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Originally posted by Brenelael
Originally posted by fenistil
Originally posted by jairus
Originally posted by outfctrl
A few people brought this up in the off topic, but the thread was locked for being political. Now it is up for discussion in News Discussion?
Funny. I guess what's good for the Goose is not good for the Gander.
we have a winner.
how many people here where given warnings for political content being agaist the rules of conduct and now they post this on thier front page news.
bunch of hypocrites.
Things like SOPA and PIPA affect mmorpg gaming directly so should not be 'shunned off' as a 'polical'. It is not talk about War or health care or taxes after all.
Besies giving warning and closing off topics and then creating news by yourselfs just because it got 'loud and fashionable in internetz' is LAME and make mmorpg.com creditibility BAD thing.
So mmorpg.com staff , watch out next time. Review your policies if necessary.
Yeah, I was the first to post about this here weeks ago and although I wasn't given any type of punishment my thread was locked for being too 'political'. After several PM's between a MMORPG staff member and myself and several others(Who will remain nameless to protect their privacy) I was told it was too political in nature and would never be allowed here. Now here we are discussing it in the News Section?
It's the second news article on SOPA. They made the first shortly after those threads got locked. I'd say those threads helped bring attention to the subject on this site and how it could effect it. Add in emails, all the other gaming sites voicing their opinions, and news articles that are all over the place. MMORPG.com is still sticking to their guns and these two news topics are the only place to discuss SOPA.
The fact that they came to realize just how important these bills are is a good thing and fueling discussion on it/ them is great.
SOPA absolutely must be stopped.
Protect IP Act PIPA must also die.
This is all politics. Politics getting out of control. But remember politicans have names and we elect them. They are not dictators. They can be voted out. We the people need to wake up and Vote these criminal politicians out. If you are over 18 you need to Register to Vote and then Vote in the election to get rid of the these guys.
Don't let a bunch of stupid old men ruin the Internet. Write these guys names down and vote them out.
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) SOPA supporter
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) PIPA supporter
Full list of stupid and corupt old men in congress and the bribes they took. Please VOTE these criminals out of office. Your Vote Does makes a difference.
Also in the Presidential election there has been only one Candidate that has openly spoken out against SOPA and PIPA.
The Man is RON PAUL. Vote for Ron Paul in 2012 he is the only one can Save the Internet.
Since the US basically owns sites like .com and .net this will affect more sites than most expect.
Politics - the opposite of innovation
Sopa already failed, they pulled out yesterday. Pipa still want to have a go?
I don't know how SOPA will achieve this goal. Most internet sites are implicitly related to each other, with a few clicks you can navigate from fusion reactors to vegeterian noodles. Even worse the content of a web page may alter dynamically thus it may display infringing content or not from time to time. If SOPA goes that deep it may force existing web sites to monitor their content but this seems an impossible task to me, especially for sites that have forums and addon robots, like this one.
SOPA won't kill piracy at all. It will remain ineffective while effectively screwing everyone else over.
If there was a bill that effectively stop piracy that the experts agree with and has little effect on the people and the internet, then that bill is the one we should be looking for.
Originally posted by troublmaker
There is no such thing as an unrestricted freedom or rights. Many Americans think they have it, but they do not.Take for example this classic case. It is the middle of the night and I'm in a Jewish neighborhood. As an expression of my freedom of speech I yell at the top of my lunges "THE HOLOCAUST IS A LIE BUT IT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED YOU KILLED JESUS!" Now I keep repeating this obscenity over and over and over and over. I do it from 12AM to 8AM. At this point I decide to go home and sleep.Am I really so free to do this? Would you as a citizen of the United States really ALLOW me to violate someone like this to protect MY freedom?Of course not.
We know there is no such thing as totally free speech, but some things go too far, and this law very obviously does. If you read the law, I don't see how anyone could miss it.
As for your quote up there, that's actually legal in America. The only reason you would be arrested is if, because it was the middle of the night, you were arrested for disturbing the peace. If you did that exact same thing during the day and didn't use a megaphone or something, it'd be totally legal.
That's right. It's legal to yell at Jews that the holocaust never happened, but it would be illegal to keep them awake while doing it.
My point is this: Laws usually say specific things, but when there is any room for interpretation, different people are always going to have different ideas. This is why things have changed with different Justices in the Supreme Court. New people had new interpretations of the law. A law like this one can be interpreted to mean they can shut down any website (from the vast majority of people, who don't usually know how to bypass DNS blocking), for almost any reason. And on most sites, this one included, someone could post something, knowing it broke the law, and thereby forcing that website down. People could attack this site, or Youtube, or really any website with user-submitted content, and those sites would be taken down, through no fault of their own.
It is a poorly written law, and even if it had been written well, would not have gotten to the heart of this issue, which is this: Pirates are costing people money.
It is too easy, and even with this law, would remain too easy, for people to pirate. That is why most people do it. There is no challenge in doing it, and so why pay, or even waste time leaving your house to go buy something, when you can download it and have it for free in ten minutes? Until you stop that, pirates won't stop. And even if you could, they won't stop.
Criminals won't stop doing crime. They are criminals. This is as stupid as shutting down a gun store because someone who murdered someone bought their gun there. Or shutting down a sporting goods store because someone bought there the tools they needed to commit a robbery.
It's madness. It is complete and utter madness. I really don't see how anyone could disagree with me if they have actually read the law.
"There are two great powers, and they've been fighting since time began. Every advance in human life, every scrap of knowledge and wisdom and decency we have has been torn by one side from the teeth of the other. Every little increase in human freedom has been fought over ferociously between those who want us to know more and be wiser and stronger, and those who want us to obey and be humble and submit."
John Parry, to his son Will; "The Subtle Knife," by Phillip Pullman
hahaha look at how all the people are acting because wikipedia blacked out...this is comedy gold right here lmao!
guy is showing what people are tweeting hahaha
"The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand."
- Lewis Thomas
YES!!!!! SOPA and PIPA both need to be stopped in their tracks...If the content providers are so worried about piracy and what not then why not attack the pirates source of income the banks that they use and so forth. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a United States copyright law that implements two 1996 treaties of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). It criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent measures (commonly known as digital rights management or DRM) that control access to copyrighted works. It also criminalizes the act of circumventing an access control, whether or not there is actual infringement of copyright itself. In addition, the DMCA heightens the penalties for copyright infringement on the Internet. Passed on October 12, 1998, by a unanimous vote in the United States Senate and signed into law by President Bill Clinton on October 28, 1998, the DMCA amended Title 17 of the United States Code to extend the reach of copyright, while limiting the liability of the providers of on-line services for copyright infringement by their users. On May 22, 2001, the European Union passed the Copyright Directive or EUCD, which addresses some of the same issues as the DMCA. The DMCA's principal innovation in the field of copyright, the exemption from direct and indirect liability of internet service providers and other intermediaries (Title II of the DMCA), was separately addressed, and largely followed, in Europe by means of the separate Electronic Commerce Directive. (Unlike U.S. federal laws and regulations, the execution of European Union directives usually requires separate legislation by or within each of the Union's member countries.)
You see we already have laws and treaties in place that address the issue of piracy, copyright infringement, and intellectual property. All the Government needs to do is enforce the laws that are already on the books....SIGH!!!!
SOPA is a bad idea, it needs to be stopped, and if anyone says otherwise, it's because they either a) have money involved in SOPA; or b) they have been lied to and need a severe lesson in truth.
Some doofus on here once told me that they don't need to worry about SOPA because they're not a thief. It had to be the best example of gross ignorance I've seen on the subject.
Originally posted by Halo-Bump
Sopa already failed, they pulled out yesterday. Pipa still want to have a go?
