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Gym Heros
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
When you build a routine, like going to the gym every morning before work, you quickly identify people who have the same routine.
So, over 2 months in to my every morning work out before work routine, I know who to expect at the gym in the morning...I know the guy at the desk and the trainers (and they know me, because I am there every day!)
And I know the buff older guy who wears a hat to cover his grey hair (the only give away to his age...fitness does make a difference!)
I know the middle aged lady whose body does not yet reveal her devotion to spin class...but I know she's in that class three mornings per week.
I know the Polish guy with the big belly who (in my opinion) rests a bit too long on machines between his weight lifting routine. And his buddy, the much fitter older Polish gentleman who does a tight routine of clearly old school (but apparently effective) calesthenics.
And the middle aged couple...the wife who always tells me in the locker room after a good workout that "walking out this door is the best part of my day!"
All of these people are heros...because if I recognize them, regardless of where they are in their fitness journey, they are getting it done. I smile at these people when I see them because I know how much work is involved in getting it done.
But. There's the one lady who I want to be when I grow up. I see her there every morning without fail. She comes in, gets 'er done and it shows! She's quite a bit shorter than me and I am blown away by the obvious effort she puts in to her fitness. I hope someday my arms look half as good as hers.
And she knows who I am. Because as it turns out, I am one of THOSE people now. The ones that are at the gym every day without fail. The ones who are recognized by other people because of their consistency.
And I love it!
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Love your blog, I can't wait to get into a routine at my gym. I just started taking classes at the local Y this week and hope to develop a rapport with my classmates.
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Such a great blog!
I, too, love my routines. And I love the comfort and familiarity that comes with seeing the same faces regularly, in the same routines. You can't help but feel a connection with them, even if you don't know their name, have never spoken, and have totally different lives. It is almost an unspoken commitment.
Gym Heros... never thought of it that way, but it is very true!!
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I love those people; After a while, you start to share smiles and waves as you go, because you recognize a sort of kinship in your efforts. You don't know them, you don't know their stories, but you SEE their devotion and activity.
There's three in particular at my gym, not counting the ones I've gotten to know through my classes, whom I know by name and are my friends.
1) A very overweight young black woman who leaves me in total awe at her endurance and dedication. She's been going for MONTHS, and I see the difference in her body, though I haven't had the courage to speak up to her yet. She's so intense, I don't want to intrude. We do share smiles occasionally now.
2) An older asian gentleman who's always there when I am, and we just wave and grin and shake our heads in commiseration.
3) A sweet hispanic lady with poor english who just joined our group classes, who's been hanging out shyly at the door recently and just worked up the courage to join...a nd who can run circles around me in boot camp.
I love them all, and I admire their persistence so much. I like having them around.
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So one of the things I've been thinking about is both choosing and (the possibility of) being a gym hero.
When I first started coming back, I was embarrassed to be at the gym for the first time pretty much ever. I felt fat, like I didn't belong.
And now, appreciating the diversity that is the workout community at my gym between 6:30-8:15 am, I am seeing that it is exactly where I belong.
And maybe, just maybe? Being an obese woman who still gets it done, shows up every day and doesn't make excuses will make me someone's hero too...show someone else that it's doable, that mere mortals (not just those with the body of Adonis) can and should be at the gym.
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So very much know how this feels. I've definitely been going regular enough that I'm recognizing other regulars in "my" time slots. I don't know that I've yet picked out a hero (or role-model) so much as just being happy that so many people make their health and fitness a part of their life.
(I do love the variety of people, from the muscle-bound to the lean and sleek, the tall to the short, the skinny to the fat-bound, the young to the old, the men and the women. There is no "type" that outnumbers the others. And I am SO proud of those who are there to work, sweating away, cleaning after themselves. Woot to those heroes!)
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What a great feeling to realize you're part of a community. And a healthy one at that! I think it also helps with accountability. Good for you!
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Loved this blog! I wish I could go to a gym, but it's just not in the cards yet. Soon, maybe!
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This blog inspired me. I recognize the same people at the gym every day. I go to 2 different gyms.. one in the morning and the other at night.
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This has been a wonderful week!
I found out one of my bids to create a community orchard in Rudheath has been approved! We've got all of the money for the building work. I feel elated!
The vision will become a reality and all in time for Apple Day with any luck.
This year we are fundraising for Afghanaid and Help for Heroes for Apple Day. If you'd like to organise your own Apples for Afghanistan Party please email email@example.com I've also had positive feedback from the National Big Lunch organisers who have emailed me requesting our Grozone Big Lunch be used as a case study.
They also wish for me to be the press contact for the national press at the launch of next year's Big Lunch programme.
This is an exciting opportunity to tell the nation about the great things happening in Northwich and the regeneration of Witton and Rudheath.
Next year we plan to hold many more Big Lunches in Rudheath as this is an extraordinary way to invoke community spirit. It just goes to show anything is possible if you work as a team, and rise up to do something amazing in your neighbourhood.
If my fellow members and I from the Rudheath and Witton Together Conservation Group can achieve all we have achieved in a short period of time, what stops you from doing the same?
I'm currently working on raising funds for the overhaul of Northwich train station gardens.
Not long till the gardening competitions now so time is of the essence!
To this end, we're doing a fundraising Car Boot Sale at the station on 10 July. I just love the fact that we're going to transform these litter hotspots into lovely places for all to enjoy. I hope people feel cheered by the pretty flowers or get behind us on Apple Day and enjoy the rural delights of a community orchard.
The Apple is one of Britain's oldest and most beloved fruits. We should be championing the British Apple. I would love to initiate a return to the Victorian pastime of creating new varieties! I hope we can create our own some day.
I've also been beekeeping every other day, truly fascinating and not as scary as you'd imagine. All in all, an eventful week!
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Lazio close on Sergei Milinkovic-Savic deal as Genk confirm medical
Lazio are closing in on a deal for Genk's Serbian starlet Sergei Milinkovic-Savic.
Milinkovic-Savic, 20, caught the eye at this summer's Under-20 World Cup, and landed in Rome on Monday ahead of a medical with the Biancocelesti.
The midfielder, who signed a five-year contract with Belgian side Genk last summer, won the Bronze Ball as Serbia won the tournament in New Zealand.
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic è sbarcato all'Aeroporto Internazionale Leonardo da Vinci #LaPrimaSquadraDellaCapitale...


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I always look forward to the filings and oral arguments by the plaintiffs — and winners — of the landmark litigation known as McCleary v. State of Washington.
The first reason is that I've always found them on the right side of the issue that our state constitution makes the state's first obligation to provide for and pay for the education of all students.
That the arguments are presented so forcefully, even humorously, is the other reason policy nerds enjoy the writings and pleadings by Seattle attorney Thomas Ahearne. The Seattle attorney is clear, blunt and not above telling the members of the state Supreme Court what their job is.
"This court is not some meaningless bystander that watches the other branches violate the constitution and make excuses for why it can't get involved and write an op-ed piece that says 'Hey, guys, get around to complying someday,'" Ahearne told the court in June 2011.
But perhaps high expectations is why Ahearne's most recent filing — a response to the state's latest self-evaluation — is disappointing. Blame his client list — mostly school districts and teachers unions — more than Ahearne for a response that is long on rhetoric and a little casual with some history.
For instance, it attempts to counter the slogan of legislative Republicans — "Reform Before Revenue" — with the equally unhelpful "Revenue Before Reform." To which the rational response is, can't we do both at the same time?
And on teacher and staff salaries, Ahearne includes several quotes from the court's decision, some attributed to previous studies, that the state has "consistently underfunded staff salaries and benefits" and that it provides "far short of the actual cost of recruiting and retaining competent teachers, administrators and staff." More money, he argues, is needed to satisfy the court.
