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|Japanese Name
|Original Game
|Final Fantasy
|Story Difficulty
|EX Mode
|Class Change
|EX Burst
|Soul of Chaos
|Japanese Voice Actor
|Kenji Utsumi
|English Voice Actor
|Christopher Sabat
|Dissidia Final Fantasy Character
Garland is one of the villains fighting for the side of Chaos in Dissidia Final Fantasy, a man consumed by battle and conflict. He wields a large sword that can freely transform into various weapons, from destructive axes to twin blades. Due to his connection to Chaos, Garland is one of the higher-ranked villains of the game. His seeming position as Chaos' right-hand warrior can be seen as analogous to the one his rival, Warrior of Light, has with Cosmos.
Garland's original outfit is based on his in-game sprite from the original release of Final Fantasy. Garland wears a dark blue cape with silver armor set with blue jewels, and wears his distinctive horned helmet. Tetsuya Nomura has stated that, because there were only in-game sprites to draw from, he had trouble designing Garland as a character, as in essence, it was designing a new character rather than redesigning an old one. His alternate outfit colors his cape burgundy and his armor gold, to resemble Garland's battle sprites in the remakes of Final Fantasy.
Garland's sword appears to be entirely original. It is a crushing weapon that is capable of taking versatile forms. In addition to the default "greatsword" form in which it is regularly carried in, it is able to transform into an axe (by folding the blade forward), twin swords (by removing a smaller portion of the back of the blade), a lance (by extending the plated portion of the blade), and a chained whip-like form, where the blade and the hilt are connected only by interconnected rings.
Garland's Manikin version, False Stalwart, is blue.
After the Warrior of Light promises Cosmos that he and the others will find the Crystals, Garland arrives and challenges the Warrior of Light to battle. Garland is defeated, but he tells the Warrior that fighting back is pointless, just before fading away, leaving the Warrior of Light confused. Believing that Garland is dead, the Warrior of Light journeys on. Garland however, is alive, and is soon confronted by Ultimecia who convinces Garland to ally with her against Squall. The two eventually corner Squall but Zidane appears and fights Garland so that Squall may face off with Ultimecia. Garland eventually takes his leave as he mockingly thanks Zidane for giving him a decent practice for his eventual fight with the Warrior of Light. Garland later tells Kuja that his fate is cruel, just like the others, spurring on Kuja's determination to prove himself superior to the other villains.
When the Warrior of Light defeats The Emperor, Garland appears and tells the Warrior to follow him. When the Warrior of Light arrives at the Old Chaos Shrine, Garland tells the Warrior that the reason he came back to life was because of Chaos, and that as long as Cosmos and Chaos are alive, the never-ending struggle between good and evil will never end. Though the Warrior of Light bested Garland again, Garland laughed and claimed that once again, the battle was worthless. He soon vanishes, saying that even after the Warrior's victory, the war will rage on.
After Cosmos's death at the hands of Chaos, Garland oversees his god's slumber. While doing so, he meets with Golbez and Sephiroth, each of them providing meaningful words that Garland relucantly decides to ignore because of his eventual fate. When Chaos awakens and describes a peculiar dream in which he governed the world harmoniously with Cosmos, Garland reveals to Chaos that such was the way things were before the conflict between harmony and disorder, and that he himself had instigated the conflict in accordance to the Great Will. While revealing that the Great Will brought him to the realm, Garland reveals that he is predestined to be sent 2,000 years into the past by Chaos where he becomes the god of discord himself — Garland and Chaos are one and the same, their meeting and Garland's actions in the war actually serve as a paradox to ensure the birth of Chaos and the resulting destruction to occur once Cosmos is killed.
Though Garland is ultimately defeated by the warriors as he challenged them and revealed his future self's intent, he is confident that Chaos's plan will come to fruition while explaining to the warriors that his soul will live on to find another cycle once the world is gone. Garland then fades away into the past to fulfill his task, saying he will meet the warriors again someday in the afterworld.
In battle, Garland is described as a "Nemesis", and uses his huge sword to crush opponents with powerful attacks, transforming the blade into various different forms as he fights. Some of his attacks vary depending on the timing of the button inputs, allowing Garland to chain his attacks together depending on when the button is pressed during his attack. A drawback is that Garland is a slow ground mover, and his sword drags along the ground.
Garland is fought in Destiny Odyssey I and IX, Shade Impulse, Distant Glory, and Inward Chaos.
|CP (Mastery)
|AP for Mastery
|Round Edge
|30 (15)
|Garland spins in a circle with his sword two times and then brings his sword down on the opponent. If is pressed before the last sword hit connects, Garland will knock the opponent up in the sky. If is pressed after the last sword hit connects, Garland will dismantle his sword into two and strike the opponent with a four hit combo
Additional Effect: Wall Rush
|20 (10)
|Garland charges forward and swings his sword upwards causing the opponent to be knocked to the sky.
|Lance Charge
|30 (15)
|Level 8
|Garland lengthens each section of his sword to make it resemble a lance. He then charges towards the opponent in a stabbing motion. If the hit connects, Garland will follow up with a jump and proceed to slam the opponent down with his sword
Additional Effect: Wall Rush
|30 (15)
|Level 24
|Dashes forward and does an uppercut with his Sword. Depending on how long is held, the attack results with different continuations; If is pressed, Garland will stay on the ground and can follow up by shooting his blade out on a chain, knocking the enemy further into the air and enabling for a chase. If is held, Garland will leap up into the air during the uppercut and can follow up into Twin Swords (note that Twin Swords doesn't have to be equipped for this continuation)
Additional Effects: Chase (On press), Wall Rush (On hold)
|Twin Swords
|30 (15)
|Garland separates his sword in two and deals multiple blows with each blade
Additional Effect: Wall Rush
|Chain Cast
|30 (15)
|Garland spins his sword with a chain in a circular fashion first before bringing the sword down and up with the chain. If the last hit connects, the attack will result in an aerial pursuit chase
Additional Effect: Chase
|30 (15)
|Level 3
|Garland turns his sword into a deformed axe and swings it down on the opponent. This attack slightly homes as Garland will move directly in front of the opponent if the attack is performed
Additional Effect: Wall Rush
|Twist Drill
|30 (15)
|Level 19
|Garland drills the opponent upwards then shoots his sword with a chain into the enemy
Additional Effect: Chase
|CP (Mastery)
|AP for Mastery
|40 (20)
|Garland smashes his sword into the ground causing the ground to erupt. If this move is performed at a ledge, the stone spikes will appear at the next lower ground
Additional Effect: Wall Rush
|Blaze (ground)
|40 (20)
|Level 13
|Garland splits his sword into two and spins both pieces in the air. The swords then shoot out flaming projectiles that home on enemies
|40 (20)
|Level 38
|Garland jumps into the air and throws his sword onto the floor with a chain. It then curls around the floor like a snake, leaving behind a line of water for a short distance. The sword then explodes into water, similar to Terra's Flood attack
Additional Effect: Wall Rush
|Blaze (midair)
|40 (20)
|Garland splits his sword into two and spins both pieces in the air. The swords then shoot out flaming projectiles that home on enemies
|40 (20)
|Level 30
|Garland swings his blade and creates two gigantic tornadoes that slowly spin forward. Can reflect attacks.
