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Make better use of the XP login screen.
If your system contains more than one user account, or if you've set up XP to require logins, you'll have to log in to XP before you can begin to use it. But you needn't stay with the default XP login rules; you can use a single Registry key to customize how you log in. For example, you can display custom text before login, and you can remind anyone with an account on the PC to change their password a certain number of days prior to the password's expiration.
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To control logon options, run the Registry Editor [Hack #83] and go to the
NT\CurrentVersion Winlogon subkey, which contains a variety
of logon settings (as well as some settings not having to do directly
with logons). Following are the most important values you can edit to
customize logons.
This setting lets you control how the system logon dialog box is
used. If this
String value is present and set to
1, all users will have to enter both their
username and password to log on. If the value is
0, the name of the last user to log on will be
displayed in the system logon dialog box.
String value contains the name of the last
user who logged on. It will be displayed only if the
DontDisplayLastUserName value is not present or is
set to
String value, used in concert with the
LegalNoticeText value, displays a dialog box prior
to logon that contains any text you want to display. (The text
doesn't have to be a legal notice, but this value is
often used for that purpose.) The box has a title and text. The
LegalNoticeCaption value will be the dialog
box's title.
String value, used in concert with
LegalNoticeCaption, contains the text that you
want to be displayed inside a dialog box displayed prior to logon.
DWORD value lets you display a warning
message to users a certain number of days before their passwords are
set to expire. It lets you determine how many days ahead of time the
warning should be issued. To edit the value, click the decimal button
and enter the number of days.
String value enables or disables a button on
the XP logon dialog box that lets the system shut down. A value of
1 enables the button (so that it is shown); a
value of
0 disables the button (so that it is not
String value really doesn't
have to do with logons, but it's one you should know
about. It determines the shell—the user interface—that
will be used by XP. The default is
but it can be another shell as well—for example, the Program
Manager from older Windows versions. Type in the name of the program;
for example,
Progman.exe for the Program Manager,
Taskman.exe for the Task Manager.
DWORD value doesn't have to
do with logons either, but it's another good one to
know. It sets whether to automatically restart the Windows shell if
the shell crashes. A value of
1 automatically
restarts the shell. A value of
0 tells XP not to
restart the shell, forcing you to log off and then back on again to
restart it.
Now that your system's startup and shutdown are under control, let's move on to the user interface.
Don't like the way Internet Explorer looks? A better-looking browser is just a Registry edit away.
Everything about Internet Explorer screams, "Dull, dull, dull!" From its generic-looking logo to the plain background for its toolbars, you just better hope the content you're visiting is enough to keep you awake. But you don't need to be stuck with its plain-Jane looks; these Registry hacks will let you change it however you'd like.
Internet Explorer has both a static and an animated logo. The static logo displays when the browser is inactive, and the animated logo displays when the browser is locating a site, connecting, and actively downloading pages or images from the Web. Because you have the choice of displaying large or small icons on the Internet Explorer toolbar (to switch back and forth between the two, choose View → Toolbars → Customize → Icon Options → Large/Small icons), there are two sizes of both the static and animated logos.
Before you begin, you'll need to create new logos to replace the existing ones. You'll have to create two sets of icons in .bmp format: one set for the smaller logo and another set for the larger logo. Each set will have a static logo and an animated logo. The static logos should be 22 22 pixels for the smaller size and 38 38 pixels for the larger size. The animated logos have to be animated bitmaps, each of which should have a total of 10 frames. So, the smaller animated bitmap should be 22 pixels wide by 220 pixels high, and the larger animated bitmap should be 38 pixels wide by 380 pixels high.
Create the static bitmaps with any graphics program, including the version of Paint that comes with XP. You can also use special icon-creation programs to create your icons, such as Microangelo (http://www.microangelo.us/). See [Hack #19] for more details. (Make sure when using Microangelo to choose Tools → New Image format, which will let you create the icons with the proper pixel dimensions, as explained in the previous paragraph.)
To create the animated bitmaps, you'll need special tools. Microangelo does a great job of creating them, and that's your best bet. If you prefer, though, you can create the 10 separate frames for the animated bitmaps in a graphics program such as Paint and then stitch the 10 separate frames together using the Animated Bitmap Creator (http://jsanjuan.tripod.com/download.html), a free command-line program.
To change Internet Explorer's static logos to your new ones, run the Registry Editor [Hack #83] and go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Create two string values named
SmallBitmap and
BigBitmap and give them each the value of their
filename and location, including the full path—for example,
C:\Windows\IEbiglogo.bmp and
C:\Windows\IEsmalllogo.bmp. As you might guess,
SmallBitmap value points to the smaller logo,
and the
BigBitmap value points to the larger logo.
To use your new animated logos, go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar
Create two string values named
SmBrandBitmap and
BrandBitmap and give them each the value of their
filename and location—for example,
C:\Windows\IEbiganimatelogo.bmp and
C:\Windows\IEsmallanimatelogo.bmp. Once again,
as you might guess,
SmBrandBitmap is for the
smaller animated logo and
BrandBitmap is for the
larger logo.
Exit the Registry and close Internet Explorer. When you next start up Internet Explorer, it should display your new logos. To revert to the default logos, simply delete the values you've created.
The Internet Explorer toolbar that sits at the top of Internet Explorer is about as dull as it gets—a plain, solid background, like the rest of Internet Explorer. But it doesn't have to be that way. You can add any background you want.
First, create the background or use an existing one. The background should be in .bmp format. Create it using a graphics program such as Paint Shop Pro (available from http://www.jasc.com) or Microangelo. See [Hack #19] for more details.
You'll also find a variety of .bmp files in the C:\Windows folder, so check them out to see if you like any. You might try FeatherTexture.bmp, which you can see in use as an Internet Explorer toolbar background in Figure 4-1. Whatever you choose, though, make sure it's light enough to show black text and it's not so busy that you can't read the menu text that will be on top of it. If you create or use a file that's too small, Internet Explorer will tile it for you. However, don't use a bitmap smaller than 10 10 pixels, because all the work Internet Explorer has to do to tile images that small will slow down your web browsing.
Figure 4-1. Internet Explorer with FeatherTexture.bmp as its toolbar background
Once you have a bitmap, run the Registry Editor and go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar
Create a new string value named
BackBitmapIE5 and
give it the value of the filename and location of the background
you're going to use, such as
C:\Windows\FeatherTexture.bmp. Exit the Registry
and close Internet Explorer. When you next start up Internet
Explorer, it will display the background on the toolbar. To take away
the background, simply delete the
TIP: You can change the background of the Internet Explorer toolbar without having to edit the Registry; you can use Tweak UI [Hack #8]. Run Tweak UI, click Internet Explorer, and click the box next to "Use custom background for Internet Explorer toolbar." Then, click the Change button and choose the file you want to use as the background. You'll see a sample of how the toolbar will look, so change the file until you find one you want to use. When you find it, click OK, close Internet Explorer, and restart it. The new toolbar will be there.
Internet Explorer's titlebar displays the text "Microsoft Internet Explorer," along with the title of the page you're currently visiting. However, you can change the "Microsoft Internet Explorer" text to any text you want. Run the Registry Editor and go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Add a new string value named
Window Title and give
it a value of whatever text you want displayed in the titlebar. Exit
the Registry and close Internet Explorer if it's
open. The next time you open Internet Explorer, the titlebar will
have your new text.
