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Credit Market Development and Human Capital Accumulation
In a two period overlapping generations economy with asymmetric information, we investigate the interaction between credit market development and human capital accumulation. As is typical, young borrowers supply their endowed unit of labor time to earn wage income which is used as internal funds. In contrast to conventional setups, young lenders distribute theirs between acquiring education and working for earnings. Through identifying the risk types of borrowers by a costly screening technology, a self selection equilibrium is achieved. We find that, at steady state, lenders will allocate more time to acquire education if the cost of screening borrowers falls. Furthermore, a longer duration of lenders' schooling time suppresses borrowers' incentive to cheat thereby enabling lenders to screen less frequently. These results suggest the possibility of a mutual beneficial interplay between credit market development and human capital accumulation. At last, our comparative static analysis show that improvements on borrowers' investment technology promote human capital accumulation but that on lenders' does the opposite.
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My Nonprofit Reviews
Review for Interfaith Community Services, Tucson, AZ, USA
I volunteer answering the phones at the front desk for ICS. When I started six years ago, we received 20 or 30 calls for help each morning. Now with the very tough times we face we receive up to 300 calls each morning. Our fellow citizens are desparate for help - shelter, utility bills, food, help with IDs and gas vouchers so they can look for work. We are providing much more help than ever before, and our resources to do so have increased quite a lot. Still the needs are even greater. I feel blessed that I can help so many through what ICS does for those in need.
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Hearing from those needing help and in meeting those in need that come to our offices to receive assistance - often bringing with them young children.
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Work to obtain additional resources - even though our resources have increased several fold in six years - so we could serve even more of those in need.

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Fantastic work...very creepy, but then, we probably look creepy to THEM!! hheheheh. 5/5
i do :D RLLY COOL
Yes, they do!
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Creepy! floating in tanks like that............ wooooogt (goosebumps and involuntary shiver!) I can't believe we are the only ones in such a vast universe but I'm guessing they are just beings, struggling to survive like us. Nothing sinister.
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Despite the sympathy of world leaders and the Twitter and YouTube wizardry of Israeli spokespeople, history teaches that the continuation of the Gaza campaign will inevitably lead to increasing criticism and condemnation.
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Amen. What a stud.
as someone else noted, he would probably be the Game 1 starter in Boston (God willing). Not bad for a 21-year-old…
It's Wang in a potential Game 1.
Not to get ahead of myself…but I don't think you want Wang on short rest twice in a row. Maybe, but I'd go with Hughes.
It looksl like this to me:
Hughes (on 4 days rest)
Wang (4)
Pettitte (4)
Mussina (or Kennedy? or Clemens???) (a lot)
Hughes (4)
Wang (5)
Pettitte (4)
You've still got the 3 guys you want going twice, Mussina's in the right place, and Wang and Pettitte for the last two.
Plus, based on what we've seen so far, Hughes could easily turn in as good a start as Wang. I think if you're having someone go on 3 days rest twice in a row, he's got to be the obvious best option, and here I don't think you can say that. I'd be in favor of it if it were Wang vs. Mussina, but there's no way to skip Mussina's turn unless Pettitte or Hughes goes on short rest.
Remarkable how many yankee fans said Hughes was overrated this year and how much flack he took coming back from the injury.
All of a sudden everyone loved Jobba and Phil was a has been at 21.
You can just tell he's coming back to form with how good his curve ball was tonight. He hasn't had that kind of break on it with that much command since the Texas game.
Buster Olney in his chat this week said he thought Hughes could be a nice number 3 starter.
He was the youngest pitcher in baseball this year. What a performance in the playoffs. Just remarkable.
Trading him, even for Santana, would be an enormous mistake. I'll take my chances next year in a 5 game / 7 game series with Joba and Phil making 40-50% of the starts.
Did Olney mean a nice number 3 this year, or at his peak?
That brought to mind Moose in game 7 of the 2003 ALCS. To me, Moose was the hero of that game.
Phil didn't have to come into quite so bad a situation, and he did allow the inherited runner to score, but we were down 0-2 in the series and badly in need of someone to stop the bleeding fast. His hold from that point on was remarkable for a young rookie, whereas Moose was a seasoned veteran.
No — remarkable doesn't do it justice. It was spectacular! If by some chance we manage to move on, it will be one of those forever memories to me. He showed me something very special tonight in a very tough situation.
forgot to add: it's ironic that 'Little Rocket' bailed out 'Big Rocket' in maybe his last game ever.
Hughes-Joba, watch out
Not to mention they're my age and they're sober?gotta love em
Hughes da Mann
From what I could gather from the chat Olney meant that based on overall potential, he thought that Hughes would be a number 3 major league starter.
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Looking ahead, any chance Mini moose would replace Clemens on the ALCS roster if/when we make it that far? Or does torre call on another reliever if Clemens can't pitch?
I don't see any need for another reliever. If Kennedy is able to pitch, you take him, because in the ALCS you only have 4 viable starters, one of them is Mussina.
Kennedy might be able to pitch now, in which case he can replace Clemens and be available for game 5 – but then Clemens cannot pitch in the ALCS.
kennedy hasn't pitched since september 13th
Doesn't he have twice as many healthy hammies as Clemens right now? I'd be willing to risk some rust….
If the Yankees make the ALCS (big, big if), I'd do this:
Game 1: Hughes
Game 2: Kennedy (!)
off day
Game 3: Wang
Game 4: Pettitte
off day
Game 5: Hughes
off day
Game 6: Wang
Game 7: Pettitte
But of course that's a ways off.
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|A Comparative Analysis of Complex Organizations: On Power, Involvement, and Their Correlates
|Etzioni, Amitai
|The comparative study of organization [note 1] is a much neglected field. Its development requires "middle range" organizational theory, falling between high-level abstractions about the characteristics of organizations in general and detailed observations about single cases. Models for the analysis of various organizational types must be constructed. In this book an effort is made to contribute to the formulation of such models through the study of organizational theories, etc.... 1 = By organization we mean, following Parsons ( 1960, p. 17), social units devoted primarily to attainment of specific goals. Organizations discussed in this volume are complex and have many of the characteristics Weber specified as "bureaucratic." Thus in this volume organization stands for "complex bureaucratic organization." Some writers have used establishment or social establishment to refer to the same phenomenon( Goffman, 1957, p. 43; Janowitz, 1959, p. 7). The term institution is sometimes used to refer to organizations and sometimes to designate a normative principle which organizes behavior from the viewpoint of some social function ( Hughes, 1942; Ellsworth, 1952, pp. 263-68). Because of this ambiguity, the term will be avoided here. Formal organization refers to only one segment of organizational activities, such as regulations and formal communications, and hence should not be equated with the organization as a whole. Social organization refers to a different class of sociological phenomena, encompassing all human behavior that is socially regulated ( Cooley, 1915; Greer, 1955, p. 6). Thus, social organization is a characteristic of social units; organizations are a type of social unit.
|CONTENTS = ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii INTRODUCTION xi I. Compliance as a Comparative Base 3 II. An Analytical Classification: Coercive and Utilitarian Organizations 23 III. An Analytical Classification: Normative and Dual Organizations 40 IV. Compliance, Goals, and Effectiveness 71 V. Compliance and Organizational Elites 89 VI. Compliance and Cultural Integration: Consensus, Communication, and Socialization 127 VII. Compliance and Organizational Environment: Recruitment, Scope, and Pervasiveness 151 VIII. Compliance and Cohesion 175
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Trot like a turkey and learn about honey badgers
Things to do over Thanksgiving weekend
Scott Ellis 7 a.m., Nov. 22
I was watching the movie THE ISLAND recently. Its the movie about clones starring Ewan McGregor. It was actually not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Anyway, it got me thinking; what will happen when we really start cloning humans?
It will happen eventually because there is too much money that can come from it, for all the obvious reasons; body parts and so on.
I got in a debate at work with one of my friends who is very religious. And I asked him, as a person, would he consider a clone 100% human? He said no. Our other friend, from Iran, a real cool dude I might, also said he would not consider a clone real person.
Those who read sci-fi are or are fans of sci-fi shows like STAR TREK or STARGATE may be more open minded to the day when cloning becomes more than a sci-fi cliché. I have recently heard that the international court, whatever that is, has already started to put some thought to this issue.
I hope they do. Because if the mentality is out there that these people are not really humans then all those arguments about slavery could be revisited.
Do you think cloning, and how clones are treated, will be a major stumbling block for humanity? Or will it never reach that point and clones will be accepted as real people.
Do tell, AG :-D
I think we're a LOOOOOOONG way off with mass cloning.
I have a relative who works in the field, and I fear it is closer than we think. I think by the end of this century it will be here. But let us say it gets here at the end of the century? I have traveled all around this world, and I know that there are parts of this world, belief systems, that will pose big problems down the line for cloned humans. I'm just wondering if laws should be established now to protect them?
The harvesting of body parts for a society that can live longer and longer each year will make cloning a successful business. And once big business gets involved? The sky is the limit.
No new laws. It's not the answer. Granted, it's not the best solution but it's definetely not the answer. Who knows? Maybe cloning is part of evolution? I'm neither for nor against it.
