Ninjas!

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Dynamite Entertainment just announced their newest comic series 'The Ninjettes'

Ninjettes will be written by Al Ewing with artwork by Eman Casallos, and covers by Admira Wijaya and Johnny Desjardins.

Now all they need is the Nacho variant cover.

[GeneChing]

I feel like I've been plagiarized.

OK, in all honesty, I plagiarized that idea from Sho Kosugi.

[wiz cool c]

Oi, so what style do you do then? some **** like mega fist? chinese ninja boxing is an ancient style and i could waste you any day.

As for karate vs. ninja, who would win?



"There is no style more powerful than chinese ninja boxing, except that of the soul. The spirit of the samurai is indomitable"

karate vs ninja has been done ufc 3 steve jenum vs howard hareld. ninja won

[GeneChing]

must... post... here...

January 12, 2012
The single greatest Amazon product review ever written
By Josh Peterson - The Daily Caller Published: 1:40 PM 01/03/2012 | Updated: 5:04 PM 01/03/2012

[Lucas]

I
am
so
buying
one
of
those
!!!!!

[GeneChing]

I guess that's not any weirder than the Iranian ninjettes...

Mysterious ninjas attacking martial arts students
By Contributed
The Jakarta Post
Mon, 03/05/2012 - 9:37am

Police are in the process of gathering information linked to the attack by an unidentified group in ninja-like attire on teenage members of the Kera Sakti Indonesia silat (traditional martial art) school in Ngawi, East Java, Indonesia on Sunday morning.

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The police are in the process of gathering information linked to the attack by an unidentified group in ninja-like attire on teenage members of the Kera Sakti Indonesia silat (traditional martial art) school in Ngawi, East Java, Indonesia on Sunday morning.

Ngawi Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Eddy Djunaedi said that police detectives were investigating the crime scene in search of evidence and questioning witnesses.

"We are investigating the motive of the attack," Eddy said as quoted by tempo.co on Sunday.

At least 10 members of the Kera Sakti School sustained injuries in the attack, four of whom were severely injured during the assaults that took place in two separate locations in the region; Kedungprahu village in Padas and Sekarputih village in Widodaren.

The pesilat were training when dozens of people wearing ninja attire assaulted them with sticks, bottles and stones.

[GeneChing]

I would rock this if 1. the watch band was black (whoever heard of a blue ninja?) and 2. if it had a hidden garrote in it like Robert Shaw had in From Russia with Love.

This Watch Goes Ninja
By Pradeep Chandrasekaran on 04/23/2012 12:24 PDT



As we know, everybody loves a ninja and this brand new watch goes by the name of Ninja Time. You will be happy to know however that unlike ninjas this watch will not go missing. The ninja that sits on your wrist might cause you to break out in laughter as it either tells you the time or shows you how cross-eyed it is. The ‘eye’ on the left indicates the hour while the one of the right indicates the minute. Besides that, the watch is as minimalistic as; you guessed it, a ninja.

With only the folds on the mask as well as the strap, the entire phone is made of molded plastic. The dials at the side of the device serving as not only the ninja’s ears but also time-setting buttons proffer a cute little extra on this essentials-only watch. The watch that was designed by Andy Kurovets comes in a variety of colors and is in the final stages before its release for sale to the public and for now there has been no official word on its pricing or availability yet.

[GeneChing]

We would have to secure ninjastar.ninja.

Internet adding many domains, ICANN says
Casey Newton
Thursday, June 14, 2012

The most famous domains on the Web are getting some dot-competition.

The URLs we have typed into our browsers since we first connected to the Internet - .com, .net, .org - could soon be joined by .google, .amazon and even .porn.

It's part of a significant expansion in what are known as top-level domains initiated by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, a nonprofit group that oversees domain names. ICANN released a list Wednesday of the 1,930 applications it received for new top-level domains after soliciting proposals in January.

ICANN says the move will unleash new creative potential on the Web and benefit consumers. But the expansion has met with stiff criticism from some business leaders and the U.S. government, which assert that adding hundreds of top-level domains will result in confusion for Web surfers and agony for holders of trademarks and copyrights. Others suggest the move will effectively privatize the Internet.

"It is our fundamental obligation to increase competition and consumer choice, and to foster innovation, and this program delivers on that," said Rod Beckstrom, ICANN CEO, at a news conference in London.

But trademark attorneys have been counseling clients on how to respond to the profusion of new domains, which could create confusion in the marketplace. Cyber-squatting - the practice of purchasing domain names of popular terms in hopes of reselling them at a premium - is expected to increase.

"You've got over 1,900 new (domains) that are being applied for," said Scott Bain, litigation counsel for the Software & Information Industry Association, a trade group that has expressed concern over the domain expansion.

"They could take registrations on unlimited variations of trademarked names. Or they could have websites selling content without the authorization of the content owner. It just multiplies exponentially the cyber-squatting that already occurs with dot-com."

