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Clemson 1, Boston College 0
CHESTNUT HILL, MASS. — Matthew Crownover and Matt Campbell combined to pitch a four-hit shutout in a 1-0 victory by Clemson (21-11, 9-6 Atlantic Coast Conference) over Boston College (5-25, 0-14) in front of 854 fans at a chilly and windy Commander Shea Field on Sunday afternoon.
The Tigers, who next play at Western Carolina on Tuesday at 6 p.m., swept the series 3-0 and won their fifth game in a row.
The Tigers had scoring opportunities in the third and fifth innings before finally plating a lone run in the sixth. That was all the offense Clemson would need as Crownover and Campbell combined to allow only five batters to reach first base, three runners to reach second, and none to reach third.
Crownover (4-0) pitched a career-long 6 1/3 innings to earn the win. He gave up four hits, no runs, and one walk with four strikeouts. Campbell retired all eight batters he faced with three strikeouts to record his sixth save of the season.
Tyler Slaton went 3 for 3 with a walk to lead Clemson, who totaled nine hits in the game. Tyler Krieger added two hits, while Jon McGibbon had the game's only RBI.
Boston College's Andrew Chin (1-7) suffered the loss, yielding six hits, one run, and two walks with five strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings pitched. Three Eagle pitchers combined to allow only one of Clemson's 14 baserunners to score.
In the first inning, Blake Butera reached on a one-out, infield single on a 1-2 pitch, then Tom Bourdon lined a single to left field. Two batters later, Matt Pare laced a 1-2 pitch to left-center, but centerfielder Slaton made a diving catch to save two runs.
Jay Baum reached as the leadoff batter of the third when first-baseman Travis Ferrick dropped the throw from short. Mike Triller, who was making his first career start, lined a single to left field, then Slaton reached on a bunt single to load the bases with no outs. But the next three Tigers were retired to keep Clemson off the scoreboard.
In the fifth, Baum led off with a walk on seven pitches and Triller laid a bunt back to the mound. Chin threw to second, but Baum beat the throw. Slaton advanced both runners with a sacrifice bunt, but Steve Wilkerson struck out and Garrett Boulware flied out to right to end the inning.
The Tigers finally broke through in the top of the sixth. Steven Duggar grounded a one-out single up the middle and Krieger blooped a single to left-center. McGibbon followed with a single through the right side to score Duggar and advance Krieger to third. After McGibbon moved to second on a wild pitch, Baum and Triller both struck out.
The Tigers squandered another scoring opportunity in the seventh inning. Slaton led off with a single to center when Bourdon misjudged the liner. Pinch-hitter Joe Costigan grounded a single through the right side on a hit-and-run to advance Slaton to third. After Boulware fouled out, Shane Kennedy grounded into a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning.
Clemson will travel to Cullowhee, NC to take on Western Carolina on Tuesday at 6:00 PM.


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It is four o'clock in the afternoon, already getting dark outside. The horses have been fed; my rider friends and I have spent a considerable amount of time this afternoon hollowing out sugar beets and filling them with layers of the horses' favorite treats: dry crumbled up rye-bread, sugar-cubes (it IS a special occasion) carrot pieces for color and apple pieces for sweetness. I am bathed, my brothers have showered, and we are now sitting damp-haired and finely clothed in the darkening sitting room. Our backs are to the tall windows so we may better utilize the quickly fading light. Reading being our feeble attempt to make time go in it's normal direction. Finally we hear the clank-clank-clank of my mothers nice heels rapidly crossing the floor in the hall before she opens the door to the sitting room and rushes through, while waving her newly polished nails in the air. She is headed for the kitchen where we hear her open and close the oven door, set a timer, tick-tick-tick and re-adjust a lid on a pot; she sticks her head through the door to the sitting room and instructs us to put our nice coats on, and go wait in the car. Never before have children behaved so rapidly obedient, we even help each other.
Waiting in the car is less comfortable than waiting in the living room, but at least it brings us one step closer and proves, that in spite of our suspicion of the opposite, time is actually moving forward. The car seat is cold through my nylon stockings and my new nice shoes are so new, that they slide on every surface, I will have to be careful not to slip on the shiny stone floor in church; it isn't easy to walk in them to begin with, as they were sensibly purchased a bit too big; so they would last at least through Easter as well.
|Ryde Kirke
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We go to church quite regularly as a family: once a year exactly!
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The best part about church on Christmas Eve is, that we know all the songs; we have learned the lyrics in school as far back as kindergarten. I count each song as we go, because I can see on the board on the wall how many songs we are supposed to go through; when we get to the crack in the board, we are half way through.
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At home, mother rushes to the kitchen, grandmother goes to powder her nose, while my dad starts lighting candles. He begins with the big advent wreath in the hall. It is a big entrance hall with tall ceilings and an old black and white checkered marble floor. The large room looks magical when only illuminated by the four big candles in the wreath that hangs from the ceiling by four long wide red silk ribbons. The walls are covered with deer trophies that my grandfather once shot and they all have little shadows in the candlelight. To the left of where the wreath hangs are tall french doors. You can't see through the glass these days because our parents have draped a large wool blanket behind the glass doors. During the daytime my brothers and I tried to peek through some of the holes in the blanket, but the holes were too small to really get a look. We know the Christmas tree is in there, we are just not allowed to see it, until after dinner this evening.
Mom and dad decorated it last night. The only thing we were allowed to do with grandmother's help, was fill the many candleholders for the branches with candles, and fill the cones with candy; grandmother said we had to whistle while we were doing it, because you can't whistle while you have candy in your mouth. But she did allow us to have some candies though. When we were done, our parents took candles and candy-filled cones to the tree. We had helped pick out the tree earlier in the day, yesterday, when we all went out to the big forest; I suspect my father already had his eyes on this tree, but he still made it look like we had a say in it too. After this point, we were strictly forbidden to peak into the Ballroom. Part of me was curious and wanted to, but a greater part of me didn't want to spoil the big revelation that were to come, when my father would later show us the tree, magnificently decorated and with all it's flickering wax-candles.
Our other grandparents arrive, they went to church at their own church, but will join us this year at our house for the festivities, along with my aunt who really is so young that she doesn't want us to call her aunt; she is ten years older than me, which is a lot, but not enough to be an "aunt", which is understandable.
