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^ And a lot more fans, that's for sure Gotta wonder how much his ranking will rise at the end of this arc. I didn't actually expect him to finish the dish by himself, it's a nice change from the "accidental" call of ingredients that he's experienced so far.
Toriko&co look like dead meat...and they missed the pressure points course!
|2012-09-20, 00:07
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Ok, I think I have some serious problem with those recent chapter.
It is implied that when the Four Kings is leaving, the old man is actually about to tell them the truth about the main body of the Four Beast and the fact that they are one. Zebra is to blamed as I understood.
The problem is, he did not really try, he said it with a very casual attitude, as if it is a strength test as various mission he gave them before. He said it in a video ONLY TO HIS STUDENTS while it should be made a wide-known fact, so that all human population would not be gathered into that one place, and whoever at home could prepare better for protecting human. Did he try to tell anyone else about that? WHY oh, WHY, don;t they do something other than standing there until the plot decides to reveal that twist to us, which I suspect very much that the author did not plan very well before hand.
Maybe to him it is a strength test. But it concerns the safety of the whole human race. From my view I just see that he had put the whole world in a big gambit for his student. Do he has any back up plan in case the Four King fell? Yeah he trusted his students and all, but with a danger like this it is NOT recomendable to go without one.
The fact is Toriko has always been cheesy. I have no complaint about it. I think the cheese is part of its charm. So I have overlooked logic flaws, plot hole, rather bland characterization for the fact that it is fun to read. But this one flaw is just too big for me to swallow. If the author did not do anything to fix my bad impression with those weird human's low regard to human lives, it would be hard for me to accept.
A bit ranting. But it has been bugging me for those rest two chapters. It makes me angry as well, even though it has become a fact that in story like this, if you are without super power or plot amour, you are just as expendable as an old broken pencil.
|2012-09-20, 01:25
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^ Been awhile since I posted on these kinds of forums but I feel I can explain (somewhat) Ichiryuu's actions.
In his message he makes no mention of the Four Beast's main body attacking the center of the human world, he just tells them it's out there somewhere. In fact we're told that the Four Beast attacking the center the human world is a change in tactics brought about by its defeat at the hands of Ichiryuu one-hundred years ago. When Ichiryuu fought it he was able to defeat the four limbs while keeping the human population safe and as far as we know the main body never itself attacked the human world but remained in the gourmet world until it's limbs returned.
I don't know whether Ichiryuu ever fought the main body. He could have gone into gourmet world to fight it or maybe it appeared after he defeated the limbs but either way I think we can safely assume it didn't pop up in the middle of the human world. I'm guessing Ichiryuu's intention when he left the message was to have the Four Kings defeat the limbs and then enter the gourmet world to attack the main body and the mastermind controlling it. In short he didn't know that it was going to emerge in the human world and therefore he didn't warn anyone else about it.
Now you can argue that Ichiryuu could have predicted this change in tactics and should have taken more steps to prevent this kind of thing from happening but that's not the same as saying he has no regard for human lives. Anyway, that's what I think but I guess it's open to interpretation. Maybe we'll find out for sure next time we see Ichiryuu.
|2012-09-21, 12:01
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Yeah, the way I also see it, the situation basically spiraled outside of Ichiryuu's calculations. Remember, we even saw Mansam (who's one of the higher-ranking IGO people, therefore making him a close confident of the president) comment on the turn of events, so I doubt anyone predicted the outcome. So really, I don't see a reason to pin the blame on anyone. It's just that the enemies planned THAT far ahead of the good guys....
But on an unrelated note, the fact that Komatsu went through such immense growth as a chef really makes look forward to that upcoming chef festival arc even more. He may end up rising to #1 on the Bishokukai's "Chefs to Kidnap" list now that he's had a huge part in saving mankind from extinction.....
|2012-09-26, 15:12
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So.... yeah, the next chapter's out for anyone who doesn't know.
Heh, I like how them looking forward to the beast's taste is what got the kings back in action. And by the way things look now, they seem to have a technique that's basically like the Toriko equivalent of the Genki Dama/Spirit Bomb. BTW, I wonder why Zebra's horse hasn't joined Terry and the other animals yet.....?
|2012-09-26, 20:28
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Yeah, finally time for a combo attack.
Thought right from the start that it would be the only way to beat it, working together.
I guess Toriko and Zebra will be adding their attack and aim it at Sunny who multiplies the power and deflect it onto that monster with Coco adding poison to it.
A huge poisonous energylaserbeam xD
|2012-09-27, 13:31
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At first I wondered about the daruma horse too, but it's a rental and Zebra doesn't get emotional with...food :P
|2012-09-27, 15:39
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|2012-10-03, 12:39
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You know what would really fit him though? An inquisitor with a full-face mask who wants to cut you up, shower you with water, boil you, shock you, fry you and see what you taste like...suits his job quite perfectly
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Ever since Nokia CEO Stephen Elop burned all his ships in the middle of the ocean by declaring all his existing platforms dead long before the eyed new platform was ready, Nokia has been on a massive downward spiral. This downward spiral is best illustrated by Asymco's chart that I already used when discussing Nokia's latest quarterly results. The gap is the exact moment Elop announced the death of Nokia's existing platforms, and effectively killed the company.
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The objective of the Metagovernment project is to enable individuals to be much more involved in their own governance, instead of relying on career politicians to take care of the important decisions in their life.
To that end, we are supporting the development and use of internet tools which enable the members of any community to fully participate in the governance of that community. We are a global group of people working on various projects which further this goal.
We expect governance software to be adopted first in small communities, and then to spread outward with the potential to gradually replace many institutions of representative democracy with a new kind of social organization called collaborative governance.
We conceive a world where every person, without exception, is able to substantively participate in the governance of any community in which they have an interest. We envision governance which is not only more open, free, and democratic; but also which is more effective and less fallible than pre-Internet forms of governance.
Participating projects
Metagovernment members are involved in a variety of projects, the most active of which are:
- Airesis — The global social platform for participatory democracy available in 9 languages and 11 country localizations. Airesis does not consider liquid democracy a valid alternative and use a Schulze voting algorithm for multiple solutions. Airesis is developed in responsive web design to provide optimal access by mobile devices.
- DemocracyOS — Voting platform
- Liquid Democracy — The Liquid Democracy Association works on innovative ideas and projects for democratic participation
- Loomio — Loomio is an open-source platform for collaborative decision-making.
- Matchism — A philosophy and voting system for the next generation of government. The meek shall govern the earth!
- Vilfredo goes to Athens — Software which uses mathematical formulae to help participants build a consensus on an open question.
- Votorola — Software for building consensus and reaching decisions on local, national and global levels.
