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Paul Mann 68 — By Capt. Bill Pike —
March 2005
Second To None
Part 2: "If I can't get both my hands on a pump in an engine room or pull an engine if I need to," he says, "then somethin's wrong."
Unfortunately, the tuna fishing was lackluster by comparison. Once we'd settled into full, bigeye mode, I sat in the cockpit's shady, air-conditioned mezzanine area mostly, watching an earnest assortment of live baits, teasers, and artificial arrays, while Mann conned the 68 from the flying bridge, now and again commiserating via VHF with nearby skippers, some of whom were operating boats he'd built for them years before. We trolled…and trolled…and trolled, with nary a whiff of luck. Eventually, I lapsed into a mental review of what I'd seen of the 68 the day before.
Fit and finish came up first. For years now, South Florida builders of custom sportfishing vessels have had an arguable lock on exquisitely detailed joinery—North Carolina builders built great sea boats, but their detailing was not quite up to snuff by Florida standards. This state of affairs may be changing, however, if the tour I'd taken of our 68's three-stateroom, three-head interior is a reliable guide. Hand-picked cherry veneers, book-matched and sequenced from right to left, overhead to sole; expertly milled, miterless corners in the cabinetry; soles with half-inch solid cherry planks and strips of maple, all precisely chamfered on the edges; and Izit Leather-covered settees hand-crafted by VanBrunt Upholstery of Wanchese, North Carolina. The detailing I saw was not just custom, it was artisanal-grade.
Engineering was the other big-time subject I contemplated. Mann grew up working Carolina charter boats out of Oregon Inlet, eventually running his own vessels and then building others for customers and friends. If ever there was a hands-on CEO with practicality as a priority, he's it. "If I can't get both my hands on a pump in an engine room or pull an engine if I need to," he says, "then somethin's wrong." In line with this thinking, I encountered a raft of sagacious features in the 68's machinery spaces, including the installation of easy-to-access filters on all raw-water intakes; the use of seachests to obviate through-hulls; the juxtaposition of ancillaries for redundancy's sake (like the robust Headhunter StingRay and Mach5 pumps shelved on the forward firewall so one pump can take over for the other should a breakdown occur); and the contrivance of a general working environment that's mechanic-friendly—I counted nine lights overhead in the engine room and am constrained to remark on the extra-excellent access to the mains, both inboard and outboard, fore and aft.
After trolling unsuccessfully for five hours, Mann and I decided to bag it. Although we were the last diehards to leave the field of battle, we were among the first to get home. But then, what else would you expect from an expertly finished custom battlewagon, with meat-eatin' firepower and a running surface that's slicker than a greased porpoise?
"Put 'er on autopilot…relax a little," said Mann as I swept past my fourth charter boat.
"Nah," I replied, "steerin' this baby's just too dang much fun to quit."
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This article originally appeared in the February 2005 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.

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Last night, the Unique Eats crew ate their way through some of the best BBQ in the country. From the very best Texas-style brisket in Austin to whole hog sandwiches in North Carolina, the show hit all the highlights. One place that stood out for culinary inventiveness was Fatty 'Cue in New York City. Here, chef Zac Pelaccio has found a way to introduce Asian flavors and techniques into BBQ. One of their signature dishes is the 'Cue Coriander Bacon: bacon that's been cured with coriander seed and a variety of other spices. It's smoked and then served with an egg curry custard for a BBQ/Asian twist on bacon and eggs.
We reached out to Fatty 'Cue for some tips on how to create great BBQ at home.
Tips for Great BBQ
Courtesy Pitmaster Robbie Richter
1) Purchase quality meats.
Find a butcher who is selling local, sustainable, natural, or heritage breeds. They taste better and are better for you and the earth.
2) Make your own fresh herb and spice blends.
Toast and grind whole spices as needed. Dehydrate things like onions, garlic, peppers and ginger. Grind them as needed. You can dehydrate in a very low oven. Use a coffee grinder for your whole spices. There is a big difference in flavor.
3) Don't be afraid to try new ingredients.
Here at Fatty 'Cue, we substitute palm sugar for brown sugar, Thai chilies for cayenne and rice wine vinegar for apple cider vinegar. The possibilities are endless.
4) Cook at the correct temperature using the correct fuel source.
When barbecuing meats low and slow, such as briskets, pork shoulders and ribs, use a good quality natural charcoal briquette or a smoldering wood fire. When grilling steaks and whole fish, use a natural lump charcoal, which burns hotter and faster.
5) Always taste your food.
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As awesome as Wikipedia and online encyclopedias may be, it is worth remembering that they didn't come out of a vacuum. These websites didn't ship with the Internet. Lots of prior innovations needed to take place before Wikipedia can even become a viable possibility. Lots of pioneering work needed to be put into place before Wikipedia can be established. In a way, online encyclopedias like Wikipedia are like Sir Isaac Newton. Newton said that the only reason he was able to see much farther than the scientists and thinkers that came before him was because he was standing on the shoulders of giants. The same could be said of Wikipedia. This awesome free and powerful online encyclopedia is only possible because lots of landmark technologies were invented previously and the great online resources available like this wonderfully personally written how to boil eggs resource. While there are many smaller technologies that power online encyclopedias, here are the three most important innovations that made Wikipeda and similar sites possible.
Hyperlink technology
The Worldwide Web, when stripped to its bare essentials, is simply a collection of web pages that link to each other. Following all these links will yield a giant spider web pattern. Thanks to hyperlink technology, when you click a link you can go to either a page within the same site or to a site outside. When you read Wikipedia, like I came across this bike tour operator in holland the other day when I was reading a Wikipedia article, there are many words that are hyperlinked to refer to internal pages and external pages. This is hyperlinking on steroids-,and it enables lots of information and data to be shared and cross referenced with ease.
Open editing platforms
Traditionally, it was tough editing a document when many other people are working on the same document. It was very easy to get confused by all the overlapping edits. You simply don't know who did what and when. Thanks to the open editing platform technology of wikis, group-edited documents and group-created web pages are now possible. While the initial layout and format is followed by all editors, the web page becomes the product of the collective contributions of editors and contributors. Thanks to open editing platforms, it is easy to tell who did what and what previous versions of the page looked like. This powerful 'rolling archive' enables online encyclopedias to continuously gather up new information without losing previous versions. Previous versions can be 'rolled back' to overwrite new versions.
Online reputation systems and social media
The problem with crowdsourced knowledge is that it requires a crowd in the first place. No crowd means few contributions and less income and less gold savings for the future. Few contributions mean a dead site. It really is that simple. For Wikipedia to grow to its outsized proportions it needed to be guided by an online reputation system that kept editor mistakes and misconduct in check. It also needed social networks and social media to help build a critical mass of editors and content contributors. As more and more people heard about Wikipedia through social networks, more and more editors and contributors found their way to Wikipedia and helped out-for free.


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thoughts for a friday.
black sesame ice cream, via the road forks.
they say that everything is temporary. our joys, and thankfully our woes. Being happy and savoring the little moments in life is not always easy, but it's probably something to strive for. the busier i get (and i'm thankful for that) the more i also want to slow the heck down. the more frenetic life gets, the more i want...
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At 48 I've probably left it too late to win Wimbledon or join Fabio Capello in South Africa next year to help England lift the World Cup. But I still harbour secret hopes of conjuring up the definitive explanation of physical reality in a grand theory of everything, and from there it would be a mere quantum jump to the Lucasian Professorship of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, the chair once held by Sir Isaac Newton.
(OK, I admit I was disappointed with my C grade Higher Maths A-level in 1979, but it would have been a different story if I'd remembered that the curve of a washing line is called a catenary – and on a good day I might have known that!)
Last week I learnt of a new setback for my cosmological ambitions.
I'd been pipped to the Lucasian post by one of the world's most brilliant theoretical physicists, a founding father of string theory called Michael Green. He succeeds some of the greatest names in the history of science – not just Newton, but Charles Babbage, Paul Dirac and Professor Stephen Hawking, who's had the job for the last 30 years.
I was devastated to be overlooked, but I've already adjusted. My new plan is to use the internet to make sure I'm ready when the position comes around next time.
