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If there is one country that takes baseball more seriously than the United States, then it is without question Japan. Every spring, the Japanese sports world teems with excitement as the baseball season, or "puro yakyu" (professional baseball) commences. The Giants, Dragons, Tigers, Carp, and other teams within the two leagues have their die-hard fans that scream, wave flags, and play instruments in the stands as they cheer along their favorite team. It is no wonder that Japan has won the World Baseball Championship twice!
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Green River (Utah)
View of the sinuous Green River, Utah. Source: Yann Ranchere/ Mysberg.net
The Green River drains portions of southwest Wyoming, northwest Colorado and northeast Utah, prior to discharging to the Colorado River in the USA.
Map of the Green River Basin. Source: K.Musser/USGS The Green River rises in the Wind River Mountains of southwestern Wyoming. On the border between Wyoming and Utah, the Green River passes through the 207,363 acre Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area which includes the 91 mile (146 km) long Flaming Gorge Reservoir, behind the the Flaming Gorge Dam. Farther south the river arcs east into Colorado where it is joined by the Yampa River. The 210,278 acre Dinosaur National Monument covers this area. The 337,570 acre Canyonlands National Park is at the confluence of the Green River and the Colorado River.
There are a number of endangered fish species in the Green River, which are threatened by the Flaming Gorge hydroelectric project, which has reduced the rapid flowing habitat of the Green River.
The Green River Basin is one of the most notable locales in North America for faunal fossil recovery of extinct species.
The Green River Basin holds some of the largest and most significant oil shale deposits in North America. The basin along with the enitre Colorado River Basin is the exemplar formation of river cut sandstone from rapid mountain river flowing waters in the USA.
While the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River boasts the highest visitation, the Green River exhibits equally spectacular, even if less deep, sinuous gorge formations.
The course of the Green River extends 1175 kilometers, beginning with its headwaters in the Wind River Mountains of southwestern Wyoming. The Green River is the chief tributary of the Colorado River, with the confluence occurring in eastern Utah. Mean discharge near the confluence is approximately 173 cubic meters per second.
Water quality
Grazing in the South Piney Creek watershed, a sub-shed of the Green. @ U.S. Department of Agriculture According to tests by the U.S. Government, the mean concentration of total dissolved solids in agricultural reaches of the Green River in Utah is about 360 milligrams per liter (mg/l); however, samples collected from seeps and drains where water was returned to the Green River during low-flow conditions was approximately 4170 mg/l. Dissolved-solids levels from the shallow part of the groundwater basin ranged widely from about 690 to 55,900 mg/l.
Discernible concentrations of total dissolved solids discharging to the Green River are present almost exclusively along the river banks or near the mouths of dry washes that drain agricultural areas. The median total dissolved solids load in discharge from agricultural drains and seeps 20 kilograms per drain per day. Seasonal estimates of the dissolved-solids load ranged from 140 tons per drain in the winter to 380 tons per drain in the spring.
The USGS also assessed water samples collected from within the Green River agricultural areas for naturally occurring isotopes of strontium and boron, which isotopes can be useful for differentiating dissolved-solids sources. Substantial variations in the delta strontium-87 and delta boron-11 values among the sites were measured. Canal and river samples had relatively low concentrations of strontium and the heavier isotopic ratios, while drains and seeps had a wide range of strontium concentrations and isotopic ratios that generally were lighter.
Nitrate levels in the Green River typically amount to approximately two to five milligrams per liter, and are chiefly attributed to agricultural runoff from grazing of livestock and from additions of chemical fertilizers to cropping areas.
Aquatic biota
Juvenile Gila cypha in the wild. Source: Melissa Trammell, U.S.National Park Service There are a number of significant fishes in the Green River, including the endangered humpback sucker (Gila cypha), a large minnow specialized to rapid current and wide temperature swings. Two of the known six populations of the humpback sucker are found in the Green River: Desolation and Gray canyons, Utah; and in Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado and Utah.
The bonytail chub (Gila elegans) is another endangered minnow found in limited stretches of the Green and Colorado Rivers.
The Vulnerable Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius), the largest cyprinid fish in North America, is found in only a few drainages of the upper Colorado Basin, including the Green River, Gunnison River, White River, San Juan River and Yampa River.
The Vulnerable flannelmouth sucker (Catostomus latipinnis) is also found in the Green River, along with parts of the larger Colorado River Basin All four of these fish species have been threatened by the Flaming Gorge hydroelectric dam as well as the Glen Canyon downriver on the Colorado River.
Terrestrial ecoregions
The following ecoregions lie within the drainage basin of the Green River:
The South Central Rockies forests prevail in most of the headwaters area on the Colorado Plateau in southwestern Wyoming. The dominant vegetation regime in this ecoregion is coniferous forest, with chief plant association type of Douglas-fir / spruce-fir forest, which is dominated by Engleman spruce (Picea englemannii), subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa), and Douglas-fir (Psuedotsuga menziesii).
Scrub habitat at the Arches National Park. @ C.Michael Hogan The Colorado Plateau shrublands is a cold desert ecoregion that occupies the lower reaches of the Green River. This desolate landscape boasts a number of endemic vertebrate species including: Kaibab squirrel (Sciurus aberti kaibabensis); banner-tailed kangaroo rat, Bailey's race (Dipodomys spectabilis baileyi); desert night lizard, Utah race (Xantusia vigilis utahensis); and Gunnison sage grouse (Centrocercus sp.) In spite of the fact that this landscape appears largely intact, a number of vertebrate species have been extirpated from the Colorado Plateau shrublands, even though they remain extant, but threatened in their surviving range; chief among these vertebrate extirpations are: grizzly bear (Ursus arctos), gray wolf (Canis lupus), black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes), lynx (Lynx lynx), wolverine (Gulo gulo), bison (Bison bison) and river otter (Lontra canadensis).
However, some large mammals that previously inhabited this ecoregion were driven totally extinct on Earth during the ascent of prehistoric man; these extinctions include: the Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) and Shasta ground sloth (Nothrotheriops shastensis).
This ecoregion supports over 300 endemic plants, examples of which include: Jones cycladenia (Cycladenia humilis var. jonesii), Kachina daisy (Erigeron kachinensis), Shultz stickleaf (Mentzelia shultziorum), Jane's globemallow (Sphaeralcea janeae) and Welsh's milkweed (Asclepias welshii).
Natural history
The Green River Basin is one of the richest areas in the USA for fossil recovery, including skeletons of dinosaurs,Columbian mammoth and numerous fishes such as those of the genus Knightia. In addition to the abundance of Knightia in the Eocene, many other predators of Knightia have been recovered in fossil form, including specimens of Diplomystus, Lepisosteus, Amphiplaga, Mioplosus, Phareodus, Amia, and Astephus, all of which have all been recovered in fossil form with Knightia in either the jaws or digestive tract.
