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New Double adjustable struts for '82-92 & '10-14 Camaros
Strange double externally adjustable coilover steel struts are designed and valved to satisfy the needs of the most competitive racer. Drag racing can be won or lost by narrow margins, making suspension tuning and consistency critical. Strange double externally adjustable coilover struts easily permit independent control of both extension and compression, which allows you to optimize your car's performance. The wide range of adjustment can be used to adapt to changing track conditions, control weight transfer, and improve down track stability ultimately resulting in reduced e.t.'s and more consistent performance. Each strut is manufactured with a premium steel body, a robust 22mm rod and large 1.375-inch diameter piston. These struts are fully rebuildable and can be set-up with custom valving.
Strange Engineering
847.663.1701 • strangeengineering.net
Factory fit
Quick connect adapter fittings
When you're running a late-model engine with factory fuel rails in a performance application, you'll inevitably be faced with the challenge of connecting to AN fuel lines. The adapters connect to popular GM fuel lines and provide a secure connection to AN-6 and AN-8 fittings. The adapters utilize dual O-ring seals with an OE style steel inner snap retainer that clicks to the original lines. To ensure a secure connection, the engineering team at Earl's incorporated a redundant retaining system. There is the factory style internal retainer along with an external retaining clip to provide safety and peace of mind. The adapters are also available in Earl's Ano-Tuff black finish, which provides superior resistance to wear and corrosion. This unique hard anodizing process forms a thick, hard coating that will not de-bond from the aluminum surface over time.
Earl's Performance Plumbing
866.464.6553 • earls.com
Easy Upgrades
'10-12 Chevrolet Camaro Front & Rear Polyurethane Control Arm Bushing Sets
Maximize performance suspension components with firm, yet compliant polyurethane control arm bushings by Energy Suspension. Stock rubber control arm bushings wear out and limit any shock, spring, or brake upgrade on your fifth-gen Camaro. Energy offers durometer specific front and rear control arm bushing sets designed and formulated to improve your Camaro's cornering control and alignment stability, optimizing OE or performance suspension and big-brake kit upgrades for a street and track friendly modern muscle car. Front and rear sets are sold separately and are available in red or black polyurethane.
Energy Suspension
888.292.1250 • energysuspension.com
Conical valvesprings
Built for street and race applications, the new line of conical valvesprings from COMP Cams represent a revolutionary advancement in high-performance valvespring technology. Expected to become the new standard in high-performance valvespring design, COMP Cams Conical Valve Springs utilize round wire and feature a diameter-driven and progressive pitch-driven natural frequency. The progressive natural frequency design increases the valvetrain rpm limit while reducing resonance concerns and decreasing dynamic spring oscillations. The result is longer spring life and the ability to run more aggressive camshafts. The constantly decreasing diameter of the spring from bottom to top reduces active mass, thereby decreasing applied dynamic valvetrain forces, which translates into an increased life span for all valvetrain components. The design lowers horsepower losses and nets more power as well. The conical design accomplishes damping without wear, heat, and friction, or risks such as flat dampers from interference contact. Superfinish surface processing adds even more to the lift capability and spring life without the extra mass of increasing wire size. COMP Cams Conical Valve Springs are available individually or in full sets of 16.
COMP Cams
800.999.0853 • compcams.com
Secured parking
Rear parking brake kit for 12-bolt rearends
The D154 Pro Series rear disc conversion kit with integral parking brake provides high-tech styling for the street and track. Experience big brake stopping power from 12.19-inch diameter rotors and two-piston floating mount calipers for ultimate control with big wheel and tire packages. Application specific engineered kits feature bolt-on installation and full compatibility with the OE master cylinder output. Kit part number 140-13025 is applicable to the 12-bolt Chevy rearend with staggered shock mounts. This kit not only provides better performance, but also the advantages of a parking brake for situations where parking brake functionality is needed. Custom forged billet aluminum alloy two-piston design GM D154 metric style calipers in black or red powdercoat provide correct rear bias and improved clamping efficiency with balanced pad loading over OE cast iron single-piston calipers. You can also upgrade to the optional SRP drilled and slotted rotors and the Wilwood BP-10 compound "Smart Pads" round out the kit, which provides a very unique rotor friendly metallic composite that offers low dust and quiet engagement with higher friction, heavier load capacity, and increased fade resistant over regular OE style or ceramic compound pads. Other brake pad compounds, including those for track day and off-road applications are also available.
Wilwood Engineering
805.388.1188 • wilwood.com
G-Body LS Engine Conversion Package
Bolt-in LS series engine swap kit for '82-88 Monte Carlo, Cutlass, Regal, Malibu, & El Camino
It's now easier than ever to get the mileage and performance gains from the LS engine series. Muscle Rods' G-body LS swap kit includes everything you need to drop an LS series engine and late-model transmission into your G-body. The mount kit includes powdercoated engine mounts, frame brackets, transmission crossmember, polyurethane bushings, transmission mount, and all hardware. The kits are available for all popular transmissions. The aluminum oil pan kit comes with windage tray, sump, dipstick, dipstick tube, and hardware. They're also available machined for the active fuel management oil bypass valve used on late-model engines. The headers are available in both mid-length and long-tube, with primaries from 1 3\4- to 2-inch to match to your horsepower level. All gaskets and hardware are included.
Muscle Rods
770.751.0687 • musclerods.com


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With pride and sadness, writer David Freed watched his son go off to the war in Afghanistan. In the Los Angeles Times, Freed suggests that politicians who vote or make orders to deploy service members don't understand what it means to have a loved one serve. Originally broadcast April 4, 2012.

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Catching up on history
I set aside a sizable fraction of my time per day for about a week in late January and early February to catch up on some long-term projects, especially on many digitization projects undertaken by volunteers for the AAVSO. There's been quite a haul of archival data over the past several months, and we're getting close to making it all available to the community via the AID. Importantly, we've begun implementing our new tracking fields in the AAVSO International Database that cover digitized archival data, providing the user with the identity of the person who digitized the record and the citation or BibCode of the work. Users of these light curves will not only have the observations themselves, but will also know who digitized them and where the data came from so that they will have access to comparison star information, observing methods, and raw step data. I'm incredibly grateful to our digitizers for their hard work and patience over the past year and I encourage the research community to take advantage of this great new resource.
As of the morning of February 7, there were 76,748 observations in the AID tagged as being digitized from archival sources, and by the time you read this there will likely be several thousand more. Many of these consist of observations taken from published tables of variable star observations in sources like the Harvard Annals, Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, and others published around the turn of the 20th Century. Many of these publications have data from observers whose names are certainly a part of AAVSO lore, like Campbell, Cannon, Pickering, Yendell, Furness, and even Argelander. These have been either keypunched or scanned and automatically converted to data points by a number of volunteers. A number of people have worked on this project, some long-time members of the organization, and a few new faces as well. Kevin Paxson, Bob Stine, Christian Froschlin, Andrew Rupp, Steve McKay, and Alan Plummer have all contributed important data sets. There are too many neat light curves to highlight, but as an example I can point you toward the wonderful light curve of R Leo that now goes back well over 150 years and is almost unbroken during that time. We've also had a few volunteers help out with various internal projects, including Ken Mogul, who is helping out with a project to digitize unprocessed paper records from AAVSO observers.
A substantial amount of data was also provided by professionals using archival data for their own purposes, who then provided the scanned data to the AAVSO for inclusion. As an example, we now have a substantial amount of photoelectric data for bright Cepheids courtesy of Doug Welch (and his many students over the years) who provided MySQL-ready files of all of his digitized light curves late last year. We're also tagging the huge trove of data digitized by Brian Skiff over the years. Brian's work was an inspiration for the digitization project that we started in 2010, and we wanted to acknowledge his work that has already been a part of the AID for several years. There's quite a bit of archival data that Brian provided left to be tagged, so the 76,000+ number above will rise soon. Yours truly has even gotten into the digitizing act, with my keypunched data from the M31_V1 project and a few selected light curves from the Harvard Annals thrown into the mix.
Other projects are coming up at Headquarters, including my wrapping up two NASA- and NSF-funded research projects before the summer. Working with the digitized data has been a pleasant way to wind down from the activity surrounding the end of the year and the recent AAS meeting in Austin, Texas, especially since I can take all of the hard work that volunteers did and turn it into real results -- new data sets for the AAVSO data user community. I'm deeply gratified by the effort that volunteers have made in this project, and I encourage everyone to make frequent use of this new trove of data. Many light curves of LPVs have been extended backwards in time by several decades at least, and there might be some interesting science there for those willing to go through the data with a careful eye. It may be challenging to interpret all of the data -- especially with different sequences in use over the years for many stars -- but you'll have a great head start in looking at these objects over the long term now. Importantly, you'll have a record of the publication that the data are taken from with each record in the light curve in the form of either a citation or an exact ADS BibCode, and you'll be able to go back and investigate things like step magnitudes and sequences to better understand these data.
Before I close, I'd also like to thank HQ staff member Sara Beck for writing such great Java software for HQ use; her software has made it incredibly easy for me to tag all of the data that volunteers have submitted.
There's more work to be done, more sources to be digitized, and more data to be processed, and we'll be adding new data sets to the AID very soon. In the meantime, enjoy your new light curves, and be sure to thank the observers and the volunteer digitizers when you do!


