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A bustiere (alternately bustier) is an article of clothing for women, which is form-fitting and is traditionally worn as lingerie. It looks somewhat like a Basque, but a bustiere is shorter. It reaches down only to the ribs or the waist and has a different function: its primary purpose is to push up the bust by tightening against the upper midriff and forcing the breasts to move up, while gently shaping the waist. Modern bustiers are often made with mesh panels rather than boning. The bustier is a multi-purpose garment and doubles as a push-up bra for inner wear and as a camisole for outer wear. The bustier can also be worn as a half-slip under diaphanous upper garments if a bold display of the midriff is not desired.

Nowadays, a woman might wear a bustier as an undergarment/push-up bra under a low-backed dress.
The bustier when worn very tightly can also be used in erotic asphyxiation during physically exertive sex, especially when used with plastic wrap and wadded

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The music video for the song “Nobody” by Korean pop group the Wonder Girls was named “Video of the Year” by a U.S.-based music website.

In an online poll for 80 videos conducted by Musiqtone.com until Sunday, the video for the English version of “Nobody” received 1,249,080 votes or 37 percent of the total to claim the top position.
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The runner-up, “Automatic” by German band Tokio Hotel, garnered 400,000 fewer votes for 24 percent of the total.

Musiqtone.com provides news and multimedia content about albums and music videos in the U.S. The Wonder Girls were one of the nominees for the website’s “Artist of the Month” last September.

Heavy voting by Korean netizens may be the reason “Nobody” shot to the top. The poll allowed individuals to vote up to 50 times a day.

The Wonder Girls made their U.S. debut last fall with the English version of “Nobody,” which became the first song ever by a Korean artist to enter the Billboard Hot 100 in October when it ranked 76th.

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Want to bond with a new group of people? You could cover all your clothing in glue, or, if you’re on a budget, you could just laugh with them. If you’ve ever been the only person in a group who didn’t get a joke, you probably already know that laughter is critically important to successful social interactions. Scientists have found that mutual laughter helps people feel at ease around each other, and laughing when others are laughing makes those others more likely to accept you into their group. If you have a extremely loud or a very annoying laugh and it is embarrassing to you to laugh, don’t worry: everyone has different laughs. Just try not to annoy others.

What’s more, research suggests that laughter really may be the best medicine; laughter provides a vigorous workout to tighten your tummy and strengthen your heart, and regular laughing may boost your immune system. Fortunately, just about everybody can laugh. Just in case you need some pointers, though, you’ve come to the right place.

steps

1
Think of something you find funny. Not surprisingly, the easiest way to laugh is to think of something that you personally find very amusing. It seems a no-brainer, but it can be useful for those occasions where everybody but you is laughing at a joke. Why would you want to laugh just because others are laughing? Laughing along with one or more people shows you how to have to amuse yourself.

2
Smile. If you do want to fake… er, create a laugh, start with a smile. Scientists have found that genuine laughter is almost accompanied by the contraction of about 15 facial muscles, most of which are the same you use when you smile. Remember to smile with your eyes as well as your mouth. Smiling not only is a part of the natural laugh reflex; it can actually put you in a better mood and make you more apt to laugh.

3
Laugh at the appropriate time. Genuine laughs almost always begin at the end of a phrase or sentence. That is, they do not interrupt spoken phrases, but rather punctuate speech when the speaker would normally pause to breathe or start a new thought. You have probably noticed that stand-up comedians, for instance, pause at certain times during or after their jokes. These are spaces for laughter, and if a comedian had the lung capacity and the audacity to deliver a two-minute monologue without ever pausing, it’s quite possible no one would laugh, regardless of how funny the routine was.

4
Match your vowels. A typical laugh consists of short vocalizations, each with the same vowel sound. So, for example, “ha ha ha” will sound like a normal laugh, as will “bo ho ho,” but “ha ho ha” just sounds weird. And kind of scary.

5
Time your vocalizations. Research shows that the individual vocalizations that make up a “natural” laugh are about 210 milliseconds apart. The precision of that statistic is useless, because it varies around four per second, and comedians have made fun of limits in the machine gun tempo.