Additional Effect: Absorb
Garland's EX Mode Class Change consists of a color swap into silver armor with a white cape, and new helmet details. The overall appearance is meant to symbolize Garland's appearance as a heroic knight before he turned to evil. While in EX Mode, Garland's health will regenerate over time and won't be knocked back by enemy attacks(except by an HP attack) while he's in the middle of executing attacks of his own.
In his EX Burst, Soul of Chaos, Garland charges himself with evil power, and unleashes a series of attacks that utilize all five forms of his weapon. To execute it perfectly, the player must press the button repeatedly to charge a gauge up to its maximum within a time limit. A visual distortion and a chiming sound indicate each level of power attained; no levels mean one attack, one level means two attacks, two levels mean three attacks, etc.
Garland is able to equip Greatswords, Katanas, Spears, Axes, Shields, Gauntlets, Helms, Light Armor, and Heavy Armor.
|Stats (JP Version)
|Stats (US Version)
|Effects (JP Version)
|Effects (US Version)
|Crash HP Damage +20%
Damage +5%
|EX Force Absorption +15%
Viking Axe
|Crash HP Damage +30%
Damage +5%
|EX Force Absorption +20%
Gigant Axe
|Crash HP Damage +40%
Damage +10%
|EX Force Absorption +30%
Minor Anti-EX Effect
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|Playable Heroes
|Warrior of Light - Firion - Onion Knight - Cecil - Bartz - Terra - Cloud - Squall - Zidane - Tidus
|Playable Villains
|Garland - The Emperor - Cloud of Darkness - Golbez - Exdeath - Kefka - Sephiroth - Ultimecia - Kuja - Jecht
|Special Characters
|Shantotto - Gabranth
|Non-Playable Characters
|Chaos - Cid of the Lufaine - Cosmos - Shinryu
|Old Chaos Shrine - Pandaemonium - World of Darkness - Lunar Subterrane - The Rift - Kefka's Tower - Planet's Core - Ultimecia's Castle - Crystal World - Dream's End - Order's Sanctuary - Edge of Madness
|Story Modes
|Prologue - Destiny Odyssey - Shade Impulse - Distant Glory - Inward Chaos
|Other Gameplay Modes
|Arcade Mode - Duel Colosseum
|Accomplishments - Battle Piece - Battlegen - Bravery - Chaos Reports - Chase Sequence - Combinations - Command Mode - Cosmos Reports - Crystal - Data Install - Destiny Points - EX Mode - Friend Card - Skills - Play Plan - PP Catalog - Passwords - Quickmove
|Original Soundtrack
|"Cosmos" - "Chaos" - "The Messenger"
|Abilities - Accessories - Armor - Enemies - Merchandise - Museum - Player Icons - Shop - Summons - Translations - Version Differences - Wallpapers - Weapons


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text: Freda, Annie and Ali enjoyed a perfect day's skiing at Cairngorm on Monday. Freda, on her second day on skis, perfected her technique and persuaded Granny to buy her more than one Hot Chocolate in the cafe. Ali managed a few harder runs on his own and came back raving about the 2-mile, 2000 ft descent to the Ciste Carpark via Coire Laogh Mor. Granny had dug out her purple one-piece skisuit from the attic, but there was no hint that she hadn't skied for 12 years as she cruised down the pistes. We finished off the day with fish suppers in Aviemore. Perfect weather (-5, zero wind), perfect conditions (as good as it gets), and virtually no queues - who needs the Alps when you can ski like this on Cairngorm?!


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Living arrows - 4/5200:00
"You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth"- Kahlil Gibran
This week has been so much better after the previous week of feeling low and not getting up to much.
The first photo for this week i'm sharing is of Blake having fun in the cozy coupe at soft play. We headed out on Friday morning with friends to one in our local area. Blake loves soft play and being able to run around as much as he wants. It's also great for me as once he has had lunch when we get home he goes straight to sleep and will sleep for a little longer as it wears him out.
The next photo is of Blake bundled up in his snow suit for a lovely walk in the park of my home town. We were over on Saturday visiting my Mum as she was having a little family party to celebrate that she turned 60 on the 19th. We headed out for a walk as Blake was starting to feel tired and overwhelmed.
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Fab pictures! How cute is your little one! xReplyDelete
Oh those cars are always a big hit! He looks happy in there too!ReplyDelete
Lovely photos! So sweet xxReplyDelete
Eva always goes straight for those cars when we go to soft play. Drives me mad cause of all the things in there she just wants to go in the car lol. Loved the quote at the beginning of the post xReplyDelete
Oh such lovely photos. My son loved his car like that and would sit for hours in itReplyDelete
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Granby health fair on tap for early date
Fair set for April 7 at elementary schools
The 9Health Fair will take place a month earlier this year in Granby, offering reduced-fee and free health screenings Saturday, April 7 at Granby Elementary School.
This year's fair, which takes place from 7:30-11:30 a.m. at Granby Elementary School, will offer the ability to pay with credit card on the day of the event, reduced prices for first-time health fair attendees and vouchers for individuals in need.
Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Granby with extensive help from Grand County Emergency Medical Services, this year's event is also looking for volunteers who'd like to help on the day of the event. Call Audrey Jennings at 887-2732 for more information or go to the 9healthfair.org website.
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Alfred State and Elmira opened up the 2018 season with a double overtime scoreless draw. Both teams had a couple of chances but neither could find the back of the net.
The Pioneers held a slight 4 to 3 shot advantage in the 1st half but were credited with seven shots (compared to three for Elmira) in the 2nd half. The best scoring chance in the contest came in the 2nd half when Michayla Salatel's (Geneseo) shot from just outside the box was tipped by Gabe Carmona off the cross bar and over the net. Neither team generated too many opportunities in the pair of overtime sessions.
Alfred State finished with a 12 to 7 shot advantage in the game while Elmira took 9 corner kicks compared to the Pioneers 7. Madison Papaj (Holley) made three saves to record the shutout in her collegiate contest in net. Carmona played the final 65 minutes of the game and made one save while Meghan Ray played the first 45 minutes and recorded a save as well.
The Pioneers head to SUNY Delhi on Sunday for a 3 p.m. contest with the Broncos.


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Barbecued Leg of Lamb
This is a seriously good dish, worth cooking on a very regular basis. Try this...
First, butterfly and open out a whole leg of lamb. Which may sound complicated and, if you have never done it, it can be a bit tedious. But the easy way is to ask your butcher to do it for you.
Then, marinate the lamb. And while there are a number of ways to go about this, there are two that I love. The first involves splashing on some EV olive oil, adding some herbs de provence (from any decent food shop), some minced garlic and freshly ground black pepper. Leave it in this marinade overnight, covered and refrigerated.
The second method is to give the lamb a Greek emphasis by marinating it in, once again, that generous glug of EV olive oil. Then add minced garlic, finely chopped fetta cheese and green oregano (from any Greek grocer or deli). Again, chill and leave overnight.
The lamb should be cooked by the indirect method. Do not overcook it, and remember to add wood chips – hickory or applewood – to your charcoal. Try around 15-20 min a side, depending on the heat of your barbie, the size of the leg and how much pink you like in your lamb.
Rest the cooked meat on a board, then slice against the grain and push the slices into warmed Turkish rolls. Add a little tatziki to complete the effect, and a few leaves of coriander. Or, if you are using the simpler French method, finish with some red currant jelly rather than tatziki.
And … did I say simple? For lucky Melburnians, lamb a la greque, ready for the grill, is available from Jonathan's of Smith's St, Collingwood, one of my favourite Melbourne butchers. It comes marinated in the way I have outlined, beautifully vacuum packed.
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'Axis of Evil' speech draws fire from Koreans
President George W. Bush seems intent on learning history the hard way.
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By Deirdre Griswold
New York
President George W. Bush seems intent on learning history the hard way.
When he compared Iran, Iraq and North Korea to Germany, Japan and Italy in his now-infamous "Axis of Evil" speech, he evidently overlooked the fact that the Korean people had suffered Japanese colonial occupation for 35 years.
There are still Koreans alive who remember that terrible period. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the same North Korea abused by Bush, was founded by the leaders of the guerrilla army that fought and helped defeat the Japanese invaders. The regime set up in the south by U.S. troops after World War II, on the other hand, was led by Koreans who had collaborated with imperial Japan.
Therefore, Bush's speech was not only the height of insult and insolence, it also showed abysmal ignorance by this world superpower, which will invent any crude pretext to rattle its sabers and extend its own military occupation of Korea.
Bush followed up his speech with a visit to South Korea that touched off outrage among Koreans everywhere--in the north, the south and the diaspora.
A group of 30 students from Hanchongryon, the Federation of Korean University Students, on Feb. 18 occupied offices of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Seoul, South Korea, to protest the visit. Before being dragged out by police, they broke windows on the 45th floor of the towering office building and hung out a large banner reading "No war, no Bush!"
Even members of the ruling party in South Korea were incensed at Bush's belligerent tone toward the north. President Kim Dae-jung, the first president of South Korea to visit the north, has pursued a "sunshine" policy of expanding contacts with the DPRK after 50 years of total separation. The Korean people passionately want the reunification of their country. Those in the south increasingly blame the presence of 38,000 U.S. troops for the division, and demonstrations against U.S. bases have grown in frequency and magnitude.
Now the turmoil in the streets has reached the legislature. The Korea Times of Feb. 19 reported that "A ruling party lawmaker [Song Seok-chan] yesterday called U.S. President George W. Bush the 'incarnation of evil' in the National Assembly interpellation session yesterday, one day ahead of Bush's visit to Seoul, sending a shockwave through the country."
Koreans in U.S. speak out
U.S. citizens of Korean origin have also registered deep disgust with Bush's speech. In the days before his visit to Seoul, Workers World spoke with Koreans in New York about the reaction of the community here.
Yoomi Jeong of the Congress for Korean Reunification explained that her group had initiated a campaign, joined by four other organizations, to send messages to the White House calling on the U.S. government to honor the communique issued jointly with South Korea in October 2000. That document had stated support for Kim Dae-jung's direct contact with North Korea and promised the U.S. would take the necessary steps to lift sanctions on the north and normalize relations.
Jeong cited a poll taken by the ruling New Millennium Party in early February that showed 70 percent of South Koreans believe the U.S. should resolve its problems with the DPRK through dialogue, not military action. "Considering the population of South Korea has been pro-Western for 50 years, this is significant," she said.
Jeong says it's wrong for the U.S. government to accuse the DPRK of supporting terrorism. "We feel we became a scapegoat for the domestic problems of the U.S.--like Enron and unemployment."
She also pointed out that this effort to build hostility toward the north comes as the U.S. "has been trying to sell outdated fighter jets to the South Korean government at a price of $4 billion. Even the South Korean military doesn't want to buy these old F-15s, and has received several cheaper bids from other countries. The latest plane is now the F-22. Last year the U.S. sent a delegation of congresspeople to Seoul to pressure them to buy."