That, however, leaves out important context. King County Superior Court Judge John Erlick's initial ruling in McCleary described the problem like this: "The consistent evidence was that school districts routinely supplement the state funding for teacher salaries and benefits in order to attract and retain quality teachers."
A subsequent study commissioned by a work group on compensation concluded that the combined contribution of state funds and levy dollars makes teacher pay both adequate and competitive. Fringe benefits were termed "unusually generous."
State open to criticism
The issue, therefore, isn't adequacy of pay, as the plaintiffs' filing suggests, but the source. To satisfy McCleary, more salary money needs to come from the state and less from local levies. And while Ahearne is correct that the Legislature did not add much state money for salaries, neither did it reduce amounts coming from special levies or do anything to reform a broken and inequitable local levy system.
That dramatic failure of political courage by both the Legislature and Gov. Jay Inslee should have provided fertile ground for Ahearne and his clients. Rather than point it out, however, the plaintiffs left it out, perhaps to keep alive the fantasy that they will get full funding of salaries from the state without a corresponding reduction in the size of local levies.
The state left itself open for criticism — and perhaps a rebuke from the court — because its filing was so self-congratulatory due to the addition of $1 billion in public school funding. While that sounds like a lot, it is nowhere near where the state needs to be to meet the court's demand for ample funding by 2018.
The state's filing also ignored — again — the court's repeated demand for a specific plan to show how it would meet that deadline. That did draw Ahearne's fire, as it should. Ahearne is most forceful in concluding that it is time for the court to demand more of the governor and the Legislature and prepare sanctions if progress toward full funding by 2018 isn't demonstrated.
"Each year of amply funded education delayed is a year of amply funded education forever lost," he wrote.
The court will respond to both filings, most likely before the 2014 legislative session convenes.


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Little resistance until $0.046. Technical strong buy at allotcbb website.
Strong buy under what conditions? There are more shares issued than available by at least 10%. Shareholder vote on June 6th to increase share count to 500 million. In my opinion it will pass and I believe it should pass. They have products to bring to market, trials to perform and partnerships to develop. Some shares for shares will be needed for private placement investment as well as raising additional capital through the market when good news comes about. Generally the same for all development stage companies. The only problem is that it will put the market cap over where I think it should be if they issued those shares quickly based on what we know today. If they share FDA guidance for RadioGel, develop a study that is approved by FDA and get a partner then I would change that stance.
Now you should back up your general post with a bit more information because no one here is going to search your strong buy out otherwise. You will be one of the pumpers the Team Ignore idiots post about here. You would be like the second one with that MedPlay pumper but he is actually with my Team Ignore now....
Nice summary!
the Board recommends we vote to increase authorized shares from 2M to 5M. is this a good move?
As planned the vote to increase shares went through smoothly today. The company can stay in business now and proceed with what is necessary to grow the company.
Absolutely yes in my opinion.
Yeah, Its red hot! Low volume, no news, a new 52 week low everyday! Soon to have half a billion shares dumped on the market. What more could a moron want in a stock. Time to load up boys, tomorrow it may be 1 cent.
I might just throw $50 bucks in just for the heck of it :) Worst case I lose $50.
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I'm loving these prices, I've doubled my share count again in the last 35 days
FDA approval coming, ADMD is stronger then ever.
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"It's amazing to see something as bizarre as Too Many Cooks take the internet by storm. This short played on Adult Swim for a few nights in late
October and hit YouTube this week, but it seems like Too Many Cooks has always been with us. It has that effect. This piece of television warps space and time. It'll turn your head inside out,
return you to the womb then shoot you into imaginary media space like Mike Teavee from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory if he was the Star Child from 2001.
What is Too Many Cooks? I can't tell you. You either already know — you've always known — or you're about to find out. Watch below."
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The Arbalest is the confession of eccentric recluse Foster Kalt, inventor of the world's most popular toy, The Kalt Cube. Despite his 10-year vow of silence, Kalt has demanded to be interviewed by a televised news program. This bizarre interview navigates Kalt's history, unexplained deaths, a disturbing new invention and the "romance" at the center of his undoing.
Congratulations! is an absurdist crime-thriller-comedy about Detective Dan Skok of the Missing Persons Bureau and the unusual case of Paul Ryan Gray, a boy who goes missing in his own house.
Hapless inventor/filmmaker, Alex, is coping with the impending birth of his son. All the while, his mother is in jail for child pornography, giant electric bees are falling from the sky, his film's cast is in revolt and it's all his fault. When you have a new child coming into the world, A is for ANXIETY.
In the very near future, no-one can afford to drive any more. Fuel prices are at an astronomical high. Vegan school teacher Archie is trying to invent an alternative engine that runs on wheatgrass, but when he accidentally cuts himself he discovers that all his engine needs to work is blood... HUMAN blood. With his blood-fueled car, Archie soon draws the attention of sex-crazed hottie Denise, who will do anything for a ride. But the authorities are already following Archie, as he is forced into ever more shocking and extreme behavior to keep his blood car on the road, in this award-winning critically-acclaimed black comedy.
A retired couple's quiet picnic in the park is violated by a silent intruder whose story exposes the troubling mysteries of existence.


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hello I'm looking at these two guns for ccw and for some range shooting. What's everyone's opinion on these 2. Both will be 9mm by the way
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hello I'm looking at these two guns for ccw and for some range shooting. What's everyone's opinion on these 2. Both will be 9mm by the way
I'm betting that the CZ will be more accurate, by a significant margin. I am only an average marksman, and I can empty a magazine, unsupported, into a paper plate at 25 yards nearly every time...something I cannot always do with a 4" handgun, much less a 3".
Having said that, however, I had some feed problems with mine, early on, and had to send it back to the factory for a serious 'fluff and buff,' before it would reliably feed hollow point ammo. Still, it's a great little pistol, and one of my all time favorites to shoot. Supposedly, the feed problems have been corrected. If that is true, the RAMI is one of the all-time great compacts, in my opinion.
The M&P is well liked by those who own them, too. The only negative I have heard was from Gun Test magazine, whose M&P compact test gun would only shoot 4" groups off of a rest, even after sending it back to the factory.
anybody else got any opinions on either firearm
My guess would be that the writer that couldn't do better than 4" groups had a hangover or was using his own handloads.
I have found that they don't gloss over the problems they find, as do most gun writers, whose livelihoods are tied to how much advertising they can sell to the manufacturers. The full sized M&P, in another review, received glowing recommendations. Maybe the writer screwed that one up, too.
In this particular case, they sent the gun back to S&W to be fixed, and retested it, with only slightly better results.


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Mace Windu: Jedi Master Reborn
this is a fanfic set immediately after mace windu falls out the window in chancellor palp's office. i got pissed off to see him killed just like that. hence the word "reborn".
This story is Copyright © RC-1162 2005
He fell through the sky, hurtling towards the concrete that formed the surface of Coruscant. What had happened to Mace Windu in the last few minutes would haunt him for the rest of his life. He was about to destroy a Sith menace, Darth Sidious. Anakin Skywalker, the Chosen One, the boy he always distrusted, took off his hand with one sweep of his saber. Sidious jumped up and electrocuted Mace out of the window into the cascading winds. The stump of his arm bled mildly but Mace used the Force to pinch the artery shut just in case and focused on the buzz of hundreds of airspeeders.
Forst, he used the force and called his falling lightsaber to him and clipped it onto his belt. Then he saw his chance and stretched out his arm. A speeder flew under him and Maces hand caught onto it firmly. The speeders pilot set it down on a platform nearby in alarm.
Master Windu? he asked amazed.
Yes, Mace replied. Do you happen to know a medical facility somewhere nearby?
Sure, there are plenty. Though, if you want a medical droid, you'll have to go to Dantooine.
Huh? Why?
All the medic droids have been transported off planet to the Republic bases. Dont you know?
You mean to tell me that we are on the capital of the Republic and there is not a single medic droid here? Mace asked incredulously.
