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Looking for Action/Superpower/martial arts anime focusing on technique
As the title says i m looking for anime in which there is lot of focus on fighting technique be it supernatural/ superpower/ magic/ spirits/ mecca/ swordplay/ samurai/ any fighting sport or just any martial arts. The point is people training and working towards gaining something to become stronger for whatever reason. Its also cool if they are already super strong as long as their techniques are emphasized.
Obviously technique names, prerequisites and execution details are important bonuses. Lets take simple examples like naruto or bleach or even Hajime no ippo ( for diversity). In them people actually discover or invent moves and techniques by training or in time of crisis it comes automatically.
It can be in any setting, any time era, any theme as long as there are details and people keep adding to their skill set. So collecting spirits and magic artifacts can also count as long as it is rigorous and detailed.
And please for heavens sake nothing like Pokemon, Digimon etc
Have already seen most of main stream anime but still all suggestions are welcome
Thank You!!
Claymore: I would say this is a good swordsman(all women tho haha) show, as people are ranked based on their technique and skill. There is a bunch of fighting, a lot of gore though and they are a bit supernatural.
Yu Yu Hakusho: A lot of martial arts and tournaments, super powers with technique advancements and uniqueness to each character. It's an older anime, but it's definitely worth it. Around 112 Episodes.
Claymore, was great. Already seen it though still thanks. So was yu yu Hakusho, a good match.
Although Claymore basically focussed on Yoma power and not technique, infact technique were rarely mentioned.
Katanagatari Lots of talking the first two episode though. Make sure you watch till the 4th episode before judging.
Ranma 1/2?
Maybe Soul Eater or Chrome Shelled Regios.
Have you seen Dragon Ball Kai? Also, try Hunter x Hunter, InuYasha.
All are good shows with a lot of training and power-ups as well as focus on techniques.
Ranma 1/2 looks so shit? is it really any good?
Soul eater lols.. gimme a break.
n chome shelled regios.. don't seem to fit, cause there is no detailing about anything, wth is Kei, dite. Although i Understood everything and I love the anime but still nothing is explained.
Inuyasha - well thats a descent call i suppose, but still its quite modest in this regard. Same moves repeated in same pattern, no innovation at all, Let alone detailing.
Dragon Ball? Are you serious.. Db is like entry point into anime world. There would hardly be anyone who would not have seen it, still regardless of this, is the Kai thing any different. Doesn't it have the same story, just a remake?.
you should try samurai champloo, main characters already quite strong, but the display in arts is great.
hunter x hunter is quite nice, good story, just a tad sad about the card-stuff, but it shouldn't spoil the rest of the series. worth watching.
World's Strongest disciple kenichi: about a kid that learns his ways of martial arts from scratch.
Hitman Reborn: bit far-fetched but it might be something, since all characters continuesly have to learn about their abilities and new stuff.
Same goes for the serie: D.Gray Man. both might not exactly be what you want, but you might like them nonetheless.
HSDK is good call, real precise stuff but seen it already. On the other hand there is no technique description or explanation or any detail either in gray man or champaloo, seen both.
Thanks anyways!
Have you seen Needless?, it's fairly comical at times but overall I think it's type of series you'd want, plus Adam Blade's ability allows him to gain a wide range of techniques and be able to use the in combination at times.
Fate/stay night would also fit, since Shirou works on improving the skill/magic he has into something much more useful ;) while most of the other characters are strong already, though UBW probably shows it better, but telling you to watch the movie with no knowledge of the series/game would be silly :heh:.
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha, seeing as Nanoha starts off with a very few techniques in magic and gains control of her abilities and learns new techniques fairly quick during the first season since she was considered to be an ace by the end of it.
Katekyo Hitman Reborn! does look stupid and first like 19 episodes don't have actual story. But eventually characters get some brains and some action starts. They also always have constant training, usually they are payed off. Tsuna look quiet cool in his super form, but you need to be patient.
Busou Renkin started myself just now, main character got power and is trying to learn to use it to protect people dear to him, quiet standard. Involves Alchemy but it works completly different from Fullmetal Alchemist series.
07-Ghost - the main charcter is from military but because of circumstances had to flee. Now he is learning new abilities.
Air Gear - improves roller skating abilities.
D.Gray Man - Allan has several upgrades over the series.
Fate/Stay Night - shirou is a complete loser and dumb one but does train a lot to improve.
Ga-Rei Zero - sword action, Kagura is trained physically but eventually it is the mental barrier that she has to over come in order to become great.
Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom - first like 3 episodes are seriously concentrated on trainig and even then it doesn't stop there. But it is gun action mostly.
Rosario + Vampire - manga in this case, main lead is pathefic but eventually becomes a real kick ass.
Well there is also Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann but it was not my cup of tea at all.
Everything is a martial art technique in Ranma 1/2. Crouch of the Wild Tiger! Sometimes it's silly, other times it's serious. And there is extensive focus on training techniques.
Crazy insane training like pulling chestnuts out of a fire to increase your hand speed.
Another Example say Naruto : Rassengan - Hell lot of details are given on how to rotate, compress chakra, the legacy involved.
Even stuff like Getsuga Tenshou: Compressing and shooting reitsu from the tip of sword, thats it. Doesn't matter if its brief.
I am sorry if I was not clear before, Thanks for help, keep it comming lols!!..
Thanks mate!.
Fate/Stay night is good fit. Thanks seen it already though but I need it for collection purpose so it doesn't matter.
Needless is it really good? Cause i saw first episode and I was disgusted by senseless and loud humour. Lemme know if its worth watching further.
Thanks a lot.
Edit: Nanoha has been finished for quiet a while, there are a few other ongoing newer ones that are unrelated you might be thinking of though.
Well now I understand it better so will try to come up with something else :D
Heh, this actually got me to check out the old Ranma episodes again.
I guess I'd forgotten that the first season is mainly introducing the main characters (except for Ukyo who shows up season 4 I think). The heavy training parts don't really get going until season 2 when Cologne shows up.
Maybe you should check out the manga.
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FOXBORO — LeGarrette Blount isn't going to question what's working.
On Saturday night, he continued his red-hot running that he showed in the final five weeks of the regular season, when he rushed for nearly 600 yards and nine touchdowns in the final month.
On Saturday night, he nearly matched half that touchdown total in his first career playoff game. Blount ran it into the end zone four times, surpassing Curtis Martin's three touchdowns of Jan. 1997 against the Steelers, and just one shy of the NFL record set by Ricky Watters for the 49ers on Jan. 15, 1994 against the Giants.
Blount led a team effort that totaled six rushing touchdowns, with the other two coming from Stevan Ridley. The six rushing touchdowns was just one shy of the seven by the Bears against the Redskins in the 1940 NFL Championship, won by Chicago, 73-0.
'That's what we go into the game thinking," Blount said. "We feel like we're the most physical team no matter who we play, and that's how we practice, that's how we play, and that's our mindset.
'We didn't know that we [were] going to be able to dominate, but we came in, our game plan was to play tough and play physical and go out there and get a win by any means necessary, and if we weren't able to run the ball, we always got No. 12 that's going to put the team on his back and do great things like he's always done in his whole career," Blount said.
That No. 12 happens to be Tom Brady, who didn't throw a single touchdown pass for just the fourth time in his NFL postseason career. The Patriots have won all four.
'If you would have told me before the game, I would not have believed it at all," Blount said.
Blount sealed the win with a 73-yard breakaway early in the fourth quarter that put the Patriots up, 36-22. He was looking at the video board while Logan Mankins raised his right hand immediately in triumph as soon as Blount broke free in the secondary.
'I didn't look at the big screen until I got free," Blount said. "I looked at it to see if anybody was close to catching me, and they weren't, and the rest is history.'
Now, after making a stunning statement in his NFL playoff debut, Blount gets to play in his first conference championship, with a chance to advance to his first Super Bowl.
'I'm loving it," Blount said. "[To] come out here and get this win against a great Colts team, it just shows you how good our team can be. We've got to go back at film, we've probably made some mistakes, some things that we've got to correct, but for the most part, our offensive line had an amazing performance. In my eyes, they're all Pro Bowlers.
'I think this is the third year in a row that we've been there, and we've been getting right there knocking on the door and we haven't knocked it down yet, so we're going to go out there and put on the game film and find out who we're going to play tomorrow and get to work on them.'
Blount actually set a new franchise playoff rushing record at 169 yards before losing three yards on a later carry. Blount had to settle for a tie with Martin with 166 yards rushing.
'It means a lot," Blount said. "I'm excited that they gave me the chance to carry the ball enough times to do that, but I've got to say hats off to the offensive line because on a couple of those runs, I didn't get touched.
'I'm really confident. Like I said, those guys in front of me, they don't get tired. I ain't going to get tired, and if we're going to be able to continue running the football like that throughout the playoffs then I'll be happy with it.
'It says a lot about that offensive line. They couldn't have put up a better performance. They've been doing this throughout the whole season, and I think Logan [Mankins] has been the only one that's got the recognition, but it's all of those [guys] up there that contain and do awesome and make those holes for me and Shane [Vereen] and [Stevan] Rid[ley] and Brandon [Bolden].'
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Navigating locks
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When we contemplate sailing, our thoughts run to images of open, uncluttered waters. In our idyllic daydream we see full, white sails running before a steady breeze on a blue sea. Nowhere in our lovely fantasy do we see the confines of a navigation lock.