Jeong said over 700 civic organizations in South Korea had formed an ad hoc committee to block the Bush visit. "They held a major rally in front of the U.S. Embassy," she said, "and are planning multiple city protests. Even members of the National Assembly have said that anyone who undermines peace is not our ally--a very strong statement for South Korea."
Did Bush make a mistake with his belligerent talk? "Some people say Bush is helping us build our anti-imperialist mobilization," said Jeong with a laugh.
'My mom called to say
it was abominable'
Hye-Jung Park is a member of Nodutdol for Korean Community Development and the Korean-American National Coordinating Council. She says Koreans see danger in Bush's speech. "My mom called me from South Korea to say it was abominable. It has moved things back to zero in the north-south dialogue."
The U.S. had agreed to help the DPRK get a light-water reactor if it abandoned construction of a different kind of nuclear power plant that Washington objected to. Park said, "The U.S. promised it would help North Korea get an LWR by 2003, but nothing has been done." Energy is a big problem in the north, which has severe winters.
Another member of Nodutdol, John Choe, said the Korean community is reaching out to others who have suffered from U.S. policy.
"We had a community forum recently with two goals. One was to showcase the fact that many members of the Korean community in New York have been opposed to the use of military forces in Afghan. The second was to build solidarity with people in the Middle East, including Palestine, making comparisons with the way the U.S. has acted with its allies in Korea and Palestine, dividing and occupying these two countries.
"We also spoke of the significance of the diaspora in both our struggles. The Korean community is here today because of what the U.S. and its allies did in Korea 50 years ago. We shouldn't feel we're just victims. This is an opportunity to critique U.S. policy around the world.
"Bush saying 'Axis of Evil' is not just something recent. It's been U.S. strategy to demonize and delegitimize popular struggles around the world. On the face of it, it's absurd. Who is Bush to be the moral arbiter of human behavior?
"If you look at how he has defined North Korea specifically as evil, exporting weapons of mass destruction--the U.S. is the largest exporter of weapons in the world! It makes billions of dollars in hard currency through sales of weapons to poor countries. It forces its allies, like South Korea, to buy fighter jets it no longer needs. To use that as a pretext is ridiculous.
"I'm glad that Koreans in the south have been organizing and protesting Bush's visit," Choe concluded. "It's important to make clear that that kind of language is dangerous to their personal safety and also to the long-term prospect on the Korean peninsula
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A Christmas Carol
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"The walls and ceiling were so hung with living green [branches and cuttings from holly trees etc. - very popular in Victorian times], that it looked a perfect grove; from every part of which, bright gleaming berries glistened. The crisp leaves of holly, mistletoe, and ivy reflected back the light, as if so many little mirrors had been scattered there; and such a mighty blaze went roaring up the chimney, as that dull petrifaction of a hearth had never known in Scrooge's time .... Heaped up on the floor, to form a kind of throne, were turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, great joints of meat, sucking-pigs, long wreaths of sausages, mince-pies, plum-puddings, barrels of oysters, red-hot chestnuts, cherry-cheeked apples, juicy oranges, luscious pears, immense twelfth-cakes, and seething bowls of punch, that made the chamber dim with their delicious steam. In easy state upon this couch, there sat a jolly Giant, glorious to see:, who bore a glowing torch, in shape not unlike Plenty's horn, and held it up, high up, to shed its light on Scrooge, as he came peeping round the door."
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Gov. Christie's Administration recently proposed a regulation to curtail the prescription of unnecessary opioid painkillers. Christie, who serves as the Chairman of President Trump's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, expressed concern that treatment decisions of all prescribers (including physicians, dentists and advanced practice nurses) are being improperly influenced by pharmaceutical companies.
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By next winter, Husker basketball players will be dribbling on a new court, with a new design and maybe a new logo.
Pinnacle Bank Arena officials are seeking bids on a new floor to be delivered in September and in use for next season.
And fans will be able to weigh in on the floor design in mid-March.
After six years of use and multiple installations, the current maple floor is getting old and some of the built-in cushioning isn't as strong as it used to be, said Tom Lorenz, arena manager.
The university is also looking at a new design, he said. So there will be a new floor with an entirely new look.
Nebraska Athletics will be seeking fan feedback on the floor design this spring.
Nebraska has four potential designs that will be unveiled on social media platforms, probably during the second week in March, said Marc Boehm, executive associate athletic director.
"We're going to have our fan base give us their thoughts, kind of gauge what they like. We'll make a determination shortly after that," Boehm said.
Several of the designs — but not all of them — will include the state outline at center court, as currently exists. So fan voting will give an indication if they like the Nebraska outline as part of the logo.
The new floor will likely be lighter in color, though the exact shade hasn't been determined, Boehm said.
Many schools are going to a lighter shade because it shows up better on television.
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"We are really going to focus on design now, and we will worry about the shade a little bit later," Boehm said.
The instructions to potential bidders do hint at a modest design.
"Bidder can anticipate a reasonable design, not a complex University of Oregon type design," the bid says.
The now famous Oregon floor includes three graphics and is framed by a view beneath a forest of fir trees.
That notation in the bid is intended to tell companies that the new design will not be so elaborate that it would change the price, Lorenz said.
The maple basketball court, 60-by-120 feet, sits atop the arena's concrete floor. The floor comes in 4-by-8 foot sections, and it takes arena staff about two hours to install and remove before and after games.
The floor is removed and installed many times during a basketball season to accommodate other arena events, Lorenz said.
Staff removed the basketball court on Thursday morning, following Nebraska's men's basketball game on Wednesday, to prepare the arena for a Friday night concert. The court went back down Saturday morning, in time for the Husker women's team to play on Sunday.
It is common to have a portable floor that you can put in and take out in a relatively short amount of time.
Lorenz said he expected the portable basketball floor to last around five years. This is the sixth season for this floor.
"The floor still has good bounce to it, but it is getting a little rough around the edges," Boehm said.
The West Haymarket Joint Public Agency, which built the arena, is responsible for buying the new floor. The JPA has included $150,000 in its budget for a new floor.
The old floor is being used as a trade-in, and the company that gets the contract will likely refinish, refurbish and resell it, Lorenz said.
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Document Management
A document management system (DMS) is a system used to track and store electronic documents.
