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2016 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup Tignes
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Tarvisio, Italy
Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
Pitztal, Austria
Pitztal, Austria
Pitztal, Austria
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Aspen, Colorado
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Whistler, BC - March 11 - 14
High 1 Resort, South Korea - February 20 - March 1
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Aspen, Colorado - January 25
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Sunday River, Maine - March 20-22
Soldier Mountain, Idaho - March 4-8
Aspen, Colorado - January 27
Copper Mountain, Colorado - December 12-13
Waterville Valley, New Hampshire - March 24-25
Park City, Utah - January 5-7
Winter Park, Colorado - December 17-19
Breckenridge, Colorado - December 7-8
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Tyler Walker is a member of the U.S. Adaptive Ski Team and the 2014 U.S. Paralympic Alpine Skiing Team. He won three 2013-14 World Cup globes: Overall, as well as for Speed and Slalom events. He is a national and international sit-ski champion in several alpine disciplines as well as a 2006 and 2010 Paralympian and a three-time X-Games gold medalist.
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This Father's Day, show Dad (and every father figure you know) how much you care with this DIY tie manicure. Just follow the simple steps below.
What You'll Need:
- White and blue nail polish (I used Sally Hansen's "White On" and O.P.I's "What's with the Cattitude")
- Sally Hansen's Nail Art Pens (in any bright colors)
- Toothpicks
- Metallic nail polish (in gold or silver)
- Clear top coat
The How-To:
- Paint your nails with two coats of polish, alternating between white and blue on each nail. Let nails dry completely.
- Using a Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen, draw a small upside-down triangle at the top of the nail.
- Using the same pen, draw a diamond shape starting at the bottom point of the triangle to create the "tie."
- Do this for each nail, using different Sally Hansen Nail Art Pens for each.
- Dip a toothpick into the colored polish and draw either dots or stripes onto the "tie."
- Finish with a clear top coat.
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The land of Magyar horsemen is proud of Budapest, its ''pearl of the Danube'' that boasts architectural riches rivalling those of any other European capital. Nothing could have turned this legendary river from its course, through this dazzling spectacle of Art Nouveau and Baroque Art until its waters spill into the Black Sea ''in an unbridled flow'' as Victor Hugo wrote.
Tokaji, one of the most refined wines in the world, is produced north of its Great Plains. If the season is good it turns into aszú, a smooth, exceptionally sweet nectar that Louis XIV called ''the king of wines and the wine of kings''.
The popular culture which has developed in Hungary is as piquant as its seven varieties of paprika that spice up its world-famous goulash. The homeland of Franz Liszt, composer of the equally famous Rhapsodies, has an exceptional legacy of songs. Early this century composer Béla Bartok marvelled that ''every one of our folk melodies is a model of artistic perfection''. You can start your pronunciation exercises by trying to say the name of his birthplace, Nagyszentmiklós!
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The entire Breakfast Point Academy student body, that's almost 1,100 kids, dressed up like a vocabulary words or storybook characters Wednesday morning.
The students paraded in the costumes led by Arnold High School's Drum Line.
Dressing up like vocabulary words and favorite book characters has become a recent trend among schools across the country combining education with Halloween fun!
"Our k thru 2nd grade kids and middle school kids are dressing up as storybook today and our 3rd thru 5th grade are dressing up as vocabulary words. The kids just did a fabulous job, we appreciate the Arnold drum line coming out and supporting us today and the kids are having a great time they all look fabulous," said Amanda Walker.
Parker Elementary was another local school holding vocabulary costume festivities.
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The Champions Tour Pro-Am golf tournament, that has been a fixture in Tampa for 25 years, is not on the schedule for 2013.
The Champions Tour schedule was released today, and the Pro-Am date of April 15-21 was replaced by a tournament in Duluth, GA.
Outback Steakhouse was the title sponsor from 2004-11, in the Pro-Am format. But Outback withdrew as a title sponsor, with Encompass Insurance taking over for one year, in 2012. The tour could not find a title sponsor to take over for 2013.
The tournament began in 1988 at Tampa Palms, as the GTE Classic. It moved to the TPC of Tampa Bay in 1993, where it was played every year.
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ROCHELLE (WIFR) -- A local high school principal is being honored for being the best in the Stateline.
Travis McGuire is the principal of Rochelle Township High School. On Monday he was named the 2012 Principal of the Year by the Illinois Principal Association's NW Region. McGuire was honored at Monday night's school board meeting.
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Calcific tendinitis (also called calcific tendinopathy) happens when calcium builds up in the tendons. It is most common in the shoulders. But it may occur in the elbows, wrists, hands, hips, knees, or feet. People most affected by calcific tendinitis are between 30 and 50 years old. Women are more likely to have it than men. It isn't normally a sports-related problem.
Calcific tendinitis starts with a buildup of calcium that causes a chemical reaction with other tissues in the tendon to cause pain. In the shoulder, the calcium is most often built up inside the rotator cuff.
Symptoms may include pain and stiffness that often comes back but usually lasts 1 to 2 months. It is often worse at night and may make it hard to sleep.
Your doctor will ask questions about your past health and your symptoms and will do a physical exam. He or she may do an X-ray to look for calcium deposits. An ultrasound or MRI of the area may also be done.
Treatment includes rest, ice, medicines to reduce pain and swelling, and gentle range-of-motion exercises. In most cases, the pain of a flare-up will go away after 1 to 2 months.
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Lecture: "Believing in 'All Students Will Learn,'" 2014 NYS Teacher of the Year Ashli Dreher
The 4th Annual Esteves School of Education Spring Speaker Series welcomes Ashli Skura Dreher of the Lewiston-Porter Central School District, named the 44th New York State Teacher of the Year. Dreher teaches special education in an 8:1:1 high school classroom working with students with moderate intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities. Her teaching is embedded in the belief that all students will learn.
Date: Monday, March 24th, 2014
Time: 7:30 pm
Duration: 2 hours
Location: Bush Memorial Center - Troy Campus
Sponsored by: Esteves School of Education
Contact: 244-2326
A teacher for 18 years and 16 of that in Lewiston-Porter CSD, Dreher is committed to developing partnerships with families, service providers, and community business leaders in order to advocate for her students that are differently abled.
Also a doctoral student in the Teaching and Curriculum Department of the University of Rochester's Margaret Warner School of Education and Human Development, Ashli enjoys researching literacy, specifically the best instructional practices for teaching reading to her students with moderate intellectual disabilities.


