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Flexible modelling of the response variance in regression is interesting for understanding the causes of variability in the responses, and is crucial for efficient estimation and correct inference for mean parameters. In this paper we describe methods for mean and variance estimation where the responses are modelled using the double exponential family of distributions and mean and dispersion parameters are described as an additive function of predictors. The additive terms in the model are represented by penalized splines. A simple and unified computational methodology is presented for carrying out the calculations required for Bayesian inference in this class of models based on an adaptive Metropolis algorithm. Application of the adaptive Metropolis algorithm is fully automatic and does not require any kind of pretuning runs. The methodology presented provides flexible methods for modelling heterogeneous Gaussian data, as well as overdispersed and underdispersed count data. Performance is considered in a variety of examples involving real and simulated data sets.


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Home › Forums › Gear Forums › Make Your Own Gear › The Deionization of a Golite Ion Backpack
Jun 11, 2009 at 11:12 am #1236996
Well the goal was to be able to redesign the golite ion to be a little more versatile and allow for a weeks worth of food and gear for a couple section hikes this summer. The goal was to be under 12oz when finished after starting with a 9.05oz pack. Finished weight w/out the .4oz bear can straps is 9.40oz
Basic rundown:
3 lycra mesh pockets
Dyneema roll top
optional bear can straps
mesh cord to hang clothes and gear to dry
more info, pictures and blabbing can be found on my blog, and you could always follow it if you want to keep up on all the projects and testing over the next couple weeksJun 11, 2009 at 2:29 pm #1507587
Rog TallblokeBPL Member
@tallblokeLocale: DON'T LOOK DOWN!!
Nice job, but I don't understand how you managed to add all that and only increase the weight of the original pack by 0.35oz ???Jun 11, 2009 at 2:43 pm #1507591
Ryan HutchinsMember
@ryan_hutchinsLocale: Somewhere out there
nice work! Interestingly, I hear that there is a Jam Jr. in the works that is of a similar design. I love my my Ion for 1-3 day trips, and I think I could eak a day or two more out of it, depending on conditions. This is a great solution to extend out to a week.
Cost for shipping to 82520? =DJun 11, 2009 at 3:22 pm #1507601
realize stuff was also removed, not just added.
the main stuff removed
1.35oz for the hipbelt
1.0oz for the lid
0.4oz for nylon trimmings
total removed, 2.75oz
stuff added
1.0oz for the roll top
0.6oz for the lycra mesh
the 1/2" grossgrain weighs nearly nothing, the aircore 1 drawcord negligible, shock cord very slight weight increase, very tiny weight increase with the micro cord locks, and the buckles were about 0.1oz for both sides of the buckle together, the short strips of 3/8" flat elastic was negligible also. if you run the math, 2.75+.35=3.1oz is what all the negligible things buckles and gross grain had to equate to roughly 1.5oz to make up the whole difference in weight from the 1.6oz of fabric added.
It's not hard to see how it is a very negligible increase from the factory weight when you take into account the stuff that was removed.Jun 11, 2009 at 3:28 pm #1507602
Yeah, I saw the golite post about the Jam Jr a couple months ago on facebook, but I bet it won't be this cheap or light! Golite responded back to me awhile ago when I asked how much it'd weight and it was 16oz to 18oz range. Ain't shipping this pack off though, sorry… :P I could Possibly sell you some remnants for a roll top and lycra though…Jun 11, 2009 at 3:44 pm #1507607
How did you get the lycra mesh and grosgrain tabs into the seams? Did you just sew them on the outside, or did you take apart the seams, insert the fabric, and sew it back together again?Jun 11, 2009 at 3:48 pm #1507608
David UreMember
I really need to learn how to sew.Jun 11, 2009 at 3:58 pm #1507611
Rog TallblokeBPL Member
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Thanks for the figures. The photo seems to show a hip belt. Did you re-attach a lighter one?Jun 11, 2009 at 4:32 pm #1507620
David, it's really not hard. I thought it was the first time around, but once I got started I was surprised how easy it is. After you start putting things together yourself you'll never be able to look at commercial stuff the same way again, and you'll be able to tell which ones really are well-made and those that aren't. I once saw a simple daypack made by Calvin Klein, sellling for $300 and I just couldn't believe that such a simply made thing could sell for so much, especially when a much better made Mountain Hardwear daypack on the person looking at the Calvin Klein pack only cost around $100!!!Jun 11, 2009 at 4:45 pm #1507626
the grey straps are actually the ones for the shoulder straps just hanging down. The hipbelt on my model was a 1" heavy black nylon webbing which I cut off last, so a few pics on my blog might still have it on the pack. For the most part I stopped using the hipbelt this season, It just doesn't seem that effective, plus without it my back vents a little better.
