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February 1 2006
Star Wars Hoth Wave Overview at Galactic Hunter

Galactic Hunter has posted a complete overview of the new Hoth Wave by yours truly. Woo-hoo!

This figure review takes a quick, awkward look at 8 new releases: Darth Vader, R2-D2, Snowtrooper, AT-AT Driver, General Veers, General Rieekan, Major Derlin, and a new Power Droid. Which ones are new, new-ish, and new enough to warrant about $7 per? Find out!

Venture Bros: DVD Timeframe?

While not exactly a huge ratings hit, the Cartoon Network Adult Swim program The Venture Bros. expertly skewered shows like Johnny Quest while keeping on the cutting edge of pop culture animation and, most importantly, was funny. Now, TVShowsOnDVD.com has an article indicating it may be release in May. As an added bonus, it says the second season of the show may start in June. That's good news if we've ever heard it.

Seiken Densetsu DS: Children of Mana New Images

Who'd like to see six pages of images from Seiken Densetsu DS: Children of Mana? The Magic Box has you covered. At first we thought the game looked a lot like a rehash of the Super NES title Secret of Mana and that made us warm and tingly. If you aren't looking forward to this game, it is our expert opinion you have no soul-- or was not part of the 16bit generation, which was, more or less, 1989-1995.

Rumor Mill: Muppets Toys

We're not huge fans of posting stuff we haven't been able to confirm, but as we tend to get email on this subject and we have been trying to set up appointments in New York for Toy Fair this month, it seemed fair to say that something might be up. So, for those of you who are wondering what exactly is happening with the future of Palisades Toys lines-- all of them-- we're investigating. We're also getting a lot of dead ends, and we were told that there's a reason for this. Still, we're investigating further, as we very much want to know what's going on with Oscar the Grouch and the first-ever David Bowie toy, and for now, we have no information on which to go. So, sit tight, we may have more to say shortly.

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February 2 2006
Venture Bros: DVD Info

Now, TVShowsOnDVD.com has art, extras information, and much more. Click through for more!

New Transformers Info, Images at Fan2Fan

Fans of Japanese Transformers would be well served to visit Fan2Fan today. Images of THS-02 G1 Convoy, the new Beast Wars leaders, and packaged Primus-- in G1-style packaging-- are just some of the highlights in the latest update. (Well, they're most of the highlights, really.) One really depressing thing, though, is that the new tiny G1 Convoy is shown with a Microman figure for size comparison-- they're about the same height. However, they have similar articulation, which is truly wonderful news.

RIP: Palisades Toys

Well, we did some looking around, made a few more calls, and did some eavesdropping. What we're hearing is that Palisades Toys has greatly reduced its staff and a very significant portion of its staffers are now working hard at other companies, like Master Replicas or elsewhere. Apparently some orders and business are being fielded and the company is preparing to move on to its next phase of life. What we can't figure out, though, is what this means as far as product goes. It also seems that Action-Figure posted a message from president Mike Horn on the subject, and well, apparently they've been bought by the Spanish.

What is surprising, though, is that they specify that the Factory X items will continue. These include high-end prop replicas from Buffy and Underworld. We'll be keeping our ears to the ground on this one, as we hope some of the people and products make their way to a better place. (Some of the finer items from ReSaurus showed up elsewhere again, and that was a damn fine company too.)

So to Mr. Horn, Mrs. Horn, and to everyone else at Palisades, our hat's off to you for getting some of the finest licenses out there, and, more importantly, for doing them right.

Lake Eerie
February 6 2006
Star Wars Q&A Updated at Galactic Hunter

Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A column by yours truly. Woo-hoo!

Lots of fun this week, including perceptions on the average number of joints on a figure, vehicles, the Lars clan as action figures, vehicles, the AT-TE, and yes, more vehicles.

Stay tuned later this week to Galactic Hunter. We're putting the finishing touches on a review of Dark Horse Comics' Star Wars: The Comics Companion as you read this, and it'll be up Wednesday morning for your enjoyment/hatred.

It's hunting season! Yesterday we had many good finds in Los Angeles at a few stores, all of which turned out to be Targets. We found Alternators Rollbar, Cybertron Downshift and his case brother, Cybertron Defense Hot Shot. We absolutely dig the toys for Downshift and Hot Shot and have yet to open Rollbar, so happy hunting!

We have yet to open Rollbar (but liked Swindle enough, and this guy is a recolor) so we think we're going to like him. We spent a significant amount of time futzing with Downshift and Cybertron Defense Hot Shot, though, and we're quite pleased with both. Actually, we are going to advise you to go buy a Downshift. You won't be sorry.

For those who like to order online, Entertainment Earth is offering a case with the new Downshift and Hot Shot and it's in stock now. But it's a whole case... but it's in stock now.

Plug: Final Fantasy Figures at Entertainment Earth

Over the years, we've had people write in asking us to sell them toys we've shown from various Final Fantasy games. We'd sooner send you a toe, but if you want figures of Cloud and Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII or Yuna from FFX, we would like to direct you to the Final Fantasy Trading Arts Set, which includes one of each of these characters for a hair over $20. For a Cloud figure based on the original 1997 video game, we think it's worthy of your eyeballs. They're in stock, for now, and nifty.

If it wasn't mud, it was blood
February 7 2006
Legends of Cybertron Wave 4 (or, mini-cons that aren't Mini-Cons!)

If you ain't seen them yet, they're new to you! Take a look at some official Hasbro shots of Thundercracker, Optimus Prime (redeco), Sunstorm, and Hot Shot (redeco, not Excellion apparently.) While these characters are no surprise to fans, we do have some neat images in and out of the packaging as well as close-ups of the markings on Optimus Prime's arms, which include the logos of each and every Cyber Planet Key planet. Well, Giant Planet, Earth, Speed Planet, and Beast Planet, at least.

We expect to have pre-order info on these shortly. Keep in mind, Wave 3 hasn't yet arrived in US stores.

Neat, eh? Supposedly, this is the end of the line, which, if true, caps it at 2 exclusives and 16 wide releases. We're hoping to see more, as it's a lovely, tiny line of transforming toys you can get for a kid's weekly allowance.

Frank Miller (or, The Prostitution Rests!)

We like to plug our favorite web sites for two reasons. One, it makes us feel good that we're driving all of our eight readers to interesting, new, and funny content they may be missing. Second, it's easier than writing a review, which, we might add, we're doing. Like Frank Miller? This is funny. It's the latest Shortpacked!, a comic about toys, comics, and pop culture that you'll likely enjoy. If you don't, consider yourself dead to us.

If you're a fan of Shortpacked, we hear it may be showing up in print somewhere soon. But more on that later.

Plug: New Anime (or, Smut Peddler!)

