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Katniss wouldn't last a day with the survival skills of Elissa (Jennifer Lawrence of "The Hunger Games"), who subscribes to the age-old horror movie philosophy that an ominous noise outside means open the door, and personally investigating a mysterious lair hidden below a basement takes priority over calling for help.
For extremely vague reasons, she and her mom (Elizabeth Shue) had to leave Chicago, and apparently they couldn't pass up the low rent on a house in small-town Woodshire, Penn.--even though the price reflects its location across from a house where a girl murdered her parents. Now seems like a good time to point out that "House at the End of the Street" was written by David Loucka, who wrote the likewise contrived "Dream House" about a family who moves into a house where murders took place. Let's all eagerly anticipate Loucka's next script, in which people arrive at a house two doors down from the site of a tragedy.
Everyone in town ignores Ryan (Max Thieriot), the lone surviving family member who eerily remains in the house four years after the massacre. Elissa likes him, however, mostly as an alternative to the douchier neighbor (Nolan Gerard Funk) who tries to force himself on her. Loucka and director Mark Tonderai (who played "Egyptian orderly" in 2002's "The Four Feathers") scatter a few breathless moments among countless ideas that either lead nowhere, make no sense or both. Does this small town have no news reports? How does a character without any identifiable muscle possess super-human strength? More importantly, can we do Lawrence a favor and forget this ever happened?
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Friday, January 21, 2011
Now in the works at Soma: A frame designed for horses
artist: Dan Button
Gotcha!!--although you, fair reader, are probably too intelligent to fall for something this ridiculous. This blog was brought to my attention this afternoon: Horses with Hands Riding a Bike . Its purpose, as far as I can tell, is to make us all aware of how hard it is to draw this scenario. It invites blog visitors to make a go of it and send it in. Hopefully this doesn't become too popular--I can't imagine trying to reenact this in a parlor game!!
Anyhow, happy weekend people-hopefully it brings lots of biking/bizarre drawings/parlor games!!
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SALEM, Ore. -- Willamette University built a 28-3 halftime lead over East Texas Baptist University on Friday, Sept. 14, but saw the margin dwindle to 11 points early in the fourth quarter. With 6:20 left and Willamette still leading 35-24, the Bearcats went on a 15-play, 76-yard drive to set up a clinching field goal with one minute remaining, as WU defeated the Tigers, 38-24.
Willamette improved to 2-0 on the season. East Texas Baptist fell to 1-2.
Jake Turner (Sr., WR) caught 11 passes for 173 yards and two touchdowns for Willamette. Kwame' Spikes of ETBU hauled in 14 passes for 157 yards and two touchdowns.
Willamette running back Dylan Jones (So.) led all rushers with 22 carries for 94 yards and one touchdown. He has rushed for 94 yards in both games this season.
The teams combined for 10 turnovers, including nine miscues in the second half. Willamette's turnovers limited the Bearcats' ability to put the game away, despite scoring first in the second half or a 35-3 lead. For ETBU, the turnovers got in the way of an attempted comeback.
In contrast, Willamette created key plays on offense throughout the first two quarters.
On the Bearcats' second possession, WU faced 4th-and-7 at the Tigers' 35-yard line. Josh Dean (Jr., QB) provided the first down with a 28-yard pass to Turner.
Dean tossed a lob pass deep into the end zone on the next play as he was pressured up the middle. Benny Weischedel (Sr., TE) made an exceptional catch underneath the goal post in double coverage to give WU a 6-0 lead. Kyle Derby (Jr., PK/P) converted the extra point with 7:00 left in the first quarter.
Later in the opening period, WU took over at the ETBU 47. On 3rd-and-11, Dean connected with Jones for a 12-yard pass. Four plays later, Dean hit Turner for a 23-yard strike down the sideline, moving WU within two yards of the end zone. Jones carried the ball across the goal line on first down.
The Tigers drove from their own 30 after the kickoff, and eventually gained 1st-and-Goal at the WU 6. Toi Glover gained five yards on first down. Glover was stopped by Scott Miller (Sr., DE) for a 1-yard loss on second down. Hubbard threw an incomplete pass on third down. Brian Nolan kicked a 19-yard field goal with 10:35 left in the half.
Willamette tacked on a 19-yard touchdown pass from Dean to Turner with 7:52 remaining in the second quarter. When the Bearcats took over again -- following a punt of negative-9 yards by ETBU -- Dean took over for a 9-play, 52-yard drive. Michael Hernandez (Jr., RB) scored on a 16-yard screen pass from Dean with 3:43 on the clock.
After WU advance the lead to 35-3 in the third quarter, the Tigers started to rally. Hubbard threw a 21-yard scoring strike to Roy Denbow at the 6:11 mark of the third quarter. Nolan missed the extra point kick.
Late in the third period, a 37-yard punt by Cory McNeil pinned WU at its own 1-yard line. The Tigers recorded a safety on the next play, as Jones was tackled in the end zone by Ja'Kory Hunter. Willamette led 35-11.
On the ensuing free kick, Roy Butler provided ETBU with a 26-yard return to the WU 45. Nine plays later, Hubbard and Spikes combined on an 8-yard touchdown pass.
The Bearcats committed one of their four second-half fumbles three plays later. Hubbard led the Tigers on a 6-play, 42-yard drive that culminated in a 27-yard pass to Spikes for touchdown with 12:55 still remaining to be played. Cody Pastorino (Sr., S, Glenn, CA/Willows HS) of WU blocked the PAT, leaving the Bearcats in front, 35-24.
WU ate up 3:32 with a 10-play drive, but stalled at the East Texas Baptist 40 and Derby punted. Fumbles killed each team's next possession as ETBU lost the ball at its own 33 and Willamette gave the ball back at the ETBU 22.
The game-clinching drive by the Bearcats started at their own 21 with 6:20 left. Dean opened the drive with a shovel pass to Turner gained 20-yards. The Bearcats kept the ball for 5:26 converted three third-down plays, including one on offside call against ETBU.
After obtaining 1st-and-Goal at the Tigers' 3-yard line on a 15-yard shovel pass to Turner, the Bearcats almost lost the ball. Dylan Maxwell forced Dean to fumble on a boot-leg toward the left sideline and the ball went out of play. On fourth down, Derby kicked a 19-yard field goal for the final score.
ETBU tried one last time to score, using passes of 4, 14 and 5 yards to reach the WU 41. After a false start penalty, Hubbard was intercepted on a long pass by Dominic David (Sr., S). David also intercepted Hubbard on the third play of the game.
Dean finished 28 of 42 passing for 306 yards and four touchdowns. Turner's 11 catches led the way, while Weischedel hauled in 5 passes for 53 yards and Jones earned 3 catches for 33 yards.
Hubbard completed 29 of 52 passes for 317 yards, three touchdowns and three interceptions. Spikes topped the receiving corps with his 14 catches. Denbow added 7 receptions for 90 yards and one score.
The Willamette defense earned three interceptions, recovered two fumbles and achieved three quarterback sacks. In addition to the two pick-offs by David, the Bearcats also received an interception from Tait Stephens (Jr., S).
Stevens and Cullen Carroll (Sr., OLB) tied for the team lead with 7 tackles. Pastorino blocked two kicks -- a field goal and an extra point -- and achieved five tackles.
Jordan Hays led ETBU with 11 tackles, including two tackles for losses and one sack. Mark Gray registered nine tackles. Chris Frazier earned six tackles and recovered two fumbles.
Willamette will return to action next Saturday, Sept. 22, with a home game against Pacific University. Game time at McCulloch Stadium is set for 1:30 p.m. (PDT).


