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Sixth Successful Test of the Lockheed Martin's LRASM
Orlando, Florida (the USA), March 20, 2018, Author: Galina Zdravkova (Bm), Photo by Lockheed Martin
On 19th March, the global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin released on their website information about another successful test of the production-version of their Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM).
During the test the missile was launched from a U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber and successfully hit a dummy floating target within the sea test range at Point Mugu in California.
According to the said by David Helsel, the LRASM Program Director at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, "LRASM has now proven itself in six consecutive flight missions. The reliability and outstanding capability of LRASM will provide an unmatched weapon to our warfighters in their quest for sea control in contested environments."
The precision-guided, anti-ship LRASM is developed for the needs of the U.S. Navy and Air Force and is intended to detect and destroy hostile surface action groups (ships) by using technologies that decrease the dependence on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms, GPS navigation, and network links in digitally controlled environment.
The Long Range Anti-Ship Missile is the "inheritor" of Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile – Extended Range (JASSM-ER). Its air-launched variant will be fit onboard the U.S. Air Force's B-1B in 2018 and on the U.S. Navy's F/A-18E/F Super Hornet in 2019.
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RUAG and Elbit Systems to Form a Joint Venture
BERN, Switzerland and HAIFA, Israel (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Last week the Swiss company RUAG and the Israel-based international defence electronics company Elbit Systems announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the companies to form a Joint Venture Company, learned BulgarianMilitary.com
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The new entity will be established in Switzerland with a joint team comprised of experts from both companies, who have already started their work in collaboration.
The CEO of RUAG Defence, Andreas Berger, commented, "We at RUAG Defence are looking forward to working with Elbit Systems and we are convinced that this collaboration will allow us to support the Swiss Army with our proven competence and professionalism."
Read more: British Army Selects Elbit Systems UK to Provide Morpheus BMA Solution
The Joint Venture Company will allow the companies to synergize and leverage their respective competences and in this way it will serve as a national Communication and System Competence Centre of Excellence in support of the needs and requirements of the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS). In addition, it will act as a knowledge centre for the purposes of the companies' joint efforts with regard to a DDPS' communication program of the Swiss Defence Ministry and other joint endeavours in the future.
Read more: Elbit Systems Presents Advanced Systems and Market Leading Capabilities at DSEI Exhibition 2017
"It is a privilege to be in a position to offer technologically advanced and operational solutions for the Swiss Armed Forces. We are proud to join forces with RUAG and believe that this collaboration will strengthen local support and engineering capabilities through transfer of knowhow," said the Senior Vice President at Elbit Systems C4I & Cyber Haim Delmar.
About RUAG
The Swiss company RUAG develop and produce innovative products and services for customers all over the world and which are used on land, in the air and in space. The core business of RUAG Defence includes products and services for tracked and wheeled vehicles, realistic training for soldiers and reliable information and communication infrastructures, as well as protection solutions to counter ballistic and electromagnetic threats. Besides its sites in Switzerland, the company has branch offices and sales offices in France, Germany, Singapore and the Middle East, including partnerships all over the world.
About Elbit Systems
Elbit Systems is an international high technology company headquartered in Israel. It operates in the areas of aerospace, land and naval systems, C4ISR, unmanned aircraft systems, advanced electro-optics, electro-optic space systems, EW suites, signal intelligence systems, data links and communications systems, radios and cyber-based systems.
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GBU-49 Dropped from F-35A for the First Time during Training
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, the USA (BulgarianMilitary.com) – The GBU-49 precision bomb made by Raytheon was dropped for the first time from the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II in combat training at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, learned BulgarianMilitary.com
Lt Col Matthew Johnston commented, "Like any new weapon, what we learned, and what we will learn as we continue to train with the GBU-49, will directly impact our tactics and will make the F-35A even more lethal."
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The test was conducted on 7th November 2018 by the US Air Force (USAF) 388th Fighter Wing's 34th Fighter Squadron, stationed at Hill AFB, Utah. According to the service, during the combat training, weapons crews, maintainers, and pilots were assessed on their ability to build, load, and drop the weapons.
USAF F-35A pilots are being trained in dropping of the GBU-49 bomb in flight simulators at Hill AFB, however continued live trainings are part of the plans for refining their tactics and techniques. As reported by the United States Air Force, further training on the Utah Test and Training Range with live and inert GBU-49 bombs will be soon organized.
Read more: The Two USAF Hypersonic Programmes Awarded to Lockheed Martin
The GBU-49 bomb is Raytheon's Enhanced dual-mode GPS and Laser guided version of the laser-only GBU-12 bomb. Therefore, it is a converted "dumb" bomb, which is guided to its target through a laser and GPS. The precision weapon can be used against moving or stationary targets in a variety of weather conditions.
The F-35 Lightning II of Lockheed Martin is a family of single-seat, single-engined, all-weather stealth multirole fighters. The fifth-generation combat aircraft is developed for ground-attack and air-superiority missions. Its main models are three: the F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant, the F-35B short take-off and vertical-landing (STOVL) variant, and the F-35C carrier-based catapult-assisted take-off but arrested recovery (CATOBAR) variant.
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MyDefence Announced Successful Integration of Its C-UAS Sensors in Vehicle Platforms
CARY, North Carolina, the USA (BulgarianMilitary.com) – MyDefence Communication announced last week that the company had successfully integrated its Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) technology into the General Dynamics Land Systems Light Armoured Vehicle platform for the needs of military forces, learned BulgarianMilitary.com
The CEO of MyDefence North America, Luke Layman, commented, "We are proud to announce the successful integration of our Counter UAS sensors into the General Dynamics Land Systems Light Armoured Vehicle platform. This is the first fully integrated Counter UAS solution available for mobile platforms with support for third-party battle management systems."
Read more: A Portable Counter UAS Jammer Has Been Launched by MyDefence
Advanced, networked radio-frequency (RF) sensors have been developed by MyDefence and the company has worked closely with General Dynamics Land Systems in order to integrate these drone sensors into a wheeled armoured vehicle platform so that to provide on-the-move detect and defeat capability of drones for military operators. Now, thanks to the integrated drone sensors, military operators will be able to effectively detect and defeat hostile drones used either for reconnaissance or as weapon delivery systems.
MyDefence first began integration tests together with the General Dynamics Land Systems platform last year. The platform has evolved since then and the Counter Unmanned Aerial System solution as of the moment can be fully integrated into any vehicle platform and provide the flexibility and scalability needed for military operators.
Read more: General Dynamics Land Systems Will Upgrade 116 Stryker Vehicles of the US Army
The platform can detect drones through RF technology and defeat threats through smart jamming. The solution can be integrated with third-party battle-management systems (BMS), and through a standard tactical link, the mobile platform can communicate and provide feedback to any remote command and control (C2) system and thus ensure greater situational awareness and enhanced battlefield effectiveness.
About MyDefence
MyDefence is established by military officers. The company is specialized in developing sensors and effectors for military customers to counter the threat of hostile drones. It offers innovative and versatile Counter UAS solutions for any type of mission.