"Unfortunately, yes," the pilot replied.
Mace thought quickly.
Could you drop me off at the Jedi Temple hangars? Mace asked the speeder pilot.
He nodded and motioned to the speeder. Fifteen minutes later, Mace Windu was flying away in an Aethersprite to Dantooine.
Interesting twist that I would like to see progress into a story. However, the idea of Mace's injury bleeding profusely could have been left out because a lightsaber tends to cauterize the wounds it causes. Also, I don't remember it raining when he fell to his death.
oh.. sorry, i thought i read somewhere that it was raining. ill change that right away. thanks.
ForceFight, im waiting for your opinion.
Not a bad idea.
yep. all windu fans, head here.
Excellent. I am keeping an eye on this. :D
thanx, its nice to know that at least one of my fics are turning heads. next update will probably be tomorrow or the day after.
The non-Clone officers on Dantooine were worrying themselves down to the last bit trying to keep themselves alive. So it was only natural that they would kick out the messenger who had come in and told them that someone needed help from the medics. It was then that Mace Windu decided to step in. The Jedi General was shocked.
Master Windu, what are you doing here? and she noticed Maces arm. And what happened to your arm?
Later, Tara, he replied. For now, get a medic droid to install a prosthetic arm for me.
Jedi Knight Tara nodded and sent for the medics. Mace Windu was ushered into the Infirmary and work on his arm began.
36 hours later, Mace recovered from the effects of his sedative and walked out. He looked around and saw Tara. While his arm was being constructed, Mace had thought a lot about her. The Force was very strong in her. He had realised that when she was being trained by Master Yoda. Now, being this close to her, he felt as if it was stronger than it seemed. Tara was only 18. She was one of the few to get the rank of Jedi Knight at such a young age. Even Anakin Skywalker, the Chosen One, the boy who cost Mace his arm, had been endowed with the rank at the age of 21.
Tara was an all rounder. She had mastered all the forms of lightsaber combat and even invented a number of creative maneuvers on her own. She had two lightsabers that could be snapped together or taken apart at the ends by means of magnets.
So could you tell me what happened to you now? Tara asked, derailing Maces train of thought.
Its a long story. Mace replied. At times, even people like her could get annoying.
Tara took the hint and dropped the subject.
Our evacuation shuttles are prepared, Maam. said a harried looking officer. Tara nodded.
Right, tell all the survivors to get to the Hangars, Ill cover your backs.
The officer nodded and relayed Taras message throughout the base. Tara took out her lightsabers and ignited them, one blue, one green, and moved to the door. Mace followed her.
What's going on? he asked. I never knew that the Separatists had enough droids to wipe out all our troops and cause you to evacuate.
Its not the Separatists, its our own troops. They turned rogue as they were scouting the lands. They did that after they received a message from Chancellor Palpatine.
Maces eyes widened.
What did he say?
Something like Execute order 66. Then chaos erupted.
What the heck is going on here? Skywalker falls to the Dark Side, Clones switch sides and massacre their own people. Next thing that will happen, my prosthetic will blow up.
Close enough. As soon as Mace said this, his prosthetic sparked and fell to his side, dead.
Well, you asked for it. said Tara. Mace shook his head and unclipped his lightsaber with his left hand.
And did you say Anakin fell to the Dark Side? Tara asked incredulously. Youve been having nightmares, Master.
Mace shook his head and replied, No, Tara. He has fallen. He was the one to cut off my arm.
Tara was visibly stopping herself from crying. She had looked up to Anakin as a big brother when they were doing exercises as children. She could not have perfected the Makashi and Niman forms if it hadnt been for him. So it was only natural that the news of his defection would be a big blow to her.
Tara sniffed and said to Mace,
Well, come on. We have to cover their escape.
Mace nodded.
Lead the way. he replied and, igniting his saber, he followed her out into the grassy plains of Dantooine.
I can't wait for the next chapter. Keep it coming. :D
thanx dude, youre too kind
Tremendous. Can't wait for the next chapter :D.
I like the story, but you still need to work on your delivery a little. Some of your passages don't flow very well into one another. However, I am looking forward to see how this plays out. Keep up the good work.
Good work, I always liked Windu. It seemed wrong that the second black guy ever to appear in Star Wars was killed by a white guy. :lol: anyway keep it coming :D
the second? whos the first? and thanks you guys, ill get the next chapter up soon.
oh yeah. well, heres the next chapter. they talk about a ship a bit in this part but its long enough
The moment he stepped outside, Mace swore to himself never to fight again if he could help it. The land was littered with bodies of Clones and Jedi. The remaining non-clones were firing desperately at the advancement, trying to slow them down. But the Kaminoans had done their job well, the new contingent of troops they had delivered far surpassed 2 million in number. Blasterfire dominated the afternoon sky. Tara, lightsabers held high, dropped into a crouch and jumped up like a rebounding spring directly into the fray. She decapitated half a dozen Clones upon landing. She then launched into a tactic she always used when surrounded. Holding her lightsabers level with her shoulders, she began to spin on the spot like a Ballerina. Amidst the streaks of blue and green came flashes of red and body parts. Mace was about to join her when he felt something. Without thinking, he used the Force to yank Tara off the ground where she was and back to him.
Just in time.
Where Tara had been standing a moment ago, an ARCs rocket had exploded. Tara stood up and looked down. She had wiped out more than half of the Clone brigade.
Thats enough, she yelled at the officers. Get to the ships.
And urging Mace with a gesture, they ran to the Hangars.
Back on the field, the Clone Commander gave the order to cease fire. He called forth a Clone Lieutenant and said to him,
Put a message through to Lord Vader. Tell him that the Jedi Windu has escaped.
The Lieutenant nodded but never got the chance. The last thing that all the remaining Clones saw was a Proton-Fusion remote mine going off. Then blackness.
Tara and Mace burst into the Hangar. Mace was mildly surprised, he had expected to see complete pandemonium in the Hangar but the officers were boarding the freighters in a calm and orderly manner. He shrugged and turned to Tara.
So where do we go? he asked.
Tara nodded and lifted her palm.
Just a minute, Master, I want to make sure that these people are all on their ships.
Mace looked back at the slow-moving line and shook his head in frustration. He reached out to the Force and all the people got raised off the ground about an inch. He then shot them into their ships and activated the ramp mechanism. The ramps closed and the pilots engaged the engines.
Tara looked at Mace, her eyes wide.
Thats the first time I've ever done something like that. Lets get to your ship.
Tara nodded and pointed at a sleek starfighter parked nearby.
My Gamma 5 D-31 Dexconn. Prototype craft. Only 10 were ever built.
Where did you get it? Mace asked.
It isnt a modern Republic design. Tara replied as she got into the cockpit. It was blueprinted 3000 years ago and was very famous then, but the plans mysteriously disappeared after some time. They were recovered the designs only seven months ago.
How do you know that it disappeared? Mace asked, getting into the separate gunners cockpit on the right side.
The guy who recovered it told me. Apparently there was a datapad along with the blueprints. Since then, they kept the plans to themselves and made it for only top Jedi pilots. she said. Anakin would have got one.
If its that old, wouldnt it be impractical to use it at this time? Mace asked.
There's no problem with the design. Its actually better than our craft.
Mace nodded and buckled himself up in the seat.
Where to, Master? Tara asked.
Lets go to Manaan, Tara. The Sith wont find us there.
Tara started the engines and took the craft out of the hangar. Twenty minutes later, they were in space.
Initiating the jump to Hyperspace, Tara warned. Hold on.
