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- Weight: 908 lb (411.9 kg)
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- Optional Blades: In addition to the high sail blade, which comes standard on Z Master® Z590 Series mowers, additional 1/4" (6 mm) blades are available to match regional and seasonal mowing conditions. Options include Recycler® and Atomic® mulching blades, medium sail Bahai blades, and low sail sand blades.
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Hey bro, are you riding this year?
So i'm after a pair of pow sticks for next year. Would you ever consider making custom skis?
What size are your twintips?
I'm doing good bro. Squeezing in as much riding as I can before the season is up. How come you have been riding your twin tips more than your boards?
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Send me what you want there and we can start talking design, specs, whatever else you want.
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Waiting for a new thread to pop up? lol
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
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I for one don't get this people, why is it that atheist are so close minded that they lack imagination to see some topics as possibilitys examples….
1.) Ghost
2.) Reincarnation (non spiritual)
3.) Conspiracies
4.) Esp and related (telekinesis, spontaneous combustion, etc…)
5.) Ufo's , Aliens, extraterrestrial life
And all of the above are no relation to gods or then in liken to….
Ok just in case you have forgotten the definition of atheism here…..
Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.[1] In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities.[2] Most inclusively, atheism is simply the absence of belief that any deities exist.[3] Atheism is contrasted with theism,[4][5] which in its most general form is the belief that at least one deity exists.[5][6]
Link :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism
Nowhere does it say anything about being close minded with lack of inspiration in the scientific field.
Yes I know atheist are skeptics in nature as I am but I always say prove it either way for or against that it does or does not exist… I know that leaves the god question in there but no I CAN prove that wrong. :)
These topics need to be proven though scientific theory, but how? As far as I can see we are still babies in the flow of technology. People forget we did not have iPods and cell phones 30 years ago. We barely had computers and there already 100% faster that then and TV was only invented less than 100 years ago.
Humans have been around for 100,000 years and only in the last 200 have we just created this mega society that has communication (worth mentioning). So why is everybody so narrow minded?
Go ahead tell me how some atheist started being unimaginative and almost hateful to human curiosity?
Let the great debate begin ……
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Ok after a few days of running this discussion I have gotten some great replies and now I'm going to tell you why and what I did here....
It was a personal experiment to "poke the bear" and "test the waters" to see what other Atheist were like. I don't actually know any other Atheist personally. I am new to atheism, only being one for a little more than a year or so i was an agnostic before that. I really don't think atheist are closed minded (this post proved that to a degree) though i do think we rely on the main stream in science a little to much because alot of it is controlled, programed, objectified by people who want to control us. OK I know i just sounded like a nutter there, but really look again why does your little one want that new Elmo doll? And why was it a week before any news broke on the OWS ? Though they are rather quick to point out that a terrorist was killed today....
And on the subjects above I do believe we should keep and open mind and not use the easy fall back " no they don't exist" to the proper "undermanned" or "undecided" it gives us just a little more room to grow as humans by implying "we see your point but prove it and we know that's going to be hard to do". yes we are skeptics let us just not be the negative cynical ones (yea that's harder than it sounds).....
Oh and Thank you for putting up your responses it really did help me "see a little more"
yea i'm still answering what i can :)
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Yes, as an atheist I think it is foolish and limiting to say that reality has to fit inside the framework consistent with current scientific knowledge. That means, stay inside your little box. I believe that whatever exists has a reality (rather a tautology) and it is the job of science to uncover, describe and try to explain reality. I believe that there MUST be aspects of reality which science doesn't yet have a clue about. If we dismiss, say, ghosts (my hobby-horse) on the grounds that current science can't explain them - that argument is junk, and blatantly unscientific. It is also ironic that scientists nearly always reject whatever decent evidence is offered, out of pure prejudice. Again, blatantly unscientific. Frankly, I agree with Trevor - strict materialists are scientific free-thinkers only when it suits them.
Trevor is right that there are certain basic questions that science will probably never be able to answer. I also agree that most science types are completely adrift in any other arena, to the point of dismissing it out of hand and refusing to engage with it on its own terms. D.u.m.b.
I refuse to limit my ideas to what science currently knows. Am I a human being, or a pocket calculator? A superman, or a specky nerd? (no comment.) I've never had a reason to doubt my atheism, but I suppose I would if I had to.
Hi Simon
You might be interested in this BBC documentary about near death experiences, very interesing and also makes the point about pushing the bounds of science.
A mulitverse explanation sounds reasonable. If there are 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 different universes, or whatever, then one of them is likely to be like ours. A supernatural creator, on this evidence alone, also seems reasonable. However, looking at our universe now, I don't see any need for God. It's all explainable without Him. And the things He is supposed to do, He doesn't seem to do consistently. Instead, He wipes out innocent people in earthquakes, etc.
At the same time, there's more going on in the universe than science wants to admit. I have found that it's possible to earn yourself a lucky break, in some circumstances. Once where I worked there was a disabled woman who was being bullied. So I told her I would get her a new Virago book which had just come out, about work-place bullying. So after work I set out to go up town to buy it. But I had no money for the book - I thought I would try anyway and see what turned up. Sure enough - in the doorway of Clarkes shoe shop was a £10 note. The exact cost of the book. By the time I did this, I was well-acquainted with the principle, and confident that it would work.
Certainly that looks like the hand of God. If it turns out I'm wrong about atheism, I'll eat my head. Really I think scientists should relax and stop being so up themselves. It's true what Trevor says - in certain areas, either explanation will fit the picture. I don't see the need for a big battle between science and religion. Does Richard Dawkins seriously want to exterminate all Christianity? What's the point of even trying? Does he have a viable alternative? No he doesn't, because he is rubbish at philosophy and spirituality. He is under the wilful delusion that everything religious is evil. Funny how his dispassionate scientific observation breaks down at this point. Pretty tragic from a world leader in atheism. Not to say childish. It would be far more profitable to admit that Christianity (at least) does a large amount of good in the world. If religious people are encouraged to do evil by their religion, then tackle that. Don't try and bring down the entire religion, because to stop good people doing good things is, in itself, evil.
