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OAKLAND(AP) — Slow at the start of the series and strong at the end, the San Antonio Spurs wore out the Golden State Warriors the way they have so many other opponents.
Tim Duncan had 19 points and six rebounds, Kawhi Leonard added 16 points and 10 rebounds and the Spurs held off a furious final rally to beat the Warriors 94-82 in Game 6 on Thursday night and advance to the Western Conference finals.
"They've got great character. They're competitive. They know there's not a million chances to do this sort of thing. They wanted it," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said.
Tony Parker shook off a poor start to score 10 of his 13 points in the fourth quarter and Tiago Splitter added a career-playoff high 14 points for San Antonio, which had a 13-point lead in the third quarter dissolve to two in the final minutes.
Stephen Curry shot 10 of 25 from the floor to score 22 points on a nagging left ankle, and Jarrett Jack had 15 points as the injury-saddled Warriors finally tired. The Spurs outshot Golden State 45 percent to 39 percent and outrebounded them 46 to 40.
Second-seeded San Antonio will open the conference finals at home against Memphis on Sunday. The fifth-seeded Grizzlies eliminated Oklahoma City in five games.
The Spurs lost to the Thunder in the conference finals in six games last season after going ahead 2-0. They haven't been to the NBA Finals since 2007, when they won their fourth title with a sweep of LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Spurs became the first team to win consecutive games in the series and hand the Warriors consecutive losses in the playoffs — and they did it at just the right time.
The Spurs quieted a standing-room-only crowd late in the third quarter and seemingly seized control for good. Instead, the Warriors roared back.
Klay Thompson, who had 10 points on 4-for-12 shooting, made a 3-pointer early in the fourth quarter that sliced San Antonio's lead to three. Then Curry's pull-up jumper brought the Warriors within 77-75 with 4:52 to play.
Parker was 1 for 13 before hitting a corner 3-pointer before Leonard followed with two free throws to put the Spurs up seven.
Jack made a jumper and two free throws to bring the Warriors back again. Then Leonard hit another corner 3-pointer for the Spurs to go ahead 85-79.
Curry and Thompson each had consecutive 3s rim out on the same possession that could've kept Golden State close. But Parker hit another 3-pointer to put San Antonio up 88-79 with 1:15 remaining and send some of the yellow-shirted crowd of 19,596 heading to the exits.
In the end, most still stuck around.
Fans serenaded the home team with chants of "Warr-i-ors!" in the final seconds. Curry also grabbed the microphone after the game and thanked fans at half court, breaking the huddle with the crowd, "Just us!"
The Warriors had only made the playoffs once since 1994 before this season and hadn't won two games after the first round since 1977.
"It's inspiring to think of what we were able to accomplish this year and the foundation that has been laid," Warriors coach Mark Jackson said.
The Spurs showed incredible ball movement and had the Warriors playing from behind most of the way. San Antonio's first 10 field goals came on an assist, going ahead by 10 points in the second quarter and maintaining that cushion until late.
Golden State stayed close despite more injury setbacks in a season full of them. Andrew Bogut walked gingerly to the locker room with 8:31 remaining in the second quarter to get his troublesome left ankle re-tapped. Upstart rookie Harrison Barnes fell awkwardly while leaping to contest a layup in the second quarter from Boris Diaw.
Barnes hit the court hard and his teammates immediately called for the training staff to attend to him as the arena fell silent. He received six stitches above his right eye at halftime and ran on the court late to start the third quarter, bringing fans to their feet roaring once more.
At least for a moment.
Barnes left the game in the fourth quarter because of a headache, the team said. He finished with nine points and four rebounds in 31 minutes.
The steady Spurs kept making the Warriors work for every shot and grinding out points on the other end. San Antonio took a 61-48 lead late in the third quarter before Golden State started its final surge.
The Spurs made sure it wasn't enough.
NOTES: NBA Commissioner David Stern, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and prospective Kings owner Vivek Ranadive attended the game. ... The Spurs are 10-1 in closeout games since the start of the 2007 playoffs. ... Parker's worst shooting performance in the playoffs with more than five shot attempts came when he was 1 of 12 against New Jersey in the 2003 NBA Finals won by the Spurs. ... The Warriors fell to 4-1 after a loss in the playoffs.
OAKLAND(AP) — Slow at the start of the series and strong at the end, the San Antonio Spurs wore out the Golden State Warriors the way they have so many other opponents.


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Rick Smith (ThM, 2012) has a rambunctious, adorable two-year-old who has Down syndrome. Rick chronicles each day in his son's life on noahsdad.com in an effort to give encouragement to parents of kids with Down's and to parents who discover their unborn child may have an extra chromosome. The Smiths' story has appeared in multiple media outlets. Here's Rick's advice to churches:
- Initiate conversations about how the church can accommodate people with disabilities: Should you have an interpreter for the deaf? Is your sanctuary wheelchair-accessible? Are your Sunday school curricula adaptable to children who have sensory challenges?
- Ask questions. People with disabilities and parents of kids with special needs want to be asked about what makes them distinct.
- Remember the Holy Spirit has given spiritual gifts to folks with disabilities who are part of the body of Christ.
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This homemade fly costume is one of 13 "insect" theme costumes designed by Heather and her family. Check out photos and instructions for making other bug costumes here.
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This homemade costume for kids entered our 2011 Halloween Costume Contest, and won a special prize in the Most Creative Costume nomination!
A word from Heather, the 'The Common House Fly' costume creator:
This was originally made with the intent that one of my daughters (the dragonfly this year) was going to be a flyswatter, but she finally fessed up and said she really didn't want to be a fly swatter, even though it would have given her permission for the night to swat her little brother and get away with it! My son that the fly costume was made for said he still wanted to be a fly, so the costume stayed.
Materials Needed
Heavy-Duty Wire (Mechanic's Wire)
Black Pipe Cleaners
Gray Knee-High Nylons (Two pairs)
Self-Stick Velcro
Blue or Green Glitter Glue (OPTIONAL)
Zip ties
Clear glasses (can be found with sunglasses)
Super Glue, Spray Adhesive, or Hot Glue Gun
Googly Eyes
Black and Pink Pipe Cleaners
Bend the wire in the shape of four oval shaped wings, and layering the top set over the bottom set.
Zip tie the sets together in the middle. (You can tweak and bend the wires to your preferences later.)
Use the pipe cleaners to simulate the veins in the wings by twisting one end of the pipe cleaner to the wire frame and positioning as desired.
(If you don't have black pipe cleaners, you can use any color and spray paint them black.)
Next, use the knee-high nylons and cover the wings, taking care not to snag them on any wires sticking out of the pipe cleaner "veins". Secure the ends of the knee-highs to the middle of the wings with zip ties.
If you wish, you may take the glitter glue and brush it onto the side of the wings facing out to give it the "iridescent" look.
Add a strip of Velcro to the wings, attach to the costume wearer's shirt (black works best)
For the eyes, take the glasses, and using your preferred gluing method and attach the googly eyes to the outside of the lens, as close to the outside frame of the glasses as possible, so the wearer can still see out of them.
NOTE: You may use any material you wish (red sequins, red rhinestones, etc.)
