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When Love and Theft's Stephen Barker Liles and Jenna Michelle Kennedy marry next year, a special addition to the wedding party might steal the spotlight from the bride and groom.
The couple are expecting their first baby on Dec. 3, they tell PEOPLE exclusively.
"It's perfect timing," says an over-the-moon Liles, 29. "December is our freest month of the year so if all goes according to plan, I'll be home with Jenna and the baby."
Liles' bandmate Eric Gunderson and wife Emily took the leap into parenthood first, welcoming Camden William on March 10, two months earlier than his expected arrival in May.
"That was a surprise for everyone and definitely taught us to be prepared for anything!" explains Liles.
The couple were engaged on May 28 when Liles took a knee on the beach in Fort Myers, Fla.; they plan to wed in June 2014. "Right now we're more focused on nursery colors than wedding colors," admits Kennedy, 26, with a laugh.
Love and Theft are finishing out the summer performing at fairs and festivals as their newest single, "If You Ever Get Lonely" climbs the country charts. The video for the song debuted this week at number 20 on Great American Country.
For more on the couple's happy news — including the sex of the baby and pregnancy photos — pick up the upcoming October issue of PEOPLE Country.
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Strikeforce Will See Your NFL Washouts, UFC, and Raise You a Heisman Trophy Winner
(Yep, this should give you an idea of how old Herschel Walker is. When he started in the NFL, Sports Illustrated cost $2.25 an issue and the publishing industry only had a handful of fonts to choose from.)
Maybe it's just me, but whenever I hear a company or organization proclaim that something they're doing is totally not a gimmick, that's about the point where I become convinced that it is absolutely a gimmick. And yet, Strikeforce wants us to believe that their signing of 47-year-old former NFL star Herschel Walker – a man with no professional MMA experience – "isn't a publicity stunt." Just like it probably has nothing to do with all the attention the UFC has garnered by putting a bunch of former NFL players on this season of "The Ultimate Fighter." Just a coincidence.
But in a press release sent out by Strikeforce this morning, Walker, who is expected to compete at heavyweight, says he's headed to AKA to train with their team of monsters, and he seems to think that he has valuable fighting experience to draw upon, even if it isn't in MMA:Read More DIGG THIS

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Nancy Polcek is the Director of the Office for New Evangelization.
Tuesday, February 03, 2015
I've been walking the halls of an empty high school building the last few weekends and imagining how different it will look on February 21st. The high school is Marist, a Catholic, college-prep school, home of the mighty Redhawks and a student body of almost 1,800! On my early morning rounds, the halls are long, wide and ready for the crowds of people who will pack the place at Parish Leadership Day.
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Monday, June 16, 2014
We all know that family life is full of ups and downs. In fact, some parents have said that living through the joys and challenges of raising children is like riding a rollercoaster! Catholic Family Day at Six Flags Great America is a most-fitting way to celebrate the Year of Strong Catholic Parents.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
I'll admit it; I'm a hooked on the Olympics! The athletic competitions are exciting and what really draws me in are the stories of an athlete's life, when you get a glimpse of the challenges and obstacles each person has had to overcome.
Monday, December 27, 2010
It's time for a new beginning and a little "house-keeping" is in order! What will you throw out and what will you keep? I'm not talking about old appliances or out-of-date clothing, but rather old patterns of behavior that hold us back from giving and receiving love.
Monday, October 04, 2010
According to surveys sent in after the Catholics Come Home ads went off the air last January, people really did "come home." Parishes reported that after the five weeks of television ads combined with their outreach efforts, more people were attending Mass and participating in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. An unexpected benefit to the television ads was that active parishioners felt a renewed sense of pride and Catholic identity because of the positive portrayal of the Church on TV.
Monday, March 01, 2010
You may have seen experiences of speed and excitement while watching skiing events in the winter Olympics, but that is nothing compared to what's been going on in the Office for Evangelization in the last 8 months!
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Now that Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) is available at Windows Update for online update of both the XP Home Edition and XP Professional Edition platforms, you need to be prepared for the changes you'll see as a result of the security controls XP SP2 installs and activates by default. A query of Microsoft's XP SP2 Knowledgebase articles posted during the past 2 weeks turned up a laundry list of installation and device-related bugs, information about the affects of the now disabled Alerter and Messenger services, problems related to the enabled firewall, third-party network backup, and other application problems.
Keep in mind that, by default, the Windows Firewall severely restricts inbound traffic to an SP2 system. This restriction might prevent remote management, disrupt peer-to-peer networking, block FTP or Microsoft IIS connectivity, prevent browsing on new integrated installations of XP with SP2 (File and Print Sharing isn't enabled by default), and cause a host of other connectivity problems. You can find instructions for working with Windows Firewall in the Microsoft article "How to configure the Windows Firewall feature in Windows XP Service Pack 2" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=875356).
XP SP2 Web Servers
By default, Windows Firewall blocks activity on most ports. To allow native and third-party software to run, you must identify and open the port or ports that each application requires. So, for example, an XP system that you configure as a Web server running IIS and either Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions or Windows SharePoint Team Services will refuse connections because, by default, the firewall blocks traffic on TCP port 80. To enable access, you must add a rule on the firewall that opens TCP port 80 to incoming traffic. On a related note, if you use an FTP utility alone or in combination with an application such as AutoCAD, you'll need to open TCP port 21. See the Microsoft article "Web server functionality may not work correctly after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883607) for details.
NetWorker, VERITAS, and ARCServe Backups
Default Windows Firewall settings prevent network-based backups from successfully attaching to remote SP2 systems. Remote backups initiated by Legato NetWorker, Computer Associates BrightStor ARCServe Backup, and VERITAS BackupExec will be unable to connect to a remote system, possibly reporting "Network path not found" when it tries to locate the remote machine. You need to add your backup software to the list of permitted firewall applications. For more information about this problem, see the Microsoft articles "You cannot use Legato NetWorker to back up a remote computer that is running Windows XP Service Pack 2" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=873162); "You cannot use Computer Associates BrightStor ARCServe Backup 9.0 Manager to back up a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer from a remote computer" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=873165); and "You cannot use Veritas Backup Exec to back up a remote Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=873164).
Virus Scanner Problems
You can experience problems with virus-scanning software from several companies, including McAfee, SOURCENEXT, SonicWALL, and Command AntiVirus. These problems, which have a variety of manifestations, including the inability to start the software or system crashes, are more likely to occur with older versions of virus-scanning software. On the laundry list:
· When you attempt to install a version of McAfee Virusscan Professional earlier than version 7.0, the installation will fail on XP SP2 systems with the error message, "Webscanx.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close." McAfee's Internet Security Software 4.0 exhibits the same symptoms and must be updated to operate correctly.
· SOURCENEXT's VirusSecurity2004 uses a non-standard technique to invoke the scanner driver k7sentry.sys. Because the method is no longer valid, SP2 prevents the driver from starting, which effectively disables VirusSecurity's realtime scanning. The official SOURCENEXT Web site (http://www.sourcenext.com) is currently available only in Japanese.
