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|2006-04-03, 16:49
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Blackbeard discussion thread [Manga]
what in the world do you guys think blackbeard is up to? i understand he wants to be a shichibukai, but do you think that's his life's dream? i figured it'd be becoming the pirate king, finding one piece, or whatever. but with that whole speach/rant he gave luffy about following one's dreams and saying the hell with the new age philosophy, you'd think he has some big aspirations in life.
also, i get that he killed members of his own whitebeard crew, but do you think blackbeard is really all that evil? he seemed very similar to luffy in a few ways. his eating habits (except their taste in food), immense strength, a supposed 'dream' and let's not forget the will of D. i suppose this things don't make him any less evil, but just a comparison to luffy.
whachya all think?
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|2006-05-11, 19:38
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That would be an interesting twist, if Blackbeard actually had good valid reasons for his actions (or at least, persuaded Luffy that he did) and got the Straw-Hats on his side, then Ace caught up and had to fight Luffy...
|2006-08-27, 18:50
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Black beard.......Shichibukai.......theory
Now we all now that at the meeting of the Shichibukai blackbeard was discussed as a possible candidate....but the problem was, he is not well known enough, plus no on really knows how powerful he his, as we aint reli seen him in action.
For manga readers this might be easier but cast ur minds back all the way to the start of the drum island arc, n wher we meet chopper. In chapter 133, Dalton tell the strawhats that 2-3months ago the county was destroyed by a group of pirates, just 5 of them, and they were the black moustach pirates!
Now if u look at the silouetts of the pirates in the background as dalton says this, they look VERY similar to the blackbead pirates! The sharp shooter is the most easily reconised (Van auge i think he's called...cnt rememba).
Has anyone else seen this?
Does anyone else think that it is blackbeard, or some unseen powerful pirate crew?
Just general thoughts please!?
|2006-08-29, 13:22
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|2006-08-31, 13:36
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Just askin cos i read the manga and dnt watch the anime......so its not made clear that its blackbeard, just hinted at.........
I'd like to reli see blackbeard in action then if he can do tht to whole country.
I know he obliterated tht guy into the floor with 1 punch but anyone know, or speculate what abilities he has?
|2006-09-01, 09:09
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blackbeard is a serious candidate for the titel piratking, I think he goin to be one of the ultimate bosses luffy has to pass in the end.
his a "Teach", in the authors mind hes probably avatar of Edward Teach the ulitmate pirate in realworld. Im worried about Ace
|2006-09-01, 11:50
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I don't think we need to worry about Ace... afterall, Blackbeard worked underneth Ace and Whitebeard sent Ace out ALONE to take down blackbeard... sharing the name of the famous pirate is probably more of a reflection of his role in the story than is overall strength... blackbeard will probably end up playing a big role in One Piece, particularly when the "will of D" mystery finally begins to unravel
|2006-09-01, 13:59
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Blackbeard may have been hiding his true strength scince he worked underneath them. Whats not to say there was nuthin to stop blackbeard from kicking the crap outta ace beforehand apart from the threat of his other crewmates and whitebeard.
Btw slighly off topic but where did the other blackbeard crew mates come from???
Were they also members of whitebeards crew that just followed blackbeard?
|2006-09-01, 14:11
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Ace does too have a "d" in his name, so he must be one of them elite pirates
however, among the other great ones, WhiteB, redhair, eagleeye, iceman
ace seems a littel weak, well perhaps hes not finishing develope yet
iam sure that he cant take off blackbeard alone, blackbeard & co. are too strong!
|2006-09-01, 14:44
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Take on blackbeard, yes... take on blackbeard AND his crew, not as sure
|2006-09-01, 15:38
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I remember they last showed Ace with Buggy- who said he would help Buggy look for Luffy. They never really said anything about what happened to that.
Maybe Strawhats and Ace will meet up again, and fight Blackbeard + crew together. That would be cool! I'm sure they could take them.
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When I stared at it for prolonged periods, my gaze would 'soften' the view and my face seemed to distort in this 'soft vision'. It was a little disconcerting at first, though I kept at it to see if anything else came up. I noticed that when I stared at it long enough, my head would fade--and at one point my head disappeared altogether!
Does anybody else experience this? Did I make contact with anything while doing so? I apologize if these are rather simple questions--I'm rather self-conscious about appearing foolish...haha;; Anyway, if anyone could comment on this, I would be glad to hear your input!
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However... that sort of thing is step one for mirror gazing. Some people try and become too locked onto "looking at themselves" that they never relax their perceptions enough to essentially start receiving. My father had a black mirror, a highly polished disc of obsidian (IIRC) that he used for gazing. I never really picked up the knack. The next time it happens, just roll with it. Don't try to hold onto any particular image or perception. Eventually you should start getting somewhere.
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Hey, Thanks for sharing this topic with us. If you can, please message me and I can tell you more on this subject. A quicky here, My late girlfriend Julie, and myself were gazing a couple of years back. Well, we were sitting together and I looked over at her and she was no longer viewable in the mirror. Juliet is no longer with me. She passed away a year ago. The spirits were letting me know on what the near future was in store for me and her. I can tell you more later. Dave
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Terrance Knighton says he's 'a premier player,' was around 350 pounds last season
After two seasons, 32 starts and 61 total tackles for the Broncos, Terrance "Pot Roast" Knighton believed he had earned his due in free agency. He wanted to stay in Denver, but he was convinced he was worth more than what the cash-strapped Broncos were offering to keep him.
The 28-year-old defensive tackle had generated interest from multiple teams, including Jack Del Rio's Raiders. But after meeting with Washington officials, he agreed to a one-year, $4 million deal with the Redskins, a decent raise from his $2.75 million salary in 2014.