Next, add the black and pink pipe cleaners to the nose piece of the glasses to make the antenna and tongue of the housefly.
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Low-cost Chinese comedy sets new box-office record
A low-budget, domestically produced comedy has unexpectedly become the highest-grossing Chinese film to date.
Chinese state media say the wacky road movie "Lost in Thailand" has grossed more than 1 billion yuan ($160 million) since its Dec. 12 debut. The official Xinhua News Agency, citing an independent monitor of box office figures, said Wednesday that it also beat James Cameron's "Titanic" in 3-D, the most popular foreign film in 2012, in Chinese theaters.
Set in Thailand, the film tells the story of two businessmen who go searching for their boss in the north, and then link up with a tourist eager to explore the country. It is filled with slapstick humor and action scenes.
The previous record for a domestic film was 726 million yuan set by "Painted Skin 2."


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The Death of Enterprise Technologies Is Greatly Exaggerated
According to "new replaces old" assumptions, the mainframe computer would be long deceased. We all know that's not the case. I recently met with the CIO of a large, well-known insurance company, who said that for 20 years the company has tried to reduce its reliance on mainframes. The problem is that the company runs several complex processes and algorithms, built by people who have since retired, on those systems. Everybody knows that they work, but nobody really knows how they work, which is why they're still around two decades later.
Shocking as it may seem, enterprise software giant BMC's mainframe software revenue is on the rise, thanks largely to scenarios such as the one my friend at the insurance company is dealing with. And remember Lotus Notes? According to The Wall Street Journal, it's still a $1 billion business, too rooted for large companies to walk away from, and too large for IBM to ignore as it expands into cloud and social software. BMC and Lotus Notes are important lessons for investors, CEOs, strategists and anyone tempted to write off the old guard, at least in the near-term. There's a rhythm to when and how quickly technologies are replaced — and it's driven by three factors: product cycle, adoption time and entrenchment.
Product Cycle: The longer it takes for a company or industry to release the next version that is significantly different, the more staying power the technology will have. Product cycles in PC operating systems are a great example. Windows XP was current for more than six years, and Oracle releases a new database every four years or so. All of those technologies endure in business today.
Adoption Time: If something takes a long time to deploy or adopt, it usually takes a long time to replace. SAP is notoriously long to implement, which means it takes companies an agonizingly long time to replace the software with cloud-based alternatives, no matter how superior they may be.
Entrenchment: The large insurance company stuck with the mainframe that I mentioned earlier is the perfect example of entrenchment. Those mainframes are so complex and pervasive throughout the company, they're difficult — and sometimes impossible — to abandon. It's not just the old guard that is entrenched, however. Salesforce.com is relatively quick to deploy, but businesses quickly integrate it deeply in the sales process and with various applications — many built on the Force.com platform, making Salesforce.com much stickier than many people originally thought it would be.
Cloud computing, the industry I've worked in for the past decade, is another cautionary example. It's common in my industry to predict the "death" of legacy on-premises technologies such as Oracle and SAP. This is overly simplistic thinking, the result of people who try to fit a complex world into a convenient narrative. The cloud is undoubtedly marching toward pervasiveness in all layers of the IT stack. It will take longer than people think, however, and the old guard won't die. In reality, they'll gradually become less relevant, until some day, in some blog post, people will be surprised by how much legacy software remains in the world even though the new guard has long surpassed it.
At Okta, we've learned this lesson from our customers, many of which are larger enterprises experimenting with the cloud but that have legacy software that won't disappear overnight. The software is too entrenched in the system, as it typically takes months — and often years — of accumulated consulting, training and implementation hours to install.
Eventually, the cloud will be home to all of the innovation and profit, but it won't be the whole pie. Investors looking to place bets on where technology is headed (and when) and vendors plotting strategy shouldn't get caught up in the hype. The SAPs and Oracles of the world will linger and limp along.
They won't go gently — no matter how hard we might try.
Todd McKinnon is CEO of Okta, an enterprise-grade identity management service that addresses the challenges of a cloud, mobile and interconnected business world. You can follow him on Twitter at @ToddMcKinnon.


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Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2020
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Come and sing to the Lord! The choir leads worship for the Traditional Service on the 2nd Sundays of each month, and for the Contemporary Service on the 4th Sundays of each month. We also prepare and perform a Cantata for Christmas and Easter. We'd love to have you - the more the merrier in choir!Previous Page


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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced Wednesday that it has updated BrokerCheck to help users more easily access broker-dealer and investment advisor registration information.
Several of the changes implemented by FINRA address recommendations made in a January 2011 study by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
FINRA says the latest improvements now give investors:
- centralized access to licensing and registration information on current and former brokers and brokerage firms, and investment advisor representatives and investment advisor firms;
- the ability to search for and locate a financial services professional based on main office and branch locations, and the ability to conduct ZIP code radius searches (in increments of 5, 15 or 25 miles); and
- access to expanded educational content available on BrokerCheck, including new help icons that clarify commonly referenced terms throughout the system and within BrokerCheck reports.
In February, FINRA issued Regulatory Notice 12-10, soliciting comments on ways to facilitate and increase investor use of BrokerCheck. The comment period ended on April 27 and FINRA says it is reviewing the 71 comments received.
FINRA announced in early March its plans to revamp BrokerCheck to not only make it easier for investors to track down information about their broker—including "unifying" the search capabilities for BrokerCheck and the SEC's Investment Adviser Public Disclosure database—but to also expand the types of information investors can get about their broker.


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League using caution with mild lat strain
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Dodgers reliever Brandon League said he hopes to return to the mound Wednesday after a few days of reduced throwing because of a mild lat strain.
Manager Don Mattingly said the conservative throwing program for League is similar to the one prospect Zach Lee has been on since Spring Training opened.
"We don't think it's anything serious," Mattingly said. "But we want to be extra cautious, especially with the schedule we've got, we don't want anybody pushing it and winding up with something worse. Just like Zach, Brandon is feeling better and he's moving closer to getting back on the mound."
League said backing off is just "precautionary." He said he threw eight bullpen sessions before arriving in Arizona, more than usual in anticipation of the compressed training camp.
Lee, meanwhile, said he also plans to throw off a mound Wednesday. He strained a lat muscle doing pull-ups at last month's pitching mini-camp.


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|Urban, Joseph
Submitted to: Journal of Immunology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/13/2002
Publication Date: 1/1/2003
Citation: Ekkens, M., Liu, Z., Liu, Q., Foster, A., Ehitmire, J., Pesce, J., Vannoy, J., Sharpe, A., Urban Jr, J.F., Gause, W. 2003. The role of ox40l interaction in the development of the primary and memory th2 response to the gastrointestinal nematode parasite heligmosomoides polygyrus. Journal of Immunology. 170:384-393 (2003)
Interpretive Summary: The immune response that is activated by infection with parasitic worms is very similar to the body's response to allergens. Thus, a response to an allergen like ragweed pollen may be considered as the body's attempt to eliminate a foreign invader. This response requires regulation to keep the response appropriate to the severity of the infection and not to become inappropriate and result in allergic disease. The immune response requires specific signals to focus on a specific targets, but there are down stream regulators that control the intensity of the response. The current study examines one of these regulators that exist as a family of molecules on the surface of immune and other presentation cells called the OX40/OX40L series. When one of these molecules, OX40L, is eliminated from cells by genetic manipulation, then the intensity of the response to a parasitic worm is reduced. This results in a higher number of worms that establish in the host. Although this may not be an appropriate consequence to a worm infection, it may be useful as a tool to reduce the intensity of an allergic reaction to environmental allergens. Worm infections in the United States are not considered as a major health problem, but responses to allergens cost the nation in terms of patient care and lost productivity. Targeting these regulatory molecules could offer a novel therapeutic approach to the control of allergic disease, but it also provides basic information on regulation of immunity and disease that can be used to design better preventative procedures that include the use of nutritional interventions.
