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St. Louis Labor Law Breakfast Series February 2014
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
A monthly labor education program targeted to union officers and staff in the St. Louis area. The program offers information on current issues impacting members and working families. Meetings are held the 2nd Wednesday.
Session topic:
Topic: The NLRA in the Non-Union WorkplaceSpeaker: Emily Perez, Attorney, Hammond & Shinners
8:00 a.m. breakfast buffet, 8:30-9:30 program presentation. Checks payable to: St. Louis County Extension Council. Mail to: University of Missouri Extension, 10650 Gateway Blvd., St Louis, MO 63132.
Class size:
Event full:
Robert A Russell, email@example.com Development Program, MU Extensionphone: 573-882-0061
Office Closed - State Holiday (Session 7 of 12)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Office Closed - State Holiday
Lincoln Day
Chantae H. Alfred, email@example.com Extension in Phelps Countyphone: 573-458-6260
plant protection of the 21st century (Session 4 of 4)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Fresh Produce Pest Management Workshop- registration deadline 2/10/2014; first 50 registrants receive Midwest Veggie Guide FREE! Cost $10, lunch provided
Jill Scheidt, email@example.com Extension in Barton Countyphone: 417-682-3579
Watershed Management & Planning (Session 8 of 10)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Gardening IPM Workshop
Private Pesticide Applicator Training - Pesticides and Water Quality in Carrollton
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 9 a.m. to noon
Ag producers needing to obtain or renew their private pesticide applicator license for purchase of restricted-use pesticides can attend the Private Pesticide Applicator Training being offered in Carrollton. This license is valid for five years and participants must be 18 or older to receive the license. Training will be given on safe and proper use of agricultural pesticides.
Contact the Carroll County Extension Center at (660) 542-1792 to reserve a seat, make accommodations due to a disability, or for more information.
$12.00Each household/family must own a Private Pesticide Applicator's Reference Manual (M87) to receive certification. The cost of the manual is $12. If you or an immediate family member already has a copy of the Reference Manual (2007 edition), please bring it to the training to waive the fee.
Wyatt Miller, email@example.com Extension in Marion Countyphone: 573-769-2177
Private Pesticide Applicator Training
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
The Private Pesticide Applicator Training (PPAT) Program at the University of Missouri involves the initial training and recertification of Missouri's approximately 24,000 private pesticide applicators. The need for training in the application of pesticides is of high importance due to both the legal requirements and a real need for technical knowledge. Society's demands for a cleaner environment encourage private applicators (farmers) to increase their knowledge and put new practices into use. The MU private pesticide applicator program reaches into essentially each of Missouri's 114 counties to train farmers on the safe and proper use of agricultural pesticides on their farmlands, including restricted-use pesticides (RUPs). To meet the legal requirement mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Missouri Department of Agriculture's Bureau for Pesticide Control for obtaining certification, an aspiring private applicator must fulfill one to the following: 1) attend a training program conducted by a local regional extension specialist, or 2) complete a self-study tutorial course through the use of an interactive CD-ROM or video/workbook in their local University of Missouri Extension Center. To keep the certification valid, the private applicator is required to renew once every five years by repeating the same process. Currently there are approximately 30 regional extension specialists who conduct educational programs for certifying and recertifying private applicators. Once per year, new regional specialists are funded through program funds to come to Columbia for orientation of the PPAT program.
Information about pesticide safety, worker protection standards, environmental and legal issues.
Michael Milam, firstname.lastname@example.com Extension in Dunklin Countyphone: 573-888-4722
Understanding Financial Statements (Session 7 of 8)
Business owners, managers, accountants, bankers, and consultants need to know how to turn financial statements into useful management tools. After attending this financial management series, you will be able to make better business decisions based on good financial information. more...
Business owners, managers, accountants, bankers, and consultants need to know how to turn financial statements into useful management tools. After attending this financial series, you will be able to make better business decisions based on good
Visit www.sbtdc.missouristate.edu or call 417-837-2617. more...
$109.00$109.00 per person, or $297.00 for three Financial Management seminars
Tara Horton, firstname.lastname@example.com State University SBTDCphone: 417-837-2617
Introduction to Quick Books for Farms and Agribusinesses - Maryville (Session 1 of 5)
Good business records can be an important source of information when analyzing your farm or business. Learning to develop good records can help you keep your business on the right track. In addition, good records will make filing income and sales taxes and other government reports easier.We are offering a series of five classes to help you set up and use computer technology as an effective tool in your home or business accounting. The total time commitment for all five class sessions is 15 hours, but the knowledge gained will probably save you many hours later. It is strongly recommended that all participants already have basic computer operation skills.
Register with Northwest Technical School by calling 660-582-8311 more...
Randa Doty, email@example.com Extension in Nodaway Countyphone: 660-582-8101
Fundamentals of Government Contracting The Bidding Process
This basic 3 hour seminar will cover the federal government's acquisition process which will help you understand the instruments the government uses to solicit products and services and how they are used; proposal preparation, proposal blunders, and proposal evaluation. The seminar will also cover MO PTAC services available to assist Missouri businesses in all aspects of government contracting.
This basic 3-hour seminar will cover the federal government's acquisition process which will help you understand the instruments the government uses to solicit products and services and how they are used.
Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Disease Class (Bethany, Feb-Mar, 2014) (Session 1 of 6)
This 6 session course will help people with chronic illness learn healthy ways to live with a disease. Knowledge and skills learned include those needed to manage and overcome physical and emotional problems caused by the disease.
Please contact Janet Hackert at 660.425.6434 or Sarah Linthacum at 660.425.6324 to register.
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training
When: Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, 9 a.m. to Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, noon
A Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training will be held in February that is open to all interested adults and teens. Through this program you'll learn about emergency preparedness and basic disaster response skills, such as how to operate a fire extinguisher, light search and rescue, emergency medical operations. Using the training learned in the classroom and during exercises, CERT members can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event when professional responders are not immediately available to help.
The three-day program will be held Feb. 4, 9:00 to 3:00; Feb. 11, 9;00 to 3:00, and Feb. 18, 9:00 to noon (this final day is a disaster simulation exercise).
Call the Ste. Genevieve County Health Department, (573) 883-7411.
Letitia K. Johnson, email@example.com Extension in Boone Countyphone: 573-445-9792
Character Critters-Weaubleau (Session 2 of 5)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Character Education for pre-school and kindergarten
Roy the Responsible Rabbit
Canceled: Eat Well Be Well with Diabetes: John C. Murphy Health Center (Session 2 of 4)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 10 a.m. to noon
Stay Strong, Stay Healthy (Session 5 of 10)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Participants meet weekly at the Warren County Senior Center. Trained instructors provide direction in performing a variety of strength improving exercises. The exercises are designed to improve muscle and bone strength. There are also discussion of basic health and safety issues.
Contact Chris Merritt at the Warren County, MU Extension center, (636-456-3444) or contact the Senior Center at 636-456-3379
Damaris Karanja, email@example.com Extension in St. Louis Countyphone: 314-400-7298
Adaptive Stay Strong, Stay Healthy--Callaway County (Session 3 of 9)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
This is an adaptive strength training program for clients of Callaway County Special Services.
No class this week.
Register by contacting Callaway County Special Services.
Lynda Zimmerman, email@example.com Extension in Cole Countyphone: 573-634-2824
Relatives As Parents--Northland Grandfamilies (Session 14 of 23)
The Northland Grandfamilies program serves grandparents in Clay and Platte Counties who are raising their grandchildren. The program also serves aunts/uncles and other relatives who are raising children under the age of 18. The program seeks to raise awareness of the issues facing grandparents/aunts/uncles who are filling the parenting role. Advocacy, education and referral services are important aspects of the program. Support group meetings are scheduled twice a month, with guest speakers on topics of interest. The program is made possible by a partnership of the Clay County Extension Council, the Platte County Senior Fund and Clay County Senior Services.
Daytime support group meeting this month will include Diane Hall, AARP Associate State Director for Community Outreach.
Any grandparent who is raising grandchildren age 18 or younger is welcome to participate in Northland Grandfamilies. The program is also open to aunts/uncles and other adult relatives who are raising children. The program is free of charge. If attending a Northland Grandfamilies support group meeting for the first time, please call in advance for more information: 816-407-3490
Chronic Disease Self-Management (Session 1 of 6)
Session 1- Differences between acute and chronic conditions, using your mind to manage symptoms and distraction, introduction to action plans
Angie Fletcher, email@example.com Extension in Texas Countyphone: 417-967-4545
Fall Prevention - DB (Session 2 of 21)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
The Fall Prevention program helps participants learn to reduce fear of falling and exercise to increase strength, flexibility, and balance.
Inspiring Success All-Arts Council (Session 10 of 13)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, noon to 1:30 p.m.
To enrich the quality of life and advance economic growth in Lexington and surrounding communities through appreciation, promotion and development of the arts.
A series of meetings working with local community members with the goal of forming a community arts council.
Marketing Committee Meetings (Session 2 of 3)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Meetings with a group of community members interested in raising awareness of the arts and the Community Arts Pilot Project through the use of various forms of media.
Discuss the continued development of a marketing plan for the Community Arts Pilot Project and the newly forming arts council.
Health Insurance Education AM session
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Education about the Affordable Care Act for families. Information that will assist families in making decision when purchasing health insurance.
Program will provide education on the Affordable Care Act that will assist families in making decision when purchasing health insurance.
Contact Chris Merritt at the Warren County Extension center, 636-456-3444.
Focus On Kids, Circuit Court 11 - St. Charles
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Focus on Kids, developed by the University of Missouri, is a court-approved educational program for parents with minor children, who are seeking divorce, legal separation, motion to modify, annulment or paternity. The educational session will increase awareness of the effects marriage dissolution and/or custody has on children.
