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a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Apr 1, 2013 at 9:42 am
Good job, Tesla. Low pollution vehicles that do not depend on foreign oil are surely the future of our country.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 1, 2013 at 10:14 am
This technology is not viable. There is simply no way that the nation will provide electric outlets every five miles along every highway in the country.
Just this week, Fisker has announced it is considered a possible bankruptcy:
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NEW YORK/DETROIT - Fisker Automotive, the U.S.-backed maker of luxury plug-in hybrid sports cars, has hired law firm Kirkland & Ellis to advise it on a possible bankruptcy filing, a source said March 29, while executives continue their search for a strategic investor.
Continuing to develop these overly expensive vehicles is not in the national interest. The US taxpayers should never have become involved in these sorts of questionable enterprises.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Apr 1, 2013 at 10:32 am
"The US taxpayers should never have become involved in these sorts of questionable enterprises."
These enterprises should be fully financed by the private sector.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Apr 1, 2013 at 10:39 am
There are gas stations every how many miles along our highways? I bet they will be first in line to install electric car recharging systems.
Regarding subsidies, do you know how much the petroleum industry is subsidized in the USA? That is the real sin.
a resident of South of Midtown
on Apr 1, 2013 at 10:40 am
I am so happy for Tesla...especially with 100% gains on their stock!!
Keep up the good work. I love the Model S!
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 1, 2013 at 10:57 am
>Low pollution vehicles that do not depend on foreign oil are surely the future of our country.
If the electricity is produced by coal, as much of it is, then where is the reduction in pollution? If it is produced by hydro plants, then it contributes to the destruction of our wild streams and rivers. If it comes from wind turbines then it helps to destroy our wild ridges and birds of prey. If it comes from solar panels, then it contributes to the industrial coverage of our wild deserts.
Your statement reminds me about those urban kids who think milk comes from cartons.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Apr 1, 2013 at 11:06 am
I'll copy "Good Job's" comment.
"Good job, Tesla. Low pollution vehicles that do not depend on foreign oil are surely the future of our country"
Ignore the Luddites posting here. I hope that they will at least keep to their feet bicycles and horses & buggies to keep down this country's dependence on pollution, and foreign oil. My Tesla is powered by photovoltaic panels on my roof and I ride or walk whenever I can.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Apr 1, 2013 at 11:08 am
This is really good news.
Whether or not the US taxpayers should have become involved in these sorts of questionable enterprises is questionable itself ... what about the Internet?
Investing in these technologies, subsidizing them or researching leading to them is a numbers game, like all investment, but some pay off big with new technologies which we get into at the beginning - important these days, and also can pay off big with jobs and tax revenue from those jobs and the profits.
The real problem is the government not getting anything back when they do invest in a growing concern - and the CEOs talking about how much they did it themselves.
I have some real concerns about electric cars. Not that there will be no place to charge them, there will be eventually, but effect on the power infrastructure should they become popular. Our grid is not built for that heavy of a duty cycle.
Batteries are coming along nicely ... never quickly enough, but electricity is the universal currency of energy, once the infrastructure is built it is transported quickly and easily.
Still it is true that hybrids would make economic sense if priced reasonably, but not to much the electric cars yet.
One thing I like about the electric car idea is that it goes a long way towards cutting out a lot of service problems, and if there is one thing I am really sick of it is dealing with service people at auto dealerships, they are as bad as car salespeople.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Apr 1, 2013 at 11:10 am
So, John, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, are you arguing for zero energy production ... that seems like a different topic?
a resident of South of Midtown
on Apr 1, 2013 at 11:13 am
Very little of California's electricity comes from coal anymore.
Hyrdo plants exist but are at capacity and there aren't many other places where they can be built.
Most of California's electricity is produced by natural gas which is a clean burning fuel. It does however create CO2.
Now that that is out of the way...
Electric vehicles are good for a few reasons:
1. Power plants are far more efficient than internal combustion engines.
2. Petroleum is a very dirty fuel, even compared to natural gas.
3. As electrical production increasingly moves towards clean, renewable sources such as solar and wind electric cars will be able to take advantage of these advances in a way that gas powered cars simply cannot.
a resident of Los Altos Hills
on Apr 1, 2013 at 11:59 am
I think we will find the Model S is the first of a long series of 100% electri vehicles with increasing cost/performance.
Further, my hope is that we will move to nuclear power to eliminate co2 emission and all of the issues associated with burning any fossil fuel. While solar and wind are attractive, I see no way those can fill more than 20% of the 24/7 demand in the foressable future.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 1, 2013 at 12:13 pm
> Whether or not the US taxpayers should have become involved in
> these sorts of questionable enterprises is questionable itself
> ... what about the Internet?
What about the Internet? The Interet was originally developed by in the mid-1960s for purposes of allowing the military to reconstruct a network after a nuclear bombing of the US. After a decade of so, it became clear that the Internet was not sufficient to handle US Defense needs, and the network was transferred to the public domain.
No doubt the US has dump untold dollars into nuturing the Internet--but just like our modern Interstate highway system which began as the Defense Highway System--the purpose of the original Federal involvment was to bolster our nation's defense capabilities. However, the Internet has clearly been a great success--which we all can be proud of. Supporting failed Obama "green" enterprises is hardly something that anyone can be proud of.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 1, 2013 at 2:24 pm
The electricity most of us plug into is usually produced by coal, which is not green energy, it is even less green than oil.
The cost of a long range battery is outrageous. The smaller batteries are fairly useless.
It takes too long to charge the battery, and the battery in itself has two big problems: it is a hazardous material, and as such, when it wears out, disposal is a major problem. Replacement is excessively expensive ( I have a friend who sold his Tesla rather than replace the battery at that price). But also, the raw materials for making the ele tric batteries are in very limited supply, part of which makes them expensive, but that supply is likely to run out soon. Google those materials and see....if everyone drove an electric car that has a gas fueled car, those rare elements would be depleted from the earth. They are needed for other things, too, such as medical uses.
To really make a difference, batteries have to be made from something on plentiful supply, there must be cheap recharging everywhere ( when it is 't subsidized, and it will not be forever, it runs $5/ hr to charge an electric car), and the cars must be available to everyone, not just high income folks.
My husband tried to buy a Model S a couple of months ago, and the price he was quoted was not a mid-range price ($101,000, tax and lic included, 50% down and 50% upon delivery). Low-range buyers would need electric cars too.
Somehow, they must come up with an electric car that uses a clean source of electricity at a really low rate of recharging for them, they must be more reliable ( see TOPGEAR's testing of them), and they must be affordable by lower income levels, and they must have a longer range. Forty miles is ridiculous, even 200 miles is not really sufficient; the range should be comparable to what you get with a tankful of gas.
They need a lot more R and D before they are ready for the real world.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 1, 2013 at 4:04 pm
Not sure what all the naysayers and skeptics are about here. Our family has pretty typical needs in terms of transportation. We have a Nissan Leaf that meets our daily commute requirement quite nicely. It actually has several advantages that we didn't even think of before we bought it:
- vastly lower maintenance cost
- warm up or cool down the car before driving using a smartphone
- timers to charge and warm up/cool down the car at pre-determined times
- very low per mile cost
It did take getting used to a little bit because you have to *think* about range (vs. just jumping in and driving off, filling up whenever, wherever). But not much.
