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Used 2019 DodgeGrand Caravan SXT Passenger Van
- Stock: 648
- Odometer
- 41,764 miles
- Fuel Economy
- 17.0/25.0 mpg City/Hwy
- Exterior Color
- Black Onyx Crystal Pearlcoat
- Interior Color
- Other
- Body
- Passenger Van
- Transmission
- Automatic
- Engine
Detailed Specifications
- 1st, 2nd and 3rd row head airbags
- 4-wheel ABS Brakes
- 60-40 Third Row Seat
- ABS and Driveline Traction Control
- AM/FM stereo
- Anti-theft alarm system
- Audio controls on steering wheel
- Auxilliary engine cooler
- Auxilliary transmission cooler
- Braking Assist
- Bucket front seats
- Cargo area light
- Clock: In-radio display
- Cruise control
- Cruise controls on steering wheel
- Daytime running lights
- Digital Audio Input
- Driver knee airbags
- Dual front air conditioning zones
- Dual vanity mirrors
- Dusk sensing headlights
- Electrochromatic rearview mirror
- External temperature display
- Front Ventilated disc brakes
- Front fog/driving lights
- Front reading lights
- Fuel Capacity: 20.0 gal.
- Fuel Consumption: City: 17 mpg
- Fuel Consumption: Highway: 25 mpg
- Fuel Type: Regular unleaded
- Headlights off auto delay
- Heated driver mirror
- Heated passenger mirror
- In-Dash single CD player
- Instrumentation: Low fuel level
- Interior air filtration
- Leather shift knob trim
- Leather/metal-look steering wheel trim
- MP3 player
- Manual Folding Third Row Seat
- Manual front air conditioning
- Manufacturer's 0-60mph acceleration time (seconds): 7.2 s
- Max cargo capacity: 144 cu.ft.
- Metal-look dash trim
- Metal-look door trim
- Passenger Airbag
- Power liftgate
- Power remote driver mirror adjustment
- Power remote passenger mirror adjustment
- Power remote trunk release
- Power steering
- Power windows
- Privacy glass: Deep
- Rear air conditioning with separate controls
- Rear captain chairs
- Rear heat ducts with separate controls
- Rear spoiler: Lip
- Remote activated exterior entry lights
- Remote engine start
- Remote power door locks
- Roof rack
- Side airbag
- Silver aluminum rims
- Simulated suede/leatherette seat upholstery
- Stability control
- Suspension class: Touring
- Tachometer
- Tilt and telescopic steering wheel
- Tire Pressure Monitoring System
- Total Number of Speakers: 6
- Trip computer
- Tumble forward rear seats
- UConnect w/Bluetooth wireless phone connectivity
- Vehicle Emissions: ULEV II
- Video Monitor Location: Front
- Wheel Diameter: 17
- Wheel Width: 6.5
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KBB.com Consumer Reviews
- 5.0
Best on the Market
By toby on Thursday, April 03, 2008No problems - great gas milage - no repairs - smooth as glass performance.
- 3.0
Average vehicle, some problems
By Gwen on Thursday, August 03, 2017I bought this minivan when it was 2 years old. Ive had it for 6 years. It was pretty reliable most of that time. Cons: Last year, the motor in the driver-side window stopped working. This year, the starter had to be replaced. The spare tire is located under the vehicle between the two front tires, and its difficult to get to.
- 3.0
Brakes Wear Out FAST
By JK on Monday, August 02, 2010Every year the brakes need to be replaced. One year it's the front brakes the next year it's the back. I have only had the car for 3 years. And I have just replaced the brakes for the third time. I was told by the dealership it is because the car is heavy... another time they said they could do something to the brakes to make them work better for $400 extra.
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Bride, that is.
Am still gagging over Mario Lopez's coronation as the Hottest Bachelor… People Magazine must need money – and lots of it! – to pay for photos of those Holy Twins. Because it smells like they just got bought.
Mario Lopez is feeding The Brange. Hilarious.
Mario Lopez also has to step off for Katie Holmes. You see, Katie is coming to Broadway in a limited run starring in a play called All My Sons. In order to maximise profit, since Katie's contribution won't last very long, producers have decided to move the production from a traditional playhouse to a bigger theatre so that they can sell more tickets for each show.
They decided on the theatre where A Chorus Line is currently running. Which means that Mario is getting shown the door. But of course he is.
Who the f&ck is Mario Lopez???
Actually… the GMD would very much like Mario Lopez, wouldn't he? My Main 'Mo Darren messaged me after that article yesterday and said he'd like some Mario as an appetiser. Gays like meatheads. Tom Cruise loves meatheads too?
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee has momentarily shelved its plan to conduct fracking research at the Cumberland River Research Forest after no oil and gas companies bid on the project.
The director of the Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center, Kevin Hoyt, told the Knoxville News Sentinel the lack of bids proved disappointing, the school will continue to look into continuing the research in the future.
University officials say the feasibility of the research will be re-examined. The proposals called for leasing the roughly 8,600 acres of UT property in Scott and Morgan counties to a drilling company. The only response came from CNX Gas Company, which gave a "no-bid" response letter saying the research was not economically viable for the company under the restrictions outlined by the university.
UT has examined drilling for oil and gas on the land for nearly a decade. The State Building Commission approved the most recent request for proposals in March, and four companies interested in bidding met for a pre-bid proposal conference at the headquarters for the Cumberland Forest in June.
Fracking, a controversial method of extracting oil and gas from shale beneath the earth, involves drilling vertically into the ground and then horizontally, pumping a cocktail of water and chemicals into the ground to fracture the shale and release the oil and gas.
Environmental groups across the state have sent letters to the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees and the building commission protesting the plan, citing concerns about potential conflicts of interest, lack of transparency and environmental impacts.
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Brink Pre-Order Bonuses Announced Along with New Dev Diary
Splash Damage and Bethesda's Brink was mighty impressive when I played it last week at QuakeCon 2010 and now we have a new trailer with a
Additionally, the retailer specific pre-order bonuses have been revealed, coming in the form of packs including in-game, cosmetic customization options or an exclusive weapon. The packs are as follows:
The DOOM Pack - Available at GameStop and GameStop.com
Spread fear amongst your enemies with this exclusive character customization pack based on the world-famous DOOM games by id Software. Filled with a unique set of hellish customization options for both Security and Resistance characters, the DOOM Pack will make you stand out from the crowd and bring Hell to the Ark.
