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"Hawaii Pacific University has been working very quietly on this project for a little more than a year now," said Todd Simmons.
The HPU Communication vice-president appeared before the downtown neighborhood board at its regularly scheduled meeting Thursday night.
HPU said it was developer Ed Buchor who first approached them about being a part of the redevelopment of the iconic Aloha Tower Marketplace.
There was no mention at the meeting of how the deal between the two entities has soured and is headed to arbitration.
The Aloha Tower Corporation put off officially voting on the transfer of the lease of the state owned property from Bushor to HPU.
The school intends to use state bonds to finance the project. It plans to house 300 college students in dorms at the marketplace and anchor a sports and entertainment venue at the tower.
It also intends to redevelop the adjacent defunct maritime center into a faculty club,
HPU introduced Scott Hiyashi as its new point man for the project, should the project get the nod from the Aloha Tower Development Corporation board.
Some downtown residents welcomed the idea of HPU anchoring both sides of Fort Street, underscoring that the school has been an economic engine for the downtown district.
"I am glad HPU has stepped up to straighten this mess out the state has failed miserable ever since they took over Aloha Tower more than 20 years ago," said Lynne Matusow.
Others questioned whether a college campus was a good fit for the area.
They wanted to know more about the school's plans to deal with parking and partying.
"I live across from there. If you have something noisy, I don't want you there. If you have students running around all night long, I don't want you there," said Tom Smyth.
And still others wondered about retail mix and how HPU was going continue to draw cruise ship passengers and local residents to the marketplace.
HPU tried to allay those fears.
"This is not intended to be an exclusive university property. We are not talking about moving the entire university down there," said Simmons.
The school assured the board its willing to appoint a liason with the downtown community as it moves forward with its plan.
The board voted to give the project support in principle, but wanted to see more details about the development plans.


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Little Tikes® Workshop and Tool Sets
The recalled workshop and tool sets have oversized, plastic toy nails that can pose a choking hazard to young children.
For additional information, contact Little Tikes at (800) 321-0183 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's website at www.littletikes.com
More than 1.7 million additional units (This recall was first announced in Aug. 2009)
This recall involves the toy nails sold as part of 11 additional models of Little Tikes® Workshop and tool sets listed below. The toy nails are oversized, plastic, and about 3 1/4 inches long by 1 1/4 inch in diameter. The nails are either red or blue and have a large round head; below the nail head there is a plastic ridge, slightly smaller than the nail head and about 1 inch in diameter. The model number may be found on some of the products.
The firm has reported two additional incidents, occurring prior to the August 2009 recall, of children who choked when the toy nail became lodged in their throat. Both children were treated in a hospital and made a full recovery.
Consumers should immediately take the toy nails away from young children and contact the firm for free replacement toy nails.
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North Central College senior Tommy Rivera-Vega has landed the key part of Rum Tum Tugger in a professional production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cats" in the award-winning Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre at Chicago's No Exit Café. The show runs Nov. 21-Jan. 2.
Rivera-Vega learned about auditions for "Cats" while working in Chicago last spring on Elton John's and Tim Rice's contemporary musical "Aida." He was called back to sing and dance for four roles in "Cats" and was cast for Rum Tum Tugger, "the part I most wanted," he says. While commuting to Chicago for rehearsals, Rivera-Vega has carried a full load of college classes and voice lessons, participated in the Concert Choir and coordinated public relations for two school productions this fall.
Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Rivera-Vega learned about North Central College when he met a North Central admission counselor who visited his high school and learned about his interest in theatre. She encouraged him to attend a summer musical theatre camp under the direction of North Central's fine arts director Brian Lynch.
"I fell in love with the school and so did my family," says Rivera-Vega. "Even though I had offers from other schools, I liked the size and programs at North Central best."
Rivera-Vega is majoring in musical theatre, with a minor in dance, and has performed in many College productions, including the leading role as the King in "The King and I," "Tell Me Truly," "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and North Central's own 2009 production of "Cats," when he played the part of Mr. Mistoffelees.
Tickets for "Cats" at No Exit Café, 6970 N. Glenwood, Chicago, are $50/person for show and dinner, with the actors serving the dinner, and $30/person for show only. Call 800-595-4849 or visit www.theo-u.com.


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No. 2: Buy frozen fruits, vegetables
No one will dispute that fruits and vegetables are good for you.
Fruits and vegetables provide you with tons of vitamin, minerals and fiber. And while fresh fruits and vegetables are certainly visually appealing -- and absolutely worth your time and money to buy -- sometimes you're better off buying frozen.
Nutritionally speaking, there is no discernible difference between fresh and frozen. But it isn't just the price of a bag of frozen blueberries versus a pint of fresh where you see the savings.
In addition to upfront cost, frozen takes less time to prepare (they're already cut and washed), you won't waste money if they aren't eaten before they go bad and you can buy them in bulk in keep them in your freezer.
No. 1: Make a plan
Before you step one foot in a grocery store, decide what you need to buy. That is, do some meal planning (with an eye toward healthy ingredients) and then design your list around that plan.
When you get to the grocery store, stick to your list. That is, don't be tempted by the candy aisle and skip the chips -- you save money and empty calories.
Try not to bring your kids with, either. They're going to want the sugary treats with cartoon characters on the label. While Dora is great for helping us learn Spanish and all, she isn't the best representative of the yogurt industry.
Also, before you go to the store, eat a meal. Don't go on an empty stomach, or you'll be more likely to buy some really unhealthy treat that costs way more than you want to spend.
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Find juicy, grilled burgers that are also good for you: not only beef, but salmon, lamb, and turkey, too.
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The great American burger has been gaining weight like a cartoon sumo wrestler lately. In fast-food joints and fancy restaurants alike, it's all about superdupersizing.
It's time to reclaim America's national food for folks who want to grill a juicy, delicious, and satisfying burger that is plenty big enough but fits into a healthy diet, too.
The secrets to healthy burgers are now revealed. Less fat in the patty requires a few tricks in the kitchen to keep things juicy; those tricks are here. If you like it simple, try the brisket cheese-burger. If you like spice, the poblano burger is very nice. If you want fish, the salmon burger is the alpha and the omega 3 of fishburgers. There are flavors for every palate. So fire up the grill this weekend and get your better, lighter burger summer going.
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Hey guys,
I have family that has a place on Watts Bar Lake. Needless to say, even living in Ohio, I spent some time down there last summer. I fished the lake A LOT and I never really figured out a pattern for this lake... Other than throw a small bream bug near some brush and you will most likely get a small 'gill. I never really connected with the bass in the lake, although each morning I would walk down to the dock I would see shad being busted, but I couldn't get a daggum' bite even with my best shad pattern. Any ideas from anyone on how I could find some fish? I know with a lake that big there's got to be SOME fish in it. Hahah. I would also mention that their place is near (in?) spring city and we could see the nuclear plant from their porch (ok, just the smoke stacks, but that counts... right?) Thanks for any help.
