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Naturalist and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness John Muir once said "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks."
Always pragmatic, ecologists have their own term for nature's gifts — ecosystem services. Simply defined, ecosystem services are the benefits to people derived from natural goods and functions of ecosystems. Ecosystem services can be classified into four broad categories. Provisional ecosystem services include delivery of natural goods such as food, fresh water and medicine. Supporting services include nutrient cycling, soil formation, and water purification. Regulating services include carbon sequestration, flood and erosion control and pollination. Cultural or social services include providing recreational, educational, scientific, and spiritual benefits or values.
Ecosystem services are generally taken for granted, probably because they are "free" and most ecological processes are not readily noticeable. Through the growing scientific field of ecological economics, however, the economic value of ecosystem services is emerging. In 1997, a group of scientists from the U.S., Argentina and the Netherlands led by Dr. Robert Costanza estimated the global value of 17 fundamental ecosystem services at $33 trillion, nearly twice the value of total global Gross Domestic Product of $18 trillion.
Here in the U.S., Dr. David Pimentel and colleagues estimated the annual economic benefit of biodiversity at $300 billion by considering the role of biota in organic waste disposal, soil formation, biological nitrogen fixation, crop and livestock genetics, biological pest control, plant pollination and pharmaceuticals. While there are many uncertainties inherent in calculating the economic benefits of ecosystem services, what's becoming very clear is that they are extremely valuable.
Although it's been said by many, it was my graduate faculty advisor at the University of Connecticut, Dr. Robert McDowell, who first asked me to reflect on public lands as 'gifts to ourselves.' "Our nation's parks, forests and wildlife refuges are gifts that must be stewarded carefully, as they will only grow in value" he'd often say.
Among those gifts is the role of public lands in providing ecosystem services. These services include some of the more obvious and measurable benefits provided by natural goods such as clean water and healthy fish and wildlife populations which support outdoor recreation. In 2000, U.S. Forest Service economists estimated the minimum value of water from our national forests to be $3.7 billion per year.
Just last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released the final report of the 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation. The report documents that over 90 million U.S. residents 16 and older participated in fishing, hunting or at least one type of wildlife-watching such as observing, feeding or photographing wildlife, spending $144.7 billion on these activities in 2011. Public lands, of course, play a critical role in providing places for Americans of all ages to enjoy the outdoors.
It may be that many of the cultural or social aspects of ecosystem services are the most priceless of gifts of all received from our public lands. These benefits are as wide ranging as the interests of people who use or value them for subsistence, recreation, education, scientific or spiritual purposes. They also transcend all of these. Experiences that connect people to nature enhance individual well being and even human relationships. Reflection on the complex but perfect intricacies of the natural world, often inspired by outdoor experiences, for many becomes a catalyst for seeking more sustainable ways to live. As John Muir also said over a century ago, going to wilderness is going home.
Here in our back yard, myriad benefits are provided through the natural goods generated, and ecological processes occurring, on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Clean water, nutrients, flow regimes and natural habitats combine to help sustain our critically important salmon during the freshwater components of their life cycle. A child's curiosity rewarded through discovery of one of nature's marvels at a refuge summer camp, a young person's first successful hunt in the Swan Lake Canoe System made even more special by the presence of family and friends, a hiker's exhilaration and sense of accomplishment ascending Skyline Trail – all ecosystem services and all priceless.
Dr. McDowell was right. Through our public lands, we've given ourselves many timeless gifts. Alaska's public lands provide an opportunity to maintain a wide array of invaluable ecosystem services while honoring the full spectrum of why and how people value these benefits. In this ever more rapidly changing and increasingly complex world, careful stewardship of these gifts is becoming ever more important.
From the entire Refuge staff, best wishes to all of you for a peaceful and joyful holiday season.
Andy Loranger is the Refuge Manager of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. You can find more information about the Refuge at http://kenai.fws.gov or http://www.facebook.com/kenainationalwildliferefuge.


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About the Book
As a former editor for popular websites, including Slate and Jezebel, Jessica Grose intimately understands the realities of life in the blogosphere--and she employs this knowledge to hilarious effect in her edgy and timely debut novel, Sad Desk Salad. Grose's story of a savvy blogger who stumbles upon an irresistible scoop--one that could cause irreparable damage to a young woman's life and reputation--and must reconcile her true values with the ruthless demands of a gossip- and reality-obsessed culture is a stinging and wildly funny indictment of America's obsession with celebrity dirt. This fictional behind-the-scenes look at a booming online industry is smart and sharp contemporary women's fiction, a The Devil Wears Prada for the twenty-teens.
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Critical Praise
"Dishy, zingy, hilarious." —Glamour
"Fun . . . Grose takes what could be a heavy subject--ethical choices and their repercussions--and lightens it. . . An enjoyable debut with a message." —Publishers Weekly
"Rollicking . . . A quick-witted insider's view of the blogosphere, media pandering, Internet privacy and the difficulty of being a good girl in a bad, bad world." —Kirkus Reviews
"Sad Desk Salad by Jessica Grose is the Devil Wears Prada for the blogger age. A laser focused snapshot of our time, the novel gives readers an insider's perspective on the 24/7 grindhouse of celebrity-obsessed new media. Funny and heartfelt, a must-read."- —Valerie Frankel, author of Four of a Kind
"Jessica Grose is a smart, engaging, new voice in fiction. She will make you think anew about celebrity culture, modern feminism, and the perils of living online. She is also very funny. So put your work aside, open your sad desk salad, and read this book!" —Amy Sohn, author of Motherland and Prospect Park West
"A whip-smart, lacerating, laugh-out-loud look at what it's like to be young, smart and trying to make it in the big city." —Jennifer Weiner
"Grose offers an affectionate send-up of the slovenly blogger stereotype, creating a quick-witted heroine who lusts after egg sandwiches and takes comfort in an extravagantly stinky muumuu...delivered with Grose's appealing good humor...A sense of serendipity lingers over the adventures of new-media chick lit." —New Republic
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- On Sale: 10/02/2012
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Twinkies Return a Little Smaller
NEW YORK (AP) — Twinkies are back, but they may be a bit smaller than you remember. The new boxes hitting shelves list the cakes as having 270 calories and a weight of 77 grams for two cakes, or 135 calories and 38.5 grams for one.
Right before it went out of business, the snack cakes' former owner had told the Associated Press Twinkies were 150 calories per cake. Photos of past boxes online also indicate the weight to have been 42.5 grams per cake.
A spokeswoman for Hostess says in an email Monday that the size change was made in "mid-2012" by the predecessor company. That would mean it happened quietly in the months leading up to its bankruptcy, as the company was trying to keep its head above water financially.


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#1 The Forgotten Man in the Sandra Fluke Case04-04-2012, 07:39 PM
I had an epiphany today while listening to Rush Limbaugh and thinking about the trouble that he'd gotten into over the Sandra Fluke debacle. If we accept Ms. Fluke's claims at face value, that she has spent over $3,000 over three years on birth control, and that she is not promiscuous, then there are certain implications of this that need to be addressed. First, the economics: As I wrote elsewhere, law school takes three years, so we're looking at about $1,000 per year for birth control. Wal-Mart advertises Trojan Ultra Thin Lubricated Condoms, 36 ct for $11.33, or roughly 31 cents apiece. Her $3,000 figure would buy 3,228 condoms per year over three years, or 8.8 condoms per day. If we round down to eight condoms per day, that's still eight heterosexual acts of intercourse per day, every day, for three years. Now, this may also include other acts for which a barrier is necessary, but it's still eight sexual experiences per day, with a man (two women wouldn't need a condom).
If we also accept Fluke's denial of promiscuity, then she is clearly in a committed relationship with one man, and if the numbers above are accurate, then what a man he is.
Think about the man who can achieve eight sexual encounters per day, with the same woman, for three years running. This man is passionate about Ms. Fluke, extremely dedicated to her, and has the kind of stamina usually associated with being born on a planet that orbits a red sun (Krypton, for example). This forgotten man should be honored for his prodigious strengths, for never failing to rise to the occasion, for epitomizing the values for which we have previously memorialized our greatest men (and whose resemblance to the Washington Monument is clearly more than metaphorical).
I call upon this man, this giant, to come forward (he's clearly capable of doing so repeatedly) and share his secrets with the rest of us. He owes it to us to raise us up to his standard. If he does not come forward of his own volition (or, if after three years of eight daily romps, he simply cannot come forward once more), then Ms. Fluke should provide us with his name and the details of his physical regimen and diet. I, for one, would be willing to cover the costs of any woman's birth control in return for that secret, as I think any of us would.--Odysseus
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Country bands to entertain at community concert
Area residents will have the opportunity to hear quality live music on Saturday, March 3, when country bands The Kentucky Headhunters and Confederate Railroad will be perform at a community concert at the St. Marys High School auditorium. The concert, sponsored by St. Marys Auto Body, is being held to give area residents a fun, affordable, family-friendly night out, according to St. Marys Auto Body owner and concert organizer Sandy Buerk. The Kentucky Headhunters will headline the concert. They released their debut album, "Pickin' on Nashville," in 1989, and most recently released "Dixie Lullabies" in October 2011. Their rockin', rollicking country style should keep the performance happening, Buerk said. Confederate Railroad was established in the early 1990s. They have had several number-one hits and received the Academy of Country Music's Best New Group Award in 1993. Some of their most well-known songs are "Jesus and Mama," "Queen of Memphis," and "Trashy Women." "And in between [the groups], we have the comedian Bubba Bradley from St. Marys, who will perform a 20-minute act," Buerk said. Less than 200 tickets are left for the concert, which will begin at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets, which cost $20 each plus tax, are available at St. Marys Auto Body on Trout Run Road in St. Marys by calling 781-1961 or stopping in Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. "If there are tickets at the door, we will sell them, but we don't anticipate having any tickets left," Buerk said. The first concert sponsored by St. Marys Auto Body featured Little Texas and was held in 2011 at the SMAHS auditorium, with popular local band Six Pak opening.