The DOOM Pack, available when you pre-order through GameStop, contains:
The Fallout Pack - Available at Best Buy and BestBuy.com
- Unique "Hellspawn" body tattoo
- Exclusive UAC (Security) and Cacodemon (Resistance) customized skins for the Bulpdaun SMG
- Exclusive UAC Marine Body Armor (Security) and Lost Soul Screaming Skull (Resistance) t-shirts
- Exclusive UAC beanie cap (Security) and DOOM bandana (Resistance)
Attention, wannabe Vault-dwellers! With exclusive Fallout-themed character customization options for both Security and Resistance characters, the Fallout Pack lets you publicly proclaim your affiliation to Vault-Tec's post nuclear simulation.
The Fallout Pack, available when you pre-order through Best Buy, contains:
The Psycho Pack - Available at Amazon.com and Direct2Drive
- Unique Fallout Vault 101 body tattoo
- Exclusive Vault 101 (Security) and Fallout New Vegas Vault Boy (Resistance) customized skins for the CARB-9 SMG
- Exclusive Fallout Vault 101 (Security) and Fallout New Vegas Vault Boy (Resistance) t-shirts
- Exclusive Vault-Tec beanie cap (Security) and Fallout bandana (Resistance)
Push your Brink character even further with new and exclusive customization options. Containing a new weapon, a terrifying face mask, a unique Janus body tattoo and exclusive silencers, the Psycho Pack will turn you into a deadly and terrifying assassin as you fight over the future of the Ark and its inhabitants.
The Psycho Pack, when you pre-order through Amazon.com or Direct2Drive, contains:
The Spec Ops Pack - Available at Walmart, Walmart.com, and Steam
- Exclusive weapon: the "Caesar" Revolver
- New attachments: The Resistance's improved Soda Can Silencer and Security's ArkTactical Silencer
- Exclusive Resistance "The Grin" Combat Mask
- Unique "Tortured Soul" body tattoo
Kit out your Brink character with new and exclusive customization options. Containing an exclusive weapon, a new scope attachment, a slick combat mask, and a unique "Dogtag" body tattoo, the Spec Ops Pack will put you amongst the Ark's most elite warriors as you fight over the future of humanity's last refuge.
The Spec Ops Pack, available when you pre-order through Walmart or Steam, contains:
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Animal Friends offers second chance to lost dogs with 'Liberation Day Rescue'
Many pets get lost in summer and end up being euthanized
Animal Friends held its 16th annual "Liberation Day Rescue" on Tuesday to offer a second chance to lost and unclaimed dogs that are slated to be euthanized at animal control facilities.
There's a wide range of dogs at the shelter, from old to young, big and small.
More pets are lost at this time of year because they spend more time outside and can be spooked by fireworks or get loose during picnics, so a lot of dogs end up at animal control.
"Sadly, many owners don't know where to go, don't know where to look for their animals. And too often, their pets are euthanized. So Animal Friends is bringing in as many as possible today," communications director Jolene Miklas said.
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Twenty-eight dogs and five cats have been brought to Animal Friends to be rescued from euthanization. The dogs are identified and registered, then taken through a rigorous evaluation.
"First thing, they come in and we parvo-test them. And then, they'll move into another room and they will receive a full set of vaccines, they will receive a physical exam and a bath, they have a behavioral evaluation and they are made available for adoption," vet tech Melissa Troughtzmantz said.
With the influx of pets, Animal Friends will have an adoption special from July 12-31. They'll offer adoptions for a $19.43 donation in honor of their 70th birthday and the year 1943, when they were founded.


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Eating for two are we? Ha ha!
How are you feeling? Gosh, you're getting so big! I've not seen you for a week and you've got huge in that time. Does it feel weird? Hiya fatty! She's pregnant. Same difference. How are you feeling?
Eating for two are we? Ha ha! Are you having any funny cravings?
How are you feeling? Oh, she's getting emotional. You're at that stage where it's not clear if you're pregnant or just been on the beer a bit too much! It's obvious that you're pregnant but you're still totally in proportion. I'm afraid not, we only have maternity clothes online. You're going to have to get a bigger work shirt. She's not fat by the way she's just pregnant! Ha ha!
Eating for two are we? Ha ha! How are the cravings coming along?
How are you feeling? Have a glass of wine, it'll be fine! Your bum's the same; your boobs are the same. You're huge! Those hormones must be flying around! You haven't put on any weight; it's just your tummy. He's going to be a big lad! I just did it with gas and air. It's like being ripped in two. You've still got your skinny wee legs. Your trousers are getting a bit tight now. You need to go on a diet, ha ha! You don't look pregnant. It must feel really alien. My feet were swollen the whole time. Go online and you can view our maternity range there.
Eating for two are we? Ha ha! Pickle and ice cream sandwich?!
How are you feeling? Hi Big Mama! Congratulations! And here was me thinking you've just been eating too many pies! How are we, Mummy? It's pain like you've never imagined. Oh my God, look how big you are! I wanted to die. And how's Mum today? Let's play 'fatty or pregnant'. Not in store no, but we have lots of lovely maternity clothes online. I didn't see you there. Oh come on, you can hardly miss her! Your body's going through so many changes. Can you manage the stairs? Oh, you're wearing the comfy trousers! She put on loads of weight, not that you've put on weight; I mean you can tell that you're pregnant, it's just a bump, it's not that you've put on weight; do you know what I mean?
Eating for two? Ha ha! Are you eating any weird food combinations?
How are you feeling? Have a pint. She's pregnant. Have half a pint then. I tore and needed nine stitches. You're huge. You've still got two months left? No but I can show you our online maternity range if you like? The first two weeks after the birth are the worst but it gets better. Mine cried all the time. Bloody hell, have you not had your flu jab? How's your pain threshold? Enjoy your freedom while it lasts, ha ha! Have you any names picked out or do you not want to say? I wouldn't choose that name. Is your man still drinking? I'd hate that. Hormones! Here comes Mama! Eat as much as you like but within reason. You're really starting to show now. I was sick for the whole nine months. You must be knackered. Do you feel any different? Are you nervous about the birth? It'll have to come out some way! Can you be bothered picking things up or do you want me to do it? I'm just asking cos I don't want to annoy you. Are you going to the gym? You do know that you're mobility is really restricted if you have an epidural? My God, you've ballooned!
Eating for two are we? Ha ha! Your appetite is huge!
How are you feeling? Some people were made to have boys. I didn't think you'd fit through the door but you're not that bad. Are you hungry? Don't start Slimming World. You slept on your right side? Is that not dangerous? You won't know what's hit you. I'm counting your toilet visits, Mrs! Your life will never be the same again. Do you miss drinking? Don't get upset. I hope you're working on your pelvic floors! Your first birth is always the worst. Inhaaaale. Exhaaaale. Take any drug that's offered to you. Diamorphine will affect the baby. I thought you'd want to go natural? You really have to persevere with breast feeding. I didn't get any stretch marks. I'll give you this advice: make him feel loved. I was huge; you're not really that big are you? It must be a boy, the bump is really high. I didn't really gain much weight. You'll always love him. Some people just don't bond with their baby. Have you thought about hypno-birthing? You should only eat foods that are high in sugar and fat every now and then. Your bump is very neat. Remember to exfoliate your boobs, I didn't and now they're covered in stretch marks. Stretch marks can't be prevented. Not here no, we only sell maternity clothes online but try Top Shop. Eating again? I wouldn't want to know the sex. If you stay calm, everything will be fine.