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Player Exodus
ALMOST 100 GAA players from Leitrim clubs have been forced to leave the country last year due to unemployment.
Leitrim lost 99 players overall last year after each club revealed the number of members who have been forced to leave the country in search of work. The number rises to 106, if the players who are only partially available to clubs during the year are taken into account (studying abroad). The inter-county squad was also hit, as 14 of these players were part of the senior set-up.
The GAA transfer archives shows that 18 players officially left the county for clubs outside of Ireland in 2012. These archives are the GAA's database for tracking the movements of players from club to club, both nationally and internationally.
However, this figure fails to record the number of players who leave the country and fail to register with a club in their new location, meaning that a very significant proportion of GAA members leaving the country go unrecorded.
The current joint manager of the inter-county team, Barney Breen, was keen to outline how emigration in 2012 was one of the most difficult things that he and George Dugdale, have to deal with.
"Eight of the team that beat Sligo in the 2011 championship either emigrated or retired, mostly emigrated due to a lack of work. We found it very hard at the beginning of last year, with the squad being depleted," he said.
Breen explained how emigration itself isn't the only issue, and that the time necessary to replace a departed player by developing someone new can take years.
"The biggest thing about today's game is the aspect of strength and conditioning. A player has to be built up over three of four year period of strength and conditioning. When you invest in a guy for a year or two and then he leaves then you are starting off again from year one," he said.
The issue of players migrating to different parts of the country is also an issue that had to be managed. With his players dotted all over the country, Breen revealed that the cost of travel to get these players up to training can be has high as €90,000 in a year.
Carrigallen club chairman Eamon Quinn explained how the plight of emigration had affected his club over the past number of years.
"In 2012, we lost eight players. Seven of them would have been senior players and six of them would definitely have been in our starting 15. They were lost to America, Australia and Bulgaria, all of them in search of work," he said.
"It made the season a very tough one. Every club is losing players to emigration and to other sports. The GAA has an uphill battle to maintain its high profile in every community."
The countries that are proving to be most common for emigrants from Leitrim are Australia, the U.S., England and Canada.
Leitrim Observer
Beehive Stealers
A RANDALSTOWN man has been stung by thieves after they stole a hive full of honey bees.
Ian Wallace, who has been keeping bees for 30 years, was left stunned after he made the discovery on Wednesday, February 20.
In the winter time bees hibernate and at the beginning of last week Wallace paid a visit to his hive to check things were as they should be.
"I was looking at it and I just thought something wasn't sitting right," he said.
When Wallace went to take a closer look he realized that the inner box was gone along with the full colony of bees. He was left "flabbergasted" at the fact someone had stolen the hive.
"I just couldn't believe it," he continued. "But it must have been someone who knew what they were doing. I don't see how any Tom, Dick or Harry off the street would have been able to do that.
"I have been keeping bees for 30 years and I've never come across this before. There were some dead bees lying at the bottom of the baseboard and from what I could tell, they hadn't been lying there too long so it must have happened fairly recently."
Wallace confirmed that while he makes the inner frames himself, the bees are worth around £100.
"It's not the money or the value that I have the real issue with," he added. "It's simply the face that someone would do this in the first place."
Antrim Guardian
Drones for Dumping
DRONES could be used as Clare's newest weapon in the war against litter, one local councilor has suggested. The remote controlled surveillance devices, which have gained notoriety from their use by the U.S. government, have been put forward as a possible solution to fly-tipping or illegal dumping in the county, with a claim that drones are already being used on the continent for this purpose.
At a meeting of the Environmental and Water Services Strategic Policy Committee of Clare County Council, Councilor Johnny Flynn hit out at what he described as the "disgusting" behavior of people who litter the county's roads.
He believes government grants could be used by the local authority to send a drone into the air to identify the culprits of illegal dumping. Last year, grant funding was used by Clare County Council for the deployment of mobile CCTV to deal with littering, with Flynn urging similar funding be obtained for drones.
"I am delighted that the funding was used for mobile CCTV and I understand they have been very successful. I would suggest that the council consider applying again this year and consider using drones, robotic flying cameras, that could be used to look out for fly-tipping," he said.
"We have to come down very hard on these people. There are a million bags of rubbish unaccounted for in this county."
Flynn said the devices are already being used on the continent for this purpose.
"This could be a very effective weapon to deal with these anti-social scoundrels. It would be an inexpensive and effective way to monitor this behavior," he said.
He added that a tough stance needs to be taken on anybody found illegally dumping.
"Anybody involved in fly-tipping and serious and persistent anti-social behavior should have the benefits of living in an open and modern society restricted. For example, any person whose vehicle is found to be involved in fly-tipping should loose their driving license for 20 years," he said.
The Clare Champion
The Flying Nun
THIS May, if you look to the sky, it is possible that you just might see the hand of God guiding one of his servants to ground as Presentation nun Sister Patricia Wall, 75, completes her sky dive.
The reasons for her taking such a brave step are close to her heart as she is hoping to raise €150,000 for the charity Aware along with a number of local projects she is involved with.
Sister Patricia, who turns 75 on Saturday, joined the Presentation Sisters in Thurles when she was 17. She traveled the world with her vocation, bringing her to places such as Zimbabwe and New Zealand.
In fact, it was while Sister Patricia was in New Zealand that she experienced a deep depression. She was in her late twenties and very far from home.
In those days, she said, "if you went that far away it usually meant you may not come back."
However, she sought help from a doctor and through counseling along with a leave of absence from the convent, Sister Patricia returned to full health and was soon back in her habit and religious way of life.
Along with her own experience of depression, Sister Patricia has seen first hand how this illness can affect those living in rural Ireland and that is why she wants to help Aware.
She retired from teaching in 1997 and since then has been very much involved in a number of community projects around Tipperary.
Now with her strong fundraising committee in place, Sister Patricia can focus on preparing herself for the sky dive. She is fit and well as she has always been involved in sports.
When asked what prayer she will be saying as she jumps out she is unsure, but as they switch off the engine for a few minutes to capture the sound of the skydiver's reaction, Sister Patricia is "hoping a prayer will come out!"
Tipperary Star


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#1 A Time to Remember, Salute, and Support Our Military Heroes05-25-2012, 11:35 PM
The above link is to a decent post about Memorial Day, supporting the troops and honoring them. Then this gem appears.
3. If only...
we could replace memorial day with pride day. fighting for the right to have sex with who you want - now those are real heroes here on DU!Good men sleep peaceably in their beds at night because
rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Real superheroes don't wear capes. They wear dog tags.
05-25-2012, 11:48 PMGovernment is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem.
Ronald Reagan
We could say they are spending like drunken sailors. That would be unfair to drunken sailors, they're spending their OWN money.
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R.I.P. Crockspot
05-26-2012, 01:09 AMSolve a man's problem with violence and help him for a day. Teach a man how to solve his problems with violence, help him for a lifetime - Belkar Bitterleaf
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05-26-2012, 11:58 AMcali
1. sorry, but they're not heroes and I really object to this
kind of sentimental claptrap. In fact it makes me ill. Really ill. It perpetuates the mythology of the grandness of wars.
By and large those who serve and those who died serving are simply cannon fodder, to use a somewhat quaint term, thrust into unjust wars.
That doesn't mean that I don't think we should aid those who serve, but this whole here garbage is just sickening.
Response to cali (Reply #1)Fri May 25, 2012, 07:43 PM
2. Glad you said what I was thinking and much better than I would have.
I am equally sickened when I hear Rachel Maddow perpetuating that kind of thinking.
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Response to cali (Reply #1)Fri May 25, 2012, 07:44 PM
3. If only...
we could replace memorial day with pride day. fighting for the right to have sex with who you want - now those are real heroes here on DU!
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What pathetic idiots. These are the kinds of pacifists who love to go out and pick fights with anyone who doesn't agree with them, and if they get what they want, we're thugs, and if they don't, they get to bully people who won't fight back out of scruples. They have no decency or honor, and do not even understand the words.
Response to OnionPower1 (Reply #3)Fri May 25, 2012, 07:46 PM
4. Why not both?
So, you want a day in which war veterans can have sex with whoever they want to? Sounds like something that Mohammed came up with.--Odysseus
Sic Hacer Pace, Para Bellum.
Before you can do things for people, you must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you must love the doing, not the people!
I guess Cali thinks that all those who fought in WWII just a bunch evil warmongering idiots as well. If that's true, then she might believe that those who fought the Civil War and the American Revolution were just as stupid and equally as worthless.
Might also guess that Cali admires those that won The Russian Revolution, The Chinese Revolution, The Cuban Revolution and The Vietnam War.
Its my belief that Cali does not likes people who fight for Indivual liberty. but does like those who fight against it.
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Funeral home participates in procession honoring fallen soldiers
Bybee & Davis Funeral Home in Knoxville participated in a funeral procession to honor the seven unclaimed remains of soldiers from America's past wars Friday. Funeral Home Director Ray Bertrand says they worked with the Missing in America Project and the Patriot Guard Riders to escort the soldiers remains, six of which were cremated at Bybee & Davis, from the funeral home in
Tulips beginning to bloom
Tulips are starting to bloom in
Same-sex couples prepare to file for marriage licenses
Reports are in many counties across the state, same-sex couples are filling out marriage license paperwork at their
Three Corps campgrounds open
The camping season is fast approaching now that three U.S. Army Corps of Engineers campgrounds at Lake Red Rock are welcoming visitors. Whitebreast, Wallashuck, and North Overlook opened for the season on Thursday. Park Ranger Tracy Spry says the first large influx of visitors happens around Tulip Time. Spry notes the flood repair work continues at Howell Station with the hope to reopen the campground for Memorial Day weekend on a first-come first-serve basis. It's unknown when Ivans Campground could reopen. Both sustained flood damage.
Racing season gets underway tonight
The 2009 Sprint Car racing season kicks-off Saturday at the Knoxville Raceway. Brian Stickel, director of marketing for the Knoxville Raceway, says the 360's and 410 sprint car races will be exciting for fans, as well as having new drivers from
E-Cycling event is being held this morning in
Library hosts
A local organization has partnered with the
Bookstore hosts poetry slam
The Knoxville Chamber of Commerce is having its annual awards ceremony from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Knoxville Raceway. Doug Wilson received the 2009 Community Service Award, the Swamp Fox Pub & Grill is Business of the Year, Lois Reichert is Businesswoman of the Year, Dave Spowart is Businessman of the Year, Susan Prather is Educator of the Year, Ted Eller, George Andrews, and Chuck Day are the 2009 Ambassador Hall of Fame inductees, and the recipients of the Matthew C. Job Pride in Knoxville Award are the 2008 Knoxville Boys and Girls High School Cross-Country Teams & Coaches.
Volunteer group organizes clean up effort
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PS. I remember someone talking to me about 5 de mayo, it's no big deal here in Mexico
It's a Southern California thing moreso than many other cities in the US.
Hi guys, how was valentines?Mine was great, had a nice romantic dinner in a lovely restaurant in my boyfriend's area
in my city the cute little red dress is kind of a rule that day and the girls go out of their way to look good on their date, so with that in mind I decided I did not want to look like most girls and go for a more sexy look with dangerous high heels, flaming red lips and all...
Boyfriend?! I didn't receive the memo on this! Congrats IV ... he's a lucky man.
in my city the cute little red dress is kind of a rule that day
My Valentines was nice, but a few days before, I took these two young, hot Latinas, more than 25 years younger than I, on a wild date. We hopped in a Jag, and cruised through the rich part of Malibu, past movie star's houses, frolicked on the beach at Zuma, then stopped at a beachside bistro in Paradise Cove, sipped wine and ate cracked crab, smoked salmon, killer ceveche and more. It was a blast. These two were classy, educated, could speak English, and had visas. I know, I know - way too many red flags, but it was sure lots of fun.


