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Uhh.. no way. I honestly can't understand why some people are so intent on connecting the two worlds..
Speculation and Theories: anime speculation thread for anime-only viewers.
Spoilers and Speculation: anime speculation thread for light novel readers/those familiar with the source material.
|2012-09-08, 00:12
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Quick question; when does the most recent story arc take place? I know Sword Art Online has spanned several years so far, and the Accel World anime has covered a fair amount of ground in a short time (Autumn 2046 -> April 2047). How much time has passed in the novels?
|2012-09-08, 06:11
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Can anyone advise if Taku is really a spy for the blue legion? The blue king did let him leave and join kuros legion with the minimum of fuss which makes me think theres something going on there, also a few times in the anime it looks like taku is about to confess something to haru then doesnt.
Also what happens with the Chiyu, Haru, Taku love triangle?
|2012-09-08, 17:24
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|2012-09-09, 13:40
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|2012-09-14, 09:03
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Can anyone confirm me that in novel vol 4 , the article Haruyuki read only have Nerve Gear. When I watch anime, it sudden occupied to me, Kawahara said AC is an alter future of SAO. If this world didn't have Amu Sphere, maybe SAO incident this not happened. Then Asuna and Kirito did not meet each other and remain the way they are.
|2012-09-22, 14:43
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Let say something far stretch, what possibility of a timeline where SAO incident did not happen. Episode 22 have NerveGear but not AmuSphere.
About WC, her name(name in AC have important meaning, it tell basic trait of Avatar as well as personality), skill, action gave impression of hollow and vanity yet brilliant and magnificent.
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Continued from the Q&A thread:
First, allow us to lay down the facts about black and white that we DO know for sure:
1. Both colours are at the opposite end of a spectrum that governs a certain quality of an avatar
2. Said quality is independent of attack type (covered by the colour wheel) and avatar resistance (covered by the metal chart)
3. The following avatars are near white or actually white: Ardor Maiden, Sky Raker, Trilead Tetraoxide, Ash Roller, Sand Duct, Saffron Blossom and White Cosmos.
4. The following avatars are near black or actually black: Blood Leopard, Dusk Taker, Aqua Current, Graphite Edge, Black Vice and Black Lotus.
Now, the reason why I said black or colorless could possibly represent fear is due to the following:
1. Blood Leopard, a red avatar, uses biting as her main form of offense and also has 2 special attacks that relate to biting. As this goes against her position on the colour chart, we must look at her position on the white-black spectrum. As you can see, Blood Leopard sits rather close to black or colorless. As such, we can assume that this must be the culprit responsible for such an attack style.
2. Black Vise and Black Lotus, both being pure black avatars, should have at least a single similarity, even though both avatars underwent different development.
3. We have never seen Aqua Current attacking anybody, merely witness her defensive abilities. Memory Leak does not count as it is an IS ability, which is related to filling her emotional scar, wheras it is the emotional scar itself that is responsible for her avatar.
4. We do not know enough of Graphite Edge at this point of time to gleam any information.
5. Dusk Taker utilizes both range types by stealing the required body parts/ abilities/ Enhanced Armaments, rather than it being an original part of his avatar. This fits in with his position on the colour wheel as a purple avatar, but we must remember that this was bought about by his stealing ability. As Demonic Commandeer can be categorized under no other colour, besides yellow, which is in fact nearly directly opposite his position on the colour wheel and therefore making it impossible for it to be a yellow ability, we must again look to his position on the white-black spectrum. Thus, again we must assume that his position in relation to the black or colourless portion is responsible.
Taking these factors into consideration, we get fear.
You are correct to say that fear is subjective, but there are things people fear universally: having your belongings stolen from you (Dusk Taker), being sliced in half (Black Lotus), the darkness [We were all born being afraid of the dark in one way or another.] (Black Vice), being crushed to death (Black Vice) and monsters from most mythos are always described as having sharp teeth, which always means a nasty bite (Blood Leopard).
Now that you have seen my rationality for my conclusion, are you still going to throw it out of the window and casually dismiss it as groundless ?
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Certainly, I don't see how White Cosmos seems opposite of any Black avatar we know. If anything, a total lack of offensive abilities would seem to qualify her as weird enough to be Black herself.
However, that assumes that purely or nearly Black and White avatars are not specialized in ways that one could define as "types of attack".
Yet, Black Lotus is primarily focused on direct close range combat, and Black Vise is evidently suited for indirect long range combat. Two avatars which are pure Black, and they are designed for completely different tactics which seem like they ought to be Blue and Orange.
What similarities do they share? Do these similarities set them apart from Blue and Orange avatars?
You mention the possibility that they underwent different development, but do you imagine it's plausible that at Level 1, Black Lotus wasn't made of blades and Black Vise wasn't made of panels?
Their names suggest otherwise. Lotus seems a poetic way of referring to her many blades (as petals, you see) and how she floats (a lotus being a flower that floats on water). Vise would refer to Static Pressure, the move which traps opponents in a crushing vise made of panels.
Further, White Cosmos herself seems like she can be defined as a Yellow avatar. Because if she lacks any direct attacks at all, then that clearly means she has one specific attack type: Indirect.
That is, if Raker has no weapon, she needs to rush into close-range combat to defeat her opponent. And even though Roller rushes into to direct collide with his opponents, he is protected from the collision by his bike, which also works as a sort of shield against counterattacks.
