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August 1, 2004
Oyster farming thrives on the Damariscotta Riverby Muriel L. Hendrix
In the past five years, the number of people raising oysters in Maine has more than doubled, and the industry is still growing. This never could have happened, say several growers who have had oyster farms in the Damariscotta River since the early 1980s, without Dr. Herbert Hidu and the tenacity of the people who worked with him. "There were a lot of people who beat down the brush," says Sam Chapman; "people who plowed through the woods aimlessly." Hidu was hired in the early 1970s by the University of Maine to establish a shellfish aquaculture program funded by Maine Sea Grant at the Ira C. Darling Marine Center in Walpole. Hidu's broad experience as a pioneer in shellfish aquaculture included work in several places along the Eastern Seaboard and at the National Marine Fisheries Laboratory in Milford, Connecticut, with Victor Loosanoff, a Russian scientist who has been described as the "guru of shellfish biologists." Hidu's presence at the Darling Center served as a magnet for graduate students interested in hatchery and growout techniques for all types of shellfish aquaculture. "Hidu was very innovative, always looking for new ideas," says Carter Newell of Pemaquid Oyster Co. "His basic thing was for his students to be independent. He told me what I needed to do and then I did it." Chris Davis, also of Pemaquid Oyster and a teacher at the Darling Center, adds that Hidu was very good at designing scientific experiments. "He had a good sense of what was worthwhile and what would be a waste of time," he says. Everyone remembers Hidu's energy and enthusiasm. Chapman, who was hired by Hidu in 1972 to manage the new aquaculture center, describes him as "an adult teenager all his life. Anything you did, he made a competition out of it," he says. "He really kept people hustling." "The oyster work Herb founded really got the oyster industry started in the state of Maine," Chapman adds. From the beginning, he says, Hidu wanted to develop oyster and other shellfish aquaculture opportunities for fishermen as an additional way for them to make money working on the water. However, says Chapman, "At first, only retired people had the time and money to make oyster aquaculture work. But now, because of the availability of seed oysters and the way the technology has evolved, anybody with a boat and motor and access to a clean area can grow oysters." The industry had to go through years of experimentation with techniques for hatchery culture and nursery and growout methods before this became possible. Early researchers and farmers tried out oddly shaped floating nurseries made of wood, plastic and various types of screening; stacked growout trays, trays planted on the bottom and oysters planted loose on the bottom. Finally, most settled (for awhile, at least, and with several variations) on a combination of surface and bottom culture. They use floating bags in the early stages and plant oysters directly on the bottom for final growout. "We always joke about the technology graveyard - all the stuff we've gone through," says Newell. "We've struggled for so long." The earliest wave of growers focused on the European or Belon oyster, Ostrea edulis, which in those days sold for around 50 cents apiece, whereas the American or Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, brought only 15 or 20 cents apiece. In the late 1970s, when a winter die-off decimated 90 percent of the European oyster crop, almost all of the early growers decided to move on to other ventures, and a new wave of oyster farmers came on the scene: people who had done graduate work with Hidu. On the Damariscotta River, they include Dick Clime of Dodge Cove Sea Farm, who started in 1976 with European oysters and made the transition to American; Newell and Davis, two of originally six and now four partners at Pemaquid Oyster Co., who began raising American oysters in 1985 and opened their own hatchery in 1996; and Bill Mook of Mook Sea Farms, who in 1982 worked in and then ran a hatchery in Bristol, opened his own hatchery in 1985 and later began raising oysters to maturity. In the early days of oyster aquaculture, growers built much of their equipment out of materials they scrounged or bought at hardware and department stores. Many still do this, although commercial equipment is now available. Davis says for about 15 years Pemaquid used homemade wooden nursery trays built of hackmatack with window screening held on by oak laths. "They weighed 15 pounds dry and about 60 pounds when they were waterlogged, fouled with marine animals and plants, and full of oysters," he says. Pulling them for cleaning (fouling clogged the mesh and prevented water from circulating freely through the trays to bring phytoplankton to the oysters) was backbreaking work. On a trip to New Brunswick in the late 1990s, Newell and Davis discovered commercially produced plastic mesh ("ADPI") bags that could replace the wooden trays. These weigh two pounds when they're put in, and two pounds plus the weight of the oysters when they come out. They are easy to maintain, requiring a simple flip once a week so marine organisms that latch onto them will dry out and fall off. (The wooden trays sank too low in the water to allow organisms to dry.) In the early 90s, American oyster farms were seriously threatened by a die-off caused by juvenile oyster disease (JOD). "We lost more than 90 percent of our crop," says Davis. "Everyone suffered from it." Fortunately, there hasn't been a similar die-off since. Davis attributes that to more careful management techniques such as ensuring that oysters, which, if possible, are put into ADPI bags in May, have grown large enough to withstand disease by the end of July and early August, when JOD is most prevalent. Pemaquid also has experimented with putting out seed oysters in August, after the greatest risk of JOD has passed, and with using alternative remote sites for nursery oysters, places where JOD has not been detected. Mook says he believes surviving oysters, having grown in waters containing JOD, have gained some immunity and genetic resistance to the disease. Researchers continue to work on developing strains of oysters resistant to JOD. Clime of Dodge Cove Marine Farms, who was issued one of Maine's early aquaculture leases, says he and a partner started out raising the European oysters on lantern-shaped nets, which were at that time used by the Japanese for scallop aquaculture. Keeping these nets clean was a major challenge. They used a power spray to wash off the organisms, working their way down the line of 1,500 lanterns. "It was like painting the Golden Gate Bridge," Clime says. "You'd start at one end and by the time you reached the other, you had to start again." Also, they found the European oysters were more time-consuming, and less economical to raise than American oysters because they could not survive winter water temperatures in the upper Damariscotta where the Dodge Cove lease was located. The lanterns had to be moved each winter to deeper waters, then brought back up the following summer. Newell of Pemaquid Oyster says a paper by Hidu led him to a site Pemaquid still uses for growout. "I dug out this old paper Hidu had written where he assessed the best places to grow the different types of oysters up and down the Damariscotta