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Ordinary Time: August 30th
Friday of the Twenty-First Week of Ordinary Time; St. Jeanne Jugan
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Old Calendar: St. Rose of Lima, virgin; Saints Felix and Adauctus, martyrs; St. Fiacre
Today is the feast of St. Jeanne Jugan, in religion St. Mary of the Cross (1792-1879), foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor.
Sts. Felix and Adauctus were two Roman martyrs under the Diocletian persecution. They are buried in the cemetery of Commodilla at the gates of Rome on the Ostian Way. St. Fiacre, who is in the Roman Martyrology, is from the diocese of Meaux and is the patron saint of gardeners. According to the Tridentine Calendar today is the feast of St. Rose of Lima. The General Roman Calendar now celebrates her feast on August 23.St. Jeanne Jugan
St Mary of the Cross (in the world: Jeanne Jugan) was born at Cancale, in Brittany, France, on 25 October 1792 in the turbulent period of the French Revolution. She was the sixth of eight children, four of whom died in infancy. Their fisherman father was lost at sea when Jeanne was only four. From her mother and the place of her birth, Jeanne inherited a lively, deep faith and a profound determination that could overcome any difficulty. The political climate and the family's financial plight prevented Jeanne from going to school. She learned to read and write from some ladies of the Third Order of St John Eudes who were numerous in the region.
Sts. Felix and Adauctus
In the year 304 Felix was living piously and happily, doing the work of a Christian priest in Rome, when he was captured, along with many other Christians at the start of the persecutions under the Emperor Diocletian. First he was savagely tortured. Then he was sentenced to be beheaded, for no torture sufficed to make him give up his Christian beliefs.
St. Fiacre
St. Fiacre (also known as Fiachra; Fiachrach; Fiacrius; Fiaker and Fevre) was a hermit at Kilfiachra, Ireland. He left to go to France, and then lived as a solitary at Breuil, Brie, on land given him by St. Faro, bishop of Meaux. Fiacre built a hospice for travelers, attracted many disciples, was known for his charity and aid to the poor, and was consulted by many for his spiritual wisdom. His miracles of healing became legendary. He is the patron saint of gardeners and the cabdrivers of Paris, whose vehicles are called fiacres, since the first coach for hire in Paris was located near the Hotel Saint-Fiacre. He is mentioned in Roman Martyrology for this day.
Often Portrayed as: man carrying a spade and a basket of vegetables beside him surrounded by pilgrims and blessing the sick.


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Menu includes chili, homemade corn bread, garlic bread, veggies and dip, and homemade desserts.
Advance tickets are $8, or $9 at the door. Tickets for children ages 6 to 10 are $4. Advance tickets are available from Rhonda Decker, Mary Quast, or Amy Gatz at Flagship Bank Winsted.

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Scourge (Transformers)
Scourge is the name of several fictional characters from the Transformers series. He first appeared as one of the central villains in the 1986 film The Transformers voiced by Stan Jones. He also regularly appeared in the animated Transformers series and Transformers comic books; since then other Transformers characters have used the name "Scourge". In 2009 a Scourge action figure was one of the exclusive available at Botcon, the annual Transformers convention.
Transformers: Generation 1[edit]
Targetmaster Scourge by Dreamwave Productions
Decepticon | |
Information | |
Sub-group | Deluxe Vehicles, Sweeps, Targetmasters. |
Function | Sweep Leader, Tracker |
Rank | 8 |
Partner | Cyclonus, Fracas, Galvatron, and Nightstick |
Motto | "Desolation follows in my trail." |
Alternate modes | Cybertronian Hovercraft/Spaceship, Ghondolah, Boeing X-48 |
Series | Transformers: Generation 1 Transformers: Titanium Transformers: Timelines Transformers: Generations Transformers: United |
English voice actor | Stan Jones |
Japanese voice actor | Masaharu Sato |
Scourge is characterized as a merciless hunter who was created from the wreckage of Decepticons. He leads the Sweeps, a group of Decepticon hunter-trackers.[1] His only weakness is his arrogance. He turns into a hovercraft in most incarnations, although this is usually portrayed as a space ship.[2]
Marvel Comics[edit]
Scourge's appearances in the US Marvel Comics Transformers series were minimal - in their first appearance during the Headmasters mini-series, he and Cyclonus were presented as being ordinary, present-day Transformers under Scorponok's command, who then became Targetmasters along with the others on Nebulos. One of his most prominent actions during this period, as depicted in the UK comics, was to ambush the Autobot Headmasters in the 'Fortress of Despair' alongside the other Decepticon Targetmasters. The Decepticons captured Highbrow, planning to use him to perfect their own Headmaster process. The plan failed when Highbrow forced Scorponok to flee.[3]
Later, Scourge appeared again within an alternate future world of 2009. Here he was a creation of Unicron, and where Cybertron had been destroyed, and Galvatron ruled Earth. He was killed in a duel with Getaway.
Across the Atlantic, however, in the United Kingdom's exclusive Transformers series, writer Simon Furman wrote about characters further in the timeline, often intersecting them with the present day through the use of time travel. In the first of such stories, Galvatron, Scourge and Cyclonus travelled back in time to 1986, from a point in the middle of the Transformers movie, as part of a plan to free themselves from Unicron's control by constructing a massive cannon that will destroy him in their home time of 2006 (the setting for the movie in the comics, based on early production material for the movie itself, before the date was amended to 2005). Scourge was shot down and captured by Megatron, who had made a deal with the Autobots to ally against the threat. Traded back to Galvatron for Jazz, Scourge and the others were finally defeated when Galvatron was duped into believing he was trapped in a temporal paradox, and returned to his own time to live out the remaining events of the movie.
Events diverged sharply from the cartoon's telling of events, however, when Galvatron returned to the past after the destruction of Unicron, leaving Cyclonus and Scourge in the service of the new Decepticon leader, Shockwave. The latter hired the bounty hunter Death's Head to slay Rodimus Prime. Seeking to remind their comrades of their power and to return to a higher standing among the Decepticons, Scourge and Cyclonus set out to do the job first, earning the ire of Death's Head when they interfered with his job - ire he was then able to relieve when Rodimus Prime in turn placed a bounty on Scourge and Cyclonus, who Death's Head then spent the better part of a year tracking down. Eventually, he cornered them on the Planet of Junk, but before he could finish the job, all three of them fell under the mental control of Unicron, whose intact head had crashed on the planet, where he was having the Junkions construct a new body for him. Under Unicron's control, Death's Head killed Shockwave and Cyclonus and Scourge became Decepticon leaders, reigniting the stalemated Cybertronian war to a furious degree to cover Unicron's actions. Death's Head, however, was able to fight the mind control and work with the Autobots' long enough to stop the chaos-bringer's plan. As explosions destroyed Unicron, Death's Head tackled Cyclonus and Scourge, pushing them through a time portal Unicron had built, promising to kill them another time.
This particular event helped to bring in line the UK comics' portrayal of the characters as Unicron-created future Decepticons with the US series use of them as modern-day characters, as Cyclonus and Scourge were hurled much further back in time by the portal to Cybertron, where they came under the command of Scorponok, and went on to go to Nebulos and become Targetmasters, then travelling to present day Earth. Once there, they sought out Galvatron, no longer willing to serve him, instead demanding that he hand over his time travel device so that they could return to the future and their position as Decepticon leaders. The confrontation was disrupted by the sudden appearance of the Autobot commando squad, the Wreckers, who drew the ensuing battle away from the human settlement it was taking place in by professing to have stolen Galvatron's time jump mechanism, when in reality, the Decepticon no longer had it for them to take.
Having met with failure again, Scourge and Cyclonus decided to cut their losses and team up with Shockwave's present-day Earth-based Decepticon forces. At this point in time, the comic book personalities of Scourge and Cyclonus had been well-established, and distinctly different from the cartoon - here, Scourge was the intelligent, scheming brains of the duo, while Cyclonus was the dull-witted muscle (although in early stories the personalities were reversed, with Cyclonus chiding Scourge for impulsively shooting Death's Head as he was about to kill Rodimus Prime), and that personality trait remained as strong as ever when Cyclonus accidentally let slip that they would kill Shockwave in the future. Naturally wanting to ensure his continued existence, Shockwave unleashed a brainwashed Megatron clone upon the two, and while Scourge fled for his life, Cyclonus was killed.
