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Houseki No Kuni
March 25, 2018
This is going to be a gem. Literally. Somebody had this bright shiny idea to take several gemstones and give them human personalities. Hence you get this anime Houseki No Kuni. Oh, you bet these characters made out of precious stones are going to be very precious and priceless. As a matter of fact they are. Because aliens from another world constantly invade their peaceful land and try to kidnap them to be brought back to their planet where they serve as decorations! Holy cow! It sounds as ridiculous as it is interesting. So these jewel people have to fight and stave off the invaders before they end up as someone's ornament. Is this the price to be paid for freedom? I guess this is even more valuable than all the gemstones you can find and collect.
Episode 1
Phosphophyllite AKA Phos is frolicking around when she is called by Master Kongou for a job. Meanwhile the Lunarians begin their attack as Morganite AKA Morga and Goshenite AKA Goshe intercept them. Kongou explains the enemy often come here to harvest them as jewellery as decoration on the moon. There are only 28 of them but the Lunarians are infinite. As many of them work in pairs and different jobs, there was none whom he could rely Phos on. Kongou goes down to the field to see Morga and Goshe defeated and their gems being harvested. One power voice shatters the enemies away. Phos is also shattered. Therefore he brushes off Phos' idea of wanting to join in battle since her hardness level is only 3 and the job she is most suited for is compiling their encyclopaedia. It is a job that requires creativity and intelligence. Phos is not happy about it but it is this honesty that Kongou has her for this job. Rutile the doctor puts the pieces back on them. As long as they have enough pieces, they won't lose memories as their bodies are home to microscopic organisms. Phos tries to get the duo to help her get out of this boring job. So Goshe suggests swapping places. In her rashness, Phos takes her sword but quickly tumbles. Thankfully she didn't break. They suggests asking Cinnabar if she wants to know more. However she has not met her before as she is always on night patrol. It seems that she is the only one who can see at night and unlike the rest of them, she doesn't need to feed off the sun. Also her silvery poison can destroy anything it touches. It seems like the perfect fighting machine but only 1 problem: Lunarians never invade at night. So a meaningless night patrol?
Phos decides to make Cinnabar her helper but she needs to find her first. She keeps looking until dusk and when she sees her, she is in the midst of fighting off Lunarians. Despite in a dilemma of not wanting to kill her surroundings, she continues fighting them to protect Phos. Phos tries to save her when she falls off the cliff but her hands break. Later Cinnabar reveals she is the weakest of the lot and has only a hardness level of 2. While getting fixed up by Rutile, she further explains to her how gifted Cinnabar is but because of this flaw, they are forced to put her in the night. At least in a way it gives meaning to her existence since all of them cannot die, they have to face these problems till they find an answer. Later Phos returns to that spot and Cinnabar isn't amused she hasn't learnt her lesson of how dangerous this area is. Phos hear her wish to be taken by the Lunarians. At least she will be of use as decoration. They never showed up until Phos did. Cinnabar helps a little in Phos' compilation as Phos vows to find something better for Cinnabar to do. So stop saying she wants to go to the moon. Later Cinnabar notices Phos has dropped her notebook. She sees her own hand mark on it when Phos tried to save her. It makes her emotional.
Episode 2
As narrated, a shooting star visited this world and fractured into 6 moons. All life forms fled to the sea or shores but those who were late sunk to the depths of the ocean. They were consumed by microorganisms and over time became gemstones before rising to the surface once more. Phos is now bugging Jade and Euclase for some ideas when Rutile interrupts to give an unwanted impact test on Jade to test her hardness. In tip top condition as always. Phos volunteers to have one but Rutile shoots her down. She knows she is one of the weakest. Bummer. To get her off her back, Jade tells Phos to find Diamond AKA Dia since she might have some new fighting moves. Indeed she goes to bug her as Phos plays out her sob story of being stuck in this job. But then the Lunarians arrive. Dia goes on the offensive. She looks impressive swinging back those arrows. However Phos feels something isn't right. What is that cracking sound? To her worst fears, it looks like Dia is cracking. Luckily Bort is here to save the day and easily destroy the enemy. Dia explains 10 is the maximum hardness level as all of them in the diamond class are. Dia might be tough but is fragile under impact. Unlike a monocrystal like her, Bort is some sort of microcrystal synthetic and no impact will shake her. Thus the hardest of them all and the one true diamond. A weak diamond is not a real diamond. Sometimes Dia has this thought if only Bort wasn't around…
Bort then angrily approaches Dia and rips off her arm! It makes that cracking sound. Bort is mad she told her not to fight because of her body condition and yet she did. Dia doesn't want to always be protected. Phos foolishly tries to vouch for Dia but Bort doesn't appreciate her antics. Calling her a nuisance, she is going to get rid of her when a new enemy appears. However it passes them and hovers across the school. Say, isn't Kongou in the midst of meditation now? A giant shell crashes near Jade and Euclase. Bort attacks the enemy and tells Dia to stay out. Because there is nothing she can do. Bort easily cuts down the enemy. Jade and Euclase leave Phos to research on this shell and of course she tries to weasel her way out of it but fails. Suddenly the shell springs to life and devours Phos. She feels hot and cannot move. As the others try to save her, it seems whatever touches this snail causes them the melt. Not even Bort can get close. They think this might be a new weapon sent from the moon. Bort tries to call out to Phos but she isn't answering. Phos is gradually melting and dissolving into nothing as she laments for someone to save her or else Cinnabar will never be free. Worry about yourself first than others, please.
Episode 3
Dia notices that the some parts of the shell has turned in Phos' colour. She believes Phos was trying to show the snail's weakness. She slides down to tear out its guts. In the aftermath, a little docile snail appears in its place. The rest go dive underwater where the shell has fallen to find traces of Phos but to no avail. Where has she gone to? Noticing how annoying this little snail is, could this be Phos?! They had to break Rutile's break to get help but eventually Dia can't leave it with her because she wants to dissect it! Dia begins to wonder if Phos' transformation was she took her advice literally about changing from within. Yeah, looks like it. Dia shows the new Phos to everyone but nobody really cares about turning her back. Maybe she is better this way? Dia also starts to wonder if she is better off like this because she will not have to worry and bother anyone anymore. Cinnabar does her night patrol and thinks Lunarians are here. But all that bright is just Dia as she has fallen asleep. Do diamonds shine this bright in darkness? Dia introduces Cinnabar to this snail and hopes she can find a way to turn Phos back. But like the others, she too believes she is better off like this. Dia remains positive (or perhaps she took it all the wrong way) thinking Cinnabar is in love with Phos or something. As Cinnabar explains the various snails around the land, it then dawned to Dia on a way to save Phos. Could it be that Phos has turned partly into the shell? So she runs back and gathers her comrades to pull the shell out of the water. Then for every piece of that coloured pieces they chip it out for Rutile to put them back together again. Voila! Phos is back! However she is not happy with the snail and tries to attack it! She is so comical that everyone laughs and believes the snail is smarter than her! Phos seems to be arguing with the snail while everyone else wonders who she is talking to.
Episode 4
Kongou finally wakes up from his
sleep meditation. Jade reports what happened but since Bort took care of it all, everything else is fine. At first I thought Phos was having so much time adlibbing the snail. Turns out she is the only one who can telepathically communicate with Ventricosus. Because of that, everyone thinks Phos is having a mental breakdown talking to herself. Even Rutile wants to tear Phos apart and rebuild her to regain her sanity! After Kongou learns about Ventricosus, Phos misinterprets what she says to him. Ventricosus wants to date this hunk but she translates that as wanting to be his slave! Kongou feels the need to maintain equal amiable relations and since Phos is the only one who can understand, she is made to look after it. Phos then asks about Cinnabar's pointless job. Kongou reveals that she was the one who suggested doing the night job. He is still finding a way to solve her problem. Ventricosus suggests coming with her back to her home in the sea as there is a creature that looks a lot like them and might offer hints. Hence Phos steals some powder from Rutile and Red Beryl (who needs it to finish her new uniform) so as to go underwater. She is caught in the act and Kongou forbids her to go there. She argues it is for the encyclopaedia but he tells her to finish the hills first. He has not gotten a single report from her since.