But Sand Duct makes no sense as a Yellowish avatar. His main attack (Sand Blaster) is long-range and direct. His body is huge, and though we never see him throw a punch, it seems like he ought to have a lot of weight behind it. Likewise, his size suggests that he can absorb a lot of damage before going down.
The only thing that would make the whole thing sensible is if Sand Blaster is actually very weak at dealing damage, and instead is primarily intended to push a target away. That, combined with Molecular Driver, gives Sand Duct the power to push and pull his opponents -- indirectly affecting the battle by controlling their distance relative to himself.
Sand Blaster inflicting only minor damage directly also helps explain how Aqua Current absorbed a shot with no apparent effect. Even if she has a resistance based on her body, Sand Duct is two levels higher. Silver Crow is strong against piercing attacks, but with an advantage of three levels, Cyan Pile used a piercing attack to sever his arm clean off.
On that note, I do agree that Demonic Comandeer itself was an indirect ability, and as such should have been Yellow.
Considering all that, his Purplish color makes just as little sense as Blood Leopard's Reddishness: None.
In fact, if Dusk Taker and Blood Leopard have one similarity, it's that they're on the completely opposite sides of the color wheel than they should be. Purplish Taker should be Yellow, and Red-Orangish Leopard should be Blue.
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Spoiler for White Cosmos:
"...the metallic names «Metal Color», instead of attack, these are best at defense affinity.
"Your «Silver» included, the metallic colors are very rare, it is a strong color type. It has resistance against cutting, piercing, heat and poison attacks, and attack strength when using it's hard metallic body for close combat is not low. But of course it has weaknesses. Corrosion attacks are it's natural enemy, and it is also weak against blunt attacks."
So it seems that Silver is a <<Close Combat Direct Attack>> type after all. Each of the metal colors might have an associated attack strategy as well as defense strategy.
Which only makes sense. The attack strategies of the chromatic colors are also forms of defense, so that they have strategies to apply towards survival as well as victory. But if all the metallic colors can do well is absorb hits, then they would just be green.
Further, all metallic colors have have as many vulnerabilities as resistances. Therefore, they cannot be said to specialize in defense. Rather, it must be said that their defenses are specialized.
Since their resistances have so many exceptional vulnerabilities, just about any enemy can try to exploit at least one. This means metallic avatars cannot rely on defense like Greens, so they also need a specialized method of attack in order to achieve victory.
Gold is likely vulnerable to all forms of physical damage, and thus likely favors a long-range strategy (Gilgamesh!). Conversely, the avatar known as Iron Pound is almost certainly <<Close Combat Direct>>.
In total, this makes all metallic avatars more specialized than any chromatic avatar, since each metallic color is specialized in one particular form of attack AND against various forms of damage.
Recently in the fanfic thread, you made the convincing argument that the most highly-specialized avatars in the game are, in a way, the most powerful. That would make metallic avatars the most powerful avatars in the game, since each of them is double-specialized, and not one of them is an impure "alloy".
This even explains the paradox of Kuroyukihime's two statements. Though she says all avatars of the same level are essentially equal, she also says that metallic colors are "strong". Other Burst Linkers also comment that Crow should be strong because he's silver.
Theoretically, Silver Crow is equal. In practice, his double-specialization is a greater advantage than even a King of Pure Color's single-specialization.
Yet, it is true that Leopard and Taker are, apparently, on the completely opposite side of the chromatic wheel than they should be, and that both are darker shades. There might be a connection that is not readily obvious.
Alternatively, the author is simply breaking his own rules. After all, he can't call a vampiric cat "Blood Leopard" if she's blue.
"Yellow Taker" would have looked more comical than ominous. Just look at Sulphur Pot, who needed to ride a gigantic black dragon to look particular threatening. Yellow Radio looks like a clown; if he hadn't appeared in ambush with half his legion, would he have seemed properly intimidating?
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Adam's journey and documentation of her stay on the remote island of Pitcairn is a powerful and unsettling exploration of a 'Paradise Lost'. 'Big Fence / Pitcairn Island' is the first in-depth photographic project to take place on the island.
In 2015, Adam travelled to the remote island community of Pitcairn, the last British overseas territory in the South Pacific. The island measures just two miles by one mile, today just one child and 42 islanders remain, descendants from the Mutiny on the Bounty. In 2004, the island's romantic image was tarnished by a string of high profile sexual abuse trials; as a result, islanders are particularly reticent about accepting outsiders. With her trip duration dictated by the quarterly supply vessel, there would be no way off for three arduous months.
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Diagnosis and Staging of Prostate Cancer
If you or a loved one experience any of the symptoms or signs associated with prostate cancer, you must immediately make an appointment with a physician. There's a range of tests to determine whether you have prostate cancer.
Digital rectal examination (DRE)
This is the first and most routine test. In fact, many prostate problems are discovered during this exam, which is a standard part of routine checkups for middle-aged males. Your doctor will be able to feel your prostate gland after gently inserting a lubricated and gloved finger in your rectum. A healthy gland is soft and fleshy. Cancerous prostates can be hard, even stony to the feel. However, only up to one-third of diseased prostates are undetectable by feel, so this won't be your doctor's only means of diagnosis.
PSA test
PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) is a substance that's only produced in the prostate. Under normal conditions, very little PSA will leak into the bloodstream, but the patient can have an elevated degree of leakage if the prostate is cancerous. However, this can also occur if the patient has a less serious condition known as BPH, also called benign (non-cancerous) enlargement or an infection in the prostate,
Biopsy Done with Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)
Sometimes a physician will be able to suspect cancer based on an ultrasound image. But more commonly, a biopsy must be performed. With the aid of an ultrasound device on the end of a transrectal probe, your doctor will remove several small sections of the prostate for microscopic examination. This is done during the course of a 20-30 minute outpatient procedure. During the examination phase, a pathologist will be able to determine whether the prostate is cancerous, and the stage of development.
