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Hi all , put down for 4 hens from B W Trust this morning . None in Essex at the moment .
17th Bristol area.
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said news when I went home to let the girls loose . I saw in a corner one of my white rangers . She was the red ring dead . She must have died this morning sometime. No obvious reason , .Not lost weight , crop had some food in it . No lose of feathers just laying in the corner . It must have been her time to meet the flock over the Rainbow bridge. She came from Simon so long ago . Was the famous girl of returning from the dead when she was missed seen as the purple ring .
So another girl has gone .
34 left .
Should never say and I have said it previously with die consequences that the flock was looking well.
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Sorry to hear that you have lost a girl Bob. Perhaps she just died of old age and like you say, it was her time to join the flock over the Bridge. It's still sad but at least she didn't suffer any illness. Can't believe you are getting more hens - don't know how you keep track of them all. They will be lucky girls joining the house of Bob. Good luck with them.
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Sorry for your loss Bob. Your girls are lucky hens indeed. She will have died happy.
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Hi all , been off all weekend and Friday .
Collected the girls from Colchester . Lovely set of hens . They are being guided when they let him by Champ. they are in the small coop . Box , 2 ring Red and 2 ring Pink seem to be keen to be Top hens and all. Characters for sure . Pretty sure as well that one is a woo . Small comb but I am sure she will give it a side parting.
Egg count has gone up (Wonder why) 5 eggs .
Stayed in bed till 7.30 am this morning . Different Sat 4.30 am all hell let loose and could not shut the boys up.
First kitchen raid since returned on sat as well. Stocking up with straw and food before van goes for repair . Girls eating well . Frog has a mucky eye so a return visit to vets again in offering . Cats have there health and jab s so do then .
Flocks in the flocks well and hope it stays this way .
feathers are back all except one of my girls that is the boys favourite and the 2 new girls . But they will grow back for sure .
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Hi all , the 3 boys have just been given to me tonight .
Cardboard boxes in van . Take them home later in a break.
So that is the last of the addition`s to my flock planned .
If anyone would like a cockerel for their flocks let me know.
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Hi all , Well back at work for a night shift then off till next Weds. AM.
Lots of testoserine in the garden . Even the girls are having a go at the boys through the wire .
Champ has been taking on 2 newbies on his own . The newbies are queuing up to have ago through the wire at all of them . Fighting each other to get at the front .
Captain Chaos is having a field day as worked out that whilst Champ and Desmond was puffing up feathers he was ruffling the girls feathers quite happily.
This morning Champ was missing and I could not see him in the garden first think . After a while I found him in the run , far corner head facing away .
Had to crawl to get him .
Close inspection standing on one leg. (left )
Bit r wet and rough looking .
Quick phone call to vets and a appointment at 9.50 am . Alberto was doing operation and another lady (not a bird vet ) was available . Booked . Turned up to be called in by Alberto the bird specialist.
Leg not broken probably a strain/ pulled mussel . 22pounds . I had given him Metacam and plenty of it and told that 1.05kilo bird needs .3 mil or 1mil depending on strength (cat or Dog) . So all is well . 4 new girls are lovely ,always the way , rescue girls run for a cuddle and treats /food , woo and spec run away . Come out in run but keeping away from the main flock . Box and 2 ring red show lots of interest in them as they now when I head towards them the treats are about.
New boys are large between Desmond and Capt. Chaos in size . Crowing now .
Not earl as in a dark nest box ,but during the day non stop completion .love the way the girls fight them as well . Box even checkily ran in the wire extension I gave them for more room and nicked the food . Gave them a good peck and barged past them . When she had ate the lot ran back to the top hole hatch and I lifted her out .was going to put some girls with them but that might start the 3 fighting over them .
looking for homes the vets are looking out for me a couple of farmers are asking around . But their life expectancy is pretty short in my reckoning.
Shame as they would be good pets and breeding boys for sure . This is a lesson to all chick hatchers . raise chicks and get cockerels raised to be killed.
Well so much time spent with the flock from dawn to dusk and more over the next 4 days . Do not want to get to attached to the new boys and not named them for that reason. longer they stay the harder this will end . My last resort would send them to the hatchery and pay for their up keep till homed . 5 eggs a day .
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Hi having had a few days off so much has happened.
First Silver Leaf died yesterday after getting Water belly and into her lungs . Nothing I could do for her . She had a gone 4-5 years of life.
Second Champ is at the vets . Taken in last night (8.30pm ) He is having the pleasure of waking the nightshift up in the morning . X-rays during the night / today . Depending on what they see they will operate / fix if possible.
Full team of vets/ nurses working on him. Yesterday they all came to take him off me and see him.
A proper show off.
Up date on his condition later .
Third Minnie the smallest of girls had a fair time has lost weight and looking poorly. she was keeping Silver Leaf company . Spent last night in kitchen with Champ - woke up and he had gone ?
She is on Metacam and Baytril .
I think she has got crop problems - Massage and feeding . She is still eating .
Forth found another Collar dove dead with no obvious signs of death . I think the wild birds must be in trouble.
Captain Chaos has his collar back on . The 3 new boys have started crowing .4 new girls have settled in well and dust bathing when the opportunity allows. Little sweaties the hybrid s are .Woo is the funniest as she has all the character of a woo .
Desmond is well and noisy .
Champ has spent since Friday in the house . Sleeping on the bed with the 2 dogs , cats and me if room .
He is better than a alarm clock . Even has a dozz mode .
Even the dogs are used to him in the house. He does not move around much and looks out the window at the flock and eats /sleeps . Other than his leg he is fine.
Certainly stopped his famous wing and leg dancing.
Well so much to say but work is getting in the way .
Snowed as well so that was a new treat for the flock as some have never seen it in the years I have had them.
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Hi all , latest on Champ. NOISY .....
Did not get x ray last night sometime this am .
Told on phone he is regularly crowing .... Ha Ha , Good boy.
Probably calling for his girls and mates.
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Hi , Champ has a broken leg (cage rest ) (wish it was voice rest ) . Picking up at 7.30 pm tonight , with more details etc . So looks like a kitchen friend for a while.
Also good news on Minnie front I think. She has got her tail up , eating with the flock and generally moving about the garden/run. Need to get her weight back up as her chest bone has not a lot of flesh . But maybe she will keep going for a long time to come.
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Sorry to hear about Silver Leaf Bob. Sure would have had a wonderful full life with you. Poor Champ with a broken leg - yes it definitely looks like you will have another house friend when you put him on bed rest. Hopefully he will make a speedy recovery.
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Sad news about Silver Leaf And of course Champ and his broken leg - do you know how he did it? Poor litle fellow. t least he's still in good voice, and will hopefully mend. Maybe pop a bit of limestone flour into his feed for a calcium boost, and some cod liver oil, as that might help his bones knit a bit better. I'm sure the vets will advise. I hope he doesn't lose his harem!
