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When people talk to Chris they know that he has this tremendous fervor and love for what he is doing and it comes through tenfold when people have an opportunity to see Chris off the screen. They realize you can't differentiate Chris on TV or Chris sitting next to you in an automobile." Bill Powell
Bill Powell is one proud papa, but who wouldn't be? His son, Chris Powell is firm, but kind to the super morbidly obese participants on "Extreme Weight Loss" and you don't see too much of that combination on other reality weight loss shows.
That's because Chris Powell is passionate about helping people get on the right track – and he'll have to pull out all the reserves this season when twins David and Rebecca sign up to get fit.
"They were introduced to food early on and food quickly became a crutch to them," he begins. "For them it was the social influences of school – and I'm not talking about the positive influence, but the negative influence and the cruelty of the children when they were growing up."
Powell gave them time to "unload all of the emotional weight they'd been carrying around for years," and was overwhelmed by what they suffered.
"They sat there taking turns going back and forth talking about just the atrocious things that they endured as kids," he recalls. "It was heartbreaking and there was not a dry eye. Even the cameramen…I saw them as they were filming it wiping the tears away from their eyes. You can only imagine what that was like for them as children growing up."
Ridicule is a pet peeve for Powell, who has little tolerance for cruel remarks at the expense of others.
"It is bullying plain and simple. It is absolutely uncalled for and I will not have it – especially in my time with my people," he states firmly. "Fortunately, [David and Rebecca are] in a very different place now and I say that with a huge smile on my face. I'm eager for you to see the end result. It's jaw dropping."
The twins had to stop using calories to numb their pain and after "unloading" their past, became coachable. From that point forward it was about making positive adjustments in their lives.
And getting them in shape was more than just a family affair for the twins. Powell's wife and partner, Heidi, helped motivate Rebecca while he inspired David.
Get ready to see more of Heidi this season (though she help create the concept with Powell while they were still dating).
"We drove back and forth to Los Angeles to sit down with Eyeworks USA to map out the context of the show," he tells Lifescript.
Heidi was satisfied, in fact adamant, to work behind the scenes (with the exception of one appearance in season two). That was until the twin sort of forced her on-camera involvement.
"She understands rehabilitation very well. It's something that she's been through numerous times with her family…even for herself," Powell explains. "And that's really what we do with people, rehabilitation."
Heidi will appear in four episodes for season three and many more in season four. Chris Powell knew the twins needed special attention and having Heidi split duties with him was a necessity.
"She is an integral part of this whole process. She brings a different feel to rehab," he points out. "[The twins] are their biggest allies, but when one of them falls off, they become each other's worst enemies. Just the raw dynamics between the two was so unique, so different. We had no idea what to expect. They threw a lot of curveballs at us over the year, but they're going to be in our premiere episode for a wonderful reason – the end result. They finally got it and when they embraced the transformation it is so incredible to see how far they've come."
Powell is committed to the success each participant. And four of the participants from season three even spent Christmas with the couple.
"They're part of our family," Powell insists. "It's such a personal thing that they go through over the year, changing their lives and creating a new normal. Truly going back to rehabilitating themselves and finding new patterns…it's a gigantic life change and it's life changing for all of us. Having gone through it for a whole year, you can't help but be close with these people. It's really neat because we're all in it together."
Bill Powell couldn't agree more and adds that his son is living the dream he always envisioned for himself.
"Christopher's lifelong ambition and goal is coming true," he states. "He always told me, 'It's not important dad, I don't care about making money. I want to make people healthy and I want to educate as many people as I can so they can live better lives,' " he recalls. "Christopher was raised to treat everyone well and without exception, that's what people have found with Chris."
Season three of "Extreme Weight Loss" begins Tuesday, May 28, 8:00 p.m. on ABC.
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What does Ruza mean?
Ruza [ruza] as a girls' name has its root in Latin, and the name Ruza means "rose". Ruza is a version of Rose (Latin): Flower name from rosa.
ASSOCIATED WITH rose (flower)
VARIANTS Rozy, Roza, Rosy, Rosio, Rosie▼, Rosey, Rosa▼, Rasya
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA ROSE Rasia, Rasja, Rhoda▼, Roze, Rozina, Rozsa, Rozsi, Ruzena, Ruzenka, Ruzha, Ruzsa, ZitaCREATIVE FORMS
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How popular is Ruza?
Ruza is a rare given name for women. Ruza is a rare last name too for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Which version is better?with its source form and related girl names. Rose (#166 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Rosa (#631), Rosie (#774), Rosy, Zita, Rosey, Rhoda and Rosio are the popular varying forms of Ruza (UNLISTED) appearing in the Top 2000. Adoption of these forms of Ruza was widespread among parents in the 1900s (AVERAGE #818) and is now significantly less (#1446, DOWN 88%), with forms like Rhoda falling out of fashion. (2015 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Similar Names
Ruza is alike in pronunciation to Raisa, Raiza, Razi, Razia, Raziah, Reesa, Resi, Reza, Rezi, Riesa, Risa, Rosae, Rosai, Rosay and Rysa. Other suggested similar names are Arza, Aza, Diza, Elza, Enza, Giza, Liza▼, Lucza, Luiza, Lujza, Lyza, Paza, Rafa, Raja, Rama, Rana, Raula, Raya, Rea, Reba▼, Reda, Rena▼, Reta▼, Reva▼, Reya, Rezka, Rhea, Rhia, Ria, Rica, Rida, Rika, Rima, Rina, Rita▼, Riva, Roba, Roda, Roma▼, Rona, Rora, Roya, Roz, Rubi▼, Rubia, Ruby, Rudi, Rue, Rui, Rupa, Ruta, Ruth▼ and Teza. These names tend to be more commonly used than Ruza.See names in meaning and etymology.

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NCTE/CCCC Mobile Technology Center: 2008 Computer Connection Sessions
Sponsored by the CCCC Committee on Computers and Composition, the CCCC Computer Connection offers presentations on new software and technologies for teaching composition and literature, computer-facilitated classroom practices, best practices for teaching online, new technology resources, and electronic journals. The Computer Connection takes place at the NCTE/CCCC Mobile Technology Center, which is located in the Exhibit Hall. The presentations are offered throughout the day on Thursday, April 3, and Friday, April 4, 2008. Information about current and past presentations is available at http://computersandwriting.org/cc/ and will be posted in the Exhibit Hall at the Technology Center. The CC presentations run 30 minutes each, so you can attend them individually or as full concurrent sessions.
Thursday, April 3
A Session 10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Low-Stakes Writing with WordPress Blogs
Toby F. Coley, Bowling Green State University
Citation and the Collaborative Wiki Assignment
Noël Clare Radley, University of Texas
B Session 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Invention in the Digital Age: New Approaches to Thinking about Writing
Tina Bacci, University of Rhode Island
Using Moodle to Enhance Student Learning in a Composition Course
Jessica Schreyer, University of Dubuque
C Session 1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Social Network as CMS: Using Facebook to Power Course Communication
John Jones, University of Texas at Austin
Editing Sound as Text: The Waveform Alphabet
Michael Salvo, Purdue University
D Session 3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Writing without Wires: Sharing Three Points of View from a Laptop University
Elizabeth Monske, Sarah Wangler, and Laura Soldner, Northern Michigan University
Process and Product: Redesigning Kairos
Karl Stolley, Illinois Institute of Technology
Kathie Gosset, Old Dominion University
Douglas Eyman, George Mason University
Friday, April 4
G Session 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Using Free, Unrestricted Online Resources to make Presentations more Exciting
Annette Vee, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Peer Factor: Teaching the Peer Review Process with an Educational Game
Ryan M. Moeller, Utah State University
Kim White, Bedford/St. Martin's Press
H Session 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Easy Bake Technology
Matthew Heard, University of North Texas
Using Microformats: Collaboration and the Semantic Web
Karl Stolley, Illinois Institute of Technology
I Session 12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Reimagining Research: Blogging the Term Project
Andrew Strycharski, Florida International University
WordPress Blogs as Learning Sites
Bob Whipple, Creighton University
J Session 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Not your Parents' Autobiography: Presentations of Self in Electronic
Rick Carpenter, Valdosta State University
Reflections on 'The Digital Mirror': Technology Camps as Institutional Outreach
Jen Almjeld, Kristine Blair, and Meredith Graupner, Bowling Green
State University
K Session 3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Identi-Kits: Visualizing Cultural Assumptions and Writer Agency in the
Composition Classroom
Alexandria Lockett and Katie Wyre, University of Oklahoma
Teaching Writing through Wikipedia: Bringing Laziness to the Writing Classroom
Robert E. Cummings, Columbus State University
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Wow, this thing gets bigger
Wow, this thing gets bigger every year. Great lineup, too. No doubt, the presentations here will be much more interesting than the regular ones. Do you think 4C's is using it to rationalize rejecting so many techie panels?
