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BoomsticK pits you and your trusty shotgun against a relentless onslaught of insane shapes. 21 Tiers of shape shooting, particle blastin, power-up grabbin madness! Compare your sick score to the entire world and flaunt your BoomsticK skills.
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This series of laboratory lessons and activities uses authentic solar imagery and data to introduce students to solar science. Students are asked to explore details in imagery, including how to deal with the issues of noise and resolution, and... (View More) understand scale. They are introduced to the concept of space weather and how that affects both observing instruments and the Earth. Students learn about spectra, how helium and coronium were discovered, and go on to explore real spectra from the Sun. Most activities are mathematically based, and targeted for grades 9-10. Imagery is included from NASA/ESA's SOHO mission, NASA's SDO mission, and Japan's Hinode satellite. (View Less)
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This is a website about asteroids and comets. Learners can play a physics-based asteroid game, learn about how backyard astronomers are contributing to asteroid research, or simulate an asteroid impact using a Google Earth Impact simulation.... (View More) Includes background information about comets and asteroids and links to multimedia resources. (View Less)
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This is a building-wide enrichment program consisting of a series of posters and accompanying questions designed to pique student interest in science concepts and their application to the world in which we live. Accompanying each poster is a series... (View More) of question sheets of increasing difficulty levels that students answer and submit at a designated location (collection box, office, etc.). Random prize drawings can be used to recognize/celebrate student participation. The purpose is to expose students to and create school-wide interest about science so students want to "STOP for Science" as displays are changed throughout the year. Although the focus is building-wide, content can be linked to classrooms through use of accompanying teacher resource guides. The website includes several resources for program facilitators, including posters, answer sheets, podcasts, implementation guide and webinars for facilitators. The program targets grades 3-6 for independent use, but can be used with grades K-2 with adult or upper grade level assistance. Each poster in the series stands alone and is not tied to concepts in other posters. Therefore, posters can be displayed in any sequence desired. (View Less)
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Unheralded relievers earn GIBBY Setup nods
Due to the evolution that produced the modern Major League bullpen, there has never been more scrutiny placed on a manager's approach to the final innings of a close game.
And while the closer role is often the focal point of the 'pen -- and easily the most coveted job among relievers -- a closer never gets his chance without the often unrecognized eighth-inning setup man.
Due to the evolution that produced the modern Major League bullpen, there has never been more scrutiny placed on a manager's approach to the final innings of a close game.
And while the closer role is often the focal point of the 'pen -- and easily the most coveted job among relievers -- a closer never gets his chance without the often unrecognized eighth-inning setup man.
Closers also tend to get the majority of the bullpen glory after nailing down a key victory. However, now is your chance to recognize some of the best -- albeit, usually underappreciated -- relievers in the Majors.
Through the end of this month, fans can cast their votes to help determine the winner of this year's GIBBY Award for the Setup Man of the Year. The 11 nominees in the category are: Luis Avilan (Braves), Craig Breslow (Red Sox), Rex Brothers (Rockies), Tyler Clippard (Nationals), Mark Melancon (Pirates), Darren O'Day (Orioles), David Robertson (Yankees), Paco Rodriguez (Dodgers), Trevor Rosenthal (Cardinals), Tanner Scheppers (Rangers) and Drew Smyly (Tigers).
While the nominees range greatly in age and pitching backgrounds, they all share one common thread -- each spent the majority of this season silencing opposing offenses for one inning before handing off the ball to his team's closer for the final three outs.
With their impressive performances as setup men, some of this year's nominees may also soon be called upon for the coveted ninth-inning job. One nominee, in fact, already earned the role down the stretch.
Rosenthal burst onto the scene in the postseason, consistently blowing away hitters with a steady diet of 100-mph fastballs. Though the 23-year-old spent much of the season deferring to a variety of Cardinals closers, St. Louis turned those reins over to the youngster with just one week remaining in the regular season.
Rosenthal answered the call to the tune of an unblemished postseason ERA, tossing 11 2/3 scoreless innings over his 10 October appearances. Rosenthal also led all relievers with 18 postseason strikeouts -- not all that surprising considering he shattered the Cards' franchise record for regular-season strikeouts by a reliever with 108 in just 75 1/3 innings.
"Unbelievable," Cards catcher Yadier Molina said in late October of Rosenthal's dominance. "He's been good for us all year long, but the last month, he's been amazing."
Major League Baseball's A-listers will take home 2013 GIBBY trophies -- the ultimate honors of the industry's awards season -- based on votes by media, front-office personnel, MLB alumni, fans at MLB.com and the Society for American Baseball Research.
This year's GIBBY Awards feature nominees in 22 categories. Individual honors will go to the MLB MVP, in addition to the year's best starting pitcher, hitter, closer, setup man, rookie, breakout hitter, breakout pitcher, comeback player, defensive player, manager, executive and postseason performer.
GIBBY trophies also will be awarded for the year's top play, storyline, hitting performance, pitching performance, oddity, walk-off, Cut4 topic, regular-season moment and postseason moment, from MLB.com's Must C highlight reels.
In the past five years, fans have cast more than 50 million votes across the various GIBBY categories, none of which was restricted to individual league affiliation. Fan voting runs through Dec. 1.
Winners will be presented their GIBBY trophies at the MLB.com Greatness in Baseball Yearly Awards extravaganza during the Winter Meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
While Rosenthal has already taken off running with the Cards' closer job, he likely will not be the only one from this year's crop of nominees for Setup Man of the Year in a ninth-inning role come 2014. A lot can develop between now and Spring Training, but Robertson is one who seems locked in for a closer's role next season.
With Mariano Rivera retiring, Robertson will likely get the first chance to succeed the legendary closer after racking up 33 holds, three saves and a 2.04 ERA over 70 appearances for the Yankees this season. It won't hurt that he comes highly recommended.
