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COLLEGE STATION, Texas - La Marque, Texas/La Marque teammates Demun Mercer and Lawrence Montegut are each Division I prospects and both have similar interests when it comes to their future college studies. So it only seems natural that each are receiving interest from some of the same schools.
Mercer, a 2013 athlete who plays quarterback at La Marque, holds two offers currently from Rice and SMU. Rice has offered the 6-2, 180-pounder as a receiver and a wildcat quarterback. So far, Mercer likes the choices he has.
"Those are some good looks to start it off," said Mercer, who carries a 3.66 grade point average and plans to major in petroleum engineering. "I'm really looking into Rice because it's not too far from home. I still can go there, play some football and get a great education. With SMU, I like the Dallas area too so those are two good choices to start off the recruiting process."
Mercer, who along with Montegut participated with the Cougars in the Texas Division II state 7-on-7 championships, has also received interest from Texas Tech, Minnesota and Oregon State. Texas Tech is intriguing to Mercer because a Texas Tech camp and has been hearing from running backs coach Chad Scott.
"I feel like they're a good school too," Mercer said. "They have my engineering. They graduate their players. The football, the atmosphere, I have a few friends that go to Texas Tech and they tell me how the football atmosphere is. Plus they're an Air Raid team so that would be a good look if I went to Texas Tech."
Meanwhile, Texas Tech has already offered Montegut, a 2013 outside linebacker. It is one of six offers the 6-1, 210-pounder holds in addition to Rice, Texas State, McNeese State, Southeastern Louisiana and Arkansas Tech.
Montegut, who also wants to study engineering in college, said he likes both Rice and Texas Tech.
"Those two schools, I like them," he said "They're good. I want to major in engineering technology and they're good on that. I went to their football camps, I like the way they run their camps, I like the way they run their systems and I like the way they run and everything."
Montegut has also attended a Texas Tech junior day. Mercer's college choice could play a role in Montegut's decision as well.
"We're cool, we play football together and we're real cool," Montegut said. "We sat down and talked about our schools and offers and everything. It could play a role because I want to go somewhere where I know somebody and have a good vibe with. If not, I'll be good wherever I go."


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All MVP Bag: tips, suggestions and fun.
I did some searching and couldn't find a thread that was designated solely for the MVP fanboys to discuss their discs and whole bag approach. I didn't want to crowd the MVP thread with this either (if it should be then please combine).
My first question for those who are rocking an all MVP bag, what discs do you use to fill the few holes that are left in your bag? Obviously distance drivers can be added to max D but what else do you need? I recently added a Jokeri to aid in windy approaches. I used to have a predator but the new shock does so well in the wind that I have since dropped the preds. I also rock a Gateway Blaze for those meat hook mid duties.
What do the rest of the MVP fanboys use to support their bags?
So basically, you don't actually have an all MVP bag?
Lol I guess not.... Eventually I will. Prolly could use a better thread title then.
Yeah, I'm just picking on ya. I could envision a simple bag of an Amp, Shock, Vector, Tangent, and either an Ion or Anode. That would probably work pretty well.
dont need to suppliment the MVP stuff at all what you throw 600?!! ;)
fat chance it would ever happen, but i could get away with an ion, tangent, vector, shock and volt. if i had two of each, max and min weight, i would feel pretty damn confident playing for par on most courses.
I'd have to have something with a little glide added in the bag somewhere :D
I carry all of the MVP molds and additionally a Zone, 150 Dx Aero, DD BF Tresspass for max D, and a very OS sparkle Quasar as my meat hook.
I considered an all-MVP bag for my year in Korea, but the more I tinkered with it, the more I found I just couldn't do it. At first, I was just going to add a Krait and call it good. Then I was going to keep my Teebirds, because they were coming out with the Shock....then I found the old Shocks have too much turn and the new Shock was super beef so my Teebirds fell in the middle...
Anyway, it was a huge odyssey and I just decided to give up on it. But really, aside from their lackof distance drivers, I think they have a really, really solid lineup. Especially with the release of the Tangent (man, what a sweet disc, huh?) they have a lot of their bases covered. They lack a really understable putter...but I don't use those anyway. They lack a super beefy Mid...but until I got my hands on an M1, I'd never thrown a super OS mid, either. Their control drivers are solid as can be...if anything, they need a true fairway driver as I find that their control drivers end up being a bit too long for my true fairway shots.
So, long ramble short, unless you are being nitpicky, you COULD have a solid lineup with all MVP, plus a few distance drivers. The thing to factor in is personal preference. That was what was hard for me...they have discs that could fill the slots of my Teebirds...but I jsut love Teebizzles and am so comfortable with them, I just couldn't change them out.
If I had to rank my 4 non MVP discs by importance it would be
1 Zone
2. Tresspass
3. Aero
4. Quasar
With the zone being far above the other three.
I also put with a wizard but am not counting that for some reason.
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Hear Me Out, My Dear Friends - Poem by Yunus Emre
Hear me out, my dear friends,
Love resembles the sun.
The heart that feels no love
Is none other than stone.
What can grow on stone hearts?
Though the tongue softly starts,
Words of venom fume, rage,
And turn into war soon.
When in love, the soul burns,
Melts like wax as it churns.
Stone hearts are like winter
Dark, harsh, with all warmth gone.
Men of God's truth are an ocean,
Lovers must plunge into that sea;
The sages, too. should take a dive
To bring out the best jewellery.
We have turned into the
Wise Men To find pearls in the depths again;
Only the jeweller would know
How valuable those pearls might be.
Mohammed came to perceive God,
And saw God's truth in his selfhood.
Providence exists everywhere
So long as there are eyes to see.
Books are composed by the sages
Who put black words on white pages;
My sacred book's chapters are all
Written in hearts that love truly.
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President Barack Obama's announcement of an additional $195 million in humanitarian and food aid to Syrian rebels came a day after Al Qaeda-linked forces led those same rebels in an offensive that landed them control over a strategic military airport.
The aid package is the latest gesture of support from the U.S.—which has sent more than $1 billion in humanitarian aid since the two-year Syrian civil war started—to forces that have become dominated by elements the U.S. has been fighting against since the days following 9/11.
The day before Obama announced this latest infusion of aid, Islamist fighters took control of Minnig military airport in northern Syria after months of conflict, according to Reuters.
The command headquarters, the last section still held by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite troops, was overrun by rebels after a suicide bomber drove an armored personnel carrier packed with explosives into the building, Reuters reports.
"The victory again underlines the leading strategic impact being played by militant Islamists, particularly in northern Syria," military analyst Charles Lister tells McClatchy of Tuesday's airport seizure. "Every major offensive in northern Syria this year has been announced, led, and coordinated by Islamists."
One one side is Assad's regime, on the other are Al Qaeda-led rebels.
But what is the end game?
It's not a problem lost on Michael Kay, a retired British officer, who writes in the Huffington Post:
Sectarian and ideological violence is deepening compounded by very different motives of rebel factions such as the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and the al Qaeda (AQ) affiliated al-Nusra Front. Opposing Assad's government forces is where commonality in values abruptly stops. Al-Nusra's ideology drives Syria towards an Islamic caliphate– far from the Western sovereign based ideals, and even within AQ circles, there is feuding and infighting between the Iraqi branch of AQ and al-Nusra.
AQ remains the nemesis of Western international security so it seems paradoxical to remove a dictator who is actively contributing to the attrition of the West's own enemy. Is a security vacuum in a country the size of Syria really beneficial to Western aspirations in defeating AQ and promoting stability in the region?
You also might be disappointed if your expectations were aligned to a theory that connects any improvement of the dire humanitarian situation in Syria to the removal of Assad. 174,000 violent deaths and 2.8 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Iraq since Saddam's removal from power in 2003 would suggest otherwise.
Calling for the deposition of Assad and his regime may appear like the right course of action to pursue but in doing so, the West may just be walking open-eyed into 'check mate' with AQ and it affiliates.
Meanwhile, Obama openly linked his latest aid package announcement with the holiday marking the end of Ramadan, Islam's holy month of fasting.
"Many of us have had the opportunity to break fast with our Muslim friends and colleagues — a tradition that reminds us to be grateful for our blessings and to show compassion to the less fortunate among us, including millions of Syrians who spent Ramadan displaced from their homes, their families, and their loved ones," the president said in a statement marking the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which began Wednesday and lasts 24 hours.
Here's a report on the military air base capture from NTD-TV:
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CLEVELAND, July 11 (UPI) -- Danny Salazar allowed two hits in six innings of his major-league debut Thursday in helping the Cleveland Indians to a 4-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
Salazar (1-0), expected to be a power pitcher, struck out seven and walked one. The walk was the only base runner he allowed in the first five innings.
A single by Josh Thole to open the sixth, and, two outs later, a double by Jose Bautista, accounted for the first Toronto run.
Blue Jays' starter R.A. Dickey (8-10) was charged with the first three Cleveland runs (two earned) as he allowed six hits and walked three while striking out seven.
Asdrubal Cabrera hit a home run in the first inning and that remained the lone run until Bautista's sixth-inning double.