What are Minnie's symptoms? How are her poos?
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Hi Karen , watery when I saw her yesterday , crop firm . I think massage and feeding up and meds will sort her out . I will check her when I get home.
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Hi Champ has effectively broken his wrist . 6 WEEKS cage REST . Looks very much like he will be a kitchen and T V expert . Left in the large dog cage and now reduced his freedom to roam.
Minnie was ok last night , see how she is later .
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Hi all , I think today will be the last time Little hen Minnie will be alive , she has taken a downward slide . Put her on Sulphatrim and massage her crop again . Lost a lot of weight and not moving . . In the cat cage that champ was in . if anyone has any connections with the higher forces and the Rainbow bridge she needs it .
A lovely little hen same age as Chops was as got together . It seems 4 years +/- is the age for a rescue girl .
I have said previously that it seems the period now that the flock will loose some darlings that have been with me for so long.
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I love when my readers send me emails that are basically a blog post. Especially when they ask in that email to shed more light on a certain subject. Below you'll find one such email. I've made it anonymous since the particular vendor doesn't matter too much, but it's an interesting read from an EMR vendor's perspective.
My comment is that ONC was given the impossible task of trying to create "meaningful use" guidelines that were in fact meaningful. The concept of paying doctors for actually using the EMR is a good one, but measuring and regulating that is much harder. I'm sure many of you will enjoy the following comments about some of the meaningful use guidelines.
Some of my guys were going over the Meaningful Use requirements to feed the developers their next tasks and realized that we had missed a HUGE piece of functionality. That functionality is the Status of a "problem." Apparently a "problem" can exist in three states: active, inactive or resolved. Notice the term "problem" is in quotes. First, there are no "problems" there are complaints, diagnoses and treatments. If there were a "problem" it would be something like "chest pain" not "essential hypertension." The use of the word "problem" starts me down the path that the government doesn't have a clue as to what this is or how it should work. The icing on the cake is that you don't have diagnoses that exist in the three states that are mentioned above. Once a diagnoses has been made, the patient responds to treatment and gets better or s/he dies. This reminds me a little bit of your blog about documenting by exception. You get a ream of notes that aren't relevant at all with every visit. Like that, if you have say chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as outlined in §170.302c, it doesn't go away. It is a CHRONIC condition and as such will not ever be marked as inactive or resolved. The way I see it there are two kinds of visits, chronic and episodic. If I break my arm and I go get it set and have a cast put on it. This is episodic. If I have diabetes, I have to go for a visit every so often to get it checked out and maybe adjust my treatments. This is chronic. Either way, there is no doctor that is going to go back in to his own notes and mark either of these resolved or inactive on subsequent visits. That propels me far down the path of thinking that nobody making these rules really knows what they are doing. I mean the growth charts were a little piece of functionality that was difficult at best, and showed that these people don't have the faintest idea about programming, but at least they add value.
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ESA's Mars Express has returned images of a region on the Red Planet that appears to have been sculpted in part by flowing liquid. This again adds to the growing evidence that Mars had large volumes of water on its surface in the distant past.
On 21 June last year, Mars Express pointed its high-resolution stereo camera at the western part of Acidalia Planitia, a gigantic basin in the planet's northern lowlands, at the interface with Tempe Terra, an older, higher terrain.
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Miss Piggy is a prima-donna pig who is absolutely convinced that she's destined for stardom, and nothing is going to stand in her way. Her public face is the soul of feminine charm, but she can instantly fly into a violent rage whenever she thinks she's insulted or thwarted. Kermit the Frog has learned this all too well; when she isn't smothering him in kisses, she's sending him flying through the air with a karate-chop.
Piggy's Biography
From modest beginnings (which she is quick to gloss over), Miss Piggy first broke into show business by winning the Miss Bogen County beauty contest, a victory which also marked her first meeting with the frog of her life, Kermit (whom she often calls "Kermie"). The rest, as they say, is history (and a lot of juicy gossip, too).
In 1976, Miss Piggy started out in the chorus of The Muppet Show. Thanks to her charisma and a correspondence course in karate, Piggy made her presence known and soon became the lead chanteuse and femme fatale on the show. Quickly, her career expanded to include television specials, home videos, records and books. Her "how to" volume of advice on absolutely everything, Miss Piggy's Guide to Life, became a national bestseller, and her fabulous face has been featured on the cover of countless magazines too numerous to mention.
Miss Piggy starred in two regular Muppet Show sketches -- "Veterinarian's Hospital", as the ravishing Nurse Piggy, and "Pigs in Space", as the enchanting First Mate Piggy.
She also has a dog named Foo-Foo.
Miss Piggy has starred in all six theatrically-released Muppet feature films, and both made-for-TV movies. She starred in 2 TV specials, The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show and Miss Piggy's Hollywood. She also starred in her own workout album.
Miss Piggy's Talents
- Miss Piggy considers herself a dramatic actress and a great singer, but she has other talents, too (besides karate).
- In the Kaye Ballard episode of The Muppet Show, it has been proven that Miss Piggy can play a few instruments such as the trumpet and kazoo.
- Miss Piggy proves to be great at bending metal bars (for example, in The Great Muppet Caper she bent back the jail bars, and in The Muppets Take Manhattan she was able to bend a metal bar).
- As shown in The Great Muppet Caper, Miss Piggy also has the ability to model, tap dance, swim, drive a truck, and ride a motorcycle.
- Pointed out by Rowlf in The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years and Kermit in A Muppet Family Christmas, no one can make an entrance like Piggy.
Kermit and Piggy
Eventually in the films, Kermit started returning her affections and (unwittingly) married her in The Muppets Take Manhattan -- although subsequent events suggest that it was only their characters in the movie that married and that their relationship is really the same as ever.
Before The Muppets Take Manhattan, in episode 310 of The Muppet Show, Miss Piggy unsuccessfully attempted to get Kermit to marry her. She wrote a "comedy sketch" involving a wedding between her and Kermit, got Scooter to trick Kermit into signing a marriage license, and hired a real minister for the sketch. However, during the skit, before Kermit was to say "I do", he introduced Lew Zealand instead.
In episode 502, after planting one too many rumors about her and Kermit's relationship to the gossip papers, Kermit fired Miss Piggy, having guest star Loretta Swit replace her in "Pigs in Space" and "Veterinarian's Hospital". The rest of the cast were sad, until they realized that this meant they'd be rid of Foo-Foo. Eventually, Loretta Swit got them to sing a song, and all was apparently forgiven after that.
Kermit and Miss Piggy occasionally perform musical numbers together. Some of their duets include "Won't Dance", "Ukulele Lady", "Waiting at the Church", "The First Time It Happens", and "Love Led Us Here".
