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I've made it clear that I am a big fan of the 2008 Prince of Persia. It's a fantastically underrated game, so ahead of its time that I think some people maybe weren't ready for it, or just didn't get it. Or, they didn't like it, which is fine, too.
Naughty Dog's recently released The Last of Us is one of those rare games that has received almost universal acclaim – and deservedly so. Sitting silently in a dark room watching the credits roll, I was confident its most-touching scenes will be among the most emotionally resonant moments in video games for some time.
Spoilers ahead for both The Last of Us and Prince of Persia
It may seem odd to compare Prince of Persia and The Last of Us, but they share similar themes. Both tell the tale of an isolated man and woman trying to correct a disaster that has affected their world. One takes place in a fantastic realm of magic and color, and the other takes place in a grounded, post-apocalyptic version of the world we live in today.
The biggest similarity between the two, however, is in their endings. In The Last of Us, Ellie needs to sacrifice herself in order to create a vaccine that could counteract the cordyceps fungal infection that has destroyed the world. Ellie does not get to make this decision of sacrifice, but knowing Ellie as we come to over the course of The Last of Us, you know that she would have.
In Prince of Persia, a similar sacrifice is necessary to restore order to Elika's broken kingdom. She must sacrifice herself in order to imprison Ahriman, an abstract shadow creature that shrouds the world in darkness.
In The Last of Us, Joel cannot accept Ellie's sacrifice and pulls her from the operating table right before the fatal surgery that would create a vaccine. He then lies to her about what happened because he knows that she would not approve. He cannot admit to her how important she is to him. Despite their journey and their goals, he cannot bear to part with her.
In Prince of Persia, The Prince also chooses not to accept Elika's fate, undoing her sacrifice and re-releasing the evil Ahriman, the entity they have fought the whole game to imprison.
It's impossible to deny that one of the endings was more effective than the other, despite their similar natures. When Prince of Persia released in 2008, the ending disappointed many players. Ubisoft later released DLC that extended, and to a reprehensible degree, changed it.
An ending resonates for more reasons than what is simply stated on paper. Just because both games feature a man preventing a woman from making a world-saving sacrifice, that does not mean they are the same. I would argue that both endings work in their own way, but The Last of Us's ending is the more satisfying culmination of the people we have come to know through the course of the game.
The Prince and Elika have a fun relationship. They're the kind of couple that would have teased each other mercilessly in grade school, everyone around them knowing they were in love, but they themselves too afraid to admit it. They're also a team. One cannot navigate or function in the environment without the help of the other, making them both strong, independent characters. They take care of each other equally.
In The Last of Us, Ellie proves that she is capable of taking care of herself. We, as players, recognize that Ellie is stronger than anyone is willing to give her credit for, and Joel can be counted among that group of dissenters. However misguided, he is committed to taking care of Ellie, in a way The Prince never is of Elika.
Read on for a deeper breakdown of the two games.
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Fantasy games like Skyrim deliver epic adventures where
players slowly gain the power to wield powerful weapons and strong magic.
Techland, the studio behind Dead Island and Dying Light, is skipping straight
to the good stuff with Hellraid, a first-person hack 'n' slash game set in a
dark fantasy world. During this E3,
Techland showed me a hands-off demo showcasing the ability to pick up and use
any weapon no matter your level, along with the sinister demonic atmosphere of
the game world.
The action begins in a stereotypical fantasy dungeon. This
series of torture chambers looks decidedly next-gen, with glowing fires that
illuminate rooms and detailed textures that sell the grime of the stone walls.
Demonic creatures like skeleton warriors, undead archers, and goat-legged
demons prowl the foreboding halls. The player character is exploring the
underbelly of a monastery home to a well-meaning abbot who went mad trying to
research the mysteries of hell in order to push back the demonic invasion. Thankfully,
the player has a host of options for dismantling this demonic threat.
Unlike Dead Island, the class of your created character is
entirely up to you. Techland is creating a web-like skill tree that combines
class archetypes like warrior, rogue, mage, and paladin. Players can choose
their path along the web as they please, unlocking passive stat upgrades and
new abilities. Deep Silver offers examples like warriors going into a
strength-boosting rage, rogues temporarily going invisible, and mages leeching
mana from enemies. Deep Silver isn't putting any restrictions on the
four-player co-op, either, allowing players of all levels and experience to
play with one another.
The core of Hellraid's gameplay lies in the weapons you
wield. Hefty axes, swords, and mauls offer melee-based offensive options
against the demonic forces. The weighty swing of these weapons and their impact
on enemies seems reminiscent of Dead Island, but Techland says Hellraid's
engine is entirely unique. Players can block enemy blows using the weapon to
parry, or equip a shield to block and bash. Even magical rods can be acquired
from fallen enemies, letting you quickly cast lightning, ice, or fire magic at
enemies. The versatility of the arsenal mixed with the dark, first-person
fantasy setting and RPG elements makes me remember id's Hexen. And that's a
good thing.
Combat is slow and deliberate. A well-timed charged attack
with a maul will shatter a skeleton into bony bits. You can also dodge in any
direction to evade enemy attacks, but at the cost of some stamina. Heavy
attacks and quick mobility all drain stamina, which may leave you vulnerable to
attacks if drained. The developer demonstrating the game used the dodge
frequently when fighting bigger enemies like a bipedal goat demon and corrupted
paladin. The massive axes and swords these enemies drop are free for the taking
once their defeated.
Techland is developing a few different modes friends can
choose between for Hellraid. Story mode allows you to progress through missions
in a continuous narrative about hellish evils flooding into the land of the
living. Arena mode pits a group of friends against waves of oncoming foes, a
familiar concept for fans of horde modes. An additional mode embraces the
arcade days of yesteryear with a focus on combos, score multipliers, and
getting as many points as possibly in a section. Characters will be playable
across all three modes, with progress transferring between them all.
Hellraid's premise of visceral, first-person melee combat in
a hellish fantasy setting is simple but enticing. Techland appears to have come
a long way in terms of polish and world creation since release of the buggy but
enduringly addictive Dead Island. Keep Hellraid in your sights leading up to its
digital release next year on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
I've been watching this, I cant wait
Heh, that does look pretty damn awesome. Love the 2-4 player combat bit of it. I'm gonna have to get my friends into this.
Very Nice.
Look very interesting might have to keep an eye on this one
Yes!!!! Finally news if rogue like characters can go invis, I'm so happy :'D
I've been following this one, it was exciting to read that write-up. The game looks seriously awesome to me right now.
