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Birthday Block Exchange Community General Discussions - June
Hi everyone in the Birthday block Exchange! I am the contact person for the month of June, so any questions you may want answered, please address them to me. This is Jeanne's turn to have a break.
Please use this thread to post any comments or discussions about the Birthday Block Exchange 2011. Photos of any completed quilts or blocks are always welcome.
At my last check, Michelle (micrey)May 27th was still waiting to receive some of her blocks.
Just a reminder to all members to please either post on this forum when you have received all of your blocks, or send an email to Jeanne or myself to say your birthday blocks are complete.
If you have not received a block 2 weeks after your birthday - and have not heard from the person in question to explain why the block will be late - then we need to know this also, so we can contact the person and find out why.
Cindy (quiltpartner) has one of her "unbirthdays" on June 14th - the only birthday this month.
As you all enjoy your Summer weather, I now commence my Winter weather in Australia of ice, frost and snow!
Hello to all the Birthday Block Ladies!
I have been doing more quilting lately since it is too hot to do much outdoors. LOL. That summer weather always gets me to stay indoors more. Will post pictures once I have more things totally completed. Yes, I jump from one UFO to another. I am trying to narrow it down to working on only 2-3 at a time so they stand a better chance of getting completed. My UFO list is about 4 pages long - need I say "too long?"
Have a good weekend, everyone!
If you are in the Birthday Block Exchange and your birthday was in the months from Jan. - April and you have not received one of more blocks, please let me or Kristene know. We try to check each thread, but we don't want something to go unnoticed.
How is everyone doing? It sure has been hot here! I know that is true in many places. The hot weather at least keeps me indoors so I have been working on my UFOs.
This was completed on Wednesday. It is from "way back" - the second quilting class I ever took. It sounds odd but I didn't finish it for a long time because I liked it so much and didn't want to ruin it from not having very good skills at the time to finish it up. At least after waiting for all that time, it turned out fine!
Just wanted to say hello and share the picture...
Jeanne, I like your blue FUFO (Finished UFO), too! ConGratz on getting it completed.
I go from one UFO to another also until it's a quilt top, then it's hung up til I get the urge to finish it. My goal this year was to average finishing one UFO a month. So far, 2 have been completed, one needs binding and since I've been up north, five are now designated so I'll be working on them when I get home in 2 weeks.
I like the sound of FUFO, Sharon! I now have 8 completed this year, but so many to go...
I just finished sewing the binding on this one yesterday. The pattern is Venetian Tiles. It's made using the X-Block Ruler. I love this technique and most of this was made using scrap pieces of fabric that I had left over from this and that.
I hope to have another completed soon. It seems that one I built up some momentum, I am gaining speed! LOL
It's still several months away, but Kristene and I have had a few thoughts about 2012 that we bantered back and forth. Are you interested in having the Birthday Block Exchange again next year? Do you want it to be ongoing or would it be a good idea to just let everyone get caught up on making quilts from the blocks and take a year off?
Is there someone who might be interested in being the 2012 hostess? (If there are two people, it worked out really nicely for me and Kristene to share the duties this year and it allows for someone to be available even if emergencies come up or if you are on vacation, etc.)
Kristene and I are willing to help if anyone wants to be hostess - or part of a team that serves as hostesses - and will guide you through what we did. I know even if I am not a hostess next year, I will be back to enjoy this fun exchange in the future. It is possible that one or both of us might keep hostessing, but we do want others to consider it and we are uncertain right now whether our other commitments will allow for the hostessing... so... if someone wants to do this for a year, we are fine with that. Nothing is decided. We are just trying to get some suggestions and how everyone feels about this.
I guess I should also mention that everything you do as hostess can be done through GardenWeb and e-mail so you do not need to team up with someone who is nearby. Kristene is in Australia and I am in the US so not nearby at all! All it takes is a bit of organization and the willingness to check on this month to month so that there are reminders, etc.
Happy Summer now that it is here! It has been so hot for so long already in SC, that I feel like summer should already be winding down, but no chance of that. LOL
I pretty much agree --- whatever is decided, I'll go along with. At the moment, I'm leaning a little more toward a year off to complete a few! I not only have last years' blocks from the Birthday exchange, but also the blocks from 2 Lottos I've won that just haven't made the assembly line:( [I DID get the Yellow/White blocks from a lotto together, quilted & posted a pic so I'm not a complete sluggard! lol]
Jeanne & Kristene have done an excellent job hostessing! They are so good at keeping us all on task - & without a whip! They're so nice! that way! :)
I have really enjoyed the birthday blocks the past few years so I'm surprised I'm saying this, but I think there might be value in taking a year off. Some people have complained that there's been too much focus on the groups (birthday and robins) and I have noticed a drop in participation in the monthly lotto blocks. Maybe a year off from birthday groups would get us all more interested in the lottos again.
This is just my opinion of course!
Thanks for the feedback, ladies. Some are thinking along the lines we were - lots of us have birthday blocks that need to be made into quilts and a year off might be a good chance to catch up on doing that and catch up on making some of our UFOs as well. Some may want to try the Lottos or a Row Robin or a Round Robin. As for birthday blocks, I only have one of my birthday block quilts completed and one that is close to completion, but three are sitting there waiting for me to work with them. All of that is why we decided to ask the question. However, if there is a big interest in having it for 2012, we want to try to arrange for that, too. It is not a group that "belongs" to me and Kristene so those who participate and those who are interested need to steer it in the right direction.
Keep the thoughts flowing...
I agree with Kate's comment re: partcipation in the monthly lottos. [If we would be] without the birthday blocks, we'd probably have more folks doing lottos. I know I would. Since my birthday block swaps are committments I've promised, those will always come first - lottos are only if I have the extra time. Just an observation.
A big thanks to you, Jeanne and Kristene for the wonderful job you have done with our Birthday Block Exchange!
I'm also in the camp that should get some UFO's finished, so I would be in favor of letting 2012 be a year off from the BB Exchange. ~Teresa
Another option, just to keep us involved, is to do a Block of the Month (BOM) that someone would put up each month and then keep your blocks (for another UFO). For instance, keep it within a theme, a different star, heart, log cabin, pinwheel, outdoorsy.....whatever, each month. Choose your own colors/fabric....whatever you have on hand.
But, yes, I agree, a year off might be nice for everyone.
Maybe we should form an unmonitored - no rules - "Birthday Club", where we sign-up initially - just to see who wants to participate & take a pledge to finish a quilt from the Birthday Block Exchange, from any or all years, and post a picture of it during the month of your birthday. All January Birthday Babies post their finished quilts from previous year's Birthday Blocks during the month of January, all in one thread so as not to dominate the forum.
No pressure, you can drop out by not doing it, or you can join in because you finished your quilt.
