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Tokyo Gore Police
(2008)
By: Julian on May 29, 2009
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Eastern Eye (Australia). Region 4, PAL. 1.78:1 (16:9 enhanced). Japanese DD 5.1, Japanese DD 2.0, English DD 5.1, English DD 2.0. English Subtitles. 105 minutes
The Movie
Cover Art
Credits
Director:
Yoshihiro Nishimura
Starring:
Eihi Shiina, Itsuji Itao, 	Yukihide Benny, Shun Sugata, Keisuke Horibe
Screenplay: Kengo Kaji, Sayako Nakoshi, Yoshihiro Nishimura
Country: Japan
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Yeah,
so I confess – the only reason I was
drawn to Tokyo Gore
Police was because its title was Tokyo Gore Police. But I did know a bit about this flick before diving in blind; namely
some delightful accusations that it was the most ball-tearing Eastern
gore flick since Riki-Oh, and that it starred Audition's
über-bitch Eihi Shiina battling it out with a katana against
mutants. The deal, as they say, was sealed.
Tokyo
Gore Police posits a futuristic Tokyo where the mean streets are
commandeered by the "Engineers". The Engineers are the hideously
mutated products of macabre human experiments in which people are
infected by a strain of DNA synthesised from that of various serial
killers, turning them into homicidal maniacs. The Engineers are also
able to turn any injury they sustain into a lethal weapon, with some
genuinely repulsive results. The only thing that stops the Engineers
entirely is the severing of the offending strand of DNA, a solid
key-shaped growth that may be removed upon autopsy. Little is known
about the Engineers and the only obstacle to their objective of
unrelentingly terrorising the streets of Tokyo is the local police
force, a recently privatised behemoth that is absolutely ruthless in
its approach to the mutants.
The
stellar member of Tokyo's boys and girls in blue is Ruka (Shiina),
a pretty young thing who's pretty handy with a samurai sword. Ruka
is haunted by the murder of her father, a Tokyo cop who was brutally
gunned down in the streets, and she is set on finding his assassin in
amongst the various arse-kickery that comes with cleaning the streets
of mutants that would make the X-Men wince. Her investigations lead
her to the "Key Man", who is deeply involved with both her
father's murder and the Engineers.
The
director of Tokyo Gore Police is Yoshihiro Nishimura, who
gained tremendous cult acclaim with his special effects work on the
2008 film The Machine Girl.
The roots of Tokyo Gore Police began with Media Blasters, the company that co-prodcued The
Machine Girl, when they suggested Nishimura helm his own feature.
Nishimura opted to remake one of his short films, the 1995 flick Anatomia Extinction. Tak Sakaguchi, best known in cult circles
for his starring role in Ryuhei Kitamura's Versus, was
brought on as fight choreographer and Nishimura assembled a cult star
cast, including Shiina.
If
you're expecting anything remotely coherent, Tokyo Gore Police isn't the movie for you; perhaps it's best thought of as the
hell-spawn of Cronenberg and Miike, with a dollop of Lynch. Nishimura
has adopted for a "low on brains, high on brawn" approach, and by
God is it high on brawn – when the claret is spilled it rivals Braindead for sheer viscera and the comparisons to Riki-Oh are more than valid. Unfortunately, the absolutely threadbare
plot is frequently lost in the pink mist (or rather deep-red showers;
it's the House of Blue Leaves in colour, for 105 minutes) and a
major fault is that it's just too long. About twenty minutes could
have easily been shorn off the running time to make Tokyo
Gore Police a very lean, mean little exercise in bloodshed.
Nishimura errs on the side of self-indulgence and just before the
hyper-frenetic conclusion finally kicks in it's beginning to get a
little tiresome.
Something
should be said here about the social commentary that is so central to Tokyo Gore Police and makes up a lot of its charm. Nishimura
has peppered fake advertisements throughout the film, some boasting
the sheer sadistic prowess of the police in their Darth Vader
get-ups, others advertising razors that are easier to self-mutilate
with. While the parallels to Starship Troopers are clear,
Nishimura does a really good job with them for the most part –
they're incredibly blackly funny and do the whole satirical bit
quite well. The only input Nishimura had in these segments was
supervision and make-up effects. Instead, they were directed by
Noboru "The Machine Girl" Iguchi and Yûdai Yamaguchi,
director of the 2003 cult hit Battlefield Baseball. In one
interview, Nishimura said his main reasoning behind including the
advertisements was to lighten the tone of the picture and his desire
to make some sort of social comment drawing upon his legal college
education.
