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Ok Teller is right about the stats being real similar and frankly anyone can do a tad of research and come up with lists like these but...for those that dont have the time etc here is a list i made that has some covert weapons as well as little known ones, its not inclusive and has no pictures but ill leave that too Abner and others too flesh out, also wikipedia is a good source. Oh PS i am very excited too see the upcoming material for WW and frankly i am glad you guys are working on meatier stuff than simple weapons compendiums. My game group cant wait!
An expanded weapons list for Weird War II
De Lisle Carbine (1942-1945)
The De Lisle carbine or De Lisle Commando carbine was a British carbine used during World
War II. The primary feature of the De Lisle was its very effective suppressor which made it
extremely quiet in action, indeed working the bolt to chamber the next round makes a louder
noise than firing a round.The De Lisle carbine was used by the British Commandos and other
special forces Few were made as their use was limited to special military units.
Stats availible in Weird War 2 Sourcebook
STEN 9mm Supressed (1943-Vietnam)
The suppressed models were produced at the request of the Special Operations Executive (SOE)
for use on clandestine operations in occupied Europe, starting with the Mk. IIS in 1943. Due to
their tendency to overheat, they were fired in short bursts or single shots. In addition to its use in
the European Theatre, the Mk. IIS saw service with clandestine units in the Southwest Pacific
Area (SWPA) such as the Services Reconnaissance Department and SOE's Force 136 on
operations against Imperial Japanese forces. The Sten Mk. IIS was used by the Operation
Jaywick party during their raid into Japanese-occupied Singapore Harbour.
Sten Supressed: Same stats as in WW2 sourcebook but the weapon weighs a bit more due
too the suppressor/ 10 lbs.
Welrod Pistol
The Welrod was a British bolt action, magazine fed, suppressed pistol devised during World War II.
It was used primarily by the British SOE but was also used by the American OSS. The Welrod,
also known as the "Assassin's Pistol", was extremely quiet. The Welrod was provided with sights
marked with fluorescent paint for use in low light conditions. Although it had a maximum range of
23 meters, it was intended for use far closer—up to point blank. The muzzle end of the gun was
cut away so that it could be fired in direct contact with the target. This would reduce the sound
levels even further, and removed the chance of missing. The Welrod was a "sanitized" weapon,
meaning that it had no markings indicating its manufacturer or country of origin; all it was marked
with was a serial number and some inscrutable symbols and letters.
Welrod (9mm) 12/24/48 2d6–1 1 3.5 5D — Suppressed-Bolt Action
Liberator Pistol
The FP-45 Liberator was a pistol manufactured by the United States military during World War II
for use by resistance forces in occupied territories. The FP-45 was a crude, single-shot pistol
designed to be cheaply and quickly mass produced. The Liberator had just 23 largely stamped
and turned steel parts that were cheap and easy to manufacture. It fired a .45 caliber pistol
cartridge from an unrifled barrel. Due to the unrifled barrel, maximum effective range was only
about 25 feet (less than 8 m). At longer range, the bullet would begin to tumble and stray off
course. Because of the low quality, it was nicknamed the "Woolworth gun." The Liberator was
shipped in a cardboard box with 10 rounds of .45 ACP ammunition, a wooden dowel to remove
the empty cartridge case, and an instruction sheet in comic strip form showing how to load
and fire the weapon. Extra rounds of ammunition could be stored in the pistol grip.
Stats availible in Weird War 2 Sourcebook
Sedgley .38 OSS Glove Pistol
The Sedgley OSS .38 glove pistol is a World War II firearm. It was manufacted by Sedgley,
Philadelphia for the U.S. Marines and the U.S. Navy. It is a single shot, break action .38
Special pistol. It was designed by the Naval Intelligence Office. The trigger is a bar parallel
to and extending past the barrel. After being loaded and cocked, the weapon is fired by
"punching" the target.
Weight 1 Lb, Sucessful melee attack deals STR+2d6-1 damage too target, ROF 1
Internal magazine hold a single reloaded .38 round
M2 Carbine w/30 rnd Box mag, Selective Fire
This is a standard M1 carbine but with a 30 round Banana style clip and a selective
fire switch allowing the weapon too fire in single shot as normal or in Auto-fire with a ROF of 2.
Introduced in 1944. Parts kits T17 and T18 allowed the conversion in the field of semi-auto M1
carbines into selective fire M2 configuration.
M 1941 Johnson Rifle 30-06.
The M1941 Rifle was an American short-recoil operated semi-automatic rifle designed
by Melvin Johnson prior to World War II. The M1941 competed unsuccessfully with the U.S.
M1 Garand. Melvin Johnson campaigned heavily for the adoption of the Johnson rifle by the
U.S. Army and other service branches. However, after limited testing, the U.S. Army rejected
the Johnson in favor of the M1 Garand rifle developed by Springfield Armory. The M1941
Johnson was ordered by the Netherlands for issue to its troops in the Dutch East Indies, but
the Japanese invaded the islands before the rifles could be shipped from California. At this
time, the U.S. Marine Corps found itself in need of a modern fast-firing infantry rifle, and
acquired some rifles from the Dutch East Indies shipment for issue to its Paramarine battalions
then preparing to deploy for action in the Pacific theatre. By all accounts, the M1941 Johnson
performed acceptably in combat with the Marines in the early days of the Pacific fighting. The
weapon could be reloaded by inserting two 5 round stripper clips into the guns loading port for
its rotary magazine, one clip at a time.
M1941 Johnson Rifle (.30) 24/48/96 2d8 1 9.5 8S d6 AP 2, Semi–Auto
M50 Riesing SMG, .45 cal
The Reising was an American submachine gun manufactured by Harrington & Richardson.
It was designed and patented by Eugene Reising in 1940. The two primary versions of the
weapon produced during World War II were the M50 and the simplified folding stock M55.
Over 100,000 guns were ordered, and were initially used by the United States Navy, Marine
Corps and the United States Coast Guard, though some weapons were shipped to Canadian
, Soviet, and other allied forces in the effort against the Axis powers. The Paramarines and
armoured crewmen were known to have been issued quantities of the folding stock M55,
but the weapon's poorly designed wire-framed stock (which tended to fold while firing) soon
earned the M55 a poor reputation. The 1st Marine Parachute Battalion were issued the
weapon in New Zealand with other Marines only drawing their new Reisings onboard ship
while headed towards Guadalcanal with a minimum of familiarization. While more accurate
than the Thompson, particularly in semi-automatic mode, the Reising had a tendency to jam.