This would help to keep us involved, celebrate birthdays, and maybe get that quilt made without any obligation, added expense, or running to the post office.
We had a BOM (block of the month) posting last year, with people posting pictures each month of the block they finished. The projects were unrelated except that we were encouraging each other to keep up with whatever we had chosen to do. Sadly, I didn't keep it up and I think some others dropped off too. I'm hoping to get going on mine again so I would support a BOM group.
I like the idea of the "no rules Birthday Club", but I have really enjoyed being part of the Birthday Block Exchage. I can't say I've finished any quilts and I have participated for two yrs so it would be nice to finish the quilts. So...I think I vote for the "no rules post a finished birthday block" 2012. That way, we are still celebrating birthdays, staying in touch, and quilting!
I don't know what the lotto is. Can someone explain, please?
Jeanne and Kristene-thanks so much for hostessing and doing such a great job of it! Eileen
equilter - the lotto is a monthly chance to participate in a 'winner take all' game. Participants can make from 1 to 3 blocks and at the end of the month one name is drawn. You get one chance to win for every block you send in. The blocks are specified each month so the winner gets a nice set of matching blocks. Check out this link to see the current (June) lotto. It also includes info on the July and August blocks. June Lotto
I like the idea of posting quilts we've made using birthday blocks during our birthday month! Let's do that!
2012 will be the Year of Finishing UFO's!
I like the idea of 2012 being a catch up year, but since my birthday is in January and I am in 2 birthday block groups this year with continuing commitments to the end of this year, it will be quite hard for me to get all of my blocks frm this year cut, resewn and sorted and made into a quilt all within the first month of the year. Especially since in Australia January is school holidays for the entire month and either we travel to our grandsons' house or they come to us. It is Summer here then!
It may be possible to show continuing progress photos on my quilt top throughout January - if I don't go away - and then later months as it get completed.
Kristene - No rules - you can do anything you want!! lol
Progress pictures would be great - we love pics and we love progress. You can post an unbirthday pic when you get it all together...I'm liking this idea of a catch up year the more I think about it.
So far it sounds like 2012 may be a catch up year and we will talk more about it. It would be nice to keep in touch with a monthly heading for those who have been in the exchange and others who may want to join in the future. No special rules about it. No pressure, just fun.
If 2012 us without exchanging and rules, I think many of us - and some new folks, too - will be happy to exchange again in 2013 and it would be nice to have something (that is not structured) going on in 2012 just so we can keep in touch and have some fun.

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What do you get when an environmental crusader such as David Suzuki crosses paths with a bunch of eco-rednecks such as the Manitoba Conservation Districts Association?
Well, for starters, you get a good case study to illustrate new research into why environmental politics is so partisan and polarized.
The MCDA stepped out of its comfort zone this year and invited this country's most famous --or in some quarters, infamous -- environmentalist to address its convention in early December. The decision made some of its members grumble and several of its sponsors nervous.
After all, Suzuki represents everything about tree-huggers mainstream farmers love to hate. They are quick to point out he flies around in jets to cry wolf about the environment and lecture people about reducing their carbon footprint. They see Suzuki and everything he stands for as a threat to their way of life.
Likewise, Suzuki, who calls pesticides the "dumbest thing ever invented," doesn't have much good to say about modern agriculture. He notes it was the evolution of agriculture that gave humans the motive and the means to take over the planet and push it to the brink of extinction, feeding the consumption-based economy's insatiable appetite.
"We have elevated the economy above the very things that keep us alive," he says.
To his credit, Suzuki acknowledged that despite isolated victories in stopping dams, saving forests and canning pipeline projects, the environmental warriors are losing ground.
"We didn't shift the paradigm. I believe the environmental movement has fundamentally failed in making that shift in the way that we see ourselves on the planet," he said.
"I've spent the last 50 years of my life fighting for a better future, fighting to protect forests, fighting to protect endangered fish and I just don't think we can continue this kind of fighting. Because every time there is a fight, there is a winner and a loser or else both sides compromise like mad," he said, noting that in this case, if the environment loses, so do we.
But there's a fine line between getting people thinking, and telling them what to think.
Suzuki told his Brandon audience, mostly from staunchly Conservative ridings, they need to get rid of the Harper government because of its track record on environmental issues. The audience of 1,000 spontaneously applauded other nuggets in his talk, but that one was met with silence.
You see, the eco-rednecks or grassroots environmentalists or duck-huntin' nature lovers -- whatever you want to call them -- are caught squarely between two enviro-political extremes. There are those who see the natural world as enriching in its own right and those who view it as an undeveloped source of enrichment.
Conservation districts are on the front lines of dealing with the effects of a compromised landscape and climate change.
They know you can't lecture or force people into changing their minds. But they are making change -- and changing minds in the process -- by demonstrating that it is in peoples' individual self-interest to do right by the environment. Conservation district-assisted projects such as off-site watering systems, which prevent cattle from drinking and defecating in streams, protect water quality. That improves beef-herd health. Improved herd health increases profits. Erosion control makes better soil. Better soil produces more crop. And so it goes.
The annual conservation districts conference is one of the best-attended of the year, and Suzuki had an opportunity to connect with a lot of people who are genuinely making a difference. He blew the chance. Too bad.
Scientists have recently come up with an explanation for why environmentalists find themselves polarized along partisan lines. A University of California Berkeley study concluded it's all in how people frame their conversations on environmental issues.
Conservative thinkers react more positively to messages built around a need to protect the purity and sanctity of the Earth, whereas liberal thinkers responded better to arguments built around a moral obligation to care.
For example, Suzuki says humans have a duty to lessen their environmental footprint and limit consumption to within the laws of nature -- for the planet's sake.
Livestock producers get that; they would call it the planet's "carrying capacity." Exceed it, and the whole herd is doomed.
The research findings, published in Psychological Science, suggest reframing pro-environmental rhetoric can reduce partisan polarization on ecological matters. "These findings offer the prospect of pro-environmental persuasion across party lines," said Robb Willer, a co-author of the study.
It's all about making peace with the land. To do that though, we must first make peace with each other.
Laura Rance is editor of the Manitoba Co-operator. She can be reached at 204-792-4382 or by email: email@example.com .
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"Les Miserables": 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturdays; and 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 and Sundays, through Aug. 4, Walters State Community College, Morristown. Tickets: $12-$20. Info: www.etcplays.org or 423-318-8331.
"Of Sword and Pen-Pivotal Moments in Civil War East Tennessee": Through Oct. 13, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St.
Tennessee Valley Fair: Accepting entries for competitive exhibits and contests for Fair; Sept. 6-15. Cakes, crafts, cows, etc. Entry deadline: Aug. 15. Info: www.TNValleyFair.org.