Focus on Kids is for parents to better understand how divorce affects children, and how their actions during and after the divorce can have long-term affects on the children involved.
Call 636-970-3000 to register or for more information. VISA, Master Card or Discover accepted. Not open to the public - court ordered, call 636-970-3000 for more information. more...
$45.00One week is required prior to the date of the session you have registered to attend.
Focus on Kids--Pettis County--Sedalia, MO (Session 3 of 23)
More than half of all marriages end in divorce, and the majority of these involve children. Conflict between parents, both before and after a divorce, is associated with many negative outcomes in children. The purpose of this workshop is to help parents learn how to nurture and support their children during and after their divorce.
To register contact the Pettis County University of Missouri Extension Office at 660-827-0591 located at 1012A Thompson Blvd, Sedalia, MO, Fee of $40 needs to be paid by the day before the class.
Basic Parenting (Session 1 of 2)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Two sessions.
Caring for Our Kids parenting classes
Must register and pay $35 fee at Pike County Extension Office in Bowling Green by February 3 at 2:00 PM. Call 573-324-5464
Sherry F. Nelson, LCSW, MSW., email@example.com Extension in Marion Countyphone: 573-769-2177
Understanding Financial Statements Workshop (Session 7 of 8)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Using the information learned in the "Understanding Financial Statements" seminar, this 3-hour course will offer a hands-on, computer-based experience where the information learned in the seminar can be directly applied to a company's individual financial statement. Participants must first complete the 3-hour "Understanding Financial Statements" course before enrolling in this workshop. more...
Using information learned in the "Understanding Financial Statements" seminar, this course offers a hands-on, computer-based experience where the information learned in the seminar can be directly applied to a company's individual financial statment.
Visit www.sbtdc.missouristate.edu or call 417-837-2617 more...
Hatching Chicks-Embryology (Session 1 of 6)
When: Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, 2:30 p.m. to Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, 4:30 p.m.
The program is a way to get a hands on learning experience in your educational setting. You will be given an incubator, supplies, and live eggs and you will be responsible for hatching them out and their first few days of life.
Gives a hands on learning experience in the educational setting.
Contact the extension office
CLIMB High (Session 6 of 9)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 2:45 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Higher Education Day
Kim Hall, email@example.com Extension in Johnson Countyphone: 660-747-3193
Advanced Stay Strong, Stay Healthy--Callaway County (Session 6 of 11)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The Advanced class is for those who have completed a Stay Strong, Stay Healthy class or have been strength training regularly for six months or longer. The advanced class includes more complex upper and lower body strengthening exercises, core body exercises, and balance movements.
Contact the Cole County Extension Center at 573-634-2824 or e-mail the instructor.
Tai Chi for Arthritis-Longview Community College (Session 1 of 6)
Tai Chi for Arthritis is an easy and effective exercise class, integrating the mind and body, that improves flexibility, muscle strength and balance. The class is based on the Tai Chi for Arthritis program supported by the Arthritis Foundation of America.
Family Nutrition Program- Cooking Matters (Session 5 of 6)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 3:45 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Cooking Matters for teens will be held at the Nevada Community Center. Participants will prepare and sample two dishes each week.
Participants will learn about food safety, nutrition, and proper methods of measuring and preparing food. They will prepare and sample two recipes.
Call the Nevada Community Center at 417-448-2740
Intergenerational Science (Session 4 of 12)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Help youth learn and explore natural resources in Missouri. Missouri Master Naturalists will teach a variety of workshops about forest, fish, and wildlife resources with hands-on activities to engage youth learning and sharing.
Stay Strong, Stay Healthy--Callaway County (Session 6 of 11)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 4:45 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Stay Strong, Stay Healthy is a strength training program developed by Tufts University to help men and women increase strength, flexibility and balance. Missouri's Stay Strong, Stay Healthy (SSSH) program is designed to increase middle age and older adults' access to a safe, structured, and effective strength training program. At each session, a prescribed set of 8 upper and lower body strengthening exercises are done along with warm-up and cool-down stretches. Participants are made to feel comfortable regardless of their current fitness level so they can safely participate and gradually build the strength beneficial to health.
Ice House Entrepreneurship Program (Session 5 of 10)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
The Ice House Entrepreneurship Program is a revolutionary new learning program designed to inspire and engage participants in the fundamental aspects of an entrepreneurial mindset and the unlimited opportunities it can provide. The overall objective is to empower learners through entrepreneurial thinking and immerse them in entrepreneurial experiences that will enable them to develop entrepreneurial skills.
View our Registration and Cancellation Policies here: http://info.umkc.edu/sbtdc/registration-policy/.
Carmen DeHart, firstname.lastname@example.com of Missouri-Kansas City SBTDCphone: 816-235-6428
Focus on Kids (Session 11 of 12)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Parent Education Class for parents filing for a divorce, a motion to modify their divorce decree or paternity.
Register by calling the Macon County Extension Center at 660-385-2173.
Focus on Kids - Lafayette County (Session 8 of 12)
State-mandated program for area divorcing and never-married parents who have a court case. Co-parenting class to help parents learn to be civil and business-like for the sake of their children.
Co-parenting class for divorcing and never married parents.
Call Lafayette county Extension Center at 660-584-3658 to register. Must pre-register one week in advance.
Focus on Kids--Responsibilities As Parents
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Responsibilities As Parents is a court-mandated program in Platte County for never-married parents and parents involved in paternity establishment cases.
Responsibilities As Parents is a court-mandated program in Platte County for never-married parents and parents who are involved in paternity establishment cases.
Parents whose cases are filed in Platte County must contact the Circuit Clerk's office at 816-858-1986 for information on how to register.Parents whose cases are filed in another county or out-of-state, but wish to take the Responsibilities As Parents class must contact the University of Missouri Extension Center at 816-407-3490 for more information on how to register.
Building the Ultimate Business Plan (Session 37 of 44)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 6 p.m. to Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, 9 p.m.
Preparation is key to the success of any business venture. Whether you are starting a new business, growing an established business, or launching a new product or service, a solid business plan will prevent unexpected problems and help pave the way for a successful business venture. Learn how to utilize the "Ultimate Business Planner" software and companion workbook to aid you in the process of developing a solid business plan. This seminar provides an overview of the step-by-step approach to writing your plan and forecasting your financials. With the help of this course instruction and software, simplify the process of putting together your formal business plan with expert advice, tips and hints based on proven business practices.• Defining the concept• Understand how to research the feasibility• Learn how to assess the industry, market and competition• Focus on assembling a marketing plan/niche• How to develop basic financial projections from marketing analysis• Necessary components of the formal plan• Learn successful writing techniques that appeal to lenders/investors more...
Using examples and worksheets, we will show you how to translate your ideas into a written plan. The seminars are on two consecutive nights lasting a total of 6 hours.
$139.00$139.00 and $99.00 for a second person from the same business
QuickBooks for Beginners (Session 1 of 2)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Hands-on workshop to learn the basics of QuickBooks. This class targets businesses that have minimal experience with QuickBooks.
Call 660-259-2688 or email email@example.com
Kelly Dyer, email@example.com Development Program SBTDC, MU Extensionphone: 573-634-3511
Starting a Business: The First Steps & Basics of Writing a Business Plan
Thinking about starting your own business, being your own boss and enjoying the life of an entrepreneur? Fantastic!Of course you have a business plan, have secured funding, and have hired an accountant and lawyer, right?Starting a Small Business: The First Steps & The basics of Writing a Business Plan is a 6-hour workshop series divided over 2 days created for those considering going into business for themselves. In just two evenings, you will…• Discover if you have what it takes to be an owner by assessing your strengths and weaknesses. • Learn the importance of having a business plan and what might go wrong if you don't!• Learn how to assess the industry, market and competition.• Focus on assembling a market plan/niche.• Find successful writing techniques that appeal to lenders/investor.
Starting a Small Business: The First Steps & The basics of Writing a Business Plan is a 6-hour workshop series divided over 2 days created for those considering going into business for themselves.
2-day workshop
$50.00If you are a dislocated or laid off worker registered with jobs.mo.gov, you could attend these workshops at no cost. Please call 800-392-2949 for details.
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Cover Crops and Soil Health
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Learn from University of Missouri Extension specialist about soil health and the role cover crops can play in your farming operation. Kerry Clark from MU Bradford Farm will talk about Soil Health: What Is IT and How Do You Get It? Rich Hoormann, MU Extension agronomist will discuss Building Cover Crops into a Corn-Soybean Rotation and Charles Ellis, MU Extension natural resource engineer, will explain Cover Crop Seeding Methods. Finally Dr. Bill Wiebold, MU State Agronomy Specialist will discuss Impacts of Long Term No-Till.
Learn how cover crops and soil health can play a role in your farming operation from University of Missouri Extension specialist.
Valerie Tate, firstname.lastname@example.com Extension in Linn Countyphone: 660-895-5123
Divorce Recovery II (Session 1 of 8)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
These eight sessions for adults address the "Neutral Zone" (Self-Awareness and Self-Healing) of the divorce recovery process. The focus is on the present and on the individual, as a person. It is important that a person says "goodbye" to the past and gets ready to move on toward a different future.
Fertilizer and Soil Fertility School (Session 10 of 10)
Ten session course designed for CCAs, Dealers and Growers to learn all aspects of fertilizers and soil fertility including making recommendations.
Effect of crop prices/fertilizer prices, developing your fertilizer program
Contact Holt County Extension office at 660-446-3724.