Finally it is time to go into the dining room. We usually eat in the kitchen, but on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve we eat in the big dining room, even though we aren't enough people to fill the whole big table. The dinning room looks positively magical. The long shiny mahogany table is decorated with a whole forest of little golden Christmas trees, that my mother made from floral foam, fir tree twigs and lots of gold spray. It is a very simple and elegant decoration; little candles in star-shaped holders are strewn down the middle and make the trees sparkle and shine. From the crystal chandelier hangs very old silver and golden glass balls; the candles reflect in those as well. Reflections and shine is everywhere you look; from the crystal-sconces on the walls with their real candles, to the flickering real candles in the big crystal chandelier. The many tall windows of the room have darkness on the other side so all the candle lights are reflected back with a warm glow. But we are not here to admire the scenery, we are here to get through dinner so we can finally get to the tree!
We start with some seafood, perhaps shrimp, and lettuce on a halved avocado, smoked salmon on a slice of buttered crusty bread; we then proceed to the more traditional part, which in Denmark will be either duck, goose or roast pig with cracklings. There are potatoes (many people have caramelized potatoes), warm pickled red cabbage; if we are having duck, there will most likely be a Waldorf salad; in either event there will be a delicious sauce or gravy. We then move on to dessert which in accordance with tradition is "Ris a la Mande", which means rice pudding with chopped almonds, whipped cream and vanilla, served with a bright red cherry sauce with whole cherries that have imbibed a bit in port.
Before the dessert is served, one brother gets to chose one perfect whole almond while the other gets to drop that one into the dessert and watch while my mother stirs it into the mix. We have now all witnessed the fact that there is only one whole almond in the mix, and we know that the person who gets it will get a prize. Traditionally the prize is a marzipan pig, but none of us care too much for that, so there is a small wrapped gift on the sidetable as an alternative. The grown-ups like to play games, and secretly pass the almond to each other; make someone turn their head and deftly drop the whole almond onto their plate. We children never understood this ....why would you want to give up the prize if you were lucky enough to get it to begin with?...Sometimes grown-ups are just incomprehensible. When we were very little, my mother would have pre-plated our servings...."to keep them cool", she said, but really I know it was to make sure we each got a whole almond, so we each could get a prize; too bad we are not that little anymore! My brother gets the prize...again! He is just so very lucky! He doesn't even like rice pudding! He got it last year too!
My grandfather has been complaining about how stuffed and full he feels, that everything tasted wonderful, but that he really over-ate. It sounds like something he has said before, but now we get busy helping mom clear the table and get the coffee-tray ready with freshly baked cookies and assorted Christmas candies; while dad disappears into the ballroom to light the many many tiny candles on the big tree. We are now so close to, what we have been waiting for all month, and there is no longer need for a time machine to move us forward; we are exactly where we want to be.
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Suddenly there is tapping on the french doors that lead out to the terrace. It surprises me completely at first, but then I look around the room to see, where grandpa is....my grandma sees me and answers before I can ask:" Morfar had to go to the bathroom, his stomach wasn't so well". My dad breaks our circle of hand-holding to open the door and in comes "Julemanden" (Santa!).
|"Julemanden" with my brothers and my mother
A short while later, morfar comes into the room asks where we got those gifts from, and is then visibly upset, that he yet again missed Santa Claus! We open gifts one by one, also the ones from under the tree, while we enjoy the candies, the cookies and coffee for the grown-ups. We each get to chose the one candle we think will outlast all the others. There is no prize for this little game; it is just fun to be right. As the candles burn down, we light a few lamps but the room remains cozy with a nice fire in the fireplace. My brothers and I each have a designated corner of the room in which we keep our gifts. Tomorrow morning, when the grown-ups are still sleeping and the whole house is deeply silent, comes my absolutely most favorite part of Christmas, when my brothers and I come down in our pjs and new bathrobes, playing quietly with our new toys for hours. Later we will meet more family at another Christmas lunch. Christmas in Denmark lasts for many days, there is Little Christmas Eve, Christmas Eve, 1st Christmas Day, 2nd Christmas Day, 3rd Christmas Day and 4th Christmas Day. Many many lunches, dinners and hunts can be arranged during this time and then comes New Years Eve...so all in all a very festive time of the year.
This is a compilation of Christmas Eves remembered and seen with my eyes as a child. There may not have been a single one Christmas Eve that went this way, but in my memory there is. Growing up in a large historical house certainly played well into making Christmas beautiful, but really no more or no less than in any other home, as that feeling comes from the people in it.
They were all magical Christmas Eve's, some more than others; and some just went wrong, because life cannot possibly always live up to our great expectations. The important thing to remember is, that those that stay with us, are the fond memories and THOSE we can build on, and create images of for our loved ones. We all miss people when the holidays come around, and we all may miss aspects from those innocent childhood times or even miss the traditions as our lives change and take on new form all the time; but we can keep sharing the good moments, and we can keep creating new good moments. Start a tradition today. Glaedelig Jul, Merry Christmas!

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L.A., 'Frisco: Traffic Jams
Los Angeles has once again won the dubious distinction of having the worst rush-hour traffic in the U.S., according to a Surface Transportation Policy Project analysis released Monday. Furthermore, it is also the worst for commuting overall because there are few mass transit options, the survey says. But L.A.'s rival to the north, San Francisco, mustn't gloat. The City by the Bay ranked second when it comes to traffic snarls. "The places where commuters suffer the most are the ones with the fewest transportation choices," Roy Kienitz, executive director of the transportation policy organization, told Reuters.