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Network Webcurity Wishlist? 512
"For example, I tried to push for tax incentives for upgrades in network security measures, but the Senator replied that is dead in the water because we are now spending into a deficit. He would rather see insurance companies reward firms with lower premiums for enhanced security. But there are International legal issues, compliance issues, privacy complications, potential negligence liability exposure, lack of federal incident response, FOIA and anti-trust issues with info sharing, conflicting state and federal cybercrime and privacy laws, USA Patriot Act concerns, etc."


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Got this from stepdad when i was 11 in '72. He gave me an ameg amp and a big muff and showed me some bass lines. I played with a couple of bands and gave it up after playing smoke on the water for the very last time. Been in the case ever since and i 'm not sure what year it is. I thought he told me it was a '58 when he came home with a new fender bass. He was a good studio musician from what i was told here in chicago. I do remember him taking me to a rehearsal once at the playboy club, he was doing the musical "Hair". If anyone could time stamp this piece that would be cool,thanks. email@example.com


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Shrimpers ease into round two
Southend saw off Stockport County 3-0 in the first round of the FA Cup at Roots Hall.
Goals from Barry Corr, Marc Laird and Freddy Eastwood saw the Shrimpers come out on top.
They went in front in the 33rd minute when Michael Timlin's diagonal pass was headed back across goal by Chris Barker and Barry Corr, who was making his first start since April 2011, nodded in from six yards.
Stockport started the second half brightly but found it hard to create goalscoring chances and Southend took full advantage by doubling their lead in the 85th minute .
Timlin was again involved as his delivered a low left wing cross which picked out Laird and the on loan Leyton Orient midfielder fired into the bottom left hand corner of the net from six yards.
The Shrimpers then made sure of the victory three minutes later when substitute Eastwood blasted the ball in to the roof of the net from just inside the penalty area.
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8thStreetLatinas On-line Video of Emily Benjamins from Knock Your Socks Off
The team had been on the way to the seashore when they saw Emily Benjamins by the side of the roadway. She had been stretching out and giving a strip tease together with her very short shorts. Once the fellas greeted her like fitness trainers, she was rather ready to accept suggestions. This did not take long before she opened her legs and had a number of horny thoughts. Jmac was in pussy paradise and drilled her in each and every position possible.


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JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) -- Police in Janesville say a man was acting in self-defense when he shot two of his neighbor's dogs, killing one of them.
A press release on Sunday from the Janesville Police Department says the dogs were shot in man's one-car garage. The Janesville Gazette reports that officers responded to the shooting on Saturday night.
Police say the two "pit bull type" dogs charged at the man, who retreated into his garage. The surviving dog fled and was taken by its owner to a veterinarian.
Police say evidence in the case support the man's story that he was cornered by the dogs.


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by Julia White, ChildFund Business Development Specialist
For organizations like ChildFund International that have been working on the ground in maternal and child health (MCH) for decades, the Women Deliver Conference in Washington, D.C., last week was an inspirational recharge.
Government agencies, dignitaries, NGOs, private-sector foundations, advocates and experts in the field came together with both the political will and the monetary backing needed to reset MCH as a top global priority. We heard from numerous leaders, including U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, the heads of UNFPA, UNAIDS, the World Health Organization, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Chile's former president Michelle Bachelet and Melinda Gates, just to name a few.
At the conference, Melinda Gates announced that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will invest $1.5 billion in MCH, family planning and nutrition programs over the next five years, which will complement work already being done in malaria, pneumonia, diarrhea and HIV/AIDS prevention.
The new grants under the Gates Foundation will include a focus on integration — training frontline health workers to provide multiple services and emphasizing cost-effective safe motherhood and newborn health practices. Both are areas of expertise for ChildFund, aligning with our strategic focus on children's life stages and healthy development.
In fact, our work with MCH in Senegal was featured at the conference in the Stories of Mothers Saved, a campaign organized jointly by the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood and the United Nations Population Fund. The story of Maïmouna Faye, a mother with a high-risk pregnancy, is just one example of how we forge relationships with communities.
Maïmouna's life was saved thanks to the community mobilization, training and supervision efforts of the USAID-funded and ChildFund-led Community Health Project (Programme Santé Santé Communautaire) and a well-trained community health worker trained under the PSSC. In Senegal ChildFund works with communities to run more than 1,370 community health care units, or health huts, nationwide.
In Honduras ChildFund has implemented community health units called UCOS (Unidades Comunitarias de Salud), which support community-based maternal, neonatal and child health care, through improved access to high-quality and cost-effective care. We've also trained more than 200 community volunteers in the integrated management of childhood illnesses.
Speakers at the Women Deliver Conference repeatedly referenced the U.S. government's six-year $63 billion Global Health Initiative and its renewed focus on improving the health of women, newborns and children through programs that address infectious disease, nutrition, MCH and safe water. The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the largest U.S.-funded bilateral health assistance program, will serve as the cornerstone of the Global Health Initiative.
ChildFund has been a proud partner of PEPFAR in Ethiopia and Zambia, focusing on vulnerable children whose loss of their primary social structure increases their vulnerability to hunger, malnutrition, abuse and exploitation.
It is heartening to see a renewed international convergence of support for maternal and child health that reflects ChildFund's long-term commitment to ensuring positive outcomes for children in every stage of their lives.
In my work with ChildFund, I've seen firsthand the power of supporting communities, local organizations and women themselves to ensure that mothers are safe and healthy before, during and after the birth of their babies. That support leads to the continued growth of their children into empowered adults.
Because ChildFund believes that the well-being of children leads to the well-being of the world — and that starts with healthy mothers — we're excited to be a part of the global call to action for mothers and children.