The Hyperdrive engines kicked in and the two Jedi blasted away to freedom.
ill make a separate thread showing my sketch of this craft (Dexconn) soon
Great story, +10 cool points for having Mace Windu, and another +5 for the fact that purple sabers are the best ;)
Great work. +50 because Mace Windu kicks a$$es. :D
This was a much better chapter than the one before. Very smooth read. I caught just one spelling error..."never to fight again if he c-o-u-l-d help it." And I think you meant "Holding her lightsabers level with her shoulders." Keep it up. It is really getting interesting.
thanx MdK, ill change those. good to have a teacher point out mistakes here :D. and next chapter is coming on guys. seems i am never affected with writers block.
EDIT: which sub do you teach, by the way?
heres chap four. it seems a bit crappy to me, give me your suggestions.
The doors slid open and Mace Windu stepped into the room closely followed by three other Jedi.
Master Windu. I take it General Grievous has been destroyed then. I must say, you're here sooner than expected. Palpatine said in an unsuspecting manner.
In the name of the Galactic Senate of the Republic, you are under arrest, Chancellor. Mace replied in a commanding tone.
One by one, all four of them ignited their lightsabers
Are you threatening me, Master Jedi? Palpatine asked calmly.
The Senate will decide your fate. Mace replied.
I am the Senate! said Palpatine angrily.
Not yet! Mace replied.
Palpatine stood.
Its treason, then. he said and a lightsaber appeared out of his cloak sleeve. Igniting it, he began to fight.
A few seconds into the fight, Palpatine cut down the three Jedi with Mace. Turning back, he continued fighting with Mace.
Fiercely they fought, making their way to Palpatines main office area.
As they continued fighting, a speeder set down upon the landing pad. Anakin jumped out and ran down the corridor leading to Palpatines office.
Mace launched a lightsaber sweep aiming for Sidious neck but the Sith Lord ducked and Maces blow hit the window instead, shattering it. Sidious brought his lightsaber up and slashed at Mace. Mace hastily blocked the blow, backing onto the ledge, twenty stories up. Fighting furiously while keeping himself from falling over, Mace saw the doors slide open and Anakin step into the room. Curiosity getting the better of him, Palpatine made as if to turn but stooped himself. Too late. Gaining advantage, Mace knocked the lightsaber out of Sidious hand.
You are under arrest, My Lord. Mace said.
Palpatines response was directed to Anakin.
Anakin! I told you it would come to this. I was right. The Jedi are taking over. he shouted in desperation.
You old fool. The oppression of the Sith will never return. Your plot to regain control of the Republic is over . . . you have lost . . . Mace said to him confidently.
No! No! You will die!
Raising his hands, Palpatine shot out lightning at Mace but the latter raised his lightsaber and blocked the bolts. The force of the deflection pushed Sidious onto the window sill.
He is a traitor, Anakin. Sidious said as he continually fed lightning bolts to Maces saber.
He's the traitor. Stop him! Mace yelled.
Come to your senses, boy. The Jedi are in revolt. They will betray you, just as they betrayed me.
You are not one of them, Anakin. Don't let him kill me. Sidious persisted. I am your pathway to power. I have the power to save the one you love. You must choose. You must stop him.
Don't listen to him, Anakin. Mace managed to let out.
Strangely, Sidious own lightning seemed to be causing him as much trouble as it was to Mace.
Mace reached out to the Force and pushed, and Sidious was on the ledge. As Mace came closer, the bolts Sidious directed at Mace began to arch back from the lightsaber and affecting him. Sidious features began to distort. His eyes became yellow as he struggled to kill Mace. Suddenly, he stopped, pale and weak, he dropped to the ground.
I can't ... I give up. Help me. I am weak ... I am too weak. Don't kill me. I give up. I'm dying. I can't hold on any longer. he whimpered.
I am going to end this once and for all. Mace replied, lightsaber held high.
You can't kill him, Master. He must stand trial. Anakin said worriedly.
He has too much control of the Senate and the Courts. He is too dangerous to be kept alive. Mace replied.
I'm too weak. Don't kill me. Please. Sidious pleaded once more.
It is not the Jedi way . . . Anakin said.
Mace ignored him and prepared to kill Sidious.
He must live . . .
Please don't, please don't
I need him . . .
Please don't . . .
NO!!! Anakin yelled.
Mace brought down his lightsaber. Quick as a beam of light, Anakin ignited his lightsaber and lopped off Mace saber arm. Mace stared at Anakin in horror. Sidious, all pleading and fear lost, sprang up and launched another barrage of lightning at Mace.
"Power!" Sidious screamed. "Unlimited power!"
Unable to block it in time, Mace was carried along with the lightning and flew out of the window.
Mace Windu, Jedi Master awoke with a start. Six months ago the dream had happened. Now he was re-living it during sleep. He had never wanted to train Anakin in the first place. The boy was too old, and everyone in the Council had agreed with that. It was Obi Wans threat of not following the Council that led Yoda to grant Anakin a place in the Jedi Order.
Mace sighed. Now the only Jedi left were him and Tara.
On cue, Tara entered the room. Mace was training her as a last ditch effort to save the Galaxy. He would have had more luck if he had known that Obi Wan and Yoda were alive too, but Obi Wans message could not be relayed to Manaan and Mace was on the planet by the time. Now they lived in a spacious apartment complex.
What happened? Mace asked, referring to Taras wet, torn and scorched robes. And hand.
The darn combat droids ambushed me. She replied in an annoyed tone.
Well, you have to be alert.
Sure, the only thing is that they took to hand-to-hand combat and one of those junkpiles knocked me off my feet into the Manaan seas.
Mace had no reply for this.
And my lightsabers got fried. Tara continued.
Theyll recharge.
No, I mean literally.
Tara took out the lightsaber handles and dropped them on the table. It looked as if they exploded from the inside. All the wiring was fried, short circuits most probably, the focusing crystals had shattered and half of the hilt casings were missing.
A Selkath Electric eel nudged them.
Mace flinched at the thought of what one could do to a human.
Oh well, he replied. Lets go to Ilum. While I was still on the Council six months ago, Luminara reported that Ilum was growing power crystals too.
What about the other things? Tara asked.
Tara nodded and followed her Master out of the apartment.
by Luminara, i mean Luminara Unduli, the alien lady from the cartoons.
Great story, can't wait for next chapter :D. you get +10 cool points 'cuz I feel like it.
You get +20 cool points for getting all the lines in the movie part right :D Great story man :)
cool! thanks. andf i wrote all that from sources other tan the mov. ive never seen it yet.
sorry i couldnt post earlier but my computer's servo had a short and conked out. ill get chap 5 up asap.
Taras Dexconn landed in front of the Crystal Cave on Ilum. She and Mace exited the craft throwing on warm jackets.
Look for any crystal that does not radiate any color. Those are the saber power crystals. Mace instructed once they had reached, what the Jedi called, the Main Hall.
Tara nodded and went deeper into the cave. Mace looked around at the various green and blue crystals sticking out in formations around him. As he swept his field of vision across the ceiling, something caught his eye and he stared at it, trying to analyze what it was. A few minutes later, Tara returned with her hands full with crystals and saw Mace.
What are you doing? she asked.
Have you been here before? Mace asked, not taking his eyes off the ceiling.
Yes, I have.
Do you remember your first visit?
I remember it so well, I can tell you which of these formations are new or old.
Then you can tell me whether that was there before. Mace said, pointing at a metallic object set in the rock just before the entrance to the cave.
Tara squinted and tried to figure it out.
As far as I recall, it wasnt there.
Thats what I thought. Mace replied. So now the question is: who put it there?
A mechanical scraping noise came from behind, along with a voice.
I did.
Mace and Tara turned. In front of them stood one of Grievous MagnaGuards. Except for the fact that it had a jetpack attached to its back.
Werent all of you scrapped when your Master died? Mace asked coolly.
I am not a MagnaGuard, Windu. The droid replied. I am none other than Grievous himself.
Mace smiled and said,
Really, dont expect us to be fooled, droid. Master Kenobi blasted you with your own weapon.