The first giant ant fossil discovered in the Western Hemisphere was found at the Farson Fossil Fish Beds in the Green River Basin; Titanomyrma lubei, an ant the size of a hummingbird was dated to 49.5 million years before present. Other key paleontological loci in the Green River Basin are the Eighteenmile Canyon Fish Beds, and Canyon Creek Fossil Rookery sites.
The earliest and best preserved burial site and human habitations are found in the headwaters area in Sublette County, Wyoming. This area is known as the Finley site and dates to the Archaic Period of Native American prehistory in this region. The site locus is also within the Jonah Field of energy exploration.
Wardell Buffalo Trap box canyon. Source: Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office In the late Prehistoric Period the Green River Basin occupied an important part of western Native American cultural development. This locus served as the center of the westward expanding Plains bison hunting during the era from 500 to 1500 AD; at that time the Plains bison hunting culture was expanding into Idaho and Oregon. During the latter part of this era, the notable bison killing site known as the Wardell Buffalo Trap was used intensively; this box canyon near Big Piney, Wyoming was excavated by archaeologists to find a staggering 17 meter deep layer of bison bones. Projectile points found here are of the Avonlea type, and ceramics can be traced to the Athabaskan culture.
The Shoshone entered the Green River Basin circa 1500 AD.
Notable archaeological sites in the Green River Basin are:
- Sage Creek Mountain burial sites;
- LaClede stage station;
- White Mountain petroglyphs;
- Cedar Canyon petroglyphs;
- Tolar petroglyphs;
- LaBarge Bluffs petroglyphs;
- Pine Spring;
- North Table Mountain stratified site; and,
- Eden-Farson site.
The Green River Basin did not enter recorded history until the fourth quarter of the eighteenth century. Fathers Francisco Atanasio Dominguez and Silvestre Velez de Escalante led an expedition into the Green River Basin in 1776, although a lesser known exploration led by Rivera occurred at a relatively similar timeframe, but the latter yielded much less recorded information. The Escalante/Dominguez expedition chose a route to avoid contact with the notarious Chirumas tribe, reputed aggressive cannibals.
Arriving from the south, Escalante and Dominguez crossed the Green River and followed the Duchesne and Strawberry Rivers upstream. Moving from the Uinta Basin into the catchment of Diamond Fork, the party descended to the Spanish Fork River.
- S.J.Gerner, L.E.Spangler, B.A.Kimball, D.E.Wilberg, and D.L.Naftz. 2006. Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5186 Hydrology and Water Quality in the Green River and Surrounding Agricultural Areas near Green River in Emery and Grand Counties, Utah, 2004-05. U.S.Geological Survey. Government Printing Office, Washington DC
- James D. Keyser & George Poetschat. 2005. Warrior art of Wyoming's Green River Basin: biographic petroglyphs. books.google.com Oregon Archaeological Society. 190 pages
- Frank W.Osterwald & William Harold Wilson. 1966. Mineral resources of Wyoming. books.google.com 287 pages
- Katieri Treimer, C.Michael Hogan, Marc Papineau, et al. 1989. Site research report, site no. 916, Southwest Colorado. Earth Metrics Inc. and SRI International for Contel Systems and the U.S. Air Force. Published by the Government Printing Office
- D.E.Wilberg, J.R.Tibbetts, Michael Enright, C.B.Burden, Cynthia Smith, and C.E.Angeroth. 2006. Water-resources data for the 2005 water year for Utah. U.S.Geological Survey, Washington DC


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Yori is a program written by Lora Baines and the romantic interest of Tron. She was in charge of the creation of digital simulations (such as the Solar Sailer).
Yori was among the programs used by Lora and Gibbs to perform their first successful digitization experiment. Shortly thereafter, she, along with several other programs, was appropriated by the MCP and forced to work on simulations. When Tron rescued her, she appeared not to recognize him, giving him the same robotic status report she had given a guard moments earlier; but his entreaties roused her free will again and she hugged him with delight, saying she'd known he would be able to escape his captors. He explained that he needed information from his User, and she fled the simulation complex with him and led him to a secret back entrance to the I/O Tower.
Once inside, she was able to convince the Tower Guardian Dumont to allow Tron to communicate with Alan-One, who provided them with information necessary to destroy the MCP. She then guided Tron to the Solar Sailer, which they stole and used to escape Sark's forces, flying it toward the MCP's citadel at the heart of the ENCOM system. During the flight, Tron introduced her to Kevin Flynn (who at first mistook her for Lora). Her initial reaction to Flynn implied a level of interest, reflecting the fact that Flynn and Lora had once been a couple, but she retreated to Tron when the User attempted to approach her.
On the way to the MCP, the Solar Sailer was intercepted and destroyed by Sark's ship. He captured Yori and Flynn, intending to derezz them along with the ship once they reached the MCP's mesa. Believing Tron had perished in the crash, Yori lost hope and came close to derezzing with the ship before Flynn revived her. The two then worked together to keep the remains of the carrier flying, unaware Tron was alive and had reached the mesa ahead of them.
When the two saw Tron attempting to break through the MCP's shields, Flynn decided to throw himself into its beam to distract the evil program; believing that he was sacrificing himself, he shared a brief but passionate kiss with Yori before taking the leap. The distraction did indeed allow Tron to destroy the MCP, and Yori reunited with him when the carrier landed. In her delight, she greeted him with the kiss Flynn had taught her; he was bemused, but described it as nice, and the two stood with Dumont as the system lit up again, glad of their freedom but unaware of Flynn's fate.
Other Appearances
Since the original film, Yori has not appeared in any other TRON media. When TRON: Legacy was announced, a fan campaign dubbed Yori Lives was created with the intention to bring Cindy Morgan and her characters Yori and Lora Baines back for the upcoming film. While Yori does not appear in Legacy, director Joseph Kosinski states that the character is still alive and well within the TRON Universe.
Currently there is speculation that she will be returning for TRON 3.
In TRON: Uprising, an old-style white light suit similar to Yori's appeared in a display cylinder in Able's office, together with other relics, such as a Bit. The fate of the program who had worn it is unknown.
Yori is a sweet and endearing program with a childlike nature. Even in the most intense situations she manages to find something to smile about, and does not appear to be fazed by danger; she enjoys piloting the Solar Sailer and leads Tron in sliding down a long slope, suggesting with a laugh that they should "do that some more." She also retains her User's witty and sarcastic humor, particularly when she meets Kevin Flynn. Her resourcefulness allowed her to find a way into the I/O Tower and convince Dumont to allow Tron to communicate with Alan-One, and, though it took a moment of convincing, she was willing to continue with the mission to destroy the MCP even when she believed Tron had been killed.