Oh, the smut we'll peddle for a quarter because of our jobs. (It's work safe, unless you embarrass easily. You're not a wuss, are you?) Needing a gift that says "here's a toy" and "this should embarass you" all in one handy package? Well, we found a few anime items last week that fit the bill. Scantily clad ladies are nothing new to the Japanese collectible toy world, but things like removable clothing and arm articulation that, erm, "reveals" parts of the anatomy not sculpted in toys should increase the "hey, check this out" factor. As the descendants of Puritans and prudes, we can't help but think there's a fire waiting for us somewhere for linking you to items of this nature. But odds are those flames were licking at our heels anyway for various things we may (or may not) have done in Jr. High school. (Nothing you can prove.) But we digress. See that image on the left? Part of a set of trading figures based on girls in a steam room. From the description: "Being a Buddhist apprentice is hard work! Especially with 6 jaw dropping nuns to make your mind wander." For shame.

There's a bunch of new items from Solid Theater, Max Factory, and other Anime vendors. Click through to see several of the new items, if you dare. (You filthy, filthy readers.)

That fourth link? It's to a list of toys from-- I swear I'm not making this up-- "The Good Smile Company." They're also getting a tiny allocation-- as in "order now and you'll probably get it unless it says sold out"-- of this Star Wars Luke Skywalker Signature Edition Lightsaber Replica. Fancy. And expensive. But you're worth it.

Television Zombie
February 8 2006
Star Wars: The Comics Companion Reviewed at Galactic Hunter

Galactic Hunter has posted a review of the brand-new (and in stores next week) Star Wars: The Comics Companion written by the great and amazing Adam Pawlus. (Well, maybe not both.)

This mighty volume claims to be "The Definitive Guide to the illustrated adventures of Star Wars" which, we feel, it has accomplished largely by default. Many recent comics make no appearance, several popular titles are left out, and many, many unpopular ones are ignored. Promotional comics are given the short shrift, but with some fans estimating a hair under 1,000 printed periodicals of Star Wars adventures, well, there's going to be a mistake or two. Or 20. It's still a good book, and we very much look forward to an eventual "complete" edition. But for now, be sure to read our review of Star Wars: The Comics Companion, penned by Ryder Windham and Daniel Wallace.

Teen Titans Season 2

Fan of Cartoon Network's Teen Titans? TVShowsOnDVD.com is reporting season 2 should hit DVD in September, and says the same thing about season 2 of The Batman. Yay, indeed!

What's New in Baltimore
February 9 2006
Kingdom Hearts II Date, Voice Cast

With a fairly big roster of vocal talent and cameos in the first game, it was only a matter of time before the names for Kingdom Hearts II made the rounds. Gamespot has the scoop, so read on. James Woods is back, and that's what matters.

Microman Updates

Reissues of the first "modern" Microman accessories, new ladies, more Evangelion, and just plain MORE are coming this year. Plug suits? Yes. Tom's Micro News Report at Microman Forever has images, news, and just so much stuff you gotta read up on. Or else.

She-Ra DVDs

It appears that a new story has popped up on She-Ra: Princess of Power on DVD! While the entire Masters of the Universe brand is as dead as a doornail as far as toys go, TVShowsOnDVD.com has news about Hordak, Loo-kee, and all the rest which may be hitting stores in July. Hey, it's a start!

Podcasts Coming

We're currently in the beginning stages of prepping for a new Podcast (which may be up tomorrow morning), and we're trying to get stuff together to record from New York-- that's right, a podcast from Toy Fair. We're getting the camera and the microphones and everything we can to go do a test run, so cross your fingers that it all works out.

On that note, we're headed to New York for a few days. We expect to post semi-regular updates, although we're going to say "we promise nothink." We will, however, tell you what we saw when we get back no matter what. (Had we a decent Mac laptop, we could do pictures, the works. But we don't. Thanks for nothing, you POS XP notebook.)

So if you got questions you want looked at, we extend our typical "no promises but we'll try" offer. Send a message and we'll see what comes up. And hooray for traveling on someone else's dime.

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February 10 2006
Star Wars Q&A Updated at Galactic Hunter

Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A column by yours truly. Woo-hoo!

Lots of fun this time, including a ton of questions I can only semi-answer as I'm headed to New York to get the answers at their grand revealing and whatnot.

Also, based on the stats on Galactic Hunter, you guys aren't exactly big fans of reading. Books, I mean. Q&A columns, yes, but not so much books. Noted.

Arrested Development Finale TONIGHT

At 8 PM (in most markets), Fox will be airing what will be their send-off for Arrested Development. It runs two hours, so set your VCRs or TiVos or peer-to-peer downloading service to snag this. Or you'll have to wait for the DVD. Rumors persist that a cable outlet will pick up the show but after three years of substandard ratings for a great show, it's not something we're optimistic for. Either way, watch it.

Kids in the Hall Season 4 (Retail)

The guys at TVShowsOnDVD.com have info on the retail date for KITH season 4. It's May 31. Get all 4 DVDs then, or die.

New Super Mario Bros. Pictures

Want to see the newest more-or-less 2D Mario adventure? Sure you do, and The Magic Box has a great many shots of this Nintendo DS marvel. You can grow really really big, and a lot of levels will no doubt remind you of older games. If you're old enough to remember them. Pipe World, anyone? Nice.

Podcasts Here, and coming

We updated the podcast overnight, and you can get it on both the (now defunct) 16bit feed or the updated Entertainment Earth feed, as they're hosting it. We advise you to sign up because our test run worked out, if awkwardly as we were tired, and we'll be broadcasting from New York's Toy Fair starting this weekend.

As such, sign up, tune in, and enjoy!

Toy Fair 2006: News Batch #1
February 13 2006
New York: Snowy and freaking cold

It's freezing and cold, but we went looking for toys. Here's the start of the scoops.

Art Asylum

The biggest news is what you've already seen, and that's Battlestar Galactica Mini-Mates. There are packages of 4 mini-mates as well as blister-packaged figures with a vehicle you can assemble, similar to the C3 line but what it really seems like is a sort of block- or mini-figure like Galactic Heroes, but more sophisticated.

Speed Racer's arrival at Art Asylum in both classic and new forms was quite exciting. Sculptures, figures, die-cast and much more are coming. An all-new cartoon is being developed by Art Asylum and overseas animators for publication on the web, not on TV, as well as being used as a pack-in for the toys. Get a toy, get a cartoon, it's one big happy gift set.

A ton of new, improved, and great mini-mates for Marvel, Capcom, and other licenses are on tap too-- we took photos of all of this stuff but we're on a crappy laptop and can't edit anything until we get back home.

Mega Blocks

We've had some people talk to us about this before New York, so we were sure to check it out. The big news here was the superbly nifty Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest including... well, all the great things they do for their regular "Pyrates" line. You can get skulls that open up and have little Johnny Depp mini-figures that are highly articulated as well as, well, seemingly most of the major vehicles, villains, and locations for the film. (We'll be seeing NECA and Zizzle for their POTC line-ups later on Monday.

