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Blood vessel and nerve damage linked with
diabetes can lead to serious infections that are
extremely hard to treat. Often the first place you have a problem is your
feet. When you lose the ability to feel your toes and feet, you are more likely
to injure them without knowing it. Even a minor injury, such as a small cut,
can develop into an ulcer and a serious infection.
Infections of the feet can spread up into the leg. Sometimes the
infection is so severe that the foot and possibly part of the leg must be
amputated. In the United States, more than 60% of all lower-leg amputations
that are not related to an accident are done because of diabetes.1
Amputations are done when efforts to save the foot or leg are
unsuccessful or the infection is causing extensive tissue damage. In all cases,
doctors save as much of a person's foot or leg as possible. But they try
to make sure that the remaining part of the limb will heal so that further
surgery is not necessary.
A serious infection can be life-threatening. In these cases, an
amputation may save your life.
If you are faced with needing an amputation, talk with your doctor
about how it can benefit you. Often amputation relieves the severe pain
linked with an infection, as well as getting rid of the infection and the
need to take strong antibiotics. Also, modern prosthetic devices are
lightweight, making walking as easy as possible after an amputation.
Having a foot or leg amputated is traumatic and means a major
body-image change. Allow yourself time to grieve and deal with what losing a
part of your body means to you. If you need help, talk with a health
professional about emotional counseling. You may also find it helpful to talk
with a person who has had an amputation.
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Joined: Feb 2011
Location: Dexter, MI
Oddometer: 113
Michigan Boys Out in the Desert!
I got a call a couple of months ago from my buddy asking if I wanted to go to Las Vegas.... hmmm I've never been so why not. Oh wait, it gets better, he say's we're going out there for another riding buddy (Jason)'s 40th surprise Bday party. Party in Vegas, this could get a little out of hand!
And the best part was we are taking him on a dirtbike tour through the desert. This is great! Jason's wife planned all the events around the party in Vegas and I got on the net searching for a dirt bike tour out there.
Ended up at ADMO Tours, perfect day trip, could rent bikes. The 3 of us are all set! Now on with the trip!
I'm ready to go bright and early, waiting outside the Paris Hotel for these goons to show up. Here comes my ride.
Jason on the left, me on the right. Excited to go riding. We've never ridden this type of terrain so we're dying to see what it's like. I've watched YouTube videos for hours on end and I'm ready for this trip!
We are headed south from Vegas and are meeting our guide at Whiskey Pete's Casino in Primm. About a 45 min drive from Vegas and I snapped a couple of pics along the way. Never seen mountains like this, these don't exist in Michigan!
After bull-shitting the entire way down to Primm and seeing how excited Jason was about his Bday surprise we arrive at our meeting place.
Here we are getting some of our gear on
Not 5 min. after we pull into the Casino this shady character name Hector comes out of no where. We talk to him for a bit and he is curious as to what we are doing, says his wife is inside gambling. Uh ok. He just hung around us while we were getting our gear on and the bikes ready to go.
So Steve snaps this picture of Hector and say's, "I'm taking this photo cause I want to make sure my car is still here when I get back!"
And after signing our life away on the waivers we are headed out. But one last shot...
We immediately crossed over into California and rode up some good rocky 2 track trail headed up the mountain. About 10 miles into the ride we stop to take a look back at Primm. We came up the trail on the left side of the pic. Coming home, we'd take the trail on the right.
The Bday boy enjoying himself!
And me giving the in front of our tour guide. He told us to call him Rick "The GREAT!".
We are moving along at a pretty good pace. Around 40-50mph for most of the trip. Rick "the Great!" told us we'd go about 120 miles today. That was fine for us, sounded fun.
All of us had to get used to the higher speeds over the rocky terrain. For us, rocks the size of grapefruit are not what we see on our trails at home. We deal with the mud, sand, water, and wet slippery roots. Some adjustment was needed and I'm glad I had all my gear on!
I'll get into that in a little bit!
Rick "the Great!" takes us through a couple good canyons leading into the Joshua tree forest on the other side of the mountains leaving Primm.
Was even resembling a little single track
This was my favorite area to ride on this trip. Nice narrow trail running 3rd and 4th gear, getting a little bit of air going over some of these sandy washes!!! This lasted probably for 8-10 miles and it was time for a break to see how everyone was doing. And for a couple more photo ops.
Look at that blue sky!
It's somewhere just after this stop that I had my first crash. I'm glad I bought the insurance on the bike to only make me liable for $150 in damage...you never know. This get-off wasn't a big deal, we were heading up a very rocky section in a canyon and I lost momentum going up a step and dropped the bike. However, my bike had POS plastic bark busters on it. Yep, snapped the right one off at the end of the bars by having it land on a rock during a slow tip-over Seriously!! Come on. The other side of the handlebars had metal bark busters....F me! I had to fall on that side.
This is my luck, but I don't worry too much about it. I'm having a blast and that's life. Soon we come up to another stop at a cattle corral. I ask Rick "the Great!" why the hell is this out here in the middle of BFE? He has no idea. But who takes cattle out 30-40 miles from anything to let them graze??? Guess I am too much of a city boy to understand...
Rick "the Great!" and crew. We loved his Beta by the way. Don't see any of those on the trails in Michigan!
Next up was Patterson Lookout which was on Turquoise Mountain. Rick "the Great!" said that they could view huge areas from up on this mountain and see all the tanks out there practicing and what not. Sounded cool, lets go!
So we are starting to head up this mountain and the views are just incredible. Nothing like at home, this trip is one to remember for a long time.
Steve took some video heading up. Take a look.
Once at the top it is a bunch of radio/cell phone towers now, but WOW what a view in so many directions!
Steve and Rick the Great!
Rick "the Great!"
