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This is a concept vehicle which few of us will ever drive. The Furai is Mazda's next hope in the future of car racing. While going green on the race track is not exactly an eco-minded endeavor, we're still intrigued that this vehicle can be fully powered by ethanol. The very cool looking performance sports car shows that if ethanol has a place in the auto industry, that place is in the car racing arena.
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August 4, 2008 at 7:01 am
ethanol is an efficient energy source but the cost of it out weighs any of its benefits, if we are to have a majour switch over to another source, ethanol shouldnt even come up as an option, sources like solar and wind make people yawn but theyre some of the only sources that dont waste nutrients in the soil and have no negative impact what so ever. solar pannels max out at about 13% efficiency, but the public sees pannels that probably max out at 8%. so despite ethanols 5time appeal ( meaning that what it costs to produce is one fith of the value of the end product). it drains stocks of a majour crop while there is a continual food shortage around the golbe. Mostly conststing of the third world.
Surely it would be better to have solar stations in these countries so that they may trade the energy to better the living standards of the local people. this creates wealth on all sides because once the initial expences are made, the result is a power source that is free of charge, lol its laughable. and there would be more crop to go around for all, i know i sound very communist or at least socialist when i say this but it also works for the cut throat heartless world of capitalism, but with a lower human cost
August 1, 2008 at 11:50 am
I too agree that ethanol makes the most sense on the streets and that the US needs to increase it's production of ethanol. As gearcrave stated, corn ethanol is costly and out of favor, but it is certainly a good starting place as it sparked interest in biofuels. The best news is that we are always finding new sources of biofuels, and our technologies are continually improving so that we can more efficiently extract ever increasing amounts of fuel out of biomass.
July 31, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Awesome find, Jorge– I just posted it on my site and linked back to you. Great stuff!
A few things– Brazil's ethanol is primarily harvested from the sugar cane crop, which is a much more effective and economical producer of ethanol per square acre when compared to corn. We have abundant corn in the US, yet corn ethanol is a very flawed fuel. We don't have the climate for sugar cane, but we have plenty of land and infrastructure to support using corn. Your market is self-sustaining, ours is sputtering…
I do agree with your sentiment, however– that the U.S. should increase its usage of ethanol. Presently, our domestic auto manufacturers are slowly increasing their production of flex fueled automobiles. An expanding ethanol (E85) market will allow for domestic auto makers to realize more profits from their flex fueled fleet. Without flex fueled autos, the ethanol market will not grow. Without market-ready alternative fuels, auto makers will not expand their flex fueled offering.
As I said, corn ethanol is a very flawed fuel. But it is a spearhead fuel that will pave the way for 2nd generation biofuels like algae methanol and cellulosic ethanol. It'll take 5+ years for these 2nd gen biofuels to be market ready, and in those 5 years the U.S. needs to increase its use of ethanol to have a flex fueled market standing by.
Take a look at the videos on this algae biofuel producer's website. pretty wild:
Unfortunately, if the EPA kills the ethanol mandate in August (which they are now considering), 2nd gen biofuels will be dealt a death blow… all because of some misinformation about the economic costs of corn ethanol…. (as perpetuated by the oil lobby and the grocery manufacturers association)
July 30, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Dear friends,
Sorry to tell you wrong, but the place for ethanol is far from the racing arenas. The place for ethanol is right there on your car, right there on the streets. Here in Brazil, all cars runs on ethanol, at least partially. I explain: First of all, all gas sold in Brazil is 20% ethanol. Second of all, for decades now, all companies sell cars which work only exclusively on ethanol, and they are pretty common around here. Third and last, for some years now, companies have been selling cars with flex engines, which are basically engines which can work with any porcentage of gas/alcohol. And there are even engines which can work also on biogas.
So, sorry again, but you are terribly late. Ethanol on cars may be news… for americans.
July 29, 2008 at 11:39 pm
very hot… unfortunately that incredible ethanol powered wankel rotary engine gets only 2.3 mpg. A normal F1 car gets about 3.1mpg. Never-the-less as a technological exercise it\\\\\\\'s still pretty darn cool.