· SonicWall Complete Anti-Virus software uses a custom service to implement the automatic update feature. Security improvements in SP2 require that all services, native and third party, be installed with run and activate permissions. Because the custom service doesn't use such permissions, SP2 doesn't let the service start, which in turn, causes SonicWALL's update feature to fail in both automatic and manual modes. If you rely on this software to protect your systems, wait to install the SP2 upgrade until SonicWALL modifies the virus scanner to conform to the more restrictive service rules. This problem also causes a new installation of SonicWall to fail on an XP system already upgraded to SP2. You can contact the vendor at http://www.sonicwall.com/products/antivirus.html.
· Anthemium Command AntiVirus 4.62.4 scanning software causes an XP SP2 system to crash with a stop code of 0x0000007f and message text "Bug check Symbolic Name." Contact the vendor, http://www.authentium.com, for an updated version that is compatible with SP2.
Alcohol CD/DVD Software and Daemon Tools Setup might fail with the error message "Setup cannot copy the file Atapi.sys" when you upgrade a system running Daemon tools or Alcohol CD/DVD software. Both these applications lock the disk driver, which prevents Setup from making a backup copy during the upgrade. To work around this problem, cancel Setup, uninstall the software, and restart the upgrade.
Older versions of Netzero, including versions 4, 3, and 2.2, 3, will fail on SP2 systems with the error message "Netzero has encountered a problem and needs to close…" If you rely on this software for Internet access, upgrade the software before you install SP2. Contact Netzero, http://www.netzero.com, for program updates.
UMAX Scanners If you upgrade an XP system that has a UMAX scanner driver installed, when Setup completes, the system might reboot continuously. To eliminate the problem, restart the machine in Safe Mode with Networking and uninstall the scanner driver. Next, while still in Safe Mode, you need to remove SP2 by running Add/Remove Programs from a command prompt. To do so, open a command prompt and enter
Find Windows XP SP2 in the program list, click remove, and reboot. Assuming you can live without the scanner, you can now safely upgrade to SP2.
OOBE Installations
SP2 might fail to install on some HP systems with the error message "XP Setup is incompatible with this version of windows" when using the Out-of-Box-Experience (OOBE) interface because this method installs the SP1 version of the Recovery Console. You can work around the problem by removing three registry keys before you start the SP2 upgrade. See the Microsoft article "You receive a 'Windows XP Setup is incompatible with this version of Windows' error message when you install Windows XP Service Pack 2 on a Hewlett-Packard computer" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=870898) for details about the registry modifications you need to make.
An OOBE installation doesn't let you start applications until the setup process is complete. When you install SP2 using this method, the screen reader that starts when XP starts and the screen reader that runs when you use a keyboard shortcut don't function. See the Microsoft article "Your screen reader software may not function if you install Windows XP Service Pack 2 by using OOBE" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=873153) for instructions on how to work around this problem.
BootSkin Stardock's BootSkin software changes the appearance of the XP startup screen by using a screen driver that runs during system startup. To avoid a blue screen, turn off BootSkin before you start the upgrade and leave it off until the upgrade is finished and the system restarts. If BootSkin is enabled when SP2 reboots after installation, the machine might crash with a stop code of 0x00000050 and the text PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA.
USB Driver Display Problem
A display problem in SP2 incorrectly displays the previous version of USB drivers on the system, even though the drivers have been replaced with newer versions. To correct the display problem, run the Device Manager, select, in turn, each USB device that is reporting an old version of the driver, and click the Update Driver button. After you complete the update for each USB device, Device Manager should display the correct version for each driver.


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The merchant group also discussed ripe opportunities for promoting the downtown Village presented by the 2013 Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament coming to Torrey Pines Jan. 21-27.
• San Diego Police Department Northern Division Capt. Brian Ahearn appeared before LJVMA's board asking for its endorsement and financial support from the La Jolla community for ongoing efforts to remodel the office in Pacific Beach that serves beach areas, which has fallen into disrepair.
"Right here in La Jolla, people have taken on this project to try and raise funds," said Ahearn. "Some very basic, cosmetic things need to be done — bathroom repair, changing out the flooring, etc. I'm here to honor the 100 cops and detectives in Northern Division. This project is about them."
Ahearn called the conditions in the office "deplorable" and "disgusting," saying the sink in one restroom fell off the wall and cracked, after which it was reattached with Bondo.
"For us to come and ask you for help is a complete paradigm shift for us," he said.
The remodel of the office will break ground in January, Ahearn said, calling this round of pleas for funds the "last and final push."
"We can't justify having this money sitting in an account when cops over there are in those ugly conditions," he said. "Help us out. I'll take nickels and dimes."
LJVMA president Phil Coller said the group would post a notice about the opportunity for donations in the new La Jolla Information Center.
"We'd be happy to see the police popping in there from time to time to get a feeling for what's going on in the community," Coller said.
• Sheila Fortune, LJVMA's executive director, gave an update on the move into the new information center, which is taking the place of the old visitor's center kiosk on Herschel Avenue.
"Someone's donated all the technology, 20 flat-screen TVs, which we're going to have in the front to do our advertising," she said.
Jan. 5 has been set as the date for the center's soft opening.
Fortune said the space is still in need of equipment and furniture, which could cost between $25,000 and $50,000. The official unveiling of the center, Coller said, will take place just prior to spring break, giving the board time to continue to raise money.
• The Farmers Insurance Open is a golden opportunity to promote the La Jolla's business community, Coller said, and one he said merchants should take every advantage of.
"This is an opportunity that shouldn't be missed," Coller said. "Tens of thousands of people, and at least 150 golfers who earn at least $1 million a year are coming with their attendants and families. This event will be on half a billion TV screens around the world. It's almost an Olympic-size opportunity for business that's spread right across the spectrum, and is not limited by any means to food."
LJVMA board member Robert Lane from The Burger Lounge suggested it would be wise to provide shuttle service to facilitate people coming to the Village from Torrey Pines Golf Course.
Fortune said Farmers Open visitors coming into La Jolla will be looking for "an experience. We need to step up and provide it for them."
Store hours will be extended and there will be live music, discounts and other enticements extended by merchants to golf tournament guests to encourage them to visit.
• La Jollan Phyllis Minick, who has led the charge for more than a year to raise funds for beautification of the sidewalk and other streetscape on Coast Boulevard, told the LJVMA the groundwork for project construction is being laid.
"Presumably, demolition of the old lifeguard station will begin in mid-May next year," she said. "But there is no plan — and no money — to do anything about the sidewalk, which is pretty much a disaster."
Minick said her family has donated money for development of a design plan, which landscape architect Jim Neri is working on.
"We need to raise approximately $250,000," said Minick. Benches with named plaques going for $35,000 is one way she hopes the remaining funds can raised.
Board members suggested plaques might be easier to sell if they could include more than just one name, and Minick said Neri suggested donor names could also be inscribed on cobblestones on the path lining the boulevard.
The next LJVMA meeting will be Jan. 9 at 8:30 a.m. www.lajollabythesea.com.


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The St. Jude Shrine, 975 Ridge Road, Lewiston will hold its annual "Pasta Italiano Dinner" from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, May 19.
This Italian feast will include ravioli with pork sauce, fettuccine alfredo, Italian sausage, loaded pizza, tossed salad, rolls, cannoli, ice cream and beverage. Cost is $13 for adults and $8 for children (6-12 years). Dine in or takeout is available.
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Houston Texans running back atimes.com/topic/sports/football/arian-foster-PESPT000008974.topic">Arian Foster says in an upcoming documentary he accepted money his senior year at Tennessee.
