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ATLANTA -- A new consumer survey conducted by an Atlanta-based consulting and training firm ranks Chick-fil-A at No. 7, The Coca-Cola Co. at No. 10 and The Home Depot at No. 17 on a list of the 25 Most Inspiring Companies in the United States.
Performance Inspired surveyed 2,175 consumers to compile the list, reports Forbes.
PHOTOS | Most inspiring companies
Apple topped the list for the second straight year.
The goal of the survey was to find a correlation between successful companies and those that inspire their consumers, Performance Inspired told Forbes.
"According to our latest research, consumers are not only feeling inspired by spending more with these companies while evangelizing to others about their inspiring experience," said Terry Barber, chief inspiration officer for Performance Inspired. "We now see there is a validated set of drivers to inspiration and when these drivers are activated, it elevates employee engagement that shows up in the customer experience."
Barber said Chick-fil-A continued to score well in the annual survey, even with the controversy that flared up following president and COO Dan Cathy's comment to a Christian publication that the company is "guilty as charged" of supporting "the biblical definition of marriage."
"Over the last three years since we've been doing this research, Chick-fil-A has always shown up as being very inspiring, so it just makes sense that there is a lot of equity and trust built up here and no doubt, they are leveraging some of that good equity during these times," Barber said.
The Top 10 Most Inspiring Companies, according to the survey, are:
1. Apple
2. Walmart
3. Target
4. Google
5. Microsoft
6. Amazon
7. Chick-fil-A
8. Starbucks
9. McDonald's
10. Coca-Cola
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Several weeks into a state probe, it's still a mystery where $157,000 in gift certificates for hotels and restaurants bought by the Maine Turnpike Authority all went. Now, the Legislature's Government Oversight Committee is requesting that top officials and board members at the quasi-state agency testify before lawmakers, potentially under oath.
"We can ask questions of them with respect to their knowledge about this roughly $160,000 funds that we can't seem to track down," said State Senator Roger Katz, a Republican from Augusta.
Katz is the commitee's co-chair and he said among those who will be called to the committee is the turnpike authority's former executive director, Paul Violette, who had distributed the gift certificates without keeping any records. He resigned Monday.
The committee also voted to subpoena several businesses that sold certificates to the turnpike authority, but have not responded to requests for information.
We haven't heard from them and it would be nice to know what documents they might have," Katz said.
Among the businesses that may be subpoened for records are the high-end Portland Harbor Hotel and Leading Hotels of the World, a luxury hotel company. Calls to both businesses were not returned by airtime.
The committee knows the dollar amounts for the purchased gift certicates through credit card statements, and invoices from the turnpike authority. But it needs the help of the 17 vendors that provided the certificates.
"We are trying to confirm with the vendors what that transactions was for, that it was for the purchase of gift certificates and trying to confirm as much as we can who received those gift certificates from the MTA, and who redeemed them," said Beth Ashcroft. She is the director of the state watchdog group that works with the legislative committee, called the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability, or OPEGA.
As to who the recipients are, all investigators have to go on right now is a memo Violette wrote in December to OPEGA, in which he named eight civic, preservation and trade groups he thought had received donations.
But some of the groups on the list, including the Saco-Biddeford Chamber of Commerce, report receiving no more than several hundred dollars in gift certificates from the turnpike authority in recent years.
One of the groups, named, Family Crisis Services, which assists domestic abuse victims, says it got nothing from the turnpike authority, even though Violette had named it as a recipient of one of the larger donations.
"The responses we've been receiving match what you've been told so that was one of the reasons the committee took the next step today to think about inviting people to come in for questioning," said Ashcroft.
The $157,000 was part of about a half a million the authority spent on contributions and donations to outside organizations between 2005 and 2007. Some groups on Violette's list say while they never got gift certificates, they did get checks over the last decade, ranging from a couple hundred dollars for the Salvation Army to several thousand dollars for Spurwink Services.
Some committee members are skeptical that the turnpike authority should be allowed to give money to groups that have nothing to do with its mission, taking care of the 106-mile toll road.
Republicans have been the harshest in their criticism of the authority, and have spoken of increasing oversight of the agency and preventing certain practices, like the agency's use of outside lobbyists.
Some Democrats have rebuked the Turnpike's practices while maintaining that the problems are with the accounting department and not the Turnpike Authority itself.
"We should go forward in a way that doesn't throw the baby out with the bathwater," said State Representative Margaret Craven, a Lewiston Democrat. "I would be hoping that we keep this organization in place and put safeguards in place that make sure that their work was much more accountable in the future."
Senator Andrea Boland, a Democrat from Sanford, agreed. She said that at least 95 percent of an audit of the turnpike authority by OPEGA was positive.
State Senator David Trahan, a Republican from Waldoboro who's been among the most vocal critics of the turnpike's spending, said contrary to what others might think, he's not motivated by partisan politics.
"All these things were reminding me of my childhood and growing up poor," said Trahan. "So maybe I was a little red in the face when I was questioning and I was a little upset it had nothing to do with partisanship. It's just that I didn't like to see an agency spend money like this."