It's the future. Just deal.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 1, 2013 at 4:58 pm
We both drove a Nissan Leaf. it handled like an an old truck. It would make the commute even worse. No Thanx!
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Jackson Browne to perform at Tanglewood on Fourth of July
LENOX -- Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne will be the Fourth of July star performer at Tanglewood this summer, the Boston Symphony announced on Monday.
Browne, 64, will be making his first appearance at the orchestra's summer home since 1998, when he was joined by Bonnie Raitt before 14,125 concertgoers.
He first performed there on July 31, 1973, as the opening act for the band America; Browne also appeared in 1977, 1978 and 1980, before an 18-year gap prior to his return. The Aug. 15, 1978, concert attracted a near-record crowd of 21,370 listeners.
The BSO also announced an addition to its jazz lineup at Ozawa Hall. Bassist, vocalist and composer Esperanza Spalding will appear there on Sunday, Aug. 4, at 8 p.m. in her Tanglewood debut. Tickets go on sale on Jan. 27, ranging from $20 to $99.
"With Jackson Browne -- one of this country's most popular songwriters and performers -- returning to the Shed after a 15-year absence on July 4, and Esperanza Spaulding -- one of the biggest new talents in the jazz world -- making her Tanglewood debut in Ozawa Hall on Aug. 4, we're thrilled with our initial 2013 Popular Artist series, and look forward to filling in that schedule over the next few months," said a BSO spokesperson.
Browne, 64, has sold an estimated 17 million copies in the U.S. of his 18 albums since his debut recording in 1972. His most recent CD, "Love is Strange," was released in 2010. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.
Browne was born Clyde Jackson Browne on Oct. 9, 1948, in Heidelberg, Germany, where his father, Clyde Jack Browne, was on duty for the U.S. Army.
A lifelong resident of Southern California except for a stint in New York's Greenwich Village from 1966-68, Browne broke into the music scene around 1965 by singing at night spots in Los Angeles such as the famed Troubadour Club. He played with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and with folk singer Tim Buckley.
Browne co-wrote three songs for the German singer Nico's first album, "Chelsea Girls." In 1972, he co-produced The Eagle's debut album and co-wrote the band's first single, "Take It Easy."
Browne's early songs, including "These Days," were performed by singers including Springsteen, Joan Baez, Gregg Allman, Linda Ronstadt, the Byrds and Tom Rush. Soon, he released his own versions, leading Rolling Stone to tout Browne for "mind-boggling melodies."
Browne is renowned for intimate, self-revelatory lyrics and low-key, acoustic-oriented musicianship reflecting his early folk-music roots.
He is a high-profile political activist and advocate of causes supporting arts education, the environment and human rights. He was honored in 2002 with the John Steinbeck Award in recognition of his backing of environmental and social values that were central to the life and work of the author, a California native.
Browne has been especially prominent in the anti-nuclear movement since the Three Mile Island accident, a partial meltdown, in 1979.
In 2004, he campaigned against the re-election of President George W. Bush by taking part in the Vote for Change concert tour. Much earlier, in 1986, he released his "Lives in the Balance" album with lyrics strongly critical of U.S.-backed wars in Central America during the Reagan Administration. When Elektra Records declined to produce a title-track video, Browne financed his own.
In August 2008, Browne sued Republican presidential candidate John McCain for using his hit song "Running on Empty" without his permission in an attack ad against Democrat Barack Obama. A settlement was reached that included an apology and a private financial agreement.
Occidental College in Los Angeles gave Browne an honorary doctorate of music degree in 2004 for "a remarkable musical career that has successfully combined an intensely personal artistry with a broader vision of social justice."
Tickets for the 7 p.m. performance, from $23.50 to $79.50, go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 27, via www.tanglewood.org, by phone at 888-266-1200, or at the BSO box office at Symphony Hall in Boston. That's the same day tickets for the entire Tanglewood season become available for non-donors.
If you go ...
- What: Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne.
- Where: Tanglewood, Lenox.
- When: Thursday, July 4, 7 p.m., Shed. (Fireworks follow.)
- Tickets: Prices range from $23.50 to $79.50 and will go sale to the general public at 10 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 27,
- via www.tanglewood.org, or by calling 888-266-1200; also at the BSO Box Office, Symphony Hall, Boston.
Jackson Browne ...
- Born: Oct. 9, 1948, Heidelberg, Germany.
- Birth name: Clyde Jackson Browne.
- Recordings: More than 17 million albums sold in the U.S. since his debut disc in 1972.
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Inducted in 2004.
- Best-known tracks: "Doctor My Eyes," "Jamaica Say You Will," "Rock Me on the Water," "Take It Easy," "Lawyers in Love," "Running on Empty," "These Days," "The Pretender," "Somebody's Baby."
- Key albums: "Jackson Browne" (1972 debut), "Running on Empty," "Lawyers in Love," "For Everyman," "Late for the Sky, "The Pretender," "Lives in the Balance," I'm Alive," "Time the Conquerer," "Love is Strange."
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Christian Siriano took us to a night at the Russian opera for Fall '13, but the dress code wasn't stuffy — he crafted glamour with a cool eye. Sleek silhouettes, high shine, and plush fur detailing that felt elegant and modern — and never overdone, even in their most jaw-dropping iterations — came together in a collection fit for any of (young) Hollywood's red-carpet queens. While most everyone will be talking about those gowns, Siriano gave us more and more wearability than seasons past (not just by showcasing his affordable lineup of Payless footwear) with his attention to separates. The show began first with what the designer imagined this Russian sophisticate would be wearing before the big evening out; we got slick leather, ultraluxe fur crafted into sophisticated pencil skirts, and lots of black before the Project Runway alum started to build toward his finale with flashes of metallic on trench coats and a peplum top and pant set. In its final chapter, this collection was pure glamour that was meant to drop jaws — and begged to be photographed — with body-flaunting fishtail cuts and dramatic black and gold contrasts.
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This is an old clip isn't it?
what was the dhamki part?
چرسی ، موالی اور کوکين اسنفر سے کيسے جواب کی توقع کر رھے ہو ، کاشف ؟
کبھی کچرے کے ڈھير سے عطر کی خوشبو آئ ھے ؟
Logoon ko zulfiqar Mirza ki kholi dhamkyan nazar nahe ati. MQM ky pichy pary rahte hain.
Why every one is against Altaf Bhai?
Can someone please point out, which part was dhamki?
Kala Mirasi is cancer for Pakistan,he has divided the nation with full successness,this was the jew plan(USA),MQM has fought with punjabi,sindhi,balochi,pathan,media,army,juduciary ,MQM is full of mad people.
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@ KEEPINFORMED CHANGE your name as KEEP"DIS"INFORMED... on your upto date and informative post "MQM Gives Dhamki To Kashif Abbasi On TV"???? Where exactly is the Dhumki?????? and also
DUMB u uploading a video of May 2009 .... Were you being Sleeping in LAST two years???
zulfiqar is great he is telling the truth, kill alll muhajirs with those 3,0000 weapons ,which zulfi distributed, AND THEN READY TO ACCEPT A NEW COUNTRY, as pakistan accepted BANGLADESH IN 70′s.
good luck for you enemies of pakistan. and GOODBYE PAKISTAN
Reason of hating and Jealousy of MQM and Karachi wale.:
- First of all Mohajir is generation who created Pakistan while rest of the people got Pakistan free of cost that's
the inner jealousy can not be digisted.
- Mohjir has big name like Quaid Azam, Liaqat ali, Ali Jhor, Shokat jhor , Dr. Abdul Qadir while rest of people has
no big name in developing Pakistan. 2nd biggest jealousy
- In eduction wise Karachi is way better than rest of Pakistan
- Karachi has lots of talent than parts of cities.
- Karachi people has proved all over the world they are doing jobs in Nasa, Microsoft, IBM big multinational including engineer and doctors.
companies while rest of Pakistan doing labour jobs, taxi driver and refugee in abroad not all of them most of them.
- In fashion industry they are much better than rest of Pakistan
- In Media , Dramas and movies they are way head of rest of Pakistan.
- They are united More than 26 years and stick with MQM.
- Sweep in every election.
- Development in Karachi & Hyderabad
- No Jalee degree
- No Wadara No Jagirdar
- Gathered Million of people in short notice
This is the inner jealousy of every field that's way they burst out with their haters comments without any logic. If read siasat.pk comments about Karachitties 90% are haters comments with full of jealousy.
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کراچی کا ایک ہی حل ..............................
اسلحہ کی مکمل صفائی ..........................یا
پھر سارے عوام کو کھلی آزادی .....................کہ وہ اسلحہ رکھ سکتے ہیں


