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#21 2012-05-22 19:55:43
- uli
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Re: abl_droploader: A native drag & drop multiple image uploader
developr wrote:
btw. This is also a problem of the bot_image_upload plugin.
My turn to say "oops": you're right, I didn't think of that. Even worse as I just saw that it seems to be the default behaviour of TXP to not produce a thumb when no measures are entered.
Thus: a duplicate Thanks, for making your plugin overrule TXPs default and for doing work that I wrongly reported here :)
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#22 2012-05-23 09:01:55
Re: abl_droploader: A native drag & drop multiple image uploader
Hello Uli,
I think it was not so wrong, because the problem has also to do with the (new) workflow:
The classic upload in the image-tab shows the image edit-form after an upload, so the user has always the chance to enter values for the thumb size.
This is not the case when uploads are made with DropLoader, so I changed the setup procedure in version 0.12 to avoid this. Defaults are now set once, if they are not present.
This is the code:
if (!isset($prefs['thumb_w'])) set_pref('thumb_w', '100', 'image', PREF_HIDDEN);
if (!isset($prefs['thumb_h'])) set_pref('thumb_h', '100', 'image', PREF_HIDDEN);
if (!isset($prefs['thumb_crop'])) set_pref('thumb_crop', '1', 'image', PREF_HIDDEN);
Hope it's correct.
Anyway, it may be a good idea to provide default values in the TXP distribution package. Changing this should not be a problem, because users can override it at any time.
#23 2012-05-23 15:32:50
- redbot
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- Registered: 2006-02-14
- Posts: 1,410
Re: abl_droploader: A native drag & drop multiple image uploader
Hi all,
this is a great plugin which offers a functionality I wished to add since ages, kudos to Andreas!
That said I didn't even had the time to read the whole thread because my house is undergoing a heavy renovation and I barely managed to switch on my computer – buried under mountains of dust (cough).
I promise as I'll have again a livable house (in the next two weeks I hope) I'll do my best to make this plugin and bot_image_upload happily live together.
#24 2012-05-24 16:49:25
- jelle
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- Registered: 2006-06-07
- Posts: 165
Re: abl_droploader: A native drag & drop multiple image uploader
Is there an easy way to update bot_image_upload's thumbnails after using abl_droploader on the write tab?
Can I call a function or something?
Loving this plugin!
Andreas, is there an textpack available for this plugin? All my text look like abl_droploader_info_text :( I'm new to this ln10 stuff….can I update the text manually?
Last edited by jelle (2012-05-24 16:53:15)
#25 2012-05-24 19:08:32
Re: abl_droploader: A native drag & drop multiple image uploader
Good luck with your renovation!
Meanwhile, I try to support file uploads too. Have some problems with it , but I hope I can solve this.
When images are added directly (not with bot_i_u), then you must save the article to see the added picture. At the moment I see no way to change this.
DropLoader fires the change-event on the article-image field after images are added, but this seems not to be enough. I think we must wait until redbot has some time.
When using DropLoader (v0.12) from bot_i_u, then pictures are added to the list when DropLoader is closed. Have no better solution for now. Sorry.
The Textpack problem sounds strange.
Two Textpacks are compiled in: English & German (en-gb, de-de). These Strings will be stored in table 'txp_lang' when the plugin is installed. The name of all language strings starts with "abl_droploader_".
However, I post them here:
#@language en-gb
abl_droploader_open => Upload Images
abl_droploader_open_files => Upload Files
abl_droploader_open_title => Open drag & drop file uploader
abl_droploader_close => ×
abl_droploader_close_title => Close DropLoader
abl_droploader_error_method => Method {{method}} does not exist in abl.droploader-app.js.
abl_droploader_info_text => Drop files here\\n\\nor click to select files
abl_droploader_err_invalid_filetype => Cannot upload {{filename}}. Only images are allowed (jpg, jpeg, gif, png)!
abl_droploader_err_browser_not_supported => Your browser does not support HTML5 file uploads!
abl_droploader_err_too_many_files => Too many files! Please select {{maxfiles}} at most!
abl_droploader_err_file_too_large => {{filename}}\\ntoo large!
abl_droploader_all_files_uploaded => {{uploaded_files}} of {{filecount}} files uploaded.
abl_droploader_no_files_uploaded => There are {{errors}} errors. No files where uploaded.
abl_droploader_some_files_uploaded => There are {{errors}} errors. {{uploaded_files}} of {{filecount}} files uploaded.
abl_droploader_prefs_image_max_upload_count => Maximum file count of image uploads
abl_droploader_prefs_file_max_upload_count => Maximum file count of file uploads
abl_droploader_prefs_reload_image_tab => Images-Tab: Close Droploader and reload image list after upload
#@language de-de
abl_droploader_open => Bilder hochladen
abl_droploader_open_files => Dateien hochladen
abl_droploader_open_title => Drag & Drop Datei-Uploader öffnen
abl_droploader_close => ×
abl_droploader_close_title => DropLoader schliessen
abl_droploader_error_method => Methode {{method}} existiert in abl.droploader-app.js nicht.
abl_droploader_info_text => Bilder hier ablegen\\n\\noder klicken um auszuwählen
abl_droploader_err_invalid_filetype => {{filename}} nicht hochgeladen. Es sind nur Bilder erlaubt (jpg, jpeg, gif, png)!
abl_droploader_err_browser_not_supported => Ihr Browser unterstützt keine HTML5 Datei Uploads!
abl_droploader_err_too_many_files => Sie haben zu viele Dateien ausgewählt! Es können maximal {{maxfiles}} Dateien gleichzeitig hochgeladen werden!
abl_droploader_err_file_too_large => {{filename}}\\nzu gross!
abl_droploader_all_files_uploaded => {{uploaded_files}} von {{filecount}} Dateien hochgeladen.
abl_droploader_no_files_uploaded => Es sind {{errors}} Fehler aufgetreten. Es wurden keine Dateien hochgeladen.
abl_droploader_some_files_uploaded => Es sind {{errors}} Fehler aufgetreten. {{uploaded_files}} von {{filecount}} Dateien wurden hochgeladen.
abl_droploader_prefs_image_max_upload_count => Maximale Anzahl Dateien beim Bild-Upload
abl_droploader_prefs_file_max_upload_count => Maximale Anzahl Dateien beim Datei-Upload
abl_droploader_prefs_reload_image_tab => Bilder Register: Droploader nach dem upload schliessen und Bildliste neu laden
Textpacks can be imported in Txp from the admin-tab (Preferences/languages). A Form is at the bottom of this page, but I have never used it. So I can't give instructions on how to use this form.
Hope this helps anyway.
#26 2012-05-24 19:23:46
- jelle
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Re: abl_droploader: A native drag & drop multiple image uploader
Hi Andreas,
Thanks for your answer.
My site is set to dutch. Thats probably why I get the abl_ strings in stead of text. I'll translate and post when I'm done for dutch users.
Looking forward to file support….
#27 2012-05-24 21:09:46
- MattD
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Re: abl_droploader: A native drag & drop multiple image uploader
I'd recommend using your en-gb textpack for en-us as well. That will prevent en-us installs from showing just the abl_droploader strings.
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#28 2012-05-24 21:23:12
- Bloke
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Re: abl_droploader: A native drag & drop multiple image uploader
MattD wrote:
I'd recommend using your en-gb textpack for en-us as well.
Or (untested, but purports to work) drop the #@language declaration from the first set of strings, so that the (English) strings get installed against whatever default language the recipient's system is using. At least the strings are there and can then be translated, instead of being raw string refs.
I've not confirmed (yet) whether doing this and having, say, both English and German textpacks embedded into the plugin, will mean that sites with German language will skip the (no-language-declaration) strings and install the German ones, or if they'll get the English strings anyway because the declaration is missing off the first block. It may be the case that — in a single-language German installation, for example — the no-declaration (English) strings are installed, and then the German ones are loaded too because they match the installed language, effectively overwriting the English ones that have just been inserted *shrug*.
The latest development copy of the Plugin composer supports textpacks and this kind of thing is the last kink I'm trying to iron out before letting it out for beta testing.