The committee will meet again to discuss the turnpike authority next month. Turnpike authority officals and board members have until March 23rd to say whether they will make the April 15 meeting, and produce any records they have on the gift certificates. Committee co-chair Katz says that if any of them refuse, the use of subpoenas may be necessary.


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Maine's third charter school has won final approval from the state. Baxter Academy for Technology and Science will open next fall in Portland. The state Charter School Commission, meantime, has five new proposals to consider in the coming months. Jay Field has more.
The next round of applications, filed at the end of October, include proposals for new charters in Harpswell, Bangor, Scarborough and Kennebunk. An application has also been submitted for a K-12 online school called Maine Virtual Academy.
Two virtual schools sought approval in the first round of proposals. But the commission demurred, deciding it needed more time to study whether online schools could provide high quality education. Bob Kautz, head of the commission, says the panel faces a busy winter.
"Those applications are getting prepared to be going to review teams with the idea that decisions would be made on them by Feb. 1," Kautz says. "If all of these five were to be approved there would be nine, and that would then leave only one more slot, so to speak, for another charter school under the current law."
Maine education officials have hinted that Gov. Paul LePage might be inclined to support raising the cap on charters, if lawmakers were to revisit the issue. But such a change seems highly unlikely in a Legislature now controlled by Democrats, including a Senate led by a new president, Justin Alfond, who's a staunch charter school opponent.
Of the three charters already approved, Baxter Academy will be the first to focus exclusively on science, technology and math. John Jaques is the school's executive director. The school doesn't open for eight months, but Jaques says he and the staff already have a lot on their plate.
"We're working on fundraising. We're still working on curriculum development. And we're also looking at reviewing applications for the teaching positions," Jacques says.
The school is also offering afterschool enrichment classes right now, as a sort of preview for students thinking of applying for next fall. Among the courses being offered: astrophotography and Chinese cooking, culture and language.


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|Brazilian garbage scavengers make solar cookers from scavenged materials using plans that they found on this site.
News and Recent Developments
- November 2012: Baking with a solar box cooker - In 2010, Nicolau Bussolotti Francine of Sao Paulo, Brazil, developed a box solar cooker for baking. Francine reports that his model can bake up to one kilo of cookies or 36 muffins at one time. In 2011 he began developing a more powerful bread oven. Using SCI's Solar Cooking wiki, Francine was able to make contact with other solar cooker manufacturers who were using Fresnel lenses. He incorporated multiple plain Fresnel lenses into his new design. His company Plenosol Cozinha Solar has recently filled a large order from an NGO working in the Natural Reserve Serra das Almas.
- November 2012: An experimental solar cooking school has been established by the Energy and Materials Laboratory (LEM) at the Mechanical Engineering School of the Federal University of Sergipe in Brazil. The Project's Field research is being coordinated in a socially vulnerable community in Brazil by Dr. Paulo Mário Machado Araújo. The Energy and Material Laboratory was founded in 2001. It's situated in the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Federal University of Sergipe, and is coordinated by the professor Dr. Paulo Mário Machado Araújo. The laboratory works with applied research, focusing on social technologies and trying to improve the quality of life for people living in poor communities. One of LEM´s outstanding projects, the Experimental Solar Kitchen School, was innovational in creating a laboratory in a socially vulnerable community. There it was possible to experience the benefits of solar kitchens to guaranty nutrition, social inclusion, human health and environmental education, as well as the construction of solar ovens, and production of carbon credits. Another project developed at LEM is the SOLAGUA, which studies the disinfection of water using solar energy. A low cost water treatment pilot plant to be used in poor communities was studied, with results measured at 75 liters/day/m2 of water disinfected via solar energy. Other projects with solar energy that are being studied and tested include: dried fruits and vegetables; thermal treatment of concrete for accelerated curing; as well as the production of steam for the development of new solar kitchens or mechanical energy production. One of the most ambitious of LEM's recent projects is to try to make a solar restaurant at the university, to provide the 1,300 daily student meals. Another challenge is to improve the pilot plant for water disinfection via solar energy. LEM will also promote the development of techniques for the use of low cost materials in solar equipment. Fixed focus solar concentrators are being studied for application in solar kitchens. One objective in particular is to continue teaching how to build and use solar ovens made of cardboard boxes. Governmental institutions have supported some of LEM's projects, for instance, The Organization of the United Nations for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO), The Foundation of Research Support and Innovation (FAPITEC), as well as the Secretary of Social Inclusion (SEIDES), the latter two in connection with the State of Sergipe.
- November 2009: Forno solar ganha mercado e se volta para exportações - Lusa (English version)
- August 2009: Índios de MS experimentam fogão solar - Povos Indígenas no Brasil (English version)
- July 2009: Jose Albano reports that a government-sponsored solar box cooker workshop conducted by Paulo Araujo was featured on a Globo TV national news broadcast.
- November 2008: Report on large project in Brazilia - Solar Cooking Plus
- March 2007: José Guimarães writes to describe his project of introducing solar box cookers in the school system in Aracaju, Brazil. More...