"Honestly, I don't know if this will throw us into an NCAA investigation, but my senior year I was getting money on the side," Foster says in the EPIX documentary. "I really didn't have any money. I had to either pay the rent or buy some food. I remember the feeling, like, 'Man, be careful,' but there's nothing wrong with it. You're not going to convince me that there is something wrong with it."
Sports Illustrated first reported Foster's comments in the documentary, "Schooled: The Price of College Sports."
Foster, who played for the Volunteers from 2005 to 2008, expanded on his comments Friday after the Texans' practice.
"I feel very strong about the injustice the NCAA has been doing for years," Foster said. That's why I said what I said. I'm not trying to throw anyone under the bus or anything like that. ... I feel like I shouldn't have to run from the NCAA anymore. They're like these big bullies. I'm not scared of them."
Andrew Muscato, a producer of the documentary, said Foster didn't specify how much money he received or who paid him during the four-hour interview in February.
Tennessee Athletic Director Dave Hart said in a statement released by the university, "We can't speak to something that allegedly happened a long time ago."
A phone call Friday to Phillip Fulmer, the Tennessee coach during Foster's college career, wasn't immediately returned.
Foster said Friday the money he received didn't come from a coach.ETC. Ryan Newman wins New Hampshire pole
Ryan Newman used a track-record lap to fuel his run at a NASCAR championship.
Newman set the New Hampshire Motor Speedway qualifying record with a lap of 136.497 mph to win the pole and headline a top 12 loaded with Chase drivers for Sunday's race at Loudon, N.H.
Chase for the Sprint Cup championship drivers filled 10 of the top 12 spots Friday. Kasey Kahne was second and joins Newman on the front row, Jeff Gordon was third and Kurt Busch fourth for what will be the second Chase race.
Joey Logano qualified sixth, Kevin Harvick was eighth, series points leader and last week's winner Matt Kenseth was ninth, and Greg Biffle starts 10th. Jimmie Johnson is 11th and Kyle Busch 12th.
Martin Truex Jr. starts fifth the same week he found out NAPA was dumping sponsorship of his Michael Waltrip Racing No. 56 car after the race-fixing attempts at Richmond earlier this month.::
Francesco Molinari shot a five-under 67 to share the lead after the second round of the Italian Open at Turin. Molinari tied Felipe Aguilar of Chile and Simon Thornton of Ireland at nine-under 135 at the Golf Club Torino.::
Nearly three months after he was selected by the Lakers with the 48th pick of the NBA draft, Duke forward Ryan Kelly signed a one-year, non-guaranteed deal contract with the team valued at $490,180.
Kelly, who spent most of the summer rehabbing his foot after April surgery, will miss the start of training camp. He is now running at 70% of his body weight on a weight-reducing treadmill.-Eric Pincus
France ended Spain's reign as European basketball champion Friday with a 75-72 overtime victory behind 32 points from Tony Parker and set up a final against Lithuania at Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Spain's Marc Gasol missed a three-point attempt at the buzzer.
Lithuania advanced by beating Croatia, 77-62.::
El Salvador's soccer federation has banned 14 national-team players for life for their role in alleged match-fixing, including games against the United States and Mexico.
Among those banned Friday from all soccer activities Friday were goalkeepers Miguel Montes and Dagoberto Portillo, Christian Castillo - a former DC United player - and William Osael Romero, who played for Chivas USA.
The bans are connected with suspected match-fixing in four matches involving the national team, including a 2-1 loss in an exhibition against the U.S. in 2010 and a 5-0 loss to Mexico in the 2011 Gold Cup.
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Controlling Your High Blood Pressure
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"The doctor comes in and says you got high blood pressure. And obviously said diet, exercise, quit smoking, quit drinking, basically quit doing everything I enjoyed. And I didn't quit it all, but I slowed down a great bit."
While high blood pressure, or hypertension, can't be cured, you can limit its damage by controlling it. To control blood pressure, you'll need to make changes in your lifestyle, and in some cases, take medication.
People with pre-hypertension should make lifestyle changes too, because even before you develop hypertension, heart disease risk increases. Lifestyle changes are mostly changes in habits that only you can control.
Only you can quit smoking, lose weight, make changes in what you eat, reduce alcohol consumption, and get more physically active.
One of the most challenging changes you can make is to stop smoking. Smoking causes many deadly diseases, and if you have high blood pressure, the situation is even worse. Because when you light up, your blood pressure also goes up, and so does your risk of severe heart disease. That's why it's more important than ever that you give it up now.
"I've smoked since I was about eighteen or nineteen years old, and I've cut back quite a bit, but cutting back is not enough. I'm going to have to quit."
It won't be easy, but you can do it. Just keep trying until you succeed. If you have difficulty quitting on your own, talk to your doctor or health care team and ask what help is available.
If you're overweight, start taking steps to lose those extra pounds, because losing as little as ten extra pounds may bring blood pressure down. Remember, extra pounds didn't go on overnight. To lose weight and keep it off, you need a new attitude toward sensible eating and physical activity. Developing this new attitude takes time as well as planning. A dietitian can help you make permanent changes in how you choose, prepare and eat your food.
Physical activity should be a part of your lifestyle changes. One study after another emphasizes the benefits of physical activity for good health. For people with high blood pressure, it's an even greater help. Regular physical activity may help lower blood pressure. It's also a great way to lose weight. Just be sure to check with your doctor before beginning any strenuous physical activity program.
The best type of activity is called aerobic activity. Aerobic activities include brisk walking, swimming, cycling and dancing. Gradually increase your activity to 30 to 45 minutes of aerobic activity on most days.
Even if you're stuck in the house, there are lots of ways to stay active. Remember, you'll benefit by being active every day, so make physical activity a part of your daily routine.
Keep your alcohol intake low. For women and lighter-weight people, that's a ½ ounce of alcohol per day, which is one 12 ounce beer, one 5 ounce glass of wine, or a 1 ounce shot of 100 proof liquor. Men should limit the amount of alcohol they drink to one ounce per day, which is two beers, two glasses of wine, or two shots of 100 proof liquor.
Any more than that can cause your blood pressure to go up. Check with your doctor to make sure there aren't any other reasons for you to avoid alcohol altogether.
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>>> from pyfirmata import Arduino, util >>> board = Arduino('/dev/tty.usbserial-A6008rIF') >>> board.digital[13].write(1)
To use analog ports, it is probably handy to start an iterator thread. Otherwise the board will keep sending data to your serial, until it overflows:
>>> it = util.Iterator(board) >>> it.start() >>> board.analog[0].enable_reporting() >>> board.analog[0].read() 0.661440304938
If you use a pin more often, it can be worth it to use the get_pin method of the board. It let's you specify what pin you need by a string, composed of 'a' or 'd' (depending on wether you need an analog or digital pin), the pin number, and the mode ('i' for input, 'o' for output, 'p' for pwm). All seperated by :. Eg. a:0:i for analog 0 as input, or d:3:p for digital pin 3 as pwm.:
>>> analog_0 = board.get_pin('a:0:i') >>> analog_0.read() 0.661440304938 >>> pin3 = board.get_pin('d:3:p') >>> pin3.write(0.6)
Board layout
If you want to use a board with a different layout than the standard Arduino, or the Arduino Mega (for wich there exist the shortcut classes pyfirmata.Arduino and pyfirmata.ArduinoMega), instantiate the Board class with a dictionary as the layout argument. This is the layout dict for the Mega for example:
>>> mega = { ... 'digital' : tuple(x for x in range(54)), ... 'analog' : tuple(x for x in range(16)), ... 'pwm' : tuple(x for x in range(2,14)), ... 'use_ports' : True, ... 'disabled' : (0, 1, 14, 15) # Rx, Tx, Crystal ... }
The next things on my list are to implement the new protocol changes in firmata:
- Capability Query, which would eliminate the need to instantiate a board with the layout dict, as it will be able to determine the layout itself (http://firmata.org/wiki/Proposals#Capability_Query_.28added_in_version_2.2.29)
- Pin State Query, which allows it to populate on-screen controls with an accurate representation of the hardware's configuration (http://firmata.org/wiki/Proposals#Pin_State_Query_.28added_in_version_2.2.29)


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the only anime character who can beat goku with out even noticing he just beat the strongest being in the universe is none other than chuck........norris!!!