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The Pittsburgh Pirates played two games this afternoon in part of a split squad day. And both games had very different results.
Lefty Erik Bedard started against the Baltimore Orioles at McKechnie Field in Bradenton on Saturday in the Bucs 6-6 tie. Bedard, who will get the Pirates Opening Day nod at PNC Park on Thursday, allowed four runs on five hits. He walked two and struck out two.
All four runs scored off Bedard came via the long ball in the 4th inning back-to-back. Ronny Paulino connected for a three-run shot, and Jai Miller followed with a solo-homer.
"The one pitch, yeah he just hit a bad location on the pitch to Paulino," Pirates Manager Clint Hurdle said. "That's a homer anywhere you play, any day you play. And the other ball was blown...
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Show landing: The PX-MiEV previews Mitsubishi's next-generation Outlander, which will include a plug-in hybrid powertrain option and is due for release in Australia in 2013.
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By TERRY MARTIN
MITSUBISHI will use the 2011 Australian International Motor Show to demonstrate its commitment to electric motoring, unveiling the PX-MiEV plug-in hybrid concept in Melbourne on Friday and offering rides in – and taking orders for – its all-electric i-MiEV micro-hatch for the duration of the event.
While the Japanese importer was unable to secure an example of the Global Small concept after its world premiere in Geneva in March – a vehicle that points to its 2012 Colt successor, which will also be offered with full-electric drive – the PX-MiEV previews the company's next-generation Outlander compact SUV that will be available with a plug-in hybrid powertrain.
The all-new Outlander is due to be launched here next year, with the plug-in version following in 2013.
As GoAuto has reported, the new Outlander might not be Mitsubishi's first electrified SUV, with Mitsubishi Australia's vice-president of corporate strategy Paul Stevenson confirming earlier this month that the Australian subsidiary was awaiting confirmation of another electrified SUV that might arrive in the next 12-18 months, meaning a possible mid-to-late 2012 launch.
This is expected to be a plug-in hybrid version of the smaller ASX wagon, which is likely to share many of its electrical components with the PX-MiEV-based plug-in Outlander.
Left: Mitsubishi PX-MiEV. Below: Mitsubishi i-MiEV.Special-edition versions of the current Outlander and the harder-core Pajero 4WD will also feature on Mitsubishi's Melbourne show stand, along with a special ASX promotional car covered in photographs taken by customers across Australia.
MMAL head of corporate communications Lenore Fletcher told GoAuto that the company would offer show-goers rides around Melbourne streets in the i-MiEV electric micro, which as previously announced will reach the general Australian market in August with a $48,800 starting price.
The three demonstration cars, and those on the stand, will be the same model year 2010 i-MiEVs as those already in service to selected lease customers since last year, with Ms Fletcher confirming that MY12 versions – which carry a number of upgrades, including automatic headlights, keyless entry and tinted windows – were still in transit from Japan ahead of their scheduled mid-August showroom debut.
"It's a ride experience (rather than a test-drive), but people will be able to experience the EV technology for themselves," she said.
First shown at the 2009 Tokyo motor show, the PX-MiEV combines a conventional internal combustion engine with two electric motors that enable alternative front-drive/rear-drive or simultaneous (all-wheel drive) operation and full-electric motoring over a limited range (50km).
In this case, an engine drives the front wheels and acts as a generator, with each permanent-magnet synchronous motor developing 60kW/200Nm front and rear. The system is designed to automatically switch to the optimum drive mode based on the driving conditions and the level of energy in the lithium-ion battery pack.
According to Mitsubishi, the drive battery will power the front motor/front wheels at low to middle vehicle speeds, switching to the rear motor for four-wheel drive whenever traction wanes. The petrol engine automatically kicks in at higher speeds and, when drive battery energy falls to a predetermined level, running in front-wheel drive but also reverting to four-wheel drive via the rear motor when required.
Mitsubishi engineers have also integrated the S-AWC handling electronics around the E-4WD system, developing E-AYC (Electric-powered Active Yaw Control), which controls the left/right torque split at the rear wheels and the degree of deceleration energy recovery, in addition to ESC and ABS functions.
However, unlike the AYC system on the Lancer Evolution X, which uses a wet-plate clutch arrangement, the E-AYC uses a differential motor to control the rear-wheel torque split.
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For the television show, see Once Upon a Time.
For the Underworld book, see Underworld Once Upon a Time (Book).
For the other storybook which Isaac created, see Heroes and Villains (Book).
Henry's Once Upon a Time Book, commonly referred to as Henry's Book or simply The Book, is a magical item featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It first appears in the first episode of the first season.
For eons, the Sorcerer and his Apprentice have chosen an Author, whose sole responsibility is to record stories in a book using a magic quill. During December of 1966, after the last Author has died, the Apprentice poses as an employee from a publishing company and sends an aspiring writer man named Isaac Heller a letter requesting his services. Upon meeting the Apprentice, Isaac is asked to select a pen out of various pens, to which he picks a quill and becomes the next Author. Like the previous Authors before him, Isaac's responsibilities include recording tales in the storybook with the quill's power, but he cannot use the quill to write his own happy ending, which will result in his termination as Author. ("Best Laid Plans", "Operation Mongoose Part 1", "Operation Mongoose Part 2")
At some point in the Underworld, some people stage an attempted rebellion against Hades, and rumors spread about a book capable of defeating him. ("The Brothers Jones")Sometime after becoming the Author, Isaac changes a story in the book by manipulating the Apprentice into infusing a child with darkness and banishing her to another realm. Deeming him too corrupt, the Apprentice then imprisons him in the book's door illustration as punishment. ("Best Laid Plans")
One morning in Storybrooke, a schoolteacher, Mary Margaret, discovers a book of fairytales in her loft closet. At the school grounds, she notices one of her students, Henry, looking glum. He expresses frustration about not belonging in Storybrooke and his belief that his adoptive mother, Regina, doesn't truly love him. To cheer Henry up, she gives him the storybook, by explaining that the stories in it signify things will get better for him if he holds onto hope. While flipping through the book, he looks at a photo of a princess. When he looks up, he briefly sees Mary Margaret dressed as the princess. On a different page, the princess and a prince hold an infant girl, whose name he mysteriously recognizes as "Emma". ("Going Home")
From reading the storybook, Henry begins believing the entire town is under a curse cast by none other by the Evil Queen, who is also apparently his mother, Regina. He becomes convinced the townspeople have forgotten their true selves while trapped in a time freeze. Alarmed by her son's "wild" imagination, Regina sends him to therapy sessions with Dr. Hopper. Despite this, Henry never gives up on his ideas. One day, he skips therapy and steals Mary Margaret's credit card to look up his birth mother's information. Certain that his birth mother, Emma, is the savior who will break the curse, Henry shows up on her doorstep in Boston. During the drive back to Storybrooke, he animatedly talks to Emma about the curse. Once she drops Henry off at his house, he purposely leaves his storybook in her car. Meeting Regina for the first time, Emma casually mentions the book, but the latter has never heard of it. On the drive out of town, Emma finally notices the storybook is still in her car. Distracted, she crashes the vehicle into the town sign. The next day, Emma meets Henry's teacher, Ms. Blanchard, who admits giving him the book because he's a lonely child, and she had hopes it'd help foster hope in his heart. After Emma brings Henry home again, Regina coldly urges her to stay out of Henry's life. Inside the house, she takes away the book from Henry. From flipping through the pages, Regina sees pictures of her former self, the Evil Queen. ("Pilot")
Continuing to read through the book, Regina notices the last few pages are torn out. When she questions Henry, he flippantly states it's just an old book. Regina, hurt by Henry thinking she's some "evil queen", asserts that she is his mother. In turn, he callously remarks that she is not his mother. Later on, Henry secretly gives Emma the torn out pages to prove she is the child of Prince Charming and Snow White. He warns against ever letting Regina, or the Evil Queen, see them or else she will know they are trying to break the curse. Meanwhile, Regina schemes to make Emma look bad in Henry's eyes. She manipulates a conversation so Emma says, on cue, that Henry is crazy, which he walks in and overhears. During Henry's therapy session with Dr. Hopper, Emma comes to apologize to the boy. In an effort to understand his insistent imagination, she agrees that the curse is crazy and burns the missing pages of the book so Regina doesn't find them. Emma reasons that she only said what was necessary to throw Regina off their trail, which Henry thinks is brilliant. ("The Thing You Love Most")
