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She is already dead by the time her body reaches the last stair. She lands awkwardly in a heap at the bottom, her left leg pointing up the staircase, her right leg hanging out over her body, its bare foot dangling just past her head. Her arms flail, one across the hardwood floor, the other over her head, which is twisted at such an extreme angle it assures me that she is certainly dead. I stand there shaking a moment, clutching my head and reeling. I walk down the stairs slowly with my hand on the railing. I suddenly don't feel quite so drunk. The world takes on a terrible dream-like feeling for a minute or two. I call her name lamely and wait, nothing.
My voice bounces of the walls and echoes throughout the house, it startles me. I begin to panic. How could this be happening to me? It had only been moments before she was standing right here, right in front of me, so alive, so angry, and now this? I had barely pushed her to keep her away from hitting me, just a little shove. I mean, I had to protect myself. It was self defense, right? Man, you've really done it this time, haven't you Jimmy? Think of how this looks, just stop and think about how all this looks.
I take a few more steps down the stairs and look out the window, lights are on at the neighbors' houses but I don't see anyone in their windows. I don't have much time. Think, think, think! I hurry over to the window, stepping over the body along the way. I close the blinds, it might already be too late but, then again, it might not. We were shouting pretty loud before the accident, the neighbors might already be onto me. I feel my left front pocket for my keys and realize they aren't there, my heart races and I feel a large bead of sweat roll down my back, the first of many to come. I rush up the stairs to the bedroom and check the nightstand, they aren't there either. Now, I really start to panic.
I tear the sheets from the bed and hear the jingle of my keys as they fly across the room. I dive on them like a mad beast and jump down the stairs and over the body as quickly as I can. I hurry down the hall and open the garage door frantically, inside, her car and an empty space for mine. I push the button for the garage door and it slowly begins to open. I rush out the open door and to my truck, it takes me a minute to start it because my hands are shaking so badly. I take a quick look around, nobody's watching. I get it started and pull into the garage. I get out and close the garage door behind my truck. I hurry back into the house, down the hallway and back to the body. Her eyes are still open, watching me, I close them.
I stand there a moment, thinking about what I'm about to do. I finally work up the nerve and force my hands under her torso, reach for the armpits and lift her up slightly. Her body is still warm, and when I lift her torso up her head flops backwards so far that I'm almost sick right there. I begin to drag her down the hall and towards the garage, I let her go for a moment to open the door. I get over to my truck and open the rear door before returning to the body. I feel drunk again and I feebly struggle for what feels like an eternity trying to lift the lifeless body and carry it to the truck. I finally succeed and I carry it to the truck where I lay it across the back seat. I take a tarp from the back and begin to wrap her in it. As I cover her face, I hesitate.
"What the Hell am I doing?"
The sound of a car pulling into the driveway snaps me out of this thought and I dash through the garage door and across the house. Through the blinds I can see the headlights from the car, looming outside. I creep slowly to the blinds and pull them aside slightly, wincing in the potent white light. The car is parked directly behind my truck outside of the garage door. The car kills its lights and a man steps out. His face is familiar, I've seen it before in photos around her home. It's her husband.


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Yesterday, bf, brother, his girl, and little brother all went to the zoo. I thought we were gonna go to vaunghan mills, but the kids really wanted to go to the zoo,so i was like, what the heck,let's just go and if it rains, i can say, in your face! hahaha.
but God was on their side, even tho the skies were cloudy throughout the morning, and later into the afternoon it spitted a little bit, but we managed to stay in the shop and looked at the animals in those centers. So when we came outside it was HOT HOT HOT HOT. it was a REAL summer day, something that i haven't felt in agess!! I hope the weather will remain like this for the remaining of this summerr..AHhhh. But anywas, it was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO hot, i regretted it soooo much for not bringing sunglasses! the one day you can wear sunglasses, i totally forgot them. i did not prepare at all the day before, because the whole week i was thinking it would rain! and SUNSCREEN!!!. and HATS. OMG. it was so sad. we didn't bring any of those. i wasn't properly dressed either. So definately, if you go on these adventures.
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TRAVELLING BAG-OR don't even bother with it
POCKETS, for the money
DEODORANT - cos u will stink
Perfume- if u can't handle the STINK of some animals
BRING your own DRINKS! FROZENNN!! (ofcourse, if u wann carry them that is)
OFcourse, that is if u go on those HOT HOT HOT HUMID summer days.
Some stuff i wanna say, that i'm lazy to write out, so i'll just JOT it.
- The DRINKS AND ICECREAm WAS EXPENSIVE! - 5 bucks for a poptical, 3ish for a drink, or 2.50 if u go to the vending machines, BEST if u find the vending machines, not the stands, cos the drinks aren't that cold at the stands and they are more expensive.
- There is ALOT of walking, so if u don't have solider shooes, then you are pretty much dead, because i saw a girl walking in heels, and i almost cried at the sight of that. Running shoes are gonna stink and ur gonna sweat, so don't bother. invest in sandles.
- If you don't get in by 1ish, then don't even bother, bcos it closed at 7.30, so if u do want to get ur money's worth and see everything then go early, because there is crazi travel time.
- America and Canada sucked, we wasted our time in Canada, so if u must, i reccomend skipping this. Afterall we DO live in CANADA. blahhh*
- We started at the biggest place, which was Africa, some of the animals were hidding, or off display, bcos some event, or too hot for them.
- The polar bears would be out at AUG 1st, so if u want to see them go then. THe flemmingo was off when i went, becaue of the event, they wanted to let staff members see the polar bear first before the public seees it.
