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Version 0.2 and 0.2b are now available... for the updated files and guide see here:
All credit to Ifcaro and this breaking news from our Spanish friends at DemonHades.org. Ok, i was going to create a vmc save to make this much easier so there wouldnt be a need for such a tutorial, but it is impossible because the ps3 will let me save the files to an external device but refuses to restore them.
So first you will need an original/pressed copy (http://www.swapmagic3.com/Swap_Magic_Where_To_Buy.asp) of swapmagic i used 3.6 plus, 3.8 should also work nicely.
My ps3 was "picky" so here is what worked for me.
get a usb pen drive or usb hdd or your psp in usb mode, all files needed are HERE (i take no responsibility for the contents!)
extract the files to the root of your usb device (please note not all flash drives may be compatible) load up swapmagic 3.6+ and once to the main screen press up+L2 you will boot into ule3.41 which has built in support for browsing your mass device.
Copy the BADATA-SYSTEM folder to your virtual memory card, Also the file USBLD_01.ELF which is Ifcaro's loader (props to you my friend!)
Go inside that folder and cut the folder PICTURES and paste to the root of your vmc
Do the same for the SWAPMAGIC folder that is also contained in BADATA-SYSTEM.
Now you may remove your flash drive, press your PS button and exit the game.
Start the game again and now your ps3 will autoboot into ule, browse to USBLD_01.ELF and launch it!!! (its a good idea before you get to this point to have a hdd loaded up (use USBExtreme or similar app) and attached to your ps2 with ummm... homebrew iso's... lol)
here's a couple pics of the files installed to memory card, and the loader up and running with usb drive seen connected!!! A first on the PS3!!
and i apologize for the crummy pics, this tutorial was quite rushed as i was away all day, but that being said enjoy!!!
*****Video Tutorial Update******
Here is direct link also for those wishing to watch in full screen
******Video Game Play Update******
Here is the first video i posted but now the full version of it (put on youtube cuz photobucket cut out at 5 min), the game does play fine, cut scene's are choppy but no more than using usbadvance on a PS2.
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Not once but twice after he supposedly discovered his online girlfriend of three years never even existed, Notre Dame All-American linebacker Manti Te'o perpetuated the heartbreaking story about her death.
An Associated Press review of news coverage found that the Heisman Trophy runner-up talked about his doomed love in a Web interview on Dec. 8 and again in a newspaper interview published Dec. 11. He and the university said Wednesday that he learned on Dec. 6 that it was all a hoax, that not only wasn't she dead, she wasn't real.
On Thursday, a day after Te'o's inspiring, playing-through-heartache story was exposed as a bizarre lie, Te'o and Notre Dame faced questions from sports writers and fans about whether he really was duped, as he claimed, or whether he and the university were complicit in the hoax and misled the public, perhaps to improve his chances of winning the Heisman.
On Wednesday, Te'o and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said the player was drawn into a virtual romance with a woman who used the phony name Lennay Kekua, and was fooled into believing she died of leukemia in September. They said his only contact with the woman was via the Internet and telephone.
Te'o also lost his grandmother - for real - the same day his girlfriend supposedly died, and his role in leading Notre Dame to its best season in decades endeared him to fans and put him at the center of college football's biggest feel-good story of the year.
Relying on information provided by Te'o's family members, the South Bend Tribune reported in October that Te'o and Kekua first met, in person, in 2009, and that the two had also gotten together in Hawaii, where Te'o grew up.
Notre Dame said Te'o found out that Kekua was not a real person through a phone call he received at an awards ceremony in Orlando, Fla., on Dec. 6. He told Notre Dame coaches about the situation on Dec. 26.
The AP's media review turned up two instances during that gap when the football star mentioned Kekua in public.
Te'o was in New York for the Heisman presentation on Dec. 8 and, during an interview before the ceremony that ran on the WSBT.com, the website for a South Bend TV station, Te'o said: "I mean, I don't like cancer at all. I lost both my grandparents and my girlfriend to cancer. So I've really tried to go to children's hospitals and see, you know, children."
In a column that first ran in The Los Angeles Times, on Dec. 10, Te'o recounted why he played a few days after he found out Kekua died in September, and the day she was supposedly buried.
"This whole thing is so nutsy that I believe it only could have happened at Notre Dame, where mythology trumps common sense on a daily basis. ... Given the choice between reality and fiction, Notre Dame always will choose fiction," sports writer Rick Telander said in the Chicago Sun-Times.
"Which brings me to what I believe is the real reason Te'o and apparently his father, at least went along with this scheme: the Heisman Trophy.
Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass blasted both Te'o and Notre Dame.
"When your girlfriend dying of leukemia after suffering a car crash tells you she loves you, even if it might help you win the Heisman Trophy, you check it out," he said.
He said the university's failure to call a news conference and go public sooner means "Notre Dame is complicit in the lie."
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There was a long list of other alleged infractions for which Bruno was never tried. He was sentenced to two years in prison in 2010, but his conviction was overturned on appeal in 2011. The now 84-year-old Bruno is set to be retried beginning May 12, according to the Albany Times Union.
Bruno set the tone for an anything-goes, pay-to-play Legislature. Democratic Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. was convicted of bribery last month. Assemblyman Eric Stevenson, another Democrat, was found guilty of bribery and conspiracy in January. Democratic Sen. Shirley Huntley was convicted of mail fraud last year, and pleaded guilty to falsifying evidence in an attempt to cover up the theft of taxpayer money. One of Bruno's successors as Senate majority leader, Pedro Espada Jr., a Democrat, was found guilty of embezzling from health care clinics in 2012. Republican Sen. Nicholas Spano pleaded guilty in 2012 to tax evasion. Democratic State Comptroller Alan Hevesi was convicted in 2011 on charges connected with a pay-to-play scheme involving the state pension fund. Sen. Carl Kruger, a Democrat, pleaded guilty to corruption and bribery in 2011.
That's only a partial list of New York's law-breaking lawmakers, who have left a lasting tarnish on the Legislature's image. In a scathing 98-page report issued last December, the Moreland Commission identified a host of potentially illegal acts by legislators, but did not name names.
Cuomo ran for governor in 2010, in part, on a campaign to clean up Albany politics. The commission was a step in the right direction.