It didn't fail completely, it's just been shelved and scheduled for a "rewrite". The big companies will try to get the gov't to slip it past us sometime in the future, but with people watching these bills like a hawk now, it won't be easy.
Maybe MMORPG.com should jointhe Strike!!
Originally posted by veratutazz
Originally posted by GTwander
What's going to happen is that they will use the US as a test ground for this, and then we will be no different than China and many Middle Eastern countries that aren't allowed access outside their network. Yes, it will slip into our own intranet, where viewing outside material is criminalized (regardless of if it's porn or network tv you're watching), and used to keep subversive elements *out*, culturally stunting us. I really do believe this is the beginning steps of a cruel nationilization effort, but with the interests of corporate media in mind.
After all, they can make sure you pay for streaming videos if you simply can't find a proxy in Denmark. Other countries will catch on, and all will be suck.
I feel a little sad inside when I read all this text-walling hateraiding on SOPA and PIPA. Look, it is real simple:
And, for the record, the "they wouldn't pay for it anyways" argument is a hysterical red herring. I know *WAY* more people that steal/pirate in my professional *AND* private life not because they are criminals, not because they are 'bad people', not because they are 'poor' or "wouldn't buy it anyways" ... They do it because it is fall-down-blind easy to do. There are next to zero deterrents, "everybody does it", "everybody knows how", and it is "no big deal".
Do you honestly think humans would pay good money for food if it was equally easy to just grab the same food for free all the time and it was only minorly socially unacceptable?????
Very simple....
"No person shall... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law."
That's in the very body of the document that our representitives in Congress have sworn thier OATH's to uphold.
This really isn't a question of Congress being too "old fashioned" or not being "techies"...this is a question of them not being "OLD FASHIONED ENOUGH."
They are forgeting or choosing to ignore one of the most basic principles they've sworn to uphold and upon which this country was founded.
They are also ignoring the most basic principle upon which Americas Justice system is based upon....presumption of innocence in absence of evidence to the contrary.
You don't discard fundemental principles like that just because they occasionaly prove slightly inconvenience.
There is an absolute and well established solution for this problem ALREADY has been around since long before the internet.
You think someone is engaged in ongoing illegal activity, violating your property rights, and doing serious immediate harm to you.
No problem...goto a Court, present your evidence. If a Judge BELIEVES your complaint is legitimate and based in both fact and law, he'll grant a temporary injunction against the offending party.
That injunction allows for everything that SOPA/PIPA and DMCA does and more.
What it doesn't do is allow for an easly abused end run around the Justice system...
or to deprive people of Liberty, Property or Expression without at least presenting a shred of evidence to an IMPARTIAL party.
or to presume someone is guilty in the absence of evidence to the contrary.
or to avoid any responsibility for being held accountable for making KNOWINGLY FALSE, unfounded, negligent or frivilous claims of wrong-doing that end up depriving someone of thier rights without being held accountable for doing so.
SOPA should be destroyed, the end. Stopping PIRACY is one thing, but controlling the internet is going too far. JUST SAY NO TO SOPA!!!!!!
Originally posted by Suraknar
Maybe MMORPG.com should jointhe Strike!!
If SOPA isn't stopped then websites like this one would be blocked by content providers. Even a single screenshot violation could cause the blockage of this IP on US soil. That really takes it to a completely different level when thinking about SOPA and PIPA. I personally enjoy this site no matter how many times I get banned for stating obvious things to ignorant people. I still come back to read review and enjoy the services provided. It would truly scare me to see either of these bills go through after the FCC already declared that net neutrality would be upheld.
Originally posted by Loke666
Originally posted by ForumTroll
I'm too lazy to actually read the bill so I will just say this. No matter how many citizens or companies oppose this it is ultimately up to the elected officials. So getting our panties in a bunch over what this bill "could" mean or "does" mean is pretty useless. I know that I will not be letting this effect and part of my life, nor will it keep me up at night worried for my life. If i broke down and thoroughly disected every bill in legislation, it still wouldn't change a damn thing.
The simple fact is Piracy DOES need to be stopped and if it takes one failed bill or some kind of mistake in order to better mend the future of the internet then so be it. You cant make a beef stew without slaughtering a few cows first. Eventually PETA will step in and be like wait wait wait a minute. At least kill them repectfully!
Restricting freedom of speach is never a good idea no matter how good your reasons for it might sound.
I agree that restricting freedom of speech is not a good idea, Although I don't think stopping piracy is restricting freedom of speech. If this bill has other components in it that does restrict freedom of speech then it will be dealt with because it is against the constitution. However, just because we are trying to protect peoples freedom to believe and preach what they want doesnt mean that they can steal something and call it their own. downloading a video game and music that people worked hard to create has nothing to do with freedom of speech.
And just letting whatever happens because regular people can't have a say is a misstake. The elected official gets elected by us and if enough people protest they often do as their voters want because otherwise they wont get re-elected.
When your choice of electing officials is between a bunch of crooked people to begin with then it doesn't matter who you choose in the end the outcome is the same. Government breeds corruption, Power breeds corruption. This is why I don't vote. If my choice is between cutting off my hand and cutting of my foot why would i choose. Regardless of the outcome I don't want to lose any limbs and it has no benefit to me whatsoever.
The internet does not get better because governments censors it, censorship is worse than piracy and can lead to pretty nasty stuff in the long run. If you give a goverment the right to censor the net as it see fitting that will happen sooner or later and once it started you can't stop it.
I agree with this as well but what I am referring to is not censorship, but stopping the use of pirated material. Whatever the Bill is referring to is completely different from my thoughts on the situation.
There are better ways to stop piracy than to censor things. They have tried to close down sites like piratebay a long time and even if they would succeed it still wouldn't stop pirates. Here is Sweden most people don't download music anymore because we got a good legal alternative instead in Spotify. People don't pirate copy MMOs because you pay for server space instead of just the game. Companies needs to think like that instead of just raising their prices and blame piracy.
Again, I am not supporting this Bill, what I am saying is that it is a first step to our country doing something to limit pirating. Whether in the end the government requires that companies take there own precautions, or if they find a solution somewhere within the law doesn't matter to me. There are many steps that bills take before they are even considered, many rewrites take place before bills are passed. I wouldn't be surprised if it takes another 10 years for somthing like this to even meet the requirements to make it through.
"People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People's heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool."
Yes, on other hand it would be intresting to see when Americans finaly stopped whining and used those guns...
There is no solution to stop piracy, dark-web is already working, you can't stop piracy unless you control everything or can look after everyone... Only solution is new bussiness models, first step is making buying or lisecing easier than piracy, second which I hope to be seen in future is making people want to pay. Afterall it's natural and good in capitalism for out-dated companies and bussiness models to die.
SOPA and PIPA is just one more step in control and power to corporations and money. It's natural stop competition reach monopoly and make more money. Or just grab some power and stop opposition...
It realy is amazeing that a law that could inherantly ruin livelyhoods and in all likely hood could sadly lead someone who has effectively lost everything into the ultimate sacrifice, gets passed by idiots who prob can not even send an Email with out the help of a secretary.
Also do they really think that this will stop piracy if so they need their heads looking at,Anonymous are legion simple as that and when they have a cause every hacker in the free world will hit America every site that supports SOPA,we will see the dawn of cyber warfare on a world scale not to mention the weakening of security by bypassing protocols that make the net as secure as possible.
Furthermore if this passes i suggest every American take a copy of the constitution walk in the street and burn it en masse as this may then wake up the masses of sheep who are slowly been lead down the Orwellian path by there elected goverment servants,because after that bill your freedom will be no more how does Facist states of Amerca sound to all those idiots who only see Stop piracy instaed of curtail freedom of speech (kill Wiki Leaks) as it really infers !!
