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What happened to Colonel Klink after the war?
Did he survive? What about Seargent Schultz, and General Burkhalter.
0 VotesThe Sicilian Sage gave much of the answer. After Hogan's disappearance, he was reported to have spent a number of years on various Caribbean islands where he was always surrounded by women. Eventually, however, he developed cirrhosis of the liver. He had a liver transplant (depleting the remaining money he stole) and spent his later years happily working as a bartender in Baja. Klink, himself, we released from prison early (being a model prisoner). He returned to his wife and family and, even though a convicted felon, was able to get a job as a Wal*Mart greeter. He died as a result of a "slip and fall" that happened when the store floor got wet from people tracking in water during a severe thundershower. Schultzie and "Louie" LeBeau formed a "special friendship" They were together until Schultzie died from a massive coronary. Due to the laws, LeBeau was not able to receive any of Schultz's pension. He lived out his days in abject poverty, delighting little children in the park with wonderful pantomime. Kinchloe returned to the states where he began "running girls". He was fortunate enough to spend time in the jail in Birmingham in a cell next to the Rev Dr. Martin Luther King. After hearing King speak in DC (where he was AGAIN running girls) he finally renounced his ways, entered a seminary and ended up ordained as a Methodist pastor, eventually becoming the first African American Bishop in the Tri-State area. When he passed, the turnout was overwhelming. "Sergeant" Carter had a tragic life. The Post Traumatic Stress plagued him his remaining days. He drifted from job to job. Finally, one day, he could take no more. He grabbed a weapon and stormed into a nunnery screaming about Nazi's. He shot 7 nuns (two fatally) before he was himself gunned down. Cpl. Newkirk left his home in England, and moved to the US. Eventually, under the stage name "Richard Dawson" he achieved limited success hosting a game show. Klink's secretary, Fraulein Helga, became a teacher where she met another young woman. They eventually both bore three children (due to the presence of so many US GI's) and they raised all children together. "Fraulein" Helga and Gerta, both now elderly grandmothers, share a modest home in a quiet suburb of Frankfurt. She is in the process of writing her memoirs. Gerta until very recently was very active in the LGBT movement.
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Klink went to work in an investment bank for Hogan who embezzled 2 billion dollars and left Klink holding the bag. … At his trial, he was found guilt and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment … His last words at the trial were: "Hogan !, Hogan !"
Schultz applied for a position in the U.S. bureaucracy, and when he answered the first question with the statement: "I know nothingk, nothingk !" he was immediately offered a position as adviser to the President.
Burkhalter married a rich widow and went into obscurity.
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They are all fictional characters, so you can imagine any life you want for them.
But I think it's interesting that the actor who played Colonel Klink, Werner Klemperer, was himself a refugee from Nazi Germany. His family fled Germany in the 1930s, and Klemperer served in the U.S. army during World War II.
So we know what became of Werner Klemperer after the war: He became a distinguished American actor.
Bob Crane, who played Colonel Hogan in the TV series, did not have as happy an outcome. In 1978, seven years after the last "Hogan's Heroes" episode was produced, Crane was budgeoned to death in a hotel room. The crime is still considered unsolved.
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Try ask in the TV section. None of the characters on "Hogan' Heroes" were historically real people and I'm not sure any of them were based on historically real people.
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You know, I always wondered why there wasn't a final episode or movie to wrap things up and explain all that.
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Abi is crying because she is a mean, dumb, b*itch and she's not on the winning alliance right now. She's been horrible and just... Just horrible to everyone and now she is realizing people don't like her.
Jeff gave her the out of asking if she believed it was cultural and she said it must be bc English isn't her first language (apparently this makes you be a witch?)
Everyone was laughing because she acted as if she was surprised that people thought so poorly of her.
I wish I could feel bad for her. I watched her crying and thought "it is so wrong of me that I am feeling zero empathy for her"
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(2x12) Watch Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 12 Online. Cat and Vincent must work together to save J.T. when he gets kidnapped, while Tori attempts to intervene, with fatal consequences. Meanwhile, a stranger from FBI Agent Dana Landon's past is rescued along with J.T., and might have some insight about Vincent's beastly past.
Beauty & the Beast (2012 TV series) series information here: Catherine Chandler, a detective, witnesses her mother being shot the same night she is saved from her mother's murderers by a supposed beast. Nine years later, a case leads her to discover that Vincent Keller, an ex-soldier believed to have been killed in action during military service, is actually alive.
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Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are going through serious marriage problems.
According to a new Radar Online report, the couple - which has been married for 15 years - is on on a trial separation and living apart at the moment.
Will has been shooting a new movie in New Orleans for the past month, while Jada visited Paris this month and has reportedly moved in with a friend in Calabasas. It's unclear just when the Smiths will be under the same roof again.
On October 23, meanwhile, Jada spoke at the Associated Black Charities of Baltimore Girls' Night Out Event and told the crowd that "when you are going through a storm with your spouse … stop thinking about what you 'believe' a husband or wife should be."
She then added: "I thought success would make me happy … It does NOT."
Doesn't sound like a very content wife, does it?
In September, reports indicated that Will and Jada were selling their mansion and that a divorce was imminent.
Way back in 2011, In Touch Weekly claimed Jada had gotten VERY close to then-co-star Marc Anthony and that her marriage to Will was on the ropes. In August of that year, the couple issued a statement that shot down this allegation.
Now? The spouses have not been photographed together in about two months and when Will's mother was asked to comment on the relationship, she told Radar: "Isn't that personal?... Thank you for your concern."
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June 30, 2011 in Opinion by Sherri Coner-Eastburn
A few evenings ago, my friend and I sat together
on her porch. We were both wrapped
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"Aren't you coming in?"
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It was simple and beautiful
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Lightning flashed and thunder boomed. The power goes out and Hazel is left home alone in the dark.
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(#) shortygirl 2010-10-05 06:47:36 PMThe window really??? you trying to give her a heart attack
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(#) i_bleed_neon 2010-10-05 07:55:54 PMdamn gerard. i would have whacked him with something before i ever realized it was him if he had come to my window like that. but i like this so update soon. :)


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CEDAR RAPIDS– The Eastern Iowa Orchid Society will hold an orchid show and sale at the Noelridge Park Greenhouse, 4900 Council St. NE, Cedar Rapids on Oct. 19 and 20. The show is free and open to the public Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., and Sunday from 10a.m. until 4 p.m.
This will be a regional orchid show with flowering orchid displays in Noelridge's tropical greenhouses. Exhibitors come from throughout the Midwest . Activities will include American Orchid Society orchid judging, beautiful floor and table top orchid displays, and a wide variety of orchid plants for sale from reputable vendors. Come and cast your vote for the People's Choice Award for the best orchid display in the show. Learn about repotting, basic orchid culture, hydroponic orchid growing, and how to get your orchid to re-bloom at educational sessions. The show venue offers a fall splash of color with an opportunity to view exotic orchid blooms in artistically arranged displays.
