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|2011-02-26, 15:25
|Link #581
Prelude of Light
Join Date: Jan 2010
It isn't much of a staring contest if one of them collapses immediately.
|2011-02-27, 15:14
|Link #582
My point is that haki can be a weapon, just like a DF or actual swords.
Anyway, you may be right; Oda hasn't shown enough for us to know yet. It wouldn't be prudent to discount anything just yet..
|2011-02-27, 22:04
|Link #583
I dunno, I always figured it was his health problems stopping him from using Haki at the same time as everything else.
Though, with his DF powers it's kinda hard to not have to use it at all. He didn't exactly need them powers to take on the likes of Akainu~
|2011-05-06, 02:03
|Link #585
da big boss
Join Date: Jul 2006
Crocodile and Mr. 1
(I'm well aware someone could've done this already, but I didn't feel like reading through all the posts so that's that.
First off, is it just me or did Crocodile and Mr. 1 have a "monster point chopper" like boost in strength during the war. Crocodile went toe to toe with Doflamingo, Hawkeyes, Jozu, and Akainu. We don't know the outcome of any of those battles but it certainly didn't seem like Crocodile was at a clear disadvantage in any of these fights.
Considering he lost to luffy before he was even a 100 million berry man what could possibly account for such a large jump in strength in him as well as in Daz Bones. Not that I'm complaining, I like the new croc and Daz. but it seems a really heavy jump to make.
Here's my opinion as to why Crocodile is stronger now:
1. Arrogance, didn't take Luffy seriously enough when they fought.
2. Lack of will power, Crocodile's will seems a lot stronger now than before.
3. No one knows his weakness.
4. May have gotten stronger in prison
Number 3 is the big one, if you remember back to the fight with Enel Oda stated that Enel's bounty would be in excess of 500mil had he'd been a real pirate. Luffy's bounty at the time was only a 100 million clearly not enough to win. But since his rubber neutralized his ability to produce electricity that gave Luffy a big enough edge to win. Since Luffy's bounty was at 100mill when he fought enel would that mean that learning the elemental weakness cuts your power down to a fifth? If that's the case then it may not be unreasonable to believe he could lose to Luffy and then fight on equal terms with the big shots. But even with that in mind I'd say Crocodile was far more than a fifth of his strength when he fought Luffy, and that still doesn't explain why Daz Bones has gotten so strong.
|2011-05-06, 04:15
|Link #587
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Bulgaria, Burgas
Maaan, crocodile has a logia df - that's counts dude.
Doflamingo, Hawkeyes, Jozu, and Akainu
Against Jozu - Dofla had already attached his strings on Jozu.
Against Dofla - it wasn't a fight, more like a brawl - like a slap or two.
Don't remember Croc against Hawkeye
And Croc against Akainu was like - Croc and the strongest pirates in WB's pirates - the commanders - sooo it doesn't count for much
But yeah - Croc is one badass character and I like him a lot.
|2011-05-06, 05:32
|Link #588
Ultra noob
Join Date: Dec 2004
To me, luffy still lost. The match was technically a double KO with Luffy getting a duex ex-machina finishing blow on will power. But the double KO was only in terms of a ritualised duel. In a real fight as that was, the one-on-one was won by crocodile as luffy was going to die and crocodile was only unconscious. The only reason Luffy survived was due to Robin.
For Daz Bone, I don't recall he did much during the war. He didn't go against major enemies like the VAs, so doing well against grunts seems to be fair. Given his body and abilities, he is especially suited to survive the war without injury unless he meets a haki user. even a seastone would only make him strengthless but he would still be metal...
In fact, he would probably have no problems fighting with CP9 at all which both luffy and zoro had problems against. Or at least draw with them.
Off topic, but luffy's win against Eneru was even worse considering that even without his lightning, Enel should have been able to dodge all attacks and move much faster than him.
|2011-05-06, 09:03
|Link #589
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Daz is good enough to last some time in marineford, but we saw Mihawk own him, as it should've been .. although I don't think Daz is ALWAYS metal, like Luffy is ALWAYS rubber .. Daz activates it like Jozu I think
Enel never once demonsrated speed that you'd expect from lightning (which differs a lot, under some conditions return stroke of a lightning bolt can travel short distances at a significant fraction (1/3 or 1/2+) of the speed of light .. total avg speed is still thousands or at least hundreds of km/miles per second) in his fight with Luffy .. he 'teleported' (probably fast movement) once or twice though outside the fight afaik .. tha's why Kizaru > Enel
|2011-05-06, 09:50
|Link #590
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
As others already said, Crocodile was already that strong to begin with. For some reason many people belittle him because he lost to Luffy, but I think they fail to remember just how much our rookie friend had to struggle in order to subdue him (he nearly died three times, after all). Same deal with Daz: Zoro was near death himself when he finally managed to hear the "breath" of his ability, so it's not like he was a pushover in the first place, either. That's why I wasn't surprised at all to see the both of them fighting against world elites at Marineford (however, I was pretty surprised to see Crocoboy go to the trouble of saving Luffy's life (more than once at that), but that's a story for a different time)......
|2011-05-06, 13:09
|Link #591
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
@cheese4u - In addition to what everyone else said (I told you so ), you're directly correlating bounty to strength and it doesn't work that way. Bounty isn't an accurate reflection of one's fighting power; it's primarily reflects on the person's threat level.
Blackbeard became a warlord with a bounty of 0, but obviously that number doesn't reflect his monstrous strength. Chopper is most certainly not just a pet worth a measly 50; he defeated a CP9 agent by himself which is a remarkable feat. Zoro and Sanji are comparable to Luffy in fighting strength (they are known as the monster trio for a reason), but clearly their respective bounties of 120 million and 77 million as opposed to 300 million (now 400 million) don't accurately reflect that. So, as you can see, the bounty=strength system doesn't work.
As for Croc, Luffy only won due to circumstantial plot (much like he did against Enel and Moria, as well). And that makes perfect sense, seeing as how Croc is a shichibukai class pirate, whereas Luffy was just a rookie. Oda made it a point to emphasize the difference in caliber between the two levels. Even at Impel Down, Croc was treated as the same caliber as Ace and Jimbei; they all underwent the boiling baptism without even flinching and were all stationed on Level 6. Pre-time skip, Luffy wasn't on their level (as in strength, if you will). Finally, the war at Marineford showed us what Croc is like when he doesn't underestimate anyone (and for good reason seeing as how the battlefield was full of elites); he can hang with the big boys.
Croc was one of 7 elite pirates chosen to work for the WG. They deemed him worthy of shichibukai status, and thus that is a testament to him always being very strong. The WG wouldn't recruit someone weaker than a rookie, especially since the Shichibukai were formed to counterbalance the Yonkou.
|2011-05-06, 15:48
|Link #592
da big boss
Join Date: Jul 2006
Thanks Blackbeard D. Kuma for the informative and slightly condescending lesson, but I'm well aware bounty isn't reflexive of strength. That doesn't change the fact that something doesn't make sense about all of this. Bounty is not entirely indicative of the strength of a character but it doesn't mean it should be dismissed. Clearly, most bounties give you a good indicator of what that person's strength is. But even going by other measures such as relative strength it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
Honestly, what percentage chance would you give pre time skip Luffy of defeating Jozu, Doflamingo, Mihawk, Akainu, or Whitebeard? I'd say pretty close to zero for all of them. Having said that would it shock you if Luffy got owned in one hit by any of these guys? I don't think it would. And yet Crocodile came out of all of those fights unscathed. Luffy went toe to toe with some of those guys as well, but thats only because he had help (namely from Crocodile!). You can say what you want about how Crocodile wasn't taking Luffy seriously in their previous encounter, but in that final fight he clearly was. I'd think if Crocodile was reasonably this strong to begin with, once the gloves came off in Alabasta don't you think he'd be able to one hit KO Luffy as well? Especially when you consider how much weaker Luffy was then as opposed to now, it doesn't make sense. I mean he was fresh out of East Blue for crying out loud!