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#29 2012-05-24 22:56:11
- jelle
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Re: abl_droploader: A native drag & drop multiple image uploader
Dutch Textpack (improvements welcome)
#@language nl-nl
abl_droploader_open => Afbeeldingen uploaden
abl_droploader_open_files => Bestanden uploaden
abl_droploader_open_title => Open drag & drop file uploader
abl_droploader_close => ×
abl_droploader_close_title => Sluit DropLoader
abl_droploader_error_method => Methode {{method}} wordt niet ondersteund door abl.droploader-app.js.
abl_droploader_info_text => Sleep bestanden hier naartoe\n\nof klik om bestanden te selecteren.
abl_droploader_err_invalid_filetype => Kan {{filename}} niet uploaden. Alleen afbeeldingen zijn toegestaan (jpg, jpeg, gif, png)!
abl_droploader_err_browser_not_supported => Uw browser ondersteund geen HTML5 upload!
abl_droploader_err_too_many_files => Teveel bestanden! Kies alstublieft maximaal {{maxfiles}} bestanden!
abl_droploader_err_file_too_large => {{filename}}\nte groot!
abl_droploader_all_files_uploaded => {{uploaded_files}} van {{filecount}} bestanden ge-upload.
abl_droploader_no_files_uploaded => Er zijn {{errors}} fouten. Er zijn geen bestanden geupload.
abl_droploader_some_files_uploaded => Er zijn {{errors}} fouten. {{uploaded_files}} van {{filecount}} bestanden geupload.
abl_droploader_prefs_image_max_upload_count => Maximaal aantal afbeeldingen voor upload
abl_droploader_prefs_file_max_upload_count => Maximaal aantal bestanden voor upload
abl_droploader_prefs_reload_image_tab => Afbeeldingen-Tab: Sluit Droploader en ververs afbeeldingenlijst na upload
Last edited by jelle (2012-05-25 09:58:52)
#30 2012-05-25 09:56:26
Re: abl_droploader: A native drag & drop multiple image uploader
@jelle & Matt:
Thanks for the info, I was not aware of this problematic with localised Textpattern setups.
I try to change the behavior for the DropLoader, so that english texts will be used if the default language is not set to "en-gb".
Thanks to Stef, I know now how to do it. Stef, your tips are just invaluable! Maybe it's a good idea to put this information on the wiki too (Extending Textpattern).
A special thanks to jelle for providing the nederlands translation. I prepare an article on my site, where i will provide contributed textpacks for download. I will drop a note here and in the original post when it is ready.


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Richards a loss, but Halos have all the pieces
Angels still a postseason contender if guys step up after righty goes down
By Richard Justice / MLB.com
There's no way to sugarcoat what the loss of Garrett Richards means to the Angels. On Wednesday, he went down while covering first base in the second inning against the Red Sox, and he was diagnosed Thursday with torn patella tendon in his left knee, which will require surgery.
With the injury's six- to nine-month recovery period, Richards is done for the season. It's a punch to the gut, one that will shake the team both in the clubhouse and on the mound.
In Richards' third big league season, he had evolved from an erratic, hard-throwing kid to a polished top-of-the-rotation starter. The Angels are 19-7 when he gets the ball, and his name is dotted across the American League leaderboard in strikeouts, innings, etc.
When the Angels looked toward October, they could envision Richards matching up nicely against David Price, Jon Lester or any of the other AL aces. In the aftermath of his injury, the math suddenly changes for the Halos.
What doesn't change is the expectations, and that's the important thing to remember in all of this. Once the Angels get past the sadness that they feel for Richards, they'll have to gather themselves and move on.
The Halos still have enough to finish the deal. That's what they've got to convince themselves. They lost some of their margin for error when Tyler Skaggs had Tommy John surgery in early August, and now they've got even less.
This means they'll lean on Jered Weaver and C.J. Wilson more than ever and that a veteran like Randy Wolf, who is biding his time at Triple-A, could end up playing a vital role.
General manager Jerry Dipoto will be checking his trade options, but unless he sees, say, Bartolo Colon as an upgrade, that may not happen.
Good teams know it's never about one guy, regardless of his talent. They also believe they can overcome almost anything that's thrown at them. It's a cliche, but on a good club, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Down two runs in the sixth? Let's go, fellas.
The Angels have already gotten significant contributions from Matt Shoemaker, Kole Calhoun, Collin Cowgill, Mike Morin, Cory Rasmus and others who aren't yet household names. This is what good teams do.
Now, there will have to be someone else. Does anyone doubt the Angels will be playing in October? Despite the loss, this is still a really good baseball team.
Dipoto accumulated veteran rotation depth to be prepared in case the worst happened. So this injury could be the opportunity Wolf has been looking for, one more chance to be an October difference-maker.
Chris Volstad and Wade LeBlanc are also options. Between them, they've made 191 big league starts. And there's 24-year-old Michael Roth, a soft-tossing lefty who has nice numbers at Double-A.
This isn't to minimize the loss of Richards. It's huge. It definitely impacts the postseason race. The Angels are a little less imposing than they were 24 hours ago. But this can still be a special season for the Halos.
Angels manager Mike Scioscia's comments were absolutely perfect after the game. He spoke only of Richards and how far he'd come this season and how important he was to the fabric of the team.
Richards was a first-round Draft pick of the Angels in 2009, and he had climbed through the system and steadily improved. He was Mike Trout's roommate in the Minor Leagues. In other words, Richards was a member of the family, and to have that locker suddenly empty is a loss that can't be quantified.
That's why it's some comfort to have Scioscia in the corner office. He has seen everything. Scioscia is an emotional rock. Because of him -- and because of Trout, Albert Pujols and the guys who've helped get the Angels this far -- you'd be making a mistake to discount the Halos.
Regardless of how the Angels feel today, they've got one more game in Boston, and then they're off to Oakland with first place in the AL West on the line. On Friday, it's Hector Santiago vs. Sonny Gray. Game on.
The A's and Angels play 10 more times this season, including seven games before Labor Day. The AL West probably won't be decided by then, but these games may have the look and feel of October.
The Angels have had a couple of bitterly disappointing seasons in their quest to get back to October. Owner Arte Moreno has shelled out big bucks for Pujols, Josh Hamilton and Wilson. Dipoto has shaped the roster nicely. And in Scioscia, the Halos have someone who is among the most respected and accomplished men in the game.
On tough days like this, the Angels will have to turn the focus from what they've lost to what they still have. They've got enough.
Richard Justice is a columnist for MLB.com. Read his blog, Justice4U. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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IACR Publication Reform
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Discussion related to IACR's current and future publications: conference proceedings, Journal of Cryptology, and revolution of IACR's publications.
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IACR publication reform - my two cents
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Date: 30 May 2013 07:03
Unfortunately I wasn't able to attend EC yesterday so apologies if some of the points have been raised already.
It seems to me that not including the workshops in the Journal scheme is contra productive as you'll have to review journal rejects again for those conferences. Furthermore, those conferences will get journal rejects only -- journal acceptances that do not get into C/EC/AC are out of the pool. However:
1) It may be reasonable to have a one or two year delay for bringing the workshops into the journal system just to make sure that the system works well enough and not to have all eggs in one basket immediately.
2) It may be reasonable to combine the workshops with regular, co-located post-grad (summer) schools on en vogue topics. If everyone knows that IACR organizes 2 to 4 summer schools on state of the art topics every year and if there's an inofficial price limit on those summer schools, then everyone can include a suitable multiple of that limit in grant applications for PhD studentships and you'll never lack people attending those summer schools & workshops.
If you want a quick turn-around, include a "letters to the editor" or short paper section. Sometimes a paper triggers an idea that should be published but isn't substantial enough to make a full, high quality paper. Instead of padding it with background blubber and sending it to a crappy conference or keeping silent until you've accumulated enough substance for a full paper, people could just send a short, down-to-the-point paper to the journal and get it published fast.
The journal should have a good categories/keywords/tag system to help with lit research. Coherent tagging rules would be helpful and reviewers should make sure that the paper has been tagged properly (in case of acceptances). Right now, when I submit a paper I specify all keywords that seem relevant at the time of submission. With re-submissions, I noticed that I never come up with the exactly same list of keywords (unless I look up what I used the last time). I take that as indication that my intuitive ad-hoc approach to keywords probably does not help a lot. (Keyword based search should beat googling in my opinion.)