Family and Background
Piggy has two dim-witted nephews, Andy and Randy Pig.
From a 1979 People magazine article: "According to Oz, Miss Piggy's father chased after other sows, and her mother had so many piglets she never found time to develop her mind. 'I'll die before I live like that!' Miss Piggy screamed, and ran away to the city. Life was hard at first. People got all the jobs; pigs had to take what was left. To keep going, Miss Piggy walked a sandwich board for a barbecue stand. Desperate, she took a stage name, Laverne, and entered a beauty contest. She won and got her big break: a bacon commercial. This led to a season as mascot for a local TV sportscast called Pigskin Parade -- and then on to The Muppet Show."
Miss Piggy looked fondly at a photo of her mother in The Case of the Missing Mother.
In her interview on Take Two with Phineas and Ferb, when Phineas asked what it was like to grow up on the farm, Piggy replied "Very humbling... I don't like being humble, so I got out fast."
Performing Piggy
The first draft of the puppet was a blonde, beady-eyed pig who appeared briefly in the 1975 pilot special, The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence, in a sketch called "Return to Beneath the Planet of the Pigs." She was unnamed in that show, but by the time The Muppet Show began in 1976, she was recognizably Miss Piggy -- sporting large blue eyes, wearing a flowing lavender gown, and jumping on Kermit, the love of her life. This early version of Miss Piggy also appeared on Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.
Muppet designer Bonnie Erickson remembers, "My mother used to live in North Dakota where Peggy Lee sang on the local radio station before she became a famous jazz singer. When I first created Miss Piggy I called her Miss Piggy Lee -- as both a joke and an homage. Peggy Lee was a very independent woman, and Piggy certainly is the same. But as Piggy's fame began to grow, nobody wanted to upset Peggy Lee, especially because we admired her work. So, the Muppet's name was shortened to Miss Piggy." [1]
The character was referred to as "Piggy Lee" in one Muppet Show episode, episode 106. She also uses that name in the 1977 Muppet Show Annual released in the U.K.
Miss Piggy soon developed into a major character, as the Muppet creators recognized that a lovelorn pig could be more than a one-note running gag. Frank Oz has said that while Fozzie Bear is a two-dimensional character, and Animal has no dimensions, Miss Piggy is one of the few Muppets to be fully realized in three dimensions. She became one of the most famous characters from The Muppet Show, which was noted by Jim Henson during the development of Fraggle Rock. When discussing characters for the show, Henson included this in his notes:
- "...we would anticipate coming up with new personalities which would have much of the same kind of appeal as a Kermit, Fozzie or Gonzo. We will not create anybody with Miss Piggy's kind of appeal- nobody should try."
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Miss Piggy's distinctive personality has been seen in a few other Muppet characters before the famous sow's debut. For instance, this personality and voice can be seen (and heard) in the Sesame Street versions of Little Miss Muffet and Snow White, both performed by Frank Oz.
Quotes about Miss Piggy
- "She wants everyone to treat her like a lady, and if they don't, she'll cut them in half." -- Frank Oz in Time Magazine, Dec. 25, 1978.
- "In one rehearsal, I was working as Miss Piggy with Jim, who was doing Kermit, and the script called for her to slap him. Instead of a slap, I gave him a funny karate hit. Suddenly, that hit crystallized her character for me -- the coyness hiding the aggression; the conflict of that love with her desire for a career; her hunger for a glamour image; her tremendous out-and-out ego -- all those things are great fun to explore in a character." -- Frank Oz in The New York Times Magazine, June 10, 1979.
- "Miss Piggy's not aware of the fact that she's overweight -- she dresses as if she's 30 pounds lighter. So she has a lot of fantasy." -- Costume designer Calista Hendrickson in The New York Times Magazine, June 10, 1979.
- "Well, it was actually a request from Jim. He wanted three pigs for a series that we were doing. He came to me because I'm from the Midwest, so I'm sure he thought I understood and knew pigs. The three pigs ended up being Miss Piggy, one was just sort of a background pig, and the other ended up being something very similar to Dr. Strangepork. So we first did her as a character for that bit, but she was quickly commandeered because we did a Herb Alpert appearance and they needed some sexy female, so I very quickly made her purple gloves, and I draped her in purple satin, and gave her some pearls and bigger eyes —I went to the eye drawer and changed her look and she went back and forth in those personalities for quite awhile. She started out in "the Muppet Show" as a chorus girl and as you know, she's now a big diva." Bonnie Erickson, when asked "How did you come up with the idea for Miss Piggy?" by Artinfo on 2011[2]
- In 1998, Miss Piggy had her own perfume released titled "Moi".
- In The Muppet Show episode 106 Piggy is referred to by the full name "Piggy Lee"; and in episode 116 Piggy tells guest star Avery Schreiber that Piggy is short for "Pigathius," which is "From the Greek, meaning 'river of passion'." However, there is no evidence to support that this is part of her name. It is more likely that this is an intentionally made-up name on Miss Piggy's behalf as part of her plan to make Kermit jealous.
- On her August 2, 2007 guest appearance on The Late Late Show, Piggy stated that her first name is actually "Miss".
- Because Frank Oz was busy with other projects and usually not on the set, Miss Piggy was puppeteered by Kevin Clash in Muppet Treasure Island and Peter Linz in Muppets from Space, with Oz dubbing the voice in later.
- Though normally called "Piggy" in the original French version of the show, her name has become "Peggy" for the 2006 French Muppets TV series; "Peggy" has also been used in Spain and Mexico.
- For several international dubs such as French Le Muppet Show, German Die Muppet Show and Italian Il Muppet Show, Miss Piggy was originally dubbed by female voice artists. They were replaced with male artists only much later when Disney Character Voices International, Inc. was put in charge, in some cases even ordering re-dubs of the series and select TV specials.
Casting History
Primary Performers
- Frank Oz: The Muppet Show (1976) - The Today Show (2002)
- Eric Jacobson: MuppetFest (2001) - present
Alternate Performers
- Jerry Nelson: Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (1974)
- Fran Brill: The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (1975)
- Richard Hunt: The Muppet Show Season 1 (1976-1977)
- Kevin Clash: Episode 211 of Muppets Tonight (1997)
See also
- Miss Piggy Filmography
- Miss Piggy Through the Years
- Miss Piggy Impersonators
- Miss Piggy's Alternate Identities
- Miss Piggy Guest Appearances
- International Miss Piggy
- Miss Piggy Calendars
- Muppet Show Episodes That Didn't Feature Miss Piggy
- Are Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy married?
- Miss Piggy walk-arounds
- Miss Piggy books
- Miss Piggy's Emotion Eyes Variants
- ↑ "The Woman Behind Miss Piggy", Anika Gupta, Smithsonian magazine, October 2008.
