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| title_name = Shining Tears X Wind<br />
| image = Shining Tears X Wind.jpg<br />
| size = 250px<br />
| caption = Shining Tears X Wind Logo<br />
| ja_name = シャイニング・ティアーズ・クロス・ウィンド <br />
| ja_name_trans = <br />
| genre = [[Action genre|Action]], [[Adventure]], [[Fantasy]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Infobox animanga/Anime<br />
| director = [[Hiroshi Watanabe]]<br />
| studio = [[Studio Deen]]<br />
| network = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Chiba TV]], [[Hiroshima Home TV]], [[Tokyo Metropolitan Television|Tokyo MX TV]], [[Teletama|TV Saitama]]<br />
| first_aired = [[April 6]], [[2007]]<br />
| last_aired = <br />
| num_episodes = 4 (ongoing)<br />
}}<br />
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{{nihongo|'''''Shining Tears X Wind'''''|シャイニング・ティアーズ・クロス・ウィンド |Shainingu Tiāzu Kurosu Windo}} is an [[anime]] based on the [[Playstation 2]] games [[Shining Tears]] and [[Shining Wind]]. It is directed by [[Hiroshi Watanabe]] and produced by [[Studio Deen]]. The series started airing in [[Japan]] on [[April 6]] [[2007]].<br />
<br />
==Storyline==<br />
{{spoilers}}<br />
A group of students are investigating the mysterious disappearances that are happening all around town. One student, who was researching a book entitled 'End Earth', which describes an alternate world, also mysteriously disappears. As [[Shining Tears#Mao|Mao]], a being from the other world, enters their world in order to look for her friend, Zero, she teams up with Souma and Kureha in order to battle a monster who also came to their world. Just when things seem to go their way, an accident teleports Souma and Kureha into another world. To make things more complicated, Zero appears to the two stating that he will now entrust the world to Souma. As they travel this new world, they encounter familiar friends and enemies, and they begin to realize that getting back to their own world is harder than they previously thought.<br />
<br />
==Characters==<br />
[[Image:Souma and Kureha.jpg|thumb|right|Souma and Kureha, respectively.]]<br />
{{nihongo|'''Souma Akizuki'''|秋月蒼真|Akizuki Souma}}, ''[[Seiyū]]'' - [[Souichiro Hoshi]]<br />
:An athletic student who, along with Kureha, was transported to the dream continent, End Earth. Souma is in love with Kureha and is sometimes annoyed at Kiriya for not noticing her feelings for him. He then confessed his love for her, which apparently was not mutual, shortly before being transported to the other world. After seeing Kureha presumably die, he was able to pull out a legendary sword from Kureha's body. Souma turned out to be a 'Soul Blader', which is a person that can form a sword from the heart of a person he shares emotions with. Unlike Kureha, Souma would rather stay in End Earth, as he believes that it is the right place for him and since he thinks that he can be "together" with Kureha. <br />
:He later had Kiriya and Seena take care of Kureha while he wanted to take care of a few things on his own. Though he is a Soul Blader, he no longer wanted to use Touka's heart since he knew that her heart loved Kiriya. Instead, he started to use a [[katana]].<br />
:When Souma and Kureha were between dimensions, they were greeted by Zero, who entrusted Souma in guarding the world from then on.<br />
<br />
{{nihongo|'''Touka Kureha'''|呉羽冬華|Kureha Touka}}, ''Seiyū'' - [[Yui Horie]]<br />
:A student who also happens to work at a shrine as a [[Miko]], or [[shinto]] priestess. Kureha is skilled in the art of [[archery]], or [[kyudo]]. She was transported to End Earth with Souma after they helped Mao defeat a monster. Upon their arrival, she was attacked by monsters and presumably died. Fortunately, she was revealed to be unscathed after Souma pulled out a sword from her body. <br />
:Kureha apparently has a crush on Kiriya. <br />
[[Image:Seena and Kiriya.jpg|thumb|right|Seena and Kiriya, respectively.]]<br />
{{nihongo|'''Kaito Kiriya'''|霧谷魁斗|Kiriya Kaito}}, ''Seiyū'' - [[Akira Ishida]]<br />
:A quiet and shy student who received a message from an elven woman from End Earth. When he told his friends, the group dismissed the message as they believed it to only be a dream. Kiriya is a skilled swordsman; ranging from [[kendo]] to [[fencing]]. It is said that no one could beat him if he was to fight seriously. He and Seena were somehow transported to the other world sometime after Souma and Kureha. Although, when the two pairs finally met in End Earth, they turned out to be fighting on opposite sides, which was later resolved. He became the knight for an independent mercenary group called the 'Luminous Knights', which was started by Seena. <br />
:Like Souma, Kiriya was also a Soul Blader, who used Seena's "heart" as a sword. Later, Souma asked him to use Touka's heart instead. <br />
:Kiriya is good friends with Seena and is oblivious to the fact that Kureha has a crush on him. He also seemed to have had a high respect for Saionji. <br />
<br />
{{nihongo|'''Kanon Seena'''|椎名夏音|Seena Kanon}}, ''Seiyū'' - [[Nana Mizuki]]<br />
:A student who belonged to the Student Council just like the other characters. She, along with Kiriya, was later transported to End Earth shortly after Kureha and Souma. Upon their arrival, Seena and Kiriya formed an independent mercernary group called the Luminous Knights; with Seena as the leader. She lets Kiriya use her heart as a sword only to allow him to fight. <br />
:Seena is also very skilled in fencing.<br />
<br />
{{nihongo|'''Haruto Saionji'''|西園寺春人|Saionji Haruto}}, ''Seiyū'' - [[Ryotaro Okiayu]]<br />
:An heir to a rich family. He, along with Hiruda, is the first to enter the other world using a book Hiruda found. <br />
{{nihongo|'''Reia Hiruda'''|蛭田麗亜|Hiruda Reia}}, ''Seiyū'' - [[Kumi Sakuma]]<br />
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{{nihongo|'''Zero'''|ゼロ|Zero}}, ''Seiyū'' - [[Souichiro Hoshi]]<br />
:Resembles [[Shining Tears#Xion|Xion]] and possesses the Twin Dragon Rings. He has wings, one black and one white, and seems to be a childhood friend of Mao. After meeting Souma between worlds, he states that he now 'entrusts' the world to Souma.<br />
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{{nihongo|'''Mao'''|マオ|Mao}}, ''Seiyū'' - [[Chiwa Saito]]<br />
:A being from the other world who is part beast; she has a pair of cat-like ears. She travels to Souma's world in order to look for Zero. In the process, she accidentally sends Souma and Kureha into her world.<br />
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==Episode list==<br />
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|- bgcolor="0000ff"<br />
! # !! Title !! Original airdate <br />
|-<br />
| colspan="4" bgcolor=" #000000"|<br />
|-<br />
{{Japanese episode list<br />
|EpisodeNumber=01<br />
|JapaneseTitle=<br />
|KanjiTitle=<br />
|EnglishTitle=Today X The Other World<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[April 06]], [[2007]]<br />
|ShortSummary=A group of students are concerned over mysterious disappearances happening all around town. A being from another world complicates the lives of two students and accidentally sends them to another world. <br />
|LineColor=000000<br />
}}<br />
{{Japanese episode list<br />
|EpisodeNumber=02<br />
|JapaneseTitle=<br />
|KanjiTitle=<br />
|EnglishTitle=Heart X Sword<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[April 13]], [[2007]]<br />
|ShortSummary=Souma and Kureha become more familiar with the dream continent, End Earth. As they are greeted by the people of the Seiran territory, word of a battle against the Pilius territory would later thrust the two students into battle. The two are shocked when they realize that their enemy is their own friends, Kiriya and Seena. <br />
|LineColor=000000<br />
}}<br />
{{Japanese episode list<br />
|EpisodeNumber=03<br />
|JapaneseTitle=<br />
|KanjiTitle=<br />
|EnglishTitle=Friend X Love<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[April 20]], [[2007]]<br />
|ShortSummary=When Souma realized that the enemy they are battling against is Kiriya and Seena, he begins to fight Kiriya even though they are friends. When Kiriya refuses to fight seriously against him and tries to reason with Souma, telling him that the people of Seiran tricked him, Kureha is suddenly used as a hostage by Seiran's temporary ruler. The group then comes together to rescue Kureha. <br />
|LineColor=000000<br />
}}<br />
{{Japanese episode list<br />
|EpisodeNumber=04<br />
|JapaneseTitle=<br />
|KanjiTitle=<br />
|EnglishTitle=Mission X Companion<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[April 27]], [[2007]]<br />
|ShortSummary=<br />
|LineColor=000000<br />
}}<br />
{{Japanese episode list<br />
|EpisodeNumber=05<br />
|JapaneseTitle=<br />
|KanjiTitle=<br />
|EnglishTitle=Fairy X Fairy<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[May 04]], [[2007]]<br />
|ShortSummary=<br />
|LineColor=000000<br />
}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Themes==<br />
;Opening Theme<br />
:"''Shining Tears''" by [[Souichiro Hoshi]]<br />
<br />
;Closing Theme<br />
:"''光のシルエット (Hikari no SILHOUETTE)''" by Souichiro Hoshi<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://shining-world.jp/tv_tearsXwind/ SEGA's Official Shining Tears X Wind Site]<br />
*{{ann anime|id=7633|title=Shining Tears X Wind}}<br />
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[[Category:Adventure anime]]<br />
[[Category:Fantasy anime]]<br />
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[[ja:シャイニング・ティアーズ・クロス・ウィンド]]<br />
[[zh:Shining Tears X Wind]]</div>74.118.121.125https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shining_Tears_X_Wind&diff=127888450Shining Tears X Wind2007-05-03T05:57:45Z<p>74.118.121.125: </p>
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<div>{{Infobox animanga/Header<br />
