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#1 Feb 27, 2013
Yes me and my wife is planing to moving to Columbus ( Grove City Area) around 2015. Im originally from Columbus but was real little when i lived there. But to my point how is the cost of living up there and the crime any areas i should avoid looking for a house and areas i should look. which areas is the best is what im looking for. Any information will be appreciated.
#3 Feb 28, 2013
Grove City will be perfect for you.
#4 Feb 28, 2013
Avoid Columbus, sky high property taxes, poorly run ghetto schools and extremely high water bills.
#5 Feb 28, 2013
There is nothing to do in columbus. Boorring!
#6 Feb 28, 2013
Move to Buckeye Lake so you can fish and ski.
party too!
less traffic; and downtown is 25 minutes away.
#7 Feb 28, 2013
lake choctaw is west, buckeye lake east. 25 minutes to downtown from either.
Choctaw is private. Better fishing.
#8 Feb 28, 2013
All of these guys have good points, but I need to know more about you:
-what do you do for a living?
-how much do you make (a range is okay)
-how much house can you afford?
-do you have kids?
-private or public schools?(Catholic?)
-are you artsy looking for something with character or do you like the burbs
-how old are you?
-college educated or working stiff
-one or two incomes
Generally, anything south of I-70 sucks if you need good schools, except for Pickerington. Most of the burbs north of I-70 have good schools, translating to good resale value.
Even the City of Columbus has very good schools north of I-670 and West of Ohio 315. But then again, they fudged the numbers.
City of Columbus is also good if you send your kids to Catholic schools since you don't have to pay high taxes of the burbs.
If schools aren't an issue, then there is a wide range of suitable places to live.
#9 Feb 28, 2013
I know someone who lives in there. It is really nice.
#10 Feb 28, 2013
BTW, Lake Choctaw has quite a few homes for sell. I don't know the price range(maybe $200s and up), but as you mentioned the fishing is great and the boating is relaxing.
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#11 Feb 28, 2013
see grove city and hillard is where we were thinking
thank you
#13 Feb 28, 2013
More details please (see above).
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#14 Feb 28, 2013
Johnson was being sarcastic. Grove City is called "Grovetucky" here, and it's not a term of endearment.
#15 Feb 28, 2013
Deys some good hoes in C-town doh. Got me 2 baby-mommas doin da stroll-check em out
#16 Feb 28, 2013
New Albany, Upper Arlington or Powell if you can afford it. Anywhere else is just less than ideal.
#17 Feb 28, 2013
i lived there on the lake. 2 years.
200's won't buy lakefront.
It is nice.
Just to far away from anything.
I was lucky; and flipped prior to the bubble burst. Made fair return for the rehab.
#18 Feb 28, 2013
lewis Center was rated above all you presented in 2012. it also is more expensive.
It also has terrible traffic, I lived there 10 years.
#19 Feb 28, 2013
- UA, Marble Cliff, New Albany, Bexley, Jefferson Twp.(Blacklick north of the railroad tracks) and "maybe" Dublin if you're on the higher end. I don't know why, but I'm not a fan of Powell, but parts of it would still be in the top tier.
o Worthington, Riverlea and Granville probably belong somewhere between the first tier and the next tier.
o Columbus has a few streets near Wolfe Park that definitely go here
- The next tier I think would be your Westerville, Gahanna, Hilliard, Worthington, and maybe Pickerington and Lewis Center (but only because Lewis Center is new).
o Grandview is going to be the tweener here. Probably some of the nicer Columbus neighborhoods (Clintonville, Eastmoor, Berwick, Far East) go here as well.
- the next tier would probably be Reynoldsburg, Canal Winchester, Grove City, Minerva Park, Pataskala, Galloway, Groveport (but only south of 33), and Jefferson Twp. south of the railroad tracks.(This is my stomping ground)
- Obetz, Harrisburg, Brice, Valleyview, San Margharita, Franklin Twp., Madison Twp.(north of 33) are on the bottom rung of the burbs.
Did I miss anybody?
#20 Feb 28, 2013
Hilliard, Westerville and Reynoldsburg are a mixed bag.
Lots on the high end in Hilliard and Westerville. Lots of modest stuff. Lots of crap.
Reynoldsburg doesn't have as much high end, but has lots of modest stuff and also has lots of older 60's crap. Huber Homes built both Westerville and Reynoldsburg in the 1960's.
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#21 Feb 28, 2013
If you want the better part of Hilliard, either stay east of 270 (it's like an extension of UA) or north and west of Old Hilliard (Cemetery Rd and Main St.)
#22 Feb 28, 2013
I've built about everywhere, but my personal favorites would be far west or further north of Columbus. I like West Jeff and surrounding, Shawnee Hills area, Jerome and Pataskala if east is involved. As for inside 270...Dublin Rd.(from Marble Cliff-Tuttle Rd. area). <<<**Sentence fragment for the Tramp in position**
Anyhow, That's all i can add.
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I am teaching a sports media class this quarter at De Paul. We are examining all platforms of sports media. Wednesday, we focused on newspapers.
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Love this message, Ladylights! I've been working on a 5k for a bit now and am finding that I'm much more likely to progress if I adjust my intervals by heart rate and less by time. My body seems to appreciate it, and I leave workouts feeling accomplished not beaten. It's a totally different experience!
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When I first started to walk/run interval training, my heart rate would get up to 181 during the run and then come down to 155 during the walk. At first a was very frightened by this. I eased up on the pace and was able to get my rate down to 161 during the run and 131 during the walk. As I have continued training, I have found that my heart as gotten stronger and I can actually run at a quicker pace and have a shorter recovery.
I think there are two important things to pay attention to: 1) LISTEN TO YOUR BODY!! 2) remember this takes time. I have nearly completed my second year of running, and still have not run a 5K all the way, I still walk. But I keep up with it, I keep trying and I keep improving.