Finally: What are you going to do with the backlog of papers that are already in the submission-resubmission cycle when the Journal starts. (I don't know how large that backlog is/will be.) If it's just a few, I don't think that it's going to be a problem but if there is a backlog of a few hundred papers you risk that the journal either starts pear-shaped or that reviewers initially are too tough to get rid of the backlog.
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I agree that there is a foreseeable problem with the workshops - both IACR and non-IACR. In a nutshell, we will "vamperize" them with the "Proceedings of the IACR" (proc.IACR)and suck out of them all the good publications.
I don't think that the workshops will disappear. We'll get either an informal solution or a formal solution (or a mix of both):
(1) Informal solution: Workshops will accept any talk where an author says "look, I have an IACR Publication. Would you like me to speak at your workshop?" Out of sheer lack of submissions, workshops will agree. Alternatively, the will actively "hunt" publications in proc.IACR that have not been accepted for AC/EC/Crypto-Presentation. Both information is public, so we cannot prevent this.
(2) Formal solution: Workshops get (somehow) incorporated into proc.IACR and agree among each other which presentation goes to which workshop. The system will be self-regulating: Authors that thing their article is too good for workshop X will decline an invitation and hope to get invited for workshop Y. If their article is indeed good enough, this may happen. And it will be difficult to manage in the beginning.
At least for the IACR-workshops (CHES, FSE, PKC, TCC), I would like to see an offer from proc.IACT towards them. If they don't take it, that's fine. However, there should be a genuine offer. I agree it should not be in the first year of proc.IACR - things need to fall into place first. But from year two onwards, they should be included.
Secondly, I would like to extend this offer to all workshops that have "in cooperation with" status - see [
]. Again - it should be an offer, nothing more.
Including more workshops could prove difficult. In particular: If a workshop does not even fulfil the rather minimal criteria of ICW - why should we include it into proc.IACR?
So at the end, there will be some workshops that are formally associated with proc.IACR (maybe on a year-by-year basis) and other workshops that can informally draw from the publications there to increase the number of reviewed talks they have. How they fill the other slots is a different ball game and I am very interested to see different solutions implemented :-)
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Simon Hoerder wrote:
> Finally: What are you going to do with the backlog
> of papers that are already in the
> submission-resubmission cycle when the Journal
> starts. (I don't know how large that backlog
> is/will be.) If it's just a few, I don't think
> that it's going to be a problem but if there is a
> backlog of a few hundred papers you risk that the
> journal either starts pear-shaped or that
> reviewers initially are too tough to get rid of
> the backlog.
Thanks for raising the question. To my knowledge, it has not been addressed yet. But I have not been in Athens either ;-)
I *does* have to be addresses - but it's not really difficult: We have an online-journal now, so there is no bandwidth limitation anymore. So in 2016, we can already review the three flagship conferences using the following grades:
(1) Accept
(2) Reject
(3) proc.IACR
All authors with (3) get asked if they want to submit to proc.IACR. If they do (presumable with small changes), we can already publish the first article in proc.IACR in May 2016 :-) And as I said: There is no limit. If we accept 300 articles within the first 6 month, that's fine.
So I guess the backlog will not add too much to the overall workload.
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Dodgers address brushback pitches
Game 4 starter Lowe: 'You have to stand up for yourself'
By Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
Phillies starter Brett Myers set the tone in the first inning Friday night by throwing under the chin of Russell Martin, then behind the head of Manny Ramirez. Dodgers pitcher Chad Billingsley said he tried to throw inside on Phillies hitters, "not to retaliate, but to make them uncomfortable," but his command wasn't sharp enough.
"Nuke LaLoosh style, Major League guy, yeah, that was definitely a unique situation," Lowe said. "I think in hindsight, I think everybody, especially probably on our team, wished it would have been handled differently. I think any time, not only did Manny get brushed back but Russell did kind of, too. I think there's nothing wrong with that. But I think, again, you don't want to sit up here and say you're going to hit people. But I think there was definitely a situation where you could have maybe done the same thing back.
"And it's been talked about a lot over the last two days, and the one thing you don't want to do is feel like you're getting pushed around, with the other team thinking they can do whatever they want and you're not really going to stand up for yourself. And it seemed like for those few innings, it seemed like that's what they did. Now, did that translate into them scoring all those runs? I don't know. But the bottom line is you can't allow them to dictate -- pretty much let them do whatever they want. You have to stand up for yourself."
Torre said he spoke to Billingsley about "pitching to both sides of the plate. Chad, everything was away, away, away and he paid a price for it."
Torre said it wasn't about intimidation or retaliation. It was about establishing the outside part of the plate by showing a willingness to throw inside and keep opposing hitters honest. He cited a well-known pitcher Torre often caught.
"People remember Bob Gibson and they say he pitched inside," Torre said. "Really, he pitched away. But he made you conscious [inside] because he didn't want you diving over the plate. It's sketchy sometimes, the way umpires make more of it. It's the way the game has changed."
When asked specifically about a pitcher protecting his hitters, Torre said, "We're all in this thing together. We're a team and we have to make sure we're there for each other."
Ken Gurnick is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Rank//Chakra Info.
Ninja Rank: Unofficial Sage
Specialty: Water, Rain, Hidden Mist, Silent Killing, Taijutsu, Kenjutsu, Kei-Sekken
Elements: Basic 5, Rain, Pearl
Your ninjutsu:* Basic 5, Rain, Pearl, Taijutsu, Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, Kaito's Taijutsu**, Kenjutsu, Infinite One-Sword Style, Kei-Sekken***, Yamanaka Techniques, Fuuinjutsu****
Background Info.
"Kids I'm going to tell you an incredible story, the story of how I met your mother."
Voice out of nowhere starts yelling:
"VOI! Narrator, that is f*cking wrong story"
Narrator quickly replies:
"Sorry, sorry, sorry. Ok, now than,...
Our whole universe was in the..."
Again the same voice again out of nowhere starts calling:
"VOI! F*cking wrong story again, seriously, I shouldn't have payed you for telling HIS story. This is your last chance Narrator, than I will kill you."
Narrator again starts talking:
"I wanna be the very best, like no one ever waaaaaaaaaas pam pam pam to catch them is my real test, to train them is my goaaaaaaaaaaaal. I will tr..."
Sound of sword cutting through body of poor Narrator is heard and for a minute, there is complete silence. Than that same voice starts saying:
"VOI! I warned you stupid Narrator, now look at yourself, you're DEAD, you hear me? You are freaking DEAAAAAAAAD."
Than another voice calls to person who killed Narrator:
"Than why the hell don't YOU say his story Squalo."
Squalo: "VOI! Is that you BAKA BOSS?"
Boss: "Who are you calling baka Squalo, I will kill you where you stand, but first you should tell his story already, everyone is getting bored.
Squalo: "Ok ok, so people, listen or I kill you, this is story of Yamamoto Takeshi:
So, he got borned in Konoha into Yamanaka clan, but even tho his father was 2nd in command of Yamanaka clan, he tried to hide Yamamoto from fate of being shinobi. Problem was when Yamamoto reached 13th year of life and...
Boss: "Shut up or I will really kill you, just hurry up, will ya? AND WHERE IS MY FOOD."
Squalo: "SHUT UP! Ok, so, where was I,...
Problem was when Yamamoto reached 13th year of life and was founded as prodigy of shinobi world in almost all skills shinobi can get. During his lifetime he mastered all Basic 5 Elements from his father as well as secret Yamanaka Techniques. After that he mastered Taijutsu, Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, some Kaito's Taijutsu and Kenjutsu.