Eating for two are we? Ha ha!
I like your bump. Thank you.
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This made me laugh with a
This made me laugh with a wince. You've captured the public advice overload in a stream. The paranoia pregnancy brings is conveyed well. Now pass the cake.
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Emmmmum .. totally yooooo!!
Emmmmum .. totally yooooo!! Well done on all counts ..
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Very good writing. I am now
Very good writing. I am now 'expecting' the sequel. Diamorphine is very good by the way it takes the 'edge off' the contractions and some.., I highly recommend it. I wish I could have it everyday on the National Health, um er isn't it hospital heroin? Elsie
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Oh, l said that to you once,
Oh, l said that to you once, and l thought to myself 'what a totally useless thing to say', but you were stuffin' it doon like a thing possessed at the time !!
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Cracking. I really like how
Cracking. I really like how it reads like a barrage. Good decision re the stanza breaks. x
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This is great stuff - full of
This is great stuff - full of humour and lovely cliches (people mean well I'm sure). Childbirth is hell - how any woman ever decides to have more than one child is beyond me. I'm still waiting to lose my pregnancy weight - my daughter's eight. I'm sure you've heard it all before..
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I love this! My mother faces
I love this! My mother faces a similar plight with people asking her why she only had one child... I will now tell people she just didn't want to be "fatty" twice!
congrats on SOTW and best of luck with the rest of your pregnancy!
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Nicely done. I hope it was a
Nicely done. I hope it was a son.
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text: cowdery Posted June 10, 2009 It has always been assumed that Everett Beam, who was Master Distiller at Michter's, was there until the very end, but I've always had my doubts, as Beam died in 1989, right about the same time Michter's did, at the age of 82. In fact, according to Mr. Stoll, Everett Beam had a serious heart attack in 1973-74 (Stoll doesn't remember exactly when), after which he retired. He would have been about 66. Stoll believes Beam lived in Schaefferstown for maybe a year after he retired, then moved back to Kentucky where he lived until his death.Dick Stoll, now 75 years old, started at Michter's in March, 1955, shortly after it was acquired by Pennco. He was originally a laborer but learned distilling from Beam, a experienced distiller who started there at about the same time. From 1949 until 1952, the distillery was operated by a guy named Kirk who made Kirk's Pure Rye Whiskey. The new company acquired the whiskey Kirk still had aging and also bought aged whiskey from Continental, so they would have something to sell right away. As time went on, Pennco made whiskey for its own brands and also sold whiskey to other producers. They made Wild Turkey Rye and Brown-Forman's Baltimore Pure Rye at various times. The operation was pretty successful until Hurricane Agnes in 1972. They were flooded out and shut down for a long time. When they came back, with Lou Forman as president, that's when they started doing whatever they could to survive. It was then that Forman changed the name to Michter's, a name he created from the first names of his sons Michael and Peter.The all pot still mini distillery was put in for the bicentennial in 1976.Stoll remembers Adolph Hirsch as a whiskey broker who bought whiskey from Pennco, as Lou Forman did (no relation to Brown-Forman). When the place started to fold, Hirsch quickly got his whiskey out and sent to Kentucky, about 400 barrels worth. That's the whiskey that became A. H. Hirsch bourbon.The distillery changed hands a couple more times during the 70s and early 80s, until ownership reverted to Continental National Bank, which retained a variety of increasingly shady characters to run it. Toward the end they were mashing only about 300 bushels a day. Then they shut down the main distillery altogether but kept running the mini-distillery. They continued to have a steady tourism business to the very end.On Feb 14, 1990, Stoll got a call from the bank, telling him to shut everything down. Thereafter, whenever there was a potential buyer or something else going on, Stoll would get the call. In 1993-94, the bank hired him to do an inventory of the remaining barrels. There were about 40,000, far fewer than the hundreds of thousands reported in the press at that time. He's not sure what happened to it, except that it was hauled away in barrels. He heard the rumors that it had been redistilled into pure alcohol to use as 'racing fuel' but he never believed that. Except for a batch of whiskey they made from some moldy malt, which they sold to a South Korean company, it was all good whiskey, according to Stoll.Since 1990, the property has been sold a couple of times for back taxes.Stoll confirmed something I concluded a few years ago, which is that the only pot still involved in Michter's pot still whiskey was the doubler. It was never all pot still. At the time when they were pushing the pot still angle they were one of the few distilleries, at least in Pennsylvania, that was still doubling, so it was a point of difference, but it was never all pot still.Stoll lives in Lebanon but has a fishing buddy who lives near the old plant, so he gets by there now and then, and always sheds a little tear for what might have been. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Social Media and Adolescents Sexual Comportments: Implications for HIV/AIDS incidence
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There are seven different species of moorhen that are found all over the world today from the dusky moorhen of Australia to the lesser moorhen of Africa, and the spot-flanked moorhen of South America. The common moorhen is found throughout the world but does not occur in the polar regions or in tropical rainforests.
Due to its relatively small size, the moorhen generally has a number of predators but this varies depending on the area in which the moorhen lives. Canines including foxes, dogs, coyotes, raccoons and dingos are the main predators of the moorhen along with large reptiles and wildcats.
Female moorhens begin to build themselves a nest on the ground in which to lay their eggs, in early spring. The female moorhen then lays an average of 7 eggs although the exact number is dependant on the species. The moorhen chicks hatch out of the eggs after just a few weeks, and both the mother and father moorhens helps to incubate the eggs and feed the chicks.
Despite their environment being drastically altered by habitat loss and pollution, the common moorhen have proved to be a very hardy bird as it stills thrives in most areas. Other moorhen species however are sadly listed as either vulnerable or endangered.


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a bit of skill thought
So I'm sitting here looking at a skill plan for my trial, both as 14 and as 21 day. I thought it would make a good meander.
Now, everyone who mentions skills points out that they continue to train even if you're offline. You set up a queue and it'll run that queue till it's empty whether you get back online or not. You can only queue starts within 24 hours, but as long as that start is in time it can go any length. So if you've got something that takes four days it's no problem. One of the things I've taken away in the past is that if I'm going offline for a day, try to make it so skills are almost done training when I come back.
Having said all that, I want to take a hard right turn. See, it's important but insignificant to my present point. Instead, I'm looking at my skills in a different light.