M50 Riesing (.45) 12/24/48 2d6+1 3 7 12 or 20D d6 AP 1, Auto
M 1941 Johnson Light Machine Gun "Johnny Gun" (1940-1945)
The M1941 Johnson Light Machine Gun was an American recoil-operated light machine gun
designed in the late 1930s by Melvin Johnson. It shared the same operating principle and
many parts with the M1941 Johnson Rifle. The Johnson LMG was one of the few light machine
guns to operate on recoil operation and was manufactured to a high standard. The Johnson
was fed from a curved, single-column magazine attached to the left side of the receiver.
Additionally, the weapon could be loaded by stripper clip (charger) at the ejection port, or by
rounds fed singly into the breech. The rate of fire was adjustable, from 200 to 600 rounds per
minute. Two versions were built: the M1941 with a wooden stock and a bipod, and the 1944
with a tubular steel butt and a wooden monopod. Johnson was successful in selling small
quantities of the M41 Johnson LMG to the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. One notable unit
that used this weapon was the U.S. Army's First Special Service Force, a special operations
unit composed of half Canadian, half American troops (nicknamed "the Black Devil's" by the
Germans). The U.S. Marine Corps' 'Paramarines' also used the Johnson LMG.
M1941 (.30) 30/60/120 2d8 2 or 3 13 20D d8 AP 2, Auto, Snapfire Penalty, ROF adjustable
M1919 .30 Cal LMG with BAR Stock and adjustable Bipod (Rare)
U.S. Soldiers in some cases fitted their M1919s or M2 aircraft guns with buttstocks and
bipods to allow for use without a tripod or other mount. The modified AN/M2 consists of a butt
stock from a US M1 Garand or BAR fastened to the receiver of the Browning machine gun, a
rear sight typically from a BAR 1918 and an improvised trigger. These conversions are based
on field conversions carried out by soldiers in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. A weapon
of this type was used by Marine Corporal Tony Stein in the invasion of Iwo Jima, who would
posthumously receive the Medal of Honor for his actions during the battle. It had a rate of fire
in excess of 1,200 rpm and was nicknamed the "Stinger." An attempt to make a special variant
for the airborne (paratroops). The M1919A6 featured a lighter bipod, a removable buttstock,
and was lighter to make it easier for the paratrooper to handle in airdrops.
M1919 (.30) 24/48/96 2d8 3 32 250B d10 AP 2, Auto
Lanchester Submachine Gun
In 1940, with the Dunkirk evacuation completed, the Royal Air Force decided to adopt some
form of submachine gun for airfield defence. With no time to spare for the development of a
new weapon it was decided to adopt a direct copy of the German MP 28, captured examples
of which were at hand for examination. The British Admiralty decided to join with the RAF in
adopting the new weapon, and played a key role in its design. Ultimately, the Admiralty alone
actually adopted the Lanchester into service.
Lanchester (9mm) 12/24/48 2d6–1 3 9.5 32or 50D — AP 1, Auto
LEWIS LMG, .303 or .30-06
The Lewis Gun (or Lewis Automatic Machine Gun) is a World War I era light machine gun of
American design that was perfected and widely used by the forces of the British Empire. It was
first used in combat in World War I, and continued in service with a number of armed forces
through to the end of the Korean War. It is visually distinctive because of a wide tubular cooling
shroud around the barrel and a top mounted drum-pan magazine. It was commonly used as an
aircraft machine-gun, almost always with the cooling shroud removed, during both World Wars.
By World War II, the British Army had replaced the Lewis Gun with the Bren gun for most infantry
use. As an airborne weapon the Lewis was largely supplanted by the Vickers K, a weapon that
achieved over twice the rate of fire of the Lewis and was also popular with the Long Range Desert
Group (LRDG). In the crisis following the Fall of France, where a large part of the British Army's
equipment had been lost, stocks of Lewis guns in both .303 and .30-06 were hurriedly pressed
into service, primarily for arming Home Guard units and purposes such as defending airfields and
anti-aircraft use. 58,983 Lewis Guns were taken from stores, repaired, refitted and issued by
the British during the course of World War II. In addition to their reserve weapon role in the
UK, they also saw front-line use with British, Australian, and New Zealand forces in the early
years of the Pacific campaign against the Japanese. The Lewis gun also saw continued
service as an anti-aircraft weapon during World War II; in this role it was credited by the British
for bringing down more low-flying enemy aircraft than any other AA weapon.
LEWIS Gun (.303) 30/60/120 2d8 2 28 47 and 97D d8 AP 2, Auto, Snapfire Penalty
Colt Model 1908 and 1903 Pocker Hammerless
The Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless is .32 ACP caliber, self-loading, semi-automatic pistol
designed by John Browning and built by Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company of
Hartford, Connecticut. The Colt Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless is a variant introduced five years
later in 380 ACP caliber. These pistols were popular civilian firearms for much of their life, and also
served as United States General Officer pistols from the 1940s until their replacement by the M15
General Officers pistol in the 1970s. The Office of Strategic Services issued the Model 1903 to its
officers during World War Two. Many gangsters of the pre-World War Two era favored the Model
1903 and Model 1908 because they were relatively small and easily concealed. It is said that Al
Capone kept one in his coat pocket and Bonnie Parker used one to break Clyde Barrow out of jail
after smuggling it into the jail by taping it to her thigh.
Colt Model 1908 (.380 ACP) 12/24/48 2d6-1 1 2 7D — Semi–Auto
Colt Model 1903 (.32 ACP) 12/24/48 2d4+1 1 2 8D — Semi–Auto
United Defemse M42 SMG (1942-1943)
The United Defense M42 was an American submachine gun in World War II. It was produced
from 1942 to 1943 by United Defense Supply Corp. (a government-formed company specifically
tasked with weapons development) for possible issue as a replacement for the Thompson
submachine gun and was used by agents of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). The weapon
holds 30 9mm rounds in its magazine, and can fire them at 700 rounds per minute. Frequently
two 20 round magazines were welded face-to-face allowing a quick reload when the first became
empty. Intended for use by U.S. troops at the time of its design, it found more favor being air-
dropped to partisan forces in occupied Europe. The weapon was air dropped to supply British-
led partisan forces on the island of Crete, where it was used extensively. It also saw use among
the partisan forces of the French Resistance. Some of them were transferred to Dai Li's regular
resistance forces in China for use against the Japanese invasion. The use of the 9 mm caliber
allowed resistance forces to use captured ammunition in their weapons, eliminating the need
for repeated re-supply drops. Overall the weapon failed in its intended role (to replace the
Thompson) but proved effective in limited use in the hands of resistance forces.
