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Mar-Mar, sorry-Maureen-, strolled up to me as I was leaving my boxing session with Coach. She had a huge grin plastered on her face and an equally huge book in her hand.
"Hey!" She said as she wrapped her arms around me, "I have a surprise for you!" Mar-Mar pulled back and looked at me, "But first, cancel all your plans for today."
I wanted to know what was in the book, "Why?"
"Which letter in 'surprise' doesn't compute?" She placed the book in her purse and replaced it with a compact and mascara.
"The part where my friend who suffers from cupidity brings it up while brandishing the bane of her existence." I pull out my white scrunchy and start to pull up my hair.
Mar glares at me over the compact, "I read!"
Placing my hair band on, I remind her, "Yeah, magazines!"
She rolls her eyes, slamming the compact with a smack, "Just bring yo ass on, we've got things to do."
I stand right where I've been, in front of the gym's entrance, "No, I have classes tonight. School doesn't change it's schedule because you want to change mine." I wave and pivot to walk towards home.
Mar, now holding my pony-tail and standing a good two feet behind me, snaps "You'll come with me, or"- I heard her pulling out something- "I'll give you a pixie cut and bleach your hair blonde." The clippers seem to smack with anticipation as she opens and closes them behind me, "Choose."
I turned around and raised my hands in surrender, "I'm quite happy with being a long-haired brunette."
She releases my pony-tail and puts away her clippers, "Thought you'd see it my way." Smiling at me, she grasps my arm and leads me up the street, "Now for the fun part!"
Well, I hope it was fun for her. I don't even recognize my own face in the mirror, "This is too much make-up –I look like a hooker!" I touch my cheek, frowning at the residue from the foundation.
"Stop doing that, you'll mess up your face! And you do not have on too much make-up." Mar pulls out the sponge and pats where I touched my cheek, "It only feels like that because you won't let it dry."
I smooth out my shirt, my compromise of wearing black and not wearing the frilly dress she planned out. "Who is this guy again?"
"Carlin, forgot his last name," she says before blowing on my cheek.
"Get a mint." I fan my face with a piece of paper and pick up the book she had earlier. I've been gypped- it's a compilation of magazines. I look up at the sound of the doorbell, not surprised that Mar has the door opened already.
The man standing there was though.
He held a B&N bag, his hair combed back and his green eyes twinkling a bit as he waved nervously.
Mar reached towards him and grabbed hold of his shoulder, yanking him over the threshold. He placed the bag on the floor and smoothed his shirt out, "Hey." He grinned, his hand still smoothing his shirt.
I smile and wave, eying the bag. Smart, not bringing flowers. "Books are a girl's best friends," I wink and make my way to the bag.
Mar smacks my hand as I reached for one of the books. She says, her tone slightly venomous, "Tell im who you are."
Doesn't he know?!
This confident man, clean shaven and smiling, extends his hand towards me-
The image merges with the one currently facing me.
Carlin pulls back his hand, "What the hell do you mean your slut ass is pregnant?!" his beard stiffening up, his eyes ablaze as his hand makes contact with my face. I fall back on to the couch, knowing not to cry.
I want to remind him of what he did a few months back, but I won't. "I'm four months pregnant with your son dammit." I scream at him and try to stand up.
"Bull! You're just trying to excuse yourself for being a fat lard assed pig!" He screams back as he places a hand around my neck and yanks me towards him. "Whose kid is it whore? I know you been cheatin' on me!" His eyes bulge, the green starting to harden.
I claw at his grip, trying to fight him off. I manage to gasp, "Yours. Yours."
He throws me onto the couch again, "Deal with it."
No, no- that's not going to happen. "I'm not getting an abortion! This is our child- you're going to be a father. Deal with that." I manage to stand up as he walks away. I immediately get into a blocking stance as he whirls around and storms up to me.
"What's your fat ass going to do, beat me up?" He has a hold of my pony-tail, pulling my neck back at an odd angle, "I'd like to see you try." He places his hand on my stomach, pushing hard on it. "You want to know what I'd do if you even attempted to defy me?" He lifts his hand, "This," and punches me right in the stomach. I try to fold over, but he still has my head. He pulls back again and smacks me in the face this time.
I try to block him, but he always finds somewhere else to hit.
After twenty minutes of that, he gets bored and pushes me to the floor. He spits on me before walking out the apartment, slamming the door behind him. I crawl towards the bathroom, making a beeline towards my cell phone.
I dial my mother, slumping against the wall by the bathroom. I cry, listening to the dial tone.
"Herloo?" I hear her voice trill over the line. "Nuh, who is dis?"
I wipe my eyes, and mumble "Momma, momma it's me."
"Alma? Alma is that you? Speak up so I can hear you."
I take a deep breath, "Turns out there isn't a grandson in your near future."
She growls at me, "What the hell did you do?"
"He wanted me to get an abortion and I said no. It's not like I was trying to get pregnant, he raped me after all."
"It doesn't matter what he did, he's your husband you-"
"Mom, he is not my husband, he's only my boyfriend."
"You've been with him for two years now- he's your husband as far as I care. Do what he tells you. That's your place as his woman."
That line brings me to tears, "Mom, I just told you that he beat me-"
"You never used those words, and even if he did- it's his right, he is your-"
"You know what?! F%%% you mom! I need you right now and you're telling me to suck it up?! He just beat life, the life of my first child, right out of me?! You want me to let him do that to me?! F%%% you!" I push the call end button and search my contacts for Coach's number.
He picks up immediately, "Alaska? What's going on?"
His voice sooths me. Through my tears, I answer, "Yeah, it's me. I'm sorry to be calling you after all this time. It's just that- that- Carlin he just- and my mom- and-"
He cuts in, "Take a deep breath Alaska. What happened?"
I tell him everything, noting his huffing and growling. He waits for me to finish, "Alaska, why do you let him keep taking things from you? He's taken your friends, your education, and your damned dignity! And now you allowed him to take your child?! What did I teach you? What did we work on for two years?"
I smile a bit, knowing he's right, "You taught me how not to become my mother."
"Then why would you undermine that training by staying with him? Answer me this: Do you still have Lef and Righ?"
I hold back a giggle, "Yeah, I still have my brassies. He doesn't know about them."
"Then why don't you use them? Why aren't you using what I taught you?" His voice heats with anger and sadness, I miss him- I miss it all.
I hear footsteps in front of the door. I whisper into the phone, "Coach, Coach, I think he's back, I have to go."
"You better use what you've been taught child." He answers me before hanging up.
I turn off the phone and crawl as fast as I can into the bathroom where I shut the door and undress. As I strip my shirt off, my suspicions are confirmed; I double over and fall to the floor. Part of me is terrified at what is going on- but something else knows exactly what is going on.
An hour later, I sit pruning in the bathtub, my could-have been child heading somewhere I don't want to think about. My tears have mingled with the water, my mind numbed for many minutes now.
I can hear Carlin moving on the other side of the door. He's calmed down some, probably at the part where he tries to atone for what he's done. No amount of books can fix this-none.
"Hon?" He asks through the door, "Are you still alive in there?"
I could say yes, I could say no. Neither would be a lie. "Please, just leave me alone!" I shout to him.
He knocks on the door, "I went out and bought the new Olord Flark book. Do you want me to bring it in there?" His voice is tinged with guilt, he should feel the need to commit suicide- oh I wish he'd die.
"You know what? Why do you never forgive me? It was an accident!" He slams his fist into the door. There's one more dent now.
"Just let me be, okay?!" I sit up in the tub, screaming at the door.
I hear him ram himself against the door. I scream in fright- I hope he doesn't make it through!
I get out of the tub, nearly falling onto the floor. I grab my clothing and throw them on, digging around for my brassies. I watch the door pulse as Carlin throws himself against it.
Relief washes over me as I realize it's holding up. He's not getting through.
He looks at me over the dinner table, "You can't stay mad at me for this long. It's been a full month, and I've apologized numerous times. Get the hell over it." He shoves a hunk of steak into his mouth and begins chewing.
I take a small bite of my own steak and glare at him, "I'll do as I damned well please. You beat my first child out of me- I don't give a damn how it makes you feel that I am holding a grudge. I deserve to be able to hold this grudge." I take another bite and watch his reaction. He glares at me as he shovels more food into his mouth.
I shouldn't be egging him on; he hasn't hit me or even grabbed me the wrong way since that day. But he's a ticking time bomb; I can see it in his eyes.
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Family left 'traumatised' after maggots fall into their kitchen from DEAD BODY
A FAMILY were left horrified after they discovered maggots falling into their kitchen were caused by a decomposing DEAD BODY from the floor above them.
Mother-of-four Karen Davy said her children have been left "traumatised" and can no longer sleep at night after identifying the shocking source of the bugs.