Ventricosus grows weaker seeing it needs food instead of sunlight to replenish itself. They talk about life and death and with her wish to see her home one last time, Phos decides to go against Kongou's warning and venture into the sea with Ventricosus. She then turns into her beautiful almost humanoid form. If this is The Little Mermaid's Ursula and how she looks like if she was hot? Well, almost. Ventricosus talks about the legends of her people. Once this world were inhabited by creatures called humans. Everything endured for 5 moons until the sixth one came. They took to the sea and split into soul, flesh and bones. What she meant was they split themselves into 3 species to survive. Ventricosus' people, the Admirabilis are said to have come from their flesh. The bones are said to have struck a deal with other life forms, gained longer lifespans and returned above water. The soul is said to have found 'new lands' and now they seek the flesh and bones to bring about a revival of humans. The soul could be what we know as Lunarians. Because the soul have no other enemies and lust for battles, it may speak volumes of what humans once were. If that is the case, the rest of them have changed for the better. After almost a day, they arrive at supposedly Ventricosus' home. Nothing. Barren. Tired Phos lies down to rest when Ventricosus apologizes she has someone important to her as Cinnabar is to Phos. Lunarians' arrows attack and shatter Phos. It seems Ventricosus has made a deal with them to offer Phos in exchange for her brother, Aculeatus.
Episode 5
A search party is held for Phos. They believe she went to the sea and true enough there are footsteps leading there. Phos is fished out by the Lunarians. Ventricosus is not happy they want her to lure more before they return her brother. When she refuses, they attack her. A large Pokemon-like creature pops up. The Lunarians attack it and in pain it attacks them and cause their entire ship to crash. It turns out to be Aculeatus as he turns into his humanoid form. Dark tentacle prince? He notes they must escape now as word of this would have reach the moon. He praises Ventricosus for using Phos to rescue her and pulled it off without handing her over. After hearing that, Phos can't feel mad at them. She agrees to be used as a negotiation tool in exchange Cinnabar is kept out of this. Kongou sees off this girls as they head into the sea. Cinnabar watching from afar is trying to convince herself she is not part of this. Then a weakened and repentant Phos washes up behind her. For some reason she doesn't tell the rest and drags her back to the school. Because of that the others are still out there looking for Phos. They tire easily as they are not used to underwater. As Rutile heads back to get more materials, she trips on Phos. Oh dear. Looks like everyone is trying to help put her back together and quick because they hear the thunderous steps of Kongou! Be fearful! Then they all go hide as Kongou's scolding is enough to shatter some bits. However he has her rest and will hear the rest of her report tomorrow. And with that report he calls off her encyclopaedia research. As Phos lie motionless, most of her parts are recovered except her legs. There is a couple of bones from the Lunarians' ship that was washed up with her. It is some sort of quartz called agate. Rutile is unsure to use this as her legs. She tries it out but Phos cannot still walk. A bit of bad news as Phos cannot remember some of her comrades like Jade. Don't take it too personally… As Phos struggles by herself, thoughts of Cinnabar flashes across her mind. Suddenly she stands up and vows she cannot be weak. Well what do you know? Now she can walk! Even better, run faster than Sonic!
Episode 6
Yellow Diamond and Zircon are being chased by the Lunarians. Zircon protects the former and shatters. Yellow takes her back to Rutile to be fixed as they talk about Zircon being the second youngest after Phos and Yellow as the oldest of the lot, they don't even know what they're fighting for anymore. Yellow notices Phos is gone and goes look for her. She finds her but is she running away from her? Actually, her legs are so fast she can't control where she wants to stop. Yellow challenges her to bump into her. This allows Yellow to catch her. Phos thinks her true potential has awakened and wants to join the battle. I believe everyone has their doubts so Kongou has Obsidian hand him the smallest sword. Phos can't even carry it. Looks like only her legs powered up. He asks why she is so eager to help. Simple. She wants to help because he is special to her. Don't blush now. Kongou has her team up with Amethyst for the lookout job. He wants her sea report. Wide and big… Can't blame her. She doesn't remember much. But when she mentions humans, Kongou becomes shocked. End of report. Yellow introduces Phos to Amethyst. Seems she can split herself into twins called 33 and 84. Phos is eager to go on a patrol with them for the first time. Too bad her first day has exerted so much energy trying to wield the sword. Let's hope she can keep up the next day. On the third day, she is just tired and slacking. Too tired to move. When the twins suggest practising her sword fight, she springs to life. Too bad she will have to learn on the spot because Lunarians are here. The twins show how adept they are as they easily slice through the Lunarians, even the big boss. Unfortunately they let their guard down as they get devoured by a trap. Phos could only watch helplessly and in shock as they crumble. Luckily Bort arrives in a flash to take out the ship and it is ultimately Kongou's super gem shot skill that destroys it. Bort angrily confronts Phos and demands an explanation.
Episode 7
Though the twins are pieced back together, Phos prostates herself before them. She was scared that she couldn't move. But they apologize too as they got careless and were trying to set an example. Alexandrite AKA Alex barges in and wants the twins to tell if the enemy's blades were made from Sapphire. They can't remember much and think Phos would as she saw everything. But looks like she has run away to do some reflection time. She sees Cinnabar on her patrol but dare not face her. As winter is near, the ladies setup the place for hibernation. Light is weak and it will only tire them. If Lunarians attack, Kongou and Antarcticite will help protect the place. The latter exists in liquid form but when the temperature drops, her body crystalizes. Once Antarcticite is up, she goes to get her annual hug from Kongou. Only, Phos is watching! Can't sleep. Kongou decides to pair them up, much to Antarcticite's dismay. Even she knows how useless Phos is. Halfway trekking, Phos is already tiring out. So crawling the rest of the way there? She is shown a huge ice floe. When the sea freezes, segments with microorganisms from the sea floor will wind up like that. After it sinks, it pops up again and makes a shrieking sound. This eerie sound is when the icebergs collide and it is their job to cut it down to avoid disturbing their sleeping comrades. They are once called sinners by Kongou. See how Antarcticite easily break them apart. Phos whines but also tries. Most of the time she breaks herself. And she already tires about doing the same thing every day. Why not just leave the disposing of ice floes entirely to Antarcticite? She is doing fine on her own, right? One day while cutting icebergs, she thought she is going crazy when the iceberg talks to her. Although they do 'talk' but it is in a language they can't understand. Plus, they don't speak on their own will. Gee, Phos can understand them now? Antarcticite reports Phos helping out nicely. Her only complaint is that her arms should have matched her legs. Phos has this weird idea of cutting her arms but backs off. Then she hears the iceberg trying to convince her to do so, even bringing Cinnabar's name into it. Phos accidentally slips into the water and when Antarcticite pulls her out, both her arms are gone.