Don't get me wrong, as I said before I'm a big fan of the new Crocodile and Daz Bones, so I'm not complaining about their sudden surge in strength. But I put a huge emphasis on the word "new." Meaning this clearly isn't a power that they had before. Both Crocodile and Daz are showing a strength that is at least several times greater than what they showed in Alabasta. Of course I myself have felt for a long time Crocodile was stronger than Luffy, but by this much? He lost to Luffy with no 2nd or third gears a few arcs back and now he looks like a Yonkou. There is clearly a large unexplained gap in Crocodile's power that needs to be explained. I'm sorry but no matter what the circumstances there's no logical reason for one to be able to go from being pwned by a gearless Luffy to fighting on equal terms with Mihawk.
Of course if Oda were to explain all of this logically I'd happily accept it. Like for instance, maybe Crocodile and Daz know Haki but just weren't using it in their fights. That would explain a lot. But so far no explanation has been given and its left me a bit dumbfounded.
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|2011-05-06, 16:49
|Link #593
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Croc tanked a brilliant punk from Jozu, but he most certainly would have lost were it not for Doflamingo's interference. Jozu outclasses Croc in all physical aspects.
Doflamingo was more of annoyance than anything. He wanted to make Croc his underling, to which the latter replied no. Croc retaliated with a sandstorm which appeared to have no effect on Doflamingo. Later on, we see Doflamingo's decapitation is ineffective on Croc (since he's a logia user). Subsequent to that, the two warlords clash. This skirmish, too, was inconclusive.
Mihawk was only intercepted by Croc's hook. We don't see anything else beyond that altercation. Hardly evidence to say Croc's on par with the master swordsman.
Akainu was sliced by Croc's desert sparda, but the attack had no effect. Croc then teams up with WB's division commanders to deal with the admiral. Again, this doesn't establish any equality between the two in question.
Croc didn't even fight WB. Obviously he would have gotten destroyed if he tried. His assassination attempt was thwarted by Luffy. He never made physical contact with WB.
The point is, brief, inconclusive clashes don't definitively determine tiers.
KO Luffy in one hit? Yes, he was a rookie, but I think you're greatly underestimating his resilience. Luffy's will power and rubber defenses keep him going. That's been shown time and time again.
|2011-05-06, 17:38
|Link #594
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: East Cupcake
To put the discussion in perspective, if Enel were to have fought at Marineford, none but the Admirals, Whitebeard and his best, and the best of the Shichibukai (and Luffy ) would have stood a chance against him. Simply because you have been defeated in the past does not mean you will be defeated in the future (though, Crocodile has a pretty big weakness that increases exponentially when fighting at sea). Crocodile did nothing more at Marineford than he did at Alabasta, in fact he was probably weaker at Marineford (considering he did not have a desert of sand and an arid environment to help in his techniques).
|2011-05-06, 18:40
|Link #595
da big boss
Join Date: Jul 2006
But brief as it was there's evidence in this fight alone that does support my argument. One punch from Jozu had as much of an effect, or imo, the same as one punch from a 30 million bounty head rookie? It's not like Jozu doesn't have any physical strength, ask that skyscraper sized iceberg that he through at the marines. He got hurt by a guy who fought on par with an admiral in a similar fashion to how he got hurt by pre-gear, fresh out of east blue, sub 100mil bounty Luffy. I'm sorry that doesn't make any logical sense to me.
And what about Mr. 1, I'm pretty sure he didn't have this kind of power before either. Unlike Crocodile, I don't recall him mentioning anything about a handicap in his fight with Zoro. Sure, you could argue he wasn't taking that fight seriously either, but that still doesn't explain the outcome. One slash from Zoro and he's out cold. Two attacks from Mihawk and he's relatively fine? He even mentioned how he had gotten out of shape in prison suggesting he may have been stronger before. I guess if you squint your eyes this would all make sense, but realistically there seems to be something missing.
And just to clarify, (because it seems James has also hit me with a "just because you beat 'em doesn't mean your stronger" comment), I'm well aware that defeating someone doesn't mean you're stronger. In fact in my earlier post I said, and I quote " I myself have felt for a long time Crocodile was stronger than Luffy." My argument was about the leap he took from that to how he performed in the war. Which from my perspective looked like way too much for a guy who lost to a 30 million bounty head even if he wasn't taking the fight seriously.
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|2011-05-06, 18:47
|Link #596
Dark Energy
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: United States
But since we're on the subject of bounties: Didn't Oda say that, had anyone known Crocodile was Mr. 0, the leader of Baroque Works, his bounty would have more than doubled, making it 162+ million beri? By your logic, his strength in the war makes a lot more sense when you take that into consideration.
|2011-05-06, 19:16
|Link #597
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Jozu's Brilliant Punk is more of a GTFO move. He tackles the person with his forearm. The nature of said attack would do less damage than a punch.
Just because you intercept/stop someone, it doesn't mean you're in their league. I can't stress this enough.
|2011-05-06, 20:12
|Link #598
da big boss
Join Date: Jul 2006
@Kuroi Hadou We, or at least I, wasn't arguing about Crocodile's bounty. His was inactive at the time so it didn't really matter. I was arguing about Luffy's bounty at the time.
Now take note that I'm not saying Crocodile can defeat Mihawk, Akainu, Jozu, or Doflamingo. I'm saying that he was fighting on par with them (i. e. as if he were at or around their strength). Which IMO he was.
|2011-05-06, 22:10
|Link #599
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Well, seeing as cheese4u's so adamant that Croc and Daz somehow powered up after their defeat in Alabasta, I suppose I can provide a possible answer to this claim: The two of them were served a generous helping of Iva's hormone milkshake during the ID prison break. That's right, expect to see a gender-swapped post-skip Crocoboygirl and Daz in the near future!
|2011-05-06, 22:25
|Link #600
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Why are you trying to quantitatively measure the difference in fighting blows here? That's not even important. Croc was repeatedly punched through layers of bedrock, and that was enough to finally put him down. That's high damage soak right there. Despite Jozu being leagues above Luffy, one Brilliant Punk won't be enough to put down Croc. It takes a decent amount of effort to put someone of warlord caliber down.
Croc would have undoubtedly lost to Jozu. Jozu is faster, stronger, adept at Haki usage, and has better feats overall. This is one of WB's top subordinates we're talking about.
Just because Croc may be weaker than some of these top guys doesn't mean that he would get absolutely slaughtered in a fight. It seems you're having trouble understanding this.
But again, just because Croc is weaker than those elites doesn't mean that he can't hang with them for a while. He was chosen for a reason by the WG to become a warlord. And all of his brief exchanges with those characters were just that: brief exchanges. That doesn't properly tell you how a real uninterrupted fight would go down between the fighters in question.
This argument is going nowhere. You're the only one who believes Croc got stronger, whereas myself and others have already provided in-depth explanations as to why that's not the case. But feel free to believe what you want.
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Friday, January 13, 2012
The Metropolitan's American Wing
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We just went to our local museum's fabulous Rembrandt in America exhibit. No pets to be seen there, though...portraits, yes, pets, not so much. These are great! The museum looks wonderful.ReplyDelete
Steve and I were just talking about how rarely we go into the museums in New York City even though we live so close (and I work here), but we seek museums out in all the major cities we visit in Europe. We need to get here! Thanks for the museum tour.ReplyDelete
By the way, I recently had a delicious crepe (pears, walnuts, gorgonzola cheese) at Bar Suzette in Chelsea Market, and thought of your charming blog.
I love that first one so much:)The museum is gorgeous.ReplyDelete
I do love the American portraits with pets. I also am always amazed at the painter bringing velvet, lace, silk and satin to life with a brush!ReplyDelete
Art by Karena
About 2 months ago my son and I went to the Met specifically to see a show of Frans Hals portraits. We went on Tuesday, and upon arriving were told the show had closed 2 days before, on Sunday.ReplyDelete
After about 5 minutes of bemoaning my bad planning, we started roaming the galleries, knowing the Met is always overflowing with wonderful and varied art of all kinds, and at every turn.
Thanks for the visit, Carol.
- Lucinda3:37 PM
Tintin'w Snowy is very tempting indeed!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the sneak peek in the Met.
The pets really do bring another element to the paintings - a liveliness, a warmth I thought.ReplyDelete
Like in Velazquez 'Las Meninas' or 'Goya's Boy in REd'
More pets in paintings IMHO!!
- Geri, NJ3:46 PM
Can't wait to check it out...Yikes...it seems like yesterday the American Wing opened for the first time...I agree...more pets in paintings ~ There's my 'bubby' in pic #2!ReplyDelete
After years of seeing King Charles Spaniels on laps in museum portraits itReplyDelete
Is so much fun to have a friend with a real live KCS!