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Wowbrary Weekly Updates of New Materials
I have a little secret to share with you! Every Saturday morning, I open an email from Wowbrary that lists all the new books, movies, and CDs that have been ordered for the Peninsula Library System-that includes all the public libraries in San Mateo County!
What Do I Do Next?
I put holds on all the new books, movies, and CDs I want. When the materials are received, I will be one of the first people to get the items! And, the libraries get the bestselling books and movies every bit as soon as the bookstores!
How Can You Get Wowbrary Too?
Go to Wowbrary. Put in your zipcode and press "Go". To get weekly e-mail notices, select "Peninsula Library System" and put your e-mail address in the boxes. For RSS feeds, click "RSS" next to "Peninsula Library System". Click a category you want such as "Cooking, Food & Wine", then click your preferred service such as Google. There will be instructions on how to sign-in for the service.
How Much Does it Cost to Get this Notification?
It's FREE! This is a free alert system. If you put a reserve (hold) on an item, there is a 75 cent charge made by the library. If you are under 18, the library will waive the fee!
What Does the Wowbrary Email Look Like?
The middle section of the Wowbrary email shows the top 20 items that have been ordered that week. Items include bestsellers, DVDs that will be released soon, CDs, and children's books. Each items includes a picture of the cover and a description. There is a box next to the title for more information or to put a hold on the book ("Borrow"). On the left column, you can click on your favorite categories such as DVDs, Computer & Internet, Health, Mind & Body, Mysteries & Thrillers, Children's Books, or Teen.
Now you know the best secret in town! Enjoy!
* Note: Wowbrary lists items ordered by the libraries, whether new (and just-published) or replacement items of less recently published items.
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News 12 First at Five / Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- Mayor Deke Copenhaver says Augusta's economy is growing.
"He's always so positive. We're living in such a great city and we need to know it," said Exchange Club Member Clyde Lester.
Copenhaver gave his State of the City address at the Augusta Exchange Club meeting on Thursday.
"This is a facility that's bringing American jobs back," Copenhaver said.
He's referring to Starbucks. The plant will bring more than 140 jobs to Augusta once construction is complete. Copenhaver also mentioned the expansion of Plant Vogtle and the consolidation of ASU and GHSU, among other things.
"They all feed off each other. The success we've had economically all feeds into the next," said Commissioner Donnie Smith.
"Detroit is going to have to declare bankruptcy. Our economy is growing and our population is growing, we're completing a new project," Copenhaver said.
"We need to play those up. He does a great job of that. I think we tend to focus on the minute and not look at the big picture," Lester said.
A year the city wants to keep building on the good while working on the bad.
"He's doing a good job of addressing those issues. I think everything is going to even out as the year goes on," Lester said.
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Hello Raidra, greetings and welcome to the Narutopedia! Thanks for your edit to the User talk:Omnibender/Elemental recomposition table 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!
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Blood Release Jutsu
Omnibender's Elemental Recomposition Table offers Blood Release as a kekkei tōta which is a combination of Water Release, Yin Release, and Yang Release. This release would allow the user to manipulate blood, such as forming a blood clone of the opponent (which is formed from the opponent's own blood and shares a biological link with them) and partially controlling summons. I thought the idea was interesting and had potential. Maybe it was a combination of donating blood on Saturday and going to church on Sunday (since the redeeming power of the blood of Jesus Christ is a central part of my faith), but after a recent weekend (February 18-19, 2012) I decided to come up with my own ideas for Blood Release techniques. This is simply to flex my creative muscles and provide something that other fans might find interesting. I hope it doesn't sound morbid or anything (I'm actually something of a pacifist). Since Narutopedia also helps share and inform others about religions and culture they might not be familiar with, I'm sure no one will mind if I share a little of my own.
- Blood Blade- This ninjutsu would allow the user to form blood into a blade such as a tanto (dagger), kama (sickle), or kamayari (straight spear with two sickle-like blades near the base of the main blade). This could allow for kenjutsu (sword techniques) and shurikenjutsu.
- Blood Release: Blood Needles- This ninjutsu would allow the user to form needles out of blood and fire them at the opponent. This could be considered a shurikenjutsu as it involves the firing of blood-formed senbon.
- Blood Release: Blood Wave- This ninjutsu would allow the user to create a wave of blood.
- Blood Release: Field of Blood Geysers- This ninjutsu would allow the user to cause blood to pool underneath the ground, then shoot forth in powerful streams.
- Blood Release: Forceful Streams- This ninjutsu would allow the user to fire two powerful streams of blood from their wrists.
- Blood Release: Wave of Crimson Blades- The ultimate Blood Release attack, this ninjutsu would be used in conjunction with the Blood Transformation jutsu or at least a Blood Release kekkai ninjutsu (barrier ninja technique). It would allow the user to create a wave of blood which fires a wave of blood blades in as many directions as the user desires. Since the user can absorb blood, the technique could be used repeatedly as long as there is sufficient blood and chakra.
- Crimson Disease Wave- In this Konbijutsu (collaboration technique) a Blood Release user creates a wave of blood which a Bacteria Release or Miasma Release user infects with germs or toxins. This creates a highly disease-ridden wave which devastates the opponent's health.
- Blood Release: Akazonae- This kekkai ninjutsu would allow the user to cover their body with a protective yet flexible layer of chakra-infused blood which serves as armor. As I found out from the Yoroi Akadō article, akazonae was the Sengoku period practice of wearing bright-red armor to instill fear in an enemy.
- Blood Release: Blood Brain Barrier- This kekkai ninjutsu would help protect the user from the effects of poisons and genjutsu. The name is a reference to the blood brain barrier, the protective lining of the brain's blood vessels which acts to protect the brain from the toxic reaction of substances (such as drugs) in the blood. Many experts say that the faster a drug can penetrate the blood brain barrier, the more addictive it is (For instance, heroin is more addictive than morphine).
- Blood Release: Holy Blood Shield- The ultimate Blood Release defense, this kekkai ninjutsu would allow the user to form a force field out of chakra-infused blood to protect against any kind of damage. It's inspired by the Jewish Passover as well as the ancient Jewish practice of animal sacrifice. It sounds horrible to kill animals and use their blood in purification rituals, but that was the point. It was intended to show how ugly sin was and how terrible its results could be.