River," he says. "It turned out the best spot for American oysters was in front of Mary Parmley's house." Parmley, now 80, has had a lease on that spot since the early 1980s; one of Pemaquid Oyster's leases is nearby. Newell says Pemaquid had the first upweller on the river because he attended a formal dinner given for the Shellfish Growers Association in Britain at the Tower of London. (Because upwellers, often used for the first stages of nursery growth, pump more water past small seed than the tide can carry, they deliver more nutrients and speed up growth.) "I was sitting next to John Bayes, who invented the upweller," Newell explains. "Bayes drew the design for an upweller on a napkin, and I brought it home." Recently, as part of the Fishermen's Retraining Project, fishermen have had the opportunity to learn techniques of oyster (and other shellfish) aquaculture. In 1998, Maine Aquaculture Training Institute (MATI), started by the owners of Pemaquid Oyster, established a 10-week training course. It offers classroom instruction by industry experts and takes prospective shellfish farmers on field trips along the East Coast to observe shellfish aquaculture operations. Jesse Leach of Penobscot completed the first MATI course and has been a leader among traditional fishermen in transferring a lifetime of fishing skills to this new venture. About 50 people have completed the course; close to one-half are growing shellfish. Davis, who teaches many of the classes for MATI, is also working with Maine Sea Grant on an Oyster Gardening Project for citizens of Damariscotta and Blue Hill. (WWF, June 2004) Despite setbacks, oyster aquaculture has come a long way from its beginnings under Hidu's tutelage. Approximately 30 growers and seven hatcheries were listed in 2003, up from 10 growers and a couple of hatcheries in 1993. The Damariscotta River oysters, which are sold either directly or through distributors to restaurants and seafood markets from Toronto to Atlanta, currently retail for about $1.00 apiece locally. "We can't grow enough to meet the demand," Davis says. Hidu, who retired in 1992, has moved on to new challenges. "A lot of people linger with their old careers when they retire," he says. "I couldn't do it halfway." He has turned to a new sort of farming, raising hostas, a hobby he says "is getting out of hand." He also spends a good bit of time painting, hiking and says he considers himself "a professional golfer." First of two articles. Next month: challenges and opportunities facing the oyster aquaculture industry and profiles of several growers.
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It can be argued the Jets have had a half-share of the AFC East since Ryan's arrival.
The Patriots have won the division title the past two years, but the Jets have made it to the AFC title game twice, going deeper into the playoffs than the Pats. A division title for the Jets can change a lot of things. For one, it would give them a chance for a home game or two in the playoffs. The Jets have had to win four games on the road to get to their two championship games.
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After the Jets game, the Pats don't face a team with a winning record until the season finale against the Bills. Thanks in part to Rex Ryan, teams have figured ways to slow Tom Brady's offense. As they proved in last year's playoff victory in New England, the Jets can slow down the slower pass-catchers of the Patriots with a lot of man defenses and mixing in disguised schemes in which they drop eight defenders into coverage.
The Patriots have faced those types of defenses the past three weeks and have been held to 21 points or fewer for only the third time since Brady and Bill Belichick have been together. With a re-emphasis on running the football, the Jets are going back to the type of football team Ryan wants.
They like to "Ground and Pound" with their running attack and play good defense. Sunday is the chance to put up or shut up.
Here are the top 10 things to watch for in Week 10.
2. Put up or shut up in Cincinnati: At 6-2, the Bengals have the record of a playoff team. Over the next four weeks, we'll find out whether the Bengals have the profile of a wild-card team or a contender to win the AFC North. In that span, the Bengals play two games against the Pittsburgh Steelers and one against the Baltimore Ravens. We will find out whether Andy Dalton, 6-2 as a starter, is a rookie operating at a high level beyond his experience. The Steelers have ruined rookie quarterbacks over the past four seasons. Former Bengals head coach Dick LeBeau, now the Steelers' defensive coordinator and the man who created the zone blitz, baffles rookie quarterbacks without having to blitz them too much. According to ESPN Stats & Information, rookie quarterbacks over the past four seasons are completing only 48.4 percent of their passes for 4.6 yards an attempt when the Steelers rush four or fewer defenders. During that span, the Steelers have intercepted eight passes from rookies and sacked quarterbacks on 10.9 percent of their drop backs.
3. Put up or shut up in Atlanta: The NFC South lead will be on the line when the New Orleans Saints face the Atlanta Falcons at the Georgia Dome. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are struggling at 4-4, so the division is turning back into a two-team race. It will be interesting to see whether the Falcons change some of their pass-coverage schemes when facing Drew Brees. The Falcons like to use a lot of Cover 2, particularly on third downs. This year, opponents are converting 41.9 of their third downs against the Falcons' defense, and the Falcons' defense has an 82.1 passer rating against it. Thanks to the development of Jimmy Graham at tight end and Darren Sproles' catching passes out of the backfield, Brees can now destroy the Cover 2 defense. The Falcons might have to try some man-to-man. The Falcons have lost four of their past five games against the Saints, and Sean Payton is 8-2 against the Falcons. If the Falcons want to repeat as NFC South winners, they have to put up or shut up Sunday.
5. Battle for the NFC No. 2 seed: Jim Harbaugh is the Coach of the Half Year for taking the 49ers to a 7-1 start. Their magic number for clinching the NFC West is four, meaning two wins by the 49ers and two losses by the Seattle Seahawks and Cardinals would allow the 49ers to clinch the division title as early as next week. With the NFC West title well in hand, the 49ers could concentrate on seeding. Although it might be hard to catch the Packers, the 49ers can put an early lock on the No. 2 seed if they can beat the 6-2 New York Giants on Sunday. The Giants, who upset the Patriots last week, are in the toughest part of their schedule. After the 49ers game, they face the Philadelphia Eagles, Saints and Packers. The Giants lead the NFC East by two games, but fans worry about second-half collapses. Since 2004, the Giants are 24-32 in the second halves of seasons, ranking 24th in the league. Although Aaron Rodgers is running away with MVP honors, Eli Manning has his name in the mix. He's had four fourth-quarter comebacks and eight fourth-quarter touchdown passes, and his 92.6 QBR rating since Week 6 is the best in football. It will be interesting to see how Alex Smith does in this playoff-like atmosphere. Smith is averaging only 183.4 passing yards but he has 10 touchdown passes and only two interceptions.