| title_name = Shining Tears X Wind<br />
| image = Shining Tears X Wind.jpg<br />
| size = 250px<br />
| caption = Shining Tears X Wind Logo<br />
| ja_name = シャイニング・ティアーズ・クロス・ウィンド <br />
| ja_name_trans = <br />
| genre = [[Action genre|Action]], [[Adventure]], [[Fantasy]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Infobox animanga/Anime<br />
| director = [[Hiroshi Watanabe]]<br />
| studio = [[Studio Deen]]<br />
| network = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Chiba TV]], [[Hiroshima Home TV]], [[Tokyo Metropolitan Television|Tokyo MX TV]], [[Teletama|TV Saitama]]<br />
| first_aired = [[April 6]], [[2007]]<br />
| last_aired = <br />
| num_episodes = 4 (ongoing)<br />
}}<br />
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}<br />
<br />
{{nihongo|'''''Shining Tears X Wind'''''|シャイニング・ティアーズ・クロス・ウィンド |Shainingu Tiāzu Kurosu Windo}} is an [[anime]] based on the [[Playstation 2]] games [[Shining Tears]] and [[Shining Wind]]. It is directed by [[Hiroshi Watanabe]] and produced by [[Studio Deen]]. The series started airing in [[Japan]] on [[April 6]] [[2007]].<br />
<br />
==Storyline==<br />
{{spoilers}}<br />
A group of students are investigating the mysterious disappearances that are happening all around town. One student, who was researching a book entitled 'End Earth', which describes an alternate world, also mysteriously disappears. As [[Shining Tears#Mao|Mao]], a being from the other world, enters their world in order to look for her friend, Zero, she teams up with Souma and Kureha in order to battle a monster who also came to their world. Just when things seem to go their way, an accident teleports Souma and Kureha into another world. To make things more complicated, Zero appears to the two stating that he will now entrust the world to Souma. As they travel this new world, they encounter familiar friends and enemies, and they begin to realize that getting back to their own world is harder than they previously thought.<br />
<br />
==Characters==<br />
[[Image:Souma and Kureha.jpg|thumb|right|Souma and Kureha, respectively.]]<br />
{{nihongo|'''Souma Akizuki'''|秋月蒼真|Akizuki Souma}}, ''[[Seiyū]]'' - [[Souichiro Hoshi]]<br />
:An athletic student who, along with Kureha, was transported to the dream continent, End Earth. Souma is in love with Kureha and is sometimes annoyed at Kiriya for not noticing her feelings for him. He then confessed his love for her, which apparently was not mutual, shortly before being transported to the other world. After seeing Kureha presumably die, he was able to pull out a legendary sword from Kureha's body. Souma turned out to be a 'Soul Blader', which is a person that can form a sword from the heart of a person he shares emotions with. Unlike Kureha, Souma would rather stay in End Earth, as he believes that it is the right place for him and since he thinks that he can be "together" with Kureha. <br />
:He later had Kiriya and Seena take care of Kureha while he wanted to take care of a few things on his own. Though he is a Soul Blader, he no longer wanted to use Touka's heart since he knew that her heart loved Kiriya. Instead, he started to use a [[katana]].<br />
:When Souma and Kureha were between dimensions, they were greeted by Zero, who entrusted Souma in guarding the world from then on.<br />
<br />
{{nihongo|'''Touka Kureha'''|呉羽冬華|Kureha Touka}}, ''Seiyū'' - [[Yui Horie]]<br />
:A student who also happens to work at a shrine as a [[Miko]], or [[shinto]] priestess. Kureha is skilled in the art of [[archery]], or [[kyudo]]. She was transported to End Earth with Souma after they helped Mao defeat a monster. Upon their arrival, she was attacked by monsters and presumably died. Fortunately, she was revealed to be unscathed after Souma pulled out a sword from her body. <br />
:Kureha apparently has a crush on Kiriya. <br />
[[Image:Seena and Kiriya.jpg|thumb|right|Seena and Kiriya, respectively.]]<br />
{{nihongo|'''Kaito Kiriya'''|霧谷魁斗|Kiriya Kaito}}, ''Seiyū'' - [[Akira Ishida]]<br />
:A quiet and shy student who received a message from an elven woman from End Earth. When he told his friends, the group dismissed the message as they believed it to only be a dream. Kiriya is a skilled swordsman; ranging from [[kendo]] to [[fencing]]. It is said that no one could beat him if he was to fight seriously. He and Seena were somehow transported to the other world sometime after Souma and Kureha. Although, when the two pairs finally met in End Earth, they turned out to be fighting on opposite sides, which was later resolved. He became the knight for an independent mercenary group called the 'Luminous Knights', which was started by Seena. <br />
:Like Souma, Kiriya was also a Soul Blader, who used Seena's "heart" as a sword. Later, Souma asked him to use Touka's heart instead. <br />
:Kiriya is good friends with Seena and is oblivious to the fact that Kureha has a crush on him. He also seemed to have had a high respect for Saionji. <br />
<br />
{{nihongo|'''Kanon Seena'''|椎名夏音|Seena Kanon}}, ''Seiyū'' - [[Nana Mizuki]]<br />
:A student who belonged to the Student Council just like the other characters. She, along with Kiriya, was later transported to End Earth shortly after Kureha and Souma. Upon their arrival, Seena and Kiriya formed an independent mercernary group called the Luminous Knights; with Seena as the leader. She lets Kiriya use her heart as a sword only to allow him to fight. <br />
:Seena is also very skilled in fencing.<br />
<br />
{{nihongo|'''Haruto Saionji'''|西園寺春人|Saionji Haruto}}, ''Seiyū'' - [[Ryotaro Okiayu]]<br />
:An heir to a rich family. He, along with Hiruda, is the first to enter the other world using a book Hiruda found. <br />
{{nihongo|'''Reia Hiruda'''|蛭田麗亜|Hiruda Reia}}, ''Seiyū'' - [[Kumi Sakuma]]<br />
<br />
{{nihongo|'''Zero'''|ゼロ|Zero}}, ''Seiyū'' - [[Souichiro Hoshi]]<br />
:Resembles [[Shining Tears#Xion|Xion]] and possesses the Twin Dragon Rings. He has wings, one black and one white, and seems to be a childhood friend of Mao. After meeting Souma between worlds, he states that he now 'entrusts' the world to Souma.<br />
<br />
{{nihongo|'''Mao'''|マオ|Mao}}, ''Seiyū'' - [[Chiwa Saito]]<br />
:A being from the other world who is part beast; she has a pair of cat-like ears. She travels to Souma's world in order to look for Zero. In the process, she accidentally sends Souma and Kureha into her world.<br />
<br />
==Episode list==<br />
<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable" width="98%"<br />
|- bgcolor="0000ff"<br />
! # !! Title !! Original airdate <br />
|-<br />
| colspan="4" bgcolor=" #000000"|<br />
|-<br />
{{Japanese episode list<br />
|EpisodeNumber=01<br />
|JapaneseTitle=<br />
|KanjiTitle=<br />
|EnglishTitle=Today X The Other World<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[April 06]], [[2007]]<br />
|ShortSummary=A group of students are concerned over mysterious disappearances happening all around town. A being from another world complicates the lives of two students and accidentally sends them to another world. <br />
|LineColor=000000<br />
}}<br />
{{Japanese episode list<br />
|EpisodeNumber=02<br />
|JapaneseTitle=<br />
|KanjiTitle=<br />
|EnglishTitle=Heart X Sword<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[April 13]], [[2007]]<br />
|ShortSummary=Souma and Kureha become more familiar with the dream continent, End Earth. As they are greeted by the people of the Seiran territory, word of a battle against the Pilius territory would later thrust the two students into battle. The two are shocked when they realize that their enemy is their own friends, Kiriya and Seena. <br />
|LineColor=000000<br />
}}<br />
{{Japanese episode list<br />
|EpisodeNumber=03<br />
|JapaneseTitle=<br />
|KanjiTitle=<br />
|EnglishTitle=Friend X Love<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[April 20]], [[2007]]<br />
|ShortSummary=When Souma realized that the enemy they are battling against is Kiriya and Seena, he begins to fight Kiriya even though they are friends. When Kiriya refuses to fight seriously against him and tries to reason with Souma, telling him that the people of Seiran tricked him, Kureha is suddenly used as a hostage by Seiran's temporary ruler. The group then comes together to rescue Kureha. <br />
|LineColor=000000<br />
}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Themes==<br />
;Opening Theme<br />
:"''Shining Tears''" by [[Souichiro Hoshi]]<br />
<br />
;Closing Theme<br />
:"''光のシルエット (Hikari no SILHOUETTE)''" by Souichiro Hoshi<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://shining-world.jp/tv_tearsXwind/ SEGA's Official Shining Tears X Wind Site]<br />
*{{ann anime|id=7633|title=Shining Tears X Wind}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Adventure anime]]<br />
[[Category:Fantasy anime]]<br />
<br />
[[ja:シャイニング・ティアーズ・クロス・ウィンド]]<br />
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Do not add the link to a webpage on cosmetics in an article about a medical condition. This link [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001009.htm] is much more serious. I suspect your is spam. --[[User:Pippo2001|pippo2001]] 18:18, 11 August 2005 (UTC)<br />
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==Old Wives' Tale==<br />
Shouldn't the old wives' tale be mentioned here as somewhat relevant? --[[User:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[User talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 17:45, 29 September 2006 (UTC)<br />
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==Lasting Effects==<br />
Sometimes it produces lasting effects, I do not have a scientific citations but sometimes it causes one eye to become uneven with the other(personal experience). I'm trying to find a scientific proof.</div>74.118.121.125https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Stye&diff=118320202Talk:Stye2007-03-27T18:45:37Z<p>74.118.121.125: </p>
