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This article is about the black pit of horror from which robots rarely emerge alive. For the black pit of horror from which robots rarely emerge alive, which doesn't serve drinks, see Black hole.
The Black Hole Bar and Grill is a location in the Generation One continuity family.

The Black Hole Bar and Grill is located on Grand Central Space Station. Its only known bartender is J'oh, who can mix thousands of different kinds of drinks, but (like most of the patrons of the bar and residents of the Station) has no tolerance for robots. It has a convenient airlock, for ejecting "rust-sucking scrap-heaps".

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Coincidentally, that drink is about the size of a hogshead . . .

Landmine and Cloudburst, on a mission to buy microchips at the Station, stopped in at the Black Hole for a drink (and presumably to look for a chip broker). They witnessed J'oh refusing to serve a Chromite, and Landmine attempted to stand up for the robot (much to Cloudburst's chagrin). An Urtuskian accused the "human" of being a robot-lover, and the already tense situation quickly erupted. In the ensuing brawl, the Chromite was ejected into space, and the Autobots were defeated. J'oh allowed them to finish their drinks, however.

The Autobots later returned to the bar in an attempt to pay Berko's tab. Unfortunately, the Nebulan Powermasters Hi-Test and Throttle had tipped off J'oh that the two were robots in disguise. J'oh and the crowd summarily ejected the two into space. Guess Who the Mecannibals are Having for Dinner?

While it is not made absolutely explicit, it seems clear that the Nebulans, J'oh, and the Mecannibals have an arrangement whereby J'oh arranges for robots to be thrown out the airlock, so that the Nebulans can then stun them as they drift in space and deliver them to the Mecannibals to be eaten.

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A suburb of Portland, Gorham lies in the southeastern corner of Maine, 11 miles west of the state’s largest city. Founded in 1736, Gorham has a rich and colorful history and today is home to one of the three campuses of the University of Southern Maine. The beach resort towns of Kennebunkport and Old Orchard Beach are also nearby. Visitors looking for places to camp near Gorham can choose from four within 15 miles.

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Less than four miles southeast of downtown Gorham, the campground at Wassamki Springs (wassamkisprings.com) accommodates both RVs and tents. Its 170 RV sites include 150 with full hookups and another 20 with water and electricity only; all feature cable TV. Primitive campsites are available for tents. A 30-acre private lake featuring a mile-long beach is the centerpiece of the Wassamki Springs complex. Campground facilities and services include a camp store, Wi-Fi, hot showers, restrooms, laundry facilities, snack bar, picnic pavilion, propane service and sanitary dump station. Campers looking to stay active can swim, fish or boat in the lake, play softball on one of two ball fields, or compete on the basketball or volleyball courts.

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Seven miles northwest of Gorham near the southern shores of Sebago Lake, Family and Friends Campground (familynfriends.com) offers a heavily wooded retreat from the hustle and bustle of 21st-century life. However, campers anxious to visit some of southeastern Maine’s attractions can reach most of them within an hour’s drive. Its 41 RV sites have full hookups, and an additional 27 sites with water/electricity hookups can accommodate either tents or self-contained RVs. Also available are a number of rental cabins and trailers for those without their own camping gear. Amenities include a heated outdoor swimming pool, hot tub, general store, game arcade, cable TV, Wi-Fi, canoe and kayak rentals, playground, recreation hall and a full schedule of family friendly activities.

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The Search For (a) Scot Continues

As reported last week, the casting search continues for the new Star Trek movie. The focus for the search for a new Scotty is in London where it appears they are casting a wide net to find a new chief engineer for J.J. Abrams Star Trek. The latest name to be thrown into the ring is 24 year old Scottish actor Martin Compston (pictured right), best known for his role on the BBC drama Monarch of the Glen. The UK’s Daily Record cites friends of Compston’s saying he has had callbacks, but also notes that he is up against a lot of competition and that he may look too young for the part. Just last week the same newspaper cited friends of 38 year old Scottish comedic actor Greg Hemphill (pictured left) saying he too had auditioned for the role. Their names join James McAvoy’s for those who have been rumored to be in the running, but there are undoubtedly many more who don’t have friends talking to the media.

Picking a new Scotty is a tricky business. It will be difficult to find someone to fill the shoes of James Doohan without ending up sounding cartoonish. It is a good sign that Paramount are going to the trouble to do casting and auditions in the UK and not limiting their pool to just Los Angeles and New York actors. The casting sheet calls for an actor who can do a ‘flawless’ Scottish accent and so it only makes sense for them to find an actual Scot. However time is running out, production is set to start in two months.

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Harry Ballz
September 7, 2007 11:47 am

Get somebody who CAN ACT!!!!!!!!!

Sleeper Agent X
September 7, 2007 11:52 am

My prediction: the new Scotty will wear a breazy kilt as part of his uniform, for “authenticity!”

Harry Ballz
September 7, 2007 11:54 am

No, I think when Scotty is asked if his family has a history of violence, he’ll reply, “Ach, no, we’ve never kilt anyone!!”

September 7, 2007 12:07 pm

Naive Yeoman: “Sir, what is worn under your kilt?”
Scotty: “Las, I assure you that everything under my kilt is in perfect workin’ order.”

A 24 year old Scotty? I’d rather get the bald guy.

September 7, 2007 12:10 pm

your stereotypical scottish comments are just offensive. lol

September 7, 2007 12:11 pm

I still think James McAvoy would be a marvelous Scotty. Who cares if he’s two years younger than Zachary Quinto? I don’t. No matter how much it makes the collective teeth of fanboys grind, “Star Trek” isn’t going to be a 1:1 replica of the original series. I’d rather have a great actor who’s on the young side than a so-so one who’s the “correct” age.

September 7, 2007 12:15 pm

Scotty has to be old enough to order no-line extras to:
-disconnect the M-5
-check the relays (after Lee Meriwether’s already killed a couple other red shirts)
-take the ‘other’ platform after setting the transporter to recycle for 78 years

September 7, 2007 12:23 pm

@ 1: Harry Balitz
That’s the point. That’s all that really matters: to find someone who can act!!

I think James McAvoy would be a good choice to play the part, although he doesn’t look much like James Doohan.

My Vote...
September 7, 2007 12:27 pm
Lord Garth Formerly of Izar
September 7, 2007 12:41 pm

Oy Ve

September 7, 2007 12:46 pm

That’s what I don’t understand. It’s 2 months until shooting and they dont have the rest of the cast yet? I would also think they would do announcement soon for the new Kirk like how they did the new Spock. If Shanter is in the movie they would bring out the new Kirk and then Shatner.

Big E
September 7, 2007 12:47 pm

One looks too young, the other too old (unless he wears a wig)

Harry Ballz
September 7, 2007 12:48 pm

At this point they’d HAVE to cast unknowns, as anybody with a NAME would have other commitments this Fall and thus be unavailable!

September 7, 2007 12:53 pm

Did they actually ever explicit say that Kirk would be in the movie? i can’t remember (but my brain’s not the best…)
if not, then it would be logical that Kirk won’t be in the movie. Spock’s already cast, now they are doing the “minor” roles. You would expect Kirk to be the most important and therefore first to be cast! And as the young Spock is in the movie, they had no problem to put in the old one. But as the old Kirk does not really seem to fit into the movie, there might be not young Kirk as well?