I wonder, if we get to where medical science is this advanced, could you clone yourself a more attractive body, then transplant your brain into it? I'd like to be taller, tanner, and have a bigger schlong. That would be cool.
You want your clone to look like RINO? Yikes.
Who are you? My man Josh's younger brother. This topic is so far-fetched, aint no one going to read it but a bunch of white-boy nerds. Go out and find a girl, or man, if thats your 'thang'.
Rino Not a clone; 100% man!
You're here, aren't you? Kind of hard to call the kettle black, ain't it?
Okay...now you guys really can't get mad at arinoman on this one. You're the ones that brought his name up first. So, if he hijacks your blog/thread, you have nobody to blame but yourself.
If I could clone a woman, the way Michael Anthony Hall (who just got arrested for trying to break into his ex-girlfriends house)...the way Hall did in Weird Science, well, I wouldn't go Kelly LeBrock.
I might go Sophia Loren, circa 1962.
Or Halle Berry, circa 1992.
Or...oh...so many women, so many years. So few clones!
The issue with cloning, I think, has nothing to do with clones themselves but the people who do the cloning. In fact, it's more than just the "scientists," too, who are the issue. The issue is with humans and our inane need for more "things," clones or shoes or even drugs. It's as if we have a gene in our system that begs for more even though there's enough.
I'd like to see cloning for scientific purposes, such as prosthetics, but I know that's not going to happen. It's going to get out of control and we're going to need Will Smith to save us all.
As for me, I'll take Elle Macpherson from the mid-80s, please-and-thank-you. Ah, hormonal flashbacks from my teen years.
Hmmm..cloning women who we want to be with from the past? Would Marilyn Monroe's estate get in royalties? I bet Angelina Jolie would rake in the dough!!!
You could clone mindless bodies just to sexually please yourself with. In fact, porn is what drove VHS TAPES and the CD rage. So why not sex driving the clone business???
"The issue is with humans and our inane need for more "things," clones or shoes or even drugs. It's as if we have a gene in our system that begs for more even though there's enough."
I'm moving to Esco on the 28th so I'm busy packing up the house. My GF is a crafter/crocheter. LOTS of crap that needs to be boxed up. Her mother is addicted to QVC. She fancies herself a cook and has about $2,000 worth of pointless, inanr cooking gadgets and cookware. Today alone I boxed up 8 LARGE boxes of nothing but Pots, pans, skillets, roasters, George Forman grills, nearly 75 pieces of Lock'n'Lock,etc,etc. She's 81 and grunts and groans like she's dying everytime she leaves her room. It's ridulous. When she dies, there is going to be one hell of a QVC garage sale. EVERYTHING WILL GO! She bought a brand new steamer for kitchens and bathrooms. That wasn't good enough even though she never used it. 3 weeks later she bought a better steamer. That was 4 months ago. I've never seen her use it.
If I were to clone a woman I would clone none other than Aretha! That woman knows about love and is all woman. These twigs you white dudes dig are further proof of your fascination with young-young girls. I am not surprised.
Rino The Man with all the answers; yep!
(#12) My God, Pete. "The more you have, the more you need," as they say. I've always found it preferable -- and saner -- to steer in the opposite direction: toward voluntary simplicity. So much better in so many ways.
I love that term Russl; Voluntary Simplicity. Thats a keeper! Did you come up with that?
Someone using the shiny new moniker "Robert Scorpio" wrote:
"Anyway, it got me thinking..."
"I got in a debate..."
"I have recently heard..."
Good Lord,
Looks like ?????,
Sower of hatred
and discord.
Yeah. Before and after dinner I packed 3 LARGE boxes of my stuff. Half is clothes. I didn't bring much when the Greyhound dropped me off in Esco in July of '05 and I haven't bought much stuff since. I'm a simple man.
The other day I packed up about 9 or 10 LARGE boxes of stuff from the kitchen, the pantry and the laundry shelves. My GF has about 15 LARGE boxes of clothes and other crap she never wears or uses. Her husband has about 5 or 6 LARGE boxes to pack up. Her mother has about 8-10 MEDIUM boxes in her closet packed up. I need to help her pack her music books up tomorrow. Then there's the furniture-3 beds, 4 large cabinets, the computer desk, the dining room table, about 10 chairs, an electric piano, dressers....THE S*** NEVER ENDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And my GF's and her husband's response to me packing two days ago? "Why ya packin' so early?"
(#14) "Voluntary Simplicity. Thats a keeper! Did you come up with that?"
Wish I had but it's old. There's plenty of books on the subject; try 101 Ways to a Simpler Lifestyle for a good start.
It seems moot to me, AG. I mean, cloning humans is ridiculous. We can't even manage to feed the people we already have on this planet, much less treat each other with respect and civility sometimes. I can't imagine how cloning humans is going to help anything at all. It's fodder for fans of speculative fiction, written by a bunch of writers that assume humans are capable of taking care of this planet and see it as a foregone conclusion that somehow they will.
Programs like Star Trek were interesting because humans and aliens often still faced the same problems that they did in 1965. Worrying about how clones might be treated in 2400 A.D. presumes that humanity will not have blown itself up by then, and ignores the fact that here in 2009 about twenty children every sixty seconds die from poverty-related causes.
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My only comment was regarding the fact that I think this writer is probably a clone of someone we already know, all too well.
Best evidence for the existence of human clones: http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/xRlfisVaPtT/Little+SURI+Learns+Mom+KATIE+HOLMES+How+Dress/0pnnjPTF_o5/Suri+Cruise
I'm sorry, but that child looks TOO much like her mother. It's like looking at a younger version of exactly the same person.
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I realized what you meant about a minute after I posted the comment. Casts the term "clone" into a whole new light...
Oh, I agree with you. I don't think humanity is ready to clone hunmans at all. But I think big business will do it because the money-making potential is just too much of a reason to do it. With humans living longer, they will need spare parts and cloning, as opposed to cyborg technology, is more appealing to humans; I think.
Then you have all those nightmare ideas. Cloning T-REXs, or Hitler, or Arinoman. The thought makes me shake in my boots!
Oh, I agree with you. I don't think humanity is ready to clone humans at all. But I think big business will do it because the money-making potential is just too much of a reason to do it. With humans living longer, they will need spare parts and cloning, as opposed to cyborg technology, is more appealing to humans; I think.
Then you have all those nightmare ideas. Cloning T-REXs, or Hitler, or Arinoman. The thought makes me shake in my boots!
Did you clone your comment?
BTW AG, I don't know where you get that. When has your arch enemy ever talked about scifi themes? Or said anything about General Hospital?
I was pouring some more Captain Morgan, not paying attention, and I clicked on the post thingy and well, nothing happened. So I clicked it again after I corrected a word I saw that I goofed up on. Then it cloned. I hope HOMELAND SECRURITY doesn't hunt me down for this!!!
Gotta little Captain in ya? AAAAAAAARGH!
It's okay, Rickey. I think it gives Geek and SD great joy to think they've discovered this person or that person, using different names.
Geek had a great line in some thread where she was saying I always harass her or some such BS. Yet, here she is bringing up my name (with a clever little rhyme).
I also love how she says she doesn't read my blogs, yet she's always getting upset by the things in the blogs, that "someone" alerts her to. Yeah, right.
And why would I create a pen name? If I wanted to do a topic on cloning, it would've just been a blog topic for me on my DAILY CRASHER blog. You really need to get a life, if your existance is just running around these boards, getting angry at this Board (or this Scorpio).
Geek, either join in the topic at hand here or butt out (don't let the door hit that big behind on the way out).
Now, back to the cloning topic.
Arin, again, I hate to say it, but you bring up another decent point. All us guys are acting all stupid, at the various women we'd clone, for purely sexual reasons.
Why not clone Aretha, not for sex, but to have her belt out some great tunes? Great idea. In that case, clone me Etta James (I know she isn't dead yet, but...the current version of her doesn't put on much of a show).
Pete, if you need help moving, drop me an IM via this website.
Wish I had but it's old. There's plenty of books on the subject; try 101 Ways to a Simpler Lifestyle for a good start.
Wow, I am impressed, I kind of figured "Burger Boy" russl for a "Where's Waldo" book club fan!
Keep flaunting your ignorance, SpermPuppy. You're on a roll. (P.S.: Your typist is doing better.)
Keep flaunting your ignorance, SpermPuppy. You're on a roll. (P.S.: Your typist is doing better.)
Have you found "Waldo" yet Burger Boy? I might be able to help :)
I'm more worried that they could create clones, somehow lower their brain power to where they are just 'mindless' bodies that could be trained to do a certain task. The church wouldn't consider them 'complete' humans, and already would think they are going to hell because they were not created by God, and whammo; slaves.
I mean, thats what drove slavery for many centuries; the belief that Africans were not 'complete' humans. All they need to do is have the Church decide these clones are not really humans, and the Governments of the world sign laws agreeing with such, and then you could have millions of slaves to do the jobs that no one else wants to do.
You never know.


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Bat scare minimal compared to bill
No family members had direct, known contact with the bat, but rabies vaccinations for three people caused a mountain of stress when the family's insurance carrier initially refused to pay.
