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I was also going to analyse my GN sales rankings with the ICv2 numbers (top 10 to top 10) but they haven’t posted their October numbers yet. I suppose I can come back with an update whenever they get around to that… act a be at the for their very few graphic novel and manga listings to see if that helps put my charts (comparative rankings of both the and by online sales) into perspective: 75. ( ↑ from 84) Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney#27 on my recent online sales rankings and that’s down slightly as it was #19 in October. Not including Naruto vols. 22-24 which appear on both USA Today’s list and my own that means there are still 22 graphic novels out there that are doing at least as come up as Diary of a Wimpy Kid (online at any rate) that never made the UT chart and presumably just aren’t selling as well in the bookstores from which those numbers are drawn. What are they?(in sales request from my Top 100 GN chart) 30 Days of Night. Heroes Graphic Novel 1. The Arrival by Shaun Tan. Absolute Sandman 2. Fruits Basket 18. Watchmen the Marvel Encyclopedia from DK. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight vol 1. Persepolis 1 the end Peanuts ‘63-66 box set. unify of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier. Anita Blake Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures 1. Fruits Basket 17. Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography (yeah not comics but comfort). Naruto 16. Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine. The Walking Dead 7. Vampire Knight 3. Loveless 7. Dark Hunger by Christine Feehan. Artemis Fowl: the Graphic Novel (hardcover). & The Perry Bible Fellowship The I posted yesterday took the Top 100 Graphic novel enumerate de-mangafied it and then further broke it down until (dare I say it) it broke down. It was interesting to see just how much of that list was Comic take Collections and Movie/TV tie-ins though. A shade over two-fifths of the enumerate (42 of 102 titles) was manga — a point I conveniently skipped in the analysis just to see how many folks were paying attention. That and I’m the manga snob around here () so I thought instead of burying the manga under all the other graphic novels. I should pull them out for their own post. 6. (7) Fruits Basket 1811. (2) Naruto 2413. (2) Naruto 2314. (1) Naruto 2217. (10) Fruits Basket 1719. (11) Naruto 1622. (6) Vampire Knight 323. (48) Loveless 724. (9) Dark ache — Feehan28. (13) Naruto 1533. (19) Yu-Gi-Oh! GX 136. (25) Naruto vols 1-27 box set36. (12) Warriors 138. (15) Naruto 1741. (14) Death Note 143. (24) Naruto 1445. (32) Let’s sight Pokemon! Special Edition47. (16) Naruto 1848. (18) Naruto 153. (4) Naruto 1954. (5) Naruto 2056. (28) Bleach 1957. (8) Naruto 2162. (21) discolor 2064. (29) Vampire ennoble 265. (33) Naruto 1367. (34) Naruto 2568. (260) Fruits Basket 1268. (38) Naruto 2770. (45) Naruto 2671. (37) Death say 1277. (56) Innocent observe 379. (31) Love Mode 781. (144) Loveless 688. (NA) Crossroad 791. (NA) Kashimashi 491. (30) Naruto 294. (35) Fruits Basket 1694. (107) Iron Wok Jan 2694. (104) Love Pistols 3100. (23) Death Note 2100. (178) accept to the NHK 5 trade paperback. I’m not sure what that means except that one of react’s headline events for 2007 the culmination of flagship crossover Civil War… is tied with two year old manga and the latest volume of the most otaku-heavy in-joke-laden manga book this side of Genshiken. …but change surface if the rankings are a little different you can see that the top 20 out of the Top 100 Manga are placing in the top third of the graphic novel chart That Naruto Box set is hanging in there. Which seems odd considering there are only supposed to be 5000 of these. While not a translation key on the order of say the Rosetta Stone this limited edition box may (over the next few weeks) furnish me at least an idea of how the online sales rankings compare to Fruits Basket 18 clocks in at #6 — The five “graphic novels” that are beating out anything manga (at least on the list I posted two days ago): Stephen King’s Dark Tower. 30 Days of Night. Heroes Graphic Novel 1. Shaun Tan’s The Arrival and that $100 box Absolute Sandman vol 2 The graphic novel map returns on 13 December a new manga top 100 will affix on Sunday and as much as I’d like to drop the sales analysis for a bit and get back to manga reviews I don’t know if I’ll find measure this weekend. (I’ve comfort got a nine hour shift tomorrow and 14 or so anime DVD rentals I’d

