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|2012-07-27, 18:06
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Lucy a great character, she the type that is a underdog in situations, but pulls through.
I notice her ability to take hits has increase. When Natsu was sleeping and punch Lucy with enough force to send her through the roof and landed in the river and she was fine after that.
Can't wait for some romance, when the manga is wrap up.
|2012-08-15, 09:45
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Location: earth
Lucy isnt one my favorite charcters. She is more of the supporter in Team Natsu. She is the person who complains a lot but, encourages the whole team to not give up. And because she talks a lot, she is nagger in the team.
|2012-08-17, 19:36
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She is the one who helps out the guild and Fairy Tail in more hidden ways. She has a connection to almost every member, which i love.
About those connections, I want to see more of her relationship with Gajeel, given their history.
I do like how she's using most of her spirits in the latest arc too.
|2012-11-11, 22:59
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Well, I feel sad that thus far, Lucy has been reduced to a punching bag (first flare, then Minerva, then just captured)
I really hope she tries to use Urano Metroia again, that was one of the most epic moments of FT history. if that fails, well, just use Lucy Kick on something for comic relief
|2013-01-13, 07:38
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I don't really like Lucy as a character, but she has her good sides, too. She isn't that powerful, yeah, we gotta admit it, but this way the show is more interesting. Because there's no way everyone can be freakishly powerful, right? Also, I'm sure that Mashima is preparing a surprise.. I don't know, I just feel this way. Like showing us some hidden power of Lucy. Although she's not completely useless as some people say.
|2013-01-14, 23:43
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|2013-01-14, 23:52
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|2013-01-19, 14:45
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The thing is though Lucy performance in most of her battles really hasn't been that strong. Usually when Lucy wins it's a come from behind victory which doesn't even make her look all that strong at the end and her opptents usually come across as being fairly weak. As for being able to summon spirits at once well the problem there is Lucy's celestial spirits they've been used as cannon foder and comic relief so much that most readers view them as a joke. As for Urano Metoria we don't know if it's going to live up to it's hype it was enough to take out Angel but she's not a tank type of character and didn't go dowm immedieatly.
I also don't think they should change a thing Natsu and Lucy have great chemistry and the team has a nice balance right now.
|2013-01-20, 13:21
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I think the big problem is, and this has been stated before... a Celestial mage like Lucy has the potential to be freakishly OP. I mean, she can summon 10 different spirits now, two at a time, which gives insane possibilities for combos. The strength of her spirits is equal to her magic strength, so if her magic power was on par with someone like Gray or Natsu or Erza, she'd essentially enter into any fight with a 10 on 1 advantage. No one would be able to stand up to her.
I mean, if her magic power was on par with Flare's, she could use gemini to copy all of Flare's powers, knowledge, and skills... and then summon one more spirit (cancer to keep cutting Flare's hair?). And now Flare is facing herself, a spirit that is destroying her only advantage, and Lucy with a whip. She wouldn't have had a chance.
Thus, Mashima needs to make her kinda weak in comparison to other people, or risk making her too overpowered. It's a delicate situation, and I'd kinda agree that he could do a bit better.
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|2013-01-20, 13:26
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: in Darkness
i think her magic power along with her spirits are well balanced, as far as i can remember as per to the contract she makes with her apritis they have fixed days and time in which she can summon them, it's not like she can summon any spirit at any time, or else we might be having Loke around everytime she gets in trouble,
so even if she has advantage of powerful spirits, their usage is limited.
|2013-01-20, 21:14
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Yeah, I remember that contract stipulation, but we haven't seen it come up. Never a time when Lucy says, "I'll summon Cancer! No, wait, I can't, it's Tuesday." And we haven't seen her actually work out terms of a contract, except with Plue. I understand why; so Mashima has wiggle room to summon whoever he wants, whenever he wants.
|2013-01-20, 22:13
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Keep in mind though that in the most recent episode:
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|2013-01-20, 23:42
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Join Date: May 2012
Age: 40
if i'm not wrong, in a Q&A or interview mashima stated who the contract can change overtime based on the power and the bond between the wizard and the spirit, how more the wizard and the bond become strong overtime then the wizard can summon more times the spirit not just what was originally in the contract(and the spirit if really want can open for himself the gate).
some good exemples are virgo, horologuium and leo specially vigo they can free open they gates anytime they want(horologuium when he sense a big danger and natsu not near lucy, virgo anytime she want do some maid/swinsuit fanservice and Loki when he want flirt with lucy.
and that the problem with the bitch aquarius she "likes to bully" lucy >.> this make me really hate her hardly, all the times who lucy need her help and aquarius leave lucy in the middle of the troubles "just to go on a date with scorpio", allmost of the times aquarius give the vib who she true dont really care for lucy and only accept stay with lucy because lucy previous mother wish(maybe she was true loyal to lucy mother) and because lucy also have scorpio key.
lucy really a too much good person if was me i already burned the contract and buried her key in a place where no one living can find and call scorpio all the days just for her never can go a date with him.
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|2013-01-28, 00:11
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^ Well she is the protagonist of the story, so I guess she kind is the main person in a way.
|2013-01-28, 04:13
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You know what makes Lucy awesome; she's the only one in Fairy Tail that doesn't want to get into f-ing retarded stupid brawls! Hell, most of the time she doesn't even want to get involved, but Natsu like an asshole drags her along anyway.
Lucy wants to pay her rent. She wants to go shopping. She wants to write her book. Lucy wants to do alot of things.
What usually happens is she ends up being publically stripped naked because Natsu can't go a day without being a wart on her butt.
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Note that when opened these are EXACTLY the same thread and that it has 4 posts (yes I did refresh the front page to check).
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House votes for cellphone ban while drivingBy GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
March 05. 2014 3:39PM
CONCORD— Holding a cell phone or any other electronic device while driving would be prohibited under a bill passed by the House Wednesday on a 192-133 vote.
Under House Bill 1360, hands-free use of a cell phone such as using speaker phone, BlueTooth or on-board car phones, GPS or other electronic devices would be allowed for drivers older than 18 years old.
Bill supporters said the bill is about safety, noting that distracted driving is a factor in 28 percent of fatal accidents in the state over the last six years.
"You only need to drive down the streets here in New Hampshire to witness any number of drivers distracted by cell phone use," said Rep. George Sykes, D-Lebanon. "Isn't it time to address this dangerous problem of distracted driving, and isn't it time to prevent all these unnecessary crashes and loss of life?"
But opponents said the bill overreaches and its prohibitions are unrealistic and would prohibit things people do every day that are not a problem.
And they said current laws against distracted driving are not enforced and should be before imposing any new restrictions.
Rep. Tim O'Flaherty, D-Manchester, called the bill overreaching and questionable, saying it is not consistent about smart phone and other device use and discriminates against the poor who cannot afford a vehicle with integrated technology.
And he said the bill bans the use of all devices for drivers under 18 years old. "That's about as wise and effective as requiring teenagers to abstain from sex," O'Flaherty said.
