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Yreka Miners starting quarterback Kaden Culp is expected to miss the 2013 season due to a torn ACL.
Culp, a senior, was a first-team Northern Athletic League selection last year and helped the Miners to an 7-4 record and a playoff berth.
Head coach Orlyn Culp, who is Kaden's father, said that the injury occurred during the Miners Red and White scrimmage on Aug. 17.
"He tore it on a non-contact play," Culp said. "We met with Dr. Fred Eastman several hours after the Red and White scrimmage and he set up the MRI for the following Monday."
Orlyn Culp said that finding out Kaden had torn his ACL "was devastating personal news. It was also very difficult for the team."
Kaden was a dual threat with both his arm and his legs last season.
He finished his junior year with 1,707 passing yards with 12 touchdowns and six interceptions. Culp led the Miners in rushing yards with 862 and had 13 touchdowns on the ground. He also played defensive back and punted.
Junior Ty Currie, who was the backup quarterback last year and a wide receiver, is now the starting signal caller for the Miners, Orlyn Culp said.
"He's a gifted athlete that will become a good quarterback," Culp said about Ty. "He's got a way to go, but, I'm confident he'll work hard and become very effective in this offense. This is a good opportunity for him. He'll be the first to tell you he wanted to play wide receiver with Kaden throwing passes to him, but he's ready for this opportunity."
It will help to have Kaden on the sidelines mentoring Ty, Orlyn Culp said.
"Kaden will be a tremendous asset to him," Culp said. "Fortunately they get along very well and will together make the QB position very good for the team."
Last season, Currie earned first-team NAL honors. He led the Miners in receiving yardage and had five touchdowns, and was also a standout defensive back.
Culp said that his son "has confronted this challenge head on. He's already working diligently in his rehab to prepare for surgery. He completes his rehab routine each morning and each evening and he's committed to icing by the hour to reduce all swelling as much as possible. Surgery is set for Sept. 13."
Orlyn Culp commended Kaden for the way he has handled such a tough situation.
"His mother and I have been blessed with an amazingly focused young man," coach Culp said. "God is still good to us, even in this difficult challenge."
The Miners open the season on Friday at Trinity High of Weaverville.
Yreka Miners Football: QB Culp out with ACL injury
Yreka Miners starting quarterback Kaden Culp is expected to miss the 2013 season due to a torn ACL.


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Motors and Gearboxes » Pololu Plastic Gearmotors » Mini Plastic Gearmotors »
120:1 Mini Plastic Gearmotor, Offset 2mm Spline Output
This compact, inexpensive, low-current gearmotor (brushed DC motor with a 120:1 reduction gearbox) is well suited for use in small robots. At 4.5 V, it has a free-run speed of 120 RPM and a stall torque of approximately 20 oz-in (however, the built-in safety clutch might start slipping before the stall torque is reached). The splined output shaft has a crest diameter of 2 mm and is offset from but parallel to the motor shaft. Though the product picture shows two gearmotors, this product is for a single motor.
Alternatives available with variations in these parameter(s): shaft type no-load speed @ 4.5V extended motor shaft? Select variant…
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Pololu mini plastic gearmotor offset output with opened gearbox.
This brushed DC gearmotor is very compact and weighs only 0.7 ounces (19.5 grams) — perfect for building a quick, miniature robot. The recommended operating voltage range for this motor is 3 to 6 V, though the gearmotor can start rotating at voltages as low as 0.6 V. At 4.5 V, the motor has a free-run current of 80 mA and a stall current of 800 mA; this relatively low current draw makes this a great match for our qik 2s9v1 dual serial motor controller and programmable Orangutan robot controllers. The stall current, torque, and rotation speed will approximately scale linearly with the motor voltage. The gearbox is protected by a built-in safety clutch that will typically slip before gear teeth can shear.
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Exact gear ratio: ``(22×38×44×26×30) / (10×11×11×22×9) ~~ bb(119.76)``
Dimension diagram of the mini plastic gearmotor with offset 2mm spline output (units are mm over [in]).
This dimension diagram is also available as a downloadable pdf (76k pdf).
This gearmotor features a splined, chrome-finish output shaft with a 2mm-crest diameter. This shaft can be used with custom wheels or with our adapter for LEGO wheels. The gearbox output shaft is offset from but parallel to the motor shaft.
Gearmotor Versions
We carry two versions of mini plastic gearmotors with 2 mm diameter spline output shafts, one with an offset shaft and one with a 90° shaft.
We have many more versions of these mini plastic gearmotors available with 3 mm diameter "D"-shaped output shafts (just like the ones on our micro metal gearmotors) that are compatible with many Pololu wheels and our 3 mm universal mounting hubs. These versions offer two output shaft orientations relative to the motor shaft (offset and 90°), two motor options (normal and high-power, or HP for short), and two gearbox options (120:1 and 180:1). Additionally, some of these versions are available with an extended motor shaft that protrudes from the rear of the motor by approximately 4.5 mm. This second shaft has a diameter of 1.5 mm and rotates at the same speed as the input to the gearbox, offering a way to add a custom-built encoder to provide motor speed or position feedback. The following table shows all of the mini plastic gearmotors that have 3 mm D-shafts:
|Motor Type
|Stall Torque
90° output
90° output + motor shaft
offset output
offset output + motor shaft
|1250 mA
|25 oz-in
|120:1 mini HP
|120:1 mini HP
|120:1 mini HP
|120:1 mini HP
|800 mA
|20 oz-in
|120:1 mini
|120:1 mini
|120:1 mini
|120:1 mini
|30 oz-in
|180:1 mini
|180:1 mini
Note: The stall torque values listed are approximate, and the built-in safety clutch might start slipping at lower torques.
People often buy this product together with:
|2mm Shaft Adapter for LEGO Wheels (Pair)
|120:1 Mini Plastic Gearmotor, 90° 2mm Spline Output
|200:1 Plastic Gearmotor, 90° Output