- January 2007: Alexandre Souza reports that he and some friends from São Paulo and Boa Vista have tried the Bernard panel model twice. They are making a short movie and one of the characters is a kind of "green tortured" person. Both experiences took place in public space: a public park and a public square. Both were successful (They cooked wild rice with pumpkin and sliced apples). After 2 hours, they served the food for everyone interested and recorded their opinions. They have also printed the plans from the Solar Cooking Archive and given out booklets to hundreds of visitors in the park (Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo, where the International Biennale of Arts is held). A group of Tibetan monks showed up and said they also use the Bernard model in the mountains of Tibet. When they finish the movie, they would like to send it to festivals and to be shown in ecological meetings.
- November 2006: Garbage to gourmet: Innovative program teaches garbage collectors to make cookers out of trash
- March 2006: Enthusiastic new solar promoter Jose Albano (see Solar Cooking Archive informs, inspires Brazilian promoter, has developed an interesting solar box cooker lid system that creates a double-paned plastic window effect and stops air loss through the lid/cooker joint. Mr. Albano notes that this idea works best in areas near the equator, where the sun is often directly overhead and reflectors are not required. The system can be used with cookers made from various materials, including cardboard and wood. The first step is to build a four-sided lid frame using wooden boards about one-inch thick. Next, tautly attach wires in a crosswise fashion on both sides of the wooden frame, creating a "skeleton" that will serve to separate two layers of plastic sheeting and allow for insulating air space between them. Spread a sheet of transparent plastic across one side of the frame, wrap the ends around to the opposite side of each board, and secure with staples. After food has been placed in the cooker, place the lid on top of the four walls of the cooker with the plastic side down. A larger sheet of transparent plastic is then draped over the lid partway down all four sides of the cooker. This sheet is secured using a rubber tube or similar fastener, preventing air from escaping. [Editor's note: Solar Cookers International recommends polypropylene, polyester or polycarbonate plastic sheeting.]
- July 2005: Professor Arnaldo Moura Bezerra reports that the small city of Uirauna, in the "backwoods" of the state of Paraiba, boasts its own solar cooker production unit. A priest known as Father Domingues manages production of parabolic cookers based on the SK-14 cookers developed by EG-Solar of Germany. Residents use the cookers daily. Contact Arnaldo Moura Bezerra by e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
The History of Solar Cooking in Brazil
Brazil is the giant of the continent, as seen below in the assessment of nations for solar cooking usage. However, little solar cooking activity has, to our knowledge, taken place in the country. The only indication of interest comes from an individual, Arnoldo Moura Bezerra, an instructor at the Universidade Federal of the Paraiba, who designed and demonstrated the use of a parabolic solar cooker to be used in campgrounds. (Solar Cooker Review Nov '02).
[Information for this section was taken originally from State of the Art of Solar Cooking by Dr. Barbara Knudson]
Climate, Culture, and Special Considerations
Solar Cookers International has rated Brazil as the #7 country in the world in terms of solar cooking potential (See: The 25 countries with the most solar cooking potential). The estimated number of people in Brazil with fuel scarcity but ample sun in 2020 is 8,400,000.
In Brazil, huge areas are being transformed into deserts, particularly in Rio Grande do Sul and in the Northeast. By percentages, the state most affected by the desertification is Rio Grande do Norte, with 80.5% of its territory virtually transformed into desert, followed by Pernambuco with 75.2%, Paraiba with 70.3%, Ceara with 59.7%, and Sergipe with 31.3%.
Brazil loses about 300 million dollars annually due to the desertification that takes place principally in the states of the Northeast region and in the north of Minas Gerais. The Brazilian Government's Annual Report, regarding the major flora of the world, shows that the destruction of the Amazon's flora continues in a constant rhythm with the growth inspection around the risk areas. The Brazilian Amazon lost 16,926 km2 from the forests between 1998 and 1999.
But the actions up until that time put into effect by the Department of the Environment contributed to a strong reduction in the areas of the Amazon forest that were cleared, and already saw a fall of 90% in 2009. The reduction of these extensive green areas is responsible for the reduction of rainfall levels, for the increased concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere which ultimately causes the greenhouse effect, even turning soil vulnerable to erosion.
The annual demand of firewood per family would be 3.1 kg x 365 days, which is near 1,131.5Kg or approximately 1.2 tons annually.T his reasoning assumes that the mass use of firewood is for food preparation.
According to the UN "one forth part of the Brazilian territory is threatened by the process of accelerated desertification." The introduction and use of solar cookers represents a priceless contribution to reducing desertification, soil erosion, and assuring the survival of the people, animals, and natural resources.