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Thanks for all the insight! I've been doing intervals and probably been letting my HR get up into the 170's for too long of periods (because I want to work on my endurance), but then letting myself take extra time to recover. It seems to be working for me because I can now run/jog for longer periods of time without my HR getting too crazy and my recover time has decreased significantly.
I honestly have no idea if my method is actually safe, but it has been working for me!
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I have the same issue. I was running on a treadmill and trying to keep up with the time on my training schedule. My heart rate was 190+. I talked to the trainers at the gym about it because I was concerned. They said it wasn't good for my heart. It FELT GOOD though!
I have looked around on the internet though and found sites that say heart rate can vary for people and it is pretty normal for hard training. I am trying to slow it down a bit but keep pushing hard sometimes for fun. Working on the "perceived rate of exertion" scale.
I searched "heart rate over 190 when running". Interesting stuff.
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Maybe this will be of some use:
Typically in health care Heart Rate Max and percentage of Heart Rate Max are utilized to recondition and exercise patients with known cardiovascular disorders such as Hypertension CHF, COPD, etc. They are used as targets and guild-lines for when to stop exercising a patient because they are going into a higher risk area. However what is more telling of dysfunction is often one's ability to recover after exercise. What this means is that if your heart rate goes up to with exercise 170 and then doesn't return to its resting rate (or below 100bpm) within 5-10 minutes of terminating activity. I guess what I'm saying is is that it is ok to go over your % heart rate max now and then during your workout (this should not be a steady state or a goal heart rate) if 1) you don't have any cardiovascular problems or other known disorders that can affect your endurance, heart, lungs, or vascular system. 2) you recover/ can return to a resting heart rate 3) you don't have symptoms such as dizziness, pain, or blacking out. A good range to stay in is between 50%-85% Heart Rate Max depending on your goals and your health status. Another good rule of thumb is to exercise at a level where you are still able to talk in short sentences. If you can quote Shakespeare you can work harder, if you can't respond to questions slow down. Last for a quick disclaimer, definitely talk to a doctor before implementing a new program or intensity if you are not used to working out, or working out at higher levels, I'm not trying to give anyone false confidence, and I would hate if someone got injured.
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Just for giggles I used my heart monitor the other day for Week 1 Day 1. I couldn't keep up the 3 min jog because my heart rate kept going up toward the 170's...going by the 220-age would put me near 100%. The monitor had the target range between 116 and 132. I'm not sure where that came from but works out to 70-80%. Just briskly walking I can keep it in that target range. I'm more than open for suggestions... I wonder which cardiologist at work would let me pick his/her brain...
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This is an interesting discussion - we really need an exercise physiologist or cardiac rehab specialist to answer these questions. I have a friend who had a pre-heart attack and a stint put in - he knows he needs to lose weight and exercise, but like you he doesn't know what range his numbers should fit in.
In my opinion, the problem with these stats is that they are devised from a population, and are averages of people, whereas you are an individual whose personal stats may be different. Yeah, someone with better training can probably run longer in a higher range than the average person, and most certainly more than a "newbie." I have no medical training, but I would say you probably should use your new device to start charting your own levels. Basically if you can talk, you're in a low range, but if you can't seem to breathe and/or your head is pounding, you're in too high a range and should slow down. If you could run your program without feeling like your chest will explode, then it's probably okay to continue running your program even if the device says your heart rate is too high. And if all else fails, talk to your doctor. Best of luck to you!!!
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To be honest.. I believe the below ranges are useful reference for someone who has been training for 10 years plus and knows exactly what formula those ranges are linked to (or at least knows that the below refers to whatever calculations are performed by a particular HRM. I'm not sure Polaris, Sigma and Garmin uses the same calculations to determine target zones). But I'm not entirely sure how useful those ranges are for someone who is trying to start out at both running AND using heart rate monitor to, well, monitor their fitness.
First of all - there are at least 2 wildly different methods used to calculate heart rate zones, and I suspect each of the methods come with their own target zones. You can either calculate % of (220-age) or you can calculate (%(220-age-restingRate))+resting Rate. (That is before going into formulas that factor weight and gender in - but those things mostly just affect max rate calculations and can then be plugged into either one of the above formulas).
Second.. We are not exactly trained athletes here. We're learning to run. Running brings heart rate up very quickly and unlike with cycling or aerobics, there isn't much you can do to get the rate back down while continuing to run. With running even the minimum effort required to propel yourself forward pushes heartrate up noticeably. If we were so good at running at a pace that does not bring a heart rate up, we wouldn't need a walk-run programm to get to 5k, we would just, well, run.
So yeah, if someone with knowlege and advice for beginner runners might advise on the target heart rates (and if there's any trick to maintain them) - now that would be very useful.
Especially if someone could link to some reliable material on whether or not it's bad to run for those 3-4 minutes at high heartrates - and if it is bad, whether or not there's something we can do to lower the risk.
For statistics - In last weeks when I'm doing my running-walkings, the max number I see on screen is 176. Comfortable range of running is 148-166 or maybe 145-171 or so. Anyhow if I could stay in that range I guess I could run for longer. It's not 'if HR stays above 172 for a long while I get exhausted'. It is 'when I get tired, my heart rate goes up into 172+'. I average 157-158 over a session.
With %(220-age) formula 148 becomes 77%, the rest of numbers being spot in 80-90% high intensity zone... what does not precisely make much sense. I'm not a fit person.
With %(200-age-65)+65 numbers become a saner 65-80%, what would probably pretty much suit my goals.
So far so good, that would seem to indicate Karvonen formula appears to suit me pretty well.
Except Karvonen requires 'resting heart rate' - I'm just putting a random 65 in there without much real reasoning. Is resting heart rate 'lowest number I've seen when I have been sleeping prone for a while and meditating/browsing internet' or is it 'sat down for few minutes'?