Out of Body Experiences: I once heard a BBC Radio 4 documentary, about 5 years ago, where OBE's were tested in the laboratory in the same way - putting cards with random numbers / letters on a high shelf above the bed - and the subjects DID give the correct answer in the morning. Time after time. It was a normal, perfectly acceptable scientific experiment. How can this happen without actual physical eyeballs? I don't know, and don't need to. Evidence speaks for itself.
Near Death Experiences: I believe in life after death anyway, and see no need for God in the picture. But thanks for the link Trevor, I'll give it a listen.


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After establishing himself as much more of a household name thanks to The Hunger Games this year, Gary Ross is moving on to his next project, and it's once again going to be a big one. He's now set to direct Peter and the Starcatchers, an adaptation of the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson that's currently running as a hit Broadway production as well.
Ross had been weighing the project back in June, but now Deadline reports he's committed, with hopes to start directing "as quickly as possible" next year. Ross had also been in talks with Summit to make The Secret Life of Houdini, one of a handful of Houdini projects out there, but he apparently wanted to give Starcatchers his full attention. Though the Disney project will inevitably be sold as a Peter Pan prequel, especially since Disney's got their own animated Peter Pan back in the vaults, it really only shares loose affiliations with the J.M. Barrie story. Peter is back in action, leading a group of orphaned boys yet again, but most of the action takes place on a pirate ship, where Peter teams up with a "star catcher" named Molly to keep the pirate Black Stache from gaining power.
It sounds like a rousing adventure, and yet another major genre jump for Ross, who before The Hunger Games had made the historical drama Seabiscuit and the satirical fantasy Pleasantville. I enjoyed seeing his take on The Hunger Games, though, and think he could bring a similarly intriguing twist to the Starcatcher material, which sounds like it could turn into dull children's fantasy pretty quickly. Ross is obviously passionate about the material, so let's hope that passion comes through in the final results.


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CLEVELAND -- A small rented airplane crashed and burned shortly after takeoff Monday, killing four college students who were taking a sightseeing flight around Cleveland after their first day of classes.
The four men were students at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Three were members of the varsity wrestling team.
The wrestlers were identified as 20-year-old Lucas Marcelli of Massillon; 18-year-old Abraham Pishevar of Rockville, Maryland; and 18-year-old John Hill of St. Simons, Georgia. The fourth student was the pilot, 20-year-old William Felten of Saginaw, Michigan.
Marcelli and Felten were sophomores, and Pishevar and Hill were freshman.
The plane appeared to be trying to return to the airport when it crashed, said Peter Knudson, a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board. He said investigators expect to file a preliminary report next week, but the full investigation could take a year to complete.
Bryan Marcelli of Massillon said his son Lucas and the three other students planned to go up, take a look around and come right back to the same airport. He said Lucas was a hard-working student but not a risk taker.
"If he wasn't my son, I'd want my son to be around him, because he was such a positive influence," Marcelli said. "I don't know anybody that doesn't like him."
Students on the Case Western Reserve campus gathered Tuesday afternoon in Veale Center, one of the school's athletic facilities, to talk and to console each other.
The university's wrestling coach, Mark Hawald, said no coach is ever prepared to deal with the sudden death of young athletes.
"We're just coping and mourning and figuring how we can move on from losing three of our teammates, three of our brothers, three of our family," Hawald said.
Case Western Reserve will work closely with the men's roommates and friends, university President Barbara Snyder said in a statement.
There are no indications why the single-engine Cessna 172R crashed so soon after takeoff Monday night from Cuyahoga County Regional Airport in suburban Richmond Heights. The plane crashed in nearby Willoughby Hills.
An Ohio State Highway Patrol official said the plane had been rented by Felten for four hours and that he did not file a flight plan.
Residents who live near the airport rushed to the crash site and found the plane engulfed in flames. Mark Gerald, 45, told Northeast Ohio Media Group that he was sitting on his front porch and could hear a plane engine struggling. He said the plane exploded as he and neighbors ran toward it. The four men were trapped inside the wreckage.
"It was too hot," he said. "The whole fuselage was involved."
William Honaker, 18, said he was driving in the area when he saw a "ball of light" and realized a plane was on fire.
Honaker said he also tried to approach the aircraft, but onlookers warned him to stop.
"(The plane) was so mangled," Honaker said. "I didn't want to look at it anymore, to be honest."


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Recent scandals over illegal gambling among sumo players and ringside VIP tickets for Japan's notorious yakuza gangsters have enveloped Japan's venerated sport of sumo and fascinated the public.
But these are mere sideshows to what is roiling Japan's gangsters, many observers say. After decades of unspoken agreements between police and yakuza that have allowed organized crime to operate with relative impunity in everything from gambling on sport and illegal casinos to human trafficking and prostitution, the national police are cracking down on Japan's top yakuza gang, energized not only by the embarrassment over the sumo debacle but also by the emergence of a dynamic new National Police Agency (NPA) chief last year who wants to curtail the broad influence of yakuza in society.
"We want them to disappear from public society," Takaharu Ando told reporters in Tokyo after a meeting of police chiefs across Japan that he called to discuss strategies. While Mr. Ando may not yet have proved himself to be Japan's own Eliot Ness, there's no doubt about his determination to tackle organized crime.