Dickey hit Michael Brantley with a pitch and walked Ryan Raburn to open the bottom of the sixth. He struck out Carlos Santana but walked Mark Reynolds, loading the bases. Lonnie Chisenhall followed with a bloop single into left-center field that scored one run and another came on a throwing error.
Raburn walked ahead of Santana's triple in the eighth for a 4-1 Cleveland lead.
Indians reliever Chris Perez got the first two outs in the ninth but Adam Lind doubled and Colby Rasmus singled him. J.P. Arencibia walked but Perez got the final out for his 11th save


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There is absolutely no doubt that this is one of the most memorable and effective tricks in the whole realm of magic and one that has earned a reputation for many performer. A long time after the clever billiard ball manipulations, the production of doves and the fans of cards have been forgotten, audiences still remember how the magician was able to produce, seemingly at will, an inexhaustible supply of all variety of drinks as called for, from the Magic Kettle.
Its a trick to delight any audience...not only are many of them getting a free drink but the whole mystery seems utterly inexplicable.


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The Red Sox are stealing bases? Who knew.
Since Aug. 5, Boston's 44 steals leads the American League and yes, that is surprising. Since the All-Star break, Boston leads the major leagues in stolen base percentage at 85.6. The Red Sox have stolen 55 of 65 attempts in that time.
Boston has at least one steal in 19 of its last 21 games. It looks like Pedro Ciriaco has been a big boost there, as he is 15-for-15 in steal attempts since his call-up July 7. He's batting leadoff tonight even though he has just six walks in 65 games and has an OBP of .313 to go with a .294 batting average.
Tonight, the Red Sox face the team that has the AL's highest percentage of throwing out runners.
AL leaders, caught stealing percentage:
.333 - Orioles
.329 - Kansas City
.322 - Toronto
Matt Wieters, at .346, is second in the AL in caught stealing percentage to Kurt Suzuki at .383. I guess we could say Wieters is the active leader since Suzuki is now in the National League with the Nats.
Either way it will be interesting to see how the Sox do if and when they try to run on Wieters and the Orioles this weekend.
Boston enters this series at 68-83 and will have its first losing season since 1997. The Sox just split a four-game series with Tampa Bay, but are just 6-16 since Aug. 27.
Boston is 20 games under the .500 mark this year (42-62) when their opponent starts a right-hander and the O's have one out there tonight in Miguel Gonzalez.
The Sox went 9-20 in August and are 6-12 in September.


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1. How do the novel's various characters seek relief from their pain? Does the novel suggest that some ways of coping with grief are better than others?
There are a variety of methods with which the characters of The Fault in Our Stars deal with their pains. Hazel tries to deal with her pain honestly and directly, but she also finds comfort in Peter Van Houten's An Imperial Affliction, discovering there a mirror of her own experience. Augustus tends to deal with his pain through humor and dramatic gestures like sacrificing himself in a video game or keeping an unlit cigarette in his mouth. Hazel's mother, not being sick herself, copes with pain in other ways. First she hovers around Hazel, caring for all her daughters needs, but she also studies secretly to become a social worker so she can one day help other families in crisis. Peter Van Houten, who has already lost his child, has a multitude of outlets for his pain. The most obvious is drinking himself silly, which often leads to him taking out his grief on others. Less obvious is the way in which he intellectualizes his emotions rather than deal with them as pure emotions, treating the situations that cause him discomfort as philosophical puzzles. Lastly, the process of writing An Imperial Affliction, of creating a fictional future for his deceased daughter, is another way Van Houten sought to exercise his feelings and deal with his grief.
The novel doesn't declare outright that one method of dealing with pain is the correct way, though it clearly indicates some methods are healthier than others. Van Houten, for instance, exemplifies some poor ways of dealing with pain. In essence he tries to avoid it by drinking to numb himself and by intellectualizing his suffering rather than allowing himself to feel it. Augustus, in a similar albeit less destructive way, tries to mask his pain with his performances. The characters who deal with their pain directly, such as Hazel and her mother, generally have beneficial strategies. Neither is able to escape their pain anymore than Van Houten can escape his, but they are also able to turn it into something positive. Hazel eventually comes to realize that she wouldn't trade the pain of loving Augustus for anything, and through this realization gains a greater sense of her purpose in the world. Her mother similarly uses her pain to find a new path in life as a social worker. The novel in essence sides with an idea mentioned repeatedly in the novel: Pain demands to be felt.
2. The Fault in Our Stars is a novel about kids with cancer that seeks to dispel many of the conventions regarding the subject. How does the novel accomplish this feat? Is it successful?
One major theme of The Fault in Our Stars is the realities of terminal cancer, and in various ways the novel regularly comments on how those realities differ from common tropes about the terminally ill. The first and most obvious example is through the characters' own feelings about these conventions, which is regularly revealed in the sardonic tone they take when talking about cancer stereotypes. It's evident in the first chapter, for instance, that Hazel and Isaac are thoroughly familiar with and disenchanted by the rote, feel-good cancer survivor's clichés touted at Support Group, and they become immediately sarcastic when confronted with these clichés. The same tone is evident when Hazel and Augustus discuss the idea of cancer perks, and when Hazel mocks the idea that anyone sick with cancer is supposed to be fearless and an inspiration to those around them.
But another method the novel utilizes is deconstructing the phenomenon of popular conventions more broadly to highlight their backwardness. The most humorous and memorable way the novel examines conventions is through Hazel's questioning of why scrambled eggs are classified as breakfast food. But by questioning something so mundane, Hazel raises a point about social conventions in general. She reveals them for what they are: habits based predominantly on cultural assumptions and not reality. For example, in Amsterdam Hazel finds that deli meats are the breakfast staple, underscoring the fact that what foods one eats for breakfast are determined by culture and not because any food is inherently meant for breakfast. It's not the most serious example, but it does the job of showing that conventions only have authority because people give them that power. When we see how this idea applies to cancer the baselessness of conventions is even more pronounced. Talking to Hazel about how his ex-girlfriend, Caroline Mathers, became meaner as she got more sick, he points out that, statistically speaking, kids with cancer aren't more likely to be good than anyone else. Such examples appear throughout the novel, effectively dismantling many of the conventions about kids with cancer.
3. What role does cancer play in the novel? How are the characters' concerns different from those of healthy teenagers as a result of their cancers?
Cancer creates a sense of urgency in the novel that wouldn't exist otherwise. Because the characters are terminally ill, they view questions about life and its meaning very differently than their healthy counterparts, and their love is more meaningful to them than it might be to the average teenager. The reason is that death isn't an abstraction to them. Hazel knows her cancer is terminal and that she will likely die before she becomes an adult. She also personally knows other kids who have died. Augustus has already had a girlfriend pass away from cancer. Because they know they likely have little time to live, they don't have the luxury of figuring out what they believe about purpose and meaning over the course of several decades. The questions become immediate concerns that demand to be answered as soon as possible, whereas for healthy teenagers they're more like philosophical questions. It also means that Hazel and Augustus realize their relationship may be the only significant one each has, even for Hazel who will likely live a few years, though perhaps not beyond that. As a result their love becomes that much more intense and meaningful.
1. Discuss the role of love and death in the novel. How does love affect the character's perceptions of death? How does death shape the characters' love story?
2. How do Hazel's relationships with Augustus and her father defy traditional gender roles?
3. What is the value of metafiction in the novel? Does it matter that some of the novel's allusions are to real works, while others are not?
4. What are the various views in the novel about the afterlife? Does the novel suggest one view is correct?
5. What role do the relationships between the main characters and their parents play in the story? How do these relationships differ from those of more typical teenagers and their parents?
John Green has also published Looking For Alaska, Paper Towns, An Abundance of Katherines, Will Grayson, Will Grayson (with David Leviathan), and has worked on a number of short stories and anthologies, most notably This Is Not Tom and Let It Snow (with Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle).
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As a die-hard fan of John Green novels, I have read The Fault in Our Stars six times. Augustus Waters is actually seventeen, not sixteen.
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by Ray "blisterguy" WalkinshawSunday, 5:24p.m.:Round 14: Player of the Year Race update
by Ray "blisterguy" WalkinshawSunday, 4:57p.m.:Round 14: Photo Feature
by Ray "blisterguy" WalkinshawSunday, 4:49p.m.:Round 14: Quick Questions
by Ray "blisterguy" WalkinshawSunday, 4:19p.m.:Round 13: Yuuya Watanabe vs Steven Aplin
by Ray "blisterguy" WalkinshawSunday, 1:41p.m.:Round 12: Drafting with Olivier Ruel and Martin Juza
by Ray "blisterguy" WalkinshawSunday, 2:39p.m.:Round 11: Photo Feature
by Ray "blisterguy" WalkinshawSunday, 12:29p.m.:Round 11: Quick Questions
by Ray "blisterguy" WalkinshawSunday, 11:51a.m.:Round 10: Photo Feature
by Ray "blisterguy" WalkinshawSunday, 11:15a.m.:Round 10: Tomoharu Saito vs Andrew Eckermann
by Ray "blisterguy" WalkinshawSunday, 10:47a.m.:Round 9: Drafting with Tomoharu Saito and Yuuya Watanabe
by Ray "blisterguy" WalkinshawSunday, 10:13a.m.:Round 9: Quick Questions
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by Event Coverage StaffInfo: Fact Sheet
Sunday, October 11: 10:13a.m. – Round 9: Quick Questions
What color or color combination would you prefer to draft today?
|Yuuya Watanabe:
"Blue/Black Control."
|Steven Aplin:
|Olivier Ruel:
"Mono Green control, maybe splash White for removal."
|Tomoharu Saito:
"Don't like green. Blue/White or Red/Black."
|Kazuya Mitamura:
"Red/Black, the same as Alara Block *laughs*"
|Dominic Lo:
"White. Or any mono-color, really."