Call to crafters/vendors: For Ribfest cook-off, 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, Church of the Resurrection, 917 Pond Road, Loudon. Space: $35. Info: www.Ribfest4homes.com or 865-310-5630.
Family Fun Day: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, July 27, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park Drive. Free. Art-making, artist demos, music by Johnson Swingtet, etc. Info: 865-934-2034; www.knoxart.org.
Inspirational Landscapes: Oils by Tom Bluemlein, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturdays, through Aug. 31, Liz-Beth & Co., 9211 Park West Blvd. 865-691-8129; www.Liz-Beth.com.
Brad Herzog: Will sign his picture book, "Francis and Eddie," 2 p.m. Sunday, July 21, Union Avenue Books, 517 Union Ave.
Bill Landry: Will sign and read children's book "Buddy: Dog of the Mountains," 11 a.m. Saturday, July 27, Union Avenue Books, 517 Union Ave.
Knoxville Writers' Group: Members Patricia Jobe, Ernest Lancaster, Linda Underwood and Diane Morris will read from their novel, poetry book or memoir, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, July 24, Naples Italian Restaurant, 5500 Kingston Pike. Lunch, $12. RSVP by July 22: 865-983-3740.
Brown Bag Lecture: "That Vile Serpent, Brownlow! That Vain Historian, Ramsey!" by David Madden, noon, Wednesday, July 24, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. May bring lunch. Info: 865-215-8830.
Lego workshops: Tennessee Valley Fair's intro to competitive Lego building; at these public libraries: 4:30 p.m. July 25, Burlington; 1 and 3 p.m. July 27, Cedar Bluff; 2, 4 and 6 p.m. July 30, Karns; 2 p.m. July 31, Bearden; 1, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. Aug. 3, Blount County, Maryville; 4 p.m. Aug. 6, Farragut; 1 p.m. Aug. 10, Fountain City. Free. For all ages (geared toward K-8th grade). Info: www.beyondabrick.com.
Circle Modern Dance classes: Modern technique, 2 p.m. and improvisation, 3:30, Sundays; Capoeira with Capoeira Fundo da Mata, 6 p.m. Tuesdays; intermediate/advanced modern, 6 p.m. and ballet workshop, 7:30, Wednesdays; student-led Capoeira, 6 p.m. Thursdays; Capoeira kids class, 10 a.m. Saturdays, Emporium Center for Arts and Culture, Annex Studio, 100 S. Gay St. Cost: $5-$12 per class (first class free) or July-Dec., $50. Info: 865-309 5309; email email@example.com.
Painting classes: Hobby Lobby locations: 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Clinton Highway; 12:30 and 2:30, Mondays, Turkey Creek; 2 and 6, Thursdays, Foothills Drive, Maryville. Cost: $20, plus supplies. Info: 865-765-5479; www.MoonDreamerDi.blogspot.com.
"The New Health Insurance Marketplace—Where Do You Fit in Health Reform": Tennessee Health Care Campaign speakers Libby Johnson, Walter Davis, Laura Sell; 7 p.m. Monday, July 22, Blount County Public Library, 508 N. Cusick St., Maryville. Free. Info: 865-982-0981; www.blountlibrary.org.
Celi-ACT: Celiac support group Back to School meeting; "Surviving the Year Gluten-Free," 6 p.m. Monday, July 22, East Tennessee Children's Hospital, Koppel Plaza.
Al-Anon Convention for Friends and Family of Alcoholics with AA Participation: 3:30-10 p.m. Friday; 8:30 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday; 8 a.m.-noon Sunday, July 26-28, Airport Hilton. Registration: $25. Info: 865-525-9040.
Hard Knox Roller Girls: Double-header on Zombie night, Saturday, July 27: against Southern Illinois Roller Girls, 6 p.m. and vs. Soul City Sirens at 8, Civic Coliseum, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Blvd. Wear tattered rags, walking dead attire. Tickets: $8-$12. Benefits Knoxville Beauty Hunters. Info: 865- 215-8900; www.hardknoxrollergirls.com.
Folklife Festival: Music, Craft demonstrations, games, Native American music, stories and dance, campfire tales, etc., 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, July 27, Warriors' Path State Park, Kingsport, Tenn. Free. 423-239-8531; email@example.com.
Fabulously Frugal Bridal Fair: 1-5 p.m. Saturday, July 27, Beulah United Methodist Church, 907 Kimberlin Heights Road. Cost: $5. Info: 865-257-0630.
Bits 'n Pieces Quilt Guild: "Christmas in July" luncheon, noon, Wednesday, July 24, Norris Community Center. Bring spouse, covered dish. Info: 865-278-7796 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Porcelain Artists: Danny Busler will demonstrate "Magnolia Second Fire," 10 a.m. Thursday, July 25, Middlebrook Pike United Methodist Church, 7234 Middlebrook Pike. Bring paint, brushes and lunch. Info: 865-693-0865.
Tellico Village Genealogy: Robert McGinnis will discuss his Loudon County cemetery surveys, 3 p.m. Thursday, July 25, Chota Recreation Center, Awohili Drive, Loudon. Info: 865-458-7994.
Smoky Mountain Historical Society: Meeting with newly appointed Sevier County Historian Carroll McMahan, 2 p.m. Sunday, July 21, Sevier County Courthouse Annex, Sevierville. Info: http://smhstn.org.
East Tennessee Wanderers: Bearden Greenway walk (about 4.5 miles), Saturday, July 27. Sign in, 9:45 a.m. outside Earth Fare, 140 N. Forest Park Blvd. Restaurant lunch follows. Info: 865-291-8149; www.easttennesseewanderers.org.
Central High School: Classes of 1944: Reunion, noon, Thursday, Aug. 15, Beaverbrook Country Club, 2910 Cunningham Road. Cost: $15. Info: J.C. Tumblin, 865-687-1948.
Central High School: Class of 1945 reunion lunch, noon, Saturday, July 27, Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Cost: $20. 865-688-6659.
Gibbs High School: Classes of 1950 and 1951 reunion, 4 p.m. Saturday, July 27, Shoney's, 315 E. Emory Road, Powell. Info: 865-922-5100.
Central High School: Classes of 1958-1963 reunion, 6-11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, Grand Event Center, Knoxville Expo Center, 5441 Clinton Highway. Cost: $35. Cash bar. All alumni welcome. Info: 865-207-9634 or email email@example.com or email@example.com or email@example.com.
USS Perkins Association: Reunion for DD26, DD377 and DDR877 shipmates, Oct. 9-12, Glen Burnie, Md. Info: 719-243-0970; email firstname.lastname@example.com or mail: Cindy Keenen, 4367 Millburn South, Colorado Springs, CO 80906.