See also:
Discussion groups
- Cozimento Solar Brasil (Facebook group)
Articles in the media
- August 2012: Argentino desenvolve fogão solar e invenções ambientais, no ES - G1 ES (English version)
- August 2009: Índios de MS experimentam fogão solar - Povos Indígenas no Brasil (English version)
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|January 2011: A small village coverts to parabolic solar cookers.
|December 2010: Forno Solar
|June 2010: Fogão Solar on TV news
|December 2008: Forno solar para zona rural
|July 2008: Forno solar
|June 2008: Brazilian TV covers "A Solar Cooker Made at Home".
|Feb. 2008: Aprenda A Fazer Um Fogão Solar Por R$ 30
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A Palm Beach County man has been charged with the murder of his mother after allegedly stabbing her over a dispute about a TV show.
Twenty-three-year-old Alan Farajian reported the death of his 62-year-old mother to police late Tuesday.
According to an affidavit, an argument over a TV show spurred the suspect to slit her throat with a steak knife, then stab her in the throat and chest at his Palm Beach Gardens home.
Police say the man told them he had stopped taking medications for psychological problems including bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
He described his mother, Gloria Farajian, as "god fearing" and himself as "the devil."
He remains held without bail. It's not known if he has obtained an attorney.
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- Come, O faithful, let us work zealously for the Master,
For He distributes wealth to His servants.
Let each of us according to his ability increase his talent of grace:
Let one be adorned in wisdom through good works; let another celebrate a service in splendor.
The one distributes his wealth to the poor; the other communicates the word to those untaught.
Thus we shall increase what has been entrusted to us, and, as faithful stewards of grace,
We shall be accounted worthy of the Master's joy.
Make us worthy of this, O Christ our God, in Thy love for mankind.
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A research paper written by EDC's Center for Children and Technology (CCT), based on their evaluation of an educational technology assistance program in New Mexico, has been selected for an award at this year's National Educational Computer Conference in Seattle, Washington.
CCT researchers Wendy Martin, Naomi Hupert and Noga Admon and New Mexico State University researcher Carmen Gonzales are the 2003 recipients of the SIGTE Research Paper Award for their paper, "Real Teachers Making Real Changes: The RETA Model for Professional Development."
The award, which is given by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)'s Special Interest Group for Teacher Educators (SIGTE), honors the conference paper that best addresses issues in either pre-service teacher education or in-service professional development related to technology. Each year, members select one paper from among the dozens submitted to the conference.
This year's award winner, "Real Teachers Making Real Changes," draws on research gathered from CCT's evaluation of New Mexico's Regional Educational Technology Assistance program. This program offers professional development opportunities in the integration of technology into academic content to educators across the state of New Mexico, while at the same time emphasizing regional expertise among classroom teachers who can act as peer technology mentors in their communities.
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The Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup is a tournament in the anime that is held in Lacunosa Town . It is hosted by Unova League Champion Alder and Freddy O'Martian . The winner of the tournament gets a chance to battle Alder. The tournament took place from Jostling for the Junior Cup! to Goodbye, Junior Cup - Hello Adventure!.
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The Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup is a 16-competitor tournament consisting of four rounds, and entrants are allowed to switch Pokémon between rounds. All rounds consisted of 1 on 1 battles against randomly matched up Trainers by a computer.
While the main prize is the winner to a chance to battle Alder, those who Participate will be given keychains that resemble Alder himself.
After the Junior Cup was over, Ash ,Cilan,Dawn and Iris said goodbye to their rivals as they hope to see them again. Just then they encounter a trainer name Cameron and his Riolu, who set up camp to compete in the Junior Cup only to be told it was already over.


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Gov. Paul LePage has shoved state government to the right. But, along the way, he has angered people on both sides of the political spectrum with policies and his un-politic talk. In the second part of Irwin Gratz's talk with John Christie of The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, they discuss LePage's effectiveness and his impact on the economy and education.
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Oregon may already have a commitment from the top-ranked running back in the nation but that doesn't mean the Ducks are finished at the position. Last month the Ducks hosted a four-star running back from Texas for an unofficial visit.There wasn't a lot of drama in the recruitment of Thomas Tyner. The five-star back from Aloha committed to the Ducks in November, 15 months before he has to sign a Letter of Intent.Dontre Wilson, on the other hand, is taking his time. The 5-foot-10, 176-pound back from DeSoto (Tex.) is ranked the No. 186 prospect in the nation. He's more of an all-purpose back than Tyner. He doesn't run with the same kind of power that you'll see from his five-star counterpart, but he's shifty, fast and explosive with the ability to get out in the slot and create match-up problems. ...More... To continue reading this article you must be a member. Sign Up Now!
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The number of safehouses in GTA IV is a sharp reduction from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which offered up to 37 safehouses, however none of the five safehouses are required to be purchased, as the player is automatically awarded safehouses upon completion of specific missions.
Safehouses are redesigned in GTA IV; instead of spinning save icons, the player approaches the bed within the safehouse, and selects the option to sleep and save their game. Garages used to store vehicles are replaced by yellow-outlined "RESIDENTS PARKING ONLY" printed parking spaces located on the street outside the safehouses; these parking lots are able to hold up to two full-size sedans, and are also known to be able to save helicopters. Saved vehicles have a slight advantage over traffic cars in the sense of damage. When a saved car gets damaged, it heals itself over time (a simple drive around the block and coming back does this) This only happens when the car recieves a severe hit such as a t-bone or explosion aftermath, making the car undrivable.(This abnormal ability is unknown TLAD, but it's in GTA IV and TBOGT ) A television is also available in each safehouse, and two safehouses offer additional equipment — a pool table at the optional northern Algonquin safehouse, and a laptop with internet capability at the eastern Algonquin safehouse. The northern Algonquin safehouse can also be used for internet acess on the main floor of the building.