We agree with U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara that the commission, comprising district attorneys from across the state, should have been allowed to continue its work. Bharara called its demise "premature." The Legislature, which has proven that it should not be left to police itself, needs independent oversight. We are pleased that Bharara has seized the commission's case files and is considering taking over its mantle.
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G11 slipping??? 2001ish
Posted 02 August 2012 - 12:54 AM
Last weekend I wend to put away the scope on the mount and notice that no matter how hard I crank down on the RA clutch I still can freely move the scope. Dec is fully locked.
Do I need to service something? or get new clutch pads?
Thanks, Adam
Posted 02 August 2012 - 01:06 AM
Easy to clean, too. Unscrew the RA clutch completely, remove the shaft (note the arrangement of the washers as they come out). Clean the nylon pad - both sides - with a household degreaser like 409.
If that doesn't work, then the pads might be too polished to grip and then it's a case of either roughing them up with some sand paper or getting new pads.
Posted 02 August 2012 - 12:21 PM
Sounds like you probably need to clean the pads. Oil can migrate onto the pad surfaces and if the mount spent any length of time on its side, there's a good possibility that the pads were compromised.
I do not wish to offend but this is not so.
There are two major clutch designs on the market these days. One, familiar to Vixen, CG5, Tak, and old AP users, involves the use of lock lever clutches. When you lock the lever down the mount cannot be moved *except* by an electronic paddle *or* by unlocking the clutches.
The slip clutch design in the 90s and later AP mounts and in the G8 and G11 is meant to give you total control of the scope either by pushing by hand or by using a paddle (pushing by hand will however wreck the pointing model/catalog alignement of a gemini or an AP mount). So if you want to adjust using the paddle, do that. If you want to adjust by hand, do that.
The clutches are more than adequate to hold a balanced tube even with heavy photographic equipment and counterweights. That is, the mount will hold and track, resist wind, and it will, when very tight, manifest a physical resistance to being grabbed and moved.
That said, the amount of leverage you have by grabbing the end of the telescope tube or the end of the dec shaft (for example) is so great that no matter how tight you make the clutches you will be able to "break" the clutch hold and move the scope.
This is the way it is supposed to be. No matter how tight you make the clutches you will not interfere in the scope's ability to slew (manually on a stepper g11, or electronically on Gemini, and ditto for AP mounts QMD through GTO).
Once every year or two here or on Losmandy we see people posting their expectation that a slip clutch mount can be totally locked against all force. That is a misconception. The design makes it impossible to turn the mount against the worm gears. If I recall correctly, that is not true of a lock-lever mount. If you turn against a lock lever, which will be difficult, you will likely damage the worm or worm gear ring.
If you have the clutches tight and the mount is not tracking, there could be (a) serious imbalance or (b) the mount is hitting something or © a very rare issue, such as the Oldham coupler is not engaged.
On a Losmandy stepper motor mount (and the old APs) the stepper motors' intrinsic function is to keep on chugging. If the mount hits itself or bumps the tube against a tripod leg, the stepper will keep turning and the clutch will slip and nothing will happen. In some kind of extreme case, the stepper motor will stop. No harm no foul. Steppers do not burn out. They wait for you to make the problem go away.
Servo motors by contrast can burn out and so control paddles will have feedback loops to shut down power when the slewing activity of the mount gets erratic.
In a servo system it is actually possible to have the clutches not quite tight and then the inertia of starting up a particularly heavy load might cause clutch slippage. This can be avoided or reduced by changing slewing speeds, and if I remember right the computer also calculates the normal slippage and can compensate for it.
And thus much on clutches.
Greg N
p.s. I will add--having made this mistake when I got my G11--that a common clutch illusion is, with no tube on the mount, to push on the edge of the saddle on top of the dec axis and observe that it can't be moved. That is because you are two inches from the axis of rotation and your index finger and even your hand is not going to exert enough force to "break the clutch hold." Say you're exerting twenty lbs force at two inches, that's a 40 lb load, the clutch says I can hold this no sweat.
By contrast, if you grab the end of the counterweight shaft and give it a yank against a completely tight clutch you are now perhaps pulling with twenty or thirty pounds of muscle force on a lever that is maybe 30 inches from the axis of rotation. With 900 inch pounds of force exerted the RA axis will turn quite easily. But this has not much to do with how the mount will hold a 50 lb payload and 40 lbs of counterweights, when the clutch is in essence holding against zero effective leveraged weight.
Posted 02 August 2012 - 02:26 PM
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Posted 02 August 2012 - 04:18 PM
I am talking about 1-2 grams of force applied to the 12 lbs ota on a well balanced mount. I don't remember it being this easy to move, nor was it the first few nights. Thank you for the tomb of info on the clutches.
Now that we exclude newbie errors, consider getting UHMW pads from Losmandy. Clean the pad surfaces and the areas where they seat with alcohol to remove all grease: the G11 clutches run "dry," you don't even want finger oils. Your mount is at the borderline age where they might still have the nylon clutches. Nylon is solid white, UHMW is semi translucent cream.
You might also want to take a look at the order of washer placement on your clutches, you should find some diagrams pics in files on Losmandy Yahoo.
I am unaware of anything that would cause these pads to wear out. It has not been reported, with the exception of leather clutch pads used in the Titan (don't know if they are still using leather).
Greg N
Posted 02 August 2012 - 06:24 PM
Still tracks perfectly for being stored for 9 years
Hmm. Could be that the grease has separated and oil has migrated to the plastic discs. Certain Lithium greases can separate over time and 9 years is certainly long enough. If you haven't done so, it's time to take the thing apart clean and regrease. PLEASE, LET'S NOT START ANOTHER GREASE THREAD.
The plastic clutch discs must be dry with no oil or grease on them. Same goes for the Aluminum discs that do the clamping.
A synthetic grease usually will not separate. There are grease threads in this forum. I suggest reading up on them to find out what a powderkeg of a topic grease can be.
But I still think you need to clean and regrease. When you have it apart, if the old grease is white, it's probably lithium. If it is, check the roller bearings to see if the little rollers rotate freely in the cages. If they don't then you should clean out the old grease and residue on them and regrease the bearings. Don't use too much, it only takes a little bit. Report back what you find out.
