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Yeah, I PM'd Taco a few days ago about an ESB belt and the sling for this...Taco, Taco, Taco!!!
I can't wait for this all to come together!!!
Then I guess I'll let him handle it!!
I'll cast some resin blocks into the rear of the stock and the butt of the grip then, that way, you can just screw it in.
I'm gonna play it kinda safe, and close up the Preorder list. I've started to drag and burn out a bit, so I'm gonna tap the brakes a bit.
As I finish up the last bits of detail on the rifle, and start to get it cast, I'll do a few more updates, and get a rubber one made up. I've also had some help in making the internal armature even more rigid, and have elimintaed the heavy wobble we saw on the ROTJ. But we won't loose the 'squishy' factor, which will keep the rifle dropable during use.
A huge thanks for those who've paid their pre-order! I was able to get the supllies ordered quickly and efficently! Those who haven't paid, no rush, but be sure to sty on it!!
I'll pay as soon as my payment check comes in. Hopefully monday or thuesday
Oh, thanks!
LIke I said, no hurry!
Full payment sent via PP. Looks incredible.
wow this looks great
THanks! Now if I can just get it finished!!! I've had nasty migranes over the last three days. My body is literally sore!! Ugh . . .
Don't die on us man, we want our blasters!
JK, take your time...I'm in no rush!
man if you need to rest yourself then do it. nothing is worth hurting yourself over. I'm in no hurry for my blaster. if you need to take a little break then by all means do it. and by little I mean like a couple hours just kidding. take youre time hotshot.
Just checking in to see if there has been any added progress? Hope you're getting the rest you need, thanks.
Yea, I took Sunday and Mondy off(did light house work, small paper prop projects, napped alot), and am pretty worried about my head. Five solid days of migranes/headaches. Went to the doc on Monday, he had no clue. Some blood works being done, and they recomend a CAT scan, but those will both tell me things I already know . . .
My blood's full of Wendy's and my head is very thick.
My masuess buddy thinks I've got a pinching nerve in my neck, and once she worked on my shoudlers and neck, the problem went away . . .weird.
Either way, I'm fine, and will stay on it. Frickin' drama . . . .
Anyway, the stock's all done, and has a nice wood grain texture, and I'm just touching up the stock greeblies on from and back of those mounts, and then we're done! As we get closer to the weekend, I'll update befoe we all take the weekend off.
Have you ever tried a chiropractor? I went through the same thing, terrible headaches that would bring me to my knees, my Doc thought I had a brain tumor, did an MRI, no deal, gave me some pain medicine, I thought "screw that" and got an adjustment on my neck, I haven't had problems since. Hope you get to feeling better soon.
I have a cure for all you aches and pains......2 words..... HOT TUB
Ours is broken . . . with fall fast approaching.
Any updates?
Nothin' huge to report, just finishing up all the fine detialing now, small filling here and there. I'll post pics once the final coat of paint's on here for molding.
Mostly getting the ROTJ caught up completely.
Oh, I do have all the MMP tubes cut, painted and done. They look pretty smashing!!
Oh, and I should also note, I'll be using a really cool reddish powder on the middle stock greeblie to make it look like red adonized metal.
Also, one spot IS OPEN.
If you're on the interest list, get your cash in so I can order the rest of the supplies (boxes, packing material, etc. all the project supplies are here)
If i don't hear from those above by the end pof the weekend(I'll PM you), I'll open your spot up for someone else!
Sorry, but for clarification do you mean get the pre-order cash in or the balance after the pre-order (full payment)?
Preorder balance . .definatly NOT the total balance.
Some have paid in full, but that was their choice (big thanks to them!)
Full payment sent. I hhave had some money problems lately, hence the slow payment.
Got your payment, thanks!!
I've PM'd the those who've not gotten there money in, or whom I've not heard from.
Be sure to let me know!!
One spot is currently open for anyone who may want to jump in!
A note on the rifle, a new ROTJ mold hase been made for future runs/orders, and those improvments have also made it over to the ESB rifle. I'm excited to update, and you guys won't be diappointed!
Ps: The date I paid on, was the 9th of a smileyface month according to your post xD
Edit: I WANT IT NOW! Im sitting here drooling on my keyboard and screen because of these rifles.
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Original post made by Jeb Bing, editor of the Pleasanton Weekly, on Mar 29, 2010
As an 18-year-old, he took a job at the new General Motors assembly plant in Fremont, and then in 1984 was hired on at the New United Motor Manufacturing factory, which was a breakthrough joint venture of GM and Toyota using the same plant, which was then expanded.
Today, at age 60, Villegas just a few days worth of work to complete before NUMMI closes its plant -- the only automobile manufacturing facility left in California -- putting him and some 4,700 other employees out of work in one of the worst recessions we've seen in half a century.
Villegas is probably best known locally as the winning boys soccer coach at Amador. The team just ended its winter season, making it to the North Coast Section playoffs for the 11th straight year -- and for the 12th time since Villegas started coaching there 13 years ago. Long ago, when he first started coaching junior varsity at Foothill and later at Moreau Catholic, he rearranged his schedule at NUMMI to start at 3 a.m. daily so that he could be back on campus for soccer practice when school let out. If he finds another job, he'll ask for a similar schedule so that he can coach his highly talented Dons team when the season starts again in November.
Unlike some others at NUMMI, Villegas still sings the praises of the company's management and workforce, which has produced hundreds of thousands of vehicles over the years. As a team leader, he helped learn and introduce the productivity skills and quality control that Japanese management brought with them to the joint venture. Different from conventional assembly line manufacturing, NUMMI employees worked as teams from top management to the maintenance department, celebrating together every improvement in output.
What puzzles Villegas is why Toyota is shuttering the plant which has gained worldwide recognition for its quality and productivity. But once General Motors pulled out of the joint venture agreement because of bankruptcy, the NUMMI contract became vulnerable, especially with Toyota already having its own plants in several southern states and Canada, including a new plant in Tennessee that stands empty.