text: Yes, of course. All service providers oversubscribe. Good service providers manage that process so that their customers never are impacted. My business abandoned the residential market years ago for this reason. It was just not economically feasible for us to provide enough bandwidth with the limited amount of scale we could achieve in that market. Residential customers use more bandwidth than businesses, they require more technical support, they have many "issues" with their networks, and they pay far less. Since we are a business only service provider my customers get great service, great bandwidth, and are never limited because of a hungry bit-torrent user or multiple gamers sucking down the available bandwidth. We also have the resources to multi-home, which used to be a "big deal" (now that is the norm). Also, it used to be possible to rate limit based on the usage or protocol of the network. The FCC largely prohibited that so now service providers are having a difficult time delivering a good experience to all the users. Lawsuits can happen from an unhappy user who feels they were short-changed on bandwidth. This may tie in to why EPB is so reluctant to sell a "gig" to a gaming company. -----Original Message----- From: chugalug-bounces at chugalug.org [mailto:chugalug-bounces at chugalug.org] On Behalf Of Rod-Lists Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 9:37 AM To: Chattanooga Unix Gnu Android Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Chugalug] EPB articles at timesfreepress.com But isn't this also true of commercial providers to some extent. Cell, cable, and other providers have all oversold and are trying monetize the bandwith. And they all are making decisions that piss off a lot of us. ----- Original Message ----- > > Service providers count on a certain amount of oversubscription. For > every bandwidth hungry gamer they count on a dozen grandmas checking > email. I don't think EPB has enough experience (after all, they ARE > just government employees, not entrepreneurs) at being business > people. They understand grants, and taxes, and electric rates. They > like publicity. They hate actual usage of the network because they > can't figure out how to make money under that model, and, frankly, I > don't think the majority of EPB people actually care about the > necessity of profits. They can always just go back to the FEDS and > get another grant, or, alternatively, raise the electric rates to > close the gap. _______________________________________________ Chugalug mailing list Chugalug at chugalug.org http://chugalug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/chugalug


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Maximum water levels are mapped for Hurricanes Camille and Katrina.
Increasing the accuracy of storm-surge flood forecasts is essential for improving preparedness for hurricanes and other severe storms and, in particular, for optimizing evacuation scenarios. An interactive database, developed by WorldWinds, Inc., contains atlases of storm-surge flood levels for the Louisiana/Mississippi gulf coast region. These atlases were developed to improve forecasting of flooding along the coastline and estuaries and in adjacent inland areas. Storm-surge heights depend on a complex interaction of several factors, including: storm size, central minimum pressure, forward speed of motion, bottom topography near the point of landfall, astronomical tides, and, most importantly, maximum wind speed.
The information in the atlases was generated in over 100 computational simulations, partly by use of a parallel-processing version of the ADvanced CIRCulation (ADCIRC) model. ADCIRC is a nonlinear computational model of hydrodynamics, developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the US Navy, as a family of two- and three-dimensional finite-element-based codes. It affords a capability for simulating tidal circulation and storm-surge propagation over very large computational domains, while simultaneously providing high-resolution output in areas of complex shoreline and bathymetry. The ADCIRC finite-element grid for this project covered the Gulf of Mexico and contiguous basins, extending into the deep Atlantic Ocean with progressively higher resolution approaching the study area. The advantage of using ADCIRC over other storm-surge models, such as SLOSH, is that input conditions can include all or part of wind stress, tides, wave stress, and river discharge, which serve to make the model output more accurate.
Also used in the simulations was a commercially developed rainfall inundation model that originated in research performed for a NASA dual-use project. The rainfall model accepts as input an elevation grid, coordinates to a source cell, and the desired inundation level. Software utilities that accompany the model translate United States Geological Survey digital elevation maps, as well as ASCII grids, into the correct format. The source cell is specified in the coordinates of the elevation grid, and the inundation level (a floating-point number) is specified in a unit of measurement compatible with that used for the input elevation. The rainfall simulations were performed for various hurricane landfall scenarios that included different intensities, storm sizes, forward speeds, and landfall locations.
Typically, each hurricane simulation, started 3 days of simulated time before Camille's landfall, took about 5 hours of computing time in parallel processing on all sixteen processors. The results of the ADCIRC and rainfall simulations were composited to determine the highest storm-surge value possible for each grid node; the resulting maps are known as maximum envelope of water (MEOW) maps.
Figure 1 shows the maximum storm surge for a Category 3 storm in the vicinity of the back bay of Biloxi, MS. The maximum storm surge is approximately 20 ft (≈6 m) inside the bay. Over most of the bay area, the storm surge varies between 15 and 25 ft (≈4.5 and 7.6 m). Published ground measurements at various discrete locations during Hurricane Camille show that a maximum storm surge of over 22 ft (≈6.7 m) occurred at Pass Christian, MS, west of Biloxi. Emergency planners and local government officials make public evacuation plans based on MEOW maps.
At the time of this reporting, technical support and parallel-computing resources have been provided to the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, one private firm, and NASA, to model hurricane storm-surge flooding in southeastern Louisiana and along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
This work was done by Elizabeth Valenti and Patrick Fitzpatrick of WorldWinds, Inc. for Stennis Space Center.
In accordance with Public Law 96-517, the contractor has elected to retain title to this invention. Inquiries concerning rights for the commercial use should be addressed to:
WorldWinds, Inc.
Stennis Space Center
Building 1103, Suite 213C
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
Phone No.: (228) 688-1468
Refer to SSC-00229, volume and number of this NASA Tech Briefs issue, and the page number.


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As much fun as I had with Rampage I felt that something was missing. The immersion offered by the PC game Movie Monster was absent. Granted, most arcade developers did not want to slow down the gameplay just for the sake of allowing a player to get settled in. Rampage was very transparent. It was an attempt to milk players of their quarters without a guarantee of a resolution for all their destruction. Making money was the purpose of all arcade games but the better ones had an outcome that offered more than a high score to audiences. In 1991 the SNK corporation released a title that I would consider one of the best giant monster games ever made but also one of the least known titles. The King of the Monsters was unique in that it was the first giant monster game to mix genres. It was both a rampage title, rewarding players by how much destruction they caused, but also a wrestling game.
King of the Monsters was set in the near future, 1996 to be precise. Players could select from one of six unique monsters. The creatures were thinly veiled knock-offs of famous movie monsters. Geon, Woo, Poison Ghost, Rocky, Beetle Mania and Astro Guy were inspired by Godzilla, Kong Kong, Hedora, Daimajin, Megalon and Ultraman respectively. Each monster even had their own distinct roar. The characters were much larger in scale than those featured on just about every other game. They were as tall as a skyscraper and could flatten most roads, bridges and buildings in the game simply by walking over them.
The game offered several modes; player-versus-player, 2-players versus the computer or single player versus the computer. The entirety of the game took place in Japan. Six of the major cities, including Tokyo and Hiroshima were featured as stages. This was set up to be the ultimate giant monster smack down.
Players had an assortment of attacks. A basic punch or kick and a throw. If a player pressed a direction while grappling with an opponent then they could perform a slam or power move against them. Power moves included piledrivers, bear hugs and backbreakers. An opponent that fell to a power move also dropped a Power orb. Collecting 10 Power orbs allowed players to upgrade their special attack up one level. Players maxed out a special attack after two levels, or 20 orbs. If a player held down the attack buttons they could charge up for a special attack. The special attack was a ranged strike, capable of hitting the opponent from across the screen. Some special attacks were energy lasers, fireballs or electrical sparks.