But former driver education teacher Rep. Karel Crawford, R-Moultonborough, defended the restrictions on young drivers saying lawmakers have already imposed a number of restrictions on teen drivers.
"The less distractions teens have while they are driving," Crawford said, "the safer the general public will be."
Cell phone bans while driving have been before the House many times, but none had been successful until Wednesday.
The prohibitions in the bill against cell phone use do not apply in an emergency. An exemption is also made for two-way radio communications like that used by truck drivers.
Drivers would be able to pull over and stop to use a cell phone or program a GPS under the bill, but not at a temporary stop such as a red light.
State law currently bans texting while driving, but does not prohibit reading a text message, dialing a cell phone, programming a GPS or surfing the internet on a smart phone.
Using a cell phone while driving is banned in 12 states and 41 states prohibit texting while driving.
The bill creates the crime of impeded driving, which would be a primary offense that allows a police officer to stop a vehicle for violating the law. Under a secondary offense, police may not stop a vehicle for the violation, but if the driver is stopped for another violation, a charge can be brought.
Several representatives said texting while driving is a problem, but questioned the ban saying it would create a number of unintended scenarios no one would support.
"This is a wicked bad bill," said Rep. Jim Berlanger, R-Hollis. "There are only so many ways you can put a dress on a pig and say it isn't a pig."
O'Flaherty argued discretion is needed, not more laws. An individual driver should be allowed to use his or her best judgment and exercise personal responsibility, he said.
But Steven Smith, R-Charlestown, said the bill is actually pro-liberty.
"I don't think anybody has a right to use a cell phone, but I certainly have a right to life and not get crashed into by someone using a cell phone," Smith said. "When it's time to drive, just drive. It's that simple."
The bill was supported by the New Hampshire Auto Dealers Association, Verizon, General Motors and other businesses and organizations.
"We know that cell phones and mobile devices are a major distraction for all drivers, threatening the safety of roadways for all of us," says Pete McNamara, President of the New Hampshire Auto Dealers Association. "We need to send a clear message to all drivers: put down the cell phone and get your eyes back on the road."
The bill now goes to the Senate.


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FRAMINGHAM - Any concern about pulling out more than 50 trees isn�t stopping the downtown streetscape and traffic improvement project from going forward.
Following a sparsely attended public hearing Tuesday, the Department of Public Works says it is ready to cut down the trees that are in the way of the planned construction.
"There were no objections to the removal of the trees, so we�re going to be ready to proceed with the removal; sometime in the near future," the DPW�s Highway and Sanitation Director Dan Nau said Thursday.
Some business owners and residents expressed concerns prior to the hearing after orange signs went up to mark the targeted trees, many of which are mature and diseased.
The state Department of Transportation is set to get started this spring on the two-year construction project. Planned work includes squaring out the intersection of Union Avenue and Concord Street and replacing the roundabout in front of the Memorial Building with traffic signals.
Nau said the project will bring "a lot more green space" to downtown, along with plantings, flowers and shrubs, trees, benches, decorative lighting, sidewalks and crosswalks.
The town celebrates a ribbon cutting on Monday at 1 p.m. at the DPW�s new Downtown Roadway Project office at 107 Concord St.
The office will serve as a communications headquarters for staff to assist residents and business owners in the project area.
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FRAMINGHAM - Any concern about pulling out more than 50 trees isn�t stopping the downtown streetscape and traffic improvement project from going forward.


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Missouri CourthousesContact and other information about this county is available on the National Association of Counties website, http://explorer.naco.org/.
When first organized in 1841, Shannon County embraced a much larger area. When Texas, Reynolds and Carter counties organized, they absorbed parts of Shannon County.
For the first courthouse, officials picked a site near the center of the county, across the Current River near Round Spring. Built in 1845, the 16-by-20-foot, hewn-log courthouse cost $75. Fire caused by Civil War activities destroyed this early Shannon County courthouse along with all county records.
After the war, county officials again looked for a location near the center of the county for a new courthouse. Thomas J. Chilton deeded 50 acres, one of the few sites with clear title, upon which Eminence was laid out in 1868. Within a year, builders completed a 30-foot-square, weather boarded courthouse. Contract price was $3,000 bid by William Orchard and T. B. Dunvas of Thomasville, Oregon County. Fire destroyed the building Dec. 31, 1871.
For the next courthouse, a two-story frame with offices on the first floor and a courtroom on the second was built. In time the county outgrew this courthouse; the county and circuit clerks' offices moved to other quarters. An arsonist set fire to the courthouse and both clerks' offices in March of 1895. The courthouse was not seriously damaged, although all county records were destroyed. The building was later moved to the north side of the square and used for several years as a commercial building. No known photographs of these early courthouses exist.
County citizens voted Nov. 10, 1898, to finance the next courthouse by a direct tax. In March 1899 the court invited architects and builders to submit plans. County Court officials selected the plans of Henry H. Hohenschild. Hohenschild's first plans provided for a building costing about $9,000, almost twice the sum Shannon County could commit. The court contemplated possible changes and asked the architect to draw plans for a building costing not more than $5,000.
Partial funding came from the Odd Fellows for the attic story, which was used for their lodge. This probably explains the unusual roof configuration. The first story was arranged for office space; the courtroom, measuring 34-1/2 by 38-1/2 feet, and two jury rooms were on the second floor.
R. M. Beatty, contractor, was supervised by George Mathews [sic] of West Plains. Henry Cardz acted as county superintendent. Cornerstone ceremonies took place on Aug. 11, 1899 (Figure 1). On May 23, 1938, fire destroyed this courthouse, which was insured for $23,500.
Figure 1Shannon County Courthouse, 1899-1938. Architect: Henry H. Hohenschild (From: postcard, Trenton Boyd Collection)
After the courthouse burned, an election to remove the county seat to Winona failed. A project submitted to the Work Projects Administration was rejected in June 1939, but after architect Dan R. Sanford, Springfield, conferred with the court in August regarding plans for a new courthouse, the proposal was resubmitted and approved in November 1939. The two-story plus basement building, built of reinforced concrete, concrete blocks and structural steel, has brick veneer with white stone entry (Figure 2). It was completed in the summer of 1941 and dedicated Aug. 2, 1941. G. A. Norton of Springfield was the foreman, a contractor of wide experience. Shannon County's present courthouse has 27 rooms and cost $77,500. W.P.A. approved financing for $52,000; the county paid the remainder, $25,500.
Figure 2Shannon County Courthouse, 1939-. Architect: Dan R. Sanford (Courtesy: Ozark Graphic, Doniphan, Missouri)
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Kitchen Inspiration: Ideas from Restaurants
Restaurants know that an enjoyable meal starts with the atmosphere. If you're looking to bring a bit of that philosophy into your kitchen, check out some inspiring ideas from restaurants across the globe.
1. Don't fear color. White is classic, but it can also be sterile and boring. Don't be afraid to add some color to your space. As long as you stick to shades of one color or a single saturation level (brights, pastels), it's hard to mess up.
2. Shop in other rooms. Who says you have to stick with hard-backed chairs and overhead lighting? Restaurants often use sofas, settees, billowing drapes, and even floor lamps to create a comfortable atmosphere.
