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Long-finned pilot whale
Long-finned pilot whale. Source: Encyclopedia of Life
The long-finned pilot whale (scientific name: Globicephala melas) is one of two species in the genus Globicephala. The pilot whale is so named because when swimming, the groups of about 15 to 20 whales are often led by a single whale, the pilot. This marine mammal is a member of the family Delphinidae (Dolphins and Porpoises), part of the order of cetaceans.
Because of its gregarious nature and ability to be easily trained, this species is often seen in captivity. In fact, the pilot whale has been trained by the US Navy to find lost military equipment at great depths in the ocean.
Like its brother species, the short-finned pilot whale, this species has a very specialized function on its skin. In order to keep microorganisms and other barnacles from growing on their skin, these two species secrete an enzymatic gel. This gel acts to break down any carbohydrates or proteins (the backbones of microorganisms) before the microorganisms can become established exosymbionts.
|Long-finned pilot whale. Source: Robin Baird/Encyclopedia of Life
Size comparison of an average adult male dolphin to an adult human. Source: Chris Huh
Conservation Status
Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Common names
long-finned pilot whale
Physical Description
In the dolphin family, the long-finned pilot whale is second only to the Orca in size. Along with the related short-finned pilot whale, this species was once called a 'pothead', as the bulbous head was thought to resemble a black cooking pot by the early whalers that first encountered the species. The Latin name of this genus, Globicephala , meaning globe head also refers to its bulb shape of the head. The stocky body is black or dark grey in colour with a white stripe passing diagonally behind the eye, a greyish area on the belly, and an anchor-shaped grey patch on the chin. As the common name of this species suggests, the sickle-shaped (hook-shaped) pectoral fins (flippers) are very long. This species also has a single blowhole. The range of this species and the short-finned pilot whale overlap in some areas, and it can be very difficult to distinguish between the two, particularly as it is often difficult to see the flippers. This species has teeth on both the upper and lower jaws.
This species exhibits sexual dimorphism (one sex larger than the other). Males can grow to a maximum of 7.6 meters or possibly even more. Females can measure up to 5.8 meters or more. Males weigh up to 2300 kg and females up to 1300 kg.
The skin of pilot whales resists microorganisms thanks to microscopic pores and nanoridges, surrounded by a secreted enzymatic gel which denatures proteins and carbohydrates.
Female mature sexually at age six to seven, with males not reaching sexual maturity until about 12 years. As result, there is an excess of mature females and the species is undoubtedly polygynous, which means that one male mates with many females. The males may compete for mates with fights involving butting, biting and ramming. Mating can also involve some of these activities, and some females carry scars from bites inflicted by males during the breeding season. The adults mate in February and March in warm water, and the young are born in cooler water, between July and October, 15 to 16 months later. The young, when born, are toothless and reported as a brownish to tan-gray colour, and are nursed for about 20 months. The whole reproductive cycle is deduced to be some 40 months. Thus, each adult female probably raises one calf about every three years. Calves are generally 1.8 meters long at birth, and have a body mass of approximately 102 kilograms.
The calf nurses for up to 22 months, with some evidence for longer lactation and extensive mother calf bonds. Most calves are born in the summer, although some calving occurs throughout the year. Some females have been observed to have calves when they are as old as 35 years, and they may continue to lactate as late as 51. This evidence suggests that females may nurse their last calf until puberty of the calf (up to 10 years in males).
The age of pilot whales are determined by counting growth-layers in the dentine of the teeth. Deposition of dentine (the hard, cement-like tissue beneath the enamel), however, ends with complete filling of the pulp-cavity at ages of 10 to 20 years. Cement layers continue to be laid down but are very narrow, allowing less accurate age determination.
This species is exceptionally social, and typically travels in groups called pods of between 10 and 50, and sometimes as many as 100 individuals. Long-finned pilot whales are highly active, and can dive for up to 10 minutes to depths of up to 600 meters.
They are not particularly friendly with ships and do not ride the bow waves of vessels. They have an inborn fear of the Orca and will come into shallow water and beach themselves if necessary in order to escape. No instances have been reported of Killer whales associated with pilot whales either inshore or offshore during the summer. Long-finned pilot whales, it appears, remain in the pod in which they were born for their entire lives.
Also, they use echolocation to help them locate a food source. The bulbous forehead houses the pilot's melon, core organ of its sonarlike echolocation system. They are known to dive to depth of 600 metres or more during tests and also when pursuing squid.