"We thought we had decent insurance," said Evelyn Galindo-Doucette, a Spanish teacher in the Janesville School District. "Somehow, prices have gotten so inflated that if you happen to get charged for something because of a loophole in your insurance, you could be done. You're one step from bankruptcy."
She said her experience shows how health care doesn't seem like a crisis until you face it�even when you have good insurance.
Galindo-Doucette wants to make people aware of the vaccine's cost and how to possibly avoid the bill. In retrospect, the family would have captured the bat and had it tested for rabies, possibly eliminating the need for the vaccinations, she said.
Data collected by the Wisconsin Hospital Association Information Center shows nearly 600 records of rabies vaccination cases among the about 150 hospital emergency rooms in the state in the last four quarters.
The average charge for initial rabies care, including emergency-room visit and first dose of vaccine, was about $2,400, said Joe Kachelsi, vice president of the WHA Information Center.
Dr. Keith Konkol, infectious disease physician at Mercy Hospital, said several factors go into the cost of the vaccine, though it is relatively expensive compared to other vaccines.
"No matter where you go, it's going to be expensive," he said.
The vaccine likely has a higher cost to develop and recent worldwide shortages also have probably made it more expensive, he said. In addition to the vaccine costs, hospital bills include the medical professionals' charges, emergency room/clinic charges and other costs, he said.
Konkol estimates three to five patients are seen per year at Mercy needing the post-exposure rabies vaccine.
How it happened
Evelyn and her husband, Chuck, were watching TV on the couch when she saw a bat swooping in from the dining room toward her.
"Get it outta here!" the couple exclaimed as the situation turned slightly chaotic in just a few seconds.
The bat took a short flight around the upstairs, where the couple's kids, Ernesto, 4, and Lilli, 2, were sleeping behind closed doors. Chuck got the bat outside through an open door.
Then they wondered how the bat got in and how long it had been around. The previous day they had read in the newspaper that two bats from Rock County have tested positive for rabies.
The next morning, the family headed to Mercy Hospital's emergency room, where a doctor determined that no one had bat-related marks but recommended the family be vaccinated.
Once symptoms develop, it's too late to treat rabies, and it likely will be deadly, she said.
Chuck decided he'd take the risk, but Evelyn and the kids started the five-dose series of the vaccine, plus the initial rabies immune globulin, she said.
Then came the bill: $9,000 for the initial emergency room visit and a total of $18,000 including the four additional clinic visits for the remainder of the vaccines. But their insurance doesn't cover rabies vaccinations, she said.
Insurance eventually agreed to pay after the vaccine was considered treatment because the case started in the ER, said Evelyn, who is on sabbatical while she earns her master's degree.
"I don't even know how we would manage it," she said. "One random thing, a bat decides to fly into your house, and $18,000 later � "
The irony is that Evelyn originally is from El Salvador, a third-world country and one of the poorest in Central America. Yet family members there told her the equivalent vaccines would be available for just hundreds of dollars.
The experience has sparked more interest for her in the national debate on health care reform, she said.
Socialized health care in El Salvador allows even the poorest people to receive treatment, even though they might wait, she said.
She's happy she didn't know the cost of the vaccine at the time because she would resent having to make a potentially life or death decision for her kids, she said.
"It's kind of an awful decision to make�once you develop it, you're dead."
When is a rabies vaccine needed?
The rabies vaccine is offered in two ways: pre-exposure and post-exposure.
The pre-exposure vaccine is given in three doses for people traveling to certain countries or to people in a high-risk occupation, officials at the Rock County Health Department said. High-risk occupational settings include a humane society, veterinary clinic, animal rehabilitation center or Department of Natural Resources, officials said.
The three-dose, pre-exposure series is available at the health department for $165.
The post-exposure vaccine is given in five doses, along with the rabies immune globulin. A person who has been bitten or exposed to a possible rabid animal needs the vaccine.
The health department refers those people to medical providers and does not offer the vaccine to them.
If you haven't been exposed, and you're not in a high-risk setting, you don't get the vaccine, officials said.
The cost shouldn't dissuade someone from getting the vaccine because rabies is fatal, said Adam Elmer, a sanitarian at the health department.
"If someone shows signs of rabies, it's too late to get the vaccine," he said.
But you may not know for sure if you've had a rabies exposure, said Dr. Keith Konkol, infectious disease physician at Mercy Hospital, who points to the Center for Disease Control recommendations. It doesn't mean there has to be a documented bite or scratch, especially with bats, he said.
"If you wake up in the morning with a bat flying around the house, there's no way to know if you were exposed," he said.
Bats have small, sharp teeth and one could bite a young child and we might not even be aware of it, he said.
The main animals in Wisconsin to be concerned about are bats, raccoons and foxes, Konkol said.
If a possible rabies exposure occurs with such an animal and you have access to it, kill it�just don't crush the skull/brain�and contact the health department, he said. The animal can be sent to a state lab to determine if it is rabid. If it's not rabid, you don't need the vaccine.
Other animals such as dogs and cats should be immunized, and the health department reminds pet owners to keep pet vaccinations updated.
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Early in spring training, it seemed like a near-lock that prospect Martin Perez had done enough to lock up the fifth spot in the Texas Rangers' starting rotation, then he broke his arm and was put on the shelf for two months.
That opened up all kinds of possibilities for the No. 5 starter, including in-house candidates as well as looking at possible trades for someone like Rick Porcello or a free agent signing like Kyle Lohse.
Robbie Ross was an early favorite to take Perez's place but has struggled recently, and on Thursday it was announced the Rangers would be returning Ross to the bullpen, where he was so valuable last season as a surprising rookie, going 6-0 with a 2.22 ERA in 65 innings of work.
The Rangers also decided to option Justin Grimm to Triple-A Round Rock and assign Randy Wells there, as well. With Washington saying recently signed veteran starter/reliever Derek Lowe is not a candidate for the rotation, that leaves Nick Tepesch as the clear-cut guy for the No. 5 starter spot.
Tepesch, a 24-year-old righty, has started two games this spring and has a spring ERA of 3.46. Last season, he pitched in High-A Myrtle Beach and Double-A Frisco with a combined ERA of 3.67.
The Rangers won't need a fifth starter the first time through the rotation, and Colby Lewis is apparently on pace to return by early May, well ahead of schedule after rehabbing from surgery to repair a torn flexor tendon in his pitching elbow. That means, if all goes well, the Rangers will only need about three starts from Tepesch, but after that he could either become a part of the bullpen or go back to Frisco to get more work as a starter, whatever the Rangers see fit.


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If i was to look at a replacement Ethernet card - what are the advantages of the Intel being used by a few here? Seems you still have to modify kexts with the Intel - so why not use a low cost card like the TP link below for example?
I haven't had a problem with Realtek network cards, although they aren't really rated at the bottom end. I got myself a Lycom PE-06 from Scan, which has a Marvel Yukon 8056 chip onboard. I can't remember whether I needed to patch it or not but it gets recognised as a 8053 card, which has native support under Apple. This came with an LP bracket where other cards didn't.
On my full size Proliant, I threw in an Apple Mac Pro dual Gigabit card. I picked up a couple from Jigsaw24, which they were selling off for £20 apiece. Needless to say, those work the best and out of the box but they do need an x4 slot and the card comes in an x16 format so needs trimming.


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Adele honors baby son after Oscar win
Adele was awarded her first Oscar at the 2013 Academy Awards for writing the James Bond song "Skyfall." Enthused by her big win, she posted on Twitter a picture of her Hollywood golden man alongside a miniature toy souvenir statuette version. The little golden Oscar man read "Best Son" for her baby boy. Adele, 24, and fiance Simon Konecki, 38, welcomed their baby boy on Oct. 19. While the parents still have not officially revealed the 5-month-old's name, Adele all but made the announcement when she was spotted out and about in London with a necklace with the name "Angelo" on it, and later at the Grammys with the letter "A" tattooed above her ear.
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Justin Bieber is used to young women fawning all over him, especially with his shirt off, but those rock hard abs and GQ looks aren't sitting well with Olivia Wilde, who blasted the Biebs on Twitter, telling the new 19-year-old to put his shirt on.
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Initiates an increased Speed Boost. While running at Mach Speed, the resulting sonic boom ruins most enemies that get in Sonic's way, except for monsters.
— Sonic the Hedgehog: Official Game Guide
Mach Speed (ブーストダッシュ Būsuto Dasshu?, lit. "Boost Dash") is a move used by Sonic the Hedgehog that has only appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) as one of Sonic's Custom Actions. It is a move that gives Sonic a short boost of speed. It can only be used after Sonic obtains the Blue Gem.
In order to use Mach Speed, Sonic has to possess the Blue Gem Level Up Item. When Sonic is in possession of it, the player has to select the Blue Gem with the directional pad and can use it by pressing /.
When using this move, Sonic can perform a "Super Sonic Boost Dash" that makes Sonic perform a fast, but very brief dash that increases his speed to its maximum. If Sonic runs into an obstacle while dashing however, he will fall down on the ground for a second.
- The mechanics of the Mach Speed are similar to the Super-Speed Stages sections found in certain action stages of Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), though Sonic does not lose any Rings when he collides with objects.
- When ramming into something with Mach Speed, a glitch will occur where blue winds will still appear around Sonic while he runs at very slow speed.