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Lately Ive become more and more interested in policy type stuff (Yes, thats the technical term ). Plenty of people use plenty of different policies Its common to develop your own in house security policy based off of basics that are common knowledge, however common sense may be a better term to apply. There are also several groups that make available various Policies, Standards and Guides that you can implement.
The Center for Internet Security (CIS), for example, provides many benchmarking documents as well as various scoring tools to accompany the documents. They include various operating systems (Linux, Windows, OS X) as well as applications (BIND, Oracle, etc).
There are also the Security Configuration Guides provided by the Systems and Network Attack Center (SNAC) at the NSA. While all of these are worthwhile reads, one document that everyone should read, regardless of their corporate tasks, job duties or position, is The 60 Minute Network Security Guide. Its a great example basic policy that can be easily built upon. I feel that this should be required reading (and comprehension) for all end users (Its a dream). (For you web designers always interested in a web developing goof, check out the page for the Router Guides page [This may be a Firefox only thing].)
Lastly, theres the Information Assurance Support Environment (ISAE) at DISA and their Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs). Like the CIS and NSA, they provide documents that layout Frameworks and Guides for various system configurations and policies.
There are differences between each of these three groups CIS provides a checklist for IT Professionals but also provides details that are written fairly simply so that a home user could understand them with little effort.
The Security Configuration Guides from SNAC provides a few things that home users may be interested in, Outlook Email Security in the Midst of Malicious Code Attacks, for example. However most of these are technical walk-throughs for a specific administrator (DB, Network, Windows, Unix, etc). The documents are usually big and bulky, but very thorough. There are some smaller, lighter documents however, The Cisco Router Guides includes a 2-page Executive Summary, this serves as a great checklist for the seasoned network admin, or as a great handout to begin lectures with students in networking and network security.
The DISA STIGs are more of checklists, however the do have an interesting Biometrics STIG. The reason I say that they are more like checklists is due to the manner in which they are written. Heres an excerpt from the UNIX STIG that may help you to better understand what I mean:
3.6 User Files
User files are files owned by a user, except for the possibility of some user local initialization files that may be owned by root, and maintained by the user in the users home directory. User files will have an initial access permission of no more permissive than 700 and will never be more permissive than 750. All files in user home directory will be owned by the user with the possible exception of local initialization files that may be owned by root. The SA and the user, as well as application developers, will be responsible for maintaining these requirements.
(GEN001540: CAT III) (Previously G067) The user, application developers, and the SA will ensure files and directories (excluding a limited set of local initialization files) in user home directory trees will be owned by the user who owns the home directory.
(GEN001560: CAT II) (Previously G068) The user, application developers, and the SA will ensure user files and directories will have an initial permission no more permissive than 700, and never more permissive than 750.
As you can see, they give you specific examples of policies (or policy checks) that you can put into place.
So Ive droned on for a bit but whats the point that Im getting to why am I mentioning all of this when the title of the post is CCE. I wanted to share some background before I went into my discussion on CCEs. What is a CCE? Lets answer that before we tie the two together.
Many of the readers of this blog will have heard of CVEs before, many of you may have also heard of CWEs. Recently The MITRE Corporation added a new section to the site CCEs. These focus on configuration issues, and what defines configuration (besides business needs [to an extent]) Policy. CCEs will give a centralized naming scheme and point of reference, much like CVE and CWE have done before it. A commonality that vendors and users alike can use to refer to problems. It will be a great way to avoid miscommunication in the security industry and more specifically, the policy compliance industry. Theres a preliminary draft available that references 560+ CCEs all related to Windows 2K, XP and 2K3. Each of these have references back to where they are identified in various documents provided by, you guessed it, CIS, NSA SNAC and DISA STIGs. The CCE Draft list is in Excel format, Linux users can use OpenOffice or Gnumeric. Windows users without office can obtain the Excel Viewer free of charge.
Im very interested to see how this proceeds and look forward to following it as it progresses towards finalization. Hopefully your head isnt mashed against the keyboard and I didnt bore you too too much.
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A memorial service for Dean Valerie Phillips will be at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. The service will be held in the main sanctuary of Pioneer Memorial Church and arrangements are being handeled by Allred Funeral Home of Berrien Springs, Mich.
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Valerie Phillips: March 7, 1955-Dec. 18, 2011
Valerie Phillips, assistant to the dean for University Towers, passed away in her home on December 18, 2011. The cause of death was hypertensive cardiovascular disease. She was 56-years-old.
Dean Phillips dedicated 31 years of her professional career to Andrews University. She joined the Andrews family in 1980, first as an assistant dean and, since 1986, as an associate dean of women for Lamson Hall. In August of 2011, she transitioned from Lamson Hall to serve as assistant to the dean for University Towers.
Born March 7, 1955, in Stoneham, Mass. to Richard and Beth Phillips, Valerie graduated in 1972 from Union Springs Academy in Union Springs, NY. She studied behavioral science, religion and English at Atlantic Union College, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1978. While in school, she was a volunteer at Worcester Memorial Hospital in Worcester, Mass. In 1978, she took an assistant chaplain position at Battle Creek Sanitarium and Hospital where she stayed until 1980.
In 1980, Arlene Friestad, who was then dean of women at Lamson Hall, invited Valerie to speak at the first annual Womanhood Week at Andrews. Dean Friestad was so impressed by Valerie she invited her to join the residence hall staff at Lamson Hall.
Dean Phillips not only ministered to the ladies in her care at Andrews, she shared reflections and insights gained from her experiences as a regular columnist for the Adventist Review.
Valerie was known for her warm and compassionate spirit, her quick wit and exceptional wisdom, and care for her students. At the 2011 Faculty Staff Awards Banquet at Andrews University, Valerie was honored for 30 years of service. In her award tribute, Frances Faehner, vice president for Student Life, said of Valerie, "Among her many unique gifts, Valerie makes an intentional effort to note and remember the special interests (favorite food, collections, etc.) of her residents. She is known for countless acts of unexpected kindness that are especially meaningful to students missing the comforts of home and family."
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Kristian Hogsberg (Red Hat) has been hacking on Compiz and AIGLX to run them together and has managed to do it with impressive performance. "With a bit of hacking, I managed to get compiz (and glxcompmgr) running on aiglx. I'm running it on my i830 laptop, and the performance is actually quite impressive."