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How I got hooked.You folks are climbing remarkable mountains and rock faces, using superior technical ability, sporting years of experience, traveling to some of the most remote, beautiful, and dangerous places on earth. So what can I contribute to such an impressive community?
I realized as a newbie on Summitpost that I am somewhat unique. I started climbing at 13, never worked with a guide, lived on the east coast of the United States all my life, and until recently did not own or have much access to any gear. Even facing these challenges, I still found a way to get a wide range of experiences on a zero dollar budget.
Now, I do not claim to be like Bradford Washburn, who 60 years ago achieved some impressive first ascents in Alaska as a college student. He was merely a few years older than I am now. And, I am way behind the young phenoms, like Ashima Shiraishi, who learned to climb at 6 years old at Rat Rocks in Central Park, and at 11 could become one of the best young competition climbers in the world. Wow, she has corporate sponsorship.
However, I have noticed that as a fairly average guy, I am most often the youngest kid on the crag or on the glacier. So how does an ordinary teen get into all this? If you are a young kid wanting to get out of your house, or for you folks who are older than me; if the article entertains you, or reminds you of your earliest desires, your first climbs, or perhaps inspires your kids to follow you into cold, windy high places, then possibly I have given you something of value.
What possesses a person like me to climb?Are you kidding? Every fledgling adventurer is looking for a challenge, for something new, raw, scary, and exhilarating. Motivation will NOT be an issue. Look for these characteristics:
If this sounds like every adventurous boy and girl you know, then, well… you understand.
The First YearsMy First Crevasse. As a boy, my dad top roped and rappelled in the Boy Scouts. When I was 4 years old, he learned multi-pitch rock and ice climbing in New Hampshire. He would occasionally go climbing in Pennsylvania, though I was too young to come along.
It was then I was HOOKED, seriously, no cure, ruined for life.
Beginning Rock Climbing. Still at 13 years of age, my first rock climbing was at a local crag near the Delaware River in eastern PA, Ralph Stover State Park. The climbing wall is called High Rocks. The rock is really red sedimentary shale (argillite clay), not the best climbing, but within an hour's drive of our house. This was where I first top roped with my family and the Boy Scouts.
Birthday and Christmas gifts yielded me a rope using a deep discount sale at REI (58 rather than 60 meters – you know that green one), and a small trad rack, stoppers and tri-cams. I think I only had one active cam. I already had a harness, a few slings and cordelettes. First, I learned to set up top anchors, using our gear, rather than bolts.
Freedom of the Hills is the standard for climbing technique. We have an old edition. We read as many books on mountaineering and climbing as we could. The internet has good videos on method and is more visual than sketches and illustrations in books.
My father is passionate about safety. For example, as a condition to teach me to climb, I made a lifelong promise to never rappel without a prussic backup - never. Each climbing set up (beside the rope) is redundant and then double checked, using the same procedure, every time.
So, practice. We tied several sling anchors high in the sturdiest limbs of our post oak in our backyard and practiced some more intermediate methods needed for progressing into multi-pitch climbing and mountaineering. We worked on things like prussic rope climbing, freeing from the belay, 3:1 hoists, etc.
Back at High Rocks, I tried a few leads, up some very easy and familiar lines, working on good placements. Then I was itching to move on.
My first multi-pitch serious trad leads were at the Shawangunks, NY. The drive was about four hours from our house in Bucks County, PA. I was 14. We went for a four day climbing trip. The rock there is quartzite, which was a big improvement on High Rocks. Plus the Gunks attracts the finest climbers in the world and has a range of climbing; easy and exposed, cracks, and some of the toughest problems on the east coast. Just a short drive west of Manhattan, the small town of New Paltz is classic Catskills with great restaurants and climbing hang-outs. At the crag, the lines are mostly in close proximity, accessed off a carriage trail, so beginning climbers get to watch and interact with the very experienced old guard. The climbs there are known all over the world.
My first line was Belly Roll (2 pitch 5.4) which has an interesting diagonal crack, low in the climb, where onlookers can watch. The climb is called Belly Roll because most newbie climbers (me included) choose to wedge themselves in the crack, a full body jam. Then after inching up, roll from stomach to back to catch the next hold, an exhausting and clumsy move. Actually the more elegant, but obscure, method is a layback, staying out of and working up the crack, catching a heel for additional purchase. However, you will not get this beta from the community there, unless you ask a specific question or chance to see a better climber warming up on this easier ascent.
The second pitch is very exposed and vertical, with plenty of pro. The P2 crux is the first two moves off the wide ledge, just above the P1 belay station, a 7 foot high smear with good hand holds. It is then all jugs and small ledges up from there. Near the upper part of P2, on a bit of a run-out, I clipped into an ancient rusted piton (I would not recommend it, but it made me feel better). At the moment, I remembered thinking that the piece could have been set by Fritz Wiessner, who spent twenty years climbing there. Actually, I found out later the FA was in 1955, so Fritz was probably long gone when that piton was driven. Anyway, being part of a long tradition of climbing was such fun, and the feeling at the top was exhilarating.
Climbing in the Southeastern United StatesCentral NC. Two years ago we moved to Winston Salem, NC. Not anywhere near the Cascades, or the Alps, or the Andes, however, one of the surprising advantages to central NC is that it offers some excellent climbing. Our favorite areas are Hanging Rock State Park, where Moore's Wall at Moore's Knob has good multi-pitch trad climbing, and Pilot Mountain, a top-rope mecca. Pilot Mountain is great because a top anchor can be set quickly (especially at Three Bears Gully) and the focus is on lots of climbing.
In sharp contrast to Pilot, Hanging Rock is characteristically trad. I only know of one set of bolts and the face offers easy, to the near impossible, with everything very exposed.
A great first lead is the Sentinel Buttress Direct (5.5, I think easier). P1 is up a series of sloping shelves and one short crack (crux), ascending to an almost vertical face with all jugs. Pro on the top of the pitch is a bit sketchy, but the climb is surprisingly easy above the crack. The belay station is called the Crow's Nest, kind of a large "bathtub" ledge with small trees and boulders, so that the feel there is very secure, kind of like well.. a nest. The view is amazing to the west across the Sauratown Mountains toward Pilot Mountain. P2 is from the right side of the Crow's Nest up a left facing corner. The rappel off two bolts is left at the top and requires every bit of a 60M rope.
Nearby States.
When we travel for a long weekend we go to Seneca Rocks, West Virginia, because it is a 600 foot vertical fin of Tuscarora quartzite. This is the same rock as the Gunks, but oriented vertically, instead of horizontally. This part of West Virginia is so remote there is no cell service and the community there is all about the outdoors – fishing, backpacking, and of course climbing. Most of the climbers are from DC or Pittsburgh.
Our first ascent to the top of the South Summit was the Old Ladies' Route from the Luncheon Ledge on the west face (3 Pitch 5.2 and then a scramble to the top). The route crosses over a small notch in the fin to a long traverse of the east face. There is an absolutely cool airy down climb from the P1 belay station with what the Seneca Guidebook calls a "sporty" move in front of a bulge. The ledge is broken there and the hand holds need to be explored a bit while you arch your back 100 feet above mostly nothing. Actually it is a very secure position before the move. Anyway, I could not figure it out, so I backtracked and smeared the top of the bulge with no way to exit down. There is a tree there at the top of the bulge and it was tempting to try and sling it and use the aid to get down to the ledge on the other side. But this was a 5.2 right? So working my way back to my original position, I contemplated a short dyno jump down and to the right as the ledge gets a bit wider after the bulge, (that would have been a mistake) but hung in for another few minutes to work the problem to a very simple solution. Your five year old sister could do it.
That experience taught me how great it is to on-sight a lead. Once you know the resolution it takes some of the adventure away. You get the same problems that the first guys solved. Of course those "Old Ladies" were probably much smarter than me.
My favorite climb at Seneca is Skyline Traverse (3 pitch, 5.3 although I think it is a couple ticks tougher since the ratings at Seneca are believed to be sandbagged). P1 is a chimney to a wide ledge and then a layback off a flake to a belay station right on the face of the south nose of the fin. P2 is a very exposed traverse across the south nose, with (I say again) really big exposure, to reach a chimney/ gully. Boys bring your cojones.
The Climbing Community. I have found that some of the greatest support comes from people you meet while you are waiting for a line to clear, or at the pizza joint, or at the campground, or the local climbing store. Most everyone is helpful and interested in helping me be safe and improve.
I met all sorts; off duty army rangers, EMS qualified, who carried a full medical kit, just in case anyone got hurt; the fellow living in his van at the Trapps parking lot, he ascended the Stair Master trail early to avoid the climbing "tax"; a young female attorney in a large New York law firm teaching her New Zealand visitor to climb; a Catskills local who was scouting the Uberfall face with binoculars early one morning for "booty", because "some people are wealthy enough just to leave pro behind rather than complete their climbs".
One of my favorite tales involves my Dad at Seneca Rocks. After a long day with me, he was looking for a beer, and not knowing the little village of Seneca Rocks, we walked into what he thought was a bar at an outdoor deck. It turned out it was a private party for the guides at one of the climbing schools. When he stepped up to the counter and ordered a Corona, the fellow who organized the event, smiled and found out we were visiting from NC. He asked the crowd who had brought Corona and someone produced one from the fridge, no charge. We ate wings and ribs that night and listened to the band, while chatting up the local legends and young hard bodies. This turned out to be much better than the meal we had planned back at the campsite.
My Start to Mountaineering
When we went to the Blue Glacier in 2009, we desperately wanted to climb Mount Olympus, the highest peak in the Olympics. However, we were sorely lacking in equipment and experience to make the attempt. Mount Olympus massif has one of the largest glacier systems in the United States and is listed as one of the 5 highest ultra-prominence peaks in the United States. It offers a great climb, because it requires a long access hike, crossing the Blue Glacier and ascending an interesting feature called the snow dome, leading finally to a short rock climb on the summit block. In 2012 we returned to repeat our backpacking trip on the High Divide and climb Mount Olympus. see our trip report
On our hit list for the future is a return to Washington State to visit the North Cascades to do a similar climb there or perhaps the glaciers in Banff National Park in Canada. When I get to college I am definitely going to Alaska. I am saving the cash now.
So What Do You Think?Four years of climbing has me more smitten every day. If you are a kid stuck in the desert – find a canyon, or better yet a cave. Ok and have someone along who really knows their stuff. If you happen to be near some mountains – take your book bag with some water, a rain shell, a lighter, a knife, find a map and compass, and go exploring. If you are in the Caribbean - well OK sailing and scuba sound good. Still, I would bet there might be something worth crawling up.
Join the Boy Scouts. They are famous for their knots. Seriously, find a troop that focuses on outdoor adventures. The great thing about that organization is that each boy learns something valuable and then is responsible to teach that skill to the younger boys, all in an outdoor "laboratory". I play several sports, but in comparison, leadership is developed intentionally and rapidly in the Scouts. If your Scoutmaster is worth his salt, he will let you make mistakes and suffer a bit, to really understand the lesson. I learned the hard way that a ground pad is important in snow to stay dry and warm. Without a pad I shivered the night through. I learned that to cook for my hungry patrol in a blinding rain requires a small light tarp. I tried without the covering and I got soaked. Minor failures and discomfort are not oft forgotten.
The green uniforms can be tolerated in exchange for all the great advantages. The Scouts took me to the top of Mount Washington, Mount Townsend, the Knife Edge on the Appalachian Trail, and a dozen wilderness places. I learned to shoot skeet, sail, organize a safe climb, and canoe in the rapids.
If not the Scouts, then sign up for some classes at the YMCA where they take you to the nearest state park or a see if there is a local outdoor organization that sponsors young people to get out of the burbs.
And when you can, do travel. If you make it to North Carolina, look me up. I would be glad to introduce you to some high places and a rope. See you out there.