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==Comment==<br />
Do not add the link to a webpage on cosmetics in an article about a medical condition. This link [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001009.htm] is much more serious. I suspect your is spam. --[[User:Pippo2001|pippo2001]] 18:18, 11 August 2005 (UTC)<br />
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==Old Wives' Tale==<br />
Shouldn't the old wives' tale be mentioned here as somewhat relevant? --[[User:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[User talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 17:45, 29 September 2006 (UTC)<br />
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==Lasting Effects==<br />
Sometimes it produces lasting effects, I do not have a scientific citations but sometimes it causes one eye to become uneven with the other(personal experience).</div>74.118.121.125https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Original_Pilipino_Music&diff=115960086Original Pilipino Music2007-03-18T05:52:25Z<p>74.118.121.125: /* External links */</p>
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'''Original Pilipino Music''', now more commonly termed '''Original Pinoy Music''', (frequently abbreviated to '''OPM''') originally referred only to [[Filipino people|Filipino]] [[pop music|pop]] songs, especially those in the [[ballad]] form; such as songs popularized in the 1970s through the mid-1990s by major commercial Filipino pop artists like [[Ryan Cayabyab]], [[Sharon Cuneta]], [[Kuh Ledesma]], [[Zsa Zsa Padilla]], [[Martin Nievera]], [[Gary Valenciano]], [[Basil Valdez]], [[Rey Valera]], [[Regine Velasquez]], [[Ogie Alcasid]], [[Jaya]], [[Lani Misalucha]], [[Lea Salonga]], [[Janno Gibbs]] and the [[APO Hiking Society]]. In the passage of time as well as the development of many diverse and alternative musical styles in the Philippines, however, the term OPM now refers to any type of Original Philippine Music created in the Philippines or <i>composed</i> by individuals of Philippine extraction, regardless of location at the time when composed. The lyrics, in fact, may be in any language (although most of it are written either in [[Tagalog]], [[English language|English]] or [[taglish]]).<br />
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OPM emerged from an earlier genre called [[Manila Sound]]. It has eventually grown into a [[blanket term]] for Philippine popular music, including genres such as [[Pinoy Rock]], [[Pinoy Jazz]] and [[Pinoy Alternative]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Music of the Philippines]], a superset of OPM<br />
* [[PhilRadio International]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://mybilog.com/opmplayer.php Your Online Pinoy Music Tambayan!]<br />
* [http://www.opmusikahan.com/ Original Pinoy Musikahan - A Tribute to World-Class Pinoy Music!]<br />
* [http://www.kumanta.com/ OPM and Pinoy Lyrics]<br />
* [http://www.tambaycafe.com/8/music OPM Music Player, Listen to OPM Music, Streaming OPM songs, Music Lyrics]<br />
* [http://www.pinoytrips.cjb.net/ PinoyTrips!!! Musics Entertainment, Pure OPM Songs with Lyrics] - Ang Online Tambayan at Trips ng Pinoy<br />
* [http://www.lyricskoto.com Lyrics Ko 'To! - The #1 Pinoy lyrics Web site]<br />
* [http://pinoylyric.blogspot.com/ Pinoy lyrics for the Filipino Masses. Features Filipino Songs, OPM Lyrics, and Music Videos]<br />
* [http://www.tunogkalye.com/ 100% Free OPM Radio Station Online]<br />
* [http://www.philmusicregistry.com/ Online registry of Filipino musical artists]<br />
* [http://www.pinoyclassicrock.com/ Pinoy Classic Rock]<br />
* [http://www.philmusic.com/blog/index.php Philippine Music Website]<br />
* [http://www.philradio.com PhilRadio International]<br />
* [http://www.soundclick.com/player/stations_player.cfm?q=hi&folderID=508627&shuffle=true&ref=9 Musikang Bol-anon]<br />
* [http://www.soundclick.com/player/stations_player.cfm?q=hi&folderID=498177&shuffle=true&ref=9 Paring Bol-anon Music]<br />
* [http://praise.com.ph Praise.com.ph] - Your source for the latest and greatest in the Philippine Christian music scene<br />
* [http://www.sembreak.com/ Pinoy Gig Calendar]<br />
* [http://www.opmhits.net]<br />
* [http://mybilog.com]<br />
* [http://joctv.com/ Joctv.com] - the home of the Pinoy Top 20 videos and lyrics<br />
* [http://makulit.net/ opm songs, opm music with lyrics and other opm album] {{music-genre-stub}}<br />
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'''Original Pilipino Music''', now more commonly termed '''Original Pinoy Music''', (frequently abbreviated to '''OPM''') originally referred only to [[Filipino people|Filipino]] [[pop music|pop]] songs, especially those in the [[ballad]] form; such as songs popularized in the 1970s through the mid-1990s by major commercial Filipino pop artists like [[Ryan Cayabyab]], [[Sharon Cuneta]], [[Kuh Ledesma]], [[Zsa Zsa Padilla]], [[Martin Nievera]], [[Gary Valenciano]], [[Basil Valdez]], [[Rey Valera]], [[Regine Velasquez]], [[Ogie Alcasid]], [[Jaya]], [[Lani Misalucha]], [[Lea Salonga]], [[Janno Gibbs]] and the [[APO Hiking Society]]. In the passage of time as well as the development of many diverse and alternative musical styles in the Philippines, however, the term OPM now refers to any type of Original Philippine Music created in the Philippines or <i>composed</i> by individuals of Philippine extraction, regardless of location at the time when composed. The lyrics, in fact, may be in any language (although most of it are written either in [[Tagalog]], [[English language|English]] or [[taglish]]).<br />
<br />
OPM emerged from an earlier genre called [[Manila Sound]]. It has eventually grown into a [[blanket term]] for Philippine popular music, including genres such as [[Pinoy Rock]], [[Pinoy Jazz]] and [[Pinoy Alternative]].<br />
<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Music of the Philippines]], a superset of OPM<br />
* [[PhilRadio International]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://mybilog.com/opmplayer.php Your Online Pinoy Music Tambayan!]<br />
* [http://www.opmusikahan.com/ Original Pinoy Musikahan - A Tribute to World-Class Pinoy Music!]<br />
* [http://www.kumanta.com/ OPM and Pinoy Lyrics]<br />
* [http://www.tambaycafe.com/8/music OPM Music Player, Listen to OPM Music, Streaming OPM songs, Music Lyrics]<br />
* [http://www.pinoytrips.cjb.net/ PinoyTrips!!! Musics Entertainment, Pure OPM Songs with Lyrics] - Ang Online Tambayan at Trips ng Pinoy<br />
* [http://www.lyricskoto.com Lyrics Ko 'To! - The #1 Pinoy lyrics Web site]<br />
* [http://pinoylyric.blogspot.com/ Pinoy lyrics for the Filipino Masses. Features Filipino Songs, OPM Lyrics, and Music Videos]<br />
* [http://www.tunogkalye.com/ 100% Free OPM Radio Station Online]<br />
* [http://www.philmusicregistry.com/ Online registry of Filipino musical artists]<br />
* [http://www.pinoyclassicrock.com/ Pinoy Classic Rock]<br />
* [http://www.philmusic.com/blog/index.php Philippine Music Website]<br />
* [http://www.philradio.com PhilRadio International]<br />
* [http://www.soundclick.com/player/stations_player.cfm?q=hi&folderID=508627&shuffle=true&ref=9 Musikang Bol-anon]<br />
* [http://www.soundclick.com/player/stations_player.cfm?q=hi&folderID=498177&shuffle=true&ref=9 Paring Bol-anon Music]<br />
* [http://praise.com.ph Praise.com.ph] - Your source for the latest and greatest in the Philippine Christian music scene<br />
* [http://www.sembreak.com/ Pinoy Gig Calendar]<br />
* [http://www.opmhits.net]<br />
* [http://joctv.com/ Joctv.com] - the home of the Pinoy Top 20 videos and lyrics<br />
* [http://makulit.net/ opm songs, opm music with lyrics and other opm album] {{music-genre-stub}}<br />
* [http://mybilog.com]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Filipino music]]</div>74.118.121.125https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Original_Pilipino_Music&diff=115959966Original Pilipino Music2007-03-18T05:51:38Z<p>74.118.121.125: /* External links */</p>
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<div>{{Mergeto|Music of the Philippines|date=November 2006}}<br />
<br />
'''Original Pilipino Music''', now more commonly termed '''Original Pinoy Music''', (frequently abbreviated to '''OPM''') originally referred only to [[Filipino people|Filipino]] [[pop music|pop]] songs, especially those in the [[ballad]] form; such as songs popularized in the 1970s through the mid-1990s by major commercial Filipino pop artists like [[Ryan Cayabyab]], [[Sharon Cuneta]], [[Kuh Ledesma]], [[Zsa Zsa Padilla]], [[Martin Nievera]], [[Gary Valenciano]], [[Basil Valdez]], [[Rey Valera]], [[Regine Velasquez]], [[Ogie Alcasid]], [[Jaya]], [[Lani Misalucha]], [[Lea Salonga]], [[Janno Gibbs]] and the [[APO Hiking Society]]. In the passage of time as well as the development of many diverse and alternative musical styles in the Philippines, however, the term OPM now refers to any type of Original Philippine Music created in the Philippines or <i>composed</i> by individuals of Philippine extraction, regardless of location at the time when composed. The lyrics, in fact, may be in any language (although most of it are written either in [[Tagalog]], [[English language|English]] or [[taglish]]).<br />
<br />
OPM emerged from an earlier genre called [[Manila Sound]]. It has eventually grown into a [[blanket term]] for Philippine popular music, including genres such as [[Pinoy Rock]], [[Pinoy Jazz]] and [[Pinoy Alternative]].<br />
<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Music of the Philippines]], a superset of OPM<br />
* [[PhilRadio International]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://mybilog.com/opmplayer.php Your Online Pinoy Music Tambayan!]<br />