Im excited to play through this with some friends when it releases.
This is the first time I've read a next gen fantasy RPG being compared to Hexen. That's awesome. I'll definitely be on the lookout for this game. I think it's strange that nearly every game that has a dark fantasy setting with RPG elements is inevitably compared to the Dark Souls series these days. It's a good thing I've never cared for that series as I can approach these sort of games without any preconceived notions and experience them as they are.
nice. skyrim had great fun combat but the writing/story wasn't the best. so this game being all combat sounds good to me
I was unsure about this game, but now I really want it!
So it's like if Elder Scrolls had sex with Dragon's Crown and had this as their child.
It's great to see more and more melee combat games going for first-person instead of third.
I'm glad there's some RPG elements thrown in as well though, because as a pure action game i'm not sure that the combat alone would be enough to keep me excited for more than a few hours.
Looks way better now than the last time I say something about it. I'll be looking to see if it keeps improving.
the fire and lightning rod looked unimpressive... the rests looks like an amped up version of skyrims combat.

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As attention turns to the Carling Cup, Wolverhampton Wanderers boss Mick McCarthy has vowed to name a 'Premier League' strength side in a bid to continue the club's winning start to the 2011-12 campaign.
Travelling to Sixfields to face Northampton Town in tonight's second round encounter, McCarthy plans to hand starts to a number of previous regulars yet to feature for Wolves this term.
"There will be lots of changes because I've got a Premier League team waiting to play," he confirmed. "So the ones who haven't been playing, will be playing tonight.
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"But if they see my team and see it as a mark of disrespect - is it heck? It's a Premier League side playing against them and we've got to do it right."
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Economic development in New Mexico is often a joint effort of individual communities and the state's Economic Development Department, which oversees multiple programs designed to bolster the state's infrastructure and support the entrepreneurial ambitions of New Mexicans.
Three high profile initiatives are the New Mexico MainStreet Program and two programs that fall under its umbrella: the Frontier Communities Initiative and the Arts and Cultural Districts Program.
MainStreet makeovers
The MainStreet Program is the oldest and biggest of the three initiatives. Since 1985, it has provided state support to communities that adopt a consensus approach to revitalizing their core commercial neighborhoods. Such makeovers are the foundation for creating or strengthening businesses, stimulating job creation and generating tax revenues — all while preserving local cultural and historic assets.
Locals are the heart of the MainStreet program, but the state pitches in with free training in design, promotion and publicity, organization and economic positioning. This "Four Point Approach" is a creation of the National Main Street Center, an auxiliary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Tangible benefits have been realized in 23 New Mexico towns that participate in the MainStreet Program, including Artesia, Belen, Clovis, Deming, Grants, Las Cruces, Las Vegas, Truth or Consequences, Raton and Zuni Pueblo. In 2012 alone, the program was credited with the net growth of 134 new businesses, 622 jobs and nearly $17 million in private sector reinvestment in New Mexico.
Small-town "Frontiers"
Under the leadership of Governor Susana Martinez, our department and the cooperation of the Legislature, the Economic Development Department launched the Frontier Communities Initiative in 2013 to boost economic development in rural communities of fewer than 7,500 people. The effort is coordinated by the New Mexico MainStreet Program and, like that program, strives to breathe new life into a traditional or historic commercial district or corridor. It, too, relies on grass-roots supporters — locals who are committed to working together to sustain community development beyond the life of an individual project.
Communities can apply through a government sponsor or an economic or community development organization to refurbish a streetscape, building, or other site with historic significance.
The state offers technical assistance and other resources to Frontier communities, but it doesn't provide direct funding. The number of projects selected each year depends on legislative appropriations.
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New Mexico adopted its Arts and Cultural Districts Program six years ago to consciously promote arts and culture as part of the state's economic development picture. The program aims to draw attention to the state's distinctive cultural and artistic riches and to help communities support and capitalize on those resources to improve their economic vitality and quality of life.
Las Vegas, N.M. and Silver City were the first towns to establish arts and cultural districts in 2008. Taos, Los Alamos, Raton and the Albuquerque Downtown Action Team later joined them.
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The average U.S. price for a gallon of regular gasoline at the pump has climbed for 17 days in a row, totaling about 15 cents a gallon, according to AAA — and prices are likely to continue to rise in the weeks ahead.
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Pamplona, tucked into the northeastern corner of Spain, is a long ways away from Petersburg, Va., home to Virginia Motorsports Park some 25 miles southwest of Richmond. But as of this Saturday, the towns will have one distinct thing in common — the desire of thousands of people to run among a bunch of bulls, and the equal desire to live to tell the story.
Rugged Maniac, the Boston-based adventure racing company headquartered nearly adjacent The First Church of Christ, Scientist, recently announced plans to stage 10 Pamplona-like bull runs across the US over the next 11 months. Petersburg is the leadoff runner, followed by Atlanta (Oct. 19) and then Houston (Dec. 7).
Boston is not one of the Great Bull Run's 10 stops. The closest will be the Philadelphia area (Maple Grove Raceway) next June 7.
"Believe me, we'd love to find a venue to have a bull run in Boston,'' declared Rugged Maniac's chief operating officer, Rob Dickens, a former Wall Street attorney. "But where?''
The obvious answer, of course, would be to loop it around the State House, a place full of bull and stacked cheek to jowl with dodgy characters. But I digress.
Dickens and his business partner, Brad Scudder, a Stonehill grad originally from Conway, hit upon this Pamplona knockoff of an idea as an outgrowth of their burgeoning adventure racing business. Both men, said Dickens, shared a dream of one day running in the legendary Spanish event, romanticized decades ago in Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises.''
Pamplona's running of the bulls (generically known as an "encierro") is staged each year, July 6-14, as part of the town's cherished San Fermin festival. Saint Fermin, born in the late third century, was Pamplona's first Catholic bishop. Contrary to a long-held misconception, he did not die in a bull run, but rather was beheaded while preaching God's word in Amiens, France. Emphatic proof that words can be far more dangerous than running with bulls.
