. The ship gets its hooks in the Cerritos, but Freeman wisely notes that going to warp is probably what Bowman did, which doomed her ship, so instead she cuts power.
When they get their captors on screen and learn they're Pakleds, everyone on the crew carries the same assumptions as the crew of the Enterprise: the Pakleds are slow and dumb, not a threat! And yet, here they are, carving the Cerritos up like a space turkey.
In such a strange and hazardous situation, Freeman leans on her daughter's unorthodox methods for arriving at a plan to defeat the enemy. Beckett notes that the Pakleds are taking their time, meaning there's time for Rutherford to create a virus that will hack into the Pakled's "inviting" networks (due to the need to integrate so many different kinds of tech).
Ruthy turns to Badgey for help with the virus, but has to make a Faustian bargain: Badgey won't cough up the virus without the safeties being taken off-line. Meanwhile, Beckett opens all the compartments where she's hidden contraband (including her bat'leth) in order to arm the crew to repel Pakled boarders.
Just when it seems Peanut Hamper is the perfect crew member to deliver the virus to the Pakled ship…she declines, and beams herself into space to escape danger. Turns out she only joined Starfleet to piss off her mom. Hey, at least she didn't go insane and try to kill everyone with her multi-tool nose!
Rutherford, who finally restores his "normal" personality, volunteers to deliver the virus. Tendi thinks he's stuck on "heroic" mode, but he's just being himself. Shaxs helps get him to a shuttlecraft and flies him to the Pakled ship, ramming through its hull in a nifty bit of tactical officering.
When Badgey, who Rutherford placed in his implants for the trip, refuses to finish downloading the virus unless his "dad" is killed by the Pakled. When Shaxs takes care of all the guards, Badgey sets the self-destruct, so Shaxs rips Rutherford's implants out, tosses him on the shuttle, and shoves it back into space, before dying heroically in the explosion.
Rutherford and Shaxs have saved the day, but then three more Pakled ships just as huge and janky as the first converge on the Cerritos. Things are dire…until yet another ship dazzles the space-stage: The USS Titan, commanded by Captain William T. Riker (with his wife Commander Troi by his side).
It's the second time he's showed up in the nick of time (as he will decades later in Star Trek: Picard, though I'd prefer it if Picard took place in the future of an alternate universe. Do I buy that Riker knows Beckett? Sure, why not. They're both the gregarious sort. The Titan scares off the Pakleds with its superior firepower and maneuverability, and the crew of the Cerritos can breathe easy.
In the final act, Freeman and Beckett agree to help each other out more rather than stay unproductively at each others' throats. Rutherford loses his long-term memories, including his friendship with Tendi! She's committed to becoming friends with him all over again, but it's still a major bummer…the show just pressed a reset button on his character, and he wasn't that developed to begin with!
Finally, Beckett and Boimler come to an understanding. He's come to think of her as a valued mentor, but she insists it doesn't have to be that way, they can just hang out as buds like they have been. However, when Riker offers Boimler a promotion to helmsman of the Titan, he takes that pip and runs, leaving Beckett in the dust. A captain mom, an admiral dad and years of experience, and a guy still gets promoted before her. Not that she wanted to leave, mind you, but she thought Boimler was happy where he was.
Will we follow his adventures on the Titan next season, or will he screw up and end up kicked back to the Cerritos? Only time will tell! Until then, this was a surprisingly strong first season of Lower Decks. I enjoyed it on a Star Trek level, a comedy level, and even an animation level; it looked consistently awesome and the classic orchestral soundtrack really sold the grandeur of space exploration and battle.
Trek-wise, it was able to pay homage and/or satirize without ever coming across as either too sappy or too mean; a delicate, difficult balance to be sure. The tone was always just-right, and even its bombastic finale managed to find time for the slice-of-life-on-a-starship moments that really immerse you in its world. I never thought I'd say this, but the extant live-action Trek series could learn a lot from Lower Decks. They probably won't, but that's okay…there's more Lower Decks to come.
Author sesameacrylicPosted on Thu, 8 Oct 2020 Thu, 8 Oct 2020 Categories Non-Anime, Star Trek: Lower DecksTags badgey, beckett mariner, brad boimler, d'vana tendi, deanna troi, exocomp, junior officers, lower decks, pakleds, promotion, references, sacrifice, sam rutherford, shaxs, star trek, starfleet, taking charge, trap, uss cerritos, uss titan, virus, william riker
Arte – 03 – Different Kind of Animal
It's Carnival in Florence, and Leo has Arte dress like a boy so they can sit in on a hospital dissection. On the way, Arte meets one of Leo's patrons—a courtesan—and sees him smiling in a way she's never seen before. While normally forbidden by the church, Carnival time is an exception. Some guys go pale or faint from the sight of a cadaver being carved up, but Arte is just fine…she truly has the guts to draw guts!
What the church apparently will not abide is to have a woman at a dissection, so when Arte loses her hat and lets out a very feminine yelp, Leo has to get them both out of there lest they get into some serious legal trouble. It ain't fair, but that was the time. In the process of running and hiding from their pursuers, Leo draws Arte so close that she notices for the first time how a man's bone structure and skin differ greatly from a woman's. She also feels an unpleasant pain in her chest that she's never felt before. Hmmmmm…I wonder what that could be?????
Arte dismisses such sensations as temporary illness and moves on. She also moves up, as Leo is willing to accelerate her progression through the artisan ranks by assigning her the task of a journeyman: creating a background for a real commissioned painting. Arte sets out and braves the cold, comes back with a fine sketch of a cityscape, and it's rejected.
She goes back out and does it again, and again…and many more times before Leo has her look at the painting and discern what it is the client truly wants. The woman subject should be the focus, which means the background should have less detail.
That Leo doesn't spell it out for her, but lets things dawn on her naturally, speaks to his growing respect not just for her work ethic, but artistic instincts. It's why he's drawn up a new contract that gives her both a promotion and a raise, and why he rejects her feeling that in obsessing with art she neglected her womanlike charms. Like her father, Leo is one who prefers an independent woman with a strong will and drive to the period's ideal of a woman: quiet, complacent, and above all idle.
That's why I'm not the most enthusiastic about Arte suddenly developing a crush on Leo. In her defense, she's been so absorbed in art in her life she'd never felt romantic feelings for anyone before. The only other person who didn't look at her like something was wrong with her was her dad. It makes sense that the first man not related to her not to treat her like "just a woman" would make her heart beat a little faster.
Author magicalchurlsukuiPosted on Sat, 18 Apr 2020 Categories Anime Reviews, Arte, Spring 2020Tags artisan, artist, アルテ, charms, crush, dissection, falling in love, first job, florence, gender roles, hard work, independence, Komatsu Mikako, leo, promotion, refusal, renaissance, shed, sisters, sketch, workshop
Wave, Listen to Me! – 02 – Elephant = Car
After being duped into not one but two separate radio broadcasts, Minare considers legal counsel, until Matou produces her business card with a drunkenly-scrawled note declaring that she wouldn't complain no matter how many people he shared their conversation with. Even if it's not a binding document, with the hole Minare has dug with her boss Takarada, she may not be able to turn down a new job at the radio.
Takarada can't really afford to drop an experienced waiter like Minare on the eve of the summer festival, so he claims her life for that duration. Her co-worker Nakahara, who has a thing for her, would rather she stay put and fulfill the things she promised to do for him…probably while drunk, because she doesn't remember any of those things. In any case, while updating the restaurant blog, Minare learns that much of the customers are so attuned to her voice that they immediately recognized it on the radio.
Radio host Chisato Madoka casually asks Matou if he's looking to replace her, but that's not his intent with Minare at all. Mostly, he wants to bring up a voice talent from the ground up, and there's never been an amateur who is so clear and presice with her words while delivering a tone that's harsh and overbearing yet somehow also not unpleasant—pretty much the opposite of Chisato's. So he and other members of the crew visit Minare at her workplace to offer her a more permanent job.
Some time passes, but eventually Minare is picked up in a car by the fit mixer Koumoto, whom Minare immediately considers asking out before reconsidering due to her uncertain economic future. Matou has her sit in to deliver a 5-minute promotion for the festival. Minare warns him she might not paint it in the best light since she's not a fan of Urasando, but does a fine job anyway, and like before, doesn't mess up once.
You can hear Minare on the radio while she tends the food stall, and a discussion with Nakahara emerges about the nature of the food they're selling at the stall under the name "Gagarin." Turns out it's the predecessor restaurant to "Voyager" run by Takarada's culinary master, and they're selling what's left of Gagarin's food at festivals to phase it out.
Honestly I wasn't so sure what the point of all that talk was about the two restaurants, except as an opportunity for Minare to introduce a more dramatic scenario than the mundane truth…only for it to be the truth? As for Minare's weird neighbor who remembers a date and starts seeing blood? What's up with that?! Could that be fodder for a future Minare broadcast? Finally, her ex Mitsuo heard her, and seemed amused. That can't be good!
