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Oklahoman writer loses weight, gains power
Week eightWhat an exceptional week! I hit two significant milestones and participated in something really fulfilling ... that I can't tell you about yet. You'll have to check in next week to hear about it. The milestones, though — those I can discuss. I'm proud of both of them. First, I lost three pounds this week. That means I got rid of that pound I gained last week and dropped two more. Why is that a big deal? Well, psychologically, it's always better to find that you've lost weight when you're, you know, trying to lose weight. Beyond that, it's significant because it means I've lost 20 pounds so far. Twenty pounds in two months. If you ask me, that's pretty darn good. Second, I benched 200 pounds this week. I haven't lifted that much since my mid-20s. That weight total comes with a caveat. I did it using a weight machine, not free weights. It's harder to bench press that much weight — or any weight, really — using free weights, because your support muscles have to control the wobble and tilt of the bar. On a machine, your stronger arm can compensate for your weaker arm; with free weights, you're only as strong as your weakest muscle. But still! The fact remains that my arms and chest are now strong enough to move 200 pounds of iron — five straight times. They weren't that strong two months ago. It's a funny thing, too. Tuesday night, I decided to attempt lifting all that weight out of curiosity as much as anything else. I'd been doing two sets of 25 chest presses at 125 pounds. I figured if I could do that with relative ease, I ought to be able to lift a much heavier weight a few times. Sure enough, I did 200 pounds five times, each one more difficult than the one before. I was pumped after that. I fired off e-mails to some friends and text messages to others. I posted on Facebook. I wanted to tell people I passed on the street. I didn't plan on trying that much weight again for awhile. I told myself I'd use lighter weights — 125 to 150 pounds — until I got in better shape. I've got plenty of time to get back to 200, I thought. On Thursday, a single thought took root in my head: What if it was just a fluke? I couldn't shake it. Maybe it was a one-time thing. Maybe I couldn't do it again. That night, I went back to the gym. I'd warmed up on the treadmill and stretched at home, so I was ready when I walked into the YMCA. First thing, I headed for the machine. I draped a towel over the headrest. I adjusted the seat. My movements were ritualistic, methodical. I could have been a doctor setting out surgical instruments with rigid precision. I sat down. There were other people in the gym, a lot of them, but I may as well have been alone. I pulled the peg out of the weight stack, letting my hand carry it all the way to the very bottom. Two hundred pounds is the whole stack on the machine. I slid the peg back in. Until then, I'd been so focused that I'd been able to ignore my doubts. As I settled my gloved hands onto the handles, though, it all came rushing back. No way you can do this. You're still too weak. You were just lucky before. My arms drove forward. The weights rose. I drew my hands back to my chest, pushed outward again. I was doing it. It wasn't a fluke at all. I did five reps, each one more difficult than its predecessor. After that, I released the handles and slumped back. My arms weren't sore. They didn't feel terribly strained. I can do more! I thought greedily. I was wrong. A sixth lift was impossible. I could move the stack a couple inches, but no more. I've been telling myself I won't try to lift the stack again. Not for a good long while. But somehow, I think that's a lie.
Staff Writer Ken Raymond began a yearlong weight loss and fitness journey on April 1.
Here are his stats: Age: 41 Height: About 6 feet 1 inch Beginning weight: 307 pounds Current weight: 287 pounds


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Plans for a redesigned entrance into Franklin got a boost with a $1.8 million grant, which will pay for walkways, lighting and landscaping that visitors and residents would see as they come off Interstate 65.
But the city wants to do more to develop the eastside and is getting ready to start a study to investigate how to get new restaurants, hotels and businesses around the exit.
The city was awarded a federal grant for sidewalks, lighting and landscaping from Eastview Drive to I-65, which will pay for 80 percent of the construction costs. The city also recently received grants to build a trail along its truck route and new sidewalks downtown.
The streetscape work near the interstate will be the last leg of a more than $12 million project to redevelop all of Jefferson and King streets, from just west of U.S. 31 to I-65.
The city also plans to rebuild and repave the entire street after the state turned over ownership of the section of State Road 44. The streetscape work is part of an overall plan to beautify the city and connect walkways, with a goal of attracting more people to visit.
But city officials also are spending $59,500 to do more focused planning about what kind of businesses, subdivisions or industries they want to attract to the area around I-65. The plan will determine what kind of development is best for the area — whether it's hotels, restaurants or office buildings — and will include ideas on how to entice developers to build, Mayor Joe McGuinness said.
Eastside residents will be asked to give feedback as part of the planning process because future development should cater to both residents and visitors, McGuinness said.
"You've got some nice homes with some food and hotels, and the National Guard armory is an asset to the community. We want to have things to accent that and showcase that and what's going to get people to pull off the interstate," McGuinness said.
"We want to fill in around that with some additional amenities that are going to be nice for our residents and for those that are visiting."
The study will look at the area roughly bordered by Paris Estates, Bartram Parkway, the National Guard Armory and Hillview Country Club and help determine what else is needed besides a new roadway and sidewalks, he said.
The study will include interviews with residents and business owners about their needs and wants. It will study traffic data to determine who gets off the highway in Franklin and where are they going. And consultants will poll developers to get feedback on the positive aspects of Franklin, as well as drawbacks that would stop them from opening franchises, McGuinness said.
The consultant is the same person that Greenwood used to help plan its new Worthsville Road exit, so Franklin can expect to get a similarly detailed plan, said Cheryl Morphew, Johnson County Development Corp. president and chief executive officer. Developers continue to eye the nearby tech park for new warehouses or factories because it's so close the interstate, which could add new industry on the east side of the highway, she said.
Last year, a 64-acre site was temporarily taken off the market because a company was interested in buying it for an expansion, Morphew said. The company eventually decided not to expand, but the city got very close to landing a new development, she said.
The city also has been working to improve the look of the area.
Franklin already has some requirements in place that new buildings in the area have to use higher-quality materials. Properties along King Street to Milford Drive are designated as a gateway, which means they have to have more brick or decorative stone, more windows, landscaped walkways, and decorate entryways and roofs. Those types of features can be seen on buildings such as a recently built gas station and shops and the Affordable Dentures office.
Next, the city is looking to replace the center guardrail along King Street with a curbed, grassy median and have decorative lighting similar to the kind already installed downtown. A walking trail will follow the north side of the street, while a new sidewalk would be built on the south side. Those new walking routes would connect with the intersection at Eastview Drive, which might be turned into a roundabout.
With the new grant and money from the state for taking over ownership of State Road 44, the city should have no problem paying for the sidewalk and road work, McGuinness said.
The city likely will begin design work on those projects within the next two months, but construction wouldn't start until at least summer 2017 when the grant money becomes available. The road work has been tentatively planned for 2018 after the city rebuilds Jefferson and King streets west of Eastview Drive.