First he became Genin, than Chuunin and than Jounin. His father than decided that they will move out of Konoha as it became corrupt and wanted to create soldier who would only obey from Yamamoto. His father decided that they will move into Kirigakure, because he knew Mizukage very well and was good old friend with him. When they reached Kirigakure, Yamamoto decided that he will become Jounin of Kirigakure and help it defeat anyone who stands in it's way. As years passed, Yamamoto was sent on many missions and thanks to his high Kenjutsu skills, he became able to complete all of them with quite an ease, as they were mainly missions where he encountered high amount of enemies and defeated all of them, yes, defeated, but not killed, at least in most cases. Once, when he was still 14, I Squalo fought him and defeated him very easily, but than, 1 week later, we were faced against each other again, and I lost misserably. Well, let's continue. Mizukage started to like Yamamoto a lot and decided to send him on long time mission into Amegakure. He was supposed to gather information, but more importantly learn how to use deadly Rain Techniques which can only be taught in Amegakure. He said goodbye to his father and headed for Amegakure, where he was supposed to stay 1 whole year, but after 1 month he already learned everything there is about Rain techniques and had full mastery of them in that 1 month. He send message to Mizukage that he finished studying Rain Techniques and that he gathered all information that he could. Mizukage than send his own message to Yamamoto that he should return back to Kirigakure and that he has been promoted into position of ANBU Hunting division of Kirigakure. On his way back to Kirigakure, he met master of Kenjutsu who taught him how to use very powerful Infinite One-Sword Style Kenjutsu style. As he became master of this style very quickly, he continued his way to Kirigakure where he met his old friend Taiketsu who taught him his own Taijutsu style which is called Kei-Sekken. When he became officially member of ANBU's Hunting squad, he was ordered to kill group of people who ran away from Kirigakure. Yamamoto himself was faster than his allies from Hunting division and defeated all people who betrayed Kirigakure and killed all of them for his village. Than he was send on more ANBU missions as time passed and when he finally reached his 22th year of living, he became leader of ANBU Black Ops and leader of ANBU's Hunting Division and became the youngest ANBU Black Ops leader ever in history of Kirigakure. Than Mizukage wanted him to become 1 of the 7 Swordsmen of the Mist, but Yamamoto declined with reasoning that 7 Swordsmen of the Mist should be from Kirigakure and even tho that he loves Kirigakure, he wasn't borned in Kirigakure. Than when he became 24 years old, he was known all around the world as Sono Hitotsu Motte Sono Ame (The One With The Rain)."
Boss: "Are you finished already?"
Squalo: "SHUT UP BAKA BOSS, well, I guess I am finished, for now, but his story will continue. By the way boss, I think you shouldn't forget to who you lost back then."
Boss: "WHAT DID YOU SAY, I WILL F*CKING KILL YOU BASTARD."
And chaos breaks around as Xanxus starts shooting fire all around him.
God Of Suiton
His skills in Suiton techniques are on such a high level, that he can use them with 1 hand seal. His skills in them gave him nickname God Of Suiton.
Master Of Rain Release
After long time of practicing Rain Release, he became able to perform hand seals for Rain techniques faster than other elements except of Suiton ones.
Master Of Silent Killing And Hidden Mist Jutsu
He became highly skilled in using these two techniques because he is long-time member of Hidden Mist Village and these two techniques are specialty of this village.
King Of Taijutsu
By training Taijutsu with 1 8IG master and 2 exceptional senseis, he became specialist in it. His Taijutsu skills are on very high level and he is respected for it by almost everyone. By having this training, he obtained huge strength so that he can use his weapon Caliburn and other heavy weapons with using just one hand.
This bio has Toad and Shell Summoning contracts signed. (obviously going for SM )
(Caliburn) - Caliburn
Type: Weapon
Rank: S
Range: Short
Chakra cost: 40 (+20 to transform it)
Damage Points: 0
Describtion: This weapon was forged by Archangel Michael originally as Katana for Migualon J.J. when he created and mastered Style Of Tekken so that he wouldn't have to enter that state while being still able to use special Tekken techniques. But than Michael made a "mistake" when forging it and it became unstabble in it´s form. Michael and Migualon were making a lot of tests on it and than they noticed that it can change form into different weapons when infused with chakra. This weapon has 4 different forms, which are Katana, Sword, Staff (possible to use shape manipulation to make spike on 1 end of it), Shield and Spear (as 1 form).
All 4 Forms:
Staff (just that staff )
Spear And Shield (shield can only protect from weapons)
*Can only be wielded by Migualon J.J. and those who mastered Style Of Tekken and obtained ~Mig J.J. Quiksilver~´s permission*
*Transformation into different form counts as 1 of the 3 moves per turn*
*It cannot be broken [if in form of Spear And Shield, the shield breaks, than it goes into Staff form with spear (shield can be broken by any jutsu of C-rank and higher)]*
*The user is able to use Tekken techniques when wielding this weapon without activating Style Of Tekken*
*It´s power can be increased with Normal, Wind, and Lightning Chakra (just like Sasuke increases power of his katana), it too can have Fire Chakra infused with it, in that case it is surrounded by flames which can be extuingiushed by even D-rank Water Jutsu (in this case it looks like on the picture with Katana)*
If he can't use Caliburn he takes 2 Katanas which look like this into battle
He too takes case of Infinite One-Sword Style's swords on his back if he can use them
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When he was 14 years old
Current look
Theme Song and Background Music:
Won: 0
Lost: 0
Dropping = Ino Yamanaka
* = All mastered but those with their own stars
** = Mastered but Forbidden ones
*** = Still training as new techniques are being made
**** = Got permission for winning Kirigakure's village tournament
Yes, I do have permission from Axle HERE
In History the bolded parts the history, the other things are nice talk to it, still worth reading tho


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"This gift truly saves lives," said Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa, in response to the Jan. 30 announcement by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation of a $50 million committment to establish the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin.
"Investments in medical education, biomedical research and health care touch all citizens. Nobody has done more for the people of Central Texas than Michael and Susan Dell. Their generosity not only benefits UT, it also lifts up our entire community."
Michael and Susan Dell (image courtesy: UT Austin)
The new medical school will provide community-focused medical services, bring more medical professionals to Austin and create jobs. It will build on the world-class scientific research that UT Austin faculty members are conducting in related disciplines and is expected to attract top faculty members and students. Campus officials are currently seeking accreditation, working on state approvals, searching for permanent leadership and examining building sites for the medical school.
The Dell Medical School is scheduled to enroll its first class of 50 students in 2016.
Read the UT Austin press release.


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EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is the second in a four-part series of stories from the Gulf South Conference's Arkansas football media day held Wednesday at the Hot Springs Convention Center. Today's story features the University of Arkansas-Monticello and Harding University.
HOT SPRINGS - In his last game as Arkansas Tech's offensive coordinator in 2001, Gregg Ricono's strategy was a simple one: give the ball to Travis Horn and let him go en route to setting a single-game rushing record of 288 yards against Central Arkansas.
Now, as Arkansas-Monticello's head coach, Ricono's philosophy has changed, thanks to the strong arm of quarterback Cory Allred. Allred, a first-team all-Gulf South Conference selection, broke or tied 15 school records last season, as well as setting three GSC marks last season.
"It's a case of building the offense around the players you have," Ricono said Wednesday during Gulf South Conference football media day for its Arkansas schools at the Hot Springs Convention Center. "A lot of coaches do that. Because of what we did in passing, the change may look a little more extreme, but it's not an uncommon thing to do."
UAM has the passer returning, but the same can't be said about the Weevils' receiving corps. Ricono must find replacements for Devon Stewart, a first-team all-American tight end last season, as well as receivers Tyrone Bennett and Shamar Brown, who combined to catch 111 passes for 1,507 yards and 13 touchdowns.
Rodney Montgomery, a transfer from Tech, is the only returnee at receiver after catching 55 passes for 757 yards and two scores last season. Ricono is looking for a trio of junior college transfers - Rob Jackson, Von Mixon and Chris Humes - to compete for the job, as well as senior Billy Brown and freshman Jarrod Norwood.
"One of the two positions that has me concerned is wide receiver," Ricono said. "We lost four kids that caught at least 2 passes, and that was a big part of our offense. We have some new faces, and we're hoping they will come together and jel in time."
Ricono has not had to face Tech since leaving the Wonder Boys for the UAM job. That will change, however, as the Boll Weevils come to Buerkle Field on Oct. 23.
"That's going to be a tough game for us," Ricono said. "It's always hard for a team to come there and get a win for Tech, so it's going to be a difficult road game for us."
Kicking changes at HU
For the past four seasons, Harding coach Randy Tribble didn't have to worry about the kicking game because of two-time all-GSC performer and former Hector standout Coy Nance.
Now, Nance has used his eligibility, and Tribble is having to find a replacement.
"It was good knowing that Coy was there and ready to go on," Tribble said. "But now it's time to move on, and it's taking two guys to replace Coy - one for punting and the other for kicking. Those two have backed up Coy and have done real well in practice. But until that first game rolls around, you never know what's going to happen."