Also... Ok, could be my resting rate has dropped considerably in last few months (doesn't seem like that but I don't exactly walk around with HRM strapped on all the time), but if I go by how I feel at certain pulse zones - that certainly has changed a lot during past few months. I remember being exhausted-can't-do-no-more when doing stationary cycling and letting heart rate go past 150 for more than 30 seconds. Then I remember 'half-dead-gonna-faint-or-puke-right-now' feeling doing xbox aerobics pushing heart rate over 162 for 30 seconds or more. Now 171 is kind-of-sustainable for a minute or two if I hit a pace that keeps HRM at exactly that number. 176 does not feel good, but it does not feel quite as bad as I've felt before - it's more the fear of 'if you keep running at high HRM you're damaging your heart and will one day fall dead on spot' rumor that I'm fearing. I don't know if it's true, but it is enough to scare me.
So, um.. anyone has some, dunno, qualified insight into this? Is there a good safe formula we could be pointed to and told 'when you do couch-to-5k, make sure your heart rate stays between these numbers, and unless you have prior heart problems, you should be good' ?
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I'm not a certified expert but a hrm user for cycling and running for over 10 years. The general answer to your question is : It depends on what your trying to accomplish : 1. Start a fitness routine. 2. Improve your fitness. 3. Maximize your performance.
More specifically :
Training in the 60 - 70% HRmax will be low intensity and will burn fat, improve endurance and aerobic fitness. If your just starting out the majority of your workout should be in this zone.
Training in the 70 - 80% HRmax will be moderate intensity and will improve endurance and aerobic fitness, help control weight, and will raise the intensity at which you can exercise without building lactic acid.
Training in the 80 - 90% HRmax will be high intensity and you won't be able to exercise long in this zone and is recommended for very fit people and should only be for short periods. It will improve your tolerance to lactic acid and your ability to perform short, extreme efforts.
Polar has a great website. You can read all about it at: www.polar.fi/en/training_with_polar/traini
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That is a great question. I'm hoping someone explains it here cuz I'd also like to know.
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Wow... I'm surprised no feedback on here yet! I've got the same question. At what percentage of your maximum heart rate do you slow it down?
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Hi Everyone! I recently purchased a Polar HRM which I LOVE! However, it made me realize that my heart rate is getting way to high when I try to follow the training plan. According to the chart, my max HR is 193, with 85% being at 164. Today when I did my own modified version of a training plan with my HR in mind, I feel like I just took 5 steps backwards. Should I continue to work around my HR or go back to following the plan?
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Vermont's legislative leaders committed today to passing a bill that would legalize full marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples.
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin says the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings the week of March 16. He says he expects the committee to recommend a bill by the end of the week.
Shumlin and House Speaker Shap Smith announced the initiative on the same day that lawyers argued in the California Supreme Court whether a referendum overturning same-sex marriage was constitutional.
Massachusetts and Connecticut are the only states that permit same-sex couples to marry. Vermont was the first state to adopt civil unions. Advocates say that falls short of full marriage and they've lobbied lawmakers to go farther.
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The Harlequins openside will lead the team against Australia, Argentina and New Zealand after beating Tom Wood to a post he last held during this year's RBS 6 Nations.
"Every time you pull on that white shirt it's a privilege. It's a huge honour to be named captain and to lead your country," Robshaw said.
"But I've always said it's not about who you are but what you do, and I've got to make sure that I perform as a player first.
"We have some good leaders across the squad and I know we will support each other as we head into a massive game against Australia."
Robshaw, 27, has led England in 16 of Lancaster's 19 games in charge, missing only the final Test against South Africa in June 2012 and both matches against Argentina during last summer's tour.
Overlooked by the British and Irish Lions for Australia and rested for the trip to South America, the 17-times capped openside was given the summer off by Lancaster.
Wood took over the captaincy in Argentina and acquitted himself well, leading to a two-way duel for the role between the back rows.
Pressure on Robshaw's place in the team was also applied by Gloucester openside Matt Kvesic on the strength of his performances against the Pumas.
But while Kvesic's early season form dipped, partly affected by playing behind an underpowered pack at Kingsholm, Robshaw has impressed in a struggling Harlequins team.
"The first and foremost criteria for captaincy is to be on the team sheet and Chris is in there on his playing ability," Lancaster said.
"But on top of that he has a massive amount of respect within the squad and has led England well.
"Every team needs leaders; we are building a strong group and Chris is at the forefront of that leadership."
Robshaw was informed of Lancaster's decision on Monday and the head coach insists he was the outstanding candidate to lead England this autumn.
"Chris has been in great form through the first half of this season and his experience as captain and experience with Harlequins meant it was a pretty easy decision to appoint him," Lancaster said.
"I'm delighted for Chris and I'm sure he'll do a great job for us. My priority has always been to decide on the captain on form and fitness.
"We want a broad leadership group but when it came down to it, Chris was the standout to captain the side.
"I was happy to let the season play out and for Chris to play well. Matt Kvesic played well at openside in the summer.
"It was important for Matt to know that he has an opportunity to play, but Chris has fought him off."
Robshaw has spoken to Wood over the captaincy and has been assured he has the full support of the Northampton flanker.
"Tom's been very supportive. We have a very good relationship in which we work hard and try to push each other," Robshaw said.
"A lot has been made of the captaincy but everyone in the squad is out there to achieve the same goal.
"We're a team that wants to win and be in the best possible position for 2015, whether it's myself leading the team or one of the other guys.
"It really is a core group of leaders of 10 or 11 players that continues to drive this squad and push it. We've been together for 18 months now.
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You've probably already seen the viral Vegas wedding photo shoot from the uber cool rock n roll couple that is Ainsley and Sebastien. So when it was time for an anniversary shoot, the pair did not fail to present to us another bad ass rendezvous, only this time, in Bali.
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Good grief.
Even when I was a kid this crap happened. Someone was going around giving dogs left outside antifreeze. At least 3-4 dogs on my street alone died.
I remember my parents being so freaked out and would keep the dogs inside. They use to leave them outside in the summer in our fenced in yard.