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In what security researcher Mikko Hypponen calls the "Holy Grail" of malware writers, the massive and complex Flame malware, linked to state-sponsored espionage and information-gathering, has managed to spoof Microsoft-signed digital certificates, creating the potential for man-in-the-middle attacks on the Microsoft Update system.
Clearly, as Hypponen points out, successfully exploiting this vast delivery mechanism for malware could be disastrous. If the Flame module successfully performs a man-in-the-middle attack, it drops a file called WUSETUPV.EXE on to the target computer. As of now, however, Hypponen says, "...It has not been used in large-scale attacks. Most likely this function was used to spread further inside an organization or to drop the initial infection on a specific system."
Microsoft's warning and patch are located on its support page. The full Technet Security Advisory is linked here:
Microsoft is aware of active attacks using unauthorized digital certificates derived from a Microsoft Certificate Authority. An unauthorized certificate could be used to spoof content, perform phishing attacks, or perform man-in-the-middle attacks. This issue affects all supported releases of Microsoft Windows.
Microsoft is providing an update for all supported releases of Microsoft Windows. The update revokes the trust of the following intermediate CA certificates:
- Microsoft Enforced Licensing Intermediate PCA (2 certificates)
- Microsoft Enforced Licensing Registration Authority CA (SHA1)
The investigation into the incident is ongoing, but the main takeaway for now is to patch immediately!
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Adam Buchsbaum observes that although Google Maps is the coolest thing since, I don't know, Google Scholar, there is one thing it doesn't do: if you type an address in the regular Google toolbar, it asks you if you want to plot a map using Mapquest or Yahoo !
C'mon guys, you can do better than that.
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Actually they have not. Here in germany there was even a court-decision that Microsoft is not allowed to say Linux, Android, whatever does violate or use there technologies. They need to prov what they never did. Its all marketing-bs to make ppl believe they have a point and that its dangerous to use Linux cause of IP owned by them and used in Linux.
Why do you believe Microsoft goes to the end users and reaches secret agreements rather then going direct to the source and brings there patents to court? Maybe because they would lose (read up on prior art for example on the FAT issue where Torvals himself came up with that long before Microsoft - its all documented and proven)? Maybe cause it would take exactly 5 minutes to work around whatever patents ONCE you know what that patents are?
As long as Microsoft does not go to the project itself but makes secret argreements and as long as Apple fights with design-patents its clear that they have nothing real in there hands.
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Why Indian Gang-Rape Defendant Changed His Story
One of the defendants in the Indian gang-rape trial has backed down on his denials, and now says he was driving the bus when the young woman was attacked. The WSJ's Yun-Hee Kim speaks with Preetika Rana about why he changed his story—and identified the other defendants.
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So far this earnings season, 123 companies in the S&P 500 index have reported results. Of those firms, 60 percent beat their estimates, 13 percent matched, and 27 percent missed.
Since 1994, in a typical quarter 62 percent of companies beat estimates, 18 percent match and 20 percent miss estimates, according to figures compiled by Thomson Reuters.
The current earnings surprise factor stands at -4.5 percent, while revenue is 0.3 percent.
In fact, revenue has been anemic, with 61 percent of companies missing analysts' expectations. In a typical quarter since 2000, 62 percent of companies beat, while 38 percent miss estimates.
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A local group claims our groundwater is at risk for radioactive contamination
A touchy subject remains touchy as plans are made to deal with a local radioactive waste site.
Last month, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) held a public dialogue agenda meeting to discuss Sandia National Laboratory's Corrective Measure Implementation Plan for the Lab's Mixed Waste Landfill. In layman's terms, the lab has devised a plan for dealing with their landfill. The NMED, which oversees environmental concerns at the lab and across the state, hosted a public meeting to discuss the plan. The Mixed Waste Landfill, which operated from 1959 to 1988 and covers 2.6 acres, contains low-level radioactive and hazardous waste, including trace amounts of plutonium and depleted uranium (this is in the form of contaminated gloves, lab coats, mops and the like, not tanks of radioactive sludge). The plan, which is now under litigation in the New Mexico Court of Appeals, would allow Sandia to cover the landfill with a biointrusion barrier and three feet of clay, and would require long-term monitoring and maintenance.
The group Citizen Action New Mexico, which has filed numerous lawsuits against NMED pertaining to the landfill, brought an appeal to the plan which concerns the wells Sandia uses to measure contamination in groundwater. In a recent press release, the group claims the monitoring wells do not provide representative samples of water in the aquifer and are therefore not in compliance with federal and state regulations.
Citizen Action is drawing on claims made by Robert H. Gilkenson, a geologist formerly employed by Los Alamos National Laboratories (LANL), who says records show the wells don't produce a continuous flow of water, because they were installed in non-permeable strata. "They aren't reliable. The wells do not provide the needed knowledge of presence or absence of contamination in the groundwater."
NMED strongly refutes this claim. Adam Rankin, communications director at NMED, says Gilkenson is referring to problems seen at LANL and making parallel conclusions about Sandia. "Our opinion is those wells were completed properly and that there is no interference in their ability to accurately sample groundwater."
Citizen Action is calling for new wells and a more comprehensive sampling program. But Rankin says the excavation process of installing new wells poses a threat to workers, adding that if groundwater contamination is ever detected at the landfill, a new set of considerations will be put into play. For now, Rankin says old landfills and septic tanks around town are more of a threat to Albuquerque's groundwater than Sandia's Mixed Waste Landfill.
NMED is looking at public comments on the landfill and will have a review completed in July or August.


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Flickr Find: Rustic Retro Landing Strip
We've been keeping an eye on the Home Cure Flickr pool since the end of the Spring Cure and came across this lovely landing strip that displays a great mix of retro and rustic inspired items. Click through for another view and 3 reasons why we think this is a well thought out space...
When it comes to landing strips there's a certain level of honesty to be had. You need to create a way to keep the clutter down and reduce the amount of junk coming into your home. But in order to do that, this small, functional space must be well thought out.
This specific space has several great features that make it highly functional while still keeping things attractive, here's why:
• There's a Trash Can: Even if you thin your mail out at the door, it still has to travel with you to the nearest one, usually in the kitchen. But any number of things can stop you along the way. A pet needing attention or a phone call is all it takes to get lost in thought and set things down. We love that the trash can is near the door and is easily accessible.
• Magazine Storage: Even if you've thinned down your magazine subscriptions, they still need a home. Why not make it near the door so they come straight in and get put away. It also makes it easy to take the old ones out when the time has come!
• True "Landing" Space: When entering your home, there's a good chance you'll be toting groceries, backpacks, coats, gym bags and more. The desk inside the door gives this home owner a place to set things upon immediate entry to further take care of other essentials, like picking up the mail or hanging up your keys. It defeats the point of having a landing strip if you're still dragging your purse or keys into the kitchen before they reach their final destination.
Tag Flickr photos with "apartmenttherapychicago" and we'll be watching!
(Image: TV's Jessica for the Home Cure Flickr Pool)


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Johnson's stats are playing catch-up
In the category of most mind-numbing Buffalo Bills statistic, presenting this nominee:
Wide receiver Stevie Johnson does not have a 100-yard receiving game since Dec. 11, 2011, a span of 13 games. Even more amazing, over the course of the Bills' last 32 games – two full seasons – Johnson has topped 100 yards just once.
To put that in perspective, there have been 122 100-yard receiving games this year alone, and 158 overall in the regular season since Johnson had four catches for 116 yards at San Diego in Week 14 of last year. Colts rookie third-round pick T.Y. Hilton, to use just one example, has three 100-yard games this season.
So, Stevie, were you aware that it had been that long?
"Yeah, man. … Hell yeah. It needs to come," he said. "But I know I'm playing within the offense. I'm doing whatever plays are being called and trying to make the most of what I can, but yeah, man, I'm looking for that 100-yard game. Hopefully it'll be this weekend and continue to grow, so we can get to these playoffs."
Johnson leads the Bills in receptions and yards, with 47 and 581, respectively, but those totals rank tied for 27th and 32nd in the NFL.
"People are focusing more on him than they have in the past. He gets doubled a lot more than he ever has before," Bills coach Chan Gailey said. "I think that's probably the No. 1 thing that you look at. We're still trying to do the same things we did last year with him but we're not getting some of the same results at times."
Johnson has been targeted 89 times by quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, a number that's 14th in the league. He's catching 53 percent of the passes thrown his way, and has been charged with four drops by Pro Football Focus. Of receivers with at least as many catches as Johnson, only Arizona's Larry Fitzgerald, with 52 catches on 104 targets (50 percent), has a lower catch percentage.
To put it another way, 43 percent of the time the ball is thrown Johnson's way, it's not catchable.
"I mean, the targets is there," Johnson said, before choosing his next words carefully. "But there's more opportunity out there."
Johnson does not have a reception this season on a pass that's traveled more than 20 yards in the air. That traces back to the inability of the offense led by Fitzpatrick to consistently make plays down the field.
Fitzpatrick, though, helped Johnson achieve back-to-back 1,000-yard receiving seasons, the first Bills player to ever do that, not to mention earn a five-year, $36 million contract in the offseason. So if Johnson does have any frustration with his quarterback or the offense, he's keeping it to himself.
Like any No. 1 receiver, he simply wants the ball more.
"It's true. I don't think that's a bad thing," he said. "I signed here because I wanted to change how it's been. I wanted to make it to the playoffs, and I feel like getting the ball is an easier way to move down the field, to getting touchdowns.
"I'm not afraid to say I want the ball because I know it's going to help our team. At the end of the day, whether I do good or do bad, the blame will be on me and not on anybody else."
Johnson has been targeted nine times in each of the past two games, catching six balls in each. He hasn't reached the end zone since Week Seven against Tennessee.
"I've definitely felt it," he said of the increased attention paid to him by defenses. "They've been successful with it, but some of it we can still exploit a little bit more, even though they're trying to send an extra defender over or underneath me. I still think I can be productive. We'll see this Sunday. I know they'll probably have some extra help, but I think I can be productive this weekend."
The Colts rank 20th in the league in yards per game allowed through the air, at 252.4. They've given up 18 passing touchdowns, which is tied for 10th most.
Indianapolis also could be without top cornerback Vontae Davis, who's questionable with a knee injury. The Colts previously put fellow starting cornerback Jerraud Powers on injured reserve because of a toe injury suffered in Week Nine.
Without Powers and Davis, the Colts have given up an average of 304 yards passing in their past three games.
"He's got a different gait about him," Colts interim coach Bruce Arians said of Johnson. "I always thought guys who are fast who have a different gait have an advantage. He's long, he knows how to find seams and he's definitely a solid, really good player."
He's also durable. Johnson, 26, hasn't missed a game the past three seasons, playing through a torn groin all of last year and, recently, a painful thigh bruise.
"Where I came from – I came from the bottom – so I feel like if I miss a game, 'OK, somebody's going to move in and take my spot.' I've got that mentality," the former seventh-round draft pick said. "If I can run and catch the ball, I'm going to do whatever I can to get out there on the field. … I know the importance of my role in this offense and whether I'm out there. I know I'm taking away another defender to open up someone else on the team."
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Thought I'd start this as a possible useful resource for anyone anywhere.
I'm off to Portugal for work while there's waves and free time while there's none. Typical, thanks life. Anyway, found this to help me get some waves, maybe...
Click the buoy on the map and then you have the 'tablas' tab below to open up for data/info. Simples.
----- Obviously there is NOAA too
UK: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/maps/United_Kingdom.shtml
And their other products: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/rmd.shtml
Anyone got any live buoys for the Canaries?