Another thing that Tribble is having to adjust to is when his team will play Tech on its schedule. The two teams have met to open GSC play for the past two seasons, but Harding won't make the trip to Buerkle Field until Oct. 30.
"That's definitely weird, but it's all part of the new scheduling cycle we have," Tribble said. "By meeting Tech in the conference opener, we knew that we were going to run into a well-coached team with some physical players that will try to knock your face off. For a while, I've been settled in the order of games we have, but we've have to shift gears and adjust to our new list of games. Right now, I just know who we're playing first (Missouri Southern) and the first two teams we play in the conference."


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By Joe Dysart
More than two-thirds of campus environments -- including K-12 schools, higher education, and hospital campuses -- will install or upgrade emergency alert systems during the academic year, according to a Campus Safety Magazine (www.campussafetymagazine.com) survey.
The 57-page study also found that despite significantly heightened concern about campus safety, actual sign-ups for one of the most popular alert mediums -- emergency text alert systems -- are dangerously low.
Even so, in a nod to the widespread use of mobile phones and other PDAs by students, a majority of campuses, 57 percent, still maintain that text messaging is their notification method of choice, and that they'll be installing or upgrading those kinds of systems in 2008-2009.
Meanwhile, another 39 percent plan to upgrade or install new loudspeakers. And 27 percent will be installing digital signs to warn students of imminent danger.
Campuses who have gotten students to sign up for text messaging alerts say appeals via e-mail work best. About 70 percent of campuses promote their systems this way. Others say they're able to get students to sign on during new student orientations and on school websites.
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The Building 10 dome is modeled after the Pantheon in Rome, and it's the dome that appears on most of MIT's iconic pictures, class rings, and publicity material. Directly underneath the dome, on Building 10's fifth floor, lies a 75-foot rotunda housing the Barker Engineering Library's reading room. Few people enjoyed using it, and those who did seemed resigned to it being dark and disheartening. People called it the Barker bat cave.
Anyone familiar with houses in Hingham appreciates how buildings change through time, and some of the forces that drive the change. "Some old houses are completely updated," said Susanna Hunt, a realtor with Coldwell Banker in Hingham. "Some are the house that Jack built. A lot of houses started out as useful to their time period — they had small rooms so you could heat them, then got added onto here or there. The trend now is to have big spaces, while preserving the grandeur of the original architecture."
The same trend toward restoring original architecture from the vicissitudes of passing necessity is occurring at MIT, and that effort has been spearheaded by Hingham resident, architect Gary Tondorf-Dick working in conjunction with colleagues in the MIT Department of Facilities. He has just completed one of his major projects, the renovation of the Great Dome of Building 10.
The Building 10 dome is modeled after the Pantheon in Rome, and it's the dome that appears on most of MIT's iconic pictures, class rings, and publicity material. Directly underneath the dome, on Building 10's fifth floor, lies a 75-foot rotunda housing the Barker Engineering Library's reading room. Few people enjoyed using it, and those who did seemed resigned to it being dark and disheartening. People called it the Barker bat cave.
"Around the end of 2006, beginning of 2007, I joined MIT after working in the private sector for years," he recalled. "When I came on, one of my responsibility areas was the libraries."
When Tondorf-Dick toured the Barker, he quickly understood why the library had its off-putting nickname. It had no natural light to speak of, which was, said Tondorf-Dick, " … the antithesis of what the original architecture should be."
Like the Pantheon, the Building 10 dome has an oculus, a 27-foot circular opening at the top of the dome. Unlike the Pantheon, the Building 10 dome's oculus was never open to the elements. Its skylight had 1,042 glass tiles arranged in square patterns of 36 glass blocks in arrays above a concentric circle diffused daylight in the rotunda ceiling below. These glass tiles had patterns embossed within them to focus and concentrate the light, much as the lights in lighthouses do.
But during World War II, this huge oculus was covered to prevent the skylight from attracting potential enemy bombardment. The oculus was uncovered briefly in the 1950s, but a plastic, disc-shaped drop ceiling, also installed in the 1950s, hid it. "It looked like a spaceship 15 feet above your head," Tondorf-Dick said. "Most people didn't even know that there was a skylight up there. The ceiling also obscured the details on the columns around the dome." The ceiling, in effect, dropped low enough to hide the tops of the columns from most viewpoints around the reading room.
The need for more environmental controls like air conditioning and heating, installed on the higher floors, further blocked access to natural light, which required more artificial lights on the drop ceiling. The reading room space also suffered from being painted a monochromatic "MIT white" and from having entrance restricted through reference rooms rather than directly into the main rotunda.
"Each of these renovations served a purpose at the time," Tondorf-Dick said. "But we wanted to bring the dome back as it was originally intended. Natural light is so beautiful and dynamic."
That plan required years of work. Tondorf-Dick called the first one and a half the research phase. "We had to peel back layers of renovations and assess what was there, and figure out a strategy to change it."
He quickly discovered that some of the technology used to build the dome had changed or become a dying art. Many old skills had been lost. First among these was the ability to make the molds for those 1,042 glass blocks and then determine the correct chemistry of the glass itself. The original glass had turned amethyst from exposure to the sun's ultraviolet radiation. The question Tondorf-Dick had was whether the amethyst color was original or not.
"Well, I figured out that I was at MIT, and so I walked down the hall to see some chemistry and materials science professors, and they figured out that the glass had been clear once. The manganese in it to make it clear had gradually turned it amethyst." Tondorf-Dick asked these professors, artisans and engineers how to get a better mix so the glass would remain stable, clear, because, " … it's the glass that brings light into the dark."
Tondorf-Dick said that he had to find artisans who could correctly replicate the glass formula, another who could create molds for the glass to match the original design, and a third group who could mass produce them.
While they were doing their work, Tondorf-Dick, working with plaster and paint restoration specialists John Canning and Sons, rediscovered references to the dome's original colors. After considerable research, he determined the seven different shades of off-white, incorporating yellow and brown tones, as well as a green that resembles oxidized bronze, that made up the palette.
The acoustics of the rotunda also mattered to Tondorf-Dick. "All rotundas have a problem with echo," he said. "We developed a customizable sound absorption system that the librarians can adjust."
Construction and restoration took another couple years. The library remained open during the time. The project finished last month. Now the glass tiles in the oculus bring extra light into the rotunda below. A second glass structure, with an interesting design of concentric circles and spokes, diffuses the light coming in from the oculus so that library patrons can use computer screens without glare. High-efficiency lights positioned above the higher band of acanthus leaves also illuminate the dome, and lights between the columns ringing the rotunda add extra, warmer light. With the improved lighting and attractive color scheme, the space has become beautiful and inviting.
"We're getting great feedback," Tondorf-Dick said. "They love it. You can't find a seat. That people are using it, that's the best thing for me."
Tondorf-Dick won't take all the credit for working through the renovation planning and implementation. He also credits Dick Amster, who is Director of Campus Planning, Design, Engineering and Construction at MIT for support and guidance, his colleagues in Facilities Project Management, the SGH design and Shawmut construction team and the librarians at the Barker Library, who gave him good feedback on their needs so he could make the renovation not only architecturally inviting, but also useful for current times.
"I'm fascinated by the continuum of history," Tondorf-Dick said. "How the past sets the stage for the future, and how some places keep the character of the past intact, like all those houses in Glad Tidings, down Main Street. It could be 100 to 150 years ago. Old Ship, too, has kept its English colonial character."
His next project at MIT will involve renovating the limestone buildings that surround Building 10 and front Memorial Drive and Massachusetts Avenue. He is starting with Building 2 and improving its energy efficiency, while preserving the original architectural character of the building.


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Let's Just Keep This Smallpox Around, What Could Happen?
Samurai workout! Kids sleeping! Plastic man-surgery! Lap teen-bands! Abortion fluctuations! Smallpox preservation! New aspirin! Disabled children! And the best sunscreens, revealed! It's your Tuesday Health Watch, where we watch your health—dangerously!
- "Want to be a samurai? You can get a taste of what it's like to be a warrior, as well as the toned arms that go with it, by attending a Forza class." Your toned arms should then be chopped off by outraged samurai ghosts.
- How much do your children sleep? Not enough! Amirite? That's why I give them thorazine. (Your children.)
- For the modern man, there's nothing objectionable or unmanly about getting plastic surgery, lies the Wall Street Journal.