Looking down the steep hillside
Jason at the lookout
Now for my next failure...You'd think I'd start to learn how to ride, but I've still got less than 400 miles of dirt bike experience under my belt at this time. Coming down from Patterson Lookout, Rick "the Great!" decides to take a dirt trail off to the right side of the mountain. But to get on it, I'm braking down a steep paved hill with lots of gravel...yup, frontend washed out just as I was making the turn. MORE REAR BRAKE!!! oh well, it landed on the same plastic POS bark buster and completely broke it off at this point. Now it's only handing on by the attachment towards the center of the bar...I ride on. We'll fix it at lunch.
Lunch is in Baker, CA and we are still a ways out, but I'm starting to get hungry. Our Denny's breakfast has been worked off and I drink some more water to tide me over.
Not quite sure how many more miles it was to Baker, but just as we are pulling into town I do it again!!! This time right over the damn bars! I was following Steve and noticed that he just went over one of the numerous washes we'd gone over already. These big dips are from the water run-off and for most of them you just need to slow down. This one ENGULFED my front wheel! I didn't react fast enough to get the front wheel up and over the wash. Hit at probably 20 mph and that front wheel stuck like glue and I was along for the ride. Saw it coming and just braced for it.
I wear full body armor and this saved my ass. Got up and nothing was hurt. I picked the bike up to inspect the damage. Guess what, the right side bark buster was still hanging there, just barely. But now I have a bent front brake lever! Hahaha I need to learn to ride. The problem is, if I would have been a foot to the right, the wash was filled in and it would just have been a bump. That is where the rest of them crossed. I just like to make it more challenging!
Steve snapped this picture because I am notorious for killing bark busters....in the 400 miles or so I've riden I've broken a metal one off his beater bike (that's hanging on a tree somewhere in northern MI!), broke the right one off my bike, and now the right one off this bike!
And finally some food...
The steeds resting.
Not much around, these small towns just pop up out of the desert and its many miles before you see civilization again.
Now that we are stuffed, it's time to head out and take a different route back to Primm. We only had to back track on the same trail a couple of times for a few miles so we could see some more cool stuff.
Steve took some video following Rick "the Great!" after lunch. Enjoy.
Part 1 http://www.outride.com/media/p/CgWnETRQFK_VbAB2
Part 2 http://www.outride.com/media/p/D9npu6FYhWq9yEXu
We didn't take a ton of pictures on the way back, but we did get a few good ones as we stopped in this canyon for a break. To get here was a tight single track, boulder, not rock filled trail! But guess what, I kept the bike upright!
Jason giving the
Steve takes a couple of action shots of Jason coming up to a stop
Hey, who stole my bark buster? Looks like I was thirsty too.
Now we are getting pretty close to Primm and Rick "the Great!" stops at a trail crossing and says ok, the road is going to get really rocky now. I'm like WTF have we been riding all day then? He tells us big rocks will just be randomly in the trail so keep your eyes up and stay out of the others dust so you can see. Great, this should be fun
Turns out that some rocks along the trail were the size of soccer balls, but I didn't come across any that big in the trail. Most just the size of a soft ball or something.
But riding these rocks like this for miles and miles takes a beating on your wrist and you do get some arm pump. We stopped here to catch our breath! See those f'ing rocks! hahaha
I made it through the afternoon keeping the bike upright. I was glad that the bike didn't ensue any more damage! Jason doesn't like riding fast on the rocks as 2 years ago he had 2 trips to the ER. One for a collar bone and the other his wrist. He took it easy over the rocks as did I, but Rick "the Great!" and Steve led the charge at a higher rate of speed and survived. Once back in the car on the way home, Steve did admit he had a nice scare but manage to keep the bike and himself in one piece!
Now this picture shows the trail we rode down back to our meeting point in Primm. We came down the trail on the left side.
And here you can barely make out the solor power tower in front of the mountain.
BUT, the best part of this trip, was when we rode back up to our cars at Whiskey Pete's Casino, Hector was there waiting for us! WTF....dude you are creepin me out! We have been gone for 8 hours and you are still here, let alone hanging out at our car?
He said he was leaving and saw our dust trail coming down the mountain so he waited for us. Steve thinks he was waiting on his 'working' girls inside the casino!
And just for good measure I'll end here, with the picture of Hector!
The Michigan boys had fun playing out in the desert. We might have learned a few things as well!
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Location: Red stickered, in the wild, wild, west
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dude that is an awesome ride report and what a great adventure for you and your good buddies. Nothing but good stuff there man. Good for you guys!!!!!
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Joined: Jan 2012
Location: Denver, CO and California's highdesert
Oddometer: 17
Enjoyed the photos and story. Great day trip.
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Feb 2010
Location: Huntsville Ala. foothills of the Smokey's
Oddometer: 479
Did you rent the bikes? How did you know where to go ride?
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Joined: Jul 2010
Location: Minn.
Oddometer: 2,661
Looks like you guys had an outrageous time. Curious what part of Michigan you blokes are from-- I tour the You Pee on occasion. Copper Harbor this last fall with some other inmates.
That's funny about Hector. My feelings exactly. He probably spent 8 hours trying to jimmy the door of your tow vehicle while you guys were gone
First the Earth cooled. Next came rats, cockroaches and KLR's... and life was good.
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Joined: Feb 2011
Location: Dexter, MI
Oddometer: 113
We did rent the bikes while we were out there from ADMO Tours. They are the ones who led the tour out in the desert. Rick works for ADMO Tours.
He knew where to go, we just followed.
We are from Southeast MI. Most of us are near Brighton / Ann Arbor area. We typically ride lower MI just because it is closer and we haven't been able to take a significant vacation from work and family to make it to the UP.
Joined: Nov 2008
Location: surrounded by the Great Lakes
Oddometer: 1,303
Great times! Thanks for sharing guys.
-Marco Moto
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Jul 2009
Location: Great lakes state
Oddometer: 256
Cool pictures, and trip. Represent!
Joined: Nov 2004
Location: Oxbow Lake
Oddometer: 2,122
Nice adventure! Isnt the desert fun?
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Old wives tale
- Put a coin in a purse or wallet that you give for a gift.
