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2013 NMRA Event Season Preview
Excitement builds as we gear up for the '13 NMRA keystone Ford Nationals Tour
Focus… that is the theme for the NMRA Ford Nationals 15th Anniversary Tour as special events dominate the 2013 racing schedule. The #1 all-Ford show in the U.S. features a tighter schedule, more heads-up racing, and exciting special events. Over 4,000 racers and car show participants will compete for national bragging rights and the richest purse and contingency program of any Ford-only series.
Just weeks away is the NMRA season opener, the 19th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout held March 7-10 at Bradenton Motorsports Park (Bradenton, Florida). The SBS kicks off on Thursday, March 7, at a special Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords Open House, held at the magazine headquarters in Tampa. This free event will feature free a parts raffle, facility tour, food and drinks, music, hot MM&FF girls, and much more. For more information, log on to www.musclemustangfastfords.com or follow MM&FF on Facebook.
The NMRA season goes live on Friday, March 8, followed by a traditional kick-off party at Hooters of Bradenton with wild antics and famous Hooters girls. Highlights of the NMRA event include amazing heads-up action and 100-plus cars in TREMEC True Street, with a qualified field in the Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords Spring Break Shootout class on Sunday. Adding a unique flare is a special Cobra Jet Showdown presented by Ford Racing, featuring factory-built hot rods in an 8- and 9-second slugfest.
A little over a month later the NMRA series hits the Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Georgia, on April 11-14 for the 5th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals. NMRA and NMCA racers let loose in one of the largest musclecar events of the year. Be part of the 15,000 fans sitting in the Atlanta Dragway stands watching the explosive head-to-head action. We call it the All-Star Nationals because of the record-breaking performances, and it attracts all the cars and stars of street-legal drag racing are at one exciting event.
Next the NMRA pays tribute to Ford's Special Vehicle Team (SVT), which is celebrating it 20th anniversary, and hosting the NMRA event and SVT tribute is none other than the stunning Maryland International Raceway (MIR) in Mechanicsville. Keep the weekend of May 3-5 open, especially if you are an SVT fanatic. This SVT specialty-event-within-an-event features several SVT racing and show categories. As a bonus, most SVT racers will receive a free secondary race entry (True Street or NMRA Brackets).
First on the SVT list is the VMP Tuning Terminator versus Shelby GT500 Shootout, where bragging rights will be settled. The SVT Lightning truck community is one of the most exciting SVT brands, as evidenced by the sheer number of trucks still being modified and turned into dragstrip haulers. Lightning racers are invited to join the popular Truck & Lightning category where they can race alongside legends like Johnny Lightning in his supercharged truck.
Tremec True Street, presented by Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords, is always one of the largest classes run on Saturday at each NMRA event. There will be a separate SVT-only True Street class ('93-to-present SVT cars and trucks only) with its own cash and prizes. SVT True Street racers will make three consecutive passes down the quarter-mile—$250 plus a 6-foot trophy will be awarded to the overall fastest, and $100 and a plaque will be awarded to each racer with the closest average to 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 seconds!
NMRA and its racers head to a new venue in 2013, thrilling Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio. The weekend of June 14-16 has been reserved for this all-Ford extravaganza, and Norwalk will play host to two exciting affairs. First is the official Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords 25th Anniversary Party, where we'll all celebrate a quarter decade of MM&FF magazine on the quarter-mile with special guests and party plans for this birthday bash. Also scheduled for the Norwalk blowout is a 5.0 Mustang Shootout that brings the world's quickest '11-'13 Mustang 5.0L drag racing machines on track for pride and glory. Nitrous, supercharged, and turbocharged 5.0-powered modern Mustangs will set records, with the hottest 5.0L tuner shops leading the charge. Do you have the quickest 5.0 Mustang in America? Join the fun and find out.
The NMRA and NMCA series are brought together again at Route 66 Raceway (Joliet, Illinois) in a four-day bash July 11-14. The Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing puts both series head-to-head in a special Shootout, where the NMRA class winners compete against their NMCA rivals for bonus cash and a chance to take home a world famous Nitto Tire Diamond Tree Super Bowl Ring. The diamond-laden ring is a special design exclusively for the Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing shootout. Team NMRA has been dominating this event with 5 team wins in the first 7 NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl events. Will the NMRA dominance continue on street-legal drag racing's biggest stage?
The 15th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA All-Ford World Finals will invade Beech Bend Raceway October 3-6. The NMRA World Finals is special—not just because it's the largest all-Ford event of the year, but because championships are on the line and racers leave nothing to chance. World championships and world records are a big part of the NMRA World Finals as racers put in their final effort to win the exclusive Nitto Tire Diamond Tree Championship Rings.
The Tremec True Street class, presented by Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords, has averaged well over 100 competitors the past two years and is a testimonial to the crazy street-legal performance that's possible with Mustangs and Fords. This 2013 event will also bring together 10 of the most powerful, well-engineered, and gorgeous Mustangs from around the United States to participate in 5.0 Mustang & Super Fords' King of the Street competition. The NMRA World Finals will showcase a special VMP Tuning Terminator/GT500 Shootout as well, in which the fastest '03/'04 Cobras and GT500s will race against each other for year-long bragging rights.
Each NMRA national event also features a huge UPR Products All-Ford Car Show, where you will see a sea of color as hundreds of Blue Oval car show participants shine up and show off their awesome late-model and early Mustangs and Fords. Magazine editors will be drooling as they search for cover cars and features amongst rows of stock and modified show cars.
All NMRA events also feature the largest all-Ford manufacturers midways and swap meets of the year. Be sure to hit the ATM on the way to any NMRA event so you can bring home great deals on the parts you need. Finally… hang on to your seats for flame-throwing 300-plus-mph jet car exhibitions and the world famous NMRA burnout contest. Past participants have gone as far as blowing tires and destroying engines for the roar of NMRA's crowd!
2013 NMRA Race Classes
Afco Street Outlaw
Street Outlaw is new for 2013 and will showcase a variety of 7-second machines running on slicks or drag radials. Rules allow for small-blocks and-big blocks, naturally aspirated small- and big-blocks, or single-power-adder vehicles using DOT 275/60-15 radial or true 28x10.5 slicks. All engine types are permitted a maximum of 588 ci. Power-adder options range from a single 94mm turbo, two supercharged combinations using the Procharger F1-X and XB-105, nitrous small-blocks with multiple guns, and nitrous big-blocks with a maximum of two stages. With low-7-second e.t.'s and speeds closing in on 200 mph, this will be the fastest and most exciting class in 2013.
Edelbrock Renegade
Small-block Ford engines, combined with nitrous oxide injection or a supercharger and a small tire is a recipe for great racing. These mid-8-second Mustangs make up Renegade. With a max cubic inch limit of 410 and a single-power adder, racers are given weight breaks based on their combination to keep the playing field even.
Nitto Tire Factory Stock
Nitto Tire Factory Stock is an affordable way to race for an NMRA championship. Drivers can run '79-newer Mustangs and Fords with a 302- or 4.6L-based bullet no larger than 313ci. With high 10-second performance at an affordable cost, Factory Stock is a great way to get into heads-up racing.
Strange Engineering Coyote Stock
Equalizing the competition with sealed crate engines and electronics is what Strange Engineering Coyote Stock is all about. Open to any '54-and-newer Ford body, competitors must use a specific Ford Racing Performance Parts 5.0-liter Coyote crate engine. Coyote Stock is entering its second season and we look for this to be one of the most competitive NMRA classes in 2013.
Roush Performance Super Stang
If you have an '05-present Mustang, Roush Performance Parts Super Stang is for you. This bracket-style class is only for S197 Mustangs powered by 4.6L, 5.0L, 5.4L, and V-6 engines. Qualifying is based on reaction time and dial-ins are set 0.1 quicker than each racer's best qualifying run. With a variety of combinations and modifications allowed, Super Stang offers a wide range of performance levels and close racing.
Detroit Locker Truck & Lightning
Detroit Locker Truck and Lightning class is one of the NMRA's most popular categories. It's open to any Ford truck or SUV running a Ford powerplant. Qualifying is based on reaction time and dial-ins are set 0.1 quicker than your best qualifying run.
Exedy Racing Clutch Modular Muscle
Modular Muscle is a bracket-style class for Ford vehicle running a 4.6L, 5.0L, 5.4L, or V-10 modular engine. Qualifying is based on reaction time and the field is based on an NHRA Sportsman ladder. This all-run field is automatically dialed in 0.1 quicker than their fastest qualifying run and only e.t.s between 8.80 and 15.70 are allowed to compete.
Open Comp
Open Comp is open to any year, make, or model Ford-powered vehicle. Qualifying is based on reaction time, and dial-ins are set 0.1 quicker than your best qualifying time. If you've bracket raced and are looking to compete at an NMRA event, Open Comp may be the perfect fit.
Terminator/GT500 Shootout Class (MD and KY events only)
The Terminator/GT500 Shootout class brings together some of the quickest Cobras and GT500s in the U.S. in a winner-take-all format. If you ever wondered what the quickest SVT product is, this is the event for you. Each Terminator/GT500 Shootout participant at the Maryland event will also receive a free entry into Saturday's SVT Muscle True Street class (must fit True Street rules).
Race Pages Bracket Showdown
Race Pages Bracket Showdown is open to all Ford-powered or Ford-bodied vehicles. Bracket Showdown is broken up into B-I, B-II, and B-III, which give racers three levels of competition ranging for all-out racecars to streetcars. Bracket classes are run each day at NMRA events.
Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords Presents Tremec Transmissions True Street
True Street is the longest-running heads-up Mustang class and arguably the most popular. True Street was created in 1993 by the MM&FF staff to represent true street/strip Ford vehicles, and we've worked diligently to ensure this class has grown over the years. Though not a points-based or championship-eligible class, it has a huge following thanks to the prestige, prizes, and pure fun of participating.
While it is common to see some competitors in the 8s, True Street is actually geared toward the "regular" guy or gal, as you don't need a specialized combination to be competitive. The class attracts local drivers and is open to non-members of NMRA. It's open to '64-to-present Ford vehicles powered by Ford-based engines, and each vehicle must be able to drive over 30 miles on the street. All vehicles must be registered, licensed, and insured, and any number or type of power adders are permitted. Tires must be DOT-approved and windows must be functional.
After all the cars pass tech inspection, the drivers gather for a brief meeting to discuss rules and race procedures. Once all the cars are lined up and the hoods are closed, the pack is led on a 30-mile cruise on highway and city streets. Once the cruise begins, competitors are prohibited from opening their hoods until after the competition is complete. The cruise ends back at the track, where the cars are lined up in the staging lanes for a cool-down period. No refueling or tire changing is allowed, but competitors may replenish ice or water for intercoolers, install nitrous bottles, and/or adjust tire pressures.
Once racing begins, each competitor makes three back-to-back timed runs. Tire pressure may be lowered, but drivers cannot add air once they have made their first pass. Though racers compete side-by-side, drivers are only scored based on the average of their own three runs. The fastest average is the winner; second fastest is the runner-up. There are also awards presented for the fastest 9-, 10-, 11-, 12-, 13-, 14-, and 15-second averages.
2013 NMRA Ford Nationals Event Schedule
March 7-10, 2013
19th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout Presented by Steeda Featuring the MM&FF Spring Break Shootout Bradenton Motorsports Park—Bradenton, Florida
April 11-14, 2013
5th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals
See NMRA & NMCA stars racing the same weekend at the same event! Atlanta Dragway—Commerce, Georgia
May 3-5, 2013
13th Annual NMRA Ford Nationals
Featuring the SVT 20th Anniversary Shootout
Maryland Int'l Raceway—Mechanicsville, Maryland
June 14-16, 2013
10th Annual NMRA Ford Nationals
Featuring Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords 25th Anniversary Celebration and a special 5.0 Shootout.
Summit Motorsports Park—Norwalk, Ohio
July 11-14, 2013
8th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing Presented by Miller Welders
Watch as Team NMRA Takes on Team NMCA for Nitto Tire Diamond Tree Super Bowl Rings!
Route 66 Raceway—Joliet, Illinois
October 3-6, 2013
15th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA All-Ford World Finals
Featuring 5.0&SF King of the Street and the 3rd Annual VMP Superchargers Terminator/GT500 Shootout.
Beech Bend Raceway—Bowling Green, Kentucky