I don't know which Goku you are considering. If we are going strictly canon, then SSJ3 Goku would be defeated by Ultimate Gohan. The latest form of Naruto would also give him a challenge.
Beasting and feasting :)
Kumagawa Misogi could defeat Goku in a fight.
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Kumagawa has the ability to make ANYTHING become nothing, including Goku's strength, and even his own death.
Kumagawa is so weak that he can instantly analyse the weaknesses of others.
Kumagawa even has another ability that can lower an opponent to his own level of weakness.
So with this, Kumgawa can defeat Goku in a battle.
But Kumagwa being the never-winning loser he is, he cannot win against Goku.
ireyK wrote:
I believe that everyone who is against goku winning is COMPLETELY invalid. As people once stated " He can blow up planets". What part of that do you NOT grasp?? He doesn't even have to go up to them and fight. Goku can easily be on the other side of the world and blow it up and teleport away and be safe while whoever he was fighting DIES in a fiery explosion. End of story, Goku wins (^_^)
im not even going to bother point out the obvious flaw in that argument.
In a overdramatic crying way, nope. But i get your point
this is why all does characters you metiion will get owned in a micro secondhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0fhIJGIfic&list=FLez9gn406N2fdaVKZ3aa5ww&index=5&feature=plpp_video
Come Forth Saber
Actually does characters you mentuion will get shitted on by goku easy.the only characters that have power is thanos but i needs the gauntlet or the heart of the universe and galactus who could blow up a solar system easy.this is way these characters you mention will get stomp i can back when they could blow up 20 planets just by standing still.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0fhIJGIfic&list=FLez9gn406N2fdaVKZ3aa5ww&index=5&feature=plpp_video
Come Forth Saber
ireyK wrote:
I believe that everyone who is against goku winning is COMPLETELY invalid. As people once stated " He can blow up planets". What part of that do you NOT grasp?? He doesn't even have to go up to them and fight. Goku can easily be on the other side of the world and blow it up and teleport away and be safe while whoever he was fighting DIES in a fiery explosion. End of story, Goku wins (^_^)
Last I checked there were many other anime characters that can blow up a planet, some of them also from the dragonball universe. I even named two of them earlier, so give me a break.
Squirrel3D, "The Independent Human"!
Giorno Giovana with GE Requiem could probably kill him. (It's basically impossible to act against him)
So can Funny Valentine with D4C
They said i could become anything,so i became nothing.
the only person that could come close to beating Goku would be a SS GOLGO13
Chi-Chi can beat Goku. That is all.
The sauce you put on teriyaki is good.
crazycrazysasuke wrote:
In the anime world Goku is often said to be the most powerful guy ever who can beet anybody in a fight.
I disagree with this statement.
so what i'm asking for is a list of characters who can beet Goku in a straight up fight.
Notice I say beet not kill.
Only anime characters are included.
Please give valid reasons.
My list
1) Itachi Uchiha- tsukiyomi and amataratsu
2) tengen toppa gurren lagann- size, and galaxy maybe even universal busting capabilities.
3) Lelouch vi britainia- gease
4)haruhi suzumiya- nearly omnipotent
I have more but these are the ones who come to mind.
if you haven't scean gurren lagann you cant talk about it kk?
okay to start off with Itachi and Lelouch both need to make eye contact in order to use their respective powers, therefor goku could just not look them in the eye and fire a kamehameha at them. as for gurren lagann (which is in my top 3 favorites so theirs no favoritism here) I think that would be a good fight but I think goku could still destroy it. Lets not forget that gou became so powerfull that he had to leave with the eternal dragon. oh and In a survey conducted by Oricon in 2007 between 1,000 people, Goku, the main character of the franchise, ranked first place as the "Strongest Manga character of all time."
I haven't seen haruhi so I cant comment fairly on that
Washu from Tenchi Universe could just rewrite his genetic code to become anything she wants him to be. Ditto from Pokemon would be fun to watch: a Goku vs Goku fight.
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By JAMES CALLERY
The Schloss Starkenberger brewery in Tarrentz, Austria, is home to the worlds first beer swimming pools.
There are seven 13ft pools, full of beer, which can be visited for £200 per two-hour session.
Despite there being a potential 42,000 pints to consume in total, the pools are known for their health benefits.
The beers calcium and vitamins are said to soften the skin and remedy skin conditions
Additionally, the baths increase blood circulation and the hops are said to have a calming impact on body and soul.
Visitors can sip fresh glasses of beer while bathing, but are cautioned against drinking the pool beer, because of the heat, and also due to it being full of sweaty people.
The pools are not cleaned after each dip.
There are 13 different beers available in the castles brewery.
The pools sit in the cellar of the 700-year-old Starkenberger Castle, where the brewery operates in the old fermentation rooms.
In 2005, the vats became obsolete and the owners decided to put them to good use. In the castles cellar, artist Wernfried Poschusta modified the old fermentation rooms.
After being inaugurated in 2005, the pools have proven popular and are sold out more days than not.
If soaking yourself in beer has made you sick of the stuff, there is a whisky distillery to sample in the surrounding area.


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of David Copperfield is faulty, it is divided between the actions of two sets of characters, who fundamentally have no connection with or bearing upon each other. David is a forced connecting link between his own affairs and those of Steerforth, the other leading young man of the tale; David affects his friend not a whit or his career, and though he states the opposite, is not in reality affected by him. To put it another way, instead of the incidents of the plot centring round the hero, they centre round two heroes, there is as it were an attempt to draw a circle with two centres, the result being no circle but an aimless meandering. Or yet a third view can be taken: Dickens has endeavored to write one novel with two plots, the result being a distracted interest, which should not be, or rather never is, the case with a properly constructed story. Tom Jones, it has been said, has a perfect plot, the incidents develop naturally; so does the character of the central figure, round which all the incidents and personages cluster.
The two plots in David Copperfield are these. First the life and adventures of David himself, his childhood, his unhappy life after his mothers second marriage, his misery in the wine merchants office in London, his flight to Dover to seek his aunt, Betsey Trotwood, his education in Canterbury, his coming to town and his work at Doctors Commons, his first marriagewith Dorahis struggles to earn fame and fortune as a man of letters, the death of Dora, his gradually awakening love for and marriage with Agnes, the good angel of the story. The second plot, in no way bound up with the first, is concerned with James Steerforth, the spoilt son of a proud widow, the seduction by Steerforth of Little Emly, the search for the latter by Mr. Peggotty, the affecting story of Hams unhappy love, and Steerforths death by drowning. It is curious that the first plot is simple, natural and true, the second is not only badly handled, but many times trenches on the preserves of melodrama.