But the deal seemed surprising to some. Was he really holding out for a one-year deal when other defensive tackles whose production paled in comparison to his received more lucrative deals?
In speaking with Sports Illustrated's Don Banks on Tuesday, Knighton said he believed he was the biggest steal in free agency and that he considers himself "a premier player" in the NFL.
Knighton's weight was reportedly a reason for multiple fines by the Broncos, and since he arrived in Washington, his girth has, again, become a hot topic. He told Banks that played around 350 pounds last season in Denver, and although the Redskins list him as 331 pounds, he "intends to be down to" 350 by training camp and the 340s by the start of the regular season.
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Last season's Bulldog Invitational featured Bridgeport, Springfield and West Chester, with Bridgeport finishing in first, Yale second, West Chester third and Springfield in fourth. In that meet, juniors Joyce Li and Morgan Traina led the Bulldogs, finishing second and third, respectively, in the all-around competition. Li finished above 9.500 on every apparatus and Traina finished third on the beam with a 9.725.
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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The Coker men's lacrosse team picked up a crucial South Atlantic Conference win Saturday (Apr. 5) defeating the Catawba College Indians 11-7. The win moves the Cobras to 4-2 in the SAC and into a three-way tie for third place in the conference standings.
In their final home game as Cobras, seniors Andy Campos and Ryan Maurer led Coker's offensive charge. Campos tallied three goals and an assist for four points, while Maurer found the back of the net twice and handed out two helpers for his four points. Shane Wilson also recorded four points on four goals. Timothy Smith and Mike Martiello each scored one goal apiece for the Navy and Yellow. Martiello also added two assists, while Ryan Vento and Mikey Mazzola each handed out an assist of their own.
In goal, Tim Ryan made 19 saves on 26 shots faced in 60 minutes of action. The duo of Dylan Marks and Patrick Timothee led Coker defensively with three caused turnovers apiece and six and two ground balls, respectively.
The first half was all Coker as the team took an 8-2 lead into halftime. The Cobras would come out slow in the third period and allow the Indians to net four goals while only scoring two of their own. As the fourth period started with the Navy and Yellow nursing a 10-6 lead, Ryan would shut the door on any comeback attempt by Catawba. The junior goalie only allowed one goal in the fourth and made seven of his game-high 19 saves in the final period. Coker would score one more goal late in the fourth to secure an 11-7 SAC victory.
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The Bergdahl Dishonor
The sergeant should request that every file about him be published.
I spoke Monday with a highly decorated former Special Forces operator and asked what he thought about Bowe Bergdahl, the Army sergeant who was released over the weekend after five years of Taliban captivity in exchange for five hard cases out of Gitmo.
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NEW LONDON, Conn. – Sophomore Tamara Pena's (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) put-back with eight seconds left in regulation forced overtime while a layup by junior Anna Merrifield (Honolulu, Hawaii) off the opening tip followed by freshman Mari Kordell's (Ijamsville, Md.) three-pointer secured a lead MIT would not relinquish as it defeated the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, 73-67, in a NEWMAC women's basketball battle on Tuesday night. All five Engineers' starters recorded double-digits in scoring, led by Pena's 18 points to go along with four rebounds and two assists.
The Bears maintained a slight lead during the early stages of the game, but a Pena three-pointer sparked a 17-4 run that put MIT ahead, 26-17, with 5:39 left. Coast Guard battled back, narrowing the gap to 31-27 at the intermission.
The hosts carried the momentum into the second stanza as four Brittney Zimmerman free throws tied the contest after 1:13 elapsed. A three-point play from freshman Alexxis Isaac (San Antonio, Texas) quickly broke the deadlock and helped the Engineers generate an 8-3 spurt to go in front, 39-34, at the 16:35 mark. Coast Guard converted four of its next five free throw attempts, but another Isaac three-point play ignited a 19-9 run that was capped by sophomore Rachel Hunt's (Arlington Heights, Ill.) three-point play which resulted in a 58-47 advantage with 5:53 to go.
The Bears replied with 12 unanswered points, capturing the lead on two Zimmerman free throws with 1:04 remaining in regulation. Isaac's go-ahead bid was off the mark and Coast Guard picked up the ensuing rebound with 33 seconds on the clock. A foul sent Zimmerman to the line where she missed the first attempt, but drained her second shot to increase the margin to 60-58. Following an MIT timeout, Kordell's attempt didn't fall but Pena quickly gathered the rebound and drained the tying basket.
After MIT's quick start in the extra session, an Alexi Howland three-point play and a free throw from Victoria Gurtler brought the Bears within one (65-64) at 2:48. Junior Rebecca Odim (Brooklyn, N.Y.) hauled in the rebound off the missed second attempt which eventually led to a basket by junior Lauren Sascha Burton (Seattle, Wash.). Following turnovers by both teams, Odim grabbed another defensive board that set up Kordell's jumper with 47 seconds left to play.
Exactly 10 seconds later, Burton was fouled following a steal and drained both shots from the charity stripe to increase the lead to 71-64. Odim and Merrifield came up with key defensive rebounds to extend Coast Guard's scoring drought while Merrifield tacked on a free throw with 10 seconds remaining. The Bears continued to attack as Zimmerman buried a trey and then called a timeout with the score at 72-67 with two ticks left. On the in-bounds, Burton was fouled, sending her to the line where she registered the final point of the game.
Isaac finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds, including six off the offensive glass while Hunt tallied 12 points, six boards, three blocks, three steals, and three assists. Burton posted 10 points, seven rebounds, and three steals as Kordell totaled 10 points, seven boards, and three assists. Merrifield chipped in five points and five rebounds while sophomore Sharon Hao (San Jose, Calif.) added four boards and two assists.