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The second half of this year's Tribeca Film Festival slate was revealed today, with Spotlight screenings of Julie Delpy's 2 Days in New York (her follow-up to 2 Days in Paris, costarring Chris Rock), Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's Chicken With Plums, and Tanya Wexler's Hysteria (starring Maggie Gyllenhaal in the story of the invention of the vibrator).
"Spotlight is an entry point for general audiences–it's a little more pop-culture-y. You'll see movies that already have distribution, and world premieres with a recognizable face or a director who's done many films before," said Tribeca Director of Programming Genna Terranova, citing Morgan Spurlock's Mansome, a documentary about male grooming, and Struck By Lightning, a film written by Glee co-star Chris Colfer. "It's a great movie for a younger set–the Glee set–which can range from teens to people much older," said Ms. Terranova.
The Cinemania program features edgier films from around the world, including the Tagalog-language thriller Graceland, the Finnish cyber-drama Rat King, and the American revenge drama Revenge for Jolly! Artistic director Frederic Boyer, formerly of Cannes's Directors' Fortnight, noted the more populist bent of his new position: "To bring very popular film–just for the audience, the mix is really interesting and a challenge."
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I have a rather annoying issue where often the colour of the text in a text box in my browser is as light as the colour of the background of the text box. So for example when I google search the text is light grey and the textbox has a white background.
I have played with a number of the colour settings for the browser and the theme but I haven't been able to sort it out. Any help to sort this out would be greatly appreciated.


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Considered one of the first "green" schools in San Antonio, Texas, Cibolo Green Elementary School (CGES) opened its doors in August 2010. Built with a focus on energy and water conservation, CGES is constructed of materials that are non-toxic and contain recycled content that also contribute to improved indoor air quality. The facility, which is under review by the U. S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for a Gold LEED rating, utilizes innovative design elements to contribute to the sustainability of this site.
The new facility needed a resilient flooring solution that could withstand the heavy traffic and building use from its students and faculty, yet also be easy to maintain. The Azrock Collection's Solid Vinyl Tile (SVT) and Vinyl Composition Tile (VCT) flooring met the facility's needs by providing the desired aesthetics, design flexibility and maintenance qualities. With a wide range of color options and superior performance warranty, SVT and VCT flooring provided the appropriate flooring solution.
"We saw true design potential in The Azrock Collection flooring, which offered a wide range of color and custom cut design capabilities," stated Manuel H. Garza, LEED AP, designer at Pfluger Associates Architects. "Plus, the reduced maintenance properties of the floor would contribute to the improved indoor air quality for its students and faculty staff."
The team at Pfluger Associates Architects was pleased with the design flexibility, color range and reduced maintenance qualities of SVT flooring. The natural durability of the floor and its resilience to heavy traffic made it an excellent flooring solution for the classrooms, corridors and stairs on the CGES campus. SVT and VCT allowed the flooring vision to come to life by allowing the use of several custom cut designs throughout the school. The 53,000 square feet of VCT in classrooms and 30,000 square feet of SVT in its corridors and stairs, helps Cibolo Green Elementary School integrate the overall design concept for the building providing a cheerful, open environment that features natural, fluid design.
Country: USA
City: San Antonio, Texas
Type of Project: New Construction of School
Installation Period: 2010
Architect: Pfluger Associates Architects
Service Provider: Argosy Floor Covering
Building Contractor: Satterfield Pontikes
Total Flooring Surface Installed: 83,000 Square Feet
Products Installed: SVT, VCT