USS Long Beach CGN-9 Association: Ships Reunion, Sept. 9-15, Boise Hotel and Conference Center, 3300 S. Yale Ave., Boise, Idaho. Rooms, $89 by Aug. 9: 855-611-1999. Info: 866-352-2469 or 716-569-2314.
USS Mount McKinley Association: Reunion for veterans of all branches of the military who served on Amphibious Force Flagship AGC/LCC-7 and members of Flagship Alliance group who served on other AGC's, Sept. 18-22, Portland, Ore. Info: email (is preferred contact method) email@example.com or 509-534-3649 or mail: Dwight L. Janzen, 2515 E. North Altamont Blvd., Spokane, WA 99202-4247.
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|You can die after this job for all I care.
—Machi, to Hisoka
|2011 | 1999 | Manga
|Manga Debut
|Anime Debut
|Japanese Voice
Noriko Namiki (1999)
|English Voice
Marcy Lannan (1999)
159 cm; 5' 2.5"
48 kg; 105.6 lbs
|Hair Color
Purple (1999)
|Eye Color
Gold (1999)
|Blood Type
Phantom Troupe member
Nen threads
|Image Gallery
Machi (マチ, Machi) is one of the members of the Phantom Troupe, an infamous gang of thieves with class A bounties.[1] She is the physically strongest of all the women in the Troupe and ranks 6th in the whole group in arm wrestling.[2]
Design 1 | Design 2 | 1999 Design
Machi is one of the few Phantom Troupe members that prefers to wear traditional Japanese-style clothing. She looks like a modern day kunoichi — female ninja. Her usual outfit consists of cycling short-like pants matched with a short-sleeved uwagi, an obi sash worn around her waist and an obijime is tied over it, a pair of fingerless gloves, tabi boots or socks with zōri, and leg warmers that cover from the ankles up to her knees. She has pink mid-back hair that is usually tied into an updo. In the 1999 anime adaptation, her hair is dark purple instead of pink.
Machi is one of the coldest members in the Phantom Troupe. Despite her cold attitude, she has been shown to care for Pakunoda, as she was one of the members who mourned her death and watched over her grave. She always appears to be calm. Hisoka seems to have high regard for both Machi and her abilities,[3] although she considers Hisoka a pest at best and a potential enemy of Chrollo's at worst. She has sharp intuitions, which have turned out to be true most of the time and are trusted by some of her comrades such as Nobunaga[4] and Chrollo[5]. Machi is incredibly loyal to Chrollo and has stated that she would hunt Hisoka down if he were to kill Chrollo.
Not much is known about Machi, except that she, along with Chrollo Lucilfer, Feitan, Franklin, Nobunaga Hazama, and Pakunoda, is one of the original members of the Phantom Troupe, who hail from Meteor City, a junkyard city inhabited by outcasts of the world.[6] People who live there do not exist in any official records, and the existence of the city itself is known to very few people.[6] It is also stated in the manga and anime that the original members of the Phantom Troupe had something to do with the bad blood between the Mafia and those from Meteor City.[7] Why the Troupe left the city is a mystery. Later, the group was joined by more members, in accordance with Chrollo's idea of a group comprising of exactly thirteen members, including himself.
Heavens Arena arc
Machi makes her first appearance right after the fight between Hisoka and Kastro in the Heavens Arena, waiting for the former in a locker room tunnel. She charges Hisoka 70 million Jenny in total for patching up both of his severed arms then leaves after giving him the message that the Phantom Troupe will be gathering in Yorknew City at noon on August 30.[3]
Yorknew City arc
On the 31st of August, Machi is seen again with Franklin, Nobunaga, and Feitan on their way to Yorknew City. Later, at the meeting of the Troupe in an abandoned building of the city, Chrollo tells her and the other members that they are going to steal all the auction items in the Mafia's underground auction.[8]
In the evening of September 1, they infiltrate the Cemetery Building, where the auction is held, and kill all the mafiosi and their clients[9] but the auction items have already been removed from the vault by the Owl of the Shadow Beasts. They then fly to the Gordeau Desert riding on a balloon with the Mafia being hot on their heels.[10]
After arriving in the desert, Machi and her comrades stand to one side and watch Uvogin massacring a large number of Mafia gangsters[11] and 4 Shadow Beasts single-handedly.[12] When Uvogin is captured by Kurapika she immediately uses a needle and a nen thread to track Uvogin. She and four other members then chase after Kurapika with a car but just before they can catch up with him, the remaining Shadow Beasts arrive and stop them.[13] Machi and her teammates kill all of these Shadow Beasts with ease except for the Owl, who they capture and torture to get the auction items. Near midnight, they find where Uvogin is held captive and free him after killing Dalzollene.[14]
In the early hours of September 2, Machi tells Uvogin about the items and the termination of the Shadow Beasts, but he insists on finding the chain user — Kurapika — to get revenge instead of returning to the Troupe's hideout with them. She and other members have no choice but to let Uvogin do what he wants.[15] Not long afterwards, he is killed by Kurapika in a duel in the Gordeau Desert.[2]
September 3, because Uvogin has not returned, she and Nobunaga pose as a couple in the middle of a square in an attempt to lure out the chain user but they attract Gon and Killua's attention instead and are tailed by them.[4] With the help of Phinks and Pakunoda, who have been secretly following them,[16] they easily capture the kids and bring them back to their hideout.[17] In the evening, she and the other members excluding Nobunaga[18] launch a retaliatory attack on the Cemetery Building,[19] slaughtering around 2,000 Mafia gangsters and professional assassins altogether.[20] Thanks to Chrollo's smart move to hire Illumi Zoldyck to assassinate the Ten Dons beforehand, they manage to avoid casualties.[21] After the death of the Ten Dons, Kortopi creates fake corpses of 5 of them to trick the Mafia into loosening the building's defenses [22] and makes copies of the auction items.[21] Machi and her comrades proceed to sell the copies in the rescheduled underground auction right afterwards.[21] They then return to the hideout and celebrate their victory.[22]
In the afternoon of September 4, in the Troupe's hideout, Nobunaga insists that they keep pursuing Kurapika instead of leaving Yorknew.[6] Knowing it is impossible to dissuade him, Chrollo uses Neon's ability to make prophecies about Nobunaga and some other members, according to which five more of them will die if they meet the chain user within two weeks. They then intend to return to Meteor City to avoid that prospect,[23] however Hisoka alters his own prophecy with the Texture Surprise and manipulates the whole group into staying in Yorknew City so that he can have the chance to fight Chrollo.[24]