New Dragons items are more colorful and aimed at a slightly younger audience, but also include new blister packs of figures and new monsters like griffins and a minotaur. We're told the sky is the limit when it comes to expanding this line from its talented brand manager, who's a really nice cat we must say. Mega Blocks' most interesting item from an action figure POV, though, was a series of Marvel magnetic figures. Much like the classic Baron Karza from Micronauts, these are figures with magnetic joints that fit together and assemble in seconds. While figures like Bionicle are action figures made from people who do construction, these feel like the opposite. The Hulk, Spider-Man, Wolverine, and many others are being made in comic form and are sturdy, break-apart figures with under a dozen piece that are not only super-poseable, but durable and have magnetic feet. We're quite enamored with these and they come out this Summer.

Toy Vault

We had lots of fun talking to a lot of vendors, but one of the most fun conversations we had was with Toy Vault. Best known for book-based Lord of the Rings toys and Farscape action figures, this company has moved more toward plush and is making a big play for newer, better, and more amazingly great items.

After years of delays, the Monty Python Chibi Tim the Enchanter was on display and we're told will ship shortly. A plush Holy Grail is coming, and a concept "killer rabbit" stapler was also shown. The line is expanding, and the talking rip-apart plush Dark Knight is really quite a marvel of toy design. Each limb is designed to "know" it's been removed so every time an arm or leg is hacked off, a different sound is played. We're impressed.

For Cthulhu and fans of all things Lovecraft, the big ticket item was a giant plush Necronomicon Pillow. This giant item is several plush pages, which means the level of detail and interaction on this item is just plain crazy. It features little puppets, plush items leaping out of its four pages, specially designed raised front and back covers, and much more. We took several photos and will share those later. From a creativity standpoint, this is one of the best in show-- it's hard to really get the point across without the photos, but hot damn, this is something you gotta see. Other recolors of Cthulhu are on the way and it didn't seem too many new Lovecraftian creations were on display.

Godzilla continues with what seems to be the first-ever Final Wars plush based on King Ghidorah. Black and gold, this four-legged monster looked great and will surely appeal to fans of top-notch monsters. Also shown was a most impressive pair of Godzilla "fuzzy slippers," crafted to look like the monster's feet. It's big and it isn't dirt cheap, but it's a heck of a nice item. Other non-licensed slippers shown were of a pair of tarantulas (which apparently can be a trip hazard if you aren't careful), and the previously shown Dragon Plush Slippers. In person, these items looked superb. Heck, all of it looked great.

Other new items were shown for anime property Trigun, as well as a plush gargoyle for their own brand Here Be Monsters. In short, Toy Vault was a very refreshing booth to visit, if small, and we really hope this idea of non-child plush toys continues to fly for them. It's not every day you can go to a booth and see every item as a potential gift for someone, but this was an interesting change of pace.

There's more but we need to choose between sleeping for 4 hours or not sleeping at all, and with that...

Podcasts Here, and still more are coming!

Soon to be up on the new feed (but already up on the old) is coverage of Toy Fair via Podcast from us, the fine folks at 16bit.com! As we're broadcasting to two feeds now (temporarily), you may not see the new podcast up immediately. If not, don't worry, you should see it later today.

We'll be blogging and podcasting all week until we can't do it no more. Pictures should start Thursday, and everything else, well, it's here now. As such, sign up, tune in, and enjoy!

Toy Fair 2006: News Batch #2
February 14 2006
New York: Sailing the Snowy Seas

You want to know more fun? Sure you do.

Who's Zizzle? A bunch of former Tiger Electronics people spun off their own toy company to do electronic toys, action figures, and more with the kid's market in mind.

Pirates of the Caribbean toys were shown and boy howdy, were they great. And today, we sadly had no camera. The human-based toys were prototyped by Gentle Giant Studios, and we're impressed. The showroom was great and had a fantastic 3 3/4-inch (scale to Star Wars or G.I. Joe) toy line with apparently at least 3 series of 8 figures each as well as vehicles and playsets. Jack Sparrow, Davy Jones, and characters from the upcoming sequel were all shown and looked very good, with articulation on about the level of G.I. Joe-- minus the swivel-arm, we're sorry to say.

The line seems to be taking a page from Star Wars in that it's stuffed with monsterous minor characters based on sea life as well as main characters from the movie, which makes this seem like a possible gem to collectors as it will offer something NECA's 7-inch collector line will not. We're impressed with the prototypes, and while we know the final product is subject to change, if it looks this good, we're going to be on board. (16bit.com. Of course.) The scale playsets and vehicles looked superb, a $60 Black Pearl ship was so full of action features we couldn't believe such an item was being made in 2006, a market in which playsets and vehicles may as well not exist.

Pirate Fleet-- basically, Action Fleet-sized boats and mini-figures were also displayed. With playsets as an added bonus, this item should be quite a hit when it hits stores later this year. There's 12-inch figures, large electronic figures, 7-inch action-feature laden figures, and tons of gadgets, electronics, and enough stuff to make you think that maybe they under merchandised the first film. (Just a bit.)

Other items were on display as well, including a small size Pinball machine with real solid construction and metal parts for the aforementioned buccaneer flick and Marvel. (We think. We didn't take good notes.) Various dot matrix LCD games were on display as well at a variety of styles and price points from Marvel, Pirates, and lots of other things.

Zizzle has the rights for the entire series for... some amount of time that we didn't ask about. This means they can go back and do Curse of the Black Pearl items and at this time, they say they're just "looking forward." In 2007, we're supposed to get the third film, but we're hoping to see the line expanded to include the first film if the final product is any good.

Obviously, this is the action figure brand we're the most high on right now.

Also on display were Zizzlingers, little packets you can buy and drop in water which fade away to reveal random Marvel hero action figures. While neat, we've seen this kind of product in the past and it wasn't too well received, although the Marvel property might be just right for this brand new item which, we might add, can now be found at Target stores.

Here's a short list of licenses: Shaun of the Dead, Silence of the Lambs, Pirates of the Caribbean 2, Kill Bill, Muhammad Ali, and more, and more, and more. It's sick, really, just how much stuff they've got coming down the pike. If you're a fan of horror and other cult properties, you'll likely be quite pleased.

The prototypes for all these items were nothing short of breathtaking, so start saving your money. Lots more Iron Maiden on the way!

Jada Toys

This die-cast toymaker had some pretty neat stuff. Scarface die-cast vehicles with figures are going to come in multiple scales and styles, unlike last year's single (and hot) item. The license for vehicles (and possibly figures with them) for The Godfather and The Sopranos have also been snapped up by this company, with limited product on display. We were pleased. Various larger scale Homies with die-cast vehicles were on display, and the figures were of a significantly better quality than that found in gumball machines from Albany to Tucson. Again, for fans, this is good stuff.