Cyclonus's death was the final straw on the already-unbalanced space-time continuum, and caused a rift in the fabric of reality to appear, threatening to consume Earth and Cybertron. Made aware of this by Springer, Scourge attempted to find his own solution to the threat by returning himself, Galvatron and Cyclonus to their original time. Invading Shockwave's base in order to recover Cyclonus's body, he discovered that the illogical nature of the time paradox he was trapped in had driven Shockwave insane, and he was gunned down as he attempted to take Cyclonus. Leaving the job up to Ravage, Scourge returned to the site of the rift's arrival - it had already consumed Galvatron, and in his final act, Scourge flung himself into the rift, followed soon by the remains of Cyclonus, deposited by a now healthy Shockwave, who sealed the rift with an x-ray blast.
Animated series[edit]
In the aftermath of the Decepticons' attack on Autobot City in 2005, several injured and dying Decepticons were cast into the void of space in order to lighten the load for the return trip, and were soon drawn in by the world-eater, Unicron. After making a deal with Unicron, the deposed Decepticon leader, Megatron, was reborn as Galvatron. Unicron then used the bodies of the other injured Decepticons to create new troops who would serve Galvatron in his quest to destroy the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. Created from the battered form of Thundercracker, Scourge was the leader of a group of robots (identical in appearance to Scourge himself) known as the Sweeps.
Scourge did not immediately display any overt personality traits after his creation, beyond his unswerving loyalty to Unicron and Galvatron. In The Transformers animated series, Scourge began to come into his own after the apparent destruction of both. Less willing to take orders from Cyclonus, but doing so all the same, Scourge used his scanners to locate Galvatron's body, seeing across the galaxy into the Hydran system, where Galvatron lay in a pool of plasma lava on the planet Thrull. Upon arrival on the planet, Scourge was the one to pull Galvatron from the lava, but he and the Sweeps were then attacked by the deranged Galvatron, who only stopped his assault when Scourge professed his loyalty.
Scourge became one of Galvatron's most prominent minions, despite his lack of any real hierarchical weight, and would regularly lead the Sweeps on missions, often with Cyclonus, with whom he discovered the paradise planet of Paradron, which they quickly overthrew for Galvatron.
A short time later, Scourge was possessed by Starscream's ghost and brought to the decapitated head of Unicron. Thought a traitor by the Decepticons, Scourge had no option but to accompany Starscream on the tasks Unicron appointed him, stealing the eyes of Metroplex and the transformation cog of Trypticon. Before Unicron's head could be connected to Cybertron to form a new body for him, however, Scourge set aside his pride and contacted the Autobots, warning them of Unicron's scheme and enabling them to stop it. Returning to the ranks of the Decepticons, Scourge opposed the institutionalisation of Galvatron on the therapeutic planet of Torkulon, and was among those affected by Quintesson mind control and turned into an energy vampire by the Trans-Organic "Dweller."
When the Decepticons finally succeeded in obtaining the Autobot Matrix of Leadership, Galvatron could not make the talisman function for him, and, threatened by the spirits of the ancient Autobots within it, told Scourge to destroy it, but Scourge thought Galvatron a fool, knowing that the Matrix was no mere energy source, and saw it as a source of greater power. Somehow, Scourge was able to temporarily absorb the Matrix's energies, his body mutating into a monstrous, deformed state in the process, and he used his enhanced powers to depose Galvatron as Decepticon commander and lead an attack on Earth, where he was defeated by Hot Rod, who reclaimed the Matrix. Scourge's power play was not without repercussions for him, but after a beating from Galvatron in traditional Decepticon style, he was allowed to remain in their ranks unlike Blitzwing and Octane who were both exiled from the Decepticons.
In the year 2007, Scourge was among the Decepticons who attacked Autobot City and stole the key to the Plasma Energy Chamber, which Scourge himself then used to open the legendary forge. The released energy overloaded his system, and blasted the group of Autobots who had recovered the key across the galaxy to the planet of Nebulos. Recharged by Cyclonus, a furious Scourge co-led a team of Decepticons in pursuit of the Autobots, but after an initial victory in battle, they were soon overcome and defeated by the newly formed Autobot Headmasters, a merging of the Autobots and a group of Nebulon rebels. The Decepticons were then approached by the Hive - the evil ruling council of Nebulos - to reproduce the Headmasters process with them, but Cyclonus bargained them down to using half of the Decepticons' heads, and the other half, their weapons. Consequently, Scourge became a Targetmaster when his gun was transformed into an exo-suit for the Nebulon Hive member Fracas, who transformed into a high-frequency incendiary cannon. In the battle that ensued, the Decepticons reclaimed the key, which was held by Scourge until Arcee stole it back from him, but was then herself captured by Scorponok, who returned all the Decepticons to Cybertron. Galvatron's plan to use the Plasma Energy Chamber to drive the Sun supernova, destroying Earth and Cybertron, was then stopped by Fortress Maximus and Spike Witwicky, and Scourge and the Decepticons were last seen being blasted across the universe by a stray tendril of plasma energy.
An identity crisis involves not Scourge and Cyclonus, but rather their Targetmaster partners. In the animated series and Marvel's Headmasters series, Scourge's partner Fracas uses the animation model for Cyclonus's partner Nightstick, and vice versa. To add more Rumble and Frenzy style confusion, both mismatched Targetmasters use the correct colors for their original bodies. In short, Fracas looks like Nightstick, but still has a silver upper body and gun barrel, black legs, and a red face.
Dialogue confusion[edit]
Due to animation errors in the film it is difficult to tell exactly which lines of dialogue in The Transformers: The Movie are spoken by Scourge. According to the script, Cyclonus, not Scourge, is the one who says, "You want me to gut Ultra Magnus?" during the second Decepticon attack on Autobot City (his voice is also recognizable as actor Roger C. Carmel's, whose vocal performance as Cyclonus was constantly fluctuating). Many fans have mistakenly believed that it was really Scourge speaking this line, since he flies alongside Cyclonus and pops his robot-mode head up just at the moment when the line is said (indeed, IDW Publishing's new adaptation of the movie attributes the line to Scourge). However, Scourge's presence in the scene is merely a misleading coincidence.
Also, Cyclonus is the one who says (again, according to the script, as well as the fact that it is Roger C. Carmel's voice that can be heard when one carefully listens to the scene), "The Autobots have been terminated!", after 3/4 of the Autobot shuttle is destroyed later on in the movie, not Scourge. It just so happens that the scene cuts to Galvatron and Scourge nodding at each other after Cyclonus (who is flying alongside Galvatron's ship at this point) speaks. In fact, Scourge's one and only line of dialogue in the completed movie is, "...but remember, we belong to him!", as heard when Unicron tortures Galvatron in the Decepticon Hall of Heroes.
Scourge continued to make minor appearances in the Japanese-exclusive Transformers: Headmasters series—in which he did not become a Targetmaster—where he and Cyclonus were re-written as bumbling henchmen.
The Sweeps, who are voiced by Stan Jones, Jack Angel, Christopher Collins, Richard Gautier, Jerry Houser, Aron Kincaid, Hal Rayle, and Frank Welker in English and Masaharu Sato in Japanese, were created by Unicron from several damaged Decepticons in which Scourge leads.[4] Due to Scourge's location on 1986 & 1987 American Transformers product catalogs, the Sweeps are alternatively called "Decepticon Planes" (despite not resembling any known aircraft) and "Seekers" (a fan-created term for the original Decepticon jets--Starscream, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Dirge, Ramjet, and Thrust), despite not having the F-15 fuselage/body common to the previous jets.
The Sweeps are introduced in The Transformers: The Movie following the Battle for Autobot City in the Earth year 2005. Several damaged Decepticons, including Megatron are thrown into space by Starscream. They are found by Unicron who turn Megatron into Galvatron. As for the others, Unicron transforms Thundercracker, Kickback, and Shrapnel into Scourge and his Sweeps. Cyclonus, on the other hand, was created from either the Decepticon jet Skywarp or the Insecticon Bombshell with the other becoming a duplicate Cyclonus robot that was never seen again. As the group transforms to vehicle mode, the two Cyclonus robots, Scourge, and four Sweeps can be seen. In the animation following Galvatron's speech to Unicron, he is then escorted by Scourge, three Sweeps, and only one Cyclonus meaning Skywarp or Bombshell was meant to be a Sweep. The number of Sweeps remains fairly consistent throughout the rest of the film. The exact number of Sweeps is unknown. There should be only three but judging by dialogue from Call of the Primitives, there are at least seven of them ("Sweeps Six and Seven coming in for a strike!").
