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Windows still got you trapped? Maybe SAMBA File System support is what you need. Michael Lucas explains how to use SMBFS.
It is possible to access data on a Microsoft computer from your FreeBSD system if the two computers are networked together. In this article, we'll be using a utility called Sharity-Light to allow a computer running Windows NT 4 to export a shared directory to another computer running FreeBSD.
But first, a crash course in NT networking. Microsoft operating systems use the NetBIOS API to facilitate file sharing over the network. The NetBIOS API uses a computer's NetBIOS (or computer) name to find networked resources. A hidden component of this NetBIOS name is a hex number that represents the type of resources and services the computer has made available to other computers on the network.
When a user on an NT computer wishes to access data on another computer, he can issue an UNC (universal naming convention) from the run command. All UNCs have the same syntax:
\\ tells the NT operating system that the required resource does not exist
on this computer; instead, NT needs to go out on the network segment.
The name of the computer the resource lives on is
The name of the shared resource the user wishes to access is
So, the command:
tells NT to go out on the network, find a computer named
pdc, and look for a
shared directory named
stuff on that computer.
However, the UNC will fail unless the user at
pdc has created a directory
called stuff and has shared it. In NetBIOS, only directories can be shared; in
order to share files, they must be copied into a shared directory. To share a
directory on an NT computer, right-click the Start menu, and click on "Explore."
Highlight a directory, right-click, and choose "Properties." Click on the "Sharing"
tab and change the default of "Not Shared" to "Shared As."
By default, the Share Name will be the same as the directory name; you can change this if you wish. You can also use the Permissions button to specify which users can access this share. Note, this only affects network users, not users sitting at this computer.
FreeBSD does not use NetBIOS to manage networked resources. Instead it uses NFS, the Network File System. We need a translator to convert NFS requests into the SMB (server message block) requests that NetBIOS understands. If I want Microsoft machines to access data on my FreeBSD computer, I use a utility called Samba to provide the necessary translation. If I want my FreeBSD machine to access data on a Microsoft computer, I use the Sharity-Light utility.
If you installed the ports collection when you installed FreeBSD, and are currently connected to the Internet, issue the following commands (as root) to install Sharity-Light:
cd /usr/ports/net/sharity-light
make install
If you didn't install the ports collection, build the package instead. Again, as root, and while connected to the Internet:
mkdir /usr/packages
lynx www.freebsd.org/ports
Cursor down to "net" and press Enter, then cursor down to the package link for sharity light and press Enter, then press
d to download. Save the downloaded file in
/usr/packages and exit
As root:
cd /usr/packages
pkg_add shar*
Notice that I'm a lazy typist. I just gave
pkg_add enough information to
distinguish the package I wished to install; I let the wildcard character
represent the rest of the filename.
Before we can use Sharity-Light, we need to know the NetBIOS name of the NT computer we wish to access, and the name of the share containing the data we need. To determine the NetBIOS name of an NT computer, right-click on that computer's Network Neighborhood icon and click on "Properties." The name in the box next to "Computer Name" is the NetBIOS name. To quickly see which resources that machine has shared, doubleclick on Network Neighborhood, then doubleclick on the NetBIOS name of the computer to see all of its shares.
We will also require a mountpoint for the data. Let's use a mountpoint of
mkdir /nt_1
Lastly, FreeBSD does not use NetBIOS names; it uses host names. If your network
does not have a DNS server or a WINS server, you'll need to add an entry for
the NT computer in the
/etc/hosts file on your FreeBSD computer.
Let's pretend I have an NT computer named alpha with an IP address of 10.0.0.1
and a shared directory named files. My FreeBSD computer is named gamma with an
IP address of 10.0.0.3. On gamma, I'll add the following line to
10.0.0.1 alpha
Then, I'll test connectivity by pinging alpha's IP address:
ping 10.0.0.1PING 10.0.0.1 (10.0.0.1): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 10.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=128 time=1.061 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=128 time=0.578 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=128 time=0.591 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=128 time=0.597 ms
^C---10.0.0.1 ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.578/0.707/1.061/0.205 ms
Note that ping will ping forever until you terminate it with Ctrl-C. If you don't get a response, check the cabling between the two computers before trying your ping again.
Having verified connectivity, let's ensure our hosts file is working:
ping alpha
You should get the same ping results as above; if not, double-check the NetBIOS
name, look for typos in the
/etc/hosts file, and try again.
Once we've verified that the two computers can communicate with each other using TCP/IP, let's try to access the data in the files share of alpha:
cd /usr/local/sbin
./shlight //alpha/files /nt_1 -U administrator -P pass
Using port 4761 for NFS.
Let's see what happened here:
shlight is the name of the Sharity Light executable. The UNC to the resource is
//alpha/files; notice that Sharity-Light uses the
double-slash in Unix-style convention, rather than Microsoft convention.
-U is mandatory and is followed by a username that is valid on the NT computer; this user does not have to be recreated on the FreeBSD computer. The
-P is also mandatory and must be followed by the password associated with
that username.>/p>
Note that a port was opened by NFS to manage the connection. To verify the mountpoint:
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
shlight-10924 208592 62256 146336 30% /nt_1
Now, let's try to access the data:
cd /nt_1
Regardless of whether the file system on alpha is VFAT or NTFS, we should be able to freely copy files back and forth between computers and make changes to files.
cp /etc/resolv.conf /nt_1
pico /nt_1/resolv.conf
Let's add a couple of nonsense lines I would never dream of putting in my real
hello hello hello
and save the changes.
Walking over to alpha, I double-click on the files share and notice a new file
resolv.conf. I open up this file with Notepad and see the new lines I
added from my FreeBSD computer.