The pilot whale is said to be equally as intelligent as the bottlenose dolphin, and does quite well in captivity. In fact, the U.S. Navy has trained this species to recover lost marine equipment at considerable depths in the ocean. A dominant adult serves as the pilot or pod leader. Occasionally these groups socialize with the Common Bottlenose Dolphins and Risso's dolphin. An adult whale needs about 50 kilograms of food a day, which consists chiefly of cephalopods and to a lesser degree of fish. Pilot whales typically take several breaths before diving for a few minutes.
Pods of the Long-finned pilot whale are often seen rafting or resting in a group, a further manifestation of their highly social behaviour. Another exhibition of the species social behaviour is their susceptiblity to herding, a trait that is used in the Faroes and other locations to achieve mass slaughter of many individuals. Long-Finned Pilot Whales are very active and can often be seen lobtailing, tail-slapping and spyhopping. The younger individuals also breach, but this behaviour is relatively uncommon for adults. Long-finned Pilot Whales often are found stranded on beaches; however, because they have strong family bonds, when one animal strands, the remainder of the pod tends to stay near the stranded member, and not infrequently mass strandings may ensue.
The distribution of this species is limited to the cooler water of the globe including Antarctica (Large Marine Ecosystem), Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, Northwest Atlantic, and Subantarctic Waters. The northern and southern populations do not meet, mix, and interbreed because they are separated by a wide band of warm tropical water.
Three subspecies are recognized in some classifications: G. m. melas in the North Atlantic, G. m. edwardii in the southern hemisphere, and an un-named subspecies in Japanese waters (extinct since the 8th-12th century AD).
Distribution of long-finned pilot whale in the world. Source: IUCN
The typical temperature range for the species is 0 - 25°C. The Alboran Sea is one of the most important areas for this species in the Mediterranean (Cañadas and Sagarminaga 2000); in this area, the average depth of encounters was about 850 m (ranging from 300 to 1800 m), reflecting the distribution of their preferred diet, pelagic cephalopods. However, the Long-finned polot whale experinces mortality from Moroccan and Spanish driftnet fisheries in the Alboran. Around the Faroe Islands, tracking studies show a preference for waters over the border of the continental shelf. In addition, this species typically prefers cold, deep, offshore waters.
Food Habits
The diet of the long-finned pilot whale consists mostly of squid, however, they will also eat small medium-sized fish such as macherel, and cod. The average amount of food ingested at a meal is about 14 kg (30lb). They use echolocation to help them locate a food source. The bulbous forehead houses the pilot's melon, core organ of its sonarlike echolocation system. They are known to dive to depth of 600 meters (1967 ft.) or more during tests and also pursuing squid. This dolphin will follow their prey inshore and into continental shelf waters during the summer and autumn.
Conservation Status
The long-finned pilot whale is a UK Biodiversity Action Plan priority species. Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981, it is illegal to intentionally kill, injure, capture or harass whales and dolphins in UK waters. Commercial trade of this species is prohibited. This species is listed on the IUCN Red List as Data Deficient.
Strandings and entanglement in fishing nets/gill nets pose problems for this species, but the chief threat is hunting. For several hundred years, long-finned pilot whales have been hunted off the coasts of the Faroe Islands, (Danish islands in the northeast Atlantic). Whole pods are rounded up by boats and driven towards the coastline where they are dragged ashore and killed. In the last decade, an average of 1,200 individual pilot whales have been killed each year in this way. The Faeroese people defend this hunt fiercely, and maintain that it is long-standing tradition and a source of protein.
This species is primarily hunted for blubber, head, and jaw oil. The principal present fishery for Long-finned pilot whales lies in the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Although this fishery has been pursued since the 9th century AD, catch levels have apparently not caused almost complete stock decimation, such as occurred off Newfoundland. Catch statistics exist from the Faroes since 1584, unbroken from 1709 to today, showing an annual average catch of 850 pilot whales (annual take varying from none to 4480) with a cyclic variation according to the North-Atlantic climatic variations. The International Whaling Commission, ICES and North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission note an estimated subpopulation size of 778,000 (CV=0.295) in the eastern North Atlantic and approximately 100 000 around the Faroes.
A particular threat to the species is hunters who exploit the social behavioural instinct of the species to herd; this phenomenon has been exploited in Newfoundland in the decimation of that population, as well as the Faroes and other sites. Other catches are reported from Newfoundland, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic coast of France. Very few are reported taken incidentally in fisheries in the Southern Hemisphere; however, according to Bernard and Reilly, there are probably more pilot whales taken incidentally than presently documented. On the east coast of the USA, the foreign Atlantic mackerel fishery was responsible for the take of 141 pilot whales as bycatch in 1988. This fishery was suspended in early May of that year as a direct result of this anomalously high take.