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1. Introduction to IceWM
IceWM is mean to be a fast, lightweight, unobtrusive window manager. It isn't a full-fledged desktop environment like, for instance KDE, GNOME, CDE or XFce. See Appendix A at the end of the article for the difference between a Window Manager and a Desktop Enviroment.
The IceWM interface looks a lot like a simple Windows 95 default desktop. So even for those of you new to UNIX, IceWM won't be too difficult to start using. It can be extensively themed too, to resemble Windows NT, XP, MacOS 9 and OS X. So if you're a recent convert to Linux, and don't want (or can't afford) the full-fledged capabilities of KDE or GNOME, IceWM is for you. Just theme it to look like your old OS! No wonder it's also known as the "impersonator".
IceWM is also for the UNIX gurus out there. Being fairly minimalistic, you can use it simply as a means to manage the dozens of terminal windows you'll have open. Another reason that experienced Linux/UNIX 'power users' will like IceWM is that it's extremely unobtrusive. Once you've got it customised the way you want it, you won't notice it. Quite a difference from Windows XP's irritating popup messages and ubiquitious branding. It's like XP's constantly hammering into your brain - "You're Using Microsoft Windows XP And You Better Not Forget It"! Unfortunately, neither GNOME nor KDE are much better - think of all the applications which begin with 'K' or 'G'! IceWM, on the other hand, accomplishes the one thing that is essential for an effective window manager - it makes you forget about its existence.
Finally, IceWM is remarkably flexible, while remaining simple to configure. All of IceWM's features can be configured via five plaintext configuration files, all of which but one are usually under 25 lines in length. While there are graphical tools for configuring IceWM, I find them very inadequate, and almost everyone will find it easier to edit the files by hand.
Well, enough of an introduction to IceWM. Let's get down to the specifics. First, the obligatory download-and-install procedure.
2. Getting, Configuring and Installing IceWM
2.1 Obtaining and compiling IceWM
You can get IceWM at http://www.icewm.org. There are both source tarballs and binary versions available for download. If you don't have root privileges on your machine, then the source is what you'll need. You can install in your home directory.
For the RPM, as root, type
rpm -Uvh icewm-<version-number>.rpm
For the tarball, we go through the 3-step ritual of configuring, compiling and installing. Say you're installing in ~/icewm. First we'll untar the archive. For files ending in .tar.gz, we type
tar -zxvf <filename>.tar.gzand for files that end in .tar.bz2, type
tar -jxvf <filename>.tar.bz2
"cd" into the archive directory, and type the following:
$./configure --prefix=/home/rahul/icewm
The "--prefix" option will ensure that icewm is installed in a directory within your home directory. Other options you might want to add to the configure script:
|Disable internationalization
|Disable internationalized message
|Support gradients (experimental, implies -enable-antialiasing)
|Support antialiasing (experimental, implies -enable-xfreetype)
|Display GNOME 2 menus
|Use Imlib for images path to imlib-config
The "imlib" option enables IceWM to use .pngs and other non-xpm file formats for use as icon files. That's usually a good idea.
Once the configure script is done, type
$ make && \ make install && \ xmessage -center ' Done!' || \ xmessage -center ' Error!'
Then go on doing some other work. Once the system's finished compiling and installing, a message window will popup with either " Done!" if everything went off fine, else you'll see " Error!".
- "IceWM, Page 1/6"
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Sweetwater ISD new school ratings released
On Thursday, the accountability ratings for schools was released by the TEA (Texas Education Agency). This year is the first year for the new system, which measures four main aspects: student achievement, student progress, closing performance gaps and postsecondary readiness.Sweetwater ISD (Independent School District), along with all of the district schools, obtained the "Met Standard" accountability rating, which is the highest of the two rankings within the new system, according to Sweetwater ISD Superintendent Terry Pittman."We are very optimistic about the scores," Pittman stated. "The new system is complicated and does judge us in areas that we have not been judged on before, so we will strive to learn as much as we can as quickly as we can."SISD earned a 76 for student achievement, 28 on student progress, 65 on closing performance gaps and 85 for postsecondary readiness. Thus, the district exceeded the target index scores of 50, 21, 55, and 75, respectively.The district is also analyzed by four system safeguards, which are then given an overall average. Meeting 49 out of 53 indicators, SISD earned a 92%.In addition, two district schools received distinction: Sweetwater Middle School (SMS) and East Ridge Elementary. The latter campus earned the honor for Reading, while SMS received a distinction for Math.SMS was only measured on the first three aspects, which were met or exceeded. They earned a 73 for student achievement, 29 on student progress, and 64 on closing performance gaps.The respective target scores are 50, 29, and 55 for the campus. Additionally, SMS earned a 100% on the three measured system safeguards.The scores for East Ridge also included Southeast Elementary and J.P. Cowen Early Childhood Center. Measured on only two standards, the scores for student progress at 85 and closing performance gaps at 82 exceeded the respective target scores of 50 and 55.Furthermore, a 100% was earned on the three system safeguards that were considered for the elementary campus.Among the other Sweetwater campuses, SHS (Sweetwater High School) exceeded all four standards with the totals of 75 (student achievement), 19 (student readiness), 64 (closing performance gaps), and 90 (postsecondary readiness)--in comparison to the respective target scores of 50, 17, 55 and 75. For the three system safeguards, SHS earned a 91% as they met 42 of the 46 indicators.Sweetwater Intermediate School (SIS) was measured on three standards and exceeded them with scores of 80 for student achievement (target score: 50), 38 for student progress (target score: 30) and 73 for closing performance gaps (target score 55). This campus also earned a 100% for system safeguards.As the system is new, Pittman added that some decisions are still being made by the State Board of Education and the Commissioner of Education regarding some parts. However, he expressed his pride for the efforts made by the teachers and students of the district."There are of course areas we will continue to improve on, but we would like to celebrate these fine accomplishments," concluded Pittman.