Staging of Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is assigned a "stage," which is a way of judging the extent of the cancer. The spectrum of the seriousness of the disease takes it from such slow growth that no treatment is necessary, to immediately life-threatening. If cancer is diagnosed, your physician will explain what stage your condition is in, and the treatment you should undergo.
Gleason Score
Prostate cancer is also ranked by level of "aggressiveness." For this, the Gleason grading system is most commonly used. A Gleason score of 2 to 4 is the mildest and most treatable form of the disease. A score in the 8 to 10 range is the most serious and least responsive to treatment. Most patients have scores in the 6-7 range.
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CHESTER, Pa. — Jaime Castrillon and Tony Cascio scored and the Colorado Rapids defeated the Philadelphia Union 2-1 on Sunday.
The Rapids (2-0) played short-handed for more than 36 minutes and continued their strong play after a 2-0 win over Columbus in the opener.
Castrillon put the Rapids ahead 1-0 in the 56th minute when he corralled a loose ball in front of the net and tapped the ball past Philadelphia goalkeeper Zac MacMath.
Omar Cummings, who picked up an assist, sent the crossing pass toward MacMath, but the ball slipped through his fingers.
Colorado kept the pressure on after midfielder Jeff Larentowicz received a red card in the 58th minute.
In the 62nd minute, Cascio's goal extended the Rapids' advantage.
Forward Lionard Pajoy scored in the 67th minute on a header.
The Union (0-2) began their third season following a trip to the Eastern Conference semifinals. Though Philadelphia lost to the Houston Dynamo in the two-match series, the front office brought in 14 new players this season.
So far, it's been a struggle.
Philadelphia lost 3-1 at Portland last Monday and managed just one goal again.
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The wearing of the green
Today is St. Patrick's Day 2019 — the day for the wearin' o' the green.
March 17 has been celebrated for centuries in honor of an Irish saint who helped Christianize that land in the fourth and fifth centuries. He supposedly used a shamrock to explain the Christian concept of the Holy Trinity to his converts.
In any event, the religious holiday we mark today honors his efforts to replace Ireland's druidism with Christianity. He toiled for three decades as a bishop on the Emerald Isle and this date marking his death in 461 remains a holy day in both the Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland.
Legend credits him with driving all the snakes out of Ireland, but internet sources indicate the country probably never had any after the Ice Age.
Modern celebrations of St. Patrick's Day tend to focus more on secular things like parades, parties, festivals and Irish whiskey. One of the interesting things we found while researching this piece is that the town of Dripsey in the Irish County of Cork supposedly has the shortest St. Patrick's Day parade. It is only 100 yards long — the distance between the town's two pubs.
Here in the United States, many of us will also celebrate with a corned beef and cabbage dinner, cooked up with a bunch of potatoes and other veggies. Perhaps, we'll raise a stout or two in salute to St. Paddy.
So, as a sign on the Guinness Brewery Warehouse in Dublin says, "Everyone's Irish on March 17th." Put on some green, have some corned beef and celebrate — moderately — the Patron Saint of Ireland.
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It's fair to state that almost all women love fashion and putting on beautiful clothing. It's most likely equally fair to state, that just a minority of ladies decide to put on dresses in their clothing. Many reasons exist with this, but mostly it is a result of an absence in confidence within their capability to carry-off an informal and natural air when putting on dresses.
However, there's anything simple, or easy, to put on than the usual casual dress. Here, we'll offer top tips on the kinds of dresses currently available, with the hope that by understanding just a little, lots of confidence could be acquired which possibly a couple of more women will test out their clothing and start to put on dresses with poise and self-assurance. If only one lady changes her mind, and decides to test out dresses, then this information has done its job properly.
There are numerous types of dress, which may be broken into different groups based on their cut. There are lots of types of dress, in the casual dress that may be worn every single day, towards the formal dress that's generally worn only on special events. Within this latter category may be the gown, made famous through various fairytales, for example Cinderella and Rapunzel – and lots of women spend their childhoods dreaming about the chance whenever they can finally put on an outfit themselves.
In their adult years, there are lots of possibilities for putting on this type of dress, noticably would be the finish-of-school Dinner Dance, graduation events, and first and foremost, weddings. Clothing style dress is perhaps probably the most feminine type of dress, flattering the figure in a fashion that is of interest, but, not very revealing. Although they aren't 'sexy' meaning that the black outfits might be, they're supremely alluring nevertheless.
Past the gown, there are numerous types of casual dress, like the small-dress, the sheath dress, the shift dress, the sweater dress…so much in fact, actually, that ladies are spoilt for choice. And because of the incredible selection of dresses available, there's certain to become a cut/style to match the most ardent of dress-protesters! Dresses can produce a statement around the world about the kind of person you're, saying 'I am confident, chic, and certain of who I am' – not one other item of clothing can boast quite that status, using the exception, possibly, from the stiletto heel.
Different countries have different traditions with regards to putting on dresses, and even, even just in the United kingdom, before the Women's Movement from the 1960s, it had been practically uncommon for ladies to put on pants!
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Microsoft has launched an application called Kinect PlayFit as a free download for all Xbox Live members, the publisher said today.