I turned the pack inside out, used a seam ripper and disassembled the pack all the way down the seams just shy of where the lower portion of the shoulder straps come in. The lycra is cut to the width of the fabric with a 3/8" elastic sewed on with a zigzag stitch, which my machine does on its own. I pinned all the grossgrain to the back panel and ran a stitch down in within the seam allowance to keep everything together and make it easier to assemble the 2 halves. It's really not that hard to sew this thing together. The roll top I just made the cinch cord portion like a stuff sack, which is in one of the MYOG articles here. For the rest of the roll top I just glanced over the Golite Jam2 I have. It's real simple.
The only 2 tabs sewn straight to the fabric with a piece of trimmed 3/4" grossgrain reinforcement inside the pack is the one for bottom of the elastic cord system and the stub end of the top strap just above the big pocket.
The buckles for the bear can straps, and the strap for the top closure are all sewn into the roll top seam and a reinforcement stitch over the area of the strap.Jun 11, 2009 at 4:53 pm #1507629
Brad RogersBPL Member
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"I really need to learn how to sew."
Very cool project, it looks like it could have come from the factory that way (except for the slight color diff, but even that is close). Thanks for sharing!Jun 11, 2009 at 5:14 pm #1507633
Brian ULMember
@maynard76Locale: New England
I was thinking of putting stretch pockets on my Ion but didn't. Now that I see what it looks like and that it works I might buy another one someday and do that myself.Jun 11, 2009 at 7:05 pm #1507669
>Very cool project, it looks like it could have come from the factory that way (except for the slight color diff, but even that is close). Thanks for sharing!
till you get a good look at the lycra seams that didn't get tucked in. Lycra likes to stretch when you sew it even if you pin the heck out of it. If I actually cared about the puckered seams I'd line the external lycra seams with that nylon ribbon that the inside of the Ion's and Jam's seams are lined with, than it would look real clean.Jun 12, 2009 at 5:11 am #1507752
Don MeredithMember
@donmeredithLocale: SouthEast
Jared – very nice. I have mine in pieces and plan on doing some sewing this weekend. I bought lycra mesh and some non stretch mesh for the project. You may have convinced me to go with the lycra. Did you sew additional elastic up top or just roll over the lycra and z-stitch it? Does the stitching limit the elasticity of the opening?Jun 12, 2009 at 7:24 am #1507772
I put a piece of 3/8" flat elastic with a zig- zag stitch straight onto the top of the pockets. I ran a couple test runs of a couple different zig-zag stitches and used the one that limited the stretch the least. I wouldn't trust just the lycra to keep it closed. There's several more pics on my blog, and when I get back from my backpacking test trip tomorrow I can post any close ups you need. presently i'm not home and spent the night at my girlfriends which is an hour closer to the trailhead that I'm going to. Your initial work don is what inspired me to just get an ion and modify it.
just keep in mind that the lycra is goin to want to stretch while sewing, so if you want to avoid puckered looking seams on the exposed portion of the water bottle pocket, I'd wrap some of that black nylon stuff like the inside of the pack along the exposed edge and than sew it to the pack.Jun 14, 2009 at 10:41 am #1508093Jun 14, 2009 at 10:56 am #1508098
Don MeredithMember
@donmeredithLocale: SouthEast
Nice, Jared. I'm headed over to the fabric store to pick up a few supplies this afternoon. Its reassuring to see that you have ample volume for more than 5lbs of gear with the mods. I intend to make this my primary pack after I'm done.
Don Meredith
http://lightpack.blogspot.comJun 14, 2009 at 12:05 pm #1508102
It's probably around a 10lb base weight. I'll go through the pack tonight or tomorrow and gather the actual weight. I did get one scuff on the back panel lycra, but I kind of wasn't paying attention as I layed the back down on some sharp rocks and slid it across when i picked it up. The side mesh did survive a short bushwacking along the shore of the lake while fishing on the second day.Jun 14, 2009 at 3:33 pm #1508135
Would like to see your gear list. And what are those shoes atop the pack?Jun 14, 2009 at 4:10 pm #1508141
Derek CoxSpectator
@derekcoxLocale: Southeast
These are some great modifications. Golite should just make this pack instead. Well done!Jun 14, 2009 at 6:41 pm #1508157
Roger CaffinModerator
@rcaffinLocale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe
> I once saw a simple daypack made by Calvin Klein, sellling for $300
Cost in bulk at factory: $4 (I can substantiate this)
Cost after Shipping to USA: $4.50
Add marketing cost for Calvin Klein: $100
After shipping to retailer: $105
After retail mark-up in fashion shop: $300
Simple maths.