September 7, 2007 12:58 pm

M&M, there’s a little movie called Star Trek: Generations. Everyone in here loves it, and cherishes it as canon, as well as fine cinema. Perhaps you’d like to give it a viewing, as it explains the question of Kirk’s place in the universe.

September 7, 2007 1:04 pm

@ 14. M&M
Hmm, i think it is indeed possible! I just read some rumours about the plot (Romulans, Time Travel, Kirk never been born…). But a Star Trek (TOS) movie without James Kirk? Are they nuts?????

September 7, 2007 1:06 pm

#15 Well that gibberish that was The Nexus also had Ghinan there who we all know was on the Entrerprise D. ;)

Etha Williams
September 7, 2007 1:12 pm

#11 — “That’s what I don’t understand. It’s 2 months until shooting and they dont have the rest of the cast yet?”

It’s possible that the rest of the cast (Scotty, Uhura, etc) have only small roles in the film. I do feel like they need to cast younger Kirk, or some other character, because I don’t see how they could do much shooting with only Nimoy & Quinto cast…there’s got to be at least 1 other main character.

September 7, 2007 1:14 pm

^16 > I doubt they’d make a movie with a parallel universe in which Kirk isn’t born. In my opinion, that’s just too deep into Star Trek and won’t have any effect on new people watching the movie. I mean, if they never knew about Kirk, how will they understand why it’s so important to change time to get him back?

September 7, 2007 1:19 pm

@#16, Finnegan: Well, I KNOW ST:VII. So what? Kirk’s in the Nexus? What’s that got to do with a Prequel taking place long before TOS? Kirk is killed, so he can’t come back after that (in a canon-embracing way), but i tried to find another explanation..

September 7, 2007 1:19 pm

Now, is there such a thing as a flawless “generic” Scots accent? Or, is it like looking for a flawless “American” accent (not midwestern, New Englander, variety of southern dialects, Scandinavian upper midwestern, historic “Warshingtonian” LOL, etc.)

September 7, 2007 1:52 pm

@ 20 M&M
HEY!!! I DIDN’T mention Star Trek VII. What are you talking about?? I think Message-No. 15 CmdR mentions Kirk in Star Trek VII.

Minnesota Bruin
September 7, 2007 1:52 pm

If you want a real actor, I suggest Kevin McKidd. He’s fantastic!!

pizza hotdog
September 7, 2007 1:53 pm

Not much time left to get the cast in order. They start shooting next month.
Can’t wait to hear “beam me up Scotty….”, “energizing….” add applicable TOS transporter sound. The idea just gives me goose bumps.

475 dtST

September 7, 2007 1:56 pm

23. He is a great actor, no question, but the role might be too second-banana for him career-wise now. I definitely could see him glowering over his poor, over-strained engines though…

September 7, 2007 1:59 pm

maybe young kirk is only gonna be seen near the end and is gonna be a 1960s shatner?

Sleeper Agent X
September 7, 2007 2:03 pm

Re 26:

You mean through the all-powerful magic of CGI? C’mon!!!!!

September 7, 2007 2:04 pm

From imdb

“Left a university course in engineering”

Woo-hoo! We’ve got a winner!

September 7, 2007 2:06 pm

Speaking of Finnegan (if there is going to be a Finnegan in the movie), after watching the LOTR trilogy last night, I thought that either Dominic Monaghan or Billy Boyd would be well cast as the pugnacious antagonist.

September 7, 2007 2:07 pm

and b4 any1 says ‘what about sequels?’ …well maybe this is just a 1shot deal to get trek back on track..and after they do a film or tv show with another crew…

September 7, 2007 2:08 pm

Your earlier post appears to have tried to make a connection between No Old Kirk and No Young Kirk.
Young (well middle-aged) Kirk bit the dust in VII. I was drawing attention to that much-maligned movie.
I don’t think a lack of Old Kirk to go with Old Spock means anything other than they haven’t signed Shatner. I think JJ has indeed said that the bulk of the movie is about Kirk and Spock.
As for why we haven’t been told who’s up for playing Kirk, I think that’s the same reason we can’t drive right up to a prime parking space at Paramount. I suspect there are one or more actors in final stage negotiations to play Kirk, and are in fact prepping for the part. I think these are tough casting decisions because no matter how small the supporting actors are in ST, there are at least two other movies in the works. I’m sure Paramount would like to retain a single core cast.
And, as always, I meant no offense with my snarky tone. I just like to get folks in her talking.

September 7, 2007 2:19 pm

Yeesh, they do seem to be running down to the wire with casting these roles, don’t they? Even if they don’t start shooting until November, that only leaves about two months to firm up the cast, break down the script, do at least one cast reading, followed by a quick script polish. Add costume fittings, make-up tests, set construction, and publicity photos to that and you’ve got a lot to do and very little time to do it. And none of the above even figures in other (possibly new) characters we haven’t heard about yet.

And if they should start filming in November, there will be a break for Thanksgiving, then a longer one for the December holidays and New Year’s. Oy!

All of a sudden this project has gone from “when is it gonna happen?” to “why haven’t they started already?” I’m desperate for some concrete scoop on this movie other than casting. I’d love to see some of the set and costume designs, even just a few drawings. Maybe just a hint at what the Enterprise will look like. They MUST know some of this by now, don’t they?

I know they want to keep a lot of this secret, especially the script. Fine, I don’t mind being surprised by the story. I’m okay with that. Just please, please, PLEASE give us a little taste of what this film might look like!

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller…

September 7, 2007 2:25 pm

its depressing 2 think the shat will b 80 in a couple years. Time is the fire in which we burn…

September 7, 2007 2:31 pm

Oh I’m sorry, I didn’t want to make a connection between No Old Kirk and No Young Kirk. All I wanted to say was that, after they cast a young Spock and a young Chekov, I can’t imagine a Star Trek Movie without a YOUNG Kirk. So I also think they WILL cast a young Kirk.

Harry Ballz
September 7, 2007 2:34 pm

With Nimoy being 76, maybe they’ve stacked most of his scenes to be filmed up front, so that they can be sure they’ve got it “in the can” before filming the rest of the movie. No sense in spending a lot of money in making a movie involving an elderly Spock, only to find he’s no longer around to take part in it. That would afford the producers the luxury of taking their time in casting a young James Kirk! Hollywood may not have a heart, but they ARE pragmatic enough to probably take this approach!

September 7, 2007 2:46 pm

Quinto has stated the actors are signing a 3 picture deal.

Heywood Jablome
September 7, 2007 2:54 pm

Jack Nicholson as Mugatu. He’s perfect.

September 7, 2007 2:56 pm

Off subject, but a well-loved cousin… actually has a new graph of stuff on it.
After, what? 2 months?

September 7, 2007 2:57 pm

harry ballz – I feel like kicking u in the ballz for that statement

September 7, 2007 3:05 pm

They should ask Dick Van Dyke. Him having done so well with the Cockney accent in Mary Poppins and all… ;-)

Harry Ballz
September 7, 2007 3:07 pm

Hey, don’t take my comment the wrong way! I love Leonard Nimoy, but can you imagine the cost of the insurance premium to the producers, based on the logic that if Mr. Nimoy can’t complete his part in the movie for ANY reason, the insurance company would have to cough up millions!