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Global Health Frontiers: Foul Water, Fiery Serpent GLOBAL HEALTH FRONTIERS: FOUL WATER, FIERY SERPENT, the first in a series of public television specials chronicling the devastating illnesses affecting the world's poor, follows a cast of engaging, passionate characters as they confront the disabling parasitic infection known as Guinea worm disease. The film, narrated by Academy Award-winner Sigourney Weaver, documents the efforts of American health workers and community partners over the course of three years as they track the last-known reports of guinea worm in Ghana and Sudan. Through a relentless cycle of success and failure, facing ignorance and tribal superstitions in a harsh, vast landscape ravaged by war, these dedicated young men and women struggle to drive an ancient enemy into extinction. D

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|2010-10-04, 12:32
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Just as you said, the kids, including Al for most of the time, didn't think of war as anything more than a game, so just because Bernie was a Zeon pilot, Al didn't think much of it just because it was "cool" that he was piloting Mobile Suits and was in the war.
|2010-10-04, 14:52
|Link #62
Mama there goes that man!
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: UK
|2010-10-05, 12:42
|Link #65
It's definitely one of those Gundam series where it requires the audience to really appreciate plot and character development OVER huge, flashy MS battles. (And even though the MS battles are few and between, they're still excellent.)
It's why many Gundam fans I've seen that merely started out "Gundam" with Wing, SEED, SEED Destiny, and/or 00 and/or have never seen the older UC series have a hard time really appreciating it (besides the "bad" animation of older series' =\ )
|2010-10-05, 12:47
|Link #66
Join Date: Sep 2010
Yes its subjective, but having gotten various Zaku models over the years, the Kai is still the best looker (for me)
|2010-10-05, 13:36
|Link #67
Yeah, that's something OVAs seem to almost always have over longer, standard anime series of the same name; much more distinct and detailed art, "prettier" than normal and all, lol.
The 08th MS Team, 0083, CCA, and F91 were the same way as was Endless Waltz compared to Gundam Wing.
EDIT: Gundam Unicorn too.
|2011-01-22, 05:00
|Link #68
Super Striker
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Germany
Age: 33
Finished the series yesterday. It had quite an impact on me.
The story was pretty good, but it´s real strongpoint were the really likeable characters. Especially Bernie. Never felt so bad about the death of character, because in the end it was so utterly pointless.
The Ms battle´s were few but really well done. The only fight that dissapointed me was Kaempfer VS Alex. I expected more from it.
In generally I love to watch flashy MS battles, that´s one of the reasons I love Gundam so much. But what´s more important for me are the characters. If I don´t like them, I have a hard time liking a show. This OVA showed, how that´s done and proves again, that you don´t need the best and newest animation to enjoy an older show.
Get´s 9 ouf 10 from.
|2011-01-22, 06:20
|Link #69
I am a Pie
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: In a fantasy.
|2011-01-22, 07:34
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Super Striker
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Germany
Age: 33
|2011-06-19, 12:22
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Staring into your soul
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: UK
Age: 27
This short story is like a train wreck thats about to happen before your very eyes. Except the train starts off slow and only builds up momentum so slowly and gradually that you cant really tell how much momentum its actually built. And then suddenly you realise its about to crash but theres nothing you can do but hope and pray because theres already too much momentum that you never realised it built up until its too late. You hope and pray for a miracle. Youre so sure a miracle will happen. You put all your hope into it, willing a miracle to happen. The train wont crash, the train wont crash, the train wont crash...
...and then it crashes...
This was the second Gundam series, I watched. The first four episodes are mostly a set up to the final two so theres not much I can say about them. The final two I can say plenty. What happens to Wiseman is just horrible. Its the sheer pointlessness of his death thats galling. The fact that it couldve all been prevented had he just been that little bit luckier. Its a sobering thought. Wiseman was a genuinely nice guy and it showed clearly by what he said at the end on the tape, when he asks Alfred not to hate the Federation for killing him. That alone speaks volumes about his character. You can also see the effect the tragedy had on Alfred. After the whole thing is over its like hes lost his innocence and thats just as heart crushing. No kid should have to learn a lesson like that in such an utterly brutal fashion.
Probably the most emotional moment for me was when Christina said shed miss Wiseman, not realising that she killed him and Alfred trying to hold back tears. Its a great side story that probably says more about the evils of war than the original Gundam series.
Overall: 8/10
|2011-06-19, 16:17
|Link #72
Ancient Member
Join Date: Apr 2002
The MSG movie trilogy cut out quite a few of the mini-stories that where prevalent in the TV series, I guess because they were mostly fillers that didn't influence the overall plot, but there were both similarly tragic and compelling, and did as much to show the evils of war as 0080 did.
|2012-02-14, 14:37
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The Dark Empress
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: West Virginia, USA
Age: 28
Tears were shed at the end
Chris: I wanted to say goodbye to Bernie before I leave
*insert what Alfred said here*
Me: Q_Q
They could have gotten married or went out if they were not enemies.
Bernie was an amazing character such a bro.
Outside of Bernie's and Alfred's development not much really happened until the last three episodes so 7/10. I enjoyed myself and this was a nice sidestory, but I was sorta expecting more. xD
Well now on to my 0083 DVD collection.
|2012-02-14, 15:43
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Black Steel Knight
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Indonesia
|2012-02-14, 16:02
|Link #75
And even then, what few MS battles there were, they were still good MS battles.
Newer and more modern viewers today, without a more open mind anyway, probably wouldn't enjoy 0080 very much BECAUSE of the focus being more on the people rather than super-robot, action-packed, unbalanced, overpowered MS battles.
But yeah, the focus was really primarily on Al who went from being like any other kid who didn't know better, thinking war was like some kind of game and the world being black and white with the Federation as the "good guys" and anything Zeon being the "bad guys" to slowly learning that the world isn't so black and white after meeting Bernie to learning just how horrible and tragic war really is with his death and seeing Christina as the test pilot for the Gundam Alex.
|2012-02-16, 17:06
|Link #76
Mama there goes that man!
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: UK
|2012-02-17, 03:12
|Link #77
seiyuu maniac
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Tokyo, Japan
He grew from a selfish little brat who thinks that war and Mobile Suit are the coolest thing in the world and hopes that war would break out so he could skip school, to being able to understand that people die in wars, there are both good and bad people on either side, and even told a lie so Chris won't have to know that she killed Bernie and he himself hold to the burden of all that sadness, and he was just an eight year old. Al is freaking more mature than Shiro from 08th team. He is also a reflection of some of the military-obsessed Gundam fans who kept missing the point of Gundams - it's not about the MS but people in the war, it's a wake up call to all those fans.
