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Going fat isn't just a fun way to ride—it's a ride revolution. The security and control that the wheel system, found on our Fatboy, provides is unparalleled. You get dramatically more traction, grip, and floatation than with traditional mountain tires, all without sacrificing much to climbing efficiency.
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This is "fun on two wheels. Yes my hybrid is lighter and handles better. Yes my comfort bike is more comfortable but this is the most fun I have ever had. Try one. I love the looks I get and I use it when I am trying out a trail for the first time. I can't wait for winter to arrive.
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- Lightweight
- Comfortable
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This is a really, really well designed fatbike. The handlebars are perfect, and the ride confidence inspiring. I've ridden this in the sand, mud and snow. What a blast. I love my Merlin road bike but when I'm on my Fatboy I'm grinning from ear to ear.
- Incredible Grip
- Light Weight
- Comfortable Ride
- Stylish
- Easy Hill Climbs
Best Uses
- Shorter Rides
- Trail
- Snow
- Sand
I have a Salsa Mukluk 2, as well, that is my long distance bike. It has a more comfortable riding prosition, the Fatboy has a very aggressive cockpit. The control is incredible in corners and all hills. The tires have a grip that is twice that of their Surly counterparts. The bike is so light, I can keep pace with anyone on trail (and even on road, which I ride often) I packed this bike up and rode it both up and down the mountains in Iceland, where normal tires couldn't take you. The low scores given are not what I've experienced from my 4 years riding fat bikes. I'm quite willing to let anyone not only try them on the trail while I wait, but many people have borrowed them for the week. Everyone I've loaned the bike to either comes back on the trail laughing and smiling at the ridiculously fun ride, or brings my bike back after a week with a Fatty of their own. These bikes are an absolute blast to ride. No one whose actually ridden on has had a bad thing to say about them. I have a feeling these bad reviews are simply traditionalists hating anything new. I mean, saying the bike is child size? That doesn't even make sense... The handlebars on a Fatbike are typcially a few inches longer to account for the extra forces from the tires and the sizes are standard bike sizes.
- Stylish
- Lightweight
- Brakes
Best Uses
- Fat Biking
The first time I rode this bike, I was blown away by how much better it handled than the Surly Pugsley. Yeah, I know there are differences in the geometry but I prefered the Fat Boy because it handled so much like my MTB so I didn't have to worry about the wierd turning/leaning feel you get with the Pugs. It just felt predictable. The price is over $2k but with the light weight wheels, carbonfiber fork, wide tires, this bike rocked on dirt and in th ebitterly cold conditions of last Winter on the shores of Lake Michigan.
I've put on 250 miles so far and this bike climbs well. The negative reviews are inexperienced users. Ofcourse it will be noisy with tires that size. Love the bounce and workout you get. It's a great all road bike, not too fast but it's not a race. Sand, snow or mud, fantastic traction.
I have owned and ridden many fat bikes this one is a light weight nibble bike the next generation of fat bike IMHO
I am writing this for the comments above yes this bike is not the greatest handling bike but it is also not a road race bike. Know what you want before buying any bike this is a cruiser, it is not designed for long climbs fast raceing or offroad crosscountry. For what it is it is a good CRUISING bike, however it is very expensive.
- Great Components
- Child size
- Handles Poorly
- Heavy
- Too small
- Poor handlebars
Best Uses
- Casual Riding
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[...]bike came with no reflectors.is too small for an adult without changing handlebars.for the price paid,why have to spend more?bike is very noisey,does not ride like the best cruiser available.my friends are too big to ride this.
- Great Components
- Not easy to pedal
- Handles Poorly
Best Uses
- Casual Riding
this is a child size bike,aimed for sale at the adult market.an adult cannot ride this bike without changing handlebars.the bike does not pedal easy.the bike is very noisey when pedaling.the seat is too wide.since it is special order only there is no way to test ride one of these.buyer beware.


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|2008-09-30, 12:15
|Link #81
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Yeah, I've usually seen Haki translated as "ambition" or "spirit", myself. It wasn't until recently (when we see Rayleigh using it) that most people just called it Haki, since it doesn't have a really clear translation (though I suppose "spirit" would be the best term to use, considering how the power works...).
|2008-10-15, 14:19
|Link #84
Absolute Haruhist!
Join Date: Mar 2006
Age: 31
I'll explain again. Haki very generally means an aura of intimidation or fear or domination over others.
When one is fearsome, dangerous or intimidating enough it will cause fear and intimdation in his opponent. Making his opponent perform less than he usually does. Someone like Rayleigh with a deadly reputation as first mate of Gol D Roger, is intimidating enough to even cause Kizaru to perform badly. Perhaps the act of logias transforming into their element upon contact is actually a voluntary action that must be activated precisely. And because its precise, Kizaru in his shaken state fighting Rayleigh doesn't allow him to perform such an action.
When you are in fear, your judgement and accuracy drops, you become less effective than normal. If you're even more in fear, you may even pass out from it, like those on White Beard's ship who saw Shanks and also those in the Auction who Rayleigh knocked out.
If someone is such a beast, to even make Aokiji lose his cool, he may actually get beaten up.
|2008-10-15, 19:51
|Link #86
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: somewhere.....
how would fear and intimidation explain how he can cut kizaru? He may be scared but do to his devil fruit he can still allow things to just go right through him unless its a mental thing of wether or not u want something to pass right through u then ur mental stability wuld become a factor but, if it just goes through u w/o u haveing to think about it then however ur feeling wouldnt matter.
|2008-10-15, 21:12
|Link #87
Best of both worlds
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: A land far, far away... or very, very close, depends on where you live
I personally feel Haki is a manifestation of Will and Determination, to the point where you can physically awe those around you. Rayleign was able to fend off Kizaru(stil love calling him "Borsalino") because he had the greater Will.
Still, it does make One Piece a bit of a conformist to all these other "power-up" shounen titles, but maybe Oda will astound us with something out of left field. He's never failed us before...
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|2008-10-16, 18:07
|Link #88
Well Rounded Critic
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: In a class of my own.
Oda knows how to take Shounen, and evolve it, while at the same time, keeping it in spec and up to tradition.
Although about Haki: I don't quite see Kizaru being intimidated by Rayleigh so much so that he can't think straight enough to turn into his element. No: I believe Haki, in all its forms uses the Breath of All Things.
Kizaru was simply attacking the Breath of Light...???
That's how I see it. So he synchronised his will to fight with the breath of Light (??) and then concentrated all of it onto attacking Kizaru. I try to see it all in the light of Zoro's experience while fighting against Das Bones. (Mr 1).
