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Eunice F. SheldrickMarch 19,2014
Eunice F. SheldrickEunice F. Sheldrick
HYDEVILLE Eunice F. Sheldrick, 81, died Tuesday morning, March 18, 2014, at Misty Heather Morn Community Care Home following a long illness.
Eunice was born September 3, 1932, in Fair Haven, VT, one of nine children of the late Charles and Merinda (Martin) Graves.
She graduated from Fair Haven High School with the class of 1950.
She was a devoted wife, mother and homemaker, having lived her entire life in the Fair Haven and Castleton areas.
She was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church in Fair Haven; and as an accomplished organist, served as the church organist for many years, as well as a trustee of the church.
Eunice served her community as a former member of the town of Castleton Zoning Board.
Eunice got many hours of enjoyment during her lifetime just being home, cooking for her family, spending time with her grandchildren, and watching and feeding all of Gods creatures.
Eunice is survived by her husband, Calvin C. Sheldrick of Hydeville, whom she married October 10, 1992; her daughter, Joan Brown and her husband, Mark, of Hydeville; her son, William Bill Spaulding of Fair Haven; her step-daughters, Karen Kranick of Latham, NY, and Donna Cornell of Watervliet, NY; her sister, Mildred Lowell of Lakeland, FL; her grandchildren, Matthew and Emily Brown, Molly and Samantha Spaulding, and Mark and Amber Palasz; and several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her former husbands, Jack Spaulding and Russell Norton; three sisters, Ruth Graves, Marion McCarthy and Virginia Rock; and four brothers, an infant, and Charles, Wesley and Stanley Graves.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 22, at the United Church of Benson. The Rev. Holly Ross Noble, pastor, will officiate.
Following the funeral service, family will receive family and friends in the church hall for continued fellowship and refreshments.
There will be no calling hours.
Burial will be at a later date in the Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Arrangements are by the Durfee Funeral Home, 119 North Main Street, Fair Haven, VT.
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After resigning this year as superintendent of a financially troubled Internet charter school amid allegations of nepotism, James McCord had a new plan, and it again involved a charter school employing him and his family.
This summer, McCord opened eight Olympus charter schools, including four in Columbus. They would be managed by a for-profit corporation formed by McCord called Education Innovations International, or EII, which would get most of the state money each month, own all the schools' property and employ all the workers.
His wife, brother, children and an in-law all had jobs with the company, former employees said.
And again, it all collapsed. The school's sponsor suspended it last month.
Olympus' sponsor was a Cincinnati orphanage, St. Aloysius, which also sponsors 45 other charter schools. But St. Aloysius has little to do with overseeing them. Instead, the orphanage contracts out the oversight to a Pickerington company, Charter School Specialists.
That company also worked for McCord as his schools' treasurer. In other words, McCord hired the same firm that acted as his watchdog. Charter School Specialists was required to report to itself by email each month on the operation's finances.
Olympus was to open its schools in August, but employees say classes didn't begin until late September. Even then, few students showed up, and by October the entire operation had collapsed.
"EII and Olympus Schools are finished as an organization," McCord emailed to his staff on Oct. 25. "So now it is with sorrow and regret that the company and schools must end."
In a way, McCord's venture was no different from many start-up companies that don't make it, except for one thing: Ohio taxpayers helped fund this business failure. The state paid Olympus schools about $1.2 million, most of it for students it couldn't confirm received schooling, the state Department of Education said.
"We have used our life savings to start and maintain the company as long as possible, but now we are broke and soon to be in the hands of bankruptcy lawyers," McCord wrote to his staff. Earlier, as Olympus prepared to open, the school treated new employees to luncheon meetings at the Dublin restaurant La Scala and Wedgewood Country Club, former employees said.
"All of us were wondering why we were doing that rather than using the money to get enrollment," said Colleen McGarvey, 28, of Columbus.
McGarvey and former employee Shaun Arthurs received training at EII's offices on the seventh floor of a Dublin office complex. While the schools sought low-income, inner-city youths as students, the company chose an office about 2 miles from McCord's 4,200-square-foot Dublin home on a golf course.
McGarvey and Arthurs were to be "coaches," helping groups of up to 25 students each get instruction over the Internet. Their school "was basically an empty room with metal folding chairs and plastic tables and computers, and that was it," McGarvey said. It was in a strip shopping center at Rt. 161 and Karl Road, next to a Staples store.
Students were scheduled to report on Aug. 22, but few did. To drum some up, managers had McGarvey, Arthurs and other employees stand in front of Columbus high schools as students were let out for the day to hand out book bags, T-shirts and $50 gift cards, McGarvey and Arthurs said. Students filled out enrollment cards without their parents even knowing, they said.
"We need to get the money so we can get open," Arthurs, 34, of Upper Arlington, said he was told. "That was their mentality."
The $50 gift cards for Verizon telephone products were ostensibly so students could buy what they needed for an e-school experience, Arthurs said. "But (students) could have just gone and bought whatever they wanted.
"Just get their information, write it down and turn it in," he said. "Some kids seemed like they would give the information just so we would quit talking to them and leave them alone."
Said McGarvey: "I'm an educator, and I thought it was unethical to talk to kids (about switching schools) without their parents around."
The kids were promised another gift card if they showed up for class, McGarvey said.
By the time the Olympus schools closed, one had only four confirmed students; another had five; another, six. In all, the eight schools had a total of 128 students show up.
That's about two students for each Olympus and EII employee. The state paid Olympus based on an estimate of 700 students.
Neither McCord nor several other former Olympus officials returned repeated telephone calls and emails. The schools' records are public under Ohio law, but The Dispatch couldn't determine who has them.
Charter School Specialists, the de facto sponsor, said it isn't responsible for securing the records until the school is officially closed; currently it is suspended, meaning it could reorganize and reopen, said CSS spokesman Mike Maurer.
Working for both the school as treasurer and the sponsor as financial watchdog was not a conflict of interest because different employees handled those two roles, Maurer said.
This isn't McCord's first charter-school failure.
He was superintendent of Virtual Community School of Ohio last year when its sponsor, Reynoldsburg schools, suspended the school's operations, citing nepotism and poor financial management. A state audit raised concerns when the school hired McCord's wife, Judy; brother, Ed; and son, Gavin.
In response, the charter school's board said that McCord was not directly involved in hiring or recommending the employment of any family member. The school had reported the potential conflict of interest to the Ohio Ethics Commission, which did not provide any direction.
Ethics Commission Director Paul Nick said a review of the nepotism related to the Reynoldsburg e-school is ongoing. Determining whether laws apply to the layers of for-profit and nonprofit corporations that form the building blocks of a charter school is complex, Nick said.
In a letter to Reynoldsburg schools, the president of the school board for Virtual Community School said no nepotism laws were broken because although McCord signed off on the hires, he did not recommend his relatives for employment.
Reynoldsburg officials also questioned the school's plans to eliminate an $800,000 deficit last year and pay its bills on time. They asked the school to renegotiate its long-term contract with its operator, eSchool Consultants Inc., which receives half of Virtual Community's budget. The school's board outlined a plan to reorganize its budget and renegotiated its contract with its operator.