Early foul trouble for MIT in the second half put Coast Guard in the bonus after five minutes expired, and as a result, the Bears scored 18 of its 33 second-half points from the free-throw line. The Bears finished 21-of-34 at the charity stripe while the Engineers were 17-of-27 on the night. The Cardinal and Gray, meanwhile, had the upper-hand in rebounds (50-37), points in the paint (32-16), points off turnovers (27-23), and second-chance points (18-7).
Next up for MIT (5-3, 2-1 NEWMAC) will be conference foe Mount Holyoke College on Saturday, Dec. 10.


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Good news for hungry skiers and snowboarders in Breckenridge: Moe's Original Bar B Que, a growing Vail-based chain serving Alabama-style barbecue, is opening a restaurant in that winter sports haven. (Uh, that haven would be Breckenridge, not Alabama…)
This is the 21st Moe's stores and ninth in Colorado. The other stores are in Alabama, and there are also lone outposts in Atlanta, Asheville, NC, and, of all places, Bangor, ME. Apparently, even Maine residents can't eat lobster rolls all the time. Colorado shops are in Lakewood, Boulder, Denver, Eagle, Englewood, Fort Collins, Glenwood Springs and Vail.
Founders Mike Fernandez, Ben Gilbert and Jeff Kennedy launched the chain in 2001, figuring barbecue would be a dandy addition to the apres-ski scene. The Moe's in Breck sits at 110 S. Ridge St. in a historic log cabin. It's set to open in a week or so, and will serve lunch and dinner from 11 a.m.-10 p.m.


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A tractor-trailer and another vehicle crashed on a Tennessee interstate near Memphis, causing 300 gallons of diesel fuel to spill onto the roadway.
According to Memphis fire officials, crews were on the scene of I-240 westbound at Airways Boulevard to detour all westbound lanes around the spill.
Officials said when the vehicles crashed, the fuel tank on the 18-wheeler was ruptured, causing approximately 300 gallons of diesel to spill out.
Westbound traffic on I-240 was backed up for miles as lanes surrounding the crash were shut down.
Eastbound traffic was not affected.
Three people were killed and 22 were injured in a crash involving a passenger bus and three other vehicles early Sunday on a New Mexico interstate, the Sandoval County Sheriff's Office said.
The crash, which involved the bus, a semi trailer, a passenger vehicle and a pickup truck, closed I-25 in both directions, KOAT reported.
The interstate was closed north of Bernalillo after the vehicles collided around 2:25 a.m. Sunday, according to the Rio Rancho Fire Department.
Thirty-eight people were treated at the scene, KOB reported. Of the 22 people taken to the hospital, four were in critical condition, KOAT reported.
The bus overturned on the northbound lane of the interstate, Rio Rancho Fire Battalion Chief Richard Doty told KOAT. The driver of the semi was removed from his vehicle, Doty said.
The number of injuries is unknown.
A new state law in Ohio allows drivers to go through red lights in certain situations, but police are cautioning motorists.
The new state law allows drivers to go through red lights if the light isn't working properly and only if the intersection is clear of oncoming traffic. Police said drivers still need to stop, and they can't drive through a red light just because they are in a hurry.
"This is about safety," Kettering, Ohio, police Officer John Jung said. "We don't want the driver to approach a red light, wait for a couple of seconds and determine that it is malfunctioning and then blow through a red light. You still have to proceed with caution."
Jung said city traffic laws are not always the same as state laws, so drivers need to make sure the law applies to the city in which they are driving.
If a driver does go through a red light, he or she has the burden to prove it that was malfunctioning.
"If they cause a traffic accident and it turns out the light was working properly, they will be the at-fault driver," Jung said.
Driving instructors said the new law has caused some confusion, with instructors needing to tell new drivers that it isn't a free pass to run every light.
"This isn't going to be an everyday occurrence," said D&D Driving School training manager Brent Praeter. "This isn't something they need to do commonly at intersections when the light is red and feel (they) like they have been sitting for too long."
If a motorist does come across a light that isn't working, he or she is advised to call police.
A new study from AAA reveals that pothole damage has cost drivers around the country $15 billion in vehicle repairs over the last five years.
"Area drivers get that sinking feeling every time they hit a pothole," AAA spokesperson Cindy Antrican said in a release. "They know there's a price to pay, and 16 million drivers across the country have had to pay for pothole damage to their vehicles in the last five years."
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According to AAA's survey, middle- and lower-income individuals are the most worried about potholes, with the majority of respondents in households having annual incomes under $75,000 expressing the highest levels of concern over damaged roadways.
This is likely due in part to the financial impact, as pothole damage can lead to expensive and extensive vehicle repairs.
"On average, American drivers report paying $300 to repair pothole-related vehicle damage," Antrican said. "Adding to the financial frustration, those whose vehicles incurred this type of damage had it happen frequently, with an average of three times in the last five years."
To minimize vehicle damage, AAA urges drivers to ensure tires are properly inflated and have adequate tread depth, as they are the only cushion between a pothole and the vehicle.
If a pothole strike is inevitable, it is also critical that drivers slow down, release the brakes and straighten steering before making contact with the pothole.
To avoid potholes in the roadway, drivers should remain alert, scan the road and increase following distances behind the vehicle ahead.
A new study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that drivers who smoke weed before getting behind the wheel are no more likely to crash than sober drivers.
This does hold true only after adjusting for age, gender and race.
It also means that high drivers have a significantly lower crash risk than drunk drivers.
Overall alcohol use also increases the possibility of a wreck by 6.75 times.
The Washington Post notes that several states have laws to separate "marijuana-impaired driving" from drunk driving, still handling the two similarly.
You can see the NHTSA's full report here. [PDF]
A night of parties and over-indulging often leads to impaired or tired drivers and walkers.