The website is http://www.orchidmall.com/eios/show.html [1]. For general information, display registration and publicity, contact Nile Dusdieker at email@example.com [2]. Show chairman is John Lorence at firstname.lastname@example.com [3]. Society president: Lois Dusdieker at email@example.com [4].
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Once you have gone backpacking, the standard holiday never seems to match up to your expectations. It is difficult to enjoy your fifteen dollar cocktail in a tourist restaurant with a load of backpackers making whoopee around the corner in a local bar. Hence the rise of the flashpacker, the wealthy traveler who wants the backpacking lifestyle with the comfort that money affords. Anyone with more than two of the following gadgets is likely to be a flash packer:
- Flashpackers can't be seen with a point-and-shoot camera and will likely carry an impractically large SLR camera with a range of expensive lenses, all carried in a brand new ergonomic bag.
- As well as a camera, flashpackers always carry some sort of tripod. This will either be a tiny tabletop model or one of those folding ones that expands up to a huge size.
- GPS devices mean that flashpackers can always be rescued by helicopter if something goes wrong and allow their friends back home to follow their exact route on Google maps. They are designed to always run out of power as soon as you get lost.
- A space age, universal adapter is an essential piece of flashpacker kit. With so many devices to power, the flashpacker must take every chance to pump juice into his gadgets.
- Most flashpackers carry some sort of water purifier. It might be a micro filter device or straw or even one of those ultra violet wands that kills all known life in seconds. It will never be used and lives in the "just in case" pile at the bottom of their high tech rucksack alongside the travel iron!
- No flashpacker would be seen dead drinking out of a plastic bottle when they can use a 100 dollar ergonomic camelback pouch instead. These are great on long hikes, but not so cool in downtown Sydney.
- The Ipod is no longer the domain of the flashpacker as most travelers have them nowadays. Flashpackers like to stay ahead of the crowd and are now sporting tiny Nanos.
- While most travelers make do with a pair of sandals the flashpacker goes in for the latest in footwear technology. Flashpacker shoes look like something out of Star Trek!
- Flashpackers can't make do with some shower gel in an old Coke bottle but stick rigidly to their home body care regimes while traveling. If you find a girl in a hostel with a mud mask on their face or a guy with six bottles of different creams, they are very likely to be flashpackers.
- Okay, it is not strictly a gadget, but many flashpacker couples are now travelling with the ultimate in accessories; the baby or small child.
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is this cute or what?!
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i can always sit and watch the way the rain hits the waters surface
i could watch this forever
i can hear it in my head. lovely.
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Hitler flirting with Eva Braun.
I don't know how this makes me feel
It makes me feel very uncomfortable
You know what's so uncomfortable about this? It shows that perhaps one of the most evil men in history, was a human being. That, on occasion, he could be nice, even flirty. That's not all. You want to see evil people as evil, screaming horrible stuff over a desk with 20 microphones with 20, 000 people saluting them. The evil is clear and recognizable then. This shows a completely different image, it scares you because that means that evil isn't a stereotype, that evil is not recognizable, that evil could be anyone. It scares you because this shows that could be lurking inside anyone and you'll never ever know. Maybe in you?
i reblogged this literally like 2 minutes ago, but i want this version because of that comment ^
That comment is one of my favorite post commentaries, because it's completely right. People aren't inherently evil. Like good, it's a role they grow and live into. We have just as much potential to destroy as this man exhibited. And it's a very eye opening experience to realize that.
does anyone even remember that one time hitler attended that luncheon between world leaders, some guests of which even included china's socialist leader as well as Stalin. And then when they were ordering, everyone was gladly ordering impressive dishes one after the other, but Hitler placed an order for barley tea and a pheasant (considered a peasant's meal by standard). When he was questioned as to why he would order something like this in something as grand as a world leader's congress, he replied,
"I don't smoke when my people cannot smoke, and I cannot eat when my people are going hungry."
He wasn't evil for its own sake, let's try to remember that despite the countless murders, but for a moment, he did actually believe he was doing something for the good of his countrymen.
No, he's right. Hitler, though extremely wrong in his views, did everything for what he thought would better the lives of his people. It was wrong. It was disgustingly, horribly wrong. But he did not do it because it was evil and he was evil. He did it because he believed it would help Germany and those who needed a better life. Those who don't understand or even try to understand the human brain will always label men like him as 'evil' because it is easier to accept. But he wasn't 'evil.' He felt love and loyalty and responsibilities. He simply took these aspects and morphed them into a twisted, violent thing.
Tumblr is probably the only place we could have this conversation and not be lynched.
oh my god reblogging if only for the last comment
this is literally the best thing on tumblr
Are you guys serious? Hitler is the definition of evil. He killed and tortured 12 million people. 12. Million. People. There is absolutely no way of justifying that.
You people who are saying he is evil are right, but you're missing the point. He was crazy and evil, but in his mind he was doing good for his people. That is what is being said.
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This will always be a favorite.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The Memphis Grizzlies have signed Quincy Pondexter to a contract extension, beating a Thursday night deadline for players drafted in 2010.
The Grizzlies did not disclose terms of the deal Thursday.
The 6-foot-6 guard-forward led the Grizzlies with a career-high 39.5 per cent shooting from 3-point range in 59 games last season. Pondexter, who hit a combined 40 3-pointers in his first two seasons, hit 60 3s last season.
He was even better during the playoffs shooting 45.3 per cent outside the arc. In the Western finals, Pondexter averaged 15.3 points shooting 53.7 per cent from the floor.
Pondexter was the 26th selection overall by Oklahoma City in 2010, trading his rights to New Orleans. Memphis traded for him Dec. 24, 2011.
The Commercial Appeal reported Pondexter agreed to a four-year deal.
It was Canada's night at the NBA Draft as four players from north of the border were selected.
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18. Tyler Ennis - Suns
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Epidendrum parkisonianum
For some reason, I have always been drawn to sinister looking orchids and Epi. parkinsonianum is one of my favorite. This plant measures about 4 feet from top to bottom and must be grown in a pedulous manner. Could you imagine seeing this hanging out of a tree in the cloud forrest? You probably would think twice about going near it, just one of the reasons I love this species.
I grow this in a 10" teak basket hung sideways to accommodate the growth habit in a very bright area with a drier rest in the cooler months.


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Rain should come to an end later this afternoon. Cold, but dry tonight with temperatures in the upper 20s for lows.
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— A mysterious figure in a trench coat strikes a man with the body of his canine companion, then gives the victim a choice: die in the flames of a burning house or saw off his bound arm for a chance to escape. Seems like the perfect time for a superhero to swoop in and save the day.