At Playmates, we were astonished to see a Kong dinosaur action figure we've never seen before. Apparently it's out. Hm.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will Flash Forward to the future in a new line expansion this fall. The recently released dinosaur-heavy themed line will move away in favor of this brand new line with futuristic turtles and flying vehicles. Nifty. Also, we were told that a new CGI movie was coming in 2007 and that this would be a new, separate continuity.

There were also scores of Disney Princess toys, dolls that do things, and Marvel Battle Dice. Basically, some neat stuff, not everything would appeal to you cats though.

We went to 3 parties. A summary follows.

Diamond Comics held a nifty shindig in their showroom with tons of booze and nearly everybody in the industry. I got to chat with people from Diamond, Palisades, and a few other companies while I got to re-scope out the room. Decent drinks, good people, quite busy, and more or less worth the trip. If nothing else you got to see the new Troi figures.

Across town at Yoyamart, a signing was taking place with the creator of Uglydolls. The store is somewhat like the Apple store in its use of white, but also in its use of open space. Not so much in its use of what appears to be Ikea furnishings. With quite a few neat items and a ton of people, it was some sort of mutant hipster toy paradise. For fans of licensed properties like ourselves, new good wares were few and far between but it was certainly worth a look if for no reason other than as a toy art gallery of sorts.

An actual red carpet was out in front of Art Asylum, as well as bouncers, spotlights, and all the typical fancy-pants presentations you might come to expect on the E! Channel. Getting in, a clipboard with a list determined who entered-- or so we thought. "Are you with the press?" they asked. "No," we said. And we got in.

The party, held in a converted church, had dancing, drinks, and a $4 item check. So it cost $4 to check your backpack/purse and $4 to check a coat, and so on. This is ridiculous. As such, we were the dorks walking around with our bags in tow and, in my case, I had my coat in there. (I work hard for my four dollars.) The Speed Racer themed party had free drinks, loud music from DJs which, we assume, are somewhat known, and scantily clad ladies in Speed-esque clothing, fishnets, and it appears they were paid to do pole dancing. We were leaving around the time they started but it appears Santa got someone's letter. As we find parties in clubs overall about as fun as a kick in the shorts, well, you get the drill. (Fishnets, though.)

In between each of these included a significant amount of trudging around in snow after record storms which resulted in something we're told is called "slush" which you encounter when a cab is avoided in favor of 20 blocks of walking. Thanks, Dave.

So what does this mean to you? Parties are bad. Except when they're good.

Back to work
February 27 2006
Star Wars Q&A Updated at Galactic Hunter

Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A column by yours truly. Woo-hoo!

Oh, we got a whole mess of new crap. Why this, who that, blah blah blah.

Toy Fair 2006: Toy Vault's H.P. Lovecraft Offerings

Behold! The long delayed and promised photo blog from Toy Fair 2006. We took about 200 images and about a dozen are any good, so we're going to post a few today and more as applicable until you go "dammit, that's so last year." Today: Toy Vault's plastic Cthulhu (left), and their plush Necronomicon Pillow, the pop culture book of the dead. With Lovecraftian monsters!

The idea is that this thing is a pillow. It isn't out (or available for preorder) yet, but the target MSRP is about $100. It may seem outlandish, but the fact is this is a quality piece. We don't use words like that lightly. The book cover has quite a bit of detail, from the (we presume) vinyl pieces to the very colorful design work, it's quite impressive. And, of course, it opens. It's a book, after all.

When fully opened, this item reveals four pages as seen above. Each page is made of several plush pieces, which requires quite a bit of stitching and work. A little puppet lets Shoggoth "possess" your hand, and of course a big Cthulhu coming out of an interdimensional gate is just plain cool any way you slice it.

This was one of the more impressive pieces at the show, and the dudes (ok, dude) at Toy Vault was quite informed about all of his wares. (A plus, not all showrooms are as on top of things.) We really liked this item because a) it's huge and b) it's ambitious, full of detail and a lot of work. The rumblings we heard was that due to these reasons, the limited edition could be well under 1,000. Considering the cost and appeal of an item of this variety, it's entirely possible this is the right number, and we're glad to see someone out there not only managing to find ways to innovate, but to do it in plush of all places. We've seen lots of plush toys... we even own quite a few. We don't have any plush books.

Podcasts Here, and coming, again

After coming back from New York, we got busy and took an extended leave of absence from the site. As we don't do that much, well, there you go.

A new podcast is going to go up in the next day, give or take a couple of hours. See above for the URL, please sign up and tell a friend, or if you think we suck, tell someone you don't much like to listen and ruin their day. It's like talk radio for people who can't listen by people who can't talk.

February 28 2006
Star Wars Battle of Geonosis Review at Galactic Hunter

Galactic Hunter has posted a review of the Battle of Geonosis figures by yours truly. Woo-hoo!

This review looks at the following action figures: Sora Bulq, Sun Fac, Poggle the Lesser, Scorch, Jango Fett, C-3PO with Battle Droid Head, Utapau Clone Trooper, and Yoda. These figures are showing up in fine stores everywhere.

Toy Fair 2006: Transformers Cybertron Unicron

There's no showroom we enjoy more than Hasbro. Oh, the givers of plastic life. You get Transformers, G.I. Joe, and Star Wars all within one tiny little area. Plus there's Potato Heads, Nerf, and just buttloads of other goodies. It's impossible for anyone with a taste for 1980's toys to step in the room without one or two "oohs" or "aahs."

Meet Unicron 2006. The concept? Evil never dies. After several battles, Unicron is reincarnated as a tank and should be making an appearance in an upcoming fan club comic for the Cybertron line as a grim reminder that there will always be a need for good in the Universe-- because evil doesn't die. It's a little foreboding, but hey, what are you going to do?

We very much like the vehicle form, blurry as it may be, and that's the best shot we got. Bah. Still, it shows the master of all evil as a sort of Cybertronian tank, and as it reminds us of many Generation 1 vehicle forms as seen on Cybertron, well, we're quite pleased. This item is going to be a deluxe figure, meaning about $10, and available around Summer-ish according to most information we look at. We do not presently know if it will incorporate a key gimmick and if so, what it is.

Keep in mind what you see here is a prototype and some things are subject to change.

DVD: NewsRadio Season 3 Today!

Today's the day! NewsRadio Season 3 on DVD. See Phil Hartman, Dave Foley, and everybody else on a highly entertaining and actually funny show you'll probably like. Happy hunting!

