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Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. Under normal circumstances, the bone marrow makes:
- Myeloblasts—a type of white blood cell that fights infection
- Red blood cells (RBCs)—carries oxygen to the body's cells and tissues
- Platelets—makes blood clot to stop bleeding in cuts or bruises
CML progresses gradually. It is often slow growing for many years. Over time, it may change into acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). This is a more aggressive type of leukemia. It progresses more rapidly and is more serious.
Cancer occurs when cells in the body become abnormal. They divide without control or order. Leukemia is cancer of the white blood cells and their parent cells. Leukemia cells do not function normally. In this case, they cannot fight infections. This means that the person is more likely to become infected with viruses or bacteria. The cancerous cells also overgrow the bone marrow. This forces other normal cells, like platelets out. Platelets are needed to help the blood clot. As a result, people with leukemia may bleed more easily.
CML is almost always associated with a gene mutation. The gene is in a chromosome called the Philadelphia chromosome. This mutation occurs during life. It is not passed from parent to child. In most cases, the cause of the mutation is not known. Studies show that exposure to large doses of radiation is associated with development of CML. It may be found in survivors of nuclear accidents or of atomic bomb blasts. However, most people with the condition have not been exposed to radiation.
Risk Factors
CML is more common in men and in those of increasing age. Other factors that may increase your chance of CML include:
- Smoking is the only lifestyle factor that has been linked to leukemia. Its association with CML is still unclear.
- Exposure to atomic bomb radiation.
- Exposure to nuclear reactor accident.
CML may cause:
- Tiredness
- Lack of energy
- Fatigue
- Unexplained weight loss
- Night sweats
- Fever
- Pain or a feeling of fullness below the ribs
- Bone pain
- Joint pain
- Reduced exercise tolerance
- Enlargement of the liver or spleen
- Unexplained bleeding or unusual bruising
Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Your liver and spleen will be examined for swelling. The doctor will also look for swelling in lymph nodes in the armpits, groin, or neck.
Tests may include:
- Blood tests
- Bone marrow biopsy
- Routine microscopic exam
- Bone, blood marrow, lymph node tissue, or cerebrospinal fluid tests
- Cytogenetic analysis
Imaging tests can evaluate other bodily structures. These can be done with:
- Chest x-ray
- CT scan
- MRI scan
- Ultrasound
Talk with your doctor about the best plan for you. Treatment options include:
Targeted Drug Therapy
Targeted drug therapy inhibits the molecule that triggers the development of leukemia and the gene that is associated with it. This medication is often used in early stages of CML.
Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells. It may be given by pill, injection, or via a catheter. The drugs enter the bloodstream and travel through the body. While this will focus on cancer cells, some healthy cells are also killed.
High-dose Chemotherapy with Stem Cell Transplant
High doses of chemotherapy are followed by a transplant of stem cells (immature blood cells). These will replace blood-forming cells destroyed by cancer treatment. Stem cells are removed from the blood or bone marrow of the patient or donor. They are then infused into the patient.
Donor Lymphocyte Infusion
Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell. A donor's cells are infused into the patient. The cancer cells do not recognize these cells. They do not attack them.
A splenectomy is a surgery to remove the spleen. It may be done if the spleen has become enlarged from the leukemia. It may also be done if other complications develop.
There are no guidelines to prevent CML. It is possible that smoking is associated with CML. You may reduce your risk by not smoking.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: Mohei Abouzied, MD
- Review Date: 12/2015 -
- Update Date: 12/20/2014 -


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Arbor Day, St. Agatha, 1923Item 9848 info
Ste. Agathe Historical Society
This is in the school yard of the Notre Dame de la Sagesse boarding school on Arbor Day in 1923. At that time, Sr. Marie Eugènie was principal. This Daughter of Wisdom, originally from Blois, France, served as principal from 1906 to 1935.
Thoreau Island, ca. 1930Item 8388 info
Patten Lumbermen's Museum
"Thoreau" Island, also known as Louse Island, is on the East Branch of the Penobscot River.
It is named for Henry David Thoreau, who wrote about his visits to the area in the 1840s.
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"The Bricks," looking north, Colby College.
Grindstone Falls, East Branch Penobscot River, ca. 1900Item 8433 info
Patten Lumbermen's Museum
Grindstone Falls is on the East Branch of the Penobscot River, about eight miles north of Medway.
Lafayette Elm, Kennebunk, ca. 1900Item 13712 info
Kennebunk Free Library
This giant elm tree on Storer Street, shown in the middle of the photo, was named the "Lafayette Elm" to commemorate the famous visit of General Lafayette to Kennebunk in 1825. It died from Dutch Elm Blight in the mid 1900s.
Longfellow Elms in Gorham, 1903Item 15740 info
Maine Historical Society
View of the road heading toward the Longfellow farm in East Gorham. The poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow spent much of his childhood here at the home of his grandparents, the Hon. Stephen and Patience Young Longfellow.
The house was built in 1761 and the farm had hundreds of elm trees that had been set out in the late 1700s.
Doughnut tree, Fryeburg, 1943Item 6169 info
Fryeburg Historical Society
This tree, approximately 100 years old in 1965, was then ravaged by Dutch Elm Disease.
Once a stately elm situated in front of Young's Metal Shop on Portland Street, this tree acquired its name from the curious loop in one of its branches. It had been a landmark for a century. Children and adults often had their pictures taken while sitting upon it.
In 1965, Harry Eastman had the "doughnut" stump cut down, treated, and placed on his property further down Portland Street.
Largest tree, Leeds, 1980Item 10984 info
Maine Historical Society
Gerald McNear leans against a large red maple that he asked state forestry officials to examine. They said it could be some 300 years old. It is growing near the Androscoggin River in Leeds in what used to be the riverbed.
Elm Street, Topsham, 1887Item 12172 info
Pejepscot Historical Society
Elm Street in Topsham, looking west, is shown after a snow storm, April 2, 1887.
State Street, Portland, ca. 1880Item 12890 info
Maine Historical Society
Photograph of State Street, Portland, ca. 1880. Note wooden structures on elm trees.
Federal Street, Brunswick, ca. 1890Item 12214 info
Pejepscot Historical Society
A tree-lined view of Federal Street, Brunswick. Federal Street is currently designated an Historic District. Photo taken from an album entitled "Brunswick and Vicinity."
The Birch Chapel, Pine Point-Great Lake, ca. 1910Item 7782 info
Maine Historical Society
The Birch Chapel at Pine Point Camp (boys) on Great Pond, Belgrade Lakes, ca. 1910.
This is part of a collection of photographs that include scenes of Mt. Desert Island, Porcupine Island, Eggemoggin Reach to Rockland in Penobscot Bay and the Belgrade Lakes region of Maine.
Pine Street, Lewiston, ca. 1895Item 7253 info
Lewiston Public Library
Old post card of Pine Street in Lewiston. Woman in late 1890s dress in foreground.
Party in the Pines, 1917Item 14236 info
L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes
Orphan boys (5th and 6th graders) of Good Will having a party in the Good Will Pines in 1917.
The Good Will Pines are located in Clinton on the east side of the Kennebec River on the campus of Good Will-Hinckley. Good Will-Hinckley Homes for Boys and Girls was founded in 1889 in Fairfield by George Walter Hinckley.
Green Acre, class under the pines, ca. 1900Item 6209 info
Eliot Baha'i Archives
The Green Acre Inn hosted classes for its guests, often featuring religious and spiritual leaders from around the world lecturing "under the pines" in Eliot in the late 1800s early 1900s.
W.E.B. DuBois, the founder of the N.A.A.C.P. was one such individual, as well as Swami Vivekananda, Edward Everett Hale, Anagarika H. Dharmapala, Ralph Waldo Trine, Helen Campbell, Booker T. Washington and historian John Fiske, as well as many other notables.
Maple sap collecting, Lyman, 1954Item 5653 info
Maine Historical Society
Jeannine Morissette of Lyman is shown collecting sap from a maple tree during the early spring of 1954.
Maple syruping, Richmond, 1982Item 11207 info
Maine Historical Society
Warm days and cold nights helped the sap flow. John and Mary Louise McCloy emptied sap into a large bucket as they tended to their syruping chores at sunset in March 1982.
Flames, Baxter State Park fire, 1977Item 11292 info
Baxter State Park
Flames are seen in the trees during the 1977 fire at Baxter State Park.
Spruce budworm spraying, 1979Item 5639 info
Maine Historical Society
This C-54 spray plane is spraying a section of Maine's forest. In 1979 the spruce budworm attacked the spruces and made them unsuitable for use by the timber industry. The pesticide used to control the budworm was Sevin-4.
Sawing Winter Cordwood, Sabbathday Lake, ca. 1905Item 6900 info
United Society of Shakers
Pictured from left to right at Sabbathday Lake are Frank Carpenter, hired man, and Brothers Hiram Bailey, John Dorrington (b. 1878) and John Pine (b. 1875).
The saw in the photograph was purchased in the 1890s. Elder Delmer Wilson built the gasoline engine that powered it.
Cutting down a tree, Maine woods, ca. 1900Item 8426 info
Patten Lumbermen's Museum
E. B. Draper took this photograph of two woodsmen chopping a tree.
Logging, Maine woods, ca. 1900Item 8524 info
Patten Lumbermen's Museum
Long logs are piled in the lake flowage behind a dam, waiting for the logs to be sluiced.

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Education groups and North Dakota Catholic Conference director Christopher Dodson told lawmakers that churches and schools would be open to potential lawsuits and increased insurance costs if the bill becomes law.