Kinect PlayFit is a "new fitness dashboard that aggregates and tracks the calories you burn as you play a variety of Kinect games," Microsoft says. You'll be able to compare your stats to other people via leaderboards and earn Achievements, Gamerscore, and Avatar Awards based on how much you accomplish.
"Kinect PlayFit inspires an active and healthy lifestyle through fun and play," Xbox Live's Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb wrote on his blog today.
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Lawyers for ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) have begun presenting their defense against the state of New Hampshire's claims that the oil giant should pay hundreds of millions of dollars to clean up groundwater contamination from the gasoline additive MTBE.
Jurors returned Monday following a weeklong break after spending six weeks hearing the state's witnesses.
The first defense witness is a former ExxonMobil environmental specialist who warned of MTBE's environmental hazards in the mid-1980s. Former Department of Environmental Services Commissioner Robert Varney testified that he was "shocked" ExxonMobil did not share her findings with the state, but lawyers for ExxonMobil say the information was widely available at the time.
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A stiking image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a mound within the area of a trough cutting into Mars' north polar layered deposits. The camera took this image on Sept. 2, 2008.
The north polar layered deposits are a stack of discernable layers that are rich in water-ice. The stack is up to several kilometers or miles thick. Each layer is thought to contain information about the climate that existed when it was deposited, so the stack may represent a record of how climate has varied on Mars in the recent past. We can see these internal layers exposed in troughs and scarps where erosion has cut into the stack. One of these troughs is shown in this image and contains a 500-meter (1,640-foot) thick section of the layering.
A conical mound partway down the slope stands approximately 40 meters (130 feet) high. One possible explanation for this unusual mound is that it may be the remnant of a buried impact crater now being exhumed. As the north polar layered deposits accumulated, impacts occurred throughout their surface area, then the impact craters were buried by additional ice. These buried craters are generally inaccessible to us, but, in a few locations, erosion that forms a trough (like this one) can uncover these buried structures. For reasons poorly understood, the ice beneath the site of the crater is more resistant to this erosion, so when material is removed by erosion the ice beneath the old impact site remains, forming this isolated hill.
An inspection of the full-resolution data shows that polygonal blocks, up to 10 meters (33 feet) across, make up this mound. Although covered with reddish dust, the blocks resemble ice-rich blocks seen in other exposures of the north polar layered deposits.
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PANAMA CITY � The holiday season is fast approaching and for many senior citizens, it is not a time of gifts and joy.
PANAMA CITY � The holiday season is fast approaching and for many senior citizens, it is not a time of gifts and joy.
The Be a Santa to a Senior program aims to change that.
Lee Harrell, owner of the Home Instead Senior Care office serving Bay, Jackson, Holmes, Washington, Calhoun, Liberty, Franklin and Gulf counties, said this 7-year-old program is about spreading a little joy.
�We get the names from senior centers, various facilities and nursing homes,� Harrell said. �They give us names of seniors who are alone or can�t afford anything for Christmas. We try to bring a ray of sunshine to them.�
He said starting Monday, Christmas trees will be in the three local Wal-Marts with paper ornaments. The ornaments will have a senior�s first name and wish list on it.
�The customer takes an ornament and shops the store for that ornament,� Harrell said. �In the past we have gotten so much participation, it�s unreal. The customers are so generous; they always give more than what the person asks for.�
Customers can take the purchased items, unwrapped and with the ornament, to guest services in Wal-Mart, or drop the items off at Home Instead office on Jenks Avenue.
Harrell said the participation has been a blessing.
�I�ve personally delivered some of the gifts and to look into the eyes of someone that wasn�t expecting anything is really rewarding,� Harrell said.
He said the requests on wish lists range from socks and bathrobes to toiletries and clothes.
The wish list trees will be available from today to Dec. 14 and Harrell said the engineering group at Tyndall Air Force Base volunteered to help deliver gifts. He also said local elementary schools, including Patronis, Northside and Highland Park elementary schools have volunteered to decorate the gift bags.
�The elementary schools, kids and art groups, will paint or color the outside of the paper bags to wish the seniors a merry Christmas,� Harrell said. �We�re trying to get people involved helping seniors and they really appreciate it, most of them don�t expect anything for Christmas. The volunteers really make a difference to be able to pull this thing together.�
He said if people know someone who is in need or will be alone for Christmas, call their office, 850-522-1919, give them the senior�s information and they will try to get those requests filled as well.
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I turned my sights toward Mexican cooking for one of my most recent cooking sessions. Refried beans have always been a favorite of mine. I have made several versions over the years, including my classic version, with or without corn, refried beans with pumpkin, and when the craving hits I often come up with yet another variation. Certainly not the most traditional version of this classic dish, but I have perfected the technique over the years to suit my palate. This time I have included sun-dried tomatoes. Yes, regular readers have probably noticed that I use sun-dried tomatoes A LOT. Such an important staple ingredient in my kitchen. They add extra flare to your food without overpowering the other ingredients if you are sparing with the quantity that you include.
Certainly distinct from Indian cuisine, Mexican food is actually more similar than you might think. For example, most Mexican dishes are hot and spicy and include plenty of hot chilies. The depth of flavor and complexity of the dishes that are nonetheless prepared with relative ease, also make these two rather distinct regions a perfect match for fusion style cooking. As in India, tomatoes are widely used and beans and rice are a common feature of the meal. A rough equivalent to Indian flatbreads are tortillas. Quesadillas are commonly stuffed with a variety of beans and vegetables that I consider to be a Mexican version of an Indian paratha. The spicing and choice of flours and ingredients surely vary, but I bet if you enjoy Indian cuisine, you already enjoy or will enjoy offerings from Latin America.