Synchronising your spirit and will with a particualr thing you can't normally attack/cut, and then using the now focused, and targeted will, to attack the target.
|2008-10-22, 11:16
|Link #89
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Y'know, back in the chapter 518 thread, I said I wasn't too certain about Rokushiki being a series of Haki techniques, but after rereading Enies Lobby, I am actually rather curious about one particular attack.... Lucci's Roku Ougan.
According to Lucci, it's a technique that only those who've completely mastered Rokushiki can learn. Also note that the attack seemed to affect Luffy internally (he says it felt like being hit with an Impact Dial, but much stronger... which would mean it felt like being hit with a Reject Dial). So maybe Roku Ougan is a technique that takes full advantage of a person's Haki (or in Lucci's case, Sakki)? Also note that more recently, we're introduced to Sentoumaru, who also uses some sort of martial arts that actually caused Luffy physical harm (and he even goes as far as to say that he wasn't a DF user). So maybe this means that the strongest forms of martial arts used in this series use Haki to strike opponents internally, which I'd think would be much more damaging than causing harm to the flesh alone.....
|2008-10-22, 17:02
|Link #90
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: 9th Temple
Age: 40
|2008-10-22, 19:50
|Link #91
Absolute Haruhist!
Join Date: Mar 2006
Age: 31
Well, at this point of the story, pretty much everyone being introduced is someone who's extremely powerful. And these people are so powerful because they have extremely strong wills, be it determination for goals, for duty or evil deeds.
From this point onwards into the New World, its basically a contest of wills for Luffy and his opponents. Another words Haki being the key to defeating his opponents.
And yes, it seems Oda really has incoporated Haki into One Piece right from the start. If Shanks demonstrated it on the Sea King so early, its safe to say stuff like Mantra and Rokuougan is related to Haki.
|2008-10-24, 11:18
|Link #92
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Grand Line
Chapter 519 info
Recent chapter revealed lot of new and intresting info of Haki.
It seems there is diffrent types of Haki specializations for diffrent persons along with normal haki.
Luffy and Boa Hancock seem to have 'Haoushoku Haki' , a Kings Haki... When its used while giving an order it forces listener to obey. A very powerful ability for leaders similar to Code geass Lelouch power.
Its possible that Shanks also has Haoushoku Haki because in start of series he ordered that Sea monster to back off when he saved young luffy, although Shanks natural Haki can be so strong that it gives command over much weaker beings.
What we know from raw haki:
It can be used to enchant attacks or projectiles to increase its power greatly.
It can nullify partially Devil fruit powers, Rayleighs slashes hurted Kizaru and Marigolds and Garps punches hurted Luffy even that he is rubber man.
High raw amount of Haki can knock of weaker people as shown by Rayleigh and Shanks.
Not sure can you use raw haki to command people/animals or does Shanks has Kings Haki also.
|2008-10-24, 17:02
|Link #93
Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
haki is probably determined by their spirit
and now we know that luffy possesses it which is no surprised considering his spirit and desire as a pirate
and yeah it doesn't "knock" everyone out and that won't work on people whose strength is around your level but it will work on the much weaker. And now its explained that it does require control and not even Boa can fully control it yet. And haki can be directed and targeted towards certain individuals instead of hitting everyone around you.
It looks like it DOES have the ability to fight against logia type and other devil fruit users. It doesn't fully nullify their powers but it does help lower it a notch so they aren't freaking indestructible so the fights more fair.
|2008-10-24, 17:32
|Link #94
Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
so haki seems to have following effects (correct me if im wrong):
-able to knock out people or at least to disturb ones consciousness determined by strength
-able to neutralize devil fruits powers to some point
-able to strengthen ones attacks
-gives you the ability to read the minds of others (similar to enel)
what i find so interesting about haki is that it explains all the strength differences between the characters which were left unclear in the past... assuming all major strong characters have mastered haki to some degree
for example it would explain why mihawk was so much stronger than zorro when they first met. he enhanced his swordstrikes with haki to the point where he was easily able to cut don kriegs giant ship in half and was able to foresee zorros attacks while they fought.
or when dragon met smoker: even thought smoker was a logia type devil fruit user, which was at that time thought to make him invulnerable and very strong, smoker didnt raise a finger against dragon and did as he commanded. when i first saw this i found it really weird, but with haki dragon would have kicked smokers ass and the whole thing makes finally sense
|2008-10-25, 02:10
|Link #95
Kaizoku Oni
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: INDIA
Haki and the breath
hello people am new here... but all the same as u have seen in the chapter 519 haki is manifestation of will power and rage.. when luffy was angry about the fact that the sisters were gonna break margaret.. [plus am pretty sure he was mighty angry for all the shit happening with the women worshipping hancock] he let out his anger/spirit/haki which completely affected the weaklings in the crowd. i think they called it the "haoushoku haki" aka "the king's disposition" which just tells us how wonderful the D blood truly is!
i dont know if zoro's "breath of all things" is "haki" but i do know its the key to defeating logia users! imagine if someone with luffy's physical strength attains the breath of all things. he can "hear" the ability!! for example zoro heard the breath of steel and cut it! now imagine luffy hearing the breath of icE! he can kick aokiji's ass! its similar to how reyliegh cut kizaru's face with his blade... the pirate king with no fruit ability stood apart from the rest of them! its only possible if he could attack the logia users and i believe its by hearing the breath of all things....
|2008-10-25, 07:47
|Link #96
Claymore Addict
Join Date: Jan 2006
Age: 34
First C.A. thank you for being here and explaining details regarding Haki in a nice way for unfamilier user's, it makes the work for people like me with distinct theories much easier since it saves us from brining up alot of the same as basis for our arguments and theories. So hopefully this theory will bring some light into how Haki is capable of Harming Devil Fruit user's, Logia's espesialy.
First a few facts about Logia User's:
Logia user's are basicly Devil Fruit user's with the ability of an Element, while not all are standard elements like Smoke and Sand aint standards elements in the world they have however the same properties as elements like Fire and Thunder etc, a Logia user's before Haki was properly introduced was only weak against its Natural Enemies, for instance shown in Enel with Luffy being imune and able to nutrelise Enel's thunder and hitting him directly. However the fact that Luffy could hit him proves a few more things about Logia user's. Even in their elemental form their stil "connected" to all parts of their body. Which means that when they go "Elemental" like for instance Crocodile when he speaks and luffy hits him to just hit the sand, its stil something that connects the "missing parts" to the main body. So when Luffy hit into the "thunder" or "Enel" wanted to avoid Luffy's punched by going elemental he was unable because Luffy's rubber was able to do a direct connection to the element. Its this prinsiple i will now build on further.