Skills and Abilities
Yori is an accomplished engineer who specified in the digitzation of simulations within the Grid. In a deleted scene, Yori's digitalization skills are displayed to a greater extent when she transforms the appearance of her apartment from a gray and lifeless space to colorful and lively room. In the same deleted scene she is able to change the appearance of her wardrobe from a simple light suit to a more extravagant one. She is also a skilled pilot, singlehandedly helming the Solar Sailer and the remains of Sark's carrier with little trouble.
Yori's romantic relationship with Tron mirrors that of their Users, Alan Bradley and Lora Baines, in the real world, with the only major difference between them being the constant display of their affection for one another (regardless of the situation). In both the script and two deleted scenes, the nature of their relationship is explored further by addressing their sexuality. The scene (significantly altered from how it's depicted in the script) was later removed from the film because it was considered "too sentimental" at the time, something that the director regrets now.
Yori is also briefly attracted to Kevin Flynn, who was once romantically involved with her User.
- Yori wears a close-fitting cap in most scenes, but is seen wearing a helmet for her scenes on board the Solar Sailer. This occurred because actress Cindy Morgan became fed up with the glue that was holding the cap to her head.
- Unlike Tron, Yori lacks any indication of a Identity Disc on her back.


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WASHINGTON — As a victim in one of the worst mass shootings in American history, 23-year-old Stephen Barton has learned more than a few lessons in the last year.
One is that it is OK to talk firmly to a U.S. Senator.
Hours before an April vote to strengthen federal background checks, the Connecticut man — who was hit 25 times by pellets and shrapnel from a shotgun blast last year in an Aurora movie theater — came face to face with two critical politicians.
Barton was leading other mass shooting survivors — some from Virginia Tech and Tucson — around the U.S. Capitol trying to get meetings with lawmakers directly.
The effort was exhausting. Most of the time, the senators sent staffers to meet with the shooting victims. Most of the time, the senators already knew how they were going to vote.
Republican Sens. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire and Jeff Flake of Arizona turned a corner and Barton and his team found themselves with actual face time.
Both members listened to Barton and the other survivors in the hallway for a few minutes. Both ultimately voted against the bill. It failed by six votes in the U.S. Senate.
"I feel like I have a much better feel for it than I did," said Barton, who is still in physical therapy for some of his injuries. "I was maybe more timid than I will be in the future. I actually ran into the senators and that was my time to hold their feet to the fire."
Barton is perhaps the best-known leader of a small band of committed Aurora shooting victims and parents who have funneled their anger and emotional recovery to the rigors of politics and pushing for change to the nation's gun laws.
It is a space that isn't exactly known for being warm, comforting or even — despite the many horrific stories — successful.
D.C. differs from states
There have been wins in statehouses, including in Colorado and Connecticut, whose governors have signed a handful of new gun-control measures into law in the past 12 months.
But Washington is a different story.
Despite the stories of struggle and heroism the victims brought to Capitol Hill, positive poll numbers that indicate a majority of Americans supported universal background checks, and the heft of a freshly re-elected president who called for national gun-control legislation, their efforts have fallen short of their hopes.
"All of my work just comes from being a concerned father who is trying to wrap his head around exactly what this is all about and how things like this can happen," said Tom Sullivan, whose 27-year-old son, Alex, was killed in the Aurora movie theater. "I didn't know you could freely walk into a store and buy a 100-round drum. I didn't know you could purchase 3,000 rounds of ammunition without raising an eyebrow from someone in the store."
Sullivan had breakfast with his congressman, Rep. Mike Coffman, a Republican from Aurora, to urge him to support extending federal background checks. Coffman never cast a vote because GOP leadership in U.S. House of Representatives has not allowed a bill to come to the floor, even though Democrats, including Reps. Ed Perlmutter and Diana DeGette, have pending legislation.
After the April 17 Senate vote, Sullivan sent Mother's Day and Father's Day cards to the four female senators — including Ayotte — and the 42 male senators who cast votes against strengthening background checks for gun purchases.
"I told them that Alex's mother isn't going to get any Mother's Day card from him this year. I asked them to rethink how they feel about the background checks," he said. "I haven't heard back from anybody pertaining to that."
Politics defy polls
The federal politics behind gun control are not intuitive. A number of polls taken earlier this year found that more than 85 percent of Americans favor making private gun sales and sales at gun shows subject to background checks, including a large poll done by Pew Research Center among 1,500 adults.
The poll found more than half of Americans saying it was important to control gun ownership and 45 percent said controlling gun ownership was more important than gun rights.
Yet those numbers don't play out on Capitol Hill, where even some Democrats are hesitant to jump on the bandwagon for tighter gun control.
Colorado's Democratic Sens. Michael Bennet and Mark Udall voted against a proposal to ban many kinds of assault-style weapons, but voted for extending universal background checks.
Part of the disparity between what polls say and what politicians say could be an enthusiasm gap problem, said Brad Fitch, executive director of the Congressional Management Foundation.
That same Pew study found 25 percent of those who believe gun rights should be a priority have given money to an organization, like the National Rifle Association. This compares to just 5 percent of those who believe in tighter gun control have given money to a gun control group.
"People mistake the NRA's power," Fitch said. "People think it's about their campaign contributions, but the real issue is the number of people they can mobilize."
Pro-gun organizations agree with this sentiment.
The National Association of Gun Rights said their messages "hit home with millions of gun owners who are frustrated with politicians and supposed gun-rights groups who continuously sell out their constituents' and members' constitutional rights."
The group pointed out they spent $1.9 million in the first quarter of 2013.
Sandy Phillips approaches her pitch for tighter gun-control laws through a perhaps more unorthodox approach.
The mother of Aurora shooting victim Jessica Ghawi is a gun owner and a Texan. Phillips often takes to Twitter and electronic message boards to argue that extending background checks "is not some effort to take anyone's guns away."
"There are some people who have bought into the rhetoric so far and they can't even think logically anymore," she said.
She called the Senate's rejection of background checks "a huge disappointment," but said she believes, with enough work, elected officials will eventually come to her side.
"If we would have had a few more senators cross over then it would have passed," she said. "I think it's only going to be increasingly easier for them (politicians) to come to our side."
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I don't think anyone in their right mind would say that was justifiable, and bloody sunday either come to that.
I find the concept of 'war crimes' odd.
for example the RAF bombed germany cities and their population in the belief that it would help win the war: whether that strategy was the correct one-and there's plenty of evidence and argument to show that it wouldn't is besid the point.