It is believed the body had been in the flat above the family for a month and was found when Mrs Davy called the police after her council did not take action over the maggots.
However, a week later, the 37-year-old claims her housing association have still not cleaned the upstairs apartment leaving her home overrun with flies and their larva.
She said: "I can't even sleep at night. I have been sitting up waiting for them to appear, and then frantically cleaning with a bucket of bleach when they do.
"The kids are traumatised. The younger ones are frightened to go into the kitchen.
"I'm disgusted by the maggots, but more traumatised by what happened to my neighbour."
I can't even sleep at night
Mrs Davy first noticed maggots falling into her flat in East Dulwich, London on September 17.
After just two days, hundreds of the bugs were in her kitchen.
Mrs Davy called Southern Housing, one of the UK's largest housing associations, but claimed they failed to take action.
With the help of a neighbour she was able to peer into the flat above, which she says was overrun with flies and had a "horrendous" smell coming from it.
Mrs Davy said: "We looked through the window, and I've never seen anything like it.
"There were flies coming out of the window above my head, and then were was a breeze of air from inside and the smell was horrendous.
"I almost threw up. I called the police straight away."
Officers discovered the body of 41-year-old ex-Gulf War soldier Richard Williams on Monday September 22.
Mrs Davy's husband Tayo, 40, later attempted to block the hole the maggots were entering from but they were still managing to crawl into their home.
She lives in the flat with the couple's children Naledi, 15, Caira, 11, Micah, 10 and nine-year-old Ayanda.
A spokesman for Southern Housing said they had not been able to clean the flat above Mrs Davy because of the ongoing police investigation.
The company have now carried out some pest control treatment in her home.
Regional operations manager Stephen Lee said: "Southern Housing Group would like to apologise for any distress that has been caused to Ms Davy by the maggots coming into her flat from upstairs.
"We have carried out a treatment for maggots in Ms Davy's flat but unfortunately, due to the ongoing police investigation in the flat above, we have not been able to enter the premises above.
"As soon as we are given the all clear from the police we will be able to send in our pest control contractors to address the issue.
"We are continuing to work with the police to resolve this issue as soon as possible."

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Cassiopeia Build
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2 basic builds are provided, one for aggressive players, and a defensive 'training wheels' option. Select team 1 / 2 to see the difference. (Cassiopeia icons above the table of contents and the mobafire advertisement)
The following chapters are under construction:
Combat and Matchups (needs update)
Abilities and Skilling Order (abilities explanations need rewrite)
Summoner Spells
Take a combination of Ignite, Flash, Ghost depending on your opponents.
Flash can work offensively as a gap closer, or repositioning tool or defensively vs AoE ultis Katarina, Kennen, Pantheon
I prefer Flash defensively in combination with Ghost for mainly non-healers with movement/zoning advantages Blitzcrank, Nunu, Anivia, LeBlanc, Katarina
I will (sometimes) take Exhaust if facing 3 or more melee dps Jax, Jarvan IV
The most effective combination for cassiopeia is Flash and Ignite
Take Teleport instead of Ghost if you would like to be more flexible or haven't mastered the basics. You can also us it in a hybrid support role, with shurelya's reverie and Will of the Ancients
Items 101
Core Items:
Doran's Ring early game synergy with Ignite mastery, good MP5, 100 HP
Giant's Belt early-mid game survivability item, built into Rylai's later
Hextech Revolver / Will of the Ancients 25% - 20% spellvamp (recently buffed from 20%-15%)
Rabadon's Deathcap Best AP item, makes Will of the Ancients and Deathfire Grasp multiplicatively stronger
Rylai's Crystal Scepter 500 hp & 15% slow on Twin Fang & Noxious Blast
5th/6th items:
Void Staff Grab this and ditch Sorcerer's Shoes for Boots of Swiftness
if team lacks tankline and/or damage output vs the opposite opponent team: build Boots of Swiftness, Giant's Belt, Hextech Revolver, Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff, Banshee's Veil, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Will of the Ancients
Abyssal Mask Also replaces Sorcerer's Shoes, preferable finisher or against 2+ AP champs snd/or 4+ champs with 30-50 magic resistance champs, replaces Banshee's Veil
then choose from:
Negatron Cloak / Banshee's Veil For lack in MR. Negatron Cloak provides good synergy with sustained damage skirmishes and Banshee's Veil provides protection against dangerous ultis ( Warwick), protection for late game ganks, potential for powerful burst damage Flash + Petrifying Gaze + combo. Ideally Negatron Cloak is the last piece of mid/late game survivability to get, and good to get as soon as your team is dealing enough damage in teamfights (otherwise stick to AP)
Deathfire Grasp Anti-Carry Nuke (combo initiator) deals 50% of target HP at 570 AP with 30 flat or 40-50% penetration
Zhonya's Hourglass Situational, good vs burst, aoe, blitzkrieg teamfights. Very defensive
Defensive build for beginners:
The focus of this build is to balance Damage Output and Survivability.
Magic Penetration/Reduction > 8 reduction 15% penetration at lvl 1 (28 reduction with Haunting Guise
First Items > , , Meki Pendant,
To cheapen costs while maintaining presence and survivability in teamfights and lanes:
Haunting Guise replaces Sorcerer's Shoes
Meki Pendant replaces Doran's Ring
philosopher's stone provides lane survivability
Boots of Swiftness provide survivability and utility
with Giant's Belt next, the focus switches to AP, concluding with Deathfire Grasp.
Void Staff replaces Haunting Guise after Rylai's Crystal Scepter and Hextech Revolver are complete.
sell philosopher's stone soon after / when purchasing Hextech Revolver
upgrade to shurelya's reverie for more defensive play (sell for Banshee's Veil)
x2 = +3% movement speed
Combined with the Quickness Mastery, 6% additional movespeed grants 22 movespeed with Boots of Swiftness or 23 movespeed with Sorcerer's Shoes
8.1% cooldown at level 18
17% cooldown total, without Deathfire Grasp.
Greater Glyph of Ability Power is also an option
24 magic resistance
For lack in magic resistance. (feel free to choose seals that fit your playstyle)
Other options are: Greater Seal of Scaling Cooldown Reduction, Greater Seal of Health, greater seal of vitality, Greater Seal of Ability Power, Greater Seal of Scaling Ability Power.
8.6 magic penetration
Helps killing minions and dealing some extra damage. Runes bring magic penetration to 10.5
1.9 magic penetration
Offensive rune, with 20 penetration purchased in-game, a squishy's MR will be -0.5.
Greater Quintessence of Movement Speed, Greater Quintessence of Ability Power, Greater Quintessence of Magic Resist are also options
Combat and Matchups
Stay out of melee range.
Giant's Belt / Rylai's Crystal Scepter will let you take some (magic) damage. Your 20% - 25% spellvamp will keep you charged up in extended teamfights. Cassiopeia does not excel in fighting in melee range, but she can fight melees with proper micro.
You will need to reposition yourself in between every couple of attacks when vs a melee. Speed, flash, and your ulti will be most effective vs casters, ranged, and skillshots.
Melee champions with haste/dash abilities (Yi/Tryndamere/Shen) are very difficult matchups for Cassiopeia, and often will challenge you under your towers (you will need to land a frontal Petrifying Gaze to consider your towers a safe zone vs a Tryndamere type).
Evasive and Disabler mages, support, and ranged DPS are also tricky to approach, such as Morgana, Twitch, Teemo, Soraka?, Fiddlesticks, Zilean, Kayle?
Tanky DPS's or Bruiser with disables, with movement abilities are rarely threatened by Cassiopeia when played well, such as Jarvan IV, Renekton, Tryndamere, Trundle, Udyr
TL DR: Avoid heavy hits from melees, and heavy counters to your slow/haste advantage
Cassiopeia is no doubt a great zoner ( Kog'Maw, Urgot, Anivia are better ofc), so with all her movement CC, bonuses, and items I see her as a character that benefits mostly from good micro and positioning (also why she is a tough nut to crack) ... as well as an easy farmer
an example of a quick skirmish vs Teemo:
see teemo too close
Noxious Blast to initiate
second 0
Noxious Blast hits teemo and poisons
move in
Twin Fang twice to damage
reposition to cover teemo escape and land future E + E + Q
or reposition to be able to back off easily
>> (during 0-3 sec) speed buff 15% - 25%, 75-235 damage mini nuke
second 3
Miasma to slow future movement
Noxious Blast to regain speed buff
Petrifying Gaze
Twin Fang twice to damage
Ignite before stun wears off
base damage @ lvl 6 (with mastery) - damage with ignite - & dorans ring - with dorans ring and ignite - (% increase) - damage vs 30 resist (77%) - damage with 10 penetration (83%) - 20 pen (91%)
Noxious Blast = 115 / 118.24 / 127.24 / 140.74 (20% increase) / 108.4 / 116.8 / 128
10 penetration = 8.5 damage,
780 magic damage in about 5 seconds, with a 2 second stun following @ level 6
it won't hurt to first soften up teemo with a couple of Miasma hits, it will also build stacks on Deadly Cadence
Abilities and Skilling Order
- Unique Passive
helps spam spells to create combos and keep up combos, by giving Cassiopeia's abilities diminishing mana costs (50% on 5 stacks)
early game - use to harass and poison opponents who get too close to you. Punish those who stand still or have limited movement possibilities.