3. Work in storage wherever possible. If you're short on space, open storage can be a saving grace. It doubles as décor and keeps the cabinets open for the less attractive stuff.
4. Don't forget the ceiling. So you may not want ribbon garland or mirrors overhead all the time, but the ceiling is another opportunity to express yourself. Even adding crown molding or an accent color can really perk up a space.
5. Have fun. The kitchen is the heart of the home, so be a little lighthearted. Add some whimsy and show off your personality. If that means upholstering your chairs with comics, adding a swing, or even just adding decals to the tile, go for it and enjoy yourself.
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Symphony orchestras are changing with the times.
They've had to, said Susan Hoffman, the executive director of the Peoria Symphony Orchestra with 30 years of experience in the "orchestra industry."
"The economy hit everyone hard in the orchestra field," said Hoffman, who's had the Peoria job for two years. She previously served as the executive director of the Adrian Symphony Orchestra in Michigan and then spent three years with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra.
"We were not immune from suffering from the economic downturn," said Hoffman of the Peoria symphony, which turned 117 this year, making it the 14th oldest orchestra in the nation still operating.
According to Guidestar.com., the website charting not-for-profits, the Peoria symphony's expenses from June 2011 to May 2012 amounted to $894,000, while revenue was only $681,167.
"Ticket sales only cover a small portion of expenses — 30 percent of the total budget that's now about $850,000," she said.
"The rest has to come from contributions from individuals and corporate donations," said Hoffman.
Classical music suffers from lower visibility these days, requiring a more creative approach to programming, she said. "The focus is on audience development, finding ways to reach a broader segment of the community," said Hoffman, pointing to the upcoming April 11 concert with banjoist Bela Fleck as an example.
"We try to bring in world-class guest artists," she said, referring to past performers such as pianists Andre Watts and Olga Kern.
Hoffman credited music director George Stelluto for helping bring top-flight talent to Peoria. "Being on the faculty of the Juilliard School of Music in New York, George has great contacts in the music world," she said.
Putting together big shows has become increasingly important, said Pam Johnson, who chairs the Peoria symphony's board. "There's less interest in season tickets with more importance placed on single ticket sales. We're definitely seeing different trends, such as decisions made at the last minute," she said.
Ten percent of the tickets sold to the program featuring Andre Watts last year were purchased just 24 hours in advance, said Johnson.
To help promote interest, the Peoria symphony also reaches out to young people across the community, she said.
Along with concerts that draw 3,000 to 4,000 students each year to the Peoria Civic Center, the symphony engages in outreach programs that include programs on public television.
"We try to make classical music more accessible," said Hoffman, noting that the average crowd for a Peoria Symphony Orchestra concert is between 1,000 and 1,200.
But there's more than one classical music venue in central Illinois. Next month, the Heartland Festival Orchestra concludes its fifth season at Five Points Washington.
Heartland audiences average between 750 to 800 people, while the group's annual budget "hasn't broken $300,000 yet," said David Commanday, Heartland's artistic director and the former music director of the Peoria Symphony Orchestra.
"We've been able to reinvent the product a little bit, and it's proved popular. We've been in the black all five years," he said.
Commanday says the fact that the Heartland group has bucked the national trend that's seen symphonies struggle is due to a number of factors.
"We have a great venue in Washington; we offer live video during the performance, sometimes live dancing, and we make a commitment to local charities. We've mixed it up," he said.
Commanday stressed that Heartland seeks to avoid any conflict with Peoria performances. "Any perception that there's a competing relationship (with the Peoria symphony) is a misunderstanding," he added.
Steve Tarter is Journal Star business editor. Tarter's phone number is 686-3260.


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On November 26, 1983, six robbers break into the Brink's-MAT warehouse at Heathrow Airport, London and steal millions in gold, diamonds and cash. At the time, it was described as "the crime of the century." The robbers gained entry to the warehouse from security guard Anthony Black, who was in on the heist.
Once inside, they poured gasoline over staff and threatened them with a lit match if they did not reveal the combination numbers of the vault. The robbers thought they were going to steal £3 million in cash. However, when they arrived, they found three tones of gold bullion and stole £26 million worth of gold, diamonds, and cash.
In December, one of the robbers, Micky McAvoy, was arrested after security guard insider Black, his brother-in-law, gave his name to investigating officers. Scotland Yard quickly discovered the family connection and Black confessed to aiding and abetting the robbers, providing them with a key to the main door, and details of security at the facility. McAvoy was eventually found guilty and sentenced to twenty-five years imprisonment for armed robbery, and Black was sentenced to six years. Before his conviction, McAvoy had entrusted part of his share to associates Brian Perry, George Francis, and Kenneth Noye. The gold was melted down and recast for sale. However, the sudden movements of large amounts of money came to the notice of the Treasury Department, who informed law enforcement of the unusual activity. Noye was placed under police surveillance. In January 1985 he killed an undercover police officer but at the resulting trial, a jury found him not guilty on the grounds of self-defense. In 1986, he was found guilty of conspiracy with regards to the Brink's-MAT heist, fined £700,000 and sentenced to 14 years in prison. He served seven years before being released in 1994. Attempts by McAvoy to strike a deal to give back his share of the money in exchange for a reduction in his sentence failed. In January 1995, the British High Court ordered McAvoy to pay £27,488,299, making him responsible for the entire sum of the heist. In 2000, he was released from prison. Most of the stolen gold has never been recovered and the other four robbers were never convicted.
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Mass. strawberry crop coming in strong
June 10, 2013
GILL, Mass. (AP) — It's strawberry season in western Massachusetts and farmers are encouraged by the early yield.
Thanks to unseasonably warm weather recently, the strawberries are slightly early and growers in Montague, Sunderland, Gill and Whately have begun picking this year's crop.
The Recorder (http://bit.ly/15HmEPj ) reports that Montague's Red Fire Farm has been picking strawberries for the past three weeks.
Sorrel Hatch at Upinngil Farm in Gill says they hope to start pick-your-own operations on Tuesday.
Other growers are aiming for the weekend.
At Nourse Farms in Whately, Tim Nourse says the pick-your-own fields may be ready by the weekend, depending on the weather.


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Manchester officials working to find solutions for evicted manBy MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
September 12. 2013 10:50PM
MANCHESTER — An elderly man evicted this week from his subsidized apartment made a brief appearance in Manchester District Court yesterday, shouting in a courtroom filled with people waiting for a judge to appear.
Gerald Pilotte swore at times and said he could not hear. Court bailiffs eventually communicated with him and he left the second-floor courtroom with them.
Pilotte, who is about 80, was evicted Wednesday from the apartment he has lived in since the 1980s at 14 Falls Ave. Eviction paperwork said he violated an earlier agreement not to smoke in the apartment.
Meanwhile, his new landlord said he spent Wednesday night at Washington Manor assisted living, a 16-bed operation on Prospect Street. Pilotte was initially taken there after his eviction, but he walked back to his apartment before police returned him early evening Wednesday.