Villegas says that NUMMI and Toyota are being fair to its Fremont-based employees, offering sizeable retention packages for those who stay at their jobs through April 1 with additional support promised in retraining programs and job searches. Although there's been some bitterness over Toyota's decision, for the most part the same can-do spirit that permeated the NUMMI workforce has continued in the last six months since the plant closing was announced. It's possible, he says, that the prestigious J. D. Power Gold Award for manufacturing efficiency could go to NUMMI, an award that would be presented in May to a plant that would then be empty.
Villegas has lived here all his life. With his wife Marilyn, also an Amador graduate, the couple has three children: Ken Jr., now 39; daughter Jennifer Villegas Sanford, who lives in New York City with her husband Andy and their four children; and Anthony, 33. Ken Jr. and Jennifer also graduated from Amador, but Anthony, who was in the seventh grade when Pleasanton Middle School opened, followed his friends to Foothill, where he played on the Falcons soccer teams.
Villegas says that with the retention package offered by NUMMI, his unemployment compensation until he finds another job and a pension that he can start collecting in two years when he turns 62, he and Marilyn will be able to continue living in Pleasanton. Many fellow workers live here, too, with hundreds more living in the Tri-Valley. He's concerned for those who are losing their jobs at much younger ages who have young children, children in college and homes with larger mortgages. They'll need to find jobs quickly and Villegas, along with Human Resources assistance from Toyota, plan to do what they can to help them.
When he walks out of the NUMMI plant for the last time, though, Villegas will be taking a vacation -- probably still waking up early but traveling a bit with Marilyn to relax after 43 years of 8-to-10-hour shifts and many weekends also on the job.
Comments (29)
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 29, 2010 at 9:12 am
To Jeb Bing,
While reading your article, I am reminded by the hypothetical story of a teenager who kills his parents and then pleads with authorities to have mercy on him because he is now an orphan.
Mr. Bing, you and the PW are partly to blame for NUMMI's demise because you have been promoting democrats like McNerney and Obama. The Obama Administration deliberately closed down NUMMI to eliminate competition. Period.
This was also corroborated by another individual who has posted on this TownForum who was in NUMMI management and was present in a meeting when the decision was handed down by the Obama Admin to close NUMMI.
I may be wrong with the above...and if so, I apologize. But this is what I have concluded by reading this TownHall forum when the decision was handed down.
a resident of Golden Eagle
on Mar 29, 2010 at 9:47 am
Ken Villegas is a great coach and is loved dearly by the Amador community.
Mark- shut it. This man is losing his job. Don't take this as an opportunity to point the finger.
a resident of another community
on Mar 29, 2010 at 10:00 am
wait 1 hot second, the obamas and the dem congress trot out one victim after another to show us why we all need a trillion dollar health care program, like it is going to save all of their lives--Obama admin condemned Mr Villegas career when Obama took over GM then GM pulled out of NUMMI few months later
obama doesn't need more CA voters, he will get millions more when he gives amnesty to all the illegals
Mr Villegas is a victim of the obama political machine
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 29, 2010 at 11:05 am
Dear BeQuiet:
Sorry, I will not "be quiet." I feel very very bad for the gentleman who lost his job because it is so wrong, so unnecessary. This "was" America where free-enterprise would reward those who worked hard and smart. Obama is the anti-Reagan and against all private sector companies in the US. My thoughts and prayers are with the gentleman and his family for this very avoidable closing of NUMMI, if the free-market were allowed to prevail.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 29, 2010 at 12:51 pm
I have known Ken since I started at NUMMI in 1990. Great guy and good luck Ken at least you are 60 not 42 like me. My last day is this Friday. Yes Mark is right, Obama finished us off and our union urged us to support him!
a resident of Downtown
on Mar 29, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Kevin, Mark, radical,
Is it also Obama's fault you are angry, intolerant, ignorant conservatives? Don't worry, I'm sure you guys can vent all this at your next white nationalist tea party get-together.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 29, 2010 at 7:34 pm
Jeb, what a nice tribute to your friend, and a very positive outlook on a tough situation. It sounds as though Toyota is doing their best to send these employees off with some assistance and I commend them for that.
My siblings (one a Ph.D. and the other with many years experience in her field) have both been out of work for over two years. It has been a rough go and we have all helped them as much as possible, but they blame no one and are still motivated to get back to work.
I wish your friend and the other employees all the best.
a resident of Del Prado
on Mar 30, 2010 at 9:44 am
So let me see if I understand. Since the Demoncats took over Congress in 2008 unemployment went from about 4.5% to its current level of 9.7%. 2008 the US budget was 2.9 trillion and this years budget is scheduled to be about 3.5 trillion dollars and going up up up up. The Obama Administration is not interested in creating job only destroying them. WHERE IS THE "LASER LIKE FOCUS ON JOBS"?
I feel bad for people who are losing their jobs but I'm pretty confident that most of them voted for Obama and his Demoncat Thugs.
I guess elections do have consequences so you must sleep in the bed you make.
a resident of another community
on Mar 30, 2010 at 10:12 am
Wow Connie - Not even a good try at repeating the knee jerk OFA response, the "everyone opposed to Obama is a racist teabagger" meme.
Please check your SEIU provided talking points, you are not supposed to include union members and the newly unemployed in your unhinged rant.
a resident of Downtown
on Mar 30, 2010 at 10:18 am
[Portion removed because it is abusive toward another commentor]
Sad to see all these jobs driven out of California and the U.S. by anti-business policies and union greed. Good luck to Ken and the thousands of others who will now be out of work at NUMMI and their suppliers.
a resident of Downtown
on Mar 30, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Hilarious that Connie's attack wasn't deleted by the PW. Apparently her race-baiting isn't offensive.
a resident of Val Vista
on Mar 31, 2010 at 2:05 pm
I am sitting here reading all these comments, and what is very apparent is this:
Neither party is working hard for the common man/woman working hard every day to put food on the table and have a clean place to live.