The late American astronomer Carl Sagan is still a good place to start. I can just about follow his explanation on YouTube, from a television show way back when, of how to think in four dimensions.
But 10 or 11 dimensions is the norm for today's proponents of M-theory, which is scientists' best shot so far at fusing the two main theoretical foundations of contemporary physics: Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity and the quantum mechanics of Max Planck.
I don't mind admitting I've lost sleep trying to visualise more than three dimensions. Here's my best (Euclidean) stab at it so far:
Imagine a cube. Then imagine it packed with an infinite number of infinitely small light bulbs, so that every point in the cube can have its brightness turned up and down independently. That's your fourth dimension – x, y, z and "b" for brightness. Superimpose further sets of infinitely small lightbulbs to represent other variable qualities – such as "spiciness", "slinkiness", "sassiness", whatever takes your fancy – and you can twiddle imaginary knobs to mix in as many dimensions as you like.
If only Carl Sagan could do the video for me: How to escape from inside a cube whose "solid" walls exist only at one particular level of brightness (or even "sassiness").
But apparently our universe is stranger even than this. According to string theory, we're unaware of dimensions other than space and time because they are "curled up very tightly".
So that's farewell to Euclidean geometry then. I remember from my schooldays that if you draw a triangle on the surface of a sphere the angles in its corners will add up to more than 180 degrees – and that if you travel in any direction on that surface you'll follow a curl back to your starting point. I must have been listening after all.
But how to visualise the multiple curled-up dimensions of M-theory?
Perhaps a cube packed with an infinite number of infinitely small combination locks. Each lock has a number of separate dials spinning from zero round to nine and then on to zero again, and each dial represents a curled-up dimension.
Cambridge's new Lucasian professor has his own imagery. In a 1986 article for Scientific American, Michael Green wrote:
The idea of unobservably small dimensions can readily be understood by considering a simple, two-dimensional analogy. A hose is a two-dimensional surface that appears to be one-dimensional when it is observed at scales too coarse to resolve its thickness. In superstring theory it is likely that the size of the six curled-up dimensions is approximately the same as the length of the string. The world appears to have three spatial dimensions in the same sense that the string acts like a point particle.
Well I understand the first part. It seems I have a lot more studying to do. Warm congratulations on your appointment, Mr Green.


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It has been my opinion for a while now that Bobby Parnell would be a perfectly reasonable option to close games for the New York Mets.
Parnell, who turned 28 last month, just concluded a fine 2012 season. Throwing exclusively fastballs (at 95.7 MPH) and curveballs (at 82.8 MPH), he compiled an ERA of 2.49, struck out eight batters per nine innings, and walked just 2.6 per nine.
I wondered how that compared to other closers from 2012. Here's what I found.
Among those pitchers with at least 20 saves in 2012, and there were 29 of them, Parnell's strikeout rate would rank 25th. His walk rate would rank 13th of 29. And his ERA checks in tied for tenth.
However, Parnell's xFIP is a bit higher, at 3.15. Still, that ranks tenth-best among closers with at least 20 saves, too.
If Parnell repeats his 2012 in 2013, he'll be a better than league average closer.
Now that doesn't account for the $6.5 million the Mets are paying Frank Francisco next season. But that is what's called a sunk cost. They are doing that whether Francisco is used sub-optimally as closer, or more appropriately, as a middle relief option.
I say sub-optimally because Frank Francisco is 33 years old. Do you know how many seasons he's had a better xFIP than Parnell's 2012? Zero. He's never done it.
So the Mets have plenty of problems with the current roster to fix. But they do not need to go out and get a closer. They just need to use the right closer already on the roster.


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Facebook isn't the only place you may want to use an interactive visual timeline to tell the story of your organization's evolution and accomplishments.
Lucky for all of us, there are some new FREE timeline tools out there that nonprofit communicators can make good use of: Tiki-toki, Timeline JS, and Dipity. Examples of each are to the right.
Check them all out and choose according to your needs. Of course, there are premium versions to buy that offer more flexibility, but any of the free versions probably would work fine for most nonprofits. There are several differences among them.
Tiki-Toki allows you (makes you) add months and days to the dates of your stories (at least I haven't found a way around that!). That works great if your story takes place over a month or a week, but it doesn't work so well for anniversaries where you just want to note years. You can only create one timeline and you can't embed it on your website without upgrading to a premium account (lowest upgrade is $5 per month). You can share your timeline, just not embed it. There are also some limits on images hosted on the Tiki-toki server.
TimelineJS is good if you've got tech support in building your timeline. It's easy for the viewer to use, but not so straightforward for the person creating it. Personally, I found Dipity that simplest to create with. You can get a timeline going in 15 minutes. And I like the way Dipity hides the detailed information–you have to click on it. That makes the big messages in the headlines really pop, and lessens the distraction of the reader. Yet, anyone who wants more details can easily get them. Also, you have the choice of viewing a Dipity timeline as a flipbook or list.
The free version of Dipity allows you to create 3 timelines with a maximum 150 events. These timelines can be embedded and shared. Note–your timeline will have ads on the page unless you buy a premium version ($5 per month minimum). Also, Dipity allows you to sync your timeline with your twitter, facebook, tumblr and other social media so the timeline is automatically updated with those posts. (This feature could come in handy if your timeline is tracking campaign progress.) Here's a good video tutorial on starting out with Dipity.
Before you even start thinking about using one of these cool tools, you need to have a good reason. Strategy first! None of us have much time to learn tools just for the fun of it. But, if your organization has an anniversary coming up or you're trying to tell a story that rolls out over time, visual timelines can be a lot more effective than scrolling narratives. Like infographics, they offer easily digestible bites rather than a huge meal of text/photos. Consider the possibilities… And if anyone knows of other free timeline creation tools, please leave a comment below.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Since I wrote this post, Dipity has experienced long-term technical problems that have prevented creators to edit or add to their timelines. It's been three weeks and the problem still exists. What's worse, Dipity hasn't been forthcoming with information to its users about the nature of the problem. They keep promising it will be fixed by such and such date, but that never happens. I moved my Dipity timeline data to Whenintime instead–based on a referral from another Dipity user. I don't like the timeline mechanics as well, but it does offer an interesting blog template. Check it out, or one of the other two free timelines above. I can no longer recommend Dipity!


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The furnace and air ducts act as your home's 'respiratory system'. Your system "inhales" throught the return system and "exhales" through the supply side. Your system can become 'congested' when filled with contaminants and debris. Clean and open, the system can breathe and function properly. Allergy sufferers can benefit greatly by reducing the amount of 'triggers' that are present in ductwork. The proper cleaning of the air duct system is a necessity. Additionally, sanitizing and deodorizing, in certain circumstances, is key. Health benefits are evidenced by a statement by Dayton Ear, Nose, and Throat Surgeons, Inc., John H. Boyles, Jr., M.D., Arthur Gardikes, M.D.: "Air duct cleaning for respiratory allergies is a valuable process that is essential to live in an environment that is clean and allergy free."
A home or office is only as clean as its heating and cooling ductwork. The air in your home/office is circulated through the ductwork, the dirtiest, most unsanitary part of any building. With people spending as much as 90% of each day indoors, air quality is a major concern.
Many allergy triggers are present in air ducts. In fact, indoor air can be up to 70% more polluted than outdoor air. Advantages of clean ductwork to homes and businesses can be substantial. The NEMI (National Energy Management Institute) reports that, "Benefits of improved indoor air quality are so large that this opportunity cannot be ignored…"
Protect your family.
Don't let them continue to breathe air circulated
through ducts that look like this..........
When you have the ability to have this.
Air duct cleaning provides a cleaner living and working environment for the occupants of any residential or commercial space. It dramatically reduces dust and other airborne debris and decreases symptoms of asthma, allergies and other respiratory health issues. A clean heating and cooling system also greatly enhances efficiency thereby increasing equipment life that both increases efficiency and reduces running time, offering a cleaner and safer environment. Your air ducts are ideal breeding grounds for fungus, mold, spores, and bacteria. They couldn't ask for a darker, damper place to grow! Whenever your heat or air conditioner is on, these contaminants are blown into your home along with dirt and dust.
REMEMBER: Your lungs can't be cleaned but your ducts can!!