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The sting of one regular-season loss quickly subsides.
The loss of a popular veteran receiver for the season -- and potentially forever -- will take a bit longer for the Calgary Stampeders to overcome.
Ryan Thelwell is headed for surgery on a torn Achilles tendon suffered late in Friday's 24-17 loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
This is a tough injury to recover from, and at 36, Thelwell is facing long odds.
"Ryan has made that move so many times. If you take a bad step, or step on a foot, it can happen," said fellow Canadian Stamps receiver Brett Ralph.
"So you have to play every game like it's your last. You can't take for granted what you are given."
The loss is a reality check for veterans.
"I know he's getting up there in age, and I know he doesn't want to go out like this," said 32-year-old Jeremaine Copeland.
"I don't know what the future holds, but I'm going to be praying he can come back strong. Hopefully, he can come back next year and if it's his last year, he can go out healthy, not with an injury."
The Stamps may also have to deal with another injury, as starting left guard Jesse Newman is getting an MRI on his shoulder.
In just nine games this season, Thelwell had eclipsed his numbers from a year ago.
He was a crucial member of the receiving corps after Ken-Yon Rambo went out with a season-ending knee injury. Thelwell brought a presence to the position and gave the Stamps enough production to pick up the slack.
Now, the dropoff is more dramatic.
Stamps head coach John Hufnagel said the team is currently in talks about the plan of action.
Not only do they have to replace a starter, Thelwell's non-import status allowed the Stamps ratio flexibility for other positions.
Hufnagel, whose playing career also ended on a torn Achilles, could have things easier if sophomore Canadian Jabari Arthur is ready to return from a broken foot suffered in the pre-season.
"He practised the last day this week. He still has some tenderness and soreness," Hufnagel said. "He proved to himself that, structurally, it was sound. He may have to fight through some pain.
"I'm hoping when we get back out there, he will be able to go through a whole practice. We're in wait-and see mode."
The Stamps could go with versatile utility man Markus Howell at that spot, but he hasn't played much receiver after spending last season as a defensive back. Another option would be rookie Blaine Kruger, who dressed but didn't play much for one game earlier this season.
Imports Titus Ryan, Jermaine Jackson, Jackie Chambers or Maurice Price could suit up, but that would mean adding another non-import elsewhere.
"The ramifications of losing a Canadian on offence is pretty big," said Canadian running back Jon Cornish. "It's something we have to deal with as a team."
The sombre mood on the trip home from Hamilton told the story of Thelwell's impact off the field, as well.
"It's been a pleasure playing with him for three years," Ralph said.
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Whole Foods Market Inc. (WFMI) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2011-09-25.
Whole Foods Market Inc. has a market cap of $2.68 billion; its shares were traded at around $0 with a P/E ratio of 17.6. The dividend yield of Whole Foods Market Inc. stocks is 4.3%.
Highlight of Business Operations:Sales totaled approximately $10.11 billion, $9.01 billion and $8.03 billion in fiscal years 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively, representing increases of 12.2%, 12.1% and 1.0% over the previous fiscal years, respectively. Comparable store sales increased approximately 8.5% and 7.1% in fiscal years 2011 and 2010, respectively, and decreased approximately 3.1% in fiscal year 2009. Identical store sales increased approximately 8.4% and 6.5% in fiscal years 2011 and 2010, respectively, and decreased approximately 4.3% in fiscal year 2009. As of September 25, 2011, there were 298 locations in the comparable store base. Identical store sales in fiscal years 2011, 2010 and 2009 exclude from the comparable calculation 6, 6 and 12 store relocations, respectively, and 1, 2 and 3 remodels with major expansions, respectively, during portions of each fiscal year.
The number of stores open or acquired 52 weeks or less equaled 18, 18 and 15 at the end of fiscal years 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The sales increase contributed by stores open or acquired within 52 weeks or less totaled approximately $222.0 million, $251.8 million and $234.8 million for fiscal years 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
We believe our efforts around value and differentiation continue to be a significant contributor to our momentum. Our customers have shifted their buying toward branded and organic products, higher priced tiers, and to several discretionary categories. With the return of inflation, we are seeing our identical store sales breakout move toward our historical pattern of approximately 60% transaction count and 40% basket size. During fiscal year 2011, our transaction count in identical stores increased 5.7%, an acceleration from the 5.1% increase we experienced in fiscal year 2010. During fiscal year 2011, our basket size increased 2.4% compared to the 1.1% increase for fiscal year 2010, primarily driven by higher average prices per item as we selectively passed through some product cost increases and continued to see signs of customers trading up.
Gross profit totaled approximately $3.54 billion, $3.14 billion and $2.76 billion in fiscal years 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Net LIFO inventory reserves increased approximately $10.3 million in fiscal year 2011, due primarily to inflation in product cost compared to a decrease in net LIFO inventory reserves of approximately $7.7 million and $5.6 million in fiscal years 2010 and 2009, respectively, due primarily to lower average inventory balances and net deflation in product costs. Despite the 19 basis point impact from the LIFO charge, the Company maintained healthy gross margins by balancing rising product costs while maintaining our relative value position. During fiscal years 2010 and 2009, the Company realized sequentially lower cost of goods sold by taking advantage of buying opportunities and improving our distribution, shrink control and inventory management.
General and administrative expenses totaled approximately $310.9 million, $272.4 million and $243.7 million in fiscal years 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The increase in general and administrative expenses as a percentage of sales during fiscal year 2011 was primarily driven by higher wages, including wage costs associated with new strategic initiatives, totaling six basis points as a percentage of sales. General and administrative expenses for fiscal year 2010 include share-based payment costs related to restricted common stock grants of approximately $4.2 million. General and administrative expenses for fiscal years 2010 and 2009 include FTC-related legal costs totaling approximately $2.5 million and $14.7 million, respectively.
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LOS ANGELES {AP} AFL-CIO President John Sweeney declared war Monday on an "ugly, anti-poor, anti-working family" Republican congressional majority as all signs pointed to an endorsement of Vice President Al Gore by the 13-million-member labor federation.
The endorsement, the AFL-CIO's earliest since its 1983 nod to former Vice President Walter Mondale, would almost immediately kick into gear a $40-million mobilization meant as much to strengthen Gore as to wrest control of Congress from the Republicans and topple GOP presidential front-runner George W. Bush.
Workers would flex their outrage, Sweeney promised, "by taking back control of our government, by electing a working family president, and by taking a broom to the House."
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Cats hope to find spark against young Eudora team
Given the disappointment of the De Soto girls basketball team's last game before winter break, some time off was probably best.
The rest appears to have been just what the team needed, coach Dwight Spencer said.
The Wildcats, who last saw action in a 64-39 loss to Tonganoxie, have been practicing. They've been scrimmaging. They've been working, and they've been having fun, Spencer said.
"It's been nice over Christmas," he said. "We had everyone here except one girl who got stranded in Colorado."
The team spent the first few days after Christmas scrimmaging against DHS alumni who were back in town. After that, the team went back to regular practices in preparation for the most important stretch of the season.
De Soto kicks off 2007 at 6:30 p.m. Friday at home against Kansas Highway 10 rival Eudora.
"The kids had fun and got some conditioning back, then the last couple of days we had some more structured practices," Spencer said. "They're in pretty good spirits. I don't know if that's a great thing or not."
High spirits will definitely be a great thing if the Cats can get past the Cardinals.
Eudora plays a young roster and is without most of its leading scorers from a year ago. The Cards lost their first two games of the season, but have since been able to balance their record at 3-3.
It'll no doubt make for a challenge, Spencer said.
"They're young, but they're a good, well-coached team," he said. "They're not real big, so hopefully we can get the ball into Jackie (Goleman) and get her going a little bit.
"It'll be a tough game."
Spencer said Goleman could be primed for a breakout game this season. De Soto's leading scorer a year ago, the senior center was slowed by a groin injury early in the season, but is back to 100 percent again.
"She hasn't had any problems in the last couple of practices," Spencer said. "Hopefully we can get her the ball in the position where she can do something with it."