6
Feel it in your belly. You’ve got your timing and vowels right, but if you just say “ha ha ha” people are liable to think that you are either stuttering or mocking them. If this is not your desired effect, remember that sustained or frequent laughter is a proven way to strengthen and tone your abdominal muscles. The reason, of course, is that a good laugh uses those muscles to rather forcefully expel short bursts of air. Practice this by doing your best belly laugh—it doesn’t necessarily need to be loud—for one minute. You will feel the burn. You may want to be seated if you try this, however, as laughter is characterized by irregular breathing and is actually similar to gasping for air.

7
Taper your laugh. The typical laugh starts relatively loud and then tapers gradually off. While this isn’t always the case, laughs that increase in volume or that stop abruptly are generally suspicious. And remember, laughing is showing people that you’re happy. So, have fun with it and don’t worry about what people think of your laugh. Everyone has their own unique laugh, and everyone will love to hear yours!

warnings

* While scientists believe that laughter has a whole host of health benefits, it’s not recommended for some people, such as those who have recently had certain surgeries or those with certain medical conditions. Sometimes people laugh at sneezes or hiccups; however after surgery either can causes severe groans; which may seem funny to the innocent bystander but not to the one groaning: ” `Hic’ , awnh-aaaawnh-aah-awh!”.
* Always follow the advice of your medical professional, and if you ever experience pain or discomfort while laughing, especially if the discomfort persists after you have stopped laughing, consult your doctor immediately.
* As is the case with other forms of body language, it’s difficult to fake laughter, and if you’re unconvincing, people may suspect there’s something phony about you.
* Too much “laughter” may cause people to believe that you have serious mental problems.

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Amazon is putting out a new Firefox add-on called AmazonAssist that lets people doing web searches to find related products on the Amazon.com website at the same time. Once installed, AmazonAssist shows up in a panel at the bottom of the web browser window, and presents Amazon.com products that match a person’s search terms. Amazon is putting out this new search tool at at a time when Google and Microsoft Bing are beefing up their ecommerce profile with new shopping features.

According to Amazon, the AmazonAssist tool is “compatible with major search engines and shopping websites” and “pulls the latest pricing, review ratings, availability and other product information from Amazon.com in real time.” Here’s more from the FAQ page. One important note: AmazonAssist collects information from websites you visit “in order to improve your search experience.”

Amazon is rolling out the new tool at a time when Google and Microsoft are positioning themselves more and more like shopping portals. Google now offers merchants Google Product Search, Google Listing Ads, and Google Sitelinks, while Microsoft has the Bing Cashback program.

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James Cameron’s science-fiction sensation “Avatar” remained on top of the domestic box office for the seventh-straight weekend, pulling in $31.3 million to raise its total to $595.8 million.

Worldwide, “Avatar” has topped $2 billion, a record that surpasses the $1.84 billion of Cameron’s “Titanic,” which had been the No. 1 modern blockbuster.

“Avatar” also is about to pass the domestic record of $600.8 million held by “Titanic.”

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Hollywood.com are:

1. “Avatar,” Fox, $31,280,029, 3,074 locations, $10,176 average, $595,752,416, seven weeks.

2. “Edge of Darkness,” Warner Bros., $17,214,384, 3,066 locations, $5,615 average, $17,214,384, one week.

3. “When in Rome,” Disney, $12,350,041, 2,456 locations, $5,029 average, $12,350,041, one week.

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by the end of the 7th week, ‘Avatar’ had beat Titanic in over-seas and world gross.
8th weekend, sales dropped to second to Dear John – a ladies night movie for Superbowl Sunday!!!

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Apple unveiled the product that almost everyone in the publishing industry has been eagerly waiting for: the iPad.

The iPad is essentially a portable entertainment device for reading (books, blogs, magazines, newspapers), watching (tv shows, movies and videos), displaying (photos, recipes) and playing (casual games). The good news is that the iPad as a color screen with a touch screen interface similar to the iPhone/iPod Touch. It also has Wi-Fi capabilities, which makes it easy to download new content and applications.