Dealing with locks is not part of my romantic vision of sailing, but sometimes it is very much part of the reality of it. A shortcut across the Florida peninsula or the Isthmus of Panama, as well as a cruise through the Great Lakes, will involve passing through locks. The prospect of locking may be intimidating, but a bit of understanding, preparation, and basic seamanship will see you through.

Navigation locks are among mankind's longest-standing engineering achievements, dating back to the Renaissance. Locks are simply marine elevators used to move a vessel from a body of water at one height to a body of water at a different height. Over the centuries, civil engineers have developed many ways of building locks, from the very simple to the amazingly complex. Regardless of design, all serve the same purpose.

The cleat hitch is not a good idea when locking; it tightens under load. Lines must be able to adjust to a boat's rise and fall.
 	 A safe hitch requires the bitter end to be held so the line may be let out or hauled in as the boat rises and falls.

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If there is a lock passage in your future, a good place to start is the nautical chart. Locks are depicted on the charts with the word "lock" and a notation of the width and length of the lock chamber. Larger-scale insets with more detailed printed data are often also presented. Sailors should evaluate overhead clearances as well. Power lines, gantries, and bridges are commonly found at or near locks.

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Temporary changes to the operational schedule or status of locks will be published in the Coast Guard's Local Notices to Mariners. Local notices are no longer distributed in paper form, but they may be viewed online at http://www.navcen.uscg.gov.

While Coast Guard and NOAA publications provide a great deal of information, it is important to note that most locks in the U.S. are operated and maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers. This agency offers a wealth of information about lock navigation at http:www.usace.army.mil and in printed publications, mostly free, that may be obtained by writing to: Commander, USACE Publication Depot, 2803 52nd Avenue, Hyattsville, MD 20781, Attn.: CEIM-IM-PD. In addition to general information, details about specific facilities and the procedures mariners should employ at them are provided.

