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Georgia, with its exploding immigrant population, was a hotbed of opposition to the legislation. Many Georgians are feeling overrun by immigrants and objected to a policy that would have legalized the status of millions of illegals already in the country.
But in Georgia and other big poultry states, Mexicans are the ones who do the most menial, filthy, and physically demanding jobs in the poultry processing industry. Many Georgians who opposed the legislation include those who make their livings, directly or indirectly, in a poultry-based economy. They wouldn't in a million years do the nasty jobs that immigrant labor does. But they can't stand living in the same neighborhoods or shopping in the same stores that the immigrants do. They are put off by all those Spanish speakers and their strange customs.
Do they expect Scotty to beam illegals back to their homelands at the end of the workday?
Isn't there a striking similarity to the ancestral stories of many Americans? Many came to this country penniless, but filled with hope for a better life. They worked long hours for low wages, lived in poor conditions, and saved what they could to build a better future for their families and children.
The big difference, and it is a valid one, is that most of those earlier immigrants were documented as they reached the nation's shores, rather than sneaking in illegally. But legislation to provide a path to legal residency and citizenship, to allay the fears of deportation that cause these immigrants to risk their illegal status, is voted down in Congress.
Maybe some people just don't like immigrants, legal or illegal.
Many white Americans who live in communities experiencing an influx of immigrants--Mexicans in particular--are fleeing those communities, saying they've become slums.
That sounds to me like white flight from inner cities in the 1950s, '60s and '70s, which I experienced firsthand growing up in Baltimore. In response that obvious comparison, Sen. David Vitter, Louisiana Republican, said: "To suggest this was about racism is the height
How about, to some degree, the height of truth?
Now here's a point I particularly like: We have spent billions on the war in Iraq, determined to stuff our way of life down the throats of a nation full of disparate people and beliefs.
But bordering our nation to the south is a country whose residents love us so much that millions will do whatever it takes to live here.
U.S. and Mexican officials need to redouble their efforts to raise Mexico's standard of living and diversify its economy. If there were enough decent jobs and the Mexicans who flee instead wanted to live there, then they wouldn't need to come to the United States to pursue the American Dream.
To those whose letters, phone calls, and lobbying efforts defeated the immigration bill: The ball's in your court. Your proposal
But don't bother with the same old plan for just more walls, fences, and border patrols, or for rounding up illegals for deportation. Sealing off America isn't the American way--and it doesn't work.Richard Amrhine is a writer and editor with The Free Lance-Star.


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I am an Australian (Melbourne based) illustrator working in concept art, character design and environments, an art director and flash animator.
Im currently working as a designer on the Nelvana/Studio Moshi series, The Day My Butt Went Psycho and in 2012 I produced, directed and designed a pilot for Cartoon Network (Asia Pacific).
I have eight years design experience for animation, children's books, phone applications, editorial, education, web and character animation (traditionally trained). Sometimes I'll appear in TV commercials and in the background of a TV show...and occasionally I dress up for conventions and collect LEGO minifigures!
Please visit my website or for current scribbles go to www.adelekthomas.blogspot.com
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Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain follow-up is a superb interactive experience, but can they balance heavy narrative with compelling gameplay? 8/10
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"Did you just pull a Sherlock joke on me?" Oddly she didnt really hear those puns enough.
To be honest, Jodie thought that being in the CIA would be all secret missions and fighting. What with all the damned training she had to go through. But there was more to it. Classes that absorbed most of the day that she needed to study hard for. Protocols and steps needed to be taken on undercover missions. The need to adapt to different environments as situations changed depending on the role given in the mission. Jodie was working hard to meet expectations - but then again, didnt she always?
She'd been writing in her free time to Nathan and Cole. Though, she supposed most of her letters she never sent. Letters that she was staring at for a long, silent moment before there came a knocking at her door. Closing the notebook she kept them tucked away in, and tossing it on her bed, Jodie stood and jogged to the door.
The doorknob was cold to the touch as she gripped it. The roll of her wrist twisting the knob and pulling the slab of wood away form it's resting place. It was time for her final test. It was just a reminder; Jodie had to be on the field in ten. Tardy arrivals would not be accepted. Soon she was standing before an empty doorway, and left to her thoughts, and Aiden. There was no turning back from her training.