Japan's 'confederation of gangs'
About half the estimated 80,000-plus yakuza members in Japan belong to the Yamaguchi-gumi confederation of gangs, making it almost certainly the world's largest criminal organization. The leading faction of the Yamaguchi-gumi is the Kodokai, from which the organization's imprisoned godfather and No. 2 hail.
It is this 4,000-strong gang – based in Nagoya, the western city that is home to Toyota – that has earned the distinction of a special police unit dedicated to its destruction.
It is difficult for most outsiders to fathom the openness with which yakuza gangs have operated. Membership is legal. Gangs have offices, are listed in phone books, and newly formed factions have been known to call press conferences to announce their logos and names. In return, the police expect them to abstain from street crime, exchange information, and have members – or at least fall guys – confess if civilians are injured or killed in intergang troubles. The authorities' thinking has been that organized crime was better than disorganized crime. Until now.
"For a number of years now, the police have had a particular problem with the Kodokai," says Jake Adelstein, author of "Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan." "Their antagonistic attitude toward the police – collecting information on them, not allowing detectives into the gang offices for a chat, not confessing, goes against the unwritten rules of how the yakuza get along in Japan."
At a conference on Asian organized crime held by the FBI and the NPA in Seattle in 2007, Mr. Adelstein said that when the police raided one Kodokai office, they found photos of policemen and their families. The FBI's reaction was to wonder how they got away with this, while the NPA representatives squirmed, according to Adelstein.
Using sumo as a wedge
Since Ando's appointment, Police officers have reportedly been instructed to attack the organization broadly, closing down front companies, investigating tax evasion, and even arresting members on minor traffic violations.
Then came the opportunity to damage the reputation of the gang by linking it to the dishonoring of the centuries-old sport of sumo, when it emerged wrestlers had been gambling illegally on baseball games through the Kodokai. "The baseball gambling story was leaked by the police to the press because some officers felt that an [internal sumo] investigation would be squashed from the top," says Adelstein. "The police are very good at using leaks … and they need to get public opinion on their side … by showing that the Kodokai disgraced and corrupted Japan's national sport."
Says one veteran observer of organized crime who spoke on condition of anonymity: "What has happened to sumo is just collateral damage in the war against the Kodokai.'
At about the same time the sumo gambling story was breaking, reports emerged that 55 Kodokai gangsters were in VIP seats during last summer's Nagoya sumo tournament, and had appeared on broadcasts on national TV. Few believe the timing was a coincidence, and the emergence of the reports appears to have been intended to put maximum pressure on the Japan Sumo Association to end the sport's deep ties to the yakuza.
The mobsters were apparently keen to be seen on television by the imprisoned godfather, Shinobu Tsukasa, who is due for release next spring after his stint on firearms charges. Mr. Tsukasa, also known as Kenichi Shinoda, has previously served time for murder after killing a rival boss with a samurai sword.
"In preparation for Tsukasa's release, a big plot of land has been bought in Nagoya, and there is talk of moving the Yamaguchi-gumi headquarters there from Kobe. The police crackdown is in part preemptive action before the big boss gets out," suggests the veteran yakuza observer.
A deep, indelible influence
The Yamaguchi-gumi has expanded activity during Tsukasa's reign, including moving outside its strongholds into Tokyo, which provoked a bloody turf war with local gangs and further angered police.
Even if the police chief, Ando, gets his wish and the gangs disappear from public society, the challenge of removing their behind-the-scenes influence will remain. A source from Tokyo's entertainment world, where the mob has strong connections, believes their presence is growing stronger. "There seem to be even more of these 'intelli yakuza' [intelligent gangsters] in the background these days, in financing and artist management. Many operate in the gray zones where people aren't sure what's legal or not," says the source, who asked not to be identified, "and not just in entertainment, but in other industries, too."
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i agree ^^ 1000%which is why i thought he was good enough to stay with us this season. true he would have got about half the games he will have at forest, but i wanted to see him develop with us, but evertonians being what they are, like to knock our own players for being not good enough/too young, when they haven;t even seen them playDowell would offer Everton something different this year, something we haven't got. something we need.. but we'll have to wait till next season.
Not sure you're correct here. What would Dowell offer that Sigurdsson, Rooney, Sandro, Klaassen (or even Barkley as he's still here) don't?
Does anyone know a Leeds fan to find out what is going on with Pennington's latest injury?He hasn't even been in a squad since going off in their opening game
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The Best Budget Amplifier: Onkyo M-282
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Aereo, the paid service that lets you watch live network television on the Internet, has hundreds of thousands TV antennas crammed into its single floor office in Brooklyn.
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Mary Ann Power McDonald Class of 1962
The Class of 1962
Diane Goss Class of 1962
Susan Lewis and Karen Driscoll Donnelly, right, all of the Class of 1962
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Barbara, left, Jackie, right
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Ellen Lawler Ugi, left and Susan Lewis, right, both Class of 1962
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Diane Goss, Class of 1962
Patricia McCusker Bailey, Class of 1962, holds her commemoritive Golden Diploma
Patricia McCusker Bailey, and Ellen Coyne Leary, Class of 1962, hold their commemoritive Golden Diplomas
Jane Malloy, second to the left, Rita Barry, second from right, and Patricia Gillespie, right, all of the Class of 1972
Marie O'Hara, center, Class of 1944
Veronica McLoud Dort, Class of 1957
Karen Fredericks Ryle, left, Class of 1977 and Jane Cass O'Leary, right of the Class of 1962
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Maryellen Keenan Mastriani, left, Diane Goss, center, and Louise Gillis Potvin, right, all of the Class of 1962
The Class of 1977 near the tree that they planted as students.
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The Class of 1977
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Annual Security and Fire Safety Report
This annual report reflects the period of January 1 through December 31, 2017.
All policy statements and procedures contained within this Annual Security and Fire Safety Report apply to all Miami University campus locations unless otherwise specified in each section.