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|Claude Julien on Patrice Bergeron: 'He may be in the next game'
|06.22.13 at 11:58 pm ET
CHICAGO — Claude Julien was a frustrated head coach Saturday night after he lost Game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals to the Blackhawks at United Center, 3-1, and in the process lost his best all-around player to an undisclosed injury.
Pressed about the nature of the injury suffered by Patrice Bergeron and his prognosis, Julien tried to be as clear as he could before losing some patience.
"Well, no update, and I think there's no concern until you get an update," Julien said. "As far as we're concerned, he's just getting evaluated
right now. Not much I can say on his situation."
Asked what happened, Julien said he was not at liberty to say.
"No, not really," Julien said. "It's just an injury that wasn't able to let him finish the game. He may be in next game. I'm not going there.
When asked if this was an existing injury that was aggravated, Julien reached his boiling point.
"Guys, I'm not going there, so anything else but injury here. I'll update you when I have an update. There's nothing more. We can ask a million questions. I don't have any more information than probably you guys do right now."
Carl Soderberg, tabbed to take Kaspars Daugavins spot on the fourth line, found himself centering the No. 2 line when Bergeron went out early in the second period.
"I thought we could use him, and although he had very limited experience in this league, he's still a pretty skilled player and had a good year. I thought if we were going to give him a shot, tonight was probably a good time for it. He showed me enough to be able to move into Bergy's spot. I thought he played well, and although there wasn't maybe the chemistry that you see with that line usually because it's his first time, certainly not disappointed in the way he played tonight."
|Is this series headed for seven?
|at 3:15 pm ET
CHICAGO — As the teams approach Game 5, it's hard not to think about Game 7.
The most lopsided game in the series was Game 3, when the Bruins picked up a 2-0 win. Every other game has been decided in overtime, and with how close this series has been, Bryan Bickell admits the mindset has to be that the Stanley Cup finals will go the distance.
"Yeah," the Blackhawks left wing said. "With three games [going to] OT and both of the games that we won [coming] in overtime, I can't say it's not going to be OT tonight. You never know. This is a tough, grueling series. Both teams are battling for the same goal and there's a lot of passion out there. There's a lot of grueling battles in front or goalies doing whatever it takes. It's fun and it's a great time to be part of this."
Rich Peverley and Dennis Seidenberg say they aren't taking that mindset, as neither claim to be in the business of either predicting the future or looking past each individual game. They just want to take Game 5 and go from there.
It will be interesting to see what the fifth game as the series holds, as Game 4 was certainly a departure from the tight-checking play that was seen in the first three games. Neither team want to see a game like Game 4, as both teams swapped chances up and down the ice. One would think that the Blackhawks would prefer that type of game given that their speed would be a bigger advantage, but with how much the Bruins exposed Corey Crawford in Game 4, they actually should be worried about getting themselves into a track meet.
There's no telling whether the series will revert back to its old self or remain high-scoring, but Claude Julien expects one thing to stay the same: the close score.
"I expect a real good game," Julien said. "[The series is] obviously 2-2. Do we know how it's going to go? I don't think either coach could have told you before last game it was going to be a high scoring game. I think we were surprised.
"Will that continue? I really don't know. Again, it's how well the teams play, how good the goaltenders are, and everything else. It depends on a lot of things. Is it going to be penalty filled, it is going to be five-on-five? I think it's really hard to predict this time of year. The only thing I'm capable of saying here is based on the first four games, they're all tight and they're all close and they're all exciting."
CHICAGO — Maybe it was as innocent as Claude Julien showing his game face but when he was asked why he would bench Kaspars Daugavins and consider inserting Carl Soderberg into the lineup for his first playoff game in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals, he defended his turf in no uncertain terms.
"Why? Because I'm the coach and because I can," Julien began. "You guys ask me why I make those changes. I didn't spend three days thinking about that. It's a situation that I can do. If I do that tonight, we'll see where it goes. I may just go back to Daugavins, because again I'm tinkering between those two like I have from the beginning of the series."
Julien admitted that he has only seen him play in six games toward the end of the season with the Bruins, which might factor into whether he plays in Game 5.
"Well, I haven't seen him that much," Julien said. "He's only played a few games, and that's probably the main reason he hasn't played in the Playoffs is we went with some experienced players. Injuries have forced us to kind of look elsewhere, and that's the injury to Gregory Campbell. So Daugavins, we've looked at Carl Soderberg, Jordan Caron, and there's Jay Pandolfo. So there's situations there that we can look at. We're trying to find the best fit possible.
"I have to look at whether I feel comfortable staying with Daugavins, or as you know right now, it's been between Soderberg and Daugavins. But they're two different players. Size-wise they're different. One is obviously real gritty along the walls, and the other one is probably more of a play maker. So, there's a difference there, and that's where I have to make my decision what I feel I may need for tonight."
CHICAGO — Bruins coach Claude Julien was very aware of the comments by Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews after Game 4. In the hours before Game 5 here Saturday, Julien said if Chicago thinks they can attack and expose Zdeno Chara, then go for it.
"I mean, they're allowed their comments," Julien said. "If that's what they think, then they should try it again. A lot of people have tried to figure out Zdeno, and he's the type of player he is. People talk about five goals against, but were they all his fault? None of them were his fault, actually.
Chara was a minus-3 on Wednesday night in Game 4 and was on the ice for five of the six Chicago goals, leading several Blackhawks – including Toews – to say they had success by not being intimidated by the 6-foot-9 36-year-old Bruins captain.
Julien said stats don't mean nearly as much in the eyes of his coaching staff as the presence Chara provides on the ice.
"Just one of those situations where we feel he's one of our best players on our team," Julien said. "He's one of the best defensemen in the league, so I don't think there's too many flaws in his game. But if they want to think that way, they're entitled to it. I have no response to that except to know that my player is going to be good and ready tonight, and they can try it again if that's what they think."
|Bruins, maybe lying, say the whole glove-side thing is a coincidence
|06.21.13 at 8:56 pm ET
CHICAGO — By now, the Bruins' tendency to shoot (and score) on Corey Crawford's glove side is well known. Everyone knows it, and nobody can downplay it.
Crawford joked to the media Friday that his stick side was questioned against the Kings, so "both side are bad," but there should be no joking about this. The Bruins have scored 12 goals this series and all but two have been shot glove side. One of the two that were stick-side was a rebound that was just jammed at the net with no spot picked, so basically when the Bruins are aiming, it's for that glove. At least some of them.
"You're asking the wrong guy," Shawn Thornton said. "I'm just shooting the puck to shoot the puck most times. Maybe goal-scorers look up and see something different. I'm sure they do, actually. That's why they get 50 a year and I get four."