After all, where else could she turn?
Glancing back over her shoulder, she laid eyes on the photograph of Nathan and Cole she'd taken with her when she'd first been taken away from her 'home'. It seemed like such a very, very long time ago. "Wish me luck, guys." The curve of her lips drew up into a half smile, feeling rather silly for talking to a photo. But at times it did make her feel a little better. Maybe soon after passing this test she'd get the chance to see them again.
Jodie Holmes Before Entering The Party
It was a bath much deserved and looked forward to. When was the last time she was able to soak herself in hot water? To relax and scrub all this nasty dirt and sweat off of herself without worrying about anyone disturbing her for one reason or another? No feds, swat, no assholes with bats. It was just going to be her, the hot bath, soaps and steam and… well Aiden, but only because it couldnt really be helped. But it was all right, even he seemed to be behaving himself. No shampoo bottles were going flying, no writing on the mirrors in the steam. She'd just barely slipped in, a sigh of content passing those lips as she felt the hot water envelop her, lightly stinging at her skin until her skin adjusted to the temperature.
Sadly, it didnt last long at all.
Next thing she knows the door's flinging open and there's that guy in the gasmask just barging in like he owns the place. Well maybe not but he sure as heck didnt give a second thought to his actions. Jodie lurched up from her relaxed sink into the water and reached for the nearest solid object and chucked it at him. A shampoo bottle wasn't going to do much damage but it might just knock some fucking sense into that thick skull. "Jesus fucking Christ! What the hell is your problem? Ever heard of fucking knocking?!"
It also helped a little when Aiden sent the door launching back at him from where it had been swung open.
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Anyone who've watched the original British teen drama would know it does not lend itself well to an American adaptation. There are just too many cultural and sociological differences between British and American teens to accurately capture the essence of the original show.
The biggest difference, of course, is the FCC. What's so attractive about Skins is that its teenage characters behave and think in very realistic and genuine ways. The dialogue in the original British series is raw and uncensored, with explicit drug and sex references casually peppered throughout. From what I can gather of the MTV remake, all of the snappy chatter is replaced with pseudo-explicit innuendo to sidestep FCC regulation. The original Skins also features sex heavily, as an authentic slice of teenage life ought. American censors, however, blanch at even slight nudity—even when it's on a bedsheet!—let alone on-screen sex. This sheepish submission to censorship destroys the integrity of the show and removes any impact it may have had.
Unfortunately, this is the best we can currently do in this country unless we somehow shed our uptight Puritan attitude towards sex, drugs, and strong language. Needless to say, I now have a newfound respect for NBC's adaptation of The Office, which successfully translated its quirky, awkward British humor to American tastes without losing its effectiveness.
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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Lives have been lost and families torn apart. Now there's a push to make crosswalks in Sacramento safer.
A recent rash of pedestrians getting hit by cars has cops asking everyone to be cautious. The worry is that these pedestrians are being hit in crosswalks.
"It's too late. It's too late, something should have been done," said Mary Murigi.
The sorrow, pain, and frustration are still fresh for Mary Murigi whose 16-year-old daughter, Michelle, was killed in a crosswalk last month while walking home from school.
"There was no reason at all for this to happen, it's a crosswalk," said Mary.
Now exactly one month later, police are investigating another pedestrian run over in a crosswalk. On Sunday a 45-year-old man was critically injured walking across Stockton Boulevard. The driver did not stop.
"Sacramento, like all cities, needs to do more," said Terry Peterson with the group Walk Sacramento.
The recent tragedies have pedestrian advocates calling for change. Police conduct periodic crosswalk stings, citing drivers who do not stop. But Terry says that's not enough.
"Our roads lack sidewalks, crosswalks, adequate treatments going back to the issue of Michelle. What can you do to slow down speed? Speed kills," said Terry.
And beyond education, walking advocates say it's really things like marked crosswalks with a button signaling cars to stop. In response, city leaders are creating a task force to make Sacramento more walkable. So far, there are no firm plans in place.