Later, Chrollo is able to deduce that Kurapika is one of Neon's bodyguards, and thanks to a pair of fake Scarlet Eyes that they sold him the night before, they know that he and the other bodyguards are staying in Hotel Beitacle, 2.5km from the hideout. Chrollo orders Kortopi, Machi, Nobunaga, Pakunoda and Shizuku to go with him to the hotel.[25] On the way, Chrollo notices that they are being followed by 2 people so he tells Kortopi, Nobunaga and Pakunoda to go ahead while he, Machi and Shizuku stay behind. They then capture Gon and Killua again.[26] Meanwhile, Pakunoda and the other two are able to know Kurapika's name and face after capturing and killing Squala.[27]
Chrollo, Machi and Shizuku take Gon and Killua to the hotel[27] and meet up with Pakunoda's group in the hall[28]. He tells Paku to check their memories again, but before she can reveal what she has learned about Kurapika, a power outage suddenly happens, allowing Gon and Killua to break free from her grasp and attack her and Machi. Machi easily recaptures Killua despite the total darkness and some broken ribs while Nobunaga catches Gon.[28] However, when the light comes back on, they realize that Chrollo has been captured by Kurapika.[29]
Phinks, Feitan and Shalnark soon arrive in the hotel. They then receive a call from Kurapika, who tells them not to follow him, not to hurt the hostages and give the phone to Pakunoda. He then tells Pakunoda to go to Ringon Airport alone to negotiate the terms of a hostage exchange and the other members to return to their hideout. Phinks, Feitan and Shalnark try to follow Paku, but Nobunaga stops them for fear that Chrollo would be killed, leading to a heated quarrel between Nobunaga and Phinks. Because Machi and Shizuku agree with Nobunaga and Kurapika tells them about Melody's ability to detect lies, they all return to the hideout as told by him.[30]
Paku next comes back from the airport and tells them about the conditions, which involve her going to the exchange location alone with the kids. Phinks becomes so angry that he wants to get rid of the kids then go after Kurapika[31] but Machi disagrees with him. She and Kortopi then almost got into a fight with Phinks and Feitan, who think that she and the others are being manipulated by Kurapika, before their quarrel is interrupted by Gon. Phinks finally agrees to let Paku go alone after Franklin tells him that if he keeps being stubborn, the worst thing — Chrollo's death — may happen.[32]
After Pakunoda returns without Chrollo and the kids, Machi is one of the six members who she gives her memories to before being killed by Kurapika's Judgement Chain.[33] Knowing that they cannot pursue and kill Kurapika as long as the Judgement Chain is still tied around Chrollo's heart, they stay in Yorknew City to wait for Chrollo, who has left the city in search of an Exorcist.[34]
Greed Island arc
On September 6, Phinks and Feitan steal a copy of the game Greed Island from Southernpiece auction house and bring it back to the hideout.[35] Machi and other members are invited to play with them, but they decline.[36] Later, after Shalnark discovers that Greed Island is an island in the real world and there's an Exorcist on the island, she enters the game with the other members to search for this person. They are forced to cooperate with Hisoka because Chrollo himself has asked Hisoka to find an Exorcist for him.
After Kalluto is revealed he asks if his Zetsu was imperfect, to which Machi answers that it was perfect, but Hisoka is just a beast. Soon the Troupe locate the Exorcist Abengane, Hisoka asks Machi, "What she will do if he defeats and kills Chrollo after Kurapika's Nen chain has been removed from his heart?" She responds, "Chrollo will never lose to him, but if that were to happen, she would hunt Hisoka down and kill him," demonstrating her fierce loyalty to Chrollo. Hisoka says he would like that, in a playful and somewhat flirtatious manner.[37]
Abilities & Powers
Being part of the Troupe, Machi is a very powerful fighter. She has extreme confidence in her skills, demonstrated when she was willing to engage in combat with both Phinks and Feitan in order to let Pakunoda go to the meeting with Kurapika,[32] and when claiming that, if Hisoka ever were to manage to kill Chrollo, she would chase and murder him, showing she is not afraid to confront someone who could kill the leader of the Phantom Troupe. Furthermore, when Gon and Leorio couldn't grasp the extent of her and Nobunaga's strength, Killua asked if picturing two Hisoka would be of help.[38] Like the rest of the Troupe, she has superhuman physical attributes, but has yet to fight with her bare hands. The way she shielded herself when she was attacked by Killua in the darkness proves that she knows at least the basis of martial artistry, as she could protect her neck and head efficiently.[28] She is also extremely observant, figuring out the strategy that Hisoka used to defeat Kastro.
Enhanced Strength: The fact that she ranked sixth in arm-wrestling within the Phantom Troupe is a testament to her high strength.[2] She can easily lift several grown man hung at her wires and, as stated in the 2011 anime, she can tear a Nen user to shreds with them.
Immense Speed and Reflexes: A testament to Machi's speed is first given when she stitches Hisoka's severed arms in a matter of instants, with her hands looking like a mere blur, and yet with flawless accuracy.[3] After unleashing his deafening howl, Uvogin stated that for people like her covering her ears before the sound reached was no business at all.[12] Moreover, she was the only one swift enough to react after Uvogin was restrained by Kurapika's Chain Jail, throwing a Nen imbued needle at his calf to keep track of him, despite the notoriously fast Feitan being there, too.[13] Even more impressive, she was able to notice that Gon was going to move, appear behind his back and grab him before he, despite his quick reflexes, could even catch a glimpse of her or make a single step.
Enhanced Agility: Machi can run on the sides of buildings and easily jump horizontally from one to another.[26]
Enhanced Resistance to Pain: Machi is extremely resistant to pain: even Killua stabbed her in the chest, also breaking some of her ribs, she still managed to catch him, all of it while keeping Gon under her control.[28]
Strong Muscle Control:Machi has an excellent control over her muscles as Killua was not able to retrieve his hand immediately when he stabbed her, which led to his capture.[28]
Enhanced Perception: She sensed that multiple people concealed with Zetsu where tailing her and Nobunaga, though she was unable to tell their locations and number.[16]
Sharp Intuition:Machi can have incredibly accurate hunches, bordering on premonition, as most of the Troupe members, including Chrollo and Nobunaga, usually trust them to be true. She has never been wrong so far.
Master of Stealth: Her abilities in stealth go without saying, as she can approach and kill enemies without them noticing her. This feat is reminiscent of ninjitsu, matching her kunoichi appearance.
Master Trap Layer: Machi can use her wires to kill or bind her enemies, waiting for them to step in her traps or catching them off-guard herself. She did not even let her opponents see her in the fight against the mafia. Her snares are hard to spot, as not only her threads require Gyo to be seen, but they are also extremely thin, and can kill multiple targets in a matter of seconds.