Nishimura's
own special effects mob Nishimura Motion Picture Model Makers Group
is responsible for the special effects and for the most part they're
done really well. Some of these creatures are disgusting, nightmarish
things and that's a real testament to Nishimura's company's
creativity – particular kudos goes towards the crocodile mermaid
and, to paraphrase the irate cop from The Doors, "the guy
with the brain".
In
amongst all of the madness, the incoherence, the blood and satire, Tokyo Gore Police is a pretty good film. Even though it
outstays its welcome at 105 minutes, it's a quirky Japanese riff on
Cronenbergian body horror and the Eastern blood movie that's well
worth your time.
Video
Picture is presented in 1:85:1, with 16:9 enhancement. Although obviously shot on video, the image is very clear. No complaints here.
Audio
A fair smorgasbord of audio tracks are available depending on your technological capabilities or language preference – two Japanese Dolby tracks in 2.0 and 5.1 and two English Dolby tracks in 2.0 and 5.1. I'm dead-set against the inferior dubbed tracks so the Japanese 5.1 was the way to go for me and it sounded terrific.
English subtitles are also provided.
Extra Features
This disc is light on extras – a theatrical trailer, extended promo trailer and stills gallery have been provided. However, the US Media Blasters disc is lighter still, including only a theatrical trailer. The local release is the way to go at the moment.
The Verdict
A wildly entertaining film, even if it's just for the sheer spectacle of the thing. It gets a bit tired towards the middle and when exploring some very impossible connections between the Key Man and Ruka, but hey – it's grisly, ultra-violent Japanese mayhem at its delirious high point. Oh, did I mention there were mutants?
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Fat Boy Pete on 06/27/2009 @ 12:18
Comment # 3 of 3
Crazy gore. One of the goriest movies ever released in Australia for sure.
Rip on 05/30/2009 @ 16:59
Comment # 2 of 3
Good review. I preferred MACHINE GIRL in some ways, but perhaps because it was tighter. TOKYO GORE POLICE is great fun, but is way overlong.
MaxTheSilent on 05/30/2009 @ 13:26
Comment # 1 of 3
Fun, wacky movie. Far better than the tedious MACHINE GIRL.
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POSTED: Friday, Jan. 13, 2012
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LETTER: Says city protest response deplorable
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Is this really Bellingham?
Did we just see our local "storm troopers" in full riot gear evicting peaceful protesters from the park?
The protesters who are brave enough to put themselves on the line in the struggle for a more equitable democracy, live in tents in the rain and cold, educate us to the facts of corporate thievery, be arrested?
The Occupy movement includes all voices for justice. They are our hope for our future. Rather than protecting the grass in the park, we should protect non-violent civil disobedience. The city's response was deplorable.Belle ShalomBellingham
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Those who supported Bellingham protesters can also donate to the city to offset the cost to the taxpayers to clean up the human and material waste dumped in our park. Those who do not have the means to donate money can donate their time and volunteer to clean other areas of Bellingham littered with trash. Free speech is a right of every American; dumping your garbage in public is not.
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Books & Technology Roundup
Book publishers have been on our minds since our post on 25 Lessons Publishers Can Teach Startups. In particular because Digital Book World took place, then O’Reilly Tools of Change, plus the National Book Count data was released and our client Canadian Bookshelf announced today that Amazon.ca will be its lead sponsor for 2012 and they are rebranding as The 49th Shelf. Here’s the big news in books.
Digital Book World Conference
Digital Book World keeps a running commentary on their blog of insights into publishing in the 21st century. Following the conference, attendees posted a number of summaries of the sessions and keynotes on various sites. Here are the standout factoids and anecdotes in my mind.
Publisher optimism about the digital evolution has lessened over the past year. 72% of publishers feel they can be competitive in the new digital market (down 83% from last year).