Consider serving these refried beans rolled up in a flour or corn tortilla, topped with some sour cream and hot sauce along with a bed of rice for a complete and satisfying vegetarian meal. Even your carnivorous friends and family will be delighted and asking for seconds.
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Cuisine: Mexican
Published on November 25, 2012
Zesty and spicy hot homemade refried beans with sun-dried tomatoes
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More Mexican dishes you are sure to enjoy from Lisa's Vegetarian Kitchen:
Black Bean and Goat Cheese Quesadillas
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Tomato Corn Chowder
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KT Desantis
Marathon 5:04
SR50 bike- 5:22
Total: 10:26
Went 52:12 and placed second at last years Leadwoman series so she knows what it takes here. She ran nearly 30:00 faster in the marathon and 30:00 faster in the SR50 races from last year. She's obviously buckled down and made some changes. This girl is strong and consistent. Definitely a favorite if she improves equally on the 100 bike and run.
Molly Johnson
Marathon 5:17
SR50 bike- 5:12
Total: 10:31
Lisa Erikson
Marathon 5:27
SR50 run 10:30 (equivalent) 6:00
Total: 11:27
She has the talent and drive to win this. If not this year, in the future for sure. She's a fighter and she's fearless... two things that I have mad respect for.
1:01 behind KT and I suspect that KT will put even more time on Lisa in the 100 bike... but KT ran 29+ hours in the 100 last year. Lisa is capable of putting 3 hours in to her on that run. Lisa can take this.
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
4 comments:
- Andy said...
If number two can run the 100 without being paced by a bicycle between treeline and fish hatchery (both directions) again this year, then number three can easily beat her.
- July 17, 2013
- Lucho said...
That and illegal crewing and stashes of stuff out in the woods.
I agree completely though! #3 has a real shot here.
- July 17, 2013
- Chris Holbrook said...
I don't see the original post, so I'm asking here. Did you sign up for Boulder? I did. My first full. I'm really excited.
- July 17, 2013
- Stay Vertical said...
Go Lisa. A great person with one of the best attitudes you will ever see. Pulling for you from Idaho,
Jeremy and Brandi
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The Georgia UST Class C Operator consists of seven primary chapters. Each chapter is followed by a short quiz. Once a student has completed all chapters and quizzes, he or she will be directed to print out an Orientation Checklist. During the student's orientation tour of the facility, the student and the manager or Class B Operator will check off each item on the list as it is identified and explained. When the Orientation Checklist has been completed, the student may print his or her UST Class C operator certificate.
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What Have We Learned? Macroeconomic Policy After the Crisis
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What Have We Learned? Macroeconomic Policy After the Crisis
- Introduction: Rethinking Macro Policy II—Getting Granular
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) -- Banks in Cyprus reopened for the first time in nearly two weeks Thursday and prohibited people from withdrawing all their savings and triggering further chaos in the country's financial system.
The limits on transactions, which include caps on withdrawals and money leaving the country, are a first in the 14-year history of the euro.
Across Cyprus, large but orderly lines formed ahead of the opening of banks for six hours from noon, and guards from private security firms reinforced police outside some ATMs and banks in the capital, Nicosia.
People filed calmly into banks across the country once they had opened, and no crowd issues were reported.
The country's president, Nicos Anastasiades, expressed his "warm gratitude and deep appreciation toward the Cypriot people for the maturity and spirit of responsibility they have shown at a critical time for the stability of the Cypriot economy," a statement from his office said.
In Nicosia, one 70-year-old pensioner who only gave his name as Ioannis arrived at the bank some two hours ahead of the scheduled opening time.
"I had to come this early, I came from my village 20 kilometers away, what do they want me to do, keep coming and going?" he said.
Banks have been shut since March 16 to prevent people draining their accounts as politicians scrambled to come up with a plan to allow Cyprus to qualify for 10 billion euros ($12.9 billion) in bailout loans for its stricken banking sector.
The deal was finally reached in Brussels early Monday, and imposes severe losses on deposits of over 100,000 euros in the country's two largest banks, Laiki and Bank of Cyprus. Laiki will be broken up, with its good assets being absorbed by Bank of Cyprus. The exact amounts of the losses have not yet been officially announced.
Some individuals and businesses, spotting that Cyprus's economy was in trouble and that a tax on deposits was being discussed, had managed to move their money out Cyprus well before the banks closed their doors last week.
According to European Central Bank figures, deposits in Cyprus's banks slipped 2.2 percent last month, to 46.359 billion euros, the lowest figure since May 2010 and down from a peak of 50.5 billion euros in May 2012. The figure excludes deposits from other banks and the central government.
"I anticipated, not this to happen, but I anticipated issues last year, when Greece had a question of whether it will remain in euro and the consequences of that," said Athos Angelides, who runs a business importing and distributing hair salon products. "So luckily we transferred money in the middle of last year over to the UK."
Although the banks have opened, customers are severely limited in access to their accounts. Capital controls, imposed to prevent worried savers and businesses rushing to withdraw all their money, include limiting cash withdrawals to 300 euros ($383) per day per person and limiting payments abroad to 5,000 euros.
No checks can be cashed, although they can be paid in, and people leaving the country can only take up to 1,000 euros, or the equivalent in foreign currency, with them in cash.
The country's general accounting office said pensions and other social security payments, together with salaries for government employees, will be in bank accounts next Tuesday and Wednesday.