Sunday, October 11: 10:47a.m. – Round 9: Drafting with Tomoharu Saito and Yuuya Watanabe
Japanese Giants Tomoharu Saito (GP Singapore Champ 2009, and so on) and Yuuya Watanabe (Japan National Champ 2009, and so on) played off yesterday for the right to be undefeated on day one, and managed to find themselves seated next to each other in the top table draft this morning. And what a top table it is. Rookie of the Year 2008 Aaron Nicastri, GP LA 2009 Champ LSV and PT Honolulu Champ 2009 Kazuya Mitamura will be cracking packs along side them. Downstream of Watanabe, Saito first picked a Merfolk Seastalkers over a Kor Aeronaut s and an Into the Roil , while Watanabe picked a Trusty Machete over a Harrow and a Kazandu Blademaster . Saito then took the mana fixer, while Watanabe took a Shepherd of Lost over a Spire Barrage . Saito noted and took the Barrage signal, while Watanabe moved in on White with a Kor Sanctifier, an Armament Master and a Cliff Threader , while Saito tried to pick up any aggressive Red cards, both players working in silent unison. By the end of pack one, Watanabe was solid White with an option of Green for a River Boa and a Grazing Gladehart , and Saito had solid Red, also looking at Green as a support color with his Harrow .Yuuya Watanabe passing to Tomoharu Saito.
Saito stayed on target with a first pick Torch Slinger over a Whiplash Trap in pack two, and followed it with another Spire Barrage . Watanabe was rewarded with a Luminarch Ascension , and picked up a Kor Skyfisher from the pack Saito had opened, then a Journey to Nowhere . Saito's third pick was a mindbender. The Red was unimpressive, so he took a Windrider Eel over a Marsh Casualties and a Heartstabber Mosquito , Watanabe snapping up the Casualties fourth pick. Not bad for a card many of the Japanese cite as a First Pick. By the end of the second pack, Saito was mostly mono Red, including a last pick Goblin War Paint , a favorite pet card of his. When he saw it, he turned to me with a gleam in his eye, and a hint of a smile. Watanabe was mostly White, and course now open to some Black to support his Marsh Casualties .
In the last pack, Saito finally chose a Goblin Guide over a second Windrider Eel , but took one second pick over an Aether Figment and an Explorer's Scope . Watanabe solidifying his Black with a first pick Hideous End , a Vampire Nighthawk , a Disfigure and a pleasantly surprising 6th pick Halo Hunter . Saito rounded his picks with a Geyser Glider and a pair of Ruinous Minotaur s, wanting to be as close to mono red as possible to support a Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle he'd picked up earlier.
Sunday, October 11: 11:15a.m. – Round 10: Tomoharu Saito vs Andrew Eckermann
Coming into the tenth round, only two players remain undefeated. Australia's Andrew Eckermann, a frequent visitor to the Australian National Champs top 8's, and Japan's Tomoharu Saito, winner of many, many things all over the World. Saito won the roll 14 to 13 and chose to play. Earlier yesterday, he had thought this was a format where you chose to draw, but only a few rounds later, he came back to tell me that he'd changed his mind, he definitely wanted to play in Zendikar Limited.
Saito had the first play with Zektar Shrine Expedition . Eckermann matched that with a Nissa's Chosen , which attacked past Saito's turn three Hellfire Mongrel , before being joined by a Kraken Hatchling . Missing a fourth land drop, Saito played an Expedition Map and a Goblin War Paint on his Mongrel to push it past the Hatchling. Inspired by this, Eckermann attacked back with his Chosen, and slipped a Savage Silhouette under his 0/4, to make sure it would be able to hold off the Mongrel. Saito's turn consisted of cracking his Map to find a Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle , playing it and ending. Eckermann read the card with an "Oh," before bouncing the Mongrel with a kicked Into the Roil and attacking in for 4. Saito replaced the Mongrel with a Ruinous Minotaur and passed it back, still not finding any more land on top of his deck. The Minotaur traded with the Chosen before Eckermann summoned a Baloth Woodcrasher . With perfect timing, Saito ripped the fourth mountain off the top to Spire Barrage the Woodcrasher, and then cashed in on and attacked with his Zektar Shrine Expedition , dropping Eckermann to 9 to Saito's 8. Eckermann continued summoning men, this time a Welkin Tern and a Windrider Eel , the later earning a Torch Slinger on Saito's turn. Unconcerned, Eckermann attacked back for 4, dropping Saito to 4 and summoning a sizeable defense in a Sky Ruin Drake .
Saito looking for land-drops."This creature cannot block," Saito declared, summoning a Goblin Shortcutter and pointing it at Eckermann's lone defender, before showing his Elemental Appeal . "Nine points," he announced with a grin, turning the 7/1 token and the Torch Slinger sideways. Eckermann could only smile as he scooped up his cards.
Saito 1 – Eckermann 0
Saito again began Game 1 with a Zektar Shrine Expedition , but this time on turn three after missing it in his hand on turn two. He was about to try taking back his turn two "go," before he realized where he was and waved Eckermann on with his turn with an embarrassed "sorry," and a smile. The Next play was from Eckermann, a turn five Sky Ruin Drake as neither player had found anything but land until then. After a little tank-time, Saito eventually took down the Drake with a Spire Barrage . Eckermann simply replaced with them a Nissa's Chosen and a Living Tsunami . Saito had another Barrage for the Tsunami, but Eckermann had a Mold Shambler for Saito's Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle . With a mock cry of distress, Saito placed the land in his Graveyard before summoning a Geyser Glider . Eckermann had a Grazing Gladehart , but Saito had the Torch Slinger for that, but not a landfall to send the Glider to the air. Eckermann passed his turn back with seven land open, representing all mana of things thanks to his Blue mana. Saito had the land to send his Glider up, and nothing prevented it from connecting for 4. Eckermann cast a Baloth Cage Trap at the end of Saito's turn, but could only attack into Saito's Torch Slinger and his freshly summoned Molten Charger with the Beast Token, leaving the best of his animals at home. "Three cards?" Saito asked, eying Eckermann's hand, before considering his blocks. He pushed both his men in, and Eckermann had no tricks, trading with the Charger. Eckermann had no further play, so Saito aimed a kicked Torch Slinger at Eckermann, before receiving an education from a judge about the Slinger lacking the clause "or target player."A crowd gathers to watch the last two undefeated players duke it out.
Eckermann pondered his play, before suiting his Nissa's Chosen up with a Savage Silhouette and sending it in alongside his Shambler, despite being on 5 life to Saito's 18. The Slingers double blocked the Shambler, and Saito dropped to 14. When he swung back, Eckermann showed him the Lethargy Trap that would have saved him, had Saito not once again found his Elemental Appeal .
Tomoharu Saito defeats Andrew Eckermann 2 – 0 to be the last undefeated player this weekend.
Sunday, October 11: 11:51a.m. –Round 10: Photo Feature
Sunday, October 11: 12:29p.m. –Round 11: Quick Questions
What common or uncommon do you most want to open in Zendikar draft?
|Andrew Eckermann:
" Burst Lightning , or Journey to Nowhere ."
|Martin Juza:
" Journey to Nowhere or Grazing Gladehart ."
|Kuan Tian:
" Vampire Nighthawk ."
|Makihito Mihara:
" Marsh Casualties ."
|Luis "LSV" Scott-Vargas:
" Hideous End ."
|Cameron Veigel:
" Living Tsunami ."
Sunday, October 11: 2:39p.m. –Round 11: Photo Feature
Continuing on from the record Australian PTQ turn out at the Australian National Champs earlier this year, we've broken yet another record today with 136 players in the PTQ at the back of the room. The number of sombreros in the event is a little concerning though...
Sunday, October 11: 1:41p.m. –Round 12: Drafting with Olivier Ruel and Martin Juza
Olivier Ruel and Martin Juza have hit every Grand Prix on the circuit over the last few months, including GP Brighton, where Ruel beat Juza in the finals, and GP Bangkok the week after, where Juza had a second finals appearance in a row. This weekend, they're both still in the running at X-2, and their hi-five as they sat down next to each other showed that they were both content to be drafting side by side.