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AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2012: Continued to lead the Santa Clara pitching staff in innings pitched (117), appearances (33), games started (17) ... also led the staff in opposing batting average (.298) … finished the year strong, posting a 4.03 ERA against Pacific Coast Softball Conference (PCSC) batters and limiting them to a .260 average … also led the team in strikeouts (28) during PCSC play … overall, made 17 starts and came on in relief 13 other times … tossed a complete-game four-hitter in a victory over UC Santa Barbara (Mar. 11) … picked up a PCSC win over LMU (Apr. 1), allowing just one run in five innings of relief … totaled a season-high five strikeouts in a complete-game effort against St. Mary's (Mar. 22) … picked up her third win of the year in five-plus innings of relief against CSU Bakersfield (Mar. 28), not allowing an earned run.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2011: Pitched extremely well at times as a true freshman, leading the team in innings pitched (123), appearances (30), games started (23) and complete games (11) ... began the season with two quality outings against rival San Jose State (Feb. 20) on Opening Day ... she pitched six-plus innings, while allowing just two runs in her collegiate debut vs. San Jose State (Feb. 20) ... was terrific in an early-season game with No. 13 Oregon (Feb. 27), holding the Ducks to just one run through six innings ... picked up her first win by throwing a complete-game vs. Albany (Mar. 11) at the Bronco Classic in Hayward, while registering a season-high six K's ... fanned four in back-to-back starts against Oregon State (Apr. 14) and Loyola Marymount (Apr. 16) ... allowed just two runs in six innings against Loyola Marymount (Apr. 17) ... worked a season-high 7 1/3 innings against Sacramento State (May 1).
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Broken Arrow High School in Oklahoma ... helped Broken Arrow win two state championships ... three-time Pitcher of the Year and twice named an All-Metro performer ... she was also honored as an all-state player ... coached by Randall King ... played four years of softball and one season of basketball.
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Scroll down a little to the RK section to see what I mean.
Scroll down a little to the RK section to see what I mean.
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
Presumably those are cosmetics acquirable in Helms Deep. I am concerned about the dual-runestones. I do not want to have to make a second set of runestones to dual-wield if that is coming. I wish marketing would stop making images that do not currently accurately reflect gameplay possibilities if that is not a change that is coming.
Crell-L85-Champion - Riddermark ; Swego-L85-Burglar ; Kotvi-L95-Runekeeper
Delego-L85 Hunter ; Stodden-L51-Captain ; Edhul-L61-Loremaster
Deglorion - SoA XP Disabler
Crell-L85-Champion - Riddermark ; Swego-L85-Burglar ; Kotvi-L95-Runekeeper
Delego-L85 Hunter ; Stodden-L51-Captain ; Edhul-L61-Loremaster
Deglorion - SoA XP Disabler
Crell, you're right, that screenshot is from Moria. (I'm sure I'm not the only one who took screenshots while I was stuck in that goo!) My settings still look like that though. Here's another screenshot that I took a few minutes ago:
If there's a setting that makes my r-k look like she's dual-wielding, I'm not sure what it is, but it must be something I've always had checked because I don't remember ever looking like I'm not holding two runestones.
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It's not concept art - it's clearly renders in the game engine. The Champion is wearing one of the Ettenmoors armor sets and the Warden is wearing one of the Erebor sets. You'll also notice the back items are familiar things like the RoR pre-order cloak (on the Captain) and the tattered Sailor's cloak (on the Burglar).
But as for the bulk of the armor, yes, it looks to be new gear following in very much the same vein as the Erebor sets and crafted armor sets of East Rohan and Wildermore. A lot of the same basic shapes are there in the sculpt of the armor - the Guardian's boots are quite similar to those of the level 85 crafted heavy set, for instance. I actually wouldn't be surprised if these were mostly quest and crafted sets, as that's what was done in most of the promo shots for RoR.
"Life is 10% what you make it, and 90% how you take it." - Irving Berlin
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FFA Builds Leaders
ST. MARYS — If one asks St. Marys FFA sponsor and teacher Jack McBride if his FFA students are future farmers, he says no, not for the most part.
A more appropriate description would be future leaders, he explains, because while only 2 percent of Americans are farmers more than 20 percent are involved in agriculturally-related fields.
"In our area former FFA kids are in leadership positions all over the area," McBride said. "I see my FFA kids in important leadership roles. They're township trustees, police officers, soil and water conservation officers."
This week is FFA week nationally and St. Marys FFA students planned a week of activities related to FFA, including honoring teachers.
On Monday, students brought donuts for teachers, on Tuesday they brought pie, on Wednesday they brought breakfast, and on Thursday gave all the teachers hugs from Elmo and Cookie Monster.
Also on Thursday and Friday, the students brought in a petting zoo of animals for younger children to play with during the mornings, including a cow, calves, pig, rabbit, chicken, donkey, horse and pony.
TLC Learning Center students ages 4 and 5 came on Friday, and teacher Kayla Chapman said she thought the students got a lot out of the visit.
"They enjoy seeing the different animals, petting them, and learning what they eat and where they live," Chapman said.
They also wanted to learn about the habitats and habits of the students dressed as Sesame Street characters Elmo and Cookie Monster.
"Can you swim underwater?" Saige Lefevre asked Cookie Monster.
"No cookies for cookie monster," said several students in a group.
McBride said the students go all out for FFA week, and while the club has 80 members, a small group of core officers took on a lot of responsibility for organizing the week.
"They plan everything," McBride said. "I just advise a bit. And sometimes I have to tell them no."
FFA member Tyler Sharp brought the calves and a hog for the students to pet. He said his favorite part of the week was probably doing things for the teachers.
"The teachers are so happy with everything we do for them," Sharp said. "Also I like to see kids come in and see how happy they are."
While FFA is trying to get away from a vocational, farmers-only image, and move on to a more agricultural one, McBride said that the region still has a farming base; the difference is more in scale.
Instead of ten people with 100 livestock, one operation may run with thousands of animals.
"I like to think we give kids a good look at the big picture of agriculture," McBride said. "Crops, livestock, mechanics, greenhouses. Agriculture is more than farming. Hopefully kids get it from this."


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A Lexington woman continues to recover at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem after she was involved in a boating accident Friday night on High Rock Lake.
A Lexington woman continues to recover at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem after she was involved in a boating accident Friday night on High Rock Lake.
Mary Gallaher, 48, was listed in good condition late Tuesday afternoon at WFBMC, a hospital spokeswoman said. She was involved in an accident that happened on the Rowan/Davidson County line of High Rock Lake about 9:30 p.m., said Eric Crouse, an officer with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.
Crouse said the accident happened when she and her boyfriend, David Spratt, 41, of Lexington, were preparing to leave the lake for the night. The officer said Gallaher went to retrieve a bowline, a piece of rope tied to the boat, and fell into the water. Crouse said the boat was in motion as the woman tried to retrieve the bowline.
"I guess she lost her balance," the officer said.
Crouse said Spratt tried to put the boat into reverse when he realized his girlfriend had fallen in. The officer added the boyfriend tried not to hit Gallaher and realized it was not a good idea when he put it in reverse, so he put the boat into neutral and cut the engine off. Crouse said the woman had been hit by the boat's propeller and suffered "pretty serious" lacerations to her upper and lower right leg.
Spratt dived in the water and brought his girlfriend to the boat, Crouse said. At some point, the woman was screaming and telling Spratt to hurry, the officer said.
Crouse said Spratt drove Gallaher to Tamarac Marina, and she was eventually airlifted to WFBMC. He said the woman's biggest concern now is infection, and she is expected to live. Crouse said there will no charges filed and explained the incident was an accident.
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Ask Slashdot: Local Sync Options For Android Mobile To PC? 146
Bucc5062 writes "A previous mobile phone of mine, a Motorola Razr, had a very nice program call Motocast. With it any pictures and videos would be automatically uploaded to a local/home PC running something akin to a 'cloud' service. This was great tool for I did not want to store files in the greater 'cloud'. the Razr moved on and I currently have two phones at home, neither of which have the same ability to push files to a local PC automatically. I did some research and did not find any good substitute for local cloud type backup so I am putting this out to one of the most diverse crowds I know, Slashdot readers. Zumocast did not look like it did the trick (I don't want streaming to my mobile device) and Delite studios had local cloud, but they make no reference to automatically pushing files to the server. I have people at home who are not tech savvy and would never remember to do it manually. Rolling my one is a long term option though it would require me learning the APIs for Android and I guess Windows. Is there something out that that works as good as Motocast?" ownCloud seems like a reasonable contender (installation on Debian, at least in the case of a few users and sqlite, is pretty easy). Their Android app has an option to automatically sync videos and photos as they are taken. But are there other options that are easier to install for folks uncomfortable with the idea of running Apache and an SQL server?


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National governments should offer their under-25s a guarantee of work, training or full-time education, according to MEPs and the European Commission.
Under the Youth Guarantee scheme backed by MEPs on Wednesday (16 January), all under-25s and recent graduates under 30 would be guaranteed on of the three options within four months of becoming unemployed or finishing their studies.
MEPs also want the European Social Fund (ESF) to be used to finance the scheme, calling for at least 25 percent of structural funds to be allocated to the ESF in a bid to ease the financing burden faced by national governments.
The parliament says the scheme would help the EU meet targets in its Europe 2020 strategy by increasing youth employment, reducing early school-leaving rates to below 10 percent and by ending poverty for 20 million Europeans.
Speaking during the debate in Strasbourg on Monday evening, Pervenche Beres, the Socialist chair of the employment committee, called on lawmakers to "take all opportunities to make sure that this is not a lost generation." She addd that it is "unacceptable that a young person can be without a job, training or schooling."
Employment commissioner Laszlo Andor said the EU executive is ready to make "substantial financial contributions from the European Social Fund and the other EU structural funds" to pay for youth "investments."
But Hungarian centre-right deputy, Csaba Ory, noted that the commission had "put forward a number of initiatives that use the same appropriations, meaning that the member states are left in the lurch."
Youth unemployment has soared since the start of the financial crisis, with the four EU bailout countries among the hardest hit. Unemployment of under-25s is over 50 percent in Greece and Spain and stands at 23 percent across the EU as a whole - twice the rate of the adult population.
There are currently 7.5 million under-25s in the EU who are not in work, training or education.
Some studies put the cost of the situation is €53 billion a year, equivalent to 1.2 percent of the EU's GDP. Research by Eurofound, an EU agency dealing with living and working conditions, has indicated that 30 percent of unemployed under-25s have been out of work for at least a year.
Member states first agreed on the youth scheme in 2005, then tinkered with the details in 2008. But the commission says its repeated complaints on non-implementation in 2010, 2011 and 2012 had no effect.
The issue is to be discussed at a meeting of EU employment ministers in Dublin next month.