Part of this theory started when I began to wonder, why aint Logia user's supreme ? Intil now there hasent really been shown any true big exploitable weakness in Logia user's so why for instance wherent the Marine's or World Goverment heavily attacked by combined Logia user's, its already shown that there are a few of these outside of the Marines, and with Ace being fire one of the Admirals (Ice) already being at a dinstinct disadvantage. And over time why dident this happend ? Well the answer is that there are things that Negates or is capable of Hurting them in their element form. Before Seastones where known, but why where Sea Stones effective ? because they emited the same type of energy as the sea, and this canceled out the Devil Fruits power. The keyword here is Energy. An element is also a form for Energy. And that, is also what Haki is.
Haki is as explained by C.A. a manifistation of ones will or Spirit, Spirit Power in tones of games, Flames in Hitman Reborn, Nen in Hunter x Hunter, Chackra in Naruto etc are all based around the same prinsiples or simular concepts but used differently to give them a uniq feel or use in their respective creations. However it doesent change the fact in all the key common element is that its a form for power or energy. And if you clash two Energies against each other, you cause a reaction, if one energy is vastly superior it will "blow away the other" as if two people with bats aim to strike at the same time at each other's bats, the stronger one will dominate the other because he will produce more energy into the swing. So when attacks with Haki meets up against a Logia user's in their elemental form (basicly their hit imunutity) it creates a clash of energies, its not the "attack itself" that hurts the Logia user, but the Haki in the attack. So its quite different from Black Beards fruit that "negates" the ability much like seastones. Haki however creates "sparks or clashes" of energy. And this again harms the Logia user because its the Logia user's body that becommes the "focus point" for the energy clash.
This theory holds alot of waight based on the most recent chapter by this posts creation (Chapter 519) where the two younger Boa sister's is capable of inflicting Physical/Blunt attacks that directly harms Luffy's rubber body. This is because these attacks that does this dammage is imbued with Haki, this means that the Haki in the attacks directly harms the target even if a fruit power would naturaly make the person imune to it. Raighlith's fight against the Admiral on the Archipello also indicates or more acuraly proves that Haki based attacks is capable of clashing with Logia user's. But its not like Haki removes the fruit abilities, it just allows a method of harming the Logia user. But attacks with Haki also becommes naturaly stronger against Non Logia oponents, the Arrows fired by the Kuja proves this fact as they becomme much stronger and Margaret also explains that its only natural for attacks imbued with Haki. If we piece together these informations that has been presented to us so far regarding Haki, we get the general direction on how and why Logia user's aint the "Most Dominate" while they have the strongest powerups in their fruits, they have a natural enemie on the "higher stages" that limits their value, its like Logia instantly boosts you from level 1 to 70, but with stil alot of levels 70+ around and that Logia fruits are so rare since there is a more distinct limit to amount of Elements it creates the reason why Logia user's arent the "strongest around", that their insanly strong naturaly is a given. But it adds a enemie to Logia user's alongside their Natural Enemies/Oposiing Elements or Seastones that is harder to avoid in battle.
And other reason why Haki can harm Logia "Its a plot device needed at this point of time due to the Straw Hats distinct inability to deal with a now growing range of Logia user's around them. 2 Admirals and 1 Commander with Logia has already gone up against them which they are unable to fight. There is also Black Beard while he takes physical dammage he can negate other fruits so a other form for attack that doesent rely on fruits is needed here. And then we have seen Crockodile, Enel and Ace as 3 other Logia user's. And there are stil a few posibilities left for Logia types they can encounter in the New World, Haki presents the crew with a Method of fighting these enemies thats sure to come and acting as the natural buffer, and its not sudden either just well hidden in the manga so far. This indicates its something planed from the start to act as a natural powerup at the very least for Luffy, but also likly some more of his crew.
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Nice breakdown though :>
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The only rare thing I can discern about Haki is what type as it seems the power manifests in various ways. Luffy's "King's Spirit" for example...
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Yep, Oda addresses the number of Devil Fruits in the volume 4 SBS (the very volume where the SBS started!):
Obviously, "You-Know-Where" is referring to the Grand Line, since the story still took place in East Blue at the time. But otherwise yeah, Devil Fruits are rare. My guess is that we'll find out the exact number of fruits after Vegapunk is introduced....
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Yes Devil Fruits are limited in number because each fruit blooms only once in a human generation (at least that's what I believe was said at some point). This way, no two individuals will have the same Devil Fruit. But there are still a startling amount of Devil Fruits and they seem to get very specific in terms of type, just look at the Zoan models.
Really though, I'm just making this argument as a way on un-deifying "Haki," it just feels like people are making too big a deal out of it. Much the same way Luffy's Gomu Gomu powers became common-place in the Grand Line, "Haki" seems directed towards being quite the normal occurance in the "New World" (an entire island society seems at least relatively versed in it's usage).
To me, Haki has become sort of like a dormant power, an "inner devil fruit"; I feel it's something everyone has potential to unlock, but not all achieve and even then it manifests itself in various ways. It's like a DF ability that requires actual work to get.
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I love my iPad, and I love reading on the kindle. I feel I have to make those statements because now I have to complain about an ebook, and I don't want anyone to think I am not on the ebook bandwagon. I am - I love ebooks.
Recently I re-read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer. This book is on my top 10 books list- I LOVE it and I was excited to read it again (I needed to read it before the movie comes out). I downloaded it to my iPad using iBooks and then I began to read.
Here is what I learned: ebooks are not great for books that play with the page, put just a few words on a page, and sometimes have pictures. So much of the beauty of this book is told through white space and black and white photos, and in the iBooks edition, the white space was gone and the photos were cut in half.
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The act of sending countless unneccessary volumes of emails seemingly oblivious to the plight of the poor defenseless virtual trees that are being killed to perpetuate such a practice.
I'm so sick of the digital deforestation at this office. If I get another email about the fucking pot luck on Friday, I'm gonna snap!
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Harvard secured the 2012 HYP title and Ivy League dual meet championship with wins over Princeton and Yale, and ended the Tigers' 43-meet win streak in the process (OAC).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard women's swimming and diving team collected its first HYP title and Ivy League dual meet championship since 2006 on Sunday by defeating Princeton, 190-110, and Yale, 235-65.
The wins improve Harvard to a perfect 7-0 against the Ancient Eight, marking the third unblemished conference record and third Ivy League dual crown for the Crimson under Stephanie Wriede Morawski, the Costin Family Head Coach for Harvard Women's Swimming & Diving. Harvard's victory over Princeton also ended the Tigers' streak of 43 consecutive wins and its run as the five-time reigning dual meet champs.