Mary is now hoping her daughter's death will help remind people to slow down, and hopes it will force politicians to focus on preventing another needless tragedy.
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I am on sabbatical for the Fall 2014 semester.
I began August at Mathfest 2014 in Portland, Oregon, where I received a 2014 Henry L. Alder Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Beginning College or University Mathematics Faculty Member. The slides from my presentation can be found in the selected presentations and papers section of this website.
I just returned from a (completely non-math-related) trip to Alaska. It was AMAZING. If you haven't been there yet, I highly recommend it. It was quite possibly my favorite vacation ever.
Now it's back to work...
In addition to sabbatical release time for research, fall promises even more mathematical travel fun:
In spring 2015, I'll be back in the classroom, teaching Experimental Math and two sections of Calculus 2.
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MSN news revealed that the five poorest states in America are Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, and West Virginia. Those states are also rated at the bottom on a statewide comparison with regard to education. They are also considered the most racist, hillbilly states in America.
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Bhowani Junction 1956
Much to the dismay of cinemaocd I really loved this bizarre and challenging film. Though, I can understand why it might not be well loved. But before I rip it to shreds, I must say why it spoke to me.
- Ava Gardner (despite being white and playing an Anglo-Indian, see cons): Her portrayal of the cultural displacement of Anglo-Indians was very poignant. She never over-played it, even when, as Victoria Jones, she completely lost her temper with her loved ones because of her internal struggle. When a person is of two worlds there seems to be no salvation. Few people have conveyed that particular type of abandonment on film.
- Stewart Granger
- Stewart Granger in uniform
- Stewart Granger in uniform with his shirt unbuttoned
- Stewart Granger in uniform with his shirt unbuttoned DANCING
- India
- Trains
- Negative depiction of British rule: always a favourite trope of mine
- The kissing (I'm a sucker for screen kisses)
- Miklos Rozsa's musical involvement
- WHITE ACTORS PLAYING NON-WHITES! This is never a good move and I always find it offensive. Ava Gardner, Bill Travers and Francis Matthews, among others. Apart from taking roles away from Indian actors, it just looks dumb, as the bad makeup jobs cannot hide most of the caucasian features. You're just not fooling anybody. Lame.
- Bad Indian accents: I didn't know Anglo-Indians were from Wales. Bill, I love ya, but just stop.
- Male chauvinism/general sexism: It really eats my lunch. I know it was a sign of the times, and therefore a part of history (which is not dead yet, apparently), but sometimes it was hard to watch. Too many instances to name. I didn't care for Savage manhandling/shoving the sari-clad Jones around. I have a feeling I'd be a little less anoyed if she was wearing her uniform at the time. I've been well trained by a phalocentric society…or something of the sort.
- Some of the acknowledgement of racism was a tad too obvious.
- Col. Savage ordering untouchables to throw their sewage on the peaceful rioters lying on the tracks. It was disgusting and, of course, was meant to be so. And he did it so as not to let them be killed by the train, but it was a horrible method to chose.
- I could go on… I'm sure I missed out a few things.
Still watching it again this week.
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5.3: Blizzard reset some Pet Id's which PetBattle Teams uses to figure out which pets belong to your teams; Because of this some players may have lost some or all of their teams. In the options menu I have added a new option called 'reconstruct teams' when clicked it will attempt to rebuild your teams based on your current pets and the abilities you had previously selected for your teams. This is unlikely even when successful to rebuild your teams 100% as they were but it will hopefully create a good starting point for you to rebuild your teams.
Going forward species Id's will also be saved so if in the future blizzard wipes your pet Ids again that your teams can be rebuilt with more accuracy.
Thank you and sorry for the inconvenience.
Please report any lua errors, inconsistent or weird behavior by using the ticketing system on the projects site.
- Create an unlimited teams of pets and quickly switch between them in the pet journal.
- Reliable pet switching even when spammed with requests to change teams.
- The skills in the tooltip are the saved skill selections
- The frames location is now saved.
- Pets are saved to your current team as you make changes, no more hitting save. (This behavior can be disabled by unchecking "Automatically save teams" in the options).
- Teams can be named, deleted or locked by right clicking the team.