Scourge appeared in the 1986 story and coloring book The Lost Treasure of Cybertron by Marvel Books.
Scourge appeared in the Marvel Books 1986 story and coloring book The Invasion of the Decepticon Camp by Pat Brigandi.[5]
Scourge appeared in the 1986 Ladybird Books story Galvatron's Air Attack by John Grant.[6]
Scourge appeared in the 1988 Ladybird Books story Decepticons at the Pole by John Grant.[7]
Scourge appeared in the 1988 Ladybird Books story Autobots Strike Oil by John Grant.[8]
Dreamwave Productions[edit]
Although Scourge remained a creation of Unicron in Dreamwave Productions' 21st century reimagining of the G1 universe, he was not a recreated Thundercracker, or any other recognisable Decepticon - he, and his massive legion of Sweeps, were instead created by Unicron through processed raw material consumed from other worlds. At some point prior to the massive planet-wide deactivation of Cybertron known as the "Great Shutdown," Unicron unleashed Scourge and his Sweeps all throughout the universe, in order to track down the location of Cybertron. Scourge himself found the planet in its slumbering state, and reactivated Shockwave, planning to observe him from a distance. When Shockwave was attacked by a pack of Sharkticons, however, Scourge intervened and saved him, only to be shot in the back by the Decepticon, and subsequently dissected and rebuilt over and over for study in his lab.
Three thousand years later, Scourge was apparently able to escape (or perhaps, was allowed to escape), and headed toward Earth, attacking the spacecraft of the Autobots Jetfire and Omega Supreme as it entered the planet's atmosphere. The ship crashed in the Arctic Circle, but Jetfire was able to trick Scourge and entrap him within a stasis pod, but both he and the pod were then buried in an avalanche. Not long thereafter, the Earth-based Autobots and Decepticons found themselves drawn to the site of the pod, which opened during the battle; upon emerging, Scourge informed all parties that the war on Cybertron had been ended, and the factions unified by Shockwave, who himself then appeared and felled Scourge before he could reveal any more information. In the confusion that followed, Scourge's body was spirited away by the Earth Defense Command and taken to their secret base for further study.
As it very apparent from this summary of events, many mysteries surround Scourge in the Dreamwave comics, and the plans that Shockwave was using him as a part of. Unfortunately, the company's bankruptcy and subsequent closure mean that, for now, they will go unresolved.
Scourge would not only appear in the Generation One Dreamwave comic but also in its sister comic Transformers: Armada (see below).In this world, the incarnation of Scourge was still one of the heralds of Unicron, from a different dimension, sent to cause destruction prior to Unicron's arrival alongside his fellow heralds, Dirge, Thunderwing, Bludgeon and their leader Galvatron (all characters from the G1 universe, though their names are not mentioned and are not the versions from the Generation One Dreamwave comics).
While Galvatron attacked Megatron on Earth the other Heralds attacked the Decepticon base on Cybertron. Activating the Spacebridge links and leaving Bludgeon behind to guard them, Scourge, Dirge and Thunderwing journeyed to the Decepticon base on Earth, unaware they were being watched by the Mini-Cons. Finding and beating the luckless Thrust to a pulp, they then detected anomalies within the Spacebridge network and returned to Cybertron - only to be destroyed on their arrival by a cache of explosives set by Jetfire.
Scourge would also make an appearance in the Dreamwave Energon comics, albeit in cameo. In issue #25 when Optimus Prime arrives inside Unicron, we briefly see an immobile robot. Although not named, it is clearly modeled on the original Scourge.
Devil's Due Publishing[edit]
In the second G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers crossover from Devil's Due Publishing Cyclonus and Scourge would appear as Shockwave's bodyguards, along with Dirge, Thrust and Ramjet. They were eventually destroyed after Cobra Commander activated a booby-trap within Starscream, destroying him and all others within reach. Unlike most Generation One incarnations of the character these versions do not appear to be linked in any way to Unicron. Also, when a team of G.I. Joes trying to fix a space-time tear arrived in a nightmare future where Shockwave had conquered Earth, they encountered an armada of Sweeps acting as patrol craft and Hunter-Killers.
Although Scourge would not appear in the third crossover several Sweeps are seen amongst the Decepticon troops trying to hold back the Autobot/G.I. Joe force trying to rescue Optimus Prime.
IDW Publishing[edit]
Scourge would make his first appearance in the main IDW Generation One mini-series Infiltration. Optimus Prime leads Bumblebee, Drift, Kup, Prowl, Ratchet and Wheeljack in Las Vegas when a Cybertronian ship crashes containing Galvatron, Cyclonus, Scourge and an infestation of zombies from another universe. Galvatron attempts to take command of the Autobots, and after fighting them explains his mission to stop an undead infestation. Wheeljack sets up an energy shield around the city to keep the infestation contained, but it will only last for 24 hours. Kup recognizes a Decepticon named Bayonet in Galvatron's command as not being right, and she is revealed to be the extradimensional vampire Britt.[9]
In Evolutions: Hearts of Steel, an out of continuity tale set in the 19th century. Under the command of Starscream, and not appearing to be linked to Unicron, Scourge (not named here) would appear with a reimagined alternate mode of the Cupola of an airship. He was sent to stop an Autobot train convoy led by John Henry and Bumblebee, attempting to bomb them out of existence. Unfortunately the balloon proved more vulnerable than Scourge, and he was shot down by Ironhide.
Fun Publications[edit]
Scourge was one of the characters featured in the Transformers: Timelines story "Wings of Honor" by Fun Publications. In this story Cyclonus, Scourge and the Sweeps attack an Autobot ship containing Kup, Rodimus and the Dinobots.[10]
Scourge appears in the Generations 2011 issue #2 "The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos" where he is among the Decepticon forces who ambush the Autobots on Nebulos.[11]
Generation 1[edit]
- Generation 1 Scourge (1986)
- The toy was based on the design created for the Transformers movie.[12]
- Generation 1 Targetmaster Scourge with Fracas (1987)
- A slight remold of the original Scourge toy, with larger fists and a hole to mount Fracas in vehicle mode.
- Generations Deluxe Scourge (2011)
- An all-new mold announced at BotCon 2010. The figure transforms into a blended wing aircraft resemblng a Boeing X-48.[13][14]
- Timelines Deluxe Scourge (2009)
- A BotCon 2009 exclusive remold of Cybertron Sideways. This toy appeared on the cover of the Transformers Collectors Club magazine issue #26.[15]
- Titanium 6-inch Scourge (2006)
- The original Scourge returned to toys in 2006 as a member of the Transformers: Titanium line. He is a 6 inch tall transforming toy based on his original appearance. The entire torso and the lower legs are made of metal.[16]
- United UN-21 Deluxe Decepticon Scourge (Takara Tomy) (2011)
- The Japanese version of the Generations Scourge figure by Takara Tomy.[17][18][19]
- United Decepticon Set Deluxe Clear Scourge (2011)
- An eHobby Japan exclusive clear blue remold of United Deluxe Scourge, as part of a Decepticon 3-pack with Galvatron and Cyclonus.
Beast Wars[edit]
Scourge box art
Predacon | |
Information | |
Sub-group | Deluxe Beasts, Transmetal II |
Function | Special Operations Combatant |
Rank | 6 |
Motto | "A plague upon all their houses!" |
Alternate modes | Transmetal II Locust |
Series | Beast Wars |
Although he did not appear in the animated Beast Wars series, the toyline for this late 1990s Transformers series featured a new character named Scourge. This Scourge, unrelated to the Generation 1 character, was a dangerous villain in his own right - he was obsessed with biological warfare, continually developing dangerous chemicals and toxins for use upon the Maximals. Unfortunately, to test it out he often uses his fellow Predacons as guinea pigs. This Predacon is armed with photon cluster cannons with chemical warhead capabilities. He is capable of leaping distances exceeding two miles with use of his insect wings
Animated series[edit]
Scourge's stasis pod was presumably among those that were launched into orbit around prehistoric Earth in the Beast Wars series pilot.
IDW Publishing[edit]
Scourge finally appeared in the IDW Publishing Beast Wars: The Gathering comic series as a Maximal Protoform who was turned into a Predacon by Magmatron's shell program. His appearance was not exactly auspicious however, he was one of a group of Predacons under Transquito sent to track down the Maximals in a swamp, only to encounter the protoforms that had become the Mutants. The Mutants seemingly killed most of their party, and Scourge and Insecticon fled.