Author sesameacrylicPosted on Fri, 10 Apr 2020 Categories Anime Reviews, Nami yo Kiitekure, Spring 2020Tags broadcast, chishiro madoka, food stall, koda minare, koumoto, Matou, new job, promotion, radio, rant, restaurant, scenarios, stumbling, takarada, talk show, voice, wave listen to me, 波よ聞いてくれ1 Comment on Wave, Listen to Me! – 02 – Elephant = Car
Lord El-Melloi II Case Files – 13 (Fin) – His Own Battlefield
Gray and Lord El-Melloi are back in London, recovering from the battle outside Rail Zeppelin with Dr. Heartless and Faker. The Lord's students are so eager for him to return to teaching class they infect his hospital room, which he believes actually lengthens his recovery time. However, both are eventually discharged.
They meet with Miss Adashino, who reveals that Dr. Heartless is her older brother-in-law, and also the case with him isn't quite closed. El-Melloi agrees; both he and Faker were described as "necessities for the future", meaning he'll likely face Heartless again. Bathed in the light of the setting sun, future Lords Reines and Olga-Marie resolve to become friends and allies.
Gray runs into Melvin Weins on the street, and the latter discusses how he is in possession of both the damaged El-Melloi magical crest and the Velvet family crest that Waver surrendered as collateral to pay off the El-Melloi family's debt.
When asks why he still calls the Lord "Waver", he says someone has to, or he'll be lonely when he eventually gives up the title, as he will and must do when Reines comes of age. He warns Gray that Waver may not stay in London forever; that he might move on, be it for the next Holy Grail War or something else.
After a ceremony in which Svin is promoted to the rank of "Pride", surpassing El-Melloi himself, a big celebration is thrown in the lecture hall, where El-Melloi's students all express their appreciation and gratitude for his valuable lessons.
Not a lot of the praise gets through, as El-Melloi retires to his office to keep drinking and wallowing in self-loathing until Gray takes his cup. After comparing himself unfavorably to Lord Kayneth, Gray contends with his claim of being a "half-assed lord" only good for celebrating the accomplishments of his students.
But he, and only he, saved Gray. Who knows where she'd be without him. For that, and for many other contributions to the lives of his students, he should take pride. She then asks if he's going away, and he declares that he's abandoned his bid to join the Fifth Holy Grail war. Instead, he's pivoting to a more important battle, one involving settling matters for Iskandar by continuing to pursue Doctor Heartless and foiling his plans involving Faker…and himself.
For that he'll need to continue depending on Gray to fight beside him, relieving her to no end. With that, she finally gives him the gift she bought at Luvia's department store, and he reminds her that the gift itself isn't as important as the whydunit—the thought and intent behind giving him a gift.
In a dream, an Iskandar of his mind and memories' own making confronts him, asking for a progress report of sorts. The king seems impressed by Waver's growth and furrowed brow, and even though El-Melloi insists he's still nowhere near close enough to being a worthy subject, Iskandar is more concerned with whether Waver has had fun living the live he was ordered to preserve. With tears welling up, Waver tells his former Servant that it has indeed been fun.
With that, he marches back into his lecture hall in the Clock Tower, surveys his talented, dependable students, and commences class once more. There will certainly be more battles and challenges he'll have to face in the name of both the El-Melloi family and Iskandar, but he won't face them alone, and those trials certainly won't preclude the fun Iskandar would prefer he'd continue to have.
So ends the generally nonessential (hence the Grace Note) yet diverting Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II, an intriguing look forward from one of Fate's best–told stories, Zero, which added color, texture, and added context to the overall world. The scenario started small (with a dead cat in episode 0) but grew grander and grander, and the stakes along with it.
Ultimately I'm glad Waver decided not to try to participate in another Holy Grail War—enduring one is enough for any individual, two would be seriously trying his luck—and with more relevant fish to fry vis-a-vis Doctor Heartless, there will still no shortage of excitement in store for him, Gray, and any other gifted students who'll gladly have his back.
Author braveradePosted on Sat, 28 Sep 2019 Categories Anime Reviews, Lord El-Melloi II Case Files, Summer 2019Tags adashino hishiri, caules, dr heartless, faker, gift, Gray, holy grail war, iskandar, lord el-malloi ii, melvin weins, mystery, olga-marie animusphere, promotion, reines, svin glascheit, yvette
Goblin Slayer – 05 – When in Doubt, Go Clubbing
In a quieter low-key episode of GS, the Slayer wakes up after three days of rest at the farm and immediately sets back to work checking it for signs of goblins. Cow Girl asks him how he is, and he responds with his usual "fine/no problem."
They go into town for guild business, and GS meets his eclectic team. He gives the Lizardman more of that sweet sweet cheese and tells the High Elf Archer he'll "think about" joining them on another adventure soon, which makes her very happy.
Parallel to GS going about his business is a pair of Porcelain-ranked adventurers, one of whom lost his sword in the sewers fighting giant rats and bugs. They're able to get away, but with no weapons or money, they're at a loss of how to get the sword back.
The halting-speech mage gives them a candle that will indicate when they find the sword, while GS suggests they try using a club in lieu of a sword. It works, even if it's a bit messy and requires the club wielder to mercilessly swing the thing at the heads of his foes, grossing out his partner. But he gets his sword back and they both return unharmed, so all's well that ends well.
Finally, there's more focus on the Guild Girl than in previous episodes, as she asks GS to serve as a subsitute observer at a promotion hearing. There, she accuses a Rhea of taking the whole contents of a treasure box to himself and selling the contents, resulting in his demotion and banning him from adventuring in the town.
The Rhea is furious, but when he senses what would happen if he attacked the Guild Girl (GS would smash his face in) he simply storms off. Guild Girl is glad to have GS by her side, and even has a bit of a crush on him, as she digs "straight-laced" adventurers, even if he may well be a bit too stoic.
GS surprises her by returning with a special quest that comes from none other than the Sword Maiden of the Church of the Superior God. Looks like GS is going to get his wish to slay goblins again, this time perhaps with another high-caliber partner by his side.
Author braveradePosted on Sat, 3 Nov 2018 Categories Anime Reviews, Fall 2018, Goblin SlayerTags adventurers, advice, archer, ゴブリンスレイヤー, banter, bloody, childhood friend, church, club, cow girl, dwarf, goblins, guild girl, high elf, knight, lizardman, miracles, observer, priestess, promotion, rats and bugs, stoic, sword maiden, wizard1 Comment on Goblin Slayer – 05 – When in Doubt, Go Clubbing
Hinamatsuri – 09 – A Tropical Vacay, a Promotion…and a Funeral
If Hina had simply been sent home via orb, none of the hilarity this week would have transpired. Chalk that up to an "organization" that is way more incompetent than you'd expect of an entity that deals with girls with terrifying telekinetic abilities. You'd think there'd have been some kind of revolt at this point.
Consider Mao: the "shy but capable" courier meant to deliver a new orb to Kei for Hina to use to return home (so that's not off the table like it is for the officially-dead Anzu). Only Mao is transported to a remote tropical island just north of Indonesia, and both her orb and the spare for Hina are washed away within moments of arriving.
From there, the first act is a one-woman homage to Cast Away starring Ozawa Ari as Mao. She certainly is capable, able to survive just fine for days thanks to her ability (though why'd it take twelve days to make clothes?) Like Tom Hanks, she makes a friend—two friends, Anzu and Hina—out of coconuts. Unlike Tom Hanks, she voices both of them.
Weeks pass, and like Hanks, her hair gets longer and she develops a more stoicly intense look, while her "friends" have grown bodies. But eventually she snaps, tosses the coconuts—which are not her real friends, but just, well coconuts—off a cliff, and does what she should have done weeks ago: builds a raft and sails for the mainland (though ends up in Thailand, not Japan).
With Hina's departure again indefinitely on hold, we move on to Nitta. He and Sabu have been ordered to pick up Nitta's former brother Naito "The Slayer" from prison. With the president in a coma prior to naming a successor, an idiotic little power struggle plays out, thanks in equal part to Hina and Sabu.
Nitta manages to convince Naito not to challenge the lieutenant, but when Gramps wakes up and names Nitta his successor (to placate Hina, to whom he's taken a shine), Sabu has too quick a text trigger. Both the lieutenant and Naito believe Nitta played them to steal the throne. Nitta sets the old man straight and the lieutenant is reinstalled two minutes later, but Sabu never texts this to the still-enraged lieutenant.
Before he knows it, Nitta is encased in an oil drum full of hardened concrete, with the LT and Naito ready to make him swim with the fishes. But Sabu's chronic nausea is the first sign something is amiss. Nita's failure to "nut up and go out like a villain" is another.
The president arrives just in time to corroborate Nitta's defense. Once the LT and Naito realize they jumped the gun (with Sabu continuing to vomit but not own up to causing this) it's needless to say an awkward situation. The LT decides to promote Nita to replace him on the spot, and everyone cheers him…but he just wants to be let out of the damn concrete. Where's Hina when you need her?