September 7, 2007 3:18 pm

Harry, what do ya think snake’s on about?

September 7, 2007 3:19 pm

harry ballz gonna get his ballz wacked for sayin Lennys gonna b wacked.

Harry Ballz
September 7, 2007 3:25 pm

Hey Snake, I love Leonard Nimoy and hope he lives to be 107! I’m only pointing out that the insurance company for the film will charge a HUGE premium to cover Nimoy for his time while filming, since the whole movie requires his involvement. I was commenting on practical concerns, not what I hope will happen!

September 7, 2007 3:27 pm

Dude, that’s just whack.

September 7, 2007 3:31 pm

I wonder how close this can be to the original series; can’t see either one of these gentlemen as seasoned chief engineer. As for Kirk, whoever they pick won’t even be captain if the story holds, because he’s out of the picture until the timeline is fixed. And there is a “Federation Captain” part. But this is speculation about speculation. I’m expecting them to interpret TOS loosely.

pizza hotdog
September 7, 2007 3:59 pm

Snake, relax. Harry’s comment was a pure hypothetical. There are a lot of people really excited about the new Trek movie. It appears to be a Spock-centric movie. No one but Mr. Nimoy could do this justice.

I too would be devistated if something were to happen to Mr. Nimoy before he could complete the movie. Harry was mentioning the possibility of the studio execs thinking about a contigency if their most important cast member were unable to perform. (Forgive me Harry if I am taking liberties with your post). With Mr. Nimoy’s age, I am sure this would have to be discussed is some part along the way.

Mr. Nimoy, if you’re reading this post, may you live long and prosper!

475 dtST

September 7, 2007 5:22 pm

*laughs* Alright, I too hope Nimoy will live long and prosper…but Harry’s got a point….he IS getting way too old…and he DID come out of retirement…

As for Kirk…if anyone read the plot leak… it might be possible to make the movie without a young Kirk…since the whole point of the leaked plot is that Kirk will be taken out of existence.
Which, in my opinion, calls for an old Kirk–Shatner–but doesn’t necessarily have to have a young Kirk….or to put it bluntly, an actor that can do a good imitation of Shatner’s 60s Kirk.

September 7, 2007 5:41 pm

Star Trek :The Search for Scotty.


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| Tuesday, May 13, 2008

HARRISBURG -- Pennsylvania received multiple bids from companies wanting to lease its turnpike but has given at least some bidders until the end of this week to produce a final offer, Gov. Ed Rendell said Monday.

Rendell declined to say how many companies submitted bids, mentioning three but refusing to confirm that number, and would not make public their names. He said he would announce a winner next week. Fourteen consortiums initially expressed interest.

Because some bids were within 10 percent of one another, "we are obligated to solicit best-and-final offers due this week," Rendell said. That was specified in the bidding procedure for a 75-year lease, his office said.

"The bids are sufficient that I believe the Legislature has to give this a hard look," Rendell said. But he noted that because of financial turmoil in lending markets, the bids aren't as high as they could have been.

"I guess I'm just curious about this process, how we now have three bids, and now we have a week to get another bid," said Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, a Jefferson County Republican.

Sen. Barry Stout, of Washington County, ranking Democrat on the Senate Transportation Committee, said he doubts there's enough time for the Legislature to analyze the bids before adjourning for the summer.

"Between now and the end of June, we have to adopt a budget. You get crunched for time. I don't think there's enough time between now and the 30th of June," Stout said.

The Wall Street Journal reported that two groups -- one led by Spanish toll-road operator Abertis Infraestructuras SA, and the other by Spain's Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructura de Transporte SA and Australia's Macquarie Infrastructure Group -- are among those submitting bids.

Foreign bidders' involvement concerns Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, a Cranberry Republican who typically favors privatizing state government functions but opposes a turnpike lease.

"I don't trust this administration and this governor to have the long-term interests of taxpayers in mind," Metcalfe said. The turnpike "is the foundation of our infrastructure, paid for over decades by taxpayers and drivers of Pennsylvania." He added that he doesn't want to turn it over to "a foreign entity to profit."

But, said Rendell: "I can't choose an American company over a foreign company. None of these bids are without American participation."

Rendell wants to lease the turnpike to produce money to pay for highways, bridges and mass transit. The governor's financial adviser on the project, Morgan Stanley, last year estimated the bids could range from $12 billion to $18 billion. Rendell lobbied for a lease then but couldn't get legislative interest.

Matthew Brouillette, president of the conservative Commonwealth Foundation, said it's likely the "General Assembly's failure to act on the lease proposal in 2007 has cost the state billions of dollars in transportation project revenue."

But, countered Rep. Tom Caltagirone, a Reading Democrat and longtime Rendell supporter: "Why would you want to sell the family jewels• I'd never support anything like that."

The Legislature in July approved Act 44 to pay for road, bridge and transit projects but would repeal the law if it approves a turnpike lease.

Act 44 is based on borrowing by the Turnpike Commission, higher turnpike fares and placing tolls on Interstate 80. The federal government hasn't approved tolling I-80, but Rendell said he would submit paperwork by week's end and ask U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters for a quick decision.

House Transportation Chairman Joe Markosek, a Monroeville Democrat who opposes a lease, said he was pleased Rendell "has authorized an expedited review of Pennsylvania's application for the tolling of I-80."

Rendell acknowledged it might be difficult for lawmakers to approve a lease before their summer recess and said the state would have to arrange for the winning bidder to extend the bid into fall when lawmakers return.

Like Scarnati, Stout wants time to review the bids.

"What I'd like to know is, who are the people that are going to submit bids, and what are the bids they're offering, and what are the terms and conditions?" Stout said. "Right now, I can't say I know anything about it. I'm really frustrated."

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After reconsideration: Government employees get 10% salary increase

Published: June 15, 2013
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar. PHOTO: AFP/ FILE

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar. PHOTO: AFP/ FILE

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday announced a 10% increase in the salaries of government employees, Express News reported.

The newly-formed government had earlier decided against increasing the salaries of government servants — for the first time in nearly three decades.

The budgetary move was denounced with such fervor that the government was forced to reconsider its decision and constitute a committee to review the possibility of increasing civil servants salaries, revealed sources in finance ministry.

The federal government’s decision affects up to 650,000 federal employees and more than two million provincial government employees.

The previous decision had also sparked protests by government employees across the country.

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  • Pacer
    Jun 15, 2013 - 11:42AM

    Three days ago there wasn’t enough money to pay the salaries even and now a 10% increase. Mr Finance Minister quit playing games

  • Imran
    Jun 15, 2013 - 11:48AM

    so what happen to those poor private employees? No body got time for them?
    They pay taxes, and get no or less than 10% increment from their organization and no one bother to discuss them. No law has been made to protect them.

  • saleem
    Jun 15, 2013 - 11:48AM

    Thanks to government

  • My Veiws
    Jun 15, 2013 - 11:52AM

    Finally…… The government has again shown, that they don’t have any power to impose their policies, not even on their own employees.