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Social networking: Pill for self esteem?
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I sometimes wonder, why would a 13 year old teenager be so worried about how her profile picture on a famous social networking site (SnS) looked? Not going very far, and asking my teenage cousin the reason about this unreasonable trend, I got the answer. She said "It's because it makes you feel good about yourself, and the number of comments make you popular amongst your peers". To be frank, I was not very surprised. But still questioned myself, 'Why would feeling good about yourself depend on something foolish like that.' Sad but true, SnS these days play a vital role in one's self esteem. If your pictures, or status updates go unnoticed, it hampers self esteem in a way. It's a reason to worry, if incidents like these effect your child's thought process in a negative way. Being dependent on SnS and being victims of peer pressure to feel good about one's self hampers the individual's mental state. In the long run repeated incidents like these can also lead to depression, and other mental problems.
Go ahead! Make your child feel good about themselves, by letting them know that there is nothing wrong in being themselves and that they don't need any SnS and comments from others to judge them.


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9115 LANSHIRE Drive
Dallas, TX 75238
- $549,900
- 4 Beds
- 3 Baths
- 2,617 SqFt
- 0.18 Acres
Open House Dates
Exceptional homes like this one are seldom available! Come see this one located high on top of Flag Pole Hill just north of White Rock Lake with a park of prairie wildflower preserve for you to enjoy playing, horseback riding just out your front door! Have the best of both worlds with nature as well as close to shopping, the DART light rail station and close to restaurants. This home will greet you with a pretty brick entrance court yard covered by a live oak tree. Step inside the beveled glass front door and see the soaring two story ceiling, handsome staircase and sold oak hardwood flooring. Kitchen has been recently remodeled (2014) with slab granite counter tops as well as travertine back splash, 5 burner gas cook top and stainless steel appliances! Enjoy looking out into your deep back yard with board on board fence with steel poles. The formal dining area opens to the living room with 10 foot ceilings with triple crown molding. Gorgeous sunsets and evening meals while sitting on your 34 X 12 ft deck (2017) complete with roof, ceiling fan, sun shades, lights and stainless steel natural gas grill. Enjoy nature in the amazing back yard complete with a 12 X 10 shed for extra storage (2016). Inside the master is upstairs with a sitting area, its own private balcony overlooking the park. The master bath has a large tub,separate vanities, and large glass shower. One of the bedrooms upstairs has a broad window seat. The downstairs bedroom is perfect for guest, home office or work out right next to a full bath. It even has it is own exterior door. The utility room has tile flooring, granite counter tops, iron board and cabinets for storage. Come see this home and appreciate the wonderful location!
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2828 Routh St #100
Dallas , TX 75201
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7736 Goforth Circle Dallas, TX 75238
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Blakeley's Dual Purpose Nursery
Name: Blakeley (8 months)
Location: Costa Mesa, CA
When first trying to figure out where to start with Blakeley's nursery, I knew I wanted it to be that room that you couldn't help but steal a glance at when walking down the hallway.
I was very inspired when I came across Little P's nursery on Apartment Therapy a couple years ago. I just loved the calmness brought on by the wall color and the cheeriness of the bright yellow. And I also knew that even though we had found out we were having a girl, that I just wasn't quite ready for pink. I had found that amazing fabric used for the crib bumper, window valance and glider pillow at Joann's Fabrics and when I found out we were having a girl, I thought it would work perfectly with this color scheme!
This nursery was previously our office and contained that white corner desk and a leather couch. We knew we could do without the couch but also knew the desk was a necessity and needed to stay in the house, and since there was no where else for it, we opted for making the room 25% office space and 75% nursery. We added a few accessories on top of the hutch and pretty paper in the drawer labels to somewhat incorporate the look and feel like it actually works pretty well!
As far as turning the rest of the room into a nursery, we were working with a seriously tight budget and knew most items were either going to be used or DIY. The green dresser/changing table was B's great-great grandmother's and painted that gorgeous green color somewhere down the line. I found the glider on Craigslist for $10, and it actually came with a pretty gross cover that we ended up tossing, deciding to just use the white frame. Between the green cushion I bought at Pier 1, the yellow blanket made by my Aunt, and the pillow case made by myself and mother-in-law with that Joann's fabric, I thought it really worked well with the room. Not to mention it is incredibly comfortable :-)
I had originally wanted a sleigh crib but was having a hard time finding a used one in our price range. We have incredible garage sales in our neighborhood almost every weekend and ended up scoring that Jenny Lind crib for $15! It was white when we bought it but I really wanted it to pop against the robin egg wall color and opted to change it to that bright cheery yellow color. It was quite a process to get that thing painted, but with the help of a few willing friends, we got it done (12 spray cans and 3 clear top coats later!).
Finally, the closet for that room is actually a shared closet next to my room and since it was already too full, we knew we needed to find an armoire to hang all those adorable little clothes. I had seen this one at Ikea and fell in love with it, and it holds SO much stuff! I spruced it up with some Anthro knobs, hung my nursing cover on it, and wha-la!
As far as the smaller items go, the galvanized buckets on the floor holding the stuffed animals and books, as well as the ones on the shelf holding cloth diapers located above the changing pad were made by a friend who hand picked those fun prints. The beautiful art quote above the glider was found on etsy and the sweet animal prints above the desk were found online. The white tree behind the crib, which I would say is definitely the focal point of the room, was painted by a friend and the birds and leaves were cut out with pretty paper.
This is by far my favorite room in our house and I just love that we get to enjoy it everyday!
Thanks, Barbara! Well done!
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Event: Bollywood super stars such as Abhishek Bachchan, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Bobby Deol, Sonam Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Sikander Kher, Omi Vaidya, director duo Abbas-Mustan et al launched the music of the much awaited film PLAYERS.
Guest List: Sonam Kapoor, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Bipasha Basu, Bobby Deol, Sikander Kher, Omi Vaidya, Abhishek Bachchan, Abbas Burmawalla, Mustan Burmawalla, Bhushan Kumar, Pritam Chakraborty, Shruti Seth
Venue: JVPD grounds, Juhu
Date: 09-Dec-2011
Bollywood celeb Aamir Khan along with wife Kiran Rao were spotted at PVR.
Bollywood producers-directors Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Krishan Kumar, Ravi Bahl, Divya Khosla Kumar, Sajid Nadiadwala, Wardha Nadiadwala celebrate diwali with Bhushan Kumar
Bollywood celebs Kareena Kapoor Khan, Malaika Arora, Sonali Bendre, Nimrat Kaur among others were snapped by paparazzi.Bebo looked super cool in a casual look. She wore a white t-shirt with yoga pants...
Bollywood actress Shama Sikander celebrated Diwali festival at her residence.
Bollywood celebs Aamir Khan, Zaira Wasim, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Anil Kapoor, Nitesh Tiwari, Aparshakti Khurrana, Bhushan Kumar, Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Sachin Tendulkar, Rajkumar Hir...