Well, she and Nitta are apparently fine now after she walked in on his "one-man party." We know this because there's a helpful side note at the bottom of the screen. And that's fine with me; that shortcut enables us to move on to something funnier: Hina planning a celebration for Nitta's promotion.
She reaches out to virtually all of her amassed acquaintances, who all have different suggestions. I particularly liked Mika's suggestion of booze…while drinking booze, stating she's always celebrating the fact she was born, which is a slick way to excuse her alcoholism! A woman after my heart…
Hina can't decide which persons advice to use, so she combines them. However, she isn't able to procure booze, and spends so much on flowers she cans afford a cake, so makes one out of salt
Author sesameacrylicPosted on Sat, 2 Jun 2018 Sun, 28 Oct 2018 Categories Anime Reviews, Hinamatsuri, Spring 2018Tags anzu, ヒナまつり, cast away, celebration, coconuts, coma, concrete, funeral, grandpa, hina, hina festival, ikaruga kei, ikura, mao, mishima hitomi, misunderstanding, naito, nitta mika, nitta yoshifumi, orb, ozawa ari, party, power struggle, promotion, slice of life, succession, telekinesis, yakuza
Alderamin on the Sky – 10
This tenth Alderamin begins with a flashback from nine years ago, and the show is hardly timely in revealing that the fiery Sinack chieftain Nanaku Daru was childhood friends with Ikta.
It's also hardly subtle in juxtaposing her paying a visit to Ikta's bedroom of her own free will—but too young to know the true reason woman would do such a thing—with the present, where she suddenly finds herself in a huge heap of trouble, surrounded by three enemy soldiers who plan to rape her.
Who comes to her rescue in the nick of time but her old friend Ikta, whom she doesn't yet recognize? Ikta is pissed, not being one to suffer "beasts." Nanaku is taken into safe custody. It's a sobering glimpse of what war often boils down to, and what depths the battle-weary and under-supervised can stoop to when their enemy is demonized and dehumanized by their superiors.
The war is over between the Empire and the Sinack, but before they can even catch their breath, a new, mutual, and well-rested enemy arrives at their doorstep in the form of "La Saia Alderamin", a once-neutral, highly religious country Ikta suspects is being used as a Kioka pawn as part of the wider conflict.
What made this episode so strong, and, for me, eliminated any concerns about plot convenience or retconning, was how Ikta handled things with "Nana," knowing they'll need her help to cover their retreat from Aldera, and he's the only one who can negotiate with her.
He gets her attention and reveals who he is by carrying out the Sinack tradition of cutting digits off one's hand; a legend she told him about nine years ago. He cuts his entire left pinky off in a visceral, powerful scene, and you can tell he's not putting on a performance, but dead serious about his role as agent of apology and olive branch.
That last part is important, since Nana agrees to help because she knows the religious Alderamin will never tolerate their "heretical" religion, but the Empire will. Obviously it's not what she wanted (to be rid of both), but she has to compromise, because Aldera won't.
Our Knights all get promotions this week – Yatori and Ikta to First Lieutenant, the others to Second, and after Matthew and Haro protest, they agree to stick together in the force that will delay the Alderamin advance. That is achieved by creating a fire line at a crucial forest crossing.
But it would seem Ikta has finally met his match in the form of newly-introduced Kioka Army Major Jean Alkiniks, he of tirelessness to Ikta's sloth; white hair to Ikta's black. Both seem excited to have met strategists who will really challenge them for once.
One of the weaknesses of the show has been the appalling ineptitude of the brass, but Jean here is high-ranking enough to do what needs to be done at a larger scale. He's come further than Ikta so far, but will no doubt be the catalyst by which Ikta continues to advance and progress to become the hero Princess Chamille believes him to be.
I also hope we get to see a little more Nana.
Author magicalchurlsukuiPosted on Fri, 9 Sep 2016 Thu, 15 Sep 2016 Categories Alderamin on the Sky, Anime Reviews, Summer 2016Tags alafatra, aldera, apology, balance, burning forest, childhood friends, haroma becker, history, ikta solork, kala karm, kioka republic, la saia, matthew tetojirichi, nanaku daru, Nejimaki Seirei Senki, pawns, promotion, rape, religion, retcon, safida, senpa sazaluf, severed finger, sinack, spirits, strategy, Tenkyou no Alderamin, war, yatrisino igsem
Macross Delta – 14
When Walkure, Delta, and Chaos retreated from Ragna, they did so with a ragtag fleet led by the reliable Macross Elysion, but lagging behind it is the Island Ship, a 30-year-old relic that didn't get to properly warmed up and is now experiencing cascade power failure.
On top of air, food, and weapon shortages there are thousands of refugees who want to get back home ASAP, several of which wonder why they left in the first place.
Makina and Reina formulate a plan to shore up the Island Ship's systems, but they have to accelerate their plans when an energy blow-out causes a hull breach right near where Hayate, Mirage and Freyja are hanging out.
For a second, I thought things would go from bad to worse, but Freyja has always been pretty lucky, and so is not sucked out into space when she's separated from the other two by an emergency bulkhead.
While the plan to restore the ship unfolds, Walkure takes an impromptu stage to keep the refugees calm, hopeful, and entertained. Things get a little silly when Hayate and Mirage inexplicably strip down to their skivvies, ostensibly to get a better grip on a crucial power conduit.
Things get a little sillier (and worrying for Freyja, who can kinda hear what's going on in fits and spurts but comes to the wrong conclusion) when Mirage has to embrace Hayate tightly like a lover in order to turn the dang valve over, and when the power, gravity, and lights come back on, they're literally left hanging from that valve, looking to everyone watching like they'd just been up to something untoward.
With Elysion successfully docked and the Island Ship working more or less normally again, our heroes' have cleared their first post-defeat hurdle: stay alive. Chaos also gains new sponsors (the old ones being occupied) in mining corporations who hire them to take the Globular Cluster back.
They're still way outgunned, but at least they don't have to worry about going broke, and they've staved off a more serious crisis with the refugees. Meanwhile, a power struggles seems to be afoot, with Keith in an apparent coma, Heinz poised to succeed his dead father, and Roid believing he possesses Gramia's "will."
Author braveradePosted on Thu, 7 Jul 2016 Categories Anime Reviews, Macross Delta, Spring 2016Tags air, ascension, battle, concert, ernest johnson, freyja wion, hayate immelmann, heinz, invasion, island ship, kaname, keith, lord roid, love triangle, macross, macross elysion, Macross Δ, mikumo, mirage, nakajima makina, power surge, promotion, ragna, refugees, reina prowler, ruins, sigur valens, singing, skivvies, walkure, windermere
In case we forgot, Macross Delta reminded us it can present an epic climactic air-and-space battle, augmented with the dualling, increasingly powerful songs from Prince Heinz and Walkure. But before the aerial battle down on Ragna, both Johnson and Gramia play a little game of chess with their respective armadas, and the Sigur Valens' stereo system gets knocked out. Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Squadrons engage the Valens, but Hayate, Mirage and Delta go after the Aerial Knights led by Keith.
Delta also has to contend with NUNS, which considers their gambit a failure and detonates a nuke-type reaction bomb in the Protoculture Ruins, causing a massive explosion that threatens to consume Delta Squadron. Hayate manages to escape the blast radius, but his plane is wrecked and he has to eject. Freyja steps down from the stage to check on Hayate's status, but it's Mirage who rescues him, and gets a warm, unexpected hug in return.
Not long after that, the ruins reappear in a different form, and connect with the Windermeran flagship, enabling Heinz to pipe his song out to the masses of Ragna, resulting in instant Var contamination. Johnson orders all units to pick up as many civilians as they can and retreat from Ragna, meaning for all intents and purposes the Windermerans have won.
Walkure fights to counter Heinz's song, but Heinz risks his life to boost his output, and the Windermerans take a shot that shatters Walkure's stage shield, injuring Mikumo (who shilds Freyja from harm, showing she's not all about herself). The Valens fires a huge cannon to finish the Island ship, but Johnson swoops in just in time to absorb the hit before plunging into the sea in one of the many fist-pumping moments in the episode. With that, Freyja realizes her song simply must reach Hayate at all costs, so she jumps off the ship and starts flying, using her rune and her voice to ride the wind.
Hayate gets his groove back, is able to read Keith's moves, and actually seems to best him, While Mirage rescues Freyja from a watery grave. Both Freyja and Mirage then risked their lives to keep Hayate—and their longstanding flames—alive for Part Two. Walkure joins Freyja's extended arrangement of the OP, the Elysion emerges from the waves and takes a shot at the Valens, and Keith takes a nosedive towards the ruins (it's unlikely he's dead though). Walkure, Delta, and the Ragnan evacuees escape Ragna, now a Windermere-held world like the others, and Gramia dies shortly thereafter.
Lord Roid is put in charge and announces the completion of the Starwind Sector. But they've surely only won this latest battle. As long as Walkure have a voice and the Deltas have their planes, the war isn't over yet. Until next season.
Author braveradePosted on Mon, 27 Jun 2016 Categories Anime Reviews, Macross Delta, Spring 2016Tags aerial knights, al shahal, battle, captain arad, counterattack, ernest johnson, freyja wion, FTL, gramia, hayate immelmann, heinz, invasion, keith, lord roid, love triangle, macross, macross elysion, Macross Δ, messer, mikumo, mirage, nakajima makina, NUNS, promotion, protoculture, ragna, reina prowler, retreat, ruins, secret weapon, sigur valens, singing, song, starwind sector, walkure, windermere