In the Legal world, DMS are organised around the concept of a Matter, a case or a team:
All documents related to a specific Legal team, practice area, case or matter are stored in the same location so that various people who need to have access to these documents can view, open, save these documents.
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Most significantly, DMS are installed on a central server that the appropriate people in the legal department will have access to. Documents are not stored on individual "C-Drives" or even a network "shared drive" but on a dedicated server. This is the foundation that allows DMS to deliver the remaining features described below.
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A key feature of any DMS is the ability to easily retrieve (find) the documents. The smarter the search, the better
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A user doesn't just "open" a document, they need to "check it out". This ensures that only one user works on the document at any point, avoiding conflicting versions. When saving the documents back in the DMS, users "check in" the document, making it available again for the other users.
- Version control:
Most DMS automatically take care of adding a version number to the document and if appropriate incrementing the version number. This avoids accidental overwriting on versions and provides better document history audit functionality.
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They say laughter is the best medicine and nothing makes a mood lighter than a fun Android app. Thanks to the following list of apps looking for something to calm your mood or enlighten your day, is no longer a task.
9GAGThis app is loaded with a huge compilation of memes, hilarious pictures, videos, gifs and a lot more. Also featuring cutesy images that are not meant to be funny, it also includes the ability to share and participate on message boards. 9GAG is available for free on Play Store with in-app purchases.
CheezburgerAvailable for free on Google Play Store, Cheezburger is not popular as an app, the websites is a mainstream humor site with over 10 million visitors a month. Offering access to jokes, gifs, funny videos and images, comics and a large collection of hilarious content. The app is versatile, letting you create your own posts, login to Facebook and letting you access other humor related sites like Memebase and more.
TheCHIVEAnother free funny app on Google Play Store, theCHIVE is both a site and an Android app that posts among others, funny images, videos, and even ridiculous stories. With its recent update, users can now submit their own humor content to be posted by the site, navigation is also straightforward, with categories menus and parts of the sites being easily accessible.
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Funny Facts Free 8000Funny Facts 8000, has a pretty self-explanatory name. Revolving around entertaining facts, it is filled with goofy, ridiculous and weird all round facts. Coming with a clear interface, that is easy to use and funny fact finding, and an app audio reading option, this app is fully free with no in app purchases.
Funny JokesFunny Jokes is exactly what its names says, an app with a selection of funny jokes. Selection is usually by category, with yo mama jokes, Chuck Norris, one liners and more. Being free, it includes a simple interface, and an option for users to vote for, comment and rate the jokes.
LOL PicsAnother app on the list that consists of a collection of funny images. LOL Pics adds fresh pictures daily to the tremendous categories it boasts, from fails, puns and other random content.
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Sharif defies arrest; many officers join the 'long march'
Munizae Jehangir
Sunday, March 15, 2009, (Sharif's convoy)
Pakistan plunged deeper into a political chaos on Sunday as Nawaz Sharif defied house arrest and embarked on the long march to Islamabad.
The Army was put on standby and Rangers roamed the streets and Pakistan tottered on the brink as tens of thousands of supporters joined Nawaz Sharif's convoy.
As what's being described as the biggest civil disobedience movement in Pakistan's recent history took centrestage, President Asif Ali Zardari and the ruling PPP appeared to be increasingly isolated.
"After 1947 this the second time that the country needs you. I don't think there is anyone in Pakistan who will not answer to this call. And God willing this convoy will reach its destination. You all have promised me that you will walk along with me. The time has come for all of you to keep your word," said Nawaz Sharif, Chief, PML-N.
Sharif's motorcade moved slowly gathering protesters by the hundreds.
By the afternoon the administration, which was meant to block the protesters, began backing off, the police guards at the high court left their posts.
The Deputy Attorney general, a political appointee, close to the Sharifs quit and joined the protestors. Then a middle ranking police officer and an Inspector-General of Police quit their posts.
At some places the rangers, a paramilitary force replaced the police. By the evening, the long march appeared to have gathered enough momentum to make it to Islamabad.
To clear any roadblocks, Sharif went armed with cranes. Even changed his route to give government forces the slip.
Amidst all this, the Army chief reportedly met the Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.
There are back-channel negotiations on with the protesters but they say, the concessions made by President Asif Zardari on Saturday have to be implemented.
"Having negotiations but how can we trust them," said Rana Sanaullah, Nawaz Sharif's aide.
Lahore on Sunday and Islamabad on Monday, the long march is set to roll on.
Who will prevail, who will lose is anybody's guess.
Army refuses to be part of govt probe in J&K killing
Press Trust of India
Sunday, March 15, 2009, (New Delhi)
Army has refused to participate in the inquiry being conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir government into the killing of two innocent civilians in Sopore town (north Kashmir) in February, saying such a probe was not valid.
The inquiry, initiated by state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, had blamed the army personnel present at the site of encounter for not verifying the claims of their informers before shooting down the innocents.
The civilian inquiry had asked the army to present before it the personnel who were involved in the killing but sources said the Brigade Command informed through a letter that such an inquiry was not valid under the Army Act.
Citing the Army Act, the force handed over a statement giving their version of the story, sources said.
The Army's rejection of the government probe is likely to figure in the high-level meeting between Omar, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram and the Army authorities scheduled for Wednesday in Jammu, the sources said.
Earlier, Omar had come down heavily on security forces for using excess force and had announced a inquiry into the killing of the two youths on February 22.
Pakistan army on standby as protests refuse to subside
Press Trust of India
Saturday, March 14, 2009, (Islamabad)
Pakistan put its army on standby and placed barricades on the boulevard leading to the Parliament House as the confrontation between country's two main parties PPP and PML-N showed no signs of abating despite frantic mediation efforts.
As the government asked the troops to be deployed in all sensitive areas in the capital, sealed of all highways leading to it, protesting lawyers and opposition parties said they will go ahead with their mass sit-in outside the National assembly.
"The troops will remain on alert and will be deployed only if the situation warrants it," chief military spokesman Major Gen Athar Abbas told Dawn News channel.
Interior ministry chief Rehman Malik warned that the protesters, who are seeking reinstatement of judges sacked in 2007 emergency, will not be allowed to come anywhere near Parliament House, which has been barricaded.