"The thing with going to Pamplona,'' mused the 34-year-old Dickens, originally from Southport, N.C., "is that it gets pretty expensive. You need to book the flight, the hotel room, take a week off of work . . . and then you need a friend to take a week off of work to go with you. So Brad and I figured, 'Let's try to bring it here.' ''
By the first week of August, some 5,000 runners were signed up for the inaugural event in Virginia. With some 50-75 new registrants a day, said Dickens, he expects upward of 8,000 runners (minimum age: 18) to participate, at $35-$60 each, price varying on how early they bought tickets. A huge tomato fight also will be part of the show, in keeping with Pamplona's "Tomato Royale'' tradition. All runners are entered automatically in the food fight. Those slow of foot or simply too timid or not interested in running can buy a separate ticket to it. Showers will be on site.
"Well, wait, what's your definition of a shower?'' cautioned Dickens. "If you want to rinse off, yeah, there will be running water with a garden hose.''
Sounds totally romantic, in a European way, doesn't it? Bend it like Beckham. Hose it down like Hemingway.
The bulls will be imported from a ranch in Kentucky that supplies the ornery beasts for rodeos around the country. Unlike the San Fermin festival, the run is not what amounts to a death march. In Pamplona, the bulls run a half-mile through the streets, amid the scampering two-legged thrill-seekers, and eventually make their way to the local bull ring, eventually to die at the end of a torero's sword before a delirious crowd.
In the 10 Great Bull Runs, the animals will romp among the runners over a fenced-in quarter-mile stretch, then get crated up and either returned to their Kentucky ranch or shipped to the next stop on tour.
"The bulls are not tortured,'' assured Dickens. "But I bet I get, oh, 10 kneejerk e-mails a day, saying, 'Oh, you're disgusting . . . you're going to set the bulls on fire . . . you're going to stab them.' Not true. When I explain it to people, in most cases the anger dissipates right away. But there are others, no matter how you explain it, they just don't want to listen.''
It is a risky business, however, which in part is why someone will pay $35-$60 a head to get out there and flirt with danger, if only for a few seconds. In Pamplona, based on records kept since 1910, there have been 15 fatalities, the first in 1924 and the most recent in 2009. Deaths are not always due to gorings. Some of the 15 have died due to asphyxiation, the result of occasional huge pileups of man and beast at the gates of the bull ring.
Given the inherent danger, as well as the fact that such events are untested in the US, insurance premiums are high, according to Dickens.
"We got a lot of doors shut in our faces,'' he said. "But you know, eventually [an insurer] is always willing to take a chance. That's the nature of the industry. But I don't expect any fatalities or gorings.''
Preliminary plans are for no more than 1,000 runners at a time on the track, participants allowed to pick their spots where they choose to play this game of, if you will, dodgebull. A timid runner can pick a spot along the fence, where an ample number of exits will allow them to escape and bulls not to enter. The more courageous will pick a point in the middle of the track and await the rumbling herd.
Bulls typically top out around 15 miles an hour, the size of their horns varying, wildly. Race organizers are expected not to release more than eight bulls per race.
All in all, it sounds like a load of fun, a little piece of Pamplona served up on USA turf. Now we'll just have to export some of our bull to Pamplona. Let the race to the State House begin.Kevin Paul Dupont's ''On Second Thought'' appears on Page 2 of the Sunday Globe Sports section. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @GlobeKPD.


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The Beta Kappa Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma has announced that two students at Fayetteville High School have achieved Extraordinary Teen status.
Annie Ho and Erich Feuser have registered 10 children each and worked with the Imagination Library of Lincoln County to raise $120 each to cover the cost of the new registrations.
Dr. Helen Fussell works with the peer educators at Fayetteville High School and provided the encouragement for these students to achieve their goal of being Extraordinary Teens. Annie and Erich were volunteers at the Imagination Library 5K Race which raised $3,000 to buy books for Lincoln County children as part of the Imagination Library program here.
During "Fayetteville … Host of Christmas Past", the teens dressed up and assisted with the Elves Workshop, another fund-raiser for the organization.
The director of the Imagination Library is Beta Kappa member Teresa Brown.
"It is a pleasure to work with the students at Fayetteville High School on projects to fund the Imagination Library and register children to receive their book each month," said Mrs. Brown.
When Annie was small, Vietnamese was spoken in her home. She learned to speak English when she entered school. This was a meaningful experience for her, because it reminded her of the early struggle to learn English and learn to read. Erich talked about enjoying the social aspects of school much more than the academics.
Now both Annie and Erich are very involved in helping the Imagination Library and also attend the Book Club at Fayetteville High School.
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Declaring that ongoing street protests could lead to the "collapse of the state," Egypt's top military general warned Tuesday that if opponents of President Mohammed Morsi continue to paralyze the country through demonstrations, the military might have to intervene to defend the government.
It was the first time that Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the commander of Egypt's military forces and the country's defense minister, had commented publicly on the unrest that in six days has left at least 60 dead across the country. He did not specify what might trigger wider military intervention, what that intervention might look like, or whom he blamed for the unrest.
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The protests, el-Sissi said in a speech to military cadets that was distributed as a statement, jeopardized everyone.
"The continuation of the conflict between the different political forces and their differences over how the country should be run could lead to the collapse of the state and threaten future generations," el-Sissi said.
El-Sissi's remarks did not immediately seem to discourage expressions of dissent in the three provinces where Morsi also had ordered a 9 p.m. curfew for 30 days. In Suez, large demonstrations formed to mark the start of the curfew. In Port Said, where weekend violence claimed as many as 50 lives, residents launched fireworks in a spirited, festive form of disobedience. And a state news station showed young men in Ismailiya playing soccer in the streets Tuesday night.
In Cairo, which is not under curfew, protesters clashed with security forces, though for the first time in six days of violence no one died.
Just who could stop frustrated Egyptians from taking to the streets was unclear. The main opposition group, the National Salvation Front, is splintered and has no more control over the protesters than do the police forces, who've countered rock-throwing demonstrators with tear gas and live fire.
Despite el-Sissi's warning, soldiers deployed in front of government buildings Tuesday night did not use their newly acquired powers to arrest civilians as curfew breakers.
Egypt is currently facing a myriad of problems stemming largely from the persistent instability that now defines the nation, from a failing economy to political divisions. Violent protests have erupted almost daily for the past two months, starting in late November when Morsi exempted his decisions from court review and culminating in this past weekend's violence, triggered when a Port Said court sentenced 21 soccer fans to death for their role in a Feb. 1 stampede at a soccer game that left 74 dead.
The military, while credited with toppling deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak two years ago, has shown itself unwilling to pressure Morsi during the last two months. El-Sissi told the cadets that the military is a non-political institution dedicated to protecting the state.
"The army is for all Egyptians of all sects and affiliations," el-Sissi said.