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JOBSS Delivered to Van Halteren Defence under the I-HCT Programme
BUNSCHOTEN, the Netherlands (BulgarianMilitary.com) – The Israeli Bagira Systems has delivered its Joint-fires BattleSpace Simulator (JOBSS) to Van Halteren Defence. This move is part of the Integrated-Howitzer Crew Trainer (I-HCT) programme of Van Halteren Defence for the Royal Thai Army, learned BulgarianMilitary.com
Under the mentioned above programme, JOBSS was integrated with a battery of 105mm HCT devices and with the operational C2 system of the Royal Thai Army.
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The I-HCT of the Royal Thai Army features a virtual database of training areas and a battery of LG1, M101 and L119 105mm towed howitzers, which ensure training for practising the full fire support cycle: from the forward observer through the fire direction centre to the gun detachment.
Van Halteren has been engaged with the provision of HCTs since 1990 and the Royal Netherlands Army was its first customer. As of the moment, the company may make a boast of twelve international customers.
Read more: The Royal Thai Air Force Will Add Four New Airbus H225M Helicopters to Its Fleet
Bagira explained that the joint-fires virtual training system, JOBSS, was designed by the company for the Israeli Defence Forces where it started its service two years ago, in 2016. Two export customers have also purchased the system.
Van Haltern Defence's HCTs perform trainings with high-fidelity simulated guns and ammunition. The system has an instructor operating station, training ammunition, which is developed so that to look exactly like live ammunition, and a fully simulated recoiling howitzer for simulation of the effects of firing.
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The I-HCT ensures an integrated live and virtual training environment through Digital Dust, which is the concept of Bagira for LVC training, which includes all the simulators into one environment, which is based on the B-One simulation engine of the company.
As reported by Bagira, "all trainee's activities and procedures are recorded and registered in order to enable a complete and extensive after action review and to ensure mission readiness."
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By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI
Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) - An executive with the Canadian company seeking to build an oil pipeline across the United States to the Texas Gulf Coast says a plan for a new route around Nebraska's environmentally sensitive Sandhills region will be ready within weeks.
TransCanada's president of energy and oil pipelines Alex Pourbaix said Tuesday that the company plans to resubmit its permit request to the U.S. State Department. He also says construction of the southern tier of the Keystone XL pipeline, which doesn't require a special permit, will begin by late spring or early summer.
Pourbaix spoke at a panel discussion at an energy conference in Houston.
He says the southern tier of the pipeline from Cushing, Okla., through Texas will help relieve but not completely eliminate a bottleneck at Midwest refineries.

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Elvis Presley - the King's guitars...
Today is the 30th Anniversary of Elvis Presley's death. He died at Graceland on 16 August 1977, aged 42. Thousands of fans will be remembering his life and music today. Here's a look at some of the guitars he used...he was the King Of Rock, after all!
According to Elvis Presley's guitarist, the influential Scotty Moore, the King was not a great musician, but had an amazing sense of timing and rhythm. Apparently, he also had a very aggressive strumming style and would break strings often. In the early days, Elvis' rhythm guitar was an important part of his sound, and throughout his career he's used some of the finest guitars money could buy. Here's a quick look at some of them...
Martin 000-18
This guitar was used in his first gigs in 1954 and recordings. It has a smaller, auditorium body size, similar to the 000-16. Legend has it that the guitar was resold to a Memphis vacuum cleaner salesman days later again for $79.50, later in '54.
1942 Martin D-18
Elvis traded his modest 000-18 for a Martin D-18, a classic model. The Martin D-18 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar is a traditional-style dreadnought that features a rosewood fingerboard and bridge with black binding and pickguard. The D-18 was used for performing and recording until sometime between June 10 - 18 of 1955. On May 14, 1993 it was sold at auction by Christies in London to Michael Malone for $151,700 who then had it on loan in 1998 to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It is currently on display at the corporate offices of DMX Music, Inc in Seattle, WA.
Gibson J200
One of the most popular acoustic guitars ever, everyone from Bob Dylan to Beatles to Oasis have used one. And of course, so did the King - the Gibson J200 was widely used by Elvis, especially in the 60's. It all started in 1956, when he started playing the J200 because Scotty Moore was endorsed by Gibson. Elvis has been seen countless times playing a J200, including in his films. If there's a trademark "Elvis Guitar", this is it. No wonder then, that Gibson actually made a J200 Elvis Signature Model!
1969 & 1970's Gibson Dove
The King is known to have used a couple Gibson Dove acoustic guitars in the later days of his career. His customized Gibson Dove with an Ebony finish, was one of the most photographed and well known guitars in his performing career due mostly to the use of it on the January 1973 worldwide broadcast via satellite "Aloha from Hawaii". During a show in Little Rock, AR on April 17, 1972, one night before the last show of a tour a member of the audience there that night recalls Elvis fumbling with his "guitar at the end of 'See See Rider' and it fell and broke off at the joint of the body/neck and he just kicked it off the stage saying I really didn't mean to break my guitar..."
Elvis Presley also used electric guitars, and here's the two most notable ones:
1968 Hagstrom Viking II
The Hagstrom Viking is a really cool and hard to find guitar now. The Hagstrom features here because it was used by Elvis for the classic 1968 TV Special, "Elvis", but it didn't actually belong to him - the guitar in fact belonged to Al Casey, who was one of the session players on that show. Hagstrom, a company from Älvdalen, Sweden that primarily exported accordions since 1921 began building and exporting guitars in the 1950s, mainly to the USA. Manufactured only in 1967 and 68, only 1350 of this model, the Viking II, were said to have been produced. Here's a very cool video, where you can see Elvis playing this guitar:
"Baby What You want me to do" on YouTube
1964 Gretsch Country Gentleman
Finally, it's worth mentioning his Gretsch Country Gentleman, certainly one of the finest guitars money can buy, which Elvis used during most of the 70's in his live performances. Gretsch® introduced the famous Chet Atkins Country Gentleman guitar in 1958 as a high-end complement to the popular 6120 Chet Atkins Hollow Body model. The Country Gentleman became an immediate hit, and was heard on many hits in the late '50s and throughout the '60s (and beyond) not only by Atkins himself, but by legions of players who emerged from the British Invasion and '60s guitar boom (notably The Beatles' George Harrison) who revered it for its terrific and elegant sound, look and feel. It was so big, so luxurious — and so rockin'!
Most of the info for this article was found on the excellent Scotty Moore Official Website, which has further infor on those guitars and more.


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The left is still furious that the Bush administration waterboarded three captured terrorists in the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001. Yet, with a few exceptions, it has blithely accepted the Obama administration's extrajudicial assassination policy that has killed about 1,000 times as many people.
TheDC's @jtLOL: Is it okay to pour water on a terrorist's face if it's dropped from an unmanned drone? - bit.ly/14DRoAt—
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All the Sad Young Literary Men
by Keith Gessen
Viking, 256 pp., $24.95
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In his debut novel, Keith Gessen offers a deeply personal and exacting account of growing up in ones 20s and relationships in New York.
Love and other indoor sports
To great effect, n+1 editor mines his life for material
By Sarah Norris
Keith Gessen didnt answer any of my questions about love, and neither did his book.
No, thats not exactly true. If I came away from our interview feeling dissatisfied, it didnt stem from his lack from response, but the fact that his debut novel left me unnerved. A deeply personal and exacting account of growing up in ones 20s, the book presents all of the messy and uncomfortable complications that entails: romantic entanglements and wild ambition, financial insecurity, peripheral bourgeois depression, and a hunger for connection and purpose larger than oneself. In this period of life during which the gravest responsibility is often to protect and revel in ones own happiness, Mr. Gessen mines for surprising moments of clarity and loyalty, illuminating the universal desire to find a home in the world and to be great. His characters possess such relatable flaws and desires that identification to them qualifies as cringe-worthy.
