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Tekken X Street Fighter hasn't settled on fireballs solution
Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada discusses some of the challenges in merging Street Fighter with Tekken, specifically in how Street Fighter's fireballs are used in a 3D plane.
Street Fighter X Tekken and its doppelganger, Tekken X Street Fighter have identical struggles to overcome. Namely, how do you mix the two disparate gameplay styles together into a delicious fighting game cocktail?
Katsuhiro Harada, long-time producer for the Tekken series, recently addressed one of the major issues still facing the team: how to deal with fireballs in a 3D plane.
"Obviously, the Street Fighter characters will have to have their fireballs," Harada told the PlayStation Blog at this weekend's Evo 2011 event. "Ryu without a fireball just wouldn't be... right. Obviously we'll need it.
"When you look at executing a fireball in a 2D setting, it works almost like a jab. It keeps your opponent where you want them. When we bring fireballs into Tekken X Street Fighter, there are two different ways we could go. It could be used as something similar to keep your opponent in the place you want, or it could be some kind of special move or powered-up version of their techniques. We've not decided on what route we want to take with this yet."
Harada also addressed the still-unsolved question of dodging. "Another element to think about implementing fireballs in Tekken is, how do you avoid them? When you play a 2D game like Street Fighter, you obviously can't go back and forth in the screen - you usually jump over it. But in three-dimensional fighting games like Tekken you can sidestep. So do we want players to jump over fireballs? Or is it okay to sidestep them? That's something we're not decided on, we haven't had enough time to look into it."
Despite the challenges, though, Harada says much of the team grew up on a healthy diet of Street Fighter, and he's "really confident" that they can find a proper balance.
Finally, Harada confirmed stereoscopic 3D support for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Prologue, and coyly hinted that he'd be interested in developing a Tekken game for Vita at some point as well.
[Screenshot from Street Fighter X Tekken.]
Steve Watts posted a new article, Tekken X Street Fighter hasn't settled on fireballs solution.
Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada discusses some of the challenges in merging Street Fighter with Tekken, specifically in how Street Fighter's fireballs are used in a 3D plane.
a little bit confusing to lead a TxSF article with a screenshot from SFxT o___o
that said, my guess is that TxSF will chose to make fireballs somewhat faster. You can jump fireballs in SF and sometimes even duck them depending on the character, so two extra planar avoidance options shouldn't be that big of a deal if the fireball is a little harder to avoid. Also you generally can't duck/jump very significantly in tekken, so there might really only be one more option rather than 2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFWedUJT6J8 for the uninformed
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Between Overworked and Out of Work
The following is excerpted from False Profits: Recovering from the Bubble Economy.
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One way to view a period with an extreme shortfall in demand, like the housing crash recession or the Great Depression, is as a period in which we don't know what work we want people to do. Given the levels of demand in the [current] economy, 10 percent of the workforce would go unemployed. We can develop stimulus packages in an effort to find at least somewhat useful ways to employ our excess labor force. If good projects can be placed on the stimulus list, this route can be an effective way to reach full employment.
However, we can also go in the opposite direction. If we lack enough useful ways to employ our workforce, we could simply work less. Instead of having 10 percent of the workforce unemployed, we could have the whole workforce employed, but working 10 percent fewer hours. If everyone got paid the same as when they worked 10 percent more hours (a situation that we can bring about using government money, because of a shortfall in demand), everyone should be better off and we will have eliminated unemployment. The real world will never be this simple, but we can follow this logic to try to bring the economy to full employment by shortening working hours and leaving total pay unchanged.
Reducing unemployment through a reduction in average work hours can be accomplished by giving a tax credit to employers to give their workers paid time off, which can take the form of paid family leave, paid sick days, paid vacation, or a shorter work week. This tax credit would both provide short-term stimulus and an incentive to restructure workplaces in ways that are more family friendly. It is likely that many workplaces will leave in place changes enacted to take advantage of this tax credit long after the credit has expired.
No Vacation Nation
Along with paid vacation, we're missing out on happiness, better health, and a more sustainable society.
The amount of money designated for a credit should be modest, but still enough to cover a substantial period of paid time off for a typical worker. Something in the realm of $3,000 per worker would be sufficient to cover approximately 150 hours of compensation for a median wage earner, or 7.5 percent of the time of a worker employed for 2,000 hours a year. In the interest of equity and to limit the opportunities for gaming, the credit should also be limited to cover no more than 10 percent of a worker's time. (The credit can also be limited by employer size, although the more firms that are eligible, the more stimulus it could provide.)
Not all employers will opt to take advantage of this tax credit, for it will require some restructuring of work arrangements. However, many employers will see it as an opportunity to provide valuable benefits to workers at little or no cost to themselves. If a substantial number of employers opt to take advantage of this tax credit, the impact on employment could be substantial.