"It's a transition," said Susan Vantresca, owner of Washington Manor. "We're going to work with him on it, but it's hard for him."
She said Washington Manor is not a locked facility, and tenants are free to come and go, as long as they sign themselves out and let staff know when they can be expected back. She said Pilotte knows his whereabouts and knows where he is going.
The Bureau of Elderly Affairs and the Veterans Administration Medical Center are working with Pilotte, Ventresca said. He also has a guardian.
The Manchester Housing and Redevelopment Authority have been mum about Pilotte and would not discuss the eviction. But court papers said he violated an agreement not to smoke in his apartment. Last year, the housing authority was ready to evict Pilotte over concerns about burned food and numerous fire calls.
But on Wednesday neighbors said the fire calls stopped after he started using a microwave.
Ventresca said she's just met Pilotte, and she will have to determine whether assisted living is the appropriate level of care for him. She ackowledged some behavioral problems.
"You have to help him keep his dignity," she said.
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European Central Bank President Mario Draghi suggested the worst of the sovereign debt crisis may be over, saying the "darkest clouds' over the euro area have receded because of decisive policy steps last year.
"We can begin 2013 on a more confident note, precisely because significant progress was made during 2012," Draghi said in a speech in Frankfurt today. "The darkest clouds over the euro area subsided. Europe's leaders recognized that monetary union needs to be complemented by a financial union, a fiscal union, a genuine economic union and eventually a deeper political union."
Draghi's comments are the latest to indicate the ECB chief is increasingly confident that the three-year debt crisis has been contained and that the 17-nation currency bloc can emerge from recession later this year. He defended the ECB's so-far untapped bond-purchase plan, which has calmed fears of a euro break-up on financial markets, saying it is fully in line with the central bank's price-stability mandate and doesn't threaten its independence.
"The ECB remains steadfastly committed to its primary mandate of ensuring price stability," he said. "All of our measures are designed to achieve this goal. And looking at current and expected inflation rates, there is simply no evidence that could substantiate fears about any deviation from price stability."
The euro was little changed at $1.3315 after Draghi spoke.
Economic Recovery
While the ECB expects the euro-area economy to shrink 0.3% in 2013, Draghi said this month he expects a "gradual recovery" to begin later in the year.
Many countries are making solid progress in bringing their public finances under control and making structural reforms to increase competitiveness, he said today.
"We need patience," Draghi said. "I am very well aware that for many people in the countries under adjustment, the personal economic situation can be very difficult. But there is simply no alternative to the path of reform."
Europe is making progress that some commentators had thought impossible only a year ago, he said, citing the Economist magazine's prediction at the start of 2012 that a United States of Europe was "utterly beyond reach."
Making the ECB a single European bank supervisor this year is a "major organizational challenge" and "probably the most significant integration step since the Maastricht Treaty," he said.
In most areas where more integration is needed, "Europe is moving forward or is already there," Draghi said. "The ambition is not utterly beyond reach."
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First, stop asking God to protect you from demons................ That is not going to help you. Find out who you are!!! They should be teaching this in church. 2nd...... Angels unless just walking around as people, radiate a very strong fear of the Lord over them. If one was in the room with you, it would seem as if the paint would melt off the walls by the awesome power and fear of God coming off the thing.3rd....... Devils don't radiate much of anything. They have no power or life, they left the life and glory of God. You can tell sometimes because the temperature will drop greatly, other wise I have seen most of them who want to be dumb enough to physically show themselves as little tiny imp like things or black human shape type things. Like if one was standing in a lighted room the shape would be just dark or black.4th....... Just because you see one show up don't mean anything. They are all over the place anyway like roaches. They are everywhere, back and forth, back and forth putting this in ones mind here then going to another. 5th........ Any fear of them then you might have some issues. They like to move things around and be stupid. Call your name at night, pull covers off the bed, shut a door, move your wallet, whatever. The last one that I saw and I have no idea what it was thinking came into my room while I had just gotten in bed and sat on my legs as I got under the covers. A big fat black shaped one. Why?? Who knows...... but it's really irritating the nerve of some of them. I kicked at it and tried to just ignore it but it was sort of heavy, so I said, "You got about 3.5 sec to get off my legs or I will have to use the name of Jesus and make you look stupid." It got up right away and was gone. \Though I have a scar on my nose from one, they can't actually hurt you physically, as in attack you or bite you. If your not obeying God, and have things in your life you know should not be there, violating your own conscience toward God, then you might have a big issue. They do kill many daily.
^What does that have to do with the OP, John?
If I lived in the world where I believed in unknowns like that, I'd just roll over and die. I like my world better, where demons don't exist so they can't get in my bedroom.I've known several people, christian and otherwise, who had fears of unseen or barely glimpsed things. Folks, life is confusing enough without making shit up.


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It's clear from the moody image that we shouldn't expect the same kind of Green Arrow we knew from the "Smallville" series. (Justin Hartley played Arrow and his alter-ego, Oliver Queen, in the former CW show.) The photo hints at a darker, more conflicted hero, which is exactly what "Arrow" pilot director/executive producer David Nutter said in the release.
"When I directed the pilot for 'Smallville,' I knew that making Clark Kent relatable would be the key to audiences believing in him as a hero. 'Arrow' is a different show--darker and harder-edged--but it's the same core idea. We're creating a real, believable world in which Oliver Queen can do incredible things," Nutter said. "Colleen Atwood's great work on the Arrow costume reflects that effort."
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Her other work isn't much better. Her basic argument is a blind assertion, turned into dogma. Also, it's proven wrong by pretty much any analysis of modern societies. The anarcho-capitalist response is pretty fucking stupid.
"Well, those aren't pure, unfettered, capitalist systems."
If your economic policy only works in a clean-room and falls apart, into a horrifying mess, with the slightest governmental interference, then it's a fucking stupid policy that won't work in the real world. The whole concept of this utopian event horizon is idiotic, as well.
gets worse ----> gets worse ----> 3rd-world country ----> Somalia ----> hell on earth ---> Utopia
Anyone who believes that sort of progression is a gullible fool.
And yeah, Michael, you're one of the people I specifically had in mind, about possibly growing out of it, one day. I don't have very high hopes, though. If you won't take relationship advice from people who have actually been in relationships, I don't expect you'll listen to people who know more about economics and sociology, either.
So, how much longer, do you think, until Trickle-Down Economics actually starts working?
I considered myself an objectivist before reading Atlas Shrugged. I'm a fast avid reader but these days I prefer non fiction over fiction. Atlas Shrugged took me months to read, I annotated it, I vomited in it, I screamed at it. Never have I read a book that so deserved to be burned, not because it's evil, but because it's stupid, and badly written, and it's a frikin shame to have wasted any trees to print that shit. So I'm very careful about using the word objectivist also. There are parts of me which are objectivist, there are parts of me which are communist, there are parts of me which are free market (anti-monopoly) and there are parts of me, the biggest part, which just wants all market activity to simply cease, and all economists to die suddenly of a mythical disease which would strike all professional liars. Ayn Rand is was herself a leach, earning passive income in the form of royalties for spouting nonsense. Atlas Shrugged was a bunch of lies serving as foundation for a ridiculous society.