Some of these formerly active projects or proposals might also provide a source of information, inspiration, or source material for a new project:
- Adhocracy — A drafting and (delegated) voting tool for small and medium-sized groups
- Agora Voting — A liquid democracy social voting tool.
- Architecture for a Democracy 2.0 - Paper, that elaborates a way of how to establish a hybrid of direct and representative democracy by using the means of modern infrastructure (i.e. computers and the internet).
- Citizen report — one-week conference of 25 absolutely randomly selected citizens about a political topic, getting lectures about topic and developing ideas together with experts and politicians.
- Cyber Democracy - A concept which seeks to combine direct democracy with mainstream portable information technology such as smartphones and tablets.
- Democracy 2.0 - A decentralized decision making concept seeking software developers. What makes this one special? Identity confirmation using the US government's own voter registration records and integrated feedback. General info Patent for Democracy 2.0
- DemocracyLab — Software using participants' posts and votes to build a dynamic map of political thought designed to facilitate consensus and solve problems.
- Determining Evaluation Voting — A quite advanced mathematical method to select a winner by letting voters evaluate(/score) alternatives. The method minimizes tactics and applies desired amount of consensus assign by a number.
- d!sco Network, The d!sco is the implementation of a meta discussion system. We rapid prototype an Ontology and Web API to serve as a data hub inside of a P2P network. Be involved!
- EIPW - Web-based tool collection for working on the processes proposed by the Architecture for a Democracy 2.0.
- Indaba Application Network — The platform running WeVote (on Facebook) and ChoiceRanker.
- Leading Boards— portal is for Board members and their meetings where they can view documents and archives online plus e-votes, collaborative and networking tools.
- Liquid Feedback –– The legislation platform used by the Piratenpartei in various parliaments of Germany.
- MetaPlan — documented structured brainstorming method
- opendemocracy.fi — A community-based hybrid between direct and representative democracy
- Openpolitics — Canadian wiki based project for deliberation on political issues.
- StratML — An American national standard (ANSI/AIIM 21:2009) for strategic plans, with a number of E-Forms authoring/editing interfaces and various service prototypes.
- PeopleCount — A mechanism to gauge constituent opinion on a variety of issues. PeopleCount.org
- Pärnu Wiki - Civil Society Portal of Pärnu City and Pärnu County (Estonia)
- Systemic Consensus — how much are You against the suggestions to vote for? SC gives You the method to build group consensus upon everybody's individual degree of being against a suggestion.
- VirtualPol — The first Democratic Social Network.
- Votetocracy — US site allowing citizens to vote on bills in Congress and send those votes to representatives.
- Wisdom Of Crowds — Open Source collaborative platform for making decisions build on top of Yii framework.
These projects have been discontinued, but are worth noting:
- Candiwi — Wiki software based on consensus, synthesis, and a distributed framework ("candid distributed wiki").
- Direct Congress We the People can Direct our Congress by selecting America's Laws online. Direct Congress allows any U.S. citizen to create and review legislation in a thoughtful forum. Our movement will support candidates who pledge to vote the way citizens vote securely online.* OpenAssembly — Direct democracy platform that employs Schulze ranked voting and configurable consensus and is designed to bridge the gap between real life and virtual decision making.
- Dynamic Democracy — An experiment that lets its users suggest and vote on bills that they wish the government was considering.
- Eudemocracia — Activist Latin American NGO based in Buenos Aires city. It promotes the open democracy philosophy.
- GenerallyAssembled.com — An online general assembly platform.
- Hyperarchy — Real time collaborative decision making based on the Tideman's Ranked Pairs voting method.
- Karari Participative Democracy and Constitutions Platform— Based on principals of Direct Democracy (liquid), this portal hosts hundreds of national and state constitutions whey users can comment, rate, discuss and develop their own constitutions and learn from what have been developed in other nation states. View all available constitutions here List of constitutions. and join us on facebook here Karari Global Participative Democracy
- NationBuilder — The platform running The White House 2, and a growing number of other systems.
- noddr - Simplify the democracy
- Telematics Freedom Foundation — Promotes democracy, including media and global democracy, through the promotion of telematic solutions (see linked page for list).
- Virtual Parliament — UK site allowing anyone to suggest and vote on policies.
See also the list of similar projects that are not affiliated with Metagovernment.
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Fourteen preschoolers of Head Start, a program for less fortunate families, and the children's parents, siblings and grandparents gathered for a multicultural luncheon on Nov. 16 at the American Legion in East Stroudsburg for a day of food, music and fun.
Fourteen preschoolers of Head Start, a program for less fortunate families, and the children's parents, siblings and grandparents gathered for a multicultural luncheon on Nov. 16 at the American Legion in East Stroudsburg for a day of food, music and fun.
"We have children here who belong to different cultures," said Charlene Gonzalez, who teaches the 14 preschoolers in her class, who also organized the event. "I thought it would be nice for the families to get together to share traditions and cultures and be able to experience them."
The children in her class were from various cultures such as from Italy, Egypt, Peru and Puerto Rico.
Children along with the parents spent their time in painting, and making crafts.
Dishes made by parents included Egyptian "bindigan" (eggplant curry), Peruvian "papa a la huancaina' (potato, egg and milk casserole), Puerto Rican "pernil" (pork shoulder) and curry chicken were a few of the dishes made by the parents along with lots of pasta and barbecue chicken wingettes.
"We have a great group of parents who not only cooked but also came and helped setup everything," said Gonzalez of the effort every parent put in for the event. The parents cooked the meals that they traditionally made back home.
They also set up tables with books and charts to display information pertaining to their countries and culture. "They put their own touch into whatever their culture meant to them," said Gonzalez. Information about their religion, food, sports, flags, language and tourist destinations were on display.
Irrespective of their languages, the parents enjoyed their food with other parents talking about various issues while the children played around. "This get together gives us resources to understand each other and take away the prejudices," said Catherine Mullen who hails from Egypt.
Naira Kasparian, an Armenian, had come to join the lunch as she finds the camaraderie excellent, even though her son no longer attends the program. All the parents agreed as to the best support system they find with each other.
The program currently rents space at Middle Smithfield Elementary school for classes. Though they are not part of the school they are allowed to use its playground and lunchroom.
"People can make donations or volunteer with the program," said Gonzalez about involving the community. "These are families who can't afford to send their kids to preschool."


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WOOSTER, OHIO — Mason Zurek bullied his way through rain and the Wooster defense Saturday, rushing for 228 yards and 2 touchdowns in Wabash's 48-14 victory over the Fighting Scots.