While I give Kenobi credit for catching me off guard, Grievous replied. He did not succeed in destroying my brain, which was protected by a blaster-resistant alloy. They didnt make me General for nothing, you know. When the Separatists found my body, they immediately transferred my brain into this specially created MagnaGuard. I have been living here ever since.
By now, Tara was looking alarmed. It was only natural, since she had no lightsaber, but Mace was a little jittery himself.
And I am looking to expand my collection of Lightsabers. Yours would be a great trophy, Grievous continued.
Grievous chest plate opened up and two lightsaber hilts came out, held by pincer like appendages. He took them and ignited them one by one.
Mace, quick as a dagger, unclipped his lightsaber from his belt and thumbed the power tab and a bar of purple flame appeared in his hands.
This lightsaber will never be in your grasp. Mace said and settled into a battle stance.
Grievous hadnt forgotten his moves. Lightsabers flaring, he charged at Mace. The Jedi Master bought his lightsaber up and about, and he was locked in a battle which he would classify as the fiercest of all the fights he had been in, which was saying something.
As her Master struggled with Grievous, Tara ran to the ship the get her blaster and emergency medpack. However, as she neared the entrance, the metal thing Mace and she had seen earlier came crashing down, forming a door before her. Tara skidded to a halt and turned, her mind working like a bee. She remembered a bomb trick that she had discovered as a child accidentally. Placing the crystals in her hands on the ground, she ran to the nearest crystal formation and pulled out a green and a blue one. All color crystals had different densities and molecules, making it vary in power, this was exactly why more Jedi preferred the blue crystal to the green one since the blue crystal had a slightly higher density than the green. This property was the very one that was needed to make Taras trick work.
She took out a thermal detonator and a piece of strong nylon-fabric cord and, sandwiching the detonator between the color crystals, tied them up tightly. She set the timer to 5 seconds and threw it into the fray. Next, she did the very same thing Mace had done to help her on Dantooine. Becoming one with the Force, she yanked Mace off the ground where he was standing and brought him next to her. 2 seconds to detonation, Tara released Mace and formed a protection barrier with the Force. The detonator exploded, in a very unique fashion.
Instead of spewing superheated plasma everywhere, the intense heat caused the crystals to melt and caused its molecules to fuse in a chemical reaction, then cool down very quickly in the freezing cold of Ilum. All this happened in under a second. The rapid heating, reactions and cooling caused the crystals to emit highly dangerous Gamma rays, tearing Grievous apart.
Tara released her hold on the Force.
That was one of the freakiest and dangerous things Ive ever seen. Mace commented.
Lets get out of here.
Tara nodded to the door and said,
Need to lift that, we do.
This is no time to impersonate the Grand Master of the Jedi Order. Mace snapped.
Tara grinned and, together, they heaved and pushed up the door with the Force. Tara remembered their next destination and groaned, from one extreme to another, but then, thats what being a Jedi is all about.
Nice. 20+ points. -10 for killing of my favorite character.
Excellent, keep it up. :thumbsup:
Good work :D
Tara coughed as she inhaled the dust in Tatooines arid atmosphere. It was dawn but she was already sweating.
Why did we come here, Master? she asked. We could have got the same parts from the colonies on Ilum.
I want to spend as little as possible. I cannot allow the Sith to rule the galaxy, I may need the money sooner or later. Besides, Tatooine manufactured parts are more tolerant to extreme conditions.
Tara nodded and continued walking. They had come to the outskirts of Mos Eisley to buy parts for Taras lightsabers. so far, they had gotten everything except the reflector cup. Apparently, the dealers in Mos Eisley had stopped importing reflector cups because of less business. The last dealer Mace had gone to said that the only place to get the cups was Mos Espa. They were going to rent a pair of swoop bikes and hike to Espa Heights; hopefully, they would get all the parts they needed.
Two hours later, Tara was standing in front of a junk shop, shaking the sand out of her hair. For this matter, she envied Mace, who had no hair to get tangled up.
This seems to be the most popular shop here. Mace observed. The shop, incidentally, belonged to Watto the Toydarian.
The two Jedi stepped in.
<Hello there,> Watto said in Huttese. <Welcome to Wattos junk shop. How can I help you?>
We need a reflector cup and some multi-purpose wires, 3 millimeters in diameter. Mace replied as he looked around. This being had almost everything a junk dealer could dream of, surely the would get their parts here.
<Ah, of course, I have plenty of those.> Watto said. He rummaged through some boxes but seemed to have trouble.
<Boy! Where are those small parts?> he shouted.
Mace was surprised as he could see only himself and Tara in front of the Toydarian.
Who are you speaking to? he asked, bewildered.
Huh? Watto replied in Basic. Oh, I keep forgetting. Little Ani has left for good, I had better leave him and get a new slave, eh?
The phrase jumped about in Maces mind for a bit, and then it clicked.
What was the boys name again? he asked cautiously.
Anakin, a genius with this junk stuff if I ever saw one. Watto replied. But a Jedi came and cheated me out of his possession, I think.
Mace thought hard, his mind working furiously. Anakin Skywalker, Darth Vader, was a slave? Impossible!
Tara seemed to be in deep thought too.
Wattos exclamation broke their chain of concentration.
Ah! Here it is, I think. he said triumphantly and took out a coil of wire and a reflector cup. That is 50, I think.
Mace paid him and they left the shop, astounded by what they had learnt.
As they sped along in the searing heat of the Dune Seas, Mace was wondering how best to use this information when it hit him like a punch to the Solar Plexus. There was someone very strong in the Force nearby. He motioned to Tara to follow him and turned blindly, following the call of the Force alone. 30 minutes later, they came upon a rock formation with a dome that looked uncannily man-made. Without thinking twice, Mace got off his swoop, unclipped his lightsaber just to be sure and went to the dome. It wasnt much to look at, no security systems, no password encrypted locks, but Mace took no chances. He ignited his saber and knocked on the door. There was a muffled shuffling sound and the door flew open. And in the doorway, stood Jedi Master Obi Wan Kenobi.
Excellent work. :thumbsup: Too bad, I was planing on making something with Obi-Wan Kenobi... But what the heck. Keep it up. :D
its good but i just think watto would have forgotten about lil Ani then:) but keep up the good work!
Good job, I like it :D
Great work RC! Can't wait to see what you do with Obi-Wan, hes damn cool. +10 cool points.
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San Diego, CA---Even though playwright Paul Rudnick wrote his comedy "Regrets Only" in 2006, (directed then by Christopher Ashley now of the La Jolla Playhouse) the subject of gay marriage and friendship that make this comedy spin, is still as controversial (the gay thing, that is) today as it was then.
Since this piece was written, more than 19 states have legalized same sex marriage. More and more of those that have banned it through the ballots are being overturned in the courts. The subject is almost moot, but still that doesn't take away from the entertainment value considering the talented ensemble and the energy put into their work. The all talented cast is terrific and the topic still rankles.
"Regrets Only" currently making its San Diego premiere at Diversionary Theatre through Sept. 21st is a fast paced, fluffy comedy with some serious business that tests friendship, loyalty, social and political quirkiness and upper class mishegas.
Tibby McCullough (Kerry McCue) and Hank Hadley (Andrew Oswald) could be married to each other, they are that close. He's a famous fashion designer, gay and is just getting about the social scene again after losing his long time doctor partner. They are planning a night on the town; at seven cocktails, then a fundraiser for multiple amputees, the Mayor's open house for heart disease, April In Paris Ball for Glaucoma and yadda, yadda yadda!
She is an upper crust Upper Manhattan socialite married to Jack McCullough (Charles Maze) a wealthy and powerful yet conservative attorney in love 'with his own dazzling eminence'. They have a daughter, Spencer (Rachael VanWormer comes on strong and high strung as a woman of privilege) who is also a lawyer. If she's not careful she will become her mother's clone, but with a little more smarts. On this night, she announced her engagement to be married to another of the upper crust élite.