"The Central Bank decided on some limitations, so we are sure that slowly, slowly we are going back to functioning of the banks without serious problems," the head of the parliament, Yiannakis Omirou, told AP.
"Some problems I'm sure will be created but our people are ready to overcome the difficult moments we are passing."
The restrictions will be reviewed daily and are initially in place for seven days until next Wednesday. Some analysts are concerned that, if the controls are kept in place for much longer than that, Cyprus' measures will go against the fundamental principle of the single currency: Free and easy movement of money around the euro group's 17 members.
The European Commission said in a statement that EU member states could restrict financial transactions "in certain circumstances and under strict conditions on grounds of public policy or public security" but added that "the free movement of capital should be reinstated as soon as possible".
Many Cypriots were struggling to work out exactly what they could and couldn't do. Television talk shows hosted dial-ins with experts, with viewers' queries ranging from where they would repay loans to how they could pay tuition fees for children studying abroad and handle check payments. Across the country, people wondered whether they would be able to access their salaries, many of which were due this week.
"I believe this will be a very difficult day for both people and bank employees because no matter how much information there was, things were changing all the time," said Costas Kyprianides, a grocery supplier in Nicosia. "Even us traders, like myself, have so many checks which I need to deposit so I can make ends meet."
During the bank closure, ATMs were working but quickly ran out of money. Those of the two troubled banks, Laiki and Bank of Cyprus, had imposed withdrawal limits of 100 euros a day.
"Up until last night things kept on changing," said store owner Antonis Arotokritou. "There's an overall panic and uncertainty from both the bankers and the rest of the people."
Branches of the country's troubled second-largest lender, Laiki, didn't open on time due to a delay in the bank's computer system. Laiki spokesman Costas Archimandrites said there had been an initial problem with the bank's system but that it was quickly remedied. An hour after the official start of business, all branches had opened.
The stock market announced it would remain closed on Thursday "in order to ensure the smooth functioning of the stock market and protect investors." It too has been closed since March 16.


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Earthquake shakes eastern Indonesia
(AP)—The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake measuring 5.5 magnitude has hit the eastern part of Indonesia. There are no immediate reports of damage.
Indonesian seismologist Fauzi says there is no risk of a tsunami.
The U.S. agency says Wednesday's quake was centered 56 kilometers (35 miles) under the sea.
Indonesia's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency initially reported a quake measuring a preliminary 6.3 magnitude that was centered about 157 kilometers (97 miles) northwest of Tual in the southeastern part of Maluku province.
It said the epicenter was 12 kilometers (7 miles) deep.
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Tools and Automotive Equipment For Automotive Industry
The automotive equipment industry handles producing all kinds of oral appliance machinery that is required for that manufacture, repair and maintenance of vehicles including cars and vehicle parts. As a result, the produces a number of different types of equipment beginning from fundamental hands tools to more complicated machinery.
Different types of Automotive Equipment
Automotive workshops and garages is going to be not able to operate without automotive equipment. Shop furniture, lifts, exhaust hoses, air compressors, lube equipment, electric and lightweight reels, jacks, vehicle servicing equipment, fluid storage tanks and trans-air piping are the various sorts of automotive equipment which are utilized by automotive manufacturing and automotive repair companies.
Common Kinds Of Automotive Equipment
* Hands Tools: Automotive repair centers use several various kinds of hands tools for his or her maintenance and repair projects. A few of the commonest products include ratchet sets and wrench sets, crowbars (also referred to as pry bars), socket sets, screwdrivers, star and clutch-mind motorists, hammers, pliers and wire cutters, electric drills, hacksaws and torque wrenches.
* Pneumatic Tools: Most automotive workshops are now using pneumatic tools instead of electricity powered motors since the latter is much more vulnerable to fire hazards. Such tools are operated by compressed air and therefore are powerful versions from the classical hands tools. Common types of pneumatic automotive equipment include air compressors you can use to power a number of tools including hammers, drills, ratchets and spraying tools.
* Accessibility to pneumatic equipment causes it to be simpler for mechanics and technicians to attempt maintenance and repair work since they're effective and simple to use. For instance, some pneumatic shears can reduce through sheet metal quicker and then leave behind an easier edge in comparison with traditional tin snips. Similarly, air hammers outfitted with chisel or punch bits have multiple uses. They are able to they be utilized for straightening dents. The chisel feature may be used to break rusted parts loose and also the punch bits may be used to remove old rivets and bolts which are too hard to get by hands.
* Lifts: several different types of lifting equipment are utilized to lift and secure cars to ensure that mechanics and repair persons can certainly work underneath the vehicle. These lifting tools include both low-tech tools for example fundamental floor jacks, vehicle ramps and jack stands in addition to hydraulic lifts and floor jacks for much better efficiency and gratifaction.
* Vehicle Exhaust Removal Systems: vehicle exhaust removal systems are utilized to capture and take away dangerous exhaust fumes to insure optimal quality of air in automotive repair and maintenance facilities. They are mandatory equipment according to OSHA Standards to be able to limit contact with dangerous vehicular emissions. Common vehicle exhaust removal systems include hose drops in addition to reels.
* Lube Systems: Automotive lube systems include several various kinds of oil meters, ATF meters, gear lube meters, dispense valves and grease dispenses valves.
The Automotive equipment business is an extremely large and competitive business. Automotive repair companies must buy equipment from trustworthy dealers to find the best deals and gratifaction levels.