Steerforth seems to us a total failure in so far as the authors aims are concerned; for he set forth to portray a young man of brilliant parts and of irresistible fascination, but succeeds only in drawing a pretentious young prig and snob. Instead of realizing and sharing the fascination which Steerforth has for David we ask ourselves again and again as we read the chapters: What could David have seen of charm in this insufferable young puppy? Mrs. Steerforth, Jamess unfortunate mother, lacks vitality; she moves, but in no human manner, she speaks, but with no human voice, she is a puppet from doll-land. Then there is that astonishing figure of a woman, Rosa Dartle; at first she is rather impressive, but after we have learned to know her catchwords and accustomed gestures, she is alive no more. Then turn to the group at Yarmouth, Steerforths connection with which forms the motive of the second plot. The only quite successful figures in this party are Ham, the stalwart, wholesome young fisherman, who loves Little Emly, and Mrs. Gummidge, whose cantankerous, dismal humours are highly entertaining, and whose eventual conversion to good-nature and unselfishness is very natural; who can forget, and, remembering, not laught at her Im a lone, creetur myself, and everythink that reminds me of creeturs that aint lone and lorn, goes contrairy with me? Perhaps Mr. Barkis, the carrier, should be added to these two, if for no other reason, on account of his immortal remark, Barkis is willin. Mr. Peggotty, on the other hand, seems to us a failure, he is so very obvious; therefore true to life, it may be argued. But Dickens meant him to be a heroic and pathetic figure, he does indulge in heroics, his pathos somehow is not contagious, and his wild-goose chase for Emily is a too fantastic undertaking for one who is meant to be a hard-headed if soft-hearted man. As for Little Emly, she is, to use a stage term, a stock character; we all know the virtuous, innocent-minded, wronged maidens of melodrama. Little Emly is one of them. Here it is easy enough to see where the fault lies; Dickens has not shown us Emly tempted but only Emly fallen; we are not made to realize the growth of her infatuation for Steerforth, and occasionally the horrid thought crosses the readers mind that the girl is a bit of a minx and that she does not altogether deserve the love and devotion lavished upon her. The finest thing in this sectionfor section it isof David Copperfield is the description, so admired by Ruskin, of the storm in which Steerforth is drowned, by stagey coincidence, on the scene of his villainy . Here is a tragic background, but the figures before it do not arouse our emotion; Dickens could paint nature in her tragic moods, but men and women seldom.
We will now turn to the main plot, the concerns of David himself. Of his childhood the pictures are very pleasing, sentimentalityalways a temptation to Dickensis avoided, and there is plenty of fun with nurse Peggotty and Mr. Barkis. Davids mother is not in herself interesting; she is a flabby, pretty person, faithfully portrayed, but none the less dull. As readers of the story know, Davids early years are made wretched for him by his mothers second husband, Edward Murdstone, and his sister Jane. In drawing characters with whom he was in heartfelt sympathy, Dickens was liable to overcharge his brush with colour; the same was true of him with characters that he disliked. The resulting over emphasis led to failure, as in the case of the Murdstones, who rouse in the reader no feeling of dislike, for we do not dislike mere phantoms. Leaving his home in undeserved disgrace, David goes to school at Salem House, on his way meeting that delightful waiter William, who showed such a capacity for beer, chops, and batter-pudding. At school, where he is from the first saddled with a bed name, David makes the acquaintance of Steerforth, and of the bullying Mr. Creakle, who need not detain us, also of Traddles, one of Dickenss delightful innocents, wholly natural and lovable. Then comes the death of Davids mother, and his advent at ten years old, a little labouring hind in the service of Murdstone and Grinby, wine merchants in Blackfriars; which episode in his life is even in detail the autobiography of Dickenss own boyhood. Here David meets with one of the worlds most famous men, a stoutish, middle-aged person, in a brown surtout and black tights and shoes, with no more hair upon his head (which was a large one, and very shining) than there is upon an egg, and with a very extensive face . His clothes were shabby, but he had an imposing shirt-collar on. He carried a jaunty sort of a stick, with a large pair of rusty tassels to it; and a quizzing-glass hung outside of his coatfor ornament, as I afterwards found, as he very seldom looked through it and couldnt see anything when he did, Mr. Micawber, who stands above the need of praise. This character alone would make Copperfield immortal; to produce a miniature portrait of this prince of happy-go-luckies would be impossible; Dickens has drawn him at full length; he lightens up the scene whenever he appears, and though we are always laughing at him, in the end we part with him with sincere regret as at the loss of one for whom we have more than a sneaking affection.
Driven to despair, David bethinks him of his aunt Miss Betsey Trotwood, and sets forth to find her at Dover, where he knows she has her residence. Miss Trotwood and her loyal friend and ally, Mr. Dick, who cannot get away from the head of Charles I, are a delectable couple, without one touch of caricature, a pair of amazing eccentrics, drawn with the deftest skill. Then we come to the days at Canterbury, where David once more goes to school, where he meets with Agnes, whom he eventually marries, with her father, who is somewhat of a bore, and with Uriah Heep. Heep and his mother have always seemed to us overdrawn, their slyness and umbleness would surely never have deceived even the most innocent; Dickens hated them and overstated his case, the resultas pointed out already in other instancesbeing lifelessness; Uriah is a type, not a man. Among the pleasant folk at Canterbury are the old schoolmaster, Dr. Strong, and his young wife, Annie; and among the unpleasant, Mrs. Strongs mamaMrs. Markleham, the Old Soldier, like Uriah a trifle overdone.
Agnes appeals to our admiration, to our judgments; Dora to our pity, to our hearts, even though there be some who can find it possible to despise her. Dora is a wonderful piece of work, perfect in every detail; so pretty, so helpless, so childlike; she lives for us, we feel that we have met her in the flesh, we forget that she is an imaginary portrait. We know of few more affecting things in imaginative literature than the description of Doras gradual fading away from life. Agnes is cold, not of this earth; an angel rather in womans form, not an angelic woman. We long, as we grow intimate with her, to find her losing her temper or showing some of that pretty contrariety which so becomes a woman. Her perfection is exasperating, and we almost believe that David must have repented of his bargain, found Agnes to be a trifle of a prig and not a little of a bore, and looked back with ever keener regret to his child-wife, with all her little follies, her shortcomings and her sweet lovableness.
In this one book we have a representative work of Dickenss art, which enables us to criticise his worth and to judge his weakness. We have noted the weakness in the arrangement of the tale, the presence of two distinct plots, only joined together by the small part that David played in the second of them. We see Dickens at his worst in such characters as Steerforth and his mother, Rosa Dartle and the Murdstones; we see him doing indifferently well with Uriah Heep and Mr. Peggotty, and at his top in David himself, Micawber, Miss Trotwood, Mr. Dick and others. We find that his chief strength lay in delicate pathos and comedy, in farce and in caricature; his chief weakness in extravagance of emotion and in farce so extravagant that it rings false.