Both players opened a Trusty Machete , Ruel taking his over a Journey to Nowhere and a Windrider Eel , while Juza agonized over his Machete and a Sphinx of Jwar Isle . Before the draft, Juza was telling Luis Scott-Vargas how much he disliked drafting Blue. LSV was arguing that Blue was the second best color in the format next to Black, which probably comes as no surprise to anyone, as LSV is such a supporter of Blue in any format you'd think he was a majority share-holder in it. At the last second, Juza opted for the Sphinx, shipping the Machete downstream to Ruel, who wasted no time snapping it up.
And this is where things started to go somewhat pear shaped.Juza feeding Ruel.
For his third pick, Ruel decided on a Murasa Pyromancer over Quest for the Gravelord , Soul Stair Expedition and Territorial Baloth . Earlier in the day, Ruel revealed that he was a big fan of drafting Green in this format. Not only that, but he knew that Juza, upstream of him, liked drafting Red/Black. Obviously, with his first pick being the Sphinx, Juza was going to be deviating from that plan slightly. His second pick was a Kor Sanctifier, and his third a Sky Ruin Drake , but fourth he headed back into the fold for a Torch Slinger , then a pair of Shatterskull Giant s and even a ninth pick Spire Barrage . Downstream of this, Ruel was finding his Red cards drying up. He found a Bladetusk Boar , but found the rest of his picks were mediocre Green cards. By the end of pack one, gone was the enthusiasm that fueled that early hi-five. Ruel was clenching his fist in frustration while Juza was shaking his head as he reviewed his first pack of picks.
Pack two, Ruel drafted a Baloth Cage Trap over a Whiplash Trap , a Bladetusk Boar and a Kor Skyfisher . Juza considered a Hideous End , but ended up shipping that and a Marsh Flats in favor of a Goblin Ruinblaster . Second pick, Ruel took a Grazing Gladehart over a Torch Slinger and a Territorial Baloth , while Juza took the Boar over the Whiplash Trap , and then the Torch Slinger over an Into the Roil . The only card of interest in Ruel's third pack was a Vines of Vastwood , passing a Heartstabber Mosquito to Juza, who sighed loudly before finally abandoning his Blue for Black. By the end of the second pack, Juza was still heavily Red, now with Black instead of Blue, and Ruel was heavily Green with a little Red. Both players were shaking their heads in frustration as they slumped in their chairs.
For the final pack, both players started on target. Ruel with a Nissa's Chosen over little else, and Juza a Geopede, passing a Bladetusk Boar . Ruel opted to draft another Grazing Gladehart over the Boar, while Juza picked a Goblin Shortcutter over an Electropotence and a Geyser Glider , as he was woefully low on 2-drops. Ruel's confidence gradually returned as he picked more and more Green cards, while Juza settled in to grabbing as many small Red and Black guys as he could find, even wheeling the Electropotence , which he told me is an amazing card, turning all of his guys into better Torch Slinger s. Ruel was mostly happy with his deck, admitting it could use a few more creatures, while Juza was very frustrated that he passed a Machete for the Sphinx, and a Hideous End for the Ruinblaster.
Sunday, October 11: 4:19p.m. –Round 13: Yuuya Watanabe vs Steven Aplin
Yuuya Watanabe won the Japan National Champs this year, while Steven Aplin won the Australian National Champs back in 2007, the year Watanabe won GP Kyoto and took out the Rookie of the Year title. Both players are sitting at X-2 going into this round, with a good shot at making the top 8 from here.
Aplin won the roll and came out quickly with an Armaments Master and a Kor Sanctifier, while Watanabe defended with a Gomazoa . Aplin continued to apply pressure, playing more and more small men as Watanabe stalled on four lands, having to play an unkicked Oran-Rief Recluse while Aplin had fliers, and trade a Timbermaw Larva for the Armaments Master. When Watanabe finally found his fifth land, a Sky Ruin Drake entered the battlefield. Aplin found and summoned a Merfolk Seastalkers , and was content to Islandwalk through with that while adding a Living Tsunami to his board. Watanabe held back the tide with a Whiplash Trap , hitting the Seastalkers with a Cancel on the way back down before summoning a Grazing Gladehart and casting a Khalni Heart Expedition without landfall. Things were turning into a standoff as Aplin now had the Tsunami and a Shepherd of the Lost holding his side of the table.
Finally Watanabe found a sixth land, gaining him 2 life and allowing him to summon a Baloth Woodcrasher . A further land allowed him to swing with the Baloth, now with a Quest of the Gemblades waiting in plain sight. Aplin went for the throat, taking out the Sky Ruin Drake with a Journey to Nowhere before sending in his men. Watanabe tanked for a while, before announcing blocks and dropping to 9. Aplin rounded out his turn with a Paralyzing Grasp on the Woodcrasher. When Watanabe passed back the turn without action, Aplin again crashed in, this time into a Baloth Cage Trap , with the Quest of the Gemblades allowing the Spider to take down the Tsunami. An Arrow Volley Trap took out the Baloth in return, before Aplin summoned an Emeria Angel , looking for an alternative route around the 5/7 Spider. Watanabe's Grazing Gladehart ensuring he didn't get too low on life. A Merfolk Seastalkers came down for Watanabe, before a Kor Hookmaster pushed the Spider aside, allowing the fliers to swoop in and take a chunk out of Watanabe. Watanabe swung back, and popped a second Khalni heart Expedition to stay alive on 1 life. He slammed his next card into his hand, trying to find a way to stop Aplin's air force, but found nothing and scooping up his cards.
Aplin 1 – Watanabe 0Aplin sends in the air force.
Watanabe again began the game with a Gomazoa to hold off Aplin's men, this time a Kor Aeronaut . A Kor Hookmaster let the Aeronaut through for a couple of turns, as Aplin curved into a turn four Living Tsunami . Watanabe summoned a Merfolk Seastalkers that would be of little help against Aplin's fliers, while Aplin had the Journey to Nowhere to take down the Gomazoa now that it had finally untapped. Watanabe had a Timbermaw Larva he could swing back for 6 with, but had no immediate solution to Aplin's fliers and he was running out of time. A Relic Crush took out the Journey and an Adventurer's Scope, freeing the Gomazoa . Aplin elected to let the Tsunami go during his upkeep, letting him summon a Shepherd of the Lost . Watanabe swung back again, before Aplin found and summoned a Kor Skyfisher , bouncing his Hookmaster and tapping down the Gomazoa . Watanabe activated it in response, sending it back to his library in an attempt to potentially draw it again on the following turn. He attacked back again with the Larva and the Seastalkers, dropping Aplin to 3 to Watanabe's 5, before slamming a kicked Oran-Rief Recluse on Aplin's Shepherd. Aplin cast a Nimbus Wings on his Hookmaster, summoned a Tempest Owl , and passed it back to Watanabe, who again attacked in, the Owl blocking the Larva and the Seastalkers dropping Aplin to 1. Aplin's next card didn't help him take the last 5 points, or stop the Islandwalker, so they were off to Game 3.
Aplin 1 – Watanabe 1Watanabe in the tank.
Aplin lead Game 3 with a Cliff Threader and a Kor Outfitter , while Watanabe had a Grazing Gladehart again. Armaments Master came down, but sans Equipment for now, while Watanabe stepped up to a Windrider Eel . Not wanting to send his guys into combat, Watanabe dropped to 10 before Aplin summoned a Shepherd of the Lost . A fifth land took Watanabe back up to 12 and allowed him to summon a Sky Ruin Drake and send the Eel in for 4. Aplin swung back with everyone, the Drake eating the Master and Watanabe dropping to 5. Without a sixth land drop, Watanabe passed the turn back without play and a sigh. Only time would tell how theatrical that sigh was. Aplin stared across the board wondering what traps he could be walking into, before simply passing the turn back. Sure enough, Watanabe had an end of turn Baloth Cage Trap . The Beast got in for 4 and Watanabe summoned an Oran-Rief Survivalist , still without further landfalls to buoy him to safety. With some of Watanabe's mana accounted for, Aplin sent in his team. Watanabe blocked and went for a Lethargy Trap , but Aplin calmly tapped all of his mana to kick a Bold Defense , rather defensively, I might add, for someone in their own combat phase. Watanabe's Beast again swung back, and he summoned a Gomazoa and started a Khalni Heart Expedition . A Hookmaster tapped the Drake and Aplin swung in again, dropping Watanabe to 1. Aplin then Paralyzing Grasp ed the Beast. Watanabe finally found a sixth land and kicked an Oran-Rief Recluse at the Shepherd as time was called, sighing loudly but happily this time, before passing the turn back, now in relative safety.
In turn three of extra time, Watanabe sank into thought about whether he could afford to start attacking and maybe win the third game, or whether he needed to defend it to a draw, finally attacking Aplin down to 7 with his Drake and playing a Woodcrasher. Aplin drew nothing to send his men in and passed the turn back. "Turn five," Watanabe confirmed as he drew the last card of the game. He looked down at the card and slammed a land onto the table, allowing his Woodcrasher to trample in for the win in the last turn of extra time.
Yuuya Watanabe defeats Steven Aplin 2 – 1
Watanabe now a lock for his fourth Grand Prix top 8 in a row, could be seen bouncing around the tables singing "I'm so lucky, I'm so lucky!" with a huge grin on his face as the standings before the last round were posted.