"That would be my thinking," Rivera said of the notion that Robertson would assume the closing duties in the Bronx. "I'm not the Yankees, I don't know what they're going to do. But I think he deserves a shot."
Whether or not he gets that first shot at closer's glory, Robertson -- along with the other 10 nominees -- has the opportunity via this year's GIBBY Awards voting to earn immediate praise for the remarkable job he did this year in a mostly unheralded role.
Rosenthal opened eyes in the postseason and Robertson proved he's worthy of a chance to follow Rivera, but all of this year's nominees deserve voting consideration for one reason or another.
Melancon finished the year with a 1.39 ERA over 72 appearances for the Pirates and even chipped in 16 saves when called upon. Avilan went a perfect 5-0 for the Braves while posting a 1.52 ERA over 75 appearances. The list of impressive ERAs and strikeout totals goes on and on within this list of nominees, which includes, in Breslow, a member of this year's World Series champion Red Sox.
"I think his intelligence clearly plays out on the mound," Red Sox manager John Farrell said of Breslow, a Yale graduate who provided a consistent eighth-inning option for Boston ahead of shutdown closer Koji Uehera. "This is someone who's been a very good performer for us, whether it's against right-handers or left-handers. His ability to keep things emotionally under control on the mound is another reason why he's so trusted by all of us late in the game and in some high-leverage situations."
Closing out games or not, each of the Setup Man of the Year nominee did his fair share of excelling in high-leverage situations, and the GIBBYs now give you the chance to recognize them for such.
Paul Casella is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @paul_casella.


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Find all sparkle and shine you need, whether a first-time gemmer, a writer of rocks, or veteran rock hound. Tucson hosts the largest show-museum-market in the world. You can search this collective list for special activities by show name or date, from January 31 through February 17.
The Kino Gem and Mineral show at the Kino Sports Complex is always huge and interesting. Smaller but still a favorite is the 22nd Street Mineral Fossil and Gem Show, with free parking and 180+vendors exhibiting an exceptional collection of minerals, fossils, crystals, jewelry and miner's rough. Food trucks are there to sustain you. Those interested in unusual fossils and minerals also will enjoy The Mineral & Fossil Marketplace at the Hotel Tucson City Center.
There are hundreds of exhibits and dealers For beaders: To Bead True Blue begins February 3 at the Doubletree Reid Park and has hundreds of exhibitors as well as workshops in art couture, artistic glass, textile and embellishment.
A favorite each year is the African Art Village on Farmington Road off I-10 and Starr Pass Blvd., with its hundreds of vendors displaying and selling ancient and modern art as well as masks, beads and textiles
The Tucson Gem & Mineral Society is the institution that started it all in 1955 with a small show of hobbyists and dealers. It still runs the primo event, The Tucson Gem & Mineral Show™. Florite is the theme this year. Held over the final weekend, February 14 - 17, at the Convention Center. There are displays from museums around the world including hundreds of dealers. This main showcase also features exhibits and tours for school children (sorry, full up already!) and lectures that are open to the public.
Actually my interest in this massive and unparalleled international marketplace of cultures, minerals, gemstones, jewelry, lapidary and fossils is very focused on the show's most tiny objects: historic trade beads (as seen in my photo). Bead historian Steve Ellis is a master who can help any collector with his knowledge (and his stash of incredible beads). I only have an email address for him, but if you need it, please message me.


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2006-07-12 / People/Social
Vendor spaces available for Simpson Fall Fair
Vendor spaces are available for the Fifth Annual Simpson's Spectacular Fall Fair to be held Saturday, September 9, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the grounds of Simpson United Methodist Church, 30 Locust Ave., Amityville. Local churches, nonprofit and youth organizations are invited to participate at no cost.
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(Chinese recipes, prepare authentic Chinese food now!)
I hate cold weather.
There I said it, I haaaaaaaate cold weather.
Blame it on my tropical blood, I dread cold temperatures. Winter makes my face crease like a dried prune and my winter wardrobe of fleece, wool, sweaters, jackets and such make me look–and feel–utterly frumpy and unattractive!
I love warmth and sun–80 degree Fahrenheit and 80% humidity is my natural habitat. While most people shuns away from humidity, I for one think that humidity does wonders to my complexion–it makes my skin looks perfectly dewy and glossy (perhaps it's SWEAT?!).
I digress…
So, when it comes to cooking during this time of year, I only have one thing in my mind: foods that make me warm. Other than my claypot dishes, this almond tea with baked puff pastry (酥皮杏仁茶) has been an absolute life-saver, especially during those cold mornings and nights.
I learn this almond tea recipe from a Chinese restaurant near where I live. While it might seem hard to prepare, it's actually quite easy to make this almond tea with baked puff pastry (酥皮杏仁茶) with store-bought ingredients such as puff pastry sheets, almond powder, and canned ginkgo nuts.
It's great sipping the almond tea while munching away the crispy and flaky puff pastry, with a magazine or newspaper in hand.
And that's when I feel that I might actually start to like cold weather. *wink*
Other bakes goods/recipes that go well with Almond Tea with Puff Pastry (酥皮杏仁茶):
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|Statement on Social Development (Item 61) by Ms. ZHANG Dan, Counsellor & Deputy Representative of the Chinese Delegation at the Third Committee of the 64th Session of the General Assembly
October 5, 2009, New York
Mr. Chairman,
At the outset, please allow me to congratulate you on your election to the chairmanship of the Third Committee of this session of the General Assembly. You and other members of the bureau can count on the full support and cooperation of the Chinese delegation. My delegation welcomes the relevant reports submitted by the Secretary General under this item and associates itself with the statement made by Sudan on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The current financial crisis has produced huge impacts on the economic and social development around the world. Its negative effects such as the worsening unemployment, exacerbation of poverty, erosion of public welfare and cutting of expenditures in education and health care are seriously threatening the headway made in social development in recent years. At the same time, the intertwining problems of climate change, epidemics, food and energy crises and natural disasters have posed additional challenges to the social stability and development of countries. It is a common challenge facing all governments to combat the blow of the financial crisis and maintain social equity and social justice. On this question, China would like to make the following points:
First, it is necessary to increase input in social development and stabilize and expand employment. In formulating macro economic policies and economic stimulus packages, governments should fully bear in mind the need of social development and try their best to reduce the impact of the financial crisis on education, health care, social security and social relief. They should place employment expansion at the core of their efforts to promote growth and ensure people's living conditions, increase support for small and medium enterprises and informal sectors of the economy, maintain input in public utilities, thus achieving economic recovery and social stability through implementing social policies.