Entertainment Earth: New Star Wars Exclusive

Coming soon: this link will lead to a new exclusive which will go on sale at 12:00 Noon Pacific Time. (If it isn't that time yet, well, no promises.) It's from Gentle Giant and obviously, official photos are coming when it goes on sale, but we found a scan (see the thumbnail?) that pretty much illustrates what it's going to be, and you can also see it in the current Entertainment Earth catalog: Darth Vader Anakin Reveal Mini-Bust. (I don't name 'em, folks.)

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August 19, 2013 Updated Aug 20, 2013 at 5:13 PM EDT

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (21Alive) – Tuesday at 5 a.m. firefighters were still fighting hotspots at a warehouse complex that sparked at around 2:30 p.m.

Four firefighters have been reported with minor injuries.

Deputy Chief Mark Nelson with FWFD:

"Right now we are just trying to concentrate on minimizing the hotspots and minimizing the amount of smoke that this is putting off. When it gets light our investigators are going to come back in and work with demolition crews and systematically continue to take this apart.

"Obviously the size of it taxed our resources. We had a lot of units. Throughout this incident to this point we have had every single fire unit on duty rotate through this at some point. A number of them were here when the scene was at it's peak but through the night, even though the scene was deescalated, we continued to have crews rotate through. We still have other emergencies we have to respond to. We are sending guys away from here, tired, exhausted, a little beat up. And they have to replenish and rehydrate and rest up a little bit but be prepared for the next incident that continues to come in.

"The immediate thing, obviously we want to get enough resources here to take care of the problem here. But when an incident of this magnitude creates a hole in our resources to the extent that it does, the first thing we do it start moving our in service rigs around so that we can still provide coverage for the remainder of the city. As this scene continued to escalate we brought more of our resources in and we back filled from some of the township fire departments in the county. We had a number of them manning our stations on standby in case we would get another large scale incident where they would lend some support to us and we had a number of the township fire departments here as well giving us support on the scene later into the incident

"It absolutely does. You know a good majority of the time it's the other way around, they will call for our resources. We are kind of thought of as the big department in the area, full time paid and everything. And we can handle most incidents, which is true. But we do on occasions like this extend beyond the capabilities of our resources and we rely on them very much. And we understand that and it very much demonstrates the mutual aid relationship we have with the county.

"Our investigators were here until very late last night, until it became less productive for them to continue work with the darkness. Just the size of this incident and the amount of destruction makes it difficult to know where to begin. But they will very methodically take these buildings apart, using heavy equipment to demolish the structure systematically and comb through the debris. Obviously it still poses a danger to them, climbing around or being around the debris piles we have here is a little bit dangerous. It's not like the more routine fire where they can sift through things by hand and they are looking at a smaller area that was involved in the fire. This is a much much larger and obviously bigger components that they will be sifting through."

Monday 11 p.m. Report:
The fire that broke out in the River City Complex is finally under control.

After approximately 9 hours, firefighters were finally able to control a large fire in the 1200 block of Herbert St, but smoke could still be seen Monday night. Demolition crews will be working over night to put out hot spots.

Earlier Monday, AEP shut down power in the area as a safety precaution, leaving neighborhoods in the dark and stop lights out for hours. AEP restored power between 9:30 and 10 p.m. Monday. A railroad in the area has also reopened.

Officials believe storage units, warehouses, and auto repair shops make up the River City complex. A man who owns a business in the complex says he believes there to be 12 to 13 businesses in the area.

Fire officials report a Fire Battalion Chief was patrolling the area and noticed a small plume of smoke coming from a building inside in the complex and called for backup. However, Phil Biddle, who owns Skyline Group Companies, an automotive and medical equipment repair shop, says when he arrived at work just before 2 p.m. Monday, he noticed the smoke and called 911. He says the dispatcher told him they haven’t received any other reports and they’ll send out a crew. Biddle lost his business to the fire and says he spent all day watching it burn down. He says he’s still in shock and the loss hasn’t sunk in yet.

Fire officials say they have no idea what caused the fire, but due to the significant damage of multiple structures, the investigation will be lengthy.

Cochran Street from the Tecumseh St. Bridge and Coombs Street to Liberty will remain closed until further notice.

Monday Afternoon Live Reports:
Corinne Rose is reporting on the scene and says there are massive flames shooting 50-60 feet into the air. We are told that the warehouses may house cars, fireworks, pool chemicals and blue foam used for home-building.

50 firefighters that are on scene are being rotated in to battle the blaze for their safety. The smoke is reportedly not toxic and no evacuations have been necessary at this point.

Corinne says it is the largest fire she has seen in years. There is a ladder truck with at least two firefighters trying to fight the fire from above. At times the firefighters are obscured by smoke.

The Tecumseh St. bridge is closed and Coombs St. is closed north of Liberty St.

Power outages are being reported in the surrounding area.

No injuries are reported at this time.

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Laziness and goals

We all like to lay down and do nothing.
After all who prefers work over relaxing in bed or watching an interesting movie?

But the important question you should have asked yourself is: why are some people lazy even though they are extremely in need of taking actions?

Its quite acceptable for a person who doesn't have any financial problems to be laid back but how can a person who can't pay his bills be laid back?

Why do we find people who are depressed because they are obese yet in the same time they are too lazy to exercise?

Why would someone who have extremely important goals find himself too lazy to pursue them?

in other words,we can find an excuse for the lazy person who has no goals but how can we explain the laziness of a person who wants to achieve some important goals?

Why are some people lazy

Here are some examples that can explain this phenomenon in more details:

  • 1) Laziness and loss of hope: Sarah lost hope in losing weight two years. Because she tried every possible way to lose weight she just came to the conclusion that she will stay obese for the rest of her life. Because this fact might have sent her into severe depression her mind played a brilliant trick. Why not convince her that she is lazy instead of letting her believe that she has no hope?
  • 2) Laziness and fear: Sam Always wanted to start a business but he was so terrified of failure. The last thing he wanted to happen is to let anyone believe that he failed and as a result his subconscious mind made him lazy just to help him escape from failure without feeling guilty
  • 3) Laziness and helplessness All human beings have problems that they need to deal with but some people don't know exactly what they should do in order to solve their problems. Some people admit this fact and try to find solutions while others deny it. As you might have already guessed one popular method of denial is becoming lazy (see also Why do i feel helpless).

Laziness and courage

The previous examples covered only three cases of laziness but even if i gave you more examples the concept will be the same. When your subconscious mind realizes that you are about to admit a fact that will affect your well being it might choose to hide the fact from you using laziness or any other escapement mechanism. (see Psychology of self deception)

If you believe all of your life problems are under control then don't worry if you are lazy, But if you are unhappy with your life or unsatisfied with what you have then you must understand that your laziness is no more than an escapement method.

Getting over laziness in such a case can only be done when you develop the courage to face your problems. In my book, The ultimate guide to getting over depression i said that real happiness cannot be found before you meet your important unmet goals.