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Do you prefer adapting existing light novel or manga material to anime like Toradora!, Blast of Tempest, and Gosick or writing original anime stories like Hanasaku Iroha or Anohana?
What is the one thing you think about, the one thing that drives you to write the kind of beautiful stories that you do?
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Wow. All of her works are among my favorites!
Ask her if shes aware how much her work is loved by those outside of Japan. (if you want)
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Pertaining Hanasaku Iroha which couple do you like the best? OhanaXKouichi, MinkoXTouru, OhanaXTouru or any couple in Hanasaku Iroha?
First, I'd tell Okada Sama, that I love the sympathetic psychological insights she reveals about how people in groups deal with each other, and how people deal with each other individually over time. Then, I'd want to ask...
1) What's your favorite part of this kind of story telling? Creating a overarching world view, or finding, as you create, the little surprises the story revels to you as it unfolds? The creative planning, the unplanned inspirations, or what?
2) Your insight into human nature is acute. I wonder if you feel that your story telling skills spring from your deep analysis of personal experience, or do you consider yourself a keen and empathic observer?
3) How do you imagine the flow of the story? Does it develop as a result of the innate nature of the characters you imagine? Does it result from the goals you give the characters and their collision with the structure of the world you've defined for them? What inspires you?
4) What do you like to read?
Whatever the answers, I hope Okada sama has a long and fruitful career, and a very satifying life!
SailorBee, have a great interview and thanks for all you do!
Did you ever have any of those moments where after the anime airs you think "I could have written that part better"?
Which characters in AnoHana and Hanasaku Iroha did you connect with the most while writing them? Who and why?
Life is a bitch, so if its easy you're doing it wrong
I'll save my question for her panel at Anime Expo...but thanks for the opportunity.
My question would be:
Did you have help to get to the point you're at now? What kind of people were they and how did they help you?
To Mari Okada-sensei: In January of this year we celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Anime on Japanese Television, what as a writer do you feel has made the medium of Anime so special, and endearing through all these years?
(And Thank You!^^)
Life is but a Dream...
I have a few questions I've always wanted to ask a scriptwriter:
1. What's the biggest difference in process between adapting manga into anime versus adapting light novels into anime?
2. What do you consider to be your greatest single piece of work?
3. Have you ever gotten writer's block, and if so, how did you handle it?
4. Have you ever gotten into an argument with a show's director over a major creative decision in a show? If so, how did that turn out?
5. Do you work at the animation studio with the animators, or do you work from home (or some other location)?
First, I love everything Mari Okada has worked on so thanks to her so much for writing those episodes and series compositions, et al. And thanks to Crunchyroll for bringing them to us!
My questions:
How was it different writing for a movie version of Hanasaku Iroha Home Sweet Home compared to writing a TV series?
Would you have preferred to do a second TV series of Hanasaku Iroha or was it better to create a movie?
What series that you've worked on would you like to write more episodes for? I know she can't say which ones might not be announced yet, just looking for her opinion here.
Did you always want to be a script and screenplay writer or did you want to write novels or manga? Anohana manga is the only one I think you've written, how was that compared to writing scripts? You haven't done one since, is that because you are so busy with scripts or because you prefer writing screenplays?
Thanks for all you've done. I look forward to your future work!
Please bring us the Hanasaku Iroha Home Sweet Home movie, Crunchyroll!!!
"You always seem to portray childhood friends/best friends romance in a good light, especially in your original works such as True Tears, Hanasaku Iroha, AnoHana, and maybe even the upcoming shows like Nagi no Asakura and True Tours Nanto. Has this been a coincidence, or is it related to what you think is the ideal romance?"
"Do you take a different approach in your writing style when it comes to Anime Movies than to Anime Tv series? Do you feel like you have more freedom as a writer when writing longer scripts for movies? Also, congratulations on Hanaksau Ihora: Home Sweet Home and I am looking forward to the Ano Hana movie coming out in the summer."
This is super exciting. What I want to know is:
There's recently been a growing trend of trap manga aimed at girls as part of the BL gentre. Wandering Son takes itself very seriously for the most part, though. Was it difficult to write for because of that?
Gatcha Gatcha Kyu~ It's not figure art.
My question is, where was the flower they saw that day? I couldn't find it.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 16th Nov 2010 22:34 UTC
As none other I know how problematic it is to discuss matters related to politics on the web. However, every now and then, there's no way around it, and this is one of those moments. There's this thing going on at airports in the US, and while many will see it as a separate issue, the body scanner issue, and the sad stories it has spawned, are symptoms of a far larger problem that is a direct threat to everything we've fought for during and since the Enlightenment.
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The University of Rio Grande Music Department is housed in the Berry Fine & Performing Arts Center on the main campus of URG. The center features the 400-seat capicity Alphus R. Christensen Theater, a black-box theater for experimental and small-group performances, and numerous sound-proof practice rooms.
Within the Center, the department of music houses a Steinway concert grand piano, studio pianos, harpsichords, electric organs, Orff instruments and woodwind and brass instruments, sound-proof practice modules, multi-purpose classrooms, rehearsal areas, a Mac computer lab, a studio theatre, and a photography lab. Students also have access to a recording lab enabling them to learn how to produce professional recordings.
Photo by URG Digital Photography student Tammy Sharp


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 23, 2007) - Senior Brooke Wilhoit (Sevierville, Tenn.) dished out a career-high 14 assists and freshman Latisha Belcher (Ridgeway, Va.) earned her first career double-double as the Lady Bucs scored 43 second half points en route to a 78-60 victory over Kennesaw State on Friday night inside Memorial Center.
ETSU has now made it five in a row inside the dome and improved to 16-10, 12-4 in the A-Sun, but more importantly they regained its second-place lead over
Four Lady Bucs reached double figures as freshman Siarre Evans (
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Despite being out-reboundeded in the first half, the Lady Bucs dominated the glass in the second half (31-21) and won the battle of the boards, 50-46, thanks to Belcher's career-high 12 rebounds. ETSU held the Lady Owls to 25 percent (7-28) from the field in the second half, and the Lady Bucs did not allow them to make a three-pointer in the final 20 minutes.
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Pocket, Oct 2004, 6.99 ISBN: 0743493834 In Half Moon Bay, California acrimonious Ian �Cat� MacPherson lives in a wheelchair because his apprentice Alex Farrell betrayed him when they robbed the Sodre Mansion in Brazil. While Alex escaped to become wealthy, Cat remained in prison for three decades. Though he lives for vengeance, he considers suicide until he catches young Tasya Flynn breaking into his home. Thinking this is fate, he sees the nim...


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BMI Appeals Ruling That Lets Venues Route Around BMI, Claiming It Somehow Harms Musicians
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"On behalf of our songwriters, composers and music publishers, we will not allow this ruling to stand without an appeal," said Del Bryant, BMI President & CEO. "Our writers and publishers should not be expected to lose more than half of their income from DMX based on the court's erroneous holdings, which substantially reduce the value of their creative efforts."But that makes no sense. If the writers and publishers made significantly less with DMX, why would they enter into a separate agreement with DMX? The "problem" would solve itself because no BMI covered artists would sign a direct deal with DMX.