How Paid Time Off Would Boost Employment
The arithmetic on this is very straightforward. Suppose employers of 100 million workers reduced work time by 5 percent. Demand would be little changed, because most workers are still getting paid the same in spite of their shorter hours. If workers are putting in 5 percent fewer hours, and demand remains unchanged, employers should want to hire roughly 5 percent more workers, or 5 million workers.
In addition, increased employment will lead to a secondround effect. Assuming that the net increase in wages is roughly equal to the money paid out for the tax credit, and that the government pays out $250 billion a year (100 million workers at $2,500 each), the wage bill will increase by $250 billion.
If workers spend 50 percent of this money on domestic products, roughly $125 billion in additional demand would be created. This additional demand would translate into 1 million more jobs, for a total increase in the employment of 6 million workers.
The net cost per job on this policy ends up being considerably lower than other forms of stimulus. If the stimulus increases GDP by $380 billion (as discussed above), this should lead to an increase in tax revenue and a reduction of transfer payments (for example, unemployment insurance) of approximately 25 percent of this amount, or $90 billion. This leaves a net cost of $290 billion ($380 billion minus $90 billion).
If the policy creates 6 million jobs at a cost of $380 billion, the net cost per job is $26,000, which compares very well with other forms of stimulus being considered. A paid-time-off tax credit also has the advantage that it can take effect almost immediately and would require very little bureaucracy or oversight. Direct government spending, for example on health care or infrastructure, directly increases employment and provides a boost to the economy. However, President Obama's stimulus package has already pressed the limits in expanding many areas of government services. Substantially increasing spending beyond the amounts appropriated in the last stimulus would not be easy. By contrast, employers would have incentive to move quickly to take advantage of a time-limited paid-time-off tax credit, for the sooner they acted the more they would benefit.
Enforcement should be relatively easy because the government can require a public posting on the Internet for all employers who take advantage of the tax credit. This would mean that they would have to identify the paid time off that they were giving to workers.
The employees of any company receiving the credit would know whether they were getting the benefit indicated. In other words, if the employer claimed to give workers paid family leave, workers would know whether or not this was true. Presumably, workers would report employers who wrongly claimed the tax credit. Such accountability should substantially reduce the risk that employers will defraud the government.
Possible Long-Term Benefits of a Paid-Time-Off Tax Credit
Labor practices in the United States have diverged sharply from those in other wealthy countries over the last three decades. During this time other countries have passed laws requiring that workers get several weeks of paid vacation each year—in addition to paid family leave and paid sick days—but workers in the United States still have no such legal guarantees. Tens of millions of workers have no paid time off whatsoever.
A government tax credit that largely covers the cost for paid time off will encourage employers to experiment with alternative work arrangements. Any such tax credit will presumably be temporary (two years would be a reasonable target, given the severity of the downturn), but if the new arrangements prove better for workers and employers, many employers will opt to keep them even after the tax credit has expired.
In this way, the tax credit may go far toward making some benefits universal, such as paid family leave or paid sick days, and moving the United States in the direction of a shorter work year.


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Vigilant Sun Protection and Still Got Melanoma
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
I have been very vigilant about sun protection for over 20 years. Why did I develop skin cancer now after I have stopped tanning so long ago?
Rachel Woods, BSN, RN, Nurse in Moh's micrographic surgery at Penn Medicine , responds:
That is a great question that many people ask. Sun damage incurred in your younger years can definitely be the culprit for skin cancers later on in life, but there are many factors. As we age our immune systems aren't as strong. In our skin, this translates to the inability to repair itself, which leads to cancers. Don't give up though, the precautions you take now still play a role in your health- and in preventing future melanomas!
This question and answer was part of the OncoLink Brown Bag Chat Series: Sun Safety and Skin Cancer Prevention Webchat. View the entire transcript on Sun Safety.


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Gunmen attacked an oil pipeline in northern Algeria Monday, killing two guards before fleeing. The incident comes two weeks after Islamist militants seized control of a gas plant in the south of the country, in an attack that left 37 hostages dead.
Gunmen attacked a gas pipeline in northern Algeria and killed two village guards before being driven off, a local security official said Monday.
The attack took place late Sunday night when the militants launched a series of homemade mortar shells at the Ain Chikh site, 75 miles (120 kilometers) southwest of Algiers, protected by local community guards.
Army units were alerted and proceeded to search the entire area, which is on the southern edge of the Kabylie mountain region that has become the last hideout of al-Qaida in northern Algeria.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
Terrorist attacks have dropped dramatically in Algeria's populated north in the past few years and are largely restricted to a few pinprick operations against local security forces.
The weakness of these once-powerful remnants of al-Qaida in the north of the country is in stark contrast to the extremist groups found far to the south in the Sahara – one of which mounted an audacious attack and took hostages two weeks ago.