Malik said that extra-ordinary security measures were being taken as intelligence agencies have warned that terrorists could take advantage of the protest to carry out "target killings" and a "series of bombings", including suicide attacks.
Key installations were facing a threat and "enemies of Pakistan" too could strike during the long march to "destabilise the country", he said without giving details.
The deployment of the army came after it received a request from the government to deploy troops at sensitive locations to maintain law and order during the long march launched by lawyers and opposition parties.
More than 1,200 protesters have so far been rounded up in connection with the long March. Police on Saturday halted more than 1500 activists near Multan as they headed for Islamabad.
This was the third procession of lawyers and protesters to be blocked. Earlier, police had stopped
motorcades of opposition groups heading from Quetta in Balochistan and Karachi in Sindh towards Islamabad.
The lawyers and opposition parties, including former premier Nawaz Sharif's PML-N party, launched the long march on Thursday to pressure the ruling Pakistan People's Party to reinstate judges sacked by former President Pervez Musharraf during the 2007 emergency.
The PML-N backed the protest after accusing President Asif Ali Zardari of influencing a Supreme Court verdict that barred party leaders Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif from contesting polls and holding elected office. Zardari imposed Governor's Rule in Punjab province, which was ruled by the PML-N, after the court gave its judgement last month.
A small group of lawyers assembled initially near the office of the Multan Bar Association and the number of the protestors swelled when they were joined by political workers.
Eighty people, most of them lawyers, were rounded up in Multan in overnight raids.
Guffaw of a merry 'mutineer'
- Back to an officer who dared bosses and missed a star
Binod Bihari Lal
New Delhi, March 15: That guffaw and hearty laughter on the telephone is at odds with the personality of Binod Bihari Lal, the man usually seen on duty in his khaki uniform with the single star on his epaulettes, equivalent to the rank of a brigadier in the Indian Army.
Lal may sound like a merry mutineer — this is the season of mutineering from Bangladesh to Madagascar — and there are faint echoes not to be missed here in India.
Lal laughs really loud in a telephone conversation. He is dialled two years after he hit the headlines for "mutineering". He was in Nagpur then as he is in Nagpur today, when he should have been in New Delhi here, at the headquarters of the organisation he serves in the Seema Sadak Bhavan, as the additional director-general sporting two stars, equivalent to a major general.
The more cynical he gets, the louder the decibel level of his laughter.
He had dared the bosses, sticking to the letter of a government order issued in 2007, in the 150th year of the Sepoy Mutiny, and had asked his colleagues of the General Reserve Emergency Force (GREF) to follow suit. The GREF and the army make up the two cadres of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), the military's frontier road construction and maintenance force.
The upshot of Lal's defiance of the army: the then director-general of the BRO, Lt Gen K.S. Rao, now retired, charged him with mutiny, and threatened to sack him. So Lal is still in Nagpur, heading Project Hirak as its chief engineer, serving in an office that is two notches below his station, supervising roads through Naxalite-influenced territory.
"I had come to build roads in Naxalite land and help in the battle against the rebels," he laughs in the telephone from his office in Nagpur and the cynical laughter splits the ears in Delhi. "It is a bit of a miracle that with my frustrations I haven't given up my job."
A Bangladesh Rifles trooper inside the force's Dhaka headquarters during the mutiny in February. (Reuters)
Lal will not say a word beyond that because a job in the armed forces does not permit freedom of expression and he is not about to break the rules. The former judge advocate-general of the Indian Army, Maj Gen Neelendra Kumar, explains that according to the Army Act -- which applies to the BRO, the Assam Rifles and such other outfits officered by the army – "collective insubordination amounts to mutiny".
The mutiny charge against Lal was withdrawn after the intervention of the minister of state for defence, Pallam Raju, but Lal's career was tainted and he is yet to be given his promotion and new posting despite being consistently graded as "outstanding" and "very good" in performance reports. He was also posted to Afghanistan where the BRO last month completed a major road despite the Taliban threat but he was returned to India before time on medical grounds (he is diabetic).
Unlike the Bangladesh Rifles and the Bangladesh Army in the neighbouring country, India, where writer V.S. Naipaul found a million mutinies, the armed forces are seen as disciplined outfits with public exhibitions of protests and anger rare.
Yet, this month, for the second time, ex-servicemen are set to return gallantry awards to the President to protest against what they say are unfair pension benefits.
In the Assam Rifles, the paramilitary counter-insurgency outfit in the Northeast officered by the army and headed by a major general, the non-army soldiers frequently complain of inadequate rations and second-class treatment in comparison to colleagues in the army.
The biggest mutiny post-1947 was in 1984 after the killing of Indira Gandhi and Operation Bluestar when about 1,000 soldiers at the Sikh Regimental Centre at Ramgarh in Bihar rose in revolt and the unrest spread to Pune in the Southern Command, to Faridkot in the Western Command and to places in the Central Command. All the cases were disposed of.
Another protest shaped up after the fifth pay commission when technical officers of the Indian Air Force were angry with the recommendations but that was not called a mutiny. In the military's Canteen Stores Department, too, the civilian employees went on strike demanding better pay and perks, but that, too, was not called a mutiny.
"There may not be an exact parallel (to the Bangladesh Rifles mutiny) but there have been instances when the units, formations or establishments commanded by army officers saw resentment by the subordinates though such incidents are very very few," says former JAG Maj Gen Nilendra Kumar.
Unlike Bangladesh, where the border guard massacred the officers, India's security establishment and its army has been able to manage dissent to a level where it does not lead to bloodshed and massacre. But individual incidents of fraggings -- soldiers killing superiors -- rose dramatically. There were 11 incidents of fragging in 2006 in which 23 soldiers, including officers, were killed.
Frustration, depression, prolonged deployment on counter-insurgency duty were among the reasons cited by the Defence Instances of Psychological Research as the causes.
In the rare case of Binod Bihari Lal, who is no longer the mutineer he was alleged to be, the merriment is the outcome of a debilitating cynicism with the establishment.
Bin Laden hiding in Pakistan's Hindu Kush mountains: Report
March 15, 2009 19:23 IST
The United States is said to have tracked down the world's most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden [Images], in the impenetrable Hindu Kush mountains in Pakistan's scenic Chitral region, according to a media report.