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hahaha look at how all the people are acting because wikipedia blacked out...this is comedy gold right here lmao!
guy is showing what people are tweeting hahaha
People can be so stupid and willfully ignorant.
But this was hilarious.
"There are two great powers, and they've been fighting since time began. Every advance in human life, every scrap of knowledge and wisdom and decency we have has been torn by one side from the teeth of the other. Every little increase in human freedom has been fought over ferociously between those who want us to know more and be wiser and stronger, and those who want us to obey and be humble and submit."
John Parry, to his son Will; "The Subtle Knife," by Phillip Pullman


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Burmistrov Confirms Ice-Time Conflict, Gives Juicy Quote, and Is Probably Right
Kevin McCartney
August 06 2013 06:09AM
Photo by clydeorama.
The reasons for Alex Burmistrov's depature to the KHL seemed self-evident, even the morning of July 8th. A four-game benching, limited minutes on a struggling team, and poor linemates were the gifts from a coach to a player having a successful personal season at a young age. It seemed like a form of gaslighting from afar - telling Burmistrov to be better and earn his minutes while at once he couldn't possibly have been better given this circumstances and others on the roster were getting ice time by virtue of some other, non-merit-based criteria. The rumours began in May and his agent confirmed that Burmistrov had little interest in playing for Noel again before the ink was dry with Ak Bars Kazan.
In Ken Wiebe's article linked above, we were left with one unresolved puzzle piece.
"In previous conversations, Burmistrov had been adamant that his primary focus was on playing in the NHL, so what changed?
'It is better to forward this question to Alex,' said Nikolaev [Burmistrov's Agent].
Burmistrov, 21, could not be reached for comment."
Yesterday (yesterday? Time zones hurt my brain), Sport-Express.ru published an interview with Alex Burmistrov that resolved this question in a playa-hatin' quote TMZ would relish.
Okay, in reality, the quote is in Russian and Google translate gives a hilarious interpretation:
'Do not go with the start of the season' Burmistrov admitted in an interview with "SE". 'I was not allowed to go play in the KHL during the lockout. This distrust coach to me ... He wanted to send me to the AHL, probably for something to teach. But it is not clear what he expected from me? It was just hard. I knew I could get through the first two triples felt. Just waiting for the coaches to Yokkinena that he would do much to help the team. And he was given more and more playing time. Maybe I'm the bends sharply. But do not worry. It's an experience.'
Uhh... What?
Don't worry, I've run it through several translator services and have an idea what's going on here.
Burmistrov's first issue is clear - they sent him to St John's instead of letting him play the lockout in Russia. It speaks to the team's (possibly reasonable) concern that Burmistrov wouldn't come back, but also their disbelief that the KHL could develop Burmistrov's game as well as the AHL. From the player's perspective, Burmistrov is a young man who was denied the chance to play for his hometown team for more money. A credit to his professionalism at 20, he played for the IceCaps nevertheless.
Fast forward to the second issue. The quote "I knew I could get through the first two triples felt" is a bit confused. Try babylon.com's: "I knew that I can penetrate in the first two troika, felt." A little more clearly, Burmistrov thought he could play in the top 6.
Given how dramatic Olli Jokinen's struggles were this season, and the lack of success the team had at filling the 2RW job, it's not an outrageous idea. Burmistrov goes on to say that Noel was waiting for Jokinen to help the team and kept giving him more ice time. Jokinen ended the year with a 17:07 per game average (5th among forwards) to Burmistrov's 15:38 (7th). More compelling is the 105 minutes of powerplay time Jokinen received despite scoring just a single point with the man advantage. Burmistrov was given less than 40 minutes to prove his mettle.
The problem, of course, is that he didn't prove his mettle. At least, not by scoring. Burmistrov didn't manage much in his 200 EV minutes with Kane, and got exactly 0 points on the man advantage. Wellwood has a right to the same complaints, and he at least posted 47 points one season earlier for the Jets. Yet, for now, we can confirm that combinations of Jokinen, Antropov, and Miettinen were ineffective on the second line, and that Burmistrov wasn't worse. His EV points/60 was a career low 1.04 compared to Jokinen's career low 0.94.
Photo by clydeorama.
So what?
Puck Daddy covered the news, but with all due respect to Wyshynski, he missed the point.
Burmistrov has not yet lived up to his offensive promise as an 8th overall selection. In fact, in the team-first, hierarchical culture of hockey, this interview with Sport Express is about the most offensive thing he's managed to do since turning pro. This was the focus of Wyshynski's article - that Burmistrov is trying to call the shots without earning it.
Putting our Canadian-hockey-is-the-best-hockey egos aside, the reality is that the team gave an exceptional young player limited opportunity to establish his offence as a teenager in the NHL, watched him emerge as possibly the best or second best possession player on the team in year 3, and then allowed him to walk away so a veteran free agent fill-in could play his way out of a slump while the team missed the playoffs for the 6th season in a row.
Can we really be mad that he called BS? If Burmistrov is the bends sharply, I guess I am too.
Who cares about this guy?
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With just 58 points in 194 NHL games, it's easy to dismiss Burmistrov. Bloggers are stress eating cheetos over the guy for good reason, though. Corsi (shot attempts for - shot attempts against) tell us about who has the puck, where they are on the ice, and even matches pretty well with scoring chances.
So for the uninitiated, Burmistrov was arguably the 10th best penalty killer in the league last year if measured by corsi %. This was in spite of an early pairing with Antropov that dragged him down. He was also 23rd best in 2011/12 - a year he began at the age of 19. He was second on the team in hits last year, for those who question his physical game, and he made most of his linemates better if we measure by possession and territory.
He turns 21 in October.
What's a coach to do?
I would be curious to know how players feel when coaches try to 'play' someone out of a slump. No doubt it's a mixed reaction, but Justin Bourne has previously covered the competitive, dog-eat-dog nature of a pro hockey club and I doubt Burmistrov is the first young player in a contract year to be mad at a coach for giving minutes to other players.
It may seem reductive and like post-hoc logic to boil it down to 'they lost so the coach wasn't right.' But if we try to step back in time, the team was losing, and the formula was obviously not working. Entering the year out of balance, the Jets did what all teams do in that circumstance - the lines were blendered, the GM talked a good game about the hole at 2RW, and threw all the squre pegs available at said ever-present round hole. Somehow, in 48 games, Burmistrov wasn't given a meaningful chance in the top six. Sure, he got 200 EV minutes with Kane (compared to Jokinen's 470), but also played more than 30 minutes with 12 different forwards (and 25 with Cormier, who only played 38 total, miserable minutes). He played two different positions, even.
He made his linemates better, but he wasn't given much help.
What's a GM to do?
Burmi's best minutes were played with Tangradi and Santorelli to end the year, when scoring chances seemed to be constant but the puck just wouldn't go in. The only player coming back is Tangradi, and we can be fairly certain he wasn't the one stirring the pot.
Noel was extended for another year despite questionable results and the chance that Burmistrov wanted out. The team replaced an excellent possession player with an edge to his game with a frenetic player with poor possession results (Halischuk), who they may send down to the AHL in favour of keeping Wright, Peluso, and Thorburn - all guys we know to be pretty awful at hockey. There is a gaping hole on the third line, and a equally large hole in the rebuild, which will need a possession player at some point if the team wants to win. He's just one player, and yet his departure is a major mess for the team.
I guess the GM should do something. Something would be perfect right about now.
The Bottom Line
Burmistrov is right about Jokinen. The blogosphere said worse about him for a whole (half) season. We can't confirm immediately that Burmistrov was an answer in the top-6, but we can confirm that something is out of step if the GM is saying youth and the coach is playing struggling veterans.