"I really loved how we played in the first half, particularly," Coach Erik Raeburn said about his offense. "In the second half we were a little sloppy up front. The turnovers are unacceptable."
Wabash scored 38 first-half points, but only managed 10 points in the final 30 minutes - including two turnovers.
Weather played a role in a Wabash game for the first time this season. Lightning caused a 15-minute delay to start the game, and heavy rain soaked the field in the second quarter.
"I thought they did a good job of staying focused despite the delays and different obstacles they had to overcome," Raeburn said. "They handled all of those things to play really well and take care of business on the road."
When the storms cleared, the Wabash offense provided the lightning with a quick scoring strike on its first series. Zurek busted through arm tackles and scampered down the right sideline for an 82-yard score less than two minutes after kickoff.
The Little Giants scored on the second play of its next series when Michael Putko found Sean Hildebrand shockingly alone at the goal line for a 38-yard pitch and catch, 14-0.
Putko passed for 206-yards and a touchdown, but also threw his first interception of the season. Anthony Stella followed Zurek in rushing with 49 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries.
Wooster responded and accomplished a feat no other team had this season — scoring in the first half against Wabash. With Barnes emptying the backfield to go wide right, backup quarterback Tyson Vogel hung in the pocket and completed a pass to receiver Keir Pace for a 13-yard touchdown, 14-7.
Scots running back Sean Hackel moved the ball on that scoring drive. He took a shor pass 47 yards and followed it up with an 18-yard burst through the middle. Hackel finished the day with 99 yards on 20 carries and 2 receptions for 65 yards.
"Personally, I made mistakes on the plays in their scoring drive," linebacker Cody Buresh admitted. "It was miscommunication — I was supposed to peel with the running back when he went out but I totally forgot about it. They had one big play and after that it was alright."
That trick play wasn't the only one of the day.
"We knew especially in the red zone they might to throw some trick stuff at us," linebacker Buresh said. "The first play of the game was a double reverse pass play and our defensive back was right there so it was good to see we had our heads on straight. We knew they had stuff like that up their sleeve."
The dual-quarterback formation proved to be the only gimmick that worked. Wooster attempted a fake-punt pass on the next drive that fell incomplete. The Little Giants racked up the next 34 points, highlighted by a 66-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown by Nate Scola after Tyler McCullen drilled Barnes.
Barnes reached the 300-yard mark passing although much of the gain came with the contest well in hand. He lost 51 yards from 7 Little Giant sacks.
Buresh led the unit with 12 tackles, a sack, and a forced fumble. Scola had 9 tackles and 3 sacks in addition to the touchdown. AJ Akinribade contributed 6 tackles and a sack.
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gotta agree with kiteculture here...KiteCulture wrote:actually....looks like a dead tie to me. On land the Infinity seemed to be a little more stable. D botched the reverse launch once, but if you hadn't cut it, looks as though it got back in the sky. You were both riding, you both worked the kite about the same on the water.
so.... I pretty much call a draw. This vid didn't show me any reason to not buy either kite frankly. And I'd prefer to fly a slightly smaller kite than a 19 but that's just me.
Where is the smackdown that you speak of?


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Filner said he will undergo intensive professional therapy to work through his "issues" with women to change his behavior in light of sexual-harassment allegations which have been leveled against him.
Filner's public statement was not satisfactory to some City Councilmembers, however.
"Two weeks of therapy will not end decades of bad behavior," said District 2 City Councilman Kevin Faulconer. "Bob Filner should leave to receive the help he obviously needs, but he shouldn't take the office of the mayor and San Diego city government with him. He needs to resign and seek long-term treatment as a private citizen."
District 6 Councilwoman Lorie Zapf, whom many believe may run for Faulconer's seat when he terms out, agreed.
"At the end of the day, Mayor Filner continues to put his needs in front of the needs of his victims and the needs of citizens of San Diego. He is the mayor of the eighth largest city in the country and he must be held to a higher standard. By not stepping down, it is an insult to the victims, and an insult to women everywhere."
A Democrat, Filner left Congress to become San Diego's mayor last fall following a hard-fought and close campaign against Republican City Councilman Carl DeMaio.
Earlier this month, former City Councilwoman Donna Frye and two high-profile attorneys urged Filner to resign immediately, alleging sexual-harassment against him without immediately identifying female victims that they suggested were willing to come forward.
The first woman, Filner's former communications director Irene McCormack Jackson, 57, represented by renowned civil-rights attorney Gloria Allred, announced July 22 that a sexual-harassment lawsuit was being filed against the mayor and the city of San Diego.
As of July 26, a total of seven women had emerged to allege Filner had acted inappropriately toward them, making physical contact and/or unwanted sexual advances.


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"The very first ever iCarly Award!"
iCarly Awards is the 4th episode of Season 3 of iCarly and the 54th episode overall.
Carly and Sam are hosting an awards show for some of the best fan-based home videos submitted to the show. Spencer builds one 10-foot iCarly Award, instead of ten one-foot iCarly Awards, and now quickly has to build the ten little ones. His only assistance comes from six male European Swimsuit models and only one (named Buckminshta) can speak English. When the male swimsuit model photographer comes in and asks Spencer for his models, he refuses to let them go because he needs their help to build the trophies while the awards show is going on. To avoid getting into trouble, Spencer ties the photographer up in duct tape and leaves him outside the door.
After all the award winners get their trophies and don't get to make a speech because both hostesses keep shooing them away, Spencer gets the 10-foot iCarly Award for "Best Brother and Best Trophy Builder" with the swimsuit models carrying the giant trophy. Then, the show ends with Random Dancing. The photographer breaks free from the tape and chases Spencer while he runs away.
- Simon, the guy who can squirt milk from his eye appeared on the first episode of iCarly, iPilot, returned to receive an award.
- The end dance between Sam, Carly, and Gibby pays homage to Beyonce's "Single Ladies" dance.
- The pink bathrobe Carly is wearing at the beginning of the episode is the same robe she wears in an episode of season 1, iMight Switch Schools.
- One of the awards said iGibby.
- This the first episode to air with the new Nick logo.
- The video with the turtle trying to eat a small tomato can easily be found on YouTube. The voices done by the turtle and the tomato were done by Dan Schneider and Jerry Trainor.
- A slight modification was made to the season 3 opening credits sequence from this episode forwards, where the shot of Sam eating an orange from iGo Nuclear is replaced with the shot of Carly getting hit by a pillow from iCook.
- At the beginning, Carly declared that instead of one 10-foot tall award, she needed 10 one-foot tall awards. However, if you count the number of videos featured during the awards show, there are only nine. Then Spencer appears on screen after the last one is given out, and as Carly is preparing to surprise him with the 10th (large) award, he reiterates that he only prepared 10 small ones. If this were the case, he'd have one left over.