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Atrial fibrillation (also known as AF or AFib) is the most common type of arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat or heart rhythm). Many people are not aware of what atrial fibrillation is and refer to this heart rhythm problem as "heart flutter" or "irregular heartbeat." They may also call it "heart palpitations," which are the most common symptom of atrial fibrillation.
To understand atrial fibrillation, you need to understand how the heart works and what a normal heartbeat is.
The normal heart
The heart is a muscle made up of 4 chambers: 2 atria (the left atrium and the right atrium, making up the top half of the heart) and 2 ventricles (left and right, making up the bottom half of the heart). The heart has its own electrical system that controls the rate and rhythm of the heartbeat. The heart beats at an average of 60 to 100 times per minute at rest. The role of the heartbeat is to pump blood around the body. Blood flows into the atria, then from the atria into the ventricles, and then it is pumped out of the ventricles into the body.
The heart's electrical system signals the chambers of the heart to work in coordination to expand and contract to pump blood into the heart and out to the rest of the body. This starts with an electrical signal sent out by a group of cells called the sinus or sinoatrial (SA) node, the natural pacemaker of the heart. The SA node is located in the right atrium. From the SA node, the electrical signal travels through the right and left atria, causing the atria to contract and pump blood into the ventricles.
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The electrical signal then moves down to a group of cells called the atrioventricular (AV) node. The AV node is the "gateway" between the atria and the ventricles. At the AV node, the electrical signal slows down to allow the ventricles time to finish filling with blood from the atria. From the AV node, the electrical signal travels through the right and left ventricles, causing the ventricles to contract and pump blood out to the rest of the body. After contracting, the ventricles relax and the heartbeat process starts again in the SA node.
The normal heartbeat is called "normal sinus rhythm" because the SA node is controlling the electrical system of the heart.
Atrial fibrillation
In atrial fibrillation, arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat or heart rhythm) occurs because the electrical signal controlling the heartbeat becomes confused, and the atria quiver rapidly and unevenly, changing the constant rhythm of the heart.
The atria and ventricles no longer work in a coordinated way to contract and pump blood, the heart may not pump blood efficiently, and the heart rhythm becomes abnormal. In AF, the heart beats about 100 to 175 times per minute.
It's important not to confuse atrial fibrillation with another type of arrhythmia called atrial flutter. In atrial flutter, the atria "flutter" and contract at a very rapid rate but at a regular rhythm. The electrical signals are not chaotic and irregular, as it is in AF. Sometimes atrial flutter develops into AF and sometimes AF develops into atrial flutter.
Atrial fibrillation is a serious condition that has serious complications and it can greatly affect your quality of life. AF can lead to stroke, heart failure, and hospitalizations.
The good news is that AF is manageable and most people with AF can lead active, healthy, normal lives with appropriate treatment.


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Springtime in Colorado
April 9, 2010
In "The Rite of Spring" Stravinsky put to beautiful music one of the many pagan ceremonies that humankind has used through the years to explain the changing seasons.
In Fantasia Disney used the title and the music to depict in animation the creation of the world, complete with dinosaurs.
My favorite spring myth is the Greek story of Persephone. She was the beautiful daughter of Demeter, the goddess of the harvest. She was abducted by Hades and carried away into the depths of the earth. Demeter vowed to allow no harvest until she should see her daughter again. She finally accepted the gods' proposal that Persephone should spend at least part of the year with her.
And so, according to one translation, Persephone spends the winter months below the ground, but when she comes back to her mother in the spring, the earth will burst into bloom with "flocks of sweet-smelling flowers" and the fruit will grow on the trees.
Some of the most beautiful flowers in the world come, not from the ground, but from the passionate mind and hand of painter Georgia O'Keefe.
Musicians and poets and artists glorify spring, making it sound romantic and warm and beautiful and inspiring.
But in cold, hard actuality, here in the Banana Belt, a better literary description is Wallace Stevens', "Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!"
After all these years, why should it be a surprise? Sometime in February we get a couple of those beautiful spring-like days that make even those of us who have been around here a long time turn off reality and think, "Oh, this year will be different. It is really spring and I can breathe again." And then-whammo-freezing weather and a foot of snow.
The surprise involves guessing which two days between January and July will actually be spring. The little purple crocuses pop through the gravel out my window in late February, and it has been known to snow in June. But sometime between a day when you bundle up against a temperature of 32 (this year make that 0) and the day when you take off all the clothes you modestly can and brave a temperature of 91, there are a couple of days of glorious Colorado spring.
It turns out that the dates of spring are simply a matter of custom, anyway. No formal governmental body ever declared that spring begins with the equinox and summer with the solstice. According to one climate researcher, "Although the sun-earth geometry is clearly the origin of the seasons on earth, it has nothing directly to do with temperature or weather." We knew that all the time! In England what they call spring runs from February through April.
Lest you doubt the power of spring storms around here, the Guinness Book of World Records reports that the world record snowfall for a 24 hour period was 76 inches on April 14 and 15, 1921 at Silver Lake, Colorado - wherever that is. My friend the philosopher says that nobody knows where it is because it was buried under snow in 1921 and was never seen again.
Here in the Grand Valley the natives claim to know when spring is here. It is when the neck of the swan on the Grand Mesa is broken. I wonder what the Greeks would have done with that one. Of course, you have to be able to find the swan before you can know the state of its neck.
Our state slogan is "'Tis a privilege to live in Colorado." We have escaped the worst of El Niño which is cutting such a vicious path across our country this year.
Yes, 'tis really a privilege to live in Colorado. Spring is here when we feel it and smell it. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. I know that spring will come again. I'll know it when I can smell it.