CheersJun 14, 2009 at 8:30 pm #1508174
>Would like to see your gear list. And what are those shoes atop the pack?
The aqua sox shoes were for wading at the lake, I wasn't going to be wading out in my off season North Face 104 GTX shoes… with the goretex they would of never dried.
I'm not going to be home tonight to give all the weights, but I can assemble the list and add the weights later.
Golite Ion type pack 9.4oz
Flexair plus pillow 0.85oz
Original Tarptent-for-2 26.05oz
Golite Ultra20 Quilt 19.3oz
Sea To Summit 8L Dry sack 1.2oz (holds quilt and all spare non w/p clothing)
NeoAir 9.1
Clothing Carried:
Exoffico Boxers
Socks 2.0oz
Beanie 1.2oz
liner gloves 1.35oz
686 Polypro pant
686 Polypro top
Minima Vest 4.9oz
Rain Pants 13.85oz
Rain jacket 13.95oz
Mess Kit:
Evernew pot 1L+
Coleman F1 UL stove 2.65oz
Windscreen/reflector 0.3oz
Snowpeak small cannister
mini bic 0.45oz
rag 0.4oz
Freezerbag cozy 0.35oz x2
Ti Spork 0.55oz x2
Essentials bag:
Epipen 2.15oz
pills 0.45oz
matches+bandaids + tape 2.1oz
compass 1.0oz
petzl e+lite 1.0oz
fire starter 0.35
Sportslick 1.0oz
mini swiss army knife 0.9oz
Micropur ClO2 tablets
sunscreen (empty) 0.2oz
handsanitizer (empty) 0.2oz
donner's soap (empty) 0.2oz
REI Wrap bandage
Sea to Summit 2L dry sack 0.85oz
Other stuff:
2L Platy bladder 1.3oz
1L platy bladder 0.8oz
1L platy bladder 0.8oz
play hydration hose 2.2oz
Ursack 8.0oz
Olympus 1050 SW camera 5.95oz
camera case/clip 1.15oz
stick pic 0.35oz
thermometer 0.2oz
nitelite clip #1 0.15oz x3
Washington Trails Map and w/p cover
Fishing Gear:
Aqua socks
fly pole/line/reel 9.0oz
Fly box and flys
dry fly dressing
mini pliers
Major Consumables: (I was carrying food for 2 people other than day one snacks for Heather)
2L of H2O
2 lipton Knorr rice dishes w/ 1/2cup dried turkey
2 1cup oatmeal dishes w/dried raspberries and strawberries
9 cliff bars at start of trip
3 flies…
That is about everything that was attached or in the pack. The majority of the weights I took off of a previous gear list that is posted on my blog, won't have access to my scale till tomorrow at the earliest. I wasn't carrying my solo mess kit, which weighs 4.5oz, I'm presently making a solo tarp and bivy to get the shelter down to the 16oz range. The rain gear is presently on the chopping block, but money is preventing replacement. I'd really like a marmot essence for a jacket, but will more than likely take a stab at the mountain poncho that BPL did an article on and get a ULA rain wrap for 3 season use to suffice for this summer.Jul 15, 2009 at 9:05 pm #1514198
Prashant MenonMember
So did you have to take the entire Ion's seams apart to sew on the lycra & rolltop & buckles or was it possible to sew without taking the majority of the Ion apart? (Aside from the lid of course)Jul 15, 2009 at 10:44 pm #1514215
Yes, I removed the seams on the lid and the side seams to about a 1/4" away from the bottom of the shoulder straps. It's really easy to sew, there's more pics if you follow my blog link from the first page. With the pack open I stitched the stretch mesh to the pack within the seam allowance, With the pack inside out I lined up all the seams and stitched it together similar to the way the factory did.Aug 24, 2009 at 6:32 am #1522709
Tim MarshallBPL Member
@marshlaw303Locale: Minnesota
quick question, what lycra mesh did you use? From who?
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My vision was already fuzzy, and I'd hardly gotten threw half the bottle. I looked about at the crowed. Most of them were drunken men. I could barely see their features through the neon lights, or hear their voices threw the loud crass music. Was I going to turn out like them? Sittingg in a bar, a hollow, soulless shell...