Everyone thought it was teenagers doing it - here it was an elderly guy who lived alone. I don't remember what happened to him.
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The last decade's blistering real estate performance has rather painfully separated the owners from the renters—the clear winners being those who staked out a property or two on the proverbial boardwalk. As the tide turns, real estate prices are no longer "guaranteed" to go up, and no one knows precisely what lies ahead. But for successful architects with growing practices, owning the space in which they work is almost always a smart business move. It's a way to escape the whims of the rental market while reaping substantial tax benefits. It's a formula for controlling your destiny: Purchase more square footage than you need, lease the surplus, and grow into the extra space as tenant contracts expire. A building that exemplifies your design talent is also great PR—and a sound retirement strategy. Architects often make more money on the sale of their office building than on the sale of their business when they stop working, says Jacklyn Jordan, president and CEO of Capital Access Group, San Francisco.
Coming up with a down payment on commercial headquarters can be tough, however—especially for architects with small- to medium-size practices. Owners of startups struggle to take home a decent salary, and mid-career architects are folding the profits back into their business. The costs may be out of reach for those who work in exclusive vacation enclaves too. Just ask Mark Hutker, AIA, who has two offices. One is on Martha's Vineyard, where he owns a spacious suite in a 20,000-square-foot mixed-use waterfront building. The other is in Falmouth, Mass., where he rents prime space in a former restaurant —also on the water—that his firm recently adapted as offices for a local client. "At least three of our clients have come to design meetings in their Hinckley picnic boats," Hutker explains. "We lease the Falmouth office because there's a lot of cachet we wouldn't otherwise be able to afford. The cost to own would be prohibitive."
Like the first commission, the first employee, the first partner, buying office space is one of the big milestones. Whether ownership status is the result of serendipitous events or research and calculated risk, it is born out of need, desire, and creativity as architects' fortunes, along with their neighborhoods, begin to change. For Hutker, ownership of the Vineyard office was originally a case of being in the right place at the right time. In 1984, just as the building was being completed, he was invited to form a partnership with the developer, who worked out of one of the condo units. When Hutker spun off the architecture wing of the business a few years later, he purchased that unit, expanding to three adjoining condos over the next 20 years as his bank accounts allowed.
long-term leverage As they look to the future, many savvy architects go the landlord route, choosing a location that will attract good tenants who deliver a steady stream of rental income. When Darrel Rippeteau, AIA, set up his practice in Washington, D.C., in 1978, "if I did have a long-term vision, it was to own real estate," he says. In 1986 he and his wife, Judy, borrowed money to purchase a "crummy little building," a remnant one-story warehouse used to store hot dog-vendor carts at night. After doing basic repairs, Rippeteau Architects moved in, paying rent to the Rippeteaus, who also leased part of the parking lot to a neighbor. It was a gritty block back then. But Rippeteau couldn't help noticing, as he rollerskated to work, that the neighborhood's dangers were "vastly overstated and over-reported." Sure enough, by 2002, real estate values were on the rise and, with the loan paid off, he considered cashing in. But when Whole Foods and other upscale businesses began investing nearby, he decided to use the equity to design a mixed-use building on par with the emerging neighborhood.
In the new iteration, street-level retail space is occupied by gallery plan b, an art gallery for established and emerging local talent. Rippeteau Architects is on the second floor, and a third floor houses two 900-square-foot rental apartments with double-height living spaces and outdoor terraces. "My wife and I got an inflatable mattress and stayed overnight in each one just to get the experience," he says. "We would have moved in in a minute. Because we had to borrow money, part of our business plan was that we would sell our house and move in if we had to."
Rippeteau was fairly sure of the commercial component. But with the city's recent condo explosion, he was less certain he could fill the apartments. He tried to capture the discriminating renter by making them theatrical and arty, appealing to people who've made their major investment elsewhere but want to have a foot in D.C. "We've leased to people who are happy to have a stylish, urbane place with their car parked out back," Rippeteau says.
If there's one bit of advice to offer, he says, it's this: be certain about your leasing—as certain as you can be. "When I bought this property initially, I knew that, as a tenant, I could make the rent and pay down the loan. And I knew that when I redeveloped it, the strength of my business would carry this deal," he explains. "I just needed to design something that would attract one or two other tenants. But as an investment strategy, knowing that I was going to build something my architecture firm would pay rent to is a powerful part of why it works for me."
Indeed, as business owners and design-and-construction experts, architects are uniquely positioned to leverage their real estate assets long-term. Through creative financing and some sweat equity, Geoffrey T. Prentiss, AIA, found a spot for his staff of seven in a pricey Seattle neighborhood [see our coverage on page 70 of the January/February 2007 issue]. Prentiss was working out of his home for 12 years and bursting at the seams when he began renting space a few blocks away, in a building owned by a friend. After the owner abandoned plans to redevelop the property in 2003, Prentiss bought it for $485,000. He put $100,000 down, financing the rest with a five-year balloon loan from the owner. The monthly mortgage worked out to be just slightly more than he'd been paying in rent.
But Prentiss didn't stop there. Over the next 18 months, he completed a renovation and 3,000-square-foot addition that comprises, in total, two commercial first-floor units and two apartments above. "It was a good hands-on experience," Prentiss says of the project. "I made sure everyone in the office took responsibility for a section and made it their job to deal with the subcontractors." One commercial unit houses his studio; the other is occupied by an organic coffeehouse on a 10-year lease.
To pay for the $600,000 project, Prentiss refinanced his house, getting an interest rate two points lower than he would have paid on a commercial loan. As planned, his income from the building covers the $10,000 monthly mortgage. "The first year was a little bit of gritting the teeth," he admits. "You still have this big thing leaning against you, and you have to gamble that things are going to stay relatively steady. But this is where architects will get ahead, using the wisdom we've gained in contracting to do something ourselves."


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For the lewis structure of BCl3, does it have a total of 24 valence electrons? Also does it have a total of 4 bonds? If possible can you draw the lewis structure?