0080 is THE best OVA Gundam work, no other OVA even hopes to comes close to the real reflection of war than this masterpiece. Yes not even Unicorn because Unicorn goes down the standard pacifism BS line.
|2012-02-17, 13:35
|Link #78
Actually, The 08th MS Team and Unicorn are more in-between by bringing up truths from both sides; both pacifism and war. It shows that taking the road of peace is a very hard and difficult path to take and will probably be even harder overall than the road of peace as people like Shiro, Banagher, and others have to face those facts and see that they can't and won't be able to save everybody, no matter how much they may wish it and that some people may not even WANT to be saved. (Unlike a certain "Jesus" character we know XP, lol)
It also shows just how ingrained revenge can be, especially because of the results of war. (Unofficially, as it's a manga) Even as far as the UC 0110s, you STILL have remnants of Zeon on Mars that attempt to finish what the Principality of Zeon started in 0079 and still hold onto those ideals.
|2012-02-17, 22:05
|Link #79
seiyuu maniac
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Except the problem with 08th MS Team was that Shiro shows himself to be a hypocrite as all he wanted to save was just Aina - he wasn't there to fight for pacifism, even though that's what he claims to do and said he wants to come to an understanding with the Zeon, by that he only really means Aina.
As for Unicorn, Banagher was later elevated to Deux Machina level with his complete union with the Unicorn Gundam and turned Kira Yamato of SEED Destiny.
Neither of these works shows the real conflict between pacifism and war or how "hard" it is for the pacifist to win (the stories both end up giving them gobs of power or friendship or whatever to fulfill their wishes), they are just mecha porn as far as I'm concerned, there's no real message in these two works compared with 0080.
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NHL Game Night: 10-15-13 Kings at Lightning
Lightning learn from their mistakes, pummel the Kings.
Ben Bishop allowed 1 goal on 31 shots for the victory. Kind of sad he didn't get the shutout, but then again, that Kings goal that got waved off absolutely shouldn't have been. Another solid game by Bishop overall. When he's playing well, he's incredibly hard to beat down low. Block the long shots, challenge the stuff in tight and let Bishop work his angles and his mechanics. It's a Brodeur-esque recipe for success with Bishop.
First Period
0:19 TB Malone (1), (Salo, St Louis)
12:44 TB Purcell (4), (Palat, Carle)
Second Period
16:22 TB St Louis (3), (Stamkos, Sustr)
Third Period
10:27 LA Voynov (1), (Frattin, Stoll)
12:40 TB St Louis (4), (Malone, Stamkos)
18:39 TB Palat (2), (Purcell, Johnson)
Martin St. Louis, Victor Hedman, and Bishop were the game's three stars.
You hold your breath and wonder how a young team will respond when they have a disappointing loss like the Lightning did to the Pens. Credit to the coaching staff and the leaders in the locker room for having the team ready to roll tonight. That's the kind of response you like to see, and it portends good things. 3 games into the home stand, the Lightning are 2-1-0 and now have 8 points overall for the season with 4 games left to go before they seal the opening 10 games of the season and move back out onto the road. I had about 12 points being the target for what they needed out of the first 10 game segment of the season, so another big win Thursday against Minnesota would put them in great shape to meet or exceed that goal. Now you just need the team to feel confident but not get too high after stomping a pretty good team. Understand, that Wild game is potentially a very, very big game. Win that and you're playing with house money when you're playing against the likes of Boston and Chicago. Lose it, and you're a little bit behind schedule (it would've really been nice to get points out of the Pittsburgh game).
Radko Gudas had 4 penalty minutes, 1 shot, 6 hits, and 3 blocked shots in 20:18.
Tyler Johnson had a helper and was +2 with 2 shots, 1 hit, and 1 blocked shot in 14:07. He was also 64% on draws.
Alex Killorn had 6 shots and 1 hit in 14:28. He absolutely undressed one of the game's best in Drew Doughty off the rush for a near goal.
Ondrej Palat had 1 goal and 1 assist and was +2 with 1 shot and 1 hit in 10:17. That's a man who maximized his minutes. He made the quick play to head man Purcell on Purcell's great one on one goal and was the man on the spot getting a choice chance that he buried off a flubbed Kings clear.
Andrej Sustr got his first NHL point, a helper, and was +1 with 1 blocked shot in 16:37. That's where I'd like to see his ice time settle down: 14-18 minutes. Somewhere in there.
Richard Panik had 1 shot and 3 hits in 12:49. He had a goal, were it not for Killorn laying across the goal line to keep the puck out. You feel for Richard on that one. You really do.
Pierre-Cedric Labrie was -1 with 1 hit in 9:56. I counted at least 3 decent scoring chances for Nacho, but his 4th line got caught on the ice too long on LA's only goal.
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Too Bad: SXSW Shuts Down Useful App For Finding New Bands You'd Like
from the why? dept
To that end, each spring sees a new crop of tools that let you apply your personal taste to the SXSW artist list to find bands to see, or at the very least, hear from afar. Lastsx.sw is the best we've seen this year so far.Neat, right? Except at the top of the story, Evolver now notes that SXSW forced the app to shut down. Digging deeper, and on the lastsx.sw page they explain:
EarthPeople cobbled together the nicely-designed Lastsx.sw by grabbing your favorite artists from Last.fm (you are scrobbling, aren't you?), finding similar artists in the SXSW 2012 artist list, and presenting you with handy links so you can hear those artists on Spotify and check out their official websites.
Lastsx.sw worked great for me — in fact, I'm enjoying some new (to me) stuff courtesy of the site right now in Spotify and scrobbling it to both Facebook and Last.fm, but that's a different story. Also, I may never have realized that old fave The Wedding Present are playing SXSW this year, so now I have that to look forward to.
we had to shut down this site.They do, however, have their source code up for anyone who wants to do anything about it. Either way, this seems like a silly move by SXSW. Every year tons of new apps show up, and use SXSW as a useful proving ground. SXSW encourages this. And this seems like a particularly useful app for the music side of the event. Clearly, the concern from SXSW is over the trademark issue, and the fact that the app has "SXSW" sort of included in the name. But the likelihood of confusion here was slim to none. Just because someone uses your name in an accurate and descriptive manner doesn't mean that there's infringement.
sxsw lawyers:
"We strongly believe that anyone who sees your solicitations or promotions will assume that we are endorsing your company".
as if this was a company endevour, or had any promotions or solicitations. total lameness. here's a thought for you: launch a public api. have a look at roskildelabs.com. their idea/attitude: perfect.
More importantly, as the folks who made the app note, this was not a commercial endeavor. For trademark infringement to occur, it has to be used in commerce. In other words, no trademark infringement, and it's too bad that SXSW jumped the gun in threatening these app makers. I realize they want to protect the SXSW trademark, but part of that is not over-protecting and going beyond what the law allows -- especially if doing so shuts down useful and innovative tools. Hopefully, SXSW recognizes the error of its ways and changes its mind on this one.


