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The hectic post-Fifa Club World Cup schedule is taking such a toll on Auckland City players that coach Ramon Tribulietx gave them a day off training midweek in the build-up to tomorrow's ASB Premiership home game against Waikato FC.
"We've had a lot of games in the second half of the season," said Tribulietx. "It's been a big demand on the players, especially those with fulltime jobs."
Tribulietx admits it's probably played a part in conceding seven goals in their last three games. "That, and losing key players like Angel Berlanga in the transfer window ... While we've talked about the goals we let in, some [were] not necessarily the result of attacking play by the opposition."
While top spot in the minor premiership is out of reach, City's sights are set on second and taking any advantage that might bring in the playoffs. There could be a bonus if they win at Kiwitea St and if influential captain Ivan Vicelich gets through the game without a yellow card.
Sitting on three, he would miss a game with a fourth and while Tribulietx insists there's no thought of Vicelich deliberately picking up a fourth tomorrow and missing the final regular season game. The coach said he might rest Vicelich from next week's Palmerston North trip if they claimed second spot tomorrow.
Waikato FC will find it tough. Goalless in six games this year and scoring just four while conceding 25 doesn't make happy reading.
One place off the bottom, the visitors face a big ask against a team with plenty to play for.
Even though unbeaten Waitakere United have wrapped up their fifth minor premiership, coach Paul Marshall insists there'll be no let-up. United are away to Hawkes Bay United in the most crucial game of the round. Hawkes Bay must win to maintain their challenge for second place while Waitakere want to get through their last two games unscathed.
Marshall is without the suspended Tim Myers and injured David Mulligan, Daniel Morgan, Sam Mathews and Roy Krishna, but will still put out a useful team led by midfield general Jake Butler.
"We have Chad Coombes and Luis del Monte back so we'll be okay."
Elsewhere, Otago are in Invercargill to play Team Wellington and Canterbury United entertain YoungHeart Manawatu.
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Emily, well, at least she wasn't dead last in the SP, but personally I would have liked the last-minute slot to go to, say, Musademba (sp?). I guess TPTB thought Emily was the closest "name" they had to draw on, but we really sent a weak overall ladies team USA. I'm sure I sound like I'm dumping on Em but I was really afraid this would happen, she hasn't been top tier for several seasons now and really wasn't prepared as far as technique and training to be competitive.
Of course Emily has the mental aspect down -- always cheerful when performing, and that can carry one far, but still I would have liked to see a stronger "hometown" team. Like MM has posted before, SA used to be an international event in its own right before it became a Grand Prix event, so I guess I have a bias to wanting the whole event to shine, as well. But Yu Na certainly shone! and everyone there can say they saw a World Record setting performance.
Hi, I'm new to the forum
First, putting aside all discussion of UR (I don't think I'm qualified to talk about the technical elements of skating yet), I have to say that Yu-na's performance was stunning . I didn't watch every skater perform, but from what I saw today, I can really see why people claim that Kim's in a class of her own (but of course SA is a weaker field). I have no doubt that she will perform exceptionally in the GPF and the upcoming Olympic Games (with the best of luck, to win the OGM).
There are people out there who doubt that her streak of excellence will last, but my opinion differs because I think what she delivers in each competition is exactly what she has to offer, if not a lesser version of it. The large margin of victory represents an actual discrepancy in talent. Her scores are well-deserved not only because she's an amazing skater (talented, fast, expressive, musical, etc.), but also because the Kim "Dream Team" (Orser, Kim& Wilson) knows how to milk the CoP and I see no fault in that at all. They're probably the first top-skater team that fully comprehends the newly-instituted system and uses it to their advantage. That's their winning strategy.
I just admire Kim's ability to cope with all the pressure. She carries the entire sport of figure skating in her country, and fans now take WRs for granted. People's standards for her are cruelly high, as evident in people's response to this recent performance. There are people who think this was just not good enough, simply subpar, although Kim was scintillating. True, she was more nervous and tense in this performance than she was in TEB, but this is a girl who can't even stroll the streets in her home country because everyone knows her and won't leave her alone. This is an athlete who has to deal with a Korean media that clamors for new WRs, huge margin wins and impeccable performances. The pressure is staggering. Remember, she's only 19, and, given all these conditions, I'm amazed that she rarely falters or falls. I always get the feeling that people are too harsh on her. We should give credit to everything she does amazingly. Until recently (she moved to Canada right before the 2007~2008 season), Kim didn't even have a proper environment in which to train, and thus I admire her even more.
As an "uber" Yu-na fan, I also can't help but be dismayed by all the negative PR the lot's getting. Oh well. It's not like I can control every single Yu-na "bot" out there.
I sincerely love her performances, but love her even more as an individual. I would never say that Kim's pretentious. To me, she always comes across as a sincere, diligent, humble and sweet individual. I once heard a judge say that Kim is the only top-skater who faithfully practices the fundamentals. While other skaters proceed to master difficult jumps, even greater technical hurdles, Kim tries to perfect what's already in her arsenal (thus, her awe-inspiring GOE).
Sorry my reply's so long I got carried away.
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Here's the thing about underrotations. So many fans forget that underrotation can occur at both the entry and the exit to a jump. For example, on a toe loop, a lot of skaters cheat by prerotating their torso or the blade prior to takeoff. If you go back and look at the underrotation deductions for otherwise stellar jumpers like Miki Ando, it's usually because her torso is facing backwards at the point of takeoff.
I think that's why fans get into such a tizzy about underrotation calls. Because they're focusing only on the landings, they think that judges are making the calls inconsistently or (worse) based on favoritism. In fact, the underrotation calls are usually very accurate (the GOE scores a little less so) when you factor in the entry.
These accusations of favoritism are typically directed against Yuna's 3T jump because her blade sometimes doesn't land at a 180 degree angle to her takeoff. As many people have pointed out, however, a less-than-180 degree rotation does NOT constitute an underrotation. The reason she is not called for underrotations is because her takeoff technique is so good. She actually uses the toepick (and not the blade, like SO many skaters do), and her torso is at no more than 90 degrees as she launches into the air.
Quibble about the GOEs if you like. But the underrotations are not really up for debate.
Eta: Welcome to the board!
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I dunno...I just think we have a rather underwhelming crop of skaters right now, not too much talent (or the talent is undermined by faulty technique, or whatever). But I wonder whether it is more that we suck, or the international competition is that great. But Yuna is beating the pants off even the other top international competitors so the Americans need not feel so bad.The US skaters should have taken note instead of trying to become the Next Whoever.