I sunk in a corner on the floor, (I didn't really think I'd keep my balance on a chair), and began speculating and observing my future. I caught the eye of some women on the floor while searching the crowed carefully. I felt my face grow hot and red, under something that wasn't the influence of alcohol, but due to the "sexy" women. I finally figured out where I was, I wasn't in a normal bar, I was in a strip club. Their laced, erotic costumes and seductive yet trashy makeup…was it really ok to look? I dropped my gaze to my feet. It wasn't like they were not attractive, they were more than simply sexy… it just didn't feel right. I was a failure, a mess, and an incompetent brat...But not a pimp or a gigolo, I'd never even kissed a woman in my life, it was so wrong to be watching them doing what they do. Right now, I just needed a place to crash.
I decided sitting in the corner would be wise, and inconspicuous. It would make me invisible to the crowd... either way, I was invisible to the world. I also decided it would be better to leave behind my bottle, before I got too drunk to make good decisions and landed up naked in a dumpster.
I guess I was wrong to think I was invisible, not here at least. In a world that mattered maybe, but not here, in a world where time itself seemed twisted and distorted. She stood in front of me, all seductive ad alluring, in a red corset, her blonde hair trailing down her back. I gulped, as she pouted her pink puffy lips.
"Why so sad little boy," She asked, in a tone that was unnaturally sexy, "want me to make you feel better?"
My entire body was shaking, my face burning with embarrassment. The way she had positioned herself, the only thing I could see when I lifted my head was her large chest.
"No…no…I'm fine…"I muttered. Before she could say any more I began vigorously shaking my head side to side.
"No..no...really..." It was the best way to keep people away,. make them think your a freak. She got up, rolled her eyes, and walked away. I sighed. I had to find a better hiding spot.
As I began to raise myself from my perch, I saw her. Her beautiful alabaster skin and dark black hair, with eyes like calming pools of water…I wasn't looking at her cloths, but her gorgeous features. I wanted to see her in a beautiful sun dress and little sun hat, surrounded by a field of daffodils in the light of summer months, so as to fill my canvas with a captivating beauty, pure and indestructible by time.
Hopeing she hadn't seen me, I immediatly began to sketch out her image in the sketch pad I had carried, designing the little sun dress with rose patterns and butterflies flitting around the cloth, the hat with a small coloured feather sticking out from the top and the beautiful face...
"If only she'd come a little closer, so I can get the image in her eyes without the trashy makeup..." I thought, as I shaded her iris with the tip of my pencil.
Art... Painting beautiful things, my only joy in life. In times when the world seemed to drown me in its never ending pool of black sorrows, I could always escape into my own little world, where everything was beautiful, and at that moment, her eyes were the most gorgeous and pure object I could see, or perhaps had ever seen...and to find such a rare dimond in uch a cold, dark atmosphere...
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A lot of players hated Bowman in Detroit as well. Early in his tenure mind you.
In Ray Sheppard's biography, he wrote of how excited they were when Bryan Murray hired a coach to replace himself, Ilitch letting him pick, proving management wanted a winner. The wings were a bit leaderless and divided on the ice, and Bryan wanted a coach who could take 16 different egos and gel them into a winner.
The author who wrote the biography Ray went on to say he was shocked after having lunch with the team at how most of the red wing players, especially the leaders, hated Bowman and his style of coaching. One of the problems they had with Murray(Although they loved him) was his being both a coach and GM splitting his attention. Then, Bowman started bypassing Murray and going straight to Ilitch and it was said the players lost any respect they had for Bowman.
It went on about their loss to the Sharks. how Steve Y was rushed back to play before physically ready, and how despite the pounding they gave the sharks 2 games before with their run and gun style(Which they still played), Bowman decreed they were changing up for game 7 with a defense first, no risk taking game and that he would bench anyone not following his plan. Larionov was credited for his ability to defensively take Hart winning Fedorov out of games.
After they lost, Bowman trashed the team in the media about how the whole team "can't or won't play defense. We are not a good team at checking. The forwards are thinking goals and chicago".
I don't personally remember that because it was a Detroit paper, but at the time, I remember Bowman trashing just about everyone defensively except Fedorov and Konstantinov for their lackluster defensive play And Declared he was going to end this run and gun style the team plays and show them how to be winners. If they don't like it, they will be traded.
Obviously, Bowman did what he said and converted the team and gained their respect(Well, not some of them) over the years. But boy did a lot of players hate him.
He was also criticized by Dino who said that "Bowman distance himself too much from his team and it becomes a problem in the locker room". I don't think I ever saw anyone criticizing his startegies or coaching ability. Except those who were discarded or didnt get enough ice-time (Burr, Primeau, Fedorov)
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Sam was sitting in his room, typing up his English report. Since, he was mute the only way; he could talk to his friends when they were home. Was by text or email, but mainly email. He didn't like the book, they were studying.
