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Games on Addison: Kickstarter & Board Games
February 18, 2015 by -J.	Leave a Comment
Kickstarter has been a mixed blessing for the tabletop gaming industry. It provides a platform for small publishers and indie designers to get their game in front of more eyes than previously possible. It can give bigger publishers and distributors a barometer of how popular a game might be. It can give creators of any background to fund a dream project.
Or it can be a platform that enables unprepared creators to crash and burn while trying to handle thousands of dollars of other people's money.
With a recent influx of board game Kickstarters that have recently launched, funded, or fulfilled their rewards, it's a perfect time to look at not just the games, but how they utilized this platform.
The Game: Heat is a quick and fun game of intrigue and bluffing for 3-5 players. Over the course of three rounds, players will craft their diabolical plans, carry out their heists, and accumulate ill-gotten gains while trying to avoid the gaze of the authorities. Because other players are also perpetrating heists, you need to keep your eye on how much "heat" you're taking. At the end of three heists, your score is your net earnings after you buy off whatever heat you have at game's end. When I need something light and stylish, Heat fits the bill nicely.
The Kickstarter: I started with Heat because it provides a good baseline for board game Kickstarter campaigns. The pledges were fairly basic, the target seemed reasonable, and the stretch goals didn't knock your socks off — but also wouldn't bog down fulfillment. The publisher, Asmadi Games, did a lot of little fun things with the campaign, like "The Steal" pledge level (One lucky backer each day got the game for only $1).
Both the publisher and the designer were also very visible during the process, even after the campaign hit some of the potholes common with board game campaigns. The target of shipping rewards only two months after the game funded was aggressive, hit some obstacles. This delayed the fulfillment of the basic reward (the game) a few months, and the extra awards even further. The delay wasn't egregious (especially by Kickstarter standards), and the fact that backers had access to a print-and-play version allowed us to introduce the game to friends while awaiting our physical copies.
The Game: Congratulations! You're a marine biologist studying the underwater realm in the state-of-the-art AquaSphere. But you can't rest on your laurels — your grants rely on your ability to generate new knowledge, so you'll want to ensure that your research is more impressive than your colleagues. AquaSphere is a strategy game for 2-4 players that combines worker placement with programming and planning. You have multiple paths to victory, but you have to balance your strategies with the limited time and resources available to you. It's the kind of game that gets my brain buzzing, while also distracting me with cute octopus meeples.
…and robot meeples, and scientist meeples.
The Kickstarter: The campaign for AquaSphere brings up the question of the purpose of Kickstarter, especially for the tabletop gaming industry. There were very few reward tiers, no stretch goals, few updates, and the game arrived exactly when it was promised. But the reason they utilized KS was very different than we saw in the previous game. With Heat, you had a small but proven publisher, with a creator who's very active in the indie design scene. They have a tribe of fans, and tangible examples of success, but not (one would imagine) a whole lot of capital laying around. The popular understanding of KS would make it seem the perfect platform for what Heat needed.
Now look at AquaSphere. The developer and artist both have both won tabletop gaming's most prestigious awards. The designer is Stefan Feld, who's name alone can generate sales. Tasty Minstrel Games isn't the publisher — they are the North American distributor, since the game was published last fall by German company Hall Games. In other words, it's a Kickstarter campaign that looked a lot like a pre-order.
The distributor saw Kickstarter as a way to employ a barometer. Those of us who love strategy board games will remember the frustration of trying to get a copy of Terra Mystica two years ago, only to discover that the publisher woefully under-estimated demand (and pre-orders). The Kickstarter campaign for AquaSphere looked to alleviate that potential problem (and of over-estimating demand). I was satisfied with it, and I love the game. But it really blurs that line between crowdsourced funding and (pre-)pre-order.
The Game: It's all about area control, giant monsters, and expendable cultists. This game for 2+ players is a mix of area control and planning. You play as a faction of Lovecraftian gods and monsters who're about to bring about the end of humanity. You open gates, summon monsters, despoil regions, and fight across a map of Earth. Whoever can bring about the most doom wins the wars. The basic rules are simple, centering the depth and complexity on the various factions that you can play. I love it.
DOOM.
The Kickstarter: As more and more tabletop games have turned to Kickstarter, the template for epic campaigns has emerged. It usually involves a fan-favorite IP, a big name or two attached to design or illustrate, and it probably involves miniatures. Or at least a lot of figures. The whole thing operates on a scale that dwarfs comprehension: funding in the millions, add-ons and stretch goals as far as the eye can see, and a plethora of updates. So it was with Cthulhu Wars.
Or, so it is with Cthulhu Wars. Despite funding to the impressive (at the time) tune of $1.4 million over 18 months ago, this campaign is still in the long process of fulfillment. That seems to happen with a lot of these epic campaigns — with so many moving parts at this scale, any hiccups will have downstream effects and likely cause delays. As of now, the base game has made its way to backers, with the expansions and stretch goals still in process.
Despite the delays, this has been one of my favorite Kickstarters. The team at Petersen Games are responsive, and they make time at cons to talk or demo. The delivered core game is beautiful and immensely enjoyable, which is no small matter. I enjoyed it so much, I'm already looking at their next (much less epic in scale) Kickstarter.
The Game: It's a licensed Conan board game in the vein of HeroQuest or Descent. 'Nuf said, right? Oh, and the publisher has an impressive list of artists and designers contributing to final product.
The Kickstarter: What was I saying about epic campaigns? $3.3 million, a ridiculous amount of add-ons and stretch goals, big names, and an army of figures. Even though I didn't back this one (only so much discretionary income to spend on so many Kickstarter projects), the idea of a modern HeroQuest sorely tempted me. It funded last week, so we'll see if the complexity and scale affect the project's timelines.
Oh, and if any backers need another player, I'm up for crushing a few enemies and driving them before me.
Epic PVP: Fantasy
The Game: For something a little smaller in scale, yet still heavy on the direct conflict, we have Epic PVP: Fantasy. This 2-player (or 2-team) game is simple in concept: players choose two decks of cards, one for their race (human, orc, elf, etc.) and one for their class (rogue, barbarian, ranger, etc.). They shuffle together the decks and fight each other until only one is left standing.
The Kickstarter: We're back to the realm of more standard Kickstarter campaigns, comparatively. Epic PVP: Fantasy has less than a week to go, but will be funded with plenty of stretch goals when it concludes. It's published by a Kickstarter veteran (Fun to 11 Games) who has a track record of delivering on time (or early), and who've partnered with a well-known publisher (AEG) to put out Epic PVP.
I love me some print-and-play.
This campaign has its Kickstarter savvy on full display. Putting stretch goals up to a vote, soliciting feedback, and giving backers the chance to play the game all provide backers a level of interactivity. They've released half the starter box set in a print-and-play format, and it's provided both word-of-mouth and design notes. They aren't the first to do so, but it's always a welcome part of a Kickstarter campaign.
Don't Turn Your Back
The Game: This game for 2-4 players combines the mechanics of card-drafting with that of worker placement games. It has me right there. The rules look intriguing, the cards are darkly gorgeous, and the nightmarish setting all speak to me. This combination of factors, as well as the designer's work on another card-drafting game (Zeppelin Attack), have me on board. The only thing left is to see how it plays.
The Kickstarter: This is similar to the Kickstarter campaign for Epic PVP, in that the publisher (Evil Hat) has a sterling reputation and is a veteran of Kickstarter. They're more well-known for their RPG work, which may be why Don't Turn Your Back is only 2/3 of the way to funding with two weeks left. The stretch goals are very basic, but after looking through the preview files of the game, I tend to agree with the designer's assessment. Throwing in too many add-on cards would potentially unbalance the game, and who wants that?
As with any game, it'll come down to how much I enjoy the actual gameplay, but I expect to enjoy this one.
The Game: Exploding Kittens looks to be a casual or party game for up to 4 players (or 8, if you get the second deck). During your turn, you draw a card; if you drew an Exploding Kitten, you're out. Last player left wins. The non-exploding cards in the deck help you to prepare for or avoid the EKs, or force other players to have to deal with them instead.
The Kickstarter: I saved the biggest, most polarizing campaign for the end. With 24 hours to go, Exploding Kittens has already raised over $7.3 million for a slick party game. It's not a deep game, but a high-luck game of Russian Roulette with really popular art and a delightfully silly theme. It's also an instance where the game probably could've been made without Kickstarter, since The Oatmeal is involved.
That said, Matt Inman (The Oatmeal) is really good at crowd-funded projects, like the Tesla museum. Not just in the sense that he can garner pledges, but in how he engages the backers. The Exploding Kittens' stretch goals included not only the usual milestones (number of backers, total funds raised), but also video game-style achievements (e.g., post a picture of ten Batmen in a hot tub). Their final three days of the campaign included a couple of online parties, and a day of providing pizza to volunteers at animal shelters.
In this case, the Kickstarter seems to be less about crowdsourcing funds and more about creating buzz for the project. Sure, the funding was still huge and there's a tangible product to be created, but the campaign played more like a big performance event than a board game project that needed initial capital. How you view that scenario likely tells me how you view the game and its Kickstarter.
I have a very laissez-faire opinion of Kickstarter projects, but it's interesting to watch arguments develop around what Kickstarter should be used as or for. Just as different designers will take the same game mechanic and spin it in a new direction, savvy Kickstarter campaigns have started to spin the traditional purpose of the platform into new forms.
And this is all without talking about tabletop RPGs and Kickstarter, which would make a great topic for a follow-up post.
The entity known as -J. would be at home in a place like Carcosa or Night Vale, but instead lives near a far more dreary place -- Wrigley Field. He is the patron Addisonian of whisk(e)y and tabletop games, and is often adorned with a waistcoat & his ridiculous mustache.
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Vice President Pence at a Naturalization Ceremony
Written by White House
Category: National News
Washington< DC - THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Secretary Chao. Thank you for those gracious words, but for your inspiring personal story and for sharing this moment with us today.
To Senator Lankford, to Congressman Turner, to Congressman Meadows, to our Acting Director Cuccinelli, to archivist David Ferriero, to members of the National Archives Board: It is deeply humbling for Karen and me to be with you today, here in this place, on the hallowed ground of our National Archives to celebrate the Fourth of July with 44 new Americans. (Applause.) Congratulations to you all.
It is amazing to be standing here today before all of you and to be able to extend the welcome of the American people to your new place in this nation as citizens. And it's remarkable to think of the journey you've travelled on. You come from 26 different countries. We heard them called in the roll — Bolivia and Morocco, Vietnam, Mexico, and Afghanistan.
I'm also told you come from just about every walk of life. There's an electrician among you. A banker. There's a college counselor, an IT engineer, and even an Uber driver. (Laughter.) But all of you aspired to be Americans. You stepped forward. You followed the law. You went through the process to immigrate into this great nation. And as of today, the men and women gathered before me today who just raised their right hand have now joined the ranks of the freest and most prosperous nation in the history of the world. (Applause.)
But the 44 of you and your families are hardly alone. Last year, more than three-quarters of a million people raised their right hand and swore the very same oath that you just took. And your example and theirs gives evidence that then, as now, and throughout our nation's history, America has the most generous system of legal immigration in the history of the world. And we are proud to have you join our ranks. (Applause.)
Now, as fellow Americans, you'll be a part of many debates in the life of this nation, including debates over immigration in America. And we all know that our current system of immigration faces real challenges. But to those of you who step forward today, who made the sacrifices and went through the process, let me say, on behalf of President Donald Trump and on behalf of the American people: Welcome to the American family. (Applause.)
But like those who have spoken before, it is humbling to stand before you. But it's almost indescribable for this American to be flanked by these extraordinary documents. Because here, we are surrounded by the three great founding documents of this great nation: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Bill of Rights.
That very Constitution that you just swore an oath to uphold and defend is behind me as we speak. And it was forged in the fires of the American founding. It is remarkable to think of the courage and tenacity of those who crafted these documents. And on a day like today, as we look at their images on the walls above us, I think it's important that we remember their story.
When we study history, we often forget that those who were living it didn't know what was on the next page. And they risked all. The signers of the Declaration of Independence, 56 delegates to the Continental Congress that adopted that Declaration of Independence 243 years ago today pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