The four day standoff in Ain Amenas, some 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) south of the capital involved dozens of foreign hostages and was ended by an Algerian army assault Jan. 19 leaving more than 60 dead.


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The Eagle Nebula
The mysterious nebula is arguably the most awe-inspiring cosmological phenomena known. The images published by our friends at NASA reveal the vastness of the universe and make for some mesmerizing desktop wallpaper.
One of the most striking images produced by the Hubble Telescope was this view of the Eagle Nebula showing columns of cool interstellar hydrogen gas and dust.
Note: All of the images and descriptions are courtesy of NASA and many more are available on the NASA Web site. For best results, click the View full size link under each image. This gallery was originally published in November 2011.
Credit: NASA
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Rosser's algorithm is typically invoked during discussions of equal temperament scales, and is a way to obtain good approximations for multiple irrational numbers simultaneously. Is there a nice, accessible modern treatment? Rosser's paper was published in 1950.
Some background:
In an equal temperament scale, the ratio of frequencies of adjacent notes is a constant. This is a desirable feature, in that it allows you to transpose a piece from one key into any other. Now, for various reasons (psychological, historical) we'd like have have certain ratios of frequencies, or close approximations. If we require the unison ratio (2:1) to be exact, then we require that our frequency ratio R satisfies R^n = 2 for some integer n. Thus, R is an integral root of 2. Next, if we want a good approximation to the perfect 5th (3:2), we conclude that we need R^r to be a good approximation to log2(3), for some integer r. This leads us into continued fractions. Now, if we'd also like a good approximation to the perfect 3rd (5:4), we would like R^s to be a good approximation to log2(5) for some integer s. We've now left the realm of continued fractions, as we're seeking to approximate two irrational numbers with powers of the same root of 2.


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Let's be real-- the stars of this movie are still going to be the dinosaurs-- but Jurassic World continues to add humans who will at least prevent us from screaming "Bring back Goldblum!" at the screen. Deadline reports that Ty Simpkins, best known as "that kid who miraculously wasn't obnoxious in Iron Man 3," has snagged a lead role in the film, which is now set for a June 12, 2015 release date. Deadline also hears that Jake Johnson, star of Fox's New Girl and the recent VOD hit Drinking Buddies, is in the mix for a lead role, but can't get confirmation from the studio. Johnson also starred in director Colin Trevorrow's breakthrough hit Safety Not Guaranteed, so it's not hard to imagine the director would want to bring in his buddy on his big-budget adventure.
The only other human name that's been connected to a role in the film is Bryce Dallas Howard, who was rumored for a lead role back in September but also hasn't been confirmed. Trevorrow, who was handed the project back in March with Steven Spielberg on board as a producer, will be working from a script by Rise of the Planet of the Apes writers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver. But, remarkably, that script has managed to stay very secret. Trevorrow joined a fan podcast earlier this year and warned fans "don't believe everything you read. There are way more insiders on the internet than there are in real life." And despite rumors about things like aquatic dinosaurs and a return to the original island, nothing whatsoever has been confirmed. So far, that's exactly the way we like it.
From the way Deadline tells it Simpkins' casting is a done deal, which means we might get confirmation about Howard and Johnson's participation soon as well. In the meantime, check out Johnson in the trailer for Trevorrow's Safety Not Guaranteed, and let us know your thoughts on their potential reunion.


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The Secure Shell (SSH) network protocol makes it easy to connect computers that are running Linux, share files, and remotely run applications. Along with an X server, it can make sharing a single computer simple on a home network.
In my home, my wife and I need to share a desktop computer -- often at the same time. The computer runs Slackware Linux, and we have individual user accounts, Thunderbird email profiles, Firefox bookmarks, and other documents. Linux gives us the ability to share the computer by using multiple X Window sessions, each on its own virtual terminal. But the computer has only one monitor and one keyboard, which limits us to one user at a time.
To let us use the system concurrently, I bought a laptop computer, installed openSUSE on it, and set up a wireless router. By connecting to the desktop computer using SSH, the laptop functions as an extension of the desktop -- essentially a second keyboard and monitor. Additionally, KDE's Konqueror and the GNOME's Nautilus file manager can use SSH to remotely connect to another computer. The result is a much more efficient way to share resources than shuttling files back and forth with a flash drive.
Configuring the SSH daemon
To set up this kind of network connection, the first step is to make sure that SSH is installed. OpenSSH, an open source implementation of the SSH protocol, is included in most Linux distributions. If it is not on your system, the official OpenSSH application for Linux is available from the download page of OpenSSH's Web site.
Once you're sure you have SSH, you should configure the SSH daemon on the computer to which you want to connect. The configuration file at /etc/ssh/sshd_config, and is well-commented, but it needs a few edits to make it more useful and secure. The file states that:
# The strategy used for options in the default sshd_config shipped with # OpenSSH is to specify options with their default value where # possible, but leave them commented. Uncommented options change a # default value.