America won't say it officially, but the world's biggest manhunt for bin Laden who murdered nearly 3,000 people on 9/11 has zeroed in on Chitral's stunning peaks and valleys, the New York Daily News reported.
The region has been sealed off to outsiders and is now regularly buzzed by American spy drones, it said. Six US and foreign officials have also confirmed that the Hindu Kush mountains in the Chitral region have been eyed as bin Laden's hideout since 2006 by Osama hunters aiming for the big kill.
A lengthy review of evidence, including recent Predator fly-bys, bin Laden's tapes since 9/11 and interviews with three dozen experts on al Qaeda, Pakistan and special operations, point to these vast mountains as Osama's likely haven, the report said.
Two senior foreign officials said the nearby town of Kalam also is suspect. In fact, drones were first spotted spying on Chitral last summer and were seen again as recently as February 2. It is so far from US-run airfields that drone sorties are limited to just a few hours due to fuelling issues, the report said. Moreover, Islamic militancy is taking root in several Chitrali valleys leading to Afghan border, prompting Pakistan to decree them off-limits to foreigners, local sources said, reinforcing the suspicion Osama is nearby.
Gilani assures all efforts for country's defence, development
ISLAMABAD, Mar 14 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Saturday assured that the government would not spare any effort to make the country's defence impregnable and raise living standard of the people. sun15.3.jpgHe was speaking at a dinner hosted at Prime Minister House here to bid farewell to outgoing chief of air staff Tanvir Ahmed. He said Pakistan wants to live in peace and has no aggressive designs against anybody. Pakistan has itself been a victim of terrorism and it will continue its efforts in the war against terrorism, the premier said.
Chairman Senate Farooq H Naek, Speaker National Assembly Fehmida Mirza, Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar, Chief of Army Staff Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani, Chief of Naval Staff Noman Bashir and Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman were present on the ocassion.
He said air force is remembered for its glorious traditions and is pride of the nation.
He acknowledged services of outgoing air chief spanning over four decades and said the air chief came up to the trust reposed by the nation.
He lauded air force for providing the country with an efficient and cost‑effective aerial defence.
Gilani said armed forces are defending the geographical and ideological borders of the country.
Pakistan air force will be modernized so that it can meet the challenges of future, he added.
The Prime Minister wished the outgoing air force chief well in his future endeavours.
He also appreciated the work done by Zarin Tanvir, wife of the outgoing air chief for Pakistan Air Force Women Association (PAFWA).
In his speech, outgoing air chief Tanvir Ahmed said he was leaving his office with a sense of satisfaction and achievement. He said Pakistan Air Force will continue to remain pride of the nation.
He said during his tenure, air force remained focused on its job with rising challenges at the turn of the century.
He said in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks, Indian leadership was fuming and talking about surgical strikes.
During that period, the air force remained vigilant and at operational high alert, remaining in the air at all hours, he recalled.
This alertness sent a strong message across the border that any misadventure will be responded with strength, he added.
He said successive governments invested the hard earned money of the people to upgrade the capabilities of the air force.
Due to adequate spending, Pakistan's air force will emerge as a high tech and modern force by 2012, he added.
China naval confrontation tests Obama
By Richard Halloran
A touch of irony surfaced a week ago when an American destroyer patrolling in the South China Sea sailed to the aid of the U.S. ocean surveillance ship Impeccable, which was being harassed by three Chinese government vessels and two trawlers.
The American warship was the USS Chung-Hoon, named for a Chinese-American naval officer awarded the Navy Cross, the nation's second-highest combat decoration, for heroic action against Japanese kamikaze planes in World War II. The late Gordon P. Chung-Hoon, of Hawai'i, retired as a two-star admiral in 1959, and his namesake ship's home port is Pearl Harbor.
That warship could outrun, outmaneuver, and outgun the Chinese ships on the scene but arrived after the incident to warn the Chinese not to return. The Impeccable resumed its mission of mapping the floor of the treacherous sea filled with islands, atolls, rocks, banks and reefs, and gathering intelligence on Chinese submarines based on the island of Hainan, 75 miles away.
This confrontation, however, was far more than a skirmish at sea. It has turned into an early test for President Obama, who is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the G20 economic summit meeting in London in April. Sino-U.S. military relations are certain to be on the agenda.
A question being addressed in the Pacific Command's headquarters above Pearl Harbor was whether the Chinese assault had been ordered by the political authorities in Beijing or had been mounted by the People's Liberation Army that comprises all of China's armed forces.
"It's hard to tell," an American analyst said. "But the PLA sometimes goes off on its own without telling anyone."
The educated consensus held that the confrontation was authorized by Beijing because it was conducted so deliberately and was timed to test the new American president.
In addition, spokesmen for China's leaders were immediately prepared to assert that the U.S. had intruded into China's territorial waters. In contrast, when Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi was in Washington to meet with President Obama, all the White House would say was that the national security adviser, Gen. James Jones, had "raised the recent incident in the South China Sea."
The concern among U.S. military officers in the Pacific was that the Chinese would miscalculate in the future and overtly threaten to attack an American warship. Since the ship's captain would have the inherent duty to defend his ship, he could order his crew to fire on the Chinese. The consequences would be incalculable.
A White House press release said President Obama "stressed the importance of raising the level and frequency of the U.S.-China military-to-military dialogue in order to avoid future incidents." The Chinese broke off those meetings after the Bush administration announced in October that the U.S. would sell $6.5 billion worth of weapons to Taiwan.
The Pacific Command, led by Adm. Timothy Keating, has been trying to revive that dialogue, with staff officers saying the South China Sea incident makes such contacts imperative. The admiral met quietly with senior Chinese officers in Hong Kong last month, but to no avail. A Pentagon official, David Sedney, was in Beijing on a similar mission, but went home empty-handed.
At issue, moreover, is freedom of the seas, which is critically important to the U.S. China claims most of the South China Sea as territorial waters under Beijing's control. The U.S. and most Asian nations disagree; much of their economic lifelines pass through that sea. That passage is also vital to U.S. warships sailing between the Pacific and Indian oceans.