Ebook sales increased 17% in 2011. For top publishers, 15% of their book sales were from digital in 2011. There is a lot of variation across publisher and dependent on the genre of books published.
Consumer preference for reading ebooks shows 35% prefer dedicated e-readers (Kindle), 31% tablets (iPad), and 30% reading tablets (Fire, NookColor, Vox).
Also of note, Sourcebooks announced their experimentation with an agile publishing model.
O’Reilly Tools of Change Conference
O'Reilly Media’s Tools of Change conference returned to New York with a stellar line up of publishing innovators and technologists to talk about the present and future of publishing. This year’s TOC kicked off with keynote presenter LeVar Burton. Burton heads a startup multimedia children’s publishing venture called RRKidz that is based on his work hosting PBS’s Reading Rainbow program. Watch the keynote and other presentations from the conference.
Tim Carmody, Wired Magazine, also presented on the Future of Reading, from Avant-Garde Poetry to Sportscenter.
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National Book Count
25 books will have been sold or circulated in Canada by the time you read this sentence.
The above was Mark Medley’s opening for his National Post article on the results of the National Reading Campaign’s National Book Count. Read the full article: “National Book Count suggests Canada Reads”
It’s true. The numbers are in. Canada Reads. And based on our experience with client Canadian Bookshelf, there’s a strong audience for Canadian-authored titles.
Canadian Bookshelf Announces Amazon.ca As Lead Sponsor for 2012 and Rebrands as The 49th Shelf
Announced today:
Canadian books are getting a well-deserved boost today. Canadian Bookshelf announced Amazon.ca as its lead sponsor for 2012, and that the book community website will now offer expanded features and book listings under the new name The 49th Shelf. http://49thShelf.com
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As book fans and supporters of the Canadian publishing industry, I’m looking forward to this next chapter with 49th Shelf.
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Last night I presented to the SEMPO Vancouver meetup group on the different perspectives of generalists and specialists when it comes to Search Marketing.
In summary, marketing generalists are under a ton of pressure to understand and create effective marketing strategies that address the growth of marketing channels and device choices, on top of dealing with the explosion of marketing data and financial constraints. Search marketing specialists can play a key strategic role in answering business questions like “how should I allocate budget among each marketing channel,” “how can I get more leads,” and “what can I do to get more sales?” But specialists need to understand the social approach to winning support from generalists.
This presentation offers tips for Search Specialists looking to gain support from clients, managers, executives and other generalists.
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The Vancouver Sun recently published an article by Sean Cranbury that highlights Monique Trottier’s presentation at BNC Technology Forum 2011. Tech Forum is an annual event that showcases experts and visionaries from the international publishing and bookselling scene. This year’s focus was on practical insights on the digital space and Monique presented on measuring the success of your online marketing campaigns.
Organized by BookNet’s Samantha Francis, the conference opened with keynote speaker Mitch Joel, President of Twist Image and author of Six Pixels of Separation.
Other speakers included Patrick Brown from Goodreads, Colin Robinson of Or Books, and Alex Jansen of Pop Sandbox. See the complete list of speakers.
In a summary of the day, the Vancouver Sun article mentions Monique’s presentation, titled “Beyond Fans and Followers, Measuring Your Online Marketing Campaigns.”
[Trottier] proceeded to demonstrate how tools like Google Analytics can be used to measure the success of online marketing campaigns.
The twitter hashtag #TechForum11 was tending at this time and many of the tweets that emerged from Monique’s session lauded her generous attention to detail.
Jack Illingworth, Executive Director of Literary Press Group Canada tweeted: “[Monique] has said more in 9 minutes that most do in an hour” while freelance editor Laura Godrey summed up the general mood by tweeting “@somisguided is totally #crushingit at #techforum11. I need to learn to use Google Analytics…”
It was the kind of presentation that seeks to be the example that others will follow in terms of commitment, content and practical value for the audience and it was arguably the best session of the day.
Thank you to Sean Cranbury for the very flattering representation of the session!
Read the full article.