The nation's second-largest operator of locks is the New York State Thruway Authority, which maintains the extensive New York State Canal System. This network of rivers and canals includes the fabled Erie and Oswego Canals, and it allows passage between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean through the Port of New York. Charts, schedules, regulations, and other vital information may be accessed through its website: http://www.canals.state.ny.us .

Outside the U.S., locks are operated by a variety of private and governmental agencies, many of which impose stringent rules, schedules, and substantial fees for lock usage. A current cruising guide, an Internet search, and contact with cruisers who have recently used such facilities are all good resources.

 Be observant of signs and signals as you approach the lock, above at left. Instruct your crew to judiciously use lines to maneuver into the mooring point, center. Don't be afraid to use fenders generously when locking, at right.

Prepare your crewmembers

Preparation and forethought are the first steps toward a safe, trouble-free lock passage. Making the boat and crew ready for a lock is not unlike preparing to enter a crowded marina. Think through the process and allow adequate time to have everything ready before reaching the lock.
 A sailboat crew should take the following steps to prepare to lock through:
 • Revert to auxiliary power. Start your engine, break out your oars, or call the towboat. Sails are useless and hazardous inside a lock chamber. Give your engine time to properly warm up, and check the operation of your forward and reverse gears.
 • Take prudent precautions. Locking will require a lot of on-deck activity, which increases the risk of a crewmember falling overboard. Crewmembers should wear PFDs. Throwable rescue devices should be made ready for quick use. The crew must be able to move about freely. Sails, lines, and any unnecessary equipment should be stowed and secured.
 • Prepare equipment. Fenders should be generously set along both sides of the boat. You may be required to moor to either side of the lock chamber or possibly even to raft up to another vessel. Corps of Engineers publications recommend a minimum of two 50-foot mooring lines, positioned fore and aft, loosely coiled and ready for use. A springline is also a good idea. In some locks mooring lines will be provided, but the prudent skipper will have his or her own lines ready should these "public lines" be unavailable or unserviceable. A stout boathook should be within reach of each crewmember who will be handling mooring lines. At least one member of the crew should have a sharp knife available in case a line needs to be cut.
 • Make a plan and then share it. Evaluate wind and current and how each of these factors might affect your boat. Remember that structures in and around the lock will influence both these forces. The filling and emptying of the chamber will invariably create turbulence and strong undertows. Anticipate them and be prepared to react.

"Locks are simply marine elevators used to move a vessel from a body of water at one height to a body of water at a different height. "

Visualize how you plan to moor once inside the lock; for example, you might want to make fast your stern lines first, to check your way from a following current. Once you've made your plan, share it with your crew. Everyone must know what to do and when. Be certain that everyone is able to communicate. Review the commands you intend to give to signal which actions. Consider that voices may be difficult to hear over the length of the vessel. Work out and rehearse some simple hand signals. Finally, remind your crew about general precautions to observe while handling docklines and mooring to structures, especially if you have novice crew or non-boat-savvy guests aboard.

Proceed toward the lock

With boat and crew prepared, you are ready to proceed toward the lock. Identify and follow the marked approach channel so your vessel will remain clear of hazardous areas and will be correctly positioned to enter the lock.

Locks operated by the Corps of Engineers display an "Arrival Point" sign approximately one-quarter mile from the lock. Upon reaching this marker your boat has officially entered the lock approach. If your boat and crew are not completely prepared, stand off just beyond of this point until they are. The arrival point marker is your cue to contact the lock operator by radio.

Operators normally monitor VHF Channels 16 and 13 and may also use other working channels. State the name of the lock, your boat's name, and the VHF channel you are using. If your initial hail is made on Channel 16, expect to be directed to the preferred working channel. Once contact is established, state your position in relation to the lock and your request to lock through. If you have any questions, concerns, or specific requests for assistance, include them in this transmission.

Monitor the working channel

Once you are moored, the
 lockgates close behind you. . .
 	 . . . and the lock gates ahead
 open as water flows in.

Listen carefully as the lock tender returns your call. He or she will relay important information such as rise and fall of the water level, waiting time, where and how to moor, and signals to listen or watch for. Continue to monitor the working channel until the lock passage is complete.

If you are unable to hail the lock by radio, sound two long and two short blasts with your whistle or horn. Listen for the same signal in acknowledgment and then for verbal instructions delivered by loudhailer. Regardless of your method of communication, remain observant of sound and light signals and posted signs.

Depending upon traffic and other factors, you may be directed into the lock immediately or asked to wait. If delays are encountered, position your boat in the channel to allow safe passage of traffic exiting the lock. The operator may assign priorities to vessels waiting to enter the lock. Corps of Engineer lock operators will give government and commercial vessels priority over pleasure craft. Priority may be based on vessel size, cargo, and mooring accommodations.

When the lock is ready to receive vessels, the operator will give the appropriate signal audibly (by radio, loudhailer, horn) or visually (using lights). Enter the lock slowly but with enough power to maintain steerageway. The helmsman must be alert to changing current and wind conditions, other vessels, and any directions from the lock operator. Deck crew must be in position with their mooring gear ready.

Go far forward

"The objective here is to safely transfer positive control from the helmsman to the line handlers. "

Unless the operator provides specific mooring instructions, proceed as far forward in the lock chamber as is safe. This allows space for following vessels. Select a mooring point with regard to the availability of cleats or mooring bits, the position of other boats, and the lock operator's instructions. Bring the boat to a stop, or near stop, and signal your deck crew into action. The objective here is to safely transfer positive control from the helmsman to the line handlers. Communication is paramount.

If the lock provides mooring lines, bring them aboard and secure a line at the bow and another at the stern by passing each line around a cleat and then holding the loose, or bitter, end. This will allow a line to be let out or hauled in, as necessary, when the boat rises or falls with the water level. Avoid the use of full figure-eight hitches or other knots that will tighten under load.