Technical Abstract: In these studies, we examined the effects of OX40L deficiency on the development of Th2 cells during the primary and memory immune responses to the intestinal nematode parasite Heligmosomoides polygyrus. Elevations in IL-4 production and total and Ag-specific serum IgE levels were inhibited during both the primary and memory immune responses to H. polygyrus in OX40L-/- mice. The host protective memory response was compromised in OX40L-/- mice as decreased worm expulsion and increased egg production was observed compared to H. polygyrus-inoculated OX40L+/+ mice. To further examine the nature of the IL-4 defect during priming, adoptively transferred DO11.10 T cells were analyzed in the context of the H. polygyrus response. Although Ag-specific T cell IL-4 production was reduced in the OX40L-/- mice following immunization with OVA peptide plus H. polygyrus, Ag-specific T cell expansion, cell cycle progression, CXCR5 expression, and migration were comparable between OX40L+/+ and OX40L-/- mice inoculated with OVA and H. polygyrus. These studies suggest an important role for OX40/OX40L interactions in specifically promoting IL-4 production, and associated IgE elevations, during both the primary and memory Th2 responses to H. polygyrus. However, OX40L interactions are not required for serum IgG1 elevations, increases in GC formation, and Ag-specific Th2 cell expansion and migration to the B cell zone.


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The redesigned Acura MDX seven-passenger SUV was revealed Monday at the Detroit auto show, and it now offers front-wheel drive and a 3.5-liter V6 engine. During the press conference, Acura was clear to note that the aerodynamic MDX was just a prototype, but considering this model is expected to hit dealerships by mid-2013, we'd say it's pretty close to the finished product.
Adding front-wheel drive to the traditionally AWD MDX is a big move and is geared to meet the needs of buyers who live in warm regions. The 3.5-liter i-VTEC SOHC V6 is promised to improve performance and fuel economy, but exact horsepower and torque numbers have not been released. The same engine is used in the Acura TL, where it delivers 280 hp and 254 lb-ft.
The more streamlined MDX body not only looks good, Acura say it also improves aerodynamic efficiency by 16 percent. The height of the MDX has been reduced by 1.5 inches, but the wheelbase has been extended to improve performance, offer more second-row legroom and ease access to the third row.
To continue the trend of improving performance, Acura said the MDX will get an all-new front and rear suspension, but exact details were not released at the Detroit auto show.
Safety technology will also be refreshed in the 2014 model and will include features such as Acura's next-generation Advanced Compatibility Engineering body structure, available Forward Collision Warning and Lane Departure Warning systems, visibility technologies such as the Multi-Angle Rearview Camera and available Blind Spot Information, Lane Keeping Assist System and Active Cruise Control with Low-Speed Follow.
With all of these features, Acura expects the MDX to be awarded a five-star Overall Vehicle Score from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and a top-safety-pick-plus rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Infotainment technology also gets a much-needed upgrade in the 2014 MDX with the introduction of the improved AcuraLink cloud-based connectivity system. This technology allows Pandora connectivity, SiriusXM radio, SMS text messaging and cloud-based Aha by Harman. Harman connectivity gives the driver the ability to bring personalized news, information and media into the vehicle via the customer's compatible smartphone.
The interior was not available for us to see at the Detroit show, but Acura has promised improvements to interior luxury and comfort, as well.
The annual North American International Auto Show, better known as the Detroit auto show, has maintained its place as a barometer for the entire industry. For 2013, NAIAS takes place Jan. 14-27 and will host concept cars, green cars and supercars from all the major automakers, including what's expected to be a highlight this year: the new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette. Check out Autoweek's complete coverage of the Detroit auto show here.


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The Mapleson Cylinders - Program Notes
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Act I: Sempre libera excerpt : "Amor, amor č palpito" ... "dee volar il pen[sier]"
Marcella Sembrich (s), Violetta
Carlo Dani (t), Alfredo
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra--Luigi Mancinelli
February 27, 1903
[Glackens 67: "Feb. 27"; year deduced from Annals --and from two other Glackens listings for excerpts from the same performance, which give the year. One of those cylinders, described as "Splendid! clear all through. Applause and encore beginning 'follie,'" evidently followed this one, but has vanished; the other, of "Ah fors'č lui," may be the cylinder from the Mapleson Music Library on Side 12/Band 6, although its playing speed is different.]
After Violetta's guests leave, she muses on the love Alfredo has offered, then rejects it in favor of her endless round of pleasure. From outside the window, she hears Alfredo singing of love.
Amor, amor č palpito Simultaneous singing begins
dell'universo intero,
O! o amore! Simultaneous singing ends
misterioso, misterioso, altero,
croce, croce e delizia,
croce e delizia, delizia al cor.
Follie! follie! Ah!
gioir, gioir! Ah, si!
Sempre libera degg'io folleggiare
di gioia in gioia,
vo' che scorra il viver mio
pei sentieri del piacer.
Nasca il giorno, o il giorno muoja,
sempre lieta ne' ritrovi, ah! ah!
A deletti sempre nuovi dee volare
il mio pensier,
dee volar, dee volar, dee volar
il mio pensier,
dee volar, dee volar,
il pen[sier.]
Love, love is the heartbeat Simultaneous singing begins
of the universe,
of the whole universe,
Oh! Oh, love! Simultaneous singing ends
mysterious and proud,
a burden, a burden and a delight,
a burden and a delight, a delight to the heart.
Folly! Folly! Ah!
Enjoy! Enjoy! Ah, yes!
Ever free, I must go madly,
from one pleasure to the next,
I wish my life to run
through the paths of pleasure.
Whether day is dawning or dying,
always joyful I find it again,
to always new delights must fly
my thoughts,
must fly, must fly, must fly
my thoughts,
must fly, must fly
my thoughts.


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For nearly 65 years children of all ages have treasured the lovable gang featured in the "Peanuts" comic strip. Now, Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Woodstock, Lucy, and the rest of the gang are headed to the big screen, thanks to 20th Century Fox Animation.
The gang from one of the world's most beloved comic strips.
In Development
Blue Sky Studios announced the film through a "Peanuts" Movie Press Release. Details are still being released; so far we know the project will be directed by Steve Martino ("Ice Age: Continental Drift," "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!") and he will shoot from a script by Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates.