But the efforts weren't enough for Reynoldsburg. About a year later, in May, the district agreed to take over the charter e-school by hiring a new board. McCord had resigned five months earlier. His relatives all quit, too, and followed him to his new charter school.
After leaving his job as a social-studies teacher at Virtual Community, son Gavin McCord became president of the Special Projects Division at EII. James McCord's wife, Judy, was in charge of reporting Olympus student and school data to the state. According to Arthurs, the former Olympus employee, McCord's daughter, Heather Milligan, was in charge of curriculum; and her husband, Pat Milligan, was in charge of technology and facilities. Another McCord daughter, Erin McCord, was a central-office manager.
Ed McCord, James McCord's brother, told the Dayton Daily News in June that he was the executive vice president of EII.
Even though two tries have ended in suspensions, there's nothing keeping McCord from going for three — or more. Ohio law doesn't prohibit the founders of failed charters schools from trying again to get their businesses up and running.
Dispatch Reporter Charlie Boss contributed to this story.

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Home List of Titles The dynamics of public housing tenure : movement in and out of the public housing stock
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/33991
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- The dynamics of public housing tenure : movement in and out of the public housing stock
- Author(s)
- Newton, Peter W.; Wulff, Maryann
- Abstract
- Working Paper 4 investigates the residential mobility of public tenants and the implications of these patterns on the demand for State Housing Authority dwellings. Characteristics of movers (both into and out of public housing), reasons for moving, and future housing intentions are explored. The research is based on data obtained from the 1991 Housing and Locational Choice Survey, the New South Wales State Housing Authority internal client data base and waiting list information, and the 1991 census.
- Publication type
- Book
- Source
- Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute : Working paper ; no. 4
- Publication year
- 1995
- Keyword(s)
- Australia; Census; Housing; New South Wales; Public housing; Rental housing; Rental property; Residential mobility; State housing; Statistics
- Publisher
- Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
- 0646215418
- Publisher URL
- none
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Four Wins In A Row For The Phillies
The Phillies beat the Rockies again today in a close, and at times dramatic, 4-3 game. It was the Phillies annual Christmas in July promotion, but instead of snow, the Phils saw on-field temperatures over 100 degrees for 6 innings followed by an hour and 39 minute rain delay. Although the ball girls did not let the weather ruin their day:
In the stands, everyone was sweltering. When the rain finally started in the 5th inning, many kicked back and enjoyed the refreshing rain. Others heard thunder and ran screaming. Needless to say, I am still wringing water out of my hair, but was happy to escape the oppressive heat.
It was also a very good ball game. JA Happ came back to the bigs for the first time since mid-April when an injury sent him to the DL. He looked sharp through 2 innings, but then he started to lose the strike zone and began relying too much on the fast ball. The Rockies started to figure him out, but he did go 5 innings with 3 runs scored; for his first start back, this is not too bad. Once he knocks the rust off, Happ should be just fine.
The defense played well behind Happ and the bullpen, which was a big help. Ryan Howard absolutely sold out on two different plays where he dove and slid into the ground. He missed the foul ball, but it was not for lack of effort. When he got up, he was covered in mud. Shane Victorino also made a great running catch in center to get Happ out of the 3rd inning.
Ben Francisco got a start in left field today and took full advantage; he smacked a 2-run homer in the 2nd inning and went 2 for 3 with a walk on the day. Both Jayson Werth and Jimmy Rollins also had 2 hits. In the 5th inning though, the Phils had runners on first and third and failed to score. Victorino popped up; Placido Polanco hit a liner but it was right to the 3rd baseman. Then Howard flied out.
So this was not an easy game, but thanks in part to a double by Wilson Valdez and then a single from Rollins and a wild pitch, the Phils took the lead in the 7th after the delay. Brad Lidge got the save, but it was not without incident. Lidge loaded the bases with 2 outs, making everyone nervous, and finally struck out Ian Stewart to get out of it. Whew!
By the way, the graphics used on the big screen for Christmas in July were priceless. You do have to feel sorry for Francisco and Cody Ransom though; take a look:
If the Phillies can pull out a win tomorrow (1:05pm), they will have 5 wins in a row and a sweep of the Rockies. I am going to the game again and hope to get some more photos. I am sitting a bit higher than usual tomorrow, but it is in one of the company suites, so I will not complain ;o)
Also, be sure to check out the podcast I did today as a guest of Rich Baxter and his Fightin' Phillies podcast. We chatted with another blogger about the Trade Deadline and our predictions of things to come. Thanks to Rich for the invitation!
And of course, here is the full Photo Album from today's game.
Photos by Jenn Zambri Photography
*Read more about the Phillies at my other home page, Phightin' Phils Phorum in the My Team Rivals network*
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Jenn… I really enjoyed listening to the podcast and looking at your photos. You captured Werth with his tongue sticking out. He does that often. It makes me chuckle and turns me on at the same time. LOL. TMI, I know. Congrats on doing a really good job on the podcast. Of course, you photos are amazing as always. Let's hope that the offense stays hot and the Phils get back into the games as we all know they can. Go Phils. Barb
thos are great! i'm a christmas freak come november but its hard for me to get excited with talks of christmas in 90 plus heat. gimmie some snow. let it snow let it snow let it snow


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Pentax K-500 Review - Is the Pentax K-500 the best entry-level DSLR out there? We find out in the What Digital Camera Pentax K-500 review
Pentax K-500 Review
Pentax K-500 Review – Features
Pentax has opted to use a continuation of the 16.28MP sensor we've seen in numerous Pentax DSLRs in the Pentax K-500, but its been tweaked to now offer a broad sensitivity from 100-51,200. Compared to similarly priced rivals, the K-500 offers a 1-2 stop sensitivity advantage over them, so while it may not offer quite the same ultimate resolution, it offers that little bit extra flexibility in poor lighting conditions.
A nice touch is that while the K-500 can shoot in its own .PEF Raw format, there's also the choice to shooting in DNG – Adobe's universal Raw format, allowing you to easily open files on an Adobe Raw supporting program, even if you're using an older version of the software.
The Pentax K-500 features Pentax's SAFOX IXi+ AF sensor module, with 11 AF points. That's pretty similar to its rivals, but look a little deeper at the spec and you'll find that 9 of those AF points are the much more sensitive cross-type variants, that are sensitive to both the horizontal and vertical; and easily outdoing the single central cross-type points found in the Canon EOS 600D or Nikon D3200. There's also a select-area expansion function that keeps the sensor module tracking a moving subject.
LCD screen and viewfinder
While the Pentax K-500's 3in, 921k dot screen sits flush with the body, the optical viewfinder offers a coverage of approximately 100%, beating the 95% coverage offered by the EOS 600D and D3200. While this 5% may seem an insignificant difference, you'd be surprised what can creep into the frame at the edges that you don't see with complete coverage.
Another big tick next to the K-500 is the viewfinder's magnification of 0.92x, compared again to the smaller 0.85x on the EOS 600D and 0.8x on the D3200, while Pentax has featured a glass pentaprism normally only found in more expensive DSLRs rather than a lighter pentamirror.
Burst shooting – the ability to fire-off a series of frames in quick succession – is another strong area for the K-500, with it capable of shooting at by to 6fps (frames per second), compared to 3.7fps for the EOS 600D and 4fps for the D3200, though they're having to process larger files.