6. Can Haynesworth save the day? After losing defensive tackle Gerald McCoy for the season, the Bucs made the desperation move of claiming DT Albert Haynesworth after he was cut by the New England Patriots. Haynesworth had only five tackles in six games as a Patriot, but this is the first time since he's left Tennessee that he will be playing in a one-gap scheme that allows him to be a disruptive force. The Bucs need something. They are slow starters. Their offense hasn't had a first-quarter touchdown in eight games this season, and the youngest team in football is acting a little immature. Offensive mistakes are increasing. Josh Freeman is occasionally having his young receivers line up wrong. The Texans come in with the league's most dominating running attack. Getting Haynesworth may prevent the Bucs from being bullied.
7. A college game at Arrowhead: Chiefs fans and their tailgate barbecues usually give a collegiate atmosphere to Chiefs games. On Sunday, the presence of Tim Tebow makes this game less like a Broncos-Chiefs game and more like a Nebraska-Kansas game. Since giving Tebow the starting job, coach John Fox is turning the Broncos' offense into the one Tebow ran at Florida. He's letting Tebow do more read-options in which Tebow is the main runner and Willis McGahee or Knowshon Moreno are the options. Though it hasn't been pretty, and Tebow gets more runs than completions, the Broncos have won two of the past three games, pretty much putting them out of the Andrew Luck sweepstakes. The Broncos are trying to see whether or not the Tebow-type offense will work. A couple of years ago, the Chiefs tried Tyler Thigpen in the Pistol formation, but too many losses scrapped that concept. We'll see how it goes for the Broncos.
9. How the NFC West affects other divisions: The Seahawks, Cardinals and Rams are 1-7 against NFC East teams. They are 0-6 against the AFC North. If that trend continues, it affects playoff races in both conferences. The Ravens travel cross-country to face the Seahawks, who, if they lose, could match the Rams at 0-4 against the AFC North. The Ravens and Steelers are each 2-0 against the NFC West and are counting on the four-game boost from this division. The Eagles hope to keep their playoff hopes alive when they play the 2-6 Cardinals. They are counting on winning three games against the Seahawks, Rams and Cardinals. At 3-5, the Browns aren't thinking playoffs but the next two weeks could get them back to .500. They host the 1-7 Rams and the 2-6 Jaguars over the next two weeks.
10. Rookie quarterback watch: With the exception of Blaine Gabbert, rookie quarterbacks Andy Dalton, Christian Ponder and Cam Newton have made quick conversions into their roles as NFL quarterbacks. Over the second half of the season, we'll see whether Ponder and Newton can turn their successes throwing the ball into victories. The Panthers host the Tennessee Titans, who at 4-4 are trying to stay in the playoff race. Newton is averaging close to 300 yards a game passing and looks like a lock for Rookie of the Year. Ponder makes a Monday night appearance against the Green Bay Packers. Ponder's first start was against the Packers, and he threw for 219 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Gabbert's game against the Colts is interesting in the sense that if the Colts can't beat the Jags, Indianapolis may not win a game this season. Colts coach Jim Caldwell needs to get a victory to calm frustrated owner Jim Irsay, who is growing tired of the losses.
John Clayton, a recipient of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's McCann Award for distinguished reporting, is a senior writer for ESPN.com.
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Ten Low-Glycemic Menu Options for a South Beach Diet Friendly Superbowl Party
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Hi Kalyn - great round-up! I've been wanting to prepare a tuna mousse so that is going on my to-do list.
I never thought about South Beach super bowl recipes, but after looking at my recipe round-up - I can see how the traditional bash would be a s.b. danger zone - I've got a mental note to tuck in some lighter options next year! Enjoy the game!Kalyn- have you ever tried 'Kale chips'? There are as crunchy and satisfying as potato chips, are easy to make, and require a minimal amount of oil. I got the recipe from Epicurious but it's basically Kale leaves with the center ribs cut out, tossed with a tiny bit of olive oil (1 1/2 - 2 tbl for a whole bunch) and seasoned with a bit of salt and pepper (or any other spices). Then just bake at 200 degrees for 30-35 minutes. When I've brought these to parties they've been huge hits and people are always asking for the recipe!
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Wondering which alfalfa seed marketer has which Roundup Ready alfalfa varieties available? The table below lists 38 varieties being marketed this spring that have Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies and National Alfalfa and Miscellaneous Legumes Variety Review Board (NAVRB) approval.
For disease and pest resistance information on each variety, the National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance (NAFA) has created an addendum to the 2011 edition of its Winter Survival, Fall Dormancy & Pest Resistance Ratings for Alfalfa Varieties leaflet that was published in Hay & Forage Grower'sNovember 2010 issue. The addendum will be in our March issue on page 14.
To see the 2011 NAFA alfalfa variety leaflet online, as well as coexistence and best management practice documents, visit www.alfalfa-forage.org and look under the Education heading.
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All the World's a Stage: Memories and moments in time {WoW}
Jan 31st 2011 5:43PM Ref: http://www.wowwiki.com/Timeline_(unofficial)
This timeline seemed to make the most logical sense to me and easiest to work with.
All the World's a Stage: Memories and moments in time {WoW}
Jan 31st 2011 5:24PM My take on Gilneas timeline
Ref: http://www.wowwiki.com/Timeline_(unofficial)
Year 0 - First War (Year 592 by King's calendar)
Year 20 - End of 2nd War. Alliance splinters, Graymane wall built
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Year 39 - The Shattering, Graymane wall cracks, Invasion of Gilneas by Forsaken begins
9 yrs of war with Forsaken
Year 48 - "After the victory Gilneas rejoined the Alliance after 28 years."


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Mike Reiss of ESPNBoston.com wonders whether the Patriots will look to redefine their offense in 2012 under offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. Reiss shares the the opinion of NFL Network's Mike Lombardi, who spoke about the Patriots offense on Bill Simmons' "BS Report" podcast earlier this year. "I think they have to go back and redefine themselves. They've become a little bit like the Miami Dolphins when they had Danny Marino and only (Mark) Clayton and (Mark) Duper could play. The volume of offense became so great that no young player or any experienced player could come in and do it. .. They have to clean up the system," stated Lombardi. He also added that he thinks the Patriots will look to add more power to the offense through the running game, with the focus on getting back to the '07 model.
Shalise Manza Young of The Boston Globe writes that Patriots defensive lineman
Ian R. Rapoport of The Boston Herald writes that Bill Belichick was at the University of Alabama's Pro Day yesterday. Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban, who is good friends with Belichick, had this response when asked if he took Belichick out on a night on the town: "You don't know Belichick very well," Saban said, smiling with reporters, as captured by AL.com. "What you do when he comes to town is you go in the meeting room and you order the stuff in and you eat while the film's going. So, that's what we did."