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Bikeway detour: The swinging bridge on Madison Ave. in downtown Cottage Grove is closed till June. When you reach the swinging bridge just turn around and return on the Bikeway route.
Ride Description: The Covered Bridges Scenic Bikeway features a fun cycling experience of bridges, lake views, foliage, flowers and an historic downtown.
The start of the bikeway is along the Row River Trail, an off-street, paved path which crosses roads at several points. The return route is on a low traffic scenic road with one very short, yet very steep hill with grades of more than 8%. Those wishing to avoid riding with traffic or over such a steep hill can ride the trail as an out and back. The name of the trail has a bit of a story behind it: the correct pronunciation rhymes with "cow". It was named "Row" after a dispute between two men battling over cattle and sheep grazing rights during settlement of the valley in the early 1850's.
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The Row River Trail runs along the Lake's north side, passing three of the six covered bridges on the route. All three of these bridges are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Four bathroom stops, seven parking areas, and three picnic areas along this part of the route provide many rest opportunities and a chance to get off the bike and enjoy the scenery. A store in the modest community of Dorena provides snacks. The in-town part of the bikeway includes a ride through The Chambers Bridge, the only covered railroad bridge west of the Mississippi that also listed in the National Register, and a ride over a swinging footbridge.
Cottage Grove is a National Register-listed Downtown Historic District. There are number of coffee shops, restaurants, pubs, and a bike shop on Main Street. Photo Credit: Karen Johnson
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Hi there, hope you all are doing well.
I downloaded a firefox add-in from the VOIP hosting provider for my company. The function is it detects phone numbers in the browser and makes them clickable. Unfortunately this line of code makes it read numbers as (512)123-1234. What we need it to do is detect numbers as one solid block of 10 digits, like 5121231234. I have tried some changes to no avail. I believe this line of code that I paste below is responsible for determining what is detected from a webpage with it currently only detecting numbers like (512)123-1234. Does someone know what this line of code needs to be written as, or am I looking in the wrong spot? Thanks!
var phone_number_regex_us = /(?:[\&*\=\/\\%#\$\w+-.\,]|)\s(?:+\s1|1)?\s[(-.]?\s(?:8[05678]{1}[0-9]{1}\s[)-.]?\s[0-9a-zA-Z]{3}\s[-.]?\s[0-9a-zA-Z]{4}|[2-9]{1}[0-9]{2}\s[)-.]?\s[0-9]{3}\s[-.]?\s[0-9]{4})/;
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So since I've had my hands on a few shades of the Loreal Infallible eye shadows, I've been dying to do a tutorial with them to show you all how I make them work. The formula is a bit different than most shadows (almost like a moist powder), which can make them a bit difficult to get the hang of applying. So I used a few of my fav shades to create this gorgeous, velvety blue look while demonstrating some of my best tips for applying them. Hope you guys love it!
Oh, and don't miss all the info on some new eye shadow bases at the bottom of the post... I'm in love.
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Sigma Beauty Eye Shadow Base in Pose (more details at bottom of post)
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Chestnut eye shadow from Defining Eyes palette I created for Sigma Beauty
Loreal Carbon Black Liner Intense
Urban Decay 24/7 pencil liner in Perversion
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OH and other BIG news.... So the past few months I've been lucky enough to have my hands on the full set of the new Sigma Eye Shadow Bases. I've waited until now (I used one for this look) to talk about them or show them in a video because let's be honest... It's absolutely NO fun watching someone rave about a product in a video that isn't available yet.
While I haven't showed them in videos, I've been using my sets like crazy. Let me tell you, they are the best colored shadow bases I've ever used. I'll admit, when I received them I was very skeptical. Not only are they completely creaseless, but they come in 9 gorgeous shades.
So I figured since the release date is coming up VERY SOON (February 4th), I'd give you all a little peek. ;)
While these beauties release February 4th, you all can PREORDER THEM NOW from the links below! and of course, save 10% with my January discount "JAN2013".
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You might be thinking of Three Kings. Regardless, Kinzo's gold would be doubly impossible to spend directly, because it's not even his. It belongs to a foreign government, or arguably to the Japanese government. Either way, somebody would certainly ask questions about it if anybody were to try to exchange it all at once, and that would more than likely lead to someone realizing where it originated.
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So really the only reason he wouldn't do it is personal preference, which I could see. I mean, not many people can say they have a huge stack of gold in their basement. Plus he's sentimentally attached to it.
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All I can really add to the current discussion is to point out that the manga, which in several places has served to visually clarify ambiguous elements, consistently presents the gold as a big-ass mountain pile. You can get a pretty decent view of it in End, in particular, and it's definitely taller than everyone's heights, even accounting for the palette. At any rate, way way larger than the pile shown in the anime.
I'm not very knowledgeable about this sort of thing, so I assume it was, uh, artistic license, for the sake of making the amount seem impossibly grand? Also, aren't there several definitions regarding the word "ton"? Maybe there was confusion..?
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Well, we know why Kinzo kept the gold and didn't convert it to cash.
There's no reason why he couldn't have put cardboard boxes in the middle of the pyramid to stack them and make the pile seem larger.
There's no problem if "something else" occupies most of the inner space
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I imagine it's mostly just a matter of reality not matching up to expectations.
Ten tons of gold is a very large quantity. It's also an extremely valuable quantity. So you assume it must take a ton of physical space. But gold is very dense, so it doesn't take up as much as you'd figure. And Kinzo's gold is monetary gold (presumably), which is bullion, which tends to be 99% pure metal (gold used in jewelry and whatnot would not be this pure).
By contrast, Fort Knox's bullion reserve has about 4,500 metric tons and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has about 7,000. Combined, that's about 8% of all gold that has ever been mined.
Also a random fun fact, but most gold bullion ingots are very small. Kinzo's are repeatedly portayed as appearing somewhat large, especially in the anime and manga, but a 1kg gold bar is fairly small (it would basically fit on your open hand). The size of bars most people imagine for Kinzo's stash would actually be a more appropriate size for silver, which is less dense.
EDIT: Which isn't to say the RSI or whoever couldn't have melted it down and intentionally recast it in 10-100kg bars for whatever reason, since that is apparently what happened with it. A 100kg gold bar would be decently big, but I can't imagine Rosa trying to carry one for long while running.
EDIT EDIT: Also by a conservative estimate, if Kinzo's bars were 10kg, each would be worth a quarter of a million dollars or so. Although I think the price of gold was (relatively) higher in the mid-80s, it's gone down a little recently.
EDIT EDIT EDIT: Ha ha, Kinzo doesn't even have 10 tons of gold, or Battler is lowballing its value in End. He suggests it's 20 billion Yen. On 10/03/1986 the value of gold was $430/oz (yes, they recorded this that precisely), which is about 72,463.6 Yen at 1986 exchange rates. That's 276,000.64 oz, which is only 8.625 tons (or 7.654 metric tons).
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Headcanon: Rosa has super strength. If a 1kg gold bar can fit in a hand, then she has to be super strong to life one like that.
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I think no one among the manga authors had a clear idea about how big the 'mountain' of gold should have been. In End it's taller than Battler, in Banquet chap 11 the mountain is tall around as much as TeenagerEva on her knees... but then in another scene it seems taller than Eva herself...
I guess not even Ryukishi bothered about digging into those details. After all the point is that there's a huge amount of gold but how much space it takes is never mentioned.
The 'funny' side is that since that gold shouldn't have taken much space in Ep 7 the Italians could have hidden it in boxes or something like that instead than clearly show them to the Japanese and discharge the closed boxes.
Wikipedia has a page about goldbars, how big they should be and how much they should weight, if someone wants to have fun calculating how much space Kinzo's gold should take.
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Let's assume Kinzo stacks them 12-tall (meaning 70 bars per layer) and "square" (35x35 though it isn't actually square because the ingots aren't). The pile would be 8.75m long, 2.45m wide, 0.42m tall. If we make it taller by making it 20-tall (42 bars per layer) it'd be 5.25m long, 1.47m wide, and 0.70m tall. To even break 1m in height would require the pile be about 29 bars tall, which only gives 29 bars per layer, which is 3.75m long and 1.12m wide.
If you put it on a 1m tall pedestal and displayed the pile lengthwise (so the bars are seen side-on), it would look reasonably impressive, but the pile still can't be that huge. If you square it off it could be about 2m by 2m by 1m or so. It would not tower over anybody unless it was stacked enough that it wouldn't be much more than 1m to a side, which is not that impressive.
Incidentally, each bar would be worth ¥27,898,640 or $165,550.91. The total value of the entire pile is ¥23,434,857,600 or $139,062,764.40. As of Friday, the value of the pile would be $540,633,114.
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Even though
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Please keep in mind that my argument is based on the manga adaptation. Excuse my paranoia regarding spoilers, even if I'm doing a scientific discussion. It is my personal belief that the stakes
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Based on the manga, the stakes appear to be about 1-1.5 feet long and weigh about 1 pound. The business end appears to have the width of a typical cross bow bolt, which is usually about 0.37 inches. Plugging these numbers in, we get (1)/(0.37^2) = (1)/(0.1369) = 7.305.
7.3 doesn't seem very large, but put into appropriate context, those numbers are horrifying. A result greater than 0.9 is
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Well, the stakes "aren't suited for killing" in the way that, like, a pencil isn't suited for killing. It's almost certainly possible if you put enough effort into it, but it's pretty out-of-the-way, method wise. Freak accidents aside, human skulls are known for being pretty sturdy, so it's just far easier to think they're being shoved into pre-existing wounds (pretty much confirmed as of OC) than being the result of successful normal stabbity action. Also considering that we can reasonably assume, as early as Natsuhi's death in Legend, that the culprit has a gun and is using it. If they're actually paperweights, even moreso, since they probably wouldn't even be particularly sharp at the point ... pretty interesting, though, is that they're always described as being wide, conical, sorta drill-like, and the manga follows that, but in the anime they look much more stab-worthy and sharp.
Anyway, the sectional density stuff is pretty interesting - it's the sort of thing most people are vaguely aware of as a concept (i.e, it's way easier to, say, break the skin with a syringe than with a fork), but I never knew there were formulas for it and everything. I was wondering where you're getting some of your references numbers from, though, since a cursory google search turned up results that were almost entirely about bullets, and I couldn't find anything (well, not anything really quickly...) about comparative destructive ability.
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If the killer were, say, Battler, it'd be more understandable to think the stakes could be used as actual murder weapons. But the proposed killers tend not to be that strong. Plus, even if you successfully stabbed someone in a place other than the head, it would hardly cause their death in any reasonable amount of time. You'd either have to stab them multiple times or in a critical area (not always seen in cases of, say, knee gouging) or in the head, which doesn't happen in every case. And both of those are fairly difficult with a heavy object unless someone's already incapacitated, especially for a supposedly frail person.
Hell, I think you'd get more use from flipping the stake over and just using the handle as a blunt instrument.
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So maybe using the 'stake shooting gun' Battler theorized existing or if you're as strong as him, you might get a successful kill but I doubt Yasu is that strong and I'm not sure Knox would allow the existence of a stake shooting gun.
So, even if a stake might theoretically kill, I think the solution offered in Our Confession is the best one.
The stake becomes the way to hide the true way in which the victim had been killed. After all the novel says that magic involving guns is weak so it makes sense that Beato is trying to hide the fact she used guns by making it look like she used stakes.
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I noticed that the anime had a nice depiction of the crest of the ingot. The impression of the OMK design is that the crest was intentionally a one winged eagle... but the anime shows almost a faded on the side opposite the wing, as if the engraving had been filed off... or not stamped correctly, as was the case in EP7.
I really think the anime is better than what everyone gives it credit for. Has anyone watched it recently?
A lot of things that were red in the VN were taken out... but I think having them made it more confusing and gave the wrong impression.
Take EP4 for example:
Battler Ushiromiya has a sin. Because of this sin, many people on this island had to die. All die, none survive.
That can't be right, because in EP4, we also have a world in which Eva had survived... a world that the American release makes a point of mentioning that it is in fact not an extension of Banquet.
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I think the fact that pretty much everyone who watched the anime without reading the VN thought it was a terrible disappointment compared to Higurashi is pretty good proof that it was definitely a failure.
I highly doubt you would have gotten anyone saying the Umineko VN wasn't as good as Higurashi just after EP4's release, after all.
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There were a thousand moments when I knew I was going to get along with Carol and Johann — this is a couple that spent their rehearsal dinner performing trapeze tricks, after all — but I will always remember when he looked over my shoulder at a nearby wedding photographer and said "Hey look! That guy's using his flash wrong!" (Yes, yes he was. Sorry about your underexposed formals, Mystery Couple). I love that my Internet presence gives me so many couples with a strong passion for photography themselves, because we can work together on a number of levels, and because this might be their one chance to actually put down a camera and enjoy themselves.
Carol and Johann had a gorgeous day at the Hyatt Harborside in Boston, the sun blazing over the skyline. They also had a hilarious priest who, during the ceremony, told us fascinating bits of Boston history and started calling out to me to make sure everything looked OK. (I gave a thumbs up). The night was devoted to fun, dancing, two fabulous cakes, great family, and a finishing treat of Jones Soda.
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The power of the press is now far greater than the power of parliament, Ken Clarke has said.
Giving evidence to the Leveson inquiry on Wednesday, the justice secretary said he had observed over his 40 years in politics that the media had become increasingly influential and personal.
He said that the press could now "drive a weak government like a flock of sheep before them" in some areas of policy as "ministers are fearful of the media's reaction".
"It is fear of the media reporting, fear of media reaction, that causes people to be over influenced by media campaigning," he said.
Clarke's comments came in a week when the government had announced four U-turns including on the pasty tax and secret justice. Two policy reversals claimed by The Sun and the Daily Mail to be down to their reporting.
"Policy making is almost overwhelming influenced by PR people on each side," he said. "The power of the press is now far greater than the power of parliament."
Clarke also said that while in the past senior politicians could be confident that journalists would not report on their personal lives and extra-marital affairs, this was no longer the case.
"I don't know how long the prime minister would stay in offer once the first jouranlist produced the story, it wouldn't be more than two or three days," he said.
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Apple Mac Mini 2011
Style over substance?
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To be fair, though, the Mac Mini managed a very respectable 82fps when running Far Cry 2, which is about 90 per cent faster than last year's model (45fps). Just remember that the entry-level £529 version of the Mac Mini has the same underwhelming Intel HD 3000 graphics as the new MacBook Air, so gamers will need to cough up the extra cash for the AMD graphics in the £699 model to get these numbers.
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Mind you, Apple's removed optical drive from this year's Mac Mini, so you won't be installing many games onto it, or playing many DVDs, or ripping your music off CD – unless, of course, you fork out an extra £66 for the optional external SuperDrive. I can understand the lack of an optical drive in the ultraportable MacBook Air, but removing it from a desktop home computer that's clearly designed with entertainment in mind is rather limiting.
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It's 11-11 at the 8 minute mark. Who should I be rooting for?
OSU/Wiscy play terrible basketball
Who should you be rooting for?
One of the team's in the game is Ohio State...isn't the answer obvious?
Who is this state team you speak of? I thought it was Wisky v. Ohio?
Here is a handy Big Ten priority cheering guide. When in doubt:
- Choose more weasel-like animal mascots over less weasel-like animal mascots
- Choose any animal mascot over any human mascot
- Choose occupational human mascots over historical human mascots
- Choose any human mascot over any plant mascot
- Fuck Notre Dame
Very funny and very concise. And I like the last line best.
This doesn't answer the important question of who to root for when Northwestern, Penn State, or Iowa are playing each other. Also, is a "Hoosier" historical or occupational? I'm not aware of any historical meaning... do residents of Indiana just sit around Hoosing all day?
FYI: Brian says we should be rooting for OSU
Simple. They were playing US.
Napoleon Dynamite is a beast in the offensive glass.
who should you root for? are you serious? you do realize one of the school's names is ohio state, right?
Wisconsin's style limits possessions. Because the score is low doesn't mean it's terrible.
Anyone but Ohio.
Wisconsin's offense is still gross, they throw it in the post 3 times a possession only looking to kick it out to someone for a 3, and more often than not they miss the 3. Their style of play while successful is just ugly to watch.
Wisconsin ought to be embarrassed by how they play basketball. They make games totally unwatchable.
I don't think they care as long as they win.
I think that goes without saying.
I with the red color
Wisky is less loathsome than Ohyo.
Can't believe we loss to Osuck
Osuck? You aren't going to last long here.
Is this what you call a Mlive.com user? Just curious....
Pretty close, yeah
Isn't that the capital of Finland???
Don't watch if you don't like their style. If you enjoy good basketball you'll watch. If you need loads of points then Big Ten basketball often won't be your forte; this isn't new. It's effective basketball and fans of well taught and fundamental basketball will watch.
I mean, I enjoy well taught and fundamental basketball as much as the next guy, I just prefer not to watch a team pass for 30 seconds and then throw up a brick.
Lol you can play slow and not suck at basketball, wisconsin plays straight up ugly basketball and osu has an offense that is deshaun thomas or bricks, which is also ugly. And for the record, zero national championships since 2000 would suggest strongly that the slow down basketball employed by many in the big ten is not in fact all that effective.
Note that the B10 is tied for the most Final Four appearances in that same span. We have no problem getting there, it's just that we can't close the deal.
For the record, which team, "sucks", as you put it?! The 11th ranked team in the country or the one which went into Assembly hall and won their 10th in a row* against Indiana (and a top 20 team acording to KenPom)?
*I could be wrong but I think it's something ridiculous like that.
I didn't say they suck, i said they play terrible basketball, you can win and still be painful to watch, which this game was. Also wooo final 4's thats totally the same thing as national championships. OSU lost twice to sec teams in bcs championships, the big ten doesn't look any better in footbal because a team managed to get to the championship game to lose. The only thing that matters prestige wise is championships, if your teams aren't winning them then you can't say your brand of playing the game is working. Not to mention many of those final fours were msu which played an up tempo style compared to the average big ten team.
The point of basketball is to win games. If you are good at winning games, then you most likely are playing good basketball.
You didn't hear Dakich, this is great defense!
I mean, you're your own (uh, firearm?), so I wouldn't presume to tell you for whom you should be rooting. With that said, Brian's Opponent Watch recommending cheering ... against Wisconsin — presumably because these teams both have 2 losses in-conference and Michigan has to play at the Kohl Center while Wisconsin dodges a trip to Ann Arbor this year.
It is great defense, they are the two best defenses in the league. But some don't appreciate that. Any time you can root against Ohio is a good time to me.
All I can say is that both teams have worked extremely hard to arrive at this 26-24 score. Wisconsin is actually being outshot by Ohio State by a mere 0.6% right now - 38.5% to 39.1%.
Unfortunately both teams are starting to score. I was hoping for a combined score of 100.
An Ohio State win makes our loss look a little better. I am rooting for them purely from the standpoint of improving our chances at a #1 seed.
I'm not sure Sconny can score 9 points in 7 minutes so this might be all but over.
Good Lord. Deshaun Thomas is hitting some ridiculous shots. NBA player, that one is.
Either way we need NCST to wake up.
Actually it isn't needed but would be preferential.
I live in Wisconsin. I hate Wisconsin. This is an impossible game for me to choose sides. A Wisconsin win tonight will make the game @ the Kohl Center at least. Maybe.
How about you win a road game against a team that doesn't completely suck. The Wolfpack are now 1-4 on the road, with that lone victory being at Boston College.
Wisconsin basketball is just very terrible. It's impossible to watch.
That marks the third consecutive game that Wisconsin has failed to score 50 points. They scored 47 against MSU, 45 against Minnesota (and won!) and 49 tonight. That is amazing.
Wisconsin has solidified themselves as basketball enemy number 2 behind MSU. They play the most god awful, boring brand of basketball. It is painful to watch.
Wisconsin basketball: YUCK.
Seriously, remember that PSU game a year or two ago, like 36-33 final? This is worse than four-corners, and worse than a soccer team playing 10 men inside their box (a "shell"). It's indeed unwatchable. It's almost like, "we can't play real basketball, so we'll do something else." Why would recruits go for this?
I hope, when we play them, we shred them 84-30 or something like that. Of course, I'm fully aware the final will be 45-41.