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I would argue Alissa Czisny knows how to milk the CoP. She's been skating for so long and has excellent spins, spirals, and emotion. She won nationals last year after skating a FS where she only landed 3 clean triples (granted she won the SP and had a substantial lead) because her PCS score was huge. Technically, she isn't as strong as some of the other US ladies, but when she manages to land most of her jumps her PCS scores allow her to be at the top. Her jumps seem to be improving a lot though, I'm hoping she makes it to the Olympics! She seems like such a sweet girl.
The media was so confused on what was happening last season and they needed former champions to explain (IE: Kristi saying that US is in a transition phase). I think Kristi is right but I also think when you look deeply, the ladies barely have secure technique and basics to rely on.
Also, yes a numerous loops at the back end of 3-3s look like that and gets URed. Just look at Miki Ando, girl can't catch a break!
You'll have a lot of fun learning the sport and all and trust me, that's not a extreme comment. There have been worst.You see, I'm practically new to the figure skating world (Kim drew me in two years ago), so I don't know much about Cohen. I was hoping to see her perform in TEB and SA because I heard so much about her, but, well, you know what happened. I was rather disappointed. I guess I'll have to wait until Nationals. Before I make any extreme comments (e.g. "best team ever") I'll make sure I know my stuff well. Thanks!
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To be severely intoxicated.
Carmela: Does this mean that my husband may not come out of his coma?
Doctor: Actually, now we've induced coma… he's snowed with Ativan.
(from The Sopranos #67)
by Harry Michas April 18, 2006
to be intoxicated, whether by alcohol, prescription drugs such as Ambien, or any other drug of choice
Nathan: "Do you remember our phone conversation last night?"
Marco: "No"
Nathan: "Well, that's probably because you were snowed."
Marco: "No"
Nathan: "Well, that's probably because you were snowed."
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Overwhelmed. To be majorly behind in your work. To have more to do than can be done. Carteret County, NC (Down East) old english.
Lordy, I'm so snowed I don't know what to do.
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by timmy mahtin November 01, 2006
I told Carol if she ever needed anything feel free to ask. Now I'm picking her up at midnight at the airport. I got snowed.
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Ask any hospital worker... this is when a person who is hooked up to system monitoring devices, dies. When they die, the monitor turns to snow - there's no information on it anymore.
When the nurse tripped on that cord, we all thought you got snowed... glad she plugged it back in quickly.
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A Lake Charles woman pleaded not guilty Friday to killing two people in a April car crash.
Megan L. Schexnider, 26, was arraigned Friday and a case-management conference set for Nov. 19.
Schexnider was indicted Thursday on two counts of vehicular homicide and once count of vehicular negligent injuring.
Police said that Schexnider was on drugs when her vehicle struck a car with a flat tire.
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My one and only hive has had lots of bees that seem unable to fly lately. After orientation there can be 75-100 of them wandering around on the deck (where the hive is). Most are trying to fly, but can't. I don't find many dead bees at all.
Their wings appear perfectly normal. (occasionally some will seem small to me, but still well formed.) I usually go out and pick up all that I can and put them back up on the deck so they can get in the hive before dark. They are happy for the lift. Yesterday I found one mite on one of the flightless girls. This is the first presence of mites that I have seen. They also have some SHBs.
This is from a Russian nuc. that i started on June 19. They just began this non-flying thing 3 weeks ago. They are not really booming. they are still in on deep super with no real honey stores.
I am going to do a full inspection today. Any ideas on what this could be and what I should be looking for?


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By Kris Rodriguez
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(April 1, 2008)--UTSA will host educators and students from across Texas for the ExxonMobil Texas Science and Engineering Fair, April 10-12 at the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center in San Antonio. The competitions started Oct. 21 for the event, and judges are needed for qualifying events to represent education, industry and the military.
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It's the fourth consecutive year that UTSA will host, and the event draws crowds of more than 4,000 friends, parents and grandparents hoping to see their child take one of the top three prizes to advance them into larger competitions.
In 2001, when state funding for the fair ended, ExxonMobil stepped in to offer financial support and continues to so.
"It's a great investment because it gets all those young people interested in math and science," said Truman Bell , ExxonMobil senior program manager for education and diversity. "With baby boomers retiring soon, there is going to be a great need for engineers and scientists in this country to replace them."
The quality of the student projects at the middle school level has been top-notch with all five Texas representatives (hailing from the San Antonio area) competing in the Discovery Channel Young Scientists Challenge. The fair also sends six high school students to compete each year at the international level.
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Fresh vegetables from the Fortuna Garden Project are improving the overall nutrition of those who rely on food from the Fortuna Community Services Food Bank and the St. Joseph Pantry Shelf.
The 1.5 acre garden is located just off Newburg Road on land leased from the Diocese of Santa Rosa, and operated in partnership with Fortuna Adventist Community Services.
Last year was spent laying the groundwork for the garden, and this year it is providing the first bountiful harvest. Vegetables planted in the garden include three kinds of squash, lettuce, cabbage, carrots, spinach, green beans, radishes, and lots of potatoes. "By the end of this growing season," garden coordinator Steve Palecki said, "we will have grown and distributed close to 1,000 pounds of food."
In addition to the Food Bank and Pantry Shelf, the Fortuna Garden Project sells some of its produce to Clendenen's and Humboldt Healthy Foods in Fortuna, the Fernbridge Produce Stand, and Loleta Cheese Factory. The money raised helps cover the watering cost associated with the garden.
Palecki wants to say thank you to everyone who made the Fortuna Garden Project a reality, and to everyone who currently supports it. "Every day when I am out here working, someone happens to come by and ask 'What can I do to help?'," Palecki said. Volunteers work the garden from planting to harvest.
"This project would not be possible with generous donations and support from the community," Palecki said. A grant from the Mel & Grace McLean Foundation was used to install the infrastructure for the garden, irrigation supplies were donated by Wyckoff's Plumbing, Fortuna Feed and Fortuna Ace Hardware both offered discounted garden supplies, and Nor Cal Soil offered 10 yards of premium soil (which was transported to the Fortuna Garden by someone who donated the dump truck services). Palecki added that an anonymous donor came out to mow the field and prepare the dirt for planting.
The Fortuna Garden Project is registered as organic with the state of California, meaning no pesticides or harmful chemicals are used to grow the vegetables. The garden uses natural methods of deterring wildlife such as deer, which have shown a preference for the carrots. Palecki said they covered the carrots with netting to stop the browsing.