If you are using your own mooring lines, insure that one end is tied securely to the boat. Pass the other end loosely around the cleat or mooring bit on the lock structure and hold the bitter end, allowing the line to be easily adjusted as the vessel rises or falls.

A springline is useful in maintaining your boat's position and managing the loads on the bow and stern lines. A springline becomes indispensable if you are singlehanding. It is impossible for singlehanders to tend all lines at once. If you are in this situation, tie off with enough slack to afford time to move about and reset lines as the water level changes.

When the lock cycle is complete, the operator will signal for vessels to exit the chamber. As you leave, remember the effects of wind, current, and the actions of other skippers. Communicate concisely with your deck crew. Likewise, ask your crew to clearly signal when their lines are free and secured.

Depart the lock as you entered: slowly but with good steerageway. Keep to the marked channel, avoiding any hazardous areas. When you pass the "Arrival Point" marker directed toward the traffic coming from the opposite direction, your lock passage is complete. Switch your radio back to Channel 16, stow the mooring gear, and get back to living out that idyllic daydream of the sailing life.

Resources
 Locking Through, an informational brochure published by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
 Jacksonville District

 NOAA United States Coast Pilots
 Online sources of information
 http://www.usace.army.mil
 http://www.canals.state.ny.us
 http://www.noaa.gov
 http://www.navcen.uscg.gov

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 Vern Hobbs and his wife, Sally, sail a 1974 35-foot Bristol cutter along Florida's Atlantic coast and the Intracoastal Waterway. Their day jobs pay the rent, but Vern's work as a local artist specializing in maritime subjects finances the boat projects.

One thing missing here is what to do in small locks like those on the Erie Canal. When calling ahead to the next lock when locking up, ask for a "slow fill." Most lockmasters are happy to comply, if they can. When water enters the lock, it hits the keel and pushes the boat against the wall. [Motorboats don't have this problem, since they bob like a rubber duck in a tub.] Wish I had learned this before I was half-way up the Erie Canal!
Another point not mentioned is that it is prudent to hang an 8 foot 2x4 outside your bumpers. This provides a long flat surface contact with the lock wall, making it easier to stabilize the boat, and keeps the muck found on the lock walls here on the Mississippi from fouling those pretty white fenders!
Not having personally ever been through a lock I found the article and comments very interesting and helpful. Some day I hope to spend some time on the Great Lakes and this information will be useful.
Re: Navigating locks
Went through some locks in Italy and France recently. Interesting experience. We communicated with the lock operators by pulling on a rubber tube to signal our desires. The operators signaled back with red and green traffic lights. Some of the locks dated back to Napoleonic times. When we were going upstream, we had to climb a metal ladder in the stone wall to take a mooring line up and around a bollard. Going down stream, we could tie off to a metal ring with a highwayman's hitch then use a deck cleat as a clutch until we were ready to get underway. I was great fun. I only got pulled off into the water once.
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The most interesting locks we have done were on the Canal du Sud in southern France. This canal opened in 1680 (really a remarkable feat of engineering for the time) and the lock sides are curved outward several feet to form an arch - I guess that thought it would be stronger. Does make it interesting to line up to.
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I'm glad this thread was revived, I hadn't seen it. We navigate the locks from the sea to the fresh water lakes in Seattle. There are two separate locks, one large and the small one at the same location. Generally, the smaller is the one most often used except for busy summer weekends and for large commercial traffic. The biggest hassle isn't the locks themselves, it's the railroad bridge just on the salt water side of the locks that is invariably down meaning that sailboats have to mill around in the strong currents either upstream or down until it opens, while dodging all the power boats. It seems like there is always one boat completely unprepared and inexperienced every time we lock through which provides the entertainment for the day, as long as they aren't tying up next to you:-((
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Navigating locks is truly an experience. Here's what happens with our Finnsailer 35. We try to time the lock so we don't have to hold position or scramble to secure ourselves to a dolphin. Of course we have the mast down, so I don't have much to hang on to when I'm on the bow with my boat hook.When we went through the Champlain, Dismal Swamp, and Okeechobee waterway locks, we were usually alone. Then once we are in, I start grabbing for lines(in the South) or wrapping around a pole, etc (in the North), and Captain Bob reminds me that he has to get the entire boat in the lock for this to work. So I throw the lines back to him until he finally grabs one that suits him or point out each possible tie up until he nods. It's at this point I am envious of the big cruisers with chest high gunwales. Then once I have the line, I hold on for dear life. By that time Captain Bob has wrapped his line around a winch to pull in the back end. He reminds me that it's easier for me to slacken my line than for him to try to pull in 13,000 lbs. I get the message. Then the water comes in/out. We go up/down. The gates open, and off we go. With a sailboat, each lock offers a unique experience. In one of the Champlain locks, the wind caught us before I could secure us, and we did a 360. Oh, the adrenaline rush that was. Fortunately no other vessel was in the lock. In the North, you supply your own lines. In the South, the lockmaster will throw you the lines and chat you up. I keep thinking with having more 30 lockings logged, the procedure should get easier. I hasn't. Maybe I have recessive genes for locking. Then again, maybe locking a boat is like landing an airplane. If you are still able to stand afterwards, it was a good one.
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What a wonderful post! If you don't write professionally, you should. Thanks
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I wish the lock was the only thing I had to deal with. Once I get through the lock, then I have to contend with a low bridge immediately on the other side. That means I have to plan my trips by tide cycle. If the water is too high, I can't get back to the house where my dock is. Most of the time I just trailor it down the road to the public boat launch to avoid this issue.
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The Federal Trade Commission, or FTC, has recently cracked down on five car dealerships for deceptive advertising online. The dealers, said the FTC, violated regulations for stating that they would pay off a consumers' trade-in regardless of the amount owed.
In reality, the dealers were not absorbing any difference between the car's trade-in value and the owner's loan balance, but were taking the negative equity and rolling it into the new loan, the FTC said. As a result, it's possible for a car buyer to not fully understand that they are effectively taking out a car loan for a higher amount than the price of the car, making them upside down on the new car.
Four of the 5 dealers were new-car dealers, while one sold only used cars. They are:
- Billion Auto Inc. of Sioux Falls, S.D., which owns multiple franchises in South Dakota and Iowa.
- Key Hyundai of Manchester LLC in Vernon, Conn.
- Hyundai of Milford LLC in Milford, Conn.
- Ramey Motors Inc. of Princeton, W.V., which owns multiple franchises in West Virginia, Virginia and Tennessee.
- Frank Myers AutoMaxx LLC, a used-car dealership in Winston-Salem, N.C.
The FTC said that the ads ran online on the dealers' websites, as well as on YouTube.
Here is an example of an ad one of the dealers was running, cited by the Washington Post: "I want your trade no matter how much you owe or what you're driving. In fact I'll pay off your trade when you upgrade to a nicer, newer vehicle."
Tara Baukus Mello writes the cars blog as well as the weekly Driving for Dollars column, providing both practical financial advice for consumers as well as insight into the latest developments in the automotive world. Follow her on Facebook here or on Twitter @SheDrives.