Episode 8
Antarcticite dives in to find them but it's like those icebergs have this conspiracy to crush her. In the end, she couldn't find her arms and she blames herself for being careless and not used to working as a pair. Kongou doesn't blame her but Antarcticite still feels at a lost over this huge blunder. He tells them to head to the Chord Shore. It is a place where all of them were born. At this place is a huge rock where deposits from the sea work their way up over millions of years to be born here again. Currently there are only gold and platinum all around but they are extreme soft but heavy. No harm trying. It seems Phos' body accepts it but she is having trouble pulling around all that weight. Suddenly it goes berserk and starts engulfing her. At this time, the Lunarians attack. Antarcticite fights them. Back at the school, the Lunarians are trying to impede Kongou with traps. Antarcticite continues fighting a new type of Lunarian as reported by Alex. She is slowly breaking up from its hook traps. Eventually she manages to use enough might to overcome and destroy it. She is still alive but chipped from head to toe. Also, Phos is now trapped in her own gold box cell. Antarcticite tries to break her out and Phos is complaining how rough she is? Yeah, gold can be quite hard… Suddenly Antarcticite shatters from a Lunarian attack. Phos' screams are muted by the gold (forming hands to cover her mouth). Antarcticite's last words are to take over her winter duties and not make Kongou lonely. The Lunarians pick up pieces of Antarcticite. Phos becomes so mad as she commands the gold to do her bidding. She breaks out and the gold now forms part of her body. They look like replacement arms and extended parts of her body. The gold also automatically protects her from attacks (like as though it is now part of her blood stream) as Phos races to rescue Antarcticite. But they are all in vain as she falters and chips off in the end. Kongou catches her. Phos is sad Antarcticite suffered for her. Kongou says the blame is his to bear.
Episode 9
Spring is looming. What's this? Phos has a makeover? New hands. New hairstyle. New serious personality. New abilities. Super kickass?! OMG! Is this really Phos! She could easily take out the Lunarians herself! Although the weight of the alloy is straining her body, Phos refuses to rest as Kongou suggests, she continues to work on Antarcticite's behalf. She goes to 'talk' to Antarcticite (all that is left of her) about her day. She has fears sleeping in which she would see visions of her. A trauma she is still reeling from. Phos even sews Kongou's new robe. When spring arrives, the other ladies awake from their slumber. At their usual meeting, everyone is shocked that Phos is now different. Phos uses her new abilities to describe the events that day. At first it freaks out everyone but soon everyone is so awed with her that they want to touch her, experiment with her and if you're like Bort, want to cut her up! However with all the amazement, there seems to be one minor flaw: Phos doesn't remember who Cinnabar is. Phos' popularity rises as the others start chasing her down like a super idol star while she expends energy to run away. Even Kongou is telling them to line up for a piece of her! OMG! Can this monk joke?! Must be some sort of lesson about great power comes a sense of solitude. You mean not responsibility? Just kidding. But is Kongou also referring to himself? Phos stumbles into Cinnabar. Doesn't remember much but not like the latter cares anyway. Phos ponders she used to dream fighting out here but now realizes it is really dangerous work. When Lunarians show up, it is Phos' turn to show the Amethyst twins how easily she could kick ass. While they are so amazed with the new Phos, not everyone is because Bort certainly doesn't look impressed. No longer the strongest, eh?
Episode 10
Phos is sure in demand. She explains in detail to Alex the Lunarian she fought. Then Bort wants to team up with her so they could cover each other's weaknesses. Phos thinks for a while and eventually agrees to that. She tells Dia about it and she looks shocked. But Dia accepts it since she was the one who asked her to change so she can't complain. As news of Bort and Phos' teaming up spreads, Dia is the hardest hit. She might say she is okay but from the looks of her dejection… A new massive Lunarian appears. It seems to be stuck in the rift it is trying to break through. Bort and Phos attack it but its multi-hands and very hard impenetrable skin makes it all the more difficult. Bort then takes Phos to retreat as the Lunarian chases after them. Bort has Phos ring the bell 6 times. This is not to call for reinforcements but to signal to everyone to hold their positions. Her plan is to draw that Lunarian their way as they go and wake Kongou up. As it starts chasing them inside the school, it then disappears. Because this plan hinges on everyone to be outside school, if somebody is still in here, the plan is screwed. And the Lunarian's 'disappearance' could be it found one of them inside. And that one of them is Dia. Shocked at the new Lunarian, she makes a run and hides from it. I don't know why she just couldn't run outside but running around inside while barely trying to avoid being caught. Bort and Phos are checking if there are any others inside. Alex is but she tells them she saw Dia being chased by a Lunarian. Through with running, Dia thinks she has to settle this herself and faces the enemy. It didn't take long before she realizes it is a bad idea. She is smacked and struck, each time bits of her body pieces breaking off. Bort arrives too late to the rescue as she is now gravely incapacitated. Bort and Dia realize how important they are to each other. Bort prepares to face the Lunarian who has now split itself into two.
Episode 11
The Lunarian splits itself up. One attacks Phos and Alex. When Phos is restrained by it, Alex turns into some berserk Tarzan and slashes it apart! Split personality? Phos then helps Bort with the rest but the more they cut up, the more it revives… Into cute little puppies???!!! WTF???!!! Too cute to kill! Then it runs all over the place bugging the other girls. So cute!!! Eventually everyone picks all of them up and puts them in a cage. Then it turns into that original Lunarian. It starts attacking them but in a playful manner. Phos tries to lead it to Kongou but gets caught. When Kongou appears and the Lunarian attacks, Kongou gives a series of dog commands like sit and roll. It obeys! Its name is Shirou?! When everything calms down, Phos asks Kongou if he knew about Shirou. Not really. Huh? Phos thinks hard about the possibility of Kongou and a Lunarian when she bumps into Cinnabar. Oh, there's a little pup with her too. When Phos notes Kongou might be hiding something, Cinnabar says everyone knows about it. Well, at least they have their suspicions but they choose to believe in him no matter what as their unspoken agreement. Phos feels the need to know the truth but dreads the courage she needs to go ask him. When she returns, she sees Shirou cuddling up to Kongou before vanishing. Returning to the moon? Not quite. Just found its peace. Phos sees visions of Antarcticite and to her worst fear, it hints that she too might know about Kongou's secret. Kongou asks Phos about her partnership with Bort. Excellent. Everyone should team up with her once. Phos needs answers so what better way than to wait for the Lunarians to show up. For 10 days they never did. Heh. It's like they're trolling. Rutile informs her the Dia is back to normal but is jealous she didn't get to cuddle a puppy but Beryl made a replica for her so all is well. When Rutile mentions she is still looking parts for Padparadscha, Phos is glad she still remembers her. She used to be Rutile's partner and second strongest after Bort. But with holes in her body, she is now in comatose state. Rutile kept modifying her body in hopes of waking her up and this is how she became a skilled doctor. After they find more parts of her popping up on Chord Shore, the moment of truth… Padparadscha opens her eyes.
Episode 12
Padparadscha is feeling fine. After 231 years and 300,000 operations? Phos talks with her about her wish to talk to a Lunarian so Padparadscha tells her she wants Rutile to stop treating her and take that burden off. That would provoke some kind of reaction in ways one will never imagine. So for the truth to reveal itself, be calm and be mindful of your actions. Right after that, she collapses and goes back into slumber. Zircon is being partner with Bort. She feels so scared? Even when ignored, she feels scared in fear of doing something wrong. Hence she goes to 'harass' Phos for answers! The next time Zircon talks to Bort, the latter tells her that her weakness is Yellow because she is trying to protect her and utilize her full potential. She needs not concern herself when with her and should give all she's got. Phos sees the old notes that Kongou once taught her. Too bad she can't remember much of them. Not sure if she goes to have some trivia quiz with Alex about Lunarians because the latter looks worn out after that. Phos asks if it is possible to talk to Lunarians. Not sure. Not enough info. Asked if Alex likes Lunarians as she keeps thinking about them every day, researching is the only way to overcome her condition because Chrysoberyl was taken from her before Phos was born. So she thinks about them so as to never forget that hatred. As it is dusk, Lunarians start appearing. Phos engages them and tries to make one of them talk. Well, if she didn't strangle it. When it looks like it is eking out something, Cinnabar destroys them all. Later that night when Phos looks for Cinnabar, the latter runs away! Phos is always a foreboding of something bad! Since when did this turn into a comical chase? Anyway, Phos has got a new job for her. A job that she can only do. Oh Cinnabar, don't get picky and technical with the words she used now. Anyway, that job is to help uncover the truth about Kongou and the Lunarians. The more Phos tries to get closer to the truth, the more off things seemed. She can't tell if she is looking the right way anymore. Cinnabar won't help if she has not thought out what she'll do if Kongou turns out the opposite. This is why Phos needs her for she is prudent and smart. She'll come again to ask but Cinnabar hints that if it is just teaming up, it's okay. Eh? Why acting so shy? Phos gets called by Kongou as she reminisces her old and simple spoilt self that she is now envious. She sees Kongou and remembers Padparadscha's words to be calm and mindful.