- Captions misspell Vooshnod's name as "Fooshnog".
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QuotesSpencer: [In a fake accent] The very first ever iCarly Award!
[Carly, Sam and Freddie exchange looks]
Spencer: Well? Looks just like Carly right?
Carly: Yeah, kinda, but...
Sam: Dude, that's enormous.
Spencer: Thanks.
Freddie: Its like 10 feet tall.
Spencer: Yeah that's what you guys said. One 10 foot tall iCarly award.
Carly: No! We said 10 one foot tall iCarly Awardssss!
Carly: You know hosting an iCarly Award has always been a dream of mine
Sam: Whoa! Too much information.
Carly: Hey, don't go there!
[both fake laugh]
Carly: Here's a girl that can really sing.
Sam: Shut yo' mouth!
Carly: Whaaaaat?
Spencer: Everyone, this is America so the girls hair is on their heads.
Carly: Isn't our banter horrible?
Sam: Just like the real award shows!
Sam: Okay people, I think we're done.
Carly: Nope. We still have one final award to present.
Spencer: Ahh, you said 10. I don't have anymore.
Carly: And the iCarly award for "Best iCarly Award Builder & Best Big Brother of All Time" goes to Spencer!
Spencer: Yeah!


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Information for Patients, Visitors and Carers
You may have heard stories in the media about a germ called
Clostridium difficile that has caused outbreaks of severe diarrhoea
resulting in death in some cases. Click on the link below to read
more about Clostridium Difficile.
C. difficile is a spore forming bacterium
which is present as one of the 'normal' bacteria in the gut of up
to 3% of healthy adults. It is much more common in babies - up to
two thirds of infants may have C. difficile in the gut, where it
rarely causes problems. People over the age of 65 years are more
susceptible to contracting infection
C. difficile can cause illness when certain
antibiotics disturb the balance of 'normal' bacteria in the gut
making you susceptible to infection with C. difficile. Its effects
can range from nothing in some cases to diarrhoea of varying
severity, which may resolve once antibiotic treatment is stopped,
through to severe inflammation of the bowel which can sometimes be
life threatening.
It is possible for the infection to spread from
person to person because those suffering from C. difficile
-associated disease shed spores in their faeces. Spores can survive
for a very long time in the environment and can be transported on
the hands of health care personnel who have direct contact with
infected patients or with environmental surfaces (floors, bedpans,
toilets etc.) contaminated with C. difficile.
The effects of C. difficile can vary from
nothing to diarrhoea of varying severity and much more unusually to
severe inflammation of the bowel.
Other symptoms can include fever, loss of
appetite, nausea and abdominal pain or tenderness.
It is difficult to diagnose C. difficile infection on the basis
of its symptoms alone, therefore the infection is normally
diagnosed by carrying out laboratory testing which shows the
presence of the C. difficile toxins in the patient's faecal
The elderly are most at risk, over 80% of cases are reported in
the over 65 year -age group. Immuno-compromised patients are also
at risk. Children under the age of 2 years are not usually
affected. Repeated enemas and/or gut surgery increase a person's
risk of developing the disease. C. difficile infection occurs when
the normal gut flora is altered, most frequently by antibiotics,
allowing C. difficile to infect an and produce a toxin that causes
a watery diarrhoea. Antibiotics may also alter the normal gut flora
and increase the risk of developing C. difficile diarrhoea.
C. difficile can be treated with specific antibiotics. There is
a risk of relapse in 20-30% of patients and other treatments may be
tried, including pro-biotic (good bacteria) treatments, with the
aim of re-establishing the balance of flora in the gut. Most cases
of C.difficile diarrhoea make a full recovery. However, elderly
patients with other underlying conditions may have a more severe
course. Occasionally, infection in these circumstances may be life
If you are infected you can spread the disease to others.
However, only people that are hospitalized, particularly those on
antibiotics are likely to become ill. In order to reduce the chance
of spreading the infection to others: it is advisable to wash hands
with soap and water, especially after using the restroom and before
eating; keeping surfaces in bathrooms, kitchens and other areas
clean and cleaning these on a regular basis with household
Unfortunately patients with diarrhoea, especially if severe or
accompanied by incontinence, may unintentionally spread the
infection to other patients, which may lead to outbreaks of C.
difficile in hospitals. In addition, the ability of this bacterium
to form spores enables it to survive for long periods in the
environment (e.g. on floors and around toilets) and disseminate in
the air e.g. during bed making. Staff should wear disposable gloves
and aprons when caring for infected patients and affected patients
may be segregated from others. Rigorous cleaning with warm water
and detergent is probably the most effective means of removing
spores from the contaminated environment, whilst staff should
observe good hand washing practice. Alcohol gels should be used
routinely by healthcare staff between treating patients, but only
if their hands are not visibly soiled. When hands are visibly
soiled, they must always be washed with soap and water first. In an
outbreak situation, the Infection Control Team may introduce
special measures for staff, patients and visitors to follow.
That is true - the risk for disease increases
in patients with the following:
There should be no restriction on the discharge or transfer of
patients who have had C. difficile associated diarrhoea and are now
clinically asymptomatic, ie, they no longer have diarrhoea. Once
someone has recovered clinically they are not a risk to others even
if they continue to carry C. difficile in their stool for a period
provided that they observe the normal personal hygiene precautions
of handwashing after using the toilet. A patient with a formed
stool and who is continent is not considered to present a risk for
environmental contamination or cross infection. Thus a history of
C. difficile infection is not a contra-indication to a patient
returning to a care home/nursing home/community hospital.
The HPA initiated a sampling scheme on 1 January 2005 to detect
new types of C.difficile. One strain that has been identified
through this sampling scheme is C.difficile 027 which is closely
related to a strain previously found in North America. The HPA
first detected 027 in Preston in 1999 as a single isolate but it
was not related to any notable outbreak or disease severity. It
wasn't until the outbreak at Stoke Mandeville hospital that this
strain was identified as the cause of an outbreak.
The HPA surveillance programme showed that type 027 is the
second most common strain of 881 samples received. Three strains
(106, 027, and 001) were in roughly equal proportions across
England accounting for approximately 75% of the cases detected
during the sampling period.
C.difficile 027 can be treated with antibiotics, in the same way
as other types. Research has not yet shown any solid links between
type 027 and and the severity of the symptoms it causes, although
studies are ongoing to identify more conclusive trends.