So to change an option, delete the number sign from the beginning of the line. At a minimum, you must change three options. As the root user, or from sudo, open /etc/ssh/sshd_config in a text editor, and search for and change the following lines:
- Change
#Protocol 2,1to
Protocol 2. SSH can use two versions of its protocol, with the second more secure than the first. This option forces SSH to use the more secure protocol.
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#PermitRootLogin yesto
PermitRootLogin noin order to keep remote users from logging into the computer as the root user. If you need to perform system maintenance or other activities that require root user privileges, use sudo or su to become root after logging in as a regular user.
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#X11Forwarding noto
X11Forwarding yes. This option makes it possible to run more than just command-line-based programs over an SSH connection.
Save the file and the SSH daemon is configured for simple home networking. The daemon is usually already running as part of most default Linux installations.
Before you can connect to the host from another machine, you need to know its IP address. As the root user, or with sudo, use the
ifconfig command (interface configurator) to determine the IP address of the host computer. Look for the line starting with "inet addr" for the connection type you have ("eth0" for the Ethernet card, "ath0" or a different designation for the wireless card).
Using SSH to run programs remotely
Once the SSH daemon is running, using the SSH service is simple. Open a terminal window and type the following command using your user name and the IP address you found in the step above:
ssh -Y -l usernameIP address
-Y switch enables trusted forwarding of X Window applications from the host computer so that they can run in the X Window environment of the client computer. The
-l switch allows you to specify the user name you want to log in under. If you leave it off, SSH assumes you want to log in under the user name you are using on the client computer.
I use a simple bash script I keep in my home directory for connecting. Replace the user name and IP address in the script with your own and then save it as ssh_connect.sh:
#!/bin/bash #ssh_connect.sh ssh -Y -l user nameIP address
Make the file executable, and run the script from a terminal window in your home directory by typing
The first time you log in, you will see a message similar to this:
The authenticity of host 'IP address' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is a long string of characters
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?
When you answer "yes," the SSH application adds an entry to a hidden file in your home directory listing trusted hosts.
To run applications remotely, simply type the name of the program on the command line of the terminal you used to connect to the host computer. If you are in X, then X Window applications will run through the remote connection. For example, I type
thunderbird& to read my email using that program on the desktop computer from the laptop. The ampersand at the end of the command runs the application in the background so that my command prompt is available while the program is running. Because the computer with the SSH client is acting as an extra keyboard and monitor for the SSH host computer, everything done through the SSH connection is done on the host computer.
Setting up remote folders in KDE and GNOME
By itself, working remotely is a great way to boost productivity, but KDE and GNOME both offer ways to map the host computer as a network folder through an SSH connection, making it easy to copy files between the computers. This in turn makes it possible to use a local application to edit a remote file, rather than running an application on the host.
In Konqueror, click on the Go menu and choose Network Folders, then click on the Add a Network Folder icon. Follow the dialogue prompts by first choosing SSH as the type of folder you wish to add, then filling out the short form. The Name field is any name you want to give to the folder, while the Server field is where you put the IP address of the host computer.
To do the same thing in GNOME, go to the Places menu at the top of the screen and choose Connect to Server. A dialogue box similar to the one in KDE's Konqueror prompts you for the service type (choose SSH), the sever, and optional information -- port (usually 22), the folder to which you would like to connect, your user name, and the name to use for the connection. With both KDE and GNOME, setting up the connection takes only a few seconds.
SSH is a powerful, easy-to-use tool for setting up a simple home network. Application performance over an SSH connection is quick, even on older hardware (both of my computers are Pentium IIIs). In my experience, the host computer does not slow down noticeably when both my wife and I are using it for word processing, email, and Web browsing.
The next time you need to connect two computers, give SSH a try. It is easy to configure and even easier to use.


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Underage Drunk Driver Crashes into Missoula Home
Missoula police dealt with two drunk driving accidents last night, none of the individuals involved in either case were of legal drinking age. Missoula Police Captain Colin Rose describes one of the crashes as "a rollover in the 1600 block of 14th street."
The driver was a 19-year-old Missoula male, single occupant that rolled the vehicle into the porch of a house which shook so strongly, the impact managed to destroy a planter on the porch of the neighbors house.
The driver is described as having only minor injuries and refused medical assistance. He was arrested for driving under the influence.
Interview with Police Captain Colin Rose:
During the same night, another DUI incident occurred at the corner of Shakespeare and Defoe where a driver and passenger aged 19 and 20 crashed into two parked vehicles and fled on foot. Officers were able to track the offenders by tracing the vehicles registry. The driver was arrested on DUI and leaving the scene of a vehicle/property accident.


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Plaxico Burress told USA TODAY Sports in October he could have "a two- or three-touchdown game just coming off the couch."