  • My Veiws
    Jun 15, 2013 - 11:56AM

    Attention Everybody.
    Please advise that as a nation how can we vote against the salary increments of Govt. employees? Until the they don’t start behaving in the best public interest.

  • Faisal
    Jun 15, 2013 - 12:00PM

    Didn’t they think of this before? Doesn’t it show their incompetence?

  • Pakistani
    Jun 15, 2013 - 12:01PM

    These are just peanuts, we would not accept it.

  • Tahir Ali
    Jun 15, 2013 - 12:05PM

    So now business should go on strike and get rid of all harsh and unthought tax increase specially 0.5% Asset tax

    In March 2013,salaries of Government employees was increased by 20%. What is going on by the way.No wonder this country is in financial mess

  • ABCD
    Jun 15, 2013 - 12:07PM

    thanks to PTI’s opposition.

  • salman
    Jun 15, 2013 - 12:16PM

    Another u-turn. Not setting a good precedent. Now any group not happy with govt decision will put pressure to get what they want. I tbought pmln were going to make hard decisions…not popular decisions?

    Also where is this extra money coming from? I assume budget from some other area will have to cut? Or will they just add a little bit more to the next imf loan?

  • Fatimah Khan
    Jun 15, 2013 - 12:31PM

    This is the beauty of democratic government; after taking pressure from people they have to follow the people.

  • adnan azim
    Jun 15, 2013 - 12:42PM

    so what?if the present price hike on commodities is compared with increment in salaries then it will come clear that its only joke with govt employee.

  • kaz
    Jun 15, 2013 - 1:10PM

    Good gesture by PML(n) government. Listening to people’s concern. Accept it or not, with the loan mess this country has got itself into, we need serious cuts all over the place.
    Debt free country or Debt slaves. Choice is yours.
    Our spending far outweigh our earnings, You can’t run a system by having budget deficits every year.

  • kaz
    Jun 15, 2013 - 1:15PM

    Money is still short, They would have accommodated it from other more important expenditure takay humain tasali hojaye,

  • Naveed
    Jun 15, 2013 - 2:00PM

    Thanks to all who managed and manuered the announcement of 10% increase in salaries. Please take back the cruel decision of new tax slab for already tension addict government servants.

  • Mohammad Ali Siddiqui
    Jun 15, 2013 - 2:02PM

    Government Servant’s agitated and came on the roads, therefore there was no other option for the Government to raise their salaries by 10%.

    If people of Pakistan will also come on the roads, I am sure that the Government will take back its decision of increasing 1% Sales Tax as well as other additional taxes levied by the Federal Government and in due course of time will be levied by the Provincial Governments.

    Is there any political party, other than MQM who can take the lead to protest against the increase in the Federal Budget 2013-2014?

  • John the Baptist
    Jun 15, 2013 - 2:57PM

    First of many, many U turns to come!

  • Muhammad Anwar Nadeem
    Jun 15, 2013 - 3:42PM

    Thanks a lot. Good decision. After all, Government is responsible to take care of her employees.

  • Jun 15, 2013 - 3:44PM

    Thanks a lot. Good decision. After all Governent is responsible to take care for her employees.

  • Alucard
    Jun 15, 2013 - 3:45PM

    No political party – even PMLN- knows how to utilize the media to sell its message effectively. Instead of defending their position rationally, they give in.

  • Raheel Maroof
    Jun 15, 2013 - 4:08PM

    Well Done! PMLN mind it… economic pillers of the country surviving due to hard work of private employees & their salary….Always Khappay!

  • mc duffy
    Jun 15, 2013 - 4:24PM

    and they did their best not to raise the doctors salaries shame on u pmln

  • Naik Muhammad Sajid
    Jun 15, 2013 - 4:58PM

    It is proved that Nawaz Sharif and his team is working for industrialist.PML(N) has no even corner for labour and poors.Another fact should now be realized by the labours and poors of Pakistan that only PPP worked for employees and kisans.Even now PPP raised voice for salary hike and PTI,JUI,and all other parties are silent about this matter.

  • Naik Muhammad Sajid
    Jun 15, 2013 - 5:10PM

    Appeal to all Pakistanees.IBTIDA E ISHQ HAY ROTA HAY KYON.

  • Jun 15, 2013 - 5:13PM

    It is good that PML-N government heard to the public servants and increased their salaries by 10 per cent. Hope that they will now end the protest and will return to their duties.

  • FactCheck
    Jun 15, 2013 - 5:18PM

    Modeling after Greece. High budget deficits, high interest payments and 10% increase to public employees. Haven’t you hear this song and its result resonating through the EU.

    The worst part is, there is EU to bail out Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal but who is going to come to bailout Pakistan?

    If IMF comes, they will want tax reforms, and cuts for sure.

    If there ever is case of kicking the can down the street, this is the epidemic of it.

    Insanity prevails

  • eiman
    Jun 15, 2013 - 5:44PM

    what about the private employees and salaried class PML-N government is against the middle class salaried persons as indicated by the budget every one knows a private employee works harder than a goverment employe and gets no benefits they are not provided any free medical facility nor concessions in electricity and gas bills plus they have to pay all the taxes we all know PML-N is protecting business class PML-N should reconsider that tax policy other wise pakistanis wiil definitely take their revenge in next elections they are elected because they boasted alot about resolving load shadind crises in 2 years and decrease in sales tax on mobile company charges now what once in power they are also busy in making money

  • Shoaib Pervaiz
    Jun 15, 2013 - 6:17PM

    I think this is the right move.

    One has to see the difference in what a person working at a private firm earns compared to what a person earns working for the government (in a similar level of responsibility and grade), without automatically assuming that every government employee must be corrupt and wealthy. The difference is that the middle-management level employee at a good private company will earn much more than what a government servant does.

    If the government wants to eliminate corruption, it will have to set a certain standard and bring the salaries and perks of government employees, so that the earnings between private and public servants is similar, thus; reducing the desire for government officials to commit to alternative measures of earning a living.

    I think the salaries for the government employees should be raised further.

  • Syme
    Jun 15, 2013 - 6:58PM

    Today I again lost my faith..PML N proved that they lack the strength.

    PS: I am not a PTI fanRecommend

  • TAM
    Jun 15, 2013 - 7:11PM

    Levy tax and enforce strict collection on real estate sales, agriculture, big banks, retail traders, etc so that relief can be given to poor, otherwise there will be a big back lash.

  • kumail
    Jun 15, 2013 - 7:22PM

    Even a student of Economics will understand that increase in Salaries/Wages leads to Cost-Push Inflation and thereby increase Prices. #FacePalm

  • Xnain
    Jun 15, 2013 - 8:02PM

    Now the increased salaries would either be paid by raising more debt or by cutting development expenditures. Is it medatory that government employees be allowed a raise every time? They have been allowed generous 50% and 20% in 2010,2011 and 2012 respectively. We all know how much have they improved even after such heavy increases.Media and Political parties have left Dar alone on this potentially good decision for the sake of public sympathies. So much for PTI,PPP and JI’s ,”we will cooperate with government on matters good for national interest”. Once an opportunist, always an opportunist. Dar Sahib! this nation is fond of chocolates only, so give them what they want. Keep raising the debt, keep increasing the deficit keep paying subsidy by printing money. Pakistanis are not willing to sacrifice their today for a better tomorrow.