A single woman in my 20s who has encountered situations similar to those faced by Mr. Gessens characters, I had pages of scribbled notes and questions when I finished reading, most of them about love, specifically the male perspective of romance as pursuedor notby the protagonists. I approached Mr. Gessen hoping he could enlighten me by revealing what lay behind the story. In considering the undefined relationships between men and women in the book, its evident that their encounters are facilitated and also made more complicated by easy access to email and cell phones. Thus, I was curious if Mr. Gessen himself ever takes the time to write letters. No, he said.
What do you think it is were attracted to in people? I wondered.
I have no idea, he replied, laughing. Theres a litany of cynical answers, but I reject them.
An established cultural and literary critic as well as a founding editor of n+1 magazine, Mr. Gessen, 33, has writtenand been written aboutextensively in the last several years. Born in Russia, he grew up in Massachusetts, attended Harvard, and then moved to New York at age 22 with a wife, from whom he is now divorced. His novel centers around three charactersMark, Sam and Keithwho stumble from their Ivy League educations into the grim realities of temping and dating without accountability. The story begins in 1998 as Mark and his wife settle in Queens, budgeting 70 dollars a week for food and transportation. To be poor in New York was humiliating, a little, but to be youngto be young was divine.
Of a similar period in his life, Mr. Gessen said, I had friends who were poets and writers and all of us would sit around. We didnt really know how to become things that we wanted to become. I thought wed all end up selling out, becoming permanent temporaries. The impetus for the book was his desire, eight years later, to see what would happen to these people.
Sam, meanwhile, receives an advance for a sprawling nonfiction book, which he subsequently fails to produce. In order to pay back the publisher, he is forced to return to his office job. His half-starts and stops at research on Israel are interrupted by an obsessive panic at his computer, fueled by the fear that his Google is shrinking, meaning that the number of hits his name draws up is decreasing. Hysterical, he calls Google to complain, lying that he was in the mid-300s before. Now Im at, like, 40.
Unlike the chapters about Mark and Sam, the ones about Keith, also a writer, unfold in the first person, though Mr. Gessen explains that this character bears the least resemblance to him. I called him Keith because I knew people would assume it was me. He has a tone, but it happens not to be the one in which I personally conduct myself.
Rejecting the widely held glossy and hegemonic notion of what growing up means, Mr. Gessen describes it simply as a process of deciding youre responsible to other people. He names relationships as the central subject of his work, because the sorts of relationships you find yourself in tell you where you are. His honesty about the flailing and missed communication that transpires is refreshing. As in life, romantic encounters here typically begin with big explosions and attraction. They dont end in spectacular car crash fashion, but in a series of pathetic and muted wheezes. But instead of merely highlighting failings, Mr. Gessen imbues these relationships with a refreshing blend of self-deprecating humor and intelligence. In the middle of being turned down by a girl who says she likes to have fun, Mark exclaims, Are you kidding? I love fun! Theres a whole chapter on fun in my dissertation.
I read an interview with the actress Kristen Scott Thomas years ago in which she described being approached by a stranger outside her apartment in Paris. The man said only this: Thank you for the emotion. And really, isnt that the attention that should be paid to successful fiction and film?
Mr. Gessen couldnt answer my queries about love because the specifics of this plotas in everyones plotare beside the ultimate point of novels, which is sometimes not the conclusion itself, but the process of inspiring questions, and learning which ones to ask. Noteworthy for its perfectly rendered descriptions of lonesomeness and fumbling, this is an important book that captures the raw emotion and turbulence of being in ones 20s. All the Sad Young Literary Men marks one of the most immediate and perceptive novels about contemporary single life in the 21st century, and certainly relationships in New York, published this year.
To read Keith Gessens essays and reviews, and find upcoming events, visit nplusonemag.com.


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By Tiernan Ray
Shares of interactive television software supplier Rovi (ROVI) are up $1.51, or 11%, at $15.85 after the company last night reported Q3 revenue and profit that comfortably beat consensus estimates, and projected the full year&'s results higher as well.
Price targets and some estimates are going up, though not from everyone. There is a sense revenue growth is challenged, if you will, while the company is able to make up for it on the bottom line.
Todd Mitchell with Brean Capital, who has a Buy on the shares, raised his price target to $20 from $17, after raising his 2012 estimate for profit to $1.85 from $1.65 previously, while raising his 2012 estimate by just $1 million, to $665.
Mitchell raised his 2013 profit estimate to $2.10 from $2, but keeps intact his $688 million estimate.
Writes Mitchell, &"Upside for the quarter was due to better than expected CE segment revenues, while an improved outlook for 2012 non-GAAP EPS is the result of $30+ million in annualized cost reductions.&"
He&'s most encouraged by the fact that &"Management's "back to the basics" strategy gives us even greater confidence that Rovi can drive sustainable 20% EPS growth.&"
Cowen & Co.&'s Robert Stone, reiterating a Neutral rating on the stock, cut his outlook for this year&'s revenue to $664.9 million from a prior $667.3 million, even though he raised his EPS estimate to $1.85 from $1.65.
And even one bull was disappointed enough to cut his price target.
Mark Harding of JMP Securities, who has a Market Outperform rating, cut estimates for this year and next, and cut his price target to $20 from $31, writing that the company faces slowing trends in both the consumer electronics and the service provider market, which is tough given that last quarter shown specifically because consumer electronics made up for the carrier shortfall:
3Q12 revenue upside was driven solely by significantly better than expected CE revenue, more than offsetting disappointing service provider and other revenue […] Our 2013 revenue reduction is based on a reduced outlook for service provider ad revenue growth as well as slower monthly sub-ARPU growth, while our CE reduction is due to a deteriorating CE outlook and DIVX weakness.
Harding cut his estimate for this year to $668.4 million and $1.86 per share in profit from a prior $676.7 million and $1.85. For 2013, he goes to $678.7 million, down from $715.6 million, while raising his EPS estimate 3 cents to $1.95. He notes that Rovi&'s outlook for 2013 offered back at the end of Q2 was for about $715 million, but that last night the company offered &"very little insight into 2013.&"
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Crazy Curly Broccoli Bake
By Fruits & Veggies - More Matters
From the Cool Fuel Cookbook for Kids
- Prep Time:25 Minutes
Side Dishes
Serves: 6
Cups of Fruits & Vegetables per Serving: 1/2
1 1/2 cups whole wheat corkscrew pasta, dry
3 cups broccoli, frozen, chopped
1 10.5-oz.can low-fat cream of broccoli soup, condensed
1/2 cup skim milk
2 tablespoons plain bread crumbs
1/4 teaspoon salt-free seasoning blend
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cook pasta according to package directions. Place frozen broccoli in large microwave safe and oven proof dish and cook for 2 minutes on HIGH. Coarsely chop cooked broccoli. Mix soup with skim milk, and add to chopped broccoli. Add cooked pasta and mix. Top with bread crumbs and seasoning blend. Bake in oven for 10-15 minutes until heated through.