One thing the iPad does that the Kindle and other e-readers can’t match (yet) is that it presents pages in color, which opens up all kinds of possibilities, especially for magazines, graphic novels and yes, manga. So I put a call out to some manga publishers and creators for their take on the iPad and how it may affect their plans for digital publishing. Here’s what they had to say.

VIZ MEDIA

Gonzalo Ferreyra”Here at VIZ we’re all buzzing with excitement about the iPad, both because many of us want to get our hands on one but also because of the tremendous possibilities it opens up for digital publishing of illustrated books. It appears that the long-standing challenges posed by questions of resolution, sizing, and color have disappeared. This certainly appears to be the device that will allow users to carry a library of manga around with them everywhere.”

“That said, as for our plans, keep in mind that given our relationship to Japanese licensors any strategy we develop must by definition be global… this poses additional challenges that need to be fully addressed before we can think of actively participating in what is, no doubt, an extremely cool new technology.”

– Gonzalo Ferreyra, Vice President, Sales & Marketing

To provide some context for what Ferreyra is saying, most manga publishers (VIZ included) have licensing deals with Japanese publishers to publish certain series (e.g. Naruto) and make them available to only certain countries. The amount that they pay to the Japanese publishers/licensors is based on the exclusive rights to publish the stories within certain countries (which explains why even the online version of Rin-Ne is blocked to certain IP addresses/countries). So if iPad versions of certain titles were made available through Apple’s iBooks store, how would this issue of country-specific licensing rights be handled?

DIGITAL MANGA PUBLISHING

Michelle Mauk”Digital Manga Publishing strives to push the barriers of transmission of manga, whether it be in book format, in eReader format (as evidenced by the eManga reader), and in digital format (on the Kindle and through the uClick and Kindle apps).”

“We’ll ride the wave accordingly. The digital market is still emerging and fluctuating, so we’re kind of along for the ride to see where it will go and in which direction. In terms of our publishing projects, considering we have already been working on acquiring digital rights for titles to put on eManga, the Kindle and iPhone, it won’t really change the publishing projects or plans we’ve already been working on, but will definitely add a further platform to introduce a lot of titles that maybe the average reader wouldn’t have normally considered.”

“The iPad is obviously going to be a boon for full color projects-which could always be a potential direction in the future. It does hold high promise for future incarnations of what we’ll see in the e-book market, and it’s definitely going to be a push to get a lot of publishers thinking beyond the regular piece of paper-and seeing books and the future of books, in a whole new light. That’s where we think the iPad is most exciting-it’s in the possibilities of how we’re going to see books presented beyond the physical form.”

– Michelle Mauk, Slave to the Digital Revolution (a.k.a. Graphics and Marketing Manager)

TOKYOPOP

Tokyopop logo “The potential of the iPad is huge. We feel the comic-reading experience is going to be truly awesome.”

– Marco Pavia, Associate Publisher

YAOI PRESS

Yamila Abraham”I’m not as hopeful about the iPad as I was this morning. The iTunes store just rejected Zesty, our tamest graphic novel, without citing a reason. We thought this could be a bright spot for us akin to our sales on Amazon Kindle, but we’re very discouraged right now.”
-Yamila Abraham, Publisher

Abraham’s comment brings up a disturbing predicament — with Apple controlling the iBooks marketplace, will they opt to not sell ‘adult’ material through their iBooks storefront? Kindle versions of Yaoi Press manga and novels are bestsellers on Amazon’s manga list — but with iBooks possibly opting to not carry boys love and adult manga titles, what does this mean for publishers of adult titles?

While you ponder that thought, here are a few comments from some online comics creators. First, Maximo Lorenzo, creator of OHKO: One Hit Knock-Out, a recent winner in the Zuda online comics competition and Bombos vs. Everything, published by TokyoPop.

“If comic publishers don’t take advantage of the possibilities for anthology magazines and subscriptions on the iPad, I’ll gnash my teeth in frustration. People have had such a hard time with launching new comics magazines because of our magazine distribution system here in the US.”

One Hit Knock Out”What’s so great about an iPad anthology magazine? A reader could pay 24-30 bucks yearly for their favorite comics series and get to sample 12-20 more series with it. This gives readers a chance to try new things and give new series a chance. It’ll also drive competition between creators within an anthology that should inspire creators to work harder, while lesser known artists’ work will share an audience with the more popular series. Readers will be able to vote for their favorite series, so publishers can see what works without the expense of shipping and the burden of returns of unsold books.”