• One out of every six people who suffer from allergies does so because of the direct relationship to the fungi and bacteria in the air duct systems. (Total Health & Better Health Magazine)
• Children are more likely than adults to be affected by polluted air; they breathe faster, inhale more air per unit of body weight and are closer to the ground where concentrations are higher. (Department of Consumer Affairs)
• The elderly, asthmatics and people with respiratory problems, such as allergies and lung diseases, are more sensitive to pollutants. (Department of Consumer Affairs)
• Most people spend 60 to 90% of their time indoors. (American Lung Association)
• 50% of all illnesses are either caused or aggravated by polluted indoor air.
• The average six-room house collects 40 pounds of dust each year.
(Discover Magazine)
• Air pollution contributes to lung disease, which claims close to 361,000 lives in
(American Lung Association)
• The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ranks poor indoor air quality among the top five environmental risks to public health. (E.P.A.)
• 50% of all illnesses are either caused or aggravated by polluted indoor air. (
• 1 out of 6 people who suffer from allergies do so because of the direct relationship to the fungi and bacteria in the duct system. (Total Health and Better Health Magazine)
• Legionnaire's Disease was spawned in air conditioning ducts. It killed 29 people in 1976. (American Lung Association)
• In the summer of 1988, at least 7 people died in the
Research by the U.S. EPA has demonstrated that HVAC system cleaning may allow systems to run more efficiently by removing debris from sensitive mechanical components. Clean, efficient systems are less likely to break down, have a longer life span, and generally operate more effectively than dirty systems.
• 9 out of 10 system failures are caused by dirt and dust. (LCES
• Clean systems restore capacity and lesson running time. Translation: Savings on monthly heating/cooling bills. (LCES
• A buildup of 0.042 inches of dirt on a heating or cooling coil can result in a decrease of efficiency by 21%. (EPA Environmental Protection Agency)
• Most commercially purchased fiberglass filters are only 7% efficient in stopping dirt, dust, pollen, etc..from passing through it (ASHRAE - The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers )


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Suresh Kurl: Chief Theresa Spence and the difference between a fast, a hunger strike, and Kaya-Kalpa
Chief Theresa Spence's recent statement, "I remain steadfast on my journey and will not allow any distractions at this time to [waver from] the goal set forth," is admirable.
After all, it was made within the first week of the New Year. However, I have a problem with the use of the term "hunger strike" implied in her journey. Well, in order to explain my disagreement with the chief, I would like to share a portion of something I know.
There was a time when I used to fast once a week to please gods in hopes of getting something from them in return. Now I only fast twice a year, on Krishna and Shiva's birthdays. Fasts are short term. When I fast, I abstain from solid food for a day, but not from water or tea.
While I have never been on a hunger strike, I recall that as a kid, I threatened my mom a few times. I must tell you that growing up, I was a very sick child and unable to eat normal foods. I craved the ordinary things that the family ate every day.
I told my mom that if she did not cook something I craved, I would go on a hunger strike. Being a small and weak child I thought that the threat of long-term starvation; without any solid food would work on her.
I might have learned to use the nonviolent force to get my way from Mahatma Gandhi. He had mastered this technique and used it to bend the will of his followers.
He was especially successful in bending the will of the British government. He called it stya-graha (truth force). Hardly a year ago, a social reformer India, Anna Hazare, tried this technique to force the Congress Party–led government to pass a bill to stop systemic corruption in India, but it hasn't worked yet.
Kaya-Kalpa! What is it? Well it is neither a short-term fast nor a Gandhian fast unto death—starvation. "Kaya'"in Sanskrit means body and "Kalpa" means treatment. It is an Ayurverdic method to rejuvenate and transform your body.
People who are into health food or alternative diets might refer to it as a "cleanse". The method not only regenerates the entire body, but it also re-energizes the mind and spirit. This secret healing technique was used in India for thousands of years by healers to revitalize and attain longevity.
Let me tell you a story. Thousands of years ago, a strong-willed daughter of a king in India was determined to remain unmarried. She refused every eligible prince brought to her for her approval. Unlike medieval and modern India, those were the days when swayam-vara (self-selection of your partner) was allowed and encouraged.
She frustrated the king so much that one day he invited all the possible suitors, and ordered his attendants to blindfold his daughter and leave her amid of all her suitors in the castle courtyard. The idea was that she would have to marry whoever she touched first, even accidentally.
Blindfolded and frustrated with her father, she started wandering around the garden, and as ill luck would have it, touched an elderly holy man, though unintentionally, who had wandered into the courtyard to deliver herbs to the king's physician.
The holy man pleaded for an exemption because of his vows of celibacy and advanced age. The king out of reverence to the holy man listened to him, but did not change his mind. He ordered him to marry the princess in three months time.
The holy man returned to his ashram to consult his guru about the king's decree. The guru, though he knew he could not change king's mind, listened to his disciple and offered to help rejuvenate and energize his tired old body and mind.
For 90 days, the disciple followed an intensive program consisting of special diet, breathing techniques, ritual herbal baths, and sacred oil massages. At the end of 90 days, the holy man's hair changed from gray to black and his skin and body from old and wrinkly to youthful. And with the blessings of his guru, the youthful holy man married the princess and entered a family life (grihastha-ashram).
Chief Theresa Spence is living on ceremonial tea, water, and a healthy diet of fish broth. Depending on how many cups of broth consumes every day (one cup of fish broth has 39 calories—34% fat, 10% carbohydrates, and 56% protein), the circumstances of her hunger strike are unlike any that I have known.
I will therefore have to conclude—no disrespect intended—that she is neither on a fast, such at the type I undertake twice a year, nor on hunger strike, such as Mahatma Gandhi used to undertake while fighting for India's independence. She is on a cleansing regime: the Ayurvedic transformation Kaya-Kalpa.
Suresh Kurl is a long-time newspaper columnist and retired senior public servant.
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Jan 12, 2013 at 8:19am
Suresh - Who the hell do you think you are to judge that Chief Theresa Spence is not on a hunger strike? YOUR method of fasting (drinking tea) is not the same as others so should you be called out by them for not really fasting? Shut up and go away you imperialist asshole. This is not India. Chief Theresa Spence is on a hunger strike, doing it her way, and you have no right to dismiss her actions due to your own definitions.
Jan 12, 2013 at 10:38am
Not a hunger strike rick. Am I an asshole now ?
Jan 12, 2013 at 10:39am
Chief Spence has been *faking* a hunger strike, after *cheating* band members from her reserve out of money that could have improved their housing conditions. She should be ashamed, but that word doesn't seem to be part of her lexicon.
Jan 12, 2013 at 5:16pm
i have been trying really really hard to sympathize with this hunger strike story. my gut reaction is look at that lazy fat liar..but im not sure if that is just from having become numbed by the endless stupid loud gibberish accusations of imperialism!/ colonialism! that come every time anyone even politely questions first nation motives/actions
Jan 12, 2013 at 8:07pm
As much as I've wished to get behind Chief Theresa Spence, I have felt that there has been something disingenuous about her 'hunger' strike and I believe that Suresh Kurl has hit the mark in untangling fact from fiction. To be fair, the column deals with the method of her protest...not the protest itself or the reasons for it.
That said, there is no question in my mind that the First Peoples of this country have been treated in intolerable ways and continue to live in appalling poverty & that is shameful and something we can no longer tolerate. That must change!
Idle No More is a great movement whose time has come...there are many, many Aboriginal voices that need to be heard on a multitude of issues and we must make time and give our ears to those voices.
And speaking of voices, I find myself struggling with how we insult and diminish one another when our opinions diverge. Suresh Kurl is entitled to his opinion... as much as Rick is to his....but why insist on name-calling and put-downs? How can you, Blueheron be so certain that Chief Spence has been cheating her reserve out of money? Were you there? Did you see this with your own eyes? Lazy, fat Liar??? I'm not sure who will have the last laugh Ha Ha... must we be so unkind?and yes, I fully expect that there will be some choice insults coming my way... but, maybe...just maybe, I'm wrong.
Jan 13, 2013 at 2:52pm
hmmmm, you should read what the audit report says.