And it was not just words. It's remarkable to think that when those 56 delegates signed that Declaration of Independence, the largest city in America then had a population of 40,000 people, and that was the City of Philadelphia. And at the very moment that those delegates were asked to sign their names to that document, an armada of British soldiers, 32,000 in strength, was sailing into New York Harbor with one order — and that was to put down the rebellion in the American colonies.
In fact, history records that anyone who was to sign a Declaration of Independence, by order of the King, was to be hanged by the neck until they were dead. They risked all for us and for you to be able to have this moment.
By the end of the Revolutionary War, of the 56 who signed the Declaration of Independence, five were captured by the British Army during war; many lost family members; and many were left destitute and impoverished, even though they came from some of the most prosperous families in the colonies before the war.
I mean, the very idea that the Continental Army, which was led by a man who had never commanded more than 2,000 troops would be able to defeat the army of the most powerful empire on the planet was unthinkable. In fact, when the British did finally surrender to George Washington at Yorktown, after six long years of war, all the military band could think to play was a song entitled, "The World Turned Upside Down," for surely it was.
In the early years, they forged freedom. First, with an Articles of Confederation, and then with this extraordinary Constitution and Bill of Rights.
There is that famed story that, at the close of the Constitutional Convention, when Benjamin Franklin was walking out of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, a woman approached him and asked these words, "Well, Doctor, what have we got — a republic or a monarchy?" And Benjamin Franklin replied, echoing into history, "A republic, madam, if you can keep it." And so we have.
With the adoption of the Bill of Rights and in all of the many years since, we've kept it. And now it's yours. You're inheriting a legacy purchased at a high price. Men and women through the generations have risked all, have laid down their lives, to ensure the continued success and vitality of the document — or the government forged in these documents.
And now, in those stirring words of the oath you took, now it's also yours to support and uphold and defend, if necessary. It's a remarkable thing.
To the new Americans gathered here, I submit that, as you continue to study the history of your new home, you will learn that — over more than two centuries of the American experiment, that freedom is not for the faint of heart. It requires vigilance and sacrifice and sacrifice on behalf of the citizens to maintain it. And as you, you yourselves, have demonstrated even up to this moment, as we cherish our freedom, our freedom continues to inspire the world: millions, over the generations — now who you've joined — who've come to these shores and nations around the world who aspire to be like us.
Well, you've heard stories from this podium about immigrant families from the nation's Archivist, from the Secretary. But I'll tell you one more story.
It was on April 11th, 1923, that an Irish immigrant named Richard Michael Cawley stepped off the boat onto Ellis Island In New York City. He immigrated to this country. He became an American citizen. He took the train to New York City. He drove a bus for 40 years and raised a wonderful family.
The story of his family was a story of — has a legend that his mother walked him across the street from their modest home in Ireland, and walked him up the hill, and pointed in the direction of the Ox Mountains and to the West, and said, "You have to go to America because there's a future there for you."
Well, I stand before you today as that future. That man was my grandfather and I'm his namesake. He raised a precocious redhead up there in Chicago, and she married a fast-talking salesman who built a gas station business down in a small town in Indiana. And that's where I and my three brothers and two sisters showed up.
On the day that I raised my right hand, just a few years ago, and took part of the oath you just took to serve in the role in which I'm privileged to serve right now, I had many things in my heart and mind that day. But my mind kept going back to my grandfather, to his courage to be able to leave everything behind, everything he knew — family, and hearth, and home — and come here because it was a future, because he believed in the American Dream.
And I was up on that platform, just down the street by the Capitol Building, in January of 2017, thinking that Richard Michael Cawley and his courage is the only reason that Michael Richard Pence became the 48th Vice President of the United States. (Applause.)
I share that with you just to encourage you because we all know the sacrifices that you've made — not just to become citizens, but to join us. And we commend you for it.
But now, as your Vice President and as a fellow American, let me at least leave you with this charge: You have become citizens in the freest and most prosperous nation in the history of the world. But as the Good Book says, "To whom much is given, much will be required." So be prepared to exercise your prerogatives as free men and women, as citizens of the United States of America, in a way that will benefit your family, your community, your state, and your nation throughout your life.
Find a way to give back for all that you've been given. Raise a great family. Build a business. Be a good neighbor. Be a teacher. Be a public servant. Put on the uniform of law enforcement. Volunteer at a local service club. Be a schoolteacher. Or even serve in elected office.
Live out your commitment to this country by creating more opportunity for your family and your fellow citizens. Live out the oath that you took today by contributing to the life of this nation, and use your newfound citizenship for good — for your good, and for the good of the United States of America. In so doing, I promise you, you will have paid back all that's been bequeathed to you if you live a great American life.
You've made a remarkable journey to arrive at this moment, and I know that you and your loved ones will forever cherish this day. So will we. Today, with this solemn and sacred oath, taken on these hallowed grounds, you've sworn to exercise and uphold the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. You've inherited a legacy of liberty that generations of Americans have paid for with their lives. And this legacy is now yours. Serve it well.
And remember, finally: Dream big. There are no dreams too big in the land of free and the home of the brave. And you are now citizens of that great nation. So live your dreams for the sake of yourselves, your families, your children, and your children's children. Go prosper because, in America, the sky is the limit.
So once again, allow me and my wife to offer our heartfelt congratulations and welcome to 44 new American citizens. May God bless you even as he blesses the United States of America.
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Studying in a beauty school is no longer an alien idea. Since any country is becoming a hotspot for beauty treatments and fashion, this does not come as a surprise. Today, more and more Australians spend time on beauty salons to beat the stress away and to stay healthy and beautiful. As it is, more younger people and even older people are considering a career in the beauty industry.
Is there any sense in going to a beauty school? This is the common question of some people who are skeptical about the importance the education and training beauty institutes provide to students. Some people think that by undergoing few weeks of training and months of apprenticeship program would suffice. That method could have been effective a decade ago, but since the industry has become competitive ever since, it may no longer keep up with the growing demand of the industry.
If you want to go to Australia and successfully apply for 189 Australia visa, then you may want to consider investing on education and training for beauty therapy. For people who don't have any experience or firsthand knowledge about beauty schools, knowing the benefits they could get from enrolling at one could be definitely helpful. If you are thinking about taking up beauty therapy courses in Sydney, this article will be particularly handy as the benefits of studying in a beauty school are listed below.
You will be able to hone your raw talent and skills – Instructors at beauty schools are some of the most experienced and skill beauty professionals in the world and they know how to teach their students effectively. Beauty school students are fortunate enough to be taught by seasoned and well-respected professionals who have proven themselves in the industry. Hence, it is natural that students learn the best since their instructors are some of the best.
You will be exposed to the realities of the industry – Preparation is always the key in any profession, including in the beauty industry. Beauty school students are exposed early to the realities of the industry since they get all the training and education they need. They do not only learn the ropes of beauty therapy courses but also the business side of things, making them more prepared even before they formally start their career as beauty professionals.
You will have better chances at getting a job – Beauty school graduates definitely have better job opportunities in the beauty industry than those who did not undergo training or formal education. Many professionals in the industry successfully entered Australia via 189 Australia visa because they have the skills. If you have a diploma or certificate for finishing beauty therapy courses, it is safe to say that you will not have a hard time finding a good job in the industry. Beauty salons and other related employers tend to be preferential to beauty school students.
You will have a good-paying job in the future – The beauty industry is a growing industry. Companies that hire beauty professionals tend to pay more because they know the hard work their employees commit to. If you are planning to start a career in the beauty industry, studying at a beauty school can serve as a good springboard. After graduating from beauty school, you can be sure to get a good job in the industry, and from there, work your way up your career ladder, and you can be certain to have a secured and good-paying career.
Beauty schools in Sydney are some of the most prestigious and respected ones in the world. If you want to pave the way for your career as a beauty professional, you can never go wrong with taking up this type of training.
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My brother says we weren't so much raised as traveled. (Actually, I'm pretty sure that's in his unpublished book. Sorry, Chris.) And it's true: one of my friends' favorite pastimes is instructing me to give "the list" when someone asks where I'm from. It's rather a jerk move because when someone asks them about their day it's not like I force them to list off their movements of every hour.
Don't get me wrong — I loved it, the constant unknown, the exploration, the newness, tastes, smells, sounds of a different place. I loved arriving at a new house, echoey and imposing, with empty rooms waiting to be chosen and filled. I loved unwrapping our shipments and rediscovering possessions. And I loved the people. People from all over the world who became acquaintances, friends, family.
When someone asks about my childhood, about the moving, about the difficulty of packing up and leaving a place, I usually tell them I loved it but that it isn't for everyone. I don't tell them about the indescribable ache when yet another best friend moved to a different continent. I don't tell them about my friends who found the moving depressing and semi-traumatic. And I can't tell them about what it feels like to have different places make residence in your body like so many unsolicited but vital organs.
Every memory, every move, every culture and friend and experience has infused my life with so much vivid color that I can't help but write adjective-heavy blog entries extolling the virtues of the nomadic, international childhood.
Though I wouldn't trade my childhood for the world, there's still the "otherness" that follows me like a shadow — easy to ignore in the right lighting, but occasionally starkly contrasted against my life. It is the otherness of feeling that I don't truly belong anywhere, which is an acceptable feeling during the occasional existential crisis, but not something you want on a regular basis. I will never be fully American. Nor can I claim to be Omani or from any combination of the Middle Eastern countries I love. But the otherness shadow is always there. It's there when I bring up the craziness of Egyptian roads and people stare at me. (If you're from Africa, why are you white?) It's there when I smell shisha or hear Arabic or crave Lebanese food. And it's also there when I'm in these countries and know that I do not share their heritage, their culture, their language and customs.
Having friends scattered across the world is wonderful, but achey. The friend who talked to you late in the night about nothing and everything. The friends who infused your life with brightness when you were wandering alone. The friend you constantly laughed with because your weird sense of humors hit just right. The friend who shaped your ideas and challenged your assumptions. The friends you shared life with, eating, joking, failing at exercising, singing, adventuring. The friend you haven't seen in 10 years who welcomes you to stay and everything has changed but nothing really has.
These people, who were so essential in illuminating your life during certain years, become distant with distance. They, who were so colorful, are now fading, preserved in memory, on Facebook, on Skype, but not tangible, daily relationships. But they are part of you, and the more you move, the more of them you meet, the heavier your shadow becomes, filled with not just places but people. And these people are not content to be a shadow: they are part of you, shaping you more distinctly than a place or a move. It is something, trying to keep up with all these pieces of yourself, trying to preserve memories, let them go, wade through bouts of nostalgia, and, above all, being thankful for all the love that has been in your life. Past, present, and future.
It's fine. It's growing up. It's TCKs…and everyone else.
You really hit the nail on the head, Siobhan. I feel that ache and otherness too. There were times where I envied people who'd grown up in the same place. But, like you, I wouldn't give up my TCKness for anything.
I guess the trick is finding the people who you fit in with so well, you don't ever feel like you're an outsider. And at times it helps to be able to see things like an outsider.
This was beautifully written and really captured what I think a lot of TCKs feel.
I'm glad you liked it — it's something that's always there, but I've never penned. I agree that a good group of friends keeps you grounded. And really, after uni, most people are moving for jobs and making new friends so at least they're kind of in the same position.
The thing about it is that when your friends are all local, you kind of stop thinking about your past. It's hidden and packed away and not something that's very relatable. But then when there's some sort of outlet — you meet up with an old school friend or get to visit the country — there's this whole part of you that wakes up. But yeah, wouldn't trade it.