- Additional options are available from Game Menu -> Interface -> AddOns -> PetBattleTeams
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- Teams are displayed to the right of your pet journal in the pet battles team frame
- The star denotes your active team.
- Swap pets between teams by dragging and dropping! Add pets from the pet journal directly to teams, or swap within your own teams.
- copy pets by holding shift while dragging the pet to copy it to another team.
- reorder teams by control - dragging a pet.
- Displays your pets levels, quality and health, icon at a glance
- Each pet in a team can be moused over for additional information.
- The active team is now displayed at the top of the frame.
- Teams with gold borders are locked by the user.
- Locked teams cannot be modified.
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- use "/pbt reset teams" to reset your teams
- use "/pbt lock teams" to lock all existing teams
- use "/pbt unlock teams" to unlock all existing teams
- use "/pbt attach" to attach PetBattle Teams to the Pet Journal
- use "/pbt detach" to detach PetBattle Teams to the Pet Journal
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- use "/pbt unlock frame" to unlock the PetBattle Teams frame
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Today's blog is part of Mary Sabo's Blog Tour called Misfortune into Opportunity. Read ALL of the wonderful entries of Mary's tour here and enter to win awesome prizes like an Amazon Gift Card, health/wellness consultations, signed books by the authors and more!
All of us struggle at times.
Some more, some less. But not a single person in this world goes through life unscathed.
My struggles revolved around money, my body and food.
They're interconnected, all the same.
I used to believe I'm not good enough, don't have enough or am too much. I believed that by being thin, having more money and perfecting my body, I'd heal my soul, connect with myself and finally become whole. Yet the more I focused on "fixing" my body and increasing my income, the unhappier I was. The more I obsessed about my struggles, the less I had what I actually wanted.
I was terrified of never being able to support myself. I was terrified of losing my thin body. I was terrified of food. What did I do? I fled into a marriage, body image struggles and a fear of life. Nothing got better but everything got worse.
Society tells you that if only you persist, if only you continue to work hard, you will succeed. So, I did. I worked my butt of in my business. I exercised for up to 4 hours a day. I stopped eating most foods and I persisted. One day, I thought, I'll be happy if only I continue on this path.
I used all my willpower, all my strength, all my drive, but nothing happened, nothing changed.
Until, one day, I woke up and knew I needed to change something. I needed to let go because I was desperately unhappy, in deep inner turmoil.
Slowly, gently, I began to move into different ways of thinking, of being, of living and slowly, gently, I began to come alive again, feel again, be myself again.
My body stopped being my worst enemy. My life stopped revolving around calories, the scale and exercise. My self-worth stopped relying on the money I didn't make.
During the time of transformtion, I didn't just break free, but something else happened: I began to see the value in my life-long struggles. I began to see the messages that my body-hatred had in store for me. I began to see the inspiration that my stressful relationship with money could provide. I began to see that all of my life, I simply ran away from things I needed to learn. I began to see that nothing I had lived through was in vain.
Over the years, I've made peace with my past. I've used what I've learned to become the person I am today and I am proud of the strong, loving, kind and generous woman I've become. I've truly found my opportunity in my misfortunes of the past and I'm better off for having been through what I've been through.
My life wouldn't be as amazing as it is now if I hadn't learned to stand on my own two feet, to love my own beautiful body and to take care of it in order to create the life I've now created. Had I never faced my struggles, I simply wouldn't be me.
Here's how you can find your fortune in misfortune too:
1. Find the wisdom in your struggles
Every struggle you ever face, whether it's a fear of fat, bankruptcy, divorce or an obsession with your diet has some nugget of wisdom to share with you. Most of these struggles deliver a wealth of information crucial for your happiness, your life and your relationships.
Instead of fighting with whatever is going on, embrace it, look at it with a loving heart and an open mind and listen closely to the lesson that the universe is sending you. Sometimes, your lessons are obvious like needing more sleep when you're chronically tired. But other times, they're more hidden and need some investigation. Don't shy away from going there, asking deep questions and finding what you really need right now. You'll often be surprised at what you uncover.