Jan 13, 2013 at 6:31pm
thanks blueheron..I have read some of the reports on the reports and while they certainly suggest malfeasance, no one seems to be able to say with certainty where the money went. Attawapiskat points at Ottawa and Ottawa points back.
my point though, was that we take as 'certainty' what we read, what we hear, etc as 'truth', where in fact, we rarely 'know'. our biases, judgments, opinions and egos get in the way and we're quick to react, often condemning and hurting one another unnecessarily as we align ourselves with (mis)representations that at the moment, seem to suit us.
Jan 13, 2013 at 11:40pm
hmmmm, People who support Idle also "take as certainty what (they) read, what (they) hear as truth, when in fact, (they) rarely know (their) biases, judgements, opinions and egos get in the way and (they're) quick to react, often condemning and hurting one another unnecessarily as (they) align (themselves) with misrepresentations that at the moment seem to suit (them). IN OTHER WORDS, people who support Idle are just as gullible and misinformed as the people they condemn. Supporters of Idle are not morally superior just because they aren't mainstream.
Jan 14, 2013 at 1:38am
cuz, i believe you are right!! gullible and misinformed people are everywhere, but... that does not make the Idle No More movement any less valid or less relevant. You say "people who support Idle are just as gullible and misinformed as the people they condemn"... I'm not really hearing condemnation at the heart of this movement... I'm hearing ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Your argument misses the 'over arching truth', which is that First Nations People in this country HAVE been oppressed, abused and discriminated against. This is not news, nor is it fiction....it is widespread, common knowledge that there has been a systematic and deliberate genocide imposed on Aboriginals and regardless of one's biases, judgments, opinions and egos...that remains...a truth.
My original comments challenged accusations ( 'faking', 'cheating'... ) which were directly aimed at the behaviour of Chief Spence. I also found the name-calling degrading and unnecessary. (fat, lazy...more stereotypical discrimination!!)
Many of us, regardless of race, creed or colour walk around in a sleep-like state for most of our waking hours...but that doesn't mean that causes like Idle are not important and necessary...and sorry, but i really don't understand your last sentence.
Jan 14, 2013 at 8:11pm
hmmmm, are you aware of injustices that aboriginal tribes perpetrated against other aboriginal tribes? As in, raiding villages, taking slaves and killing other natives? Yes, that happened in the past (check the history of the Haida and what happened in Grant Bay and Gilford Island/Kingcome Inlet areas. There are no perfect people, and that includes First Nations members. At some point, it's time to move on and to accept responsibility for your own lives.
MOST of us struggle to make ends meet. That's what life is about. Chief Spence has rewarded herself and her boyfriend financially while other band members in Attawapiskat deal with substandard living conditions. Her priorities are askew.


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ASPIRING engineers at Royal Wootton Bassett Academy were thrilled when they were presented with an award usually reserved for GCSE students.
Twelve students in Year 9 received the award in recognition of their commitment to science, technology, engineering and maths through the engineering club they set up last October.
Sarah Day, KS4 Co-Ordinator for DT, said: "There isn't much interest in jobs in the engineering industry so we wanted to set something up to encourage youngsters to consider engineering as a career.
"It started off as a weekly club and we had guest speakers from TE-Connectivity and Praxair.
"We started working on a project and the students had to build a model of an eco school."
As well as bringing home their qualifications they also won a silver trophy in the Go4Set awards after being recognised by their peers in the national inter-school competition.
Callum Bradley, a team leader in the engineering club, said: "I've always been interested in engineering and I always used to enjoy taking things apart and putting them back together again.
"The club has been really good fun, we all got into it. It was also a really good opportunity to get a qualification.
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HOUSTON - A student who shot himself in the back of a patrol car was not fully patted-down before he was detained, investigators said Thursday.
Galena Park Independent School District officials said the incident happened at North Shore Senior High School, 353 Castlegory, on Wednesday.
School district officials said a deputy constable on campus got a report that a student at the school planned to hurt himself.
Officials said the student was found in a restroom and he appeared to be mentally unstable. It took two deputy constables to get the student out of the restroom and he was then taken into custody for his safety. An ambulance was called out to the school.
A Harris County Precinct 3 deputy constable briefly searched, handcuffed and placed the student in the back of a patrol car, officials said. He was being detained, not arrested, officials said.
The student was wearing loose clothing and had a concealed gun that was not found during the search, officials said. While being driven to the ambulance, the student, who was face-down in the car, retrieved that gun and shot himself in the back of the head, investigators said.
"When dealing with searches, what you're looking for most often are weapons. You have big weapons and small weapons. Bigger weapons are easier to find," said Thomas Nixon, an attorney and former police officer. "What an officer is going to do, he's going to go outside the pocket and he's going to grab the outside of the pocket and he might even ask, 'What's that in your pocket?' If you have shirt pockets, the officer might glide over that and kind of glide over the waist band," said Nixon.
The student was rushed to Ben Taub Hospital in critical condition. School district officials said the student had surgery and was treated in the intensive care unit.
KPRC Local 2 has learned the identity of the student but has chosen not to identify him because he is a minor.
Officials said the student had been depressed since he broke up with his girlfriend in September. Investigators said there were signs on the student's Twitter feed that something was going to happen.
"Today is the day," he wrote. "Bye guys."
The deputy constable who initially searched the student has remained on duty, officials said.
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Nadya Mason is an associate professor of physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a principal investigator at the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory. Mason received her B.S. in physics from Harvard University in 1995 and her Ph.D. in physics from Stanford University in 2001. She worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard and then Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows from 2001–2005, prior to starting at Illinois.
Mason is a condensed matter experimentalist. She focuses on the electronic properties of low-dimensional materials and the unique behavior they exhibit due to confinement, strong electron interactions, and material structure. Recent work in her group has involved carbon nanotubes, graphene, topological insulators, and nanoscale superconductors; she has developed techniques—such as local gates and superconducting tunnel probes— that enabled new studies of these systems.
Mason is an advocate for diversity in physics; she has actively engaged and mentored women and underrepresented minority graduate, undergraduate, and high-school students. She chairs the Physics Diversity Committee at Illinois (2011–) and is a current member of the APS Committee on Minorities (2013–2016). She also served as co-organizer of the Condensed Matter Sessions of the National Conference of Black and Hispanic Physicists (2007–2011).
Mason's other activities include participating in the College of Engineering Ad-Hoc Leadership Committee (2012), co-organizing an Aspen Winter Conference (2012), and chairing the Facilities Committee at the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory (2011–). Her awards and honors include a Dean's Award for Excellence in Research (Illinois, 2013), the APS Maria Goeppert Mayer Award (2012), and the Denice Denton Emerging Leader Award (2009).
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Many of the characters (especially, the first son) have their middle name the same as their father. Take for example, Harry James Potter, William Arthur Weasley, Teddy Remus Lupin, and Albus Percival W. B. Dumbledore. Also, for females, Ginny's middle name is the same as her mother's forename. Is this a common practice in Britain (parent's name for middle name) or is it just something J. K. Rowling does often (maybe it is common for wizards)? If so, can we speculate those with known middle names might be that of their parents? Hermione Jean Granger's mother might be Jean and Cornelius Oswald Fudge's father could have been named Oswald. And then it might be possible to guess the middle names of characters: Sirius Orion Black, Ariana Kendra Dumbledore, Hugo Ronald Weasley, Rose Hermione Weasley, Neville Frank Longbottom, Draco Lucius Malfoy, Lucius Abraxas Malfoy, etc. I know none of it is canon, but I got this thought when I was reading the Mr. Lupin article, that suggests he might have been John Lupin. Should any of it be considered trivia? 126.96.36.199 06:57, July 22, 2010 (UTC)
All references in the wiki have to be based on fact and sources. Extrapolating middle names doesnt work as it is not proven canon and there is no rule mentioned by JK. 22.214.171.124 09:21, July 22, 2010 (UTC)
So should we strike out the trivia in the Mr. Lupin article? Or can we, like in the aforementioned article, say it is a possibility.220.127.116.11 02:34, July 26, 2010 (UTC)
- It would be blatant speculation, and if it is on any article it should be removed. --JKoch(Owl Me!) 02:58, July 26, 2010 (UTC)--JKoch(Owl Me!) 02:58, July 26, 2010 (UTC)
- It might be worth a BTS mention if the character's middle name is known but the parent's isn't (such as Remus John Lupin), as it does seem to be a fairly common practice by Rowling, but keep in mind that there are exceptions (Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy), and we don't know if characters like Neville and Lucius even have middle names. - 22.214.171.124 05:03, July 26, 2010 (UTC)


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Loney, Odorizzi put Rays back on winning path
First baseman provides clutch hit in sixth; Righty goes seven strong
ST. PETERSBURG -- Teams on a roll get the breaks. The Rays got the break they needed Monday night and continued to roll with a 2-1 win over the Brewers at Tropicana Field.