“An iPad comics anthology magazine also offers opportunities to offer downloadable extras to subscribers. Readers can download character bios, bonus minigames, creator blogs, wall papers for the iPad, exclusive trailers as well as download the latest chapter right away, anywhere, anytime. While it’s no replacement for a printed paper magazine, it can provide an opportunity for new talent to show their stuff before committing to a print version. So I see this as a huge benefit to creators. The only thing I really DON’T want to see is animated/SFX motion comics. It works against the medium, please don’t do that.”

– Maximo Lorenzo, creator of One Hit Knockout and Bombos vs. Everything

(NOTE: Given that Flash is not supported in this version of iPad, the prospect of animated/motion comics as a part of an iPad manga publishing launch seems unlikely at this time)

Meanwhile, Scott Yoshinaga, one of the co-creators of webcomic Nemu-Nemu, and an unabashed Apple enthusiast had this to say:

Nemu Nemu 3″If you read the blogs of anyone that actually had hands on with the iPad yesterday, you know how each had their own opinions of the device before the hands on. It’s what they said or wrote after the hands on that really caught my attention. Almost all of them said it’s something you have to touch and experience to really understand. They also mentioned how fast it was!”

“Whether you know it or not, the iPad is preparing you for the future of computing. The iPhone and iPad do something that I didn’t even notice at first. It obscures the entire file system from you. The user experience is so well thought out that you don’t even bother to worry about where your files are stored, unlike in a regular computer. We spend less time worrying about files and more time using the device.”

– Scott Yoshinaga, co-creator of Nemu-Nemu

Given that I haven’t actually got my paws on an iPad yet, I figure it’s best to leave the commentary about its advantages / disadvantages to the pros. For example, author and user experience designer Luke Wroblewski summed things up very succinctly in his blog. Here are a few choice excerpts that might be of interest to manga publishers and creators:

“The iPad is not a laptop nor is it a smart phone. It is a couch device, a bedroom device (don’t read that the wrong way), and a kitchen device (swivel it to cook from a recipe you find online). In all these places, a laptop always felt wrong. The iPad is optimized for media consumption: surfing the Web, reading blogs/news/books, watching TV shows, playing casual games, listening to music, managing personal productivity (calendar, contacts) and looking at photos. Expecting it to provide the creation capabilities of a laptop is the wrong frame of reference.”

“Instead, think of it a digital version of your leisure time activities – reading, chatting, light gaming, surfing, etc. The majority of these are consumption oriented – not creation oriented.”

Wroblewski also goes on to point out that having three separate stores for applications (App Store), music and video (iTunes) and books (iBooks) has potential for some confusion for consumers.

“The creation of a third store for media, iBooks, creates some confusion between the App Store, the iTunes Store, and iBooks. Where does one go for what? Are audio books in the iTunes store or in iBooks? Does the Amazon Kindle application go in the App Store or in iBooks? Will my iBooks show up in iTunes or the iPod on the iPhone and the iPad?”

Wroblewski also points out that the lack of support for Flash in the initial release of the iPad will present problems for readers who are used to the full-multimedia experience they enjoy when they surf the web through their computers. He also hints at some of the reasons why Flash isn’t supported by the iPad at this time.

“Not supporting Flash leaves many holes on Web pages where videos and interactive elements currently exist. That could create a sub-par Web surfing experience. But hopefully this is something a software upgrade could fix? But there are both technical and political issues at play here.

With a starting price of $499, the iPad is not as expensive as prognosticators had originally thought (most guesstimated that the iPad might be in the $1,000 range). But given that the baseline model has only 16 GB of memory and Wi-Fi without 3G network capability – most hardcore users will opt for more amped-up versions which will cost upwards to $829.00. So early adopters, get ready to open your wallets and wince a little.