2. Release
If you hold on to your victim story of being so broken because you've had to deal with disordered eating for decades, of feeling so sorry for yourself because your marriage broke apart, of demanding pity because nobody seems to like you, you'll never find peace and the opportunity in your misfortune. Instead of dwelling in the past and in your story, learn from it and then let it go.
The past is in the past. You can't change it. What you've gone through hurt and it might have been unjust, but it happened and now it's over. It's time to move on.
3. Seek joy
I used to live for the tomorrows and thought that once I lost X pounds, once I made X dollars a month, I'd allow myself to be happy and enjoy life. Turns out, I had it all wrong. There is no time other than the HERE and NOW. Living for tomorrow just doesn't work. First, we don't know if we'll even have a tomorrow and second, chances are there'll be another challenge that we want to deal with, so we wouldn't allow ourselves to enjoy the day anyway.
Begin to seek joy today. Do something that excites you, that makes your heart beat a little bit faster now. Pick up that hobby that you've wanted to do for so long. Learn to dance salsa, shoot beautiful photos or ride a horse. Don't put your life off until you can't live it anymore but instead add some pleasure to your every day – even and especially when you're going through a dark time. {Click to Tweet}
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CM Punk's contract runs out shortly — in fact, it expires on Thursday. With all of that free time coming up, CM Punk has thought of some ways to pass the time of retirement. He tweeted the following:
Starting a band, a podcast, and a fire. One of these is true. (Okay, two).
— Coach (@CMPunk) July 13, 2014
No doubt Punk would be a great podcast host and I think that he would get a heck of a following when and if it would launch. Punk likes to mess with the Internet a lot, so the idea or really the possibility of him actually doing one, remains to be seen.
If Punk did hold a podcast on a weekly basis, I would expect some wrestlers and a lot of his friends would join him as well.
There is a better chance of Punk and Colt Cabana joining to do one together rather than Punk himself.
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Sunday was our first bridal show the year, and it was a phenomenal success! Unfortunately, Karen was still recovering and couldn't be there to work the booth with me. She was very disappointed, so I called on my close friend and past client Sara to help me the day of the show. Sara did such a wonderful job, and I so enjoyed having her there. We have another bridal show coming up in two weeks, and I definitely plan on having her help out then too!
This was our first time to debut the new Look Book and Eco Album alongside our traditional Classic Album. We got a lot of positive response to the new books and pricing structure, which made all of the rush last week worth it. You can see one of the new albums below. I love the unusual horizontal format. It may not be the choice of every bride, but it was fun to get a sample and show off some different orientations.
Rather than offer a show special, we decided to give away 4 mini-engagement sessions at every hour of the show. Our lucky winners were Althea, Mindy, Kim, and Vanessa! We're looking forward to working with each of these couples. The give-aways were such a success, Karen and I will be doing it again at the Dallas Bridal Expo (January 19th).
Now that we have a bit of a breather, I can finish editing the weddings we had over the Christmas holiday. They're all so close, it's just a matter of finishing up the reception images. Once I contact the couples for pick-up, I'll be sure to make some posts about these great weddings.


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I mean really? What in the actual fuck.
Yup. I definitely gave you too much credit.
How low can you get? To run to my friends and to my family? Fuck. You have your own. Are you honestly trying to leave me without any people on my side of the court? You may say that you're not trying to get anyone to side with you. But that's what's happening.
I hate how you keep approaching MY friends and MY family. Damn it. You have your own set. Run to them. Stop plaguing the minds of people who I'm supposed to be able to run to.
It's never been platonic.
I honestly don't know what to think anymore.
I feel like I've given you too much credit.
I thought you had the decency to know that what you've been doing is just plain wrong. But you do not.
I thought you had the decency and respect for me at least to not bash me online. But you don't have either.
I have a lot to say about you. But I only tell my friends privately because I know what effect it'll have on people if I bash you on my Twitter like you are doing to me. There are people who need not to be involved in this and I respect you enough not to say something about you that they do not need to know.
You say that you don't know me anymore. Honestly, I don't know you anymore either. You were never this person who needed to be heard by random people. You were never this person who attacked people online. It's like you've lost all respect for me that you don't even care that you're basically ruining my image to people who have nothing to do with this. I mean, okay go ahead ruin my image to your friends all you want. But to people who have absolutely nothing to do with this? But to people who barely even considers you a friend?