China and the U.S. agreed in 1998 to set up a consultative mechanism so that warships that encountered each other would have procedures to communicate, interpret the rules of the nautical road and avoid accidents. It was signed by Secretary of Defense William Cohen and Minister of National Defense Chi Haotian.
With this incident and others, such as a Chinese fighter plane buzzing a U.S. intelligence aircraft in the same area in 2001 only to collide with it and drop out of the sky, that agreement appears to have been thrown overboard.
India to strengthen para-military forces with 100 new batallions
NEW DELHI, March 15 (Xinhua) -- India will strengthen its para-military forces by at least 100 new batallions in two years' time, in light of new security concerns following the Mumbai terror attacks last November, said a senior government official Sunday.
The official said that the Indian Home Ministry has approved the raising of some 100 new batallions including those for the Central Reserve Police Force, Central Industrial Security Force and Border Security Force, to meet the shortfall in the country's Army, Navy and Air Force.
"The new battalions, with 1,100 personnel, will allow the government to properly utilize the para-military forces inside the country in cases of any terror attacks. India had to call its Army and Navy commandos during the Mumbai massacre. The country now wants only the six para-military forces to pitch in as the armed forces are there to counter any attack from outside," he said, on anonymity.
At present, there are seven paramilitary forces under the Indian Home Ministry, and one under Indian Defense Ministry, with a total of 717,909 officers and men.
The shortage of officers in the armed forces has reached 23.8 percent for the Army, 16.7 percent for the Navy and 12 percent for the Air Force respectively.
"There is a shortage of 11,119 officers in army, 1,359 officers in navy and 1,352 officers in air force. Armed forces have 53,849 officers against a sanctioned strength of 67,679," Indian Defense Minister A.K. Antony said a few months ago.
Paramilitary forces to be one of the largest recruiters
New Delhi, March 15
At a time when there is almost a total freeze in recruitment everywhere owing to global economic recession, the paramilitary forces have emerged as one of the largest recruiters in the country if one goes by the government's plan to strengthen the six organisations.
Home Ministry officials here said the CRPF, BSF, CISF, ITBP, SSB and the NSG have been authorised to raise 123 new battalions which would be coming up in the next two to three years.
Each battalion of the forces will have about 1,100 personnel and hence the total number of persons, including women, to be recruited by them would be over 1.35 lakh.
In the coming financial year (2009-10), about 25 new battalions would be raised totalling to approximately 28,000 personnel from across the country.
"After Mumbai terror attacks, there has been a push to modernise the paramilitary forces in terms of both equipment and personnel. Additional battalions have been sanctioned keeping the future and present requirements in mind," an official said.
At present, seven paramilitary forces, namely the CISF, CRPF, BSF, NSG, ITBP, SSB and the Assam Rifles (under Defence Ministry) have 7,17,909 personnel, with the CRPF being the largest with 201 battalions.
Sources said the CISF, which at present has about 1,12,000 personnel, has been given the go-ahead to raise it strength to 1,45,000. In all, the force would see its strength going up by 37 new battalions after the completion of the expansion plan in the next three years.
Similarly, the CRPF which has been sanctioned 10 new battalions to be raised as Combat Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA).
The NSG, which draws its men on deputation from the Army and the paramilitary forces, has also been allotted four new battalions but it seems to have hit hurdles following the Army's reluctance to immediately contribute its share of personnel to the elite force.
The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), which guards the India-Bhutan and India-Nepal borders, has been sanctioned 37 new battalions and the BSF has been granted 29 new battalions of which about five would be raised in the next fiscal.
Sources said the Home Ministry has also drawn a futuristic plan for the paramilitary forces keeping in mind the requirements for the next 10 years. They said a proposal to increase more battalions of the paramilitary forces is already with the Ministry and a decision would be taken once the present sanctioned strength is raised. — PTI
J&K killings: Army refuses to be part of govt probe
New Delhi, March 15
The Army has refused to participate in the inquiry being conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir government into the killing of two innocent civilians in Sopore town (North Kashmir) last month, saying such a probe was not valid.
The inquiry, initiated by state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, had blamed the Army personnel present at the site of encounter for not verifying the claims of their informers before shooting down the innocents.
The civilian inquiry had asked the Army to present before it the personnel who were involved in the killing but sources said the Brigade Command stated, through a letter, that such an inquiry was not valid under the Army Act.
Citing the Army Act, the force handed over a statement giving their version of the story, sources said.
The Army's rejection of the government probe is likely to figure in the high-level meeting between Omar, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram and the Army authorities scheduled for Wednesday in Jammu, the sources said.
Earlier, Omar had come down heavily on security forces for using excess force and had announced an inquiry into the killing of the two youths on February 22. — PTI


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you begin knocking
on a small hatch.
It's unlocked.
no one will guard your bag.
You're on his bunk,
sailing for an unknown continent,
feeling the intense instability of your p(r)ose.
All day now you've been playing with that bruised banana in your pocket
(the one no one will guard
[poking it with your pointer
{hoping to pull it closer}]),
if you could only...
All the other girls are laughing because Mitt asked you where you got that pretty boy.
One of them's wearing a pirate's outfit, fingering the tip of her dagger.
The undressed gentlemen are coming together as the hair flies.
O captain, my captain! We're at the juncture!
Sobbing, you flee to your bed because he pled you to cuddle.
He didn't mean it…will by no means re-member.
And your family'll never know
You can't forget.
It was only a prank.


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Fixed star Rana meaning spiritual. The Astrological influences and metaphysical
meanings and prophetic interpretation. by astrologer Crystal Gaze.
Fixed Star Rana Meaning
Rana fixed star meaning spiritual icon "the frog" situated in the constellation Eridanus ("the river"). This vibrating orange-red sub-giant star is almost 3 times the size of the Sun and situated only 29 lights years from Earth. Rana pulsates with strong waves of energy which seek release in movement, travel, and change.
Spiritual meanings and metaphysical influences of fixed stars in astrology chart divination. The Rana fixed star meaning signals the beginning of a cycle, so look for subtle but powerful signs from the universe that the new path is the direction being blown by the winds of destiny. by Astrologer © Crystal Gaze
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