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Boston RV Show's Expecting 120 Exhibitors
December 17, 2010 by RVBusiness · 1 Comment
The New England Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association will sponsor the Boston RV & Camping Expo Feb. 3-6 in the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston.
The expo will feature the latest models in recreation vehicles, fifth-wheels, travel trailers, folding camping campers, camping supplies, accessories, campgrounds and travel information centers, according to a show promotion.
Member dealers hail from Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire.
The show, touted as New England's largest RV show, will cover 118,000 square feet of display space and feature 120 exhibitors. Attendance is estimated to top 18,000.
According to show promotional material, the Boston show exceeds in size other New England RV shows, including the shows at Portland and Agusta, Maine, Manchester, N.H. , and Worcester, Mass., all have either 40,000 or 50,000 or 60,000 square feet of exhibition space at best (33% to 50% of Seaport World Trade Center); and Providence, R.I,. has 80,000 square feet (67% of of Seaport World Trade Center).
For more information visit http://www.BostonRVExpo.com.


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ROSEMONT, Ill., June 10, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wintrust Financial Corporation ("Wintrust" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:WTFC) announced the pricing of its public offering of $140 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.000% Subordinated Notes due 2024. The offering is expected to close on or about June 13, 2014, subject to customary closing conditions.
Wintrust intends to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include, without limitation, investments at the holding company level, providing capital to support our growth, acquisitions or other business combinations, including FDIC-assisted acquisitions, and reducing or refinancing existing debt.
RBC Capital Markets is acting as sole book-running manager for the offering.
The offering is being made under an effective shelf registration statement on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. Copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus describing the offering may be obtained by visiting EDGAR on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov or by contacting RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Three World Financial Center, 200 Vesey Street, 8th Floor, New York, New York 10281, Telephone: 1-866-375-6829.
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Disabled travel in South Africa
This article is a travel topic
Get in[edit]
By plane[edit]
Get around[edit]
By plane[edit]
Guide dogs are allowed to travel on local South African flights
O.R. Tambo International airport have braille on elevator buttons only in the international terminal; domestic terminal and parkade elevators do not. There are no audio announcement when stopping at any floor. The moving walkway in the domestic terminal have audio announcement on reaching the end of the walkway, but not before entering it.
By car[edit]
Some of the larger car rental companies can supply vehicles with paraplegic hand controls
By wheelchair[edit]
Both powered and non-powered wheelchairs can be rented
Buy[edit][add listing]
Most shopping centres have wide marked disabled parking close to the entrances.
Money templates and coin selectors can be purchased from the South African National Council for the Blind [20].
South African banknotes are progressively larger in larger denominations.
New banknotes have raised diamond shapes in the middle of the bottom half of each note for tactile identification. A R10 note has one, a R20 note has two, a R50 rand note has three, a R100 note has four and a R200 note has 5. They also have large geometric shapes on the front for easy identification by people with partial sight. The R10 note has a diamond, the R20 a square, the R50 a circle, the R100 a hexagon and the R200 a honeycomb hexagon.
Be aware that a lot of older notes without these features are still in circulation
See[edit][add listing]
Do[edit][add listing]
Since many of South Africa's attractions are provided by nature, easy access can be a problem. There are however a number of places that provide specifically for the disabled traveller:
Cape Town[edit]
Sleep[edit][add listing]
In August 2007 the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa [21] introduced a Universal Accessibility Scheme with four levels each in Mobility, Hearing and Visual categories. Though not many establishments have yet been rated according to this scheme, there are a number that will be during 2008.
Tour operators[edit]
These tour operators specialize in providing tours specifically designed for the disabled.
Keep the following in mind when travelling with or meeting a fellow traveller that happens to be disabled