- Blood Release: Divine Cleansing- The ultimate Blood Release healing technique, this medical ninjutsu would allow the user to exude their chakra-infused blood from the pores of their skin and use it to heal someone, purge poisons from their system, and alleviate their emotional trauma (meaning it could help someone recover from the effects of Tsukuyomi). It is more effective than Blood Release: Healing Needles and does not involve injecting blood. It's about like a tensei ninjutsu (reincarnation ninja technique). I imagine it as a kinjutsu (forbidden technique) which would leave the user near-death until they rest sufficiently. This was inspired by the Christian doctrine that the blood of Jesus Christ was the atonement for the sins of mankind, providing salvation. The doctrine holds that the blood of Christ purges one from sin and that one does good works not to obtain salvation, but to retain salvation, glorify G-d, and serve mankind. The blood coming from the sweat glands is a reference to Luke 22:44, which states that Jesus was in such agony about His upcoming death that He actually sweated blood.
- Blood Release: Healing Needles- This medical ninjutsu would allow the user to create two strands of chakra-infused blood, one from each wrist. These tube-like strands end in needles which are jabbed into someone, allowing the user to heal them by injecting blood and chakra.
- Blood Release: Transfusion- In this medical ninjutsu the user would combine the Blood Release: Draining Needles jutsu and the Blood Release: Healing Needles jutsu in order to perform blood and chakra transfusions from one person to another.
- Blood Clone- This bunshinjutsu (clone technique) would allow the user to create a clone made of blood.
- Blood Clone: Piece of Your Heart- This ninjutsu would allow the user to form a blood clone of the opponent using the opponent's own blood. The opponent and blood clone are biologically linked so that any damage done to the clone will be done to the opponent as well. The name is a reference to the Janis Joplin song "Piece of My Heart".
- Blood Release: Dominating Needles- This ninjutsu would allow the user to create two strands of chakra-infused blood, one from each wrist. These tube-like strands end in needles which are jabbed into the opponent. The user then infuses the opponent with their chakra-infused blood, allowing them to control the opponent in a manner similar to a juinjutsu (cursed seal technique) like the Puppet Curse, or like Bloodbending (in Avatar: The Last Airbender). The user has the most control when the needles are still in the opponent. After the needles have been removed, the target is still partially under the user's control until the blood has been purged or metabolized from their system.
- Blood Release: Draining Needles- This ninjutsu would allow the user to create two strands of chakra-infused blood, one from each wrist. These tube-like strands end in needles which are jabbed into someone, allowing the user to absorb their blood and chakra (essentially making this a chakra absorption technique). The user could use this for self-healing, though it might backfire if the opponent had contaminated blood.
- Blood Transformation- This ninjutsu would allow the user to transform their body into blood, similar to the Hydrification/Hydration Technique. The user can then absorb any blood on the battlefield, allowing them to grow larger and use the blood as an extension of their body.
- Demonic Illusion: Red Death Masque- This genjutsu would cause the opponent to see blood-red phantoms. A figure wearing grave bandages and a corpse-like mask, both dabbled with blood, steps forward. After approaching the opponent, the figure takes off its mask, turns into a red mist, and flies into the opponent's face, leaving its costume empty on the ground and the opponent feeling horrified and ill. A masque is a masquerade, usually defined as a party in which people wear masks. The name is a reference to "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe, who is considered by many to be one of the best horror writers of all time.
- Red-Out Blood Illusion- This genjutsu would obscure the opponent's vision by causing it to become red and cloudy. The name is a reference to the term "red-out", which is a condition a pilot may experience when flying certain maneuvers (such as outside loops and spins). Blood rushes to the head and floods the eyes, face, and brain, resulting in cloudy red vision.
- Summon Domination- This ninjutsu would allow the user to control the opponent's summons to some extent by controlling the required blood sacrifice.
- Wilderness of Edom Blood Illusion- This genjutsu would cause the opponent to see a bloody field. The name is a reference to II Kings 3, particularly verses 21-24. After the Lord delivered the armies of Judah, Israel, and Edom from thirst in the wilderness of Edom by causing pools of water to form, their opponents saw the pools of water as blood. This caused them to think the three armies had slain each other. They came to collect the spoils and paid a heavy price for their overconfidence.
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I'm... impressed to say the least! 184.108.40.206 (talk) 11:09, May 30, 2012 (UTC)
Well, thank you! :-D Raidra (talk) 14:03, May 30, 2012 (UTC)
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here is minato teleporting the tbb while he was on the statues of the hokages.
here tobi go to his location which is on the grounds of konoha (on the statue of hokage's and tried to suck him up with kamui) but he teleports as tobi said.
here he was able to teleport outside the village to avoid been kamui'd.
Now how did he teleport outside of the village even thought he wasn't seen throwing any kunai ?
Ans: because he had a kunai already placed there, it is shown on that page.
proof he teleported out side the village
here are two kunai's (bottom right) one he had with him when tobi tried to suck him in, and the one he set already.
that kunai he teleported to when tobi tried to suck him up was the same kunai he used as a locationg to put the tbb.
proof it was tbb that was teleported, after all some damage must be visible in the location if he truely did teleport the tbb to that same kunai?
does seems far fetched but it's all the proof i got for now.


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Aerial Exploration of the Antarctic
Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd. Source: NSF; Credit: Dominick Dirksen.
Exploration of the Antarctic - Part 10
In the late 1920s, exploration of the Antarctic was revolutionized by the advent of aircraft.
At the turn of the century, the Discovery and Gauss expeditions included balloons. Robert Falcon Scott became the first "aeronaut" when he spent an hour, 800 feet over the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf on February 4, 1902. As soon as he descended Earnest Shackleton went up and took the first aireal photographs. Six weeks later, Eric von Drygalski and Emile Philippi repeated the experience at higher altitude on a different part of the Antarctic coast. This was a year before the Wright Brothers had their first sucessful flight with an aircraft.
Douglas Mawson included an aircraft in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) but it was damaged during trials in Australia and went to the Antarctica simply to pull sledges along the ice (at which it was not very successful.)
In the early 1920s planes began to be used regularly in the Arctic and flying over the North Pole became a goal for numerous explorers. In 1926, American Richard Byrd announced that he and Floyd Bennett had achieved this goal on May 9. However, this was contested at the time and examination of Byrd's diary after his death, suggest that he in fact did not fly successfully over the pole. Three days later, on May 12, Amundsen joined by wealthy American explorer Lincoln Ellesworth and fourteen others passed over the pole in an Italian built hydrogen airship, the Norge. (Given the uncertainty around prior claims to have reached the North Pole, this may also have been the first achievement of that goal.)