Monique’s presentation slides are available for download and an audio version is on the way:
BookNet Tech Forum: Beyond Fans and Followers, Measuring the Success of Online Marketing Campaigns
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10 Tips for Getting Results from Social Media
Right Course Magazine, Business in Vancouver’s magazine on executive training and professional development, just published an article written by Boxcar Marketing titled “Class (Inter)actions: Top tips for getting results from social media.”
The article is great for marketing professionals, business owners and employers who are looking to incorporate social media marketing into their existing marketing mix or improve upon existing online marketing initiatives. Learn how to develop a social media strategy, monitor progress, optimize campaigns, and measure success (return on investment).
Boxcar Marketing’s 10 top tips for getting results from social media include:
Define your goals
Listen to your customers
Draft a simple social media policy
Start conversations
Humanize your company
Establish your identity
Know your customers
Reward true fans
Acknowledge screw-ups
Integrate online and offline
For a closer look at getting results from social media, read the full article in Right Course on page 21.
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Georgia Straight: Vancouver book scene reshaped by online communities
On Monday the Georgia Straight posted an article on how
Vancouver’s book scene is being reshaped by online communities.
The article looks at how the web is changing the publishing industry and readers’ relationship to books. Vancouver, in particular, is playing a role in changing the Canadian publishing landscape with events like the Vancouver Book Club, the W2 Real Vancouver Writers’ & Culture Series and BookCamp Vancouver.
Monique, who the article states, “has played an instrumental role in the digital growth of Canada’s publishing industry” was interviewed for the article:
When Trottier started at Raincoast, she was one of only a handful of people in publishing who worked online.
“Even at that stage, it was clear that the hierarchy of conversation about books was collapsing,” Trottier told the Straight at a Kitsilano coffee shop.
Publishers—and only publishers—used to engage with media and booksellers, and then media and booksellers would communicate with retail buyers and the public. “The web has really collapsed that,” Trottier said. “The conversation happens between readers and between writers, and then directly between readers and writers and publishers.”
While social media allow publishers to listen more closely to their markets, Trottier acknowledges that they’re not the silver bullet that will save the industry. “Publishers are going to save themselves when they figure out what their new business model is,” she said.
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Monday, October 11, 2010
Interesting Vancouver 2010
Friday, October 8 was Vancouver’s 3rd Interesting event.
Interesting was founded in London, UK by Russell Davies and now has chapters around the world. Friend and former Vancouverite Brett Macfarlane founded the Vancouver chapter and kicked off the event this year in a pre-recorded statement from Uraguay. If that wasn’t interesting enough, the evening progressed through a series of 5- and 10-minute presentations on the jazz scene in Vancouver, yarn bombing, the coincidence problem, how to take (and throw) your first punch to the face, biodynamic farming, transgender identity, the sex trade in Vancouver, food sourcing, the beauty in the data of 50K camera-phone photos taken by one guy, third spaces such as the Museum of Vancouver, and the notes of spaces in music.
Interesting, unexpected, ordinary and extraordinary.
Jer Thorp was one of my favourite speakers from Interesting Vancouver 2009.
IV 09 - Jer Thorp from Brett Macfarlane on Vimeo.
I also had the pleasure of speaking at last year’s event. Here’s part of my presentation on natural perfume, the brain and how our sense of scent works.
IV 09 - Monique Trottier from Brett Macfarlane on Vimeo.
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Saturday, October 02, 2010
BookCamp Vancouver 2010: Thanks and Praise
October 1, 2010, was the second BookCamp Vancouver and it was a great success! Thank you to Crissy Campbell, our behind-the-scenes project manager extraordinaire, and the members of the organizing committee: John Maxwell, Sean Cranbury and Cynara Geissler. A big thanks to Jo-Anne Ray for her knowledge of all things SFU


AASM Manual
===========
(This is more of a set of notes than a true manual.)
Alpha++ release!
Required: {binary file, token specifier "mnemonics", source file}
Command line format
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
qasm [-s[d,v][{l, p}], , -l , -h , -e ]
-s dumps the symbol table to the specified file.
the default is to dump in alphabetical order
the -sd option dumps symbols in order of Definition
the -sv option sorts symbols into ascending Value
adding an 'l' will dump the Local labels too
adding a 'p' will dump the literal Pools too
-l dumps the list output to the specified file.
the -ls option will list the symbol table too
the -lk option will list the symbol table and insert a "KMD" identifier
-h dumps ASCII hexadecimal to the specified file.