I don't even know what to say to you. I don't even know what to think of you.
I know this entry probably makes no sense. My thoughts are in pieces too and I can't seem to make sense of it.
But then again, I can no longer make sense of you either. So maybe this senseless post does make sense.
If this is going to happen, I have to learn to keep my mouth shut.
Or at least know who I can truly trust with what I wanna say.
You've become so bad that I've actually thought about getting back together with him ONLY to keep you quiet and stop thinking I'm such a bad person. Yes, I was THAT willing to be unhappy just so that you'd leave me alone.
You've actually made me regret ever meeting him in the first place.
You're the only person who's hurting me. Stop it.
None of my friends are a bad influence. You don't know them. Stop making hunches and convincing yourself of lies just to reconcile who you think I'm becoming and why.
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Let us see your Elementalist, AUNTIE I DONT CLOSE THIS!
30-11-2006, 02:06 #2
i thought there was a place to show off your ele, hmm i guess only if you have the cash for 15k armor :O... although that geomancer.. isn't it 15k? It looks better than my geo 1.5k
30-11-2006, 02:11 #3
Asking me not to close a thread really doesn't work you know.
I stated before that this type of thread isn't needed. Post it again and I'll be forced to hand out a vacation.
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Can someone explain to me why President Obama is getting so much flack? The job market has shown improvement, the housing markets are getting better and new homes are being built in this country. Corporate profits are the highest they have been.
So I don't get the enormous flack from the right. They have a candidate they don't even like, let alone trust – after all, Romney was the architect of "Obamacare" via "Romneycare." I even heard one announcer say Obama was "intellectually exhausted."
A lot of criticism from white men against the president reeks of racism. I really think white men have a hard time with a black man running the country.
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Poison Ivy (DC Comics) Is able to control all forms of plant-life, and even mutate them into monsters.
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Manipulate plants
The power to control plant-life. Variation of Organic Manipulation.
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- Chlorokinesis
- Phytokinesis
- Phyllokinesis
- Phytogenesis
- Plantbending
- Plantlife Manipulation
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User may also control plants in their altered forms, i.e. concentrated forms, such as cotton clothing/fabric, paper, etc.
- Create/generate/increase, shape, move and animate plants and wood for various purposes/effects:
- Camouflage by covering the user or blending in with leaves or petals.
- Chlorokinetic Constructs, including weapons, walls, armor or allies/servants.
- Matter Surfing using grass, trees, leaves, petals and/or any form of plants or their parts.
- Efficacy Manipulation including speed, density, hardness and/or sharpness.
- Flower Manipulation
- Fruit/Vegetable Manipulation
- Leaf Manipulation
- Rearrange the genetic structure in plants, including creation of mutant plants.
- Plant Attacks
- Plant Communication
- Plant Empathy
- Plant Enhancement
- Plant Growth
- Pollen Manipulation
- Sap Manipulation
- Seed Manipulation
- Seismic Sense through plants.
- Spore Manipulation
- Vine Manipulation
- Chlorokinetic Combat
- Chloropoeia
- Floraportation
- Leaf Projection
- Healing Plant
- Plant Aura
- Plant Mimicry
- Solid Merging with plants
- Grass Manipulation: manipulate grass
- Rubber Manipulation: manipulate natural rubber.
- Wood Manipulation: manipulate wood structured plants such as trees.
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- Alcohol Manipulation
- Architecture Manipulation for buildings of wood, bamboo, etc.
- Carbon Manipulation
- Environmental Manipulation
- Flora Energy Manipulation
- Food Manipulation limited to plant material.
- Harvest Manipulation
- Light Absorption from photosynthesis.
- Organic Manipulation
- Paper Manipulation plant based paper.
- Pheromone Manipulation
- Poison Generation and/or Miasma Emission as users can manipulate any harmful toxins from the floral kingdom.
- Sugar Manipulation
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- Most users are powerless in areas without plants or at least potential for plants to grow (infertile/barren soil).