July 29, 2008 at 4:20 pm
That car looks absolutely stylish, reminds me of the bat mobile actually. I love all these sexy alternative energy cars….though I wish I could buy one of my own!


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The Dallas Cowboys haven't won a playoff game since the late 90?s, and each year they wilt under the expectations of past success. Part of the Cowboys struggles has been their inability to be consistent with player personnel and failures in the draft. A former Cowboys scout recently has talked about those inconsistencies. Bryan Broaddus discussed with the Dallas Morning News how the Cowboys blew a chance to draft star running back LeSean Shady McCoy in 2009, by simply passing on him. If you go back to the 2009 draft, they sat there and they had LeSean McCoy with a first-round grade," Broaddus said during a radio interview last week on KRLD-FM, according to The Dallas Morning News. "The problem was, they weren't willing to take LeSean McCoy. That's the issue. Don't window-dress your board. They're sitting there in the second round and they've got LeSean McCoy with a first-round grade on their board. That's value. They did it (got it right) withSean Lee, they did it with Bruce Carter.
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His Maxxum is a 500si w/35-80. I already have almost the same outfit so will let somebody who has more use for it get this one.
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Campus feels somewhat empty because winter break starts today. I can't wait to go home tomorrow because Sunday is my family's Hanukkah party. Hanukkah was over two weeks ago, but I couldn't go home, so instead, Hillel had a Hanukkah party. We played Hanukkah music and played with driedels and had gelt. Dr. Anderson, our Vice President of Student Affairs, lit the Hanukkah candles with our eboard while we said the blessings over the candles. Almost 50 students attended! It was great. We even showed a short youtube video about the story of Hanukkah to educate anyone who was not familiar with the meaning behind the holiday. Below is a link to the video
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I don't know exactly how the classes will work when the actual game is released but I liked that in gw1 you had to use a lot of strategy as far as composition goes when making a group. I hope there is still some sort of tactics to use but I don't know how important it will be when every class can do everything, its cool in a way but it might take away from the strategy of the game that made it really interestining/fun to me.
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We all have a choice, whether we like it or not.
Originally posted by FearTHeFro
Yeah, GW2 is not going to be GW plus. Its a whole new type of game. Still, if you want a GW basis to go off of, think of it like this. Your fav role to play was Spike healing?, well GW2 will be more like a HoH IWAY build, you know, before the nerf. No set healers, just skills and tactics that help you survive.
Originally posted by RathanX26
Makes sense to me. GW1 was my favorite pvp game because it was completely skill based/strategy based. Everyone had same gear and you just had to win by being better/have a better strategy. I hope they keep it that way, but I do understand that its probably boring to have set roles and people would rather just heal themselves/be able to do anything.
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Originally posted by FearTHeFro
I think what you are actually thinking of is Staff Elementalist - you can change your attunement on the fly with a cool down so you can switch between Water, Fire, Air, and Earth as needed. Just saying that you might find switching attunements adds a number of support features.
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They said they shun the holy trinity... which kind of sucks. Sure, I can see not needing a 'tank' or anything, but not letting people heal is a bit... eh... people enjoy the roll of healing. Sure, you don't NEED to have it as a 'healbot' deal from other games, but you shouldn't denounce a group of players who enjoy the idea of bringing aid to others in a game. There is always ways to give healers a roll while also making them do damage and other tasks that go beyond spamming the heal button. I'm sure players would enjoy healing even if it wasn't a 'fail saver' if it meant they can suppliment a group a bit from heals that do hold some meaning (even if they might have some lengthy cool down or break between use) and they got supportive methods to aid allies when damage might not be taken to make up for not being that dedicated damage they otherwise would miss.
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No healers. But there are certainly other ways to provide support. And don't think of dedicated roles in this game, everything is fluid in that what you do at one time will be completely different in the next encounter.
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Originally posted by Purutzil
When talking about abolishing the trinity ANet said nearly the same thing you are saying. They are not denouncing a group of players, they are giving them another way to support their team. Many people who like to play healers do so because they like to think they are contributing to the group and allowing the group to function better than the sum of it's parts. Support does the same thing now, just in another way than whack-a-mole. Anet said they designed a way to help the team but not be watching heatlth bars the entire time.