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City OKs pact with Western Container
The Big Spring City Council gave the go ahead Tuesday night to contract with engineering firm Parkhill, Smith & Cooper to develop plans for an expansion of the building currently housing Western Container, estimated at 1,500 to 2,000 square feet.The council approved the contract with Parkhill, Smith & Cooper for engineering and architectural services for the expansion on a unanimous vote.According to City Attorney Linda Sjogren, the expansion will benefit both Western Container and the city of Big Spring."Western Container had approached us and they want to expand their building," Sjogren told the council. "Their lease is coming up for renewal soon and they are asking to expand the building by approximately 1,500 to 2,000 square feet."The purpose of these two items is to have Parkhill, Smith & Cooper prepare bid specifications and calculate a probable cost for us. Once that is done — and it would be done between the city and Parkhill, Smith & Cooper — and we've put it out for bids, we'll negotiate a lease extension with Western Container so they can pay back the cost of this expansion over a few extra years. So this will allow us to extend the lease, somewhat, and give us some additional space out there."The council also approved a measure to allow the city to negotiate a new lease with Western Container, which will include adjustments related to the expansion. The measure was approved on a unanimous vote.Also during the meeting, the council gave final approval of a franchise agreement with Atmos Energy Corporation.The council approved first reading of the agreement during its Oct. 9 meeting on a unanimous vote.The agreement — which expires at the end of October — is for 10 years and will net the city $170,000 annually, according to City Finance Director Peggy Walker.Walker said approval of the franchise agreement with Atmos will not cause a change in rates for Big Spring customers."The city has the option to come back at a specific interval and renegotiate the franchise fee," Walker said. "However, Atmos has made it clear that any increase in the franchise fee will be passed on to the customers, which are the citizens of Big Spring."Also during the meeting, the council approved first reading of an ordinance amending Chapter 6 of the city code entitled "Cemeteries, Parks and Recreations" to permit concessions stands to be locked with keys provided by the city and providing a $100 fee for failure to return the keys.The council also appointed local resident Peggy Hopper to its planning and zoning commission and reappointed Debra Wallace to the Howard County 911 Communications District board of directors.


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Almost a month ago, the FBI shot and killed a 27-year-old man, Ibragim Todashev, during an interview at his Orlando, Florida apartment. In the aftermath of the shooting, various law enforcement officials gave wildlyconflicting accounts of what happened in the moments before his death: some said he was unarmed; others said he was armed, but those sources disagreed about the weapon. Did he reach for a gun? A samurai sword? A knife? A metal pole? A broomstick? Meanwhile, despite what appear to be several authorized leaks of information about the case -- the most prominent appeared in The New York Times -- "the FBI has refused to say if he was armed or to describe the violent confrontation they say led a Boston agent to kill him," Maria Sacchetti reports in the Boston Globe. "And the agency has barred the medical examiner's office from saying how many times he was shot." Her article goes on to note and document that the FBI's refusal to go on the record with details "contrasts sharply with past shootings involving agents."
Due to the unusual circumstances surrounding the shooting and the suspicious inconsistencies in accounts by law enforcement, the ACLU, the Counsel on American Islamic Relations, and various newspaper editorial boards have called for an independent investigation.
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NEW YORK — The American Kennel Club says the Labrador retriever is the nation's most popular dog in the U.S. for the 22nd straight year — for attributes that range from family pet to search-and-rescue nose.
The German shepherd still commands the No. 2 spot, according to the AKC top 10 list released this week.
And the golden retriever has nudged out the beagle for the No. 3 rung.
AKC spokeswoman Lisa Peterson said larger breeds dominate the "pint-sized, portable pooch." But there are still some loveable lightweights on the list.
The beagle is now fourth. The rest of the pack: bulldog, Yorkshire terrier, boxer, poodle, Rottweiler and dachshund.
Adult and puppy versions of the top five breeds appeared at a news conference at AKC national headquarters on the fourth floor of a Madison Avenue building.
They were all well-behaved, even the 2- or 3-month-old puppies.
Commander, a powerful but gentle German shepherd, is a champion with a formal name longer than most royalty: Champion Caramist Klingon Commander Ube CD RN BH CGC AKC. The towering, six-year-old animal is certified as a therapy and companion dog.
Nearby — rolling upside down on the carpet — was an eight-week-old German shepherd puppy, a female named Tsunami being considered for scent-detection training.
Peterson said despite canine pedigrees that go back to the 1800s, the club encourages mixed breeds to compete in other events.
"We love all dogs, mixed or purebreds," the AKC spokeswoman said. "What kind of dog people get, and whether they adopt from a shelter, is each owner's choice."
Karen Fennikoh breeds golden retrievers but said she came to love dogs by owning two "mutts" as a young woman, including one that resembled a retriever she nicknamed Golden Deceiver.
She said she eventually opted to work with purebreds — including nine living with her — "because I need the competition."
She brought 10-week-old Gibbs, the son of another champion, Major.
The rankings are based on the number of dogs from AKC-recognized breeds registered with the club each year.
While the Labrador retriever has dominated the popularity contest, it wasn't always so.
For most of the 1920s, Peterson said, the German shepherd was at the top, its popularity inspired by the silver screen hero Rin Tin Tin.
Among qualities that keep the Lab so popular now is the breed's versatility, Peterson said. "They do so many things so well: They're great company and a great family dog, but also work in law enforcement, bomb and narcotics detection, search and rescue, and as hunting dogs."
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Hugh Pickens DOT Com (2995471) writes "Things to pack in your golf bag: clubs, balls, tees, beverages and a fire extinguisher. The NYT reports that scientists have determined that striking a rock while swinging a titanium club can create a shower of sparks that are hot enough, and last long enough, to start a brush fire. The finding, by researchers at the University of California, Irvine, clears up what fire officials in Southern California have seen as a mystery: the origin of two recent golf course fires in Irvine and Mission Viejo including one that burned 25 acres and injured a firefighter in 2010. "That was hard for anybody to believe," says Steve Concialdi, a captain with the Orange County Fire Authority. "We were thinking they were started by cigars or cigarettes." Most clubs come with stainless steel heads, but a significant number have recently been produced with a titanium alloy, which makes them lighter and easier to swing. The only problem is that, when struck against hard surfaces — like rocks or concrete — the impact with the rock abrades the titanium surface, producing small particles — up to about one-fiftieth of an inch in diameter — that burned for up to a second, at temperatures high enough to cause dry vegetation to ignite. Given the drought in California and the extreme fire danger, Concialdi says the fire department is asking golfers using titanium-coated clubs to move their balls away from rocks and dry vegetation and onto the irrigated fairways. He says while golfers may complain it's making the game easier, it's too risky to do otherwise this season. "Talk about a hazard," says Concialdi. "We are looking at a severe fire season because of the drought, and no one should take chances with titanium clubs on dry ground.""