I usually fish watts bar a couple of days each summer. July mostly. I have had my best luck on a 4-5 " grey/white Clouser with heavy dumbell eyes fished on a 12-15 ft long leader around islands that has deeper water nearby. I cast to the bank and let it fall down the contour. I like to be there before the sun comes up and the bass will be bustin the shad on top as well. The clouser will work on that as well if you immediately cast across the break and let it fall and giving it a twitch. If you have two rods rigged, a crease popper cast into the break is effective also. You may see some stripers busting shad out on the main channel early also. I fish from a canoe, so its hard to run and gun after them! Once the sun gets high and bright the bass go deep for the day. I turn to fishing shady areas for the bream. I generally fish a 7 or 8wt. and 1-2 x tippet for the bass and a little glass 3wt for the bream. I had a very large bass on last summer at daybreak that I got all the way to the canoe before it sounded and ended up breaking off. It had my 8wt doubled. I saw it jump once and estimated it at 5-6 pounds.
If you can be there during the willow fly hatch, forget about the bass and fish for the carp.
Dave Carson fishes it a lot and could give you more info. Waterwolf could probably add plenty of useful intel also.
Thanks for the reply Troutman
I spent my longest time there in July and had heard about the willow flys but never saw them, although I figured it wold bring up the big bream rather than the carp. Although those carp aren't shy, my Uncle caught two in one evening both about 20lbs. and hit a streamer stripped really aggressively. Have you found the big rocks to be good producers? I figured the fish would hang around them like the great lakes bass... guess not... ha!
Great topic guys! Hope you dont mind if i use some of that info troutman. I fish Tims Ford Lake usualy early July, and have had some of the same problems myself with the bass, i was and will keep using my 8wt for the 5pounders when they show up. Thanks again!
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"We try to be perfect, but we're only fishermen. We wade out into the water, we don't walk on top of it."
Don't forget you can use a full sinking line also to get lightly weighted flies down. I think the most important thing is to use larger flies. Big predators like a big meal. Doesn't Lefty say "Give em the groceries!"
I've had some luck on Tellico Lake bass with flies tied with chartreuse chenille bodies and elk hair wings and peacock herl tails. I tie them on aberdeen hooks to make them longer. My son laughed at it until I caught a fish.
The rocks are good during cooler weather. The sun heats the rocks which then heats the water and the fish come in.
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Bobby Thomson hits the "shot heard 'round the world," Woody Guthrie passes away, Germany comes together, and O.J. Simpson is found not guilty, all on this day.
1997: Former NHL great Gordie Howe, 69, makes a return to the ice, playing one shift for the International Hockey League's Detroit Vipers. In doing so, he became the only player in hockey history to compete in six different decades at the professional level, having played in the NHL, WHA and IHL from the 1940s to 1990s.


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Investigators in Janesville did not find any evidence after a week of digging up an undeveloped lot in search of the remains of an 8-year-old girl who went missing 66 years ago.
The Wisconsin State Journal reports Friday that law enforcement officers from the Rock and Jefferson county sheriff's departments along with Janesville police dug four feet deep across a 1,100-square-foot lot. Rock County Sheriff's Capt. Todd Christiansen says all they found was dirt, clay and tree roots. He says search dogs picked up no scent of remains.
A recent tipster said remains of Georgia Jean Weckler could be found at the site. She was abducted from near her family farm near Cambridge on May 1, 1947. The case has led to many false leads over the years.


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Well-educated, slender, and attractive, Sylvia seems to have it all. She has a PhD, an interesting career, and good friends. So everything's great, right?
Not exactly. Sylvia also has diabetes. And while she loves her job, she feels anxious about running a business. She often gets angry at herself, and snaps at others for small mistakes. Even scarier, despite careful monitoring of her blood sugar, she finds herself in a coma once or twice a month. What's going on?
It turns out that despite Sylvia's generally healthy habits, her anxiety [9]prevents her from paying attention to the cues her body gives her when her blood sugar is too low.
On her doctor's advice, Sylvia tries Mindfulness Based Stress-Reduction (MBSR) classes along with her regular diabetes care program. The MBSR practices help Sylvia slow down and actually pay attention to her body.
Sylvia begins to notice when her blood sugar is dropping, so she can eat to prevent herself from going into a diabetic coma. She also finds it easier to control her diabetes [10] with insulin, probably because reducing her anxiety helps reduce her stress hormones. Her anger, a product of her stress [11], also fades away.
Sylvia's story is a great example of what we call the mind-body connection. This means that our thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and attitudes can positively or negatively affect our biological functioning. In other words, our minds can affect how healthy our bodies are!
On the other hand, what we do with our physical body (what we eat [12], how much we exercise [13], even our posture) can impact our mental state (again positively or negatively). This results in a complex interrelationship between our minds and bodies.
Mind-body specialist Dr. James Gordon states that the mind and body are essentially inseparable: "the brain and peripheral nervous system, the endocrine and immune systems, and indeed, all the organs of our body and all the emotional responses we have, share a common chemical language and are constantly communicating with one another."
They are techniques designed to enhance the mind's positive impact on the body. Think about Sylvia's story. By using MBSR, she reduced her anxiety [9], which improved her body's ability to deal with her diabetes.
The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health [14] (NCCIH) lists some techniques that are considered mind-body therapies or practices:
As this list indicates, mind-body therapies and practices include behavioral, psychological, social, expressive, and spiritual approaches.
Related to mind-body therapies are therapies that use the body to affect the mind, such as yoga [18], tai chi, qigong [8], and some types of dance (these are sometimes called body-mind therapies). Ultimately mind-body and body-mind therapies are interrelated: the body affects the mind, which in turn impacts the body (and the mind.)
It's important to note that "mind" is not synonymous with brain. Instead, in our definition, the mind consists of mental states such as thoughts, emotions [19], beliefs, attitudes, and images. The brain is the hardware that allows us to experience these mental states.
Mental states can be fully conscious or unconscious. We can have emotional reactions to situations without being aware of why we are reacting. Each mental state has a physiology associated with it—a positive or negative effect felt in the physical body. For example, the mental state of anxiety [20] causes you to produce stress hormones.
Many mind-body therapies focus on becoming more conscious of mental states and using this increased awareness to guide our mental states in a better, less destructive direction.
Awareness of the mind-body connection is by no means new. Until approximately 300 years ago, virtually every system of medicine throughout the world treated the mind and body as a whole. But during the 17th century, the Western world started to see the mind and body as two distinct entities. In this view, the body was kind of like a machine, complete with replaceable, independent parts, with no connection whatsoever to the mind.
This Western viewpoint had definite benefits, acting as the foundation for advances in surgery, trauma care, pharmaceuticals, and other areas of allopathic medicine. However, it also greatly reduced scientific inquiry into humans' emotional [19] and spiritual life [21], and downplayed their innate ability to heal.
In the 20th century, this view gradually started to change. Researchers began to study the mind-body connection and scientifically demonstrate complex links between the body and mind. Integrative psychiatrist James Lake, MD, of Stanford University, writes that "extensive research has confirmed the medical and mental benefits of meditation, mindfulness training, yoga, and other mind-body practices."