When I'm finished accessing the files on the NT computer, I'll need to remember to unmount the share:
cd /usr/local/sbin
./unshlight /nt_1
Interesting things happen if I try to use Sharity-Light as a regular user. In FreeBSD, only root can mount filesystems. What if I'm a regular user who just happens to know the username and password for the administrative account on an NT computer? As a regular user:
cd /usr/local/sbin
./shlight //alpha/files /nt_1 -U administrator -P pass
Using port 1079 for NFS.
nfs mount /nt1: [1] Operation not permitted
The NT computer gave the OK for NFS to mount the share as the username and password were correct. However, NFS won't let a regular user mount a filesystem, so the user gets an error message instead.
Let's deal with some other common error messages when using Sharity-Light. This time as root:
cd /usr/local/sbin
./shlight //alpha/files /nt_1 -U adminstrator -P pass
error connecting to server: [13] Permission denied
This error message indicates an incorrect username or password. In this case, I've misspelled administrator.
./shlight //alpha/share /nt_1 -U administrator -P pass
error connecting to server: [5] Input/output error
This time I gave the incorrect sharename; there is no shared directory on alpha called share.
./shlight //beta/files /nt_1 -U administrator -P pass
beta: unknown host
Either there's no computer named beta, or I forgot to make an entry for it in
/etc/hosts file.
./shlight //alpha/files /nt -U administrator -P pass
nfs mount /nt: [2] No such file or directory
This time I forgot to create a directory named
/nt to use as the mountpoint.
One final point: Sharity-Light can be used to mount shared directories located on either FAT or NTFS filesystems located on Microsoft computers; it can also mount data CD-ROMs located on Microsoft computers. However, it can't be used to access printers cabled to Microsoft computers; you'll need the added functionality of Samba to accomplish that task.
Dru Lavigne is a network and systems administrator, IT instructor, author and international speaker. She has over a decade of experience administering and teaching Netware, Microsoft, Cisco, Checkpoint, SCO, Solaris, Linux, and BSD systems. A prolific author, she pens the popular FreeBSD Basics column for O'Reilly and is author of BSD Hacks and The Best of FreeBSD Basics.
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January 29, 2014 —
MONTICELLO, NY — The complex then called Dunbar Towers was about 80% complete four years ago, when construction halted with the onset of the Great Recession. But there is renewed activity at the site, with the new owners planning to market 92 luxury units to second-home owners from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
"The rich history of Sullivan County, the proximity to New York City and the emerging growth in the area inspired our interest in this new project," said Charles Brodsky, managing partner and general manager for the development company. "Furthermore, we are happy to provide employment opportunities, both during construction and after the Sullivan Regency opens for occupancy."
The building is seven stories high, making it the tallest in Monticello and in Sullivan County, at least for now. The amenities include full-time doorman and building security, indoor/outdoor pool, granite countertops, vaulted ceilings and balconies. One-, two- and three-bedroom condominiums will be offered, with a one bedroom listed at $129,000.
The website for the complex, sullivanregency.com, says there will be an open house for the building on June 26, 2014, but the marketing and sale of the units is underway now.
Brodsky served the same role in a similar luxury high-rise development in the Village of Lawrence in Long Island's Five Towns area.
A press release for the project says, "The location for the Sullivan Regency was selected because of the vibrant community, the emerging real estate market, the close proximity to New York City, and because it is only minutes from the Monticello Motor Club, The Chapin Estate and the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. The principals believe that the Sullivan Regency will inspire continued residential and infrastructure development in the community."
The development is also close to the proposed casino that will likely be located at the site of the former Concord Hotel, a couple of miles away.

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Stephanie Riviere, a graduate student in Integrative Biology at Laurier, won the Iain and Sylvia Taylor Award at Botany 2012, an international conference held in Columbus, Ohio in 8-11 July. The award was presented by the Canadian Botanical Association for the best Canadian student poster.
Stephanie studies the function, diversity and evolution of some mysterious formations found in the flower of Cuscuta (dodder) called infrastaminal scales. For a very long time it was believed that these polyp-like structures secrete nectar to attract pollinators, therefore, having a role in the sexual reproduction of these plants. Stephanie, however, found that scale characteristics are not correlated with the breeding system in the over 150 species that she has examined. Instead, based on the strategic placement of the IFS around the ovary and their morpho-structural adaptations, she proposed that these formations have a defense role. Each of the polyp-like elaborations of the scales contain a laticifer cell that secretes a lipid-based resin. The laticifer cell is surrounded and protected by an epidermis, except at its tip which remains exposed. The slightest touch, for example by an insect, determines the laticifer cell to burst open and release the latex. The role of these landmine cells is to provide a defense layer against herbivorous insects that may want to feed on the ovules/seeds found in the center of the flower. Stephanies hypothesis is also corroborated by feeding assays done in collaboration with De Moraes lab from Penn State University, which have shown that the latex is toxic to various insect larvae.
A couple of other students in the Costea lab have participated to this project. As a part of her Honors Thesis, Courtney Clayson did a general floral developmental study, which provided data about the timing of initiation of these structures in relationship to other floral parts. Last but not least, Kristy Dockstader dissected, extracted and imaged scales from thousands of flowers. Keep in mind that these formations are usually smaller than 1 mm!
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Chanukah comes early this year. In fact, the Jewish holiday has never occurred on this date (November 27) before, and according to the Internet, never will again. Adorably dubbed "Thanksgivukah" by several online sources, the lighting of the menorah will take place on the night before Thanksgiving—hence the temple's craft fair. Dharma was anxious to check out the new dog toys and start her wish list, so we headed out and chatted with the vendors, admiring their handiwork and making notes for the near future. The pooch snatched a handmade chew toy from Fiona Feltman's table and raced around the showroom, delighting the kids, and coercing me to make an early purchase (a cute camouflage tug) from the young lady's display. To find out how you can commission Fiona to make one for your pup, call the temple at 845/794-8731. Getting into the holiday spirit, Feltman's project helps benefit the Sullivan County SPCA.