I highly recommend putting your arm around an Airedale - just sit on the stairs and let the Airedale sit next to you. Thru are the perfect size to wrap your arm around.
Its fun to seek out paintings with pets in them. I think I love the Irish Setter best. It has a bit of our Annies look in the face. :) I miss having access to museums close by. Thanks again for sharing yours.ReplyDelete
The Met looks wonderful - what a presentation in such a beautiful building.ReplyDelete
The pets are great, too - & a surprise at the number of them.
I fell in love with the Met on my one too-short visit there a couple years ago. Thanks for sharing such lovely paintings with us. I love the first one best. A girl with a cat is after my own heart. xxReplyDelete
Gorgeous sights, Carol, and you captured some wondrous images!ReplyDelete
A wonderful weekend to you,
Carol, your cultural adventures are tres impressive - I always feel like such a slug reading your blog. After that exhibition on les chapeaux, I'll have to get myself to the Met as well (perhaps a pit-stop at Lady M in between...)ReplyDelete
Would love to wing it over to see this in NYC, Carol. Looks fabulous - as well as the exhibition. J xoReplyDelete
I know just the kind of dog for you! Resembles that cute KCS painting 2. ; )ReplyDelete
Great tour, thanks again!

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Mrs Simkins' Mince Pies
Make delicious rich, short pastry in moments: even if your hands are a little on the warm side, with this easy food processor recipe. Use your own homemade mincemeat or a top quality bought one for really more-ish mince pies.
Serve with a pot of your favourite Clipper tea: Clipper's warmly spiced Organic Indian Chai tea has a particularly Christmassy taste.
Makes 12
- 180g (6oz) plain flour
- 120g (4oz) cold butter, diced
- 25g (1oz) caster sugar
- Pinch salt
- 1 tablespoon cold water
- 12 teaspoons of mincemeat
- Caster sugar for finishing, optional
- You will need 2 fluted cutters: 7½ cm (3 inch) and a 6 cm (2½ inch) and a greased 12 cup tart tin
- Preheat oven to 180C (fan ovens) or equivalent
- Tip the flour into the bowl of your food processor and add the salt and butter. Whiz into fine crumbs and add the sugar. Whiz again briefly. Add the water and whiz until the mixture is just starting to come together. Turn onto a floured board and knead lightly into a ball.
- Roll out with a floured rolling pin to a thickness of just less than ½ centimetre.
- Cut out 12 large circles and 12 small circles. Firm the larger circles into the tart tins, very gently.
- Put a teaspoon of mincemeat into each. Brush the edge of each lid with water and pat very gently onto the pies. Brush each pie with water and sprinkle with a little caster sugar. Make a small hole in each lid with the point of a knife.
- Bake for about 12 minutes or until pale golden. Remove from the tin and cool on a wire rack.
Helpful Note
When you are positioning the lids, try to avoid pressing the pastry down too hard and over the edges of the tin. Apart from squashing the pies, this will make it difficult to remove such rich pastry from the tin without breaking, once baked.


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Craft Paper Couture – an inspired idea cut like a pattern and whipped up into a frisky little "funny face" frock. Then, strip it back to its essence for Summer 2010 for a Pret-a-Papier colour collection. It was a Project Runway challenge of sorts, with paper as the source, the instigator of ideas, the beginning of something simply, basically beautiful. Lipstick, Lipglass, Eyeshadow, Paint Pot, Chromografic Pencil, Studio Fix Lash, Impeccable Brow Pencil, Sheertone and Mineralize Blushes, and Nail Lacquer in a seamless spectrum of parchment-to-vellum beiges, with an occasional, clever colour spill, coral among the most au courant.
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This collection features two paint pots that match the theme perfectly. The new Coral Crepe Paint Pot is a lovely muted coral shade that is limited edition. There is also Groundwork, a repromote of the classic creamy taupe paint pot that is the perfect base for just about any eyeshadow look.
MAC is offering two coral lipsticks as part of this collection. Dressmaker, Dressmaker is a light coral with some peach thrown in for a result that is bright without being bold and helps you look more awake. Made to Order is the other coral and this one is more on the neutral side for those who want to wear coral but have trouble pulling off so much pink. Both are the Lustre formulation which means you can expect a wash of color with a soft sheen and plenty of hydration. MAC also dug up Archetype from the McQueen collection for this occasion. This beige-gold lipstick creates a nude lip that pairs well the Coral Crepe Paint Pot eye look without competing with it. However, without other bright colors on your face to balance out your look, this lipstick can make you look washed out.
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City of Lincoln
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Open houses May 23 also part of National EMS Week
Those responsible for saving the lives of 21 people in 2008 will receive Phoenix Awards Tuesday, May 19. The annual awards ceremony begins at 1:30 p.m. at the People's Choice Federal Credit Union, 2500 "N" St. Lincoln Fire & Rescue and the 911 Emergency Communications Centers present the awards as part of the 36th annual National EMS Week May 17 through 23.
Fire Chief Niles Ford will present more than 100 certificates to the 911 dispatchers, firefighters and paramedics who responded to calls that resulted in a cardiac arrest "save" - reviving a patient who is found by EMS without a pulse and not breathing, or "clinically dead."
Ford said National EMS Week honors those emergency medical service workers who daily devote their efforts to respond to those with medical emergencies. This year's theme is " A Proud Partner in Your Community." As part of the observance, all fire stations in the City will host open houses from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, May 23. The public can tour the facilities and equipment and receive free blood pressure and pulse oximeter checks.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Jan. 22, 2005) - Chattanooga junior forward Alphonso Pugh scored 23 points and the Mocs shot 59 percent from the floor to take a 93-59 win over East Tennessee State Saturday afternoon at McKenzie Arena.
The Mocs broke a four-game losing streak to the Bucs, which included back-to-back losses to ETSU in the Southern Conference Tournament Championship.
"Give UTC credit, they have a really good team and they showed that tonight," said ETSU head coach Murry Bartow. "We just got whipped. We had some open looks from 3(-point range) in the first half and if those had gone down it might have been a bit closer. But they just played really well."
UTC, now 12-4 and 5-1 in the SoCon, raced out to a 9-0 lead a little more than three minutes into the game. The lead was 16-6 on a Pugh bucket at 13:34 of the first half. After ETSU's Dillion Sneed (Chicago) trimmed the margin by two on the next trip down the court, the Mocs ran out on a 13-2 run to enjoy a 29-12 lead at 7:56 of the first period. ETSUs Tim Smith (Newport News, Va.) hit a three-pointer at the halftime buzzer for the halftime margin of 45-30 UTC.
The Bucs, 6-11 and 2-5, got as close as 14 on another Smith triple at 18:37 of the second half. The Mocs used a 12-2 blitz, including four points by Chris Brown, to increase the deficit to 59-35 at the 14:43 mark.
Pugh's layup at 10:55 gave UTC a 69-48 lead and put the margin over the 20-point mark for good. A Casey Long three-point play, followed by a Pugh field goal, capped a 15-2 Mocs march to take the lead into the 30s, 84-50 with 5:03 to play.
UTCs largest lead came on two Jerice Crouch free throws which gave the Mocs an 88-53 edge. Ben Rhodas layup with 1:44 remaining enabled ETSUs deficit to dip below 30 at 88-59, but that would be the Bucs' final points of the game.
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The UCSB women's cross country squad closed out their season with a top-20 result at the NCAA Championships. The Gauchos completed the race with 449 points to place 19th.
"This was another good performance," said assistant coach Avery Blackwell. "We were hoping to finish in the top-20, and the team came through with a strong finish. Everyone ran a good race, and we're proud of the season that we came away with."
Bethany Nickless was 66th overall with a time of 21:19, and Megan Lewis was 68th with a time of 21:20. They stayed close to each other throughout the entire race and had identical split-times at the 2k and 4k checkpoints. The course was 6 kilometers long, which is approximately 4 miles.
Danielle Domenichelli was the next to cross the line for UCSB, clocking-in at 21:33 to place 101st. Liza Hitchner was 143rd with a time of 21:52. Freshman Breanne Strenkowski ran a 22:34 to place 211th, and was the final UCSB scorer with a team-adjusted position of 173rd. Also competing were Alyssa Brown (242nd, 23:23) and Ashley Ramirez (248th, 23:34). There were a total of 255 competitors and 31 teams in the race.