My thoughts relate to the reasoninbg behind an act: for instance thr rape of Nanking. There was no military objective there-the victory had been won, the same with the mass rape of german civilians by thr soviet army, the bengal famine.
The Bengal famine was caused by the Japanese invading Burma and cutting off the rice supply to India.
My your argument it's okay to kill civilians indiscriminantly just as long as there is a political motive. That would make any number of attrocities perfectly okay.


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The Enabling Environment Conference in Afghanistan
Increasingly, the private sector as a whole and civil society in particular are seen as keys to development. An effective and functioning state apparatus is essential for any developing country but, in AKDN's experience, complex development agendas cannot be left only to the state. A nation's growth - and some would argue its very survival - requires private initiative (both for-profit businesses and non-profit civil society organisations) to make full and effective use of the country's human potential, generate material resources, and develop a vibrant and robust socio-economic base.
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In post-conflict countries, in particular, the creation of jobs is one of the greatest determinants of a nation's success or failure.As for-profit businesses are essential for creating jobs and providing goods and services, AKDN supports the promotion of an enabling environment - laws and policies that allow, favour and mainstream a socially responsible private sector. Such an environment stimulates local initiative and draws inward investment, both of which can have rapid and dramatic effects on employment and human resource development. In post-conflict countries, in particular, the creation of jobs is one of the greatest determinants of a nation's success or failure.
AKDN also supports the creation of enabling environments for civil society organisations - those organisations which are powered by private energies but designed to advance the public good. Working in fields such as education, health, science and research, they embrace professional, commercial, labour, ethnic and arts associations, and others devoted to religion, communication and the environment. Many fight poverty and social inequity. An enabling environment encourages such organizations to shoulder a share of the burden of national development. It also persuades good managers, doctors and teachers to stay and serve their country rather than to emigrate once they are skilled.
His Highness the Aga Khan first used the term "enabling environment" in 1983 in Kenya, initiating dialogue that led to an Africa-wide Enabling Environment Conference in 1986. A second Enabling Environment conference was held in Afghanistan in June 2007 (Find out more on the Enabling Environment conference).
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From Joomla! Documentation
This document will provide a brief overview of working with the Joomla Platform repository on github.com for people who are interested in making code contributions and using eclipse as an IDE. Much will also apply for people who just want to follow development, but that is much simpler.
Some preliminary information.
What is Git?
Git is distributed version control software. Such software (another example is Mercurial while subversion and CVS are non distributed version control systems) allow many people to contribute code to a single project and also allow for well defined tracking of code changes and provide mechanisms for recording commit by commit records of changes.
What is Github?
Github is a host for git repositories. It is located at github.com
What is the Joomla! Platform?
The Joomla! Platform also known as the Joomla! Framework is the set of libraries that are used to build the Joomla! CMS and other applications.
The platform is managed separately from the CMS and has its own release cycle; each release of the CMS uses one specific version of the platform.
The platform repository is located at: github.com/joomla/joomla-platform
First steps: Github account
First, you will need to register at git hub.
Once registered, you will probably want to go to github.com/joomla/joomla-platform and click follow. Then whenever you log in you will see the latest things that have happened in the repository.
If you are going to code, you will also want to click on fork. This will give you your own copy of the platform to work with. You'll probably want to follow that too.
Second steps: Install git
Now you will want to install git on your local workstation. Github provides excellent instructions on how to do this that will detect your operating system. Simply click on the Set Up Git button.
You will need to set up SSH. As it says on the Github instructions " Setting them up is fairly easy, but does involve a number of steps." Some will be specific to your operating system, so follow the instructions at github.
You will also need to tell Git your user name and password so that it can connect to your repositories on github.
Third steps
Command Line
If you like using the command line, git by itself provides commands to create a local copy of your fork at github. There are a number of tutorials and reference sites for git including:
Github itself has many documents about how to use git on its help site
Git can also be used with Eclipse, a popular integrated development environment (IDE).
Setting up Eclipse to work with git and github involves a number of steps.
Important references are: wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/User_Guide and wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/GitHub/UserGuide
First, you will need to install eGit and Mylyn. Mylyn is probably not really necessary but it will let you access other features of github. Note that Mylyn has dependencies and you will need to install them first (see the user's guide).
To install eGit from eclipse, go to Help>Eclipse Marketplace. Search for git and click install.
Follow the instructions to fill in your github account information to identify yourself, defaults and other settings.
Once installed, if you click File>Import you should see Git listed as an option and projects from Git as a sub option.
Note the following owes a lot to a number of sites including http://blog.opsb.co.uk/getting-started-with-git-github-and-eclipse-p.
One important thing to note before starting is that we will be working with the fork you made in Step 1 (If you didn't make a fork then, do it now). Thus we will not be making a new repository. When reading help materials make sure not to follow instructions to create a new remote repository.
Your fork on github will have a set of three links (ssh, http, git read-only) . You will need the http link.
Click File>Import. Choose Projects from Git, click next. On the next screen, click Clone and add your http link. The other fields except your password will autofill. (If you haven't st up your username previously you will need this too).
Click Next, select master (that is all you will have if this is your first time). Set a directory. Click finish and the files from git will be cloned which means they will be downloaded to your folder.
Next Eclipse will want to create a project. Do not do it!! Instead, in a way that works for your operating system create a hidden file called .project.
In the file put:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <projectDescription> <name>yourFolderName</name> <comment></comment> <projects> </projects> <buildSpec> <buildCommand> <name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name> <arguments> </arguments> </buildCommand> </buildSpec> <natures> <nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature> </natures> </projectDescription>
But change test to the name of your folder.
Now your folder should appear on the list of projects. Select it and finish.
You should now have a git local repository.
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News from the world of maths: Zero is the number of yearning... review of Strange Attractors: Poems of love and mathematics
February 17, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Zero is the number of yearning... review of Strange Attractors: Poems of love and mathematics
Zero is a number
— from "Five Poems about Zero" by Eryk Salvaggio
It's not often I get misty-eyed reading a book about mathematics, but that was just what happened when I read this, and several other poems, in the poetry collection Strange Attractors: Poems of love and mathematics.
The idea of a love poem is not new, love has inspired poets for millennia. But the combination of maths and love poetry might seem an odd mix. Despite loving maths myself, I was a little skeptical when I picked up this book, and thought it would be a tongue-in-cheek selection of witty but humorous poems about love using mathematical language and imagery. There are some funny poems giving a mathematical take on love, (I particularly liked "Valentine" by Michael Stueben), but what pleasantly surprised me was the large number of poems that seem to be really exploring human emotions.