In 1928 two aviators experienced in Arctic flights, American Richard Byrd and Australian, Hubert Wilkins, turned their attention south to Antarctica
It was Wilkins with American co-pilot Carl Ben Eielson, financed by American newspaper mogul William Randolf Hearst who made the first flight on November 16, for twenty minutes over the Antarctic Peninsula from a base on Deception Island in the South Shetlands.
On December 20, Wilkins and Eielson made a much more significant flight south, crossing the Bransfield Strait (named after Edward Bransfield for his 1820 voyage), over Hughes Bay (where American sealer John Davis had put the first men on Antarctic land in 1821), over the mountains of the Antarctic Peninsula and seeing for the first time the land beyond. They continued south crossing, and flying over the Larsen Ice Shelf along the coast, over islands, and deep into the interior of the peninsula. They turned around finally, and retraced their route north back to Deception Island. All the while photographing and sketching the territory below them. Wilkins summed up the journey as follows:
"We had left at 8:30 [sic] in the morning, had covered 1300 miles—nearly a thousand of it over unknown territory—and had returned in time to cover the plane with a storm hood, go to the Hektoria, bathe and dress and sit down at eight o'clock to dinner as usual in the comfort of the ship's wardroom."
A revolution in Antarctic exploration had ocurred.
Illustrative of the uncertainty surrounding Antarctica at the time, was an observation of several ice-filled channels extending from the coast into gaps in the main mountain range of the Antarctic Peninsua. Wilkins interpreted these as straits that crossed the entire peninsula, dividing it into three large islands, making the peninsula really an ice encrusted archipelago. It was also debated at the time whether an massive ice-filled strait extended from the Weddell Sea to the Ross Sea dividing Antarctica into two large land masses.
A week after Wilkins and Eielson historic flight, American Richard Byrd arrived at the Bay of Whales on the Ross Ice Shelf to establish a base, known as Little America just four miles from the site used by Roald Amundsen for his sucessful 1911 South Pole expedition. Byrd's large expedition (42 overwintered), included scientists to complement the aerial exploration with surface exploration and scientific work.
After a test flight on January 15, Byrd, with pilot Bernt Balchen and radioman Harold June made the first significant flight on January 27, east to the Alexandra Mountains and then south to discover the Rockefeller Mountains (named after a funder of his expedition). Additional flights expanded the survey of the Rockefeller Mountain region. On February 18, Byrd sighted the vast plateau lying east beyond those mountains and named the region after his wife, Marie Byrd Land.
Following the 1929 winter, the expedition resumed with flights farther south to the Queen Maud Mountains, first observed by Amundsen enroute to the South Pole. At 3:29 p.m., on November 28, 1929, Byrd, Balchen, June, and Ashley McKinley as aerial photographer, began their flight to the South Pole and back. In order to gain enough altitude to reach the Antarctic Plateau, they were forced to to lighten the plane by jettisoning several hundred pounds of food. At 1:14 a.m. (November 29th), in the daylight of the Antarctic summer, they circled over the South Pole and dropped an American flag weighted with a stone from the grave of Floyd Bennett. On the return, the plane landed at the base of the Tansantarctic Mountains to refuel at a depot, established by an earlier flight, before returning to Little America just after10 a.m. In contrast to Amundsen's 99 day round trip to the pole over a very similar route, Byrd's trip had taken a mere 18 hours, 41 minutes. They had also photographed about 150,000 square miles of Antarctica.
At the end of 1929, Hubert Wilkins, returned for his second season. This time, working from a ship and taking off from the sea, Wilkins conducted a series of flights over Charcot Land on the south-eastern portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, identifying it as an island.
In the same season, yet two other expeditions were operating along the coast of Antarctica with aircraft. Douglas Mawson had returned at the head of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) working along the coast between 47°E and 160°E over two seasons (1929/30 and 1930/31). The expedition made 18 flights; each a short incursion over the ice to identify the coast and claim it for Britain on behalf of Australia. It was the first expedition to chart land between 60°E and 85°E, part of which was named Mac Roberson Land. During the second season, BANZARE operated from Cape Dennison west (Adélie Coast and Wilkes Land) and made territorial claims from 45°E - 160°E with the exception of theAdélie Coast (from 136°E to 142°E)
Running up against Mawson at his farthest west location was a Norwegian expedition under the leadership of Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen also making territorial claims. On December 22, 1929, an aircraft from Riiser-Larsen's expedition flew over Cape Ann (51°E), dominated by Mount Biscoe, (after the British whaling captain who first observed it in 1831). On January 14, 1930, the two met off of Cape Ann and came to an informal understanding that the Norwegians would continue to operate west of approximately 45oE, along the coast of what would become known as Queen Maud Land (20oE-45oE), while BANZARE would operate east of that line along Enderby Land and the Kemp Coast. While BANZARE conducted its flighs, Riiser-Larsen conducted similar flights while sailing west to as far as Cape Norvegia on the edge of the Weddell Sea. These two expeditions had ranged over nearly half of the Antarctic coastline.
In just two years, the aircraft had proven itself to be the most effective way of charting much of Antarctica's vast geography.
Byrd led four more Antarctic expeditions (1933–35, 1939–40, 1946–47 and 1955–56), all but one, based at the Bay of Whales and a growing "Little America" compound and contributing something different to the exploration of the the Antarctic:
The second Byrd expedition was a major scientific enterprise, less concerned about geographic firsts than with answering important questions. For example, it was considered a possibility that Antarctica was composed of two major land masses separated by a frozen strait extending from the Weddell Sea to the Ross Sea. Flights charted the east edge of the Ross Ice Shelf and extended the Transantarctic Mountain Range from Cape Adare at the northern tip of Victoria Land, south, then east around the Ross Ice Shelf (including the Queen Maud Mountains traversed by Amundsen, through to the Horlick Mountains, and extending further east. The expedition also had a dramatic incident when Richard Byrd decided to spend the Antarctic winter of 1934 alone at a meteorological station, 125 miles south of "Little America" base on the Ross Ice Shelf. After his messages became incoherent a rescue team discovered that he was suffering from Carbon Dioxide poisoning.