Paying for our purchase, I wagged a finger at the dog and informed her that she'd have to wait for more. Wondering if it was too early to start drinking hot buttered rum, I turned to the song lyrics. "Keep away from bootleg hooch, when you're on a spree," was the advice before the inevitable rhyme, so I drove home, posted a pic of the frost and sat back, awaiting commentary. "Oy Vey" was the first response, from Facebook friend Denise Sarett Connolly, which seemed in keeping with the impending holiday, so I read on. "I love this!" enthused pal Miriam Rayevsky, while chum Lorraine Allen chimed in with, "The frost is lovely and I could sooo live without it." Counting my shekels after Dharma's impromptu gift, I was amused to read Lynne Wilcox's observation that a "beautiful pattern was all over my car this morning… in fact it took a good ten minutes to remove it." With the last strains of the song (thankfully) fading from my reverie, I hear snippets echoing in my (hopefully normal) brain. "Eat an apple every day," it advises, "get to bed by three." With the clocks turned back, that seems almost plausible, but I don't want to rush it, so I'll just button up my overcoat and hope for the best.


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On this day (Dec. 10) in 1896, Swedish engineer, chemist and inventor Alfred Bernhard Nobel died at age 66 of a massive stroke in San Remo, Italy.
Known today primarily for being the inventor of dynamite and for establishing the prestigious Nobel Prize, Alfred was in fact one of the most innovative inventors, chemists, engineers and philanthropists of the 19th century.
Born Oct. 21, 1833, the fourth of engineer and inventor Immanuel and wife Caroline Nobel's eight children, the precocious young Alfred was taught by private tutors with whom he quickly, at an early age, studied chemistry and engineering, and gained fluency in five languages (English, French, German, Russian and, of course, Swedish).
As a young man, Alfred moved frequently, living with his parents in Russia, traveling and studying in the United States, studying in Paris, and finally moving back to Sweden, where his father established a factory making military equipment (primarily explosives).
In 1864, the 29-year-old Alfred witnessed a huge explosion in his father's factory, which killed five workers, including his younger brother, Emil.
Two years later, Alfred had invented what he called "dynamite" – a mixture of three parts nitroglycerin, one part diatomaceous earth, and a small dose of sodium carbonate.
Patented in 1867, dynamite, along with several other lucrative inventions, provided the basis for the enormous fortune Alfred used to establish the Nobel Prizes, which were to be awarded to honor men and women for noteworthy, beneficial achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine and literature, and especially for working toward world peace.
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Coincidently, on this day (Dec. 10) in 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first American (and therefore, obviously, the first American president) to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, set up just 10 years earlier on this very same day (i.e., Dec. 10) for his famous, widely reported brokering of the Treaty of Portsmouth, ending the Russo-Japanese War.
In 1906, the Nobel Peace Prize consisted of a large gold medal, a diploma, and a sizeable cash award. Upon learning of his winning the esteemed prize, Roosevelt wrote to the Nobel Prize Committee: "The medal and diploma will be prized by me throughout my life, and by my children after my death. I have turned over the money to a committee ... to be used ... to promote ... peace" in the world.
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Fifteen members of Indian Grave Baptist Church, Billingsley, traveled to Clever, Mo., on a construction missions trip June 6–12. They were part of a 42-member team that also included members of First Baptist Church of Posey Cross Road, Prattville; Providence Baptist Church, Clanton; Westwood Baptist Church, Alabaster; and Baptist churches in Tennessee and Mississippi.
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Thank you, NarutoBase Staff
Originally Posted by Uchiha Frasstonian
about time sumone started talking some sense up in this b****
not so onnn the izuna part but this isss kishi were talking about. i stll stand that it must hve been another involved baack then. never disputed tobi being obito jus dnt see it making sense he didd alllll these things alone :shrug:
Originally Posted by Soulskinner
2 possible theories... Quick summaries.
1st. Madara created the "TOBI" character in order to attack Konoha. Before that he found Obito half dead under a boulder. He saves him, make him his apprentice, learned him all the secrets of Sharingan and make him his successor. MADARA lead the attack in Konoha with the "TOBI" mask, but after he died Obito decided to avenge his death and continue his goal.
2st. Madara finds the dead body of Obito. He takes him to Orochimaru and they revive him with some help from Jetsu in order to create the ultimate weapon and they named him Tobi from Obito.
My guess is the first. What's your thoughts?
must have found himmm alllloonnng time and decided to do the other exploits alone until obito was so called strong enuff.
Originally Posted by konahamaru sasuke
Hey for all we know he is obito
see. read my post.. i also think orchi is tobi / obito...but i kknow he is a kage
HOLY SHIT........TOBI IS THE SAGE OF THE SIX PATHS. ,....OR HIS THIRD SON................or madars little bro
well i knew this would happen but i was hoping for kagami wonder what happend to him anyway....
Originally Posted by Omningan
i Can't believe this crap...
Naruto wiki has placed all of tobis doings and dealings under the obito uchiha profile...
I'm sorry but that is a huge mistake, they are dead wrong.
Tobi has never once claimed to be obito.
I'm going to use some references, so that everyone can see for themselves that instead of me just saying some dumb crap that isnt even true and being dead wrong like half the posters here do, I'm actually using the story itself as a basis for my speech.
Tobi HAS said over and over that he is Madara Uchiha...
And another, Tobi claims to have fought hashirama and stolen senju dna from him...
hashirama died decades before obito was even born... so bs on that one too.
I'd also like to point out that he said this to someone he just killed.
Would you lie about being someone else to someone you just killed?
I sure hope not, because thats the stupidest f***ing thing I've ever heard...