- YOu will need the friggin map, so don't forget to take it at the enterance, because you will get lost.
- Watch out for bird shit. hahaha
- bring an extra camera, if urs dont have enough memory or isn't charged, because i was lazy to put mine in to charge, and it died after we finished Canada, so i didn't get half of the stuff :/. so i gotta jack steven's girl's pic now. hahaha. U will regret it if u forgot ur camera
So anywas, the plan was we were to meet nancy there, but she was not motivated to go, because it looked like it was going to rain, and the friggin weather man always lie. THUNDER STORM? buddy, i didn't see sparks until i left missisauga, which was like at 9ish. so there was sunshine after about 2-3 ish for the whole friggin day. i was burning like eggs. so you know me, when i was like sweating to death, i had to txt her to let her now how wonderful the weather is. hahahaha..
Anywas, the animals were pretty cool, they had some indoors which i'm not that big of a fan off, but also outdoors. Some of the animals, u only saw like 1 or 2-3 of, which was like disappointing, cos it seemed like they died off or something. There was this gorilla, monkey tha was just laying in the corner stratching itself. it looked like it was sick, bored, or like dying. i don't know. poor thing.
i was just a little disappointed bcos i guess we were expecting to see more exotic animals that we've never seen. But that didn't really happen. especially when the flemingo was off display. wtf. i never seen one before.
So anywas, after a hard day at the zoo, we headed to missisauga for some Pho88, because steven wanted asian food, so we all ordered food and drinks. omg. we totally pigged out, all the calories u burn walking, is doneeee! hahaha
So when we were leaving missisauga, we encountered a life and death situation....
It was a yellow light, and hunnie didn't approach the intersection yet, so then i said, hunnie!, then he gased it and went across, and at the time the car at the intersection was going to make its turn, so basically it came out of no where, so baby swerved the car to the left, just enough so that that car didn't collide with us, bcos i guess they saw us coming and braked it crazy. So then swerving to the right, we saw a man on a bike , he wanted to bike across, so then kong had to swerve back to the left, and now we are facing a damn divider with a pole, so he had to swerve again to the right and back to the lane...so basically we went through 3 obsticle, the car turning, the man, and the friggin dividor. my heart almost fell out of my ass, i don't think i even breathed during that time. it was so intense, thank god, nothing was hit, the car is in one piece, there was NO COP! and we drove off like normal....it was crazy. it was the first time i was in such a close to accident thing. yeah, so then i got kind of mad at him. i was proud that he handled it so well. serious, we were like drifting..i felt like i was in fast and furious. the stering was like friggin crazi, i remember hearing him stering the wheel so fast. the whole time i i just kept thinking. DAMN, don't HIT dont HIT!! sigh... what a way to finish the night..
So then after we finally arrived home. and just bummed out, and knocked out. it was intense.
This was at MC.D our break in between before we got to the ZOO for lunch. This is whent he hair was still nice and the make up in place
yeah, kevin caught me off guard, totally paparizetti...we were lost okay...
we went to vn to get these photos done...AHEM..hahaha
in one of the exhibition thingy..indoor stuff...yeahh..got lazy to carry the clutch ya know..
there would've been more pics, but my camera kind of died..so like yeahhhhhhhhhhh.....
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Comic Con 2014 kicked off on Thursday July 24th, and long before the stars take to the red carpet, the fans are bound to catch your eye. These aren't your standard, run-of-the-mill fans... these are superfans. And they come to Comic Con dressed to the nines in some of the funniest, coolest and weirdest costumes we've ever seen.
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The Beacons closed out their season with nine consecutive wins, including a 5-4 overtime victory over defending ECAC champion Bentley to set the tone for the ECAC playoffs. UMass Boston soundly defeated Amherst in the rubber game of their season series, 8-3, and followed with a convincing 4-1 win over Bentley to capture the ECAC crown behind tournament Most Valuable Player, Don Perdios' four goals in the tournament. UMB's high-powered offense featured a trio of outstanding freshman forwards, who all racked up 50 or more points on the season. Joe McCafferty, who shined all season for the Beacons, established still standing school records in points (77) and goals (42) and tallied an amazing 12 hat tricks for another school mark. The ECAC Rookie of the Year was also selected to the ECAC All-Star squad after leading all league players with 54 points within the conference. Classmate Mark Moran also made an immediate impact, cashing in with 67 points on 32 goals and 35 assists, while Joe Bulens netted 23 goals to go with 28 assists for 51 points. Junior Andy Anisimov split the net duties with sophomore Paul Morrissette. Anisimov's 2.66 goals against average still ranks as the lowest mark in UMass Boston history and Morrissette's stingy 2.23 GAA in ECAC play was the lowest of any ECAC goaltender.
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World Cup: Rio Ferdinand would be welcomed back to England squad in future
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain sees no reason why Rio Ferdinand cannot represent England again despite his withdrawal.
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Manager Roy Hodgson had performed a selection U-turn in welcoming Manchester United defender Ferdinand back to his squad for the forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against San Marino and Montenegro.
But the centre-back on Monday lunchtime had to pull out of the squad due to his 'detailed pre-planned training and medical programme', which has managed his back injury problems in recent years.
And after learning of Ferdinand's withdrawal, Oxlade-Chamberlain told Sky Sports News: "It is really disappointing for us. Obviously, Rio is an amazing footballer.
"He plays for a club like Manchester United so the experience that he can bring to us from his club team and the level he plays at - Champions League football - would be brilliant.
"But the players that will come in and the players in the squad are more than capable to do the role and fill in with good quality and good experience."