I have 14 days (or maybe 21) to make over 500 MISK. My skills need to be aimed at doing that as soon as possible. Obviously this means money making skills are more important, but there are some others that can't be ignored.
Before I go further I want to point out that all skills, or at least the first level of them all, fall into one of two large groups. Some are gateways – if you have the skill you can do the base activity, if you don't you're out of luck. An obvious example here is [race] frigate. If you don't have that you can't fly that race's frigate. Everyone starts with the frigate skill of their race, but the other three must be obtained and trained to fly the ships.
The second large grouping is 'polishing' skill. It doesn't so much let you do something as it lets you do the something better – more flexibility, more options, etc. An example here that's specifically in my objectives is Accounting. I can buy and sell without the skill. Having the skill reduces my tax rate which increases my net profit (or lets me go to tighter trade margins).
So. To start I need trade, and I will need Retail early. Both let me have buy and sell orders on the market. Four per level for trade and eight per level for Retail. (For those who don't know, levels cap at five, and each level takes significantly longer to train.) I start with level 1 Trade, will train level 2, and will get Retail during the career tutorials which I will also train to 2. 24 trades to start isn't enough in the long run, but it's quick.
I want social (which I get at start, I think), but it turns out that for the beginning the various things like connections don't matter. The better the rating – the friendliness with which you're held by the race (factor) and/or corporation that owns the base at which you're trading – the lower your brokerage fees. You get these improved by doing things for the group or its friends. (doing things for their foes lowers the rating.) Social skill gives a bonus to the rating change. Connections and most of the rest of the social skills change the effective rating. However, for trading only the base, not effective, rating matters. (The effective matters for things like getting access to mission agents and for fees related to production, something that'll probably be delayed by a week or two.)
So, social to 2, and maybe 3. Early, so as I finish the career tutorials the rating improvements I get are higher.
One skill I want that's sorta both groups is marketing (and not much later procurement). That allows me to create sell (and buy) orders even when I'm not at a station. That in turn saves me a bit of time, but the big payoff comes with what it then allows.
Recall from earlier posts that it's possible to find yourself in a bidding war. With marketing and procurement at level 2 I can add daytrading. Without it my choices are deal with the bidding or gather things to sell. With it I can change my bids while traveling. At level 2 I can't do it from a great distance (level 2 is 'only' five jumps), but it's still better than having to dock, deal, and undock.
One last skill in the Trade group is Margin trading. Just as the real world it's simultaneously very risky and very profitable. Basically, when you put down a buy order you have to put the money in escrow. With margin trading you don't have to put it all into the escrow. The assumption of the game is that you will have escrows on several things and none will pay out all at once. In the event you do burn through the escrow amount the buy orders end.
(This gives an opportunity for an existing scam. If you're interested: here. I figure the scam hole is going to get modified if not closed, basically because unlike almost all other scams it's possible to set it up without cueing the suckers that it might be a scam. If'n I'd been the one closing the hole I'd add a 'margin call', pulling from your account's bank. More likely you'll see a 'margin trade' flag. But that's a guess.)
Anyway, that's the big trade deals. I figure to have all but margin trading before the third day is complete and margin trading before the first week is done. Actually the listed training is a bit over 8 hours. But there's another income production area I want to tag.
Actually, I need to do one "odd" skill before I go to ship time. Cybernetics. This allows plugins. Plugins – think cybernetic expert systems. They are general (attribute) and specific (skills). I get two level 1 plugins for free during the career tutorials. Increasing the attributes decreases training time for skills. The fun thing is that skill level one will allow installation of up to +3 plugs. To get +4 you need level 4 skill. I'll wait. And I'll pick up level 1 plugs, level 3 when I can afford them.
Anyway, another area of money making will be reprocessing. That is, taking stuff and breaking it down to components to sell. I'll only do this if I can't sell the object for more than the resulting components. Thing is, with the frigate (and later cruiser) I'll be using there are a lot of things I can't carry. In that case I may – no, make that Will – be able to break them down for some profit. Sure, getting them to a better market would be more profitable, but some beats none.
Now you can do the reprocess with zero skills. So everything being added for this is to increase the profit: reduce waste, cut fees, cut taxes. I've already mentioned standing, and here the modified standing can matter a lot. It's time to grab two levels of connections. Add Refining to level two to reduce waste. Advanced refining would be good but it's for further down the road – it needs refining level 5 first. Probably not going to happen during this phase.
Most of what you read – and my limited experience supports this – says production isn't much good till your skills are at least level 3. That's industry 3, and a start on both mass production (allowing more than one job) and production efficiency (reducing waste). Unless I find a great thing to produce this is probably happening after ship skills, but it's only 7 hours for the basic package.
That's it for the main money skills. It's just under 16 hours, which means I'm still going to want some long term stuff laid in for over-nighting the schedule.
This is getting long, so I'll save the ship skills for the next post.
Have fun.


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The first casualty named in the two-week old fight to liberate northern Mali from Islamists militants was a Frenchman. Damien Boiteux, a lieutenant, was reported killed while flying his helicopter into battle near the city of Konna.
For Younouss Dicko, a Malian political party leader, the story of Lt. Boiteux inspires a mix of sorrow, gratitude – and a certain watchfulness.
"It's valorous of France to come aid Mali," he says. "But the French know there are limits. I think that with friendship and brotherhood, they won't stay longer than necessary or interfere too much in our internal affairs."
France never sought this battle. After decades of meddling in Africa, it says it wants former colonies to look after themselves. For Malians, French-led intervention has been an emotional roller-coaster. At times critical of their former colonizer in the past, many are now cheering French troops.
The drama is playing out against a backdrop of colonial history and human ties that still link French and Malian society – sometimes complicated by old wounds, sometimes transcending them. For now, smiles abound. But a misstep by Paris could swiftly sour things.
"There's never been a moment in French-Malian relations when people have supported France this much," says Gregory Mann, an associate history professor and Mali specialist at Columbia University in New York. "But France could make just one or two mistakes, and lose goodwill quickly."
French Sudan
France first came to Mali amid the 19th -century Scramble for Africa, as European powers gobbled up the continent in a race to build empires and extract resources. By mid-century, French colonialists in Senegal were eyeing the territory that would eventually become modern Mali.
In the words of Louis Faidherbe, a colonial administrator and an architect of France's African empire, writing in 1863, "if…you use the Senegal River to gain a route to the Sudan and the banks of the Niger, you will create a French colony that will count among the most beautiful in the world."
It was in that colony, called French Sudan but is present-day Mali, that Mr. Dicko grew up. His family lived in Zaman, a town east of Timbuktu, and as a boy he was sent to the French school in nearby city of Gourma Rharous. In what he regards as a tactful nod to local sensibilities, French authorities brought in Quranic scholars to provide Islamic study.