- ↑ Ann Binlot, "The Great Muppet Museum Caper: A Q&A with Miss Piggy's Designer on the New Survey of Jim Henson's Art", Artinfo, July 13, 2011.
External links
- Miss Piggy Fan Club -- Answers to Fan's Questions, Pictures, Quotes, Interviews, Quiz, All About Kermit, Advice from Miss Piggy, Your Stories
- Tough Pigs Anthology Transcripts of Miss Piggy and Kermit interviews
- Miss Piggy's bio on Disney.com


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Sunday, September 6, 2009
Sunday, 2:10 pm
11 comments:
- D said...
Well, what ARE you going to do about it?
- September 6, 2009 at 5:49 PM
- Grumpy, M.D. said...
I dunno. Her insurance doesn't cover repeated chanting of "rain, rain, go away".
- September 6, 2009 at 6:22 PM
- Alpine, R.N. said...
about the rain? if you want a consult, I'd recommend an umbrella, a poncho, or a raincoat!
- September 6, 2009 at 6:36 PM
- Phathead said...
Tell her to stick her head under a heat lamp to dry out all the rain
- September 6, 2009 at 6:52 PM
- danielle said...
maybe you can shoo the rain out to CA where we need it oh powerful one??????
oh - better yet (for you, not CA)- you can tell her to move to CA!!!! Especially if she has healthcare insurance!!!!!
- September 6, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Kick her head in for her?
- September 6, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Would you like to borrow my weather machine? Normally I only use it for evil but senses it is you.
- September 6, 2009 at 9:21 PM
- auffer said...
Topamax no good for rain migraines?!
- September 7, 2009 at 2:23 AM
- Grumpy, M.D. said...
Auffer- my point is that the patient, at least from the message, seems to think I can do something about the weather.
I ain't that good.
- September 7, 2009 at 11:04 AM
- C. said...
Not only can you part the sea, you can also control the weather. That's a good doc.
- September 7, 2009 at 2:06 PM
- Theresa said...
And on that day, Dr. Grumpy sayeth,"Stop O mighty rain. I commandeth of thee."
Aah ah ah aah, que rainbow.
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The Dark Project
The Dark Project is a special dungeon that serves as the Thief bronze challenge.
No preparations are allowed in this challenge.
Special Rules
In this challenge, you are incapable of leveling up! As a result, no matter how many monsters you kill, you will remain level 1. However, every enemy slain drops a special pendant that grants +1 damage and +1 HP.
In addition to this, the map contrains "trapped chests". These chests deal damage and always strike first, so you need to find a way to survive them. Each chest contains a different prize:
- Level 1: GETINDARE glyph (special: costs 7 mana instead of 3)
- Level 2: Pendant of Health item
- Level 3: BURNDAYRAZ glyph
- Level 4: Fine Sword item
- Level 5: WEYTWUT glyph
The level 1 chest always starts right next to your position, and breaking it open should be the first thing you do.
The Boss
The boss of the Dark Project has 50 HP, 100 damage, and first strike. It is not possible to attain enough health bonuses to survive this, so you will need to kill him by other means. It is entirely possible to build up enough damage to 1-hit-KO the boss (given that you use WEYTWUT first to negate his First Strike), meaning that you technically do not need to open any chests after the first.
The goal of this level is to efficiently gather up +1 tokens to increase your power and open the level 3 and level 5 treasure chests. In general the level 2 and 4 chests are not as helpful since your inventory will be filled with much more practical +1 tokens. If you can open them early then they can help you take on stronger enemies and treasure chests, but if you can't open them early it's better off leaving them alone and spending your attention elsewhere.
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LOS ANGELES, May 8 (UPI) -- "The Young and the Restless" star Jeanne Cooper died in Los Angeles Wednesday, her son, actor Corbin Bernsen, confirmed on Facebook.
She was 84.
The actress -- who played matriarch Katherine Chancellor on the soap opera since it began in 1973 -- had been hospitalized for an undisclosed illness since mid-April.
EW.com said the cause of her death has not been disclosed.
"My mother passed away this morning just a short time ago, peaceful with my sister by her side, in her sleep. I was going to visit this afternoon, thought I had time. Reminder to self -- time is a precious thing. I too am at peace however. I said my goodbyes several times over during the last few weeks," Bernsen wrote on Facebook.
"I'll go one last time now for a gentle kiss a final farewell for this lifetime," he said. "She has been a blaze her entire life, that beacon, that boxer I spoke of earlier. She went the full twelve rounds and by unanimous decision... won! And while her light finally gave into the wind that gives flight to all our journeys, there will always be a glimmer left behind by what she stood for. I will speak about that more in coming days, months I suppose. I will certainly dedicate what remains of my life to continue her purpose of honesty, equality, humility, empathy and love."
"Jeanne Cooper will be remembered as a daytime television legend and as a friend who will truly be missed by all of us here at the network," Nina Tassler, president of CBS Entertainment, said in a statement. "She was the longest-running cast member on daytime's No. 1 show, bringing indelible charm, class and talent to every episode. On behalf of everyone at CBS, we send our condolences to Jeanne's family, as well as the legions of fans she has amassed during her record 39 years on 'The Young and the Restless,' and throughout her career."


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The WHO (World Health Organization) estimates that the profound hearing loss impacts 5% of the population across the globe. The adult population accounts for 91%, whereas the children account for 9% or less. As per American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), the degree of hearing loss is categorized as normal, slight, moderate, moderately severe, severe and profound. The majority of the users are those who have a hearing loss of 26 dB(mild) to 55 dB (moderately severe) and patients with a higher hearing loss disability might require other surgical interventions.
The increase in aging population is one of the prominent growth drivers. As per WHO estimates, over 33% people aged 65 years suffering from disabling hearing loss. In the U.S., the Administration of Aging (AoA), estimates that 46.2 million people are aged 65 years and above, and by 2040 this population is expected to grow at a CAGR of 21.7%. Similarly, the other developed regions such as the UK, Germany, France, Italy, China and Japan, are witnessing arise in aging population are expected to boost usage rates over the next few years.
The hearing aids are priced in the range of USD 1500 to USD 4000 per unit. The estimates by the U.S. Hearing Industries Association (HIA) indicate that approximately 3.65 million hearing aids were dispensed in 2016. Due to the technological advancements and high competition, product pricing and selection of appropriate sales channelswhich include,public (government agencies procurement),manufacturer-owned retail chain, independent dispensers and public (government agencies procurement) large retail chains are anticipated to play a crucial role in gaining lucrative revenue and volume share.
For instance, in the U.S., the big-box retailers such as Costco, Wal-Mart have created a niche market due to their unique value proposition and accessibility in different regions. The market participants are competing aggressively to promote their products through these retailers, and are using company-owned retail chains to increase their domination.