A 1990 workshop to review mortality of cetaceans in passive nets and traps documented an annual kill of 50 to 100 ''G. melas'' off the Atlantic coast of France. Long-finned pilot whales are also known to be taken incidentally in trawl and gillnet fisheries in the western North Atlantic, and in swordfish driftnets in the Mediterranean This species, like beaked whales, is likely to be vulnerable to loud anthropogenic sounds, such as those generated by ship sonar, including seismic exploration. Also, predicted impacts of global climate change on the marine environment may affect long-finned pilot whales, and may induce changes in the species' range, abundance and/or migration patterns. In addition, this species is thought to be a systematic prey to the Orca and some shark taxa.
References and Further Reading
- Encyclopedia of Life. 2010. Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809) Long-finned pilot whale
- B.L.Taylor, R.Baird, J.Barlow, S.M.Dawson, J.Ford, J.G.Mead, G.Notarbartolo di Sciara, P.Wade, & R.L.Pitman eds. 2008. Globicephala melas Long-finned pilot whale. IUCN
- Thomas A.Jefferson, Marc A.Webber and Robert L.Pitman. 2008. [http://books.google.com/books?id=QBo1KkmhIbIC&dq=Bernard+and+Reilly+1999+pilot+whale&source=gbs_navlinks_s Marine mammals of the world: a comprehensive guide to their identification . Academic Press. 573 pages
- IUCN 2008, Cetacean update of the 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- H.J.Bernard and S.B.Reilly. 1999. Pilot whales Globicephala Lesson (1828). in Handbook of Marine Mammals
- IUCN Red List (November, 2008)
- Cawardine, M., Hoyt, E., Fordyce, R.E. and and Gill, P. (1998) Whales and Dolphins, the Ultimate Guide to Marine Mammals. Harper Collins Publishers, London.
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- Cetacea.org. (June, 2002)
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- North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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- Rice, Dale W. 1998. Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231
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- UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
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- Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole. 2000. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204
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- van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
Portions of this article were researched and written by a student at Texas Tech University participating in the Encyclopedia of Earth's (EoE) Student Science Communication Project. The project encourages students in undergraduate and graduate programs to write about timely scientific issues under close faculty guidance. All articles have been reviewed by internal EoE editors, and by independent experts on each topic.


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"Many people are surviving heart attacks only to develop congestive heart failure later in life because of a damaged heart muscle."
"Many people are surviving heart attacks only to develop congestive heart failure later in life because of a damaged heart muscle."
Primary among these is the left ventricular assist device (LVAD), first developed more than 20 years ago as a bridge to transplant. More recently, ventricular assist devices (VADs) have also been used successfully as the main therapy in patients with end-stage heart failure who are ineligible for transplantation. In some cases, patients on VADs even recover and are weaned from the machine. But by far, the majority on these systems are targeted for bridge-to-transplant therapy.
Most systems are for support of the left ventricle-the heart's most critical pumping chamber. These LVADs consist of an electric pump, an electronic control system and a power supply. The pump is implanted into the upper part of the abdominal wall and connected to the heart. A tube carries blood from the left ventricle to the pump.
The early LVADs were big and noisy, but newer, much smaller mechanical circulatory support systems have been developed during the past two years. At least 30 are currently in clinical trials, most in Europe.
"LVADs are being used more and more often to support cardiac patients awaiting a transplant."
"LVADs are being used more and more often to support cardiac patients awaiting a transplant."
According to a 2006 study by University of Alabama researchers, LVADs are being used more and more often to support cardiac patients awaiting a transplant. The researchers found that in 1990, only 3 percent of transplant patients had been supported by LVADs. In 2004, that number had risen to 28 percent.
A variety of biventricular and left ventricular devices have received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Some are intended to be used in the hospital setting alone and others can be used on an outpatient basis.
Devices that can be used in an outpatient setting while the patient awaits a donor heart include the HeartMate Vented Electric Left Ventricular Assist System and the Novacor LVAD. In these two systems, the device is surgically placed entirely within the thoracic and abdominal cavity and connected to the power source by a drive line inserted through the skin.