Policy for Reporting the Annual Disclosure of Crime Statistics
The Miami University Police prepares this report to comply with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act. The statistics disclosed in this report are gathered from the local law enforcement agencies surrounding our campuses; the offices of Residence Life, Community Standards, Business Services, the Women's Center; and the Division of Student Life. The report is prepared in cooperation with each of those offices. Each entity provides updated information on their policies and procedures and their educational efforts and programs to comply with the Act.
Fire Safety Report
This report of fire safety policies, procedures, and fire statistics is Miami University's response to the Higher Education Opportunity Act: Fire Safety Report. Learn about the policies regarding fire safety education and training programs provided to students and employees as well as rules on portable electrical appliances, smoking and open flames in residence halls. This information on fire safety also includes emergency procedures for evacuation and a list of contacts for reporting a fire. The statistics include a description of each on-campus housing facility fire safety system as well as the number of fire drills held annually. Pertinent safety issues for students in off-campus housing include landlord/tenant responsibilities, Oxford City housing codes, and fire prevention strategies.
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SK OptionTrader Closes 100 Trades
As of the 19th of June 2012, SK Options Trading is pleased to announce our 100th closed trade!
This is our biggest milestone to date and we would like to say a few things about the journey so far.
Firstly we would like to thank our highly valued subscribers, some of which have been with us from the beginning in 2009. Without the belief, and continued support of all our subscribers we would not have made it this far. Your constructive criticism has also helped mould the service into what it is today! We hope the returns we have helped you achieve are far above and beyond what you hoped for.
We continue to aim to provide the best service possible. To do this we have two main areas of focus:
Providing you a return on your investment – Since the beginning of our service, we have stressed that 'return' should be a far greater factor for consideration, than rhetoric. In fact, return should be the only factor considered when subscribing to a service such as ours.
Apart from considering the potential return on capital, we encourage our subscribers to also consider the return on the subscription fee. In our latest trade, the return of 25.61% on a $2000.00 investment would have paid for your 6 month subscription fee, in 8 days! We, and our current subscribers, consider this to be a more than reasonable rate of return. We spend countless hours each week researching, monitoring the market, analysing data, modelling and formulating strategies in order to guarantee your funds are put to work with the best risk/reward dynamics possible. In the past and as with our 100th trade, the returns we have generated have been nothing short of exemplary; an annualized return of 81.15% is testament to this. Our goal going forward is to eclipse the performance we have managed to this point.
Customer service - how we connect and interact and communicate with subscribers is of great importance to us. We do all we can to aid the understanding of our subscribers. All the analysis and perfect trading strategy in the world does not mean anything unless we can communicate it in a clear manner to our subscribers. We break every trade down into its simplest components so even the most novice investors can understand our reasoning and trading signals. This means our service can be beneficial to the portfolio of absolutely anyone, whether you have just opened your first trading account, or are a veteran of 20 years of options trading experience. For those of you who do not have the time to trade yourselves, we offer auto trading solutions to suit the busiest of investors. If you have any questions or queries relating to any facet of our service, we are more than happy to help.
How does the service work?
Subscribers pay a fee to join SK Options Trading. Once enrolled, subscribers receive market updates and trading signals from us via email. Our market updates provide in depth market analysis on our trading prospects, ideas, and information on how we believe various events will affect the market environment. Our trading signals provide exact information on what trades to place and when, as well as informing subscribers of an appropriate and timely exit point. These trading signals are very specific. We stipulate exactly what we are buying or selling, how much capital to allocate (as a percentage) and how to enter into the trade.
One of the main points of difference for our service is its clarity. We do not suggest potentially attractive trades or industries. We give solid signals that take all the guess work and uncertainty away from the subscriber. We place every single trade we recommend so our incentives are directly aligned with yours. If you want to maximise your return, you can do so by simply following our lead so that you can achieve the same results we do!
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On top of this we send out in depth weekly updates covering market conditions, potentially attractive trades, analysis on open trades, macroeconomic news and any other relevant information.
As our name eludes, we predominantly use options as trading vehicles. Options are extremely flexible and can facilitate massive returns if played correctly.
Out of 100 closed trades, 91 have turned a profit. The total return on those 100 trades (including the losers) has been 455.14%! If you had of invested $10,000 on day 1 that would now be worth $55,513.78!
Even when markets are in turmoil we can still manage to turn a profit.
Our latest SPY call spread trade was open for only 8 days before being closed out at a 25.61% profit!
This trade was a vertical call spread on the S&P 500 ETF, SPY. We signalled subscribers on the 11th of June to "… buy SPY Oct '12 $138/$140 Vertical Call Spread for a $0.82 net debit with 5% of our capital allocated to this trade". Then just 8 days later we told our subscribers that "We hereby signal to close our SPY Oct 20 '12 $138/$140 vertical call spread for a $1.03 net credit with 5% of our capital allocated to this trade". This means we generated a profit of 25.61%! In the same period of time SPY moved up 3.8%, meaning that with this signal SK OptionTrader outperformed the S&P 500 by more than 6 times!
Ahead of the Federal Reserve FOMC meeting on June 19th the S&P 500 rallied. Being aware that an announcement of no QE3 by the Federal Reserve would have caused equities to fall, we took profits just prior to the meeting. As no QE3 resulted from this meeting, our profits would have been eradicated over the next few days, showing that we were right to take profits when we did.
If you had invested $200 in this trade you could have made profits of $512.20, which would have paid for your 6 month subscription!
Some of our other successful trades:
The second trade that we closed involving the purchase of KGC puts returned 90.91% in only 11 days – giving an impressive average daily return of 8.3%! If you had invested $1000 in this trade alone then you could have paid for your 6 month subscription almost twice over in just 11 days!