"Overall the response to the garden has been something else," Palecki said enthusiastically. "One of the best feelings is knowing we can do something, and then actually doing something to make a difference."
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1. Fortuna Garden Project Coordinator Steve Palecki harvesting squash from the 1.5 acre location just off Newburg Road
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Then and Now
I found the picture on the left of me and my mom while I was cleaning this afternoon. I'm about the same age my kids are now. I tried to recreate the picture with Oscar when I picked him up for school, but it didn't really work. I'm overly stylized, and he's not enthused. It lacks the spontaneity and seems over thought compared to the original. But there's something about posing with my kids like this.
It's not a pose professional photographers use, yet it's one of my favorites. Cheek to cheek. I've always loved walking around the house, holding my kids tight against my face. Their skin so soft. Their cheeks so bouncy. Nothing like it. It's such a weird sign of endearment, but one of my favorite parts about motherhood.
My mother died five years before I started having kids. I never had the chance to directly ask her about her favorite parts of motherhood. Seeing this picture shows me we share the same joy. Cheeks! I like to think it's something I learned from her.
What's one of your favorite part about motherhood?
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aw, you and your mom look so much alike too. love it.ReplyDelete
I agree with Bex, you guys look so alike! Such a sweet photo :)ReplyDelete
I'm so sorry about your momma. You and your Mom sure do look alike and I bet are lovely moms to your children.ReplyDelete
Totally love cheeking it with my girl. Also love snuggling up with her and hearing her sweet little snores.ReplyDelete
Love your purse... do tell where you got it.
wow. what a story and detailed on pictures! what a great memory. i love cheek-to-cheek too! I love doing it with my son. :-)ReplyDelete
So sweet! I love cheeks, too. When my baby wakes up from her nap, we stand cheek-to-cheek looking in the mirror. She loves it and I do, too. Her cool, delicate skin is so soft and kissable. Motherhood is so magical!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful memory, I'm so sorry about your mom. I know having my son has brought my mom and I much closer together.ReplyDelete
Your pictures reminded me of this funny memory. When I was in high school there was a mother daughter look-a-like contest at the mall (small town). And I entered with a photo of me at the beach with our golden retriever, my mom had a similar photo, and it was uncanny how much I looked like her. We didn't win, but I love the pictures.
Have you seen that photo series where the photographer recreates a childhood photo of the person as an adult, hilarious and also eerie since you can really see who they will become at such a young age.
- AnonymousApril 18, 2012 at 9:03 AM
Where is that photo series? Can you send the link?Delete
that's really lovely.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 18, 2012 at 9:01 AM
Great pics and great memories.ReplyDelete
I love cheek to cheek too.I never knew that about you. I guess I learn something new everyday. I love the softness of babies'/kids' skin.
One of my favorite things about motherhood is going on adventures with my kids. I love planning trips/events. It is extra special when we all have a great time at the event!:) I also love volunteering in my kids' classroom too. I feel like I learn a little bit about their world for the day when I go in and help.
Motherhood can be very challenging without a Mom to help guide you through this amazing journey. I think that is why God made Sisters,Aunts,Friends,...:)
Love u:)
you guys look like twins. such a sweet post. :)ReplyDelete
What a beautiful post! Your and your mom look so happy. (I nuzzle my kids faces so much with my own face that I can never keep makeup on at the end of the day. But it's worth it to feel those little cheeks!)ReplyDelete
Cheeks are so yummy. And I love my girl's hands too - so soft and so expressive when she talks. Nothing better than walking her to school hand in hand...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 18, 2012 at 12:21 PM
What a sweet picture, and you look so alike your mom.ReplyDelete
Talking, talking, talking. I love talking to my kids and listening to their version of the world. I love when they get home from school and tell me all the little details of the day, wall ball, lunch, teachers mood, etc... I love it all.ReplyDelete
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Here's the link for the photo series! It took some weird googling, but I finally found it. ;)
It's called "Back to the Future" by Irina Werning
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That is one of my favorite things as well!!their cool little chubby cheeks against mine-amazing!Your children are adorable!ReplyDelete
Oh this post brought tears to my eyes! I lost my mom last summer, 2 months before my wedding. I am now 3 months pregnant (and praying for twins actually) and love looking at old pictures of my mom and I when I was a little girl - she was the best! I'm so looking forward to motherhood, but I often think of the questions I never got to ask her. But I know in the heart of hearts, she probably already taught me the answers...or will be there guiding me to the answers from heaven...ReplyDelete
adorable! where is your purse from? its awesome.ReplyDelete
Your posture? And they way you're holding your little one? It looks just like your mom's!!! Amazing.ReplyDeleteReplies
haha! you're right! i didn't notice that :)Delete
Thanks for sharing this post. I lost my mom a decade ago and last year had my first baby boy. I definitely wish I could share this time with her (and ask her for advice!). Your post helped remind me that our moms probably pass on a little bit of themselves to us more than we realize.ReplyDelete
P.S. Cheek to cheek is the absolute best :)
I loved this. You definitely make the tiniest parts of motherhood so memorable. I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your mom. Looks like your inherited her sweet heart.ReplyDelete
You know, my favorite part of being a mother is how my kids always have a way of making me feel like I am the most beautiful, talented, special woman in the world. I could wake up with the hair of a banshee, but yet, they are there saying, "Oh Mom, you look beautiful today!" So even when I'm not so great, or acting like a great mom, they have a way of putting things in perspective and I am so grateful for them. Love this post Sharon. Its fabulous. I also loved your post - you look a lot like your mother, both of you are beautiful ladies.ReplyDeleteReplies
I love the two photos- very similar. I am also a cheek enthusiast. But I do love to rub their shoulders and arms while they tell me their stories... something I learned from my momma.ReplyDelete
She'd be so proud of you - you're such a fab mum.ReplyDelete
This is so sweet! You and your mom look so much alike. There's nothing like holding your little ones close, cheek to cheek!! I also love playing with my little guy's ears. And we love to cuddle, he says 'cuddle, comfy, cozy'. I look forward to it all day!ReplyDelete
so very sweet. i first though the picture on the left was you, you and your mother look so similar. two very beautiful pictures :)ReplyDelete
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+0 votes Tom Lansing › June 26, 2012
The first 9 on old ball golf course. Relatively flat, with lots of shade. Follows ball golf layout for the most part. A pond and four mile creek are the main hazards. The other (new) 9 work the ski slopes of the sports park. Requires well placed shots to avoid anguish. The bomber down the slope has the ski lift which can come into play. The two courses couldn't be more different. A really fun mix of holes, well worth the money. PAY TO PLAY.