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Interstate 95
Interstate 95
I-95 highlighted in red
|Route information
|1,919.74 mi[1] (3,089.52 km)
|1957 – present
|Major junctions
|South end:
|US 1 in Miami, FL
|North end:
|Route 95 at the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing
|Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine
|Highway system
Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States,[2] running largely parallel to the Atlantic Ocean and U.S. Highway 1, serving areas between Florida and New England inclusive. In general, I-95 serves metropolitan areas such as Boston, Providence, New York, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. in the Northeast down to the Mid-Atlantic, and Richmond, Fayetteville, Savannah, Jacksonville, and Miami in the Southeast. The route follows a more direct inland route between Washington, D.C. and Savannah, notably bypassing the coastal metropolitan areas of Norfolk-Virginia Beach and Charleston, which require connections through other Interstate Highways.
I-95 is one of the oldest routes of the Interstate Highway System, yet its completion is still dependent on a project in Pennsylvania and New Jersey that is scheduled to be finished by 2018. Currently, its role in that region has been filled in mainly by I-295, by I-195, and by an unsigned portion of the New Jersey Turnpike in Southern New Jersey. Many sections of I-95 incorporated pre-existing sections of toll roads where they served the same right of way.[3] I-95's two pieces total 1,919.74 mi (3,090 km).[4][5] The southern terminus of I-95 is at U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Florida, while the northern terminus is at the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing with New Brunswick, Canada.
I-95 is the longest north–south Interstate, followed by I-75, and the sixth-longest Interstate Highway overall after I-70 (2,153 miles, 3,465 km), I-10 (2,460 miles, 3,959 km), I-40 (2,555 miles, 4,112 km), I-80 (2,899 miles, 4,665 km), and I-90 (3,099 miles, 4,987 km).[1] I-95 passes through more states than any other Interstate Highway at 15 states, followed by I-90, which crosses 13 states. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, only five of the 96 counties (or equivalents) along the route are completely rural,[6] while statistics provided by the I-95 Corridor Coalition suggest that the region served is "over three times more densely populated than the U.S. average and as densely settled as much of Western Europe".[7]
Route description
Interstate 95 begins at U.S. Route 1 just south of downtown Miami and heads north through Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, the Gold Coast, Treasure Coast, Space Coast, Daytona Beach, Port Orange, Saint Augustine, and then Jacksonville before entering the U.S. state of Georgia near Brunswick. This portion of the highway was notably featured in the film Flight of the Navigator when the spaceship flew along the highway towards Miami.[8] In Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, Sunpass only Express lanes pass over the highway
Prior to 1987, a notable gap used to exist between West Palm Beach and Fort Pierce where I-95 traffic was diverted to Florida's Turnpike. Today, that routing runs parallel with the turnpike.[9]
In the year 2010, the Florida section of I-95 had the most fatalities of all Interstate Highways.[10]
The Georgia section of Interstate 95 travels through the marshlands closely following the coastline bypassing the cities of Brunswick and Savannah. It intersects Interstate 16 and then crosses into South Carolina. The road is named the Tom P. Coleman Highway in honor of Senator Tom Coleman who served from 1981 to 1995. The exit numbers were converted from a sequential system to a mileage based system around the year 2000.
The Carolinas
In the Carolinas, I-95 travels west of the coastal sections and indirectly serves popular destinations such as the Outer Banks, Myrtle Beach, and Hilton Head via various side routes. I-95 notably bypasses the major cities of Charleston and Raleigh while intersecting major Interstate highways at Florence and Benson. I-95 also passes the South of the Border attraction immediately before crossing into North Carolina.
In North Carolina, I-95 informally serves as separation between the piedmont and coastal plain regions of North Carolina. Rocky Mount, NC is a notable control city that is seen from signage in Virginia heading into North Carolina. After Gaston, NC, I-95 crosses into Virginia.
Mid-Atlantic Region
I-95 enters the Mid-Atlantic region in Virginia and travels through some of the most populated areas along the east coast. I-95 is concurrent briefly with I-64 in the middle of Richmond before heading toward Northern Virginia. In the Washington Metropolitan Area, it is concurrent with the Capital Beltway, passing through the southernmost corner of the District of Columbia for about 0.11 miles (0.18 km) via the Woodrow Wilson Bridge[11] before entering Maryland where it bends away from the Beltway toward Baltimore. From the tunnels of Baltimore to the bridges of New York, I-95 is mostly a tolled road. I-95 connects to an unsigned portion of the New Jersey Turnpike via I-295 near Wilmington, DE where drivers can bypass Philadelphia through South Jersey between exits 1 and 6, whereas, I-95, itself, passes through Philadelphia only to end at a notable gap in Lawrence Township, NJ where drivers can reconnect with the New Jersey Turnpike at exit 7A (I-195). A project will fill this gap using the easternmost portion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike and the New Jersey Turnpike north of exit 6. I-95 connects to New York via the George Washington Bridge.
New York
I-95 in New York comprises several named expressways, the Trans-Manhattan Expressway, the Cross Bronx Expressway, the Bruckner Expressway, and the New England Thruway. From New Jersey, it is briefly co-signed with U.S. 1 and U.S. 9 (U.S. 9 quickly exits in NY and heads toward Broadway and U.S. 1 stays on I-95 to the Webster Ave exit). There are many interchanges within this 23-mile (37 km) stretch that connects New York City to Albany, Upstate New York, and Long Island. I-95 then becomes the New England Thruway to Connecticut, where it continues as the Connecticut Turnpike.
New England
I-95 enters New England in the state of Connecticut, and follows along the southern part of the state within miles of the coast in a more east–west direction. It then gradually curves back northward, passing through Rhode Island's capital of Providence. The highway then enters Massachusetts heading around Boston via Route 128 before turning north and passing briefly into and through New Hampshire, and then into Maine, following the Maine Turnpike to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing. It intersects US 1 and the east end of US 2 before entering the province of New Brunswick[12] as Route 95.
Portions of the highway have or used to have tolls. Many parts of I-95 were made up of various toll roads that had already been constructed or planned, particularly in the northeast. Many of these routes still exist today, but some have removed their tolls. Outside of Florida, current I-95 toll facilities are compatible with the E-ZPass electronic payment system; in Florida, while I-95 can be driven toll-free, use of the '95 Express Managed Toll Lanes' requires a SunPass transponder.
The toll roads utilized as part of I-95 formerly included the Florida's Turnpike, Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike (tolled until 1992), and the Connecticut Turnpike (tolled until 1985). Today, I-95 utilitizes the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway, the Delaware Turnpike, the New Jersey Turnpike, the New England Thruway, the New Hampshire Turnpike, and the Maine Turnpike.
In Florida, the missing link was filled in 1987.[13][14] Once the Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project completes, the last remaining gap in New Jersey will be filled making I-95 continuous from Florida to Canada.
Many notable bridges and tunnels along I-95 were also tolled. The Fuller Warren Bridge, spanning the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida, was tolled until the 1980s and was replaced in 2002. The Fort McHenry Tunnel is underneath the harbor of Baltimore, Maryland and was opened in 1985. The George Washington Bridge, opened in 1931, carries I-95, US 1, US 9, and US 46 (latter is officially considered to end at the NY state line) across the Hudson River between New Jersey and Upper Manhattan.
A study that could lead to the imposition of tolls on I-95 in North Carolina is under way as of March 2010.[15]
Between Richmond, Virginia, and New Jersey are a few large projects that are helping to ease traffic along the corridor. The reconstruction of the Springfield Interchange in Northern Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., helped to ease traffic at the intersection of I-95, I-495, and I-395, and surrounding interchanges. The Springfield Interchange is one of the busiest highway junctions on the East Coast, serving between 400,000 and 500,000 vehicles per day. With the exception of HOT lanes on the Capital Beltway (I-495/I-95), this project was completed in July 2007.[16] A few miles to the east is another major project: the Woodrow Wilson Bridge replacement. The bridge carries I-95/I-495 over the Potomac River. The former Woodrow Wilson Bridge, which has since been demolished, was a six-lane bridge that was severely over-capacity. The new bridge is actually two bridges with a total of 12 lanes; five in each direction, with an additional lane in each direction for future use (rapid-bus or train). This project is nearly complete. The 10 lanes opened on December 13, 2008, greatly reducing the traffic delays on the beltway. The lanes are divided into two thru-lanes and three local lanes in each direction. About 30 miles (48 km) north of the Wilson Bridge, and about 20 miles (32 km) south of Baltimore near Laurel, Maryland, a large new interchange is under construction as of 2008 was scheduled for completion in late 2011, and opened to traffic on November 9, 2014, which will connect I-95 to Maryland Route 200.
Farther north in Pennsylvania, a project is underway at the intersection of I-95 and I-276. The Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project will construct an interchange between I-95, I-276, and once completed, I-295,[17] as I-95 will no longer go through Trenton, New Jersey (actually the townships of Hopewell, Lawrence and Ewing). This project will result in another toll being added to the route, that of the Delaware River-Turnpike Toll Bridge over the Delaware River.[18] The toll, much like the other crossings of the river, will be for traffic leaving New Jersey only (I-95 southbound). More critically, completion of this project will close the remaining gap in the route.
In 2006, the Virginia General Assembly passed SJ184, a resolution calling for an interstate compact to build a toll highway between Dover, Delaware, and Charleston, South Carolina, as an alternative to I-95 that would allow long-distance traffic to avoid the D.C. Metropolitan area.[19]
Federal legislation has identified I-95 through Connecticut as High Priority Corridor 65. A long-term multibillion-dollar program to upgrade the entire length of I-95 through Connecticut has been underway since the mid-1990s and is expected to continue through at least 2020. Several miles of the Connecticut Turnpike through Bridgeport were recently widened and brought up to Interstate standards. Work has shifted to reconstructing and widening 12 miles (19 km) of I-95 through New Haven, which includes replacing the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge. Environmental studies for reconstructing and widening 60 miles (97 km) of I-95 from New Haven to the Rhode Island state line are also progressing.
There are plans to expand the 1,054-mile (1,696 km) I-95 corridor from Petersburg, Virginia, to Florida through a U.S. multi-state agreement to study how to improve the corridor through widening and reconstruction, with the goal of reducing congestion and improving overall safety for years to come.[20]
Florida continues to complete widening projects. As of December 2010, I-95 from the South Carolina–Georgia line south to Jacksonville, Florida has been upgraded to six lanes. The section from Jacksonville to the I-4 junction in Daytona Beach was expanded to six lanes in 2005. As of 2009, widening projects continue in Brevard County from the SR 528 junction in Cocoa to Palm Bay, as well as in northern Palm Beach County.
In 2009, state legislators representing Maine's Aroostook County proposed using federal economic stimulus funds to extend I-95 north to Maine's northernmost border community of Fort Kent via Caribou and Presque Isle.[21] The proposed route would parallel New Brunswick's four-lane, limited access Trans-Canada Highway on the U.S. side of the Canada–United States border. Legislators argued that extension of the Interstate would promote economic growth in the region.
Major intersections
- Florida
- US 1 in Miami
- Turnpike in Golden Glades
- I‑4 in Daytona Beach
- I‑10 in Jacksonville
- Georgia
- I‑16 in Savannah
- South Carolina
- I‑26 near Harleyville
- I‑20 in Florence
- North Carolina
- I‑74 near Lumberton
- I‑40 in Benson
- Virginia
- I‑85 in Petersburg
- I‑64 for four miles (6.4 km) in Richmond
- Pennsylvania
- I‑76 in Philadelphia
- Temporary Gap in route
- New Jersey
- N.J. Turnpike in Mansfield Township
- G.S. Parkway in Woodbridge Township
- I‑78 in Newark
- I‑80 in Teaneck
- New York
- I‑87 in Bronx
- Connecticut
- Route 8 in Bridgeport
- I‑91 in New Haven
- Massachusetts
- I‑93 in Canton
- I‑90 in Weston
- I‑93 in Woburn
Auxiliary routes
Interstate 95 has many auxiliary routes. They can be found in most states the route runs through; with exceptions being Georgia, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire. Business Routes also exist in both Georgia and North Carolina.
See also
- U.S. Roads portal
- 1 2 3 Staff (October 31, 2002). "Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways as of October 31, 2002". Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved March 28, 2007.
- ↑ Montgomery, David & White, Josh (February 23, 2001). "128 Cars, Trucks Crash in Snow on I-95". The Washington Post. p. A1.
- ↑ Samuel, Peter (December 10, 2010). "Penn Pike Moving—Very Slowly—To End Gap in I-95". TOLLROADSnews. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
- ↑ Google (February 15, 2008). "Overview Map of I-95 from Miami, Florida, to Trenton, New Jersey" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
- ↑ Google (February 15, 2008). "Overview Map of I-95 from Mansfield, New Jersey, to Canada" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
- ↑ El Nasser, Haya (June 27, 2004). "Small-Town USA Goes 'Micropolitan'". USA Today.
- ↑ "I-95 Corridor Facts". I-95 Corridor Coalition. March 30, 2008. Retrieved August 20, 2010.
- ↑ "Flight of the Navigator (1986)".
- ↑ Google (June 8, 2009). "Southern Terminus of I-95 at Miami, Florida" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
- ↑ Tom Barlow (July 13, 2010). "Most deadly times, places to drive". Walletpop.com. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
- ↑ "Miscellaneous Interstate System Facts". Federal Highway Administration. April 6, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
- ↑ Google (June 8, 2009). "Northern Terminus of I-95 at Houlton, Maine" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
- ↑ "I-95 'Missing Link' Okayed". Lakeland Ledger. April 19, 1973. p. 4A.
- ↑ "Gap In I-95 To Close Saturday". Miami Herald. December 13, 1987. p. 1A.
- ↑ Samuel, Peter (March 30, 2010). "North Carolina tolling I-95 being studied". TOLLROADSnews. Retrieved August 20, 2010.
- ↑ "Interstate 95 @ Interstate-Guide.com". Interstate Guide. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
- ↑ Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission I-95/I-276 Interchange Project Meeting Design Management Summary – DRAFT: Design Advisory Committee Meeting #2
- ↑ "Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project".
- ↑ "SJ 184 Interstate Route 95; Construction and Operation of Controlled-Access Highway as Alternative Thereto". Virginia Legislature.
- ↑ Drewes, Britt (February 3, 2009). "Five States and USDOT Partner to Improve Interstate 95 Through Corridor of the Future Program: Development Agreement Aims to Reduce Congestion, Increase Safety and Reliability" (Press release). Virginia Department of Transportation. CO-0903. Archived from the original on February 11, 2009.
- ↑ "Aroostook Delegation Pushes for I-95 Extension". Bangor Daily News. April 10, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
Further reading
- Evans, Mark T. (2015). Main Street, America: Histories of I-95 (Ph.D. dissertation). University of South Carolina.
External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Interstate 95.
- Geographic data related to Interstate 95 at OpenStreetMap
- I-95: The Road Most Traveled (special series). National Public Radio. 2010.