- —Guest Kedi
Old wives tale
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- —Guest Kedi
Herrings and Silver
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- I've heard an old wives' tale that if a black crow would fly in an open window it means someone in the family would die. Well, a month before my 92-year-old father died in 2005, a black crow DID fly in through an open door. The crow cawed a bit in my direction then flew out the same door he came in. I thought of the omen at the time and my father did die a month later in June 2005. Go figure.
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Flowering Trees
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- —MarieTD
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- The first person to visit a house on New Year's Day had to be a male in order to bring good luck to that home. My mother would insist that my brother and father be the first ones to enter with "Happy New Year" greetings. Women came in last.
- —BestGram
Dropped Silverware = Company's Coming
- In my Polish family, whenever silverware dropped on the floor, it meant company would be showing up soon. If a knife or fork fell, we could expect a man. If a spoon fell, for sure it would be a woman!
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San Diego's economic lifeline: Exports
Global Cities Initiative to help 100 cities ramp up for world trade -- a solution for job growth
- Invest in basic infrastructure and retain industrial assets, such as marine terminals. Said Port Commissioner Bob Nelson. "We live in the land of the free lunch. I don't know how we meet the challenge of the future without investing in our own communities."
- Take advantage of existing international relationships, via company-to-company business contacts and organizations like the San Diego World Trade Center. "To me, to have this room filled with people genuinely interested in trade, it's a dream come true after being in this position for 10 years," said Bella Huele, president and CEO of the San Diego World Trade Center. She said her center has affiliations with 330 counterparts worldwide.
- Embed local universities' international MBA students and graduates in local companies so they can make connections with their home country businesses. This is an idea already i the works in Los Angeles, said Brian Finch, vice president for global governmental relations and public policy at JPMorgan Chase.
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After the Brookings briefing, business leaders met at the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce to map out the next steps to ramping up San Diego's exports from businesses and institutions.
Exports include not only products and services delivered abroad (such as legal advice and architectural design), but also attract money from outside the region, such as college students, tourists and defense-funded military activities.
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— Hold large meetings to develop strategy for increasing export activities, tourism and military spending.
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Returning home from her engagement trip with her fiance and her family, Edwina Winfield finds her life forever altered when the ship on which they are sailing--the Titanic--hits an iceberg, and soon she is playing mother to her five orphaned siblings.
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AMD Misses Forecasts
Advanced Micro Devices reported fourth-quarter net income that narrowly trailed forecasts. The company joined its larger rival Intel Corp by saying the slowdown in PC sales would hurt first-quarter results.
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Wall Street analysts surveyed by First Call/Thomson Financial were projecting a loss of 65 cents a share.
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Wake up! Khan's 2pt deductions=1pt
No one has raised the point that at the end of the day, Khan was only penalized 1 point for pushing close to 16 times. The other point balanced out a knock down that was caused by tangled legs. So in other words if the Ref, never takes a point from anyone the fight ends at best in a draw. Congratulations Peterson, you won the fight with cleaner harder shots. Khan is good for boxing, his brash personality brings in fans, but dedicated tough fighters like Peterson keep them coming back.
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And people act like points are not part of the sport. They are live factors just like punches and strategies are. It's a fight and you have to make sure you do what you got to do to get the win, Khan didn't do that. He got careless and he got the deduction... then he did it again.
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Anyone ever wonder why an American boxer of color is aways the underdog in a fight on US soil? Never heard of Khan except for when he got knock the f**k out. Now all of a sudden he's this major threat in the 140lbs class. From what I have seen he's only a threat if he's fighting against females in that division. The kid looks soft to me. If we as American can stand up against terrorist we should start standing up for our on country men in all sports.
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4) Unless people read spoilers, this is going to have no build up. Thus not gaining any new viewers who would be interested in seeing the outcome.
5) This is because Angle is injured. Who's to say Storm isn't holding it until Angle's break?
6) 3 and 6 is only possible if TNA is willing to do it. We only have one outcome spoiled, we don't know anything beyond that.


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-- Over 13,000 people in the U.S. contracted paralytic polio each year. Thousands of children were left in crutches, braces, wheelchairs and iron lungs.
-- 450 people died each year in the U.S. from measles, one of the most infectious diseases in the world.
-- 600 American children died each year of Hib meningitis. Hundreds more were left with deafness, seizures or mental retardation.
-- 9,000 people - mostly children - died of pertussis, or whooping cough, in the U.S every year. Many infants who survived suffered permanent brain damage.
-- 6,100 people in the U.S. died of invasive pneumococcal disease each year. Many children developed long-term complications such as deafness or seizures.
-- An estimated 20,000 infants born to infected mothers during a rubella epidemic in 1964-65 contracted congenital rubella syndrome, an illness whose symptoms include deafness, blindness and mental retardation.
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Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
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- Wallz Presents: A Kingdom Hearts Series Playthrough Topic
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- Wallz Presents: A Kingdom Hearts Series Playthrough Topic
3 years ago#1
With the upcoming release of Kingdom Hearts 3D, I decided it was time to play or replay through all the games in this series. I used to be obsessed, but somewhere between Kingdom Hearts II (which I thoroughly enjoyed) and 358/2 Days I lost the majority of my interest. Because this series used to be so important to me, I really want to get caught back up.
Not only will this be a playthrough topic, it's also a place for me to try to dissect the story and plot of this series in hopes of following it as completely as possible. I know the word "convoluted" gets thrown around a lot, but even if I'm fighting a losing battle I want to try to make sense of things.
No future spoilers, please.
Here's my playthrough order:
1) Kingdom Hearts (own, beaten a few times before)
2) Kingdom Hearts: ReCoM (own, beat the original CoM, no longer own it)
3) Kingdom Hearts II (own, beaten once before)
4) Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (own, played a tiny bit, never beat it)
5) Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (Do not own this game or a PSP)
6) Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (Own a DS, do not own this game)
7) Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (own a 3DS, do not own this game)
I'll be playing through the highest difficulty setting of every game, and also going for something resembling completion. My definition of that is to complete the journal, beat all optional bosses, get all weapons, etc. A more detailed version of what that looks like will follow!