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The Royal Society, one of the world's oldest scientific societies, turns 350 next year, but the British institution is starting its birthday celebrations a little early. Today, the Society launches an interactive timeline, Trailblazing, which highlights its publishing history by making the original texts of 60 of its most significant papers available online.
Have you ever wanted to read Benjamin Franklin's own account of flying a kite in a rainstorm and discovering electricity? Now you can. ( A Letter of Benjamin Franklin, Esq; to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. concerning an Electrical Kite)
Other highlights include:
- Isaac Newton's theory of light and color, from 1672
- A 1763 treatise on the use of willow bark to treat fever, which would lead to the development of aspirin
- One of Caroline Herschel's comet discoveries (she was the first paid female scientist)
- An 1826 paper on how the Earth's atmosphere changes with altitude
- Proof that fingerprints are unique
- Barbara McClintock's discovery of jumping genes
- James Watson and Francis Crick on the structure of DNA
- From 1965, the theory of continental drift
- Early writing on black holes by Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose
There's enough in the timeline to keep me reading well into 2010, when the Society's celebrations pick up speed. I think I'll tackle Franklin's letter first, followed by Caroline Herschel's comet discovery. Which one will you read?


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One thing i have learned since i stated beekeeping that most older beekeepers just can't seem to get along.
I know if you post a good question{like should i fog} ya get so many replys and some get down right nasty i think it's great because buy the time they get done ranting all the questions do get answers plus it's great entertainment in the winter .
One reson i didn't join a bee club was just that to much our way is best and thats it.
So to all you guys that argue thank you it works for me
I know the only 2 beekeepers i have meet have been mean one real bad and one so so geuss alot of stress trying to make money from bees.


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Some photos of my Carniolan queen and bees from last year.
Some photos of my Carniolan queen and bees from last year.
Photos of Italian queen and bees from last year
Nice pictures. Same mix as me - Carniolans and italians
Once the bee is inside, Mr. Veil is no longer your friend.
Nice pics, thanks for sharing!
That Italian queen is morbidly obese! I like it.
Love the Carniolan too.
Thanks for the pics.
Try it. What could happen?
A picture of my VSH that rescued a laying worker hive..........DSC04099.jpgDSC04100.jpg
I had some Carniolans and really liked them. My favorite queen I named Black Betty. She was a laying machine.
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Dart > ChargerFinally a Dodge I like.
===========Can't Win A Race In Reverse.============BadStang08: Ditto. But seriously I would just want a 2013 Mustang 5.0 and GT500. Maybe a Z06 or ZL1 for some fun. I don't care for exotics.
2013 Dodge Dart in Motion - VIDEO
EGAD!! Finally Dodge, finally! All of a sudden, all the other manufacturers go back to the drawing board. That is beautiful. IMO anyway. I can easily see why the design can have its detractors.
Beautiful! Hopefully the car is as nice to drive as it looks. Go Chrysler!
Looks good for a compact. It still has some awkward angles like all compact sedans do, but the overall design is at the front of the class. The interior looks great too. Since it's on an Alfa chassis, it's going to drive nice as well. The only real question mark is what's going under the hood.
Catch_Up_If_You_Can:Dart > ChargerFinally a Dodge I like.Let's not get carried away.
wow what a knockout. its fantastic looking. interior and exterior alike are stunning. i like that storage spot under the front seat.
____________________Norman Byron Greenburg- westyschrysler: imported, from detroit
Looking good! I see Neon. I feel that if the Neon had stayed in production, it would have ended up looking like this.
____________________Current Vehicle: 1997 Honda Accord SE - 233,000 miles and counting!____________________Aaron
I like it. wad'r'we talk'in? 16-18K?
Soul_ful:Looking good! I see Neon. I feel that if the Neon had stayed in production, it would have ended up looking like this.It is the new Neon, they just call it Dart now.
Dang in really liking that.
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Jake_R:I like it. wad'r'we talk'in? 16-18K?I'd expect it to cost about what a similar Cruze costs, a bit less than a Focus.
Looks pretty good, definitely at the top of the compact segment as far as looks are concerned.
Looks great. Hopefully they make a performance version with around 250-280 hp. Then maybe we will see a Cruze RS or SS with same numbers. Would love to see the test on the Focus St - Cruze SS - Dart SRT 4. Who you think will win?


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PE 381 History of Dance
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Prerequisite: EN 211 with a grade of "C" or better or HON 102 and HON 112 and sophomore standing.
Survey of the world history and pictorial records of dance in its ritual, social, recreational and aesthetic contexts. This course provides a basis for the study of 20th-century dance theories and forms.


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UTSA hosts Black History Knowledge Bowl
(Feb. 23, 2009)--In celebration of Black History Month, UTSA will host Black History Knowledge Bowl 2009 at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 24 in the University Center Denman Room (2.01.28) on the UTSA 1604 Campus. The event is free and open to the public.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
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UTSA student contestants will be challenged on their knowledge of heroic accomplishments in African-American history. Winning teams will receive $900 for first place, $600 for second place and $300 for third place.
Subjects included in the competition will be culture, education, politics and political leaders, medicine and health, sports, general knowledge, military, music, movies, television, literature, arts and theater, among others.
Sponsored by the UTSA Provost's Core Values Initiative, the event is intended to foster UTSA's core values of integrity, excellence, inclusiveness, respect, collaboration and innovation.
Co-sponsors are the UTSA Black Faculty and Staff Association, The Brackenridge Fund, the UTSA College of Education and Human Development, the UTSA Inclusion and Community Engagement Center, African-American Studies, the UTSA Department of History and the University Center.
For more information, visit the Black History Knowledge Bowl Web site or contact Danesha at (210) 458-4598.


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There's a saying that "Parents are a child's first and most important teachers." But parenting can be both joyous and challenging.
Because we all want our children to thrive, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin offers a variety of programs to help parents and caregivers – from parenting classes and groups to telephone advice, from one-on-one parent consultations to respite care for families of children with special needs. Many of these programs throughout the state are offered in partnership with local agencies and organizations.
Our Family Resource Centers provide parents and caregivers with information and support to promote the healthy growth and development of children and to strengthen family relationships. Parenting classes, parent/child learning, in-home parent education, telephone advice and resource libraries are available. Services are free.