Those and other factors combine to make Jan 1 one of the worst days to be a pedestrian.
Mother Jones quotes the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration), "Between 2008 and 2012, more pedestrians died in traffic crashes on New Year's Day (and Halloween) than on other days of the year. IIHS also found that 59 percent of pedestrians killed on New Year's Day were drunk."
More simply, you 're nearly twice as likely to die when on foot Jan 1.
A highway safety expert says people know not to drink and drive but "the risks associated with drinking and walking aren't as clear to the average person."
Clark Howard is a nationally syndicated consumer advice expert
Ever wonder exactly how much your auto insurance will go up after a speeding ticket? How about after 2 or 3 tickets? I have new numbers to share with you.Local governments have gone crazy with ticketing for everything because they're starved for revenue. You may recall that TomTom was busted in 2011 for selling database info to police departments so the police would know exactly where people were speeding and could ticket them. (The company has since discontinued this practice.)The calls I get about this kind of thing are usually about the frightful cost of tickets. But what I've not heard a lot about is what happens to your insurance premium when you get a ticket.These traffic tickets will drive your car insurance premiums up!
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|2009-03-16, 15:22
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Except that momentum doesn't work like that. Ever tried to stop in mid-swing? It's impossible to stop immediately, and you're even exerting counterforce in stopping.
That's why I'd like someone who reads the novel to shed light on this.
|2009-03-16, 15:26
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|2009-03-16, 15:49
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Except that the stance of the golem (right hand punch, right leg behind, bending over) does not allow for proper balance, much less proper counterforce, and by all means the fist should have carried on and dragged the golem down with it. And this is excluding the fact that the fist Touma stopped was weighted down more then the rest of its body prior to the punch.
Personally, I prefer to explain it the other way around. Touma could cancel the 'vector change' in the steel bars being thrown at him, but that still wouldn't change the fact that... well... those would be steel bars heading towards him. Gravity is a powerful mistress, and Vector Change or not, having a steel bar fall on top of you is going to cause serious pain.
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|2009-03-16, 19:10
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^ I believe what others are saying is that the monster is drastically supplied by magic.
It's too bulky to move, and therefore needs constant source of power.
Vector change, on the other hand, only needs to work once.
After an object changes direction, or goes at twice the speed from the collision hax, it's no longer due to esper power.
|2009-03-17, 13:32
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honestly does anyone have the actual novel version of what happened in that scene as it could easily be a production oversight.
i'm leaning towards that the golems foward motion should have still caused it to crumple forward killing touma in the angle displayed by the anime even if the magic source was cut off.
|2009-03-17, 21:04
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I think from a physic perspective that the golem could not move the way it did and still hold to geather magic must have been caceling a lot of the forces acting on it. By touching it Touma stoped it's motion and since magic had to cancel a lot of the momentum before it stoped moveing Newton's first law took over.
|2009-04-15, 11:29
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The Faceless One
Touma: "This right hand... this is the "Imagine Breaker"! It has an ability to negate any attacks or effects such as railguns and God's work"
In anime he also confirmed that he can stop the railgun.
I think that the reason why Touma ain't stoping objects thrown by Accelerator is because they are much heavier then a coin so even tough they woudn't hit him since the force would be nullified, they might still fall on him if they are at a certain angle when they are touched.
|2009-04-15, 11:34
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|2009-04-15, 11:55
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1. At no point did I mention Railgun manga
2. In both TAMNI manga and anime, Touma tells Index that he CAN stop railguns. I even gave you the chapter and page numbers.
Obviously, he has stoped the railgun before the bridge scene in anime and manga(which, as novels confirmed, was NOT their first meeting). Hopefuly, BT will translate novel #1, chapter 1 soon so we will be able to confirm if what he said to Index is canon.
3. If the scene with Index was translated well, then Touma doesn't nulify the ability, but the effect of the ability. Thus, he can nulify the acceleration created by psychic abilities. The difference betewen a coin and the objects that Accelerator threw at him is the fact that even if he stops those objects, some of them might fall on him.
|2009-04-15, 12:22
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Toma can never block Mikoto's Railgun. He will either get injured or die from it. Your sources are incorrect and your just assuming by your own conclusions. THIS THE FINAL TIME I GONNA SAY IT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE ON THIS BOARD HAS SAID BEFORE:
Toma. Cannot. Block. Mikoto's. Railgun.
No more questions. That's it. Over. Zip it.
|2009-04-15, 12:51
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The Faceless One
I wanted to reply about how I never mentioned the bridge scene and that I mentioned the dialogue betewen Index and Touma in anime and mangawhen I, out of curiosity, checked the translated prologue and...
As for the Railgun manga canonnes, the author of TAMNI himself is part of the To Aru Kagaku no Railgun staff as he himself mentioned in the manga, probably the storymaker but I am not sure.
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|2009-04-15, 14:44
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... Is it safe for me to assume that Touma can block the electricity current that accelerates the coin Mikoto used as a projectile but not the speeding coin itself?
|2009-04-15, 14:49
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Adeptus Animus
Join Date: Jan 2007
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Until recently, yes. But now that we've discovered that all sources say that Touma can block Mikoto's Railgun blast? No. According to this interesting news (why we hadn't discovered this until now is beyond me ) Touma can block a Railgun blast, meaning that the moment he touches the coin, the entire acceleration process created by her powers is halted, and the coin is stopped.
The reason why he couldn't do the same with the steel bars being dropped on top of him was because... well... they were steel bars. Even if he did cancel their vector change, they were still steel bars. Steel bar + gravity = squishy Touma.