May The Phos Be With You
It sucks. I mean, when you have so many questions at this point and this is how it ends, it sure really sucks to not have that satisfied feeling when the series ends. Sure, you can tell me to go read the original works which are chapters ahead and there could be more revelations but then again, they could have adapted it to 2 cours? Right. Who am I to order people around when I don't have money, precious stones or gold to my name? All I am saying is that the mystery and plot thickens late in the series (when Phos became more mature and responsible) but it piles up so much and things don't go everywhere (plus the fact the other jewel girls aren't even bothered to look further into this despite knowing because status quo in life is the best), it sounds interesting as it is giving the series a direction to where it is heading but all comes to a grinding halt because a season we can only have a dozen episodes. In short, too many questions and potentials but no answers.
Not sure if I am missing the plot here because despite the synopsis saying about these jewel girls protecting and fighting off the Lunarians as the basic setting, all I can see the rest of the series is about Phos trying to find her reason for existence. While that is not entirely a bad thing, it feels like the plot isn't going anywhere. As though this entire series is about Phos' transformation from someone immature into someone with responsibilities but still retaining some of the quirks that will always make Phos as Phos. The other aspects aren't too clear like the origins of the world (which was briefly touched about by Ventricosus) and the island that they are currently occupying. We have only heard from one point of view and assume the Lunarians are the villains but what actually goes on the other side? What does their world look like? Is the setting we are initially told the truth then? There is more than meets the eyes to this. At least those are the sentiments I feel and thoughts meandered while trying to watch and understand what is happening. There are parts which are supposed to be funny like Kongou's interaction with Shirou and how he jokingly told the girls to line up to 'harass' all-new Phos but somehow these just pass off as odd. Because Kongou doesn't look like the kind of person who can joke. Seriously.
The characters are a hit and miss. Phos gets the big bulk of the screen time and as I have said, the entire series is about her trying to find what she is suitable for and then her slow transformation from just a completely pure gemstone into an amalgamation of various other alloys. Always the carefree and my-pace character among the group, she is like the joker and comic relief character compared to the rest. Sometimes it is funny, sometimes it is annoying. She wants to go into battle so much but is always side-lined but it took the death of just one of her comrades to wake her up. Suddenly she became so responsible and matured overnight. A totally different character. Like as though she had some sort of personal bonding with Antarcticite. Maybe. There wasn't anyone else to keep her company during those cold winter days when she just couldn't sleep. I suppose that is a good thing since we get to look at the new Phos with new powers. Literally from zero to hero. I'm not sure if there is something being hinted that gems change under pressure. Heck, I know nothing about them. Then there is this personal of mission of hers to help Cinnabar. It seems to get side-tracked every time. As though it is never going to happen. They keep trolling us each time they meet just to somewhat remind us but nothing comes out of it. Even right till the end, it just hints to us they may team up but nothing more. After all, Cinnabar has grown tired of her night patrol and needs to escape this 'hell'.
Kongou is the mysterious of the lot as he is the leader among the gemstone ladies. Funny, I always have this thought that he is human just because he is male (I believe everyone is genderless but since the gemstone girls look so feminine…) and dresses like a monk. He acts differently from the rest as he needs to sleep and meditate. However I don't see him eating… He could have very well be a gemstone too because his name too already suggests it. Adamantite, the hardest gemstone around. There is always an air of mystery that makes you suspect if Kongou is more than what he seems to be. He might look like he is defending the girls from Lunarians. But in the hints peppered throughout the series, could it be that he has some connections to the Lunarians? Could he be one of them and defected? Worse, this conspiracy theory that Kongou may be the real villain who kidnapped the gemstone girls and the Lunarians are just trying to take them back to their rightful place! Horror! After all, why is he the only one alone on this planet? The reason he treats his precious girls with care is because, well, which idiot would abuse and roughly treat their precious stones?! Treat them with care… 'Coz you girls are looking so beautiful…
As for the rest of the other characters, only a handful receives their due screen time. Like Bort who is the strongest is often using her brute strength and a little boorish and uncouth as compared to the kind and gentle Dia. Then we have Rutile the mad scientist who likes to break things apart as her experiment, Beryl who loves designing their team's uniform (not sure if I can consider those as hot pants they're always wearing) as well as Alex who has this knack for sketching Lunarians and now we see she has some sort of a berserk personality. Then there are Jade, Euclase and Amethyst who stick around more often but can't find any reason to remember them. There are other gemstones too but they make their appearance so miniscule that they are just forgettable. Heck, I don't even know their names. As for Cinnabar, it's like she is going through some brooding phase as she is always trying to be the lone wolf type. Every time you see her, it's like "Oh, it's her. She's not going to join in anything else as usual". It's like they can do without this character but need her from time to time to prop up some drama for Phos.
You may be wondering if the series was going to use gemstones as their theme, why are they naming many of their characters after gemstones that we have never heard of and are hard to pronounce? Yeah, try pronouncing and even spell Phos' full name the first time you see it. It was once stated that the likes such as sapphire, ruby and opal did once exist but were taken away by Lunarians. So when a gemstone is taken away by the Lunarians, it will never rebirth again on Chord Shore? Not really sure how this works too. Too complicated for my simpleton mind. Hence on this planet we are stuck with gemstones we never probably heard of in our lifetime like Phos and Bort because the popular ones were taken away and introduced to us on a commercial scale. Oh wait. There's diamond who still isn't captured… So unless you are a gemstone enthusiast, such names won't ring a bell. Heck, if you love gemstones, I'm sure you'll find the mid-intermission eye catch screen a little informative as it lists a few details of some of the gems like its category, formula, crystal system and Mohs scale. Yikes. Too technical for me. Not going to bother.
Ventricosus and Aculeatus are perhaps the only original organic living organisms on this planet. They are another bunch of interesting characters with their own ulterior motive but sadly after the end of Phos' kidnapping, they have gone to parts unknown and are mostly forgotten. It gives the possibility of other living creatures in the depths of the ocean. Because from what I can see, the island is just a pretty small place. The ocean is vast an endless and there might be other islands and countries with other lifeforms out there. You may never know. There might be another island filled with other gemstone ladies living their life in this similar fashion.
The obvious factor which catches your attention at first is the visuals. It is entirely done using CGI. This isn't the first anime using such animation style as it was previously done in Sidonia No Kishi and Ajin. Though I didn't see both those titles thus this series is considered my first. It won't be the same high level quality as Pixar or Disney but it is pretty decent. After all, at this age of modern computer technology, there is no excuse for putting up crappy CGI effects. Also, when you have characters in the form of gemstones, CGI sounds like the best option to make them shine and have those shiny effects. The animation might look a bit odd especially the movement of the characters but keep in mind that the characters aren't really humans themselves. They are more like the shinier versions of golems. One of the mind boggling ones is the hair of the characters. Sure, they are made out of the same gemstone material but yet they wave in the wind like as though they are soft like real hair? Doesn't make sense. But still, the overall feel of the animation is smooth and fluid enough that only nit-pickers would see faults in them. Otherwise newbies may be awed and casual viewers like me won't really bother going into the high specs of the quality.