Types of Automotive Lifts News
Listed here are the different sorts, offered by garage equipment supply dealers:
This kind of vehicle lift is put together underneath the garage floor. It includes a number of pistons, with respect to the maximum weight capacity. Lifts with a couple of pistons can be used for compact, mid-sized and full-sized cars. Lifts with 3 or more pistons can be used for bigger vehicles, for example buses and RV's.
Two Publish Surface Mounted
The most typical vehicle lift utilized today is known as a 2 Publish Surface Mounted lift. On every column, you will find lift arms. They are controlled robotically, digitally or hydraulically.
Multi-Publish Runway Automotive Lift
The most typical type may be the four-publish mounted lift, that is extensively utilized by oil change, transmission, and muffler service shops. You will find this kind of auto lift in wheel alignment service stations too. The vehicle is driven to the two runways and elevated, exposing its bottom.
Low/Mid Rise Frame Engaging Lift
This kind of vehicle lift engages the vehicle's frame in lifting. There's two ways this kind may operate. One of the ways is scissors-style, moving upright. These guys parallelogram-style, continuing to move forward or backward, while raising or lowering. This kind is generally employed for brake, tire, and wheel services in addition to auto body repair.
Drive-On Parallelogram
The Drive-On Parallelogram is really a surface-mounted vehicle lift. It's two runways in which the wheels from the vehicle ought to be placed. It features a lifting mechanism that moves the automobile ten or twenty yards forward or backward while raising or lowering. The direction depends in route the lift is mounted.
Scissor Lifts
The Scissor Lift may either constitute a set pad type or perhaps a roll-on frame/underbody engaging type. It features a lifting mechanism that's like the parallelogram lift. Their primary difference would be that the scissors lift rises and lower on the straight vertical path.
Movable-Type Wheel Engaging Lift
This kind of vehicle lift can be used for vehicles which are more than conventional cars, for example buses and trucks. It includes several lifting posts in teams of two, four, six, or even more. The posts could be moved and associated with another posts to ensure that their movements are synchronized.


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Past Laureates of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics
Research Field: "Mesoscopic physics of cellular phenomena".
Dept. of Chemistry, The University of Cambridge, UK
For elucidating physical principles of amyloid fibril formation with important applications in biology and medicine
Research Field: "Physical Principles of Biological Systems".
Curie Institute, CNRS, France & National University of Singapore
For Seminal Contributions to Physics of Active Soft Matter and their Applications to Intra-Cellular Processes
Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, USA
For Pioneering Contributions to High-Resolution Diffraction Analysis of Atomic Structures of Proteins and Viruses
Research Field: "Mesoscopic physics of cell structure and dynamics".
Biotechnology Center ,Technical University, Dresden, Germany
For outstanding contributions to physics of intracellular acto-myosin networks including the discovery of the mechanism of chiral morphogenesis in cell development
School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing P.R. China
For seminal contributions to structural biology of crucial membrane proteins including the landmark human glucose transporter GLUT1
Research Field: Physical Principles of Biological Systems
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology,
The Rowland Institute, Harvard University, USA,
For pioneering contributions to understanding the physical mechanisms of bacterial motion and chemotaxis.
Department of Molecular & Cell. Biology and Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, USA
For discovery of physical principles behind intracellular force generation in cell motility, morphogenesis and biological pattern formation.
Photo: Julie Van Scoy
Research Field: Physical Principle of Biological Systems
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Department of Physics,
Department of Chemistry, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3220, USA
For his seminal contributions to single molecule biophysics.
Prof. Wolfgang Helfrich
For his pioneering contributions to the foundation of biophysics of lipid bilayers and biological membranes.
Research Field: Innovative Physical Techniques in Biology
Prof. Stephen R. Quake
Dept. of Bioengineering and Dept. of Applied Physics, Stanford University, USA
For his seminal contributions to the development of microfluidic methods for biophysics and structural biology of proteins and nucleic acids.
Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Dept. of Physics, Harvard University, USA
For her seminal contributions to the invention, development and biophysical applications of Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (STORM) and related methods of super resolution microscopy.
Research Field: Physics of Biomolecular Interactions
Dr. Gerhard Hummer
Theoretical Biophysics Section, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
For his seminal contributions to the study of the hydrophobic effect and its contribution to protein interactions and assemblies.
School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
For his seminal contributions to the study of protein interactions underlying molecular mechanisms of apoptosis (programmed cell death.)
Research Field: Physics of Structure Formation and Self-Assembly of Proteins and Nucleic Acids
Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
For his seminal contributions to computational studies of protein folding, structure and reactions.
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
For his seminal contributions to experimental studies of fast processes mediating the structural dynamics of complex biomolecular system.
Departments of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology and Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, USA
For his seminal contributions to the study of protein folding in the formation and transmission of prions.
Research Field: Biophysics of Molecular and Cell Dynamics
The Scripps Research Institute, Department of Cell Biology, La Jolla, California; and Laboratory of Cell and Tissue Morphodynamics, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
For her seminal contributions to the field of Cellular Biophysics: methodology for quantitative characterization of intracellular dynamics of cytoskeleton and focal adhesions.
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden, Germany
For his seminal contributions to the field of the physics of non-equilibrium bio-cellular systems such as molecular motors, active membranes, filaments and the cytoskeleton.
Research Field: Physics of Biological Molecules and Assemblies
Medical Research Council, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge
For his seminal contributions to the field of Cell Biophysics: regulation of membrane dynamics by proteins and molecular mechanisms of endocytosis.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Physics, USA
For his seminal contributions to the study of Single Molecule Biophysics: development of novel tools for studying atomic-scale conformational changes in biological macromolecules.