That is their goal in theory, now in practice if it plays out to be just as fun or more fun we will see. But to say they just turned their backs on a group of players is just incorrect.
Originally posted by Purutzil
If you read the wealth of information out there, there are builds that can major in support. Which includes healing areas and removing buffs.
The way gs2 works is, you will always major in Support, Damage or control, but you will always at least minor in one of the other 2.
I find it neccessary to explain that MMOs are a derivative of table top rpgs. There is no such thing as "healer" or "tank" in dungeons and dragons (4th edtition aside). YOu may be a priest, but maybe 2 rounds is dedicated to healing whjile the other is dedicated to intangibles .
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Originally posted by Purutzil
Why does it suck? I think it is nice - for a change you dont have to say, 'HEALER LFG'. I guess you never played GW1 at the beginning. In the forst month, there was a healer protest at one particular mission because it was so hard and people didn't understand. So it will be nice not having to go through and say, OH we need 2 healers, 2 DPS, 2 mage, 1-2 warriors, etc.
It is nice to break the 'traditions' of MMO's.
I suggest playing around with the character builders out there.
I built three types of GW2 characters, all support. 1 specialized in reviving foes. He could instantly revive 2 foes every couple of minutes and provide healing and boosts to them on revivie. 2. specialized in area healing using staff and sceptor he was able to raise regeneration and boost effectiveness of party heals. 3 specialized in removing buffs, could take all buffs away and then had abilities to loose 2 buffs every 10 seconds and turn them into boons for the party.
The key to this game is, people will have to :gasp: learn how to play it. This is not going to be the game where you pick up the keyboard and things are going to be like the ohter games. I used to think this was cool, i can play wow, or i can play runes of magic and the buttons are all the same. And i realized how sad this is. I've been tricked into playing the same game with different graphical changes and different expansion packs. But am i playing a completely different game?
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Originally posted by Purutzil
I do think that certain classes have the ability to provide more "party" support than others. For example, guardians have a number of damage reducing/healing abilities that benefit the entire party, and you can further buff these abilities by putting points into specific traits. Engineers can use their "med kit" to drop bandages, antidotes and the like. But I guess for people looking for a dedicated role this game might not work for them.
"Loading screens" are not "instances".
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Well they did say that the Guardian will be the class that monk players in GW should look at for that support niche. Granted, it's not the healing part of the monk but the Prot part of the monk (which is more interesting anyway). Those that are used to a healer playstyle need to look at other ways of providing support in GW2. If you just can't over being just a healer then I don't know what to tell you.
Originally posted by FearTHeFro
95% of healing will be done by yourself. That doesnt mean that you wont want to arrange for someone in the group to adopt more of a support role - crowd control, snares, light ae heals.
If you think someone else will save you from heavy incoming damage you will be in for a shock. Even specced for 'complete support' you will still account for a very very very very minor proportion of healing. Its everyones own job to keep themselves alive by paying attention and using defensive skills / dodging wisely.
I don't mind not playing a dedicated full healer, but I do like playing support roles more when I do pvp and stuff. But what I don't understand from reading this thread is why do certain classes have heal spells if they are pretty much worthless? Doesn't really make much sense to me.
Originally posted by FearTHeFro
The tactics of GW2 won't allow for this in Dungeons and dynamic events. This is because there is no "agro" to keep a creature off of a healer. If a creature is coming for you, they are there is little a person to do but divert them using some type of control. Still, with only ah andful of heals, and them on atimer, you'll be ineffective to your party.
What you can do is create a character that adds to their heal or improves party heals. You still need to figure out your strategy when it comes to supporting and damaging. Every class has a way to improve or heal other classes. It's just area effected instead of direct.
Originally posted by FearTHeFro
Healing is combined into support. It's a fraction of support. If you're going to major in support you'll need to also either provide boons, revive or remove conditions or some type of combination of the 4. I guarantee you, a support heavy character in GW will provide you the same if not more of a satisfying feeling. Because you will not just be watching the tanks bar and casting a heal , youll be making sure that your party is alive and positioning yourself so you can use those timely heal spells at the right time.