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Posted 03 August 2012 - 07:55 AM
the clutches just do not have the grip to support the refractor that is not perfectly balanced.
For me this is the key. If you balance the scope properly, you won't need to crank down on the clutch knobs. My G-9 is 17 years old, works lovely and I rarely clean the nylon disks.
Posted 03 August 2012 - 05:07 PM
Ordered pads. Thanks much!
Posted 06 August 2012 - 02:52 PM
Posted 06 August 2012 - 04:23 PM
Here is a question for you...are you using a polar-alignment scope? I have a G11 that I bought used, so I'm not sure of its vintage. I had the problem you describe; a polar axis that could not be tightened effectively. In my case it turned out to be the polar scope preventing the clutch knob from doing its job. If I didn't use the polar scope, the clutch would tighten just fine. I figured this out after buying the new clutch pads.
If you had to buy UHMW that means it predates 2001. If it says Celestron or has two altitude lock screws that puts it in the first half of the nineties. If it has Hurst stepper motors (which should be replaced) that means it can be no newer than 2001-2.
Greg N
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Posted 13 December 2012 - 03:38 PM
If you should feel the need, the serial # is usually on the bottom of the mount. This can be looked up by Losmandy to give the vintage of your mount. That said, it sounds like your clutch pads aren't holding. Since the mount has been stored for 9 yrs it might be prudent to do a clean & regrease with lubricant of your personal choice. The G11 is designed to be dead simple to work on. You'll need a good set of allen wrenches (both ASE & Metric), feeler gauges, and screwdrivers. (I use a set of hex headed insert type). Another source of excellent info is the Losmandy Yahoo group.
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"I love you, Mom." Those were the last words Ryan Haight said to his mother as she kissed him goodnight on February 12, 2001. Haight -- a multi-sport athlete and an A student -- died at 18 of an overdose of a prescription drug he ordered over the Internet.
"Just the night before, we had dinner together after he came home from work at a nearby retail store. He used my Jacuzzi tub because he said his back bothered him from lifting things at work," his mother wrote on a Web site dedicated to the memory of people who died from prescription drug overdose.
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Over time, North County's borders blur
What's North County, and where is it?
The answer to that question has shifted as U-T San Diego rolls out its new North County and Metro editions.
To get our bearings, let's motor back in time to, let's say, the early 1950s when North County was huge.
Back then, San Diego's footprint was tighter, rounder, less sprawling than it is today. Mission Valley, far from downtown, was home to dairy cows, not shopping malls and a stadium.
Three iconic but small highways — 101, 395 and 80 — linked the semidesert "cul-de-sac" (as columnist Neil Morgan used to call his adopted city) to the outside world.
Out beyond the city's line, a few cities and lots of towns were scattered like stars in the universe. Gobs of open space (or, on the coast, lagoons) separated one from the other, lending each a sense of identity.
To the north, Escondido and Oceanside were the two cities large enough to support daily newspapers, downtown libraries and public hospitals. They were the commercial hubs of a region that prided itself on being far from the madding crowds of The City.
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Ernie Cowan, former Escondido mayor and veteran newsman, tells me he still hears North County folks talk about seceding.
Though the northern, western and eastern borders of this fanciful North County county would be fairly easy to draw, the southern boundary would be another matter. In the south, you'd run into the same sort of north-south debates the U-T's new zoning has ignited from Ramona to Del Mar.
In the early '50s, the vast expanse of unincorporated land north of La Jolla and Mira Mesa was undeniably North County. The sparsely populated backcountry formed the buffer that gave a sense of distance, physical and psychological, from the metropolis to the south.
In the late '50s and the early '60s, however, the North County map changed dramatically.
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Introducing the Stallion Booty
Tonight's events start off with Cynthia Bailey taking on the role of judge for an extravagant hair show. If anyone knows weaves, it's definitely Cynthia.
Attending the soiree is Cynthia's former nemesis-slash-sudden new bestie, Kenya Moore, who reveals that she is planning to release a booty video of her own. Unlike Phaedra Parks' Donkey Booty, however, Kenya promises a "stallion" booty, which apparently is better.
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The Donk Thickens ...
A few days later, when Kandi Burruss goes to get her straight hair even more straight, her hairdresser Derek is happy to pass on the news that Kenya is ready to trot forward with her stallion video. "You damn lying," Kandi says, before grabbing her phone and speed-dialing Phaedra stat. Naturally, Phaedra's pissed as all hell, and claims Kenya has a Six Flags Scream Machine booty filled with lumps and bumps, whatever those are.
Later, as Cynthia rehearses a bunch of kid models for an upcoming charity runway event, Phaedra shows up with little Ayden and runs into Porsha Stewart, who also brings the booty competition situation to Phaedra's attention. Porsha's annoyed that no one believed her when she told them Kenya was crazytown, Phaedra thinks Kenya may suffer from either a drinking problem, a mental problem, or both, and Cynthia thinks it's wrong for Phaedra to suggest that Kenya is bipolar. Has Cynthia forgotten the gone with the wind exit so soon?
Meanwhile, Kandi's definitely Team Phaedra in the great booty debate and lets Kenya know how she feels. Specifically, that Kenya is totally ripping off Phaedra's idea. Kenya responds by letting her crazies out, as Kandi slowly backs away.
Phaedra Breaks Out the Big Guns
Now that she knows Kenya's out to get her, Phaedra seeks out the best in the business to produce her butt DVD, the same people who are responsible for Jane Fonda's workout VHS tapes. (For those of you under the age of 50, Jane Fonda was, like, the queen of the workout vid, and VHS tapes are these rectangular things people used to stick in VCRs. Just Google VCR if you're still confused.)
During the meeting, Apollo gets up to do some awkward hip-thrusting moves, while Phaedra blatantly asks if they're gonna do the video or not. Now that's how to get it done right there.
The End Conclusion
It's the day of Cynthia's charity kids' fashion show, and the rugrats are looking fierce! Seriously, this is the best runway show ever. Of course, little Ayden is too important to walk and is instead carried down the runway on his father's shoulder. Well, at least it's not like he was carried in on a raised platform like some sort of Pharaoh. Oh, right, that was his first birthday.