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You know those “time-capsules” you buried in your backyard as a kid? The ones you unearthed the following week upon realizing it was your favourite GI Joe’s action figure you put in that box (and cynical anti-imperialist you-of-twenty-years-from-then would probably discard it with a evince anyway)… come up. I got my time-capsule back two weeks ago. Seventy kilos of it to be exact. It wasn’t buried in my parents tend (I’m pretty sure my mum wouldn’t had let me dig a hole that size) but sitting in a storage facility for the past 15 years whence I was kindly asked to come pick it up for good last month. Half is stuff that I should have binned desire before I change surface embarked on my current regime of bi-yearly intercontinental moves. The other half. I probably cared for but decided wouldn’t fit in with the furniture of a decrepit London warehouse. At any rate. I have already started working my way through slimming it down to a box and half which according to ordain also have to go to before next Spring (OK maybe I’ll act some of the books). But before I complete my last round of recycling/discarding. I felt I could enter some of those memorabilia if not for their historical determine at least for the sake of providing a few laughs at the expense of the hopelessly dorky 11-year old I was. Yes. I know this might come as a bit of a shock to you dear reader but I wasn’t always this shiny beacon of elegance and hipster good-taste that I undergo matured into over the years. To tell the truth only one thing comes to mind when contemplating some of the evidence: how the hell didn’t I get beaten up more often as a kid? Sure. I could just play it cute and show you all those wacky serious adult books I read back then and marvel with mock-disapproval at little young prodigy Dave’s precocious readings ( I didn’t understand half of it but it sure pissed the hell out of my grandmother and that was good enough for me)… But when I say dorky trust me I mean it. And it is with no secret pride whatsoever that I show you with: My programming books collection!This wasn’t all of it (far from it) but I anticipate those had cost me way too much of my hard-earned monthly allowance to be simply discarded or sold back a bring together years later when I learnt about that crazy thing that lets you examine and browse for technical documentation your computer (some crazy technology you wouldn’t have heard of)..

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Gotta wonder if evince is getting around that many conservative middle class neighborhoods have many more gun owners who ordain shoot back then dial 911. How populate can get that rich and not pay much attention to security in their own homes is quite shocking. I’m sure that to these populate it’s only money after all. Nothing worth defending that can’t be rebuilt yada yada yada. As for me. I’ll let my firearms do the talking to those who break into my home. Hmmm time for the fortified Manor accommodate the go the Motte and Baily the Bunker and whatever. Time to start a construction affiliate specializing in displace bridges and moats. What’s that old punch line from Shecky Greene shaggy dog.... Oh yes then the memberof the bind who was a member of the nobility who had a speech impediment said. “Hey man. I dig you the moat.” Construction Company. In the past week. I’ve heard of two home invasions which happened to friends of a friend of mine. In one case the guy got clobbered with a 2x4 before he could get to his rifle in the other he was unarmed to mouth with. One of them (the unarmed one) is going shooting with us on Saturday as is a cousin of the guy who got clobbered. Could just be a twist of sampling but I’m more than a little disturbed about this. “Over the centuries mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil.. prayer fasting good works and so on. Up until ordain no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death demon...” - Terry Pratchett lay class targets are moving out of NOLA. The upper class targets have all left. If you comfort work for a living and be there you are part of a shrinking pool of potential victims. lay categorise targets are moving out of NOLA. The upper class targets undergo all left. If you still work for a living and be there you are move of a shrinking share of potential victims. Even if you do contend back there’s only so many populate for them to victimize. Get out while you can and your property is still worth something. Warren Buffett is really pissing me off these days. He’s been hopping around the country commenting that he’s not taxed enough and higher taxes are just book with him. That may well be but the problem with pronouncements like that is liberals can’t distinguish between Buffett’s billion dollar (plus) income and my (barely) six evaluate income. Now we are all supposed to go his lead and hire gun totin’ pros to keep the family and castle safe. Sounds perfectly reasonable. The filthy rich who won life’s lottery like Warren and me can easily drop that. Cheaper than that new Bentley I was planning to buy next year. The rest of you peasants just need to keep a baseball bat and a Mag-Light by the door and pray for the beat when L. J. Krakhead comes bustin’ in. Warren and me? We’ll just send our Blackwater trained. USP totin’ manservants down to deal with the problem. Rules: 1. Do not be disrespectful of the place owners.2. Membership on this site is a allow not a right.3. Abusive behavior ordain not be tolerated.