The 'Lord of Flies' book, was, in Sam's option, plain creepy. He still shuddered at the thought, of children being by themselves, and the reason behind it. How it showed, the morals and humanity can be lost so easily.
When a small sound, brought him out of his thoughts and back to his computer, it seemed he got an email from Anna. More likely than not, about new fashion ideas that she came up with, usually at others embarrassment, Sam was more than happy to laugh at what she came up with.
Sam, Nick called me. It's not good news. Hana is at the Feather River Hospital. Hana was on the hill, where she told us about her sister. It seems her foster dad, he isn't that, a monster, a demon in sheep skin. Hana was beaten half to death. The thing I'm trying to say is. Hana needs us, please come.
I'm pretty sure, we'll need another person. To calm Ethan down. Why are we friends with someone with angry issues? Who knows. Hope to see you there. Anna.
For a while, all Sam could do was stare at the computer screen. Tears building up in eyes, before going down his check, he re-read the email, hoping that this was a joke, that he read it wrong.
The blue of his walls didn't calm him down, he kept looking at the box Hana gave him. Since, she knew his love of planes; she drew him a picture as a pilot, flying one. Sam framed and put on his wall, he loved this gift, homemade gifts, where better than anything, you could buy at a store. When you make something, it showed how much you cared, no matter how good or bad it was.
He needed to be strong, for his friends and his pranking partner, also known as his partner in crime. He still remembered replacing the shampoo at Ethan's place, with food dye. It was something Hana, thought of and it was funny seeing the boy with pink in his hair. Sam made sure to send Hana the picture. When he saw her, she was still laughing.
Running out of his room and into the living room, where his parents were. Watching TV. He needed to get their attention, this was one of those times, where being mute was horrible. He started to try doing wild gestures and pointing to the door, but he gave up, when it wasn't getting their attention.
So, he chose to walk behind the coach and tap their shoulders. It caused both of them to jump in fright and look at him. Normally, this would have been a funny sight, still was. But his partner in crime and best friend, was hurt and that was more important, it would always be more important.
"Sport, where's the fire?" his dad, William, jokingly asked
"Sam, what's wrong?" Camila asked, her green eyes glowing with worry.
"My friend, Hana." Sam signed; well they were the ones to teach him American Sign Language, so they knew it.
"Your friend?" Camila asked "is it the one, who got you the food dye?"
"Will, I want to meet them," William laughed "that was a good one,"
"She's at Feather hospital," Sam signed, giving his dad a blank look, it was funny for the first two weeks, but now, it was old. There were always new pranks to plan.
"William! Sam why she is at the hospital?" Camila asked pushing her husband.
"She was beaten, please, she needs me," Sam gave her his infamous puppy dog eyes while he signed
"I need to be there."
"Sam," Camila said, turning the TV off "get a coat and anything else you need."
Sam watched as his mum went into her room, before turning to his dad, who was doing the same thing.
"She'll be fine, sport," William told him "that hospital has the best doctors."
For the twenty minutes, Sam didn't sign. All he could so was think of some of the pranks Hana told him about. He was never more silent, in his life.


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"Father, tell me something," I said as we walked into the throne room.
"Anything," he said.
"How much do you know about possession?"
He stared at me for a long time. "Why are you asking, Roan?"
I shrugged. "I'm just curious."
He narrowed his eyes at me. "You are my son. I know you. What is it that you know?"
I sighed. "I can't tell you, Father. Please. Just tell me what it is you know of it."
"Just that the legends of it being a demon are true," he answered, lowering his voice. "Different demons possess different people and races. For example, a stronger demon is required to possess a... vampire than one to possess a human."
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"The ritual is the same?"
"Yes. I hope this is for... research."
"It is," I nodded. "I do not plan on acting on this knowledge."
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"Why must they be ready?" I asked. "We are at peace with all races."
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I stopped walking. "Father, have you communed with Caricus lately?"
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"I think my father knows," I whispered.
"Everything?" she whispered back, her face in my neck.
In spite of it all, I smiled at the feel of her warm breath against my skin.
"Most of it," I nodded. "I don't think he knows that Donne is possessed. I think he suspects it."
I told her briefly about what he said about demons.
"He was acting the same today," she said. "I did, too. I figured the less he suspected that I knew, the safer I'd be."
"You were right," I nodded.
I stretched and she giggled.