Players could also grab items from the ground, like tanks and speeding bullet trains to throw at opponents. Even low flying military and jumbo jets could be snatched out of the sky and thrown.
Players were rewarded by defeating opponents with a 3-count pin but also based on how much collateral damage they caused. Walking over buildings, throwing opponents through refineries and crushing vehicles all gave the player a bonus. One of my favorite mistranslations from any game was in the end level score. Players were rated on how much Distraction they caused rather than Destruction. This was King of the Monsters in a nutshell but there was far more to the game than that.
The game borrowed plenty of elements from the classic movies. Arcade games, especially fighting games, were not always known for giving players time to settle into their world. This was a rare exception. SNK managed to do that without interrupting the 3-minute matches. The developer mixed in all the important details through audio cues as the game progressed. On the introduction of the first and every third level a news reporter would break in and play up the calamity that the creatures were causing. Explosions could be heard in the background of each "broadcast." The panic in his voice was well performed, it helped put players in the scene. It was not hard to imagine that the news reporter was on the edge of the city, reporting from a safe distance.
Just about everything in the game had its own sound effect. As the monsters moved their titanic footsteps echoed on the tiny arcade cabinet speakers. The sounds of buildings turning to rubble, trees snapping and water splashing were present as the creatures moved through different terrain. Traffic could be heard as the tiny cars, no more than a few pixels in height, travelled through the streets. Some audio effects helped players learn when an object was just about to enter the stage. A horn blast signaled that a bullet train was going to pass through town. If a player were standing on the track then he could either derail the train or pull it off the tracks just as it passed. A jet roar signaled that a plane was nearby, a player that timed a jump could snatch the plane right out of the sky and then throw it.
The amount of detail placed into each stage was absurd. Buildings had working neon signs and electronic billboards. Amusement park rides actually moved and famous landmarks from each town were crammed into the stages. The Tower of the Sun, the Tokyo Dome and the Himeji Castle helped put gamers in Osaka, Tokyo and Kobe respectively. Each of the landmarks could even be flattened for a major bonus. Although I had never been to Japan I recognized many of the locations from TV and movies. These were details that SNK put into their game that both Bally Midway and Epyx had overlooked. It was one thing for the Western-produced titles to say the game was taking place in Tokyo or New York but another thing to show players the city. In the original Rampage the game told players they were in Chicago but the buildings looked similar to Denver. The silhouette in the background was different but nothing else really stood out. In Movie Monster players had to use some imagination to distinguish between the cities as well. I didn't mind using my imagination but it was much easier to get into the game when I had all the necessary elements. The more details a studio could present to fill in those gaps the less that a gamer had to suspend their disbelief. SNK eliminated any doubt that the monsters were fighting in their own towns. All of the landmarks were present on each stage, perfect to body slam an opponent on top of.
Each stage was cut off by electronic barriers. The barriers acted like the ropes in a wrestling ring. Players could throw opponents off the barriers and catch them with a clothesline. The mix of science fiction and military technology had been a staple in the movies. The Godzilla films were known for their use of sci-fi weapons. Tanks equipped with energy towers could shoot beams of electricity to help redirect the path of Godzilla. These "Maser Cannons" were used in several films. SNK put their own version in the game. Players could hear the sound of heavy tank treads before any of these vehicles had even entered the city. They caused considerable damage if players were hit with the waves of energy they projected. Players could pick up and throw the tanks at opponents before they even got a shot off though.
King of the Monsters even included a flying secret weapon to battle the monsters. The bright orange jet was based on the Super X. In the Godzilla films the Super X managed to put up a good battle against the giant lizard. In KOTM the jet could also turn the tide of battle. Thankfully the ships could also be snatched from the sky as well.
The game itself was one of the most challenging titles I had ever played. I was never any good at arcade wrestling games. I felt that the timing was tricky for those titles and the combat provided by fighting games was a little easier to get into. As a fan of giant monsters I was determined to see the ending of the game. The first time I played the game I spent a couple of bucks and only managed to get a few characters in. I made the mistake of running headlong into battle and punching and kicking as if it were a fighting game. Going toe-to-toe was a big mistake as the computer AI threw me all over the place. I thought that I should learn how to play the game first or I was going to waste my allowance on one title. I realized that SNK gave players exactly 3 minutes per match and expected players to use every last second on the clock. Since opponents had to be pinned then I would first have to wear them down first. Even if I depleted all of my opponent's energy they would kick out two or more times, just like in a pro wrestling match. I learned to pin them near the electronic barriers. If they threw me off they might end up shocking themselves and buy me time to get up. I also learned that special attacks did a lot of damage even on fallen opponents so I had to power that up right away. I could have my character level up within the first two matches by applying the same power moves over and over, usually a backbreaker or bear hug. Once my character was fully powered I would spend the entirety of the match slowly whittling down my opponent. Kicking them while they were down, throwing every object I could in their direction and performing high risk moves when I saw an opening. I learned to catch my opponent off guard by throwing running clotheslines at them. The animation of the monsters' eyes bugging out when they were caught by the lariat was hilarious.
The computer was just as relentless as I was. A human player could be pinned even if they still had a little bit of energy left. I felt this was a little bit of a cheat by the SNK programmers. I would have to press all the buttons as fast as possible and shake the joystick in order to break the pin. A player could kick out of two pin attempts but no matter how much energy they had left over the computer would win the third pin automatically. Many a match was saved when my monster threw an opponent off just a fraction of a second from the 3 count. I would then quickly get up and cover my opponent with barely any time to spare. I eventually got so good at the game that I would eat up the clock on purpose. Going for as much collateral damage as possible and then pinning my opponent with 10 seconds or less remaining on the game clock. I knew I had mastered the game when I could beat it on one quarter. It took fierce concentration and some mad button presses though to get through all twelve stages. Players had to defeat all six monster twice before getting to the ending screens. I was rewarded with some incredibly high scores for my effort. I had the top spots on the leader board and was never knocked from #1. Part of the reason was because players that put in another quarter to continue had their score reset. Other players beat the game but nobody else came close to my record.