He appears among the Predacons on the cover of the first issue of the sequel Beast Wars: The Ascending. In Beast Wars: The Ascending #4 Scourge was among the Maximals and Predacons returned to Cybertron to battle Shokaract.
Scourge had a biography printed in the Beast Wars Sourcebook by IDW Publishing.[20]
- Beast Wars Scourge (1999)
- Scourge was a deluxe sized transmetal II Predacon.
Transformers: Robots in Disguise[edit]
Car Robots Black Convoy toy.
Autobot/Decepticon | |
Information | |
Sub-group | Convoys, Destructicons, Spy Changers |
Function | Tanker Truck, Dark Commander, Decepticon Second-in Command. |
Rank | 9 |
Motto | "Vengeance is an excuse for failure. I do not seek vengeance."" |
Alternate modes | Western Star 4964EX Tractor-tanker, Missile Truck |
Series | Transformers: Robots in Disguise |
English voice actor | Barry Stigler |
Japanese voice actor | Taiten Kusunoki |
The Transformers: Robots in Disguise version of Scourge, known simply as Black Convoy in Japan, is a black redeco of the Generation 2 Laser Optimus Prime toy, sans the electronics it originally possessed.[21]
The popularity of his now-famous black, grey and teal color scheme spawned a series of other "evil Prime" figures that were repaints of other Optimus Prime toys, beginning with a new incarnation of Scourge himself, a redecoed version of the 1994 "Hero Optimus Prime" figure. Other similar repaints have since been given the name Nemesis Prime, although the first, from Transformers: Armada was named Scourge in Japan.
Tfwiki said that Scourge "looks more like [Generation 1] Optimus Prime than [Robots in Disguise] Optimus Prime does", presumably because Scourge is a black repaint of Optimus's G2 mold and the Optimus of that series had a new mold.
Animated series[edit]
An unidentified Autobot was one of a crew of six Autobots sent to Earth to reactivate the legendary Autobot battle fortress, Fortress Maximus. As leader, this Autobot was equipped with the ability to detect the unique energy signatures of the O-Parts, the Cybertronian components that held the key to Maximus's awakening - but he was never given the opportunity to use that ability in the service of the Autobots. With all six members of the crew held in stasis pods in protoform state through the long journey, their craft malfunctioned and crashed on Earth in the mid-20th century, and the Autobots joined Maximus in slumber.
In the present time, archaeologist and energy expert Doctor Kenneth Onishi's research eventually led him to the various links in the chain of Fortress Maximus - he located the fortress itself beneath Earth's surface, mapped the location of the O-Parts, and discovered the location of the crashed Autobot spaceship. However, when the evil Megatron came to Earth with the intent of harnessing Maximus's power, he captured Onishi, and through mental scans, discerned the location of the Autobots' ship. Stealing the six protoforms, Megatron took them to a nearby military base to scan vehicle modes for them, infusing them with a part of his own spark energy to turn them to the side of evil. The first five became the Commandos, but when Megatron targeted a tanker truck to scan as the alternate mode of the final protoform, Optimus Prime leapt into action in order to save the truck's human driver, Kelly, and as a result, the tanker, Prime and Kelly were all scanned. With an infusion of Megatron's spark energy to complete the concoction, Scourge was born, emerging from his pod as a dark twin of Optimus Prime, who proved that Megatron's programming had over-ridden any Autobot goodness within him. Appointing himself leader of the new "Decepticons," (Combatrons) he quickly established himself as a force to be reckoned with.
As per the alternate mode scanned for him, Scourge transforms into a tanker truck - the cab portion transforms into Scourge himself, armed with his deadly Sword of Fury, while the tanker portion unfolds into a heavily armed battle station with numerous projectile launchers. After leading a series of missions that were brutal but unsuccessful, and constantly but vainly urged by Optimus Prime to search for the true Autobot nature within himself, Scourge developed a fierce independent streak, steadily growing more and more revolted and frustrated at being in the service of Megatron mostly due to the assignment of him pretending to be an Autobot (which was the last straw for him) as he hated doing things like community service and things that did "befit a warrior". When Fortress Maximus was discovered buried beneath Metro City, exposure to his energies began to reawaken memories the original mission Scourge had been programmed with, and as the race began to locate the O-Parts, Scourge rediscovered his ability to sense them. Holding one in his hand, his mission was now clear to Scourge - but unfortunately, Megatron's reprogamming added a distinctly Decepticon bent to it, as Scourge now sought to activate Fortress Maximus and use it himself to conquer the galaxy.
Successfully capturing Cerebros, the power key to Fortress Maximus, Scourge used the part of his programming that was Optimus Prime's to dupe the robot into activating Maximus, but the giant robot ran amok until the Autobots' human ally, Koji was able to stop it. Realising that humans could control Maximus, Scourge then amplified the human part of his bio-signature and succeeded in taking control of him, until he was overridden by a large group of human children. Seeking to use Koji himself for the process, a case of mistaken identity resulted in the Decepticons capturing his best friend, Karl, instead, but when Karl proved able to activate Fortress Maximus, Scourge dropped his façade of loyalty and ordered Maximus to destroy Galvatron (Megatron's new form). The failure of this plan brought about a punishment most severe - Scourge and the Decepticons had their autonomy stripped by Galvatron, turned once again into loyal servants so dedicated to Galvatron that they continued to do his will even after he attempted to kill them as a belated punishment. With Galvatron's defeat, Scourge was captured and taken back to Cybertron for imprisonment with the other villains.
Dreamwave Productions[edit]
The character of RiD Scourge made one appearance in Dreamwave comics Summer Special issue before the company went under. There was a contest in the issue as to whether RiD or Beast Wars would be the next Dreamwave comic series. Beast Wars won.
3H Productions[edit]
The Robots in Disguise Destructicon Scourge is unofficially considered part of the Transformers: Universe line. He was planned to be made part of the fiction for the Transformers: Universe, like most non-show repaints from the RiD line, by the Transformers: Collectors Club, but they only produced concept art for a biography page before they went out under.
- Car Robots Black Convoy (2000)
- A black redeco of Generation 2 Laser Optimus Prime. While he lacks Laser Prime's electronics, his oil tanker trailer and some parts of his cab mode are painted in chrome silver.
- Robots in Disguise Scourge (2001)
- The U.S. release version is virtually identical to the Japanese version, but with Decepticon emblems decorating the cab. This version is missing chrome applications on the front end of his truck mode.
- Robots in Disguise Spy Changer Scourge
- The first version of Scourge to be released in the U.S. was not his original form, but rather a weaponless Spy Changer replica of the tractor-tanker's cab portion. Domestic versions of Black Convoy took almost a year to be sold to the general public, causing the value of Japanese Black Convoy toys to skyrocket, then revert somewhat.
- Robots in Disguise Destructicon Scourge
Transformers: Energon[edit]
A repaint of Energon Optimus Prime was released as a model kit in Japan called Grand Scourge. This character was seemingly an updated version of Armada Nemesis Prime.
Transformers: Cybertron[edit]
Ultra Scourge toy
Decepticon/Autobot | |
Information | |
Sub-group | Convoys, Legends, Ultra Beasts |
Function | Dark Commander |
Rank | 8.5 (Hasbro), 10 (Takara) |
Motto | "I protect the world with my flame! I bring peace in the name of power!" |
Alternate modes | Transmetal Dragon |
Series | Transformers: Cybertron |
English voice actor | Trevor Devall |
Japanese voice actor | Norio Wakamoto |
Originally known in Japan as Flame Convoy, his alternative mode is a ground fire-based dragon with two smaller heads that are initiated when he activates his Cyber Key power. In robot mode, his tail transforms into a huge battle axe.
It is not known why it is called 'Scourge' in the English release of the series. Likely this name is arbitrarily tagged on to the character so that U.S. audiences may readily identify him. Unfortunately this creates much confusion and inconsistency between the way Scourge is depicted in the television series and the description of it as a toy in the US, because the television series, which originated from Japan, never intended the character to be 'Scourge', but rather a Convoy-type character (hence its Japanese name). The Hasbro release of the toy describes him as violent and evil so as to be consistent with the name 'Scourge' given to it, whereas in the television series, he is more honorable, and eventually changes sides to the Autobots. In the Hasbro toy line, in order to justify a redeco of the toy, he is described to have become the villain Cryo Scourge (which is basically a blue repaint of the toy), but actually in the television series, he regains leadership of his planet, which he rules in peace in the example of Optimus Prime (Convoy).