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Q: My style is not rendering in Tailwindcss. Can someone help me understand the cause of this? So, can anyone tell me why tailwind fails to render any changes or apply the style after a while. In the image below I changed the background of the div to red; however, the change did not take affect. More importantly the content of the page does not display as it should.
I have updated VS Code, I have had this problem in Webstorm as well. I closed and opened the terminal. Closed and opened the the application. Updated and restart my computer, on two different computers. This happens when I create a whole new folder and create a a new file and write the code from scratch like here in folder "test2".
It seems to stop rebuilding after a while.
I am not sure what the solution to this is. Can someone please help me solve this problem?

A: second update: I solved the problem by adding the file to the content section of the tailwind config file sigh

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New Democracy Against Democracy
Aris-George-Baldur Spourdalakis
Dionysia Pitsili-Chatzi
Hilary Wainwright
The Right in Greece is once again gaining ground, and posing a serious risk to Greek democracy.
Supporters of the New Democracy party sit beneath a picture of party leader and Prime Minister Antonis Samara in an election kiosk on January 25, 2015 in Athens, Greece. Matt Cardy / Getty
The capacity of the Left to successfully confront the far right's continuing political ascent will be severely tested in 2019 in the only country in the world where the decade-long crisis of neoliberal global capitalism swept a radical left party into government: Greece. There was a very rapid passage from euphoria to disappointment on the international left when the Syriza government elected in January 2015 was forced by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to succumb less than six months later to a further austerity bailout package, despite a referendum rejecting a similar creditor proposal by over 60 percent.
Despite this, the Syriza-led government was reelected later in 2015 and now approaches the end of its term. Having just this year finally secured the ending of the long sequence of neoliberal austerity memoranda imposed continuously on Greece since 2010, it now faces, in the run up to the forthcoming election, a main opposition party which has fully embraced the hard turn to the Right elsewhere. Emitting the all too familiar ugly dog whistle of "losing ethnic identity due to migration," the New Democracy party now amplifies social tensions amid a toxic mixture of neoliberal and reactionary policies and outlandish conspiracy claims — even, most recently, claiming that Syriza's moves to secularize the Constitution would lead to a ban on Christmas.
The far-right tack New Democracy has taken reflects a situation where, however much public expenditure was hamstrung by the austerity memoranda, Syriza's attempt to democratize certain aspects of public life in a state with a long reactionary history has been substantial. This has included legislating a path to citizenship for migrants, as well as for their children born in Greece, securing the right of civil union and child fostering for LGBTQ couples, and guaranteeing full access to hospitals for all, including undocumented workers. Moreover, the Syriza-led government reactivated, staffed and overhauled the state agency responsible for scrutinizing labor relations and working conditions which had fallen into a state of vegetation in the pre-Syriza period, during which various illegal employment practices flourished, as well as introduced numerous very innovative systematic policies to relieve the humanitarian crisis caused by the 25 percent drop of the country's GDP.
Most recently, after a broad public consultation, there has been the advancement of constitutional reforms for securing proportional representation and new popular referenda initiatives, making it mandatory for the prime minister to be an elected member of parliament (in order to avoid another technocrat-led government in the future), and introducing term limits for MPs, including the removal of their immunity from prosecution protections for fraud and corruption.
Perhaps most significantly, while reinforcing the constitutional ban against the privatization of university education, it would constitutionally underwrite the Syriza government's efforts to finally secure the separation of church and state in Greece. This secularizing of public sector institutions is a crucial political task which has until now remained a pipe dream for Greek progressives.
These basic yet decisive steps towards democratization are a clear indication that despite its shortcomings, Syriza is the only force in the country with the political capacity to overmatch the far right that has been coming to power elsewhere. It was the rise of Syriza, in the face of the initial electoral successes of the outright neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party earlier in the decade, which kept the rise of the extremist far right in Greece at bay, at least relative to other European countries during a similar period.
But now, after three consecutive losses to Syriza (in two elections and the referendum), it is New Democracy which has taken up the mantle of the far right. Extreme reactionary views have always been a part of New Democracy, although before gaining power in 2012 it appeared fairly moderate on social issues. Its new leader as of 2016, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the son of a former prime minister, was viewed at the time as a choice that, despite being nepotistic, would signify a shift back towards a more liberal agenda on social issues. However, under his leadership, New Democracy has made a hard turn to the right on every level.
Reactionary views are being propagated by the leadership, either directly through Mitsotakis himself or through Adonis Georgiades, one of the party vice chairs, or the parliamentary representative Makis Voridis. This duo is infamous for their "activist past," whether as an axe-wielding "fighter against the Left" in the case of Voridis, or as a promoter of Holocaust-denying literature in the case of Georgiadis.
With their xenophobic nationalism and anti-human rights rhetoric, they have shifted the mainstream of the party towards the far right. The rhetoric which has become more and more prevalent at New Democracy's recent party congresses — bearing an alarming similarity to that of the Civil War years — was heard as well at the counter-protests to a recent antifascist speech by Tsipras in Thessaloniki. Perhaps not surprisingly, all this has emboldened Golden Dawn to actually set out terms for a possible coalition government with New Democracy.
Belying certain remaining vague liberal rhetoric in its platform, New Democracy has voted against every piece of equal rights legislation introduced by Syriza. At the same time, the party has ever more fully embraced the harsh neoliberal agenda imposed by the creditors during the memorandum years. This is an important distinction since even the previous governments headed by New Democracy never actually fully presented the EU-imposed neoliberal austerity in positive terms, claiming that a large portion of the imposed neoliberal reforms were not the party's preferred policy.
Now however, in a toxic mixture of neoliberal and far-right conservative policies, the party is calling for the harshest measures, even in the current new period where the bailout programs of neoliberal imposition have ended. New Democracy's loud promise to reduce "illegal immigration" ominously signals returning to the pre-2015 practices of mass deportation and sinking of refugee vessels in the Aegean.
Advancing the idea of a privatized Chilean-style "personal piggy bank" pension plan (which is openly saluted by New Democracy as a measure imposed by Pinochet) is part and parcel of its campaign for a neoliberal weakening of the public sector through privatization and cuts throughout the public service. Particularly ironic is its embrace of the austerity policy of only one new hire for every five layoffs in the public sector just as the Syriza government has secured a ratio of one-to-one, while at the same time pledging to keep the approximately eight thousand priests as public servants. This would reverse a recent agreement the Syriza government secured with the church leadership, whereby priests would lose public servant status, a small but important step towards a more secular state.
The question for progressive forces is quite clear. There's no denying that the Syriza period has had its fair share of disappointing moments. As with those who recognized the failings of the Workers Party (PT) in Brazil, yet turned back to it in face of Bolsonaro, many people who were critical of the Syriza government will end up voting for it. And in Greece, the result of this is much more likely to succeed in preventing the election of the reactionary right. The end of the memoranda allows Syriza to pave a much clearer path to progressive reforms which lie ahead (including a minimum wage increase and the return to free collective bargaining, as well as constitutional separation of church and state), showcasing the sharp contrast between its political program and that of a New Democracy increasingly speaking to and for the far right in the country.
Despite not living up to the high expectations that it gathered in 2015, Syriza remains not just the only viable choice to ensure even minimum social and human rights standards, but to halt the rise of neofascism in one more European country. While the election of New Democracy itself would be a big blow to democracy in Greece, there exists an even larger danger, that of shifting the hegemonic range of "acceptable" public discourse even farther to the right, inevitably yielding an even stronger and more legitimized presence of Golden Dawn and other openly fascist political players, while at the same time breeding fascist practice on the social level.
To be sure, if this is to be more than a temporary defensive victory against the forces of reaction that all capitalist societies are currently spawning, Syriza still needs to become the party so many of its activists and supporters once hoped it would be, but that it never quite was, even at its best. Indeed, both in the run up to and during Syriza's period in government, democracy and extra-parliamentary life of the party were diminished, while Syriza's previous attempts to create organic relations between social movements and parliamentary representation started to devitalize. It must reinvent its capacity, as a party, to think, educate, mobilize, and act as a radical progressive force in society as well as an agent acting to secure and support a Syriza government.
Above all, Syriza needs to reengage with and invest in the further development of the social movements, in ways which did not happen when it first came to power in 2015. The movements themselves must also play a crucial transformative role of both their own capacities and goals as well as their relation to politics and the government. This is needed to sustain social pressure and protest while at the same time opening new roads for progressive legislation and reform.
This is the only sure way for Syriza to reinvent itself and avoid complete integration into the existing state apparatus as a typical social-democratic party, and instead bring about transformation of the state institutions so as to make them agents of economic and social transformation.
Aris-George-Baldur Spourdalakis is a PhD candidate in physics at the University of Toronto. He has been a member of Syriza since 2007.
Dionysia Pitsili-Chatzi is a PhD candidate at the University of Ottawa, working on social justice issues in mathematics education. She has been a member of Syriza since 2011.
Leo Panitch is a professor of political science at York University and the co-editor of the Socialist Register. His latest book, with Sam Gindin, is The Making of Global Capitalism.
Hilary Wainwright is a co-editor at Red Pepper.
Jodi Dean teaches political and media theory in Geneva, New York. She has written or edited eleven books, including The Communist Horizon and Democracy and Other Neoliberal Fantasies .
The capacity of the Left to successfully confront the far right's continuing political ascent will be severely tested in 2019 in the only country in the world where the decade-long crisis of neoliberal global capitalism swept a radical left party into government: Greece. There was a very rapid passage from euphoria to disappointment on the […]
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KUWAIT: Four persons robbed a jewelry store around two months ago, stealing valuables worth KD 8,500. The four burgled the same store again, but when they were leaving, police spotted them, chased them and arrested them. The four, all Jordanians, had $4,500 and KD2,260 in cash. They were sent to criminal detectives.
Meanwhile, Ahmadi detectives are looking for five unidentified persons who robbed an expat from Ivory Coast. The victim told police that he was beaten by the thieves and they took KD 300 before escaping.
A police corporal said two citizens beat and insulted him and lodged a complaint. A case was filed, and investigations are underway to identify and arrest the suspects. Separately, two female citizens were released on bail after being detained for insulting detectives. A security source said two criminal detectives told Salmiya police they were on duty when they stopped two women, who insulted them. The women denied the charges.
Three Syrian men traded accusations of physical assault and filed complaints at Khaitan police station. The first party accused the other two of beating him, but the two denied his claims and accused the man of beating them.
A security source said Ahmadi police suspected a car with three persons inside in Hadiya. When the three were asked to get out to search the car, they resisted violently, so backup was called and they were brought under control. Drugs, drugs paraphernalia, a knife and an axe were found.