- High levels of radiation in a concentrated area may cause defects in the ability.
- Users may be only able to control certain types of plants.
- Users may be limited on how many plants or how long they can control them.
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On the basis of this survey, we do not expect that the demand for geography degree holders will increase significantly in the short and midterm, as a result of geographic education initiatives. Geographic Alliance activities, along with national-level geographic education initiatives, will almost certainly result in a higher visibility for geography within the curriculum and in more geography courses being offered, but most of this material and most of the courses will be taught, at least in the short run, by transfers from other fields. The full and widespread implementation of the National Geography Standards, if it occurs, would have a deeper and more long-lasting effect on the long-term labor market for geography teachers.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) forecasts employment change to the year 2005 by occupational and industrial classifications. Unfortunately, geographers do not fit easily into the established classification systems. BLS separates teachers into elementary, secondary, and college and university faculty but does not distinguish among academic disciplines or even between sciences and social sciences. The category of urban and regional planners captures geographers who are urban and regional planners and transportation planners, but environmental planners are grouped, for statistical purposes, with architects. GIS/remote sensing specialists are put into a large group of systems analysts and computer scientists. Cartographers are classified with surveyors but comprise a small proportion of the total category. Environmental managers/technicians are poorly defined by the very heterogeneous categories of "other physical scientists" (for managers) and "other engineering technicians" (for technicians).
Nevertheless, we looked at the BLS data to gain a broad understanding of future employment trends in those job classifications in which geographers are clustered (Table 5). BLS forecasts total employment growth between 1992 and 2005 using low, moderate, and high employment growth scenarios. For the national economy as a whole, moderate projections call for all occupations to grow by 22%. Professional and technical jobs involving high levels of skill and education are expected to grow faster than average. There is an enormous range in projected growth in the job classes frequented by geographers. That the class of systems analysts and computer scientists will experience the fastest growth fits with all the other evidence that we have collected pointing to GIS as a high-growth specialty within geography. In contrast, the class of surveyors, which contains cartographers, is expected to grow slowly, although it is questionable whether geographer/cartographers, who are much more closely related to GIS graduates than to surveyors, are truly represented in this category.
Projected employment growth is higher than average in the "other physical science" category in which our environmental managers are classified. Environmental legislation such as the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Superfund Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and National Environmental Policy Act spawned new environmental regulations. These regulations, in turn, promulgated a new industry of environmental regulators working at various levels of government and environmental consultants helping the private sector to meet the regulations. At the same time, the number of urban and regional planners and architects is expected to grow at about the national average.
Higher than average growth is predicted for secondary teachers as a whole, and geography's favorable position relative to national education trends implies that this may be another growth area for new geographers. We need, however, to temper any optimism in this regard with all the caveats raised by Geographic Alliance Coordinators in assessing the future


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San Antonio, Texas, 1800s: In room 207 at the Longhorn Saloon, in the long shadow of the Alamo, a woman was brutally murdered. Her killer was never found.
One year ago: In that same historic room, another woman vanished without a trace.
In the past months, San Antonio has become a dumping ground for battered bodies. When Texas Ranger Logan Raintree is approached to lead a group of elite paranormal investigators working the case, he accepts the challenge. And with it, his powerful ability to commune with the dead.
In Logan's new team is U.S. Marshal Kelsey O'Brien. Kelsey has been waiting all her life to work with someone who can understand her ability to "see" the past. Now she has her chance.
Together, Kelsey and Logan follow their instincts to the Alamo and to the newly reopened Longhorn, which once tempted heroes with drink, cards and women. If the spirits of those long-dead Texans are really appearing to the victims before their deaths, only Kelsey and Logan have the skills to find out why....
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San Antonio, Texas
Logan Raintree had just left his house and was walking toward his car when the massive black thing swept before him with a fury and might that seemed to fill the air. He stopped short, not knowing what the hell he was seeing at first.
Then he saw it. The thing was a bird, and he quickly noted that it was a massive bird, a peregrine falcon. Its wingspan must have been a good three feet.
It had taken down a pigeon.
The pigeon was far beyond help. The falcon had already ripped the left wing from the creature and, mercifully, had broken the smaller bird's neck, as well.