The women's race was dominated by Texas Tech's Sally Kipyego, who led the entire course and broke away from the pack after the second kilometer. Kipyego became the first back-to-back winner since North Carolina's Shalane Flanagan won consecutive titles in 2002 and 2003. Colorado's Jenny Barringer and Florida State's Susan Kuijken finished in second and third respectively, but they were unable to match Kipyego's pace and crossed the line more than 17 seconds behind.
Stanford took home the team title for the third consecutive year and the fourth time in five years. The Cardinal finished with 145 team points, ahead of second-place Oregon with 177 points. Florida State took third thanks to the strong outing from Kuijken, as they edged Arizona State by a mere 15 points.
The men's 10k race was held before the women's race, and the crowd witnessed a duel between Oregon's Galen Rupp and Liberty's Josh McDougal. The two battled back and forth over the last 2 kilometers, with both runners trading attacks and attempting to wear the other down. Rupp surged past McDougal in the final 600 meters, but McDougal was able to out-kick Rupp to the finish line and capture his first individual title with a time of 29:22. Rupp trailed by just one second.
Oregon captured their first men's team title since 1977, finishing with 85 points. Iona was second with 113 points, and Oklahoma State was third with 180 points.
The event was held at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center for the fourth-straight year. The course is known for being meticulously maintained all year-round, and for having a good mix of flats and hills. The weeks leading up to this race were blessed with good weather and little rainfall, leaving the course firm and dry. Last year's race was held in rainy, muddy conditions.
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Recommendation goes to City Council
Mayor Don Wesely said today's vote by the Lincoln-Lancaster Planning Commission on impact fees is a major step forward for the City's investment in infrastructure financing. The Planning Commission voted to recommend to the City Council that impact fees be established as part of an infrastructure plan. The Council will have a public hearing on the impact fee proposal at its meeting November 4.
"Impact fees address both funding and fairness. They are a very important part of a larger package for financing water, sewers, parks and streets in existing and new areas of Lincoln," said Wesely. "I want to thank the City staff and members of the public who have worked so hard on this issue and the members of the Planning Commission for recognizing the importance of this issue to the growth of our community."
The City of Lincoln has been studying the issue of infrastructure financing for several years, and impact fees have been proposed as a partial solution. The financing gap that remains is being addressed by a 14-member Infrastructure Finance Committee appointed by Mayor Wesely October 3. The Committee has several interim reports due in December 2002 and is scheduled to complete its work by June 2003.
In Lincoln, the growth costs traditionally have been negotiated on a case-by-case basis between the City and the developer. The system has drawn complaints from developers that it is inconsistent and concerns from those in established areas that the City pays too much of the cost for growth, thus reducing the money available to maintain aging infrastructure.
The impact fee schedule would start at $2,500 for a single-family home and be phased in over five years to $4,500 for a single-family home, with annual inflation for construction costs added. The proposal excludes low-income housing buyers and renters from impact fees. If adopted by the City Council, impact fees and additional infrastructure finance measures are proposed to take effect next summer.
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Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, and other nearby sites
We live in Costa Mesa, Ca, about 5 miles from the Pacific Ocean. The weather is nice almost everyday. As a photographer, I can find something to shoot everyday including the ocean, beaches, missions, flowers, boats, beach city architecture, and more. I just need to get out there and "do it." Like many photographers, I am busy planning my next photography trip, rather than just looking around my own area. I plan to take more "local" photos in the upcoming months.Read More


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Kim Kardashian Admits She Ruined Kris Humphries' Life
Kim Kardashian finally has a full on breakdown in this weeks 'Kourtney and Kim Take New York' and admits what we've all thought — she's wasted everyone's time and money and ruined Kris Humphries's life by marrying him!
In this shocking never before seen clip from this Sunday's Kourtney and Kim Take New York, Kim Kardashian has still not confessed to her husband Kris Humphries that her feelings for him have changed. Once again, he's the last to know about his own life, while the 31-year-old reality maven pours her heart out to Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick instead.
Her shocking revelations include she's told Kris he can't move his boxes into her house in Los Angeles, she feels awful that she made him move from Minnesota and her heart isn't connecting to him anymore.
"It's hard for me. I had dinner with him last night one on one and I was going crazy. I had nothing to talk about," Kim says, breaking down. "He's a good heart. He's a Christian. He's everything on paper exactly what I want in someone — but for some reason, my heart isn't connecting. I've tried and I've tried, but I don't know what to do."
She adds, "I feel awful that I like, made him move out here and change his whole life. I feel bad for him…He fell in love with me and I fell in love with him and now my feelings have changed."
Then she moves on beyond Kris and says, "You don't I feel bad I invited all these people out to this huge wedding and flew everyone out and wasted everyone's time? You know, I wasted everyone's money. I wasted everyone's everything and I feel bad!"
This is the most honest we've seen Kim act in months and it finally affirms what we suspected: her marriage was a complete and utter mistake from the beginning.
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What the church means when she refers to deacons as ministers of sacrament is, in one sense, fairly straightforward: How does the deacon participate in the sacramental life of the church? In answer to that question, one can often rather simply just list the various sacramental functions of our public worship -- as I did in the last post -- and speak to the various roles of the deacon in their celebration.
However, in my opinion, we need to then broaden the discussion back to where we started in the first post in this series: that for Catholics, "sacramentality" means much more than simply "the seven sacraments of the church." Sacramentality, as you will recall, is grounded in Christ, the ursakrament or the fundamental sacrament of our encounter with God. The entire "sacramental life" of the Church, in all of her members, flows from this relationship with Christ.
So, looking at the deacon, then, we might ask: How does the deacon "sacramentalize" for the Christian community this encounter with Christ? Pope John Paul II, writing about the human dimension of the formation of presbyters, used the image of a bridge: that the ordained minister needs to be a bridge for people in their encounter with Christ, and not an obstacle to that encounter (see Pastores Dabo Vobis); in subequent documents, the Holy See and USCCB have developed this idea for diaconate formation as well.
How can deacons be this "bridge" leading others to Christ? There are many ways, of course, including the deacon's liturgical and sacramental roles. However, equally important (and some would say, even more important) are the various ministries and "apostolic works" in which the deacon is engaged in the service of others in the community. This will be subject of our next series on the deacon's participation in triple munus of ordained ministry, when we turn our attention to the deacon as Minister of Charity and Justice.


text: Lifesize Unveils Video Conferencing Bridge Oct 20, 2010 eWeek | Jeff Burt Traditional enterprise high definition (HD) video conferencing and telepresence products have been very expensive, and require significant investments in infrastructure. "They are often pretty complex to use and difficult to deploy; and they tend to be incompatible with mobile devices and systems from other providers," says Casey King, Chief Technology Officer, Lifesize. The company is aiming to address these issues and make video conferencing simpler to deploy.


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It's hard not to love an underdog, and Frightened Rabbit is a great one. Maybe it's a Scottish thing – there's no getting around singer Scott Hutchison's heavy brogue – but there's a presumed scruffiness to the men who populate this band's songs. You want to root for them, if for no other reason than the fact that these drunk craftsmen types seem far more appropriate as rock stars than, say, the sappy mandolineers of Mumford & Sons, to whom Frightened Rabbit frequently are compared.
With their fourth album and major label debut, "Pedestrian Verse," Frightened Rabbit's transition from underdog status to stardom suddenly doesn't seem so far out of the question. This latest effort has neither the raw emotional vulnerability of the band's 2008 classic "The Midnight Organ Fight" nor the smooth accessibility of 2010's "The Winter of Mixed Drinks," but its raggedly earnest, self-deprecating songwriting is striking and familiar. The guitar solos are a cut above anything the band's done before. "Pedestrian Verse" is one of the most credible bids for what rock music should be in the 2010s, laced with sprawling, U2-style guitar parts and infused with Neutral Milk Hotel's indie folk weirdness.
