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Sonic the Oz-Hog Act 3/12: Maximum Khanage!

Sonic the Hedgehog issue 92 AU Publication Date: 9th March 2001 Price: $4.98

No self-deprecating musings or long-winded prologues this month. There's quite a bit to cover, so let's just dive into round three of this rodent-related rabbling retrospect.

Much can change in the space of three years. Australia had come far since the release of January 1998's Sonic Firsts, and unfortunately not all of it positive. After half a decade of insistently proclaiming the policy was dead, then-Fearless Leader John Howard pulled a spectacular electoral backflip and, by the skin of its teeth, legislated the GST. From 1st July 2000, goods and services across the land were hit with a 10% price hike. The policy was marketed to voters as a means of easing tax collection by procuring money during production, as opposed to a US-style system of adding percentages at checkout. It didn't quite work out smoothly as they hoped, and the policy remains as decisive today as it was over 20 years ago.

Barely any products were spared from the increase, including publications produced locally and imported. MAD Magazine took the government to task with their infamous "GST Free" issue 377, jumping from $3.95 (cheap!) to $4.35 (not so cheap!). Comic books equally suffered; X-Men might've stopped Onslaught, but they couldn't stop the rise from $4.25 to $4.68, and for anyone not quick enough to buy issue 84 immediately, Sonic the Hedgehog spun up $4.50 to hover around the $5 mark before eventually settling at $4.95. A far cry from the glory days of 1993's piggy bank busting $2.25.

From a cynical standpoint, the GST's timely implementation felt like an attempt to monopolize on the impending tourist trade. Within two months, Australia would take global limelight with the Sydney Olympic Games, or as the late Juan Antonio Samaranch infamously declared "Syddernee!". Thousands travelled from overseas to watch the two week event, while millions tuned into Channel Seven to cheer on our teams bringing home 58 medals, an unprecedented tally which remains unbeaten to this day. Unfortunately the government's price hike failed to aid the flailing SEGA World Sydney, which closed its doors one final time a month after the closing ceremony.

Beyond a hectic few days in South Australia, the 2000-01 summer bushfire season was...n't that bad. A very surprising and much-needed reprieve before the catastrophic events come year's end. Eminem and Dido's collaboration Stan was just about to knock LeAnn Rimes off musical pole position. Steven Soderbergh's Traffic usurped Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe's thrilling Proof of Life as the countries number one film, but only one week before losing to the month-long reign of Miss Congeniality. DVD's and Wi-Fi were still foreign objects, thus Hollow Man was Video Ezy's top VHS release.

When it came to media domination however, a new king stood proud. Having won hearts and wallets throughout 1999, former children's champion Pikachu and pals were overthrown by the arrival of Goku and his crew. Initially launched on 31st January 2000, it wouldn't be until a heavy promotional push come July that Aussies fell head over heels into the world of Dragon Ball Z.

By 9th March 2001, the series was unstoppable; toys, magazines, bedspreads, videotapes, cards, Crazy Bones and virtually everything in between. Dragon Ball Z came, saw and conquered, and on that particular day, Aussies tuned into Cheez TV at 8am to lap up the premiere of Last Ditch Effort. Having suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of Androids 17 and 18, the Z Warriors are left arguing among themselves as Piccolo sets out to make a life-changing decision. Meanwhile there's little Chi-Chi and Yamcha can do to assist the ailing Goku, having been struck down by the insidious Heart Virus. A situation only compounded with the ruthless Androids slowly closing in on their hideout.

It's a level of public praise Archie Comics could only envy.

The comic industry had been reeling for years. Sales were down all over the board, distributors barely getting books to shelves, and smaller retail chains dropping titles left and right. Archie had a solid track record, but columnists predicted the company would be lucky to reach 2006, sooner depending on how the Dan DeCarlo litigations went. Money was tight, and had it not been for the injection of revenue and public interest from the live-action Sabrina the Teenage Witch, even their top-selling speeder came perilously close to cancellation.

In an attempt to keep Sonic alive, editor Justin Gabrie was given the unenviable order of trimming the fat, which in true comic book fashion meant abruptly dropping all their freelancers. For several months no new stories were purchased, instead running whatever material was left on file. Unfortunately most of said freelancers had moved on by the time Archie's embargo was lifted, resulting in a 'skeleton crew' of two writers, two artists and two inkers. It didn't last, as by 2001, one artist had departed for the House of Mouse and the other publicly fired.

Issue 92's double billing of The Wrath of Khan and Sonic Shuffle: Premonition perfectly encapsulated the turbulent turmoil behind closed doors. With nobody available to draw the main story, Marvel stalwart Michael Higgins was rushed in. What should've been a happy reunion with former co-conspirator Karl Bollers was anything but, as he was given only the script and several back issues for reference. The finished product proved hardly his finest work, being unfamiliar with the franchise he resorted to tracing panels from said back issues just to meet the incredibly tight deadline. All while SEGA demanded at the last minute 8 pages be dedicated to promoting their latest game.