If you want your titlebar to have no text in it, aside from the title
of the page you're currently visiting, create the
Window Title string value but leave the
Value field empty.
Firefox's built-in search box lets you search Google from wherever you are. You don't have to settle for that built-in searching, though, because you can build your own Firefox search engine plug-in to search through any site from the Google search box.
Take a look at the upper-right corner of your Firefox browser [Hack #43] . You'll see a nifty search box called the Search Bar that lets you search Google by typing in a search term. Better yet, you don't have to settle for searching just Google that way. You can search through other sites as well by installing a specific search engine add-in for that site to the Search Bar. So, instead of using Google to search the Internet, for example, you can use Ask Jeeves (http://www.ask.com) or A9 (http://www.a9.com).
And you're not limited to search sites. You can also search through an individual site. So, for example, you can search through Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com), eBay (http://www.ebay.com), Dictionary.com (http://www.dictionary.com), or the health site WebMD (http://www.webmd.com) from that box as well. All you need to do is find and add the right search engine plug-in.
To do so, click the down arrow next to the G in the search box, and choose Add Engines. You'll be sent to http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html, which is a directory of hundreds of search engines you can use in Firefox. Browse or search until you find one you want; then click its link. You'll get a dialog box like that shown in Figure 4-38, asking whether you want to add it to the Search Bar. Click OK, and it'll be added.
Figure 4-38. Confirming the addition of a new search engine to the Firefox Search Bar
To choose which search engine to use in the Search Bar, click the down arrow next to the G in the Search Bar and choose your search engine from the list. Then, type in a search term, and you'll search using that engine. The engine will stay there as your default until you choose another one.
All that's well and good. But why settle for a search engine that's already been written? It's not that hard to write a plug-in of your own.
To get started, open a new file in a text editor such as Notepad. Give it the name of the site for which you're building a search engine, and give it the extension .src. In our instance, we're going to build a search engine for searching the federal government's White House site, so we'll call it White House.src. Save it in the folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft Firefox\searchplugins\.
The first line of the plug-in should be the search tag
<search, and the next line should indicate
which version of Netscape the plug-in was written for. Now, I know
Firefox isn't Netscape, but both are based on common
code, called Mozilla, and for reasons not quite understandable, you
need to include the most current version number of Netscape. At the
time of this writing, it's 7.1, so
that's the version we'll put here.
Enter the text
version="7.1" underneath the search
tag so that the first two lines of your file look like this:
Next, name your plug-in by using this syntax:
name="My Plugin"
But replace My Plugin with the name of the
plug-in you're writing. In our instance,
we're calling it
White House.
Now, describe your plug-in by using this syntax:
description="My Plugin - My First Search Plugin"
Our plug-in now looks like this:
name="White House"
description="Search www.whitehouse.gov"
Now you have to tell the plug-in what action to take when you type in
a search term and press Enter. What you're doing
here is telling it how to search the site. To get this information,
go to the site for which you want to build a search engine. Do a
search, and look at the first part of the resulting URL, the portion
before the first question mark (
That's what will tell what action your search engine
should take. For the http://www.whitehouse.gov site, that first
part of the URL before the
? is http://www.whitehouse.gov/query.html.
Here's the syntax:
So, in our instance, the line looks like this:
Now you need to put in the name of the search form. This will be the name of the site you're on, written with the following syntax:
Again, in our instance, this is:
Underneath that, put the following code:
This tells the plug-in to use the
GET method of
searching, which is the only method supported, so
there's no choice here. After that line, close off
the search tag with a closing tag:
So, here's what our plug-in looks like so far:
name="White House"
description="Search www.whitehouse.gov"
Now you need to add a line that tells the site's webmasters and site administrators someone is searching the site using the plug-in. So, put in this line:
<input name="sourceid" value="Mozilla-search">
Next, you need to tell your plug-in what syntax to use when searching
for the text you'll type into the Search Bar. This
varies from site to site. Again, take a look at the URL that results
after you search the site. Look for whatever falls between the first
ampersand (
&) and your search term. For the
www.whitehouse.gov site, it is
Here's the syntax for this line:
<input name="query" user="">
So, in our instance, the line looks like this:
<input name="qt" user="">
Now you need to close off the entire search section with a closing
</search> tag:
Here's what our final file looks like:
name="White House"
description="Search www.whitehouse.gov"
<input name="sourceid" value="Mozilla-search">
<input name="qt" user="">
That's it; you're done. Close Firefox and restart it. Click the down arrow at the Search Bar, and your search engine plug-in will show up. Select it, type in your search term, press Enter, and you'll search the site.
When you right-click the down arrow on the Search Bar, you'll see that many plug-ins have a small icon next to them. Yours doesn't, however. That's because you haven't created an icon for it. Create a 16 16 pixel icon, give it the same name as your plug-in, and save it as either a .jpg or .png graphics file. Then, put it in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Firefox\searchplugins folder. So, in our instance, we create one called White House.jpg.
For information about how to create icons, see [Hack #19] . You can also find ready-made icons in the right size, although not the right format, right on the Web. When you visit many web sites, you'll see in your web browser a small icon to the left of the http://; that same icon might show up next to the http:// on your Favorites list because the sites use something called a favicon which the browser displays.
You can find the favicon for the site, save it to your PC, convert it to .jpg or .png format, and use it for your search engine plug-in. To find the favicon for a site, go to http://www.website.com/favicon.ico, where website is the Favorite you want an icon for. For example, go to http://www.oreilly.com/favicon.ico for the O'Reilly icon. Keep in mind, though, that not all web sites have favicons, so you won't be able to do this for every site.
If you're using Firefox to get the icon, a dialog box will open, asking what to do with the file. Save it to your hard disk. If you're using Internet Explorer, you'll open the icon itself in your browser. Right-click it, choose Save Picture As..., and save it on your hard disk.
It'll be in .ico format, so you need to convert it to .jpg or .png. An excellent program for doing this is IrfanView, available from http://www.irfanview.com. For details about how to do the conversion, see [Hack #99] . When you store the file, make sure it's in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Firefox\searchplugins.
If you'd like, you can share your plug-in with others and have it available for download from the http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html site. To do so, you'll have to add some code to your plug-in. For details, go to http://mycroft.mozdev.org/deepdocs/quickstart.html#firstplugin. The page also has more detailed instructions for creating your search plug-in.
Preston Gralla is the author of Windows Vista in a Nutshell, the Windows Vista Pocket Reference, and is the editor of WindowsDevCenter.com. He is also the author of Internet Annoyances, PC Pest Control, Windows XP Power Hound, and Windows XP Hacks, Second Edition, and co-author of Windows XP Cookbook. He has written more than 30 other books.
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Sports: South Jeff Downs Indian River In Basketball Season Opener
Indian River and South Jefferson opened the boys' Frontier League basketball season in Adams Monday night.
The Spartans ended up winning the contest 45-38.
Click on the picture for highlights. Mel Busler also has a story about some local cheerleaders going to Disney World for a second straight year.
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The idea of expanding the school year has been kicked around for decades, in fact; we are no longer an agrarian society requiring children to be home during the summer to work the fields. What's more, many industrialized nations are surpassing the United States in academic scores and achievements, and the country has to get back its edge. Typically, U.S. students spend about 6.5 hours a day in school, 180 days a year.