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(WEAU) - An Eau Claire man accused of setting a blanket on fire and kicking an officer in an emergency room has been sentenced.
Robert Hawke was ordered to serve 8 months in jail with credit for 150 days served. The criminal complaint says Hawke was in an exam room at the Mayo Clinic Health System in May when he intentionally started the blanket on fire.
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Submission + - Former Senator Chris Dodd Set to Head MPAA
Hugh Pickens writes writes: "The Hill reports that former Democratic Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut is set to become the new chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America taking over the $1.2 million position and the job of coordinating the policy goals of the various member studios. Interim CEO and president Bob Pisano says that organization's unwavering focus on its top priority will remain increasing the federal government's efforts to stop online film piracy. The MPAA is optimistic about its legislative prospects this Congress, thanks to the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act, which passed the Senate Judiciary Committee (headed by Dodd's close friend Senator Patrick Leahy) last year before stalling in the full Senate. The bipartisan bill would make it easier for the Justice Department to shut down websites that traffic pirated music, movies and counterfeit goods. While a member of the Senate, Dodd was an adamant opponent of the the FISA bill that granted retroactive immunity to telecoms who engaged in warrantless wiretapping. As to what type of organization will await Dodd when he begins, an MPAA spokesman acknowledged the organization sustained a 20 percent budget cut during the height of the recession but said the MPAA's decision was not unlike those taken by many peer trade groups."