Each serving provides: An excellent source of vitamin C and fiber, and a good source of vitamin A, folate and magnesium.
From the Cool Fuel Cookbook for Kids
Nutritional Information
- Calories: 164
- Carbohydrates: 31g
- Total Fat: 2.2g
- Cholesterol: 2mg
- Saturated Fat: 0.6g
- Dietary Fiber: 5g
- % of Calories from Fat: 11%
- Sodium: 351 mg
- Protein: 8g
- Recipe Credit
- Recipe was developed for Produce for Better Health Foundation by Chef Mark Goodwin, CEC, CNC. This recipe meets PBH and Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) nutrition standards that maintain fruits and vegetables as healthy foods.
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Engineering Education in France
French Engineering Education
French engineering education is recognized around the world for its diversity and richness, and for its ability to produce highly competent engineers. France plays a central role in Europe, combining the best of its academic and professional training to create an exceptional and multicultural educational environment from which new talents emerge.
In France, there are about 240 selective engineering schools called "Grandes Ecoles d'Ingénieur". These usually small scale institutions are distinguished for their selective admission process, their small class sizes, their high teaching standards and the quality of their faculty selected from academic as well as professional backgrounds.
French engineering schools are accredited to deliver the "Diplôme d'Ingénieur". This national master's degree, which is recognized by French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, is the most highly regarded degree in engineering; it is accredited by the "Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur" (CTI), the only French engineering accrediting organization. The CTI delivers 3 levels of accreditation (1 year, 3 years and 6 years). The engineering program offered by Efrei Paris has been continuously accredited for 6 years since 1957.
Specific Features of the French "Diplôme d'ingénieur":
- French engineering degrees contain advanced mathematics and include high-level theoretical teaching.
- Practical applications are addressed separately in small tutorial sessions, workshops and through real-world experience.
- Paid internships are an integral part of the programs.
- French engineering programs emphasize knowledge of the business world and the study of foreign languages.
- Whether in French or in English, students are asked to demonstrate their ability to think critically and to communicate effectively in speaking and in writing.


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- For daily parking, SmarTrip® cards are the primary form of payment accepted. Additionally, some stations accept credit cards. See individual station parking pages for payment information.
- Meters at short-term parking spaces accept only quarters and $1 coins.
- Parking is free at Metro-operated lots on Sundays and federal holidays, except during special events. Most weekends, it's easy to find a space at Metro parking lots.
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Old, Part II
When we last left Chris's online mid-life crisis, we were lamenting the passage of the 80s and pretending it really was better to only get one baseball game a week, rather than unlimited baseball anytime we wanted it. (Your mileage may vary.)
A joke that could be told by any number of friends, relatives, and acquaintances: I once won first prize in a contest–tickets to a Major League Baseball game. Second prize was tickets to two Major League Baseball games.
Of course, feeling old is the first, less interesting part of the equation. Feelings, on their own, are boring. A character can feel a certain way all he or she wants. It's not until that character does something that's interesting.
Since I mentioned Mad Men (again), let's talk about cliches. Like Don, within a few episodes of not getting The Beatles, driving a red sports car too fast through (presumably) the streets of Manhattan.
Or Don could get himself a younger trophy wife to replace the old shrewish one. And a happening apartment in the city, rather than the house in the suburbs. (Oh, wait, he did all that.)
So how do you handle the mid-life crisis in a way that's not cliched? Perhaps your intrepid hero could still listen to his beloved 80s music on the newest generation smart phone, which he knows all the tricks to using and teaches his kids some things. Or maybe she could date an older man to make herself feel young by comparison. Or maybe he could plug in the extreme work out DVDs and change his body–the discover he really likes clothes shopping. Or maybe she could decide to essentially bring up her teenage daughter's unwanted baby as if it were her own.
Of course, what some people do, other people react to. How does the old technogeek's son react to the unsolicited advice about using the smart phone. And how does the technogeek react to the fact that his son already knows? How do the woman's friends react to her new choice of men? How about her ex-husband? How do people react to the choice of clothes? What about the insanity of a woman becoming a mommy in her fifties?
(Feel free to run with any of these ideas. A simple mention in the Acknowledgements page is payment enough.)
No matter what you write about a midlife crisis, it's been written before. The trick is to make it a natural reaction by your character and the people around them. For instance, the red Jaguar is a tremendously cliched symbol of a mid-life crisis, but it was handled deftly by the writers.
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Many parents feel uncomfortable talking to their children about sex and teen pregnancy. Some parents may have grown up in an environment where these topics were not discussed, so they are not sure how to go about initiating a conversation. Other parents may be worried that they will not know the answers to any questions their child has, or they may be confused about how much information is appropriate. Recognizing that this may be an uncomfortable topic for parents and their teenage sons and daughters to discuss, the Advocates for Youth offers these tips to help make the conversation a little easier:
- Make it clear to your child that he can talk to you about anything. This will help to encourage communication.
- Take advantage of situations that allow the subject to be brought up--for example, news articles, television, or even a friend's pregnancy.
- Allow your child to talk, and listen to what she is saying. Think about what you are being asked.
- Don't jump to conclusions. The fact that your teen may have questions about sex does not necessarily mean she is sexually active.
- Give factual and honest answers to questions.
- Share your thoughts and values with your child, and encourage her to share hers.
- Reassure your child that his questions are normal.
- Give your child examples of ways to get out of high-risk situations, and teach him how to make healthy decisions about sex.
- Don't be afraid to admit that you don't know the answer to a question.
- Understand that your child may sometimes feel more comfortable talking to someone other than you. Help him come up with a list of other trusted adults to talk to.
The recent increase in teen pregnancy is proof that it is more important than ever to educate the nation's teens on sex and pregnancy. Communication and sex education are two of the most effective ways that parents can teach their teens to avoid the consequences of unprotected sex.


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An Outdoor Shower Made of Surfboards
Here's a great DIY project for all you Big Kahunas. This outdoor shower made with old surfboards is featured in one of our upcoming Green Tours from Santa Monica, California. Hidden away in a discreet corner of the back yard, the shower adds a dose of surfer-style to the pool area, and makes a great place to clean up after a long day riding the waves.
A retired longboard supports the shower head; its sliced-off tail end forms a shelf for things like soap or a razor, and its fin became a towel hook. A wall made from a trio of old surfboards and a simple wooden frame offers privacy. And the run-off waters the nearby vegetation. A few extra boards hang on the adjacent wooden fence, completing the look of this totally rad outdoor oasis.
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Evan Leybourn has written a book titled Directing the Agile Organisation in which he presents ideas about using agile approaches to management and a number of case studies on how the techniques have been applied in a number of disparate organisations.
An excerpt of the book is available for InfoQ readers here, and it can be purchased from Amazon.
He recently spoke to InfoQ about the book:
InfoQ: Why did you write this book, what is the problem you are trying to solve?
Evan: I have been using agile techniques and methods since 2003. As my career progressed into management, and away from software projects, it was almost inevitable that I would apply the same agile concepts, values and techniques to management that I had successfully applied to delivering business intelligence products.
What I then discovered was that, while the agile principles and methods remained relevant and useful, the agileconferences I was attending and books I was reading were no longer relevant to me. So, in 2009, I started writing about how I was using agile outside of ICT to share with other managers, an idea I called Agile Business Management. The book grew from there.