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Woman Found Dead at Local Park
SANTA PAULA, Calif. - Shock in one local community after the body of a young woman was found in a park in Santa Paula on Saturday.
The victim is identified as 21-year-old Ashley Moran of Santa Paula. Her body was discovered at Obregon Park. Police say it appears she was murdered.
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1. Bottle up running game
The Bills reached a new low last week…in a win. Despite stunning the New York Jets in overtime, Buffalo's soft spot was sorely exposed — the run defense. Every team from here on out will surely look to mud the game down against Buffalo. Even with starting middle linebacker Paul Posluszny back, the Bills were gashed for 318 yards on the ground in New York. One week prior, 171 to Cleveland. The week before that, 250 to Miami. And a week before that, 220 to New Orleans.
See the theme here?
Carolina boasts one of the league's top 1-2 rushing duos in the NFL. After a slow start, DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart have gained a mack-truck head of steam the last two weeks. The two combined for 262 yards and three touchdowns last week against Tampa Bay, hinting that they've rediscovered their rhythm from a year ago. Williams is the dash, stealthily picking and blasting through lanes. Stewart is the mash, lowering the kaboom at the point of attack. Together, they're going to give the Bills loads of trouble. The Panthers rely on powerful two-tight end sets all game. Offensive tackles Jordan Gross and Jeff Otah are loads on the edge, which allow both backs to stretch plays to the outside.
The key to damage control is improved play from the outside linebackers. Recently acquired Chris Draft may supplant rookie Ashlee Palmer on the strong side, while Keith Ellison remains the man on the weak side. Posluszny's return helps, but he only comprises one-third of the second level. Ellison, Draft, Palmer and whoever cannot keep getting bullied around. If so, the Panthers will cruise.
2. More Lee Evans. More Terrell Owens.
Last week was a reawakening for Lee Evans. He saw the light. With Ryan Fitzpatrick in for Trent Edwards at quarterback, Evans was reintroduced into the offense. Suddenly, there were passes in his and T.O.'s direction. And after the game, while praising Fitzpatrick up and down, Evans sure sounded rejuvenated.
Against the Jets, 11 passes were thrown to Evans and 8 were thrown to Owens. Both were targeted more than they have been all season long. Even with a deep ball called back after instant replay, Evans finished with 68 yards and a touchdown. Both must be the go-to guys in the passing game. Edwards has been reluctant all season to go vertical. In one game, Fitzpatrick wasn't. He looked downfield on his first read…and second…and third…before deciding to check down.
While pounding the ball to Marshawn Lynch and Fred Jackson should be Buffalo's offensive identity, Evans (particularly) needs to be used. He has seen single coverage all season. Up until last week, Buffalo hadn't taken advantage. Unlike T.O., Evans is in the prime of his career. He must be the priority in the passing game.
Again, this key is easier said than done. Statistically, Carolina boasts the best pass defense in the NFL. The Panthers allow only 157 yards per game through the air. But with safeties creeping up to stop Jackson and Lynch, Fitzpatrick will need to burn the Panthers with a play or two downfield. Fast fact? Owens ranks 92nd in the NFL in receptions. That must change for Buffalo to escape Charlotte with a win.
3. Find a killer's instinct
All week, optimists have repeated that the Bills could just as easily be 4-2 than 2-4. Take away two bonehead fumbles, they say, and this is a different season.
Very true. Leodis McKelvin and Roscoe Parrish have cost the Bills from being in first place right now. But at the core of Buffalo's sluggish start, is the stark lack of a killer instinct on the sideline. Head coach Dick Jauron has played not to lose all season. The fact that last week even went to overtime was an indictment of Jauron. The opposing team throws six interceptions and you almost lose? Unacceptable, really. That's on Jauron.
Enough punts on fourth-and-short. Enough concessions on third-and-long. Enough passive football, period. If Buffalo wants to turn this season around, Jauron needs to go for the jugular. I know, I know. The guy has been a play-it-safe coach his entire life. But anything out of the ordinary would be a breath of fresh air. Some play-action bombs when you least expect it. Some corner blitzes. Maybe a reverse on a kick return. A flea flicker. Something, anything to catch the opposition off guard.
Jackson and Lynch need to be fed all game, sure. But to get the win, Jauron needs to sprinkle in an element of surprise.
BFR Prediction: Bills 20, Panthers 16
Buffalo took a big step last week. Don't underestimate that win. The Bills earned a gritty, ugly victory over a divisional opponent on the road. Not easy. Against Carolina, the Bills will be able to move the ball. If the defense bends without breaking, Buffalo will improve to 3-4.
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Pascal retains title!
By Dave Spencer / Fightnews Canada
Jean Pascal (24-1, 16 KOs) retained his WBC light heavyweight world championship with a tenth round technical knockout of 43 year-old mandatory challenger Silvio Branco (59-10-2, 36 KOs) of Italy. The end came at 2:19 with Branco going down for the second time in the round just as his corner were throwing in the towel to end the fight. It was the first defense for Pascal who captured the title earlier this year with his victory over fellow Montrealer Adrian Diaconu. The rematch of that fight with Diaconu is now set to go on December 11th. Pascal also brought Branco down at the very end of the seventh round with a left hook.
It wasn't the prettiest of fights at times, but Pascal was able to control most of the action after the third round. "I was a bit nervous to start," admitted Pascal who used the entire ring in the first couple rounds, back-pedaling from an aggressive Branco who was shooting out a stiff jab. Pascal's punches came from all angles in the early going as he crouched and delivered shots, never really having solid footing under him.
Branco who is a two-time WBA world champion and a veteran of five world title fights going into the contest cut an imposing figure in the ring and at times seemed to dwarf the smaller Pascal who is fighting at light-heavyweight for just the second time. After getting caught in against the ropes in the third round, Pascal managed to shift gears and started countering his charging opponent and earning some respect. Pascal was coming straight up the middle with well placed left-hand counters and managed to catch Branco with a shot that soon had his right eye quickly swelling up.
"He might have caught me," admitted Pascal of a Branco shot in the third. "It was a hard fight and some tough work, but tonight I gained a lot of experience."
Trainer Marc Ramsay agreed, "This was the second fight in a row where he applied himself 100% and was able to follow the game plan. We knew before the fight it was going to be a tough fight just because of the mix of styles between the two fighters but we're very happy, this is pretty much the result we were expecting before the fight."
Pascal benefitted from a questionable knockdown in the fourth where referee Gerry Bolen was quick to jump in and wave his arms, but then proceeded to reel off an eight count as the bell sounded to ring a second time to end the round. In the end it wouldn't matter as the champion took control of the fight, landing with increased regularity, particularly from the sixth round on.
Continually beaten to the punch, Branco complained with increasing regularity of being pushed and being hit behind the head as the rounds started to add as the champion continued to put tens on the scorecards. A left hook brought Branco down in his own corner in the seventh and the accusations of foul-play were quickly falling on deaf ears. "This is boxing, not a movie, I think Branco has a lot of skills acting but I went in and did my job."
That job was almost completed in the ninth round with Branco on the ropes and Pascal connecting solidly. With the Italian hanging on, a foot of tape was hanging off giving the challenger some relief that he tried to parlay into something else as he fell down in the middle of the ring on his way back to the corner claiming a low blow or hit behind the head. Referee Bolen was buying neither as the commissioner in the corner did a quick tape job and ordered the fighter back out.
Branco would survive the round but was quickly caught by an overhand right in the 10th that would put him down officially for the thirds time in the fight. The end would could moments later with Pascal moving in for the kill and Branco's corner having seen enough, tossing a towel across the ring just as Branco was again going down.
"It was a fight against a very awkward and very skilled opponent," said Pascal's promoter Yvon Michel. It was likely his last chance at world championship and he gave everything, but Pascal was just too quick and too good."
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Adonis Stevenson (13-0 10KO) returned to the ring after a one year absence and scored an impressive stoppage over Jermain Mackey (18-4 14KO) at :20 of the 5th round, capturing the WBC International super-middleweight title. Stevenson who scored a knockdown at the very end of round four was relentless in his attack in the round following, pouncing on his opponent and hammering away until referee Adrio Zannoni was forced to jump in and stop the action with Mackey hanging against the ropes. It was a methodical attack by Stevenson who wobbled Mackey in the first round with a left hook to the body and continued the attack downstairs for the first three rounds. When he started to put his punches together and up his work rate in the 4th round, Stevenson was dominant and was able to land telling blows that had Mackey in retreat mode, scoring the knockdown and subsequent stoppage.
Coming in at a career high 169 pounds, former world middleweight title challenger Sebastien Demers (29-2 11KO) scored a surprising knockout victory over Jose Spearman (25-16-5 11KO). The end came quickly with a left hook to the body of Spearman that put the fighter down to his knees for a full count of ten, the official time coming at 1:18. Demers who has always relied on his boxing abilities and jab has rarely shown one punch knockout power is the fastest victory since his pro debut. Jose Spearman was a last minute replacement for Henry Buchanan and is now winless in his last six.
In a rematch of their 2006 bout, Carl Handy was once again victorious with 60-54, 59-55, 58-56 decision over David Whittom. It wasn't as close the second time after a close majority decision the first time round going way of the New Orleans fighter who now calls Montreal home. Handy almost finished his opponent in the final round, knocking him across the ring and into the ropes where he remained teetering, trying to hold on until the final bell. Both fighters came in heavy and it showed after the second round, particularly with Whittom who tipped the scales at a career high 193 pounds. The 34 year-old Handy was able to block most of his opponents shots and was able to land more clean shots as the fight progressed, opening up a cut under the right eye of Whittom in round two that would swell up as the six rounder progressed. Handy moves to 24-7-2 with the victory while Whittom falls even at 10-10-1.
Local welterweight Kevin Bizier (6-0 3KO) kicked action of from the Bell Centre in Montreal with a convincing 60-54 win on all three scorecards over Jose Lonardo Corona (8-10 6KO). Bizier was able to connect forcedly with a solid left over an oft retreating Coronona. Not able to land in combination, one punch at a time was more than enough to dominate over Corona who boxing in Montreal for fourth time in his last five fights.
Pier Olivier Cote destroyed Leonardo Rojas (8-9-3 2KO), knocking down the over-matched super-lightweight three times in just over a minute. Official time was 1:21 for Cote who posted his sixth knockout victory and eighth win to move to a perfect 8-0.