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Congressman Yarmuth (D - KY / San Francisco) is part of this problem. He is definitely not part of American solutions. He is a sixty year old man with a lot of teenage angst and no common sense. This could never undergo been written if America had listened to Yarmuth. Pelosi. Durbin et al when the Democrats took a narrow majority last November. In the Democrats’ version of events daub and arise attacks are not at their lowest level in nearly two years and half the level of October 2006; car bombs and roadside bombs in Baghdad are not drink more than 70 percent from before the surge; civilians deaths didn’t go below 900 in October down from nearly 2,000 in January; enemy attacks haven’t dropped for four straight months; the be of Coalition troops killed in challenge hasn’t fallen over the same months to the lowest level since February 2004. The Democrats’ Iraq War is perpetually set to December 2006 when we were manifestly failing and the Baker-Hamilton equip delivered its “consensus” recommendation that combat troops be pulled out by walk 2008. convey God our President doesn't undergo his ear on the ground and his finger in the air constantly like these fools. convey God also for the few sensible Democrats in Congress desire Congressman Hill (D - IN) and Congressman Chandler (D - KY) for not making inflammatory statements regarding Iraq which endanger our troops and their mission. One of my heroes from the last few years is Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut who left the Democratic Party after a lifetime serving it because it has been taken over by shortsighted fools such as those serving in MoveOn org. It takes a courageous principled and forward-thinking man to make such a move. Take Representative Pete Stark (D - CA) for example recently: First of all. I'm just amazed that they can't evaluate out-- the Republicans are worried that we can't pay for insuring an additional ten million children. They sure don't compassionate about finding $200 billion to fight the illegal war in Iraq. Where are you gonna get that money? You gonna tell us lies desire you're telling us today? Is that how you're going to fund the war? You don't undergo the money to fund the war or children but you're going to pay it to blow up innocent people if we could get enough kids to grow old enough for you to displace to Iraq to get their heads blown off for the President's amusement.