-e dumps ELF to the specified file.
omitting the filename (or substituting '-') directs to stdout.
(Further options will be added later.)
Output information
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Each pass attempts to define and refine label values.
On each pass
information is echoed indicating "Label changes":
"defined" is the number of labels which were defined for the
first time on that pass.
"value changed" is the number of labels whose definition has
been altered on that pass; this is normally due to the object
code changing size as offsets are adjusted.
"read while undefined" indicates references to labels which
have not yet had any definition.
Iteration continues until all these values are zero - at which time a
final pass generates code - or the assembler becomes fed up, which
implies that the source code is not sensible.
In this case labels
still undefined are reported.
Errors are reported as they are determined and, if a pass contains
errors, assembly will be aborted at the end of the pass.
Source file input format
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Standard assembly language: optional label followed by a mnemonic -
with addressing mode(s) as required - followed by an optional comment.
Any field may be omitted where sensible.
No restrictions on mnemonic/label formatting (1st column, etc.)
Mnemonics (including directives) are case insensitive.
Labels are case sensitive.
Lines are terminated by
or .
A line is truncated to a limit of 255 characters. (Alterable in source file.)
Directives supported are:
INCLUDE 		Include file as part of source
GET
Synonym for "INCLUDE"
EQU				Equate
EXPORT	, , ...	Marks labels for export (for expansion)
If
= "all", all labels are exported
ARM				Assemble as 32-bit ARM code (default)
(Automatically aligns to word boundary)
THUMB				Assemble as 16-bit Thumb code
ARCHITECTURE			Set instruction set architecture (default "ALL")
{v3, v3M, v4, v4xM, v4T, v4TxM, v5, v5xM, v5T, v5TxM,
v5TE, v5TExP, all, any} (last 2 are synonyms)
ARCH				Synonym for ARCHITECTURE
ORIGIN				Origin (defaults to 00000000 at start)
ORG				Synonym for ORIGIN
ENTRY				Mark code entry point
ALIGN	, ]]	Increment origin to next multiple of
[[Will default to 4-byte alignment
Note: any label will be at the first filled address
if filling the gap, but the aligned address if not.
DEFS	[, ]	Define space - space uninitialised if
byte omitted
DEFB	, , ...	Define byte
DEFB	"string", ...		may mix with above - possible delimiters " ' ` /
Accepts C-style escape codes
{ \0 \" \' \? \\ \a \b \f \n \r \t \v }
DEFH	, , ...	Define 16-bit word (also strings as DEFB)
DEFW	, , ...	Define 32-bit word (also strings as DEFB)
DCB				Synonym for DEFB
DCW				Synonym for DEFH
DCD				Synonym for DEFW
LITERAL				Dump any outstanding literal constants
Owing to the automatic alignment and
user invisibility of literals it is
inadvisable to label a LITERAL directive.
LITERALS			Synonym for LITERAL
POOL				Synonym for LITERAL
LTORG				Synonym for LITERAL
RN				Alias a register name.
Note: must precede alias use in assembly
CN				Alias a coprocessor register name.
Note: must precede alias use in assembly
Note: a value used in (e.g.) DEFB is truncated to the appropriate
least significant bits -without- a warning message being generated.
Label rules
~~~~~~~~~~~
Labels are strings of alphanumerics, beginning with an alphabetic
character.
'_' is regarded as alphabetic.
They are case sensitive.
A label can be any length, but only the first 31 characters are
stored.
(This limit can be changed in the source file.)
Longer
labels are still likely to be distinguished by their hashes.
Local labels may be defined as decimal numbers.
The same label may be
defined repeatedly, if desired.
A local label is referenced using a
'%' prefix, thus:
999	beq	%b111
The reference may be specified as "%b##" (back) which searches for the
nearest matching preceding definition in the assembly process, "%f##"
(forward) which searches for the nearest matching succeeding
definition or "%##" which searches backwards then forwards if not
found.
Both directions of search begin with the label on the current
line, if any.