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|2009-05-05, 10:08
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I think it's a lovely word, and suits this forum well
According to Wikipedia -
"Suki, the Japanese character 好き for the verb form of "like". Defined in the Obunsha's Comprehensive Japanese-English dictionary as "to be fond of, love, prefer, care for"
|2009-05-05, 10:48
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Ahou ga
Join Date: Feb 2009
Age: 41
This is my take on the topic, drawing on my knowledge of the language. Anyone with superior Japanese language skills, feel free to correct me if I'm in error anywhere here.
Like so many aspects of the Japanese language, "好き" (romaji: suki) can have a modified meaning depending on the situation and context. The most basic definition is "like", such as when referring to things, items, etc.
Example 1:
私はアニメが好きです. = I like anime.
If used in reference to a person, however, it usually has somewhat of a romantic connotation.
Example 2:
私は<person's name>の事が好きです. = I love <person's name>.
"大好き" (romaji: daisuki) is an exaggerated version of "好き" used to emphatically express a liking for something or someone. It can usually be translated as "love".
Example 3:
私はアニメが大好きです. = I love anime.
Example 4:
私は<person's name>の事が大好きです. = I love <person's name>.
While "好き" and "大好き" may be interchangeable in terms of expressing affection for a person, the latter is still a stronger expression. "愛している" (romaji: ai shiteiru) is an even stronger expression of love, but it's only used with regards to people. However, it isn't used all that often in manga or anime. I can only conjecture that it's possibly because it implies some level of truly intimate feeling for a person and we all know how well the Japanese deal with intimacy, especially in public.
|2009-05-05, 11:12
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|2009-05-05, 13:16
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Please call me "senpai":)
"suki" means "like" ...
|2009-05-05, 13:29
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I disagree with you all.
Join Date: Dec 2005
The meaning of "suki", like the meaning of "like"or "love", is heavily depending on context. Some explanation may be necessary.
For example, when an anime character is tongue tied for months or years, gather all her or his courage to say "suki", (s)he's trying to say more than "I can stand to be in the same room as you for more than five minutes". When a cowardly character willingly goes to her death for the sake of another, it's not just because she thinks he's cute.
|2009-05-05, 19:14
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Honyaku no Hime
Join Date: May 2008
Location: In the eastern capital of the islands of the rising suns...
I mean seeing as this threads 5 years old and gets revivied with necomancy with same the answers to the same question over and over and over.
It'll never be answered
Only thing that amuses is me what 'suki' means in other languages, that's a new, fresh piece of info that I don't mind checking out, especially in Russian, that's just funny xD
Japanese guy: anata ga... suki desu! (i really like you)
Russian girl: nan da to!? (Excuse me what did you just call me?!)
I'm fairly sure that it wouldn't be pronounced the same either
But feel free to correct me on that.
|2009-05-06, 02:39
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lol in russian suki means for a few girls not one, for one the last letter is different
|2009-05-06, 17:50
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Honyaku no Hime
Join Date: May 2008
Location: In the eastern capital of the islands of the rising suns...
New people will join the website and new people will put their opinion in, so don't worry about it
Maybe we'll find out what 'suki' means in other languages that have yet to be mentioned too.
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March 13, 2010
Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - UC Santa Barbara (7-16) faced a pair of non-conference losses to visiting Cal State Bakersfield (9-9) in a doubleheader at Campus Diamond on Saturday afternoon. The Gauchos battled back from a 4-0 deficit in game one, but fell 4-3 to the Roadrunners before being shut out in the second game, 5-0.
In Saturday's first game, both teams remained scoreless until Bakersfield broke through at the top of the fourth. Heather Veitch led-off with a single through the right side and moved to second after Ryane Petersen laid down a sacrifice bunt. Kelli Bailey put runners on the corners with a base-hit up the middle of the diamond. Bakersfield's fortunes continued on the following play as Kristen Archuleta was able to load the bases on an infield single.
Danielle Lyman then earned a bases loaded walk, giving Veitch nowhere to go but home. A single up the middle from Stefanie Frei ensued, pushing the Roadrunner lead to 2-0. A double to right center from Jaimey Kleinsmith quickly pushed that lead to four runs. UCSB stopped the bleeding with a pitching change from MeLinda Matsumoto to Lindsey Correa.
In the sixth, the Gauchos were able to come within striking distance due to several Bakersfield errors. With one out, Jessica Ziegler hit a single to center field and an error on the next play allowed Brooke Putich to reach first. One out later, Jessica Beristianos hit a single up the middle but the bases quickly cleared as Bakersfield's center fielder, Karlee Rodgers, committed a fielding error on the play allowing UCSB to cut the lead to 4-3.
At the bottom of the seventh, the Gauchos were able to get two runners into scoring position with two outs, but pitcher Sammy Rodriquez earned the last out to preserve the win.
Matsumoto (3-5) took the loss after allowing four earned runs on six hits while allowing one walk in 3.1 innings. Correa gave up just one hit and struck out two in 3.2 innings of relief. Tiffany Corder led the Gauchos at the plate going 2-for-3.
The Gauchos' luck did not turn around in the second game of the day. Rodgers led-off at the top of the first with a single to right center field. On the next play, Veitch was able to reach first and Rodgers moved to third when Gaucho pitcher, Krista Cobb overthrew to first base following a sac bunt. Vietch quickly stole second before Petersen hit a two-RBI single up the middle giving CSUB a 2-0 lead.
UCSB was once again forced to make a pitching change as Jenny Liepman came in to replace Cobb. Liepman helped the Gauchos retire the next three batters in order to end the inning.
Santa Barbara was able to load the bases at the bottom of the same inning, but Bakersfield got out of the inning unscathed.
Bakersfield managed just one hit and the Gauchos had none through the following three innings, but in the fifth, both offenses once again came alive.
With one out and two runners on at the top of the fifth, Petersen hit the lone home run of the day over the left field fence, pushing the Bakersfield lead to 5-0. After bringing Correa in to relieve Liepman, the Gauchos escaped the inning without further damage.
Jackie Sweet and Jamie Adishian led off with consecutive singles at the bottom of the inning before a bunt by Ziegler loaded the bases. A fielder's choice earned the first out of the inning before the Roadrunners turned a double play denying the Gauchos the comeback.
Ziegler and Sweet led the Gauchos offensively going 2-for-3 at the plate. Cobb (2-6) took the loss after allowing the first two runs of the game on two hits. Liepman pitched in 4.1 innings in the circle allowing three earned runs on four hits. Correa finished the game, adding another 2.2 hitless innings with a strikeout to her day's total.
The Gauchos will take a break from action in order to take finals next week. UCSB will hit the diamond again on Mar. 23 when they travel to San Diego for a non-conference doubleheader.
To purchase tickets to all UCSB Athletics events, including softball, please call (805) 893-UCSB, visit the Ticket Office located inside the Intercollegiate Athletics building on campus or click here.