But no, I'm not going to force myself to maximize the stats of Sora, Donald, Goofy, let alone every other party member. I don't need to have 99x Pretty Stones from my time on Destiny Islands. Level 100? Okay, that's a goal I'm more likely to shoot for.
Enough about completion, I'll get a better sense of what that means once I start playing!
Updates will probably come more frequently Tuesday-Thursday and almost never on Fridays or Mondays. This project will last well into the summer if completed!
Let me know if you'll be along for the journey, discussion/feedback from others is always a good form of motivation. I think that's pretty much everything for now, I'll be dusting off the ol' PS2 and booting up Kingdom Hearts very soon!
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3 years ago#2
Hmm, I'm down with this! I normally a series playthrough whenever a new game comes out...however, my ps2 started acting up on me (and that made me furious to no end)! Typically when I do this, the story of the upcoming game makes more sense since the story of the series is fresh on my mind. I may simply buy another PS2 since I've been burning to play KH & KH2.
By the way, your name...it brings back annoying memories!
I love going on message boards and complaining about games I've never played! - Super Paper Mario
3 years ago#3
Hope you enjoy your run as much as I've been enjoying mine. :D
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3 years ago#4
Oh, TC, I might join you on this venture, although I'm going to omit KH1 and KH2 cuz I'm hopeful for an anniversary HD remake. I'll also omit days, because i've played days to death. I could go back for completion though since I still have a few challenges left. So yeah my order will probably be more like this:
1. Finish Ventus story for BBS and Post game.
2. Re:Coded
3. Re:CoM (I'm stuck on Riku mode)
4. Finish Days challenges
My list is much shorter, but I don't have the luxury of being able to play that much. Hopefully I can finish most of this before 3D comes out. I wish you luck though. Doing completetion runs for any of these games is very time intensive. Especially all weapons in CoM...
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(Topic Creator)3 years ago#5
Here's what went down yesterday!
The title screen brought back some major nostalgia. Apparently the last time I picked up this game for a significant amount of time was July, 2010.
I chose Expert for my difficulty, turned the vibration setting on, and then settled back to start kicking some heartless butt!
Awakening: The tutorial, and a dream... er, at least we think so. I chose the Staff and gave up the Sword, mostly because giving up the Shield seemed like a bad idea on Expert difficulty. This will allow me to max out my MP more quickly, and all the other stats (STR, DEF) can be boosted by items, whereas magic cannot. This will also cause me to largely rely on magic (and my partners' items) for healing. Picking Staff = lowest amount of item slots. But you get Scan and Treasure Magnet really early, and I like those abilities a lot!
I chose all three 'first' answers when talking to Wakka, Selphie and Tidus. Even though it will make level grinding more of a chore if I try to get to level 100, I thought it wise to level up as quickly as possible during the opening parts of the game. I've never played through the game on Expert before, and I want to have an advantage while taking on Guard Armor without magic and Leon without magic OR partners (and planning to win).
Not to mention, if Expert is anything like Normal you can get pretty far at Level 50; at the very least, through to Hollow Bastion. By that point, I'll have a lot more options for grinding.
I grabbed the potion, of course. I was at level 2 when I went to face Darkside initially and actually lost!! Because I want to win this battle, I restarted. Thankfully I utilized the game's first save point. Creepy that the stairs disappear behind you as you walk across to the Belle platform >_>
The second time I challenged Darkside I was victorious, and by the end of the battle I reached level 4! Yes, I spent the whole time getting tech points, haha. Reflecting the energy balls and getting a combo off while swinging at Darkside's head will give you a lot of EXP for this early in the game.
And so, I finished Awakening after 31 minutes of gameplay. I definitely took my sweet time, and had to walk away while the game was paused! But hey, I'm not exactly going for a speedrun.
I'm planning on including story questions for each area/world, regarding everything that isn't 100% clear. This is a major audience participation section of my playthrough. Here is our first batch of story questions!!
Awakening story questions:
1) What symbolism is in Sora's opening dream? ie. Riku reaches out his hand before the waves engulf him. By the end of our time on Destiny Islands, there is a very similar moment with Riku and the darkness. Are there any other instances of foreshadowing here, or is the rest just random imagery?
2) Who is the disembodied voice? Is it even a character? Do we know this? (I've heard Mickey.)
3) Where does this opening take place? Is it safe to say it's simply in Sora's dreams, or is this also a physical location?
4) "The day you'll open the door is both far off and very near." My money is on this simply being an ambiguous statement, but knowing what we know now, do you think there could be more meaning here?
I've got to go to class now, but when I come back I'll talk about the rest of what I did yesterday!
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(Topic Creator)3 years ago#6
Destiny Islands
Destiny Islands: The first real world in Kingdom Hearts, and where our journey begins! This place brings back a lot of memories :') The Kingdom Hearts series mythos begins here, with three friends who simply want to see other worlds. But from what I've heard about BbS's story, there are about half a dozen things also going on here.
Last I played, I got through Day 1.
Day 1: Collect items for Kairi, duel away. Pretty simple! I got the Hi-Potion from Kairi after giving her all the supplies: Two logs, cloth, rope.
Collecting all the supplies needed is extremely simple, that's the first thing I did. After I got all that stuff, I talked to Wakka to start dueling away! There are five duels: Wakka, Selphie, Tidus, 3-on-1 with WST, and then the Riku duel.
The WST 1-on-1 battles are extremely easy, I did those first in Wakka-Selphie-Tidus order. Wakka is kinda fun to duel because locking onto him and hitting his blitzballs back stuns him and also earns you tech points. Selphie is kinda strange, I've heard this duel referred to as "borderline abuse" and I'm tempted to agree, haha. I forgot that sometimes she will randomly SIT DOWN during the duel, what the heck? She's the hardest to earn tech points against so I battled her just once as well.