C.difficile is a type of bacterium that produce resistant spores
that are able to persist in the environment longer than other
bacteria. Although they will not be killed by alcohol hand gels,
they can be removed with soap and water. Staff, patients and
visitors need to wash hands with soap and water in addition to
using alcohol hand gels. Disinfectants containing bleach need to be
used on surfaces and floors to ensure that the spread of infection
is controlled.


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Yeah, one time, one time for the world
Green flight feet girl, it's for the world
Yeah, hey this to all the ganstas man
Everybody around the world, world wide
Feel this shit man, real shit, yeah
Lil B
On my last damn lick, I'm out on the street
Erybody looking at me, bitch who I'm supposed to be?
I used to love niggas that was close to me
But when I close my eyes, niggas ran over me
I keep moving weight, no brokers fee
A lot of niggas snitch, if they get close to me
Last year I wondered why nobody notice me
Now I go outside, and they know it's me
Took a couple chances, no perfections
Niggas look at me like our chain is so foul
Out the game, never complain
I stay close to the beanie, with them eyes poked out
Bitch rolling up the seaweed
Niggas took deals that you wouldn't believe
Bra working with this, put you in agree
How you gonna disagree with a man of my stature
Talking that based for real
It's like I clap on, and turn your whole house black
At night I move like that's all so fact
The hating bitch will call you so whack
But my money's green, so what do you call that?
My money's green, so what do you call that?
A hating bitch would call you so whack
But that paper's green so what do you call that?
Green flame, Lil B man, say... do what you do man
Grind up, you know it's that motivation
Real motherfucker motivation
You play this when you do the motherfucking grind
It's for the gutter man, it's for the laundry mat
This that laundy mat music man, no dish washers type shit
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We rocking!


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Adenah Bayoh's ticking clock begins at 4:30 a.m. with a blaring alarm. Before she's started eating her banana and toast, she's calling her 24-hour restaurant to check in. Then she's hopping in her car to attend early morning spin, boot camp and yoga classes, before coming home to a 4-month-old girl and a 3-year-old boy who need help getting ready for preschool.
Then she starts preparing for a busy day.
There are many reasons Bayoh has been selected to the NJBIZ list of New Jersey's Best 50 Women in Business. She's a restaurant owner, a landlord and a developer — not to mention being a one-woman economic engine for the Township of Irvington.
But it's her ability to juggle her business interests as easily as she handles her morning routine that sets her apart.
"What Adenah puts into a day, I find difficult to put into a week," said Cassandra Chatman, who manages the Office of Business Development for Irvington. "Her attitude and work ethic pushes me to reach even further, to root for our cause. She draws you in and gets you excited about the possibilities."
Bayoh has been excited about the possibilities since she came to the U.S. from Liberia, settling in Newark while in high school.
She hasn't stopped moving since.
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After graduating from Weequahic High School in 1997, Bayoh went to Fairleigh Dickinson to get a college education. She took a job as a resident assistant and a bank teller to help pay the bills. She didn't realize those jobs would be her greatest educational experience.
The R.A. position, she said, molded her into the meticulous, dedicated, to-do list-oriented woman she is today.
"If I wasn't in class, I was at the residence hall planning a community event or information session," she said.
The bank teller job helped her launch a successful career as a banking executive after graduation.
And she used the money she saved to purchase a three-family house in Irvington, which led to her third job: landlord.
Bayoh lived on the first floor, rented out the other two and has been avidly investing in urban properties ever since.
After purchasing several residential and commercial properties in her early 20s, Bayoh turned to Irvington Mayor Wayne Smith for advice on how to diversify and become a restaurateur, a job she's wanted since helping out at her grandmother's restaurant in Liberia.
Smith suggested she purchase the landmark Kless Diner in 2007, giving her a key piece of advice in the process.
"I said, 'Boy, I'd turn this place into an IHOP,'" he said. "I didn't think she'd take my advice so literally."
Despite being just 26, Bayoh met the steep requirements for the IHOP franchising application and was in business.
Bayoh's IHOP is one of the top grossing stores in the region. It's no accident.
From overseeing the food production to making deals with vendors, Bayoh is very hands on. She begins her work day by connecting with employees, assessing energy levels and chatting with her manager — conversations that usually determine the rest of her day.
Most importantly, Bayoh wholeheartedly commits herself to customer service and satisfaction, which shows in her IHOP's 95 percent score in customer feedback. Known in the Irvington community as the face of IHOP, Bayoh can frequently be found greeting customers and serving food to her regular patrons.
"You have to know and interact with your customers for them to come back, " she said. "People want to go places where they feel valued and connected, especially those living in urban communities. They need to be able to trust you."
In choosing IHOP, a family-oriented restaurant chain that encourages social responsibility by providing a paid day off for employees who volunteer for an organization of their choice, Bayoh has aligned her desire to better her community with her passion for restaurant management.
Her IHOP participates in community events such as providing prom dresses to female students at Irvington High School, feeding hundreds of families during the holidays, providing free breakfast sandwiches to children under 12, closing the restaurant to provide free meals to veterans and hosting numerous clothing, toy and book drives.
"I want to be thought of as a person who thought more about her community impact than her bottom line," she said.
Mayor Smith says she does just that every day.
"Adenah understands the importance of investing in communities that you've lived and worked in," he said. "She's gone from working in a local McDonald's to having a major impact on our town. Due to the economic recession, we've had to start all over again in many respects; Adenah keeps struggling to keep Irvington alive."
In addition to running IHOP and contributing to her community, Bayoh remains a partner at Kapwood LLC, an urban development firm based in Irvington.
She continues to build her real estate portfolio by purchasing rundown or vacant buildings in economically distressed towns such as Newark, East Orange and Irvington.
The firm most recently purchased the vacant and abandoned Irvington General Hospital in 2012 with plans to develop hundreds of affordable housing units and a few commercial businesses.
That pursuit often involves a mind-boggling organizational daily routine, one that typically ends around 6 p.m.
But even then, her life is meticulously scheduled. There's dinner, some playtime and bedtime — complete with a bedtime story. Both kids are tucked in by 7:30 p.m. By 10, she's in bed, too.
It may sound like a tough week, but Bayoh said she wouldn't have it any other way. And she offers it up as advice to women who want to get where she is today.
"You have to have an extremely strong work ethic as a woman in business," she said. "You need to be five to 10 times better than the person sitting next to you. When you wake up in the morning, you have to hit the ground running."