We should note when studying this novel that it is narrated in the first person, the story is an autobiography, the most difficult form of fiction in which to attain a close approach to realism. Dickens has succeeded wonderfully; the scenes follow one another naturally, the narrator never shows signs of knowing what has taken place without his knowledge, and the course of the tale is not strained so that David shall be present at scenes without due reason and just cause. Even Davids memories of his childhood and the account of his birth are so told as not to jar upon our love of the natural and probable.
In this novel, too, Dickens gives proof of that fecundity which pertains to genius only; we have noted some of the more prominent characters; there are a host of others of minor importance, all distinct, most of them lifelike. Dickens wrote of the story: I am not quite sure that I ever did like, or ever shall like, anything quite so well as Copperfield; by it he might have been well content to stand or fall.From Charles Dickens.
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For the Birds: A Roundup of Birds in Apartment Therapy House Tours
I grew up in a (farm)house where our cats lived in the barn and our dog lived outside. Nevermind birds! Cut to my freshman year in college and I was visiting my then-boyfriend's family in his hometown. His parents had a pet parrot and he somehow got out of his birdcage when I was at their home alone. Let's just say he left "evidence" all over the house. I was horrified. It's a memory I'll always laugh at from a distance of many years, and to this day I find birds at home a quirky, happy sight. Here are some birds - as pets or motifs - at home in Apartment Therapy house tours:
1) Christopher's Fine and Feathery Nest
2) Yoshihiro's Bird Roost Bungalow
3) Harriet's Nature Inspired, Designer High Rise
4) Jessica & Jonathan's 'Like-Eich' Ranch
5) Tolly's Peaceful Home and Adventurous Backyard
6) Alarick & Kristine's Power Pop Flat
7) Paul's Perfectly Suited Studio
8) Greg & Grey's Studio Loft
9) Plug-In House by Pierluigi Molteni
10) Kathleen & Maurizio's Imported Italian Home
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Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (UK - DVD R2)
Marcus is wicked not bothered about this action flick but he's still smiling...
With word of a murdered priest reaching the MacManus brothers (Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus) who are hiding out in Ireland, the Boston boys give themselves a shave and a haircut and head back to their hometown to see who's stirring things up.
Joined by their new Mexican sidekick Romeo (Clifton Collins Jr.), and pursued by FBI agent Eunice Bloom (Julie Benz) the Boondock Saints get back into the thick of it and soon discover this series of events links back deep into their own father's (Billy Connolly) past.
I've seen bits of the original 'cult classic' Boondock Saints and have friends who sing its praises, but beyond a little glimmer of internet hype, this sequel didn't really register on my radar as a must see. Sitting down to watch it for my review I was baffled by just how goofily this movie was put together. The opening scenes, showing the bearded brothers hiding out in Ireland, and their shave and shower scenes getting prepped for their new calling, were just plain ridiculous and weirdly this all seemed intentional.
Meeting the rest of the cast led to more weirdness, with the trio of Boston cops apparently enjoying themselves in their own comedy sketches separate from the actual movie they're in, Judd Nelson camping it up doing his best Al Pacino impression (but it coming off more like Paul McCartney in the ' Let It Be' era) and the bizarre comedy sensibilities continue with things like the five foot five killer and one of the bad guys' fascination with massages and sun beds (oh, and big hair).
At the centre of all this chaos are the MacManus Brothers. I don't really know what else Reedus has done but I've been a fan of Flanery since his Young Indiana days and his fine turn in Powder, but here, he's almost unrecognisable and looks a little like a swollen eyed Ed Norton. Together they somehow have a presence as a force to be reckoned with in their Boston turf but there must be something I've missed, because they just come off as a couple of goofs who essentially slide their way through a gunfight (by pointing their guns out straight and shooting repeatedly) and finish up by saying a prayer before shooting someone in the head.
The whole movie comes loaded with WTF moments (there are soooo many) and the plot is so loose and largely incoherent in regards to detail that I'm still not 100% sure what bad Italian accented Peter Fonda was trying to achieve by the end but—and this is a really big BUT—this somehow remained entertaining throughout.
I don't know if any of its intentional but Boondock Saints II is so loosely stylized, so half assed, so sloppy and so...s o... so bloody stupid that somehow it may be one of those movies that surpasses awful and somehow manages to have charm. I mean, on sheer fun levels alone Julie Benz deserves a shout out. She's eating her scenes alive and throwing out awkward comedy gold. The shoot outs are so badly sticky taped together that you can't help enjoying the fact the brothers' guns haven't moved, but people are falling down dead everywhere (hell, most of time I didn't even feel like the brothers and their targets were even in the same location) and the little throw away dialogue moments between clunky plot discussions are just so damn goofy that I couldn't help enjoy them. Oh, and why was pretty much every discussed situation rounded up with a 'getting something in the ass' description?
With the visuals here more akin to a TV show than a movie, Boondock Saints II does a pretty solid job at looking good. The transfer is clean, full of warm colour presentation, and generally does a passable job. Nothing really pops but this is probably to do with the budget more than anything else. As I said, the movie generally looks and feels like a TV show and the cheapness of the sets aren't hidden here at all.
Black levels are a little washy and the image is a bit soft in places but it still looks a lot better than most movies of the same ilk do and despite director Troy Duffy having no real sense of pacing with his action scenes (slow motion, loud music and lots of debris flying about seems to be his way) he still knows how to make his lead characters look relatively cool within them (if not 'wicked' clichéd).
Pretty much everything lives in the front speakers and if anything shows off the low budget of this sequel it's the audio.
Action scenes are flaccid and un-engaging as they all consist of terrible dance music with really hushed gunshots and little else. Dialogue is presented well enough but that's really all this mix cares about because everything else just feels thrown in to add some semblance of what's expected from the action genre as opposed to thought out. Whooshes and funky camera move sound effects are so half assed and the track is essentially a confined try hard that is so painfully generic that other than the odd peak it really does nothing to sell itself.
The two commentaries (one with writer/director Troy Duffy and actors Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus and Billy Connolly, the other with Duffy again and Willem Dafoe) are both pretty heavily Duffy based. They're fairly informative and reasonably interesting, especially for a newbie to the franchise but there's a fair few quiet moments and I got a little bored of both of them way before they ended.
There are a couple of deleted scenes (02:40) and 'Unprecedented Access: Behind the Scenes' (24.47), which is the usual raw behind the scenes footage intercut with talking heads interviews. It's pretty generic stuff but captures a sense of a group of friends getting back together for another bite of the apple and having fun doing so.
'Billy Connolly and Troy Duffy: Unedited' (09:00) is the actor and the director laughing up their time together and bigging up the movie (often a little too much) and 'Merchandise and Games' is a still image of the soundtrack, T-shirts and other stuff you can buy from the movie.
Lastly there are trailers for 'Blu-ray is High Definition', 2012, Zombieland, The Stepfather and Defendor.
With very little evidence to argue that Boondocks Saints II: All Saints Day is anything but a bad movie, I'm still willing to fight its corner as a guilty pleasure. I laughed at more than a handful of the badly presented jokes and even more so at the unintentional ones and the drama is so heavy handed and melodramatic that I couldn't help taking plenty of comedy value from it.