National Salvation Front spokesman Hussein Abdel Ghany said the group is urging protesters to voice their objections to the Morsi government peacefully. And he said the group hoped the military would maintain a neutral position on the conflict.
"We are sure our army and Gen. el-Sissi are going to continue to represent the heritage" of the Egyptian Army, "which aspires only to help people, not just a regime or dictator," Ghany said.
Ghany suggested that the military, which many believe is Egypt's last remaining power broker, lead talks between Morsi's opponents and the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist society through which Morsi rose to prominence.
"I think what we need is to see is a neutral stand from our army to promote political talks because the division is now between the revolution camp and the camp of the Muslim Brotherhood and its allies, which have abandoned our revolution goals," Ghany said. "We will fulfill our revolution goals and honor our martyrs."
Morsi for his part went ahead Tuesday with a prearranged trip to Germany, choosing not to remain behind to address the latest crisis.
Early Wednesday, however, his office issued a statement defending the declaration of emergency law in the three provinces. The statement cited both the Egyptian constitution and an international treaty as supporting the declaration.
The statement also said that while the Egyptian military had been granted the authority to arrest civilians, no one arrested would be tried in a military court – a sore point under the previous military government, when hundreds of civilians were referred to military courts for participating in protests.
El-Sissi, 58, is a relatively unknown quantity here in a powerful but secretive army. Appointed by Morsi in August to replace his longstanding predecessor, Mohammed Tantawi, el-Sissi is considered the face of a younger generation of military commanders, not as beholden to military practices under Mubarak.
His deputy, Gen. Mohamed el Assar, now leads the military's relations with the United States.
The Egyptian military not only leads defense matters but controls a business empire of its own. During Mubarak's rule, it was seen as a powerful behind-the-scenes player in the government. The military's longtime autonomy has been preserved under Morsi, who is the first Egyptian president to have never served in the military. Under the new constitution, approved in December, the Parliament cannot review its budget, and the military holds its own trials.
For decades, the Egyptian military was regarded as the nation's pride, one of the few places where a poor Egyptian man could rise to the nation's highest ranks, as did every president before Morsi.
But its 18-month tenure as the governing authority between Mubarak's and Morsi's presidencies tarnished its image and its place in Egyptian hearts and minds. But in the face of any alternative, it is still considered the ultimate broker over state matters.
RAW VIDEO: Street Clashes in Egypt as Deadly Unrest Continues


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Can Zuckerberg Leap the Great Firewall of China? 102
Hugh Pickens writes "The Guardian reports that Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is in China and has met with Robin Li, the head of Baidu, as he toured the facility of the biggest search engine in China. Zuckerberg has made no secret of his desire to expand in China, where Facebook has been blocked by the government censors' Great Firewall since 2008. On a recent global map of Facebook users, China appeared as a black spot, though it has a bigger internet population than any country on earth. 'How can you connect the whole world if you leave out a billion people?' says Zuckerberg. China already has two Facebook imitators: Kaixin, with 80 million users, and Renren, with 150 million, but these lack the economic clout and global reach of Zuckerberg's company although they do have the advantages of language and cultural awareness, as well as the protection of the Great Firewall. 'If Facebook wanted to enter China, it would not have to change its function, because netizens here are used to copycats already, but it must, like other international internet companies, obey Chinese laws and regulations,' said Hu Yong, a professor at Beijing University's School of Journalism and Communication."


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Major changes are underway as FAA advances crucial modernization programs
Almost from the beginning, the FAA's NextGen initiative has been dogged by accusations of slow progress. But now there is growing evidence that the grand air traffic management vision is moving off the drawing board and closer to reality.
Significant headway is being made on key operational, technical and financial issues. The cornerstone satellite-based surveillance network is being rolled out, and work is about to begin on a transformative air-ground data communication system. The first benefits are emerging from an airspace redesign effort in large metropolitan areas and—perhaps most importantly—a novel plan for funding aircraft equipage is gathering momentum.
There is undoubtedly still a long way to go, and debate will continue about whether NextGen should move faster. However, this does not negate the fact that the initial pieces are falling into place— with major ramifications for the U.S. aviation industry.
NextGen was launched in 2004, the result of an ambitious call to transform the U.S. air transport system by 2025. Potential threats to the FAA's budget are an ever-present concern, but an even bigger question mark has been how aircraft operators will pay for the equipment needed to operate in the modernized environment. U.S. airlines are strapped for cash and are reluctant to invest in new avionics unless they can see a compelling business case.
The FAA is showing signs that it is prepared to help airlines pay for at least some equipment. As part of its data communications program, it intends to set aside $80 million to help carriers make the necessary upgrades to their aircraft.
On a broader scale, the equipage funding solution with the most potential is public-private partnerships, where government loan guarantees would help unlock private equity at reasonable rates.
One such initiative, called the NextGen Fund, has been proposed by Nexa Capital Partners, with the backing of ITT Exelis. The plan is for participating airlines to pay back equipage costs as the financial benefits of NextGen emerge.
While the outline of this plan was unveiled more than a year ago, there has been little movement since then. The NextGen Fund's managers have been waiting for the government to provide the commitments required for the program to work.
That step may finally be close. The FAA reauthorization bill, passed in February, includes the directives needed to set up public-private partnerships, Nexa Managing Partner Russell Chew tells Aviation Week's NextGen Ahead conference. While the bill's language appears vague, it is specific enough to provide the right parameters for the FAA to establish a detailed program, he says.
FAA Chief Acquisition Officer Pat McNall says the agency has already begun examining how it would administer such a loan-guarantee program, and will soon announce a public consultation process.
Broadly, the agency would consider applications from participants like the NextGen Fund, says McNall. There could be multiple private partners approved, and there would have to be some provision for funding general aviation equipage.
Chew believes the consultation process will begin within the next month or two. The NextGen Fund should be up and running this year, he says.
In the meantime, progress is also being made in rolling out the systems on which NextGen will rely. One of the biggest hurdles has been repeated delays and cost overruns for the FAA's en-route automation modernization (ERAM) system (AW&ST Oct. 17, p. 44). It is still far too early to declare victory on ERAM, but latest developments show it is at least moving in the right direction again.
Although the ERAM program predates the NextGen plan, it is considered a vital foundation. The system was originally supposed to be deployed nationwide at 20 en-route centers by 2010, but this target has since slipped to 2014.