InfoQ: Why are you the right person to write this book?
Evan: Honestly, this concept is so new, I'm not sure anybody is the right person to write a book about it. :-)
All flippancy aside, I've been developing these ideas for the last 6 years. A convergence between software development & business management experience and an understanding of where agile can (and more importantly, can't) be applied.
InfoQ: Agile methods are most commonly associated with product development, especially software development, how do the ideas translate to running a business?
Evan: Surprisingly easily. The values and principles behind the Agile manifesto focus on collaboration, transparency, empowerment and communication. These apply, just as well, and sometimes better, to finance, HR or sales & marketing teams.
For example; in many organisations finance is ripe for agile adoption. There is already a strong emphasis on transparency, quality and collaboration. Conversely, sales teams, although they may seem highly adaptable, tend to find the agile approach difficult. I attribute this to the competitive nature between sales staff, especially when driven by commission or bonuses.
I would also add that semantics can be a problem. Agile has its own set of jargon, which can be a significant barrier to entry (and can make agile seem like a club or clique). "Sprints", "scrums", "planning poker", "planning game"; for a successful agile addition, these terms need to conform to a common business language.
Ultimately, good business is about providing value to your customers. Agile provides the tools to define and measure that value.
InfoQ: Which of the agile practices can be applied running to an organisation, which need to be applied and how?
Evan: Where would you like me to begin. :-)
I would generally start with a caveat; an organisation needs to realise that agile is not just applying specific practices. An organisation needs to adopt agile values and change their approach to delivering work, managing staff and engaging with customers. Only then, can they consider which practices to apply.
But I'll give you a couple of examples of where specific practices can apply. An effective agile organisation will utilise (and in some cases restructure around) cross-functional and self-organising teams. More than just a matrix model, cross-functional and self-organising teams are highly focused on specific outcomes, and reduce traditional bureaucratic overhead.
Each business function needs to understand their delivery approach. Some functions (such as HR or sales) are more suited for continuous delivery. In these cases, Kanban practices (and I don't just mean cards on a wall) can be very effective. Alternatively, other functions (such as finance or marketing) are better suited for incremental delivery. In these cases, formal iterations with regular planning (Planning Game) and releases (such as defined by Scrum) are effective.
Additionally, individual teams can adopt differing agile practices depending on their context. For example;
- Retrospectives: Required for all teams to ensure continuous improvement of work processes.
- Test-Driven Development (or Test-Driven Work): Defining quality control checks, prior to undertaking work, leads to improved design and delivery of any work package.
- Daily Stand-ups: Done correctly, daily stand-ups are effective communication mechanisms between team members.
- Pair Programming (or Pair Work) works just as well with accountants as with software developers.
InfoQ: In order for an organisation to adopt agile management approaches, what changes are needed from a cultural, organisational and procedural perspective?
Evan: Agile Business Management defines four domains of organisational change; business management, customer engagement, organisational structure and work practices.
At all levels, whether a team leader or CEO, an Agile Manager becomes responsible for facilitating day-to-day operation, managing risk, providing governance oversight, and directing the strategic outcomes of the organisation. The key distinction is the act of facilitation, providing support to and removing impediments from their teams. Ultimately, by embracing and shaping change, an agile manager can position the organisation to quickly take advantage of new opportunities in the market.
Customer engagement needs to change to a partnership model. Where customers are embedded within teams and share responsibility and accountability for delivery.
An agile organisational structure emphasises cross-functional and, in some cases, self-organising teams. This is a change from traditional hierarchical organisational structure toward dynamic modular business units that form, and reform, to meet changing business needs.
Finally, agile work processes need to be embedded within, and between, teams. By using incremental or continuous delivery and just-in-time planning, agile teams can adapt quickly when scope & business circumstances change.
InfoQ: One of the common objections to adopting agile approaches is financial forecasting - how does agile management overcome this?
Evan: Agile Business Management proposes three changes to financial management, although not all organisations will be in a position to implement financial change at this level.
First is a change in perception. It needs to be understood that teams have a measurable capacity. You cannot give additional work, or requirements, to a team at capacity without impacting on their ability to deliver. From a financial perspective, there is a near linear correlation between team size, requirements and time for most, non-production, teams. Put another way, you can't ask a team to do more in the same time, without investing in (growing) the team.
The next change is the adoption of monthly or quarterly budgets. To be agile and adaptable, an organisation needs to be able to focus their spending and investment in the most appropriate area at a given time. Yearly budgets make it difficult for organisations to pivot; to stop spending in an area of low business value and redirect that spending to new areas. By reducing the duration of the budget cycle, the organisation can ensure that funding is better targeted to meet changing needs. This can be streamlined for teams that do not vary their month-to-month budget.
The final change is to introduce contingency spending. Where each team is given a contingency budget, say 10%, which they can spend at their discretion. This allows individual teams, who are best placed to take advantage of changing business circumstance, to make minor investment decisions in a matter of days.
InfoQ: You include a number of case studies in the book, what are some of the important messages and ideas in the studies?
Evan: The most important message is that this can be done, and has been done. There is nothing stopping an organisation, or division within an organisation, from becoming agile.
About the Book Author
Evan Leybourn is an experienced leader, coach and author in the developing field of Agile Business Management; applying the successful concepts and practices from the Lean and Agile movements to corporate management. Evan has a passion for building effective and productive organisations, filled with actively engaged and committed staff while ensuring high-levels of customer satisfaction. His background in Agile Project Management and Business Intelligence informed his understanding of the need for evidence-based decision making and quantitative analysis, to measure corporate success. As well as writing "Directing the Agile Organisation", Evan currently consults across Australia and South East Asia on Agile project management and governance.
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Doug Wilson
Unfortunate word choice?
Johnny FromCanada
Hopefully, that does not turn off Agile-minded readers - it is easy to dismiss supposed "experts" based on simple missteps like this. I am reserving judgement until I get a chance to read the book.
Of course, if the objective is to get traditional upper management onboard with Agile, then such words can be used to bridge the conceptual divide. Good luck!
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Re: Unfortunate word choice?
Evan Leybourn
(If it helps the original title of the book was Agile Corporate Governance :-)
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The news was first reported by the Washington Post.
To recap the cabinet shuffle so far:
Cabinet secretaries remaining:
Napolitano (DHS)
Eric Holder (Justice)
Kathleen Sebelius (HHS)
Eric Shinseki (Veterans Affairs)
Hillary Clinton at State (John Kerry nominated)
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The Illinois Department of Public Health is
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The agency says the virus has sickened 179 people in Illinois this year.
In contrast, Illinois saw 34 cases last year when three
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Generic Drugs and the Hot Spot
"Pharmaceuticals are the most politically charged Medicaid issue." That's how Ray Hanley, the former director of Medicaid for Arkansas, introduced the last panel ...
"Pharmaceuticals are the most politically charged Medicaid issue."
That's how Ray Hanley, the former director of Medicaid for Arkansas, introduced the last panel of the last day of the National Association of State Medicaid Directors' annual conference, held last week here in the DC area.
If Hanley were a playwright, you'd say his opener was heavy-handed foreshadowing.
Instead of the usual tame and ultra-polite presentations of the panelists, there were fireworks --heated rejoinders, verbal blows and demands for equal time to answer charges. Sitting in the front row, this correspondent felt she was sitting ringside at a grudge-heavy boxing match.