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Texting ban starts today, motorists warned
Local law enforcement officials are hoping a new law banning texting while driving will enforce itself for the most part as it takes effect today.
The new law bans all adults 18 years of age or older from sending or reading text-based messages from behind the wheel of a car.
The offense is a secondary offense, which means law enforcement cannot make a stop based on viewing someone texting messages. The offense is a minor misdemeanor.
However, the law puts tighter restrictions on minors. The new law bans people under the age of 18 from using any kind of mobile communications device while driving, including texting, e-mail, cell phone calls, video games, iPad/tablet or handheld GPS use.
For minors the law will be a primary offense, meaning officers can stop them if they view them using communication devices.
On a first offense, there is a $150 fine and six-month license suspension. A second violation is a $300 fine and a one-year driver's license suspension. Exceptions include pre-programmed GPS use and emergency phone calls.
Sgt. Kristina Bennett, of the Wapakoneta Post of the Ohio Highway Patrol, said the public will be given warnings for the first six months that the law is in effect and no tickets will be handed out.
"It will be an educational experience," Bennett said. "The first six months we will issue warnings. We are hoping the law will enforce itself and we are hoping it will raise awareness. It is such a dangerous thing to do."
Wapakoneta Police Chief Russ Hunlock said officers support the new law.
"We think it will greatly reduce the amount of crashes and the number of injuries that result from those crashes," Hunlock said. "Obviously, when you are paying attention to some communications device it is taking attention away from where it should be, paying attention to the wheel. We are hoping the public realizes it is now in effect and will abide by it."
Studies have shown that taking your eyes off the road for five seconds to send a text at 55 mph compares to driving about 100 yards, or the length of a football field, with your eyes closed. In a recent poll approximately 50 percent of teens admitted to texting while driving and 40 percent admitted to being in a car when the motorist used a cell phone in a way that put the passengers in danger. More research determined that you are 23 times more likely to crash while texting and driving.
St. Marys Police Chief Greg Foxhoven echoes Hunlock's thoughts.
"Our officers will watch for the violations," Foxhoven said. "Obviously we all see them every day — you seem young people driving — and I don't want to pick on them — but they are driving, they are texting and taking their eyes off the road. Our officers will keep an eye out of that and they'll take the appropriate actions."
The only gray area of the law is determining the age of someone driving and using a communications device if they look to possibly be a minor.
Auglaize County Sheriff Al Solomon said it will be hard to determine in some cases, but people should focus more on the purpose of the new law.
"We are hoping the law makes people understand they need to pay attention," Solomon said. "It is just like most other laws. The focus is on safety. We want people to be safe."
Bennett said stops made when someone is thought to be a minor and they turn out to be 18 or older likely would not be enforceable.
"Our hope is everyone will take heed to the new law," Bennett said. "No text is worth your life. Wait until you get somewhere. This will improve traffic safety."
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It was a changing of the guard at the State Department this week, while chatter of immigration reform also took over the Capitol. In Phoenix, the Jodi Arias murder trial was rocked by more salacious testimony. And Casey Anthony -- paralegal? Click through to see the quotes that made news this week.
|'Is This What a Normal Relationship Looks Like to You?'
The courtroom at the Jodi Arias murder trial was shocked -- and Arias began sobbing -- when the prosecutor stunned them by suddenly flashing a photograph of Arias' ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander with his throat slashed open.
Alexander's sisters and friends burst into tears and one ran out of the courtroom when prosecutor Juan Martinez held up the grisly picture of Alexander with his throat slashed and bloodied.
Arias, who is on trial for allegedly murdering Alexander, sobbed uncontrollably at the sight of the photo. She is accused of stabbing Alexander 27 times, slashing his throat, and shooting him twice in the head in a bout of jealousy. She could face the death penalty if convicted.
In the moments before the incident, Martinez was questioning Lisa Daidone, who dated Alexander in 2007 after Alexander's break-up with Arias but while he and Arias continued to sleep together. The defense had gone painstakingly through an angry email Daidone had sent Alexander to break up with him, after she found out he was cheating on her with Arias.
"Do you think that even with everything they claimed he put you through, do you think it is appropriate to take a knife and slash somebody's throat?" Martinez yelled.
"Is this what a normal relationship looks like to you?" Martinez shouted as he held up the picture amid shouts of "objection" from the defense and gasps from onlookers.
|'She Could Be a Paralegal or Something Like That Right Away.'
Casey Anthony has become so experienced with the legal system since her daughter disappeared in 2008 that she may be considering a job as a paralegal, her attorney told ABCNews.com.
Anthony, 26, has been unemployed for the past four years and recently filed bankruptcy. She's almost $800,000 in debt but has less than $1,100 worth of assets, according to her bankruptcy filing.
When asked what she may be interested in doing, her attorney Charles Greene said she might want to be a paralegal.
"I truly believe that she has a lot of skills," Greene said. "She's better than many paralegals I know. She could be a paralegal or something like that right away. She is very organized, a very intelligent, very computer savvy person, so I think her skills and her desire may lie somewhere in that field."
|'I Cannot Fully Express How Grateful I Am to Those With Whom I Have Spent Many Hours Here in Washington, Around the World and in Airplanes.'
After four years, nearly a million miles traveled and 112 countries visited, Hillary Clinton stepped down as the 67th secretary of state on Friday. But even on this, her final day as America's top diplomat, she could not escape the questions about what she'll do four years from now.
Many of the 1,000 employees who gathered to see her off expressed hope that this was not the end of her political career.
"2016! 2016!" the crowd chanted as Clinton waved and drove away. "We'll miss you!"
Right before her departure, Clinton gave the traditional farewell speech to staff on the steps of the State Department's historic C Street Lobby. In a roughly 10-minute, often reflective speech she called the 70,000 State Department employees part of "a huge extended family."
"I cannot fully express how grateful I am to those with whom I have spent many hours here in Washington, around the world and in airplanes," she said, drawing laughter from the audience.
|'And Then She Started Just Boo-Hooing, Just Really, Really Hard Crying.'
A 6-year-old's woeful YouTube video about not being old enough to marry Houston Texans defensive lineman JJ Watt lead to a surprise proposal, complete with a Ring Pop ring, a white jersey wedding gown and a first dance to Justin Bieber.
"It first started when we saw on the news that JJ Watt was having a hard time finding a good girlfriend because of his fame and everything," Lindsey Bartay, mother of the mournful Breanna in the YouTube video, told ABCNews.com. "He wanted to make sure he had the right one."
"I called her in because she loves him," Bartay said. "I said, 'Breanna, come look, he's looking for a good girlfriend,' and she came in and she's like, 'Yay, I'm going to marry JJ Watt. He's so awesome. I love him.'"
But Breanna's grandmother was in the room and told the little girl she had to be at least 25 to get married.
"And then she started just boo-hooing, just really, really hard crying," Bartay said.
In the video, a tearful Breanna says, "I just want to marry JJ Watt."
|'We Believe This Will Be the Year Congress Finally Gets It Done.'
A bipartisan group of senators formally unveiled their proposal Monday to drastically overhaul the nation's immigration system, with the hope of passing a bill out of the Senate by late spring or early summer.
"We believe this will be the year Congress finally gets it done," Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., one of the members of the so-called "Gang of Eight" said during a press conference on Capitol Hill.
The senators all expressed optimism that their legislation could pass both the House and the Senate. Schumer added that he hopes to have an actual piece of legislation done by the end of March, and then have the Senate act on it right away.
|'I Am Going to Work Closely With the App Designers And Developers.'
BlackBerry certainly surprised on Wednesday at its BlackBerry 10 launch event.
Not only did it announce its plans to drop RIM (Research in Motion) from its name -- it's now just BlackBerry -- but towards the end of the presentation CEO Thorsten Heins brought Alicia Keys on stage. And not just as a performer or to endorse the new products. He announced the singer and songwriter as the new BlackBerry global creative director.
Keys said she will be involved in a range of activities and described the role as being "hands on."
"I am an extremely committed and focused individual. I am going to work closely with the app designers and developers, the content creators, the retailers and the carriers to really explore this BlackBerry 10 platform and create ideas for its future," Keys said on stage.
Keys did acknowledge that she has been using other phones since being a big fan years ago.
|'He Was Only Supposed to Live a Couple of Hours.'
Shortly after Mary Gundrum found out that her unborn son was developing with part of his brain outside his skull, she found herself searching the Internet to find out more about the baby's diagnosis and potential treatment.
Her next search would be for infant-sized coffins.
"He was only supposed to live a couple of hours," she said.
Instead, baby Dominic was born "screaming and kicking and full of life," but he had a Tessier midline facial cleft, which means the sides of his face didn't fuse together properly during early pregnancy, causing it to split down the middle.
Dominic also had an encephalocele, a rare cranial abnormality that means a sac of brain tissue and fluid formed outside the skull. Dominic's encephalocele filled the space between the cleft in his face, splitting his nose in two with a fluid-filled bubble and causing some of his brain matter to sag into his mouth.