Secondly, protection of vulnerable groups should be strengthened. Vulnerable social groups are usually the major victims of the crisis. As a result of multiple challenges of financial crisis, climate change, food crisis and energy crisis, vulnerable social groups such as women, the elderly, persons with disabilities and immigrants find themselves in a worse plight and rural and remote areas are mired in deeper poverty. Countries should increase social security for vulnerable groups, adopt enabling policies to enhance their capacity to cope with crises, reinforce efforts of poverty reduction and development, strengthen employment training for these groups and promote social integration.
Thirdly, the difficulties faced by developing countries deserves special attention. The financial crisis has made it even more difficult for the developing countries to realize the MDGs. Developed countries should honor their ODA commitments, fulfill their promise of financial and technological transfers for responding to climate change, avoid taking trade protectionist measures against developing countries and give developing countries a bigger say in international economic governance.
Mr. Chairman,
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Over the past sixty years, especially the past thirty years since the beginning of China's reform and opening up process, China has achieved tremendous progress in social development. It has reached ahead of schedule MDG objectives in the fields of poverty reduction, infant mortality, education and gender equality; and is well on track to achieve other objectives.
Since the outbreak of the world financial crisis, the Chinese government has kept its focus on the protection and betterment of people's livelihood and the improvement of our social security system and has on that basis taken a series of proactive measures. Those measures include: raising the level of social security by expediting the improvement of the social security system and expanding the coverage of social security; deepening the reform of the health care system with a view to providing basic health care to all residents in both urban and rural areas; and implementing more active employment policies to ensure and expand employment by all available means. In 2009, the budget of the central government has allotted 728.5 billion RMB yuan to undertakings related to people's livelihood, which represents a 66.7% increase of funds for employment generation and nearly 40% increase of health care related expenditures. These policy measures have already produced initial results and have served as a powerful impetus to China's economic and social development.
The Chinese government pays great attention to the trend of rapid aging of the Chinese population and has worked energetically to implement the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing. China is gradually building a social security system with social insurance, social assistance and social welfare as the basis, basic old age care, basic medical care and minimum living guarantee as the focus and charity work and commercial insurance as the supplement. Efforts have been made to strengthen the family's function of caring for the elderly and actively promote society-based service for the elderly with the community playing a central role in an effort to ensure the provision of care to the elderly people by both the family and the society. To better respond to the challenge caused by industrialization and urbanization to the work of caring for the aged in rural areas, this year China has started to set up a new system of social insurance for the aged in rural areas which combines basic pension with individual pension savings. The state pays the full amount of the minimum basic pension for farmers so that all farmers in the country will enjoy social security when they reach old age.
The Chinese government regards the promotion of the welfare of persons with disabilities and the improvement of their conditions as an important and urgent task in its endeavor to build a well-off and harmonious society. Remarkable achievements have been made in this regard which include the rapid expansion of the coverage of rehabilitation service for persons with disabilities, considerable improvement of employment of persons with disabilities, important progress in poverty reduction and further enhancement of social security. In June, 2008, China formally ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, thus making a solemn commitment to the international community for the implementation of the Convention. By amending its Law on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities according to the Convention, China has aligned its domestic law with the international instrument, strengthened the safeguard of the rights and interests of persons with disabilities, further substantiated provisions on the construction of an environment of accessibility and on legal responsibilities, thus optimizing the legal system guaranteeing the rights of persons with disabilities.
The question of youth is a priority to the Chinese government. The government supports the development of youth organizations and their capacity building and mobilizes the participation by the young people in activities such as community prevention of juvenile delinquency, community volunteering service and campaign to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS. In addressing the difficulties the young people have encountered in seeking employment because of the financial crisis, the Chinese government has taken measures in many aspects. First, the government has made the employment of college graduates priority of its overall employment generation work and reinforced employment service and guidance for college graduates. Secondly, the government has established practice bases for youth employment and entrepreneurship to build up the capacity of the young people to find jobs and start their own business and improve their working skills. So far, 8,835 such practice bases have been established in the country, which provide around 280,000 practice positions to the young people. Thirdly, the government has offered micro-credits for rural youth entrepreneurship, carried out targeted practical skill training and labor reserve training for the rural youth with a view to addressing the problems of financial bottleneck and lack of skills encountered by rural youth in starting their own business or seeking employment.
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MISENHEIMER, N.C. - The IWLCA has honored 64 student-athletes in Division II with a selection on one of the All-Regional teams for 2011. These athletes are now eligible for inclusion on the All-American teams, which will be announced on May 26. The IWLCA will honor the All-Americans at the All-American banquet on June 11, 2011 at the Crowne Plaza Valley Forge in King of Prussia, Pa. Pfeiffer University's Amanda Smith landed on the south region's first team after breaking the school's career record for caused turnovers. The Lady Falcons' Alex Cook and Sarah Hebberd each made the south's second team. A full list of the IWLCA's region teams are below.