It was the ending of the game that completely blew my mind. SNK had incorporated the announcer that was following the monsters around into a short cinema. Digitized voices were not new to gaming but the length of the recording and the tone of the announcer caught my attention. He was reporting from a studio which monster was the victor and how he was devastating all of Tokyo. He warned that it would only be a matter of time before he attacked the radio station. Suddenly the screen began shaking he then began yelling for people to take cover. The urgency in his voice sounded sincere as pieces of the studio dropped from above. Then suddenly a large piece of stone collapsed and landed right on the announcer. Before he was crushed the TV signal cut out, leaving only static. I was floored by the ending. I had never seen any game turn the tables on a player. I had no idea that all of the fighting would have ended in the death of the announcer. Although there was no blood the ending was still a bit of a shock. I was sold on the game when the credits immediately rolled and the theme to King of the Monsters "Cry of Lamentation" played. In typical Japanese programming style a bunch of nicknames rolled on the screen, those developers rarely used their actual names. All I could think about was what a great job they had done putting this together. Hamachi Papa, Mitsuzo and their coworkers had knocked the game out of the park.
The theme had a slow and steady sound, the heaviness mirrored the last moments of the game. The music team at SNK had clearly been paying close attention to the giant monster genre. The Godzilla theme for example had a heavy, almost tragic sound. That heaviness made the character more sympathetic as the films progressed. Even though some people survived the encounter in the features, the devastation left behind remained. All of the memories I had from watching all the classic monster movies as a kid came flooding back. The very first time I beat King of the Monsters I had a newfound appreciation for the genre. I knew that I owed it to the team to make sure that the full credits would appear on my blog if I ever got around to talking about the game. As much as I enjoyed Rampage and Movie Monster there was so much more that the genre offered. SNK had made their mark and would follow up with a sequel just a year later. We shall explore the radical departure that was King of the Monsters 2 in the next blog.


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A small manufacturing business can be started in your garage. This is not a far-feched idea. Apple computer was started in a garage by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Starting a manufacturing business in one's garage can be a good way for a resourceful entrepreneur to get a new idea off the ground.
The website of the Houston Chronicle recently reported in an article entitled, "How to Start a Small Manufacturing Operation in Your Garage":
Starting a company in a garage is nothing new. Many businesses get their start by building themselves from literally, the ground – or garage – floor up … Manufacturing an item in your garage is a good way to get a business started. Have a plan to expand, though, when your garage operations are unable to keep up with demand.
Metal Shop
There are many small metal shops that startup in a garage. The basic tools can fit in a garage – a small metal bandsaw, a MIG welder or arc welder, a drill press, a bench grinder, bench vise and an abrasive metal saw (a "chop saw").
Wood Shop or Cabinet Making
One of the most common small manufacturing startups in a home garage is a cabinet making business or wood shop. It is not uncommon for a home-based business to have a table saw, drill press, upright belt sander, and a full set of wood clamps and other tools.
Vacuum Forming Equipment
It is possible to construct a vacuum forming machine from readily available parts and materials. One could build a quite sturdy machine with metal and wood. Many plans are available on Internet websites. A small manufacturing business could literally be started that makes and sells vacuum formed parts or finished products. Products can also be manufactured that use a mix of vacuum formed plastic plus extruded plastic. The plastic extrusions can be purchased from an outside supplier and the finished products could be combined with vacuum formed parts.
Zoning Laws
In some locales, these home-based manufacturing shops can be quite elaborate and zoning laws permit full commercial use in a residential area. Many rural and semi-rural areas need commercial businesses to be located on the same property as one's residence because there are no nearby commercial centers.
In many urban or suburban areas, though, there are zoning restrictions as to the use of one's residential garage so one should check these beforehand. In any case, out of consideration for the neighbors, careful thought should be given for any noise or clutter that could be associated with running a business out of one's garage.
Either way, one should have a backup plan in case the business grows too fast or becomes a nuisance for the neighborhood. One should always be aware of the availability of commercial space for lease or rent in case the manufacturing operations need to be moved. For an expanding business, this can be a good thing.
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This week, former Rutgers student Dharun Ravi was sentenced to 30 days in jail for using a webcam to spy on an intimate encounter between his roommate, Tyler Clementi, and another man shortly before Clementi committed suicide. Prosecutors, gay-rights advocates, and others have argued that the sentence is lenient given the charges. In fact, it's fairly harsh.
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Redmond has achieved the status of being named "one of the best places to raise your children" (in the US) per Business Week's 2010 poll.
Working alonside OnBoard Informatics, a New York area provider of real estate analysis, Business Week decided to select one town and two runners-up for each of the 50 states, limiting selection to towns that have at least 45,000 residents and a median income of between $40,000 and $125,000. Additional data included in the study included school performance, number of schools, household expenditures, crime rates, air quality, job growth, family income, museums, parks, theaters, other amenities, and diversity.
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Being A Parent Has Helped Me Become A Better DaughterDanielle Sullivan
When I became a mom, I started to see the world in a whole new way. I became more patient, understanding, and instead of quickly summing up a situation, I began to think more about both sides of a situation and empathize. While a few of the changes that came from being a parent weren't the greatest, like my newfound worry, most of the changes were enlightening. All along the way, I think that being a parent has given me the chance to really get to know myself more and contemplate life from a mom's perspective. Through it all, one of the most unexpected ways that being a parent has changed me is that it helped me become a more appreciative daughter.
My mother was a single mom. She didn't just work one job; at any given time she had two to three jobs at a time while raising my sister and me. When I was very young, I knew she was a nurse but I had no idea what stress and strain she went through as she traveled each morning to her hospital in Spanish Harlem, taking five trains each way back and forth. All I knew was that 5pm was the happiest time of my day because my mother would come home and Batman would come on TV. There was no better combination.
While I stayed with my grandmother all day before I was old enough to go to school, I would sometimes wake up at 5am to grab a few minutes with my mother before she left for work. When she finally did come home, she cooked, often grocery shopped, walked the dog with me after dinner, and was the typical mother. I had not one inkling of how exhausted she was, sometimes not getting a day off for more than a week.
On the weekends that she had off, we would bike ride, have a picnic in the park, walk around Coney Island, and go to the playground. I had so much fun I didn't realize that my mother had no money for recreational activities and carefully picked fun things to do that were free. All I knew was that they were fun.
Once in a while she'd scrounge up the money to take us to a movie or buy a new pair of jeans. Yet I never felt any less than my friends or that I was lacking anything. Material things never meant much to me and honestly, they still don't. Throughout our childhoods, she sacrificed buying anything for herself.