I had no idea there would be so many poems suitable for such a collection, or that it would span so many centuries and include so many diverse contributors. The excerpt from King Solomon's "Song of songs" (which is thought to have been written about 765 BC) and Bhaskaracharya's "Lilavati" (a twelfth century Indian mathematician), the "Square Poem in Honor of Elizabeth I" (written by Henry Lok in 1597), as well as contemporary poets from nearly every continent, give the collection significant cultural depth (helpful appendices give brief biographies of both the contributors, and the mathematicians mentioned). It's a nice thought that mathematics, as well as love, is a ubiquitous experience for all of humanity.
The book is divided into three sections: romantic love, love of family and life, and love of mathematics. In the first two sections it is surprising just how powerful mathematics can be as a metaphor for our emotions and experiences. Some poems very effectively use mathematical imagery, such as the image of tangential curves ("kissing curves") in Ann Calandro's poem "Where the Kissing Never Stops":
They strive to make each other
The shape of her soul is a square.
The collection features some of the most famous love poems, such as Elizabeth Barrett Browning's measuring of love in her sonnet: "How do I love thee, let me count the ways...". One of the most interesting poems using counting is "Who Counts, Counts" by Stephanie Strickland, where the shifting status of relationships, and the bond of motherhood, was conveyed very simply by counting and recounting the people in a relationship.
Some of the poems have a mathematical structure, one is even written in the form of a proof. In some poems mathematical concepts are used as metaphors, such as Robin Chapman's sad use of the non-associativity (f(x+y) not equally f(x) + f(y)) to describe a child's experience of divorce in "Nonlinear Function".
The final section, where poets (many mathematicians) write about their love of maths, also has many examples of strong expression, and strangely enough, many of these poems seem almost less mathematical than in the previous sections. It is nice to see the passion for the subject that so many mathematicians share expressed in this unusual and open-hearted way. I think one of the strengths of such a book is that not only can it show people who are looking for poems to express love, the beauty of the language of maths, but it also might help explain some of the deep emotions mathematicians feel for their subject. I also like the duality of combining maths and poetry: that as well as taking maths to poetry lovers, it will also expose mathematicians to poetry, and perhaps as the best artistic-scientific collaborations do, allow insight on both sides.
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February 16, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Post-Valentine's mathematical love
We're not sure if they've got Internet access on cloud 9, but for all the loved-up Valentines out there, as well as for those who are wondering what has gone wrong, here are some mathematical musings on love...
And to make sure that your special someone doesn't forget you, how about a mathematical serenade...
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February 10, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
The agony and ecstasy of risk statistics
Last week the chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs caused outrage by claiming that ecstasy was no more dangerous than horse riding. But what does "dangerous" really mean, and how is our perception of risk influenced by morality? David Spiegelhalter, Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at the University of Cambridge, investigates in his guest column in the Times.
David Spiegelhalter runs the Understanding Uncertainty website, which explores matters of risks and uncertainty, and also has his very own column in Plus.
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February 5, 2009
Thursday, February 05, 2009
The mathematics behind the Complicite production
Mathematics takes to the stage with A disappearing number, a work by Complicite, inspired by the mathematical collaboration of Hardy and Ramanujan. Plus spoke to Victoria Gould and Marcus du Sautoy about the mathematical and creative process of developing this show.
This podcast accompanies the career podcast with Victoria and the article A disappearing number from issue 49 of Plus.
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February 3, 2009
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
What would you like to know about your Universe?
This poll is now closed. The most popular question was "What happened before the Big Bang?". We will publish an article and a podcast with an answer in the middle of March. At the same time we will launch our next Universe poll, so watch this space.
Do you ever look at the night sky and wonder where it all comes from, where it is going and what we are doing right in the middle of it? Do you wonder if there's life out there, or why the sky isn't bright with all the stars that are in it?
If yes, then now's your chance to put your questions to world-leading astronomers and cosmologists, including Astronomer Royal Martin Rees and author and cosmologist John D Barrow. From now until the end of the year Plus will hold regular online polls to find out what your most burning questions are, and do our best to find an answer with the help of experts in the field. You'll be able to read and hear what they have to say in Plus articles and podcasts, and there'll be plenty of room for discussion on our blog.
Our first online poll — one of a total of seven — opens today. It will remain open for a month and we'll publish the answer to the question that proves most popular in the middle of March. This is your chance to get involved with the most fascinating science of them all (except for maths of course), and it's our contribution to the International Year of Astronomy 2009. So get voting now, and if your question isn't on the list above, send it to us in a comment on this blog, and we'll include it in the next poll. Happy voting!
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Interesting statistics for all web developers. Which browsers are used by public.http://www.sitepoint.com/browser-tre...ne+Stop+Chrome
Mozilla screwed the pooch by playing the Chrome version no. game.
Interesting... having always been a firefox fan, I have found my self been using Crome much more lately, especially after downloading webrankseo tool for a quick "summary" tool.
Chrome is my first choice. I was a Firefox fan, but one of their releases was really buggy and I had nothing but problems. I started using Chrome and never went back. I'm sure partly because of the functionality of Gmail and associated services. I just can't get the same options in other browsers which isn't much of a surprise. Chrome is also really fast and stable for my use.
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Vol State Offers New Degree Program with an Emphasis in Bluegrass
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Bluegrass is a music that incorporates many styles and has roots tracing back to Europe and the American South. It continues to find new audiences and now Volunteer State Community College is offering a degree program with a bluegrass emphasis. It's modeled after the East Tennessee State University (ETSU) Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies Program. There is even a transfer path to that ETSU program for Vol State students.
The program includes music theory, seminar classes and ensemble opportunities. Classes include private instruction in voice, guitar, fiddle, mandolin and banjo, as well as group instruction.
"I started off in rock music, but it seemed more mundane in comparison to bluegrass," said student Zack Abbott of Cookeville. "I started off listening to AC/DC and then I was introduced to Doc Watson and Tony Rice, some of your bluegrass greats."
Students play together in an ensemble group, some of them performing bluegrass for the first time. "I love the entertainment of it," said student Josh LaFever of Carthage. "It's not high-strung. Everyone is laid back. We're all really close. Mark is a great musician and a great teacher."
Mark Barnett teaches the ensemble class and offers individualized instruction on many instruments. His experience includes performing on the Grand Ole Opry and with Ernie Ford, Bill Monroe, Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn.
"The feel of bluegrass music is natural and down-to-Earth," Barnett said. "I think the popularity is because of the infectious pulsating rhythm that bluegrass has."
Melissa Du Puy is organizing the bluegrass program. She has played with Doc Watson and Bill Monroe.