The subject? Wal-Mart's plan to sell 30-day supplies of 300 generic drugs at $4 a pop.
Bill Simon, Wal-Mart's man in charge of the pharmacy program, got the ball rolling, noting that Wal-Mart's decision to sell the drugs at $4 -- the retail company would still make a profit at that price, he said -- was a happy combination of a good business model intersecting with good public policy.
The panelists who followed -- John Coster from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores ("Wal-Mart's prices are part of a larger picture state Medicaid directors have to look at."); Deirdre Duzor, director of pharmacy for the Center for Medicaid State Operations at CMS ("We may see a lot of change as brand name drugs come off patents."); Sybil Richard, deputy secretary for Florida's Medicaid program ("$4 generics are a success for Medicaid. I hope other pharmacies join on.") -- were thoughtful and relatively dry.
Then came Charles Sewell, representing the independent pharmacists. Sewell was not one to take an academic, theoretical or even calm approach. He attacked Wal-Mart's $4 generic program as less than it seems ("It's not really 300 drugs, it's only 143"), that the $4 generics were a loss leader and a bait-and-switch ploy.
Then he went for the knock-out blow: Wal-Mart, he reminded the Medicaid directors, had tens of thousands of their employees on Medicaid rolls, the FBI had raided their stores over illegal immigrants, the stores had forced workers of work off the clock and had violated the family leave act.
"Wal-Mart" he concluded, his face taking on a bit of a flush, "is always trying to force small businesses out of business. This is predatory pricing."
It's a little surprising when tempers show at otherwise staid conferences. But the heated words didn't end there. During the Q and A that followed the formal presentations, Sewell and Simon jockeyed for the upper hand, almot grabbing for the microphone to refute what the other said.
One thing's clear. It's not just pharmaceuticals that are politically charged. Low pricing of generics can really get the blood boiling, and everyone from state legislators to health policy makers will be hearing a lot more about them.


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In lots of places around your Mac, holding down the Command key while you're clicking on an item will give you info about where it lives rather than opening it. For example, I've mentioned before that Command-clicking a Spotlight result will open it in the Finder.** I also often Command-click a program's icon in my Dock as a quick shortcut to get to my Applications folder. And similarly, Jeff Gamet pointed out that you can Command-click a Finder window's title to get a hierarchical view of where you are in your file system.
One of this feature's most useful implementations, though, is for the things you've accessed recently. If you click on the Apple Menu in the upper-left corner of your screen and choose Recent Items, you've got fast access to recent applications, servers, and documents that you've used.
If you then hold down the Command key before you click on an application or a document, you'll see the menu change, and you'll be given the option to open the item in the Finder instead.
And by the way, I don't really have a text file with world domination plans, no no no. I'm just not that kind of person, you see.
It's actually a Pages file.
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Annoyed that nobody had heard him, Amon goes over to the man still laying in the water, and gave him a hand getting up. Amon asks what is going on and the man named Wolf told him that he needed to help him. Then he asked him, "What's the plan Wolf?"
Old times are good times
Vyse was still paddling furiously, but his craft was now tilting dangerously to one side. He shot a glance back and saw that Yuuki and Black were gaining quickly, as well as the man running along the shoreline. In a slight panic, he began to try use his sword to paddle, hoping the extra effort could keep him in the lead. Soon the swan boat was bobbing next to him as Yuuki and Black tried to pass him.
The swan and water-trike struggled for position, but Vyse was still sinking. In a last ditch effort, he leapt from his vessel and landed awkwardly on his opponents boat. However, his plan had not accounted for the water on the deck, and he slipped. To save himself from the water, he clutched onto the swans neck. "Technically, I'm still in front!" he thought to himself.
We are soldiers, stand or die.
Blacknite had no idea what to do. Vyse was grabbing onto the neck of his swan boat and he was shocked that they had not flipped yet. Yuuki and him just kept paddling not knowing what to do then Olive decided that he had had enough. He jumped on blacks head, scratching him in the process. Then he jumped on the head of the hapless hitch hiker. Using both his arms to hold on there was very little Vyse could do as olive plunked down and started jumping up and down on his head. The fact the little dragon managed to land on his moving head everytime impressing Blacknite. That is one dragon he did not want to piss off. Hearing giggling to his side he turned and saw Yuuki laughing. Noticing that it was a different laugh he realized it wasn't a joyous laughter of friends, but the manical laughter of a predater watching its prey squirm. Slightly unsettled he started peddling harder.
One must never forget ones past.
"Thanks friend," the colossal being said as someone new went to help him up. "I wish I could sit and talk but I have a race to win. I'll have to thank you again if I win."
It appears the giant water creature has yet to resurface so Wolf was confident to hop into the lake. To his left Wolf happened upon a beautiful discovery. It held the body of a jet ski but it was a peddle boat. He hopped on the jet ski looking water device and sat on it like a sports bike. "This thing is awesome" Wolf thought to himself as he pretended to be on a motorcycle.
Although it looked to be like a motorcycle, the non-motored instrument played out more like a bicycle than anything else. Wolf began peddling at high speeds, quickly leaving his partner, Zuloo, behind. There were still more "bike ski's" available so Zuloo would be able to hop onto one as well.
This thing was incredibly fast for its size. Of course its max speed wasn't as great as the swan boat but this one had great acceleration. Better yet, it was in the shape of a pink rubber ducky. The two handles on both sides of the duck's head was tightly gripped by the over sized man. A giant, rugged, scruffy haired man came peddling his way quickly over to the now three person swan boat in his wolf faced boxers.
He had caught up, by this time. He was in the 7 o'clock position from their boat by the time Wolf had decided he was going to jump on their boat again. One foot on the duck's head and one on the seat, he made ready for take off. Both his hands were above his head clasped together. In the next moment he put both feet on top of the duck's head and leaped forward.
Seconds before the jump he laid his eyes upon the blue-haired pony tail in the two piece. "[iWhoa" Wolf thought to himself as he completely miscalculated his jump. His left foot needed to learn the definition of friction. It completely missed take off and Wolf fell on the top of the duck's head, in the worst way possible for any guy to land. "CURSES!" Wolf shouted as he fell back onto his seat.
With my blade by my side, I'm never alone.
Sighing to himself Amon decided to grab the last boat and to start paddling to catch up with everybody else, he soon learned that there was no way he was going to catch up and saw a better idea instead.
He thought it might be a lot more interesting to test the myth that a giant piranha was in the lake. So he looked over to a tall tree overhanging the lake and with the help of the acrobatics skill got to the top about forty feet up. He then called out "CANNONBALL" and made a gigantic wave about ten feet from the boats. Then he had an epiphany. "I really hope that the piranha doesn't show up until after I get that boat."
Old times are good times
The boat was swaying dangerously, but Vyse held on as if for dear life. His grip on the delicate swans neck was starting to slip, and the finish line was getting closer and closer. He glanced around, looking for anything that he could use to gain an advantage. In the corner of his vision, he saw a pink blur, bobbing gently beside him. He turned his attention to it and saw that it was a pink duck shaped boat, and riding on it back was the familiar mass of Wolf, standing poised to jump. Vyse's face turned pale as Wolf readied himself. Fortunately, his foot slipped at the last moment and the pink ducks head landed between his legs. The sight made Vyse cringe.