Princeton clinched a win over Yale early in the day on Sunday to extend its winning streak to 43, and defeated the Bulldogs by a score of 231-69.
"Our team has been very focused all year on this," Morawski commented. "Our goal is at the end of the season to try to win the Ivy League championship, and we knew coming into this Princeton was 42-0. We had nothing to lose. That's really what the focus was, be relaxed, be calm, you've got nothing to lose. Just get out there and have some fun racing."
Harvard opened the meet on Saturday by claiming five of eight events, and showed off its depth by going 1-2-3 in two of those events. The Crimson started things off with a record-setting performance in the 200 medley relay, as the team of Caroline Weaver, Mackenzie Luick, Ana Anaya and Sarah Sumner set a new school record of 1:42.39 to place first. Princeton came in second in the event while Faith Martin, Stephanie Ferrell, Danielle Schulkin and Sara Li clocking in at 1:43.17 to place third.
Kelsey Hojan-Clark won the 1,000 free in a time of 9:51.32 and was followed by Courtney Otto who placed second in 9:57.72. Harvard posted its first 1-2-3 finish in the 200 free, as Catherine Zagroba (1:48.59) beat out Martin (1:49.01) and Li (1:50.38) for first. Princeton rebounded with a first and second-place finish in the 100 back, but Harvard's depth reemerged with wins in the next two events.
Luick finished less than half a second short of breaking a second program record with her winning time of 1:03.01 in the 100 breast, and Ferrell clocked in at 1:03.59 for second. The Crimson registered its second 1-2-3 finish in the 200 fly, with Schulkin's time of 1:59.60 leading the way. Hilary Roberts finished second in 2:00.00 and Otto placed third in 2:00.37.
Sumner swam to a second-place finish in the 50 free (23.46), finishing just behind Princeton's Lisa Boyce (22.92) who took first. Yale's Rachel Rosenberg closed the day out with a win on the one-meter diving board, posting a final score of 267.65 to edge out Leslie Rea who took second with 261.05 points.
At the end of day one Harvard led Princeton 95-55 and was up 118-32 on Yale. The Tigers, meanwhile, owned a 116-34 edge over the Bulldogs.
Princeton got off the blocks quickly on Sunday as Lisa Boyce captured the 100 free with a time of 49.74. Sumner took second in the event in 51.05 and the Tigers' Carter Stephens came in third at 51.11. The results were a mirror image in the 200 back with Harvard placing first and third and Princeton coming in second. Meghan Leddy won the event with a time of 1:57.60, just edging out Meredith Monroe who posted a time of 1:57.67. Deirdre Clute finished third in 1:59.15.
Luick made it two straight victories for the Crimson as she touched the wall in 2:15.62 to claim the 200 breast. Martin was just behind her in second with a time of 2:15.68 while Emily Yu took third for Princeton in 2:16.89.
Harvard went 1-2 in the 500 free as well, and clinched its win over Princeton with the result. Hojan-Clark had the honor of sealing the victory for the Crimson with her time of 4:49.82, touching the wall just before Zagroba who finished second in 4:50.41.
Stephens ended Harvard's run of three straight wins with a time of 54.71 in the 100 fly, but Anaya (54.85) and Schulkin (55.04) were right on her heels for second and third, respectively. Rosenberg swept the diving portion of the competition with a total of 292.30 points on the three meter, as Rea earned her second runner-up finish with a total of 261.0 points.
Harvard put the finishing touches on its impressive weekend with 1-2 finishes in the 200 IM and 400 free relay. Laura Evans was the first to touch the wall in the 200 IM with a time of 2:02.70 while Leddy finished second in 2:04.12. Martin, Li, Alicia Lightbourne and Sumner combined for a time of 3:23.52 in the 400 free relay as Jenna Gregoire, Clute, Anaya and Zagroba stopped the clock in 3:27.82.
Harvard will now set its sights on capturing its first Ivy League Championships title as host of the meet Feb. 23-26.


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Regulators proposing stricter rule for 8 big banks
WASHINGTON — Regulators want to require eight of the largest U.S. banks to meet a stricter measure of health to reduce the threat they pose to the financial system.
The Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency are expected to propose Tuesday that banks increase their ratio of equity to loans and other assets from 3 percent to 5 or 6 percent.
Equity includes money banks receive when they issue stock, as well as profits they have retained.
The rule would apply to eight U.S. banks that are considered so big and interconnected that each could threaten the global financial system: Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Bank of New York Mellon and State Street Bank.
The move follows action the Fed took last week to increase the capital large banks must hold as a cushion against risk. Other regulators are also expected to adopt that rule. It would require the banks to maintain high-quality capital equal to 4.5 percent of their loans and other assets.
The higher capital requirements were mandated by Congress in the financial overhaul law. They also meet international standards agreed to after the financial crisis.
Daniel Tarullo, a Fed governor, said last week that the regulators plan to apply four new rules to the eight big U.S. banks, starting with the higher equity ratios. The goal is for the banks to build buffers strong enough to withstand financial stress and avoid another crisis in which taxpayers would have to bail them out. Many critics worry that the largest banks still represent a danger to the financial system.
Hundreds of U.S. banks received bailouts during the 2008 financial crisis, which intensified the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. The biggest banks were among the beneficiaries.
The banking industry has been steadily recovering. Overall profits have been rising, and banks have begun lending more freely.
Banks have lobbied to ease the requirements for higher capital, which they say could hamper their ability to lend. Experts say most big banks have already increased their capital reserves.


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Scott L. Bills (1948-2001)
Scott L. Bills of Warren Wilson College died on October 13, 2001, at the age of 53. After receiving his BA at West Virginia University, Scott spent seven fruitful years at Kent State University, winning his MA and PhD in that period. Influenced by the troubled times at the university, he became involved in efforts to understand the tragic shootings at Kent State in 1970, editing and writing an influential study, Kent State/May 4: Echoes through a Decade (1982; rev. ed. 1988). His interest in peace studies led him into an active role as co-executive editor of Peace & Change, and then in 1999 as president of the Peace History Society. At the same time he was an active scholar in diplomatic history, producing papers and monographs on U.S. relations with the Third World, culminating in two significant books—Empire and Cold War: The Roots of U.S.-Third World Antagonism, 1945–47 (1990) and The Libyan Arena: The United States, Britain, and the Council of Foreign Ministers (1995).
I will always be grateful for his initiative in organizing a Festschrift on my behalf, The Romance of History (1997), that he edited with a fellow former doctoral student, E. Timothy Smith. His most enduring impact derived from his role as teacher. From 1983 to 2001, he taught at Stephen F. Austin State University, where he was honored in 1999 by appointment as Regents Professor of History. At the time of his death, he had just taken a new position at Warren Wilson College in North Carolina. The profession has lost an inspirational teacher and a talented scholar, and I have lost a valued friend. He leaves behind his wife Kris and his son Seth.