The disc looks okay and despite the confined audio it does just enough to sell the (badly handled) action scenes and with a good set of extras for Boondock fans, the release has got its targets fixed at the right crowd. In all seriousness, if I'd sat down to watch this movie in a lesser mood my guilty enjoyment of it may very well have been non-existent, so if you are going thinking about rejoining the Saints, go in open minded.
Review by Marcus Doidge
David Blackwell Senior Member Join Date: February 2004 Location: United States Posts: 2,831
I really enjoyed the movie, but I do concur that Duffy isn't the greatest director and he needs to be a better writer
Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 3rd May 2010
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 Italian
Subtitles: English, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
Extras: Writer/Director and Cast Commentaries, Unprecedented Access: Behind the Scenes Featurette, Billy Connolly and Troy Duffy: Unedited, Merchandise, Deleted Scenes, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Troy Duffy
Cast: Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Billy Connolly, Clifton Collins Jr., Julie Benz
Genre: Action, Comedy and Drama
Length: 112 minutes
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Press Release - Sessions Applauds Passage of Bill to Stop IRS Abuse
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement regarding House passage of H.R. 3865, Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act of 2014:
"The recent IRS scandal is a prime example of the federal government abusing its power. By intentionally targeting conservative groups and political opponents of the president, the IRS has severely damaged the American people's trust in their government.


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City Manager Bob Deis and councilmembers Kathy Miller and Michael Tubbs spoke to The Record on Sept. 13 during an editorial board meeting about the reasons they support Measure A, the city's 3/4-cent sales tax increase which will go on the ballot Nov. 5. CLARIFICATION: Oct. 3, 2013 Additional footage has been added to the original version of this video in order to more fully represent comments made by councilmembers.
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There are many seasons that could qualify as "The Year That Changed Baseball Forever". John Rosengren provides ample evidence that 1973 was one of them.
Hank Aaron was closing in on Babe Ruth's hallowed career home run total; Willie Mays was with the Mets, playing in his last season; the Oakland A's, led by Reggie Jackson and united in their hatred of owner Charlie Finley, were defending their World Series title; George Steinbrenner, the new owner of the New York Yankees, was quickly making his presence felt throughout the game; and the American League began its experiment with a "designated hitter".
Rosengren interviewed some players -- his bibliography lists seven -- but did not speak with any of the main characters that drive his narrative. Most of his material is gleaned from various newspapers and magazines, The Sporting News, and previously published books. Combing through daily newspapers can unearth gems of information, but it also can give a narrative the feel of a review of available sources.
The 1973 season was a couple of years before my full introduction to baseball, so I enjoyed Rosengren's entertaining account, though I agree with the reviewer who took issue with several of Rosengren's jarring asides, namely his comments that this time period ushered in "the new age of baseball" with "money the predominant factor".
Rosengren's book is written not only for the serious baseball fan but for a casual follower of the game. Neither the depth of research nor the writing will knock your socks off -- though learning more about Steinbrenner's illegal scheme to contribute to Richard Nixon's re-election fund was fascinating -- but you'll enjoy reliving this baseball season from several angles.
[I received a free copy of this book from the publisher.]
August 12, 2008
Book Review: Hammerin' Hank, George Almighty & The Say Hey Kid: The Year That Changed Baseball Forever
3 comments:
- A little night musing said...
I just got this book from the library a month or so ago! It really was fun to go back to that time through his eyes.
- August 12, 2008 at 10:46 AM
- James said...
I'll check it out. I've been looking for a new baseball book to read.
Has anyone here checked out "The Echoing Green" about the Bobby Thompson, Ralph Branca, and the '51 NL pennant chase? The scope of the book is kind of breathtaking; it's like reading a wikipedia article, clicking on links, reading those articles, and then clicking on further links. It's really pretty freaking neat.
- August 12, 2008 at 12:33 PM
- redsock said...
Has anyone here checked out "The Echoing Green"
I read the original article in the Wall Street Journal and have the book, but have not read it.
- August 12, 2008 at 3:05 PM
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Steering systems – an integrated approach.
Manual systems.
- Parallel guidance by means of a lightbar or LED display
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- Accuracy depends on display and driver's skill
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CLAAS system: GPS COPILOT
Assisted steering systems.
- Entry-level automatic steering
- Flexible steering technology, can be used on different machines
- CLAAS range of correction signals covers all accuracy requirements
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- The vehicle is automatically steered along parallel tracks
CLAAS system: GPS PILOT FLEX
Automatic systems.
- Actively control the vehicle's steering hydraulics
- Are always an integral component of the vehicle
- CLAAS range of correction signals covers all accuracy requirements
- Offer the highest level of convenience and accuracy
- Permanently installed on the machine
CLAAS system: GPS PILOT
Electronic systems are fast becoming a standard feature.
Since the introduction of satellite-based steering systems in agriculture, more and more farms have been reaping the benefits of this technology. They are upgrading their tractors and harvesters and enjoying the daily advantages of high-precision parallel steering systems in the field.
The existing interface between GPS PILOT and the CLAAS farm management software – AGROCOM NET and AGROCOM MAP – allows tramlines, reference lines, and job-specific information to be easily exported to the farm's PC by way of simple transfer via a USB stick.
Forward planning for the next job enables all field-related and job-related data to be used without having to repeat the data gathering process.
Steering systems are indispensable.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. — The comebacks keep coming for the never-say-die Blackhawks.
Refusing to wilt not from the desert heat but from that of a suffocating Coyotes defense, the Hawks rallied to a 2-1 overtime victory in Game 5 of the Western Conference quarterfinals Saturday night at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Ariz.
The best-of-seven series -- now led 3-2 by the Coyotes -- will continue with Game 6 on Monday night at the United Center as the Hawks staged their fourth, third-period rally in five games to keep their season alive.
Jonathan Toews scored the game-winner in OT -- every game in the series has gone beyond regulation -- and Nick Leddy had a goal midway through...


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November 14, 1938 - August 26, 2013
Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY
Marjorie Frances Delbaugh, beloved mother and grandmother, passed away Monday, August 26, 2013 at Elant at Fishkill, after a courageous battle with breast cancer. She was 74 years old. She was born in Cornwall, NY on November 14, 1938, the daughter of the late Anna and William Glanville.
Marjorie was a retired secretary from the Treasurer's office at the United States Military Academy. After retirement from the USMA, Marjorie and her husband, John, moved to North Topsail Beach, NC. Her interests included gardening, volunteering for the Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center and volunteering for Operation Top Cat Rescue. Her most favorite part of retirement was spending time with her granddaughter, Molly Fowler, especially walking on the beach and finding sea treasures together.
Marjorie married the love of her life and grade school sweetheart, the late John Delbaugh, on November 25, 1961. At the time of his passing they had been married for 43 years. Along with her parents and husband, Marjorie was predeceased by her sisters: Audrey Lewis and Arlene Glanville; and her brother-in-law, James Delbaugh.
Survivors include her loving daughter, Mindy Fowler and her husband, John of Cornwall-on-Hudson, beloved granddaughter, Molly Fowler of Cornwall-on-Hudson; sister, Elizabeth Melley of Goshen; sister-in-law, Karen McCormick of Highland Falls; brother-in-law, William Delbaugh of Colorado; several nieces and nephews and as well as several great nieces and nephews. She will be greatly missed by all.