Image stabilisation and battery
Where's both the EOS 600D and D3200 feature lens-based Image Stabilisation systems, the K-500, like all current Pentax DSLRs, features a sensor-shift mechanism known as Shake Reduction and offers you the ability to shoot at shutter speeds 3 stops slower than you normally would and still capture blur-free images.
The K-500 is bundled with a D-LI109 Lithium-ion rechargeable battery, with a capacity to shoot up to 480 images without flash, while the battery chamber will also accommodate 4 AA batteries via the optional D-BH109 AA Battery Holder. If you opt to install rechargeable lithium AA batteries, it's possible to shoot up 1250 images (again, without firing the flash) before they're exhausted, while you've got the extra flexibility of using alkaline AA's in an emergency if needed.
Pentax K-500 Review – Design
While the Pentax K-30 featured quite a sharp, angular design, the K-500 has shunned away from what might have been thought of as quite a challenging design. Instead, the K-500 opts for a much more traditional look, and while it might not stand out from the crowd as much, its still a pretty decent looking camera, with generous curves and smooth edges.
If you're looking for the similarly impressive levels of weather sealing as we saw on the K-30, you'll need to take a look at the K-50, but overall the K-500 feels like a very well put together camera for the price. There's a stainless steel chassis over which a reinforced polycarbonate shell can be found with a light splatter effect finish.
The rubberised grip has a high-end feel too, being much more satisfying to the touch than equivalent rivals, while the chunky handgrip is one of the most comfortable around. Your hand wraps comfortably around the grip, with your little finger not left to dangle in thin air, while theres decent space for your thumb to rest – it's a little bit of a shame that Pentax decided to omit a grip for the thumb rest.
Exterior controls are kept relatively sparse, with a 4-way control pad offering quick access to ISO, Flash, Drive and White Balance, as well as being used to select your desired AF point, while the K-500 also benefits from two command dials – another feature that's often only seen on higher priced models.
Pentax K-500 Review – Performance
While the Pentax K-500's AF performance is fast, zipping quickly between near and far subjects with ease on most occasions, only really struggling in low contrast situations, I have a couple of issues with it.
The first is the noise of the AF in operation. Compared to the whisper-quiet AF experienced from both the EOS 600D and D3200, the K-500's AF is an orchestra of whirrs and buzzes as AF is acquired with the supplied 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens. It's a shame to see Pentax omitting their SDM (Supersonic Direct-drive Motor) from the bundled lens when rivals include it on theirs, detracting from the shooting experience.
Another point that irritates with the AF is the fact that the active AF point is invisible in the viewfinder. While its not going to be an issue if you're using the broad 5 or 11-point auto AF options, when you want to specifically select an AF point, it becomes quite an annoyance.
While the K-500 may show you the active AF point on the rear screen, that's of little comfort when you've got the camera raised to you eye, and even if you know which AF point is active, its still hard to be 100% sure when that AF point precisely is in the viewfinder.Frustrating stuff, especially when looking at the spec, the K-500 should be running rings around the competition in this area.
I have to say though that the Pentax K-500's viewfinder itself is lovely and clear, and fair from tunnel like which some pentamirror-based DSLRs can suffer from, while the rear display, though relatively reflective, has good contrast.
The K-500's sensor-shift image stabilisation system works well, and while sharp shots will still depend a lot on technique, there's no reason to doubt the effectiveness of the 3 stop advantage quoted.
There are some nice touches too. If you're shooting in JPEG there's the ability to save a Raw file once you've taken the shot, with the data retrieved from the camera's buffer, while if you're shooting Raw and JPEG you get the choice if you delete an image with you keep the Raw or JPEG file.
The Pentax K-500's graphical menu interface does feel a little dated compared to rivals – the menu looks tired, with simple white text against a simple background, while the shooting info display uses a rather bright default colour palette (though there's a wide choice of alternative colour combinations) with large lettering. Though relatively easy to navigate, it could do with some refining.
It's quite a luxury having dual control dials and depending on what mode you're shooting in, the secondary dial can be programmed to adjust a host of settings depending on your preference.
As we've mentioned, there are quick access controls round the dial for ISO, Drive, White Balance and Flash, hitting the Info button also brings up a Quick menu of other controls such as metering, AF active area and highlight correction modes.
Pentax K-500 Review – Image Quality
Colour and White Balance
I found the Auto White Balance could be relied upon to deliver pleasing results in most scenes, though I did find that when shooting either early in the day or later on when the sun was low that results were a little on the cool side. Indoors and under mixed lighting, the K-500 did a good job at delivering well balanced images
Some previous models have tended to under expose the scene and while in general the K-500's 77-zone metering system coped well, I did find that on occasion – particularly shooting subjects with quite a bit of sky in the shot, that the K-500 did opt to under-expose the scene, often by a stop or more.
Raw vs JPEG
There's no surprises to find that the JPEG files display the more pleasing colours and contrast straight out of the camera, though the Raw file retains more detail at higher sensitivities and naturally has the wider exposure latitude for post processing.
While the 16.28MP resolution offered by rivals isn't quite as impressive, you'll still be able to produce large A3+ prints at 240ppi without the need to interpolate the file, though cropping the image can be limited.
Looking at results from our resolution test chart and the K-500's sensor performs well, resolving detail down to just over 24lpmm (lines per mm), dropping to a still very respectable 22lpmm at ISO 6400. Real world tests also show good levels of detail, though we'd recommend using an alternative to the supplied 18-55mm kit lens for ultimate sharpness.
As you'd expect at the low-end of the K-500's sensitivity range, images display little if no noise. You have to be shooting at ISO 3200 or above to see a hint of noise in our JPEG files, though we did see a hint of coloured Chroma noise in Raw files at ISO 1600.
At ISO 6400 and JPEG files display some speckled Luminance Noise, though we couldn't see that much in the way of Chroma noise. Raw files behave a little differently at the same sensitivity, with some Chroma noise also present, but with images displaying a touch more detail.
Images are still more than useable until ISO 51,800, where quality drops off noticeably, with pronounced Chroma and Luminance noise visible.
Pentax K-500 review – Verdict
With a feature set that wouldn't look out of place one more costly models, the K-500 is perhaps one of if not the best-specified entry-level DSLRs you'll find thanks in part to the large pentaprism viewfinder, 6fps burst shooting, dual control dials and AF system that includes 9 cross-type sensors.
It's also one of the better entry-level DSLRs in the hand thanks to the large and comfy grip, while you should be more than satisfied with the image quality with results from the K-500 are more than a match for its rivals, despite loosing out in the resolution stakes.
I'd perhaps like to see a little less underexposure in some shots, but overall there's little to not like, with a very good image noise performance, plenty of latitude in files and a decent amount of detail.
What holds the K-500 back from being our pick of the entry-level DSLRs is the camera's AF. There are no complaints about its speed and accuracy, but doing away with the active AF point superimposed in the viewfinder is a big omission.
It may not sound like much, but it's a real hindrance and can be quite frustrating when trying to compose and focus shots. If you can over come this and the rather dated interface, then you'll be rewarded with a very capable and well-specified DSLR.