Minato wouldve recognized his own pupil during their fight...
even Minato, belived that the only person he could possibly be is Madara...
so that wasnt him there, because I KNOW that you are not going to try and tell me that Minato, the 4th Hokage, the baddest mofo out there at the time mistook his OWN PUPIL for Madara...because of a damn mask? because that would be absolute lunacy...
and the ultimate uchiha super ninja itachi, one of the only ninja to ever escape the edo tensei and a man who brought about his own death, wouldnt have been punked and fooled by a vagina like obito, so its not obito there either...
itachi had shisui's eye at this point and knew everyone in the uchiha.
tobi even admits that itachi was the only one to even NOTICE Tobi's presence...
he also states at one point that since Itachi is finally dead, he can finally proceed with his plans, as if Itachi was the one individual keeping him from his plans...
also, obito wouldnt have been able to control the mizukage and fool kisame...the only ninja who we have seen that had the massive guts to kill himself straight up...
so thats not obito there or then...
also there have been multiple occasions where he has even said by his own admission and by kishi to be madara, here and here.
"TOBI/UCHIHA MADARA FINALLY SHOWS HIS FACE" - author
"IT WAS ME UCHIHA MADARA" - tobi himself
"I EXHAUSTED EVERY RESOURCE TO GET MORE POWER, FRIENDS, MY BROTHER, EVERYTHING" - tobi talking about izuna being his brother...if he isnt madara, than its a little strange that obito would talk about izuna as if that were his brother, dont you think? hes taking all that history very seriously, if its not his past...what is this drama class in high school and hes trying to get an A+? WTH?
"SENJU HASHIRAMA, THE GREATEST NINJA OF HIS TIME AND THE ONLY MAN I HAD EVER ADMIRED" - tobi himself talking about knowing and respecting the first hokage, I'm sorry but if this is obito, than he is taking this act a little too far...because this is ridiculous...
"who are you" -kisame
"UCHIHA MADARA" - tobi himself
I like how chapter 475 is entilted "MADARAS TRUE WORTH" referring to tobi.
heres another good one... obito is SHOCKED at the edo madara... why would obito be that shocked by an edo madara? how would he even know madara, who would have surely perished YEARS before his birth?... its obvious that he knows exactly who is in the coffin, even though Obito would never have had the opportunity to meet the real madara, as he obviously died at some point before obito was born because madara is an edo that means he died at some point, and I cant see him living up to the point of obitos life and THEN dying, because what would have killed him at that point? Old Age? Oh come on! Tobi calls Kabuto a "MADMAN" why? why would kabuto be a madman for bringing an edo madara back into the picture? obviously tobi knows the power of madara, the man in the coffin, he is visibly shaken by seeing this...that doesnt sound at all like something that obito would know about.
and at the end of their conversation, Kabuto calls Tobi "Madara Uchiha"
SERIOUSLY? Kabuto just brought up an EDO MADARA, which shows he KNOWS for a FACT that Madara is dead, and then he calls Tobi - MADARA... no wonder Tobis reply is "wise guy..." like "f**k you kabuto, you tool, you know thats not me, but you said it anyways" haha on a side note, I love kabuto...he's awesome as hell...
and another...tobi claims to have given nagato the rinnengan, who we know activated the eyes as a child...he was born before obito, because nagato was a child during the second shinobi war, and obito died during the third shinobi war...so another bs story...
sure...his name is similar...sure...this face looks like obito and has matching scars...sure...he has the same mangekyou as kakashi, pretty obviously obito's other eye...but that would be where the similarities end, and those arent nearly as convincing as the literal MOUNTAIN of evidence to the contrary...
so just because you all want to believe that he is obito, doesnt mean that he is.
the timeline of tobi, tobis dealings with others and his known doings simply do not coincide with obito, infact they are quite the opposite and contradict each other completely...
for instance...why would obito want to destroy all the uchiha with itachi?
why would obito want to destroy konoha with the kyuubi, kurama?
why would obito be so concerned and obsessed with sasuke and the "legend of hatred" from the past involving senju and uchiha? as far as I can see, obito was never involved with a senju in a rivalry...kakashi doesnt apply...
how would obito have had access to information concerning the juubi, the sage of six paths history, and a genjutsu powerful enough to mask the world in a dream?
not itachi, not sasuke, not any of the kage, not any of the jinchuuriki, etc.
hell most of the world considered the sage of the six paths to be a MYTH.
Tobi knows that the gedo statue is the key to resurrecting the juubi, and by doing so he can control it with his eye and command the ultimate genjutsu?
in closing...
the simple fact is that: as much as tobi now VISUALLY looks to be Obito, he simply isn't and cannot be, and a lot of people are going to look very stupid very soon for having posted "i told you so" and "tobi is obito" because its not possible. heh.
Sooo... since this last chapter ends with a "obito?" question mark.
I'm gonna go ahead and assume that its not obito, because thats the stupidest thing I've ever heard...obviously kakashi is even in disbelief, as you all should be too...i know I sure as hell am, because given the knowledge we have about both Tobi and Obito, they arent the same person...
THANK YOU!!! AMEN! PREACH! ITS ABOUT TIME SOMEONE MADE IT EVEN SIMPLER THAN IVE BEEN DOING! As ive defended and will continue to defend. IT CANNOT BE OBITO IT JUS DONT MEK NO BUMBO RASSCLAT SENSE!
it cant be Obito.......... Obito was minato's student but Obito fought minato 16yrs ago during d Kyubi attack!!!!! dis is so messed up
Originally Posted by Soulskinner
2 possible theories... Quick summaries.
1st. Madara created the "TOBI" character in order to attack Konoha. Before that he found Obito half dead under a boulder. He saves him, make him his apprentice, learned him all the secrets of Sharingan and make him his successor. MADARA lead the attack in Konoha with the "TOBI" mask, but after he died Obito decided to avenge his death and continue his goal.