But extending the school calendar has proven elusive, at best. And there are some real impediments in the way -- funding and changing the social calendars and lives of families among them.
One easier remedy, however, is not to increase the school year so much by the number of days but by hiking the number of hours students are getting instruction during the course of a day. This is critically important at a time when students have been required to take more high-stakes tests -- and educators have been forced to spend more time preparing students for those exams. Having longer school days, as some pilot programs have demonstrated around the country, can enable educators to focus on aspects of education that have been devalued, such as the arts, and to focus more intensely on core areas such as reading and math.
Of course, the cost of providing students with the proper education always deepens the debates about how to increase instruction. To that end, a panel of education experts recently presented Cuomo with a series of recommendations for reforming New York's public education system. They include a smattering of suggestions, such as expanding prekindergarten programs aimed at improving education. But they also include proposals such as consolidating schools, with the intent to save money.
These recommendations must be taken seriously and get swift attention. New York spends more money per student than any other state but test scores and graduation rates lag in many cases.
The governor's commission has some wonderful ideas, such as establishing "community schools" in low-income neighborhoods, where students could go for health care, nutrition, family counseling and other support services, in addition to schooling. But initiatives like that would cost plenty of money -- and require a change in attitudes about what a school should be.
In contrast, extending learning time for districts is an achievable goal that could be implemented and in fairly short order. What's more, Cuomo has suggested the state would pay 100 percent of the costs if districts elected to do that -- either by lengthening the school day or extending the school year, or a combination of both, to offer more instruction time.
School districts, of course, have reasons to be wary until the details are more clearly spelled out. Yet it's impossible to dispute the notion that increasing instruction time would benefit a new generation of students growing up in an increasingly complicated, competitive and technical world.
-- The Poughkeepsie Journal


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Pre-Concert talk begins at 7 PM
Fascinated with the cello's origins and the creative process of new music, Elinor Frey plays both period and modern instruments. She has been hailed as an "impeccable cellist" by Montreal's La Presse, "a superb cellist" by the Syrcuse Post-Standard, and an "unquestionable and robust talent" by the Giornale di Brescia.
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An Age of Gold, Not a Golden Age
GAAP accounting is required of all publicly traded companies in the U.S. The GAAP deficit includes the present value of all of the newly promised unfunded liabilities (mainly Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security).
The Government Accountability Office currently estimates the total sum of all past and present unfunded liabilities at $88 trillion, or nearly six times the size of the GDP. The new unfunded liabilities themselves were estimated by the GAO to be $5.3 trillion, or more than 35% of 2012's total economic activity, and the deficit, excluding these newly promised unfunded liabilities, was $1.3 trillion, more than $226 billion higher than the $1.1 trillion -- the "official" deficit estimate that is bandied about by the politicians and the media.
State and local pensions are often criticized for being underfunded. However, if such a pension is 35% underfunded, at least 65% of the assets needed to make the future payments are present. By contrast the federal government's promises are 0% funded and the payments must come out of the taxes collected in the year the payments are due.
Worse, because of materiality issues, the GAO will not offer an opinion on the Treasury's GAAP financial statements. Imagine what would happen in the marketplace to the stock price of a publicly traded company that reports a loss, but upon audit it is revealed the loss is more than six times higher and the auditor won't opine because of material issues with the data.
Think of the fury of the politicians and the reaction of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Yet, not a word has been uttered, nor is the real magnitude of the U.S.'s fiscal issues even acknowledged.
Gold, the Safe Haven
A Jan. 11 report authored by Meghnad Desai, chairman of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum, a global monetary think-tank and adviser to central banks, sovereign funds and financial policy makers, warns of "twin shocks" to the dollar and the euro while indicating gold is a safe haven. The report contends that "gold -- the official asset that plays no formal part in the monetary system, yet has never really gone away -- is poised, once again, to play a critical role."
While the western currencies weaken due to heretofore unthinkable worldwide money-creation policies, China and countries in Asia that have "over saved" now sit on "massive monetary reserves." The level of such reserves has "become the most potent factor behind reserve diversification into other assets including gold," says Desai.


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Dear members,
Thank you, NarutoBase Staff
Originally Posted by euphemism
I'm not going to get into tobi's identity, but I'm not convinced he's down and out yet. Remember, he's used izanagi to survive a fatal blow before, he could do it again. This would effectively remove his kamui techs so not more warping/ phasing but it would save his life. I predict he will do just that, and then we'll see tobi using rinnegan techs to continue to draw out the match while the jyubii is being born.
That would actually make it very exciting, and it sounds like the most logical prediction so far. +Rep
certainly tobi is not uchiha , but how did he performed izanagi ? , the forbidden technique for uchihas that requires abilities of both uchihas & senjus
imma be pissed if chap 599 is a filler (it prolly is)
i vote for sages elder son for tobis identity. :ice:
thats my prediction. i think it would be the coolest.
cant be obito...sorry fanboys
loved the kamui on both sides. tobis eye creations!
kakashi's kamui of the clone
narutos epic bijuu bomb engulfing of tobi
loved the rasengan at the end!
tobi's like "youre?"
"Im uzumaki naruto!" "who! ...are! ...YOU!?!" :flaw:
5 out of 5 for shure!
Originally Posted by rahulrevandkar
certainly tobi is not uchiha , but how did he performed izanagi ? , the forbidden technique for uchihas that requires abilities of both uchihas & senjus
Do you remember Danzo? That is the answer.
I'm willing to bet it Izuna if -Haku Yuki- could come up with 10 reasons why i cant be to obito. If you can come up with a legit reason why its not then I'm willing to read it.
Originally Posted by Bijuu Kage
tobi is obito
Here's an idea. Let's all wait a few more days in suspense!
Ok...lets put it in perspective. Tobi is an uchiha. We know this because of his attire. Why would he have obito's eye? Hmmmm maybe because he didn't have any eyes. Which explaines why one was always covered until he got the rinnegan. To put it plain and simple. Tobi is Izuna. It adds up.
Originally Posted by phantom1
Any notice kakashi's eye bleeding? holy crap
Holy shit just checked now does this mean he is losing his eye sight??
Why does everyone think that Tobi gave Nagato the rinnegan?????? Last time I check Tobi is a liar and everything that comes out of his face is a lieeeeeee!!! Like claiming he was MAdara, most likely Madara gave nagato the rinnegan as he knew who nagato was when he was ressurrected, Tobi aint give nobody shit he was probaly talking as if he were still Madara during his lying arcs
Great Chapter. Cant wait to see if obito's eye was stolen or if obito survived and is tobi? hmm. because if you remember when tobi had his mask half blown off before rinnegan it showed that he possessed 2 sharingan. not only 1 as obito would have had. unless obito stole a second sharingan until implanting the rinnegan? hmm. glad to finally see tobi MS to match kakashi. i want to see whats going on with sasuke personally.
any take on that? i want sasuke and naruto to have to team up to defeat Tobi and Madara.
4/5 only because tobi's face was not revealed.