Tom E. Curran of CSNNE.com writes that the Patriots may look to draft a wide receiver in the upcoming NFL Draft, even with 10 wideouts currently on the roster. He argues that
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Hedgehog (Hh) signaling is involved in patterning and morphogenesis of most organs in the developing mammalian embryo. Despite many advances in understanding core components of the pathway, little is known about how the activity of the Hh pathway is adjusted in organ- and tissue-specific developmental processes. Mutations in EVC or EVC2 disrupt Hh signaling in tooth and bone development. Using mouse models, we show here that Evc and Evc2 are mutually required for localizing to primary cilia and also for maintaining their normal protein levels. Consistent with Evc and Evc2 functioning as a complex, the skeletal phenotypes in either single or double homozygous mutant mice are virtually indistinguishable. Smo translocation to the cilium was normal in Evc2-deficient chondrocytes following Hh activation with the Smo-agonist SAG. However, Gli3 recruitment to cilia tips was reduced and Sufu/Gli3 dissociation was impaired. Interestingly, we found Smo to co-precipitate with Evc/Evc2, indicating that in some cells Hh signaling requires direct interaction of Smo with the Evc/Evc2 complex. Expression of a dominantly acting Evc2 mutation previously identified in Weyer's acrodental dysostosis (Evc2Δ43) caused mislocalization of Evc/Evc2Δ43 within the cilium and also reproduced the Gli3-related molecular defects observed in Evc2(-/-) chondrocytes. Moreover, Evc silencing in Sufu(-/-) cells attenuated the output of the Hh pathway, suggesting that Evc/Evc2 also promote Hh signaling in the absence of Sufu. Together our data reveal that the Hh pathway involves Evc/Evc2-dependent modulations that are necessary for normal endochondral bone formation.
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Violet Void
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Sonic as the Violet Void. | |
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First appearance |
Sonic Colors (DS version) |
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Hyper-go-on from Violet Wisps |
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The Violet Void (バイオレット・ヴォイド Baioretto vu~oido?) is a transformation used by Sonic the Hedgehog in the DS version of Sonic Colors. It is the Color Power Sonic gains when absorbing a Violet Wisp and its Hyper-go-on. While in this form, Sonic turns into a ghost-like void that sucks up anything in its path.
As the Violet Void, Sonic's entire body turns into a ghastly floating black orb made of smoke, with violet outlines, which is arguably not much larger than Sonic's full height. On the side of the Violet Void, Sonic's eyes and mouth can be seen, though his eyes have lost their pupils and have turned yellow, and his mouth has become a wide sinister smile with serrated sharp teeth and glows yellow.
Powers and abilities
As the Violet Void, Sonic essentially becomes a living black hole, granting him the ability to draw objects into himself from a distance and seemingly making them vanish into a void within himself that destroys them. However, if the object in question is too big or too heavy, Sonic cannot draw it into him.
Due to his body being made of a smoke-like substance, Sonic is granted limited intangibility, allowing him to pass through certain obstacles such as moving fans unharmed. As the Violet Void, Sonic is also capable of flight, allowing him to move through mid-air.
Like the Purple Frenzy, Sonic is, as the Violet Void, able to add the mass of the objects he draws into himself to his own, allowing Sonic to grow larger the more he consumes, until he reaches the maximum size for the Violet Void, which is about three times the form's original size. The more Sonic increases in size as the Violet Void, the stronger his suction ability will become, allowing Sonic to draw in bigger and heavier objects from increasingly greater distances. At maximum size of the Violet Void, Sonic can even draw in objects weighting at least a ton and enemies at the size of the Frigate Skullian.
The Violet Void's only known weakness is that this form can only be maintained for a few movements before Sonic will revert back to normal, and requires more Hyper-go-on from Violet Wisps to be maintained.
In the DS version of Sonic Colors, the Violet Void is the last Color Power introduced in the game, and is unlocked in Asteroid Coaster. The player can only use the Violet Void while Sonic is in possession of a Violet Wisp. Transforming into the Violet Void will cause the Boost Gauge to start depleting, and once it runs out, Sonic will revert back to normal.
As the Violet Void, any enemies that may be encountered by the player, or obstacles blocking the player's path, will be drawn into the player, either from a distance or by physical touch in some cases, and are instantly destroyed. After consuming a few enemies/obstacles with the Violet Void, the player will grow one size, and will do so again after consuming more objects. The Violet Void can have up to two growth spurts before it reaches maximum size. The bigger the Violet Void is, the larger the player's intake radius as the Violet Void will be, and the faster he/she can move.
Certain obstacles, usually of greater size and weight, requires that the Violet Void has reached a certain size before it can be swallowed. The Violet Void are likewise able to draw in Rings and Wisp Capsules from a distance A specific block-shaped gimmick in the Acts can also provide the player with additional matter for the purpose of increasing the Violet Void's size.
While as the Violet Void, the player is invulnerable to damage, be it from the environment or enemies. This means that the player cannot lose Rings or lives due to taking damage when as the Violet, allowing the player to move over obstacles such as spikes, without taking damage. The player can, however, still lose a life when moving into bottomless pits.
While turned into the Violet Void, the player can take alternate paths and shortcut throughout the Act by passing through rotating fans that would otherwise block the player's advances. When passing through these fans, the player is briefly turned into smoke and is given a boost of speed in the direction the fan is facing. These fans can likewise be used to direct the player down a certain path in midair, by sending the player towards a new fan with a previous fan that the player passed through beforehand.
The Violet is activated by the player by pressing the X button, while the player's directions are controlled by control pad. While as the Violet Void, the player can move in all direction, as the Violet Void is capable of automatic flight.
- The Violet Void can be used to slowly eat away at the Frigate Skullian. If its health is depleted while in Void form, it will be sucked in.
- The Violet Void and the Yellow Drill are the only Color Powers that have multiple jingles. The Yellow Drill's jingles are heard in Sweet Mountain and Aquarium Park, and the Violet Void's jingles are heard during Act 1, Act 2, and the missions of Sweet Mountain and Asteroid Coaster, and during the boss fight against Frigate Skullian.
- However, this is the only color power to have different jingles in the DS version since the Yellow Drill jingles are the same in that version.