As Logan stood there, the falcon stared at him. He stared back at the falcon.
He'd seen attacks by such birds before; they had the tenacity of jays and the power of a bobcat.
They also had the beaks and talons of their distant ancestors--the raptors, who'd once ravaged land and sea. This kind of bird could blind a man or, at the least, rip his face to shreds.
Logan stood dead still, maintaining his position as he continued to return the bird's cold, speculative stare. There seemed to be something in its eyes. Something that might exist in the eyes of the most brutal general, the most ruthless ruler. Touch my kill, and you die! the bird seemed to warn.
Logan didn't back away; he didn't move at all.
He knew birds, as he knew the temperament of most animals. If he ran away, the bird would think he should be attacked, just to make sure he did get away from the kill. Come forward and, of course, the bird would fight to protect it. He had to stay still, calm, assured, and not give ground. The falcon would respect that stance, take its prey and leave.
But the bird didn't leave. It watched Logan for another minute, then cast its head back and let out a shrieking cry. It took a step toward him.
Even feeling intimidated, Logan decided his best move was not to move...
"I have no fight with you, brother," he said quietly.
The bird let out another cry. It hopped back to the pigeon, looked at Logan and willfully ripped the second wing off, then spat it out and stared at Logan again.
This was ridiculous, he thought. He'd never seen a peregrine falcon so much as land in his driveway, much less pick a fight with him.
He reached with slow, nonthreatening movements for his gun belt and the Colt .45 holstered there; he had no desire to harm any creature, but neither would he be blinded by a bird that seemed to be harboring an overabundance of testosterone.
As if the bird had known what the gun was, it leaped back.
Logan had the gun aimed. "I don't want to hurt you, brother bird," he said. "But if you force my hand, I will."
The bird seemed to understand him--and to know he meant his words. It gave yet another raucous cry, jumped on the pigeon and soared into flight, taking its prey. Logan watched as the bird disappeared into the western sky.
Curious about the encounter and very surprised by it, he shook his head and turned toward his car again.
He took one step and paused, frowning.
It suddenly looked as if he'd stepped into an Alfred Hitchcock movie.
The Birds.
They were everywhere. They covered the eaves of his house, the trees and the ground, everything around him. They sat on the hood and the roof of his car. Every bird native to the state of Texas seemed to be there, all of them just staring at him. Jays, doves, grackles, blackbirds, crows and even seabirds--a pelican stood in the center of his lawn.
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In his two seasons as General Manager, Emery has shown an analytical mind, a tremendous attention to detail, and a tireless work ethic. After firing Lovie Smith after a 10-6 season, Emery held a 50-minute press conference to explain his reasoning and show what his vision for the future of the team.
Emery has certainly gone outside the box with his decisions so far. He went to Canada to hire Marc Trestman, and even though he received some criticism for that, Trestman has transformed the Bears offense. After nine years under Lovie Smith, the Bears offense's highest ranking was fifteen. In Trestman's first season, the Bears rank second in points scored and seventh in yards.
One of the keys to that offense has been Alshon Jeffery. Emery received some gruff from fans for that pick. The critics' reasoning was that the Bears desperately needed help on the offensive line, and that was a higher priority. What is the point of having a good receiver if the quarterback cannot get the throw to him?
The Bears have been able to get the ball to Jeffery and as a result we have all seen the blossoming of a future All-Pro receiver who makes some sick, unimaginable catches.
Speaking of the offensive line, Emery completely changed it. Gone from last year was everyone except for Roberto Garza. There are even two ROOKIES starting on the right side, and the results are astonishing. After languishing in the bottom three in sacks allowed, this season the Bears rank third.
This is not to say that Emery's job is done. There is still the defense. It is aging and has suffered through a lot of injuries. Replacing the starters with rookies, you can see the growing pains being experienced right now. Also, there is the question of whether or not Jay Cutler is the franchise quarterback (Emery has already said he was).
Considering how quickly Emery has transformed the offense, there is no reason to doubt he could do the rest and bring a Super Bowl to Chicago in the near future.
What do you think? Do you feel Emery has the Bears on the right track?
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