The film will mark the first time the "Peanuts" gang will be showcased in a full-length film as 3D characters. Craig Schulz, the son of the late Charles M. Schulz, is President of Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates and working with 20th Century Fox on the movie. "We have been working on this project for years," he said. "We finally felt the time was right and the technology is where we need it to be to create this film. I am thrilled we will be partnering with Blue Sky/Fox to create a 'Peanuts' movie."
When the comic strip first appeared (the early 1950s), the characters—and their problems—were much simpler.
"Peanuts" and Its Impact
It may be difficult for today's youth to understand just how much impact "Peanuts" once had on American pop culture. At its peak, "Peanuts" was everywhere.
At one time the comic strip was read by 355 million daily readers (in 75 countries). Then there are the classic holiday television specials—especially 1965's "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (soon to be celebrating its own 50th anniversary) and 1966's "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown." Both TV specials became enduring classics and today seeing them is considered a rite of passage and a "must see" each holiday season.
In theory, the starring character in "Peanuts" is everyman Charlie Brown…
Add to that, the popular "Peanuts" Broadway musicals, ice-skating shows and all types of "Peanuts" merchandise, like toys, calendars, books…and "Peanuts" became a billion-dollar marketing empire way before anyone had ever heard of Spongebob Squarepants…and this was back in the days when a billion was a truly astronomical amount of money.
The 65th Anniversary of "Peanuts"
The 2015 "Peanuts" project will mark the 65th anniversary of the debut of the "Peanuts" comic strip and the 50th anniversary of the landmark television special, "A Charlie Brown Christmas." The first movie, "A Boy Named Charlie Brown," was a major 1969 success and caught the massive wave of popularity that surrounded "Peanuts" during the 1960s and 1970s. The movie franchise carried on with varying success during three sequels: "Snoopy Come Home" (1972), "Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown" (1977) and "Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back!!!" (1980).
…in reality, however, the star of "Peanuts" has always been Charlie's pet dog, Snoopy, here assuming the role of a WWI fighter ace atop his airplane (cough)–uh, doghouse.
The gently humorous vision that cartoonist Charles Schulz created has lived on well beyond his death, and shows no signs of going away any time soon. He continues to inspire a new generation of cartoonists and animators and anyone else who wants to learn how draw cartoons.
"Peanuts" remains popular. The comic strip ran without interruption for almost 50 full years, from Oct. 2, 1950 until Feb. 13, 2000. One college professor called that fifty-year run "arguably the longest story ever told by one human being."
Strip creator Charles M. Schulz turned his gentle humor and simple characters into a vast marketing empire worth more than a billion dollars.
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Freshman Maria Khval earned a singles title in the Flight 1 bracket for the Lady Flames.
Four singles flight titles and one doubles title highlighted play for the Liberty Lady Flames tennis squad in its season-opening appearance in the Liberty Fall Classic. Overall, Liberty posted 23 singles victories and 11 doubles wins over the course of the two-day event at the Hershey-Esbenshade Tennis Courts.
Senior Annisha Domenech notched a singles title for the Lady Flames, as did newcomers Maria Khval, Belen Rivera and Mariely Hassey. In doubles play, Hassey and sophomore Valerie Thong earned a doubles title in Flight 2. Flight 1 singles action saw Khval collect a pair of straight-set wins in her first two matches, downing Jodi Noland of Christopher Newport and Alex Huie of James Madison. In the title match, Khval earned a hard-fought victory in the first set, 7-5, before routing James Madison's Taylor Pinchoff, 6-0, to claim the title.
In Flight 2, Rivera and Rebekah Jenkins recorded a pair of straight-set wins each, setting up a showdown between the two teammates in the final match. Rivera knocked off Jenkins, 6-4, 6-0, to claim her first tournament title as a Lady Flame.
Hassey opened her collegiate career with back-to-back 6-0, 6-0 victories against Diana Cotoros of West Virginia State and Logan Eldridge of Christopher Newport in Flight 3. The freshman advanced to face teammate Nicola Wellman in the title contest. Wellman bounced Radford's Gisela Garcia, 6-4, 6-1, before downing Paloma Alatorre of Longwood, 6-1, 6-4, to reach the final match. Hassey collected the victory, defeating Wellman, 6-3, 6-4.
Domenech began the tournament with a come-from-behind 4-6, 6-4, 10-8 victory against Virginia Tech's Laura Ramthun. The senior then bounced Nadia Grlj of West Virginia State, 6-1, 6-0, before earning a hard-fought title win against James Madison's Cara Wirth, 6-2, 0-6, 10-8.
Liberty's Cameron Richard, Valerie Thong, Brittany Yang and Lauren Mabe each finished the tournament with two wins apiece.
In doubles play, Hassey and Thong registered the Lady Flames' lone doubles title of the afternoon, going 3-0 in Flight 2. The duo downed Bethany Law and Sarah Moomau of Longwood, 8-4, before ousting Christopher Newport's Katie Carlson and Logan Eldridge, 8-2. In the title contest, Hassey and Thong knocked off teammates Richard and Wellman, 8-4.
Liberty's remaining doubles tandems of Rivera/Yang, Domenech/Mabe and Jenkins/Khval each recorded two victories during the tournament.
"Our first tournament of the year was a success," commented Liberty head coach Jeff Maren. "We were able to get some of the rust out of our games and improve some of our weak areas. I believe that we are improving daily and are looking forward to our next tournament at Virginia Tech in two weeks."
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My Rally with a rear wing ....
I was VERY desperate for a new body and am refusing to pay ebay chop shop prices. I wish I could say that this was 100% my idea, although it probably has been already done. My friend from Hobbytown ordered this for me.
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My fleet
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If I took pictures it wouldn't be much to look at being its mostly held together with electrical tape...
But I made a slo-mo video which I think is pretty interesting.
Are the tires supposta to blow off going into 2nd?
Engine swap from the CC4600 to NEU 1112 1.5D:
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Here's my 1/10 VXL powered Green Fiesta and the Red Fiesta we gave Dad for Easter today.
Dad's talking about putting a 1/10 VXL system and the 2.4 Link radio in his already
Thrash It, Bash it, Break it, No Regrets!!!
How she sits now... drift mode.
Mini Summit / Rally
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Everything overpowered...
not running at moment, waiting for esc to come back from traxxas.
some of my mods so far:
- nitro wheels and tires
- gpm shock mounts
- TRX toe and push rods
- RPM carries
- steel balls
- gtr shocks
- assorted TRX springs
Slash VXL
Rally VXL
Axial SCX10
First one of these in the gallery.
Aluminum Shocks
Aluminum Pushrods
Aluminum Tierods
Full Bearings
RPM Carriers
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finally got my new chassis to replace #2 which was shattered in another high speed kerb kiss. This time, we've switched to drift mode and loving it.
was trying to do a Tanner Foust styled body but not happy with my bad decal application skills. Will have to order a new set and try again. I was happy with it in principal though.
here's my rally
the only things i have left are the wing and a few perfromance upgrades
Fiesta brushed.
W/ Focus ST body.
Everything overpowered...
Thanks Daholla, got Rally for dayz.
Everything overpowered...
Used some orange and black dye. Still waiting for the MMP to complete it.
Went to work looking like this today.
Came home looking like this.
Getting a 6 light kit put on it tomorrow.