Originally Posted by LoveHinataForver
Awesome episode and all but all the obito crap is getting so annoying. Only intelligent people like me and many others can understand naruto. Obito can't be tobi because tobi is the same person that battled the 4th hokage and attacked the leaf with kuruma(nine-tails). When he battled the 4th he was able to use the dimensional jutsu he uses now. When that incident occured kakashi and gai and others were still young including obito. Unless obito can just transform his age or something it isn't possible. The only other option is that tobi stole obitos eye or someone else did.
um...when the 9 tails attacked konoha kakashi was a teenager (probably around narutos current age). obito was already (thought) dead. do a little research and you'll see that they weren't THAT young. and the whole obito just transforming his age thing...well then i guess the 4th can also just bring himself back to life before he became hokage to save his pupils right? I'm not saying tobi definitely is obito I'm just saying that you can't discount any possibilities. this is a manga after all, anything can happen.
Last edited by konte811; 08-27-2012 at 02:24 AM.
Originally Posted by FatalAnimeJW
why is there so many people who still thinks that tobi is obito? the manga has already stated that tobi managed to GET THOSE EYES FROM THE KANABI BRIDGE! if its obito, then why would he need to get the eye?
and don't forget, he used to have another defected sharingan on his other eye (before implanting the rinnegan)
last but not least, if he is really obito, then how could he control the third mizukage? obito is not even born yet!!! :sy:
obito got his sharingan at the kanabi bridge. he technically didn't have it before then.
madara knew who nagato was and he stated that he didn't die from the fight with hashirama just that he awakened the rinnegan shortly before he died. is it not possible that he died right after he met nagato? we have no real idea what madara can do. where do we ever get a demonstration of his genjutsu abilities? its entirely possible that he used an extremely powerful genjutsu like the one shisui could use to control the mizukage.
like i said in other posts, I'm not totally convinced that tobi = obito or tobi = izuna or whatever. i acknowledge that its possible for nearly everyone to be right. there are certain scenarios that make tobi = obito make a lot of sense and certain scenarios that make tobi = izuna make a lot of sense. we'll just have to wait and see in the manga.
Originally Posted by Lightning Release
Looks like all the people saying Naruto can only use BM and have a huge Kurama cloke around him were wrong. Looks like Naruto still has extreme speed, and his chakra arms are even more devastating than KM. Epic chapter, crazy cliffhanger, definitely the BEST chapter over the past couple months.
If I could go higher than 5 stars I would.
Naruto is a badass, Kakashi is a badass.
Yeah there was one person in particular who madw a whole thread about that. How he couldn't make a clone in that form. Cause of the big fox cloak. That they cant leave the cloak. In order for him to use this form he has to be in the fox cloak to begin with. Forgot who that guy was but what do u have to say now. Lol. Some People...smh
I want to say a few things.
1. The chapter will stay focused on naruto's fight. Why cause kishi said tobi's identity would be revealed this month. This is the last week to do so.
2. Reason i believe tobi can use kamui at a higher level than kakashi and why he can use obito's eye better is because he has senju dna. Just like having senju dna makes izanagi possible. I believe having both uchiha and senju dna can strengthen the eyes and the eyes techs to new levels. If kakashi does take tobi's eye after the fight if kakashi goes blind and hes not able to use that s/t tech tobi does. The fact that kakashi lacks both senju and uchiha dna would limit him. Maye its not even the fact of not having senju blood. But more of the fact that kakashi isnt a uchiha to begin with.
3. Lastly, regardless to who tobi might be im sure kishi would give a good reason why. With 2 or more chapters dedicated to flash backs. Allowing us to understand tobi's motive. Its funny. Even though the manga shows tobi to be evil. His goal ultimately is to create true peace. In his eyes the world cant be saved. But im sure where ever kishi goes i would love the story. Its hard to see his vision. When we only get to see it one chapter at a time.
Goodmorning everyone, it's a pleasure to join the base. Now to the good stuff☝(And by the way, I'm not Victor Sleever)
While visiting Japan for business,me(Victor Sleever) and Mike Birnton, from Viz Media, decided to spare some of our time and go to Comic Market 78, the biggest manga festival in Japan, something that happens only twice a year. The festival lasts for 3 days, from 23 august to 25 august.
After some time wandering around the Tokyo Big Sight convention center, we met Masashi Kishimoto, me and Mike are big fans of Naruto, so it was a really pleasant surprise to be able to talk with him.
He didn't have much time to talk because he was holding a conference in about 30 minutes since we met, we asked if he could reveal some of the things he will talk about at the conference, and surprisingly he said yes.
Mike asked all the questions while I wrote them.
Q:So, what exactly is the conference about?
A:After the identity of Tobi was revealed by one of my assistants, I realized that the next few chapters will leave the fans confused. I had to clear up some misunderstandings, thus, Comic Market was the best place to do it.
Q:Then the rumors are true? Is Toby really Izuna? I thought he died in battle after Madara took his eyes, is that a lie?
A:Well, the truth about his survival is much different, I can't tell you how he survived, you will have to read the next chapters to find out, but yes, Izuna is Tobi.
Q:How come he has eyes now? I thought he was blind.
A:He will reveal that together with his identity, let's just say that the Uchiha clan is much larger than you know.
Q:In an earlier interview you talked about Madara not having any weaknesses, what about Tobi? Is he going to be killed by Naruto after his identity is revealed?
A:Not really, after the way he survived is revealed and what he tries to truly achieve, everyone will change, the truth will hurt a lot of them, it will actually change the history that they know.
Q:What do you mean by that? How will it hurt them?
A:The truth is dark and bloody. Madara is related to why Tobi was supposed to die, you could say that what he wants is revenge, but his brother isn't the only who wanted to kill Tobi, one of the Hokage played a big part in the attempt on his life.
Q:What else?What is going to happen in this fight?
A:You know, Tobi always had this forbidden technique prepared, I wanted him to use it only after his identity is revealed. If you thought that Kabuto's technique for reincarnating people is dangerous, you should see what Tobi prepared.
Q:Why did Izuna hide his identity?
A:Because some of the Akatsuki already know what Madara did to Izuna, they know because someone told them, and they wouldn't be willing to help Izuna. I'm afraid I can't answer any more of your questions, but I'm hoping you will be patient, in the next weeks everything will be revealed.
A short interview that revealed a huge amount of spoilers, what is the truth behind Izuna's past? I guess we are going to find out in the next chapters.
there is a thread from Edge showing this already.
on another note:
this might be interesting for some of you (who havent read it)...
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I think he was stating the "Borrowed" eye because Kakashi is not a Uchiha.... that is all
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i don't think there is any need to revive Hashirama.
Maybe I would personally like to see that the Old generations best vs eachother and then later on the new generations best going vs eachother Uchiha Uchiha Senju Uzamaki.
How did no one say this... Hashi was already revived... and he got his soul sealed in the demon god with his brother, the third, and Oro's arm's...soul...never understood that part tbh lol
that can be fissible considering how he's being often mentioned in the mangas as of late,and also naruto have used so much chakrs fighting obito so it might totally be possible since we dont know what the creep orochimaru and the brat sasuke are up to.
good one!
Originally Posted by Shinoberic
agreed with this^ This is Naruto's fight. Besides, if Hashi is revived, the spotlight will be taken off Naruto and into Hashi and then when everything's done Hashi will be demanded to become Hokage again (if Tsunade's alive, she might step down) and it will kill Naruto's chances at becoming the Sixth(Seventh).
on the other hand, if the good guys will be able to extract Yamato and revive him. He might be of use in helping Naruto and the rest against the Gedo.