Well, now he might get that chance to prove it.
The former New York Giants and Jets wide receiver is on his way to meet with the team that drafted him, the Pittsburgh Steelers, according to a person informed of the veteran's free-agent visit. The person, who spoke to USA TODAY Sports on the condition of anonymity because the Steelers haven't confirmed the visit, said Burress will work out for the team on Tuesday.
Burress, 35, has been out of football since the Jets elected not to re-sign him following his 45-catch, eight-touchdown season in 2011. It was his first year back in the NFL since he accidentally shot himself in the thigh in November 2008, an event that helped ruin the Giants' potential Super Bowl title defense and also resulted in a 20-month prison term for Burress.
The Jets declined to bring back Burress early this season after Santonio Holmes' foot injury landed him on injured reserve. Jets coach Rex Ryan said the team was looking for a receiver with more speed and signed veteran Jason Hill, who had two catches in two games Weeks 5 and 6 but hasn't dressed since. Hill also dropped what could've been Tim Tebow's first touchdown pass of the season on a perfect deep ball against the Houston Texans.
MORE: Steelers have more injury issues at quarterback
Burress, who worked out for the New England Patriots in August but didn't sign a contract, simply shrugged off Ryan's comment about his speed and claimed it's better than it was last season when he was just beginning to work himself back into football shape.
"It doesn't bother me they didn't pick up the phone and call me," Burress told USA TODAY Sports back in October. "One thing's for sure, I know I'm going to score some touchdowns. ... You put me out there right now, and I go out there and dominate, have a couple of touchdowns or a hundred-yard game, then you just got to shake your head and smile and laugh."
The Steelers aren't smiling or laughing right now, not with quarterbacks Ben Roethlisberger and Byron Leftwich sidelined with rib issues and with injury problems at receiver as well. Antonio Brown is still out with a high-ankle sprain suffered against the New York Giants two weeks ago and Jerricho Cotchery got hurt in Sunday night's loss to the Baltimore Ravens.
Burress, who was a first-round pick of the Steelers in 2000 but left Pittsburgh as a free agent following the 2004 season, met with the team last summer before signing with the Jets. It appears he'll now finally return to the organization for whom he caught 261 passes and 22 touchdowns in five sometimes-controversial seasons.


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Meet Trustonic, a New Approach to Mobile Security
One of the more vexing problems yet to be fully solved with the shift to mobile computing is security. As consumers and corporate users move away from using PCs and more toward smartphones and tablets for banking and commerce, the need to secure those devices and what's done on them becomes a bigger concern than before.
Today, a new company called Trustonic launched with backing from ARM (the British chip company whose designs power most of the world's mobile devices), Gemalto and Germany's Giesecke & Devrient.
The basic idea is to provide security at the chip level, separate from the operating system on a device. Such chips will provide a Trusted Execution Environment that can be used to store account information, passwords and other sensitive information, making it easier to use and access from a mobile device.
It's based on an ARM technology called TrustZone, and enhanced by software developed by Gemalto and Giesecke & Devrient. The hope is to create a platform that device manufacturers can build into future smartphones and tablets. Trustonic's approach will be to license the technology to chipmakers, support companies who build phones and tablets while also enabling service providers to turn on services that take advantage of it for which they can charge additional fees.
Ben Cade, Trustonic's CEO, said that ARM, Gemalto and Giesecke & Devrient had collectively poured "tens of millions" into the joint venture, but declined to specify how much. ARM owns 40 percent of the company while the other two will control 30 percent each. It will be based in the U.K.
Naturally, Trustonic — since it hails from ARM's camp — will have an easy introduction to most of the companies involved with the mobile phone and tablet universe. But the question will be whether the kinds of experiences the technology enables not only get the job done, but whether or not they make users happy.
There's also the question of adding additional parts to the mix. Generally speaking, most chips inside a phone or tablet over time get mushed together so they can be made less expensively. Anything that added to the bill of materials — the combined cost of all the components inside a device — will have to be offset by a perceived increase in value.
That might seem easy at first when it comes to security, but by and large consumers say they put a high value on security but rarely act that way. More often than not people create easy passwords, and are lax about changing them. We'll see if this new approach makes a difference.


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Thanks to society member and Wood County Historical Commission Chair Person Lou Mallory for sending the following email which we are passing on to all members:
"Next Friday, May 21, a "sounding" will take place at the Ford-Green Cemetery.
"For your information, a "sounding" is a process where by using a metal detector or other means unknown graves may be found.
Ford-Green Cemetery, long abandoned and forgotten, was adopted by the Junior Historians and the Landmark Commission several years ago.
Today, it is a cemetery association with both State and Federal tax exemption, and organized and approved by the District Court in 2009.