And this is sad, very sad. BOTH parties work hard for their CORE, aka far right or far left. So the other 80% of us get stepped on.
We need more independent thinkers who will cross lines, and not just talk about it. And now I feel like a political commercial.
But the sad fact is, until we (80%) put more people in office who will actively work for us, we have no one to blame.
I feel bad for all the 4k plus people who lost their job at NUMMI.
And jobs are hard to get, I know this from personal experience.
So if people act instead of complain, we might be able to get something accomplished.
But who am I, just another commentator.
a resident of Downtown
on Apr 2, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Mark, get over yourself. This article is not about Obama. Step away from the computer and get out of your mother's basement.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 2, 2010 at 6:20 pm
MP...You just don't get it.
The closure of the NUMMI plant is EVERYTHING about the VILLAN OBAMA, as well as the plight of the victims who are the former employees and their families.
I believe this closure is against the US Constitution. Where in the Constitution does it allow the Federal Govt to ...
1. Fire the CEO of a private sector company
2. Acquire that company
3. Close down another private sector company that did absolutely nothing illegal.
This is WRONG!!!
These good people should be back at work building wonderful cars that they've been doing!
If you and others don't realize the dangerous precedent that Obama is setting, by shredding this Constitution and welding all kinds of power he shouldn't have in the first place, there are no limits to where he could strike next.
This should NOT be happening in America.
(Then again, he is not an American...hates this culture ... and is determined to destroy it. He is more dangerous than alQaeda because he is destroying America faster than alQaeda is.)
a resident of Downtown
on Apr 3, 2010 at 7:14 pm
Right on Doc!!! I wish more people would wake up from this politically induced fog that has taken over our nation. United we stand!!!! Divided we will Fail and Fall!!!!
a resident of Dublin
on Apr 4, 2010 at 7:59 pm
Janna is a registered user.
Mr. Villegas should feel quite fortunate. He's not had one single job loss since he started working in 1967? I'm sure he'll land on his feet and I'm sure he's got a pension or two and some savings.
a resident of another community
on Apr 5, 2010 at 10:25 am
Ladies and Gentlemen - there for you, in a quick nutshell, is the thinking of the far left. You see it is all relative, the government can almost literally sweep the legs out from underneath Mr Villegas, but he has it so much better than someone who is underemployed and driving a beat up Honda.
This kind of thinking, taken further, leads to stuff like this Web Link
a resident of Danville
on Apr 5, 2010 at 4:51 pm
Oh man, this is the gift that keeps on giving!
Jim, are you suggesting that the government should force GM to keep NUMMI open?
Weren't you AGAINST government involvement in business?
How you guys manage to type through those straight jackets is beyond me...
a resident of another community
on Apr 5, 2010 at 5:06 pm
Keep laughing as the industry you work in becomes the next target. If you work in the health insurance industry, you are not laughing with the passage of ObamaCare. If you work for SallieMae or a bank division doing student loans, you are not laughing. If you work at NUMMI, you are not laughing (unless you are just fine with the severance and benefits which I am sure a few are).
a resident of Danville
on Apr 5, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Oh, I AM, though!
a resident of Dublin
on Apr 6, 2010 at 10:09 am
Janna is a registered user.
Nice of you to put words in my mouth. Looking at the bright side of his situation is endorsing something? Huh?
The industry my husband worked in, IT, has had no government "take overs" and is still in the crapper. Who are you going to blame for that?
a resident of Dublin
on Apr 6, 2010 at 10:14 am
Janna is a registered user.
Notice Jim didn't actually answer your question about whether or not the government should intervene. He went right into scary boogy-man rhetoric.
a resident of Danville
on Apr 6, 2010 at 10:21 am
Oh, I noticed. Pleasanton Mom does the same thing by pretending you asked something else or changing the subject when defeated by logic or confronted with hard facts. How else are you going to keep the rage stoked?
a resident of another community
on Apr 6, 2010 at 11:17 am
I didn't answer because I have addressed it already in this thread and in others. I am not going to repeat myself everytime some joker twists my posts into something I did not say.
here is what a comment above says:
Obama admin condemned Mr Villegas career when Obama took over GM then GM pulled out of NUMMI few months later
obama doesn't need more CA voters, he will get millions more when he gives amnesty to all the illegals
Mr Villegas is a victim of the obama political machine
my full thread:
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a resident of another community
on Apr 6, 2010 at 11:28 am
jimf01 is a registered user.
And I had better log in so I don't get my comments mixed up with those co-opting my identity in this blog.
Janna, you asked me a question you already know the answer to: The IT industry is still in the crapper. Who are you going to blame for that?
a resident of Highland Oaks
on Apr 8, 2010 at 4:30 pm
This is the 2nd time in living history that GM has hit the red in serious-enough numbers to change people's lives. If they can pull it out a second time, great; but, they should do it the same way they did the first time - on their own.
The closure is a business decision.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 17, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Coach, Oboma had 12 men on the field on this one. He deserves a Red Card!
a resident of Valley Trails
on Apr 20, 2010 at 10:33 am
Wow! There are some angry people out there. The one way to change what many of you believe this administration is doing or not doing is vote. As someone said once, "vote the rascals out". And what Doc said is very true. The 20% on both sides working for the CORE values of each party is not helping the 80% of us struggling to make ends meet. One does not even need to leave their house to vote. On the back of the ballot information you will receive in the mail is an application for an absentee ballot. You can have the ballot sent to your home each election. Fill it out, mail it back and you have just voted. VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!
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After not logging on here for about 6 months, you all just reminded me why I stopped to begin with.
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You got me, looks like a sea anemone. But I'm going to maintain my dignity and say it must be a southern flower I'm not familiar with...
The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams. -Henry David Thoreau
Is it a Dahlia?
Si hoc legere scis numium eruditionis habes.
onoin blossom ?