  • Javaid Ahmed
    Jun 15, 2013 - 8:23PM

    The PML(N) has never been keen on increasing pay of government employees because coming from a business background the leaders believe that will be able to create their own wealth through bribes and corruption. For the information of Ms, Sharifs and Dars not all government servants work in Customs, income tax, police and utility providing departments. 10% is too little for both serving and retired employees.

  • ashar
    Jun 15, 2013 - 9:26PM

    @My Veiws:
    Well they actually work in the best public representative’s interest and here lies the problem.

  • Sajid
    Jun 15, 2013 - 9:26PM

    NS be smart just print the money it will not cost you anything ;-) Leave the inflation for the person who comes after you to solve.

  • Imran
    Jun 15, 2013 - 10:50PM

    Mr. Xnain

    Be careful once you are passing your remarks about a community….. Out of 10 people 01 may be not well reputed but not all……. Who are you…? Are you doing everything good and correct….. Think before you speak dear….. Such governments always do some drama like this…. I give you rupees 10000/- PM and give me budget of a family consisting on 05 people….. Don’t be emotional……Grade 1 to Grade 18 of government employees are in a very critical position…… I am an officer of Grade 17 and and trying to earn Rizq-e-Halal and even unable to manage my family requirements with this salary…. Therefore, I can guess the issues of lower staff…. So be realistic please…..

  • Pakistani
    Jun 15, 2013 - 10:53PM

    All the govt institutes are running in huge losses and despite employees r cryning as if they have worked so hard and earning a great profits for organisations.Its pity that govt have come underpressure.I thnk salery hikes to be linked to profitablity of organisations rather than what employee want.
    there should be some mechanism to increase the salery rather than making it custom to increase it every year without any return back and that too is payed from the tax money.Its highy time for govt to go for resturcturing govt institues by inducting mechanism followed in other countries.Recommend

  • Jun 16, 2013 - 11:31AM

    its not enough still.need to increase minimum 25% ,as compare to the high prices markets ,,,,

  • asd
    Jun 23, 2013 - 8:55AM

    The decision of govt is not good .i hope that govt will change 10% and will increase 15%pay

  • Sabir Chauhan
    Jul 8, 2013 - 4:04PM

    I am sorry tosay that no website of newspapers never gives full story of any news. They left itincomplete. Their reporters have no experience about Government employees problems, nobody has highlighted employees problems.Onlythey see that 10% increase is given to themand well highlighted but never discussed on their forum. If we see 1999 and 2001, employees have been put back and their benefits were stolen, but no one is ready to listen them. Please make justice with employees and pensioners.

  • Amir Hamzo Memon
    Jul 19, 2013 - 6:52PM

    No doubt new established Government is facing to enhance salaries but daily increasing rate of expensiveness in market and society compels employees to cry for uplifting current pays.
    Government with diplomacy announced only 10% increase in pays which is actually insufficient to the comparison of said dearness in country.

    This Government is proving that it differs in its saying before election and doing after election.I would like to say that it is not a practical one.

    being servants serving for Government we deserve to expect and claim such demands time to time proportional to increasing rates of prices of things in market.

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Every February Troop 33 does a Recruiting night with the Webelos and we bake brownies in the Church's ovens.

This year Mother Nature didn't make things any easier with a Winter Storm Warning in effect for Minneapolis.  That seriously lowered our turnout, but enough brave souls made it to the church to make it a great night.


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On Sunday Nov. 11th Msgr. Kevin Irwin participated in the day long meeting of the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops’ Committee on Divine Worship held at the Inner Harbor Marriott Hotel in Baltimore, Md.  In his capacity as a consultor to the Committee he has been asked to assist the bishops on the Committee to draft a statement commemorating  the upcoming fiftieth anniversary of the promulgation of Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Liturgy Constitution of the Second Vatican Council.


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I have a small video production company in Atlanta, and over the past eight years, client expectations have changed dramatically. Clients feel more empowered seeing all the new and different approaches to video and yet they have some unrealistic thoughts about how inexpensive it should be to create a really compelling video. Now, that everyone can buy an HD camera, many people assume that video production should be quick, easy, and inexpensive. They often don’t put enough thought in to what it takes to produce a video, the art of story telling, of capturing memorable shots, and of thoughtfully sequencing those shots.

Here are a few tips potential clients should consider before producing a video.

#1: Saving Money Shouldn’t Be the Number One Concern

Many people will say to me, “We could do the video ourselves, but we do want it to be professional. However, we don’t need it to be really high quality or expensive.” Clients who focus too much on price are often disappointed with the product. I totally understand the lack of knowledge clients have about the costs of video production. It’s not easy to understand why one video might costs $2,000 and another one of the same length might be $100,000. It’s a tough world to navigate. But, focusing on price alone often leads to producing a video the client doesn’t even end up using. So, the effort to save money backfired, and they ended up wasting money.

A few years ago, I bid on a video project. The client signed an agreement, and then discussed it with his web designer. The web designer who owned a consumer camera thought, “wow, if he’s willing to spend $2,500 on a video, I can do it for him and charge him a lot less”. The client was thrilled with the cheaper price and went with the web designer. He ended up with a video that he couldn’t use at all. He was embarrassed in front of his clients who were doing testimonials, and the web designer ended up with an angry client who refused to pay.

I would advise clients to discuss openly with prospective companies the budget they have in mind and ask to see some of the videos the company has done which fit in with that budget. Clients should look for a company that’s done work they love and someone they feel comfortable with. Clients should also ask about the company’s process so that they can decide if they’re comfortable with the process. For instance, my company focuses on conducting interviews and developing a script from the interviews. We rarely do storyboards. If a client likes a storyboard, we probably aren’t going to be the best fit for them. But, finding a company that realizes your vision, has videos you love, and has a process you understand and like is so much more important than finding the least expensive company

#2: Video Is Stronger Than Audio

Many moons ago in the news business, a business I was in for 20 years, the focus changed from creating a script and then matching video to that script to what is now called “writing to video”. The shift meant you’d decide what video you have or will have and then you develop your script to narrate that video.

Visuals are so strong that when a person is watching video, their mind is focused on the visual, and if the script or narration is not explaining what they are seeing exactly, then they just find it irritating or confusing. Imagine this, you see a doll on video. If the script says “this doll was recovered during a break in”, you get that. But, if you are seeing that same doll and the script is saying, “There was a break in last night, and this doll was recovered”, until the script refers to the doll, all you can think about is “why am I seeing that doll?”

So, all that is to say thinking through what visuals you have is a great start. What do you want to show or explain. If you develop a script, which many clients do, before they call, then you might have to adjust your script to fit your visuals or simply be willing to use text to emphasize the words.

#3: Allow Your Video Production Company The Freedom To Be Creative

My favorite clients are the ones who don’t want to produce the video for me. They are the ones who let me have the freedom to tell their story in a creative way. I’ve done all types of videos, and I love it all. But, the clients who come to me with every detail already worked out and don’t allow for freedom and creativity rarely get as good of a video as those who say “what would you do?” I love the flexibility to add something fun or funny or dramatic to the video.