I totally agree with you
Originally Posted by Perlmutter
How did no one say this... Hashi was already revived... and he got his soul sealed in the demon god with his brother, the third, and Oro's arm's...soul...never understood that part tbh lol
dude its orochimaru your talking about he's capable of some serious shit...... and the senju brother wasnt seal by the demon god..... it was just orochimaru's hands so that he cant do jutsu's anymore!!
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It would be pretty epic, enough said.
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- Results for the microstructural characterization of thermal spray deposits, using small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), mercury-intrusion porosimetry, and image analysis of polished cross sections, are compared. The alumina and yttria-stabilized zirconia deposits studied were produced by two different atmospheric plasma-spraying methods - using gas-stabilized and water-stabilized plasma systems. The void microstructure of these deposits is dominated by two anisotropic void types - interlamellar pores and intralamellar cracks. There is also a broad distribution of spherical pores. The relative importance of these void systems is found to depend on the materials chemistry and on the spray technique. The surface area of the anisotropic voids was determined using SANS. By varying the spray technique and material, deposits with different dominant void systems were produced. The alumina deposits, manufactured by a high-power water-stabilized plasma-spray system, consisted of a microstructure dominated by intralamellar cracks; the same material deposited by a standard lower-power gas-stabilized plasma-spray system has about equal surface area in the intralamellar cracks and interlamellar voids. However, the zirconia deposit microstructure is always dominated by inerlamellar voids.
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Book Review: Asian Art Now by Melissa Chiu and Benjamin Genocchio
The 21st century has been labelled "the Asian Century," and as the balance of economic and geo-political power shifted from America and Europe to Asia, so too the international art world changed. Asian artists are firmly established in major art galleries across the world and many live and work in leading art world centres such as New York and Berlin. The preceding decades have seen Asian art become a truly global phenomenon, and a few artists establish themselves on a global platform; the multi-million pound canvasses of Yue Minjun or the solemn family portraits of Zhang Xiogang, both painters associated with the cynical realism movement. Others will recognise the photographs of Morimura Yasumasa or the paintings of Masami Teraoka which draw heavily on the ukiyo-e woodblock tradition of Japan. Takeshi Murakami has established himself as the "bad boy," of Asian art, his iconic and outlandish manga-inspired sculptures and paintings being perhaps the most recognisable works in Asian art today. But for many, beyond a scattering of recognisable names and images, the world of Asian art remains confusing and impenetrable.
Asian Art Now from the Monacelli Press aims to take this art - the modern art produced by more than half the population of the world - and reveal it to us, placing it in context and explaining some of the troublesome aspects of this dynamic and thrilling phenomenon. Who are these artists? What do these works mean? And perhaps most interestingly, how are these artists reinterpreting and updating tradition?
The book provides both an overview of contemporary artists and trends, and a much needed scholarly glance at what is a surprisingly rich tradition of modern art across the Asian continent. And it goes well beyond the obvious modern capitals of Asian art. Here is the Mongolian Chaulun Baatar, Vietnamese photo artist Dinh Q. Le. Almagul Menlibayeva of Kazahkstan, Shirin Neshat of Iran. And the breadth is matched by the depth; from paintings in oils and ink, to new media and installations which are startling in their ambition.
The authors begin by laying out across an introductory chapter a short history of modern Asian Art. Yes, Yoko Ono is here, but so too many other artists and movements sadly absent from many mainstream timelines of modern art; The Gutai Group, Shozo Shimamoto, Liu Guosong, Zhuang Zhe. The book is then broken into four sections; Rethinking Tradition, Politics Society and the State, Asian Pop Consumerism and Stereotypes and Urban Nature. These four sumptuously illustrated chapters offer a headlong rush through the marvels of the contemporary art of Asia. The authors authoritatively identify the key figures and allow us to encounter a multitude of very different artworks while never losing the cohesion of their narrative. This is a recent history written in a sharp and straightforward manner, the general narrative touching down once or twice a page on a short biography or explanatory passage. It is a grand tour that is over before you know it.
There are some exceptional works on show. I wanted to review this book because I hoped there would be a lot here I had never encountered before - I was not disappointed. In particular I have this book to thank for introducing me to two wonderful artists, both of whom featured on the blog last week. Erina Matsui, a precocious and wildly imaginative 26 year old painter in oils who takes inspiration from toys and pop culture in her large scale self portraits and Ah Xian, a sculptor of breathtaking ceramic busts and an artist who fuses tradition and modernity with incredibly simplicity.
"Today, contemporary Asian art is both sympathetic to the cultural and historical frameworks within which it is produced, but also, clearly, attuned to the global networks and international marketplaces in which is it frequently exhibited, bought and sold. To grasp its history we must decode an intense, multifaceted dialogue between cultures not just within Asia, but also in Europe and America."The book does a fine job of meeting the challenge the authors set. A beautifully illustrated overview of contemporary trends, an investigation of tradition and a reference book with an extensive glossary of artists biographies, lists of museums and galleries. And of course a treasure trove of art which will be unfamiliar to many in the west. If you are ready for the formidable and inspiring world of Asian Art there is likely no better companion than this.
More Asian art on Art Inconnu - India, Iran, Japan, Phillipines, Singapore, Vietnam.
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While the child stars who see their careers fade in a haze of controversy get most of the press, plenty of child stars managed to stay successful into adulthood, starting with Leonardo DiCaprio, who started with a recurring role on "Growing Pains."
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DiCaprio has since become one of Hollywood's biggest stars, starring in such hits as "Inception," "The Departed" and "Shutter Island."
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Paquin continued to act as a child, including movies such as "Fly Away Home" (pictured) and the "X-Men" movie series.
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Drew Barrymore had a breakout role as a 6-year-old in Steven Spielberg's "E.T." in 1982.
She followed that up with a role in 1984's "Firestarter," based off the Stephen King novel.
Barrymore's fame threatened to fade away thanks to a turbulent childhood marked by drug and alcohol abuse and two stints in rehab, but she rebounded to become one of the most popular actresses in Hollywood.
Natalie Portman earned rave reviews for her feature film debut as a 12-year-old orphan taken in by a hitman in 1994's "The Professional."
Portman's roles a child actress included movies such as "Beautiful Girls" (pictured), "Heat," "Everyone Says I Love You" and "Mars Attacks!"
Portman has developed in one of Hollywood's leading actresses, winning an Oscar for 2010's "Black Swan."
There's no shortage of actors who got their start as children on TV shows and blew up into big stars, such as Alyssa Milano, who started on "Who's the Boss?" at the age of 10.
Milano found renewed success with the drama "Charmed" from 1998 to 2006.
Few could have seen that Neil Patrick Harris, who found success starring in the teenage doctor TV series "Doogie Howser, M.D.," would still be famous nearly 30 years later.
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The 1980s classic sitcom "Silver Spoons" saw two of its stars go on to continued success as adults in both Ricky Schroder and Jason Bateman.
Now in his mid-40s, Schroder has shed his childhood image, thanks to roles on "NYPD Blue, "Lonesome Dove," "Scrubs" and "24." In 2010, he guest-starred in an episode of ABC's "No Ordinary Family" and played himself in the comedy "Get Him to the Greek." He most recently appeared in the 2013 Hallmark Channel movie "Our Wild Hearts."