We have Family Resource Centers in several cities:
In addition, the Daniel M. Soref Family Resource Center, located at Children's Hospital in Milwaukee, offers parent-to-parent support, information, referrals and help connecting to community resources. Programs and services are available to patient families as well as families who do not have children in our Milwaukee hospital or clinics.
Nurturing Parents/Parent Power is a weekly program that explores creative and effective ways to encourage positive behaviors and life experiences for you and your child. Using nurturing parenting techniques, moms and dads learn how to raise healthy, caring children and the importance of making time to care for themselves.


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The most familiar of all dolphin species — bottlenose dolphins — live all over the world and travel in ever-changing social groups. These charismatic and intelligent marine mammals feature extraordinary adaptations and behaviors, allowing them to thrive in an often harsh ocean habitat, only vulnerable to our impacts.
If belugas are known for their songs at sea, a dolphin's call is its whistle, which actually acts as its personal calling card. In fact, their signature whistle is so distinct that scientists can identify individual dolphins by looking at their whistle shapes on a sonogram. At SeaWorld, we can tell them apart in a much less scientific way — by their personalities!
Connect with our dolphins at Dolphin Point. Dolphin Point offers a unique, open water exhibit where guest have the opportunity to watch the dolphins and maybe even touch one. Want to get even closer? Sign up for the unforgettable Dolphin Interaction Program or the Dolphin Encounter.
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< Jan. 02, 2013 > -- Need help deciding on a New Year's resolution? Below are six more health stories from the past year that may encourage you to make a healthy change.
The American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association released a joint statement endorsing the use of artificial sweeteners. That includes Splenda, Equal, Sweet'N Low, stevia, acesuflame-K, and NutraSweet. The two groups said that these sweeteners may help people maintain or even lose weight. The catch? Use the sweeteners to cut overall calories, not as an excuse to overindulge on high-calorie foods. Here are more tips on cutting your junk-food intake.
Exercise should be your mantra whether you have diabetes or want to prevent it. That's the conclusion of a pair of studies published last year. In the first study, researchers examined data on nearly 6,000 people with diabetes. Those who got regular exercise-whether traditional exercise like biking or walking, or general activities like gardening or housework-were less likely to die early. The second study found that men who got regular aerobic exercise and weight training were less likely to get type 2 diabetes. Regular exercise is one way to manage or prevent type 2 diabetes. Watch this video to learn more about the condition.
Researchers analyzed more than 200 studies of organic vs. conventional foods. They found no consistent differences in vitamin content or health benefits between them. They did conclude that organic produce was 30 percent less likely to be contaminated with pesticides. But the amount of pesticides found on conventional fruits and vegetables fell within allowable limits. Organic chicken and pork also appeared to cut exposure to antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Whether you pack your plate with organic or conventional foods, focus on healthier eating. This guide can help.
Which do you prefer-a casual stroll around the block or a vigorous walking workout? If you want to help prevent metabolic syndrome, often a precursor for type 2 diabetes and heart disease, you should go with choice No. 2. That was the conclusion of a study that followed more than 10,000 adults for up to a decade. Along with picking up the pace, click here for some other ways you can rev up your walking workout.
Even if you have no risk factors for cardiovascular disease, you may still be at increased risk for it. Researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago found that U.S. adults overall have more than a 55 percent risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Among people with no risk factors-such as smoking or diabetes-the risk is still more than 30 percent. Across all ages, people who had no risk factors had a lower lifetime risk than those with at least two major risk factors. Do you know your risk for heart disease? Use this interactive assessment to find out.
Having high blood pressure puts you at risk for stroke. For African-Americans, the condition can be especially hard on the heart. Late last year, a study found that uncontrolled high blood pressure may greatly increase this group's risk for stroke, particularly in those ages 45 to 64. But no matter your race or nationality, it's important to know your blood pressure numbers and to keep them under control. Become better informed about high blood pressure with this quiz.
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October 2010 Indie Next List
"A futuristic Eden is inhabited by Adam and Eve (also known as Lucy) who are both recovering from physical and emotional injuries. They find themselves in an oasis of warm sun, where plants bear fruit and animals give milk. But Lucy is secretly carrying a different version of the beginning of life that was newly discovered under the sands of Egypt, and is being sought by those who would kill to keep it from being released. This is an enchanting tale powerfully told, incorporating romance, adventure and suspense. Another original novel from a marvelous author."
— Karen Briggs, Great Northern Books and Hobbies, Oscoda, MI
What happened to Eden?
The New York Times bestselling author of Ahab's Wife, Four Spirits, and Abundance returns with an audacious and provocative novel that envisions a world where science and faith contend for the allegiance of a new Adam & Eve
Her books have been hailed as "exceptional" (People); "enchanting" (Entertainment Weekly); "of great cultural and historical importance" (New York Times Book Review); and "original and affecting" (Los Angeles Times). One of the most imaginative and inspired writers of our time, Sena Jeter Naslund masterfully uses her craft to lay bare the poignant complexity of humanitythe passion and despair, the ignorance and frailty, the genius and resilience that define us. From Victorian London to civil-rights-era Alabama, from nineteenth-century New England to revolutionary Paris, her novels offer profound insight and startling truths about human experience. Now, with Adam & Eve, she delivers her most ambitious and encompassing tale to date.
Hours before his untimelyand highly suspiciousdeath, world-renowned astrophysicist Thom Bergmann shares his discovery of extraterrestrial life with his wife, Lucy. Feeling that the warring world is not ready to learn ofor acceptproof of life elsewhere in the universe, Thom entrusts Lucy with his computer flash drive, which holds the keys to his secret work.
Devastated by Thom's death, Lucy keeps the secret, but Thom's friend, anthropologist Pierre Saad, contacts Lucy with an unusual and dangerous request about another sensitive matter. Pierre needs Lucy to help him smuggle a newly discovered artifact out of Egypt: an ancient codex concerning the human authorship of the Book of Genesis. Offering a reinterpretation of the creation story, the document is sure to threaten the foundation of the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religions . . . and there are those who will stop at nothing to suppress it.
Midway through the daring journey, Lucy's small plane goes down on a slip of verdant land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the Middle East. Burned in the crash landing, she is rescued by Adam, a delusional American soldier whose search for both spiritual and carnal knowledge has led to madness. Blessed with youth, beauty, and an unsettling innocence, Adam gently tends to Lucy's wounds, and in this quiet, solitary paradise, a bond between the unlikely pair grows. Ultimately, Lucy and Adam forsake their half-mythical Eden and make their way back toward civilization, where members of an ultraconservative religious cult are determined to deprive the world of the knowledge Lucy carries.