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.NET Serviced Componentsby Juval Löwy
This excerpt is Chapter 10 from COM and .NET Component Services, published in September 2001 by O'Reilly.
.NET is the new platform from Microsoft used to build component-based applications, from standalone desktop applications to web-based applications and services. The platform will be available on forthcoming Microsoft operating systems and supported by the next release of Visual Studio, called Visual Studio.NET. In addition to providing a modern object-oriented framework for building distributed applications, .NET also provides several specialized application frameworks. These frameworks include Windows Forms for rich Windows clients, ADO.NET for data access, and ASP.NET for dynamic web applications. Another important framework is Web Services, which is used to expose and consume remote objects using the emerging SOAP and other XML-based protocols.
.NET is Microsoft's next-generation component technology. It is designed from the ground up to simplify component development and deployment, as well as to support interoperability between programming languages.
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COM and .NET Component Services
Despite its innovations and modern design, .NET is essentially a component technology. Like COM, .NET provides you with the means to rapidly build binary components, and Microsoft intends for .NET to eventually succeed COM. Like COM, .NET does not provide its own component services. Instead, .NET relies on COM+ to provide it with instance management, transactions, activity-based synchronization, granular role-based security, disconnected asynchronous queued components, and loosely coupled events. The .NET namespace that contains the types necessary to use COM+ services was named System.EnterpriseServices to reflect the pivotal role it plays in building .NET enterprise applications.
A .NET component that uses COM+ services is called a serviced component to distinguish it from the standard managed components in .NET. If you are not familiar with .NET, you should first read Appendix C or pick up a copy of .NET Framework Essentials by Thuan Thai and Hoang Lam (O'Reilly, 2001).
If you are already familiar with the basic .NET concepts, such as the runtime, assemblies, garbage collection, and C# (pronounced "C sharp"), continue reading. This chapter shows you how to create .NET serviced components that can take advantage of the COM+ component services that you have learned to apply throughout this book.
Table of Contents
- Developing Serviced Components
- .NET Assemblies and COM+ Applications
- Registering Assemblies
- Configuring Serviced Components
- Application Activation Type
- The Description Attribute
- Accessing the COM+ Context
- COM+ Context Attributes
- COM+ Object Pooling
- COM+ Just-in-Time Activation
- COM+ Constructor String
- COM+ Transactions
- COM+ Synchronization
- Programming the COM+ Catalog
- COM+ Security
- COM+ Queued Components
- COM+ Loosely Coupled Events


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- Group Stories : Is It Fantasy?
Is It Fantasy?
Is It Fantasy
Sometimes I think I want to have an orgy, many naked hot bodies, just all over each other. Is that a bad thing???
Here is how I picture it to be.
Saturday night, and we are hosting our first adult party in our newly finished party room. The beer is ready, bar stocked, pool table, darts, ping pong all set up. Because it is an adult party, no live music from the kids band, but we have lots of cd?s to play.
I am excited, and a little anxious, mixing some of our old friends, with new friends, who will show, who will not. We are looking to have fun. Who knows how the night will end, hopefully all will have had a good time.
People arrive, we talk, dance, have some drinks, got a game of pool going, everyone is having fun. I am having a blast, a few drinks, warming up, the dancing getting more sensual. The night goes on, and eventually the non party, ?fun? people leave. Now just a few couples left, some of the true adult party goers.
People are getting warmer, flirting with one another, soon the women are challenged to do some strip tease dancing. What the hell, the stage area is empty, since there is no live band. It is decided there will be a contest, the best strip tease, the winner gets to initiate what she wants for play. This is going to be fun. There are three women in the contest, we are looking at cd?s, picking out our dance music. No rules to the strip, do as you please, mmm, lots of fun.
Ready, start, the first contestant is a petite brunette, nice sized chest, the rest in good shape. She is using the breast advantage for her sensual, strip dance. Up on the stage, teasingly taking off all on top, playing, caressing her breasts. The guys are loving it. Next up, a somewhat reserved blonde, tall, knockout legs, which she uses to her advantage. She has on a short skirt, heels to start, she takes her time with the garter and stockings. She finds a mic stand, and practically makes love to it. Oh yea, the guys are roaring. I am up next, I don?t have any of the advantages that the other contestants did. My advantage is that I am sensual, touchy feely person. I take my dance off the stage area, dance and teasingly strip around the guys, touching them, rubbing up against them, grabbing hubby and sticking my tongue down his throat. Soon, I am naked, all of the women, are, we are all teasing the guys. I should say that there are 5 guys, 3 women, and we are all hot and bothered. I dare the guys to do a strip for the women, they all oblige, soon everyone is touching everyone.
My one secret fantasy, to have many hands, tongues, cocks coming at me at once, and to reciprocate in turn. Looks like my fantasy is a reality, and I let myself be free. I look around, everyone is just a tangle of legs, arms, naked bodies, the pool table has its cover on, thank goodness. I am being licked, there are breast in my face, I don?t care who belongs to what, as long as all are happy. And by the sounds, all are happy. One by one, people disengage, put some clothes on, get a drink, all sated for the time being. We dance, visit, drink, eventually call it a night. As guest are leaving, we kiss, each and everyone, thanks for the fun, we hope to do it again, soon.
Time to clean up, turn out the lights, hubby and I are left alone, the music is still playing, I grab him and we dance. A slow, sensual dance, kissing, touching, soon disrobed again. Oh yes, he still has it, we are all over one another, pleasing, licking, teasing, fucking, until we are both exhausted. Yes, we will do this again, and soon.
Those that are afraid to be free, let themselves just enjoy do not know what they are missing. It just enhances, brings excitement into the relationship, fun for one, fun for all. I am game, are you????


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2011: Embarks on her freshman campaign with the Spartan squad ... will look to gain experience as a rookie this year ... will strive to improve and develop throughout the campaign.
Personal: Is an international relations major ... is the daughter of Victor and Anna Bonney ... born on June 10, 1992 ... names her parents as the people she most admires ... hobbies include writing, guitar, and sleeping ... her most significant athletic achievement is being a varsity athlete since her sophomore year in high school ... after graduation she plans on establishing a career and continuing her education by working toward a master's degree, and traveling as much as possible.