David Nerud may be deep in prayer at his West Fargo church, but his peace of mind apparently comes from packing a pistol.
The retired Army soldier and security consultant told lawmakers Tuesday that church leaders gave him permission to bring a gun to worship after a pastor there was threatened a couple of years ago "from an organization that could really do harm."
He would not elaborate on the threat in an interview with The Associated Press.
North Dakota law forbids carrying concealed weapons in public places. But a bill sponsored by Rep. Kim Koppelman, R-West Fargo, would allow someone with a concealed weapon permit to carry a gun inside a school or church if officials there allow it.
Koppelman, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, told the body Tuesday that he introduced the bill after he learned of the problems at the West Fargo church. Like Nerud, he wouldn't go into detail about the alleged threat.
Koppelman had heard that Nerud, who has a concealed carry permit, was bringing his weapon with him to worship and told Nerud, "I think you're breaking the law, but I'll try to fix it."
Education groups and North Dakota Catholic Conference director Christopher Dodson told lawmakers that churches and schools would be open to potential lawsuits and increased insurance costs if the bill becomes law.
Dodson said the legislation would be "creating a new area of litigation exposure ... it would open ourselves to liability."
Jon Martinson, director of the state School Boards Association, said his group was "not thrilled" about the proposed legislation that would allow guns in schools.
"My concern is we're looking for a safe, easy answer — that (we think that) if we pass legislation, it's going to go away," Martinson said.
North Dakota School Boards Association spokeswoman Bev Nielson said schools would be better served if the state funded armed law enforcement officers at the facilities instead of allowing "someone who can shoot a tin can off a log" patrol the buildings.
L. Jay Reinke, pastor of Lutheran churches in Williston and Grassy Butte, said he supported to the proposal. He said allowing authorized people to carry guns at churches and schools is not endangering lives, but protecting them.
If gunfire erupted at one of his churches, "I likely would be the first one taken out," Reinke said. "But I want someone there to protect the children and their families."
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Sotalia fluviatilis
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais & Deville, 1853)
Common Name(s):
|Taxonomic Notes:
The riverine and marine forms of Sotalia were recently split into two species: S. fluviatilis in the Amazon and S. guianensis in marine and estuarine waters of eastern South and Central America and the Caribbean. Both genetic (Cunha et al. 2005, Caballero et al. 2007) and morphological (Monteiro-Filho et al. 2002, Fettuccia et al. 2009) evidence support recognition of the two species.
Two issues remain unclear for Sotalia. The first is the taxonomic status and range of Sotalia in the Orinoco River. There are records of Sotalia dolphins at Ciudad Bolívar, some 300 km upstream of the Orinoco mouth. These animals are suspected be S. guianensis (da Silva and Best 1996, Meade and Koehnken 1991, Flores and da Silva 2009). It is believed that Sotalia dolphins cannot traverse the rapids at the Casiquiare channel, which connects the Orinoco and Amazon River basins (da Silva and Best 1996). This barrier has existed since the uplift of the Mérida Cordillera (10 million years ago - Mya; Lundberg et al. 1998), which predates the divergence of the two Sotalia species (Cunha et al. 2005, Caballero et al. 2007). Thus, Sotalia dolphins in the Middle Orinoco are likely to be an isolated population of S. guianensis (Cunha et al. 2010).
The second issue is the taxonomic status of Sotalia dolphins in the southern freshwater portion of Maracaibo Lake. Those individuals differ morphologically from the marine Sotalia that inhabit the northern portion of the lake, adjacent to the Gulf of Venezuela. Dolphins from southern Maracaibo Lake are smaller than marine Sotalia and about the same size as S. fluviatilis (Casinos et al. 1981, da Silva and Best 1996, León 2005). However, there is no connection between Maracaibo Lake and the present-day known range of riverine Sotalia, and Maracaibo Lake has been isolated from the Amazon basin for the last 8-10 Mya (Hoorn et al. 1995, Días de Gamero 1996, quoted in Cunha et al. 2010). The morphological distinctiveness of the southern Maracaibo Lake population could reflect phenotypic plasticity, unlike the difference between S. guianensis and S. fluviatilis. It may also indicate a lack of gene flow with the marine Sotalia around the mouth of the lake and in the Gulf of Venezuela. Indeed, Caballero et al. (2006) observed some exclusive haplotypes in samples from the lake, but they did not attribute the variation to species differentiation.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Data Deficient ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Secchi, E.
|Reeves, R. & Perrin, W.F.
The split of Sotalia into two species has conservation relevance. The Tucuxi can be considered the world's only exclusively freshwater delphinid. This endemism jeopardizes its persistence because its restricted habitat is shared with increasing human populations. Tucuxis are vulnerable to threats such as incidental mortality in fisheries, habitat deterioration and fragmentation of populations by dam construction (Reeves at al. 2003). No formal assessment to evaluate the risks of population decline has been performed. Such assessment will require a better understanding of population structure so that population-specific abundance, non-natural mortality rates and other relevant parameters can be estimated and considered. Due to a lack of good data on these parameters, Sotalia fluviatilis is listed as Data Deficient.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
Tucuxis are found in the Amazon drainage as far inland as southern Peru, eastern Ecuador, and southeastern Colombia. They occur in the main tributaries of the Amazon/Solimões River basin and they cross international boundaries in areas such as Leticia, between Brazil and Colombia. The species does not occur in the Beni/Mamoré river basin in Bolivia nor in the upper Rio Negro. Its putative presence in the Orinoco is controversial because of a stretch of rapids and waterfalls that are suspected to block the species movements to this area (Flores and da Silva 2009). During the flood season, Tucuxis may move into smaller tributaries, but apparently they do not move into the inundated forest to feed (as botos, Inia geoffrensis, often do), staying mainly in the main river channels, tributaries and lakes (da Silva and Best 1996). Tucuxis are largely sympatric with the Boto in the Amazon and Orinoco systems but generally do not interact with that species.
The map shows where the species may occur. The species has not been recorded for all the states within the hypothetical range as shown on the map. States for which confirmed records of the species exist are included in the list of native range states.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
|Additional data:
|Range Map:
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|To date, there is no information on the population structure of S. fluviatilis. The only data available suggest that the species has moderate to high genetic diversity, since 12 individuals from the same location in the central Brazilian Amazon had five different control region haplotypes (Cunha et al. 2005), and 21 dolphins from the Peruvian, Colombian and Brazilian Amazon had 13 haplotypes (combining the control region and ND2, Caballero et al. 2007). Microsatellite variation is also larger in S. fluviatilis (H = 0.531) than in S. guianensis (H = 0.364; Cunha and Watts 2007). The reason for a higher level of genetic variation in S. fluviatilis, in spite of its probably smaller population size, remains to be determined. There are no estimates of the total population size for S. fluviatilis, though it appears to be relatively abundant throughout most of its range (Flores and da Silva 2009). Local estimates of relative abundance exist for some areas. In the Amazon drainage, an average density (encounter rate) of approximately 1.1 dolphins/km of river was estimated between Manaus and Tefé in the Solimões River (Magnusson et al. 1980). Four boat surveys of about 1,525 km each, from Manaus to Letícia, resulted in a mean estimate of 768 (± 104.7 SD) dolphins per trip or 1.02 individuals/km² (da Silva and Best 1994). More recently, mean density along the margins of main rivers in the central Amazon, Brazil (1,320 km of strip survey) was estimated at 3.2 individuals/km². About 54% of the individuals were found within 50 m of the edge of rivers and channels (Martin et al. 2004). Faustino and da Silva (2006) recorded on average 24 Tucuxis/km in the Mamirauá System, Central Amazon. Higher densities were found in deeper channels with high turbulence and productivity.
About 350 Tucuxis were estimated to inhabit the Samiria River system in Peru (Leatherwood 1996). Recent studies indicate that encounter rates in this area were within the range for these dolphins elsewhere in South America and that population numbers were stable over 10 years between 1991 and 2000 (McGuire 2002). Mean encounter rates in the Peruvian Amazon were 0.01-080 individuals/km in rivers and 0.05-2.17 individuals/km² in lakes (28 surveys over a four-year time period; McGuire 2002). The species is reportedly common in Colombia in the Loretoyacu River, in the Tarapoto River and in the El Correo Lake system (da Silva and Best 1994). Vidal et al. (1997) estimated that in 1993 there were 409 Tucuxis (CV=13%) along 120 km of the Amazon River bordering Colombia, Peru, and Brazil. Density (dolphins/km²) was highest in lakes (8.6), followed by areas along main banks (2.8) and around islands (2.0). Those estimates of density or abundance in small portions of the range are of limited use for assessment of the conservation status of the species as a whole.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
Tucuxis inhabit all three types of water of the Amazon basin: white water, clear water, and black water. Therefore, physical factors such as visibility and acidity appear not to affect their distribution directly. They seem to prefer the main channels of rivers and larger lakes where access is not limited by a narrow or shallow channel, while rapids and fast-moving turbulent water are avoided. Tucuxis also generally do not enter the flooded forest. They are mostly found within 50 m of the edges of rivers and channels (Martin et al. 2004). Similarly to the sympatric Boto, the Tucuxi shows a distinct preference for junctions of rivers and channels (da Silva and Best 1996, Leatherwood et al. 2000, Martin et al. 2004). The most preferred habitat is where a sediment-rich whitewater channel meets the low pH- carrying black water. The resultant mixing produces productive and obviously attractive conditions for dolphins (Martin et al. 2004). The large seasonal fluctuation in river levels (10m) influences the distribution of Tucuxis. They enter lake systems during periods of high water but leave these environments as the waters recede, thus avoiding entrapment. In the Peruvian Amazon, Tucuxis were not found in waters <3m depth in rivers or <1.8 m depth in lakes.