Since words don't seem to punch through, here are the screens/pages in question:
To Aru Kagaku no Railgun manga chapter 07 page 09:
To Aru Majutsu no Index manga chapter 02 page 15:
To Aru Majutsu no Index anime episode 01, 11:20 mark:
So it's final. All three sub-sources and the original novel have confirmed that Touma can block a Railgun blast from Mikoto.
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|2009-04-15, 14:50
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The Faceless One
Like many people here, I thought a lot about Touma's power and the way it works and the conclusion I came with is following: Touma can negate that what author wants him to negate and can't negate what author doesn't want him to negate. Also, all laws of physics, magic, Chuck Norris, etc. are nullified with the Imagine Breaker.
The other theory I have is that he can nulify any effect created by any ability, be it magical or psychic. Like fire and electricity, acceleration is just another effect created by an ability so acceleration is negated and the accelerated object is stoped and returned to the state it was before the ability affected it.
In other words, even if Touma can't stop a physicial attack, he can stop physical attacks created by an ability.
|2009-04-15, 15:28
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Portable Dude Mk. II
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: All ghillied up spying on someone ~2,000 yards away using telescope sights.
Age: 30
... So, let's put it like this:
Misaka fires a railgun using a coin as a projectile at Touma. Touma's right hand goes up to attempt to block the projectile, and as soon as the projectile touches Touma his right hand instantly reduces the velocity of the coin to zero and thus preventing damage to Touma himself. Velocity reduction of the coin to zero was caused by it being launched towards him with an ability (Misaka's Railgun ability in this case).
The stone golem courtesy of Sherry Cromwell hurls a fist at Touma. Touma's right hand goes up to attempt to block the attack, and as soon as the golem's and Touma's hands make contact, the force of the golem's fist is instantly reduced to zero because the Golem itself was made of magic. And further goes the case of the Golem being possibly disintegrated into pebbles because of the magic used to bind its body parts together to form itself is being cancelled.
Would that be acceptable examples of cases?
|2009-04-15, 15:47
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The Faceless One
Yes, it would.
The same would be with Misaka's lightning attacks:
When she creates lightning, it becomes lightning thus it is not magical or anything. Only its creation is supernatural. Thus, it is nullified because it was created by an supernatural ability.
If the theory is right, it would mean that he doesn't negate magic and abilities. He nulifies the effect created by anything supernatural.
If he ain't able to stop a railgun, then he shoudn't be able to stop Misaka's eletricity, Styl's fire and Accelerator's deflection because they are all one same thing: an effect created by ability, not magic itself. Like accelerated object, deflection, lightning and fire are all physicial once created.
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21 June, 2012 — Wargaming, the award-winning videogame developer and publisher, today announced that World of Tanks will be featured at the World Cyber Games Grand Finals, taking place at Kunshan International Exposition & Convention Center in Kunshan, China, from November 29th to December 2nd.
Already a favorite amongst professional gamers around the globe, World of Tanks makes its World Cyber Games debut after numerous and successful tournaments and championships ensured by its highly dynamic yet strategically diverse gameplay.
"Several months ago we introduced a special blitz version of tank battles with only seven players per team, and it has proven to be a great fit for tournament formats," said World of Tanks eSport Lead Alexey Kuznetsov. "We are all excited about being included in the most popular cybersport event of the year, and I'm sure World of Tanks will make a great debut there."
World of Tanks is the first and only team-based, massively multiplayer online action game dedicated to armored warfare. Throw yourself into the epic tank battles of World War II with other steel cowboys all over the world. Your arsenal includes more than 150 armored vehicles from America, Germany, the Soviet Union, and France, carefully detailed with historical accuracy.
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Currently, Wargaming is focused on its team-based MMO war series dedicated to the mid-20th century warfare that will include the company's flagship armored MMO World of Tanks, launched in April 2011 and currently boasting 30 million players worldwide, the flight combat World of Warplanes, named one of the most anticipated MMOs for 2012, and the naval World of Battleships, scheduled for release in 2013.
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Josef A. Buchholz of Beach Lake, died Friday evening in the Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center after an illness. He is survived by his wife of 62 years the former Lilo Fetthauer.
He was born in Essen, Germany and was the son of the late Paul and Clara Schumacher Buchholz.
Prior to retirement he had been employed as a union Plummer in New York and Pennsylvania. He had been a semi-pro Soccer player in Germany and played for many years for the First German Sports club in Brooklyn. He also loved to hunt.
Also surviving are daughters Heidi Seeley and husbandRichard of Oak Ridge, NJ and Joerdis Stoepel of Wanaque, NJ; son-in-law Heiko Lienemann of East Northport, NY; grandchildren Brian and Mark Seeley, Dirk Stoepel and Lars and Bjoern Lienemann; great-grandchildren Noeha, Kailee, Ashley, Reese, Isabella, Dylan, Connor, Devyn, Marcus, Karsten and Brianna.
He was preceded in death by a daughter Ilona Lienemann; a son-in-law Frank Stoepel ; several brothers and sisters.
A Memorial mass will be celebrated on Wednesday at 10 a.m. in St Francis Xavier Church 151 Bridge St. Narrowsburg, NY. Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer's Foundation at www.alzfd.org.
Cremation was held at the Lake Region Crematory a the James Wilson Funeral Home, Lake Ariel Pa.