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This is a story about how the character Light in [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=18073416&viewreplies=true]GeneralJohn1031's story[/url] came to be who he is now. You can be in the main story if you PM GeneralJohn or if you post a reply in his thread. Here are some other stories about the main characters. [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=18102384]Buster's Awakening[/url]- Cold Blood Killa [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=18089613&viewreplies=true]The Von Keshner Chronicles[/url]- i_hate_babies The story takes place in the Forums, which is a big city in the story. Light is the character that is essentially against both sides. He beleives Bungie is evil and should be destroyed. The rest of the characters are in a big war with an evil dictator and blah blah blah, but you can read about all that in GeneralJohn's thread. *References: Buster Johnston is a mercenary who will do anything and kill anyone for the right price. He is in GeneralJohn's story as well. Snip3r is Bryan's (who is Light) friend and may or may not appear in GeneralJohn's story. In this story, getting banned is like going to jail and the moderators are like the police. I know that the first chapter is pretty boring and kind of short, but hey, it's my first time writing a story. This [i]is[/i] my first story, so don't insult me too hard. Critiscim is welcome, though. ________________________________________________________________________ [b]Chapter 1[/b] [i]Buster Johnson checked the note saying to meet up to make sure he was at the right address. He was standing in front of an old abandoned thread which hasn't been used for years. He slowly walked inside with his knife drawn, not knowing what to expect. "Don't be afraid," a voice called out. "We just want you to do a job for us." "You?" Buster asked. "I'm a little suspicious of why you would want me to do something for you." "Business is business," another voice said casually. "And if you do your job right, there will be quite a sum of money for you. 50,000 Microsoft Points to be exact." Now Buster was interested. "All right," Buster said. "So who do you want me to hit?"[/i] It was a beautiful day in Forum City. Bungie General was bustling with activity; crowds of people were discussing in threads and socializing. And no spammers or Recon freaks in sight. That's just how Bryan Russel liked it. Bryan was average height and skinny. He was slighly pale and always had an expression like he was thinking. He also had a strong sense of justice agiast criminals. Many of his friends expected him to become a famous individual. He had already created succesful threads, one of which got stickied. Bryan decided to go into a bank to withdrawl some Microsoft Points. There was a fairly short line in the bank, so Bryan expected to be out soon. Just as it was about to be his turn a man in a ski mask busted in. He had a pistol in his hand. "All right!" he shouted. "Give me all your Microsoft Points if you don't want to get killed. Everyone else get down on the floor!" Bryan looked over at the robber and simply stood still. "Hey! I told you to get the f*** down!" the crook shouted. Bryan swiftly punched the robber in the gut. This enraged the crook greatly. He kicked Bryan and shoved him onto the floor. He then pointed his pistol at Bryan and cocked it. Bryan quickly rolled out of the way as the robber shot. This time the robber grabbed Bryan and put the pistol to his chest. Just then a couple of moderators busted into the bank. "Don't shoot!" the moderator commanded as he pulled out his glock. The robber quickly decided to aim his gun at the moderator instead. Both of the mods shot the crook in the head, and Bryan dropped to the ground with his lifeless corpse. The mods asked if Bryan was okay. "Yeah," Bryan said, stunned. He quickly snapped out of it and made his withdrawl. After that Bryan decided to just go home. Bryan enterd his apartment and went on to his computer. After checking his messages, he put on a pair of high-tech looking gloves. This was his new invention, which allowed him to go on the internet wherever he wanted, along with a program to make the gloves work.. He moved his left index finger and a screen popped up in midair in front of him. "Now," he said. "Let's see if I can upgrade this to use hacking programs on it. He pressed a small button on the side of one of his gloves and it opened up. "All I need to do is insert this chip, and I should be able to create my own hacking software and access anything," Bryan said. "Maybe I can enlarge the hologram image, too." Suddenly Bryan had an idea. It might get him in trouble, but just maybe he could pull it off. "I'll just change the connection to the city's mainframe." Bryan typed on the floatring screen and clicked enter. A code pulled up on the floating screen, and Bryan looked astonished. Just as he was about to continue, his phone rang. He picked it up. "Hello?" he asked. "Bryan, you have to come see this." Bryan recognized this voice as Snip3r's. "I'm on the outskirts of town by Stosh Blvd. Hurry!" Minutes later, Bryan was standing next to Snip3r in a grassy field. "What is it, man?" Bryan asked. Snip3r just walked over to a spot where the tall weeds had been cleared. Bryan looked down at the ground and was suprised to find the dead body of Reiginko. "Wh-what?" Bryan looked even more pale than usual. "When did you find his body Snip3r?" "Right before I called you," Snip3r repied. "I was just out off-roading on my mongoose when I came around him." They were silent for a while. Snip3r finally asked, "Who do you think would do this?" "Someone mad at Bungie, or maybe someone who wanted to be known by killing a higher authority," Bryan replied. "With Reginko retired, it would be all the more easy to kill him." "Well," Snip3r sighed, "I already called the mods. There's not much we can do." Two police cars pulled up with mods in them. "I'm glad you're here!" Snip3r yelled. "The body's right over-" One of the mods pulled his pistol out and aimed at Snip3r. "Put your hands in the air!" he shouted. "You two are banned for the murder of Reiginko!" [Edited on 03.04.2008 5:47 PM PST]
Oh I see, I thought that criticsm was strictly for me. I just completely took that out of context. [Edited on 03.08.2008 9:17 AM PST]
[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] a rabid snail I think my brain just exploded. Anywhoo, the main story's character I have not mentioned, a plot which I 1/4 mentioned, and, well, most of the characters I metioned. I see excatly where you're coming from, but as far as I have been informed, I have only revealed one character's story before the main story takes place. There will be more suprises to come form GeneralJohn. And yes, my descriptions are boring as hell.[/quote] It was more of a comment on Gereral Gus' story. I didn't want to bump his thread back to the front page, when your thread had a link to it in it already.
Please don't say you like the next part.
I like squirrels
Sorry I haven't really started on the story, I finally came back to matchmaking yesterday and I had a project to do, but I'll try to do it today (or at least right now). And thanks for your thoughts, squirrel dude :D
I think my brain just exploded. Anywhoo, the main story's character I have not mentioned, a plot which I 1/4 mentioned, and, well, most of the characters I metioned. I see excatly where you're coming from, but as far as I have been informed, I have only revealed one character's story before the main story takes place. There will be more suprises to come form GeneralJohn. And yes, my descriptions are boring as hell.
I'm just going to give two crtiqs about the story, for next time. It may turn in a rant, I haven't really thought it out yet. Look, I don't want to know the names of the characters or the basic plot until I read through the story. It would be like if you read Harry Potter, for lack of a better reference at the moment, and at the beginning it had the basic plot information and character info. Giving that information out completely blocks you out of the world, and keeps you from a reading a book because you know enough that the book has much less to hold your interest other than the plot that hasn't been told told you. Giving out Character description limits how much of a story can be portrayed with imagery. When this happens you are again blocked out of the world because you are forced to imagine too much of the city, which can make it unnecessarily hard to read. By keeping that information in the story, and integrating it cleverly, you create a much more vivid world that draws a reader into your story. Also, character background information is boring as hell. Alright, the rant is over, sorry about that. There's my small problem with the story. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] a rabid snail Who is Sniper McGee[/quote] He's a long time member of The Flood, and his stories are extremely popular by normal standards. If someone says that your stories are like his, it is probably a complement. [Edited on 03.08.2008 5:22 AM PST]
Never heard of him. I can't even guess how my story is similar to his (or hers). I guess we just think the same or something. To tell you the truth, I was inspired by Death Note.
[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] a rabid snail Who in the hell is Sniper Mcgee?[/quote My thoughts exactly.
Who in the hell is Sniper Mcgee?
are you trying to be like sniper mcgee, or were you just inspired by him?
YOU WILL NEVER KNOW! MWAHAHAHAHHA!!! CLIFFHANGER ENDING!!!!!! This IS a prequel to the Great Forum War. But don't expect to get jack from GeneralJohn, either. And I might think of making a Chapter 6, kind of a Afterward to the story. [Edited on 03.05.2008 8:04 PM PST]
What? That's how you end it? What's the secret thingy under the file recon?