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India’s 12th Five Year Plan to Focus on ‘Inclusive Growth’

By Teja Yenamandra

Apr. 25 – As India’s government prepares to submit its approach paper for its 12th five-year plan (a plan which covers years 2012 to 2017), the Planning Commission’s focus on instilling “inclusive growth” is making headway. The plan is expected to be one that encourages the development of India’s agriculture, education, health and social welfare through government spending. It is also expected to create employment through developing India’s manufacturing sector and move the nation higher up the value chain. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, however, warned that maintaining fiscal discipline is important as well.

The commission will likely strive to enact policies that will achieve somewhere around a 10 percent growth rate in factories and a 4 percent growth rate in farm produce, though Prime Minister Singh has asked the plan to set the nation’s growth rate firmly at 9 percent to 9.5 percent.

Come May, a view into the implementation of these goals should be apparent. A question that India’s government will have to grapple with, much like that of any emerging market, is whether to continue to focus on GDP growth in the face of soaring food prices and economy-wide inflation.

An important aspect of generating “inclusive growth” is shifting the target of government aid to rural areas. Typically, large projects such as power generation, roads whereby freight can travel, and airports receive the lion’s share of government subsidies, while rural infrastructure receives comparatively little.

A recent op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal by Saurabh Tripathi, a partner with Boston Consulting Group, echoed these sentiments.

“Rural infrastructure, which serves 70 percent of the population, doesn’t get the attention it deserves. As the Planning Commission sets out to draft the country’s planned investments for the next five years, it is important to take note of this gap, and the innovative solutions needed to fill it,” Tripathi wrote.

As indicated from the planning commission’s presentation to the prime minister on April 21, the quantitative metrics known thus far in the early stage of the five-year plan are:

  • A target of GDP growth in the 9 percent to 9.5 percent range
  • An increase in literacy rates to 100 percent between the plan’s period from 2012 to 2017
  • An increased expenditure on health from 1.3 percent to 2.0 percent of GDP

In a boon for industry, the planning commission indicated that it aims to have industry and manufacturing-related activities grow by 11 percent over the next five years, contrasted to 8 percent over the previous 11th five-year plan. It also aims to undertake somewhat vaguely defined, but certainly well-intentioned, structural and regulatory reforms to facilitate investment.

The presentation highlighted the planning commission’s views that commercial energy demand is expected to increase by 7 percent per year over the next five years.

To address that increase in demand, the planning commission recommended that all methods of current energy production and distribution be developed, from coal to nuclear energy to solar and wind, and proposed that existing taxes on electricity should not be raised.

Interestingly, the Planning Commission envisioned an expansive role for Indian SOE Coal India:

“Coal India must become a coal supplier and not just a mining company. Should plan to import coal to meet coal demands. This requires blending of imported and domestic coal as supplied by Coal India.”

All told, in its early stages, the 12th five-year plan promises a lot for rural development and growth. In that sense, it is similar to China’s latest iteration of its five-year plan, which seeks to improve the lot of rural Chinese peoples by increasing urbanization and industrial efforts in central and western China. But, by contrast, while the Chinese government seems to be continuing with nation-wide industrialization efforts, the Indian government may be attempting to promote a policy of reverse migration by making rural living more attractive with some access to modern amenities, but hopefully without the accompanying chaos that goes with it.

The planning committee’s PowerPoint, as well as Prime Minister Singh’s opening and closing remarks, can be found here.

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49 Responses to India’s 12th Five Year Plan to Focus on ‘Inclusive Growth’

  1. surya nath says:

    how will this inclusive growth model address the contradiction the Indian Farmers sells his potato at the price of Rs. 2.50 per Kg, while uncle chips is sold at the rate of Rs.20 for per 80gm or wheat at the rate of Rs. 12/Kg and Shakti Bhog atta(floar)at the rate of Rs. 25/Kg. what is the logic?

    Sir,it is appreciable about the focus in inclusive growth.As you know well health is wealth,people need a strong mind and haelthy body frre from diseases.Why can’t government utilise BHMS,BUMS,BAMS,BNYMS DOCTORS for fullfledged preventive medicicine awareness in healthcare delivery system.kindly organise all state governments to do so.

  3. kamlesh Meena says:

    Sir, Ok Inclusive growth in our mission during the 12th five years paln but this is we have accept that Our groth in Science & technology is still very slow to comparison to other develping countries , and expenditure on Science & Technology also not very enoguh for achieve our Democractic goals for common people

  4. kunal khinchi says:

    its fine that there will be inclusive growth in next five-year plan and aim is to touch 9-9.5% growth rate..if it achieved its vry fine bt if it will not then what steps govt. will take there any proper check or committee over this because corruption is also going parallely..

  5. sushil says:

    india is no doubt a rich country
    black money is many fold than white money
    it is required to make policy to stop circulation of black money
    and i think there are crores of shopkeepers in india who sells items without billing and purchase without billing. it is required to be stop. sales tax revenue of state will increase many fold and growth of states will automatically lead to country growth.

  6. girja nandni jain says:

    its really good that the 12th five year plan is focussing on inclusive growth but does indian government knows the meaning of this practically also? as,the mention of inclusive growth is done earlier also in many schemes ,plans ,committes…but no visible implication is ever seen anywhere or we may say the outcomes are not there

  7. palak khan says:

    daydreaming is good for indian govt. but they should keep in mind that overnight wonders are not possible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!how can we achieve our goals when proper implementation is not there………..what i feel is that 12th five year plan should be proper implementation of rules

  8. nandini says:

    i think that in 12th five years plan ,first of all you must encourage the farmers by providing them a handsome amount of money and other facilities such as proper housing and some advantage.else they will get frustrated and shift to urban areas for more good jobs and more money and also for better education for their children which will result in low food ,higher prices and more population in urban areas.let them feel greedy then only the world can move .

  9. suresh ozarde says:

    It is fine but let us CHANGE FOR A BETTER .

  10. ajay kumar says:

    sir, lets hope something is better than nothing.every planning needs a honest action and proper observation.

  11. Thomas says:

    “INCLUSIVE GROWTH” Nothing more than another feel good, fancy, heart warming campaign slogan just like the India everywhere, India superpower, and off course the infamous ” SHINING INDIA” slogans! LOL Indians leadership couldn’t organize a 3rd rate sports competition, the CWG’s and yet now wants to lift the entire population out of poverty? Just like the bridge for the CWG, it’s gonna collapse!

  12. pramod pandey says:

    It is good for indian citizen ,but how can possible to achive goal with inclusive growth rate.we must looks education poverty corruption black mony reral areas and deprived class ,then relly happen india shining.

  13. syed faridul says:

    Late the black money be brought back which is 90,000 crore in indian currency & see how much rich is our country. whatever we can do many schools,hospitals,colleges & projects for the poorer.