The third Byrd expedition, named the United States Antarctic Service Expedition involved a significant military presence for the first time, in contrast to his earlier efforts that were funded almost entirely by private philanthropy. A second base was established on the Antarctic Peninsula. Scientific activities again expanded to include auroral studies and cosmic rays, biology, glaciology, geology, geomagnetism, meteorology, physiology, radio communications and seismology. It marked the beginning of a new era of major Antarctic efforts only achievable with governmental backing. Also, the expedition laid the framework for a United States territorial claim in Antarctica between 80°W (part of the Antarctic Peninsula and 150°W (King Edward VII Land east of the Ross Ice Shelf—or that part of Antarctica south of the Pacific Ocean). The spreading conflict of the Second World War brought the expedition to an early end in March 1940.
Byrd was the nominal head of an expedition, named Operation Highjump (1946-7), that was an almost entirely military affair, a vast training exercise for the U.S. Navy preparing for conflict with the Soviet Union across the Arctic. The expedition included 4,700 personnel (all but 24 military) on thirteen ships in three groups which conducted extensive flights and photography along the Antarctic coast and interior for three months. Among their discoveries were the ice-free Bunger Hills near the Shackleton Ice Shelf. Byrd also made a second flight over the South Pole.
The fifth Byrd expedition (he died shortly aftward its conclusion), named Operation Deep Freeze included the establishment of a permanent research station at the South Pole named the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. A key part of the establishment of the station was an aircraft landing at the pole by George Dufek and six others on October 31, 1956. This was the first human presence at the pole since the expeditions of Amundsen and Scott near fourty-five years earlier. Going forward, aircraft would bring nearly all the material and people to the South Pole Station and enable a permanent human presence there.
During the twenty years of Byrd's Antarctic work, numerous other significant explorations, nearly all using aircraft, occurred, including:
A series of expeditions backed by Norwegian Lars Christensen, the head of a whaling enterprise, which included the expedition led by Riiser-Larsen]] (1928-9), and successive expeditions during the Antarctic summers. Lars Christensen was also ia pioneer in the use of aircraft by whaling ships to locate whales and guide the ships.
The 1935 flight by Lincoln Ellesworth and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon from Dundee Island of the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsual across the vast expanse of previously unseen land to the Bay of Whales on the Ross Ice Shelf, along the way discovering the Eternity Range, Sentinal Range (later divided into the Sentinal Range and Highland Range and collective named the Ellsworth Mountains), and Ellesworth Land.
The British Graham Land Expedition (1934-7) led by Australian John Rymill which combined aerial reconnaissance with extensive on the ground confirmation.
Revolutionary as aircraft were to aireal mapping of the continent, scientific exploration of the Antarctic required the patient work scientists on the ground with their research tools, and that aircraft made possible too. Research stations, begun in primative form began with ships frozen in ice, became serious in the years following the second world war, but would make the greatest strides in the 1957-8 period of the Intenational Geophysical Year, which brought a wave of permanent research stations to Antarctica.
Further Reading:
- Hubert Wilkins, South-Pole.com, accessed February 8, 2009
- Richard E. Byrd, South-Pole.com, accessed February 15, 2009
- Moments of Terror: The Story of Antarctic Aviation by David Burke, New South Wales University Press, 1993
- Antarctica Collection on the Encyclopedia of Earth.
- Chronology of Antarctic Exploration.


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Research on the current and future impacts of human-induced climate change on reef-building corals is causing scientists and managers to become increasingly concerned about the future of coral reefs. A healthy reef ecosystem literally buzzes with sounds, activity and colors and is populated by incredibly dense aggregations of fish and invertebrates. In this respect, tropical reefs are more reminiscent of the African Serengeti than of the tropical rainforest they are often compared to, where the resident birds and mammals can be secretive and difficult to see. A coral reef can contain tens of thousands of species and some of the world's most dense and diverse communities of vertebrate animals. Unfortunately, very few remaining coral reefs resemble this pristine condition; on most, corals and fishes are much less abundant than they were only a few decades ago.
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Healthy coral reefs are dominated by various forms of reef-building corals, which fill the role of trees in a forest, by generating the physical framework of the reef, benefiting thousands of associated plants and animals. Ecologists refer to corals, trees, and other organisms (e.g., kelp, oysters, etc.) that literally create habitats as "foundation species" and recognize that their loss can be catastrophic for the community and ecosystem that is built around them. The structure built up by corals over thousands of years provides complex refuges in which animals can hide from predators. When corals die, the abundance of reef fish quickly decreases, mainly due to the lack of places for larval (baby) fish to settle as they leave the open water and settle on the reef where they will spend their adult lives. For example, in Papua New Guinea reef fish communities were greatly impacted by coral loss due to ocean warming and sedimentation run-off from the conversion of forest to oil palm plantations.
Patterns of Coral Loss
We know very little about the historical biological baseline of coral reefs because we didn't really begin to study them until they were already being degraded. Based on surveys in the 1960s and early 1970s and recent studies of relatively "pristine" reefs, it appears that historically, coral cover (the percentage of the ocean floor covered by living coral) on undisturbed reefs was 70% or higher. However, even before people began degrading reefs, natural disturbances such as storms and predator outbreaks reduced coral cover locally. Thus the historical average (i.e., across all reefs in a region, including disturbed and undisturbed reefs) was surely lower and probably closer to 50 or 60%.
There are many examples of coral loss on individual reefs and we can get a rough idea of how coral cover has changed at regional and global scales over time by combining data from many sources. Several such "meta-analyses" have been performed recently by pooling survey data from the scientific literature with unpublished data from governmental and non-governmental monitoring programs. Examples of such organizations include the Australian Institute of Marine Science's Long Term Monitoring Program and Reef Check, which trains volunteer divers to survey hundreds of reefs a year around the world. The resulting picture is of widespread coral loss, even on some of the world's very isolated and intensively managed reefs. For example, coral cover in the Florida Keys declined to only ~ 8% by 2006. Similar losses since the late 1970s have been documented throughout the Caribbean, although some subregions such as the Lesser Antilles still have fairly high coral cover. The Pacific generally has higher coral cover than the Caribbean, although the picture is not that much brighter. An unpublished analysis of the most recent survey data indicates that Pacific coral cover is roughly 30%, probably around half of what it was several decades ago and coral loss on some Pacific reefs is on par with Caribbean loss.