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- Europe was the largest region with 39% share, due to high disease burden, and thepresence of well-developed reimbursement coverage. The emerging markets in Asia Pacific are expected to provide lucrative growth opportunities over the next few years.
- The "Big Six" players who account for over 90% market share include, Sonova, GN Store Nord, Starkey, William Demant, Widex, andSivantos. Furthermore, in 2016, Sonova Holding AG, acquired AudioNova International B.V. and to strengthen its retail sales channel.
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Richard Sherman on postgame rant: 'There isn't much about it I regret'
Richard Sherman's whirlwind media tour continued on Tuesday night when he sat with CNN's Rachel Nichols to dissect his polarizing postgame interview.
Nichols opened the interview by asking him if there was anything about Sunday's outburst that he regretted.
"There's not much about it I regret," he said. "Mostly I regret — I guess — the storm afterward, the way it was covered — the way it was perceived. The attention that it took away from the fantastic performances of my teammates."
Sherman confirmed his brother's report that his contentious relationship with 49ers receiver Michael Crabtree began at a charity event last summer.
"That's the short version of it. We're gonna keep it clean," he said. "I told him I was gonna show him on the field."
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He also shed some light on balancing being a fierce competitor on the field and the type of self-awareness it takes to rein in that person off it.
"It takes a different kind of person to be able to turn that switch on and off be able to step into the ring or onto the field and be that intense, incredible, focused and angry human being that you have to be to be successful in those atmospheres," he said.
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When Nichols asked him how he felt about his race being involved as a topic of discussion and part of the nation's reaction, Sherman said it was "mind-boggling" and "sad."
"I thought society had moved past that," he said.
Below is a clip of their interview. The full piece is expected to air on Nichols' show "Unguarded" on Friday.
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I saw this breath-taking view of the Moon and Venus last night.
Testing out digital zoom and manual exposure. This is the only shot I took that I was happy with.
Got caught up by a train this morning. This happens EVERY TIME I leave late. I love how you can see all three of the stop lights on carter through the ghostly gap between the engine and the last car of the train.
This kinetic sculpture is bolted to the parking garage next to the historic TWA Building
Oops. I'm such a troublemaker.
New tires roll great. I was happy to ditch the crappy rear tire I was limping around on. Chain doesn't like 1st gear now and the low adjustment screw is all the way out. I may try using a cassette spacer to see if that helps.
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I saw this breath-taking view of the Moon and Venus last night.
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Moon and Venus.. now thats a nice picture. Handheld? TP
- July 18, 2008 10:32 AM
- Noah said...
That was on a tripod my grandfather made from old tubing, 2x4's and plexiglass. You can kind of see it in this photo. I should take a better photo of it. 1 second exposure.
- July 18, 2008 10:39 AM
- Apertome said...
Great shots, as usual. I particularly like the first one, and the train shot.
Man, those Axiom panniers sure look sweet. I like 'em.
- July 18, 2008 12:21 PM
- Tom said...
The train shot is awesome. I wish I could do that!
- July 21, 2008 9:45 PM
Ummm, I believe that was Jupiter, not Venus. Venus would be visible right after sunset in the west, Jupiter is just past opposition and is visible all night.
- August 01, 2008 4:26 PM
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Prince George showed he is growing up fast when he joined a baby playgroup for the first time - and went on a crawl-about.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's son was described as a "bubbly" and "feisty" eight-month-old who is advanced for his age by the other impressed parents.
George was boisterous and lively, waving his arms and kicking his legs in excitement when he spotted the other babies - all a similar age to the Prince - with their toys.
Dressed in a pair of £75 blue dungaree shorts by British luxury brand Rachel Riley, a white blouse and soft blue pre-walking shoes, he crawled around interacting with the other children and stole their toys - after escaping the attentions of mum at the event staged on the third day of the Duke and Duchess' tour of New Zealand and Australia.
When Kate chatted to the other parents she revealed her son is sleeping well and has moved on to solid food while William said the best way to get over jet-lag was to sleep and distract his son.
In the plush surroundings of Wellington's Government House - the official home of the Governor General - William and Kate chatted informally with the parents of 10 babies including a pair of gay fathers and a single mum.
All of the children were from local families and chosen by the organisation, which provides health care and support to new parents, known in New Zealand simply as Plunket.
Grant Collinge, 38, and Magda Gurbowicz, 35, met the royals with their baby boy.
Mr Collinge said: "George is bubbly, quite feisty and he took control.
"He crawled to the centre of the room and he owned the place.
"He honed in on certain toys and took the ones that he wanted. No-one was going to stand in his way."
He added: "We chatted to the Duke first and asked about how they and George coped with the jet-lag.
"William said sleeping and distracting (the baby) was the best thing to get over jet-lag and that's what they'd done with George.
"We spoke to the Duchess about group play - George had never played with so many babies before.
"She said it was the most amount of babies they'd ever had in a room with George. He does see other babies, but not many in a group like this."
As a proud dad he could not resist comparing his son's development with that of the baby prince who will one day be king:
"We found out Lucas had more teeth than George so he's winning that race.
"George has got about four or five teeth coming through. Lucas has got his seventh coming on."
Gay parents Jared Mullen and Ryan Tunstall, whose baby daughter Isabella is adopted, also spoke about their encounter with the Duke and Duchess.
Jared, from Oregon, US, and Ryan, from Australia, were chosen to represent the growing numbers of same-sex couples in New Zealand who use Plunket's parental support services.
Mr Mullen said: "Isabella and George had a little play together, they were chums.
"In a way all we did was talk about babies.
"The Duke and Duchess were lovely, they were both very relaxed and we chatted about our experiences as first-time parents.
"He is a lovely little boy, very intrepid. The whole thing has been a huge privilege.
"It was lovely to meet the Duke and Duchess and share our beautiful children with them. They are both very lovely and loving parents."
The idea of the reception was to give William and Kate the opportunity to introduce George to the world in a less formal way, and give the couple a chance to swap anecdotes about the trials and tribulations of being first-time parents.
William revealed he is very much a modern dad, helping out with childcare duties at the end of the day, when he chatted to Sheila and Soani Lemalie who had brought their baby son TJ - Tagiilima - to the playgroup.
Mrs Lemalie, who works in childcare, wore a traditional blue Samoan dress, with white flowers and a red necklace.
She said: "It was a very special time. We had a chance to cuddle George - he is very strong and very advanced.
"We talked to the Duke and Duchess about parenting - and to the Duchess about her role as both a mother and a royal. She said she was lucky to have help with George from her family and her friends.
"She is very down-to-earth and charming - they both are.
"Prince William said he supported his wife by giving George his bottle at night and putting him to bed."
At one point during the reception Kate held George on her hip as the teething Prince pulled at her hair and put it in his mouth.