When I was sick, I would sometimes call her at work and she would tell me what medicine to take and then 'brag' to her co-workers about what a good girl I was, knowing full well I could hear her. Then she'd tell me to draw a picture and fill up the whole paper, fill in the sky, birds, sun, make sure I had every corner colored just the way I wanted, knowing full well this would take up a lot of my time until she came home. If I was really running a temperature, she would skip lunch to leave an hour early, not wanting to leave her elderly mother with a sick child or her sick child too long without her mom. Never once did she get angry when I called her at work and I tended to call her a lot.
When I was teenager, I still had no idea of her sacrifices she made. It wasn't until I had my own kids and realized how hard it was for her leave my sister and me each day to go to work. My mom tells me she still feels that she misses out on a lot of our lives. But she had no time to think about work life balance back then; she simply had to work that much to provide the basic necessities. She instilled a work ethic in me and a goal to always do my best that still serves me to this day.
My sister and I used to sing that song from the 70s, "I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in pan…..cause I'm a woman." Later on we'd say our mom was Donna Summer in the She Works Hard For The Money video. She worked, took charge of the house, paid the bills, cooked, cleaned, and a million others things, and pulled it all off in such a way that as kids we had no idea that what she was doing was even hard.
Now as a mom of three, compared to my own mother, I am spoiled. My husband and I have been always been able to juggle our work schedules so one of us has been home with the kids for most of the day. For years, we worked split shift so as soon as I came home, he left. I have only had one job at a time. If we want to order a pizza or go out to dinner or a movie, we can. We don't have to budget it in weeks before because we simply don't have the money. I can take my kids to school and pick them up- something my mother only got to do on rare occasions. Yet there are days I am frantic with work, deadlines, sick kids, and a host of other insignificant problems that pale in comparison to my mother's struggles.
I am truly inspired by how my mother gave us the gift of our childhoods throughout all the stress and turmoil she endured. I am so appreciative of what she has done for me and it's only now as a mom myself that I realize how very lucky I have been.
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Mitchell Conservatorium offer AMEB and Trinity Guildhall Graded Examinations.
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Learn pattern design by doodling a monster and bringing it to life. Combine bodies and parts to create wild crocheted creatures your family and friends will love to cuddle.
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What materials did you use? Absolutely aaaages ago I bought some blue & yellow fibers (Swedish colours) and now at last I?ve got round to spinning it. I wanted to make an experiment with part only blue, parts only yellow and parts mixed and was quite pleased with the result. As I'm doing this course, I thought this yarn would be perfect for my 'Mr Toothy' (although I call him 'Maria's Swedish School Monster'), a present to my daughter Maria, who was a born in Sweden and who has recently taken up a post as Head of Boarding in a boarding school here in France not far from me. The tooth was made using a technique I learnt from Susan B Anderson's book 'itty bitty toys' and although it turned out a bit big, I quite like it.
I just love his smile :) Great job!
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Great post! Gave me a good chuckle.
Then I read some of the responses, and wondered if you were being serious.
But your hernia reassures me.
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I'm an addict too. My DH thrives on store-bought day-old goodies, which look and taste terrible, so I can usually ignore them. I asked him to keep them out of sight in the pantry. Okay, that was just for reference....
If you have asked her not to buy them and she's ignored you, it could be carelessnes or it could be sabotage. If it's sabotage, let the fruit collect on the counter until it begins to spoil and draw fruit flies. You may need to chew your arm for a few days until she has to throw them out. Stay out of the kitchen. Find a good book to read. Come back here and vent. Whatever you have to do!


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Female cradle-robbing. The much youger male partner to an older or middle-aged woman (the cradle robber).
Have you seen Janice's new toy boy?
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The boyfriend of an older woman.
"My friend Mary dates a guy who's 11 years younger than her, she loves having a ToyBoy and I bet he loves having an older woman too"
by Miss P July 19, 2004
A young man pleasurable to the eye that you have as a 'toy' with no intention of a serious relationship. Used often as a rebound after a failed relationship.
"Look, she's got herself a toyboy after braking up with Tom. That lucky bastard"
by Candy Starr January 23, 2004
Younger male who pleases the older woman
"She is old enough to be his mother that must be her toyboy"
"His gf is like 10 years older than him what a toyboy"
"His gf is like 10 years older than him what a toyboy"
by Harry69 October 28, 2009
A young handsome male pursued by an older woman. A fun mate for an older female looking to add some excitement into her life. A toy boy generally can be found buying lots of drinks in bars in order to attract females. The older woman will seek a younger male in an attempt to tame his drinking habits and to claim him as her own.
Look at that hottie over at the bar, I want to claim him as my toy boy.
by TheCougar January 14, 2014
a hottie
by John Stoken April 16, 2003
A joy boy who's willing. Usually applied by a much older man to a handsome younger man.
Have you met Todd? He's my new toy boy.
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I remember seeing this milkweed while living up north, but not in any nurseries or fields in N.C. I'd love to have it in my garden along with the other milkweeds I have, any suggestions?
Common milkweed is a poisonous but very useful and abundant plant that features in many natural remedies.
Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is the best known of the 100 or so milkweed species native to North America. The name "common" fits the plant well because when not in bloom, it goes pretty much unnoticed, growing humbly along roadsides, in fields, and in wastelands.
Note: Today, experienced foragers have enjoyed eating milkweed, if it is properly identified (there are poisonous lookalikes, such as dogbane) and prepared (boiled). Some common milkweed plants (A. syriaca) are mild tasting while others are bitter (in which case, avoid or boil in several changes of water). If you are new to foraging, have an expert help you to identify, gather, and prepare the plant properly before eating. As with any herb, take a small amount at first, to be sure that you don't have a reaction.
Find out about other helpful natural remedies.
Caution: Do not get milkweed sap in your eyes (such as rubbing your eyes after touching the sap); wash your hands thoroughly after handling the plant. Also, some people may develop an allergic reaction when the sap touches the skin.
Beneath its dull, gray-green exterior, milkweed is full of uncommon surprises.
We doubt if this surprisingly useful plant will run out of surprises anytime soon. Is there milkweed growing near your home? Let us know below!
I remember seeing this milkweed while living up north, but not in any nurseries or fields in N.C. I'd love to have it in my garden along with the other milkweeds I have, any suggestions?