Sunday, October 11: 4:49p.m. –Round 14: Quick Questions
What was the best card in your sealed deck yesterday?
|Shuuhei Nakamura:
" Reckless Scholar ."
|Olivier Ruel:
" Hagra Crocodile ."
|Levi Hinz:
" Akoum Refuge ."
|Aaron Nicastri:
"3x Sky Ruin Drake ."
|Kuan Tian:
"3x Hideous End ."
|Luis "LSV" Scott-Vargas:
" Ob Nixilis, the Fallen . Well, the
Khalni Gem
was far more important
actually *laughs*"
Sunday, October 11: 4:57p.m. –Round 14: Photo Feature
There are several matches on the bubble for the top 8, but none more keenly watched than Martin Juza vs Olivier Ruel. "If I win and 3 results go my way, I top 8. If you win and 4 results go your way, you top 8," Olivier speculated as they sat down, frantically doing the math, both knowing that they have no choice but to play it out. Right now, it's one game apiece.
Sunday, October 11: 5:24p.m. –Round 14: Player of the Year Race update
Looking at the standings before we finish the last round, Luis Scott-Vargas and Shuuhei Nakamura have had relatively disappointing days. LSV picking only 1 point to stay behind Nassif and Nakamura probably only picking up 2. Tomoharu Saito and Yuuya Watanabe are both in the top 8, so they'll be up there with LSV, possibly even overtaking him, while Kazuya Mitamura will pick up a couple to fall behind the rest.


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CLEMSON, S.C. - It's time for Clemson to try and bounce back from a surprising loss - again.
The 22nd-ranked Tigers (4-1, 2-1 ACC) lost their undefeated season with one of their worst offensive showings in coach Tommy Bowden's nine years in a 13-3 defeat to Georgia Tech.
Clemson was held to 228 yards, its lowest yardage total this season. Even more startling was the play of Tiger star C.J. Spiller, the "Lightning" part of Clemson's "Thunder and Lightning" backfield, who managed only 2 yards on nine carries.
There were dropped balls - nine by Bowden's count - and blown assignments among the offensive line.
"We did not play well at any position on offense," Bowden said.
Don't forget special teams. Two-sport kicker Mark Buchholz missed four field goals and the Tigers got a punt blocked that led to Georgia Tech's only touchdown.
And so begins Clemson's almost yearly attempt to regain its winning ways after an unexpected defeat.
In 2005, the Tigers began 2-0 and then lost three straight games, a streak that ultimately kept them out of the ACC title game.
Then last year, Clemson rose to No. 10 in the country with a 7-1 start before it got hammered on national TV by Virginia Tech, 24-7. Things were never the same for the Tigers, who lost three of their final four.
The 15th-ranked Hokies (4-1, 1-0) are in the way this year, too, headed to Memorial Stadium today for the first time in nearly a decade.
The Tigers vow not to let the mistakes of last season mar things again this year.
"Just because we had one little slip up, that's not going to determine how the rest of the year goes," Clemson quarterback Cullen Harper said.
One thing that may determine the season is Spiller's confidence. He rushed for nearly 1,000 yards and had some of the team's most electrifying runs as a freshman. The same consistency hasn't followed this season. He was held to minus-1 yard rushing against Furman. Spiller rushed for 114 yards and a touchdown in a win over N.C. State a week later.
But then came the Georgia Tech loss when Spiller was again ineffective. He also dropped a pass on a play that a week earlier he took in for a touchdown.
"I was cutting even before I had the ball," he said.
It got so bad, Spiller said he was taken out after a failed reverse. "That was the first time in my career I've ever been pulled from a game," Spiller said. "I was very upset with that, being pulled just because I was trying to make a play for our team."
Spiller thinks he's got to work on bursting through interior holes instead of relying on his natural tendency to bounce plays to the outside and break around the corners.
His attitude, he said, and belief in himself, are both as strong as ever.
"My confidence is fine," he said. "I knew it was going to be tough coming into the season. I've prepared for these type of moments."
Bowden hopes the rest of his players have, as well.
The Tigers have lost four straight to Virginia Tech. Another loss Saturday could trigger a similar fall as the end of last season.
Bowden has reminded his players that Georgia Tech and Wake Forest both lost "critical" games to Clemson, yet faced each other in the ACC title game while the Tigers sat home.
He wants his players to react as they did early in 2006 when they followed a loss at Boston College with six consecutive victories.
"So I'm hoping after this loss the team can respond as they did last year after its first loss," Bowden said. "But, another team, another chemistry, I don't know."
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It may not be the most impressive garden. Currently, we are only growing tomatoes and cucumbers, but as someone who has always wanted to try her hand at growing produce, this was exciting news for me!
Now that we are finally done with winter (hopefully) it is time to plant our vegetables, and we had some great helpers lend a hand.
A group of volunteers from the Disney Store came out this week to dig, till and fill our three small planter boxes.
They brought the cutest little helper on the planet too! Her name is Layla, and she is full of personality! She wore a Disney princess shirt, carried a bucket and shovel and sang Taylor Swift songs while she worked. Now, here is the best part of the story: Layla is a former client. It is so great to see her thriving in life, knowing at one point, we helped her in a time of need. It's also great to see her at such a young age already on the path to helping others.
This group was so much fun to have at Infant Crisis Services. We are so appreciative for all of their hard work to help our little garden and our littlest citizens grow!


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Hydrogenics Wins Order From E.ON for 'Power-to-Gas' Energy Storage Project in Germany
Hydrogenics Corporation (Nasdaq: HYGS) (TSX:HYG) today announced that it has received an order from E.ON for a 'Power-to-Gas' project in Germany. The two (2) megawatt energy storage facility, to be located in Falkenhagen in northeast Germany, will use surplus renewable energy sources to produce hydrogen for storage in the country's existing natural gas pipeline network.
Power-to-Gas is a novel way to store energy at utility scale, whereby surplus electrical grid power is converted into hydrogen gas. The hydrogen gas produced from the Falkenhagen plant; expected to be online in 2013; will be injected into the regional natural gas pipeline, making the natural gas pipeline network a storage system for surplus electrical power generated from renewable resources. While the amount of hydrogen injection is relatively small as a percentage of total pipeline capacity, these small quantities of hydrogen represent significant energy storage capacity and electrical grid support flexibility.
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Santander launches new car insurance offer
Santander is helping to continue to drive down the cost of motoring for UK consumers with the launch of its new car insurance offer; beating their existing car insurance premium by 20% for customers with a Santander 123 Current Account or 123 Cashback Credit Card and by 10% for all other eligible Santander customers.
Based on an average annual renewal premium of £609, the offer could save UK motorists on average £122 for Santander 123 customers and £61 for all other Santander customers. It is available over the telephone and open to all eligible UK drivers who are looking to switch their car insurance.
Drivers can also rev up their savings with Santander's 123 Cashback Credit Card which pays cashback on 1 per cent for supermarket spend, 2 per cent for department store spend and 3 per cent for petrol station, National Rail travel and Transport for London spend including tube, train and bus travel.
Richard Al Dabbagh, Head of Insurance Marketing, said: "It pays to be a Santander 123 customer. We're always looking to go the extra mile and offer our customers products that offer real value - and help them save money. Not only do you get all the benefits of the 123 current account or credit card, but you can save even more with our unique car insurance which offers 123 current account or 123 credit card, or both, customers a saving on their renewal premium of 20% and all other Santander customers a saving of 10% on their renewal. Coupled with a 123 Cashback credit card which offers 3% cashback for petrol station spend, we're certainly hoping we'll help UK consumers drive down the cost of their motoring this Autumn."
Santander is also extending its Building & Contents Home Insurance offer, giving existing Santander customers a 20% discount and a further 10% off for Santander 123 World customers, those who have either a 123 Current Account or a 123 Credit Card, taking their discount to 30%.
Santander's '123 World'
The Santander car insurance offer is the latest in a series of great initiatives designed to reward customers, including the 123 Cashback Credit Card and the unique '123 Current Account' which pays cashback on all utilities, council tax, Santander mortgage payments and communications direct debits set up on a customer's account, as well as paying in-credit interest on balances up to £20,000.
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Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA
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- Intracranial ependymomas of childhood: current management strategiesM D Smyth
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0112, USA
Pediatr Neurosurg 33:138-50. 2000....
- Stereotactic radiosurgery for pediatric intracranial arteriovenous malformations: the University of California at San Francisco experienceMatthew D Smyth
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, 94143 0112, USA
J Neurosurg 97:48-55. 2002..In this study the authors describe a series of pediatric patients with a minimum follow-up duration of 36 months...
- The surgical treatment of spasticityM D Smyth
Department of Neurological Surgery, Room M 779, Box 0112, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, California 94143 0112, USA
Muscle Nerve 23:153-63. 2000..Several proposed mechanisms for spasticity are reviewed so that the rationale for the various surgical interventions for spasticity described may be better understood...
- Focal cooling suppresses spontaneous epileptiform activity without changing the cortical motor thresholdKameel M Karkar
Department of Neurology University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, U S A
Epilepsia 43:932-5. 2002..Focal cerebral cooling has been shown to reduce epileptiform activity in animals. There are, however, few reports of this phenomenon in humans...