"This is the first bluegrass college program of its kind in Middle Tennessee," said Du Puy. "The Vol State program puts it beyond the type of music your grandparents played. It makes it relevant for today and for all ages to participate. It offers options including performance, songwriting and the history of the music. And it's not just for performers, but also for those who may want to be in areas such as management or recording."
The two-year Associate of Science degree with an emphasis in bluegrass music is part of the Visual and Performing Arts Program at Vol State. The program can tie in to other programs at the college include songwriting, commercial music and work in the Vol State recording studio. Students play concerts on campus and participate in recording projects. Courses are held on the main campus in Gallatin, the Livingston campus and the Highland Crest campus in Springfield.
The College holds regular bluegrass jam sessions. In April, Vol State will be hosting the new Sumner County Bluegrass Jamboree, a competition and jam session for bluegrass musicians in a number of different instruments. The public will be invited to the weekend event on April 13 and 14 on the Vol State campus in Gallatin.
For more information about the bluegrass program and the Jamboree visit www.volstate.edu/bluegrass. For more information contact Melissa Du Puy at
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| User:Justin Holland
Hello Justin Holland, greetings and welcome to the Narutopedia! Thanks for your edit to the Uchiha Clan Massacre page.
We do hope that you will stay for a long time. Enjoy your stay as we work to become the best Naruto info site out there. BELIEVE IT!
If you're looking for something to do why not look over the Forums or more specifically Narutopedia Collaboration for a list of projects we're working on. And the Community portal has a lot of recent discussions and places to go listed on it.
Please leave a message on my talk page if I can help with anything! -- Jacce (Talk) 14:12, April 8, 2012
Re: Wiki
Hi! What do you mean exactly? —IndxcvNovelist (Talk to Me) 03:33, April 11, 2012 (UTC)
- Ah okay, well you can read This. :)) If you need any help, just ask me! —IndxcvNovelist (Talk to Me) 04:09, April 11, 2012 (UTC)
It seem a bit unnecessary, why replaced people with persons and the only reason why Naruto was isolated from the war is for his own safety. -White Flash-(Talk)- 00:03, July 1, 2012 (UTC)
- Please sign your username with four tildes like this→ ~~~~. -White Flash-(Talk)- 02:32, July 1, 2012 (UTC)
I wouldn't say so. Naruto is more Japanese. -White Flash-(Talk)- 21:07, July 17, 2012 (UTC)
- What do you mean by "Konoha/Uzumaki" ideal? -White Flash-(Talk)- 08:17, July 18, 2012 (UTC)
- Uh...no, he's not biracial then. -White Flash-(Talk)- 17:42, July 18, 2012 (UTC)
- Does it really matter if he's biracial or not? -White Flash-(Talk)- 04:47, July 19, 2012 (UTC)
- Also, are you signing your post with four tildes like this → ~~~~? I'm not able to tell when you send messages on my talk page, because there's no timestamp. -White Flash-(Talk)- 05:15, July 19, 2012 (UTC)
- Does it really matter if he's biracial or not? -White Flash-(Talk)- 04:47, July 19, 2012 (UTC)
- Uh...no, he's not biracial then. -White Flash-(Talk)- 17:42, July 18, 2012 (UTC)
- Bonds of love, yes I'm aware he always say that; But I don't think it has something to do with him being biracial. -White Flash-(Talk)- 06:31, July 19, 2012 (UTC)
/shrugs. I really don't know, but I did ask another user to help answer your question. -White Flash-(Talk)- Aug 26, 2012 @ 23:08 (UTC)
- I've asked Omnibender for help so here's his response: "Well, many people who shouldn't know who Naruto's parents know who they are, I wouldn't be surprised if half the people who know that the Uzumaki and the Senju are related made the connection." -White Flash-(Talk)- Aug 27, 2012 @ 00:48 (UTC)
- I simply moved your reply to the section the topic was about, no need to make a duplicate. I agree that Sasuke is twisted enough for that. Depending on who the "ones who know everything" are, he might discover that soon. The one way Sasuke would possibly not do that, is if he discovers that Tobi is the one responsible for releasing Kurama, and his reaction also depends on Tobi truly being an Uchiha or not. I'm certain that he can twist it anyway he wants to keep wanting revenge, but it would be interesting to see him attribute guilt to Tobi. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 01:23, August 29, 2012 (UTC)
Sorry for stepping into the discussion, but it's an interesting one. I always thought that if Sasuke learns of Naruto being a son of the 4th Hokage and that his mother was a host, both of which death caused by Tobi (likely an Uchiha) he would feel guilty and understand that Uchiha started the hatred and shit.
But Sasuke hating Naruto even more for Kurama being partially a reason for wiping out the clan, nice. Except that the Uchiha more than likely had a hand in not protecting Konoha during Tobi having some fun with foxie--Elveonora (talk) 01:32, August 29, 2012 (UTC)
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I don't give a damn about who ends up with who. In fact, I quite dislike shipping, because loads people insert bias into article sections regarding shipping, taking things out of context and generally creating unnecessary revisions of the articles, clogging the RC, which require reverting or more editing. Basically, shipping creates undue work. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 22:53, October 8, 2012 (UTC)
What Omnibender said.--Cerez365™(talk) 09:15, October 9, 2012 (UTC)
I don't understand you. Your post was fairly long and tedious and from what I read all you talked about was "shipping" which I have no interest in. I don't see a question or anything there not pertaining to Naruto being paired with Sakura or Hinata. Maybe you should be a bit more plain with whatever it is that you're asking.--13:29, October 9, 2012 (UTC)
Nice thought.~http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s145/urbancowgurl777/UltimateSupreme2212-3.pnghttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s145/urbancowgurl777/UltimateSupreme2212-3talk.png 09:34, October 9, 2012 (UTC)
Re: Relationships page for main and supporting characters?
Yeah no. The article on Naruto's relationships was created to offload all the stuff he had in his personality section, because a lot of who he is deals with how he relates to other characters. No other character has nearly as much of their personality shaped by so many different relationships to other characters. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 23:04, January 16, 2013 (UTC)
It would be unneccessary to make such small sections for only 2 relationships when everything can be combined in just one section.~ UltimateSupreme 06:27, January 19, 2013 (UTC)
Hey man, if you ever have any long-ass questions (im more than happy to answer) take it over to ma talk page and we can have a proper argument ! (I hate the comment system ahaha) --Keep Calm And Call Kakashi (talk) 19:25, February 25, 2013 (UTC)
Hey that was great picture of sasuke you uploaded carry on getting some good ones --Jmootam1999 21:00, April 24, 2013 (UTC)
I think quote is good enough, but why do you need me to put it up?--LeafShinobi (talk) 16:56, May 1, 2013 (UTC)
I think it is because it contains to many ! after each others. I fix it. Jacce | Talk | Contributions 17:18, May 1, 2013 (UTC)
Re: Thanks
Your welcome. :) With profile, do you refer to a user page or the top section with the other wikis? Jacce | Talk | Contributions 17:29, May 1, 2013 (UTC)
You mean I should simply create page or it'll be helpful to write abouy myself?--LeafShinobi (talk) 20:48, May 13, 2013 (UTC)
Re: Sully Hinata how?