"Every time you do that you remind me of a cat," she answered.
"Just remember that cats have claws," I purred in her ear, nuzzling her neck and smiling when I felt her shiver against me. "And they also are great at self-cleaning."
I licked her neck and she gasped, gripping my arms. I teased her for a while longer before she pushed on me. We kissed again but she didn't take it beyond that.
"I'm still tired," she said, blushing. "And sore. I'm sorry."
"Don't be," I said, lying back down and yawning. "We've had a long day. Come cuddle with your cat."
She giggled and I pulled her so her back was against my chest.
"Good night, Roan."
"Sleep well, my Lillian."
The next day, Lillian and I were summoned into Elder Donne's office. I tried not to panic. He couldn't be aware we were onto him yet, could he? When we entered, though, he was smiling.
"Have you been enjoying your time here?" he asked Lillian and she nodded. "I happen to know that you have been... entertaining each other's company."
Lillian turned brilliant red and covered her face.
"Have you been spying on us!?" I yelled.
He smirked. "I am the elder. I know everything that goes on in this realm. And, when you are not being rude and sealing your room, I have the right to make sure all is well."
Lillian ran out, her face still covered.
"That is wrong," I said, pointing my finger angrily at him. "You are invading our privacy!"
"It is my duty," he said stubbornly. "Besides, it's good you're doing it now. We can start seeing if she'll get pregnant."
"I don't know who you think you are," I yelled, "but I am sealing our room permanently!"
"And if I forbid it?" he asked with narrowed eyes.
I smirked at him. "There are other ways to get our privacy in this castle." I stormed to the door. "By the way," I added, turning. "If I find out that you've been poking your nose where it doesn't belong again, I'll cut it off."
"How dare you!?" he hissed, standing up.
I met his gaze. "Stay out of our business."
"This marriage and pregnancy is my business," he snapped and I wondered why he was so hung up on her getting pregnant. "And she better be pregnant! I have done my research, young Roan," he added. I gripped the doorknob. "If you don't impregnate her, I will."
"Don't you dare!" I yelled. "You stay away from her!"
"Get her pregnant and I will."
I pulled the door open so hard it was torn off the hinges. I stared at it then threw it at Donne. It crashed into him but I didn't stick around to see what he would do.
I followed the feelings of embarrassment through the palace until I got to the greenhouse. Lillian was curled up in a ball in the far corner. I sighed and sat beside her.
"Tell me everything," she whispered.
"He's been spying. That is all."
"I know you're not telling me all of it," she said, glaring at me.
I sighed. "You don't want to know, Lillian."
"Yes I do. If I don't, I can't protect myself!"
I groaned. "It will only frighten you."
"More than a demon possessing the vampire elder?" she hissed.
I sighed again and put my head on hers. She bit her lower lip as our eyes locked.
"If I don't get you pregnant, Lillian, he will."
Her face went pale. "You mean he'll-"
"Cast a spell and force himself on you, yes," I whispered.
She shut her eyes tightly. "Oh, Roan," she groaned. "What are we going to do?"
"We'll find it out now," I said, pulling her to her feet. "We're going to the library, grab as many books as we can, and going back where we went the other day."
"You mean the-"
I shook my head quickly and she took the hint, falling silent.
I held her hand as we ran to the library and I followed the alphabet. I went to 'D' and she went to 'P'. Most of the books were in my native tongue so I'd have to translate for her or read them myself. When we got done gathering all the books, I stuffed them in a sack and we ran as fast as we could to the clearing. I was glad she was an elf; she could keep up with me and I knew whoever this demon was had been watching us.
"Can he follow us?" she panted.
"Not once we're in the clearing," I said.
We arrived and both let out a sigh of relief. We sat and I passed her half of the books and I took the others.
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I got this in the mail last week and decided it would be best if I got pictures of her up as soon as I could. Today I finally had a bit of time to catch up and take photos of figures I've neglected pretty much since I got them (figma Shana for example). I'll be posting Nagato today and Shana before Monday. I took a special little picture of Lelouch today as well I'll share in due time.
The Gothic Lolita Nagato is a 1/7 scale statue released by Griffon. I ordered her back in November. This marks the completion of the lolita series of Haruhi girls by Griffon. I got Mikuru in December and Haruhi back in August. I'm very happy with the quality of this figure but the only thing I regret is that I paid a ludicrous amount of money for her after shipping and the poor CAD - JPY exchange rate. 9000 JPY after shipping and exchange cost me $165 CAD. I'm never paying this much for a figure again I don't care what it is. When I'm in Japan this April I hope I catch a bit of a break with the exchange rate and at least I won't have to pay shipping on my purchases. I hope you enjoy the photos:
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Friday, February 6, 2009
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8 comments:
- Q said...