"Silver Spoons" was hardly Bateman's first taste of acting, considering he played Michael Landon's adopted son on "Little House on the Prairie" as a 12-year-old.
Today, Bateman, is well known for roles on "Arrested Development" and in movies like "Horrible Bosses," "Up in the Air," "Juno" and "Identity Thief."
Sarah Jessica Parker co-starred with Amy Linker in the short-lived early '80s sitcom "Square Pegs."
Parker has since gone on to find fame with roles in TV and movie, most known for her "Sex and the City" role as Carrie Bradshaw.
You may not think of Christina Applegate as a child star, but she was only 16 when she started on the sitcom "Married with Children."
Today, the actress still remembered as dim-witted Kelly Bundy has established a much broader career for herself, including movie roles such as "Anchorman" and "Hall Pass," her own sitcoms "Samantha Who?" and "Up All Night."
Neither Fred Savage or Danica McKellar found continued success in front of the camera after "The Wonder Years," but that doesn't mean they are failures.
Savage found success as a television producer and director, working on shows such as "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," "Party Down," "Modern Family," "Franklin & Bash" and "Hannah Montana."
McKellar, forever known to "Wonder Years" fans as Winnie Cooper, has found success as a voice actress and also graduated Summa cum Laude from UCLA with a degree in math, using her degree to prove a new math theorem and write three books encouraging middle-school girls to have confidence and succeed in mathematics.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt began his acting career at the age of 6, but it was the role of Tommy Solomon, an alien in a teenage boy's body, on the sitcom "3rd Rock from the Sun," that won him his first taste of fame.
After a break from acting to attend Columbia University, Gordon-Levitt returned in 2001, focusing on indie films like "Manic," "Brick" and "Stop-Loss." He's seen his fame increase with roles in films like "Inception," "(500) Days of Summer," "The Dark Knight Rises" and "Looper."
But all the sitcom-kids-turned-stars owe a debt to little Ronny Howard, who started playing Opie Taylor on "The Andy Griffith Show" in 1960 as a 6-year-old child.
As he grew up, a teenage Ron Howard found a role as Richie Cunningham on the sitcom "Happy Days."
Howard left "Happy Days" in 1980 to focus on directing and never looked back. Today, he's known as the director of such movies as "Splash," "Apollo 13," "A Beautiful Mind" and "Frost/Nixon."
At the age of 12, Kirsten Dunst gained widespread recognition for her role of the child vampire Claudia in 1994's "Interview with the Vampire."
Dunst's career since then has included roles in such moves as "The Virgin Suicides," "Bring it On," "Marie Antoinette" and Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" trilogy.
Scarlett Johansson made her film debut at 9 years old as John Ritter's daughter in 1994's "North" and also appeared in movies such as "Just Cause," "If Lucy Fell," "Manny & Lo" and "Home Alone 3" (pictured.)
Today the actress is known for roles in such movies as "Lost in Translation," "Match Point," "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" and "The Avengers."
The star of "North," the movie Johansson made her debut in, was a 13-year-old actor named Elijah Wood. By that time, Wood was already a Hollywood veteran, with credits including "Avalon," "Internal Affairs," "Paradise," "Forever Young" and ...
... 1992's "Radio Flyer," along with Lorraine Bracco and Joseph Mazzello.
Wood is best known as the hobbit Frodo from the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. His other roles include the movies "Bobby," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "Sin City" and the FX sitcom "Wilfred."
Christina Ricci began acting in commercials at age 6 and made her film debut at the age of 10 alongside Cher, Bob Hoskins and Winona Ryder in 1990's "Mermaids."
She also gained fame as a young actress for her portrayal of Wednesday Addams in 1991's "The Addams Family" and its 1993 sequel, "Addams Family Values."
Ricci transitioned to adult roles in movies such as "The Ice Storm," "Buffalo 66" and "The Opposite of Sex," and is best known for roles in edgier movies such as "Sleepy Hollow," "Monster" and "Black Snake Moan."
Jodie Foster got her start in commercials at the age of 3, but her big breakout role was playing the preteen prostitute Iris opposite Robert De Niro in 1976's "Taxi Driver," a role that earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Today, the two-time Academy Award winning actress is best known for her roles in movies like "The Accused," "The Silence of the Lambs," "Contact," "Nell" and "Panic Room," which leads us to our next child actress.
Foster's costar in 2002's "Panic Room" was Kristen Stewart, who at the age of 11, played her daughter in the David Fincher-directed thriller.
Today, Stewart is well known for playing Bella Swan in the "Twilight" series of movies. She's also portrayed rock star Joan Jett in "The Runaways" and starred in the fantasy-adventure movie "Snow White and the Huntsman."
You may not recognize this little girl, who started playing "Stacy" on the Disney Channel kids band show "Kids Incorporated" in 1984 at the age of 9.
Stacy Ferguson, better known as Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas, has mostly focused on her singing career since, but still occasionally acts, including several voice roles in animated films and TV series and appearances in movies like "Planet Terror" and "Nine."
The sixth season of "The All-New Mickey Mouse Club" in 1993-94 featured several budding stars, including Britney Spears (front, right) and Christina Aguilera (second from right), but let's focus on the two who went on to become established actors, Ryan Gosling (front, left) and Justin Timberlake (far right).
Gosling earned an Academy Award nomination for 2006's "Half Nelson" and has an acting resume that includes the likes of "The Notebook," "Lars and the Real Girl," "Blue Valentine," "Crazy Stupid Love" and "Drive."
Timberlake gained fame following his "Mickey Mouse Club" stint in the boy band 'N Sync and then as a solo artist, but he's also branched into acting, including roles in "The Social Network," "Bad Teacher," "Friends with Benefits" and "In Time."
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11 NCAA Div. III individual championships
PELLA—Central College men's basketball forward Colby Taylor (freshman, Creston) was named Iowa Conference male athlete of the week after helping the team to its 17th league title, while Dutch track and field runners Eli Horton (junior, Runnells, Southeast Polk HS) and Abi Davis (sophomore, Des Moines, Dowling Catholic HS) swept the track events awards.
Horton, Davis outrun Division I competitors—Horton made it five consecutive track events honors for the Dutch after winning the 3,000-meter run at Saturday's Iowa Invitational. Horton broke the school record, which was set by Austin O'Brien (senior, Bettendorf, Pleasant Valley HS) at the season-opening Dutch Athletics Classic Jan. 25, en route to a first-place finish in 8:21.94.
The time, which ranks first in the conference and ninth nationally, bested runners from Bradley, Drake, Iowa and Western Illinois.
Horton previously held this school record in 2012. It's his second career indoor track honor, both coming this season, and sixth track honor overall.
Davis finished runner-up in the 200-meter dash at Saturday's Iowa Invitational and led the Dutch 4x400-meter relay team to a runner-up finish as well. Davis finished 0.03 seconds behind Iowa's Taylor Lynch in 25.60, the fastest time in the conference and eighth nationally.
Davis was also part of Central's top 4x400 relay team with Elin Phipps (sophomore, Boone), Taylor Beckman (junior, Panora, Panorama HS) and Camie Kibbee (junior, Mason City), which finished less than two seconds behind Western Illinois' squad in 4:04.35.
It's Davis' first honor since transferring to Central.