- Focal cooling for epilepsy: an alternative therapy that might actually workSteven M Rothman
Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
Epilepsy Behav 7:214-21. 2005..The present review describes the rationale for this research and our progress to date...
- Giant intracranial teratoma with epignathus in a neonate. Case report and review of the literatureJames M Johnston
Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
J Neurosurg 106:232-6. 2007..In this manuscript, the authors present a case of epignathus with intracranial extension, emphasizing clinical presentation, imaging findings, a staged surgical approach, multidisciplinary management, and outcome...
- Radiosurgical posterior corpus callosotomy in a child with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Case reportMatthew D Smyth
Department of Neurological Surgery, Washington University, St Louis Children s Hospital, Missouri 63110, USA
J Neurosurg 106:312-5. 2007..The relevant literature pertaining to the use of radiosurgery for treating epilepsy is reviewed. Details of the radiosurgical techniques and prescription dose used are presented, along with 1-year serial neuroimaging results...
- Complications of invasive subdural electrode monitoring at St. Louis Children's Hospital, 1994-2005James M Johnston
Department of Neurosurgery and Division of Pediatric and Developmental Neurology, St Louis Children s Hospital, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
J Neurosurg 105:343-7. 2006..The purpose of this study was to better define the incidence of complications associated with placement of subdural electrodes for localization of seizure foci and functional mapping in children...
- Transcortical cooling inhibits hippocampal-kindled seizures in the ratJustin M Burton
Department of Neurological Surgery, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
Epilepsia 46:1881-7. 2005..Reversible cooling may control seizures while preserving function. We describe the effects of cooling kindled seizures in awake, freely moving rats...
- Complications of ventriculosubgaleal shunts in infants and childrenR Shane Tubbs
Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
Childs Nerv Syst 21:48-51. 2005..The ventriculosubgaleal shunt has been used for the temporary bypass of the normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pathways. To date, a large series of complications from this procedure has not been elaborated upon in the literature...
- Complications of chronic vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy in childrenMatthew D Smyth
Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children s Hospital of Alabama, Alabama, USA
J Neurosurg 99:500-3. 2003..The aim of this study was to define better the incidence of surgical complications and untoward side effects of chronic vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in a population of children with medically refractory epilepsy...
- Effects of antiepileptic drugs on induced epileptiform activity in a rat model of dysplasiaMatthew D Smyth
Department of Neurological Surgery, Epilepsy Research Laboratory, University of California at San Francisco, 94143 0112, USA
Epilepsy Res 50:251-64. 2002..p.). Pre-treatment with VPA prolonged seizure latency in control rats, but had no effect in MAM-exposed animals. These results suggest MAM-exposed rats exhibit a dramatically reduced sensitivity to commonly prescribed AEDs...
- Ossified pseudomeningocele following Chiari decompression surgery in a patient with Kleeblattschädel deformityMatthew R Reynolds
Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University, St Louis Children s Hospital, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2:203-6. 2008..A genetic basis for the ossification process seems likely given the child's history of premature cranial suture closure. The authors draw attention to this rare complication and review the available body of literature on this topic...


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I wake up every day with more anxiety and depression than the day before (hopefully the meds kick in soon). But today I decided I would start the 180. I have a workshop today so my WH was coming over to take care of the kids. When he got here this morning I didnt beg, at this i am not begging a cheater to come back. but I did tell him this morning that I won't be giving him a divorce that if he wants it he will have to take me to court (whether that's true or not I don't know but as of now it is) he can't file for irreconcilable differences because we didnt try. I said other things and he was tearing up. I was telling him that even through all my pain i know what we had and it wss worth fighting for. But then I walked away.
This afternoon when I got home I didn't say much. Answered his questions and then told him he should go. Next weekend my kids and I are moving in with my parents.
I need to put distance between me and my emotions for him which is why i wanted to start the 180. I guess deep down I am hoping that it also helps him to realize he wants to be with me too.
Any suggestions on a successful 180, it was so tempting to talk to him about my feelings or ask questions while he was here today. I just know that when my anxiety gets so bad that the only thing that relieves it, is talking or texting him.
Also, I know the 180 is meant for oneself but are there any stories of it working on the WS as well?
I started the 180 2 weeks ago, he was bothered for a day or 2 but then seemed to stop caring that I no longer wanted to talk to him. I have been feeling better but have days where it all hits me and I feel like I am drowning in sadness and self pity. I don't know if the 180 will help snap him out of it or not- so far it doesn't seem like it. But I guess it really doesn't matter, because after all is said and done, if he came crawling back, would I really want him after all he's done? I think that is the purpose of the 180- to get yourself in a better place and make peace with the situation you've been dealt and realize that you will be ok and be happy again. It's not easy to see that everyday, and some days are sure harder than others. Good luck to you and try to stay strong.
Today is day 6 of the 180 for me. It's not easy, but I can say that pushing myself to concentrate on me, has made me feel a little bit better. I don't necessarily want to do the things that I am doing, but I am forcing myself to do them. Staying busy has helped me keep my mind off of everything else, the questions, the thoughts, the feelings, his lack of all of the above.
Take each day at a time, and if you have to break the day into hours or minutes, you do that. You do what you have to, to get through each day.


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I'm thrilled to welcome back my fabulous colleague David Gray as a guest blogger — just in time as so many criminal procedure decisions have been at the forefront of the news. Professor Gray is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law where he teaches criminal law, criminal procedure, and jurisprudence. His scholarly interests are eclectic, but focus on transitional justice, criminal law, criminal procedure, and constitutional theory. His recent publications have appeared or are forthcoming in the Vanderbilt Law Review, the California Law Review, the Alabama Law Review, the Washington University Law Review, the Stanford Law Review, Law & Contemporary Problems, the Fordham Law Review, and in prominent volumes edited by leading scholars. In addition to his own scholarship, Professor Gray works closely with students to develop and publish their work. Recent work written by or with his students has appeared in the Federal Sentencing Reporter, the Vermont Law Review, the Maryland Law Review, and in edited collections. Consistent with the Law School's mission as a public educational institution, Professor Gray frequently provides expert commentary for local and national media outlets. Prior to joining the School of Law Faculty, Professor Gray practiced law at Williams & Connolly LLP, was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Duke University School of Law, clerked for The Honorable Chester J. Straub, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and for The Honorable Charles S. Haight, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
His recent work includes:
Progressive Retribution?, 71 Maryland Law Review (forthcoming 2011) (with Jonathan Huber).
Feminist Perpsectives on Extraordinary Justice, in Conflict and Transitional Justice: Feminist Approaches (Martha Fineman & Estell Zinsstag eds., forthcoming 2011) (with Benjamin Levin).
Beyond Experience: Getting Retributive Justice Right, 99 Calfiornia Law Review 101 (2011) (with Dan Markel and Chad Flanders).
A No-Excuse Approach to Transitional Justice: Reparations as Tools of Extraordinary Justice, 87 Washington University Law Review 1043 (2010).
Book Review, Repairing Wrongs/Restructuring Societies, 4 International Journal of Transitional Justice 296 (2010) (reviewing The Gender of Reparations: Unsettling Sexual Hierarchies while Redressing Human Rights Violations (Ruth Rubio-Marín ed., 2009); Waging War, Making Peace: Reparations and Human Rights (Barbara R. Johnston & Susan Slyomovics eds., 2008); and Antoine Buyse, Post-Conflict Housing Restitution: The European Human Rights Perspective, with a Case Study on Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008)).
Transitional Disclosures: What Transitional Justice Reveals About "Law," in Transitions (Austin Sarat ed., forthcoming 2010).
A No-Excuse Approach to Transitional Justice: Reparations as Tools of Extraordinary Justice, 87 Washington University Law Review 1043 (2010).
Extraordinary Justice, 62 Alabama Law Review 55 (2010).
Punishment as Suffering, 64 Vanderbilt Law Review 1620 (2010).
A Modest Appeal for Decent Respect, 22 Federal Sentencing Reporter 72 (2010) (with Jessica Olive).
Constitutional Faith and Dynamic Stability: Thoughts on Religion, Constitutions, and Transitions To Democracy, 69 Maryland Law Review 26 (2009).
Why Justice Scalia Should Be a Constitutional Comparativist . . . Sometimes, 59 Stanford Law Review 1249 (2007).
Devilry, Complicity, and Greed: Transitional Justice and Odious Debt, Law & Contemporary Problems, Summer 2007, at 137.
An Excuse-Centered Approach to Transitional Justice, 74 Fordham Law Review 2621 (2006).
Rule Skepticism, "Strategery," and the Limits of International Law, 46 Virginia Journal of International Law 563 (2006)
A Prayer for Constitutional Comparativism in Eighth Amendment Cases, 18 Federal Sentencing Reporter 237 (2006).
What's So Special About Transitional Justice?, 100 American Society of International Law Proceedings 147 (2006).


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Space Heaters warm up our homes, attics or basements but you need to be sure you are using them safely.