'Scourge' is the brutal and very powerful ruler of the Jungle Planet. He views any display of kindness, compassion or generosity as weakness, and he hates weakness. Cold, distant, and prone to violent rage against those he views as lesser creatures, he holds most of the Jungle Planet firmly in his transmetal claw. Those defying him are likely to experience the searing heat of his stellar plasma breath, or the bite of his axe as their final sensation before their spark is extinguished. Overhaul, Snarl, and the Jungle Planet rebels will find him to be the most powerful foe they have ever faced.
According to Takara, Scourge is the absolute commander of planet Animatros, where Transformers utilize beast forms. It is his thinking that he is the strongest protector of the planet, and has a predominant existence that even Master Megatron cannot contend with. Flames can be shot from all three of his dragon heads, and can turn anything they hit to dust. Rules with absolute power, but has a concealed weakness. The "Transformers: Prime" iteration of Predaking is also said to resemble this incarnation of Scourge.
Animated series[edit]
The leader of the Jungle Planet (Animatros in Galaxy Force) where the local Transformers all have robotic Beast Modes. Scourge views all displays of kindness as a weakness, something he hates as only the strong can rule the planet. He gained his power after he grew tired of the poverty and degradation of his people years before his rise, initiating a revolt against the planet's former ruler. He was a student under Backstop, so he lacks the will to take a life.
Scourge joined Megatron's group, having become bored with his absolute rule of the Jungle Planet and considering none native to the planet to be his equal. While on the Decepticon team, he was the most powerful warrior and somewhat of Megatron's second in command (after Starscream had betrayed Megatron).
In episode 31, "United", Scourge, Mudflap, Crumplezone, Ransack and Thundercracker followed Megatron on the Space Bridge to Cybertron. They were joined by Thunderblast, who claimed she'd rather work for Megatron than Starscream.
However, on Gigantion, he began having doubts about his reasons for joining with the Decepticons and, through a battle royale with most of the Autobot forces, was convinced to leave them, though he was too proud to join with the Autobots even unofficially, choosing to return to his home planet in order to serve it as a wiser, more experienced leader.
Scourge refers to the human Lori as "little sister". He uses his tail as a battle axe in robot mode, and his cyber key activates two dragon heads on his shoulders. (Called 'Hydra mode' in the instructions.)
Eventually Scourge officially allied the entire Jungle Planet with the Autobots. He represented his planet and even burned Galvatron with his Cyber Key Power.
In the episode "Unfinished", when the Autobots attempted to use a gigantic rocket to move the Animatros back into its orbit, Galvatron attacked and damaged the rocket. The jungle planet threatened to crash into Cybertron. Scourge, the Autobots, the former Decepticons, and their allies from the various planets were able to combine their strength and move the rocket back into place.
In the final episode of Transformers: Cybertron, "Beginning", a wrestling match is held to decide the new leader of the Jungle Planet. Scourge defeats Snarl, then Leobreaker in fair combat and is declared the king of the Jungle Planet by Backstop. Scourge declares he will lead the Jungle Planet into a new era of peace thanks to the example of Optimus Prime and the Autobots.
The drawing design of Scourge's wing in the TV show is inspired by the 1982 Japanese anime Acrobunch. Scourge is the only Transformer in the series whose voice changes between beast and robot mode.
- Cybertron Ultra Scourge (2005)
- During the activation of Scourge's two extra heads with his Cyber Key, a Generation 1 transformation sound can be heard. Scourge was released as a larger Ultra Class toy.[23]
- The Ultra class toy was released repainted as a homage to Generation 1 Skylynx in Japan.
- Cybertron Legends Scourge (2006)
- Cybertron Ultra Cryo Scourge (2006)
- Ultra Class Scourge was redecoed as Cryo Scourge, a homage to Robots In Disguise Cryotek in the U.S.
- Long exposure to the freezing waste of deep space has irreversibly mutated Scourge. No longer a flame-spewing monster consumed by his passions, he is now a creature of ice and cold. Calculating, cruel, and without mercy, he radiates a freezing aura that causes circuitry to short out, and renders AUTOBOT alloys brittle and easily shattered. His breath, once a raging firestorm, is now a creeping cold that sneaks into joints and mechanisms, destroying them from within. The blade of his axe is a razor-sharp shard of supercooled hydrogen ice that leaves a deadly numbness wherever it strikes.
Transformers: Timelines (Shattered Glass)[edit]
A heroic version of Scourge is among the members of Galvatron's crew during the battle of Decepticon City on Earth. Though no toy has been released for him, he is visually based on the Timelines Scourge toy from the "Wings of Honor" storyline.
Transformers: Prime[edit]
Predacon | |
Information | |
Alternate modes | Mechanical wingless dragon |
Series | Transformers: Prime |
Scourge is a Predacon said to appear in Transformers: Prime.
Transformers: Timelines[edit]
A new version of Robots in Disguise (2001) Scourge appeared as part of the first Transformers Collectors Club subscription service figure set. This version is designated a "Clone Commander" created when several personalities-including that of Optimus Prime-were simultaneously copied, a nod to his 2001 counterpart's origins.
- Timelines Scourge
- A repaint of Reveal the Shield Optimus Prime with an inverted version of the Generation 2 Decepticon symbol and a red plastic blade representing his "Sword of Fury." Timelines Scourge shares this mold with the Combat Hero and Shattered Glass 2.0 Optimus Prime and Shattered Glass Ultra Magnus.
Transformers: Combiner Wars[edit]
A new character was introduced as part of the Combiner Wars line under the name "Grand Scourge," undoubtedly a nod to the Energon character of the same name. He is depicted as an interdimensional hunter seeking alternate versions of Optimus Prime and carrying the Matrix Breaker sword, a cleaver that is rumored to be capable of severing the link between the Matrix of Leadership and it's bearer.
- Combiner Wars Grand Scourge
- A repaint of Combiner Wars Optimus Prime; includes a red plastic sword in the mold of that used by Beast Hunter Optimus Prime, depicting the "Matrix Breaker."
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Friday, April 10, 2009
elle is so weird
I have a friend that is so weird and her name is elle. I cant find a picture of her but if you saw her you would think she is awesome. that is also true. Me and elle have been friends sense kindergarten. She is funny, weird, and random. she is so nice and funny
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• We finally made it to Bandon, Oregon, after leaving Michigan last Wednesday (here is the actual house we stayed in for the curious).
That is approximately 8 million hours of driving for those keeping track.
• The drive was so unending and I was so grouchy, I don't have any stories about it. Except one time as we were driving, I became aware of a tiny voice from the back seat singing softly, "bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon…"
• I am super happy to be in Oregon. The house is spectacular (i.e. I will be a whole floor away from the legos) and we are right across the street from THE OCEAN. So get ready for lots of pictures of giant rocks and starfish.
Oh look, here's one now –
• I received a comment recently that deserves recognition for being super hilarious. I've been trying to think up some kind of awesome Super Hilarious Comment acronym, though. That's what has been holding me up.
From Nan, who when I considered making a heart-shaped egg for the Pinterest Challenge, offered,
I'm glad you didn't do the egg thing. Let's not read too much into the fact that the egg thing makes me mad.
which is so funny I actually laughed out loud for like, three minutes. Is there a funnier phrase than "novelty-shaped ovum"?
I think not.
• Happy Monday! Link up with your own Randomness below!
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Nan | wrathofmom.blogspot.ca Says:
November 12th, 2012 at 1:54 amI still have no idea why that made me so angry (even now it makes me feel all stabby — THAT IS NOT HOW THE BABY JESUS WANTS EGGS TO BE TREATED AND EATEN!!! I'm pretty sure I was taught that in Catholic school in the 80s), but I'm glad you enjoyed the comment. Now promise me to NOT make the novelty shaped ovum craft. PROMISE.
The Michigan house looks very nice. Know what would make it look nicer: curtains. Again: I have issues.
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November 12th, 2012 at 6:28 amTired of driving and the whole crazypants adventure? I sense a little tenseness.
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Kevin Says:
November 12th, 2012 at 12:20 pmWhat a beautiful scene. It looks surreal.