Expression rules
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
An operand may be one of:
.		current location
label
%	local label
decimal number
:	binary number			????
0b	binary number
@	octal number
$	hexadecimal number
&	hexadecimal number
0x	hexadecimal number
Values are 32 bit, two's complement.
Any number may contain an arbitrary number of '_' characters.
These
are intended to be available as field separators (e.g. in long binary
numbers) and are ignored by the assembler.
A monadic operator may be one of:
Symbols		Operation
+		Plus
-		Negative
(2's complement)
~		NOT
(1's complement)
|		log
(i.e. the bit number of the MS '1' or -1 for 0)
Only one monadic operator is allowed per element.
A diadic operator may be one of:
Symbols		Operation	Precedence
<< LSL SHL	Left shift
6	(High)
>> LSR SHR	Right shift
6
AND		Logical AND
5
|
OR		Logical OR
4
^
EOR XOR	Logical XOR
4
*		Multiply
3
/
DIV		DIV
3
\
MOD		MOD
3
+		Add
2
-		Subtract
2	(Low)
Parentheses may be used to force priority.
Mnemonics
~~~~~~~~~
Standard ARM mnemonics and syntax are supported, with the following additions:
NOP			ARM no-operation (MOV R0, R0)
UNDEF			Undefined instruction (?C000010)
UNDEFINED		as above
ADR Rd, addr		Produce an ADD/SUB Rd, PC, ## so that Rd becomes addr
Exactly one instruction is generated.
ADRL Rd, addr		Produce a set of operations which sets up Rd
by adding or subtracting from the PC.
From
one to four instructions may be generated.
ADRn Rd, addr		Produce a set of operations which sets Rd to
addr, using exactly n instructions
LDR/STR Rd, addr	PC-relative addressing mode
LDR Rd, =##		MOV/MVN Rd, ## if possible, otherwise plant a
PC-relative load to a literal constant.
The
literals will be dumped at the end of the file,
or earlier with a LITERAL directive.
LDRH will generate half word literals.
Literals will be aliased to earlier constants
of the same value, where possible.
Literal pools are aligned automatically, as
deemed necessary by the assembler, and
terminate on word alignment.
ADDX Rd, Rn, #nn	A number of `extended' immediate operations
which are synthesized from real operations but
allow arbitrary sized immediate fields.
From
one to four instructions may be generated;
some substitution (e.g. SUB for ADD) will be
attempted if it shortens the sequence.
Operations supported are {MOVX, ADDX, ADCX,
SUBX, SBCX, RSBX, RSCX, ANDX, BICX, ORRX,
EORX}.
Conditional operation and flag setting is
optional; NOTE that an attempt to set the C or
V FLAG will result in an UNDEFINED state as
predicting where an overflow may occur is not
possible and the flags can only be set on the
last instruction in the sequence.
These sequences may provide a convenient means
of performing some operations but should be
used with caution.
An advantage of this mechanism over "LDR =" is
that the data is fetched from the code stream
rather than as data; thus the constants are
more easily integrated with instruction
caches, etc.
Notes for Thumb:
NOP is MOV R8, R8 because MOV R0, R0 would affect the flags.
Only ADR (and ADR1) are currently supported.
Register names
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Register names are case insensitive.
The following register names are
predefined:
Name	Name	Name	Value
r0	a1
0
r1	a2
1
r2	a3
2
r3	a4
3
r4	v1
4
r5	v2
5
r6	v3
6
r7	v4
7
r8	v5
8
r9	v6	sb
9
r10	v7	sl	 10
r11	fp		 11
r12	ip		 12
r13	sp		 13
r14	lr		 14
r15	pc		 15
Other aliases (also case insensitive) may be created with the "RN"
directive, e.g.
acc		rn	r0
Coprocessor names are treated similarly.
Predefined aliases are "C?"
and "CR?" where '?' is a decimal number 0-15.
The relevant directive
is "CN".
Status register names are not aliasable.
Coprocessor names
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Predefined coprocessor names are "P?" or "CP?" where '?' is a decimal
number 0-15.
They are case insensitive.
Aliases may be defined with
the "CP" directive.