First Team
Brittany Brigandi, Le Moyne, Jr., A
Frankie Caridi, Adelphi, Fr., GK
Katelynn Ciaci, Adelphi, So., D
Demmianne Cook, Adelphi, So., M
Cassandra Cronin, Dowling, Sr., M
Erica Devito, Adelphi, Jr., A
Chelsea Donaldson, C.W. Post, Jr., D
Rebekah Elmer, Le Moyne, Sr., M
Elizabeth Fey, Adelphi, Sr., M
Claire Petersen, Adelphi, So., A
Kelsey Reilly, Stonehill, So., M
Jaclyn Sileo, C.W. Post, Fr., A
Lauren Spagnoletta, C.W. Post, Jr., M
Samantha Titus, Dowling, Sr., D
Kaitlin Walker, Le Moyne, Sr., D
Brooke Witkowski, Dowling, Jr., A
Second Team
Emily Antonette, Molloy, Jr., M
Brie-Claire Drost, C.W. Post, Jr., M
Aubrey Duncan, New Haven, Jr., D
Ashley Ferrandiz, New Haven, Jr., M
Michelle Fucich, C.W. Post, Sr., A
Alexis Gabbe, New Haven, Jr., A
Sarah Galligan, Stonehill, Jr., A
Rachael Goldstein, Dowling, Sr., GK
Emily Kerwin, Stonehill, Sr., D
Samantha Lynott, Stonehill, Jr., A
Liz Lyons, Merrimack, Sr., D
Molly Maroney, Le Moyne, So., D
Emily Mongeau, Southern New Hampshire, Jr., M
Nicolle Moran, Dowling, So., A
Mary Pasquantonio, Merrimack, Jr., M
Maureen Spellman, New Haven, Jr., GK
First Team
Allison Berger, Lock Haven, Sr., A
Mary Eshenour, Gannon, Sr., M
Marissa Giannerini, Rollins, Sr., M
Claire Grimwood, West Chester, Sr., M
Erin Growney, Limestone, Sr., D
Akasha Kasper, Queens, Fr., D
Alexandra Keirn, Mercyhurst, Jr., A
Kimberly Masterton, Mercyhurst, Sr., M
Rashelle McLellan, Limestone, So., GK
Molly O'Hara, East Stroudsburg, Sr., M
Jess Pandolf, Lock Haven, Fr., M
Raquel Prager, Limestone, Jr., A
Amanda Smith, Pfeiffer, Sr., D
Chelsea Treat, Limestone, So., M
Maggie Yackel, Mercyhurst, Sr., D
Katie Zichelli, Lock Haven, Sr., D
Second Team
Courtney Bianculli, Rollins, Jr., D
Shannon Casey, Queens, Jr., A
Alex Cook, Pfeiffer, Sr., M
Danica Cutshall, Regis, Fr., M
Tori Dugan, West Chester, So., A
Jess Fugate, Gannon, So., M
Amy Halls, Slippery Rock, Jr., A
Sarah Hebberd, Pfeiffer, Sr., A
Kayleigh Johnson, Lock Haven, Jr., A
Michelle Mangiaruga, East Stroudsburg, Sr., M
Taylor Norwood, IUP, Fr., D
Erica Pagliarulo, Rollins, So., A
Casey Quinn, Slippery Rock, Jr., M
Heather Sacko, Lock Haven, Jr., GK
Shana Schroeder, St. Andrews, Jr., D
Becca Vogt, IUP, Jr., A


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Rudolph Carl Gorman - Navajo Indian people. Born in 1937 in a family of artists. My father taught painting may therefore Rudolf painted since childhood - from 3 years. Painted everywhere - on the sand, dirt, scratching on the rocks comprehensible only to him pictures. By the way, the painting on the sand is one of the elements of traditional Navajo culture. Their first "sculpture" he sculpted from natural clay, since clay future artist in childhood is not seen. Big role in his upbringing belongs grandmother who enthusiastically talked about his roots, the ancestors, bright colors to paint the legends of his tribe. The boy has a slim susceptibility felt good nature. The main occupation of the Navajo pastoralism is so very young, he went into the valley and herded sheep. High sky, flowers, grass, silence fills his soul with a special state of peace, happiness and harmony. He liked to reminisce about childhood years and this sweet feeling of freedom overwhelms him at the time. Then study, service in the Navy, again studying at the university, but the specialty. In 1958 he won a scholarship to study, outside the United States and went to study at the College of Art in Mexico City. Relationship with known Mexican artist noticeably influenced his work.
His paintings are colorful and symbolic, and favorite topic - women. Female characters in his paintings are special. He humorously says that "women are better filled with large leaf", and he is not a fan of the ideal woman, they do not happen. Perfect female characters exist only on the covers of glossy magazines. His "big women" are gentle, graceful. Flowing lines and smooth, really fascinating. And though the paintings resonate in their stories and felt that many of them - fashion (original paintings sold out immediately), but I want to see his paintings. Women in traditional costumes, shawls, jugs, flowers, starry sky, the birds - everything is lush, beautiful, warm and even sublime.
Since 1970, it became known not only in the US but also abroad. Rudolph Carl Gorman, being a famous artist of drawing and painting, sculptor, became the face of Indian contemporary art. He was called the "Indian Picasso" or "Picasso of the Navajo." In 37 years, he opened the world's first Indian art gallery. The artist had over twenty solo exhibitions, and a day of 1986 in San Francisco became the Day of Gorman. Life Rudolph Carl Gorman, his work served as a model for many talented Indians. He went from working with oil, acrylic and pastels with a lithograph, ceramics and sculpture. His image of a woman - chaste, feminine - you can see on the jugs and vases.
Female images Gorman are in the collections of many museums in the world and in private collections (Gregory Peck, Schwarzenegger, Elizabeth Taylor, Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Andy Warhol). By the way, Andy Warhol (iconic persona of Modern Art), even made his portrait.


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The Lady Bisons' Classic gets underway at Draper Diamond on the Lipscomb campus. At noon Friday the Lady Bisons (5-8) face Butler (1-3).
"We are looking for consistency, especially at the plate," Lady Bisons' coach Kristin Ryman said. "Our freshmen are all very talented. We have seen in spurts what they are capable of doing."
The final game on Friday will feature Appalachian State (5-9) against Butler at 2:15..