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Will Wright's Spore To Release Sept. 7th 186
After several delays and much anticipation, Spore looks like it will finally be coming out this year. EA has announced a September 7th release date for the game. The only confirmed platforms so far are Windows PCs, Macintoshes, the Nintendo DS and various mobile phones. Wright wants the Wii, 360, and PS3 to have the game, but they're not firm 'yes'es yet. Newsweek's LevelUp blog is celebrating the announcement with a series of interviews. N'Gai Croal spoke to Will Wright, and the man himself tries to convince us why it's been worth the wait, and (oh yeah) why it has taken so long. Croal also sat down with the game's Executive Producer, Lucy Bradshaw, who explains how the game has settled onto other platforms like the DS and mobile phones.


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This is the best example I've seen in a long time of why I read the obituaries. The dead person is John S. Barry, whom I'd never heard of. Now, I'd heard of — and, like everyone else — used WD-40, but I'd never thought about its origin. Did you know it was created for the space program?
Convair, a unit of General Dynamics, first used WD-40 to protect the outer skin of the Atlas missile from rust and corrosion. The product worked so well that employees sneaked WD-40 cans out of the plant to use at home. Norm Larsen, the Rocket Chemical technician who invented WD-40, soon came up with the idea of selling it to the general public.Go read the whole thing, written by Douglas Martin. And keep reading the obituaries.
WD-40 hit store shelves in San Diego in 1958. In 1961, employees came in on a Saturday to produce the first truckload shipment to meet disaster needs of victims of Hurricane Carla on the Gulf Coast. WD-40 was used to recondition flood-damaged vehicles.
Sales continued to increase, but it was the arrival of Mr. Barry as president and chief executive in 1969 that jolted the company to dominance in its unusual niche market. He immediately changed the name of Rocket Chemical to the WD-40 Company, on the indisputable theory that it did not make rockets.
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It's never easy to make a lasting impression on a football field when you're routinely giving up a half-foot and at least 30 pounds to every player you compete against — unless you're Hampton High's Dion Futch.
At just 5-foot-7 and 155 pounds, if Futch weren't so active, it might be difficult to even notice him on the field. As it stands, he plays every position that gives him a chance to touch the ball. This season, he has played safety, kickoff and punt returner, wide receiver, running back, holder, quarterback in Hampton's version of the "wildcat" offense (coach Mike Smith calls it the "crabcake"), holder for field goals and extra points and even a little linebacker.
Despite his versatility, Futch is having a hard time garnering much attention from college recruiters, and that all goes back to his diminutive stature. He doesn't have any scholarship offers and hasn't heard from any college coaches this fall. That's why Futch has played all season with a two-word motto: Play big.
"I'm just going to try to play big," Futch said. "I think (college) coaches are going to want to see me play big because I'm not that big myself."
He has done nothing short of that this season.
Coming in to Friday night's 20-19 overtime win against Bethel, he had 16 carries for 125 yards (7.8 yards per carry). He has 21 receptions for 463 yards (22 yards per catch). He has scored 12 touchdowns in five ways: four receiving, three via punt returns, two on kickoff returns, two rushing and one on an interception return.
"He's a great player," Smith said. "We try to get him anywhere we can get the ball in his hands. He's a stout little kid. He's got good vision. He's got good speed. He's got good hands, but his vision is the best thing. He's a fearless little guy. Right now, the only place we haven't put him is offensive line, and he could probably do a decent job up there."
Though he won't intimidate many players at first glance, Futch may stack up pound-for-pound as one of the most physically gifted players in the Peninsula District. He has been clocked in the 40-yard dash at 4.5 seconds. He maxes out in the bench press at 250 pounds.
Futch sprained his left ankle early in the first quarter against Bethel when his ankle was fallen on in the middle of a pile. He returned in overtime, but only to serve as the holder on what ended up being Matt Cass' decisive extra point.
Futch said Saturday his ankle was feeling much better. He was walking around without crutches and with only a slight limp. He expects to play next weekend against Phoebus.
Toughness never has been an issue for Futch. He has played hockey since he was 6 years old — roller hockey between the ages of 6 and 10, and ice hockey since he was 10. Now, he plays center for the Peninsula Prowl in an area travel "A" league.
"It's really fun," said Futch, who carries a 3.1 grade-point average and is in the International Baccalaureate program. "Every practice and every game is very exciting."
He seems to have a knack for generating excitement. At Liberty University's football camp this summer, he took away the best-camper award after showing his skills at wide receiver and defensive back. He also participated in camps at Virginia, James Madison and Old Dominion.
Smith said Futch compares favorably to other productive smaller players who played for Hampton, including Almondo Curry and Mouse Jennings, but the player Futch most reminds Smith of is former Hampton and U.Va. quarterback Marques Hagans.
"He's a little faster than Marques," said Smith, who added he has used Futch as a decoy at times this season when he has been double-teamed. "He just can't throw the ball like Marques did."
Futch said Liberty's coaches told him at the summer camp they'd watch him in Hampton's first few games, and if they didn't offer him a partial or full scholarship, they'd invite him as a recruited walk-on. He said JMU's coaches also told him they'd be in touch with him. He's still waiting.
"I haven't talked to any coaches since the season started," Futch said. "It's a little frustrating that some schools said they were going to contact me and they didn't. I'm just waiting, and I'm going to continue playing as hard as I have been. Some things should come if I do well."
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Hunting simulator has reached nearly 170,000 in six years
Nearly 26,000 would-be hunters got some hands-on experience using the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks' Laser-Shot Hunting Simulator in 2006. KDWP's Hunter Education staff began using the system in 2001. A total of about 170,000 people have used this educational tool in six years of use.
Four Laser-Shot systems are used throughout the state for hunter education classes and Hunter Recruitment & Retention Program events. The simulators provides challenging, realistic shooting experiences and lessons on ethical shot selections.
Ed Augustine, Junction City Hunter Education Section program specialist, has compiled data on use of the agency's four Laser-Shot systems for 2006:
- 52 Hunter Education events including 1,895 students;
- 103 Hunter Recruitment & Retention events including 23,981 shooters; and
- 155 total events reaching 25,876 people.
While these figures represent a decrease in the number of events from the previous year, they also reveal an increase of 3,010 participants over 2005. In addition, Laser-Shot operators, assisted by other hunter education instructors, distributed more than 20,000 child safety gun locks to students and the public.
Laser system team members include Ted Billingsley, Solomon; Dennis Vincent, Leavenworth; Kent Barrett, Winona; and Augustine.
Funding for the program is provided by KDWP's Hunter Education Section and the Pass It On Program.


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Condom Fair 2009University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Health Education Coordinator
Akina Takahashi
Graduate Assistant
The Health Promotion Office of University Health Services-Manoa is excited to announce the 2009 Condom Fair. It will be held on Friday, February 13th from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the University of Hawaii Campus Center Mall. The Health Promotion Office anticipates approximately 2,000 students to attend this year's Condom Fair.
The purpose of the Condom Fair is to promote a healthier lifestyle, through the appropriate and consistent use of condoms, healthy sexual decision-making, and good communication. The Condom Fair is not meant to promote sexual activity, however for students who do choose to be sexually active, condoms are the safest way to protect against sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancies. The Condom Fair 2009 aims to educate students about healthy relationships in a fun and relaxed atmosphere.
This year, participants for Condom Fair 2009 include Planned Parenthood, Kulia Na Mamo, the Waikiki Health Center, Life Foundation, and Power 104.3 FM will provide entertainment. Condom Fair 2009 will offer free massages and educational activities such as the condom race and "Pin the Condom on Jack." Prizes and giveaways are available such as condom roses, condom key chains, lubricant, candy, and other fun Valentine's Day items.
For more information, please contact Akina Takahashi or Kristen Scholly at 956-8060.Health Promotion OfficeUniversity Health Services-Manoa2600 Campus Road, Room 313Honolulu, HI 96822


