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There are many grant opportunities available to undergraduate and graduate students. Grants are gift assistance to students to pay educational expenses, with no obligation for monetary repayment. Some grants are based on financial need, others are based on academic achievement or merit, and some require a combination of criteria. Each grant has its own fulfillment criteria, application requirements and deadlines.
Some of the grants available include the following:
Federal Pell Grants
The Federal Pell Grant provides funds to eligible undergraduate and Teacher Credential students pursuing a first bachelor's degree or teaching credential. Pell Grants are awarded to eligible students without regard to priority filing date. The Pell Grant amount is based on your EFC and full-time enrollment for the academic school year. Pell Grant awards are reduced if you enroll in less than 12 units per quarter, including Summer.
|Enrollment status
|Full Time
|3/4 Time
|Half Time
|Less than Half Time
|Number of Units
|12 or more units
|9 - 11.99 units
|6 - 8.99 units
|Less than 6 units
Lifetime Eligibility for Pell Grant
Regulations effective July 1, 2012 limit the receipt of a Pell Grant to a lifetime limit of up to 6 full-time years (600%). This includes community colleges, vocational schools and four year public and private universities. This limit will be tracked by the U.S. Department of Education.
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG)
Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants are awarded to eligible undergraduate Pell Grant recipients with exceptional need. Grant amounts are based on annual funding and priority is given to eligible full-time, first year students who apply for aid by March 2nd .
Educational Opportunity Grant (EOP)
Eligible full-time undergraduates admitted through the Educational Opportunity Program may receive EOP Grant funds. Students with EOP admission questions may contact Student Academic Services at (510) 885-3751.
State University Grants
State University Grants, for California residents, pay the mandatory state university tuition fee for eligible Cal State East Bay undergraduate, graduate and teacher credential students. The grant pays to students who are enrolled in 7 or more units. Students with other registration fee payment resources, including fee scholarships, fee waivers, Cal Grant (fees) and Vocational Rehabilitation, and students who do not pay the State University Fee are not eligible to receive SUG. Students must notify the Office of Financial Aid if registration fees are paid by any third party. Grants are based on need and annual funding, and priority is given to eligible students applying by March 2nd.
- Undergraduate students must have completed less than 225 quarter units
- Undergraduate transfer students must have completed less than 113 quarter units
- Single and Multiple Subject Credential students must have completed an amount of units less that the number required for their credential. For example, a student enrolled in a 45-unit credential program may only receive SUG for up to 45 completed units
- Master's degree students must have completed less that 125% of their required program units
- Students pursuing second degrees or credentials may not receive SUG
Certain units, including advanced placement, international baccalaureate, military credit, and pre-baccalaureate credit and credit by examination will not count against these new SUG limits.
Cal Grants
New Cal Grant applicants must complete both the FAFSA and a Grade Point Average (GPA) Verification Form. The California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) must receive GPA verifications for new Cal Grant "A" and "B" students by March 2nd. Cal Grant "A" pays the mandatory state university tuition fee for eligible undergraduates and for some teacher credential students. Cal Grant "B" provides access funds for new undergraduate recipients and subsistence plus state university fee payment for eligible continuing and some teacher credential students. Cal Grant awards are not available during Summer Quarter at CSUEB. Payment are reduced when students do not enroll full time (12 units), and are not available for lower than 6 units of enrollment.
New Cal Grant recipients receive award notices directly from CSAC. Continuing students may receive estimated Cal Grant awards on their Financial Aid Offer Letters. These renewal awards are based on previous receipt of Cal Grant at Cal State East Bay and are subject to verification by CSAC. Please let us know if you have withdrawn from any Cal Grant program at another institution. If you received a Cal Grant at another institution, you must notify CSAC using WebGrants 4 Students (WGS). You should also notify the Office of Financial Aid at Cal State East Bay. If you are entering our teacher credential program and have a Cal Grant "A" or "B", you should contact the Office of Financial Aid for a Request for Cal Grant Teaching Credential Program Benefits form.
Students with another registration fee payment resource, including fee scholarships, fee waivers, State University Grant, and Vocational Rehabilitation, and students who do not pay the State University Fee are not eligible to receive fee payment from a Cal Grant. Students must notify the Office of Financial Aid if registration fees are paid by any third party.
TEACH Grant
The Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant provides up to $4,000 per year to students who intend to teach in a public or private elementary or secondary school that serves students from low-income families.Eligible teacher credential students may be awarded after they sign an Agreement to Serve on ED's TEACH Grant website at http://teach-ats.ed.gov. If you do not complete your service obligation, all TEACH Grant funds you received will be converted to a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan. You must then repay this loan to the U.S. Department of Education (ED), with interest charged from the date the TEACH Grant was disbursed (paid out).
Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant
A student whose parent or guardian was a member of the U.S. Armed Forces and died as a result of service performed in Iraq or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001 may be eligible to receive the Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant. Must be ineligible for a Federal Pell Grant due only to having less financial need than is required to receive Pell funds, be under 24 years old or enrolled in college at least part-time at the time of the parent's or guardian's death.
Don't Forget to File a FAFSA for Each Year
Students must apply each year to obtain financial aid or to continue receiving aid by submitting a FAFSA. FAFSA deadline for priority consideration is March 2.
Helpful Links
Contact the Office of Financial Aid:
The Enrollment Information Center (EIC) is located on the first floor of the Student Services and Administration Building on the Hayward Campus. The EIC is open Monday - Thursday 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and Friday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Extended hours during the first five days of each quarter: Monday - Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. and Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Call (510) 885-2784; or FAX (510) 885-2161. Telephone assistance is available Monday - Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. We are not available by phone on Fridays, please call back on Monday or e-mail email@example.com
The Academic Service Center, Concord Campus is Open Monday - Thursday 10 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. for Admission, Financial Aid, and Registrar general questions.
Financial aid counselor appointments are available the second Tuesday of each month from 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Call (925) 602-6700
Contact Student Financial Services:
Student Financial services is located on the first floor of the Student Services and Administration Building on the Hayward Campus.
Open Monday - Thursday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Friday 9:00 – 4:30 pm.
Call (510) 885-3767
Offices Closed on Holidays
The above listed hours of operation are subject to change, and not applicable when the University is closed for regularly scheduled holidays.