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Performance Evaluation for Global Virtual Teams (GVTs): Application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
This paper builds all the discussions on an exhaustive literature review through critically investigating different aspects of managing GVTs concerning imposing control on virtual teams and measuring their performance. The foregoing features of managing GVTs have been regarded as problematic due to the idiosyncrasies of virtual team working. Besides, there are disagreementsin the literature regarding the necessity of implementing control and auditing for GVTs' context. To address the mentioned challenges, the crucial role of control and evaluating the performance of GVTs will be established based on the evidences from the litearture. Afterwards, the key requirements of performance evaluation for GVTs will be ascertained. Subsequently, the paper will briefly introduce Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) as an available method for comparing and evaluating the performances of GVTs. The study will conclude by presenting guidelines to facilitate harnessing the abilities of DEA to measure the performance of GVTs and presenting directions for future studies in the area.
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Just want to chime in and give my two cents: I really don't see the point of limiting the slots at all. Since you can only have one preparation per building per run, all the slot-limiting does is discouraging the player from trying new and untried combinations. Hell. I have not changed one single preparation since Level 1 and it's been all Level 3 for a long while. 200 gold. Why bother. That's definitely not healthy for providing varied gameplay experiences.
Now Guild Lockers. That's a whole different matter. With the new sleuth of quest reward items, it seems limited a bit. -- Fairplay since they are unlocked in the dungeon markets as well, but still, I'm a bit discouraged from going on a quest-run since it's stocked full right now.


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Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson on Thursday asked immigrants in Los Angeles to "step forward" and apply for President Obama's expanded deferred action program.
At a packed event at the L.A. Central Library, Johnson touted the benefits of the program, which will grant up to 5 million immigrants living in the country illegally the chance to stay and work in the U.S. without fear of deportation.
He went so far as to present his own pen to one woman who raised her hand when he asked who in the room was eligible to apply.
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Burly volunteers showed their might by pulling a train in aid of charity.
The team from Derby's Network Rail branch took part in a train pull challenge at Ecclesbourne Valley Railway, in Wirksworth, in aid of Sport Relief.
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Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams
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Testing is a key component of agile development. The widespread adoption of agile methods has brought the need for effective testing into the limelight, and agile projects have transformed the role of testers. Much of a tester's function, however, remains largely misunderstood. What is the true role of a tester? In this book, the authors define agile testing and illustrate the tester's role with examples from real agile teams. They teach you how to use the agile testing quadrants to identify what testing is needed, who should do it, and what tools might help. Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams chronicles an agile software development iteration from the viewpoint of a tester and explains the seven key success factors of agile testing
Cisco Routers for the Desperate, 2nd Edition
Michael W. Lucas
Cisco routers and switches are the backbone of many small business networks. While Cisco's hardware is typically reliable, things can break -- and when they do, most administrators don't want to wade through lengthy product documentation to solve their problems. They need to be able to fix things fast. This second edition of Cisco Routers for the Desperate gives readers exactly the information they need to solve router problems when things go south.
Macintosh OS X, iPod, and iPhone Forensic Analysis DVD Toolkit
Jesse Varsalone
Macintosh OS X, iPod, and iPhone Forensic Analysis DVD Toolkit and its companion DVD provide digital forensic investigators, security professionals, and law enforcement with all of the information, tools, and utilities required to conduct forensic investigations of computers running any variant of the Macintosh OS X operating system, as well as the almost ubiquitous iPod and iPhone. Digital forensic investigators and security professionals subsequently can use data gathered from these devices to aid in the prosecution of criminal cases, litigate civil cases, audit adherence to federal regulatory compliance issues, and identify breech of corporate and government usage policies on networks.
Intel Threading Building Blocks: Outfitting C++ for Multi-core Processor Parallelism
James Reinders
Parallelism for C++ as defined by Intel Threading Building Blocks is being heralded as the key for multi-core programming in C++. In Intel Threading Building Blocks: Outfitting C++ for Multi-core Processor Parallelism, James Reinders explains the library in a way that furnishes novices and experts alike with a clear and accessible discussion of the complexities of concurrency. The book is also packed with illustrative examples.


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To Learn More About John McDonald
To hear Europeans tell it we Americans are always on the move, always ready to pack up and take off to see what's over the next hill, down in the next valley, around the next curve or on sale at the next mall.
It was that restlessness that inspired us to settle our continent from coast-to-coast in a little over a century, as millions of Americans and newly arrived immigrants traveled by steamboat or train to St. Louis and then packed everything they owned into covered wagons and set off to settle places like Oregon, California or Texas.
Even now when most of the country is pretty much settled some of us still don't like to stay put.
After our covered wagon faze we Americans moved on to motor homes and pop-up campers. Some people bought mobile homes just so they could pick up and move whenever they felt to urge. Back home there was a family - the Willey's - with a mobile home that they were always moving around for one reason or another. They seldom moved far but if the Willey clan thought there was a better water source or free firewood in another part of town they'd slap the wheels back on their mobile home and they were gone - often in the dead of night.
Sometimes a simple dispute with neighbors was all they needed to inspire a move to another lot. This - of course - was back in the days when quarter-acre house lots were plentiful and available in town for a few hundred dollars.
When the Willey's moved to a new lot they usually insisted it belonged to a relative who lived out of state and was therefore 'sort-of'' heirship property. Occasionally a dispute arose over ownership of a particular lot but it would take so long to have survey's done and papers filed that the Willey's would be off to another lot before anything was resolved.
While on a particular lot the Willey's always liked to store a lot of what they insisted were essential items and they stored them all around their trailer and - if they stayed long enough - all over the lot and parts of surrounding lots. Before too long the small lot was filled to overflowing with such 'essentials' as refrigerators, bath tubs, engine blocks (and lots of other car parts like doors, hoods and windshields), wood scraps, old boats, broken bicycles, wrecked ATVs, wood stoves, gas stoves, electric stoves, televisions and other broken family entertainment items.
Neighbors who shared a particular road with the Willeys would eventually complain that the place looked like a dump but old man Willey would insist that he had plans to use every item on the lot and he considered none of it to be junk.
Eventually the disputes with neighbors would become more heated and the Willey's would move on. In every case the essential items old man Willey insisted were part of his future plans never made the move but always remained behind for someone else to deal with.
I thought of old man Willey the other day because my wife and I recently sold our large house in western Maine - a house we lived in for almost 18 years and we moved to a nice apartment in Portland. Downsized? You ask - did we ever.