Many songs here, such as standout singles "Dead Now" and "The Woodpile," are full of Hutchison's trademark morbid and even grotesque imagery. Combined with the pro-homestead vibes of endlessly hummable interludes "Housing (In)" and "Housing (Out)," this create a permeating gothic mood. Frightened Rabbit always have been scholars of tragicomic masculinity, and "Act of Man" is one of the finest entries in that catalog to date. Reveling in human flaw over an array of tense guitars and spare piano notes, the song descends into lyrical refrain that scans as a mission statement for a modest band on the brink of something bigger: "I'm here," Hutchinson sings, "Not heroic, but I try."
Kyle Kramer is a RedEye special contributor. @redeyechimusic
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by Francesca Edwards
Well known as one of the fashion capitals of the world, Rome has always been a hotspot for shopping. The magnificently luxurious streets of Via Condotti and Via del Corso are home to many of the Kings and Queens of the fashion industry; Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Prada to name a few. However, once you've spent enough time dribbling over Fendi's latest bag collection you may want to consider a more affordable and equally enjoyable option to get some serious shopping done. Flea markets in Rome are by no means your traditional village markets by any standard. Extremely popular with locals, the mystery behind how Italians can always afford to keep on top of the latest fashion trends becomes apparent here.
The biggest and most popular market in Rome is easily Porta Portese. This fabulous haven of treasures can be found every Sunday from the crack of dawn, come rain, snow or sun. The market starts from the Porta Portese gate (hence the name) and stretches all the way to Trastevere train station, running parallel along the left bank of the River Tiber. As far as the eye can see, there are stalls selling almost anything and everything imaginable.
Here you can find the latest fashion trends, electrical goods, souvenirs and knickknacks at more than reasonable prices! And if you're really desperate for that, D&G bag there is also a wide range of illegal (yet irresistible!) imitations to be found. The market is also a very well known for its antique section, where bargain hunters have the chance to walk away with a vintage replica of Leonardo Da Vinci's Last Supper or a French decetoire period chest of drawers for their dining room. For those who have a real keen eye for a bargain, then it is definitely worth checking out the second hand stalls. On first glance it may appear to be a pile of mismatched shoes, or unloved bags, but as they say one man's junk is another man's treasure!
The sights, sounds and smells of the market give Porta Portese a hectic atmosphere. Be prepared to chat to friendly stall sellers, and watch out ladies, it's not unheard of to get a marriage proposal or two whilst browsing for shoes!
When you're feeling hungry Porta Portese is also the perfect place for you to grab a porchetta sandwich, this typically Roman 'delicacy' always hits the spot.
When in Rome haggle like a Roman:
• Don't buy from the first stall you see. You will often find that something that is 5 Euro on one stall will be 4 a few metres down the line. As a general rule for Porta Portese, the further away from Trastevere train station the more prices drop. Since not as many people make it all the way to the bitter end and sellers here are hoping to attract the final few with competitive prices.• Remember that the best way to strike a deal or knock down the price of something is when you wish to purchase multiple items. This makes it easier to offer a set price for both.• Do not let yourself get bullied. If you are an impulsive buyer or easily persuaded into buying things you never knew you wanted, then be alert! Market sellers can spot a foreigner a mile off and as soon as you so much as catch their eye, they can be very pushy. Before you go, practise saying 'NO' like you mean it.• Keep an eye on your belongings. As with being a foreigner in any large city you are more susceptible to pick pocketing. Porta Portese does have a bad reputation for pick pockets, however as long as you apply common sense and keep an eye on your valuables, you shouldn't experience any problems.
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Beloit's board of trustees made two key decisions at its October board meeting that are building momentum around plans to convert a nearby, decommissioned power plant into a campus activity and recreation center.
Trustees approved a three-year agreement between the college and current owner Alliant Energy aimed at transitioning ownership of the century-old building while allowing the college time to raise full funding for the project. At the same meeting, trustees approved hiring Studio Gang Architects—one of architecture's most innovative and closely watched firms—to lead the project's design.
Studio Gang has made an international name for itself through projects that resonate with their specific sites and culture while addressing global themes, such as reuse and sustainability.
The firm is led by Jeanne Gang, a MacArthur Fellow and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. In the past year, she and her firm have been the subject of a solo exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago and feted in the Wall Street Journal Magazine. In September, Gang and Managing Principal Mark Schendel accepted the 2013 National Design Award in Architecture from the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum at a White House reception hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama.
A committee composed of trustees, staff, faculty, and students selected Chicago-based Studio Gang from a field of five firms "for their creativity, talent, vision, and care, but most of all—their enthusiasm for approaching this project as both collaborator and partner, learner and leader," says committee co-chair and Dean of Students Christina Klawitter'98.
"This project should be a model—for connecting college to community, campus to river, and our city's past to its future while honoring the role Alliant Energy and its employees played in powering our state's growth over a century," College President Scott Bierman says. "This is a vision Studio Gang is already helping shape and make possible. We are thrilled to see what they can teach us, discover, and do for the college and our region."
Alliant Energy and college leaders have been working together for more than a year to explore a possible sale of the Blackhawk Generating Station, a 120,000-square-foot electric power plant perched on the east bank of the Rock River, only about 100 yards away from the college's science center.
Specific plans for the building are expected to evolve, but preliminary discussions held over the past year focused on its role as a campus center, which could include an indoor track, a large, flexible open space, and a lecture/movie hall, among other spaces that take advantage of the building's prime location along the river.
If all goes well at the end of the three-year agreement window, Alliant Energy would formalize a transition of the property in 2016.


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78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 32, Vetoed
Description: Proclamation issued by Governor Rick Perry vetoing a bill passed by the Texas House of Representatives relating to certain writs of habeas corpus based solely on a claim of a time-served credit error.
Date: June 20, 2003
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With the possible exception of those who were directly employed by the company, no one was more saddened than the Duke and I when Deimos DVD went belly-up. In the company's short but vibrant history, Deimos released several gorgeously-presented, extras-laden sets focusing on 70s Spanish exploitation, which of course heavily featured the works of the patron saint of Mad Mad Mad Mad Movies, Paul Naschy. We had hopes that the Mighty Mighty Molina's vast reserves of unreleased cinematic awesome would eventually see the light of day under the company's loving care. Alas, it was not to be--and though the DVDs they did produce still stand as the definitive digital versions of the films, the Duke and Vicar despaired of anyone else ever taking up the mantle and bringing more Paul to the general public.
So you can imagine my delight when I went to the Vicarage's post-box earlier this week and found there Troma Team's recent release of The Hanging Woman (aka La Orgia de los Muertos), a Naschy-starring obscurity of just the sort I'd despaired of ever seeing released again. And when I put the DVD in the Vicar-ious player to check out the presentation and found a frankly stunning array of well-produced extras (all the more shocking given the DVD's budget-conscious price tag), my delight turned instantly into near-orgasmic glee.
Yes, I'm pleased to report that Troma Team has done more than right by this entertaining Naschy romp, and for fans of the Spanish Master of Horror, this has to be in contention for the DVD release of the year. And even if you're not (yet) a Naschy fan, the disc is more than worth the ten bucks it'll cost to immerse yourself in sweet Euroshock goodness.
you can read that scintillating piece of cinematic criticism by clicking here), but here's the low-down: Paul plays a necrophiliac gravedigger named Igor (of course), wrongly accused of a series of mysterious murders in the rural village where he lives and works. Outsider Serge Chekov (Stan Cooper) arrives and quickly becomes embroiled in the intrigues of the local aristocracy--intrigues that include Black Magic, Mad Science, and swingin' psychadelic sex. Throw in a zombie-horde ending (headed by Zombie Paul!) and you've got a recipe for a good time.
The image quality here is not as pristine as those on the Deimos discs, which is probably due to both the state of the original prints and the budget price tag. Don't get me wrong, it looks fine--a definite improvement over the VHS version I originally reviewed--but it's not going to knock you out with its clarity and colors. Certain scenes have very prominent specks and scratches, while others range from decent to pretty darn good. It's presented in full-frame, though certain scenes in the extras show a larger aspect ratio--however, those shots are of markedly lower quality than the feature print. Given the state of much obscure grindhouse-era filmstock, it's not an exaggeration to say this is likely as good as the film has ever looked on home video.
a wonderful 15-minute interview with the man himself, obviously recorded recently, in which he discusses the movie, his contributions to the development of the character of Igor, his acting vs. directing philosophy, and the unifying themes in his career. It's fascinating stuff, and Naschy's joy and enthusiasm for the genre shines through at every turn. A great, informative interview, and worth the $10 alone.