Does the bacon song have the same melody as the llama song?
Don't think of it as novelty heart-shaped ovum, Nan. Think of it as novelty Starfleet Insignia shaped ovum. 🙂
Besides, scrambled ovum actually sounds worse, doesn't it? Over easy ovum anyone?
Ingi Says:
November 12th, 2012 at 9:27 pmIs it just me, or have you guys already been to Oregon? I have no idea about US geography (shocker to all the US citizens, no doubt). It is on the east coast, yes? Of course, I could look up Google maps, but…yeah. The Michigan (which just took about 4 attempts to spell correctly) house looks nice!
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Tonight May Be A Turning Point in Television History
The two corporate giants are playing a giant game of chicken on Oscar night. If no one blinks, several million people will not be able to see the Oscars tonight.
Regardless of who wins this battle, both companies may lose more than they ever considered. Let's talk about the unintended consequences.
If people decide they really, really, really want to watch this very popular television event, they may turn to the web and seek the tens, perhaps hundreds of sites, who will be streaming the Oscars over the web. Several million people may learn tonight that they can watch their favorite shows just as easily over the Internet — without paying for it.
If that occurs, Cablevision and ABC-Disney may have educated millions that their companies are not required to deliver home entertainment. And if that happens, the two companies may learn about unintended consequences in a way that they have never intended.
I know I'll be tuning in to see who is the real winner on Oscar night.
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South Korea agreed yesterday to a North Korean offer of high-level military talks, a breakthrough in the crisis on the peninsula. Hours after Barack Obama and Hu Jintao, the Chinese President, met to discuss the North's nuclear aspirations, Pyongyang bowed to Seoul's demands for talks about two deadly attacks last year.
Washington and Beijing say North-South dialogue is a prerequisite to a resumption of six-party talks involving the two Koreas, the US, China, Japan and Russia. Pyongyang walked out of the aid-for-disarmament talks in 2009, pronouncing them dead.
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BenderPL I don't like where it's going... It seems cool in the first place but imagine what government agencies like CIA/FBI could do with all that data especially when they can request all the data without real reasons just on ground that someone "might" be a terrorist... 0 4 years ago Reply
foxbat121 So, you never drive over the speed limit in your life? You never stared at other girls other than your wife or girlfriend? Doing something wrong is very subjective. All it takes is another Joe McCarthy or Jay Edgar Hoover in the Gov't to turn your life upside down. 0 4 years ago Reply
quixoticelixer Hes talking about this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee6pEGch1QU&feature=youtu.be 0 4 years ago Reply
foxbat121 Exactly. The 'as long as I'm doing nothing wrong, Gov't can spy on me as much as they want' atidue is what's wrong. 0 4 years ago Reply
Stagger0 This will definitely happen, unless it fits over normal glasses. I refuse to buy contacts, or get laser eye surgery for these. 0 4 years ago Reply


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Ok, here is a very relevant thread regarding a leo field-stipping a motorist's handgun.
The leo is a member of another forum and he admitted to doing that, and it created a lot of discussion about it.
Have fun, it's a good read IIRC:
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Sunday, 11 July 2010
A Broken Woman
When I was having the three IUI's last year I was probably healthier than I have ever been. No alcohol, acupuncture on a twice weekly basis and the gym several times a week. When they failed I was utterly crushed and, with no physical reason to blame for my inability to conceive, I stopped being so strict. I allowed myself an occasional glass of wine or bottle of beer, rationalising it as a way to maintain some semblance of a normal life.
Over the past three and a half years I have given up booze and then started drinking again more often than Lindsay Lohan (although luckily my loss of willpower doesn't have quite such disastrous repercussions). Last night I fell off the wagon in spectacular fashion.
It was one of my oldest friends 40th birthday (and yes, I do mean oldest in the age sense). I hate it when people regale others with tales of their drunken shenanigans but suffice to say I didn't get to bed until five thirty in the morning and have spent the day utterly broken.
On the plus side though, as if the prospect of IVF in September wasn't enough to encourage me back to my abstemious ways, last night has strengthened my resolve to never drink alcohol ever, ever again (or at least until after the IVF).
I might even restart acupuncture and drag my increasingly flabby arse back to the gym. But one step at a time, eh?
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I try not to say, "I know what you mean," but I can here. We had 3 failed IUIs last year and I was doing the same thing...eating perfectly, little to no alcohol, acupuncture...when it didn't work the month before my 30th I went off everything - prenatals, fertility drugs, etc and back on alcohol, eating badly, etc. I felt I deserved a break. Now I am back to trying to do better, but not worrying about the alcohol, although I monitor it. I'm with ya sister, you should look at this that I posted a couple weeks back...http://nikusroad.blogspot.com/2010/06/am-i-pregnant-dont-get-your-hopes-up.html. Good luck, I'm prayin' for ya!
ReplyDeleteAhhh so you let your hair down and had a wee drink, well, a blow out! - sometimes it just has to be done !!
Im not a big drinker - i despise the hangover -so stopping drinking wasnt a big thing for me.
Looking forward to reading your IVF journey babe, and best of luck for September.
If i were to give you any advice (and im no expert)I would say, dont change too much before your cycle, diet, exercise etc, sometimes its too much for ur body to handle as well as an ivf cycle.
Rest and chill as much as your life allows.
Brazil Nuts are supposed to aid implantation, i managed a couple a day before i was admitted to hospital. Im not sure if that helped, or the 16 days in hospital resting that helped, or it was just my time, but my cycle worked 1st time. It can happen babe !! xx xx- The Sheila13 July 2010 at 13:24
What irritates me about the virtuousness we have to adopt is that there are people out there who can full down drunk nearly every night of week, whilst smoking 20 a day and living on McD's for breakfast, lunch and dinner and who still get knocked up in the nightclub car park. However all our virtuousity gets us nowhere!
Anyway, I tell myself I only have to go back on the rails from the month before a treatment is due to start and the acupuncture starts 3 months beforehand. I'm due to cycle in Sept too, so the acupuncture has started but I'm eating too much trash, having the odd glass of vino and not going to the gym often enough yet - next month, I promise..... I really wish you WOULD regale us with a tale of your drunken shenanigans. Something tells me it would be good:)
I also think it's good to fall off that wagon once in awhile. I might knock myself off this weekend. And sometimes it's especially good to do it all the way. Because it makes it that much easier to return to a life of virtue.
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Ash Wednesday is the day when many Christians begin a 40-day period in preparation for Easter. Cardinal Timothy Dolan is also preparing — to travel to Rome, following the historic resignation of the pope.
CBS 2's Tony Aiello caught up with the cardinal on Wednesday afternoon. He was marking the foreheads of the faithful with ashes and using his homily to discuss the shocking decision by Pope Benedict XVI.
"A humility, a consciousness of his mortality, that's what this day is all about everybody, we are conscious of our mortality," Cardinal Dolan said.
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"We call him "il papa," our spiritual dad, and we're sad that he's going, and we're going to miss him very much," Cardinal Dolan said of the outgoing pope.
Dolan said he has not spoken to the pope since his surprise resignation Monday, but he did write him a letter. It is being hand carried to Rome by a Vatican official.
Benedict celebrated what will likely be his final public mass in Rome on Wednesday.
A pope who normally receives more respect than affection was showered with lengthy applause as the service ended. He seemed genuinely moved as many in the audience wiped away tears.
New Yorkers said they agree with the showering of praise upon the pontiff.
"A lot of people wanted to make him feel we have sympathy, we are on his side, so to speak," one person said.
Benedict's resignation takes effect on Feb. 28. The conclave to choose a new pope will likely begin mid-March, giving Dolan, who has been a cardinal for just a year, time to size up the papal contenders.
"I'm sure they'll take whatever time between the 28th and when the conclave starts for them to get to know each other and talk about the issues facing the Church," New York Archdiocese spokesman Joe Zwilling said.
The goal is to have a new pope before Easter.
The pope wants to meet with the cardinals on the morning he leaves office, and Cardinal Dolan said he plans to be in Rome for that occasion.
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WinSCP drag&drop shell extension is extension of the operation system (or rather Windows Explorer). It allows you to drag files from WinSCP directly to any folder (Windows Explorer window). Without it WinSCP needs to download the files first to temporary directory and only after that Windows Explorer transfers the files to their destination. While this happens transparently, it has several drawbacks.
Note that with or without the extension you can always transfer files directly by dragging them between local and remote panels of Commander interface.