2st. Madara finds the dead body of Obito. He takes him to Orochimaru and they revive him with some help from Jetsu in order to create the ultimate weapon and they named him Tobi from Obito.
My guess is the first. What's your thoughts?
I agree some of it, but the biggest problem is that he has Kamui 16 years ago when he invaded the leaf village therefore he is the same man standing before them.
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it just might be Black Zetsu who turns out to be the mastermind of everything!
Originally Posted by narutoshippudenworld
I agree some of it, but the biggest problem is that he has Kamui 16 years ago when he invaded the leaf village therefore he is the same man standing before them.
eye transplant perhaps :flaw:
TOBI is like SENSUI in Ghost Figther.. It has so many characteristic in him.. They have the same ideology at first and then turned out to be bad later in the story.. Go YUYUHAKUSHU.. ^_^
Originally Posted by Fatback
The same Madara who came out of the coffin? The thing is... And let me really stress "The thing" so that you pay attention here... Is that you seem to be overlooking the obvious here. Not unusual, everybody else does it. Tobi was never Madara for the same reasons one would never mistake Vegeta for Goku. Madara is a pride filled warrior, the thought of him acting goofy is nonsensical, the idea of the great Madara hiding behind a mask is equally as absurd.. Whereas Obito had the correct motive and personality to do these things. Imagine Madara claiming to be no one and not wanting to be anyone.... Down right stupid. For Obito these things make perfect sense.
Yes the same one who came out of the coffin who else?
Just like how the 4th was still residing in Naruto meanwhile Oro was about to revive him.
ps your theory of obito plot holes is even more stupid then the ramen guy being Tobi.
Why in any normal brain would an author create a totally new plot/antagonist nearing the end of the series. It really isn't that simple nothing was confirmed. If you go back & read it again. All that happened was kakashi flashbacks/3rd POV. Then at the end it still confirms nothing it says "OBITO?" & has a face. Which every1 claims to be Obito yet no one has any clue if that's what he actually looks like. Hell I could say it looks like Madara with short hair. Coz it actuall does.
............ohhhh dammmnnn..... 'nuff said.
i want to read this thread. after everything comes to be known.
Originally Posted by Senju clan24
obito isnt tobi how can the fourth fight obito and obito be a grown man while kakashi on the other hand which is the same age as obito was a kid during the battle makes no ****ing sence does it
Go back and read that chapter. You clearly see Kakashi as a young adult during his Anbu days
Can someone answer this question...Why did Tobi fight Minato with shackles and chains instead of Madara's traditional weaponry?
Guys! It's official, hopefully. We shall see an explanation tomorrow!
Never the less who Tobi really is but this twist and plots has really made Naruto manga EPIC
i have a question and don't feel i should make a new topic over it since this thread is for discussing the chapter. why does everyone say its not kakashi's flash back? seeing someone you thought long gone right in front of you would normally bring flash backs of them. and it shows how kakashi got the FTG kunai from the 4th which has nothing to do with Tobi unless its just showing that he was jealous.
it cannot be Obito....I mean how does he know so much....he knew of the juubi, the gedo statue..then also about the old days.....man for gods sake...if he really is obito.....kishi has to explain this very good then.....tomorrow is the day of truth guys.......
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Palm Beach resident Anka Palitz is known as an 'angel' in the world of professional ballet. Palitz began dancing at age 7 and developed a lifelong passion for the art form. She helped spearhead American Ballet Theatre's Dancer Sponsorship program, becoming the first person to sponsor a dancer at ABT and one of the first in the United States. Ethan Stiefel was named the Clarence Y. Palitz Dancer in 2004, in honor of Anka Palitz's late husband.
Locally, Palitz launched The Career Transition Heart and Soul Awards Luncheon in Palm Beach to bring awareness to her fellow Floridians about the need to help professional dancers transition and re-train after their careers. Often, dancers' careers are short-lived, mostly due to injury. To date, more than 150 Florida dancers have received grants from Career Transition for Dancers to enable them to transition to new, rewarding professions. Palitz established the Clarence Y. Palitz Scholarship to help with this program.
"Dancing is often a challenging career path, as is true with many artistic professions. But I can't imagine life without dance, and I just wanted to do my part to help support these talented artists," Anka Palitz said.
Now, Palitz is again supporting American Ballet Theatre, as co-chair of this year's Evening in Palm Beach, an annual fundraising gala and performance taking place at the Kravis Centre for the Performing Arts on Saturday, March 23, 2013. Funds raised from An Evening in Palm Beach will support ABT's extensive education, outreach, and touring programs, in Florida, across the country, and around the world.
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AnEvening in Palm Beach, an annual fundraiser to benefit American Ballet Theatre, is scheduled for Saturday, March 23 at 5:30pm at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. Patrick Park will serve as the Gala Grand Chair, with Anka K. Palitz and Vicki and Chris Kellogg serving as event co-chairs. Debra Vasilopoulos is the evening's Corporate Chair.
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The Championship That Keeps On Giving
On Sunday I finished the Houston Marathon in 3 hours, 15 minutes and 19 seconds — a new personal best. And though it's been more than 48 hours since I finished the race, not a minute has gone by where I haven't found complete satisfaction in having accomplished the task. In fact, I don't think I'll stop reliving that race for a long, long time.
During my flight home to Chicago, I randomly ran into some fellow Cardinals fans friends of mine from waaaaay back. Odd as it is to bump into old friends in an unexpected place, I was quite happy with the brevity at which our conversation turned to the baseball glories of 2011, of Game 6 in particular, and how we kept our respective neighbors up that night, how our heart rates have never dipped and soared to such extreme levels. Reliving that game and that series at 30,000 feet was a pleasant testament to history.