Dicko earned a doctorate at the University of Montpellier, in France, and taught quantum mechanics at the University of Bamako. Today he heads the Rally for Development and Solidarity party, as well as COPAM, a coalition of parties and other groups critical of Mali's current government.
"I don't have any personal grievances from colonization, save that it's a form of subjugation," he says. "Even if you don't register a precise act against you, you know that you have a master. You have a boss. And that hurts."
Poor, but free
After the Second World War, an exhausted France began shedding colonies. With some exceptions – notably Algeria, which France fought a bloody and unsuccessful war to retain – French Africa was disassembled in orderly fashion. Mali gained independence in 1960.
One day in 1972, Dicko went home on vacation from teaching in Bamako, and overheard a group of men debating the merits of independence. Some said Mali had become a poorer, hungrier place under its strongman presidents, Modibo Keita and Moussa Traouré.
"Then one of the men leapt up and said, 'You like slavery? Me, today I'm hungry and poor, but I'm free'," recalls Dicko.
Between them, Mr. Keita and Mr. Traouré – who toppled his predecessor – ran Mali until 1991, when Traouré was himself overthrown in a coup that established democracy and free elections. Along the way, the country has tended to forge an independent path from its former colonizer.
Yet France has remained the most influential Western power in West Africa, intervening dozens of times in the past half-century in the affairs of former colonies and sometimes protecting dictators in a cozy arrangement known as Françafrique.
Now French President François Hollande, elected last May, says France wants to turn a page.
"The time of Françafrique is over," he said last October, addressing African leaders gathered in Dakar, Senegal. "There is France and there is Africa. There is a partnership between France and Africa, with relations founded on respect, clarity, and solidarity."
A reluctant France jumps in
In similar vein, France initially ruled out sending troops to Mali to help dislodge Islamist fighters from the north. But a lightning Islamist advance two weeks ago appears to have raised the sudden danger of Mali's collapse.
Konna, the target of the Islamist advance, is near the main road leading into Mali's north, as well as a key army base at the town of Sévaré. The last serious military setback – in March of last year – triggered a military coup d'état.
According to French officials, France responded to an urgent cry for help from Mali's interim president, Dioncounda Traouré. Within days, French planes were pounding Islamists with air strikes, while French soldiers landed at Bamako.
Malians turned out to greet them, as French flags became a hot commodity. Yet the French-led campaign risks killing or injuring civilians by mistake, with a potential loss of both lives and popularity. It's also unclear how long French troops might stay – and when they might wear out their welcome.
Paris says it wants to hand off to West African troops, as originally planned by Western and African governments last year. But France has also vowed to stay in Mali until the Islamists are beaten and stability restored.
That could mean seeing Mali through presidential elections that were derailed by last year's coup. For now, the army and an interim government are coupled in a shaky balance of power.
A French presence through elections might help, says Moussa Mara, an accountant and district mayor in Bamako who plans to run for president, and heads Yelema, or "Change," party.
"It's not desirable that the international community gets involved in Mali's internal political dialogue," he says. "But foreign troops that stay could take care of security and fight against terrorism."
Humanism, not colonialism
Across the Niger River from the government ministries, party offices, and seats of power, in Bamako's vast southern sprawl of poor neighborhoods, a social worker of sorts named Mamadou Touré views Mali's foreign relations from a different angle: "Humans helping humans, and the rich helping the poor," he says.
Help came to Mr. Touré in 2000 in the form of Marie-Ange Buclet and her husband, Bruno Ughetto, a couple from Paris who had decided to adopt a child from Mali.
In Bamako, they befriended Touré, who worked with street children. The next year the three set up Sinjiya-ton, a Franco-Malian charity. One night in 2005, Buclet accompanied Touré for the first time on his nightly rounds.
"Even the most drugged-up children respected him," she says. "He played football with them. He listened. One imagines a world of violence, and it is, but with Mamadou it was completely transformed."
After that, Sinjiya-ton opened Dalibougou, a home in Bamako for street children. Mr. Ughetto, a management consultant, handles the finances, while Touré runs the home. Buclet and Ughetto normally visit twice a year.
"We were working before, but couldn't have reached this level without foreign help – in particular French help," says Touré. "But today, if someone helps me, it's not as a colonizer. It's because, behind everything, there are human beings."


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Seacoast area pizza restaurants will be serving up both cheese and specialty pizzas for guests to sample and judge in the categories of Kids' Choice Cheese and Grown-Ups' Choice. A judging panel will crown the Judges' Pick for Best Pizza, Best Crust and Most Creative Toppings.
Back by popular demand, several varieties of Smuttynose Brewing Company beer will be available for purchase by adults attending PizzaFest. Water, juice and other beverages can also be purchased for a nominal fee.
In addition to all the pizza-tasting, there will be activities for children including games, interactive exploration of exhibits and face painting. This event is family friendly but adults on their own are also welcome, as this is a great opportunity to start holiday shopping.
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"We the people, in order to form a more perfect union…" They are words most of us are familiar with.
Akhil Amar, a Yale professor and constitutional expert, says these words were "the most democratic deed the world had ever seen" in his book America's Constitution: A Biography.
Tuesday, September 17th, will mark Constitution Day, the 226th anniversary of the signing of our nation's Constitution. But there's a question worth asking – why is our Constitution so special? What distinguishes our government from other similar democracies? The answer provides a wonderful glimpse into not just a document, but a revolutionary theory of governance and mankind that took the world by storm.
The story begins with the Declaration of Independence, published two days after America officially declared its independence from Great Britain. The Declaration was meant to be a longer justification of the ideas put forth in America's official resolution to declare independence on July 2, 1776.
The Constitution created a government based on two central axioms demonstrated by the Declaration. The first, natural human equality, recognized that no person has the right to rule over another without his or her consent. The second asserted that we are "endowed by [our] Creator with certain unalienable rights" – our right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" are inherent within us, not conditional on the whims of those in power.
Though we may take these ideas for granted now, the opposite was true 250 years ago. "The Declaration's two axioms, though self-evidently true, are by no means obvious. In fact, no other country had ever recognized them before, none at the time did, and most today only pay lip service to them," argues David Azerrad of The Heritage Foundation, in an article on Public Discourse.
The Constitution followed these ideas and solidified the structure of the American federal government. With the system of checks and balances, the Founders ensured that these two axioms presented in the Declaration could never be suppressed.
Perhaps the best perspective on the Constitution comes through the Federalist Papers, written in New York to help support the ratification efforts. The Federalist Papers serve as a public defense of the principles enshrined in the Constitution. "Happily for America, happily we trust for the whole human race, [Americans] pursued a new and more noble course. They accomplished a revolution which has no parallel in the annals of human society," said Publius in Federalist No. 14.