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These "predictions" have dragged on long enough. In my defense, other than complaints about live reviews, I get more feedback about my annual predictions column(s) than anything I write. People just love being told what's going to happen (or maybe they love being told what to do). Just to be clear: There is no "insider information" being let slip below; no rumor or innuendo being repeated. These visions are pure hocus-pocus; absolute hunches fueled by coffee and fatigue and all those annoying voices arguing inside my head. Do with them what you will. This final chapter will explain what will happen in the local music scene in 2011. Read on, if you dare... -- Omaha's festival season gets a lot more crowded with MECA's mega orgy of music, the Red Sky Music Festival to be held at the TD Ameritrade baseball stadium. In its first year, ticket sales will fall below their projected target as MECA realizes no one is interested in dropping big bucks for the 6-day ride pass, and even fewer want limited-access tickets to the B- and C-list bands playing outside the stadium. Disappointing ticket sales will cause the Red Sky/MECA/Live Nation team to rethink its booking approach. Look for even more mainstream (i.e., country, jam, bland pop) acts lined up for 2012. -- In a year when it needs to differentiate itself from the Red Sky and other outdoor music events, MAHA will take fewer chances than last year for fear of messing up all the good it accomplished in 2010. Instead of forking over big bucks for major indie stars (i.e., Arcade Fire), they'll go for an easy-access, locally grown act, and ticket sales will suffer. The good news: It'll wake up organizers and force even riskier behavior in 2012, including the realization that the answer isn't going to be found at Lewis & Clark Landing, but at a baseball stadium of their own. -- The local interwebs are going to get mighty crowded in '11, but the fact is, Linoma's small handful of local music fans don't need seven or eight different "one-stop-shop" music resources to figure out what to do on Friday nights. Watch as a couple of the online outlets fail to catch traction with readers and lose interest in updating their content, beginning that slow, familiar slide into "404 Not Found" obscurity. Meanwhile, one website will emerge as the true winner of an online war where victory is counted in clicks rather than dollars. -- In a completely unexpected turn, at one least one local over-the-air radio station will take the plunge and commit to a "new music" college format that includes CMJ-caliber indie rock in regular rotation. And it won't be The River. -- Get those Facebook protest pages ready. Another long-running local music venue will be in danger of being gobbled up by a developer. Can anyone save this lovable dump? -- Despite all the doom and gloom talk about the end of the Compact Disc, Homer's Records will have one of its best years in recent memory in '11, and will consider opening a new storefront in Benson. -- Riding high on the new Bright Eyes release and a resurgence of interest in The Mynabirds, Saddle Creek Records will add yet another local band to its roster. Their choice will surprise no one who follows the local music scene. -- I know I say it every year, but this time I mean it: Another band will emerge from Linoma and attract national attention, and it won't be a Saddle Creek act. Could Nebraska become the next capital of the punk music world? -- Speaking of record labels, watch as another enterprising young businessman comes out of nowhere and launches a new subscription-based vinyl records club like Simon Joyner's Grapefruit Records, but with a focus on 7-inch singles a la the Sub Pop Singles Club. Sign me up! -- With every other influential old-school local indie band reuniting over the past couple of years, one more will take the stage in '11, if only for one song. Better dig that guitar out of the closet, Mr. Nansel. -- A new band will add a unique twist to the recent rage over classic '90s-era rock as its members will consist of musicians who are the progeny of members of one of those classic '90s-era bands -- carrying on Omaha's fine music tradition as the next generation of punk bands -- literally. -- Two new live music venues will open in Omaha in '11. One will be located along an already crowded Maple Street in Benson (and I'm not talking about The Hole). The other will be the first live music venue west of 72nd Street to book serious local and touring indie bands since the good ol' Ranch Bowl met a wrecking ball. -- Emerging from the bloody carnage of the winter recall election — and flying in the face of record deficits — the City of Omaha will get behind the return of a "youth concert" in Memorial Park that was left bending in the wind during the Suttle administration. -- Lady Gaga will return to Nebraska, and this time she'll be wearing a pork-chop dress (because pork is the other "white" meat. Get it? Wearing white? GET IT? All right, it's a stretch).. -- Bright Eyes will once again be nominated for a Grammy, but this time it'll be for their music. And (surprise) they'll win.
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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 5, 2013) - Eurogas International Inc. ("Eurogas International" or the "Corporation") (CNSX:EI) today announced its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2012. The Corporation's annual audited financial statements, along with the accompanying management's discussion and analysis have been filed on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval ("SEDAR") and may be viewed by interested parties under the Corporation's profile at www.sedar.com or the Corporation's website at www.eurogasinternational.com.
In November 2012, the Corporation announced that, together with its joint venture partner, Atlas Petroleum Exploration Worldwide Ltd., it had received approval from the Tunisian regulatory authorities for a renewal of the Sfax offshore exploration permit (the "Sfax Permit") from December 9, 2012 to December 8, 2015 (the "First Renewal Period"). As part of the granting of the First Renewal Period, the joint venture partners were required to relinquish 807 square kilometres of land in the southwestern region of the Gulf of Gabes. The Sfax Permit now encompasses approximately 800,000 acres, located within a prolific hydrocarbon fairway extending from offshore Libya, through the Gulf of Gabes, to onshore Tunisia. It is surrounded by producing oil and natural gas fields to the west, north and east, including the Ashtart oil field that lies along the southeast boundary.
The terms of the First Renewal Period include an obligation for the joint venture partners to drill an exploration well (the "First Renewal Well Obligation") of sufficient depth to enable an appropriate assessment of potential reserves. The First Renewal Well Obligation is in addition to the obligation of the joint venture partners to drill an exploration well under the initial terms of the Sfax Permit (the "Initial Well Obligation"). With the concurrence of the Tunisian authorities, and as a condition to the approval of the First Renewal Period, the Initial Well Obligation has been transferred to the First Renewal Period. The Initial Well Obligation must be drilled to sufficient depth to reach the Bireno limestones of the Cretaceous age.
The actual cost of drilling these two wells will depend on the selection of the prospect and location within the Sfax Permit. Based on current information, the Corporation estimates that its share of the cost to meet the Initial Well Obligation ranges from between US$6 million and US$9 million. The Corporation has not yet completed its assessment of the costs associated with the First Renewal Well Obligation.