* [http://www.opmusikahan.com/ Original Pinoy Musikahan - A Tribute to World-Class Pinoy Music!]<br />
* [http://www.kumanta.com/ OPM and Pinoy Lyrics]<br />
* [http://www.tambaycafe.com/8/music OPM Music Player, Listen to OPM Music, Streaming OPM songs, Music Lyrics]<br />
* [http://www.pinoytrips.cjb.net/ PinoyTrips!!! Musics Entertainment, Pure OPM Songs with Lyrics] - Ang Online Tambayan at Trips ng Pinoy<br />
* [http://www.lyricskoto.com Lyrics Ko 'To! - The #1 Pinoy lyrics Web site]<br />
* [http://pinoylyric.blogspot.com/ Pinoy lyrics for the Filipino Masses. Features Filipino Songs, OPM Lyrics, and Music Videos]<br />
* [http://www.tunogkalye.com/ 100% Free OPM Radio Station Online]<br />
* [http://www.philmusicregistry.com/ Online registry of Filipino musical artists]<br />
* [http://www.pinoyclassicrock.com/ Pinoy Classic Rock]<br />
* [http://www.philmusic.com/blog/index.php Philippine Music Website]<br />
* [http://www.philradio.com PhilRadio International]<br />
* [http://www.soundclick.com/player/stations_player.cfm?q=hi&folderID=508627&shuffle=true&ref=9 Musikang Bol-anon]<br />
* [http://www.soundclick.com/player/stations_player.cfm?q=hi&folderID=498177&shuffle=true&ref=9 Paring Bol-anon Music]<br />
* [http://praise.com.ph Praise.com.ph] - Your source for the latest and greatest in the Philippine Christian music scene<br />
* [http://www.sembreak.com/ Pinoy Gig Calendar]<br />
* [http://www.opmhits.net]<br />
* [http://joctv.com/ Joctv.com] - the home of the Pinoy Top 20 videos and lyrics<br />
* [http://makulit.net/ opm songs, opm music with lyrics and other opm album] {{music-genre-stub}}<br />
* http://makulit.net<br />
* http://mybilog.com<br />
<br />
[[Category:Filipino music]]</div>74.118.121.125https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Original_Pilipino_Music&diff=115959911Original Pilipino Music2007-03-18T05:51:11Z<p>74.118.121.125: /* See also-moved to external */</p>
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<div>{{Mergeto|Music of the Philippines|date=November 2006}}<br />
<br />
'''Original Pilipino Music''', now more commonly termed '''Original Pinoy Music''', (frequently abbreviated to '''OPM''') originally referred only to [[Filipino people|Filipino]] [[pop music|pop]] songs, especially those in the [[ballad]] form; such as songs popularized in the 1970s through the mid-1990s by major commercial Filipino pop artists like [[Ryan Cayabyab]], [[Sharon Cuneta]], [[Kuh Ledesma]], [[Zsa Zsa Padilla]], [[Martin Nievera]], [[Gary Valenciano]], [[Basil Valdez]], [[Rey Valera]], [[Regine Velasquez]], [[Ogie Alcasid]], [[Jaya]], [[Lani Misalucha]], [[Lea Salonga]], [[Janno Gibbs]] and the [[APO Hiking Society]]. In the passage of time as well as the development of many diverse and alternative musical styles in the Philippines, however, the term OPM now refers to any type of Original Philippine Music created in the Philippines or <i>composed</i> by individuals of Philippine extraction, regardless of location at the time when composed. The lyrics, in fact, may be in any language (although most of it are written either in [[Tagalog]], [[English language|English]] or [[taglish]]).<br />
<br />
OPM emerged from an earlier genre called [[Manila Sound]]. It has eventually grown into a [[blanket term]] for Philippine popular music, including genres such as [[Pinoy Rock]], [[Pinoy Jazz]] and [[Pinoy Alternative]].<br />
<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Music of the Philippines]], a superset of OPM<br />
* [[PhilRadio International]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://mybilog.com/opmplayer.php Your Online Pinoy Music Tambayan!]<br />
* [http://www.opmusikahan.com/ Original Pinoy Musikahan - A Tribute to World-Class Pinoy Music!]<br />
* [http://www.kumanta.com/ OPM and Pinoy Lyrics]<br />
* [http://www.tambaycafe.com/8/music OPM Music Player, Listen to OPM Music, Streaming OPM songs, Music Lyrics]<br />
* [http://www.pinoytrips.cjb.net/ PinoyTrips!!! Musics Entertainment, Pure OPM Songs with Lyrics] - Ang Online Tambayan at Trips ng Pinoy<br />
* [http://www.lyricskoto.com Lyrics Ko 'To! - The #1 Pinoy lyrics Web site]<br />
* [http://pinoylyric.blogspot.com/ Pinoy lyrics for the Filipino Masses. Features Filipino Songs, OPM Lyrics, and Music Videos]<br />
* [http://www.tunogkalye.com/ 100% Free OPM Radio Station Online]<br />
* [http://www.philmusicregistry.com/ Online registry of Filipino musical artists]<br />
* [http://www.pinoyclassicrock.com/ Pinoy Classic Rock]<br />
* [http://www.philmusic.com/blog/index.php Philippine Music Website]<br />
* [http://www.philradio.com PhilRadio International]<br />
* [http://www.soundclick.com/player/stations_player.cfm?q=hi&folderID=508627&shuffle=true&ref=9 Musikang Bol-anon]<br />
* [http://www.soundclick.com/player/stations_player.cfm?q=hi&folderID=498177&shuffle=true&ref=9 Paring Bol-anon Music]<br />
* [http://praise.com.ph Praise.com.ph] - Your source for the latest and greatest in the Philippine Christian music scene<br />
* [http://www.sembreak.com/ Pinoy Gig Calendar]<br />
* [http://www.opmhits.net]<br />
* [http://joctv.com/ Joctv.com] - the home of the Pinoy Top 20 videos and lyrics<br />
* [http://makulit.net/ opm songs, opm music with lyrics and other opm album] {{music-genre-stub}}<br />
[[Category:Filipino music]]</div>74.118.121.125https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rock_paper_scissors&diff=108716654Rock paper scissors2007-02-16T23:05:12Z<p>74.118.121.125: </p>
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<div>{{for|the Catatonia album|Paper Scissors Stone (album)}}<br />
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[[Image:Rock paper scissors.jpg|thumb|250px|Rock, Paper, Scissors chart]] <br />
{{Spoken Wikipedia|Rock,_Paper,_Scissors.ogg|2006-07-13}}<br />
'''Rock, Paper, Scissors''' is a [[hand game]] most often played by children. It is often used as a [[selection method]] in a similar way to [[coin flipping]], [[Odd or Even]], [[Dice|throwing dice]] or [[drawing straws]] to randomly select a person for some purpose, though unlike truly [[random]] selections it can be played with skill if the game extends over many sessions, because one can often recognize and exploit the non-random behavior of an opponent. It is reported by statisticians that most women and teenagers start with Scissors, while males and adults usually start with rock. <br />
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It is also known by many other names such as: ''Rochambeau'', ''Paper Scissors Stone'' (UK), ''Steen, Papier, Schaar'' (Netherlands),''Scissors, Paper, Rock'' (Australia), ''Paper Scissors Rock'' (NZ), ''Ching Chong Cha'' (South Africa), 'Even Niyar Umisparayim' (Israel), ''Jiandao Shítou Bao'' (China), ''[[Janken]]'' (Japan), ''Schnick, Schnack, Schnuck'' (Germany), ''Morra Cinese'' (Italy), ''Piedra, Papel o Tijeras'' (Latin America), ''Kamień, papier, nożyczki'' (Polish), ''Pedra, Papel, Tesoura'' (Portugal), ''Chin chan pu'' (Mexico), ''Ca Chi Pun'' (Chile), ''Bao Sing Soum'' (Cambodia), ''Sten, sax, påse'' (Sweden), ''Pierre, Papier, Ciseaux'' (French),''Roche, Papier, Ciseaux'' (Quebec), ''Petra, Psalidi, Charti'' (Greece) and ''Gawibawibo'' (Korea), ''Kivi, Paperi, Sakset'' (Finnish), ''Pao, Ying, Choop'' (Thai), ''Jack en Poy'' (Philippines).<br />
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Various sports may use Rock, Paper, Scissors to determine which team gets the opening play (rather than a coin toss). Similarly, uncertain calls, or even the whole game in case of rain, may be decided by the game. It is also often used as a method for creating appropriately non-biased random results in [[live action role-playing game]]s, as it requires no equipment. It is also used in some [[gambling]] sites as a novelty betting.<br />
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==Game play==<br />
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|colspan=3| <small>Each of the three basic hand-signs ( from left to right: rock, paper and scissors ) beats one of the other two.</small><br />
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The players both count aloud to three, or speak the name of the game (e.g. "Rock! Paper! Scissors!" or "Reaux! Sham! Beaux!"), each time raising one hand in a fist and swinging it down on the count. On the third count, or on a further beat after the third count, the players change their hands into one of three gestures, which they then "throw" by extending it towards their opponent.<br />
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* '''Rock''': represented by a closed fist.<br />
* '''Scissors''' : represented by the index and middle fingers extended.<br />
* '''Paper''': represented by an open hand.<br />
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The objective is to select a gesture which defeats that of the opponent. Gestures are resolved as follows:<br />
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*Rock blunts Scissors: Rock wins.<br />
*Scissors cut Paper: Scissors wins.<br />
*Paper wraps Rock: Paper wins.<br />
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If both players choose the same gesture, the game is tied and played again.<br />
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In some styles of play, the winner of each round "uses" the weapon on the opponent's weapon, to demonstrate that they have won.<br />
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Frequently, the game is played in a "best two out of three" match. {{Fact|date=February 2007}}<br />
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==Cheating==<br />