text: I've just returned from a dream vacation: the California Superbike School at Streets of Willow Springs. This was one of the best experiences riding that can be had, especially as it's on the RR. Riding and training at speed is as exhilarating as it is educational. I can't recommend the school highly enough. And the bike...Let's just say it saved my butt more than once out there.


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Today HP announced that it is folding
the Voodoo brand into its HP line. HP says that it will maintain Voodoo as
a brand name. That statement frightens some Voodoo enthusiasts who fear that
the Voodoo name will be just that -- a name slapped onto anything HP wants to
market for more money to the gaming crowd.
PC World quotes HP spokeswoman Ann
Finnie saying, "It is just the next step of integration into the business units
that deliver Compaq Presario and [HP] Pavilion." The good part about the
folding of Voodoo completely into HP is that the gaming systems would be easier
to get at retail locations and with the significantly larger staff of HP
systems would be faster to build and deliver.
Voodoo's Rahul Sood said in a blog post, "Ultimately it means that Voodoo
and Voodoo-influenced products will be easier to buy, faster to get, they will
feature local service, and they will have the full power of HP's marketing and
sales channel behind them. The bottom line is we have ignited the brand and
sparked big excitement; so we are now integrating our organizations to fuel our
Finnie told PC World, "Don't
expect customers to see a difference." Existing customer support and service
won't change either. How this move will affect pricing of Voodoo computers
remains to be seen.


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42 U.S. Code § 291j–5 - Limitation on amounts of loans guaranteed or directly made
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The cumulative total of the principal of the loans outstanding at any time with respect to which guarantees have been issued, or which have been directly made, under this part may not exceed the lesser of—
Source(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VI, § 625, as added Pub. L. 91–296, title II, § 201,June 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 347; amended Pub. L. 93–45, title I, § 108(b)(2),June 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 93.)
1973—Pub. L. 93–45provided for a limitation of $1,500,000,000 on amount of loans outstanding in the case of loans covered by allotments for fiscal year ending June 30, 1974.
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The county's two oldest high schools will square off on the gridiron the first weekend of the 2014 season, and seven other games during the fall will feature two local teams facing each other.
The McIntosh Chiefs travel to Fayetteville to play the Fayette County Tigers Aug. 22. The Sandy Creek Patriots will be in action that same night, against Archer at McEachern in the Corky Kell Classic.
The other local team kicking off that weekend is the Landmark War Eagles, with a Saturday game in Dalton against Christian Heritage School.
The Starr's Mill Panthers will host the Whitewater Wildcats Aug. 29, but for the first time in a few years this will not be a subregion game. Whitewater is moving to Region 5-AAAA, joining Fayette County and Sandy Creek, while Starr's Mill remains in Region 4-AAAAA with McIntosh.
Fayette County hosts Starr's Mill Sept. 5, and two intracounty games are set for Oct. 10: Starr's Mill at McIntosh and Whitewater at Sandy Creek.
The Tigers travel to Whitewater Oct. 24 and host Sandy Creek Nov. 7, which is the final weekend of the regular season. Fayette County will play all four of the other public school teams in the county this fall.
Landmark plays at Our Lady of Mercy in a Region 5-A matchup Nov. 7.
To see complete varsity football schedules for all seven teams, visit the Citizen's web site or its Facebook page. They were compiled at the Georgia High School Association's web site, which lists the schedules for all GHSA teams in the state.