The Duchess, who wore a patterned dress by designer Tory Burch, frequently shifted her son from hip to hip and nearby was George's nanny Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo.
The future king then turned to a little girl called Paige who was with her parents, Jenny Stevens, 34, originally from the UK and Kiwi dad Mark, 43.
Mrs Stevens, 34, originally from the market town of Wednesbury in the Black Country, emigrated with her husband, an engineer with the Royal New Zealand Air Force, to New Zealand in 2002 after the pair met while masters students at Cranfield University.
George waved his arms to get their daughter's attention and touched Paige's face - before grabbing her wooden doll.
Mrs Stevens told the Duchess: "Paige grabs toys, she's just started teething," and Kate replied "George too".
Paige started crying after losing her doll to George and turned to her mum to be comforted, burying her face in her arms.
The Duchess stroked Paige's hair in an attempt to comfort her, as George looked around bored, waving his arms and indicating he wanted to be put down.
To distract her son Kate gave him a blue plastic block that George instantly put into his mouth then threw to the floor.
She eventually put him on the carpet and immediately George took off after taking a particular liking to a toy tambourine.
He grabbed at several other toys being held by other youngsters before Kate encouraged him to crawl to her and then pulled him to his feet.
George excitedly bobbed around, indicating that as well as mastering crawling, he isn't far off cruising either.
The playgroup was organised by the Royal New Zealand Plunket Society, known to all as Plunket.
It was founded in 1907 by paediatrician Sir Frederic Truby King who wanted to help babies and mothers dying of malnutrition and disease.
In 1908 the influential Victoria Plunket, wife of the then Governor-General, became its patron, giving the organisation her name.
Today Plunket, a non-profit organisation, helps more than 90% of all babies born in New Zealand, with free childcare advice, home visits and other services.
Earlier this week it caused controversy by fitting a forward-facing car seat for eight-month-old Prince George in the Cambridges' official car, despite recommending children under the age of two should be in rear-facing seats.


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Protect Your In-car Gadgets and Save a Packet
Metropolitan Police statistics from 2007 show that gadgets like sat nav units and mobile phones have become big money for car thieves. And with harder financial times ahead for many, this area of crime is likely to increase.
According to those figures, theft of sat navs from vehicles rose 154% between April 2006 and April 2007 – that's more than double. And sat navs aren't the only gadgets attracting thieves to your car. MP3 players, DVD players and digital cameras are among the items most often reported stolen from vehicles.
The worst part of losing your sat nav or DVD player from your car is that it will usually end up costing you far more than just the cost of replacing the gadget. You'll also be paying for the cost of repairing broken windows or popped locks, or however the thief gained entry to your car. If you make a claim against your car insurancepolicy for the repairs and replacement, you could lose your no claims bonus and may face higher premiums for years to come.
Knowing all this, you'd think that the savvy driver would take measures to avoid putting out a welcome mat for thieves, but surveys point to the opposite. An industry survey showed that an incredible 96% of drivers regularly leave their electronic gadgets in their cars when they park them. As if that's not bad enough, an unbelievable 1 of every 3 drivers surveyed admitted that they leave their gadgets in full view inside their vehicle. The results? An incredible 21% of drivers surveyed – more than one in every five – have had at least one electronic gadget stolen from their vehicle.
Mobile phones, sat navs, MP3 players and other electronics are a veritable treasure trove for today's brand of thieves. They're often left in full view on the front seat or dash of a car. It's only a matter of seconds for an opportunist to break a window and be off with your sat nav tucked into a pocket or under a shirt. Those goodies are easy to steal and easy to sell off, since they're in such high demand.
Save Your Sat Nav – And Some Cash
One UK car insurer isn't taking the situation laying down. At swiftcover.com, the UK's only completely online insurance company, they've added a new cover option to their car insurance. For a small extra premium of around £30, you can purchase gadget cover when you purchase their car insurance. The small gadgets cover will replace your in-car items if they're stolen from your car or damaged accidentally. That's a cheap price to pay to cover hundreds of pounds worth of equipment that you might use every day.
The small gadgets cover from swiftcover.com will cover items like mobile phones, PDAs, satellite navigation systems, MP3 players, safety camera locators, portable games consoles, digital cameras, camcorders and portable DVD players.
Of course, the best form of protection is prevention. Before you get out of your car, make it a practice to pick up any gadgets on your dash or seats and stow them in the glove box or the boot. That one simple habit can reduce your chances of being a smash-and-grab target dramatically.


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Sunday, October 13, 2013
Hey everyone
It's been a while. It's a long story. Not sure I really want to share all the details. I basically got sick late last month that started with a cough and then I didn't want to eat at all. I lost a lot of weight. I have anemia, which is not surprising since I've had it for a while. No energy and just wanted to sleep.
I did see the doctor and they are not really sure if it's the flu or if it has to do with my lungs. I've had lung surgery twice (When I was 16 and 19) and the doctor says there is something inside my lungs. It's a long process but they need to see old images and new ones and compare. So I have many appointments with different doctors in the upcoming weeks. I'm hoping it's nothing like last year when I was hospitalized for nearly a month and eventually needed surgery to take out an infection.
Today has been the best day. Which is the reason I'm able to get online and write this. I haven't really watched any games. I saw the last three innings of the NLCS game 1. But that's about it. And of course, I haven't attended any games. No way I could have gone. It doesn't really make me sad since I've been to a bunch of Division Series and NLCS games. No big deal. Give me the World Series.
Thanks to everyone that have sent me emails and messages through Twitter and Facebook. I have read them all and I appreciate them. Just because I didn't reply doesn't mean I don't care. During those times I was reading them, I was in a bad shape and no way I was in the mood to reply. But thank you so much!
I don't think I'll be blogging anytime soon. I'll be back soon.
God bless.
Roberto Baly
11 comments:
- Evan Bladh said...
Bless you Roberto...get well soon, my friend. You have been missed.
- October 13, 2013 at 12:37 PM
- Jayvee said...
I wish you a speedy recovery buddy.
- October 13, 2013 at 12:51 PM
- Dodger_blue1988 said...
Wish u get better soon bro!!!
- October 13, 2013 at 1:14 PM
- Mr_M said...
Get well soon.
- October 14, 2013 at 9:15 AM
- DDGRDUG said...
Get well soon Roberto!! All of Dodger Nation is wishing you a speedy recovery!!
- October 14, 2013 at 12:04 PM
- CreditWise said...
For some reason lately I've been getting more work done at work. I was just starting to realize that its because I haven't been getting your emails. I figured you must have been busy, I was hoping it wasn't because of your health. I'm praying for your health and strength to return to you soon and for you & your familia to be in good spirit. Stay up my man.
- October 14, 2013 at 12:17 PM
Don't sweat the blog, Roberto. Get feeling better, that's what's important. Best wishes!