Ultimately, the team decided that the maintenance of hierarchy was more important than results. Claude Noel is not a particularly good coach. Olli Jokinen is not an important part of the franchise, as we all hope he gets displaced by Scheifele this year, and all know he'll be let go regardless come April. The future was sacrificed for the now, which is not bright despite long-term extensions for the Big 3 RFAs this summer.
We're back at the same questions as always with Cheveldayoff - when are the Jets aiming to win, and how is success measured?
You're free Burmi, you're free.
August 06 2013, 01:54PM
Good stuff Kevin.
August 06 2013, 10:08PM
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By Charles Shugart Jr.
Important fact: the hotspot is not moving; the continental crust is.
Additionally, Craters of the Moon had numerous volcanoes and lava flows during more recent millennia. It is, in fact, the most extensive lava field in the lower 48 states, with 618 square miles. It's also one of the best and most easily accessible places to enjoy and learn about volcanoes and lava.
A major rift – a rupture in the earth's crust – runs right through Craters of the Moon and all the way to Yellowstone Park. There is evidence of lava activity along most of the rift.
Although annual precipitation in the monument is between 15 and 20 inches, lava rock is often quite porous and has many thousands of cracks. Thus, little moisture remains near enough to the surface to support much plant life except that which is highly adapted for desert regions. Sagebrush is perhaps the most common, but even then, individual plants tend to be scattered.
What does happen to the water? Most of it soaks quickly downward until reaching the slower–cooling and therefore non–porous rock. Then it seeps sideways and down slope – slowly – toward the Snake River, where it reappears as fresh water springs.
A bit of people history in the region:
As with all of North America, the earliest humans to inhabit the region of the lava beds were Native Americans, who first roamed the continent 12,000 years ago. In more recent years, the Northern Shoshone moved in. As hunter–gatherers, they were on the move much of the time, and therefore left little archeological evidence of their presence. Lava rock walls were made by these early people as protection from the strong, hot winds of summer, but no permanent structures were built. Winters were spent along the Snake River, where warmer temperatures and year–round water served their needs, as well as attracting many of the wildlife species they preyed upon. Among the large animals they hunted were elk, bighorn sheep and bison.
The first white people other than the Lewis and Clark Expedition (which followed the more southerly Snake River) were trappers. But they also were interested in waterways because that was where the best fur–bearing animals were found. Specifically, they were after beavers, and thus avoided the arid ruggedness of what is now Craters of the Moon.
After the trappers came gold prospectors, and then the settlers who wanted to build ranches and raise cattle or food crops such as wheat. Lava fields held no valuable minerals for the prospectors, and nobody could raise crops or cattle on the jagged lava fields, so the land was largely ignored. It still is.
There were occasional government explorers also. Often they were surveying new land the United States had bought … the Louisiana Purchase. The concept of eminent domain stretched those boundaries quite a bit, and, because no other country was settling the west in any great numbers, well, the U.S. grabbed it all.
As history and western movies have taught us, nobody asked the Native Americans. The U.S. pushed them aside – or killed them – and simply took it. Being civilized has never been easy.
Craters of the Moon National Monument was established in 1924 by President Calvin Coolidge to "Preserve the unusual and weird volcanic formations. " It was incorrectly assumed by many to be similar to the surface of the moon, hence the name.
Craters of the Moon is volcanic. The moon's surface is not.
When the United States began exploring the moon, especially with the Apollo program, NASA discovered that its surface was not so much volcanic; but was instead peppered with many thousands of craters caused by impacting meteorites. Never–the–less, Apollo Astronauts trained at Craters of the Moon because the terrain was similar to that of the moon's surface.
Visiting this"Unusual and weird" place:
The national monument has a campground that is perfectly located for a one night stand. It's a basic national park kind of place, providing everything RVers need except hookups. With only 52 sites and no reservations, morning arrivals are suggested. That way you can get settled in, disconnect, take a seven–mile loop road through the monument, and enjoy a relaxed evening in camp. There is a Visitor Center, and ranger presentations at the campground amphitheater. Also, there are ranger–led walks.
The seven–mile loop drive includes many of the best examples of what the monument has to offer. There are cinder and spatter cones, lava tubes, fissure vents and overlapping lava flows.
The trail from North Crater Flow crosses Blue Dragon Lava Flow – formed some 2,200 years ago. The name comes from its surface lava, which is a bluish–purple obsidian. There are examples of three kinds of lava flow: pahoehoe (ropey looking), aa (jagged with sharp edges), and block lava. The trail also leads you to a 2,300 year old, 400 foot tall cinder cone volcano.
There is the Big Craters–Spatter Cones parking area, and the Devil's Orchard, with lava–transported cinder cone fragments.
Inferno Cone Viewpoint is atop a cinder cone, and offers views of the whole national monument. That view includes many spatter cones, the Great Rift Fissure, and the 800 foot tall, 6,000 year old Big Cinder Butte, which is a rare basaltic cone.
Tree molds are found where lava flows moved slowly through a forest. As the trees burned they released enough water to cool the lava immediately surrounding them – forming tree casts.
Caves Trail leads to several lava tubes. Exposed to the air, the surface lava cooled and hardened while the molten rock was still flowing underneath. Sometimes the lava drained out the lower end, leaving a hollow tube.
If you go exploring any of the lava tubes, heed this advice: Don't go alone; do wear long pants and sturdy hiking shoes or boots; do bring a flashlight with good batteries. Watch your head because some of the tubes have low ceilings, and the rock is harder than your skull.
Indian Tunnel is especially good because its 800 feet long, 30 feet high, 50 feet wide, and has enough ceiling collapses so that you don't need a flashlight.
All the tubes are interesting, but Boy Scout Cave is special because it has year–round sheet ice on the floor that is covered with several inches of water. It's a slick place.
While it's true that the harshness of the landscape may not appeal immediately to everyone, a few hours of exploring this unique area – and learning about it – can result in a greater understanding of the place we call home. Craters of the Moon shows us the makings of planet earth – in all its violence and raw beauty.
The national monument isn't on any particular main highway, but if you're traveling anywhere near it, a one or two–day detour is well worth the time.
The American west has many unusual and fascinating destinations.
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When was the author Michael Crichton born?
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What was Michael Crichton's first name?
Michael Crichton's first name was John. The author has a son, also named John Michael, and a daughter named Taylor.
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What was the title of the first book Michael Crichton published?
"Odds On"
"Odds On" was written and published in 1966 under the pseudonym John Lange.
"Zero Cool"
"Easy Go"
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True or false: Michael Crichton wrote paperback thrillers to support himself while in journalism school.
Michael Crichton wrote paperback thrillers while in medical school. Crichton would write one of his paperback novels in about a week and sell them for $2,500 each.
Question 5 of 30
Which novel was Michael Crichton's first best-seller?
"The Terminal Man"
"The Andromeda Strain"
"The Andromeda Strain" was also the first book to be published with his real name instead of a pseudonym.
"Drug of Choice"
Question 6 of 30
When was the Michael Crichton novel "Congo" published?
"Congo" was published in 1980. The novel features a new species of aggressive humanlike gorillas who guard a diamond deposit.
Question 7 of 30
What was the name of the popular computer game that Michael Crichton wrote and created in 1982?
Telarium published "Amazon" in 1984.
Question 8 of 30
Which novel by Michael Crichton is about a man being sexually harassed by a woman?
The novel "Disclosure" is about a man who is the victim of sexual harassment. A movie based on the book and bearing the same title was released on Dec. 9, 1994.
Question 9 of 30
Which 1990 Michael Crichton novel is a cautionary tale of genetic engineering?