One thing I would like to note about the designs of the Lunarians. It looks like their designs are mainly taken after deities or gods of the eastern culture especially of the Buddhism and Hinduism side. Seeing that I come from such cultures, hence the looks of those Lunarians sometimes looks a bit scary to me. I guess back when I was a child, you get scared and traumatized for life after hearing ghost stories from your grandmother. Even more so when you visit such temples that often houses such deities and statues everywhere so as a kid it could be quite creepy. It gets even creepier when the BGM when they appear is played. Oh, those traditional bells really do give me the creeps still even if they aren't that scary in the first place.
Action wise, it is pretty decent. After all, when you're bored with all the drama and the shenanigans of Phos, the fights with the Lunarians are pretty okay. Thanks to the fluid animations and some of the camera angles, it makes the fights a little more enjoyable. You get to see the girls slicing the Lunarians in half and it is like the former is on some semi-god mode on because even if they sustain heavy damage, they can't really die unless you have every piece of you taken away and not pieced back together. Phos having new powers and being a gemstone version of Mr Fantastic (stretchable limbs thanks to her gold alloy), it is fun to see what kind of creative ways she'll fight the enemy.
There are quite a number of veteran seiyuus lending their talents here. The most notable ones I recognized are Jouji Nakata as Kongou, Saori Hayami as Goshe, Mikako Komatsu as Cinnabar, Rie Kugimiya as Alex, Chiwa Saito as Ventricosus and of course to my utter delight who else but Mamiko Noto as Euclase. Ayane Sakura was unrecognizable as Bort since she was doing her angry low voice instead of that stereotyped bratty high pitched voice that I am so used to. At first I thought Satomi Satou was behind Dia but was actually Ai Kayano (Inori in Guilty Crown). Tomoyo Kurosawa did quite a versatile job as Phos from her naughty and carefree days into someone who is serious with bits of sarcasm. If her character sounds all too familiar somewhere because Kumiko from Hibike! Euphonium also sounded somewhat in this fashion. Just without all the initial hype.
The other casts are Yumi Uchiyama as Rutile (Momiji in Binbougami Ga), Ayahi Takagi as Jade (Chris in Senki Zesshou Symphogear), Kanae Itou as Amethyst (Sanae in Shinryaku! Ika Musume), Maaya Uchida as Beryl (Rikka in Chuunibyou Demo Koi Ga Shitai), Mariya Ise as Antarcticite (Levi in Fairy Tail), Junko Minagawa as Yellow (Ryouma in Prince Of Tennis), Mutsumi Tamura as Morganite (Sonya in Kill Me Baby), Romi Paku as Padparadscha (Edward in Fullmetal Alchemist) and Yuko Sanpei as Aculeatus (Sasha in Seikon No Qwaser).
Personally, I find the opening theme, Kyoumen No Nami by Yurika to be a little weird. Maybe it is the little effects of the song. Plus, when you have the animation in CGI style, all those gemstones floating about in the screen sometimes it feels a bit trippy. The kaleidoscope of gems… But it is not as weird as the ending theme, Kirameku Hamabe by Yuiko Oohara. Is it me or does the singer is singing in such a way that makes the song sound flat? Also, it sounds like she is trying to hold her note a little longer than it should, hence it sounds like she is trying to sing her lines without resting and in a continuous seamless manner. I don't know, I just feel that way. The special ending for episode 8, Liquescimus by Tomoyo Kurosawa is quite a sad piece as it is very fitting for the demise of Antarcticite. There is one BGM that attracted my attention and also 'scares' me a little. The one that uses the traditional Chinese string instrument like the erhu. It is calming and different to hear a piece that is Chinese-like but at the time sending a little shiver down my spine because this is the kind of song back in my younger days I heard watching some sad Chinese period soap drama.
Overall, this series is visually beautiful and stylish in terms of CGI. The plot and story might not be sufficient for this season and some might feel it leaves a lot more to be desired. Like yours truly. Perhaps the slow and careful build-up of the characters and outline this season might leave some unsatisfied and some yearning for another season. But I suppose it is better than rushing and squeezing everything into a dozen episodes and ruin the overall sentiments. After all, if you want to do this series, better do it right from the start. I believe the cost in using CGI for this series must be costing an arm and a leg. Figuratively speaking. They've put in so much effort to make this series so it would be a blow if it was severely underrated. I mean, people love shiny things, right? Like gamers love that pseudo-gambling loot boxes thingy, right? Guys love their shiny new sports car, right? The age-old idiom of diamonds are a girl's best friend still rings true, right? After all, do you not see how happy a woman's face lights up when you give her something shiny like a diamond ring? Oh wait. Somebody has to fork out the money… Sometimes all that glitter is not gold…


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Tongyu Communication was Present at CommunicAsia2015
From June 2- 5 2015, Tongyu Communication was present at CommunicAsia2015 at Singapore Marina Bay Sands Expo.
Tongyu Communication, as the leader in communication device industry, attends the most popular exhibition in the industry in CommunicAsia 2015, and shows its latest achievement at technology.
It's the 9th consecutive for Tongyu to participate the largest communication technology service platform and top event in Asia.
On this exhibition, Tongyu attract many operaters' attention from different countries (Australia, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore,Indonesia etc. )with its advanced technology and products.
Also, Tongyu found inspireation based on customer's demand and will highly imrove product development and quality of sevice to acquire better performance.

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Likely by now you've heard the complaints all over the internet regarding MacBooks as of late. The lack of removable batteries (they're glued-in), the non-repairable keyboards that require a full teardown and replacement of the main frame/chassis (which includes the battery), memory (RAM) and hard drives that are not replaceable or upgradeable like other laptops (forcing you to buy a whole new computer when all you need is more RAM or more storage), and the displays that cost 5-10 times more what other displays do when they get cracked and need to be replaced. Then, more recently with the 2016 & 2017 models, the horrible keyboards that people complain about on a good day regarding how they feel, but have now been shown to be failure-prone with no fewer than three class action lawsuits against Apple for their flawed design (which might not be so bad if they keyboards could easily be repaired).
In July 2018 Apple introduced new MacBook models, with faster CPUs and "improved" keyboards. Many users might be excited about this sign suggesting that Apple still cares about its computer line despite making over 70% of their revenue from iPhones and iPads. However, buyer beware even with these new models. As a recent Wired article outlines, while these new MacBooks are indeed faster, they still remain horribly flawed and retain much of the problems that Apple has intentionally introduced into their product line. Be sure to fully understand what you're getting (both good and bad) and what you're not getting if you opt to stick with these expensive, unrepairable, non-upgradeable computers.


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The Lifestyle Federation brings inquisitive minds in Hong Kong to various engaging events to quench life's curiosities. Their most recent event, "Soft, Hard, & Stinky" brought cheese lovers together to sample over 30 varieties of cheese, three different craft beers, and to demonstrate a few cheesy recipes.
As soon as you walked into the event space, you were given a personal introduction into the world of cheese with some information about different types that might suit your particular taste. There was a wide variety of cheeses (from creamy to hard, and stinky to nutty) spread out throughout the reception area, inviting you to have a little taste of each. Whether you came to this event as a cheese connoisseur or you were inexperienced in the fine art of cheese, the staff were attentive and knowledgeable in helping you choose new cheeses that would best suit your palate.
After you piled your plate high with cheese, bread and cured meat, it was off to the bar to grab a drink. The bartender expertly paired the craft beer and cider to specific flavours of cheese you were eating or interested in trying, ensuring you were washing all that cheese down with the right hand-picked drink.