M42 (9mm) 12/24/48 2d6–1 3 10 30 or 20D — AP 1, Auto
S&W Model 27 .357 Magnum Revolver or Registered Magnum
The Smith & Wesson (S&W) Model 27 is the original .357 Magnum revolver and was first
produced in 1935; production ceased in the 1990s. The Model 27 was built on Smith and
Wesson's carbon steel, large N-frame, was available at various times with 3 1/2", 4", 5", 6"
or 8 3/8" barrel lengths and had adjustable sights. When first introduced by Smith and
Wesson in 1935 it was known as the .357 magnum Registered Magnum. The model was
essentially a custom order revolver. Barrel lengths could be had in quarter inch increments
from 3.5" to 8.75" in length. In addition to the different length of barrels available there were
different grips, front sights, triggers, hammers and finishes available. Each Registered
Magnum came with a certificate of authenticity. It was noted for its durability and reliability.
The 3 1/2" barrel length was extremely popular with FBI agents in the 1940s through the
1960s. Skeeter Skelton considered the Model 27 with a 5" barrel as the best all around
handgun. General George Patton carried an ivory handled Model 27 with a 3 1/2 inch barrel
(along with his ivory handled Colt Peacemaker); Patton called the Model 27 his "killing gun
Uses the same stats as similar magnums in the Savage Worlds Core Rulebook, during the WW2
era the weapon costs between 60-70 dollars, more than one months pay for a U.S. Army Grunt.
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serene_muse wrote:Strangedos wrote:i will put a few of my French/Italian weapons-Vehicle stats i made here in case somebody wants too use them.
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I hope this helps some
Yes, useful and a spark for my own thoughts. Thanks for posting!
On the commando weapons, I think it might be best as part of a general special forces (was that the WW2 era term even?) supplement. I think GURPS WWII had something similar.
Im not real sure that the term was used back then, the "Devils Brigade was known as the FSSF or First Special Service Force and sure enogh groups like the Commandos, Rangers, Jedburghs, even Skorzenys Commandos that raided Eben Emael and the Operation Grief operatives qualify....along with SAS, LRDG...anyway long list. Special Forces had existed for a long long time before this even the Commandos got thier name from an earlier group but i think it was only after the WW2 era that our modern nomenclature came into being. Im not sure but id say during this time they were most likely just refereed too as Raiding Units, Insurgency Forces, maybe Special Operations was a term used like with the name acronym SOE. As for the American Army the Rangers, Marine Raiders, FSSF and too an extent the airborne were without a dout the forefathers of our modern SF Units.
Anyway...blah blah lol, As for the earlier posts about the Italians, they make a good villain or an ally and are a must for a North Africa, Italian Campaign. I did a little research and came up with a wealth of info on thier units and equipment....they add a lot of color too my own game, so do the French units, especially the FFL which allows for different nationalities too exist with ease in the same unit.
Oh something i came across recently i thought i might mention, during the German occupation of France, French Militia units (Milice or Franc-Gardes) were raised too combat the resistance and did so very effectively...when Paris fell these guys had too flee the country....into Germany and became too a large part the Charlemagne Division of the Waffen SS! WW2 is full of interesting and off the wall units, one can add too your own game. Im looking into the Italians now.....hoping too find something Juicy, i had been using a fledgling Italian unit i called "Unita Especial Tredici" which i think means Special Unit 13....either way my players don't speak the language so im safe as an adversary, they aent a big part of my game but my heroes do occasionally hear about or run into this Il Duce spawned cadre which is made up of Strega (witch) trained soldiers who are dabbling in the black arts.
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The mention of Italians special forces reminds me of a book i read years ago about Italian frogmen
They were quit ambitious but suffered from lack of funds and time to perfect there equipment.
What if they had help from the Evil Atlanian Faction
They were quit ambitious but suffered from lack of funds and time to perfect there equipment.
What if they had help from the Evil Atlanian Faction
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Aye, and I third the interested expressed here in regards to seeing both Italian and French gear/soldiers/vehicles!
By the by, I've been reading through my Weird Wars II book again of late, and am enjoying it very much. Haven't had a chance to use it for anything WW2 proper, but am currently re-skinning a great deal of it for some upcoming Savage Star Wars games, and also using it as a foundation for a Valkyria Chronicles conversion I'm sketching out. Also been thinking about combining it with Realms of Cthulhu and doing an "Early Days of Delta Green" campaign with it, but that one's probably quite a ways off...
Anyway, just wanted to add a thanks into my request for more info. All the hard work that obviously went into Weird Wars is impressive, and much appreciated! I never miss an opportunity to recommend it to gamer friends into WW2.
By the by, I've been reading through my Weird Wars II book again of late, and am enjoying it very much. Haven't had a chance to use it for anything WW2 proper, but am currently re-skinning a great deal of it for some upcoming Savage Star Wars games, and also using it as a foundation for a Valkyria Chronicles conversion I'm sketching out. Also been thinking about combining it with Realms of Cthulhu and doing an "Early Days of Delta Green" campaign with it, but that one's probably quite a ways off...
Anyway, just wanted to add a thanks into my request for more info. All the hard work that obviously went into Weird Wars is impressive, and much appreciated! I never miss an opportunity to recommend it to gamer friends into WW2.
theDevilofWormwood wrote:Aye, and I third the interested expressed here in regards to seeing both Italian and French gear/soldiers/vehicles!
There's nothing in any errata for the Italians or French forces, but you can get the TO&E for something close to France's WWII troops via the French Indochina forces in WW Tour of Darkness. About the only thing missing is the Adjutant rank. Unfortunately that does mean buying another book in either PDF or print.
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"If we're not willing to settle for junk living, we certainly shouldn't settle for junk food."
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"Has it come? Is it here yet? When can we have the 80% less fat French fries Mama?"…questions that the teen shot at me faster than I could answer but all well worth it! The 'it' in question was the Philips AirFryer I was lucky to win at a recent food event called Foodathon in the NCR, North India.