Set against the searing debate between evolutionists and creationists, Adam & Eve expands the definition of a "sacred book," and suggests that true madness lies in wars and violence fueled by all religious literalism and intolerance. A thriller, a romance, an adventure, and an idyll, Adam & Eve is a tour de force by a master contemporary storyteller.
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"[Adam & Eve] transcends the boundaries of the genres it flirts with. In the hands of a lesser storyteller, it might degrade into a flimsy pastiche, but Sena Jeter Naslund's lyrical, exact prose kept me engaged."
"Surprisingly affecting. "
-New York Times Book Review
"This is a wonderful, wonderful novel ...[Naslund] has blown a deep breath of life into Four Spirits."
-Detroit Free Press
"Filled with the fear Naslund witnessed, the characters ...come to life ....Naslund succeeds splendidly in making history a page-turner."
-USA Weekend
"An intense treat, powerfully written, Ahab's Wife is one of the best contemporary novels I have read in years.
-Louise Erdrich on Ahab's Wife
"Exceptional...A richly detailed portrait of an opulent, turbulent time, revealing the Queen's journey from frivolity to responsibility, and from palace to prison cell to be one of striking beauty and terrible loss. 4 stars."
"A wealth of period details...the queen faces imprisonment and beheading with both charm and a new dignity, even the most cynical reader will wish for a last-minute pardon."
-Christian Science Monitor
"This is a brave and multifaceted book, propelled by a mission, and ...it is a page-turner."
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"To describe the elements of this ambitious novel is to sound unhinged, but Naslund pulls it off. This thriller is rich in brilliant discourses on religion, fanaticism, the meaning of ancient cave art, the speculative future, and love."
-Library Journal on ADAM & EVE
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"[A] charming parable...but along the way, Naslund weaves into the story an effective condemnation of dogma and religious zealotry as well as an understated plea for open-mindedness and tolerance."
-Boston Globe
"Adam & Eve is a book about passions—a carefully crafted mosaic of devoted love, gut-wrenching betrayal, religious extremism, scientific inquiry, artistic expression…a wonderfully imaginative romp."
-Huntsville Times on ADAM & EVE
"Adam & Eve has the potential of making not simply a splash, but a small tsunami. The novel is nothing less than a futuristic gloss on all creation, pitting religious fundamentalism against the discovery of extraterrestrial life"
-Louisville Courier Journal
"[Naslund] shed[s] light on what the creation myth (and religious fanaticism) reveals about the human condition: that however formative our beginnings may be, they can always give way to the drama of rebirth. In Adam & Eve, Naslund asks, Which is really more important to us?"
"Naslund's insight and craftsmanship ...capture the complexities and cultural nuances of the times."
-San Diego Union-Tribune
"A really satisfying surprise ending."
-Alabama Writers' Forum on ADAM & EVE
"Scrupulously researched and vividly presented…it's an irresistible story, and Naslund handles its big moments…with impressive assurance. Naslund has done her homework, and imagined her complex, bewitching protagonist in persuasive depth and detail. The result is an exemplary historical novel. "
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The council bodies that run about 75 per cent of Super City services have been told to front up in person to give an account of their performance.
The seven council-controlled organisations (CCOs) appear before the council's accountability and performance committee four times a year - the main public platform to hold the commercially-focused bodies accountable for their actions.
A Herald report last month found that the unelected stewards have largely ignored a plea from Mayor Len Brown for openness and transparency and lock the public out of most meaty decisions. When officers suggested that the CCOs be let off the hook from presenting their annual reports in person on the grounds they had been audited and no decisions were required, the committee voted this down by 8 votes to 6.
Councillor Cameron Brewer said the idea of posting the annual reports to councillors was an outrageous case of the CCOs preferring to operate without political scrutiny.
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David Schneider
Since the advent of plate tectonic theory in the 1960s, geologists have recognized that that many parts of the earth's crust and mantle move horizontally. But most of that motion is exceedingly sluggish: usually less than 10 centimeters a year, which would barely outpace a growing fingernail. Four years ago, seismologists Xiaodong Song and Paul Richards (both then at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory) discovered that one part of the solid earth—the inner core—moves quite a bit faster, rotating in such a way that much of its surface shifts more than 10 kilometers a year. Such breakneck speed is possible because the inner core floats within a immense liquid shell.
Other seismologists have confirmed the inner core's "super-rotation" (relative motion to the east). But estimates for the rate have differed widely. Wei-jia Su, Adam Dziewonski (both of Harvard University) and Raymond Jeanloz (University of California, Berkeley) reported in 1996 that it was about three times faster than Song and Richards found. Later some seismologists (including Su and Dziewonski) argued that zero relative rotation could not be ruled out. Yet others affirmed the eastward rotation but suggested rates three to five times smaller than Song and Richards's best estimate. Most recently, John Vidale, Paul Earle (both of the University of California, Los Angeles) and Doug Dodge (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) found strong evidence for a comparatively slow rate of rotation. Their analysis, which appeared in the May 25th issue of Nature, is especially notable because they approached the problem from a novel angle.
Other studies examined the speed of seismic waves refracted through the inner core. These signals can reveal motion because the inner core has a "grain," like a ball sculpted from a single piece of wood. Seismic waves move faster when they travel from the north pole of the inner core to the south (or vice versa) than they do when they take a more equatorial route. The grain, or fast direction, runs largely north-south but not entirely so: It appears to be tilted over by about 10 degrees.
It was this slight deviation from perfect axial symmetry that allowed Song and Richard to test for relative rotation in the first place. They examined seismic waves passing through the inner core along essentially one path and saw how the speed changed with time. What they found was a slight shift—about a third of a second difference in arrival times over three decades. The effect was subtle, because they did not have a lot of older measurements to work with: Finding sources and seismometers with just the right geometry to track waves that penetrate the inner core is quite difficult, especially when one is trying to find records from decades ago. Although their fundamental observation of changing travel times has held up, the model of the inner core that they used proved overly simple, which probably explains why their original estimate for the speed of rotation was exaggerated.
Vidale and his colleagues also compared seismic records from different years. But instead of using waves that had shot clear through the inner core, they looked at ones scattered backward from it. In a sense, they did not rely on the grain of the inner core but on its lumpy constitution. (It is as if the wooden-ball core has many small knots in it.) Such scattered seismic waves have small amplitudes and are hard to distinguish from background noise. But Vidale and his co-workers took advantage of recordings collected with one of the most sensitive instruments ever, the long-defunct Large Aperture Seismic Array (LASA)—a vast deployment of seismometers in eastern Montana, installed to monitor Soviet nuclear tests between 1965 and 1978.