I also vote for the "wrong" major political party.
I actually read the Fountainhead and The Virtue of Selfishness, both buy Ayn Rand, and I am sure that I am an objectivist also. I was an objectivist before I knew about Ayn Rand, I just didn't call myself as such. I've been a small government conservative since I started working at paying jobs and realized that taxes suck. I don't care about monopolies.
Yeah, sucks when people steal your effective, accurate labels. Alas, this one is better off being abandoned. Most women who know Ayn Rand and know what Objectivism (capital-O) is won't stop off and ask you what you mean by the term. You'll just never hear back from them.
Ayn Rand's books are incredibly dense and hard as hell to get through. One of them includes something like an 80 or 100 page monologue by the protagonist. She was not a very good writer, on top of her ethical and philosophical failings. It's sort of like my reading of the Bible. It was painful, but it's important to do, to understand those you're opposed to.
Wow, you've never heard of Atlas Shrugged? The Fountainhead? Yeah, I can see how you'd miss all of my initial comments, then.
Yeah, the true Libertarian position is a massive pipe dream. Yes, what if there were NO regulations on capitalism, and everyone was allowed to engage in trade without the government messing everything up? "Yeah, like that 'd make like, ya' know, the best society evar!"
When speaking to the anarcho-capitalists, you get this fugly mishmash of ideas, such as every small business being allowed to get access to necessary resources, without government intervention, and competing fairly on the marketplace, without government intervention. They seem to be oblivious to monopolies and the fact that it's government intervention that prevents huge mega-corporations from crushing every small-business owner like a grape. The utopian vision that they present in conjunction with their philosophy would not be even a possible result of their philosophy, never mind the inevitability they claim.
It's simplistic, idealistic, and childish ... thus my original comments about growing out of it, had that been your philosophy.
Ayn Rand was even further out there. She flat-out stated that the tiny number of truly creative people in the world deserved to get everything and be in control of society, and everyone else could be crushed and abandoned. It's a pretty dystopian worldview. It ignores the fact that most people who manage to seize huge amounts of money and power are not usually the sort to turn around and be philanthropic about it. Hell, for that matter, her protagonists weren't particularly philanthropic about it, in the vehicles she presented as a demonstration of her philosophy.
It's sort of like Marxism, while being at the opposite side of the economic spectrum. It would work beautifully, if people wouldn't insisting on acting like ... well ... people.
More to the point, it's not even exactly rational. It's almost as dogmatic as a religion. It's similar to trickle-down economics, in that it simply won't create the situation that proponents of the philosophy claim it will. If the anarcho-capitalists had their way, we'd be a third-world country.
As for compassion ... fuck. Ayn Rand's idol was a serial killer. I don't think she understood the meaning of the word.
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American exceptionalism now wears the guise of 'humanitarian interventions,' the idea that unless the USA gets involved in a situation, some kind of genocide or human rights abuse will occur. Apologists for the American debacle in Afghanistan are still holding onto BS about US soldiers making schools and protecting womens' rights. That is, when our soldiers aren't killing and scalping civilians in that country. There are lots of wars and human rights abuses, but the USA seems to pick and choose which ones to get involved in according to some kind of hidden agenda, no doubt relating to some concept of hegemony, which is the modern euphemism for empire.


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Males of sexually cannibalistic spiders commonly mutilate parts of their paired genitals (palps) during copulation, which may result in complete emasculation or the 'eunuch phenomenon'. In an orb-web nephilid spider, Nephilengys malabarensis, about 75 per cent of males fall victim to sexual cannibalism, and the surviving males become half-eunuchs (one palp emasculated) or full-eunuchs (both palps emasculated). While it has been shown that surviving eunuchs are better fighters compared with intact males when guarding the females with which they have mated, mechanisms behind eunuchs' superior fighting abilities are unknown. The previously proposed 'gloves-off' hypothesis, attributing eunuchs' enhanced locomotor endurance to the reduction in total body weight caused by genital mutilation, is plausible but has remained untested. Here, we tested the gloves-off hypothesis in N. malabarensis by comparing the time until exhaustion (i.e. endurance) of intact males with half- and full-eunuchs created experimentally. We found that by reducing body weight up to 4 per cent in half-eunuchs and 9 per cent in full-eunuchs through emasculation, endurance increases significantly in half-eunuchs (32%) and particularly strongly in full-eunuchs (80%). Our results corroborate the gloves-off hypothesis and further point towards the adaptive significance of male emasculation.
1. Introduction
Traditionally, males are seen as polygynous with limited investment in parental caring [1]. Nevertheless, examples of monogyny where males provide only sperm are common in insects and spiders. In the latter case, males mate with one or two females (spiders have paired genitalia) [2–4]. Theory predicts that monogamous males secure their paternity either by out-competing rivals in sperm competition, and/or by limiting the probability of female remating [2,5]. A variety of male behaviours thus co-occur with monogyny, including mate guarding, male sacrifice to a cannibalistic female, genital mutilation and plugging of female genitals, and mechanisms that increase the quantity of transferred sperm [4,6,7].
In spiders, male genital (palp) mutilation is common in monogynous/bigynous and highly sexually cannibalistic species [7], typically involving breakage of palp parts, which remain lodged within the female genitals. Such mating plugs may increase male paternity and reduce sperm competition [7]. A more extreme genital mutilation is total palp severance, also known as the 'eunuch phenomenon', which is limited to the families Nephilidae [8–12] and Theridiidae [13]. The end result of this behaviour is partially ('half-eunuchs' with a single remaining palp) or fully castrated males ('full-eunuchs') [11,12]. Because eunuchs are effectively sterile, emasculation seems maladaptive. Nevertheless, adaptive hypotheses for the eunuch phenomenon do exist, including the mating plug hypothesis [8], the better fighter hypothesis [8,12] and the remote copulation hypothesis [13–15]. These three hypotheses have been experimentally tested and supported in Nephilengys malabarensis, a highly sexually dimorphic and cannibalistic nephilid spider known for obligate self emasculation during mating and intense post-copulatory mate guarding in surviving eunuchs [12,14,15].
In a recent study, about 25 per cent of N. malabarensis males survived mating, became half-eunuchs (one palp emasculated) or full-eunuchs (both palps emasculated), continued guarding the females intensively, and these eunuchs were found to win contests against intact males [14]. However, proximate mechanisms behind better fighting abilities in eunuchs remain unknown. A previous study on Tidarren sisyphoides found that males were more agile and mobile showing higher endurance (time until exhaustion) after palp removal, because the palp represents a disproportionally high body weight share [16]. Tidarren sisyphoides males emasculate one palp before mating, whereas N. malabarensis males break off their palps during mating. It is unclear whether N. malabarensis eunuchs' superior fighting abilities [14] are also directly related to increased endurance capacity after the removal of their disproportionately large palps [16], i.e. the 'gloves-off' hypothesis [12]. Therefore, we experimentally tested this hypothesis using N. malabarensis by comparing the physical stamina—or endurance capacity—of intact, half- and full-eunuch males.