Wayne Flanary, firstname.lastname@example.com Extension in Holt Countyphone: 660-446-3724
Mineral Creek 4-H Club (Session 10 of 12)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
monthly 4-H club meeting
Blackwater Bobcats 4-H Club Meeting (Session 10 of 12)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
monthly 4-H club meetings
Heartland 4-H Club (Session 10 of 12)
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Can anyone say, "class action lawsuit"? It might not work, but if it's actually promising the performance of the spec and doesn't deliver that seems actionable to me (a legal lay person).
Well, actually saying that it requires a sufficiently fast disk would be a good start.
Honesty about the limitations of your products is a big incentive to me, but I'm odd that way.
Well, yeah. My understanding is that the meaning of "up to" is "usually less than" by definition. No matter what quantity we're talking about. Now, if you meant "up to" should be replaced by "designed to be less than, certain lots might peak at this spec, but we guarantee that none of these parts will ever exceed this performance" then I could agree with that.
You mean the Corporate states of america where nVida just got the crap kicked out of them in a class action lawsuit about a year ago [engadget.com]? To the tune of having to give all affected brand new laptops?
Yea, kindly refrain from spouting nonsense. Companies regularly get hit and found liable in class action lawsuits.
You mean the Corporate states of america where nVida just got the crap kicked out of them in a class action lawsuit about a year ago [engadget.com]? To the tune of having to give all affected brand new laptops?
You mean laptops worth $1,000 less than the laptops they were replacing? [blogspot.com]
"Milberg LLP, negotiated that they could only receive an entry-level Compaq CQ50, often worth over a thousand dollars less than the computer they would be replacing. "
If I total your Porsche and have to buy you a Kia I don't think I "got the crap kick out" of me, in fact I'd say I won.
They still got a free laptop, which, considering it was a CLASS ACTION SUIT, is pretty darn amazing. And I think the entire thing is overblown-- theyre still getting a brand new tablet convertible laptop, its still got a dual core processor, and they still got at least a few years of service out of the original part.
Arguing that nVidia WON is ridiculous; most customers didnt have to lift a finger, and are getting a brand new laptop, with no legal risk-- and in todays litigious society thats pretty big.
You must not live in the U.S..
Hell, didn't the SCOTUS just rule that a company can preemptively block a class action lawsuit just by saying in their EULA "You are not allowed to sue us in a class action law suit? (or it's legalese equivalent)" Gee, I wonder how many EULA's don't include that language now? I'm betting not many...
You must not live in the U.S..
Hell, didn't the SCOTUS just rule that a company can preemptively block a class action lawsuit just by saying in their EULA "You are not allowed to sue us in a class action law suit? (or it's legalese equivalent)" Gee, I wonder how many EULA's don't include that language now? I'm betting not many...
"Noitercsid ruo ta tuo uoy ekat ot sajnin dnes ot su ezirohtua uoy, erawtfos siht gnisu yb, eromrehtfuf dna.
Can anyone say, "class action lawsuit"? It might not work, but if it's actually promising the performance of the spec and doesn't deliver that seems actionable to me (a legal lay person).
The only lawsuit I could see out of this is perhaps Marvell using the SATA-IO's copyrighted logos and terminology implying compliance when it actually doesn't. I can't seem to find any datasheets for 9172, but I'm not trying very hard.
Now, if the SATA III standard is so loose that it's still within specs... blame the spec, not the player.
Ever since they got bought by Disney, Marvell's disk controllers were never the same.
In case you don't get this, this is a joke.
Marvel was bought by Disney.
Marvell makes the SATA controllers in TFA
I initially tried the Marvell controller on my Gigabyte X58 board for a new Agility 3. It was barely getting 230MB/s reads, and it was capped. It eventually failed to detect the drive, so I tried the Intel SATA 2 controller instead. Not only did the drive detect, but I now get ~250MB/s reads (faster random too I've read). I should've known that the company notorious for their freezing SSD controllers would do no better with the SATA controllers.
Replace MOBO is not a solution?
Oh Noes $50 dollars!
Replace MOBO is not a solution? Oh Noes $50 dollars!
\ What piece of shit motherboards are you buying? My last ASUS mobo was like $289 from Newegg....
Way to prove you have no idea what you are talking about. Go buy some cheap and expensive mobos, compare them. See how the CPU is the same no matter what board you use so long as they are the same speed connectors and such.
I spent more on my SSD and video card than anything else. Keep telling me my machine is low end while you waste your money.
And how the mobo-maker doesnt actually make the chips on the board, they just put them together with a BIOS.
Theyre sort of like a general contractor, what matters is who the real vendors are.
Go buy a bunch of $50 motherboards and a bunch of $150 motherboards. Now wait 5 years of them running 24/7 and see which ones have the fewest problems. One pays for quality. Go purchase a $25 800watt PSU and load test it, let me know how that goes and tell me quality doesn't matter.
Last time I purchased a $50 mobo, was because I was 13 years old and mowed lawns for money.
and guess what, yours is not 5+ times faster than his. It does have sata3, but
Go look at what you get for $50 in the way of a motherboard on Newegg right now. I assure you, it's going to be a horrible piece of crap, useless for 90% of applications and builds.
I mean, what the hell, is it a P4 mobo or something we're talking about here? Or something made post-2005?
Yeah, I was off a little, what can I say I got my last Mobo on sale. Turns out it runs almost $80 now. AM3 board and yes I was including mail in rebate.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130593R [newegg.com]
1155, MSI, no USB3 nor SATA3, nor overclocking, but apart from that, perfectly serviceable. Meets the needs of, actually would be an upgrade for, *everyone* I know.
Hey look, its a $65 motherboard with 4 star rating capable of running an i3! [newegg.com]
Whats that, you want to know what happens when the caps blow out after 4 years of use? Why, I go buy another $65 motherboard!
Sure is a strange sense of value folks have, thinking someone should build a rig with a $100 processor and a $100 video card and a $40 hard drive, and then drop $300 on the motherboard.
Whats that, you want to know what happens when the caps blow out after 4 years of use? Why, I go buy another $65 motherboard!
Yes, but what happens to the old motherboard after that? So you now have two motherboards in a period when you only needed one (unless you were planning on upgrading at that time anyway). Unless the caps can be easily replaced (not always the case) you won't be able to donate it to a school or youth centre and have just created more unnecessary toxic waste.
Where possible, please tr
You send it to a recycling center. Apple will take care of it for free, i believe. And replacing a mobo every 4 years really isnt that bad, nor do I think it to be the "average case" with $65 mobos. You can get mobos @ $65 that have NO capacitor issues whatsoever, thats just about the only big issue you MIGHT run into with a cheap unit (other than insufficient cooling, which is easy to fix).
And asking me to pay 4x as much on some theory that "more expensive means more reliable" despite no real evidence t
If you're throwing modern PCs out after 4 years, you're a fool.
Er, Im not. I was specifically saying "if the motherboard dies after 4 years because it was only $65, you recycle it and get a new one".
I certainly dont think it makes sense to spend $1300 to get top end parts to try to squeeze 8-9 years out of it rather than just getting a $450 pc and hoping for 6-7.
to be clear, the "it" in "recycle it" is the motherboard.
I expect all hardware I own to run 24/7, not until it dies, but until I no longer have use for it. If my mobo dies when I'm relying on it to work, then it was bad.
"Look, I found this car for $1000 cheaper. The head gasket goes bad every 4 years, but I still save money in the long run."
Yeah, if you don't value your time.
You overspent. Anything over about $150 is just wasteful. That number is opinion to a limited degree, but buying the top-end mobo almost never a good value.
I usually wouldnt go over about $180 for a cpu, and $100 for a mobo, and these days probably not over about $100 for the cpu either.
An AM3 board should be findable for $100 that does that. Not going to have 6 slots though, 4 though. I run VMs on servers, 256GB of RAM not a measly 24GB.
Change management on a dev server?
Your job sucks.
No one said anything about high availability, and if you want to dev on slow drives have fun.
the SiI 3112 when SATA first came out,
WHY WHY DID YOU BRING THAT UP!!! I thought I wiped that bit of my life from my memory. It was traumatic. I still have sleepless nights watching my computer randomly not recognise my 2TB array, and watching the default Linux kernel driver for that POS kernel panic for no reason.
I remember having actual sleepless nights getting that piece of shit to work too. I remember having to install Linux on another drive, then compiling in the appropriate drivers, then using that linux to install linux to my other drive
Don't be at the front of the technology curve when buying stuff. Let the other guy take the brunt of it all (thank you other guy for testing these things for the rest of us).
I tried that when I purchased the ASUS P8P67 motherboard. It had *tons* of reviews, and was one of the top-rated LGA1155 boards with more than 100 reviews.
It was the first controller on the market. It's got two ports each rated for 6Gbit/sec and it's connected via a single PCI-E x1 lane that's theoretical maximum is 5Gbit/sec.
Nobody should have been surprised by this at all. The information was readily available.
Basically, it's suitable for a single device that's sata6, and won't outperform the sata3 controller in some areas.
The device was only meant as a stop gap for bleeding edge users to get the capability.
Marvell can be hit or miss sometimes. I remember the issues I had when I built a system for someone that had a 10/1000 ethernet controller built in. I can actually think of a few reasons why the numbers are lower. First of course is the obvious marevell has been sending out the previous generation of chips to manufactures simply to clear old stock. Most people won't notice a difference anyway. If you're already on a SSD, would you really notice a 150mb/s bump? Prolly not. Then again it could simply b
From TFA:
This isn't to say that Marvell isn't at a disadvantage, however. AMD and Intel both have internal buses to take advantage of, so their SATA 3.0 solutions are basically unrestricted. Marvell on the other hand has to make use of a PCIe lane in order to get its bandwidth, which for a 2.0 lane is 500MB/s. After overhead, that number effectively becomes around 400MB/s, which is about where we saw the drive's read speed basically cap at.