- The Violet Void's jingles are actually slower distortions of the background music.
- However, this is the only color power to have different jingles in the DS version since the Yellow Drill jingles are the same in that version.
- In the upcoming video game, Sonic Lost World, a new Color Power know as the Indigo Asteroid, has abilities very similar to the Violet Void. Similarly, the Black Wisps from Sonic Lost World have a similar Color Power (known as the Black Bomb) which has some comparisons to the Violet Void.
- In the opening, the Violet Void is shown to have rather white eyes and mouth whilst, in the levels, it is shown to have a yellow mouth and yellow eyes instead.
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Wisp Types | Black Wisp (Black Bomb) | Blue Wisp (Blue Cube) | Crimson Wisp (Crimson Eagle) | Cyan Wisp (Cyan Laser) | Gray Wisp (Gray Quake) | Green Wisp (Green Hover) | Indigo Wisp (Indigo Asteroid) | Ivory Wisp (Ivory Lightning) | Magenta Wisp (Magenta Rhythm) | Orange Wisp (Orange Rocket) | Pink Wisp (Pink Spikes) | Red Wisp (Red Burst) | White Wisp (Boost) | Yellow Wisp (Yellow Drill) | ||
Nega-Wisps | Purple Wisp (Purple Frenzy) | Violet Wisp (Violet Void) | Nega-Mother Wisp | ||
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Strategic e-grocery alliance between Migros and LeShop.ch Migros and LeShop.ch join their forces to form a strategic alliance in the long term: the assortments of both on-line shops, www.migros-shop.ch and www.LeShop.ch, will be merged. From January 2004, 80 per cent of Swiss households will have access to a unique assortment. For the very first time, consumers will be able to choose from the popular, advantageous Migros products and from well-known brands in the same on-line shop. The powerful alliance will strongly increase the efficiency of both on-line partners. With an estimated turnover of 25 to 30 million CHF in 2004, this strategic partnership will clearly have the lead in the Swiss e-grocery business.
Cooperation from 2004
LeShop.ch sells one license of its technology to Auchan, one of the main French retailing groups (www.Auchandirect.fr in France and www.Auchan.es in Spain).


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Justin Trudeau, the potential next federal Liberal leader of Canada, is thought to be employing similar methods used by President Obama during the president's extremely successful bid for democratic nomination and, ultimately, his election and re-election.
Though the political systems of Canada and the United States are fundamentally different and have vastly different ways of electing party leaders, the Canadian system appears to be taking a page out of the American system's playbook. Historically (and currently for the Canadian Conservatives and New Democratic Parties), the selection of a party leader in Canada has been to hold a vote wherein only the registered party elites may partake in the selection of the leader. In the United States, however, it is through popular vote of registered party members to determine the leader of the party.
The Liberal party has seemingly abandoned the elitist route. With the creation of "supporters" (any registered voter in any district regardless of affiliation or dues), the Liberal party may be able to follow the Obama campaign's footprint and garner huge amounts of early popular vote before the April leader selection and the October 2015 federal election.
Where this plan is different, however, is that the Obama campaign recognized that they would never win the elites (who were loyal to the Clinton clan), so they turned to the popular vote and excited young people, minorities, and many others. There is no such evidence, to date, to suggest that Trudeau is going to have the same difficulties with winning over the elites. The idea is nevertheless genius as it creates early excitement, draws people out to the polls, and gives the Liberal party the attention and commitment it has been sorely lacking as the third party out.
The faltering Liberal party needs a leader who can re-ignite its constituents. The Liberal middle party is set between the Canadian Conservatives and the NDPs. It claims to hold middle ground, but lacks a supporter base in its current state. Whether it is an ideological overhaul, new leader or unexpected plan from the Liberals, they Liberal party of Canada needs something to become relevant once again and occupy their historically held place as either the dominant or opposition party in Canadian politics.
Source: Team Trudeau: Taking a Page Out of Obama's Playbook, Globe & Mail


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I thought i would post it here before the dreaded C-list or flea-bay.
I have 2 of these, new in package. ( i ordered the wrong size, it happens )
38x75 twins
Innerspace # slt3875 .
Best price i have found is $154.00 US, $248.00 Canadian, $200.00 for the pair takes them. Not shipped, the idea is to exchange at a racetrack of meeting or some sort in the future.
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OPI is always ahead of the game when it comes to trend-setting colours. This spring, the pastel nail trend is kicking into high gear so you want to be prepared.
The Femme de Cirque SoftShades collection ($10.95) each is launching in April at select professional salons, spas and Trade Secrets. The collection offers 4 dreamy pink shades that vary from creamy to shimmering. The pale shades are so spring and definitely hyper-feminine.
For the Johnny Depp lovers of the world (myself included), OPI is also releasing a Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides collection with 6 limited edition shades ($10.95 each). This collection is a little more bright and perfect for the summer. My personal favourite is Planks a Lot, a vibrant yet soft purple.
Although the dark winter nail polish you've come to love is still acceptable, spring is the perfect time to delve into the trends a little more and embrace colours that speak to the season a little more. So lighten up! (Is it crazy that I find my own lame jokes ridiculously hilarious?!)
Looking for more spring trends? Check out my faves right here!


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(KMOV) – Thursday marks deadline day for students to request transfers out of the unaccredited Normandy and Riverview Gardens school districts.
The deadline comes a day after the Francis Howell School District announced it will accept all of the 425 students requesting transfers from the unaccredited Normandy School District. That number may grow as parents have until the end of the day to apply for their students to transfer there.
As it stands, 2,256 students have applied to leave both districts. That's just over 1,000 from Normandy and over 1,200 from Riverview.
If the number of students applying to any one district exceeds space available, a lottery will be held on Friday.
By Monday, parents should be called and told where their children will attend school this fall.
It appears Riverview families will be the more affected of the two area unaccredited districts. Mehlville and Kirkwood districts were chosen to receive Riverview transfers, and both districts have already said they have limited space.
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I took liberty with today's theme. This image was taken in my favorite field which is right next to a road. Not so much on a road, as it is next to a road.
On a Road | Bloom 52 | Katy Houston Texas Photographer
We are a group of 15 photographers from the Bloom Forum, who have embarked on a 52 week project together. Every Sunday for the next 52 weeks, we will post our interpretation of a given theme. At the bottom of each post, we will post a link to another photographer, forming a blog circle. Now go visit the talented Erin Norman to see her interpretation of this weeks theme. Please leave us all a little blog love!