After ERAM was introduced at the two "key" sites in Seattle and Salt Lake City, the deployment stalled owing to a series of system glitches. But during the past five months the FAA has finally begun using ERAM elsewhere, and it is now in operational trial mode in seven more en-route centers, says Chris Metts, who heads the agency's Program Management Organization.
While ERAM is now in continuous operation at the first two sites, it is used only for limited periods at the operational-trial sites. The FAA has a goal of beginning continuous operations at four more of the trial sites by Sept. 30, says Metts. And by year-end, the agency plans to begin operational trials at another three centers.
Metts says some problems still occur as ERAM is deployed to new sites, but this has been the "expected" level of issues that are being worked through during the operational trials.
One of the crucial pillars of NextGen is Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), which will largely replace radar with satellite-based position data for air traffic control purposes. ITT Exelis has been contracted to provide the ADS-B network, and has deployed more than 60% of the 700-plus radio stations that will be required.
ITT is on track to complete the ADS-B network by the end of 2013, and this year the FAA plans to introduce the ADS-B feed at several ATC facilities. It has already been used operationally at four key sites.
Another core NextGen capability is data communications (data comm), and the FAA is about to ramp up its work on this program. Data comm will move almost all controller-pilot communications from voice to digital text messages. This will make it possible to revise departure clearances quickly for multiple aircraft during weather disruptions. In later phases, the program will allow the complex clearances necessary for advanced flight procedures to be uploaded to the cockpit.
Data comm will be tested with FedEx at Memphis (Tenn.) International Airport, United Airlines at Newark (N.J.) Liberty International Airport, and Delta Air Lines at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, says Steve Dash, the agency's deputy director for enterprise services. The first of these trials should be underway by early 2013, involving more than 90 aircraft at Memphis, about 100 at Atlanta and 150 at Newark.
The FAA will select a contractor to provide nationwide data comm services, with an award expected by June. This contract is being sought by three teams representing leading aerospace companies and airlines.
Initial benefits will soon emerge in a NextGen program aimed at delivering near-term operational improvements. The FAA is examining certain metropolitan areas to optimize their airspace design around advanced flight procedures.
The agency has identified 21 metro areas for this initiative, many of which have multiple airports. There are two phases for each location: a study and planning phase, followed by a design and implementation phase. Airlines and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association are partners in the program.
Several studies have been conducted by the agency, and so far six have advanced to design and implementation. They cover Washington; North Texas; Charlotte, N.C.; Atlanta; Northern California; and Houston. South Florida will be added to this list later this year.
The first results are likely to be seen in the Washington project, says Dennis Roberts, the FAA's director for airspace services. Two new optimized profile descent (OPD) procedures will be introduced at Reagan Washington National Airport in August. The OPDs will take eastbound aircraft from cruise altitude to runway approach, using a continuous speed and rate of descent. This will allow aircraft to remain at idle power levels for nearly 100 mi., says Roberts.
New procedures will also be introduced at the other two major airports in this metropolitan area. The FAA is working with one lead carrier at each airport: US Airways at Washington National, United Airlines at Washington Dulles International Airport and Southwest Airlines at Baltimore-Washington International Airport.
US Airways is excited about the potential of the metropolitan initiatives, says Brian Townsend, head of the carrier's flight technical operations. "They allow us to build the airspace around the procedures, instead of building the procedures around the airspace," he says. The potential savings are large enough that there is "a sense of urgency" among airlines to kick-start the initiatives.
However, Kent Statler, Rockwell Collins' chief operating officer for commercial systems, warns that the FAA should not focus too heavily on immediate operational gains. "Each of these successes is measureable, and a necessary first step," Statler asserts. "But now that we have [FAA] reauthorization, we must act with urgency to expedite a national airspace-wide rollout, and to fulfill the greater potential of NextGen."
Airlines have called for near-term benefits using existing equipment in a so-called NowGen approach, Statler notes. But he says the vision of NextGen is not "a small, incremental change—it's a revolutionary rethinking of airspace." This evolution will need a system that "can't be accomplished through existing equipment alone."


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Ruby on Rails Meets Eclipseby Deepak Vohra
Eclipse is the most commonly used Java IDE. Ruby on Rails provides some plugins to enable its use in Eclipse. Two such plugins are Ruby Development Tools and RadRails. Ruby Development Tools (RDT) and RadRails are open source Ruby IDEs for the Eclipse platform. Some of the features of RDT are syntax highlighting, syntax validation, error markers, code completion, code formatting, and Ruby unit-testing framework integration. RadRails features include code assist on Ruby and RHTML files, debugging support, integrated server views, generators, dynamic testing, and integrated deployment. In this article, we'll develop a Ruby on Rails Create-Read-Update-Delete (CRUD) application in Eclipse under Windows. If you haven't already installed Eclipse, download and install
Eclipse 3.2. Also install the MySQL database if it is not already installed.
Installing Ruby on Rails
First, we need to install Ruby on Rails. In this section we'll install Ruby, RubyGems, and Rails. RubyGems is the standard Ruby package manager used with Ruby applications and libraries. Download the Ruby Windows Installer application. Double-click on the ruby184-21.exe application. Ruby Setup Wizard will start. Click on Next, accept the license agreement, and click on Next again. Select the default components to install, which include the RubyGems package manager and SciTE, a Scintilla-based text editor, and click on Next. Specify a directory to install Ruby (the default is c:/ruby) and click on Next. Specify a start folder and click on Install. Ruby and RubyGems will be installed. Click on Finish to close the Ruby Setup wizard, and Ruby is installed. The directory path c:/ruby/bin gets added to the system environment variable
PATH. The system environment variable
RUBYOPT with value
-rubygems also gets added.
In a command-line window,
cd (change directory) to the
c:/ruby directory and run the following command to install Rails and dependencies, including activerecord and actionpack (activerecord implements the model layer of a Rails MVC application and actionpack implements the view and controller):
c:/ruby>gem install rails --include-dependencies
The Rails framework and dependencies are installed. Next, we'll discuss the Ruby Development Tools (RDT) plugin.
Installing RDT
To install Ruby Development Tools, select Help>Software Updates>Find and Install in the Eclipse IDE. In the Features Updates frame, select "Search for new features to install" and click on Next. In the Install frame, click on the "New Remote Site" button. In the New Update Site frame, specify a Name (RDT, for example), and in the URL field specify http://updatesite.rubypeople.org/release. Click on the OK button. In the "Update sites to visit" frame, select RDT and click on Finish. Select the features to install, select the checkbox "Select the latest version of a feature only", and click on Next.