Hodgson had previously appeared to have looked beyond 34-year-old Ferdinand having decided not to select the former West Ham United and Leeds United player for Euro 2012.
But Ferdinand has always maintained he will not turn his back on his country and Oxlade-Chamberlain sees no reason why there could not be a return in the future.
"I do not think there is any reason why he should not," said the Arsenal star. "He is an amazing player and has been for so many years.
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A Rocket To The Moon to Unveil Second Album 'WILD & FREE, 3/26
Fueled By Ramen recording group A Rocket To The Moon has announced the release of their eagerly awaited sophomore album. "WILD & FREE" arrives everywhere on March 26th.
Recorded in Nashville by famed producer Mark Bright (Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire), "WILD & FREE" is heralded by the uplifting new single, "Ever Enough." The track can be heard now via audio stream at ARTTM's official YouTube channel, located at www.youtube.com/arttmband, while its Companion video will have its premiere later this month.
"WILD & FREE" will be made available for pre-order on February 19th via the band's own store.arockettothemoon.net, as well as the official Fueled By Ramen webstore, store.fueledbyramen.com. A variety of bundles will be on offer, including such limited edition extras as a "Second Chance" t-shirt, a "Wild Wings" bandana, and a "Wild & Free" patch. All packages include a CD copy of "WILD & FREE" and an instant MP3 download of "Ever Enough."
"We know it's been a long three and a half years," said A Rocket To The Moon in a joint statement. "We've felt it too. But now we feel something new and we hope you feel it too. It's that feeling knowing something good is coming your way, something you can enjoy, love, and share with your friends. When you hear these songs, we hope you'll play them as loud as you can, and scream the words out your windows at the top of your lungs. We hope they'll mean as much to you as they do to us."
"WILD & FREE" follows 2012's "THAT OLD FEELING," a 4-song EP featuring a number of the album's finest moments, including the breezy hit single, "Whole Lotta You." "THAT OLD FEELING" which is available now on the iTunes Store earned critical praise from a number of national publications. American Songwriter hailed the EP's "First Kiss" as a "heart-on-your-sleeve love song," while Paste applauded A Rocket To The Moon's "songs of feel-good country rock led by the sweet-sounding vocals of frontman Nick Santino."
"WILD & FREE" sees A Rocket To The Moon continuing to grow their ingenious and distinctive blend of country, rock, folk, and pop. Songs like "Another Set of Wings" and the raucous title track see ARTTM frontman Nick Santino teaming with some of Nashville's top songwriters, known for their collaborations with such superstars as Taylor Swift, Sugarland, Rascal Flatts, and Tim McGraw, to name a few. In addition, A Rocket To The Moon is joined in studio by an array of very special guests, including Stephen Barker Liles (of chart-topping country duo, Love and Theft), Elizabeth Huett (known for her longtime work with Taylor Swift), and Josh Jenkins (of Top 40 rockers, Green River Ordinance).
A Rocket To The Moon first tapped into its idiosyncratic country-tinged approach on 2010's "THE RAINY DAY SESSIONS." The 5-track EP features new versions of songs originally found on the band's 2009 debut album, "ON YOUR SIDE," recorded with female bluegrass group Larkin Poe and award-winning producer Dan Hannon (Manchester Orchestra). Highlighted by a creative cover of Beyoncé's classic "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)," "THE RAINY DAY SESSIONS" also featured the hit single, "Like We Used To." Fueled by rotation at MTV Hits and mtvU as well as featured play on two of MTV's biggest hit shows, Teen Mom and Jersey Shore the track proved ARTTM's popular breakthrough, with total sales now approaching 300,000. What's more, "Like We Used To" was an Undeniable online sensation, drawing over 8 million individual video streams at Fueled By Ramen's official YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/user/FueledByRamen.
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NCAre you ready for even more March Madness?
In December, Sports Business Journal reported that the NCAA was kicking around the idea of expanding the NCAA men's basketball tournament from 65 to 96 teams in order to maximize television revenues from the popular event. It seemed far-fetched, similar to reading that Harvard was going to start accepting everyone who applied because it would mean more money in tuition.
The bigger tournament seems like a fairly likely prospect. On Monday, Sports by Brooks, via an ESPN source, reported that the expansion is a "done deal" and the NCAA could kick things off as soon as 2011 after they opt out of their current deal with CBS and get a new broadcast contract for the games. Reports have varied about just how done the deal actually is, but everyone sounds fairly resigned to the new tournament.
It's an awful idea. The top 32 teams would get byes, meaning that the only gain for fans would be an extra round of games between teams effectively seeded 9-24 in their respective brackets. In other words, it's a glorified play-in tournament to get into the actual field. Why not just have every team in the country play?
And just try fitting 96 teams on a sheet of paper for your office bracket.
Expanding to 96 teams guarantees that the regular season will be watered down and that college athletes will be diverted from class because they are playing a longer basketball season. If those two arguments sound familiar, it is because it is exactly the same argument the NCAA makes when they let people know why they are against a playoff in college football.
It seems like a pretty big contradiction, but it boils down to two things.
The first is money. The NCAA can make all the noise it wants about being interested in academics and grooming future leaders or whatever, but the only reason they really exist is to make money for themselves and the schools. That explains why they'd add 31 games to the tournament and why they'd be so persistent in protecting the chance for third-tier college football teams to earn some coin by playing in games sponsored by GMAC or Papa John's.
The other similarity is far more infuriating. In both basketball and football, the NCAA is going out of its way to reward mediocrity. The low level bowl games exist simply to reward teams coming off of middling seasons and the additional 31 spots in an NCAA basketball tournament serve the same purpose. The only people who think that makes sense are university presidents -- refer back to money -- and coaches whose jobs are far more secure if they can crow about bowl and tournament appearances.