Pentax K-500 Review – Sample Image Gallery
These are just a few sample images taken with the Pentax K-500. For a full selection, along with the full range of ISO shots, head on over to the Pentax K-500 review sample image gallery.


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Former Buffalo Bills quarterbacks coach Todd Downing will join the Oakland Raiders coaching staff as their new quarterbacks coach, according to a source.
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Buffalo Bills QB EJ Manuel is excited about the addition of Todd Downing as the team's quarterbacks coach. "I'm very excited to work with coach Downing," Manuel said. "I have a previous history with him last year at the Senior Bowl."
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By Karl Terry: PNT Managing Editor
A pair of House bills alllowing voters to register at the polls may be in for tough debate in the 2007 New Mexico Legislature.
One of the bills is sponsored by Mary Helen Garcia, D-Las Cruces, the state representative who carried legislation that switched the state to paper ballots last session.
She said her bill will help improve voter participation and turnout. Garcia said she doesn't believe the measure will be too great a burden for election officials.
"There are still a low percentage of people choosing to go to the polls," Garcia said.
"I hope this will encourage more people to participate in this great right we have to vote."
Election officials in Roosevelt and Curry counties believe the burdens may be greater than Garcia thinks. They said ensuring that voters registering at the polls are eligible will be problematic.
"I know that it's possible to have same-day election registration, said Curry County Election Administrator Coni Jo Lyman, who is also vice president of the New Mexico Association of County Clerks. "But we're afraid of it as a county clerk's association, because we don't quite understand it."
Roosevelt County Clerk Janet Collins shares Lyman's concerns about checking eligibility, but notes that the number of provisional ballots cast could be cut down.
"Unless there are a lot of changes (to the election system) I can't imagine that being very good," Collins said of election-day registration. "I just don't see how the elections could be as pure as they are now."
Garcia said that her bill requires those registering to provide exactly the same information as those now registering before the 28-day cutoff.
Another election initiative before the legislature that has caught county clerks' attention is a bill that would require counties to handle all municipal elections.
"That's a big job to take on without additional staff," Collins said.
She points out while county clerks are held to a higher standard for elections than individual municipalities, with that standard comes extra expense. She said that small communities now keep their costs down by printing and hand-counting their ballots.
Election bills
Some of the general bills introduced so far in this session of the state Legislature dealing with elections include:
• SB 360 — Municipal elections by county clerks
• HB 346 — Same-day voter registration
• HB 394 — Same-day voter registration
• SB 510 — Replacement of candidates on ballots
• HB 470 — Absentee in lieu of polling places in some rural areas
• SB 52 — Eliminate straight party ballot option
• HB 12 — Requiring minimum number of precinct ballots
• SB 449 — Requiring automatic recounts in certain elections
Source: New Mexico Legislature Web site
Other states with election-day registration:
• Connecticut
• Idaho
• Maine
• Montana
• New Hampshire
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming
Source: Wikipedia


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Leahy, Sanders challenge FCC's media consolidation proposal
WASHINGTON Sens. Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders are opposing a pending Federal Communications Commission proposal to alter current restrictions on media ownership, charging that it could increase concentration and threaten diversity in the communications marketplace.
In a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski late last week, Leahy and Sanders joined seven other senators all Democrats in urging the FCC not to consider eliminating current rules that bar a single company from owning both newspapers and TV stations in the same market.
The senators pointed to newly released FCC data showing that women own less than 7 percent of full-power commercial radio and TV stations, while racial and ethnic minorities control only 5 percent of these TV stations and 8 percent of these radio stations.
Despite the extremely low levels of female and minority ownership, we understand the FCC is again considering relaxation of its cross-ownership rules, which include limits on ownership of television stations and newspapers in the same market, the letter continued. The changes appear to be very similar to the rules changes that former FCC Chairman Kevin Martin proposed in 2007 and that the public, the Senate, and a federal appeals court resoundingly rejected.
The reference was to a 2008 Senate resolution and a 2011 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.
In a statement Thursday, Leahy, who is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said, Admitting local voices to the conversation and promoting diverse viewpoints is an American value, a Vermont value and a cornerstone of democracy.
He added: While the Internet is an important alternative to traditional broadcast media, it is not yet a sufficient replacement, particularly in rural areas like Vermont where Internet access is not universal. I have long opposed efforts to loosen media ownership rules, and I continue to believe that weaker rules would lead to greater consolidation and less diversity and local content.
During a Thursday news conference with Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., at the Capitol, Sanders charged the FCCs proposal constituted a threat to democracy and freedom of speech.
Here in America, where we pride ourselves on how robustly we exercise our freedom of speech, control over the discussions in the public square has been drastically concentrated in the past 30 years, he said, adding. In 1983, 90 percent of American media were owned by 50 companies. Today, that same 90 percent of media are controlled by six giant companies.
He specifically mentioned General Electric Co., Disney, Viacom, Time Warner, CBS, and NewsCorp the last of which is controlled by media baron Rupert Murdoch.
According to published reports, the FCC has been considering a draft order that would lift the ban on one company owning both a newspaper and TV station in the top 20 markets. Bans on the same company owning both a newspaper and radio station or a TV and radio station would reportedly be lifted in all markets.
However, in a statement this week, Bill Lake, chief of the FCCs Media Bureau, asserted that reports that the order would make it easier to own a top TV station and a major newspaper in a market are wrong.
Said Lake: In fact, the order would strengthen the current rule by creating an express presumption against a waiver of the cross-ownership ban to allow such a combination. In addition, the proposed order preserves the existing TV duopoly rule, which forbids ownership of more than one of the top four TV stations in any market.
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The hardest part of getting started with a Java application is, well, getting started. So many logistical decisions have to be made up front. Where should the Java source files go? Where do I place unit testing? Where will we store dependency .jars? How will the project be built, documented, tested, and deployed? The choices made at this stage will follow a developer for the rest of the project. It's up to you whether those choices will haunt you or prove you to be a master Java architect later on. We'll assume the latter is the goal we are striving for, and now we just need a starting point.
There are many tools out there for building a Java project, including Ant. Ant has been on the top of many a developer's list as the revolutionary tool that got them out of the world of
make. For those of you not familiar with
make, it'll be enough t say that it just isn't the best tool to use for building Java projects, since it isn't platform-independent and it isn't that easy to use. Ant came along and changed all that by providing a platform-independent tool that uses an XML configuration file, the infamous build.xml. Ant has enjoyed heavy popularity with its many advantages, but it also has some drawbacks. The build.xml files can be extremely terse, and their use requires the developer to learn the syntax up front. While the learning curve isn't too steep, a Java developer's time could be better spent doing, well, development.
Maven is the new kid on the block, much like Ant was just a few short years ago. Maven 1.0 has been around for a few years and it was accepted by a wide audience of developers as an Ant replacement, but it offered very little relief from the old Ant build.xml file. Maven 1.0 was slow and clunky and using it was almost as difficult as getting started on a project with Ant. In fact, it was Ant at its core, and after an almost complete rewrite, Maven 2.0 was born.
The benefits of Maven 2.0 are numerous, as it does more than merely build your projects. If you are just starting a new Java project and you need to get started fast, Maven 2.0 will have you up an running in minutes. The following are some of the advantages of Maven 2.0:
The list above is just a short list of the features available in Maven 2.0. These alone make Maven 2.0 a solid choice for a build management system. Now that we know what Maven is, let's look at how to get started.