The cemetery association now has ownership and has agreed with the Texas Funeral Commission to do the following:
1. Erect a new fence.
2. Locate unknown graves and mark same.
3. Provide needed maintenance and care.
Anyone who would like to observe the "sounding" is welcome to attend as well as anyone who might be interested in learning the procedure.
"The "sounding" will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Ford-Green Cemetery which is located at the intersection of Country Club Drive and Green Road (County Road 2205).
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We are happy to announce that PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3TM) has integrated the YouTube APIs to allow game developers to create games that enable direct upload of in-game video captures to YouTube. This YouTube upload functionality can be incorporated not only into new PS3 game titles, but also existing PS3 titles that have the ability to receive network updates. Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. has added YouTube functionality to Mainichi Issho, a popular game with PS3 users in Japan. Gamers will now be able to upload their in-game video captures to YouTube. We're excited at the opportunity this presents and look forward to more and more games to be enhanced with YouTube.
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The debate on gun control exploded on Twitter fallowing the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Connecticut where reportedly 27 people were killed (18 of them children).
Even though White House spokesman Jay Carney was quick to announce that today was not a day to discuss policy on the matter of gun control, the masses, celebrities included, decided to voice their opinion on the subject on Twitter.
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White House spokesman Jay Carney's right - today's not the day to debate gun control. YESTERDAY was the day to debate it.— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 14, 2012
What is it going to take? #guncontrol— Evan Rachel Wood (@evanrachelwood) December 14, 2012
Gun control is our only road to freedom. Freedom from the fear of senselessly losing children. I'm so saddened. WE NEED LAWS NOW.— Rashida Jones (@iamrashidajones) December 14, 2012
Hey, @barackobama - you know all those nuts that fear you're going to take their guns?You can take their guns now.— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) December 14, 2012
I am so deeply saddened, and angry at what has happened at Sandy Hook in Newtown.New gun laws MUST happen. This is devastating.— solange knowles (@solangeknowles) December 14, 2012
The #whitehouse says this is not a day 2 talk about #guncontrol- they are wrong- this IS a day 2 talk about #guncontrol on.ora.tv/UsrUzq— Larry King(@kingsthings) December 14, 2012
@iamjhud for sure . Pray and take action.. Another WAKE UP for guns.— Oprah Winfrey (@Oprah) December 14, 2012


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FRANKLIN, Ind. – Franklin College today routed arch rival Hanover 58-29 at Faught Stadium to win its third straight HCAC championship outright and earn the conference's automatic bid to next week's NCAA Division III playoffs.
The two-time defending champion Grizzlies finished their regular season schedule with an unblemished 8-0 record in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference and an 8-2 overall mark. FC also won its 26th consecutive HCAC contest.
The Panthers, who were looking to gain a share of the league title and take the automatic bid to the NCAA tourney by virtue of HCAC tie-breaker criteria, finished 6-2 in the league and 6-4 overall.
Ranked 16th in the D3football.com Top 25 Poll and 21st in the AFCA Division III Coaches Poll this week, the HCAC champions now await their assignment from the NCAA selection committee, which will release the 2012 Division III playoffs bracket on Sunday night.
After having to punt on its first possession and then spotting Hanover an 8-0 lead on a 4-yard touchdowm pass from the Panthers quarterback Dexter Britt to star receiver Daniel Passafiume (and two-point conversion run by Spencer Corrao), the Grizzlies fought back and took over.
So much so, FC scored on nine of the next 10 times it had the football. Three of those TDs came after the Griz defense made an interception.
Franklin answered Hanover's first score two minutes later when junior quarterback Jonny West hit senior running back Luke Hamm with a 14-yard TD pass.
The Grizzlies went ahead 14-8 when sophomore Kyle Holzbog took a 4-yard scoring toss from West to capitalize on the host's first interception provided by junior cornerback Zack Corpe.
Franklin all but delivered the knock-out punch in the second period, putting 31 points up on the Faught Stadium scoreboard in the quarter.
West hit senior split end Ben Hamlin on a 7-yard touchdown pass on the first play of the period. Franklin then scored on a 17-yard run by backup QB Grant Welp to capitalize on the Grizzlies' second pickoff, which was made at midfield by sophomore free safety Jameson Brock.
FC scored three more times before halftime when West bulled in from 1 yard out after junior linebacker Jordan Segner returned an interception 63 yards to the 1-yard-line, and then hit junior split end Kyle Linville with a 9-yard scoring strike.
Senior kicker Cole Richards booted a 26-yard field goal as time ran out before the break.
Franklin added one TD in the third and fourth quarter on its way to an eighth straight triumph over the Panthers.
West hit Linville with a 1-yard dart with 8:12 left in the third period before sophomore running back Joey Pasquale scored on a 6-yard run early in the fourth to cap the day's scoring.