Also included is a 10-minute featurette entitled "Naschy 101," written and presented by Shane M. Dallman. This short was produced specifically for the Troma Team release, and offers a concise, fact-filled overview of Naschy's career and influence. Dallman's delivery is rather stiff and wonkish, and those who are already fanatics will already know most of the info presented, but it's definitely a must-watch for the Naschy neophyte.
There's a 20-minute interview with director José Luis Merino, who also recorded a feature-length commentary. Merino is a hoot to listen to, very energetic and enthusiastic despite his advanced years. His borderline crotchety reflections on the economics of movie-making in 70s Spain is as funny as it is informative, and his tendency to step on the mediator's questions during the commentary reflects his cinematic passion. He also has some things to say about necrophilia, nudity, and the difference between horror films and porn that are worth checking out.
As if that weren't enough, also included on the disc is a bonus feature film, Sweet Sound of Death, which I'd never heard of but looks interesting enough to perhaps merit its own review further down the road. Finally, there's a short interview (produced by Ultra Violent Magazine and magGot films) with actor/director Ben Tatar, who directed the English dubbing of hundreds of European exploitation films in the 70s, including The Hanging Woman, Sweet Sound of Death, and Horror Rises from the Tomb. I was expecting this to be a boring feature, but Tatar is unexpectedly fascinating: he's been fired by Jackie Gleason, was friends with Gene Kelly, and had an at least professional (and possibly more--Tatar is rather coy on the point) relationship with Ava Gardner. His reminiscences and anecdotes are well worth the 12 minutes it takes to watch the interview.*
*Strangely, on my copy of the DVD, the Tatar interview plays twice consecutively--whether this is a DVD glitch or something to do with the Vicar's antiquated DVD player, I'm not sure.
All in all, this is a fantastic release from Troma Team, and with the astonishingly low sticker price, there's no reason every horror/exploitation fan in the U.S. shouldn't rush out and pick up a copy right now. (In fact, buy two and give one to a friend. They'll thank you, believe me.) And here's hoping that Troma Team will pick up where Deimos left off and start plucking more Naschy treasures from obscurity to give them their proper respect. I know I'll be watching!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
DVD Review: THE HANGING WOMAN (1973)
Posted by The Vicar of VHS at 10:31 AM
Labels: DVD Reviews, Paul Naschy, Zombies
6 comments:
- Jenn said...
Okay, this is a MUST BUY, even though I have the VHS and avi file (courtesy of you, my dear), but the EXTRAS! The EXTRAS! I'm ever so excited.
Everyone needs to take Naschy 101. :)
- September 30, 2009 at 2:26 PM
Thanks for the reminder, V., I'd forgotten this was coming out. Just read your review – sounds like a roller-coaster of WTF. I ask you this, though: Who – if they were a swarthy gravedigger named Igor – wouldn't exorcise the workaday ennui by indulging in the occasional necrophilia? One could hardly keep one's head held high amongst fellow professionals and do otherwise.
Yes, Deimos is missed. I've picked up a couple of their discs and the presentation is tasty indeed. Sad. So much Naschy yet to tap.
All the heartier kudos to Troma, then. Although I wished they'd used the striking hanging woman poster art for their cover. A piffle of a quibble though, given their obvious efforts with the extras and pricing. Well done.
- September 30, 2009 at 11:23 PM
- Samuel Wilson said...
As it happens, I bought the DVD just as your article was appearing, during a day trip to NYC and the surviving Kim's Video store, where it was down to $7.99. Haven't watched the film yet, but will review it soon. I have watched Naschy 101 and the great man's interview. Both were quite entertaining.
- October 1, 2009 at 9:23 PM
- Marc said...
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- October 2, 2009 at 5:13 AM
- Marc said...
Hello! I'm the one who directed Naschy and Merino's interviews for the DVD, as well as the audio commentary. All this stuff was filmed on August 5th. 2009 in Madrid, Spain, if you want this info. Hope you enjoy it! [sorry I deleted it previously -my mistake!]
- October 2, 2009 at 5:58 AM
- The Vicar of VHS said...
@Jenn--this should definitely be in every Jacintophile's collection. And I *know* you love the Naschy, perhaps almost as much as the Duke and I. Almost. ;)
@Geo--the cover art Troma used is in fact one of the original poster variants (complete with "Last House on the Left" tagline rip-off), but I agree that the painted Hanging Woman art from the VHS tape is much more aesthetically pleasing. Still, I'm not complaining. :)
@Samuel Wilson--can't wait to read your take on this one! While Naschy didn't write the script, his influence is felt throughout, which is a very good thing.
@Marc--thanks for commenting, and for the info! You did a great job on the interviews--thanks for that too! I am SOOOOO jealous that you actually got to talk to Naschy. There are few things I wouldn't sacrifice to get some conversation time with the Mighty Mighty Molina myself...next time you see him, tell him the Vicar loves him! :D
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I guess we'll call this week my little blog break for Christmas.. I was not planning to go MIA but the last week before I managed to fly home to Finland, there was a million things to do. Luckily I am here now but not unfortunately in Spain like I was a few weeks ago, where I wore my Three Floor dress for the first time. A good red dress must one of the best investments as it was the first thing I folded in my Christmas holiday suitcase.
Hope you all are doing well and making the most of the festive season, more in season stuff coming up soon.


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You are able see through a brick wall, as if you had suddenly acquired super powers. An illustration in a newspaper comes to life, as if by magic.
If you have experienced anything like this of late, chances are you are one of the initiates into the world of augmented reality (AR). AR is a fascinating technology that is rapidly developing and taking hold in business and entertainment applications. As its uses expand, smartphones, tablets, goggles and other devices are becoming our window on a wondrous new world of sights and sounds.
You can travel to the original sites of the long-demolished Berlin Wall or World Trade Center and restore them before you on your AR-enhanced smartphone. You can stand on the empty fields at Gettysburg, Pa., and see the Civil War battle in action. If you were in London, England for Universal Studio's centenary celebrations, you could have watched a rampaging Tyrannosaurus rex make its way down tony Oxford Street.
There is a long and growing list of practical applications using the technology. You can look beyond or behind your current location to find the closest ATM, see how furniture from a catalogue will look in your home, translate signs into your mother tongue while travelling in foreign lands and learn detailed information about a nearby real estate listing, among other possibilities.
AR will revolutionize the way consumers interact with print media and how advertisers will reach their readers, says Maarten Lens-FitzGerald, co-founder of mobile AR application developer Layar in Amsterdam. A wealth of additional content can flow through these apps, from video accompanying articles or ads to instructions on the use of machines or medical devices. "Overlaying a video on top of the packaging makes it very simple for people who have trouble reading or younger kids," he says.
For publishers and marketers, AR-enabled media can significantly increase response rates. Layar reports that early trials for one AR-augmented magazine attracted 21,000 unique users on a print run of 180,000.
Given the wow factor and the economics, AR is destined to be part of everyday life, whether we're at work or at play, says Hong Kong-based mobile specialist, author and consultant Tomi Ahonen: "AR is already well on its way to achieving mainstream status. By 2020, there will be one billion AR consumers."
The rate of adoption for a Hong Kong AR app called iButterfly that lets you capture virtual butterflies for coupons is a testament to the power of this new medium, he says. "Four per cent of the city's population has used iButterfly in just a year. That is getting to be very serious mass-market size."
There's much more to come. Among the projects in development is Project Glass from Google, which is working on AR-enhanced headsets that can stream and record video, search email and the web and display information a small transparent screen. A popular YouTube video shows the device being used to send and receive text messages, send and receive video calls, locate friends and more.
It's early days, but this too will become reality, Ahonen says. "Although the tech is within some years from commercial launch, we will have this on our faces well before the decade is gone."


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Margaret Purser
Title: Professor
Concentration: Historical archaeology, archeological theory, material culture studies, GIS applications in cultural landscape studies, community-based research methodologies, comparative study of heritage policy frameworks; North America, Pacific Basin.