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Students move into UTSA's Chapparal Village residence facility
Mark your calendar: Fall semester is near
By Marianne McBride Lewis
Director of Public Affairs
(July 24, 2008)--As television commercials shift from hawking sunscreen to three-ring binders on sale, we realize that the fall semester is just around the corner and soon will be front and center.
The first day of classes this fall at UTSA is Wednesday, Aug. 27, but before that, there is a lot going on around campus.
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
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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For starters, UTSA will welcome 35 new faculty members this fall. New faculty orientation begins Wednesday, Aug. 20 at the 1604 Campus and runs through Saturday when President Ricardo Romo concludes the orientation with a tour of downtown San Antonio.
Then, the UTSA community will greet new students during Roadrunner Days, Aug. 22-28, to give them a first taste of campus life. Students will begin moving back to campus on Friday, Aug. 22. With the recent completion of Phase II of Laurel Village, UTSA now will house 3,647 students on the 1604 Campus in four residential complexes.
And, on Monday, August 25, President Romo will lead the seventh annual academic Fall Convocation at 10 a.m. in the Campus Recreation Center. Plan to wear academic regalia or your orange-and-blue and attend with your colleagues.
For the full schedule of activities planned for the beginning of fall semester, visit the UTSA Roadrunner Days Web site.


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Spellings Hosts Roundtables for Educators on Coping Strategies
New York School With Diverse Population Proves Every Student Can Succeed
Spellings Speaks at National Press Club
Around the Country
Q & A/Glossary
News Show Explores Special Education
Teachers Ask the Secretary
Additional Support for Hurricane-Displaced Students
Spellings Hosts Roundtables for Educators on Coping Strategies
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings convened a group of mental health experts and school officials in October and November for a series of roundtable discussions on how to best help students and educators cope with the tragedy.
"Our efforts are ongoing, and our support is unwavering to ensure that these children continue to receive a high-quality education and that school officials have the support they need from us under these unique circumstances," said Secretary Spellings.
The roundtable series began Oct. 21, in Mississippi, and was then held in Alabama, Texas, Georgia and Florida. These discussions with some three dozen experts who work with students provided the basis for a brochure published by the U.S. Department of Education on the crucial role of recovery planning in schools and communities affected by natural disasters.
On the heels of President Bush's proposal for a $2.6 billion education package to assist student survivors and the schools in the Gulf Coast Region that serve them, the Department awarded Louisiana a $20.9 million grant to help reopen charter schools damaged by the hurricane, create 10 new charter schools, and expand existing charter schools to accommodate displaced students.
In addition, the Department will permit Gulf Coast states access to $25.9 million in federal funds for vocational rehabilitation services without having to match these funds.
For information about other Department hurricane relief efforts, visit hurricanehelpforschools.gov, which by late October had enabled nearly 500 schools to receive assistance from companies, organizations and private individuals.
Including All Children
New York School With Diverse Population Proves Every Student Can Succeed
Just 15 minutes north of New York City sits Yonkers Public School 29 in a community so culturally rich that Spanish, Thai and Arabic are among the foreign languages spoken by residents.
Diversity at School 29, also known to its neighbors as Westchester Hills Elementary, is more than ethnic, however. Of the 527 children who are black, white, Hispanic, Asian and American Indian, nearly three-fourths qualify for free and reduced-price meals. Diversifying this population even further is the fact that one-quarter of the student body requires special education.
Yet, School 29which was recently honored by the U.S. Department of Education with a No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon Awardhas proven that neither color nor income nor ability determines success. On the 2005 state assessment, 100 percent of fourth-graders proved proficient in both reading and mathematics. (This school year will be the first for New York to test grades 3-8 for its accountability goals at the elementary and middle school levels.)
Moreover, for the last few years, School 29 has increasingly moved more students past the mark of proficiency to the top level of mastery. For instance, on the 2004 reading exam, 31 percent met the state standards but 67 percent exceeded standards, compared to 45 percent and 15 percent, respectively, at demographically similar schools.
"We believe that all children can learn," said Marilyn Walder, who has been the principal for the past 14 years. "But there must be a strong effort for ensuring that that's not a cliché." To do so, she added, the school focuses dually on "excellence and equity" for all children.
Walder knows firsthand what education looks like in the absence of these twin goals. When she arrived at School 29 in 1987, Yonkers Public Schools was in its second year of desegregation, and the vestiges of a separate and unequal system were highly evident. In fact, the achievement gap at School 29 between white students and their minority peers was as wide as 70 percent.
In response, Walder, who was then assistant principal, and her colleagues outlined a comprehensive plan targeting four critical areas that needed attention in order to turn the school around: high expectations, staff development, school climate and multiculturalism. Initiatives in these areas, which drive school reform to this day, are providing the foundation for developing "the whole child," she explained.
"We recognize that all individuals are unique, so every child in our school is addressed in a unique and individual manner," Walder said. "We do that by taking a look at their liveswhat they bring to the table and what we want them to learn from us."
Each student at School 29 is assigned an Academic Instructional Services plan that tracks progress from the first day of enrollment. Designed by a team of faculty members, the plan examines a child's skill level in various subjects, socioeconomic status, and even neighborhood conditionsany influence that would affect school performance. Based on these and other determinants, the team may recommend tutoring and, in some cases, counseling services.
The instructional program at School 29 is intended to help students discover and celebrate their own uniqueness, as well as that of others. In 1988, School 29 implemented an ecology magnet program, becoming the only school in the district to have this focus. It is an interdisciplinary curriculum that integrates reading, math, social studies, chemistry and biology. The objective is that through the study of their biospherethe living earthchildren will develop an awareness of and a commitment to conserve the environment in which they live. This global perspective, the staff believes, will help children to recognize similarities and respect differences among various peoples of the world, which is vital for a school where 11 languages are represented among students learning English.
As part of the ongoing ecology focus, every year each section of the school's three-wing building is assigned a "biome" to investigate, and each area is decorated accordingly. Last year, in teacher Joe Giannantonio's wing, students made a life-size igloo from more than 800 milk and water cartons for a study of the Arctic. For this year's theme, the wetlands, his group plans to build a pond in the school's courtyard.
Giannantonio, who teaches autistic children, also helps to coordinate the program's "Trout in the Classroom," a yearlong project for raising 200 brown trout eggs that culminates in June with the release of the fish into the New York watershed. "It's an exciting program, something that if I was in grade school now I would love to have in my class," he said.