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A Habit of Saving the Earth, Zero-Waste
By So Min-young, cub-reporter
▲ Zero Waste kit (source: Earthbox official store)
As awareness of climate change recently increased, the Zero Waste brand and Zero Waste Challenge are increasing as well. Zero-waste means to preserve all resources through responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery, without burning all products, packaging, and materials. This includes, not discharging them to land, oceans, or air that could threaten the health of the environment of human beings. Representative brands that come to mind when thinking of Zero Waste include, 'Patagonia' and 'Freitag.' Patagonia, recycles plastic to obtain a raw material called polyester, which protects the environment by making products with it. Freitag is a brand that makes bags with waterproof cloth. Products are made by recycling old trucks' waterproof fabrics, and car seat belts.
The MZ generation, which is leading the era these days, is actively using these brands and challenging society with the Zero Waste Challenge. Although the use of disposable products has increased as the delivery market has expanded due to social distancing, efforts are being made to protect the environment by putting into practice the use of tumblers and vegan cosmetics.
Changwon University students, members of the MZ generation, have also been exposed to Zero Waste significantly. Cha Hyun-jin, from the Dept of Culture and Technology said, "I'm familiar with Zero Waste and I have used the, 'pillaroid,' service that prints photos by recycling paper cups. As climate change becomes more serious, people's interest in environmental conversation increases, and existing brands are also seen to develop eco-friendly products. However, I think it's important whether the brand has sincerity in thinking about the environment, whether consumers can feel the sincerity before selling, and marketing Zero Waste products, not just for commercial purposes." Ryu Ga-eun, from the Department of Global Business, said, "I don't know much about Zero Waste, but whenever I use Baedal Minjok, I try not to receive disposable products for the environment. I think the purpose of Zero Waste itself is good, but I feel antipathy when I see it being used only as a means to show-off or as a marketing element. I wonder if changing only straws to paper, while making a lot of merchandises every season like Starbucks, really helps the environment?" she said.
As such, companies are conducting ESG management, just like the passionate enthusiasm for Zero Waste among the MZ generation. ESG management is short for Environmental Social Governance, which takes the lead in protecting the environment beyond corporate private profits, values social values that grow together, and is not coercive, or immoral. The, 'mining out,' tendency of the MZ generation, a major consumer group, influenced ESG management. The phrase, 'mining out,' means to express your beliefs, while consuming products and services that meet your values. In particular, since the MZ generation values social and ethical values, active consumer movements, such as boycotts, take place, so the spread of ESG management has increased at an accelerated rate.
Among ESG, companies that focus on environmental protection include Carrot Market, Woowa Brothers. Carrot Market reinterpreted the used trading market by reusing resources and creating a new business model based on the value of connection. As second-hand transactions became more active with the Carrot Market, transactions amounted to 120 million won in 2020, and the value of reused resources showed the same effect as planting 27.7 million trees. Woowa Brothers, who run Baedal Minjok, have introduced the, 'use less disposable items,' function in the Baedal Minjok application, and more than 10 million people participated, showing the effect of planting 1.85 million trees.
It is important to show the effort that of individuals or companies make for the environment. Even if it is part of marketing, it is meaningful to be able to practice Zero Waste. Individuals should also practice simple things that can have a major impact. There are well-known ways to practice Zero-Waste, such as using toothbrush cups, fewer disposable products, and using Zero Waste brands. In this way, if we are alert to environmental issues and continue to make efforts to protect the environment, we will be able to create a healthier future.
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Families look for new ways to celebrate a holiday after CDC warns against Thanksgiving travel
Posted by TheConversation | Nov 22, 2020 |
By Pamela M. Aaltonen, Professor Emerita; Immediate Past President, APHA, Purdue University
As Americans prepare for the first Thanksgiving in the time of the coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a stark warning a week before the big day: Don't travel.
No over the river and through the woods to grandmother's condo. No flying to a beach gathering with the family you choose. And if it sounds like the CDC is trying to be like the Grinch who stole Thanksgiving, it is important to remember the grim statistic of more than a quarter of a million people dead from COVID-19. There is no mistaking: The coronavirus is out of control.
Ultimately, lowering the staggering numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths lies squarely with us. Yes, governments can mandate actions; but we are the ones responsible for adhering to them. Our failure is clear when you look at the latest numbers: Deaths from the virus are projected to soon approach 2,000 Americans a day, and cases continue to climb in the vast majority of states.
If national numbers do not spur action, will it help to localize the problem? You can find out what is happening closer to home here at the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. Drill down to see the data in your state and county, then take a moment to pause and consider the catastrophic consequences. It is still within our power to reverse course and lower these numbers. But as a public health scholar and researcher, I can tell you that as infections increase, the more difficult that becomes.
Even the rural states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Wyoming are experiencing tremendous surges. Exhausted hospitals and health care workers across the U.S. are becoming overwhelmed, if not already there. Overwhelmed systems place care at risk. Those with other health conditions need medical intervention and hospitalization. And those with a lax attitude about COVID-19 put themselves at increased risk for negative health outcomes.
Changing behavior is a must
Modifying our behavior minimizes the chances to spread infection. But this is a big task. Government actions are most effective when based on local data and the option to loosen or tighten restrictions based on solid information. We should not view these actions as an attempt to take away our civil liberties. Instead, we should think of them as liberating, a way to keep us away from the virus.
It is not too late to modify your behavior if you have been reluctant to accept the realities of the virus. With promising vaccines on the horizon, our challenge as individuals is to reduce current infection numbers. And to do that, everyone must commit to established public health strategies.
A dozen things you can do
Always mask up when indoors and around people who do not live in your household.
Always mask up when outdoors and unable to maintain physical distancing.
Use either disposable masks or a multi-layer tightly woven cotton mask. Single-layer kerchiefs are insufficient.
When you mask up, make sure it fits your face and covers both nose and mouth. Wash or sanitize your hands after touching or removing the mask.
Remember that masks are not a substitute for physical distancing.
Maintain at least six feet of distance between you and others outside of your household.
Wash your hands frequently with soap and water for 20 seconds, or use a hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.
Avoid motions that transfer organisms from your hands to your face. Your mouth, nose and eyes have mucous membranes that are potentially receptive to these organisms.
Clean frequently touched surfaces.
Do as much as possible outside and keep interactions with others short.
Fortify ventilation systems for more frequent air exchanges.
Curtail in-person holiday celebrations with those not in your household.
Celebrations are particularly challenging because it is difficult for everyone to self-quarantine for the 14 days prior to the event. Also, events are typically inside rather than out; spacing of six feet may not be an option; ventilation systems in our energy-efficient homes are likely COVID-19-insufficient; and one cannot be masked while eating.
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Q: Transformation of vertical line under $f(z)=\tan(z)$ I've managed to prove that
$$\tan(z)=\tan(x+iy)=\frac{\sin 2x}{\cos 2x+\cosh 2y}+i\,\frac{\sinh 2y}{\cos 2x+\cosh 2y}$$
Now, I've also been able to use this identity to show that the vertical line $x=\pi/4$ gets mapped onto a portion of a circle.
However, I am wondering if there is a way to use the tangent identity above to show that if $x=a$ is a vertical line, where $-\pi/4<a<\pi/4$, then $\tan(z)$ maps this line onto a portion of a circle.
Update Thanks to Maxim's comment below, solving the first of the two equations below
$$u=\frac{\sin 2a}{\cos 2a+\cosh 2y}\qquad\text{and}\qquad v=\frac{\sinh 2y}{\cos 2a+\cosh 2y}$$
gave:
$$\cosh 2y=\frac{\sin 2a-u\cos 2a}{u}$$
Substituting this into the second equation and solving, gave:
$$\sinh 2y=\frac{v\sin 2a}{u}$$
Substituting each of these into $\cosh^22y-\sinh^22y=1$ and expanding and manipulating and completing the square led to the result
$$\left(u+\frac{\cos 2a}{\sin 2a}\right)^2+v^2=1+\frac{\cos^22a}{\sin^22a}$$
Substituting $a=\pi/8$ gives the equation $(u+1)^2+v^2=2$. Here is the Matlab code and image, which shows that his suggestion worked.
figure('Units','Normalized','Position',[0.1,0.1,0.8,0.5])
y=linspace(-5,5); x=pi/8*ones(size(y));
subplot(1,2,1), plot(x,y,'LineWidth',2,'Color','r'), hold on
grid on, axis([-3,3,-3,3]), xticks(-3*pi/4:pi/4:3*pi/4)
xticklabels({'-3\pi/4','-\pi/2','-\pi/4','0','pi/4','\pi/2','3\pi/4'})
xlabel('x'),ylabel('y'), ax=gca; ax.FontSize=14;
ax=gca; ax.XAxisLocation='origin'; ax.YAxisLocation='origin';
f=@(z) tan(z);
z=complex(x,y); w=f(z);
subplot(1,2,2)
plot(w,'LineWidth',2,'Color','b'), hold on
g=@(u,v) (u+1).^2+v.^2-2;
fimplicit(g)
grid on, axis([-3,3,-3,3]),
xlabel('u'),ylabel('v'), ax=gca; ax.FontSize=14;
ax.XAxisLocation='origin'; ax.YAxisLocation='origin';