Then, Tidus. I fought normally without farming tech points, which left me really close to reaching level 5. I dueled Tidus a second time and milked the fight for as many EXP points as possible, until I reached level 6. After that I attempted the 3-on-1 duel, which took me four tries to win.
My strategy was to take out Tidus first, then take out Selphie, and finally just deal with Wakka. There's probably a better way of doing it, but I find the crucial aspect of my strategy is to focus on one at a time, and be very aggressive. Winning this duel got me another potion!
I dueled Tidus one more time to reach level 7 before battling Riku. That only took one attempt! As long as you can dodge Riku's attacks, and avoid the temptation to button mash, you can ALWAYS win. I was tempted to farm potions and repeatedly duel Riku, but it was time to progress the story!
The two scenes (Destiny Islands, Disney Castle) that end Day 1 are fairly interesting, but straightforward. There are no major questions presented!
Total play time: 1 Hour, 11 Minutes.
Day 2, here I come!
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(Topic Creator)3 years ago#7
Didn't get to play as much as I wanted to yesterday, but I still got a pretty significant amount of stuff done.
Destiny Islands - Day 2
The first stop during Day 2 is to race Riku. I actually lost to him the first time, so I restarted. After beating him on my second attempt I got a Pretty Stone and moved onto food collecting! Racing Riku over and over simply to farm Pretty Stones has got to be one of the most pointless things ever. Honestly, it's only 30 munny per item! If you like racing Riku, that's one thing.
I always have fun collecting the Coconuts, Mushrooms, Fish, Seagull Egg and Drinking Water. Obviously the most interesting part of this is going into the Secret Place for the first time and enjoying dat cutscene! Also important is the Protect Chain, which I grabbed and equipped immediately. Sora is going to need all the help he can get when it comes to staying alive >_> I returned the supplies to Kairi and got another Hi-Potion.
Cutscene cutscene cutscene, dodge Heartless and find Riku greeting darkness on his island, get THE KEYBLADE! Oh yeah. Once I got the keyblade I fought Shadows until Sora reached level 8, which required a LOT of heartless slaying. Not only did I earn a lot of EXP, I also got *ten* extra potions that Shadows dropped, bringing me to 13 total.
Yet another good reason to pick the Staff. I'm almost certain there's a correlation between picking the Staff in the beginning and an increased drop rate by enemies. This will definitely help when it comes time to synthesize everything!
I fought Darkside, which was a bit easier than last time. There's not too much to say about that! Of course, we're treated to more cutscenes, and then my adventures on Destiny Islands are done for a very, very long time.
Upon entering Traverse Town, I had played for exactly 2 hours!
If you know the answer to any of these questions, please, feel free to chime in!
Destiny Islands story questions:
1) The "hooded man" is definitely Ansem SoD, right? That's my understanding.
2) The stars blinking out... what exactly happened at this point? I'm really eager to play BbS so I can get a better idea of the chronology behind Xehanort's experiments and the border between the worlds disappearing, then Mickey meeting with Ansem the Wise.
3) "Daisy, can you take care of-" Ha, assuming this was just translated poorly. And if it was ever intended to be worth a second thought, there is a 0.0000001% chance it ever gets addressed now.
4) Sora randomly getting the keyblade. It's possible that this gets mentioned in a future game, but it seems very all of a sudden. What else is going on behind the scenes when the keyblade suddenly presents itself to Sora?
Onward, to Traverse Town!
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(Topic Creator)3 years ago#8
Traverse Town
The rundown: Sold my pretty stone. Got three postcards and sent them in for a Cottage, Mythril Shard and Mega-potion. Opened the chest in the Accessory Shop for a Mythril Shard. Got a Mega-potion from the chest above the Gizmo Shop in the second district. Got two more potions and a pretty stone from chests in the Alley.
The main thing I did on my initial tour of Traverse Town was explore, talk to a lot of people and kill roughly 200-300 heartless! I did not run from a single Shadow. In fact, I sought them out and as a result I reached level 10 before even fighting Leon! I equipped Scan immediately after learning it. I also got several more potions and Lucid Shards for my time!
After fighting the Shadows in First District and reaching level 10, I went to talk to Cid and saved. The very next thing I'll do is fight Leon!
Now I've played for 2:46 and have 405 munny. Time to get back to it!
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(Topic Creator)3 years ago#9
Time to power through Wonderland!
I wonder if anyone is following this little topic so far ;)
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(Topic Creator)3 years ago#10
Almost done with Olympus Coliseum, time for a proper update at some point, haha.
Does everyone here always go Wonderland --> Olympus Coliseum ---> Deep Jungle?
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Total renovation completed In 2012, this apartment has excellent finish thoughout , to a high standard with 4 metre high ceilings;
Air Conditioner ;
FREE unlimited fast Wifi Internet;
Lovely entrance Hall with secure double doors;
Sitting room with, large corner sofa (converts to double bed) and table, Plasma TV (English/USA and European tv stations)and built in fire, wall lights, modern spot lighting, large opening windows;
Kitchen, modern style units, gas hob cooker, Breakfast bar and high stools, Fridge/Freezer, Microwave and all required equipment, large window;
Superb Bathroom with Italian Ceramic Tiling, large double Bath/shower, vanity wash basin, Washing/Drying Machine, large water boiler , built in toilet , large towel rails;
Large main bedroom, with king size bed , big wall mounted Plasma TV, large opening windows, double mirrored wardrobe and shelves and storage units;
2nd Double Bedroom with king size bed, large wardrobe, wooden storage shelves;
Apartment is in a quiet courtyard , on the 1st floor in safe building with off road car parking;
2 small Mini Markets shops close by and all the shops/bars/restaurants of Pushkinska Str.;
''Meet & Greet'' Taxi Collection from Airport/Station available - please ask for details;
|Sleeps up to 4, 2 bedrooms
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|Corporate bookings, Long term lets (over 1 month)
|Family friendly
|Suitable for children over 5
|No pets allowed, No smoking at this property
Features and Facilities
|Jacuzzi or hot tub, Internet access, DVD player
|Central heating, Air conditioning, TV, Satellite TV, Wi-Fi available
|Kettle, Toaster
|Clothes dryer, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
|2 bedrooms, 1 bathrooms of which 1 Family bathrooms
|1 Sofa beds, Double beds (2), Dining seats for 4, Lounge seats for 4
|Linen provided, Towels provided
|Bicycles available
|Parking, Suitable for people with restricted mobility, Not suitable for wheelchair users
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"Good for Kharkiv"
Central but noisy location. Generally good modern quality for Kharkiv, except for beds wich where old and hard. The rental was good service - nice people. The apartment seems to be among the better, but I would check for better alternatives.