Yes it has 24 electrons. It can't have but three bonds since there are only three atoms hooked to it (the three Cl atoms). I can't draw the Lewis dot structure on this forum but here is a site that shows it. Frankly I don't like the way this site does it but the structure is correct.
But when I take the total number of electrons needed to be "happy" subract the total number of valence electron the result is 4 bonds.
1*3=3 valence electrons
3*7=21 valence electrons
Total valence electron: 24
so... 32-24=8/2=4
By the way, is that correct??
B doesn't obey the octet rule. Look at that structure again at the site and you will see B has only 6 electrons while each Cl has 8.
There can be only three bonds for obvious reasons even if B obeyed the octet rule. That's because there are only three Cl atoms; what else would you add to make the fourth bond?
So would N2 have two bonds then?
I don't think you posted the site.
Excuse me! Here is the site. Sorry about that.
As for nitrogen, it has 10 electrons; the Lewis dot structure is :N:::N:
So for N2, it would be like this?
Step1: 5*2=10 valence electrons
Step2: 8*2=16 electrons total
Step3: 16-10=6 electrons
Step4: 6/2= 3 bond pairs
Step5: 10-6=4/2=2 lone pairs
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Hey Jess,
What kind of HP gains are you seeing between the 5% and 10%? Nothing exact just your best guess. I am concerned about traction and pushing the motor to hard on the 10%. Also is the 10% overkill for someone without your exhaust?
You also mentioned a add on heat exchanger in another thread. Do we need one for these?
Granted, take my thoughts with a grain of salt, as I'm not nearly as experienced as many on this forum, especially Jesse, but that's my preliminary guess. :D
He had the airbox mod, stock exhaust and tune done at the time. Crank should give us more boost.
I am predicting 560-580 with the 5%. 10% is probably overkill until the fuel stuff is sorted.
I am doing the same as you and going with the 5%.
Here is his baseline before the blower pulley.
Is there a mathematical equation that would nail down peak HP at the crank using 560-580 figures? I love the RWHP but any ideas of the BHP? Or is there only estimates.
Any one know where that thread was? Or knows the Math?
I took some pictures when I got it:
Handheld is the only way to get the trans tune without going to his shop.
I dynoed at ~470 rwhp stock, then went to ~520 rwhp from a tune alone. That's about 50 rwhp from a tune alone. If Jesse got that much, that would leave the pulley swap generating another 30 rwhp, which seems in the ball-park.
I'll shot-in-the-dark estimate that I'll get 30-40 from the crank pulley and end up around 550-560 from the pulley alone. However, I'm also doing the American Racing headers, and Corsa, exhaust system, as well as Hennessey's cold-air intake, so I'm hoping for a tad more than that. :D
Jesse--what % overdrive does the 2.55" pulley equate to so we can compare the crankshaft pulley to the 2.55" blower pulley? Thanks!
Most of the time, I see people using 15% losses for the drivetrain and that makes decent sense assuming that 556 as a starting point and what people are seeing at the tires.
Hey Luna,
Well you know people like to here the bigger numbers and i like to tell them. When they hear 556 they just about fall over. So why not add it up. Isn't that what Hennessey is doing with his V700 package? That 15% math sounds fairly just as everyone who has put up their numbers has seen similar RWHP with just a tune or some kind of combo. If that figure is correct 556BHP x 15% = 473 RWHP
I dynoed at ~470 rwhp stock, then went to ~520 rwhp
This would equate to about 612 HP if you ad back the 15%. Add a pulley and you could be looking at around that 700 magic number. All the other breath better goodies, Heads and cam should should easily take you there. No doubt.
Just curious...why interested? The number at the tire seems to be the truly important one.
Most of the time, I see people using 15% losses for the drivetrain and that makes decent sense assuming that 556 as a starting point and what people are seeing at the tires.[/QUOTE]
Just to help also on this. The cars are VERY different when you dyno them cold vs hot, vs different intake air temps, vs time running before floored. This could account for people gaining more power from tunes vs others...
This is a motor, just like any other motor. Timing can only be so high, and fuel can only go so lean before you have problems....
If you watch all my dyno vids, the car is run on the rollers until the car hits EXACTLY the same coolant temp, which in my case is 180degrees, And the same intake air charge temps. Sometimes it takes 5 minutes of running on the rollers to hit that... THEN WE DO A PULL. If you just do a startup and then dyno pull after sitting for 3 hours, your horsepower goes up, but only for the dyno and not real world conditions.. REAL world conditions are you driving down the highway and or thru the city and letting some poor sap with a m5 get his feeling hurt as you show him he paid too much for his car.... If you do a pull in our cars when they are completely cold, of coarse you will make alot more power on the dyno, but when is it really going to be that way when you are on the street...
If you look at timing tables, based on coolant, and intake air, you can see that they are able to apply alot more timing during that time. To be fair for horsepower gains, you need to have exact coolant temps, and exact intake 2 temps.. Then it is a fair honest gain.....


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Meat: Bear.
Outside of chicken and turkey I haven't liked any other bird meat (pheasant, quail) that I've had. At the same time, I've liked the taste of every large mammal I've eaten (cow, pig, sheep, bison, deer, elk, goat, horse, kangaroo – I'm a regular ole Tasmanian Devil). So while I've never had a chance to eat bear, I expect it will taste better than eagle.
Wine: Is Leland drinking to get drunk? If so, he might as well drink MD 20/20 instead of white wine.
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Geri Halliwell has confirmed that the Spice Girls want to embark on a reunion tour — but admits Victoria Beckham might not take part.
All five members were at the London world premiere of the musical based on their hits, although Posh Spice delivered a series of snubs to her bandmates.
Geri said she did not know if Victoria was as fully committed to the band as herself, Mel C, Mel B and Emma Bunton, adding: "You'd have to ask her that. Some of us are busier than others."squib reviews.