Public School 29 has been successful with these endeavors because it excludes no oneinside or outside the classroom. The drama club, for example, welcomes English language learners while the cheerleading club accepts the physically disabled. Even in regard to its structure, the school has made sure to include all children. Four years ago, School 29 built a new addition to accommodate more students in the Yonkers community, particularly the special needs students, who have increased from 14 percent to 23 percent of the school's population. Because of this one-story structure that is wheelchair accessible, School 29 offers the only rehabilitation skills class in the district.
Its special education population includes students with cognitive disabilities such as autism as well as those who are wheelchair-bound. For these varied needs, the school uses a multisensory approach to learning, which includes occupational, speech and art therapy as well as vision, hearing and clinical assistance, with the support of two full-time nurses and an assistant.
Similar to the study of cultures around the globe, the school staff considers the inclusion of children with disabilities another step toward an appreciation of diversity.
"I believe it puts regular education children at an advantage," said Susan O'Brien, who has taught special education at School 29 for 19 years. "It helps them to realize that these children have a lot to contribute. Just because they're not physically perfect doesn't mean that their minds aren't good and that they don't have a lot to contribute to society."
The empathy for children with diverse needs expressed by the faculty accounts largely for School 29's achievements. "They're always giving," said Walder. "They go beyond the call of duty. They truly care about the children."
Staff support is part of what Walder calls a "paradigm for success in action." Her reference describes the assembly of stakeholders, from the state to the student level, who work collaboratively to prepare every child for lifelong learning. This partnership, among other efforts, raised $130,000 for a new playground that is wheelchair accessible. With bake sales and other activities, parents raised $19,000 of that amount.
Attracted by this sense of community, Tracy Ingram enrolled her son at School 29 this year. She pointed to other qualities that she feels justify a two-hour daily trip between her child's school in New York and her workplace in Connecticut: a well-structured curriculum, low staff turnover, strong leadership and exposure to a diverse population.
"We share this world with a lot of people," said Ingram. "My son has to mingle with people of all different nationalities, all different handicaps. He might be a state senator. He has to know what goes on firsthand. So what better way is there for him to interact?"
By Nicole Ashby
Spellings Speaks at National Press Club
In September, Secretary Spellings gave the address "Katrina: A Teachable Moment" at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. An excerpt of her speech follows.
... I've been so gratified by schools all across the country that are opening their doors and their hearts to displaced students, but I'm not the least bit surprised. Educators are simply showing America once again what a treasure they truly are. ...
After the pictures we've all seen on television and the looks on these children's faces, I know one thing for sure: These young people need and deserve a quality education. In fact, we're having what educators call a "teachable moment." What's a teachable moment? It's an opportunity to learn from and act on the moment we're in. And Katrina is a potent reminder to all of us that every single one of our children must be given the opportunity to learn and the chance to share in the American dream. I sincerely hope the tragedy of Katrina drives this point home, that as a nation, it is our moral obligation to leave no child behind.
... Take a look at our high school graduation rates. Among ninth-graders, five out of 10 minority students fail to finish high school on time. Overall, three out of 10 don't finish on time. Would we tolerate three out of every 10 planes going down? Would we tolerate three out of every 10 heart surgeries failing? Then why is it okay for three out of 10 kids to drop out?
Leaving our high school students behind is not only morally unacceptable, ... it's also economically untenable. ... The one million students who drop out of high school each year cost our nation more than $260 billion in lost wages, lost taxes, lost productivity over their lifetimes. ...
So I would suggest ... how well our students are doing is not just an education issue; it's an economic issue, a civic issue, a social issue, a national security issue, and it's everybody's issue.
... With No Child Left Behind, President Bush and the Congress, in a very bipartisan way, led our nation in a historic commitment to give every child a quality education. We said to ourselves, we will close the achievement gap by 2014 across the board, with states measuring children's progress each year in reading and math, and focusing on each student and each group of students so we can discover where they need help before it's too late. ...
While we have encouraging results for younger children, the nation's recent education report card has shown no progress for high school students in 30 years. So it's time to focus on improving high schools. That's why the president and I are supporting high school reform that focuses on reading, math and science to help more students reach the finish line on time and be ready for college or work. ...
In our global economy, 80 percent of the fastest-growing jobs will require education or training beyond high school. Just this week, I announced a commission on higher education to ask some of the vital questions we're facing in that area. ...
... The education gap means that U.S. high-tech companies are seeking employees abroad, not just because they can be paid less, but also because they are more skilled and more motivated. In other words, they are not following the money. They're following the brains. ...
Today, there is no Sputnik to galvanize the nation into action, but Katrina has. The achievement gap, the education gap, the quiet crisis will cast a very long shadow over our future if we do not summon the will to stay competitive, and competitiveness begins with education. We know the cure. We can do this: high standards with measured results; high expectations; quality curriculum; great teaching; parental focus. This is our mandate and our mission. It's also the right thing to do. Our children and our country deserve no less.
For the full speech, visit www.ed.gov and click on "Speeches" for the Sept. 21, 2005, remarks.
Around the Country
Maine Former Gov. Angus King, who created a statewide program in 2002 to provide laptop computers to seventh- and eighth-grade public school students and their teachers, raised $850,000 in private funds this summer to establish the Maine Learning Technology Foundation, a nonprofit that will offer free home Internet access to approximately 11,000 low-income children participating in the state's laptop program. Other program participants can purchase the Internet service at a discounted rate.
Nevada With 12 schools opening this year and 88 more to be built over the next few years, Las Vegas has launched an extensive teacher recruitment drive that is spanning the globe. The Clark County School District, the nation's fifth largest with nearly 300,000 students, hired 51 teachers this year from the Philippines and 14 from Spain to meet shortages in the fields of math, science, and bilingual and special education. The area's economic boom is boosting the student population, which is expected to reach more than half a million by 2018. In addition, the district expects an immediate hike in enrollment with survivors of Hurricane Katrina looking for employment in the city's casino industry.
- November 11
- Veterans Day, a national celebration to honor American veterans of all wars. To commemorate this historic occasion in the classroom, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs offers a teacher's resource guide for educating students in grades 4-12 about the contributions America's 25 million veterans have made toward defending democracy. To download a copy or for activity ideas, visit www.va.gov/vetsday.
- December 8
- White House Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Conference, Nashville, Tenn., sponsored by a consortium of federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Education. Part of a series of regional conferences being held around the country, this meeting for grassroots leaders will provide information about federal grant opportunities. To register, visit www.fbci.gov or call (202) 456-6718.