Note that the blue part in the graph on the right is image of the vertical line under the transformation $f(z)=\tan(z)$. It is only a portion of the full circle, but exactly what I wanted.

A: We will first assume that the parametric equations are governed by that of a circle, in order to determine its centre $c$ and radius $r$. We will then verify that the circle is the correct model through substitution of the parametric equations.
It is clear that for $a\in\left(-\frac\pi4,\frac\pi4\right)$ and $z=a+iy$, we have $|\Im\tan z|\le1$ in $\hat{\Bbb C}=\Bbb C\cup\{\infty\}$ with equality as $y=\pm\infty$. Symmetry of the maximum and minimum infers that $\Im c=0$.
In turn, this implies that $m=\max\Re\tan z$ occurs at $\Im\tan z=0$, so $m=\frac{\sin2a}{1+\cos2a}>0$. The Euclidean distances (in $\hat{\Bbb C}$) between the two points and the centre $c$ can now be equated to give $$\sqrt{1+(\Re c)^2}=m-\Re c\implies2\Re c=m-\frac1m.$$ Since $m-\Re c=r$, the circle sought has equation $$\left(u-\frac m2+\frac1{2m}\right)^2+v^2=\frac14\left(m+\frac1m\right)^2$$ in the $w$-plane, with $w=u+iv$.
The verification part should now be straightforward, on substituting $u=\Re\tan z$ and $v=\Im\tan z$.