The extension is installed by WinSCP installer by default (the portable WinSCP executable does not include the extension and it cannot be downloaded separately).
Newly installed extension is loaded only the next time you log in to Windows. So you may need to restart your machine or log off and log in again to load it.1)
To check that the extension is loaded, run WinSCP and display Drag&drop page of Preferences window. If the Use shell extension checkbox is enabled (not grayed), the extension is loaded.
To tell WinSCP to use the extension, select Use shell extension checkbox. Note that unselecting it (or rather selecting Use temporary folder checkbox) does not uninstall the extension. It will be still loaded into memory and will be loaded every time the operating system starts up.
When the extension is enabled in WinSCP the only destination application you can drag files to is Windows Explorer (this includes Desktop). Of course you can still drag files within WinSCP.
In addition, as the files are actually transferred directly to the target folder, not "dropped" on the target window, the Window Explorer will not place them on the spot, where you have dropped them. Instead they will appear on automatically selected position.
Note that the extension is registered in the operating system (or rather Windows Explorer) and thus it is loaded into memory even if you do not use WinSCP.
This chapter is for those who are curious why WinSCP needs shell extension to allow direct downloads using drag&drop.
Here is short explanation: Windows drag&drop mechanics does not allow source application of drag&drop operation to find out easily, where the files are dropped. It is up to target application (Windows Explorer usually) to transfer files to destination. It is rather reasonable, because source application can hardly transfer files to all possible destinations. Keep in mind that you can drop files not only to a directory, but even to ZIP file (or any other archive), remote directory (via FTP, SFTP, SCP, …), trash, …
Obviously even Windows Explorer (or any other target application, like WinZip) cannot download files from any possible source (particularly it does not know SFTP/SCP).
When the extension is not installed, WinSCP uses a trick to allow drag&drop downloads. It tells Windows Explorer that the files are in temporary folder (from where Windows Explorer knows how to get the files) and a moment before the Windows Explorer starts to copy files from there, WinSCP downloads the files there.
To allow direct drag&drop downloads, the shell extension was developed. It misuses Windows Explorer CopyHook's. CopyHook is a COM object (DLL library) that is called by Windows Explorer whenever directory (not file) is transferred within file system. When you drag anything from WinSCP, it creates empty dummy folder in temporary directory and pretends that you as user drag that directory. Once your drop it to Windows Explorer, it calls the CopyHook's (including the WinSCP shell extension), telling it what and where was dragged. This way WinSCP knows the actual destination. It cancels the drag&drop operation, so the dummy directory is not copied by Windows Explorer and transfers your actual selection to now-known destination.
This on the other hand explains why with the extension you cannot drag files to any other application except for the Windows Explorer. No other application would call the CopyHook.
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marion m.
Material: Wood hull
Length: 60.6 ft.
Breadth: 22.5 ft.
Gross Tonnage: 41
Depth of Hold: 5.4 ft.
Lovely Greenport, L.I. wooden freighter which carried oysters, potatoes, lumber, cordwood, and stones for jetty construction. She plied the Sound, making trips from as far as Massachusetts to Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Jersey. Known also as "chandlery lighters," these versatile little boats carried supplies and drums of fuel to ships lying at anchor in the harbor. She had simple hoisting gear, an A frame cargo mast. You can see her, floating at pier 16, on the east river.
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Any boat that carries oysters and potatoes is worth her weight in chowder, as far as I'm concerned. Long time, no post Christina
What can I do, my dear, to catch your ear
I love you madly, madly Madam Riparian…Marion -
What a sturdy stem she has!
Is this Marion a riparian librarian?
Is she still in service?
Alas, she is not: Marion M was last inspected about 8 or 10 yrs ago. Engine has not run in 3 years.
She needs a new deck. Bad worm damage on the starboard side above the chine. Planks need to be replaced above the water. Needs collision bulkhead. No idea of the steering condition.
She has been neglected.
Oh, C, m'dear… she's the third of the Rando lighters (Vernie S., Ollie, and now Marion) to end up at South Street, and fated as the others, I fear.
Remember driving Vernie S. around, and seeing Marion out there working… and thinking she was the cat's pajamas.
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Maybe YOU should adopt marion M . . .
You forsee big harvests but nuttin to carry 'em in.And your artists-a-sea, you need a vessel to ferry'em in.
And for springtime's young lovers, you'll captain a vessel to marry'em in.
Marion M Maron M . . . all the fun you'll have on Marion M
This is a neat little boat and too bad that she is neglected. Don't they have boat aficionados like they have for antique cars? A boat amateur who will put her back in top shape?
Love this boat. ^ ^
It's amazing!
Just a great drawing! It is sad to see what is, or better said is not happening with these old vessels. It is the economy, but more about bad management. Same in my old home in Seattle where they demolished the old three masted schooner Wawona.
I do love the art though! –TIM
[…] Lovely Greenport, L.I. wooden freighter which carried oysters, potatoes, lumber, cordwood, and stones for jetty construction. She plied the Sound, making trips from as far as Massachusetts to Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Jersey. Read more and see full size on Bowsprite […]
This was my maternal grandfather's boat.


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Teen With Cancer Hopes to Take Taylor Swift to Prom
One resilient New Jersey teenager has his mind set on exactly who he wants to take to prom, and the object of his affection doesn't even live in the same state — much less attend his high school. Somerdale, N.J. senior Kevin McGuire has plans to try and get a prom date with Taylor Swift this year, and while that may sound like a lofty goal, this is a kid who fought cancer once and overcame it, though he is now facing the deadly disease once again.
In order to have his life spared, McGuire has to rely on the lifesaving drug methotrexate, which is in short supply and does not even guarantee that it will see him to a full recovery. The student athlete, who plays football and basketball at his school, has earned the nickname "real life Superman" from his friends, according to a Huffington Post article. When McGuire was just 13, he was diagnosed with leukemia, which he fully overcame in 2010. But the cancer came back, and now the 18-year-old is more determined than ever to make the most of his life and to keep on living.
In an effort to secure McGuire's celebrity prom date, his older sister Victoria took to Facebook and wrote on her brother's wall, which has more than 8,000 subscribers. "Throughout his ups and downs Kevin never even questioned 'why me?,'" Victoria wrote on his wall, trying to spark a movement and get the attention of the country starlet. "Nothing, and I mean NOTHING brightens Kevin's day more than Taylor Swift. Kevin DESERVES more than anyone a special event in his life."
McGuire attends Sterling High School, where this year's prom just so happens to be the same day as his own birthday — June 1, 2012. On the Facebook page Victoria set up for her brother, she ends her plea with this: "Let's make this happen people! TAYLOR PLEASE GO TO PROM WITH KEVIN!!!!!! NO ONE DESERVES IT MORE!" Thousands of people across the globe are just waiting now to see if, and how, Miss Swift will respond.


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Today, I traveled for fifteen hours from Paris to Los Angeles and all that I want to do is shower, put on my coziest of sweats, nap, put on one of my cutest new sundresses and drive around to deliver the most amazing presents that I got to each of my friends. Only problem is, I can't do any of those things since the airline lost both pieces of my luggage and can't seem to locate them anywhere. Um, what?
I was overseas for one month and packed from my home in NYC to visit LA for another month – so these bags contain not just a few of my favorite things. They carried everything.
At first, I panicked – what if they were stolen? And then, I rationalized – this happens all of the time, they'll find my bags and deliver them eventually. But what if they never came back? What about all of my things?
This whole scenario reminded me of one of my greatest life lessons that occurred about six years ago. I became fast friends with a girl who was tons of fun and very adventurous. She was going through a difficult time in her life and as was I. We both desperately wanted to run away and escape our realities, so naturally, when she broached the idea of backpacking Australia for the summer – I was all for it. Our apartment leases both expiring, we decided to store all of our things together and figure out a new plan when we returned.