[1] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/sites/default/files/images/thumbnails/mind_body_thumb.jpg
[2] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/breathwork
[3] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/mindful-movement
[4] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/clinical-hypnosis
[5] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/biofeedback
[6] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/imagery
[7] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/creative-therapies
[8] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/qigong
[9] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/conditions/anxiety-depression
[10] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/conditions/diabetes
[11] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/wellbeing/health/stress-mastery
[12] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/wellbeing/health/diet-nutrition
[13] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/wellbeing/health/physical-activity-fitness
[14] https://nccih.nih.gov/
[15] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/meditation
[16] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/prayer
[17] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/creative-arts-therapies
[18] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/yoga
[19] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/wellbeing/health/thoughts-emotions
[20] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/wellbeing/facing-fear-and-anxiety
[21] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/wellbeing/spirituality
[22] http://nccam.nih.gov/health/whatiscam/#1
[23] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/our-experts/patricia-hart-md
[24] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/our-experts/sue-towey-rn-cns-ms-lp
[25] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/meditation-exercise


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text: Godzilla knocks [So. Cali] 123>gary107 posted:1/15/2014 8:51:27 AM 90' high here in San Diego, heat coming up from underground. Looks like we are about to have the "big one."breeld posted:1/15/2014 8:55:15 AM geez, I hope not, gary. I look on geo site sometimes. Just checked it this AM, and Cal has had quite a few small ones in the last several hours. breeld posted:1/15/2014 9:14:33 AM I guess 4.4 isn`t really small, tho. gary107 posted:1/15/2014 1:55:23 PM it is >much< too for mid-January, fire danger very high. If the All-American Canal goes down we will not have the water to support our population or fight fires. Joke: "Cats: emergency rations provided by thoughtful neighbors. Note I did not say "knowingly provided." But not my cat. I think we are going for a ride. Go, go, Godzilla Godzilla visits Hollywood on vacation! Godzilla with dark sun glasses and bright sport shirt.gary107 posted:1/15/2014 1:56:04 PM /too hot...gary107 posted:1/15/2014 1:58:42 PM California relief fund drives start now! Help us pay our air conditioning bills. Can you spare a glass of water?bobprin posted:1/15/2014 2:30:29 PM Yeah, I can fed ex that right away. So, you're going to Godzilla hollywood huh? Cool. Rampage on. You're not going to dress up like Dorothy and hang out at hollywood and vine are you? You make extra money doing that.malachi the prophet posted:1/15/2014 3:59:45 PM the next week is normal temp - why do you need air san-diego cali wed - wed 81 79 77 72 75 73 72 73 I think oo7 gary is off his meds :) try a fund to pay are heating bills !!!!! 70's and sunny lol a 4.4 would not wake me out of bedgary107 posted:1/16/2014 12:33:53 PM Mala, what are "meds?" I am personally hurt that you do not remember my rapid heart beat condition [tackycardia], ever one else knows Gary is just so tacky... 90' feels like 110' to me, 50' feels like 70'. Why I could not contract HIV [another "other" story]. the temps you report are from the end of over the water in San Diego bay, add 10' to 12' for just a few miles inland off the coast. 90' at work with high winds this last Tuesday, 92' Yesterday and low winds. Normal for this time of year in San Diego is 58' to 64' on the Bay. We get an 8.7 Quake and there will not be enough water for the population and to put out the fires. Water canals will go down. We may refill the Salton Sea with fresh water. I will paint on the retaining walls "Godzilla, Go Home!"gary107 posted:1/16/2014 12:35:35 PM So Sorry.daymoon posted:1/16/2014 12:39:37 PM all ya'll have no clue lol we hit 100's in the summer and low teens in winter with wind chills sub zero's!!!! oklahoma would croak you west coasters and yanks muawahahahahahgary107 posted:1/16/2014 12:54:10 PM we have not had great high tides this Full Moon, wait 14 days for the New Moon [Jan. 29th and 30th] and then Godzilla strikes! We get 100's in San Diego in August and September months. What are "sub zero's?" different can of number system? Base 20 counting system? Base 5 counting system?gary107 posted:1/16/2014 12:54:11 PM we have not had great high tides this Full Moon, wait 14 days for the New Moon [Jan. 29th and 30th] and then Godzilla strikes! We get 100's in San Diego in August and September months. What are "sub zero's?" different can of number system? Base 20 counting system? Base 5 counting system?malachi the prophet posted:1/16/2014 1:35:49 PM I WISH I DID NOT KNOW WHAT SUB ZERO"S ARE GARY THEY ARE TEMPS THAT GO BELOW ZERO WITH WIND CHILLS SOME TIMES -50 , -60 ALL THE WAY TO -80 I WAS JUST JOKEING ABOUT MEDS = MORE LUNNY PILLS THEN HEART MEDICATION LIGHTEN UP THE END IS NEER .. 007 GARYdaymoon posted:1/16/2014 8:35:15 PM lol grab ur lug nuts!!! its time for an overhaul california godzillas on the way!!! This town needs an enima!!!! Meet my stinky lil friend!!!! im sorry..... i was..... well... having a hollywood moment.. yeah we'll go with that one k.bobprin posted:1/16/2014 9:11:18 PM Uhh...?? Oh enema! Not e-nimal. Some people are addicted to enemas, Ghandi for one example. I got in trouble once for telling a public servant I was gonna enamize his brain. I successfully explained to the magistrate that since I thought the guy was on drugs I was merely trying to help him by cleaning out all those nasty residues. However, I can't think of worse way to have sex. I was watching this lesbian movie once where the.... sorry. I do ramble.daymoon posted:1/16/2014 9:50:55 PM uh..... not into the lesbian thing there bob..... this old cougar is strictly... well you know lol i likes em big, hairy and mean lookin :)bobprin posted:1/17/2014 4:14:51 AM I hang out with bigfoot.gary107 posted:1/17/2014 11:16:41 AM Bobbie Pan posts: "So, you're going to Godzilla hollywood huh? Cool. Rampage on. You're not going to dress up like Dorothy and hang out at hollywood and vine are you? You make extra money doing that." Interesting story, back in 1972 when I was 23 years old an owner of a small print shop in Spring Valley, Calif. offered me $ 400 to "sleep" with him. My cottage rent was $ 85/mo. Now I live in a one bedroom for $ 985/mo. The offers just faded away over the years. I refused the offers. Never have tried a dress, might consider a kilt [Gaelic for shirt] with the correct Tartan.bobprin posted:1/17/2014 3:25:29 PM Damn Gary, I thought my taxes were high. A grand a month rent around here gets you a four bedroom house with valet service. Please log in or become a member to add a post.


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One lawmaker calls it a way to save lives, but plenty of skateboarders see it otherwise. A new proposal from the City Council could force skateboarders to wear helmets.
For a lot of teenagers, skateboarding is a thrilling sport, but one bad move and it can turn downright dangerous.
"Sometimes I fall and hit my head, and if my helmet wasn't on then I would do serious damage to my head," said skateboarder Jake Heyer.
That's why Honolulu City Councilman Joey Manahan is introducing two bills to protect skateboarders. One would force them to wear helmets in skateboarding parks. The other would require wear a helmet in all public areas. The reviews are mixed.
Skateboarder Isiah Timoteo said, "I would not ride," when asked about how he felt about the potential law.
However, Mason Heyer said, "My grandma, she helps impaired kids that have brain damage from falling on their heads, so my mom's really serious about me wearing a helmet."
Manahan said he was a skateboarder himself, and looking back he feels should have been wearing a helmet when at times, he wasn't. He's pushing the helmet laws, because of recent skateboarding fatalities.