The Dutch take their marks for the Iowa Conference indoor championships Friday and Saturday at Decorah.
Taylor, Dutch crowned champions—Taylor posted career highs with 24 points and 12 rebounds in Wednesday's 81-78 overtime victory at Luther, clinching the program's 17th title outright and the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. The 6-foot-6 freshman chipped in two assists, two steals and one blocked shot and connected on Central's lone overtime 3-pointer.
Saturday, in an 86-83 overtime loss to Wartburg, Taylor posted 22 points on 8-of-13 shooting, including 6-of-11 from behind the 3-point arc, and nine rebounds. He added five assists, two blocked shots and one steal in more than 39 minutes.
Taylor averaged 23.0 points and 10.5 rebounds in 39.0 minutes for the week. It's his first career league honor.
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Tis November, and my thoughts turn to decorating my deck, putting up my Christmas village, and chasing the peacocks off of the deck railings! I spend about 1 to 2 weeks on the decorations, depending upon the weather. This year the weather has cooperated, so I am ahead of schedule.
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MLB Insiders Club may be the greatest. thing. ever
I am a sucker for anything that seems like a good deal. If you got something to sell me chances are I'm going to sit down, listen and bite the bullet. I'm not sure if I feel bad for the salesmen or what but they reap the benefits of my generosity, my bank account does not.
But The MLB Insiders Club is an excpetion. There was nobody yanking my chain or on hands and knees to get me to buy it.
A few months ago I saw an ad online, much like this one. I think it was actually on mlblogs.com. It was a great advertisement and ploy because I was suckered in right away. The offer was for a free issue of the magazine, which in turn was a very quality read with great one on one interviews with players, in-depth coverage of the building of Target Field as well as a retrospective with the Metrodome, and a solid article with Seth Myers, one of my favorite guys on TV and a die-hard baseball fan.
Well I couldn't just stop there.
Inserted in the magazine was one of those annoying cardboard flyers broadcasting the great deal a subscription would be. Now if this was a Readers Digest or Better Homes and Gardens I would tear it out and throw it on the ground. Come to think of it, why would I be reading those magazines anyway? But the pamphlet that listed the benefits of becoming a member of the club.
- Magazine subscription
- Baseball cap
- Pin
- Playing Cards
- Club Parking sign
- Keychain
- World Series Program
- "Greatest Games" book
- Fan Guide
- Car decal (3 of them actually!)
- Membership card
- Blanket
- Team bag
- Jacket
Talk about all-inclusive. Well after much though I pulled the trigger. I paid the fee of $24 and within a few weeks I recieved a small shipment of the girfts which included the card, car decal, book, fan guide and blanket. I chose to get the blanket customized with Pirate logos.
Talk about style and comfort. Not really getting much use for it in the summer, but still come fall this isn't leaving my bed.
In order to get the rest of the booty I had to mail in another round of $24 to get the perks finalized. Of course, I obliged.
It was just today when my roommate knocked on my door and said,
"Do we have an MLB life member in here?"
He dropped off this huge box and upon opening it I was greeted with a plethora of goodies that appeased the heck out of me.
The bag, keychain, another decal, playing cards, pin, sign and World Series programs had arrived.
The World Series programs were pretty random and off the wall. 2008 with the Philies and Rays as well as 1997 with the Indians and Marlins.
I'm a big fan of that '97 series as I do not like the Indians. Jose Mesa was always a favorite of mine.
The 2008 World Series really gave us nothing to ride home about but seeing the Rays and their improbable climb to the pennant was refreshing.
My buddy Chris, a Rays fan and Jared, an Indians fan may have just found their Christmas presents from me.
My favorite item in the oversized box was the parking sign.
The perfect addition to my already decked out sports room.
Call me a nerd but I'm pumped up to be a Life member of the MLB Insiders club and truly reccomend it to anyone who considers themselves a baseball fan.
If you are in the club let me know your thoughts about it. I am just getting started but enjoy reading the monthly magazines and hope to have a lifetime filled with cool stuff.
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Alright, so what is the hat like? I am a hat guy. Own a ton of 'em. Do you get to choose the team on the hat? I'll have to check this thing out, b/c I am a big proponent of wasting money on MLB as much as anybody out there! Thanks for the heads up!
And tell your Rays buddy, Chris, rock on!
I've seen those ads a ton of times, but never really gave too much attention to them. That blanket might make me pull the trigger on the club, though. Always figured that it was too good to be true, that there's gotta be some small print trip-up somewhere😀 But I guess that there isn't
Well I was planning on driving the 200 miles or so to PNC park this weekend to see the game Saturday and enjoy the festivities, but as always something came up, actually in-law family came up, so that killed my joyous weekend… both game have been great so far, I like these close games when a swing of the bat can decide the outcome… I hope we at least squeak out with a tied series…
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I agree totally with you about the MLB Insider Club.
I am also a member and it has given me some special insde information and insight Imight not have gotten if I had just thrown the letter/email away and not tried it at all.
The chance to win things that normal MLB fans can not even get a glance at is another great perk and reason to spend a little money for a whole lot of fun, information and special moments only MLB Insiders get to live.
Glad you wrote about the club.
Hopefully your post can get a few more of the MLB blogger's into the MLB Insdier family….It is more fun than you can imagine.
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Where do I sign? I am a sucker for those things too. I do get the Dodgers magazine and Sports Illustrated but that is it. I want to get that too!
Checkout the Pittsburg Pirate Mickey mouse in my blog! I think you will like the statue.
I got suckered into it too. I like it but I don't like that they sent me a book then a few weeks later asked me to pay for it. Don't send me a book if I didn't order it and expect to get paid for it. I don't read all the fine print 'cuz I shouldn't have to for something I didn't ask for. Other than that, it's all good. Go Bucs! (this weekend against the Phightins anyway)
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(Bluefield)—Dr. Tesfaye Belay, Associate Professor of Biology at Bluefield State College, has been selected to receive a $10,000 "Research Seed Grant" from the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium. The grant will fund laboratory supplies for BSC's continuing NASA-related research projects. Additionally, the grant will cover expenses for BSC minority and underrepresented students to participate in the upcoming annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) to be held in San Antonio, TX, Nov 2014.
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On January 2nd, IMS Health Holdings announced it will sell stock on the New York Stock Exchange. IMS joins other major NYSE-listed corporations that derive significant revenue from selling sensitive personal health data, including General Electric, IBM, United Health Group, CVS Caremark, Medco Health Solutions, Express Scripts, and Quest Diagnostics.
- IMS buys and aggregates sensitive "prescription and promotional" records, "electronic medical records," "claims data," "social media" and more to create "comprehensive," "longitudinal" health records on "400 million" patients.
- All purchases and subsequent sales of personal health records are hidden from patients. Patients are not asked for informed consent or given meaningful notice.
- IMS Health Holdings sells health data to "5,000 clients," including the US Government.
- Despite claims that the data sold is "anonymous", computer science has long established that re-identification is easy.