The band were at the West End's Piccadilly Theatre for the launch of Viva Forever! — but Victoria missed several chances to pose for pictures with the other four. She delivered her first snub when she delayed the start by arriving 20 minutes late with husband David and their three sons.
While the other four Spices sat together in the middle of the stalls, the Beckhams sat at the end of the row behind.
At the curtain call, all five girls joined the cast on stage and spoke in turn — starting with Mel C, who hailed a "wonderful production". Victoria thanked the producer Judy Craymer and script writer Jennifer Saunders and told the cast: "Well done girls, to all of you."
Guests moved on to a star-studded party inside a huge marquee in Victoria Embankment Gardens. After thanking the audience, Victoria's bandmates then had a dance-off to their hit Who Do You Think You Are?
An onlooker said: "By this point, Victoria's absence while the other girls were having so much fun was a bit of a talking point among guests." The four then took a photo-call and filmed an interview for a documentary — but again there was no Victoria.
Her absence was made all the more obvious when the girls began kissing and hugging for the cameras, with Geri saying: "I love these girls, they're gorgeous, who wouldn't?"
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MIAMI BEACH Just four hours into this year's International BoatBuilders Exhibition and Conference, Lumitec already had picked up two new OEMs, president John Kujawa said outside his booth yesterday afternoon.
"It's been a great show," he said, noting it is the first for his new company, which offers a line of LED lighting. "I'm not a doom-and-gloom person. There's always going to be people building boats and buying boats."
Lumitec, of Delray Beach, Fla., is one of approximately 800 exhibitors at the 18th annual IBEX, which runs through Wednesday at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
"It's a great number of companies," said show co-director Kathleen Clickett, of the National Marine Manufacturers Association. The event, she noted, is about 95 percent sold out, with approximately 100 new companies exhibiting this year.
"I think the vibe has been great on the floor," she said.
Carl Cramer, publisher of Professional BoatBuilder magazine and IBEX co-director, called this year's event "the most exciting one ever."
"The exhibitors seem pleased with the turnout," he added. "If we can continue like this for the next couple of days I'll be happy."
Phil Fram, of Marinco Electrical Group, said his company was introducing 11 new products at the show, up from previous years. CZONE, from its BEP Marine brand, is its main new product, a networked power control monitoring system designed to integrate and simplify on-board electrical and mechanical systems.
"The key is simplicity for the boat manufacturer," Fram said. "It enhances the boating experience."
The product is up for one of several Innovation Awards, which will be announced Wednesday morning.
"[The show] is slower than last year, but the quality is still there," Fram said, adding now is a good time to introduce new products because builders are always interested in value, regardless of economic conditions.
In addition to the exhibitors, IBEX is offering attendees more than 50 seminars and an outdoor demonstration area.
The industry breakfast, which includes the NMMA's presentation of the Hall of Fame Award, the Alan Freedman Award and the IBEX Innovation Awards judged by Boating Writers International is set for Wednesday morning.
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The Stockton Ports came into Tuesday night's game leading the California League in homeruns. They showed why, blasting three more longballs en route to a 6-2 victory over the Lake Elsinore Storm.
Renato Nunez and Dusty Robinson each connected on their fourth homeruns of the season, while Matt Olson hit his third of the year. Nunez and Olson were the only Ports' hitters to have multi-hit games.
The Stockton pitching staff was sharp in the win. Starter Seth Streich tossed five scoreless innings. He walked four, but he allowed just two hits and recorded eight outs on the ground, while striking out three. Streich is handling the jump to High-A with aplomb. He hasn't allowed a run in his last two starts (11 innings) and his ERA is at 1.71 on the season. His K:BB is 24:6.
Nolan Sanburn broke a mini-slump with two scoreless innings in relief of Streich. Sanburn allowed four runs over his last two outings (three innings), but he was nearly perfect on Tuesday, giving up just a lead-off hit in two frames. He struck-out two and has a 12:2 K:BB in 13 innings this season. Omar Duran was touched for two runs in the eighth inning, but Tucker Healy breezed through the ninth to secure the win. Healy could be heading to Double-A in the near future. He has allowed just one run in nine innings this season. Healy has allowed three hits and one walk and he has struck-out 13. Healy had a 1.86 ERA and a 31:5 K:BB in 19.1 innings for the Ports last season.
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After 11 innings and four relievers already used in the game, the Midland Rockhounds had to turn their pitching duties over to position player Conner Crumbliss. Crumbliss retired the first two batters he faced in the bottom of the 12th, but the Corpus Christi Hooks mounted a two-out rally with two singles sandwiching a walk, and that gave them the 6-5 win.
Midland starter Nate Long threw just three innings in his second start of the season (he moved from the bullpen to the rotation this week), so it was a bullpen game early for the RockHounds. Long allowed four runs on five hits and two walks. He gave way to Blake Hassebrock, who allowed a run in two innings of work.
Jesus Castillo, Jeff Urlaub and Seth Frankoff each tossed a pair of scoreless innings to give the RockHounds a chance to win the game. The trio has been lights-out for Midland this season. Castillo's ERA is 1.08, Urlaub's ERA is 0.82 and Frankoff's is 1.86. Frankoff's three strike-outs in the game give him a remarkable 17 in just 9.2 innings this season.
Midland batters collected 14 hits and six walks in 12 innings, but they could push across just the five runs. Crumbliss started the game in right field and he had two doubles, a single, a walk and four RBI. Max Muncy, playing once again at third base, had the other RBI and two hits overall. Muncy is off to another hot start after blistering the California League early last season. This year, Muncy has a .295 average and an 876 OPS. He has walked 18 times and has struck-out 10 times in 17 games.
Chad Oberacker and Beau Taylor also had multi-hit games for the RockHounds.
Snappers Rally Falls Short In Loss To Kane County
Down three going into the top of the ninth, the Beloit Snappers scored twice and had the tying run on second base, but they couldn't push that run across, falling to Kane County by a score of 5-4.