Anyway, following the show, Kenya brings NeNe Leakes (who's back in ATL this week) up to speed on the booty wars. NeNe concurs that donkeys aren't cute. Just then, Phaedra joins the circle of ladies.
After a few silent rounds of stare-downs and eye-squints, Kenya declares to Phaedra her intentions to do her own workout video. Phaedra's like that's messed up, Kenya's like too bad, NeNe's like who the hell wants a donkey-ass anyway. When Phaedra points out that stallions are men, Kenya counters that donkeys are asses. Point well made, once again, Ms. Moore.
But when Apollo calls her a copycat, she snaps back that she'll be copycatting her check all the way to the bank, before thanking her "audience," twirling, and exiting stage right. Craziness proven, once again, Ms. Moore.
Do you think Kenya is blatantly stealing Phaedra's idea?
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Soul Surfer (2011)
Soul Surfer SynopsisSoul Surfer is the inspiring true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith. The film features an all-star cast, including AnnaSophia Robb and Helen Hunt, with Carrie Underwood in her film debut, and Dennis Quaid. In the wake of this life-changing event that took her arm and nearly her life, Bethanys feisty determination and steadfast beliefs spur her toward an adventurous comeback that gives her the grit to turn her loss into a gift for others.
Soul Surfer Release Date
In Theaters April 8, 2011
Soul Surfer Credits
Starring: AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, Jeremy Sumpter, Craig T. Nelson, Kevin Sorbo, Carrie Underwood
Written by: Michael Berk, Sean McNamara, Deborah Schwartz, Douglas Schwartz
Directed by: Sean McNamara
Produced by: David Brookwell, Dutch Hofstetter, Sean McNamara, Douglas Schwartz,
MPAA Rating: [ PG ]
Distributor: TriStar Pictures
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You know you're cheap when your vacation include visits to rest stops of a non-bio nature. On a recent drive on I-55 in Missouri, I pulled into the Marston Welcome Center at mile marker 42.4. I wanted to see the center's description of the great New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-12.
The comfort station includes an interesting display on the New Madrid fault that lays beneath the area. It was clear that an informed scientist was involved in the display's preparation. Visitors learn that the potential repeat earthquake is not a matter of if, but of when. And just as important, they learn the event will be very newsworthy. To highlight this, there's an active seismograph sending readings to researchers worldwide.
State officials should be commended for this excellent outreach. While the exhibit focuses on the unique geologic feature, travelers from around the world learn why strong building codes can provide safety when natural events occur.
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Alamance County, NC -- Police arrested a Virginia man Wednesday after a chase through multiple counties, according to the Greensboro Police Department.
Officers initially responded to a break-in on Briarcliff Road in Greensboro right before 11 a.m. When officers confronted 43-year-old Derick Devon Martin, he left the house and ran from police.
Police searched the area and found a vehicle with Virginia a license plate near the house. Detectives later found out the car had been stolen.
As police continued to search for Martin they received a report that he'd forcibly taken another vehicle from someone else in the area.
Paramedics took the victim to a local hospital where she was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
A Guilford County sheriff's deputy told WFMY News 2 Martin used a stolen car to lead officers through Rockingham County, Caswell County and into the Altamahaw community of Alamance County.
Witnesses gave police infomation on the car, and officers found and stopped the vehicle a short time later near Ossippee Front Street in Alamance County.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina officials carrying out Gov. Beverly Perdue's directive to expand the state's pre-kindergarten program say another 4,000 at-risk 4-year-olds could enroll very soon, rather than the 1,000 first expected.
Health and Human Services Secretary Al Delia said Friday the higher number came after counties were surveyed about classroom space and waiting lists. Delia's agency is now examining exactly where children could enroll next month.
Perdue announced last week she would shift $20 million in funds to enroll 6,300 children in the program this school year. The governor said she's obligated because of a court ruling.
Delia's office said part of the money could come from foster care services and a program to pay for medicine for people with AIDS, but no services would be cut and sources could change.
Gov. Beverly Perdue is moving again into disputed territory with the Republican-led Legislature, shifting $20 million to accommodate up to another 6,300 youngsters by January in the state's pre-kindergarten academic enrichment program.
Perdue said Thursday she is reallocating projected spare funds.
A state appeals court ruled nearly two months ago that any at-risk 4-year-old whose parents seek admission to the North Carolina Pre-Kindergarten program must be admitted. The court stopped short of requiring a sharp expansion of the program to include every needy child.
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The $190 Billion Problem: It's the Actual Cost of Obesity in the U.S.
Health researchers continue to study—and warn about—the rising rate of obesity worldwide and particularly in the United States. The concern, of course, is for people's overall health: Being obese is associated with a ton of medical problems including type 2 diabetes and heart disease, which is why you've probably heard that obesity is one of the main causes of skyrocketing health care costs.
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Soak 1# Navy Beans overnight. Heat until boiling, simmer 20 minutes and drain.
In a Crock pot, combine:
Navy beans
1 chopped onion
3 cloves of garlic, crushed
2 - 4 oz. cans, chopped, green chillies
2 tsp. ground cumin
1 tsp. oregano
1 ½ tsp. cayenne pepper
½ tsp. salt
2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken, cooked and chopped.
1 14 ½ oz. can chicken broth
1 cup water
Cook on low for 8 to 10 hours.
Serve with a sprinkle of shredded Monterey Jack cheese and a dollop of sour cream.
-Speed method: use the navy beans in a jar that are already cooked!
-Long method: I stew up my own chicken for the meat and broth. Cook a whole chicken, remove the skin and bones, and use 3 cups of this broth in place of the canned broth and water.
Stewed Chicken
1- 3 to 3 ½ pound chicken, cut into pieces
1 large onion, cut up
1 quart water (or enough to just cover chicken pieces in pot)
3 stalks celery
2 medium carrots
a little parsley
2 tsp. Lawry's salt
In a large pot combine chicken and vegetables. Add water. Bring just to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer on medium heat for 1 to 2 hours, until chicken is tender and falling off the bone. Remove the skin and bones. You can strain the broth if you want to, but the little veggie pieces add nice color to soups and sauces.