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Megaupload Users Plan To Sue... As Their Files & Data Are About To Be Destroyed
from the this-is-sounding-tragic dept
"We received a letter very late Friday from the US Attorney that declared there could be an imminent destruction of Megaupload consumer data files on this coming Thursday," MegaUpload lawyer Ira Rothken told TorrentFreak.I have to admit that I'm a little confused by this. I would assume that that data is evidence -- and, in fact, I'm a bit surprised that it wasn't seized directly as well. Either way, it seems like, as some of the evidence in the case, the Justice Department would forbid its destruction, but here it appears to be supporting of it. Even if you believe that Megaupload is pure evil, and had every intention to destroy the entertainment industry... can't people at least agree that it is then wrong to simply destroy the content of legitimate users, without (at least) giving them a chance to retrieve their data?
Rothken explains that MegaUpload is determined to protect the interests of its users, but that its hands are tied without help from the authorities. The looming data loss is linked to unpaid bills at Cogent Communications and Carpathia Hosting where MegaUpload leased some of its servers.


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Father Claude Dablon
Jesuit missionary. He went to Canada, and accompanied Chaumonot to the Onondaga Iroquois, and Druillettes to Hudson Bay. Later he labored with Marquette at Lake Superior. Dablon was the first to announce the existence of Lake Superior copper deposits, and to suggest the feasibility of uniting Lake Michigan to the Mississippi by canal.


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Run a second instance of httpd on an alternate port
These steps will work from a stock LinkStation Pro running Apache version 1.3. The only modifications needed are to enable telnet and root access. You will need to be able to edit text files and scripts. I used vi that was built into the firmware.
Create a symbolic link for httpd2 (the new server)
ln –s /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd2
Create new .conf and .pid files for your new server
cp /etc/apache/httpd.conf /etc/apache/httpd2.conf
cp /var/run/apache/httpd.pid /var/run/apache/httpd2.pid
Edit your httpd2.conf file for your new server
Change PidFile to /var/run/apache/httpd2.pid
Change Port to 81 or 8080 or whatever port you want this instance to use.
Change ServerName to your hostname
Change DocumentRoot to your new www directory
Change the second <Directory> directive to your new www directory
Comment out the aliases added by buffalo in the <IfModule mod_alias.c> directive. Change the ScriptAlias directive to point to your new cgi-bin directory if you have one.
Everything else can stay as is…
Now you need to get your new server launched. Apache included a nifty script: apachectl start|stop|restart, that will do this for you.
cp /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl2
Edit the path of PIDFILE to point to httpd2.pid
Edit the path of HTTPD to "/usr/local/apache/bin/httpd2 -f /etc/apache/httpd2.conf"
You can leave the rest alone, or you can change the echo commands below to output "httpd2" instead of httpd.
Run /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl2 start, and now your server will be started.
To get your new server to begin at boot:
sed -e "s@httpd@httpd2@" "@apachectl@apachectl2@" /etc/init.d/httpd.sh > /etc/init.d/httpd2.sh
add httpd2.sh to Step 3 of /etc/init.d/rcS
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The Big Question: When Did The NSA Know About Heartbleed?
from the inquiring-minds... dept
Mr Seggelmann, of Munster in Germany, said the bug which introduced the flaw was "unfortunately" missed by him and a reviewer when it was introduced into the open source OpenSSL encryption protocol over two years ago.Later in that same interview, he insists he has no association with intelligence agencies, and also notes that it is "entirely possible" that intelligence agencies had discovered the bug and had made use of it.
"I was working on improving OpenSSL and submitted numerous bug fixes and added new features," he said.
"In one of the new features, unfortunately, I missed validating a variable containing a length."
After he submitted the code, a reviewer "apparently also didn't notice the missing validation", Mr Seggelmann said, "so the error made its way from the development branch into the released version." Logs show that reviewer was Dr Stephen Henson.
Mr Seggelmann said the error he introduced was "quite trivial", but acknowledged that its impact was "severe".
Another oddity in all of this is that, even though the flaw itself was introduced two years ago, two separate individuals appear to have discovered it on the exact same day. Vocativ, which has a great story giving the behind the scenes on the discovery by Codenomicon, mentions the following in passing:
Unbeknownst to Chartier, a little-known security researcher at Google, Neel Mehta, had discovered and reported the OpenSSL bug on the same day. Considering the bug had actually existed since March 2012, the odds of the two research teams, working independently, finding and reporting the bug at the same time was highly surprising.Highly surprising. But not necessarily indicative of anything. It could be a crazy coincidence. Kim Zetter, over at Wired explores the "did the NSA know about Heartbleed" angle, and points out accurately that while the bug is catastrophic in many ways, what it's not good for is targeting specific accounts. The whole issue with Heartbleed is that it "bleeds" chunks of memory that are on the server. It's effectively a giant crapshoot as to what you get when you exploit it. Yes, it bleeds all sorts of things: including usernames, passwords, private keys, credit card numbers and the like -- but you never quite know what you'll get, which makes it potentially less useful for intelligence agencies. As that Wired article notes, at best, using the Heartbleed exploit would be "very inefficient" for the NSA.
But that doesn't mean there aren't reasons to be fairly concerned. Peter Eckersley, over at EFF, has tracked down at least one potentially scary example that may very well be someone exploiting Heartbleed back in November of last year. It's not definitive, but it is worth exploring further.
EFF is asking people to try to replicate Koeman's findings, while also looking for any other possible evidence of Heartbleed exploits being used in the wild. As it stands now, there doesn't seem to be any conclusive evidence that it was used -- but that doesn't mean it wasn't being used. After all, it's been known that the NSA has a specific program designed to subvert SSL, so there's a decent chance that someone in the NSA could have discovered this bug earlier, and rather than doing its job and helping to protect the security of the internet, chose to use it to its own advantage first.
The second log seems much more troubling. We have spoken to Ars Technica's second source, Terrence Koeman, who reports finding some inbound packets, immediately following the setup and termination of a normal handshake, containing another Client Hello message followed by the TCP payload bytes 18 03 02 00 03 01 40 00 in ingress packet logs from November 2013. These bytes are a TLS Heartbeat with contradictory length fields, and are the same as those in the widely circulated proof-of-concept exploit.
Koeman's logs had been stored on magnetic tape in a vault. The source IP addresses for the attack were 220.127.116.11 and 22.214.171.124. Interestingly, those two IP addresses appear to be part of a larger botnet that has been systematically attempting to record most or all of the conversations on Freenode and a number of other IRC networks. This is an activity that makes a little more sense for intelligence agencies than for commercial or lifestyle malware developers.