When sketchy event details started making the rounds on FB, we giddily thought it was going to be an 'eat till you drop' event, a food marathon of sorts! Such a happy feeling. The suspense finally ended with the formal invite…
FOODATHON is a platform that will host the city's online food influencers and connect them relevant brands. The event would see multiple angles of food represented in the form of food and lifestyle bloggers, F&B brands, photographers and experts. The primary sponsor for the first FOODATHON is Philips, and hence the event is being called the Philips FOODATHON. Our other sponsors include The [V] Spot Café and Dunkin Donuts.
The event itself was packed with food related stuff. I got in late {post lunch} so missed the Philips AirFryer demo. I really wanted to experience it in 'action' as I had missed the launch which was held this summer as I was off to Goa!
There was a interesting talk on food photography by ace photographer Hemant Sud who talked us through the different genres of photography, limitations of the camera, common issues that crop up from time to time related to shooting food, and commercial food photography.
There was also a plating / food presentation by Executive Chef Darren Conole at the Shagrila, New Delhi. I've met him a few times, most recently at the MasterChef breakfast meet. He has a great sense of humour and is a good orator like Hemant Sud. Together, they kept us in splits! Darren did a small demonstration on old school or classic food plating which is the way we grew up looking at food …. flat across a plate, almost 'scattered', 'relaxed' and quite nostalgic!
Obviously loads has changed since we grew up. The contemporary style of plating {the plating I did on the left above} is more dramatic, vibrant and 'built upwards' as opposed to plated horizontally. The comparison was refreshing. Points to consider while plating – the choice of platter, colours and layering of food, focal point and importantly garnishes. I enjoyed the talk, though spent a lot of time giggling with the girls!The demo was followed by a short crisp talk by Sid Khullar about blogging, the connect, the learning curve and making money from blogging. He conducted a quiz, where some of us who answered correctly were asked to participate in a contemporary food plating contest. I was picked one of two winners.
The concept of a Foodathon is good though I'm not too sure that the location sponsor V Spot Cafe was geared up for an event of the scale, or if it was the best location. On our way out we were handed boxes of Dunkin Donuts Diwali Special boxes, tees from Philips Foodathon and colourful coffee mugs from V Cafe.
The donuts created to herald Diwali, the Indian festival of lights, are quite a nice idea. The garnish and flavours match traditional flavours like cardamon, pistachio saffron etc, the colours vibrant & festive. The son dived into the box … "Mmm NICE! Just like the ones we had in Sydney!"
When the AirFryer arrived I wasn't prepared for the size and ergonomic design. It took my breath away. How pretty and how simply put together! We used it … LOTS! First out French Fries…that's the 'signature dish' that the fryer is well known for and one that uses 80% less oil. It's true. 2-3 large potatoes, 1 tbsp oil and seasoning is all it takes to deliver this deliciousness.
Then the super excited lad marched me to make crumb fried chicken and potato crisps, both winners! How crisp can crisp be? Outstanding stuff, minimum oil, minimum fuss and easy clean up! The fryer was now on a roll. Next morning saw French Toast {which did get a little caught on the grill} but I'm learning as I go, then for lunch paneer tikka, and the left over marinade went over baby potatoes!
Dessert was chocolate lava cake. Cake because Sangeeta mentioned in her post that at the demo they said that the AirFryer bakes too. I HAD to have a go. Followed the recipe from the AirFryer cookbook but used whole wheat instead of plain flour. The cakes was slightly on the sweeter side yet had wonderful texture. Gooey, chocolaty and warm, these were done in 4 minutes flat! {The paneer tikka took longer than the book said. The recipes for both the baby potatoes & cottage cheese was my own}.
The fryer is quite exciting. I believe it can do loads of veggies too. The only negative is the small size therefore limiting the amount you can cook at a go, so for parties etc it can mean waiting between lots.
Otherwise it's simple to operate, has an alarm which is a great built in feature, is kid friendly, really easy to clean up, designed beautifully with smooth knobs and the mesh 'drawer', and a retractable wire {like the Thermomix}. The AirFryer and Thermomix are 'counter cousins' in my kitchen now, black & white, sitting side by side!I got even more adventurous yesterday and baked a cake in the AirFryer! I believe that the AirFryer comes with it's own special cake tin. Mine didn't but I found a tin that fit. The cake post is up next, so please stay tuned. Yes, it's a Fryer that bakes cakes too … and it's darned good! Good for people on diets or restricted diets, good for kids and a good lifestyle kitchen appliance in general!
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The films were made by three young filmmakers who have been in residence at the School of Engineering for six weeks this summer. The filmmakers, who majored in engineering but are pursuing careers in film, graduated from Princeton in June. They are Zennen Clifton, a computer science major, and Taofik Kolade and Michael E. Wood, who both majored in mechanical and aerospace engineering.
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Alistair Overeem is the Last Hero in MMA
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MMA is a sport that while it hasn't been around for a long time, it already has a rich history built up around it. Over the past few years most of the older heroes have fallen to the wayside a bit; either a string of losses forcing them into retirement or they are simply languishing in mediocrity. We tend to brush them aside and treat them like they were never anything special, which in a way is a giant shame. This whole concept is what forced me to write a novel about a MMA fighter, because I found it frustrating to see fighters like Fedor Emelianenko and Wanderlei Silva written off after age and their lives as fighters caught up with them.
To be frank; there are no more heroes in MMA anymore.
We've see this in the ratings on television, the buyrates for UFC PPVs and the ticket sales for UFC events. The old guard have fallen behind and the new breed are bland and lifeless imitators. Frankie Edgar is the best example that I can come up with as he fights this weekend for the Featherweight Championship against Champion Jose Aldo. Aldo is a tough kid who grew up in the tough country of Brazil and became a great fighter. Frankie Edgar is a guy that has been sold as a modern day Rocky, but has zero personality or ability to sell that whole narrative to anyone but his family.
The stark contrast to Edgar is Alistair Overeem, the former DREAM and Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion and K-1 World Grand Prix Champion. Overeem is a conquering hero who has spent most of his career cutting his teeth on fights outside of the Zuffa banner before making his UFC debut by making short work out of a once-dominant Brock Lesnar, pushing him into retirement and back into professional wrestling. Overeem is a huge specimen of a man and has a rather impressive skillset and brought with him an aura of invincibility that many fighters simply cannot acquire even after impressive win streaks.
This weekend he goes into battle with Bigfoot Silva, one of the few men to ever defeat Fedor Emelianenko and to do so in a dominant fashion. Overeem has had some setbacks, losing his title shot due to a failed drug test, but this is once again his chance to prove himself and to continue to be the last true hero in MMA.