I was reminded that you can never undo what's been done.
And I'll be reliving such glorious conquests for as long as I possibly can.
Hate me 'cuz I ain't never gonna stop gloating about the '11 series, just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
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Jeff. We are proud of you and u have every right to brag. No way can I run. Not even a 5K. "I hate running. Running is for pitchers" -Jeff Kent.
Game 6 – Slowly I turn… step by step… inch by inch….
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- Thermal fatigue behavior of direct metal deposited H13 tool steel coating on copper alloy substrate
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- Imran, M. Khalid; Masood, S. H.; Brandt, Milan; Bhattacharya, Sudip; Gulizia, Stefan; Jahedi, Mahnaz; Mazumder, Jyotirmoy
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- Thermal fatigue performance of direct metal deposited H13 tool steel coating on copper alloy substrate was investigated for high pressure die casting applications. An innovative thermal fatigue test rig was used which is capable of applying cyclic identical energy on the test materials regardless of thermal conductivity property. H13 tool steel was coated on cylindrical copper alloy core material both directly as well as using 316 stainless steel as a buffer layer to evaluate and compare their thermal fatigue properties. Two types of cracks at the surface of both coatings were observed and investigated. The network of small and shallow cracks on the surface was the result of thermal stress while the large catastrophic cracks were believed to be the consequence of thermal stress coupled with the thermal expansion mismatch between the H13 tool steel coating and copper alloy core materials. The H13 tool steel, coated with 316 stainless steel showed much less number of cracks compared to the directly coated H13 tool steel indicating superior thermal fatigue resistance. Moreover the first layer of the directly coated H13 tool steel showed vulnerable behavior under high temperature application showing numerous cracks. Both coatings showed no crack propagation along the interface between coatings and the substrate materials.
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Lochia Bell Dunn of Steubenville is celebrating her 103rd birthday today with family and friends.
She was born Jan. 10, 1910, in Landisburg, W.Va. She and her husband, the late Walter J. "Buss" Dunn, were married on March 29, 1929. They had two sons, Walter F. Dunn of Wintersville and Robert Lee Dunn of Mariucopa, Ariz. They have four grandchildren, one of whom is deceased.
She attended school in a one-room schoolhouse that combined grades one through eight. She walked 3 miles to get to school and would milk the cows before heading to her daily classes.
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Kevin Crowley, Director, Communication & Public Affairs
WATERLOO What do the films Casablanca, Blazing Saddles and West Side Story have in common? They have all been deemed culturally, historically or aesthetically significant by the Library of Congress and listed on the National Film Registry. The documentary film, These Amazing Shadows, explores the power of the movies and the history of the National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film and the American experience itself.
The directors of These Amazing Shadows, Paul Mariano and Kurt Norton, will present their award-winning documentary at Wilfrid Laurier Universitys Waterloo campus Monday, March 4 at 7 p.m. The screening takes place in the Arts Building, room 1E1 and will be followed by a question-and-answer period.
Film preservation is an integral part of understanding film history and Kurt Norton and Paul Mariano have captured this concept in one fell swoop, said Hilary Hulsey, co-president of the WLU Film Society and event organizer.
Although the film focuses on the National Film Registry in America, the message that film bridges gaps across all nation states and nationalities is universal. We are reminded not only of the history of film but also of our own personal history. In a digitally saturated world, this film should open eyes and soften hearts to preserving the past, present, and future.
The screening is supported by the Council for the Intellectual and Cultural Development of the Arts, the Office of the Dean of Students, the Department of English and Film Studies, and the Office of the Vice-President: Academic.


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No arrests in alleged Springfield solicitationStaff Report | January 28,2013SPRINGFIELD — There will be no arrests in an alleged solicitation of a young girl in Springfield, according to Springfield Police Chief Doug Johnston.
Police interviewed the alleged victim after the incident but the girl could not recall what the man said to her, Johnston said. The police dropped the case based on lack of information.
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Second, you must submit an Honors Contract (PDF), signed by the course instructor, for approval by the dean of the Honors College. If you cannot download and print the form, you may pick up a copy at the Honors College office in the Ball Honors House. These proposals are due early in the semester when the course is taken. There is space on the contract for your description of the "honors difference" - this description must contain sufficient detail to allow evaluation of the proposal.
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A specialist medical team from Australia was dispatched to the McMurdo Station in Antarctica to airlift an ill American to a hospital in New Zealand. NBC's Keith Miller reports.
Updated at 8: 01 a.m. ET: An Australian team successfully evacuated a member of a U.S. government Antarctic expedition in apparent need of urgent surgery on Thursday, after a rare mid-winter emergency flight involving landing on an ice runway.
"The patient has been taken to (a) hospital for treatment in Christchurch," spokeswoman Patti Lucas of the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) research program told NBC News. Australian officials did not have details about the expeditioner's age or sex, she added.
The pilots took advantage of the short twilight to land the plane, after completing the most perilous part of its journey when it touched down after the five-hour flight from Christchurch, New Zealand, The Australian reported.
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The plane landed on an ice runway known as Pegasus near McMurdo Station, one of a handful of landing strips in Antarctica that can accommodate wheeled aircraft.
During the rescue temperatures hit -13 F at the station, one of three year-round research outposts the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) runs in Antarctica, although otherwise conditions were described as "perfect," The Australian reported.
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An Australian A319 Airbus sits in the U.S.'s McMurdo Station on the southern tip of Ross Island in Antarctica. An Australian government A319 carrying a medical team made a successful landing on the station's ice runway on Thursday to rescue a sick American scientist.
Flights to Antarctica are usually only made in the summer, but the NSF on Wednesday said the patient "may require immediate corrective surgery."