I meant showing her using Earth Release.--Cerez365™(talk) 21:38, May 15, 2013 (UTC)
The information would be added to the relevant article(s).--Cerez365™(talk) 21:53, May 15, 2013 (UTC)
Inspiration quote
Done.--Cerez365™(talk) 15:10, May 16, 2013 (UTC)
I see you've made the suggestion of adding quotes to several articles, in different ways. Instead of adding a new topic in each relevant talk page, please create a proper forum, so as to keep discussion on the subject centralized. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 15:10, May 16, 2013 (UTC)
Re: Era of the great ninja wars page
All ninja world wars have their articles, since way back. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 00:23, May 23, 2013 (UTC)


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WASHINGTON — Sen. Michael Bennet will get a seat on the venerable Senate Finance Committee a week after agreeing to be the Democratic Party's top Senate fundraiser for the next two years.
Bennet — a freshman elected to his seat in 2010 — was granted the committee assignment Wednesday.
Committee chairman Sen. Max Baucus of Montana said Bennet "brings a wealth of practical, real-world experience to the Finance Committee."
"As a fellow Westerner, I know Michael has a top-notch work ethic and will deliver common-sense solutions," he said.
The committee works on taxation, the nation's debt, U.S. customs and ports of entry and delivery.
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"This gives me the opportunity to fight for Colorado priorities on a wide range of issues as we hopefully work to address the major challenges facing our country," Bennet said in a statement.
Last week, he told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid he would run the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee for two years. In that job, he'll be expected to raise at least $100 million to help elect and re-elect Senate Democrats — including Colorado's Mark Udall — in 2014.
There are at least two outgoing Democrats on the Finance Committee — Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico and Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota — which makes room for a new member.
Bennet is already a member of the "Gang of Eight" — a group of Republicans and Democrats trying to work on the country's fiscal crises.
He will give up spots on the Banking and Aging committees to make room in his schedule for his new post. He will continue to serve on the Health, Education, Labor, Pensions Committee and the Agriculture Committee.
Udall will keep his same committee assignments this next Congress, including Energy, Armed Services and Intelligence.
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Daniel Mastrogiorgio is an actor and voice actor who voices Toni Cipriani in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. Mastrogiorgio was born in Mount Vermont, New York. He has acted in numerous films and television programs, including The Lost Don (1997), The Lost Don II (1998) and The Book of Daniel (2006). He has also provided voices for the video games Batman: Dark Tomorrow and The Sopranos: Road to Respect as well as other Rockstar works such as The Warriors and Red Dead Redemption.


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The Kingdom
|Release Date: September 28, 2007
|Running Time: 115 mins.
|MPAA Rating: R
|Box Office: $47,456,450.00
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Summary:When a terrorist bomb detonates inside a Western housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, an international incident is ignited. While diplomats slowly debate equations of territorialism, FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury quickly assembles an elite team and negotiates a secret five-day trip into Saudi Arabia to locate the madman behind the bombing. Upon landing in the desert kingdom, however, Fleury and his team discover Saudi authorities suspicious and unwelcoming of American interlopers, into what they consider a local matter. Hamstrung by protocol--and with the clock ticking on their five days--the FBI agents find their expertise worthless without the trust of their Saudi counterparts, who... Full Summary >>
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text: I think the only thing missing for the buildings is a little "separation." They look like a single building rather than a chain of connected buildings. Maybe a little something to show where one building ends and the next begins would help? Kind of like what you did with the city walls, you can almost see how they are sectional. That might give the buildings a little more pop. I'm not really sure, though. I've never had much luck with cities/towns unless I drew them by hand. Other than that, things look fine to me except for a tree that seems to be growing out of the river.


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Not later than January 1 of each year, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to Congress a comprehensive report on the safety enforcement activities of the Federal Aviation Administration during the fiscal year ending the prior September 30th. The report shall include—
(1) a comparison of end-of-year staffing levels by operations, maintenance, and avionics inspector categories to staffing goals and a statement on how staffing standards were applied to make allocations between air carrier and general aviation operations, maintenance, and avionics inspectors;
(2) schedules showing the range of inspector experience by various inspector work force categories, and the number of inspectors in each of the categories who are considered fully qualified;
(3) schedules showing the number and percentage of inspectors who have received mandatory training by individual course, and the number of inspectors by work force categories, who have received all mandatory training;
(4) a description of the criteria used to set annual work programs, an explanation of how these criteria differ from criteria used in the prior fiscal year and how the annual work programs ensure compliance with appropriate regulations and safe operating practices;
(5) a comparison of actual inspections performed during the fiscal year to the annual work programs by field location and, for any field location completing less than 80 percent of its planned number of inspections, an explanation of why annual work program plans were not met;
(6) a statement of the adequacy of Administration internal management controls available to ensure that field managers comply with Administration policies and procedures, including those on inspector priorities, district office coordination, minimum inspection standards, and inspection followup;
(7) the status of efforts made by the Administration to update inspector guidance documents and regulations to include technological, management, and structural changes taking place in the aviation industry, including a listing of the backlog of all proposed regulatory amendments;
(8) a list of the specific operational measures of effectiveness used to evaluate—
(9) a schedule showing the number of civil penalty cases closed during the 2 prior fiscal years, including the total initial and final penalties imposed, the total number of dollars collected, the range of dollar amounts collected, the average case processing time, and the range of case processing time;
(10) a schedule showing the number of enforcement actions taken (except civil penalties) during the 2 prior fiscal years, including the total number of violations cited, and the number of cited violation cases closed by certificate suspensions, certificate revocations, warnings, and no action taken; and
(11) schedules showing the safety record of the aviation industry during the fiscal year for air carriers and general aviation, including—
(A) the number of inspections performed when deficiencies were identified compared with inspections when no deficiencies were found;
Source(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e),July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1202.)
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|49:308 (note).
|Dec. 22, 1987, Pub. L. 100–202, § 317(a), 101 Stat. 1329–380.
|Sept. 30, 1988, Pub. L. 100–457, § 317(a), 102 Stat. 2148.