According to Anthony Peacock, author of The Heritage Foundation's How to Read the Federalist Papers, "No other country can claim to be built upon the self-evident truths of equality and God-given natural rights." America was founded on universal principles of liberty and consent of the governed, not religious or ethnic pride.
Our Constitution is truly unique. It's worth celebrating such a momentous transformation of government and the inspirational leaders who dedicated their lives to ensuring our future as a nation.


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American Art Quilts for the 21st Century
August 11 - October 27, 2001,
Brush Gallery, 256 Market, Lowell, MA 01852
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Maxine Farkas, listening to Laura Cater-Woods talk about the awards.
Sara Rockinger receiving the Bernina Award for Innovation in Machine Embroidery. Surrounded by extended family.
Julie Upshaw receiving the Husqvarna Award for 2002 from Laura Cater-Woods. Joanie San Chirico receiving the Jurors' Choice award from Maxine Farkas, Jeri Riggs in foreground. Foreground: Claire Fenton receiving Pfaff Artist Award for Excellence from Laura Cater-Woods. Background: left to right Nancy Hines, Robyn Daniel (uploading some needed caffeine); Marni Goldshlag front right; Angela Moll is behind her. From left, Claire Fenton, Helene Davis, Julie Upshaw and Joan Ross who did such a good job of designing the exhibition catalogue. Behind Julie is Victoria Montgomerys Cloth Sketches I: Passé. Denise Linet (right) discussing her piece Abstraction #4 with Nancy Hines.
From left, unknown person in white, Deirdre Scherer, her daughter, Helene Davis and Julie Upshaw with back to camera. Standing in front of Dominie Nashs Particolare 6. Judy Beckers Thanks To Elizabeth is in the back ground. From left Joanie San Chirico, Cathy Kleeman and Lydia Johnston of ProFANE. In front of Sandra L.H. Woocks Cosmic Matters. From left, Jeri Riggs, unidentified person back to camera, Jill Werner in front of Eliza Brewsters Window From Tomorrow. Joan Schulzes the Cloisters
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Pat Steuert, Director of the NEQM inspecting Carol Taylors Windows.com;Marni Goldshlag on the right.
Visitors looking at Kathy Nida's piece Caught in the Headlights. Cathy Kleeman's Indian Summer is on the far left and Phil Jones' Night Falling is partially obscured by the viewer.
Keith Daniel (Robyn Daniels husband) inspecting Joanie San Chirios Altar
Fragments IV: Eclipse.
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Welcome fellow Elder Scrolls Alchemists.
The purpose of this site, is to cover anything concerning the skill "Alchemy" in the games The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion", including all available ingredients, possible potion combinations and their effects.
4th November, 2011 19:35 GMT+1
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
You can reach this site via http://skyrim.melian.cc as well. In the near future these too areas will be separated.
3rd November, 2011 7:45 GMT+1
Alchemy and Skyrim
I will be making a site for Skyrim and Alchemy as well. The new address will be available soon and i will let you know.
3rd February, 2011 13:219 GMT+1
Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
So there will infact be a new chapture in the Elder Scrolls series. Time for a replay of Oblivion then and absorbing all the avilable information.
See it all at http://Elder Scrolls.com/ and at http://Elder Scrolls.com/skyrim.
I wonder what i can find out concerning Alchemy in this new chapture!
16th January, 2009 08:21 GMT+1
Belated Happy New Year to you all!
I noticed that there is still significant access to this little Alchemy lab. Good to see that the information presented here by several people is still of use to some of you players.
The Alchemy Wizard is still the most useful apparatus on this site. Also apologies for answering mails late, since i am not playing Oblivion actively anymore
22nd January, 2008 09:50 GMT+1
Oblivion seems to be popular on PS3 as well. I also noticed this since PS3 appears in the browsers statistics of this site. As new platforms join the Oblivion experience i will finally also update the ingredient section of this site to reflect ingredients from Shivering Isles.
13th June, 2007 21:10 GMT+1
During the last days i received an excellent Excel Ingredient Spreadsheet from another fellow Oblivion player.
As it displays the ingredients ingredients in a totally different way, you should take a look.
17th May, 2007 09:30 GMT+1
Shivering Isles Ingredients have been added to the Alchemy Wizard
Thanks to an anonymous Oblivion player named John, the Alchemy Wizard has now been updated with the Shivering Isles ingredients. Those ingredients have the abbreviation (SI) behind their ingredient names.
1st April, 2007 10:21 GMT+1
Shivering Isles Ingredients will be added to the database
No, this is not an april's fool joke! The expansion has reached my shores and i will add those ingredients to the database, distinguishing them with a prefix.
7th April, 2006 08:10 GMT+1
The Alchemy Wizard
I am happy to tell you all that cube3, a poster at the official forums, maintains his fabulous Alchemy Wizard at the Alchemy Lab from now on.
Enjoy this nifty tool, to find powerful potions and deadly poisons!
Thank you cube3 for this friendly cooperation.
A have made a little minor correction in the Ingredient list. "Dispel" is a positive effect and not negative! To anyone who used my list as reference for his own information page, please update your data.
22nd Juli, 2006 12:37 GMT+1
After a long time with alot of work, sun and fun outside i am prepared to delivr some updates, that have been direly needed. Mostly this concerns pictures of ingredients and an updated Alchemy FAQ with all the formulas concerned with magnitude and duration of potions and the general strength of potions.
Also i will create a simple potion make where you just add ingredients and get the result. You can then name those potions and submit them easily to the site, if not someone else has already submitted that particular potion combination.
So stand by and look for updates the next couple of weeks. Have fun with Alchemy in Oblivion!
5st April, 2006 12:17 GMT+1
As a next step in the site development, the Ingredient List is now dynamic and you can select effects to filter the list.
Also there is more information available for each ingredient now, like for example the Alkanet Flower.
Soon i will add more selection boxes so that multiple effects can be chosen. Also additional effects that might filter into the potion will be highlighed.
1st April, 2006 09:16 GMT+1
A fellow Alchemist pointed me to a useful "Alchemy Wizard", which he made himself. The wizard calculates potions based on effects and gives a list of possible ingredient combinations.
30th March, 2006 23:25 GMT+1
Added some new potions and poisons in the Potions/Poisons section. Thanks for the fellow alchemists who made a submission.
27th March, 2006 23:21 GMT+1
My information about the amount of potions that can be in effect at the same time was wrong. Infact this is not goverened by your skill in Alchemy, but a set value.
The Construction Set indicates that this was a possible feature, which never got implemented. Read more about it in the Alchemy FAQ.
26th March, 2006 23:38 GMT+1
OneEyedZiggy's Alchemy Calculator1.7 is now available in a new updated Version, which has some bugs fixed.