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GERMANTOWN, Md. (AP) — A Frostburg State University football player who suffered a fatal concussion last year is getting some permanent recognition at his Germantown high school.
The Derek Sheely Foundation is dedicating a white oak tree and a plaque to Sheely Friday evening just outside the Northwest High School stadium where he once played.
Sheely helped lead his 2006 high school team to a 12-1 record. He was the starting fullback for Frostburg State when he died after a helmet-to-helmet hit during practice in August 2011.
Sheely's parents established the foundation to raise awareness of sports-related concussions and help prevent such injuries.
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Mount Union Adds Research Indexes
July 31, 2012
ALLIANCE, Ohio — The University of Mount Union has added several new athletic training research indexes for student use.
The following are research indexes that have been added:
A.D.A.M. – This is the most comprehensive anatomy teaching tool, which includes detailed graphics, precision accuracy and advanced functionality. The index includes a multimedia encyclopedia, a new library of 3D images and more than 3,000 new illustrations for teaching clinical concepts.
Gross Anatomy Dissector – The Suarez Dissectormakes the teaching and learning of all anatomy possible in a rigorous yet approachable manner. Anatomy is presented precisely as a first-year medical student encounters it, dissects it and is assessed on it. Each module ends with a set of interactive flash cards to help students assess their knowledge of the structures presented in that module.
WebExercises – This technology allows healthcare providers to use the web to reduce costs, increase time efficiency and significantly improve patient exercise compliance. WebExercises promotes more frequent and proper form of all prescribed rehabilitation and corrective exercises, resulting in improved recovery.


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Anyway... the match is moving along faster than expected but I'd say that was about a par performance by us today. It was yesterday when we all but lost the match. Then today looked like we were back in it, before sliding back to about where we were at the end of yesterday.
This will definitely be enough for Kane Williamson to retain his place and we've seen him get out after a start a few times (like Hobart second innings), but a century would be reaaaaaaaaaaalllly brilliant.


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Stolen cricket relic returned to owner
A stolen relic from Australian cricketing history has been found.
A fob watch was presented to cricketer Johnny Mullagh for his achievements during a tour of England by an Indigenous Australian team in 1868.
The Indigenous tour is recognised as the first by an Australian national sporting team.
The watch was stolen four years ago from the private collection of Ian Friend, of Point Lonsdale, in Victoria.
His great-great-grandfather, Charles Lawrence, was the captain and coach of the team.
"We thought it was gone. It was pretty devastating when it happened," Mr Friend said.
"I've been the custodian, or my family has, for probably five generations, I think.
"To lose such an item was horrible."
Mr Friend received an anonymous call from a man who said he had done some research after coming into possession of the watch.
"The chap rang me and said he had something that would make my day," he said.
"Then he described it and I thought my God, it sounds like it's it and yeah it certainly is.
"It's very precious as far as history goes being probably one of the first prizes ever won for sport or cricket and for the fact of the famous tour of 1868."
Mr Friend says he will wait until he has come to terms with the shock and relief of getting the watch back before deciding what to do with it.
"It's not something easy to think about," he said.
"There is a museum in Harrow [Victoria] where all the Indigenous guys came from. It's called the Johnny Mullagh Cricket Centre. That's one point. The MCC is another point.
"We don't know, it's very hard to say."
Topics: history, crime, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, cricket, point-lonsdale-3225, harrow-3317
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Flu explodes in Arenac County, 1,468 cases reported last week
ARENAC COUNTY — The Michigan Department of Community Health's aggregate report for the week of Oct. 18-24 showed 1,468 reported cases of flu-like symptoms, including H1N1.
The report doesn't specify the amount of influenza strains that are seasonal and H1N1, or swine flu, however the number of cases, 1,468, is the first time the report showed any flu-like symptoms reported in the county since the week of Sept. 20-26, when there were two cases reported.
Starting in early November, the Central Michigan District Health Department, which represents Arenac County, is expecting to have H1N1 vaccines available for select groups that are deemed to be vulnerable to the H1N1 virus.
The flu, whether seasonal or H1N1, has already taken a toll on local schools, as Standish-Sterling Community Schools were cancelled on Monday and Arenac Eastern cancelled school from Tuesday, Oct. 27 through Friday, Oct. 30.
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Police search for suspects in Watertown, Mass. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
BOSTON—A late-night police chase and shootout has ended with one marathon bombing suspect being captured here, the Boston Globe reported. Meanwhile, an intense manhunt is underway for a second suspect in the terror case.
Federal agents swarmed neighboring Watertown after local police were involved in a car chase and shootout with at least two suspects. During the pursuit, officers could be heard on police radio traffic describing the suspects as having grenades and other explosives.
One reportedly escaped capture, and another was shot by police and taken to a local hospital. Another man was seen sprawled on the ground in footage shown on WHDH-TV.
The FBI has not confirmed a connection between the events in Watertown to the twin explosions that killed 3 people and injured 170 others at the Boston Marathon on Monday. But according to an alert sent issued to fellow officers, the suspect who remained at large was referred to as the "one with the white hat" seen in the photos released by the bureau on Thursday.
The suspect, described on scanner traffic as a "white male wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt with black curly hair, possibly with an assault rifle and explosives," as police in Watertown, Newton, Brighton and Cambridge were put on high alert.
"We are aware of the law enforcement activity in the greater Boston area," Boston FBI spokesman Greg Comcowich said in a statement to Yahoo News. "The situation is ongoing. We are working with local authorities to determine what happened."
Worried residents in Watertown, a suburb about 10 miles from downtown Boston, were ordered to stay indoors and turn off their cell phones out of fear that they could trigger improvised explosive devices.
Dozens of police officers, many of them off-duty, searched backyards in search of the second suspect, and a police perimeter of several blocks was established. K9 units and SWAT teams searched homes on Spruce Street as officers searched an SUV the suspects had abandoned.
The Watertown shootout occurred after a shooting at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology late Thursday. A police officer was shot and taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The campus was placed on lockdown for several hours, and students were told to remain indoors.
Shortly before 2 a.m. Friday, MIT issued a statement on its website saying that the suspect "in this evening's shooting is no longer on campus. It is now safe to resume normal activities. Please remain vigilant in the coming hours."


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If someone told me before today that I'd be playing and enjoying a game about shooting creatures made out of letters and symbols, I'd probably look at them a bit funny and consider them a bit nutty. Then again, I did enjoy a game about shooting zombie cookies with a milk gun that fires when you type words, so perhaps Font Monsters by Muu Muu isn't that crazy after all. In short all you have to do is to identify what letters and symbols the creature you're facing is made of and correct…Watch The Video Review


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It just been one of THOSE days... Err. Weeks... Updated.
While driving to take my oldest to cheer practice, we passed the field where they have 2 donkeys and goats that we frequently feed. My middle daughter Mack looks up as says, "Mom, I want to live with a donkey."
At that second a picture of my husband pops up in my minds eye, only the caption underneath read Jackass.
I sighed and said, "oh sweetie we already do!"
Lol ;-)
I know! Bad, bad, mommy and wife. But for real. Is it PMS week for our husbands or what?!?
So earlier when he was being a toddler is when I was irritated and wrote this OP...
We were discussing what was for dinner. I told him LAST night we have fish filets or chicken breasts. Both of which we grill and he doesn't like me to grill. Fine. Today same question,
ummm Unless Santa came early we still have chicken or fish. I'd be happy to grill it dear.
No, let's just get take out he says.
Ugh. Ok. What do you want?
I'll get back to you when I leave the base, i dont feel like thinking about it right now.
works for me dear.
Ff to much later while he is driving home after his run.
I call. So have you decided?
decided what?
What you want for dinner? Which take out?
You're not cooking?
Ummm Can you hear the crickets too? AGHHHHHHH!
i take a deep breath and say, daaaaaarrrrlllling. You said you wanted take out and would get back to me on your way home. Remember you didn't want to think about it earlier?
he gets all pissy and makes some grunting noise followed by WHATEVER! I work all day and you can't decide dinner? I'll call you back later!
ugh. I did and you didn't want it. He never heard that because the toddler/donkey hung up on me!
he calls about 30 min ago and asks me if I have decided what I want.
Color me fully dumbfounded and highly irritated at this point. My head has officially spun the F off my shoulders and my floor is covered in pea soup!
All I could do was ask him what he smoked or snorted. Is it dark in there? I mean up your ass. Cause that must be where.your head is hiding out. agggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! MALE PMS!
Update in OP. CAN YA SEE why the mention of a donkey brought up his face? ;-)
He ended up passing out before 9. Can you say CRANKY? Hopefully some sleep will pull his head back to where it belongs. ;-)
Quoting strictmomhere:
I LOL'd at this because you could have been talking about my husband. I hate the, "What do you want for dinner?" crap. This is why I make menus. If you want me to cook, then you're going to eat it and shut up.