If I pick the pods while they are green to save the seeds...will they dry properly? Or should I just let them dry naturally on the plant to have viable seeds? My mom has a few plants but she likes to cut them down before winter. I would like to grow my own milkweed using those seeds..so I need an answer soon. Thank you.
Milkweed seeds will not mature in a pod taken too soon off the plant. The pod itself is ready for harvest when the seam along it is just starting to open to release the seeds inside. If you squeeze the pod, it should open easily. The pod at this stage might be greenish or brownish. The seeds themselves should be dark, not pale green or white. Store dry seeds in a paper bag in a cool, dry place. When collecting pods, wear gloves--the sap can irritate skin and eyes. Wash hands thoroughly when done.
If this marvelous plant becomes extinct, so will the Monarch Butterfly. It has been around for centuries .
Check your facts. Not only are the young pods edible and delicious, but so are the young plant shoots and the young flower buds. Milkweed is not poisonous and many people (myself included) eat it regularly. Check out the writings of Samuel Thayer.
You may want to update this important article to mention that Monsanto and other mfrs. of herbicides and pesticides (Such as Roundup) targets milkweed and other beneficial "weeds".
This has caused a dramatic decline of the Monarch population(not just the bees which are mostly what the media is focusing on right now).
Continued use of Roundup and other such poisons will eventually allow us to witness the extinction of these beautiful and much-needed animals.
I never knew just how bad milkweed really was until now,if I only knew then what I know now,because we used to play with it all the time many years ago,an we were lucky to never have gotten sick :)
We played with it too. But none of our games included chewing on it. I'd you randomly chewed on a bunch of stuff as a kid, you had more to worry about than milkweed.
Turns out, I have this in my backyard. I would always find it interesting when I would pull it open and find what looked to be the softest cotton id ever seen. It would be slightly sticky and so easy to ruffle the ''cotton''. And here I was touching something with poison. It grows every summer but recently its been growing alittle more rapidly than usual.


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Gunmen storm airport in Pakistan, killing 9 people
KARACHI, Pakistan -- Gunmen stormed an airport terminal used for VIPs and cargo flights in Pakistan's largest city Sunday night, killing at least nine people, officials said, striking a blow to a city vital to the country's economy.
Meanwhile, suicide bombers in southwestern Pakistan killed 23 Shiite pilgrims returning from Iran in a separate incident, underscoring how fragile security is in Pakistan.
The airport attack still was ongoing early today in Karachi, a sprawling port city on the southern coast of Pakistan. Gunfire could be heard coming from the terminal at Jinnah International Airport as authorities scrambled to secure the area.
Mashhood Tajwar, a spokesman for the state-run Pakistan International Airlines, said passengers at the airport were safe.
His comments came as loud explosions echoed across the airport.
Tajwar said at least two domestic flights were diverted and all flight operations had been suspended at the airport.
Nine bodies were brought from the airport to Jinnah Hospital, along with one person who had been wounded, Dr. Seemi Jamali said.


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The arrival of sweet corn season conjures memories of childhood summers -- icy Popsicles, backyard barbecues and bedtimes deferred. So it's no wonder we grow impatient each year waiting for the arrival of fresh local corn, when each succulent bite has the ability to transport us to a more carefree past.
As soon as corn is picked, the sugars in it begin to turn to starch, so the less time the corn spends sitting around, the sweeter it is and the better it tastes.
As for the best way to eat corn, it depends on the expert. Growers like it raw, right out of the field.
For those of us who buy it and take it home, there's a tendency to want to fuss with it.
Or, you can go the simple route: grill it and serve it Mexican street-food style with lime-spiked mayonnaise, cotija cheese and chile powder.
Perhaps the best way, though, is to boil it on the cob (no more than a minute), slather it with butter and pretend you're a kid again, letting the sweet juices and creamy butter run down your chin as you nibble an ear.
> Cheesy Corn Fritters
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup coarse cornmeal
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon saffron threads soaked in 2 tablespoons water
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 1/2 cups whole kernel corn
Vegetable oil for deep frying
Optional garnish: Truffle salt
Stir together the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, salt and sugar.
Combine the eggs, buttermilk and saffron. Fold in dry ingredients. Stir in the melted butter, cheese and finally the corn.
Meanwhile, heat vegetable oil until very hot. Drop fritter mixture into the hot oil by tablespoons, being careful about spatter. Deep fry about 5 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm. Makes 30-36.
-- Chef Joey Altman
> Creamed Corn
8 ears sweet corn
6 cups chicken broth
3 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup half and half, warmed
Salt, freshly ground white pepper to taste
Shuck corn and cut kernels off the cobs. Reserve cobs and set aside.
Pour broth into a large pot and bring it to a boil. Reduce heat, add cobs, cover and simmer for 20 minutes to flavor the broth. Remove cobs and discard.
Add corn kernels and sugar to the broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, partially cover and simmer until corn is very tender, 15-20 minutes. Remove one cup of corn from broth with a slotted spoon and set aside.
Puree the remaining corn and broth in a blender or food processor until nearly smooth. Transfer the puree to a serving bowl, add whole reserved kernels and the half and half. Season with salt and white pepper. Serve piping hot. Serves 6-8.
-- Sheila Lukins, "U.S.A. Cookbook" (Workman Publishing, 1997)
> Mexican Corn Salad
4ears of corn, boiled for 1 minute and cooled
1/2 red bell pepper, finely chopped
2 small green onions, chopped (both white and green parts)
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
1/2 teaspoon or more chili powder
1/4 cup crumbled cotija or Parmesan cheese
Cut kernels from cobs and place in a bowl with diced red pepper and green onions. Add mayonnaise, lime juice and chili powder and toss with vegetables. Stir in cheese and serve at room temperature, or chill for 2 to 4 hours before serving. Serves 4-6.
Note: This is an adaptation of elotes, the popular Mexican street food that features grilled corn on the cob, brushed with lime-spiked mayonnaise and garnished with chili powder and cotija cheese. When the kernels are off the cob, the mixture is called esquites.