Although some safehouses will not be available until their appearance in the story (and one may be skipped entirely), their parking spaces are still usable to the player. For example, players may park vehicles at the Bohan safehouse at any time from the beginning of the game, despite the safehouse itself only being accessible later in the game. Note also that once Roman's apartment in Broker is no longer able to be used, its parking spaces will remain functional.
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|Completing The Cousins Bellic; Unavailable after Roman's Sorrow, however the parking space can still be used.
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|Completing Roman's Sorrow. Given to Niko and Roman by Mallorie Bardas' family. Used by Niko and Roman after the Broker Safehouse is burned down.
Completing Hostile Negotiation and waiting for Roman's phone call. Used by Niko and Roman when Roman wins enough money to buy it. It's better when you place bikes on the parking area, because of the traffic
|Playboy X's Penthouse
|Xenotime St, North Holland, Algonquin
Killing Playboy X and sparing Dwayne in The Holland Play. Dwayne gives the apartment to Niko as thanks for killing Playboy. Can still be accessed and interacted with if you don't kill Playboy, but you can't save, change your wardrobe, or watch TV. The parking space can still be used no matter what.
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|Mahesh Ave, Alderney City, Alderney
Completing Ray Boccino's first mission A Long Way to Fall and Derrick McReary's first mission Smackdown. You'll then recieve a text message from Ray to "Keep an eye out for you".It is recommended not to park very special cars in the space outside this safehouse. As the civilian traffic will constantly slam into them, pushing them out of the space and causing them to disappear.


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I have two dreams: 1) The Streak never ends. 2) To have more followers than games in The Streak.
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Darn it I added my opinion on the pictures in the other wave 5 thread. I guess I was just a little faster than the news.I'm with TM.
I dont like the CG's as much now as i did in the con pictures??
I am not liking the CG at all. What happend to his shotgun? Why is his eye slit so curved? Why is he cross dressing with high heel lady's boots?
Then why are there so many revolvers all of a sudden? Couldn't Destro have his signature gun in gold?
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The helmet looks more like a hood on this version and the absence of the silver slot detail (across the visor) is a negative on it (IMO). While the boots are not "high heeled" I know what you're getting at Goldbug, and they look funky because of the length of the shin. All these new figures are too skinny as far as I'm concerned, because they have "added articulation" features that require less obtrusive movement in order to make the "more articulated" claim.....legit. Everybody is in skin tight spandex outfits now, just to accommodate this brilliant new design. For me...it's asthetically displeasing.
I'm being pretty critical of course, just because I'm a huge CG fan of OLD.....and anything less than perfection on these "new & improved" versions, will solicit the over analytical nature in me. They're cool in some aspects, even "better" in some other areas.....but FAR from being "perfect" redo's.
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|次郎坊 Jirōbō
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Jirōbō (次郎坊, Jirōbō) was a shinobi of Otogakure and a member of the Sound Four.
He disliked it when Tayuya used foul language or when she called him "fatso", and complained to her about it. Despite this, he proceeded to call Chōji Akimichi fat near-constantly during their battle. At first Jirōbō appeared as the silent yet slightly irritated member of the group; until the Sasuke Retrieval Arc in which he revealed an overly sarcastic and arrogant persona. Like several other Sound Four, however, he had his own perception of morality, criticising Shikamaru for what he saw as giving up on Chōji and selling his teammates out, which led to his demise at the hands of an overly-enraged Chōji. Jirōbō tends to get hungry at all times, and stays behind to feed, which leads to him slowing down the team.[2] Like the rest of the Sound Five, Jirōbō constantly referred to his enemies as "trash". He wasn't however above showing his idea of pity towards them as shown in his battle against Chōji.
Jirōbō was a large and imposing young man, towering over the rest of his team-mates. He had orange eyes, and three tufts of orange hair on his head: a mohawk of sorts that ran down the middle and two similar styled tufts of hair at the side. He wore a sleeveless tunic with the symbol of the Sound Four on the hem, along with black, arm-warmers, a pair of black, ¾ length pants that stopped just below his knees. Along with this, he wore sandals with leg warmers, covered by bandages, a purple robe belt around his waist, and a necklace that comprised of circular pieces separate long, metallic pieces. When he entered the first level of his cursed seal mode, his entire body would be covered by triangular markings, when he entered the second stage, his body would undergo a more dramatic change: his hair grew out into his back and his skin turned and orange colour and gained what appeared to be warts all over — especially on his face and shoulders.
According to Orochimaru, he was the physically strongest member of the Sound Four but the weakest overall, according to the other members of the group, nevertheless, he was a formidable opponent. Jirōbō could drain chakra from his enemies through simple physical contact. He was almost always hungry, and he could get the same energy from absorbing opponents' chakra that one would get from food.