Upon seeing John Doe in the hospital, Henry shows Emma a picture of Prince Charming in his book and notes that both men have the same scar under their chins. Believing Mary Margaret is Snow White, Prince Charming's true love, Henry persuades Emma into having Mary Margaret to read the Snow White fairytale to John Doe. Mary Margaret plays along, in order to help Henry see fairytales aren't real, but when John Doe grabs her hand while she is reading, she calls for Dr. Whale to take a look. Dr. Whale detects no change in John Doe's vitals and chalks it up to Mary Margaret hallucinating. After he sends her away, however, he phones Regina to inform her of what happened. During the night, John Doe awakens from his coma and wanders out of the hospital to search for someone. ("Snow Falls")
Having having dreams of what he believes to be his past life, Sheriff Graham visits Henry and asks him if he is in his book. Henry tells him the story of the Huntsman, who spared Snow White's life, and as a result, the Evil Queen ripped out his heart in order to keep him as a henchman. He also shows Graham a picture of the vault, where the hearts are kept, leading Graham to suspect his heart is hidden there. ("The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter")
Emma discovers two orphans, Ava and Nicholas Zimmer, whose mother passed away recently. Henry shows Emma his book once again to point out that the children are Hansel and Gretel. Emma does not believe this, but Henry insists that their father abandoned them, but he must still be in Storybrooke because of the curse. ("True North")
After hiding his book at the castle playground, Henry rushes back to look for it when the entire area is bulldozed on Regina's orders. However, he is unable to find the book and believes it is destroyed. Later, to make up for his lost book, Regina gifts him a hand-held game console. ("Fruit of the Poisonous Tree", "What Happened to Frederick")
A town outsider, August, takes Emma to the wishing well for a drink. When they get to this well, they read a plaque that states that this water has magical properties with the ability to return what was once lost. Emma does not believe this, but drinks the water anyway. Later, she is surprised to find Henry's book floating in a puddle underneath her car, which was left there by none other than August, who has been secretly adding new story pages to the book. Unknown to her, this is a ploy enacted by him to convince her to believe in magic and, most importantly, the curse. ("What Happened to Frederick")
Ruby, after quitting her job at the diner, is hired by Emma to answer phone calls at the sheriff station. Henry tells Emma about Ruby's story in the book, which reveals she is Red Riding Hood, and because of this, Ruby is good at finding things. While researching the disappearance of missing resident Kathryn Nolan, Ruby searches the Toll Bridge for clues on Emma's orders and finds a jewelry box with a human heart inside. ("Red-Handed")
Whilst combing the border of Storybrooke in her car for a missing Mary Margaret, she accidentally hits a man on the road, Jefferson, and apologizes by driving him home. Little does she know, Jefferson has his own hidden intentions for Emma, who he drugs with sedatives. Under his coercion, she is forced to follow him to another room, where he strangely asks her to make a hat "work" with magic. Believing she possesses magic due to her status as the curse's savior, Jefferson only wishes to go home to his daughter, Grace, who he believes is now the next door neighbors' daughter, Paige. Realizing this man thinks himself to be the Mad Hatter, Emma plays along with his ideas in order to escape. After this ordeal, in which she also helps Mary Margaret escape from him, Emma joins Henry at his school, where she sees Paige. Going by a hunch, she asks to see the storybook, and finds drawing depictions of the Mad Hatter and his daughter that closely resemble Jefferson and Paige. ("Hat Trick")
After Mary Margaret is charged as a suspect in the murder of Kathryn, Emma is reading through the storybook when August tries to inspire her efforts in exonerating her friend. He asks about the extent of her lie-detecting abilities, and how it relates to his writing. When he suggests she look at the case from the beginning, Emma brings him to the crime scene at the Toll Bridge, where Kathryn's heart was found in a hole. As Emma digs near this area, she discovers a shovel piece, which leads her and August, with Henry's help, to investigate Regina's garage. They find a shovel matching the piece they found, however, when Emma returns the next day with a search warrant, a different shovel is in place. Believing August is helping Regina, Emma accuses him of conspiring against her until finding out the true backstabber is Sidney, who is spying on her for the mayor. Soon after, Kathryn is discovered alive behind the alley and Mary Margaret is cleared of the murder charges. ("The Stable Boy")
While at the diner with Emma, Henry informs her the story of Pinocchio has recently been added to the book. August, the alias of Pinocchio, takes Emma out of Storybrooke on his motorcycle to the spot where she was found as a baby. He admits being the boy who found her, which she is skeptical of. To prove magic is real, August shows her his wooden leg, however, her lack of belief in magic prevents her from seeing what is actually there. To her surprise, August believes in the curse and also thinks she is the savior who will save everyone. She, with intentions of getting Henry away from Regina, rejects his claims and leaves. ("The Stranger")
Following a failed attempt to leave Storybrooke with Henry, in which the boy stops her by insisting she needs to break the curse, Emma realizes taking him away is not in his best interests. Fearing her presence is also not beneficial to him, she tells Regina of her plans to leave town permanently. Regina, who made a poisoned apple turnover, gives it to Emma as a parting gift, in the hopes the savior will eat it and fall into an eternal sleep so Henry will be hers. Things do not go accordingly, with Henry discovering the apple turnover, and in desperation to make Emma believe the curse is real, he bites into it, falling unconscious shortly afterward. ("An Apple Red as Blood")Worried about Henry's state, Emma rushes him to the hospital, where she attempts to work out a cause for why he fainted. She empties out Henry's backpack and spots the book just as she realizes there is no logic answer and that magic may be involved. Once her hands touch the book, she receives a flash of memories, allowing her to see her father putting her in the wardrobe before the curse overtook the whole land. ("A Land Without Magic")
While Emma and Mary Margaret are trapped in another realm, David faces the pressures of finding a way to rescue them as well as being a leader to the townspeople. From reading storybook, Henry learns the hat that took away Emma and Mary Margaret belongs to a man named the Mad Hatter. ("We Are Both")
After willingly taking the sleeping curse, David's spirit travels to the Netherworld, where he attempts to relay a message to Mary Margaret about Cora and how to defeat her. While David remains asleep, Henry begins reading him the Snow White fairytale from his storybook. ("Queen of Hearts")
During a hectic night in Storybrooke, a stranger is admitted to the hospital, where Dr. Whale reconciles himself with demons in his past life. The next morning, Emma and her parents return to the loft since alleviating the stranger crisis. Henry learns Dr. Whale's true identity is Dr. Frankenstein, which is a story that doesn't exist in the book. From this, he suspects because Dr. Frankenstein isn't from the Enchanted Forest, there may be people from other worlds who were also taken by the curse. ("In the Name of the Brother")
After August is given a second chance at life by reverting to Pinocchio, Marco keeps his old belongings, including a door illustration from the storybook, in his woodshop. ("Selfless, Brave and True", "Unforgiven")
With the accidental return of Robin Hood's previously deceased wife, Marian, he chooses to end his current relationship with Regina and honor his marriage vows. A heartbroken Regina wishes to kill Marian, however, she later realizes the other woman is not her problem, and her future with Robin can be fulfilled if the storybook Author rewrites her a happy ending. Grabbing the book, she summons Sidney in his mirror and explains her plan to find the Author. ("A Tale of Two Sisters")
When Regina prods Henry about the storybook Author's identity, he learns why she wants to find the writer. Coining the mission Operation Mongoose, Henry decides to join her in this quest. Later, he suspects Mr. Gold possibly knows something about the Author. Going undercover, Henry gains an apprenticeship at the pawnshop in the hopes of gathering information. ("Rocky Road", "The Apprentice")
In her vault, Regina sadly studies all the storybook pages illustrating happy endings to stories. Despite knowing he must focus on saving Marian, Robin rushes in and proclaims he cannot erase Regina from his heart. Dismayed with his confession, Regina steels herself by asserting they absolutely cannot be in each other's lives. She then leaves for home, where Henry sees her angrily flipping through the storybook. He inquiries about her relationship with Robin, which she confirms is over. Choosing his heart's desire over honor, Robin later seeks out Regina, choosing to be with her, which leads to them spending the night together. ("The Snow Queen")