I'd been living in LA for five years and had acquired quite the collection of 'stuff'. My affinity for flea market finds had resulted in ownership of crazy chandeliers, antique birdcages, art deco mirrors and more. I was very proud of my 'things' being that I hunted and gathered each piece throughout the years and worked very hard to be able to afford them. At the time, I was working in the entertainment industry for many high-profile people – some of which handed down to me gorgeous clothes, handbags and other gifts given to them from Prada, Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Pucci, etc. Things that I would have never have been able to purchase for myself on an assistants' salary. One celeb gave me a good portion of her vintage sunglasses collection – which became my prized possession. About twenty hard-to-find shades all by Dior, Cazal, Chanel – it was just… amazing. And then there were the shoes. I don't know how I got so lucky to be her size, but another generous fashionista invited me over to help make room in her shoe closet by taking home whatever I fancied – at least a dozen pair came home with me. I was 24 years old, making close to minimum wage and wearing the coveted, sold out Christian Dior chain adorned ankle boots to meet my friends at IHOP. Too funny. I'm sharing with you all of this because I want to give you a taste of the impossibly awesome that went into storage before I left for an extended vacation. Dozens and dozens of little things that at the time, I considered made me a cooler, more worthy person.
Once in Australia, my new friend and I got to spend some real time together and realized that we didn't have so much in common after all. We went our separate ways on a negative note and she left for LA early. Upon my return home several weeks later, I had the ultimate rug pulled out from under me when I went to collect my things from storage. It was gone. It was all gone. And so was she.
All that I had to my name was in a small suitcase full of flip-flops and sand. My heart shattered a little more every time I recounted the treasures that made me feel so special and knowing that they were forever gone.
I called my best friend who had recently moved to Austin, to tell her that I was even more lost now than I was before because I didn't have my things. She convinced me to get on a plane to Texas, which I did. When I got there, she convinced me to purge my feelings by writing them down, which I did. I was such a wreck, overcome with so many emotions that once I started writing – I couldn't break from it. For about 15 hours every day non-stop, I composed a fictionalized account based on all the things that happened to me before I left for Australia – my reasons for wanting to run away. Over six weeks driven by desperation – I wrote what would six years later be my debut novel, which is being published this fall.


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LOS ANGELES – California Community Foundation (CCF) invites parents, educators, employers, community, civic and religious leaders, and all concerned members of the public to participate in a historic town hall on the need to change and improve conditions for Black male youth in Los Angeles that are adversely affecting their futures. "SAVING OUR SONS: A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION" will take place on Wednesday, May 2, at 6 p.m., in the North Tent at Los Angeles Trade-Tech College (LATTC), 1937 Grand Ave., Los Angeles 90015. More than 200 people are expected in attendance.
Twenty years after the civil unrest in Los Angeles, Black male youth have significant challenges related to their educational and employment prospects. Additionally, while Black male youth make up 10 percent of L.A. County's youth population, they comprise approximately 33 percent of all youth under probation supervision.
The event on May 2 is supported by Brotherhood Crusade, Community Coalition, Liberty Hill Foundation, Los Angeles Urban league, Youth Justice Coalition, Youth Mentoring Connection, and the Office of the Mayor, City of Los Angeles, and will feature a personal appearance by actor and activist Larenz Tate (TV's "Rescue Me", and films such as, "Ray", "Love Jones", "Crash", and "Menace II Society").
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Game story (Heat 6, Admirals 2)
It shouldn't surprise anyone that the Milwaukee Admirals' backs are against the wall again. What was bewildering is how they got there.
Abbotsford scored the final five goals Friday to beat Milwaukee, 6-2, in Game 1 of the best-of-five first-round playoff series in front of 3,341 fans at the Bradley Center.
In the game-changing second period, Milwaukee had more penalties (six) than shots (five).
In fact, the Admirals were called for five of them in the first 13 minutes 32 seconds of the frame, which led to Abbotsford taking a 4-2 lead. The Heat trailed, 2-1, after the first.
"It's the way the season's been for us," Milwaukee coach Ian Herbers said. "We haven't done anything easy. We bounce back. We're resilient. We've had poor games during the year, games that we want to get back. But we always come back when we rise to the challenge."
Milwaukee's next chance is 5 p.m. Sunday. A loss would be devastating, especially considering the final three games are at Abbotsford.
"We've had a resilient group," said Milwaukee captain Scott Ford, who had four second-period penalties. "We've fought through adversity all year. It's not the start we wanted, obviously, at home here. Get a split and then go to Abbotsford. I know we'll bounce back."
It all begins with goalie Jeremy Smith, who stopped 20 of the 25 shots he faced. The reigning AHL player of the week had allowed just four goals in his previous five games.
"He wasn't at the level he needed to be at," Herbers said. "It wasn't at the level he was playing at last game, wasn't at the level he was playing at down the stretch here for us."
Goals by Mark Van Guilder and Jani Lajunen gave Milwaukee a 2-1 lead after the first 20 minutes.
But Abbotsford tied the score on a power-play goal by Greg Nemisz with 17:10 left in the second. Ford was called for a questionable hold behind the Admirals' net. To make matters worse, Milwaukee never cleared the puck during the penalty.
"It's discretionary," Ford said. "The refs are out there for a reason. It could be called either way, I'm sure."
Nemisz added another goal for a 3-2 lead with 6:59 left. A shot bounced off Smith's leg and the puck was unclaimed in the low slot. An Abbotsford player dove for the puck and also bumped Smith onto his back at the right corner of the crease. The puck then trickled toward the left corner of the crease. Nemisz dove face first to beat the Admirals' Zack Stortini to the puck and backhanded it into an open net while in midair.
"I thought we had some extraordinary efforts at different times tonight," Abbotsford coach Troy G. Ward said. "Any type of goal you can get in the playoffs, it's usually going to have to result in some type of heart."
Abbotsford made it 4-2 with 5:22 remaining on a power-play goal by Krys Kolanos. At first, Smith thought he was interfered with a stick to his chest from Ben Walter. But replays showed it was the stick of Milwaukee's Jeff Foss as he and Walter skated past Smith.
Jon Rheault added a goal with 7:16 left in the third, and Kolanos, who finished with four points, scored on an empty net with 12.7 to play.
"I thought we had a very good first period. We played the way we wanted to," Herbers said. "The first key of the game for us was discipline. We got too many penalties in the second period and it took the flow and momentum away from the game."
- Admirals set date for first home game
- Admirals season comes to end
- Admirals try to save season tonight
- Griffins 2, Admirals 1: Milwaukee may have played final game at the Bradley Center
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Is the universe infinite, or does it have an edge beyond which there is, quite literally, nothing? Do we live in the only possible universe? Why does it have one time and three space dimensions — or does it? What is it made of? What does it mean when we hear that a new particle has been discovered? Will quantum mechanics eventually break down and give way to a totally new description of the world, one whose features we cannot even begin to imagine? This book aims to give a general overview of what physicists think they do and do not know in some representative frontier areas of contemporary ph ... More
Keywords: universe, time dimension, space dimensions, particle physics, cosmology, high-energy physics, condensed-matter physics
Print publication date: 2006 | Print ISBN-13: 9780199211241 |
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2007 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199211241.001.0001 |


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The defending world champion Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso finished one-two in the Italian Grand Prix yesterday to cut into Casey Stoner's lead atop the MotoGP standings.
Stoner started from pole but the Australian was passed first by Lorenzo with seven laps to go, then by Dovizioso on the final lap.
Lorenzo, a Spaniard who rides for the Yamaha factory team, clocked 41 minutes, 50.089 seconds at the Mugello circuit. Dovizioso, an Italian with the Repsol Honda team, crossed 0.997sec behind with team-mate Stoner 1.143 back.
"I left all my energy on the track," an exhausted Lorenzo said. "It was very complicated to pass [Stoner]).
"I won with my heart and it's magnificent. I'm so happy. Casey was so quick but, little by little, lap by lap I managed to catch him. I finally saw the chance to overtake on the downhill section and was able to take it."
Stoner blamed a problem with his tyres for the defeat, adding: "I did everything I could but the tyre pressure went up too high and I lost all grip in the rear. I tried to keep a consistent pace but I was just too slow at the end."
Nearing the season midpoint, Stoner now leads Lorenzo by 19 points and is 33 points ahead of Dovizioso. Seven-times world champion Valentino Rossi finished sixth – after starting 12th – and remained fourth in the standings, 61 points back.
Spanish riders won in all three classes. Suter rider Marc Marquez took his second consecutive Moto2 race by posting a narrow victory over German rival Stefan Bradl, who still holds a 52-point lead in the standings. In the 125cc class, Aprilia rider Nicolas Terol edged Johann Zarco for the win and opened up a 39-point lead over his French opponent.
MotoGP commercial rights holder Dorna Sports SL and the Mugello circuit announced that they have reached a new five-year deal to keep the Italian GP at Mugello.
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