2. Material and methods
(a) Study subjects
Subadult N. malabarensis males were collected in Singapore and housed in a laboratory under controlled environment, kept individually in vials and fed with Drosophila melanogaster twice a week [14]. They were monitored daily until adulthood to control for their virginity and post-maturity age (defined as days elapsed from the final moult until the day of trial).
(b) Experimental procedure
Virgin males with similar post-maturity age were divided into three groups at random: intact males (n = 9), half-eunuchs (n = 6) and full-eunuchs (n = 9). To obtain half- and full-eunuchs, we experimentally removed one or two palps from the males, respectively, using forceps and razor blade to tear off the palp tarsus under a light microscope. Our experimental severance mimics the location of natural emasculation [9]. To estimate the reduction of weight after palp removal, all males from half- and full-eunuch groups were weighed immediately before and after the experimental removal of the palp(s), while intact males were weighed twice.
To test the gloves-off hypothesis, we measured the time (min) until exhaustion (i.e. endurance) of males with two (intact), one (half-eunuch) and no (full-eunuch) palps following earlier studies [16]. For each trial, a test male (intact, half- or full-eunuch) was placed in a plastic box (20 × 15 × 11 cm). A trial began when the test male started to move. Continuous motion was ensured by disturbing the male with a paint brush whenever it stopped moving. As the trial proceeded, the test male became increasingly tired and hence reluctant to move. Repeated touches were needed to ensure constant motion. The trial ended as the test male remained stationary despite five continuous touches, when it was deemed exhausted. The time elapsed from the first move to the time of exhaustion was taken to represent endurance capacity [16]. All trials were recorded using a digital HD camcorder.
(c) Data analysis
We performed generalized linear models (GLM) to analyse the effects of three independent variables (number of palps, post-maturity age and male body weight before the tests) on endurance (for data, see electronic supplementary material, table S1). For potential confounders in determining the endurance of the males, male body weight before the tests and male post-maturity age were used as covariates. The maximal models, including all three factors were fitted to a normal distribution. The Akaike information criterion (AIC: the smallest is the best) was used to select the best model.
3. Results
Before palp removal, there was no significant difference in male body weight for individuals that were later used as intact males, half- and full-eunuchs (ANOVA: F2,21 = 2.07, p = 0.151). After palp removal, both palps on average represented 9 (±2)% of the whole male body weight, and the remaining palp accounted for 4 (±1)% (figure 1a), hence palp(s) represented a significant proportion of males' body weight (Kruskal–Wallis test: , N = 24, p < 0.0001). Full-eunuchs exhibited a significantly greater weight change than half-eunuchs and intact males (both comparisons: p < 0.05), but there was no significant difference in weight change between half-eunuchs and intact males (p = 0.193).
The number of palps (intact, half-eunuch and full-eunuch) significantly affected males' endurance (Goodness of fit: AIC = 146.932; Omnibus test: χ2 = 26.396, d.f. = 4, p < 0.0001; table 1 and figure 1b). Full-eunuchs had significantly higher endurance capacities than half-eunuchs and intact males, whereas half-eunuchs had significantly higher endurance capacities than intact males (table 1). Half-eunuchs had endurance capacities that were 32 per cent greater than intact males, while full-eunuchs had endurance capacities that were 80 per cent greater than intact males. Male body weight before the tests, but not post-maturity age, had a significant effect on endurance capacities (table 1): lighter males had higher endurance capacities.
4. Discussion
Palp removal produced significant reduction in male body weight in N. malabarensis and significantly enhanced physical stamina, thus increased endurance capacity. Hence, the gloves-off hypothesis [12] is supported as a possible mechanism behind eunuchs' better fighting abilities [14].
While previous work supported the better fighter hypothesis explaining the eunuch adaptive significance in N. malabarensis [12], but [17], the mechanism underlying better fighting abilities remained unknown. A study of T. sisyphoides showed that males were more agile and mobile after palp removal, probably because palp(s) represent a disproportionally high total body weight share (ca 10%) [16]. Likewise, N. malabarensis palps represented 9 per cent of total male body weight; palp severance thus causes a significant body weight reduction. While our method of emasculation differed from the earlier study, the end effect on locomotor endurance is similar, and exaggerated in full-eunuchs in N. malabarensis.
Both studies point towards a functional conflict of possessing large palps, which are favourable for reproduction, but hinder effective locomotion. Emasculation significantly increased endurance of N. malabarensis males (32% in half-eunuchs and 80% in full-eunuchs), supporting the gloves-off prediction of palp removal enabling better locomotion abilities [14]. The significantly increased endurance of N. malabarensis after palp removal concurs with that observed in T. sisyphoides, where palp removal increased the distance travelled by 300 per cent [16]. While this better performance could also be due to palpal morphology actually interfering with locomotion on solid surfaces, our data, showing a significant reduction of eunuch's weight and his concurrent higher endurance, imply that palp weight bears significant physical costs and probably interferes with fighting abilities.
Increased endurance probably enables eunuchs to perform better in the contests with intact rivals [14,16]. Mating biology of N. malabarensis males consists of a plethora of mate-guarding and male–male agonistic behaviours [14] that are physically demanding; an elevated endurance will hence put eunuchs at an advantage over intact rivals. Enhanced endurance due to palp removal is plausibly the mechanism behind better fighting ability and hence mate-guarding success, but other mechanisms acting synergistically or in parallel could also be present. Mating and palp removal might co-occur with physiological changes that contribute to the enhanced aggressiveness of N. malabarensis eunuch males, but we currently lack such data. Male post-maturity age is unlikely to explain the observed endurance increase between males with different number of palps, because male age of different groups had no significant effect on the endurance (table 1).
In conclusion, while prior work has demonstrated that eunuch spiders are superior fighters, we here pinpoint a mechanism that enables eunuch's greater endurance. Our present results imply that palp weight poses significant physical costs to males, and thus support the gloves-off hypothesis.
The research was supported by the Ministry of Education (MOE) Academic Research Fund (AcRF) (R-154-000-435-112) to D.L., by the Slovenian Research Agency (J1-2063 and 1000-10-720023) and the Raffles Museum for Biodiversity Research Fellowship, National University of Singapore to M.K. and by Humboldt Return Fellowship to S.K.F. We thank Poh Moi Goh, Diego P. Araujo, Seok Ping Goh, Jun Hao Tang, Shichang Zhang, Mindy Tuan, Ganison s/o Rajamohan and Matjaž Gregorič for their support and help. Spiders were collected under research permit (NP/RP10-036) granted by the NParks.
- Received March 30, 2012.
- Accepted May 17, 2012.
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Sako a7?
hey guys so i went to cabelas the other day to look at getting a new hunting rifle and held a tikka t3 and a sako a7....now i no that there have probley been other postes on these guns but in this situation they both cost the same....the type of hunting i will be doing is anything from high desert to thick oregon coastal terrain. i would am also open to other possible options and caliber suggestions. for the moment im leading towards the a7 in a .270 win. thank guys and anything helps.