"We've had a few accidents in the last few years. I think major ones, a couple fatalities actually. A most recent one in Hawaii Kai, and maybe a year or two before of Kameron Steinhoff, which is very notable," said Joey Manahan, Honolulu city councilman.
With the sport gaining rapid popularity, Manahan said now is the time to have a helmet law. He also wants to look at how the potential helmet laws could broaden to other vehicles.
"It's not meant to target skateboarders, but I wanted to have the conversation and I want to see how that would apply to other things such as bicycling, maybe other things later on," said Manahan.
The consequences for not wearing a helmet would be $25 to $250. The earliest the law could take effect would be in August.
Bill could force skateboarders to wear helmets
One lawmaker calls it a way to save lives, but plenty of skateboarders see it otherwise. A new proposal from the City Council could force skateboarders to wear helmets.
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Things changed for Abkhazia at the end of the 2008 Russia-Georgia War. Russia and a handful of countries recognized the independence of Abkhazia... at a very steep price. Russian troops now control all border points in Abkhazia, Russian elites and businesses bought much of the famous Soviet-era resort properties, and there are countless allegations that many members of Abkhazia's parliament are now under Russian control.
Adding to the mess is Russian-proxy control of religion. In the Eastern Orthodox Communion Abkhazia officially falls into the realm of the Georgian Orthodox Church. However, in 2009 Father Vissarion Apliaa declared the "Abkhazian Orthodox Church" into existence and began to act as its interim bishop though he was never consecrated. Since then Father Apliaa has imported priests from Russia with the help of the Russian Orthodox Church. The independence of Abkahz religion was furthered threatened by Father Apliaa pressing the churches to drop Abkhaz in the services in exchange for Russian.
The arrival of Russian priests and the loss of the Abkhaz language in services, which the Georgian Orthodox Church always allowed, has led to a young faction of Abkhaz clergy to form a Church National Assembly
to overrule the pro-Russian heads of the Abkhaz Orthodox Church. This factor is rumored to be moderate in its stance in Abkhazian Orthodox church independence from Georgia and even has appealed to the Georgian Orthodox patriarch, as well as the thirteen other undisputed Eastern Orthodox heads, for helping in removing pro-Russian Abkhaz from the church.
The only problem is that the Eastern Orthodox lacks a pope and therefore no one can make a final judgement on the issue of Abkhazian Orthodoxy. Eastern Orthodoxy cannot settle the issue of Orthodoxy in Estonia (Russian Orthodox v. national Estonian Orthodox), Ukraine (Ukrainian Orthodox pro-Russia v. two different national Ukrainian Orthodox), Macedonia (Serbian Orthodox v. national Macedonian Orthodox with the Greeks rooting the Serbs on) and Moldova (Russian Orthodox v. Romanian Orthodox) let alone issues of what if any Orthodox Church should be head of Orthodox in America. The various churches are too nationalistic for rational discussion.
Abkhazia is not a overly religious country. Orthodoxy never held massive sway over the population in modern times and various estimates given to me state there are no more than forty clergy in the country. However, a country's national Orthodox church is something it can rally behind and becomes an issue of pride when a country feels threatened. Look for Orthodox (and not-so-Orthodox) in Abkhazia to develop strong opinions concerning their Orthodox church and national independence


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Barclays shakes up investment banking team
Barclays has announced changes to senior management within its investment bank, as it continues a wide-ranging review into the business.
Eric Felder has been named head of markets, while Joe McGrath and Richard Taylor have become co-heads of banking, according to a statement. All three will report to Eric Bommensath and Tom King, co-chief executives of corporate and investment banking.
Previously, Bommensath and King held the positions of heads of markets and banking, respectively, in addition to their roles as co-chief executives of the corporate and investment bank.
In his new role, Felder will oversee Barclays' global sales and trading businesses across all asset classes. He was previously co-head of securities, responsible for the global credit, emerging markets, and fixed-income syndicate businesses having joined Barclays as head of credit trading in September 2008.
As co-heads of banking at Barclays, McGrath and Taylor will oversee the investment bank's global corporate finance and strategic advisory businesses. McGrath was previously co-head of the global finance and risk solutions business, while Taylor, who spent 11 years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, was head of investment banking in Emea.
Barclays has recently been struggling with the question of how to redesign a house that is too costly to maintain without damaging its structural integrity.
The bank's decision to increase bonuses in the investment bank in a year when revenues fell by 9%, with fixed-income sales and trading revenues down 20%, angered investors, analysts and politicians alike.
In a memo sent to staff this morning, seen by Financial News, Jenkins said the review would tackle how to position the investment bank in the new environment, and what businesses the bank should focus on to deliver sustainable returns and growth. The firm will present a strategic update on May 8, 2014.
Jenkins added: "The future for Barclays will be as a strong, focused, international bank. And the Investment Bank will continue to be a part of that mix."
Bommensath and King were drafted in by Jenkins in as he looked to wipe the slate clean after the Bob Diamond era and the Libor scandal. The duo took over from Rich Ricci who had been one of Diamond's top lieutenants.
The bank in February said it may have to cut 12,000 jobs this year to address a slow-down in fixed income. Earlier this week, the bank appointed Crawford Gillies, a former board member at Standard Life, to succeed John Sunderland as chairman of the remuneration committee.


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Victory! With Stunning Second Half Surge, Louisville Beats Cal and Heads to National Title Game
Believe it! The giant-slaying Louisville Cardinals will play for the NCAA national title on Tuesday night after stunning the Cal Bears tonight in their Final Four matchup in New Orleans.
Down by 10 at the half, the Cardinals stormed back in the second to win 64-57. Shoni Schimmel had a poor shooting night but finished strong, with 10 points. She also added six assists and four rebounds. Her sister, Jude, the team's super sixth-woman finished with nine points and four rebounds. The Schimmel sisters are from the Umatilla Reservation in Oregon.
Louisville will meet the winner of the other national semifinal, Notre Dame versus UConn, being played tonight.
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Finland's Mikko Hirvonen has finally won the Rally of Italy in Sardinia for the first time after finishing runner-up on five occasions.
The Citroen driver took top spot ahead of two Ford Fiesta drivers with Russia's Evgeny Novikov second at 1min 20.6sec and Estonia's Ott Tanak third 2:21.1 off the pace.
"I feel like I've just won my first rally! It feels really, really good,'' said Hirvonen, who secured his first victory this season and first as a Citroen driver, but the 15th of his career.
"This was the goal we had before the rally and finally everything worked well. I've been five times second here and to finally win the rally I'm really pleased with that.''
Novikov, 22, added: "I hope that this second podium of the year (after Portugal) will help me to challenge next season.''
The victory also guarantees 32-year-old Hirvonen second place in the overall drivers' standings behind French teammate Sebastien Loeb for the fourth time ahead of the final round in Spain next month.
Loeb, who claimed his ninth successive world drivers title on home ground in France a fortnight ago, crashed out of the race during Friday's third special stage.
Norway's Mads Ostberg finished fourth despite winning five stages after his Ford Fiesta suffered a puncture in the the closing Power Stage.
Ostberg moves into third place in the drivers' standing heading to the season finale next month.


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He was born Aug. 7, 1939 in Refugio to Herman and Agnes Sion Bochat.