Individuals may occur in the same area year-round. Two tagged individuals in the Amazon were found within 5 km of the tagging site up to 1 year later (da Silva and Best 1994). A long-term photo-identification study revealed a maximum range for individuals of 130 km in Peru's Pacaya-Samiria Reserve (McGuire and Henningsen 2007). This relatively small range is probably due to limiting features such as small channels and seasonally shallow waters. According to McGuire (2002), encounter rates were highest in confluences, intermediate in lakes, and lowest in rivers and did not differ among seasons in the latter two. During the dry season, Tucuxis persisted longer in the confluences and occurred in higher densities than in any rainy or intermediate season; the reverse pattern was observed during high water.
Sotalia fluviatilis occurs most often in groups of one to six individuals. Groups of more than nine animals are rarely observed (da Silva and Best 1994, Faustino and da Silva 2006). The composition of groups is unknown. Vidal et al. (1997) reported overall mean group size of 3.9 in the upper Amazon. Tucuxis were most frequently seen as singles or pairs in rivers and lakes of Peru's Pacaya-Samiria Reserve; seasonal differences in group size were non-significant (McGuire 2002).
Information on reproduction is sparse. Males attain sexual maturity at approximately 140cm and females at between 132 and 137cm (da Silva and Best 1996). In Brazil, gestation lasts about 11 months and calves are about 80 cm long at birth, which occurs primarily from September to November during the low-water period (da Silva and Best 1996, Flores and da Silva 2009). Neonate Tucuxi were observed in all seasons in the Peruvian Amazon, with a slight peak in encounter rates during high water (McGuire and Aliaga 2007).
At least 28 species of mostly small schooling fish belonging to 11 families are preyed upon by tucuxis in the Amazon region. The characoid family Curimatidae was represented in 52%, Sciaenidae in 39% and siluriforms in 54% of stomachs analysed (n = 29) (da Silva and Best 1994). During the dry season, fish concentrate in the main water bodies and thus are more vulnerable to predation. During the flood season, many species enter the floodplain and are largely out of reach of Tucuxis.
|Use and Trade:
|This species is used at a low level as bait in fisheries, and its eyes and genital organs are used as aphrodisiacs.
|Major Threat(s):
There are no records of past or recent commercial fisheries for Sotalia spp. (IWC 2001). River dolphins in the Amazon region are threatened primarily by incidental mortality in fishing gear (IWC 2001). Sotalia fluviatilis consumes 14 of the 30 species of commercially exploited fish in the Amazon, and thus incidental captures during fishing are frequent (da Silva and Best 1994, 1996; Martin et al. 2004). In one study in the central Amazon of Brazil, 74% of 34 Tucuxis examined had been killed in gill nets and 15% in seine nets (da Silva and Best 1985). By-catch in fishing gear, caused by the proliferation of gill nets, and some evidence of poisoning by commercial fishermen, seem to be the main conservation threats to Tucuxis in Peru (Reeves et al. 1999).
Other potentially important threats are oil spills, boat strikes, chemical and noise pollution, overfishing of prey, and damming of rivers for hydroelectric projects (da Silva and Best 1994, Denkinger 2001, McGuire 2002). Dams can interrupt gene flow and create isolated groups of dolphins with reduced genetic variability and lowered demographic resilience. The use of pesticides banned in many countries continues to be common in some parts of South America (PNUMA 2002). Mercury is used to refine fluvial gold and then, like the pesticides, enters aquatic food webs. Dams, in addition to fragmenting dolphin populations, can have serious effects on migratory fish populations on which Tucuxis feed (such as some siluriform fishes) (da Silva and Best 1994). The increased use of outboard engines and illegal fishing with explosives are also sources of concern in parts of these dolphins' range (e.g. Utreras et al. 2001, Zapata-Rios and Utreras 2004).
Although freshwater dolphins have been protected by superstitions in parts of Amazonia (Leatherwood and Reeves 1997), in Colombia and Brazil there was and may still be a small market for the eyes, teeth and reproductive organs of dolphins, used as love charms or aphrodisiacs when prepared in a special manner (da Silva and Best 1994, 1996; Trujillo and Diazgranados 2002; Alves and Rosa 2008). According to V. da Silva (pers. comm.), this market is no longer a significant threat in the Brazilian Amazon, although according to M. Borobia (in IWC 2007) the practice of selling dolphin parts continues in at least some local areas. However, according to V. Da Silva (pers. comm.), fishermen in the central Amazon do not kill Tucuxi deliberately or use parts of its body as love charm. Teeth, eyes and body parts are from S. guianensis, most captured accidentally in the Para coast. Eyes of S. guianensis, killed in the nets at the Amazon estuary are often sold in the markets as Boto eyes. Recent molecular analyses have shown that a high proportion of dolphin products sold as amulets and love charms are derived from Guiana dolphins (S. guianensis), even in the Amazon region (Cunha and Solé- Cava 2007, Gravena et al. 2008, Sholl et al. 2008).
Recently, Loch et al. (2009) found two Tucuxis and one Boto wounded by perforating and cutting objects, probably harpoons and machetes. Such kills indicate potential conflicts with locals using tucuxi and boto as bait in a catfish fishery (V. da Silva, pers. comm.). Trujillo and Diazgranados (2002) reported one death by harpooning in the Colombian Amazon, in a ten-year monitoring period.
|Conservation Actions:
Sotalia fluviatilis is listed in Appendix I of CITES and in Appendix II of CMS. The species is legally protected in most of the range countries.
|Secchi, E. 2012. Sotalia fluviatilis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T190871A17583369. . Downloaded on 26 September 2018.
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Our island schools are currently undergoing major security upgrades in wake of the tragic shootings of elementary school students in Newtown, Conn.
You will now have to go through two sets of secure doors to access each of the schools. Both sets of reinforced metal doors will be surrounded by bulletresistant glass and monitored by video surveillance. If you are dropping something off at school for your child, there will be a transaction window – much like the one found at the local police station. That led a Town Council member to suggest the security renovations made the school seem like a prison.
Although the school doors were previously locked, this new heightened state of security represents another example of our eroding freedoms. In the national debate it has been suggested that we place armed guards in all of our schools. Some extremists even want to have the teachers carry firearms. But what's to stop the next crazed gunman from attacking a bus load of children?
A new department of the federal government – Homeland Security – was formed after the attacks of Sept. 11. Now we must submit to body scans and TSA groping in order to fly. Once we're aboard the airplane an armored cockpit door protects the pilot and co-pilot from any unruly passengers.
When you ride on Amtrak you are warned that your bags can be searched at any time. There are also police dogs to sniff out explosives and drugs in the major metro stations.
Almost everywhere we turn there are closed circuit television cameras – video surveillance – watching our every move. Often what the security camera views is processed by a mainframe computer that has facial recognition software.
No longer can one hide in the crowd. Big Brother will find your face.
It used to be that our personal information could be used for identification. I remember taking tests in college where students wrote their Social Security numbers on the exams instead of their names. Today we would never do that. We protect our personal information as if it is gold, because in many way it is more valuable than gold. In these days of advanced technology, hackers armed with just a few details of information about you can steal your identity and empty your bank accounts in the blink of an eye.
The state of Wisconsin has a sign on one of its borders warning criminals and terrorists that its citizens are armed. It seems that the old Wild, Wild West days are returning. Who says that history doesn't repeat itself?
One has to wonder: Are we any safer with all of this extra security? Or is the world a more dangerous place?
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You are the power that enlivens all creatures in all the worlds. You are the one indivisible consciousness that is beyond even itself. We can only use paradox, metaphor, and linguistic trickery and sleight of hand to hint at it. But thsoe hints are as far from the truth as a lost penny is from the wealth of ancients kings. This is the simple truth of your essence.
When you take in food, your body begins to digest it. When the digested food enters the small intestines, thousands of tiny villi begin to sift carefully through the food soup to select appropriate nutrients to absorb. There is an active consciousness behind this functioning, and that consciousness is you.
There are interstellar blue whales, impossibly huge behemoths of dust and debris, hundreds of light years long. This is not inert matter, coalescing by accident. There is consciousness there too, and you are that consciousness.
There are hierarchies of creatures and vast civilizations within inches of your face. You can't see them, but they are there. They are built with consciousness, and that consciousness is who you are.
You may have heard this. You may even believe it. You may even teach it. But have you yet dropped the pretense and falsehood of the lesser self? Have you abandoned all other identities? Do you live with the courage and strength and knowing inherent in the consciousness that cannot be known, destroyed, or corrupted? Give everything else away and sink into this unfathomable abyss of being that you are.
Then everything will come back. But it will be different. Everything you want you will already have. You will be the all, and the all will be in you. You will move, without knowing how. You will love, without motive. You will have, without struggle. You will know, without study. You will heal, mysteriously. You will be at peace in God's mind. Whatever is, will be your echo. Everything will be your voice.
May everyone be at peace, in love, and know their most perfect Self.
Robert Rabbin is an author, speaker, and advisor. He can be reached via e-mail at email@example.com, or by writing: 2629 Manhattan Ave., Ste. 192, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. His new book, The Sacred Hub (The Crossing Press, ISBN: 0-89594-837-0), is available in bookstores or from the publisher at (800) 777-1048.
His new book, The Sacred Hub (The Crossing Press, ISBN: 0-89594-837-0), is available through the bookstores nationwide.