The first thing we want to do is set up our directory structure. Wait--there is no need to do it by hand. Maven can do it for you, depending on the type of project that you are developing. Once you have downloaded and extracted the latest distribution of Maven 2.0, you should add the bin directory of the Maven distribution to your system path. You can run
mvn -version to test your installation.
Now that we have the tool installed, let's look at the example of creating a simple Java project. Maven uses archetypes to determine how the directory structure will be laid out. There are several built-in archetypes or you can write one of your own.
mvn archetype:create -DgroupId=com.oreilly -DartifactId=my-app
Voila! We now have our project layout.
- ----java
- ----com
- ----oreilly
Yes, it's that easy. It should be noted that this directory structure can be overridden by creating a new archetype, but deviating from the structure is not recommended, since one of the benefits of Maven is the standard directory structure. The directory structure contains two source trees: one for your Java application source code and one for your unit test code. You may also have noticed that the first time you ran Maven, it did some downloading. Maven will update itself with the appropriate functionality based on what plugin you use when you invoke the tool. Maven, by default, will get its updates from the Ibiblio repository. You can override Maven's choice of a remote repository in the conf directory of the Maven distribution or in the project itself.
You should also have noticed that Maven created a pom.xml file in the my-app directory. This is the meat and potatoes of your project. The pom.xml file is a set of instructions for Maven that tells it how to build the project and includes other special instructions. (POM is an acronym for "project object model.") By default, Maven also includes the JUnit dependency to encourage unit testing.
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<name>Maven Quick Start Archetype</name>
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Now that we have our project created, we can add in our code and utilize a whole new bag of Maven tricks. Note that the following commands must run in the same directory as the pom.xml file.
mvn test: Runs the JUnit tests for the application.
mvn package: Creates a .jar file from our project.
mvn install: Adds our project .jar to the repository for use as a dependency if needed.
mvn site: Generates the project website.
mvn clean: Cleans the output created in the target directory.
mvn eclipse:eclipse: Generates the Eclipse project file.
Let's look at something a little more complex. Starting a Java web project by hand can be even more time-consuming than starting a simple Java project by hand, but Maven makes it just as easy. The example below (ordinarily a single line, but wrapped to suit the web page format) sets up the project structure.
mvn archetype:create -DgroupId=com.oreilly
The resulting structure looks like this:
This time, our project was set up a little differently to support web resources that we will include in the .war file. The pom.xml file will contain a line that indicates that the project should be packaged into a .war file:
<packaging>war</packaging>. Now we are ready to create the .war file with
mvn package. Don't worry about how you'll get your dependencies into the WEB-INF/lib directory; Maven will include them automatically if the dependency's scope is set to
compile. We can also change the name of the .war file by simply adding the following to our pom.xml:
Now that we have created our project structure, written some code, and tested and compiled our application, we can move on look at how Maven handles dependencies. In order to add a dependency to your project, you need to add it to your pom.xml; the next time you run Maven, it will get that dependency from the Ibiblio repository and add it to your build path.
There are some very important things to remember about dependencies. The biggest inconvenience currently with Maven is that Sun .jars are not available through a Maven repository at the time of this writing. This is due to the licensing restrictions that Sun places on its code. To work around this issue, you have to download and install the code into your local repository or make a external declaration for a dependency location at a point on your file system. Hopefully, Sun will create their own Maven repository soon, but Maven will have to be updated to prompt the user to accept the licensing agreement before Maven can download the resource.
Another inconvenience is that sometimes you might be using a library that is very recent and might not exist in a remote repository. Another possibility is that you just might be developing with no internet access and just want to have all of your dependencies available locally. The best solution for these issues is to install the .jar in your local repository. It is also convenient to store your local repository on a web server, so that your entire development team can benefit and everyone doesn't have to manage his or her own repository. Changing the Maven repository path is as simple as editing the settings.xml file in the conf directory of the Maven distribution.
Using dependencies in Maven is simple. Let's look at adding a dependency to our pom.xml file above. We already have JUnit, but let's add the powerful Quartz library to our project. Quartz is an open source scheduling mechanism written entirely in Java and is a great choice for all of your scheduling needs.
That is all we need to add to the
<dependencies> element in order to get Maven to download and use Quartz as a dependency for our project. Don't worry about Quartz having dependencies. A Maven repository will contain information about dependencies for dependencies and when Maven downloads Quartz, all of its dependencies will also be downloaded. In order to verify that the 1.5.1 version of Quartz exists in Ibiblio, we can browse the Maven repository. Note the use of the
scope parameter; this tells Maven at which stage the dependency is needed. In the case of JUnit, we used the scope
test to tell Maven that this dependency is only needed in the testing phase and not as a runtime resource. Here is a guide to the available scopes.
compile: This is the default. States that the resource must be present for all tasks.
test: Runs all test cases.
runtime: This indicates that the resource is only needed as a runtime resource.
provided: This is for items that you expect to already be provided as part of the JDK or application server classpath.
Now, what about those pesky Sun .jars or the .jars that we need that we can't find in a remote repository? We have to install those .jars into our local repository manually with Maven. Don't worry--this is nowhere near as hard as it sounds. For the sake of example, we'll install the Java Activation Framework .jar. First we have to download it from Sun, and then we can use Maven to import it into our local repository. It is also possible to install a missing .jar into Ibiblio yourself using some instructions in the Maven guide to uploading artifacts to Ibiblio.
mvn install:install-file -Dfile=activation.jar
-DgroupId=javax.activation -DartifactId=activation
-Dversion=1.0 -Dpackaging=jar
Now the .jar is installed in our local repository just like any other dependency for our project. We only need to add the dependency declaration and we are all set. Remember to make sure your version information is correct when adding .jars and when declaring them as dependencies. A mismatch will cause Maven to fail when it tries to find the resource. If you need help with the standard naming parameters when importing Sun .jars, you can refer to Maven's list of standard Sun .jar names. Remember, you cannot publicly distribute these .jars through a repository at this time without violating Sun's terms of use.
You may be tempted to store dependencies in a source control repository; source control was never meant for this task. Dependencies are transient and are generally versioned by a number scheme. That being said, you definitely would want to make sure you back up your internal remote repository, if you have one, to make sure you don't lose all of the custom additions you've made, in case the repository server crashes and cannot be recovered. Not storing dependencies in source control will also save vast amounts of disk space on the source-control repository server.
It would be inconvenient for every developer on a project to have to configure a repository in his or her conf directory, so Maven has the ability to look at multiple repositories at the same time and configure them all in the pom.xml file. Let's look at an example of how we could use multiple repositories with our application. In the following excerpt from pom.xml, we set up two repositories for Maven to be able to find dependencies. Ibiblio is always the default for Maven, but we have added Planet Mirror as a backup. We might also want to make the second repository our local web server that our team is using as a repository.