Everything happens for a reason. Time heals all wounds - time and a half heals them even faster
It's a composite flower, if it weren't so pale I'd say it was a dandelion.
- Ann, a Gardening Beek
That would be one monster dandelion!
Are the leaves oposite or alternate?
Without seeing the rest of the plant I will guess? A flower of the Button Bush.
The Busy Bee teaches two lessons: One is not to be idle and the other is not to get stung.
Lat 56N
That's not a flower, it's Phylis Dillers wig!
I thought Onion too but not watery enough.
I thought onion too, and since I have no other idea...I'll stick with onion...but, not placing any bets on it!
I think it looks like some kind of Thistle.
The bees love them.
Lat 56N
I was going to guess a thistle - we have Canadian thistle here, it is a darker pink than that one - it's a "weed" - but don't tell the bees that - they love it!
There are two different flowers there right?
First a thistle and second dutch clover?
Its actually Burdock....thistle is the family it belongs too.
Always question Conventional Wisdom.
Musk thistle, a cattle ranchers worse enemy. We go out every summer when the blooms are popping and dig them out. Now the government has introduced a predator that lays it's egg in the plant and the larva eats the developing seeds.
EDIT; I answered before I read the posts sorry.
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The Busy Bee teaches two lessons: One is not to be idle and the other is not to get stung.
the burdock we have up here is not spiny.
Definitely a thistle, but more spiny than any in this area. My book says the "upright, spiny leaves that surround the flowerhead make a good identifier" of a yellow thistle. I think you are right.
The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams. -Henry David Thoreau
thistle of some species, or at least that's my guess.
>the burdock we have up here is not spiny.
Someone mentioned Burdock. The closest you can get to Burdock is that Burdock and Yellow Thistle are both in the Composite family. But, I think that's the largest plant family.


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Mini-PC - Finished (New account and a new mod)
Okay, im making a really "****ing" tiny pc for my mom for christmast present.. idea is not to make any "Super" computer with crossfire's or sli's, just a regular computer with amd's apu technology.
so im super poor but i got this chance to make this and im gona use it, i dont have almost any tools at my own house but im in this "workshop" what city keeps up for jobless and stuff so we get something to do and we learn stuff... and im jobless so im in there and this is my possibility.
BUT WITH WHAT MONEY! - worry not, i have made thread of my htpc mod that didnt finished cause i got broke down.. well im using the apu 6 from there and sell some of the stuff to do this cause i really want my mom to have new computer.
- Scythe Big Shuriken 2 rev.B (probably)
- Ituner PicoPSU 150W (probably)
- 1x Scythe Kaze Jyu Slim 1000 (it's 100mm fan)
and the case is made from "MDF" what is some kind of glued wood, i know what it is but my English isnt good enough to explain it to you guys
the work start's on the next post.
PS: could someone please tell me how to ask sponsors? i am really broke and i could use a "free" motherboard, itx boards aint that cheap even thou they are small....
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|31st Oct 2012, 18:37
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Good luck with this mate, most of us can definitely relate to your pain of having "limited funds and ideas measured in tons" mentality
Hope it works out for you, and when all else fails just get creative with recycling existing materials! There are some really amazing project logs on this site from people who use 100% or nearly 100% recycle.
|31st Oct 2012, 18:46
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I could send you some stuff from my earlier mITX-projects. I've got a 450W SFX-PSU from a Silverstone Sugo 05 and a Prolimatech Samuel 17 lying around, if you're interested. Ontop I offer you some two very silent 120mm Scythe S-Flex 800RPM for cooling the whole thing.
All stuff in very good condition ofc and barely used.
For the motherboard... I've got a perfectly working Gigabyte H55N-USB3 with an i5-760 aswell, but you'd need a small GPU, as the i5-760 doesn't sport integrated graphics. Some 2 or 4GB RAM I should find aswell.
OH... and it's the wrong forum
EDIT: What the heck... I'd even throw you a perfectly fine and allmost unused LianLi Q08-B case with all the above, so you'd basically only need a small GPU and a HDD.
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|31st Oct 2012, 19:00
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so HERE WE GO!
idea is to make as small and quiet pc as possible for my mom to Christmas present : )
sorry i had "plans" what i modified on paper and theee paper is gone so it's just to wait and see what is coming : P
and sorry for no taking more pictures, im terrible with cameras and im always keep forgetting to take pictures
so i got my material and cutted some of the pieces off
time to glue the pieces together,
while the sides is gluing there is time to make a ventilation hole on the bottom part
i forgot (once again) to take pictures of the drilling but here is pictures of cutting session
oh and i made a smiley face : P
then time to take the most left overs away with a bigger toys..
and then just regular sanding
my lunch at the work shop... nomnom.
The glue has finally dry and it's looking good, looking better after sanding thou
test fitting with the bottom piece
the markings was made for scythe slip stream fan but i changed my mind.
i forgot to make the side ventilation holes before hand so i managed to find a way to make them afterwards, not the best way cause the circular saw isn't the best as you can see from the first cut.
but they arent that bad... and i tried to fix them a bit with a file but it wasn't good (the file i mean)
but but, time to glue bot to the sides...
and this is it for this time.
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|31st Oct 2012, 19:18
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i once saw it but it's so long and sometimes just so hard to understand : P ( im from Finland and not best at english but got to check it out again.
oh and about the recycle would work on some parts like i use my old prosessor and stuff but even on the case there aint much wood : D and some parts are just extremely rare in Finland to find used... but thanks for advise : )
Thanks for the offer but most of those isnt what i need but i really could use the Prolimatech Samuel 17 and the ram if you could find them and i could even pay something of them. basically i don't need GPU cause of the amd apu's, they already have gpu and im using apu 6.
|1st Nov 2012, 06:23
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Looking good!
But you should consider resizing your pics... Took my phone forever to load!