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Nothing is going to be the same after this. On Friday, the United States hit China with 34 billion dollars in tariffs, and China immediately responded with similar tariffs. If it stopped there, this trade war between the United States and China would not be catastrophic for the global economy. But it isn't going to stop there. Donald Trump is already talking about hitting China with an additional 500 billion dollars in tariffs, which would essentially cover pretty much everything that China exports to the U.S. in a typical year. The Chinese have accused Trump of starting "the biggest trade war in economic history", and they are pledging to fight for as long as it takes. As I discussed yesterday, the only way that one side is going to "win" this trade war is if the other side completely backs down, and that simply is not going to happen. So there is going to be economic pain, and that pain is likely to intensify for as long as this trade war persists. U.S. businesses that will be affected by foreign tariffs are already cutting back production and laying off workers, and CNN is reporting that 1,300 products have suddenly become more expensive for U.S. consumers. There will be nowhere that anyone can hide from this trade war, and it will ultimately affect every single man, woman and child in the entire country. (Read More...)
Up until now, the U.S. trade war with China has simply been a bunch of threats and counter-threats, but now things are about to get very real. On Friday, the first round of U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods becomes official, and these tariffs are going to fundamentally alter the economic relationship between the two largest economies on the entire planet. Over the past several decades, U.S. consumers have loved gobbling up super-cheap goods from China, and the Chinese have used many of the dollars that they have been accumulating to fund our exploding national debt. This symbiotic relationship has been bad for the United States in a lot of ways, and something had to be done, but in the short-term this trade war is going to be enormously painful. Sadly, most Americans are completely oblivious to what is happening. The following comes from Bloomberg… (Read More...)
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We are in the midst of the worst retail apocalypse in American history, and it seems to be getting worse with each passing month. Many of the "experts" blame the growth of online retailers, and without a doubt online retail sales have been surging. In fact, I sell far more through Amazon.com than I do through any other channel. But the truth is that online retailers are not exactly taking over the world. At this point, 91 percent of all retail sales still take place in brick-and-mortar stores, and that means that online retailers only account for about 9 percent of all retail sales. Sadly, there is a much bigger reason why thousands of retail stores are closing down and millions upon millions of square feet of retail space is now sitting empty all over America. The mighty U.S. consumer base was once primarily made up of middle class Americans, but the middle class in America has been on a slow, steady death spiral for many years. (Read More...)
On Friday, Michael Moore went on Bill Maher's HBO show and suggested that the U.S. military would side with progressives in a civil war against Donald Trump. You can watch Moore make these comments on YouTube right here. The very next day, Antifa thugs violently clashed with pro-Trump conservatives that had gathered for a prayer rally on the streets of Portland, Oregon. Flash-bang grenades were thrown by Antifa activists, the police confiscated "mace, clubs, gloves with reinforced knuckles, batons, knives and handgun clips", and many were injured and had to be taken to the hospital. The violence was so dramatic that some are actually calling this the first skirmish in America's next civil war. Last week, a shocking poll found that 31 percent of all Americans believe that there will be a civil war in America within the next five years and that 59 percent of Americans believe that Donald Trump's opponents will resort to violence. But after the events of this past weekend, we no longer have to wonder if civil unrest is coming to America. Civil unrest is already here, and it is going to get much worse in the months ahead. (Read More...)
We haven't seen anything like this since the financial crisis of 2008. Investors are taking money out of global stock funds at a pace that we haven't seen in 10 years, and many believe that this is a harbinger of tough times ahead. Global stocks lost about 10 trillion dollars in value during the first half of 2018, and an even worse performance during the second half of the year will almost certainly push the global financial system into panic mode. U.S. stocks have been relatively stable, and so most Americans are not too alarmed about what is happening just yet. But if you look back throughout history, emerging market chaos is often an early warning signal that a major global crisis is on the horizon, and that is precisely what is happening right now. Financial markets in emerging markets all over the planet are in the process of melting down, and the losses are becoming quite dramatic. (Read More...)
You might want to start taking the radical left seriously. When they tell us "you ain't seen nothin' yet" and that "this is just the beginning", they are making threats that they intend to back up. There have been other times in modern American history when the left has resorted to physical intimidation and violence, but I believe that what is coming is going to far surpass anything that we have ever experienced before. Of course not everyone agrees with me. On Monday I authored a piece about the "civil war" that is rapidly approaching, and there were some that loudly criticized me for it. They insisted that we didn't have anything to worry about from the left and that I was blowing things out of proportion. As you read the rest of this article, I hope that everyone will start to see that I am not exaggerating the threat one bit. And what we should all be able to agree on is that the radical left is super energized right now. Just look at what happened on Tuesday. 28-year-old radical socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez absolutely crushed 10-term congressman Joe Crowley in a Democratic primary in New York. She was outspent 18 to 1, and in normal times something like that would never happen. (Read More...)
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Civil conflict is coming to America, and it is going to tear our nation apart. Earlier today I received an email from a good friend about the rising tide of anger and frustration that we are currently witnessing in America. After thinking about it for a few moments, I wrote back and told him that I don't know if there is any way to stop what is coming at this point. In my entire lifetime, we have never been closer to a "civil war" in this country than we are right now. Let us work for peace, but it would be foolish to ignore the forces that are ripping the fabric of our society to shreds. In this day and age, the coming conflict will not be between two armies from specific geographical locations. Rather, it will be between groups of Americans with fundamentally different ideologies. However, just like in our first civil war, American cities will burn before it is all said and done. First there will be massive protests, then there will be widespread violence, and ultimately there will be mobs of lunatics running around smashing things, looting, stealing, killing and setting things on fire. (Read More...)
It is difficult to find the words to describe just how serious America's trade war with China is becoming. As you will see below, the two largest economies on the entire planet are on a self-destructive course that almost seems irreversible at this point. The only way that this trade war is going to come to a rapid conclusion is if one side is willing to totally submit and accept an extremely bitter and humiliating defeat on the global stage, and that is not likely to happen. So in the short-term, and probably beyond that, we are going to experience a tremendous amount of economic pain. In fact, if one wanted to create a recipe for economic disaster, it would be hard to beat having the Federal Reserve dramatically raise interest rates at the exact same time that the U.S. government is starting trade wars with all of the other major economic powers simultaneously. Unless something drastically changes in the very near future, there is no way that the U.S. is going to be able to get through this without experiencing severe pain. (Read More...)
Andrés Manuel López Obrador (otherwise known as "AMLO") is about to become the next president of Mexico. He has a seemingly insurmountable lead in the polls, and at this point it would be a complete and utter shock if anyone else were to win on July 1st. So what he has to say is likely to become the official policy of the Mexican government in the very near future, and that is quite frightening because he is a crazed radical leftist and an extremely bold proponent of illegal immigration to the United States. As I wrote about yesterday, Mexico has begun the process of a complete and total societal meltdown, and right now chaos reigns supreme along the U.S.-Mexico border. It would be extremely helpful to have a Mexican president that would be committed to restoring order along the border, but instead AMLO has boldly declared that immigration to the United States is a "human right" and he is encouraging more immigrants to start pouring into the U.S. illegally… (Read More...)


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Here's another ad with Michigan J Frog singing about how we should watch the WB Network. This time he's singing an altered version of "The Michigan Rag" from the original "One Froggy Evening" short.
Monday, April 21, 2008
4 comments:
- J.E.Daniels said...
Any idea who directed these spots?
I really like the animation of Michigan J. it's really fluid and enjoyable.
I never had the honor of viewing the WB growing up, so I never got to see any of these promos before...
- April 21, 2008 at 9:56 AM
- JBWarner86 said...
I find it interesting that Michigan J. actually has to resort to hypnotism in order to get people to watch the WB. Makes sense, given that their ratings for the 1995-1996 season were so abysmal.
- April 21, 2008 at 5:44 PM
Did the song change depending on the channel the WB was on?
I remember the song singing "Look in my eyes and repeat after me/Channel 11 and the WB" (since my local WB was on channel 11)
- April 22, 2008 at 7:40 PM
- Christopher said...
I have to agree. The animation then looked brilliantly done. Definately gets hypnotising when watched a few times over, too :)
- April 23, 2008 at 1:44 AM
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Spring Training Miscellany: Angels 8, Cubs 4 – March 25, 2014
The Cubs were solidly in control of this one going into the 9th, but the wheels completely came off in a silly inning. A silly, Spring Training inning.
- Mike Olt ripped a solid single to center and made some fantastic plays in the field at third base. Were you judging on today, alone, you'd say this is the third baseman for the Cubs. Were you judging on the entirety of Spring Training, well, you might say it as well.
- The hold-your-breath moment of the game came on a great sliding catch by Albert Almora in center field. Problem was, he slid right into the wall with his right knee. Given his injury-plagued 2013 season, extra nervousness was understandable. He jogged off under his own power, and the Cubs later said it was a bruised knee. If that's all it is, you'll thank your lucky stars for the few days he gets off. The good news is, as expected, he looked great out there.
- Dan Vogelbach drilled a couple singles (though he did get picked off first base once – it's that legendary speed), and looked great at the plate. Physically, as we've said before, he looks as good as he ever has. He's still a stocky guy whom you won't mistake for a corner outfielder, but he does look like a guy who can play first base.
- Junior Lake hit another homer – a bomb to left field – and struck out twice. Lake, in a nutshell.
- George Kottaras hit a deep double off the center field wall (hooray for trade rumors!), but also dropped an easy pop up in foul territory (boo for trade rumors!).