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Developer - Lenovo Group Ltd.
Home page - lenovo.com/us/en/lenovo-explorer
Developer - Lenovo Group Ltd.
Home page - lenovo.com/us/en/lenovo-explorer
Lenovo Explorer Product Tour: Upgrade your PC experience
Published on Oct 16, 2017
Lenovo™ Explorer brings you vivid and immersive VR experiences on your modern PC. Escape to a virtual world of exhilarating adventures: tour top travel destinations, be the hero in the most exciting games, attend the most popular events or even travel across time and space, right at the comfort of your own home. The Lenovo Explorer which just takes minutes to set-up, is also extremely comfortable and lightweight, giving you hours of fun and entertainment as you discover the magic of Windows Mixed Reality.


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Starboard Value, Office Depot's (NYSE:ODP) largest shareholder, said it is taking its slate of board candidates directly to shareholders through a consent solicitation.
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Starboard has been battling with the office-supply retailer for months. On Monday, it filed with the SEC a preliminary consent solicitation that allows it to seek shareholder approval of its proposals even if no shareholder meeting is held.
In a letter to Office Depot's board, Starboard reiterated its belief that the board needs to be revamped and a shareholder meeting will not be held in a timely manner. The firms also took issue with the progress of the sale of Office Depot's Mexico joint venture.
Office Depot said in a statement its board "advises shareholders to take no action at this time regarding Starboard's proposed consent solicitation. Office Depot's Board of Directors will carefully consider and evaluate Starboard's letter and filing, and will communicate with shareholders in due course."
The company also noted that it has yet to schedule its annual shareholder meeting.
Starboard, which owns a stake of about 14.8%, reaffirmed its support of Office Depot's pending merger with OfficeMax (NYSE:OMX), although it has proposed board candidates it believes are more qualified to sit on the board.
The activist shareholder noted in its letter that it has held discussions with Office Depot about reconstructing the board and offered to "add four of our experienced nominees to the Board right away so that none of the current Board members would need to leave the Board at this time." It also offered up a plan under which only two of its nominees would be among the five directors contributed to the combined company's board.
"Unfortunately, we are still awaiting a response to our offer and fear that, like all other constructive suggestions we have made, it has fallen on deaf ears as the Board continues to entrench itself rather than look out for the best interests of stockholders," Starboard wrote.
Office Depot plans to merge with its smaller rival in an all-stock deal that values OfficeMax at about $1.19 billion. The companies have said the deal, which was announced on Feb. 20, would create a new retailer with $18 billion in sales.
Earlier this month, the two companies said it received an expected request from the Federal Trade Commission for more information related to the merger. The deal can close 30 days after they have "substantially complied" with the request, or sooner if the FTC terminates the waiting period.
OfficeMax President and CEO Ravi Saligram said both retailers remain committed to completing the transaction by the end of this year.
Shares of Office Depot were down 1.3% at $3.75 in mid-morning trading Monday. OfficeMax was trading 1.6% lower at $11.18.


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People do not attract that which they want, but that which they areTo put it another way: When you stop working on what it is you're trying to get, and start working on you, only then will you get what it is you want.
It really is very basic when you think about it. To attract attractive people, you must be attractive. To attract powerful people, you must be powerful. To attract committed people, you must be committed. Instead of going to work on them, you go to work on yourself. If you become, you can attract.
I know so many people who work very hard and diligently and sacrifice greatly in an effort to create wealth. But they haven't change who they are, and until they begin to think and act like wealthy people they'll never attract the wealth they seek. Wealthy people don't think and act the way they do because they have wealth. They have wealth because they think and act that way.
How many people are on diet today who don't stand a chance of losing any weight because they are still the same person who gained all that weight to start with. Let me repeat again, so you'll grasp how important this is: Slim people don't think and act the way they do because they are slim. They're slim because they think and act that way.
To get what you want , you change who you are, and you change who you are by simply changing the way you think and act. And one technique for doing that which is promoted by a lot of wise teachers is to 'act as if'. If you 'act as if' you're slim log enough , then one day you will attract slimness even though you may be 100 pounds overweight today.
If you act as if you're wealthy long enough, then one day you will attract all the wealth you can imagine even though you may this moment be destitute and homeless. Before you can do something, you first must be something. And that's worth thinking about.


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Maybe OT: UNC being investigated for possible NCAA violations
Just saw this on the crawler while watching DC United vs. Seattle, and checked on ESPN to confirm.
Looks like UNC is being investigated for agents and other benefits. This is very preliminary by the sound of the article, but when you are interviewing players there definitely is some smoke. Knowing nothing about Butch Davis outside of the fact he built those crazy Miami teams and then failed in the pros, and the fact that he is pulling in great recruiting classes at a school not particularly known for its football exploits, it will be interesting how this plays out. Personally, I'm not that surprised that there are at least some whiffs of improprieties.