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Noodles! Roamin' Off! (Japanese: ロケット団解散!? Rocket-dan Breakup!?) is the 117th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 583rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 5, 2009 and in the United States on August 1, 2009.
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On their way to the next town and Snowpoint City, Ash and his friends are confronted by Team Rocket and their latest mecha with the age-old goal of nabbing Pikachu. Being in a no-nonsense mood, Ash has Pikachu use Thunderbolt to blast them away. Team Rocket land in the ocean, and coming ashore covered in seaweed. Meowth and Jessie are devastated by the latest defeat, both physically and emotionally drained. However, James refuses to give up, suggesting that they beat Ash and the others to town. In town they are greeted by an aroma and come across a ramen shop. Despite being broke, they eat and attempt to escape without paying but the escape is aborted when they see Ash and the others, having shown up to grab a bite to eat. They hide from the twerps, but are found by one of the noodle makers who tells the three the owner is demanding to have a word with them.
As the three are taken to see the owner by the noodle maker, they beg for forgiveness, and try to offer manual labor as compensation. However, to their surprise he refers to them as his mentors. Its then revealed that the shop owner, Christopher, was their friend and underclassman from their days at the Team Rocket Academy. Christopher reveals in a flashback that after a tough day at the Academy, they went to a Ramen Noodle shop. There Jessie and James told him there was more to life than Team Rocket, then treated him to a bowl of noodles. He became impressed by their kindness and the how delicious the ramen was. After returning to Sinnoh he opened up his own ramen shop, naming it 'Jessie and James' Noodle Shop' after the ones who inspired him. Serving a thousand bowls of noodles in a single day, he soon had eleven of the most popular ramen shops across the entire Sinnoh Region. After the flashback ends, he thanks Jessie and James offering them all they can eat... for free! When the noodle maker loses his grasp on a ball of noodle dough, it goes hurtling towards Meowth who uses Fury Swipes on it. In doing so he unintentionally slices the dough into perfect noodles, and Christopher is impressed. He asks Meowth to work for him, telling him that he is easily one of the best noodle makers ever and would eventually end up taking over the reins of the business. Meowth starts to picture the money and respect this would bring but Jessie and James object, telling Christopher than Meowth is needed to build their mechas. Though he hated that Meowth's talent would go to waste, Christopher does not want to do anything to inconvenient his mentors and dropped the matter.
Ash, Dawn and Brock leave the town with the stomachs full of delicious noodles and resume the journey to Snowpoint City when Team Rocket confronts the three again, this time with a noodle-inspired mecha. They are zapped by Pikachu yet again, and are blasted off to repeat their previous landing. Jessie and James blame their failure on Meowth, which angers him. Meowth announces he is going go back to Christopher and train to become a noodle master. James tries to apologize for blaming their failure on Meowth, but Meowth still quits. James tries to chase after Meowth, but Jessie stops him explaining that Meowth should be allowed to decide what is best for himself. Still upset, James contemplates losing Meowth while Jessie looks at the ribbons she earned in the Solaceon and Majolica Contests and decides to dedicate herself to Pokémon Contests full-time. Jessie tells James (to his absolute horror) that she is also quitting that he should also consider leaving Team Rocket too, reminding him that he comes from a filthy-rich family and has a fiance waiting for him. Jessie then changes into her Jessalina costume and twirls away. A devastated James is left alone and he yells into the sunset, vowing to climb to the top of the Team Rocket ladder.
Later that night, James is crying next to a fire unable to imagine his life without his long-time teammates. He looks up and sees Meowth and Jessie in the stars, wondering what the two are up to. James then hears Ash and the others, and puts out his camp fire so he wouldn't be seen. Spying on them he overhears Dawn talking about an oddly colored Metagross living on a nearby mountain. Realizing this would be ideal to give to the boss, James decides to go after and catch it. However, he takes off so soon that he doesn't hear that this certain Metagross is very aggressive and people who have previously tried to catch it have become seriously injured.
The next day, James climbs Metagross Mountain where the Metagross lives. Two hikers take notice of James' mislead adventure, but do not try to warn him of the danger and proceed on their way. Later, Jessie (disguised as Jessalina) can be seen practicing in the park with Yanmega. She is interrupted when she hears one of the hikers from before talking. Thinking his comment was directed at her, she quickly becomes enraged. However, realizes it wasn't her they were talking about. Upon listening to them further, she finds out about the Metagross and a "Naive Trainer" with a big red R on his shirt. Realizing they're talking about, she presses the two for more info. She then hurries off to go tell Meowth. When she arrives at the ramen shop it is packed with customers and Christopher, not recognizing Jessie under her Jessalina disguise, tries to force her out. Meowth sees this and goes to investigate. After apologizing, Christopher tells Meowth that Jessie needs to talk to him. Meowth however thinks she wants to talk him out of becoming a noodle making master, thus he doesn't want to listen to anything Jessie wants to say. He tells her to get off his back, and the Meowth she knew was gone. Devastated by this she tells him she only came to wish him congratulations, and that he earned it before running out crying.