- Pedro Strop and Hector Rondon looked pretty nasty today in relief, which is good going forward. The offending reliever in the above-mentioned nightmare 9th inning, though? Well, it's bullpen bubble guy Alberto Cabrera, who gave up five earned on four hits and a walk (including one homer). He struck out one, but that was the only out he got. Is this kind of appearance enough to sink his bullpen chances? Nah. He's looked good this Spring, and he doesn't have any options. But, well, it happened.


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A 15-year-old girl who had performed in President Barack Obama's inauguration festivities is the latest face on the ever-increasing homicide toll in the president's hometown, killed in a Chicago park as she talked with friends by a gunman who apparently was not aiming at her.
A 15-year-old girl who had performed in President Barack Obama's inauguration festivities is the latest face on the ever-increasing homicide toll in the president's hometown, killed in a Chicago park as she talked with friends by a gunman who apparently was not even aiming at her.
Chicago police said Hadiya Pendleton was in a park about a mile from Obama's home in a South Side neighborhood Tuesday afternoon when a man opened fire on the group. Hadiya was shot in the back as she tried to escape.
The city's 42nd slaying is part of Chicago's bloodiest January in more than a decade, following on the heels of 2012, which ended with more than 500 homicides for the first time since 2008. It also comes at a time when Obama, spurred by the Connecticut elementary school massacre in December, is actively pushing for tougher gun laws.
White House press secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday that the president and the first lady's "thoughts and prayers are with" the teen's family, adding: "And as the president has said, we will never be able to irradiate every act of evil in this country, but if we can save even one child's life, we have an obligation to try when it comes to the scourge of gun violence."
Hadiya's father, Nathaniel Pendleton, spoke Wednesday at a Chicago police news conference, which was held in the same park where his daughter died.
"Why is it dangerous for kids to hang out in Chicago? This ain't only happening in bad neighborhoods. It's happening in good neighborhoods. It's happening in the suburbs," he said. Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy consoled him.
Hadiya was a bright kid who was killed just as she was "wondering about which lofty goal she wanted to achieve," her godfather, Damon Stewart, told The Associated Press. Hadiya had been a majorette with the King College Prep band.
"She was a very active kid, doing dance, cheerleading, who felt like she could accomplish just about anything, a very good student who had big dreams about what she wanted to be, a doctor, an attorney," said Stewart, a Chicago police officer and attorney. "She was constantly getting good grades."
Stewart, who was 12 years old when his own brother was shot and killed, said his family and Hadiya Pendleton's family were so close that his own children saw the 15-year-old as an older sister.
"The worst thing in the world was when yesterday I had to sit there and tell my children that their sister is gone," he said.
In Chicago, gangs routinely and often indiscriminately open fire. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and McCarthy are pushing for tougher local, state and national gun laws and longer prison sentences for offenders.
About three blocks from Hadiya's school, she and a group of 10-12 young people had taken refuge under a canopy at a park to avoid the rain Tuesday afternoon when a man climbed a fence, ran at the group and started shooting a gun. The group scattered, but Hadiya was shot in the back and a teenage boy was shot in the leg.
Police said Hadiya had no arrest record and there was no indication she was a member of a gang or was the gunman's target. But police said that at this point in the investigation, there were indications that at least some of the others had ties to gangs.
Stewart, though, said Hadiya was not hanging around gang members, but was simply talking to her friends on her volleyball team.
Stewart's comments also echo the message that city officials have long said: Gun violence is not confined to street corners in dangerous neighborhoods. Obama's neighborhood, Kenwood, is just north of the University of Chicago and the Museum of Science and Industry.
"Her parents had done everything right and she was doing everything right," he said.


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Die Hard: Top 20 Moments
With part 4 on the way, Scott McKenzie takes a look back at the first three films
Die Hard
Here we have it: the first and best of the bunch. Now don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of the whole series, but parts two and three follow the structure and conventions laid down in part one. But Die Hard isn't just a great action movie; it defined a whole new sub-genre of action movies. Without Die Hard, we wouldn't have been 'treated' to the slew of terrorists (usually with European accents) taking over a <blank> movies: Die Hard on a plane ( Executive Decision, Air Force One), Die Hard in a school ( Toy Soldiers), Die Hard at an ice hockey game ( Sudden Death) or Die Hard in a British council estate ( Down Time). In an ironic twist, the production of Steven Seagal's Under Siege ( Die Hard on a boat) even held up the production of the third film in the series because of the similarities in the screenplays at the time. The fact of the matter is that Die Hard is one of the most influential action movies ever made, which is why it has more memorable moments than any other movie in the series.
1. You're just going to have to kill me
Die Hard gets its first twist in early. The terrorists that have taken over the Nakatomi tower aren't actually terrorists—they're common thieves (sorry, exceptional thieves) who are after the contents of the vault. Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber is one of my favourite bad guys and his performance here echoes throughout his other roles throughout his career, especially in Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves and as Snape in the Harry Potter series. Director John McTiernan also sets the R-rated tone early on by despatching Nakatomi big cheese Mr Takagi with a gratuitous shot of his brains hitting the glass door behind him. It's this point that tells us we're in for a macho movie that doesn't hold back when the blood starts flowing.
2. Now I have a machine gun… ho ho ho
John McClane sends the dead body of his first victim down in the lift with a message for Gruber. He incurs the wrath of not only the leader of the bad guys but also big blond badass Karl, whose brother he's just killed. This is one of the reasons why John McClane is such a well-loved character. Rather than just dumping the body for the bad guys to find, his sense of humour turns Die Hard into a battle of wits between McClane and Gruber as well as a battle of one man against a building full of men with machine guns.
3. Now I know what a TV dinner feels like
With an angry Karl and his squad of henchmen hot on his heels and no lift to jump on to help his escape, McClane is left with no choice but to hide in the ventilation system. Think of your favourite action movies and there's a good chance one or more of them include a scene of someone crawling through a plumbing system or ventilation shafts. It works so well because it doubles up on claustrophobia and asks the viewer to question what they would do in this situation. Not only are you stuck in a building full of terrorists but you've got to sneak around by crawling through a metal tube that's only as wide as you are.
4. I must have missed 60 Minutes
It's always good to see an asshole get his comeuppance and in Die Hard this happens three times: Ellis, Robert Davi's Agent Johnson and reporter Dick Thornburg. Thinking he can save the day and ride off into the sunset with McClane's wife, Nakatomi smoothie Ellis tries to get McClane to turn himself in but only ends up on the ever-growing stack of dead bodies. Not only does he take recreational drugs and fancy himself as a ladies' man, he thinks he can use his hard-sell tricks to solve every tough situation and gets what's coming to him. A valuable lesson for salesmen the world over, I reckon.
5. You should be on f_____g TV with that accent
Our hero finally comes face to face with Gruber, who tries (unsuccessfully) to convince McClane that he's an escaped hostage. The camera work goes all diagonal in the most tense scene in the movie as the two nemeses try to outwit each other and McClane tries to find out why Gruber wants the detonators so badly if he's already used all the explosives. In a movie filled with gunshots and big bangs, this scene tones down the action and adds a dose of intelligence that is often sorely lacking from the action genre.
At just ten years old I was too young to catch Die Hard on its cinema release in 1988 and the first time I saw it was when it was shown on terrestrial TV in the UK in 1992. The only problem with this is that at the time, ITV were a bit over-the-top with their cutting and dubbing, and in a movie filled with violence and bad language, they felt they had to butcher the movie. One of the most heinous crimes was to dub McClane's f-words with some bloke doing a terrible impersonation and because I watched my recorded video of TV-friendly Die Hard until the tape wore out, I'm forever haunted by the sound of "You think I'm really stupid, Hans" in the back of my mind, no matter how many times I watch it now.
6. Blow the roof
It's back to big bang time as Gruber gives the order to blow the roof, intending to cover his escape with the contents of the vault. McClane manages to get the hostages out of the way in time but can't do anything to save the FBI agents in the helicopter who are taking pot shots at him. We had the theme of claustrophobia earlier on, now we've got vertigo to deal with. Could you throw yourself off the thirty-fifth floor of a building that's about to explode, only tied to the roof with a fire hose?
7. Yippee-ki-yay #1
What's better than tricking the bad guy into thinking you haven't got a gun, then shooting him and sending him tumbling out of the window? Why not deliver a clever catchphrase at the same time? It's very cool in a James Bond kind of way but the writers created a rod for their own backs by feeling the need to include it in the other movies. Parts two and three could have done without the line but at the end of Die Hard it closes the book on the relationship between McClane and Gruber. Before Gruber falls, Holly has to lose her Rolex to save her life, a neat metaphor for abandoning the life that's kept her and John apart. There's not a lot of deeper meaning to be found in the Die Hard series but this is a neat inclusion.
8. Powell saves the day
Never mind that we last saw Karl hanging from a chain inside the building, seemingly as dead as his brother. Somehow he got outside and was reborn, still with his machine gun in his hand and it's down to trigger-shy Sergeant Al Powell to save the day. It's the first emotional pay-off of many at the end of the movie and necessary to complete Powell's character arc and redeem him for shooting a kid years before. After talking on a radio for the whole movie, it's predictable that he would have to do something heroic and even though this is a stock horror movie ending, it works for Powell.
9. Did you get that?
William Atherton took so much stick in real life for his performance as sanitation officer Walter Peck in Ghostbusters (according to Harold Ramis on the DVD commentary people would shout "Yo, dickless!" at him on a regular basis) that it's surprising to see him crop up four years later as essentially the same character. His meddling with McClane's family to get a scoop almost gets John and Holly killed so there's a great emotional pay-off at the end of the film when Holly punches him. His acceptance of his sleazy hack status is confirmed with the line "Did you get that?" to his camerman.