This apartment is the city center, Kharkov is a 2 million people city and yes city life can be like this sometimes. We have 30 apartments all over the city , some have quieter locations than others. We have owned this apartment for 12 years and we have resonantly carried out a total renovation , including all new furniture and beds. We look forward to seeing you again and perhaps next time try staying in our Penthouse apartment in Admiral, it is 25 floors high and the views over the city are super !
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First, the internet wouldn't work. It did have internet access, but wouldn't load any web page.
Then, MSE (antivirus) picked up a potential virus. But when you go to clean it, an error pops up, that it wasn't successful.
I then ran malwarebytes, found nothing. Even ran TDSSKiller, nothing.
After a restart, it doesn't get past the Welcome screen. Only way I can get in is through Safe Mode.
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Posterior distribution of deletion rate μ. Estimated posterior densities of the deletion rate μ sampled according to h (see text), for two independent runs, suggesting excellent convergence. The sampled mean is 0.0207; the 95% highest posterior density (HPD) interval was estimated to be (0.0121, 0.0316).
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Efron turns '17 Again' into No. 1 hit with $24M
LOS ANGELES - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Zac Efron has taken the box office crown from his Disney teammate Miley Cyrus.
Efron's comedy "17 Again," in which he plays the youthful version of a middle-aged man magically transformed to high school age, debuted as the top weekend movie with $24.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The No. 1 opening for the Warner Bros. movie solidifies the big-screen potential for Efron, who rose to fame with Disney's "High School Musical" series.
"There's no question that Zac's a star," said Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros. "He's such a hard-working, talented individual. He certainly has given his all to promote this movie."
Universal had the No. 2 movie with Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck's Washington thriller "State of Play," which pulled in $14.1 million. Crowe plays a reporter investigating a series of deaths linked to an old college friend (Affleck) who's now a rising star in Congress.
Cyrus' "Hannah Montana: The Movie" slipped from first place to fourth with $12.7 million. That lifted the domestic total for Cyrus' movie spinoff of her Disney Channel show to $56.1 million after 10 days in theaters.
"Hannah Montana" finished just behind DreamWorks Animation's "Monsters vs. Aliens," which took in $12.9 million to raise its domestic haul to $162.7 million. Estimates for "Hannah Montana" and "Monsters vs. Aliens" were close enough that the movies could switch rankings when final numbers are reported Monday.
Jason Statham had a so-so opening for his action sequel "Crank: High Voltage," which came in at No. 6 with $6.5 million, $4 million less than the first weekend for the 2006 original.
The Lionsgate sequel features Statham in a race to recover his heart, which has been stolen by organ thieves and replaced with a mechanical one.
Hollywood maintained a record box-office pace with just one weekend to go before the busy summer season arrives May 1 with "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," Hugh Jackman's spinoff of the blockbuster "X-Men" franchise.
Overall revenues were at $112 million, up nearly 20 percent from the same weekend last year, according to box-office tracker Media By Numbers.
For the year, Media By Numbers is tracking receipts at $2.92 billion, 17.3 percent ahead of 2008's and well above the box-office pace of 2007, when Hollywood took in a record $9.7 billion. Accounting for higher ticket prices, movie attendance this year is up 15.6 percent compared to last year's.
The movie business is poised to top $10 billion at the box office for the first time in 2009, said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Media By Numbers.
"It's going to be a record year, because we've never had a start to a year this strong," Dergarabedian said. "Unless the world goes off its axis and spins into the sun, I don't see how we're not going to have a $10 billion year."
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Monday.
1. "17 Again," $24.1 million.
2. "State of Play," $14.1 million.
3. "Monsters vs. Aliens," $12.9 million.
4. "Hannah Montana: The Movie," $12.7 million.
5. "Fast&Furious," $12.3 million.
6. "Crank: High Voltage," $6.5 million.
7. "Observe and Report," $4.1 million.
8. "Knowing," $3.5 million.
9. "I Love You, Man," $3.4 million.
10. "The Haunting in Connecticut," $3.2 million.
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My "scratch & sniff" story
FORT PIERCE - This is my Scratch and Sniff story:
About a year ago, I was hired to be in a photo shoot. It was a print ad for Gain, the laundry detergent. I don't get too much as far as print work, you know, because I'm not really a model. (Don't you dare say it! All right, I'll say it for you - "duh!") But this one kind of just happened.
It was shot at a baseball stadium in Ft. Lauderdale. I'm pretty sure it was the minor league park that the Baltimore Orioles train at.
Anyway, a bunch of us were in the stands, pictures were taken, checks were cut, and by the way, the craft services were really good. There was quiche, yeah I said quiche.
As any actor will tell you, the quality of craft service on set increases your happiness greatly, and improves commesurate with the project's budget .
But I digress. I was told this was for a Canadian ad agency. So I took my check figuring I would never see the actual ad because, you know, I live in America.
In late September I was in Long Island, New York, for two weeks for my younger brother Brian's wedding. Which also meant I got to see my numerous other family members, including my older brother Christopher and his family. They live in upstate New York, and were due to drive down on Friday afternoon.