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WHAT CAN cotton farmers do to boost prices above 70 cents per pound in 2001? Find a way to increase prices for grains and soybeans, says veteran marketing specialist Carl Anderson.
Given the current outlook, cotton producers could plant about the same acreage for the 2001/02 crop as the 15.5 million they planted this year, says Anderson. Average yields would mean a crop of 19 million bales that would exceed total use of about 18 million.
"With the current farm program provisions of no set-aside acreage, the U.S. supply of cotton will likely continue to outpace annual demand," says Anderson, Extension agricultural economist with Texas A&M University.
"It will take higher grain and soybean prices and/or another weather-reduced crop to bring supply into balance with use sufficient to hold prices above 70 cents."
Speaking at the Southern Regional Outlook Conference in Atlanta, Anderson said cotton prices appear to be in an uptrend after two years of steady declines. Since early January, the Cotton Outlook "A" Index has risen from 44 cents to 61 cents.
Although world consumption is expected to total 92 million bales, a record, the level of supply will still be a major influence on the market this harvest season, he said.
Currently, USDA is projecting world production at 87 million bales or 5 million bales short of world mill use. The resulting deficit is expected to draw stocks down to 34.35 million bales or 37.11 percent of total use.
"Whenever we have more than a 40 percent stocks-to-use ratio we have a problem with the A Index falling," said Anderson. "When it has been below 40 percent in the past, the A Index has been above 80 cents. But, we can't hold it below 40 percent because of the increased acreage."
As the A Index drops, he noted, foreign acreage normally drops. With the A up from its earlier low levels, foreign acreage appears to have leveled off. "Those acres will be there to produce more cotton when the A goes above 65 cents."
The biggest factor in decreasing the foreign supply is the reported reduction in China's cotton carryover from 21 million to around 10 million bales since August 1999.
After the Chinese government announced changes in its procurement prices for cotton last spring, China's farmers reportedly planted 9.2 million acres, a 16 percent decrease from the previous year and the lowest acreage since 1962.
At the same time, China's mill use, which was forecast at 20 million bales for the 1999/2000 marketing year, may instead have risen to 22 million due to the lower procurement prices and a restructuring of China's textile industry.
"As a result of the decreased acreage, China's production is expected to have fallen to 17.5 million bales," says Anderson. "That gap between the between production and mill use could mean less competition for U.S. producers down the road."
In 1999, China exported 1 million bales for the first time, "and that hurt us," he said. "If they import 500,000 bales, as some now expect, we could see some excitement in our market in March."
Whether the Chinese numbers are accurate is open to debate, says Anderson. Some believe that out of those stocks of 10.3 million bales, 2 million to 3 million bales may not be spinnable. "Some of that cotton has been in storage for three or four years, but they are forcing government mills to use it."
The down side for the U.S. cotton industry is that a significant portion of China's cotton consumption is going to the United States, forcing a slowdown in U.S. mill use.
The latter is making the U.S. cotton price more dependent on the volume of exports, he noted.
"This leaves the U.S. producer mostly a residual supplier to the international market. Thus, even more volatile price movements and greater market uncertainty can be expected in the future."
Anderson said prices and U.S. exports will have a tendency to move up and down together. "Therefore, during years of plentiful foreign supplies and low prices, producers cannot depend on exports and trade agreements to be much support to cotton income."
But, as long as the current farm policy is in place, there's not much guarantee that U.S. cotton prices will move up in times of shortages, he noted. Although world stocks are dropping and the A Index has been rising, U.S. prices have stayed the same or even declined somewhat in recent weeks.
"The problem is that the 2001 acreage is likely to be the same as the 2000," says Anderson. "With Freedom to Farm, producers are going to plant the acreage even if prices are down."
If prices do rise significantly, foreign producers will increase their plantings, stocks will rise and prices will go down. "With the loan deficiency payments that are available to U.S. producers, this may be a case where farmers may be better off with lower prices."
For the 2000/2001 marketing year, foreign production is expected to fall about 14 million bales short of use or slightly more than the 11 million-bale deficit in 1999/2000.
"That is a much greater shortfall than the three million to four million bales during the 1997 and 1998 crop seasons," he said. "Too, the outlook for the 2001 crop indicates the foreign crop may be some 10 million bales less than consumption."
With the large foreign production deficits for the 2000 and 2001 crops, the potential for U.S. export shipments could be in the 8 million to 9 million bale range for the 2000 crop year and seven million to eight million in the 2001 crop season.
Despite the improved export outlook, some analysts think carryover stocks could rise to 5 million bales by the end of the 2001/2002 marketing year because of the potential for the same acreage as in 2000 and better yields during the 2001 growing season.
"Average yields indicate a 19 million bale crop that would exceed total use of about 18 million," Anderson noted. "These ballpark estimates point to a stable market in the 62 to 72 cents per pound range for December 2001 futures. The A Index is expected to remain firm around the 65 to 75 cent level.
"If past price movements repeat, then U.S. cotton prices should trend higher for the next several years. Yet, the tendency to plant 15 million or more acres of U.S. cotton will probably dampen any sustained rally about 70 to 75 cents."


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If there is one fashion quandary, universal to all Bostonians (and many others), it's this: How do you look chic when it's freezing outside? It's a question I ponder literally every morning, as I prepare to take the long walk down a windy street to my bus stop. I have lived in Boston for eight winters now, and at the end of each one, I swear to myself that, next year, I am totally going to break down and purchase a giant, puffy coat. But I never do. Because giant puffy coats, while being incredibly warm, are...well....giant and puffy. But this year I am resolved - no more inappropriate outerwear when it's ten degrees! So I was delighted when Nau (pronounced 'now'), a sustainable, design-focused purveyor of urban and outwear opened a pop up shop on Newbury Street. I sat down with Emily Dennis, Assistant Manager at Nau, to discuss looking chic while staying warm. Her tips:
- Natural fibers work best. They're breathable, and whisk moisture away from the skin.
- Down coats need not be giant and puffy. They just need a high fill power!
- Make sure you have a water and windproof shell over all your layers.
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corbonium wrote:I completed this mission, but maybe by luck, if you count educated guesses as luck. So I have a question:
How do you know that directory traversal is the key? I could not find any evidence that anything is stored in different directories at all.
You don't really know that it is key! Just like you wouldn't know if a web-site filters SQLi, or XSS... You test it out, and if it works, you know it is vulnerable to such attacks, and if it fails, you know it is not vulnerable to those attacks. The first page was overwritten by another index file tells you that the user was able to upload his index page, and replace the actual index file, on the site. With that information, you know that there should be a way to upload a new index file onto the site. The obvious attack choice is directory traversal attack when you see there is a upload form.


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Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882 / London / England)
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The House Of Life: 72. The Choice, Ii
Watch thou and fear; to-morrow thou shalt die.
Or art thou sure thou shalt have time for death?
Is not the day which God's word promiseth
To come man knows not when? In yonder sky
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Malin Akerman compares pregnancy to a hangover
The Watchmen star recently confirmed she is expecting her first child with her rocker husband Roberto Zincone and she has now opened up about her cravings, admitting she feels like bingeing on junk like she would after a heavy night out.
She tells E! Online, "It's kind of like when you are hungover... but it's that kind of feeling where you want to eat everything greasy... so the diet is great, I love it!"
She adds to Celebuzz.com, "It feels a little bit like that gut rot you get the next day where you're just craving everything that will just soak (the alcohol) up. But I don't think the hamburgers will soak up my baby... (I have been craving) French fries, grilled cheese sandwiches, macaroni and cheese - all the things that taste really good."