The Bruins are clearly trying to downplay the tendency, but they have to know that Crawford knows by now. Just like they have access to video, so too does anyone with YouTube. Then again, it's not like you'd expect the Bruins to confirm that they know the opposing goaltender's weakness.
"I think it might be a bit of a coincidence," Thornton said. "'¦ I know we're not skating down the ice thinking, 'Oh my God, if we don't go glove-side we're not going to score.' It's nothing like that. It's just a bit of a coincidence. We're trying to get pucks on net and create traffic and wherever that rebound pops out, for sure you're trying to put it in. If it pops out stick side, I'm sure you're not trying to do a spin-o-rama just to get it on his glove side. I'm sure it's going to be whatever's available."
That's true and it isn't. Patrice Bergeron's power-play goal in Game 4 came from the puck bouncing off the glass and back in front of the net. Rather than just trying to jam it in, Bergeron fired a shot high glove side. It's simply where they're aiming.
"I don't think it was done purposely on our end of it," Claude Julien said of the Bruins' five goals on Crawford's glove side in Game 4. "We happened to shoot there because that's where the opening was at that time. But I think you can score on other areas, hopefully, on Corey Crawford than just the glove. It's one of those games where a lot of them went on that side.
"At the end of the day, you're looking for ways to score goals, and whether it's cross toss or tips or screens or whatever, it doesn't really matter."
For a closer look at the Bruins' goals and the tendencies of their scoring this series, click here.
|Claude Julien: 'Average isn't good enough at this stage'
|06.20.13 at 4:54 am ET
Claude Julien has always had the pulse of his team.
Right or wrong, no one gets more credit when things go right, or more of the blame when they don't. Such was the case Monday when he gave his credit to being fully committed after a 2-0 win. But on Wednesday, the Bruins allowed 47 shots and six goals in nearly 70 minutes of hockey, Not the kind of defensive-minded, puck-controlling play he wants to see out of his five-man skating group.
"Not really, not really," Julien said. "I mean, we tied it up. I thought our guys battled hard enough to get us back in the game and create an overtime. I don't think we played our best game tonight. A lot of different reasons. I think our decision making wasn't very good at times. Didn't think we were moving the puck as well as we had been in the past.
"It was certainly a tough outing for us tonight, They came out hard, played extremely well. Somehow, again, they had the better of us for the first half of the game until we got ourselves going here a little bit. Again, those are things that happen in the Final where you don't feel like you played well enough to win. That's what happened tonight."
In the second period alone, the Hawks outscored the Bruins, 3-2, as they seized control.
"I just think we weren't very sharp in our decision making," Julien said. "Where we talked about we have layers, our D's were pinching, our forwards were not really covering up, weren't totally committed to that part of the game. That's when you saw two'on'ones. Sometimes caught a little bit low. We were through the neutral zone, weren't very aggressive. There was a lot of our game tonight that was just average, and average isn't good enough at this stage of the season."
"It wasn't a Bruins' type of game, but at the same time you have to get yourself back into it, Our guys worked hard to score goals. Probably got ourselves out of what our normal game plan is. So we opened up and we scored goals, but we also gave them some goals, like the game'winning goal. Too many times where they had an opportunity to tee it up. We'd come back in our own end and make the big circle. When you make the big circles, you open up the middle of the ice. Just things that don't characterize our team.
"Like I said, it was an average game. But give the guys credit. We battled back and gave ourselves a chance to win, even though it wasn't our best game. Sometimes you got to do that. We tried to do that tonight. But at the end, you know, it didn't happen."
The Bruins will practice at midday on Thursday while the Blackhawks are headed back to Chicago.
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|Claude Julien puts Stanley Cup and Boston Strong in perspective: 'I think we can help in probably a large way'
|06.18.13 at 5:16 pm ET
Ever since April 15, sports in Boston has taken on deeper meaning as the city and its people look to heal from the Boston Marathon attacks.
On Tuesday, the off-day between Games 3 and 4 of the Stanley Cup finals, Claude Juilen articulated in a very sensitive way what a Stanley Cup championship might mean to Boston and its people.
"I think we can help in probably a large way," Julien said. "Everybody is looking right now for something to cheer about, smile about. I guess it doesn't fix the things or the people that have been lost. That will never be fixed. At the same time you have to try to heal."
Julien then gave perspective inside the Bruins dressing room and reminded everyone just how much the events of April 15 affected them.
"As much as the city itself has been touched by that, so have we as a team," I've known for a long time, that's all we talked about in the dressing room. It really hit us hard. Right now, we got to focus on doing our job and trying to stay focused on that so that in the end you hope that you can make that happen."
Julien said his team is riding a fine line between wanting to be motivated for the people of Boston and going about their job. Julien said the focus now is the latter.
"But right now it's got to be about us before we can even think about that," he said. "If we think about ourselves, the job we need to do, hopefully the rest takes care of itself."


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What is with the new menu on the top of the screen? Working in a training with a group of teachers and they all have the "old" style with the show menu at the bottom of the screen.


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A reinvigorated insurgency killed two U.S. soldiers yesterday when a roadside bomb hit a military convoy protecting road workers, and the...
KABUL, Afghanistan — A reinvigorated insurgency killed two U.S. soldiers yesterday when a roadside bomb hit a military convoy protecting road workers, and the new American ambassador warned that violence by Afghan rebels would not end soon.
But the envoy, Ronald Neumann, played down fears the Taliban-led militants could prevent next month's legislative elections. "When millions of people want to go vote, they will go vote," he said at his first news conference after arriving in Kabul.
A surge of violence since winter has killed about 1,000 people — 59 American soldiers among them. Militants have stepped up assaults in the south and east trying to sabotage the U.S.-backed recovery, while U.S. and Afghan troops answer with their own offensives.
Yesterday, a homemade bomb hit a convoy of U.S. troops supporting crews repairing a road from the main southern city of Kandahar to outlying mountains. Two soldiers in an armored vehicle were killed and two were wounded, the military said.
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The recent loss of life has dampened some of the optimism that prevailed after Afghanistan's inaugural presidential election passed off peacefully last fall and insurgent attacks dropped off during the winter.
Part of the effort to safeguard the vote has been an aggressive campaign by Afghan and coalition forces to go after militants in the south and east.
In their latest attack, American and Afghan troops, backed by U.S. warplanes, raided a suspected Taliban camp in Kandahar province's Khakrez district, killing five militants, said the commander of the Afghan National Army, Gen. Muslim Amid.
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Police raids touched off fierce gunbattles yesterday that killed six Islamic extremists, and authorities said the dead included al-Qaida's leader in Saudi Arabia, whose hide-out was found to hold the head of a murdered American last summer. A police officer was also killed.
Saleh Mohammed al-Aoofi, the kingdom's top fugitive, had led local al-Qaida operations since his predecessor was killed by police a year ago during a crackdown on religious militants in the homeland of Osama bin Laden and most of the Sept. 11 suicide hijackers.