Things get a little sticky when Jack comes into their apartment (designed smartly by Matt Scott) and announces that THE PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES (read George Bush) called on him as a constitutional law expert to fine tune a potential constitutional amendment … 'a more workable and ironclad definition of legal marriage… between a man and a woman'. It's a big night all around for Spencer, Jack and Hank. And that's just before the 'you know what hit the fan'.
Jack doesn't see anything wrong with submitting to the president's wish to go to Washington to work on the wording, Spencer is OK with the Defense of Marriage Act but is willing to hear both sides and as for Tibby, "Don't put your mother on the spot, you know she doesn't really understand anything legal", advises Jack. That misnomer will get settled by plays end.
Hank, who sits on the fence about marriage, gay or otherwise, does a slow burn just thinking that his closest friends would ever entertain or think that his rights and his pursuit of happiness as an equal should be up for discussion. In his own inimitable way, he pulls a fast one that just about paralyzes their world to show his good friends how valuable his domain is to them. This little caper about takes the cake, bringing home some of the funniest, shrewd and sharp-witted lines in the entire show.
Jessica John, whose radiant personality spreads sunshine 'all over the place', is the perfect choice to direct this funny yet sentimental take on a serious topic that barely dances around the tip of the iceberg. She has a good sense of the satire in this piece. Her timing and zip keep the pace at such a high level of hysteria that it's tough keeping up, but fun nonetheless.
Kerry McCue, a transplant from Phoenix, is at the top of her game as the least likely yet pivotal character everyone turns to for the final word. She gets what the others fail to understand, that if 'gay people want to marry—let um learn'! She's funny, sexy, looks beautiful in Alina Bokovikova's gowns and is a perfect match as Andrew Oswald's foil and best friend. Oswald, for his part is funny, somber and honest to the core as he reminisces about his past relationships. I did see a few tears being shed the day I attended. Oswald is also elegant looking in his fashionable wardrobe.
Charles Maze is charming and brims with an ego that doesn't end and he does it well. Teri Brown is the 'Jewish' maid played with a handful of accents and gusto that brought the house down on several occasions but it is Dagmar Krause Fields as Marietta Claypool, Tibby's off the wall mother who has some of the best lines in the play. She is an over the top funny and fun woman to boot! Rudnick runs the gambit on the New York mind set to the laugh out loud savvy theatre crowd. This production also brings out a different side to Ms. Fields never before seen by this reviewer. She is a hoot!
Why it matters to some outside their own inner circle, of who marries whom, will always boggle my mind. In the scheme of things, gay marriage has so little impact on most of our lives, that it is almost a non-starter. Chicken Little, the sky has not fallen! It is after all a civil matter.
Those whose married lives it does impact have things under control. Trust me. My daughter and daughter in law and grandson, their friends and friend's friends have their lives so together that they could start a movement. Oh, wait! They are the movement.
See you at the theatre.
Dates: Through Sept. 21st
Organization: Diversionary Theatre
Phone: 619-220-0097
Production Type: Comedy
Where: 4545 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA92116
Ticket Prices: $25.00-$50.00
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It's been ages since I've posted here. Glad to see the community still active. I'm surprised there is still discussion and interest in the Tree project. Wow. Anyway...today I received the latest Virgin compilation of TD from '77-'83. I had all of this material, but it was cheap and I got it for completeness. One thing that surprised me was that they split Logos into 2 parts. As I recall, it was a big deal that they had it as one continuous track on the 1995 (1994?) remaster. It was split during a transition/bridge section, but still it detreacts from the flow. At least I have the release where it is one continuous track to fall back on. Now if only my Edgar Froese set would get here. I'm curious to hear how the remastering was done. Many I'm sure will be happy to be able to get Epsilon in Malasian Pale without having to mortgage their house . ------------------------------------ ----------------------- http://www.tadream.net -----------------------Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tadream/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tadream/join (Yahoo! ID required)(Continue reading)


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Since the beginning of time (or at least since their thrilling performance of "Anything Could Happen" on X Factor), we've loved girl group Fifth Harmony. Turns out their brigade of fans, known collectively/appropriately as "Harmonizers," also love Fifth Harmony. Enough to vote them straight to the top of our "Next Big Thing" tournament with an astounding 3.5 million votes. I mean, if that's not love…
Newly aboard the love boat is Simon Cowell, who just signed 5H to his record label SyCo. We couldn't ignore the Harmonizer Twitterbration (Twitter + Celebration…just go with it) that followed this announcement, so we asked them to describe their feelings in three words. Behold our favorite responses…
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— †5H (@shelby_sbs) January 17, 2013
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— Shawn Jennings (@Shawn4289) January 17, 2013
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@popdust @fifthharmony Best decision ever!!! — Fifth Harmonizer (@5HCanSing) January 17, 2013
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– Theft and vandalism charges may be filed against a 13-year-old boy after he allegedly took his neighbor's green BMX bicycle worth $200 and spray-painted it in the 400 block of Wall Road in Wadsworth Township.
A man claimed he saw the boy take his daughter's bike from his yard when he reported the theft at 8 a.m. Saturday.
After a deputy talked to the boy, the bike was returned to the girl after she identified it.
– A John Deere Gator worth $9,000, two saws, a compression hose and gas cans were reported stolen from an unlocked barn at a residence in the 4900 block of Boneta Road in Granger Township at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
– Cash totaling $500 was reported missing at 9:04 a.m. Saturday out of two envelopes in a bedroom in the 5800 block of Boneta Road in Granger Township.
When the homeowner reported the missing money, he said an autographed photo of Shaquille O'Neal was also taken on July 14.
– Copper coils were reported ripped out of two air-conditioning units at Petro USA Gas Station, 8851 Wooster Pike, Guilford Township at 2:54 p.m. July 24. The coils, which were believed to have been taken the night before, were approximately 20 feet long and a half-inch wide.
The units' pipes were cut with metal shears or bolt cutters in order to reach the coils.
– Two 17-year-olds were charged with theft for allegedly taking a car radio out of a neighbor's car in the 4000 block of Beat Road in Litchfield Township.
When deputies went to one of the boy's homes at 8:30 p.m. July 21, the boy allegedly was installing the stolen radio in his car.
The other boy, who was interviewed later, allegedly admitted to the theft.
– Photographs of nude women reportedly were placed in three mailboxes in the 3800 and 3900 blocks of Woodbury Road in Granger Township on Wednesday morning.
– A glass patio table worth $500 reportedly was tipped over and broken during the early morning hours of July 20 in the 8500 block of Chippewa Road in Chatham Township.
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– A 10-by-10-foot canopy worth $900 and change from three vehicles parked in the driveway were reported stolen at a residence in the 9500 block of Congress Road in Harrisville Township in the early morning hours Thursday.


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Note to Stock Bulls: the Economy is Still Weak
This shouldn't really come as a surprise, but the global economy's looking pretty weak.
Monday brought a spate of purchasing manager index reports from across the globe, and the monthly readings on the manufacturing sector showed that producers in the world's three largest economies are contracting.
All this works out great in the short term – the very short term – for the market. U.S. stocks plunged at the time of the U.S. ISM report, then jacked back up as traders realized a weak economy meant more action from the Fed. But the rally didn't last. The S&P 500 is down about a point while the Dow clings to a 50-point gain.
"The pull-back of the ISM manufacturing index is a serious bump for the second quarter," wrote FTN Financial economist Mei Li. "The recovery path is usually not smooth, and the summer could see more such weak manufacturing reports."
It started in China, where the HSBC PMI for May fell to 49.2 from 50.4; a reading below 50 indicates a contraction, above 50 an expansion. It continued when the PMIs for the euro zone hit the Tape. The euro zone PMI came in at 48.3 – an improvement, actually, but still a signal of the Continent's deep troubles.