Climate Change and Coral Loss
There are many causes of local and global coral loss but human-induced climate change is one of the main and undeniable threats. Climate change is having negative effects on coral populations via at least three mechanisms.
Coral Bleaching
First, ocean warming is directly reducing coral cover through coral bleaching. Reef-building corals contain plant-like organisms called zooxanthellae that live symbiotically within their tissue. Zooxanthellae provide their coral host with food and oxygen and in return, the zooxanthellae receive nutrients, carbon dioxide, and an enemy-free shelter. This symbiotic relationship evolved tens of millions of years ago and has been critical to the success and evolutionary radiation of corals and to the development of reef ecosystems. When summertime water temperatures are just a degree or two warmer than usual for a few weeks, this critical yet delicate symbiotic relationship breaks down and the zooxanthellae are expelled, often leading to the coral's death. (The greater the magnitude or duration of the warming, the greater the mortality and effect on coral populations.) The phenomenon is called "coral bleaching" because the coral animal appears to turn white after the zooxanthellae loss. This is because without their zooxanthellae symbionts, which contain various photosynthetic pigments, corals are nearly transparent and the white, external calcium carbonate skeleton that the coral polyps live on becomes plainly visible.
Carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases trap heat, leading to global warming. The increase in ocean temperature is variable and quite subtle: on the order of 1° C over the last several decades. But even such modest changes have caused mass-coral mortality events around the world during some of the especially warm summers we have all experienced over the last ten years. In 1998 when an intense El Niño greatly warmed much of the western Pacific and Indian Oceans, coral bleaching was widespread, causing mass coral mortality in many countries. For example, in Palau, more than 90% of the corals on some reefs bleached and at least 50% perished. Even some isolated reefs were impacted. In the Maldives, in the east Indian Ocean, bleaching caused coral cover to plummet to only about 5%.
Coral Disease
Ocean warming can also indirectly kill corals by magnifying the effects of infectious diseases, which are one of the primary causes of coral loss, particularly in the Caribbean. The number, prevalence, and impacts of diseases of corals and many other types of marine animals have been increasing over the last 20-30 years. The severity of marine diseases could increase with temperature for several reasons. Because elevated water temperature causes corals physiological stress, it can also compromise their immune system, potentially making them more susceptible to infections. Additionally, increased temperature could also benefit bacterial and fungal pathogens, making them more fit and/or virulent.
A recent study found that anomalously high ocean temperatures greatly increased the severity of the coral disease white syndrome on the Great Barrier Reef. Disease outbreaks only occurred on reefs with high coral cover after especially warm years. The disease was largely absent on cooler reefs. The temperature increases required to trigger a white syndrome outbreaks were relatively modest as most disease outbreaks occurred on reefs where the temperature was only 1-2 °C warmer than usual. Other evidence also points to temperature as an important driver of coral epizootics. For example, some coral diseases such as black band disease become more prevalent or spread faster in the summer. However, not all coral epizootics are caused by anomalously high temperature. Some major outbreaks have occurred during relatively cool periods or years, such as white band disease, which decimated the then-dominant branching corals Acropora palmata and Acropora cervicornis in the Caribbean in the 1980s. Both species were recently listed as vulnerable under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
Ocean Acidification
The third and in many respects the greatest concern in the longer term, is that global change is causing the world's oceans to become more acidic. By burning immense amounts of fossil fuels, humans, particularly North Americans, are rapidly increasing the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere (by roughly 30% to date). A quarter of the CO2 produced by the burning of fossil fuels enters the ocean and reacts with water to form carbonic acid, acidifying the ocean. We have already lowered the pH of the ocean by about 0.1 unit which makes it more difficult and energetically costly for corals to secrete their calcium carbonate skeleton. Several experiments have demonstrated than even modest decreases in pH can slow coral growth, which will cause and compound a number of other problems. For example, it will reduce the ability of corals to compete with other species like sponges and seaweeds and to keep up with higher rates of sea level rise (due mainly to the thermal expansion of the ocean, but also to the melting of polar glaciers and ice caps). Coral populations might also recover more slowly from other climate change-related stressors like bleaching and infectious disease or from natural disturbances and mortality agents like storms or predation.
Future Climate Scenarios and Coral Reef Decline
It is clear that anthropogenic climate change is already negatively impacting the world's corals and coral reefs. The threat will almost surely grow over the next several decades as the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide increases and ocean warming and acidification accelerate. Predicting future impacts of climate change on corals and coral reefs is complicated given all the uncertainty about the political response, future technologies, changes in human behavior, the earth climate system and the actual effects on reef inhabitants. But even conservative forecasts suggest that we could loose coral reef ecosystems by the end of the 21st century. Corals are thought to require an aragonite saturation of greater than 3.25 to successfully calcify and grow. Even under the most conservative IPCC climate change scenarios, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration will increase to 600 ppm over the next 100 years, ocean pH will decrease by 0.1 to 0.3 units and the aragonite saturation in most of the world's tropical oceans will drop well below the 3.25 threshold. Field and laboratory experiments and climate models indicate that even more modest acidification will slow coral calcification and growth by nearly 50% by 2050. Under more extreme scenarios coral skeletons will literally dissolve.
The 4th IPCC assessment predicted an increase of 1-4 ?C in ocean temperature during the next century.Even the low end of this range could increase summertime high temperatures well beyond the thermal tolerance of most corals and increase the frequency, geographic extent and severity of coral bleaching and mass-mortality events. Forecast models of increasing ocean temperature and coral bleaching indicate that under most ocean warming scenarios, mass bleaching will happen nearly every summer by 2030.
Local Threats and Integrative Reef Management
In addition to the global and regional effects of climate change, there are several localized threats and impacts to coral reef ecosystems. Reef fishes and some invertebrates are intensely harvested, which has greatly reduced their abundances and altered food web dynamics on all but the most isolated or intensely managed reefs. Additionally, some destructive fishing practices such as dynamite fishing and muro ami directly kill corals and can destroy the reef matrix. Reefs are also threatened by many other local activities such as coastal agriculture and development that increase sediment runoff into watersheds and sedimentation rates on coastal reefs, in some cases smothering and killing corals. Some scientists believe that these and other local impacts could act synergistically with climate change, thereby magnifying the negative effects of both types of stressors. There has been little work on this idea, but it seems clear that reef managers, policy makers and conservationists will have to act on many fronts at several political levels to begin to protect reef ecosystems from this diverse list of threats. Halting and reversing coral loss will require actions across a range of scales including: (1) local restoration and conservation of herbivores that facilitate coral recruitment and the reduction of fishing practices that directly kill corals, (2) the implementation of regional land use practices that reduce sedimentation and nutrient pollution, (3) the institution of global policies to reduce anthropogenic ocean warming and acidification.