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I am in need of the order in which the following characters died in the final battle. I can't see to find an exact order anywhere. If anyone has read something on this, please let me know.
This is who I need and the order I think they died in:
Does that order seem right? I know of those four, Snape was definatly last because Harry saw their bodies on his way to Dumbledore's office with Snape's memories.
I am thinking Fred died first because the battle had only just begun.
Remus was seen battling with Dolohov before Tonks entered the battle.
So am I safe in assuming this is the correct order?
Thanks for your help.


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Hamilton can't deny 'weird' feeling in Angels debut
Slugger officially digs in with new team, adjusting to cleanup spot, right field
By Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com
TEMPE, Ariz. -- For exactly two weeks, dating back to the very first day he arrived in camp, Josh Hamilton has been getting used to life with the Angels. He's studied the clubhouse personalities, familiarized himself with the coaching staff, tried to settle into some sort of a routine and slowly taken in everything that comes with suiting up for the division rival he's been bumping heads with the last five years.
But something about Tuesday -- site of his first game, uneventful as it may have turned out to be -- still felt different.
"It was weird today, being in the dugout and having the uniform actually on," Hamilton admitted. "I walked by [Jered Weaver] and said, 'This is kind of weird.' He said, 'Yeah, it is -- but I like it.'"
Best part of spring games is the fans. Thanks for coming out and showing ur support.- Josh Hamilton (@thejoshhamilton) February 27, 2013
Hamilton went 0-for-3 against the D-backs' split-squad team at Tempe Diablo Stadium. He hit a hard grounder to shortstop in his first plate appearance, a flare to center field in his second and -- while using Mark Trumbo's bat because he broke his third and final one on a foul ball -- a higher flyout to center in his third.
After swinging at the very first pitch he saw, Hamilton consciously took the first pitch the next time up, then smiled at hitting coach Jim Eppard, who's been working with the outfielder on the patience that has mostly eluded him.
"He's been trying to get me to do it in batting practice and stuff," said Hamilton, who proceeded to put the next pitch in play. "I hadn't been too successful. So I took that for him."
If there's one thing Hamilton is working on this spring, it's being more selective and drawing more walks. After a season in which he swung at a Major League-leading 45.4 percent of pitches outside of the strike zone, mostly the fault of a vicious second-half slump, he sees room for improvement.
"It's about helping your team out," Hamilton said, "because up and down the lineup you have guys who can drive in runs, so if I can just get on base …"
But the lefty slugger also doesn't want to tweak too much with an approach that has helped lead to five straight All-Star Game starts and a .912 OPS from 2008-12.
"If it's around the strike zone, I usually like to swing," Hamilton said. "… If it's late in the game or something like that and you need a real tough at-bat, it's different. But you have a better chance swinging at three strikes than one."
"I don't know if it's drawing walks," manager Mike Scioscia added, "but it's definitely getting good pitches to hit is what is key for Josh, more so than any other hitter because he just has incredible power to all fields."
Besides the occasional offseason phone call to David Murphy, Hamilton says he hasn't really kept in touch with any of his Rangers teammates since signing a stunning five-year, $125 million contract with the Angels in December.
Thanks to a new diet, he came into camp lighter than normal, at the same 225 pounds he finished the season with. Throughout camp, he's been his usual playful self. But for the most part -- besides those controversial remarks about his former city not being a true baseball town -- Hamilton has stayed out of the way, quietly going about the task of adjusting to a new team, a relatively new spot in the lineup (cleanup) and a rather unfamiliar position in the outfield (right field).
It's a process.
"It's strange a little bit," Hamilton said, "but the more time I spend out here with the guys, the more comfortable I get. The newness will wear off eventually, just like it does everywhere else."
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Quote:Your teacher is right. And so was BuDoc.
Quote: You do not want me to take out your appendix!
Quote: Quote: You do not want me to take out your appendix!
Quote:But, trying to force-fit historical connections where there do not seem to be any is deceptive.
Quote:Add to that Okinawan Seniors and Western Masters that I and others have discussed this subject with, they don't see groundfighting 'proper' strategy and techniques in the classical kata.(in fairness I don't think Med does, just it's difficult to explain in writing).
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Send your special thoughts and warm love to anyone who needs a little boost. Help someone feel better; let them know you care or you appreciate them. 4" x 6" with white envelopes. Cards are printed in the USA.
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Inside: —and in my heart.
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First of all can you detect skin from the armory? It seems you can detect certain things that those looking at the armory can't see such as gender and quality of certain pets learned from items.
There are 2 main reasons people choose to have duplicate pets: To have different breeds and to have different skins. Both of which I believe show a certain amount of collecting effort. Have you thought about giving extra credit for having different (or better) breeds or different skins of the same pet?
Here is an explination of what I mean
After computing the score as you do you then look a breed. There are basically 4 levels of breed (15,17,18, 20)
If you have 3 pets of the same kind you look at the breed of your "best pet", the one you count for other calculataions. Lets say you get
0 for 15
1 for 17
2 for 18
3 for 20
Then you look at the duplicates and you get 1 point for each that is a different breed for the best one. Maybe an aditional point for having both genders represented. So you could get a maximum of 6 points per pet for breeds. Of course this would be limited by the number of available breeds for a particular pet, and should probably always be zero for any pet that only has one breed.
For skin (if possible) you could get 1 bonus point for each different skin. So you would get 2 points if you have 3 different skins. (I personally value skin over breed so I would probably give 2 or 3 points for each skin )
I know people go to a lot of effort to get different breeds and skins and it would be nice if that were reflected in their pet score. Just a suggestion though.


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NEWARK – With just a month to go before the Worcester County Board of Education must approve its budget request, school staffers still need to make another $1.6 million in cuts to reach a county mandated 3-percent decrease.
The budget cuts discussed at the Tuesday Board of Education meeting varied not a cent from the budget reduction first presented to the school board in January. Staff had promised to look for more cuts in next year's schools budget, but did not bring more reductions in this week.
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jon Andes said later that school board staff was waiting on salary talks with teachers, staff, and school bus drivers before disclosing publicly any other cuts.
"We continue to negotiate with our two collective bargaining units and our bus contractors," Andes said.
Salaries have not been touched so far under the preliminary budget cuts released in January, except for minor reductions in substitute teacher funds and in-service pay.
School board staff has identified $2.6 million in cuts, but must make another $1.6 million in reductions to bring the required lower budget request to the Worcester County Commissioners.
Higher costs expected for utilities, other business costs, and dwindling grants for after-school programs made the task more difficult, staff has said, requiring more money to be cut than just the 3 percent of this year's operation budget requested, in order to meet the upper limit imposed by county elected officials.
"It's a work in progress. Obviously we still have work to do," said Board of Education President Bob Hulburd. "It's not an easy task."
Many school expenses come from state or federally mandated programs, said County Commissioner and former Board of Education member Bud Church, and cannot be cut or reduced.
Church said he thinks teachers and staff will be understanding during salary negotiations and are not likely to be asking for increases.
"I think the teachers are going to agree they're happy to have a job at this point," Church said, emphasizing that he was speaking as a citizen, not as an elected official.
Some at the meeting seemed to take the mandatory cuts personally.
"Somebody needs to talk to the County Commissioners," said school board member Sara Thompson. "They need to think about what they're doing to us. Not to us, it's the children they're hurting."
"Their entire future depends on what we do now and the next few years," said school board member Doug Dryden. "It's easy to lose sight of that when you talk about dollars and cents."
Maintaining the current level of service would be tough with the required cuts, Hulburd said, calling the task "exceedingly difficult."
"I do think these cuts are too deep. I do think they will provide damage that's going to be a long time correcting," said Helen Schoffstall, representing Worcester County Teachers Association President Terry Springle at the school board meeting. "I'm sorry the commissioners feel they're necessary … perhaps a second look at how deep the commissioners are making these cuts need to be made."
Earlier in the meeting, during a presentation on a study of the Worcester County school system, which rated the schools very high, school board members made a point of emphasizing the need to pump money into education in the county.
"It just illustrates the bottom line in very simple terms. There's been a great bang for the buck," said Hulburd.
The school system is not just successful, but has been effective and efficient, according to Dr. Dick Walker, assistant superintendent for instruction.
"We spent our dollar where it counts and that's in the classroom," said Walker. "Conversely, when you take the money away from the school system you have to expect the converse effect. You have to accept the consequences."
Worcester County schools staff members are pursuing other funding options, including a grant to fund middle school after-school programs in science, technology and engineering.
"That additional funding would offset the reductions we anticipate would come from the original grant," said Andes.
Local schools could also benefit from federal stimulus funds, but those dollars would be restricted to special education and Title I schools with large numbers of students who live at or below poverty line and subsequently receive free and reduce meals at school. Worcester County has three Title I schools, Buckingham Elementary School, Snow Hill Elementary School, and Pocomoke Elementary School.
Those funds would be restricted to certain uses, Andes said, and most likely could not be used to pay for staff or programs already on the books under local funding.
Church suggested that the County Commissioners should stop attempting to control the details of the school board budget as they have in past years and simply assign the schools funding.
"This is what you get, spend it where you want," Church said of his idea. "We don't need to micromanage pencils, paper, computers."
Hulburd said the school board and staff would somehow meet the County Commissioners' reduction numbers.
"Crunch 'em, jump up and down on 'em, whatever we have to do," he said.