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Supernatural US drama about a family of good witches with powerful magical abilities that they use to help others
Series 5 Summary
The supernatural drama's fifth season finds the Halliwells in a period of change, with the sisters facing up to issues such as career pressure, motherhood and divorce.
Episode 1 - A Witch's Tail Part 1
A mermaid-turned-human called Mylie (guest star Jaime Pressly) needs the sisters' help to escape from a pact that she has made with an evil water demon called the Sea Hag
Episode 2 - A Witch's Tail Part 2
Phoebe, who's been transformed into a mermaid, decides to swim away from her problems. Piper, Paige and Leo must convince her to return to her life as a Charmed One.
Episode 3 - Happily Ever After
An evil witch traps the sisters in distorted fairy tales. Phoebe becomes Cinderella, Paige tastes Snow White's poisoned apple, and Piper plays Little Red Riding Hood.
Episode 4 - Siren Song
Cole and Phoebe both fall under the spell of the Siren, who snares married men with the intention of killing their wives when they follow their husbands into her trap
Episode 5 - Witches in Tights
Kevin, a youngster with the magical ability to turn sketches into reality, is coerced by a demon to transform him into an evil and powerful comic-book villain
Episode 6 - The Eyes Have It
Phoebe seeks the advice of a fortune teller about her missing powers of premonition and encounters an eye-stealing demon who is motivated by revenge for a family curse
Episode 7 - Sympathy for the Demon
An old enemy from the past, Barbas, the Demon of Fear, returns to plot revenge on the Halliwell sisters and tricks Paige into giving him Cole's powers.
Episode 8 - A Witch in Time
Phoebe has a premonition about the death of her new boyfriend and ends up repeatedly saving his life, enabling a dangerous warlock to arrive from the future
Episode 9 - Sam I Am
As she finds out more about what it means to be a whitelighter, Paige meets her first charge, a man named Sam who, unknown to her, is actually her biological father
Episode 10 - Y Tu Mummy Tambien
Phoebe falls into the clutches of Jeric, a demon who is searching for the perfect body that he will mummify to hold the spirit of Isis, his dead lover.
Episode 11 - The Importance of Being Phoebe
After kidnapping Phoebe, Cole sends a shapeshifter to assume her identity and help him manipulate Piper and Paige into giving him ownership of the manor.
Episode 12 - Centennial Charmed
Desperate to regain Phoebe's affections, Cole casts a twisted spell that alters reality by removing Paige from the Halliwell family, thus destroying the Power of Three.
Episode 13 - House Call
The Halliwells summon a witch doctor to help them dispatch all the remnants of evil inhabiting the manor, but things go wrong when he places a curse on the sisters
Episode 14 - Sand Francisco Dreamin'
A demon attacks the Charmed Ones with dream dust stolen from the Sandman, causing their worst nightmares - including an evil clown - to come to life
Episode 15 - The Day the Magic Died
Phoebe and Paige attend a summit meeting with the leaders of evil when all magic - both benign and destructive - temporarily disappears from the world.
Episode 16 - Baby's First Demon
The sisters must protect Piper's newborn son from two demons sent by a crone. Phoebe's future with the newspaper is threatened by the publication's new owner.
Episode 17 - Lucky Charmed
When the sisters tackle a demon who has been killing leprechauns and stealing their magic, they are rewarded with extreme good luck that grants them wealth, love and success
Episode 18 - Cat House
Piper and Leo experience marital problems, so Piper casts a spell allowing them to view their past together. However, the spell misfires by sending Phoebe and Paige back in time.
Episode 19 - Nymphs Just Wanna Have Fun
A demon seeking to gain immortality by drinking from a magic spring kills one of three nymphs who protect a lake. Can the Charmed Ones help the two survivors?
Episode 20 - Sense and Sense Ability
Using a statue with ancient powers, a crone steals one of the senses from each of the Halliwell sisters in order to take Leo prisoner and get close to baby Wyatt.
Episode 21 - Necromancing the Stone
When the Halliwells' grandmother pays a visit for Wyatt's blessing ceremony, she brings with her the possibility of an attack by her ex-lover, an evil necromancer
Episode 22 - Oh My Goddess Part 1
When mythical deities known as the Titans are released from confinement to kill the Elders, a mysterious whitelighter from the future arrives to guide the sisters
Episode 23 - Oh My Goddess Part 2
In the last episode of season five, having taken the form of all-powerful goddesses, the sisters must vanquish the Titans. Leo decides whether to become an Elder


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The Last Airbender (2010)
The Last Airbender Synopsis
Air, Water, Earth, Fire. Four nations tied by destiny when the Fire Nation launches a brutal war against the others. A century has passed with no hope in sight to change the path of this destruction. Caught between combat and courage, Aang (Noah Ringer) discovers he is the lone Avatar with the power to manipulate all four elements. Aang teams with Katara (Nicole Peltz), a Waterbender, and her brother, Sokka (Jackson Rathbone), to restore balance to their war-torn world.
Based on the hugely successful Nickelodeon animated TV series, the live-action feature film The Last Airbender is the opening chapter in Aang's struggle to survive.
The Last Airbender Release Date
In Theaters July 1, 2010
The Last Airbender Credits
Starring: Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz, Dev Patel, Jackson Rathbone, Aasif Mandvi, Shaun Toub, Cliff Curtis, Jessica Andres
Written by: Michael Dante DiMartino, M. Night Shyamalan,
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Produced by: M. Night Shyamalan
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
External Info: The Last Airbender Official Website
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The idea that M. Night Shyamalans The Last Airbender was big-budget box-office disaster is well established in the ignominious annals of cinematic stinkers. While the film was widely panned by the critic community for a number of reasons, it seems that the director is offering up a different explanation: It was made for 9 year-olds.
by Joseph Baxter May 27, 2015 comments
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If M. Night Shyamalans The Last Airbender is famous for anything, its for being an absolutely disaster. Fans of the animated series were over the moon with anticipation for the film, but now it stands as one of the most reviled big budget blockbusters of the modern era. Usually you can trace a disaster of this proportion to some bad mojo going on behind the scenes, and if a recently unearthed message board post is to be believed, then The Last Airbender is no exception to that.