In clauses (4) and (7), the word "regulations" is substituted for "Federal regulations" for consistency in the revised title.
In clause (5), the words "by field location" are substituted for "disaggregated to the field locations" for clarity.
In clause (8), before subclause (A), the words " 'best proxies' standing between the ultimate goal of accident prevention and ongoing program activities" are omitted as surplus.
In clause (9), the words "penalties imposed" are substituted for "assessments" for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.
In clause (11)(C), the words "aviation regulations" are substituted for "Federal Aviation Regulations" for consistency in the revised title.
Termination of Reporting Requirements
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of reporting provisions in this section, see section 3003 ofPub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance. See, also, the 22nd item on page 132 and the 10th item on page 135 of House Document No. 103–7.
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Jason Suchomel
Day one of preseason practices for the 2007 Texas Longhorns is in the books, and there are already a handful of hot topics that need to be discussed. Tops on the list are the return of Cedric Dockery and the play of the back-up quarterbacks. DOCKERY RESUMES OLD SPOTPerhaps the best news of the first day of practice for the Longhorn fan base was seeing offensive guard Cedric Dockery back on the field for the first time since tearing his ACL against Oklahoma last season.The junior from Garland just recently received his release, but he was back working with the first team offensive line on Monday night and the early indication is that Dockery passed his first test with flying colors. "I talked to him briefly after practice and he said he was fine and did well," Mack Brown said. "The question will be four days into it because I've had a number of knee operations and injuries. He'll feel great for a couple of days and then he'll swell most likely because it's been less than a year. We'll probably have to back him out for a couple of days and then get him back to it but watching him move tonight, I thought he moved well."The Longhorn offensive line is one unit that has everyone's attention this preseason, with the Texas coaches and players being very open about their desire to make improvements in the running game. The real test for the line will come in a couple days when the team moves from shorts to full pads, and Brown cautioned anyone that tries to read too much from the offensive line's performance on the first day. "The hardest thing to evaluate in shorts is the offensive line," said Brown. "You can't block in shorts and you don't want them cutting a defensive linemen, you don't want them taking knees out. So evaluating whether you blocked anybody is really hard to do." ...More... To continue reading this article you must be a member. Sign Up Now!
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Despite tasting his first bit of success (win at Charlotte in the Truck Series), Justin Lofton has decided to scale back his NASCAR schedule next season.
Kurt Busch enters the GoBowling.com 400 with a current streak of 10 consecutive top-10s on similarly-configured, 1.5-mile tracks. This streak was started at Kansas Speedway last spring and Busch has an average finish of 7.1 in that span of races.
Austin Dillon entered Texas Motor Speedway this April with four consecutive top-15 results on similarly-configured, 1.5-mile tracks. He sustained crash damage and finished 19th in the Duck Commander 500—two laps off the pace.
Daniel Suarez (#19 ARRIS Toyota Camry) finished seventh in Saturday's NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) Sparks Energy 300 at Alabama's Talladega Superspeedway.
Justin Allgaier (#7 Breyers Chevrolet Camaro) finished second in Saturday's NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) Sparks Energy 300 at Alabama's Talladega Superspeedway.
Chase Briscoe (#77 Cunningham Motorsports Dodge) finished third in Friday's ARCA Racing Series General Tire 200 at Talladega (AL) Superspeedway.
Josh Williams (#6 Musselman's Big Cup Applesauce Ford) finished second in Friday's ARCA Racing Series rain-shortened General Tire 200 at Talladega (AL) Superspeedway.
Tom Hessert turned in another Talladega gem only to settle for a fourth place finish during Friday's ARCA Racing Series presented by Menard General Tire 200 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Carl Edwards had been running on the lead lap for 28 consecutive races entering the Geico 500 at Talladega SuperSpeedway. He sustained damage in two separate incidents on the restrictor-plate, superspeedway and not only failed to finish on the lead lap, he was not running at the end of the race.
Joey Logano wrecked hard on the final lap of Saturday's XFINITY race and he crashed hard again in the Geico 500 at Talladega SuperSpeedway on lap 182 of 188. He failed to finish the race and was credited with a 25th-place result.
David Gilliland was running fifth when he took the white flag in the Geico 500 at Talladega SuperSpeedway, but he got shuffled out of the draft on that final lap and finished 17th.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. brought out the first caution of the Geico 500 at Talladega SuperSpeedway when he spun without contact on lap 51. The same thing happened to him at Daytona International Speedway this February, which makes this his second unforced error in as many restrictor-plate, superspeedway races.


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Slipped into the bottom of a press release regarding the extension to Insomniac Games' 'Nocturnal' initiative comes the news that the PS3-exclusive, Resistance: Fall of Man 2 is due out in Autumn 2008.
The text reads: "Insomniac Games is currently developing Resistance 2(TM), which will release this fall, exclusively for PlayStation 3."
This would more than suggest, therefore, that the Easter egg hidden in the video below indicates not only more enemies, but a demo for July.
The news came as a tag to Insomniac's announcement of the second phase of its Nocturnal tech-sharing initiative, "in which it will share elements of its technology source code and presentations free of charge with the worldwide development community".
The technology source code in question is firmly PlayStation 3 focused. The first (R&D) phase was launched in August 2007 and was last updated on the 30th of January this year. The addition to Nocturnal comes in the form of a Wiki. This is described as follows:
"Our goal is to develop an open collection of libraries and utilities for addressing common challenges in game development.
Nocturnal is not a game engine. The libraries provided here are potentially very useful for developing a game engine, but we want to avoid the 'all things to all people' that so often results in overly complex and/or under-performing monolithic engines. Instead, we want to provide a useful toolbox for the professional game developer."
There are continuing arguments regarding how difficult Sony's next-gen platform is to develop for make. Electronic Arts has been in the 'challenged camp', while Activision has said it's not a problem.
Insomniac Nocturnal could certainly help to assist other developers in getting over the challenges. From the look of the Wiki, it could also achieve this in a very sensible manner:
"There are a lot of common problems that are presented during game development. These problems are often solved separately at game studios across the industry. Sometimes the same people end up writing the same solution at several companies throughout their career.
"This is a waste of resources that can be avoided by openly sharing useful foundation code and techniques across company boundaries.
"We feel that this kind of sharing will allow studios to focus more on what sets their games apart and less on the basic building blocks necessary to create a modern game. It is our hope that this will result in studios making better games in less time, and hence benefit the industry as a whole."
It all sounds like outrageous hippydom aimed at undermining the very philosophy of keeping things secret in order to re-invent the wheel and hold games development back... The first big cheer of 2008, therefore, goes to Insomniac Games!
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