Hanover's other scores were made by Jacob Noger, who made a 17-yard grab of a Britt pass late in the second quarter, Britt on a 8-yard scramble up the middle in the third period, and Passafiume again, who this time hauled in a 41-yard pass from Britt, which also was in the third quarter.
West completed 29 of 43 passes for 315 yards and five touchdowns with no interceptions, leading a Franklin offense that amassed 504 total yards.
Linville finished with nine catches for 128 yards and two scores.
Hanover's Britt was good on 28 of 36 pass attempts for 283 yards and three TDs, but had three passes picked off.
Franklin's defensive leaders included Corpe and Segner, who both made nine total tackles and set up a touchdown with an interception. Junior linebacker Scott Moore contributed 8 total tackles.


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Born in Burma 54 years ago, Hla Win loves his native country and still misses it desperately, but he is profoundly grateful to America, the country that took him in as a political refugee.
A former starving, jungle-based freedom fighter, Win has been a sushi chef at the Evergreen Walmart in El Rancho since 2007, where he is "boss, manager and worker," as he puts it.
Win makes custom party trays and 40 different kinds of sushi. Everything is sold the same day it's made, he said. He doesn't believe in being skimpy with the wasabi or ginger, either.
After a couple of slow years, business is very good, he said. He owns a house, a new Subaru and a refrigerator with plenty of food in it. Someday he hopes to own his own restaurant.
"Thank God, I am so lucky one!" Win writes on the notebook paper he hands to a reporter. "Thank you very much who help to me in USA."
"Because of I am citizen of USA, now I am very happy. This is great country, freedom country. I can see democracy government and human right. This is my new life," Win writes.
Freedom was elusive when Win was a young man growing up in a village near Rangoon. He aspired to be a lawyer. But the brutal military takeover in 1988 and resulting political repression drove Win into the streets to demonstrate.
The military rulers changed the country's name to Myanmar, a name that Win does not accept.
Life under the regime is harsh. There is no free speech, no Internet, only one channel of TV, news is controlled by the government, and those who speak out are subjected to long prison sentences, Win said.
Not wanting to wind up in prison, Win escaped to the countryside with seven friends and walked for 12 days without food. One of the seven died on the way. Fighting and weapons became his way of life, until he saw an elderly lady wounded in a gunfight. She convinced him to fight for freedom in another way.
Win headed for Bangkok, Thailand, and the United Nations Refugee Agency, where he was able to get potential entree into several countries, including the U.S. He was arrested three times and kept in a prison room with 200 people and nowhere to sit or lie down.
As of 2008, there were 120,000 Burmese refugees living in camps on the Burma-Thailand border, according to the UNHCR website.
Win stayed in Portland for a while, then moved to Denver to be with a friend. He had a case manager and help from a volunteer. He found work.
"We do whatever we need to do," Win said. He has worked for a picture-frame company and a medical device maker in Lakewood, among other things.
Win is married and has a 12-year-old son who attends a Jeffco middle school.
In 2007 he took a job with Southern Tsunami Sushi, which trained him to make sushi and set him up with a tiny, 5-foot-long space in the deli section of the Evergreen Walmart in El Rancho, in between the packaged meat and cold-cuts.
Life is going pretty well, Win says, although he tears up at thoughts of his family in Burma, especially his elderly mother, because he will probably never see her again. It would be too dangerous.
In America, he can travel to other states on a whim. In Burma, residents must go to the police station, report their whereabouts and pay off the police for the privilege, he said.
"The Burma military government (is) very bad," Win writes. He urges the public to condemn the Burmese government.
But America, he loves.
"This is a great country. This is a free country. Everybody has the Internet. I can talk. I can go to every state," Win said.
He has been to Denver to demonstrate in support of Aung Sang Suu Kyi, the opposition leader and symbol of Burmese freedom who has been in detention for 15 of the last 20 years. She was released last year. He keeps a picture of her near his sushi shop.
According to news reports, there are signs that the regime is loosening its grip and granting new freedoms. Suu Kyi has said she is considering joining the upcoming elections process in Burma. "The people (today) have been able to come out to meet me and see me. This is change," she said in the London Telegraph on Nov. 16.
While he misses his six brothers and sisters living in Burma, Win has adopted his co-workers and customers for the time being. "I like my job. I'm happy. My customers are like family to me," he said.
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In the homily given Sunday at St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church, Holy Family Parish in Pilsen, the Rev. Monsignor Frank A. Pugliese, Vicar General of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, likened Father Emil Kapaun's service as a military chaplain to two widows who in Biblical accounts gave their all.
The first account was of the woman who was asked to make a biscuit for the prophet Elijah when she had just a bit of flour and a few teaspoons of oil left for herself and her son before they would starve to death. Elijah told her that if she would prepare it for him, the flour and oil would never run out. And it was so. The second incident was of the widow who put her last two mites into the collection plate at the temple.