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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 3:09 PM GMT on July 17, 2011
A tropical disturbance (Invest 98L) has formed off the east coast of Florida, along the tail end of a cold front that pushed off the coast late last week. This disturbance has the potential to develop into a tropical depression that will bring heavy rains to the northern Bahamas and east coast of Florida today through Tuesday. Satellite imagery shows that the disturbance has become more organized this morning, with an expanding area of intense thunderstorms, the beginnings of a surface circulation, and upper-level outflow on the east and north sides of the storm. Some rotation of 98L is also evident on long-range radar out of Melbourne, Florida, but the rain showers are poorly organized and there is little evidence of low-level spiral banding. Wind shear is a moderate 10 - 20 knots, and sea surface temperatures are 27 - 28°C, which is plenty warm enough to support a tropical storm. There is dry, continental air over North Florida, and upper level winds out of the northwest are driving this dry air into the center of 98L, retarding development.
Figure 1. Morning satellite image of Invest 98L.
Forecast for 98L
The models are shy about developing 98L; only the HWRF model shows a tropical depression developing. The SHIPS model predicts that wind shear will be in the low to moderate range, 5 - 15 knots, over the next five days. NHC is giving 98L a 30% chance of developing into a tropical depression by Wednesday. Given the recent satellite and radar presentation of the storm, I'd put those odds higher, at 50%. A hurricane hunter aircraft is scheduled to investigate 98L this afternoon.
Steering currents are weak off the coast of Florida, and 98L can be expected to move slowly at less than 5 mph over the next two days. The HWRF and GFDL models predict 98L will execute a clockwise loop, heading towards the coast of Florida on Monday, then looping northeastwards towards South Carolina later in the week. The track of 98L will depend strongly on how intense the storm gets; a weak system is likely to stay farther to the south, while a stronger system will "feel" upper level winds with a west-to-east component, and tend to move to the northeast, parallel to the coast.
None of the reliable models predict tropical cyclone development over the remainder of the Atlantic through July 23.
U.S. heat wave to last at least another week
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Figure 2. Microwave satellite image of Typhoon Ma-on at 08:26 UTC July 17, 2011, over the West Pacific Ocean. The typhoon was undergoing an eyewall replacement cycle, with the inner eyewall collapsing and a new, larger eyewall forming from an outer spiral band. Image credit: Navy Research Lab, Monterey.
Typhoon Ma-on headed towards Japan
Powerful Category 3 Typhoon Ma-on is headed northwestward towards Japan, and is expected to brush the east coast of the main island of Honshu on Tuesday. The typhoon has weakened some over the past day, thanks to an eyewall replacement cycle where the inner eyewall collapsed, and a new, larger eyewall formed from an outer spiral band. Once this process completes, Ma-on is expected to intensify into a Category 4 storm. With water temperatures along the path of the typhoon ranging from 29 - 30°C, and wind shear expected to remain in the low to moderate range of 5 - 15 knots, Ma-on has the potential to hit Japan as a major Category 3 storm. The typhoon is unusually large, with winds of tropical storm force (39+ mph) extending out almost 350 miles to the north of the storm. A large portion of the south coast of Japan will receive tropical storm-force winds and large battering waves from Ma-on. Although the typhoon is currently a minimal Category 3 storm, its large size means that Ma-on has a tremendous amount of total kinetic energy, characteristic of a Category 5 storm. This means that Ma-on has the potential to bring a large and highly destructive storm to the coast on the right front side of where the eye makes landfall. If the eye remains just offshore, as some models are predicting, this storm surge will largely miss Japan, though.
Jeff Masters
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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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I've just not bought into that ND is a nat'l title team. People want to give Alabama a hard time about their schedule up to this point. But what about ND and who they've played up to now? I've heard a ba-zillion times this years about how the ND win vs Mich was a good signiture win, how they beat a illusive denard robinson michigan team bla bla bla. Michgan turned the ball over 6 times, ND should of beat them as bad as bama did, its pretty bad to not capatilize on that many turn overs and only win a game 13-6. The same ppl are down playing the michigan team that alabama THUMPED to start the year. I think in two weeks, Oklahoma is going to beat up on ND pretty bad. That'll end the talk for ND.
I'll agree with you about ND as of now, but Bama doesn't play South Carolina, Florida or Georgia this year.
So their only signature win is against a Big 10 Team that they played in Tuscaloosa. Same with LSU
So Bama also only has 1 chance left at a signature win, when they play LSU b/c I'm not buying the CowBells tune.
Bama opponents are 19-19 and their next game is against the 3-3 Vols.
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I hear you on the whole "Death Valley at night" thing. But Alabama has historically done pretty well down there regardless of the kickoff time. Weren't we supposed to lose last January because we were playing in LSU's backyard or something like that?
Just kidding. I am hoping that Alabama can make it to November 3 undefeated so it will be just as big a game as it was last year and looks to be for some time.
Also, if things go to plan, Alabama will get the best of SC, Fla, and UGa in Atlanta for a winner-take-all matchup.
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the way the schedule plays out, the schools that lost a game early may end up near the top as opposed to those that may eventually lose late in the year....ND will lose to either OU or Southern Cal, possibly both...OU can run the table and win the Big 12...the USC vs Oregon game will end up either knocking UO out of the MNC or give USC some traction into claiming a shot at it....IMO all the teams are playing for ONE spot, the chance to play Bama for all the marbles...dont forget about FreeShoesU
I think it is time for Mack Brown, Univ of TX, to go. The Aggies are finding a way to win this year instead of just the opposite.
I think they are going to have their hands full this coming Sat with LSU. The Aggies could actually win eight games this year. The possible victories: Sam Houston State, Auburn and Missouri. Miss State is playing awful good right now but.... And there is not much of chance against AL.
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Paul married his high school sweetheart, Dorothy Sweeney, on August 11, 1951 at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Verona. He enlisted in the US Navy in December of 1951; while serving, he continued boxing and played for the Navy All-Star Softball Team.
After being honorably discharged, Paul worked at MURA, University of Wisconsin Computer Center, and American Family Insurance, where he was an agent in Verona more than 30 years. Paul played for the Verona Home Talent Baseball team for many years. He was a member of the Verona American Legion Mason-Lindsay Post 385, a leader of the Gordon Go-Getters 4-H Club, and was a president on the St. Andrew Catholic Church Council.