"Jurassic Park"
"Jurassic Park" is a cautionary tale of what can go wrong when humans take genetic engineering too far.
Question 10 of 30
How many Michael Crichton novels were made into feature films?
Thirteen of Michael Crichton's novels were made into movies, including "Jurassic Park" and "The Andromeda Strain."
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How many nonfiction titles did Michael Crichton publish?
Michael Crichton published four works of nonfiction, including the autobiographical book "Travels."
Question 12 of 30
True or false: Michael Crichton has a dinosaur named after him.
Scientists at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences named two species of ankylosaurus after the "Jurassic Park" author. The scientific names of the two ankylosaurs are Crichtonsaurus benxiensis and Crichtonsaurus bohlini.
Question 13 of 30
Which ocean is the setting for Michael Crichton's novel "Sphere"?
A team of scientists explore spacecraft at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
Question 14 of 30
Which popular television medical drama did Michael Crichton create, write and produce?
"ER" won multiple awards, including the George Foster Peabody Award in 1994, a Writers Guild of America Award in 1995 and an Emmy for best dramatic series in 1996.
"Chicago Hope"
"Grey's Anatomy"
Question 15 of 30
Michael Crichton co-wrote the screenplay of this 1996 film starring actor Bill Paxton.
"Apollo 13"
Michael Crichton and his wife at the time, Anne-Marie Martin, wrote the screenplay for the movie "Twister." Crichton also served as producer for the 1996 film.
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What era do the characters of the Michael Crichton book "Timeline" time travel to?
Victorian era England
medieval France
The characters of "Timeline" time travel to medieval France during the Hundred Years' War.
American Revolution
Question 17 of 30
The plot of the Michael Crichton novel "Rising Sun" revolves around a fictional Japanese company. What is the name of the company?
A woman is found dead in Nakamoto Tower at the beginning of the book.
Question 18 of 30
True or false: Michael Crichton taught a course in anthropology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In 1988 Michael Crichton taught a writing course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1964, though, Crichton did teach an anthropology course at Cambridge University.
Question 19 of 30
Michael Crichton's 1968 novel "A Case of Need" was published under which pseudonym?
John Lange
Michael Douglas
Jeffery Hudson
While the 1968 novel "A Case of Need" was published under the pseudonym Jeffery Hudson, Michael Crichton also used the pen names John Lange and Michael Douglas for other novels.
Question 20 of 30
Which Michael Crichton novel received the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America in 1980?
"The Great Train Robbery"
"The Great Train Robbery" is a historical novel based on a gold heist.
"Eaters of the Dead"
Question 21 of 30
This Michael Crichton novel features eco-terrorists in the name of global warming.
"State of Fear"
The 2004 novel "State of Fear" features eco-terrorists attempting to raise awareness about global warming.
"Pirate Latitudes"
Question 22 of 30
Which Michael Crichton novel features a talking chimpanzee and genetics as the central theme?
"Next" was published in 2006.
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What is the cause of the seizures character Harry Benson has in the novel "The Terminal Man" by Michael Crichton?
car accident
In "The Terminal Man," Harry Benson has seizures that were caused by a car accident.
medical experiment
deadly virus
Question 24 of 30
What is the name of the fictional aviation company featured in the novel "Airframe"?
Aerowing Aviation
Thunderbird Aerospace
Norton Aircraft
In the novel an accident has occurred on a Norton airliner.
Question 25 of 30
Which Michael Crichton novel, published in 1995, features the return of the character Dr. Ian Malcolm?
"The Lost World"
"The Lost World" is a sequel to "Jurassic Park."
Question 26 of 30
What is the origin of the killer virus in the novel "The Andromeda Strain"?
African jungle
The extraterrestrial virus causes an outbreak in Arizona.
South American rainforest
Question 27 of 30
In Michael Crichton's novel "Prey," investigators are threatened by a deadly strain of what?
Investigators are in danger of infection by deadly microscopic robots.
Question 28 of 30
Which Old English story is the Michael Crichton novel "Eaters of the Dead" based on?
"Eaters of the Dead" is based on the Old English poem "Beowulf." The novel was adapted into a 1999 feature film titled "The 13th Warrior."
"The Battle of Maldon"
Question 29 of 30
True or false: Michael Crichton was the first director to use computer-generated graphics as a movie special effect.
In the 1973 film "Westworld," director Michael Crichton and the visual effects team created a computer-generated sequence of how a robot viewed the world. This sequence is the first instance of CGI in movie history.
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When did the author Michael Crichton die?
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This fantasy film stars David Bowie and includes the puppets of Jim Henson.
"The Neverending Story"
Of course it's "Labyrinth," which stars David Bowie as the Goblin King.
"The Dark Crystal"
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The first rule of this movie is you don't talk about this movie.
"Fight Club"
"Fight Club." Duh. People actually started their own fight clubs after seeing this film -- if that's not a cult classic, then what is?
"Karate Kid"
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This thriller is based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis.
"American Psycho"
American Psycho is told in the first person by Patrick Bateman, a serial killer and Manhattan businessman.
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The Dude Abides. Enough said.
"The Big Lebowski"
In December 2014, "The Big Lebowski" became one of 650 "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" films preserved for future generations through the Library of Congress' National Film Registry.
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This cult classic comedy thriller by Sam Raimi has a prequel and a sequel, both with cult fame.
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"Evil Dead II's" Ash Williams battles Deadite Bad Grandma in the film that single-handedly saved the career of Bruce Campbell. "The Evil Dead" and "Army of Darkness" also have cult followings.
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This movie has been named by many critics as the worst film ever made, yet it still has a cult following.
"Troll 2"
"The Room"
Ross Morin, an assistant professor of film studies at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota told Entertainment Weekly, "'The Room' is the 'Citizen Kane' of bad movies. Yet it is one of the most important films of the past decade." Um, OK?
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What black-and-white classic introduces us to Jay and Silent Bob.
Kevin Smith's low-budget indie film "Clerks" spawned several movies, including "Dogma," "Chasing Amy," "Clerks II," and more, all complete with appearances from our friends Jay and Silent Bob.
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This atmospheric black-and-white film was David Lynch's debut feature-length movie.
"Eraserhead" became a permanent fixture on the midnight movie circuit in the 1970s and '80s and still resonates with moviegoers today.
"Blue Velvet"
"Wild at Heart"
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What 1984 American rock music mockumentary comedy film is written by and stars Rob Reiner?
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"The Story of Us"
"This is Spinal Tap"
"This is Spinal Tap" left audiences so confused during its initial run, but gathered pace on video and eventually led to spin-offs and real live tours.
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This sleazy movie stars a "Saved by the Bell" siren who takes it all off in Vegas.
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What movie, now part of the public domain, was originally made as propaganda to dissuade kids from using drugs?
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"Dope Addict"
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This hilarious parody features the Knights of the Round Table encountering all kinds of obstacles on a most holy quest.
"Monty Python"
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail"
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" has been a classic since it first hit the big screen in 1975. It's even been adapted into the wildly successful Broadway musical, "Monty Python's Spamalot."
"Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail"
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True or false? The line "Mawwiage, mawwiage is whha bwings us togewether today" is from the cult classic "The Princess Bride."
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True or false? There's a movie that takes place in the year 2056, when organ failure has become a huge problem.
True. It's Darren Lynn Bousman's "Repo! The Genetic Opera," and people love it. I know, right?
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Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck and Parkey Posey all made appearances in what groovy movie about a group of high school kids in the '70s?
"Dazed and Confused"
Not too many viewers caught "Dazed and Confused" when it was in the theaters, but it definitely found its groove afterward.
"American Graffiti"
"Almost Famous"
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Bob Geldof stars as Pink in this surreal, psychedelic cult classic.