Al-Aoofi was believed involved in the June 2004 kidnapping and beheading of engineer Paul Johnson. A few weeks after the slaying, police found Johnson's head in a freezer at an apartment that had been used by al-Aoofi.


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OMG! Less than 1000 bucks to go & just under 2 hours....
We're so close! We've got until 11:59pm! Can we do it?? Here's hoping.
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Krista interviewed on Animal Wise Radio
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When I first met in Anne Weaver in the spring of 2009, she was just starting on her urban homesteading journey. We sat down at her dining room table with... Read more
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A Day In The Life of A Music Writer And Producer
Lord Of The Dance
Currently he is concentrating on film work, visiting Los Angeles frequently. His songs have appeared in the 2009 film 'Fire' starring Gary Dourdan, 'South Park', 'How To Look Good Naked' 2010 movie 'Burning Palms' starring Rosamunde Pike. The song 'Sleepwalking' appears in the 2014 US-released movie 'The Right Kind of Wrong', and 'Unbreakable' will appear in the 2016 movie 'Showing Roots', starring Elizabeth McGovern of Downton Abbey.
In 2015 'Million Miles' co-written by Adrian and Funkstar De Luxe was released in January by Lifted House reached No. 8 in the British Dance Chart in April, spending 13 consecutive weeks in the Top 20. The song features vocals by Geoffrey Williams who wrote Michael Jackson's 'Whatever Happens'. Funkstar De Luxe is renowned for his hit single' Sun Is Shining' (Bob Marley vs Funkstar De Luxe) which reached No. 3 in the UK and No.1 in the U.S Billboard chart. An album is scheduled for release in 2016 featuring other songs from Funkstar and Adrian. Having lived in the Cotswolds since 2011 being a keen nature-lover and walker, some of the music mentioned above was composed whilst walking between Stanton and Stanway! 'Million Miles', for example, was written exactly like this.
A Day In The Life
"When music needs creating, a typical day involves waking at 8am, breakfasting and sorting through mail until 10am. Then, depending on what kind of music needs composing, I'll spend 10am until lunchtime composing on the piano - and if the song has taken shape, with the chords and melody finished, using Logic Pro X programming and sequencing the track begins.
Hopefully by 3pm the skeleton and a bit more of the song will be up on screen, and I'll start writing the lyrics to the melodies I have. Often the chorus melody has a phonetic sound that means the title comes first. Then I work backwards from the title. For example, with 'Million Miles', it was the first lyric that formed for the chorus melody. So I had to come up with a story that fitted with the title.
Walking on the Cotswold Way in the afternoon I thought it would be good if the song was about mankind and how we're a long way from where we ought to be - or are we? So, the first line 'Feels like a million miles…but it's only through the eyes of a child…" - therefore leaving the possibility of something positive. You'll have to listen to the song to decide whether it's positive or not!
Anyhow because I wanted Geoffrey Williams (who lives in Melbourne) to sing it, and Funkstar De Luxe (who lives in Brussels) to produce it, Skype now comes into the equation. So I call Funkstar and play him what I've come up with, he makes comments on what he's heard, then I wait until Australia wakes up. Then I play Geoffrey, through Skype, what I've written and sung. He gives me his tuppence-worth, and we will work though the lyrics for a couple of hours until we are both really happy with it.
When that's done, I'll send the project off to Funkstar, who will take over from there. He's had a US No.1 and UK No.3 with 'Sun Is Shining' feat. Bob Marley which sold millions of records worldwide so it's fair to say he's a better producer than me! Anyway once the track is finished, we'll try and sell it to record labels - in this case we got a deal with CO2 / Lifted House - and the track will get released.
We were happy to see 'Million Miles' chart in four territories, including the 13 weeks it spent in the UK Dance Top 20. Funkstar and I have just finished a new track, 'Super Disco', which we are in the process of trying to get a deal for. Listen out for it..."
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My wife and I have a rental property, and it's basically one headache after another - and worse, it's costing us money every month. I need help! But I'm not sure where to go for sound advice. [more inside]
Another Real Estate Question: Buy & Rent a Condo From Afar?
If I wanted to buy a house or condo in a distant state as an investment, and I had an opportunity to buy a place outright, with tenants and leases already in place, should I? How about outright but sans tenants? More info within. [more inside]
Which mortgage should I pay extra to each month?
I am not wonderful at math. I am trying to figure out which mortgage I should pay an extra principal payment to each month. Will you help me? [more inside]
Should I sell or rent my house?
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O, The Oprah Magazine turns 10: Win a trip to a Live Your Best Life weekend in New York
O, The Oprah Magazine turns ten years old in 2010. To celebrate the occasion, Oprah Winfrey and her staff are holding a Live Your Best Life weekend event in New York City, May 7-9, 2010. Tickets go on sale March 15, but ten lucky readers will be awarded tickets to the event. Each may bring a guest.
To find out if you're an instant winner, look for the Official Give-O-Way Ticket in a copy of the February 2010 issue of O (on newsstands Jan. 19). Enter the code from the ticket in the appropriate box on the O website. To enter without a ticket, send your full name, address, zip code, telephone number and date of birth hand-printed on a 3X5 piece of paper to: Live Your Best Life Weekend Give-O-Way Entry, Department B, PO Box 5701, Blair, NE 68009-5701. All entries must be received by Feb. 23, 2010.
Ten prizes, valued at $3,000 each, will be awarded. Each one includes: round-trip transportation to a New York area airport for two; two nights accommodation in a standard room hotel, double occupancy; two tickets to the Live Your Best Life event at the Javits Center; ground transportation to and from a New York area airport; a check for $500 for the winner only.
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Other hotels in this area can be found on the map. Or have a look at one of these hotels:
Schulstraße 16, 86368 Gersthofen Show map
This family-run hotel is in a tranquil location in the Bavarian town of Gerstenhofen, just north of Augsburg. It is 3 minutes from the A8 highway and offers free parking.
The 3-star Gersthofer Auszeit provides stylish accommodations in modern rooms with DVD player and internet access.
Treat yourself to a selection of traditional Bavarian or modern cuisine in the hotel restaurant, or have a snack in the bistro.
The hotel is less than 10 minutes from Augsburg airport, and less than 20 minutes from Augsburg's exhibition center.
Just a short walk takes you to bus services, providing easy access to the center of Augsburg.
End your busy day with a drink in the welcoming bar of the Gersthofer Auszeit.
Rooms: 11
Wireless Internet Hotspot is available in the hotel rooms and charges apply.
Free public parking is available on site (reservation is not needed).
These are general hotel policies for Gersthofer Auszeit. As they may vary per room type, please also check the room conditions.
16:00 - 21:30 hours
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Free! All children under 4 years stay free of charge when using existing beds.