First new Traxxas car in a few years. Started as a roller yesterday. Clear body arrived today and I installed some 4-Tec tires, SW SCT, and Tacon 3500Kv.
Higgins: It's not a scratch! It's a bloody gouge!
Ready to go on another storming road run:
The prototype project.
Their are some great paintjobs in this thread, really nice! The hobby shop didn't have the proline fiesta so I just got the Traxxas body, I'll get a Proline soon though, I like the lines on it. Here's a couple of pics of my freshly painted shell.
Basher Body. Tried to get the blue to show (its the parma shifting blue color) not so much, not nearly as much as in person.
Got the light kit wired up finally too in the Focus body. I'll get pics of that later and hopefully a video.
Two Monster Cameros. Have two sets of Camaro wheels/tires and one body tucked away safely
Camaro has HPI wheels and tires.
The Focus has nitro 4-tec wheels/tires.
Both stock otherwise at the moment.
I had my KB for a few weeks now, but I had to do something to make it look a little different. I picked up the new 2012 Ford Focus from Proline and had my friend at Flamefreeracing do the paint job for me. I may pick up the wheel/tire set from the Kyle Busch truck to complete the look. Does anyone know if those tires grip more than these that came on the KB.


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How to Set Up a Child Care Center in GSA-Managed Space
If you are a federal agency looking to set up a child care center in a GSA-managed building, you will need to work with GSA to meet federally mandated guidelines on creating and operating a center. GSA can provide technical assistance in the start-up process, and will oversee the management of the physical space in which your child care center is located.
See GSA's checklist of important first steps or download the Starting a Child Development Center [PDF - 2 MB], a manual what you need to know.
Setting Up a Child Care Center Checklist: 15 Important Steps
- Step 1: Contact GSA
- Step 2: Obtain Management Commitment
- Step 3: Form Organizing Committee
- Step 4: Establish Interagency Agreements
- Step 5: Establish Feasibility
- Step 6: Evaluate Space Needs and Seek Space
- Step 7: Equip Center
- Step 8: Seek Building Services
- Step 9: Seek Program Oversight
- Step 10: Designate Service Provider
- Step 11: Secure Child Care License
- Step 12: Hire Staff
- Step 13: Market Program
- Step 14: Obtain Liability Insurance
- Step 15: Open the Center
The primary mission of the Child Care Division is to ensure that federal and community families receive quality care for their young children in child care centers located in GSA-managed space. We assist with all areas of establishing a child development center. Child Care Program Managers can offer assistance regarding the formation of the organizing committee and eventual board, needs assessments and local child care market surveys, recommendations for center size and programs, selection of center management and technical assistance and coordination for the actual build out and equipping of the center.
Our nationwide network of Child Care Program Managers works in partnership with other federal agencies, advisory boards, providers, and center staff to establish and maintain high quality programs. What follows is a brief overview of the start up process. The appropriate Program Manager should be consulted for further guidance.
Step 2: Obtain Management Commitment
A commitment from the local federal agency's top management is crucial to the development and operation of a child care center. It is the key to the release of funds to develop the center and to the agency's continuing support.
Step 3: Form Organizing Committee
The committee should reflect the agencies that will utilize the center and should be comprised of individuals whose professional expertise or background will benefit the committee (e.g. accountant, attorney, educator, fundraiser, etc.) In many cases, some members of the organizing committee stay on as future board members. The permanent board is well served by maintaining this mix of individuals, as well as seeking upper management and community participation on the board.
When more than one sponsoring agency is involved, each should be proportionally represented on the committee according to their occupancy within the building.
Step 4: Establish Interagency Agreements
When more than one agency sponsors a center, an interagency agreement (IA) should be signed between the agencies involved. The IA establishes the framework within which the agencies will participate in the development and ongoing support of the center. The IA can establish board participation and enrollment priorities.
The organizing committee needs to have data that indicates a center is needed and will be used by employees at this site. A feasibility study includes:
Employee Needs Assessment Survey or focus groups, which will help determine:
the expected population, thus size of the center
the ages of children in need of care
desired hours of operation
- the types of services to be provided
A market survey, which will help determine:
- the availability of other existing child care services
- tuition costs
The feasibility study needs to include the guidance from GSA on utilization rates and acceptable center size requirements. A center must be large enough to exist as a viable business.
Community partnerships with non-federal entities are permitted and encouraged. A partnership with a local business or government could make a center viable where your population alone will not support one. Any agreements made for sharing a center must be based on the authorities and requirements of federal law under the Trible Amendment [DOC - 28 KB].
* If your feasibility study proves positive and you are ready to move ahead with a center you should get a copy of the GSA Board of Directors Child Care Resource Book and the GSA Child Care Center Design Guide. Both guides are available from your Child Care Program Manager or in our Web Library.
Step 6: Evaluate Space Needs and Seek Space
The organizing committee should obtain copies of the applicable state and local regulations governing child care centers. In most instances child care centers are required to be on ground floor levels with access to outdoor play space. The GSA child care coordinator is available to help identify if appropriate space is available. The agency requests space from GSA. GSA is responsible for finding, designing and building out the space for the child care center under established policy. The agency pays rent to GSA for the space under established procedures for "common use space."
GSA or the sponsoring agency may purchase and own fundamental, permanent, and long-term furnishings and equipment such as kitchen appliances, playground and gross motor equipment, classroom equipment and furnishings. The Child Care Provider will provide all consumables, supplies, materials and provider curriculum choices for the child care facility.
Step 8: Seek Building Services
GSA is responsible for providing building services to the center, which include cleaning, utilities, and security systems. The centers are cleaned at standards for clinical space. Security is provided in accordance with a GSA security survey and analysis. Services considered above standard level are paid for by the requesting agency.
Step 9: Seek Program Oversight
GSA, using independent professionals, performs program and health reviews. GSA professionals perform periodic safety and security reviews.
Step 10: Designate Service Provider
Options for service provider and issuance of GSA License for Use of Space:
GSA can issue a license directly to a service provider or board. An organizing committee or board of directors will issue a solicitation, with the guidance of GSA, to select a provider to deliver the service. The board will enter into a contract with the selected provider and sign a memorandum of understanding with GSA. GSA and the board are responsible for oversight of the center and ensuring license compliance.
GSA can execute an agreement directly with an agency, which is then responsible for selecting a provider, issuing a license and ensuring license compliance.
Step 11: Secure Child Care License
The child care provider is responsible for obtaining and maintaining the appropriate state/ local licenses.
Staffing is the key to quality. The provider is responsible for hiring and training staff. Employee background checks are required. GSA will perform criminal history background checks.
The child care provider is primarily responsible for marketing the program initially and on an ongoing basis. The board of directors must help in these efforts by at a minimum easing access to employee newsletters, bulletin boards and activities.
Step 14: Obtain Liability Insurance
The provider must have liability insurance on the center. The necessity of insurance for the board of directors is determined locally and is sometimes carried as a rider on the center's insurance.
Parents typically make child care plans according to the academic year. All planning should be done to allow for a summer opening. The opening of a child care center is a time to build networks and to garner community support. A grand opening ceremony will provide agency employees and management an opportunity to see the center, meet the staff and to learn about the program.