In fact, the seismic waves Vidale used came from two such Soviet blasts, conducted in 1971 and 1974. These huge explosions injected a considerable amount of seismic energy into the deep earth, some of which reflected off of lumps in the inner core and reached the array of instruments in Montana. Because LASA was hundreds of kilometers across, it can, in a sense, be steered like a radar antenna (even now) by suitably combining the many individual signals that were recorded. With the array pointed toward the eastern side of the inner core, Vidale and his colleagues found that the scattered waves arrived after a slightly longer delay in 1974 than in 1971; with it pointed to the western side, the scattered signals arrived after a slightly shorter delay. This pattern coincides with the inner core rotating to the east at about 0.15 degrees per year, which shifts its equator annually by about 3 kilometers.
"It was serendipity," says Vidale of how he first conceived of this approach. He was studying the mantle using seismic waves that by happenstance also penetrated the core. "I got bored one day and tried to identify every arrival I had in this 40-minute recording," Vidale recalls. Some of the signal he saw did not fit with what was expected for the known layering within the earth: "We finally figured out that it was energy scattering around within the inner core," indicating that there must be some complicated structure therein. "Once we identified it, we realized we had a very sensitive means of testing inner-core rotation."
So Vidale's team was somewhat lucky to have stumbled on the key observation. Indeed, they were lucky to see these LASA data at all. Although LASA was a massive, well-funded project, the measurements collected for military purposes during those Cold War years had not been archived. In fact, the data tapes had been languishing in a subcontractor's warehouse in Virginia and were about to be dumped when they were rescued by members of the U.S. Geological Survey's Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory. These scientists saved the tapes from destruction but have not yet been able to recover much data from them, something that has proved a considerable challenge.
Harold Bolton, a seismologist at the Albuquerque lab who helped Vidale's colleague Paul Earle recover the pertinent records, notes that one tape in five is just barely readable now, because "the oxide just kind of sloughs off." Bolton is working with others in the USGS to find ways to bake the oxide in place, keeping it there long enough to read the data onto another medium.
Older seismic data are valuable for many studies, not just those that examine how the inner core has changed with time. Yet the general lack of enthusiasm for keeping such measurements in an orderly form makes it difficult for seismologists to gain access to vintage records. Indeed, the library of seismic signals that Song and Richards used to such advantage in 1996 (microfilmed traces from the World-Wide Standardized Seismograph Network) is precariously preserved too. The original microfilms, once stored at the USGS National Earthquake Information Center in Boulder, were discarded, leaving only three extant copies (one of which is now housed at the Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory, not far from the LASA tapes). Bob Hutt, director of that laboratory, reports that another set, at USGS headquarters in Reston, Virginia, is unorganized and "in imminent danger of being thrown out." Such worries have prompted him and his coworkers to try to save this vast library from oblivion by scanning the microfilm copy he oversees and putting the digital images on CD-ROM. But as yet, they have not obtained the necessary support from the rest of the seismological community.
Earle notes that old seismic records contain signals from large nuclear-weapons tests, making them (in all probability) unique: "Hopefully we're not going to have any more blasts of [magnitude] seven." So studies like the one he carried out with Vidale would be impossible to mount with new data. Richards also laments the continuing loss of seismological measurements from prior decades. "I've got projects all over the world trying to look at old archives." He points out that neglect of the microfilms from the World-Wide Standardized Seismograph Network and the poor treatment of the LASA tapes pales in comparison to what he has seen happen to seismological data obtained by the Soviet military during the Cold War: "They did a much better job of throwing things out than we did."—David Schneider
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It is from the TV show How I met Your Mother. When Robin tries to say "Ted, I love you." She ends up saying "Ted, Falalffe"
"I love you."
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Quite possibly the most offensive word to date, fallaffle insults any man, woman, or child who has any opinion of any kind. It also applies to animals including germs and seamen (we dont know what those count as). If you are dead, you are still offended. This word is prejidice against all races and cultures and is so powerful it causes buildings to shake and crumble to their foundations and makes 50 cent himself toss both quarters down the drain, fall to his knees, and weep. Religion is the most powerful form of opinion and therefor is insulted more than any other catagory.
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Christian Sanowski has taken advantage of edisoncarter's advancements with his CheatDevice v0.5 video recorder with this cool download. The LCS Video Viewer enables you to watch videos you captured in game via the PSP Web Browser through the address "file:/viewer.htm". It works for all firmware above 2.0, so most people shouldn't have compatibility issues. The installation seems rather easy, and the layout is user-friendly and customizable. One downside is, however, it can't play files that are too big, but newer versions might fix that.
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I think Naruto has received so many power-ups in quick succession during this arc that people just don't really realize how ridiculously powerful he is become.
The guy just supercharged thousands, tens of thousands of fodders into pseudo Jinchuuriki increasing their power hundreds folds without breaking a sweat and chakra cloaked them into a blade that cut the limbs of a being who knocked down a Bijuudama with a flick of its finger.
Learning something new is so last year, now it's just do it. Whatever *it* is.
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You don't need to be a genius to do something intelligent, you just need nine hundred and ninety-nine failures and one success. Trial and Error is the simplest yet most universally applicable method of learning and Naruto just happens to be a master of the process (or at least a potential master).
edit: Not that Naruto will ever actually live up to his potential. As Hunter says, Naruto just needs to "do it".
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They just keep growing infinitely, that is until the end of the story.
I agree that the current Naruto is weaker than Hashirama in his prime. However what we see is Hashirama's full power, but Naruto has a lot of room for improvement, in both jutsu and power level. Just remember that the ultimate ninja is not Hashirama or Madara, it was the Sage of 6 paths when he became the host of the 10-tails. So if you want to talk about a "power ceiling" it's better to say that the ceiling is the sage's level. I think it all depends on how far Kishimoto wants to take the story and what opponents he can invent for Naruto. Because currently the only worthy opponent for a Naruto that becomes even stronger than Hashirama would be a revived Madara who becomes the host of the 10-tails (he can become if he takes half of the kyuubi out of Minato and captures Bee). That way Madara would be as strong as the sage of 6 paths and also have his EMS and wood powers too. I don't see how could Sasuke become such an opponent unless it turns out that he was genetically engineered by his father and Tobi to awaken the rinnegan plus he becomes the host of the 10-tails. That would be a challenge for Naruto, otherwise it would be boring to see Naruto easily overpowering all enemies.