- Allergan is asking the FDA to approve lap-band surgery for kids as young as 14. By 14, it's clear that diet and exercise will never ever work. So cut 'em open. There is no other way.
- The abortion rate in America is down overall, but up among women below the poverty line. You know, I bet Charles Murray has something awfully entertaining to say about this.
- The World Health Assembly had plans to go ahead and destroy the last known smallpox viruses on earth, but then they were like, no, no, let's just wait a few years. "Yes, yes, it's all coming together," said Cobra Commander.
- Bayer has a hot new "quick release aspirin" that the company says relieves pain twice as fast as regular aspirin. It looks just like regular aspirin, if regular aspirin was a syringe full of heroin.
- One in six children today have a developmental disability. Though growing diagnosis rates of autism and ADD both play a role, the leading disability by far is Having No Damn Sense.
- What are the best sunscreens? Wood or concrete, though brick is always a decent choice, in a pinch.
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Josh Hancock, 1978-2007
As I left the LA Times Festival of Books this afternoon, I called a friend in St. Louis who told me that Josh Hancock had died in a car accident early this morning. Like all of Cardinal Nation, I am stunned and saddened. It is hard to accept tragic news like this once, much less twice in 5 years.
Josh had only been with the Cardinals since last season, but he had established himself as a reliable member of the bullpen and a friend to many on the team. He contributed to last year's championship team, appearing in 3 postseason games. If there is any consolation, it comes in knowing that he did win a World Series ring in his brief 29 years of life, something many players never experience.
My sincere condolences go out to the Hancock family and the Cardinals family.


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Senior Week Not
Worthy Of Accepting
In regard to last week's editorial, "With June Best To Remember 'This Too Shall Pass'," yes, 'this too shall pass' is quite true regarding the month of June and Senior Week.
Yes, it's disturbing to walk down the street and see trash, bent car mirrors, dented vehicles, garbage cans tipped over and broken glass and beer cans all over public and private property. And it is definitely horrifying seeing those kids running into traffic wherever and whenever it suits them without a thought for their own safety.
But I don't understand why your editorial takes an "oh well, ho-hum" attitude. Oh well, it'll soon be over. Ho-hum, that's how it is in June. Yes, disturbing, horrifying and unsettling, but how about ridiculous, outrageous and unnecessary?
The "families" are coming into town now and that's great, but why do we put up with "hell night" for three weeks prior to July? Why not make Senior Week one week? That way we can cut down on all the issues three weeks bring by 66%. Imagine two thirds less crime, drugs, alcohol, accidents, injuries and arrests, wouldn't that be great? Imagine two thirds less garbage, destruction of property, disrespect and chaos, wouldn't that be great?
Imagine two thirds less drunken, stoned, loud, obnoxious, foulmouthed, disorderly kids running around loose on the beaches, Boardwalk, streets, buses, cabs and restaurants ruining things for the other kids. Now wouldn't that be great? Let my kids out when these hoodlums are roaming? Not in this lifetime, not in June.
There are plenty of families here in June and I can just imagine some of the memories they are bringing home. Let's do these families and the rest of us a big favor and curtail this destructive wave to a seven-day assault and be done with it. We don't have to take the good with the bad if we don't choose to. How about a Senior Weekend? Ahh, I can only dream.
Leon Douglas
Ocean City
Election Move Commended
It was refreshing to see something that hasn't happened at the OC Council Chambers in almost two years — a compromise.
The compromise actually started a few weeks ago when Council members Cymek, Knight and Martin changed their position on merging the municipal and national elections. But this week it was determined by the the city attorney that there would be a lot of "red tape" in making the combined ballot a reality this November. That's when the idea was discussed of simply changing the municipal election to the date of the national election, but with different polling areas. At that point, Council President Jim Hall and Councilmember Pillas compromised their stance of keeping the separate election dates and voted with Council members Cymek, Knight, and Martin to have both elections at the same time. A very responsible move by all five council members and definitely was the consensus of the citizens in the crowd that night.
It was disappointing, however, to see Joe Hall not vote for this change, especially since he has always been the one council member pushing for a merged election. He was unwilling to compromise his opinion of having one ballot in favor of having one date with two different ballots. Fortunately, though, his vote was not needed. Hopefully, the decision that the five members made will have the positive result that is desired: more people voting in the municipal election.
Rich Drake
Ocean City
Wake Up, Folks
When are we as a nation going to wake up and see what is really going on in this country? There are so many who are totally ignorant of the facts or just plain complacent and naive that it's frightening.
How many of you know anything about the Muslim Brotherhood, which is infiltrating our country at all levels? Are you aware that President Obama has appointed several to key positions in our government, one being Homeland Security? What do you know about the Muslim Brotherhood and Sharia Law? For information, I suggest you contact Mark Stevenson at "The No Sharia Law in America Project. It will curl your hair.
What do you know about the U.S. land policies involving Agenda 21 and Plan Maryland? Check it out at HotAir.com entitled "Quit Worrying About Urban Sprawl".
Are you aware that there are over 55 Communists in our government?
And what about the DOJ, which refuses to control our borders, allowing our enemies to easily cross over.
Rome is burning, folks, and we need a leader who will tackle the many problems that we have. For starters, we need to get money out of politics, improve the job market, simplify the tax code, fix the problems with the entitlement programs, have term limits for Congress, stop fighting frivolous wars, and rethink our foreign policy which gives billions of dollars to undeserving governments. And we need to stop spending money like drunken sailors, increasing our national debt to unsustainable portions.
To those of you who have recently sent letters to the editor extolling President Obama and criticizing those with opposite views from yours, I suggest you get your heads out of the sand and start facing reality. The President is not who you think he is. Do a background check on him and see what types of people he associates with, such as George Soros, an evil man.
Look at all the things he said when he was running for office in 2008 which he has not followed through on. For one, he was going to have transparency in government and Nancy Pelosi was going to "clean the swamp". Almost four years later, we have a government full of corruption and no transparency and the swamp is overflowing. If you want some facts check out Judicial Watch at email@example.com. This organization is the government's watch dog.
Don't swallow everything that is fed to you through the news media, Twitter, Facebook and blogs. When you get a negative email about those on the opposite side of the fence from you, check to see if it's true. You'll be surprised to find out that much of what you are being told is false.
Please, I beg everyone to pay attention to what is happening. If you don't, I fear that we will become Venezuela North not the freedom loving Republic to which we were founded.
Ann Lutz
Ocean Pines
Tired Of OP Ripoffs
(The following was addressed to members of the Ocean Pines Association Board and General Manager.)
The OPA is becoming more worrisome, alienating its members. I am among a multitude that no longer patronizes the Yacht Club because of past experience with poor service and inconsistent quality. I am also among the many members that no longer purchase pool passes because our favorite pool was enclosed.
Up until today's attempted rip off, I continued to purchase a Beach Club parking pass. It was announced last year that a new procedure was going to be implemented to gain entrance to parking; the passes would be swiped through a machine. It was subsequently announced the new procedure would not be implemented until this year. Because of the vacillation, as usual, I discarded my pass at the end of the season.
Today I went to the Administration Building to purchase my annual Beach Club parking pass and was advised that last year's pass was supposed to be retained and it was so marked. Therefore, this year, I would have to pay the regular $160 fee, plus a $40 penalty. I can take it or leave it. No way, what an insult. So for the first time in 14 years and into the future, I will no longer purchase a Beach Club parking pass.
There are some pretty good alternatives. I can go to the beach and park at the Ocean City inlet without having to wait in line for a vacant parking space. It will not cost anywhere near $200 for the season.
A number of years ago, I purchased for a onetime fee of only $10 a Golden Age Lifetime free pass to all of our national parks. That is still available today to any senior citizen. I can go to the beach in Assateague with a car full of guests, it costs nothing, and I don't have to wait in line for a vacant parking space. My seasonal cost for gasoline will be substantially less than $200 for the season.
If you keep biting the hand that feeds you, how can you expect us to support the board and general manager?
Norman Katz
Ocean Pines
No To Taxing, Spending
While local and state officials are preparing to increase taxes and plan more spending, the Worcester County Tea Party is working to accommodate its expanding membership of disgruntled taxpayers, which is now growing beyond the capacity of its meeting space.