You can use it to check bushes (watch for your speed buff) or stealths
Use liberally to farm. Use to farm minions in groups of 3
generally - use it to prep (passive stack + poision) and initiate (speed buff) your attacks. Poison and move buff last 3 seconds, after which you should have placed a Miasma to slow and be able to land another Noxious Blast to then reposition for another couple Twin Fang nukes.
early game - Use whenever it is mana efficient to harass (non-tanks, non-lifestealers/healers). Use to push minions faster (land to poison an entire creep wave as it moves). Use for slow to finish kills.
mid to late game - use to slow, escape. Do not use to for its damage. Be wary of its mana cost
generally - if u can land a W to pull of a kill on an out of position opponent use it, otherwise keep it off cooldown after laning phase. It has the longest cooldown, highest cost, least damage output, and worst ap ratio.
Your bread and butter spell. Be careful not to use it on an non-poison targets. Singed makes for a powerful team combo with Twin Fang
Petrifying Gaze - Ultimate
long cooldown, hard to place & land stun, low damage at ranks 1 & 2, necessary to keep on cooldown as a defensive component, good for scoring kills, 1 v 2 fights, tower defense, saves teammates in a teamfights. Use it with good judgement.
Best Uses:
Stun charging melee squishy: Miasma, Twin Fang, Noxious Blast, Twin Fang, Twin Fang Ignite, chase
In 5v5 fights: stun 2+ high damage dealers, save 1+ allies, proceed to combo.
Since you are likely spamming spells, remember it has a 120-200 mana cost.
Skilling Order
level 1 Noxious Blast Early laning game bread and butter ability
level 2 Miasma controls your safe zone, good for combos, high cost. (recommended at lvl 1 for beginners)
level 3 Twin Fang use only for kills, lethal damage, and farming during downtime (only with spare mana).
Level both Twin Fang (E) and Noxious Blast (Q) next, as the lane requires
level 6 Petrifying Gaze Powerful with good timing. Opponents will typically underestimate their/your safe zone at lvl 6.
Level 7 Noxious Blast scales best at rank 3. Farm and harass. 55 mana, 3s CD: 155 AOE DoT, 20% haste on champ hit
8, 9, 10 Twin Fang ...time for another kill?
Level 11 Petrifying Gaze Ulti now deals 325 damage on a 120s cooldown, so not a significant upgrade
12, 13, 14 Miasma - You won't have your Rylai's, but your AOE slow will now double from 15% to 30%
Level 15 Noxious Blast
Level 16 Petrifying Gaze now deals 450 + 60% ap, so it will be a nice squishy killer regardless of whether they get stunned for 2 seconds or slowed by 60%. Be sure to always have 200 mana for it, and use it wisely.
Level 17 Noxious Blast
Level 18 Miasma
Additional Info
Shurelya's Reverie
Shurelya's Reverie 1400 gold (upgrade cost)
Shurelya's Reverie
Defensive item. Helpful for positioning, ganking, escaping, chasing, kiting.
Includes CD reduction, Health, HP5, MP5
This is the only non-AP item in this build, and is the main reason why this build provides only 380 AP with all items (1000 mana from Tear of the Goddess). Replacing this with a Rabadon's Deathcap gives an additional 315 AP, a good endgame option
This item will expand your expand your safe zone in teamfight, allow your team to catch fleeing enemies, allow for faster ganks, protects you against your worst enemies (Yi, Tryndamere, Teemo, Eve, Shaco, Twitch etc), and allow you to farm/push solo safely (Cassiopeia is an excellent farmer).
Use it often, and use it safely.
sell this item for Will of the Ancients for 560 gold for late game survivability and health regeneration
Your Shurelya's shouldn't be inactive for more than a minute or so, use it to farm if there is nothing better to do. You will need lots of farm for your next item ( Rylai's Crystal Scepter) to begin snowballing.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter 2245 gold
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
+80 AP, +70 HP, Twin Fang (E) now slows your target by 15%(!!), changing opponents' commitment threshold.
This is an important purchase, and you should try to catch your opponents off guard with it (e.g. little teemos nom nom) (twin fang damage - 60/95/130/165/200 +55% ap). Do not upgrade Giant's Belt to Rylai's Crystal Scepter before
Hextech Revolver 1200 gold
Hextech Revolver
Your opponents are playing smarter against you or they have fed you to no end (You now have 2 hastes, 1 AOE slow, flash/ignite/ghost, and 1 slowing nuke). Whether they keep their distance and stay behind the tank line, or create smaller teamfights, or have a standoff in mid, - Spellvamp will increase your durability for longer skirmishes, and reward you for farming after a battle.
Archangel's Staff 1860 gold
Archangel's Staff
Not a lot of flavor but, it will come at a good time, giving you an additional 18 mana per second and a whopping 150 AP for 1860 gold (3550 mana at level 18).
Will of the Ancients 900 gold
Will of the Ancients
You will start to hit less hard as your opponents build more durability. You will be exponentially more potent with tankier teammates, so get Will of Ancients ASAP, and try to encourage your team to prolong teamfights somewhat (or focus all together tanky teams) and you should end up with a nice ace.
Zhonya's Hourglass3300 gold
Zhonya's Hourglass
I rarely get to use this. Typically I have spent a 500-1500 gold on wards and the item is expensive and slow to build (and wards take up a slot). Be careful in deciding whether to purchase the Needlessly Large Rod or the Armor first depending on the opponent team. Buying armor first means you will need 2600 gold before completing the item and will probably be getting some elixirs in the meantime.
teleport offers many advantages in synergy with items and abilities shurelya's reverie, zoning, teamfight ulti and abilities, and sight wards
I like to orient Cassiopeia towards a strong early and mid game, since she becomes less and less useful in the late game. Teleport helps relane faster, have flexible shopping, and makes up for weaknesses in my team in defense and offense (tower-wise).
Also for a semi-backdoor, teleporting to a large friendly minion wave, placing two strategic sight wards, spamming Q and E to farm easily nets a tower or a chunk of tower hp. Once a gank approaches, shurelya's reverie, Boots of Swiftness, Petrifying Gaze, Teleport, Flash are all tools to use to return safely or setup a counter-gank for my team.
I plan to add a few more sections, topics include:
warding / warding vs twitch/eve
5v5 tower defense and pushing
these statistics need to be updated based on new runes, items, and masteries
most statistics listed by mobafire are incorrect.
at level 18 with all items purchased:
39% cooldown reduction
20% spellvamp
XXX ability power (695 AP when replacing shurelya's reverie with Rabadon's Deathcap)
15% magic penetration
10.5 magic penetration (flat)
1730 hp (base)
830 hp (items)
43.85 hp per 5
XXX mana
XXX mana per 5 (base - 14.5)
133 armor
70 magic resistance (95 with Mercury's Treads)
422 base movement speed (with Boots of Swiftness [310 + 90] * 1.06)
403 base movement speed (with Mercury's Treads [310 + 70] * 1.06)
note: 80% of movespeed over 415 is given in-game
Pros / Cons ... thoughts on improvement
these are pro/cons regarding this particular build
Perseverance Mastery seems to lack in function, with all items, it increases MP5 by 1.6 and HP5 by 1.6. Surprisingly, Good Hands mastery is more useful, decreasing time spent dead up to 10%.
Alternative Builds
Build 1 When banshee's veil is useful vs. 3+ AP, and sturdy laners
Boots of Speed, Sapphire Crystal, Ruby Crystal, catalyst the protector, Sorcerer's Shoes, Negatron Cloak, Giant's Belt, Needlessly Large Rod, Rabadon's Deathcap, Banshee's Veil, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Void Staff, Boots of Swiftness, Zhonya's Hourglass or Deathfire Grasp


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Based on this weekend's returns, the Transformers aren't going to face extinction any time soon.
At the domestic box office, the fourth installment in the immensely successful franchise opened to $100 million*. That's the biggest opening of the year so far ahead of Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($95 million).
More importantly, it took in over $202 million from 37 international markets. That includes a stunning $92 million in China, which is the biggest "foreign" opening ever there (and probably the biggest overall, though we don't have data to confirm that).