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This movie adaptation already had a fascinating world, fleshed out with a rich mythos, peopled with complex and funny characters, and prime for epic battles utilizing martial arts and elemental superpowers to pull from. All Shyamalan had to do was distill the show's sensational first-season down to a 90-120 minute movie. He had all you could wish for in source material, and yet he failed on every single level.
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Razzies Pick The Last Airbender, Sex And The City 2 As Worst Movies Of 2010
In just a few hours the Academy Awards will recognize the years best work in the movie industry. But before we can do that, the Razzies are here to dishonor everything that sucked. The 2010 Golden Raspberry Award winners have been announced and theyve sent a very clear message to M. Night Shyamalan. That message is: yuck.
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Razzie Award Noms Dishonor The Last Airbender And Twilight
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The British Are Laughing At The Last Airbender For A Whole New Reason
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Reporter Calls M. Night Shyamalan Out On His Bad Directing
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Shyamalan Has Plans For Airbender 2, Will Make It Darker
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Weekend Box Office: Independence Day Goes To The Vampires
Pretty, polite vampires and shirtless teenage werewolves with rock hard abs easily topped the box office this Independence Day weekend, pulling in $69 million. Add that on to the sales it raked in on Wednesday and Thursday and
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Bradley Cooper Too Busy With The Hangover 2 To Work With Shyamalan
It needs to be said: M. Night Shyamalan is in deep shit. Every single movie he has made since breaking out with The Sixth Sense in 1999 has been viewed as worse than the last by critics.
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The Last Airbender Somehow Makes $3 Million From Midnight Screenings
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Last Airbender Poll: Give Us Your Review!
The Last Airbender opens tonight at midnight showings around the country, leaving anime nerds to compete with frantic Twilight fangirls for line-up space in the lobbies of America's movie theaters
by Josh Tyler July 1, 2010 comments
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M. Night Shyamalan Says The Last Airbender Is Not Racist
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The Last Airbender Has A Total Budget Of $280 Million
M. Night Shyamalan isn't a director known for big budget projects. The largest he worked with was Unbreakable, but even for a superhero movie he only spent about $75 million. Fairly paltry
by Eric Eisenberg June 25, 2010 comments
Two New Last Airbender Clips: Fighting With The Elements
In the first one Aang (Noah Ringer) fights his way through a snowy village using his airbending skills, and in the second the villainous firebending Zuko (Dev Patel) faces off against Katara
by Katey Rich June 25, 2010 comments
First Last Airbender Clip: The Fire Nation Is Coming
Standalone clips tend to reveal more about movies than carefully edited trailers will, and when they come late in the game-- like last week's Jonah Hex clips-- it's often a sign
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The more we see of M. Night Shamalans The Last Airbender the more it seems like something that could be good. Maybe it helps that this isnt an M. Night original, no lame killer plants here
by Josh Tyler June 22, 2010 comments
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New Last Airbender TV Spot Airs During MTV Movie Awards
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Are Those Dewbacks In The Japanese Last Airbender Trailer?
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New Poster For The Last Airbender
This new poster dropped exclusively across the pond to the filmaholics at Empire and it's pretty cool. The still image of air and fire converging does nothing to show off just how impressive it looks in motion.
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Aang Unleashes All Of His Power In A New Last Airbender Trailer
Youve probably seen one of the previous trailers for The Last Airbender before this and thought it looked kind of good, but you aint seen nothing yet. Hot on the heels
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Last Airbender To Reach Out And Steal Your Wallet, Joins The 3D Moneygrab
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Super Bowl XLIV is still sure to be loaded with amazing new movie content and below weve got your comprehensive guide to everything you should be keeping an eye out for, whenever the network breaks away from the football
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Watch The Super Bowl Spot For The Last Airbender
As someone with no knowledge of the show and little remaining faith in Shyamalan, I'm still going to need a lot more good reasons to see this movie. Still, the action and special effects look pretty good, the fantasy elements seem firmly in place
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Next Last Airbender Trailer Will Feature All Main Characters
Producer Frank Marshall tweeted, The AIRBENDER trailer will feature all the main characters... The trailer was originally expected to arrive in December, but was pushed back until February due to lack of special effects.
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Last Airbender Posters: Fire Bad, Wind Good
Paramount has handed out two new character posters for M. Night Shyamalans The Last Airbender. Theyve gone with the look over your shoulder pose for this one, which I suppose is better than floating heads
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Last Airbender Trailer Delayed Until February
Dont expect any holiday gifts from Frank Marshall. The producer tweeted that well have to wait until February for the debut of The Last Airbender trailer. The tweet reads, Not enough ILM shots finished, so LAST AIRBENDER trailer will not debut until Feb...
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Next Airbender Trailer Coming For Christmas
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Full Last Airbender Teaser Trailer Online Now!
As we promised, the first full teaser trailer for M. Night Shyamalans The Last Airbender has arrived online. The film is an adaptation of the popular animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender
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First Footage From The Last Airbender
Ill say this for M. Night, up until he became obsessed with killer herb gardens, his movies at least looked good. The Village may have been a huge piece of crap, but the colorful robes and pastoral setting looked great up on screen
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First Images From M. Night Shyamalan's Airbender
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1999 Chevrolet Camaro SS - The JudmobileWritten by Douglas Glad on February 26, 2009 We Follow Along With The School Of Automotive Machinists' Hella-Fast LSX Camaro... You Comin'?
If you don't know who Judson Massingill is, let us give you an introduction. In the late '70s, Jud was a drag racer and a car guy just like you or me. His racing exploits began on the streets with a '69 Z/28 Camaro that eventually evolved into an NHRA stocker. Jud was successful for a while. Then as the rules began to change and the cars got faster and more expensive, money got tight and he was unable to compete in the faster classes. This was during the time when circle track racing was still cheap, so Jud hung up the wheelie bars for a funny offset chassis and went roundy-round on the half-mile oval.
If you know anything about drag racing and circle track, you know those two sports eat parts. To feed the appetite, Jud worked at garages that built race cars to learn a little more and earn the money he needed to race his cars and attend the University of Houston during the day. Despite the two competing responsibilities, Jud won some races and attracted some attention. Soon, he was offered a job working with a fledgling Winston Cup team, which he took on in place of the evening job, and his career was on its way.