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Today I am in a BIG robot building mood. I built two robots today. E-3 and Spider-bot. Yep,spider-bot is finished. And I decided to build another. E-3 uses a LED and a motor as a out put device. He can be used in a mini robot sumo contest. He has too spikes "screws" for a weapon. And it,( Yeah,its weird ) it uses a paper cup for the coverings. I will soon add both robots too the robomenu.
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Canonical recently announced that they are developing a tablet version of their popular Ubuntu operating system, slated to be released in 2011. This comes hot on the heels of the release of the Apple iPad, and the rumors that HP plans to release a WebOS-based tablet sometime late 2010. However, Canonical's foray into the tablet arena is fundamentally different from both the iPad and a WebOS tablet, and unfortunately reeks of a company failing to learn from their competitors successes and failures.
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|2013-02-27, 04:20
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Could mean the other seats are crews allied with Dof like Law was, im just wondering how the power levels match in Dofs organization since I guess the other seats mite be as strong as Vergo seeing as Law was as strong as him.
3 seats = zoro, sanji and?
Luffy will have to face off with Dof
Also wanokuni seems increasingly likely to be controlled by Kaido with the talk about it this ch.
|2013-02-27, 04:34
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so much information crammed into this one chapter, what a mind blowing chapter
I'm surprised that "Heart" that was mentioned few chapters back was referring to card suits, always thought it refers to body organ with Doflamingo in "Brain" position
and I knew it! I knew that Buggy will become shichibukai, kinda disappointed at the same time though since he doesn't have "animal theme" like other shichibukai
and did I miss something when I read it or Oda still keep one shichibukai member a secret?
this will explain claw shaped scars in Shanks's face and with three heads with three different personalities, just MAYBE allow him to eat 2 more DFs (Yami Yami & Gura Gura)
but that's just speculation with no definite proof at the moment
and looking at last chapter WSJ cover page and this chapter development, I couldn't stop thinking that Luffy will also end up with two different DFs power (Gomu Gomu and Mera Mera)
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Well a scanlation just went up and I got a good look at the chapter now.
So it seems the story has a course of action planned out for a while now. First destroying the SMILE factory on Dressorosa, then moving on to save Kanjuro and reunite with Law's crew on Zou, then dropping off Kinemon and Momosuke at Wanokuni. I guess that could change unexpectedly, but I'll take that as the plan for now.
Get to see Fleet Admiral Sakazuki for the first time since the time skip too. I'm strongly convinced this "Fujitora" is indeed a new admiral since it means "Pink Tiger" like someone said earlier, which fits the admiral code-name pattern. I wonder if they are a woman? (Perhaps Hina?)
And yep, Buggy is indeed one of the Shichibukai now. I'm pretty sure we all saw that one coming. I'm interested in that organization he apparently formed though, the "Pirate Dispatch Society". He's always seemed too incompetent for something like that. Wonder who the new other two Shichibukai are too since Doflamingo needs to be replaced.
And Doflamingo managed to snag the re-manifested Mera Mera no mi eh? I guess he was indeed there when Ace died after all. Wonder how it'll play into all this.
Really loved this chapter, just a fantastic whole bunch of exposition and world-building. Happy 700th milestone Oda!~
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So if i get it right, say like CP9's Kaku DF which is a banana form. If Kaku dies, and someone put a normal banana next to his dead body, then Kaku's DF power will return to the banana and change the banana into a DF right?
Well that does makes alot of sense now.. but then it would require the current user to die first before the transfer can happen. I guess thats why BB covered himself in black cloth, so that no one would know what kind of fruit that gives the power of Gura Gura, if the encyclopedia didn't mention anything about Gura Gura's DF.
While for Ace, i guess it was that time between Ace's death and Shanks's appearance that Doflamingo sneakily transferred the fire power back into the fruit. This information certainly going to get overpowered DF users being targeted by ppl like Dofla in order to steal their power and return it back into the fruit.
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truly a monumental chapter to mark the 700th release of op!
i knew it! buggy is now one of the shichibukai! but i love it that oda left out one name just to keep things mysterious. we finally saw more than akainu's shadow, we got a bit of info about doffy and his crew, a potentially new admiral and another samurai. and then there's ace's mera mera fruit. very interesting stuff. great job oda-sensei!
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Check the page where Kid's hideout is shown and Apoo is screaming about discovery of their alliance.
The ship that's sailing away in a hurry? Thriller Bark escape ship.
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Since Doflamingo calls himself Joker, it makes sense he would have a card theme. But, would Luffy care about Ace's power like that?
Also, I love how Law realizes he's being sucked into Luffy's pace. Almost as priceless as tying Chopper to his head.
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That was a pretty dense chapter. So many information in it.
Nice to get confirmation Buggy is now part of the Shichibukai, and considered a living legend
Curious to find out who Fujitora is. He's obviously an admiral, the question is: is he a new character or an existing vice admiral that was promoted? No sure who among the characters we know could be given that kind of nickname.
Lots of people on other forums assume Luffy will eat the mera mera fruit. I would hate that. Firstly because Blackbeard should remain unique, and secondly because Luffy doesn't need another power. I don't want the other strawhats to eat it either. It would suit Sanji best since he is already associated with fire, but he is also a very good swimmer and it wouldn't be wise to take that away from him. A pirate crew with DF users need good swimmers.
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MSI Big Bang XPOWER Review
The Core i7 Nehalem architecture was introduced almost two years ago. Socket 1366 motherboards to support this new architecture from Intel were available en masse at launch and provided a great performance platform for the new processors. After close to two years, the platform needed a little updating as newer technologies, such as USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s, and higher end graphics solutions became available. At launch we looked at the Eclipse SLI and, shortly thereafter, the X58 Platinum SLI from MSI. Each had their strengths and weaknesses, but delivered solid performance. Lately, MSI has ratcheted up its product line up both on the video card and motherboard segments with the Big Bang series and latest video cards including the HD 5870 Lightning. The use of Military Class components including Hi-c Capacitors, Super Ferrite Chokes and solid capacitors mean you get a product that lasts longer, runs more efficiently, and operates at lower temperatures. Add in value added tools like the OC Genie and you get a high performing board at a reasonable cost. On paper the Xpower looks like a winner. Let's see if the Xpower can gain some credential as an overclocking board for the gamer and enthusiast, all the while delivering rock solid performance at baseline levels. If the performance characteristics of the Eclipse SLI translate to an expectation of performance, the Xpower should do well.
Closer Look:
The MSI Big Bang Xpower motherboard comes in a flashy gold and black themed package. The front panel shows the Big Bang graphic with the slogan "Designed for the Extreme Gamer" under the Xpower logo.The graphics along the bottom of the front panel list the processors supported (Intel Socket 1366), the chipset package (X58, ICH10R), support for Windows 7, and both CrossFireX and SLI multi-GPU strategies. The rear panel of the package again points out these capabilities while also pointing out the additional features such as the DrMOS Server grade MOSFETs, cooling capabilities of the Superpipe cooling system, and the 1-second overclocking with the use of the OC Genie. MSI has not left any stone unturned with regard to providing information for the consumer on its packaging. The front panel flips open to display not only the Big Bang Xpower board but also another snapshot of yet more features on this board. Military Class component usage is a highlight showing that these components include Hi-c caps, ICY chokes and solid capacitor use. The Quantum Wave audio cards capabilities are listed with USB 3.0, SATA 6GB/s, and multi-GPU strategies.
When you slip the motherboard out of the outer shell, you are left with two separate boxes. One box contains the Xpower motherboard, while the other holds the accessory bundle. As a premium board, you can hazard a guess that the bundle would be on the premium side as well. MSI does not disappoint in this respect as the bundle fill the box to the brim with the parts needed to use all the functionality of this board.
The packaging is out of the way; let's see what the bundle of accessories looks like and how it sets this board apart from the crowd.