The NSF's Debbie Wing earlier told NBC News that a U.S. C-17 aircraft was on standby in case the Airbus could not manage the trip.
The NSF had asked for help on the emergency mission and were in charge of the operation.
Vast Antarctic ice sheet 'in play' with global warming
McMurdo Station, established in 1955, is the largest Antarctic station, according to the National Science Foundation.
According to the U.S. Antarctic Program's website:
"McMurdo Station ... the main U.S. station in Antarctica, is a coastal station at the southern tip of Ross Island, about 3,864 km (2,415 miles) south of Christchurch, New Zealand, and 1,360 km (850 miles) north of the South Pole. The original station was built in 1955 to 1956 for the International Geophysical Year. Today's station is the primary logistics facility for supply of inland stations and remote field camps, and is also the waste management center for much of the U.S. Antarctic Program. Year-round and summer science projects are supported at McMurdo."
AAD director Tony Fleming earlier told the AFP news service that all countries with an interest in Antarctica "work together very cooperatively in these sorts of emergency situations in Antarctica to provide support when and as required."
Similar evacuations from the icy continent rare, with the last such rescue having happened in October 2011, when an American scientist suffered a stroke at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station and had to be airlifted out.
Around 30 countries operate permanent research stations in Antarctica, the AFP reported.
Reuters contributed to this report.
More world stories from NBC News:
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- 'Situation is desperate' for ill Syrian refugees in Turkey
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I am a mother to a 5-month old boy and it seems like my milk supply is decreasing. He always seem hungry after he finishes eating so yesterday, I fed him a bottle of pumped milk and he took approximately 2 more ounces. Lately, when I pump, I only seem to be able to get 2-3 ounces at each sitting, when before, I would pump about 4 ounces. Also, let down seems to take forever when I pump when before, it would happen within seconds.
The LO just started to sleep through the night with the last feeding being at 7pm, a pump at 10pm and then a dream feed at 2am which holds him until 7am. Could it be because I am not feeding as often so the milk supply has gone down?
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Supporting social metadata
To enrich descriptive metadata created by libraries, archives and museums, we need to share and aggregate contributions added by users in many diverse environments
Social metadata provides an opportunity for libraries, archives and museums (LAMs) to connect with their communities while enriching the descriptive metadata for their collections. Social platforms help users improve the discoverability and evaluation of materials for others, initiating a virtuous cycle that provides benefits for both the institution and its audience.
Members of the OCLC Research Library Partnership were eager to study the advantages of such user contributions. Spurred by this interest, a 21-member working group from five countries collaborated for two years, reviewing 76 websites that support social media features. We conducted a survey of site managers, interviewed some of them and reviewed the relevant literature. The group synthesized everything we learned in a series of three reports under the title, Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives and Museums.
We considered a wide range of user-contributed "social metadata" that helps people understand or evaluate LAMs' resources better: annotations, audio, comments, images, links, lists, ratings, recommendations, reviews, tagging, text editing and videos. We found that the most vibrant sites—the ones with lots of user-generated content—shared one or more attributes. They tended to:
- be national or multi-institiutional based;
- serve a specific discipline; or
- have a community or national "brand."
Sites with these features attracted more contributions and traffic.
Although many LAMs are adding interactive features to institutional websites, they also increasingly recognize the value of third-party services such as blogs, wikis, social media sites and social networking sites where users are already active.
Social platforms help users improve the discoverability and evaluation of materials for other, initiating a virtuous cycle that provides benefits for both the institution and its audience.
When we began our research, many of the LAMs had added social media features relatively recently. In the survey we conducted in October-November 2009, more than 70 percent had been offering social media features for two years or less. Sites are also becoming increasingly multimedia; although still images and text predominated, more than one-third also offered video and audio. We noticed that regardless of how fascinating sites' content was or how many interactive features they offered, most institutionally based sites were attracting only moderate user participation.
"The notion of, 'If you build it, they will come,' did not prove true."
Some successful examples:
DigitalNZ is a service run by the National Library of New Zealand aimed at making New Zealand digital content easier to find, share and use. DigitalNZ nurtures community with open-source software called Kete (the Maori word for "basket") that organizations and communities can use to create areas for collaboration, including images, audio, video, documents and discussions. Kete allows users to bundle all types of digital artifacts around a topic and to easily pull data from other sources using OpenSearch standards. Since 2010, it has been holding "Mix and Mash" competitions, and provides guides and links to content and data sources that people can use and repurpose for their mashups.
The National Library of Australia's Historic Australian Newspapers, 1803 to 1954 represents one of the most successful examples of crowd sourcing. Since its beta release to the public in July 2008, enthusiasts have edited 50 million lines of scanned text, helping to improve the accuracy and readability of materials. Results lists in Trove, the search engine developed by the national library, shows which text has been corrected, by whom, and when.
Moving Here—200 years of migration in England, a partnership led by the National Archives in the United Kingdom and cultural heritage institutions throughout the U.K., explores why people came to England over the last 200 years. It invites visitors to share their own migration experiences through essays, videos and interviews (with transcripts). People may link to objects within the collection as annotations to their stories.
Historypin is a recent development, managed by the British nonprofit project, "We Are What We Do," in partnership with Google. Historypin collaborates with more than 100 libraries, archives and museums around the world to help them share their content with a global community. The site is designed to be an online, user-generated archive. LAMs are among the community of users who are creating tours and collections and contributing historic materials. Users can create thematic tours and collections and open them to public contributions of images and personal narrative. User-contributed photos of yesteryear are superimposed upon a current Google map, placing historic photos in context geographically and allowing visual comparisons between "then and now."
Many groups have members with a great deal of enthusiasm who want to contribute to the success of their communities. We recommend that cultural heritage organizations leverage this enthusiasm through social metadata. A good first step? Look at other sites to get ideas before starting. Also, consider the benefits and trade-offs in using third-party social media sites rather than creating your own.