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One of the first tricks learned by a Rock-Paper-Scissors novice is to hold back a throw of paper until the last possible moment to dupe an opponent into believing that one may actually be throwing a rock. Both paper and scissors have this ability; however, unless one is employing a "double-back" strategy, cloaking a paper throw is likely to draw an instinctive paper from one's opponent. If the throw is accidentally revealed too late, that is, not revealed until the thrower's arm breaks the plane where the thrower's arm is perpendicular to the thrower's torso (at a 90 degree angle), this is considered a foul. In such a case the referee will assign a throw of rock, even if this is not what the thrower intended. This is known as a "forced rock."<br />
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A common variation on the opening ritual is to have both players hold their hands behind their backs and reveal their already formed throw after the count of three. The intention is to prevent any sort of timing based cheating.<br />
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Another way to cheat is to prime three times instead, if the opponent primed twice only, the other could see his opponent's throw without revealing his own, claiming that he thought "I thought we are doing three primes".<br />
Note: 'priming' is the number of bounces one does before revealing the throw.<br />
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Yet another method of cheating is to play scissors but put it right up to the other player's eyes, in an attempt to poke their eyes. The other player might then without realizing it put his/her hand up to block it, forming the paper shape with his hands. The cheater would then claim, "Scissors beats paper."<br />
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== Variations ==<br />
{{main|Rock, Paper, Scissors variations}}<br />
There are many different variations of Rock, Paper, Scissors which range from simple changes in the names of the objects to increasing the number of players or objects. While interesting, most rule variations suffer from one problem or another, making them less interesting games. It is sometimes called Paper, Scissors, Stone.<br />
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A simple American variation is Pirate, Cowboy, Ninja (Cowboy beating Ninja, Pirate beating Cowboy, Ninja beating Pirate). This version is performed with the players starting standing back to back, taking three paces in opposite directions and then turning and revealing their choice. {{Fact|date=February 2007}}<br />
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Versions of Rock, Paper, Scissors are also observed in many different cultures. It is usually known by direct translations of "Rock, Paper, Scissors" although some cultures have slightly different names or even entirely different elements representing the different objects. For example in Japan there is a variation which uses a tiger, a chief and the chief's mother as the three elements (the tiger beating the chief's mother, the chief beating the tiger and the chief's mother beating the chief). In Indonesia another version is played with the elements as an elephant, a man and an ant (the elephant crushing the man, the man crushing the ant and ant humorously defeating the elephant by crawling into the animal's ear and making it go insane).<ref name = StraightDope>{{cite web | title = What's the origin of "Rock, Paper, Scissors"? | date = [[2001-07-10]] | work = [[Straight Dope]] | accessdate = 2006-08-20 | url = http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mrockpaper.html }}</ref> <br />
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[[Malaysia]]ns use [[water]] instead of paper, and in place of scissors is a [[bird]], made by holding the fingertips together, forming the shape of a beak. The bird drinks up the water, the water sinks the rock, and the rock kills the bird. Indonesians play Orang, Gajah, Semut (man, elephant, ant). The man squashes ant, elephant squashes man, and the ant scares the elephant.<br />
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The Chinese and Koreans use Cloth along with Rock and Scissors, while the Japanese have adopted Paper. Minor variation is also observed in the standard game play.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}<br />
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The Indians play a variant called Chi-Ku-Ba with slightly different hand formations. Ku is rock formation, held the same; Chi is a scissors with the two fingers closed instead of open; Ba is paper but held vertically with all fingers open like a full hand, with the fingers separated from each other. Chi-Ku-Ba is played with two hands instead of one; after you lose one hand, only the other hand remains in the game. Unlike the rock-scissors-paper rule, there is no asymmetric cycle. One has to play exactly what the other player plays to stay in the game. It is very tough to maintain a draw with two hands, as you get combinations like this, Chi-Chi, Chi-Ku or Ku-Chi, Chi-Ba or Ba-Chi, Ku-Ku, Ku-Ba or Ba-Ku, & Ba-Ba. {{Fact|date=February 2007}}<br />
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Singaporeans play the Indian variant with a slight twist; everything stays the same except that one has to play what the other player did not play. So if the the opponent plays Ku-Chi, one have to have Ba-Ku, Ba-Ba, Chi-Ku or Chi-Ba in order to have both hands "alive".<br />
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==Mathematics==<br />
===Non-transitivity===<br />
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Rock, Paper, Scissors is also often used as an example of the mathematical concept of [[intransitivity|non-transitivity]]. A [[transitive relation]] ''R'' is one for which ''a R b'' and ''b R c'' implies ''a R c''. A [[reflexive relation|reflexive]], [[antisymmetric relation|antisymmetric]], and [[transitive relation]] on a set is known as a [[partial ordering]], from which notions of "greater" and "less" follow. A game option which is "greater" than another is closer to being optimal, but such a notion does not exist in Rock, Paper, Scissors: The relation used to determine which throws defeat which is non-transitive. Rock defeats Scissors, and Scissors defeat Paper, but Rock '''loses''' to Paper. In fact, Rock-Paper- Scissors could be called ''"antitransitive"'' because if A strictly defeats B, and B strictly defeats C, A necessarily loses against C.<br />
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===Commutativity and non-associativity===<br />
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Rock, Paper, Scissors also provides an [[example of a commutative non-associative magma|example]] of a [[magma (algebra)|magma]] that is [[commutative]] but not [[associative]], by defining a binary operation on the set {rock, paper, scissors} in which the product of a pair is defined to be the "winner".<br />
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===Concurrent game (not turn-based)===<br />
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Rock, Paper, Scissors is also an example of a concurrent game, i.e., one which is not turn-based. In a turn-based game, such as chess, only one player moves at a time. In a concurrent game, all players make their moves at the same time.<br />
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==Computer play==<br />
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A large effort has gone into developing successful computer strategies for Reaux Sham Beaux. The results of competition between the different programs is shown at http://chappie.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/roshambot.<br />
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== Pop culture trivia ==<br />
{{main|List of pop culture references to Rock, Paper, Scissors}}<br />
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Because of its widespread use by children and adults, Rock Paper Scissors has received substantial references in popular culture. Many television series poke fun at particular characters' incompetence at understanding the game rules, or show how mischievous characters are often able to "win" the game by inventing new objects which beat all the others.<br />
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In [[video game]]s, [[intransitive]] relationships (like Rock, Paper, Scissors) often appear either in strategy choices or in weapons' abilities.<br />
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"Rock is Dead. Long live Paper and Scissors." is a popular t-shirt among young people wishing to express disdain for the lack of quality rock music available. {{Fact|date=February 2007}}<br />
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====Federal case====<br />
In 2006, Federal Judge Gregory Presnell from the Middle District of Florida ordered opposing sides in a lengthy court case to settle a trivial (but lengthily debated) point over the appropriate place for a [[deposition (law)|deposition]] using the game of rock-paper-scissors.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003052251_game10.html | title = Exasperated judge resorts to child's game | publisher = [[Associated Press]] | date = [[2006-06-26]] | accessdate = 2006-08-20 }}</ref> The ruling in ''Avista Management v. Wausau Underwriters'' stated:<br />
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{{cquote|Upon consideration of the Motion – the latest in a series of<br />