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Q: Prove cut-vertex $v$ in $G$ is not cut-vertex in $\overline G$ I'm trying to prove that if a vertex $v$ is a cut-vertex in a graph $G$, then $v$ is not a cut-vertex in $\overline G$.
So far, I have the following:
Let $v$ be a cut-vertex in $G$. Then, there are two vertices, $u$ and $w$ such that $v$ lies on every $u-w$ path in $G$.
Assume, to the contrary, that $v$ is a cut-vertex in $\overline G$ as well. Then, there are two vertices $u'$, $w'$ such that $v$ lies on every $u'-w'$ path in $\overline G$.
Since $v$ lies on every $u-w$ path in $G$, the edge $uw \notin E(G)$ and so $uw \in E(\overline G)$, so it follows that $\{u, w\} \neq \{u', w'\}$. Instead, either $\big|\{u, w\} \cap \{u', w'\}\big| = 1$ or $\{u, w\} \cap \{u', w'\} = \varnothing $.
We proceed by cases.
$\textbf{Case 1} \big|\{u, w\} \cap \{u', w'\}\big| = 1$.
Assume $u = u'$. As stated, $uw \in E(\overline G)$ which means that $ww' \notin E(\overline G)$, for otherwise, $u,w,w'$ forms a $u-w'$ path without $v$. But then, $ww' \in E(G)$. Also, $uw' \notin E(\overline G)$, and so $uw' \in E(G)$. Following the edge ${ww'}$ with $uw'$ gives us a $u-w$ path in $G$ without $v$ which is impossible.
$\textbf{Case 2} \{u, w\} \cap \{u', w'\}\ = \varnothing$.
Since ${u'w' \in E(G)}$, at most one of $u$ and $w$ can be adjacent to vertices $u'$, $w'$ in $G$, for otherwise we would have a $u-w$ path without $v$. Assume, $u$ is the vertex such that $uu', uw' \notin E(G)$. Then,  $uu', uw' \in E(\overline G)$ which gives us a $u'-w'$ path in $\overline G$ without $v$ which is impossible.
Is there a simpler way to prove this result?