The day after, Regina is remorseful about her actions because Robin is still a married man and tries to prove that they are not meant to be by showing him the storybook. This leads him to researching the book at the library, and to a mysterious discovery of a new storybook page featuring himself and Regina. He believes it's a sign they have a future together, which gives Regina a glimmer of hope. ("Smash the Mirror")
With Ingrid's defeat, the freezing spell she cast on Marian thaws out. Regina, having previously taken out Marian's heart to keep the spell from killing her, returns it to her. Despite that Regina believes Robin should stay with his wife for Roland's sake, Marian openly declares to her that she doesn't want to be with him if he doesn't truly love her. Later in the day, as Marian and Roland play by a lake, Robin confesses to Regina that he is still choosing her over his wife. Regina is concerned how this will reflect in his son's eyes, but he believes it's better to live honestly and set an example for him. He then shows her the storybook image of them as Regina smiles hopefully. However, their possible future with each other comes to an end when Marian is re-affected by remnants of Ingrid's spell, causing Regina to persuade Robin into leaving town with his wife, as she can only survive if there is no magic. At the town border, Robin shares a final kiss with Regina before he steps over the line. Once he is gone, a saddened Regina rips up the storybook illustration of them and then tosses the pieces onto the ground. While searching the Sorcerer's mansion, Henry discovers a hidden library with numerous blank storybooks, and later leads both Emma and Regina to the room. Learning of Operation Mongoose, Emma decides to join Henry and Regina in their search for the Author. ("Heroes and Villains")
Resuming her role as mayor of Storybrooke, Regina moves all her belongings back into the office. At some point during or after this, she retrieves all the torn pieces of the storybook image, tapes everything together and stores the reassembled photo in a drawer. As Regina is looking through the storybook for clues on the Author, Emma stops by with a root beer for her. Searching for a beer opener, Emma accidentally opens a drawer and sees the photo of Regina and Robin Hood. Regina hesitantly explains how Robin mysteriously found the image and his belief it was hope for their future together. From consulting with an "Oxford professor", Belle provides a ritual that Regina must enact to free the nuns from the hat. After Mother Superior is freed, Regina approaches her to show her one of the blank storybooks from the mansion. As Regina discloses her reason for needing the Author, who she believes is also the Sorcerer. However, Mother Superior clarifies they are not the same person, and only the Author can help her, although he has not been seen for a long time. When asked by Emma why the Author disappeared, Mother Superior has no answers, but she believes there are clues in his works to explain it. Emma then inquiries if Henry's book is considered one of the Author's works, but before the head nun can reply, the roar of a Chernabog interrupts them. That evening, Henry sits at the diner counter while scouring the storybook with a magnifying glass. ("Darkness on the Edge of Town")
When Henry gets donut crumbs on the storybook, Regina begins cleaning them off until she notices the page looks different from the others. Incidentally, it is a page from the Pinocchio fairytale, which August put into the book. Even though August has since been reverted to Pinocchio some time ago, Regina suspects he may have knowledge about the Author. Pinocchio proves to remember nothing from his time as August, even with Emma's attempts to trigger his memories, to which Regina vents her frustration on the boy. To cool things down, Emma and Henry take Pinocchio out of the room, and while they are gone, Marco gets into a heated argument with Regina. Regretful of her actions, she later apologizes to Geppetto for insulting his son. Moved by her sincerity, he gives her August's old bag, which might have something on the Author. Leaving the bag in Henry's hands, he dumps out its contents and finds the door illustration with a sticky note referencing the Author. ("Unforgiven")
After Henry's family rescue August, who has since been restored to his former self, from the villains, they bring him to recuperate at the apartment. Henry, while looking over the storybook, keeps watch over him and calls over Emma and Regina when he wakes up. Regina, spying on the villains undercover, asks August about the door illustration and where it could be. While Mr. Gold and his allies believe the door is in another physical location, August reveals the door in the illustration itself is the actual entrance to where the Author is trapped. ("Poor Unfortunate Soul")At the apartment, while Emma and Regina debate what to do about the door illustration, Henry alerts them to August's depleting condition. They take him to the nunnery, where Mother Superior oversees his health. Afterwards, Henry and his two mothers continuing to deceive the villains. Emma conjures a forgery of the door page, but Regina settles for taking a photo of the real one while both pages are placed for safekeeping in the storybook. During the day, Henry becomes alarmed after Emma and Hook fall asleep due to Maleficent's sleeping spell, but he himself remains immune because of previously being under the sleeping curse. Afraid the villains will come looking for the book, he takes it and flees to the mansion. As he waits for David and Mary Margaret to meet up with him, Henry sees a light coming out of the the door illustration's keyhole, which shines onto a table drawer, where he finds a key. Suddenly, Regina shows up with Cruella and Maleficent to retrieve the illustration. With a knowing, silent look from his mother, Henry realizes she wants him to give her the fake page rather than the real one, which he does. After they leave, his grandparents arrive, and as he tells them about the key, they insistently ask him to hand it and the door image to them. Puzzled, he complies and then leaves, carrying the storybook with him. David wishes to burn the door illustration page so Emma will never know their secret, but Snow persuades him that they can't be this selfish. After Emma learns the truth from them, she decides to free the Author from the door, in order to get answers from him about herself. The Author, Isaac, has other plans, however, and escapes after being freed. ("Best Laid Plans")
In the Underworld, Liam tells Hook and Emma about an unsuccessful rebellion that was staged against Hades in the past, and how rumors spread about a special book that could help to defeat him. Emma theorizes there may be an Underworld equivalent of the Once Upon a Time book, which leads them to search for it. Liam comes across the book at the Sorcerer's mansion, but because of a deal with Hades, he rips out the pages containing Hades' story and drops them down a well. ("The Brothers Jones")
While doing book research on Hades in Storybrooke, Emma takes a break by flipping through the storybook. She looks longingly at a depiction of herself and Hook during their time travel stint, and then sets the book aside after getting teary-eyed over the picture. Suddenly, the book glows and opens by itself, revealing Hades' story to her. Emma then realizes Hook, who is still in the Underworld, is helping her. Taking the pages from Hades' story with her, she goes to the town hall, where she tries to bring down Zelena's protection spell. Zelena stops Emma before she can completely decimate the barrier and then picks up the fallen pages. ("Last Rites")
After Henry flees with Violet to New York, they attempt to find out how to destroy magic for good. The pair follow up with a lead at the New York library, where Henry finds multiple Once Upon a Time books bearing a similar likeness to his own book, except they contain a multitude of different stories. ("Only You")As Emma's parents are out searching for a sapling to defeat the Evil Queen, Emma and Hook are cleaning out dangerous objects from Regina's vault, where they intend to imprison the Queen after her capture. Emma, fearful of what will happen if their mission to stop the Queen fails, is unable to stop her hand from trembling. To calm her down, Hook opens the storybook and revisits the tale of Snow White and Prince Charming, and how she was born from true love, the most powerful magic that enables her to do anything. ("Heartless")
On-Screen Notes
- There are some stories that do not exist in the book such as Frankenstein due to unknown reasons. Henry theorized that Dr. Frankenstein's story is not in the book since he does not originate from the Enchanted Forest as the other people in the book do. ("In the Name of the Brother")
- However, the books does in fact contain images from other realms: Alice and the Caterpillar,[1] and Jefferson,[2] in Wonderland, Dorothy Gale and the Flying Monkeys in Oz,[3] and an illustration of Mount Olympus.[4] ("Pilot", "Snow Falls", "Hat Trick", "We Are Both", "Selfless, Brave and True", "Last Rites")
- The walls and floor on the storybook page with the door,[5] which Henry finds, have the same design as the inside of Jefferson's hat.[6] ("Unforgiven" et al.)