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BC Brought him in to tell us how wonderful Bargs would be and to find all the over seas gems.
Nice idea - failed experiment lets review:
Jorge Garbajosa - big injury rushed return to play for Spanish national team Raptors suffered. There was bickering between Raps and Spanish national team about insurance (FAIL)
Anthony Parker - was Euro standout best FA signing but Gherardini is not the only one who pegged him as an NBA assett.
Bargs - is a bench player and a mismatch specialist who is a defensive liability wasted pick.(FAIL)
Kleiza - already Jason Kapono. Nice scoring touch horrific perimeter defender in hands-free NBA. BC talked his agent into getting him to sit the season out under the guise of surgery. They dont want him back. (FAIL)
Turk - May have been more BC's fault than Gherardini - just another example of how virtually all European players lack grit lateral movement and Defensive ability.
Rasho Nesterović - soft interior defender rebounder (FAIL)
Maceo Baston 15 games - 103 minutes in 07/08 (FAIL)
Marco Belinelli - wanted him out as soon as they realized how uncoachable he was (FAIL)
bottom line we have seen recently how good the raptors can be with out any Europeans in the line up. Even as young as they are impressive road games in Dallas / CHI / OKC and @ home vs ORL.
BC is to blame for much of this but get him a new consigliere and there will be better moves like JACK for Bayless
We dont want another season of watching Calderon getting torched at the point of attack and Bargs letting guys half his size get a free pass to the rim for easy makes and rebounds. And with JJohnson Weems DeRozen and Barbosa and Wright I don't want to see led footed kleiza back either... which renders Gherardini moot.
Chao Chao arrivedercci Maurizio !!!!!!!!!


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An exhibition of work by painter John Lipsham is on now at The Stables Theatre, Hastings, until March 30.
The works included in Show time depict all manner of subject from showgirls to still life and sailors to shipwrights.
John started painting at the age of 16 whilst a dockyard worker and shipwright apprentice in Portsmouth Dockyard.
He depicts the characters from his youth in his paintings.
With a keen eye and considerable knowledge of art history his works move from the figurative towards the abstract.
He continues his journey from the representational towards the abstract using vivid colours to powerful effect.
Later and newer works are contemporary from all manner of things seen or imagined and often referencing classical art, whereby images are transformed through a series of sketches or ideas, resulting in a finished work entirely different from the starting point with vivacious and lively results.
Visitors can expect a colourful and diverse exhibition.
In recent years John has won a number of painting awards including the Alan Davie Prize for painting and joint winner of The Art Paper Front Page Competition.
In January this year John was featured in the New this Week Saatchi online collection www.saatchigallery.com.
John Lipsham's work can be viewed on a permanent basis at the Burton Gallery, Marine Court, St Leonards.
The preview is tomorrow (Saturday, February 9), at the gallery, from 11am to 1.30pm.
Admission is free.
Visit www.stables-theatre.co.uk.


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"It's in bad shape," Mack Hollis, recreation and parks director, said of the complex during the Russellville Recreation and Parks Commission meeting earlier this week.
Hollis suggested leaving open some fields while repairs are made to others.
"There will be opportunity for people to play if they need to," he said.
If the goal is removed from a field, it is closed. The public is asked to use only fields that have goals.
J.W. Stratton, commission chair, said he was in favor of closing as needed.
"I'm for whatever it takes to get those [fields] in good shape," he said.
Hollis said the improvements — which he estimates to cost around $6,250, not including water — will include filling low spots with dirt, raising sprinkler heads where needed and adding sod where the goals are.
"I think I can absorb the cost on all this through grounds/maintenance if we don't have another big storm," Hollis told the commission.
Hollis said he's going to budget $4,500 for fertilizer rather than the $2,000 he budgeted in prior years to "include another top dressing and possibly three sprays instead of one."
After improvements are complete, Hollis suggested regulating use to ensure the fields stay in good shape.
"I don't want this to happen again," he said. "It being a public facility, we want the public to have access and be able to use it, but we've got to take care of it too. We've got be a little more cautious in our scheduling."
In other business, the commission approved:
• Naming a nine-mile mountain bike trail at Dike View Park the Ouita Coal Company Bike Trail.
• Re-applying for two grants that were previously not awarded to the city — the Land and Water Conservation Fund grant and the Trails for Life grant.
• Recommending the Russellville City Council approve $41,000 to complete the Orbit Lane Trail Project. The Arkansas State Highway Transportation Department awarded the city a $40,000 grant for the project.
"If we don't [complete the project], we have to turn the funds back," Hollis said of the grant.