In the event that the Corporation's drilling commitments are not completed prior to the expiry of the First Renewal Period, a compensatory payment of up to US$8 million per well will be payable to the Tunisian government by the joint venture partners, less any amounts incurred by the joint venture partners in respect of the completion of these obligations.
In support of its exploration and evaluation activities, the Corporation has obtained a commitment from its parent company, Dundee Corporation, to provide the Corporation with the necessary financial resources to enable it to complete the Initial Well Obligation, subject to certain conditions. The Corporation is also considering alternative financing options, including farmout arrangements, possible debt or equity issuances or the monetization of certain assets in order to meet its commitments. There can be no assurance that the Corporation will be successful in any of these other alternatives.
During 2012, the Corporation incurred a net loss of $2.1 million, or a loss of approximately $0.07 per share. This compares with a net loss of $2.0 million or a loss of approximately $0.06 per share in 2011. The Corporation continues to incur geological and geophysical costs to permit an improved understanding of the various prospective structures contained within the Sfax Permit, and in order to determine the best locations for drilling to optimize the chances of commercial production.
Certain information set forth in this document, including management's assessment of the Corporation's future plans and operations, contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are predictive in nature, depend upon or refer to future events or conditions or include words such as "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "plans", "believes", "estimates" or similar expressions. By their nature, forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, some of which are beyond the Corporation's control, including risks of not being able to obtain or renew permits and licenses, the inability to access sufficient capital from internal and external sources, risks associated with foreign operations, the impact of general economic conditions, currency fluctuations, exploration and development risks, reliance on key personnel and management, risks relating to the abandonment of operations, environmental risks, and competition from other industry participants. Readers are cautioned that the assumptions used in the preparation of such information, although considered reasonable at the time of preparation, may prove to be imprecise and, as such, undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements. The Corporation's actual results, performance or achievement could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements and, accordingly, no assurance can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do so, what benefits the Corporation will derive from them. The Corporation disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
Eurogas International Inc. is an independent oil and gas exploration company listed on the Canadian National Stock Exchange under the symbol EI.
All documentation in respect of the Corporation may be viewed under the Corporation's profile on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) or under the Corporation's website at www.eurogasinternational.com. For more information about Eurogas International, please visit the Listings Disclosure Hall at www.cnsx.ca.
Eurogas International Inc.Jaffar KhanPresident & CEO(403) 264-4985(403) 262-8299 (FAX)www.eurogasinternational.comEurogas International Inc.c/o Dundee Corporation21st Floor, Dundee Place1 Adelaide Street EastToronto, ON M5C 2V9
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Sitting in my stand for Maryland's archery deer season opener, I could feel sweat beads rolling down my chest and back. It was hot, and the evening sit was going to be brutal.
But it was opening day!
My stand hung in a tulip poplar about 50 yards off a soybean field. A well-worn trail stretched from the field to a bedding thicket 200 yards downhill from my tree. Scouting in July and August let me know six bucks ran this trail out to the field nearly every evening. One of them was a solid 10-pointer that I was itching to tag.
Every time I watched that trail, the big boy was the last buck out to the field. The others, which were much smaller, would scamper single-file into the beans without a care in the world. About five minutes later, the boss would appear at the spot where the trail met the field edge, and he'd survey the open country carefully before stepping out of the woods.
My plan for opening day was to be in my stand four hours before sunset and wait for the parade. The five young bucks would all get passes. My bow would only be pressed into service if the 10-pointer showed.
I sweated profusely until just before sunset, when deer started filtering out toward the field. The five young bucks soon appeared on the trail beneath me. One by one, they filed past. Two 7-pointers still wore velvet coverings on their antlers. I'd never shot a buck in velvet before — and I still haven't — so I'd be lying if I didn't admit I thought of taking a crack at the larger of the two bucks.
"No way," the voice inside my head quickly called out. "Wait for Mr. Big."
I never picked up my bow, and the young bucks all walked out to the field for dinner. Several minutes passed, and the 10-pointer was nowhere to be seen. On my scouting missions, he'd never been this far behind his buddies. I started to worry.
About the thousandth time I looked down toward the bedding area, there he was. When I first saw him, the big buck was stepping gingerly through a tangle of grapevines. Once clear of the thicket, he jumped onto the trail and walked toward me with his head up, looking from side to side.
I guessed the buck's rack would score somewhere in the 150s, and I was already mentally putting those antlers on my wall as I stood and picked up my bow. When the buck approached to within 70 yards, my heart rate increased dramatically. I could feel the veins in my temples pounding away.
And then I heard a gunshot. Followed by another and another. The neighbor started squeezing off rounds on his target range. I felt all the blood rush out of my face as I turned toward the buck and saw him standing stone still with his head up and his ears locked forward. He stood like that for what seemed like an eternity before he flicked his tail once, turned and trotted back toward the thicket with his head low to the ground.
I never saw that buck again.
Sorry that story ended on such a sour note, but despite the way it turned out, I had done everything right. I had found the buck, figured out where to position myself to get a shot, and the deer was coming right on schedule. The neighbor was an X-factor beyond my control.
The experience furthered my conviction that North America's early deer seasons, which open on or before mid-September, offer hunters some of the best opportunities to pattern and kill trophy-class bucks. They also offer the only opportunities at taking bucks in velvet. By the time October rolls around, white-tailed bucks are all but guaranteed to be in hard antler.
Twenty-one states and two Canadian provinces offer seasons that start on or before Sept. 15. Six states — Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Delaware, South Carolina and Wyoming — and Manitoba schedule season openers on or before Sept. 1. Except for South Carolina, Kansas and South Dakota, states and provinces catering to the early birds reserve the woods and fields for bowbenders.