That kind of writing makes me question the professionalism of Techgage. My God, what a mess. Is he correct? Should I believe his measurements? I really don't know.
In fact, it probably ranks as top 25% believable quotes on Slashdot. His writing style could use a little work (who am I to judge, I write like crap too), but his technical eval seems legit. It sounds pretty logical to me:
You got a fast device (SSD) on a fast bus (SATA3) connected to a slower bus (PCIe 2.0 1x) connected to the Northbridge. What's the result? Bottleneck at the slowest part (PCIe). Toss in an overhead estimate of 20%, and you get a practical top speed of 400MB/sec.
When switching down to small
> For those with motherboards using a Marvell controller, the solutions are few; build a new PC, or invest in a super-expensive add-in card.
$30 to $60 for a Sata 3 controller card on Amazon depending on number of ports and other factors. I haven't built a PC in awhile (I tend to overbuild and then keep them for a long time) but it seems to me that building a new PC isn't *that* cheap, yet.
It's very useful information about the Marvell controller, and I will be watching for that. But the conclusion appe
To get good SATA 3 performance you will need to spend ~ $160 or more for a controller card with a decent chipset and multi-lane PCI Express support. If you actually look at all the cheap SATA 3 controller cards for sale on Amazon (or Newegg) you'll find they're all quite similar.
Here's some examples from Amazon in the price range you mentioned:
StarTech PEXSAT32 $38
* Marvell 9128 Chipset
* PCIe x1 lane
Sybausa SY-PEX40032 $32
* Marvell 9128 Chipset
* PCIe x1 lane
ASRock 2-Port SATA 3.0 $26
* Marvell 9123 Chipset
Good point. Still, $160 is less than the cost of a new PC, I think, based on the last one I built two years ago.
That $25 board contains a ASMedia asm1061 sata 3 chipset. I could find no benchmarks of it alone. However looking at the design it is unlikely to do much better than the Marvel chipset talked about in this article. The reason for this is that the card uses only a single pci-express lane. As the article discussed, this is also Marvel's biggest weakness. PCI-Express 2.0 has a maximum bandwidth of 500MB/sec per lane. That is ~ 400MB/sec usable by the device after pci-express overhead is taken into account. Any
Trusting a typical performance benchmark is like trusting now many pounds you can bench as a measure of overall health. Yes, benchmarks do provide some information about the relative performance of products, but it's by no means a complete picture!
When you are evaluating performance of a system, it's important to consider all aspects of system performance, and not get too hung up on any single factor.
Recently, we did a server upgrade to using SSDs in our database servers. The performance difference was dram
Every cheap sata 3 controller cards I've come across all contain the same (or similar) Marvel chipset as the article's author is complaining about. They also all use only a single PCI-Express lane instead of multiple lanes like the expensive and fast controller cards do.
It's not always the fault of the controllers, it can also be the way they're connected to the system.
These onboard controllers are connected to the system using PCI Express x1 - it's literally just like plugging them into a x1 slot only they're directly on the motherboard. The problem is there are two versions of PCI Express - the older PCI Express 1.0 provides 250 MB/s in each direction, while PCI Express 2.0 provides 500 MB/s in each direction.
AMD motherboards only had PCI Express 2.0 lanes but Intel had a mix of 2.0 lanes and 1.0 lanes - the most common was 32 x 2.0 lanes (for 2 x x16 lanes for graphics cards) and about 6 x 1.0 lanes coming from the southbridge. So motherboards manufacturers had to either use 1 lane from southbridge and get only 250 MB/s in each direction or resort to using some multiplexing chips that take 2 or more lanes and create a x4 path for the controller. More recently, motherboards detect if there is a card on the second pci express x16 and if there's nothing there, they "borrow" a few of those unused lanes to improve the performance of the various controllers integrated on the motherboard.
See this Anandtech article, it explains better than I can explain: http://www.anandtech.com/show/2973/6gbps-sata-performance-amd-890gx-vs-intel-x58-p55/2 [anandtech.com]
But the point is even if the pci express 2.0 is used, there's only 500 MB/s in each direction, SATA 6 gbps means that a maximum of 750 MB/s should be reachable - very few motherboards connect the controllers to more than one 1x lane so even if the controller could reach 750 MB/s, you won't get it.
This is nothing new - remember the gigabit network cards on PCI? The whole PCI system on your computer can do 133 MB/s and a gigabit link can do about 110 MB/s - would you sue anyone if you plug 4 pci cards in your system and can't reach a throughput higher than 133 MB/s ?
Marvell's controller is half-fast
Does Marvell do anything right ? I know their network interfaces are pretty dodgy, as were their SATA 2.0 kludges.
They know they're a shit company, which is why they rush things to market. Think of all the asian motherboard and add-on manufacturers that are dying to be the first to stick another starburst buzzword on their shiny boxes. Marvell released a shit product a few months before the good ones came out, so they sold millions of chips.
If the manufacturers had any standard of quality, we wouldn't have bottom feeders like Marvell, VIA, Broadcom and friends. Like all other things made in China, it's a race to the bottom. Why should we expect otherwise, when their time is so cheap compared to ours ? If I lose a month's work due to corruption, I'm out a good $5k. If they lose a month's work... well they lost less than the cost of the board.
All Marvell shit is pretty much junk. It's just plain sad that almost all motherboard vendors stick you with crappy Marvell gigabit, for example. That reason alone was enough to make me choose an Intel brand motherboard for my last build.
is the new super expensive now?
Wow, I must be super rich!
Just purchased an ASUS P8P67 motherboard for a brand new Core i7 2600k install; my first new PC in like 5 years. I chose the P8P67 because it had a good assortment of SATA 3 and USB 3 ports for expansion. I had a DVD burner and 3 SATA drives to put into it; I like lots of storage.
I hooked up the drives, putting my brand new WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA 3 hard drive in the first SATA 3 port, and started installing Windows 7. It seemed to take a long time. The installation finished and I started installing al
Basically for SATA-III you really just want to use the Intel (or AMD) native SATA ports and you want to configure the BIOS to put them in AHCI mode and use a relatively modern mobo.
For Intel you want something based on SandyBridge, LGA 1155 socket, H67 chipset for a consumer workstation or server. Unlike AMD, Intel basically does not support ECC on their consumer cpus.
If you want to stuff your box full of memory, even with only four slots in a micro-atx form factor, I think you can fit ~16G or so which is
Generally speaking if you want SATA-III to operate satisfactorily you need to use the AHCI controller built into the cpu chipset bundle. That is, the one that Intel and AMD bundle. That will get you a reliable 32-tag-per-port controller. You definitely do not want to use an external controller or a third-party chipset controller (aka Marvell), at least not if you can help it. You won't have a choice if you want hardware RAID, AMD and Intel's controllers don't do RAID (BIOS-based fakeraid doesn't count).
All chipsets have bugs, even AMD and Intel chipsets. Intel AHCI controllers have problems probing Intel SSDs (go figure) and require a driver workaround to unbrick the port when the problem occurs during probe. AMD chipsets don't mask phy errors during initial training, which creates a lot of superfluous interrupts. Both controllers play fast and loose with the AHCI spec and the AHCI spec itself is pretty badly designed, with tons of issues (though not as badly designed as the immensely idiotic USB HCIs).
Another big problem is that the firmware controller that runs the chipset side of the AHCI is typically responsible for ALL the SATA ports, which means that hotplug on one port can actually interfere with operations on another. It pisses me off, but there's no avoiding it.
The external chipsets are even worse. Marvell is a joke. Silicon Image chipsets are full of HARDWARE bugs (not just firmware bugs) which require a lot of workarounds in driver code (for example, you can't abort a soft-reset sequence reliably on a SIL chipset and you can't access the on-chip shared memory while commands are in progress without corrupting any DMA that happens to be occuring).
The stuff is getting better, slowly. The manufacturers of these chipsets have traditionally not really cared about these sorts of bugs because 99.9% of their users are consumers who don't care. The remaining 0.1% professionals who do care aren't a big enough crowd to make the manufacturers actually fix their firmware.
SATA at least has the AHCI spec, too bad more chip manufacturers don't use it. If you want to talk wireless and ethernet chipsets matters are far, far worse.
-Matt (who wrote and maintains DragonFly's AHCI driver)
Intel AHCI controllers have problems probing Intel SSDs (go figure)
I once talked with an engineer from an Intel research lab and found out they worked on SSDs.
Apparently their highly acclaimed X25s were mostly developed by the research lab, and were to be transitioned over to product development teams.
And apparently, Intel product development teams wern't as good. Hence why the Intel 510 uses a Marvell SSD controller.
After seeing the Pentium FPU bugs, the Netburst Architecture, FB-DIMMs, and Larrabee, I'm not surprised.
Props to their research groups though!
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The book was recentlyhonored with a "Notable Award" by the American Library Association (ALA), based in Washington, D.C. The ALA is the largest library organization in the world and has a membership of about 60,000 individuals. Criteria for the ALA "Notable Award" include the "exceptional quality" and "usefulness" of newly published books.
Among the judges and reviewers were librarians from the University of Florida, the University of Illinois, the University of Northern Colorado, Northwestern University and Stanford University.
The inside dust jacket of the book states that Dr. Kloberdanz grew up on a farm in northeastern Colorado. Currently, he resides in Fargo, North Dakota, where he is a Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at North Dakota State University.
Dr. Kloberdanz is the son of the late John C. and Elizabeth (Sewald) Kloberdanz of Sterling. He has an older brother, Stan, who still lives in Sterling.