One older child or adult is charged EUR 18 per person per night in an extra bed.
The maximum number of extra beds in a room is 1.
There is no capacity for cribs in the room.
Any type of extra bed or crib is upon request and needs to be confirmed by management.
Additional fees are not calculated automatically in the total cost and will have to be paid for separately during your stay.
Pets are allowed on request. Charges may apply.
The hotel reserves the right to pre-authorize credit cards prior to arrival.
You can hold private family events in the restaurant or the traditional Josefstüberl lounge.
Take the Gersthofen-West exit of the A8 motorway and head towards Gersthofen.
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'Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1' Dominates Box Office on Slow Weekend
- Sun Dec 7, 2014, 10:42 PM GMT
Movie theaters are not the first choice to spend the weekend as people tend to go holiday shopping.READ MORE
Super spy teams aren't born...they're hatched. Discover the secrets of the greatest and most hilarious covert birds in the global espionage biz: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private. These elitists of the elite are joining forces with a chic undercover organization, The North Wind. Led by handsome and husky Agent Classified (we could tell you his name, but then...you know), voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch. Together, they must stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine, voiced by John Malkovich, from destroying the world as we know it.
Movie theaters are not the first choice to spend the weekend as people tend to go holiday shopping.READ MORE
New releases 'Penguins of Madagascar' and 'Horrible Bosses 2' failed to match the 'Hunger Games' sequel's number by a long shot.READ MORE
The 'Sherlock' actor poses with co-star John Malkovich, while fellow voice actor Ken Jeong goofs around with guest Brooke Shields who brings along her kids to the event.READ MORE
Watch out for festival winners, a Christopher Nolan film and a sequel to popular YA novel adaptation this month.READ MORE
The penguins are recruited by Agent Classified voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch to save the world from the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine.READ MORE
The 'Fifth Estate' main star voices a wolf leader who heads a high-tech animal organization in the 'Madagascar' feature film spin-off.READ MORE


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It's not about the death of employment. It's about the birth of efficient employment.
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As a small business owner, it can be a challenge finding just the right employees. What's the right fit? How much background should they have? Too much education or too little? Can they be over qualified, or not qualified enough?
Are you one of the forward-thinking employers or managers who loves to give workers incentives rather than be forced to hand out punishment? OSHA may have some harsh words for you: Stop it!
As a leadership coach I consistently am asked to help improve manager performance with managers in a variety of businesses.
A poorly functioning remote team can eat away at your effectiveness and completely destroy productivity. If even one of these problems is a persistent issue in your company, you're better off calling the team home and focusing on working together in person.
Yes, the role of the sales person seems to have changed over the years, but one undeniable truth remains – […]
It's never easy dealing with redundancies, but these 10 tips should make the process easier on both employers and employees…
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A company's human resources department can provide employees with information and help for a range of issues – not just problems with management or co-workers.
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Ike Davis hit a two-run homer as the Pirates beat the Cardinals 3-1 in Pittsburgh.
Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina is back behind the plate catching for Double-A Springfield.
The Billikens will open the basketball season November 15th at home against Southern Illinois-Carbondale.
Borgia/Pacific postponed due to lightning. Rescheduled September 5th
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The Cardinals and Pirates play the finale of their three-game series today at PNC Park. Adam Wainwright goes after win number-16 as he opposes Pittsburgh's Jeff Locke... more
Pinch-hitter Ike Davis belted a go-ahead three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Pirates beat the Cardinals 5-2 in the middle of a three-game set... more
Cardinals outfielder Shane Robinson is on the 15-day disabled list with an injured left shoulder. It happened while sliding into second base during Monday's 3-2 win over the Pirates.
The Cardinals are sending seven players to the Arizona Fall League. St.
The Rams close out the preseason tomorrow night at Miami. With Sam Bradford out for the season with a knee injury, Shaun Hill is now the starting quarterback for St. Louis.
The KLPW Radio Athlete of the Week is Sophomore Lauren Gerlemann from New Haven High School.
Back in their days, Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft were known for trust-busting. In an era of price-fixing, crony capitalism and corruption their actions helped to create more opportunities in the marketplace by creating competition.
Our nation's founders were well versed in the lessons of the history that preceded them. They knew of power's natural tendency to escalate into greater power.
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New Years Eve Survival Tips
New Years Eve is upon us, several nights where we can all let loose and still have a day to recover. I thought we should take a moment to cover the basics for survival of all the drinking to ensue.
Healthy Drinking for the Holidays
The holidays are fast approaching! In our humble opinion, one of the best parts of the holiday season is gathering with friends and family.
Wine on a Budget – Volume One
Tips for buying great wine on a budget
Choosing Bourbon for Your Kentucky Derby Mint Julep
Tips on choosing bourbon for your Kentucky Derby Mint Julep
The Glass Makes the Drink
At the recent Nightclub & Bar Conference in Las Vegas, I had the pleasure to attend a seminar lead by Georg Riedel. What a treat, not only did I learn firsthand from a master about fine glassware and how it enhances all types of spirits but I learned how the Reidel family figured it all out. Said Greog to my question, "We've been doing this a long time." And they have the family-run Austrian company … Read more
Gentleman's Guide to Drinking Tequila
It being Cinco de Mayo, the folks at Asylum.com, with the help of Joanne Weir author of "Tequila: A Guide to Types, Flights, Cocktails, and Bites along with a few thoughts from Beam Global Tequila Ambassadors Jaime Rodriguez, Jaime Salas and Eddie Perales — the guys behind Sauza's Hornitos tequila.
"As Weir stresses the spirit deserves a finer appreciation than it normally receives on the sticky floor of a frat house."
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Happy St. Patricks Day
Happy St. Patrick's Day! It is not all about green beer, we've got some links to prove it! Have safe, fun, rollicking day.
Creating an Irish Whiskey Cocktail
St. Patrick's' Day Recipe Round Up
iPhone Apps for St. Patrick's Day
How to Celebrate St. Patrick's Day Like an Irishman [via Mental Floss]
How to Pour a Perfect Guinness
Irish Drinking Toasts
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Mixology Monday – First Timers
It is Mixology Monday again and the Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails, Boston, are hosting. The theme for this month's party is "First Time" or what to serve a cocktail virgin for their first drink. What are the so-called gateway cocktails that turn one forever? Is it just a group of cocktails? Sure, as I think down my own path, there are the margaritas, gin and tonics and Jack and Coke's that … Read more
MyOpenBar Shows You Where the Free Booze Is
MyOpenBar is a website that rounds up bar specials, happy hours and free-booze opportunities. There are versions of the site for many major cities including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and Miami.