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1. Re: Could not load scene into memory. Your document may be damaged.kglad Jan 10, 2012 11:23 AM (in response to rmack350)
i've not run into that problem and i routinely move files from my home and work computer which invalidates all the imported asset paths.
i would think those paths would only be a problem if you tried to "update" those assets without correcting the path.
2. Re: Could not load scene into memory. Your document may be damaged.rmack350 Jan 10, 2012 1:32 PM (in response to kglad)
Yes, I'd agree that it shouldn't be a problem until you manually update the paths of the library items to the assets. Usually that's what seemed to be happening, but in this case, and with several FLA files, Flash appears to be checking those paths when it opens the files, and then if the check fails then I get the error message and I end up with some bitmaps in my library that don't have any bits in them.
The thing about Flash using absolute paths may be a red herring. It seems like the first thing it does is check paths in a relative way even though the path is not listed that way in the library item's properties. It's not very transparent, whatever it's doing. (actually, I guess I have no idea what Flash is doing under the hood.)
So, on reflection, the problem probably stems from moving a folder full of assets in relations to the FLA files using them. But still, I'm really surprised that Flash is just leaving empty bitmap items in the library when it can't find the original assets. In past experience Flash would just keep the library item as it was and the problem would only turn up if you tried to update the item.
3. Re: Could not load scene into memory. Your document may be damaged.*Q Mar 14, 2012 1:22 PM (in response to rmack350)
Hi Rob,
You mentioned that you were seeing this issue in CS5.5. Can you check the version number in the about box for me? Is it showing 11.5.0 or 11.5.1? We are aware of this issue and have released an update (11.5.1) for CS5.5 to fix this. If your version is 11.5.1 and you still experience this issue, please email the complete step and or file to me at email@example.com. Before emailing please zip your file, change .zip extension to .zzz and send me that.
Flash Pro, QE
4. Re: Could not load scene into memory. Your document may be damaged.rmack350 Mar 14, 2012 1:53 PM (in response to *Q)
I'll try to look into it over the next few days. It's been a couple of months since that project and I need to review what was happening.
5. Re: Could not load scene into memory. Your document may be damaged.westofoxley Apr 10, 2012 12:07 AM (in response to rmack350)
I had the same problem, except Flash CS5.5 just crashed and now the file wont work. I have lost a whole day's work!


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Jesus lost many disciples as a result of his Bread of Life discourse, which we have been hearing over the last few Sundays. The collective weight of his pronouncements—I am the bread of life; I am the bread that came down from heaven; unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you (Jn 6:35, 41, 53)—was just too much. "As a result," John tells us in today's reading, "many of his disciples…no longer accompanied him." Peter, speaking for the Twelve, assures Jesus that their choice is with him: "Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life."
Making the hard choice is the issue Joshua puts to the people of God. He calls the elders and asks them who their God will be. "As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord." The elders assure him their choice is also the Lord. In the text immediately following this reading Joshua challenges them: "You may not be able to serve the Lord, for he is a holy God" (24:19). They commit themselves a second time. Moses had also asked twice (Ex 24:3-7).
One of the hard choices (albeit of a different sort) for pastors is the decision whether to use the full version of the second reading, in which we read, "Wives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord." The Lectionary allows the omission of this and similar verses.
The issue of submission came up once pastorally as I was asked to adjudicate a marital dispute. A couple had four children in grade school, and the husband discerned God calling the couple to have another. His wife discerned no such thing. He then asked her to submit respectfully to his headship in the family. I told them that he could not extrapolate his discernment to what God's will was for her. "You both need to experience the call for another child as God's will to go forward," I told them. Obviously, I sidestepped the biblical problem.
The issue also came up in class this year. "The problem with feminism," a student announced, "is that it encourages wives to think they don't need to be subordinate to their husbands, which the word of God clearly teaches." This comment led to a handout and discussion during the next class. We looked at today's reading from the Letter to the Ephesians and other texts that say the same. The next part of the handout had even more New Testament citations—supporting slavery. How can you accept one set as a universal, timeless mandate from God and another as a cultural reflection of the era and not God's will? We also looked at a dozen other texts that illustrate the same problem.
Since the time of Pope Pius XII ("Divino Afflante Spiritu"), the Catholic Church has formally taught that one can understand the revelation of Scripture only when one takes account of the cultural assumptions in which it is embedded, with their limitations and biases. One way to separate the revelatory gold from the cultural dross is to see what the inspired authors do with those cultural assumptions. That is, how does God shake things up? Consider how it would be experienced in Paul's day to hear that a wife has authority over her husband's body (1 Cor 7:4), or that husbands should give themselves over to their wives completely as Christ did for the church (Eph 5:25). The greatest shock might come from the first line in today's reading, often overlooked: "Be subordinate to one another." Given the cultural assumptions, the principle of mutuality looks like a divine shake-up indeed.
To me, faithfulness to the word would involve embracing this principle in our current cultural context. Consider Pope John Paul II's statement in "Familiaris Consortio" (No. 22): "Above all it is important to underline the equal dignity and responsibility of women with men. This equality is realized in a unique manner in that reciprocal self-giving by each one to the other."
St. Paul's challenge today: radical, mutual, reciprocal self-giving. This is a hard teaching that calls for hard choices. Can we say yes?