  14. eknath salve says:

    first of all we must understand that we must follow our constitutional duties politely and strictly. we must not opt wait and watch policy. everybody needs to contribute for healthy and wealthy india.

  15. Arun Kumar says:

    During the 12th five year plan, the government should plan to achieve 4% growth in Agriculture which we are not able to achieve from the earlier plans,beginning from the very first five year plan(1951-56).This not only decrease the demographic divide between rich & poor but also helps in eradicating poverty(the slogan reffered in 1971 by Indira gandhi).Agriculture even today gives the largest no. of employement to indian population(it contributes approx. 18% in GDP whereas the gives max. no of employment).If we able to achieve 4% growth it helps in eradication the Rich-Poor divide.Also no need to underevaluate the BPL(Below Povery line) as framed by Planning commission,this will automatically be changed.The Government instead of focus on Classes shoul focus on Masses which helps to provide E3(Efficiency,Equity & Effectiveness) for majority of population.

  16. Manoj Kumar Tiwari says:

    this is true that the way of inclusive growth is one of the best stretegy for developing the country …..but always keep in mind the only policies on paper is not able to acheive the goal…..there is a need to activity on the policies……but our government would not able to do this in proper way……………….policy for 12th plan is good no dougt but achive the goal is the real challange bofore us….

  17. JOSY JOSE says:

    i agreed this concept of inclusive growth.but many people of India are suffering from various disease because of waste.WASTE IS THE IMPORTANT CURRENT PROBLEM IN INDIA.So give first priority in waste management.It will make our India be healthy and clean.

  18. Akshay Jangra says:

    Inclusive growth according to me means growth in all aspects..we are focusing more on GDP as a measure of growth but actually we need focus on people. PDS, Health care, Education and minority needs to be included in growth.Disparity should not exist among society.Comparing the growth of India except unprecedented growth in GDP, we have been very slow in terms of life expectancy, literacy etc. I believe all these are taken care of while implementing policies. India will shine when BHARAT shines.

  19. Dr.K.Ramalingam says:

    Inclusive growth is must. Agriculture sector should be organized like a production unit under public private partnership in cooperative farming. Agriculture University should have a separate set up to do this:\
    1. Fertile lands to an extent of 1000 acres should be compulsorily brought in for advanced organic farming.
    2. land owners can be paid as yearly lease for a period but farming will be with machines and advanced technology used by farming Scientists
    3. Farm laborers are trained as skilled workers and paid salary as an contract employee
    4. Rural women folk will be trained on farming and engaged as farm labourers during cultivation on short labour contracts
    5. Incentives to be given to land owners to participate in the Mass and modern farming by agricultural experts and participation by private
    6. This arrangement should be treated as an industry and all infrastructural facilities are established
    7. The farm workers are trained and used for farming and replaced by their kins every one year

    The scheme will increase/generate agricultural production. Farm labourers are trained in advanced skills and allowed to continue farming in their own land. Private land owners will focus on farming instead of turning to real estate business. Lot of land has been plotted and sold without housing or farming. A good thought can be worked out in these lines.

  20. Mrs. jayanthi sebastine says:

    all the inclusive growth is good and needed but is it possible to apply as such. the government has to make local bodies to carryout the plan directly. Let us hope for the best

  22. KASTHURI says:

    I agree that concept but many indian peoples are afected by the poverty so please concentrate on to remove the povety

  23. madhav sharan pathak says:

    on today i would like to say that their is a necessity to think as a patriotof country now we will have to think about country and try to best ourself if we want erase poverty castism unemploynent populationgrowth than we will have to honest in our profession try to help each person in our official place and pls not take bribe because on that place you are not taking brive you are stealing the chapati of needy person if we will work honestly and with our duty then the day is not very far when our country willl be top rank no coutry will able or equal of our india so its a humble request from the every citizen of the country please be the honest citizen of india

  24. sunil rathod says:

    the concept of inclusive growth is good for in 12th five year plan in this plan rural development is important my kindly request to educate more rural people and help agriculture so our economic growth increases. let us best for the hope

  25. G.Krishnamachari says:

    1The govt planning for the budget allotment alone is not sufficient.They should also plan the foolproof system that the money being spent in the proper plce,goesto the proer people & in proper time.
    2.They should plan to bring in co-operative system of plantation by which the farming becomes organised sector.Once it becomes organised sector proper wages will go themThey also can be covered under various schemes like Health,safty &environment
    3.The salary of medical staff &teachers should be so attractive so that they will not hesitate to serve there.
    In short,migration of villagers to already overcrowded cities shall be stopped.

  26. vetz says:

    India with a very heritage it will add economic growth if more attention is given to tourism development .we can take the example of singapore.

  27. Thomas says:

    INCLUSIVE GROWTH!…Does this mean that the India government is gonna open up Swiss Bank accounts for all Indian citizens?

  28. Abhishek says:

    In my opinion its very simple. Give Indians :

    1. LAW & ORDER
    2. Infrastructure
    3. Health & Education
    4. Trust your people and let them work.

    Indians like any other people are smart enough to want to be rich and can be rich. Just facilitate and empower them and they will do it on their own.

    There is no greater empowerment than money. I believe too much focus and needless waste of time and resources in artificial social empowerment will not solve much. Money is the greatest social lubricant. Let our people be rich and they will solve most problems themselves.

  29. ZOZO says:

    Whatever the policy may be, all we need is PROPER IMPLEMENTATION. we actually do not need magic min blowing policy or schemes. If we implement even the existing policy well. We already solve half of our problems

  30. MAMATA SAHOO says:

    Inclusive growth means not only every sector development but we have to make aware each and every Indian that whats is going on here.
    There are so many people they do not about it what 12th year plan or Inclusive growth. There are many people in India they are illiterate plz we need development in our education system then we can remove almost all the problem. Just awake the people what is going on in Govt. Then surely we achieve our goal.

  31. Ankash says:

    Just tune up IT with better Broadband speed, Tabs that are 10” inch above with affordable BB plans in the hands of every Indian. You will see India transformed in a decade or two.. Knowledge = Money=Power in the hands of people. Make every Indian to trade shares or invest in long term equities and do farming. You will get India superpower in a decade.

  32. Ankash says:

    Stop voting for the politicians who are preaching divide in the name of Religion, Caste, Cow and Curry. Leave the Rascals alone.