The tips include things like open bars at public parties, cheap happy hours and free or low-cost "drunk-friendly" snacks. You can get their newsletter by email to keep tabs on keeping your bar tab low. And if you find a free … Read more
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'Game of Thrones' stars to battle the undead in 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'
Type: Article | Date: Thursday, Sep 25, 2014Screen Gems comes aboard to distribute the film in the U.S.
Naughty Dog's post-apocalyptic video game 'The Last of Us' coming to the big screen
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Re: Disputes
RobertEG wrote:
Unlless your dispute relates to an item that is not disputable under the direct dispute process, such as credit inquiries, I would suggest considering a direct dispute as opposed to any dispute involving the CRA.
Online disputes require you to sanitize you own dispute, not providing for any accompanying supporting documentation.
If you have documentation relevant to your dispute, better to send by mail, at least providing it to the CRA (or better yet, filing a direct dispute, assuring it is received by the furnisher of the disputed information). As part of their e-Oscar process, they arent likely to forward any supporting documentation to the furnisher, but that is not, in my opinion, reason to not even provide it.
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Alot of this is actually from sicily - my grandmother purchased it in the 70s near taormina ! please leave thank you comments - and if u have any sicilian folklore at home please create torrents and share um !
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Wickedly Good for You Halloween Treats
Healthy Halloween-Inspired snacks for kids.
Healthy Halloween-Inspired snacks for kids.
Eight ideas for handling that excess of Halloween candy.
Here are two easy and cute recipes for any Halloween venue.
Those chocolate treats can mean death for your pup, so be careful.
Transition those pumpkins and fall leaves from Halloween decorations into Thanksgiving ones.
Keep your Halloween party eco-friendly this year by using items you may already have on hand.
A list of Halloween movies – both old and new – to add to your DVD list this October.
Take precautions to keep your pets healthy and safe this Halloween.
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Just wanted to remind everyone to vote for the pro bowl.
Kinda strange they have all three of our starters on the D-line listed under defensive tackle.
It says you can vote as many times as you want!
FYI, I voted for 3 former 49ers that play guard. Smiley, Dahl, Koiser. Not that any of them deserve it, but I'm pissed that these guys were let go considering the issues we're having at guard right now.


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Here's my framed photo of one of Sky's lovely photos. Thanks again.
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Here's my framed photo of one of Sky's lovely photos. Thanks again.
:mental: I am now a published photographer
I am deeply touched and you are more than welcome :)
It's wonderful! My bedroom has a wilderness theme and it will go just perfectly!
I shall try and take more for you :D lets see what I can muster in Africa
You are very talented so it's well deserved praise :yes:
ohhh I can't wait for the Africa photos.....
Ooh the pressure :mental:
No pressure.....just pics of awesome big cats.....I'm not even that picky.
Just try not to get eaten......
Im really looking forward to seeing the ones you take in Africa! :yes:


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Rayman - Dashing Thru the Snow by pikachu-25Watch
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It's been a while I've uploaded anything here. I'm sorry for being so inactive. But now I wanted to draw something wintry and because I'm into Rayman games once again (Thank you Rayman Origins and Legends), I wanted to draw something small from the Rayman series. This was a X-mas card for my dear Siski and now I want to share it with you all. So I hope that all of you will have a nice Christmas and winter holidays~
(I'm also pretty satisfied how Globox came out since I haven't drawn him in ten years.. the last time was when Rayman 3 was published and it was ten years ago.. I'm old..)
Made with Pigma Microcon pencils and Derwent Studio Colour Pencils on regular sketch paper. The colours are a bit off from the original one because of my scanner and it's ability to rape colours.
Characters © Ubisoft
So CUTE!!!
I think the colours are the most amazing thing in this. The shading and the way they fade from one to another. It's beautiful. I can see all the hard work! It looks really great! The characters look cute. I love how you colour - melting & mixing colours and i really like how I can see the texture of the paper.
Awwww, Thank You so so much ; w ; Your comments makes me always so happy <3
(How was your Christmas btw.? : 3)
awesome job!!
i love the color and detail on this!!
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Tidying up. It doesn't just mean making your bed, ya know? It also means those hairy little areas you've been meaning to attend to. After all, stubble only looks designer in one place and on one gender. Get yours looked at by the highly recommended Elements of Beauty and $750 worth of IPL hair removal for just $99. You'll be treated by a special hi-tech machine called the Angellite IPL, which means that after the intense pulsed light session, destroying follicles at the root, you'll also receive a special cooling procedure for maximum comfort. After a complimentary consultation, you're free to use the total $750 value on one area or spread it across all your troublesome spots (excluding male Brazilian). You've made your bed - now lie in it smooth, stubble-free and sexy.
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Help me choose one! (Halloween Costume for Brayden)
OOhh my cuteness!!! I was just on Old Navy's website when I stumbled upon these adorable Halloween costumes for babies. I'm sooo getting one for Brayden, I just need help choosing one cause they're freakin' cute (and cheap).
Are these not adorable or what!? :love:
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Girl Choir
Lawrence Academy Girl Choir: Where Girls Find Their Voice
The Lawrence Academy of Music Girl Choir program provides quality choral opportunities for girls in the Fox Valley region. Through the study and performance of the highest quality music, the girls develop vocal technique, musical skills, creativity, expressive artistry, and an awareness of various cultures. The program encourages girls to respect the uniqueness of others, to take risks that foster individual growth, and to continue their development into self-assured young women.
In a typical year, more than 300 girls are enrolled in the Girl Choir program. They represent more than 50 schools throughout Northeast Wisconsin. Singers are expected to participate in their school music programs; Girl Choir should not substitute for curricular music class.
Each choir incorporates music history, theory, cultural knowledge, and personal experiences to guide singers to a more thorough understanding of the music.
Girl Choirs are meant to augment, not replace, school choirs. Therefore, we expect all Girl Choir members to be enrolled in a curricular performance ensemble.
Ragazze is the training choir of the Girl Choir program. It is the only non-auditioned choir, and is open to girls in third, fourth, and fifth grade.
Primo is the entry-level auditioned choir of the Girl Choir program. Its focus is on healthy unison singing and score-reading skills.
Allegretto focuses on solidifying score reading skills, furthers rhythmic and melodic reading skills, and introduces part-singing.
Capriccio and Arioso develop part-singing skills and focus on healthy vocal production through the girls' voice change.
Cantabile solidifies rhythmic and melodic sight-reading skills and introduces standard repertoire for young women's choirs.
Bel Canto is the capstone of the Girl Choir program. Bel Canto singers are independent musicians who learn standard repertoire for women's voices.


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Documentary about radical Muslims to be shown at UNT
What: A screening at the University of North Texas of The Third Jihad: Radical Islam's Vision For America, a documentary that was created to alert Americans about the threat of followers of radical Islam. Followed by a panel discussion and question-and-answer session.