Just one problem. The guy in the trench coat is the hero. His name is Rorschach, and he's just one member of the team of caped crusaders that will leave audiences questioning how good the good guys really are when "Watchmen" hits theaters Friday, March 6.
Thanks to comic book-to-big screen successes like "X-Men," "Iron Man" and "The Dark Knight," no one goes to the movies expecting an old school do-gooder to flash his pearly whites as he flies the baddies off to their new jailhouse digs. But in "Watchmen" the superheroes go far beyond the modern trend toward tortured men who soldier on for righteousness.
They're a pack made up of masked men and one woman, each bringing their own damaged motivations to the fight for justice with varying degrees of passion. There's the detached blue former human, Dr. Manhattan, whose drive is lost and found. The cigar-chomping Comedian was simply spurred by a way to legitimize the ultimate bully fantasy. Hubris led Ozymandias into the fight and everything else he ever did. And looking almost squeaky clean compared to Rorschach and the rest, Nite Owl II and Silk Spectre II simply followed in the footsteps of those who came before them — one willingly, one not so willingly.
Film fans may even wonder where the words "super" and "hero" fit in this story that deconstructs the typical take on Captain America types, revealing them to be little more than deeply flawed humans who happen to own some cool costumes. In fact, it's tough to sort the heroes and from the villains in this bunch. That's the moral riddle that makes the story so compelling.
Take Rorschach. He's obviously deranged, but there's a method to his madness. As with the much of "Watchmen's" backdrop, Rorschach was born from real history. His trademark shifting splotch mask was said to be cut from the same cloth as a dress intended for Kitty Genovese, a New Yorker whose screams went unanswered as she was sexually assaulted while she lay dying in front of her own apartment in 1964. The mask symbolized what he was fighting for, and why he would never let a little thing like vengeful brutality get in his way.
The good, the bad and the sort of heroic
In the world of "Watchmen," the tights and cape crowd started out as heroes-for-hire — talented men and women who got their narcissistic and financial fix by posing as the patriotic ideal and keeping private institutions, neighborhoods and even the country safe. Inevitably, due to the heavy-handed actions of Rorschach and a few others, public opinion turned against them.
The Watchmen were no longer seen as costumed adventurers, but dangerous masked vigilantes acting as judge, jury and executioner. Then again, one person's vigilante is another person's crime fighter.
And there's the dilemma. If Rorschach, driven by a fierce sense of right and wrong, roams around the mean streets breaking bones and far worse, but at the same time some fairly heinous criminals are stopped in the process, where's the harm? It's a question the story poses again and again, and the distinction only grows dimmer as the plot moves forward.
Is a bad guy willing to commit a great wrong for all the right reasons worse than a good guy willing to fight for what's right using the worst possible methods? And what about a detached god-like guy unwilling to do anything for any reason?
Moral ambiguity? Whatever
Enter the "Watchmen's" lone hero who goes beyond the human mold: Dr. Manhattan. He's the glowing blue man who started as a mere mortal, but gained the only true superpowers to be seen thanks to a nuclear physics experiment gone wrong.
Clairvoyance? Telekensis? Teleportation? Check. Check. Check. If he had a sense of humor, Dr. M would laugh at the concepts of time and space. No longer bound by the laws of physics or the notion of modesty, there's not much on this planet or any other that he can't do. Unfortunately for the rest of the population, there's not much he wants to do, either.
Just as he-of-the-inkblot-mask sees the world as black and white absolutes that must be acted upon, Manhattan views it all from a detached laissez-faire perspective. His powers have left him so far removed from humanity that he's hard pressed to care if one group of molecules is committing a crime against another group of molecules.
It's Manhattan and Rorschach who bookend the scope of justice in an unjust society. Between their extremes lie the rest of the gang, each packing his or her own baggage unbefitting a superhero.
The motley mix
The Comedian, the late great government mercenary who checks out as soon as the story gets opens, help found the whole costume crusader movement. Gone but not forgotten in flashback, the man had a personal moral compass that vacillated roughly between jerk and full-fledged villain.
Ozymandias, otherwise known as the brains of the bunch, acts as a poster child for ego in overdrive. He's the insufferable smart guy who's just stupid enough to think that makes him better than everyone else. An overabundance of brawn and beauty just bolster ego-boy even more.
Rounding out the avenger assortment are the two closest examples of sympathetic characters to be found in "Watchmen," the often-impotent Nite Owl II and the reluctant second-generation femme fatale Silk Spectre II. They're both devoted to their questionable causes and weary of them at the same time.
It's a love 'em or loath 'em group and they each live up (or down) to the dark drama around them, but whether film audiences are ready to embrace this nihilistic world of superless-heroes is yet to be seen. Moviegoers are used to having someone to root for in even the grittiest comic book tales, and "Watchmen" challenges them to wade through murky morals without a champion.


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During the past few days a pair of Sparrow Hawks have been making inspection trips about an old snag near the Community House in Paradise Valley.
My attention was first attracted to them one afternoon when they were putting on an exhibition of flight with all the modern stunts of a finished aviator--and then some.
Swinging far into the sky they would hover in one spot calling continually, "Killy! Killy! Killy!" in true Sparrow Hawk fashion. Suddenly one bird pitched forward with set wings, darting downward with great speed---then evened off to a level course to come to rest atop the snag.
To my astonishment the bird dissappeared and on looking closer I saw, near the top, a hole which had been an old Flicker's nesting place. Then, in an instant the bird came out again to dart to a nearby Alpine Fir.
Soon after both birds were observed flying back and forth from one Alpine Fir to another. The female bird, which is the larger and less brightly marked, soon dropped into the hole with what was at first thought to be a morsel of food in her talons, yet she reappeared shortly with the object in her beak and flew again to one of the nearby Alpine Firs. As I stepped out of sight, however, she soon came back and deposited the dry grass in the hole.
Then it dawned on me that we were going to have the pleasure of seeing these bright colored hawks take up their family responsibilities where they could be easily observed and shown to people on our Nature Hikes. The dead snag is perhaps thirty five feet high and only fifty or sixty feet from the corner of the building and the hole of the old Flicker's nest, where the Sparrow Hawks have set up their abode, is facing the door. Thus we have a fine opportunity of observing the nest making of these two hawks from the Community House.
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- 1650
- Born in Espejo, Spain.
- 1673
- Publication of the play Pardes Shoshannim.
- 1683
- Publication of Triumphos del Aguyla y Eclypses de la Luna.
- 1683
- Publication of La Rosa, Panegyrico Sacro, Hécho en la Insigne Academia de los Sitibundos.
- 1684
- Publication of Rumbos Peligrosos por Donde Navega con Titulo de Novelas la Cosobrante Nave de la Temeridad.
- 1685
- Publication of Discursos Academicos, Morales, Retoricos, y Sagrados Que Recitó en la Florida Academia de los Floridos.