So, on Thursday night sitting with my niece Angela, we decided to text Christopher's oldest daughter Casandra.
Casandra texted us, saying that she's excited to see everybody, and that actually, as she's texting she's looking at Uncle Pat's face in a magazine ad on her wall.
What? What magazine ad on what wall?
The next day my brother arrived with his family, his tux, and a magazine ad. He tells me his story:
He was sitting in his doctor's office a few months back. After being kept waiting for a ridiculously long time, he started thumbing through some magazines. One of them is Family Fun (If you knew my brother, you know how very bored he had to be to read Family Fun Magazine).
He sees this ad where one baseball player is smelling another baseball player. He says, "I'm thinking, what is this guy doing sniffin' this other guy's shirt? And then I look at the people in the stands and I said...wait a minute. Is that Pat?"
Of course at that moment the receptionist calls his name. So he looks around the waiting room to make sure the coast is clear, tears out the page of the magazine, stuffs it in his pocket, and goes to see his doctor.
And the accompanying picture is the ad (with torn edge and all) that he tore out of the magazine.
Turns out that Gain is a Canadian company. So it stands to reason that they would hire a Canadian ad agency to shoot their print ad. (Why they shot it in Ft. Lauderdale, I have no clue).
But the ad ran in all kinds of magazines in North America - Family Fun, Family Circle, Good Housekeeping, People, and a bunch of others.
It was actually a scratch and sniff ad. Pretty cool.
I am dead center in the stands yelling at the baseball players. And as a side note, the photographer was encouraging us to use foul language to express ourselves. So me and the 12-year-old boy next to me are yelling "Pick up the darn ball!"
And that's my scratch and sniff story.
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A splendid time was guaranteed for all when Paul McCartney rocked the White House.
The former Beatle serenaded the first lady with his classic ballad "Michelle." The tribute concert for McCartney featured an A-list of pop music superstars from Faith Hill to Stevie Wonder. It was All Together Now when Sir Paul was joined by the performers and the first family on a rousing finale of "Hey Jude."
A former Beatle playing the White House for a president could easily be dubbed a Magical History Tour.
Unless you're Glenn "I see Nazis and communists hiding in my wallpaper" Beck, who would label the event "Back in the U.S.S.R." Especially after McCartney's crack about George W. Bush not knowing what a library was. Paul, let it be. After all, W. did marry a librarian — which proves opposites do attract.
But you can almost hear Beck now: "God spoke to me, and you know what he said to me, America? He said BP, British Petrolium, is not responsible for the Gulf oil spill. BP stands for Beatle Paul."
Speaking of Fox News, the "Hope America Fails" network could've offered its own bizarro universe concert for the antichrist in the White House with Ted Nugent, the anti-McCartney, as top billing.
Nugent could re-do a few Beatles classics with new twists on the titles and lyrics:
1. "With a Little Help from My Teleprompter."
2. "We can Work it Out — if you don't run against incumbent Democratic senators in primaries."
3. "Not Fixing a Hole a Mile Under Water in the Gulf":
"He's not fixing a hole
where oil's gushing out
turning the Gulf of Mexico
into a parking lot.
Where it will flow."
4. Another Beatles song from "Sgt. Pepper" called "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite" is now called "Being for the Benefit of Rev. Wright" (sung in a duet with Sean Hannity.)
"For the benefit of Rev. Wright
radicals are in our House of White
with Joe Cool.
Godless liberals will all be there
trying to outlaw prayer
in our schools.
The celebrated Chosen One just can't get 'er done
such a crime.
It comes as no surprise even though it was advertised
he can't change water into wine.
Having spent this country into debt
he still doesn't have a workable plan.
And tonight Rev. Wright will read from the Koran….."
Not to be left out of the entertainment equation, John McCain hosted Pat and Debby Boone at an anti-immigration barbeque in Phoenix. The Boones sang "You Light Up My Life" and Sarah Palin leaped onto the stage because they were obviously singing about her.
There are some Beatles and post-Beatles song titles that don't pertain to Palin —- like "Imagine" and "Think for Yourself." But here are a few that could apply, with different titles and cockeyed lyrics.
Presenting the album, "Sarah Palin's Loyal Facebook Fans":
"It was two years ago today
the old coot from Arizona had his way.
He needed to suck up to the right
so he picked someone who wasn't bright.
Ever since she's been a smash sensation
has millions of true believers 'cross the nation.
Sarah Palin's loyal Facebook fans.
They're Sarah Palin's loyal Facebook fans
they can recite everything she tweets.
Sarah Palin's loyal Facebook fans
backing tea baggers for House and Senate seats.
Sarah Palin's loyal,
Sarah Palin's loyal,
Sarah Palin's loyal Facebook fans…."
Side One:
1. "Happiness is a warm gun —- so don't tread on the 2nd Amendment, Obama"
2. "(Obama's the) Taxman."
3. "Your Mother Should Know —- if you're serious this time about practicing abstinence."
4. "Helter Skelter" (duet with Glenn Beck)
Side Two:
1. Duet with Ted Nugent: "Rocky Raccoon —– shot, skinned, and being prepared as an appetizer."
2. "For No One (but herself)"
3. "Here, There and Everywhere —- for my standard $25,000 per speech."
4. The final track on the album is reworded from the Beatles' "She Came in through the Bathroom Window." This time it's called "He Peeps in Palin's Bathroom Window" —- in reference to author Joe McGuinniss, who is writing a book about the diva, moving next door to the Palin Wasilla residence.
Not surprisingly, Palin had to use her kids as presumed victims in order to drum up even more sympathy and support for herself. Naturally, Beckerwood came to her defense saying politicians' kids should be off limits in any kind of dispute. This after he poked fun on air at Obama's daughter for apparently asking the prez if he plugged the oil leak yet. And before the Palin run-in with McGinniss, Beckerwood implied Obama's kids were somehow being recruited by the anti-American Rev. Wright.