When: 7 p.m. March 2 (Wednesday)
Where: Room 255 of UNT's Eagle Student Servies Center, which is located one block west of Welch and West Prairie streets (1147 Union Circle).
Cost: Free
Contact: Nanette Behning in the UNT Jewish studies program, 940-369-8126 or 940-369-8172, or at email@example.com.
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The Third Jihad: Radical Islam's Vision for America, a 2008 documentary film created to show how those who follow radical Islam are posing risks to individual liberties, women's rights and democracy in the United States and Europe, will be shown at the University of North Texas March 2 (Wednesday).
The free screening begins at 7 p.m. in Room 255 of UNT's Eagle Student Services Center, which is located one block west of Welch and West Prairie streets at 1147 Union Circle. A panel discussion will follow the screening of the 72-minute film.
The film is being presented by UNT's Jewish studies program; the UNT departments of History, Political Science and Philosophy and Religion Studies; the international studies program; the Jewish Federations of Greater Dallas and of Fort Worth and Tarrant County; the Clarion Fund; and the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation.
The Third Jihad is produced by Canadian-Israeli documentary filmmaker Raphael Shore, who is also a rabbi. The film is narrated by a Muslim American physician, Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, who notes in the opening that only a small percentage of the world's 1.3 billion Muslims are radical.
With those interviewed in the film noting the existence of a "cultural jihad" as well as a violent jihad, The Third Jihad contains excerpts of speeches given by various Islamic organizations and terrorist groups, interspersed with footage of terrorist attacks, human rights violations, and growing support of internal jihadist movements.
"The film tries hard to separate Islam from Islamists," said Dr. Richard Golden, UNT professor of history and director of the Jewish studies program. "At no point in the film does any non-Muslim analyze, criticize or editorialize on Islam or Muslims."
According to the filmmakers, the "homegrown jihad" in the United States and Europe is the "third jihad." The first jihad occurred from 622-750 A.D. when Mohammed's armies conquered all of Arabia, the Middle East, North Africa and Spain. The second jihad started in 1071 when Islamic armies toppled Constantinople and spread into Europe, India, and further into Africa. The second jihad's decline began in 1683.
The panel discussion following the showing of The Third Jihad will be moderated by Golden. Panelists include Iranian-American author Amil Imani, director of the Washington, D.C.,-based think tank Iranian Freedom Institute; Dr. Mitch Land, interim dean of UNT's Mayborn School of Journalism; documentary filmmaker Alan Rosenthal, a retired associate professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; and Dr. Mahmoud Sadri, professor of sociology at Texas Woman's University.
UNT News Service Phone Number: (940) 565-2108


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Story/In character tropes
- Aborted Arc: Common. Some, like the God Wars and Judges Arcs, were cancelled/ended early due to dissatisfaction with the progression or annoyance with powerful NPCs forcing unwanted participation. Others, such as Savage Tide, ended due to the primary storyteller going on hiatus or quitting.
- Aerith and Bob: Justified, since the multiverse is the biggest melting pot in existence.
- Anachronism Stew: What happens when you put Hyrule and Station Square within space- or magic-traveling distance of each other
- Alternate Universe: Explains a few discrepancies between characters and their original counterparts.
- Apocalypse How: A few times, but generally Class 0 or Class 1
- Arc Fatigue: The Zombie Apocalypse arc, which had been going on for roughly a year and a half. A lot of people were past just getting sick of it when it finally ended.
- Authority Equals Asskicking: Leaders of factions are usually pretty strong.
- Bland-Name Product: Flitter!
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: The last battle in the Zombie Apocalypse arc takes place on the forum proper, with the opponents being photobucket pictures and zombified versions of certain Cbox personalities.
- Deadpool obviously.
- Crapsaccharine World: Many people that were pure and innocent have been turned jaded, and many places like the Mushroom and BeanBean Kingdoms have been overrun by Insanity and Demons, respectively.
- Crossover Ship: Given the nature of the site, these are common.
- Darkest Hour: NO had certainly going through one, with the destruction of their main HQ and the death of their leader, Sparrow before disbanding and the few remaining members sticking around as the Radiant Crusade.
- Death Is Cheap: The penalty for death is spending two weeks in a Diablo-based Netherrealm. And some of the areas in it are actually quite nice and peaceful.
- However, a character can permanently die if the player so chooses to go such a route, examples being Hector and the aforementioned Sparrow.
- Even Evil Has Standards: An inevitability, with the alignment system.
- Evil Tower of Ominousness: Kefka's Tower before it was dismantled.
- Fantasy Kitchen Sink
- Floating Continent: Angel Island
- Fish Out of Temporal Water: Most everyone starts out this way.
- Foe Yay: SA-X and Metal Sonic, Luxord and Florina, Ganondorf and Zelda...this trope is all over the place.
- Gargle Blaster: Infected Mage is one hell of a drink... even Deadpool can't bring himself to drink more than five.
- Green Hill Zone: Yep.
- Improbable Weapon User: Shadow the Hedgehog attacked people with a door at one point.
- Michael Wilson once threw Amaterasu at an enemy.
Michael: "SUCK ON MY...WOLF PUNCH!"
- Inevitable Tournament: Some story arcs start with this.
- Killed Off for Real: Sparrow was recently killed during the assault on the NO HQ, and his player specifically stated that it counted as this.
- Knight of Cerebus: Several: The Crawler is a good example, as he was deliberately taken to kill some characters.
- Level Drain: All characters suffer this upon entering the Multiverse.
"[The Multiversal Drain] takes away all of [a character's] power, but removes any limitations, turning everyone into an over the top One Piece character."
- Loads and Loads of Characters: Granted, many of them switch in and out of the story alot due to the users playing the characters getting bored and getting newer ones. Leads to a lot of confusion out of character, since most people are referred to by their main accounts.
Dag: ARGH, CAN'T KEEP TRACK.
Dag: WHO ARE ALL OF YOU PEOPLE
- Mental World: The Collective Unconscious.
- Multiverse Of Badass: Even the Token Mini-Moe is a force to be reckoned with.
- Multiverse Of Weirdos: No matter what one may look like, they are not the strangest thing the multiverse has to offer.
- Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant: The Crawler and Reala.
- Not as You Know Them: Several characters, often due to character development.
- Ominous Floating Castle: Tempest Keep
- Schizo Tech: Flintlocks and assault rifles and Humongous Mecha, oh my!
- The Chosen Ones: The Savage Tide arc has Tails, the Ardent of Air, Lute, the Forger of Flames, Mia, the Warden of Water, and Mouse, the Envoy of Earth, as chosen guardians of Elemental Crystals. Mouse has already fallen, however. As has Mia as far as anyone knows.
- Hub Level: The Moon serves as this, more specifically, the Tower of Twilight.
- The Lost Woods: Yeah...
- The Multiverse
- The Tower: The Tower of Twilight, which serves as the cultural capital of the entire multiverse.