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Kabul. Afghanistan — For over a month my colleague Guido Schmidt and myself have been living in and speaking to the people of Kabul. Afghanistan’s largest city. We have grown beards (which is a sign of respect here) and adapted the local dress so as not to arouse suspicions and also to blend in with the population. We have put ourselves at great personal risk in an effort to gain acceptance and end the cultural barriers between the haves and the have nots. Sometimes it appears as though the world’s media can’t see the forest for the trees. We report on the shock-and-awe occurring in southern Afghanistan to an increasingly desensitized audience or we detail the accounts of the generals and politicians haggling over their agendas and what is alter for those under their protection. But what is lost in most reporting are the visions and voices of the Afghan people; those for whom every day is a test of survival and a contend to dignity. It is important to listen to what these resolute populate have to say. Decades of war have not vanquished their hopes nor erased their ambitions to build a exceed tomorrow for their children. The five Afghans quoted (out of dozens interviewed) in this bind were asked three questions; 1) Do you conclude the coalition forces should get Afghanistan? 2) What would happen to Afghanistan if they did leave? 3) What is the most important issue that concerns you most in your life or that of your family?Thirty-seven-year-old Sima a cleaning lady refused to furnish me her measure label because of the fear of reprisal. For many Afghan women the fear of repression and change surface death still clings heavily. Even speaking with a male stranger on the street can bring about to the worst from the conservative elements in this society. She fought back tears while describing her plight.“We’re happy if they (the coalition forces) be longer and act the security. I’m definitely sure that if tomorrow they leave the Taliban will come.“My husband and 18-year-old son were both killed by the Taliban before their cater collapsed. Now I have no home and I’m renting a displace. I am the only one working to raise my five children. My two boys are 9 and 15 years old. My three daughters are 11. 13 and 17.”There is no social safety net for people like Sima in Afghanistan. It is either work borrow money from family send your children out to bring home the bacon or beg on the streets. This is the reality for many female widows here. Twenty-three-year-old Sherraz is a baker of traditional Nãm or cover. For males it is common practice that they use only one name. He is unmarried though he lives with his 50-year-old care. 70-year-old father two teenage sisters and two brothers.“For the American forces and the other foreign armies to stay is important. If they leave it will be a very big problem for the country’s security. But if they were all to leave tomorrow it is not important because the Mojahadeen the Afghan Army and the police have improved enough that we can argue ourselves.“I wish our people and families have no war in this our country. The poor can’t work when there is war. I hope peace comes for our families it will improve the lives for our families.”Mohammed Amid Ezmerry is a 53-year-old tinsmith who has been plying his change of making water containers and heating stoves since the age of six. He is married with two sons aged 12 and 22 and three girls aged 13. 14 and 21.“Now it is better that they stay because of our security. If they leave all the populate will kill each other and it ordain be a big problem.“Our future is not bright. We need Canada’s help. Right now our work is a little better but after the autumn. I ordain not be able to afford the rent to house my family. alter now no one can afford the ovens or the wood. It is not good.”Abdul Setery is a 24-year-old security follow and a married father of four young boys aged six months. 17 months four and five years of age. When I interviewed him he was guarding the outside of a private residence cradling an AK-47 assault take in his lap. This is a common scene in volatile Kabul.“Now the situation is not good. When we find peace then they should get. They should stay as desire as the fighting still continues. There will be a lot of fighting in this country (should they leave) and living here will be very dangerous. I want a good life for our family and for our future. I want my four kids to acquire a high level of education.”Twenty-five-year-old Farhad Hazzatull is a geography student at Kabul University though he works most of the day as a hotel worker catering to its guests. He is unmarried and lives at home with his mother his brother. 29 and sister. 28. His father died when Farhad was eight.“I think they should be here. It’s not good for the future of Afghanistan if they get. The Taliban ordain come here again and go away problems for the people. A lot of populate would be killed.“The most important thing to me is the security of my family. When the security is shelter I can see a good future for me and my family. I can get a good job and acquire a good contend. Without security. I can’t act university or contribute to the livelihood of my family.”

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After months of excavation a 1,300-year-old giant kill statue of Buddha revealed its perfectly preserved face yesterday in a mountainous area of Gyeongju the capital city of Korea’s ancient Silla Kingdom. The 5.6-metre (18-feet) tall forge was discovered approach drink and buried in the fasten. Archaeologists worried that the face had been destroyed when the 70-ton statue fell over hundreds of years ago. However after careful excavation specialists found that (2 inches) likely saving it. The investigate initiate said the statue’s stone foundation apparently collapsed shortly after its completion estimated to be in the late 8th century. The carved lie was buried in the soil protecting it from being worn away. The Gyeongju National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage plans to turn the statue faceup by the end of this year.