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Many individuals and companies have a dream or vision of a bronze statue that they would like to have created for themselves, or a loved one, with a relentless compassion and desire to see their artistic concept all the way through to fruition. Our client had such a vision when he wanted something very special and unique for his wife that could not be bought in any store. He intiated the whole process of creating his own lasso the moon sculpture by filling out a custom sculpture request form and he explained in the notes section of the form that he wanted a statue of a man lassoing the moon exactly eighteen inches tall, cast entirely in bronze. He provided the ideas, project information, and a photo to allow us to proceeded and create this unique sculpture of a man lassoing the moon. This project required not only detailed sculpting but also special engineering by our art department to make the rope connecting the man to the moon out of metal. We provided our client with frequent picture updates, and were in constant communication to get their input and approval during all phases of this project including: clay sculpting, the mold making process, bronze casting, and assembly of all the components before finalizing the lasso the moon bronze statue. It is very important for our clients to participate in their statue projects as any changes are made to their art piece. Watch your statue idea go from a rough vision, based on a two-dimensional image, to become a finished three-dimensional art masterpiece - a one of a kind work of art made especially for you that will be treasured for years to come.
Our client expressed how meticulous that this statue must be made according to his exact details and size specifications. To match the green grass in the lasso the moon painting our sculptor mounted the finished sculpture on green marble with a similar color texture to grass. The suit worn by the man lassoing the moon was also an important detail not to be overlooked in the final bronze statue. Our sculptor even painted the moon blue with craters that match the original lasso the moon drawing, or painting, in the photograph supplied by our client.
The following is a letter given to us by our client regarding his testimony and the commissioned custom bronze statue project we compeleted for him: "Thank you and all those involved for creating the bronze statue of the man lassoing the moon. The statue is simply amazing and words will not be able to describe my feelings when I saw the entire project completed for the first time. You were able to take my ideas and create a piece of artwork that is truly remarkable, the comments I have received from people just seeing it without knowing the reason it was created is truly flattering. When I first received the statue I put it out and literally walked 360 degrees around it for an hour marveling at the detail and craftsmanship. The rope holding up the moon is incredible! The amount of detail you and your team put into this based on my concepts is out of this world. You were the only one who would undertake my request to do this project and you didn't let me down. The deadline that I created for you and the time [zone] change and distance from Wisconsin to California itself created obstacles that were overcome by you. We needed to communicate quite a bit on this project and that flowed effortlessly on your part - again thanks for making this project a reality."
When our client presented the bronze sculpture [that he had secretly commissioned to give as a gift later on)] to his wife this was her response: "The look on her face was much more than I could have expected. She loves this piece of artwork and we are now trying to find the perfect spot to show it off. Again, words cannot describe how we feel about this piece of artwork. It represents us more than anyone could know. I put my trust in you with this piece of work early on and you didn't let me down."
There are many individuals and companies that have a dream or vision of something they would like to have created for them selves or a loved one with the compassion and desire to see their idea or concept through to fruition. Our client Dan Paige had such a vision when he wanted something very special and unique for his wife Joleen that could not be bought in any store or found anywhere except the concept he envisioned. Dan had filled out one of our Custom Sculpture Request forms and explained that he wanted a statue of a man lassoing the moon made 18" tall and cast in bronze.
We contacted Mr Paige to discuss the details of his project and how important is was for this special gift to be a one of a kind work of art made special for him that he and his wife could treasure for years to come. He expressed how meticulous he was for detail and that this statue be made exactly to his specifications. Dan also requested special messages be engraved on several different sides of the sculpture which included the following requests from the client:
Scratched into the base of the lasso the moon sculpture it says: "You want the moon? I'll lasso you the moon". On the underside of the lasso the moon statue our client had us engrave the following text on separate lines: "Joleen and Dan, March 2007, The value of us can not be measured in dollars and cents but measured only by promises and love, I told you I would lasso you the moon and I did, I am committed to you and I now and forever, BFD & M."
With Mr Paige's ideas, information and a photo provided by the client (See Attached) we proceeded to create this unique sculpture of a "Man Lassoing The Moon" sculpture. This project required not only detailed sculpting but special engineering by our artisans to make the rope connecting the man to the moon. During all phases of this project including the clay sculpting, mold making process bronze casting and assemble of all the components, we provided pictures and constant communicating with the client for their input and approval to move on the next phase of development. It was very important for this client to participate in the development as we would make changes to the piece as he saw the piece go from a vision to a three dimensional finished masterpiece.
This project had specific time frames to have the sculpture created from concept to the finished piece cased in solid bronze. Mr. Paige received his special gift and was very please with the quality of the craftsmen ship and his wife was very excited and impressed with his special gift of a "Man Lassoing The Moon sculpture. The following is a letter given to us by the client,Dan page and his testimony regarding the commissioned project we made for him:
Dear Statue Sculptures,
My apologies for the delay in writing this to you. The reason for this note is to thank you and all those involved for creating the bronze statue of the man lassoing the moon. The statue is simply amazing and words will not be able to describe my feelings when I saw the entire project completed for the first time. You were able to take my ideas and create a piece of artwork that is truly remarkable, the comments I have received from people just seeing it without knowing the reason it was created is truly flattering for you. When I first received the statue I put it out and literally just walked 360 degrees around for it for an hour marveling at the detail and craftsmanship. The rope holding up the moon is incredible!
The amount of detail you and your team put into this based on my conceptions is out of this world. You were the only one who would undertake my request at this project and you didn't let me down. The deadline that I created for you and the time change and distance from Wisconsin to California itself created obstacles that were overcome by you. We needed to communicate quite a bit on this project and that flowed effortlessly on your part - again thanks for making this project a reality.
As with everything else now a days time is precious. I had made several plans to present this to Joleen, but as I mentioned to you I had to schedule around 4 different schedules. I was finally able to present this one afternoon and the look on her face was much more than I could have expected. She loves this piece of artwork and we are now trying to find the perfect spot to show it off. Again, words can not describe how we feel about this piece of art work. It represents us more than anyone could know but we want them to see.
I would be more than willing to provide any personal references you may want for you or your business, the professionalism, quality of work, your word are more than can be expected in this day and age. You were able to offer all of those items to me. I put my trust in you with this piece of work early on as I felt I had to and you didn't let me down.
Best regards,
Dan Paige
Many times this can apply a number of prototypes: submarines hull, airplanes fuselage and wings, boat hull. Whether you are looking for a scaled down model or a full scale functional reproduction we can accommodate. Often in the design process, what first begin as sketches on paper gets produced in a managable small size at first, then a significantly scaled up version, and finally the full sized product is made. Each time the sculptor, or industrial designer, produces a different size model much has been learned and considered from the previous attempts that has a tendency to improve the quality of the end result through experience gained through incrementalism in prototyping. The larger the final model, or sculpture, will be the more various sized maquettes will be necessary to ensure that all of the elements of a masterpiece have been considered before through scaled practice attempts.