Saturday at 12:15 Butler will play Eastern Illinois (4-4). At 2:30 the Lady Bisons will face Appalachian State followed by Eastern Illinois at 4:45.
Sunday at 11 a.m. Eastern Illinois and Appalachian State will meet. The No.1 seed and the No. 2 will play at 1:15 and the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds will close out the tournament at 3:30.
The schedule is subject to change due to the possibility of severe weather problems, especially on Saturday.
"I think our players are looking forward to playing in front of a home crowd," Ryman said. "That is always something special. "We have been away for awhile. This will especially be something good for the new players."
Ryman has assembled a competitive field for the tournament with Eastern Illinois from the Ohio Valley Conference, Butler from the Horizon League and Appalachian State from the Southern Conference.
"Eastern Illinois has always competed well and is off to a decent start," Ryman said. "They are very similar to many of the teams we have already faced this season. They are going to be a challenge.
"Butler is expected to finish in the top two or three in the Horizon League. Butler is an up and coming team that has been climbing steadily up the ladder the past few seasons."
The Lady Bisons have already faced Appalachian State this season, losing 4-0 in the Panther Invitational hosted by Georgia State Feb. 19. Hannah Dow went the distance for Appalachian State. J.J. Nelson threw a complete game for the Lady Bisons.
"Appalachian State has a mix of power and speed," Ryman said. "They like to put pressure on the defense with runners on base. They are very athletic and they find a way to make plays.
"They have a lot of different pitchers. I think in the four games at the Georgia State tournament they started four different ones."
Lady Bisons pitcher Whitney Kiihnl, 5-4, is second in the Atlantic Sun Conference with an 0.90 earned run average. In 62.1 innings she has struck out 90 batters, ranking third in the conference in that category.
Outfielder Breanna Thurman leads the Lady Bisons at the plate with a .281 average. First baseman Vanessa Medina is first on the team in slugging percentage (.541), hits (10) and home runs (3).
Catcher-third baseman Mollie Mitchell is the team leader in runs batted in with 10. Mitchell is tied with outfielder Caroline Mason in doubles with three.
All games will be available through live stats. The Lady Bisons games will also be available on A-Sun TV.
We expect to be challenged," Ryman said. "It will be a good test for us, especially four out younger players, to see how far we have progressed the last few weeks."
Written by Mark McGee, Senior Publisher/Director of Media Relations.


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johnridings needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 161 designs submitted by 25 freelance designers.
The Big Chill Creamery
The Big Chill Creamery:
A unique Ice Cream Shop Located next to Liquid Board Shop (Facebook Liquid)(liquidboardshop.com)
Delaware's Largest and most complete Board Sport Store.
The Big Chill Creamery will be serving 30 flavors of Hershey's ice cream, 4 flavors of homemade Ice cream,
Fresh baked deserts, Coffee, and lots of candy and toppings for ice cream or even snacking!
The Big Chill Creamery is located in a Cedar building, with a classic laid back beach feel inside and out.
the outdoor stage and fire-pit provide a harmonious feel perfect for relaxing and enjoying the entertainment.
Ages 1-99
We'll be marketing in schools, news papers, Senior living establishments
as well as Surfers Skates and Snowboarders
Please be creative, were open to all color schemes, please nothing campy or beach boys stereotypical (dumb surfer dude-ish)
Something along the lines of an old school surf logo aka Dewey Webber, Greg Knoll. something timeless laid back but energetic to compliment Liquid surf shop, but still having a WOW presence.
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Las Vegas businessman David Jin is the developer of the Grand Canyon Skywalk and owns Grand Canyon Skywalk Development, LLC. He is a successful businessman who, through his tourism company, Oriental Travel and Tours, is also responsible for bringing hundreds of thousands of tourists from around the world to visit the beautiful West Rim of the Grand Canyon, owned by the Hualapai Nation.
In 1996, Mr. Jin approached the Hualapai Tribe with an idea to build the Grand Canyon Skywalk on tribal land. He said he would build it at his own expense and turn it over to the Tribe. The Tribe agreed. The Skywalk was designed and built using state-of-the art architecture and technology and has become the most recognized cantilever structure in the world. The Skywalk opened in 2007 and has exponentially increased tourism to Grand Canyon West by creating hundreds of jobs and attracting more than 2 million visitors.
Jin signed over ownership of the Skywalk and visitor's center to the Hualapai people under a contract that allows him to recoup his $30 million investment by handling day-to-day operations of the Skywalk for 25 years. Jin is a respected businessman in the United States and Asia. He has a strong sense of responsibility to the Hualapai people and believes a continued partnership with the tribe will maximize the visitation, experience and revenues generated by the Skywalk.


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It seems an appropriate time to post the following poem which I wrote some years ago:
An angel came to Mary, as predicted by the prophet,
And told her she would bear a son, but Mary said "Come off it!"
"It's true", replied the angel as he tuned his golden lyre,
"The lad will save mankind from sin - what more could you desire?"
"That's wonderful", the Virgin said, "but why did God choose me?"
The holy messenger looked up and struck a loud top C.
"Because you are the nicest girl that anyone could know."
Our Lady gave a chuckle and agreed that that was so.
This strange event put Mary in a difficult position.
Would neighbours start to gossip when they noticed her condition?She thought it wise to tell them she was carrying God's son,
And to her great relief they cheered, exclaiming "Gosh, what fun!"
Now Mary went to Bethlehem with Joseph, her betrothed,
To sign the census register, a duty which they loathed;
The couple trudged exhausted into Joe's ancestral town,
But found no cheap accommodation - God had let them down!
A sympathetic landlord told the two of them at last:
"I'll let you use the stable till this tax affair is past."
They gladly took the offer up, and two or three days later
The Babe was born, which quite restored their trust in the Creator.
No news of this was heard in town, but yonder in the snow
Our angel friend popped down again to let the shepherds know;
They came and kissed the baby's head, while Mary watched moist-eyed,
Though Joseph thought such grovelling was most undignified.