After graduating from college, Jud opened his own shop, Northwest Engine and Supply, to handle the demands of circle track racing and ensure the quality of the machine work and engines that went into his race cars. His reputation for quality attracted clients as well as lines of potential employees looking to learn something about the industry. Business was good, but Jud began to notice that his employees would stay for a year, learn what they needed to know, then move down the street and start shops of their own. Jud was bringing sponsors in to teach them how to work on their own cars as well. Facing a growing number of people wishing to learn about engines, Jud hatched the plan to start the School of Automotive Machinists (SAM). Working from his machine shop, he quickly built a roster of potential students, and the school was born.
Today, SAM cranks out students who work on most of the major NHRA Pro Stock teams, in addition to people who want to start their own shops or get a cool job building race engines. Each year, Jud teaches between 125 and 140 students using nine different theory and hands-on classes to get them ready for jobs in the industry. The school uses what is called continuous start, where students take an orientation course, a hands-on tool course, then rotate into the curriculum until all the courses are completed.
It's not all schoolwork and classrooms. Jud takes students out to races to see how a serious operation works. He's not satisfied with merely watching the race; he wants the students to understand what decisions are made in the pits and how they relate to the race itself. The races aren't mandatory, but everyone has the opportunity to attend. Jud had 36 students attending the NMCA finals to race the school's '99 Camaro SS. It would be nice to have that kind of a crew, wouldn't it?
The car is on wheel blocks and jackstands, so don't hyperventilate about the 2x4s under the pumpkin.
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During the '08 finals, Jud decided to add a cool dual-throttle-body setup that at first seemed to be allowed. The rules said one Dominator-style carb or any EFI was permitted, but an NMCA official quickly decided Jud's EFI constituted two Dominators. The penalty was an additional 75 pounds added to his car. Because the Camaro was already heavy, he complained and the NMCA reduced the penalty to 25 pounds as long as all the other racers were allowed to shed 50 pounds off their race cars. Jud later told us the duals added about 40 hp.The rear suspension pieces are from BMR. The horizontal orange bar is a Panhard rod that centers the rearend. The black triangles bolted to the housing are for the wheelie bars.Normally, the torque arm mounts to the transmission tailshaft and the differential housing. SAM's chassis tuner, instructor, and really nice guy, John Harrison, built this crossmember, which takes the load off the transmission and can be moved up or down to adjust the vehicle's instant center.The rear differential is a Ford 9-inch with 5.14 gears. The orange tab next to the driveshaft is a speed sensor used to measure the driveshaft speed against the engine speed to see if the clutch is slipping. And it was.On a race car, you don't need gallons of fuel and you don't want the extra weight. The 427 has a 15.25:1 static compression ratio, so the minitank gets the high-octane race gas.Jud is a little bit old-school and likes things simple, so he uses a single coil and a beltdriven distributor with an MSD Digital 7 to run the ignition.This shifter is an H-pattern Hurst that was modified to fit under the stock console. They left the console off because they knew they would be pulling out the transmission repeatedly during the race.
The guy who mounted the slicks killed one of the wheels a couple of days before the race. Jud called Bogart Wheels that night and bought whatever the company had. When they arrived, the wheels were the wrong offset, so John had to narrow the rearend (yes, you heard that right) to get them to fit. On the first pass, the new wheel rubbed through the brake line and killed the rear brakes. Jud had no clue what the pedal pressure was, but he was using everything he had to stop the car. He locked up the front tire and blew it out right before he reached for the parachute and saved it.The reason Jud had never used the parachute before was the big brakes from Aerospace. Jud says he uses them because they are a little less spendy than the others.After the first run, the students downloaded the driveshaft speed, rpm, fuel pressure, voltage, mph, and O2 so they could analyze the run. For the next race, Jud purchased a Racepak system with a transmission input shaft sensor so they could tell the difference between clutch slippage and wheelspin.On the first qualifying pass, clutch problems reared their ugly heads. The clutch was a yet-untested East/West system with a trick flywheel and adjustable discs. The car launched well. Then when Jud dabbed the clutch to shift into Second gear, the engine hit the rev limiter at 10,000 rpm and stayed there. Jud short-shifted the rest of the pass and still ran in the mid-9s.The clutch was smoked after the first pass, so the students had to pull it out. The Jericho four-speed is designed to be shifted with a clutch, and the East/West clutch was designed to be used with a transmission that can be shifted without using the clutch. That required some adjusting and testing during the race.Fortunately, Jud has run a few races in the past and had a clutch-surfacing machine. They pulled the transmission out at least three times in one day.The idea behind the racing clutch is to get the most holding power in the smallest, lightest package. Since there are two separate clutch discs, there is twice the surface area and the weight is concentrated close to the center of the circle, decreasing the energy required to start and stop the discs from spinning.The 8-inch flywheel mates to the smaller clutch discs and uses the stock bellhousing and starter. It acts like a smaller, lighter flywheel by reducing the amount of weight on the outside of the spinning circle in the same manner as the clutches.Not to oversimplify it, but there are two adjustments on the East/West clutch. The base adjustment applies the clutch to get the car moving off the line or in the pits. It is made by turning a series of set screws that adds pounds of pressure per turn. The counter adjustment applies pressure above a certain rpm. Counter adds to base and is adjusted by adding or subtracting weight to the spinning mass using weighted nuts and bolts. If there is too much counter, the tires spin; if there is too little, the clutch burns. The two adjustments combine to make a magic combo that Jud didn't hit on the first run.
To further reduce reciprocating weight, Jud uses an Inland Empire 4-inch aluminum driveshaft. Racing ain't cheap.To leave the line with a naturally aspirated stick shift car, Jud has a crazy ritual. First, he hit a switch on the dash to put the MSD into burnout mode. That set the rev limiter to 7,500 for the water box when he pressed the roll control button. After the burnout, he flipped the switch to launch. Once he lit the prestage light, he applied the brake to 250 pounds, set the roll control, and let the clutch out slightly to slowly roll the tires into the stage beam. With the stage light on, he decked the pedal. When the light turned green, he dumped the clutch and released the button at the same time.During the final run, the clutch again allowed the engine to bounce off of the rev limiter at 10,000 rpm when Jud stabbed the clutch. But that's racing. We expect that had this clutch setup been tested before race day, it would have been easier to dial in, and Jud and the crew would have been in the 8s. Maybe next time.