Machi is a Transmuter. Little of her abilities has been shown thus far, but, being a member of the Phantom Troupe, she is undoubtedly extremely proficient in Nen.
|Machi's Nen Type: Transmutation
|Type: Transmutation
|Nen Stitches (念糸縫合)
|Machi is capable of creating threads which can be lengthened without limit out of her aura and can only be seen by using Gyo.[13] These threads can be used to sew open wounds and even to completely reattach severed limbs in a short time.[3] From what she said after reattaching Hisoka's arm and since the magician was able to move his fingers immediately after the operation, it is reasonable to think the stitches also have moderate regenerative properties, either revitalizing the dead cells of stimulating the production of new ones.[3]
|Type: Transmutation
|Nen Threads
|Machi Transmutes her aura into threads to manipulate her target's movements like a puppeteer. She can also use them to capture, strangle or cut enemies. The strength of the threads is inversely proportional to their length: a thread as long as the Earth's diameter would be as strong as cotton, but a one-meter long thread could lift a ton.[14] If the threads leave Machi's fingers, their ultimate strength drops significantly.
- In the official databook, her name is "Matiy".
- Machi is the second Phantom Troupe member introduced in the series.
- In the second character popularity poll for Hunter × Hunter, Machi took 7th place with 544 votes.
- In the third character popularity poll for Hunter × Hunter, Machi took 12th place with 282 votes.
- Machi is played by Kuon Sayaka in the Hunter × Hunter stage play Hunter × Hunter: Real Stage.
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 1, Chapter 2
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 10, Chapter 84
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 7, Chapter 55
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 10, Chapter 89
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 12, Chapter 108
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 11, Chapter 102
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 12, Chapter 105
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 8, Chapter 71
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 8, Chapter 73
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 9, Chapter 74
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 9, Chapter 75
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 9, Chapter 76
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 9, Chapter 77
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 9, Chapter 78
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 9, Chapter 79
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 10, Chapter 90
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 10, Chapter 91
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 10, Chapter 92
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 11, Chapter 96
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 11, Chapter 98
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 11, Chapter 100
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 11, Chapter 101
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 12, Chapter 104
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 12, Chapter 106
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 12, Chapter 109
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 12, Chapter 111
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 12, Chapter 112
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 12, Chapter 113
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 12, Chapter 114
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 12, Chapter 115
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 13, Chapter 117
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 13, Chapter 118
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 13, Chapter 119
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 13, Chapter 120
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 13, Chapter 121
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 13, Chapter 123
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 17, Chapter 170
- ↑ Hunter × Hunter - Volume 10, Chapter 88
|Phantom Troupe
|Chrollo Lucilfer
|Active Members
|Bonolenov • Feitan • Franklin • Kalluto Zoldyck • Kortopi • Machi • Nobunaga Hazama • Phinks • Shalnark • Shizuku
|Former Members
|Uvogin • Pakunoda • Hisoka • Omokage
|Hisoka • Illumi Zoldyck • Maha Zoldyck • Abengane


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After running a certain secret level, I have come across an item that I believe is very rare as it is not shown on the item database and it has a design which looks to be very similar to the level. The item is called Spectrum. It is a legendary sword which requires level 30 and as the name suggest it has all the colours of the light spectrum beaming out of the handle. Has anyone got any idea on the value of this sword and if it is a good find or not?
EDIT: The description of the item is: This fantastical blade is the physical manifestation of unicorn smiles, bright rainbow colours, shooting star wishes and teddy bear giggles
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I vaguely remember seeing a ton on the AH. Value is still decent though.
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Does anyone have information regarding if you run the place on inferno or Hell, can it drop spectrum but with higher stats?
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I dont believe it will drop with higher stats in the later diffs, but yeah the sword has a chance to drop off of two of the named unicorns in whimsyshire gz u sir , but there are quite a few on the AH already
I found this in hell, off of the Unique teddy bear Cuddles , the long lost cuddle bear or something just like that. LOL i was amused by his name and i see it drop i got excited, but then realized aww why does it just say "sword" i knew it couldnt be that GREAT of a weapon although it looks awesome.
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It dropped just now for me in the normal pony level from the unicorn Creampuff (Somewhere over the rainbow). This is the funniest legendary i've come across in the game. I gave it to my Barbarian who is level 31.
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I got one on inferno mode and it had the same low crappy stats. I think I AH'd it for 50k gold.
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Omg! Found one back in the day in inferno ponies. Seeing a brown colored item dropped I was so excited too ya know?? What a let down
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Are you serious?! Blizzard get your crap together and either just remove legendary weapons from the game entirely or make them at least useable. Seriously Inferno ponies and you get a 30 dps weapon? even at lvl 30 30 dps is worthless so why even make this item? This isn't WoW where you turned the game in to preteen emo kids to play with worthless pet followers give us items that are useful. At least make it so that you can transform an item to have the same visual affect of the sword. Not like we can walk around town with the lightsaber looking item because it ISN"T WOW.
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No the stats do not. I just got one on inferno and was extremely disappointed when i saw it only has 40 dps
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just got this junk off inferno whimsey. OMG LEGENDARY WOOOO ... wait ... lvl30 what??? typical legendary.
this game makes you cream yourself in excitement over finding a unique, then 99% of the time you ID it, and its some worthless CRAP that's so bad you feel like someone just walked into your house and shot your puppy in the face
Edited by Ayahuasca#1783 on 9/30/2012 2:42 AM PDT
Check the Spectrum that dropped for me..... level 30 item.... 586 DPS......damage output for my then lvl 30 monk over 5k.....his Fire ally took Elites single handedly while finishing normal mode....Sweeping Wind with Master of Wind Rune and Breath of Heaven with blazing wrath, Mantra of Retribution with Transgression(best combos available at lvl 32 for maximizing this build)....allow me to use Monster Power 10 on my just started Nightmare run.....and STILL everything melts in my path......... TWINK ITEM with the right stats...... ;-)
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Just got one with over 600 dps, sold for over 30 mil :)
Edited by Burkin#1264 on 10/25/2012 6:11 PM PDT
Wow.....adding to my previous post...have just dinged lvl 30 with my Witch Doctor.....Spectrum has pushed his damage up to 5600....am in Act 3 normal mode...and am about to play MP10....with my Gargantun....Zombie dogs....plus Soul harvest......NOTHING should touch me through this and nightmare level....Spectrum is even better for WD than Monk..... ;-)
Spectrum can only drop at Secret lvl?
And what about the hamburger, does it have some area that it can be droped? Or it can drop in entire game?
any info here?
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Earlier this week, I saw a new television ad about SB 270, Sen. Alex Padilla's bill that would ban plastic bags in California. The ad was entertaining, because it included a couple of clowns, who basically try to make Padilla's effort out to be a joke.
After watching the ad and letting it sink in, I think the messaging is spot on. SB 270 bans the plastic bags we now get at the grocery store, but exempts bags that are five times thicker. How exactly does this help the environment?