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  Fry in deep hot oil to a light golden brown, turn once to brown both sides.
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  cooking almost immediately and rises to the top.) Drain bread well and pat
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How is it possible for the chief executive of the company that reported the largest loss in British history to pay himself a £2-million performance bonus? Well, the simple answer to that is .... who's going to stop him?
Big business has become a sort of feudal system with company directors in the role of plundering warlords while shareholder's and employees are relegated to the level of serfs. Corporate melt-downs like Enron and WorldCom have highlighted the fantasy world in which many executives live. If the profits are insufficient to generate the necessary director's bonuses or to trigger the share options then they simply " re-arrange" the balance sheet to reflect non-existent profits. In theory, any dodgy accounting practices should be picked up during the annual audit but this rarely happens. Auditing firms no longer regard themselves as the shareholder's policemen. Instead, they see themselves as an integral part of the company they are auditing. The relationship between company and auditor need not be adversarial, but when it becomes as cosy as many of them seem to have become it's time to worry.
The yearly auditing fees and the tempting possibility of lucrative consultancy fees make it virtually impossible for an accounting firm to maintain impartiality and perform its proper function as an auditor.
As Lady Bracknell might have said ...to screw up one audit may be regarded as a misfortune, to screw up two looks like carelessness. If you had predicted this time last year that the global accounting practice of Arthur Andersen would cease to exist within twelve months somebody would have sent for the men in white coats.
Either the once revered firm of Arthur Andersen has been spectacularly unlucky in its choice of clients or (and this seems more probable) it was too close to the companies concerned to be of any real value as auditor . That some of the audit partners and Andersen employees may have been overworking the paper shredder hardly seems relevant. That, as far as I understand it, was simply to destroy evidence of their earlier incompetence.!! The fact that Enron executives could easily hide so much from their own auditors suggests that Arthur Andersen wasn't asking the right questions and was a pretty useless auditor . However, if it had done its job properly then the company would have almost certainly changed auditing firms. So it's hardly surprising, given the fee-generating capacity of the client, that the company was given a clean bill of health by Andersen.
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All auditing firms compete for corporate business and a company is unlikely to choose an auditing firm that will make life difficult for them. So the only way to win back the confidence of the general public would be for the JSE Securities Exchange to appoint a public company's auditors. Better still, the JSE should form its own firm of auditing "untouchables" and send them in to perform a proper examination of the company's accounts, without fear or favour.
Inevitably, the crop of corporate failures and collapsing share prices has brought the subject of executive remuneration into sharp focus. How much a CEO is worth is difficult to say. How much is a columnist worth for that matter? I earn more from an article that takes four hours to write than a municipal worker earns in a month. Do I feel remotely guilty? Not at all. Anybody can empty a dustbin but not everyone can write a newspaper column. The result is that columnists command a marginally higher rate than dustmen.
The same thinking applies to the corporate world. Assuming the company is honestly run, the CEO and directors deserve every cent of their R10-million annual salaries. They work absurdly long hours, carry heavy responsibility and are under constant scrutiny. They are exceptional people and such people need to be rewarded. The fact that they don't actually need the money and don't have the time to enjoy it is one of life's more delicious ironies.


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Q: Mann-Whitney/Wilcoxon rank sum test in R with a table of tallies I have a 10 treatments, 5 samples per treatment, and the result of each treatment is ranked on a ordinal scale: Poor, Fair, Moderate, Good, Excellent. I have the data tallied up so I have the total number of observations for each category on the scale; it looks like this:
           TreatA   TreatB  TreatC
Poor        2       2       1
Fair        1       1       1
Moder       1       2       0
Good        0       0       2
Exc         1       0       1

Is there a way to do a Mann-Whitney/Wilcoxon rank sum test on data in this format? I have been using the wilcox.test function, but it requires each observation to be listed individually, rather than totalled; that data would need to look more like
TreatA   TreatB
Poor     Poor
Poor     Poor
Fair     Fair
Exc      Fair

The problem is that I actually have 25 treatments and the number of samples per treatment can be more than 60. I would prefer to use the data in the format I have it in currently.
Is there a function in R that will let me perform this test on my data as it is formatted?

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Is there a way to do a Mann-Whitney/Wilcoxon rank sum test on data in this format?

Yes. Calculating the test statistic is simple. Your biggest problem will be the heavy ties.

I have been using the wilcox.test function, but it requires each observation to be listed individually, rather than totalled;

There are several ways to get the data into a form that wilcox.test will take. Here's one:
exper <- read.table(stdin(),header=TRUE)
          TreatA   TreatB  TreatC
Poor        2       2       1
Fair        1       1       1
Moder       1       2       0
Good        0       0       2
Exc         1       0       1

# at this point exper looks like your data
# make it an actual table:
exper <- as.matrix(exper)
class(exper) <- "table"
# convert it:
expertmp <- as.data.frame(exper)

# convert the counts to repetitions:
errle <- list(lengths=expertmp$Freq,values=1:length(expertmp$Freq))
class(errle) <- "rle"
experaw <- expertmp[inverse.rle(errle),1:2]

#need to make it an ordered factor.
experaw$Var1 <- ordered(experaw$Var1)

At this point, the data is in a form you can use. You can use rep rather than inverse.rle (and it's probably a bit shorter that way) to expand counts to repetitions.
e.g., you can do this:
kruskal.test(as.numeric(Var1)~Var2,experaw)

or this:
wilcox.test(as.numeric(Var1)~Var2,experaw[experaw$Var2!="TreatC",])

but (as R warns you in the second case) the p-value with ties is not exact. And unfortunately ties are heavy. You could do a permutation test (/randomization test) and get a "simulated" p-value, which will effectively be exact at a sufficiently large number of resamples.
However, since your observations-per-sample are pretty large, you should be able to get away with a normal approximation with the variance adjusted for ties. There's sufficient information in say Conover's Practical Nonparametric Statistics to do this for oneself.