Die Hard 2: Die Harder
Even though I'm a fan of Die Hard 2, I do think it's the weakest of the three and it's no surprise that there are fewer memorable moments in the first sequel than in the other two movies. Renny Harlin, bless him, does his best back in the day when he could still deliver the goods, but the plot is pretty much a re-hash of the original with William Atherton and Bonny Bedelia cropping up again, either through contractual obligation or a lack of imagination by the screenwriters. However, it's worth noting that the Die Hard movies are all set at Christmas and this is the only one with snow.
10. Gunfight at the Annex Skywalk
Also known as 'that bit with the guy out of Terminator 2'. McClane has to crawl through a ventilation shaft (ring any bells?) to stop a team of bad guys killing an armed team who are escorting a comms expert to re-configure the antenna so the airport's tower can talk to the planes above them. It's business as usual for Die Hard but we're given that little bit extra with McClane stuck under scaffolding, trying to reach a gun on the moving walkway before the last bad guy does him in.
11. We've got you
This is the reason why Die Hard 2 has one of the highest movie body counts. Death from Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey lowers ground level on the landing systems and crashes a plane to teach everyone a lesson for trying to fiddle with the antenna. Would the makers of a popcorn movie try a scene like this nowadays? Maybe, maybe not, but you can guarantee this will never be shown as an in-flight movie. A shot of an old woman on the plane before it crashes is meant to make us think it's the plane that Holly is flying on, but dodgy editing and obviously different set dressing make this attempt to add extra emotion to the scene falls flat.
12. Whoah... oh s___!
Looking back, there are a lot of big explosions in Die Hard 2 and this one was the money shot for the trailer. Trapped in a plane and surrounded by bad guys throwing grenades at him, McClane straps himself into the pilot's seat and pulls the ejection lever just before the plane blows up. The shot of McClane flying through the air looks a bit dated now but it's an exciting scene and for once, Harlin pulls it out of the bag. However, McClane's comedy quip after he lands is one of the low points of the screenplay.
13. Yippe-ki-yay #2
Just when you thought you might have had enough exploding planes, here's one more to round off the first sequel. Would snow soaked with aeroplane fuel ignite and blow up a plane that had already taken off? Again, it doesn't really matter because it's time for McClane to deliver his catchphrase and save the day. The final moments after he does are very similar to the end of Die Hard but the celebrations don't sit as well with me this time. After all, a hell of a lot more people have died in this movie and everyone seems a bit too happy for my liking.
Die Hard With A Vengeance
John McTiernan returns to directing duties and delivers are return to form with a vengeance. No longer stuck in a building, McClane's job is to stop a bomb going off in a New York school, set by Hans Gruber's brother, Simon. With puzzles set by Jeremy Irons' bad guy, this is a thinking-man's action movie and I have just one complaint with part three…
14. I hate n_____s
Die Hard With A Vengeance lays on the theme of racial tension too thick for my liking. Now, I didn't live in the Big Apple in 1995 and I know the NYPD have a shady reputation, but Samuel L Jackson's character's overt 'reverse' racism is jarring and an unnecessary addition to the film. His character arc is to learn to cooperate with a white man after telling his nephews not to let white people help them, but Jackson is better than the source material and it's testament to his acting that Zeus remains a likeable character.
The movie opens with a hung-over McClane being challenged by Simon to stand in the middle of Harlem wearing an offensive sandwich board and the events to come are summed up by Jackson's line "You are about to have a very bad day". In a blink-and-you'll miss it shot, the old lady who sees McClane when he gets out of the police van is the same old lady that Eddie Murphy gives the expensive earrings to in Coming to America. I've no idea if this is a reference to that New York movie but I like to think it is.
15. Very cool stuff
We're dealing with a bad guy who uses binary liquid bombs that have to mix together before they can be triggered and… Are you keeping up here? Using fancy bomb technology in a movie means you have to get the device exposition out of the way as quickly as possible early on if you want the audience to stay awake. Luckily for us, we've got Charlie to help us out. Maybe it's because I'm a bit of a geek myself, but I've always got a soft spot for geeky characters. Charlie doesn't get much screen time but he's a well-written character that (almost) gets his moment of heroism later on and here he shows us how the technology works that is central to the movie with a combination of suspense and humour.
16. I was working on a nice fat suspension, smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo
One year before Die Hard With A Vengeance, Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson both starred in a little movie called Pulp Fiction. This line is a nice reference to the song that Bruce Willis sings along to as Butch but it's delivered in such a throwaway style that you'll miss it if you haven't seen Quentin Tarantino's movie. That might seem obvious but in so many supposed comedies and spoofs, references are made in such a heavy-handed way that you know it's there whether you've seen the source of inspiration or not. I'd rather watch these five seconds of screen time over and over again than any number of Scary Movies.
17. Are you aiming for these people?
Got to get across ninety blocks of New York traffic to stop a bomb going off on a subway train? Easy, just nick off with a taxi and drive through the park, then call in an ambulance to follow to carve through the gridlock. It's a long, exciting journey and goes out of its way to throw in credible facts about New York (e.g. it wouldn't have been possible to follow an ambulance all the way to Wall Street because of the way the hospital districts are organised). The only problem with this scene is that the journey is intended to be impossible but Zeus actually makes it to their destination on time. If McClane had been with him, what excuse would Gruber have had for setting off the bomb?
18. What has four legs and is always ready to travel?
Again, you might be watching a movie full of explosions and gunfights but this is the scene that will have you talking long after the credits have rolled. To stop a bomb going off, McClane and Zeus have to measure out exactly four gallons of water using a three gallon jug and a five gallon jug. The best thing about this scene is that you don't get the answer, only part of it, and it's up to you to work out the rest. Have you worked it out yet? If not and you're anything like me, it'll be bugging you for ages.
19. I'm glad you talked me out of jumping
So the bad guys are sailing away with trucks full of Federal Reserve gold and you find yourself on a bridge above the ship. What do you do? That's right; you hook the winch on the front of your SUV onto the boat and try to climb down. It's probably the dumbest idea McClane's ever had and it's no surprise when they fall from a great height but the guy standing on the boat probably wasn't expecting to be sliced in half by the winch cable.
20. Yippee-ki-yay #3
Instead of McClane and Gruber facing off on the boat full of gold, we get a showdown between them at a port on the Canadian border. This sequence feels a little tacked-on but true to form, McClane saves the day by getting an electrical cable caught in the blades of Gruber's helicopter. The movie ends with our hero calling his estranged wife Holly and now, twelve years on, we're about to find out what's next for Lieutenant John McClane…
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Help me design a ship encounter (4E)
Okay, so my 23rd-level party (consisting on a cleric, ranger, rogue, fighter, and wizard), are sailing on a ship. They are being pursued by the BBEG's attack ship. If they could get a straight-on fight, they would likely make mince meat of the enemy crew, but I want to design an encounter that is a genuine challenge for them. The enemy ship will try to sink their ship. In the middle of the ocean, drowning is a real risk even for 23rd level PCs. So I want some sort of mix of skill challenge plus fighting that will challenge my characters. Got any ideas?


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by Robert Foan, D&DH reader
On Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010, my son Brody (14) killed his very first whitetail buck in Wisconsin. He shot it with his Hoyt Kobalt set at 50 pounds using an Easton Axis ST arrow and a 100-grain G5 Montec Brodhead. The shot was taken at 23 yards on buck quartering toward Brody's tree stand. He wore a Scent Loc Full Season suit and LaCrosse rubber boots.
The day started early for us. We walked to our stands around 5 a.m. We sat in sets on the west bluff of our 120-acre lease. Brody got into his stand, and I chose to back track 75 yards to another tree stand that wasn't completely prepped for shooting yet.
Things were looking good. I could hear deer after deer running around in the woods on the west. At 7:12 a.m., I heard rattling. I thought my son was performing a call sequence. Actually, the noise came from two bucks sparring in the woods south of the cornfield. I performed a sequence of rattles and few grunts to entice Mr. Big out our way. That's when I heard the release of a bow string at 7:15 a.m.
Within a minute I received a text, "I shot a buck." I called Brody on his cell phone and told him to sit in his stand until 8 a.m., when I would come to him.
Yeah, right. Asking a 14-year-old boy to sit in his tree stand for nearly 60 minutes after he shot a buck ain't gonna happen. As rain approached. Brody got out of his stand and met me at the shot site.
At first we found only spots of blood. As we pressed on about 10 to 15 yards into the thick cover, the trail began to look like a spraying river. We continued following the blood trail for roughly 50 yards. Then I told Brody, "I can see your deer lying over there about 20 yards or so away from us."
I asked him to stay put while I walked over to check the deer. My eyes saw a beautiful, magnificent deer on the ground. I called Brody over to recover his trophy. He was ecstatic and crying with joy.
He turned to me and said, "Thank you, dad." He hugged me with tears in his eyes before even touching his trophy. It was an extremely emotional and exciting time for me. I got to watch my son recover a trophy of a lifetime. He executed a perfect kill shot, high left lung and low right liver. He did his job, so to speak, as a bow hunter.
We did a rough measurement for a raw score and arrived at 129 and change, although we forgot some measurements. I have already contacted an official Pope and Young scoring official. We believe the official score will come in the high 130s, if not low 140s.
I'm so proud as a father for him. Awesome. That's all I can say.