We can do a far better job of developing technologies and implementing smart policies that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, there is substantial political resistance to this and no matter what we do we are already committed to at least some increased warming and acidification. But until we address and reverse anthropogenic climate change, we can reduce at least some of the local stressors that are compounding its effects.
Benefits/Ecosystem Services of Coral Reefs
When they are working properly, coral reefs provide human societies with massive economic benefits through fisheries, tourism and invaluable services like buffering from storms, estimated to be worth $23,100 - $270,000 km -2 year-1. By allowing reefs to become degraded, we are forfeiting a gigantic natural service, an opportunity cost that will have to be paid by diverting revenue from other sources. Coral loss and reef degradation can have striking effects on local economies and family incomes. After mass-bleaching and coral mortality of 1998, dive tourism in Zanzibar decreased by 20% and the snorkeling and glass bottom boat industry in Sri Lanka declined substantially. The annual loss in tourism dollars in the town of El Nido, Philippines was estimated to be US$ 1.5 million. In other countries the impacts of bleaching on tourism and fisheries were far less severe and difficult to untangle from other trends including overfishing. However, if some of the dire forecasts about climate change and coral reefs are accurate, it seems likely that millions of people will lose their livelihoods.
Reef Recovery and Other Reasons for Optimism
Despite the documented and projected impacts of climate change on coral refs, there is reason to be optimistic. First, it is possible that corals will acclimate or evolve to become more tolerant of rising temperature and able to calcify in more acidic conditions. There is some evidence that this has happened to some degree. Although, given the unprecedented rate of climate change and the suite of changes and stresses corals would have to adapt to, many coral biologists are skeptical that adaptation and acclimation alone will facilitate long-term survival if climate-related threats are not reduced.
We are also learning that reefs are still somewhat resilient and under some conditions have the ability to recover from major impacts fairly quickly. Reefs devastated by bleaching in 1998 in many countries in the Indian, Pacific and Caribbean oceans are rapidly recovering. Even some reefs that were highly degraded by multiple disturbances have shown signs of recovery. In fact, despite the general regional and global downward trends, coral cover increased on nearly half of the world's reefs over the last decade. This suggests that we are not too from reaching a large-scale dynamic equilibrium. In fact, coral cover in some regions such as the Great Barrier Reef has been more or less static for the last 10-20 years and in others such as the eastern Caribbean it appears to be increasing slightly. Perhaps, by reducing some local stressors and curbing climate change, the current equilibrium state of reefs can be maintained or possibly moved to a higher point. Of course this assumes that the frequency, scale and magnitude of impacts don't increase, which given the best available climate forecasts seems unlikely.
Image Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (via Wikimedia Commons)
- ^Jones, G. P. et al. 2004. Coral decline threatens fish biodiversity in marine reserves. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 101:8251-8253.
- ^Hoegh-Guldberg, O. et al. 2007. Coral reefs under rapid climate change and ocean acidification. Science 318:1737-1742.
- ^Hoegh-Guldberg, O. et al. 2007. Coral reefs under rapid climate change and ocean acidification. Science 318:1737-1742.
- ^Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 1999. Climate change, coral bleaching and the future of the world's coral reefs. Marine and Freshwater Research 50:839-866.
- ^Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 1999. Climate change, coral bleaching and the future of the world's coral reefs. Marine and Freshwater Research 50:839-866.
Further Reading
- Bruno, J. F. et al. 2007. Thermal stress and coral cover as drivers of coral disease outbreaks. PLoS Biology 5:e124.
- Jones, G. P. et al. 2004. Coral decline threatens fish biodiversity in marine reserves. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 101:8251-8253.
- Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 1999. Climate change, coral bleaching and the future of the world's coral reefs. Marine and Freshwater Research 50:839-866.
- Hoegh-Guldberg, O. et al. 2007. Coral reefs under rapid climate change and ocean acidification. Science 318:1737-1742.
- Pew Center on Global Climate Change. Coral Reefs and Global Climate Change
CitationBruno, J. (2013). Coral reefs and climate change. Retrieved from http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/51cbed567896bb431f69187b
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Ocean warming is directly reduced coral cover by the coral bleaching. The climate is changing day by day, and the general atmosphere is also influenced by it. There are many forces that influence the global climate. When the sun is brighter than the country receives more energy and heat. After erupting volcanoes emit particles that reflect sunlight and cool the planet. If there is no emission of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, warming the earth. These effects are linked to external forces, such as changing the energy balance of the earth causing climate change. Many scientists and environmental experts to research the topic. http://www.globalwarming360.net/abnormal-weather-patterns.html


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- "Newly built casino. Funded with money from Hong Kong. Possible connection to Triad gangs in San Fierro. Food is terrible."
- ―GTA San Andreas Website
The Four Dragons Casino is a casino hotel in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas located on the southernmost side of The Strip in Las Venturas, San Andreas.
The Four Dragons Casino is one of the three accessible casinos in GTA San Andreas (along with Caligula's Palace and "Casino Floor"). Designed in a distinctively East Asian theme, the casino serves as the Triad's hub of operation in Las Venturas (although no group of Triads can be seen outside the casino) and thus serves as a contact point for Wu Zi Mu in the city and later, the organization point for the casino heist mission strand.
Being an accessible casino, the casino's interior is also decked in oriental styling, and offers the player access to various playable gambling facilities, including blackjack and roulette tables, video poker, slot machines, as well as various wheels of fortune; security personnel in suits are also numerous in the casino floor, being programmed to attack the player if they choose to behave violently in the casino. Other accessible features within the casino are non-interactive, including a central bar (where female bartenders dressed in cheongsam-like minidresses work), the dining area of its restaurant, and a golden statue of Buddha with reels from a slot machine resting on a pile of coins.
The casino additionally provides the player with a save point outside the entrance available after "Learning to Fly"; weapons also spawn in front of the entrance as a reward for collecting all horseshoes in and around the city.