Back on the mountain James calls out to Metagross who is less then happy with James' challenge. James calls out Mime Jr. as Metagross uses Confusion on some boulders. James commands Mime Jr. to use Teeter Dance and confuse Metagross. However this backfires badly as the boulders Metagross used Confusion on fly out of control. James scoops up Mime Jr. and runs away stopping just short of a cliff. Metagross corners James and Mime Jr. forcing James to call out Carnivine. After dealing with Carnivine's usual antics, he commands Carnivine to use Vine Whip. Metagross counters with Confusion, ans James, Mime Jr. and Carnivine are ensnared in Carnivine's vines. Metagross then begins using Confusion to levitate James, Mime Jr. and Carnivine into the air and prepares to drop them over the cliff... until Yanmega comes to the rescue with Steel Wing which releases James and his Pokémon. Seviper then follows up with Poison Tail and Metagross is knocked off the cliff. Jessie (back in uniform) laughs diabolically in victory, and James rushes over to meet her. After a back and forth between Jessie and James, Metagross gets up. Jessie insults Metagross angering it, and making it launch boulders at her and James. Jessie quickly uses Wobbuffet and its Counter to reflect the boulders back at Metagross. Metagross falls to its knees, but again rises when Jessie mocks it a second time. Metagross uses Lock-On and another round of Confusion and boulders hitting them. Jessie, James and the Pokémon retreat as Metagross gives chase. James calls back Carnivine and Mime. Jr., and Jessie calls back Wobbuffet, Seviper and Yanmega. Metagross then captures Jessie and James in its Confusion. Meanwhile, Meowth is interrupted from his thoughts and preparing noodles by the same two hikers and after hearing his friends could be in danger he presses them for information as well.
Things are going from worse to terrible for Jessie and James Metagross still has the two trapped in its Confusion and prepares to fire a Hyper Beam. Jessie and James begin to accept their fate, but are saved just in time by Meowth who shot Metagross with a bazooka from the balloon. Jessie and James hop into the basket as Meowth begs for forgiveness from leaving. Team Rocket's joyful reunion is cut short when Metagross gets ready to use its Gyro Ball. Team Rocket tries to escape in their balloon as Metagross catches up and strikes their balloon. Although once again they're getting sent flying, this time the three are in a happy mood, commenting that this did bring them back together and they reaffirm their vow to one day successfully capture Pikachu. And with that, the reunited team are sent blasting off again.
Dawn sees them disappear in the distance but mistakes them for a shooting star and then makes a wish to win her fifth contest ribbon. Ash makes a comment on how it was probably Team Rocket attempting to capture the Metagross, failing as ever and getting blasted off and Brock comments that maybe it was or maybe it wasn't. Dawn tries to persuade Ash into making a wish to win his gym battle, but Ash explains there is no need and that he and Pikachu will be alright. Even though they'll never know what occurred on Metagross Mountain, the gang do know that their own challenges are waiting for them just over the horizon.
Major events
- Team Rocket disbands, but eventually gets together again.
Pokémon debuts
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Mime Jr. (James's)
- Piplup (Dawn's)
- Seviper (Jessie's)
- Yanmega (Jessie's)
- Carnivine (James's)
- Metagross (shiny)
- Meowth (Meowzie; fantasy)
- Skitty (fantasy)
- Lopunny (fantasy)
- Face Forward Team Rocket! is used as background music.
- There is no Professor Oak's lecture at the end of this episode. Instead, a trailer for Arceus and the Jewel of Life was shown after this episode aired in Japan.
- This is Meowzie's first appearance in the Diamond and Pearl series, as well as her second appearance since Go West, Young Meowth. However, she only appeared in a fantasy.
- In this episode, Team Rocket uses a variation of their motto.
- This episode's English title is a play on a pasta dish, Noodles Romanoff.
- To date, Team Rocket blasts off earliest in this episode, just forty-two seconds after the beginning of the episode.
- This episode is one of the few in which Jessie's hair can be seen down. This shot is the beginning of the episode, after Team Rocket emerges from the ocean after blasting off.
- The ramen machine that Team Rocket uses when they come back a second time and say their motto is the same machine used in Pasta La Vista!.
- Seviper's Poison Tail damaged a Metagross. However, Template:Type2 Pokémon are immune to Template:Type2 attacks. This is an example of anime physics.
- Said Metagross used Lock-On, a move that it is currently unable to learn.
- In Meowth's fantasy, Lopunny is missing the fur balls on its arms.
- In one scene where Wobbuffet uses Counter, its Japanese voice can be heard.
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We are wrapping up Leg 5 of our Year Long Adventure, and we have spent around 120 nights in hotels over the past 12 months. On Leg 1 of our trip we made reservations for each night of the trip before we left home. Now on Leg 5, we are true Road Warriors and usually we do not have reservations until the night before. Sometimes we find ourselves not knowing which hotel or even which city we are spending the night. This is the situation we found ourselves as we sat in the parking lot of the Miller Brewery at 4:30 on a Tuesday afternoon.
We had just completed the Miller Brewery Tour and we were scheduled to be in Chicago the next day. It was 97 degrees outside, so we cranked the a/c in the van and started researching hotels with our iPhones. One thing we have learned in our travels is that there are a lot of hotels in the Midwest that have indoor water parks. A quick Google Search of "hotels in Wisconsin or Illinois with water parks" brought us a number of choices. There is a Great Wolf Lodge in Wisconsin Dells which was a little over two hours away. A two hour drive is nothing to us these days, but we had been to the Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine, Texas, a few years ago and we were not overly impressed. Another option that came up was Key Lime Cove in Gurnee, Illinois, only 60 minutes away. After reading some Trip Advisor reviews and making the call, we were set to go to Key Lime Cove.
As we approached the hotel from the freeway, we could see 4 giant colorful water slides on the outside of the building. (Cue kids' excitement) We checked in quickly, dumped our bags in the room, suited up, and then headed down to the water park.