Don't worry, I've thought of something to make him less powerful. Plus, Light isn't the leader of anything really. There are just people who know someone is targeting Bungie and agree. Light is also slipping ads into the classfields. The last chapter! And please, GeneralJohn, if my character dies, make it brilliant and beautiful. No "'Die sucka!' gets shot in head" bull crap, please. ________________________________________________________________________ [b]Chapter 5[/b] [i]"Things are getting bad, gentlemen." Achronos was standing in front of a select few Bungie Employees and Ninjas. Most of them still couldn't believe their leader would appear in front of them on such short notice. "And my being here certainly proves that. It seems that all of the Recon groups and spammers have increased dramatically. And we have this member who calls himself Light who has already killed 3 Ninjas and 45 moderators, including Recon 54. And if I'm correct, this killer was able to hack him." "No offense, but what's so important about Recon 54?" questioned stosh. "There's a reason why he's called Recon, you know." "You-you couldn't possibly mean?" "Yes. He was the keeper. And now whoever finds out where it is hidden will have complete control over all of Forum City. They may very well become a God."[/i] Frankie exited the Conference Room with all the others and headed straight for the bathroom. He washed his face in the sink thoroughly. [i]If Recon's been killed, then it's only a matter of time. Plus, that Light guy who killed him could kill one of us, too. I wonder who will be next?[/i] He got up and looked in the mirror. [i][b]Yes. I do wonder who?[/b][/i] Frankie paused. Someone had just spoken to him. But who? It sounded like it was coming from inside his head. [i][b]Obey me.[/b][/i] Frankie suddenly felt a surge of pain flowing through him. [i]No! I won't be controlled![/i] [i][b]My. You have a strong will. It looks like we'll just have to break it.[/i][/b] Frankie fell onto the floor in pain. [i]No! Stop!! Aaaaaagh!!!!![/i] Yoozel suddenly opened the door. "Hey, Frankie, what're you doing here?" Frankie was standing upright facing away from him. "Hey.... Frankie?" "Oh, I'm just fine," Frankie replied. He briskly walked out the door. [i][b]Excellent. You are now serving for me. Now listen carefully....[/b][/i] [b]The next Day[/b] Achronos walked into the Conference Room with a serious look on his face. "What did you call me for? It better be important." Yoozel was staring at Achronos. "Oh, it's important, all right." "What's wth all the serious looks?" Achronos joked. "Did I miss a birthday party again?" SketchFactor and Shishka put handcuffs on him and pulled out pistols. "What's going on here?!" Achronos demanded. Frankie walked up and pulled out documents. "You're being banned for leaking top secret information and working with Light." "What?!" yelled Achronos. "I did no such thing!! You don't even have proof!" "On the contrary, we have documents pulled from your computer and hardware information showing you made direct contact with Light and helped him hack into our mainframe. Take him away, and make sure the media doesn't find out." Achronos was still ranting as he was being dragged away. [i][b] Fools! Soon you will all get what you deserve.[/b][/i] Meanwhile, Light was in his underground chamber. "Cut the head off the snake, and the rest of the body dies. I don't even have to bother with all the rest of Bungie. If just one person knows that Bungie is leaderless, mass riots will take place everywhere. I'm sure some other people dedicated to my cause will react as well. This is all going according to plan." Light pulled up a holographic screen and began to type when he noticed something. "Eh? What's this?" He clicked on a file he hadn't seen before. [i]This file…what is it? It couldn't have been added recently or I would've noticed. That means it's been here the whole time. But I've never seen it.[/i] He clicked on the file but it said "access denied". [i]This should be interesting.[/i] Light clicked a tiny button on his gloves and typed on the computer. Random codes began appearing on the screen. [i]Come on. Come on.[/i] Again the file remained access denied. Then it suddenly changed to "access confirmed". [i]Let's see what's in this, eh?[/i] Light opened the file. In it was another file that simply said "Recon". [i]Recon? Why would Bungie hide a file about Recon? And why would they go to such an extent to secure it? Maybe I'm seeing this because I hacked Recon 54?[/i] Light slowly clicked on the file. As soon as he did, the screen disappeared, and his gloves crackled with electricity. "What!?" Light screamed. the gloves exploded into pieces and fell to the floor. [i]How could this happen!? I didn't detect any virus link before I opened the file! All my work! All my power! Completely gone!!![/i] Light dropped to the floor and began frantically searching in the rubble of his gloves. All he came across was a computer chip. He smiled. "The hacking system is still here! My power still remains! You think you could have beaten me Bungie? You are cowardly fools! I'm going to obliterate every last one of you!" Light started to laugh maniacally. "It will be easy to rebuild this! Only a matter of days! Then you will pay! Ahahahahaha-haha!!!!" [b]Six Days Later[/b] "It's complete," Light said with a sinister smile. "It may have hurt some, but now I don't even need a computer screen!" Light pulled the back of his hair to reveal two chips implanted in his neck. "Now I can destroy you without even moving a finger!!" His eyes began moving as if they were reading text. "Wha-what! I can't access Bungie mainframe! Even my new system can't hack it!" Light was hysterical. [i]How is this possible?! After I clicked on the file, it must have installed some sort of cookie! No, the gloves exploded. And even my old system should of been able to detect that.[/i] Suddenly he realized something. [i]But I still appear in a holographic disguise! That means I can still hack! How is this even possible? I can't access the mainframe's content, bu I can still hack!?[/i] Light had a wicked smile on his face. "Fine, then! This will only make things more.... interesting. Bungie [b]will[/b] fall, but now, it seems I'll get to have more fun!" Light was laughing now, but it was a different laughter than before. "This is getting VERY interesting! This is just going to give me a little more fun while I'm destroying you, Bungie! First off, to see if I can still hack someone! How about my dear friend Frankie!" Light closed his eyes and concentrated. [i]It will be harder without Bungie's information, but I think.... aha!! Found you! Can you still hear me, Frankie?[/i] There was a short pause. [b][i]Yes.[/i][/b] [i]Good. Be a dear and leak the information regarding Achronos to the public, now will you?[/i] [b][i]Understood.[/i][/b] [i]That's all for now.[/i] [i]It seems I can still hack anyone I please. But without Forum City's mainframe, I may not be able to hack a stranger. Time to conduct a test.[/i] Light hopped up and climbed a ladder up to the surface. He was in an empty field. [i]Now that I can do anything while looking like I'm simply standing, I don't need to hide anymore. Especially while I can change my appearance.[/i] Light changed into a middle-aged man in a tuxedo and walked into the city. [i]How about that woman over there? If this works, she will walk over to that bald man and punch him in the face.[/i] Light watched as the woman simply kept walking. [i]Damn. Just as I suspected. Time to conduct another test.[/i] Light walked up to the woman casually. "Excuse me, ma'am, but do you have the time?" he asked. "Sure," the woman replied. "It's 2:30." "Thank you. May I ask your name?" "Oh. It's Rebecca Jones." Suddenly the woman turned around and punched a man in the face. She then ran away. [i]So I was right after all. I'm going to need a name to hack someone. Considering most people share names with others, I'll most likely also need a face. And since I don't have Forum City's mainframe's information, it may also take longer to hack people who are farther away. This only makes things more interesting.[/i] Light walked over to a vendor and put in 20 Microsoft Points. A news article came out. The headline was "Von Keshner Takes Over Another District". The article showed a picture of Von Keshner's face. [i]Hmmm. Von Keshner. I certainly don't want any competition.[/i] Light closed his eyes and concentrated hard. [i]What? I can't find him? Unless....Von Keshner is just his alias! This guy might become a problem. It's probably nothing to worry about, though. All corrupt peole will die in the end. Because in the end, justice will always prevail.[/i] [Edited on 03.05.2008 7:00 PM PST]
Nice story, I can probably incorporate some of that into my story. But those gloves make your guy way too powerful considering he's going to be the leader of an underground rebellion thingy, cuz then it wouldn't even be a fight, more of a massacre of whoever he tries to fight. The gloves should either break or get stole by a certain villain who uses them to permanently delete your memory of them and then destroys the gloves because he doesnt want anyone to be able to defy him. Like your guy gets attacked and then wakes up to find something missing but doesnt know what it, who attacked him, or what it is that seems to be missing. Just a suggestion.
Can't wait for the last one. No bad grammar, great character development, and great stuff for my story :D . But still, :( on recon 54 dying. I was going to make him appear in my story. Perhaps I still can...
Yeah it really sucked. I stayed up until like 11:30 writing it, and I was like "Finally it's finished! Now to spell check! Wait.... WTF?!?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Finally! How Bryan goes insane! Wheeeeeeeeee!!!! ________________________________________________________________________ [b]Chapter 4[/b] [i]..... And then there was one.