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Though commonly called antelope, pronghorn are not related to gazelles, eland, or other true antelope species, which are native only to Africa and Asia. Pronghorn are an endemic North American ungulate, a holdover from when mastodons, ground sloths, and other ice age mammals roamed the continent. In all the world, no other species is like the pronghorn. Its closest genetic relative is, of all things, the giraffe.
Pronghorn have lived in North America for millions of years, surviving glacial eras, volcanic ash winters, and predation by the now-extinct American cheetah. But it took humans only 50 years around the turn of the 20th century to nearly wipe out the animals. After explorers and trappers opened the West, the teeming herds of wildlife observed just a few decades earlier by Lewis and Clark were quickly overrun. Ambitious pioneers punched railroads and telegraph lines across the prairie, plowing arable land and replacing hoofed wildlife with cattle. Pronghorn were shot by hungry farmers and unregulated market hunters. By the early 1900s the total pronghorn population in North America was reduced to fewer than 15,000.
Conservation-minded hunters and land-owners eventually repopulated the plains with the fleet-footed animals. Working with state bi-ol-ogists, they trapped pronghorn in population strongholds and relocated the animals in historic habitat. Within decades, pronghorn had recolonized the American West, although in nowhere near pre-settlement numbers and only in marginalized fragments of their historic range. Today, pronghorn number over 1 million across North America. In some parts of the West they are common enough to take for granted.
From "Pronghorn in Motion" by Ben Long, Montana Outdoors, November-December 2011


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Is There Risk of War Between China and U.S.?
Hugh White's view that America and China are on a collision course is looking more prophetic, but not everybody agrees with his ideas for compromise. The WSJ's Andrew Browne has the details.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
I ... tensions arising in Asia between the United States and China China accuses the US of storing things up in the region with a so-called pivot to Asia the United States accuses China of taking unilateral aggressive action ... to set cold territorial disputes the question is this how bad ... things get ... is it also believes it at all possible that there could be war ... well Hugh White ... one of the region's leading strategic thinkers thinks that war is a distinct possibility ... and he says that because he thinks that the issues over which China and the United States are now arguing ... I'm Mealey tokens in a much ... bigger again ... and that game put simply it is for supremacy ... in Asia ... when it comes to issues of war and peace between great powers ... Professor White believed ... much depends on ... the perception that each site has all the fall does result ... in the cold war he says it was pretty simple if the U S as I moved its head west ... it knew ... there would be more ... if the United States moved its Hanks if it on the food ... there would be war and the balance held ... during the whole cold war period ... so what about the situation now in contemporary ... Asia ... what was all does the United States have to defend its position of primacy ... in the region ... and home phone is China's result to challenge it ... what a lot of analysts think that China's now believes the United States black resulting is this that explains the way of pushing ... and pulling ... US allies ... in the neighborhood ... it may or ... may ... not be ... right ... the one thing is very clear ... by lunch ... in Malden times it has been a monumental mistake ... to underestimate us where's all ... to defend its interests and it's precisely the thing ... that makes the


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Player Run: The Wackey Wax Museum
Topic: Player Run: The Wackey Wax Museum
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Player Run: The Wackey Wax Museum
Wackey Wax museum.
\a high pitched, and soft toned males voice/[8 MHz, English]: Anyone looking for work, meet me at the Seattle space needle.
\a high pitched, and soft toned males voice/[8 MHz, English]: *SMACK SMACK*..(static) This thing on? *whap whap*
A mysterious voice: Someone says, in English, "Shhhh."
Your physical body seems distant, as the astral plane slides into view.
A large armored cyclops, surrounded by a spell aura (invisible) (dual) is standing here.
Crash: Hey.
After a while, noone else shows.
You say, "Well I guess it's just you bub."
Crash looks at you with a discerning look, and the glare on his face slowly fades as he sized you up. Eventually he says, "Alright, I think you'll do." He pulls out a pocket secretary and eyes it.
A large armored cyclops, surrounded by a spell aura shrugs. "So what's the gig tiny?"
There has been some dissapearances in Victoria around the wax museum, and I am supposed to find some runners to go investigate the dissapearances. The goal is to bring a stop to said dissapearances, and bring me evidence."
A large armored cyclops, surrounded by a spell aura looks around, then grins. "Kids stealing lawn gnomes again? Or do you got more than that for us to go on?"
Crash looks irritated. "look, if you aren't serious about the job, then frag off spug!" He is visibly flustered. "I wouldn't be supprised if some of 'your' kind came up missing as well."
A large armored cyclops, surrounded by a spell aura lets out a hollow laugh, not at all reflected in his eye or posture. "That'd be a neat trick, and hard to notice considering the lack of 'my kind' around these parts. But I'll humor you, what kind of info do we have to work with?"
Crash looks a little calmer, "Not much. People.. All kinds of people, have been disappearing. Some people on thier way to work, some on vacation, some people go to bed next to someone, and wake up with them gone!" He shows you some newpaper clippings. "Another string of missing persons" "More people gone missing" When will the disapearrances stop" clipping after clipping, showing more and more missing people. First a few, then dozens, then a stack of pages.
You say, "The only common denominator is that a couple of people were reported missing near the wax museum."
A large armored cyclops, surrounded by a spell aura browses through the clippings briefly, stopping at your mention of the wax museum disappearances. "Well then, how many is a couple? And if not all of them, then what makes the museum suspect." He pauses in thought for a moment before continuing. "And what's Lone Star's involvement?"
Crash looks at you supprised. "The lone aren't just going around checking into things you know. They aren't private investigators. There isn't even any corps near the wax museum. They probably don't give two dreks about the disappearances."
A large armored cyclops, surrounded by a spell aura rolls his eye dramatically. "That means no corp disappearances. So maybe the gangers down there are stocking up to ransom the poor fools. Got a starting point for us, or do we just go knocking door to door and asking people if they've seen any missing persons?"
Crash looks at his watch, and looks at you. "The starting place is the " he slowly anunciates with prejudice, "W. aaax... Mu. zee uuuummm
A large armored cyclops, surrounded by a spell aura sighs. "Fine shorty, and what's the plan?"
You say, "I guess, go investigate what's causing the disappearances. Once you find out, make them stop."
A large armored cyclops says, in English, "So two options that come to mind for a starting point are: A. Hire a decker to check the museum security cams. or B. Hang out on the roof forever and see if anyone walks by and goes poof. I'm pretty sure if it's been going on this long, nobody that actually works for the museum has seen anything or they'd have reported it. Or the museum employees are involved and aren't going to just tell us if we ask them."
You say, "I broadcast this job over the radio, and you were the only responder. Do you have decking skills?"
A large armored cyclops looks up at the ceiling, looking almost as you did a few moments before. "If I were able to do it, I'd not have said 'hire a decker'. And since I'm fairly sure now that you're not one either, I guess we go sit on a roof."
Crash starts laughing. "I'm not sitting on any roof." He kicks back and opens the newspaper clippings, looking for any other details. "I am supposed to do the hiring. If you die, I hire someone else to take off where you left off. So you see... "purchases a soda from the soda machine- you hear the change clink in, and the soda clank out... "I have to stay here."