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I would consider the location first and foremost. If you want to be in Phoneix then go to Phoneix, Charlotte go to Charlotte, Michigan-Cooley. Secondly what are the terms on these scholarship offers? Most schools if not all schools that offer merit based scholarships require you to maintain a 3.0 or maintain some percetnage in the class. Most 0L's presume they will get a 3.0 or be in the top 35%, because they are special, but everyone at any ABA school is smart and hardworking and on the first day of school 100% of students think they will be in the top 10%, but 90% are wrong. This also goes to the 3.0 requirement, which almost every student at an ABA school thinks they will get. However, law school grading is NOTHING like undergrad. Usually only 35% of first year law studetns can have a 3.0 or higher based on the curve. Even if everyone does an amazing job only 35% can have a 3.0. So there is a 65% chance in that situation you will lose your scholarship nothing personal just the reality of it. So check the conditions on the scholarship that makes a HUGE difference. It can save you 20-30k which is a lot of money. Another thing to consider is going to a state school that offers way lower tuition. A school like Florida International University is WAY cheaper than any of those schools mentioned only 12k a year so even without a scholarship you are paying way less. If you really want to save you can go to North Dakota or South Dakota I believe it is only 6-7k and cost of living is minimal so you could get out debt free and I woudl say Cooley, Florida Coastal, and the schools you have listed are on par with North Dakota, South Dakota, Florida International Unviersity, and CUNY in New York is a very cheap school as well. They are all ABA approved and you basically are getting the same thing, but you can get it MUCH cheaper from a state school and looking at your selections it doesn't seem like you have any geographic limitations. Hopefully that is somewhat helpful.
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Niagara University student Ethan Froelich was selected from a group of his peers at the 2013 Leader Development and Assessment Course as the ROTC cadet who best represented the "Warrior Ethos," a term coined to reflect the embodiment of a soldier.
That announcement came during an Aug. 5 graduation and commissioning ceremony for the 446 members of the 13th ROTC regiment who completed the 29-day leadership program. The ceremony was held at Watkins Field on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
The Warrior Ethos is:
Froelich, a senior criminal justice and criminology major at NU from Rome, N.Y., was one of the four cadets honored for individual accomplishments that set them apart from their peers.
The LDAC, also known as Operation Warrior Forge, is held annually at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. LDAC is the U.S. Army Cadet Command's capstone training event and assesses cadets typically between their junior and senior years of college. The purpose of the course is to train U.S. Army ROTC Cadets to Army standards, to develop their leadership skills and to evaluate their officer potential.
Successful completion of LDAC is a prerequisite to becoming an Army officer through ROTC.
The leadership course is one of the final steps for cadets prior to completing the ROTC program and entering the Army as commissioned officers. Cadets who were not commissioned during the ceremony are scheduled to return to their ROTC programs to finish out the commissioning requirements.
For more information on Niagara University's ROTC program, visit http://purple.niagara.edu/rotc.


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Mr. H. Lewis then brought forward an amendment, which had been put down by Mr. Trevelyan and which provided for an extension of the process of income-tax graduation.Times.
This was held to portend developments that somehow or other have not followed.Times.
The only circumstance, in fact, that could justify such a course...
It is he only who does this, who follows them into all their force and matchless grace, that does or can feel their full value.Hazlitt.
Perfect types, that satisfy all these requirements, are not to be looked for.
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There's one type of bad-for-you breath the nose can't detect — increased amounts of odorless methane and odorless hydrogen that overweight people exhale.
Jimmy Durante revered his oversize "schnozzola," and insisted "the nose knows." But what does it really know? About 10,000 distinct odors! Nonetheless, there's one type of bad-for-you breath the nose can't detect — increased amounts of odorless methane and odorless hydrogen that overweight people exhale. It takes lab equipment to sniff out a newly identified culprit in the battle of the bulge: an overgrowth of Methanobrevibacter smithii, a bacterium inside your guts that releases those gasses as it munches every iota of nutrition and calories it can from passing food. This voracious little bug breaks down food to "help" you absorb more; that's why people exhaling the most methane/hydrogen weigh around 15 pounds more than less gassy folks.
What makes Metha smithii run amok? One big cause: processed foods, simple carbs, saturated fats and added sugars and sugar syrups — foods that upset the balance of your gut's bacteria. The solution: Balance the trillions of good and bad bacteria in your guts by eating lean proteins, 100 percent whole grains, healthy fats (the odd omegas, 3, 7 and 9), veggies and fruits.
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Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of "The Dr. Oz Show," and Mike Roizen, M.D. is chief wellness officer and chair of Wellness Institute at Cleveland Clinic. To live your healthiest, visit sharecare.com.


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Real Talk: Horrifying Ways Our Parents Found Out We Lost Our Virginity
Well, they're not all horrifying. Some of them are.
Yeah, most of them.
Oh, and the next real talk in on men's bad first dates, because we only talked to women for the bad first date piece. If you have a man-friend who went out with someone crazy and wants to share, have them send me a message at Jennifer [at] thegloss.com.


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Your favourite Whitecaps FC video series returns as host Brad Knighton and videographer extraordinaire Zac Ratcliffe take you closer to the tandems that live together during life on the road.
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USC assistant coach Shawn Elliott extended an invitation to junior OL Brian Chaffin of Charlotte for Saturday's game at Williams-Brice Stadium. Chaffin has accepted the invite and will be in attendance.
Though the Gamecocks have yet to offer Chaffin, the North Carolina product feels that USC is showing strong interest.
"I'm not going to say I expect an offer this weekend but I think coach Elliott likes what he has seen from me so far," Chaffin said. "I'm just enjoying the recruiting process right now and feel really blessed."
Chaffin is excited about the opportunity to attend the game and has expressed interest in the Gamecocks.
"I'm just looking forward to getting down there to see them play in person," he said.
He has offers from Mississippi State and Charlotte with interest from USC, Clemson, North Carolina, NC State, Wake Forest, Duke and East Carolina among others. His previous game visits were to Duke and East Carolina with future visits planned for Clemson, Vanderbilt, Tennessee and Northwestern among others. He did not name any favorites.


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A hilarious and innovative musical will open 2013's Fringe Festival in Wellington. From the theatre company who brought you the sell-out show, Society Slump Superstars, Fresh Dada presents Little Town Liars, written and directed by one of Wellington's most talented up-and-coming creatives, Joshua Hopton-Stewart.
Little Town Liars will not only be the first show of Wellington's Fringe Festival but also the debut of BATS Theatre's new venue. The show will run from February 7th – 15th 2013 at BATS theatre, 8pm.
"It's a huge honour that we're opening the new BATS Theatre venue – we're very excited to be a part of such a monumental time in the history of BATS," says writer and director Joshua Hopton-Stewart.
The show is set in Louisiana, 1956. It is the Halloween fair and the town is a buzz with excitement. The Austin kids – Belinda and Jake, along with their good friend Shirley, venture into the woods to take what they think are just innocent herbal pills. 3 days later, they wake up. What begins as a simple cover up, quickly snowballs into a case of mass hysteria within the town, where the excuse "I was abducted by aliens" becomes the popular excuse to cover up one's wrongdoings.
Little Town Liars is a real tribute to Wellington's creative arts industry with a cast of 12 enthusiastic and very talented kiwi performers, who have a knack for creating hysterical characters. "Our talented crew has been working hard to bring the beauty of 1950s America alive. The accents, the fashion, the architecture, the fads – it solicits such a specific atmosphere. Combining that with the hysteria of UFO culture, hallucinogenic drug-use, teenage pregnancy, adultery, embezzlement, and murder, Little Town Liars is set to be a chaotic mash of 1950s awesomeness," Hopton -Stewart says.
Tickets can be purchased from www.bats.co.nz/ticket-form/ door sales available.
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Addison decision not expected for at least a yearBy DALE VINCENT
New Hampshire Union Leader
November 14. 2012 9:37PM
CONCORD - New Hampshire Supreme Court Justices had many and pointed questions Wednesday about the issues raised in the appeal of Michael Addison's first-degree murder conviction and death penalty sentence.
Family members of both slain Manchester Police Officer Michael Briggs and Addison sat on opposite sides of the courtroom. Many Manchester police officers sat with the Briggs family, including Capt. Nick Willard, who headed the investigation into the 2006 shooting. Also present was Officer Daniel Doherty, who was shot earlier this year and seriously wounded. His accused shooter, Myles Webster, is scheduled for trial in December.
Outside the Supreme Court building, protesters carried banners opposing the death penalty. Among them was John Breckinridge, Briggs' partner on the night he was shot. Now retired, Breckinridge opposes the death penalty for religious reasons, said Arnie Alpert, a death penalty opponent.
"It was powerful," Alpert said about Breckinridge's presence.
22 separate issues
The Addison appeal cites 22 issues and the Supreme Court grouped them in four sections in the morning and afternoon sessions.
Among the issues: the court's refusal of a change of venue; wording of instructions given to the jury before deliberations; aggravating factors presented during sentencing; evidence of past crimes the state was allowed to present; and the refusal of then-Attorney General and current U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte to accept a plea bargain to avoid the death penalty. An assistant attorney general countered that the plea offer was rejected as hollow.
David Rothstein, the deputy appellate public defender, also challenged the refusal to allow a letter that the defense claims supports the idea that Ayotte was thinking about her political career when she made decisions such as what charge to bring and whether to accept a plea bargain. Ayotte personally prosecuted the case, which ended with a conviction in December 2008, then resigned seven months later, three months into a new four-year term as attorney general, to run for the U.S. Senate.
Rothstein returned again and again to the jury instructions. He said they were a "substantial deviation" from standard instructions, arguing the state said the jury could convict even if there was a possibility of innocence.