He is survived by his wife, Loreeta Stauss Bochat; daughter, Milana Mullenix (Darryl); sons, Brad Bochat (Betsy) and Matthew Bochat (Erika); sisters, Joana Bochat and Agnes White; brothers, Charles (Shirley) Bochat, William Bochat, Justin (Jesse) Bochat, Sidney (Jean) Bochat and Bob (Minnie) Bochat; eight grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his sister, Margaret Hauschild; brother, Howard Bochat; and sister-in-law, Leona Bochat.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 26 at St. Peter's and Paul's Catholic Church in Meyersville. Burial will be private at a later date.
P a l l b e a r e r s will be Luke Bochat, Joey Bochat, Nathan, Mullenix, Grayson Bochat, Jackson Bochat, and Larry Cis Jr. Honorary pallbearers will be the Class of 1957 of St. Joseph High School.
Memorials in Butch's name may be made to Aicardi Syndrome Foundation, PO Box 3202, St. Charles, Ill., 60174.
A r r a n g e m e n t s entrusted to the care of Grace Funeral Home, Goliad.


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GOLIAD ATHLETES: Ashtin Zamzow and Katelyn Salziger
STARTING TIME: 8:05 p.m., Friday
FASTEST QUALIFYING TIME: 45.05 seconds by Elkhart's Paige Fillmore
STATE RECORD: 40.96 by Saginaw's Donique Flemings in 2008
CLASS 2A RECORD: 41.86 by Lauren Beldrich of Rogers in 2013
PREVIEW: Zamzow won the Region IV-2A title in 45.43, which ranks fifth among the state qualifiers. Salziger was second at the regional meet in 45.84 and ranks eighth. All nine qualifiers ran below 46 seconds. Fillmore was sixth at last year's state meet in 45.56. The only returnee from last year's state meet is Brady's Chyna Washington, who finished ninth with a time of 47.72 and is this year's second-fastest qualifier with a 45.26. The other qualifiers are Wall's Saegan Jost (45.27), Alba Golden's Jessika Barnhart (45.35), Eustace's Madi Allen (45.44), Grandview's Jordan Nash (45.77) and Littlefield's Ashley Dendy (45.97). Zamzow will be in Lane 4 and Salziger will run in Lane 5.
SYNOPSIS: Only 0.92 separates all the qualifiers, so Zamzow and Salziger could score big points for the Tigerettes' team title quest with personal-best performances.
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A total of 398 voters cast "no" ballots during the May 11 voting process with only 195 votes caste in favor of the bond sale.
Also, voters in Ward 1 elected local attorney George P. "Trace" Morrill to the City Council and in Ward 5 voters opted to keep Florette "Libby" Spires in office for another two-year term.
The bond issue lost substantially in nearly all categories of voting. Only 91 early voters were for the bond sale and 195 early voters were against it.
In Ward 2 the bond issue actually passed on election day with 22 votes cast for the issue and 14 against. But the idea of selling bonds to pay for two wells, a reverse osmosis plant, improvements to the city's wastewater treatment plant and a new, city-wide water metering system failed in every other ward.
The Ward 1 tally came to 14 votes for and 47 against. In Ward 3 the tally came to 15 votes for and 32 against. Ward 4 voters shot down the bond sale with 20 votes for and 42 against. And in Ward 5 only 22 votes were for the bond sale while 68 residents voted against it.
Election day voters at the Ward 1 polling place cast 38 votes for Morrill and he received 39 early votes for a total of 77.
His opponent, Randy Forbes had 23 votes at the polling place and 20 early votes for a total of 43.
In Ward 5 Spires received 57 polling place votes Saturday. She had received 47 early votes for a total of 104. Spires' opponent, Christopher Payne, had 30 polling place votes on Saturday and 35 ward residents cast ballots in his favor during early voting for a total of 65.
Mayor Santiago "Jimbo" Martinez said the failure of the bond election means the council will have to try something else to solve the city's problem of a dwindling surface water supply at Lake Corpus Christi.
City Manager Deborah Ballí has been told by personnel at the City of Corpus Christi that the lake level may be too low for Beeville to draw water out of the Nueces River basin in two years unless the Coastal Bend receives appreciable rainfall.
Martinez mentioned a number of alternatives and he said the city will be looking into those in the near future.
He said one option may be for the city to take out conventional loans to finance a different plan for drilling wells and for treating the water taken from those wells.


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A day after a Senate committee approved a measure to repeal an as-of-yet unfunded law giving parents five weeks of paid time off to be with a new child, a House committee heard arguments on why that same program should be expanded.
Paid family leave was approved by the Legislature in 2007, and was supposed to start paying benefits of up to $250 a week starting in October 2009. But the Legislature has postponed its implementation twice.
The House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development on Tuesday held a public hearing on the bill that would expand the underlying measure to include caring for a family member or an employee's own disability.
The bill would expand the weekly benefit from a flat rate to a percentage of the employee's wages, up to $1,000 per week.


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September 22, 2005Alert #05-603
The following product safety recall was conducted voluntarily by the firm in cooperation with the CPSC. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Arctic Cat Prowler XT Off-Highway Utility Vehicle
Units: About 700
Manufacturer: Arctic Cat Inc., of Thief River Falls, Minn.
Hazard: The brakes on these vehicles can fail.
Incidents/Injuries: Arctic Cat has received notice of one incident of a brake pad dislodging from the rear caliper, and one incident of foot brake lever flexing. No injuries have been reported.
Description: The Prowler XT was produced in three colors: Green, Cat Green, and Red. The vehicles have the words Arctic Cat on each side of the cargo box, 650 H1 on each side of the front hood, and the name Prowler XT centered on the front of the hood. The recalled units fall within the vehicle identification range (VIN) of 4UF06MPV06T300001 through 4UF06MPV86T300781. Consumers only need to look at the final six digits of the VIN to determine if their vehicle is included in this recall.
Sold at: These vehicles were sold worldwide through Arctic Cat dealerships from July 2005 through September 2005 for between $9,000 and $9,500.
Manufactured in: Thief River Falls, Minn.
Remedy: Consumers should stop using these vehicles immediately. If consumers are unsure if their Prowler XT is affected, they should contact Arctic Cat Consumers with the vehicle identification number (VIN) of the Prowler XT available. The vehicle identification number is located on the rear upper frame tube of the vehicle near the rear of the cargo box, and on the registration materials the consumer received at time of purchase. Consumers with a recalled Prowler XT should contact their local Arctic Cat ATV dealer to schedule the free repair. Registered owners have been notified about this recall by mail.
Consumer Contact: Call Arctic Cat at (800) 279-6851 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, or go to the firm's Web site at www.arctic-cat.com
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Penn Researcher Receives $1 Million Grant for Cancer Gene Therapy Research
PHILADELPHIA - Carl June, MD, Director of Translational Research at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania and Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in Penn's School of Medicine, has received $1 million over the next three years from the Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy, Inc. (ACGT) to harness the immune system to fight the worst cases of ovarian cancer.
As the only national foundation devoted exclusively to funding cancer gene therapy research, the mission of ACGT is to identify and fund innovative scientific research on the causes, treatment, and prevention of all types of cancer, using cells and genes as medicine. The award is entitled The Joan Miller and Linda Bernstein Gene Therapy Ovarian Cancer Award.
Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of gynecologic cancer death, and though most patients respond to initial chemotherapy, the majority will eventually relapse and die of chemotherapy-resistant disease. Despite the advent of newer chemotherapies, the five-year survival for patients with advanced disease remains only 25 percent, and few patients are cured.
"With this grant from the Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy we plan to carry out a Phase 1 clinical trial to test whether the immune cells we designed to withstand the toxic effects of ovarian tumors are able to mediate tumor regression in patients with advanced cancer that has failed to regress after chemotherapy," says June. In preliminary studies, June's group has developed genetically engineered T cells to augment traditional treatments. The engineered T cells have eradicated large tumors in pre-clinical experiments with animals.
June was selected by ACGT's 12-member Scientific Advisory Council, which includes some of the nation's most preeminent physicians and researchers in cancer gene therapy.
PENN Medicine is a $3.6 billion enterprise dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. PENN Medicine consists of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
Penn's School of Medicine is currently ranked #4 in the nation in U.S.News & World Report's survey of top research-oriented medical schools; and, according to most recent data from the National Institutes of Health, received over $379 million in NIH research funds in the 2006 fiscal year. Supporting 1,700 fulltime faculty and 700 students, the School of Medicine is recognized worldwide for its superior education and training of the next generation of physician-scientists and leaders of academic medicine.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System includes three hospitals — its flagship hospital, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, rated one of the nation's top 10 "Honor Roll" hospitals by U.S.News & World Report; Pennsylvania Hospital, the nation's first hospital; and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center — a faculty practice plan; a primary-care provider network; three multispecialty satellite facilities; and home care and hospice.
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You also make the point about Crusaders moving. Am I right to assume that, at the time, you think they should've had their licence revoked for this?
What would happen if David Hughes pulled out of Harlequins and, say for example, someone took over on the proviso they could move the club to Milton Keynes. Do you turn round and say 'Sorry, no can do' and throw them out of SL? Or do you accept that for the club to continue it may be the only way to go?
The only problem I had with the whole thing was Widnes fans trying to link their clubs non-appearance in Super League with the Crusaders. Widnes were not allowed in purely because they put themselves into administration. Crusaders promotion had nothing to do with it. Although full credit to the club who have kept a dignified silence through the whole thing.
yes never understood this.. anyone with half a brain new that the crusaders were going to get in.. Widnes were up against Slaford, Cas and Wakey for the other spot and it was only finance that stopped them as far as i can see, its those 3 that are lucky and Widnes would have replaced one of them but it was never Widnes v Crusaders, they expanded to 14 and one of htose was always going to be the Crusaders. in the same way IMHO if they had said that this time round it was going to 16 then Tolouse may as well have quite for the year and just started building for super league.
BTW i thought it was quite an ausing post.
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Breaking a Tie Between Funds
Step 1: What If Fund Returns Are Similar?
Making tax avoidance your investment focus is a formula for investment disaster. But keeping your eye on aftertax returns is simply wise investing. For example, two funds have similar compound average annual five-year before-tax returns. A five-year period is probably long enough to get a picture of how the funds have performed in different market environments, but still recent enough to be relevant.
However, one fund wins on a tax-adjusted return basis for the period, producing a higher aftertax return. Why? The fund might have a lower yield, defined as income divided by net asset value, or simply made less or no distributions of capital gains. Interest earned by the fund from non-tax-exempt sources is taxable at ordinary income tax rates. Municipal bond interest is usually not taxable at the federal level and may not be taxable at the state or local level, if the fund is a state-specific municipal bond fund. Qualified dividend income from stocks held by the fund is subject to the lower long-term capital gains rate. With long-term capital gains rates (on securities sold by the fund but held by the fund for longer than one year) significantly lower than short-term capital gains tax rates, the tax penalty on short-term capital gains is serious. And no capital gains distributions means no taxes, even at the lower capital gains rate. The tax-adjusted return assumes maximum tax rates, where the disparities between capital gains tax rates and income tax rates are the greatest. For investors in lower tax brackets, the tax-adjusted rate difference might not be great.
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Photograph of Lola Perpich, wife of Minnesota governor Rudy Perpich, c.1978.
Leonidas Merritt on the Vermillion Trail, 1892.
The popular Shoot the Chutes ride, 1904. Boats would shoot down the ramp into the lagoon below.
Looking down the Incline from the top, with a car on the east track and Park Point in the distance, 1930s.
Looking east from the Robert Street bridge at a Milwaukee Road freight train behind double-headed steam locomotives passing the St. Paul Union Depot, 1952. Photograph by the St. Paul Dispatch and Pioneer Press.
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Looking north along Wabasha, the Flats, 1904.
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Thank you, NarutoBase Staff
Originally Posted by alexu9696
I found this spoilers i think this guys has information that Kishi is troling with Obito...and the website always gived confirmed spoilers...
congratulations to KISHIMOTO and NARUTO series for achieving this milestone.
also bash him/make fun of him and his style if he has no explanation for OBITO trolling.
Fail website is fail
Cool it guys
Originally Posted by karimsabar97
SPOILER! not sure if its real though found it on FB
TOBI IS IZUNA (new spoiler)
While visiting Japan for business,me(Victor Sleever) and Mike Birnton, from Viz Media, decided to spare some of our time and go to Comic Market 78, the biggest manga festival in Japan, something that happens only twice a year. The festival lasts for 3 days, from 23 august to 25 august.
After some time wandering around the Tokyo Big Sight convention center, we met Masashi Kishimoto, me and Mike are big fans of Naruto, so it was a really pleasant surprise to be able to talk with him.
He didn't have much time to talk because he was holding a conference in about 30 minutes since we met, we asked if he could reveal some of the things he will talk about at the conference, and surprisingly he said yes.
Mike asked all the questions while I wrote them.
Q:So, what exactly is the conference about?
A:After the identity of Tobi was revealed by one of my assistants, I realized that the next few chapters will leave the fans confused. I had to clear up some misunderstandings, thus, Comic Market was the best place to do it.
Q:Then the rumors are true? Is Toby really Izuna? I thought he died in battle after Madara took his eyes, is that a lie?
A:Well, the truth about his survival is much different, I can't tell you how he survived, you will have to read the next chapters to find out, but yes, Izuna is Tobi.
Q:How come he has eyes now? I thought he was blind.
A:He will reveal that together with his identity, let's just say that the Uchiha clan is much larger than you know.
Q:In an earlier interview you talked about Madara not having any weaknesses, what about Tobi? Is he going to be killed by Naruto after his identity is revealed?
A:Not really, after the way he survived is revealed and what he tries to truly achieve, everyone will change, the truth will hurt a lot of them, it will actually change the history that they know.
Q:What do you mean by that? How will it hurt them?
A:The truth is dark and bloody. Madara is related to why Tobi was supposed to die, you could say that what he wants is revenge, but his brother isn't the only who wanted to kill Tobi, one of the Hokage played a big part in the attempt on his life.
Q:What else?What is going to happen in this fight?
A:You know, Tobi always had this forbidden technique prepared, I wanted him to use it only after his identity is revealed. If you thought that Kabuto's technique for reincarnating people is dangerous, you should see what Tobi prepared.