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Vicente Vuoso produced a real moment of magic for Atlas in their 3-3 draw against Club Tijuana last night (Friday).
The Mexican international striker - who spent a season at Manchester City without making an appearance - pulled his side back into a match they looked set to lose in the process, delivering the brilliant strike on 70 minutes.
Vuoso had already opened the scoring for his side early, but a hat-trick from Dario Benedetto appeared to be giving the three Liga MX points to the hosts.
Vuoso had other ideas, however, chesting the ball up in the air with his back to goal from roughly 18-yards out.
The 31-year-old proceeded to score an incredible overhead-kick, catching the keeper out with his quick effort and beating him low to the left.
And, the recovery was complete on 84 minutes, when Edson Rivera slotted home the equaliser.
There is little doubt what the moment of the match was though, and you can watch Vuoso's goal below. Let us know what you think is the best overhead-kick ever seen...
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(RNN) – In two days, we will have reached the future.
Although, if you think about it, every second of your life is spent in the future. Or, perhaps, since it takes eight minutes for sunlight to reach the Earth, all of our time is spent in the past. Or maybe since each second is the future, but the light is from the past, they cancel each other out and that's how we get the present?
My head hurts.
Don't think about it too much. Just revel in the fact that another year has gone by and you have your health and blah, blah, blah, all that other crap people are always talking about.
Before getting into it, I must admit I made a mistake last week. I previewed to this week of the attack on Nancy Kerrigan. It was Jan. 6, which I had thought was Sunday due to looking at a 2013 calendar. Anyway, it's worth waiting another week for. If you're reading because of that, thank you for the page view and we'll see you next week.
Here are some of the events of note that happened between Dec. 30 and Jan. 5, excluding Jan. 1, which has gotten too mainstream to be included with all these other loser days and will get a separate article.
Tommy Morrison was born Jan. 2, 1969. Morrison is best known for his boxing career and his role as Tommy Gunn in Rocky V. He claimed to be John Wayne's grandnephew, but the claim is unverified.
Anna Lee was born Jan. 2, 1913, and starred with Wayne in Fort Apache. She also played Sister Margaretta in The Sound of Music. Robert Duvall was born Jan. 5, 1931, and played villain Ned Pepper opposite Wayne in True Grit. Among other roles, Duvall has starred in To Kill a Mockingbird, The Godfather and The Natural. I could use this as another excuse to link to the climactic gunfight from True Grit, but I'll instead go with Duvall's famous line from Apocalypse Now.
Iron Eyes Cody died Jan. 4, 1999. Even though he wasn't a Native American, Cody is famous for his portrayal of them and lived as if he were, claiming he was part Cherokee. He appeared in several movies, including The Big Trail with John Wayne and playing Crazy Horse in Sitting Bull. But his most famous role was in the "Keep America Beautiful" anti-littering campaign.
J.R.R. Tolkien was born Jan. 3, 1892, Tiger Woods was born Dec. 30, 1975, "Jungle" Jack Hanna was born Jan. 2, 1947, Sergio Leone was born Jan. 3, 1929, John Denver was born Dec. 31, 1943, Mel Gibson was born Jan. 3, 1956, Bo Diddley was born Dec. 30, 1928, and Bozo the Clown (real name Larry Harmon) was born Jan. 2, 1925.
James Bond was born Jan. 4, 1900, but not the one you're thinking of. Bond - James Bond - was an ornithologist. Ian Fleming, who created the character James Bond was an avid bird watcher and was familiar with the real life James Bond and used his name for his books. In a twist of irony, Bond died Feb. 14, 1989, 95 years after another James Bond - a football player in the 1920s - was born.
Both halves of one of the most famous plays in football history - Eli Manning and David Tyree - were born Jan. 3. Manning (born in 1981) threw the pass to Tyree (born in 1980) who caught it by securing the ball to the side of his helmet in Super Bowl XLII.
Louis Braille, who invented a way for blind people to read, was born Jan. 4, 1809. He died Jan. 6, 1852.
Calvin Coolidge died Jan. 5, 1933, Saddam Hussein was hanged Dec. 30, 2006, and Roberto Clemente was killed in a plane crash Dec. 31, 1972. The pilot's body and parts of the plane were recovered, but Clemente's body was never found.
In things I wish there was video of, Leonardo da Vinci tested a flying machine and failed Jan. 3, 1496. Fewer things are funnier than old footage of people trying to fly and failing miserably (the modern stuff is great, too), and if video of someone as famous as Leonardo da Vinci doing it existed, that would be the best video clip ever made.
From great video to terrible video, Congress was first televised Jan. 3, 1947, and Thomas Edison filmed the electrocution of an elephant Jan. 4, 1903, in an effort to convince the public alternating current was dangerous. You can see the video here if you want. It's not graphic, but it's still unnerving.
Edison did something more reputable Dec. 31, 1879, when he demonstrated incandescent lighting for the first time.
Utah became a state Jan. 4, 1896, and since it was the filming location of The Conqueror and may have killed John Wayne, it has to leave. Alaska became a state Jan. 3, 1959. Alaska is full of bears and I'm not about to do anything to make bears upset, so Alaska can stay.
Great Britain imposed a tax on windows Dec. 31, 1695, Manhattan Bridge opened Dec. 31, 1909, the world's tallest building - Burj Khalifa - opened Jan. 4, 2010, and a blue moon and lunar eclipse occurred Dec. 31, 2009.
The first New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square was held Dec. 31, 1907.
I maybe should have just kept the Kerrigan attack in this week because there isn't much in the way of sports, but two pretty cool hockey things did happen this week. I don't know much about hockey, but I know Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux were really good at it.
Gretzky scored five goals Dec. 30, 1981, to become the fastest player to reach 50 goals in a season. It took him 39 games, breaking the previous record of 50. The record still stands and led a season where Gretzky set records with 92 goals, 120 assists and 212 points, becoming the first player to reach 200 points in a season.
Lemieux scored five goals Dec. 31, 1988, and got each one a different way, becoming the only player in NHL history to do so. His goals were scored, in order, power-play, short-handed, even strength, penalty shot and on an empty net.
The Battle of Princeton was fought Jan. 3, 1777. Following the victory at Trenton and a failed British offensive the night before, George Washington attacked British forces near Princeton and won an easy victory.
The battle was minor by British standards, and the British Army did not consider Princeton or Trenton to be major losses, but the British Army nevertheless retreated from New Jersey following the defeats. Historians now believe the victories changed the course of the war in the colonists' favor.
Following his defection to the British Army, Benedict Arnold led a raid on Richmond, VA, by the British Navy and burned much of the city.
Jan. 4 is Trivia Day. I've provided you with tons of useless information over the last year, but never a trivia question. Here goes. Who was named Time's Person of the Year in 2006? The answer can be found here.
You can celebrate further by playing Trivial Pursuit, but only do so if your answers are spelled correctly.
"Those were the days."
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Holland looking for better results next season
By T.R. Sullivan / 12/11/12 8:52 PM ET
ARLINGTON -- Sometime around Thanksgiving, Rangers pitcher Derek Holland went to see club president Nolan Ryan. They met in Ryan's office overlooking Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
"I tracked him down, he didn't come looking for me," Holland said Tuesday.
They didn't talk mustaches or commiserate over Michigan losing to Ohio State in football. Ryan doesn't share Holland's passion for the Wolverines.
They do share a passion for pitching, and Holland wanted to have a serious discussion with baseball's all-time leader in strikeouts and no-hitters.
"We talked about location," Holland said. "When I didn't have good games, it was because I got beat down the middle. I've got to find a way when I'm not having a good game to still stay away from the middle of the plate. We talked about that, and he gave me some drills that I could do."
Erratic location is the best reason to explain why Holland gave up 32 home runs, fifth most in the American League in 2012. It also helps explain why Holland's final record of 12-7 with a 4.67 ERA was a relative disappointment after he went 16-5 with a 3.95 ERA in '11. The Rangers were hoping that he would build upon that. Instead, Holland seemed to regress, although missing one month because of the effects of a nasty stomach virus didn't help.
"Consistency," Holland said. "The big thing is being consistent. I would have two good starts and a bad start, two good starts and a bad start. I never stayed on the same path. I definitely want to get back to where I was two years ago."
Rotation teammate Matt Harrison serves as his inspiration. Harrison was 14-9 with a 3.39 ERA for the Rangers in 2011 and definitely did not regress. Instead, he went 18-11 with a 3.29 ERA in '12, made the American League All-Star team and was the Rangers Pitcher of the Year.
"I'd like to do what he did last year," Holland said. "Harry did a great job for us, everybody kind of overlooks what he did. I'm using that as motivation."
Harrison and Holland are part of a rotation that also includes Yu Darvish, a 16-game winner. The Rangers are also moving Alexi Ogando back into the rotation. He was an All-Star as a starter in 2011 before being moved back to the bullpen this past season. The Rangers have already decided to use him as a starter in '13, and they're still looking for a fifth starter.
"I feel confident with the four guys that we have," Holland said. "We need to see who the fifth guy is going to be, but having Ogando back is great. He showed he could dominate the year before. He was an All-Star."
The Rangers have three All-Stars in the rotation in Darvish, Harrison and Ogando. Then there is Holland. He is already done much work with pitching coach Mike Maddux, and he has also spent time on the mental side with team psychologist Don Kalkstein. A trip to the office of the local Hall of Fame pitcher may also prove beneficial for an important member of the Rangers' rotation.
"I have to step up big-time," he said. "We have what it takes to really go somewhere."


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