Overall, the movie earned over $300 million worldwide this weekend. With openings throughout Europe and Latin America on the way, Transformers: Age of Extinction seems poised to make a run at $1 billion.
Domestically, Age of Extinction's opening ranks second all-time among Transformers movies behind 2009's Revenge of the Fallen ($108 million). That's not an apples-to-apples comparison, though: all three previous movies burned off demand by launching mid-week.
At 353 IMAX locations, Transformers earned an estimated $10.7 million (second all-time in June behind last year's Man of Steel). A 3D share is not available.
The movie's audience was 64 percent male and 58 percent were 25 years of age and over. They awarded it an "A-" CinemaScore, which is in contrast to its abysmal 17 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
All three previous Transformers movies earned over $300 million at the domestic box office. While Age of Extinction's opening is undeniably good, it does not put the movie in a position to also reach that milestone. The upcoming holiday makes it difficult to draw specific long-term projections, though it does appear that Age of Extinction is on track for anywhere from $250 to $280 million.
In a distant second place, 22 Jump Street fell 42 percent to $15.8 million. The comedy sequel has now earned $140.3 million, which is already ahead of the first movie's $138.4 million total.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 dropped 46 percent to $13.2 million. That's another weak hold for the well-reviewed sequel. To date, Dragon 2 has grossed $121.95 million, and there's a good chance it ultimately winds up below $170 million.
After opening on top last weekend, Think Like a Man Too plummeted 65 percent to $10.3 million. Through 10 days, the comedy sequel has earned $48.1 million, and is on track to earn substantially less than its predecessor ($91.5 million).
Maleficent rounded out the Top Five with $8.4 million. On Sunday, it passed $200 million. Meanwhile Jersey Boys fell 42 percent to $7.7 million. The Clint Eastwood-directed musical has now grossed $27.4 million.
Jon Favreau's Chef remained in the Top 10 for the sixth-straight weekend. To date, the indie hit has earned $19.4 million.
In its ninth weekend, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 passed $200 million at the domestic box office. The movie is on pace to earn over $60 million less than its predecessor, which was already the lowest-grossing entry in the franchise.
In limited release, sci-fi action movie Snowpiercer earned $171,187 from eight locations. That translates to a solid $21,398 per-theater average. A specific expansion plan isn't available right now, though it's safe to assume that Radius-TWC will get the movie in to many more theaters in the coming weeks.
At five locations, Once director John Carney's Begin Again opened to $134,064 (average of $26,813). The movie stars Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo, and should expand significantly in the next few weeks.
Ahead of a nationwide expansion on Wednesday, Dinesh D'Souza's America (2014) took in $38,608 at three locations. D'Souza's last documentary was 2016: Obama's America, which earned a sensational $33.4 million in 2012. That was nicely timed around the presidential election, though, and it's unclear if this follow-up can connect in the same way.
Around-the-World Roundup
Transformers: Age of Extinction opened to $202.1 million overseas this weekend, which ranks eighth all-time. That's more impressive considering it was only playing in 37 markets, and wasn't in any of the major markets in Europe or Latin America.
Nearly half of that opening came in China, where Age of Extinction earned a spectacular $92 million (nearly $10 million from 150 IMAX screens). The previous Transformers movie is one of the highest-grossing imports ever there, and this outing aimed to capitalize on that interest by setting the entire third act in and around Hong Kong. Ultimately, Age of Extinction is guaranteed to earn over $200 million in China, and could even wind up over $250 million.
Elsewhere, the movie had one of the biggest debuts ever in Russia with $21.7 million. It was also strong in South Korea ($21.5 million) and Australia ($10 million), and set opening weekend records in Malaysia ($6.4 million), Indonesia ($5.7 million) and Hong Kong ($4.8 million).
According to Paramount, the aggregate figure is a 35 percent improvement over the last movie. Of course, a large part of that gain can be attributed to China, so it's unlikely the rest of the markets saw much of an improvement. Still, this suggests that Dark of the Moon's $771 million overseas total is within reach for Age of Extinction. Next weekend, the movie expands in to the U.K.
With Transformers and the World Cup monopolizing attention, the rest of the market was fairly quiet. How to Train Your Dragon 2 added $17.7 million for a $106.1 million total. Maleficent earned $16 million, which brings its total to $383.7 million. Next weekend, it reaches its final market (Japan). The Fault in our Stars took in $13 million for a strong total of $85.3 million.
Finally, X-Men: Days of Future Past reached $713 million worldwide, which makes it the highest-grossing movie of the year ahead of fellow superhero movies Captain America: The Winter Soldier and The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
Source: http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3865&p=.htm


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(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) — After hundreds of children's Christmas presents were stolen from a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania community center, residents and businesses in the area immediately stepped in to help.
Christmas gifts for 400 children — donated by Toys for Tots for Pittsburgh families — were stolen Monday evening from a community center, where they were being stored before being distributed, according to the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police.
"It's disgusting," Pittsburgh Police Zone 5 Cmdr. Jason Lando told ABC News affiliate WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh. "We never condone theft of any kind but three days before Christmas and you're stealing from little kids?"
As officers investigated the burglary, they also took inventory of the stolen gifts. The police went to the public for help, asking them to drop off gift cards at the police station so officers could buy gifts to replenish the donations in time.
By Tuesday afternoon, police said they had plenty of donations. Toys For Tots also provided a $10,000 donation to replenish toys, police said.
"There has been an amazing response from the public," the police said. "No more donations are required."
Lando told the media Tuesday night that there had been a steady stream of people in the station all day, donating gifts cards and presents.
"Businesses have been dropping off toys by the carload. I don't have an exact count of how many people have donated thus far, but we have well in excess of $15,000 in gift cards, the vast majority of which are from Target," he said. "In addition to that, Toys for Tots just came through an hour ago with a replacement truckload of toys."
"It was so moving to see a steady stream of people in the police station all day, waiting in line to drop off their gifts cards," he added. "It is a testament to the amazing people that live in this city and it makes me very proud to be from Pittsburgh!"
Henry Finney's daughter will receive two gifts from the new donations, according to WTAE-TV.
"When you don't have nothing, it is beautiful, a beautiful thing," he told WTAE-TV.
No suspects are in custody, police say. The investigation is ongoing.
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Discussion in 'OT Driven' started by Mitchj, Apr 30, 2007.
Chock up another win for the Holden – it has the more appealing interior hands down and proves that the SS V has much more visual and tactile flair than its rival. It has a more upmarket feels, and one could argue that it's the newer vehicle and is more expensive too, but even with this in mind it's streets ahead of the Falcon in almost every respect, least of which is the eye candy.
So where do we start? Perhaps with the concept car look that permeates the interior. This is a standard feature on SS V models, and will make drivers of much more expensive sports car stop and take notice - it really does stand out quite dramatically. Our model had matching red leather seats, red dashboard, red dials, red LCD screens, and red door inserts to match the exterior colour. Which was also red.
As well as the colour coded cabin, the SSV interior is a real highlight and, compared to the last version of the Commodore (the VZ), the overall design and plastics are much improved and more like what you'd expect from BMW.
The SS V benefits from a powerful stereo, and the dials look a lot better than the Ford Falcon's, though the steering wheel controls on both vehicles are well designed.
The interior of the Falcon is not as plush as the SS V, and despite the dash plastics in the Falcon coming across as slightly better than the SS V with a softer rubbery finish of sorts, they're not designed in a way that makes them visually appealing like the Holden. In 2002 the Ford was leading the pack, but today it's lost that lustre and in comparison to the Holden comes across as dull.
In the Commodore SS V, the layout is well thought through and everything is easy to find, learn and operate whilst driving – you can work through almost every single toggle, switch, button and dial on the freeway without being completely distracted from the road, which isn't quite the case with the Falcon's more jumbled and sometimes even hidden controls (such as the traction control toggle out of sight behind the steering wheel).
While the SS V gets colour coded madness, this may be viewed as over the top by more conservative drivers, the XR6T gets far more subtle customisations in the form of the colour-matched seat stitching. The upholstery used on the XR6 Turbo seats comprise of a ribbed cloth material of sorts.
The Ford interior is slightly more ergonomic than the SS V, but felt just a bit dated next to the Holden's new-platform competitor. When comparing the two, it felt as if many features of the Falcon were stuck 'wherever mate' behind the steering wheel and around the initially confusing centre console.
However, the Falcon's seats were quite a bit better to sit in and were designed more for a standard person's build than the larger sized Commodore's luxury bench.
As far as comfort goes – generally speaking - both cars do a bang-up job. The Falcon XR6T doesn't look half as showy as the SS V, but in terms of comfort and practicality they are almost on a par, both offering generously sized seats, lots of leg room for all occupants and easy to use/understand controls.