- The book includes the following fairytales and stories:
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,[3] chapter 14: The Winged Monkeys[7] ("Pilot", "Snow Falls")
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,[1] chapter IV: "The Rabbit Sends a Little Bill"[8] and the opening of chapter V: "Advice From a Caterpillar"[9] ("Pilot")
- "The Golden Bird"[10] ("Pilot" et al.)
- "Snow-White and Rose-Red"[11] ("The Thing You Love Most" et al.)
- The Adventures of Pinocchio,[12] chapter 3[13]("The Stranger")
- The Charles Perrault version of "Cinderella"[14] ("The Snow Queen")
- "King Thrushbeard"[15] ("Heartless")
- "The Queen Bee"[16] ("Heartless")
- "The Water of Life"[17] ("Heartless")
- The Water-Babies,[18] chapter IV[19] ("Mother's Little Helper")
- The picture of Dorothy and the Flying Monkeys[3] is "The Monkeys caught Dorothy in their arms and flew away with her", one of W. W. Denslow's illustrations from the first edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. ("Pilot", "Snow Falls")
- In "Pilot", the opposite page contained an excerpt from the fairy tale of "The Golden Bird".[3] In "Snow Falls", the text has been replaced with a story about how Prince Charming set the trap for Snow White.[20]
- The illustration of Alice and the Caterpillar[1] is a colorized version of one of John Tenniel's illustrations from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. ("Pilot")
- The same illustration is on the cover of the novel that Will Scarlet steals from the library.[21] ("The Apprentice")
- Some of the images are illustrations by the famous English book illustrator Arthur Rackham:
- "The waiting maid sprang down first and Maid Maleen followed"[22] from the fairy tale collection Little Brother & Little Sister and Other Tales By The Brothers Grimm (1917). It depicts a scene from the Grimm fairy tale "Maid Maleen". ("Pilot", "The Final Battle Part 1")
- "He played until the room was entirely filled with gnomes",[23] also from Little Brother & Little Sister and Other Tales By The Brothers Grimm. This image depicts a scene from the Grimm fairy tale "The Gnome". ("The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter", "Snow Drifts")
- "The Meeting of Oberon and Titania"[10] (1905), from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. ("The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter", "Snow Drifts", "The Snow Queen")
- The same picture can be seen in Once Upon a Time Volume II;[24] however, the angle makes it very unclear. ("A Bitter Draught")
- A cut-out from this illustration, showing Titania, can also be seen in Henry's room.[25] ("A Land Without Magic")
- Another cut-out can be seen on one of the missing person posters outside the Storybrooke Town Hall when people are searching for their loved ones after the breaking of the Dark Curse. [26] ("We Are Both")
- An illustration[27] from a 1922 edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne's children's book A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys. It depicts a scene from the story "The Paradise of Children". ("The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter", "The New Neverland", "The Final Battle Part 1")
- The same illustration is in Isaac's book Heroes and Villains.[28] Both pages also feature the same excerpt from the fairy tale of "The Golden Bird", indicating that the same prop was used for the interior of both books. ("Operation Mongoose Part 1")
- A 1909 illustration[29] from the fairy tale of "Little Red Riding Hood". ("True North", "The New Neverland" et al.)
- "What did she find there but real ripe strawberries",[30] also from Little Brother & Little Sister and Other Tales By The Brothers Grimm. This image depicts a scene from the fairy tale of "The Three Little Men in the Wood". ("True North", "Selfless, Brave and True", "Snow Drifts")
- "When he heard Peter's voice he popped in alarm behind a tulip",[31] from J.M. Barrie's book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906). ("Selfless, Brave and True")
- "Fairies Away! We Shall Chide Downright, If I Longer Stay"[32] (1908). It depicts Titania[33] in a scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream. ("Snow Drifts", "Unforgiven")
- "Preposterous! cried Solomon in a rage",[32] also from Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. ("Snow Drifts", "Unforgiven")
- An illustration[34] from Grimm's Fairy Tales - Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1909), later re-published as Snowdrop & Other Tales By the Brothers Grimm (1920). It depicts a scene from the Brothers Grimm fairy tale of "The Seven Ravens". ("The Final Battle Part 1")
- The same picture can be seen among the numerous fairytale illustrations pinned to the wall in Henry's room.[35] ("Pilot")
Production Notes
- When creating the book, the prop department brought in every style and type of book they could find, and picked out an antique accounting book. They aged it up a little, and the art department would press stamps into the cover of the book to change the cover. A book builder made replicas of the finished product. The prop department created many pages with text on them, and added several illustrations.[36]
- The show does several transitions from the book to live action. If they're lucky, the prop department creates an illustration out of a screen-grab and inserts it into the book. If the prop department's schedule takes before the filming of the main action of the story line, they put a green page in the book, and the visual effects department will make their own illustration.[36]
- The storybook page where young Regina is running away[37] and the page Robin Hood finds[38] are number XXIII (as Regina points out), a reference to the fifth Lost number, 23. ("Smash the Mirror" et al.)
- When Henry is given the storybook in October 2011, he sees a picture of the scene with Geppetto, Jiminy Cricket and Pinocchio right before the Blue Fairy's arrival.[39] However, the story of Pinocchio being sent to the Land Without Magic along with Emma was not in the book until August added it several months later. ("Going Home", "What Happened to Frederick", "Unforgiven")
Other Notes
- A blank prop replica of the book[40] was signed by Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz, Ginnifer Goodwin, Lana Parrilla, Josh Dallas, Emilie de Ravin, Robert Carlyle, Michael Raymond-James and Colin O'Donoghue[41] for a September 2013 Stand Up 2 Cancer charity event.[42]
|Once Upon a Time: Season One
|"The Thing You Love Most":
|"Snow Falls":
|"The Price of Gold":
|"That Still Small Voice":
|"The Shepherd":
|"The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter":
|"Desperate Souls":
|"True North":
|"Fruit of the Poisonous Tree":
|"Skin Deep":
|"What Happened to Frederick":
|"Heart of Darkness":
|"Hat Trick":
|"The Stable Boy":
|"The Return":
|"The Stranger":
|"An Apple Red as Blood":
|"A Land Without Magic":
|Once Upon a Time: Season Two
|"We Are Both":
|"Lady of the Lake":
|"The Crocodile":
|"The Doctor":
|"Child of the Moon":
|"Into the Deep":
|"Queen of Hearts":
|"The Cricket Game":
|"The Outsider":
|"In the Name of the Brother":
|"The Queen Is Dead":
|"The Miller's Daughter":
|"Welcome to Storybrooke":
|"Selfless, Brave and True":
|"The Evil Queen":
|"Second Star to the Right":
|"And Straight On 'Til Morning":
|Once Upon a Time: Season Three
|"The Heart of the Truest Believer":
|"Lost Girl":
|"Quite a Common Fairy":
|"Nasty Habits":
|"Good Form":
|"Dark Hollow":
|"Think Lovely Thoughts":
|"Save Henry":
|"The New Neverland":
|"Going Home":
|"New York City Serenade":
|"Witch Hunt":
|"The Tower":
|"Quiet Minds":
|"It's Not Easy Being Green":
|"The Jolly Roger":
|"Bleeding Through":
|"A Curious Thing":
|"Snow Drifts":
|"There's No Place Like Home":
|Once Upon a Time: Season Four
|"A Tale
of Two
|"Family Business":
on the Edge
of Town":
|"Enter the Dragon":
|"Best Laid Plans":
|"Heart of Gold":
for the
De Vil":
|"Operation Mongoose
Part 1":
|"Operation Mongoose
Part 2":
|Once Upon a Time: Season Five
|"The Dark Swan":
|"The Price":
|"Siege Perilous":
|"The Broken Kingdom":
|"The Bear and the Bow":
|"The Bear King":
|"Broken Heart":
|"Swan Song":
|"Souls of the Departed":
|"Labor of Love":
|"Devil's Due":
|"The Brothers Jones":
|"Our Decay":
|"Her Handsome Hero":
|"Ruby Slippers":
|"Last Rites":
|"Only You":
|"An Untold Story":
|Once Upon a Time: Season Six
|"The Savior":
|"A Bitter Draught":
|"The Other Shoe":
|"Strange Case":
|"Street Rats":
|"Dark Waters":
|"I'll Be Your Mirror":
|"Wish You Were Here":
|"Tougher Than the Rest":
|"Murder Most Foul":
|"Ill-Boding Patterns":
|"Page 23":
|"A Wondrous Place":
|"Mother's Little Helper":
|"Where Bluebirds Fly":
|"The Black Fairy":
|"The Song in Your Heart":
|"The Final Battle Part 1":
|"The Final Battle Part 2":
|Once Upon a Time: Specials
|"Magic is Coming":
|"The Price of Magic":
|"Journey to Neverland":
|"Wicked is Coming":
|"Storybrooke Has Frozen Over":
|"Secrets of Storybrooke":
|"Dark Swan Rises":
|"Evil Reigns Once More":
|"The Final Battle Begins":
|Other Appearances
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.