A: To answer your original question, no, I don't believe any of the WMW tests will accept input as frequencies so you will have to change the format. If you data are formatted like this...
dat <- data.frame(cbind("TreatA" = c(2, 1, 1, 0, 1),
                    "TreatB" = c(2, 1, 2, 0, 0),
                    "TreatC" = c(1, 1, 0, 2, 1)),
                    row.names = c("Poor", "Fair", "Moder", "Good", "Exc"))

... you can use the rep() function to turn the frequency vector into a vector of values (see rep statement below). Also, given the number of ties you are likely to encounter with Likert-type data you should consider using the exact version of the test. This is implemented in package coin as follows:
install.packages("coin")
library(coin)
?independence_test
independence_test(c(rep(1:5, times = TreatA), rep(1:5, times = TreatB)) ~
              factor(rep(0:1, each = 5)), data = dat, ytrafo = rank,
              distribution = "exact")


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By Nicholas Sea | 26 June, 2013
A reflective piece on getting lost and the delicate space between life and death, Jazmín López's first feature film, Leones, which debuted at last year's Venice Film Festival, gazes alongside five Argentine friends wandering freely through a mysterious forest.
Leones opens with a bewildering and beautiful shot of Isa, a young 20-something, walking alone along a shaded pathway surrounded by trees. On edge and seemingly lost, she eventually runs off into the distance, around a turn, and suddenly out of sight as the camera remains transfixed in the forest. Isa (played by Julia Volpato) is the film's protagonist, but arguably not its primary focus. Sleeping next to a tree, she then wakes up and finds, or gets found by, a group of four friends (three guys and one girl), who proceed to curiously navigate along tree-lined paths, grassy fields and a small lagoon. With no knowledge of why they're there or how they got there, one can only be vulnerable to any piece of information that can even help to suggest what, exactly, is going on.
As they chatter playfully and play word games, López's enigmatic characters helplessly opt for a scattered wavering of emotional expressions and interactions, walking inside the unknown with both delicate fear and unguarded awe, while often sharing exchanges of both insult and intimacy during the process. Just as the camera almost continuously remains in motion (if not tracking behind moving characters, then swirling around them), the kids stay active too: talking about a world with nothing, questioning the difference between gods and humans, bickering about what to do and where to go, eating flowers and engaging sexually with one another. But mainly, they just meander with a puzzling audio recorder that doesn't function properly. At some point it becomes clear that there is no true agreement between these five friends; nothing is known, nothing is understood beyond doubt, and all exists in a state of maybe between them. It's all a game, and everyone's playing. They toy with one another while the forest (and their reality) toys with them, getting lost and accidentally revisiting places they believe they've seen before.
Very quickly on, one gets the sense that this is not a film to be simply watched, but rather thoughtfully experienced. The film is fragile and it demands patience in the similar way that brings to mind Lucile Hadžihalilović's Innocence, Gaspar Noé or even Béla Tarr. Shot in 35mm and using only natural light, López produces an organic and natural cinematic look that converses harmoniously with the many depths of greens that the forest paints. Cinematically, Leones hopes to immerse the viewer in a place of possibility, and the use of sound proves to be vital in this endeavour. Both natural and ambient sounds demand a large space from which to breathe the alluring energy of nature into the film.
It's precisely the way the camera moves through space, though, that gives the forest its dream-like quality. Floating between trees, leaves, and bodies, López's shots are consistently on the longer end, with each composition almost constantly in a state of flux. Her ominous gaze (death always seems to be lingering around the corner, if not in the edges of dialogue) frequently becomes seduced by the forest, allowing its travellers to disappear into the distance. And like the forest, the camera itself is just as much a character as the five kids, if not even more so. López utilizes the indubitable power of nature to play her own tricks, manipulating time and space through the speeding up and slowing down of shots, as well as the execution of precise, careful choreography. Moments of play with the viewer are easily some of the most pleasurable moments in the film. What's impressive about how Leones plays with the passage of time is that it manipulates it within single, unbroken, uninterrupted shots. A number of gorgeous one-shot sequences — such as a slow-motion imaginary volleyball game that Isa watches — illustrate López's eye for visual authenticity and imagination. As beautiful and precisely composed certain moments can be, however, it's clear that the execution of camera control proves inconsistent in other brief moments.
As the film floats along, the five characters find themselves returning to the past in different mental states, states that provide clues as to the mysteries that lie inside and between them. Through fleeting and intentionally unfocused – although sprinkled with hints and puzzles – dialogue, their emotions float away, just as the camera does, unhinged to itself and more interested in the textures of a powerfully pulsating and flickering wilderness. Isa, the film's primary human focus, stands out from the rest. As the most sensitive, she's both the one that worries and the one that the others worry about; they remind her to be careful, hide information from her, and try to protect her. She expresses her fear (the only one to do so), but at the same time "enjoys without understanding" rather freely. On the other end, a sense of anxiety and aggression emerges from the obnoxious Arturo (Pablo Sigal) — the boy that "would kill for Isa" — who finds a loaded gun at one point and decides to keep it with him.
The characters and their relationships are rather ambiguous, and as they share concise and sometimes illogical exchanges, as well as lengthy moments of silence, they become understood primarily through their fleeting ideas and sporadic expressions and less through their sustained emotions, which, apart from Isa's, are inescapably hyper-transient. That's precisely what can be frustrating about some of these characters, as you can't tie them down to anything, you can't expect anything from them, and you most certainly can't build any precise understandings of their relationships based around clear expectations. They lie and deceive one another unapologetically, sportively and lightheartedly, and yet simultaneously show spouts of affection, each living deeply inside their own heads, far from the camera's. However, it's precisely this inconsistency in the characters that harnesses such a secured tone of unknowingness and mystery throughout the piece, and also allows López to touch on deception in its dealings with the blurriness of reality, a theme addressed from the onset.
While Leones is a thoughtfully paced, textured art film that experiments poetically with the cinematic language, there's something missing in its emotional impact, which is tied to this sacrifice López makes in character development. This becomes especially apparent during Isa's unfulfilling and mildly affecting emotional outpour inside a BMW near the end.
Emotions aside, it's the tender way in which Leones is shot that makes it a pleasurable and worthwhile watch. It seems as if the narrative structure and content take a back seat to a visual strategy, a strategy committed to conveying an emotional state, a particular way of perceiving space and time. And as time passes rather bizarrely, what's important is that they're lost, and other than searching for something — a house, the sea, information from a malfunctioning tape-recorder (all of which only at moments prove to be urgent) — they're just sort of, well, existing within the unknown. Being lost in this film is less about what happens to these characters as it is about cultivating a state of openness and vulnerability from which the viewer can experience how time can pass in the imagination. In other words, Leones isn't a film reliant on plot points and narrative action. It's a dark yet playful exploration of the passive act of not knowing, as well as the complicated and fragile marriage between beauty and confusion; what it means to live (or die) lost in time and space.
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География промышленности — ветвь экономической географии, занимающаяся изучением территориальной организации производства и потребления промышленной продукции, закономерностей и пространственных особенностей развития промышленности в целом, групп отраслей, отдельных отраслей и производств — на локальном, районном, национальном, межнациональном (региональном) и глобальном уровнях.

Зарождение географии промышленности приходится на начало XX века, когда появились теоретические работы учёных по размещению промышленного производства (например, штандортные теории). Среди них выделяются работы немецкого экономиста А. Вебера.