[/i] "So, we've discussed the plan thoroughly, then?" Bryan questioned. "You have know what to do?" Snip3r nodded quickly. "But wait," he said. "If you faked your death, then how will you bee seen in public?" Bryan pulled up a holographic screen and started typing. "You see," as Bryan began explaining, a small beam of light coming from the gloves passed over his body, "I also discovered with the holographic imaging, I can change my own appearance." When the light passed through Bryan's body, his eyes had changed color, his hair was longer and now black, and almost all of his facial features had changed. "And as long as these gloves don't break or malfunction, I can appear to be any person at once." "That's amazing, Bryan! I bet you can practically do anything with those gloves!" Snip3r commented. Bryan smiled at this. "You don't have to keep complementing me. Anyway, just to be safe, you shouldn't call me Bryan from now on." "Well, what should I call you?" inquired Snip3r. "Maybe something cool, like X or Justice!" "I don't think that will be necessary. Just take this transmitter and put it on like a pair earplugs. Then we can communicate without being in direct contact." "Alright, then," Snip3r declared. "Let's do this!" *** "I'm sorry, but I don't think I can put this ad up." Bryan was arguing with a man with a lazy eye who was running the classfields. "Come on," suggested Bryan. "What's the harm? No one will know you were the one who agreed to have this put up." The lazy-eyed man still wouldn't budge. Bryan sighed. "Fine. How about 5,000 more Microsoft Points?" Now the lazy eyed man was smirking. "Deal," he said, and quickly swiped the cash from Bryan. "The ad's already been entered, so I can't take it back in case you change your mind." As Bryan walked away, the man looked at the Microsoft Points. "Wait.... these are counterfeit! Get back here!! "Just as the man noticed the Points were fake, Bryan had already changed his appearance to an old man. "No refunds," Bryan snickered. Bryan walked around the corner into an alley and met with Snip3r. "I got the ad in, and it got entered before he noticed the points were counterfeit. Now all we have to do is wait." Back at the counter, the lazy-eyed man was furious. "Where'd that punk go!? Geez, I gotta be more cautious. I shouldn't have even agreed to this ad anyways. This guys gonna get himself banned." The ad read: "Bungie is hiding a secret from us. They have killed innocent people and do not deserve to run the city. To find out more, meet Snip3r at 431 Cheezburger St. at 9:00 P.M. tonight." [b]Later That Night[/b] Snip3r and Bryan were sitting in a small, one story thread which had been locked early before it got out of control. Bryan was looking at his watch. "8:56." Bryan sighed and got up. He pulled up another screen and started typing frantically. "Just make sure to stay away from the window, Snip3r." Snip3r nodded and scooted over from his position directly in front of the one window in the building. Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Bryan casually said, "Come in." Three mods busted down the door and held up their weapons. "Both of you keep your hands in the air! You two are both banned for spreading shenanigans! And you, Snip3r, are also banned for escaping prison!" Bryan chuckled. "I don't think so." One of the mods looked angry. "What'd you say, punk?!" Suddenly, four glass walls rose up from the floor and trapped the mods in a glass cube. "What is this!?" the mod demanded. He fired his shotgun twice, but the glass didn't break. "Sorry," Bryan remarked. "This is 5 inch thick bulletproof glass, intertwined with Kelvin and with a Plexiglass casing. There's no shooting through it. Now tell us what you know about why Reiginko was murdered." "What the hell are you talking about?" the mod said. "Nobody tells me Jack!" Bryan frowned. "Just as I suspected. I really was expecting a Ninja to come. Well, then, we'll just have to hold you hostage." One of the mods chuckled. "With what?" he said. "You said you can't shoot through this glass! I don't see any weapons on you anyway!" "With what, you ask?" Bryan slowly fixed his gaze on the mod who had questioned him. "65 tons of explosives, all buried underneath us." The mods gasped. "With just one press of a button, this whole block will burn up in flames." Snip3r had gotten up and was staring at Bryan. [i]Wow,[/i] he thought to himself. [i]Bryan's really good at bluffing![/i] Bryan suddenly turned around. "I told you to stay away from the window Snip3r!" "Jeez, Bryan, it's not that big of a..." Just then, a loud banging sound echoed through the room. Snip3r's eyes turned white as the glass behind him shattered. Blood was flowing from his forehead, and he slowly fell to the ground, almost as if it was in slow-motion. Bryan's eyes widened and he gasped as Recon 54 jumped through the window. "Die," Recon whispered as he fired two rounds of his revolver into Bryan's chest. Bryan was slowly falling to the ground as he noticed Snip3r's body had stopped moving. [i]No. This can't be happening. Why did this have to happen? No...[/i] Recon chuckled as Bryan fell to his knees. He had hit his mark both times. But suddenly he realized that there was no blood coming out of Bryan. He also noticed that both of his bullets were lodged into the wall behind Bryan. "A.... a hologram?!" "I told him he didn't have to come," Bryan said without expression, still on his knees. "I said I could make a hologram. But he wanted to be here himself. He said that he would never miss out on the action as long as he lived. He got his wish." Bryan slowly stood up and looked at Recon with pure hatred. "You've just made a huge mistake." Suddenly Recon's hands stared moving. [i]What? My hands... my hands are moving on their own! I can't stop![/i] Bryan was still staring at Recon fervently. "All of you people are nothing but scum. You don't deserve to live." Recon could only watch as he raised his own gun to his head. "Please," he cried. "Don't kill me!" Bryan chuckled. "And now you're begging for your own life after you've just taken one. You truly are scum." "I'll do whatever you want! Please!" Recon pleaded. Bryan whispered to himself, "Die." Recon kept screaming as he fired his own revolver into his head until the ammo ran out. His corpse dropped to the floor with a hard thud. Bryan then turned to the mods, who were horrified. "I'll leave you here to suffocate." Bryan's hologram suddenly vanished. [b]Two Days Later[/b] "This is bad," Frankie stated as he laid documents on the large Bungie Conference Table. It was time for the Weekly Update, and most of the Bungie Employees and Forum Ninjas were gathered. "It appears our good friend Recon seemingly committed suicide the other day. When authorities had gotten to the building, though, there was one mod who was left alive. He said that a strange man made Recon shoot himself. The mod then passed out. Luckily, we were able to remove the barrier he was surrounded in and he is now being interrogated. Whoever this man is, he needs to be disposed of as soon as possible." The plasma screen T.V. in the conference room suddenly turned on. On the screen was Bryan's head down to his shoulders. "Hello," he said. "All of you and the false world you live in are surrounded by darkness. You hurt the innocent and prey on the weak." Pezz suddenly gasped. "That's the man! I recognize him! The mod we're interrogating drew a picture of the member who killed Recon! That's him!" "Trace wherever the message is being transmitted from!" ordered Frankie. The message continued. "All of you disgusting creatures only fuel the darkness further, driving us all into eternal doom. But I will obliterate the darkness and destroy those who live by it. All who defy me should be eliminated. Because I am the only one who can tear away the darkness and save us all. I am salvation. I am the only hope. I am the light. And I will not be stopped." With that, the screen turned off. "We've already traced the message and we've sent five mod units and two Ninjas to find him. He can't take them all at once or hide. Meanwhile, outside of an old thread, about 40 mods and two Ninjas were outside with weapons drawn. One of them kicked down the door and looked inside. There was a figure huddled over a laptop. "Put your hands up!" the mod demanded. He noticed the figure had a pistol in its hand. "He's got a weapon!" he shouted, and fired at the figure. The entire block exploded in a tremendous fireball which shook the ground. The members at the Weekly Update could only watch the explosion through the T.V. Blocks away, in a secret underground chamber, Bryan was typing on a holographic screen. "Fools. They've all rushed to their deaths. Soon they will all see the light." He paused. "Hmm. Light. Isn't that a cool nickname, Snip3r?" There was silence. "Yes, I thought so, too." [Edited on 03.06.2008 7:40 PM PST]
Great stuff, especially for my future chapters, and sorry about the preview thing :l
This chapter was supposed to be up yesterday, but when I pressed preview, the whole thing disappeared on me. :( This chapter contains little action but should get you caught up on a lot of things. EDIT: In case you were wondering, if words are italicized, that means that you are looking at some kind of pre-chapter thingy, or you are looking at people's thoughts. ________________________________________________________________________ [b]Chapter 3[/b] [i]What happened? Where am I? It's dark all around me. I can't feel any part of my body. Am I dead? Wait. Is that a light? Should I go towards it?[/i] "Ugh..." Snip3r groaned as he slowly woke up. As his eyes adjusted to the light, he noticed he was in a hospital room. He also noticed that his arm was in a sling and his head was pounding like crazy. Eventually he noticed there was a relieved nurse sitting next to him. "Thank goodness," she said. "We were afraid you would never wake up. You were in a coma for almost a week and a half." Snip3r blinked. [i]A coma?[/i] he thought to himself. [i]How could a possibly have been...[/i] Snip3r suddenly sat up, remembering the jail collapsing around him. [i]I'll still have to go back![/i] "How long will it be before I have to go back to jail?" he asked. The nurse replied, "In about a week or so. You're extremely lucky to have even survived." Snip3r also remembered Bryan. "How many people survived when the jail collapsed?" Snip3r asked frantically. "Well, not many," replied the nurse. "The few people who did survive are in this hospital." Sniper was about to ask who was in the hospital when the nurse continued. "There was one person who escaped, though. I think his name was Bryan." Snip3r sighed with relief. "Catherine Thomas," a voice called over the loudspeaker. "You are wanted in the main lobby. Catherine Thomas..." The nurse got up and smiled. "What do you know," she said enthusiastically. "That's me. Be back in a second." As soon as Catherine had left his room, Snip3r got up and tried to open the window. It wouldn't budge. [i]Figures.[/i] He sat down for a couple of seconds, sighed, and got back up. [i]Oh, well.[/i] Snip3r backed up to the back of his room, charged the window, and smashed right through it. As soon as he landed, even though he was on the first floor, his arm surged with pain. Even so, he hit the ground running until he thought he was deep enough in the crowd that nobody would find him. [i]I need to get back home and try to contact Bryan[/i]. As Snip3r reached his house after a couple of minutes of brisk walking, he noticed a news article on his welcome mat. He picked it up but didn't bother to read it as he entered his home. [i]If I know Bryan, he would have his laptop with him, so I should be able to send him a message.[/i] When Snip3r had started up his computer and logged in had he bothered to read the article in his hands. His grip had weakened as soon as he read the headline. The article was titled "Murderer Killed By Mysterious Stranger". The article told of how Bryan was shot in the head by a mysterious man who left before anyone could catch him. [i]No[/i], Snip3r thought desperately. [i]Bryan is too smart to just get killed.[/i] Suddenly an icon appeared to indicate Snip3r had received a message. He was surprised when the address was from Bryan's computer! The message told to meet him in a specific address as soon as possible. [i]How can this be?[/i] Snip3r's mind was twirling. [i]The article says he was shot, but here is this message in front of me. No. Wait. Maybe it's a trap set up by the mods.[/i] Snip3r looked anxious. He looked at the message again and back at the article. [i]Even so, I have to take the chance![/i] Snip3r got up and printed the message out. With the paper in his hands, he grabbed a large jacket to hide his cast, took a deep breath, and walked outside. Now that Snip3r was outside of the abandoned thread in the oldest section of Bungie, he was very uncertain. He didn't have any weapons on him, so if it was the mods, he would have to surrender. [i]Well, it's now or never.