New devices in clinical trials in the United States are the Micromed Debakey LVAD, the HeartMate II LVAD and the Jarvik 2000 LVAD. All are designed not only as a bridge to transplant but to help reverse heart failure in certain patients and provide final support to those whose conditions are terminal. Because of their smaller size, they are suitable for adolescents or women, who typically have smaller builds than men.
Besides devices to assist failing ventricles, implantable mechanical hearts can replace the entire heart. The total artificial heart has been used much less often than VADs, but it is an alternative to severe failure of both ventricles. The first such device to receive FDA approval for bridge-to-transplant therapy was the Cardiowest total artificial heart in 2004.
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We're seeing a constant change in cardiac technology because there just aren't enough donor hearts for patients needing a transplant. The numbers have been flat for a decade, so the situation probably isn't going to change. In addition, there is a lot of competition among the larger transplant centers around the country for donor organs.
"Being on an LVAD] categorizes the recipient as high priority for a transplant because they're usually sicker."
The average waiting time for patients in the University of Kentucky heart transplant program to find a donor heart is a year. Success in locating a heart depends on the person's size and blood group as well as on how sick they are. While LVADs won't increase the number of available organs, being on a device categorizes the recipient as high priority for a transplant because they're usually sicker.
There are four stages of congestive heart failure (CHF). We do cardiac transplantation only in stages three and four. On average, half the patients with CHF die within five years. Patients in stages three and four have a 50 percent mortality rate within just two years, even with the best medical management.
The LVADs with the longest successful track records in this country are Novacor and HeartMate. We use the HeartMate at UK. These units are completely implantable and the patient is constantly connected to an external machine. However, they are battery-powered as well, allowing the person some mobility. Most of our patients with these LVADs are able to remain in their homes.
Another bridge-to-transplant VAD we use is a biventricular system made by Thoratec. This highly mobile system has an external pump that sits outside the body. It is particularly well-suited to smaller patients. They are not designed to last for longer than a year or two, but one of UK's patients lived for three years with this VAD - the longest to date on record.
Bridge-to-transplant therapy is actually considered permanent since the patient will either get a transplant or die with the device. For patients who aren't eligible for a transplant or who have a good chance for recovery, we have temporary support systems that can be attached to the heart for a week or two. The Abiomed BVS 5000 is typically used for such short-term therapy.
We've become more selective about which patients we put on a device as a bridge to transplant. We want to make sure they can do well on it while waiting for the best donor heart. Generally, we prefer not to use the devices at all because the transplant surgery becomes more difficult. The surgeon has to go through the patient's chest twice - once to implant the VAD, then again to remove it and perform the transplant surgery.
Additionally, these devices are not benign. Patients may have complications much like with a wound. The machines can also fail. Blood clots are another risk. To help prevent clotting, we put our patients on aspirin and dipyramidole.
Mechanical circulatory support systems are also very expensive. The HeartMate is $60,000 to $100,000, and it can be used only once. Insurance usually pays for this therapy, but it just adds to the overall cost of health care.
There is certainly a need for a device like the total artificial heart (TAH), simply because there are not enough donor hearts. Technology is moving toward TAHs that last longer and are smaller and easily implantable. I believe this is the market of the future. It's also an alternative for some patients who, although they qualify for a transplant, do not want to have one. The medical costs of cardiac transplantation are staggering - as high as $100,000 the first year following transplantation for drug therapy and follow-up care.
However, cardiac transplantation has a proven track record of success. Thirty days following surgery, 90 to 95 percent of the recipients are still alive, and the overall survival rate after one year is 80 to 85 percent. A major reason for this success is the careful selection of transplant recipients. We have an elaborate evaluation process, and final decisions are made democratically by a team that includes surgeons, physicians, nurses, social workers and dietitians.
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The town of Cliffton was founded by the Janson Family in 1753. Gregory Janson, well renound builder and heir to a very rich father, moved his family; Wife, Mary Florence Bransmith and their 5 boys, Henry, John, David, Edward and the youngest Bronson, to establish a new settlement south of their home in Hounston. With his wealth, Gregory hired many trade workers to get the small town started. It took several years to finally establish a working town. They named the town Cliffton, as they founded it on the Northern Cliff of the Three Cliff Sisters, hoping to, one day, build on all three cliffs, the roads on the other two cliffs were already built as trade routes to both Hounston and the southern city of Bringhamston. After just 13 years, the population grew for the established 76 people, to 253. At the time, most of the housing buildings were split into several homes for seperate families.
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But the most alarming thing, is what input a certain person at Salford will have in this link up - I fear the worse.