- 1688
- Publication of Confusion of Confusions.
- 1690
- Publication of Retrato de la Prudencia, y Simulacro del Valor, al Augusto Monarca Guilielmo Tercero, Rey do la Gran Bretaña.
- 1692
- Died in Amsterdam.
Life and Career
Joseph de la Vega (also known as Joseph Penso) was a businessman, writer, and philanthropist who lived in 17th century Amsterdam in a community of Portuguese Jews whose ancestors had fled the Spanish Inquisition. He wrote his first play, Pardes Shoshannim, when only 18 and went on to become a respected merchant, and a Spanish poet. He became famous for his masterpiece, Confusion of Confusions, the oldest book ever written about stock exchanges. He was elected to several posts in the Jewish, and in the financial communities, including the honorary offices of President of the Academia de los Sitibundos, and Secretary of the Academia de los Floridos. He maintained an extensive correspondence with a number of sovereigns, and other prominent contemporaries.
Key Thinking
De la Vega's best-known work, Confusion of Confusions, consists of a series of dialogues between a philosopher, a merchant, and a shareholder, describing the workings of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, the world's first stock exchange.
It provides a context and understanding of the market participants, the intricacies of speculation and trading, and the financial instruments used at the time, while displaying an affection for the market and its greedy speculators.
He presents four rules of speculation that are still relevant today: never advise anyone to buy or sell shares; accept both your profits and losses; profits from share dealing never last; you need both money and patience.
In Perspective
Confusion of Confusions was one of the first analytical attempts to describe the different kinds of financial operations taking place at the time. It explores the impact of crowd behavior, and trading trickery on the financial markets.
Describes the diverse tactics and schemes used by investors playing the Amsterdam market, even though there were only two stocks being traded—the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch West India Company—businesses that depended on risk-laden expeditions around the world.
He shows that, even then, there were bulls, bears, panics, bubbles, short selling, margin trading, and most of the other features of modern exchanges.
Discusses trading operations that were complex, involving both options and forward trades; such trading was used both to hedge, and to speculate.
Shows how many facets of investing are timeless, as he recognizes the value of information and analysis, and how speculators tend to be either optimists or pessimists; de la Vega's advice is to maintain a balance between the two.
Explains how government regulation banned short selling, but that this was ignored as short sellers were often needed to make markets.
"What really matters is an awareness of how greed and fear can drive rational people to behave in strange ways when they gather in the marketplace."


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In Buchanan County, Mo., crop news infuses daily life.
The news flows from farmer to farmer at the store, the ball game, and lunch after church. Corn price, bean price, bushel per acre.
"You know how to figure what you'll get," said Ronnie Dean, one of those farmers. Last year Dean figured he needed a change.
For 20 years before this spring, Dean had enrolled his land in the federal Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and earned about $83 an acre a year to grow grass. But this fall his fields sprouted soybeans and corn, and Dean earned about $800 an acre, he said.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which funds CRP, trumpets the program's success in reducing soil loss, reviving wetlands and boosting rural incomes. But high commodity prices are prompting farmers like Dean to plow CRP-planted grass fields and cultivate increasingly lucrative food crops.
The change in land use has been dramatic.
Since last year, CRP acreage dropped 23 percent in Missouri and 15 percent across the United States, according to records from the Farm Service Agency. Fewer acres in the program could puncture its conservation gains, harming land and water ecosystems, experts say
Dean, who is nearly 70, has farmed this land since high school. Back then, heavy rain would slice deep ditches in the fields.
"That water, it just keeps cutting until you have no dirt left," he said.
As a last resort, two decades ago he signed up most of his 450 acres in CRP and sowed them with warm- and cool-weather grasses. Over time, the 6- to 8-feet-tall switchgrass grew too thick to walk through. It held the soil and stopped the ditches from forming.
The conservation program targets land like this to keep rain from washing soil and fertilizer into surrounding water, such as the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. Another aim is to boost wildlife habitat, compensating for habitat overtaken by sprawling farms.
In adjacent Andrew County, the Adkins family had quail in mind as they lined the edges of their cornfields with grass and trees through CRP. Quail hunting runs in the family.
But farmer Curtis Adkins is not sure this land will stay for the birds. In August, as he stood next to his combine while taking a break from harvesting corn, prices stood above $8 a bushel.
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Yes, Adding Avocado to Scrambled Eggs Is a Very Good Idea
I love avocado with eggs. I add slices on top of fried eggs on toast, and inside egg sandwiches. But I had never tried adding avocado to scrambled eggs — until last week. Why not? I have no idea — these two things were meant to go together.
I will be the first to admit that chunks of avocado in scrambled eggs looks a little odd. There's a greenish cast to the whole dish (Green Eggs and Ham, anyone?). But ignore that. The soft, creamy eggs coat the bites of even creamier avocado for one big mess of savory creaminess. It's utterly delicious.
It's also extra-simple to make. Just scramble some eggs until they are barely set, and still soft. (See how to make creamy, luscious scrambled eggs.) Dice an avocado and stir it in, gently, cooking until it is just warmed through. Pile on toast and eat immediately!
Do you ever add avocado to scrambled eggs? I'm already plotting a signature breakfast burrito with avocado in scrambled eggs, perhaps with a little cilantro and queso fresco tossed. in.
Related: How To Make Creamy, Luscious Scrambled Eggs
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I make my daughter a southwestern omelet sometimes when we do "breakfast for dinner" with cheddar cheese, avocado and cilantro. Queso fresco sounds delicious! I, however, cannot stand avocados :-(
One of my favorite dishes at a restaurant we visit is called Eggs Franciscos - Scrambled Eggs with Avocado slices, tomato, and bacon on top of an english muffin, smothered in white queso. Heavenly decadent.
This pretty much my go-to anytime of day meal. Sometimes I add in herbs or put some salsa on top, or in some cases a little cheese. Wrap it up in a buttery tortilla and you really have a winner! Oh avocados make everything wonderful...
My favorite breakfast/lunch of the moment is egg salad served with slices of avocado with a squeeze of lemon and salt and pepper. No bread. I'm loving this combo!
I can be fussy about what I eat with eggs, but I do enjoy a little scrambled eggs with mashed avocado and lime in a soft tortilla topped with some crumbled panela. I have some medical issues that require me to eat soft foods on a fairly regular basis, and this is one of my go-to meals for those times. It's affordable, tasty, satisfying, and soft--all I require! My husband likes his tortilla loaded with eggs and avocado and cheese and then topped with salsa, which I think just overwhelms it all, but hey, to each his or her own! :)
The morning after my now-husband proposed to me, I made us a lovely scramble with avocado. Perhaps due to my extreme emotional state (I'M GETTING MARRIED TO THE BEST MAN IN THE WORLD!), I dumped the avocado in way too early and ended up with a major case of green eggs.