You should never leave a space heater on when you are not home and do not place them too close to furniture, cloth or other people.
"They are safe as long as you are using them appropriately," explained ZFD Firefighter, Donavon Jadwin. "You want to make sure you are following the manufactures recommendations, keeping them at least three feet away from anything that is going to have a chance to burn."
The other thing to keep in mind during this holiday season is to be sure, as you deck the halls, you are fire smart.
"When you are decorating, just be sure to keep your lights to a minimum of three lights together, you don't want to put more than three strands of light into one outlet, try to limit the extension cords, if it is going to be outside you want the extension cords to be an outside extension cord and if it's indoor use you can use either."
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This style is a full cup bra, so it does have a lot of coverage, so she is correct that it is not low cut. The model is wearing a small size so proportionally it doesn't look big on her, but as the bras get bigger, they get bigger proportionally too. For a 3/4 cup instead of a full cup I would recommend Hot Milk styles: QSBRA, BLBRA, DFBRA and HMBRA.
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Discussion in 'Basses [BG]' started by bigsnaketex, Jun 27, 2013.
Rickenbackers may in fact rule the world one day!
Nice man. I love the look of the Ric bass.
Great looking bass. Congrats!
Holy crap! Beautiful man!!!
Ric's really do play like buttah......I don't know if it's the fact that the neck is dead straight or what, but they have a feel that is quite comfortable and oh so different than my normal trusty P-Bass.
And I gave up playing with a pick a long time ago, but the sound of this bass (especially when played in stereo) just lends itself to being picked as well.
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Why people think a hotel break can be a bit of a steal
BRITAIN is becoming a nation of petty thieves stealing from hotels and restaurants without feeling guilty.
Nine out of 10 people believe there is nothing wrong in taking items such as towels and slippers from hotels without thinking about offering to pay for them, a survey found.
The study also found that 88 per cent of Britons use others' open internet connections without remorse.
The poll of 1,000 adults discovered the vast majority help themselves without paying in all sorts of situations. The consensus seems to be that it is acceptable to help yourself to loose sweets, supermarket fruit and even pub glasses.
It appears many of us believe we can help ourselves to all manner of things without hesitation or guilt
More than half of those quizzed claimed there was nothing wrong in making off with condiments from restaurants.
And around a quarter admitted taking stationery from their office while nearly as many were happy to help themselves to tea and coffee belonging to colleagues.
Topping the list of "socially acceptable" steals, which are the target for 93 per cent of people, are items from hotel rooms such as shampoo, towels and sewing kits.
Almost 20 per cent of those surveyed confessed to helping themselves to pick 'n' mix sweets from shops.
Three per cent said they even thought it was fine to take flowers from a park.
A spokesman for Paintballing. co.uk, which carried out the survey, said: "Everyone loves a freebie but it seems the lines between what is intended as a complimentary give-away and what is someone else's property isn't clear.
"It appears many of us believe we can help ourselves to all manner of things without hesitation or guilt."
Social psychologist Sandra Wheatley explained that though this type of "stealing" is rarely malicious, people do not realise it is still wrong.
This is not least because some items are low cost so the attitude is that shops and hotels "won't miss them".
She said: "In the office, people often take tea, coffee and milk thinking they will replace them even though they know they won't. You also have to remember that shops are trying to sell to us and tempt us into wanting things.
"In hotels, you feel as you've already paid it is fine to take the bathrobe or slippers."
1. Hotel shampoo, towels 93%
2. Unsecured internet 88%
3. Restaurant condiments 55%
4. Pub beer glasses 37%
5. Office stationery 27%
6. Colleague's tea / coffee 22%
7. Pick 'n' mix sweets 17%
8. Supermarket fruit 11%
9. Pens from stationery shops 8%
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New study by HMS student evaluates FDA approval of cardiac devices
by Harvard Medical School
February 13, 2014
A new study published in JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association assesses the process for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of high-risk cardiac devices. The study, authored by second-year HMS student Benjamin N. Rome, Aaron S. Kesselheim, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Daniel B. Kramer, HMS instructor in medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, found that most new cardiac implantable electronic devices currently used in patient care, such as implantable pacemakers and defibrillators, are approved as changes, or "supplements," to already-approved devices.
The researchers analyzed FDA data on all cardiac implantable electronic devices approved from 1979 through 2012. During that time, the FDA approved 77 of these devices through the original premarket approval (PMA) process. These devices led to approval of 5,829 supplements, translating to an average of 50 supplements per PMA. More than a third of the supplements involved a change to a device's design or materials, and in the majority of these cases, the supplements were approved without the FDA requiring submission of new clinical data.
"The PMA supplement process allows manufacturers to update high-risk medical devices more quickly, allowing patients to benefit from useful new device technologies," explained Rome. "However, we found that most new cardiac implantable electronic device models currently in use were deemed safe and effective without requiring new clinical data." In addition, the authors found that several small changes made in successive supplements can add up over time and lead to a device that looks very different from the original approved device. This outcome may have important implications for patient safety. Two recently recalled defibrillator leads—Medtronic Sprint Fidelis and St. Jude Medical Riata—were both approved via the PMA supplement process.
The HMS researchers note that approval of many high-risk devices as PMA supplements reinforces the need to perform rigorous post-market surveillance. They hope that their results will encourage the clinical community to conduct more comparative effectiveness studies to guide clinicians who need to choose among many similar device models.
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I've been meaning to recommend IRREDEEMABLE by Mark Waid and Peter Krause for some time now. Waid is one of my favorite writers, and his exploration of superhuman powers in the hands of someone decidedly lacking Superman's impeccable moral compass has made it to the top of my read pile each month. Peter Krause is a solid artist in the classic mold, his style slightly reminiscent of Curt Swan, and thus the perfect choice for a series with a cracked mirror approach to silver age morality and characterization. I've heard online grumbling to the effect that this is just another dark Superman story, but if so it's the richest, most absorbing "dark Superman" tale in ages. After years of serving as the world's greatest superhero, the Plutonian has gone rogue. Years of nursed grudges, petty human betrayals, and thousands of overheard insults have soured him and turned him on mankind. The first issue found him tracking his former team mates from the Paradigm as they had to hurriedly adjust to the shift (heh) in their circumstances.
The Plutonian seeks out the worst in an adoring crowd, in this scene from Irredeemable #1
Now that he's gone mad, his former teammates and friends are finding out just how little they really knew about him, as well as how vicious and dangerous he can be. The Plutonian is up to something big, and a scattered band of heroes search for a way to stop him, as a terrified mankind waits to see what doom their former savior holds for them. It's quite good, and you should check it out, so it sells well and I can keep reading it.
The Plutonian stages the perfect romance. From Irredeemable #2.
I'm enough of a Waid fan that I bought the monthlies as they came out, and I'm fine with that, since I don't wanna wait. If you want to catch up, the bargain-priced Irredeemable Volume 1 Trade Paperback comes out today for just 11 bucks! For more modest budgets, I'll also recommend the 99-cent Irredeemable #5,and raise you an online preview. Tell 'em Again With the Comics sent ya!


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Jackson Walk to End Alzheimer's Set for September 15
August 29, 2012
Mississippi College faculty, staff, students and alumni are invited to join Jackson's Walk to End Alzheimer's on September 15.
Set to begin at the Mississippi Museum of Art Garden at 10 a.m. that Saturday in downtown Jackson, the fall event is of special importance to Mississippi College professor Melanie Fortenberry.
Her father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's the last 15 years of his life, and the Mississippian watched as her mother became his primary caregiver. "Her health suffered and they lived the last seven and eight years in a nursing home," Fortenberry said. Her dad died in 2008, and her mother passed away one year later.
The director of MC's Health Services Administration program, Fortenberry is an active board member with the Mississippi Alzheimer's Association. Part of the Chicago-based national organization, the group seeks to eliminate Alzheimer's disease through the advancement of research, enhanced care for all affected and by reducing the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.
Alzheimer's is a disease that attacks the brain and is the most common form of dementia. Today, 5.4 million Americans are living with the disease, including one in eight older people. Payments for care are estimated to be $200 billion in the United States in 2012. It is the sixth leading cause of death in the nation.
Fortenberry anticipates the September 15 walk in Jackson will attract 500 participants. She's hoping members of the Mississippi College family will add to those numbers. Similar walks are happening around the state, including Southaven on September 8, Tupelo on September 29, Hattiesburg and Greenwood on October 6, Meridian and Columbus on October 14, and Biloxi on November 17.
Any donations and gifts from the walks will help fight Alzheimer's through vital research and support programs. To donate by phone, call 601.987.0020. To reach the Alzheimer's Association go to www.alz.org or 1.800.272.3900. Professor Fortenberry can be reached at email@example.com.
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Hotel_Security 6 years ago#1
Also surprising is the lack of guides out there. There's the one walkthrough on here and yet this seems to be the only walkthrough that anyone on the entire internet has written on the game. Sadly, it's nice but it's one of those guides that doesn't seem to give you the info you actually need. I searched desperately for a Precursor Orb guide and one just doesn't exist. Just remarkable. Especially from a game that had a decent sized fanbase. Even the location of the mods seems like a pain to find. I may have to actually settle on the Bradygames guide…
Oh well…either way I'm aware of the current reviews of this game and I don't expect it to be as good as the original. I've already played the High Impact Ratchet and Clank games and those were pretty lacking as well.