- December 8-9
- Commission on the Future of Higher Education Meeting, Nashville, Tenn., part of a series of public hearings sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. Convened by Secretary Spellings in September, the 19-member commission will hold a roundtable discussion to focus on access, affordability and accountability in higher education, which will contribute to a final report next August. For details, visit www.ed.gov and click on "About ED" and then "Boards & Commissions," or call (800) USA-LEARN.
Q & A/Glossary
Is my child being taught by a highly qualified teacher?
In keeping with its mission to ensure high-quality instruction for every child, the No Child Left Behind Act sets the goal that every public school classroom have a highly qualified teacher (HQT) by the end of this school year.
Under the law, a highly qualified teacher must: have a bachelor's degree; be fully certified by the state; and demonstrate content knowledge in each core subject he or she teaches. The requirement applies to all public school teachers of core academic subjects, including those who provide special education and teach English as a second language.
However, according to new guidelines from the U.S. Department of Education, states that do not reach the 100-percent goal by the end of the 2005-06 school year but are making a "good-faith effort" to do so must develop a plan detailing the steps they will take to ensure that they meet the HQT goal by the end of the 2006-07 school year. The Department will provide this additional time after examining whether the state is: (1) implementing a plan for reaching the goal based on an acceptable definition of "highly qualified teacher"; (2) informing parents and the public on classes taught by highly qualified and non-highly qualified teachers; (3) accurately reporting HQT data to the Department; and (4) ensuring that classrooms with low-income and minority children are receiving an equitable share of experienced and qualified teachers.
News Show Explores Special Education
Ensuring students with special needs receive the quality education all children deserve is the topic of the November broadcast of Education News Parents Can Use, the U.S. Department of Education's monthly television program.
Recognizing that this month marks 30 years since Congress enacted the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the news show will explore how the law has increased opportunities for this population in the classroom, in higher education and in the job market. In addition, it will look at how the accountability provisions of No Child Left Behind are helping to ensure students with disabilities achieve high standards.
Panelists and guests will discuss the Department's efforts for helping classroom teachers and special educators establish an instructional partnership; suggestions for parents on early intervention for children suspected of having a disability; and the effectiveness of the Individualized Education Program in meeting the needs of students with disabilities.
Each month, Education News Parents Can Use showcases: schools and school districts from across the country; conversations with school officials, parents and education experts; and advice and free resources for parents and educators.
To learn about viewing options, including webcasts, visit www.ed.gov and click on "Parents," then "News Parents Can Use," or call toll-free (800) USA-LEARN.
Please note that the show will take a break in December and resume its broadcast in January.
Teachers Ask the Secretary
The U.S. Department of Education recently launched a new feature on its Web site that gives teachers the opportunity to post their questions and comments directly to Secretary Spellings and subsequently receive answers.
Teachers Ask the Secretaryan interactive, online service at www.ed.gov/teachersaskallows users to learn about a wide range of teacher-related topics, including teacher quality, professional development and state academic standards.
Currently, the site lists responses to questions such as:
- Are teachers with experience in Title I schools eligible for loan forgiveness?
- Can teachers be reimbursed for out-of-pocket classroom expenses?
- Why is it not mandatory for children to attend kindergarten?
- Does No Child Left Behind (NCLB) allow adjustments for testing special education students?
- How does NCLB prioritize art and music instruction?
- Will salaries increase to help meet the teacher shortage?
- What efforts are in place to acculturate new teachers?
Teachers Ask the Secretary is the latest in a series of interactive Web resources for educators, which also include online courses and an electronic bulletin of Department-sponsored events and efforts. The resources are part of the U.S. Department of Education's Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative, a comprehensive program that offers professional development, research-based classroom strategies and national recognition of stellar educators.
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The Playboy.com Global Report: April 26, 2012
This week, our international news update covers the China-Russia war games, the cozy US-Brazil relationship, and Israel prepares its defense force.
Welcome to the Global Report: our weekly column of the most important issues happening across the planet. From politics to war, monarchies to dictatorships, and everything in-between, we've got it covered. It's world news, Playboy.com style.
The strengthening relationship between heavyweights Brazil and the US got another boost and regional vote of confidence yesterday, as US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta offered the South American country (Use Quote) if it purchases F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets. This move, while not accepted as of yet, would be extremely valuable to Brazil in its efforts to maintain its position as a regional security leader. This proposition is an interesting development for this relationship as the US only offers this technology to its closest allies.
The fight for the French Presidency began last weekend with Socialist opposition leader Francois Hollande taking the first round over incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy, 28 per cent to 26 per cent respectively. As there was no majority winner, a second runoff will be held May 6th to determine the new leader of one of Europe's most powerful nations. While a two per cent differential isn't horrible, it does indicate that Hollande's primarily economic platform resonated well with French voters. It's anticipated that third place candidate Marine Le Pen's 19 per cent will be a deciding factor in the runoff, which begs the question if Sarkozy-ally, and ever popular German Chancellor Angela Merkel, will be more vocal in order to help sustain the monopoly the two leaders have created over the European Union institutions.
In addition to this, France caused a stir earlier today as it proposed border controls be reinstated across the European borderless 'Schengen Area' to prevent illegal migration. This development was quickly rebuffed by the German Foreign Minister who stated that freedom of movement in Europe is non-negotiable. While it could be coincidence, these talks come as recent EU members Bulgaria and Romania attempt to join the club.
A nice red flag we'd like to raise is today's announcement that China will set up a purported $10B line of credit to Central and Eastern European nations in an attempt to spur growth in a number of sectors. While it may be a sign of good will during Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to the region and taking part in a summit of leaders in Poland, external investment by China on Russia's eastern border will do nothing but cause tensions as Russia's Eurasian Union project gets underway.
In yet another bold statement regarding a preemptive strike on Iran, a ranking Israeli military chief announced today that several countries, including Israel, have prepared for a potential strike against Iranian nuclear sites if a need arises. This action follows months of threats from Israel to Iran that it would be willing to attack if it felt its existence was being threatened. However, any pre-emptive strike would raise a number of legal concerns for the country, a claim the country seems to disregard due to the perceived necessity of the action.