The Rays are now two games under .500 at 52-54, after being as many as 18 games under the break-even mark through June 10. They are 28-12 since June 11 and very much in the American League East and Wild Card races.
Tampa Bay appeared headed for a second consecutive loss after Boston snapped its nine-game winning streak on Sunday. And things just didn't seem to be going their way Monday night.
Jake Odorizzi started for the Rays against the team that drafted him in the first round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft (32nd overall). Subsequently, he went to the Royals in a 2010 deal that sent Zack Greinke to the Brewers before he joined the Rays in a 2012 deal that sent James Shields to the Royals.
The right-hander pitched two scoreless innings before Mark Reynolds' 18th homer of the season, a solo shot in the third, put the Brewers up, 1-0.
"It was just a bad pitch," Odorizzi said. "I was supposed to get far in. And it was inner third, and he's hit a lot of his home runs in his career and he knows what to do with a mistake. He did just that.
"It was my fault, I threw a bad pitch, he put a good swing on it. It's not like I executed and he took me deep after that. I kind of erased it and I knew we had to score to win anyway. As long as I could hold them to one, we were in a pretty good spot."
Meanwhile, Brewers starter Kyle Lohse cruised through the early going, posting four scoreless frames before the Rays appeared to get something going in the fifth.
Logan Forsythe led off the inning by blooping a double into right field just over Reynolds at first. But Forsythe got greedy trying to turn the sure double into a triple. Reynolds threw sidearm to shortstop Jean Segura, who made a perfect relay to third. Aramis Ramirez applied the tag to the sliding Forsythe to end the rally before it ever had a chance to develop.
"We don't have a line," said Rays manager Joe Maddon when asked whether there's ever a need to draw a line on aggressive baserunning. "I'm not a believer in a line. The line creates tentative baseball.
"I don't want a line. Their guy made a great play. That's what happened. Sometimes when you play professional baseball the other team does something well, too. So I never want Logan to worry about making ... that's not a mistake, that's a great play by Segura."
Karma turned in the Rays' direction in the sixth when the much-needed break arrived in the form of a ball four call that could have gone either way.
Ben Zobrist walked with two outs and Matt Joyce singled to left. Evan Longoria then faced a full count and took ball four, a call the Rays needed that easily could have gone the Brewers' way. James Loney then came through with a two-run single to put the Rays on top for good at 3-2.
"We've had it work both ways," Maddon said. "We've had it work in our favor. I don't know exactly where the pitch was. I've heard from some guys it was a ball. And then Loney coming through like he did. Games like this normally hang on a particular moment."
Maddon then summarized the situation: "I don't know if it was a ball or a strike. It's a ball, because he called it a ball."
Lohse wasn't as pleased with the outcome. After the telling pitch was called a ball by home-plate umpire Bob Davidson, Lohse put his glove in front of his mouth. When asked if he could share what he said into his glove, Lohse offered: "Probably not. And it wasn't toward myself, either."
Lohse allowed that Monday night's outing was "just frustrating."
"I felt like I threw the ball really well, made some good pitches," Lohse said. "It was a tough one. Leave it at that."
Odorizzi allowed one run on three hits in seven innings to pick up his seventh win of the season. He is now 5-2 over his last nine starts with a 2.25 ERA over that span.
"Jake and the Box" -- Brad Boxberger and Jake McGee -- backed up Odorizzi nicely. Boxberger pitched the eighth and struck out the side before McGee pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his 12th save of the season.
Boxberger has made 13 straight scoreless appearances since June 29 with 22 strikeouts in 15 1/3 innings. McGee has 11 saves in 11 chances since June 27. Forty-seven of McGee's 52 appearances have been scoreless. He threw all fastballs Monday night, each of those 11 pitches registering 95 mph or better.
"The biggest thing right now, like I said, is to not abuse [Boxberger] or Jake," Maddon said. "Keep them frisky for 'Aug-tember'."
The Rays have nine wins this season when they've scored two runs or less, tying them with the Padres and Dodgers for most in the Major Leagues.
"All we needed was two [runs] because the pitching was outstanding," Maddon said. "Odorizzi was outstanding and then of course, Jake and the Box, how about that? Almost six punchouts to end the game.
"Their guy was really good. ... Lohse was outstanding. ... All of that considered, it was an outstanding night made even better because we did obviously win the game."
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Was Herb Pennock's charming, dedicated and doting wife, the former Esther M. Freck, the younger sister of a childhood friend and his high school sweetheart, she often traveled with the team and attended spring training; they had married October 28, 1915, after the World Series. After children Jane and Joe arrived, in 1920 and 1925, respectively, they rented an apartment on the Grand Concourse Boulevard in the Bronx where she and kids stayed during summer Yankee home stands.
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@Dog Pants, I do so enjoy the little notes about the coach's relationship with the Pharaowners. At least you avoided the Hom-Dai this season!
Thanks! I'd always assumed nobody ever read past the scoreline :)
edit btw: My fouling session/match Vs Xenny has been delayed by a mysterious technical issue on xenny's behalf, I suspect nuffle is -ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL.
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Div F: Death Vengeance of Doom (Liz) vs. Lucky Lycanthropes (Nec)
Was really not looking forward to this match; lots of blocks expected, and my team already pretty torn up (with one missing positional and one freshly-replaced) from the last game against Skydancer's Khemri. But it must be played! And my dread really was unwarranted, as (I think) I'd already won the div. But maaaan I hate playing against Lizards.
My Lycanthropes won the toss and opted to receive. They handily picked up the ball and put it in a left-side cage, while awaiting the inevitable bashing that comes from a pack of Saurus. And the bashing did come, with a zombie KO'd in the first turn. Follow that up with my star werewolf KO'd in turn 3 (and my other star WW killed last game, replaced with a green recruit). The lizards were keeping my team completely contained, just wrapping them up in ST4 players, and I was getting no access to those soft, pulpy skinks. It was all I could do to stay in place. Still, a little improvement late in the half; two KO'd skinks, and then a smashed hand on wink's Kroxigor (tragically apo'd to BH). Then a foolish mistake by me, and good luck for wink (a pick-up and two GFIs) gave him a turn 8 touchdown. ARGH. 1-0.
The second half started off with only one of the match's four KO's recovering (my zombie). The kick went deep, with the pick-up failing on the first turn, giving me time to get a werewolf into the lizard backfield. They eventually got a skink on it, and drove down the side of the field; I got a ghoul marking the ball carrier, and all the enemy Saurus tied down; wink opened up a dodge route for the ball carrier to get away, but he failed his second dodge and went down. Of course, I promptly tried to pick up the ball, failed, and gave up my turn. Then my star ghoul by the ball lightning-bolted, wink recovered the ball, and off he was for the endzone again like nothing ever happened. Two GFIs got me a flesh golem to mark him, but wink blitzed him down and ran one in. 2-0. I kicked off again in turn 15, but just farmed for SPPs with a pass completion and some blocking.
Death Vengeance of Doom 2 - 0 Lucky Lycanthropes
Well done wink5000! A very well-played match, and an excellent reminder of why I HATE LIZARDS. But no lasting injuries, and I did get some SPP for my new werewolf thanks to some second-half skink-hitting. Good fun all around, and a very pleasant match.
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Thanks robots! Difficult match for me without too much Block skill. Luckily Nuffle was merciful enough this time.