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(Genjutsu: Konoyo no jigoku)-
Illusion arts: Hell on Earth
Type: Supplementary
Rank: S-rank
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra: 40
Damage: N/A
The user does a small sequence of 3 hand signs ( Ram-Tiger-Boar) whilst sending chakra to his opponents brain thus taking over their senses. The jutsu effects the sense of sight, touch and hearing by making them seem like they are in a hellish environment.
--It first effects the sight by making it seem as if the users entire body is coated with orange and red flames that burn the terrain around him. Fire would instantly cover the entirety of the terrain with Giant flames whipping around like title waves that are 15-20 meters high which removes the user from the opponents sight the majority of the time.
--The next is the sense of touch, The opponents skin begins to seem as if it is drying up drastically, causing their skin to crack and blister up, along with their mouth feeling dried out and hard to swallow, the air they breathe in even becomes thick, hot and hard to breathe in thus causing severe hyperventilation from the brain thinking the illusion is real. The brain also begins believing that the heat is unbearable and the opponents become dizzy from heat stroke type symptoms.
--The last is the sense of hearing. The opponent would begin to hear the flames crackling and whipping around loudly thus making it slightly hard to communicate.
• only taught by william24
• Can only be used once
• No Genjutsu in the same turn, and no S-rank genjutsu the next two turns.
• The illusion lasts 3 turns unless broken, each step of it pertaining to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd turns of activation
±± Approved ±±
(Jentoru ken: Kūki tenohira o gatoringu)-
Gentle fist: Gatling air palms
Type: Attack
Rank: S-rank
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra: 40
Damage: 80
- A Hyuga style master focuses a massive quantity of chakra into his arms and a focal point on each palm. When that's done he begins rapidly thrusting his hands forward (like when doing 361 strikes) so fast that it is a blurry motion to the naked eye. With each palm thrust the user unleashes a powerful, condensed chakra blast (air palm) that is 2× as fast as the basic air palm technique. Within the spand of 3 seconds the user lets off the maximum of 50 air palms towards the opponent(s) which in return destroys everything in its path (sort of like morning peacock) unless defended against. Just like any other air palm, each of the 50 is able to cause internal damage if it hits an opponent.
• Can only be taught by William24
• Can only be used twice (two turns between each use)
• No S-rank Hyuga techs in the same turn
• Must have Jyuuken mastered for 3+ months
±± Declined ±± Similar to existing techniques.
(Tiglon Kuchiyose No Jutsu: Sosuke Aizen)-
Tiglon Summoning technique: Aizen
Type: Summoning
Rank: S-rank
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra: 40
Damage: N/A
- A user first swipes blood either on his Tiglon Tattoo or just on his hands followed by the necessary hand seals and slamming his palms onto a flat surface. In return a big cloud of smoke will appear and when it clears will reveal a large 20 meter high and wide black box. At the users will the box falls apart, releasing Aizen; Who's tainted, evil, sadistic chakra pours out onto the battlefield and causing fear, anxiety and similar affects of an A-rank Killing Intent (Sakki) to overwhelm everyone but the summoner himself. Aizen as a cub learned to stand on his hine legs and uses only his hines as a primary use of moving, he is tall as Gamakichi and has a very muscular tone to his body along with a patch covering his left eye, and a large scar over his chest. He also wears a jacket that is buttoned near his collar and just hangs off his back, and also on his back is a pirate type sword.
- Aizens special skills are that he is very adept at using Genjutsu, in which he can use up to B-rank. Along with his ability to cast illusions, he is also extremely adept with the suiton element, which he can perform up to B-rank also but with a single hand sign.
Being one of if not the most skilled Tiglon's Aizen can move at blistering speeds, able to move at speeds equal to a Sannin leveled taijutsu specialist.
• Only taught by William24 and must've signed Tiglon contract
• Aizen stays in play for 4 turns
• While Aizen is in play the user can't use any S-rank genjutsu
• Once Aizen is gone the user must wait two turns to summon another Tiglon
• Can only be summoned once
• Killing Intent (Sakki) affect lasts one turn unless broken
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±± Declined ±± The sakki part is something I did for my own Grave of Maria. Same as the box entrance and the overall feel of it. Its also a Gen based summon just like my own. Don't resubmit. And stay away from my CJ thread =_=#


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(Public Service Announcement) (Reprise)
Yes, tonight you either a) lose one hours' sleep, or, b) get to church in time to shake hands as everyone else leaves. (Sorry if that leaves your religon out, but the joke works better that way).
There is a much more interesting history to this than I had thought, and in a rare event, I must admit I was wrong! In a recent conversation with my son he was right and I was not, the idea was originally Ben Franklins'!
For an interesting and comprehensive look at Daylight Saving Time, go here.


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By Annie Reuter
Tegan and Sara's voices will soon hit TV and movie screens everywhere. The duo have just joined forces with The Lonely Island for the theme song to The LEGO Movie as well as Oreo to be the voices of Oreo's Wonderfilled jingle commercial.
The theme song for The LEGO Movie, "Everything Is Awesome," is a club-heavy track which features The Lonely Island comedian/bandmates Akiva Schaffer, Andy Samberg, and Jorma Taccone rapping while Tegan and Sara assert, "Everything is better when we stick together" on the chorus. Listen to the song here.
Related: Interview: Tegan and Sara Talk 'Heartthrob,' Being Women in the Music Industry
The LEGO Movie Soundtrack drops Feb. 11 and also features music by Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh. The film hits theaters Feb. 7.


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I'll do everything in my power to help this Cardinals team win the division. I want to win three NL Central titles in a row, and now I have a shot to do it.
Playing in Chicago for two years, I knew the personalities and the will to win that these guys have. I had also admired what they've done from afar, and now to be in here and to be managed by Tony LaRussa and to be in this environment is pretty special.
Coming here, I didn't really know any of the guys too well. It's kind of funny. You play so many games against these guys, and, when you get to first base, you might have a quick conversation with Albert Pujols, but besides that, the only guy I had ever played with was Adam Wainwright. He was a young guy in the Braves organization when I was with Atlanta.
It is amazing, though, that, when you play against each other and you have mutual respect for one another, it is very easy to come into a new clubhouse and to make friends and to get along. The toughest part is moving your stuff and getting your wife to accept it.
And it's actually not as strange as I thought it would be to wear this uniform after playing for the Cubs. I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that I was traded away from the Cubs. I didn't choose to leave Chicago, so that helps motivate me.
And the on-field part of the transition has been really smooth, because I'm really familiar with the NL Central.
Playing in St. Louis also gives me the chance to experience this baseball city from a home-team perspective. The city is truly 100 percent a baseball town, and getting the chance to play here helps me see that it does live up to its reputation.
With 45,000 people at the game every night, it is baseball heaven. They are passionate about the Cardinals, and they're also knowledgeable about the game. They know guys hit slumps, and they understand when a guy needs to move another guy over. They understand the little things, and that it is not always about the home run.
The experience so far has been as advertised. I loved coming into St. Louis as a visiting player. Now it's nice to be on this side.
Mark DeRosa, who is nearing his 1,000th Major League game, joined the Cardinals following a midseason trade with Cleveland. Playing primarily at third base, the 34-year-old veteran has hit eight home runs and driven in 15 runs in 34 games.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text: I'm so excited! I now own a tennis dress. I got this little number here at TW for -- wait for it -- $15. It's a Yonex from the 2007 US Open series, and they just happened to have one in my size. I wore it yesterday at practice because I've never worn a dress before. It felt OK, except for one thing. I got a whole lot more sunshine up my skirt when the wind blew than I am used to. The other cool thing was that there were four guys playing on the court next to us. They were maybe 3.0s. As they were leaving, one of them asked me: "Are you an instructor?" Ha! Must have been the dress! Anyway, I ordered pretty much every dress TW stocks that looked like it might look good on me, and I learned a few things. First, dresses by Tail are very loose and not as fitted as I would like. They kind of hang straight down from the upper back to the butt and come off looking a bit boxy on me. Second, I was very disappointed in a Reebok dress because the picture made it look like it had little mesh cut-outs on the back. In fact, they are rubbery appliques that made me look a bit reptilian: I am still on the fence about this Yonex dress. It is very cute, but I wonder if it is a bit juvenile for someone who is my age: [see next post for a pic of the blue dress] Anyway, I think I may start moving toward dresses. They are very cute and fun, and there are no issues with weird-fitting skorts. One gripe I have, however, is about the shelf bras. The blue Yonex, for instance, arrived with a shelf bra with cups, and the cups were all bent up. If someone came up with a dress with a removable shelf bra, I'd be a fan for life.