Copies of "Sundogs and Sunflowers" are available online from Barnes and Noble Bookstores. For more information about the award-winning book, visit


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Kobe Bryant could become a free agent in 2014 as LA Lakers resist offering the NBA superstar a new contract until he has fully recovered from his long-term Achilles injury.
The 35-year-old has been out of action since April after tearing his Achilles tendon against Golden State, and is set to miss all of pre-season for the Lakers ahead of the new NBA campaign.
Bryant is out of contract next year and, reports the LA Times, the Lakers have not opened talks over a new deal, and will not do so unless they are certain he has returned to full-fitness following his injury troubles.
The Lakers understandably want to maximise their cap space with the likes of LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Chris Bosh all potential entering free agency at the end of the season, and this could mean cutting Bryant.
The five-time NBA champion is able to ask for a maximum five-percent salary increase during contract negotiations, meaning he could earn $32 million in 2014-15, but the Lakers would reportedly not be willing to pay him that much.
This means Bryant could leave the Lakers after 17 years in Los Angeles, and may prompt him to call time on his career rather than stick around for one last pay day.
"How long and for how much do you keep Kobe around?" NBA salary-cap expert Larry Coon told the LA Times.
"What's the line between loyalty to him and loyalty to making the franchise a winning team? They want to maximize their cap room. Having Kobe on the books at a big salary would really cut into their signing ability."


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Deadline for exhibitors to register for Canton business conference is Feb. 1
CANTON – The SUNY Canton Small Business Development Center (SBDC) offers area organizations a chance to showcase their products and services to local women business owners on Wednesday, March 2 as part of the SBDC's 5th Annual Women's Business Bootcamp.
Exhibitors with products or services targeted to small businesses or women can take part in the resource expo being held in conjunction with the Bootcamp from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Bootcamp attendees will be able to take advantage of breaks in the training schedule to visit the expo.Registration as a resource expo exhibitor is $30 and includes lunch with the conference attendees and the opportunity to listen to speakers.
The fee for exhibitors wishing to also attend the full Women's Business Bootcamp conference program is $65.
For more information, or to register as an exhibitor, call the SBDC at 386-7312. Deadline to register for the expo is Feb. 1.


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Pope Benedict XVI challenges young Catholics to be "missionaries of joy" in his message for this Sunday's World Youth Day on April 1.
"Be enthusiastic witnesses of the New Evangelization! Go to those who are suffering and those who are searching, and give them the joy that Jesus wants to bestow," says the Pope in his address, the text of which was issued to the media on March 27.
"Bring it to your families, your schools and universities, and your workplaces and your friends; wherever you live. You will see how it is contagious."
The Pope's letter marks the Church's 27th World Youth Day, which will be celebrated in 2012 at the diocesan level. The theme for this year is taken from St. Paul's exhortation to the Philippians: "Rejoice in the Lord always."
"Joy is at the heart of Christian experience," writes the Pope. "In a world of sorrow and anxiety, joy is an important witness to the beauty and reliability of the Christian faith."
He then explains how young people can find joy, experience it more deeply and transmit it to others.
The Pope points out that "a yearning for joy lurks within the heart of every man and woman" and that this is more than just "immediate and fleeting feelings of satisfaction," but a longing for "a perfect, full and lasting joy capable of giving 'flavor' to our existence."
This instinct is particularly true during youth, a time that Pope Benedict characterizes as one of "continuous discovery of life, of the world, of others and of ourselves." It is a stage in life when "we are moved by high ideals and make great plans."
But to find what gives "real and lasting joy" people must seek God, the Pope says, explaining that this is because God is "a communion of eternal love," and his infinite joy "does not remain closed in on itself, but expands to embrace all whom God loves and who love him."
For this reason, God wants each young person to "share in his own divine and eternal joy," since the "deepest meaning and value" of their lives lies in "being accepted, welcomed and loved by him."
And God's unconditional love allows young people to say, "I am loved; I have a place in the world and in history; I am personally loved by God. If God accepts me and loves me and I am sure of this, then I know clearly and with certainty that it is a good thing that I am alive."
Pope Benedict then cites the Incarnation, Jesus visiting Zacchaeus' house and the Resurrection as times when people encountered Jesus and experienced "immense inner joy."
These instances, he says, should reminds us that "evil does not have the final word in our lives" and that "faith in Christ the Savior tells us that God's love is victorious."
The Pope goes on to urge young people to respond to "spiritual joy" by not being afraid to risk their lives and by making "space for Jesus Christ and his Gospel."
This is particularly true, he says, if Christ is "calling you to the religious, monastic or missionary life or to the priesthood," since Jesus "fills with joy all those who respond to his invitation to leave everything to be with him" and "devote themselves with undivided heart to the service of others."
After experiencing the joy Jesus brings, everyone is called to love others, the Pope says.
"Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls; God loves a cheerful giver. Whoever gives with joy gives more," he writes, quoting Blessed Mother Teresa.
For a young person, this love should inform all aspects of their life, so that they learn how love "means to be steadfast, reliable and faithful in commitments," particularly in work, study and friendships.
"Our friends expect us to be sincere, loyal and faithful because true love perseveres even in times of difficulty," he notes.
The Pope also prays that young people will lead lives "guided by a spirit of service and not by the pursuit of power, material success and money."
The temptation away from this is present in the culture, which often "pressures us to seek immediate goals, achievements and pleasures," fostering "fickleness more than perseverance, hard work and fidelity to commitments." This, he says, is nothing more than the promise of "false happiness."
"How many people are surrounded by material possessions, yet their lives are filled with despair, sadness and emptiness! To have lasting joy we need to live in love and truth. We need to live in God."
This higher path, he warns, will not be without its occasional falls, as "the experience of sin, which is a refusal to follow God and an affront to his friendship, brings gloom into our hearts."
Yet God in his mercy "never abandons us" and always offers the possibility of "being reconciled with him and experiencing the joy of his love which forgives and welcomes us back."
"Dear young people, have frequent recourse to the sacrament of penance and reconciliation! It is the sacrament of joy rediscovered," the Pope says.
He brings his message to the youth to a close by offering some models of youthful holiness for them to emulate. First among them is the early 20th-century Italian student Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. Despite experiencing "many trials during his short life, including a romantic experience that left him deeply hurt," explains the Pope, Pier Giorgio always found the Christian life a joy, "even when it involves pain."
This experience of joy and pain is why it's unfair and untrue to depict Christianity as "a way of life that stifles our freedom and goes against our desires for happiness and joy," Pope Benedict states.
On the contrary, Christians are "men and women who are truly happy because they know they are not alone," because God is "always holding them in his hand."
"It is up to you, young followers of Christ, to show the world that faith brings happiness and a joy which is true, full and enduring."
So beautiful…this is the Holy Spirit speaking through our Holy Father in a wonderfully relatable way. Bless his heart, and praise you Holy Spirit.
Truly beautiful words that not only apply to our youth!


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Arsenal forward Gervinho has backed Chelsea striker target Wilfried Bony to succeed at 'a great club' next season, reports Super Sport.
The 24-year-old Vitesse Arnhem star has been heavily linked with a move to the Premier League, following a series of scintillating performances in the Dutch Eredivisie this season.
Bony is currently top of the goalscoring charts with 27 goals in 28 league appearances in 2012/13, and is believed to be valued at around £12million.
The Ivory Coast international has been tipped to succeed Didier Drogba as his country's leading talisman in the future, and could even follow the Chelsea legend to Stamford Bridge, where he enjoyed eight great seasons in English football.
Gervinho has trodden a similar career path to Drogba, swapping Ligue 1 football in France with Lille for a move to Arsenal in 2011. And, despite taking some time to settle at the Emirates Stadium, he is now starting to show the sort of form that prompted Gunners boss Arsene Wenger to pay more than £10million for his signature.
Asked to assess the ability and potential of international team-mate, Bony, the Arsenal star put the Chelsea target up there with the best strikers in Europe at the moment.
"Wilfried is hot at the moment," Gervinho told Super Sport. "He is confident both at club and national team.
"He has shown his talent and he is consistent. I can say he is currently one of the best centre forwards in Europe.
"I can see why he's pulling interest from a number of top sides in Europe. Wilfried knows how to hit goals and he nets them even with the smallest chances, and I wish he lands a deal with a great club in the summer."
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The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed pitcher Ryan Madson to a one-year contract Wednesday.
The deal is worth $3.5 million in base salary with a $2.5 million roster bonus and $1 million in incentives.
Madson signed with the Cincinnati Reds last offseason, but did not appear in a game as he needed Tommy John surgery before the start of the season.
He pitched to a 4-2 record with a 2.37 ERA and 32 saves in 62 relief appearances for the Philadelphia Phillies in 2011.
The 32-year-old righty has a 47-30 record with 52 saves and a 3.59 earned run average in 491 career appearances (18 starts) over nine seasons with the Phillies.


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There are many coupon apps for smartphone users to enjoy, but are all coupon apps safe and reliable? Not exactly. Anyone can create an app, and just because an app exists or is popular doesn't mean the app is authorized by stores or manufacturers.
I'm aware of several coupon apps that are questionable from an ethical standpoint. I'm not going to name them in this column, but I'll describe their functionality to you. As you read, consider whether these apps toe the line of couponing ethics - or worse, venture into potentially fraudulent territory.
App #1: This app uses a smartphone's camera to photograph a manufacturer coupon, then decode the barcode, telling the user if the coupon is coded specifically for the size and type of product listed on the coupon, or if there's some "wiggle room." Example: A coupon states it is valid on a 16-ounce box of cereal, but decoding the barcode reveals it will also work on a 12-ounce box.
