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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Japanese comic heroes come to life at Cosplay
Japanese comic heroes come to life at Cosplay
PRINCESSES in flowing ballgowns, pilots of futuristic vessels and gigantic robots competed
on a level playing field at the national Cosplay championship at the weekend.
The grand final of the "costume play" event, held in an Albert Park hotel, brought together
Australia's most fervent supporters of Japanese comics and cartoons, better known as manga
and anime. Rather than just read or watch, people like Adelaide's Jenita Naipal spend
hundreds of hours making costumes of their favourite characters and then parading about in
them.
"I've had 3½ months to make it - that's a short time in the costuming world," the 24-year-
old said, struggling out of her robot suit from Laputa: Castle in the Sky.
"The arms are 190 centimetres, the head would be another 30 centimetres on top of that. I'm
five-foot-one-and-a-half [155 centimetres] so I'm walking with my hands above my head … I
was dying in there."
The fifth-placed Naipal won products from anime distributor Madman, which put on the event.
"I can definitely improve," she added.
Melbourne's Nicole Collis, 21, has just finished a digital arts course at RMIT, but her life
has been "full-time costume pandemonium" since then. The competition's runner-up is widely
known as Siera, her pen-name on internet forums, and she portrayed Rue from Princess Tutu, a
manga with a similar story to Swan Lake.
"I love the performance, being in character, it's a unique and creative way to express
yourself," she said, twirling in her pink and burgundy ball gown.
Her parents and friends were not particularly surprised by her hobby, she said. "They think
I'm a bit more than just crazy."
The competition's winner, Christie Lee of Sydney, was overjoyed with her prize: a trip to
Japan to attend next year's Tokyo Anime Fair.
"It hasn't really sunk in yet,'' she said.
In two outfits - a blue Victorian dress and a tight red number - the 21-year-old explained
how her favourite series was like a "twisted version" of Lewis Carroll's Alice in
Wonderland.
"I did a character named Alice from Pandora Hearts. Pretty much a girl who has a super power
and turns into a demon killer bunny," she explained, casually.
The surfing story
SURFING has taken seven-time world champion Layne Beachley around the world, but she never
thought she would end up in an exhibition.
A new collection celebrating the sport opened at the National Sports Museum at the MCG
yesterday, thrilling the wave-loving Beachley.
"I know, I was in a surfing museum before I was dead," she said, laughing.
"Never in my wildest dreams did I think that boards would be hanging up at the MCG."
Collections manager Jed Smith said The Long Ride: 100 Years of Australian Surfing traversed
the origins of the sport through to the professional circuit of today. The exhibition
stretches back to 1909 when Manly's Tommy Walker brought a board from Hawaii and started to
ride. (It was previously held that Hawaiian champion Duke Kahanamoku was the first to ride
local waves in the 1920s.)
Until interest spiked in the 1970s and '80s, surfing was amateur and recreational, he said.
"So to get hold of boards to see the evolution, it's quite extraordinary."
Beachley said her first boards were thick, wide and long. "We'd be encouraged to learn on
'moving sidewalks'," she said. "Now the craftsmanship is just amazing, and it's great to see
it be honoured and admired and appreciated."
The exhibition runs until the end of February.
PRINCESSES in flowing ballgowns, pilots of futuristic vessels and gigantic robots competed
on a level playing field at the national Cosplay championship at the weekend.
The grand final of the "costume play" event, held in an Albert Park hotel, brought together
Australia's most fervent supporters of Japanese comics and cartoons, better known as manga
and anime. Rather than just read or watch, people like Adelaide's Jenita Naipal spend
hundreds of hours making costumes of their favourite characters and then parading about in
them.
"I've had 3½ months to make it - that's a short time in the costuming world," the 24-year-
old said, struggling out of her robot suit from Laputa: Castle in the Sky.
"The arms are 190 centimetres, the head would be another 30 centimetres on top of that. I'm
five-foot-one-and-a-half [155 centimetres] so I'm walking with my hands above my head … I
was dying in there."
The fifth-placed Naipal won products from anime distributor Madman, which put on the event.
"I can definitely improve," she added.
Melbourne's Nicole Collis, 21, has just finished a digital arts course at RMIT, but her life
has been "full-time costume pandemonium" since then. The competition's runner-up is widely
known as Siera, her pen-name on internet forums, and she portrayed Rue from Princess Tutu, a
manga with a similar story to Swan Lake.