After a while, the cyclops heads out to Victoria, and deosn't return. (ooc the guy went link dead and never came back)
\a high pitched, and soft toned males voice/[8 MHz, English]: That was a bust. Anyone else need a job?
\A fluid male Elvish baritone with a hint of impatience/[8 MHz, Unknown]: (something incoherent...)
\a high pitched, and soft toned males voice/[8 MHz, English]: I think my radio is messing up. Could you repeat that?
\A fluid male Elvish baritone with a hint of impatience/[8 MHz, English]: I could use a little something, chum.
\a high pitched, and soft toned males voice/[8 MHz, English]: I am hiring in the north part of the Seattle space needle lobby.
An average sized male Elf in a crimson skin-tight morph suit strolls in from the south.
You say, "Thanks for showing up. I guess my last guy is just another one added to the list of missing persons... So here's the deal.."
Crash gets out a newspaper clipping and shows it to you as he speaks. (Another string of missing people) (More people gone missing) (When will the disappearances stop) "There have been a lot of people coming up missing in Victoria. The only common denominator is that some of them were reported missing near the wax museum." He looks a little concerned. "My last runner came up missing as well." as he thumbs through the stack of newspaper clippings he looks back at you, "Your job is to head over to Victoria, and investigate the missing people. Make the disappearances stop, and bring me evidence on the situation, and I will pay you."
A large Male person wearing A dark blue lined duster ponders for a moment, stretching out his lithe arms and clearing his throat slightly he asks, 'Missing eh? Not a good place to find yourself... you got any idea exactly how many chums are missing over there? Inlcuding your little runner.'
Crash flips through the massive stack of newspapers, and says, "There are definately dozens of reported incidents just in the newspaper alone." His eyes widen, "My 'little runner' /was/ a huge ass cyclops."
An average sized male Elf in a crimson skin-tight morph suit gives a hidden smirk from behind his mask which extends up his face to his eyes, "Ah... a big slow feller... that might explain yer problems, he could've got hungry and wandered off." he states quietly, quickly changing the subject he continues, "Alright chum, name's Deadpool, I'll head down to Victoria and take a look. If you don't hear from me I'm having dinner with yer one eyed mate.". And with that he strolls nonchalantly from the lobby out into the street.
An average sized male Elf in a crimson skin-tight morph suit hails a taxi, directing the hapless chum to the docks. Upon arrival Deadpool jumps from the cab and runs off into the dockyards, stiffing the cab driver.
At the docks you see several customs officers lazily standing about looking bored. You hear the sound of a loud bell being rang on the beach at some kind of monument, and seagulls squaking. It's about noon, and the ferry terminal is quite busy. There is a small one room building near the terminal to change your money, and people are waiting in line. There is a string of cars waiting to load the ferry boat, as customs officers check for oddities. The ramp to load walk-on passengers is sparcly populated with only four or five people loading on a long ramp.
An average sized male Elf in a crimson skin-tight morph suit takes a closer look at the water to judge the current strength and temperature.
The water here is treacherous. It feels about 40 degrees farenheit. Waves smash into the side of the huge boat without mercy. There are a lot of barnacles on the side of the boat which would add to the injury if you were keal hauled along the side of the boat by thrashing waves. Even if you fell in and got out, the wind, rain, and grey weather would keep you cold for a long time.
A large Male Elf wearing A dark blue lined duster walks casually towards the line of people exchanging money and stands behind the last person there, he then begins to scan the five people boarding the ferry, taking in the information of the last passenger in the line and glancing towards the front of the line he's in to ascertain the race and weight of the person at the front.
The person in front is an average human, about 150lbs. He is dressed like a tourist in a hawaian shirt, and straw hat. He doesn't look very tough.
An average sized male Elf in a crimson skin-tight morph suit waits until his turn in line and asks the attendant for 1 return ticket to Canada eh?
The money changer says, "Oh. As long as you're a walk on it's free." He points to the people loading on the long ramp. "Just walk on with that ramp there."
An average sized male Elf in a crimson skin-tight morph suit nods towards the money changer, moving his hand instinctively towards his duster-concealed pistol holster he stops just short of whipping it out, in poor German he mumbles quietly, 'Have good day' and walks off towards the ferry. When he arrives at the ramp he intentionally bumps into the biggest guy there and keeps walking onto the ferry.
The biggest guy there is rather dopey looking. As you bump into him, he looses his balance and falls on the metal ramp splitting open his knee. "owch!" He looks like he's about to cry, but gets up and keeps walking. As you get on the ferry, a dock worker is seen throwing the ropes from the ship back to the dock, and the ramp is taken away. About fifteen minutes later you feel the ship start to move, and you hear a loud fog horn sound. *Hoooonk* *honk* *honk*
as the ferry approaches canada, the Victoria skyline is visible in the distance. There are many tall building that have been left to waste, and one is even currently on fire in a few places. Eventually the ferry pulls up the the dock, and a ramp is moved up the the boat for unloading.
An average sized male Elf in a crimson skin-tight morph suit makes his way down the ramp and out on to the street, hailing a cab he enters the back and asks the fellow driving if he knows where the wax museum is.
The cab driver responds, "Sure do. It's only about a block from here. You must be new around here, so I won't charge ya nothin' if you wanna go there."
A large person wearing A dark blue lined duster nods quietly, his concentration on his mission slipping... after about thirty seconds he snaps back to it and states jovially, "Sure chum! If ya wouldn't mind!". Having arrived at his destination Deadpool climbs out of the taxi to take in the area.
There is a lot of cobblestone streets, and in the distance you see a horse drawn carriage clip-clopping down the street. The wax museum is a HUGE victorian building, with very nice, yet slightly creepy designs. There is a lot of trash floating down the street, and a ticket booth out front seems abandoned.
An average sized male Elf in a crimson skin-tight morph suit decides to head straight towards the front of the building, strolling casually towards the front doors to check if they're locked.
As you push the door, it freely swings open revealing a plethora of human sculptures. Some are past presidents, some are other famous people you recognise, some are just really real looking sculptures. The details are imaculate, and there are plaques describing certain famous people, or ways of perfecting the realizm. There doesn't seem to be any 'real' people inside.
An average sized male Elf in a crimson skin-tight morph suit stolls in and throws his assault pack full of spare magazines at a wax sculpture of Abraham Lincoln, taking a look around for further exits or directions and any signs of struggle.
Abraham Lincoln crumbles to the ground, and you see a network of wires and sculping meterial meant to keep it's shape. There are hardly any signs of anyone using this building, next to the crumbled Abraham Lincoln, and then you find a door labeled "Chamber of Horrors." It is locked.
An average sized male Elf in a crimson skin-tight morph suit shouts in Spanish, 'Despierta compinches! (Wake up chums!)' before immediately attempting to kick down the door to the Chamber of Horrors.