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|1st Nov 2012, 14:19
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and you could consider on using computer for bit-tech cause what iv seen and probably you also have seen that so many do doesn't resize the pictures and it would be a hella lot of hassle for everybody to resize all them pictures just for few who uses phone?
but still it's just my opinion.
|1st Nov 2012, 14:30
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Even when using a desktop screen the pictures don't fit properly as they are too big. Also they are not sharp and take forever to load. Each of your pictures is between 1.5 and 2.5 mb, so I probably have to download 50mb of data just to load this page.
Just batch resize your pictures to something like 800x600. Try Irfanview, it can resize all your pictures at one and it is free.
Feel free to correct this post per PN or otherwise to help me improve my English.
|1st Nov 2012, 14:59
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well i am sorry if my reply was i bit rude, and i think i really start to use some program to resize the pictures if even computer users have problems with them...
and oh the irony, my all pictures has been taken via phone : D
well got to give a try for that program u are telling about.
and still, sorry for the rudeness, had a bad day and i am a finn, we speak pretty much out loud ( the holy reason for all the many bar and hotdog stand fights :'D )
|1st Nov 2012, 15:07
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Using 4000x3000 pics is not cool, takes forever to load on my phone!
Edit: lol already was discussed..note to self: read replies before rambling own reply...
Nevermind, cary on!
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|1st Nov 2012, 15:07
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You are probably using Windows PC-you can do that in Paint. Not all of us have 10 Mbit net.
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|1st Nov 2012, 15:18
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okay okay, im change the resolution.. and besides i have 40/10 Mbit internet connection..
it will take some time that i change the pictures i allready have in smaller resolution.
|1st Nov 2012, 19:08
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so i sanded all the corners from the main box and test fitted the top piece and it was too big D:
sooo i had to go back to stationary belt sander
Now when the top fits perfectly it's time to make markings for ventilation so i get to drilling.
but but there is no platform for the drill so i had to make one... aaand there it is.
drilling going on..
and then time to use some sanding paper and file
and it's looking really good.. at least i think it looks good
I made also little feet for the pc what im gluing on, there will be also soft pads under the feet
also at the same moment i am using putty to fill some holes i made for screw's but they almost broke the whole thing apart... crack's.. dem crack's. and there also the wood glue i'm using
aaaand that was for today.. i will see what i get done tomorrow.
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|2nd Nov 2012, 09:15
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Thanks a lot! Much easier now to see what's going on.
Really looking good. I bet you mom is going to love this!
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|2nd Nov 2012, 14:35
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aaand i'm hoping the same thing my self, my mom is really good at crafting wood so there will be some "you could have done this like that" stuff but i think she will appreciate it anyways cause she loves when people give her something unique and self made more then anything expensive... she doesn't care money as long she doesn't have problems with money : )
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|3rd Nov 2012, 11:49
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|5th Nov 2012, 14:35
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Hello again, this is a small post because there will be a lot of waiting and i'm waiting some part's already
there should be coming some Phobya motherboard installation screws, Ituner PICOPSU 160W (only the inside part, i will get the transducer later.. and Lamptron Vandal power button..
oh yeah and waiting the motherboard from other place.
but here's some pictures
I got the feet glued up and sanded so the case wont "waggle" around
oh and had an accident with the 2.5" mount while i tried to make it smaller and it aint so pretty anymore :'D but it will work and nobody sees it : )
oh and i started painting it, the surface aint best cause the paint doesn't like paint and there wasn't any primer for the paint... : / but a little sanding and some more paint should do it.
i will first paint it fully white and the i reconsider using other colors as well in base BUT there will be some nice paintings with acrylic paint by my sister who is really good at painting.
oh yeah and the holes are dick to paint : D took me an hour to paint all the holes....
|13th Nov 2012, 17:04
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so i received the asrock A75M-itx mother board
quite nice motherboard.
now we got to test if it works but before i have to disassemble the old HTPC that i own for the cpu and the cooler, i tried to do it without landing anything anywhere cause i dont have the box for the cpu : D and i didn't replace the thermal paste cause the cooler will not be the final cooler.
So, here's the old system and i will take the cooler off..
the cooler has been removed and cpu changed to the asrock motherboard
then we remove the original amd cpu cooler stand offs for the bigger cooler (i don't have stock cooler anymore) and then we remove the old Asus motherboard from the case.
and there's my bunny also :3
now to connect these two with each others.
and now when iv have installed ram and power supply on it it's time to test it out..
aaand of course the HDMI just wont work without operating system..
so off to my girlfriends computer because i use DVI and i dont have adapter, and the motherboard takes only HDMI and VGA.
And Voila! it works,
and then a test fitting to the case : D and damnn it's a close call, i have the red antistatic plastic under the motherboard..
it's really nice to make small computers, so here's a size comparison to my hand and my antec 380W power supply, and it aint much bigger then my SilverStone Strider Gold Rvolution 1200W
power supply.
and now after these photos we can focus to the feet cause there aint much anything else to do while waiting the motherboard stand-offs, power button, 100mm fan and the power.
so i have this "stuff" i really don't know what this is but there is glue surface and soft surface on another, and made for this kind of use..
so first we draw and cut one piece off.
i juse one of the pads to measure the next three ones.
then remove the "protector" from the bottom and glue em up!
and we got a little more of spacing between the case and "floor" witch is good thing cause there will be the fan on the bottom of the case
and this is it for the next time when the package from jimm's arrives. i hope it's soon, it's been over 2 weeks now O.o but they are waiting the fan from the importer so cant blame jimm's for it.
PS: i got a job!! so i there will not be pictures of workshop, they will be at my home and my sister's place cause she and her boyfriend will help a bit.
see ya soon! i hope.
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Welcome everyone, start the new year cooking!
Happy New year
oh yes.. lets get cooking ..
I am cooking a pumpkin ravioli for supper today.
#2 Thu 05 Jan 12 12:48pm
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Re: Welcome everyone, start the new year cooking!