While it doesn't look very Nagato to me with the smile and the flamboyant colours, there are a lot of details to the frills and the basket etc. It's a job well done indeed.
The exchange rate has pretty much gone haywire since the global recession. Hope things will change for the good in the future.
- February 7, 2009 at 10:47 AM
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I think the face its a little different but Yuki looks kawaii in that dress.
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Sunday, November 7, 2010 from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM (EST)
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Interested in spatial data, Open Street Map (OSM), or contributing to the largest open source mapping project in the world?
Come join us for a mapping party at MIT. There will be presentations and hands on editing throughout the day. We will be working in teams to update some local map data to reflect the some new developments in Cambridge.
We encourage you to bring a laptop or GPS with you if you would like to learn with your own tools, but we will also have many computers and GPS units to work with as well.
Space is limited so sign up ASAP.
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Philip Clarke of Tesco spoke to the Observer this Sunday - 21st July - and warned that the prices of food will rise, after a poll revealed that UK residents would be willing to pay more if more money went to farmers.
He told the paper: "Over the long run I think food prices and the proportion of income spent on food may well be going up. Because of growing demand it is going to change. It is the basic law of supply and demand."
Clarke made this statement after a new poll, which was commissioned by the Prince's Countryside Fund, revealed that a majority of British consumers would be willing to pay more for food if they knew that this extra money was going to farmers, as opposed to supermarket shareholders.
The YouGov poll also indicates that more than 80% of consumers think it is important to buy British produce where possible as a way of showing support for the nation's farmers.
The NFU responded, on Monday, to this article and their chief economist, Phil Bicknell, said: "The media have inevitably picked up on Philip Clarke's comments about food prices going up, but the reality is that our food prices have been heading upwards for several years.
"Indeed, food and drink inflation has seen prices rise by 43% since January 2006.
"Mr Clarke correctly points to demand pressures in the long term driving food prices up, but it's the supply issues that have been fundamental to the sometimes dramatic changes in agricultural commodity and farm input markets since 2007.
"This has again been emphasised in the last year as 2012's drought in the US pushed several agricultural commodities to record price levels.
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"The reality is that all UK farming sectors have seen their bottom line hit in the last year – profitability for dairy producers down by 44%, pig producers seeing profits slashed in half and uplands farmers seeing their returns drop below £15k according to the latest government statistics.
"Arguably the bigger challenge for all in the agri-food supply chain is not higher prices, but how we all manage volatility that's increasingly characteristic of the farming's production costs and the prices farmers receive for what they produce.
"Just as farming cannot survive on low returns, it also cannot lurch from profit to loss from one year to the next. To be sustainable, to encourage investment in our businesses, and simply to ensure that we are able to plant next year's crop or raise next year's livestock, we need our farmers to be viable businesses.
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Nazareth: WelcomingMature
She looked flustered. Her sapphire eyes suggested that she thought I'd rape or murder her, but my amber eyes were telling her not to worry.
"Hold my hands" I ordered. At first she hesitated. She stood still just staring at my pale palms that I displayed before her. And then as I felt my power slightly rising she clutched my pale and sexy hands, while not daring to break eye contact.
"Oooh they're so cold" she moaned without letting go.
"Now don't be scared" I chuckled, "this'll be fun." The end of the alley was a graffiti-littered brick wall, or so it would appear to a sexually ambigous teenage girl. But to a drop dead gorgeous vampire like myself, this alley was a doorway to a whole new world. My whole new world.
I heard her gasped rather erotically as we defied physics and stepped through the wall into a smoke filled room. It was the place where most vampires met in the daytime to smoke, drink blood and talk about how many virgins they had molestered over the weekend. Every pair of devilish ruby eyes fell on the girl and her revealing school uniform. It was at that moment that I realised I didn't even know her name.
"What's your name?" I grunted as my sneaky fingers slid further down her quivering body. She was scared, I could tell, and yet still stood her ground when surrounded by so many vampires. I would have to beat that spirit out of her. My claws gripping into her thigh snapped her into normality.
"Nat" she moaned "my name is Nat". I think she quite liked it when I gripped her, grabbed her...bruized her. I could hear a slight giggle leaving her large lips as another vampire approached. But not just any vampire, it was Buchnikov. He could smell her virginity like any other vampire sat in the room, but what made the large Russian specimen terrifying was that he took what he wanted, when he wanted. And right now he wanted Ned...I mean Nat. Nat was her name right? Yeah it was definetely Nat. Anyway, he wanted to girl whose mind, soul and virginity rightfully belonged to me. It looks like the girl was about to witness to ancient art of vampire brawling. Hopefully, seeing my kill another man would make her sexually active. That's how female hormones work.