With drink and cheese in hand, the dining area, which was small yet cosy, was an easy place to enjoy all that food among friends. Staff members were very attentive and came around to check that you were enjoying all the cheese on offer and to answer any cheesy questions you might have.
If the loads of cheese and good drinks weren't enough, the Lifestyle Federation hosted four cooking demonstrations, featuring their head chef, throughout the event. The recipes chosen focused on the idea of anyone being able to recreate these dishes with ease in their own home.
We were all able to watch, and later taste, how to make fresh ricotta cheese (who knew that all you needed was some milk and vinegar?!) and a Reblochon cheese dip to satisfy any dinner party or as a cheeky breakfast treat. Later on they had two more demonstrations of a four-cheese and meat ravioli, all made from scratch, and blue cheese ice cream that, despite some scepticism, was a refreshing surprise for our taste buds. All four demonstrations had a touch of humour and were very engaging thanks to the two staff members leading the show.
The Lifestyle Federation continues to bring similar engaging and informative events, otherwise known as "edutainment", for Hong Kongers so long as their curiosity continues!


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Old Testament: minor prophets
About this book
The book of Jonah is different from the other prophetic books, because it gives only one sentence of what the prophet Jonah preached. Instead, this book tells how Jonah disobeyed the Lord and refused to warn Nineveh that it was going to be destroyed. Jonah even wanted the city to be destroyed, because it was the capital city of Assyria, a hated enemy of Israel. But the Lord corrected Jonah; then Jonah went to Nineveh and preached the Lord's message.
When many people think about the book of Jonah, they think only of Jonah being swallowed by a huge fish. However, the message of this book is that the Lord wants to have mercy on everyone; as Jonah says to him:
You are a kind and merciful God, and you are very patient. You always show love, and you don't like to punish anyone, not even foreigners.
A quick look at this book
1. Jonah runs from the Lord (1)
2. Jonah prays to the Lord (2)
3. Jonah goes to Nineveh, and its people believe God's message (3)
4. Jonah is angry because the Lord showed mercy (4)
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The Father says today, My blessing is on arrival in your life. There is blessing coming into your life in many areas. In finances and in the level of favor you have been walking in. There has been a leanness of favor and a leanness of blessing, but now I am making your bones fat. I am making your spiritual bones fat with the fatness of My goodness – and that's a great benefit to you. I am moving as well to strengthen your relationships and cause you to know deeper intimacy with My Spirit. I am surrounding you as with a shield to protect you from things that you know you need to be protected from. The unsavory and the unsafe – those who would abuse and take advantage of you will not be able to find you or gain access into your life. I will now turn situations around that have been detrimental and you will walk out into freedom and liberty, having escaped the snare of the enemy against you.
The Father says, you will from this day know and see and sense more accurately the environment and the circumstances around you. I am giving you x-ray vision in discernment. When words of deception are spoken, you will cut right through it and say, "no, this is what's really going on" and they will admit it because it will be so obvious that I am with you and looking out for you. The strategy of the enemy will stop and frustration and the stress of the last many months is being quenched, says the Father. This is your time. This is the acceptable year of the Lord for you. I am now causing you to walk in a razor-sharp clarity of my Spirit. You will see things and know things you need to know when you need to know them. You will not be late. You will not come up short. The angels of heaven assigned to you are running ahead to clear the obstacles so that you make it to the goal line. You will accomplish that for which I sent you to do. You will find yourself increasingly blessed financially, blessed going in and coming out in all things. The restraining, resisting force of the enemy is broken. Now you step into yoke easy and burden light, for this is My promise and this is My portion in your life this day.
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Four professional performance groups band together for three nights to engage you in an ambitious act of experimental storytelling through their chosen arts: puppetry, music, aerial, contemporary dance and cabaret. Do more than watch—engage and be open to your own transformation.
Where: Playing at 7 Stages in Little Five Points, Atlanta,
When: May 31, June 1 (8:30pm) and the afternoon of June 2 (3:00pm)
Who: Sorsha Masters Contemporary performing "Queen"
Raymond vs Raymond performing "Oshidori" and "Loophole"
The Hereafter Artists Collective performing "Creating Dolls"
Flight of Swallows performing "D IvI De"
Tickets: $15 online/$20 at the door
"Creating Dolls" by The Hereafter Artist Collective
Players: Nicolette Emanuelle, McKinley Campos and Sally O'Grady
Experimental Flesh (the band):
Music written and performed by: Nicolette Emanuelle
Drummer: Bradley Daugherty
Cello: Deisha Millar
Terrible Things choreographed by Nicolette Emanuelle and McKinley Campos
Same Mistakes choreographed by McKinley Campos
The Wheels are Coming Off choreographed and performed by Sally O'Grady
"Loopholes" by Raymond v. Raymond
Raymond Carr and Wade Tilton
"Queen" by Sorsha Masters Contemporary
Christine Battle, Michael Comella, Sorsha Masters, Whitney Pyles, and Rhyan Vereen
Selections from "Queen II" by Queen
In a world that's black and white, good and evil, right and wrong; a young queen is pushed to her limits by her younger brother who is hungry for her power. In what becomes a fight for absolute power, we learn that sometimes you must fight fire with an even bigger flame.
"D IvI De (divide)" by Flight of Swallows
Performers: Deisha Oliver, Sadie Hawkins, and AnnMarie Spexet
"Oshidori" by Raymond v. Raymond
Raymond Carr and Wade Tilton


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(A) Representative images of calcium transients from control rat myocytes at basal and following ISO (0.1 μmol/l) treatment. (B) Representative recording of calcium signal (F/F0) at basal and post-ISO treatment in LacZ-expressing rat adult cardiomyocytes. (C) Representative recording of calcium signal at basal and post-ISO treatment in PP2Ce-expressing rat adult cardiomyocytes. (D) Summary data of changes in calcium amplitude and decay time in adult cardiomyocytes expressing LacZ (n = 5) versus PP2Ce (n = 3) between basal and post-ISO treatment. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01 LacZ versus PP2Ce, respectively. ⊿ = the difference between post- and pre-ISO treatment; other abbreviations as in Figures 2, 3, and 4.


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Criminal defence cases are complicated and each case will turn on its own particular facts.
If you face an investigation or a criminal case in Court, or you have received a fixed penalty notice, summons or postal requisition, you should seek direct legal advice about YOUR case. It will be slightly different to all other cases. Do not rely on anything you take to be generic advice.
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At the fellows training some of my companeros seemed shocked that I'd want to do a fellowship in one of the most expensive cities in the world. I have to admit, I admire the cost of a Terere in Paraguay compared to price of latte in NYC. Regardless, it's been an incredible experience to participate with Kiva on the US launch.
In many ways the fellowship, the entreprenuers, even New York City itself has at times seemed enormously comparable to a fellowship in a developing country (I mean have you used the subways here!!!???). But about the cause…
Why US microfinance….
By launching in the United States, Kiva is creating a local lending place for global thinkers. By supporting US microfinance and organizations like ACCION USA, you are supporting community.
Kiva lenders want to support individuals around the globe that work hard to support themselves and their families. These entrepreneurs also dream of creating legacies. Kiva is helping to provide equal access to capital for business owners that, regardless of the country they live in, have struggled to obtain the credit elsewhere.
I believe that by supporting a US business on Kiva, we truly understand the goal of microfinance- and we are balancing the scales to open up opportunities for everyone.
Trinidad wanted to start a daycare, a bank turned her away, a loan shark almost lured her… instead a pool of individuals on Kiva helped to make her dream reality.
Sustainability is one of Kiva's principles. Who can argue that sustainability isn't needed in the US?
Kiva lenders are supporting sustainable businesses, building communities and helping to create legacies- 25 dollars at a time.