- October 15, 2013 at 3:12 PM
- Unknown said...
Speedy recovery, Roberto
- October 16, 2013 at 10:32 PM
- Aaron Bonham said...
I wondered where you've been. get well.
- October 17, 2013 at 6:17 PM
- Unknown said...
Wishing you a rapid recovery. We are so sorry to hear that you are not feeling well lately. We will miss you while you are gone, however, we want you to rest as much as you can and get better. xoxo
- October 17, 2013 at 10:09 PM
- BBQ Chicken said...
Get well soon buddy.
- October 18, 2013 at 3:24 PM


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Yes, Festival is moving after 2013
Unto the Populas do Baron Loyola and Baronesss Annora send greetings.
As many of you know now, the contract for Glenworth Valley Festival site is n it's final year and in the past few months we have been exploring alternative venues. Four sites were submitted for appraisal by members of the Kingdom at large and open discussion. After this lengthy process and the council of our advisory team, we have decided thus.
We will be moving Rowany Festival to a new site in the Southern Highlands called Womberoo. We fully believe that Womberoo offers a range of opportunities and facilities that no previous Festival site has.
Storage of shipping containers on the new site is approved, so they will need to be moved after this Festival. Any unclaimed or un-spoken for items will be disposed of before this takes place. If you have anything in the containers, please take responsibility for ensuring that your items are accounted for. Further information regarding this will be posted as soon as we can.
We look forward to seeing many of you in the coming weeks at this years Rowany Festival. Good luck with the last of your preparations.
Warmest regards and safe travels,
Loyola and Annora – Rowany.


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Giant Pill-Millipedes and Fire-Millipedes from Madagascar, taking stock of a hidden diversity
Sophomore Biology major at Mount Holyoke College
REU Mentors: Dr. Petra Sierwald (Associate curator, Zoology/Insects) and Dr. Thomas Wesener (Postdoctoral Fellow, Zoology/Insects)
Symposium Presentation Title: Discovery of Six New Species of Giant Pill-Millipede from Madagascar(Arthropoda: Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida)
Symposium Presentation Abstract: Madagascarhouses a very unique mix of dry to rain forest climates and high mountain range habitats, which provide ecosystems for a wide array of millipede species. These ecosystems are rapidly being destroyed by deforestation. Description of newly discovered species at least ensures that they will not disappear unnoticed. This project focuses on the descriptions of new species of the enigmatic Malagasy giant pill-millipedes. The Malagasy giant pill-millipedes are all endemic and belong to the order Sphaerotheriida which is distributed all over the Southern hemisphere. Its members superficially resemble pill bugs, and possess the unique ability to roll into a fully closed ball. Six new species of the genus Zoosphaerium as well as the females of two other Zoosphaerium species, Z. pseudoplatylabum and Z. xerophilum, are described. Four of the newly described species belong to pre-existing species-groups, while two show surprising characteristics – one species from Torotorofotsy possesses male sexual organs that have not yet been seen in any other giant pill-millipede, and one new species from the montane rainforest of Andringitra which shows a linkage to two species which live in a different ecosystem, the southwestern sub-humid forest. This study focused on producing images (both hand drawn with camera lucida and ink, as well as Scanning Electron Microscopy) and descriptions of the specimens, detailing morphological characters discovered in earlier studies which can be later used in a larger phylogenetic analysis of Zoosphaerium. These characters include various features of the male and female sexual organs, features of the leg, anal shield, endotergum, and antenna. In general the identification and phylogenetic analysis of organisms has been a project that has been worked on since the early 18th century, and in this endeavor Myriapoda have been vastly ignored. This project is another incremental step forward towards that goal.
Original Project Description: The giant pill-millipedes reaching the size of a baseball and blood-red/pitch-black colored giant Fire-Millipedes belong to Madagascar's most conspicuous invertebrates. Nevertheless, they are poorly known. Recent inventory programs already lead to the discovery and description of one new genus and 36 new species of giant pill-millipedes as well as 12 new genera and 48 new species of classical millipedes. All the newly discovered species only occur on Madagascar. Describing the new species and genera, as well as assessing their interrelationships is an ongoing process.
Research methods and techniques: REU participants in this project will receive training in general millipede morphology, and will handle and sort specimens from our and other museums' collections, image important morphological characters using light and scanning electron microscopy, collect data on the morphological differences of various species, as well as prepare descriptions of these species.


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Harbour Lights Caravan Park is ideally located adjacent to the Harbour and Front beach.
Bowen's foreshore area has been transformed into a recreational area that includes a "Water Park" a first class Skate park, children's playground, shared walking & cycle tracks, public barbecues , grassy picnic areas, amphitheatre and interpretive centre.
This small Top Tourist Park has lots of shady trees, is extremely quiet with great views and the friendly hospitality of a country town by the sea.
Adjacent to the Harbour and boat ramp and just a short stroll (300m) to clubs, restaurants, cafes and a large variety of speciality shops including banks, post office, supermarket, pharmacy and many more in the town centre.
Bowen is the oldest town in North Queensland, it was discovered in 1859 and its many unique features make it a holiday destination that truly offers something for everyone.
Bowen is all but surrounded by the Whitsunday waterways with its many islands making it ideal for boating, sailing and fishing, Kite boarding as well as palm fringed beaches, perfect for swimming, snorkeling, walking or just relaxing.


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Mustang MonthlyHow To Paint Body
How To Install A 2010 Mustang Shaker Hoodscoop
We Get The Scoop On Classic Design Concepts' Newest Shaker Hoodscoop For Ford's Newest Mustang
It's an iconic reminder of muscular ponies past, but is still as relevant and functional on the Mustang GTs of today as it was on the Mach 1s and Boss 302s of the psychedelic era. We're talking, of course, about Classic Design Concepts' Shaker hoodscoop, a thoroughly modern air conduit running straight back to 1969. The company has crafted cool-breathing Shaker kits for generations SN95 through S197, but given the Mustang's fresh makeover for 2010-in particular its re-contoured hood-CDC had to make some minor revisions to its kit hardware, though the aluminum scoop itself remains true to the '69 original.
In function, appearance, and construction, CDC's Shaker is likely one of the best enhancements a new GT could hope to receive. And that's not just our opinion. The picky folks at Ford Racing are in complete agreement, and now offer the '10 Shaker online or through FRPP dealers. It is now officially a Ford Racing part.
It's been awhile since we checked out a Shaker installation, so here's a quick look at the basic process. The kit's instruction booklet is detailed and well illustrated. Once you get past the mental hurdle of sawing a hole in your hood, you'll find the installation to be surprisingly simple-and the results pretty much speak for themselves. Now breathe deeply...