Their homage done, the joyful shepherds burst into the street,
Exhorting folk to praise the Lord and shout and stamp their feet;
Large crowds approached the stable where the infant Christ slept snugly,
And Roman troops stood close at hand in case the scene turned ugly.
Among the Child's adoring fans, three kings arrived one day;
Their servants brought in precious gifts and put them on display.
But Mary said "Please take them back - my son won't reign on Earth!"
"Be quiet", Joseph told her, "can't you see how much they're worth?"
As soon as they were able to, the family returned
To Nazareth in Galilee, where Jesus quickly learned
The scriptures of the Jewish faith, and then, aged thirty-one,
He died for us, but rose again. Said God: "Well played, old son!"
Though two millennia have passed since Christ cried "It is finished",
The incidence of sin has not perceptibly diminished;
But as the angel vowed that it would one day disappear,
Let's have a merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!
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The Hand Prayer
In today's reading in Henry & Richard Blackaby's Discovering God's Daily Agenda, it talks about the importance of Prayer or Praying and that we should make it a priority. Kinda funny really because I thought of not making an entry today because I'm too sleepy already.
To me, this blog site is sort of a prayer, my prayer. It obligates me to make an entry and because of that, I get to reflect and learn something. I maybe just forcing myself to reflect but the end justifies the means–I get to reflect and pray. To my surprise, a lot of good things happened to me this past few days since this blog started but i'm sure that pretty soon, I'll be tested and it won't be all just fun anymore. I will be lazy, I will be busy, I will be tired, I will be discouraged. Even so, I hope that those reasons won't be enough to stop me from praying.
B.U.S.Y. – Being Under Satan's Yoke
God knows the desires of our heart. For most of use,w e pray because we want something from God. But if the first statement is true, why do we have to pray? There are a lot of reasons and one of them is Intercession–we pray in behalf and for others. We show our love by caring for others, by wanting to know their concerns, and by praying for them. That is the reason why in The Hand Prayer, we pray for others first and ourselves last.
The Hand Prayer is a guide we use in our ministry. Here's how the guide works. First, join your hands, as if you are praying, but don't interlock your fingers. Now, place your hands near your chest. You can see that it is your thumbs that are closest to your chest, next your pointing fingers, then your middle fingers, followed by the ring fingers, and lastly, the pinky. Each finger represents a group of people that we should pray for, namely:
- Thumbs – they are the people closest to your heart. For example, your families and friends.
- Pointing Fingers – our enemies, who point out our mistakes and flaws. It could also be our teachers and bosses (not saying that they should be our enemies or are our enemies) .
- Middle Fingers – Our elders and leaders, the people we greatly respect and follow.
- Ring Fingers – are said to be the weakest fingers. They represent the fortunate, the sick, and dying. It could mean people who are sick and dying, not just physically, but also emotionally and spiritually.
- Pinky Fingers – being the last, it represents yourself, putting others before yourself. Even though God knows what we desire, He wants to hear ti directly from us, telling Him what we want. Telling Him shows our great desire for those prayers to be heard and answered.
So next time you pray, you might want to use this guide. The more you care for others, the more likely God will reward or bless you by answering your prayers, or maybe giving you something better than what you prayed for. So why don't you stop for a while and pray.
Or are you too B.U.S.Y.?


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Some Dude Is Demanding An Apology From Nefu Da Don: Claims Nefu Da Don Jacked His Mac Book Rap Idea! "I'm Not Gonna Allow People To Swagger Jack Me & This Situation To Continue"
Publicst reports "Presice aka Mr.Eco-Swag accusing Nefu da don of steal his macbookrapbook idea calling it "mac style" hiding behind his cosigers.
Queen pen's son Nefu da don has totally lost his mind. He has stole this original idea and forgot to pay respect to where he got the idea from...Plagiarism! Copyright Infringement. Try's to cover it up with the cosigns! Nope! Presice came up with the entire collection of mac book raps over a beat idea. Its Called "macbookrapbook". He even has a site www.macbookrapbook.com. This dude Nefu da don does the same thing and calls it "mac style" Hell no! He didnt pay homage. Swagger Jacking at it's highest. Presice is demanding an apology and recognition and is calling Nefu da don out for a battle. macbookrapbook vs. mac style. "I'm on #44 of my macbookrapbook's this dude is on #1, I'm nipping this shit in the bud early!"
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Drew goes low-classy
I've been very confused by Drew's pimping game lately. On the one hand, she sold her wedding photos to PEOPLE, which was very pedestrian of her, but she didn't sell her baby photos, which shows a modicum of restraint. She's not offering up her mommy tips and carrying Olive in and out of heavily papped Pilates classes and juice bars. I mean her husband is an art consultant and as the media loves to remind us, Drew is a reformed Wild Child. She's now a glorified reality star with a KFed 2.0 on her arm.
And now she's doing a line of cosmetics that will be sold exclusively at Wal-Mart.
Drew's been a Covergirl since 2007, but her contract expires in January and apparently she's already far into plans for her next project. The details are a bit scattered: US says she's developing products with Maesa Group (from France) but WWD said she's collaborating with Italian-based Intercos. I don't know the difference between developing products and collaborating, but France, Italy, whatever, she's still selling it exclusively at Wal-Mart.
So is Drew reaching out to her new demo – the mommies – through a product line at a major retailer placed right next to the toilet paper? Is she looking for ways to work the mommy angle without pimping her kid (if so, I can get behind that). I mean this is where she can show how well she can play: exploit a demographic without selling your entire soul to it.
Oh and she has wine, too: https://www.barrymorewines.com
As Drew will tell you, it's all organic: She loves to eat and drink! She loves make-up! She loves everything and everyone!