I think most video production companies employ really fun and creative types, and clients get the best products when they allow the company the freedom to make a project fun. We usually end up spending more time than the budget really allows on those “fun” projects, but they are always worth it. Clients tend to get the most out of their marketing dollars when they allow people who love to be creative the freedom to do what they do best. Below are two examples where the client gave us the freedom to be creative:


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How to Talk with your Unconscious Mind

May 1st, 2007

The ‘Non-Conscious’ mind can regulate your body in a thousand ways (all normally below your consciousness), and the ‘Non-Conscious’ mind can automatically serve up learned actions like a tennis-serve or automatically serve up your opinion of the President or automatically make you feel anxious on a date. Some of this is swell, and some of this is occasionally awful, but the Non-Conscious mind is looking out for you as best it can, and everything it does is automatic.

Think of the President. There’s your opinion … automatically.

Go out on a date. There’s your usual feeling … automatically.

Decide to tie your shoe. There go your hands … automatically tying your shoe.

But what if you’d like to do something … different … for a change?

You might formulate a plan, like going on a diet, but your usual responses are going to be served up automatically. Just the *thought* of a meal will automatically trigger your usual response to have more pie. Your non-conscious mind trying to help you, just like you trained it to do, by repetition. That’s how it learns.

But let’s use going on a date as an example. Let’s say that it has been your habit to be up-tight, anxious, and worried. For our purposes, it doesn’t matter how this got started or whether your parents were good people or what your astrology sign is. Let’s just say that uptight, anxious, and worried has become your habit.

And maybe you think this isn’t the best way to enjoy your next date.

Now, just supposing you have that thought, thinking about going on your next date, most likely already your non-conscious mind starts serving up your usual feelings, so quite likely you may begin to feel uptight, anxious, and worried … and you haven’t even gone out on the date yet!

How then can you make a change?

One way is to mentally “rehearse,” using your ability to chose which thoughts to think. You can mentally rehearse the date, and you can choose to imagine success, and all sorts of things going right. And the way your body will react to these thoughts and images of success is by giving you a bunch of good feelings.

If you are persistent, and will rehearse and rehearse, then you can build up an amount of positive “experience” which becomes a habitual way of thinking and feeling, just as your old pattern was a negative experience which became a habitual way of thinking and feeling. If you persist, eventually you’ll have more positive “experience” than negative experience, and you will discover your dates being more enjoyable.

Of course, doing it once, and saying, “Cool!” won’t do the job.

There are some other ways, such as using hypnotic or Neuro-Linguistic Programming methods, but simple mental rehearsal gives a clear model of what works.

As you formulate your new plan for making a change, you can also “talk” with your Non-conscious Mind. By doing this, you can discover ahead of time how your non-conscious mind will automatically *help* you, and how your non-conscious mind will automatically *block* your new plan.

If you can know these things, then usually you can modify your new plan so as not to automatically invoke a lot of blockage, and in fact you can often modify your new plan so that automatic behaviors that will be served up by the non-conscious mind will assist your new plan.

So the question is: How do you talk with a Non-conscious Mind?

It doesn’t speak you know. It doesn’t even have self-consciousness as you and I know do. It’s not an actual entity as you and I seem to be. But it *acts* like an entity. It *acts* like a different, and autonomous, part of you. Because it is.

Here’s the answer: Although it cannot talk, it does have the habit of automatically generating the habitual thoughts and feelings you’ve entrained it to store, by your repeated thinking, feeling, or performing habitual actions.

So here’s what you do. Let’s say your new plan is to be more relaxed on your next date, and to have more fun.

So you sit down, and though you can do this just mentally, it will be easier to learn if you first try it with pencil and paper. So you start writing down your plan, with a lot of details. And as you write, pay careful attention, with every word that you write, what feelings and thoughts are popping into your awareness.

These feelings and thoughts are the responses of your non-conscious mind to your plan, word by word, and bit by bit.

For example if you write (or say), “I’m going to go out,” you might have a vague feeling of questioning. (That’s your non-conscious mind’s automatic reaction to the idea of your going on an excursion.)

And you then continue, writing (or saying), “on a date,” and immediately you notice a gentle feeling of unease. So right there you could react, and try some different words, like “I mean, to go get some dinner,” now you get a feeling of relaxation and ease.

And you continue, “with Sally,” and you notice that there’s no feeling of uneasiness. You just saw that your thinking “go out” and especially thinking “go on a date” are triggering the unwanted, automatic responses entrained into your non-conscious mind, but that “going to get some dinner … with Sally,” doesn’t trigger any automatic unpleasant stuff at all.

Well for one thing, pay attention to your thoughts. If you feel uneasy, did you just think thoughts about dating? If so, reframe them differently. In this way you are retraining the non-conscious mind as you go.

You might discover, for example, that your non-conscious mind is going to produce a lot of automatic negative stuff if you plan a trip to the bowling alley, but no automatic negative stuff if you go golfing, and that it will generate warm and pleasant feelings if you’ll take a picnic to the museum.

Then, for certain, take more picnics at the museum, and for those other places like the bowling alley, visit the bowling alley on your own and meditate there or listen to music that always puts you in a good mood, or do something in those places that create more confort for you in those places.

Recently, I’ve been engaged in the process of buying a house, and I knew I had to go to the Title Company, because that’s part of the process. I’d never been to a Title Company before, and when I thought about the mysterious ‘Title Company,’ I felt a discomfort and an uneasy feeling. So, before the day that I had to go there with the seller of the house, I went to the Title Company on my own.

I walked in, and the first thing I did was to “locate” myself in the place. That is, I made a point to look at the space and the things in it. I looked at the carpet and its color, and the way the sunlight fell through the window on the floor. I looked at the desks, and the walls, and the chairs. And then I looked at the several people in the room.

I picked one of them, and was invited to sit down. I sat down and felt the chair, and examined the person across from me. And then I asked a half a dozen questions about the process, which both told me something about the process, and also told me something about the people who work there. I then thanked the lady and left, noticing the furniture and fixtures as I did so.

In short, I familiarized my senses with the place, the process, and the people.

Then, the next day when I returned there with the seller of the house, guess who was relaxed and comfortable in that place? That’s right. My disquiet (automatic reaction from the non-conscious mind) was gone, replaced with a feeling of calm familiarity.

In the same way, you can familiarize yourself with unknown places and situations, and you can de-sensitize yourself from upsets that occurred in the past in certain locations. It’s not a perfect system, but it does work.

So far, we’ve discussed how you speak to your non-conscious mind, and how you can perceive its reactions to what you say. However, as you engage in this practice — and at many other times, once you tune in to this process — you will begin to discover that your non-conscious also initiates communications to you, and these can be new ideas. They are probably triggered by things you say and do, but these new communications, to you, represent new and additional thoughts.

This is the process we see anytime you are “brainstorming,” which is listening to all the (wild and wacky) ideas that spring up as you consider a problem. During our daily life, as humans we learn to “tune out” all these associations. We have to do so in order to concentrate on the task at hand. But when you “brainstorm,” you pay attention to all these ideas as they arise. Although many do seem irrelevant, often wondrous gems can be found. And sometimes, behind an idea which seems loco, will be found a useful idea that is completely “outside the box.”