Erica Dorn is currently serving at ACCION USA. email@example.com
Support U.S. Microfinance and check out all of the entrepreneurs requesting loans from ACCION USA- each has a story to tell.


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Many of you are well versed in reading, navigating, and taking full advantage of blogs. This post is intended to help those of you who are not as experienced. Hopefully, some of you who are more experienced with blogs will point out any other tips or tricks that are not mentioned here. The important parts are numbered and an explaination follows each screenshot.
1. This one is pretty self explainatory. The title of each post will appear this way. (It will not usually say "Private," but as I write this, the blog has not gone live yet.)
2. This is where you will click if you want to find pages that are static (on the site all the time). Periodically, information will be added to these tabs in hopes that you will be able to find many of the documents and information you will need (similar to the hard copy "Technical Assistance Manual")
3. The widget tab is basically a duplication of the options you see down the right side of the page. If you click this tab, it will give you the option to click on links to "blogs I follow", archives, and categories.
4. The magnifying glass allows you to search within the blog. For example, if you want to find information about language, you would type "language" into the search bar and it will pull up all the places within the blog where the word "language" appears. As you can see, there is also a search bar on the right side of the page. Both options function the same way.
5. The "Blogroll" is a list of useful links. Currently, there are links to KSHA, ASHA and JCPS sites. More may be added periodically.
6. The "Archives" heading shows a list of previous posts. The titles listed are linked to the actual post, so you can click on the title and it will take you there.
7. The "Categories" heading allows you to choose from a list of categories. You can click on the category you are interested in and it will take you to the related pages/posts.
8. The "Follow" button allows you to quickly follow the blog. When you sign up for this feature, you will receive e-mail notifications of new posts.
9. Tags are similar to categories, but more specific. You can click on any of the tags to find more information about that topic.
10. This is another one that is pretty self-explanatory. It shows the date that the corresponding post was originally published (posted).
11. Some blogs have multiple contributors that are able to publish, but for this blog, it will always say: JCPSPEECH.
12. Can you tell what is the most important part? This is one way you will be able to contribute your thoughts and ideas. When you make a comment, it will give you the option to check a boxes indicating "Notify me of follow-up comments via email" and "notify me of new posts via email" so that you can follow the discussion that happens after you comment. Remember to keep comments positive. This is a forum for team building and collaboration, not to voice concerns or negative comments. Comments are reviewed before posting.
Are there things that are left out of this tutorial? Are there things you are still confused about or things that you already use that are not included? Let me know what you think!


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What do you do when you need a quality racecar on a budget? Castro Motorsports used a very popular recipe from the engine swap cookbook. First start with a base consisting of a two-door BMW then stuff with lots of Chevy small block.
Once we found the car we wanted, we knew that the suspension and brake options were plentiful, and that the stock 3.2L S54 inline 6 was a great engine on and off the race track. While we could have built the S54 into an impressive naturally aspirated, 400+hp motor, or gone with the forced induction route to achieve the power figures that would keep the car competitive, all of those options were going to be expensive. The NA engine build wasn't going to have enough power for the money spent. A centrifugal supercharger didn't provide the torque numbers we wanted, for the amount of money spent. Finally, with HPF (Horsepower Freaks) being the only available option for a reliable, off the shelf turbo kit, the price for high powered kit was going to put us over budget. Then we had a better idea, which would get under the skin of many BMW enthusiasts, especially the purists in love with the M3 platform. With the GM LS engine platform becoming such a popular choice in recent years, and with Kalon having recently owned and loved his C6 Z06, we chose to give the Bavarian sports car an American heart.
The LS7 engine was built by Cunningham Motorsports and consists of a Darton sleeved over-bored LS7 block, factory balanced LS7 crank and titanium connecting rods, custom Wiseco forged pistons, West Coast Stage 2 heads, and a Dailey Engineering Stage 3 dry sump system.
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Marketing objective, strategy, plan and actions
By the end of this section you should understand the difference between a marketing objective, strategy, plan and actions.
What's the difference between a marketing objective, strategy, plan and actions?
When businesses think about Marketing, they often jump to the fun bit – the actions – and focus their energies on printing leaflets, tweeting or designing banners. This can produce a false start for the organisation, and sometimes a costly one, as their communications can 'miss' their key audience (either they never see it or the manner of communication does not appeal to them).
Good marketing requires a marketing strategy that delivers against the business objectives, a marketing strategy, a plan – then we can move onto the fun bit and design amazing pieces of communications.
Marketing Objectives and Strategy
The starting point should always be the business objectives, defined in your business plan. Your Marketing Objectives should always support the objectives of the business as a whole.
Your Marketing Strategy basically defines how you are going to support the business objectives. For example:
Business objectives
Marketing strategy (examples)
|Increase sales
|Improve brand awareness
|Make customers and members feel more valued
You should set goals alongside your strategy, and these should be Specific, Measureable, Attainable, Realistic and Timely (SMART), e.g. to increase sales by 50% by end of December.
Successful strategies
For a co-operative, community or social business, a successful marketing strategy is often about understanding your member and customer needs, and knowing how you can satisfy those needs and persuade them to buy your product or service.
You may have a good sense of your customers and members through day to day interaction with them, but you should also consider doing some bespoke market research, such as via questionnaires (these could be completed locally in hard copy or distributed online, depending on your audiences).
This will help you build a much more detailed picture of customer segments – what they like, where they are, willingness to travel, ways they would be willing to engage with your business.
A Marketing Plan
A marketing plan explains how to put your strategy into action. It will set marketing budgets and deadlines, and it will also tell you how to target different types of customer with different messaging, and when to talk to them so they will be most receptive.
It should also consider the longer term - following up with customers, and how you might develop your offer over time.
Example activity
In this example, you are manging a community-owned pub in a town where there are a few other pubs, owned by chains. Your Board calculates that the business turnover is not high enough to ensure the pub's survival.
- Your business objective is agreed by the Board - 'to increase turnover'.
- Your marketing objective may therefore be 'to drive an increase in sales'
- Your marketing strategy might be 'to increase sales from existing customers and members, and generate new customers'.
Marketing Plan and Actions are then drawn up - see table below:
Example plan
Example actions
|1) Enhancing the focus on existing customer and member needs
|2) Targeting a particular new market, eg young professionals
|3) Make it clear that a community-owned pub is unique in that community
|Finding good historical stories to tell, eg by linking it to the history of the town or city
Connecting it to a sense of community – ensuring that its community ownership is understood and prominent; perhaps creating a sense of 'opposite' to the idea of a big brand.
Please note: The above are just ideas for the purpose of the example, and you'd need to focus on your customer needs, otherwise you could devise an incongruous campaign that alienates key audiences.
Talking in the right voice
Once you know who you want to talk to, and what about, you need to find the right voice to talk to them in – this should be based on the work you've done already to find out their interests and motivations. If, for example, you're approaching two different audiences with the same product, you should adapt your messaging and presentation for them.
For example, you're running a community bookshop and selling copies of Harry Potter. Your audiences for this promotion all age groups - below we are only discussing three. Click to see the example which discusses how you might approach the three audiences differently, even though you are selling the same product:
Marketing Harry Potter to different audiences
What we know about them
Messaging by audience
Children 7-13
Keen HP fans.
Read all previous books and know the characters.
Might like to be (or see themselves as) certain characters.
Inspired by the idea of magic.
Be part of the magical world of Harry Potter.
|Create an event bespoke for this age group (Saturday morning) including face painting, free wands with every purchase.
Keen HP fans.
Read all previous books and know the characters.
Love that the children also love the books, and it's something to share with them.
|Bring your kids to our free family event – The Magical World of Harry Potter.
Advertisng on facebook – targeting at parents.
Putting on free teas and coffees at the event for parents.
Flyering parents outside schools.