"The Wall"
Critics were impressed with the psychedelic and animated movie version of Pink Floyd's "The Wall," but it took audiences longer catch on. Once they did, it became a favorite of stoners across America.
Question 17 of 30
Which famed Stanley Kubrick film still shocks audiences with its graphic violence and rape scenes?
"A Clockwork Orange"
Despite its graphic violence, "A Clockwork Orange" developed a cult following when it initially debuted in 1971.
"Dr. Strangelove"
"2001: A Space Odyssey"
Question 18 of 30
This cult classic won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen and the 1995 Golden Globe for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture.
"Pulp Fiction" received critical acclaim right out of the gate, uncommon for most cult films. But you can still find this fan favorite on the midnight movie circuit.
"Pulp Fiction" received critical acclaim right out of the gate, uncommon for most cult films. But you can still find this fan favorite on the midnight movie circuit.
"Four Weddings and a Funeral"
"The Shawshank Redemption"
Question 19 of 30
True or false? "The Night of the Living Dead" was remade in 1990.
True. George Romero's 1968 black-and-white classic was remade in color by director Tom Savini.
Question 20 of 30
Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this movie as a troubled teenager plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit crimes.
"Donnie Darko"
"Donnie Darko" was a total flop at the cinema but developed a cult following when released on DVD.
Question 21 of 30
This 92-minute punk classic began as a 17-page short written by Dick Rude.
"Flash Gordon"
"Blade Runner"
"Repo Man"
More than 30 years after its release, "Repo Man" still resonates with fans thanks to its afterlife on DVD and Blu-ray, and above all, its American punk soundtrack.
Question 22 of 30
This film is still in limited release four decades after its premiere, making it the longest-running theatrical release in film history.
"Easy Rider"
"The Rocky Horror Picture Show"
The ultimate cult classic movie, viewings of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" include everything from dressing up as characters to audience participation (dancing the Time Warp along with the film, and throwing toast, water, toilet paper, hot dogs and rice at appropriate points in the movie).
"Plan 9 From Outer Space"
Question 23 of 30
So, Peter, what's happening? Aahh, now, are you going to go ahead and have those TPS reports for us this afternoon?
"Office Space"
That would be Bill Lumbergh talking to Peter Gibbons in the black comedy "Office Space."
"Napoleon Dynamite"
Question 24 of 30
True or false? "Harold and Maude" is a dark comedy about a young man named Harold, who is obsessed with death, who develops a relationship with a 79-year-old woman, Maude, who has a lust for life.
True. The film received poor reviews from critics, but then gained a huge following of loyal fans. In 2008, it was named the No. 9 Romantic Comedy by the American Film Institute's 10 Top 10 - Romantic Comedies.
Question 25 of 30
This cult thriller about a psycho cannibal attacking a group of kids debuted in 1974.
"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"
Like every psycho thriller, a group of teens in rural Texas pick up a hitchhiker in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," and, well, you can imagine how well this story ends.
"Silence of the Lambs"
"I Spit on Your Grave"
Question 26 of 30
Al Pacino's most famous line from this 1932 classic remake is "say hello to my little friend!"
Al Pacino plays drug kingpin Tony Montana in "Scarface."
"The Godfather"
Question 27 of 30
True or false? "Barbarella" is the first R-rated comic book movie.
True. "Barbarella" stars Jane Fonda as a planet-hopping secret agent who has trouble keeping her clothes on.
Question 28 of 30
True or false? This cult classic monster movie still resonates with its diehard fans, more than 60 years after its debut in 1954.
True. The original Godzilla movie ("Gojira"), which debuted in 1954, still has cult status among Godzilla enthusiasts.
Question 29 of 30
Aliens resurrect dead humans as zombies and vampires to stop humanity from creating the Solaranite in what classic Ed Wood horror film?
"Plan 9 from Outer Space"
Bela Lugosi and Maila Nurmi make appearances in Ed Wood's so-bad-it's-awful "Plan 9 from Outer Space."
"Bride of the Monster"
"Night of the Ghouls"
Question 30 of 30
The first film in this series was released a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
"Star Wars"
OK. So "Star Wars" isn't exactly a cult classic; it's totally mainstream. But when you're talking about a movie series that spans 40-plus years (by the way the original "Star Wars" debuted May 25, 1977) and has broken every box office record, it's hard not to call that a cult classic.
"Star Trek"


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Emery traveled to Grantsville last Friday night to play the Grantsville Cowboys in their homecoming football game. Emery left town after losing the contest 38-0. After high hopes before the season began, the Spartan team has continued to be snake-bitten this season as injuries and other problems have plagued the team all season.
The Emery team started five sophomores in this game as veteran players patrolled the side lines in street clothes in ever increasing numbers. Out this week were Marco Mota, Gavin McDermott, and Zack West in addition to those who had been out previously. Ridge Nielson, the kicker, hurt his leg on the opening kickoff never to return and Ryan Cox joined the list midway through the game.
Grantsville, one of the preseason favorites in 3-A, showed no mercy throughout the contest as they kept their starters on the field the entire game and scored on six of their 10 possessions in the game. Emery countered by punting in every possession except the two that had turnovers.
Emery's defense did a decent job of holding the Cowboys in check but the good field position that the Cowboys seemed to start every drive with did the team in. Grantsville started in Emery territory four times plus near midfield several others.
Leading tacklers for the Spartans in this game were Slayde Childs, linebacker, and Austin Allred, safety, with 12 each. Right behind were Matt Mecham, linebacker, with 11 and Justan Potter, defensive end, with 10. Emery will now play at home the final three games of the season starting this Thursday against Judge Memorial. The game the following week is scheduled for Wednesday night due to fall break.


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Wales – RWC semi-finalists and Six Nations champs – are under pressure to avoid five straight defeats when they take on Samoa.
Wales – World Cup semi-finalists and current Six Nations champs – are under pressure to avoid five straight defeats when they take on Samoa on Friday.
The hosts are chasing their first victory since beating the Barbarians more than five months ago having lost all three Tests to Australia in June, before they came horribly unstuck against Argentina.
Indeed, the Welsh are still reeling from the disappoinment of last weekend's loss in Cardiff, where they turned in their worst performance since folding to defeat against France in the 2011 Six Nations.
Wales played clueless rugby throughout their clash with the Pumas and you wonder where the form of the Grand Slam and World Cup has now gone.
Warren Gatland – preparing for next year's British and Irish Lions tour to Australia – would have watched and wondered what he is coming into later in the month when he takes charge again. And the last thing interim coach Rob Howley would have wanted is the sight of bogey-side Samoa looming large on the horizon.
The big-hitting South Sea Islanders already have a win on tour under their belt this week after cruising past Canada 42-13 at Colwyn Bay. But despite their contrasting fortunes, Samoa will be expecting a fierce response at the Millennium Stadium as Wales bid to put their November Test series back on track.
It won't be easy though. Samoa claimed victories in Cardiff in 1991 and 1999, and were narrowly beaten 17-13 when the sides last met in the Welsh capital in 2009. More recently, Wales edged a bruising World Cup pool stage encounter when they were forced to make 142 tackles on their way to a narrow 17-10 win in New Zealand just over a year ago.
Be that as it may, Argentina didn't do the Samoans any favours and Wales will be smarting over that 26-12 humbling in their own backyard and making sure they get things right. If they don't, the Dragons' chances of securing a top-four seeding at the 2015 World Cup will take another nosedive.
At the moment, Wales are clinging on to their current world ranking of sixth by the skin of their teeth after last week's defeat with New Zealand and Australia still to come over the next three weeks.