On top of that, grocers get to charge fees for paper and these thicker plastic bags, and then they keep the fees as profits. I guess it's just another way for them to pick our pockets a little more.
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Using the old Sen. Joe McCarthy Red Scare tactics again I see. Well its time to expose you again.<quoted text>
Have you no decency, sir?
#6229 Jul 25, 2012
Using the old Sen. Joe McCarthy Red Scare tactics again I see. Well its time to expose you again.
Have you no decency, sir?
#6230 Jul 25, 2012
Ok there Michelle Bachman!!
#6231 Jul 25, 2012
I see you drool to Faux News.
#6236 Jul 25, 2012
Once again the resident socialist rears their head to decry those who were personally responsible and motivated in their lives, and claim that they are now somehow responsible to subsidize those who were less responsible and less motivated.
Although NTR claims to be a Republican it can plainly be seen that she is as liberal as the current administration and is completely indoctrinated in the welfare state of mind.
Minimum wage jobs are entry level jobs and were never intended for individuals to hold these positions long term or to attempt to raise a family on. If this is what an individual is attempting to do then their burden is theirs and not their fellow taxpayers. Responsible people take the steps necessary to be successful they do not wait for someone else to hand it to them nor should they.
Cant afford top notch health care on that minimum wage or part time job. This should be motivation for the responsible person to better their position in life by working towards furthering their education or skill sets so that they can advance and afford better health care. Why is it the responsibility of those who did the hard work to obtain a well paying job, to subsidize those who did not?
You are correct about one thing which is, it is no longer the good ole days, where a person could earn a living on a high school diploma. Those days have been diminishing since the early eighties. Those who saw that it was going to take a little more work than just graduating high school to make a living are most likely in better shape today than those who did not. Who is really to blame here? The liberals in this country would have you believe that because those who put in the hard work and have become successful are in some way obligated by their success to subsidize those with less. This is Socialism no matter how you dress it up.
#6237 Jul 25, 2012
True dat... wink!
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#6241 Jul 26, 2012
LOVE that movie!
Own the DVD!
Thanks for the reminder!
No joke! Have not had to try to trans-illiterate Russian for several decades.
And I sucked at it, but he got the point.
Have a great night!
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#6242 Jul 26, 2012
We will discuss this further tomorrow (Thurs) but I wanted to apologize to you for calling you a liar regarding your voting record.
While it is still a little bit confusing to me, I was wrong to ASSume that you were being dishonest and disingenuous about your own voting record.
I appreciate your articulate responses and hope we can continue in that direction!
#6243 Jul 26, 2012
As soon as we clean out and clean up The White House we can start the process of rebuilding our country and its economy. While the damage Obama has done may be permanent, it certainly will be worth the effort to find out how much we can correct.
#6244 Jul 26, 2012
California Raisin libturds swung the gate open to Mexihole and now they have been over run by turd wurld monkeys with hands out!!! Feed me gringo. Educate me gringo. Incarcarate me gringo. Pay for me to poop out my turdittos gringo. Feed my turdittos gringo. Goes on and on. We all know why California is broke. I always thought California would fall off into the ocean. Looks like it slid off into Mexihole instead.
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#6245 Jul 26, 2012
The energy density of biofuel is 1/3 that of standard fuel.
In layman's terms, it takes more biofuel to travel the same distance as non-diluted fuel.
i.e. using biofuel increases the "carbon footprint".
How asinine to use biofuel!
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#6246 Jul 26, 2012
Of course there will be the libby detractors. "Where's the link! Waaaaaa."
Here: http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/on-energy...
#6247 Jul 26, 2012
a classic example of too many relatively high paid Takers (parasites) and not enough relatively lower paid Makers(Producers) too many parasites are killing the host.
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#6248 Jul 26, 2012
Aw, shaddup, Stan. You don't know your butt from a hole in the ground.
If there are no jobs for people with less than a college education, then I suppose college educated people will be working on assembly lines, digging ditches, serving fries and soda, collecting the trash, directing traffic, waiting tables at Denny's, installing landscape, operating dozers, driving tractors, watering the cattle, shearing the sheep, cutting your hair, selling you electronics, ringing up your purchases, dry cleaning your good suit, picking your blueberries, changing your head gasket, cleaning your house, cutting your meat, stocking the shelves, climbing the telephone poles, salting the roads, rolling asphalt,(I'm going to stop now because I'm tired).
Get a grip, you idiot. There are myriad jobs that do not require advanced credentials, and as long as those people are working and contributing to society, they certainly deserve to be able to eat and have a roof over their heads. Nobody works in order to starve or be homeless. Besides, you don't have much college, so why are you condescending? Such a hypocrite, you are. If we were investing in our infrastructure, a lot more of them would be working instead of sitting on a porch somewhere. And, if fewer illegal workers were on those jobs and more legal immigrant and American workers were doing them, you'd have less cause for complaint, not that I appreciate your brand of complaints anyway.
What can be plainly seen is that you and your malcontents are stalkers who stay up all night changing the judge-it icons. Frankly, Stan, it doesn't make you look one iota smarter and basically displays your complete lack of ethics. No surprises there. One more time, Stan. Try to retain for longer than two minutes: I'm a SOCIAL liberal and a FISCAL conservative. I believe in free market capitalism with SELF-RESTRAINT. I can't see the self-restraint today. I see an inordinate amount of greed and disrespect.
Responsible people lost jobs too. Yes, they did.
#6249 Jul 26, 2012
Pretty good post except for one thing. You alluded to college being the answer. The fact is a High School diploma was worth more in the sixties than a college degree is today. Those students go to college and when they graduate all they have is the almost worthless diploma.Those degrees are as common as tree leaves it seems everyone has one. Sadly the promosed pot of gold at the end of th education rainbow is a myth. All those gullible students have aquired is a worthless scrap of paper and a college loan to pay off. Supply & demand the High paying college degree jobs do not exist.
#6250 Jul 26, 2012
There is alot of greed and disrespect going on today but the majority of it is coming from our government, not private business.
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#6251 Jul 26, 2012
Libby, lolli, lalalalala. You wonder why you can't get a decent debate going? You start and/or end every post with name calling.
Biofuels are still being researched, and no, they all aren't corn crop. These are green energy technology projects underway and searching for the most efficient way to use these resources and make them cost effective:
Military battles Congress over biofuel research
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#6252 Jul 26, 2012
Dismissed for lack of gray matter.
Scrolling, scrolling, scrolling,
Bzzzt!!! Dimwit loser racist hater with nothing to post but garbage. Your brain may be preserved in alcohol, but the only neural impulse that travels down the T tubule must be the one that controls your elbow bending to move the bottle to your lips.