Jordanian Prime Minister Awn al-Khasawneh stepped down earlier today as a casualty in the on-going political protests that have called for political reform in the country. No successor has been named by the King Abdullah II as of yet. Jordan, along with the other Middle East monarchies informally known as the 'oil-king' countries, have been watched heavily over the past two years as the turmoil of the Arab Spring took a toll on their neighbors. We don't expect any massive change in overall leadership of these countries in the immediate future, but we believe that has more to do with the monarch's relatively stabled relationship with the US (and their love for oil) than it does to do with geopolitical factors.
After a 13 month deliberation ending yesterday, the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor, became the first head of state to be convicted by an international court since post-Hitler German leader Karl Doenitz in 1946. Taylor was charged for his role in the mass atrocities committed in Sierra Leone in exchange for blood diamonds in the 1990s. The court in The Hague convicted Taylor for crimes against humanity as well as war crimes. His punishment and sentencing is unknown at this time.
China and Russia held joint naval exercises earlier today in the Yellow Sea. The exercises, which included fleet inspections, war games and a live ammunition firing is a key sign that the two powers are a determined to show their military presence in the area, which has recently seen similar exercises conducted between the US and neighboring Japan and South Korea. Let's say that the next confrontation over Taiwan may feature a few more actors than last time.
Koala's have made our Australian Creature Feature list for the first time this week as the government mulled the decision to list the marsupial as threatened. Australian environmental groups have long argued that the government hasn't listed the species previously due to the potential impact the designation could have upon mineral mining. In related news, teen girls are blaming koalas for potentially giving a British boy band chlamydia. If this is a power they wield, we should have attempted to save them long ago.


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Video games allow people all over the world to do scientific research
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People spend 300 million minutes every day playing Angry Birds, one of the world's most popular video games. What if we could tap into that energy to solve real-world puzzles? In 2003, Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist Luis von Ahn, now known as a crowdsourcing pioneer, asked this question and answered it with the ESP Game, in which people score points by giving an image the same label as someone else. By 2006, 10 million images had been labeled, and that year Google bought the game, launching von Ahn's career.
In the wake of ESP Game's success, scientists across a variety of fields caught on: When they needed information from large datasets that could not be collected by a computer, people could help. Although public participation in scientific research is not a new idea—for example, the Audubon Society's first Christmas Bird Count took place in 1900—the advent of greater computing power and the Internet have facilitated faster, more widespread information sharing than ever before. Not just hundreds could participate, but hundreds of thousands could interact through a web interface. The field of citizen science took off.
The success of early computer-based citizen science projects, such as Stardust at Home, showed that huge numbers of people around the world were willing to contribute computing power and time to making discoveries. In Galaxy Zoo, launched in 2007, participants classify images of galaxies by shape, and that information is used to extrapolate their history. Galaxy Zoo was an unexpected success: Twenty-four hours after the project launched, it was clocking 70,000 classifications per hour. Chris Lintott of Oxford University, one of the creators of Galaxy Zoo, says: "We were completely overwhelmed and pleasantly surprised by the sheer number of people who wanted to help." Galaxy Zoo resulted in discoveries such as the Voorwerp, a strange, giant gas cloud noticed and named by Dutch schoolteacher Hanny Van Arkel. Galaxy Zoo astronomers are using the Hubble Space Telescope to figure out the nature of the Voorwerp and smaller Voorwerp-like gas clouds. "It looks like nothing I've ever seen. They're much more crazy complicated structures than we ever thought," explained Lintott.
Collaborating with colleagues from around the world, Lintott went on to create the Zooniverse, an Internet home for popular citizen science projects across disciplines. In the Zooniverse, anyone can participate in research on whale calls, weather as recorded in wartime ship logs or new planets. "These projects create very personal connections to an often quite obscure category of science," Lintott explains. The group has another compelling reason to run these diverse projects: to study what people want to do and what they are good at. Lintott notes, "I was incredibly grateful that all these people wanted to classify galaxies, but I didn't understand what magic thing it was about Galaxy Zoo that made it work. You can think of all the projects in the Zooniverse as an exploration of that space."
Online citizen science games are modeled after video games that motivate participants to score points and achieve new tools and levels. For example, FoldIt, a game based on Rosetta at Home and launched in 2008, prompts players to decipher potential 3D protein structures associated with particular pathologies, such as a retroviral protease enzyme key to virus propagation in a form of AIDS found in monkeys. (An interview with the lead designer of FoldIt, Seth Cooper, will be posted on American Scientist's website.) With such high-profile successes, more online citizen science games were launched. In 2010, the Tetris-like game Phylo debuted, prompting players to win points for correctly aligning related DNA sequences. Mathieu Blanchette of McGill University, a member of the team that created Phylo, explains, "The main goal of Phylo is to bring together computers and humans, make each do what they are good at, and put the results together to get something better than either could get alone." A March 2012 paper in PloS One announced that 70 percent of the alignments in the game had been improved by the more than 26,000 registered Phylo users, as well as tens of thousands of unregistered users.
But what works for one citizen science project will not necessarily work for another. FoldIt players must invest large amounts of time advancing through tutorial levels before they have the skill to contribute to real-life research. Players seem undeterred by this requirement: FoldIt has some 240,000 registered users and counting. Alternatively, Galaxy Zoo and Phylo are interfaces where users need no prior knowledge of the science and can spend a few minutes of their time in order to contribute to research. Said Phylo collaborator Jérôme Waldispühl of McGill University, "The simplest puzzles are as useful as the most complicated ones for improving our alignments." In contrast to FoldIt and Phylo, Galaxy Zoo and other Zooniverse projects are deliberately not structured as games—they lack scores or levels. As Lintott explains, "The instinct to play a game is incredibly powerful, and once you trigger that, it's very easy to switch somebody's motivation from 'I want to help science' to 'I'm playing this game.'" According to Lintott, when that motivation switches, the best and worst players are more likely to stop playing. Therefore, only some online projects benefit from a game interface.
Perhaps no one should have been surprised that people participating in these projects do not balk at complex problems, even ones that require programming and simulations. Zooniverse collaborators expanded Galaxy Zoo's idea into Galaxy Zoo Mergers, in which users control simulations of galaxy collisions. "We discovered by accident that if you give access to as much information as you can behind a task, people take it and run an awfully long way. You find people who would never have dreamed of reading textbooks or searching scientific literature wandering through the web because it's their galaxy and they want to know about it. Providing the tools for that sort of deep exploration has become important," says Lintott.