The real surprise came from the U.S., when the Institute for Supply Management's May PMI came in at 49, down from 50.7. Not only was the Street expecting 51, but May's number was the first dip below 50 since November, and the worst reading since June 2009, when the economy was just about to emerge from the recession. As if all that wasn't enough, there were signs in the May auto sales figures to make some analysts wonder if the recovery there was also slowing down. For the record, Japan's PMI bucked the trend, rising to 51.5 from 51.1.
Between the U.S., China, Japan, and the euro zone, you've got more than half the world's GDP, and the four of them are looking weak. You might say that's a bad sign.
Now, there is one caveat: These PMI reports are diffusion indexes, meaning they don't measure actual levels, they measure rates of change. So while the 50 mark is generally considered the difference between an expansion and contraction, it's not a hard and fast line. There isn't much difference, actually, between 49 and 50. Also, a contraction in the manufacturing PMI doesn't automatically translate into a contraction in the overall economy. "The level needs to be well below 47 before a contraction in GDP growth is likely," Capital Economics' Amna Asaf said.
"The index has to fall into the low 40s range for a broader recession to be a worry," BTIG's Dan Greenhaus wrote.
Of course, all that really says is that the global economy has generally been weaker than the market — which is lost in its QE-fueled mania — has noticed. This was the third consecutive month that the U.S. PMI has fallen. Indeed, the slowdown in the global manufacturing sector dovetails with the sales figures from the just completed first-quarter earnings season; sales for the S&P 500 companies contracted 0.2% in the quarter, according to FactSet.
"Growth remains the outlook," wrote John Silvia, chief economist at Wells Fargo Securities, "but our forecasted pace of growth for the second quarter at 1.5% remains subpar. This year is lining up to be the fourth consecutive year of 2.0-2.5% growth."


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I was the only board member at a recent meeting of Radio Veritas Asia (RVA) Urdu language service.
Three others included an RVA staff member, Father Nadeem Shakir, director of Church communication center and Archbishop Emeritus Lawrence J. Saldanha of Lahore who started the service 25 years ago. The agenda for Friday meeting included preparation for the year-long activities and programs pegged to the silver jubilee of the RVA Urdu service scheduled for Aug 12 this year.
However the enthusiasm seemed little as I watched the empty seats of the other seven board members. Preoccupation with their own works and a hot summer day must have deterred the lay leaders, we thought.
The attitude of clergy and nuns is little different, described Hadayat Nazir, the official reception monitor of the radio service. "They can ride expensive cars but demand a radio whenever I visit the listeners in their parishes."
Until 2009, the service counted 132 listener clubs, almost all of them owned by Muslims in Pakistan. The regular programs of the Urdu (national language) service cover different topics including literature, health, religion, education, special transmission on national and religious feasts. The theme selected for jubilee year is "Golden memories, bright hopes".
There is no denying its impact on interfaith scenario in the fundamentalist landscape of the country. I was fascinated after reading the stories of diehard Muslim listeners of the RVA newsletter. We even had a Muslim teacher as board member a few years ago.
However a majority of listeners are villagers or people in small towns. The brand is mostly unknown in the big cities. Unpopularity and dependence on donors may be the reasons behind 10 per cent annual cut backs announced by visiting German donors from the Missio funding agency last year. The national communication center already lost its annual funding of 10,000 rupees from the Catholic Bishop's Conference of Pakistan about six years ago.
"RVA headquarters in Manila used to pay $105 for an hour of recording which was reduced to $73.50 from last Oct," says Father Shakir. Things will get worse after a few years if this continues, he added. "It will gradually become difficult to keep paying the program producers. The shortage of money has already started affecting maintenance of computer appliances and office stationery".
Perhaps the solution lies in upgrading the technology and making it compatible with the modern needs. FM channels are very popular among the young and travelers, easy to access from cell phones. The listeners of short wave may be intelligent in searching its frequency but it's not the popular medium at least in present century.
Same goes for the content.
RVA needs to be more interactive and less one-sided. Some of the popular radio channels in Pakistan use live transmission which increases intimacy with the live callers. Maybe we need this feature in Church radio too. The newly launched Vatican Radio in Pakistan, is already struggling for its audience. In era of reality shows and discussion programs, traditional broadcasting or translating Pope's messages on radio might not survive for long.
There is no denying RVA's considerable contribution in reaching out to people of different faiths in the past. But now it needs an overall change to compete with internet crazies or couch potatoes.
Its only survival lies in becoming self-sufficient and in up-to-date programming in a new style.


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Denove, who started 39 games behind the plate before being sidelined with an injury at Arizona State posted a 3.33 GPA as a Math/Computer Science major. Prior to his injury, Denove was leading the team in hits with 45 in his 39 games for a .319 average. He finished the season with six home runs and 26 RBI.
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Released: Jan 01st, 1999
Running Time: 84
Company: Fat Dog Productions
Cast: Justine Hale, Lolita (I), Nakita Kash, Jennifer Leigh, Summer Day, Molina, Kim Chambers
Critical Rating: AAAA
Genre: All-Sex
Viewers who are more interested in girl/girl action than plot should find this video quite satisfying.
This five-course, all-you-can-eat girl buffet is loosely wrapped in a plot that's skinnier than a new Wave musician's tie. Jennifer Leigh is trying to contact three of her companions concerning the :"Big Murray Thing." Justine Hale is busy appearing with Lolita in the video's best scene (complete with effective slo-mo effects). Nakita Ka$h and Molina find their phone conversations stressful and... how orginal... their partners graciously offer to give them soothing massages, complete with tongue baths. Leigh has a beautiful solo scene featuring herself and an ice cube. Much-appreciated beginning and ending sequences include performer's names along with their images. Lighting and sound is uneven in spots.


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Ventilation Review – Top 5 Must Know Tips Before Choosing A System
You might have noticed from the caliber of options here on grannyflatfinder.com.au that the granny flats of old have been replaced by stylish designer abodes that nearly all of would love to live in. With this new push towards luxury comfortable living comes a host of additional extras that you can throw into your new granny flat , often a ventilation systems is to the top of the "options" list.
The team here at Granny Flat Finder have done the research for you and taken the top 5 findings you need to make your home (or granny flat) ventilation system choice a smart one.
1. Sub floor vs Roof Ventilation Your first cross roads is to decide weather to pursue a sub floor system or a roof ventilation system. The main difference is that sub floor ventilation systems tackle a specific problem such as rising damp or mould were as a roof ventilation system will direct filtered fresh air which can also be heated or cooled, as well as tackling mould and damp issues. Each installation is different however in our scope of the market we got the feel that a roof system would be a logical choice over sub floor, unless you had a specific damp issue. Hot tip: go with a vendor that provides BOTH sub floor & roof ventilation systems. You will find that going to a smaller provider that offers only one or the other is like asking your hairdresser if you need a haircut, the answer is always yes. PS thinking of building a granny flat yourself? – Use the Quick Check Tool to see if your property qualifies
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It seemed a great deal of the cheaper alternatives for ventilation were a glorified fan into the roof cavity or sub floor area. The other end of the spectrum are fully automated, energy efficient air exchange systems that distribute warm/cold air to the parts of the house or granny flat that need it based on the tine of day and stored heat in the roof.
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This seemed to be the differentiation point that really separated the market. Humidity reduction was a benefit thrown around by almost all of the roof ventilation providers, however we only came across one company that had an active humidity and moisture control system to make sure you didn't wake up with a bleeding nose in the night from the air being completely dried out. The benefits from a carefully humidified home are obvious including the elimination of mould, mildew and dustmites.
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In 2009, the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation and the government of Stafford County joined forces to establish the Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve, which is located on Raven Road in Aquia. This preserve includes some 10 miles of hiking trails… but remains officially closed to the public.