"The win is even more important to us now. We still have a great opportunity in this series and we have worked too hard to let up now," said Wales number eight Toby Faletau, who was undoubtedly the most positive aspect of Wales' performance against Argentina.
"We have the chance to put right some of the things we got wrong against the Pumas. We know we are better than we showed last weekend and Friday is the time to prove it."
Ones to watch:
For Wales: In-form Ospreys loosie Justin Tipuric has been handed the Wales number seven shirt in place of captain Sam Warburton – current favourite to skipper the British and Irish Lions in Australia next year. The 23-year-old openside flanker's tackling, speed off the ground and work-rate around the pitch will all be vital ingredients in Wales' new selection mix.
For Samoa: Kahn Fotuali'i's influence will be crucial as the former Crusaders scrum-half prepares to face several of his Ospreys colleagues. Fotuali'i, in superb form for the Ospreys this season, has first-hand knowledge of Welsh rugby thanks to his stint at Liberty Stadium and will also be able to provide an insight on his regional half-back colleague Dan Biggar as the pair prepare to face each other.
Head to head: Toby Faletau v Taiasina Tuifua. How things shape between the heavies in the respective packs will influence which team gets greater licence for destructiveness, no doubt. Faletau and Tuifua – one of seven British-based players in Samoa's XV – have very similar physical dimensions and share an astonishing level of effervescence and work ethic. Faletau may just have an edge but there's no guarantee that his opposite number won't still strive to go that extra mile…
Prediction: A close one but Wales to edge it by 3!
The teams:
Wales: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Ashley Beck, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 George North, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Toby Faletau, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Ryan Jones (capt), 5 Ian Evans, 4 Bradley Davies, 3 Aaron Jarvis, 2 Richard Hibbard, 1 Paul James.
Replacements: 16 Ken Owens, 17 Gethin Jenkins, 18 Scott Andrews, 19 Luke Charteris, 20 Sam Warburton, 21 Tavis Knoyle, 22 Rhys Priestland, 23 Scott Williams.
Samoa: 15 Faatoina Autagavaia, 14 Paul Perez, 13 George Pisi, 12 Paul Williams, 11 David Lemi (capt), 10 Tusi Pisi, 9 Kahn Fotuali'i, 8 Taiasina Tuifua, 7 Maurie Fa'asavalu, 6 Ofisa Treviranus, 5 Filo Paulo, 4 Daniel Leo, 3 Census Johnston, 2 Ole Avei, 1 Sakaria Taulafo.
Replacements: 16 Ti'i Paulo, 17 Villiamu Afatia, 18 James Johnston, 19 tbc, 20 Tivaini Fomai, 21 Jeremy Su'a, 22 Johnny Leota, 23 Robert Lilomaiava.
Date: Friday, November 16
Kick-off: 19:30 GMT
Venue: Millennium Stadium
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
Assistant referees: Wayne Barnes (England), Jérôme Garces (France)
Television match official: Giulio De Santis (Italy)


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: I recently installed a 36gal pressure tank, 3/4 hp pump on a driven well in the basement using a 1 1/4" point. I also have a 2" point & pipe which will replace the 1 1/4" as soon as I can get to it. The air tank is set at 18 psi, the pump cuts on at 25 psi & off at 40 psi. I can get approx 14 gal before pressure drops way off. When the switch turned on at 19-20 psi it would run for a bit while slowly dropping then once it got to about 17 psi it would fall right off to 7 psi where it would stay until whatever was using water shut off then it would climb back to 40 psi in about 6 min. I have read in the archives about setting the cut in pressure about 2-3 psi more than the air pressure in the tank but when it was like that it seemed to run out of water & the pressure bottomed out. Will it work well or will it hurt anything to have the cut in pressure set at 25 psi? Before I turned the cut in pressure up, the pump lost prime twice, I suspect from the pressure bottoming out, as soon as I reprimed it it took right off so the well wasn't dry. What would cause the pump to lose prime under these conditions?
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I am not perfect and I defy you to prove otherwise
Growing Old Gracefully is an Oxymoron ... Mostly Moron !
I've only looked at the first page, because I refuse to spoil it for myself... but WHY has this not been translated yet? Is it because it's apparently a Chinese raw that was linked, and the usual scanlators translate from Japanese to English? Is there no one prepared to give us an early release based on the raws available?
Was that Chinese or Japanese?
If it's Japanese, WERE'S POW and Kurohikari
I am not perfect and I defy you to prove otherwise
Growing Old Gracefully is an Oxymoron ... Mostly Moron !
I'll try to link up to a translation on Mangahelpers: http://mangahelpers.com/forum/#
It didn't work but here's what they said:
Kyuubi: Prepare to help your son with the situation?
Kyuubi: Because you sealed my another half inside your son, you believe I will stand with my another half?
Minato: Kyuubi...
Kyuubi: Do not regert.
Kyuubi: Your wife's death wasn't your fault, neither your son being a jin.You aren't responsible for this world
Kyuubi: It's your son who want to change this world.
Kyuubi in Naruto's body: Listen, Naruto, i would like have a word with you.
Naruto: Just like i thought
Obito: Juubi has such weakness, unexpectedly
Naruto: Sennin Mode can damage him
Sasuke: Sennin power
Naruto: Senjustu, natural energy
Naruto: To think of it, i feel natural energy when i sense Juubi's power
Sasuke: So only natural energy can hurt him?
Sasuke: Do you mean something like that?
Naruto: Its good to know Senjustu, gonna defeat him with frog kata
Tobirama: Is able to cooperate with FTG, imbued with Sennin Power, feels like fight alongside my brother
Tobirama: Attack is effective, but he is on his guard now, attack his back again could get killed instantly
Obito: Now it's time to prepare Mugen Tsukuyomi, remove all obstacles
Obito: This world has no meaning to exist now.
Obito: This world is already dead...
Fodders: Shit! there are four! are we going to solve them all at once?
Kitsuchi: There are too many, even the whole alliance use doton still can't make it
Shikamaru: What are we gonna do? focus!
Tobirama: We FTG users can only deal with two of them!
Tobirama: Where is my brother?
Hashi: Madara, can this wait, your partner there...
Madara: Screw them, we are edos anyway
Madara: Just charge like that
Hashi: Don't give up now! change the path of the black sphere
Hashi: Hokages, move them to the sea
Hashi: Alliance use doton wall, i will guide the spheres to the sea via wood release!
Obito: Don't even think about that
Obito: Six Red Sun Barrier!
Fodders: Barriers then we...
Hashi: Hold us in barriers, we can't guide blacke spheres out.
Obito: Time to end the battle.
Tobirama: Only FTG works now.
Tobirama: Fourth, we can only teleport two of them?
Minato: Without seal, one at max.
Minato: There's another way...
Obito: Teleport and bring the sphere with you, you think i will let you do whatever you wish? you can't save anyone!
Naruto: I have a thought, don't know if works or not.
Naruto: Can you do brofist with me?
Minato: ???
Kyuubi in Naruto: Oops my another half, how goes the life, not bad i hope, can you lend you charka to me?
Kyuubi in Minato: Request by myself, odd.
Obito: Naruto, that guy(Minato) can't do anything... he can't even save you mother...
Obito: ...and his own student.
Obito: Do you know what day it is tomorrow?
Obito: The day your father and mother died.
Obito: People die and everything end... this world...
Naruto: Yes... it's also my birthday.
Naruto: Listen, the world will not end!
Naruto: Because i still alive in this world!
Naruto: Let's charge, father!
Minato: Our son becomes strong and muture, Kushina...
Minato: All right, let's go!
Credit to Mangahelpers: To Btbgfel@NF
I am not perfect and I defy you to prove otherwise
Growing Old Gracefully is an Oxymoron ... Mostly Moron !