Last Night, I cooked a "Chilli con Carne" from the book: Revolu��o na Cozinha". I loved the recipes and I'm very happy with the book!
I'm from Brazil and I see your show in GNT Channel.
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I am cooking for my Class for the New Year. They had to watch the 'Great Britain' series as homework and vote for the recipe they wanted to try. It's part of our migration unit on multi-cultural britain. Thankfully no parents commented on your mobile pub name !!! A close call. Wish me luck!!!
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I'm fairly new here. Thanks so much Jamie for sharing your cooking with us. Thanks to you I'm able to find recipes and ways of cooking that take me back to childhood and my Grandmother. Roasted veg....BRILLIANT!!! flavor. Never would have thought of adding balsamic vinegar. One question...my gran used to make a breakfast that had braised kidney as a part of it. I was quite little but I remember that I really liked it but have not be able to reproduce an "edible" (yummy) breakfast like her's. Any ideas??
#5 Fri 06 Jan 12 6:46pm
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Re: Welcome everyone, start the new year cooking!
Hi, I'm looking for a recipe for shredless marmalade made with jam sugar and ordinary oranges and grapefriut. Please please can anyone help?????? Thanks
#6 Fri 06 Jan 12 11:25pm
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Re: Welcome everyone, start the new year cooking!
Hi, I've a little girl (13months old), who doesn't drink any kind of milk( she just hates it) and i'd like to get some recipe for her breakfast; because, she is really tired of Porridge.
Please help....
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I started making sourdough bread and polenta ............ but there is a cardo waiting to be cooked
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I'd love if someone could help me im 13 years old from Iceland and dont eat vegetables or fruits exept potatos, oranges and lime and lemon. I dont know why, I wanna but I was just born this way and I've never eat them I have never eaten them not even when I was little. I wanna eat healthy but I dont know any healthy meals without vegetables or fruits and the other members of my family wanna eat them but they cant because then I wont eat. I dont know how to make something healthy !
I wanna eat healthy, can you help me ?
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#9 Sat 07 Jan 12 9:33am
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Re: Welcome everyone, start the new year cooking!
IceBekkz , dont think its 'just how you were born ' as your tastes change as you get older , you are very young ( best you remove your age and personal details from your post as this is a very open forum ).
You might find that you start to enjoy vegetables or other fruits .It might just depend how they are cooked.
When I met my husband he basically ate.. meat and gravy ,cheese , fiish , potatoes , cakes and biscuits , would reluctantly drink orange juice , ate high bran breakfast cerals and thought salad was for rabbits and hever ate any fruit.
Now he will eat and enjoy any vegetabeof fruit that he finds ( except bananas ) , loves salad and seaks out different fruit juices. He really enjoys everything .
So just keep trying things in different places or cooked in different ways .
As for the rest of your family not eating them because you wont , I am sorry but this just seems to be something convinient for them to say !
I am a vegetarian and so I dont eat meat, this is because I realy dislike the taste and texture of it , I have tried plenty of different meats over the years.
It does not stop me cooking meat for my family or from them eating meat in frount of me.
So my advice it , try cooking the vegetables in different ways, maybe add some to a pasta sauce , maybe make a soup with some in. Maybe just make some chutney or ketchup . but most of all , keep trying little bits here and there over the years you might just ( as my husband found ) learn to really enjoy the fruits and vegetables and miss them if they are not part of your meals.
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Happy New Year.
Made my own pasta for the first time to see how to do it.
Following your recipe and instructions from one of the six of your recipe books bought for me by my husband for Xmas (clearly trying to tell me something)I made ravioli for the first time and filled with some left over smoked salmon and ricotta cheese. Pretty good if I say so myself.
I made spaghetti from the rest and dried it over the kitchen cupboard door
For a night and then let it dry off some more spread out on a sheet of greaseproof for a couple of days.
Had this last night for supper.
By far ...... It is the best pasta I have ever had. Not at all sloppy and wet after you've drained it and it absorbed the tomatoe sauce superbly. It was really light on your tummy and a bit of a triumph!
I am now a pasta enthusiast and will be trying tag today and drying lasagne sheets ......any tips on that Jamie?
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Wow amazing how time flies didn't realize it's been over a year since I updated this journal.
Quick update had a few months of neglected tank syndrome where I lost a few plants due to them not getting enough light since the duck weed made a dense mat on the surface lost all of my red plants due to the lack of light and almost all of my dwarf hair grass had on or two little clumps still hanging on and looking quite yellow. Didn't have the time to really stay on top of trimming so it happened again and again although not quite as long between trimmings. Life has calmed down once again and I can maintain weekly - Biweekly trimmings and just better able to keep things in check.
In the last 2 months I've brought the tank back closer to where I had it previously with a few new editions as well as some upgraded lighting and the addition of pressurized CO2 and a Ista Max Mix reactor things have really taken off.
I'll post up some pics soon still have to do a bit of maintenance before I'm ready to take new pics.
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OK Here the latest on the Progress so far added 5 more miniature cories (species escapes me at the moment) and 2 more Bosmani Rainbows and 6 Sunburst "Mickey Mouse" Platties.
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Sd760 Amazing tank. Love your plant selection.
Amandas tank Welcome back to the hobby! 8 years is a long time from my perspective since I've only been in for about 2 years. I like the progress of your tank! Looking good and nice choice on the lava rocks. The color looks fab with the plants.
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|Welcome back to the hobby! 8 years is a long time from my perspective since I've only been in for about 2 years. I like the progress of your tank! Looking good and nice choice on the lava rocks. The color looks fab with the plants.
|Amazing tank. Love your plant selection.
Added a few more fish to bring my stocking list closer to completion, currently in the tank are
Ok updated pics as of today
full tank shot
Left corner
Right Corner
And several random close ups of both Plants and Fish
4 week photo update
well it's been 4 weeks now water is clearing up nicely plants are doing well still having issues with BBA popping up on a few plants pruning the affected leaves whenever I find it. Added a DIY CO2 setup to help the plants grow a bit faster not expecting it to preform as well as a pressurized system but it's what I have available to me at the moment.
any way enough of the boring chit chat on to the pics.