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the 8TH most successful team in british RL
Posted 27 November 2012 - 09:54 AM
People may say and think, and are quite entitled to say it shouldn't matter. But it will and does matter now. Salford have wanted this for years, the RFL have wanted this for years - the reason being? It gives Salford more credibilty, stabiltity for having a franchise based in the Manchester area.
What can Oldham gain apart from 5/6 fringe players from Salford? Not alot
Posted 27 November 2012 - 10:27 AM
its the salford 20/21 year olds who are too old for the new under 19's....and are'nt good enough for super league yet...and might never will be....
our squad is already packed with kids that have'nt "made it"!!.........they've dropped down the league to have another crack at it...and now they are behind the salford lads who'll be the first names on the team sheet!!!
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Posted 27 November 2012 - 10:39 AM
The whole thing is a sell out, and if there was one benefit I could see in this venture, it would alter my views on where I stand presently. There is no benefit, but the writing was on the wall when Oldham announced the head coach, it was always going to happen. But if the master puppeteer from Salford has anything to do with set up, then it will end in a disaster.
Posted 27 November 2012 - 10:42 AM
I have been a supporter for over 50 years watched Oldham through some good and very bad times but never felt as disgusted as I do now with this venture.
This is like United and City, Wigan and Saints joining forces only on a lesser scale, supporters hate one another???
Hamilton has finally sold the club down the river. We all knew he was a Shylock but this proves it beyond doubt.
Call me pessamistic and I thought the appointment of Naylor was a good one at the time, but did Hamilton actually employ the two coaches (it seems to much of a coincidence that they are both Salfordites ) or was he told to do so by the RFL and the powers at Salford. Is it also a coincidence that some of the new players recruited are ex Salford????
Now it makes sense why Salford have been willing to donate to the Oldham cause from the Willows, so that Whitebank can become thier reserve ground.
R.I.P. Oldham Roughyeds.
Posted 27 November 2012 - 10:58 AM
The game is to blame, and the RFL/SL has backed every single club outside the top flight into a corner. With the reduction in funding for these clubs, it means that they have no real alternative to dance to the pipers tune. With the scrapping of the U23s, it proved that the game was going to the link up route. It stinks, and it is not in the games interest.
However, if all the clubs outside SL had struck together and voted as one, instead of individual cases, then they as a collective could have made a major dent in the development of the game and not been forced down this avenue.
It's double standards, in that they need the Championship Clubs and it's fans to make the forthcoming RLWC a success in that the reason England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland are rubbish is that player development has been stifled by the pathways introduced by people who simply do not have a clue.
Angry isn't a word I use often, and today I will use it plenty.
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Posted 27 November 2012 - 11:14 AM
As the club could not run a 23s because it would of been us and Fetaherstone only, then the club in my opinion should of flung the buck back to the RFL. With the RFL not giving Oldham a platform to play the U23s, then the option of the Conference should of been explored. Yes, a clash of the amateur/pro ethos would rear its head, but tell me an amateur club that hasn't paid its players at some point.
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Posted 27 November 2012 - 11:45 AM
This will take attendances down further from 350 to about 200 not enough to run a club on they have shot themselves in the foot,this will be the biggest mistake of the clubs history.
That's six from this household done I'm afraid - what a very sad day. RIP ORLFC
Posted 27 November 2012 - 11:53 AM
It's not something that I am finding easy to take on but I will try and the next season will give us all a better idea of what this will mean going forward. I just hope it will be a triumph of hope over experience.
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Posted 27 November 2012 - 12:00 PM
It was always something lurking in the background that none of us Oldham fans wanted but certainly feared. I am not sure what this means to the club and it's future but I am trying to look at it with a positive view. It seems like all or most of the other CH & Ch1 clubs are paired with a SL club in some way. This menas that, if what is being said is true, the lower clubs will have the use of coaches, facilities and even medical professionals which the players can only benefit from. If all the clubs in our league will have this then the only way we can compete on a level playing field is to have the same and that means pairing with Salford.
It's not something that I am finding easy to take on but I will try and the next season will give us all a better idea of what this will mean going forward. I just hope it will be a triumph of hope over experience.
Same feeling here iam still going to buy my season ticket, its a shame so many will stop going just as the ground situation has some light at the end of the tunnel.
But its a personal choice not to go that i respect given the news.
Maybe its youthful ignorance and myself being naive but id rather see how it plays out
Edited by mackin89, 27 November 2012 - 12:04 PM.
Posted 27 November 2012 - 12:05 PM
Oldham is no more with this sad news!