Beauty and the Beast vs Barebone Bareboners
The match started with a prayer to Nuffle from the Bareboners. Nuffle listened and granted them luck. Unfortunately for the Bareboners Coach the team forgot to specify what kind of luck they wanted, and thustly, and rightly, bad luck rained down upon the Bareboners, exemplified perhaps by the block, block, attacker down roll , rereolled to exactly the same dice. For most of the game the Bareboners were outbashed by the Wood Elves and were men down. Still they played gamely and took their luck manfully.
BotB kicked off and stole the ball scoring. BB recieved again but couldn't run it home. Half ends
BotB recieve and score in two turns. BB recieve and drive down to score in the last turn.
Final Result 2-1 to Beauty and the Beast
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I think I may need to miss the next season. I'm going to be away from the 3rd to the 10th, which will likely prevent me from doing the first match. Would it be possible to hold a spot for me in the season after?
I reckon you'll be able to fit it in to be honest, the rounds are ten days long and I'm sure an extension could be arranged.
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I'd hate to be the ONE GUY holding everything up, but maybe I can swing it if next season doesn't start until the 4th or something.
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Season doesn't end until the 2nd so I doubt Groovy will even have the new divisions declared by the 4th. No chance of the season being underway by then at all. Indeed your concern should be getting your application in while you are away. Pres traditionally does this for people although it would be just as easy to use placeholder teams and save people having to swap passwords around.
Speaking of, Mr Hutton and myself need an extension until Friday the 3rd if that's ok.
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Has anyone seen Darkwingstalker/DWZippy recently?
He hasn't replied to any of my messages or posts on the organising thread, and I'm about to be descended on by family who are staying at my house during the Olympics. If I don't hear from him by tomorrow then I won't be able to play the last game.
Gather round little children, and have ye a think, how on God's green earth do you stop a skink?
Everything was going right for donut, you see, I'd controlled the match for five turns, whittling him down, having a saurus near the touchline with the ball tucked under his gigantic arms, tried one little skink dodge to give him extra cover aaand...the skink got knocked out. No biggie, I still had 10 v 8 here. Then one saurus was BH by a zombie, and another by a golem, and another skink was KO'd. I scored in a panic, and none of the KO's got up, and all of donut's got up. From 11 v 8 I was now 8 v 11, and he had no real problem in scoring himself before the end of the half, BH-ing another saurus. 1-1, then.
None of my KO's got up again.
Oh dear me. I had a krox, three sauruses and three skinks left, he had a full team and a whole half to stroll in the touchdown at his leisure, unless I could do something absolutely amazing.
Turn 9: He fails the pickup but has it covered. My skinks are way, way back so no chance of stealing it. The remaining sauruses go about their task of fighting an entire horde with a couple of stuns.
Turn 10: He picks up and cages on the left with a ghoul. I blitz away a corner to get into contact, and try and hide my skinks from his horrid wolves. A lucky frenzy niggles his super-ghoul! Yeeeah. Still 7 v 10 though
Turn 11: cage markers go down and donut has no trouble marching that ghoul to the sideline, flanked by wolven bodyguards. I've nobody in range but two skinks. I wonder...gutterskink marks the wolves, and jump-up skink just runs into there and tries a -2 dice block. Push and skullpow means the ghoul is down and the ball is out of bounds, in the middle of my half. COME ON.
Turn 12: All skinks knocked over, wolf picks up and is about three squares from the line, well-covered.
All three skinks get up and lay their Diving Tackle upon him, and hope, I can't get any big lizards back there
Turn 13: He just needs to handoff to the ghoul to score....oh he drops the ball. Oh. OH. Krox MNG's a zombie bringing it down to 7v9, saurus blitzes zombie next to the ball, gutterskink picks up the ball from two tackle zones and pegs it, with a couple of skinks for protection.
Turn 14: That brings out the wizard, who lightning bolts gutterskink, and a wolf knocks down his supporting skink. A couple of undead go around a ghoul who picks it up and is again one turn from scoring now. Alright sod it. KROX BLITZ rolls push and skullpow so the unskilled ghoul is down and stunned again! Nothing covering the ball though.
Turn 15: He just needs to pick up with the wight and score...oh he drops it. AHAHAHA. Kroxy knocks down the covering golem on yet another KROX BLITZ. Gutterskink picks up in a tackle zone, goes for it twice to handoff to Free Parking, who runs for it. Now I'm, somehow, one turn from scoring, and the only guy who can reach the skink is a wolf under the effects of prehensile tail and diving tackle. He'll need a 6+ to dodge away.
Turn 16: He makes that 6+ dodge and flattens the skink. Oh well, he can't score now.
Full time: Magnates 1-1 Clone High
I have no idea how that happened.
Anyway that means the Magnates win the championship again. The question now forming in my mind is: should I keep going? Do you still want to crush those uppity Magnates or is it boring to have one team up there?
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Good writeup there from Dogpants which means I'm not going to bother too much. I'll still ramble somewhat about that match but not nearly as much as I usually do.
First drive was a nearly textbook Khemri cage run, and despite some good marking by DP I was able to knock enough players free to support the carrier to a quick Blitz and a run in of the TD. With only 2 turns to score DP was left with some fairly desperate measures to get the ball in place, and an unlikely interception by my DP/SG Skeleton left him without the luck he needed. Worth pointing out at this point that I was burning through my re-rolls like they were going out of fashion, with a superb Skull/BD on my first block of the game being the first of many annoying blocks. I also had to burn a number of re-rolls on GFIs, my team seemingly unable to run with any consistency.
Second half was much more of a mixed bag, and a crucial mistake by me took away my chance to Blitz the carrier early on. I Pushed a marking Blitz-Ra into a poor position and consequently was unable to bash a path free to the carrier. I could have just squeezed a Blitz-Ra and a Skeleton supporter into a Blitz on the carrier but thanks to my bad Push I would have had to succeed on way too many Dodges to make it practical. I also moved my safety Thro-Ra (With Dodge, Block, Fend and Tackle he's a pretty good safety player for the team) out of position to support this play and because I fluffed the Push I was unable to succeed, effectively handing the TD to DP. Here I also lost out to yet another GFI failure, so my Blitz-Ra was unsupported in his attempt to get the carrier. Ugh.
While I did have a chance to score in my final drive, DP did a good job of stalling me and I'd have had to put my carrier in Blitzing range pretty much unsupported. Since I knew just a draw would get me the promotion and AV7 is pretty fragile I chose to hold back and avoid the inevitable career-ending injury.
Overall I was pleased with the team's performance, grabbing Tackle on my Thro-Ra was really worth it as he turned two Stumbles on Dodge players into successful hits. My second Blitz-Ra is now 9 matches without a single SPP and for the fifth god-damned game in a row a bench-Skeleton who never stepped on the pitch picks up MVP. As expected with 4 Mighty Blow against 1 (On the Star Player, who spent most of the match on the floor or ineffectually Pushing players) I won the Cas game 2-0, with regen putting the Dead and BH players back on the pitch shortly after, which put 2 of my TGs within a single Cas of their next level as clearly they'll never get a damned MVP...
As the result still needs validating I'm don't know what he's rolled for his level-up so too early to speculate on what I'll grab. In a continuing saga of being only half-useful, my DP/SG Skeleton managed to get himself KOed early on and refused to wake up, and the only foul he performed in the match was a pathetic armour roll of 1+2. GAH! I'm liking Kick though so far, both kicks of the game I was able to place the ball an annoying distance away from DP's Thro-Ras.
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I would still like to beat the magnates, but I won't be in the Champs next season.
Hopefully my replacement ghoul can get some SPP next season, his lack of block has bit me in the ass several times now. I think he's been injured or KOd more times than he's touched the ball.Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
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Thanks for the game Mr Dragon, I never found you on steam so i thought I should say it here.
And with that Div 1 is finished for this season and it looks like my ratz are jumping down a tier for next season.
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Another match plagued by either bad luck or bad decisions on my part (BB Manager posts negatives for D6 and 2D6 results, but some of that was having to take long odd chances to try and pressure). Block dice just not going in my favour either.
Norse lived up to the glass part of their name, losing the only MB empowered member of the team in the opening turn to a KO that lasted the entire match; the same fate befell the only ulfwerener on the team, who also slept off the rest of the match. Apoc managed to turn a smashed hip into a death, so that's -1MV on one of my linemen, and then another was killed later on.