These are big, broad Aussie sports cars and as well as having sporty seats with decent side bolsters to hug your body through corners, they're very supportive for most body sizes. We reckon that when American drivers get a load of the Commodore (in the form of the Pontiac G8) and possibly the next generation 2008 Falcon, they're gonna love this stuff .
You just can't beat them in terms of practicality, price, and the sheer amount of interior space.
Comparing the Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon sports model side by side it was clear very early in the test that Holden had the better cabin, but it also hammered home yet again just how versatile these big sports cars can be. Punt them to work every day in comfort, then thrash them through the corners on the weekends. Great stuff.
Conclusion: Holden 4/5, Ford 4.25/5
We cruised, we charged, we steered and we poked. Then we prodded, we cursed, we took some photos, and finally we argued. At the end of the day, the comparison bore witness to an astonishingly tight race, but the burning question can finally be answered: Ford's cult hero, the XR6 Turbo is the better car.
For purveyors of performance, the XR6 Turbo is a true Aussie sports car, hitting the mark expected of it in all areas – acceleration, braking, steering and feel. The SS V - whether by design or perchance - has all the ingredients for the performance segment but leans towards the luxury side of the scale, and as a result will definitely catch the eye of buyers who would be more likely to inspect imported sports cars.
With a rip-snorting V8 engine, show-car looks and a much improved chassis, the Holden Commodore SS V was the runner up here, albeit by a small margin. The SS V has the definite edge in the style stakes, but the crisp handling dynamics and scintillating engine of the Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo and it's well balanced overall design ensure that it's still the best Aussie performance car on the market.
From reading the review (its proberbly best to click the link up the top, but i know OT prefers it to be copied and pasted) it seemed to me like the SS-V bowled the XR6 over.
Personally, id still prefer the XR6, im completely in love with the Ford 4.0L turbo engine, but i think its quite obvious the Holden is the better car.
Love the interiors (liked the GTO's as well). But the exterior looks dated on both. Too boxy.
Two really good cars, and both Ford and GM should be selling them here.
You can't tell me that (assuming comparable prices) a 3.5L V6 Falcon wouldn't be a better seller than the 500/Taurus in a straight up competition, and with the XR6T version to bring younger buyers into the showroom it's not a straight up competition.
At least GM is brining us the Commodore badged as a Pontiac.
The stock Falcon is a 4.0L Inline 6 with 255 horsepower, plenty of low down torque too.
that green falcon is so horrendous, I think it's ugly rubbed off on the SS .


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Get to Know Bryan Voltaggio
Culinary contributor Amy Langrehr sat down with Chef Voltaggio to chat about food, family and what's great about Baltimore.
Was food a big part of your upbringing? Did you cook when you were a kid?
BV: Always. The first thing I really remember cooking was scrambled eggs, and maybe grilled cheese. We used to have pancake-eating contests with our neighbors – that was a lot of fun. Where we lived in Frederick, we could have a big garden and we lived near farms, so we learned early about food. As a kid, I ate everything. My brother, Michael, hated green vegetables.
Lots of kids get to choose the meal on their birthday – anything they want…to a point, I suppose. What would be your "birthday meal" now? What did you ask for when you were a kid?
BV: Oh, yeah. Definitely…but when I was a kid? (Grabs phone and types.) Let's get back to that one later. I can't remember. (Smiles; phone lights up.) Oh, OK, yeah. My mom texted me back: fried chicken, baked mac and cheese and applesauce. So, yeah, my birthday meal was Family Meal [his restaurant]. That's funny. And for my birthday meal now? Someone else cooking for sure, and it's whatever I want in that moment. My tastes change a lot.
What food trend can you absolutely not stand?
BV: I guess just that food has trends. I honestly believe that you can just keep creating new things and building on existing things, you know? We can always just keep changing and evolving by coming up with new ideas. One thing I truly believe is that farm-to-table is not a trend. It's a reset to what we were supposed to be doing all along.
"Top Chef" is such a popular show. What's it like having so many people know who you are?
BV: It's OK. When I was on "Top Chef," I was just me. Obviously, not acting. (Laughs.) [Oh, I love his laugh!]
Any plans to collaborate with your brother? How often do you guys see each other?
BV: Yes. We did a holiday cooking series with Cooking Channel. (Pulls up a video on his phone of Bryan and Michael cooking Thanksgiving dinner.) We filmed it earlier this year. That was fun, us working together. Duff Goldman was part of one of the episodes, too. Really fun. Hopefully we'll do more.
When I tell people about you, I often find myself using the word "normal." How do you stay grounded?
BV: Well, it starts from the fact that I stayed where I grew up. People who know me around here just know me as Bryan. Being near family, being with my wife since high school, being in Frederick – all of it together just keeps me grounded. I still do some television stuff, but that stuff doesn't change me as a person. I'm still just a cook.
What chefs do you admire?
BV: Thomas Keller is a pretty obvious one - his pursuit of the perfect kitchen machine. He's been kind of a mentor from afar. I admire him a lot. Charlie Palmer has been a great influence on me. And, Gerry Hayden of Aureole – he gave me a shot as a chef.
What do you like about Baltimore?
BV: We came to Baltimore a lot as kids from Bowie and Frederick. Orioles games were always fun. Baltimore has a lot going for it. Being on the Chesapeake, there's so much culture here and it's really an approachable city. I lived and worked in New York City for seven years, and I always knew I wanted to come back home and cook.
What do you love about food?
BV: I love having a creative outlet. You know, beyond just sustenance. I love what I can do with food.
What are some of your favorite restaurants in the city? And, where in Baltimore would you take your wife for a date night? No kids…
BV: This is hard. I need to get out more. Ideally? Maybe Charleston, Wit & Wisdom, Woodberry Kitchen, Cinghiale. There are more for sure, and it's nice to be here now. Nice to actually be able to spend time in the city as an adult. I can't wait to get out more. Baltimore is such a great city.


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To me, the greatest thing about the movie Avatar, by James Cameron, had to be the beautiful, glowing ecosystem of Pandora. Which means I was the perfect person to hear about the actual glowing plants offered by a San Francisco team.
Offered on Kickstarter, the crowd-funding website that hooks up inventive types with folks who have too much disposable money, the glowing Arabidopsis spoke to me. Anthony Evans, the project's spokesperson on Kickstarter.com, offered backers a package of seeds that, when planted, would sprout a genetically modified plant that would glow on its own. Vegetable bioluminescence.
It sounds like a relatively simple idea. Take the genes that govern bioluminescence and graft them into the genes for a benign plant species. The idea is simple. The implementation, though, is astonishingly complex.
Still, there's no way I could ignore this possibility. Not only was the whole thing speaking to me, I know that my middle little dude, Zippy the College Boy, believes Avatar is the ultimate expression of film, the best movie ever conceived and produced, so being able to give him a glowing Pandora-like plant. . . Couldn't pass it up.
Which, it turns out, was a good thing for me. Because just as soon as the glowing plants were funded by more than 8,400 backers, kicking in $484,013 to fund a $65,000 request, Kickstarter banned anyone from giving away any genetically modified organisms.
Firstly, you can see I wasn't alone. More than 8,400 people backed the project, kicking in more than seven times the amount the creators would have considered a winning goal. Secondly, I understand Kickstarter's hesitation, but I think an outright ban is a bad idea.
I understand that no one likes the idea of a genetically modified plant running wild. Think about it. If you create a weedy plant that is much better at spreading itself, it could literally overrun entire sections of the country, the world. Think the kudzu plant. Here in the south, the kudzu plant is a green menace, gradually taking over every single inch of land it can reach. Now imagine if someone souped it up. Yikes. Kudzu-World.
Still, the folks behind this project selected a plant that isn't weedy, doesn't spread without human help, and does not receive a significant reproductive advantage from the glowing genetic inserts.
A blanket ban on genetically modified organisms seems like a bit of an overreaction to the possibility of something going wrong. I mean, I'm a big believer that we're going to need all the help we can get for the human race to help heal the planet we've done so much to damage.
Genetically modified organisms might be the only way we have of healing the damage. And cutting off a funding source for dudes who are looking for ways to expand our abilities doesn't sound very smart to me.


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Father faces lengthy jail term for killing knife thug who stole his son's iPhone
A FATHER faces a lengthy prison sentence after killing a thug who stole his son's iPhone.
Derek Grant's son Jordan was held up at knifepoint by Patrick Bradley as he made his way home from work last August.
The politics student, 20, and his father later found Bradley after tracing the phone using a GPS app.
Grant demanded the handset from Bradley – who then blinded the father-of-four by stabbing him in the eye.
However, a badly hurt Grant retaliated by knifing the 29-year-old and fatally injuring him.