My thoughts:
I have to question the purpose behind this app. It's a higher-tech form of the old "barcode decoding" that some shoppers used to do - figuring out which numbers in a barcode translated to a product's purchase requirements and discount value. As barcodes have become more complex, you can't simply look at a barcode and figure out those values visually. So, while it may not be illegal to decode a barcode, it's toeing the line of ethics.
App #2: This app allows users to photograph a paper coupon, and the app stores the barcode. Then you can share the coupon with thousands of other people using the app. Search for coupons issued by your favorite companies, and when you find one you'd like to use, show the barcode image on your phone to your cashier.
My thoughts:
Taking a photograph of a coupon and presenting it to the cashier is akin to making a photocopy of a coupon and trying to get the cashier to accept it – that's a form of counterfeiting and coupon fraud. Allowing users to then share these images of coupons with each other is problematic as well. As I looked at this particular app, I saw a postcard offering one free clothing item, which had been mailed to a shopper. The shopper is supposed to hand in the postcard to receive the free item. Yet, images of those postcards were being shared to everyone using the app. Cashiers should certainly question the validity of these coupons.
So which coupon apps would I recommend?
Here are a few:
Grocery IQ: Created by Coupons.com, Grocery IQ is a shopping list planning app. You can create your own shopping lists by using your phone to scan the barcodes of product packaging that you've already got, and that item will be added to your list. If your store participates in load-to-card functionality for Coupons.com offers, the app can integrate them with your list.
Shopper: Shopper is another popular grocery list planning app. It too allows you to scan product barcodes and add them to the list. You also can group your lists by store, and I like its auto-fill functionality when you begin typing the name of an item you wish to add to the list. You also can access the flyers from your local stores via the app.
Ibotta: Ibotta is a payback shopping app. Load offers before you go to the store, and after you shop, take a photo of your receipt with the app and upload it. Within 24 hours, your account is credited with the value of the offers you chose.
Endorse: This is another payback shopping app. Load percentage-off offers before you head to the store, then upload a photo of your receipt when you get home. I've seen percent-off deals ranging in value from 10 percent off up to 100 percent off, which equals a free item.
Smart Living Tip: Use your judgment when downloading coupon apps. If an app doesn't seem to be on the level, again understand that anyone can create an app for just about any purpose. Read app reviews and utilize apps offered by trusted companies and vendors.
Learn more about super-couponing at Jill Cataldo's website, www.jillcataldo.com. Email your own couponing victories and questions to email@example.com.


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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tekken 6 Game System & General FAQ Version 0.50 (Work in Progress) NNN TTTTTTTTTTTT EEEEEEEE KKKK KKK KKKK KKK EEEEEEEE NNNNN N N T T E E K K K K K K K K E E N N N N TTTT TTTT E EEEEE K K K K K K K K E EEEEE N NN N N N T T E E K K K K K K K K E E N N N N N N T T E EEEE K KK K K KK K E EEEE N N N N N N T T E E K K K K E E N N N N N N T T E EEEE K KK K K KK K E EEEE N N N N N N T T E E K K K K K K K K E E N N N N N N T TTT E EEEEE K K K K K K K K E EEEEE N NNN N NN N T T E E K K K K K K K K E E N N N N TTTT EEEEEEEE KKKK KKK KKKK KKK EEEEEEEE NNN NNNNN 6666666666 6 6 6 666666 6 6 6 66666 6 6 6 66666 6 6 6 6 6 6 66666 6 6 6 666666666 Written by: Kenneth Walton (Wild Man X) Written on: May 2, 2010 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Website: Tekkenomics (http://www.tekkenomics.com) PSN: Wild_Man_X This FAQ version will be available at: IGN (http://faqs.ign.com) GameFAQs (http://www.gamefaqs.com) Tekken Zaibatsu (http://www.tekkenzaibatsu.com) Neoseeker (http://www.neoseeker.com) SuperCheats (http://www.supercheats.com) Games Radar / Cheat Planet (http://www.gamesradar.com) MyPSP.com.au (http://www.mypsp.com.au) Namco Bandai Partners Australia (http://www.namcobandaipartners.com.au) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ Table of Contents ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Version Updates 2. Legal Stuff 3. FAQ Description 4. Legend 5. Legend Explanations 6. Patch Updates 7. Loading Screen Game Tips 8. Game System & General Moves 9. Bound Moves 10. Customization Item Moves 11. Secrets / Unlockables / Nice-To-Know 12. Tekken FAQs & Media 13. Tekken Websites 14. Helpful Links 15. Questions 16. Special Thanks 17. About Tekkenomics 18. Closing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ 1. Version Updates ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ver# - (mm-dd-yyyy) 0.10 - (10-23-2009) Template 0.20 - (11-16-2009) Started filling in some of the general info 0.30 - (01-31-2010) First released version 0.31 - (02-15-2010) (See below...) Secrets / Unlockables / Nice-To-Know - Updated "Taunts / Intro Poses / Win Poses" Other - Removed "Fighter Specific Legend Commands (FSLC)" 0.40 - (02-28-2010) (See below...) NEW SECTION - "Loading Screen Game Tips" Questions - Answered two new questions Other - Added more host websites - Updated "FAQ Description", "Legend", "Special Thanks" 0.50 - (05-02-2010) (See below...) NEW SECTION - "Useful Links" Secrets / Unlockables / Nice-To-Know - Updated "Ranking List" Questions - Answered one new question Other - Fixed some typos FAQ Update Legend ----------------- New content that has been added. Content that has been changed, corrected, or modified. NOTE: Corrections include adding any notes, changing names, correcting various mistakes or typos, and removing anything. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ 2. Legal Stuff ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You may download and print this FAQ, but under no circumstances can you put this FAQ on your web page without our permission. You MAY NOT ALTER IT IN ANY WAY or claim it as your own. I will now only be sending FAQ updates to GameFAQs, IGN, and Tekken Zaibatsu. Anyone who has received permission to host any of the Tekkenomics FAQs also has permission to host any of our future text-based FAQs, if your website is listed in the approved list at the top, You can obtain updates from any of the previously mentioned websites. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ 3. FAQ Description ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This FAQ is a General FAQ to contain information on Tekken 6's game system, general moves, and other general areas related to the game. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ 4. Legend ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This section will be added in a future update. Until then, take a look at the Legend on the bottom of the page at the following link for the command notations used in this FAQ: http://faqs.ign.com/articles/103/1039146p1.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ 5. Legend Explanations ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Coming in a future update... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ 6. Patch Updates ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following is a list of the patch updates for the PS3 (and also possibly Xbox 360) version of Tekken 6 within the U.S., starting from the official release date on October 27, 2009. ver# - (mm-dd-yyyy) ------------------------ 1.00 - 10/27/2009 Official retail release for the U.S. ------------------------ 1.01 - 10/27/2009 Enables the Online mode. ------------------------ 1.02 - 11/25/2009 NAMCO BANDAI Games today released further details about the forthcoming free downloadable update designed to improve the online game experience for players of TEKKEN 6 on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The update is scheduled for release on 26th November. The update is separate from the online co-op Scenario Campaign mode download which is scheduled for release separately this winter. Online gameplay enhancements in the update include the following: * Improved input response: improvement of the game�s responsiveness to button / command inputs; * Selectable search priorities for ranked matches: players will be able to set search priorities for opponents in ranked matches based on comparable rank or connection quality as well as location; * Optimized data transmission between fighters and spectators: fight data will be optimized in order to reduce the bandwidth load on the host�s console; * Signal strength bars: the signal strength bar will reflect connection quality more accurately; * Chance to cancel match: players will be able to cancel the match before it begins once the opponent�s signal strength has been displayed on ranked matches. The team at NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc is committed to delivering the best possible experience with TEKKEN 6 and would like to thank the thousands of fans all over the world for their invaluable feedback. Let the sixth King of Iron Fist Tournament continue. Source: http://sdtekken.com/2009/11/24/happy-thanksgiving-tekken-fans/ ------------------------ 1.03 - 01/18/2010 SANTA CLARA, Calif., (Jan. 12, 2010) - NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., today announced that players can expect to download the free TEKKEN� 6 online co-op update on January 18 for the Xbox 360� video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PlayStation�3 computer entertainment system. Now for the first time in the TEKKEN series, players can join a friend online and fight side-by-side for some serious iron fist brawling. Previously playable only as an offline single player mode with an AI companion, TEKKEN 6�s Scenario Campaign mode now let�s two players come together online and power their way through numerous stages. Use voice chat to work together strategically and beat down vicious opponents and their legions of minions. To keep the fires of competition in the forefront, a co-op leaderboard will be implemented so players can size up their skills against the best in the world. This update will also include the following refinement: * Improved Mokujin AI - In online versus mode, Mokujin�s fighting style changes with every round TEKKEN 6 is rated "T" for Teen by the ESRB and is now available nationwide for the PlayStation 3 system and Xbox 360 with an MSRP of $59.99 as well as the PSP� (PlayStation�Portable) system for $39.99. For more information on TEKKEN 6, please visit: www.namcobandaigames.com or www.tekken.com. Source: http://sdtekken.com/2010/01/12/tekken-6-online-co-op-next-week/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ 7. Loading Screen Game Tips ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This section contains a list of the tips for Tekken 6 that are shown during the loading screens in the console version. - After being tossed up by an opponent, if you get up right as you hit the floor, this is called Ukemi. To pull off a Sideways Quick Roll, press any button just as you hit the ground. - After your health meter drops past a certain point, it will glow red, triggering the Rage System. When the Rage System is triggered, striking attacks deal greater damage. - An opponent can not block while in midair, so you can juggle them until they land on the ground again. - Attacks are classified as high, mid, or low. If left unblocked, high attacks can deal damage to standing opponents, but