Your government and businesses WELCOME more cheap labor and more bodies from everywhere on planet earth. They are so intent on increasing cheap labor that they afford welfare and "independence" to young teens willing to produce babies to boost the population. What part of this formula haven't you figured out? If you want to be mad and indignant, try focusing on the source of the problem instead of the manifestations of it.
If you want ants, sprinkle a bag of sugar on the floor and go take a nap. Tell me what you see when you wake up from your stupor. If you don't want sugar loving ants, sweep it up and put the sugar in a zip lock bag. Problem solved. The ants will find other places to be.
#6253 Jul 26, 2012
Where I live there are lots of colleges. And there just isnt the jobs available for the graduates. Its likely the person checking you out a walmart has a college degree ot two. Where I used to work they needed a janitor groundskeeper handy person. So they advertized the job. It paid $10 per hour. They got hundreds of applicants. The owner was overwelmed. They where dreading interviews etc. I stated Ill do it and hire a good hand for $100. IThe first thing I did was throw all the applications that has college degrees in the trash. that got rid of 75% then I looked at the work record and culled the job jumpers. I got it down to about twenty in a couple hours. I called the rest in for interview. I watched when they drove up. If they smoked they where out. If their clothes & car where dirty they where out. If they where overdressed they where out. I hired a high school dropout. He drove up in a older primered PK that was clean and in good mechanical cond. I met him outside and we talked abou this truck and he has done all the work ect. That was the interview. And he didnt even know it. He was dressed for work and had calloused hands and was lean. He Went right to work that minute. He is still there. Best job He ever had and he knows the grass isnt greener anyplace else. Those with college wouldnt have been satisfied.
#6254 Jul 26, 2012
Aircraft manufacturing companies all over the world are well known for thier ability to look to the future. Can you guess howmany years out they believe they will be using fossil fuels for their engines?(Wouldn't solar power be a great answer for them?)
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#6255 Jul 26, 2012
Couldn't disagree more. Government in a Capitalist society works hand in hand with those capitalists in a symbiotic relationship. Government serves their needs, and they, in turn, grow the economy and provide the financial resources that serves government. Today, the relationship is FAR TOO COZY, and government has sold the people out to business desires. Government accomodates business TOO much. If there's a conflict, business interests win.
Business has recovered from the recession and has been reporting record profits - on average 15% quarter after quarter, an achievement not seen since the sixties. Still, they're "complaining"? This is hogwash. They complain because it's working so well, and by so doing, they can pretend not to have noticed just how well - so that these policies that enrich them at the expense of the middle-class (the other tax contributors)can continue on.
How about we cut businesses a break by lowering their tax rates and concurrently telling the individuals that run those businesses that they can no longer double dip it from the kitty with all those lovely tax credits and deductions as well - unless they want to hire Americans and legal immigrant workers. And, no, they can't run roughshod over customers and the public by gambling wildly. We should stop rewarding lousy business practices and risky moves by bailing them out.
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We are doing a lot of work on our house right now and this place appears to be a great resource. Forgive me if I've lacked in my searching skills to find answer on this topic...
When our home was built, the builders used a 1x4 MDF board to trim the entire house... baseboard and door casing. It's horrible. It's also been painted multiple times and when they painted it the first time it appears that they didn't bother to dust it off first.
Anyhow, we are starting to paint the walls and I decided that since we're painting the walls and replacing the floor, it just makes sense to go ahead and rip out the old trim too.
We carefully scored the trim, but when removing it, still managed to do quite a bit of damage to the drywall by peeling off the paper where the paint/caulk stuck.
The baseboards don't concern me as I'll be putting up something taller anyhow and that will cover it. However, the door casings... it appears that the typical width for trim there is only 2.5-3 inches. The damage is 4 inches out from the edge.
Is there any recommended method or products for patching this so it looks neat and tidy? I've floated drywall patches before, but only in new construction so I'm just terrified that I'll never be able to get the texture to match.
Any ideas on how I can fix this? (I'm no remodel guru, but I'm willing to attempt most things)
The wall texture is orange peel by the way.
Consider making a wider door trim?
The main trick to making a texture match is to retexture more than just the damaged spot ... do several inches outside the damage, feathering the new texture out.
And to steal a trick from pro make-up artists, if you retexture on the left side, make a patch on the left. The eye is drawn to the singularity far more than the balanced set. If the damage occurs at regular intervals, texture a few random spots to break up the pattern of patching.
http://homerepair.about.com/od/interiorhomerepair/ss/repair_tex_wall.htm has good instructions.
I pat slightly thinned drywall mud onto the wall from a sponge in a random pattern, let it dry a bit and then strike off the peaks with one quick swipe of a steel drywall knife.
And PRACTICE on something first. it's easy after the first couple of tries, but you don;'t want them on your walls.


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There are 5 stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD). The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) indicates a person's stage of chronic kidney disease. Determining the stage of kidney disease is the first step toward creating a plan of care.
Kidneys are organs whose function is critical to the health of your body. Your kidneys filter your blood, removing waste and unneeded fluid. But that's not all the kidneys do. They also produce certain hormones that help other organs function properly. And they maintain a complex balance of acid, potassium and salt in your body.
Chronic kidney disease occurs when kidneys lose their ability to work properly, sometimes due to chronic high blood pressure, uncontrolled diabetes, genetic disease or other reasons. There are 5 stages of chronic kidney disease, as shown in the chart below.
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| 1
|Kidney damage with normal or elevated GFR. Kidneys are minimally damaged and still clean the blood normally.
|More than 90 mL/min
|Usually none
|Diagnosis and treatment of CKD. Treatment of accompanying conditions. Reducing risk of CKD/slowing its progression.
|Kidney damage with some decrease in GFR. Kidneys are not functioning normally.
|60 to 89 mL/min
|Usually none
|Estimating and slowing progression.
|3 (moderate)
|Moderate decrease in GFR. Kidneys are damaged and are half way to failure.
|30 to 59 mL/min
|Usually none
|Evaluating and treating complications and slowing progression.
|4 (severe)
|Severe decrease in GFR. Kidneys are near failure.
|15 to 29 mL/min
|There may be swelling and nausea.
|Preparation for dialysis and/or transplant.
|Kidney failure – dialysis required.
|Less than 15 mL/min
|There may be swelling, nausea or shortness of breath.
|Dialysis is necessary. Kidney transplant possible.
Diagnosis and Symptoms of CKD
Often in the early stages of kidney disease, there are few or no symptoms.
By Stage 3, an individual may develop anemia (insufficient number of red blood cells), the beginnings of bone disease or both. These conditions require treatment to improve well-being and prevent future complications.
People with Stage 4 kidney disease must begin planning for dialysis and/or a kidney transplant.
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