Pugliese said two lessons were to be learned from these stories. First, when people run out of their own resources, that's when they are most likely to welcome God into their lives. Second, when individuals are in touch with God, they become givers and what they give never runs out. It grows.
So it was with Kapaun, Pugliese said.
"Imagine the effect it had on the soldiers (prisoners of war) when they saw him giving so generously even when he was in need," he said.
The occasion was the ninth annual archdiocesan pilgrimage to Pilsen in honor of Kapaun, who died in a prisoner of war camp in North Korea and is a candidate for sainthood.
The service ended with a prayer for Kapaun and a recitation of the Rosary for veterans and for the protection of those in active military service.
A group of 38 Knights of Columbus led the processional and recessional.
A choir and orchestra from McConnell Air Force Base provided the music. They played and sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" during the recessional.
After the service, a wreath was placed at the front of the church sanctuary beside a woodcarving depicting Father Kapaun and an army doctor helping a wounded soldier off the battlefield. The redwood plaque was brought to Pilsen by John Moore of Gallup, N.M.
According to Rosemary Neuwirth, leader of the Father Kapaun Guild,, Moore asked a friend, Mark Chavez, to do the carving. Chavez also created the statue and crucifix that Moore presented to the Pilsen congregation in previous years.
Chase Kear
Chase Kear of Colwich was one of the many guests who attended the Mass. His "miraculous" healing after a pole-vaulting accident in October 2008 is the basis for the case for Father Kapaun's canonization as a saint.
Now 24, Kear was near tears when interviewed Sunday about his experience. His skull was split from ear to ear in the accident and his brain swelled. Doctors gave little hope for his survival or, if he did survive, to have a normal life.
Kear said he was put on a prayer list to Father Kapaun, and the request was put on Facebook. Family members and people from his home church, Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Colwich, and others from around the world joined in praying to Father Kapaun for intercession on Kear's behalf.
"I was in a coma and didn't know it was happening," he said.
The accident happened on Oct. 2, 2008, and he walked out of the hospital less than 60 days later. Doctors were stunned at his recovery.
In 2009, a representative of the Vatican went to Colwich to interview Kear, his family, and his doctors. The case for Kapaun's sainthood is ongoing, but there's no doubt in Kear's mind that Kapaun is a saint.
"I'm just a small-town boy, and I wasn't a perfect Catholic by any means," he said. "But Father Kapaun's intercession healed me."
Mary Anne Grubiak
Although her story is not linked to the cause for Father Kapaun's sainthood, Mary Anne Grubiak of Wichita feels a special attachment to him. She comes from a military family and grew up at Fort Riley when Kapaun was serving at Pilsen.
She was diagnosed with a life-threatening cancer years ago and prayed to Kapaun for help. She was slated for surgery when a doctor intervened and sent her to the Mayo Clinic. A doctor there checked her out and sent her home with a clean bill of health.
"I was shocked," her husband, Joe, a Navy veteran, said.
Grubiak gives Kapaun the credit for her healing. The couple attend the pilgrimage to Pilsen every year.


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There wasn't really any doubt as to what cuisine we were going to eat for the letter K. I made a half arsed attempt to look for something else, but really let's be honest it was only ever going to Korean.
The difficulty lie with which restaurant we were going to sample this wonderful cuisine and what to have.
As none of really had eaten Korean food, apart from a couple of bits and bobs here and there, it was and well still is a bit of a mystery.
Out of all the restaurants I'd read about Koba kept getting the better reviews for its bar-b-q, which really as a newbie to Korean food, I think this had to be a major thing on our collective first visit.
The plush restaurant is very modern, lots of dark colours, moody lighting and a youngish crowd. The vibe was nice and easy, vibrant but calming.
Between 6 of us we had quite a good selection of starters and 2 bar-b-q combo's. The highlight of the starters were the fried pancake and the fried chicken. The pancake was crunchy and crispy and was very well seasoned.
The bar-b-q which was the highlight of the night, turned out to be a fun thing. Thankfully Koba have an exhaust shaft above every bar-b-q, otherwise the entire restaurant would have been chokey smokey.
For large groups the combo bar-b-q selections turned out to be pretty good value. We did find it slightly annoying that the staff literally cooked our meat for us, maybe they thought us novices didn't know how to cook Korean bar-b-q for ourselves.
I'm not sure of the quality of the meat, as the marinades over powered the beef and pork. Not to say that the marinades were not good they were. Nice and hot. Just how we like it.
I do have one quibble about Koba and that was the amount they charged for the kimchi. My little knowledge of Korean cuisine extends to kimchi. As far as I am aware, it comes with every meal, and I feel it should be a free accompaniment, not a £5 side.
All in all we had a great night with lots of good banter and good food. I would imagine however that a modest bar-b-q joint in Korea would be a match for Koba on its food, but for London I think this is probably as good as it gets.
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