they will miss crouching opponents. - Attacks are dealt with the "1", "2", "3", and "4". Each button controls a limb of your character. (This only applies to the default controller settings.) - Because throws cannot be blocked, it is a very effective move against opponents who rely heavily on guarding. Only crouching opponents can avoid being thrown. - Crouching guards can defend against low attacks. It can also evade high attacks and throws. - Low attacks can deal damage to standing opponents while they are guarding. - Low parries consist of timing yourself against your opponent's low attack and inputting "D/F". - Juggle combos are capable of draining your opponent's health, so they can be considered vital to attaining victory in battle. - Jumps are great for evading low attacks. By pressing any button during a jump, you can pull off a jump attack. - Mid attacks can deal damage to crouching opponents that are guarding. - Standing guards block high and mid attacks, but it cannot block low attacks or throws. - The moment you are grabbed by your opponent for a throw, quickly input the proper button(s) in response to the throw to slip free. - To Backward Roll and get up, input "b". This is a good way of keeping distance from your opponent. - To Forward Roll and get up, input "f". This is ideal when wanting to stay close to your opponent. - To pull off a Backward Quick Roll, input "B" just before hitting the ground. Backward Quick Rolls will help you get up after rolling backwards. - To pull off a Quick Recovery, input "F" as you hit the ground. In quick recovery, you can attack your opponent with a kick while jumping back up if you are faced up with your feet facing the opponent. - To rise immediately after being floored, input "u" or "d/b". This way of getting up enables you to guard your opponent's follow-up attacks. - To Side Step into the background, input "u". To Side Step into the foreground, input "d". - To Sideways Roll and get up into the background, input "1". To Sideways Roll and get up into the foreground, input "d+1". - To unleash a low attack while floored, input "3". To unleash a mid attack while floored, input "4". - When you strike opponents before they complete an attack, it is considered a Counter Hit. These deal more damage than normal hits, and depending on the move, can alter the stance of your opponent. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ 8. Game System & General Moves ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Coming in a future update... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ 9. Bound Moves ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tekken 6 introduces "bound" moves to the fighting system which allows airborne opponents to be bounced off the ground which can be used to extend a juggle. A list of Bound Moves can be found on IGN at the following link, but might also be added here at some point in the future: http://faqs.ign.com/articles/105/1055592p1.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ 10. Customization Item Moves ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tekken 6 allows for special moves to be performed when a certain customization item is equipped. I have put together a list that contains those special items, body part, price, notation, and properties. The list can be found on IGN at the following link, but might also be added here at some point in the future: http://faqs.ign.com/articles/105/1052860p1.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ 11. Secrets / Unlockables / Nice-To-Know ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following is a list of secrets, unlockables, and nice-to-know information for the console and PSP versions of Tekken 6. --------------------------------------- Taunts / Intro Poses / Win Poses --------------------------------------- Each fighter has a unique set of pre-match and post-match taunts / winposes. It appears that the pre-match taunts are perfomed randomly, but the post-match taunts / win poses can be selected by pressing a combination of buttons. "Goh_Billy" has written a "Win Pose Guide" that covers this: http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps3/file/928302/58515 "AdminDeebo" of Tekken Nation has created a thread that contains YouTube videos of the Win and Intro Poses for most of the characters: WIN/INTRO POSES DISCUSSION http://tekkennation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=3834 --------------------------------------- Ranking List --------------------------------------- The following a list of the rankings available. Thanks to the following people for helping put this list together: feichunwong, Mokujin Man, Spero Gin, White Angel Ranks: Beginner 9th - 1st kyu 1st - 4th dan Mentor Master Rogue Brawler Marauder Berserker Warrior Avenger Vindicator Juggernaut Vanquisher Destroyer Conqueror Savior Champion Overlord Sage Legend Fujin Raijin Yaksa Raksasa Asura Lord of War Dragon Lord Tekken Lord Tekken Emperor Tekken God A video of the available rankings can be seen below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXc-9vUTXxw The following modes can be used to increase your rank: Arcade Battle, Ghost Battle, Online Mode > Ranked Match (console only) For the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions, you are only able to rank up to 1st Dan offline and will need to play online ranked matches to rank up further. The PSP version doesn�t have any restrictions on ranking up. Starting from the Beginner, you can reach 1st Dan after about 30 wins from the Ghost Battle mode. For the PSP version, it will probably take you somewhere around 250-300 wins to reach the "Tekken God" ranking. It is best to try to fight against an opponent close to your current rank. --------------------------------------- Unlock Comic Effects --------------------------------------- In the console version, after clearing "Azazel's Temple, Central Corridor" within the Scenario Campaign mode, you can unlock the "Comic Effect (English)" and "Comic Effect (Japanese)", which are equippable under the "Effect" option for character customization. When equipped, some moves will cause special effect words to appear (that you would often see in a comic book) when you charge or attack your opponent, such as Paul's "Phoenix Smasher" (qcf+2) and the universal "Ki Charge" (1+2+3+4). --------------------------------------- Unlock PlayStation Home Items --------------------------------------- The PS3 version of Tekken 6 has integration with Sony's virtual world known as "PlayStation Home". You are able to unlock items and clothing for PlayStation Home by completing taks within the game. Here is a list of what you can unlock: - Clear Offline Mode > Arcade Battle TEKKEN 6 - Arcade Cabinet - Clear "Container Terminal 7" stage in Scenario Campaign TEKKEN 6 - Logo T-Shirt (M) TEKKEN 6 - Logo T-Shirt (F) - Clear "Mishima Estate" stage in Scenario Campaign TEKKEN 6 - Crystal 6 T-Shirt (M) TEKKEN 6 - Crystal 6 T-Shirt (F) - Clear "G Corporation, Millennium Tower Heliport" stage in Scenario Campaign TEKKEN 6 - Kazuya Gloves - Clear "Azazel's Temple, Central Corridor" stage in Scenario Campaign TEKKEN 6 - Long T-Shirt (M) TEKKEN 6 - Long T-Shirt (F) --------------------------------------- PS3 XMB Music --------------------------------------- Tekken 6 is one of the few games available for the PS3 that allow you to play music stored on your system's hard drive by accessing the PS3's XMB (Xross Media Bar). From what I hear, the Xbox 360 has music playback available for every game. Below, you can find some instructions on how to play your own music while playing Tekken 6: 1. After the game has been loaded, press the "PS" button in the middle of your PS3 controller to bring up the XMB. 2. Scroll horizontally to the "Music" icon, then vertially to find a song or playlist that you want to play then select it with the "X" button. 3. The music will now play. You can repeat step #1 and #2 to select a different song or playlist. There will now be a music playback control available at the very top of the "Music" section that you can use to pause, stop, repeat, shuffle, change volume, etc. --------------------------------------- PS3 XMB Screenshot Capturing --------------------------------------- Tekken 6 is one of the few games available for the PS3 that allow you to take screenshot captures of your game from the PS3's XMB (Xross Media Bar). Below, you can find some instructions on how to do this: 1. After the game has been loaded, and you find something that you want to take a screenshot of, press the "PS" button in the middle of your PS3 controller to bring up the XMB. 2. Scroll horizontally to the "Photo" icon, then vertically to locate the "Save Screenshot" icon, then select it with the "X" button. 3. After doing this, you will see the "Save Screenshot" text in the bottom right corner of the screen. When you're ready, press the "X" button to save the screeenshot to your PS3's hard drive. 4. You are now finished. You can take another screenshot by going back to step #1. All screenshots will be saved in the PNG format, named "Tekken 6", and can be found under the "Photo" icon on the XMB. --------------------------------------- Multiple Controller Tip --------------------------------------- In the Arcade mode, if you have several controllers synced to your PS3, you aren't required to use controllers 1 and 2 to play with two players. Any of the 7 controller slots can be used to play. The first player to press the "start" button will be the next to play. This makes offline sessions much easier if people like to use their own controllers or arcade sticks. NOTE: This doesn't work with the "Versus" mode. Thanks to "NoodleHead" of TZ for the tip. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ 12. Tekken FAQs & Media ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the Tekkenomics Blog, in the "FAQs & Media" section, you can find the following: - Several links to where you can find FAQs for several other games in the Tekken series. - Tekken related pictures/images. - YouTube playlists containing many different YouTube videos, including combos, hidden moves, commercials, ending movies, etc. - Plus more... Link available below: http://tekkenomics.wordpress.com/faqs-and-media/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ 13. Tekken Websites ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are a lot of official and unofficial Tekken-related websites available in different languages. You can find a list of sites on one of the best Tekken blogs/websites available... Tekkenomics =). Link available below: http://tekkenomics.wordpress.com/links/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ 14. Helpful Links ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you're new to Tekken 6 or trying to improve your skills, you might find these links helpful: - Tekkenomics (http://tekkenomics.com) My blog/website. I post updates to my Tekken 6 FAQs and Move Lists on here. I also try to answer every question that I receive. You'll also find a bunch of other things here. - Tekkenomics FAQs @ GameFAQs (http://faqs.tekkenomics.com) Contains all of the FAQs that I've written for Tekken 6, as well as other games in the Tekken series. - Neorussell.com (http://www.neorussell.com) Contains several tutorial videos for Tekken 6, as well as videos demonstrating some of the character's new moves. In particular, you might want to check out the following videos: Tekken 6: BR - Convention Commands (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2dAqP2Z-m0) Tekken 6: BR - The Art Of Getting Up Properly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4tt1bFxzNk) Tekken 6: BR - The Art of Buffering (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38iJWsjc_w8) Tekken 6: BR - The Art Of Low Parry (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF2wBESs01U) T6 BR: Character Stances (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyDnAjURBv4) - I Am Tekken (http://iamtekken.com) A website dedicated to trying to make you a better Tekken player. You'll find podcasts, the "Level Up Your Game" YouTube video series, and other useful info. You can check out the YouTube channel below: http://www.youtube.com/user/LevelUpYourGame - SD Tekken (http://sdtekken.com) Contains frame data, info on arcade sticks, and other stuff. This site will also be one of best sources available for Tekken news. - Rip's Throw Break Trainer (http://tekken.reepal.com/index.php/tbt) A web application that will help you to improve your skills at breaking your opponent's throw attempts. - Tekken Zaibatsu Forums > The Tekken Zaibatsu Jargon Dictionary (http://www.tekkenzaibatsu.