There are more round-ups of commentary from across the comics industry – all are worth checking out:

* Yotsuba and the iPad Publishers Weekly – The Beat
Heidi McDonald asks, “The iPad is here, now what?”
* Newsarama
Vaneta Rogers gets comments from a variety of mainly print comics publishers and creators.
* Paperless Comics
Brigid Alverson sums up some reaction from the webcomics community

But for otaku, perhaps the best bottom line of the pluses and minuses came from Yotsuba (as appropriated by the funny folks at Japanator.com.) Check out the strip and get a giggle at this slightly NSFW gag.

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How to Forgive, Forget and Let Go
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By Sandra Ray
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Forgive, Forget and Let Go

Forgiveness is one of those concepts that most people have difficulty grasping. While we all have a mental image of what forgiveness “should” look like when others forgive us, knowing how to forgive ourselves or someone else isn’t as easy to understand.

When someone else causes us emotional harm, whether unintentional or intentional, learning to let go of this pain can be one of the most difficult transitions we go through. Social workers in the prison system work with families on the process of forgiveness to help ease the transition between incarceration and life on the outside. Similar to restorative justice programs which involve the victim of a crime and the offender, these prison programs seek to develop an understanding of the offenders act(s) and come to terms with the eventual return to society.

The families involved tend to view forgiveness as an admission that the past is completely forgotten and life can return to normal as if nothing happened. As you can imagine, this effort at denying the behavior has a negative effect.

Carrying emotional pain, anger, anxiety, and other distressing thoughts about a situation or someone often is easier for us than beginning the forgiveness process. Cognitive-behavioral therapists often stress positive thoughts since it can be easier to invest more time in negative thoughts and redirect energy toward positive change. The more we concentrate our emotional energy on carrying a grudge and not forgiving someone, the more likely we are to become anxious, depressed and negative about the general situation.

Since it is often easy to think of forgiveness in terms of forgetting, we need to examine how we forget. Human memory does not work like computer memory. There is no way to reformat the past. Instead, we look at situations through different lenses. Psychologists often refer to these lenses as perspective. Reality of our situation is how we view it at the time that the impression or memory was formed.

Forgetting a past hurt refers to relearning the circumstances surround the situation, reprocess it through a fresh perspective, and move toward forgiveness. When we look at the outcome of what happened, we can either become bitter and angry or view the end result as an opportunity for personal growth and change.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging
Instructions
Things You’ll Need:

* Motivation for new change
* Willingness to process painful emotions and find a new conclusion
* A neutral third party–a therapist, counselor, or empathetic friend–to evaluate whether or not the process is constructive
* Time–forgiveness is a process

1.
Step 1

The first and most important step is allowing yourself permission to forgive. When we focus more on the consequences of not forgiving ourselves, we shift the focus to ourselves and how we can move beyond the past hurt and blame. The situation becomes less about the person who wronged you and more about how you are able to heal and develop a sense of peace.
2.
Step 2

Forgiving someone else first involves recognizing that forgiving is not giving that person absolution for a previous wrong. Forgiveness is often confused with absolution since the terms are used almost interchangeably in most religions. What if the person who wronged you is not living? What if the person is someone who caused you extreme embarrassement during school 20 or 30 years ago? These people are not available to you to discuss the situation, nor do they have to be. Letting go of emotional pain does not mean that nothing happened; it means that you no longer want to be controlled by it.
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Step 3

Recognize that forgiveness is not denial. Whatever caused the pain was a real incident. Denying that it happened and calling it forgiveness means that it is too painful to work through the emotions. There is no timeline on forgiveness. Some steps take longer to get through, and it is acceptable to work through some of it and set it aside for a period of time. Part of forgiveness is understanding that whether or not someone takes responsibility for it (and may even demonstrate remorse), does not control whether or not you intend to continue investing emotional pain and distress each time you revisit what happened.
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Step 4

Understand that not everyone who forgives reconciles with the person who caused the pain. There are relationships that are toxic and even physically dangerous. While it is possible to forgive the past and move beyond it, it may also mean that the person who was involved no longer can play an active role in your life. If a person or situation is not safe, it may be best not to reconcile the relationship and then work on forgiveness at a time when you are emotionally healthy and physically safe.
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Step 5

Make a conscious decision to forgive someone. Even if they never apologize for what happened, determine within yourself that it is fine to proceed without this apology. Apologies should not be about permission to us to forgive someone. Apologies should be offered as an effort of true remorse and acknowledgement that taking personal responsibility for the situation is important. Even without that apology, make up your mind to forgive, forget, and eventually let go.