Q:Why did Izuna hide his identity?
A:Because some of the Akatsuki already know what Madara did to Izuna, they know because someone told them, and they wouldn't be willing to help Izuna. I'm afraid I can't answer any more of your questions, but I'm hoping you will be patient, in the next weeks everything will be revealed.
OH GOD, NOT THIS AGAIN! This Interview is so FAKE and ANNOYING! Don't repost it. Izuna HAS a chance to be Obito's reincarnation, but this interview is HUNDRED PERCENT FAKE anyways and it's been proven on the main thread that people like this don't exist and the number of Comic Market is so wrong.
There is one confirmed spoiler on mymangastream. It seems legit enough.
Also posted here: http://www.narutobase.net/forums/sho...3&postcount=16 <-Only read if you want to be spoiled (possibly).
It's always hard to see which of these are real, but it's fun nonetheless.
Originally Posted by Calbackshoot3r
There is one confirmed spoiler on mymangastream. It seems legit enough.
Also posted here: http://www.narutobase.net/forums/sho...3&postcount=16 <-Only read if you want to be spoiled (possibly).
It's always hard to see which of these are real, but it's fun nonetheless.
it looks like a fake... this is too simple and must be created by an obito fanboy....
Originally Posted by tracytracy22
I hope this is right...
- カカシましょRinは死ぬ
- マダラが表示され、Obitoを知っている
- Obito死ぬのフラッシュバック
-Kakashi let Rin die
-Madara appears and knows Obito
-Flashback of Obito dying
According to http://forum.onemanga.com/showthread.php?p=6539039, the source is http://www.mymangastream.com and that the status is confirmed. It doesn't sound that ridiculous does it?
I hope this is true, and that could be possible since they had right last time. Tobi's attitude is still there, and Kishi have not messed up (yet)
I mean, why would he change personality because the mask is off? Tobi is Tobi, he doesn't care about Kakashi or Konoha
Originally Posted by rahul chaudhary
it looks like a fake... this is too simple and must be created by an obito fanboy....
Most spoilers are very simple. Granted, there is obviously a decent probability of it being fake.
I have a feeling that it is real becasue they were right last week. I am glad though then maybe all of these Tobi isn't Obito threads will stop finally.
Well, now we can explain one plothole. and that's how Obito knew about Izuna, Madara, and Hashi.
Originally Posted by MellowHype
Well, now we can explain one plothole. and that's how Obito knew about Izuna, Madara, and Hashi.
I still don't get how Tobi got Hashirama's body and teached all these stuffs in one year
Originally Posted by SSJ3Gotenks
I have a feeling that it is real becasue they were right last week. I am glad though then maybe all of these Tobi isn't Obito threads will stop finally.
Tell me about it. While I wasn't thrilled with the revelation, it's obvious that Tobi is Obito in both body and mind. Kishi wouldn't have wasted an entire damn chapter on flashbacks to flesh out Obito's background just for him to turn into a meat suit for someone else.
It's out early!! :D
Originally Posted by Sliding Ghost
It's out early!! :D
Thanks. Disappointed with this chapter, but the end is good.
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- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano, thyme or dill leaves
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|Garuneh Lasandarman
"Apologies, Tina-ji." Hmm, can't get up there easily without provoking AoO.
"Watch your eyes, my friends." Garuneh makes mystical gestures and utters something.
Flare on the spider at AS-24.
|Tina Azura Valerius
|Gunder Undertable
|Gunder Undertable
|GM Idyll
The flare lights before the spider's eyes. It becomes dazzled by the bright lights.
Spider Fort Save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Tina's attacks are too slow and the spider easily avoids them.
Gunder successfully identifies and isolates the poison.
Elizabeth gets +4 bonus to next Fort save, but she is still poisoned.
|Aldous Mor'esti
"Curse these toxic arachnids," Aldous then touches Ruckus and delivers a brief insight into the near future. "Strike true, good wolf!"
Diviners touch, +1 insight to attack/saves/skill checks for Ruckus's next turn. 5/7 remaining for the day.
|Durnolf Banderswel
poison can be knifed out, right?
Durnolf attempts to fight off the nausea while he continues to swing wildly with his oversized meat tenderizer at ar23.
fort: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
damage: 1d10 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
Ruckus turns and bites at as24 with profound insight.
bite: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
|GM Idyll
|Garuneh Lasandarman
here come the spiders, one blind and one wounded. Can we take 'em? :D I'm going to be out for the evening soon. If it gets to my turn I'll Flare the other spider. Not much else worth doing from the back! I have a strange urge to listen to Ziggy Stardust now...
|Durnolf Banderswel
|GM Idyll
As she passes, the spider lashes out at Elizabeth.
AOO: 1d20 ⇒ 4
But she easily avoids the attack. Elizabeth is unable to damage the small spider, however.
The remaining spider turns to Tina and snaps with its pincers.
1d2 ⇒ 2
But she easily avoids the attack.
Round 4
|Aldous Mor'esti
"Enough with these blasted spiders!" Aldous grants another flash of insight to Tina with a brief touch.
"Finish it off Ms. Valerius!"
Aldous uses diviner's touch on Tina, granting her +1 insight to attack/saves/skill checks for the next round.
|Gunder Undertable
|Tina Azura Valerius
|Durnolf Banderswel
If any spider remains, Ruckus bites at it and Durnolf takes special care to lime up his swing this time, sacrificing some power for a bit of additional accuracy (no power attack)
Durnolf's attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
ruckus: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
|Garuneh Lasandarman
|GM Idyll
The spider, despite being near death, manages to avoid all the attacks aimed at it. In anger, it nips at Tina with its pincer.
1d20 ⇒ 8
It misses.
Round 5
End this!
|Tina Azura Valerius
|Aldous Mor'esti
"Well struck, Ms. Valerius. Well struck, indeed.
" Aldous casts detect magic again and scans the room, especially those unreadable markings noted earlier.
"Did anyone else, perchance, notice those markings over there?" Aldous points towards the inscriptions on the wall. "If writing, they are in no language I understand."
|GM Idyll
|Gunder Undertable
|Garuneh Lasandarman
|Garuneh Lasandarman
|Gunder Undertable
|Tina Azura Valerius
|GM Idyll
|Durnolf Banderswel
|Garuneh Lasandarman
|GM Idyll
The doors open with a push. You emerge from the hallway into a much larger room.
The ceiling of this cavernous chamber vaults to a height of sixty feet, forming an architectural wonder unsupported by any visible columns or buttresses. The room is filled with an eerie, blue light. You enter on a wide stone bridge with an elaborately carved railing. It arches over the chamber from north to south, joining two sets of massive bronze doors at either end. The central portion of the chamber, 40' below the bridge, contains an inlaid spiral symbol and is recessed into the floor, with eight staircases leading up to a wide ledge that encircles the room. On this ledge stand bronze doors to the east and west. Eight larger-than-life statues stand upon the ledge as well, evenly spaced around the room's circumference—seven carved from white stone, and the eighth carved from black stone.
The only way to proceed is north across the bridge, but I'll let you take in this room and do some perception/knowledge checks.
|Tina Azura Valerius
|Aldous Mor'esti
"Indeed, Ms. Valerius, this does seem a bit...overlarge...for the area. I wonder what other surprises await us down here." Aldous continues to concentrate on detect magic and scans the room.