He still married me though, which just goes to show that, while it looks unappetizing, avocado + scrambled eggs = win.
I top my avocado toast with a fried egg if I need a little more sustenance.
But I also like scrambled eggs with avocado as well. It calls for a little cilantro or chive snipped into the scramble and a squeeze of citrus but then I'm happy.
One of my favorite meals at this little breakfast place in Honolulu, Bogarts, was their migas.
They scramble eggs with black beans and cheddar/monteray shredded. Throw it on a plate, top with salsa and avocado, garnish with blue corn tortilla chips.
put a little cheddar, bacon, and salsa on there and you've got the BEST! BREAKFAST! EVER!
hm, avocados and eggs sound good together, but i think i will try this with the avocado on top. every time cooked avocado sounds like a good idea, and every time i think it is gross. the flavor changes and it is, in my opinion, totally weird-bad! but, point taken, (raw) avocado + eggs = delish
YES. I like to add salsa verde as well.
@vbf, I completely agree! I actually love the temperature/texture of a room temperature avocado! Why warm it and yucky it up? :)
Some Central American countries' version of guacamole includes eggs and avocado. We drop the E in guacamole, so it's guacamol and make it with chunks of avocado, boiled eggs sliced into same size chunks as avocado, chopped onions, lots of fresh lime juice and salt to taste. Mix it all together in a bowl. It's more like a salad (tastes best when cold). Mmm, this is one of my FAVORITE dishes!
YES YES! Lately I have been having half a bagel topped with some scrambled eggs and mushed up avocado. So happy to discover this combo!
A quick favorite in our house is migas--torn tortillas and onions, eggs, salsa with the avocado and cheese stirred in at the end--so yes we add avocado to eggs all the time. I also add chiles at the end, and often add other stuff along the way--it is one of those "kitchen sink" recipes that lets you use stuff up.
There is a restaurant I eat at whenever I return home to Chicago, and I always order the bacon and avocado omelette. Uhhhhh-mazing.
Sounds like i'll make egg mayo this week and add some avocado to the mix... thanks for giving me the idea! (i thought the pic was egg mayonnaise at first)
always a good combo. yum!
certainly worth trying (because there are obviously some lovers out there), but i love avocado and i love eggs, and i hate the two together...it somehow ruins them both for me--i think it is the temperature, as i like for the avocado to be a cool counterpoint and it always feels like warm goo in the eggs.
Oh I do this all of the time. As a matter of fact, I can't think of anything that avocado doesn't go well with.
I admit I was sceptical...but having no inspiration for breakfast and half an avocodo...I just made this for breakfast....what a great combo
I do this with a tofu scramble and chives or green onion and a bit of homemade salsa and add black beans makes a nice light dinner.
I love avocado in anything! I scramble eggs with avocado, cherry tomatoes, smoked salmon and spinach! Oh, and then I top it off with a little goat cheese. Yummmmmmm
very late to the conversation, but my favorite omelette has avocado, cream cheese, black olives, and bacon in it.
Instead of slicing the avocado, I just cut it in half and then squeeze each half out of the peel and onto the eggs, and then mix it up.
I also have been making a a corn tortilla, warmed and spread with avocado, then topped with a couple pieces of bacon and a poached egg. So good!


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The 17 nations sharing the euro face a permanent risk of contagion from the region's debt crisis and European Union leaders are tackling the difficulties faced by Spain's banks, said Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti.
"As far as the problem of the banks is concerned, I am aware that everything is being followed very, very closely and in close cooperation with the EU institutions and the Spanish government," Monti said at a conference on U.S.-Italian relations in Venice yesterday. "I am fully confident that this issue is being promptly and adequately dealt with."
Spain risks becoming the fourth euro region nation to need aid after Greece, Ireland and Portugal sought bailouts. Spain's banks may require as much as 100 billion euros ($125 billion) in capital to cover bad loans and assets stemming from the collapse of the country's real estate markets, Fitch Ratings estimates.
Monti said that until European leaders adopt more pro- growth policies, all countries will be under threat. He called on his European partners to complete a pro-growth package of measures no later than the June 28-29 EU summit in Brussels.
"There is a permanent risk of contagion, contagion from Greece, from other countries," he said. "That is why strengthening the euro zone is of such a collective interest."
The region's existing bailout funds should be sufficient to defend nations that are struggling to finance their debts, Monti said.
The funds set aside and the mechanisms created to contain the financial crisis "are not negligible and will be effective if needed," the prime minister said.
Fiat SpA Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne, speaking at the same conference, said that a breakup of the single currency is "possible."
"We keep on hearing drastic messages" from southern European countries, Marchionne said. "I think someone had better do something before we get to the point of no return."
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China's Longest Manned Space Mission
China's latest manned spacecraft successfully blasted off on a 15-day mission to dock with a space lab and educate young people about science.
The Shenzhou 10 capsule carrying three astronauts lifted off as scheduled at 5:38 p.m. (0938 GMT) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on the edge of the Gobi Desert. Text: AP Photo: AFP/Getty Images
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Join our Valley of the Suns game chat on Fandio.Back-to-back, the Phoenix Suns get a glimpse of what once was. The past they'll be reminded of this week is not the prettiest of pictures, and it's probably safe to say that not only is the future looking brighter, but so is the present.
Wednesday, it was Luis Scola making little impact for an Indiana Pacers team that allowed Phoenix's best offensive performance of the year. On Friday, center Marcin Gortat and the Washington Wizards visit U.S. Airways Center as the Suns aim for a 4-1 record in their five-game homestand.
Washington, which is coming off a painful overtime loss to a Boston Celtics team without Rajon Rondo and Avery Bradley, visits with a 20-21 record and don't worry: the Wizards are still sixth in the Eastern Conference standings, meaning another loss won't do much to threaten Phoenix earning its 2014 first-round draft choice that's protected through the 12th pick.
The Wizards have been hot-and-cold this season. They have John Wall and Bradley Beal making up a dangerous backcourt, and Wall had fine success against Phoenix last season, driving and kicking out to, especially, Martell Webster for corner threes.
Wall is also the mystery. He recorded a triple-double against the Celtics but chucked up 29 shots. Meanwhile, the Wizards allowed Jeff Green to pump in 39 points and rookie point guard Phil Pressey to score a career-best 20 — point guard defense has seemingly been a weak-spot for the Wizards of late, which is good news if you're Goran Dragic or Leandro Barbosa.
By the numbers, Washington has actually been a decent enough defensive squad this season, but, sometimes you just don't know which team you're going to get.
What should we be looking for as the Wizards take on the Suns?
Can the Wizards defend the three?