And can anyone confirm whether you can actually go back to these areas that you can't collect orbs in? Like the first city I'm in now? I've heard differing accounts of this.
Hotel_Security (Topic Creator)6 years ago#2
Ah well...still no luck finding a precursor guide. So far I'm having no problem finding what appears to be all of the orbs so far. I got all the ones in the first city as well including the gun courses...despite the walkthrough telling me that I had to come back in Hero Mode. It's one thing to not include certain information in your guide, it's another to just be wrong.
Either way, I am enjoying the game...maybe it's because I ahd low expectations because High Impact has been lackluster in the Ratchet and Clank games but this looks and feels like a Jak game. I also liked how they incorporated the eco powers into the first boss fight. The air battle parts are simplistic but a decent challenge. Plus I laughed a few times at Daxter's antics so that's good too...it's good they got the same voice actor back. I actually didn't even notice that Jak's VA had changed...guess he sounded fairly generic.
Sorry, I just haven't had the time to find every precursor orb and write down the locations.
Also, it could just be that I'm not very good at those orb hunt minigames. I struggled with a few of them even with slowing down time, and so assumed that they just wouldn't be possible without it. If you managed to do them, my hat's off to you, you're much better than I am.
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Hotel_Security (Topic Creator)6 years ago#4
Wow, someone's here!
Either way I don't mean to bash your guide too much as I found a few parts useful so far but it's awfully weird that there is so little info out there. Even the most obscure games usually have a big list or two made by someone.
And the Orbs hunts were really just using the square button dash to find them. There's a few tough ones at the start that make you think they'll all be that tough but many of them I got with many seconds to spare. Give it a try and you'll find only a few of them are really cutting it that close.
At this point I may just settle for a mods location guide if I could find it. It's hard to tell if I've missed anything so far.
It's been a while since I played, but if I remember right, most of the mods are in relatively straightforward locations (although I was still missing one myself on my last playthrough. I should really go back to the game and play it again.) Be sure to check the area on the Phantom Blade where Keira is - a couple of mods will show up there over the course of the game. There's also an area off to the right of the path on the research rig - you should see one of those teleport statues nearby. It's around the time Daxter comments on the creature in the jar. Look around up there for a mod.
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Hotel_Security (Topic Creator)6 years ago#6
^On the Keira mods she usually has a message to visit her when one's available so those are hard to miss. Besides I visit her every trip for dark eco upgrades anyway. I'm trying to save up to get that Blue Eco item-seeking power but the skill above it has been locked for a while so I have to wait for that. Good tip on the one after that cutscene...I'll keep an eye out for it. I noticed there are definitely a few hidden ones like the one that needs Yellow Eco on Brink Island.
Currently I'm on the part where you have to get two more pieces of the Eco Seeking thing. I also experienced the gun-switching glitch where I was stuck with one weapon for a while. It started right when I entered the area to get the Light Eco and at first I thought it was some requirement of that area to only use one weapon type but then the boxes were giving me other ammo so I knew it was an issue. Either way I got through that area with just the Yellow shooter weapon and had to use spin attacks to kill the enemies attacking the final area.
Then I remembered reading about not fighting in bar brawls causing some issue and I remember I did just that before going to the Light Eco facility. Went there, got in a fight and problem solved...I was seriously worried I would have to restart.
Hotel_Security (Topic Creator)6 years ago#7
Also, I found a decent mod list for the Guns online...here's a link of anyone needs it. Obviously I don't know if it's correct but it's better than nothing.
Now if only I had a list of the Ship mods...like how many of each type. I know there's no set location and I try to RatchetJack any plane that I see with one. I also know that some types only show up later but I'd still like to know how many of each that I am missing.
Hotel_Security (Topic Creator)6 years ago#8
Got through the Aeropan Barracks last night and am now in the fight where you have to defend the Phantom from the canons. I actually searched for threads with "scrap" in the title for methods to farm scrap and I remember reading about how this was a good fight to farm it and they weren't kidding. With the More Scrap mod I'm able to Daxterjack the last missile and then purposely fail after I've gathered all the scrap and it's a good 12,000 each time. Then if I want to upgrade I just hit restart and the convenient menu comes up so I can buy/upgrade stuff. Now I just have to estimate how much scrap I'll need to buy the rest of the stuff
By the way, I know you can get up to five of many of the mods but you only need to upgrade one and then they're all upgraded, correct? (Although I'm not sure why I'd use more than one at any time).
Also, while Daxterjacking (I love how I called it Ratchetjacking last post) there's one button pressing that is L1/R1 but at times you'll randomly get electrocuted which is a big drain on the grip gauge. I really can't figure out what triggers the electrocution…so far the best I can think of it just jamming the buttons as fast as possible and sometimes I'm able to get through it without being shocked but it still seems somewhat random. Haven't been able to figure that one out.
If I'm remembering that one right. . . you either need to hit the buttons both at once or one at a time? If it's the former, and you hit one a little before the other you'll get electrocuted. If it's the latter, hitting one button while the other is pressed results in electrocution. - it's better to do it slightly slower and more accurately than fast and haphazard.
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Hotel_Security (Topic Creator)6 years ago#10
^Ah, thanks for the help there. I'll try both methods and see how it goes. I assumed it was speed-related and I just wasn't hitting them fast enough.
Without me knowing what's next, I think I'm getting near the end of it. I just finished the big fight at Far Drop and now I'm heading back to the Barracks. I restarted the aerial fight a few times if only because there was a number of good items to Daxterjack in that battle. I'd get one, restart, and then the second time they would have another. It seems that restarting or going back into the ship and coming back out seems to be a good way to spawn ship parts.
I'm still not sure how many of each mod I'm supposed to be getting. Five of each weapon? Maybe two of each mod? I'm not sure. Either way, I'll be playing again on Hero so hopefully I'll get the rest then.
As for Gun Mods, I have a list so I've been checking them off as I go...I'm pretty sure I didn't miss any outside of the Hero Mode ones. I was also surprised that I got 276 orbs since I assumed I had missed more than that. I read there 280 (or 281) so perhaps the rest are in the final area?
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This is a Heisman Starting Lineup figurine of 1991 Heisman Trophy winner Desmond Howard fromMichigan. Figure is Nm in original packaging. Inside the packaging is a mini-replica of Desmond'ss trophy. Also included is Desmond's Heisman card from the set produced in the early 1990's for the Downtown Athletic Club which included a card for each Heisman winner from 1935 to 1993. This can be made into a very attractive display by using a baseball/baseball card holder and removing the ball globe and placing the figure over the spot where the globe was removed and gluing the trophy to the base. This is a great display item for Wolverine fans and is even more incredible if the card is autographed.


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Zac Efron thinks he has a huge head. The 'Charlie St. Cloud' actor – who is in a relationship with actress Vanessa Hudgens – hates watching himself on screen and can't help but study his imperfections.
He said: "What do I think when I watch myself on screen? 'My head is huge!' I pick out every single flaw or thing I should have done better.
"I cringe at first, but years down the road I'll be able to look back and appreciate what I've done – sometimes."
The 22-year-old star also admitted he finds filming kissing scenes fun and likes to put girls at their ease.
He told Top Of The Pops magazine: "In my experience, I think girls get a little more nervous than I do. I like to be comforting if at all possible. Kissing is not a hard thing to do. I usually have a very cute girl opposite, so it's fun."
Zac loves making movies and is hopeful his work has a good effect on his fans.
He said: "I like to think movies have the ability to help people. If not, then why are we making them?"
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Got this in an email yesterday... what a beauty!!These are photographs of the world's largest helicopter which happened to be on the tarmac in Dease Lake, B.C. recently. It is to be used for taking mining equipment and cargo out to a new mine called Galore Creek.It is owned by a Russian company. It is called the Utsky. The chopper couldn't land at the air strip at Bob Quinn Lake because it wasn't a paved area so it had to land in Dease Lake until the landing site north of Bob Quinn could be inspected.Apparently this chopper's wash will pick up and fling rocks, up to 12 inches in diameter, around like leaves.Some stats: - Russian crew of 6, 2 Pilots, 1 Navigator, 2 Engineers (mechanics) &1 cargo person - a semi-trailer will fit in it. - carries 75 troops - uses 2000 litres of fuel per hour - 580 km range - costs $30,000/hr to rent - 40 metres long - 8 blades about 2 feet wideProbably bigger than ANYTHING seen at the Dease Lake airport, including the terminal building. I knew the Russian built 'Sky Crane' was big which is being used for lifting lumber out of inaccessible mountain areas, but this makes a 'Sky Crane' look like a mosquito by comparison.FYI: Dease Lake is in NW British Columbia, west of Fort Nelson and east of Juneau, Alaska.
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|05-08-2008 09:15 PM 9 years ago
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Olathe, KS - USA
Was discussed here in more detail.http://www.runryder.com/helicopter/t425269p1/
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