- See brief 3-page paper by Narayanan and Shmatikov at: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_cacm10.pdf)
- See Prof. Sweeney's paper on re-identifying patient data sold by states like WA at: http://thedatamap.org/risks.html
- "Our solutions, which are designed to provide our clients access to our deep healthcare-specific subject matter expertise, take various forms, including information, tailored analytics, subscription software and expert services." (from IMS Health Holding's SEC filing)
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October 23, 2013 —
HONESDALE, PA — Usually people will do anything to stay out of jail, but when the Wayne County Historical Society brings history back to life at the historic Old Stone Jail on Friday and Saturday evenings, October 25 and 26, they'll be in for a special treat (no tricks). From 6 to 9 p.m. on both evenings visitors will discover at least some of the secrets behind the thick dungeon-like walls of the stoic stone structure.
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Saint Xavier University's Professional Development Sessions
The importance of professional development cannot be overemphasized, especially in a field as vital as education. Only by continually arming our educators with the latest in research, techniques and knowledge in the profession can educators help their students on a daily basis. Saint Xavier University wants to offer educators an opportunity to attend professional development sessions, which will help them better serve their student population.
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October 29, 2014
The following handouts were distributed to guests:
- Predictors of Bullying and Victimization in Childhood and Adolescence: A Meta-analytic Investigation (PDF)
- APA: School Bullying is Nothing New, But Psychologists Identify New Ways to Prevent It
- PACER-Bullying Prevention Organization
- Tips for the Bullied, Bullies, and Bystanders (PDF)
- Six Unforgettable Cyberbullying Cases
- State of Illinois Cyberstalking Statute
- Cyberbullying Statistics
- 2014 Bullying Statistics
The following PowerPoints are available for viewing:
- Cyberbullying (Jamie Garcia-Fons) (PPTX)
- Psychological effects of Bullying (Dr. Sandra Burkhardt) (PPTX)
Below is the video of the conference, including our presentations:
October 17, 2013
Financial Aid (Application & Eligibility and Affordability & Access)
The following handouts were distributed to guests:
- IRS Data Retrieval Tool Information
- FAFSA on the Web Worksheet 2013-2014
- What Counselors Need to Know About Net Price Calculators (PDF)
- Top Ten Financial Aid Tips for Parents
- Avoiding 10 Common FAFSA Mistakes
- Financial Aid and Scholarships for Undocumented Students
- Advising Undocumented Students
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October 2, 2012
Response to Intervention
The following handouts were distributed to guests:
- Illinois State Board of Education's Frequently Asked Questions about Response to Intervention (RtI) (PDF)
- Illinois ASPIRE's Parents' Frequently Asked Questions on Response to Intervention (RtI) (PDF)
- Legal Implications of Response to Intervention and Special Education Identification (RTI Action Network (PDF)
- The Illinois State Response to Intervention (RtI) Plan (PDF)
- Illinois Special Education Eligibility and Entitlement Procedures and Criteria within a Response to Intervention (RtI) Framework: A Guidance Document (ISBE) (PDF)
- Frequently Asked Questions about Special Education Eligibility and Entitlement within a Response to Intervention (RtI) Framework (ISBE) (PDF)
- The Professional School Counselor and Response to Intervention (American School Counselor Association) (PDF)
- Integrating RTI With School Counseling Programs: being a Proactive Professional School Counselor (Ockerman, Mason, Hollenbeck) (PDF)
- Avoiding Tears in College (PDF)
The following PowerPoints are available for viewing:
- Multi-Tiered Service Delivery Model (Dr. David Bell) (PPTX)
- Response to Intervention: Up the Tiers to Special Education (Dr. Meg Carroll) (PPT)
Below is the video of the conference, including our presentations:
January 23, 2012
Students with Disabilities: Responsibilities and Opportunities as One Transitions from High School to College
The following handouts were distributed to guests:
- Section 504/ADA Guidelines for Parents (PDF)
- Department of Education's Preparation for Secondary Education
- Department of Education's Transition Guide
- Department of Education's Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) Info
- Questions and Answers on Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), Evaluations, and Reevaluations (PDF)
- ADA Q&A: The ADA, Section 504 and Postsecondary Education (PDF)
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- Disability Services (PPTX)
- Students with Disabilities (PPT)
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The Cayman Islands is world famous for its legendary scuba diving. With over 365 dive sites to choose from, warm waters temperature and spectacular clarity means you could dive every day year round! Recently awarded the WORLD'S TOP DIVING DESTINATION by 'Diving' magazine, the Cayman Islands have long been known for their crystal clear waters, teeming with tropical fish and some of the most diverse marine life on the planet. So it won't surprise you to know that it's a Scuba Divers 'Mecca' here in Grand Cayman, especially in East End where its still considered virgin territory. Some of the most sought after dive sites in the world are right here just minutes from the shoreline of Wyndham Reef Resort.
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Today, featured blogger Jesse Land of Things to Do in the U.P. describes six Upper Peninsula coffee shops that are perfect for a quick pick-me-up after a busy day.
Have you ever needed to grab a coffee while traveling and just haven't been able to find a place? I know I have. And because I care about my fellow coffee lovers, I'm here to give you the skinny on where to get your caffeine fix while exploring the Upper Peninsula.
Dead River Coffee - Marquette, MI
Dead River Coffee is primarily a coffee roaster, and if you're timing is right, you might catch Theo (the owner) roasting a batch of beans as you order your favorite coffee drink. (The smell is amazing!) Grab a pound of his popular "Harbor Girl" roast for the road. 119 W Baraga Ave. Marquette, MI
5th and Elm - Calumet, MI
This cool coffee shop is housed in a nicely restored historic building in downtown Calumet. Formerly a gas station, the building now houses one of the two 5th & Elm locations (the other is in Houghton) and serves up ice cream and sandwiches as well as coffee. 501 Elm St. Calumet, MI
Moose Jackson Cafe – Iron Mountain, MI
Moose doubles as one of the town's social hubs. It's often busy, especially around lunch time when sandwiches, wraps, salads and paninis fly out of the kitchen as busy lunchtime chatter fills the space. They do a great job getting orders out, though, and the food is good enough for this to also be a very legitimate breakfast or lunch spot. 221 E A St. Iron Mountain, MI
Stone Cup Coffee House & Stones Deli – Escanaba, MI
Are you seeing a trend here? Yes, most of the coffee shops in the U.P. also double as restaurants. And the Stone Cup Coffee House & Stones Deli in Escanaba is no different. This is a great place to grab a mouthwatering breakfast or lunch as well as a quality coffee. 1222 Ludington St. Escanaba, MI
Falling Rock Cafe' – Munising, MI
The Falling Rock is a true gem, nestled in downtown Munising, just south of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Part coffee shop, part bookstore, this is a place where you could easily spend a couple hours. They also serve a wide selection of ice cream for those hot summer days, and a full menu of soups and sandwiches if you're in the mood for lunch. If you happen to be visiting Pictured Rocks and mother nature rains on your parade, grab a coffee, crack open one of their more than 1,000 new and used books and relax for a while. 104 E Munising Ave., Munising, MI
The Serving Spoon – Menominee, MI
Tucked inside a house along Menominee's historic waterfront district, The Serving Spoon is a breakfast hotspot as well as coffee shop. From here, it's just a short drive (or nice walk) to Menominee's North Pier Lighthouse. 821 1st St. Menominee, MI
Now that you've got a good idea where to get your caffeine fix in the U.P., I'd love to hear about any other great coffee shops out there. What's your favorite Michigan coffee shop?
This post was written by Jesse Land, publisher of the Upper Peninsula travel website Things to do in the U.P. on behalf of Travel Marquette Michigan.