Figure 1. Installing RDT
Accept the feature license agreement and click on Next. In the Installation frame, select the Ruby Development Tools feature and click on Finish. In the Feature Verification frame, click on Install All. Ruby Development Tools and the plugin will be installed. Restart Eclipse for the configuration changes to take effect. Next, we need to configure the Ruby preferences. Select Window>Preferences. In the Preferences frame, select Ruby>Installed Interpreters. In the Add RubyVM frame, specify an RubyVM name--Ruby, for example--and in the RubyVM home directory field, specify the location of the rubyw.exe application. If Ruby on Rails is installed in the c:/ruby directory,
rubyw is in the c:/ruby/bin directory. Click the OK button. Click the OK button in the Preferences frame.
Creating a Rails Project
Next, we create a new Ruby project in Eclipse. Select File>New>Project. In the New frame, select the Ruby Project wizard and click on Next.
Figure 2. Creating a Ruby project
In the Ruby Project frame, specify a Project Name and click on Finish. Open the Ruby perspective if it is not already open. A new Ruby project gets added to the Eclipse IDE. Next we need to configure external tools for various tasks such as creating a Rails application, creating a Model, creating a Controller, creating a scaffold, and starting the WEBrick server. Select Run>External Tools>External Tools to create an external tools configuration. In the External Tools frame, create configurations for various tasks. To create a configuration, right-click on the Program node and select New. Create a configuration, "Create Rails Application," to create a Rails application. In the Location field, specify the rails.cmd file. In the Working Directory field, select the variable
${project_loc}. To create an application by the same name as the Rails project, specify
../${project_name} in the Arguments text area. Click on the Apply button to apply the configuration.
Figure 3. Creating a Rails application configuration
Because the Rails application generates some directories and classes, we need to refresh the project resources. Select the Refresh tab. In the Refresh frame, select the checkbox "Refresh resources upon completion." Click on the Apply button. To add the configuration to favorites, select the Common tab and select the External Tools checkbox in the "Display in favorites" menu. Click on the Apply button. Next, create a configuration to start the WEBrick server. In the Location field, specify the
ruby.exe application; in the Working directory frame, specify
${project_loc}; and in the Arguments text area, specify
script/server. Click on the Apply button to apply the configuration.
Figure 4. Start WEBrick configuration


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FINDLAY — At this time of year when a loss means the end of the road, pressure can oftentimes become overwhelming for some teams.
In the case of Perrysburg, pressure — the full-court defensive variety — proved to be a major asset in posting a 51-33 rout of Ashland to win a Division I district girls basketball championship Saturday at Liberty-Benton.
The Yellow Jackets forced the Arrows into 24 turnovers en route to claiming their second straight district championship and fifth in six seasons.
"This means a lot, and it helps the program," said Perrysburg coach Todd Sims, who has led the Yellow Jackets to three district titles during his four years in charge of the team. "There are a lot of Lady Junior Jackets up in the stands. Why wouldn't you want to play for us? It's a great place to play, and we're very successful, so it's great for us."
Sara Baer scored 15 points to lead Perrysburg (23-1), which will face Notre Dame (23-3) in a regional semifinal Tuesday at Central Catholic. Alexx Brown and Lindy Delong each added 12 points.
Repeating as district champion was clearly a goal for the Yellow Jackets.
"This is just amazing because we were hoping to do better than we did last year," said Baer, a 6-foot-1 sophomore post, who made it tough on Arrows defenders whenever she found herself with the ball near the basket.
The Yellow Jackets took control during the second quarter, outscoring the Arrows 11-1 to take a 23-13 halftime lead.
Perrysburg forced the Arrows into 15 turnovers before halftime, including eight in the second quarter.
"That was huge," Sims said of the second-quarter effort. "Teams that don't play this way it's hard to practice against this defense. It's hard to simulate it.
"It's draining on you, especially mentally. I think they got a little drained, especially when you miss a shot.'
Getting the ball across halfcourt was a major chore for the Arrows.
"That second quarter really took control of the tempo for the rest of the game," Ashland coach Jason Snow said. "I think they realized they could get after us.
"I thought early on we did some good things and got the ball to the basket, but I think the pressure wore us down, and we made a lot of turnovers. They're a good team."
Perrysburg's Baer, Williams, and Delong spearheaded the pressure, which resulted in the Arrows (13-12) failing to make a field goal in the second quarter.
A free throw by Ashland's Mariah Mansperger with 2:34 remaining in the first half was the Arrows' only point.
The Yellow Jackets led 17-13 at that moment before closing out the half on a 6-0 run.
Perrysburg came out in the second half and continued to dominate with defense. Ashland had seven turnovers in the third quarter and trailed 42-22 heading into the fourth quarter.
Mansperger scored 15 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for Ashland. Alexis Stoops added nine points.
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CHAPEL HILL—The Rawlings panel on the role of athletics on campus life advocated Tuesday for a more balanced approach and encouraged UNC to take a leadership position nationwide, championing responsible spending and greater transparency on all athletics expenses.
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The panel, chaired by Hunter Rawlings, president of the Association of American Universities, was asked by previous Chancellor Holden Thorp to make recommendations for UNC-Chapel Hill as well as other universities nationwide on how to combat the growing issue in higher education.
"We thought that we should come up with a series of serious and substantial recommendations to help the University in its quest for conducting a program that it feels really good about," Rawlings says.
James Delany, longtime commissioner of the Big Ten Conference and Carolina alumnus, says a clear chain of command in leadership is necessary to deal with the relationship between academics and athletics at universities.
"There must be lines to delineate the assignment of responsibility and authority so that as a result, institutional control can be established and maintained," Delany says.
Executive Director of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Amy Perko says UNC must strive for greater transparency and practice more responsible spending in order to achieve a healthy balance between the sport and academic realms on campus.
A mandatory education program for coaches in the ACC was offered up by the panel as well. Perko says she thinks a more formal approach will help the coaches get on board with the educational missions at their universities.
"Coaches are under great pressure to win and are increasingly viewed as being separated from the educational missions of their universities. […] We believe coaches will welcome this suggested formal investment in their professional development as educators," Perko says.
Ultimately, Rawlings says he feels that UNC and other schools must act now to save the integrity of higher education. He says we have reached the "tipping point."