Key Lime Cove has 3 tube slides, 2 body slides, a lazy river, a wave pool, and a huge kid's play area that features more slides and splash zones. Since it is completely indoors, no sunscreen was needed. (Cue kids' excitement again)
The one thing that we could not find at Key Lime Cove was LINES. On our aforementioned trip to the Great Wolf Lodge, we once stood in line for over an hour to do one tube ride. At Key Lime Cove our longest wait for a ride was probably around 7 minutes, with the average wait around 2 minutes.
The staff at Key Lime Cove were great, especially the life guards. Everyone seemed truly happy to be working there. The room was very comfortable and had a laid-back Caribbean theme. The resort also offered many other amenities (on site restaurants, spa, arcade, kid's club activities), but we did not have time to take advantage of them. One of the coolest features was that the hotel wristbands have an RFID chip, allowing it to be used as your room key and charge drinks, etc. to your room while in the waterpark. No worrying about keeping up with cash or the room key!
We had so much fun at the waterpark that we chose to stay a second night and make the hour long drive to and from Chicago for our prescheduled boat tour. Even Mom rode all of the rides, and then proclaimed that Walt Disney was a liar. She thinks Key Lime Cove in Gurnee, Illinois, is the "happiest place on earth". If only they had one in Texas!
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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Dominika Cibulkova returns to the courts this weekend, leading Slovakia against Germany in a Fed Cup quarterfinal series.
Cibulkova last played two weeks ago in the women's singles final at the Australian Open, losing to Li Na in a tournament run that lifted Cibulkova to No. 13 in the WTA rankings. She was given the first and third singles matches for this weekend's series against Germany.
The best-of-five series will send the winner into the April 19-20 Fed Cup semifinals against either Australia or Russia. The Slovaks are looking for their second Fed Cup title, having won in 2002, while the Germans are looking for a third, with the most recent coming in 1992.
Cibulkova goes against world No. 36 Andrea Petkovic in the series opener with Daniela Hantuchova, 30th in the rankings, meeting No. 9-ranked Angelique Kerber and German No. 1 in the second match Saturday.
Cibulkova is to play Kerber in Sunday's first match, with Hantuchova penciled in against Petkovic. That could change if Slovak captain Matej Liptak decides to hold back Hantuchova for the series-ending doubles match.
As it stands now, Germans Julia Goerges and doubles specialist Anna-Lena Groenefeld are scheduled to play Hantuchova and Magdalena Rybarikova.


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First-Team All-CAA ... Second-Team College Sports Madness All-American ... Fourth-Team Phil Steele All-American ... Honorable Mention BSN All-American ... Tied for second in the nation with 16 TD catches ... Seventh in the FCS with 1,233 yards and Tied for 14th with 79 catches ... Corralled six catches for 134 and two scores in the season-opener against Duquesne, a 57-23 ODU victory ... Had four catches for 87 yards in the Monarchs' 70-14 win over Campbell ... Tied a school record with 12 catches and set a school record with 271 receiving yards and three touchdowns in ODU's dramatic 64-61 win over New Hampshire ... Grabbed five passes for 49 yards and a TD in the win at UR ... Had 11 catches for 131 yards in win over Delaware ... Caught five balls for 52 yards and TD in win at Georgia State ... Had nine receptions for 131 yards and two scores in the win at over W&M ... Caught three passes for 21 yards and two TD's in the win at JMU ... Had six catches for 103 yards and a TD in the second round playoff win over Coastal Carolina ... Notched 10 receptions for 150 yards and two scores against Georgia Southern ... Graduates as school record holder in career receptions, receiving yards and TD receptions ... Had 12 100-yard receiving games.
Named First Team All-CAA...Led the receiving corps with 62 catches for 698 yards and seven touchdowns...Averaged 11.3 yards per catch and 58.2 receiving yards per game ranking six in the CAA....Averaged 5.17 receptions per game ranking third in the CAA...Through ODU's 32 total games played has registered 100 or more yards of receiving six times...Had a career-high and school record 166 yards receiving against Towson...Caught a season-high nine passes for 101 yards in the regular season finale at William & Mary...Also made eight catches at Rhode Island and six receptions against #20 UMass and Norfolk State in the first round of the FCS playoffs...
Appeared in 10 games starting the first five games of the season at wide receiver...Made 25 catches for 289 yards...Averaged 11.6 yards per catch...Had a season-high 34-yard reception in the season opener against Jacksonville...Had seven catches for 89 yards against the Dolphins...Also had four catches in games with Campbell, #12/13 William & Mary, and at Monmouth...Collected 67 reception yards against the Hawks...Also ran the ball four times for 24 yards...Carried the ball three times for 18 yards against #12/13 William & Mary...Posted a 32-yard kick return against Jacksonville...
Led Old Dominion with seven touchdown receptions...Averaged 46.8 yards per game and 19.5 yards per catch...Had a pair of touchdown receptions at Fordham and in a victory over Campbell...Longest reception of the year was a 55-yard catch against Monmouth...Season-high 103 yards at Fordham...Nearly surpassed the 100+ yard receiving mark with 98 against N.C. Central...
First team all-district and second team all-region... Totaled 484 yards receiving, 748 yards rushing and 17 touchdowns as a senior... Moved to quarterback in the fifth game of the season due to an injury to the starter... Multi-talented player who can play wide receiver or running back.
Born March 15, 1990... Son of Nick and Michelle Mayers... Majoring in criminal justice.
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Hill GOP cool to Obama overtures
The scope of a potential fiscal cliff deal narrowed dramatically Friday as President Barack Obama called on Congress to at least pass a scaled-down agreement that preserves the middle-class tax cuts and unemployment insurance.