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Print images from the database. Enlarge the images to fit an 8-1/2" X 11" sheet of cardstock. Mark each selected image into geometric shapes. Cut each image where marked; and ask children to reassemble the parts and identify the image.
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The Fog Begins To Lift (or Metric Tons Of Gumption)
After that adorable awkward moment the other day when A.J. showed up at Elizabeth's door with flowers that she mistakenly thought he'd brought her, I knew those earlier scenes between the two weren't just accidental and irrelevant chemistry. No indeed.
Today, we got a phone call between the two implying at least one of the major topics of conversation from their impromptu spaghetti dinner -- PickleLila and A.J.'s strategies for dealing with Tracy and saving ELQ. And A.J. talked about how much fun he had playing with the boys and both of them said how good a time they had and it was super-cute. And!
A.J. really did end up sending her flowers!
And his handwriting doesn't look like an eight-year-old's like Michael's did the other day!
And she was all bashful when Steve was prodding her about it. I love when the two of them are actually siblings and act like it, but far too rare (I might still be a little grumpy about that time he basically accused her of trying to kill Siobhan). And Liz gave her big brother her patented Liz look when she 'fessed up to who her admirer is.
Sibling rapport! If I didn't know better, I'd think they were giving us this cute brother/sister stuff to up the drama because something's going to happen to one of them soon. I KNOW! I'M REALLY GOING OUT ON A LIMB HERE, Y'ALL! Sherlock Weezie here.
Anyhoozle, Liz promised Steve that she's sure A.J.'s attempts to be a better man and a better father are sincere. Meanwhile, A.J. had another panic attack and begged for Tracy to call Liz. He needs his Florence Nightingale!
Liz calmed him down over the phone and then after Tracy dropped him off at GH, they continued their sweet little flirtation.
I love it. LOVE IT.
Now, if you're sitting there thinking, "Uh, Louise, we all watched the same episode. You basically just explained what we all watched," well... I can't argue with you. I JUST WANTED TO RE-LIVE IT, ALL RIGHT?!
Otherwise, not an especially action-packed episode. I mean there was a jailbreak and all, but we pretty much knew that was going to happen. And there won't be any consequences because on soaps, it's totally legal to break out of jail and set fire to police stations as long as once you've escaped you can prove your innocence or save the town or... something. Then it's a pat on the back and a key to the city. No problem-o!
However, the pre-jailbreak scenes did give us this gem from John McBain:
John: Since Manning's with his lawyer, we might be able to have a conversation without the laugh track.
From your lips to God's ears, McBain!
Otherwise we did get one of those hysterical post-D.I.D.-emergence episodes where the host identity comes back after several months away and has to be filled in on all the soapy chaos she missed. (It cracks me up that an episode like that is now so standard in soaps that it's officially a TV Trope.) I can't say I felt bad for Kate (as I sometimes did for Viki over on OLTL when such episodes unfolded) because Kate bores me to tears (if we have to have this character around, I'd much prefer the softened-down non-nympho version of Connie we were starting to see, so here's hoping there's an actual integration so we never have to go back to either extreme). Don't get me wrong, Kelly Sullivan is one hell of a fearless performer and that's sometimes fascinating to watch, but I've just never cared one iota about her Kate. Not one. But the domino effect of tragic and terrifying news that she got as today's episode progressed was kind of awesome. Was I supposed to find it awesomely funny? Well, I did.
I sure hope someone taped her bachelorette party with a smartphone or something. She has to see what she missed!


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Jet Pack - "Back To Life"
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West Midland new guns, Jet Pack, are set to make a hefty impression on the currently buoyant Brit-rock scene with their heartfelt brand of melody-drenched rock. Merging a sincere alternative edge with probing guitar rhythms and alluring emotive vocal lines, fused with strong post-punk DIY ethics, the hard working foursome take from the hooky fluency of Blink 182, the sheer rock dynamism of Foo Fighters, and the song writing dexterity of Jimmy Eat World. In the culmination, Jet Pack have produced a captivating sound that will pound right out of your speakers.
Formed out of university in 2008 and born in Cheltenham, Jet Pack consist of Dennis Cook (Vocals / Guitar), Paul Roberts (Lead Guitar / Vocals), Richard Beattie (Bass), and Sam Haskins (Drums), who were all brought together by their mutual love for pop-punk. Since then, the band have relentlessly toured the nation's highways and byways, playing headline home town shows supporting Hype Theory, General Fiasco, Attention Thieves, and Hildamay, as well as playing acoustic slots before Blink 182 at the LG Arena in Birmingham. Jet Pack are also set to open for Biffy Clyro and City and Colour later this month. With a strong work ethos, aided by their memorably hi-octane live shows, everything is starting to fall into place for the band, as their growing fan-base will testify.
Jet Pack now stride forward as they step up to the plate with their new EP 'Chasing Sunsets'. With esteemed producer Matt O'Grady (Youmeatsix, Deaf Havana) at the helm, the record is a heaving enterprise of strapping riffs and hooky cuts, gleaming with classy contagious melodies and considered up-tempo arrangements. From the stomping groovage and angst-fuelled aggression of their new single 'Back To Life', to the sweeping contagious refrain of 'Now I Know How John Locke Felt', right through to the majestic and utterly tuneful 'Heat Of The Moment', and to the anthemic 'All I Need', the alt-rockers exert a snappy ability for solid melody and have unveiled a killer debut record that is sure to steer the band to giddy heights for the remainder of 2013 and beyond!
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The very definition of Diversified Investment is that the investor plans the portfolio of investments in such a manner as to minimize the risk of any unexpected financial loss by spreading out his investments in more than one option. There are several ways that a beginner in Diversified Investment might do that: Diversified Investment Horizontally, Diversified Investment Vertically and Diversified Investments by Return Expectations.
Every investment involves risk and most beginner investors agonize over those first investment choices. Choosing to use Diversified investment is a great tool for allowing you to control your exposure to risk. Diversified investing means keeping a common sector but investing in similar stocks in that sector. This way you are keeping the same sector risk, but being diversified in how you spread out your risk. When you buy two similar stocks in the same sector, let's say the industrial sector both stocks will have the tendency to either do well or do bad at the same time because of being in the same sector. Mixing it up a little by choosing a mix of growth stocks along with value stocks means that you will have different activity within your portfolio. Growth stocks and value stocks tend to rise and fall at different times on the market.
The general idea behind a diversified investment is that when you have different investment positions going on at the same time your average of up and down action should give you a more stable overall picture. Diversified investment means experiencing smaller "waves" in your portfolio thus giving the beginner investor a calmer experience in which to get acquainted with investing.
Diversified Investment Horizontally
When you chose to diversify horizontally, you use same-type investments. This can be done in different ways. You may decide to invest in several NASDAQ companies; or you may decide to invest in stocks that are all of the same type or in the same investor sector.
Diversified Investment Vertically
Diversified investing done vertically is when you invest in different types of investment with broader differences like having bonds and stocks. You can also stick with stocks only but chose stocks from different sectors. Diversified investing is less risky then investing all in one type and gives you insurance against market or economical changes.
Diversified Investments by Return Expectations
Diversified investing using expected returns are where all of your investing parts of your portfolio will always remain below what the return is on the top-performer-part. It gives you the most insurance on your investing. You do this by giving a risk values to each part of your investment portfolio that are based not only on the risk factor but on the return expectations too.
Just remember as a beginner in the diversified investor field that you do not have to go it alone. There is plenty of help available to guide your investing path through the rocks and shoals of Wall Street. Take advantage of the multiple offers to help you and no matter which of the types of diversified investing you choose, be cautious, be prudent and do what is termed due diligence on any investment that you are interested in. For more help in understanding the various types of investments look through Diversified-investor.com