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Houda Yamout
I'm going to talk about a person who suffered from obesity which caused long life trouble to her.
My name is Houda, 44 years old, with three kids. Every time I delivered a baby, I gained 10 to 12 kilos.
Because of my work, I had to eat fast food and my main meal was dinner which I had late at night.
Then I decided to find a solution to my problem and to keep the love of the people around me.
At that time, I consulted the BSC team who advised me to undergo the "Gastric Sleeve" surgery. I accepted this which was the best decision in my life.
I had a lot of opposition from my family at first, even my husband. I heard a lot of bad reputation concerning the surgery as the sudden death during the surgery or I might even become sick all my life. I even heard that I might look old or all my hair would fall down.
But all those rumors didn't change my decision. I made up my mind and accepted my fate because of the surgery; I believe in God.
After the surgery, my life changed with lots of self-confidence.
Actually the surgery wasn't everything; I even followed a healthy diet. I lost weight gradually until I lost 36 kilos. I have protected my body from lots of illnesses because of obesity as high blood pressure and diabetes.
I send a message to every obese person not to neglect himself/herself and to take the right decision because it's worth it.
Houda Yamout


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I'm sitting at a Mobil Station in Minneola, my feet propped up against the bottom frame of my car door. The door is swung open so I can take in the desert air, exhale my Camel Light into the breeze.
I just bought a pack of gum and a green plastic lighter inside the store, where a long- haired desert baked clerk seemed at a loss to respond to me. At first glance, I was just another Sunday motorist heading back to Los Angeles from Vegas, but when he handed me my change, he noticed a face swollen and red fr om a stinging combination of crying and cheap sunscreen.
I've been on a downward spiral since Baker. The radio stations I scanned were playing country music and an oddly effecting version of Neil Diamond's "Coming to America."
I pulled off the 15, a freeway I've come to think of as my own personal "8 Mile," a long angst-filled stretch of asphalt - on one side, in Vegas, is my mother; on the other is home.
I've traveled this road countless times, north to please my mother, south to recover from her.
This time, from Jean to Primm to Baker, I reviewed the facts of my case. It's simple, really. I could drive this road back and forth until my tires went bald. It is, as it always was, as it always will be, strained. Not just regular mother/daughter strained, Ingmar Bergman strained. The case unfolds thusly: my mother dislikes children, is the kind of woman who winces at a restaurant if a child is seated nearby, can't take the sound of them. Despite my best efforts, I was a child and taking care of me wasn't necessarily her pleasure. Make no mistake, the woman loved me but she didn't like me until I was well over 18.
This, my friends, is just when I started to become intolerant of her, as daughters do of their mothers. Even the sloppiest of therapists could have picked up on this pathology. I could forgive her for raising me with all the maternal enthusiasm of Bobby Knight petting a sick kitten, but could I like her? Could I cruise down the road of resentment and finally reach the truck stop called acceptance?
Now, I love that woman more than anyone on this planet. I'd take a bullet for that woman, but interacting with her generally makes me want to take a bullet anyway. That's just the way it is. I still tap dance for her approval and now she's dancing for mine and it's one big Riverdance of Shame. I ask myself the same question every time I hurl down this highway: Is this ever going to get easier?
It's a painful subject, this loving someone you don't always like. Last time I wrote about my mother, there were some violently angry letters. If you can't understand what I'm saying because you're too busy making waffles and memories with that Donna Reed you call mom, stop reading and give your mother a big hug. Lucky you. I'm crying on the side of a road you've never even seen.
I stop scribbling in my notebook, stub out my cigarette and head back into the station to use the bathroom. As I wait in line, I look out the window, watching tiny black desert birds scamper across the concrete.
Three biker guys stride toward the Mobil, scaring the birds away. One gets in line behind me, wearing a leather vest. His big bicep is at my eye level and bears the cursive tattoo, "Lacy."
"Aren't you on that show?" he asks.
"Yes," I answer.
"You must be tired," he adds, registering my blotchy face. "Hey, she's from that show." He tells his buddy. "Channel 52 ⤳ I only watch ⤗cause of her."
If you can simultaneously be flattered in one part of yourself and cracking in another, I am. He asks me to sign the back of his gas receipt and I write, "Dear Jack, Thanks for watching! Have a safe trip home."
I pose with Jack so his buddy can snap our picture with a disposable camera. I feel a patch of leather brush against my skin. I have the vague notion that I will run off with Jack to Lodi or Pittsburgh or Redlands or wherever he's from. As the camera flashes, I picture Jack taking care of me, taut Lacy muscle threatening anyone who bothers me. I see myself in his living room, lounging on his worn Sears furniture sipping a beer, not a care in the world. I am lusting after my own vanishing. But there is probably a Lacy, why else would a Harley guy know me from a TV decorating show? And what would Jack and I talk about when the novelty wore off? It wasn't going to work.
"Nice to meet you," I say, and make a point of shaking his big tan hand because I know he will like this, take the story home with his scrawled receipt.
I smile my big Marilyn Monroe-entertaining-the-troops smile and feel the hole in me bigger in comparison with how I must seem to Jack.
I get back on the road. I head toward Yermo, scan the radio for the right sad song so I can do all I know how to do, cry it out, keep going. Every mile takes me closer to home, and farther from it. I grab a t-shirt from the passenger seat, use it to wipe the sweat off the back of my neck. I settle on a radio station. A voice that's part Jack, part Jack Daniels sings to me through the static, "I'm tired of spinning my wheels."