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Turning heads wherever she goes, Lady Gaga arrived in another bizarre getup at her apartment in New York City on Tuesday (February 18).
The "Born This Way" was dressed in a white button-down shirt, matching trousers, and a long white wig before later donning a pink fuzzy coat.
Relishing in her choices, earlier this week the 27-year-old songstress tweeted, "Being different is a talent. You illuminate what makes you special in the sea of sameness around you. #ARTPOPmessages."
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Okay, so I wrote about my new bedroom the other day. Apparently it is even better than I originally though because I have to worry about the cats getting in there!
Zelda, the only sibling I ever liked, now likes to camp out in there and sleep all day!! Frankie gets in there as well, but she only stays for a little while. Both of them will stay in there even if I stand there and yell at them to GET OUT!! They just look at me as if it were THEIR bedroom!!
Oh, and then when the kittens are allowed to roam free, then I have to contend with Meisha as well!! Hmmm, see a pattern here?! It may just be a GIRL thing!!
I guess it is because Mommy made it SOOO comfy cozy in there with my thick fleece bad and pillow, and a fleece blanket over the top! I love it in there, so I can understand why the cats do to....I just don't LIKE them in MY BEDROOM!!!
Okay, so it is really just a bigger kennel, but it is mine and where I sleep, so it is my BEDROOM!! I got it because Ginger was a nutty dog and chewed through her plastic crate! What's that got to do with ME getting a new bedroom?! Well here goes teh long story....
Mommy and Daddy decided Ginger need a metal crate. Mommy decided to put an ad saying she wanted one on craigslist.org before she bought a new one. Sure enough people had wired dog crates that they no longer needed for much cheaper than buying one new!!
They got one for Ginger, and when Mommy was responding to guy with one that was too small for Ginger, she remembered that she and Daddy had talked about buying me a bigger bedroom. I love to spend time in the big dog crates where I can really sprawl out! So instead of telling the guy with the smaller crate no, Daddy went to get it for ME!!
It is HUGE!!! I got it yesterday, and today Mommy made me a nice fleece bed to fit in the bottom. Boy, it is like a cloud in there, all thick and fluffy and cushy! It is purple and my bed from my old room makes a nice pillow for me! They cut a piece of fleece to cover my bedroom with, so I don't feel so exposed while I get dressed, so it is just PERFECT!!
My only problem with my new BIGGER bedroom is my siblings....I used to have to chase my cats out, and now I am afraid I might have to chase my dogs out as well!!
Yesterday my folks took my beloved, Zelda, to be spayed. I missed her terribly while she was gone, and very relieved when they brought her home. Alas I can not see her or be new her or shower her with my love. She is confined and in a quiet area until she is better. I am so frustrated without her though! Today I have growled and snarled at just about everyone except Mommy. I even snapped and snarled at Daddy. They love me though, and Mommy just picked me up and held me close to comfort me. I don't mean to be any meaner than normal, I just miss my Zelda!! I guess I will make hash marks inside my crate so I can count the days until my Zelda and I are reunited!
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Hyundai reveals i-flow at Geneva Motor Show
Making its global debut at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, the Hyundai i-flow concept car has carried forward the company's evocative new form language, "fluidic sculpture".
The flowing, elegant lines not only create a bionic, futuristic shape, but also contribute to exceptional aerodynamics, helping to reduce the car's CO2 output to just 85g/km and fuel consumption to only 3l/100km.
Hyundai's first diesel hybrid powertrain is also a key factor in delivering such an environmentally-conscious return, as is the application of next-generation materials and technologies developed in cooperation with leading chemical company BASF.
With an overall length of 4.780mm and a 2.800mm wheelbase, the i-flow brings new ideas and a pioneering form to the traditional European D-segment. The dramatically-sculpted forms of the interior and exterior make for a striking sports sedan, and its width and height (1.850mm and 1.420mm respectively) give it an athletic stance.
The name i-flow reflects the exceptionally aerodynamic shape and the flowing lines of the concept car's eye-catching styling, and retains the 'i' prefix of Hyundai's established alphanumeric nomenclature for Europe. In 2011 Hyundai will bring into production a new challenger in the segment, drawing on the i-flow's sleek styling and innovative technology.
Thomas Buerkle, chief designer at Hyundai Motor Europe, appraises the design concept of i-flow, or HED-7, the seventh in a series of daring concept cars to be born in the Russelsheim styling studio:
The cockpit's main interface centers around an expansive, contoured screen, which recognizes not only touch but also gestural inputs along its fascia-wide display. The fluidic forms of the exterior are echoed in the i-flow's cabin, where continuous lines sweep from the dashboard, through the doors to the open storage area at the rear.
The i-flow is a test bed for new energy harvesting ideas, ranging from flexible solar panel roofing to a thermo-electric generator. The key technical components of the vehicle have been developed by Hyundai under the Blue Drive™ banner in cooperation with BASF.
Blue Drive remains at the heart of Hyundai's product development strategy, and continues to drive the company towards its target of global leadership in environmentally-sensitive technologies.
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NRO talked to Missoula County on the phone. They are going to grade some pothole sections on the course. I will for sure ride the course two more times and report back on conditions.
There have been a few Roubaixs in recent history where the road had been graded. It can be rocky. Pinch flats and flying rocks can be a problem on all the descents.
If you are on the fence about which bike to ride, give it a few more days. I will provide a full report with photos if the road gets graded.


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Canadian Dollar Falls From Month-High Before Fed Stimulus Update
The Canadian dollar fell from its highest level in a month on speculation Federal Reserve policy makers may provide clues tomorrow about when the U.S. central bank plans to slow monetary stimulus.
The currency weakened against the majority of its most-traded peers as the Fed is forecast to leave the benchmark interest rate at zero to 0.25 percent and continue its $85 billion per month bond-buying program. OAO Uralkali, the world's largest potash producer, ended limits on production that have underpinned prices for Canada's exports of the commodity. A report tomorrow will show Canada's gross domestic product grew 0.3 percent in May compared with 0.1 percent the previous month, according to a Bloomberg survey of 20 economists.
"The gradual shift here is to some sort of policy normalization," said Shaun Osborne, chief currency strategist at Toronto-Dominion Bank, by phone from Toronto. "It's time to take the patient off life support as we keep saying, and just move it to intensive care."
The loonie, as the Canadian dollar is nicknamed, fell 0.4 percent to C$1.0305 per U.S. dollar at 5:01 p.m. in Toronto. Yesterday, the currency touched C$1.0253 per U.S. dollar, the strongest since June 19. One loonie buys 97.04 U.S. cents.
The Canadian dollar has gained 2.1 percent against its U.S. peer this month while dropping 3.7 percent this year.
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Canada's 10-year benchmark government bonds fell, pushing the yield up two basis points, or 0.02 percentage point, to 2.51 percent. The 1.5 percent security maturing in June 2023 fell 15 cents to C$91.24. Yields have added seven basis points in the past month.
Futures on crude oil, Canada's largest export, fell 1.4 percent to $103.12 per barrel, the third straight decline.
The loonie fell on lower prices for potash, a commodity that makes up about 1.5 percent of good exports in Canada, Avery Shenfeld, chief economist at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, wrote in a note to clients today.