Posted 27 November 2012 - 12:14 PM
What can actually Salford offer us?
There league status states that their coaching staff isn't the best compared to other SL clubs.
They do not have any say with regards the use of the Stadium and why would we want to play any games there for that matter.
Their training faciltites are probably no better than ours since we have teamed up with OCL.
We have our own medical people i.e. physios etc who do a very good and professional job and hold the correct qualifications.
They as a club, go through more coaches in a season than a breakers yard so continutity is never an option at Salford.
There youth development is extremley poor compared to other SL clubs.
They have no money to invest, and I would guess our balance sheet looks like Rockerfella compared to Salfords.
Any other club, I could possibly see a slight benefit - even though it would be wrong. But Salford? It's a joke.
Salford get in return a free pass to pillage the amateur area in Oldham for talent, and make it more difficult for other clubs to come and do the same. A win win situation for Salford, Oldham have more to lose.
As a die hard fan, I have certainly watched my last game in this town.
Edited by oldhamer, 27 November 2012 - 12:16 PM.
Posted 27 November 2012 - 12:30 PM
Salfords old coaches
Salfords old players
What next Oldham Reds?
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Student writes her senior thesis on her sexual conquests of Duke lacrosse and baseball players - including names, pictures, and evaluations. Emails her PowerPoint to a few friends, and now it's blown up.
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Wow, that is going to hurt a lot of people.
Theres no members from the basketball team so this is basically a non-issue.
What a whore.
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Wow, that is going to hurt a lot of people.
On the plus side, it will give coaches ammo if they want to give 'the talk' to athletes about jersey chasers.
You can't die. That would upset the equilibrium in the Cave.
Prohman Empire.
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This. Surprised this whore could remember all of her sexual exploits so vividly.
Originally Posted by jsmith86
On the plus side, it will give coaches ammo if they want to give 'the talk' to athletes about jersey chasers.
Whoa - I betcha she was being "chased" by the guys as well - just don't get why she would include names and pics in such a deal, and then act horrified when it goes viral. When you start emailing it around to a few friends, you know what's going to happen.
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Ashley "Ash" Butler is a 27-year old character in the GTA IV era, appearing as a minor character in Grand Theft Auto IV and a supporting character in The Lost and Damned. She was once the girlfriend of Johnny Klebitz, the president of The Lost Brotherhood and the protagonist of The Lost and Damned. However, the two broke up after she slept with president Billy Grey and due to her addictions.
Ashley was born in Liberty City and knew several of the members of the Lost Alderney Chapter since childhood, including Johnny Klebitz. After joining the Lost she became Johnny's girlfriend and also became a drug addict, using cocaine and crystal meth. Her addictions, coupled with her infidelity (which was many times induced by her desire to obtain cheap drugs), eventually led to Johnny breaking up with her, which had a devastating effect on Ashley's life, severely increasing her drug problem.
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After completion of The Lost and Damned's storyline, she is not seen again. However, if Johnny calls Ashley, she'll ask for forty dollars. Johnny declines, saying that she can kill herself on her own. She also e-mails Johnny, saying that she checked into rehab, and is doing well. Johnny wishes her good luck but also tells her to stay away from him. A few days later, she sends Johnny another email reluctantly confessing that she was booted out of the rehab facility and asking Johnny for yet more money, to which Johnny reinforces his wishes for her to stop contacting him.
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- Clean and Serene (Post-mission phone call/mentioned)
- Coming Down (Boss)
- This Shit's Cursed (Post-mission phone call)
- Shifting Weight (Post-mission phone call)
- Diamonds in the Rough
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Surname: Butler
First Name: Ashley
Age: 27
Place of Birth: Acter, Alderney
Affiliations: Linked to the Lost MC and the Alderney based Pegorino Crime Syndicate.
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- "Old Lady" of Billy Grey, head of the Alderney Chapter of the Lost Outlaw Motorcycle Gang.
- Seen with Ray Boccino, a Capo in the Alderney-based Pegorino Crime Syndicate.
- Believed to be a condult between those two organizations.
- The player can also occasionally call her after certain missions to hear her input on what's going on in the game's storyline, like Roman Bellic in GTA IV.
- Though possibly a taunt, Ray will tell Johnny in Was It Worth It? "I fucked Ashley my friend, and now I'm gonna fuck you!" meaning Ray may have had a sexual affair with her.
- Ashley's e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Ashley's appearence has changed between games. During The Lost and Damned her skin is noticebly more pale and shows to have lost some weight.
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