The president's pivot toward a smaller package is a recognition that the chances of reaching a grand bargain before the new year diminished greatly after House Republicans revolted on Thursday. But even a narrow proposal to avert the fiscal cliff won't be easy to pass through Congress.
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House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) failed to get enough support for a bill extending the Bush-era tax cuts on income below $1 million — so the vote count would be even more difficult if the income threshold dropped to $250,000, which Democrats prefer.
And top Senate Republicans are signaling that they could filibuster such a bill, though they are still discussing their strategy.
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Obama expressed impatience with the process in brief remarks from the White House briefing room shortly before he left for a family vacation in Hawaii. He had just met with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and called Boehner.
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"We haven't had any discussions about the way forward yet," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told POLITICO Friday evening when asked if he'd insist on a 60-vote filibuster-proof majority for any package. "And it would be pretty hard to speculate about where we go from here."
McConnell allowed a tax bill to pass in July with a simple majority, but senators and aides expect that Reid would need 60 votes to pass a bill of this magnitude — meaning that Obama must reach agreement with Republicans in order to get a deal through the Senate, a goal that's been elusive thus far.


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Every time I take the Bean to Barnes and Noble and chase her around the children section like a diaper-wearing chicken, we always go upstairs to the café for a coffee and a chocolate chip cookie the size of her head. From the moment we approach the glass display case she gets so excited. She screams. She salivates. And she tries to grab the cookie out of my hand before I even find us a table. It's a good time. Me and my daughter. Shooting the shit about life. Getting crumbs everywhere. But who cares. She'll always remember these moments. My wife also had a close relationship with her dad, except he brought her to the bar and she sat on the bar sipping a Shirley temple with a straw while he paid off the bookie.
The only kink in my Bean bonding experience is when we go home and she isn't hungry for her tofu and string bean dinner. Brooke always knows what went down downtown. And I have to sit back and hear it. "You gave her chocolate again, didn't you?" But that's okay. As long as she doesn't know about the strip club we hit after. Good times. Good times.


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After last year's drought, who would have guessed flooding and torrential rains would follow in many of the same locations? Some farmers continue to experience drought, and others can't seem to turn off the faucet, while a select few have been blessed with an almost perfect growing season so far. No matter what conditions you're experiencing, it tends to impact your opinion of the markets and your decisions.
For most, it's difficult to sell bushels that don't exist, especially when one can't even get a planter across the field. For those with "prevent plant" acres and wet conditions, it's hard to fathom the markets could trend lower. On the other hand, farmers with great-looking crops feel the need to sell as their production confidence increases.
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"Don't expect orwait for high prices; take advantage of acceptable profit margins."
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You know, it's funny. When I tell non-desi types that I love Indian movies, the first reaction I get is something along the lines of "Oh, I love/hate musicals." But Indian movies aren't really "musicals" the way we make them over here in the West.
Fun fact: I loathe most contemporary Broadway musicals and, by extension, most of the "musical" crap that airs on American television, too. With the exception of the High School Musical series, which is delightful.
My biggest problem with contemporary musicals is the music. To be quite frank, it really sucks. Hard. Tuneless, aimless, and sucky - which is why it's a niche genre for those who fetishize big vocal performances instead of being for everybody. *whistles some Rogers & Hart to herself*
Seriously, y'all. I heard a snippet of the new Breakfast at Tiffany's musical and wanted to poke my ear drums out. It doesn't even begin to touch the genius of Henry Mancini's score and Audrey Hepburn's sweet little voice...
Anyways, for all of Webber's faults, the fact remains that Jesus Christ Superstar is a fantastic rock opera. So now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to put on my white-fringed shirt and head over to my parents house for Easter dinner.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Olivia West of Xavier (La.) has been named NAIA Women's Tennis Player of the Week, the national office announced Wednesday. West was selected based on her performances from March 25 – 31 and was chosen out of a pool of conference/independent/unaffiliated group player of the week selections.
The sophomore native of Humble, Texas, went 2-0 in singles and 3-0 in doubles on the week. West helped the Nuggets to an 8-1 victory over Webber International (Fla.) on March 26. Against Webber International, West won No. 4 singles, 6-2, 6-1, and No. 3 doubles, 8-2. The next day, West helped Xavier to defeat No. 14 Northwood (Fla.). In her singles match, West dropped the first set, 6-0, before rebounding to win the next two, 6-2, 6-0. She was also victorious in doubles against Northwood, 8-4.
In their third match in three days, West was victorious in No. 3 doubles, 8-2, helping Xavier defeat Embry-Riddle (Fla.), 7-2. With the perfect week she improves her record in singles to 4-5 and doubles to 4-4.
The next women's tennis Player of the Week will be announced on April 3.
Nominees: Lea Souvigne, Arizona Christian; Neesha Thirumalaichalvam, Cumberlands (Ky.); Alyssa Fuentes, Davenport (Mich.); Stephanie Perez, Indiana Tech; Anastasiya Zvyagintesva, William Carey (Miss.); Laura Vergara, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Jalyn Deering, Ashford (Iowa); Jenna Sallee, Campbellsville (Ky.); Daniella Arcila, SCAD Savannah (Ga.); Anita Rácz, Cumberland (Tenn.); Nhatalia Ocampo, Warner (Fla.); Tetiana Kovalska, St. Thomas (Fla.); Livia Toth, Northwood (Fla.); Agnese Rozite, Mobile (Ala.); Beatriz Signori, Tennessee Wesleyan; TIffany William, Auburn Montgomery (Ala.); Priiti Rijal, Coastal Georgia; Terah Maloley, Nebraska Wesleyan.