A drop in potash volumes as buyers wait for the price to drop could result in 0.1 percent off of real gross domestic product, or 0.4 percent the annual rate, Shenfeld wrote.
A plan for a one-time transition fee to repatriate $2 trillion in foreign earnings of U.S. corporations that President Barack Obama will announce today also contributed to the Canadian dollar's weakness, Camilla Sutton, head of currency strategy at Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), said in a phone interview.
Technical Levels
A technical measure approached levels that would indicate the loonie has appreciated too far too fast. The 14-day relative strength index for the Canadian dollar against its U.S. counterpart touched 61.3, almost the 70 level that some traders take as a signal a move is about to reverse course.
"The Fed will eventually start to pull back on their program and the Canadian dollar will weaken off," said Blake Jespersen, managing director of foreign exchange at Bank of Montreal, by phone from Toronto. "Our bias is to look for good opportunities to sell the Canadian dollar on rallies."
Jespersen recommended waiting until the loonie strengthens to C$1.0180 per U.S. dollar before selling.
The loonie has gained 0.7 percent in the past month against nine other developed nation currencies tracked by the Bloomberg Correlation Weighted Index. The U.S. dollar has lost 1.5 percent.
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There is a lot happening on the Balaji Telefilms' show, "Kya Hua Tera Vaada", with Shaurya (Chetan Hansraj) making his entry. He has come with the motive of exposing Anushka's wrongdoings. There will soon be a further twist to the plot in the upcoming episodes.
Manoj, brother of Pradeep, will be shown landing himself in a royal mess. He has borrowed a specific amount from some people earlier, without the knowledge of his brother Pradeep, which he has been unable to repay them back. These very people having dubious background are after him for recovery of their money. Troubled by the continuous harassment from them, Manoj will be seen seeking help from Mona.
Vineet too will come forward to aid Mona in her mission. Due to this, Pradeep will start having a feeling of insecurity. Also the fact that Shaurya is Anushka's husband, angers him more.
Now he will be wanting to go back to Mona, as the marriage between him and Anushka and also Vineeet and Mona has for the time being put on hold.
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Mr. Sims' self-titled album seeks to pay tribute to family legacies and, as such, one can't fault his more laid back approach to the blues. Rather than trying to painstakingly recreate an era which predates him, Sims plays in an organic fashion, no instuments over-riding others. The lyrics, however, are banal and the music never manages to transcend a bar-room band's catchiness.
Songs like "Dark Moon Rising" promise much in the way of guitar phrasing and situational woe. God forbid, but Sims doesn't sound blue enough; he is more lackluster than sad. "Smoky City" hints at the loneliness one never escapes in a big city, but never evokes the bleak power of John Lee Hooker's narratives.
The news isn't all that disheartening, though; Sims is a fluid hand with the guitar and what his band lacks, his solos compensate for, handsomely. One of the worst cliches in the blues trade can be heard in the sustained note, but Sims makes it sound fresh and meaningful. His covers of other people's songs, like Big Bill Broonzy's "I Wonder When Do I Get to Be Called a Man," resonate with his love for the material and a personal understanding of the genre. In fact, listening to his quieter songs makes one wonder when he will record solo, rather than settle for pablum like "Just Like You."
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I am the proud Owner of A 1966 Chevy Biscyne and have recently rebuilt a 350 for it. I am currently running a TH400 tranny but am confused on the issue of 4 speed manual transmissions that will work with my motor any help would be greatly appreiciated
Well if your car already has a manual tranny setup than a ive been told that a strait 6 3 spd manual trans will work just as well on most small block setups i mean i could be wrong but it does not hurt to ask around at shops or even at the track.
And on the 13th day god created...........MOPAR.
If you have the clutch pedal set up, this swap shouldnt be that hard. You should have lots to choose from.You could probably find a muncie, or a cheaper unit a saginaw, could be found at just about any swap meet. 4 spds came in everything from chevelles,corvettes to camaros of the early 80's i beleive.I think that a 5spd form a 3rd generation camaro will even go in without too much work ( Not sure though) But as far as the bell housing, if its from a small block or a big block it should work. look for a trans out of a car though.You could even mate a newer 6spd to it ( bell housing from weir hotrod products, hydraulic throw out bearing, shifter sit @ 4" back from original 4spd set up)More labour intensive, but not out of reach. The easiest swap would be a 4 spd, though .70 to 72 chevelles had a shifter which was mounted same as the rest but had a dog leg in the shifter handle, it allowed the shifter to be placed into a centered console.But for your application the shifter would poke through the floor just left of the trans tunnel.If you visit the year one sight you may even be able to get some pictures of this set up. They will also be able to sell you the proper shifter boot, cross shaft and pivot ball etc., to make it all original looking.Hope this helps .
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Ruger KP97DC.
I had a fun little day at the range yesterday! I put about 400 rounds through my HK .45 with not one problem. Even at the end of the day I could pull in nice little groups! I have never been let down by this pistol and it is the hands down most accurate gun I have ever shot. I prefer the .45 simply because I like it recoil and its accuracy. It is also a proven defense round. Everyone has reasons for what they like. In a defense situation any round is better then nothing so I do not discriminate between what people choose to use.
What gun is your #1 most reliable and accurate? What caliber do you choose and why
Ruger KP97DC.
I am the most accurate at distance with my Colt Python .357. At about 40' I start hitting good with my S&W 1911/.45. I have shot the wheel gun all my life, and I just got into the auto's in the last year.
Well, to be honest, all of my guns are 100% reliable. I have yet to have an issue w/ any. And, I wouldn't keep them if I did have a problem. But, if something happened, I'd probably grab my P99 or my Glock 34 first.
As for my HK, I have put about 900 rounds thru my USP compact, and I am finally getting consistent w/ it at 7 yards. For a while, I kept shooting low w/ it. I let someone try it yesterday at the range, and they shot low w/ it too. It's taken me several trip to the range w/ it to get it to aim where I want. Not sure why. But, I guess like some people have to practice w/ a Glock, the USP compact takes some people some practice as well.
As for caliber - I do like 45ACP. But, it gets very expensive at the range. So, I've gone to all 9mm. And, I am satisfied with that caliber.
Like Ship, all my guns have been 100% reliable. The only hiccups have been ammo problems. All my guns are 9mm, for now, but it is a toss up between my M&P and my Baby Eagle as to which I am more accurate with. I fall more into the shot placement catagory than into the caliber, so I go with 9mm for price and high capacity. The 45. is really my favorite round to shoot, I really like the recoil of a 45., but it can get really expensive to shoot.
Ive had the Glock 23 for about fifteen years so am use to the .40. I do think I was more accurate with my Ruger Security Six on single action (.38 or .357). I do want to try a .45 1911. I shot one once and enjoyed it. I keep reading that the recoil is better than the .40.
Smith & Wesson Model 29-3. I simply prefer the .44 Rem Mag even though I get funny looks sometimes when I say so. I'm actually more accurate with it than any autoloaders I've used. Weird, huh?
For the pleasure of shooting I prefer my Ruger Old Model Super Blackhawk .44 mag. It is more accurate than any of my semi's and more fun to shoot. It is also more versatile. I can load it with very hot loads or very mild target loads (or anything in between) and it is 100% reliable with all loads.
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My Glock 34 and I get along better than any other handgun I own.
For me, it is: The Best Pistol Ever Built!
My most accurate is my Smith & Wesson 686. I'm not very accurate, though. LOL! This is your brain on very little practice, I'm afraid.


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Washington: The United States won't issue a visa for an Iranian diplomat linked to the group that took over the US embassy in Tehran in 1979, President Barack Obama's spokesman said on Friday.
"We have informed the United Nations and Iran that we will not issue a visa" to Hamid Aboutalebi, who was Iran's choice for its next ambassador to the UN, White House press secretary Jay Carney said. "The selection was not viable."
The US refusal brings to a head the standoff over Iran's UN envoy, which comes amid delicate negotiations over the Islamic Republic's nuclear development program. Carney said the decision won't affect the nuclear talks with Iran which also involve Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany.
The Iranian mission to the UN is looking into the matter, Gholamhossein Dehghani, who currently heads the delegation in New York, said by phone on Friday. A spokeswoman for Iran's Foreign Ministry, Marzieh Afkham, said in Tehran earlier this week that Aboutalebi is one of Iran's best diplomats and that the US stance "is not acceptable".