[/i] Snip3r cautiously opened the door. Inside was Bryan, sitting on the floor with his laptop. Snip3r smiled. "Bryan!" he shouted. "Good to see you, man!" Bryan looked up from his laptop and also smiled. "Snip3r. I was beginning to wonder if you were alive." Snip3r was walking towards him when he remembered the article. "Wait, Bryan. It said on a news article that some guy killed you." Bryan looked up again with a thoughtful expression. "Well, that's true and it's not." Now Snip3r was confused. "Come here, sit down. I want to show you something." Snip3r walked up and took a seat next to Bryan. "Before you had found the body, I invented these." Bryan took out the pair of gloves. "At first these were designed to be a mobile internet device more convenient that a laptop." Bryan made a holographic screen appear in midair and began typing on it. "But soon I developed a system that could infiltrate and effectively hack any network. Once I had installed the hacking system, I tried connecting it to the city's mainframe. The results were that I had access to security cameras, top-secret documents, you name it. But then I found something quite interesting. This system allows me to hack members." Snip3r's eyes widened. "Hacking members? Is that even possible?" Snip3r doubtfully asked. "Even I couldn't believe it at first," replied Bryan. "So I ran some experiments and they all worked flawlessly. People would do whatever I wanted. I didn't have to be close to them or even talk to them. But I did find that the higher a person's rank or the tougher they were, the harder they would be to hack. Anyone who is a moderator or above is out of my reach currently. Anyway, while I was looking at the security cameras for Bungie Headquarters, I discovered that Bungie had hired a mercenary to assassinate me. Once I knew his name, I was able to pinpoint him and hack him. This guy took days to hack, but after I had successfully done it, I came up with a plan. I would enter a public place with many people and a couple of authorities to make sure I would be seen. I had a conversation with he mercenary in hop of catching some people's ear, after which I had the mercenary shoot me with a capsule filled with fake blood. It hurt, but it was enough to make people believe I had been shot. Moments before, I had hacked a wambulance crew to come pick me up. Once they had driven me away to a safe spot, I cleaned the fake blood up, got out and went here. To make sure nobody was suspicious of my body not turning up, I had the crew drive off a steep cliff afterwards. I eventually lost my grip on the mercenary, but I implanted fake memories to make him believe he killed me." "Wow." Snip3r was amazed. "That's incredible that you could pull all of that off!" "Thank you but I also figured out why Bungie banned us. They had Reiginko murdered, most likely because he could reveal information to the public. When we came along and found the body, it was a perfect chance to blame us of murder and not worry about accusation." Bryan looked at Snip3r sincerely. "We have to stop them, Bryan. What they're doing is completely wrong, and we're the only ones who know about it. We have to bring them down, or at least expose them for who they are." "How would we do that?" Snip3r asked. "You said yourself that you can't hack anyone higher than a moderator." Bryan chuckled. "That doesn't mean we can't outsmart them." [Edited on 03.04.2008 4:52 PM PST]
Yo rabid if you don't mind, I'm gonna do my own stroy cuz you and Baby has one. I gonna need one as well. So I was thinking that yours could be a continuation of mine if you get what I mean. - Mines ends as yours starts. Hears the [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=18102384&viewreplies=true]Link[/url] [Edited on 03.04.2008 11:26 AM PST]
Nice second chapter, I still can't get my story posted for some odd reason.
Nice man, you update fast. Happy to know everyone's favourite merc's in the story. You writing is a amazing - I admit that. The story is composed very well. Send me a message everytime you update it cuz a got work in the morning.
[b][i][u]EDIT: Can someone post something? I don't want to bump and I almost have chapter three finished on paper.[/u][/i][/b] [b]Chapter 2[/b] [i]"The job's been done," Buster Johnson said gruffly as he walked into the familiar abadoned thread. "So where's my money?" "Oh, it's right here, Mr.Johnson," a figure said sinisterly as a tranquilizer dart penetrated Buster's neck. "Wipe his memory, but don't kill him," commanded a deep voice on a large monitor. "We may make use of him yet."[/i] There was no trial for Bryan Russel and Snip3r. They were both sentenced to a permaban with no chance of parol. [b]1 month later[/b] Bryan sat alone in a prison cell. Even after one month, his mind was still jumbled. He had given up hope of getting out by now, though he was still wondering why the mods arrested him and Snip3r without evidence. [i]Maybe they arrested us to cover up the murder[/i], he thought to himself. [i]Maybe a member of the community didn't murder Reiginko. What if...[/i] His thoughts were interuppted by a tremendous crashing sound as his cell wall collapsed to reveal outside. Without thought, Bryan jumped up and ran out of his cell into the city. With all the confusion and devastation, no civillians had yet noticed that he had come from the prison, and the guards had much more on their hands. Bryan did not stop nor look back as he ran all the way to his house. The prison collapsed to a heap behind him. Bryan took a few minutes to catch his breath outside his house. He knew people had seen him and that the mods would be here soon. He rushed inside and gathered his new invention along with his laptop and a CD-rom. How he got out and who got him out were not important. All he could think about was what might of been the real cause of Reiginko's death. There was a sudden knock on his door. Bryan ran to the back of his house and climbed out his window as his door got kicked down. He turned around to see that the mods had broken into his house and had started climbing out the window, too. "Stop now!" they commanded as they ran after him, and drew out their pistols. Bryan ran as hard as he could as the mods started to fire. Bullets were whizzing by his head and the mods were gaining. He had to think fast. Bryan ran into the crowded streets of Bungie General with the mods close behind. They couldn't fire their weapons as long as he was near civillians. Pretty soon the mods lost sight of him as masses of people walked past them. Bryan did not stop running until he found a long abandoned thread. He walked inside and sat down. He would be safe in here, for now. Bryan opened up his laptop, fired it up, put the CD-rom in, and put on his gloves. The code was still saved onto his computer. He inserted and debugged the code, and soon he had security camera views, history files, and multiple clearance to top-secret documents. He started typing... Meanwhile, at Bungie Headquarters, a group of Ninjas and Bungie Employees were gathered in their central office. "It seems that someone set off a bomb at Bungie General Maximum Security Prison," stated Recon 54. "Isn't that the same prison that Bryan Russel is in?" asked Pezz. "The guy who we banned for the murder of Reiginko?" "Yes. He also escaped," Recon replied. "That member is a threat to the entire community. But don't worry too much. I know of an old friend who can handle this." [b]One week later[/b] Bryan casually strolled into a hot thread, knowing that the mods might still be looking for him. A couple of Ninjas were even in the thread. He was extremely nervous; even so, he walked in and started having conversations with everyone there. He talked to every single person, but the mods didn't notice him yet. Finally he decided to start spamming. "I want teh reconz!!" he shouted loud enough for the whole thread to hear. "LOL! STFU noob! Qwerty!" Everyone simply shook their heads and resumed. But now Bryan could feel the barrel of a .45 calibur glock on the back of his head. He smirked as he saw that Buster Johnson was the one holding the gun. "I see." Bryan said. "So I was right all along." "Right about what, dead man?" Buster inquired. He was amused that his victim was so smug. "Well, I have it like this," Bryan started. "Bungie hired a mercenary, presumably you, to murder Reiginko and hide his body, probably because Reiginko could reveal information to the public now that he had resigned. But my friend and I found the body, so to cover things up, they had us banned. And now since I escaped from prison, they decided to hire you again to kill me." "I have no idea what you're talking about. All I know is that if I kill you I'll get 10,000 Microsoft Points." At this, Bryan stared laughing. "What's so funny, boy?" Buster was now agitaed. "It's just that you can't kill me," Bryan said. "Oh, no?" Buster had a sinister smile on his face. People screamed as the sound of the gun firing echoed through the entire thread. [Edited on 03.03.2008 5:39 PM PST]
Yay! I can describe how I kill people!!! And burn kitties!!!!
[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] i_hate_babies Don't worry rabid snail! I'm here to post and save the day! Sweet General John, are you gonna write anything about how my character came to power? cuz if not i want to write the von keshner kronikles.[/quote] Not right now, but I might refer to it later. You can write it if you like, being that the reader only knows you came to power by killing at the moment.
Don't worry rabid snail! I'm here to post and save the day! Sweet General John, are you gonna write anything about how my character came to power? cuz if not i want to write the von keshner kronikles.


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Today Racing Victoria has confirmed the 2010 Melbourne Cup jockeys for a number of the horses set to contest the $6 million handicap at Flemington next Tuesday, including those for the punters' favourites So You Think and Shocking.
So You Think will wear the Number 1 saddlecloth in the 150th Emirates Melbourne Cup and will have regular rider Steven Arnold aboard.
Second Melbourne Cup favourite in the Melbourne Cup odds, Shocking, will have Michael Rodd in the mount as the Street Cry five-year-old seeks back-to-back Melbourne Cup wins.
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Nothing surprising last night. I called the bottom three and the one going home correctly.
Sean might just be the one to go next. Of course we need to see how the dances play out first.
I think we are going to follow the AI pattern this year----the guys will be going one after another,, with the order really of no importance leaving the three ladies as finalists
I can't see Aly lasting longer than Jacoby. For some reason I am thinking of Julia from Survivor. :whistle
I honestly don't know because fan vote comes into it more. I agree that Sean and Andy should be the next two to go. I also agree that I think Kellie and Z are the two best dancers. Will they be the F2? Who knows. Aly, Jacoby and Ingo - honestly depending on the dance and fan vote, the three of them can be interchangable (with Ingo being a little behind the other 2 but so likeable), so I really don't know who will be the third one left standing.


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