I don't know. I don't mean to moan, proxyMath played good solid BB, got his fouls in (without result) and targeted his blocks well; but my first team reroll went on the first turn of the first half to try and get something better than double skulls, and his first reroll went voluntarily to change double push into something else - at the end of the first half.
Think I need to dump this team and reboot with a different race. Just massively discouraged.
(also, thanks to proxyMath for being a gent and overlooking the fact I completely forgot about the match tonight; got a bit swept up in the Olympics).
[EDIT: after further thought - and some discussion with Everblue - definitely looking to reboot next season. Think I've updated the sheet properly but please correct it if I haven't.]
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- News From the Field
- 6 charged with murder in gang rape of Indian woman
6 charged with murder in gang rape of Indian woman
By Tanvi Sharma and Mark Magnier
NEW DELHI -- Police charged six suspects in India with murder Saturday just hours after the victim of a gang rape died, in a case that has sparked violent demonstrations and spurred soul-searching over the nation's treatment of women.
Fearful that the streets would erupt anew, officers in riot gear blocked major New Delhi roads, imposed restrictions on "illegal assembly" and shut subway stations as politicians appealed for calm, fearful of a repeat of last week's violent demonstration over the rape that saw police wield tear gas, water cannons and truncheons against an angry crowd.
But protests remained peaceful, with hundreds chanting and singing around New Delhi's Jantar Mantar square after word spread that the unidentified 23-year-old victim had died overnight of multiple organ failure at a Singapore hospital.
"That girl could have been anyone, you or me," said Damyanti Jena, 26, a computer science student with glasses and braids, holding a "Delhi Is Rape Capital" placard. "Why doesn't the government care? We have to speak up, protest, raise our voices."
As many wondered whether public anger would prompt fundamental social and legal reforms or dissipate as public attention moved elsewhere, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged citizens to channel their emotions constructively.
"It is up to us all to ensure that her death will not have been in vain," Singh said in a statement.
Gang rape is common in India, particularly in rural areas. But most cases go unreported in a society where officials periodically suggest that sexual assaults are the victims' fault for being out unaccompanied or dressing provocatively.
On Thursday, ruling Congress Party lawmaker Abhijit Mukherjee, the son of India's president, said some of the protesters appeared to be "dented and painted" older women rather than students, an apparent reference to cars that are damaged and retouched. Mukherjee apologized after a public outcry ensued over his remarks.
This case touched a deep national nerve in part because there was little blame that even ardent male chauvinists could heap on the victim. On the night of Dec. 16, she saw the film "Life of Pi" with a 28-year-old male companion before they boarded what they assumed was a normal commuter bus.
The six men allegedly operating it, however, reportedly took the equivalent of a 20-cent fare, drew the curtains, sexually assaulted the woman and beat both riders with iron rods before dumping them unconscious along the road.
The woman also elicited deep empathy because she embodied India's struggle for upward mobility, having moved to Delhi from central Uttar Pradesh state to pursue a career; her family had sold land to get money for her tuition. New Delhi, where the nation's capital is located, is a section of Delhi.
Public anger has been directed at the government, which took days to respond and seemed more worried about public fallout than reform, and the police, over what many saw as their incompetence in fighting crime and sexual assault.
A rape is reported in Delhi every 18 hours, according to police statistics, the highest incidence of sex crimes among India's major cities.
"RIP: India's daughter," and "India's brave daughter," read TV station ticker-tape headlines as her body and family were scheduled to be flown back from Singapore on Saturday evening aboard a chartered aircraft.
Some have questioned the decision to move her to Singapore on Thursday when she was already in critical condition.
"Several doctors called to say moving critically ill survivor to Singapore dictated by politics not medicine," television anchor Rahul Kanwal said in a Twitter message. "Hoping problem would fly away."
But Dr. B.D. Athani, superintendent of New Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital, where she was treated before the transfer, disagreed. "The pure intention was to save her," he told reporters.
As public anger exploded, Indian officials struggled to craft a response, with proposals ranging from knee-jerk — ban curtains in all vehicles — to hard-line, including calls to extend the death penalty in extreme sexual assault cases.
The six men arrested in the attack also face rape and kidnapping charges after reportedly telling police they were "looking for fun." The government has promised to fast-track their trial in a country where legal cases often take a decade or longer.
The government set up committees to speed up sexual assault trials and to identify systemic lapses, because the bus on which the attack reportedly took place passed through several police checkpoints. Officials also announced plans to post the names, addresses and photographs of convicted rapists on official websites to shame them publicly.
Analysts said they hoped the anger over this case would lead to significant change, although some weren't optimistic.
"People are losing faith in the Parliament, police reforms are pending for the past 20 years, nothing has been done," said Dipankar Gupta, a sociologist and board member of the Dehradun-based Doon School. "This is not the isolated case where law has failed us. This is a generic and widespread disease."
Singh on Thursday called for mind-set shifts as women in India's rapidly changing society take a greater role in the workforce and walk or drive alone at night.
"Women and girls represent half the population and our society hasn't been fair to this half," the prime minister told a government council.
But the problems are deep-seated, India's legal system is notoriously creaky and enforcement is often lax. Families are frequently wary of reporting rapes, fearful of being asked for bribes to file a case or of being publicly humiliated.
Nationwide, the rape conviction rate is just 25%, and in rural communities where the stigma over "tainted goods" is greatest, women are sometimes pressured into marrying their attackers.
"There has been a failure by all parties in this case," said Shiv Visvanathan, a sociology professor at Sonipat's O.P. Jindal Global University. "People are shaken."
A survey by the Thomson Reuters Foundation in June placed India among the worst places to be a woman globally, given high rates of infanticide, child marriage and economic and sexual slavery.
"The police know this will eventually die down, they're just waiting," said Vinay Singh, 26, an advertising copywriter, wearing a beard and jeans as he protested Saturday at Jantar Mantar. "But we're all to blame.
"Can India reform? Maybe, but lots and lots need to be done."
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A GLOBETROTTER has celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by her family at Frethey Nursing Home in Bishop's Hull.
Molly Merrifield, born 102 days before the outbreak of the First World War, still enjoys 'happy days and good health', says her son, Mike.
Molly, who grew up in Cheltenham, where she attended Cheltenham Ladies College, met her Cornish husband of 50 years in Fowey.
They moved to London in 1936, where they experienced many close shaves during the Blitz and had two children, Jill and Mike.
Molly, who lived in Trull and then Comeytrowe for nearly 30 years, was very active until moving to Frethey – she used to swim every week, played bridge and worshipped at St Mary Magdalene Church in Taunton.
Mike said: "She loved travelling, attending my wedding in Jamaica when air travel was a novelty and more recently visiting her great grandchildren in New Zealand. She also visited many European countries with Jill."
She also has four grandchildren and six great grandchildren.


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Malware targeted towards phones running on the Android operating system continues to be on the rise, TechCrunch reports. According to McAfee's security report for the third quarter, the amount of malware targeted at Android devices jumped nearly 37 per cent since last quarter. This follows a 76 percent rise in Android malware in the second quarter. Read more


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Playmates Toys Unveils Captivating New Product Lines at Toy Fair
Alli Matteo
Coyne Public Relations
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Make Epic Return and Hearts For Hearts Girls Embraces New Cultures From Around the World
El Segundo, CA (February 12, 2012) – Playmates Toys, a leading marketing and distribution company in the global toy industry, will unveil several new product lines at Toy Fair in New York City, February 12-15, Booth #1829, that have plenty of action and excitement for both boys and girls. Fresh from the sewer and leading the pack of new products, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are making a totally epic return. Playmates Toys is captivating the hearts of girls as well, with expansions to its Hearts For Hearts Girls doll line, the re-launch of the incredibly popular Waterbabies line and a charming new collection inspired by Build-A-Bear Workshop®.
One of the most popular kids' entertainment brands for the past 25 years, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will emerge from the sewers just in time for Toy Fair. Playmates Toys has been the driving force behind the global toy sensation for decades and is now unveiling an incredible new product line consisting of all-new TMNT basic and deluxe action figures, playsets, and vehicles, as well as Ninja role-play gear to really get kids in on all the action. Inspired by Nickelodeon's all-new CG-animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, currently in production at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio in Burbank, Calif., the series is set to premiere in Fall 2012.