Although our old place lacked the Willey's essential dooryard items we could not believe how many things we managed to collect inside our house over the years.
Before the closing we arranged to have two huge yard sales, advertised several large items in local newspapers which we sold off but when all that was done we still had lots of stuff to get rid of.
Remembering old man Willey and his family I wished I could have slapped some wheels on our old place and just dragged it to another lot. Trouble was we couldn't find a house lot that could fit a nine room house and was listed for a few hundred dollars.
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The Turkish-American community condemns detentions of Ekrem Dumanli, editor-in-chief of highest circulating newspaper in Turkey, Zaman daily, Hidayet Karaca, chief executive of Samanyolu Media Group, and dozens of others, on phony charges, as a blatant breach of press freedom and rule of law.
Dumanlı and Karaca were detained along with more than 20 people in a nationwide operation early on Sunday, December 14, 2014. A list of suspects to be detained, released by İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, shows that a total of 32 people are to be detained.
The suspects are accused of "forming, leading or being a member of an armed terrorist organization," "forgery" and "slander," according to a statement released by the prosecutor's office.
It is an effort to collect blankets for refugees who have fled Syria and Iraq for Turkey due to the erupting violence in Syria and Iraq. The effort is to help Syrian and Iraqi refugee families in need during the harsh winter months what will soon be upon them.
Last year, 18,000 blankets were collected and shipped to Turkey. Since 2013, the crisis in Syria has only grown worse with now more than one million Syrian refugees living in Turkey alone. Refugee camps have outgrown their capacity and refugees are surviving on makeshift shelters in border cities. Now, with further unrest in the area, Iraqi refugees have started fleeing to Turkey causing the amount of people in dire need to multiply by the thousands on a regular basis.
The blanket drive will take place from November 1, 2014 through November 22, 2014. We ask for your support in our effort to provide warmth to these people in need.
Raindrop Foundation is participating in this aid program with monetary donation. Please consider that the cost of one blanket is $10.00 when you are making your monetary donation for this aid program.
You may go on to http://embracerelief.org/donations/ and find "Donate Blanket Drive for Syrian/Iraqi Refugees" button.
Please remember that every dollar donated counts. Your contributions will be used to provide a blanket and go towards the purchase of basic necessities required for caring for the Syrian and Iraqi refugees in Turkey.
Raindrop Foundation is grateful for your donations and support for this humanitarian effort.
With kind regards,
There was a lot of attention for the 5th Annual Turkish Festival in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which Raindrop Turkish House organized.The Tulsa Branch saw 4000 visitors enjoying Turkish cultural foods, arts, Whirling Dervish, and Turkish folk dances performances.
Our most popular attractions, were the artists that came from Turkey.They included Mr. Aydin Cayir, a calligraphy artist from Istanbul, Mrs. Nuran Oner, an Ebru water marbling artist from Ankara, Ahmet Kocadag, a ceramic artist from Kutahaya, and a felt artist.
Another Highlight of the festival was Whirling Dervish performance.
The Festival endedwith the congratulations of Tulsa and Broken Arrow public servants, volunteering at the festival.
On Tuesday, May 13th a mining disaster claimed the lives of nearly 300 miners in Soma near western Turkey. According to reports the death toll seems certain to rise, as about 100 people are still missing. The disaster was caused by a fire in the mine. Efforts were made to save the victims, however only around 100 have been rescued.The mine explosion is already being called the deadliest industrial disaster in Turkey's history. It is not just those who lost relatives and loved ones in the worst mining tragedy that Turkey has ever faced who are suffering; the whole country is mourning the deaths of the 300 mine workers killed in the disaster. On behalf of Raindrop Foundation we would like to convey our condolences to the friends and relatives of the miners and our deepest sympathies to the families. Now it is time to help the rescued miners and the families of the victims. Raindrop Foundation in collaboration with Embrace Relief has started a campaign for the people of Soma who are affected by the mining disaster. Please click the Donate button below to make an online donation or mail your checks, made payable to Embrace Relief, to 545 Interstate Pl. Carlstadt, NJ 07072
Mining disaster in Soma, Turkey claimed hundreds of lives. The disaster was caused by a fire deep in the mine. Rescue attempts were made and nearly 100 miners were saved
We would like to convey our condolences to the friends and relatives of the miners and our deepest sympathies to the families.
Now it is time to help the families of the victims. Embrace Relief has started a campaign for the families affected by the Soma mining disaster
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Today's recipe is from a German cookbook called "Der Küchenchef – Vegetarisch" (The chef – vegetarian) which I got for only a few Euros the other day.
I forgot to take pictures of my finished meal again, but there is a lovely photograph in the book that shows the Chili-Tofu Tortillas in a much better way than I could have done.
If you click on the card you will see a bigger version.
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Three Survive Boating Accident in Yesterday's Storms
Three people are lucky to be alive and Game Wardens say it was fortunate all three were wearing life jackets.
Corporal John MacDonald says the three people were out on Schoodic Lake late yesterday afternoon when thunderstorms swept through the area.
75 year old George Tucker of Medford, his wife, 69 year old Beverly Tucker, and their friend, 77 year old Charles Jenkins were in a 12-foot aluminum boat with a 2.5 horsepower outboard motor.
They were at least one mile from any shoreline and approximately two miles north of the Lakeview Boat Landing when they capsized. All three people were able to stay with the boat and they drifted nearly two and one half hours.
In a press release Corporal MacDonald said around 7:25 two bear hunters pulled over on the Schoodic Lake railroad bed that runs near the shoreline of Schoodic Lake.
The bear hunters were Rick Seavey of Sanford, Maine and Mark Aventzen of Pennsylvania. They were changing a flat tire on their truck when they heard the calls for help. The men called 911 and MILO Fire, EMS, police, and Warden Dan Carroll responded.
As the boat drifted closer to shore, George and Beverly Tucker chose to swim for shore while Jenkins remained with the boat. Eventually the Tuckers made it to shore. Jenkins was rescued by the Milo Fire Boat while he remained with the overturned watercraft.
George and Beverly Tucker were both taken to Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover and treated for hypothermia. Jenkins was treated and released at the scene. All are doing well at this time.
The Maine Warden Service reminds all boaters to wear life jackets. Had these three people chosen not to wear life jackets, it is likely this incident would have had a tragic ending.


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Santa Clara University Places High in New Alumni Factor Ranking
Marika E. Krause
Santa Clara, Calif., Sept. 10, 2012- A new college ranking service has named Santa Clara University in the top 50 schools nationally and as a university likely to gain more recognition in the years to come. Unlike other rankings, The Alumni Factor judged colleges and universities on a survey of 42,000 alumni from 450 schools across the country. SCU came in 43rd out of 177 of the top schools listed by the The Alumni Factor.