A: Let $v$ be a cut-vertex of $G$. To show $v$ is not a cut-vertex of $\bar{G}$, it suffices to show $\bar{G}-v$ is connected. Let $u,w\in V(G-v)$. The goal is to prove there is a $u-w$ path in $\bar{G}-v$.
As $v$ is a cut-vertex of $G$, $G-v$ has more than one connected component.
The vertices $u,w$ are either members of the same connected component or in different connected components in $G-v$.
If $u,w$ are in different connected components, then $uw\in E(\bar{G})$.
Consider the case where $u,w$ are in the same connected component $P_1\subset G-v$. As $v$ is a cut-vertex, there must exist another connected component $P_2\subset G-v$. Let $z\in P_2$. As there are no edges between $P_1$ and $P_2$ under $G$, $z$ shares an edge with all vertices in $P_1$ under $\bar{G}$.
Thus, there exists a $u-w$ path, namely $u-z-w$.


Average auto insurance rates for a Toyota Corolla XLE are $1,406 annually with full coverage. Comprehensive insurance costs an estimated $312 a year, collision insurance costs $572, and liability insurance costs around $364. Buying just liability costs as low as $430 a year, and insurance for high-risk drivers costs $3,036 or more. Teen drivers receive the highest rates at up to $5,174 a year.
For the average driver, prices range from as cheap as $430 for just liability insurance to a high of $3,036 for a driver that may need high-risk insurance.
These differences demonstrate why it is important for drivers to compare prices for a targeted area and their own personal driving habits, rather than relying on price averages.
Auto insurance rates for a Toyota Corolla XLE can also vary considerably based on the model year of your Corolla, your driving record, and liability limits and deductibles.
Where you live has a huge impact on Toyota Corolla XLE insurance rates. A driver around age 40 might see prices as low as $970 a year in states like Vermont, Ohio, and Indiana, or as much as $1,790 on average in Montana, Michigan, and New Jersey. Rates by state and city are shown later in the article.
With so much variability in prices, the best way to find out who has the cheapest auto insurance prices is to get quotes from as many companies as possible. Each insurance company uses a different rate calculation, and quoted rates can be significantly different between companies.
The chart above shows Toyota Corolla XLE insurance prices for various situations. The lowest price with discounts is $807. Drivers who choose higher $1,000 deductibles will pay about $1,206. The average price for a driver around age 40 using $500 deductibles is $1,406. Choosing low $100 deductibles for comp and collision coverage could cost up to $1,796. High risk drivers could be charged as much as $3,036. The cost for full coverage for a teenage driver can be as high as $5,174.


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Q: Autocomplete Search in Laravel 5.5 with Typeahead.js using two table columns I have a database looking like this:
-------------------------------------
| id | FirstName | LastName | Email |
-------------------------------------
|  1 |    Test   | Customer | null  |
|  2 |    Some   |   Name   | null  |
-------------------------------------

Now what I want is to get the id of a customer by matching the FirstName and LastName... if those are find on a row then go get the id.
I'm using Laravel 5.5.28 and I tried Typeahead.js in order to achieve what I initially wanted but for some reason I can only make it work with one column either FirstName or LastName.
This is the working code (only for FirstName):
CDN's

SearchController.php
public function autocomplete(Request $request)
    {
        $datas = Customers::select("FirstName")
                 ->where("FirstName", "LIKE","%{$request->input('query')}%")
                 ->get();

        $dataModified = array();
        foreach ($datas as $data)
        {
            $dataModified[] = $data->FirstName;
        }

        return response()->json($dataModified);
    }
}

Getting the id in "JobsController.php"
public function store(Request $request)
    {
        $job =  new Jobs;
        $job->cust_id = Customers::where('FirstName', $request->input('customer_name'))->value('id');

        dump($job->cust_id);
    }

This is the view:
{!! Form::open(['action' => 'JobsController@store', 'method' => 'POST']) !!}

{{Form::text('customer_name', '', ['class' => 'form-control typeahead', 'placeholder' => 'Type in customer name...'])}}
{{Form::submit('Create Job', ['class' => 'btn btn-primary mt-2'])}}

{!! Form::close() !!}

Routes
Route::get('jobs.create', 'SearchController@index')->name('search');
Route::get('autocomplete', 'SearchController@autocomplete')->name('autocomplete');

jQuery

Now this is working just fine but just for the FirstName. What I want is to make it work for the full name (FirstName + LastName)
I managed to make it work with both FirstName and LastName but just on the "front-end"... it's not getting an id from the database.
Here's what I've done in order to have both FirstName and LastName in the autocompletion suggestions (when starting to type):
SearchController.php
public function autocomplete(Request $request)
    {
        $datas = Customers::select("FirstName", "LastName")
                 ->where("FirstName", "LIKE","%{$request->input('query')}%")
                 ->get();

        $dataModified = array();
        foreach ($datas as $data)
        {
            $dataModified[] = $data->FirstName .' '. $data->LastName;
        }

        return response()->json($dataModified);
    }

It is showing both the FirstName and LastName when typing in but it's returning a null "id".
I would like to be able to use both FirstName and LastName columns in my query so I can only get an id when FirstName and LastName are a match.
Looking forward for your thoughts.
Thanks for your time. Really appreciate it.
Update #1

In the meantime I've changed the query in SearchController so I think the code here is ok now:
$datas = Customers::select("FirstName", "LastName")
                    ->where(function($q) use($request) {
                        $q->where("FirstName", "LIKE","%{$request->input('query')}%")
                          ->orWhere("LastName", "LIKE","%{$request->input('query')}%");
                    })->get();

The only problem is that I still get "null" id's.
Could be because the way I'm trying to get the id ?
In JobsController I have the "store" method like this:
public function store(Request $request)
    {
        $job =  new Jobs;
        $job->cust_id = Customers::where('FirstName', $request->input('customer_name'))
                                    ->orWhere('LastName', $request->input('customer_name'))
                                    ->value('id');

    }

Is this the correct way to get the ID ?
Update #2

I was concerned that the $request->input is not returning a correct format hence the reason why I get a 'null' id on my query but I was wrong because a simple dump(); shows that the $request->input is returning the expected string.
I really ran out of ideas. Perhaps I should use a different way to get the id ? Like using the id in the url ?
Any thoughts and piece of advise is much appreciated. Thank you.

A: I use below code working fine
My controller function
public function Search(Request $request)
{
    $data = Account::Join('groups','groups.group_id','=','accounts.group_id')->select("accounts.name","accounts.account_id","groups.group_name")
            ->where("name","LIKE","%".Input::get('query')."%")
            ->get()->toArray();

    return response()->json($data);
}

my twitter typeahead
var data = new Bloodhound({
          datumTokenizer: Bloodhound.tokenizers.obj.whitespace('value'),
          queryTokenizer: Bloodhound.tokenizers.whitespace,
          prefetch: "{{route('accounts/search')}}",
          remote: {
            url: "{{url('accounts/search')}}?query=%query",
            transform: function(list) {
                    return $.map(list, function(k,v) { return { id: k.account_id, name: k.name,group:k.group_name }; });
                },
            wildcard: '%query'
          }
        });

        $('.typeahead').typeahead(null, {
            hint: true,
            limit:100,
            highlight: true,
            minLength: 1,
            name: 'Accounts',
            displayKey: function(k) {
               return k.name + " - ("+k.group+")";
            },
              source: data,
              templates: {
                empty: [
                  '
',
                    'Account Not Found
',
                    '<button type="button" class="btn btn-info" id="account_modal">+ Add New Account</button>',
                  '
'
                ].join('\n'),
              }
        }).on('typeahead:selected', function (e, suggestion, name) {
            $(this).parent().next().val(suggestion.id);
            $(this).parent().next().next().remove();
        });

A: So I finally sorted this out. I had to CONCAT "FirstName" and "LastName" in order to get the id because without CONCAT, my code was comparing the $request->input against both columns (FirstName, LastName) and was never a match.
The working query in JobsController:
$field = DB::raw("CONCAT(`FirstName`, ' ', `LastName`)");
$query = $request->input('custName');

$job =  new Jobs;
$job->cust_id = Customers::where($field, "LIKE", "%{$query}%")->value('id');

Thanks everyone for your time. Really appreciated.


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Q: Javascript Regular Expression Split with Grouping If I have the following string:
• This is string 1
• This is string 2
• This is string 3

How can I get all of the content between the • and
 so I end up w/:
["This is string 1", "This is string 2", "This is string 3"]

Thanks

A: Try this:
s.replace(/(^•\s*|
)/g, "").split(/•\s*/g);

Simple but effective, assuming the string is consistently delimited by "•
" sequences.