Remember, everyone has a heal, but their on timer. So a heal bubble bursting in the right spot can be life or death. A nice boost to HP after a revive can mean victory or death,.
Originally posted by FearTHeFro
Every single class can access AE heals. The heal it gives is generally in the form of a boon called 'regeneration' which only stacks in duration, not power.
Some other classes like Elementalists in the water attunement do splash heals, that are very minor.
The point is that you would really have to go out of your way to make a class entirely specced into support, in fact the weapon skills alone mean that you will always have damage dealing abilities, and every class is forced to choose 1 of 3 self heals that will do the vast majority of healing for themselves.
Minor healing is still healing, it all adds up, but they dont want it to get to the point where you need someone else to heal you.
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Originally posted by FearTHeFro
Waht do you mean by "designated healer"?. Elementalists can put out an AOE heal and Ithink a smaller area heal.
But I don't think they can do it often enough to be a designated healer.
Healing exists. And I am certain that a smart combination of a Guardian forc field and some people throwing out some heals can cause a recovery from the brink of defeat.
But that is not the same as "designated healer". There are a number of combinations involving multiple people could be consider "disaster recovery" that will involve various support action including healing.
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Originally posted by evilastro
Heals are not worthless. They are however not sufficient alone to make you unkillable.
There are a few general premises:
1) Everyone is expected to and able to contribute to the offense in significant ways. You always have a weapon set.
2) Everyone has some ability to take care of themselves.
3) Most single support spells are not radically high power.
4) Overlapping support is extremely powerful.
So what does this mean? One dude throwing out some AoE heals is not gonna turn the tide of battle. One skilled player does not just die boom headshot or get "out lasted" by a healer spec. Any character could fight forever against someone with crap for damage.
But 2 elementalists throwing heals and some stuns working in tight conjunction with two guardians throwing out heals and some forcefields blocking attack will be incredily hard to kill. They will also do good damage and should do good damage but not be the absolute best at damage since they are devoting significant time to support. However they could always switch on the fly to damage instead of support.
Alone support not so amazing. Overlapping support and cooridnating your efforts will probably be pretty strong. Some of this is accomplished via cooldowns, some by effects and some by a combination of the two. You may need a forcefield to save + that regen heal to save someone on the brink of death so that you give the heal enough time to work. Similarly you may want multiple guardian with shields due to CDs to defend against multiple spikes or feints.
So would it be safe to say that gw2 pvp is more focused on individual skill rather than team strategy? Not saying that team strategy isn't important but from looking at the skills it seems like its more about how you can play your character than how a group of characters can play together?


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Edgar Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809 to traveling actors. He was orphaned before age 3, when his father apparently deserted the family and his mother died from tuberculosis. Shortly thereafter, he was taken in by John Allan, a stern, aggressive tobacco merchant from Richmond. Poe was never legally adopted. It has been suggested that Allan was unwilling to truly accept Edgar as a son because of the lower social class of his thespian parents. It appears he agreed to take in the very young boy at the request of his childless wife, Frances. Poe was quite cognizant of this slight throughout his lifetime.


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Colorado House approves bill raising oil and gas water testing rules
Colorado's oil and gas companies working in the booming Wattenberg field north of Denver would be required to step up their tests of groundwater before and after new wells are drilled under a measure the state Legislature is considering.
HB 1316, sponsored by Democratic Reps. Dickie Lee Hullinghorst of Gunbarrel and Joe Salazar of Thornton, would require the state to undertake the same stringency of groundwater testing in the oil-rich Wattenberg basin as it does across most of the state.
Colorado also has different groundwater testing rules for the San Juan Basin, where coal-bed methane is produced in the southwestern part of the state.
HB 1316 passed the House on its third and final reading in that chamber Wednesday morning and now goes to the Senate for consideration.
It's one of many bills aimed at tightening regulations on the multibillion-dollar industry that the Legislature is debating during the waning days of the 2013 session.
Visit the Denver Business Journal to read more about the bill packages.


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Sonohyan-utaki Ishimon
This is Sonohyan-utaki Ishimon, the stonegate of the Sonohyan Shrine and you will pass by it when walking from the last Monorail-station to the Shuri-castle. There is nothing else left over from this building that the wooden gate and just a few meters of the walls.