Non-literal translation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Some instructions will be modified, if possible, if they cannot be
assembled as specified.
For example: "ADD R1, R2, #-1" becomes
"SUB
R1, R2, #1".
There are two such sets of pairs:
ADD/SUB and CMP/CMP		Operand negated
AND/BIC, ADC/SBC and MOV/MVN	Operand inverted
As mentioned above, instructions of the form "LDR Rd, =###" will be
translated to MOV or MVN if the immediate field will fit in the
instruction.
Caveats
~~~~~~~
If using literal pools (i.e. the LDR R0, =&12345678 syntax) it is
advisable to finish the code file with a "LITERAL


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The place was the Edward Jones Dome.
It was September 10th, 2006....12:02 pm CST.
This moment in time was better known as the 2006 Opening Kickoff.
And on the field for the Rams were....
WR 81 T.Holt
LT 76 O.Pace
LG 68 R.Incognito
C 67 A.McCollum
RG 62 A.Timmerman
RT 70 A.Barron
TE 82 J.Klopfenstein
WR 80 I.Bruce
QB 10 M.Bulger
FB 31 P.Smith
RB 39 S.Jackson
Defense
LE 91 L.Little
UT 97 L.Glover
NT 73 J.Kennedy
RE 95 T.Hargrove
SLB 54 B.Chillar
MLB 51 W.Witherspoon
WLB 50 P.Tinoisamoa
LCB 22 Tr.Fisher
RCB 34 F.Brown
FS 21 O.Atogwe
SS 25 C.Chavous
In a perfect world, those same individuals would be on the field 16 weeks later as well.
However, we all know injuries are as much a part of football as the football itself.
It's going to happen.
Even now, some of these names are not on the field, nor will they be until 2007.
So, let's extrapolate the injury issue into a full blown Greek tragedy.
What happens if we lose EVERY starter?
What does the team look like?
Join me in this walk through hell, will you?
Skill Positions
QB - Ferrotte - Is he a starter?
Absolutely not.
However, Linehan has enough faith in him to keep him in his pocket in Minny and Miami.
Can he handle a game or two yea, but an extended stay in the pocket could get ugly.
RB - Committee - If S. Jack goes down, there is no feature back left on the roster.
Davis used to be, but no longer.
Fisher never was, never will be.
I'm not fond of committees, but used properly these two together may move the ball better than expected
FB - Hedgecock - With Smith out, this is where we stand now.
The kid is still young, and learning his 2nd NFL offense in as many years.
But once he's comfortable, this kid will be a wrecking ball.
He won't carry the ball, nor do we want him to.
He does one thing and does it well.....lead block.
Receivers
WR - Curtis & McDonald - It's just not fair in this case.
Both these guys are quality wideouts and would start on a lot of other teams.
So I have no problem with them as starting wideouts.
The problem I have is the dropoff from Holt/Bruce to Curtis/McDonald.
C & D are more than servicable.....but when is the last time "servicable" ever passed muster when referring to a Rams wideout?
TE - Walker - He was impressive in his limited time.
I don't think he's the pass catching threat of Klop, but I love his blocking skills.
He would do a fine job, assuming Linehan adapts to the differences between Klop and Walker
O-Line
OT - Steussie/Strojny - Here's where it turns ugly.
Other than Pace and Barron, there's only one other OT on the roster, Steussie.
So now we have to dip into the practice squad with Strojny.
The only thing that keeps me from sweating bullets on this one is because in this scenario Bulger is already hurt.
They can't hurt him twice.
OG - Goldberg/Setterstom - This spot has already seen plenty of flux this year, but assuming day 1 starters (RI & AT) are out, I don't have a huge problem with Goldberg and Setterstrom.
Goldberg is proving himself now, and I think Setterstrom is better than a typical 7th round rookie.
Wouldn't want to leave with them forever, but I like the OG position better than the OT position in this one.
OC - Incognito - Again assuming day 1 starter (McCollum)....oh wait, no need to assume.
This one is reality and will be the rest of the year.
Personally, I'm all for it.
I think RI is doing a great job adapting to the spot, and I'd like to see him stay there.
D-Line
DE - Adeyanju/Green - Vic is already getting his time and proving to be solid in the run game.