Such a pretty image! And that's close enough to "on a road."
Well…I dont think anyone is gonna cause too big a stink over a darling image like that!
She looks such a sweetie, beautiful image and near a road sounds good to me.
Gorgeous!! She is so beautiful!
What a gorgeous field and a beautiful little girlie. Love this.
Totally gorgeous! It's hard to resist a fabulous field!
It's a beautiful photo, indeed! Love the light!
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England's decision to jettison Kevin Pietersen has been described as a "massive shock" and a "huge decision" by former captain Nasser Hussain.
The England and Wales Cricket Board announced on Tuesday night that Pietersen will not be picked for the forthcoming tours of West Indies and then Bangladesh for the ICC World Twenty20.
That announcement appeared to signal the end of Pietersen's colourful international career, with the 33-year-old batsman saying in a joint statement that he was "obviously very sad the incredible journey has come to an end".
Pietersen's omission follows Andy Flower's resignation last week as team director as the implications of England's 5-0 Ashes whitewash this winter stack up.
The decision follows a meeting at Lord's between new ECB managing director Paul Downton and selectors.
Hussain was among the high-profile experts and pundits reacting to the bombshell, telling Sky Sports News: "They had to make a decision pretty soon. It is a huge decision, and a massive shock.
"It's been an incredible winter, and nothing seems to surprise us any more.
"There were rumours of things going on behind the scenes in Australia ... and obviously Andy Flower has made his thoughts felt.
"Paul Downton has taken this decision to move on into this new era and future without Kevin Pietersen."
Hussain acknowledges England had a tough call to make between trying to forge a future with a brilliant player, who has fallen out with management several times over since his earliest days in his native South Africa, and choosing to sever those sometimes troubled ties.
"It's a bold move when you go without one of your best players ... so there must have been things that were happening behind the scenes that Flower and (captain Alastair) Cook weren't amused with," he said.
"It would be nice to know from the ECB, if you're going to axe one of your best players, what those things were.
"It is about man-management - however disruptive a player is, you can still try to manage most players.
"But history tells you with Kevin he hasn't really got a foot to stand on - whether it be back in Natal or Hampshire or Nottinghamshire, or Peter Moores or Andrew Strauss or Alastair Cook or Andy Flower, wherever he has been he has been a problem.
"Eventually English cricket has said 'enough is enough'.
"Some people believe in cutting out the virus and moving on; other people just say 'man-manage your best players'.
"There is no easy solution.
"He is arguably one of the best players England have ever produced.
"Andy Flower said they are going to have to take some pain, going into this new era, and I think we all know and see now what he meant by that."


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What is the Vassar Brothers Medical Center's Cancer Registry?
In recognition of the need for a systemized collection of cancer data, the U.S.established the first central Cancer Registry in 1923. The first hospital based cancer registry was established in 1926 at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Vassar Brothers Medical Center has maintained a cancer registry for over 40 years. The cancer registry at Vassar maintains data on patients diagnosed and/or treated for cancer at this facility and reports these cases to the central registry for New York State, the National Cancer Data Base and ultimately to the CDC, as required by law.
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts. 20 Things to Do When You're Feeling Angry with Someone. "If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow."
~Chinese proverb As Tiny Buddha grows larger, I find there are a lot more people emailing me with requests. The people pleaser in me wants to say yes to everyone, but the reality is that there is only so much time in the day—and we all have a right to allocate our time as best supports our intentions, needs, and goals. How can you tell if someone is a psychopath? Not all are predators. Consider the following scene: You're out for dinner with your family when your father suddenly stands, raps his spoon against a glass and calls the restaurant patrons – all strangers – to attention.
"Many thanks," he says, "for coming tonight, especially to those who have come from out of town. I can't tell you how much it means that you could join us. We'd like to continue the celebration after dessert, with a reception down the street at the King's Arms. How Beginner's Luck Works and How You Can Reproduce It Anytime (Even If You're Not a Beginner) Sum of the parts? How our brains see men as people and women as body parts.
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Consider, for instance, photo mosaics consisting of hundreds of tiny pictures that when arranged a certain way form a larger overall image: In fact, it takes two separate mental functions to see the mosaic from both perspectives. A proposal to classify happiness as a psychiatric disorder. Introduction to Social Influence, Persuasion, Compliance & Propaganda.
This portion of the Working Psychology website offers a brief introduction to a big topic: social influence, the modern, scientific study of persuasion, compliance, propaganda, "brainwashing," and the ethics that surround these issues. Although these topics aren't always simple (it is, after all, science), I've done my best to make this introduction interesting. Since Aristotle recorded his principles of persuasion in Rhetoric, humans have attempted to define and refine the principles of successful influence. Authentic and Eudaimonic. 8 Acts Of Authenticity "It's the best way to figure out what it feels like to be in someone else's head—and that's what helps us to distinguish our own identity .
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I quit hard. I donated my assets to the guild bank and deleted all of my characters. I didn't want to leave the door open to come back. I wanted to burn it down and salt the earth. Why? Quick study: Satoshi Kanazawa on intelligence: The disadvantage of smarts. Illusionist Derren Brown on how he destroyed the planet for one unsuspecting man in controversial new TV show. IF Derren Brown ever asks for a volunteer, think very, very carefully before saying yes.
The illusionist, mentalist and magician has long moved on from card tricks and cold reading. His repertoire of psychological experiments and stunts includes everything from performing Russian roulette live on TV to successfully predicting the National Lottery. The Upside of Anxiety. Groupthink And The Elevator Experiment. Want to see how people will change to fit in?
In 1962, groundbreaking social psychologist Solomon Asch teamed up with the television show Candid Camera to demonstrate how quickly a basic social norm (how people stand in an elevator) could be reversed using group conformity. Just imagine all the behaviors and beliefs you could get tricked into following, via the power of social pressure. 10 Psychological Experiments That Went Horribly Wrong. Psychology as we know it is a relatively young science, but since its inception it has helped us to gain a greater understanding of ourselves and our interactions with the world.
Many psychological experiments have been valid and ethical, allowing researchers to make new treatments and therapies available, and giving other insights into our motivations and actions. Sadly, others have ended up backfiring horribly — ruining lives and shaming the profession. Here are ten psychological experiments that spiraled out of control. Dad's Love Helps Child's Personality Development.