On the 18th of July 2011, we bought GLD Mar-12 $180 Calls @ $3.50. We predicted that gold would rally to over $1800 through our analysis of US real rates and their inverse relationship with gold. Gold soon rallied to over $1800 meeting our predictions, and as such we chose to take profits of 197% in just over 3 weeks!
Our SLV $22 Jan-11 Calls bought on 27 September 2010 @$1.10 were sold just over 3 weeks later for exactly double what we paid, a 100% return. If you had invested $1000 in this trade, you could have paid for 6 month subscription twice over! Your subscription fee paid for in just over 3 weeks, how many other services have performance like this?
This year one of our big winners was the GLD Feb 18 '12 $155/$150 Vertical Put Spread we sold at $2.15. This trade was opened after gold became heavily oversold in December. As we predicted gold prices recovered and thus the profits of this trade grew. In January 2012 we closed the trade at a 71.58% profit. In the same time period gold, the underlying asset of the option rose only 10.28%. This means that we used options to leverage gold by over 7 times whilst maintaining only the downside of the capital invested!
Overall, SK OptionTrader has become a successful services, after 100 trades we are showing a portfolio gain of 455.14%, an annualized return of 81.15%, and an average return per trade of 35.39%! If you had invested $1000 into our average trade, then you could have easily paid for your subscription in our average trade length of just over 50 days. If you value performance, if you value sound reasoning, and if you value your portfolio, get on board with SK OptionTrader now!
Also many thanks to those of you who have already joined us and for the very kind words that you sent us regarding the service so far, we hope that we can continue to put a smile on your faces.


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Amanda Pettet was a Muggle reporter who co-wrote a front-page article with Robert Bliss about the heat wave that swept over Great Britain for the Daily Express in the summer of 1995.[2]
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- This character was presumably named after Amanda Pettett, who worked as a production assistant on the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and as a construction coordinator on all seven Harry Potter films released thereafter.[3] Whether the spelling of her surname was altered intentionally or as a result of a typographical error is unknown.
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter Limited Edition (Mentioned only)
Notes and references
- ↑ The age of majority in Muggle Britain is 18 years. To be working for a newspaper in 1995, this individual must have been 18 or older at the time.
- ↑ Harry Potter Limited Edition - A Guide to the Graphic Arts Department: Posters, Prints, and Publications from the Harry Potter Films (see this image)
- ↑ "Amanda Pettett" on IMDb
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In accordance with Carnival Corporation & plc's (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) previously announced Share Repurchase Programme, Carnival Corporation & plc announces that Carnival plc has purchased:
Shares purchased: Carnival plc ordinary USD 1.66 shares
Date of purchase: 18 April 2019
Number of shares purchased: 50,000 shares
Highest price paid per share: 4062.0 pence
Lowest price paid per share: 4009.0 pence
Average price paid per share: 4040.3123 pence
Carnival plc intends to hold these shares in treasury
Following the above purchases, and including shares which have been purchased but not yet settled, Carnival plc holds 27,569,458 shares in treasury and has 189,774,517 shares in issue (excluding shares held in treasury by Carnival plc).
The schedule below contains detailed information about the purchases made by Merrill Lynch International on behalf of Carnival plc as part of the share repurchase programme.
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Shares purchased: Carnival plc (ISIN CODE: GB0031215220)
Date of Purchase: 18 April 2019
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ALA Editions has both new and favorite titles available including Reference Sources for Small and Medium-sized Libraries by Jack O' Gorman, Creating Your Library Brand by Elisabeth Doucett, and The Library Security and Safety Guide to Prevention, Planning, and Response by Miriam Kahn. Also at the store, The Newbery and Caldecott Awards 2008 and Teen Girls and Technology by Lesley Farmer!
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Browse the latest issues of ALA TechSource's Library Technology Reports and purchase single copies at a discount from the regular price. Recent issues include "Changing the Way We Work," by Michelle Boule; "Preservation of Digital Materials," by Priscilla Caplan; and "Gaming and Libraries: Broadening the Intersections," by Jenny Levine.
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Our mission is to make the world better for kids. We invite you to browse our site to learn more about the great programs we provide for children in Wilsonville. We're very proud of our efforts, and of our community………..and, we have a lot of fun doing this fulfilling volunteer work.
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Inside FBCGFirst Baptist Church of Glenarden is so much more than Sunday service. We are a Bible-believing, Bible teaching church that offers biblical instruction 7 days a week. With more than 100 ministries, there's something for everyone at FBCG. We're only as strong as everyone working together to advance God's kingdom. So get connected, be connected and stay connected.
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Who We AreFirst Baptist Church of Glenarden has grown tremendously since its inception in 1917. This year we're celebrating 99 years of ministry. What makes us tick is our love for Jesus and God's people. The impact of our ministry reaches locally, nationally and internationally.
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Messages + MediaOur mission is to develop dynamic disciples. You'll find a number of resources to help you along your journey to becoming a follower of Jesus, from messages on CD and DVD and so much more! If you have questions to particular challenges in life, more than likely you'll find the answer here.
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Our Campuses »Visit PageOne church ministering at three campuses describes FBCG! While ministry takes place at each campus, the buildings are as distinct as their architecture. The Worship Center, Ministry Center and Empowerment Center are located just 7 miles apart in Upper Marlboro and Landover, Md.
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Contact Us »Visit PageWe'd love to hear from you. If you have any questions or need to speak with someone, phone us at 301-773-3600 or send an email to . Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
First Lady Trina JenkinsFirst Lady Trina Jenkins is the devoted wife of the senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Glenarden, John K. Jenkins Sr. In 1980, the couple wed and together they are the proud parents of six beautiful children and four grandchildren. When she is not serving in ministry, First Lady Trina spends her time maintaining the Jenkins' home, raising the couple's six children, and spending quality time with family and friends.