At the High Court in Glasgow yesterday, Grant, 38, admitted culpable homicide.
A judge heard that he had reacted after being subjected to "extreme violence".
The incident was also described as a "tragedy" for his "high achieving" family.
Grant was remanded in custody and will learn his fate next month.
I was acting in self defence
The court heard how Jordan Grant had been returning to his home in Greenock, Renfrewshire, last August 30 when he was confronted by knife-wielding Bradley.
Bradley, who had a significant record for violence, ordered the frightened McDonald's worker to hand over his iPhone.
Jordan went home and told his father, who used the Find My iPhone app to locate the device.
Grant then left his home with Jordan and his two younger sons, Lee, 17, and Jamie, 16.
They spotted Bradley – who was not known to them – and Grant ordered that he hand back the stolen phone.
But Bradley instead lashed out and knifed Grant in the left eye.
His frantic son Jordan then screamed for help.
But his father repeatedly struck out at Bradley with a knife that he had taken from his home before leaving, having feared for his safety.
Bradley then suffered a cardiac arrest and died following the incident. Grant was arrested and he later said: "I wish to declare for the record that at the time of this incident, I was acting in self defence."
He faced a murder allegation before prosecutors yesterday accepted his guilty plea to the reduced charge of culpable homicide.
His three sons were also accused of murder, but their not guilty pleas were accepted.
Advocate depute Douglas Fairley QC said it was agreed Grant had suffered a "significant" degree of provocation before the fatal assault.
Grant's lawyer told the court he lashed out only as a "reaction to the extreme violence" that he faced.
Ian Duguid, defending, said that what happened had been a "tragedy" and "catastrophic" for a family that was law-abiding.
The court heard that Jordan was a university politics student, another son had hopes of being a footballer while the third was doing well at school.
Mr Duguid went on: "It may become evident that this is a family of high achievement."
The QC also said that Grant had been forced to give up his job as a driver having lost the sight in his left eye.
Lord Boyd remanded Grant in custody and deferred sentencing until September 1.
Culpable homicide is a common law offence which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
However, the average punishment is eight years.


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I'm a die-hard foodie who is desperately hoping to stay on track with Weight Watchers during an extended weekend in Vegas.
So, who's got the best salad in Vegas? And/or: Who's got the best low-cal meal in Vegas? I'll take ANY suggestions or ideas you have. (But I still will have to have at least ONE truffle from Vosges. I weep when I see their ice cream for sale at Whole Foods as I pass by again and again...)


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- school;
- building(s) where instruction in one or more branches of knowledge takes place.
- Piggott High School (1.2km)
- Piggott Middle School (1.3km)
- Piggott Elementary School (2.1km)
- Hitt School (historical) (4km)
- Mann School (historical) (4.3km)
- Hays School (historical) (5.4km)
- Austin School (historical) (6.8km)
- Calls School (historical) (7.2km)
- Harwood School (historical) (7.5km)
- Groff School (historical) (9.1km)
- South East School (historical) (9.5km)
- administrative division;
- an administrative division of a country, undifferentiated as to administrative level.
- North Saint Francis, Township of (1.4km)
- Saint Francis (historical), Township of (2km)
- South Saint Francis, Township of (4.5km)
- Liddell (historical), Township of (8.7km)
- Haywood (historical), Township of (8.7km)
- Swain (historical), Township of (8.8km)
- Chalk Bluff (historical), Township of (9.4km)
- Chalk Bluff-Liddell, Township of (9.5km)
- church;
- a building for public Christian worship.
- Hitts Church (4.1km)
- Austin Church (6.9km)
- Mount Zion Church (7.2km)
- Calls Church (7.2km)
- Hill Church (8.6km)
- Wanderers Home Church (8.8km)
- Harmony Church (9.6km)
- stream;
- a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.
- Sugar Creek (2.1km)
- McNie Creek (4.9km)
- Horse Creek (5.5km)
- Pomp Creek (5.9km)
- Quick Creek (6.9km)
- Caney Slough (historical) (7.6km)
- Raft Slough (9.4km)
Accommodation around Clay County Fairgrounds
- cemetery;
- a burial place or ground.
- Piggott Cemetery (3.1km)
- Little Flock Cemetery (7.1km)
- Hill Cemetery (8.7km)
- Winston Cemetery (8.7km)
- Williams Cemetery (9.6km)
- Local Feature;
- A Nearby feature worthy of being marked on a map..
- Clay County Fairgrounds (0km)
- Piggott Industrial Park (2.4km)
- Wrights Chapel (4km)
- Harwood Church (historical) (7.6km)
- building(s);
- a structure built for permanent use, as a house, factory, etc..
- Clay County Courthouse (1.5km)
- Piggott City Hall (1.6km)
- Piggott Library (1.6km)
- dam;
- a barrier constructed across a stream to impound water.
- Hughes Lake Dam (3.4km)
- Cole Lake Dam (5.5km)
- Moore Lake Dam (5.9km)
- reservoir(s);
- an artificial pond or lake.
- Hughes Lake (3.4km)
- Cole Lake (5.5km)
- Moore Lake (5.9km)
- airport;
- a place where aircraft regularly land and take off, with runways, navigational aids, and major facilities for the commercial handling of passengers and cargo.
- Piggott Community Hospital Heliport (2.2km)
- Piggott Municipal Airport (2.5km)
- hospital;
- a building in which sick or injured, especially those confined to bed, are medically treated.
- Piggott Community Hospital (1.3km)
- post office;
- a public building in which mail is received, sorted and distributed.
- Piggott Post Office (1.5km)
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- McDougal, Arkansas city city o
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- Gideon, Missouri city city o
- Malden, Missouri city city o
- Bragg City, Missouri city city o
Airports close to Clay County Fairgrounds
Arkansas international(BYH), Blytheville, Usa (64.9km)
Jonesboro muni(JBR), Jonesboro, Usa (93.4km)
Millington muni(NQA), Millington, Usa (147.9km)
Mc kellar sipes rgnl(MKL), Jackson, Usa (180.2km)
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Fruit fly quarantine for Adelaide's south-west
South Brighton and neighbouring Adelaide suburbs will be under quarantine for up to 12 weeks.
Mediterranean fruit fly larvae have been found in home-grown peaches.
No fresh fruit or fruiting vegetables such as capsicums, chillies or eggplants can be removed from the area.
Bruce Baker from Primary Industries says South Australia's $480 million fruit and vegetable industry could be at risk unless people obey the restrictions.
"Certainly there is dangers if people ignore the quarantine controls that have been put in place," he said.
"We stress to all members of the public not to remove any fruit from their properties at all - to preserve it, stew it or jam it.
"If they have excess fruit, ring our hotline and we'll arrange to have that fruit collected and disposed of in a safe manner."
There is a 24-hour hotline on 1300 666 010.
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
I know it has been awhile since I've written on my blog but I decided to write since tomorrow is my daughters birthday and on Saturday the kids and I are flying to California to visit my family. I hope it will be fun for the kids as it will be for me. I want to do something that the boys will enjoy. After we come home we will probably have soccer practice for my daughter and football practice for the boys. Then it's back to school in August. I decided to put the kids on the early track which starts at 8:00 in the morning. I think that will be better since they wake up early anyways so they can wake up and get ready for school instead of goofing around like last year. Plus I think it will be better for my oldest, since I'm not sure what time seventh grade starts. Well we will see. I think today our family is going to go on a tour to see our new temple the Oquirrh temple. That should be a fun family activity. Well I probably well write again when I get back from California. I don't know when that will be since we only bought tickets there not for the flight back. So until I write again.
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Sunday, May 3, 2009
Here we go again with another week. I talked with someone yesterday about all my drama and now that I am not keeping it bottled up any more I have decided to just get over it. I can't change anybody else but myself. I don't want to change the way I am completely all just have to be careful who I get close to and what I share to others. I almost forgot who I should always turn to when things just aren't going the way I expected. Well as for the kids there doing great the baseball game for the boys was cancelled yesterday because it was raining. Which was good in a way since on Friday my oldest sprained his thumb playing teather ball. Well I need to go get ready for church so until next time.
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Friday, May 1, 2009
Well today is the first day of May and I'm writing once again. There's not too much going on well there is but if I get into it I will get upset and start to cry. The kids are almost home and I have to be strong for the kids. But I can say 28 more days of school. I have to be very careful what I write because you never know who reads these. My boys have there first baseball game on Saturday at there old school and they are really excited about that. I think I want to start my daughter in tap dancing classes when we get money if we get money. I hate dandelions I swear I will pick them and the next day there are 10 or 15 more. I think I'm going to get some stuff that kills them. Until next time talk to you later!