В структуре географии промышленности выделяются следующие направления:
 Общая география промышленности исследует общие закономерности формирования и развития территориальной структуры промышленности, место промышленности в международном (географическом) разделении труда, её положение среди других отраслей общественного производства, вопросы промышленного районирования, формирование территориальных сочетаний промышленности (в том числе промышленных агломераций) разного типа и масштаба, территориальную структуру деятельности частных и государственных промышленных корпораций, влияние промышленности на окружающую среду и т. п.
 Региональная география промышленности изучает промышленное производство в целом в составе таксономических единиц различного ранга (промышленных центров, узлов, агломераций, административно-территориальных единиц, районов, стран и их группировок).
 География отраслей промышленности исследует преимущественно факторы размещения (природные, технико-экономические, организационные, социальные и др.) и территориальную структуру отдельных отраслей и их группировок. Для неё характерен широкий территориальный охват (мир в целом, крупные регионы, страны, крупные экономические районы).

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is a Japanese actor. Ikeuchi's mother is Salvadoran and his father is Japanese. He is an avid martial artist, notably holding a black belt in judo, and is also a keen fisherman.

Career
Ikeuchi played a supporting role as General Miura in Wilson Yip's Ip Man. He also appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Charisma.

Filmography

Film
 Tokimeki Memorial (1997)
 Dream Studium (1997)
 Blues Harp (1999)
 Charisma (1999)
 Space Travelers (2000)
 Chicken Heart (2002)
 The Boat to Heaven (2003)
 Karaoke Terror (2003)
 Warau Iemon (2004)
 Female (2005)
 Hazard (2005)
 Love My Life (2006)
 Dolphine Blue (2007)
 Ip Man (2008)
 Team Batista no Eikō (2008)
 The Handsome Suit (2008)
 Otonari (2009)
 Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
 The Wrath of Vajra (2013)
 S The Last Policeman - Recovery of Our Future (2015)
 Railroad Tigers (2016)
 Manhunt (2017)
 Eating Women (2018)
 The Battle: Roar to Victory (2019)
 Limbo (2021)
 Yaksha: Ruthless Operations (2022), Yoshinobu Ozawa
 Sadako DX (2022), Kenshin
 Lightning Over the Beyond (2022)

Television
 GTO (1998)
 Beautiful Life (1999)
 Shinsengumi! (2004) - Kusaka Genzui
 Tatta Hitotsu no Koi (2006)
 Sengoku Jieitai: Sekigahara no Tatakai (2006)
 Bambino (2007)
 Yae no Sakura (2013) - Kajiwara Heima
  HERO 2 (2014)
 Kaitō Yamaneko (2016) - Katsuaki Inui
 24 Japan (2020) - Takumi Nanjō

References

External links

1976 births
Living people
Japanese male actors
Japanese male judoka
Japanese people of Salvadoran descent
Actors from Ibaraki Prefecture


Couldn't They Just Buy a New Pipe?
Bozo criminal for today comes from Lincoln, Nebraska, where police were called to a residence after a report of a robbery. And, when they arrived, they were a bit surprised at what was reported as stolen. Two hookah pipes. While questioning the victims, the officers noticed marijuana, paraphernalia and several bottles of fertilizer lying around. And there was one other thing that was unusual. A bright light shining from under a door barred with a padlock with an extension cord snaking into the room. Yep, it was a marijuana "grow" room. They're busted.
The Boss of What, Exactly?
Thanks to Bozo News Hawk Howard Rost for sending in today's report from DeLeon Springs, Florida, where bozo Jose Sanchez walked into the local Wells Fargo bank, headed straight for the manager's office and said he was the boss of the bank and wanted "stacks of cash." The fact that he was wearing sweats and headphones did not help his credibility. When the manager turned him down, he started banging on teller's windows, again demanding money. Teller #1 asked for a debit or check card; teller #2 asked for his drivers license, which caused him to reply, "I don't need it. I'm the boss." He's now the boss at the local jail as he's under arrest.
Bozo criminal for today comes from Lake City, Florida, where a group of 14 women were having a jewelry party at a residence when they were interrupted by our gun-toting bozo. He demanded they hand over their money and cell phones and threatened them with what appeared to be a water pistol. One of the women decided the best defense in this situation was to call on a higher power and shouted, "In the name of Jesus, get out of my house now!". The other women joined in and soon they were all shouting, "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus." Quickly seeing that he was outnumbered, our bozo ran out the door as fast as he could go. Armed with a good description from 14 witnesses, the cops made a quick arrest.
Thanks to Bozo News Hawk Mike McPherson for sending in today's report from Knoxville, Tennessee. Our unidentified bozo walked into a Dollar General store wearing a dark hoodie and a "wrestling mask" and asked a customer where a clerk was. He was directed to the the store manager who was stocking shelves. He then ordered the manager to open the safe, but the manager declined. Our bozo then repeated his request and added that he had a knife. The unflappable manager said, "Well, I have a bigger one," and placed his hand in his pocket. Thinking this might not be the best day for a robbery, our bozo turned tail and fled.
Bozo criminal for today showed a persistance that the Post Office from days gone by would be envious of. A bozo lady of the evening from Salem, Oregon, received a request for her services through phone and text messages. And even though the potential client was 50 miles away, she headed out. And even though the location for the tryst was the Salem Police Department, she continued on. And even though she walked past several uniformed officers and numerous "Police Department" signs she continued on before arriving at her destination…an unmarked door. And, when she tried to contact her client…she was busted, the apparently unwitting victim of a very obvious police department sting.
Wonder If He Sounded Like Eddie Murphy?
Thanks to Bozo News Hawk Mike Sheffield for sending in today's report. From the International File in Juan de Acosta, Colombia, comes the story of three bozos who were planning a heist from a local store. First they needed a getaway vehicle, so they stole a 10-year-old donkey to serve as their pack mule. But, unfortunately for them, they did not ask the donkey if he wanted to be an accomplice, as we shall soon see. Our bozos led the donkey to the shop and had him wait outside while they broke in and stole rum, oil, rice, cans of tuna and sardines. When they began to load their loot on to the back of the donkey he began to let out a series of "hee-haws" in protest. The loud protestations continued until local cops came to investigate the ruckus. Our bozos were placed under arrest. Our hero the donkey was safely returned to his owner, but not before being detained by the cops for 12 hours. Guess it took that long for him to give a statement.
It's not even Valentine's Day yet but it would appear the thoughts of at least one bozo have already turned to romance. From Manatee, Florida, comes the story of bozo James Franks who is accused of shoplifting $80 worth of beer, wine and steaks from a Walmart store. When questioned by the cops, he gave them the bozo excuse of the week. He told the police he needed the items "to impress a lady." While all the world may love a lover, the cops apparently didn't agree. He's under arrest.
Thanks to Bozo News Hawk Bob Hammond for sending in today's report from Portland, Oregon. Bozo Andrew Barker walked into a bank and handed the teller a note demanding cash. After getting $2000 our bozo made a hasty exit and headed straight for…nope, not his getaway car. Instead he headed to the bar across the street where he sat down at a bank of video poker machines and began playing two of them at once. Bank employees called the cops and when the police arrived our bozo was so engrossed in his poker playing that he had to be asked several times to stop what he was doing and place his hands on his head. When he instead reached for something in his pocket he was tased and placed under arrest.
Bozo criminal for today from Slidell, Louisiana, made a number of crucial errors in his attempt at a career as a thief. Mistake number one: He chose as his victim a restaurant where he was formerly employed and was known. Mistake number two: He forgot that the restaurant had security cameras. Mistake number three: He failed to bring along a mask. Mistake number four: After being caught on said security cameras, he chose to use a bucket for a disguise. Too little too late. He's under arrest.
Thanks to Bozo News Hawk Glen Snow for sending in today's report form Bradenton, Florida, where bozo Charles Adams was well known around town for pulling pranks on people while taking video footage, which he would later post on YouTube. His latest prank apparently went too far. He went to a local movie theatre where he is accused of giving wedgies to strangers while recording their reactions. The problem? One of his victims didn't see the humor in his stunt and decided to press charges. He's under arrest.
Bozo criminal for today comes from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where bozo Christopher Cook thought he had come up with the perfect crime. He would pose as a fire inspector and visit offices around the city allegedly to look for violations. While making his rounds, he would grab various items and simply walk out with them. At the Art Institue of Philadelphia he managed to swipe two laptops by concealing them under his coat, and only after he had left were the items were noticed as missing. So, what did he do to get caught, and, more importantly, qualify himself as a bozo? Before entering the office, he was required to sign in at the front desk. And, of course he signed in using his real name. He's busted!
Bozo criminal for today comes from Tallahassee, Florida, where bozo Lance Thompson walked into a convenience store armed with his weapon of choice, a cattle prod. He threatened the clerk with it and demanded cash. The clerk then reached under the counter and pulled his weapon of choice, a handgun. The clerk's weapon won. Our bozo quickly saw the error of his ways and attempted to flee the scene. But as you might expect, a bozo carrying a cattle prod is pretty easy for the cops to spot. He's under arrest.
Bozo criminal for today comes from Vichy, Missouri, where police officers were helping a stranded motorist when bozo David Ward pulled up next to them, revved the engine in his car and asked the cops if they wanted to race. Needless to say, this was not a good idea. He peeled out with the cops in hot pursuit and a chase ensued at speeds of up to 90 miles per hour before he was hemmed in and placed him under arrest. He's been charged with DUI, resisting arrest, theft, and probation violations. Guess he won't be pursuing a career in NASCAR any time soon.
Bozo criminal for today comes from Windham, New Hampshire, where bozo Jonathan Walker got sleepy after an evening of drinking. And, not wanting to be a threat to himself or anyone else, he pulled over to sleep it off. It was where he pulled over that caused all the problems. In the Windham Police Department parking lot. Officers noticed the car parked in a restricted area with the motor running and upon further investigation found our bozo passed out in the front seat. He's been charged with DUI.
Bozo criminal for today comes from Astoria, Oregon, where bozo Jacob Caldwell sideswiped a car after an evening of drinking. There were no witnesses and our bozo fled the scene. But he just couldn't keep his mouth shut. After he returned home, he posted on his Facebook page, "Drivin drunk…classic but to whoever's vehicle I hit I am sorry." His heart may have been in the right place for apologizing but that didn't stop the cops from tracking him down and arresting him after one of the officers noticed the Facebook posting. He's busted!
Bozo criminal for today comes from Pontiac, Michigan where our unidentified bozo headed to his neighborhood McDonalds to pick up a meal. When he pulled up to the drive-thru window, a worker thought he looked awfully familiar. She was certain he was the same guy who had robbed the place there a couple of months back. She gave him his food and got a description of his car and the license number before calling the cops. Turns out she has a really good memory. Cops arrested him a few blocks away from the restaurant.
Our bozo for today from New York City comes from the Bozo Lonely Hearts Club. It seems our unidentified bozo found a iPhone in a NYC cab. When he started using a dating app on the phone, the owner of the phone was notified by email of the activity. So, he came up with the perfect plan to catch a lovesick bozo. He logged on to the site and offered the man a date, posing as a woman and including a picture of a beautiful girl. Of course our bozo took the bait and showed up at the appointed location with a bottle of wine. The phone's owner greeted him with a hammer and a $20 bill-just in case. Our bozo handed him the phone without a word.
Thanks to Bozo News Hawk Bob Hammond for sending in today's report from the International File in Beaudesert, Australia. On New Year's Eve, our bozos staked out a jewelry store to rob. They began their attempt at a break-in by throwing spark plugs at the window of the store. When that didn't shatter the glass, they hatched a more elaborate plan. They would break into the store through the rear doors. And break in they did, but unfortunately it was into the rear of a nearby store, not the jewelry shop. Figuring they had to be close, they punched a hole in the wall of a bathroom and broke into…the Kentucky Fried Chicken next door. Thinking they better take what they could get, our bozos grabbed some cash and left. But not before employees got a good description of them. They were arrested a short time later.
Bozo criminals for today come from Naples, Florida, where two bozos walked into a hotel and demanded money from the clerk. They were given an unspecified amount of cash and, after they left, the clerk was preparing to call the cops when the front desk phone rang. On the other end of the line, the clerk could hear a conversation between two people discussing the robbery they had just committed. Yep, our bozos pocket dialed the front desk of the hotel they had just robbed. They're busted!