Karl Lagerfeld designed her wedding dress; Reese Witherspoon and Steven Speilberg were guests; her producing partner (and maid of honour) is married to Jimmy Fallon; her wedding was in the "backyard" of her $5.7 million Montecito home. She presents at the Globes, the Emmys, the Oscars. Even her event schedule is exclusive – the first public post-baby outing was the very well attended LACMA Art + Film Gala.
You can do the former flower child-turned-mommy thing, but you throw in the wine and the arty husband and the pedigree (not just hers, he's the son of a former Chanel CEO and had Uncle Karl over for holidays) and the branding is disjointed. It doesn't feel niche, or exclusive, or particularly authentic. You can wrap it in Europe or quotes about how "hands-on" she is, but it doesn't fit an A-lister who had her baby shower at Cameron Diaz's house.
After the childhood stardom and rehab and flashing Letterman and going to the Oscars with Edward Norton, three marriages and producing (and starring) in fair share of hits, Drew's earned her loveable infamy and stardom. I wish she'd leave the faux accessible everymom act to the Jessicas and just go on being Drew.
Attached - Drew shopping at Whole Foods this weekend. Pretty much the opposite of Wal-Mart.


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1 1/2 cups cooked rice
1/2 medium onion
3 cups water
salt as required
oil- as required
1.Soak rice in tap water for a minimum of 2 hours.
2.Grind it along with cooked rice,onion and water until very smooth and no grains of rice can be felt when you touch it.
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4. Heat a frying pan at medium high heat, add few dashes oil and pour 1 ladleful of batter (½ cups of batter) in the centre and just swirl the pan around to spread the batter all over thinly. This also can be done by pouring the batter in the centre and using the back of the ladle, spread the batter by moving the ladle over the batter in coil motion starting from the inside and gradually moving towards outside to spread the batter all around as we do in Dosa. It needs a bit of practice. I normally do the swirling way to spread the batter.
5. COVER with a lid and cook until the batter changes colour or set. At this stage, using a spatula, flip over the pan cake. If you find it breaking, and is difficult to flip, close the lid and wait for some more time until the pancake sets even more and you can turn them easily. Cook the other side also in the same way until cooked. Keep turning a couple of time to ensure that it is fully cooked. It just have to set and don't wait for the golden spots to appear. Because if it is over cooked, they will turn harder later on. It takes around 4 minutes to cook one ottil pollichathu.
6. Continue the same process with the rest of batter until all batter is used up. Store them in a hot-pot/casserole to retain the heat. Serve hot with its best combination King prawn varattiyathu, or even simple chicken curry or Malabar fish curry, prawn and okra curry, potato curry in coconut milk, green peas curry in coconut milk,Chemmeen muringavaal curry that I will be posting soon..etc..


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[Rachel Astor] Hard-worker, sweet (of course!), and maybe a little nervous most of the time.
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[Rachel Astor] Nick would be the Dark Chocolate of Desire, a decadent double chocolate confection that you know you shouldn't have, but just can't quite resist.
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[Rachel Astor] Actually, Dulcie sort of does have a theme song. She wakes up to I Want Candy playing on her iPod every morning.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What is Nick's most prized possession?
[Rachel Astor] His $800 automated coffee machine
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[Rachel Astor] Sophie Kinsella, Meg Cabot, and a ton of other writers.
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[Rachel Astor] Silence, coffee, and a notebook with an Ultra Fine Point Sharpie beside me.
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[Rachel Astor] The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern absolutely blew me away!
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[Manga Maniac Cafe] What do you like to do when you aren't writing?
[Rachel Astor] I walk by the river near my house every day that it's nice, run around with the kids' sports and activities, and am also a bit of a TV/movie–aholic. Some of my favorite shows are Fringe, So You Think You Can Dance, and probably not surprisingly, Cupcake Wars.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How can readers connect with you?
[Rachel Astor] I'm at RachelAstor.net as well as @rachelastor on Twitter and http://www.facebook.com/astor.rachel on Facebook. You can check me out on Goodreads as well!
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
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9 comments:
- Kathy-Catnip Studio said...
Your embroidery is beautiful, as is everything else!
Please tell me more about that gorgeous coffee mug - I love the colors and pattern!
- September 29, 2011 at 3:09 PM
- Nina said...
So funny - I bought this book about a year or more ago and stuck it away in my craft bookshelf...definitely going to pull it out now.
Love the colors you're using - so pretty!
- September 29, 2011 at 7:38 PM
- Robin Thomas said...
Per usual, your work is delicious.
I am glad you are stitching.
Thank you so much for your generous donation to the Race fir the Cure.
You amaze me in so many ways. Youbare always surprising me. I love that.
- September 29, 2011 at 8:52 PM
- Charlene said...
Really cute Alisa. I love your use of colors & texture.
- September 30, 2011 at 12:01 AM
- Dorthe said...
Oh how bright and beautiful-love it, and the sweet pattern-
- September 30, 2011 at 2:57 AM
Alisa, lovely book! Lovely embroidery! There are two more stitch authors you may enjoy, Erica Wilson and Judith Baker Montano. Judith has a stitch book that lies flat with ring binding. It's small and easy-to-carry on a trip.
Love the colors you're using!!
Stitching is healing and calming, isn't it.
Hugs and love,
- September 30, 2011 at 7:04 AM
- Jillayne said...
The best books have the best illustrations! (I think that applies to cookbooks too!)
Your stitchery is lovely and colourful and likely the best medicine for you right now.
Make sure you show us when it's all done...
- October 1, 2011 at 7:49 PM
- kandeland said...
this piece you're working on is so pretty and cheery! Happy weekend Alisa, xo
- October 2, 2011 at 8:34 AM
Alisa, do you know about this shop?
www.shabbyfabrics.com They have LOTS of stitchery patterns! I just bought one here from Crabapple Hill.
Have fun looking!
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|2011-01-22, 16:21
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What is the One Piece? [manga discussion]
So apparently, there's already a thread about this subject, but it's slightly outdated and I thought I'd make a fresh one instead (however, if any mods wish to combine the threads regardless, feel free to do so).