"A world-class phenomenon, the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles captured the attention of kids with its iconic band of four reptile brothers," said Karl Aaronian, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Playmates Toys. "Playmates is thrilled to reach a whole new generation of fans by taking the best of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and updating them in exciting new ways. The new toy line provides kids today with the pleasure of recreating that one-of-a-kind 'Ninja Turtles' experience."
Playmates Toys is also unveiling three new product lines that are sure to grab the hearts of little girls. From dolls that empower girls to give back, to a baby reborn to a new generation, this collection will not only offer exciting new play value, but will instill the power of learning in fun new ways.
"We're extremely proud to debut the diverse new offerings for girls this year," said Gina Beebe, Senior Vice President of Girls Marketing, Playmates Toys. "These new products are a perfect combination of education and entertainment for parents who are looking for unique and interactive ways to expose their daughters to products that go beyond the usual idea of play. For example, the Hearts for Hearts Girls doll line is an excellent way for parents to teach their daughters about different cultures and how they, too, can become agents of change in their communities, their countries, and around the world."
A charitable doll line and fashion collection from Playmates Toys, Hearts for Hearts Girls has quickly been growing in popularity and will be introducing three new dolls at Toy Fair. Each doll in the line represents a real girl from a real place around the world, and each has a story to share. The new additions to the line represent the Navajo Nation, Brazil, and New Orleans, and all nine dolls in the line come to life with a fully interactive website that lets girls discover different cultures, hear about girls just like them and learn how they too can make an impact, since girl power is global. A portion of each doll sale is donated to a non-profit organization that helps children from that doll's country. Playmates Toys is working with non-profit partner World Vision to make this happen.
Giving birth to a new generation of baby dolls, Playmates Toys is re-launching the incredibly popular Waterbabies line. The water-filled dolls that offer a unique play experience for girls were first introduced in 1991, and quickly became a favorite among girls in America. Each unique doll features patented water-filled technology to simulate the look and feel of a real baby, and the new line features fresh themes and fashions, giving a modern twist to these beloved baby dolls, while still embracing the classic caring and nurturing play pattern. Included in the line are babies that tell the story of what each dreams of becoming, twins, and babies that giggle when their tummy is gently tickled.
Playmates Toys is also bringing Build-A-Bear Workshop further into the hearts of girls with a charming new collection of figures and playsets. The new Build-A-Bear Workshop Collection from Playmates Toys includes dressable animal friend figures, outfits and accessories, as well as play environments that encourage girls to unleash their imagination and to express their creativity. Girls can mix and match the entire collection to engage in the most creative play imaginable! First introduced in 1997, Build-A-Bear Workshop has since become one of the most popular plush brands in the world, delighting kids with an interactive make-your-own stuffed animal experience.


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A report on the Reuters news agency web site dated 5 October, 2009, referred to the growing influence of Creationist belief. The report stressed the impact of the works of Harun Yahya in this:
So why do we "report the controversy"... We do it because creationists are numerous... They're challenging science teaching... and opening museums that claim to prove evolution never happened. We also do it because their influence is spreading to other countries, most notably to Muslim countries through the work of Islamic creationists like Harun Yahya. And we do it because their arguments... challenge scientists... philosophers and other thinkers to refine their arguments... Attempts to wedge them into high school biology lessons miss the mark by a mile.
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Sam Perry of Williamstown and Harold McClure of Dry Ridge won the third annual Kiwanis Charity bass tournament held on May 12 at the Williamstown Marina on Williamstown Lake.
They culled 12 keepers for an eight fish limit, weighing 14.22 pounds. Second place went to Bill Cox of Florence and Bill Bumker of Walton with seven fish weighing 14.16 pounds with the big fish of the tournament weighing 4.34 pounds. Third place went to David and Danny Jones of Berry with seven fish weighing 11.44 pounds.
Grant County schools have partnered with Dr. Sandra Utter and Dr. Troy Ashcraft of St. Elizabeth Physicians to offer sports physicals for all Grant County student athletes. Dr. Utter will see athletes from 9 a.m. to noon on July 9 and Dr. Ashcraft will see athletes from 9 a.m. to noon on July 11. The cost is $15 per athlete. For more information or to set up an appointment, call the doctor's office at 823-5441.
When: Sept. 23
What: Grant County High School Basketball coach Jim Hicks is registering students in grades 2-5 for Grant County Youth Basketball. The cost is $65 per player and the fee includes a game uniform. Make checks payable to Grant County Boy's Youth Basketball. For more information, contact Jim Hicks at Grant County High School at (859)-824-9739 or on his cell phone at (602)-465-0624. There will be a special registration from 9 a.m. to noon on Sept. 17 at Grant County High School.
Halee Hudson threw for a personal best in javelin on Aug. 1 in New Orleans, La. at the 2011 AAU Junior Olympics.
Her distance was marked at 70.04 feet placing her 17th nationally in the youth girls age group (49 girls competed).
Halee also placed 36th out of 70 girls in discus (74'11'') and 38th out of 81 girls in shot put (32' 4.75"). A small percentage of participants qualified in multiple events and Halee qualified and performed well in three.
When: Aug. 18
Where: Sherman Elementary
What: The Grant County Youth Cross Country Series will have their registration for anyone in grades K-8th at Sherman Elementary at 6 p.m. For more information, go to www.grantcountyparks.com or call 428-4500.
When: Aug. 14
Where: Lloyd Wildlife Management
What: A bowhunters challange 3-D shoot will be heald on the archery range. Registration is from 9 a.m. until noon. Cost is $10. Six and under shoot for free. All scores will be in by 3:30 p.m. and there will be door pprizes, including money pay back for top finishers. For more information visit their website at www.nkyba.org or call (859) 384-1959.
When: Aug.19
Where: Eagle Creek Country Club
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Spring is right around the corner. Sure, you could do your spring-cleaning but why not re-stock your makeup bag to match the season first? Lilly Garfield, CEO of CosBar, and Gloria Banuelos, the Scottsdale CosBar store manager, shared some makeup tips to keep your face trendy this spring. With so much knowledge and great recommendations, you are sure to freshen up your look for the spring season with help from the experts.
It's all about the eyes
Color is big right now — pastels, plums and pinks, to be exact.
Garfield says makeup is an accessory that needs to match your clothes and lifestyle. As you get older, less is better. You can still wear these new colors if it suits your way of life, but do so less dramatically. Wear eye shadow, but use moderately and blend colors to make it less vivid than what you wore in the '80s. For eyeliners, thinning the application is an easy way to brighten up your look. Simple plums and pinks that match your
blush and lips will work well this spring. Picking your colors to match your other makeup and clothing is key. Banuelos says Bobbi Brown's Black Plum has been flying off shelves. To keep it simple, try Bobbi Brown's soft grey eyeliner, Smoke.Keeping with the theme of plums and pinks, try the four eye shadows that Chanel offers under the color Quadrille.
Pink lips and rosy cheeks
To sum up your spring makeup scheme in one word — match. Wear what's now, and wear it correctly. Garfield's philosophy is this: if you buy a lipstick, make sure you have a coordinating blush, so your makeup doesn't clash. Since plum and pink are spring's color for the eyes, it makes sense that your lips and cheeks should also receive matching hues. The colors recommended for the lips are from Chanel. Try its lip liner aqua crayon in Raspberry Red, which matches the pink and plum shades mentioned
earlier. For a gloss, try Murmure (179). Changing brands for blush, Banuelos recommends Nars' Orgasm because it matches almost every color and will give you a beautiful glow.
Get glowing skin
Spring comes with the expectation of radiant skin. Garfield suggests starting with Laura Mercier's foundation primer Radiance to give your skin an illuminated look. It also creates a fresh slate on which to apply foundation. The next step is to use the Amore Pacific Control Cushion Compact. Banuelos says this compact has coverage, SPF and naturally smoothes the skin. The morning's last step to a glowing look, use Nars' bronzer Laguna and its Orgasm blush. Banuelos says the Anti-Aging Eye & Lip Perfection à Porter by La Paire is Garfield's "4-o'clock touch up." It works because it does not disrupt the makeup that is already on, but rather sits well on top of it.