This is especially pertinent regarding Channing Frye. Washington will go with Gortat and Nene in the post to start the game, and it's a good bet the Suns will do what the Suns do. They're going to put those guys into pick-and-rolls and make them stop Dragic's drives or Frye from outside. Indiana knew it was coming on Wednesday but it was almost as if the Pacers didn't understand what contesting Frye means — they didn't know because they hadn't seen him in more than a year.
David West's "contests" didn't even include a hand above Frye's shoulder, so you know how that went the rest of the night.
Once the lineup rotations get into full swing, the Suns could find some more success with Frye or Markieff Morris stretching the floor at the center spot. The same can be said about how well the Wiz defend Gerald Green.
Will the bench unit continue to produce?
Even the harshest critics of the Morris twins (this guy) can't duck the truth. Sometimes, the Morrii play very well, and when they do, the Suns are hard to stop. It's true against the Wizards, who have a short bench unit that includes Trevor Booker, Webster and not much else. Markieff Morris has scored 20-plus points in three of his last four games, and that alone might win the bench scoring for the Suns.
Marcus Morris, meanwhile, has added double-digit scoring in three of his last five.
Ish Smith has only gained steam as a regular rotation player. If anything, he's become a relied-upon change-up point guard that Hornacek has used especially in second halves when things begin to slip. Smith was the key in turning the pace back in Phoenix's favor against Indiana.
And where does Alex Len fit into all of this? He was held out until garbage time on Wednesday as Hornacek went with a more reliable rotation. Yet, Len seemingly found a role as a true backup center. It becomes a matter of whether Hornacek will continue to create mismatches at the center spot against opposing benches, or roll with his growing youngster.
Either way, two different bench units have closed out the last two games for the Suns. Will that happen again?
What's the over/under on amazing Marcin Gortat things?
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Friday's unusual weapon related post. This "Bio-Grenade" is made out of natural clay and filled with seeds. The artist's intent was to create as the title suggests, "Guerrilla Gardening" in urban areas. Simply chuck and toss it anywhere there's dirt and depending on the seeds you got, you'll have wildflowers or even vegetables growing a couple weeks later.
I don't know if these are available in the U.S, the main site which is located in the U.K mentions it should only be shipped within Europe due to possible restrictions on certain seeds. I'll link the shop below.
Odd gift idea I suppose if this kind of thing interests you. In hindsight, this could be seen as a cute but non-destructive form of "eco-terrorism" but at the same time I think if you hated someone, you'd fill the grenade with marijuana seeds and toss it in a corner of their yard and call the police about plants being grown…


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In a release, the Packers say Goodell is scheduled to answer questions submitted by shareholders after the conclusion of the meeting. Shareholders have the opportunity to submit questions when voting their proxies online, and also will be able to submit questions in writing the day of the meeting.
Now, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports NFLPA Executive Director DeMaruice Smith will possibly make a visit to Lambeau Field that day as well. Citing a union spokesman, Smith is finalizing his training camp schedule, and it's "very possible" he could show up to provide the union's take on labor negotiations.
A league source contends the most recent financial numbers for the Packers are disappointing. In 2009, the team's profits tumbled from $34 million to $20 million. The event may give Goodell a platform to demonstrate the owners' position that a better deal with the union is needed.
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Sibyl Kempson lives and makes theater plays in NYC and the Pocono Mountains. Her plays have been presented at Dixon Place, Soho Rep, Performance Space 122, Little Theater, Brick Theater, the Fusebox Festival in Austin, TX, the Great Plains Theater Conference in Omaha, the Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis, and Theater Bonn in Germany. She is a 2010 MacDowell Colony Fellow, a member of New Dramatists, and holds an MFA in Playwriting from Brooklyn College, where she studied under the instigation of Mac Wellman. She is a founding member of the Joyce Cho Initiative, an affinity of playwrights dedicated to the staging of problem plays, and of Machiqq Women's Auxiliary playwriting group. Her plays are published by 53rd State Press, PAJ, and PLAY: A Journal of Plays.
Recent, current, and upcoming projects include: RESTLESS EYE, a collaboration with David Neumann/Advanced Beginner Group (March 2012, New York Live Arts); Big Dance Theater's production of her play ICH, KÜRBISGEIST (October 2012, Chocolate Factory); a New Dramatists/Full Stage USA commission for a new work in collaboration with Austin, TX groups Rude Mechs and Salvage Vanguard Theater, called RIVER OF GRUEL, PILE OF PIGS: THE REQUISITE GESTURE(S) OF NARROW APPROACH, to premiere at the Fusebox Festival in 2014; a commission from the Playwrights' Division of New York City Players for a new play to premiere at Abrons Arts Center in 2014; and a collaboration with Elevator Repair Service called FONDLY, COLLETTE RICHLAND to premiere in NYC in 2015.


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This is the kind of human error story that makes a strong case for worldwide nuclear disarmament: Armytimes.com reported Wednesday that five nuclear warheads were mistakenly carried on a B-52 bomber from North Dakota to Louisiana on Aug. 30—which means they were effectively missing for more than three hours.
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Air Force spokesman Lt. Col. Ed Thomas said the transfer was safely conducted and the weapons were in Air Force custody and control at all times.
However, the mistake was not discovered until the B-52 landed at Barksdale, which left the warheads unaccounted for during the approximately 3 1/2 hour flight between the two bases, the officers said.
An investigation headed by Maj. Gen. Douglas Raaberg, director of Air and Space Operations at Air Combat Command Headquarters, was launched immediately to find the cause of the mistake and figure out how it could have been prevented, Thomas said.
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Slice cheese into approx. 28 squares (or if using cheese stix, cut in 3rds). Flatten each biscuit and stack pepperoni and cheese on top. Gather edges of biscuit and secure on top of 'roll'. Line rolls in greased 9x13 pan. Brush with beaten egg. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese, Italian seasoning & garlic powder. Bake at 425°F for 18-20 minutes. Serve with warm pizza sauce for dipping.
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Edward Elric is the youngest State Alchemist to be selected by the State Military of the country, having achieved the rank of Major at age twelve, receiving the title of the Fullmetal Alchemist shortly after from military head, Fuhrer Bradley. His father's early disappearance, the death of his mother, and a failed human transmutation play pivotal roles in his story. Edward's motivation stems from a love for his brother Alphonse, whom he is desperately seeking to restore to a human form after their alchemy accident. Owing to this, he is also generally perceived to be very independent; he feels that he's the only one who can solve a problem. Often, he feels a heavy guilt that the problem is his fault to begin with and thus is his responsibility to solve. This gives him a selfless inclination.