Dr.William H. Pickering also known to many as "Mr. JPL," or as the original "Rocket Man," and later as Sir William Pickering when in 1976, received an honorary knighthood (KBE) from the Queen of England. Dr. Pickering was famous for his development of the US ballistic missile system and space exploration propulsion systems for NASA.
We had the honor of making a statue of the Rocket Man, Dr. Pickering for NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) which we were asked to make this statue of the rocket man holding a rocket raised high above his head as in the published picture of him and his team of scientists holding the rocket above their heads. This team which included the director of JPL Dr. William H. Pickering, Dr. James A. van Allen and Dr. Wernher von Braun were responsible for the success of Explorer 1, America's first Earth satellite, launched January 31, 1958.
This unique creation of a life like bronze statue of Dr. William H. Pickering of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory holding a rocket over his head began with graphic renderings, pictures and descriptions based on the concepts envisioned by Harold Oaks and the committee at JPL and NASA in charge of the statue project. This project required many steps including a detailed 30 inch tall maquette, or model of the monument statue.
Our sculptor Karoy started this project by undertaking the detailing of the statue sculpted first in clay where he breathed life into this lifeless 3 dimensional form. It took special skill and talent for the artist to bring out a personality and inner psychology from the piece and give the Dr.William H. Pickering statue a life of its own as only our sculptors can do.
Sculpture works from Statue Sculptures are most often appreciated for our ability to capture the essence of a subject and raise it above a mere three-dimensional rendition to a classic work of art that transmits its magic and power to the viewer generations after it was created. The emotion and history behind a sculpture is important especially for a man such as Dr, Pickering who helped leap the United States into the age of space exploration.
Our staff of talented sculptors have a gift when it comes to understanding a client's vision for a statue like the one we made for Dr.Pickering for NASA and JPL We worked with the staff at (JPL) Jet Propulsion Laboratory to capture their vision for the Dr. Pickering statue and strived to capture his emotion, passion and essence in this famous statue which is a one of a kind piece of art that will last through the ages.
A very accomplished brilliant man, Dr.Pickering obtained his bachelors and masters degrees in electrical engineering, then a Ph.D. in physics from Cal tech before becoming a professor of electrical engineering there in 1946.Earlyer in 1944, he organized the electronics efforts at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is where Dr.Pickering did rocket and missile development and space exploration design and development for the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) where he organized the electronics efforts at (JPL) to support guided missile research and development, becoming project manager for Corporal, the first operational missile JPL developed. From 1954 to 1976 he was director of JPL where he was in charge of the unmanned space exploration projects of the moon, planets and beyond our solar system. Some of the projects developed by Dr. Pickering included the first U.S. satellite (Explorer I), the first successful U.S. circumlunar space probe (Pioneer IV), the Mariner flights to Venus and Mars in the early to mid-1960s, the Ranger photographic missions to the moon in 1964-65, and the Surveyor lunar landings of 1966-67.
More than any other individual, Dr. Bill Pickering was responsible for America's success in exploring the planets an endeavor that demanded vision, courage, dedication, expertise and the ability to inspire two generations of scientists and engineers at the NASA (JPL) Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
A U.S. citizen for most of his life, Dr. Pickering retained close ties to his New Zealand homeland where he was born on December 24, 1910 in Wellington, New Zealand. He received numerous honors in his lifetime including personal messages from five U.S. presidents. In 1975, Pickering was awarded the National Medal of Science by President Gerald R. Ford, and in 1994, he was given the Japan Prize by the Emperor Akihito.NASA, JPL, Cal tech and the world lost the Rocket Man as Dr.William H. Pickering passed on at the age of 93 in La Cañada Flintridge, California on March 15, 2004. Asteroid 5738 Billpickering and Pickering Crater on Mars are named in his honor.
William Pickering quote:
"It was only the beeping reality of Sputnik that suddenly made the threat of intercontinental atomic warfare with ballistic rockets more than a science fiction story."


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Marketing to Women: Women Talk, Text and Shop on their Smartphones
January 7, 2011 § 1 Comment
With the explosion of mobile devices and the reports coming out of the CES Show in Las Vegas, it is interesting to see who is actually using their phones the most. Nielsen just came out with timely information on our use of all those mobile devices. While smartphone usage is now one in three, with all the new devices coming out, we will see smartphone usage explode. Here are some 2010 facts (meaning they will be changing soon):
- Number of Mobile Phone Users 13+: 228 million
- Percent of U.S. Mobile Subscribers with Smartphones: 31%
- Number of mobile phone web users: 83.2 million
Women Have More to Say
- Female mobile phone users talk 28% more than men, spending 818 minutes per month (compared to men's 640 minutes)
- Female mobile users text 29% more than men, sending and receiving an average of 716 texts per month (compared to men's 555 texts)
- And we love our apps. Currently the average number of apps on a phone is 27, the better to do our planning and saving.
How we spend our Mobile internet time
- Email – 38.5% of time
- Social Networks – 10.7%
- News/Current Events – 7.2%
- Search – 6.3%
- Portals – 4.6%
- Entertainment – 4.3%
- Sports – 4.1%
- Music – 4.0%
- Videos/Movies – 3.0%
- Weather – 2.8%
Women's Use of the Smartphone for Shopping Grew Exponentially During the 2010 Holidays
- More than a third of women used their phones as an important shopping tool, compared to 28% of men
- Some 62% were looking for price comparisons, and 46% used them for price comparison in store
Teens Are The Texting Tornadoes
- Mobile phone users 13-17 receive an average of 3,705 tests per month
- The next highest group of texters are 18-to-24-year-olds.
In the Phone Wars (iPhone v. Android v. Blackberry), here's the top 5 of smartphones people own:
- Apple iPhone 3GS
- Samsung
- Droid
- Blackberry 8500 Series
- Apple iPhone 4G
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Raymond Kleber, 88, of Fairfield, Conn., formerly of Albrightsville, devoted husband to the late Marie Swoboda Kleber, passed away peacefully on Jan. 26, 2013, in St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, Conn.
Affectionately known as "Pops" by those who loved him, Ray will be remembered by his children: Donald Kleber and his wife, Julianne, of Fairfield, Conn.; Raymond F. Kleber and his wife, Nanci, of East Greenwich, R.I.; and Diane Louise Sargeant and her husband, Craig, of Ewing, N.J.; his grandchildren: Matthew James Kleber of Arlington, Va.; Dr. Amy Corcoran and her husband, Kevin, of Philadelphia; David Westcott of Boston, Mass.; his great-grandson, Patrick David Corcoran; one brother, Walter Kleber of Dumont, N.J.; and two nephews, Richard Kleber and Kenneth Kleber, both of Andover, N.J.