Wolf and his duck began to fall behind, but before Vyse could relax there was a sharp pain on the top of his head and he felt something crawling on him. He tried to look up, but the unknown animal kept out of sight, and his long silver hair wasn't helping at all. He tried to swat the animal away, but his grip on the swan finally gave out and he fell, splashing wildly into the water below. If I'm going in, they're coming with me! he thought, and with that he kicked the bottom of the boat as it passed over him.
We are soldiers, stand or die.
Zwei ran as fast as he could towards a three that were leaning out in the lake where the others were. He Saw that Vyse wasn't in his boat anymore, but he was hanging around the neck of blacks swan.
Zwei ran along the tree trunk and prepared himself for the destruction he were going to inflict. As he ran towards the end of the trunk, he saw that Vyse fell of the swan, and the swan suddenly started tipping right after Vyse fell off. Zwei thought that atleast he would be able to finish them!
He reached the end of the trunk and he umped as high and as far as he could, before falling towards the tipping swan.
He twisted himself in the air, almost diving like a wrestler with his shoulder first, and his arm bent, as to inflict the most damage he could with his elbow too.
He yelled, and his thoughts were racing. "What the hell am i doing!" he thought to himself as he raced towards the boat.
He wouldn't have done anything like this in the real world, heck, he wouldn't even have gone to the beach in the real world! He could add another point to the list of how SAO had changed him.
He crashed through the boat, not inflicting nearly as much damage as he thought, especially because of his low weight and small stature. But atleast he'd made sure that the boat couldn't stay above the water anymore!
Zuloo who had been drowning this entire time managed to get washed up by some "Bike things" Zuloo coughing up water tears in his eyes turned to watch Wolf and decided to grab the purple duckie bike that was on the end and race to catch up. As he was forcibly trying to catch up he saw what happened to wolf and he saw another boat catching up quick. He peddled right behind the boat trying to ride in the wake to get more speed. he was gaining fast with a crazy look in his eyes.
"Our boat!" Yuuki screamed, as the bottom of the swan was ripped open, and a drowning Vyse passed under it. Taking out a towel, Black and Yuuki attempted to cover it up, succeeding.
For now.
But at that moment, unbeknownst to both players, Zwei, acting as a torpedo, was heading straight for their boat. Turning at the last moment, the player and her dragon barely had time to abandon ship. Not even having time to tell the person next to her, Yuuki jumped out of the boat, now feeling glad she had a bathing suit on. "Every man for themself!" She yelled, pinching her nose as she came into contact with the water. As the man hit the boat, it did not splinter into pieces; rather, he simply went straight through the hole Vyse had already made. But the impact still did damage, shattering their precious bird.
Resurfacing, Yuuki grabbed a drifting piece of wood, one big enough to fit herself. Whistling to Olive, she drew out her sword, bringing the purple blade down.
"<<Vorpal Strike>>" Yuuki cried, bring her sword down. The force started propelling her across the water, Ollive flapping his wings to help her. She stuck her tongue out at Black. She was winning this thing! Those *astards would pay! So slowly... For crushing her swan boat! She slashed and hacked at the water, making sure not to damage the wood she was squatting on. As she started approaching another boat, she slashed at it, trying to bring it down.
It was on!
After crashing through the boat, Zwei saw that Yuuki grabbed a piece of wood from the boat and started propelling herself with <<vorpal strike>>. He couldn't allow her to win, he thought.
So he too grabbed a piece of wood, almost as long as his blade. And started to charge it, using <<horizontal>> to push himself backwards in the direction of Yuuki. He also used <<sprint>> so that he could kick as fast as he can too, making him go as fast as Yuuki is not a tiny bit faster, or so it seemed for him anyway.
He had started to feel the need to win too, so he really wanted to pass her.
When he usually charged his weapon, he never actually charged it as much as he can, because he was afraid that it would damage the durability of the item. But that was not an concern with the piece of wood, so he started to charge it too 100%, from maybe 40%. His speed went up, but as his speed increased, his ability to steer decreased, and he were almost only able to go straight forward now. He also splashed way too much, and he _really_ hoped that he wouldn't attract the giant piranha in the lake!
Wolf was at a loss for words when he finally recovered from injuring himself. "Besides the fact that Zuloo is still behind me," Wolf thought to himself. "I'm in LAST PLACE" Wolf wasn't going to let anyone win. He had a plan. It was something only he and Zuloo were probably physically capable of.
Wolf equipped his giant single edged, 6 foot sword. He took a massive breath and jumped into the water. His sword began to glow a moon light white and Wolf continuously used <<horizontal>>. In return, he was non-stop spinning, rapidly in one place, using his giant sword to make the effect greater. Everybody knew what was going to happen next. His plan was pretty much to restart, bringing everyone to the center of the lake.
"The only 'boat' available would be the pink rubber duck that I just jumped off of." Wolf laughed in his head. "We would all have to fight for that."
With my blade by my side, I'm never alone.
As the offender started speeding toward her on his own piece of wood, Yuuki began to slash faster, trying to gain as much speed as she possiblely could. Zwei was approaching, and fast at that. Seeing as she was fast, but did not have as much leg power as him, her only option was to keep hacking away at the defenseless water. There was only one thing to do then.
"Olive!" She sang, getting the dragon's attention, and it stopped beating its wings. "Attack! With all your might!" Yuuki cried with glee, happy to see that one of them would be going down in flames. Olive dove toward Zwei with great speed, reaching his makeshift boat in no time. It then proceeded to swipe its claws at him, biting his sharp teeth repeatedly into his head. Until, finally, it crashed right between the man's legs, clawing and biting at that, too. Zwei screamed like a baby, trying to pry the dragon off, yuuki gigling with delight the whole time. She was cackling like mad when all of a sudden, a giant wave of water and wind started sweeping both her and the crybaby. It eventually let them off in the middle of the lake, where the last swan boat was. Everyone oviously had their minds set on getting it, and Yuuki screamed, using her sword as leverage to jump off of her little platform. She slashed at the water, making a quick grab for the boat, and hopped on, starting it up and rocketing across the water. Except for one little thing.
Zwei (with olive still using his head as a chew toy) had grabbed hold and stayed there, sitting on the very edge of the seat. Yuuki's eyes widened as reached over to toss her out.
This was on like donkey kong.
(lol worst gramatical paragraphs ever)
As Zwei propelled himself forwards and towards Yuuki, he suddenly got attacked by her dragon. The dragon were biting and clawing at him, and biting his head. Before the little demon turned evil and started slashing and biting away at his man-parts. He were stunned, and started to scream, and swat after it to get the little demon away.
All the while this were happening he heard a mad giggle coming from not so far away. But the sound soon drowned as a huge current started to pull him backwards, and only after a lot of swirling were they let off in the middle of the lake, where the last boat was. Yuuki jumped on it, and Zwei managed to grab hold on it too, and climb into it. The downside to it all was that now the dragon was back again, biting and clawing at his head, making him bloody.
He climbed aboard the swan and quickly seized Yuuki. He held her tight, so that she couldn't escape and said "After this, the looser buys the winner dinner!". She tried to fight loose but he was too strong. "At least his training could pay off in this way too." he thought. Then he used the "german suplex" move that he remembered seeing when he watched wrestling back in the real world.