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I am not intimately familiar with these rifles, but I am pretty sure the Sako is usually quite a bit more expensive.
Depending on whether the merchant has marked the Tikka waaay up to match the usual price of the Sako, or whether the Sako has been marked down to match the price of the Tikka, the decision should be pretty easy, if you have the funds.
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A7 and Tikka T3 are pretty much clones of one another I believe.
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An A7 and a Tikka are not clones.
The A7 has many of the Model 85 features starting with the receiver. You can load the A7 from above. The Tikka can only be loaded via the magazine.
If you compare the two side by side the difference in receivers is very clear.
The bolt in an A7 is very similar to an 85. The trigger group is a modified 85 trigger group.
If both rifles are the same price I would take the A7 in a heartbeat. And a Tikka is a fine rifle, not in any way knocking it. In fact the Tikka is and has been a real sleeper in my opinion. But the A7 is a notch up.
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I will be in B�lore this (6th and 7th) Saturday and Sunday (On Official trip).
I am planning to meet some of my friends there in B�lore on Sat evening around 9.00pm! ( I suppose I would be free then!). Let see if I could meet them this time atleastJ
Well the reason behind an official work on weekends is obvious to recruit ppl into our teams. I hope you would have noticed some ads of HCL coming today that would have given a feel as to what kinda walkin its going to be J. Nice feeling to see such huge ads of a company where you are working on. Also it�s a nice feeling to note that we would be on the dias for which the add is wetted out in the vernaculars J Generally as far as my previous experiences on Walkins are concerned they generally bring severe headache to me, lets see how this one goes!.
Why I Cant Blog frequently ?
Just was doing this insight as to why I am not blogging that regularly nowadays. I could attribute to more than one reason on my bloglessness!,
1) bit occupied with work
2) unprecedented queuing up of my cousin�s marriages, and
3) not the least all my personal work - getting queued up!
True, I am not giving enough priority for blogging when compared to other activities. Time management and especially prioritizing the work has taken a toll on my blogging activities.
I still somehow manage to visit all your blogs atleast once in every 3 days to keep in touch.. may be I don�t leave my foot prints in all of the blogs that I would visit.
I think, bloglessness comes as a part and parcel of every one�s blog�s lifecycle or atleast to me now!
I still would like to update you guys.. that I am here.. but only to be prevented by high priority events that come as a sudden thunderbolt right at top of my head! Uh..
What takes more time in my work?
Now, it�s the recruitment time for my team and the interview process which includes.. conducting interviews and coordinating related activities is taking a huge toll of my time.
I almost regularly land up in my home at 12.00pm every nite.
How does personal work gets queued up??
When you land up almost 12.pppm in the nite where would you accommodate your other personal work! No time slots left for em ;)
Do I enjoy this?
I think I do! I love to do more work. I love to work than just sitting idle ;)
How to manage friends during this time!
Well, such a difficult question to answer. May be only thru phone calls! True wasn�t able to meet any of my friends in the last two months.. mostly they contact me over phone� they call me during weekends to have an outing.. only to be answered a sweet no..! Its becoming really tougher to answer nos.. lost of nos.. and ppl are getting really angry with me. One of my friend even mailed me like this� �This is just to inform you that we are planning stroll around snowbowling @ nungambakkam this Saturday and we know that you would not be available. In case you are available contact us over phone!� This is the invitation I am getting nowadays!!!
How long this would continue?
Well.. until I break this habit! I cant quantify the time how long as I myself do not know :)
Would I come back regularly?
I donno why some guys take pride in vouching support to a foreign country.. To give you an actual heads on.. this is regarding the India- Australia match. I appreciate if it just stops with supporting Australia on the sport front, but if ppl start saying that Australia is a better place to live and kinds.. and tell Indian supporters that India is a worst place to live in the world and things like that! I just cant tolerate.. I don�t know why these guys assume themselves to be the citizens of Australia! and fanatically vouch for it.. Guys may be India is not that good place to live, when compared to that of Australia, but this is the place where we Live, I am really proud about my country and my people. May be if a foreigner states that India is not that good place to live in, then I can tolerate, but if an Indian says this, I just cant.
Guys, (who assume yourself to be the citizens of Australia or US or UK , I am referring to Indians who tries to act smart and behave as if they are from a foreign country), don�t you think by uttering such untamed remark are you not insulting yourself?? I just cant understand your motive behind this! Are you so stupid to insult yourself?
If you feel you don�t belong to this country then why are you still in here! Get out and get lost! We Indians know what our country means to us.
I am sorry if this hurts any of you, but cant stop from blogging this.
This is strange...can you figure it out?
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* Do the following exercise, guaranteed to raise an eyebrow.
* There's no trick or surprise.
* Just follow these instructions, and answer the questions one at a time
and as quickly as you can!
* Again, as quickly as you can but don't advance until you've done each of
them ... really.
OK Here is the test.......
1. Think of a number from 1 to 10
2. Now, multiply that number by 9
3. If the number is a 2-digit number, add the digits together
4. Now subtract 5 from the result.
5. Determine which letter in the alphabet corresponds to the number you
ended up with
(for example: 1=a, 2=b, 3=c,etc.)
6. Think of a country that starts with that letter
7. Remember the last letter of the name of that country
8. Think of the name of an animal that starts with that letter
9. Remember the last letter in the name of that animal
10. Think of the name of a fruit that starts with that letter
are you thinking of this ??
Select the text using your mouse from here tiil the end of this blog..
Are you thingking of....
Are you thinking of a Kangaroo in Denmarkeating an Orange?
I told you this was FREAKY!! If not, you're among the 2% of the population
whose minds are different enough to think of something else. 98% of people
will answer with kangaroos in Denmark when given this exercise.
From an Ant�s Perspective!
I get locked in questions like how will the humans look like in the other creatures eyes. Do we look like huge monsters that wanders, killing these small insects and animals. Are we the dinosaurs for them! We mercilessly stamp on them and kill em! How do we look like from their eyes! But how cud they are calm when such a huge demon comes near it and watching it??
Do we reside on a sub-atomic particle called Earth?
Don�t you feel a striking similarity between how atoms and our universe are positioned! Atoms have lotsa electrons and in our solar system we have planets..
Like we examine atoms and study abt it. Does some one who has such a huge stature that even our solar system is just atom like structures are examining us?
What are we doing here. Whatz the destiny? Are we true? How do we prove?
Am I sounding crazy.. Sorry abt this guyz..
Interesting stuff.. Just came across the mirror.sytes.org .. Just type in http://aravinthan.blogdrive.com.mirror.sytes.org and see what happens..