The Baked Alaskan more than hinted that McGinniss is a pervert whose window "overlooks Piper's bedroom." She also suggested that he would be spying on "my little garden" (we won't go there) and maybe videotaping "the family swimming hole" (which is a public beach, and not to be confused with what might be the Wasilla Hillbillies' "cement pond.")
Palin does have a point. McGinniss moving next door to be so close to the subject matterof his book is a bit too creepy. But for her to continuously use her kids to try to prove to her Palintrons that the vast left wing conspiracy media is out to get her has become tired, pathetic and predictable. Maybe the word paranoid should be changed to Palinoid….
"He peeps in Palin's bathroom window
protected by 1st Amendment rights.
He wants to see if Sarah flosses
or if Todd really does wear ballet tights.
And so the Palin's put up a big fence
to keep the creepy peeper in the dark.
They put moose in his driveway
now he doesn't have anyplace to park.
It's up to Fox News to tell you
though it's plain to see.
This perv has an agenda
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CEO Jim Towey assumes new role at Ave Maria University
AVE MARIA - More than three months ahead of schedule, a change in guard is taking place at Ave Maria University.
Jim Towey, named the next president of Ave Maria at a February press conference, has his official first day on the job Thursday. Reached by phone Wednesday, he said the decision was entirely that of Tom Monaghan, outgoing CEO of Ave Maria.
"Tom asked me to, and I figured he's done so much for Ave Maria, it's the least I could do," Towey said Wednesday. "It was always my understanding I would start July 1, but we've moved things up, and I start on the payroll (today)"
Towey said he hasn't seen any issues at the university that indicated to him that an immediate change was needed, but said he plans to focus his first efforts on moving the university into financial self-sufficiency.
Towey also assumes the role of president from Nick Healy. Meanwhile, Monaghan will stay on as chancellor, a role that scales back his day-to-day duties, but allows him to travel more to meet with donors.
Monaghan wasn't available by phone Wednesday because he was travelling, according to a university spokesman.
As it is, Towey has been meeting extensively with Ave Maria top brass, as well as faculty members and students, as he gets a handle on the university's needs. He said he has spent one or two days a week in Ave Maria since he was named Monaghan's successor, and will continue to travel between Florida and his home in Washington, D.C., until his wife and five children are ready to move at the end of the school year.
Towey said the start date — St. Patrick's Day — was chosen in honor of Tom Monaghan, who revels in his Irish heritage. According to the news website AveHerald.com, Monaghan told a group of Ave Maria supporters at a dinner on Tuesday that his last act as CEO would be to change the university's colors from blue and gold to blue and Kelly green.
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Ave Maria University's planned handover of its CEO responsibilities from founder Tom Monaghan to Jim Towey is coming sooner than originally planned.
Jim Towey had been designated by the board to assume the CEO position July 1, but the school's board of trustees asked him to assume the role immediately, board chairman Michael Timmis said Wednesday in an e-mail to the university community.
The action was taken at Monaghan's request, Timmis said, to "help facilitate the transition and specifically the budget decision-making process for the 2011-2012 academic year."
Monaghan announced the decision Tuesday night at a meeting in Naples of the Ave Maria Founders Club, a group of university supporters.
"I wanted to hand over the CEO role to Jim as soon as possible," Monaghan said Tuesday night. "It was important that everyone know who the boss was, and I wanted to give him a free rein."
"Ave Maria is still a work in progress, but we have a great product and most importantly, the faith of our students has been nourished," Monaghan told the dinner attendees. "Seventy-five percent of Catholic kids stop going to Mass regularly when they go to college," Monaghan said. "That's not the way at Ave Maria University. We're doing the important things right."
Monaghan also said he looks forward to traveling more on behalf of the university.
"He will be more available to devote his energies to traveling around the country, raising funds for the university and promoting all that we are doing here," Timmis said.
Towey had been spending about two days a week in Ave Maria since being designated as the school's next CEO in early Febraury. Now, he said, he'll probably be spending three or four days a week in Florida until he can move to Ave Maria with his family in July.
Much of his time has been spent meeting with staff and faculty at the university, and working on the budget for the next academic year, which he has said will be "lean."
Timmis' e-mail said the board of trustees also has created a committee of trustees to work with Towey "as he follows our directive to transition the university from a start-up operation to one that is ultimately self-sufficient." The new CEO also will be appointing a task force of members of the university community, which would include staff, faculty and possibly students, to help in the process of "streamlining some of the university operations in order to reduce expenditures without compromising the excellence of our academic offering or the quality of student life," Timmis said.
The official date of the transition is Thursday — St. Patrick's Day, which Timmis said was "in honor of Tom Monaghan."
The university founder's fondness for all things Irish is well known. His last official act as CEO, he told the dinner Tuesday night, was to "change the university's colors from blue and gold to blue and Kelly green."
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New York, N.Y. (PRWEB) August 25, 2014
A 3-year-old boy died in a July 24 Staten Island swimming pool accident. According to a news report in The New York Times, the fatal accident occurred in a daycare center where the boy's mother worked. The child slipped the attention of his step-grandfather, his mother and other workers at the center, climbed over a fence and went into the pool, the report stated. His mother was the first to spot the boy floating face down in the pool and took him out of the water, but he died shortly afterward, according to the article.
"This is indeed a tragic accident, which may have been prevented," said New York personal injury lawyer Kenneth A. Wilhelm. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to the child's family members."
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), children ages 1 to 4 have the highest drowning rates. In 2009, among children in that age group who died from an unintentional injury, more than 30 percent died from drowning. CDC statistics also show that among children in the 1 to 4 age group, most drowning incidents occur in home swimming pools and that drowning remains the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related death behind motor vehicle crashes.
Swimming pool accidents, especially those involving young children, are preventable, Wilhelm said. "The most important step parents and caregivers can take is to provide constant supervision for their little ones when they are in or near water. Even a momentary distraction can lead to a tragic swimming pool accident."
Here are some of Wilhelm's tips for parents and caregivers to ensure safety in the water:
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