Starter Kyle Finnegan didn't allow his first hit until the fourth inning, but he was touched for two runs in the fourth and one in the fifth and was hung with the loss. Finnegan's ERA rose to 2.49. The 4.2 inning outing was his shortest of the season. He struck-out three and walked two. Finnegan is holding Midwest League batters to a .228 average this season.
Beloit chipped away at the Kane County lead in the top of the sixth when they scored twice on a solo homerun by B.A. Vollmuth and an RBI groundout by Ryan Huck. The game remained at 3-2 until the bottom of the eighth, when relievers Stuart Pudenz and Lee Sosa combined to walk five. Two runs scored in the inning without the benefit of a Kane County hit. Beloit would get those two runs back in the ninth inning, but still fell by one run.
Vollmuth, Luis Baez and B.J. Boyd each had two hits. Vollmuth's homer was his first of the season. Baez had a double. Boyd's two-hit game raised his season average to .299. He has an 836 OPS and is batting .317/.391/.561 over his last 10 games. Boog Powell didn't have a hit, but he walked twice and his OBP is now .421 and his OPS is 845 for the season. Boyd and Powell were co-MVPs for Vermont last season and they have continued to make a good team at the top of the order this year.
River Cats Rained Out In Tacoma
The rains keep coming in the Pacific Northwest and it has resulted in another postponed game. For the second time in the series, the Sacramento River Cats and the Tacoma Rainiers were rained out. Saturday's game was washed out and was made up as part of a doubleheader that took place on Sunday. Tuesday's rain out will be made up as part of a doubleheader in Tacoma on July 26. Rain also cut-short the River Cats-Rainiers game on Monday, although it was an official game.
Sacramento returns to Raley Field on Thursday to take on the El Paso Chihuahuas in that franchise's first ever visit to the Capitol City.


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This story breaks my heart. The boy is being raised by his 21 year old mother. His father is in jail. The mom told the police the boy runs away so he will be arrested and sent to jail so he can be with his father. His dad I guess drinks beer so the boy copied that behavior. During his wandering he went into the unlocked home of a neighbor and took 5 Christmas presents including the dress and then put that on.
Child investigators visited the mother but told her she would be able to keep custody of her son. This has to be the worst nightmare of a parent. Your toddler wakes up in the middle of the night and just walks right out of the house. The mother said she was embarrassed about the theft, but is grateful that nothing bad happened to the boy. I can't even imagine what was going through her mind when she got the call from a neighbor that her son was at their house.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Barbara Walters says the paparazzi were lying in wait, but she's not saying anything about her future employment.
Walters, 83, returned to "The View" on Monday, after reports circulated widely the previous Friday that she would be retiring from television in May 2014.
She said photographers were waiting for her as she went to work on Monday, expecting she would discuss her plans on the air. Instead, Walters had nothing to say about whether or not the stories were true, saying, "I have no announcement to make."
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1
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And so begins the Cecil B. DeMille of historiography. A sword and sandal epic with a cast of thousands. The Decline and Fall of one of the greatest empires the world has ever seen, in glorious Technicolor and at a bookshop near you.
In this first volume, which traces the history of the Roman Empire from the death of Marcus Aurelius (AD180) to Constantine's accession as sole Emperor in AD325, Gibbon nails his constitutional colours firmly to the mast. The ideal state is one headed by a constitutional hereditary monarchy, devolving its authority to a patrician parliament i.e. Britain in the late 18th century.
To Gibbon, the failure of the Roman system of government rested on Emperors who had despotic powers but were (largely) incapable of wielding them. Being one amongst equals of the Roman nobility they fell prey to the ambitions of others and their own indulgences. Rival claims to the throne and the high turnover of Emperors in the Third Century (donning the Purple was effectively the equivalent of signing your own death sentence) caused massive instability and fatally weakened the Empire.
Gibbon's history is of the Great Person or Persons who cast their reflective light downwards on society. No account is made of societal or economic factors at work, the vast majority of the population are excluded from the discussion. Reading Gibbon you won't find what day-to-day life was like for ordinary Roman citizens, or an explanation of administrative superstructure which still managed to make this large empire function despite the vicissitudes of its rulers.
One of the pleasures of reading history, and especially historiography which is itself now part of history, is the way it illuminates the present of the writer as much as the events it is describing. No work of history is a faithful recreation of the facts. Decline and Fall is a product of the Enlightenment. David Hume is a great influence, particularly in the last chapter on Christianity, which is the most controversial part of the whole work.
Edward Gibbon, one can guess, must have been an excellent after-dinner speaker. D&F flows like one great erudite speech, with many sentences you want to read over and over again just to enjoy Gibbon's fluid prose style. It is no surprise he is one of the most quoted English historians. One of my favourites is: "The incredible speed which Maximin exerted in his flight is much more celebrated than his prowess in the battle."
I feel decidedly ambivalent about this book. My rating reflects that ultimately I didn't want to stick with it; I didn't find its pleasures and degree of informativeness worth the slogging through. This is the slowest read I've ever encountered--slower reading than James Joyce's Ulysses. And yet it's not that the prose was difficult or rambling or the subject boring. In fact I found the prose rather elegant. Partly, it's that I felt as if it was going on forever. This is only the first volume of six covering from 180 to 395 AD--and it's 956 pages of very tiny print. Mind you, I've read history books about as dense with delight. And I did like the style and find much of what was related about the Romans fascinating. How could I not be fascinated by the real details about Commodus, the son of Marcus Aurelius and the subject of the film Gladiator? How could I not love reading about Emperor Severus, whose name lives on in Rowling's Severus Snape?