"This is an excellent school that is emerging on the national scene and will rapidly grow in popularity and notoriety," says the Alumni Factor website. "Santa Clara grads do very well in the market and are accomplished in many fields."
Santa Clara University alumni who participated in the survey reported high employment, financial success, and increasing diversity among the many reasons they are proud to be alumni.
"The rankings come as no surprise to anyone affiliated with Santa Clara University," says SCU President Michael Engh, S.J. "We pride ourselves on educating the whole person in the Jesuit tradition and ensuring that students make the most of their experience here. It is no wonder our alumni succeed after graduation and look back fondly on their time at SCU."
Santa Clara University also ranks third among the nation's 28 Jesuit Universities. A 93 percent freshman retention rate and 87 percent graduation rate factored into SCU's ranking. Nearly half of SCU alumni reported participating in community service as students, nearly a third participated in intramural sports, and more than 27 percent had internships. Alumni also reported good value for their education dollar.
The Alumni Factor is an independent organization with no affiliation to any colleges or news outlets. The overall rankings are based on 15 attributes including intellectual development, value, immediate job opportunities, and if the graduate would chose the school again. The only information provided by the school was alumni giving rates and graduation rates.
SCU alumni highlighted in the findings are JavaScript creator Brenden Eich, Seinfield producer and director Andy Ackerman, Farmers Insurance founder Thomas Leavey, Former White House spokesperson Dee Dee Myers, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano.
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Santa Clara University, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located 40 miles south of San Francisco in California's Silicon Valley, offers its more than 8,800 students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, theology, and engineering, plus master's and law degrees and engineering Ph.D.s. Distinguished nationally by one of the highest graduation rates among all U.S. master's universities, California's oldest operating higher-education institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. For more information, see www.scu.edu.


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Well, Summerlander isn't really just going against you because you're you. He's just constantly going against you because you are constantly presenting ideas that are very difficult to believe.
Completely disagree with this. The amount of personal attacks on this thread is rediculous. And this kind of crap is very insulting as if to say "see stupid?" I'm not going to put up with it.
If you don't agree with somone's ideas, that's fine and understandable. We can all share our opinions without trying to pass off things off as factual and without insulting or belittling those with whom we disagree.


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Welcome to Loafers Glory.The mountains of Western North Carolina are the ideal backdrop for your adventure filled vacation. We offer fun for the whole family with age 4 rafting and tubing on the Toe River. Our outpost is located in Mitchell County, NC in a small community known as Loafers Glory. We are conveniently located to Bakersville, Spruce Pine, Linville, Banner Elk, Burnsville, Asheville, NC and Johnson City, TN.
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Outdoor adventure abounds here with hiking on the Appalachian Trail, Caving, gem mining, and horseback in addition to rafting and tubing. The Blue Ridge Parkway isn't far for a beautiful scenic drive. Stay at a campground or at one of the many rental cabins in the area. We will gladly assist you in finding the perfect accommodations for your family or group.
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Ryan on the red-eye
Today is Blue Valentine Day at TIFF. He'll be on junket, the screening is tonight, and he arrived just in time this morning at 5am, suit in hand, hair combed, shades on, and white socks. Some of you will be bitching about the white socks.
Um, look at him. All of him.
Do we really need to be talking about white socks?
As for Blue Valentine – I'm not sure if they've tweaked it since Cannes but the version I saw in Cannes I loved. Click here to revisit my review. If you have a chance, it's a must, especially since Ryan is still being talked about as a contender.
I've been around lot of film journalists through the week, people who've been watching the game a long time, and most of them still think Gosling deserves a spot on the final five for Oscar. He is SO GOOD in this movie.
Ryan is promoting it here at TIFF without Michelle Williams. It'll be press all morning and afternoon followed by the carpet. In other words, more photos are coming.
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PARIS, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Spain said it backed the Palestinian initiative for statehood following a nod from UNESCO, though the effort is still up against Israeli allies in Washington.
The 58-nation executive board of the U.N. Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization gave its initial approval on a 40-to-4 vote with 14 abstentions for Palestinian membership. Full membership must be approved by the 193-nation General Conference.
The Palestinian government has observer status and ambitions for full membership at the United Nations are part of a statehood initiative launched by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during the U.N. General Assembly last month.
The European Parliament, in a September resolution, said lawmakers viewed the Palestinian bid for statehood as legitimate.
The Spanish government was quoted by The Daily Telegraph newspaper in London as saying it "anticipates" that it would vote in favor of Palestinian ambitions "if the vote takes place and no common European position has been reached."
France, which abstained from the UNESCO vote, said now wasn't the time for Palestinian to embark on its own, saying two-track negotiations with Israel were favored instead. Israel, for its part, said membership at UNESCO wouldn't do the Palestinians any good.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in a statement, called the action at UNESCO "confusing." Washington spoke out strongly against Palestinian statehood.


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Valparaiso closed out the 2010 regular season on Saturday afternoon, splitting a doubleheader with UIC at Les Miller Field in Chicago, Ill. The Crusaders won the opener 9-8 before the Flames took the nightcap 10-5.
The win in game one of the doubleheader was the first for Valpo against UIC since 2002, ending a 15-game losing streak against the Flames.
"Getting the win in the first game was big as we were able to solidify fourth place," head coach Tracy Woodson said. We were also able to get that monkey off our back by finally beating them."
Valpo jumped on top quickly in the opener. Four straight singles plated a pair of runs. Ryan O'Gara (Buffalo Grove, Ill./Buffalo Grove H.S.) served a hit into left to plate Steven Scoby (Delton, Mich./Delton Kellogg H.S.) with the game's first run. Robbie Robinson (Brea, Calif./Olinda H.S.) followed with a hit through the left side to score Kyle Gaedele (Arlington Heights, Ill./Rolling Meadows H.S.). Will Hagel (Arlington Heights, Ill./Prospect H.S.) was then hit with a pitch to load the bases with one out, but a line drive double play allowed the Flames to get out of the inning, yielding just the two runs.
UIC answered just as quickly in the first. Two singles, including a RBI hit by Matt Serna, along with two hit by pitches loaded the bases. Ryan Boss then gave the Flames a 5-2 lead with a grand slam it deep beyond the leftfield wall.