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Grohol, Psy.D. on June 13, 2012 Despite the best efforts of counselors and the legal system, our divorce-laden society often involves rejection of a child by a parent. Complete relationship chart between psychological ("personality") types. Complete relationship chart between psychological ("personality") types Chart #1 Key to the chart: Usage: Type A x Type B -> Intertype Relationship. Example #1: A = 'ENFp. Why sharing a bed is good for the heart (even if your other half snores!)
By Anna Hodgekiss Published: 23:34 GMT, 11 June 2012 | Updated: 23:34 GMT, 11 June 2012 Snoring, sweating, stealing the sheets . . . it's little wonder that an estimated one in four couples insist on sleeping in separate rooms. Now, however, there's an emerging body of research to suggest there could be health benefits to sharing a bed with a long-term partner. The Truth About Honesty and Dishonesty. How To Grow Up. It's all uphill from Denver to nearby Evergreen in the foothills of the Colorado Rockies. And that's perhaps as it should be. I'm on my way to interview David Schnarch, the New York-born psychologist who has spent decades upending everything we thought we knew about true love, passion, and hot sex .
Especially hot sex. Once considered a heretic, Schnarch is today a distinguished presence in psychology, a pioneer set on redefining intimacy and reinvesting marriage with the passion that usually fades. "It's easy to have hot sex with a stranger," Schnarch insists. The High Art of Handling Problem People. The walk-in medical clinic was about to close for the day when Susan Biali got a call from one of her longtime patients. Could the doctor please hang in a bit longer? The caller was feeling very ill and needed to see her immediately. An exhausted Biali extended her already burdensome day and waited for the patient to arrive. Some time later, the woman sauntered in; she was perfectly fine. How Your Greatest Insecurities Reveal Your Deepest Gifts. Personality Genes Tied To Lifespan, Study Suggests.
How to Sleep Well. You Are Not So Smart. The Benjamin Franklin Effect. 6 Tips To Make Small Talk With Anyone. Top 10 strangest phenomena of the mind. Sensitive Children Who Develop Significant Anxiety. Psychological ("personality") Types. You're Only a Beginner Once So Make the Most of It. When Being Too Private on Facebook Can Actually Be a Bad Thing. Mind Wandering Can Boost Your Creativity—But Only After More Intense Brainstorming. How to Stop Whining: In Therapy, a Move to Tough Love. 50 Stress Relievers That Take 5 Minutes or Less. Angst, Mental Illness, and Creativity. Archetype: The Fiction Writers' Guide to Psychology. Creativity, the Arts, and Madness. How to increase serotonin in the human brain without drugs. Think Again: The 10 Worst Times to Make a Big Decision. There Is Actually Nothing Better in the World Than Talking About Yourself. Top 10 Things That Determine Happiness. Binaural beats and brainwave entrainment for the psychedelic mind.
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Leona Lewis Teams Up With Talenthouse.com
Leona has teamed up with Talenthouse to offer her fans the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to design an outfit for her to wear at a major upcoming performance! Leona will hand-pick the winning design which will not only be brought to life by a team of professionals and worn by Leona, but also professionally photographed and featured on her website and social media pages. As if that wasn't enough, the winner will also receive a cash prize. About this opportunity, Leona said: "I love fashion, creativity and designing my own outfits. I can't wait to see what people come up with. I think it's really important to support creative individuals and the future names of tomorrow." For full rules and details, head to Talenthouse.com.


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Pacific Heights
Shelter-In-Place Issued In San Francisco's Pacific Heights Neighborhood
San Francisco police issued a shelter in place in the 3100 block of Pacific Avenue, near Lyon Street, because of a "natural gas issue.
Shooting In San Francisco's Lower Pacific Heights Injures 2
A man and woman were injured in a shooting in San Francisco's Lower Pacific Heights neighborhood Wednesday, police said.
Elderly Woman, Caregiver Die Following San Francisco House Fire
Two women who were injured in a house fire in San Francisco's Pacific Heights neighborhood on Sunday night both died Tuesday, according to the medical examiner's office.
Elderly Woman, Caregiver Severely Hurt In San Francisco House Fire
An elderly woman and her caregiver suffered severe burns before they were rescued from a fire at a San Francisco home late Sunday night, an assistant fire chief said.
Woman Slashed In San Francisco Pacific Heights Attack
While a gun was placed inside a woman's mouth, her face and hands were sliced by a man she was allegedly using drugs with in San Francisco's Pacific Heights.
No Damage After Gas Line Break In SF Pacific Heights
Some homes and businesses in a San Francisco neighborhood had to be evacuated after a work crew punctured a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. natural gas line.
Man Injured In Early-Morning Shooting In San Francisco
A man was shot early Sunday morning in San Francisco and was taken to a local hospital for treatment of multiple gunshot wounds.
5 Arrested In San Francisco Pepper Spray Robberies
San Francisco police on Saturday arrested five people suspected in a series of pepper-spray robberies last week, a police sergeant said Monday.
Pac Heights Disturbed by Gunfire
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KCBS/BCN)- Two men were injured when a dispute ended in gunfire in San Francisco's Pacific Heights neighborhood. Police are now trying to determine what led up to the early Sunday morning shooting.


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New Girl Noelle Easton Strip in the Classroom
New porn girl Noelle Easton got that sweet girl next door look and big natural boobs which works perfectly in this scene from Naughty America where she is a college girl who fucks her professor to get a passing grade! I got a sweet spot for cute girls in glasses and I bet she got an A for the Ds from that professor.
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Larkspur Voters To Hit The Polls On Recreational Pot
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
(Larkspur, CO) -- Voters in the town of Larkspur are heading to the polls today to decide on recreational pot sales. The town would be the only one in Douglas County to allow the sales. Larkspur is about 30 minutes north of Colorado Springs where recreational sales are banned. The vote comes a week after people in Palmer Lake shot down a measure to allow the sales in that town. Recreational retail sales became legal on January 1st, but local communities are left to decide whether to allow them.


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text: Andy Nichol (Chase Ellison), like most kids his age, will do anything to avoid conflict in fear of suffering overwhelming ridicule and punishment from his peers. Unfortunately for Andy, that all changes when his English teacher, Mr. Simon (Ed Harris), pairs him up with the school's biggest outcast, Stanley. Soon, Andy starts to understand the value of tolerance and culpability in this coming-of-age drama.