First Lady Trina's story is one that could have been lifted from a Christian fairy tale. She accepted Christ as her personal Savior in 1976 at Good Hope United Methodist Church in Silver Spring, Md., during a service in which her future husband (Pastor Jenkins) was the youth preacher.
A distinguished woman in her own right, Jenkins earned her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Maryland in 1982. She went on to receive an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Truth Bible College in Jacksonville, Fla., in 2004.
Her knack for the spiritual development of women and families is evident in her ministry, as well as her professional life. After completing the instructor training program offered by the Natural Family Planning Providers Association of Maryland and the District of Columbia, she worked for Providence Hospital in Washington, D.C., as a certified natural family planning instructor.
First Lady Trina relishes her other role as the director of the Family Life Ministries Department at First Baptist. With the goal of "developing dynamic families," she oversees more than 30 ministries related to men, women and families. She also preaches and teaches at various venues such as churches, retreats and conferences in the United States, as well as Africa.
The Lord continues to use this well-respected, godly woman to train other Christian women to reach their full spiritual potential through widely attended First Baptist retreats and conferences that draw women from near and far.
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Beyonce Goes Hard in Super Bowl Rehearsals as Alicia Keys Defends Her Inauguration Performance
Beyonce is a notorious perfectionist, which may well be why she chose to sing along to a backing track -- not lip sync -- for her performance of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' at President Obama's Inauguration. Her fellow Destiny's Child members have already rushed to her defense, and now her pal Alicia Keys, who performed at Obama's Commander-in-Chief Ball, is joining the ranks of Team Beyhive as well.
"What I do know is that Beyonce is a great performer and she is an incredible artist with a really, really powerful voice," Keys said. "And the one thing that you cannot doubt is that she can sing, you know what I mean? And she absolutely can sing. So all the rest of all the whys or whatever, we know that she can deliver," Keys said firmly. "And she did deliver that song really beautifully."
Beyonce has taken the backlash well. She hasn't addressed it, but is using it to motivate her to work harder at her Super Bowl Halftime Show performance, where she'll open with 'Crazy in Love' before leading into a Destiny's Child medley with Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland. In fact, she's so serious about "knocking them dead" that she posted some rehearsal photos on Instagram.
In one shot, we see Bey stretching, wearing a Brooklyn Nets v-neck t-shirt -- likely an homage to her hubby, Jay-Z, who owns stock in the team (and in their home court at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.).
In another, we see silhouettes of dancers, which implies that some serious choreography is going into this show. We wouldn't expect anything less from Bey, who remains one of the few superstars who can successfully sing live and dance at the same time and make it look effortless.


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This afternoon's blast of hail, rain and a funnel cloud near Denver International Airport sounded the alarm that the severe weather season is upon us in Colorado.
The National Weather Service is getting the word out as part of Severe Weather Awareness Week that begins Sunday.
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Given the timing, the National Weather Service notes, "To avoid any confusion with an actual alert, the test will be canceled if extreme weather activity occurs during the test day."


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WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The weatherman said the wind was blowing in a blizzard so a star-studded concert at the U.S. White House celebrating civil rights era music was moved up a day.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama had expected to hold the latest in the 2010 White House Music Series, "In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement," Wednesday in the East Room but the impending bad weather prompted the change to Tuesday night.
The lineup included The Freedom Singers, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Yolanda Adams, Natalie Cole, Smokey Robinson, Jennifer Hudson, John Mellencamp, John Legend, Seal, the Howard University Choir and the Blind Boys of Alabama.
Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Queen Latifah were the scheduled guest speakers.
Before they performed, the president told the audience attending the Black History Month event the civil rights movement and musicians of the time fed off each other, USA Today reported.
"It was music that was not only inspired by the movement, but gave strength in return," Obama said. "Let this music carry us forth, as one people. As one nation."
The concert will be televised at 8 p.m. EST Thursday on public broadcasting stations nationwide.


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1. Picture Wall.. The photo printing site I use offered my first 40 prints for free so this whole wall just cost me the 99p delivery charge! (Snapfish, if you're interested) I basically just got my entire Tumblr blog printed out so I could see my saved inspiration every day :)
2. Thrifted Frame Cluster.. I painted up a bunch of frames I'd bought from charity shops for silly money, layed them out on the floor to figure out the best clustery shape for them, took a picture as a reference and then hung each frame starting with the centrepiece. I used a ruler to make sure each outer one was the same distance away from that one to give a neat look to the whole cluster. I eventually filled the frames with images from an old Fairies calender. (which I've already posted about a LONG time ago! Look, right there in the sidebar ---> )
3. Framed Inspiration Collage.. This frame had been lying around my house with a wrinkled up Toy Story poster in it for.. too long. I eventually decided to take apart my old scrapbook and use my favourite images to make this! I basically used a big piece of white card from the art shop that happened to perfectly fit the frame and spent a couple of evenings trying out lay-outs and gluing things on. If you do this start at the edges with your biggest images and work to the middle and try to have a main image for the centre. Then you can put all the smaller images on, add some stickers, glitter or whatever! I really love how this turned out, although it's one of those annoying times when photos don't do things justice. Booo.
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The Gilded Frames of St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
NEH was pleased to award The St. Johnsbury Athenaeum in northeastern Vermont with a Preservation Assistance Grant for Smaller Institutions. The grant supported a conservation assessment of the Athenaeum's gilded frames, which hold its collection of 19th-century European and American paintings, including masterworks by Albert Bierstadt, Worthington Whittredge, Sanford Gifford, Jasper Cropsey, and Adolphe William Bouguereau. The Athenaeum is a legacy of the Fairbanks family of St. Johnsbury, inventors and manufacturers of the world's first platform scale, who gave the Athenaeum to the trustees of the institution in 1871.