Like the rest of the Sound Four, he had a cursed seal. When in cursed seal level 2 form, his skin became red, his Mohawk became a mane down his back, and he gained ten times his normal strength. Also, by working together, they are skilled in barrier and sealing ninjutsu.
Arhat Fist
Jirōbō had great physical strength, such that, when in his cursed seal level 2 form, he could lift a mountain-sized Chōji. Much of his strength is refined into the Arhat Fist fighting style, which combined simple taijutsu strikes with Jirōbō's incredible physical strength to cause massive damage to his opponents. Using this he could manipulate the earth with his strength from creating barriers to lifting massive sheets of rock. Jirōbō was the physically strongest of the Sound Four but the weakest overall according to the other members.
Nature Transformation
Jirōbō specialised in Earth Release techniques to compliment his physical prowess, such as throwing large chunks of earth or forming a defensive earth wall. He can also form a prison of earth to drain his opponent's chakra.
|Hand seals
Part I
Konoha Invasion Arc
Jirōbō made his first appearance with the rest of the Sound Four, erecting a barrier to keep others from interfering in Orochimaru's fight with the Third Hokage. He and the rest of the Sound Four later escorted Orochimaru when he fled.
Sasuke Retrieval Arc
The Sound Four escorts Sasuke Uchiha when he decides to join sides with Orochimaru. After the Sasuke Retrieval Team found the Sound Four, they were all caught in Shikamaru's shadow. Sakon's brother, Ukon, then attacked him from cover and broke his hold on the rest. Jirōbō then allowed the rest of his group to go ahead of him while he used Earth Release Barrier: Earth Prison Dome of Magnificent Nothingness to trap the retrieval team and started to drain their chakra. Using his Byakugan, Neji Hyūga discovered this and alerted the rest of his team.
Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru then attempted to break through the wall, but their attempts to escape were ineffective as the wall rebuilt itself, and their attacks became weaker as Jirōbō slowly absorbed more and more of their chakra. Team leader Shikamaru Nara offered to give up on Sasuke and sacrifice the other members of his team if Jirōbō would let him go, but Jirōbō refused, explaining that Shikamaru deserved to die for those actions. Shikamaru had no real interest in forfeiting, and only spoke to Jirōbō to confirm his location. The team focused their attacks on the area of the dome furthest from Jirōbō — and thus the weakest — and were able to escape.
Naruto Uzumaki and Kiba then attacked Jirōbō, but he easily repelled them. The retrieval team then went into hiding, but Jirōbō easily discovered their location and, after using a very powerful Earth Release technique, caught Shikamaru. He then tried to kill him saying to the rest of the team they didn't want to follow a guy like him. Chōji Akimichi managed to save Shikamaru just in time however. Jirōbō then expressed his sympathies that they had a leader as "useless" as Shikamaru and offered to kill them quickly so they wouldn't realise how unfortunate they were. His words prompted Chōji Akimichi to demand he face Jirōbō 1-on-1. He gave Shikamaru some supplies,saying he had his secret weapon with him. Jirōbō mocked this and charged saying he would finish them. Chōji then took one of his clan's Three Coloured Pills, giving him the strength he needed to match Jirōbō. He caught Jirōbō by his belt, much to his surprise, and sent the rest of the team away with his promise that he would defeat Jirōbō. Jirōbō told Chōji once he had killed him, his friends would be next. Chōji then stated that might not be as easy as he thought it was, overpowered him, and threw him against a tree.
When Chōji continued to counter his attacks, Jirōbō activated level one of his cursed seal to overpower Chōji. He then started to pound him while stating that Chōji was left behind because he was the weakest member of the team, sacrificed for the others' benefit. Chōji did not believe that and took a second pill, which gave him significant chakra which he used to expand his arm and leg and repel Jirōbō. Jirōbō then caught him and threw him into the air. Chōji then became a giant and attempted to crush Jirōbō.
Jirōbō then advanced his cursed seal to its second stage, giving him enough strength to lift the giant Chōji and knock him in the air. Chōji reverted to his normal size, fell to the ground, and was unable to move. Jirōbō then drained the last of his chakra saying he would need it now that he was in the second stage of his cursed seal. When he was not satisfied, Jirōbō threw him on the ground, causing a bag of potato chips amongst Chōji's belongings to fall out, which he ate the last one of before repeating what he had said before: that Chōji was fat, that he was the weakest member of the team, and that he had no friends. He moved to finish off Chōji, but Chōji took the last of his Three Coloured Pills, which converted all his fat reserves into chakra, and dodged him. Jirōbō then tried to attack Chōji, but he easily overpowered him as he was now a hundred times as strong as before. Chōji then struck Jirōbō down, saying he could forgive the insults, or even that Jirōbō had eaten the last of his favourite snack, but that he would obliterate him for what he had said about Shikamaru. Chōji then channelled all of his chakra into his left fist to prepare the Butterfly Bullet Bombing technique and told Jirōbō that attack was worth his whole life. Jirōbō begged Chōji to stop, but Chōji punched him in the chest for eating the last chip and insulting Shikamaru, creating a giant crater and at the same time crushed Jirōbō's heart, killing him instantly. Jirōbō's body then reverted to its original appearance and he laid defeated in the bottom of the crater, leaving Chōji the victor of their battle.