South Carolina allows gun hunting beginning Aug. 15 in certain zones. Kansas opens its first gun hunting season on Sept. 11, but it's limited to kids and disabled hunters. Gun hunting is allowed during South Dakota's early season, which typically opens about Sept. 12, but that season is restricted to youth hunters as well.
As a member of the Primos video team, Keith Burgess hunts all over North America, from the first day of the earliest season to the last day of the latest season. Asked to choose his favorite season to hunt for big bucks, Burgess doesn't have to think.
"Early September, no doubt, is my favorite time of year to hunt the big bucks," he said. "It's the only time I know of where you can find a big buck, pattern him and then hunt him according to that pattern."
Every year, the Primos video team is in Wyoming or Montana in early September, hunting and filming. Burgess knows a lot of hunters focus their attention on the rut, when swollen-necked bruisers are out roaming far and wide in search of love. But that's exactly the problem with hunting the rut, he said.
"You don't really hunt a big buck during the rut," Burgess said. "You hunt the does and hope the big boy shows up. But he might not."
In late August and early September, Burgess likes to find a vantage point overlooking a crop field or food plot. When deer start filtering out, he'll search for a trophy buck and pay attention to where that deer enters the field.
"In the real early season, you can feel pretty confident that a deer is going to do the same thing nearly every day," he said. "They haven't really been pressured yet. They aren't fighting with other bucks, and they basically just go from bedding areas to feeding areas and back again."
For the past 16 years, Jeff Smith has been guiding bowhunters as the owner of Seven J Outfitters in Sundance, Wyo. Every year, Smith has hunters on stand Sept. 1.
"The thing I like about that time of year is the deer aren't messed with at all," he said. "And they're still in their late-summer patterns, when the bucks travel in groups. If you can locate and pattern a mature deer, those first few days in September are about as good a chance as you'll have at getting that buck."
Like Burgess, Smith scouts from long distance to keep from spooking the deer. Once he's picked out a likely stand site, he'll go in for a closer look only in the middle of the day.
"You're less likely to spook a deer if you're in the woods between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.," he said.
Both Smith and Burgess said they prefer hunting from treestands to help with scent control. Every bowhunter knows, or soon learns, it's important to control scent. Hunt from 20 feet up a tree, and it's possible your scent will blow up and over a deer's nose.
Even then, it's critical to mask and kill human odors in the early seasons.
Everything I wear and carry on an early season hunt gets sprayed with some form of scent-control product. And I carry scent-killing field wipes for my face, head and hands.
Humans have as many as five million secretory glands in our skin. Eccrine glands are found throughout the body, with the greatest concentrations in the feet and hands. Eccrine glands are capable of secreting as much as four liters of sweat in one hour. While most of that sweat is water, it also contains odor-producing organic and inorganic substances — including ammonia and several acids — that we deposit on everything we touch.
Most bowhunters know to wear rubber boots in the early season, but gloves are equally important. Every twig you push out of the way and every rung on the ladder leading up to your stand that you touch with a gloveless, sweaty hand is a warning bell capable of sending a trophy buck the other way.
Both men said they almost exclusively hunt on or near fields during the early season.
"We have a lot of acorns in the area where we hunt, but it seems like in late August and early September, even the most mature deer quit feeding everywhere else to come to our hay fields," Smith said. "They'll walk right past a bunch of acorns to get to the green grass."
Likewise, both men said they prefer hunting in the evening.
"It seems like, in that real early season, big bucks don't bed too far off the fields," Burgess said. "If you try getting in on them in the morning, you're just going to spook them off the field and wreck your afternoon hunt."
An exception, Smith said, is river-bottoms. "If you can find a good trail through a river bottom, hang a stand for a morning hunt," he said. "The deer seem to head to water on their way back to the bedding area."
Deer can go for several days without eating, but they have to drink water every day. Burgess said if he can't hunt close to a field, he'll try to find a water source. And when it's really hot, he'd just as soon sit over a water hole than near a field.
A buck in velvet is a rare trophy, and that's why many hunters brave the heat and mosquitoes each year and head to South Carolina's low country in the eastern part of the Palmetto State for the Aug. 15 opener — the earliest opening day in North America.
Wyoming is the only other state with an Aug. 15 opener, and, like South Carolina, that's only in certain areas. Pretty much all the bucks you'll encounter that time of year are going to be in velvet.
Sifting through his extensive harvest records, Smith said his hunters have about a 50-50 chance at tagging a velvet buck from Sept. 1-8.
"After Sept. 8, it seems like most of the bucks pretty much have the velvet rubbed off," he said. "That varies a couple of days from year to year, but, for the most part, Sept. 8 is about it."
"That's another reason I love hunting the early season," Burgess said of having a chance at taking a velvet buck.
"And it seems like everybody around here has the same idea. When we start putting together our hunting schedule for the year, everybody's always fighting over those early hunts around Sept. 1."
When you plan your hunts this year, don't just try to find free time during the rut. Head to one of the states or provinces that offer North America's early bird hunts. You just might find the buck of your dreams, and he might be wrapped in velvet.
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Mexican shootout that killed beauty queen linked to Fast and Furious
Another gun sent to Mexico under the White House's "Fast and Furious" program has been found beside a murdered Mexican, just as the White House prepares to launch a large-scale political campaign built on the Dec. 14 massacre of 26 Americans in Newtown, Conn.
The dead Mexican, Maria Gamez, was killed in a shootout Nov. 23 shootout between cops and drug-runners. The incident made headlines because a Mexican beauty queen was killed in the exchange of fire. Though Maria Susana Flores Gamez reportedly had a gun in her hand, police said she was likely used as a human shield when the men in the car she was traveling in pushed her out in front of them.