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Our big announcement on the Trump-Russia scandal.
I've never known anyone who was objectively pro-litter. Litter's awful. It's disgusting. We're all agreed. But it seems that the nationwide anti-litter campaign, which began in the 1950s, was a bit less pure in its origins. According to Heather Rogers' Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage, the entire anti-litter movement was initiated by a consortium of industry groups who wanted to divert the nation's attention away from even more radical legislation to control the amount of waste these companies were putting out. It's a good story worth retelling.
After World War II, the story goes, American manufacturers were running at full blast, and needed American consumers to keep buying more and more junk if they wanted to maintain their profit margins. And since there's an upper limit to how much junk a given family genuinely needs to own, manufacturers had to figure out how to convince consumers to keep throwing their existing stuff out, so that they would buy new stuff.
In part, that meant companies had to ensure that in a few short years consumer goods would become either unfashionable (advertising can do that), or obsolete (simply stop offering customer support for anything a few years old), or broken (like the non-replaceable batteries in iPods that wear out after two years). Giles Slade describes some of these strategies in his book, Made to Break, and they're techniques that have existed for decades now. But another way to ensure that factories could keep churning out junk was to introduce "non-renewable" packaging for productsfor instance, the aluminum soda canthat could be produced, trashed, and then produced again.
The problem is that all of this endlessand needlessmanufacturing creates a lot of garbage and pollution that generally wreaks havoc on the earth. (Packaging currently accounts for one-third of all trash in the United States today.) And eventually people wised up to this fact. In 1953 Vermont passed a law banning "throwaway bottles," after farmers complained that glass bottles were being tossed into haystacks and being eaten by unsuspecting cows. Suddenly, state legislatures appeared poised to pass laws that would require manufacturersand the packaging industry in particularto make less junk in the first place. Horrors.
So that's where litter comes in. In 1953, the packaging industryled by American Can Company and Owens-Illinois Glass Company, inventors of the one-way can and bottle, respectivelyjoined up with other industry leaders, including Coca-Cola and the Dixie Cup Company to form Keep America Beautiful (KAB), which still exists today. KAB was well-funded and started a massive media campaign to rail against bad environmental habits on the part of individuals rather than businesses. And that meant cracking down on litter. Within the first few years, KAB had statewide antilitter campaigns planned or running in thirty-two states.
In essence, Keep America Beautiful managed to shift the entire debate about America's garbage problem. No longer was the focus on regulating productionfor instance, requring can and bottle makers to use refillable containers, which are vastly less profitable. Instead, the "litterbug" became the real villain, and KAB supported fines and jail time for people who carelessly tossed out their trash, despite the fact that, clearly, "littering" is a relatively tiny part of the garbage problem in this country (not to mention the resource damage and pollution that comes with manufacturing ever more junk in the first place). Environmental groups that worked with KAB early on didn't realize what was happening until years later.
And KAB's campaign workedby the late 1950s, anti-litter ordinances were being passed in statehouses across the country, while not a single restriction on packaging could be found anywhere. Even today, thanks to heavy lobbying by the packaging industry, only twelve states have deposit laws, despite the fact that the laws demonstrably save energy and reduce consumption by promoting reuse and recycling. (A year after Oregon passed the first such law in 1972, 385 million fewer beverage containers were consumed in the state.) And no state has contemplated anything like Finland's refillable bottle laws, which has reduced the country's garbage output by an estimated 390,000 tons. But hey, at least we're not littering.
So it's a nifty judo throw, as far as it goes. I'm guessing that much the same thing is behind industry promotion of recycling. Again, no one can be "against" recycling. It's very good. But of the three suggestions in the phrase "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle," the last is the practice least effective in curbing the manufacturing of junk. And that's exactly why, during the environmental movement's peak in the 1970s, the industry-funded National Center for Resource Recoverywhich was founded by none other than Keep America Beautifullobbied state and national legislators to favor recycling as the means to address concerns about rising tides of garbage. It beat forcing people to "reduce" or "reuse."
The catch is that recycling can probably only do so much to limit garbage production. As Rogers' book points out, many materials can't be recycled too often before it gets junked, and a vast amount of material marked for recycling simply gets trashed anyway, or is sent overseas to be dumped. Recycling certainly has very considerable upside, not least of which is that recycled stuff requires vastly less energy to create than making new junk from scratch, but it's only a partway solution to reducing the 230 million tons of trash generated by this country each year, if that's what people think should be done. A longer-term solution is to stop creating so much junk in the first place. Essentially, though, that's what ideas like litter prevention are meant to obscure.