Gordian knots that the parties have been unable to untangle without enlisting the assistance of the federal courts – it is ORDERED that said Motion is DENIED. Instead, the Court will fashion a new form of alternative dispute resolution, to wit: at 4:00 P.M. on Friday, June 30, 2006, counsel shall convene at a neutral site agreeable to both parties. If counsel cannot agree on a neutral site, they shall meet on the front steps of the Sam M. Gibbons U.S. Courthouse, 801 North Florida Ave., Tampa, Florida 33602. Each lawyer shall be entitled to be accompanied by one paralegal who shall act as an attendant and witness. At that time and location, counsel shall engage in one (1) game of "rock, paper, scissors." The winner of this engagement shall be entitled to select the location for the 30(b)(6) deposition to be held somewhere in Hillsborough County during the period July 11-12, 2006.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/07/magazines/fortune/judgerps_fortune/index.htm| publisher=CNN.com| accessdate=2006-06-08| title=Order of the court: Avista Management vs. Wausau Underwriters Insurance Co.| year=June 7, 2006| first=Gregory| last=Presnell}}</ref></blockquote>}}<br />
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====Auction house RPS match====<br />
When Takashi Hashiyama, CEO of a Japanese television equipment manufacturer, decided to auction off the collection of Impressionist paintings owned by his corporation, including works by Cézanne, Picasso and van Gogh, he contacted two leading U.S. auction houses, Christie's International and Sotheby's Holdings, seeking their proposals on how they would bring the collection to the market as well as how they would maximize the profits from the sale. Both firms made elaborate proposals, but neither was persuasive enough to get Hashiyama’s business. Willing to split up the collection into separate auctions, Hashiyama asked the firms to decide between themselves who would get the Cézanne's "Large Trees Under the Jas de Bouffan", worth $12-16 million. They could not decide—enter Rock, Paper, Scissors. <br />
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Hashiyama told the two firms to play RPS to decide who would get the rights to the auction, explaining, "It probably looks strange to others, but I believe this is the best way to decide between two things which are equally good."<br />
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The auction houses had a weekend to come up with a choice. Christie's went to experts: 11-year-old twin daughters of an employee, who suggested "scissors" because "Everybody expects you to choose 'rock'." Sotheby's admitted that they treated it as a game of chance and had no particular strategy for the game, but went with "paper". <br />
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Christie's won the match, with millions of commission that went to the auction house.<br />
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==Evolutionary strategy== <br />
[[Image:Uta3.jpg|thumb|300px|The Common Side-blotched Lizard (''Uta stansburiana'') exhibits a Rock-Paper-Scissors pattern in its different mating strategies.]]<br />
Biologist [[Barry Sinervo]] from the [[University of California, Santa Cruz]] has discovered a Rock-Paper-Scissors [[Evolution|evolutionary strategy]] in the [[mating behaviour]] of the [[side-blotched lizard]] species ''[[Common side-blotched lizard|Uta stansburiana]]''. Males have either orange, blue or yellow throats and each type follows a fixed, heritable mating strategy:<ref>{{cite web | title = The rock-paper-scissors game and the evolution of alternative male strategies | url = http://bio.research.ucsc.edu/~barrylab/lizardland/male_lizards.overview.html | author = [[Barry Sinervo|Sinervo, Barry]] | accessdate = 2006-08-20 | date = [[2001-02-20]] }}</ref><br />
* Orange-throated males are strongest and do not form strong pair bonds; instead, they fight blue-throated males for their females. Yellow-throated males, however, manage to snatch females away from them for mating.<br />
* Blue-throated males are middle-sized and form strong pair bonds. While they are outcompeted by orange-throated males, they can defend against yellow-throated ones.<br />
* Yellow-throated males are smallest, and their coloration [[Mimicry|mimics]] females. Under this disguise, they can approach orange-throated males but not the stronger-bonding blue-throated specimens and mate while the orange-throats are engaged in fights.<br />
This can be summarized as "orange beats blue, blue beats yellow, and yellow beats orange", which is similar to the rules of rock, paper, scissors.<br />
The proportion of each male type in a [[population]] is similar in the long run, but fluctuates widely in the short term. For periods of 4-5 years, one strategy predominates, after which it declines in frequency as the strategy that manages to exploit its weakness increases. This corresponds to the stable pattern of the game in the [[replicator dynamics]] where the [[dynamical system]] follows [[closed orbits]] around the [[mixed strategy]] [[Nash equilibrium]] (Sinervo & Lively, 1996; Sinervo, 2001; Alonzo & Sinervo, 2001; Sinervo & Clobert, 2001; Sinervo & Zamudio, 2001).<br />
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Bacteria also exhibit a rock-paper-scissors dynamic when they engage in antibiotic production. The theory for this finding was demonstrated by computer simulation and in the laboratory by [[Benjamin Kerr]], working at Stanford University with [[Brendan Bohannan]] (Nature. 2002 Jul 11;418(6894):171-4.). The antibiotics in question are the [[bacteriocins]] - more specifically, [[colicins]] produced by ''[[Escherichia coli]]''. Biologist [[Benjamin C. Kirkup, Jr.]] further demonstrated that the [[colicins]] were active as ''E. coli'' compete with each other in the intestines of mice, and that the rock-paper-scissors dynamics allowed for the continued competition between [[antibiotic]] producing and antibiotic sensitive strains, because antibiotic resistant strains would out-compete the producing strains, providing an environment in which sensitive strains could successfully become established again (Nature. 2004 Mar 25;428(6981):412-4.).<br />
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==Tournaments==<br />
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The World RPS Society [http://www.worldrps.com] has been holding the world championships in Canada for the past 5 years. Hundreds of competitors from all over the world come to compete in these championships and during the first 4 years, home grown Canadian talent won the coveted trophy.<br />
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The latest winner is Bob 'The Rock' Cooper, from London, UK. He defeated 496 competitors to take the title, winning with a pair of scissors.<br />
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Bob is quickly gaining cult status now in the UK, and has his own fansite: [http://www.backbob.com]<br />
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Bob's great popularity has insprired his fans to be petitioning the [[BBC]] to re-open the nominations for the Sports Personality of the Year Awards 2006.<br />
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===WRPS sanctioned tournaments===<br />
Starting in 2002, the [[World Rock Paper Scissors Society]] (WRPS) standardized a set of rules for international play<ref>{{cite web | title = Game Basics | work = [[World Rock Paper Scissors Society]] | url = http://www.worldrps.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=31 | accessdate = 2006-08-20 }}</ref> and has overseen annual International World Championships. These open, competitive championships have been widely attended by players from around the world and have attracted widespread international media attention.<ref>{{cite news <br />
| date = [[2004-12-10]] <br />
| url = http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20041210-120729-4008r.htm <br />
| title = Fists fly in game of strategy <br />
| first = Patrick <br />
| last = Hruby <br />
| publisher = [[Washington Times]] <br />
| accessdate = 2006-08-20 <br />
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news <br />
| title = 2003 World Rock Paper Scissors Championship <br />
| url = http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1477870 <br />
| date = [[2003-10-24]] <br />
| work = All Things Considered <br />
| publisher = [[National Public Radio]] <br />
| accessdate = 2006-08-20 <br />
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/29/earlyshow/contributors/melindamurphy/main580709.shtml <br />
| title = Rock, Paper, Scissors A Sport?<br />
| date = [[2003-10-23]]<br />
| publisher = CBS News<br />
| accessdate = 2006-08-20 <br />
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news <br />
| url = http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2003-10-27-rock-paper_x.htm<br />
| title = Rock Paper Scissors contest being held<br />
| publisher = [[Associated Press]]<br />
| date = [[2003-10-27]]<br />
| accessdate = 2006-08-20 <br />
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news <br />
| url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,188380,00.html<br />
| title = Rock, Paper, Scissors, the Sport<br />
| first = Michael Y.<br />
| last = Park<br />
| publisher = [[Fox News]]<br />
| date = [[2006-03-20]]<br />
| accessdate = 2006-08-20 <br />
}}</ref> WRPS events are noted for their large cash prizes, elaborate staging, and colourful competitors.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.worldrps.com/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=30 | title = Gallery | work = World RPS society | date = [[2005-11-13]] | accessdate = 2006-08-20 }}</ref><br />
In 2004, the championships were broadcast on the U.S. television network [[Fox Sports Net]].<br />
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Professional poker player [[Phil Gordon]] conducted what he called "The World Series of Rock-Paper-Scissors" during the [[2005 World Series of Poker]] in which 64 contestants of the WSOP competed in a tournament similar to the [[NCAA tournament]].<br />
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====World Championship results since 2002====<br />
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{| border=1px<br />
!Year<br />
!Host City<br />
!Medal<br />
!Champion<br />