The field of computerized citizen science is advancing quickly, altering how research is done as well as how science is perceived and taught. "We're living in a society where human and computer are fully integrated," says Waldispühl. The Zooniverse has recently released a few new projects and will be releasing more in the coming months. Phylo is opening an interface with which researchers will be able to submit genome sequence alignments they need help improving. Some FoldIt creators went on to launch EteRNA, a game for designing RNA. The Zooniverse team is also using information garnered from their games to improve computers' ability to identify visual patterns, so that the most difficult and unusual tasks are delegated to humans. Lintott predicts, "The next generation of datasets is going to be even bigger, and so we're going to need to split the work between humans and computers, even with hundreds of thousands of people helping."
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Odfrank, a 20 x 20 x 11 1/4 super would hold a heckuva lot more honey than 50 lb's. Are you talking about your 1/2 depth supers?
Odfrank, a 20 x 20 x 11 1/4 super would hold a heckuva lot more honey than 50 lb's. Are you talking about your 1/2 depth supers?
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Brian Cardinal
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pascopol, several point you make I question.
1. where do you come by the information that a cluster is round or that bees want it to be?
2. assuming that you are correct on number one. Why do you consider anything less than 10 frames to small to get that round shape to the cluster. For example I can place a baseball in a shoebox with plenty of room to spare. In addition I have seen comments a couple of times that a 10 frame box may be to large due to the issue of bees using the #1 and #10 frames. On what information do you make the claim that 10 frame is the right size while 8 frame is ridiculous?
3. I am not sure I have heard of anyone using 5 frame nucs as permanent hives. they have a purpose and have been designed to suit that purpose. It is not comparing apples to apples in the case of nucs.
I am very interested in this cluster size and shape issue just not clear on how you come up with the minimum requirements for an average cluster. Or why it is claimed it should be round at all.
I am also a little confused as to just how a colony rotates from the edges of a cluster to the center when individual layers of bees are separated by sheets of comb. The only way I imagine it happening is that each sheet of bees works this rotation out in that particular layer. still if you imagine a ball cut into slices at least a couple of those slices will be like the end of the potato. there is no center to move to in that case.
Further thought is if you are in fact correct on all the above. would not a round shape to the hive be more suitable? maybe not a ball shape but a tall cylinder with the outer frames very short and each successive frame being a bit longer.
There are variations on the cylinder hive. There exists a hexagonal style hive mounted on a pole. It doesn't have movable frames though.
Brian Cardinal
Zone 5a, Practicing non-intervention beekeeping
Did Rev Langstroth designed his rectangular hive for commercial "productivity" sake or he just used the box he had actually available as is widely believed?
If that was the case then rectangular Lang hive was not a "compromise" but pure accident.
There is a reason(s) why some outstanding beekeepers of the past Brother Adam included used square hive. In case of Brother Adam built 20 inch square super cause he had free labor available. He would probably settled with smaller size hive closer to Rev Warre size if he had to lift supers himself. But he proved his point of superior productivity using square hive, harvesting record amounts of honey.
Apparently bees liked his square hive.
The Lang hive did not gain much traction anywhere in the World besides English speaking countries. Even Great Brittain beeks stick with their "national' hive.
Should we assume that beekeepers around the World aren't smart enough not jumping on the Langs hive bandwagon?
Or beekeepers around the World having much longer beekeeping traditions than US beekeeping industry say "no thanks" to Lang hive for a reason(s).
As someone who's actually made a few hives I don't see how making a square one would be any easier or harder.
He and others spent many years designing the hive trying numerous prototypes along the way. He did not just pick up the nearest box he found and make it into a beehive.
Nor did Brother Adam.
But I'm not really interested in debating you over the langstroth vs whatever hive. A discussion of what bees do best in is interesting but this ones likely to go nowhere.
"Thinking Inside The Box"
I have been catching some nice bait hives in my wine boxes.
[QUOTE=pascopol;722401There is a reason(s) why some outstanding beekeepers of the past Brother Adam included used square hive. In case of Brother Adam built 20 inch square super cause he had free labor available. He would probably settled with smaller size hive closer to Rev Warre size if he had to lift supers himself. But he proved his point of superior productivity using square hive, harvesting record amounts of honey.Apparently bees liked his square hive.[/QUOTE]
If beekeepers would add beveled cleats to all of their hives they would not have to whine so much about their weight. The reason a hive with only handholds is so hard to lift is that only your finger tips are carrying the weight. I locate my cleats flush with their bottom aligned with the top of the handhold.When one has a beveled cleat to grab with 1+" of your finger tip into the handhold, and able to squeeze it with your palm, a box is much easier to handle. Note in the pictures that my square hives have a beveled cleat all the way around.
Yes I do know about the winebox.
I've even been known to use apple crates myself.
However the hive is not designed just because he thought no further than the shape of the winebox. It's about ergonomics, the winebox was built that shape because of handling, and something around the same size and shape suits the beekeeper as well, for the same reason. Commercial folks anyway, have to have something that suits the bees, but also that they can handle. So there's a compromise solution between the two.
You are correct about the handles making boxes easier to lift. But again it's about compromise. Commercial beekeepers need to have something that can be stored economically, and also fit snugly together on the truck. Also when working a hive if I have to take several boxes off, I'll put some them on their end on the ground to keep them clean, and keep the bees safe. But if there's a cleat, you can't do that.
I like your hive design though Odfrank and have followed your honey crops over the years. Also, did you actually weigh that super of honey? My suspicion is the full weight of it, honey, box, and all, would have been around 130 lb's, or more. I wouldn't want to be handling truckloads of them!
"Thinking Inside The Box"
Weigh it full. Be interesting. Remember the honey you get out is not all the honey. Just a full standard lang can weigh more than 100 lb's
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Howdy, I'm new to bee keeping. I installed my package of bee's in my TBH 04/08/14.
The bee's are doing great. lot's of pollen being brought in. and 8 bars drawn out with comb.
I inspected the hive a week ago. lot's of capped brood and pollen. I also saw the queen.
The last few day's I've watched drone bee's shown the door. They can't even fly away,
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Why I fell in love with monster prime numbers
They're millions of digits long, and it takes an army of mathematicians and machines to hunt them down — what's not to love about monster primes? Adam Spencer, comedian and lifelong math geek, shares his passion for these odd numbers, and for the mysterious magic of math.
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Inspiration: Free safe deposit box
Do you have a safe deposit box? You may have something that you consider to be so precious that you would be heart-broken if it was lost or stolen. So for peace of mind, you have put your items in safekeeping, at the bank. You always know where to go to get the items, and you always know the items are secure in the steel box that you had to pay for.