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Lol...insects dont have fur XD
Quote from: Mikune on February 18, 2009, 02:04:51 pmLol...insects dont have fur XDIt doesn't have to have fur to be a furry. Just look at Xalex..
insects lol you cant even count them as they have no mind or basic emotion XD
hey I know some1 with a cockroach fursona! and also I kinda hav 2 fursona's a kitsune and a dragon
Kage has also claimed that his cockroach fursona is also part wolf.
Quote from: Mikune on February 18, 2009, 02:09:16 pminsects lol you cant even count them as they have no mind or basic emotion XDYou can still personify them just as easily as a wolf. Personally, I really have next to no interest in wolves and the like. They're all rather plain to me. Insects however, are very interesting when David attenborough talks about them IMO
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You can use the features in Microsoft Publisher to edit your pictures in many ways: resize, set a transparent region, crop (to a rectangular shape), rotate, add fill color, add borders, recolor, and more.
To create the effects in this example, you can apply an AutoShape to a picture . Here's how you do it.
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Choose your shape
Consider the choice of shape that will work with your picture. If your picture is square, a circular shape might work well. If your picture is rectangular, an oval shape may be interesting and aesthetically pleasing. If you want to focus on the center of your picture, a star shape may help direct the viewer's attention.
Step 1: Insert a picture
Open or create the publication that you want to add the picture to.
From either the Home or the Insert tab, select Picture.
In the Insert Picture dialog dialog box, locate the folder that contains the picture that you want to insert, select the picture file, and then click Insert.
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Select the picture.
On the Picture Tools tab, point to Picture Shape and select the shape to apply to your picture.
Step 3: Change the size and placement of your picture
Crop the picture
Select the picture, this will bring up the Picture Tools tab, click Crop .
Position the cropping handle over a point.
1. Cropping handle
Do one of the following:
To crop one side, drag the center handle on that side.
To crop evenly on two sides at once, hold down CTRL as you drag a handle.
To crop all four sides at once while maintaining the proportions of your picture, hold down CTRL+SHIFT as you drag a corner handle.
Click Crop again, and then right-click the picture, and then click Save as Picture on the shortcut menu.
In the Save As dialog box, type a name for the file, and then select a format, or use the default format.
Click Save.
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You can also move the picture within the shape so that different part of the picture appears in the shape.
Select the picture, this will bring up the Picture Tools tab, click Crop .
Click and drag the picture to position it inside the shape.
Resize the picture
To change the size of your picture, select the shape, position the pointer over one of the points, and then click and drag the size handle.
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It's race day and there are the same butterflies floating around in your tummy. Race day jitters are common for a lot of runners whether it's your first race or twentieth race. There's something about pulling into the race location and realizing in a few minutes your feet will be hitting the course. However, nothing dampens the excitement like forgetting something on race day. So, here are eight tips I have learned during my time running that help me prep.
1. Begin to prep the night before & double check before you leave for your race. This is a great habit to get into in general - so if in the morning you accidently forgot your inhaler or socks, just add it to the pile you already prepared.
2. Bring an extra pair of clothes & baby wipes. Probably the most underrated race prep, but 100% worth it. There's nothing better than finishing a race and being able to put on a dry clean outfit and wiping your body down with wipes. Sometimes races are hours away from home and driving back in sweaty, stinky clothes is not fun.
3. Eat and hydrate. Don't forget these two very important steps, even if your tummy isn't feeling that great before the race, it will thank you after. Before most races I'll munch on Cheerios and drink a bottle of water or Gatorade since it's easy on the stomach, but filling.
4. Take a pain reliever an hour before the race. My body never fails to cramp around mile two of my race. Taking a pain reliever before the race has helped so much during race pain and even after race pain. If you take one, just remember to eat with it.
5. Go into the race with a goal in mind. Not every race is about PRing, sometimes a race is just for the fun. This helps you achieve what you want that day and be proud of your accomplishment no matter what happens. You made it out today and that's awesome!
6. Layer, layer, layer. It's never fun getting to a race and it's 10 degrees hotter or colder than home. Especially during Michigan spring and summer when the temp varies so much during the day. Be sure to wear multiple layers so you can shed some off or add some on before you hit the starting line.
7. Go to the bathroom! This sounds like a no brainer, but seriously, even if you don't need to go at least try. It's awful being in the middle of a race and realizing you need to go. It might help out your time because you may run faster, but it's not as exiting speeding through the finish line just to immediately hit the bathroom.
8. Bring the essentials during the race. When I first started running, I would get embarrassed running with my inhaler or bringing water with me. Eventually, I realized it didn't hurt anyone but myself by not bringing these items. If you feel you need something, wear a belt and take it along. In the long run, your body will thank you and it takes a lot of worry off your mind so you can focus on the race.
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Mark Underwood ��let his dreams shape his Asian-inspired property.
This feature first appeared in the fall 2013 issue of Lenawee magazine.
Using inspiration from the art of bonsai, Japanese architecture and his own dreams, Mark Underwood, owner of Adrian's Underwood Nursery, has spent the last two decades turning his modest ranch home and acre parcel into an award-winning fantasia.
On North Adrian Highway, just north of Adrian, people often stop their cars to admire the mailbox — unlike any mailbox — featuring a waterfall, and the limited view of the Asian-themed home and gardens. But many never see the hidden treasures behind the house, a place that has been the site of model shoots, magazine photos and inspiration for others to emulate at their own residences.
"I acquired this home from my grandparents in 1982," Underwood said. "I used to mow the lawn here when I was a kid. I love the view of the golf course across the street. But I just wasn't happy with the way the house looked."
So began the process of turning the 800-square-foot home into a dynasty. He tore out walls on the inside and turned the attached garage into living space. As the years went by, idea after idea came to him—sometimes inspired by a project seen in a client's home, or from his work at the nursery, and sometimes from dreams.
Often, his inspiration came from the artist within — the same artist who has shaped bonsai trees with a creative eye and techniques honed from ancient Asian traditions. Underwood has long been recognized internationally for his bonsai techniques and cultured specimens.
While the interior of his home is impressive — a southern-Florida contemporary style featuring custom woodworking (for example, he has custom LED floor light fixtures that feature 64 pieces of wood each), alligator wallpaper, imported Italian furniture and mirrors galore on a neutral palette — to step outside is like stepping into another world.
"May of 2008 was when I dug my first hole out front," he said. "The amount of time it has taken to get to where I am now is crazy, because it's all custom, but the ideas just keep coming."
His first hole became a fountain, which was just the beginning of an artistic journey that would incorporate repeating elements of earth, fire and water.
"The mailbox is my artistic rendition of a Japanese lantern," Underwood said. "It's beautiful; it starts out wide and goes narrow. It's sexy and I like things that are appealing to the eye."
Most appealing is his use of Japanese-inspired architecture in creating buildings that lack straight lines and appear to "float."
"When I built my garage, I wanted it to be Markenese, and that's my rendition of how a building should look without any straight lines," Underwood said. "There are no drawings; it's all design-build. You won't find anything like it."
The sloped walls cover a solid-frame construction — which is not apparent to the eye from the outside. Inside, the garage resembles a typical pole barn and features a hoist so two cars can be stored vertically.
The sloped walls and floating appearance are repeated throughout the property, from fire pits to copulas.
"Repetition is the name of the game," he said. "If you look for something, you will find it, even in the smallest of details."
This same method of repetition is duplicated in the imported wrought iron accents, louvers, stucco, mirrors, stained glass, hand-hewn wood and "lazy eyebrow" roofing styles reflected in just about every piece of architecture.
While many of the materials were imported from Egypt and reconstituted into the design, Underwood incorporated local materials, such as recycled dead trees, trees cut from his own property, and beams from a 150-year old Blissfield barn, as well.
"I have gotten my materials from a lot of places," he said. "It has been a complex project that has required a crew of electricians, masons, carpenters and laborers."
Aside from the beautiful Asian-inspired buildings, Underwood built features — like a working traditional Asian water wheel, a fire bar floating above the in-ground pool, a cabana, a 35-foot Asian bridge and a small rendition of a Japanese torii — that make it difficult to choose a favorite.
But Underwood's favorites are the bonsai trees of varying shapes, sizes and stages that he has been raising since 1971. Part of his private collection, the trees range from a few inches tall to several feet high but are mostly decades old.
"I'll always have bonsai in my blood," he said. "I still do it and still love it and I plan on doing it as I get older too."
Just like his ideas for the bonsai inspire him to use new techniques to create shapes in innovative ways, Underwood said he let his artistic side and dreams shape his property.
"I couldn't stop the ideas from coming. Sometimes I had dreams about certain things, so I spent a lot of time on it, one piece at a time."
Of course he didn't do it alone. He built a crack team of assistants to help him with tasks like installing a pump system that can handle 150,000 gallons of water an hour, and an electrical system that can be controlled from a smartphone.
"The biggest challenge has been finding people who want to work a lot of hours," he said. "But this year was good — we finally have most of the elements completed and I was actually able to enjoy this past summer because there wasn't as much construction."
Underwood now can share his dreamscape with friends, family and clients with parties that have features unlikely to be experienced anywhere in the area.
"People wonder what possesses me, drives me," Underwood said. "It's busy work running a company and doing this — there's not a lot of time for sleep. But knowing this is my property and there are no limits to my ideas fuels me.
"When I have a customer, I'm limited due to budgets or what the neighbors might think. Here, I can do what comes to me and I know I can do it for residential customers as well. I never did this to impress anybody — I just wanted my house to be my home."
Underwood was recently awarded the Michigan Nursery and Landscape Association's Grand Award, cited as one of the most prestigious in the industry. He has won multiple awards for his design not only at his own property, but for client properties as well. His work has been featured in magazines around the world in both landscaping and bonsai design. He is a longtime member of many associations, including the Ann Arbor Bonsai Society, and on the board of directors for American Bonsai Magazine.


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I used to know an artist based in Newcastle called Sally Penn Smith during the early nineties. In common with many studio glass artists her glass career was short-lived, but while she was making glass, her work looked like the piece in the image. The technique involved making a graal-type process, and paradise paints. The star shaped leaves/flowers and their colour are a tell-tale sign. I don't know what happened to her, but she could have emigrated to Australia.She worked with the assistance of Jane Charles, then at Premier Workshops.There are still some things that are not on Google. But it was a long time ago,my knowledge is not encyclopedic, and my memory is still working on 512k, which is why I put a question mark in my earlier post.
Lynne, you have an address for her in the thread above, why not drop her a line by post along with a photo of the weight, and ask her?
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