Close up of a pair of my ghost shrimp
Few of the Neon tetras
2 out of 5 Pygmy Cory's
DHG Spreading nicely
Well it's been a few weeks now and the water has cleared up significantly no thanks to super storm sandy no power for 5 days but thankfully no losses.
Saw a small ammonia spike a day or so after the lights came back on went from 0ppm to .5ppm ammonia, nitrites jumped to 2ppm and nitrates were at 20ppm was going to do a 25% water change but had things get in the way and ran out of time to work on the tank that night. The following afternoon I retested the water parameters expecting things to have only gotten worse and was quite surprised to see ammonia holding at 0ppm, Nitrites at 0ppm and nitrates at 0 - 5ppm. Kept testing daily for the last week and everything seems to be holding steady at 0,0,0-5ppm (ammonia,Nitrites,Nitrates). Seems like the tank has cycled and fairly quickly at that. I did add Dr. Tims one and only about 5 days after filling the tank so that might have helped speed things up quite a bit, also got some live plants from an established tank may have also been a contributing factor.
I also have 4 neon tetras in the tank since a friend saw I had the tank setup and gifted me a few fish so the tank "wouldn't be so boring." well happy to say that they are all alive and happy I was quite worried for them for the first few days since ammonia was climbing up to 1ppm was doing 50% WC every other night to try to keep it below .25ppm after 4 or 5 days of that ammonia stabilized down to 0 - .25ppm now it reads a constant 0.
Well on to a few pics these pics were taken Nov. 5 2012.
Left side of tank
Center of tank
Right side of tank Never mind the Bottle filter it was just temporary to filter the water during the power outage. Thankfully I had a large 12volt battery and an inverter to run the power head and the air pump.
Weird angled full tank shot
And some close up shots of some of the plants in the tank and the neons.
Will post some more recent pics soon.
Just tested my water and must say I'm a bit surprised at my readings even did them twice to make sure.
This is only day 4 since the first water was put in.
Ph - 7.6 -7.5 tested with both high and low range Ph tests
Ammonina - 1.0ppm was at 2.0ppm just over 12 hours ago
Nitrite - 0 zip zero nada
Nitrate - 0.5 ppm ???? What how did this happen? Ran test 3 times same result every time.
I had dosed the tank with ammonia 4 days ago to about 4-5 ppm it dropped to 2ppm and stayed there until just about 20 min ago now it's at 1ppm.
Only thing I've added that might explain it is I've been dosing with Biozyme http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Biozyme as per the instructions.
I did one 80% water change on day 1 since the water was so cloudy I couldn't see more then 3 inches into the tank, since then it's cleared up alot still a little cloudy but it will clear up in time put in a DIY power head filter with poly fill and sponge to help polish the water a bit and get some of the extra fine sand that's floating around out of suspension, noticed a big difference after 6 hours so it's working now if only I could stop adjusting the plants it would be clear already.
As fpr cycling the tank was going to go with the fishless cycle method but i'm leaning more towards the silent cycle method at the moment since the tank is fairly well planted, any opinions?
Well minor update so far the BBA seems to be turning white not sure if it's a good sign or not but it seems to be dying off, one can hope.
Picked up a few more plants they are in the list in the first post.
Was going to do a fish-less cycle and started dosing ammonia to 4 ppm but have looked into something called a silent cycle and am considering going that route but after 2 days ammonia is still at 2ppm won't even consider adding any fish in till it gets down to .25 or less and even then no more then 3 fish 1" or less not trying to create a huge bio load right off the bat.
Thank you both of you.
Hoping to update at least 2 - 3 times a month all depends on what happens. Noticed what looks to be BBA or green hair algae on several of the leaves I've pulled as many as I can so far wondering what I need to stop this early since I don't want it taking over the tank. In all the years I've had tanks this type of algae I have yet to come across anything other then the common green algae on the glass and a few tank decorations.
Great details in the opening post
Looking forward to the updates.
Welcome to the dirty side.
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|2012-11-23, 12:17
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Yeah, "Smile" in this case refers to the synthetic fruits that CC is producing, not Dofla's jolly roger. Not that I doubt there's a connection between them, but I was specifically talking about the fruits.
I dunno.... to be honest, I sort of doubt that Luffy will ever have a proper reunion with Shanks. Mainly because I have a strong feeling that Blackbeard will kill him before (or by the time) that Luffy reaches him. It's kinda like how a few years back many people figured that Luffy would eventually fight Ace and Whitebeard before the events leading up to Marineford surfaced.....
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I would be surprised if Luffy fights Donflamingo before going after a Yonkou, unless he is in the way of getting to the Yonkou.
Little rant. Donflamingo thinks long term. Suspect he has other plans as well beyond the artificial fruits. He profits from war and will continue to put himself in a position to be a broker. In fact he has ordered the destruction of the SAD production room, LAW to be killed and for CC and Monet to return. I think Law's plan is to take down the Yonkou that depends on a Zoan army by devising a way to negate the artificial DF. Not sure on who the Yonkou is, but its probably Big Mom. Shanks: has own power and doesn't seem like the kind of leader that would have this type of army, BlackBeard: has own way to get DF fruits and is looking for powerful ones not just zoans, Kaidou: too early to introduce yet another yonkou imho. This gives Luffy and Law the means to attack Big Mom. They will probably team up with Kid, Apoo and Hawkins. Whose help they will need since I think Donflamingo will step in to help the Yonkou whose devil fruit army with be negated, in order to protect his reputation. (if not he has some other weapons which are better?), heck Crocodile might even come into the mix and replace Donflamingo if one of Kid, Apoo or Hawkins don't want it. If the supernovas don't come together they may take out two Yonkous and really bring in the new age, Kid and Luffy become Yonkous?