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I have been married for 21 years. My husband back in 2009 had 2 affairs (two different women). I know that he is still talking to both of these women as he makes comments about what they are doing and it seems pretty current information. I have not been able to gain the trust and love back that I once had. We have two children ages 17 and 7. The 17 year old is planning on joining the navy when he graduates next June (against my husband's wishes). My Husband constantly calls me fat, slut, dumbass, feels me up when the 7 year old is close by (don't think he sees it though) pinches and smacks my ass till I tell him to stop cause it hurts. When I say that it hurts he says "Oh I haven't even begun to hurt you". He flirts with friends and neighbors to the point of we (women) feel uncomfortable. When we tell him to stop he says something like "oh you cant take a joke". When we have sex (which he insist on every night) he will get really annoying by calling me a different name (normally my sister or neighbor) and then he expects me to call him by a different name. He now accuses me (at least once a week) of having an affair with some one or accusing me of breaking of marriages of neighbors. I honestly will say I have never had an affair with anyone. If I refuse sex with him he gets very mad and almost pushes me out of bed and takes all the blankets. He also has a tracker on the computer and cell phone. I can not go any where with out him checking on me via the tracking device. If I am gone to long and he has nothing to do I then get the text messages that say "I am so bored, when are you coming home?" if I say it won't be for a few more hours I then get "well maybe I will find a more willing women to keep me company who loves me". He also threatens to divorce me and leave me with nothing. When he threatens I use to kiss his but. But I am now at the point I tell him to go ahead and leave me or if he threatens to visit the neighbors I say well when you do that you minds well live there also cause if you cheat on me again we are done. I am at the end of my rope. We have tried counseling both individual and marriage and it hasn't worked cause he has quite going after a few sessions.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KSDK) - Monday has been declared Rosa Parks Day in Missouri, marking what would have been her 100th birthday.
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Nepthu is nifty!
I would love a couple of sand demons too. Very cool, classic Filmation designs.
Nepthu stars in one of my favorite episodes, "Temple of the Sun." He's also one of my favorite one-off villains. Given the chance, I think he could've made a great return villain much like Masque could have. The figure could come with his scarab and the diamond Zoar. I'd also like to see the Sand Demons he created as army builders.
Nepthu is nifty!
I would love a couple of sand demons too. Very cool, classic Filmation designs.
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I've always liked the Egyptian look of Nepthu. A Filmation Nepthu would go along perfectly with an MYP Sorceress variant.
MYP Sorceress is a MUST HAVE figure for MOTUC!
Nepthu would be quite east from a tooling standpoint. I think the possibilites of what they could do with him and Sand Demons are quite exciting to think about.
I would like a sand monster. also it could be made as a rock monster variant.
However I'm not interested in a figure of Nepthu. Having him in a future story I'm open.
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Well, I do see that this guy has an official "speculation" thread, but seeing as there are only five posts, can't say he's really a fan-demanded figure. I don't think too many will be sad if he ends up not released. Do you guys think there's a high probability of him being one of those released through this "special program" that will be introduced at NYTF?
I have nothing against the idea of Nepthu as a figure, but he is practically at the bottom of the "wish list" of Filmation characters. More people have been vocal about Chef Allen than this guy. If Nepthu makes it into the line before characters like Shokoti, Masque, Lizard Man, Strong Arm, Icer, Batros, Evilseed, Kothos, General Tataran, Granita, Vultak, Madame Razz, Seahawk, Melaktha, Dylamug, Kittrina, Delora, Imp, Melog, Huntara, Scorpia, Uncle Montork, Dree-Elle, Robot Knights, Hunga the Harpy, Red Knight, General Sunder, Negator, Chimera...and yes, even Chef Allen, then I'd say it has nothing to do with fan demand. Even the Filmation versions of Tung Lasher and Count Marzo are more requested than Nepthu, and they are variants!
Nepthu is a cool looking character but he'd still be near the bottom of my Filmation wants list. The Sand Demons, however, would be awesome to see, they're one of my favorite monsters in MOTU!
Always wanted the Sand Demons in this line, would need about 5 of them. It would be cool to have Nepthu also.
Nepthu is definitely a cool looking character. I would like to get him but, unfortunately, I am in the minority in wanting every Filmation character in the series. So I doubt if we'll see him. However, the sand monsters are great and I think a lot of us would love to see them. They were great generic monsters that have high recognizability.
Well, I have to say personally I am glad to NOT have seen Nepthu as a reveal at NYTF this past weekend. I know that doesn't mean he won't be one of the final three slots in the Filmation sub this year. Again I don't hate him, just not thrilled about him.
The Sand Demons were awesome. I would army-build three of those.
Nepthu... well... not for me.
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Yep, definitely want Nepthu. I hope we see him real soon.
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Wonder if Nepthu will come with a transparent 'crystal' soar figure when he's released...
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Maybe we'll get Nepthu as was hinted a few months ago and then the Sand Demons will be the army builders
Watched this episode just today. I'd love to get Nepthu. He's a lot higher on my list of Filmation wants than he seems to be on most others though.
I like the design of Nepthu, but hate the color scheme
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I'm all for Nepthu in 'Classics. But the Sand Demons/Rock Monsters even more so. Beast slots with interchangeable heads, each painted tan or gray respectively. I want those almost more than Horde Troopers and repainted Snakemen.
I've wanted a sand demon forever, especially when they made the shadow beast I was like alright we have to get a sand demon now.... Yet still I wait.
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I like Nepthu.
Besides his amulet, he could come with that crystallized (or metallic?) version of Zoar. I imagine the 4H could do more detailing with his design. The Egyptian concept looks good and he's a basic buck figure. He isn't in my Top Ten for Filmation wants, but I'd gladly buy one.
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Yeah Temple of the Sun is a good episode but I personally have no interesting in getting Nepthu as a figure, he too much of a plain design IMO.
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I'm down for a Nepthu. Not top on my Filmation want list for sure, but a decent one-off villain. Give him a Marzo hand and that Amulet and we're good to go.