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|2012-05-21, 13:39
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Age: 27
I figured the mangaka wouldn't be able to kill off Hongou, and after that asspull with Apachai, this is relatively mild. But really, if the Demon Fist loses against him, I'd be very disappointed.
When will we get a decent disciple-class fight again?
|2012-05-21, 13:53
|Link #5062
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Le Mans, France
If the Demon Fist lost that would be only because he was playing around and not recognizing the true worth of his enemy, he should have gone for a sure kill after what Hongo has done last chapter. So I wouldn't be disappointed even the opposite.
|2012-05-22, 10:30
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Junior Member
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Happy news for everybody.
|2012-05-23, 00:52
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The Shermain
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: NY
Age: 39
This fight still going on? Let me guess, Kenichi is standing around watching and drooling while the real fights are going on. Honestly, Ken's fights are just so meaningless now in the face of Yami. I really miss when the manga used to be about the disciples and their growth, not their masters. Nothing like turning your main characters into glorified cameos who serve no purpose to the greater story arc. Shinpaku might as well not even exist-- they don't do anything anymore.
The only meaningful thing they've done in a couple hundred chapters was keep the data from Yami-- a whole 10 chapters of focus. And even then, the entire squad couldn't handle one regular master without help from Sakaki, which just served to show how useless they are in the grand scheme of things. I mean, does anyone even care about Yomi anymore? You don't even hear about them.
|2012-05-23, 09:51
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Join Date: Mar 2012
At the DoD, while Kenichi and Miu were busy fighting armed mechs and Yomi, the rest of Kenichi's friends took down a master class fighter, the "host" of the DoD. A man with a long, bloody history of kidnapping children and forcing them to become martial artists just so he could watch them fight to the death for his own amusement.
The second time, Kenichi and friends fought a Yami weapon division Master class opponent who was attacking a government individual (so as to destroy some sensitive Yami information) and they won, because Sakikaki was distracting him by throwing pebbles.
Not satisfied with his loss, the master pulled out deadly weapons and THAT is when Sakikaki stepped in and though wounded, totally cleaned his clock.
|2012-05-23, 10:47
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The Shermain
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: NY
Age: 39
I wouldn't really call the second one "taking him on by themselves" with a Grand Master class distracting him the whole time-- and then having to step in anyway. Literally, one guy would have taken down the whole team without Sakaki's distraction, which only serves to reinforce that the disciples are weak and no longer have a place in the manga. :\ It's the master's manga now.
|2012-05-24, 06:17
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U mad?
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I'm guessing by the end of the manga Ippo will still be in disciple/expert class.
|2012-05-24, 06:28
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The Shermain
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: NY
Age: 39
Considering there aren't many disciples left, the manga is going to either end soon or there will be no story left to write. There've been no low-level masters developed for Kenichi to fight... All of Yami's leaders are in the Grand Master class. The power difference is just too great and would require decades more before Kenichi could hold his own against them.
Unless, of course, the mangaka coulf just decide to toss in a bunch more underdeveloped disciples just to give Kenichi something to do without ever actually having him become a master. Either way, my interest in the manga has disappeared since it became History's Strongest Masters. I honestly could care less about Hongou and Jenezad fighting and I feel that Kenichi learned nothing from this arc. Yeah, he landed a blow on Miu... while unconscious. We already know that he's stronger when he's out cold. Until he decides to fight her normally while still conscious, he learns nothing. The only thing he can learn is how pointless his goal is to protect Miu as he'd have to face people like Jenezad or her father to do so, which is impossible for him... Maybe in a few decades, but not in the manga's lifetime. I'll be dropping it for now... At least for a couple hundred chapters. Same thing I did with Bleach and MSN.
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|2012-05-24, 18:53
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Your wife is hot...
Join Date: May 2008
Location: At your house fixing A/C
The remaining ones looks insanely powerful for Ken and co to take on...
|2012-05-24, 22:34
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Eye for an Eye
Join Date: Apr 2008
There are 4 Yomi members left, Chikage, Rachel, Hermit and Kajima. Granted 3 of the 4 are on friendly terms with him, but still I don't think the author will skip their fights. And there will obviously be involving those guys Ogata is training.
|2012-05-25, 05:08
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U mad?
Join Date: Apr 2012
|2012-05-25, 07:08
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Well I personally liked how this fight was going up until the last three chapters or so..well I'm not big on Kenichi but I still think the master class fights are pretty cool.
And Houngo surviving this seems only slightly less believable than Shigure winning a jousting match on a motorcycle, and topless :|
Wonder what Kenichi can do now that the masters are the ones duking it out: unless the author believes in time-skips
|2012-05-25, 07:57
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Upper Austria
Masters left who have never fighted:
Ogata "Kensei"
Mikumo "bewitching fist"
Cyril "Fist of Brahman"
I guess Kensei is supposed to be the biggest opponent of those 3, even though Mikumo might be stronger..
We have seen fighting, but still undefeated:
Junazar "Demon God"
Has been defeated once, but still free:
Agaard "Emperor"
Sougetsu "Fierce Fist"
Unknown right now:
Akira "God Hand"
we only can tell that Gaidar and Diego Carlo are imprisoned.
But anything could change. And that fact is realistic even in real life :-)
As for YOMI... Kajima is the big fish. And with him, the "end boss" of YAMI, Saiga Furinji as the expected last master.
But was has been stated long time ago? It is not only Yami out there. We do not even know that One Shadow Nine Fists is the top of Yami - there is the unarmed and the armed faction....
Whatever most of the people say - I still like this series since it made me change my life!!
|2012-05-27, 14:01
|Link #5079
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
And yes, Kajima's definitely the king fish in YOMI, what's left of it anyway. Kenichi's all but dismantled it, so it puts Kajima in a difficult position. He needs to defeat Kenichi to regain YOMI's honor and demonstrate the supremacy of satsujinken. That could be coming soon once the group returns to Japan. Until then...
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Los Alamos National Laboratory
Collaboration inspires nuclear engineering student Alexis Kaplan
Researcher designs a system that improves nuclear energy security
When her state suffered from major blackouts during an energy crisis a decade ago, California native Alexis Kaplan was inspired to pursue her nuclear degree.
"I couldn't understand why we had a shortage of energy when so much power could come from nuclear fission," said Kaplan.
Kaplan—working towards her doctorate in nuclear engineering at the University of Michigan and a Los Alamos research assistant—is committed to making the world more secure.
A proponent of combining nuclear and renewable energy to meet global energy needs and improving their sustainability, Kaplan is equally committed to developing methods to secure spent nuclear fuel. And she says the Lab's multidiscipline and cooperative environment is the perfect nexus to develop the technologies needed to meet these goals.
Kaplan's Los Alamos interdisciplinary team is designing and building a prototype system and perfecting detection methods that will measure nuclear reactors' spent fuel—vital to ensure radioactive materials have not been stolen and potentially used to make weapons. The system's verification may support the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) during facility inspections, protecting the world from nuclear proliferation.
Inspired by the world-class nuclear research environment and invigorated by the small city's proximity to outdoor activities—including her favored hiking, rock climbing and snowboarding—the Berkeley graduate plans to pursue a nonproliferation career in this scientific hub.
"Some people think it's bad that there are only one or two places to hang out at night, but I think it's great," Kaplan added about the mountain town tucked into the Jemez Mountains, where relaxed conversations on a ski lift or coffee shop are likely to spur novel innovations. "You get to see everyone and you're always likely to run into friends."
And just as Los Alamos stimulates a scientific culture connected to the natural world, it also nurtures a collaborative environment."I love this lab. I feel like I have 4 or 5 mentors," Kaplan adds. "That is one of my favorite things about LANL; so many people are interested in my project and are all willing to help." » Return to homepage