"I love the performance, being in character, it's a unique and creative way to express
yourself," she said, twirling in her pink and burgundy ball gown.
Her parents and friends were not particularly surprised by her hobby, she said. "They think
I'm a bit more than just crazy."
The competition's winner, Christie Lee of Sydney, was overjoyed with her prize: a trip to
Japan to attend next year's Tokyo Anime Fair.
"It hasn't really sunk in yet,'' she said.
In two outfits - a blue Victorian dress and a tight red number - the 21-year-old explained
how her favourite series was like a "twisted version" of Lewis Carroll's Alice in
Wonderland.
"I did a character named Alice from Pandora Hearts. Pretty much a girl who has a super power
and turns into a demon killer bunny," she explained, casually.
The surfing story
SURFING has taken seven-time world champion Layne Beachley around the world, but she never
thought she would end up in an exhibition.
A new collection celebrating the sport opened at the National Sports Museum at the MCG
yesterday, thrilling the wave-loving Beachley.
"I know, I was in a surfing museum before I was dead," she said, laughing.
"Never in my wildest dreams did I think that boards would be hanging up at the MCG."
Collections manager Jed Smith said The Long Ride: 100 Years of Australian Surfing traversed
the origins of the sport through to the professional circuit of today. The exhibition
stretches back to 1909 when Manly's Tommy Walker brought a board from Hawaii and started to
ride. (It was previously held that Hawaiian champion Duke Kahanamoku was the first to ride
local waves in the 1920s.)
Until interest spiked in the 1970s and '80s, surfing was amateur and recreational, he said.
"So to get hold of boards to see the evolution, it's quite extraordinary."
Beachley said her first boards were thick, wide and long. "We'd be encouraged to learn on
'moving sidewalks'," she said. "Now the craftsmanship is just amazing, and it's great to see
it be honoured and admired and appreciated."
The exhibition runs until the end of February.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
final fantasy cloud strife
Cloud Strife is a fictional character and the main protagonist in Square's (now Square Enix's) role-playing game Final Fantasy VII and several of its sequels and spin-offs. His original design was created by Final Fantasy VII character designer Tetsuya Nomura. Cloud's appearance is marked by spikey blonde hair, striking blue eyes, dark clothing and his Buster Sword, which previously belonged to his friend Zack Fair. Cloud's official seiyū is Takahiro Sakurai—with Nozomu Sasaki first voicing Cloud in the video game Ehrgeiz[citation needed]—and his voice actor for his English appearances is Steve Burton.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
The corporate lab as ringmaster
The Internet has changed many things, of course, but one of its more far-reaching effects has been to transform the economics of innovation.
The nation's big corporate research and development laboratories--at IBM, General Electric, Hewlett-Packard and a handful of other companies--have their roots and rationale in the industrial era, when communication was costly, information traveled slowly and social networks were fostered at conferences and lunchrooms instead of over the Web.
Crowdsourcing and other new, more open models of innovation are really byproducts of the low-cost communication and new networks of collaboration made possible by the Internet.
The nation's big corporate research and development laboratories--at IBM, General Electric, Hewlett-Packard and a handful of other companies--have their roots and rationale in the industrial era, when communication was costly, information traveled slowly and social networks were fostered at conferences and lunchrooms instead of over the Web.
Crowdsourcing and other new, more open models of innovation are really byproducts of the low-cost communication and new networks of collaboration made possible by the Internet.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Important information about Abilify
Abilify is not for use in psychotic conditions that are related to dementia. Abilify may cause heart failure, sudden death, or pneumonia in older adults with dementia-related conditions. Stop using Abilify and call your doctor at once if you have the following symptoms: fever with stiff muscles and rapid heart rate; uncontrolled muscle movements; symptoms that come on suddenly such as numbness or weakness, severe headache, and problems with vision, speech, or balance. Abilify can cause side effects that may impair your thinking or reactions. Be careful if you drive or do anything that requires you to be awake and alert. Avoid drinking alcohol, which can increase some of the side effects of Abilify.