Another translation, this one is better than the one above.
Spoiler!Naruto 643 Best translation
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Chapter 643: Two Fists Bumping Together!
Page 1
Black Kyuubi: Hmph! Do you intend to let your son take care of this mess for you?
Black Kyuubi: Just because you locked away my other half within your sons body
Black Kyuubi: You believe that I will join hands with my other half, right?
Minato: Kyuubi
Black Kyuubi: Careful you dont come to regret it!
Black Kyuubi: Kushinas death wasnt your fault your son becoming a jinchuuriki wasnt your fault either and theres no need to berate yourself for the world turning into such a state either
Page 2
Black Kyuubi: The one who is trying to change all of this is your son. Hes no longer that little infant from long ago.
Black Kyuubi: In the not-so-distant future
White Kyuubi: Naruto! I have something to say to you. Listen up!
Naruto: !!
Page 3
[Tobirama teleports away with Naruto]
[Obito is face down with a large rasengan hole in his upper back]
Naruto: ! Just like I suspected!
Obito: So the Jyuubis host actually has a weakness such as this
Obito stands up.
Obito: (Since, Narutos technique has already entered the body of the Jyuubi, theres no way to negate it after-the-fact)
[Obitos body is healing]
Page 4
Naruto: Senjutsu techniques are effective!
Sasuke: The power based on Sage arts .
Naruto: Senjutsu techniques are rooted in the usage of natural energy .
Naruto: Come to think of it, when I sensed the Jyuubis power, all I could feel was natural energy
Sasuke: Only natural energy can counter natural energy. Is that what you mean? Although I dont fully understand what you are talking about, but
Naruto: LEARNING SENJUTSU WAS REALLY AWESOME! Okay, now Ill use the Frog-Fu (Frog Kumite) techniques to deal with this guy!
Page 5
Tobirama: (He was able to immediately cooperate with my Hiraishin technique, and even mastered the power of Senjutsu )
Tobirama (smiling): (It feels exactly like the way it used to be when my elder brother and I fought in together.)
[Two flames appear from the spikes on Obitos back]
Tobirama: Although the technique was effective as soon as hes recovered, hell become even more dangerous.
Tobirama: (If I continue to teleport behind him, its very likely that hell immediately kill me)
Obito: Its about time to begin preparations for the Moons Eye. Time to wipe all obstructions from my path. SAND!
Page 6
[A giant, gloopy looking flower with petals like the Jyuubis earlier form explodes from the ground]
Everyone: !
Obito: This world no longer has any value remaining in it.
Page 7
Naruto: !
Obito [rising through the sky]: This world died long ago
Flower Monster begins to prepare four bijuudamas.
Battlefield Combatants: !!
Random combatant 1: Not good!
Random combatant 2: Theres four?! Do they plan to destroy us all at one go?
Akatsuchi: Even if we have everyone use earth techniques to pull up a layered wall, wed be too late!
Shikamaru: (What should we do next? Focus gotta focus )
Page 8
Tobirama: Even if we teleport it away with Hiraishin, at most well only be able to each teleport away one!
Tobirama: The Yondaime Hokage and I can only teleport away two in total! Theres nothing we can do about the other two! Elder brother!
Hashirama: Madara! Can you wait a sec! Your colleague is about to
Madara: Both of us are just corpses raised by Edo Tensei! No need to worry about too many other things!
Madara: Just try and charge through me!
Page 9
Hashirama clone: Everyone, dont lose hope! Im still here! All we have to do is change the trajectory of that bijuudama! Hokages, think of ways to push them to the sea!
Hashirama clone: Ill have to trouble everyone to create earthen walls, while Ill use wood-jutsu to drawn them towards the sea!
Obito: Hmph! Dont even think about it!
Obito fires four bolts of black rods surrounded by chakra flames/shroud.
Page 10
Obito: Six Flaming Suns Technique!
[A huge barrier is created between the area where the four rods landed, trapping the ninja
army inside]
Page 11
[More images of the huge barrier]
Page 12
Randon nin: This is the end!
Random nin 2: If this is the result .we are gonna
Hashirama clone: So youre going to trap everyone inside so we cant divert the bijuu bomb away, eh?
Obito: It really is about time to wrap this up [unsure of this translation, text not clear]
Tobirama: Since this is the case, the only option we have is to use Hiraishin to teleport them outside the barrier. Yondaime Hokage are you able to teleport two of them away?
Minato: Given that Im unable to create any markings right now, at most Ill be able to teleport one away.
Minato: But theres another way
Minato: (And that way is )
Obito: You want to teleport my tree away? Do you think Ill let you do as you please?
Obito: You wont be able to save anyone!
Page 13
Naruto: Hey, pops I have an idea dont know if it would work
Minato: !
Naruto: Bump fists with me?
Minato: ?
[They bump fists]
Page 14
White Kyuubi: Hey! Hows my other half doing? Not bad?
White Kyuubi: Can you give me part of your chakra?
Black Kyuubi: ?!
Black Kyuubi: Begging myself for help feels really weird
Obito: Naruto that fellow [Minato] isnt able to accomplish anything
Obito: He wasnt even able to save your mother
Obito: The same was true for his own subordinates
Obito: Do you know what day it is, tomorrow?
Page 15
Obito: Its the anniversary of Rin and Kushinas deaths! The day your mother died!
Obito: Listen up. When people die, everything about them comes to an end this world
Naruto: Thats right
Naruto: Then tomorrow is
Naruto: My birthday as well.
Minato: !
Naruto: You listen up as well. This world is not coming to an end.
Naruto: Because I still exist in this world!
Naruto: Lets go, pops!
Page 16
Minato flashbacks to Kuushina: (Our little Naruto really has grown up, both mature and strong. Kushina )
Minato: OKAY!
The most powerful father and son duo join forces to attack!
I am not perfect and I defy you to prove otherwise
Growing Old Gracefully is an Oxymoron ... Mostly Moron !
At times like these, Kakashi's Kamui would be really useful against unmoving target.
I think kakashi will warp in at some point to save the day, don't you think so too?
I guess Minato is not going to disappear until he meets his good student, Kakashi.
I'm interested in what Madara actually said, about Hashirama going through him , I somehow get the feeling that Hashirama will indeed be able to go through him, but right after Madara turns into confetti, he will instead overlap Hashirama's ET, recovering on top of him, thus making Edo Sage Mode Hashirama end up in Edo Rinnegan Madara, effectively creating another Tail-less Bijuu/Jinchuriki, perhaps even capable of fully revitalizing himself (not to mention that by Sasuke and Oro's example, Madara would have access to all of Hashirama's power and jutsu, including Sage Mode).
Madara is Just a Super Nut-Case. When he says Hashirama has to go through him, he means that Hashirama has to Defeat Him and blast through him physically in order to go to aid the others, because he (Madara) will impede Hashiramam.
At this point I don't believe Madara has any intent of extracting Sage Mode from Hashirama. Whatever Fail-Safe he had for Obito's "Betrayal", had been planned for Long ago when he was still alive, it had nothing to do with Hashirama himself although it may have had something to do with Hashirama's cells.
Madara is just a Special Version of Nut-Case Uchiha Mangekyou Madness. The Only things that entice him in life are:- His Special Moons Eye Plan, and The prospect of fighting Hashirama.
Madara has said I believe, that he has to Use this Opportunity to fight Hashirama (Now) before his Failsafe Kicks in, and Fighting him will become meaningless.
I am not perfect and I defy you to prove otherwise
Growing Old Gracefully is an Oxymoron ... Mostly Moron !
I am not perfect and I defy you to prove otherwise
Growing Old Gracefully is an Oxymoron ... Mostly Moron !