State Del. Pat McDonough forewarned local residents about impending local and state tax hikes during a Tea Party meeting held at the Ocean Pines Community Center last month. McDonough echoed earlier admonition aired by fellow Delegate Mike McDermott who briefed the crowd the previous month. Both delegates are concerned about the measure of increasing taxes to keep up with future spending plans. They said tax hikes are mainstay items on the state and local political agenda for 2012-2013, which the Worcester County Tea Party strongly opposes.
"After six doomsday O'Malley budgets, Maryland is now on the AAA watch list. Some 58,000 private sector jobs have been lost since January 2008. Twenty four new taxes, and tax increases, and fee increases since 2007 costing Marylanders $2.4 billion," said McDonough. "New toll taxes are totally unnecessary and unneeded. And guess what's coming, a sales tax increase and a gas tax. They are even trying to do a gas tax hike in the special session planned for July 9."
McDonough bashed Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley's free hand in holding special sessions stating the constitution prohibits government from holding special sessions except for extraordinary circumstances.
"So once again in Maryland, just as tax and spend big government politicians disobey the constitution and the law at the federal level, they disobey the law constantly in the state of Maryland," he said. "I will never vote for a budget that guarantees a tax increase, yet as I pointed out, we have had a tax increase every year."
Reporting on a recently adopted Worcester County Budget, Kellee Kennett briefed the crowd with more news of increasing property taxes for residents that was revealed at a recent meeting of the Worcester County Commissioners. "The state has cut back the funding to the county. They have eliminated grants and money for programs that they have established that we have to implement. They've also mandated that the teacher's retirement fund be picked up by the counties, and it's going to be an incremental phase in process. So we are going to get hit with several millions of dollars' worth of funds like that to pick up on the county level," said Kennett. "So, based on that, and the fact that everybody wants more money to spend county wide, they are going to increase our property taxes."
Kennett then reported that as part of the newly adopted county budget, a 2-percent pay increase is planned for county employees across the board with the focus of these raises to be allocated toward teachers. Kennett noted that the average starting salary for a teacher is currently $42,000 per year. "I got the feeling that the commissioners feel as though they're responsible to the county employees, not to this room full of people who are their constituents who voted them in, and that was a little disheartening for me," she said.
Grant Helvey, Worcester County Tea Party Chairman, then informed the crowd that individual property rights are being systematically eliminated in Worcester County. In addition to the Worcester County Comprehensive Plan that supports several programs of the county acquiring individual property rights, a new state plan called Plan Maryland will continue the process, but with control at the state rather than the county level.
Plan Maryland is consistent with United Nations Agenda 21, which has been exposed and is being rejected by various jurisdictions throughout the United States. To further illustrate his point, Helvey explained that of Worcester County's approximate 394,000 acres of land, 62 percent of the area has already had individual property rights taken over by federal, state and local governments. Additionally, numerous continuing government programs are in place with one aim — the removal of individual property rights from Worcester County land owners. As part of its county budget, Helvey pointed out that Worcester County is now asking the state for $1.5 million dollars annually to continue purchasing property rights while the state government already owns about 37,000 acres of forest land in the county.
The public is also invited to attend the next regular monthly meeting of the Worcester County Tea Party on Friday, July 20 at 6:15 p.m. at the Ocean Pines Community Center.
Dave Toth
(The writer handles news and media affairs for the Worcester County Tea Party.)


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Recent friends Michele Abbate and Jessica Dunford represent the newest, youngest wave of aspiring lady racers and grease monkeys, and while it's super tempting to focus on their manners and cute-ness — which might not immediately spring to mind writing about fella drivers — what does make them like any other aspiring racer is their passion for all things torque.
A Junior majoring in Marketing and Communications at UNLV, Las Vegas native, Michele Abbate competed in her first Autocross at age 16 in a 1999 Pontiac Grand Am GT in North Las Vegas where she applied her childhood experiences with indoor and outdoor karting. In 2006, her first year of competition, she placed first in her class, and 2nd overall in Ladies PAX points, just 1 point away from first place. Entering her first track day in April of 2009 at Spring Motorsports Ranch in Pahrump, NV, by the end of that year, Michele had placed within the top 5 of the Redline Events.
Jessica Dunford grew up in Washington State, where she competed in regional and national artistic rollerskating championships. A fan of monster trucks growing up, when she was asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, while other little girls said "princess," Jessica said, "The Gravedigger." An avid break-dancer, Jessica joined MazdasNW, where she fell in love with the mechanics side of things, started test driving cars, and also, car modeling. She moved to California in 2009 to pursue a career in dance, but opted out, and instead, joined Mazda Owners Club of California, and has consistently done events with them since. Jessica drives a 1992 Corolla, and would like to further her love of turning wrenches by going to mechanics' school.


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In 2007 Este spent a year on an academic exchange studying economics and business studies in University College Dublin (UCD).
Before then rugby was far from her thoughts in her hometown of Brescia in Northern Italy. With a chuckle she says, "I started to play rugby in Ireland. Before then I didn't have a clue that there was such a sport!"
She explains how a fellow exchange student had introduced her to rugby. She said: "When I was spending a year on the Erasmus project and was attending UCD, a friend of mine, a French girl was playing for UCD. So, she brought me training and I have stayed playing ever since. When, I started to play in Dublin, I felt like I was at home.
"I felt rugby suited me perfectly. I feel like I had found what I was looking for. I had tried a lot of other sports such as football and volleyball but then when I was on the rugby pitch in UCD for the first time, I felt like I had found my place."
Speaking of Italy Women's current squad she is frank about their strengths and weaknesses, she says; "I think us being such a close group is the big plus of our team. We may not have the skills or the depth in our team compared to the others but we are close friends and play for each other."
The blindside sheds light on some cultural aspects that help the squad to bond, adding: "We have a special room called the camera café. The word camera is the Italian for room and café as in drinking a coffee.
"It is where we go to chat, to listen to music and to listen to each other, it is the room where everybody can talk, if you have a problem you can just talk with the other girls and we all just try to help each other no matter the problem. You can say that the spirit of the camera café is our big plus point as a team."
With laughter Este tells of one ingredient that always makes touring run more smoothly. She said: "we always bring our own coffee with us from Italy when we travel because when we go abroad, we must have Italian coffee - coffee in the other countries is not as good as home, so we really miss it!"
To date the Benetton Treviso player has been capped 33 times for Italy. She is currently studying for a master's degree in economics.
So far this year's Six Nations campaign has been one of the more successful in the history of Italy Women with wins so far over Wales and Scotland and one loss against the yet to be beaten French.
Este believes this success will help grow the women's game in Italy, adding: "It is still not that popular. But also as the national team starts to win more games, it is getting more popular. I would not say women's rugby is famous here yet!"
She continues, outlining the regional differences, "women's rugby is played more in northern Italy and particularly in Veneto. We now have a lot of young girls from 12 years old playing.
"It is a lot less popular in the south, it is still a matter of trying to get more people involved in the south of Italy. But we played our last match, the match against Scotland in the south, it was good because 1,000 people came to watch and what was really good was that most of them were young girls."
The next ground that Este and her teammates will do battle in will have a very different ambiance. The excitement and determination is audible in her voice when she says: "we now have to play Ireland at the Aviva. It is a new thing, a whole new experience to play in a stadium like that. We are really excited about the match and cannot wait.
"We are trying to achieve our best Six Nations ever. We know that teams like Ireland and England are another step ahead but we have this feeling of excitement and the belief that we will do everything we can against them, to not just play good matches against Ireland and England but to win."
Playing in the city, where Este first picked up an oval ball certainly has a special significance, "We have played in the Millennium Stadium and some of the other girls have played in Twickenham," she said. "But for me, playing at the Aviva is the best thing that could happen for me because I started playing rugby in Dublin, yet I have never been to that stadium. Ireland is a very special place for me.
"Two years ago some of the girls I had played with in UCD came to see me play against Ireland, it was very nice for me as they were all wearing Italy t-shirts I had given them! It would be great if some of them could come to the game in the Aviva, that would mean a lot."
It would seem Este's rugby journey has taken her from Dublin to Italy and back again.
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Letter from THOMAS WILLIAM SILLOWAY to NORMAN WILLIAMS, dated September 23, 1857.
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Letter from THOMAS WILLIAM SILLOWAY to NORMAN WILLIAMS, dated September 23, 1857.