<name>Planet Mirror</name>
It's fairly common for software companies to have multiple projects that are built into the main product. Maintaining the dependency chain and building the entire product at one time can be a challenge, but with Maven, it's simple. If you create a parent pom.xml that refers to other submodules, Maven will handle the complete build for you. The dependency mechanism works by analyzing each submodule's pom.xml for dependencies and building the projects in the order in which they depend on each other. The order that you place the submodules in the parent would not matter if each project called out its dependencies explicitly, but for the sake of other developers, it is best to make sure that the order in the parent pom.xml is the same order in which you want the subprojects to be built. Let's look at an example.
The master pom.xml is as follows:
We need to make sure that all three of the dependency .jars are included in the
WebApplication submodule, so we need to declare them as dependencies. In this example, our
Utilities project depends on the
Common project, so we would need to add a dependency to the Utilities project for
Common. The same goes for our
Application submodule, because it would depend on
Common and
Utilities, and
Utilities would depend on
Common. If there were 60 submodules in this example that all depend on each other, it would be difficult for a new developer to figure out what projects depend upon others, so this is precisely the reason we make sure that the order of the projects is clear in the parent pom.xml.
Here are the
Utility module's dependencies
Here's how to state the
Application module's dependencies
Finally, the
WebApplication module dependencies are as follows:
Now we just need to add an element to each submodule's pom.xml file declaring that they are part of one logical build.
In the same directory as the master
pom.xml file, we have our project directories: Common, Utilities, Application, and WebApplication. Now when we run mvn package in the directory with the master pom.xml file, each project will be built in turn as they depend upon one another.
Maven 2.0 has a wide array of plugins that are available. Unfortunately, since Maven was rewritten, Maven 1.0 plugins won't work and cannot be used with Maven 2.0. However, there are several Maven 2.0 plugins already available for use. The following plugin configuration for pom.xml is an example straight from the Maven 2.0 website. This plugin is used to configure compiler options.
The Maven reporting plugins can be used to generate different reports that will be available when you generate the project website using
mvn site. Here is an example of how to configure one of those plugins using the
<reporting> element.
The Maven Plugin Matrix is really useful for figuring out what Maven plugins are available for which version of Maven.
How could the world's greatest IDE get any better? With a Maven 2 plugin that assists in searching for dependencies and adds them to pom.xml automatically. Maven has an Eclipse plugin that will enable Maven for any project, although it is best to create your project with Maven first and then generate your Eclipse project file with
mvn eclipse:eclipse, just so that you get the directory structure perfect the first time.
You can install the Eclipse plugin through the updater in Eclipse itself using http://m2eclipse.codehaus.org/ as the site for the plugin. After installing and restarting the IDE, you need to configure the Maven plugin in Eclipse's preferences by filling in the location of the local repository. This is an important step, because if the default repository for Eclipse doesn't match your default, Maven will re-download your dependencies. After configuration, import the project into Eclipse, right-click on the project, and choose Maven 2 -> Enable. Now you can go back through that step and you'll have more options like Add Dependency, which will bring up a search box so you can search for dependencies and add them; the plugin will edit your pom.xml file for you.
The plugin will build your project using Maven in much the same way that Eclipse can handle building with Ant. If you would like more information on Eclipse integration with Maven, check out the guide to using Eclipse with Maven 2.x on the Maven site.
On the other hand, if you are an IntelliJ fan, you can accomplish the same task by running
mvn idea:idea. These IDE integrations can save ramp-up time for developers. For example, if a developer adds some new aspect to a project, other developers on the team can just re-check out the project files from their source control repository and save the time of each developer having to make the IDE configuration.
Maven 2.0 has many useful features and performs extremely well. The most laudable part of Maven is the use of standard directory structures and deployments. This allows developers to move from project to project and not have to learn anything new about the structure or go through special instructions on how to build it. Practical applications for Maven also extend into custom build systems for large software engineering shops. Maven can be fully scripted and queued to run nightly and deploy distributions as well as send out notifications to users. From the documentation side, it's extremely handy to have the project website tools built in so that when the project build is complete, you can see a current status of all development.
There is no doubt that Maven 2.0 blows Ant out of the water when it comes to scalable build configurations, ease of use, and project management. In the next few years, we'll see more adoption of Maven as the standard in build technology until someone comes along and builds the proverbial "better mousetrap." You can download Maven from the Maven project website listed below.
Chris Hardin is a Senior Java Architect in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Take a walk on the wild side
May 8, 2013 —
Ramps. I've heard the word bandied about for years here in the country, but until now, was completely ignorant about them. With the onset of gorgeous weather and the shedding of the coats, I decided that rather than relying on armchair research, I'd head out for Ramps Fest in Callicoon, NY (www.visitcallicoon.com) to see what all the fuss is about.
Camera in hand and Wonder Dog at my side, I arrived prepared, having jotted down a few questions in my notebook, assuming I'd run into some people who were more informed than I. By foregoing research on the Internet, I was flying blind, but instead of being frightened (admittedly, I'm a little delicate) I felt free and unencumbered, ready to tackle the subject through honest-to-goodness human interaction. What a concept.
I glanced at my notes and reviewed the first deep, probing question: What are ramps? Stopping at the information booth (www.sullivancountyfarmersmarket.org) to inquire, market manager Danielle Gaebel took me by the hand and escorted me to "ramps expert" Jen McGlashan from Channery Hill Farm (check them out on Facebook) who was engaging a small crowd with her excitement over the green, leafy, funny-looking plants that appeared to be the star attraction.
McGlashan noticed me scribbling away and snapping pics, so she waved me over and happily answered some of my queries. "They're wild leeks," she said, "related to asparagus; they grow very slowly in the forest, from late April to early May." That sounded like a fairly brief window of opportunity for harvest and Jen concurred. "Ramps have become the quintessential great fad local to this region," she explained. "They really can't be commercially cultivated, take up to seven years to mature, are only found in the wild and are native to this area." I learned that McGlashan is one of a group known as Slow-Food UpDeRiVa and asked about the odd name. "We're the local chapter of Slow Food USA," she explained, "and it means Upper Delaware River Valley." Well, you could have knocked me over with a feather, since I've written those words more than a few times. "Man, I am slow on the uptake," I thought and wrote it down again, lest I forget.


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Chiro School Reunion: Whatever Happened to...?
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By Editorial Staff
Spa Finder magazine recently announced the winners of its 2003 Readers' Choice Awards, in which readers were asked to vote for the "best" U.S. and international spas.
The Crystal Award went to the readers' choice for best international spa by region (Asia; Europe; the Caribbean/Central America/South America; Mexico; and Canada) and best U.S.spa by size (boutique; small; midsize; large; and mega), while the Mind, Body, Spirit Award went to the top-10 spas that won the most individual awards in 16 categories, including accommodations; cuisine; fitness; golf; hiking; massage; medical programs; skincare; meeting locations; spiritual programs; tennis; urban spas; value for the money; yoga; and water and winter sports.
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Richard Longoria was officially charged with the shooting death of Alex Longoria, 21, at 9:45 p.m. Sunday, according to Detective Lt. Eddie Garcia.
Police said the two men were not related. They were not saying what caused the incident, other than they think the two had argued over personal problems.
Word spread quickly through the community that Alex was dead.
At the westside park where he was shot, two poster boards hang on the baseball backstop in tribute to him.
One person writes, "You ain't gone. You just live in the sky. You had one life to live and you sure did give everyone all smiles and best memories."