Tips & Warnings

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It is possible to forgive and still hold others accountable for their actions.
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Find a support group if you need one. Places to look include churches, non-profit organizations and even employee assistance programs.
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Not everyone who apologizes is remorseful. Even if someone apologizes, they may only be “going through the motions” in an effort to manipulate you.
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Don’t feel pressured to forgive before you are ready. Everyone sets their own timeline when it comes to healing from an old wound.

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Obsidian is the name given to several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes.
Beast Machines
Obsidian Vehicon
Sub-group Basic Vehicle
Function Aerial Combat
Rank 6
Motto “Megatron is Cybertron. To defend one is to defend the other.”
“Walking is for suckers.” (Beast Wars Returns)
Alternate Modes Cybertronian Tiltrotor (Resembling a V-22 Osprey)
Series Beast Machines
English voice actor Paul Dobson

Oddly Obsidian’s tech specs have little or nothing to do with the character as seen on the show, instead being described as a simple drone-general attaché.

His biography indicates that he provide air support for Vehicon Tank-Drones, but oddly portrayed him as made to be a fairly mindless air-attack unit by Megatron, which contradicted his show history as a Cybertronian General.

The appearance of Obsidian is based on concept art provided to Hasbro by Draxhall Jump.
[edit] Animated series

Obsidian is a legendary Cybertronian General who scored countless victories alongside his consort Strika. According to the Maximals in the episode “Sparkwar” they fought a thousand wars and won them all. The two were captured by Megatron, along with the entire population of Cybertron, who then eventually placed their sparks in Vehicon bodies. Obsidian became a helicopter, leading the aerial forces in place of the fallen Jetstorm.

They first appeared in the episode “Sparkwar Part 1″, where they immediately made an impact. Pretending to be dim and fairly weak, a’la Tankor, the two lured the Maximals into a trap, cutting off their every option with countless numbers of new Vehicon Drones. Cornering them underground, the Maximals only escaped due to Botanica’s intervention.

Unlike the previous generation of Vehicon generals (Tankor, Jetstorm and Thrust), both Obsidian and Strika weren’t given alternate personalities. They remained who they had always been. However, their prime directive was the protection of Cybertron, and they had been programmed to perceive Megatron and Cybertron as one and the same. To defend one was to defend the other. Unlike the previous Generals, Obsidian was willing to take the responsibilities of his own failures, making him perhaps the most honest of the Vehicon Generals. Obsidian and Strika were the first vehicons to address Megatron as “Lord Megatron”

Obsidian proved himself to be a tactical genius on the battlefield, given his past history as a supreme general. Despite his military brilliance, he was at a loss when without a certain directive. When Megatron was seemingly destroyed, he and Strika joined the Maximals, since their options had become limited. This alliance would turn out brief though, for when Megatron returned in the body of a Diagnostic Drone, Obsidian and Strika immediately return to his side.

In the final battle with the Maximals, Obsidian and Strika were tricked into standing on an antigravity unit by Cheetor, who launched the pair into space, where neither were affected by the reformatting of Cybertron.

According to an F.A.Q. on Bob Skir’s web site there was a scene with Obsidian and Strika cut from the final episode. “Obsidian and Strika had a MAGNIFICENT scene in which they return to Cybertron and decline an offer to be reformatted themselves (partly because they feel unworthy because of their role helping Megatron, and party because I wanted them to remain “pure” when I brought them back in the next series… which (as of this writing) I haven’t been invited onto yet. Sadly, their finale got cut for time.”
[edit] Fun Publications

Obsidian and Strika appeared together in the story Wreckers: Finale Part 2 by the Transformers Collectors Club in 2007. During the invasion of Cybertron the Quintessons believed the orbital defenses were deactivated, but thanks to Obsidian and Strika, some of them were brought back online and used against a Quintesson ship.
Toys

* Beast Machines Basic Obsidian (2000)

Although the Hasbro toy of Obsidian wasn’t colored like the character in the animated series, when released in Japan’s Beast Wars Returns toy line it was recolored to match the show.
The Transformers: Universe character of Rotorbolt was a redeco of Obsidian as a Predacon, but although prototypes of this figure was made, it was never released.