A: You need to use capturing groups (since js won't support lookbehind assertion).
•\s*(.*?)(?=
)

(?=
) Positive lookahead which asserts that the match must be followed by
 string. \s* matches zero or more space character.
DEMO
Get the desired string from group index 1.
> var s = []
undefined
> var f = "• This is string 1
• This is string 2
• This is string 3
"
undefined
> var re = /•\s*(.*?)(?=
)/g;
undefined
> var m;
undefined
> while ((m = re.exec(f)) != null) {
... s.push(m[1]);
... }
3
> console.log(s)
[ 'This is string 1', 'This is string 2', 'This is string 3' ]

A: •\s*(.*?)

You can do it simply by capturing the required groups.See demo.
https://regex101.com/r/tX2bH4/23
var re = /•\s*(.*?)
/gi;
var str = '• This is string 1
• This is string 2
• This is string 3
';
var m;

while ((m = re.exec(str)) != null) {
if (m.index === re.lastIndex) {
re.lastIndex++;
}
// View your result using the m-variable.
// eg m[0] etc.
}

A: Try this:

var a='• This is string 1
• This is string 2
• This is string 3
';
var r=a.split(/•\s*|
/);
var nr=r.filter(function(v){return v!==''});
console.log(nr);


The exception is thrown when viewing the Web Project and basically makes it impossible to edit the project. So, does anyone have a fix for such exceptions?
Please also provide more details about your env, including Alfresco version & build (as listed in startup server logs) and also DB, O/S etc.


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Sims Reed Gallery is delighted to present new work on paper by Eileen Cooper in our first exhibition of the year. This solo exhibition by British contemporary artist Eileen Cooper OBE RA will take place from 27th February to 29th March 2019. With an illustrious career as an artist, well known for her strong and passionate figuration, she was the first woman to be elected as Keeper of the Royal Academy of the Arts in London (2010-17) and to have held this post since the Academy's foundation in 1768. Eileen is a prolific painter, draughtswoman and printmaker.
Eileen's bold and distinctive imagery brings a refreshing female perspective to her subject matter. Sometimes described as a magic realist, her vision is allegorical and storytelling a foremost theme. The figure of a woman plays a leading role as a heroine, goddess of myth, lover, mother and dancer. Eileen brings sensitivity to these strong, female forms; her concerns and experiences are as relevant and timeless as those of the human spirit itself. Her strong drawing with fluid simplified lines and colourful compositions make her work immediately recognisable.
These striking images draw on movement and Eileen's interest in the female body in motion. Inspired by Akram Khan's contemporary choreography from the iconic ballet Giselle, she captures the power and energy of Khan's style – a unique fusion of classical ballet and Indian Kathak dance – but places her strong female protagonist in a new setting, creating her own vision of the story.
Weaving storytelling throughout her work in Short Stories, the figures portrayed evoke Eileen's memories of tales and fables. The landscapes are imbued with colour-streaked skies, the passing of days with rising dawns and fading dusks.
The show focuses on collages, which has been important to Eileen's practice for over twenty years. Unlike some artists who use found material to create collages, the source of the material is always derived from her own work, with elements of figures and landscapes from past linocuts including Rosa Solo (2018) and the Giselle series. This technique has now become part of her practice. For her, the process of cutting, tearing and assembling allows her to work in a more abstract way, using flat areas of colour to build a scene.
All works are available to purchase, with prices ranging from £800 to £5,000 . An e-catalogue will be available featuring an introduction by Sarah Lea, Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Eileen Cooper (b. 1953) was born in Glossop, in the Derbyshire Peak District. She studied at Goldsmiths College from 1971—1974 being in the cohort of students who were selected by Jon Thompson. Senior members of staff at that time included Bert Irvin RA, Basil Beattie RA and Michael Craig Martin RA. She went on to study Painting at the Royal College of Art under Peter de Francia, graduating in 1977 and soon began to exhibit her work.-During the 1980s she became a major figure, well known and regarded for her strong and passionate figuration. Cooper has always taught part time in numerous institutions including St Martins, Royal College of Art and the Royal Academy Schools. She became a Royal Academician in 2001 and served as Keeper of the Royal Academy of Arts between 2010 and 2017, making her the first woman in the history of the Academy to do so. She curated and coordinated the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy in 2017. Recent exhibitions include Till the Morning Comes, The Fine Art Society, London (2017) and Under the Same Moon, Letitia Gallery, Beirut (2018). Her work is in collections including the British Museum, the Royal Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the Arts Council of Great Britain.
Sims Reed Gallery is located in the heart of London's St. James's. The gallery specialises in modern, post-war and contemporary original prints and works on paper. Founded in 1995, the gallery has since grown to hold an extensive inventory of works by leading 20th-century artists alongside contemporary artists including Joan Miró, Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney and Bridet Riley. The gallery is a member of the Society of London Dealers (SLAD) and the International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA).