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Well I just got home from volunteering at the kids school. I graded a spelling test and kept score while they played Deal or No Deal in teams on some science stuff before a science test. My son asked me to slide on his grounding today. But I told him I have before and he doesn't treat me any differently than he always does. It's funny at school when I'm helping in one sons class he's all lovey dovey but he has the worst attitude at home. I guess these are my trials for this part of my life. It's funny how defensive I get when my kids get put down or talked bad about. I guess if it makes people feel better to think there kids are better than mine and mine are awful, whatever! I know I yell a lot but my kids have been pretty good the last little while and they walked home after there baseball practice yesterday right after. I love my children so much!
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Well here I am again. On monday it was the hottest day this week so of course my middle child was out all day and got sunburn on his neck, arms and legs. My youngest wasn't out as long but got sunburn on the neck. But it wouldn't be Utah if it didn't snow and of course that's what it did this morning. My husband had a job in Nevada but it was snowing so everyone came home. But he might work for the same company that has an office in Los Angeles, California for the summer. I have been trying to start a new life with my family in Utah but I want to move back to California to be closer to my family. People are so different in Utah than California. I do have friends in Utah but I miss my family a lot more. I wanted to try to make it on my own with my own family and new friends but I want to be by my family. It's so hard growing up around a lot of family involvement and getting married and there is hardly any. I think I'm just am just being a big boob or a least that's what my husband would tell me that's why I can't talk to him because I would rather just write about it then have my husband make me feel like an idiot. Well I better go and make lunch for the family. Until next time.
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Thursday, April 9, 2009
Well my parents are gone and I did have a good time with them. My daughters best friend is glad they are gone since she told her she didn't want to play while her grandma was here. My boys like to stay after school and play tether ball so maybe I will look into getting them one or making a home made one. Tonight is my daughters first grade program at her school. My parents and I went to a rehearsal yesterday since they were leaving early this morning. Now I better go to pick up my boys since they are still at school and didn't let anyone know they were staying. Hopefully the next time I write I will have more to say. Next week is my kids spring break.
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Sunday, March 29, 2009
Well it's been another week and everything is going well. My mom and dad are coming out on Thursday so I'm really excited about that. I love it when they come out since I don't get to see them as often as I would like to. I woke up this morning with a sore throat. So far on my diet that I'm doing I have lost five pounds and I wish I would of lost more but the good news is I'm not gaining more. My husband says if I do it for 1 more week (the diet) and if I don't lose anymore more than I've already lost I could stop if I wanted. But I guess it's good because I'm eating more fruit and now I can sort of monitor what I'm eating. Plus drinking more water. Now we are getting ready for church. I'm wondering do you think every dream comes true? For the last couple of nights I have had a real disturbing dream about myself so I was just wondering. I keeping seeing kids I used to teach in church when they were 2 and in the fall they are going to start kindergarten. They look so much older than the little kids I used to teach. Now I can understand when my parents come and say that my kids look so much different than the last time they saw them. I'll try to write on my blog before my parents come if I remember if not I'll try to write after there gone. So until I write again. Bye.
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Billy J. Wilkinson
70, passed away Dec. 9, 2015. He was born in Beech Grove, IN to the late Phillip and Maxine Wilkinson. Bill retired as a foreman from Storms-McMullen Electric. He was a Marine Corps Veteran serving in Vietnam. Bill had a passion for golf and was a very loving husband, father and grandfather.
He is survived by his loving wife of 48 years Brenda Wilkinson; sons Brian (Angie) Wilkinson, and Travis (Elizabeth) Wilkinson; grandchildren Mitchell, Lauren, Olivia, and Billy Wilkinson; and sister Sharon (Wally) Wilkerson.
Visitation will be held Friday Dec. 11th from 4:00-8:00 p.m. at Little & Sons Stop 11 Chapel. Funeral Services will be held Saturday Dec. 12th at 10:30 a.m. in the funeral home with visitation one hour prior to the time of service. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Greenwood. The family would like to thank Madison Health Care, Dr. Max Runkle & Staff and St. Francis Hospice for their caring and compassion. Memorial contributions may be made to the Wounded Warriors
Friday, December 11, 2015
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Wh at a lovely tribute o your Bill. Will be thinking of you and your family on Saturday especially. Lots of hugs Mrs A.ReplyDelete
What a beautiful tribute to your husband, Brenda. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. Big hugs my friend.ReplyDelete
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A really moving and beautiful tribute to your beloved Bill. And a very cool looking guy he was too, I bet you made a really striking couple in your time. You're so much in my thoughts right now and will be especially so all day tomorrow dear girl. Hang on in there, you have to love of family and more friends than you realise to help you through this.ReplyDelete
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Beautiful tribute to your wonderful hubby, Brenda. My heart aches for you & your family, but I know your love will sustain you. I know it will be a lovely service & you will certainly do him proud. Hoping you can feel the warm hugs I'm sending you.ReplyDelete
Brenda, what a beautiful picture and message you wrote to show what kind of a man he was...I am sure you and your sons with their family's are doing him proud! God be with you through this difficult time! Prayers and hugs, my friend!ReplyDelete
That was a beautiful tribute to a good and honest man and a good-looking man, too! My thoughts and prayers are with you and your lovely family, Brenda. Talk to you soon. Love, DarnellReplyDelete
I'm so sorry to hear of your loss,Brenda. He sounds like a wonderful man. Prayers and hugs sent your way...ReplyDelete
I'm so sorry to hear of your loss,Brenda. He sounds like a wonderful man. Prayers and hugs sent your way...ReplyDelete
A lovely tribute to your dear hubby. Thinking of you. xxReplyDelete
I am so sadden to hear of Bill's passing Brenda. I know he was a wonderful man, husband and father and I don't know why our darling husbands were taken from us, I only know that God chose two beautiful roses for his garden up in heaven. Please know that you are in my thoughts and prayers my friend. And that I am only a phone call away. If you need to cry, we will cry together, if you need to scream, we will do that together too. If you just want to talk-I can do that as well. What ever you need, I'm here for you. Sending much love your way as well as prayers too.ReplyDelete


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Holiday Apps for Christmas and Hanukkah
Around this time each year, many of us fall victim to a condition known as holiday burnout, a malady sustained from weeks of consuming heavy food, viewing terrible Christmas specials and listening to the the tinny holiday music that is piped into every shopping center. However, at App360, we've decided that the old chestnut "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" is sage advice at times like these (plus the holidays are almost over). Thus, we present you with a roundup of "holiday" apps, some of which are actually practical, and a few offerings that are fun but essentially useless.
This entertainment app bills itself as appropriate for children, though surely this particular cultural reference is lost on the very young. Regardless, Pimp Santa's Sleigh allows the user to create a range of different custom rides for St. Nick, including a "rocket propelled sleigh," "Fast and Furious style sleigh" and "Asian dragon inspired sleigh" to name a few. You can then share your creation with your friends via a Christmas card, or display it in the gallery with other users' designs, which you can rate (be nice, as you can be rated as well). It's not a terribly useful app, but it can be entertaining – much like its namesake. We're sure Xzibit would approve.
iOS and Android, $0.99
Christmas!! Countdown to Santa
The overly enthusiastic title says it all. This is a digital advent calendar for die-hard Christmas lovers only, with saccharine Christmas jokes, festive songs, and all things cutesy included – even counting down to Christmas in terms of "sleeps to go."
iOS only, free
On a more practical note, if you're looking to jazz up your old shopping list, Santa's Bag lets you list off your holiday shopping to-does and budget out your gift giving. It's a glorified to do list with some added holiday cheer, including a countdown reminding you how many days left you have for elf business before Santa makes his rounds.
iOS, free
For something a bit more heavy duty, this app can your own little elf for holiday shopping. Truly great gift ideas are few and far between, so don't let your next superb gift scheme get lost in the interstitial space in your brain as you complete yet another circuit of the mall or cyberspace in search of "the perfect gift." This app offers a handy place to record all the details of great gift ideas, including cost, where you can purchase the item and the rationale for the purchase. Importantly, the app allows you to set and monitor your holiday spending budget, and tracks your giving history (to avoid the dreaded repeats).
iOS only, $0.99
The season that celebrates togetherness tends to make single people feel very alone. Fill the void with a chance encounter with a sufficiently attractive stranger. Or if strangers frighten you more than Santa scares children, try Hinge, which matches you up with friends of friends.
iOS and Android, free
Hanukkah is almost over, but an app that combines Jewish trivia and Sudoku is relevant in any season. This fun game app features a nicely-styled, blue-hued 9-by-9 Sudoku interface. In order to fill in each grid, the player must answer a multiple choice trivia question plucked from all categories of Judaica, including pop culture, history, pornography, the Talmud and Yiddish (many of the questions are really difficult!). Fun for anyone interested in Jewish culture.