Having used the DNA of the Sound Five in his experiments during his quest to find himself, Kabuto Yakushi gained access to Sakon and Ukon's kekkei genkai which allowed him to access the DNA of the other Sound Five members within his body by creating constructs of them which appeared from the base of his navel-snake. This copy of Jirōbō has access to his powerful Earth Release techniques, which Kabuto used to separate himself from Sasuke and Itachi during the Fourth Shinobi World War.
Video Games
Jirōbō is a playable character in the following video games:
|Game name
|Japanese release
|English release
|Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja 4
|5 April 2007
|24 March 2009
|Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja 5
|20 December 2007
|27 November 2009
|Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4
|4 February 2016
|9 February 2016
|Naruto: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! 4
|21 November 2005
|Naruto: Ninja Council 3
|27 April 2006
|22 May 2007
|Naruto: The Broken Bond
|18 November 2008
|Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2
|30 September 2004
|12 June 2007
|Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3
|22 December 2005
|25 March 2008
- According to the databook(s):
- His favourite phrase was: "Sobriety and Honesty" (謹厳実直, Kingen Jitchoku).
- His hobby was practising kenpō.
- Jirōbō officially completed 46 missions: 20 D-rank, 15 C-rank, 8 B-rank, 2 A-rank, and 1 S-rank.
- Jirōbō can be seen during the Konoha Sports festival and the omake of Naruto: Shippūden episode 129.
- (To Tayuya) "Tayuya, a girl shouldn't talk that way."


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Bill Stanley and his wife were raising three children in Powder Springs when their middle son was diagnosed with cancer.
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Monday night, Bill was grading student math papers from McClure Middle School in Paulding County, where he teaches the sixth grade.
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BALTIMORE, Md. – After securing a 3-2, 14-inning win over the Tampa Bay Rays Thursday afternoon, the Baltimore Orioles have secured their first non-losing season since 1997, when they won 98 games.
The world has changed drastically in the last 15 years.
Sports in 1997 looked like this:
Washington had been devoid of a baseball team for a quarter. The Nationals were still eight years away from becoming the third iteration of a home team in the nation's capital.
Both Bryce Harper, age 7, and Stephen Strasburg, age 9, were still in elementary school. Davey Johnson was named the AL Manager of the Year with the Orioles after he guided the club to a 98-win season and consecutive postseason appearances. He resigned at season's end.
Jayson Werth was drafted by the Orioles in the first round of the amateur draft. His major league debut was five years away, with Toronto. Cal Ripken was still a year away from ending "The Streak." Cal played in 2,478 consecutive games with the final regular season game of the 1997 season.
The Orioles drew more than 3.7 million fans at Camden Yards, second most in the majors to Colorado. This year, attendance is on pace to surpass 2 million for the first time in Baltimore since 2007.
Major League Baseball only had 28 teams. The Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays started play in 1998.
The Redskins played their first season in what was then known as Jack Kent Cooke stadium, now FedEx Field. Gus Frerotte was the team's starting quarterback, and Norv Turner was in the midst of a coaching tenure of six-plus seasons. The Redskins went 8-7-1 that year. It was their first and only tied game since 1971, up to today. They were still two years away from ending a playoff drought that started with the 1993 season.
The Ravens played their second season in Baltimore after leaving Cleveland and finished the season 6-9-1. The Ravens beat the Redskins in their first regular- season matchup, 20-17. Cleveland was still two seasons away from hosting an NFL game again with the reincarnate Browns.
Adam Oates played his first season with the Washington Capitals for the 1996-97 season. He's about to start coaching his first season with the Capitals, assuming the players and owners can avoid the league's second lockout in less than 10 years.
Washington's NBA team was still called the Bullets, and made the playoffs as an eighth seed after Bernie Bickerstaff was named head coach with 35 games remaining in the regular season.
Michael Jordan led the Bulls to their fifth NBA championship (at the time) and second straight by defeating the Utah Jazz in six games. Jordan played in Game 5 of the NBA Finals with the flu, and scored 38 points.
Tiger Woods won his first career major championship at The Masters.
In 1997 around the world:
President Bill Clinton began serving his second term. The Dow closed above 7,000 for the first time. It would close below 7,000 12 years later.
Steve Jobs returned to Apple after leaving the company for 3 years. Microsoft bought a $150 million stake in Apple less than a week later. The iPod was still a year away from its debut, and three years away for commercial use.
Timothy McVeigh was convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy in the Oklahoma City bombing. The USS Constitution, Old Ironsides, was fully restored and set sail for the first time in 116 years. South Park appeared for the first time on Comedy Central.
Top box office hits included "Titanic," "The Lost World: Jurassic Park," "Men in Black" (the first one), "Tomorrow Never Dies" and "Air Force One."