He was especially proud of his Swiss heritage. Paul loved the outdoors, especially golfing, fishing, hunting, and trap shooting with his family and friends; he passed his passion on to his nephews and grandsons. He was a life-time member of the Dane County Conservation League, board member of the Ruffed Grouse Society, and a founding member of The Sugar River Ducks Unlimited Verona Chapter.
Paul is survived by his wife of 62 years, Dorothy; children, Pat (Michael) Ehly, Nancy (Steve) Bollig, and Jean (Gary Cannalte) Marty; grandchildren, Mikaela & Mitch Ehly, Tyler (Whitney) Knudtson, Jackson & Wyatt Bollig, and Charlie Cannalte; sister, Virginia (Clarence) Witt; sister-in-law, Mary Hefty; brother-in-law, Leo Sweeney, and many nieces, nephews and life-long friends. Also survived by his hunting Labrador Retriever, Max.
Preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Art (Darlyn) & Russ (Marge); sister, Kathryn (Greg) Tierney.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at ST. ANDREW CATHOLIC CHURCH, 301 N. Main Street, Verona, at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 14, 2013, with Father William Vernon presiding. Visitation will be held at RYAN FUNERAL HOME, 220 Enterprise Drive, Verona, on Friday, December 13, 2013 from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Burial with full military honors will follow at St. Andrew Catholic Cemetery.
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...time to 'put your money where your mouth is'. OK! After Walker and the Wisconsin Republicans provided this nation with real conviction in what was needed to get this nation back on track, I for one believe conservatives need to support what just happened with more than words of encouragement. As they say, time to poney up, for obvious reasons. You can bet the libs/unionists aren't going to just let this ride.
If you want to be involved, here's one way to do so.
Please do what you can. This will indeed be the battle that determines this nations direction, and if we can get it back again.
Dear Newsmax Reader:
Weve just won a huge victory in Wisconsin!
The GOP Senate simply outsmarted Obamas bloated public unions.
In a historic vote last night, the Wisconsin Senate approved the most critical part of Governor Scott Walkers budget repair bill.
By eliminating collective bargaining over benefits, Obamas bloated public employee unions no longer have absolute power to hold taxpayers hostage.
No longer will Wisconsins liberal politicians award lavish pension and health benefit packages to their union cronies in exchange for a mother-load of campaign cash and votes.
What happened?
The Wisconsin Senate requires a quorum to vote on any bill that spends money. This is how the 14 AWOL senators shamefully managed to block a vote on Scott Walkers budget-repair bill.
So Republicans simply stripped the non-fiscal portion off of the bill. The Senate then voted on it as a stand-alone measure, one that doesnt spend money!
This is a huge victory not only for Wisconsin, but for all of America.
Robert Reich, who served as President Clintons Labor Secretary, admits Wisconsin will reverberate nationwide.
He says: I wouldnt be surprised if governors in New Jersey and also in Indiana and other Midwestern states where you have Republican governors, who believe they are in the ascendancy take some courage from all of this.
Liberals Enraged
No surprise, after disgracing the office they hold, the 14 AWOL senators now say theyll return to Wisconsin from their Illinois hideout.
And theyre vowing to escalate the fight to a new level.
One of Obamas allies is Michael Moore, a Hollywood-leftist filmmaker.
Hes calling for a nationwide student walk-out on Friday to protest Wisconsin, and is demanding jail time for Scott Walker.
A guest on MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow Show," an enraged Moore declared "The rich have committed these crimes and the people will demand your ass is in jail we have a right to your money!"
Clearly, Michael Moore has gone nuts.
But the fact is this is a battle for the nation.
Thats why Obamas public union allies are so desperate to strike-back with vengeance.
Theyll do whatever it takes to destroy Scott Walker, and to reverse our huge victory in Wisconsin.
They wont stop. But neither will the League of American Voters. Weve got Scotts back.
Your donations and support to the League of American Voters helped Scott Walker and state legislators stay firm and win this battle.
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We expect a plague of Democrat lawsuits, more mob chaos, and well-funded recall campaigns against GOP senators.
Moveon.org, one of Obamas far-left allies, is trying to raise $500,000 in twenty-four hours.
Their goal? To make sure that these senators pay a heavy price We can't let them get away with this.
In fact, theyre already collecting signatures to recall these courageous senators who stood with Gov. Scott Walker.
Thats why its so urgent for the League to continue its highly-effective campaign to expose Obamas bloated public unions.
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An insomniac's guide to the curious mathematics of mattress flipping
Brian Hayes
A Flying Mattress Ride
To make sense of all this turning and flipping, the first thing we
need is some clear notation. A mattress can be rotated around any of
three orthogonal axes. I could label the axes x, y
and z, but I'd just forget which is which, so it seems
better to adopt the terminology of aviation. If you think of a
mattress as an airplane flying toward the headboard of the bed, then
the three axes are designated roll, pitch and
yaw as shown in the illustration to the right. The roll
axis is parallel to the longest dimension of the mattress, the pitch
axis runs along the next-longest dimension, and the yaw axis passes
through the shortest dimension.
Turning the mattress by 180 degrees around any one of these three
axes is a symmetry operation: If you start with the mattress
properly installed on the bed and then apply one of these actions,
you return to another state where the mattress fits the bed frame
correctly. Assuming that the various surfaces of the mattress are
not labeled in any way, the states before and after the symmetry
operation are indistinguishable. Note that no rotation through an
angle smaller than a half turn has this property; despite the advice
of Phyl's Furniture Facts, a quarter turn around any axis leaves the
mattress in a decidedly awkward position. And for a mattress that
has the usual, rectangular, shape (technically, it's called an
orthotope), there are no other symmetry axes. If you were to try
making a half turn around one of the diagonals, you'd be left with a
very catterwumpus bed.
A mattress has two sides suitable for sleeping on, and each of those
sides has two possible orientations—with one end or the other
toward the headboard. Thus there are four configurations overall. A
golden rule of mattress flipping would be an operation that, when
applied repeatedly, would cycle through all four configurations and
then return to the original state. It's easy to see that none of the
three basic symmetry operations, taken alone, accomplishes this
trick. If you always flip the mattress end-over-end (that is, around
the pitch axis), you alternate between just two of the four states
and never reach the other two. Repeated roll turns or yaw turns also
visit just two of the states (although not the same pairs of
states). Hence any golden rule would have to involve some
combination of motions—maybe a roll followed by a pitch
followed by a roll the other way and then a yaw, or some such
intricate dance move.