In the past I have talked about garage sales. Now I'm going to talk about an auction. Have you ever been to an auction where people could bid on unclaimed items that people left behind in safe deposit boxes?
It's been said the value of something is in the eyes of the beholder. Unclaimed property was being auctioned because people had died, or people had neglected to take back that which they had considered at one time to be precious in their sight.
At the auction you could find a belt buckle, diplomas, train tickets, marbles, report cards, rosaries, Boy Scout patches, telegrams, letters and a newspaper article of a mother who sobs at the guilty verdict, because her son had been convicted of murder. She had pleaded with the judge to spare her son. She even went so far as to scream for her life to be taken, in place of her son.
As suspected, there was money, coin collections, jewelry, watches and photographs. It may have made you curious, wondering what each item meant to someone.
The auction probably had something for everyone, and it also had a message for everyone. All the stuff that was left behind was a reminder of what will happen when our life is finished here on earth. Nothing, absolutely nothing of this world, will go with us, when we pass on — everything gets left here. You will never see a U-Haul behind a hearse!
So the question for each of us is, "In the wake of one day passing from this life, what will we leave behind, which will speak volumes about what we valued, during the time that God gave us life here on earth?"
We may leave a steel safe deposit box that will not be forgotten or overlooked. It may speak of some things we obviously must have considered valuable, but it will only speak ever so softly, in comparison to the legacy we leave behind.
Will people say you talked to them about God, about your personal Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ? Will they say you shared God's Word, His promises with them?
Perhaps people will say you spent your lifetime of energy and blessings investing in what God so dearly loves — People. Will you leave behind a life that wasn't consumed by this world, but rather by being "sold out" to the rock solid promises of Jesus Christ?
What is the "ultimate safe deposit box?" Why, of course, it's Heaven, and we can thank God for that. Colossians, chapter 1, verse 5 says, "And you are looking forward to the joys of heaven, and have been ever since the Gospel was first preached to you." (LB) John, chapter 3, verse 16 is one of God's promises for you. It says, "For God loved the world so much that He gave His only Son so that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." (LB)
You and I can be in safekeeping forever. You and I can have heaven, and that's a "safe deposit box" that you don't have to pay for, because Jesus has already paid the price. Surrender to Jesus — He offers you the free gift of heaven.
Why not surrender? You will have to surrender everything, and leave it all behind, when you pass on — and don't forget to pass on your faith in Jesus — That's a legacy worth leaving behind!


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The Consequences of Negative Parents
May 7, 2013 11:36 AM
What to do about M's father?
By Donna Olmstead, Soccer America
The recent death of Salt Lake City, Utah, soccer referee
Ricardo Portillo
makes me incredibly sad. There isn't a game on earth that is worth someone's life. I read that his family says the parents of the 17-year-old keeper who hit him in the head should bear some of the blame. I guarantee you that neither the parents nor anyone else on the sidelines intended for Portillo's death to happen. But time and time again I've watched negative energy result in unintended consequences.
We were at a U9 rec league soccer game Saturday. These kids are at the age where some of them are beginning to show a real talent for soccer and the rest of them are just having a good time running around in the sun.
One little girl, we'll call her M, should be on a competitive team. She has two older brothers who practice soccer with her, and the lessons show in the way she moves, handles the ball and watches the players around her. She's the team's top scorer, of course. And she's a nice kid.
The coach is great with the players. He plays them evenly throughout the game and encourages them with positive comments. He's not the type of coach who keeps his strong players on the whole game with the object of winning. I wish we could clone him.
And I wish we could banish M's father to the parking lot. Actually, to a parking lot in another county. Or state.
When a player whom M's father considers to be weak is playing defense, he snorts and makes comments such as, "Well, now they'll score for sure."
When a player besides his daughter has the ball, he yells that they should pass it to her.
And, with M's father on the sideline, who needs a coach? He knows everything about soccer and "coaches" at the top of his lungs.
Besides not having a volume control, one of the problems with M's father is that he really doesn't know everything about soccer. For example, when the keeper picked up the ball outside the box, M's father yelled, "Penalty kick!" Of course it was just a hand ball, but he really didn't want to hear that.
I'm not sure how to handle parents like him. Sitting at the other end of the field helps me a little, but it doesn't do anything for the parents around him whose feelings he's hurting. He simply goes into his own world when the game begins and becomes unconscious of everyone else.
Because at this age the kids still are shorter than the parents, they get to run through a "parent tunnel" at the end of the game. And they love it. It doesn't matter who won or lost, they run through smiling while the parents yell encouragement. Then everyone gets a treat.
We tied this game 4-4. When M's mom told her husband it was time to form the tunnel, he looked at her and said, "They don't deserve a tunnel. They didn't win." And he picked up his chair and walked off the field. I hope M didn't notice that he wasn't there.
I don't know how to handle M's father. Actually, I know I can't handle him. And I'm pretty sure he doesn't realize that the negative energy he is sending to the players and to the players' parents will have unintended consequences. At the very least, he's ruining the game for the people close enough to hear him. Let's just hope that's as far as it goes.
(Florida resident Donna Olmstead has been involved in soccer through both her children and her grandchildren, as well as housing professional players and owning and running an indoor soccer facility. She is a freelance writer and spends weekends trying to remember at which tournament she's supposed to be cheering.)
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|2013-03-01, 18:54
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I hope that the new admiral(s) have different physiques than the tall and lean look we're accustomed to with Kizaru, Aokiji, and Akainu. Some of Oda's wacky creativity in the appearance department would be most welcome.
|2013-03-01, 19:03
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^That would be hilarious seeing this short dude owning pirates left and right .
And speaking of the new admiral(s), it makes one wonder where these guys were during the Marineford war. It's becoming more and more clear that the marines didn't allocate all of their resources to fight in the war. They most likely left reserves at other locations/stations in case pirates tried to take advantage of the situation.
|2013-03-01, 21:52
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Many RPGs, Little Time
Oh well it's the New World afterall, and the major powers are on the move... So having more Admirals could be necessary
And I think it's too early for a Power Up, since we haven't seen the crew struggle in a battle (being handicapped doesn't really count). We're still not fully aware of their capacity.
|2013-03-02, 00:45
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I always think luffy would be the one that beat up akainu given their history.. If he eats ace power then it would be fitting.. People who say no reason for luffy to get fire based DF then they are lacking imagination..