For all Archie's efforts getting the book out on time and into fan hands, said audience were furious once it arrived. Already incited after an impromptu interview with artist James Fry revealed newcomer Mina Mongoose was set up as Sonic's new love interest, they let it be known under no uncertain terms that 2001's first offering was a sign of the apocalypse. "Cancelled!" they hollered, with "If it makes it into next year, I'll be very impressed" and "They bury themselves in plot holes, and the artists try WAY too hard to make it look more of an anime instead of a comic book" between bitter breaths. Karl Bollers and James Fry were routinely harassed on Usenet and AIM for doing their jobs, and after spending years as everyone's favourite punching bag, Nate Morgan was temporarily sidelined to make space for Mina.

The sheer vitriol aimed towards the teen mongoose was staggering. Pointless for a comic book character, but staggering. Her design was ridiculed, her name (rumoured to be a Sailor Venus homage at the time) gutted, her super speed lauded, and her connection to Sonic (feeble as it was) lambasted. Fans labelled her as "pure fan character crap there to drive the nail into SatAM's coffin". Witnessing hate spiels on message boards became par the course, while enterprising fans littered Sonic HQ and teamARTAIL with art of Mina scribbled or outright slaughtered.

It's ironic. 2001 kicked off with fans jumping online to complain about the comic's writing, Geoffrey St. John being an underhanded jerk, and Mina Mongoose' existence heavily resented. And while the entire creative team changed between them, 2011 kicked off with... fans jumping online to complain about the comic's writing, Geoffrey St. John being an underhanded jerk, and Mina Mongoose' existence heavily resented. The more things change.

A pity life turned out the way they did. Somewhere is an alternate universe where Archie Sonic was never rebooted, a universe where I can only begin to imagine what Mina did to cheese off readers in early 2021.

Next Time: The mayhem continues in April with the revisitation of a spinoff comic equally popular as it was polarising. Until then, have a reconstruction of March 2001's personal survival kit. Life was fairly turbulent back then, but certainly could've been far worse compared to travesties going on in the world then and as now. Never forget to be grateful for what we already have and give even a minute of our times for those without. Even just lending an ear to someone worse off can make all the difference.

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#Sonic the Hedgehog #Archie Sonic #Sonic the Hedgehog Comics #Archie Comics #Comic Books #Karl Bollers #Michael Higgins #Justin Gabrie #Frank Strom #Monkey Khan #Dragon Ball Z #Mina Mongoose #Australia #2001 #Musings

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compassfox318 · 3 years

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huntervoice4 · 3 years

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bromptonjunctiontokyo · 7 years

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外せるペダル

こんにちは、シオバラです。やたら暑かったりやたら雨が多かったりと自転車的にはつらい季節かもですね...

今回は自転車ならほぼすべての車体についてます、ペダルのご紹介

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日本のペダルメーカー MKS(三ヶ島製作所) より片方のみ外せるペダルが出ております。

MKSといえば主にプロ競輪選手用のペダルを作っている、日本国内生産にこだわったまさに一流ペダルメーカー

ブロンプトンを長く乗られてる方ですと、一度くらいはペダルが壊れて交換した覚えがあるかもしれません。

普通に乗ってる分には純正ペダルでなんにも問題はないとおもいますが、ガシガシ乗る方はペダルの剛性なんかも重要になるかもしれません。

じゃあペダルを丈夫なものに交換しよう...となったときに、ブロンプトンには市販されてるたいていのペダルをとりつけることはいちおう可能です。

いちおう可能です...が、普通のペダルをつけてしまうと折りたたみ時に左側ペダル分は畳みサイズがおおきくなってしまいますよね。

このMKSのOneSiedeEzyシリーズは片側(左側)のペダルのみ取り外しが可能なタイプ。ブロンプトンも通常右ペダルはそのままで左ペダルのみ折りたたむ方法なので、交換用にはうってつけのペダルです。

右側は通常のペダル、といっても全体が金属製。ブロンプトン純正ペダルより剛性が高く壊れることなく長く使えたり、踏んだ時のパワー伝達も良くなります。

三ヶ島のペダルは踏み面の大きいものが多いので、足の大きい方はより踏みやすいかも。

左側、右側とペダル自体のデザインや剛性はいっしょですが、ペダル根元がワンタッチで脱着できる構造になっています。

誤動作防止のストッパー(リング)を外したら、ペダル根元を片手で押して

横にペダルを引き抜きます。

折りたたみ時に幅が出ませんね。

ペダルも長い目で見ればある意味消耗品とも言えます。壊れたりもう壊れそうなタイミングで剛性の高いものに交換していただいて性能アップ＆より長持ちさせていただくのもいいかな～と思います。

ただ、じゃあ全員にオススメかと言うと決してそうとは思いません、わたしは。

純正の折りたたみペダルと違って取り外したペダルは、別で持ち歩かないといけないですからね。（いちおう持ち運び用のポーチが付属しています。）

カバンやサドルバッグなどに入れておけば間違いないですが、万が一どっかにペダルだけ忘れてきた...なんてことのないように。

気軽にのるなら外さずに済む純正のままがイチバン、もしそれよりも走り(剛性とか)を重視されるなら交換してみてはいかがでしょーか。

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curiositydotcom · 4 years

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Learn about Juneteenth, the oldest celebration of the end of slavery in the US; how switching up your routine can make you happier; and the grammar behind why Americans don’t say “maths” and do say “LEGOs.”