The family wants to thank the wonderful and caring staff of Dr. Javier Ruiz's office and Elant in Fishkill. They all gave amazing support and were always there to help and assist in every way possible.
As per Marjorie's wishes there will be no visitation. A memorial mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m., Wednesday, August 28th at Sacred Heart Church, 353 Main Street, Highland Falls, NY. Cremation and burial will be private and at the convenience of the family.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions in Marjorie and John Delbaugh's name to Sacred Heart Church of Highland Falls.
Funeral arrangements are by William F. Hogan Funeral Home, 845-446-2868, www.wfhoganfuneralhome.com


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Fight Hunger bowl to be played Dec. 27
The Fight Hunger Bowl will be played on Dec. 27 and at AT&T
Park for the final time.
The game is scheduled to move to the new Santa Clara Stadium,
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future home of the San Francisco 49ers, in 2014. AT&T Park is
the home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team.
This year's game is schedule to kickoff at 9:30 EST and will be
televised by ESPN.
The 12th San Francisco bowl game is slated to match BYU, if the
Cougars are bowl-eligible, against a team from the Pac-12. If BYU
is not bowl-eligible, the bowl has an alternate agreement with the
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The game is sponsored by Kraft.


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NIH grant makes STaRs of eight Wayne State College of Nursing students
DETROIT – Eight Wayne State University undergraduate nursing students are gaining unique insight about the research field thanks to a $40,000 grant awarded to the university's College of Nursing and School of Medicine from the National Institute of Nursing Research of the National Institutes of Health.
The "Socio-behavior Training and Research (STaR) Program," led by Xiaoming Li, Ph.D., professor of pediatrics and director of the Pediatric Prevention Research Center in the School of Medicine, and Nancy Artinian, Ph.D., associate dean for research and director of the Office for Health Research in the College of Nursing, will provide participants with skills and experiences not offered at the undergraduate level. In doing so, Artinian says, the students will have a more successful transition to research work environments or graduate studies sooner rather than later.
"Now is the time to get them excited about research and expose them to the many possibilities available in the field of nursing," she says. "We don't want them to get to a doctorate level and find out that it is too late for a research career."
An important goal for the program is to attract nursing students to doctoral education at an earlier age. Research has found that the median age of graduates receiving doctorate degrees is 47.3 years. Earlier engagement would result in increased years for productive teaching and research.
StaR students Lisa Bensmiller of Brighton, Kurt Omadlao of Royal Oak, Roberta Ukavwe of Detroit, Amber Buchholz of Dearborn Heights, Brittany Nelson of Brownstown, Anita D'Souza and Emily Glick of Troy and Cristina Miclea of Rochester Hills are paired with faculty of the College of Nursing and the School of Medicine's Pediatric Prevention Research Center.
Throughout the eight-week program, trainees spend 20 hours a week between laboratory and field work while attending seminars and topical workshops relative to socio-behavioral health research and career development.
The experience introduces participants to every facet of research, from determining focus groups to recruiting participants and collecting and analyzing data. The students receive a $3,000 stipend for their participation in the program, to which they were accepted through a competitive application process.
The students are unanimous in their gratitude at being selected to assist with research on a host of health topics including juvenile diabetes, asthma, HIV, immunization rates and cancer, and say the experience is opening up a wealth of opportunities.
Glick, who plans to attend graduate school, says she is "delighted" to have been selected because the program is giving her a "little bit of head start" in understanding research programs and processes she will encounter as a graduate student.
Nelson, an honors student who is considering a dual Doctorate of Nursing Practice-Ph.D. program, says STaR has been enlightening.
"It is because of this program that professors and researchers know me, and from them I have received amazing advice and opportunities because of the networking," says Nelson.
The students are developing their own abstract studies for submission to research conferences and events such as the college's Research Day or the annual WSU Undergraduate Research Conference. Several are pursuing the publication of their work in research journals, says Artinian.
With the growing complexity of today's health issues, a significant component of the program is educating participants about the importance of working in multidisciplinary teams.
The NIH grant number for this project, "Socio-Behavioral Training and Research (STaR) Program for Nursing College Students," is NR013160.
STaR research students: Lisa Bensmiller (back, left), Kurt Omadlao, Roberta Ukavwe, Amber Buchholz, Brittany Nelson; Anita D'Souza (front, left), Emily Glick and Cristina Miclea.
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Wayne State University is one of the nation's pre-eminent public research institutions in an urban setting. Through its multidisciplinary approach to research and education, and its ongoing collaboration with government, industry and other institutions, the university seeks to enhance economic growth and improve the quality of life in the city of Detroit, state of Michigan and throughout the world. For more information about research at Wayne State University, visit http://www.research.wayne.edu.


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The 28-year-old has failed to consistently reproduce his best form at Stamford Bridge since moving from Anfield in January last year, with former Blues boss Roberto Di Matteo dropping him for the 3-0 Champions League defeat to Juventus.
But despite his lack of goals, Mancini believes the striker is "always dangerous", and after linking up with former Reds boss Rafael Benitez, thinks the striker's "difficult moment" could be over.
"Two years ago we had a chance of signing Torres but after the price became too high we decided on other players," he told reporters.
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Torres scored 81 in 142 appearances at Anfield, but has only hit 19 in 87 games since making his big-money move to the Champions League winners.
Mancini spoke of the failed move ahead of the City's clash with Chelsea on Sunday afternoon, and insists his players should be right to fear the Spaniard's talents if they are to take the points away from Stamford Bridge.
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Serene Waterfront Inn in the Heart of Gig Harbor
On the Waterfront Inn's 1,500-square-foot wooden deck, you can sip coffee and get an unimpeded view of sailboats and ducks cruising past in Gig Harbor, Washington. The inn, constructed from a circa-1918 fisherman's house, is the only lodging directly on the water in tiny Gig Harbor. Right out the front door, you'll also be able to walk to the quaint shops and local restaurants nearby; Smithsonian magazine named Gig Harbor one of the "20 Best Small Towns in America."
Most rooms at the Waterfront Inn feature a river-rock gas fireplace and a jacuzzi tub, and all have private entrances. Each of the nautically named rooms has a distinct personality, too. The Crow's Nest stands 20 feet from the water's edge and has a private patio. Meanwhile, The Lookout room has a vaulted ceiling and is done up in cool white linens.
In the morning, you can use an included coupon to get breakfast at a local restaurant. By day, feel free to grab one of the Waterfront Inn's kayaks and go for a paddle on Gig Harbor, named the top harbor by Coastal Living.
Gig Harbor, Washington: Historical Fishing Town with Quaint Downtown Shops and Wineries
Gig Harbor, located on a bay of Puget Sound about 45 minutes southwest of Seattle and between the Olympic and Cascade mountain ranges, has traditionally been a boat-building town and fishing hub. You can learn more about the history of the seafaring community at the Harbor History Museum, where a 65-foot fishing vessel is on display and personal stories and artifacts give visitors a glimpse of what life in Gig Harbor used to be like. Scores of commercial fishing boats gather the first weekend in June during the Maritime Gig Festival for the annual Blessing of the Fleet ceremony.
These days, people come in droves to appreciate the town's lovely vistas of Mount Rainier, as well as the antique shops, art galleries, and upscale boutiques along Gig Harbor's historical downtown streets. The area is also well known for its wineries, most of which have tasting rooms and tours available to the public.