Currently i believe that Kishimoto wants to return Obito to the good side at the end of the war, so he won't revive Madara, thus Madara can't become the 10-tails' host. Obito might use his rinnegan to do a mass revival, betraying Madara. On the other hand the current Sasuke does not seem determined to kill Naruto, rather he seems confused, doesn't know what he should do. And if Hashirama's talk-no-jutsu is half as good as Naruto's then i don't know what events should happen in order to have Sasuke as the final villain. But even if neither of these become the final super-villain, there's always Orochimaru to entertain us
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Yeah so you can learn how it works, but eventually you reach the cap of how skilled you can get at something. There are people who spend their whole lives practicing a particular type of sport, but never achieve olympic level.
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...But, it is said that if you spent 10 years doing any specific task, then you will eventually master said task. Since Naruto has the option of 'living' 10 years in a month, then why couldn't he master everything?
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But now everything has changed, he's not the same person as he was back then. I don't think it would be a wise idea for him to go "goodie goodie" again, he's past that stage with all the anguish that he has caused throughout the years. I mean it's because of him that Naruto's father died. I just don't see him converting but what I could see is, at the point of his defeat, realize that Naruto was right, and have a near death revelation and convert right before his death.
If that's what you had in mind, then that seems more plausible to me...though still not what I would want to see.
So I think the point is that Naruto has the potential to be that great, to be strong enough to perform a variety of jutsus. Since he has clones, he can also learn them in a quick fashion. I find this idea interesting, and I wonder why Orichimaru never bothered to learn the shadow clone justu, if his goal is still to master all jutsus, this would have been an invaluable tool..that is if he has the chakra for it.
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Well either way the conditions for that haven't been met yet. Right now he is still dead set on creating an illusionary world.
Unless he decides to turn totally at random without having actually been proven wrong. Because of something silly like "Kakashi's feeling".
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Why was he able to go sage mode better than Jiraiya? Just because. Why is his tailed beast mode better than B's? Just because. Why is he able to do a chakra bomb while not in full kyuubi mode? Just because.
If you aren't getting the picture, Naruto's massive power ups really have no explanation other than natural talent. This is even justified in his lineage, son of a lost, legendary clan and Minato, the prodigy badass normal. Who else alive has a better pedigree than Naruto? Kishi basically is knocking us over the head with how special Naruto is.
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Jody and Amanda try to solidify their stranglehold on the housewives' social circle. After failing to land Robin, they try Ioulia, and they momentarily succeed when Mary backs out of the elegant Russian's birthday at the last minute, but they just can't seem to land the big fish. Meanwhile, Mary is organizing her own birthday party, and Jody organizes a competing event to sabotage it.
Ronnie and Mary come to a turning point in their relationship after the Amazon's mental breakdown in the last episode. Ioulia stands up for herself better than any of the other housewives, confronting Amanda about why she has such a problem with her. Meanwhile, Jody continues to bask in the limelight of starring on Top Chef Canada, pretending she's BFF's with Toronto's elite class. As usual, all hell breaks loose every time these hags get together.
Social sectarianism is on full display as Jody manages to isolate Mary on the fringes of the group. Ioulia hosts a saucy art party and Amanda promises to "keep my pussy in my pants, thank you very much!" Meanwhile the show-jumping grand prix approaches where Mary and Robin will sing their countries' national anthems, as viewers hope beyond hope that the Texan can pull hers off.
Mary proves she just doesn't have the wherewithal to stand up against the people who are being mean to her. She meets machine-gun fire with a rhetorical pellet gun. Meanwhile, Robin just can't accept that she's not a very good singer, Amanda tries to make peace with Ronnie and Ioulia looks to have abandoned the enterprise altogether. Who can blame her?


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Where will the Town Manager live and at whose expense?
Original post made by Peter Carpenter, Atherton: Lindenwood, on Jan 13, 2013
Report: City Manager Rodericks
Recommendation: Direct the Mayor and Vice Mayor to work with the City Manager to revise his contract to adjust for the housing benefit
Atherton has a tradition of having a Town Manager who resides within the Town. The Council is now considering, ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, a policy/compensation change which will change that tradition.
The Town Manager has publicly stated:
"Rodericks said distance has its advantages."
"From a city manager's perspective, sometimes it's nice to go home," he said. "If you live in a small town, you're always on.".
Do we really want to pay our Town Manager More to be Less available?
If the Town Manager is paid NOT to live in the Town Manager's residence then the Town will bear BOTH the additional compensation expense as well as the cost of maintaining the existing and empty Town Manager's residence. And we will have a truly absentee Town Manager who lives in Marin and commutes to Atherton. What happens when a crisis or a natural disaster occurs?
I believe that Rodericks is doing an excellent job but this policy change would be a huge mistake.
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on Jan 14, 2013 at 6:08 am
I think if you dig deeper into the decision not to live in the Atherton residence was a result of George's first weeks on the job. Right from the start he walked into the Widmer-Dobbie-MeKeithen imbroglio. Mayor Widmer blamed him for sending out the unauthorized letter responding to the APOA. The he probably got a good taste of the micromanaging Dobbie and Widmer and then finished up being attacked by Kathy McKeithen in her "final fight on transparency" for his plan to communicate to all council members. One could only guess what else went but in the final week the long "studied" compensation/benefit package for unrepresented employees was mandated 5-0 by council and only delayed by a last minute objection by many in the town. George's just negotiated pay package was possibly lowered about 20%.
So George Rodericks has just taken the job and fully expected to sell his house (as reported by news articles)and move to Atherton. It was part of the pay package he expected and accepted. So one has to ask what happened? Although the reason may never be known it is fair to postulate that WMD happened and showed themselves in his first weeks. He probably thought that he did not need to uproot his family and work for people who just walked back his pay package and who are quite mean spirited and egocentric. The expectation of long term employment in Atherton was not in his future.
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on Jan 14, 2013 at 8:15 am
So true. Lance Armstrong is about to admit to Oprah that he was doping as a cyclist and he was forced to do so by WMD as well. It's really amazing what they are responsible for.
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Jan 14, 2013 at 12:49 pm
Marin is a rather long way off I'd say.
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Jan 15, 2013 at 8:10 am
I will keep all of this in mind if he runs for election again!
a resident of Atherton: West Atherton
on Jan 15, 2013 at 9:13 pm
Last time i checked, you cant force a city employee to live in the city where he works. The guy may make it at this job, yet. Hard to imagine...not wamting to live for free in Atherton...haaahahahaha


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