> Grilled Corn with Tequila-Lime Butter
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened to room temperature
3/4 teaspoon minced, seeded jalapeno
1 teaspoon finely grated lime zest (about 4 Mexican limes)
1 teaspoon lime juice (about 1 Mexican lime)
1 teaspoon tequila
1 tablespoon minced cilantro
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 unshucked ears corn
Make the tequila-lime butter by beating the butter, jalapeno and lime zest in a bowl until creamy. Beat in the lime juice and tequila. The mixture should be very soft, but there should be no liquid showing; if you want, add a little more tequila. Beat in the cilantro and salt. Taste and adjust the seasoning. The flavor should be very strong (it will be much milder when spread over the corn), but it should be evenly balanced between lime, butter and salt. Add more salt, lime or tequila as needed.
Spoon the butter onto a sheet of plastic wrap, form it into a log and roll it into a cylinder. Twist the ends of the plastic wrap in opposite directions to firm the cylinder and roll it gently on the counter to eliminate any air pockets in the center. Refrigerate until ready to use. (Recipe can be prepared to this point a couple of days in advance).
Soak the ears of corn in enough water to cover for at least 30 minutes before grilling.
Grill the corn over a medium-hot fire until the kernels inside are golden and tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove the husks and most of the silk will come with them. Slice the butter into discs and pass alongside the corn. Serves 8.
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BAY CITY, MI -- Trenton Robinson has his work cut out for him.
But that's nothing new for the former Bay City Central and Michigan State University football star.
Robinson is heading into his third season in the NFL, but there are no guarantees he'll have a spot this fall with the Washington Redskins. In fact, he's listed as a longshot in a recent analysis by Hogs Haven, the Redskins blog on SB Nation.
"I just don't see him making the team," wrote Alex Rowsey in the Hogs Haven piece. "Safety isn't the Redskins' deepest position, but it's not quite as weak as many people think. There are certainly 4-5 safeties ahead of him at this point and that will be a lot to overcome."
The Redskins feature Brandon Meriweather and Phillip Thomas at safety and made a significant move in signing former Pittsburgh Steelers standout Ryan Clark. Tanard Jackson and Bacarri Rambo are also listed at safety on the Washington roster and look like Robinson's main competition for a roster spot.
Robinson is scheduled to join the Redskins for the start of training camp July 24. That's when the 2012 sixth-round draft pick begins his quest to earn one of the 53 roster spots.
The 5-foot-9, 193-pound safety saw limited action in the secondary a year ago after being picked up by the Redskins. He earned his playing time on special teams, where he was credited with 10 tackles on the season.
That's a role the 2008 Bay City Central graduate must embrace again as he tries to separate himself from the other players fighting for a roster spot.
Robinson has overcome the odds plenty of times before in his football career, first while helping Central to the Saginaw Valley League championship in 2007, then while rising to team captain at Michigan State.
He spent the 2012 season with the San Francisco 49ers, where he got to experience a trip to the Super Bowl. He didn't make the cut in 2013 but was quickly picked up by the Philadelphia Eagles, who later released him.
Robinson made his biggest NFL impact with the Redskins, and now hopes to build on his NFL resume in Year 3.


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|Tippecanoe River
Map of the Wabash River watershed with the Tippecanoe River highlighted.
|Main source
|Big Lake in Noble County, Indiana
|River mouth
|Wabash River near Battle Ground, Indiana
|Basin size
|1,875 sq mi (4,860 km2)
|Physical characteristics
|182 miles (293 km)
The Tippecanoe River (/ˌtɪpikəˈnuː/ TIP-ee-kə-NOO) is a gentle, 182-mile-long (293 km)[1] river in northern Indiana that flows from Big Lake in Noble County to the Wabash River near Battle Ground, about 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Lafayette. The name "Tippecanoe" comes from a Miami-Illinois word for buffalo fish, reconstructed as */kiteepihkwana/.[2]
The Tippecanoe River is fed by 88 natural lakes and has a drainage area of 1,250,000 acres (5,100 km2), spanning 14 counties. Very few streams in the upper Midwest can match the number of imperiled species or the overall species diversity that the Tippecanoe River supports.[citation needed] The Nature Conservancy named it one of the top ten rivers in the United States to preserve due to the ecological diversity and the high proportion of endangered species found in it.[3]
From Tippecanoe Lake in Kosciusko County, the river flows south and west through the southeast corner of Marshall County, then bends northwest through the northern part of Fulton County and through Pulaski County, from the northeast corner to the south central portion, traversing Tippecanoe River State Park along the way. It then enters White County, where dams form Lake Freeman and Lake Shafer. The river exits Lake Freeman from the south and flows through the west part of Carroll County into Tippecanoe County, where it joins the Wabash River.
In addition to Tippecanoe County, five townships that the river flows through are named Tippecanoe:
- Tippecanoe Township, Carroll County, Indiana
- Tippecanoe Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana
- Tippecanoe Township, Marshall County, Indiana
- Tippecanoe Township, Pulaski County, Indiana
- Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
The Battle of Tippecanoe, in which Governor William Henry Harrison defeated the Indian confederacy of Tecumseh, occurred near the south bank of the river near modern Lafayette.
See also[edit]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 19, 2011
- ^ Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 496. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ "All about fishing on the Tippecanoe River.". The Nature Conservancy. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
External links[edit]
- The Nature Conservancy Tippecanoe River Project
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tippecanoe River
- The Watershed Foundation
- Rivers of Indiana
- Tributaries of the Wabash River
- Landforms of Noble County, Indiana
- Landforms of Kosciusko County, Indiana
- Landforms of Carroll County, Indiana
- Landforms of Marshall County, Indiana
- Landforms of Fulton County, Indiana
- Landforms of Pulaski County, Indiana
- Landforms of Tippecanoe County, Indiana
- Landforms of White County, Indiana


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Im rewatching ward Miranda because I'm trying to make my pick on this fight. Ward definitely is impressing me with his infighting. Kessler is much better mid to long range. I like that ward can fight all 3 areas effectively and has a great straight left from southpaw. Granted, outboxing this slow version of Miranda isn't all that impressive, but ward is showing a versatile, in and out, offense and defense with good steparound and side to side footwork.
I think ward will have big problems early with kessler's underrated speed and footwork. If ward can acclimate to kessler's stlye so he can get some work done inside, this can be a close fight. Or if he take away kessler's laser jab.
Ward also has a nice body attack, but I'm concerned about his power v kessler.
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I'm a Ward fan all the way, and will probably be attending this fight since its right in my back yard, but I don't know if Ward has the power to hurt Kessler, but I know for sure that Kessler can hurt Ward.
Ward has been knocked down and wobbled by lesser fighters.
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