26th March, 2006 19:13 GMT+1
OneEyedZiggy's Alchemy Calculator 1.2 is now available in a new updated Version, which now contains all ingredients present in the game.
Also i missed out some few ingredients in my list, which have been added now aswell.
26th March, 2006 12:05 GMT+1
A new page with some sample potions and poison has been added to the site!
This Potions and Poison section also contains a nifty little Alchemy Calculator, made by OneEyedZiggy, a poster at the official forums.
Alot of thanks go to him, for programming this tool (which is available for Windows users) and making it available for all of us!
Also the Alchemy FAQ has been updated with some answers.
26th March, 2006 07:39 GMT+1
Thanks for someone to send an Email that i missed out 2 ingredients in my complete Ingredient List!
23th March, 2006 21:05 GMT+1
Finally I have a complete Ingredient List, Nirn Root and some other curious ingredients included.
Next step will be a filter for the ingredient list, depending on your skill in Alchemy and/or preselected effects.
22th March, 2006 08:00 GMT+1
I would like to thank Traxis, a poster at the Official Forums for finding out which effects get into a potion if you have reached Master Perk in Alchemy and are able to mix potions from 1 ingredient. The 1st effect on the added ingredient gets into the potion.
Read up on it in the Alchemy FAQ! Have a look at the Ingredient List for the possible 1st effects on ingredients.
21th March, 2006 17:10 GMT+1
How many potions can be in effect at once are determined by your skill in Alchemy. For more information look into the Alchemy FAQ!
21th March, 2006 10:09 GMT+1
All i can say, i nearly had an alchemical orgasm, when i read about the Alchemy skill perks. See for yourself in the Alchemy FAQ!
16th March, 2006 09:08 GMT+1
I now have a nearly complete Ingredient list with ALL effects up. Go and have a look now!
A BIG "Thank you!" to Ascent from the Official Elder Scrolls forums, for typing out those ingredients and posting them!
14th March, 2006 22:35 GMT+1
Some people have already received their Oblivion Strategy guide and have thankfully been answering some questions. I have some news about the different Alchemy apparatus. Actually they are the same as in Morrowind and also have the same effects when used to make potions.
11th March, 2006 00:30 GMT+1
New information on plants has turned up in the Bethsoft Newsletter. Beautiful pictures of a lush country side.
I have updated the Alchemy FAQ and also some ingredients again.
8th March, 2006 00:09 GMT+1
I have received some input from some fellow posters on the Official Oblivion forums and will start adding that information in the next couple of days. Thanks kindly for the provided information.
The Alchemy FAQ has been updated and i have added a basic ingredient list.
6th March, 2006 22:45 GMT+1
The release of "The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion" is at our doorsteps and the game will be available for sale in Europe from dates between 20th March 2006 and 24th March 2006.
The purpose of this site, is to cover anything concerning the skill "Alchemy" in the game "The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion", including all available ingredients, possible potion combinations and their effects.
The data and images will be presented in various different ways, as with my previous Alchemy Lab for The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind.
So you can expect an ingredient list, possibly if there are restocking vendors, a restocking vendor list and detailed information on each ingredient and its effect.
Of course we will have a Potion Mixer ready and possibly also an enhanced version of the Dwemer Potion Machine.
For a start I have compiled a Oblivion Alchemy FAQ, that will serve some questions and answers of what we know to date about Alchemy in this game, as gathered from developer quotes, interviews and reliable posts from the various forums. The Elder Scrolls Links section covers other useful official and unofficial sites and will grow as we come closer to release.


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As a Rush Holt campaign staff alum, this breaks my heart. That is, unless it will be replaced with information that he is not in fact leaving public life, and only leaving the U.S. House of Representatives.
This was sent to constituents and supporters a few minutes ago:
Today I am announcing that I will not seek re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives.
It has been and remains an immense honor for me to represent the people of New Jersey's 12th District. I first ran for office because I believed that government can be a positive force in our lives to build community and to increase individual opportunity. I ran for office because I believed that a representative can build confidence in our self-government by providing conscientious service so that every person knows that he or she has a voice and a stake in our country. After nearly two decades in public life, I believe these things even more strongly. I have been taught by the wisdom of my constituents and am as hopeful as ever about the strength of our community, constitution, and country.
I started my career as a scientist and teacher. I have in my life sought many ways to serve, and I will remain involved and will contribute to our community to whom I owe so much. I am proud of my service in the House and am pleased to point to accomplishments in policy areas and in service to individuals in central New Jersey.
There is no hidden motive for my decision. As friends who have worked with me know, I have never thought that the primary purpose of my work was re-election and I have never intended to make service in the House my entire career. For a variety of reasons, personal and professional, all of them positive and optimistic, the end of this year seems to me to be the right time to step aside and ask the voters to select the next representative.
This is not the time to discuss next steps in my career; that can come later. This is not a farewell. My dedicated staff and I remain on the job this year and will work hard with the President and New Jersey's fine other members of the House and the Senate to continue to advance the public's interests. The people I am so fortunate to represent should have no doubts that I will maintain the high standards I have set and they deserve and I am confident my successors will do the same.
I thank you for all your help.
Rush Holt
The info was given first to the New York Times.


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In sports everyone loves a good rivalry, and the National Hockey League is no exception.
From Bruins-Canadiens to Red Wings-Avalanche, the NHL has a rich history of intense rivalries between teams and fan bases that love nothing more than to hate one another.
Well, the league's next rivalry might be brewing out in the Western Conference's Central Division between the Minnesota Wild and the Colorado Avalanche, two teams that are starting to show some real mutual animosity.
The Wild and Avalanche do have some history, with both playing in the Western Conference's Northwest Division from Minnesota's debut season in 2000 before both were moved to the Central Division as a part of the NHL's realignment prior to the 2013-14 season. More notably, these two teams have squared off in the playoffs on several occasions. In fact, Minnesota has faced Colorado in three of its five postseason appearances.
The first playoff meeting between the two clubs came in 2003 in the conference quarterfinals, where the sixth-seeded Wild – who were in just their third year of existence – took on the third-seeded Avalanche. Colorado jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the series, but the Wild rallied to win the next three games, capped off by a 3-2 overtime victory in Game 7. As it turned out, Andrew Brunette's series-clinching goal ended the playing career of Hall of Fame goaltender and current Colorado head coach Patrick Roy, who announced his retirement a little over a month later.
The roles would be reversed five years later in the 2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, when third-seeded Minnesota – who had finished atop the division standings – and the sixth-seeded Avalanche once again met in the conference quarterfinals. The Wild won two out of the first three games, each of which ended with 3-2 scores in overtime, but Colorado would rebound to win the next three contests to take the series in six.