Other trademark attorneys said that the list of released names appears to show less potential for dispute than had been predicted. There were no examples of third parties attempting to register domains for brands they were not associated with - a .coke or .pepsi, for example. (Neither soft-drink company sought to register a domain for itself.)

"To the extent brand-name owners have filed for their brand names, it looks to me like they don't have any competition for their own brands," said Katherine Basile, a trademark attorney with Novak Druce + Quigg.

But many companies, including some in the Bay Area, are seeking to lock up the rights to what could become lucrative channels for marketing, customer service and more whimsical endeavors.

Google applied for 101 domains, including many referring to its products (.android, .youtube, .plus) and some that the company said had "creative potential" (.dog, .wow, .lol). Apple took a more conservative approach, applying for only .apple.

Safeway in Pleasanton was one of two applicants for .grocery, along with Walmart. In cases where multiple parties have attempted to register a domain - and there are 230 such cases on the list ICANN released - the domain will likely be sold to the highest bidder.

There are now 21 generic top-level domains, led by .com, and 280 country-code domains such as .uk for the United Kingdom. ICANN has introduced generic suffixes such as .jobs and .mobi in previous years, with none of them achieving registrations comparable with .com.

Becoming the registrar of a top-level domain isn't cheap. Each proposal cost the applicant $185,000, and maintaining the service will cost $25,000 annually.

It remains to be seen whether companies will be able to profit from their investments. The expansion of domains comes at a time when Web surfing is on the decline, as people spend more time using social networks and smart-phone applications.

But advocates of the changes say the domains could be lucrative. Neustar, an Internet services company that managed more than 350 applications for the domains, says successful applicants will profit by selling registrations on the domain along with consulting and marketing services around the purchase.

"It really is a once-in-a-generation opportunity," said Alex Berry, vice president and general manager enterprise services for Neustar.

Critics, including the Association of National Advertisers, say companies that have no interest in domain names face pressure to apply to prevent their brands from falling into the wrong hands.

ICANN will allow trademark owners and others to file objections to the proposed domain names, and will begin evaluating applicants next month based on technical and other requirements, according to the group's website. The first approved domains may be ready early next year, while others may take longer.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission in December said a proliferation of suffixes may create opportunities for fraud. ICANN should introduce the expansion as a pilot program and reduce the number of domains created, the FTC said.

"What ICANN is doing seems to us to have very little competitive benefit and a lot of cost to consumers in terms of easier ways for malefactors to engage in fraud," FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said this month.

Bloomberg News contributed to this report.

Internet domains

Besides .com, there are already 20 other top-level domains in use. But about half of Internet traffic goes through .com sites.

In the new list of desired domains released Wednesday, Google applied for 101 Web suffixes. Microsoft applied for 11. Apple for just one - .apple. Facebook, Groupon, Twitter and Zynga made no applications.

Among the domains requested are:

-- .beer

-- .bingo

-- .catholic

-- .christmas

-- .coffee

-- .gay

-- .gripe

-- .guru

-- .hiv

-- .ketchup

-- .lol

-- .ninja

-- .party

-- .pizza

-- .porn

-- .rich

-- .rip

-- .sex

-- .shiksa

-- .yoga

Casey Newton is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: cnewton@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @CaseyNewton

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...#ixzz1xmeFJHqR

[Lucas]

I would rock this if 1. the watch band was black (whoever heard of a blue ninja?) and 2. if it had a hidden garrote in it like Robert Shaw had in From Russia with Love.

in the second paragraph they refer to it as a phone. is it also a phone or did they just royally mess that up?

[GeneChing]

Two new kid ninja TV shows premiering this fall:
9th Grade Ninja on Disney XD
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4th TMNT TV series) on Nick

Also, for UK ninjas looking for employment, see below:

Cinema ninjas dispatch yapping, phone-using movie goers

Obnoxious movie patrons versus ninjas? My money is on the ninjas. A London cinema has raised an army of them to quiet rude customers.
by Amanda Kooser
September 17, 2012 9:13 AM PDT


Beware the cinema ninja.
(Credit: Prince Charles Cinema)

When I'm in a theater in the midst of a gripping, dramatic film and I see the telltale glow of someone's cell phone, I feel like rising up out of my seat, tiptoeing silently through the aisles, and using my mad ninja skills to silence the offender.

The Prince Charles Cinema in London is way ahead of me. Movie patrons who can't shut up or can't resist the temptation of a text message will get a visit from a black body suit-wearing volunteer ninja.

There are no nunchucks or ninja stars, but the face-hiding suits should strike enough terror in the violators' hearts to get them back in line.

The suits are provided by Morphsuits. The Lycra creations hug the body and hide the face and head completely, simultaneously leaving both little and all to the imagination.

If the ninjas work out well, perhaps movie theaters could also experiment with zombies, vampires, and werewolves. Then we'll get the inevitable epic film adaptation: "Ninjas vs. Zombies vs. Vampires vs. Werewolves vs. Frank, the Jerk who Answers his Cell Phone During a Movie."