Except it was hard to let go and let myself absorb this, because it was so obviously dated. A friend of mine who is fascinated by the Romans, who studied the classics, knows Greek and Latin and teaches it for a living, begged me not to read this. Gibbon, she told me, is a "relic." Go read the real thing she told me--Tacitus and Suetonius are riveting and much closer to being primary sources. Or pick up a contemporary history of Rome that incorporates the latest scholarship. Still, I was determined at first to plow onward, given this is a tremendously influential book, one of the first modern histories to use and cite primary sources. And there is value in reading old non-fiction works such as Darwin's Origin of Species and Frazer's The Golden Bough, even if their biology and anthropology are dated. As another friend put it--it's not so much what Gibbon tells us about Ancient Rome, as what he tells us about 1776 Britain in its own post-Augustan Age. And there's certainly a window on his times to be found here--particularly in the views on women and Asians and race in general. Gibbon lost me in Chapter IX: "State of Germany Until the Barbarians" with its ode to misogyny:
The Germans treated their women with esteem and confidence, consulted them on every occasion of importance, and fondly believed, that in their breasts resided a sanctity and wisdom more than human.... The rest of the sex, without being adored as goddesses, were respected as the free and equal companions of soldiers; associated even by the marriage ceremony to a life of toil, of danger, and of glory.... Heroines of such a cast may claim our admiration; but they were most assuredly neither lovely, nor very susceptible of love. Whilst they affected to emulate the stern virtues of man, they must have resigned that attractive softness, in which principally consist the charm and weakness of woman. Conscious pride taught the German females to suppress every tender emotion that stood in competition with honor, and the first honor of the sex has ever been that of chastity. The sentiments and conduct of these high-spirited matrons may, at once, be considered as a cause, as an effect, and as a proof of the general character of the nation. Female courage, however it may be raised by fanaticism, or confirmed by habit, can be only a faint and imperfect imitation of the manly valor that distinguishes the age or country in which it may be found.
The above isn't incidental--it's practically the keynote to Gibbon's theory. The Emperor Alexander Severus, who Gibbon overall admires, according to him had two key flaws--he was born in the "effeminate" East--and he listened to his mother too much. At least one-fourth into the first volume, Gibbon's theory seems to be Rome's decline came because Romans lost the manly men virtues. And yes, I know; it's the times in which Gibbon wrote to blame, and I should make allowances for that and take out of his history what good I can. But added to how slow a read this was and feeling fidgety wondering just how much of the facts are just plain wrong... Well.
I may try an abridged edition someday. I noticed one shelved at Barnes and Noble that covers the material of the first volume in only 317 pages. I might find that more bearable. Or maybe just try a modern take on the late Western Roman empire such as Peter Heather's The Fall of the Roman Empire. Or just take my friend's advice and next time I'm in the mood to read about the Romans read Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars, which my friend swears is awesome.
A classic of historical literature, in two volumes. The author details the history to the fall in the first volume, and the byzantine period in the second volume.
My interest in this six volume history by Gibbons is NOT the Roman Empire, but the history of the rise of the Christian church. Unfortunately, he begins with circa 150 C. E. on page 504 of this volume, and many of his "pronouncements of fact" are qualified by annotator Milman. A nice set in need of minor repairs (mostly spine backing replacement).
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Marie Symeou was born in London, England, where she still lives. She is an author, animal advocate, cat blogger & photographer.
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I enjoyed reading this book. A cat got rescued story is always right for every reader. There are a lot of abandoned cats out there and unfortunately some of them are not lucky.
This book is about a cat who had a rough time in the beginning of her life but she ends up happy with loving family. I highly recommend this book. A big thanks to the author for this book and this message.
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First of all, I would like to say that Marie's last name goes very well with her genre of choice. (SimmMEOW…)
That being said, on with the review:
Kicked out from their home by an uncaring family member, two kittens are left on their own to survive. With very little experience in the outside world, they are reduced to eating grass and licking up rain puddles to keep alive from one frightening day to the next.
Until the day someone picks them up and takes them to a shelter. Cowering and afraid, overwhelmed by smells foreign and dangerous (to them), the sisters huddle together in their captivity, not knowing what will come their way next.
Assurances from the other cats in the room, regular (but insubstantial) food, and interaction with humans help the kits adjust to life within walls again. They start to take an interest in their surroundings, especially the various attitudes of the humans who come to see them. It is highly fortunate, in a couple of cases, that the shelter insists on a background check on families and individuals who come in to adopt cats. There are those whose outward attitudes and/or inner animosity make all of the shelter dwellers nervous; when they are turned away, all of the cats sigh with relief.
The two sisters begin to think that they will be spending the rest of their lives in their ample, but dreary, cage. Then one day a woman and her mother come in and change their lives completely.
One sister, now called Athena–the narrator of this tale–finds herself in a new home, surrounded by food, toys, her own pillow, and all the love she could ever want.
Then suddenly she is in the carrying cage again. Athena worries that she has somehow angered her women. Will she be thrown into the shelter again? Or worse? Will she ever see her warm, comfortable home again?
One of the things I loved most about this book was the pictures of Athena, whose fictional past and true present are told in these pages. I could really feel the emotions this kitty was feeling, as she survives the fierce outdoors, protects her sister, gets used to the dreary but safe protection of the shelter, and experiences the ups and downs of beginning to trust again.
I am really hoping that Ms. Symeou writes a follow-up story, fictionalizing what happens with the other kit. Like Athena, I do worry about her.
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Marie did an excellent job of capturing the special bond between cat and human in this account of an abandoned kitten's adoption from a shelter. As only a true cat lover would know, cats are able to control us with their thoughts and they can see the intentions of our hearts by reading our auras. Athena can tell from the start that her human is good and kind and wills her to choose her at the shelter. This she does and little Athena is rescued from her rough start in life to become a cherished and loved pet where her new mummy and grandmother know exactly what she wants and when she wants it. Athena tells us the story from her perspective. Marie is to be congratulated for raising awareness of the plight of abandoned animals and I can't help feeling a little sad wondering what became of Lily - Athena's sister. The reality of the situation is that most animals are not as lucky as Athena.
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Really a heart warming story that is so real in today's live , I enjoyed it and it is a easy read , the journey to happiness is sometimes so sad , but you get there in the end may this story inspire everybody that reads this book to adopt an animal .
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