2013 Composite Award Winners
Week 1: Jade Curtis, Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)
Week 2: Hui-I Huang, Embry-Riddle (Fla.)
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In its efforts to promote student success and mastery of written communication skills, Bossier Parish Community College offers developmental English courses as well as composition and literature courses. The College's developmental English courses consist of instruction in two areas: ENGL 098 Fundamentals of Grammar and ENGL 099 Fundamentals of Composition. Satisfactory completion of these courses prepares students for ENGL 101 Composition and Rhetoric I, which is a requirement of all associate degree programs at the College and may transfer to a four-year university depending upon the receiving university's curricular requirements and transfer policies. Many degree programs also require ENGL 102 Composition and Rhetoric II offered by the College as a General Education component, and enrollment in that course is based upon satisfactory completion of ENGL 101.
In addition to developmental English courses, ENGL 101, and ENGL 102, the College also offers sophomore-level literary studies in the following courses:
- ENGL 201: Major British Writers
- ENGL 202: Major American Writers
- ENGL 250: Intro to Women's Literature
- ENGL 251: Intro to World Literature
- ENGL 252: Intro to Folklore & Mythology
- ENGL 255: Introduction to Fiction
- ENGL 256: Drama and Poetry
- ENGL 257: Intro to African-American Lit
These courses may transfer to public four-year institutions, depending upon curricular requirements at the four-year college and transfer polices. Students should check with their academic advisors to determine which English electives will transfer to the baccalaureate degree institution.
Also, the College offers ENGL 290 which focuses on advanced development of writing skills through creating literary and nonliterary works of various genres.
Students are encouraged to take the placement test to determine which, if any, developmental English courses they may need to help them succeed in pursuing their studies at Bossier Parish Community College. Students who have taken the ACT or the BPCC placement test may place in English courses higher than ENGL 098. Without placement scores, students will begin their studies in ENGL 098.
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Kale Pesto Pasta Recipe
If you're looking for a vibrantly green dish to serve this St. Patrick's Day, this kale cashew pesto fits the bill. To the kale I added Greek Myzithra cheese (unpasteurized sheep cheese) and cashew nuts. Pesto is a very versatile sauce that provides as much flexibility as it does flavor. You just have to keep in mind 3 main elements: greens, nuts and hard cheese.
The inspiration for this pesto came from Gary, a PhamFatale.com reader. Gary had sent me an email for guidance about a sauce for ravioli he had purchased at my favorite local market, The Milk Pail in Mountain View (by the way, if you live in the Bay Area, don't hesitate to shop there and show your support!). Gary bought the Milk Pail's specialty Thai Curry ravioli and didn't know what sauce to serve on the pasta. At his house, no one's keen on a milk-based sauce so he was looking for something with less milk or cream. I suggested a pesto made of flat-leaf parsley, Thai Curry cheddar cheese (using the same kind of cheese as in the ravioli filling) and peanuts. I'll post the recipe soon. Gary's family tried the pesto ravioli over the weekend and it got two thumbs up. Yay!
Mary Garrigan from Rapid City Journal published a couple of St. Patrick's Day-friendly recipes from my first book, Haute Potato. Check them out if you're still in search of St. Patrick's Day recipes!
Yields: 6 servings4 cups fresh kale
⅓ cup roasted cashew nuts, coarsely chopped
⅓ cup Myzithra cheese, freshly grated
1 clove fresh garlic, minced
3 tablespoons olive oil, as needed
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon black pepper, freshly cracked
1 (16-ounce) package ravioli (store-bought)
For the kale : Wash the raw kale thoroughly in several baths. Remove and discard the fibrous and older parts of the stems. Boil the kale in about 2 quarts of salted water. Cook for 4-5 minutes until tender, depending on how young the plant is. Drain and immediately transfer the greens into an ice water bath. Pat dry on a towel. Roughly chop the kale leaves. Set aside.
For the garlic: In a large non-stick pan, heat 1 tablespoon oil. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute until fragrant. Set aside.
For the ravioli pasta: Add a large amount of salted water to a pot and bring to a boil (you always need a large amount of water when boiling pasta, even for ravioli). Add the ravioli, bring back to a boil, then immediately lower the heat to a gentle boil. Cook the pasta for about 4 minutes total, until the pasta floats to the surface.
For the kale pesto: In a blender, combine the kale, garlic, cashews, cheese and 2 tablespoons olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. You might want to add about 2 tablespoons (or more) of pasta water for a smooth flow. Set aside.
Assembly time:
Heat the same non-stick pan again (add more oil if necessary). Using a slotted spoon, as soon as the ravioli float to the surface of the other pot, drain and transfer them to the pan. Toss the pasta. Season with salt and pepper. If the pasta starts sticking to the bottom, add a little pasta water. Add the pesto; make sure the ravioli are well coated. You could add more pasta water to thin the sauce. Transfer to a large serving platter. Set aside.
Garnish with Myzithra cheese and chopped cashews.
Serve immediately.
Bon appétit!
You can store the pesto in your freezer for up to 6 months or up to 2 weeks in your refrigerator. I always make extra to store in the freezer. I usually store the rest in an ice-cube tray and freeze it. Later, I transfer the ice-cubes 3 by 3 into bags that I vacuum-seal and place back in the freezer for future use. I add these cubes to sauces or marinades; the possibilities are endless.
If you don't have kale on hand, you could use any other greens such as collard greens, mustard greens, cabbage, bok choy, spinach, Chinese cabbage or broccoli.Published By: on March 14, 2013.


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