The gilded frames, most of which are original to their paintings, are displayed in the same manner and locations as they were in the 1870s, giving visitors a more complete view of the era's art and architecture. Exhibited permanently in the gallery and throughout the entire National Historic Landmark building, this unique collection remains largely unchanged. In 2012, Yankee Magazine named the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum an editor's pick of the Best of New England for the "Best Art in a Time Capsule."
The Athenaeum's collection is enhanced by the paintings' gilded frames, which display a wide variety of ornamentation and design details. The gilded frames provide a window into Victorian-era museum practices. As art critic and writer Percy Fitzgerald phrased it in 1886, gilded frames create a sort of boundary "between the vulgar surrounding world and the sort of spiritual life of Art." The frame survey was carried out on November 8 - 10, 2011, by Hugh Glover, Frame and Furniture Conservator from the Williamstown Art Conservation Center located in Williamstown, MA and assisted by independent conservator M J Davis of West Burke, VT. The completed frame survey will help the Athenaeum's staff plan for the on-going care of the paintings collection, care that will now focus primarily on the gilded, period frames.
Included in the interpretation of the paintings collection is the history of the Fairbanks industrial legacy in St. Johnsbury, the history of the Athenaeum's construction, its gallery and collections, and specific information about the various works of art, most notably Albert Bierstadt's Domes of the Yosemite (1867). Although located in a relatively remote area of northeastern Vermont, 70,000 visitors come to the Athenaeum's gallery annually from all over the United States and the world.


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Thursday, June 05, 2008
Heroes, not Tourists
However, one big negative for Mount Hyjal is that there is no purpose to the heroes being there. Unlike the previous Caverns of Time instances, where the Infinite Dragonflight is trying to alter history, pretty much everything seems to happen as it is supposed to. The raid isn't a band of heroes, they're a group of tourists.
I don't demand much from the lore in this game, but there's usually a mission behind our ventures into the various raid instances. Mount Hyjal seems to lack any purpose. It feels like Blizzard thought, "You know what was a cool mission/event in Warcraft III? Mount Hyjal! Let's allow players to revisit it." Playing tourist, rather than doing something heroic.
The Infinite Dragonflight are also superb villains. Mysterious dragons, with that awesome reverb effect for their voices. Epoch Hunter's reveal in Durnholde was an epic moment. Aoenus in the Black Morass made a really good argument for preventing Medivh from opening the Dark Portal. In many ways, the Infinite Dragonflight are the best villains in The Burning Crusade, and it was a real disappointment that they did not appear in Mount Hyjal.
The reason I'm writing about this now is that Blizzard is talking about the new Caverns of Time instance coming in Wrath of the Lich King, the Culling of Stratholme. And the manner in which they are talking about it seems to be emphasising the tourist aspect heavily, "The Culling of Stratholme was a cool mission in WC3. Let's have the players go play tourist with Arthas."
New CoT instances are a great idea. They're fun and often unique. But they need to be along the lines of Durholde and Black Morass, giving the players a heroic purpose, rather than Mount Hyjal, where the raid is just a gaggle of tourists.
Also, bring back the Infinite Dragonflight please.
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I'm actually kind of torn.ReplyDelete
I also like the Infinite Dragonflight. I would love to explore the lore and motivations behind them and their messing with the timeline.
On that note though, I do like being able to see big moments in the past lore like the Battle of Hyjal. I remember the first time I went to Burning Steppes and ran over to Blackrock Mountain and said to myself "Oh man this is where Lothar had his duel with Doomhammer!" AWESOME!".
I really do find that the lore is one of the things that keeps bringing me back to the game (the reason I wasn't really able to get into AoC). I think its important and exciting to see and experience major places and events from the previous Warcraft games.
Yes, but they could easily have added some plot of the black dragonflight to the hyjal raid, which would still allow people to to revisit that content while making it actually matter.ReplyDelete
I agree, it's all about feeling that you have a purpose when you enter into an encounter or instance. It may feel like you're a ham actor asking his director 'what's my motivation for this role' but adequate justification is a pretty big part of making an RPG what it is.ReplyDelete
The problem with Mt Hyjal and The Culling is that we are not progressing in storyline, we're revisiting backstory. We already know how it all ends, so to keep the storyline progressing we need antagonists like the Infinite Dragonflight to make us think that the Role we Play has value and impact.
Okay, I do know I'm a Lore Whore. But even so I think that for most players WoW is a whole lot more than game mechanics and beating encounters. Immersion in the game is important to enjoy the game, and immersion isn't provided by a series of disjointed encounters reintroducing old lore. Now Old lore with a new plot twist and stand-alone plot arch... I can dig that.
Hello. As an aside, welcome to posting at Subcreation! I hope you come back :)ReplyDelete
Now to comment on your post:
I hate the Infinite Dragonflight. I think they have bad voice acting; I cringed horribly the first time I heard Epoch, back in beta. My disgust extended so far as to motivate me to post on the beta forums, asking that they be scrapped, reworked or at least renamed ("Infinite" Dragonflight?) Sadly, none of that happened.
Why am I so opposed to the Infinite Dragonflight? They constitute a lore twist without basis, something straight out of left field to justify including otherwise cool instances (I loved Durnholde apart from the I.D.). I see them as a placeholder, a stand-in and I don't feel their presence resonates deeply with WoW lore, or evokes a sense of epicness, of long threads of history coming together. The lack of any fleshing out of their story contributes to this; I can only say I am grateful that they lack a presence in Hyjal. I hope not to see them in Stratholme, as they'd be distracting from the real reason I want to go to Stratholme: to fight beside Arthas, to see the man, the paladin that walked Azeroth before the Lich King stole his soul.