The door blasts into the next room with a loud clatter, revealing a podium with a "visitors" booklet on it, and a hallway leading though some sort of torture chamber. The smell is horrible, and you hear creapy sound effects playing, imitating people being eternally torchured. There are glass display windows. In the first window, there is a dead person strapped to a table by thier wrists and ankels with a double sided axe swinging like a pendulum over the body. The blade has already lowered to the point of slicing the rib cage right up the center of the body about four inches deep. The blade has swung back and forth so many times that it doesn't even touch the flesh anymore. The next room has a body on a guillatine with a head in a basket. As you watch, a cord pulls the head back onto the body. The blade goes up, then drops, re-decapitating the head over and over. The next window has a hook hanging from the cieling with a body hanging on it. There is still blood dripping from this corpse of a cyclops.
A large person wearing A dark blue lined duster pulls out an AK-97 SMG from inside his duster with his right hand, aiming square at the eye of the Cyclops corpse he uses his smartlink camera to snap a picture into his headware memory. After contemplating the corpse for a few moments he casually examines the display setting further to ascertain how someone got it in there.
An average sized male Elf in a crimson skin-tight morph suit draws a tactical AK-97 SMG finished in digital camo from A dark blue lined duster.
There is some cheaply constructed one by one inch boards attached with screws in several key locations just enough to hold the glass in place. It looks like it could be broken easily, or taken down with a little work.
A large Male person wearing A dark blue lined duster mentally sets his AK-97 to semi-automatic and fires two rounds into the glass (aiming directly at the Cyclops' face).
The glass shatters, and the cyclops' head explodes splattering REAL brains and blood all over the wall.
An average sized male Elf in a crimson skin-tight morph suit grimaces slightly, the smell of a dead Cyclops hitting him smack in the face, he quickly turns around and runs through the first available exit that isn't the door he entered through, grabbing the booklet from the podium and stashing it in his duster as he goes.
You end up in a room at the end of the hall after passing a couple more torture room style displays with probably real bodies, and end up in a room with several rows of heads on shelves. As you enter you hear a monotone voice. "I was wondering when someone would come." A man wearing a suit covered in blood emerges from the shadows. "You would make a perfect display!"
An average sized male Elf in a crimson skin-tight morph suit aims his AK-97 SMG at the mans face and mentally sets it to full-auto, with a slight chuckle he states easily in clear English without a hint of sarcasm, 'Oh yes I saw your artwork! I was very impressed. And just who are you chum?' he finishes. (PASS)
Crash The man says, "I am the curator." calmly, as he lunges at you with a scalpel.
the curator plunges a scalpel into your arm causing some of your skin to peel back revealing a lot of blood for such a small wound (light wound)
An average sized male Elf in a crimson skin-tight morph suit grimaces beneath his mask and shouts angrily in German, 'Ihre Mutter war eine Ziege!' before releasing a full-auto stream of 20 bullets via his SMG aimed at the mans face.
Your spray of the AK hits, putting the curator on the floor bleeding out from multiple gunshot wounds. If he isn't aided, he will surely die.
A large Male Elf wearing A dark blue lined duster lowers his weapon and looks towards his bleeding arm, shrugging he walks over to where the curator lies perforated and mentally activates the recording function of his smartgun, 'So, feller, you got a name? Surely you want someone to remember your accomplishments and deeds! Such art needs an artist.' he states, suppressing the urge to pull the trigger.
The suit gurgles a bit, blood seeping through his lips. He makes a choking, coughing sound and clears his mouth of blood long enough to mumble Curator... Then his head slumps down in his own blood. The pool of blood grows in every direction.
A large Male Elf wearing A dark blue lined duster heaves with a sigh and turns to survey the room, weapon still aimed at the macabre scene on the floor he snaps a picture.
As you look around, it's hard to imagine so much evil could come from one guy, but the curator is the only one here, other than the shelves of heads. As you peer behind a shelf, you notice that there is a spot you could stand to make it look like your head is one of the heads on the shelf.
A large person wearing A dark blue lined duster moves back to the entrance of the room and gives it another once over, snapping multiple pictures. Once done he aims his AK-97 towards the back row of heads and empties the last ten rounds in a fully automatic spray, replacing his magazine and holstering his weapon back inside his duster he begins walking back towards the building entrance.
A large Male person wearing A dark blue lined duster slips a tactical AK-97 SMG finished in digital camo into a thigh holster.
As you walk out, you pass by the familiar torture chamber area. The wax bodies and the real ones are pretty close, but you can tell now that more than half of the bodies in the chamber of horrors are real corpses. This place reaks, and there are flies gathering on the cyclops' body now that they have access. You step over the smashed door into the lobby, past Abraham Lincolns smashed sculpture, and onto the street. There is a tourist curiously glancing into the museum.
An average sized male Elf in a crimson skin-tight morph suit surveys the street for any other people and strolls up to the tourist, stopping 10 metres short of him, 'Su madre era una cabra.', he queries the tourist.
The tourist smiles at you, and shrugs, then starts heading down the street.
An average sized male Elf in a crimson skin-tight morph suit shrugs, half-heartedly holstering his AK-97 and walking back to the ferry. Arriving at the ferry he casually attempts to follow the ramp onto the boat.
Without incident you get onto the ferry. You even notice a guard eyeing your gear, but not with intent to stop you, more like with envy. The ferry beggins to move away from the dock and you hear the fog horn again. *Hoooonk* *honk* *honk* The ferry heads out to sea. After a while, the ferry pulls in to Seattle and passengers unload quickly.
An average sized male Elf in a crimson skin-tight morph suit decides instead of ripping off another poor chum to just walk the 4 blocks back to the Space Needle, entering the lobby he spots his diminutive contact and makes his way over to him, 'Ho, chum!' he states enthusiastically, dried blood still clinging to his morph suit, and before there's a chance for a response his right eye rolls back in his head and an enormous image of a dead human full of holes flashes in between them, 'BAM!' he exclaims, 'And to think there was just one of him.'
Crash looks suprised, and a little wierded out. He brings himself to look at the gory photos, and says, "That's definately the wax museum." He holds out his hand, "Did you find anything with evidence on this guy being the reason for 'all' of the missing people?"
A large Male person wearing A dark blue lined duster gives a high uncaring shrug, 'He was mum on that.' he states casually, the image of the destroyed corpse still hanging eerily in the air. Deadpool makes a small 'hrm' sound before flashing the image to the dead Cyclops, 'The only thing I snagged while there was this brochure, courtest of our big friend here', he states, retrieving a wax museum brochure from his duster and forcing his eye back into normal position, ending the image stream, 'Maybe there's something in here,' he finishes, tossing the slightly blood stained brochure to you.
Crash opens the visitors booklet... The first few pages are signatures and things like "Elvis was here" but after a while of him flipping pages, you see scribbled writing. "unreadble..." "Why? I fucking hate my life! Noone cares about my art anymore!... Undreadable" "... The wax museum is going under and going to shut down. How could this be, after all the work I put into the place!..." "If I get people to come to the museum, they wont shut me down. I will get them here, even if it kills them...
after a while of reading, the johnson says, "OOO KAAAY. I think this is good enough. Here's your pay."
The Johnson pays Deadpool 39500 nuyen.
Crash throws a news paper at your chest the next day. "You're a hero you know?" *front page* Evidence reveals dissapearances linked to psycodic wax museum curator. After a lengthy investigation, the curator was found, and killed in self defence. Many missing people have been recovered, and a mass funeral will be held on the seventh for those people who were unidentified.
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