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Makishi-market is a large local, covered market with a lot of great things to be of interest for the tourists as well. The most interesting parts of this market are without doubt the department for the fish-market and also the one, selling specialities from pigs, dont miss the photos of it, that I posted under "Local customs"
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old houses in Naha
Most of the buildings in Naha were destroyed in WW II, and unfortunately only a few of them were rebuilt again in the traditional ryukyu-style and you will find them here or there between the ugly modern buildings and skyscrapers.
In my extra-photos you will find some more examples of such traditional houses and it is a pity that the local people are mostly more fond of their modern, ugly buildings than of their traditional houses.
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Tennyo Bashi
Tennyo Bashi is the name of the bridge that is leading to this small island with an "odo" on it, that is a building to worship Budda and it dates back to 1502. In 1609 it was destroyed and reconstructed again in 1629.
Unfortunately you cannot enter this bridge as a tourist, but it is great to see it and also to watch the birds that live there and are waiting to be fed.
This place is opposite of the main-entrance of the strong walls around of Shuri-castle.
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No time for beach resort, small walk on City Beach
Okinawa and surrounding islands are famous for beautiful beaches and marine sports.
If pressed for time, at least visit a small city beach located near Okinawa Seaside Hotel, or Pacific Hotel (about 15-20 min. walk from Kencho Mae Monorail Station).
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Originally written on Pro Sports Daily | Last updated 9/7/12
Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington has been adamant that he won't be sitting Michael Young in favor of any young players while the veteran tries to find his swing. "Before the season is over, he's going to do something grand," was Washington's line. For Young, though, "grand" means consistency. It's only a week, but the Rangers are starting to see just that. Playing shortstop Thursday, Young got the Rangers' offense moving and eventually delivered the go-ahead hit in the 10th inning of Texas' 5-4 win over the Kansas City Royals. It was typical Young: a line-drive single up the middle on a high slider. It was the fifth straight game with an RBI for Young. Only three times in his career has he had longer streaks. Two of them came last year in what was the best run-producing season of his career. "I'm seeing the same guy who has grinded things out all year," Washington said. "Things are just working for him right now. I believe in him. I'm going to play him. I'm on that s...
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Charlotte, NC (Vocus) November 19, 2009
Morehead, the human capital research firm, will host a webinar titled "How Physician Attitudes Impact Hospital Goals." The free hour-long webinar will be broadcast on Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. EST.
Hospital-physician research commonly focuses on physician satisfaction and its relationship to hospital performance. Morehead's study moves beyond satisfaction to explore specific day-to-day workplace factors physicians encounter and how these impact operational efficiencies.
In this webinar, David Rowlee, Ph.D., Morehead's VP, Physician Research Services and Brad Morton, Morehead's Senior Vice President, Product Management present the survey findings, focusing on such factors as throughput, volume and patient satisfaction. They will explain how physicians' attitudes about these workplace factors stimulate or impede operational success.
In this webcast, participants will learn:
To register for the free hour-long webinar, visit http://moreheadassociates.com/events/registration/event111.html
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RAID 5 MTBF issue: will this take 4TB HDDs?
Several articles explain an issue with the MTBF (mean time between failures) being far too high (around 1 in 200, I believe), when drives in RAID-5 enclosures/multi-enclosure set-ups, where the drive pool is greater than 20TB's.
(Additionally, these articles mention the main business storage vendors also have clauses strongly dissuading admins set-up storage as RAID-5 accordingly for 20+TB storage pools.)
a) Given all this, is this enclosure going to be safe to use with 4TB drives (ie. 24TB, in a RAID-5 set-up)?
b) Or should it be a minimum RAID-6 when looking at using 4TB drives in this enclosure?
c) Or perhaps can RAID-5 safely be used, provided one has a completely separate enclosure for backup's (eg. using Time Machine, or something else to do them)?
Confusing to say the least. :-|
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PROMISE Pegasus R6 18TB (6 by 3TB) RAID System
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Actually, 4T drives will only be agreed from Promise in a few weeks from now. I have 2 units with 6x 4TB drives = total of 24TB in RAID5 means 20TB available.