He said the introduction of video from one of the robberies Addison committed before the Briggs shooting and some 40 other exhibits were excessive.
Justice Gary Hicks asked: "Your point is this is piling on?"
Rothstein said the defense didn't contest that Addison committed the crimes. But when a jury hears detailed information about previous planned crimes, "they are getting the idea that the crimes are planned out," said Rothstein, while the defense claims the shooting wasn't planned.
Rothstein also argued that then-Hillsborough County Superior Court North Judge Kathleen McGuire's refusal to grant a change of venue put Addison at a disadvantage because not only was Briggs a police officer in the city, but the trial was conducted diagonally across the street from the Manchester Police Department and half the jury pool was from Manchester.
Justice Carol Conboy asked where else Rothstein would have wanted the trial held. "Anywhere that's not 100 yards from the police department," he responded.
Emotional response
Rothstein argued that the prosecution's presentation of the options available in prison to a lifer was prejudicial and jurors could have had an emotional response to hearing that Addison could play pool and watch football on television.
But Justice Robert Lynn said when the defense claimed during sentencing that "to die in prison is harsh," it was fair for the prosecution to say what is available to inmates.
Rothstein also disputed the trial judge's refusal to allow into evidence a police interview of Addison where he said it wasn't his purpose to kill a police officer. That decision handicapped the defense, Rothstein said. But Lynn said: "Nothing would have prevented your client from taking the stand and saying that." Of course, Lynn added, Addison would have been subject to cross-examination.
The justices now have thousands of pages of trial transcripts and written arguments to read. After the session ended, Senior Assistant Attorney General Jeffery Strelzin said he doesn't expect a decision for a year or more because of the volume of material and other cases.
He said that if all Addison's appeals, both in New Hampshire and at the federal level, are rejected, an execution would probably not take place for at least 10 to 13 years.
New Hampshire Union Leader reporter Mark Hayward contributed to this article.
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Michael Bublé – "Crazy Love" Tour
Melbourne - Rod Laver Arena
Saturday, 26th February
- Nicole W
Jokes and Jazz; Buble delivers all for final Melbourne show, February 26, 2011
Michael Buble is a comedian. When I first saw him perform at Rod Laver Arena two years ago, I had been shocked and pleasantly surprised at just how funny and candid he is during his shows. So naturally I was looking forward to laughing until my sides hurt on Saturday night, and Michael did not disappoint.
Michael first addressed the crowd by saying how happy he was to be in Melbourne, his favourite city in Australia, for night number four. "The best night," he yelled, followed by many cheers. "I didn't even try the first three nights.. I was saving it all for you!"
As the audience continued to laugh, Michael quickly noticed a young girl with a sign, and read it aloud for everyone. "'I'm 18 today can I please have a hug'... Look, if you can get down here, I'll give you a hug." The girl quickly scurried down to the stage for a big hug and kiss. Michael then autographed her sign, as long as she promised not to hold it up for the rest of the show because "there's nothing better than paying lots of money to see a show where these shitty signs are up."
His conversation with the audience then became a bit more personal as he announced that he was recently engaged to be married. A few jealous "boos" could be heard throughout the crowd, and Michael was quick to say with a laugh, "Thank you for your support, there.. you sounded like her family when I asked."
Michael continued, mentioning that the reason he was wearing a ring on his wedding finger was that in Argentina, where his fiancée is from, the boy also wears an engagement ring."Or she's a lying bitch," Michael joked, "because not one of you has heard that before!" The crowd burst into laughter. "I'm so scared of her though... I'll wear whatever she wants me to wear."
Australia has been having some tough times lately with natural disasters, and I'm sure the jokes and amazing musicianship of Buble were much appreciated by the members of the audience that had been affected. "I'm here to let you escape from your problems," he said. "Have fun tonight, it will be a while until I'm back, and don't worry about anyone beside you. If you know the song, get up and dance!"
One of the best parts of the night is when Michael started talking about his youth and what he wanted to be when he grew up. He revealed that one of his favourite movies was "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", which happens to be my personal favourite, and the float scene from the movie is what inspired him to want to be an actor.
"And people always assumed that because of the kind of music that I loved when I was a kid that I wanted to be like Frank Sinatra or Dean Martin or something like that... and I love them, very much, but I didn't want to be them, I wanted to be Michael Jackson." Michael said straight – faced, as the crowd erupted into laughter. "You don't even understand I was so disappointed that I was white, you can't even know." And suddenly the famous beat from "Billie Jean" began playing and Michael Buble became Michael Jackson, moonwalking and strutting all over the stage as his fans screamed and clapped to the beat.
The party truly started when Michael shouted, "Let's reenact that famous float scene from 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off', come on everybody, up on your feet, let's go!" and launched straight into a cover of "Twist and Shout". It was such a fantastic sight to look over the whole audience and see everyone up and dancing, just having the times of their lives. From that moment until the end of the show, it felt like one massive block party.
Michael ended the show the same way he did on his last tour to Australia, with "A Song For You", and I will never tire of that performance. When he stepped away from the microphone and then proceeded to sing the last verse of the song as loud as he could for the hushed crowd, that is when you realize just how amazingly talented Michael Buble truly is. I get chills just thinking about the way his voice echoed throughout the arena, so raw and real. Absolutely amazing.
Michael left us with a promise that he will "come back a million times if you'll have me". Well Michael, I'm sure I speak for all of your Melbourne fans when I say that we'll be here ready and waiting to see you a million times more.


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The big wave contest now called the Mavericks Invitational has been held eight times since the first event was held in 1999 off the coast of Half Moon Bay, a mile offshore from Pillar Point Harbor.
For the most part, this brutal break as been dominated by Santa Cruz surfers.
The number of spectators, thrills and spills and purse have grown over the years, making it the Super Bowl of surfing for many, including the entrants.
Santa Cruz's Peter Mel topped the 24-competitor field at the storied break in 2013, taking home $12,000 for the victory. Though conditions weren't as unforgiving as they were in 2010, the win was fulfilling for Mel.
It was a long time coming. Mel had a history of success in the event, posting three top-four finishes in the first three events. He just lacked the title.
Mel seemed determined to be crowned; the title had eluded him since he began competing there more than a decade ago.
"Relief is the main thing that came to mind," the 43-year-old said of the win. "This is my dream event, this is the one."
It is a temperamental break that has been a nightmare for so many unprepared to handle its rage. And for those who do, so rewarding.
In 1975, according to www.mavericksinvitational.com, a 17-year-old high school student named Jeff Clark watched the wave carefully, learned its finicky ways, and studied it so carefully that what he saw was more than a hazard, but a playground.
Clark tried to convince his friends to paddle out with him -- with no success. In the winter of 1975 on a big and clean northwest swell, Clark decided to surf it alone, riding the lefts at first as a natural goofy foot.
Soon, as he grew to understand the wave, he learned to surf switch foot and began riding the rights. He had Maverick's -- named for his dog -- as his own playground for 15 years. It wasn't until 1990 until he could convince anyone to surf with him, although a few brave souls would actually paddle out there to watch from the channel.
On Jan. 22, 1990, Clark led Santa Cruz surfers Dave Schmidt and Tom Powers into a monster swell and the rides of their lives. Almost instantly, the word got out that California had a big wave that rivaled Waimea, but was colder and gnarlier than anything anyone had seen before. Soon, surfers from all over started showing up, along with photographers, helicopters and the crowds to watch.
Nearly a decade later, in 1999, the first competition was held at Maverick's, known as Quiksilver's Men Who Ride Mountains.
Santa Cruz's Darryl "Flea" Virostko won the first event, helping cement Maverick's as an international phenomenon.
Virostko repeated as champion in 2000 and earned his unprecedented third title 2004, making him the only multi-title winner. He retired from competitive big wave surfing in 2012.
In 2005, the prize went to Santa Cruz's Anthony Tashnik.
A year later, Santa Cruz's run of champions ended. South African charger Grant "Twiggy" Baker won in 2006.
When conditions were next deemed suitable, Greg Long of San Clemente prevailed in 2008. It was only fitting since he was the one who suggested to his fellow finalists that year that they split the winner's purse. To their fortune, they agreed.
The 2010 contest -- regarded as biggest paddle-in contest ever held in the world -- was won by South Africa's Chris Bertish.
"It was scary, very scary," Bertish said of the waves, which regularly featured faces of between 40 and 50 feet.
Bertish had to borrow money from friends just to get to the contest -- which was his life's dream -- and then overcame a nasty spill early.
"It was an amazing experience, but I didn't think I was going to be the one that took first here today," he said.
"By the time I got picked up, I was like a lifeless corpse. I thought I was done for the whole day," Bertish added. Then, he reevaluated. "In life, sometimes you only get one chance to live your dream. So, I just put it in my head that I had to get back up."
Several spectators were injured by rogue waves in '10, prompting officials to remove spectators from the beach and bluffs overlooking the break in future competitions.
After a two-year hiatus, the competition resumed in '13 and Mel brought the title back to Santa Cruz.
1999 -- Darryl "Flea" Virostko, Santa Cruz
2000 -- Darryl "Flea" Virostko, Santa Cruz
2001 -- No event held
2002 -- No event held
2003 -- No event held
2004 -- Darryl "Flea" Virostko, Santa Cruz
2005 -- Anthony Tashnick, Santa Cruz
2006 -- Grant "Twiggy" Baker, South Africa
2007 -- No event held
2008 -- Greg Long, San Clemente
2009 -- No event held
2010 -- Chris Bertish, South Africa
2011 -- No event held
2012 -- No event held
2013 -- Peter Mel, Santa Cruz


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