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'Power Rangers' Star Sentenced to Jail for Stabbing Roommate to Death With Sword
Matthew Scott Donnelly Published: March 30, 2017
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A former Power Rangers star has been sentenced to six years of jail time — the maximum possible for his conviction — after killing his roommate upon stabbing him multiple times with a sword in January 2015.
TMZ reports that Ricardo Medina Jr. was sentenced today (March 30) after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter during a March 16 hearing. Medina previously admitted that he killed Josh Sutter after an argument that stemmed from a dispute over where Medina's girlfriend parked her car.
According to The Los Angeles Times, Medina grabbed the sword when Sutter began to force his way into his bedroom, and then stabbed Sutter several times with the weapon. Eventually, Medina called 911.
Medina was released just days after his original 2015 arrest after claiming that he had acted in self-defense. He was then arrested again in January 2016 and formally charged with first-degree murder. The charge was eventually reduced as part of a plea deal.
Medina had appeared on Power Rangers Samurai in 2011 and Power Rangers Wild Force in 2002. He also had guest roles on E.R. and C.S.I. Miami.
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On April 15, Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME) and Rep. John Duncan (R-TN) sent a bipartisan letter to House Appropriators asking their support of FY2012 level funding of $257.5 million for EDA in FY2014. The letter also requests full funding for the Public Works program at $111million. The letter included 62 Members of Congress as co-signers. Click here to view the final letter.
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Once again, the matter of narrow room design would be discussed here. You have known that people always being stressed when they have small space of room design, especially when they have small kitchen design or small living room design. Then, what do you think when you are having narrow dining room design? Maybe you would feel stressed since you could not place many things there in the dining room. As you have read about designing small room ideas, narrow dining room ideas also has some ideas in making it more beautiful. Dining room is not only place to have a meal, but also a place to have a family gathering when you have leisure time.
As being explained before that in maintaining the small space of the room, you should consider well about the color very well. Here, I suggest you to have a little bit brighter color since it help you to make the room looks wider and spacious. In the previous picture, you could see that the dining room design is having the combination color between red and white color. Beside that, by having the nice lighting of the room, it makes the room feels comfortable.
In the previous picture, it could be seen that the design of the room looks so bright and classic since the combination color between wooden flooring design and white wall color looks so great. Beside that, this dining room looks so spacious since it has glass window design that would allow the light com through to the inner side of dining room. Then, the adding of the wallpaper could make the interior room looks so great.
Then, beside having the classical look of the interior design of the narrow dining room ideas, you could also have more bright and cheerful color since it would increase the good mood of your dining room. Beside that, if you are having nice time with your family, you could stay long in this place since the interior room's color is very nice.
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Don't you just hate taking off glitter nail polish? All that rubbing and rubbing with polish remover. OPI has come up with a solution, Glitter Off Natural Nail Base Coat. The base coat peels off. No polish remover is needed. I just had to try it. This is for natural nails.
Start by applying thin coat to clean nails. Let it dry completely. It goes on milky and dries a clear matte finish.
To take it off, I used an orange wood stick to lift the edge then, peeled it up.
I did not have the glitter polish on that long so it peeled easily. I think, the longer glitter polish is on, the harder it will be to peel off. It will probably come off in flaky pieces.
I used a bit of polish remover to clean up the residue that was left. The nail looked fine. No damage. Not sure if it would cause peeling to the nail with constant use, though.
OPI offers a nice tip. Wear a glitter polish accent nail to match your outfit. You can easily change it to match what you are wearing each day.
Find it at salon and Ulta for $9.00.
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The Whiteinch Foodbank is a new initiative which aims to reach those most in need in the local community and surrounding areas. The Foodbank runs every Sunday from 1-3pm at our church building in Whiteinch (35 Inchlee Street, G14 9QG). We distribute emergency food parcels to those in need of this kind of support. We offer various types of support depending on individual circumstances. The Foodbank is a drop-in service and individuals are welcome to stay for a hot drink as well as selecting items for their food parcel from the food store. Although we operate a voucher referral system with some local agencies, it is not necessary to be referred by an agency.