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If I want to quote Mike Godwin, you quote-Nazis aren't going to stop me. All he said was, the longer an Internet discussion goes on, the more likely it is that someone will mention Hitler. Well, duh.
there will be a comparison to Hitler
Math > Hitler
Here we go. Only three posts in, proving the point that any Internet discussion about Nazis inevitably produces a debate about the applicability of Godwin's Law.
The suspense is killing me! We should be using
Jehova! Jehova! Jehova!
Note to self for world domination plans: don't stamp my robots/tanks/drones with plain text serial numbers, always encrypt!
Reminds me of the prank where you release 3 goats with the numbers 1, 2 and 4 on them and watch while everybody searches for the one with the number 3 on it.
no, no, no
the prank is you release 3 sharks with the numbers 1, 2 and 4 on them and watch while everybody searches for the one with the number 3 on it...
in all seriousness WHO THE BLEEP EVER HEARD OF THAT PRANK BEFORE
in all seriousness WHO THE BLEEP EVER HEARD OF THAT PRANK BEFORE
It's a simply ploy on misdirection. It's been around in one form or another for years. Back in grade school, we had word problems that played on this where we had to select the proper information to solve a math problem.
It can be done/demonstrated easier with coins and not harming any animals. Assemble 3 coins (US currency) a penny, a nickle, and a quarter.
Now tell them that Johny's mom had three kids. Point to the penny and say the name Penny, point to the nickle and say the name Nicolas, then point to the Quarter and ask what the third one's name is. Most people will spend a considerable time attempting to work quarter or some variation of it into a name even after repeating that Johny's mom had three kids. Eventually they give up.
(in case anyone is wondering, the third one's name if Johny- as in Johny's mom). It's a little easier then how far can a dog run into the woods.
You mean the prank where you release 3 goats, and everyone just looks at you and says "Wow, sucks that your goats got loose. Good luck catching them," and then goes back to playing beach volleyball?
Reminds me of the prank where you release 3 goats with the numbers 1, 2 and 4 on them and watch while everybody searches for the one with the number 3 on it.
I'm a programmer, I'd be looking for the one with number 8.
Supposedly, there was an underground fibre optic install running between several of the Las Vegas casinos back in the 1980's, where every box junction and repeater had a serial number that fit some zany formula, i.e. for anything that really belonged in the system, the sum of the first and fourth digits was always twice the absolute value of the difference of the third and eighth digits. The system was used for something like sending pictures of suspected card counters and other cheats back and forth, and p
Then you just do the analysis twice, once calculating the upper estimate and once calculating a lower estimate. You increase the variance but don't really prevent the attack from working. To prevent the mathletes from doing the analysis at all you need to either encrypt it (in which case the crypto-letes move in) or use randomly generated serial numbers, which might get interesting using WWII technology with production spread out over a war torn continent.
Also the first tank serial # should not be 1. Try something like 24370239.
Hitler knew this trick: he was member number 555 of the DAP [wikipedia.org], the first member had number 501. When the DAP changed into the NSDAP, he became member number 1.
I am implementing this at my factory. In fact, tanks c4ca4238a0b923820dcc509a6f75849b, c81e728d9d4c2f636f067f89cc14862c, eccbc87e4b5ce2fe28308fd9f2a7baf3, a87ff679a2f3e71d9181a67b7542122c, and e4da3b7fbbce2345d7772b0674a318d5 just rolled off of the the assembly line.
You should at least use some salt if you just use md5 on those serial numbers... I could decode your serial numbers just by using publicly available reverse md5 lookup table...
Or do what the leader of Seal Team Six did.
Supposedly he named the team 6 to create the false impression there were 6 seal teams when the number was less.
So couldn't you just inflate the numbers of your World Dominating machines... heck the first 6 digits could be a model number or something.
Or do what the leader of Seal Team Six did.
That would be Richard Marcinko [wikipedia.org] and explains it all rather well in his book 'Rogue Warrior [wikipedia.org]'.
That's exactly why the Soviet Navy gave their ships non-sequential pennant (hull) numbers, and frequently re-assigned them. They would also sometimes paint one number on one side of the bow, and different on the other.
Security is a difficult business.
Intelligence can also be a weird business... I once read an account of how the CIA broke into a warehouse rented by the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City in order to examine (very closeup and very clandestinely) a high fidelity mock-up/prototype of a satellite the Soviets had on tour. The idea was to gather information on any real cable, connectors, or other hardware on the bird - as well as to collect any serial numbers, drawing numbers, etc.. that they could find. (It's not uncommon for such to contain 'real' items that have been discarded from production or operational use.)
You'd be surprised what a trained and knowledgeable analyst can derive from just a few seemingly unconnected bits of information.
we had this story on slashdot some years ago but i can't find it right now.
minimum-variance unbiased estimator (MVUE, or UMVU estimator)
I think this only works if most of the tanks that are no longer in service, are in your collection of serial numbers. If you send your first 1K produced to the western front and the next 1K produced to the eastern front, the US/English/etc are going to calculate a number about 1/2 as high as the Russians.
So, in theory either the Germans sent certain model of tank only to certain fronts, or the western and eastern guys were sharing data, or maybe the Germans sent all the odds west and all the evens east or
with each factory/complex serializing independently
with pre-assigned blocks of serial numbers, if I recall correctly, so if you saw the output of only one factory you might get a slightly low number (unless you saw the product of the factory with the highest serial number block).
It's all probabilistic, and the variance calculation is documented in the article for a very good reason.
huh? Minimum Variance Unbiased Estimator is a mathematical/statistical property that guarantees that your estimate will have small variance(basically small standard deviation), and is also unbiased (the estimate isn't systematically high or low). What you are trying to say is there was a possibility for sampling error/bias.
I see your point with respect to the sample though, but it obviously wasn't an issue since the article states that the true maximum was very near the estimate. 1000 tanks is a lot; the
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so they started looking at satellite photos of the Russian bombers
Hmm. Correct theory, but wrong implementation.
Do you have a source because what you are saying is physically impossible?
Tail numbers are on the vertical stabilizer. You can only read them from the side not from the top. Think about the slant range involved and do the math. We are talking about 1950s/ tech so think solid lenses and film with not digital image processing.
Now if the pictures where from a U2 or if they put the numbers on the wing, that is a bit more reasonable but not from an early spy satellite.
At least at some point it weren't mistake, but deliberate falsifications:
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(just look at the names involved...)