Transformers: Robots in Disguise
Obsidian RiD Obsidian.JPG
RiD Obsidian Toy
Decepticon
Sub-group Basic Vehicles
Function Helicopter
Alternate Modes Cybertronian Tiltrotor
Series Transformers: Robots in Disguise

Due to the RiD universe not being remotely connected to the original series, Beast War and Beast Machines universe, and the fact that this Obsidian did not appear in the TV show or in any other fiction, nor did he receive any sort of biography from Hasbro; it can only be presumed that he was a completely different character.
Toys

* Robots in Disguise Obsidian (2002)

A redeco of the original Beast Machines toy of the same name, a character called Obsidian was released as a Decepticon in the RiD toyline.

Transformers: Universe
Obsidian Decepticon
Sub-group Basic Vehicles
Function Aerial Combat
Rank 9
Partner Tankor
Motto “Control the air and you control the battle. Control the mind, you control the war.”
Alternate Modes Cybertronian Tiltrotor
Series Transformers: Universe
Tankor and Obsidian bring Blackarachnia to Tarantulas in the Transformers: Universe comics.

Once again a Decepticon, he is released with Tankor. However, this was an alternate universe version rather than the actually Obsidian from Beast Machines.

His bio indicated he that similar to the real Obsidian, had previously been a great general, captured and turned into a Vehicon by Megatron. Unlike the Obsidian from Beast Machines however, this Obsidian secretly plotted to overthrow his master. Lacking Strika in this universe and recognizing his own shortcomings, he teamed up with Tankor, who had not regained his Rhinox memories. Together they overthrew Megatron, taking control of Cybertron for themselves. Recognizing his leadership abilities, Unicron plucked him (along with Tankor) from his universe and made him one of his troops.
Obsidian and Strika appear in a flashback in the Cybertron comics.
3H Enterprises

In the comics, he said that he was from the reality where Unicron conquered Cybertron.

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Ryan “Nigahiga” Higa and Sean “The Fluffy Bunny” Fujiyoshi

Background information
Born 6 June 1990 (1990-06-06) (age 19) (Ryan)[citation needed]
8 December 1990 (1990-12-08) (age 19) (Sean)[citation needed]
Hilo, Hawaii
Other name(s) Nigahiga
Nationality Asian-American[citation needed]
Internet activity
Web alias(es) nigahiga
Period active July 20, 2006–present
Host service(s) YouTube
Genre(s) Comedy
Notable work(s) “How to be” series
Advertisement spoofs series
“Movies in Minutes” series
“Skitzo” series
Ninja Melk
Ryan and Sean’s Not So Excellent Adventure
Official site nigahiga’s YouTube channel

Ryan Higa and Sean Fujiyoshi are Japanese-American comedians from Hilo, Hawaii. They are known for their YouTube comedy videos, which have been viewed over 250 million times.[1] Their YouTube channel nigahiga is currently the most subscribed of all time.[2]
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* 1 Background
o 1.1 Content
o 1.2 Popularity
* 2 Copyright Violations
* 3 Ryan and Sean’s Not So Excellent Adventure
* 4 References
* 5 External links

Background
Content

Ryan and Sean started posting YouTube videos of themselves lip synching to songs in mid 2006 while attending Waiakea High School.[3] They quickly expanded beyond songs, with a variety of other comedic pieces. The duo continued to gain popularity, releasing a series of “how-to” guides such as How to be Ninja, How to be Gangster, How to be Emo and How to be Nerd that became their most popular releases to date.

Recently, their video content has shifted towards spoofs of real commercial products and movies. Some spoofed products include the ShamWOOHOO! (after the ShamWow!), ChildrensBop, and Hook on Fonik along with The Portobello Mushroom Burger. Their Movies in Minutes videos summarize and spoof movies such as Harry Potter, Twilight, Transformers, Titanic, Saw and New Moon.