!Gender<br />
!Nationality<br />
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| rowspan=3 | 2002<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rpschamps.com/past_2002.html | title = 2002 International Rock Paper Scissors Championships Official Results | work = World RPS society | accessdate = 2006-08-20 }}</ref><br />
| rowspan=15 | [[Toronto]]<br />
|[[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]<br />
|Peter Lovering<br />
|Male<br />
|[[Canada|Canadian]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]]<br />
|Moe Asem<br />
|Male<br />
|Canadian<br />
|-<br />
|[[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]]<br />
|Dave Ferris<br />
|Male<br />
|Canadian<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan=3 | 2003<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rpschamps.com/results2003.html | title = 2003 Championships Official Results | work = World RPS society | accessdate = 2006-08-20 }}</ref><br />
|[[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]<br />
|Rob Krueger<br />
|Male<br />
|Canadian<br />
|-<br />
|[[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]]<br />
|Marc Rigaux<br />
|Male<br />
|Canadian<br />
|-<br />
|[[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]]<br />
|Patrick Merry<br />
|Male<br />
|Canadian<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan=3 | 2004<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rpschamps.com/results2004.html | title = 2004 Championships Official Results | work = World RPS society | accessdate = 2006-08-20 }}</ref><br />
|[[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]<br />
|Lee Rammage<br />
|Male<br />
|Canadian<br />
|-<br />
|[[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]]<br />
|Heather Birrell<br />
|Female<br />
|Canadian<br />
|-<br />
|[[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]]<br />
|Chris Berggeren<br />
|Male<br />
|[[United States|American]]<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan=3 | 2005<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rpschamps.com/results2005.html | title = 2005 Championships Official Results | work = World RPS society | accessdate = 2006-08-20 }}</ref><br />
|[[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]<br />
|Andrew Bergel<br />
|Male<br />
|Canadian<br />
|-<br />
|[[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]]<br />
|Stan Long<br />
|Male<br />
|American<br />
|-<br />
|[[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]]<br />
|Stewart Waldman<br />
|Male<br />
|American<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan=3 | 2006<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.worldrps.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=297 | title = 2006 Championships Official Results | work = World RPS society | accessdate = 2006-11-16 }}</ref><br />
|[[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]<br />
|Bob Cooper<br />
|Male<br />
|Great Britain<br />
|-<br />
|[[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]]<br />
|Bryan Bennett<br />
|Male<br />
|American<br />
|-<br />
|[[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]]<br />
|Tom Smith<br />
|Male<br />
|American<br />
|}<br />
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====Tour events====<br />
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In addition to the International World Championships the WRPS also endorses or sanctions a year-round series of tournaments world wide. "Endorsed" tournaments agree to abide by the WRPS standardized international rules of play and code of conduct, while "Sanctioned" tournaments will net the winner a trip to compete at the International World Championships. Some of the major events of this tour include:<br />
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*[http://www.roshambowinery.com Roshambo Winery RPS Championships], [[Healdsburg, California]]<br />
*[http://www.northeastrpschamps.com RPS Keystone Classic], [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]<br />
*[http://www.rpscityleague.com/home/ RPS Philadelphia City League Championship Series], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<br />
*[http://www.discoverpotsdam.com/rocksdam/ Rocksdam RPS Charity Tournament], [[Potsdam, New York]]<br />
*[http://www.nyrps.org/ Atlantic Yards Smackdown], [[Brooklyn, New York]]<br />
*[http://www.airguitaraustralia.com/RPS%20index.html RPS Australian Championships]<br />
*[http://www.airguitaraustralia.com/NZRPS%20index.html RPS New Zealand Championships]<br />
*[http://www.steinsakspapir.com/ Norwegian RPS Championships]<br />
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===USARPS Tournaments===<br />
[[USA Rock Paper Scissors League|USARPS League]] is the official Rock Paper Scissors League of the United States. It is sponsored by [[Bud Light]]. Matti Leshem is the co-commissioner of the USA Rock Paper Scissors League <br />
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In April 2006, the inaugural [[USA Rock Paper Scissors League]] Championship was held in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]]. Following months of regional qualifying tournaments held across the US, 257 players were flown to Las Vegas for a single-elimination tournament at the [[House of Blues]] where the winner received $50,000. The tournament was shown on the [[A&E Network]] on [[June 12]], [[2006]].<br />
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At the first USA Rock Paper Scissors League Championship, Dave "The Drill" McGill defeated Robert "Fast Twitch" Twitchel to win the tournament and the biggest prize in Rock Paper Scissors History. In addition, Jason "King of the Morning" Wood won a best-of-500 marathon to earn a brand new car.<br />
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The 2007 USARPS Tournament qualifiers are currently underway across America, and the $50,000 national tournament will take place at the Las Vegas Mandalay Bay in May.<br />
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===National XtremeRPS Competition 2007-2008===<br />
The XtremeRPS National Competition<br />
<ref>{{cite web | title = XTreme RPS Competition by Showtime Entertainment | url = http://www.rpsrocks.com | accessdate = 2007-01-07 }}</ref> is a Nationwide RPS competition with Preliminary Qualifying contests starting in January 2007 and ending in May 2008, followed by regional finals in June and July 2008. The national finals will be held in [[Des Moines]] in August 2008, with a chance to win up to $5,000.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
<references/><br />
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==References==<br />
* '''Alonzo''', Suzanne H. & '''Sinervo''', Barry (2001): Mate choice games, context-dependent good genes, and genetic cycles in the side-blotched lizard, ''Uta stansburiana''. ''Behavioral Ecology Sociobiology'' '''49'''(2-3): 176–186. {{DOI|10.1007/s002650000265}} (HTML abstract)<br />
* '''Culin''', Stewart (1895): ''Korean Games, With Notes on the Corresponding Games at China and Japan''. (evidence of nonexistence of Rock, Paper, Scissors in the West)<br />
* '''Gomme''', Alice Bertha (1894, 1898): ''The traditional games of England, Scotland, and Ireland'', 2 vols. (more evidence of nonexistence of Rock, Paper, Scissors in the West)<br />
* '''Opie''', Iona & '''Opie''', Peter (1969): ''Children's Games in Street and Playground'' Oxford University Press, London. (Details some variants on Rock, Paper, Scissors such as 'Man, Earwig, Elephant' in Indonesia, and presents evidence for the existence of 'finger throwing games' in Egypt as early as 2000 B.C.)<br />
* '''Sinervo''', Barry (2001): Runaway social games, genetic cycles driven by alternative male and female strategies, and the origin of morphs. ''Genetica'' '''112-113'''(1): 417-434. {{DOI|10.1023/A:1013360426789}} (HTML abstract)<br />
* '''Sinervo''', Barry & '''Clobert''', Jean (2003): Morphs, Dispersal Behavior, Genetic Similarity, and the Evolution of Cooperation. ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]'' '''300'''(5627): 1949-1951. {{DOI|10.1126/science.1083109}} (HTML abstract) [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/sci;300/5627/1949/DC1 Supporting Online Material]<br />
* '''Sinervo''', Barry & '''Lively''', C. M. (1996): The Rock-Paper-Scissors Game and the evolution of alternative male strategies. ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' '''380''': 240-243. {{DOI|10.1038/380240a0}} (HTML abstract)<br />
* '''Sinervo''', Barry & '''Zamudio''', K. R. (2001): The Evolution of Alternative Reproductive Strategies: Fitness Differential, Heritability, and Genetic Correlation Between the Sexes. ''Journal of Heredity'' '''92'''(2): 198-205. [http://jhered.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/92/2/198.pdf PDF fulltext]<br />
* '''Sogawa''', Tsuneo (2000): Janken. ''Monthly Sinica'' '''11'''(5). [Article in Japanese]<br />
* '''Walker''', Douglas & '''Walker''', Graham (2004): ''The Official Rock Paper Scissors Strategy Guide''. Fireside. (RPS strategy, tips and culture from the World Rock Paper Scissors Society).<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.areriroru.ch Switzerland Interplanetary Rock Paper Scissors Championship]<br />
*[http://www.usarps.com USA Rock Paper Scissors League]<br />
*[http://www.rpsrocks.com XtremeRPS National Competition 2007-2008]<br />
*[http://www.roshambowinery.com Roshambo Winery's Annual Championships]<br />
*[http://www.chessandpoker.com/rps_rock_paper_scissors_strategy.html PRPS Format, Rules and Strategy]<br />
*[http://www.worldrps.com/ World Rock Paper Scissors Society]<br />
*[http://poopeelpound.com/game/game.php Rock, Paper, Scissors in Flash]<br />
*[http://chappie.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/roshambot Stanford University's RoshamBot], an [[artificial intelligence]] RPS player<br />