The key in brainstorming, to keep the useful flow a-flowing, is to write down every single idea, no matter how “useless” or “silly.” That is, you permit no criticalness to intrude. (If criticalness or judging ideas is permitted, then very quickly you go back into “daily tasks” mode where non-fitting ideas are squelched, and the flow dries up. Put another way, your non-conscious mind quickly gets the message that you aren’t interested, and stops bothering to send you this rich trove of ideas.)

When you are having your “conversation” with your non-conscious mind, and feeling its reactions to what you are saying, it will also offer up new ideas. These are ideas that just “pop” into consciousness. Hopefully you are listening, and being non-critical and non-judgmental during this process, because these “offered-up” communications seemingly originated by your non-conscious mind are often creative solutions to the project you are considering.

In our dating example, you might discover as you consider taking Suzie to miniature golf, that you suddenly get an image of some female relative from the past or an old girlfriend or a childhood friend. Where did that come from? You guessed it.

Why? That’s the interesting question. When you look, you may suddenly have an “Aha!” when you realize that Suzie is triggering this old similar situation and maybe that’s where some of the worry or anxiety is coming from. Sometimes, when you spot old connections like this, just the process of spotting it is enough to disconnect or weaken the automatic response. Much of conventional therapy is in hopes of attaining enough of these new awarenesses so as to improve your usual operation.

Or, it might be that you get that image of some female relative from the past or an old girlfriend, and you ponder it, and then you think, “Aha!” because you just remembered that Aunt Bessie or old girlfriend Lucy used to really enjoy baking gingerbread cookies, and you wonder if your new date might — radical thought, outside the box — you wonder if your new date might enjoy (as a “date”) the two of you baking some gingerbread cookies, and then you carry them in a picnic basket with a thermos of milk to this really secluded place in the park for a romantic date of cookies and milk? Here, your non-conscious mind had handed you a creative and different idea for a date, that might be lots of fun.

We’ve all had the experience of searching for a word and can’t immediately grasp it. You’ve probably also had the experience that you are suddenly reminded of something, but you can’t quite remember what. Or you want to recall the past, and you know it’s in there but not floating to the surface.

Your non-conscious mind is already in contact with that information. That’s why you have the “feeling” that you know that word, or why you have the “feeling” of being reminded, or you have the “feeling” that you know it’s there.

If you just ask your non-conscious mind to fetch it for you, then at some later time — maybe two minutes and maybe two hours — as you are doing something else, suddenly the missing word, or the missing memory, or the missing information will “pop” into your mind. Your non-conscious mind, having been given the task, has been working on it, and has found a route to present it to you.

This is also related to the process of handing a task to your non-conscious mind, such thinking of a problem as you go to sleep, and awakening with the solution. But that’s another whole thing. And, the better you and your non-conscious mind can get along, and the better the two of you are communicating, the better it can serve you. Remember, it’s looking out for you in every way that it can, as best it knows how. And when you operate in conformity with its activities, you become more integrated and more effective. And, generally, happier.

The Non-conscious Mind cannot speak, but it can automatically issue feelings and thoughts. That’s what it does. So if you’ll speak (or write), paying close attention to the feelings and thought automatically arising as you do so, you’ll be carrying on a dialogue with your own non-conscious mind.

You can discover where it will automatically help you, and where it will automatically block you. And so knowing, you can choose your path so that it will help you, and you can also find ways to change some of those ‘automatic blocks’ into more useful habitual reactions.

And, so doing, you are changing your mind.

For the better.

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Hello there! I'm @/{{Mariko-chan}}. I'm an nineteen year old fangirl from Hawai`i. I can proudly admit that if I hadn't gotten into {{anime}}, I wouldn't have met my friends in real life OR GaiaOnline. ( though I am not proud of the fact that it [[BookDumb kills my grade]]. yeah. )
I have about a bazillion different series I like, but if I had to narrow them down to my really top favorites, they would be KingdomHearts, FinalFantasy, RanmaOneHalf, and recently DannyPhantom and {{Transformers}}.

I also have about. . .[[strike:eighteen]] a [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters whole bunch]] of different [[OriginalCharacter original characters]] I've made, for various series. Only three are used, for two reasons. One is because those three were the first original characters I thought up. The second is because I'm too lazy to find a roleplay where original characters are allowed. 8D;;

I also have a [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1234527/Forgetful_Troper_Mariko FanFiction.net]] account and a [[http://tropermariko.livejournal.com/ LiveJournal]]. The first story I've posted on the latter, Rage Against the Author ( based on the TropeNamer ), is about five of my more prominent original characters. . .well, fighting against me. TropesAreNotBad?

[[folder:Original Characters:]]

* Mariko Mizuki, known as Mariko, first of two [[OriginalCharacter OCs]] for [[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]].
* Shiori, the second of said [[OriginalCharacter OCs]] for Ranma.
* Rei, the first OC for HunterxHunter.
* Second is James, for the same series.
* Natsu and Yuki, from MermaidSaga.
* Towa, Kou, and Nekoni, the trio from ( so far ), a original work.
* Arthur, Maui, [[strike:Icarus]] [[EmbarrassingFirstName RUS]], Dorothy, and Alice, my Digimon Team. Also known as [[FunWithAcronyms AMIDA]].
* Yomiko, and Alex, two {{Shinigami}} from the world of FullMoonOSagashite.
* Kagura and Ayume, [[OCStandIn cursed with the boar and cat Spirits]] of FruitsBasket.
* Erik, another [[HunterxHunter Hunter]] and his adoptive daughter / sister, Mi.
* A blind girl and her [[{{Chobits}} Persocom]]. Yuri and Yori, respectively; although, I'm sure that I changed it. . .I just can't remember to ''what''.
* Skye, a [[{{Pokemon}} Pokemon coordinator]] from Hoenn. Her team consists of:
** A Swablu, nicknamed Chiru
** Vaporeon, Veil
** Surskit, Suu
** Mantyke, Mai
** Nidoran, female, Nadie

[[folder:Applied Tropes]]