Orioles fans can only hope another 15 years of baseball and the world don't pass them by before another successful regular season.
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The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) is a Federal Advisory Board made up of 15 dedicated public volunteers from across the organic community. Established by the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA) and governed by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), the NOSB considers and makes recommendations on a wide range of issues involving the production, handling, and processing of organic products. The NOSB also has special responsibilities related to the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances.
Each NOSB member is appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture for a five-year term. USDA publishes a call for nominations each Spring, and newly appointed members begin service in January of the following year.
NOSB members include: four organic farmers/growers, three environmental/resource conservationists, three consumer/public interest representatives, two organic handlers/ processors, one retailer, one scientist (toxicology, ecology or biochemistry), and one USDA accredited certifying agent.
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The NOSB generally meets twice per year at a public meeting to discuss the items on its work agenda, vote on proposals, and make recommendations to the Secretary. AMS and the NOSB value transparency and invite public input via advance written and in-person oral comments. All meetings are free and open to the public.
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September 19th, 2012
While you're frying up some eggs and bacon, we're cooking up something else: a way to celebrate today's food holiday.
September is National Honey Month.
Fun fact: to make one pound of honey, a honeybee needs to tap 2 million flowers. No wonder they're called worker bees.
Honey has been around since before the dawn of humanity, but we've been relying on it to sweeten our food and drink since we caught on. Some of the earliest references to honey can be found in paintings on cave walls in Spain and Greece.
But enough with this end of the world stuff.
Honey has about the same fructose and glucose as sugar, which means it's just as sweet, but not refined. Also, unlike cane sugar, which tastes the same no matter where you got it from, honey can taste different based on the flower and the insect. So honey from an avocado flower will taste completely different from orange blossom honey.
The United States Department of Agriculture grades honey into three categories, and no water can be added to honey if it is labeled as such. According to the USDA, honey must be "a pure product that does not allow for the addition of any other substance...this includes, but is not limited to, water or other sweeteners."
The USDA also cautions that because of their less developed digestive systems, children under one should not eat honey because they could contract botulism.
Honey is mostly used in baking and in hot tea as a sweetener, but more adventurous uses include honey beer (even the White House agrees), barbecue sauces and even salad dressings. Because different honeys can taste so different, it's worth trying out a few exotic ones before settling on the kind found in a bear bottle. And because honey lasts (almost) forever, you don't need to worry about it sitting in your cupboard and going bad.
Another interesting use of honey, in Jewish tradition, honey and apples are eaten during Rosh Hashanah (which ended yesterday) to usher in the new year.
Read - Most honey sold in U.S. grocery stores not worthy of its name and more about honey
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(1) Short-term obligation
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Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term "short-term obligation" means any bond, debenture, note, certificate, or other evidence of indebtedness which has a fixed maturity date not more than 1 year from the date of issue.
(2) Acquisition discount
The term "acquisition discount" means the excess of—
(A) the stated redemption price at maturity (as defined in section 1273), over
(b) Daily portion
For purposes of this subpart—
(1) Ratable accrual
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the daily portion of the acquisition discount is an amount equal to—
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At the election of the taxpayer with respect to any obligation, the daily portion of the acquisition discount for any day is the portion of the acquisition discount accruing on such day determined (under regulations prescribed by the Secretary) on the basis of—
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In the case of any short-term obligation which is not a short-term Government obligation (as defined in section 1271 (a)(3)(B))—
(A) sections 1281 and 1282 shall be applied by taking into account original issue discount in lieu of acquisition discount, and
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A taxpayer may make an election under this paragraph to have paragraph (1) not apply to all obligations acquired by the taxpayer on or after the first day of the first taxable year to which such election applies.
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The basis of any short-term obligation in the hands of the holder thereof shall be increased by the amount included in his gross income pursuant to section 1281.
(2) Double inclusion in income not required
Section 1281 shall not require the inclusion of any amount previously includible in gross income.
Source(Added Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title I, § 41(a),July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 549; amended Pub. L. 99–514, title XVIII, § 1803(a)(1)(B),Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2792.)
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Summary:David Drayton and his young son Billy are among a large group of terrified townspeople trapped in a local grocery store by a strange, otherworldly mist. David is the first to realize that there are things lurking in the mist--deadly, horrifying things--creatures not of this world. Survival depends on everybody in the store pulling together, but is that possible, given human nature? As reason crumbles in the face of fear and panic, David begins to wonder what terrifies him more: the monsters in the mist--or the ones inside the store, the human kind, the people that until now had been his friends and neighbors?
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Verse [1: P. Diddy]
Girl you made me believe again
If you happy then be with him, go 'head mommy breathe again
Go 'head mommy breathe again, don't stop now straight to the top now
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[Hook: Ginuwine, Mario Winans & P. Diddy]
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We drool over them. We dream about them. Leather and coated canvas Louis Vuitton accessories are at the top of every fashion-loving woman's bucket list (guilty). But how do we pick from the bounty of enviable styles? Break it down to the essentials that will fit inside:
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