He moved his grip down from clutching her arms to her chest, to her belly and started lifting her. It wasn't really hard, as she probably was one of the lightest persons he'd ever lifted. When he had lifted her enough he started bridging himself backwards. He stood at one side of the boat, and bridged against the other side.
And now came the beautiful part of his plan.
He had bridged himself just right, because his head were positioned at the railings of the boat. which meant that Yuukis head and now most of her body too, were outside the railings. She fought him, there were no doubt about it, and her dragon were hacking away at him, but he was so determined to finish this move, that it all were futile.
At the end of the bridge, and with her body hanging outside the railings of the boat, he dropped her. Just let go, and she fell into the ocean head first.
Now came the difficult part though, now he had to get away without her destroying him or the boat!
He paddled like crazy, using his strength to get the boat moving, hoping it was enough to get away.
"Plan, success," Wolf thought as he continued to tighten the <<rope>> around his waist. Wolf, who was just about out of breath, stood at the bottom of the lake. He watched as the giant piranha continued to mind its own business towards the so called "finish line" that they were all racing towards. Putting his heavy, two handed weapon away, Wolf finally saw the only option take place. The pink rubber duck shaped peddle boat made it way across the water.
The rope, which followed a curved trail towards the pink floating device, quickly tightened and Wolf began to head towards the surface. Wolf held a very powerful expression on his face. His stance was strong, feet shoulder width apart. His arms were folded across his chest and his back was straight. It's been a while since he jet skied, but that record was just about to reset.
Wolf's head finally surfaced and he slowly, and invisibly gasped for air. "Muahaha," Wolf laughed triumphantly as he traveled across the water, connected to the boat by a thick rope. His arms were still folded and his expression remained the same, as if a mannequin.
With my blade by my side, I'm never alone.
Vyse's attempt to sink Yuuki and black hadn't worked as well as he had hoped, but the boat had been destroyed none the less. However, with the boat destroyed, he had no option but to try and swim the rest of the race. He could see Yuuki and Zwei up ahead, both hacking at the water with their swords. He wanted to win this, but his chances were looking slim.
Before he could start swimming away, there was a sudden change in the waters flow and he found himself being pulled under the surface. As he struggled to remain afloat, he glimpsed Wolf and his giant sword, spinning like crazy in the middle of the lake. "This guy is crazy!" he thought as he was pulled further and further towards the center of the lake.
Once the waves subsided, he looked around to see that not only himself, but Yuuki and Zwei had also been sucked into the middle of the lake and bobbing between them all was a single boat. Still dazed from his half drowning, he noticed Yuuki and Zwei go for the boat. Yuuki was sitting in the seat and Zwei was hanging off the side, attempting to throw her off. And was that a dragon on his head?
While the others bickered over the boat, Vyse started to swim his way towards the finish line. Hopefully they wouldn't notice him until he was too far ahead. However before he could get far he saw the boat pass him by with wolf tied to the back, and he appeared to be water skiing.. His only opportunity was about to pass him by. He wouldn't let that happen. He reached out and grabbed wolfs ankle, and the moment he did he felt himself being pulled through the water.
We are soldiers, stand or die.


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AUGUSTA, Ga.- The Cobra baseball team bounced back from a tough 15-5 loss to USC-Beaufort on Tuesday with a dominating 18-1 win over Paine College on Wednesday afternoon. The non-conference win improves Coker to 17-15 on the year.
Matt Long (Florence, S.C.) (8-2) got his eighth win of the year against the Lions. He gave up just one run on three hits in two innings of work for the Cobras.
Leading the Cobras at the plate was sophomore catcher Gavin Bailey (Florence, S.C.). Bailey, normally the back-up catcher for Coker, was thrust into the starting line-up for the first time in his collegiate career and he made his presence felt. Bailey was 4-for-5 with three RBIs and three runs scored. Brinley Griffin (Port St. John, Fla.) and Daniel Hiatt (Elwood, Ind.) each left themselves just a home run away from the cycle, with a single, a double and a triple each. Griffin drove in four runs with two stolen bases, while Hiatt scored four runs and drove in one. Jordan Buenting (Ankeny, Iowa) was the four Cobras with three plus hits, he finished the day 3-for-5 with two runs scored.
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By: Mark McGrouther, Category: Science, Date: 23 Jun 2011
This embedded video shows a Spikefin Goby in an aquarium. The species was described in 1978 by Hoese and Fourmanoir. The standard Australian name for the species is Spikefin Goby not Flaming Prawn Goby as written on the video frame.
Dr Doug Hoese a Senior Fellow at the Australian Museum.
View a list of all the gobies on the site.
Tags fishes, ichthyology, Spikefin Goby, Discordipinna griessingeri, Gobiidae,


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I want a table saw so badly, I called my mom to ask if I could have her's when she dies.
Daughter of the Year award, right there
I know many of you have probably seen this on Crafting with the Stars, but I LOVE it. That is one Epic Pantry. Mandi from Tidbits from the Tremaynes made this little beauty. Can I also add that she is hilarious? You should definitely stop by.
I love this beautiful Mason Jar Storage by Liz Marie! Seeing as all my crap is thrown in random bathroom drawers/counter/floor, I definitely want one.
And lastly the teacher in me squealed with joy at these Front Facing Bookshelves by Polly at Helping Little Hands! Uhhhh can she make me a set? Or 10?
Somehow I don't think my downstairs neighbors will appreciate me using a table saw on our balcony...


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Comprehensive DescriptionRead full entry
BiologyPantodon buchholzi is a creature from calm waters (Ref. 51626). It lives in swamps, creeks and backwaters (Ref. 31256), and inhabits the calmer parts of rivers (Ref. 41580), where it can be seen on the surface waters (Ref. 4910). They are capable to jump out of the water, to search for insects or to escape from predators (Ref. 2921). It is not a glider, but a ballistic jumper (Ref. 52282), with a tremendous jumping power (Ref. 31256). It is an exophageous insectivore, feeding on terrestrial insects and aquatic larvae and nymphs of insects (Ref. 41580). It also feeds on crustaceans and fish (Ref. 7020). Introduced in 1905 to European aquarists (Ref. 51626, Ref. 53207). Pantodon buchholzi is a favorite fish for aquarists; in the aquarium it can rest with the top of the head and the large pectoral fins touching the surface, while the long rays of the pelvic fin hang down perpendicularly, forming a tempting morsel for other aggressive fish in the same tank, and therefore it should be stocked together with only bottom dwellers (Ref. 13851). Observed maximum length of 15.0 cm TL in aquarium (Ref. 2921, Ref. 3515).


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M-Audio Launches Overdub - Comic Book Style Online Guide!
M-Audio announced the UK launch of Overdub, a new comic book style 'guide to studio production' from M-Audio explaining the techniques and technology behind major recording equipment product categories.
The first in the series - Overdub Volume One : Guide to Studio Monitors - details everything you need to know when setting up a reference monitor system, and includes topics such as:
How to select the right monitors
Guidelines for monitor placement
Dealing with room acoustics
Using acoustical treatment
Testing your system
The booklet is available online now at www.maudio.co.uk/overdub and will be available in hard copy at selected M-Audio authorised reseller stores across the country very soon.
An interesting read!
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