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Beyond Boundaries: Nature, Culture and a Holistic Approach to Domestication in the Levant
DOI: 10.1007/s10963-004-4361-9
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The main objective of this paper is to suggest an alternative approach for the investigation of domestication in the Levant. First, basic data regarding domestication in the Levant are presented. Then the various traditional approaches towards domestication in the prehistoric Levant, labeled (1) environmental, (2) social and anthropological, and (3) cognitive, are briefly reviewed. This discussion forms the basis for a proposal of a "holistic approach," in which domestication is regarded as a long-term, multidimensional and multirelational phenomenon, including many elements—such as plants, animals, humans, material culture and ancestors—with increasing human manipulation of these various constituents. After a presentation of the theoretical framework, a growth metaphor is used to reconstruct the process of domestication (ca. 20,000–6500 B.P.) as a number of phases: (1) germination in the Kebaran; (2) development in the Early Natufian; (3) retreat/dormancy in the Late/Final Natufian; (4) growth in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A; (5) florescence in the Early- and Middle Pre-Pottery Neolithic B: (6) further development in the Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B; (7) dispersal in the Final Pre-Pottery Neolithic B and the Pottery Neolithic. In each of these phases, relations between the various elements are dealt with, special attention being paid to symbolical relations, as evidenced by "art" and ritual.


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[Author's note: This poem was written by me with help from SpookOfNight to describe the amusingness that happens in Chapters 44 and 45 (The Telling of tales, Part 1 and 2) in Phoenix Triumphant. At least I found it amusing that of the eleven people I gathered, seven of them had secrets, only four of which I'd known about beforehand. I see this as potentially being turned into a great Vervellean ballad, "The Reuniting of Verzer"]
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... up. He gave me breakfast and a hot tea and then he told me there was a bed ready so I could go to sleep for a bit, it was the nicest sleep I was so happy to be in bed. I slept until 11.30. I woke up to find that the others I had met in Salta had arrived. A couple from England, a guy from Germany and a girl from Australia. We decided to go off and do a trek. The German Aussie and I. We got a bus and then got dropped off. We started walking and headed ...
Bewaffnete Engel & selbstgemachte Züpfe
... die Engel auf den Gem�lden Waffen tragen ist nicht ganz klar. Es gibt verschiedene Theorien, von freidenkenden K�nstlern bis zu verbannen der G�tter der alten Ureinwohner durch die Spanischen "Befreier". Jeder hat so seine Theorie und es ist spannend, die unterschiedlichen zu h�ren. Den genauen Grund wird man wohl nie herausfinden aber das geh�rt nun mal zum Mysterium, dass die Bilder so einzigartig macht. F�r uns hie� es nun weiter nach Humahuaca, da wir dort unser ...
Rocks, rocks and more rocks.
... one campsite a little kitten was playing around when I had a shower. A bit later I returned to use the facilities and the kitten had knocked over and was curled up asleep in one of the bins. I should mention that these bins are for the used toilet paper that you don't flush down the loo. That will be one smelly cat!
After more maintenance on Gerty (greasing wheel bearings) we headed, yes you've guessed, north yet ...
Other places to stay in Humahuaca
Posada El SolMedalla Milagrosa s/n, Humahuaca | Hostelfrom $16
- Relaxing


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Derivative of Cosine Square Root of X
In trigonometric Differentiation most of the examples based on sine square roots function, we will discuss in detail derivative of cosine square root of function and its related examples. It can be proved by definition of differentiation.
Consider the function of the form
We can prove this with the help of definition of differentiation, we have
Putting the value of function in equation (i), we get
Using formula from trigonometry
Now consider the relation
Consider , as , then
Example: Find the derivative of
We have the given function as
Differentiation with respect to variable , we get
Using the rule, , we get


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Cops: Woman asked for 'Jesus' before DUI arrest
ORLANDO, Fla. - An Orlando woman allegedly asked a state trooper to call Jesus before being arrested on charges of driving drunk, authorities said.
Troopers said Leyla Aykin, 27, said she wanted to "taste the ocean" when she was pulled over for speeding on I-75 near Naples last week.
Investigators said she then started singing and chanting.
Troopers said they did not find drugs in Aykin's car, and tests revealed she was not drunk.