The Crusader bats continued to stay hot in the third inning, as the offense batted around. A one out walk to O'Gara and a single by Robinson put two runners on for Hagel. He laced a single up the middle to plate O'Gara, pulling Valpo within three. Billy Cribbs (Rochester, Mich./Rochester H.S.) followed with a single into shallow left, loading the bases. Karch Kowalczyk (Peru, Ill./La Salle-Peru H.S.) added a RBI single through the left side, making it a one run game, and chasing UIC starting pitcher Tim Suminski with the bases still loaded. Matt Salemi entered for the Flames and threw a wild pitch on his first toss, allowing Hagel to score and moving the other runners up 90 feet. Andrew Bain (Huntertown, Ind./Carroll H.S.) plated Cribbs with a sacrifice fly, giving Valpo the lead. Kyle Muhlsteff (Yorba Linda, Calif./Esperanza H.S.) kept the inning going with a single up the middle, scoring Kowalczyk. Muhlsteff's single was Valpo's 10th in the first three innings, giving every Crusader at least one hit in the game.
The Flames looked to get a run back in the bottom of the third. With Chris Rutta on first, Boss ripped a double down the leftfield line, but Scoby got to it quickly, fired the ball to Muhlsteff, who then gunned Rutta down at the plate for the final out of the inning.
O'Gara quickly tacked on another run to the Valpo lead in the top of the fourth, launching a solo blast over the scoreboard in left-centerfield, making it 8-5 Crusaders. In the bottom of the inning UIC answered with two runs, one on a triple by Steve McGuiggan and another when Jason Ganek reached on a Valpo throwing error.
Valpo increased the lead to 9-7 in the sixth inning, taking advantage of three walks. A two out wild pitch by Brad Riegler then allowed Gaedele to scamper home from third.
Damon McCormick (Louisville, Ky./Saint Xavier H.S.) settled down after the opening inning, working into the eighth inning. In the eighth he got the first two outs before a pop up was dropped by Bain putting two runners on base. Ganek followed with a double down the leftfield line, scoring Andy Leonard, pulling UIC within 9-8, and ending McCormick's day. Austen Siwiec (Aurora, Ill./Marmion Academy) came on and induced a ground ball by Serna to get out of the inning.
"Damon battled today," Woodson said. He didn't have his best stuff but he didn't back down. He pounded the strike zone."
The Flames made things interesting in the ninth as Boss tripled high off of the wall in right-center with two outs, but Siwiec got Joe Betscher to fly out to end the game and record his first save since 2007.
"Austen came in very composed which is a big thing, Woodson added. "He got the job done today."
McCormick earned the win (6-1) for the Crusaders, working 7.2 innings and allowing eight runs, six of which were earned, and 10 hits. He struck out four but did not walk a batter. Suminski suffered the loss (3-6) for UIC, allowing seven runs and nine hits in 2.1 innings of work.
O'Gara finished with three hits for Valpo in the opener as part of the team's 13-hit attack. Boss finished 3-for-4 for the Flames with four runs batted in as UIC had 11 hits.
Game two saw UIC score first in the opening inning. A one out double by Serna to the gap in right-centerfield scored Ty Rubio, who led off the game with a walk.
The Flames added to the lead in the second as Leonard's ground out scored Ryan Meehan.
The Crusaders fought back in the third to take the lead. Bo McClendon (Chesterton, Ind./Merrillville H.S.) delivered a three run triple that eluded a diving Rutta in left. The senior then scored on a double by O'Gara, putting Valpo on top 4-2 heading into the bottom of the third.
A fielder's choice off of the bat of Boss in the bottom of the third allowed the Flames to cut the deficit in half, pulling UIC within 4-3. A RBI ground out by Serna with the bases loaded one inning later tied the game at four.
UIC took the lead in the bottom of the seventh as Meehan doubled to deep centerfield, scoring Boss who led off the inning with a single. Leonard added to the advantage with a two run double down the leftfield line. After a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly scored two more runs, a single by Boss plated the sixth run of the inning as the Flames took a 10-4 lead into the eighth inning.
Valpo added a run in the top of the eighth as Kowalczyk dropped a single into left which plated O'Gara, but that would be as close at Valpo would get.
Charlie Weinberg earned the win (2-0) for UIC (22-28, 15-9 Horizon), pitching two innings of scoreless relief after Eric Wyman struck out 10 in five innings of work. Andy Parker (Ottawa Hills, Ohio/Ottawa Hills H.S.) suffered the loss (0-1), not retiring a batter in the seventh inning while allowing five runs.
O'Gara and Kowalczyk led the Valpo offense with two hits each as the Crusaders managed just seven hits in game two. Serna, Steven Humble, and Leonard paced UIC with three hits each as the Flames tallied 16 for the game.
Valparaiso (22-30, 9-10) finished the regular season in fourth place in the conference and will begin Horizon League Championship play on Wednesday. The Crusaders are hosting the tournament at U. S. Steel Yard in Gary, Ind. Pairings and start times will officially be announced on Sunday or Monday.
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The pod plant was a lifeform discovered on planet Omicron Ceti III by botanist Leila Kalomi. The plant served as a repository for the Omicron spore, and squirted them out of its flower at anyone uninfected who came too close.
When the inhabitants of Omicron colony tried to infect the crew of the USS Enterprise with the spores, an infected Doctor Leonard McCoy had numerous pod plants beamed up to the ship, where the spores quickly spread through the ventilation system. Determined to escape the planet, Kirk found out that anger helps the victim fight off the spores. (TOS: "This Side of Paradise")


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CHICAGO — For years, the dining options beyond security in O'Hare International Airport's Terminal 5, for international travel, were so limited that travelers couldn't buy a cup of coffee. Next year, however, those heading to all corners of the world via Chicago will be able to eat food prepared by some of the city's most recognizable names, buy pricey jewelry and get a massage.
City officials offered details about the $26.2 million upgrade to Terminal 5 at the nation's second-busiest airport. The upgrade is expected to be finished by fall 2013.
Rosemarie Andolino, head of the Chicago Department of Aviation, said the improvements are both a bid to stimulate more international traffic for the city and to "start a customer's journey in a better environment."
For two decades, Terminal 5 has had seven restaurants and a common dining area outside security but none within, meaning travelers laying over in Chicago would need to leave security for options that include fast-food hamburgers, hot dogs and pizza. Those leaving from Chicago would need to take food through security.
"That truly was unacceptable," Andolino said. "This is long overdue."
The remodeled Terminal 5 will feature eight upscale fast-food options beyond a remodeled security checkpoint, including a third O'Hare location of Rick Bayless' Tortas Frontera and several concepts from the Lettuce Entertain You chain, including Big Bowl, Hub 51, Wow Bao and a new initiative called Urban Olive, which specializes in Mediterranean-style food.
There also will be 11 retail shops (including Bulgari and Michael Kors) and a spa.