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The patented wave flex springs are supportive, self-regulating elements with full spring effectiveness right to the outermost edge. For each body type, in all positions without having to manually adjust the spring system.
The uni 20 slat base concept stands out thanks to technology in the details and classic design. Thanks to the frameless construction, the slat base not only gives the impression of floating.
The approved Swissflex® spring system floats in a higher performance class.
The patented wave flex springs are supportive, self-regulating elements with full spring effectiveness right to the outermost edge. For each body type, in all positions without having to manually adjust the spring system.
The 60 mm vertical pitch of spring ensures perfect body alignment. In addition to this, the double springs are individually rotatable which ensures optimum ergonomics.
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Al-Ahbâsh is a deviant group attributed to `Abd Allah al-Habâshî. It was first founded in Lebanon. Their belief is based on derogating some of the Companions, insulting other prominent successors, some misinterpretation of Allah's attributes. They practice certain innovations drawn from Sufism and ascribe to certain deviant beliefs of other groups like al-Murji'ah, al-Jabriyyah and al-Takfîriyyah.
They are always fighting the Sunnah and derogating it. They have adapted some odd fatwâs. For instance, they changed the Qiblah of Muslims in the United States to the direction of Southeast, capitalizing on the confusion generated by looking at a standard flat map of the Earth. They are known to do these kinds of things for argument's sake and as a means of aggression against others Muslims, particularly ahl al-Sunnah.
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Four interactive infographics based on the online recipe database FOOD NETWORK for WIRED magazine. In collaboration with Systemantics (programming).
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Infographic for WIRED Issue 21.07 showing an explosion of delays caused by one delayed seed flight.
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Infographic for the infoporn column of WIRED magazine showing the rise of psychiatric drugs over the last 95 years.
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Children who have the depressive genes are especially sensitive to early neglect, malnutrition, deprivation, physical harm, and psychological abuse, particularly at the ages when their brains are still developing. Studies show that early childhood stress can turn on depressive genes and make children vulnerable to depression. For example, one study showed that individuals who carried depressive genes were more likely to be depressed as adults if they had been abused as children.
Children in hostile environments also develop maladaptive stress-management habits that often continue into adulthood. For example, strategies like denying the existence of problems, withdrawal, and isolation may help children survive hostile environments, but when these once-useful habits persist in adults, they serve no purpose but to cause psychological problems.
Also, children who inherit genes for depression often have parents with unipolar major depression or depressive tendencies. When parents' depression is severe, it can decrease the effectiveness of their parenting, and stressful family environments are more likely to develop.


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Mystery foot found in Massachusetts could be from Bigfoot
Two young boys in Lakeville Massachusetts found a large five toed foot while out in the woods and many believe it could be the foot of Bigfoot. The decomposed foot was picked up by local authorities and sent to the medical examiner who determined it was not human. It appears to have five toes and a some what human like form causing some to believe it could very well have once been attached to Bigfoot. Skeptics believe it is likely a bear paw and not a foot from Bigfoot but its actual identity remains a mystery until further testing which is now under way is completed. Here is a photo of the foot found by the boys so you can have a look and decide if you think it could actually be a Bigfoot foot.
Photo of Massachusetts Bigfoot Foot
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April 26th, 2013 at 12:05 pmIt appears to be a Black Bears right hind foot, that would be my guess. At the end of the toes what appears to be nails are just the bone tips showing, the claws would be attacted at this point. Thanks for posting the picture, it will be interesting to see what the outcome of the testing reveals.


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NIB upbeat in face of private cover means-testing
PUBLISHED: 17 Jun 2013 06:43:00 | UPDATED: 20 Jun 2013 07:26:13PUBLISHED: 17 Jun 2013 PRINT EDITION: 17 Jun 2013Sally Patten
NIB has stood by its forecasts for a muted response from consumers to the rise in health insurance premiums.
NIB, Australia's only listed health insurer, predicts that 1900 policyholders, or less than 1 per cent of customers, will dump private health insurance altogether and just 8000 policyholders, or less than 2 per cent, will downgrade to a basic policy as a result of the government's decision to means-test private cover.
But NIB's optimism appeared to be out of kilter with rival BUPA, which declined to provide figures but said it had experienced "a worrying trend" of customers downgrading their level of cover.
Toby Langley, equities analyst at Nomura, argued NIB was being overly optimistic. "It's difficult to have confidence in their prediction," he said. "It is hard to understand how they can have that much foresight. We are moving into unknown territory."
Said Nomura in a recent note to clients: "We see the risk of increased lapse and downgrade of cover as likely to disrupt industry, and thus NIB, premium growth in 2014-15."
HCF, a private health insurer, declined to provide forecasts.
The downgrading of policies is expected to hit health insurers' profits because the margins on policies that cover extras such as dental, physiotherapy and massage are much higher.
BUPA argued the trend would also stretch the public health system. "If fewer people can afford to maintain their existing level of private health insurance, ultimately greater costs and demand will fall upon the public health system," said a spokesman.
The debate over the impact of means-testing comes as the industry prepares to cope with a potential onslaught of complaints from disgruntled customers who will be hit by a big health insurance bill this year.
When Australians prepare tax statements for 2013, this rebate will be means-tested for the first time. Singles on more than $83,000 and families on $166,000 will have the tax rebate reduced. Singles on $129,000 and families on more than $285,000 will have their rebates cut completely.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that the vast majority of those who will be affected by the means-testing – and who did not pre-pay their insurance – will be asked to pay a lump sum via their tax return. Only a minority of policyholders opted to pay the higher premium each month rather than in a lump sum.
BUPA said it was gearing up its call centre to deal with customer angst. "I don't think everyone understands the consequences [of the policy]," said a spokesman.
Added Mr Langley: "I don't think people expect a 30 per cent in private health insurer costs coming at them."
NIB chief Mark Fitzgibbon said the health insurance market had continued to grow since the means-testing was announced, adding that disposable income was a greater determinant of demand for health insurance than the cost of policies. "We are still confident the system will continue to grow notwithstanding the headwinds," said Mr Fitzgibbon.
He said low interest rates and unemployment, lack of confidence in the public system, penalties for not taking out private health insurance and subsidies for low income-earners would continue to boost growth.
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