Perception 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7.
Knowledge(arcana) 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24
Knowledge(local) 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
"What in the world is the purpose of this room, do you think?
|Garuneh Lasandarman
Garuneh scans the ceiling for darkmantles and other creepy-crawlies.
Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10
"It certainly isn't wise to linger on the bridge to take in the sights, lovely as the statues are," chuckles Garuneh.
"I'll never understand crypts, personally," he continues in a low voice. "Why hide this beauty for no one to see and keep the dead from being reclaimed by natural decay? Then again, we bury our dead in the depths of the sea where I come from, to give life back to the waters...I suppose that is strange to many here."
He smiles. "Drop me in the nearest ocean if I am overcome in this place."
|Garuneh Lasandarman
|Gunder Undertable
"Wow, indeed. Space is scarce in this city. So there is a natural tendency of places intersecting and changing purpose over time. It wouldn't surprise me if this room had been more than just a crypt, once."
Gunder tries to make out the source of the blue light.
Perception (on the blue light): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
"I wish we could have gotten some rope. Then we could climb down there. Or climb back up if we get down there by another way and find ourselves in need of a quick retreat."
He looks at the statues. A slight fear that they might suddenly come alive and attack him overcomes him. At least we are out of their reach, up here.
What do the statues look like? Do they resemble humans? What clothes are they wearing? Do they have weapons? Are there any noticable differences between them (except for one being black and the others being white)?
Perception (on the statues): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
|Aldous Mor'esti
"Fair point, Ser Lasandarman. Just a moment, then," Aldous will continue to concentrate for 3 rounds and scan the room. If he does not find anything magical (or anything that jumps out and says "boo!"), he will drop detect magic and cast dancing lights up at the ceiling level, as Garuneh suggested.
Sadly, I did not prepare that exact spell today, but this one should suffice." Aldous continues to keep a wary eye out, bow drawn and arrow ready to be nocked & fired.
Shame we don't have Knowledge (Religion) about now...probably would be helpful.
Elizabeth blows a soft whistle as she takes in the stonework. This is really something, check out that stonework and design.
Perception=: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Know-Engineering: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
Yea this is pretty awesome, I'd like to get a better look at those statues to see how they were made. Elizabeth stows her rapier and pulls out her bow.
|GM Idyll
The light in this room gives off a faint magical aura. You can't detect where the light comes from - it simply fill the room.
Nothing else comes to you about the space.
The bridge on which you stand is a wonder. It appears to be suspended with no support. Despite the age of this chamber, it's an incredibly impressive feat. You've rarely encountered such masterful craftsmanship or genius engineering.
There appear to be no Darkmantles on the ceiling above you.
The statues appear to be humanoid, but you're unable to discern any unique features from this far up.
Yes, Aldous, it would indeed!
Elizabeth squees over the bridge. Look at this! No apparent support and this looks to be much older than anything I have encountered. Hmph! My brothers are nothing compared to those who made this chamber.
Elizabeth looks out over the bridge. Shall we keep going?
|Gunder Undertable
|Garuneh Lasandarman
|Tina Azura Valerius
|GM Idyll
The group makes its way north to the next set of double doors. Much like the ones into the grand chamber, these too push open easily. You move down another narrow hallway - this one, however, has no alcoves for spiders. It is also pitch black. After about 40', you come to a fork in the hallway. You can go either left or right.
To the left, you see doors set in the north and south of the hallway; to the right you see a single door.
|Tina Azura Valerius


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2012 NFL Draft Team Needs: AFC West
The 2012 NFL Draft is nearly upon us, and this edition is much clearer than last year, at least in terms of team needs, because free agency has already taken place. Here on the staff blog, I'm going to break down each team's top needs and fantasy outlook for the draft, going division by division. Today we head to the AFC West, and, if you missed them, check out the AFC East, AFC North, and AFC South. Got a player you want your team to target? Let me know in the comments.
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3rd in the on-going series "QR Codes"
In my first blog, "What's QR Code and Is It Right For Your Business?" and the follow up blog, "There's an App For That – QR Readers for Your Smartphone," I introduced you to what QR codes are and how to use your smartphone to read them.
In this blog I'll discuss how you can use them a business owner.
QR Codes (Quick Response) are two dimensional bar codes. The technology was created in 1994 by Denso-Wave, a subsidiary of Toyota and was designed to track auto parts in the highly complex automobile assembly process.
At that time, smartphones as we know them today didn't exist, so using this technology to communicate about products and services to the general public wasn't part of its intent.
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In Japan and S. Korea, QR codes are a way of life, but it's taking longer for the technology to be adopted in the US and other countries.
Early USA usage statistics indicate the people prefer to use QR codes for things like discount coupons and recipes on food packages. They want to see the benefit to them for using a QR code. Hopefully, this will change to increased usage once a deeper understanding of the expanded informational benefits are more clearly understood. Ideally, it won't take too much longer for it to catch on and be a new way for you to communicate more efficiently about your business.
Sunbrella, maker of fabrics for use outdoors and in, is incorporating QR codes in their print ads, enabling them to give readers interested in their products more information than the limited space of the ad contains. Additionally, Gene Wicker, Jr., Sunbrella's Marketing Manager says, "For us, QR codes offer another method to get direct feedback on the effectiveness of an ad campaign. If someone scans one of our codes, we can identity which ad and which magazine the scan came from. We can't identify the individual – anonymity is still present – but we can count the number of scans." Clearly, this is useful information in designing their future advertising campaigns.
|Linda Rosso Studio's QR Code
Artist Linda Rosso, who has an extensive background in marketing, says, "I am putting QR code stickers on the back of every one of my paintings and prints that I exhibit and sell. This code directs viewers to my studio's website where they can learn more about me as an artist, as well as get information about my other paintings."
Besides these examples, here's a very small sampling of how QR codes are being, or could be used. I'm sure that in your own creative way, you'll figure out how to use this amazing technology for yourself.
· Real estate - for sale, rent, and lease signage
· Billboards – product information, movie schedules, store locations, upcoming events, promotions
· Marketing materials – direct readers to product how-to videos, product manuals, client endorsements, related products for cross-selling
· Signage in museums – make more information available about the work of art and its artist
· Food products and packaged goods in the grocery store – provide information about the grower, the rancher, etc., give nutritional information, provide recipes and list other ingredients needed
· Conference signage – provide more detailed information about speakers and locations
· Print ads – take viewer to company web page, video, etc.
· Yellow pages advertising – inexpensively expand on small ads
· Shopping after a store is closed – scan the bar code shown in the store's window to order on-line from them
In addition to the statistics about QR users and usage given in my earlier post, here's some recently released and very interesting information about who's using QR codes in Canada:
|NYC's Times Square QR Code campaign
Here are links to some interesting news articles about how QR codes are being used in the US:
|Beryn Hammil Designs' QR Code
Oh, and here's my own interior design firm's QR code. Scan it with your smartphone's QR reader app and see where it takes you.
This information is for guideline purposes, is not an endorsement of a product or vendor, and implies no guarantee of results.
Photos and images courtesy of Mashable, beqruious.com, Sunbrella, Linda Rosso
Copyright © The B. Hammil Company, 2011