All that said, I agree with you that instances should aim to place players into the role of heroes and not tourists. I felt that was what Durnholde did, and I felt that the Dragonflight got in the way of that experience more than it contributed to it. The heroic aspect, for me, came from helping Thrall, not from fighting enemies I had never heard of until I saw them before me.
Being that I have only stepped into Hyjal far enough to be stomped by Rage Winterchill... I hadn't really thought about it.ReplyDelete
You make a good point... the CoT instances always felt very epic and cool beyond the Auchindoin or Hellfire Citadel ones because of their lore base and well... beating on evil dragons is cool.
I think the most recent Blizzcast talks about the new CoT raid and how they are changing it up a bit... hopefully we will see the return of the Infinite Dragonflight then?
You might like this. From the podcast that came out today when talking to Kaplan (Tigole) about CoT: Strath:ReplyDelete
"And then I think it's also really important that we continue to tell the story of the Infinite Dragonflight and sort of explain what's going on with the Caverns of Time in general."
So I think its somewhat safe to say there will be a resurgence of the Infinite Dragonflight.
Hyjal was not only a tourist instance, it was bad at that. The overwhelming theme in the original Warcraft 3 mission, Twilight of the Gods, was that it was a desperate delaying battle against the unstoppable Burning Legion. No matter what you did, Archimonde was going to reach Nordrassil eventually.ReplyDelete
Instead, in the WoW Mount Hyjal the heroes have no problems keeping Scourge at bay and get bored waiting for the next wave. When you finally get the boss to spawn and kill him, it's time for the next attraction. No desperate retreating battles, just "Ok, we won. Let's give the Scourge our base now." It's like those old theme parks with lame animatronics. You just want the show to be over.
And then there's Archimonde. When you first see him, he's already draining Nordrassil. You know, doing the very thing that Jaina, Thrall, Malfurion, Tyrande and Madivh wanted to stop from ever happening, even if it meant sacrificing the combined armies of the Alliance, Horde and the Kaldorei. But no worries. Just pick up your trinkets from your local tourist trap and off you go, kicking the snot out of one of the most dangerous beings that Azeroth has ever seen. Meanwhile, the mighty Kaldorei army is just going to watch while you doom Azeroth by standing in a fire like a bunch of retards.
Speaking of the fight itself.. I hope you weren't expecting that desperate battle where mighty heroes sacrifice themselves to buy a few more precious seconds for their comrades. Because what you're going to do for the majority of the time is to stand at a distance well away from any danger and wait.
- Anonymous5:02 PM, June 06, 2008
Id like to point out that there should not be an option to make Gnome warriors.ReplyDelete
carry on
- Anonymous6:48 AM, June 10, 2008
clear MH a couple more times and you will want to stab yourselfReplyDelete
You pegged it on the nose; it was a "how cool would it be?" moment that Blizzard added. Drysc himself stated:ReplyDelete
It's a "time pocket" if you will. There's no intended link to the Infinite Dragonflight or their dastardly deeds of altered timeways, and you're not literally interacting with history. It's simply a way for players to experience some of the larger moments in Warcraft history, and admittedly the Mount Hyjal instance isn't really linked to the world for any rhyme or reason. The timeway presented itself, it's an amazing opportunity to be there and experience such a major event, and Archimonde drops phat purples.
It's a bit disappointing that they didn't try to justify the reason we're there, but it is a rather cool instance, the fights are fun and sometimes have quirky little mechanics, and I enjoy heading back week after week.
Shalkis, I agree with you completely. Perhaps the reason I stopped raiding 25-mans, the reason I still have not been inside Black Temple despite my guild clearing boss after boss without me, is the disappointment I felt in Hyjal.ReplyDelete
We wiped a few times on each of the first four bosses, and it wasn't like "oh no! you failed and now Jaina is dead and the world is doomed!" it's more like "oops, let's respawn the NPCs and try again."
Whenever you kill a boss, it's not "we just had a minor victory, but hurry and drink up so we can be prepared for the demons headed our way right this moment!" it's more like "okay, let's distribute loot. Is everybody ready? Somebody go talk to Thrall so that we can start the next wave."
And when you kill Azgalor and leave Thrall's camp, and you see Archimonde, all you can think is "is that tree supposed to be the world tree? It's kinda small... it's barely bigger than the other trees around here!" when you expect it to be somewhere closer to the size of Teldrassil. You know, the new world tree. And with Archimonde being big enough to climb the thing, you kinda expect him to be bigger than Prince Malchezaar.
Shalkis, I agree with you completely. Perhaps the reason I stopped raiding 25-mans, the reason I still have not been inside Black Temple despite my guild clearing boss after boss without me, is the disappointment I felt in Hyjal.ReplyDelete
While Hyjal was a disappointment, Black Temple was not. If you have an opportunity to go there, please do. There's variety on the trash mobs, there's nice places for sightseeing like Supremus' area and the Reliquary of Souls. Finally, the bosses are interesting, especially Reliquary of Souls and Illidan. Even through Illidan is on farm status, fighting him still feels epic. There's unique music, speech from the three NPCs (Illidan, Akama & Maiev) and plenty of eye candy. Surviving even though he's thrown everything but the kitchen sink at you feels good. Even.. heroic.


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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A fire has raged across an ecological reserve in the capital of Argentina, just a few blocks from the city's political and financial center.
Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri says there are suspicions that Wednesday's blaze was intentionally set.
Authorities say at least eight fire crews fought to bring the blaze under control after flames raged more than 30 feet (10 meters) in the air.
No injuries have been reported.
The Ecological Reserve covers more than a square mile (300 hectares) bordering the Rio de la Plata. The mayor says it hasn't yet been determined how much of the park burned.
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