His pass rush hasn't shown itself yet, but maybe that's around the corner.
Green is green....high motor, all-effort...but nothing spectacular.
DT - Fisk/Wroten - After preseason, I was very excited to see what Wroten was going to bring.
Apparently, the coaching staff has yet to share my thoughts.
For now, Wroten still has that "potential" albatross around his neck.
As for Fisk, solid veteran who is doing a decent job of sucking up linemen to open holes for blitzers.
Linebackers
SLB - Smith - I'm not going to lose much sleep over this one.
Chillar has not been everything I hoped for, and Smith could do just as well in my opinion.
MLB - Brooks - The preseason phenom.
Can he translate that to the regular season?
I'm guessing no, but as with the WR spot, he's backing up today's icon, so Brooks won't get a fair shake if he has to take over.
WLB - Coakley - From what we've seen so far, DC has returned to a younger form.
He's playing both the run and especially the pass pretty well, when he's in.
If he had to take over for Pisa, I'd certainly miss Pisa, but DC would be effective
Defensive Backs
Corner - Hill/Butler - Hill will still make rookie mistakes, but his time to start is right around the corner.
Butler on the other hand must not be right, either physically or mentally.
Can Butler come back to form?
If so, I don't have a problem with him and Hill at the corners
FS - Bartell - A huge question mark.
I'm pretty certain Bartell will not be as comfortable as Atogwe is at this point, simply from lack of experience, but Bartell has all the physical and mental tools to be a decent centerfielder, at least comparable to Atogwe.
SS - Carter - I can't get excited about Carter, especially following Chavous.
There's no doubting his work ethic or how much effort he displays, but his coverage skills make him look more and more like a small LB rather than an effective SS.
However, he has more experience than most on this list, so who's to say?
So, would this team make it happen?
Probably not, but then again I'm not convinced the 1st string will take us to the promised land either.
I'd feel okay about our offense with the exception of OT, and that's a bad spot to be uncomfortable about when talking about moving the ball.
On the defense, the pass rush would be non-existent, so I'm afraid opposing QBs would pick us apart like fish in a barrel.
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Re: The Nuclear Option
It's not all that bad, we actually have decent depth this year I think. Even with that worst case lineup we'd still be able to beat a team or two (Oakland, Tennessee


Sridhar Wins Top Indian Award
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Sridhar Wins Top Indian Award
India's leading male badminton player Anup Sridhar has been honoured with one of the country's highest sporting accolades.
Sridhar joined some of India's top sporting names in receiving an Arjuna Award at the Rashtrapi Bhawan venue in Delhi.
He was one of 11 Indian athletes who received an Arjuna Award, with the main Rajiv Gandhi Khen Ratna Award going to Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Sridhar was delighted to have been among such illustrious company in Indian sports, saying only that "the best is yet to come".
India has produced world-class badminton players in the past, most notably former All England men's singles champions Prakash Padukone and Pullela Gopichand.
The Bangalore-born 25-year-old is India's Thomas Cup captain and enjoyed one of his best years on the tour of the past year.
He ended 2007 as the highest ranked Indian at 25 in the world, rising to a career high of 24 in early 2008.
In terms of tournament play, he reached the semi-finals at the German Open as well as the Asian Championships and the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open.
One of his best performances came with his quarter-final appearance at the 2007 World Championships.
That was when he beat then Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat, of Indonesia, in an epic match that was one of the longest in the tournament. His victory was also rated among the top-10 Indian sporting performances of the year.
He launched his 2008 campaign in fine style by winning the prestigious Pramod Mahajan All-India ranking tournament in New Delhi. He continued his excellent form by reaching the last 16 of the Malaysia Super Series where he lost to South Korea's eventual champion Lee Hyun-il.
Sridhar also played at the Beijing Olympics last month. He beat Marco Vasconcelos of Portugal in the first round 21-16, 21-14 but was beaten in the round of 16 by Japan's Shoji Sato 21-13, 21-17.
Sridhar, though, isn't finished yet and there is still plenty of potential for him to show what he can do in the major championships.
Certainly, he has two excellent models in Padukone and Gopichand