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With all that being said, I have a strong suspicion Kaido is the one doing business with Doflamingo.
|2012-11-24, 12:29
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That being said, it is true that Kaidou and Shanks likely didn't fight. Negotiating, maybe, if so what?
Kaidou seems like the scientist type, maybe even a disciple of vegapunk gone rogue. Given that, using science to better his army is possible.
Big Mom and Kaidou are likely the first two Yonkous to fall. What is the order and by who. I doubt, Luffy takes them both out.
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So if we go with your reasoning of why Kaido tried to stop Whitebeard, then that means Shanks intercepted Kaido only to tell him that it would be useless to try to dissuade Whitebeard, hence the reason why there was no fight between them (Shanks arriving at Marineford unscathed attests to this). But if Kaido was really concerned about preserving stability and order, why wouldn't he accompany Shanks to Marineford to try to stop the war as well? Perhaps he didn't want to risk any casualties/fatalities on his side? That sounds very unlikely seeing as how Shanks was willing to use force to end things. And surely 3 emperors uniting would be too much for the marines to handle, so it couldn't be that Kaido was afraid of losing anything.
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Oh and even if Kaidou didn't have hostile intentions, that wouldn't matter. He was going to oppose Whitebeards will. That means war.
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Big Mom's crew seems to be the strangest out of the 4 crews.. Smiles could explain why this is. Last but not least, all four Yonkou want power. In fact, everyone wants power to a certain extent, Whitebeard to protect his family, Kaidou for unknown reasons, Big Mom for self gratification (she seems to be addicted to sweets), Luffy for absolute freedom. It would not surprise me if the Yonkou in question was Big Mom, and the Smiles plotline could be a way of tying her in with Doffy's arc.
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Another thing to note is that Kaido has quite the fearsome wrath (according to one of his subordinates). With Whitebeard refusing to listen to whatever Kaido has to say, that would probably piss him off to the point where an actual battle would ensue. Shanks, with his good foresight, may have foreseen this, hence the reason why he stepped in.
All we could do at this time is speculate on what exactly happened between these 3 emperors. But my gut instinct tells me Kaido isn't a good person. Of course, I could very well be wrong. But like a few others have already mentioned, I would find it rather anti-climactic if Kaido doesn't turn out to be a villain.
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Uh.... aren't you kind of contradicting yourself here? The very fact that Drake IS an ex-marine makes his motives for joining Kaidou suspect in the first place. Like, what even drove him to become a pirate at all? Sure, his reasons could be similar to that of former admiral Z (disgusted with the WG's acceptance of famous pirates in their ranks), but that would pretty much be a rehash of Z's story right there. How do we know for sure that he DIDN'T just choose to go over to the "dark side" on his own volition.....?
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The difference here is that whilst some of the Shichibukai were indeed introduced before others, here, it is not a mere introduction. The fact that Doflamingo is a supplier to a yonkou means that if Luffy antagonizes him, he will be indirectly making a move against the Yonkou as well. He has already declared war on Big Mom; as Marvel and others have pointed out, the Strawhats are likely not strong enough to take down her whole crew by themselves. They will at the very least require the aid of Jinbei and Law, and maybe Kidd, Hawkins et al. Having Luffy face yet another Yonkou at the very same time would be overkill and over the top.
It makes sense for the Yonkou in question to be Big Mom, simply because she was introduced as an antagonist just 20 chapters ago. The Smiles plotline can tie Doflamingo in with her war against Luffy.
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Just out of curiosity, which emperor do you see being the second-most likely choice?
|2012-11-25, 21:58
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Probably Kaidou as well.
There is speculation on the web that Doflamingo's artificial devil fruits could be a way of controlling the minds of the people who have eaten it. This would fit Doffy's puppeteer theme and power of controlling people's actions as well as his ambitious personality and underhanded way of doing things. Taking over a Yonkou's territory by controlling his own zoan army would change the world.. maybe that is what Doflamingo meant when he said that he would usher in a new age, the age of Smiles. Perhaps Doflamingo is doing this in cooperation with the World Government, as I see Akainu being far more pro-active in the fight against piracy then Sengoku was.
That is another reason why I can not see Kaidou being the one targeted by Doflamingo and the World Government. We have seen too little of him, and he is too big of a character to be eliminated off screen.
We have already seen Luffy interact with Big Mom and we know he will fight against her in the future. Doflamingo's plan may initiate just as this is happening.
Of course this is just another possibility, but everything seems to point at Big Mom being the Yonkou in question.
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(Feb. 14, 2007)--The San Antonio Art Education Association recently hosted the exhibit and contest, "Artists Who Teach," at the San Antonio Central Library.
Teachers who are members of the professional art organization are eligible to exhibit and compete. The exhibit included works by 40 area art educators.
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The exhibit was judged by UTSA art collection curator Arturo Almeida.
Marguerite Moreau McCarthy won the best-of-show award for her assemblage, "Gently Down the Stream."
First-place winners
- Ruben Cordova (UTSA assistant professor), "Flea Market Dualism, 2004," photo
- Deborah Hogan, "Untitled," graphite
- Linda Otstott, "1604 & 281," photo
Second-place winners
- Sherry Christensen, "Skylines #1," acrylic
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Developer: Insomniac Games
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Players: Single-player (single console), Multiplayer (split-screen, up to
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text: according to Paul Schwartz Bennett said team needs to stop forcing down field pass game and dink and dunk more often. He is absolutely right. Patriots dinked and dunked their way to the super bowl last year. may do it again this season. Saints often do the same. then hit the big play after setting it up with the short game. also. Victor had those 5-6 long touchdowns last year, Nicks and a couple in the playoffs. and most were off short curls and ins/outs. Now if Bennett can stand up and say Locklear needs to replace Diehl and Wilson needs some of those dink and dunk receptions, we'll be in good shape..