Learn More: http://oclc.org/research/activities/aggregating/
If you would like to share your own experiences with social media, "like" the Social Metadata for LAMs Facebook page.
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This package offers royal delight times three! We have assembled the best Schoenbrunn has to offer: a tour of Schoenbrunn Palace, an exclusive dinner at a restaurant in the Schoenbrunn Palace area as well as the grand finale – a concert of classical music with works by Mozart and Strauss at the Orangery.
Since individual guests will be taking the tour accompanied by an audioguide, they are free to choose the starting time of the visit. Groups of 15 and up will enjoy an exclusive guided tour given by one of the palace's guides in the evening, after the palace has closed for the public and quieted down. Embark on an unsurpassed miniature journey in Schoenbrunn.
|Individual guests are requested to pick up their concert tickets, their audioguide voucher and their dinner voucher at our office located at the Orangery. We are open daily from 9:00 a.m. Groups will receive their documents at 5:20 p.m. right at the main entrance to the palace/ticketing counter from one of our staff members.
Map of the Orangery and Schoenbrunn Palace
During the winter, we recommend that individual guests start the audioguide palace tour at 4:00 p.m. at the latest. During the summer, please start your tour before 5:00 p.m. The palace tours for groups start at 5:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. respectively.
You also have the option of taking the palace tour at any time during the official opening hours of Schoenbrunn Palace.
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*Please note the palace's opening hours!
After the concert, taxis will be available right outside Schoenbrunn Palace Orangery. The subway runs until midnight in five to eight-minute intervals.
This package is available year-round except on December 24 and 31 and January 1.
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Marie "Bette" Davies of Beach Lake, PA died Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at home surrounded by her family. She was 95.
Born December 25, 1915 in Scranton, she was the daughter and last surviving member of the Patrick and Jesse Walker O'Brien family. She was a graduate of Carbondale High School and later moved to Damascus, PA.
A housewife and mother, she was known to be a "handy" woman, who loved to sew, garden and refinish furniture. While living in Damascus, she was a member of Holy Cross Church in Callicoon.
Surviving are her sons Alonzo Davies and Diane of Hawthorne, NJ and Charles Davies and Caroline Grady of Fierre Verde, FL; daughters Diane Cartwright of Walden, NY and Bette Ann Baerenklau and Albert of Beach Lake; sister-in-laws Ann McGowan of Atlanta, GA, Mary Riefler Davies of CA and Mary Walher Davies of CA; 15 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband Charles Francis Davies on September 15, 1974; a grandson, Brian Davies, a great-grandson Chad Sykes; a brother, Lawrence O'Brien, sisters Anna Lewis and Nina Merck; a daughter-in-law, Jane (Case) Davies; and sons-in-law Frank Cartwright and David Tyler.
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One in three. That's how many U.S. households are occupied by renters. It is a population of 94.5 million people living in 38.8 million homes in cities, suburbs, and small towns across the country.
This growing population is taking advantage of benefits like easier mobility, minimal maintenance responsibilities, and the financial flexibility offered by renting. But if renters want to save energy – and save money in the process – there aren't many places to turn for advice and ideas tailored to their needs.
Think about it … virtually every consumer-focused energy efficiency campaign targets homeowners. People are urged to purchase energy-efficient appliances, install insulation, and replace old and drafty windows and doors. All of these are great suggestions, and they have likely resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in reduced energy costs, as well as big cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. But for nearly 100 million Americans, new ideas and approaches are needed that empower renters to take action and capitalize on energy-saving advantages and get involved in reducing emissions [3].
That's why the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), through the Make an Impact program, is launching a web-based effort [4] to reach out to renters with customized information. In addition to featuring articles and other content specific to renters, the Make an Impact website [5] will use a "renter-friendly" icon to flag relevant energy-saving tips. The program will also target real estate companies, landlord associations, housing groups, and similar organizations that interact with renters.
Renters have a wide range of options to lower utility bills and reduce environmental impacts, and C2ES wants to make those options known. The following are just a few tips [6]:
These tips and others offered on the Make an Impact site can help renters save hundreds of dollars every year on utility bills. If you're one of the millions of Americans who rents your home, check out what you can do to start saving energy and money right away. By taking action, you can also become a part of the solution to energy and climate challenges – a role that we all share.
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If Thursday's events at the Sullivan County Legislature are any indication of what the next four years have in store for us we are in real trouble. Our new legislators were swept into office on a mandate for change, and already we have been betrayed. A last-minute resolution to bid out the tourism contract was secretly introduced by Kathy LaBuda and Gene Benson at the very end of the final legislative meeting for the month.
It was so secret that it was not even listed on the agenda. Coincidentally, Bill Liblick and Donna Schick, who hold positions in the Democratic Party and just formed a not-for-profit tourism corporation last month, were in the audience to observe the vote. Legislator Kitty Vetter cried foul and called for the resolution to be tabled so that it could be considered via the normal "open" legislative channels. She was joined by Alan Sorensen, Jonathan Rouis and Ira Steingardt. Unbelievably, chairman Scott Samuelson, Cindy Geiger and Cora Edwards somehow kept a straight face and joined LaBuda and Benson to ram this through. If this way of doing business continues we may have to seriously consider a recall election.
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Posted on February 26, 2014
The Administrative/Professional Committee seeks nominations of outstanding staff members whose work has significantly impacted Grand Valley.
The deadline to nominate someone has been extended to March 14.
Award categories are Achievement, Commitment to Diversity, Commitment to Students, Innovation, Outstanding Team Project, and Service to Community.
Visit the AP Awards website, www.gvsu.edu/ap/awards, to learn more about the categories and to nominate an administrative professional.


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