[GeneChing]

This had to be posted here for the term 'Booty-Call Ninjas' alone.

Woman charged, man sought in ‘Booty-Call Ninja’ attack
By Brian Stanley Sun-Times Media bstanley@stmedianetwork.com June 17, 2011 5:44PM
Updated: June 18, 2011 5:29PM

Call it the case of the “Booty-Call Ninjas.”

A Joliet man told police he was attacked by two people weilding nunchuks and throwing stars after he showed up for what he thought would be a sexual rendezvous with his ex-girlfriend.

The 44-year-old man called police after getting jumped around 1:15 a.m. in the alley off the 300 block of Youngs Avenue. He said he had called his ex-girlfriend and asked her to come over for sex, and she agreed.

A short time later, Katherine M. Casarez, 29, texted the victim that she was in a nearby alley, police said.

As the man walked to Casarez’s car, a masked man jumped out and hit him in the head with nunchuks, police said. Casarez then grabbed nunchuks of her own and hit the man on the head with them as well.

While investigating the crime scene, police found two throwing stars, including one stuck into a telephone poll.

Casarez, of Joliet, was charged with aggravated domestic battery, aggravated battery, unlawful use of a weapon and armed violence. Police were also seeking a 34-year-old Joliet man for questioning.

Sadly, we will not be running our NINJASTAR contest this year. We had a good initial two-year run (2009, 2010), but the dearth of entries last year will make the third year the final one.

[GeneChing]

I love that the center pig on the cover has the yellow w/black racing stripes.

‘Three Ninja Pigs’: one cute story
Jacqueline Cutler By Jacqueline Cutler
on October 18, 2012 at 12:12 PM, updated October 18, 2012 at 12:21 PM
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One of the fallacies of publishing is that anyone can write a children’s book because they are so easy to do.

In many ways, they are easier than books for adults.

But I would still argue that just because someone has read “Goodnight Moon” about a few million times – or so it seems by the time the kids are ready to finally say good night to the old lady in the chair – that does not translate to writing a good children’s book.

The other fallacy is that all one need do is borrow a chestnut of a story; one that is in the public domain, and put a spin on it.

That’s what Corey Rosen Schwartz of Warren does in “The Three Ninja Pigs.” Yet this picture book, illustrated by Dan Santat, works because it is really sweet and cute.

It’s the same old big bad wolf story, and he’s going around huffing and puffing, as big bad wolves are wont to do. But three siblings have quite enough of his behavior thank you, and decide to stop him by studying martial arts. The two brothers aren’t keen on practice, but the sister is highly dedicated.

Eventually, it comes down to a fight between the sister and the wolf:

“The chase carried on to their sister’s
“Pig Three was outside in her gi
“’I’m a certified weapon,
“so watch where you’re steppin’.
“You don’t want to start up with me!”

The Penguin Young Readers book, aimed at 5-to-8-year-olds and selling for $16.99, is a fun read for children and parents, and could even help get that reluctant karate kid back to the studio.

[GeneChing]

SJSU is my alma mater...

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Steven Hayward in Green Weenie Award
Green Weenie of the Week: The Green Ninja

First there was Captain Planet. Then there was EcoKat from Kansas State University. Remember her? Well now there’s the Green Ninja from San Jose State University. You’ll be pleased to know that this project was supported by . . . taxpayers. Naturally.

The project has received a $390,000 grant from NASA to support professional development for teachers, and $20,000 from PG&E to pilot an energy reduction contest for Santa Clara County middle schoolers.

Green Ninja channel on YouTube.

[GeneChing]

Wait, couldn't you always rent ninjas? They are assassins for hire, right?

You Can Now Rent Ninja in Japan. They’re Not Deadly.
Brian Ashcraft
Well, it's about friggin' time! Starting this month, a new service will deliver ninja on the time and to the place of your choosing. The name of this new service? Why, Ninja Delivery. So clever.

Don't expect these on-demand ninja to climb walls and assassinate enemies. But who cares when ninja are only a phone call away?

There are, of course, the historical ninja (the real ninja) and the ninja of popular imagination. This service caters to the latter.

Currently, there are only three types of ninja available for hire, reports IT Media. Prices depend on what you have in mind for these folks in black pajamas.

Ninja Delivery makes it very clear that you cannot order ninja to commit criminal acts (larceny, destruction, or violence). Also, the service does not cover ninjutsu for hire. Instead, Ninja Delivery says things like corporate events or parties are more up its alley as well as surprises for children or a loved one. What better way to say I love you than with a ninja?

You Can Now Rent Ninja in Japan. They're Not Deadly.


Don't think of this as only getting people in outfits and not deadly ninja. You are getting party ninja.

Ninja Delivery

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In order to prevent having explosives manufacturing technology stolen by enemies, this typical ninja house had protections such as set traps and fake hallways. The ninja house is a simple farm dwelling, but has surprises, escape routes, hidden doors, places to hide swords, and the above traps and trickery.