Anyway, the One Piece. The treasure this epic tale is named after. What is it exactly? Perhaps it's materialistic wealth like gold and jewelry? Or perhaps it's something of a more sinister nature, like a weapon? Or maybe some symbolic message of love and friendship? There are many possibilities.....
Personally, while I'm still not entirely sure what the OP will be, I've sorta had this theory for a long time now that it will be something that pertains to the "Will of D". In fact, Whitebeard's dying speech at Marineford lends further credence to my theory of the treasure being connected to the "D" bloodline. Needless to say, I'm also certain that the "lost history" will be strongly connected to the OP, as well as the ancient moon civilization from Eneru's ministory. I know one of the most popular theories around is that OP is the Rio Poneglyph, but I personally believe that the glyph will be more of a hint (perhaps even the final one) towards finding OP, rather than being the treasure itself.
BTW, speaking of Whitebeard's speech, I think we can be sure that the OP is an "object" of some kind. I mean, Newgate pretty much hinted that a world war would even be fought over it, so it would be pretty silly at this point to assume that it will merely be a sappy message about the values of friendship (I actually don't doubt that the OP will contain a symbolic message of some sort, but I still see it as something that will be of great materialistic worth, as well). I also have my doubts about the weapon theory, since I doubt that Roger's legacy would be something that would outright destroy the planet (at least if the eventual war doesn't do that already).....
So, what are your theories about the One Piece? Post your thoughts!
|2011-01-22, 19:49
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I have a theory that One Piece is a collection of treasures used to create a giant treasure in the shape of a globe. Some treasures would be magical so they would have the 12 elements we have to work with.
Basic elements: Water, Earth, Fire, Wind
Evolved elements: Plants, Metal, Lightning, Ice
Quantum elements: Time, Space, Light, Dark
As for symbolism, One Piece will have many colors like a rainbow symbolizing unity.*
*NOTE: This symbol does not revolve around Okamas and Lesbians alone. This kind of unity involves race, species, culture, environment, religon, not to mention politics.
|2011-01-22, 20:23
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I dunno, because of how they portrayed "treasure" through-out the series, I kinda figure it's something that Gol D. Roger holds dear to him.
I'm kinda thinking it's a Poneglyph or something along those lines detailing Roger's adventures through the Grand Line with his crew, what he knows of Will of D., basically any memories he would share with his crew. This also would be accompanied by all the treasure he's gathered up.
Dunno, that's just my personal opinion~
|2011-01-22, 22:21
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I find myself not really caring. Either it is something physical, and we will all be disappointed for a variety of reasons if it is not the physical item we want it to be (a God DF; Roger's mustache comb; the greatest turkey club ever; etc), or it will be something intangible ("the stuff that dreams are made of.") and we will all be a little upset that Oda choose such an obvious answer (if it's friendship, I expect there will be a massive, if momentary, backlash). Whatever the case I find myself mostly uncaring considering that the answer is leagues away...
|2011-01-25, 15:09
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^Again, that sort of sentimental "treasure" wouldn't make much sense when you put Whitebeard's dying speech into consideration. He said that the One Piece would be something that would shock the world to its core. I mean, can you imagine thousands of pirates killing each other over Roger's long-lost pile of cheap friendship bracelets or whatever?
|2011-01-25, 19:42
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I seriously think that I'd be a treasure that can reveal the truth about how the World Government was formed or something and how to destroy it's saga.
Remember, the reason why some of the most notable pirates in OP became pirates is tobe FREE. World Government hinders that, so I think One Piece is something that can help people discover the truth about WG and how it was formed and to let the entire world know how those scumbags came about ruling the world.
just an opinion
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|2011-01-27, 09:38
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It's probably:
- Roger D Gol's energy drink. One sip and your Haki will be 10000x unstoppable. If you have no Haki then it will give you Haki. Result is permanent.
- Straw Hat.
- A golden coin not found anywhere in the world and sells for 1 trillion beli.
- A blank piece of paper where you can write a name and the person will die.
- A pet that's super powerful inside a ball.
- 1 Piece of pizza.
|2011-01-29, 23:32
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: United States
I'm guessing the One Piece is the truth about the Void Century, probably the combined knowledge written on the Poneglyphs. Whitebeard mentioned that a world-engulfing war would break out once the One Piece was discovered, and the Void Century would make sense as the cause for something like that. And we know the Roger Pirates had translated the poneglyphs, so bringing it all together into one piece would make sense...
|2011-02-03, 23:58
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Sniper Island
What if the lost civilization of the Void Century is located underneath Raftel. All their technologies and riches would be yours to take (riches is the treasure left by Roger). And Many other things there. But I feel that survivors of the Void Century will still be there and alive. Not decedents, but the actual people, if they even were people.
|2011-02-10, 03:34
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Giga Drill Breaker
Join Date: Jan 2009
but seriously im not gonna be surprise if this so called One Piece is just a piece of plate with etched words in it that says "Congrats! your search for this item is just a One Piece of all the adventures you acquired on this journey"
|2011-02-18, 08:45
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lost ronin
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: in the recesses of my convoluted mind...
although i can't help but agree with this one too...
|2011-02-19, 17:46
|Link #18
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
It's a mirror.
When you find it, you see yourself and say "I was one piece all along!" and leave it there.
But if you had bothered to take the mirror with you, you would have noticed that once it leaves the cave it reflects the world as it was in the Void Century. Thus by traveling to various locations and viewing their past in the mirror you could have learned all the secrets of the world.
|2011-02-20, 20:48
|Link #19
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Atlanta, GA
The One Piece is the treasure the Pirate King Roger left behind. He said he's collected all the treasures in the world and told everyone right before he was executed, One Piece was located in the Grand Line. Of course making it into the Grand Line was hard enough, then you had to survive against the baddest pirates in the world and fight to make it to the New World. Yeah that's why I love One Piece.
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