iOS only, $2.99
This fitness app is a Christmas miracle for lazy people. The holidays are time where we fill awkward silences and familial fights with apple pie and turkey (or maybe spiked cocoa and mulled wine), forcing our hand in making weight loss resolutions for the New Year. Now Christmas has come early with this gift-giving fitness app that rewards you for exercising by awarding points toward prizes from stores like Sephora, Best Buy and Amazon. Nexer-Santa will give you gifts year round, as long as you keep running.
iOS only, free
If you need some material to break the ice with your great-aunt, or an easy activity to connect with your kid cousins, Santify is fun for all ages. It's basically your average photo booth app, but on a serious Christmas kick. Snap a photo of your favorite cousin, and let the app do the rest, as it turns even the biggest Grinches into a rosy-cheeked Santa or red-nosed Rudolph. It's free to download, if you want to be anything more than Mr. or Mrs. Claus, you'll have to fork over a buck for each additional face like Rudolph, Scrooge or an Elf.
iOS only, free (paid upgrades)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas – Dr. Seuss
This holiday favorite that began as a book, and was realized into several movies, has now come to your phone. Rediscover this heartwarming classic in an interactive book app that you can record yourself reading. Your heart is guaranteed to grow three times larger by the end of it.
iOS only, $1.99
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'I could go on forever about my eating habits. When I was about 40 I went through a bad period in my life and decided I'd write down what I eat - it really helped. I try to stick to my healthy diet whenever possible and I feel much better for it. When I go for dinner I don't make a big fuss; I try not to go to many dinners though. I simply can't eat the amount my friends cook and when I eat big meals I fall asleep. I'll have little bits of meals throughout the day and I'll grab a few endive leaves from the fridge for a snack.
These aren't the only 10 items I buy every week but they are my basics. I'm sorry it's so healthy - even I found such a healthy diet dull at first but I actually grew to like it. You can make an unbelievable variety of delicious food with these healthy ingredients. For instance, coarsely grated carrot salad with a garlic dressing tastes like paradise after it's been left overnight, the flavour turns sweet.
I don't eat junk food. My one weakness is mayonnaise; I put it over wholewheat bread as a midnight snack. I try to resist but when I go to the shop I can't stop myself. I don't eat much fruit and I don't really eat a lot of carbohydrates but I get my nutrients from dark green vegetables like broccoli, beans and spinach and I cook them very al dente, not mushy. I used to do raw food a bit but I'm doing more steamed at the moment.
Each week I steam lots of vegetables, pour yummy vinaigrette over them, made with a good quality olive oil and lemon and I graze on it all week. Occasionally I'll buy skinned chicken breasts, boil them and break them up into sandwiches and salads, but I can't bear large pieces of it. I also make big vegetables soups because they are perfect for disguising ingredients like kale which is very nutritious but I can't stand it. I like to blend the soup very well so it tastes creamy. I don't allow myself cream in the US - only in Britain when I have to feast on it with scones and jam.'
Interview by Chloe Diski
All green foods contain chlorophyll, but none as rich as spinach. Chlorophyll helps plants capture oxygen, and, by eating them, we too get the benefit of this most important of nutrients. Spinach is the second richest vegetable for anti-ageing antioxidants, the richest being kale, and is also exceptionally rich in iron. So Popeye got it right. But it's not all good news. Spinach contains oxalates which are an anti-nutrient that binds to minerals like iron and stops them being absorbed. But, in the case of iron, it's five steps forward and one step back.
Mayonnaise is hardly a weakness when applied to this superhealthy selection of favourite foods. Made from eggs and oil, the quality of mayonnaise depends on the kind of eggs and the kind of oil. There are good fats and bad fats and what's in an egg depends on what you feed the chickens. If you feed them seeds you get essential fats in the eggs. The same is true for the olive. My favourite mayonnaise is organic, made with olive oil.
As with all foliage, endive is very rich in folic acid, as well as other B vitamins. Green, leafy veg also provides the mineral magnesium, which has a calming effect.
Olive oil, extra virgin cold pressed
Olive oil contains mainly mono-unsaturated fats. These are not as good for you as essential fats in seed oils such as flax or sesame, but not as bad for you as saturated fat. While olive oil contains only small amounts of the essential fats (8% omega-6 oils), you can get it 'cold-pressed' and unrefined. This makes it better for you than refined vegetable oils like the sunflower oil you can generally buy in the supermarket. Also, while there is a strong association between a high intake of saturated fats, (mainly from meat and dairy products) and cardiovascular disease, the reverse is true for olive oil. People in Mediterranean countries whose diet includes olive oil have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease. However, this may be partly due to a number of other positive factors in their diet, including a high intake of fruit and vegetables and relatively more fish than meat.
These saved the lives of thousands of sailors due to their rich supply of vitamin C. The different colour adds a different type of antioxidant. However, its major plus is vitamin C. Lemons are also rich in citric acid, which adds a tangy flavour to cooking. Lemon juice is reputed to be a great detoxifier, so if you want to spring-clean your body, drink the juice of one lemon with water.
Wholegrain bread
Why eat any other when the wholegrain tastes better and is better for you? Best of all is 'heavy' bread because this means there's less gluten. Old-style wheat strains that were stoneground had less gluten. Hard, high gluten wheat can only be crushed by steel roller mills and became popular post-Industrial Revolution. Gluten is an intestinal irritant, but helps make bread light and fluffy. Good for croissants but not good for you. Best of all is rye bread. Wholewheat bread is a great source of B vitamins and fibre.
Carrots do help you see in the dark because they're loaded with beta-carotene, the vegetable source of vitamin A (retinol) which is needed by the retina of the eye for black and white vision. So, eat carrots until, when you press your palm the underlying colour has a very slight yellow/orange hue. If it's white/grey you need a carrot a day.
Green beans
Here's another protein rich vegetable. Why? Because green beans are a seed food and contain their own seed which is naturally rich in protein, zinc and other essential nutrients for aspiring seeds that want to be vegetables. Eaten raw, or lightly cooked or steamed, they provide a wide range of nutrients, including phytoestrogens that help keep your hormones balanced.
Red and green pepper
Jacqueline really knows her vegetables. Peppers are another five-star food. They are exceptionally high in vitamin C and rich in antioxidants. Red are slightly better than green in this respect. Different colours in nature represent different types of antioxidants so, by eating a multi-coloured diet you get the best all-round protection.
This is the king of foods as far as health is concerned. A serving of broccoli has more vitamin C than an orange and is one of the most protein-rich vegetables. Of the calories in broccoli, almost half come from protein. The magic is in the flowers. That's what you're eating with broccoli - nutrient- rich flowers containing lots of B vitamins and antioxidants. Broccoli could even cure a hangover. That's because it contains glucosinolates that dramatically increase the liver's ability to detoxify.
Tomatoes are the richest source of another rejuvenating antioxidant called lycopene. This accounts for the red colour and makes tomatoes another superfood. There have been reports that you get more lycopene from cooked tomatoes because the cooking, or blending helps break down plant cell walls, but other nutrients, such as vitamin C, are destroyed by cooking. But tomatoes are great raw - just chew them well.


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LDS History Sites
Places of Historical Significance to LDS Church Members
The location where the Book of Mormon was first published, in the downtown area of Palmyra several miles north of the Smith farm.
Facsimile of the press used to print the first 5,000 copies of the Book of Mormon.
Replicas of the press pages where the Book of Mormon was first published.
Replica of the Book of Mormon manuscript in the Grandin Building visitor center.
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An intelligent and entertaining exploration of this notoriously unsettled region.
The Middle East is notoriously complex and difficult. This compact book on the topic by the University of Oxford's leading expert does not shirk the challenge. Organised thematically, and dealing with all the pivotal issues in the region, from oil and religion to gender and conflict, this comprehensive primer is both easy-to-read and full of insight. Stuffed with historical background, real-life examples, profiles of key figures from Nasser to Gadaffi, and even popular jokes from the area, The Middle East: A Beginner's Guide will captivate tourists, students, and the interested general reader alike.
Leading expert on the Middle East Philip Robins, of Oxford, presents his subject in plain terms. Narrator Aspal's patient voice will be a listener's guide while she seeks to build a more nuanced understanding of this part of the world.
Robins takes care to clarify common misconceptions about this diverse region of the world and its too-often stereotyped reputation, going into detail about geography, cultural customs, religious diversity, and political hardship. At this moment in history it is more essential than ever to understand the region. Whether you are planning to visit the Middle East and are wanting to be informed, or whether you just feel like you'd like to learn more, this book is a good place to begin.
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Exelent book, deep understanding of the subject
I read the previous review andwas suspicious about the quality, but still bought it. I enjoyed it . It gives exelent overview of history and politics previous and current and effects of one on another.
- inna