In addition to his beloved wife, Marie, Ray was predeceased by two brothers, Harold and Henry Kleber.
Born and raised in Guttenberg, N.J., Ray lived in Cliffwood Beach, N.J., and later, in Albrightsville, before recently moving to Fairfield, Conn., to be closer to his family. He owned and operated two women's apparel stores in Cliffwood Beach, N.J., and Burlington, N.J., for 10 years. He continued working as a knitting mechanic for Needle Craft Corp. until his retirement.
An Army veteran of World War II, he proudly defended the United States of America under the direction of Gen. George Patton, and was the recipient of several medals including the Bronze Star.
A talented boatsman, fresh and saltwater fisherman, and hunter, Ray truly enjoyed spending time outdoors, especially when involving the company of his family and dear friends.
He was a lifetime member of the VFW in Clifford and longlong member of Pine Forest II Firehouse's support organization. An ardent New York Giants Fan, he relished the opportunity to attend last year's Super Bowl with his family.
His Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, at St. Pius X Church, 834 Brookside Drive, Fairfield, Conn., with the Rev.James Bowler, S.J., officiating. Interment with military honor with follow at Lawncroft Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be directed to: American Warrior, P.O. Box 337, Versailles, CT 06383, or americanwarrior.us.
Lesko & Polke Funeral Home
1209 Post Road, Fairfield, Conn.leskopolkefuneralhome.com
Raymond Kleber
Raymond Kleber, 88, of Fairfield, Conn., formerly of Albrightsville, devoted husband to the late Marie Swoboda Kleber, passed away peacefully on Jan. 26, 2013, in St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, Conn.


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Another quick monster feature from the Blackdirge with art by Jesse Mohn. If you've seen previous work in the Bestiary series, you know what you're in for. Several monsters with solid line illustrations.
This book makes an excellent companion to the Cthulhu mythos 4e book as it focuses on the monstrous entities that are from the Far Realm. Challenge ratings go from level 24, 18, 4, 9, and 13 over eight pages.
These creatures are done in a standard format with brief bits about the creature followed by lorealways a dungeoneering check in this case. Also included are tactics and encounter groups. This makes it easier to run the creatures with your own group of monsters or just use the listed encounter as is.
While its easy to go with the highest level creature as a favorite and a near campaign ender, the chaos kraken is a little too standard in its motives of using energies from the Far Realm on others to see what happens. It's a solid standard and it can be used as a method of introducing various new monsters as well as having the creature doing this in service to an even greater beast. But it's a rarity type of thing.
No, my monster pick for this book would be the Grethling. At a lowly level 4, it's found almost everywhere adventurers go, dark caverns and ancient runes, and has an interesting method of attacking the face. For its ease of use, it gets the thumbs up.
At $1.49, its hard to think of why someone wouldn't want to add Aberrant Horrors to their 4e games.


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CA Mobile OTP 4+
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The CA Mobile OTP app is an all-purpose one-time passcode (OTP) generator that provides an extra layer of security when you shop online or access online accounts. With CA Mobile OTP, you use your mobile device to generate a passcode that can be used to verify a MasterCard or Visa electronic payment transaction, or to login to an online account. This app supports EMV standards when generating the passcode for authenticating MasterCard and Visa online payment transactions. CA Mobile OTP also supports HOTP standards for generating one-time passcodes to use when authenticating to Web portals and VPNs.
How does it work?
Your card issuer, for example, your bank or the organization where you have an online account, must use the CA Technologies authentication solution. You must sign up for the additional security with them. They will give you a link to download the account onto your device, along with your userid and an activation code. You will run the CA Mobile OTP app on your device and enter the information provided by the organization to activate OTP authentication with this organization. You then choose a personal PIN that will be used to generate an OTP for this account. The OTP can be generated without a connection to your mobile network allowing you to authenticate any time, anywhere using the one-time passcode generated on your device. When you are prompted to authenticate to your online account or to provide a passcode to shop online, you simply run the CA Mobile OTP app, enter your personal PIN, and an OTP is displayed on the device. You then enter the OTP into the application prompt to authenticate your e-payment transaction or to login to your account.
What's New
Version 2.2.13
1. Provisioning of new accounts by scanning the QR Code generated by AFM.
2. Removal of Demo mode.
- Seller
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- Requires iOS 10.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish
- Age Rating
- Rated 4+
- Copyright
- © CA Technologies
- Price
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members will be able to use this app with Family Sharing enabled.


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Hack Week
"The city they [sailors on Fleet Week shore leave] are visiting is... nothing like the one experienced by the untold thousands of sailors in untold thousands of ships who have come before them over the decades. Once it was strip clubs and bars and tattoo parlors and girls. And while there still may be some of that, sailors who sauntered around Midtown on Memorial Day gave some surprising answers when asked how they experience New York City in the two or three short days they are here. They mentioned frozen cappuccinos, and Off Broadway, and the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, and architecture specifically, terra cotta facades." The New York Times, May 30, 2006
"The petty officers were going to disappoint those who think the nation's sailors are a hard-drinking, loutish bunch. In a cab downtown, their discussion focused on their husbands (both Navy men), the latest 'Star Wars' movie, Crate and Barrel versus Pottery Barn and that stalwart of conversation shoes." The New York Times, May 28, 2005
"It was barely past noon yesterday and already the three seamen were in a room full of scantily clad, statuesque women... Mr. Zima and two of his shipmates were eyeing a woman who goes by the name Andromeda. Full-figured, but coolly professional. They found her at one of New York City's finest topless joints -- the Carroll and Milton Petrie European Sculpture Court at the Metropolitan Museum of Art... Mr. Zima and his buddies had already done Wall Street, Chinatown, the Guggenheim Museum ("Everything was upside down," one of them said) and had come to the Metropolitan mostly to check out the medieval armor. There were others at the museum besides Mr. Zima and his friends. Larry Brantley, 38, a chief electrician on the aircraft carrier America, was wandering among the Impressionists... These guys are sailors. Aren't they supposed to be out drinking and ripping up the town?" The New York Times, May 27, 1995
"There were also new-age sailors, the fighting men and women who said they avoid not only strong drink but also high-cholesterol foods. For instance, Vernon L. Black of Pittsburgh, a third-class petty officer on the Kennedy, said he spent much of Thursday browsing through the New York City Public Library." The New York Times, May 29, 1993
"Two officers from the carrier decided to skip the bars and burlesque of Times Square and headed straight for the epicenter of Manhattan sophistication, grabbing ringside seats on the outdoor terrace of Le Relais on Madison Avenue at 63d Street." The New York Times, June 10, 1991