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The Scouting Service Quandary
The biggest story right now in college sports revolves around scouting services and street agents. All of this is coming to light after multiple media outlets reported that the Oregon football program allegedly paid one man who owns a scouting service over 25,000 dollars.
Before anyone gets too carried away, it is important to realize a few things. First of all, if you think your favorite school doesn't use and pay for scouting services you are wrong. Every school in the country uses them, and they are used from volleyball, to basketball, to football. In this day and age they are very necessary for college coaches, and a lot of them provide value. Also it is important to note that the vast majority of scouting services aren't run by trainers or advisors, but by people who actually do scouting.
In basketball the NCAA's Basketball Focus Group has made several rules intended to limit scouting services. Their goal is to get rid of the bogus scouting services that force colleges to pay money to have a chance to get a kid out of a particular area or organization.
However in doing this, combined with the decision to cut out the April evaluation period, what the NCAA has done is make scouting services all the more powerful in the hoops game. For an article in the upcoming Scout Recruiting Yearbook, coaches were asked about the power of scouting services, and they all agreed that they have become increasingly important.
The problem is due to the recruiting calendar being condensed in terms of days the coaches are allowed out. They now have to take the recommendations of scouting service publishers and many schools offer kids without ever seeing them play a game of basketball. It happened with Anthony Davis this past spring most notably, but several other kids as well.
It is an interesting debate, how does the NCAA eliminate the bad scouting services while not penalizing good services that schools genuinely use and rely on. Also they need to figure out a way to give the coaches an opportunity to actually see kids play in competitive situations, because right now there is far too great a reliance on outside opinions as opposed to coaches actually seeing kids play.
Winning Time
It is the month of March, and depending on your area of the country that means state tournaments are either winding down or they are in the early rounds. What this means is for big time prospects all across the country this is winning time.
Now it isn't fair to simply state that unless a kid wins a state title or advances far in the state tournament he doesn't possess the winning qualities that are so important once a player gets to college. Obviously there are other factors that go into a state championship beyond one's control. No matter how good a star player might be if the four other kids on the floor with him aren't good, that team isn't going to win a state title. It is really that simple sometimes.
However what is important is big time players step up at big times. There is no greater time for a high school player to assert his will and dominance than during the state tournament. Now every kid is entitled to a bad game, but the ability to shine when there is a big stage, that as much as anything can be a predictor of college success.
Coaches everywhere are searching for more than ability. They are looking for those qualities that get a player and a team into the winner's circle. Even with so many college coaches in the middle of conference tournaments and even NCAA Tournament preparations they will find a way to watch kids play during their state tournaments.
Of course it is to impress perspective recruits, but as much as anything it is to see if the kid has the intestinal fortitude to step up and make a big play when his team needs him if the most. If a kid is able to do that, odds are the coach will want that player to lead him into games at the next level.
Commitment Catch-up
Historically this isn't the busiest time for commitments, but this past week was one where a bunch of decisions were made.
Clearly the biggest name to come off the board was J.P. Tokoto. The top 50 ranked small forward in the 2012 class decided on the North Carolina Tar Heels over the Wisconsin Badgers. Tokoto, who was once considered a top 10 player in the class, was thought to be a UNC lean for a while, and after a thorough look at all of the schools on his list he decided to be a Tar Heel.
While Tokoto garnered the most headlines, numerous other commitments were made. In the 2011 class Devin Coleman picked Clemson, while De'End Parker and Christian Behrens both picked the Cal Golden Bears. Beherns is a big man with some potential while Parker is a JUCO standout. Also in the 2011 class Chris Anderson pledged to the University of San Diego as well as Jason Cuffee to Wright State.
The class of 2012 saw some commitments come as well. Codi Miller-McIntyre received an offer from Wake Forest and pulled the trigger nearly immediately becoming the Demon Deacons first pledge in the class. Also the Colorado Buffalos tapped into their in-state talent by landing a commitment from Josh Scott.
Finally the de-commitment parade in the 2012 class continued with Shawn Smith. Smith pledged to the University of Central Florida in January, but decided that was too quick of a decision and is now open in the process.