Aliases The Fullmetal Alchemist
Birthplace Resembool, Amestris Date of Birth February 3rd, 1899 Age 15-16 (series), 18 (movie) Family Alphonse Elric (brother),
Trisha Elric (mother, deceased),
Van Hohenheim (father)
Envy (half brother, anime only)
Affiliations State Military,
Winry Rockbell,
Pinako Rockbell,
Izumi Curtis, (teacher)
Roy Mustang, (Commander)
Species Human Occupation State Alchemist Abilities Alchemy,
Martial Arts,
Weapon Alchemy
Automail arm
Unique Traits Automail Arm and leg
Extremely sensitive of height,
A small hair antenna,
A braid or ponytail,
Golden eyes, Highly intelligent
Goal Restoring his brother's body
Fulfilling promises
His automail limbs are made by his childhood friend and neighbor Winry Rockbell. Edward often fights by transmuting his forearm of his automail into a blade. Winry is occasionally kept busy repairing Edward's automail, as Edward regularly breaks them during fights. She is constantly looking for new ways to improve them, whether it is an attempt at extending their durability, lightening the weight, or making them stronger. In both the anime and manga, Winry is an extremely important person to Edward. In the first anime series, romantic feelings are hinted at but never explicitly stated. In the manga and second anime series, Winry admits to being in love with him, and Edward exhibits similar feelings though he constantly denies it.
Edward is extremely short for his age and is very sensitive about his height; he tends to humorously overreact to any comment about it (and often misinterprets the words) in a fit of rage. In the manga, he declares that he is 165 cm (5'5") tall overall, including the height of his hair antenna and platform shoes. Despite all of the obstacles that Edward tackles in the story, he still displays a childish personality when it comes to things he despises, such as needles and milk. He is extremely idealistic and strongly believes in the concept of Equivalent Exchange, that every outcome requires an equal payment, using it as his personal philosophy. Despite his occasional bouts of immaturity, he is a selfless, strong, independent and a mature young adult that gains a reputation as a "hero of the people".
Unlike regular alchemists that normally use transmutation circles, Edward has the special ability to create alchemical currents in his body simply by connecting his hands. The arms and body themselves form the circle, and the power that circulates through the body when this is done is used for the transmutation. This is a direct result of seeing the Gate of Truth, the source of all alchemical knowledge, while attempting to resurrect his mother in the failed human transmutation. He is adept at changing substances from one thing to another quickly, such as changing water into ethanol, and can transmute the elements of an enemy's body to injure him or her in battle. In the manga, this knowledge is great enough to save his own life, as he heals a would-be fatal wound. In addition to his alchemical abilities, Edward is a formidable fighter as result of his training with Izumi Curtis, who had extensively trained both brothers in martial arts when they were young, after their mother died.
Alphonse is a sweet boy who loves (mostly feline) strays, a very strong pacifist (despite being one of the most accomplished hand to hand fighters in the series), and is kind and gentle to everyone. He almost stays the same age in his armor 'body' and because of this, speaks with a childs voice despite his size. Edward, feeling a tremendous guilt over affixing Al to something that won't grow or have senses, doesn't care what happens to himself and would without second thought give his life to give Al his body; he believes Al may lose his humanity. Alphonse is completely against Edward dying or being separated from him, so Al stops his brother from going too far for him.
Al is known to be one of his "tough-as-steel" older brother's very few weaknesses; enemies often take advantage over it. He sometimes feels that he is a burden to Edward, but he has saved his brother's life more than once.
Alphonse is seen as the counterpart of Edward. While Edward is demonstrated as violent, impulsive, stubborn, and loud, Alphonse is quiet, pacifistic, submissive, and strategical.
Since Al is bound to one of Hohenheim's antique suits of armour, he does not need to eat, drink, breathe, or sleep. Al's second wish (the first being to be able to eat apple pie) is to be able to sleep so that he does not have to spend his nights feeling lonely. He also wishes people would not call him a tin can. Also, because of his armor (and the fact that he is more imposing than Edward) most people who meet Alphonse automatically assume him of being the Fullmetal Alchemist.
Edward and Alphonse are both very loving and close to each other; in their traumatic struggles, they retained their very sanity by becoming each others support beams and only friends.
Winry is portrayed in the series as kind, optimistic, and sincere, acting as a concerned family member to the Elric brothers whenever in their company. Having known Edward and Alphonse since childhood, she maintains a close friendship with the two. In the story, she was orphaned at a young age when her parents, serving as doctors in the Ishval war, were killed, so she lived with her grandmother in the town of Resembool from then on. Known as an "Automail Otaku", she is fascinated by any and all types of machines, tools, excelling in building and repairing automail, and she takes pride in her work as a mechanic.
Along with her grandmother, Pinako, who is a famous automail engineer, the two run a small automail shop out of their home. They are also the ones who made and installed Edward's automail arm and leg after he lost his original limbs in a failed human transmutation of his mother. Winry takes it upon herself to make sure that his automail is in top form and will go out of her way to travel for servicing when it's needed. Despite being rather tomboyish she is perfectly willing to use her feminine charms to get what she wants. In the first anime series, it is hinted that Winry and Edward share romantic feelings for each other, but this is never confirmed. In the manga and second anime series, Winry eventually realizes that she loves Edward and has for most of her life. Ed shares similar feelings for her, but he constantly denies it.
Trisha Elric, was the wife of Van Hohenheim and Edward and Alphonse's mother. She was a sweet, gentle woman who was loved dearly by her entire family. Even Hohenheim, despite having left them, was reluctant to do so.
After her husband left them, she often would stare out windows, as if hoping to see him walking home. Edward and Alphonse noticed this and would always try to cheer her up with their alchemy. In fact, Alphonse once said that their mother's happiness was part of the reason that they continued their research in alchemy, because it made her smile. However, they didn't realize that she smiled because it reminded her of Hohenheim and his own talents in alchemy.
Trisha succumbed to an illness that had apparently been plaguing her for years, but had been kept secret. Edward and Alphonse were constantly at her side. Edward knew that his mother's longing for their runaway father was only weakening her, and he thought that perhaps if she saw him again, she would be okay. He was reluctant, muttering about how he didn't want his father's help, but he knew that it would make her smile again. And for the both of them, terrified by her illness, it was all they could hope for.
Despite Edward and Alphonse sending letters out to all the people who they had records of writing to their father via return addresses on envelopes, Hohenheim never came.
On Trisha's deathbed, she told Edward and Alphonse of some money that she had stashed away (which part, if not all of, was used for payments for Edward's automail) and told the boys to take care of themselves with it. Edward tried to reassure her that they'd use it together, which led to Trisha asking if Ed would make a wreath of flowers for her, surprising him. She says that Hohenheim used to always make them for her before she slips away, her hand falling slack in Edward's hands.