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Mariko likes Ranma, but won't say it because she thinks Akane and Ranma belong together. Likewise, Shiori won't say anything to Mariko because [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy he wants her to be happy]].
* AloofBigBrother: Natsu, sometimes.
* AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder: . . .I'll get around to writing about them. Eventually.
** And this page. I'll get done soon.
*** Finished. The [[OriginalCharacter OC]] part, that is. . .
**** Or not.
* EvilLaugh: Rei. And myself, sometimes.
* BerserkButton: Touch Shiori, Mariko hurts you. Hurt Mariko, Shiori gets mad.
** Rei doesn't like hearing people talking about James.
** Yuki is off - limits. So is Natsu.
** Towa is as well. You'll just get attacked by an angry bat and cat.
** Icarus loves Alice. And vice versa. Don't touch them. Or the others.
** Yomiko and Alex.
** If you try to use Mi for your own gain, Erik will kill you. And Mi ''will'' hurt you if you try to kill Erik.
* BloodyMurder: Mi, due to experimentation as a young child, can use her Nen to turn her blood into blades.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: In my mind, all my [[OriginalCharacter OCs]] can talk to me whenever they feel like complaining. Or just feel like annoying me.
* ButNotTooForeign: Mariko is part Japanese, part. . .[[DisappearedDad whatever her dad is]]-- probably European, since she has blonde hair, and AMIDA are all over the place.
* CharacterDevelopment: Mariko and Shori. At first Mariko was named Riko, and Shiori was actually three non - cursed foxes that followed her. Then she became the Mariko and Shiori I know and love.
* ColorfulThemeNaming: All of Skye's {{Pokemon}} are blue.
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Mi. There is a controller that. . .[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin controls her]], and whoever has it is the only one she can listen to, unless they say otherwise.
* DanceBattler: Mariko's fighting style, and her family's is this.
* DeadpanSnarker: Mariko. And Rei, and Yuki, an--you know what? Most of them.
* DeadLittleSister: Natsu and Yuki's little sisters, Aki and Hana. Will eventually name ( if i ever get around to it ) their daughter Hanaki after them.
* DieForOurShip: Bwaha, the reason most of them come in pairs is because then I have someone to pair them with. See OfficialCouple below.
* DrivenToSuicide: Both Yomiko and Alex, since this is how you become a {{Shinigami}}.
* EmotionlessGirl: Mi, coupled with a blank stare.
** Also Towa, also she's more prone to expression.
* FanGirl: Not a rabid one, though. I'm pretty open about different views.
* HairColors: Rei has pink hair. Mariko is a blonde, but that's because of her [[ButNotTooForeign heritage]].
* {{Hammerspace}}
* ImportantHaircut: Inverted. Mariko had short hair as a kid, but grew it long to resemble her mother's.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Mariko uses fans. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that fans WERE used as weapons in Ancient Japan.
** On the other hand, Rei uses a fox. Towa uses feathers, while AMIDA uses weapons related to their myth / story.
** Mi uses her blood, although she's been told not to use it by Erik.
* {{Kuudere}}: Yuki is a Type 2 to Natsu.
* LargeHam: Rei. To a lower extent, Rus.
* MissedMomentOfAwesome: YMMV, of course, but I planned on writing about a fight between the two Marikos from below. . .unfortunately, I was too lazy to get around writing that.
* MyGreatestFailure: Kou. He runs away from the village, helps a MadScientist with demon experimentation ( though kou had been tricked into thinking they were actually helping them ), and accidentally leads Towa into said scientist's lab. He and Nekoni rescue her and bring the scientist down, but not before the scientist injected her with poison, making it so Towa couldn't fly anymore.
* NamesTheSame: Mariko Mizuki, meet [[RanmaOneHalf Mariko Konjo]], the martial arts cheerleader that's in love with Kunou. ( to be honest, this is entirely my fault; i completely forgot about konjo when i changed mariko's name from riko. )
* OfficialCouple: Almost all of them. Mariko and Shiori, Natsu and Yuki, Icarus and Alice, Yomiko and Alex, and Karura and Ayume. Towa, Kou, and Nekoni are a [[LoveTriangle Threesome]]. Rei is the only person I 'pair' with a Canon Character ( [[HunterxHunter phinks]], although i'm starting to see them more as partners in crime. . . ).
* OlderThanTheyLook: Rei looks sixteen but is about twenty, twenty - one. Natsu is seven hundred, and Yuki's six hundred, but they look to be in their late teens. Towa, Kou, and Nekoni are about four hundred.
* OnlySaneMan: Mariko. Sometimes Yuki.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Mariko TRIES to be one.
* PlayByPostGames: And proud of it, too. This is where Mariko and Shiori were born.
* RageAgainstTheAuthor: TropeNamer of my new fic.
** The FiveManBand of the fic:
*** Mariko, TheHero and a MagicKnight
*** Rei, TheLancer and The Thief
*** Natsu, TheBigGuy and The Knight
*** Kou, TheSmartGuy and The Dragoon
*** Nekoni, TheChick ( to his digust ), and TheMedic ( which he ''hates''. )
*** And Yomiko, The TeamPet ( hates it more than nekoni hates his job )
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: See OlderThanTheyLook.
* ShipperOnDeck: Mariko ships [[PortmanteauCoupleName RanmaAkane]]. Likewise, Shiori likes [=MarikoRanma=].
* ThatManIsDead: Rei, to James, when he calls her by the name given to her adoptive parents, Mikan.
* ThemeNaming
** Mariko's name is written as true villiage child, implying her growing up in Hokkaido, and her not liking her family's home. Her surname, Mizuki, is beautiful moon, also implying about her connection to the goddess, Inari.
** Yuki and Natsu are the seasons winter and summer. The two are opposites; winter is cold, and summer is hot, so . . .yeah.
** Ayume is dream. She has a dream, of finally being free of the curse of the cat, and living on the Outside.
** Towa is bird. Kou is a shortened version of the Japanese word for bat. Nekoni is. . .well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTHeTin you know what neko is]].
** AMIDA represents mythology. Arthur is King Arthur. Maui is a demi - god / trickster from Hawaiian Mythology, Dorothy's from TheWizardOfOz, Icarus is Greek, and Alice is from Wonderland.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Mi talks like this.
* {{Tsundere}}: Mariko is a Type B, also it is a bit subverted due to the fact she wouldn't purposely hurt Shiori that much.
* UnusualEars: Kou has pointed ears. Nekoni has [[CatGirl cat ears]]. Yori also has those. . .Persocom ears.
* WeirdnessCensor: Mariko has gotten used to weird stuff, thanks to living in Nerima.
* WhatTheHellHero: Kou, although he's redeemed himself to everyone. Descibed above.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Mariko rather dislikes snakes, just as much as Ranma dislikes cats.
** Mi is scared of bees.
* YaoiFangirl: - whistles -
* {{Youkai}}: Towa, Kou, and Nekoni.

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Buster Olney reports that Jeremy Bonderman is coming back from reconstructive elbow surgery. Meanwhile, Javier Vazquez is also contemplating a comeback after not pitching professionally last year. Both have some intrigue...

Vasquez is 36, and wasn't signed last season, but that was a weird situation, becasue he sure didnt struggle in 2011. He had a 3.69 ERA and threw 192.2 innings for the Marlins, which is a hell of a good year. I always think of him as a National League pitcher, because he only had one good year in the American League, but that also could be coincidence.

Bonderman had the misfortune of coming of age during the Tigers miserable years and getting thrust into the majors before he seemingly was ready. He had a 5.53 ERA in Detroit in 2010, but pitched 171 innings. Last I heard he was negotiating with Cleveland before 2011, but dropped off the map after that. He says he's only looking for a minor league deal with a spring invite. I have to think the Twins would be an enticing opportunity for him, given all the opportunities in their rotation. By the way - he only just turned 30 years old.

I'm sure neither of these guys is going to excite people much and likely won't make a huge difference in 2013. But I'll add this: I wouldn't be shocked if "semi-retired players" are a significant market inefficiency within MLB. It seems like every year there are a couple of guys that we think are going to get a decent deal, but they over play their hand, and for whatever reason (probably pride?) end up not signing before April. But rather than sit out a year and then get back into the game, they are never heard from again. That seems like it's something a smart team might try to take advantage of.

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Posted 06 November 2012 - 02:25 PM

Vazquez is one of many pitchers that did not do well in New York. They both beat seeing if Livan Hernandez or Ramon Ortiz have anything left. Low risk, medium reward chances. If nothing else Bonderman would fill the AAA roster.