Local blogs (eg Mumsnet).
Adults without children
Keen HP fans.
Read all previous books and know the characters.
Do not want to share their HP experience with 200 children.
Don't want to pay over the odds.
|Buy your Harry Potter books from us.
Evening event, with free wine and a Harry Potter discussion group.
Multipurchase discount.
Key points to consider
- Even if you think you have a clear marketing strategy in your head, write it down. It will help you focus your thinking over time and bring people with you. Make it understandable, realistic, and have a clear plan of actions. It will then become part of your overall business plan.
- Be ready to change your marketing strategy, even though you've spent time perfecting it. Flexibility will keep you ahead of the competition.
- Get into social media. Consider - what do you want to achieve/communicate (brand awareness, online sales etc)? What social media tools do your customers use (e.g. Blogs, Twitter, Facebook etc)? What strategies can you use to network and communicate effectively with these customers? Who will manage your social media presence?
Your marketing plan
We have designed a short template that should help you pull the different elements above together in one place.
The Chartered Institute of Marketing also has a more comprehensive tool, which you might find useful
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Some snapshots from NEMwatch recording a day where NEM-wide demand breached 33,000MW and prices spiked above $1000/MWh in VIC and SA
Some snapshots from NEMwatch recording a day where NEM-wide demand breached 33,000MW and prices spiked above $1000/MWh in VIC and SA
The first day of scorching summer temperatures for the year has been matched with elevated electricity prices in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia for most of the day. …
Returning to the theme of analysis of Q2 prices (completed in 2017 and 2016 due to Q2 historically being an uneventful period) we see that prices have backed off from the "off the charts" level of 2017, but are still much higher in all regions than most other regions. In some cases results are second worst in 20 years.
A comment made by TransGrid at the Energy Networks 2018 conference today jolted me to update my (somewhat) outdated paradigm of declining demand.
Alerted by our NEMwatch dashboard, I delve into the data and see a scary degree of correlation between the (very low) output of wind farms in south-east South Australia, and (similarly low) output from newer wind farms in northern NSW.
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Recapping what I've learnt (and highlighting some of the things I have yet to learn) about the electricity supply crisis currently facing Tasmania
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Who wins a consolation prize today, being closest to the flag in forecasting peak Tassie demand?
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A massive (60%) instantaneous reduction in Tassie's electricity demand in the early hours of this morning caught our attention.
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A correction about Tamar Valley's drop in production – and some further thoughts.
Despite consistently averaging monthly output of up to 200MW for a number of years, the Tamar Valley power station has been mothballed following an ownership change
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I got to attend the 2018 Digital Summit conference right here in Atlanta for the first time and it was a pretty cool experience (shout out to my job for sending me).
I can't lie to you and say that I wasn't overwhelmed, there was a lot of people and information to digest and with the various list presentations, I was constantly wondering if I chose the "right" one. Don't get me wrong, all the speakers were great and have a ton of experience, so I don't doubt their knowledge. However, I constantly found myself conflicted on which presentation to watch. The conference is split into time slots and there can be up to four or five presentations available and you have to choose one (no pressure, lol).
I had a few topics that I wanted to focus on: email marketing, SEO, and social media, so that made narrowing the presentation a bit easier. I know this isn't technically about beauty or inspiration like my normal content, but I think this would be helpful to most of you reading this. A lot of my viewers are entrepreneurs and run some type of business/brand and I felt compelled to share the advice and trends from each speaker with you. Keep reading to see what I learned from this year's Digital Summit.
Email Marketing
People are more likely to read emails now more than ever before. Throughout the conference, many spoke of the importance of sending out emails and how to make things easier for your audience.
- Make sure your emails read well on a mobile device. Large amounts of emails are read from phones, which was no surprise, we use our phones for everything!
- Experiment with different email times and days, the only day that's least effective is Saturdays. FYI, most people ready emails when they're in bed or watching tv.
- Include more engagement activities in your emails like polls, videos, etc.
- Always add your voice and a humanistic approach, those robotic messages are not effective.
- Make sure your emails are one column, people only want to zoom in on pictures
- Everyone on your mailing list won't care about your email, use a segmented list and separate based off of gender, age, location, etc.
- A few gifs won't hurt. Gifs were a trend, a lot of people at the conference either used them or talked about them.
- Always use a call to action, but don't make them too generic like "Click Here."
- Include buttons instead of links, it clearly shows what action you want readers to take. By the way, the average size for buttons is 44×44.
Social Listening
Another trend at the conference was where to get your content. A lot of the marketing professionals are nixing the idea of content being king and moving towards data and concept. Many encourage to listen to the data, which ultimately tell you what your audience wants. So this means, check your analytics, it helps you figure out what works and what doesn't, or even what you can do better. Here's what industry leaders had to say about social listening:
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- Revisit and revise social strategy every six months or sooner. See what is working for your brand and what's not.
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- Questions to ask yourself when creating content:
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- What does your audience want to know?
- What does your audience want?
- What channels are they on?
- What content is doing well?
- What days get the most engagement?
- Explore different content on different platforms. I was told that everyone on Facebook isn't going to be like your audience on Twitter, so you can't treat them the same way. Many recommended keeping this as a reminder: Facebook = conversions, Instagram = inspiration, and Twitter = awareness.
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Speaking of using different channels for different messages, there was a lot of talk on using various social media platforms to connect with different people. The thing that makes all of these networks great is that it's not the same. Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram all offer tools that the other cannot. Here are a few things to keep in mind when marketing on multiple social networks:
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- Consumers already embrace engaging with your brand across channels, just provide great and refreshing content.
- The goal: creating seamless, personalized, and consistent content. (Consistency isn't just about the amount of time you most, but also what you actually post)
- Connect the way the customer initiates the connection. In other words, let there likes and inquiries dictate the content on that particular platform.
- Brand voice is relatable
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Lastly, I want to mention a few tips I received about search engine optimization. I personally can get a little better at this:
- Use the periodic table of SEO success factors as a guide, you can find it here.
- Google ranks higher based off of user-experience, interactions, emotions, and attitudes.
- Make sure you make your content and business easy to find and think in the mind of your audience. People talk to search engines how they speak to people.
- Be consistent and clear.
- Include links and testimonials if applicable, it will help you rand higher.
- Use keywords that your audience is likely to use.
- Long load times and industry jargon will affect your ranking.
Now I'm not saying this is a one shoe fits all rule, but a few of these tips did inspire me to not only implement new strategies for my clients but for my brand as well. I thought it would be worth sharing a few with you in case you were considering changing or starting a new marketing strategy.
Let me know in the comments what you struggle with the most when it comes to content marketing. Also, let me know if you've ever attended the Digital Summit before, I'm interested in hearing what you think: helpful or no? Let me know in the comments below!
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I honestly did not know. Jerry (No Nuts) Nadler was Japanese. His involving his committee in Kabuki Theater is great. Shows how inept he is?
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- EarleenLv 610 months agoFavourite answer
He has to compete against the democrats in the Senate who are trying to restart their Kavanaugh debacle. Like the NY Times report on old news that so discredited that the democrats would not use it a earlier. So, this time, they rewrote the charge, leaving out the problematic fact that it was only hearsay from a HIllary supporter and the alleged victim/witness denies it happened. But that is good enough for the democrat Presidential candidates. They in unison demanded the removal of a sitting Supreme Court Justice. So, Nadler has a tough road since he only has a Mueller report that has been determined to be so worthless that it calls into question as to why the fake investigation went on, and on, and on, and on Was the Mueller report part of the FBI/Justice Department sedition?
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- Justin ThymeLv 710 months ago
Nadler has lost it, he will not be reelected. He is completely blinded by his hatred for the President.
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- KevinLv 610 months ago
Just another one of the seething liberals in Congress.
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