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SUNNYVALE, Calif., -- June 17, 2003 -- Artisan Components, Inc., (Nasdaq:ARTI), a leading provider of physical intellectual property (IP), today announced it has signed a license agreement with Sony Semiconductor Kyushu Corporation, a major integrated device manufacturer. The agreement further expands Artisan's presence in Japan's consumer electronics market.
Under the terms of the agreement, Artisan has licensed Sony Semiconductor Kyushu its memory generators for single- and dual-port SRAM, single- and two-port register files, diffusion programmable ROM and SAGE-X(TM) Standard Cell Library for an advanced submicron process. Artisan's library products include support for its extensive set of views and models of the industry's leading EDA tools.
"Sony Semiconductor Kyushu chose Artisan because it offered quality and superior product performance -- high speed and high density," said Eisaburo Iwamoto, executive deputy president of Sony Semiconductor Kyushu Corporation. "Partnering with Artisan can help speed our time-to-market by allowing us to expand on our technology designs that differentiate Sony in the consumer electronics market."
"Sony is a recognized leader in the consumer electronics arena and as such requires design efficiency and high-production yields," said Mark Templeton, president and chief executive officer of Artisan. "We are pleased Sony Semiconductor Kyushu has endorsed our physical library solutions for Sony products as a competitive advantage for consumer electronics."
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Artisan Components, Inc. is a leading provider of physical intellectual property (IP) components for the design and manufacture of complex system-on-a-chip integrated circuits. Artisan's products include embedded memory, standard cell, input/output, analog, mixed-signal and communications components, which are designed to achieve the best combination of performance, density, power and yield for a given manufacturing process. Artisan has licensed its IP components to over 1,000 companies involved in integrated circuit design. Artisan is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. More information about Artisan Components, including free library access can be found at: http://access.arm.com.
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What is The Great Indie Book Contest?
It started with David McAfee, an author of horror novels, deciding he wanted to reward readers who buy indie books. He called a few author friends — Daniel Arenson, Mike Crane, David Dalglish, and John Fitch V — to help him with a contest. Together, they would choose a lucky winner from people who buy indie books… and give him or her a Kindle3 + $50 Amazon.com gift card.
What Are Indie Books?
Indie books are released independently, without a publisher. This allows authors to sell directly to readers online.
How Do I Play?
To enter the contest, simply buy an indie book or ebook [Moses says: including mine]. For every book you buy, you'll gain one entry. The more books you buy, the higher your chances to win.
Where to find indie books?
- Try books by our sponsors; links to your right (on this page). [Moses says: also try my Indie Listmania list]
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Any indie book you buy — from our sponsors, or from any other author — is worth an entry.
Once you've bought one or more books, forward your receipts (or screencaps of your receipts) to email@example.com, and you'll be entered to WIN!
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Commencement Accommodations
The university has negotiated special rates with local hotels for guests attending WCSU's Commencement festivities. To make your reservation, call the hotel of your choice directly. Book your reservation early to ensure room availability. When booking your reservation, make sure to ask for the special WCSU rate. We looking forward to seeing you on campus this May.


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June Fundraiser Spotlight: Humble Bundle!
Here at Child's Play, we often talk about the incredible community that supports us and how much it means to the cause. Fundraising comes in many forms, and this month we'd like to recognize the incredible organization of the Humble Bundle.
The Humble Bundle packages indie games into one collection, allowing the buyer to not only choose how much they want to pay, but also who they want the money to goto. Since 2010, Child's Play has been honored to participate in the fundraiser, and incredibly enough, the fifth iteration, Humble Bundle V, has just hit the $3 million mark. The support provided by the Humble Bundle team and theircontributors makes a huge impact on our network of hospitals, and in turn, the lives of thousands of kids across the
We recently visited one of our partner facilities to see some of the impact provided by donation like the Humble Bundle. We were able to see a number of kids who had been positively impacted by your donations, includeding a young man named Stanley.
Stanley is severly autistic and mostly non-verbal; he is prone to outbursts and seizures.Stanley uses an iPad that the facility received from Child's Play for many purposes: Adaptive software provides him with communication tools to speak for him, movies allow him to be educated and entertained, and a touchscreen enables him to interact
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Most incredibly, Stanley has used his iPad to learn to play the piano. To an assembly of over 200 people, Stanley played "How to Save a Life" so beautifully that many of the guests were moved to tears. Donations made through Child's Play make a huge impact in the lives of children like Stanley and many others in hospitals and care facilties around the world, and it's all thanks to you.
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University of Texas at Arlington: Fraternity Banned From Wearing Greek Letters During Investigation
Category: Free Speech
Schools: University of Texas at Arlington
FIRE letter to University of Texas at Arlington, September 13, 2012
Cease and Desist Letter from OSC Director Heather Snow, February 10, 2012
Right to Wear Greek Letters Vindicated at UT Arlington
November 30, 2012
Recently, FIRE intervened at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) after the Sigma Phi Epsilon (SigEp) fraternity brought to our attention what I suspect is an all-too-common punishment against fraternities and sororities: the prohibition on displaying their letters in any way while the chapter was under investigation. After FIRE brought this issue to UTA's attention, the university promised that students and student organizations at UTA enjoy the full freedoms of the First Amendment. Here's the background on the chain of events resulting in this unconstitutional punishment for SigEp, as we wrote in a letter to UTA President James D. […]» Read More


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WASHINGTON, April 10 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama's 2014 budget would provide $526.6 billion for U.S. Defense Department's base funding, down $3.9 billion from the amount enacted in 2012.
"The budget continues to pursue strategic priorities that reflect our nation's renewed commitment to our historical role in the Asia-Pacific region," the document, released Wednesday, said. "It also targets resources toward other strategic priorities such as increasing our ability to effectively navigate the security challenges and opportunities of cyberspace, continuing to focus funding on research and development and combating terrorism."
The Overseas Contingency Operations funds will still support the "incremental costs" of operations in Afghanistan as well as other activities that primarily support Operation Enduring Freedom in Iraq.
Because final decisions have not been made about the pace of the drawdown of U.S. combat troops in Afghanistan, the budget includes a "placeholder" for the Overseas Contingency Operations for 2014 that is equivalent to the amount provided in the Obama's 2013 Budget.
"The administration continues to propose a multiyear cap that limits government-wide OCO funding to $450 billion over the 2013 to 2021 period," the document said.
Obama's budget would include $176.2 billion for operations, training and supporting activities for military personnel.
It requests authorization for another round of base realignment and closures in 2015, noting the actual closing of any facilities would involve a multiyear process that wouldn't begin before 2016.
The budget request calls for expanding cyber forces led by the U.S. Cyber Command and increasing funding for cybersecurity information-sharing.
It budget provides $166.8 billion to develop and buy weapons, including $8.4 billion for the F-35 Lightning II (the Joint Strike Fighter) aircraft program and $5.4 billion for the Virginia class submarine.
In keeping with the administration's commitment to reducing the number and role of nuclear weapons, and to support goals of the Nuclear Posture Review as the United States and Russia implement the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the budget proposed $12 billion for strategic offensive forces, $600 million less than the 2012 enacted level.
Funding of $8.5 billion is included to ensure "consistent and effective" programs and services for service members and their families.
The budget provides $49.4 billion for the Pentagon's Unified Medical Budget that supports the military health system.
For calendar year 2014, the budget provides a 1 percent increase to basic pay, a 4.2 percent increase in its basic housing allowance and 3.4 percent increase in its basic subsistence allowance.