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley 1987
Office: Stevenson 2054G
Phone: (707) 664-3164
Email: email@example.com
I got my BA from the College of William and Mary, with a double major in History and Anthropology. My UC Berkeley dissertation was on the material culture of a historic cattle ranching community in Paradise Valley, Nevada. Since then I have worked on projects in the Sierra Nevada mining camps, in the inland maritime landscape of the Sacramento River Delta, and in the 19th century coffee and cattle plantations of Pacific coastal Guatemala. My current research project is in Levuka, Fiji. In addition to these more conventional field projects, I've been participating in a series of "Teaching American History" grants since 2004 with an interdisciplinary team of historians and education specialists. I'm really interested in community-based heritage projects of all different kinds, and in the way that what we might call a 'historical anthropology' in all its many different forms seems to be expanding and taking on new dimensions in the applied fields of CRM, historic preservation, land management, planning, and community development. I also like experimenting with new digital technologies to capture and convey information about how people are connected to place, and to the past.
- ANTH 322: Historical Archaeology
- ANTH 325: World Prehistory
- ANTH 326: Topics in Archaeology
- ANTH 327: Archaeology of North America
- ANTH 444: Material Culture Studies
- ANTH 502: History and Theory of Archaeology
- ANTH 554: Field School in Heritage Management
Selected Scholarship:
- 2012
- "Emptying the Magician's Hat: GIS Technology, Community-Based Research, and New Challenges for Genuine Representation". In Carmen, McDavid, and Skeates, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Public Archaeology, Oxford University Press.
- 2011
- "New Perspectives from the North: Comparative Opportunities and Challenges in an Archaeology of Eldorado". In Spude et al, eds., Eldorado! The Archaeology of Gold Mining in the Far North. University of Nebraska Press, 2011.
- 2008
- "Plats and Place: the Transformation of 19th Century Speculation Townsites on the Sacramento River". Co-authored with Noelle Storey. Historical Archaeology vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 26-46.
- 2007
- "What This Place Needs is a Few More Cats". In "Forum: What Are We Really Learning through Publicly Funded Historical Archaeology?". Historical Archaeology vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 62-66.
- 2003
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|This specification defines a protocol for communicating user nicknames, either in XMPP presence subscription requests or in XMPP messages.
|Peter Saint-Andre, Valerie Mercier
|© 1999 – 2018 XMPP Standards Foundation. SEE LEGAL NOTICES.
|Standards Track
|Last Updated:
NOTICE: The protocol defined herein is a Draft Standard of the XMPP Standards Foundation. Implementations are encouraged and the protocol is appropriate for deployment in production systems, but some changes to the protocol are possible before it becomes a Final Standard.
1. Introduction
2. Terminology
3. Format
4. Use Cases
4.1. Presence Subscription Requests
4.2. Message Exchange
4.3. Nickname Management
5. Implementation Notes
6. Former Usages
7. Security Considerations
8. IANA Considerations
9. XMPP Registrar Considerations
9.1. Protocol Namespaces
10. XML Schema
11. Acknowledgements
A: Document Information
B: Author Information
C: Legal Notices
D: Relation to XMPP
E: Discussion Venue
F: Requirements Conformance
G: Notes
H: Revision History
A nickname is a global, memorable (but not necessarily unique) friendly or informal name chosen by the owner of a bare JID <firstname.lastname@example.com> for the purpose of associating a distinctive mapping between the person's unique JID and non-unique nickname. While nicknames have been a common feature of instant messaging systems for many years, they have not always featured prominently in Jabber/XMPP IM systems (e.g., nicknames were not specified in RFC 3921 [1] or RFC 6121 [2]). However, there are several reasons why nicknames are important:
This document defines best practices that enable IM users to advertise their preferred nicknames over Jabber/XMPP instant messaging networks.
This proposal draws a distinction between the following kinds of names, where a JID is an innate feature of a user's identity on an XMPP system, a nickname is asserted by a user, and a handle is assigned by a contact to a user.
|Jabber ID (JID)
|A global and unique XMPP identifier registered to a particular user, of the form <firstname.lastname@example.com>; represented in the 'from' attribute of XML stanzas sent by that user, the 'jid' attribute of items associated with that user in a contact's roster, etc.
|A global and memorable (but not necessarily unique) friendly name or informal name asserted by an IM user. Typically, a nickname is different from a familiar name, such as "Chuck" for "Charles", "Bill" for "William", "Pete" for "Peter", or "Dave" for "David"; instead, a nickname is even less formal, such as "stpeter" or "dizzyd". A nickname is thus typically different from a "display name" as that term is understood in SMTP (see RFC 2821 [4]) and SIP (see RFC 3261 [5]).
|A private, unique, and memorable "petname" or "alias" assigned by a contact to a user; represented in the 'name' attribute of the item associated with that user's JID in the contact's roster. [6]
A nickname MUST be encapsulated as the XML character data of a <nick/> element qualified by the 'http://jabber.org/protocol/nick' namespace. Here is an example:
<nick xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/nick'>Ishmael</nick>
A nickname of this form has the same semantic meaning as the following data fields:
The entity to which the <nick/> refers is the from address (no matter how encapsulated in XML) of the nearest ancestor element that specifies the sender (which might be a parent or grandparent element, e.g. the 'from' attribute of an <iq/> stanza).
In general, a user SHOULD include his or her nickname when establishing initial communication with a contact or group of contacts (i.e., the user has never been in communication with and does not have a prior relationship with the contact or group of contacts). Appropriate use cases therefore include:
As defined in RFC 6121, a presence subscription request contains only the JID of the sender:
<presence firstname.lastname@example.com' firstname.lastname@example.com' type='subscribe'/>
Naturally, based on the JID of the sender, it is possible for the client to pull information about the sender from a persistent data store such as an LDAP database, vcard-temp (XEP-0054) [7] node, or XEP-0154 store. However, to speed interactions, this document recommends that when a client sends a subscription request, it SHOULD include the preferred nickname of the sender:
<presence firstname.lastname@example.com' firstname.lastname@example.com' type='subscribe'> <nick xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/nick'>Ishmael</nick> </presence>
Note: This document recommends sending the nickname only in presence subscription requests; the nickname MUST NOT be included in presence broadcasts (i.e., <presence/> stanzas with no 'type' attribute or of type "unavailable").
When a user begins to chat with a contact but the two parties have no pre-existing relationship or prior communications (e.g., no presence subscription or previous message exchange), the user SHOULD include the nickname with the first message sent to the contact:
<message email@example.com/pda' firstname.lastname@example.com' type='chat'> <body>Call me Ishmael</body> <nick xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/nick'>Ishmael</nick> </message>
In order for a user to modify his or her nickname and notify contacts of that change, it is RECOMMENDED for clients to use Personal Eventing Protocol (XEP-0163) [13] (a.k.a. PEP).
<iq email@example.com/pda' type='set' id='pub1'> <pubsub xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub'> <publish node='http://jabber.org/protocol/nick'> <item> <nick xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/nick'>CallMeIshmael</nick> </item> </publish> </pubsub> </iq>
<message email@example.com' firstname.lastname@example.com' type='headline' id='foo'> <event xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub#event'> <items node='http://jabber.org/protocol/nick'> <item> <nick xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/nick'>CallMeIshmael</nick> </item> </items> </event> <addresses xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/address'> <address type='replyto' firstname.lastname@example.com/pda'/> </addresses> </message> . . .
If a XEP-0163-compliant personal eventing service is not available, a client SHOULD use a standalone Publish-Subscribe (XEP-0060) [14] service.
<iq firstname.lastname@example.com/pda' to='pubsub.mody-dick.lit' type='set' id='pub2'> <pubsub xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub'> <publish node='841f3c8955c4c41a0cf99620d78a33b996659ded'> <item> <nick xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/nick'>CallMeIshmael</nick> </item> </publish> </pubsub> </iq>
<message from='pubsub.mody-dick.lit' firstname.lastname@example.com' type='headline' id='foo'> <event xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub#event'> <items node='841f3c8955c4c41a0cf99620d78a33b996659ded'> <item> <nick xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/nick'>CallMeIshmael</nick> </item> </items> </event> <addresses xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/address'> <address type='replyto' email@example.com/pda'/> </addresses> </message> . . .
If a client does not support XEP-0060 or the subset thereof specified in XEP-0163, it MAY send one <message/> stanza to each of its contacts, containing the updated nickname (note: the client SHOULD send the messages in a staggered fashion in order to avoid server-enforced rate limiting, commonly known as "karma").