The Four Dragons Casino is suggestively based on the Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Inaccessible interiors
There are two interiors in The Four Dragons Casino that are normally inaccessible to the player. These interiors are seen only during cutscenes. The first is a management room only seen during the cutscenes for the missions "Fender Ketchup", "Explosive Situation", "You've Had Your Chips", "Fish in a Barrel" and "A Home In The Hills", comprising a large room with a desk, fish tank, and CCTV screens. The other is a custodian closet in the basement of the casino, containing a broken slot machine, a generator, and an air vent; it is seen in several missions, specifically being used for planning in the heist missions.
The interiors can be accessed through the use of cheats (allowing access into the interior realm) or modifications.
- In Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, a Love Fist reunion concert to be held at the casino in the winter of 1998 may be heard on the radio.
- Also, if you shoot a silenced pistol in the casino faucilities, the guards will still come after you.
- A sniper rifle can be found on the casino's roof, although there is no access to the roof.


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Set 10
Includes images for the 62 Set 10 cards, plus the Dec. 28 version of the database.
.EXE Plus images and Database (Get this if you don't have a previous version)
Most recent .EXE (v0.1.2, Nov. 9, 2011)
Most recent Database version (Dec. 28, 2011)
Known bugs and issues:
-Minor punctuation issues with some card names
Version History
0.1 Oct 30, 2011 - Beta Launch!
0.1.1 Nov 6, 2011 - Bug Fix, no longer crashes when placing cards on top of other cards in the file editor.
0.1.2 Nov 7, 2011 - Added (hopefully) more descriptive error messages to certain areas
0.2 Nov 9, 2011 - Added Reset button. Clicking this will reset your search options to default (But not conduct a new search)
Current functionality:
1)Advanced Card Search engine
-Ability to search/filter the card list by the following factors: Sphere, Expansion, Rarity, Level, Type, LP, HP, AT, DF, AGI, RNG, Subtype 1, Subtype 2, Rank Up, Artist, Male/Female*, Underdog, Skill Text, Skill Type
-Sorting the results of the search
2)File Building
-No limit on the amount of save files
-Can export files as an image for easy screenshotting
-Can export files as an ASCII based code for input into other users programs to view the card file.
3)Graphically and functionally similar to the in-game file builder
*The most recent sets do not appear to be labelled with this tag, so it's mostly guesswork on my part.
Future features:
1) Ability to input and store the users Card Library
-Will be able to group seasonals and other versions of like cards
-Will interact with Card Search engine
2) Additions to Card Search Engine
-Can show cards that the user has a specific amount of copies of
3) Ability to bookmark individual cards, for cards used very often.
How to set up:
This program is designed for Windows based operating systems, and requires .NET Framework version 4 or higher and the Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 (chances are you already have this, but if you get an error when the program launches you may be missing this). To set up, simply download the .rar file and unzip it. It should extract to its own directory, but if not, create one for it. Make sure the program is able to read and write to the folder it is placed in.
Make sure CardProject.accdb and the CardImage directory are in the same directory as AlteilFileEditor.exe. These are used to store the cards stats, and the cards images respectively. AlteilFileEditor.exe will fail to run if CardProject.accdb cannot be accessed.
Link to Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/de ... x?id=13255
How to use:
1) Search Button: Simply press the button, and the card database will be filtered and sorted to your needs.
2) Filter options: These options will impact the results of the Card Search when pressing the Search button. The Card Search will only find cards that match these criteria.
3) Advanced options: By pressing this button, a menu will drop down which contains many more advanced Card Search options.
4) The Card Search panel: The results of the Card Search will be displayed in this area. They will be arranged in 5 rows and 4 columns, with any cards that do not fit being carried over to another page. Navigate pages using the arrow buttons at the bottom.
5) Sorting Options: You can sort the results of the Card Search in a number of ways by selecting a Sort Option from this drop down menu. If multiple cards tie in the value they are sorted by, they will be also be sorted by ID or Name (Selectable from the Options Menu; The default is by ID)
6) The Card File: You can create your own files from this panel. The process is extremely similar to the File Editor used in-game, and thus can be done one of two ways:
-You can click on a card on the Card Search Panel to highlight it. While a card is selected from the Card Search Panel, any space in the Card File will have that card inserted into it.
-You can click on any space in the Card File to select that space. While a space in the Card File is selected, any card in the Card Search Panel that is clicked on will have that card inserted into the Card File in the selected space. The following space will then become highlighted instead.
-To Remove cards from the Card File, simply right click on it.
7)The File Name: This displays the file name. Enter a file name here before you Save a card file. It will also change to display the selected name when a file is chosen from the File List (8). Both text boxes will mimic each other at all times.
8)The File List: All saved files are displayed here. A number of buttons are present that perform a number of functions:
-NEW: This will clear the current Card File, and set the name to "New File".
-LOAD: This will load the file that is currently selected in the Card List.
-SAVE: This will save the current Card File, using the name that is currently in the File Name box.
-DELETE: This removes the currently selected file in the Card List.
-EXPORT IMAGE: This will take a snap shot of your Card File. The resulting image will be saved in AlteilFileEditor.exe's directory, with the name of the card file. The image can be saved as a .bmp, .jpg, or .png, depending on which format is selected from the Options menu. (default is .bmp)
-EXPORT CODE: This will display a code in the box below. This code can be given to other people, to be imported into their program to view the Card File you have made.
-IMPORT CODE: This will read the code inserted into the box below and construct the Card File it represents.
9) Options Menu: This tab will display various options that can be adjusted according to your preferences. It also contains the Underdog Updater button, which when pressed will update the Underdog List stored by the program to the most recent version (Internet connection required)
Any feedback can be posted here, PMed to me on the forum, or by messaging me in-game (In-game name is also Otonashi)
Be sure to give me a heads up if a bug is found or other problem occurs, but comments and criticism is also welcomed.


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The Power of Independent Thinking
Higgs and Liebowitz on Causes of the Economic Crisis
Recorded: Sunday, February 8, 2009
Economists Roberts Higgs and Stan Liebowitz join the panel of the McCuistion Program on PBS to discuss causes of the current economic crisis.
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Living With a Nuclear Iran and North Korea?
Recorded: Thursday, June 21, 2007
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What if North Korea and Iran become nuclear states? If the United States must live with a nuclear Iran and North Korea, what policies should it adopt? Furthermore, could the U.S. change its foreign policy to reduce the risk of nuclear proliferation to even more countries?
Experts: Doug Bandow, Ivan Eland, Trita Parsi, Charles V. PeñaType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Defense and Foreign Policy