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A shotgun-wielding, slang-slinging robber received only an offer of food from his confused coed victims.
On Wednesday evening, an armed man forced his way into the apartment of three unsuspecting University of North Texas students and demanded that the women give him some "bread."
The women, who are all around the age of 21, had no idea that the man was using the word "bread" as slang for money and offered him food.
"We thought he was hungry" one of the victims said.
But when he started swinging the pump shotgun around and jacking the chamber they realized he was serious and that he wanted money.
"It was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life" one of the victims said.
The students gave the man what they had and he then fled the scene with only around $25 in cash and a few debit/credit cards for the take.
One of the victims said that she and her roommates have learned a lot from this episode and that they will not be opening the door to strangers in the future.
"I looked out the peephole and there was nobody there ... but I thought it was a friend that was hiding and just playing a trick on us," one of the victims said.
The victim's described the man as black, in his early 20s and between 5 foot 6 inches and 5 foot 8 inches tall. The man was clean shaven, had a clear complexion, a round face and had short to no hair on his head. The man was wearing a baggy, black pullover sweatshirt with a front pouch pocket, dark denim long shorts or pants and black tennis shoes. The sweatshirt had an African or Jamaican design on the chest with yellow, red, and white colors in it.
Composite drawings of the man issued by the Denton Police Department are to the left.
So far, investigators have not made any arrests or named any suspects in connection with the armed robbery.


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Police have arrested a couple accused of abusing and causing the death of their 17-month-old daughter after the pair hid from authorities for several days.
Antonio Maurice Gwynn and Heather Marie Gwynn, both 22 and last known to live on Prospect Street in Eden, were found Tuesday evening hiding in a family member�s vacant trailer on Stoney Creek School Road in Caswell County. Police had obtained arrest warrants for the couple, who fled from their Eden residence sometime Thursday evening or Friday morning.
Antonio Gwynn was charged by the Eden Police Department with second-degree murder and felony child abuse, and is being held in the Rockingham County jail under a $3 million bond. Heather Gwynn is being held under a $1 million bond for felony child abuse.
A family member who was making a routine check on Stoney Creek School Road property located the couple and notified the Caswell County Sheriff�s Office and deputies responded to the residence. Upon their arrival, Heather Gwynn was taken into custody and Antonio Gwynn fled on foot into the woods. Tracking dogs from both the Sheriff�s Office and Eden police were deployed, and authorities located Antonio Gwynn about 45 minutes to an hour later, said Lt. Clinton Simpson of the Eden Police Department. A trooper with N.C. Highway Patrol also assisted in the search.
The couple previously lived in Burlington in an apartment on North Beaumont Court and police said they have also stayed in Mebane, Snow Camp and Reidsville.
According to Eden police, last Thursday afternoon, officers, rescue squad personnel and EMS responded to 503 Prospect St. in Eden about a 1-year-old not breathing.
Emergency responders performed CPR on the Gwynns� daughter, Toni Maurie, and transported her to Morehead Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Police initiated an investigation into the child�s death and �conducted detailed interviews with the parents concerning the circumstances around the death of their daughter,� a release stated. Detectives also asked the parents to conduct a reenactment of the events leading up to the child�s death. The Rockingham County Department of Social Services was assisting with the couple�s two other children.


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WIMBLEDON, England — As a child, Melanie Oudin would watch Venus and Serena Williams on TV and tell anyone who would listen that she was going to play at Wimbledon, too, one day.
Who knew she'd be right? And do so well, so quickly?
Making her Wimbledon debut at age 17 after getting through qualifying, the 124th-ranked Oudin joined the Williams sisters in the fourth round at the All England Club by beating former No. 1 Jelena Jankovic 6-7 (8), 7-5, 6-2 Saturday in the most startling result of the tournament's opening week.
"Was just thinking that she was any other player, and this was any other match, and I was at any other tournament — you know, not, like, on the biggest stage, at Wimbledon, playing my first top-10 player," Oudin said. "I mean, I go into every match the exact same, you know, like, no matter who I play. It's not, like, 'Oh, my gosh, I'm playing the No. 1 player in the world.'"
The only time Oudin really lost her way was when her match ended and it was time to leave Court 3, a patch of grass known as "The Graveyard of Champions," because of the long list of stars upset there. The American wasn't quite sure where to go and asked someone to direct her toward the exit.
Not all that surprising, when you consider that a year ago, Oudin entered the junior event at Wimbledon — seeded No. 1 among the girls — and failed to make it out of the second round, losing 6-1, 6-3 to eventual champion Laura Robson of Britain.
Yet there Oudin was Saturday, outlasting 2008 U.S. Open runner-up Jankovic over nearly 3 hours, then calling Mom and Dad back home to share in the revelry.
"My emotions are all over the place," Oudin's father, John, said in a telephone interview. "When I think about watching Bjorn Borg and Boris Becker in their starched whites at Wimbledon, I just can't believe Melanie is there. It's hardly any words other than, 'Wow!' We've been saying a lot of that. Just, 'Wow!'"
Shortly after his daughter's victory, he and Oudin's mother, Leslie, began scouring the Internet for flights. Even Grandma — who encouraged Melanie and twin sister Katherine to take up tennis — might make the overseas trip to see Oudin face No. 11 Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland on Monday with a quarterfinal berth at stake, heady stuff for someone who was 0-2 at Grand Slam tournaments until this week.
Then again, Oudin — it's pronounced "oo-DAN," on account of her father's French ancestry — long has shown ambition.
"My goal has always been, since I was little, to become No. 1 in the world one day," she said.
The only time Oudin showed signs of nerves during the most important match of her nascent career came in the opening set. She held four set points, and blew them all with unforced errors.
"Rushed them. Played undisciplined tennis," said Oudin's coach, Brian de Villiers. "She played the occasion, rather than the point. But, hey, it's understandable."
When that 66-minute set ended, Jankovic had the lead, but she clearly was in trouble on a sunny day with the temperature in the 80s F (high 20s C). A trainer and doctor came out to measure her pulse and blood pressure, and she began to cry. They put bags of ice on Jankovic's legs and abdomen, then the back of her neck, and gave her an energy drink to sip.
"I felt really dizzy, and I thought that I was just going to end up in the hospital. I started to shake," said Jankovic, who blamed her difficulty partly on what she called "woman problems."
"I was feeling quite weak. No power," Jankovic said. "I wasn't the same player."


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State Attorney Angela Corey has tried more than 50 homicides. She's known for being tough on crime and an advocate for victims, and she has been credited with filling up her local jail.
And she's connected to Florida's Republican Party.
So it wasn't surprising that Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi appointed Corey as the special prosecutor to investigate the death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.


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I think we need to start a digital rights category or something (the next version of OSNews will have it, for sure), because we have yet another article about this subject. After Sony removed the Other OS feature from the PlayStation 3, a European PlayStation 3 owner successfully secured a partial refund from Amazon under the European Sale of Goods Act. Sony has now retaliated, stating it is not going to reimburse retailers
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Ten different players scored points, including seven touchdowns from seven different players, as the No. 2-ranked Tommie football team scored a 52-7 victory over UW-Eau Claire in Saturday's season and home opener at O'Shaughnessy Stadium in St. Paul.
The 52 points were the Tommies' most scored in a home opener since 1917 when St. Thomas recorded a 52-0 win over the Silver Swans.
St. Thomas scored the final 37 points of the game after Eau Claire pulled within 15-7 on the first play of the second quarter.
Junior QB Matt O'Connell rushed for 108 yards and passed for 134 yards and guided a Tommie attack that had no turnovers.
The Tommie defense had an interception, a forced fumble and recovery, and six sacks, and limited the Blugolds to 90 net rushing yards and 3-of-13 in third-down conversions. Senior All-America linebacker Tremayne Williams had a sack, a forced fumble and five tackles.
Eau Claire senior tailback Joel Sweeney rushed for 52 yards on eight carries in the first half before leaving with an injury.
The Tommies ran their regular-season win streak to 35 and their home win streak to 18. They scored on all five first-half possessions en route to a 32-7 halftime lead.
Sophomore kick Paul Graupner kicked a 41-yard field goal, one yard off his career best. He extended his streak of made PAT kicks to 38 before having one blocked in the second half.


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