The key issue that has been delaying a full opening of Crow's Nest has been the need to raise $2 to $3 million to improve the preserve's entrance road. However, the General Assembly has yet to approve funding for this project, despite active lobbying efforts on the part of DCR officials.
In the meantime, the primary times that members of the general public are able to visit Crow's Nest and its trails are during semi-annual field days in the spring and fall. In addition, a very short trail on the edge of the property is accessible to the public on a year-round basis.
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We are thrilled to announce that we have inspired what we hope is our first of many Girl Scout Gold Award projects. Kasey French's project is A Photographic Homage to Olivewood.
This video, created by Kasey French, is a photographic homage to Houston's first incorporated African American Cemetery, Olivewood Cemetery. The cemetery has been a jungle for years, but those that see the value and the grace of preserving Houston's heritage come to Olivewood Cemetery to work hard at clearing the vegetation and embrace the vision of restoring this Texas landmark to its original glory as a sacred public park.
A suite of 12 framed images from the photographic portfolio are on display at Paulie's Restaurant, located at 1834 Westheimer Rd., Houston, Texas, through May 2012. The photographs are available for sale, with proceeds going to the Descendants of Olivewood to continue to preserve and protect this cemetery.
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18 April 2009
Packing it In!
Oh no... I have too much to blog about. Where to begin. I have been so bad lately. I feel like I can't blog with out pictures and lately I have been procrastinating on uploading my pix of my camera. Shame shame shame. Anyways back to bragging about my baby.. excuse me toddler. My baby is growing up..*tear* I just threw this picture in cause I thought he was cute in my brother's old hat he wore as a kid. Awww. Moving on now. : )
What is it about children and trying to figure out where they can fit! Almost anywhere we go Hunter investigates to find new places to stick himself. Hunter Honey I don't think people want to check you out so the library shelf isn't really a place for you.
Happy Bday Grampa Brown. Today was Grampa Brown's 50th Birthday! He came to visit his little Hunter. They sure had fun. Of course they took a trip to the zoo. This was the first time Hunter walked the majority of the time instead of being held or pushed. It made the trip a lot more entertaining. It was like following a little monkey all around the zoo. Hear Hunter is sharing fish food with the koi... 2 for the koi 1 for hunter... : )
The weather was great for the zoo. It was cool enough that all the animals were active. Hunter had some serious communications with the bears. I am just glad there was glass... Hunter seems to have no fear.
After all the fun with Grampa Brown and he headed home Hunter went to the Garden to help out... AKA eat dirt. I am just waiting for the dirt filled diaper tonight. Yuck!
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- Rebecca Jo said...
Oh my... that picture of him in front of the bear freaked me out... I didnt see the glass there for a minute... WHEW!
- April 18, 2009 at 10:01 PM
- Keeper of the Skies Wife said...
Ha I didn't see the glass either and was a little freaked out!
Yeah, babies do love to go in every nook they can.
- April 19, 2009 at 1:41 PM
- Brad said...
He did jump back when the bear lunged at him though. He isn't completely fearless.
- April 20, 2009 at 2:35 PM
- Paula said...
That bear picture is a real classic. I couldn't tell there was glass there, either!
- April 22, 2009 at 10:32 PM
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Johann Wigger
Position: Defensive Midfielder
Age: 24
Date of birth: 11-02-1985
Country of birth: Netherlands
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 160lbs
Pro games: 114
Former Clubs: VV Dalen Youth, FC Emmen Youth, SV Meppen
Tell me about your childhood in the Netherlands. When did you start playing soccer?
Well, I was born in the Netherlands, but grew up in the small village of Dalen in Holland. I started playing soccer when I was five years old, mostly on small pitches. The kids in the neighbor hoods all played. The clubs in Holland play different seasons than here in the US. They play ten months out of the year – spring, fall and summer. Futsal is also very popular in Holland.
Who were your childhood soccer heroes?
I don't really have a particular soccer hero from my childhood, but I really like Steven Gerard from Liverpool and Cesc Fabregas of Arsenal.
Who is your favorite team?
My favorite team is Liverpool. I lived in Liverpool and got to see one of the games at Anfield with a friend. It was a very impressive experience. The fans were singing the whole time and they never stopped clapping. The ambiance was much more electric than it was even in Germany.
Are you still in school?
Yes, I'm studying sales and marketing at Stenden University in Emmen, Holland. I'm doing an internship here with the Dayton Dutch Lions. I've been doing a lot of road shows and then writing reports. I'll graduate after my internship is complete.
When did you start playing club soccer and what was like in Holland?
I played with the village team, VV Dalen, until I was 15 years old. Then, I moved on to their amateur league where we were paid about $250 euro ($300 USD) a year to play. I signed a contract with FC Emmen when I was 17 and played there for six years – three years youth and three years as a senior. I then went on to play for SV Meppen in Germany for three years. SV Meppen is in the fourth league in Germany, which would be comparable to the second league in Holland.
What were the most valuable lessons you learned?
Well, I really grew up fast playing with older people. You go there a young boy, not knowing much, and you are playing with players up to 35 year old. So, you learn a lot in a very short period of time.
What was the schedule like?
In Emmen, in Holland, they would pick us up by bus in morning and take us to the stadium. From there, I would get on a bike and go to school. The bike was just easier to get to school, it wasn't part of the training. After school, it was back to stadium for training. Sometimes we trained in the morning too. My classmates were a mix of kids who played soccer and some who did not. I usually got Home by 5 or 6pm and still had homework to do that evening.
When I was 16 in youth academy at Emmen we trained once on Monday, twice on Tuesday, once on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. We would have a match on Saturday and then get Sunday off. The younger kids typically on trained three times a week.
I really enjoyed the experience. I had the opportunity to play against Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoorb in Rotterdam.
The Dutch Lions Head Coach, Sonny Silooy, coached the youth team at Ajax right?
Yes, but he wasn't coaching there at the time when I played against them.
What brought you to the Dayton Dutch Lions?
A combination of things brought me here. I wanted to come to the US to see the States and have that experience. I also wanted to experience a different style of play. The chance to have Sonny Silooy as a trainer really made me want to come. Ajax is famous for their style of soccer and technical exercises. It's such a great opportunity to train under Sonny.
What strengths do you think you'll bring to the team?
I'm a good team player. I am always working hard. I would say that I have really good passing skills. I'm a very accurate crosser over distance and have a good shot. But I really feel like I can continue to improve on everything.
What excites you most about the upcoming season?
I'm really looking forward to our first training session. The facilities are perfect and the weather is good. It should be a really fun time. I really hope we have a team that blends together. I think we can be very successful.
Are you familiar with any of the opponents?
No. I expect we are going to have tough competition, but we will fight for a championship.
What do you see in store for the future of the Dayton Dutch Lions?
Hopefully, we'll get a license to play at higher leagues and grow into a full professional club.
What do you want the fans to know about you as a soccer player?
I'm a hard worker. I will always be working hard. I'm never lazy, always moving. I never give up!
What do you think about Dayton so far?
I've been in Dayton just over three weeks and I really like it. I have seen so many people. Every day is great at the moment.
Have you found a favorite place to eat? What do you like there?
I really like PF Changs. It's absolutely amazing! My favorite is the Kung Pao shrimp.
What kind of music do you listen to?
I like rock music or house music (Dutch House) . Dutch house get me pumped up to play. It's much like techno-trans. It's very European. I also like artists like John Mayer, Jack Johnson, 3 Doors Down and Eddy Feather of Pearl Jam.
What do you want the fans to know about you as a person?
I'm very outgoing, but quiet at the same time. I enjoy talking to people and I'm very easy to get along with. I hope the fans come and watch the games!
Fun Facts:
Roommate: Bas Ent
Team: Liverpool
Player(s): Steven Gerard (Liverpool), Cscec Fabregas (Arsenal)
Restaurant: PF Changs (Kung Pao Chicken)
Music: Dutch House