  33. Dr S K Sharma says:

    So far good that the XII Five Year Plan 2012-17 is going to highly inclusive and participative. My special concern is regarding the reservation in jobs and educational institutions. Even after 64 years of independence we continue to provide reservation on the basis of castes the five thousand year old concept. In modern era this is against the concept of equality as given in our constitution. It is again against the article of equality of opportunity. By providing reservation we are helping a very small section of people in SC/ST whereas others are being deprived of jobs. Only five castes have cornered 99 per cent of benefits whereas there are more than 1000 SC/STs in India. We are adding to the elite SC/STS without any social objectives. Now, we can have a scientific system of economic criteria in identifying the poor sections of society. The present census data very well supports this. It would be better if the caste system be removed from India permanently by introducing casteless society in the preamble of our constitution . DR Sharma

  34. subhrajit says:

    @ suryanath

    the potato chips that they give in the packet of uncle chips is they are maintaining a courtesy they are mainly selling the nitrogen gas trapped inside to us and we foolishly for enjoyment buy that

  35. chetan mishra says:

    firstly, government should impliment all his plan in right way.

  36. Great comment concerning the caste system – and thanks for the debate guys. – Chris

  37. Jaya naga siva prasad .Tangellamudi says:

    At the outset i would like to say congratulations for the concept “Inclusive Growth”, i think that the government should come forward to explain the importance of each sector..i agree with all the comments above.
    Development never comes unless and until we think about it, so we should self introspect ourselves, the awareness should come from with in then only we can solve any problem wat ever it may be.

    In this undefined world The poor is walking miles and miles to earn food and the rich is walking miles and miles to digest food.. if everybody follows the concept of “Sustainable Development” we can make our world better…

  38. Jaya Naga Siva Prasad Tangellamudi – your comments are both humanitarian and appreciated. Thanks – Chris

  39. vaishmathi says:

    INCLUSIVE GROWTH??? What does it mean… ? “Inclusive growth” plan includes growth of corruption, black money and bribery all the way? should all this be planned through five year plan and planning commission?? oh.. yes.. corrupting huge funds needs a long term plan.. LOL… EXAMPLES OF ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE LAST FIVE YEAR PLAN: 1. CWG 2. 2GSpectrum corruption(am confused how many zeros does this money hav!) 3. IPL scam 4. fodder scam 5. karnataka housing board scam. do u think these people will feed us better than shit if it goes dis way???

  40. @Vaishmathi – a bit harsh there. But if you want to change it – get involved. India needs younger people getting into politics. – Chris

  41. k raju a teacher says:

    i wish india to be the developed country today itself. but even after 10000 years india will be one of the 3rd world only, for the people in india should come out of the shell. everyone should work for the prosperity of the nation not for his/her own prosperity by making the nation scapegoat. bribery should go out of india only then india may come out. misusing of power is an other enemy resisting india from its growth.
    dont provide ration,educational scholership, government provisions like electricity water to the overpopulated family, or atleast to the over populated members of the family. let them bear the burden and feel the importance of population control and thus the growth of the nation.
    provide lakhs and crores of rupees to the so called suppressed people to make them to score marks that is scored by others, and dont bring the level of the nation down by providing options to the low scorers.
    classify the people by economic condition, and not by the traditional meaningless way.

  42. @K.Raju – India has to match it’s population dividend with policies to policies that ensure it takes advantage of this. Doing so fits in with an economic theory named the “Lewisian Turning Point” and I have written about how that impacted upon China – and could upon India, here:
    India’s politicians need to come closer together in terms of delivering longer term sustainable policies instead of bickering about smaller regional issues if they are to accomplish the same. Thanks – Chris

  43. shilpa koley says:

    none of the plans yet had worked effectively

  44. parichay says:

    how will this inclusive growth model address the contradiction the Indian Farmers sells his potato at the price of Rs. 2.50 per Kg, while uncle chips is sold at the rate of Rs.20 for per 80gm or wheat at the rate of Rs. 12/Kg and Shakti Bhog atta(floar)at the rate of Rs. 25/Kg. what is the logic?

  45. Dheeraj sai says:

    these are going on properly but what about corruption in india

  46. asif bagwan says:

    accordance of our india its good because you have focused on rural area. first govrernment strictly follow all rule.

  47. pallavi sinha says:

    there is so much corruption in India that we can’t think that any plan will work accordingly,for the overall development,the word like corruption must totally be abolished.

  48. suraj says:

    if its works its good

  49. Toton singha mahapatra says:

    If u reaaly need no how it become possible that growth i think u know better than me.
    But i would like to focus in few areas of agriculture development. The development is possible by increasing poructivity by increasing the cropping pattern in areas where average rainfall is good but mono cropping is practices due to water crisis in winter and summer season.In west bengal district like Bankura,purulia,birbhum is received the highest rainfall but due to low water harvesting most of its productive land are vacant after rainy season. Same in Maharastra,karnatak,orrisa north,jharkhand.

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The task of harvesting the semen from the male crocodile is "relatively non-invasive", according to reproductive biologist Dr Stephen Johnston from the University of Queensland's School of Agriculture and Food Science.

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Although research into the artificial reproduction (AI) in Australian saltwater crocodiles is in its early stages, researchers from the University of Queensland are leading in the field.

Populations of saltwater crocodile, found in estuaries, rivers, lagoons and swamps from south of Mackay all the up the coast to Cape York, are not in decline but Dr Stephen Johnston says the research into AI is important for improving the overall productivity of the crocodile industry.

"Our work basically began as a grant from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation trying to improve the productivity of the crocodile industry.

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"One of the big problems with the crocodile industry is that it costs a lot of money to maintain male crocodiles because they're so large and also - they're quite aggressive.

"They can cause quite an amount of injury and some cases even (resulting) in death during the mating process."

Dr Johnston says some of those causalities can be avoided in the assisted reproduction process he and his team are researching.

The world first research started last year using a number of male crocodiles at Koorana Crocodile Farm, Emu Park, east of Rockhampton.

"Last year we started work in collecting the semen sample, and that was very successful. And in a couple of week's time I will start the artificial insemination trials, so it's relatively small days for us."

The techniques for harvesting the semen are similar to the development of techniques in other domestic animals, but certain precautions need to be taken with crocodiles, according to Dr Johnston.

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Brian Cox, the director of disaster management at Emergency Management Queensland, says overall people were well-prepared for potential danger.

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Other tasks to complete before storms hit:

  • Prepare your home by inspecting fences, roofs and gutters and carry any necessary repairs
  • Trim branches near your home and power lines
  • Clean gutters and down pipes regularly, also secure loose roof tiles or sheets
  • Check your insurance to ensure your have adequate cover for home and contents
  • Move cars under cover and away from trees
  • Secure and put away loose items away from your property, including outdoor furniture and pot plants
  • Create a safe place for your pets away from the conditions
  • Disconnect all electrical items

Keep up to date

ABC Emergency has information about preparing for storms or cyclone.

The Bureau of Meteorology issues warnings and monitors conditions regarding storm activity.

The State Emergency Service is the lead agency in addressing storm damage to buildings and structures.

Call the SES on 132 500 for assistance in a storm. In a life-threatening situation call 000.