BUT these 2 units had several breakout and hangs......
You should wait to buy agreed 4TB drives !!!
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Picking a business partner is not much different than choosing a spouse or life partner, and the business break-up can be as heart-wrenching and costly as divorce.
There are more than 10 million former military members working in the United States.
An international architecture firm known for its design of the National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion in New York unveiled its plan this week for a modern indoor/outdoor food market at the foot of the Morrison Bridge in downtown Portland.
One year after he was appointed chair of the Portland Development Commission, Tom Kelly talks about PDC's longevity, Neil Kelly's comeback and his new role as Portlandia's landlord.
Oregon's new marijuana law is expected to lead to a bevy of new business opportunities for the state. And not just for growers. Law firms, HR consultants, energy efficiency companies and many others are expected to benefit from the decriminalization of pot, according to panelists at an Oregon Business breakfast meeting on Tuesday.
The Clean Fuels/gas tax trade off will go down in history as another disjointed, on-again off-again approach to city and state lawmaking.
Fireworks are a booming industry, even if the pyrotechnics have turned July 4th into a day fire marshals, and many residents, love to hate.
While most categories of commercial real estate have performed well, one of the most robust has been apartment buildings.
In 2014, total revenue for camping and day use in Oregon State Parks was a little more than $17 million. That figure may even higher this year "because we've had exceptionally nice weather," Hughes says.
Jeff Lang and his wife Rae used to dole out campaign checks like candy. "We were like alcoholics," Lang says. "We couldn't just give a little."
The technology at the center of Oregon's road usage fee reform.
Employees at Portland area cities were informed they can use marijuana but can't come to work high.
The project will help open more than 70 miles of spawning grounds in the upper Evans Creek drainage for salmon and steelhead.
Karl Ockert will become director of brewing operations Aug. 3 at Deschutes Brewery.
The goal is to reduce the hazelnut industry's use of pesticides.
A conflagration that started about 11 miles south of Dayville has burned 27,000 acres.
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PDC makes $30,000 available for diversity initiatives; code schools offer scholarships.
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New 52 Blocks vids on YouTube
The very existence of the 52 Blocks were controversial for a long time, but over the past 18 months or so many of the top practitioners have gone public via YouTube, the http://www.fwape.com/ website, books and seminars.
Briefly, they are trying to reform the culture of the 52s into a system of positive role modeling, especially for African-American youth, as an alternative to the drug/gang culture.
Some new 52 vids., including fitness and strength training:
YouTube - CONSTELLATION presents: 52 Blocks Fitness with the Bartendaz
Light sparring:
YouTube - 52Blocks.TV BLOCKING WITH THE BEST
Harder sparring:
YouTube - 52 Blocks Throw Down#1
They're also looking to recruit boxers and MMA fighters:
YouTube - GET SPONSORED BY 52 FITNESS
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Are you sure the challenge was to these guys (i.e. FWAPE/Bartendaz/Constellation)? They don't seem the types to back to down from challenges and they definitely train in gyms as well as in the street. N.B. there is at least one other guy in NYC (Lyte Burley) who claims to teach the 52s, has bad blood with the FWAPE people and who is more known to shoot his mouth online.
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Style: Ronin wannabe--
Do you belieeeeeeve? In miracleeeeeesssss?
I sent a question to Faris once about what defined 52 blocks as a style. After consulting with the experts of the style, he sent me back some babbling garbage about how it's like "boxing in a box." And that instead of "hoping" a strike will hit you, everything they're doing is forcing you into their strikes or something. I wish I still had the message, it was such crap that I deleted it immediately.
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Style: kick boxing, nogi jits--
LMAO!!!HAHAHA....THIS IS A F***ING JOKE...kinda like thugjitsu. I saw one of there youtube videos a while back where the guy was saying that this is better muay thai and called mt one dementional. If you get videos of these guys fighting a mma guy or any trained fighter for that matter post it. I really for see kimblow being a pioneer of this. Why does the "urban" community try to ruin and cheapen everything by "takin it to the streets"?