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AFP and AP Friday, June 6, 2014, 12:05 am TWN
BEIJING/DAMASCUS -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has won a new seven-year term with nearly 90 percent of a vote in a poll branded "illegitimate" by the opposition and a "non-election" by the United States.
Tens of thousands took to the streets in government-held areas of Syria even before the results were announced Wednesday evening, waving portraits of Assad and the official Syrian flag.
As celebratory gunfire erupted in the capital and loyalist areas across Syria, at least 10 people were killed as the bullets fell back to earth, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Tuesday's election was held only in government-controlled areas.
In the roughly 60 percent of the country controlled by rebels, activists reacted with the Arab Spring slogan that has been the rallying cry of their uprising — "The people want the fall of the regime."
Pro-government newspapers all carried front-page photographs of the re-elected president. Images of Assad in suit and tie, or military uniform, filled the programming of state television.
A source close to the regime told AFP Assad will be sworn in for a third term on July 17, addressing parliament and laying out his new policies.
The main opposition National Coalition called the vote illegitimate and pledged that "the people are continuing in their revolution until its goals of freedom, justice and democracy are reached."
The exiled coalition also asked for "more aid for the opposition, in order to redress the imbalance of forces on the ground."
Rebels are massively outgunned by Syria's army, which is backed by Russia, Iran and Lebanon's powerful Shiite movement Hezbollah, and the opposition frequently calls on states that back the revolt to better arm the rebellion.
'Great big zero'
British Foreign Secretary of State William Hague described the election as an insult.
"Assad lacked legitimacy before this election, and he lacks it afterwards," he said. "This election bore no relation to genuine democracy."
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called the poll a "great big zero."
"With respect to the elections that took place, the so-called elections, the elections are non-elections," he said on a visit to neighboring Lebanon on Wednesday.
"I particularly call on those nations directly supporting the Assad regime ... I call on them — Iran, Russia, and I call on Hezbollah, based right here in Lebanon — to engage in the legitimate effort to bring this war to an end," he said.
China Offers US$16 Million in Aid for Syria Refugees
China offered US$16 million in humanitarian assistance Thursday for refugees from the conflict in Syria as part of Beijing's growing engagement with the Arab world.
The assistance will go to displaced Syrians sheltering in neighboring countries, including Jordan and Lebanon, President Xi Jinping was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua News Agency.
More than 2.7 million Syrian refugees have been scattered across the region by a bloody, three-year uprising.
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