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Boston Sep't 23..1857.
My Friend Williams
Our perspective picture is nearly done, and the prospect now is, that you will get a copy quite as soon as next Tuesday. Mr. Bufford thinks he can get them ready to send on Monday, but I think I shall keep him at work that day in re-touching the thing. However, just the day it is, ready, you will hear from it. I think (if I may judge from the looks of the thing now) we shall all of us feel satisfied with it. The new dome looks well. I am inclined to think Mr. Marsh will see in it enough of his idea to satisfy him. I like the thing well enough. As soon as you commissioners have passed judgement, I shall make my working drawings so as to produce the thing in execution as it appears in effect in the new picture. I have thrown aside entirely all the drawings made for the other design and now begin new again. In my communications before this I have written to Mr. Marsh but not being quite sure of his whereabouts I must for once trouble you for a little service. Our picture is to come out early next week, and while the thing is being printed we should get as many as we shall actualy need for immediate service. I am at a loss to remember the number we had proposed. My impression is, that 400 was the number, but upon more mature thought I can't -------------------------------- Page -------------------------------- see that "400 will be enough." There are 239 members to the house and 30 in the senate which with the officers c. will use up 300 at least. The commissioners should have about a dozen each, and the Governor as many as two dozen to send to such friends in the State as he may think best But 40 would be left. I am not sure that any more is needed then these for distribution, but it seems to me that for all the people who would like them these would not be n[e]ar enough. However one thing can be done we can have more "afterwards." The doctor (I learn by the Carpenter) is or has been at Woodstock lately. If you have not done so while he was there please get an order from yourself (!) and the other commissioners and send it to the doctor for Bufford's pay for the pictures. As it is no thing of his ordering he will I presume feel better to have the commissiones' orders to put on file. The price was $100. for the picture on the stone, and $40. per hundred. $260. in all, for 400 copies. The work up to a week ago promised fairly to show us the roof on the larger part of all, but appearances now are that none will go on. After a good deal of deliberation, I came to the conclusion just what might and should be done and so informed the doctor, but he thought a greater evil would perhaps be incurred by taking my advice and so we shall do the best we can following his ideas. Of course I am to follow and not direct. The doctor is as true as steel, and if he is on the right track no man can do better.
I am yours very truly Thomas W. Silloway 121 Court St.


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The driver of the truck, a 24-year-old male from Heber Springs, was driving eastbound on I-40 when he crossed the median near the 80.5 mile-marker and drove into the lake. He was able to exit the vehicle and swim to shore. After being unable to flag down other drivers, he walked to a nearby hotel off the exit of State Highway 7 and called police, according to Pope County Sheriff Aaron DuVall.
Pope County OEM was able to find the vehicle early Tuesday morning using an underwater robot, but no one was inside, DuVall said.
The search, conducted by the Arkansas State Police, Pope and Johnson County Dive Teams and the Pope County Sheriff's Office, began at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
"Based upon what the driver said, we feel likle there is another victim, so at 10 this morning we went back out there," DuVall said.
The 20-year-old was still missing as of 6:45 p.m.
The subjects' names haven't been released, but DuVall confirmed they are both from Heber Springs.
The driver of the truck, DuVall said, sustained minor injuries, including cuts on his hands and arms.
Arkansas State Police Sgt. Kyle Drown said speed nor alcohol are suspected as factors in the accident.


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Thanks Erin and Kris. the fabric is really prettier then it shows in the picture .I'm going to try and get a better picture today. Barbara
Barbara, lovely job! I am just finishing up block one and will be starting block two and seeing yours has encouraged me to move forward! Pretty, pretty.
Ah Gee ! thanks Mel.
I joined this group in November and didn't see much activity on it, BUT WOW, things are popping. Unfortunationly I have made both of these blocks.
I forgot to add notes on my shopping bag picture with the hexagons. I made it for my son since he was retiring from the Navy and moving back to Oregon and I wanted him to start out "green" since he had last been in Georgia.
I will post the tumbling blocks that I made last year when I find its picture.
I love your bag. Since some people hadnt done any or very little EPP i thought it made sense to start with the easy ones first and then move up to more difficult ones.
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Margaret, I love the bag, I want one of those, You did great with it. Barbara
I am having fun with this EPP :)
here is mine
Looks great Sandy- love the greens!
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I am having fun with this EPP :)
here is mine
Gorgeous block Sandy. I love your fabrics (background too).
Sandy ,beautiful blocks ,love the fabric. barbara
Thank you ladies :)
WTG, it looks great, I love seeing how the same block can be changed so much by what colours/fabric people use.
OOOOOOOOO I like this one! I really enjoyed seeing this come together. Can't wait for the next one!
Sandy the green is stunning! Good job, Girl!


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How to Make a Chopstick Rest
How to Make a Chopstick Rest
When my cousin and I went for sushi, we were seated at a tiny table with a wobbly leg that left my chopsticks rolling around. That is, until he showed me how to make a rest for my chopsticks out of the wrapper. Now I'm passing along my knowledge of what might just be the world's most functional origami piece. Read on to make your own.
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Time For The Rays To Act Like Contenders, Not Morgue Meat
I think I just threw up a little in my mouth. Guess that is the only way to describe the scene that played out in front of me and the rest of the Nation after the fifth inning today. There is no other team that I hate seeing the Tampa Bay Rays lose to than this Boston bunch. And losing 2 out of the first 2 to begin the 2012 seasonal series, that just makes my stomach turn, burn and totally feeling like imploding.
I am not going to call anyone out for this loss because it has been 30 minutes and I am suppose to focus on the next day's game now, but there is still some residue on my shoes and it doesn't smell like roses. I tried to drum up the confidence game yesterday in my post by stating we have these types of losses during a long 162-game season, but against a divisional foe, the loss hurts double in my heart and in the standings. Worst part of it all is that this game seemed well in hand, then the mighty hand of something purely evil and nasty plucked the stingers off the Rays one-by-one until it seems our eyes glazed over from disbelief.
These types of losing streaks can be endured, but not when it gives glee and happiness to fan base that truly wishes and prays that the Rays choke on their pride and emphatically drown in their own tears. The scene on the Fenway grass today after the 5th inning seemed more likely to be one played out on a sappy medical drama where the patient comes into the facility in perfect health, has a great prognosis then somehow a severed jugular burst forward and instantly we were in a life or death struggle with no angels in the wings to pluck us from the obvious. The Rays right now look more like morgue meat than contenders, and that has to change…stat!
I so want that last sentence to be untrue, but there are fragments and obscure pieces missing that would make this whole enchilada complete. Some members of the pitching staff seem so at ease and " in the flow", while others seem to be going through the proverbial motions and not delivering up quality or quantity yet this season. It is frustrating when you have seen and felt the possibilities of this 2012 Rays team, then they stumble, fumble and look more like a pre-2007 Rays squad.
But here is where we do our work as fans. It is our job right now to keep the faith, push our chests out and take the insults and sharp criticism of this team's downward turns and stand firm, stand erect, and above all stand united. For if even one of us falters in our belief and hope for this team, the dam could spring a leak and that will lead to a river of deplorable chaos and false propaganda with a Bulls Eye painted on each member of this team.
As the Rays unite as a team, solid in their goals, commitment and belief in themselves as individuals and a collective team, we must also stay the course, throw up the encouraging even in the face of the disenchanting truth. It is time to either bail out the boat and know survival is in sight or look in the distance for the school of media sharks awaiting any wobble or bob from this team and their potential.
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Yea these last two games have been ugly, Rays need a win today.


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By George A. Goens
Accountability is the main watchword in education.
Database decisions, data mining, and metrics dominate the landscape. Charts, graphs, comparables, power standards, and key indicators assess the performance of schools, students, and programs.
But what about the superintendent's performance?
Can leadership be reduced to a set of numbers? Is this evaluation like a business profit-and-loss statement, based on strategic decisions, tactical processes, and metrically measurable results? Do graphs and charts fairly assess a leader's effectiveness? What does a superintendent control?
Accountability for leaders is complex. Superintendents swim in an educational, social, political, and economic pool where logic doesn't always rule and where symbolism is powerful. Leadership concerns myriad relationships that are difficult to assess, not a matter of painting by the numbers. Intangibles are important.
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