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Does any body know how to hollow out the clone trooper helmets from the clone wars? Ive seen it done on ebay but just dont know how to do it.
Does any body know how to hollow out the clone trooper helmets from the clone wars? Ive seen it done on ebay but just dont know how to do it.
Just pop off the heads of the Clone Wars clones and you'll see that they're already rather hollow. The only reason I can think of where someone might need them even more hollow is to make them become removable helmets. In that event, you'd need a Dremel to accomplish that task.
yeah i want to make them removable helmets so whats a dremel? And where can i get one and how much is it?
You can get them at a Wal-Mart or craft stores, or such. Prices vary depending on what accesories you get with them. I don't have a price off the top of my head, but I think they atart around $60, but I may be a little low on the price there.
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NARRATOR: Artist Fred Wilson FRED WILSON: When I was in college, had been a guard for our college museum. While this was not a major experience, it was something that stayed with me a very long time. And I always thought that I would make an artwork about that experience, and Guarded View turned out to be that artwork. NARRATOR: These headless mannequins wear the guards' uniforms used in four New York Museums: The Jewish Museum, The Metropolitan Museum, The Whitney, and the Museum of Modern Art. FRED WILSON: When you're a guard, you are, kind of, on display like everything else. You're standing there, you're silent, people walk by you, but unlike the artwork, you are invisible. And that tension between the two is what really intrigued me and really made me want to make the work. On top of that, this work was really about having been to museums, going to museums for years, and noting that besides myself and the guards, and perhaps, the people in the food service or the maintenance, you know, we were the only African-Americans or people of color in the museum. And no one in the professional staff, who decides what gets put on display, how those things get described and discussed, what's acquired by the museum—to me that was also very much a part of why I did this piece. I've had museum guards tell me that the people in the professional staff who worked side-by-side with them for thirty years, would walk in the in morning and not even say hello. And so, this piece was not only to make them visible for the visiting public, but also for the museum professionals as well. NARRATOR: In 1993, Wilson was invited to give an artist's talk in the Museum galleries. He gave the talk as a museum guard. FRED WILSON: I was invited by the Museum to give a tour of the exhibitions that they had on at that moment. I told them that I wasn't a scholar. But I went to visit the Museum and I realized there were things I had to say about it. And they thought that was a great idea. So, I had lunch with, with the staff, in the Museum, and then I said, "Okay, excuse me. I'm going to change into my costume and I'm going to meet you in the galleries by the sign that says 'Fred Wilson speaks at 2:00.'" I changed into a guard's uniform and stood by my sign. And then a few minutes later, they all came downstairs and stood around in front of me waiting for me to show up. Literally, just, you know, just sort of relaxing, waiting for me to show up—right in front of me. And then I said, "Well, okay, let's get this thing going." And, of course, the people that I'd known for a long time, were embarrassed. And this group followed me around. Of course, this was kind of interesting for the public to see a guard speaking in art historical terms and critiquing the exhibition. And then the guards came off their station to hear me do this, and every once in a while, they'd say things like, "I always wanted to say that about that artwork, you know."


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Ohio State becomes first FBS team to nine wins
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Braxton Miller passed for 143 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 134 and a pair of scores as the visiting Buckeyes remained undefeated.
Carlos Hyde added a rushing score and Jake Stoneburner caught the lone touchdown pass for Ohio State (9-0, 5-0 Big Ten), which became the first FBS team to reach nine wins.
Miller took over late in the third quarter, pulling back a designed running back draw and taking it in himself through the right side to give the Buckeyes a 21-10 edge with 3:30 left in the period. The defense forced a three-and-out on the ensuing possession and Miller guided Ohio State 85 yards in eight plays, bursting through for another 1-yard score with 40 seconds left in the third.
The Nittany Lions (5-3, 3-1) took an early lead on a blocked punt in the end zone but did not score on offense until the fourth quarter, when Matthew McGloin threw a pair of touchdown passes. Miller sandwiched McGloin's two scores with one of his own, matching his longest career pass play with a 72-yard connection to Stoneburner.
McGloin finished 27-of-45 for 327 yards, two touchdowns and one interception for Penn State, which was held to 32 yards on 28 rushing attempts in dropping its first conference game of 2012.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The schools were technically playing for first place in the Leaders Division, though neither is eligible for postseason play because of NCAA sanctions. … Ryan Shazier gave Ohio State its first lead 14-7 with a 17-yard interception return for a touchdown. … The Buckeyes finished with 234 yards rushing and have gone over 100 in each of their nine games.


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Since there are 100,000 known fungus species, it might not seem all that remarkable that Robert Blanchette may have discovered three new ones. But he found the fungi where no one believed they existed—Antarctica—and he says they're feasting on historic treasures—the wooden huts built a century ago by legendary British explorers Ernest Shackleton and Robert Scott.
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The three small buildings, constructed during Shackleton's and Scott's efforts to explore Antarctica and reach the South Pole between 1901 and 1915, are considered invaluable links to the "heroic age" of polar exploration, when eight nations launched 15 Antarctic expeditions between 1895 and 1917. The huts, among the only remaining structures from humanity's first known attempts to inhabit the continent, are overseen by the New Zealand-based Antarctic Heritage Trust, and scientists, eco-tourists and history buffs visit the structures, where they marvel at the artifacts—such as newspaper clippings, cans of food and clothing—left behind by Shackleton's and Scott's expedition members. When conservationists noticed signs of decay in the huts—rotting planks and wooden crates covered with black speckles—they knew who to consult.
Blanchette, a 57-year-old plant pathologist at the University of Minnesota, is a leading specialist in the study of how fungi affect archaeological artifacts. Originally focused on forest diseases—such as root rot and white pine blister rust—he raised his profile in 1988 when he delivered a paper describing the fungal decay of wooden relics from an excavated Native American village in Washington State. "I realized right away that I wanted to enlist him," recalls Elizabeth Simpson who, in 1981, had established a project at the University of Pennsylvania for studying and preserving royal wooden furniture from Gordion, Turkey. "I was entranced by this esoteric field of wood pathology that I had never thought about before." In the decades that followed, Blanchette studied wooden remains from the Atlantic Ocean, from Asian, African and North American deserts and from both poles. Thousands of samples—from millimeter-long slivers of a Turkish tomb that may have belonged to King Midas to a fist-size chunk from a sunken Civil War battleship—are stashed in more than a dozen freezers in his lab on the university's St. Paul campus. In each instance, his job is to identify fungi that might be damaging the artifacts and recommend ways to stop it.