Juneteenth, the oldest celebration of the end of slavery by Ashley Hamer

Juneteenth World Wide Celebration (2020). Juneteenth.com. https://www.juneteenth.com/history.htm

What Is Juneteenth? (2013, January 16). The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross. https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/what-is-juneteenth/

Criss, D. (2019, June 19). Source: National Juneteenth Observance Foundation. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/19/us/juneteenth-state-holidays-trnd/index.html

New and diverse experiences are linked to greater happiness (so switch it up!) by Kelsey Donk

New and diverse experiences linked to enhanced happiness, new study shows. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/nyu-nad051520.php

Heller, A. S., Shi, T. C., Ezie, C. E. C., Reneau, T. R., Baez, L. M., Gibbons, C. J., & Hartley, C. A. (2020). Association between real-world experiential diversity and positive affect relates to hippocampal–striatal functional connectivity. Nature Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-020-0636-4

Why did America take the s off of maths (and put it on LEGOs) by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Randy)

Waldman, K. (2014, December 8). Why Do Brits Say Maths and Americans Say Math? Slate Magazine; Slate. https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/12/math-versus-maths-how-americans-and-brits-deploy-the-collective-noun.html

Murphy, L. (2010). Math(s). Separated by a Common Language. https://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2007/03/maths.html

Murphy, L. (2006) Count/mass nouns: potato, egg, tax, sport, Lego. Separated by a Common Language. https://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2006/07/countmass-nouns-potato-egg-tax-sport.html

How to Make Product Names Plural. (2016, May 5). Quick and Dirty Tips. https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/how-to-make-product-names-plural

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ezytaxsolutions · 7 months

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jamieclawhorn · 7 years

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Why I’d buy easyJet plc over this beaten-up mid-cap

Back in June, shares in mid-cap upholstery retailer DFS (LSE: DFS) suffered their worst day since listing. Over 20% was wiped from the company’s valuation after it issued a profit warning, blaming a weakening trading environment.

The stock may have recovered a little since then but it’s still nowhere near the 350p mark it achieved last November. Indeed, based on today’s final results (and the market’s reaction to them), I suspect the situation’s only going to get worse for the Doncaster-based business.

Challenging conditions

In the year to 29 July, DFS saw gross sales rise 1.1% to just under £991m. Thanks to “very challenging” market conditions in H2 and the weakness of Sterling, revenue climbed just 0.9% to £762.7m with pre-tax profit tumbling 22.3% to £50.1m. Worryingly, free cash flow also fell almost 25% to £57m, raising questions as to whether the special dividend of 9.5p paid earlier in the year (in addition to the total ordinary dividend of 11.2p) was entirely appropriate.

It wasn’t all doom and gloom. As well as the recent proposed acquisition of Sofology and a licencing partnership with Joules, the company reflected on progress made in expanding its UK store network with three new 10,000-15,000 sq ft stores opened over the reporting period. Trading in the Netherlands remained “in line with expectations” and the company opened its second store in Spain.

Nevertheless, while I don’t doubt the belief of management that DFS has “excellent prospects for the long term,” I struggle to see why investors would want to stick around for a reversal in the company’s fortunes, even if — trading on 11 times earnings — its shares might look a bargain buy in terms of valuation. The big-ticket nature of the products the company sells and the fact that consumers are likely to refrain from splashing out if inflation continues to rise both lead me to believe that there are far better opportunities elsewhere on the market.

Speaking of which…

While hardly immune to the tightening of purse strings, I think easyJet (LSE: EZY) could be a far better purchase for investors who suspect that the prevailing political and economic uncertainty won’t be enough to stop people from wanting to travel abroad.

As well as it being far more more likely that people will take a flight than purchase a replacement sofa, recent fiascos surrounding industry peers Ryanair and Monarch should do the company no harm at all. True, the former will be soon forgotten both by the market and passengers (just like the IT system failure at British Airways had no lasting impact on IAG‘s shares) but the latter could be beneficial in terms of reducing competition and increasing capacity.

Even if the £5bn cap, Luton-based airline will be saying ‘bon voyage’ to its highly regarded CEO Carolyn McCall in a few months time and a forecast 23.5% drop in earnings per share is predicted for the current financial year, things look set to turn around in 2018/19.

At 16 times forecast 2017 earnings, easyJet isn’t the cheapest airline stock to buy, but a price-to-earnings growth (PEG) ratio of just 0.9 suggests investors would still be getting a good deal for their money. While dividends are expected to be 26% less this year than they were back in 2015, a 3.1% yield is still adequate compensation for any concerns arising from Brexit.

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