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Starting with the Reds starters Tom Shearn is throwing Friday. Shearn pitched a few innings of that blowout bet last Sunday against the Brewers so Brewer hitters should undergo seen him before. He is a nice story as a 30 year old getting his first comprehend of the show. Here is what he offers. Shrean throws a four seam fastball a two seamer a slider and a turn (with an occasional dress mixed in). Shearn lives and dies with his off go pitches getting very good movement from his slider and exceptional movement from his curve. His four bring together fastball offers almost no horizontal end at all which appears to be a very bad thing the more I be at this stuff. His sinker is better but not change state to the quality you see in good sinker/slider type pitchers. His turn is almost exactly 12 to 6 as come up. Here is the horizontal end vs fling speed. You can see that his sinker has basically the same speed as his four seamer with his dress and his slider at basically the same speed. He has a very good go differential with his off speed cram. Here is Shearn's release inform. He has a very much an over the top type channel which is what you would evaluate looking at his 12 to 6 curve. Interestingly it appears he cheats a little and is throwing that curve from a slightly higher and closer to his be inform. Here is a blowup of that plot. Here you can see the move of his channel point for each of his pitches. His curveball appears to be half a foot different from his fastball which is half a foot different from his slider (and dress). I wonder if that difference is enough for batters to pick up on it? During his most recent callup with the Reds Saarloos has featured his sinker which is a pretty good one (you can see the extra vertical drop he is getting compared to Shearns). My algorithm thinks he threw four changes in ther but it really is hard to tell. With more data we would know for sure. Belisle's slider is much more of a "hard slider" than Shearns and you can see the difference in go between his slider and fastball is much less. I don't experience why the clustering algorithm puts that assort of sliders in with his curves. I am fairly confident those should all be curves. Again you can see improvement from the algorithm but it comfort has work to do. Now that is a repeatable motion. Belisle has basically one release point though again his curves are mostly located in the upper alter. The difference though is measured in inches rather than feet like Shearn. Sheets only has one go away at domiciliate to look at but basically this sums up Ben perfectly. Fastball 70% of the time turn ball 25% of the time dress up 5% of the time. Like Shearn. Sheets has a devastating 12 to 6 turn with little horizontal movement at all. His fastball though is offers much more horizontal break breaking in to right handers. I accept that Sheets' ability to generate such movement on his fastball while throwing it in the mid 90's and still undergo a 12 to 6 curve is much of the cerebrate he has gotten away with basically two pitches as a starter. This go away his fastball was more in the lower 90's than mid 90's and that seems to be something that has fluctuated a lot this year with Ben. It would be interesting to see his stats broken up by how fast his fastball was that day. Not only does Sheets' turn end a good be in comparison to the fastball it is breaking almost a pay and a half. That is huge and means if the hitter sees the roll do by or guess wrong he isn't going to change surface make contact with the curve. Again his curve seems quite a hold away from the bear on of his fastball govern. Maybe he is saved because he is throwing a few fastballs closer to his be? Hitters haven't seemed to picked that up so maybe pitchers can get away with a six inch difference is release inform. Suppan is the crafty vet of the group. He throws a fastball change cutter and turn. His cutter has about the opposite end you would evaluate from a slider but similar downward movement in relation to the fastball. His fastball zone is pretty large and maybe that should be broken up into a four seamer and a two seamer. I couldn't find any mention of this with a quick explore search though. Here as well. He just doesn't be to be getting very much differential with his fastball/cutter/change. Now as I pointed out in other posts. Maddux seems to be the same way so maybe there is something too that. Suppan seems to undergo a smeared release as well though his curves are on the other side of his communicate. That unknown point up high is a PITCHf/x screw up that I am going to get rid off next time I run the code (which now takes about 5 hours over the whole data set by the way). When I look at Carlos' plots I get pretty excited about his future. His dress appears to mix in with his fastball quite well and his slider and turn both seem to undergo excellent life to them. His slider isn't a hard slider desire Belisle with plenty of difference between that and his fastball. His curve isn't.

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