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NORMAN, Okla. – For the third time in four years, the Oklahoma State Cowboys were crowned the wrestling champions of the Big 12 Conference. The Cowboys claimed their 11th team title since the inception of the league prior to the 1997 season.
OSU sent nine student-athletes to the finals while the host Sooners entered the championship round with six participants still alive. Heading into the final round of action, the Cowboys held a 19 point lead over OU. Iowa State sent four wrestlers to the finals while West Virginia's A.J. Vizcarrondo represented the Mountaineers.
The night's finals kicked off with Jarrod Patterson of Oklahoma defeating Eddie Klimara (OSU), 4-3. Kendric Maple (149) picked up the Sooners' second title of the night defeating Josh Kindig of Oklahoma State, 6-3.
Jon Morrison (133) tallied the Cowboys first title of the night, besting the Sooners' Cody Brewer, 8-1. Anthony Collica (141) took the crown after beating Iowa State's Gabe Moreno 4-2. The Cowboys picked up two more victories from Alex Dieringer (157) and Tyler Caldwell (165).
In two of the most anticipated matches of the night, the Cowboys picked up their final two wins. In the heavyweight finals, Austin Marsden defeated West Virginia's A.J. Vizcarrondo, 5-2. In the night's final match, Bedlam rivals Andrew Howe (OU) and Chris Perry (OSU) battled it out for the 174 weight class title. After a back and forth match, Perry took the crown, 3-2.
Iowa State's two titles of the event came back-to-back when Lelund Weatherspoon (184) and Kyven Gadson (197) bested Nolan Boyd 4-3 and Travis Rutt 3-3, respectively.
The Cowboys' Chris Perry took home Outstanding Wrestler of the Meet honors with his win over Andrew Howe of Oklahoma in the championship final of the 174 pound weight class.
Next up for the league's wrestlers is the NCAA Championship in Oklahoma City at the COX Convention Center on March 20.
125 Pounds: No. 1 Jarrod Patterson (OU) dec. No. 2 Eddie Klimara (OSU), 4-3
133 Pounds: No. 1 Jon Morrison (OSU) dec. No. 2 Cody Brewer (OU), 8-1
141 Pounds: No. 2 Anthony Collica (OSU) dec. No. 4 Gabe Moreno (ISU), 4-2
149 Pounds: No. 1 Kendric Maple (OU) dec. No. 2 Josh Kindig (OSU), 6-3
157 Pounds: No. 1 Alex Dieringer (OSU) dec. No. 2 Justin DeAngelis (OU), 8-3
165 Pounds: No. 1 Tyler Caldwell (OSU) maj. dec. No. 2 Michael Moreno (ISU), 12-1
174 Pounds: No. 2 Chris Perry (OSU) dec. No. 1 Andrew Howe (OU), 3-2
184 Pounds: No. 3 Lelund Weatherspoon (ISU) dec. No. 1 Nolan Boyd (OSU), 4-3
197 Pounds: No. 1 Kyven Gadson (ISU) dec. No. 2 Travis Rutt (OU), 4-3 TB2
Heavyweight: No. 1 Austin Marsden (OSU) dec. No. 2 A.J. Vizcarrondo (WVU), 5-2.
1. Oklahoma State - 98.5
2. Oklahoma - 63.5
3. Iowa State - 45.5
4. West Virginia - 26
2014 Most Outstanding Wrestler: Chris Perry, Oklahoma State, 174 lbs
Championship Attendance: 2,008