Finally, the franchises tangled for a third time in the conference quarterfinals of last year's Stanley Cup playoffs, a series that really is the root for the current bad blood between these two teams. The Avalanche were one of the biggest surprises of the NHL's regular season, capturing the Central Division crown in Roy's first year at the helm after finishing dead last in the Western Conference standings during the 2012-13 lockout-shortened season. Meanwhile, Minnesota rebounded from a rough stretch in December to capture the West's top wild card spot.
The series between the Wild and Avs was both dramatic and intense, with the home team emerging victorious in each of the first six games, three of which went to overtime. It was also in this series that Roy's strategy of pulling the goalie earlier than usual with his team trailing late in the third period became more widely recognized. In fact, numerous coaches around the league have since adopted the strategy.
Roy pulled Colorado goaltender Semyon Varlamov early for an extra attacker in both Games 1 and 5, helping the Avalanche tally the equalizer and ultimately win in overtime on both occasions. Facing a 3-2 series deficit, the Wild answered with a Game 6 victory at the Xcel Energy Center behind two goals from Zach Parise, including the game winner to break a 2-2 tie with 6:29 remaining in the third period.
This forced a decisive Game 7 back in Denver at the Pepsi Center, where Minnesota rallied from one-goal deficits four different times before Nino Niederreiter scored just over five minutes into overtime to give the Wild their first postseason series victory since 2003.
While an intense, hard-fought series of this magnitude certainly can help ignite a rivalry, the real trigger came in Game 3, when Minnesota forward Matt Cooke ended Avalanche defenseman Tyson Barrie's season with a brutal knee-on-knee collision.
Cooke, who had spent the past three years trying to rehabilitate his image as a notoriously dirty player, was only suspended seven games for the incident, which caught the ire of Colorado players, coaches and fans alike.
Naturally, fans of both teams and casual observers alike were interested in seeing how this dynamic would carry over when they went head-to-head in the first two games of the regular season. The answer: rough, physical play, but rather lopsided results.
The Wild dominated in both of those games and the two meetings since, outscoring the Avalanche 12-1 and winning all four contests. However, that doesn't mean the games have been short on excitement, thanks to the chippy play that has been a recurring theme during each meeting.
The second game of the year, played in Denver, featured an elbow by Avs defenseman Erik Johnson on Minnesota forward Erik Haula that resulted in a five-minute major and a game misconduct being issued to Johnson. Later, with just four seconds remaining in the third period, Roy tried to send out his goons but was stopped by the refs.
But it was the latest meeting between these two teams where the bitterness was on full display and the frustration reached a boiling point. An already fierce affair almost turned into a full-blown melee in the closing seconds of the game when Roy, ever the pacifist, sent out forward Cody McLeod, who promptly drilled Mikael Granlund with a cheap shot as soon as the puck was dropped.
Charlie Coyle then came to the aid of his teammate and briefly fought McLeod while the two benches got into a shouting match. However, Colorado captain Gabriel Landeskog decided to take it one step further, throwing a punch at Wild counterpart Mikko Koivu.
Minnesota head coach Mike Yeo called McLeod's antics "garbage" after the game and felt that the league should act, but McLeod didn't end up receiving as severe a punishment as he could (and probably should) have. Because they determined that Coyle had initiated the fight, the refs only gave McLeod an unsportsmanlike penalty rather than an instigator, saving both he and Roy from an automatic fine and one-game suspension. Still, McLeod and Landeskog would later receive lesser fines from the league for their actions. The chaos wasn't just contained to the ice, as a brawl even broke out in the stands between fans of the two teams.
Now, the Wild and Avalanche prepare to go toe-to-toe one final time on Sunday in their last regular-season meeting, and it's hard to imagine that the tension has died down very much.
Earlier this week, Roy defended McLeod in a not-so-subtle response to Yeo's postgame comments.
"To me, garbage is what Cooke did to Barrie, not what McLeod did at the end of the game," Roy said.
Of course, with the Avalanche struggling mightily this season and the Wild decimating them in all four meetings up to this point, this rivalry hasn't lived up to it's full potential yet. That being said, both teams have ample young talent and figure to be regular contenders in the division for years to come.
For now, all eyes will be on the Xcel Energy Center this Sunday, when Minnesota and Colorado write the next chapter in one of the NHL's fiercest new rivalries.


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(AP) — Files documenting a lengthy history of political patronage hiring at the Chicago area's Metracommuter rail agency reveal that some of Illinois' most well-known politicians routinely recommended job candidates.
The nearly 800 index cards list the names of candidates for jobs, promotions or raises and the powerful politicians weighing in on their behalf over a period from 1983 to 1991. While there's no smoking gun showing illegal activity took place, the files offer a look at Illinois politicians' widespread use of jobs at publicly funded agencies to reward supporters and wield influence.
(See related story: "Metra's $2.4 million in non-union raises — here's the list.")
The existence of the index cards was first made public March 31 by a task force scrutinizing Metra and Chicago's other transit agencies after a former Metra CEO claimed he was forced out for resisting political pressure in personnel and contract decisions. But the panel's report only named Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan as being among the prominent and frequent backers of job candidates.
Copies released Tuesday by Metra in response to Freedom of Information Act requests show many other prominent Democrats and Republicans were named in the cards.
They included Democrats such as late U.S. Sen. Paul Simon, late Illinois Comptroller Dawn Clark Netsch and current Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Among Republicans were former Gov. George Ryan and former Lt. Gov. Bob Kustra.
Since the files date back decades, the intervention of many of those named took place at earlier points in their political careers.
Madigan has acknowledged a recent instance of recommending a raise for someone who had donated to his political campaigns. But his spokesman has dismissed the task force report as "amateurish" while saying the claims over the index cards date back so far that Madigan couldn't be expected to recall if any were true.
Besides Madigan, another name that appears frequently on the cards is former Metra board member Don Udstuen, who often acted as an intermediary.
In one instance, he put forward a referral that apparently came from then-U.S. Rep. George Sangmeister. The card refers to the job seeker as a "good candidate" except that he failed a typing test and a retest.
A notation says the candidate will "keep trying" to pass and "will call us when ready."
The task force that first noted the cards was created by Gov. Pat Quinn to recommend ways to root out political patronage, restore public confidence and improve the operation of Chicago's transit agencies.
Metra has announced reform steps and put in place new leadership.
In a section of its report titled "The Patronage Files," the task force concluded that not all of the referrals were accepted, but that it appeared recommendations from officials with greater weight did result in jobs, raises and promotions.
"While there is nothing inherently improper (much less illegal) about a person recommending someone else for a job or promotion, there is something systemically wrong when such references on behalf of politically connected individuals seem to dominate and control the process to the detriment of better qualified candidates," the report said.


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