*[http://www.forbes.com/execpicks/fyi/2005/0407/061.html Article from Forbes FYI]<br />
*[http://francis.homelinux.org:8080/~francis/ryso/index.php Rock Your Socks Off - Play with real people]<br />
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'''Niji Iro Tōgarashi''' (虹色とうがらし) is a [[manga]] by [[Mitsuru Adachi]] that tells about a place which was very similar to earth in the past but not earth. In this place, lived a young boy named Sichimi. After the death of his mother, Sichimi was sent to join his step brothers and sister from his father. He was surprised to know that each of them had different mothers but yet the same father they have never met. They lived together in a slum, eventhough apparently their father was pretty rich.<br />
Each one of them is different from the others. Sichimi, like most of the other family members are very good at ninjutsu, since he was raised in a ninja family. Since their characters differs very much, sometimes fights are inevitable.<br />
Not long after Sichimi's arrival, the siblings then decided to embark on a journey to visit the graves of their mothers. On this journey, they encountered too many dangers for a couple of kids who are just going to visit graves.<br />
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Niji iro tohgarasi has very minimum details in pictures and words. The plot is slow, like most of Mitsuru Adachi's work. The topic varies from sibling lives, court life, treason, to environmental conscious. Nevertheless, the manga tells a lot about Japan's culture in the past even if the mangaka insisted, that this is not a story of any place on earth.<br />
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The names are puns on Japanese spices. [[Togarashi|Tōgarashi]] is a Japanese seasoning made of [[Capsicum|chilli]] powder. [[Shichimi Togarashi|Shichimi]] (the usual romanization, which here is Sichimi) tōgarashi is another Japanese spice. ''Niji iro'' means "rainbow-colored."<br />
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* [http://a-m.sosmanga.com/ Adachi-Manga] - A site that translates Adachi Mitsuru's works.<br />
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<div>== Bounty is unknown ==<br />
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Okay. This write this here shall we, (not that anyone seems to be reading this page), this character has not had his bounty posted. [[User:Angel Emfrbl|Angel Emfrbl]] 21:31, 29 July 2006 (UTC)<br />
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== Jaguar D. Saul ==<br />
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latest_release_version = 1.8 |<br />
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'''CDisplay''' is a free [[Sequence|sequential]] image viewing utility used in viewing images one at a time, or two at a time just like [[Comic|comic pages]]. CDisplay was written to easily view [[JPEG]], [[PNG]] and static [[GIF]] format images sequentially. The program's inspiration and inplementation was partly because the existing programs currently available were too general purpose and thus were awkward to use when simply viewing images sequentially.<br />
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The program was compiled using [[Borland]] [[C++]] Builder 5.0 and has been tested in many [[Microsoft Windows]] Platforms including [[Windows 98]], [[Windows NT|NT]], [[Windows 2000|2000]] and [[Windows XP|XP Tablet]].<br><br />
CDisplay has no write capabilities, and therefore files are left totally untouched. A small amount of configuration data is written to the registry but leaves the computer and data unchanged.<br />
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CDisplay is no longer actively maintained by the original author, and the open source CDisplayEx has been adopted by many users in its place due to its greater speed and stability, along with its ongoing development.<br />
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== Features ==<br />
* Loads JPEG, PNG and static GIF images which are automatically ordered alphabetically and presented for viewing one at a time or two at a time.<br />
* The images may be viewed from a folder, or zipped in a [[ZIP (file format)|.zip]], [[.rar]], [[.ace]] or [[.tar]] archive file - CDisplay is able to view images without decompressing the archive.<br />
* Page through the images sequentially and scroll around pages with single key presses.<br />
* Many automatic page sizing options including choices to display one or two pages at one time. Image resizing uses the [[Lanczos approximation]] for the best picture quality.<br />
* If a [[.txt]] file is within a Folder or [[CBR (file format)|.CBR]] file, it displays the Comic's contents on file opening.<br />
* If a .[[sfv]] file is within a Folder or [[CBR (file format)|.CBR]] file, it displays the [[SFV]] file, to confirm that the file is not corrupted.<br />
* Automatic colour balance and yellow reduction if desired.<br />
* No [[Bloatware|bloat]] caused by non-essential general purpose image processing features.<br />
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== Files ==<br />
CDisplay files typically have the extensions ''.cbr'' or ''.cbz'', which are simply [[RAR]] or [[ZIP (file format)|ZIP]], respectively, files renamed for convenience, with the files within extractable by any program which supports those formats. The standard icon for cbr and cbz extension is a comic balloon.<br />
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CDisplay supports the display of [[JPEG]], [[PNG]], [[GIF]], [[BMP]] and [[TXT]] and also [[SFV]] files to confirm that the file is not corrupt, either "loose" or contained within RAR or ZIP files, as above.<br />
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*[[CDisplay_RAR_Archived_Comic_Book_File]]<br />
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* [http://www.geocities.com/davidayton/CDisplay CDisplay Comic Reader], Homepage of CDisplay<br />
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=== Third-party use of .CBR files ===<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdisplayex CDisplayEx] Open source CDisplay clone for Windows<br />
* [http://comicrack.blogspot.com/ Comic Rack] Windows comicbook viewer, built on .NET<br />
* [http://www.cdisplay.net/ cdisplay] Unnofficial CDisplay Updates<br />
* [http://www.oma-penny.com/software.php Picwalker] Windows comicbook Viewer<br />
* [http://comix.sourceforge.net Comix] Python gtk comicbook viewer (intended for Unix like enviroments)<br />
* [http://stc-archive.gue-network.com StC Archive] Comicbook archive of Fleetway's Sonic the Comic<br />
* [http://shii.org/cdisplay cdisplay] shell script for Linux<br />
* [http://home.asparagine.net/software/comicviewer/ ComicViewer] java-gnome software for Linux<br />
* [http://elvine.org/code/cbview/ CBView] gtk2-perl software for Linux<br />
* [http://jomic.sourceforge.net/ Jomic] Java clone of cdisplay<br />
* [http://www.feedface.com/projects/ffview.html FFView] Mac/OS-X comicbook viewer<br />
* [http://comical.sourceforge.net/ Comical] Mac/OS-X and Windows comicbook viewer. Can be compiled for Linux<br />
* [http://www.comicbooklover.com ComicBookLover] Mac/OS-X comicbook viewer, collector, organiser<br />
* [http://colas.nahaboo.net/software/scansreader/ ScansReader] Linux/Unix Open source (C+X11) comicbook viewer<br />
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<div>CDisplayEx Open source CDisplay clone. Where is the source if it is open source?<br />
--[[User:SeanJA|SeanJA]] 05:36, 1 August 2006 (UTC)<br />
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:Try the "Browse SVN" link at the bottom of the left column on their SourceForge page. --Anonymous<br />
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Isn't it David Ayton not David Dayton?<br />
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According to cdisplay.net its David Ayton.<br />
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I'll change it, incase its incorrect just change it back.<br />
[[User:Anonymous]] 04:59, 3 September 2006 (UTC)</div>74.118.121.125https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:CDisplay&diff=73522934Talk:CDisplay2006-09-03T04:59:39Z<p>74.118.121.125: </p>
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<div>CDisplayEx Open source CDisplay clone. Where is the source if it is open source?<br />
--[[User:SeanJA|SeanJA]] 05:36, 1 August 2006 (UTC)<br />
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:Try the "Browse SVN" link at the bottom of the left column on their SourceForge page. --Anonymous<br />
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Isn't it David Ayton not David Dayton?<br />
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According to cdisplay.net its David Ayton.<br />
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I'll change it, incase its incorrect just change it back.<br />
[[User:74.118.121.125|74.118.121.125]] 04:59, 3 September 2006 (UTC)</div>74.118.121.125https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:CDisplay&diff=73522893Talk:CDisplay2006-09-03T04:59:18Z<p>74.118.121.125: </p>
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<div>CDisplayEx Open source CDisplay clone. Where is the source if it is open source?<br />
--[[User:SeanJA|SeanJA]] 05:36, 1 August 2006 (UTC)<br />
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:Try the "Browse SVN" link at the bottom of the left column on their SourceForge page. --Anonymous<br />
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Isn't it David Ayton not David Dayton?<br />
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According to cdisplay.net its David Ayton.<br />
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I'll change it, incase its incorrect just change it back.</div>74.118.121.125