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|2006-08-26, 01:12
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Weapon of Mass Discussion
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: New York, USA
And I'm someone else who has seen it. I wasn't aware that this was rare. It was licensed for crissakes and was very popular back in the day. The manga was also licensed and well known once upon a time. How can you call an anime rare if it was once popular amongst American otaku?
Alas this show has been forgotten.
|2006-08-26, 01:42
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Certified Organic
Join Date: Dec 2005
most of the shows in the bubblegum crisis era were swept under the bed. but there is alot of great stuff out there and was when most of the fansub community started to get popular in colleges.
alot of new people probably havnt seen futureboy conan i would think, even though its listed on the bittorrent page.
|2006-09-05, 16:50
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Lesse.. I'm new to anime, but I went scouring all over these forums back to the really old threads. Some of these were real buggers to get hold of.
A Traveller's Diary
Comedy - Short anime about.. well. See if you can work it out.
Digital Juice - Definitely dementia, the last little movie does not make much sense.
Higan, Memory, Professor Dan Petory`s Blues, End of the World - The seeds were amazingly.. lacking for these. It a whole month of continual download to get them all.
Ginga no Uo Ursa Minor Blue - This is beautiful. I would tie this with the same brush as Glassy Ocean.
The Cockpit - Very thought provoking, and stupidly hard to find too. This is another collection of short movies, focussing around war. For starters, the first deals with an alternate reality where Hitler had continued the research for the nuclear bomb and got there first, leaving the moral break point with the man who has to carry out the bombing.. deep stuff.
Keep on posting these rare animes, I have added at least 5 to my toget list on AniDB. :]
|2006-09-16, 16:22
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Join Date: Apr 2006
whoops still forgot one.
Time Quest - hmm prety weird, time traveling device is a talking teapot, some fat ugly old arabian-dressed man, some tall blonde arabian guy, some ugly green-haried princess, 2 kids (girl and guy) and they time travel. I'd love to know what happened ont he last ep, I don't think I saw it or I don't remember.
|2006-09-16, 22:16
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i miss japan!
Join Date: Aug 2006
other rare show: tokidoki buta(?) aka-- tokyo pig or sunny pig
me love pigs
|2006-09-16, 23:52
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I'm a sucker for Harem
Join Date: Aug 2004
How about this rare anime that has an english Dub.
Alakhazam the Great AKA Journey into the West. The anime that came before Saiyuki and Dragonball.
If anything that was my first Anime and I didn't know it as anything except for a wacko cartoon.
Or another Ancient R1 Anime Goku - Midnight Eye
|2006-09-17, 03:12
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Simoun Sibylla
Join Date: Sep 2006
Okay, I'm going to give it a shot! (Cross my fingers; this is my first post.)
The top three rarest anime I've seen that I can remember right now are as follows:
Makaryudo - A single 25-minute OVA that came out in 1989 and sailed straight into my heart. It had a great seiyuu cast: Takayama Minami played the lead character, Yama. I suppose its one claim to fame is that it was (still is, for all I know) the favorite anime of the lead singer of a heavy metal band called "Danzig."
Majokko Club Yonin-gumi A Kuukan Karano Alien X - This was an OVA that teamed up Creamy Mami, Pelucia, Magical Emi, and Idol Pastel Yumi. I'm pretty sure this wasn't a doujin video. The title was what I found on IMDB, but I'm still thinking it's pretty rare.
Gall Force: The Revolution - I don't know if this one's rare or not. It came out in 1996, and I don't think it's been released in the States. The character designs look totally like Nadesico's and the seiyuu cast included Mitsuishi Kotono and Yokoyama Chisa. I only saw the first episode, but I would love to see the rest one day.
|2006-09-17, 21:01
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Simoun Sibylla
Join Date: Sep 2006
In Japan or elsewhere? If it's Japan, then I hope I'll be finally able to see this series.
If you're referring to the US, then I believe that Gall Force: The Revolution was never released in the States, only the AIC Gall Force titles were.
|2006-09-18, 11:08
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Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
The rarest I seen is Hey! Bumboo. It was some car named Bumpity Boo. It was a really old series, I think it stopped airing in 1988. I had it on tape, and may still have it somewhere.
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|2006-10-28, 08:01
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Some of the "rare" animes posted on this thread aren't rare and are pretty recent O_o.
The most rarest and obscure anime I've seen is Robot Carnival, according to AnimeNews (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/colu...sure.php?id=1). Didn't even know it was rare until I saw that last night.
There is also A Dog of Flanders, which is based off a well-known story. The anime is pretty famous in Asia (often parodied on TV) but I don't think it's known in the stateside.
And while on the subject of famous story-turned-anime rarities, Anime Sanjushi (The Three Muskateers) is another one I remember. There's a torrent up for episode 1 on this site but I think only few people snatched it.
One I'm not so sure about is Mado King Granzort. I find it weird that it has so little fanbase. I'm guessing it just wasn't very popular and didn't get much hype when it aired.
There are few more I want to write in here but I can't remember the names. :[
And.. Dagarn isn't boring! I love it to death even to this day! Makes GaoGaiGar especially more entertaining. Then again, I love robot series in general, especially ones that are infested with cliches.
This thread is a trip to some of my fondest chlidhood memories. Little Nemo is also one of my most favorite movies to date. Pujama pujama pujuma--so on and so forth.
Makes me sad that some of these are hard to find without having to resort to expensive import DVDs. Thanks to this thread, I might crack and buy another DVD set, most likely Sweet Mint.
|2006-10-28, 09:00
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Golden Wing ( 황금날개 ) Movies: Korean Anime that is better than people remembers them to be.\
Megazone 23 Part II, the First English version: It is one of the rare anime I consider the English dubbed version to be superior to the Japanese version. The reason is that the Japanese animator rolled this out simultaneously with the Japanese version, so this cannot be considered as dubbed version. It also had bonus bridge episode that connects part I to part II, which was not included in the Japanese version; it was added to help the first time English viewer of Megazone series.
|2006-10-28, 12:41
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Why this show hasn't been reissued is beyond me.
It may not be the rarest, but for me, it's certainly the most sought-after.
|2006-10-29, 01:09
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Grenadier- smiling warrior? o-O who always uses her boobs and her guns to help ppl~ it's good wuv teh song =D
I wish you were here- it's about aliens and humans fighting. and a human actually falling in love with a human weapon girl who has to sacrifice herself to kill all the aliens in the end. Love the song - lunatic trance from that anime... can't find it anywhere T-T
Final Fantasy Unlimited- so few ppl has seen this although it's SO good o-O
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The dirt was flying and so were the stars at the World Sprintcar Classic final showdown at Western Springs on Saturday night.
The crowds were down from the previous meet but the action, like the movie, was fast and furious.
Donny Schatz, the five-time World of Outlaws sprintcar champion from Fargo, North Dakota, may have lost last weekend to fellow American Jonathan Allard, but like a true champ, you couldn't keep him down.
He underlined his class with a brilliant series of drives, winning all three of his heat races, including the 30-lap sprintcar feature.
But he had to work hard and was pushed all the way by both Allard and Kiwi Jamie McDonald, who finished second and third respectively.
"I was on a mission," said Schatz. "It my Dad's birthday yesterday, so I missed it, and today's my crew guy's birthday so I told him I was going to do my best."
Allard was lucky to even race after suffering mechanical problems, but a collaborative effort from his team and others saw the three-time King of California champion start the feature race in third.
"My guys worked their tails off in the pit area," Allard said.
"I didn't think we'd make it out. Without all the people and the fans it would be a lot tougher to take."
If the crowd was eagerly anticipating the main event, then the levels went through the roof when a massive crash in the midget heat race took race officials more than 20 minutes to rectify.
A bit of bump and grind saw Gavin Elbers flip his car several times and slam into the barrier fence at high speed on turn three. These cars are a marvel of modern engineering because he safely walked away, though no doubt nursing some serious bruising.
New Zealander and fellow midget racer Michael Pickens is a driver with a world-class pedigree. Fresh from a successful stint in the US, Pickens thrilled the crowd with a brave decision to start the feature race from the back of the field, despite being the fastest qualifier.
It was a financial decision, as winning would have added a couple of thousand to his overall winner's purse. Pickens came agonisingly close, eventually finishing second.
"We knew we were taking a bit of a gamble coming off the back," said Pickens. "It didn't quite pay off but I guess we put on a bit of a show and the car's in one piece, which is the main thing."
The next meet for the Springs' faithful is round one of the Midget World Series on Boxing Day.


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In the mid afternoon of election day, November 6, 2012 a structure fire was reported to Madison County 911 Center.
Units arriving at 123 Lee School Avenue in the town of Lee found a home with flames and smoke pouring out. This was the fourth structure fire in Madison County since October 19, 2012 with a fire in downtown Greenville.
On October 23 there was a building fire on Sundown Creek Road south of I-10 and on Sunday, November 4 a home burned on Happy Drive in the city of Madison.
The State Fire Marshall has been called to each of these incidents. Responding to the fire today was Lee Fire/Rescue, Pinetta Fire/Rescue, Madison Fire/Rescue, Madison County Emergency Medical Services and the Madison County Sherrif''s Office.
In addition to the Fire Marshall the Red Cross is responding to today's blaze to assist the residents. No injuries were reported.


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Chad Cooper, 67, of Traer, passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2013, at his home. Visitation was held Sunday, February 24, 2013, from 3 to 6 p.m. at Overton Funeral Home in Traer. Services were held Monday, February 25, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church. Military rites were provided by the Traer American Legion and burial followed at Crystal Cemetery in rural Toledo.
Chad Meredith Henry Cooper was born August 8, 1945 in Waterloo, Iowa, son of Albert Henry and Alta Josephine Merriam Cooper. He received his education in Traer and graduated from high school in the class of 1963. He continued his education at Iowa State University where he was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity and the ROTC. He later received his degree from the University of Northern Iowa. Chad then served his country during the Vietnam War. He was married to Kathy Williams and they later divorced. Chad worked various jobs though out his life which included farming and tiling, working at the family feed lot, truck driver, Manager of the Golden Door Motel in Traer bartending and dealing cards at the casino. His death came at his home on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at the age of 67 years. He was preceded in death by his parents and is survived by a son Eugene Henry (Naomi) Cooper and their children Cora and Emmet of Vallejo, CA, a daughter Juanita (Doug) Carlson and their children Lucas and Wyatt of Cedar Rapids, IA, a sister Adrienne (Larry) Nelson of Dysart, IA, two brothers, Jan (Connie) Cooper of Traer and Joel (Jewel) Cooper of Cedar Falls, IA an several nieces and nephews.