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=92806) A thread that will help you learn the terminology associated with Tekken. - Tekken Zaibatsu Forums > Tekken 6 Character Strategy & Combos (http://www.tekkenzaibatsu.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?forumid=145) Learn a lot of useful info about a specific character. - Tekken Zaibatsu Forums > Tekken 101 (http://www.tekkenzaibatsu.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=113442) A thread under the "Tekken 6 General Strategy Library" section on the Tekken Zaibatsu forums. A guide covering some of of basics of Tekken 6, - Tekken Zaibatsu Forums > Want to pick up a new character? Post here (http://www.tekkenzaibatsu.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=116022) A thread under the "Tekken 6 General Strategy Library" section on the Tekken Zaibatsu forums. Contains info that might help you select a character to use. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ 15. Questions ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In this section, I will try my best to answer some common questions I've received through e-mail or saw on the forums. ---------- Question 1 - Purchase Tekken 6 Action Figures ---------- Q: Where can I purchase any Tekken 6 Action Figures? A: The only place that I currently know of is from the Play-Asia website. You can find a link below: http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-92-77-2-49-en-70-3hku.html ---------- Question 2 - Purchase Tekken 6 Music ---------- Q: Where can I purchase the Tekken 6 soundtrack? A: The only place that I currently know where you can legally obtain music for Tekken 6 is from iTunes. Links are available below: Tekken 6 Arcade http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tekken-6-arcade/id339712985 Tekken 6 Bloodline Rebellion http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tekken-6-bloodline-rebellion/id342433805 ---------- Question 3 - Tekken Roulette Vehicles ---------- Q: Do you know what the airplane is for that I see during a Tekken Roulette? A: I've read on the TZ Forums (posted by yip_noob) that the different vehicles that you see during the Tekken Roulette "stands for a certain range of roulettes you have left". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ 16. Special Thanks ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This section is to thank those who have assisted in some way to the creation of this FAQ. Name Reason ---- ------ Namco Thanks for creating another incredible game! Paulinstein Thanks for all the help over the years! Drake the Demon Thanks for all the help over the years! Alvin G. Thanks for introducing me to the Tekken series! Castel Thanks for creating TZ, one of the best Tekken resources: http://www.tekkenzaibatsu.com Catlord Thanks for creating move lists for many of the games in the Tekken series. NeoRussell Thanks for creating videos demonstrating the new moves and properties for the arcade version of T6 and T6BR. And also, for creating several tutorial videos for the console version of Tekken 6. Stephen Ng Help in getting the Tekken 6 Move Lists up on IGN. Tool God Providing a Bound move for Baek. Mokujin Man Finding a typo for the Bound moves section. Marin Providing a Bound move for Baek. feichunwong Uploading a video of the character rankings for T6BR. AdminDeebo Providing videos of intro and win poses. NoodleHead Posting a tip which was used in the "Secrets / Unlockables / Nice-To-Know" section. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the Item Moves thread on TZ: http://www.tekkenzaibatsu.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=111164 http://www.tekkenzaibatsu.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=106445 Lastly, thanks to anyone who has contributed to any of the other Tekkenomics FAQs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ 17. About Tekkenomics ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The main purpose of "Tekkenomics" is to provide you with Tekken FAQs/Guides and to keep you updated on Tekken news and information. "Tekkenomics" was originally the name of the website created by me (Wild Man X), with help from Paulinstein and Drake the Demon, which first came online on November 6, 2004. However, due to someone engaging in piracy on our hosting server the website went down in April 2007. With the release of Tekken 6 approaching for consoles, I decided to bring back Tekkenomics, but in the form of a blog, back in June 2009. "Tekkenomics" contains various Tekken related material, some of which is difficult to find on any other Tekken based website. The blog will contain exclusive articles, original FAQ files, move lists, combos/juggles, combo videos, in-game matches, Tekken commercials, PC desktop wallpaper, PSP wallpaper, CG art, fan-based material, and other things. If you're having problems visiting the "Tekkenomics Blog" at http://www.tekkenomics.com, you can also visit it at the following link: http://tekkenomics.wordpress.com If you were wondering how we came up with the name "Tekkenomics", back in my high school days in the year 2000, Paulinstein, me, and some other high school friends would get together to play Tekken 3 on the PlayStation 1. At the time, we were also enrolled in Economics. Whenever we would get together to play, we would say that we were going to study some "Tekkenomics". So, basically: "Tekken" + "Economics" = "Tekkenomics". There are a few references on the web to the name "Tekkenomics" that aren't related to us or our blog. There are some members on the Tekken Zaibatsu forums that go by the names "Tekkenomics", "Tekkenomics_101", and "TekkenNomics Jr." that aren't related to us. On Tekken Zaibatsu, we go by the names "Wild Man X", "Paulinstein", and "Drake the Demon". The things on the web that ARE related to us are at: GameFAQs, Neoseeker, IGN, 1UP.com, Gamerhelp, Gamespot, MySpace, AIM, MSN Messenger, Hotmail, GMail, YouTube, PicasaWeb, Blogger, WordPress, ImageShack, and Twitter. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ 18. Closing ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please let me know if you are confused about any part of this FAQ, and I will do my best to clarify. Feel free to e-mail me any questions or comments about this FAQ or the Tekkenomics Blog. When sending an e-mail, please make sure that "Tekken", "Soul Calibur", or "FAQ" is somewhere in the e-mail title / subject name, or it will most likely be deleted or treated as spam. If you want to send a PSN friend request, I will only add you if you mention who you are or mention something about Tekken. Please DO NOT send an empty friend request. Please note that I can only speak and read/write English. I hope you find this FAQ helpful. Thanks for your time! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tekkenomics Class is now in session!!! 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Sunday, November 17, 2002
Typically "Adult" Authors Reaching Out to Young Set
Harry Potter and Lemony Snicket, both phenomenal commercial successes, have inspired a number of mainstream authors to write novels for the children's and young adult market.
Abarat by Clive Barker (Joanna Cotler Books, 2002).
This book from horror master Barker is packed with 130 impressive and colorful illustrations that enhance the story.
This is the first in a planned quartet set in the complex mythical world of Abarat, the location of an ongoing battle between the Light and the Dark. Each of the twenty-four Abarat islands (along with a mysterious twenty-fifth island) occupies a particular hour on the clock and has a unique identity.
When Candy Quackenbush, who is alienated from both her home and school in Chickentown, Minnesota, rescues Abaratian Tom Mischief (and his seven brothers named Tom, each of whose heads sprout from his antlers) from hideous Mendelson Shape, she seizes the opportunity to explore a different world.
Disney Corporation has paid Barker eight million dollars for the rights to the Abarat Quartet. Expect movies, TV series, amusement park and video-game tie-ins, and merchandise.
City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende (Harper Collins, 2002).
Allende, the award-winning Chilean author of House of the Spirits and Daughter of Fortune, wrote this eco-novel for her three grandchildren. The first of a planned trilogy, "Beasts" follows fifteen-year-old Alexander, twelve-year-old Nadia, and a motley mix of anthropologists, writers, soldiers, and Indians on a quest to find a Yeti-like creature that is terrorizing developers in the Amazon jungle.
Filled with some of the same mysticism and wonder that fill her adult novels, but hindered by a stilted translation from the original Spanish, this might appeal to teen female fantasy fans.
Big Mouth & Ugly Girl by Joyce Carol Oates (Harper Collins, 2002).
One of my favorite authors has written a novel inspired by Colorado's Columbine High School incident and similar shootings.
Popular high school junior Matt Donaghy (Big Mouth) is shocked when his lunchtime jokes about the potential dire consequences of a play not being chosen for an arts festival lead to his being called out of class and questioned by police detectives.
Someone has alleged that he made serious threats. Only basketball player and outsider Ursula Riggs (Ugly Girl), who witnessed the incident, comes forward to defend Matt. Other friends and acquaintances are too afraid of guilt through association.
Oates applies her considerable literary abilities to dealing with typical teen issues.
Simon Says by Elaine Marie Alphin (Harcourt, 2002).
Alphin, who currently lives in Madison, Indiana, grew up in San Francisco and New York City, and graduated from Rice College in Houston, Texas. She has won numerous awards, including the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Mystery for Counterfeit Son.
After paying her dues in children's fiction and non-fiction, Alphin now seems to be concentrating on the young adult market. She actually wrote Simon Says in college and has been fine-tuning it for publication for years.
Sixteen-year-old Charles Weston has decided that everyone, including him, is caught up in an ongoing game of "Simon Says," where we all try to give other people what they want, even if it means perpetually acting.
A prodigiously gifted artist, Simon feels like he just doesn't fit in with those around him, and he expects to find some answers when he wins a scholarship to an elite arts academy.
Though the next school year isn't easy, he eventually learns to stand on his own two feet.
Pam Locker is a librarian with the Evansville-Vanderburgh Public Library. The opinions expressed in this column are personal and do not reflect policies or official recommendations of EVPL.


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