The United Nations will not comment at this time, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said by phone.
The US decision follows votes by the House and Senate to bar Aboutalebi from the US. The decision on the visa is up to the executive branch and Carney declined to say whether Obama would sign the legislation.
"We are reviewing the legislation and will work to address any issues related to its utility and its constitutionality," Carney said.
The bill doesn't mention Aboutalebi by name. Instead, it urges denial of admission to the US "to any representative to the United Nations who has engaged in espionage activities against the United States, poses a threat to United States national security interests, or has engaged in a terrorist activity against the United States".
Aboutalebi has been tied to a student group that led the takeover of the US embassy in Tehran in 1979 and held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. The US responded to the takeover by breaking diplomatic ties with Iran.
Carney and State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki refused to say explicitly why the visa was denied. However, Carney said the issues raised in the congressional legislation and reports about Aboutalebi "reflect our views".
Under the United Nations Headquarters Agreement Act approved by Congress in 1947, the president can deny visas to individuals deemed to pose a security threat to the US.
Some of the same legal questions came up in 2005 when Iran applied for a visa for then-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to address the UN. The Department of Homeland Security initially found Ahmadinejad ineligible for a visa to enter the US because of suspicions that he too participated in the embassy seizure, only to have the State Department grant it months later after interviewing former hostages.
Since Iran doesn't have an embassy in the US, its UN envoy is its most senior diplomat in the country.
The US and Iran have been inching towards repairing ties broken after the embassy takeover. Obama phoned his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, when the Iranian president was in New York last year for the opening of the UN General Assembly. It was the first direct contact between the leaders of the US and Iran in decades.
One of the major goals of Obama's foreign policy has been getting an agreement that would curb Iran's nuclear development program. The US and its allies contend Iran is moving towards capability to build a nuclear weapon, which Iran denies.
Secretary of State John Kerry told a Senate panel this week it would take Iran two months to produce enough fissile material for one nuclear weapon.
A six-month interim agreement reached between the so-called P5+1 and Iran ends in July. Diplomats have been meeting in Vienna on the next stage agreement.
Among the issues being discussed are how sanctions on Iran would be lifted under a prospective accord. The international sanctions regime has been crippling Iran's economy.


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Yes, this extension can happily live with built-in keyboard navigation.
Although @pursanovd was saying that this extension may not be necessary because of the built-in keyboard navigation that Opera has, I think this extension is much faster than having to bounce all the way through the page using the arrow keys.
Opera already has Shift+Up/left/right/down to access any accessible element on page. So extension seems useless here..


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Probably the biggest piece of news is the replacement of the older three-link (with Watt's link) rear suspension setup with a better four-link arrangement. The buyer can now choose from a stock Ford 8.8-inch rear end or opt instead for a welded-up 9-inch. Up front, a new set of billet A arms round out the suspension updates.
In addition to the new-model-year changes, the crew at Local Motors also announced The Forge, a "collaborative vehicular development platform [that] will allow OEMs, aftermarket companies, educational institutions and hobbyists to engage the Local Motors community for ideas, design, engineering development and more."
The open web-based development platform will go live on 11.11.11, as will a new CAD software program from Siemens and Local Motors. Read all about the updates to the 2012 Rally Fighter as well as The Forge in the press releases after the break... and stay tuned for some exciting Rally Fighter content right here on Autoblog in the coming weeks.
Phoenix, Ariz. – November 2, 2011 –
At the SEMA conference in Las Vegas, NV, Local Motors – known for changing the car making rules – hosted a media conference today at 11:00 a.m. to announce updates to the 2012 Rally Fighter and unveil its newest web-based platform, The Forge. The collaborative vehicular development platform will allow OEMs, aftermarket companies, educational institutions and hobbyists to engage the Local Motors community for ideas, design, engineering development and more.
The official launch of The Forge is slated in the coming weeks, so SEMA attendees will get a first look at the website and get an exclusive preview of an exciting new CAD offering from Siemens by visiting Booth #11463.
The Forge provides the automotive industry with an open development platform and a community of contributors, as well as a turnkey process for product development and carefully crafted community challenges. Local Motors provides an expert team to guide clients and sculpt development challenges for a successful outcome.
Even the tools that will be provided on The Forge break all the rules. For instance, new Siemens CAD software - to be announced soon - will make professional grade CAD technology accessible and affordable for The Forge community. This tool will be exclusively introduced to The Forge community.
Jay Rogers, CEO of Local Motors is excited to offer this product and opportunity to the industry. He says, "Local Forge is not only about connecting a talented community team of innovators with automotive clients. Local Forge is also about providing the right tools for co-creation and a turnkey, guided process to engaging product development that generates demand and results in desirable products."
The last three years have been action-packed for Local Motors, a new and innovative American car company headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. The company began by opening the traditionally private car design and development process to be shared publicly, and soon after, delivered the Rally Fighter, the world's first open source production vehicle and invited customers to participate in the vehicle build.
In 2008 Local Motors opened their virtual doors and invited any car enthusiast, designer and engineer with a vision to join an open design studio where new cars would be made, and the community was born. In 2009 Local Motors promised to deliver the world's first open source, community-developed production vehicle. In 2010 the company delivered the limited production Rally Fighter, which is built by customers in the Phoenix Micro-Factory and is slated for a new 2012 edition.
Breaking the traditional rules can be quite effective. This company has proven that entire vehicles and components can be designed, engineered and built with great results through what is called "co- creation." To Local Motors, co-creation simply means inviting anyone to join a virtual development process at www.local-motors.com, where company and contributors create together. Local Motors hosts over 13,000 community contributors including customers as well as amateur to professional designers, engineers and fabricators.
This community of talent co-created the Rally Fighter and many components with Local Motors, and now you can put this group to work for your company through The Forge. Basically, your product development team just increased substantially. For more information and to view The Forge, visit Booth #11463 at SEMA Nov. 1-4.
About Local Motors
Local Motors is a new American car company setting an exciting and sustainable course to design, manufacture, and sell cars for niche markets.
Local Motors co-creates new purposeful vehicles and components with their community of designers, engineers and enthusiasts using open source principals. Anyone can join the Local Motors community at www.local-motors.com to assist in designing and engineering of new vehicles, and anyone can help choose which vehicles are produced and available for purchase. Local Motors shares all vehicle data
to allow easier modification, home builds or creation of new components to fit existing vehicles. Local Motors does not sell kits. Customers get to build their co-created vehicle at the Local-Motors micro-factory with professional assistance. The build is completed during 2, 3-day build weekends.
Local Motors is the first automotive co-creation community, and the first company to produce an open source vehicle. Founded less than 4 years ago, Local Motors is home to over 60,000 car design concepts, 13,000 community members, 20 full time employees, one production vehicle, the Rally Fighter, and one vehicle co-created for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
The first open source production vehicle brought to market by the Local Motors community is the Rally Fighter, a street-legal off-road desert racer developed for the American Southwest. The Rally Fighter features dual ride height manual adjust, 20" wheel travel, and an LS3 EROD V8 engine. It weighs only 3,400 lbs due to its steel chassis and composite panel construction.
Local Motors has been recognized for its groundbreaking approach to automotive development, appearing in articles in Popular Science, Wired and Popular Mechanics magazines. And, in a speech about manufacturing delivered on June 24, 2011 at Carnegie Mellon University, United States President Barack Obama recognized Local Motors for designing and building a new combat support vehicle for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in less than four months. The president credited Local Motors' ability to collapse development time for not only delivering the vehicle "ahead of schedule", but also for its potential to "save taxpayers billions of dollars" and possibly even "save lives" by getting necessary equipment to the battlefield faster.
2012 Rally Fighter Updates
4 Link rear end
Rear end options, 8.8in or 9in
New front A arms, made from aluminum billet to be lighter and stronger
Improved steering, pump and ram
More robust door hinges
Better lock and feel for door handle and linkage
Electric rear hatch
Newly designed dash for better venting and easy-read gauges
Community-designed rear-view mirror
Larger fuel tank
Updated fuel pump and sender unit
Wiper washer system
Modular seat brackets
Single wiring harness
Body fastening trees for ease of installation during build experience
Key ignition