Very interesting isnt it.. If your site needs to be mirrored :) just type in your site name and append .mirror.sytes.org and enjoy the fun J
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Oilers 3, Blue Jackets 4 (SO) – Game 22 – 2013-03-05 @ 5:00 PM MST – SNETW
Well, this is the first game for Mike Brown in an Oilers uniform. It seems that most of the Oilers fans out there hate this deal, and many of the Oilers media seem to back this deal. Not to say which one is actually wrong here. I approach this one the same way I approach any deal.. open minded and optimistic, especially when we don't give up much for one. Yes, yes, any pick can be a hit, but a 4th rounder for us is most likely to bust. The only good 4th rounder we've drafted in the last 20 years with proven success is Shawn Horcoff (there is Linus Omark too, but I don't consider him proven). Of course we still have question marks for the recent picks. Anyways, I think the Oilers look flat too many nights and need to inject some give a damn in the line up. Will one guy make a difference though? Probably not, unless he's Sid Crosby caliber (which obviously he isn't). So I don't expect a whole lot, but I still think it's a step in the right direction and could help rejuvenate some life into dead souls when we're stinking it up vs. bottom feeders that we should be killing. I do understand the worries people have, but I think the risk is low. I'll take a shot that a piece could help us out over the 5% shot at the next Horcoff. Obviously I jest, as our previous scouting department was piss poor, as we all know, so that will unfairly make a 4th rounder look poorer than it is. But again, I think it's a step in the right direction, and this mystery pick wouldn't be making any impact for several years. I'm sure the internet will dig this up in 2019 and laugh at this post when Toronto drafts the next Jamie Benn with our pick.
So the lines are rebuffed again. Good to see Hall back. He'll play with Nuge and Hemsky. Paajarvi gets more time with Gagner and Eberle. I mentioned last GDT that Paajarvi's early success came with Gagner and Omark, so I still think this could pay dividends. Yakupov and Jones will get caught in the Belanger-triangle. Brown and Eager will be the bookends for a Smytty-centered energy line… or holy-fucking shit, stop taking dumb penalties line. TBD.
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The power lines, which are cut and frayed, now hang from the utility poles and are tangled around a fallen tree, which blocks the street from traffic. Most of the block lost power on Monday, October 29, but got it restored on Thursday.
However, even with the power back the majority of the block doesn't have any cable or Internet, which has become an issue for those who use the connection for phone service as well.
A Department of Sanitation worker, who requested not to be named, was driving a front-end loader on Monday and said there is nothing he can do about the downed tree because there are still power lines wrapped around it.
"Let's say I start moving it and snap some branches," he said. "A wire could pull the log through a house and kill someone."
He said that the tree has to be chopped up into pieces with a chainsaw before he can start carting it out.
However, Edward Corsini has been visiting his mother, who has lived on the block for round 12 years, said he was told by officials from Con Ed that they can't put any permanent lines back up until the tree is gone.
"Parks Department was here today," he said, "they pulled up, they looked, wrote things down and drove away."
"I can see his point because he doesn't know if those wires are live," said Richard Vitalo, who has lived on the block his entire life and has never seen damage like that caused by Hurricane Sandy. "Not even close."
Vitalo said that he uses the Internet to stay in touch with friends, but also uses it to keep up with news and the stock market. However, he said he's grateful for the power in his house.
Joseph Sdrocchia, a resident of the block since 1979, said that he can't believe the tree is still blocking 74th Place. He said that he has worked in a similar field and said that it's Con Ed's responsibility to make sure the wires are dead and to clear them before anyone else gets involved with clearing the tree.
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 21, 2012) - Roxgold Inc. ("Roxgold" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE:ROG) wishes to announce the Company's unaudited financial results for the three and twelve months ended October 31, 2012. For complete details of the fourth quarter unaudited Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements and associated Management's Discussion and Analysis, please see the Company's filings on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) or on the Company's web site (www.roxgold.com).
As at October 31, 2012, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $13,672,614 and net working capital of $12,186,673. The primary use of cash during the three and twelve months ended October 31, 2012 was exploration and evaluation expenditures totaling $11,962,547 and $26,420,226 respectively. Roxgold's net loss for the three and twelve months ended October 31, 2012 totaled $5,154,265 and $18,879,500 respectively (October 31, 2011: $704,695 and $1,959,486 respectively). The increase in the net loss for the current period was primarily due to costs relating to a proxy battle that preceded the Company's Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on September 25, 2012. A settlement was reached prior to the AGM and during the most recently completed financial quarter the Company recognized $1,882,566 in expenses related to the proxy contest and $1,567,500 in severance related expenses relating to change of control provisions in employee contracts that were triggered by changes at the board level. During the twelve month period the Company recognized $11,941,068 (2011: $1,401,919) in share-based payments relating to stock options granted to employees and former employees, consultants and directors of the Company. The majority of these stock options have now been cancelled.
On October 17, 2012 the Company advised that it would be changing its financial year end from October 31 to December 31 effective immediately. In order to facilitate this change the Company will report a one-time fourteen month transition year covering November 1, 2011 to December 31, 2012. Subsequent to the transition year Roxgold's first full financial year will cover the period January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013.
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Sanford School senior basketball forward Austin Ford recently signed a letter of intent to attend Kutztown University on a partial basketball scholarship.
Sanford School senior basketball forward Austin Ford recently signed a letter of intent to attend Kutztown University on a partial basketball scholarship.
The 6-foot-6, 210-pound Ford averaged 4 points per game and 5 rebounds per game in an injury-riddled campaign for the Warriors, who finished second in the state this past season, according to www.maxpreps.com.
The statistics for Ford during the 2012-2013 season were not jaw dropping but he contributed to Sanford's success with defensive skills against opposing big men, setting screens and other little things in his power forward position. In short, Ford impressed Kutztown enough with his physical size, raw ability and dribbling skills to tender the scholarship offer based on that potential.
He hurt his knee in October, a setback to be sure, but it just made Ford appreciate hard work and determination a little bit more as he worked to come back for his senior year.
In addition, Sanford was attempting to win its fourth straight boys basketball state championship this past season and Ford did not want to miss the chance to play in the title game. But the Warriors lost to Howard in the DIAA Boys Basketball Tournament championship game.
While that was a disappointment for Ford and his teammates, he was still part of two state championships after transferring to Sanford prior to his sophomore year.
"The first one, I didn't know what to do with myself," Ford said. "I was just happy. It didn't sink in until the ceremony [afterward] and the celebration. The second one, the whole season we were planning to win a state championship. I was very happy that we won but I wasn't as excited. We just expect to win and we're not really surprised when we do win."
Therefore, the loss in the 2013 championship was a bit of a jolt, Ford said.
"I'm not going to lie. I was crying a little bit," he said. "I did want to go out with a win. But in the locker room, coach Stan said no else did what we did. We made it to the championship game four straight years. We won three of them. That did help me recover from the loss a little bit, but I would have liked to have won."
Healthy gain, Ford said he looked forward to continuing his basketball career with the Golden Bears under coach Bernie Driscoll.
"You can look into his eyes and tell he's very loyal to his players," Ford said. "He wants to help the players make themselves better and he wants to see them grow into their senior year.
"Also, the PSAC Conference is one of the most physical conferences in Division II," he added. "I like being physical in the post; that's my game."
Sanford coach Stan Waterman said Kutztown would get not just a physical player in Ford but one with a high basketball IQ as well.
"They're getting a quality young with some fine leadership skills," he said. "He's just an overall good person and really knows how to play."