Another writes, "You probably got your wings and halo but you have always been an angel in disguise."
Angelica Soto remembers Alex as the type of person always willing to bend an ear.
"He was one of those guys that was easy to talk to," she said.
Angelica said that when the two worked at H-E-B Food Store together, she would give him a lift to work.
"He was a great guy all around," she said.
Garcia said the shooting occurred at about 3 p.m. on the north side of Kohler Park (also called Nopal Park) near the volleyball court.
Officers responded to a call from someone saying that a man was down at the park and that he possibly had been stabbed.
Lt. Kenneth Jefferson was the first Beeville Police Department officer on the scene. He reported that the victim was rushed to Christus Spohn Hospital Beeville, but he died shortly after arriving.
He had been shot once in the stomach area with a .22-caliber rifle, Garcia said. Witnesses said the shooter stepped out of a vehicle and fired the fatal shot before getting back in the car.
Witnesses said the suspect escaped in what was described as a late 1990s model Chevrolet Camaro.
The vehicle was silver with two black racing stripes, and it has Z28 stickers on the doors.
Witnesses said the car had black wheel rims and dual exhausts with chrome tips on the tailpipes.
Garcia requested anyone who can identify the driver to contact the detective at the BPD, phone (361) 358-8100.
Detective Sgt. Art Gamez took charge of the investigation, and the suspect was located about four hours after the shooting in the 1700 block of Emily Drive.
He was taken into custody without incident.
Richard Longoria was taken before Justice of the Peace Abel Suniga of Precinct 3, where he was formally charged.
Suniga set the suspect's bond at $1.5 million on the murder charge and set a $500,000 bond for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
If convicted of the murder charge, the suspect could face 99 years or life in prison.
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Dear Members,
Keep in mind that Character Bashing is now prohibited. Making fun of certain characters/character pairings leads to a pointless thread filled with insults and general rule breaking.
Also, remember that Versus threads are allowed only in the Versus section.
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i agree
Originally Posted by miino
raikage said he thought minato was undefeated "i dont rlly rmmbr" so its obvious minato > A
Originally Posted by Anando
yah dude you kinda obviously haven't watched the latest anime, and in manga it's written that the raikage states nobody could have defeated him
Originally Posted by Shisui Namikaze
Pathetic. Even after raikage admitted minato as better. Smh
Originally Posted by cmilius
Don't you watch the new cannon naruto 282 where the fourth raikage said that no could have defeated minato and you are saying raikage is stronger damn some people are dumb.
Did any of you even read it ? I gave lots of points why I believe A > Minato and you lot keep coming back with shit like "A said Minato is not surpassed". Pain said that Jiraiya would have beaten him with info but no one believes that. Itachi said that him and Kisame would lose to Jiraiya but no one believes that either.
Somethings are said as praise and are not actually true.
Originally Posted by cmilius
One more thing you guys forget minato can s/t raikage like tobi did to most of his opponents you know.
No that wouldn't work because of the nature the jutsu is employed. Minato wouldn't even have time to make the seals and that attack is used to redirect long range attacks. Minato's space time barrier is nothing like Tobi's space-time migration. Even if that absurd theory did work A would be able to survive it with little to no injuries since he survived Mabui teleportation. (Which I wrote in the thread)
You should watch the latest episode or reread the manga. Minato handled him.
Originally Posted by x9lb babynaruto
Obvious fanboy is obvious.
How am I a fanboy when I explained my point clearly ?
I gave reasons and evidence .
Originally Posted by Danzo Auditore De Firenze
A lot of people keep going back to what the Raikage said instead of looking at feats. Don't take things at face value.
Its like the people who say Jiraiya> Itachi because Itachi said that him and Kisame would get beaten by Jiraiya.
Look at this thread, and you'll understand that you're mistaking about what you think that happened in the fight between Minato and Raikage: http://www.narutobase.net/forums/sho...d.php?t=248682 And what i say here has been confirmed in todays episode. Look at Rul sig.
Also, you seems to forget that will only a kunai, he was able not only to destroy Bees limb, but also create a crater at that point. It has also destroyed Tobis body which was composed from Hashiramas cells(a powerful Zetsu body), and also created a great crater at that point just with rasengan, which shows that he has some sort of strenght(probably due to Hiraishin speed). When he hiraishined on Raikage, Bee was forced to interved at that moment, because he knew that A would be dead if it had continued any further.
You also forgot about other abilities like Summoning techniques. If he uses Food Cart Destroyer on A for example, he is almost done for.
Nobody can counter your points, the only point they have is" Ay said Minato would win". You got a strong arguement.
im not sure if i agree but if raikage wins it wont be easy.... but good thread though
you were fair on both sides and came up with good backup's
+rep for your effort
Gamarinsho ends said fight.
Shouldn't have to read.
Manga > you
and on top of it all last i checked wind>>>>lightning.
seems these are just opinions
Originally Posted by Danzo Auditore De Firenze
This thread will most likely be flamed by Minato fans but I'm going to go ahead anyway. This thread is to show why A beats Minato(or draws if Minato uses Reaper Death Seal)
Fourth Raikage vs Fourth Hokage
How the 4th Raikage would beat Minato
1) Can tank all of Minato's attacks
A can tank all of Minato's attacks and most of his sealings will be useless against A.
2) A only needs one attack
A only needs one attack to connect with Minato to win the fight. While Minato would need loads to even start injuring A and when one of A's punches is that close
to hitting Minato.
3) Minato unable to tag A
Minato would be unable to tag A with a seal because of his Lightning Armour and if he tried to he would get electrocuted.
4) Special theory
If A breaks one of Minato's kunai and then dashes at him and Minato tries to teleport to the kunai(that A has broken) and it will fail. And that split-second that his teleport fails A could hit him. Also Minato is not able to feel if one of his kunai is broken.
5) Large scale attacks could mess up Kunai
Large scale attacks would mess up the positioning of Minato's kunai and might even teleport him in front of A's attack. Also if he smashes the ground near him then could stop Minato from teleporting into his immediate vicinity. And if one of his kunai goes underground and Minato teleports to it then he would have killed himself.
6) Speed Blitz before Kunai's are ready
In the fight they had in the manga A waited for Minato to get out his Kunai and scatter them around instead of just rushing to him before he got his Kunai ready. This was because of plot.
7) A could use Gamabunta against Minato
A could severely injure Gamabunta with a few of his full power punches and he is capabale of doing so since he was able to slam the 8-tails onto the ground. A could even use Gamabunta against Minato because his attacks are very devastating and would destroy some of Minato's kunai. Minato doesn't have the strength to stop A's assault on Gamabunta and is not stupid enough to try.
8) Which will last more A's endurance or Minato's stamina ?
A has more chakra than Minato which would potentially help him to outlast Minato since he would soon run out of chakra dodging all of A's attacks. So even if A doesn't hit him Minato could still lose because of exhaustion. Minato will no doubt manage to hit the 4th raikage a number of times but the amount of times both of them need to hit eachother to win the match is too large. Remember A only needs one hit to win while Minato would need dozens to even injure A. If the fight lasts long then it would come down to stamina which A wins in.
But Minato could use Reaper Death Seal which would end the fight in a draw.