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Why Ford's Work with Amazon will Echo Widely
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The Internet of Things: Citizen Friend or Foe?
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Two hundred forty years ago, our founding fathers could never have imagined the revolutionary tech we'd have today to engage with our government programs and officials. On this Presidents' Day 2016, the citizen-engagement landscape includes developments that range from e-voting to online petitioning, which are making it easier than ever for everyday people to interact with their city, state, and national governments. Today, the Internet of Things is emerging as another way for citizens to talk with their governments. More
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Balancing Privacy and User Experience: The Challenge of the Digital Age
By Ulf Gartzke and Matthias Roebel | January 20, 2016, 6:42 PM | Techonomy Exclusive
If companies fail to meet heightened data protection standards and other growing customer expectations around privacy and respect for their data, they may be fined, lose customer trust, and possibly put the entire company at risk. This is especially true in Europe. At the same time, companies that lose sight of the customer experience will not be successful long term. The conundrum is a kind of "digital Scylla and Charybdis". More
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Post-CES, Four Questions about the Internet of Things
By Josh Kampel | January 12, 2016, 11:29 AM
Connected refrigerators, bras that monitor your heart rate, and, of course, autonomous vehicles were the kinds of things CES attendees focused on this year. It now seems inevitable that more or less everything will eventually be connected, and that raises new security, business, and technical questions for manufacturers, network providers, marketers, and consumers– the IoT ecosystem. What a few days scrambling around Las Vegas got me thinking. More
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By David Kirkpatrick | January 11, 2016, 12:10 PM | Techonomy Exclusive
CES was a gigantic, if predictable, letdown when it comes to "consumer electronics." Everything seemed incremental. People ask each other "What's the most interesting thing you've seen?" My answer was an announcement not a device--Amazon's deal with Ford to put its Echo "Alexa" technology inside of cars. It was the Internet of Things that loomed large in the background--not to make connected toasters but to transform society with connected efficiency. More
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Thoughts on the Plane to CES
By David Kirkpatrick | January 6, 2016, 2:16 AM | Techonomy Exclusive
Every January just after New Year's, as if to force upon recently idle strivers the urgency of redoubling their labors, converge hundreds of thousands of tech-focused leaders, strategists, inventors, financiers, retailers, and journalists. CES is American tech's biggest trade show, fiesta, business meeting, glad-handing exercise, walking course, and source of both elation and frustration. Says Slava Rubin, CEO of Indiegogo, who we ran into at our hotel's check-in: "CES is one giant networking event." More
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Techonomy's Top Articles for 2015
By Will Greene | December 23, 2015, 11:15 AM | Techonomy Exclusive
At Techonomy we put on conferences and publish articles and videos. Our most popular articles this year tackled the conceptual problem with the Apple Watch, the Human side of the Internet of Things, how consumer genomics empowers consumers, tech and artificial intelligence progress in Ethiopia, and the need for the biotech industry to step up its game in communicating to the general public. It's a good flavor of the range of issues and topics that fascinate and motivate us. Keep with us in 2016 for much much more! More
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How Mobile Tech Can Tame Diabetes
By Will Greene | December 7, 2015, 9:58 PM | Techonomy Exclusive
Over three-quarters of the world's diabetics live in low- and middle-income countries. It is one of the world's leading causes of death and disability and afflicts over 400 million people. Many of the most promising new technologies being developed to address this global epidemic are low-cost mobile solutions especially suited for emerging markets. Their impact is likely to be felt strongly in coming years. More
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Will Programming Plants Feed the World?
By David Kirkpatrick | November 25, 2015, 1:13 PM
By 2025 food shortages and price fluctuations could be a thing of the past, everywhere. New technologies for cultivating plants indoors could feed eight billion people, save energy and dramatically reduce pollution. But beyond the growing enthusiasm for "vertical farms" or "plant factories" lies the potential to alter elements in the recipe for these environments to create plants and foods with no precedent–more nutritious, hardy, or tasty–or whatever other characteristics we decide to favor. More
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How Good Guys Can Win the Cyberwars
By Michael Patsalos-Fox | November 24, 2015, 11:35 AM | Techonomy Exclusive
When it comes to the cyberwars, are good guys or bad guys winning? I moderated a panel at Techonomy 2015 that explored this question. The answer isn't a simple yes or no – and in light of the recent events in Paris, the question of our security feels even more critical. The industrialization of cybercrime is upon us. Today's criminals are networked and well equipped. All organizations must prepare themselves for a series of battles. More
Food Production in a Technology-driven Economy
By Caleb Harper | November 7, 2015, 2:27 PM | Techonomy Exclusive
The Open Agriculture Initiative at the MIT Media Lab aims to drive a paradigm shift from the industrial to the networked age of agricultural production—giving rise to a computationally-based food systems revolution that will account for the ecological, environmental, economic, and societal implications of producing food. Making agricultural practices radically transparent will improve access to fresh, nutritious foods, reduce spoilage and waste, and create communities built on a shared platform and shared data. More
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Before Going Too Jetson, Self-Driving Car Companies Should Ask Two Key Questions
By Allen Adamson | October 29, 2015, 9:31 PM
We are once again in the midst of buzz and hype with regard to an innovative mode of transportation–the self-driving car. To Tesla and Google, Mercedes-Benz and Apple, Nissan and Audi and the myriad other companies looking to get us to take our hands off the wheel, I offer up this yellow light of branding caution: Don't let your own excitement short-change your assessment of how it will really play in the market. More
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Remote Monitoring Lowers Health Costs, Improves Outcomes
By Roger Kay | October 12, 2015, 2:23 PM 1 Comment | Techonomy Exclusive
Smarter telemedicine can help healthcare providers deliver better outcomes to patients at lower cost with less intervention, and using fewer case managers. Qualcomm Life is a new division of the chip company that creates smart cloud-based healthcare systems based on devices around the home. Like Intel's investing in drones and Apple's moving into cars, it is part of a larger trend in which traditional tech companies are branching out to new and adjacent areas as core markets mature. More
How the Internet of Things Will Make Products Better and More Personal
By John Hagel and John Seely Brown | August 5, 2015, 3:54 PM 1 Comment | Techonomy Exclusive
As consumers, we expect the world to shape itself around us. Consumer power has been growing for the past several years, and with it, an expectation of products and services that not only meet our particular tastes but also our particular needs over time. But engaging the customer isn't always straightforward. Even if you're listening to customers, what if they don't (or can't) articulate what they want? What if they have needs they aren't even aware of yet? More
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Build It and They Will Drive
By Alex Cudaback | July 24, 2015, 3:35 PM
The University of Michigan and nearly 50 industry partners including Ford, General Motors, Qualcomm, State Farm Insurance, Toyota, Verizon, and others are betting that if you build it, self-driving cars will come. That take on the classic line from Field of Dreams applies to a gigantic new facility for proving, testing, and promoting such cars. Or, as the facility's creators put it on their website, "the foundations of a commercially viable ecosystem of connected and automated vehicles for moving people and goods." The new 32-acre facility, called Mcity, opened this week in Ann Arbor and will serve as an auto industry ecosystem for use by anyone researching autonomous vehicles. More
(Via The Wall Street Journal)
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I Heart This Overlooked Feature of the Apple Watch
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One of the features that most intrigues me about the Apple Watch is the one that lets you share heartbeats. It's the sound you hear when you're being held by someone you love. It's something that encapsulates our humanity. It's one of the first ways an expectant mother connects with her child—the fetal heartbeat heard via ultrasound. This little feature has been overlooked in many of the product reviews. I am fascinated by a technological connection that fosters intimacy between two people physically regardless of where they are. Unlike FaceTime or Skype, which replicate a lesser version of someone's visual presence, sharing a heartbeat pioneers a new realm of digital intimacy that links our bodies and our devices in a new dance of tactile connectivity. More
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As technology forges ahead, more of our world is becoming automated, increasingly resembling the futuristic settings that were once only the domain of science fiction. This means a significant change in the way tomorrow's innovators will design new products: it won't just be a matter of human users interacting with objects, but also of objects interacting with their users. Moreover, many people have anxieties about robots and other "smart" objects—usually that they'll gain sentience, turn evil, and try to exterminate the human race. More
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The Internet of Things (IoT) has a lot to offer in the medical realm, but such connectivity lags far behind what's happening with other consumer goods and electronics. A few early glimpses of possibilities in this field show there are tremendous advantages to be had if we can get past these current hurdles and establish a bio-based IoT. (A session entitled "The Internet of (Bio)things" at the upcoming Techonomy Bio conference on March 25 in Mountain View explores this question.) More
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Q: MXMLC Incremental compilation not working Google shows a couple of hits for this issue, but never a solution that I can find.  It's always just a few other people saying "it works for me", and the issue dries up.  I've tested both with the "-incremental=true" flag to mxmlc and with the <incremental>true</incremental> tag in my flex config.xml with the same result:

Failed to match the compile target with /export/vampire/build/Editor.swf.cache. The cache file will not be reused.

I get this on each compile after the first that creates the cache, whether the source files were modified or not.
I've checked file permissions (not expecting anything - the cache file and the swf it's checking against were both created by MXMLC to begin with):

-rw-rw-r-- 1 nathan nathan 3181508 2009-07-15 17:50 Editor.swf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 nathan nathan 5756512 2009-07-15 17:50 Editor.swf.cache

$ flex_sdk/bin/mxmlc -version
Version 3.3.0 build 4852

$ uname -a
Linux sargasso 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Fri Jul 11 23:41:49 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

Ubuntu 8.04

A: It looks like the "Failed to match compile target" error is being caused by an updated timestamp on the flex config file.  Even if the config file is unmodified, mxmlc will throw out the old compile cache and recompile everything as long as the timestamp is newer than that on the cache file.  This misleading error message is all the info you get.


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During today's Letter from the Producer Live, Final Fantasy XIV producer and director Naoki Yoshida revealed new information for the game's upcoming 3.5 patch, The Far Edge of Fate, which is slated to launch in mid-January.
A FINAL FANTASY XIV in-game theater group called A Stage Reborn will perform an adaptation of the play I Want To Be Your Canary from FINAL FANTASY IX.
Final Fantasy XIV's "All Saints' Wake" event has kicked off again this year, but this time it's something different -- a fully re-purposed dungeon that operates as a fun as hell scavenger hunt.
Another month, another Final Fantasy XIV patch: 3.45 brings gifts including a new season of ranked PvP and the next part of the relic weapon quest chain. But the most significant addition is the update to Palace of the Dead, the "deep dungeon" that debuted a couple of patches ago. Previously limited to 50 floors, it now goes on for a whopping 200. But where exactly are we headed? "Hellsward," the unlock screen declares, playing with the title of the last expansion.
Square Enix announced Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood, the next expansion to the popular MMORPG, at Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest 2016 in Las Vegas. It is due out in early summer 2017 for PlayStation 4 and PC. PlayStation 3 support for Final Fantasy XIV will come to an end, with Square Enix citing a large migration to PlayStation 4. The company will offer a free PlayStation 3 to PlayStation 4 upgrade program, as well.
Hmm, do the contents of a patch justify such dramatic language? Actually, I think they do, as 3.4 adds new raids against a big bad dude named Alexander: The Creator, who appears to be a steampunk city brought grinding and whirring to life.
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