<message firstname.lastname@example.com/pda' email@example.com'> <nick xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/nick'>CallMeIshmael</nick> </message> . . .
An IM client MAY use the user's own nickname as all or part of the "display name" shown to the user of that client (e.g., as the sending name in one-to-one chats and groupchats). For example, if the user whose JID is firstname.lastname@example.com asserts that his nickname is "Ishmael", that user's client may show "Ishmael" as all or part of the user's display name. How the client shall store the display name is out of scope for this document; possible mechanisms include the user's local vCard, an organizational LDAP directory, Private XML Storage (XEP-0049) [15], or XEP-0154.
Earlier versions of this document described how to include the User Nickname extension in presence stanzas and invitations sent in relation to Multi-User Chat (XEP-0045) [16] rooms. Based on deployment experience, that usage is now discouraged, since it is confusing to display multiple nicknames to an end user and inclusion of user-generated nicknames can override or work around local service policies for "nick lockdown" in chatrooms.
Earlier versions also described usage in relation to the Waiting Lists (XEP-0130) [17] protocol. Because that protocol is now obsolete, documentation of such usage has been removed from this specification.
A nickname is a memorable, friendly name asserted by a user. There is no guarantee that any given nickname will be unique even within a particular community (such as an enterprise or university), let alone across the Internet through federation of communities. Clients SHOULD warn users that nicknames asserted by contacts are not unique and that nickname collisions are possible. Clients also MUST NOT depend on nicknames to validate the identity of contacts; instead, nicknames SHOULD be used in conjunction with JIDs (which are globally unique) and user-assigned handles (which are private and unique) as described in XEP-0165 in order to provide a three-pronged approach to identity validation, preferably in combination with X.509 certificates.
This document requires no interaction with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) [18].
The XMPP Registrar [19] includes 'http://jabber.org/protocol/nick' in its registry of protocol namespaces (see <https://xmpp.org/registrar/namespaces.html>).
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <xs:schema xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' targetNamespace='http://jabber.org/protocol/nick' xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/nick' elementFormDefault='qualified'> <xs:annotation> <xs:documentation> The protocol documented by this schema is defined in XEP-0172: http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0172.html </xs:documentation> </xs:annotation> <xs:element name='nick' type='xs:string'/> </xs:schema>
Thanks to Ian Paterson for his feedback.
Unbeknownst to the authors of this document, work on user nicknames was previously done by Richard Dobson.
Series: XEP
Number: 0172
Publisher: XMPP Standards Foundation
Status: Draft
Type: Standards Track
Version: 1.1
Last Updated: 2012-03-21
Approving Body: XMPP Council
Dependencies: XMPP Core
Supersedes: None
Superseded By: None
Short Name: nick
Schema: <http://www.xmpp.org/schemas/nick.xsd>
Source Control: HTML
This document in other formats: XML PDF
JabberID: firstname.lastname@example.com
URI: http://stpeter.im/
JabberID: email@example.com
The Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) is defined in the XMPP Core (RFC 6120) and XMPP IM (RFC 6121) specifications contributed by the XMPP Standards Foundation to the Internet Standards Process, which is managed by the Internet Engineering Task Force in accordance with RFC 2026. Any protocol defined in this document has been developed outside the Internet Standards Process and is to be understood as an extension to XMPP rather than as an evolution, development, or modification of XMPP itself.
The primary venue for discussion of XMPP Extension Protocols is the <email@example.com> discussion list.
Discussion on other xmpp.org discussion lists might also be appropriate; see <http://xmpp.org/about/discuss.shtml> for a complete list.
Errata can be sent to <email@example.com>.
The following requirements keywords as used in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119: "MUST", "SHALL", "REQUIRED"; "MUST NOT", "SHALL NOT"; "SHOULD", "RECOMMENDED"; "SHOULD NOT", "NOT RECOMMENDED"; "MAY", "OPTIONAL".
1. RFC 3921: Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): Instant Messaging and Presence <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3921>.
2. RFC 6121: Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): Instant Messaging and Presence <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6121>.
3. XEP-0165: Best Practices to Prevent JID Mimicking <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0165.html>.
4. RFC 2821: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2821>.
5. RFC 3261: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3261>.
6. In RFC 3921, the name here called a "handle" was described as an "alias"; RFC 6121; was modified to use the term "handle" instead.
7. XEP-0054: vcard-temp <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0054.html>.
8. XEP-0154: User Profile <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0154.html>.
9. XEP-0077: In-Band Registration <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0077.html>.
10. Friend of a Friend (FOAF) <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/>.
11. See <http://xml.coverpages.org/xnal.html>.
12. OASIS is a not-for-profit, international consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of e-business standards. For further information, see <http://www.oasis-open.org/>.
13. XEP-0163: Personal Eventing Protocol <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0163.html>.
14. XEP-0060: Publish-Subscribe <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0060.html>.
15. XEP-0049: Private XML Storage <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0049.html>.
16. XEP-0045: Multi-User Chat <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0045.html>.
17. XEP-0130: Waiting Lists <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0130.html>.
18. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is the central coordinator for the assignment of unique parameter values for Internet protocols, such as port numbers and URI schemes. For further information, see <http://www.iana.org/>.
19. The XMPP Registrar maintains a list of reserved protocol namespaces as well as registries of parameters used in the context of XMPP extension protocols approved by the XMPP Standards Foundation. For further information, see <https://xmpp.org/registrar/>.
Note: Older versions of this specification might be available at http://xmpp.org/extensions/attic/
Based on implementation and deployment experience, discouraged use in Multi-User Chat; also removed text about Waiting Lists because of lack of deployment.(psa)
Per a vote of the Jabber Council, advanced status to Draft.(psa)
Added pubsub examples.(psa)
Clarified terminology; explicitly mentioned that nicknames must not be included in presence broadcasts (only subscription requests); added implementation note about display names.(psa)
Added further detail to waitlist example; added schema.(psa/vm)
Specified security considerations.(psa)
Fixed MUC invite example; clarified that nick refers to entity associated with nearest ancestor element that specifies a sender; added waitlist example.(psa)
To reflect use of dedicated namespace, (1) changed document type from Informational to Standards Track and (2) updated XMPP Registrar Considerations.(psa)
Modified to use dedicated namespace; added example for multi-user chat invitations.(psa/vm)
Added wrapper element from XEP-0154.(psa)
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- The design must be based on our new logo. See several variations at: http://www.engineerjobs.com/newlogo (download PSD). We definitely want to keep the font, but feel free to experiment with the icon -- both in colors and in design. The colors in the text itself are somewhat flexible as well if you feel the need to change those, but we probably need to stick with the gray and blue -- though the hues could be changed. Changes to the logo are definitely not necessary, though. We would be quite happy with any of the current variations.
- A menu of options for job seekers: Find Jobs (or Engineering Jobs, or Home), Post/Edit My Resume, Who's Hiring, Top 100 Engineering Blogs (exact wording on all options is somewhat flexible)
- A menu of options for job posters: Advertising Information (or "Rates" or something similar), Post A Job, Search Engineer Resumes (or Engineer Resumes, or Engineering Resumes), My Recruiting Center (exact wording on all options is somewhat flexible)
- A menu of general options: Home, Contact Us, Privacy Statement (exact wording on all options is somewhat flexible)
- All menu items should be designed so that they can carry over to all inner pages.
- Some inner pages will also need to have a submenu of options, sothe design will need to look good both with a submenu (exact locationis up to you) and without.
- The primary focus of the page should be text links for the same Cities, States and Disciplines that we have on the homepage now. They must be text links; this is not optional.
- A section of 200x90 "Featured Employer" logos -- at least 3, probably not more than 9. The size of the logos is somewhat flexible.
- A "Post Your Resume" callout and text. Something like: "Post your resume in complete privacy. Your name and contact information are hidden from anyone who hasn't paid for access, so no more ending up on spam lists just because you posted your resume."
- You can include a "Newly Posted Jobs" section (label is up to you) if you need another homepage element.
- The design must be serious and professional looking. Be careful with gradients, whimsical fonts or icons, heavy reflections and other Web 2.0 elements. Our average user is a 30- to 40-year-old male who is a highly paid professional. The site needs to look like it's designed to appeal to him.
- A search box
- Busyness and clutter
- A heavy page with slow load time
- A page that looks targeted to cool 20-year-olds