Before you take aripiprazole, tell your doctor if you regularly use other medicines that make you sleepy (such as cold or allergy medicine, narcotic pain medicine, sleeping pills, muscle relaxers, and medicine for seizures, depression, or anxiety). They can add to sleepiness caused by Abilify.
Avoid becoming overheated or dehydrated. Drink plenty of fluids, especially in hot weather and during exercise. It is easier to become dangerously overheated and dehydrated while you are taking Abilify.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Наутилус
Наутилус — вымышленный подводный корабль капитана Немо из фантастических произведений Жюля Верна «20 тысяч льё под водой» и «Таинственный остров». Впервые появившись в «20 тысяч льё под водой» (1869), он верно служит своему капитану, показывая неприхотливость и надёжность, а также невероятные для времени постройки технические характеристики. Так, за семь месяцев он покрыл расстояние в 20 000 льё (80 000 км), что вдвое больше длины экватора, опустился на дно океана, а затем сумел выбраться из сильного водоворота. Он был орудием возмездия и в то же время исследовательской лабораторией, потопил несколько кораблей и помог найти Атлантиду.«Наутилус» стал воплощением технического прогресса, а его имя стало самым популярным среди субмарин. Из-за него Ж. Верна стали называть «отцом подводных лодок».
В честь «Наутилуса» называют электронные приборы, компьютеры, космические аппараты, а также рестораны, отели, рок-группы и спортивные клубы.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Туркестан (регион)
Туркестан (узб. Turkiston, перс. ترکستان — «Страна тюрков») — название историческо-географического региона Центральной Азии в XIX веке и начале XX века.
В состав этого региона входили территории следующих современных государств: Узбекистана, Туркменистана, Таджикистана, Киргизстана и Казахстана, Синьцзян-Уйгурский автономный район Китая, тюркоязычные регионы юга Сибири, а также север Афганистана и Ирана.
Условно Туркестан делился на Западный (Русский), Восточный (Китайский), Южный (северная часть Афганистана и Ирана). В Западном и Восточном Туркестане проживало преимущественно тюркское население, в Южном - ираноязычное.
В середине 1920-х годов термин Туркестан постепенно вышел из употребления и был заменён термином Средняя Азия.
В состав этого региона входили территории следующих современных государств: Узбекистана, Туркменистана, Таджикистана, Киргизстана и Казахстана, Синьцзян-Уйгурский автономный район Китая, тюркоязычные регионы юга Сибири, а также север Афганистана и Ирана.
Условно Туркестан делился на Западный (Русский), Восточный (Китайский), Южный (северная часть Афганистана и Ирана). В Западном и Восточном Туркестане проживало преимущественно тюркское население, в Южном - ираноязычное.
В середине 1920-х годов термин Туркестан постепенно вышел из употребления и был заменён термином Средняя Азия.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
прерванная жизнь откровенья лет,
сколько я ждала, а тебя всё нет.....
все мои стихи брошены в камин
кто-то мне сказал то что ты один
ветер безследно унёс в пустоту
но сердце твоё сжигает рассвет,
меня уже нет тебя уже нет
тебя со мной нет,
но сердце моё, сгорая молчит
что было прошло уже не болит, совсем не болит
звезды в небесах смазаны дождями,
я писала зря историю про нас
и в твоих глазах встречи полосами
кто тебе сказал, я одна сейчас
ветер бесследно унёс в пустоту
но сердце твоё сжигает рассвет,
меня уже нет тебя уже нет
тебя со мной нет,
но сердце моё, сгорая молчит
что было прошло уже не болит, совсем не болит
я ни чего не знала, я гнала мысли прочь
сколько я ждала, а тебя всё нет.....
все мои стихи брошены в камин
кто-то мне сказал то что ты один
ветер безследно унёс в пустоту
но сердце твоё сжигает рассвет,
меня уже нет тебя уже нет
тебя со мной нет,
но сердце моё, сгорая молчит
что было прошло уже не болит, совсем не болит
звезды в небесах смазаны дождями,
я писала зря историю про нас
и в твоих глазах встречи полосами
кто тебе сказал, я одна сейчас
ветер бесследно унёс в пустоту
но сердце твоё сжигает рассвет,
меня уже нет тебя уже нет
тебя со мной нет,
но сердце моё, сгорая молчит
что было прошло уже не болит, совсем не болит
я ни чего не знала, я гнала мысли прочь
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