So this is the end of my thread. . Hope you enjoyed it and even if you don't agree with it please respect the effort I put into it.
Thanks to Negative Knight for helping me with some points even though he doesn't agree with me
Minato is my favorite character, but in all honesty your points are extremely valid and hard to argue with. The problem here isn't just A's amazing defense, it's also his massive chakra that makes him hard to deal with. I would say if Minato had an affinity for wind ninjutsu that he could beat A, but because we don't know enough about Minato to know for sure what his nature affinities are A probably takes this, but it's not certain.
Now on the side of Minato here for a moment we know he has speed and reflexes that actually surpass A's, as well as a large amount of chakra for a non-Uzumaki/non-Senju. His fight against Tobi and the Kyuubi proves this, so to say that he would get tired before A isn't necessarily true. He also has seals which can potentially block any large scale ninjutsu A tries to use, if any. As well as highly skilled barrier techniques which can hold down the Kyuubi as stated by Minato himself.
Some might argue that Minato actually didn't use the barrier technique, Kushina did. But if Minato is confident enough in his own abilities to say he could do it, then he can. My last and final point in favor of Minato is summoning. I say this because the frogs of Mount Myoboku have a wide variety of ninjutsu, taijutsu, and even genjutsu. Summons that have wind affinity are actually a great benefit to fighting a lightning user like A. Minato is intelligent enough to know this, and I'm sure would use this to his advantage if he could.
On paper from what we know about both Shinobi it's completely understandable to say A wins this fight, because sadly we don't know all that much about Minato.
Originally Posted by Ninpou
Nobody can counter your points, the only point they have is" Ay said Minato would win". You got a strong arguement.
ok so heres a couple of points for you.
1. wind >>>>lightning every day all day
2. minato literally already won this fight
3. Rasengan would have done emence damage to a's lightning cloak because 1 the rasengan is a wind technique and 2 it destroys chackra on a cellular level so im sure that a chakra cloak spells bad news when a rasengan comes into contact with it.
4. if the riakage could have beaten minato he would have won the fight that day that they faught instead of letting minato make him look like a fool. i got pleanty more
Originally Posted by Ninpou
Nobody can counter your points, the only point they have is" Ay said Minato would win". You got a strong arguement.
Thank You. +Rep.
Most people keep repeating "A said Minato is unsurpassed". Only one person has actually countered a few of my points.
Originally Posted by straightup
and on top of it all last i checked wind>>>>lightning.
Since when did Minato have Wind ?
Originally Posted by Shisui Namikaze
Shouldn't have to read.
Manga > you
Please tell me how Minato beats A ?
I just want to see if you have a better argument than "A said Minato is unsurppassed"
Last edited by Jean Grey; 10-05-2012 at 02:43 PM.
Originally Posted by Danzo Auditore De Firenze
Thank You. +Rep.
Most people keep repeating "A said Minato is unsurpassed". Only one person has actually countered a few of my points.
QUOTE=straightup;8639450]and on top of it all last i checked wind>>>>lightning.
Since when did Minato have Wind ?[/QUOTE]
rasengan is a WIND technique. do you even read the manga or watch the anime at all???
im literally making plenty of points to disprove your theory and none of my points say anything about what anyone said. there all based on naruto fact
A said minato skills were so far advance he thought no shinobi could surpass him
Its been made pretty obvious that Minato > A.
A went all out and went as fast as he could and tried to hit minato, while he just stood there clam and chilled out while he dodged his attack like it was nothing.
A clearly wasn't as fast as he is now... Think about how much more Minato would have improved in the 16 year time period :D
He would destroy current A... Tbh you make some good points but you have to remember that it doesn't take much for Minato to sit and dodge his attack's while A wastes allot of chakara with that Ration Amour or Whatever it's called.
I also fell like the rasengan is being completely underrated here ... Minato's rasengan is allot more powerful than Naruto's normal rasengan, Not to mention the speed it's delivered at would cause more damage.it's also not like the "Lighting blade" Were it would just pierce his armour but it's more of force attack... Just like it destroyed the water container from the back In naruto part one, While sasuke only managed to cripple the front of it. I believe that the Rasengan would actually cause damage and would smack him against the floor the exact same way it did with Tobi ...
Raikage would have been damaged and probably scared if it wasn't for bee.
Originally Posted by straightup
ok so heres a couple of points for you.
1. wind >>>>lightning every day all day
2. minato literally already won this fight
3. Rasengan would have done emence damage to a's lightning cloak because 1 the rasengan is a wind technique and 2 it destroys chackra on a cellular level so im sure that a chakra cloak spells bad news when a rasengan comes into contact with it.
4. if the riakage could have beaten minato he would have won the fight that day that they faught instead of letting minato make him look like a fool. i got pleanty more
Rasengan dosent do any of that, Naruto's RS is what your thinking of so all your points and the ones you think you have are invalid.
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Let your child choose his/her sibling's name?
Have any of you let your older child(ren) choose the name of a younger sibling? Did it work out?
We're starting to think about giving a shortlist of maybe 2-3 names to our older child and letting her choose from among them. Not sure whether we or she or even the new baby...may come to regret this decision in time, or whether it'll be worth it to allow her to have a big say in his life....
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My friend did this with her daughter. Her eldest daughter, Tahlia, was three when they had another daughter. Her parents let her choose between three names. She chose Eva and they were all very happy with her choice! Just make sure you love all your shortlisted options and you'd be happy with whichever name your child chose!~ Mother of Violet Elizabeth Rose ~
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I definitely would want their input and for them to be included.
I wouldn't let them have the final say exactly, but I would definitely want them included. If they're top choice is one I love, perfect! If it's one I can't stand, sorry kiddo, it's not happening.
I had a say in both of my brothers, my 14 year old brother's first name is one I chose. We don't call him by it however.
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I think letting them choose from a short list of approved names is totally acceptable. Letting them come up with something on their own is a different story. Unless you're ok with your child being named something like Cowboy or Strawberry. (depending on their age of course)Mama to ~Rowan Josephine 1/12~
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My only question is – Congress has nothing else to worry about then what baseball players are taking? I would hope that the war, economy and health care reform would be a tad more important. Mr. Specter seems to have no problem wasting our tax dollars on issues that are related to sports or maybe he just likes the attention he gets when he pontificates about them…his actions does make one go "hmmmm….."
Steroids can really mess up a season and a player's image. I viewed Romero as a clean non using – beast of a pitcher, and now I view him as a Barry Bonds "rebel" of a guy. Same thing happened to Rafael Betancourt for the Indians. That 2007 season he doped like crazy leading to being the best Relief pitcher in the game that year. Thank god he did, or else we wouldn't of went to the postseason. Congrats Rafael!!😉 New post up.
Julia – this is not about baseball. It is about vitamin and supplement makers tainting their products which ALL kinds of people are exposed to. I take a variety of supplements that my doctor recommended for medical conditions and I buy them at stores like GNC, where Romero got his as well. I do not want these companies tainting MY pills with steroids or anything else that could kill my liver or otherwise endanger my life. If you look at the big picture, NOT just baseball, this IS an issue, just like health care reform, that needs to be addressed. The FDA should regulate this manufacterers for the safety of everyone, not just ball players.