They used it to estimate that the Germans produced 255 tanks per month between the summer of 1940 and the fall of 1942. Turns out the serial-number methodology was spot on. After the war, internal German data put der Führer's production at 256 tanks per month -- one more than the estimate.
It's comforting to realize I'm not the only one plagued by off-by-one errors!
And what's with the power-of-two number--Numerology or what?
I am just amazed one single methhead was able to make over 200 tanks a month. I would have thought they had some lackeys to do that sort of work.
Nah, they recorded these data on punch cards. However they quickly noticed the buffer overflow created by using only 8 bits.
What was the number of the first tank? zero, or one?
256 tanks per turn? Impossible! That would take a regular supply of 1280 IPCs...
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Now we are fighting two wars (Afghanistan and Pakistan). Even that is proving to be a handful. Can USA stand up to a mighty enemy likes of WW II Germany or J
it takes so long to produce a tank that you have to have everything ready and made before you go to war
Afghanistan doesn't threaten the existence of US, therefore you can't beat them. Just like Vietnam.
Totally different kind of War. No amount of production can win when you are wasting a million dollar missile on a guy, his camel and their tent.
Bombing also fails in those regions, you cannot bomb people who have no infrastructure to lose in any effective manner. We are repeating the mistakes of Vietnam.
With a few hundred long range Nukes at the US's disposal, signs point to "Yes, easily.".
The wars in Iraq (which is all but over for the US, good luck with that INA) and Afghanistan are very different from World War Two. If the US had fought Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan with the same disregard for civilian casualties and overwhelming firepower there wouldn't be a problem.
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Is your dad's name Sgt. Oddball ?
I am a WWII buff.
If your dad drove a tank that was faster than German tanks, it probably wasn't a Churchill. Could it have been a Cromwell? Those also showed up in Normandy, were still in service at the end of the war, and were pretty fast.
The tactic you describe was used against the bigger German tanks, as the ones the size of most Allied tanks didn't have especially long guns. He probably used it the most in the Normandy fighting, as that's when the Germans concentrated heavily against the British and Canadian armies.
I read the title as 'Meth':
For once a misreading made perfect sense in the summary title's context: use of amphetamines throughout World War II on land and air personnel is well-documented. There's a phrase one hears infrequently that amphetamines 'won the Battle of Britain' - fending off constant attack from the Luftwaffe made necessary the use of stimulants as hiring and training a new pilot took too long. Whether it really did tip the scales in that battle we'll never know. As one would expect abuse orose within both Allied and Axis forces, and the spike in use persisted after the war. The Vietnam conflict saw American troops use methamphetamine very widely, and today the drug is popular amongst the poor as a relatively inexpensive stimulant.
If there's anything that isn't widely known by the public and merits publicizing it's history of drugs such as this in the context of 20th century events like warfare. What laid ground for a forerunner to the modern drugs situation to me represents a phenomena of greater gravity than the serial numbers of tanks which one would expect would be used simply through using good old oxymoronic common sense.
Presently there's a drug by the name of 'Modafinil' which mimics amphetamine but removes almost entirely the euphoric element and much of the crash that accompanies sudden cessation. It has been around for a number of years, and sees much use in modern conflicts. It also has much off-label use, and has even been used by astronauts to cope with heavy exercise regimens.
This an article about how the allies where able to estimate the number of German Tanks produced based on the Serial Numbers of the Tanks. Neat!. Godwin does not apply.
Seriously?!?! Is there an editor in the house? Try:
This [is] an article about how the [Allies were] able to estimate the number of German Tanks produced based on the Serial Numbers of the Tanks. Neat!. Godwin does not apply.
I read somewhere (maybe Max Hasting's book on Winston's War) about a problem the British had with some infantry equipment getting wet and non-functional. They supposedly solved it by going to condom makers, who made a several foot long condom to fit over the gear and keep it dry.
When Churchill saw this, he said that it wouldn't do at all - he wanted each pack labeled "British Condom. Size - Medium."
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Allison Kagawa never expected to be so far away from home. If it wasn't at the University of Hawaii, Kagawa figured she'd play soccer at one of the smaller schools in the Pacific Northwest, places like Puget Sound or Whitworth.
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Broader interest in such integrals was stimulated by the appearance and development of integral calculus in the 18th and 19th centuries. Mathematicians found that integrals, containing quadratic polynomials under a square root of the form:
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Just because someone quotes the TPA every day, doesn't make them a good thing.
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Dacre seems to like name dropping. However the current tabloids would rather detail the dropping of trousers than the discovery of penicillin.
they take pride in bullying and sensationalism. And wonder why their circulation is not what it could be.
To endorse them shows more about Sinclair than reveal any fubdamental truth.
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The dispute in this case goes back to 1994, when Robbins purchased a guest ranch in Wyoming, not knowing that the BLM, which controls the federal land adjoining the ranch, had granted the previous owner a right of way over federal land in exchange for an easement. Though the previous owner had properly recorded the right of way, the BLM had not yet recorded the easement when Robbins purchased the ranch. When a BLM employee asked Robbins to reinstate the easement without offering any compensation, Robbins declined.
Robbins alleged that a series of retaliatory acts followed. He argued that the employees brought false criminal charges against him, revoked his grazing and recreational use permits and trespassed on his property.
Justice Antonin Scalia said that it is unrealistic for Robbins to have to sue for each individual act of retaliation, but argued that there would be nothing wrong with the BLM "playing hardball," especially if the government was offering a fair exchange to obtain the easement.
But Tribe argued that the government did not offer a fair exchange but rather "dug in" and performed a number of illegal acts to retaliate against Robbins.
Tribe further argued that the statutory definition of extortion includes acts by public officials who use their authority to obtain property, not for themselves but for the government, and because of that definition, public officials are not immune to the law.
Still, several justices expressed skepticism over Robbins' argument, arguing that supporting it could create a precedent that would flood the legal system with similar lawsuits. "The possibility of the legal imagination becomes endless," Justice Stephen Breyer said.
Chief Justice John Roberts added that such a ruling could enable private individuals to claim that anything a government employee does under color of law is retaliation, including necessary actions performed by agents of the Internal Revenue Service and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. He noted that there are other federal laws and administrative regulations that allow citizens to pursue grievances against federal agencies.
If the Supreme Court rules in favor of Robbins, he can pursue his case in Wyoming District Court against BLM employees Charles Wilkie, Darrell Barnees, Teryl Shryack, Michael Miller, Gene Leone and David Wallace.
The high court is expected to issue a ruling before it adjourns in June.
March 20, 2007