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Love notes come in all forms expressing all sorts of sentiments: a classic hand-written letter or prose, a greeting card tucked away in a drawer to surprise its intended recipient, a Post-It with a scribbled heart at the end of a grocery list, an email with a secret salutation... The obituary below that ran in Sunday's Portland Press Herald, however, is the ultimate love note. Grab a tissue, read on, and then tell your partner out loud how much you care about them. We should all hope to be so lucky in love as Mary and Ken.
Mary Elizabeth Kittredge Jack
March 23,1932 - January 9, 2011
Dear Mary,
I have rarely written you in the 54 years of our marriage. We were never apart that much. Your death on Sunday, January 9th, 2011, has, for awhile at least, changed that. Leukemia took nine years to alter our lives forever. I'm supposed to write an obituary but please, think of this as a love letter my dear. Others can think of it as a letter of remembrance or whatever they want.
We met, you remember, in a small restaurant at the corner of State and Congress. Introduced by friends, when they left we lingered on. The Longfellow restaurant is gone now, so is the building. We dated and often went to Wassons Grove for hamburgers and sat at their picnic tables under the pines. That's gone too.
It was the summer of 1955 and you had just graduated from three years at the Maine Medical School of Nursing. You were class president, second academically, and had aced your state Boards. You were an RN. I was just out of the Army having visited Korea and Japan. You were pretty, smart, and fun. You had a nice family. I was hooked.
You grew up in the Willard Beach section of South Portland. The beach was your playground. World War II made for exciting times with the forts, the shipyard, and the weekly launchings. You had five brothers and sisters to play with you. You were the third of six children born to Elmer G. and Ruth Gavett Kittredge. You were born on March 23, 1932. Did you know it was a Wednesday?
You graduated from South Portland High class of 1950 and worked two years before deciding on RN training. You later worked at Maine Medical Center as an assistant head nurse. We were married in 1957 and after our first child was born in 1959 you quit to raise our family. We found we had more common interests than expected; books, classical music, antiques, boats, swimming, travel and camping. You were an officer of Maine's first dive club. You made pre-dawn breakfasts for the gang when they came to the farm to go hunting. You took to cooking, gardening and canning food. Impressive. I hope I told you that along the way.
I was trying to start a business with no money. You helped there, too. You kept your part-time job. We needed the money. Soon the boys were old enough to help and it became a family business as it is today. You-worked right alongside of us doing almost every job as the company grew to six branches and scores of employees. As a corporate officer of K.L. Jack & Co, you mediated meetings and kept us all in line as only a mother can. We could not have done it without you. Customers still ask, "Where's Mary?" I wish I knew. Wherever you are I'm sure they like you. People, dogs, and flowers always responded well to you.
We did have some fun. Remember? Europe was nice but you liked Canada better especially New Foundland, Gaspe, and the Cabot Trail. When we took our sailboat, "Runaway", south for a few years that was the highlight of my travels. You liked the Bahamas the best, I think. Your favorite was our 12,000 mile RV trip to see the USA. I'm glad we got to do that. I am enclosing the picture I took in Zion Park near the waterfall. You were 74 then ..... still pretty, still sharp, still fun, and still fighting leukemia. If only we could do that trip one more time.
Mary, I have a nice lot-at Pine Grove in North Yarmouth. It's as pretty as a cemetery can be. My parents are there. They really liked you. My father said I was lucky. There is even room for our boys if they are-of a mind to join us someday. Not soon, I hope. Our sons Christopher (Chris) and Lawrence (Gus) Jack are not far away in Greater Portland as is our grandson Ryan Jack. For your sisters Joan Fine in Massachusetts and Claire Greer in Florida it's a bit far. It's handy for Patricia Powers in Cumberland and your brothers Steve and Scott Kittredge in South Portland. I know they will visit often and not forget you.
I will never forget you, and especially our last words. You were too weak to move and had not spoken for hours, and even then, so softly. I was sitting by your bed holding your hand. It was just before dawn and I was struggling to stay awake. Weakly, but very clearly, you said, "Kenneth." I stood and leaned over with my ear near you. You said, "I love you," and raised your head and kissed me on the cheek. I turned my head. Your eyes were open and you had a quirky smile on your face. I said, "I love you too, Mary. I always have and always will."
Your grateful husband,
Ken Jack
Oh, P.S. We are not going to have a service right now. We will do it in the spring when the flowers are out. It will be a better planned gathering of friends and family. By then we may all be able to smile once again. We'll let everyone know when & where and perhaps you can be there too, if only in spirit, and we'll all share our fond memories of you. There are so many.
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J.W.'s News Update: Tuesday January 31, 2012
Vice President Joe Biden in North Texas for some Private Democratic Fundraising events. One was reportedly held in the DeKalb area of Bowie County and the other two in the Fort Worth Area.
Despite the fact that Texas is a solidly so-called Red State in the Republican Column, Democrats still do a lot of fundraising in the Lone Star State.
A fight over the redrawing of Texas Political Maps is returning to Washington for closing arguments. At issue is whether the maps drawn by the GOP-dominated Texas Legistlature violated the Federal Votings Right Act. A three judge panel has listened to two weeks of testimony. Closing arguments were today.
The Arkansas Forestry Commission is endorsing a legistlative panel's proposal to restore 20 firefighting jobs to the agaency even though the recommendation does not call for a way to fund them. The commission on Monday supported a recommendation made by a budget subcommittee formed to look at the agency's finances.
In Sports: The Texas Rangers have given a contract extension to Manager Ron Washington . He is now signed through 2014.


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Earlier this month, we reported that the HTC Triumph would be the very first Windows Phone device to go on sale in China. And, following its stint of being available for pre-order, it has now actually gone on sale, fully validating its status as the first Windows Phone to enter the Chinese market. With the Triumph, HTC has beat Nokia, LG, and ZTE to being first in the area, who all expressed interest in releasing Windows Phones in China.
Before I proceed, let me just clear up some of the confusion around the Eternity/Triumph branding. Eternity is an English codename for the device, while Triumph is a rough translation of what the device is called in Chinese. The official Chinese name for the device is HTC凯 旋X310e.
Moving on. As a rebranded Titan, the HTC Triumph has the same guts and chassis as its Western counterpart: A 4.7″ capacitive touchscreen, an 8MP LED flash camera, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, and compass sensors, a 1.5GHz Scorpion processor, and an Adreno 205 GPU.
On the software front, the phone is launching running a special version of Windows Phone 7.5 "Tango" that's optimized for the Chinese market with specific Chinese apps — for example, the social networking integration has been re-gutted to utilize Chinese social networking solutions — and the Chinese language itself, which does look quite nice and clean on the Metro UI.
It's quite a big day for the platform; with a rapidly-growing economy, China has quickly become a ripe emerging market with plenty of consumers who may be interested in both low and high end mobile phone offerings. We reported earlier that China has overtaken the US as the world's largest market for iOS and Android activations.