As soon as blackbeard managed to have 2 df, I assume luffy would get it and the appearance of mera-mera fruit just edging closer to that assumption.. Personally I have seen luffy went all out when he was trying to destroy that ark so giving him another set of power would widen his ability which only will make a lil bit of sense for him to deal with the real bad-ass enemy (most of them are logia and incredible haki user) so wouldn't it be too stretch for mere paramecia to go against them??
He won't become overpower overnight, he's not a genius, it will take some time for him to adjust..
|2013-03-02, 02:52
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Therefore, IMHO there should be at least six admirals now (one for each of the four Blue's and one for each half of the Grand Line). Maybe an additional one or two admirals to help out if there is a need at a special location.
|2013-03-02, 03:20
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^Well, if it's about putting powerful marine officers in charge of the other blue seas, then we've got the vice-admirals for that! Like remember how East Blue was under Garp's jurisdiction before the skip? Well, a similar system like that could be set in place for the rest of the world's oceans.
|2013-03-02, 03:30
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My thinking is the changing battlefield. After Black Beards little show, everyone is looking for loop wholes in the devil fruits. Certain types of Devil fruits like Zoan can be massed produced in SAD. Black Beard is trying scouring the lands for powerful Devil fruits to collect and Kaidou is making his. CC was able to recapture the devil fruit after his experiment died. Then there is Vega Punk's theory. The whole Punk Hazard Arch was scratching only the surface of Vega Punks research. What have the WG been doing over the two years? The battle field is changing from trench war to blitzkrieg war.
Odds thing again
Also about the whole odds things from my other comment. This is has good has its going to get for the straw hats (if Luffy discovers the existence of his Brother's fruit). Second I don't mind the idea about Luffy having Mera Mera No Mi(Or Zoro). I never thought Oda would ever make it possible so why comment about it, if it was never going to happen? It is almost like Oda let the punk hazard arch explain some of the mystery behind the devil fruit. Then when he goes to the Dressrosa Arch, he changes things up. I also feel Luffy has really maxed out his devil fruit potential. Will his moves get stronger and better with age? Yes but, it almost seems like it will only be a repeats, just bigger and stronger. Finally curiosity, there are a lot of question to be answered and if Luffy or some other devil fruit user eats the Mera Mera No Mi hopefully it will answer some of them. The big question is who is going to get the fruit? Will it be marine's Fuijitora, Straw Hats, surprise guess, or will Daflamingo retain it?
|2013-03-02, 04:37
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Thoguh even if the Nue theory is correct, i might think Oda might skip over the tanuki and just make the third guy a snake, to keep the old guard of 3 admirals.
|2013-03-02, 20:05
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Looks like I'm once again in the minority here, but if there is a Nue-inspired admiral team then I'm looking forward to the tanuki guy the most. I dare anyone to tell me that it wouldn't be badass to see a marine who literally crushes his enemies with his oversized nutsack.
|2013-03-02, 21:14
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^We all know how interested you are in nutsacks, but I would prefer a tiny Kaidou to a newly introduced tanuki Admiral (i.e. if I had to choose between a weird Admiral and a weird Yonkou, I would prefer the weird Yonkou).
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|2013-03-05, 10:37
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ok tell me what ya think...
gol.d. roger said to silver reilgh that he wont die...hmm i think one piece is a tresure that allows the person to be reincarnated,i believe luffy is the reincarnation of roger thats why roger and luffy act the same in a way...but the only people that can find one piece are people with the will of D! what luffy is doing is the same thing roger did,when you get reincarnated by one piece all memry is lost all the person has is the same will as before! err thats about it lol
|2013-03-05, 11:37
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Age: 32
Luffy being Roger's reincarnation is a theory that cannot be easily refuted. Any arguments against it merely point out the possibility that he isn't.
Illogical stubbornness is something inherent to those who inherit the Will of D though, not just Roger/Luffy.
That being said, until proven otherwise, I will continue to find it highly unlikely that the Gum Gum ability was originally Roger's.
|2013-03-05, 11:59
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Location: East Cupcake
It would be kind of sad if Luffy was Roger reborn and he still couldn't save Ace. To have a brother and a son die? That seems pretty awful, at least for current events (the past has always been depicted as being worse than the present).
That being said, it doesn't really add anything to the story to have Luffy be the reincarnation of Roger. In fact, it could potentially detract from what little character development there is in the series if Luffy was simply repeating the actions of the past.
|2013-03-05, 13:51
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Location: cali
Regarding Roger and Luffy and the Will of D.
Whitebeard said something interesting before dying:
"The man Roger was waiting for...Was not you.."
Luffy may well inherit Rogers will. So what Roger wanted to do and couldn't, Luffy may well begin. As for being reincarnation that seems different.
I believe the Will of D are descendants from the ancient kingdom defeated during the void century and that the name of the ancient kingdom was the Kingodom of D or something like that.
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Co-Op Arena crushing
So I just played a few matches of co-op arena on crushing and it seem like ND jacked up the difficulty a little bit there we're more npcs and they we're more aggressive three militia men spawned on a early round of gold rush...I think ND has been making tweaks but just not telling body....and I like it
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As for three Militia Men, that happens at times, (I think it happens if you leave them alone and take out the easy guys first) I've also seen around five PAK-80 Brutes grouped together once.
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As for three Militia Men, that happens at times, (I think it happens if you leave them alone and take out the easy guys first) I've also seen around five PAK-80 Brutes grouped together once.
This is the danger of Gold Rush and Siege: if you kill too many enemies without completing the round, the spawn layout loops. Gold Rush has the additional inconvenience of having a valid enemy count of ~20 (unsure of the exact number), so the choker(s) of round 3, the armored choker(s) of round 6, and the Brute(s) of round 7 are always invalid.
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Interesting...the most Pak80 brutes I've seen is four…but then we try to kill them as soon as possible. What's really scary though is seeing a Pak80 brute sprinting…I've seen this a handful of times. Bad enough they're nearly invulnerable but to know they can actually run!
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@ EMpReSSVoODoO
As regards the difficulty, I agree (and so do all my crushing coop buddies). Every so often, Crushing seems to get turned up a notch.
I consider myself to be awfully good at coop Arena. A while back, a friend and I completed most (if not all) the maps on Crushing…duoing. I think I've gotten a little bit better since then but I seriously doubt we could do it again – particularly on some maps like Syria and Lost City.


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