Some time after this, the grief-stricken brothers performed the fateful Human Transmutation that set the events of the series in motion. In return, the Elrics are given a mutilated mass of organs and body parts somewhat resembling the late woman's corpse before it quickly dies. The resulting remains are buried by Pinako Rockbell, who goes back to the Elric house while Ed and Al stayed with her and Winry. In vol. 11, Hohenheim speaks to Pinako about the remains, asking if anything of it looked like Trisha, such as hair or eye color. Edward, who was eavesdropping around the corner, freezes and looks horrified as he listens. The next day, after Hohenheim has left, Edward asks Pinako if she'll show him where she buried the remains and help him uncover them. The excavation seems to cause Edward great pain, as he frequently pauses to regain his breath or vomit between digging. When they unearth the remains, Edward discovers that it wasn't their mother that they had "resurrected" that night because of the hair color and bone structure. This becomes key in an epiphany that Edward was involved Alphonse's current predicament.
|Date of Birth
|26 (deceased 1904)
|Van Hohenheim (husband),
Edward Elric (son),
Alphonse Elric (son)
|Pinako Rockbell
|Unique Traits
Motherly personality
|To take care of her children,
To wait for her husband
Approximately four centuries old in soul, forty years old in his current body, 'Hohenheim of Light' remains behind the scenes throughout most of the series. Most of his past is kept under wraps, save for a few key points, revealed quite late in the series. Hohenheim is a tall, rather well-built man, standing in at least six feet tall at first glance. He's rather gentle and weary, and soft-spoken as well, which is most likely due to the extensive amount of time spent alive, under his assorted burdens. This disposition is clearly demonstrated when Edward actually punches him in the face and kicks him in the stomach, with very little reaction. In the anime and manga he sports blonde hair and gold eyes, causing him to bear a strong resemblance to his sons, more so Edward than Alphonse. He is shown to be an extremely powerful alchemist, possibly the strongest in the series, showcasing his talents in transmuting light (hence his nickname) in episode 44, "Hohenheim of Light".
In the anime, Hohenheim's official debut is in episode 43, "The Stray Dog". Here, he meets Winry, confusing her for a woman named Sara. Winry promptly flees, but soon realizes that since Sara was her mother's name she may have been taken for her mother. Hohenheim then appears at the Rockbell residence, where Pinako introduces him as Ed and Al's father.
His past is fairly murky, save for a few key moments shown in the series. Approximately four hundred years prior to the series, Hohenheim created the first Philosopher's Stone (its implied that at least two were created, one in the city under central and the other from the lost civilization in the east), using people captured in a witch hunt and those dying of the plague. The resulting reaction nearly caused Hohenheim's death, but out of love and concern for her lover, Dante used the stone to attach his soul to another man's body. It's from here on out that the two jump from body to body, living on, and obtaining a so-called eternal life alongside Dante. It's not known if Dante and Hohenheim were actually ever married, but their relationship produced one son who died of mercury poisoning. Hohenheim performed human transmutation on his son, which, in turn, failed and produced Envy, the first-ever Homunculus. Regretting what he had done to his son, Hohenheim fled, leaving Dante a fragment of the Stone. Later, Hohenheim renounces ever truly loving Dante, stating Trisha Elric as the only woman he ever truly loved.
Hohenheim's ten-year absence after leaving the Elrics is never clearly explained in the first anime series. He had explained to Trisha shortly before his departure that he was leaving to do research of some kind, but never came back. In episode 50, "Death", it is revealed that Hohenheim's stolen bodies rot more quickly every time he takes a new one. Also knowing that Dante was out there, somewhere, he assumed that staying in hiding would, perhaps, make her vanish for good. But once he found out that Dante had her eyes set on his sons, he emerged to face her, only to be immobilized by the Homunculus Sloth, who bore a striking resemblance to his late wife Trisha, and was consequently sent into the Gate, where his mind, body, and soul were separated. He was able to reassemble himself, however, and emerge on the other side, in London, and eventually becomes an advisor to Winston Churchill. When Edward's soul was sent there by Dante, he learns about Hohenheim's past. When he offers to find a way to bring Hohenheim back to their home world, he declines, revealing that the act is impossible due to his entire being on this side. At the end of the series, he is living in Germany, siding himself with the Thule Society, secretly finding a way to send his son back to Amestris, caring for him until Edward left for Romania to find the means of world travel.
Flame Alchemist
Hero of Ishval
Roy-Boy (by Chris Mustang)
|Date of Birth
|Chris Mustang (Aunt/Foster Mother)
|Amestrian State Military
|State Alchemist
|Flame-Based Alchemy
|Spark Cloth Gloves
|Becoming Führer and bringing Amestris back to democracy
State Alchemist Roy Mustang, the "Flame Alchemist," holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the State Military at the start of the series, was initially a Colonel when first introduced to Edward and Alphonse, and was promoted to Brigadier General by the end of the first anime series.
He aims towards becoming the next Führer of Amestris, heavily relying on the support of his loyal subordinates to propel him along that path. Mustang would find this path interrupted by the murder of his best friend and confidant, Maes Hughes, afterwards, beginning an almost behind-the-scenes investigation into finding the true culprit. Toru Okawa and Travis Willingham voice Mustang in the Japanese and English versions, respectively. In the second anime series, he is voiced by Miki Shinichiro.
|Date of Birth
|29 (deceased 1914)
|Gracia Hughes (wife)
Elicia Hughes (daughter)
|Formerly: State Military
Roy Mustang
|Soldier, Administrator
|Push Knives
|Unique Traits
|Glasses, Scruffy Beard, Excessive Love
|Help Roy Mustang become Führer
Maes Hughes' personality is sometimes seen as comical; tongue-in-cheek, and, to another extent very serious about his family and job. He is often throughout the anime seen as helping people; mainly befriending and giving advice to Edward and Alphonse Elric; Roy
Mustang and even Winry Rockbell. In the episode that he is introduced, the viewer clearly sees what an eccentric character he was. He was excited primarily about his pregnant wife at the time the series was just beginning and even resulted in inviting the Elric brothers to his house as act of kindness. He shows his sensitive side throughout the anime series towards various characters in addition, and is continually obsessed with his daughter. Moments before his death, at the phone booth he had mistakenly dropped a picture of his wife and daughter on the ground, had symbolised that he was a devoted father and loving husband. It also finally gave the impression that he had loved his family very much. Before setting out for Juliet Douglas he is shown firing his assistant - who had initially been a librarian for Alchemical Library - moments before he set out to uncover Douglas as a fraud as a final act of kindness. He knew of the danger he was putting her up against and so ultimately fired her for her own safety. His comical behaviour was shown in the last moments he was with someone trusting.
Hughes was shown to have been infatuated with his wife, Gracia, and their daughter, Elicia. He comically thrusts pictures of Elicia into his colleagues faces much to their annoyance - but it is clear that his erratic behavior is usually a cover for the serious and depressing nature of his work. In his final episode he was featured alive and with his family he is seen kissing his daughter goodbye before investigating a dangerous case involving Dr. Tim Marcoh.