"He is the best guy in the world to go to," says Robert J. Koestler, director of the Smithsonian Institution's Museum Conservation Institute, who enlisted Blanchette's help in the 1990s when Koestler was a research scientist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
On the day I visited Blanchette's lab, he was peering at a computer screen bearing images of rotted wood cells magnified up to 8,000 times by an electron microscope. One picture zoomed in on a dime-size piece of wood; it revealed white, oblong circles smushed together and pocked with holes, the signature of a soft-rot fungus. "Oh jeez, isn't that beautiful," Blanchette said.
That's not how most people think of fungi—often repulsive organisms that include mushrooms, molds, mildews and rusts. Unlike plants, fungi have no chlorophyll and function as parasites, living off plants or scavenging the remains or detritus of other life-forms. A fungus that attacks wood (called lignicolous) typically sustains itself by secreting enzymes that break down lignin, cellulose and other tough polymers into simpler molecules that serve as nutrients.
Before Blanchette, no mycologist had documented any wood-degrading fungi native to Antarctica. After all, fungi generally prefer warmth, and no trees have grown on the frozen continent for millions of years. But when Blanchette compared the DNA of the fungi discovered at the explorer huts with a database of known species, he found three types of fungi that were clearly distinct from any temperate species that the explorers or later visitors might have brought with them.
It appears, then, that the three huts are being attacked, in part, by native species. Scott, who commanded the first British-led expedition in 1901-4, built the oldest of the three at McMurdo Sound. "The discomfort of the hut was a byword on the Expedition," recalled Shackleton, who served as Scott's lieutenant on the ship Discovery. The group came within 530 miles of the South Pole, but had to be rescued by ships dispatched by the British Admiralty when Discovery got trapped in ice.
Shackleton had higher regard for the base camp that his own 1907-9 expedition erected at Cape Royds, 23 miles north of Scott's hut. "Here the whole shore party lived in comfort through the winter of 1908," he wrote. In early 1909, Shackleton's party left the shelter for the 850-mile trek to the pole but stopped 97 miles short when they grew low on rations. (A Norwegian expedition led by Roald Amundsen nearly three years later would be the first to reach the pole.)
Scott built the third hut at Cape Evans during his ill-fated 1910-13 expedition, when all five members of his team perished from cold and starvation. It would prove crucial for Shackleton in 1915, when some of his men became stranded. "The hut became the permanent living quarters for the ten marooned men," Shackleton wrote.


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Lorraine Evelyn Denman, 71, of Richland Center died Wednesday, November 14, 2012. She was born February 20, 1941 in Richland County the daughter of Everett and Evelyn (Spencer) Denman. Lorraine worked at Gold Bond and Country Kitchen until her retirement. She enjoyed showing horses and horse shows.
Lorraine is survived by a brother, Charles (Elsie) Denman of Sextonville; Two nieces, Barbara Cline of Richland Center; Susan (Martin) Fruit of Richland Center; great nephew, Travis (Jean) Fruit of Lone Rock; great-niece, Courtney (Joseph) Kloehn of Sextonville; great great nieces and nephews, Mackenzie and Haylee Fruit and Carter and Alex Kloehn; special friends Joy Rux and Bud Jarowski of Viola, Arlene Bandfield of Arkansas, June Hensley of Arkansas, other relatives, and friends.
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From the IDNR "WILD BULLETION"
We had a good year this spring. I know I did[:)]. I see turkeys in new areas all the time.
2008 Indiana spring turkey harvest report
Hunters harvested 12,204 wild turkeys in 85 of the 91 Indiana counties open to hunting during the 2008 spring wild turkey hunting season.
The 2008 harvest was the second highest harvest in 39 years. The total was 9 percent more than the 2007 harvest of 11,163 birds. A record 13,193 birds were harvested during the 2006 spring season.
Counties with the highest 2008 wild turkey harvests
-Switzerland ,533
-Jefferson, 464
-Harrison, 428
-Greene, 358
-Dearborn, 353
-Perry, 320
-Washington, 314
-Clark, 307
-Jennings, 304
-Sullivan, 303
-Parke, 302
-Lawrence, 301
A total of 956 birds were taken during the special youth weekend prior to the regular season (8 percent of the statewide harvest).
DNR wildlife biologist Steve Backs says that while the majority of the turkey harvest occurs in the southern half of the state, the turkey harvest continues to increase in northern Indiana as northern Indiana turkey numbers increase, both in total numbers and proportionally.
"This year's increased harvest probably reflects a combination of general turkey population growth around the state, especially in some northern counties, and the continual increase in hunter numbers," Backs says.
"Flooding the past 2 springs has also influenced turkey production in some southern counties along with limiting hunter access during the hunting season."
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Family: Hydrobatidae, Storm-Petrels view all from this family
Description ALL BIRDS Have dark gray-brown plumage, palest on underside of flight feathers and with pale bar on upper wing coverts. Rump is white. Legs are dark and feet have yellow webs.
Dimensions Length: 7" (18 cm)
Habitat Breeds on islands in southern oceans (in our winter) and moves to North Atlantic outside its breeding season. Common offshore visitor (present mainly May-Sep) and seldom seen within sight of land.
Observation Tips Easy to see on pelagic and whale-watching trips during summer months. Sometimes gathers in large concentrations where feeding is good, e.g. around fishing boats.
Range Mid-Atlantic, California, New England, Eastern Canada, Southeast, Florida
Voice Silent at sea.
Discussion Tiny seabird that looks all-dark at a distance, but with a striking and contrasting white rump and undertail coverts. At close range, note the square-tipped tail (may appear a bit notched when not spread), the relatively long legs (when outstretched, the toes project beyond the tail), and the pale panel on the upper wing coverts. It glides on outstretched, flat wings and also flutters low over the water, pattering the surface with its dangling feet. Sexes are similar.


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These Asian-inspired appetizers start with a flaky crescent roll pastry wrapped around cream cheese and crab filling.
Ground red pepper, or cayenne pepper, nicely spices these wontons. Add more, if you like.
Cans or foil pouches of crabmeat found near the seafood department are usually of better quality and have better flavor than cans in the canned meat and seafood section. However, any can be used.
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