Occasional guest appearances are made by Tim Enos (who plays the role of Helga Fawntanilla), Ryan Villaruel, Kyle Chun, Mason Turner and Tarynn Nago (Ryan’s girlfriend), collectively known as the “Yabo Crew”.[4]
Popularity

Ryan and Sean’s YouTube channel, nigahiga, was created on July 20, 2006. By July 2008 it had over 300,000 subscribers, making it one of the site’s most subscribed channels.[5] By November 2008, their videos had been viewed over 150 million times.[6]

On May 10, 2009, Nigahiga passed the one million subscriber mark and ranked as YouTube’s second most subscribed channel, just short of Fred’s 1.2 million subscribers. On August 20, 2009, Ryan and Sean overtook Fred to become the most subscribed YouTube channel of all time.[7]
Copyright Violations
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On Christmas Eve of 2008, Ryan and Sean’s two most popular videos, How to be Gangster and How to be Emo, were removed due to copyright violations.[8] On January 21, 2009, nigahiga’s account was temporarily suspended and was told to remove more copyrighted videos. Because of this, nigahiga’s lip synching videos were all removed (with the exception of You’re Beautiful, which was audio swapped[9]), and so were most of his videos that include copyrighted music. As of now, all the music that is being played in nigahiga’s videos is music Ryan composed himself. How to be Gangster and How to be Emo were put back on nigahiga’s channel in late August 2009, only to be removed a few days later, along with How to be Ninja. Ryan and Sean used to have over 90 videos, but due to copyright incidents, their video number has dropped down currently to 51.[10]
Ryan and Sean’s Not So Excellent Adventure
In 2008, Los Angeles producer Derek Zemrak offered to help them create their first feature-length film. The resulting film, Ryan and Sean’s Not So Excellent Adventure, was directed by Richard Van Vleet and released on November 14, 2008.[11][12] It was shown in sold out theaters in Hawaii and California.[6] The DVD was released on July 14, 2009 in the USA.

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WILL tablet computers save the newspaper industry?

Apple is expected to release its highly anticipated tablet computer, dubbed iTablet or iSlate by some, later this month.

Like every Apple product, it will most likely look cool and people will line up for days to buy it, but the big question on my mind is: Will the device, and others like it, have the power to revive a rapidly decaying newspaper and publishing industry?

It is no secret the newspaper industry, as a whole, took a huge hit in 2009. Most were forced to lay off staff and others shut their doors. Besides a massive recession, publishers were having trouble adapting traditional page layouts, with their power to draw readers in and give them something they weren’t looking for, to the Internet. Even some of the best designed papers in the world had home pages that featured small photos, small headlines and even smaller text on their home pages.

Some newer media sites have recently popped up on the web, giving us a glimpse of what publishing 2.0 may look like. Flypmedia.com is one site that I love, as it combines written words with audio, video and interactive information graphics in a format similar to a magazine that you can “flyp” through.

Another exciting site is Vook.com.

Vook combines the traditional written word with videos for each chapter. The company offers two versions, an online platform and a mobile version available on Apple iTunes store. I downloaded a recent bestseller and was amazed at how easy it was to read on my iPod Touch and loved the bonus video content. The best part was, instead of $25 at the bookstore, it was only $6.99, which made it an instant impulse buy.

Now enters Apple’s new tablet computer. Since company officials are masters at keeping everything secret until their products are released, little is actually known for sure about the device.

Some of the bigger tech sources on the web suggest that it will have about a 25-centimetre screen and a touch interface similar to the wildly popular iPhone/iPod Touch. It will also have book reader abilities like Kindle, but with all the photography, graphics and multimedia the web can provide.

If you’re in the publishing business, you have to think this is going to be a game changer — the prospect of your readers once again sitting back and flipping through your nicely designed page with large photos and video, plus the ability to interact with your readers in new ways.

An added bonus: the high costs of printing and distribution will be reduced to almost zero.

Newspapers that were struggling to make money with their online product will now be able to harness the power of Apple’s iTunes store and sell monthly subscriptions there. It also allows papers to reach readers outside each business’s traditional boundaries of provinces and state lines.

If your content is good, people will buy it.

JEFF HARPER

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