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St. Cago Has Been Sold
Officially Announced on March 1st, 2012 via League of Bike Polo per Lucky:
It's a done deal! The new owners of St Cago Polo Works are Andrew and Eric of Miami Bike Polo.
They are enthusiastic polo players who were already making mallets for people with the same attitude I had about it, I.E. If you don't have the time/skills, or want a consistent product, use mine. If you want to make your own, jedi-knight-style, go for it. No hard feelings. A couple of modest, handy guys who want to contribute to the sport in the way they can. Look for them at tournaments all over. They've got plans!
So, at the end of March, they're coming up to Chicago to get the parts and tools and the run down on how the magic happens. After that, they're out of the nest and flying on their own. Look for lots of St Cago heads and brake levers to hit the market around tournament season this year. Hopefully, new products (or at least a quicker email response time) will follow.
Thanks to everyone who expressed an interest in buying St Cago, which was my life in polo for four years. So many great conversations with enthusiastic strangers-become-friends at tournaments and in emails over the years. I'll miss it.
Special thanks to Jason (now Sir Woadie from Portland), my first paying customer at NACCC's 2008. Riki from Tokyo and Gypsy from Sydney. You guys paid my rent with huge orders at a time when I needed every penny very badly. Thanks for justifying my gamble on polo supplies as opposed to quitting the biz and buying groceries. Machine Politics and Doug from NYC, the only riders I ever sponsored.
Everyone who ever played. From the grass days in Harrison Park to the Worlds in Seattle. You made it worth doing.
Chicago Bike Polo 2003-2008
St Louis Bike Polo 2008-2011
Chicago Bike Polo 2011.
We can't tell you how excited we are! Thank you Lucky, we can't wait to carry on where you left off. You have been such an essential part of the bike polo scene and we promise to keep that going strong. We definitely have a lot of plans and ideas to offer great things to the bike polo community. It's been an amazing time for us, having just introduced Miami Bike Polo in early March last year.
We've been working hard since then to do everything we can for the scene here in Miami and every where else. Your offer could not have come at a better time. Andrew and I have been working on launching an online store to offer our hand made mallets and some other goodies in the works and we really were trying to get a respectable store together before we launched, so this really is the perfect scenario. It was meant to be!
So anyway, thanks again and we look forward to making you proud and strengthening the bike polo scene for everyone.
-Eric Madrid
Miami Bike Polo


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Maybe I've missed something here, but am I the only one who doesn't have a fu£king clue what "Service Management" is?
Sounds like something a new head of IT spouts off as a latest "management initiative" or other "blue-sky theories"....
In its broadest sense, service management goes beyond IT service management and looks to influence many of the processes which underpin the activities a business engages in. Previously, we asked how you thought service management had changed in your organisation in recent years. Let's dig around a bit further. One of the major …
Maybe I've missed something here, but am I the only one who doesn't have a fu£king clue what "Service Management" is?
Sounds like something a new head of IT spouts off as a latest "management initiative" or other "blue-sky theories"....
Business Service management (BSm) is very often spouted by executives who have just as little idea about what it really means.
On the other hand Service Management is what many IT professionals do every day. Building quality products that help their respective companies/clients do what they do better/faster/cheaper; and build products that work, are supportable and supported, and really work.
There are also plenty of IT shops which insist on building:-
- glorious, glittering well architected systems which fulfill no discernable business need;
- utter rubbish;
- fabulous stuff, but forgetting to tell anyone how to run it.
Its about doing the job properly....
Thanks for your comments.
Part of this is about finding out what you guys at the sharp end think service management is, and the other is pulling a load of (hopefully useful) stuff together we've picked up on our travels, research projects and so on to get a conversation going around this big topic.
'What the fu£k is service management' and 'its about doing the job properly' seem like a pretty fair set of questions and answers to me. Half the battle is being able to talk about stuff that people 'just do' without really caring what it might be described as elsewhere. We're going to try to cover a whole bunch of stuff relating to this topic over the next few weeks so both your comments have already helped keep this on the ground. cheers, Martin
You should separate your analysis by the kind of business you're referring to. Let me explain. There is one class of business that see IT technology as a fundamental lever to their growth. They take IT as strategic asset, the same as their brands, intellectual property or other long lasting thing that allow it to survive and prosper. The .com (the survivors from the crash) belong to that category, but also every bank, travel agency or small business that exploit technology to maximize benefit and explore new markets.
There is other class of business where they leaders may say things like "IT is the cornerstone of our business" but that statement has the same value as things like "people is our biggest asset" They are obsessed with financials, short term profits, and meeting some artificial targets demanded by a cavern of stock analysts looking to where they can place their huge pension funds bets. For them, IT is an overhead just like any other and anything they do to reduce it is good for their bottom line. Those are the places where the latest outsourcing, offshoring, etc trends have been happening.
I'm sure that everyone can think of examples of the latter. Of course, most business are in between those two extremes, This links nicely with your idea of measuring contribution to the business. But note the difference, there will be places where IT's contribution will be embedded in each activity or process area that is using it and others where IT will be in its own separate line, just near the total overheads line.
Even in the best cases, the big infrastructure costs will be appearing on its own, as nobody can accurately measure their direct contribution to business growth. Except by crude allocation, really nobody can effectively measure those.


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A&M's Johnny Manziel opens up about success, arrest and Scooby-Doo
COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel continued his media tour — part of a late Heisman Trophy get-to-know-you — by entertaining questions Tuesday on campus, his first face-to-face meeting with reporters.
ESPN2 aired part of the news conference live on its afternoon SportsCenter. It's not the typical way a college player kicks off meeting the press.
Because of coach Kevin Sumlin's ban during the regular season on freshmen doing interviews, bottled-up demand exists for "Johnny Football." On Monday, he'd started to shed some of his mystery-man persona during a teleconference with reporters.
On Tuesday, a better picture of Manziel, who now holds the SEC record for total offense in a season, continued to emerge.
He addressed issues from as serious as his arrest in June to Scooby-Doo.
Perhaps the best summary came when he was asked about his recruitment out of Kerrville, Texas.
"I just wanted to play — obviously not kicker after you saw that," Manziel said, in reference to an ugly missed PAT two weeks ago. "Whether it was receiver or safety, I just wanted to play college football."
On the Heisman…
Manziel is the leader in multiple Heisman surveys. His regular season is done. Votes are due Monday, with the finalists announced at 5 p.m.
Manziel said he's not thinking yet about writing a speech.
"It's so surreal for me to be even mentioned in the same category," he said. "It would be a dream come true for me to go to New York, after watching years and years of guys who I looked up to that got dressed up and go sit in the front row and hope their name is called."
Manziel said he's heard different takes on a possible freshman bias, since no freshman has won the Heisman in 77 tries.
"People have their opinions," he said. "The situation will play itself out. It goes to the most outstanding player in college football. If it happens to be me, it's something I'll cherish the rest of my life. If not, that's just how the cookie crumbles, I guess."
A 'critical mistake'
Manziel addressed his arrest on June 29 in College Station's bar district.
The charges were misdemeanors of presenting fake identification and fighting, but his mug shot ended up spread across the state.
"It was a critical mistake in my life," he said. "Something I had to learn a lot from and something that had its consequences with coach Sumlin, with my teammates and with everybody here in Aggieland. … I've had to make changes in my life."
Manziel said the worst of it was "how many people you let down."
On his new fame …
Asked about his growing legend, thanks to the bit of backyard-style, how'd-he-do-that? football he's succeeded with in the SEC, Manziel delivered the line of the day.
"It's more of a folk tale I guess, for me," he said.
Manziel said he hasn't seen many of the YouTube tributes that are popping up in his honor.
"I try not to get onto YouTube or Google myself," he said.
Manziel, though, has considered changing his phone number and is still surprised when people pull up next to him at stop lights and wave.
The craziest thing so far? Tributes to his recent Halloween costume.
"I did see people in Scooby-Doo costumes at the game the other day," Manziel said.
Manziel's most quotable moments Tuesday:
"First year in the SEC, it's been something a lot of Aggies will remember for the rest of their lives, especially a lot of these seniors. To not lose a game on the road this year is something that will stick in my mind for awhile."
"I'm not going to let pressure be put on me for the years going forward. Each and every year my goal is to bring a national championship here to Texas A&M, win the SEC, and ultimately not lose a game every time we step on the field."
"I always thought since I was a little kid I would play pro baseball. … I wanted to play for the Rangers and play shortstop. … Then football came around and took center stage, and I ran with it."
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