- Topic Welding: The site as a whole generally does this a lot, due to its...convenient time-line.
- Wham Episode: Alan attacking the NO HQ, specifically targeting three of its big name members (all of whom he had been on amiable terms with previously) in order to create a name for his own new faction, killing Sparrow in the process.
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Several characters, sometimes lampshaded by characters not used to strange hair colors.
Meta/Out of Character tropes
- Bile Fascination: The sole reason the "Lizardman" and "Furry Handjob" quests are archived for people to read, as far as the memberbase is concerned. Well that and to torture members.
- Brother-Sister Incest: "I don't live with my hot sister anymore."
- Result of Got Me Doing It
- And by "it" he means his sister.
- Result of Got Me Doing It
- Butt Monkey: Uber is consistently the victim of many colorful forms of harassment.
- Deadpan Snarker: Several people. Averted with Mima, who you think is being this, but is actually completely and utterly serious. Maybe.
- Eldritch Abomination: The Cbox. Nuff said.
- He even has an Eldritch name, Ulyaoth.
- Fan Nickname: Nearly every skype regular has one, though most people go by the name of the first character they picked. Notable examples are Frank and Vent, who at certain points in time both switched out Frank West and Vent, were still called this.
- Hurricane of Puns
- Memetic Molester: Oh god, where do we start.
- Memetic Mutation: YOU GOTTA EARN IT, THE HARD WAY.
- Lewd
- They Changed It, Now It Sucks: In-universe case: numerous system changes caused a failed revolt from a select few of the older members.
- Wiki Rule: Here.
Gameplay Tropes
- Annoying Arrows/Arbitrary Gun Power: Somewhat justified with the Multiversal Drain affecting the deadliness of most weapons.
- Character Alignment: In-universe example for general placement. Uses a number system instead of the usual format. Ranges from +5 (Incorruptible Pure Pureness) to -5 (utter bastard)
- Character Level: Battle Levels serve as this.
- Critical Existence Failure: Although played straight statistic wise, it's usually good manners to subvert this trope in character.
- Damage Typing: Attacks can be Melee, Ranged, Ballistic, or Spell based.
- Fight In The Nude: Occasionally subverted, on the player's fancy. Luckily no one ACTUALLY fights in the nude. ..yet.
- Fire Cold Lightning: Makes their rounds, along with several other elements, such as Dark, Mental, Bio, Energy, Slashing...
- Game Master: Moderators usually fall into this role, but some quests, called Personal Quests, don't require any Mods.
- Global Currency: "c" is this.
- Guns Are Worthless: A bullet will deal just as much as a knife or an axe or a fist for the exact same energy point cost.
- Hit Points
- In and Out of Character
- Karl Marx Hates Your Guts
- Loads and Loads of Rules: A little more than your standard RP, but justified due to the complex stat system, and is nowhere near as bad as a Tabletop Game.
- YMMV on if it's as bad as a Table Top RPG. Most table top RPGs run quickly after you figure out the single core mechanic. CRRP doesn't have a singular core mechanic.
- Mana: Labeled as Energy Points, and can be used for anything from magic spells to martial arts skills to aiming for different body parts.
- Money Spider: Sometimes, although occasionally subverted.
- Multiversal Spaceship
- One Size Fits All: Equipment bought for one character will easily fit another.
- Play-by-Post Game
- Point Buy System/Tech Points: You can use c to buy new attacks, or improve attack damage, or increase your vitals.
- The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard: Monsters in quests do not have to abide by the same rules that the PCs do.
- Questing Time: With the occasional Lampshade Hanging for good measure.
- Standard Status Effect: Many make their rounds under different names
- Universal Wound
- Wallet of Holding Considering there isn't a single universal currency (Most collectively call it "c"), most people are carrying several different kinds, from paper to jewels to coins...


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Published: Monday, August 13, 2012 at 9:27 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, August 13, 2012 at 9:27 a.m.
One in five streets maintained by the city of Wilmington is in unsatisfactory condition.
Streets worsen
Streets in good to satisfactory condition
Today: 81 percent
2006: 91 percent
Streets in unsatisfactory condition
Today: 19 percent
2006: 9 percent
Five years ago, only one in 10 streets had the ranking, which includes streets that are considered fair, poor or failed.
When you get close to the pavement on North Fifth Avenue, you can see wide cracks that form patterns as far as the eye can travel up the road. Neighbors said the road has been rough for years.
Sections of North and South Fifth Avenue are among a list of priority roads the city plans to address first as it gears up for a five-year capital improvement plan.
Q: How will the plan be funded?
A: The city council decided to raise the tax rate by 3 cents per $100 of value to raise $41 million for infrastructure repairs. Of that, $35.2 million will go to streets and sidewalks, including $21 million specifically for street rehabilitation. That money will address streets that have languished in poor condition or need repairs.
Q: How does the city determine the condition of the pavement?
A: A city contractor, Transmap, conducted a pavement condition survey on 400 miles of city-maintained streets.
"They went out and rode every road in the city," said Public Services Director Richard King, at a recent council meeting.
Transmap split city streets into more than 4,600 segments and ranked each segment on a 0-100 scale. The city also has pictures of segments so it can view the physical condition of the pavement.
Q: How will the city decide how to prioritize roads?
A: When formulating its list, the city will use six different criteria. It will consult traffic counts, the results of the pavement survey and the functional class of the road, which describes the level of traffic it carries.
Officials will also consider the type of work needed on the road, and the location of the road to group nearby projects together. Finally, officials will consult maintenance records to examine what roads have needed work in the past and utility contracts to avoid fixing a road scheduled for upcoming work.
Q: What types of work will the city do?
A: Even streets without potholes may be on the priority list.
"We're going to need to do some work on our roads in good condition," King said. As frequent oil changes prolong the life of a car engine, roads can be sealed to prevent decay, he explained.
When asphalt develops cracks, water can seep in and the cracks will become bigger problems.
Some roads will get patching, others will be resurfaced and the worst will be fully rebuilt.
Q: When will the work start?
A: Crews have already started work on some of the streets using in-house crews, but the bulk of the road work will be contracted out. The city is only a month into a five-year plan, King told council. "We've got mountains of data we're going through," he said. "We're ready to go out there and put the pavement down but it's going to take a little bit of time ... ."
In the meantime, there is a priority list on the city's website. The city has also posted a list of the pavement rankings of all city-maintained streets.
To access the priority list, visit http://bit.ly/NRPUYX.
To access the pavement rankings of all streets, visit http://bit.ly/NeTty6.
Q: What else is included in the $41 million?
A: It includes $4.1 million for parks improvements and $1.6 million for maintenance of public facilities. The $35.2 million street and sidewalk budget also includes $4.8 million for improvements on the Riverwalk and along the riverfront.
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