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Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Citizens' Police Academy: Drivers Test!
Years ago, I took a DOT course on emergency driving, so I didn't expect to learn all that much in this week's Safe Vehicle Operation class. Wrong again.
Let's begin with some national statistics. One in eight LICENSED (not counting those driving illegally) drivers are involved in a collision each year. Just under 42,000 people die in motor vehicle crashes annually.
Three in ten Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related crash sometime in their lives.
Nearly one in three crashes where someone dies is related to speeding.
6,289,000 traffic crashes were REPORTED in 1999 with 3,200,000 people injured. Check your decimal points. We're talking millions.
These figures point out the importance of Defensive Driving, which means the ability to operate your vehicle in such a manner as to be able to avoid a collision no matter what the road and weather conditions.
Our instructor for the evening, Roland Livermore of the Community College of Allegheny County showed us a series of videos that should convince just about anyone to wear their seat belts. If one person in a car is NOT wearing a seat belt and the vehicle is involved in a crash, that person becomes a missile crashing around inside the car and into other passengers. In the first video, an unbelted passenger was the reason three other belted passengers died and a fourth was critically injured.
We also saw videos on the effects of speeding in crashes. Let's just say, I drove the speed limit the whole way home.
There was also one on a PIT (Pursuit Intervention Technique) involving a police vehicle tapping one side of the evading car's back bumper, sending him into a spin. Pretty cool, but not permitted in Pittsburgh at this time. Pennsylvania is just starting to train in such procedures.
DID YOU KNOW that you cannot see color at night unless in a lit area? Police calling in descriptions will use terms like "light-colored vehicle" or "dark-colored vehicle" but they can't accurately determine color.
Also, a sixty-year old needs three times as much light to see at night. Now you know why older folks frequently don't like to be out after dark.
DID YOU KNOW that when you get hit by an oncoming vehicle's headlights, the glare causes a temporary blindness that requires five to seven seconds from which to recover? The trick to avoid this is to look at the "Fog Line" which you might know better as "the white line on the side of the road." Yes, it's a Fog Line.
Terminology lesson: The preferred term is "pursuit" rather than "chase." A pursuing police vehicle should maintain a four-second following distance, more in the case of rain or ice.
Officers are trained to exhibit a level of skill beyond that possessed by non-law enforcement drivers. They are to have the ability to remain cool, calm, and collected in stressful driving situations. If an officer loses that ability during a pursuit, they can be ordered to "terminate the pursuit." They must also have an accurate perception of their driving abilities and the performance capabilities of their vehicle and they must be able to successfully apply their actual driving skills to specific situations in the driving environment.
We heard quite a few wild stories in the course of the evening, but I'll leave you with just one. Two guys were driving on the highway, passing each other, cutting each other off, and generally demonstrating aggressive, dangerous, and immature driving. The first guy exited the highway. The second one followed him. He followed him all the way to his home. The first guy pulled in his garage. The second guy kept going.
The second guy came back later and torched the garage with the car in it.
Yes, they busted him.
Part of the evening was spent on a quiz. These are questions that very likely were on the driver's test you took when you were sixteen. See how many you can answer now.
Question #1: What does a steady yellow light of a traffic signal mean?
Hint: No, it does not mean GO FASTER.
Question #2: What is the required distance to legally use your high beams?
Question #3: What is the proper position for your hands on the steering wheel?
Question #4: When should you use your turn signal?
Question #5: What do lights and siren mean to a driver?
Question # 6: What is hydroplaning and what should you do if it happens to you?
Post your answers as a comment. (No helping, Gina!) I'll give the correct answers after lunch.
Next week: SWAT Team!
18 comments:
Annette - You think I remember what was said in the class? Seriously, I think we sometimes forget how dangerous cars can be. My younger brother was killed at age 21 in a crash much like one of those depicted in the of the videos. It didn't help knowing that it only took him seconds to die. Remember: a quick death is not better than no death at all!
OK, I'm game:
1) WHAT I LEARNED: don't start into intersection, if already in intersection, proceed
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS: 3 more cars can get through this light
2) WHAT I LEARNED: 1/4 mile
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS: Don't use them if anyone else is arond
3) WHAT I LEARNED: 10 and 2
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS: I think this may have changed since I was in High School
4) WHAT I LEARNED: Use when turning and changing lanes
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS: Use when not too busy with hair and makeup
5) WHAT I LEARNED: Pull over and stop
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS: Move to right lane, some people slow down
6) WHAT I LEARNED: Take your foot off the brake
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS: Pray
How'd I do?
Annette, it's your statistics that amaze me. 3 times as much light to see? That's a real nugget of information. I'll have to tell that to one of cousins who stopped driving at night because she "couldn't see". I understand know that she means it.
Thanks for the post!
- Joyce said...
Tory, I like your answers!
I'll disqualify myself from this one.
- Annette said...
Tory, not quite textbook, but in reality, dead-on. But we're still looking for the CORRECT answers, folks, so keep guessing.
Regarding #3 (hand position on wheel), yes, it has changed. Anyone want to venture a guess as to what it is now and why?
Gina, I'm sorry about your brother. That video was pretty hard to watch, but I kept thinking, it wasn't nearly as gory as reality. It did make me think of my cousins in that crash a year ago, though. Different circumstances, but dead is dead.
- Annette said...
Martha, that's right. And the eyes start to deteriorate much sooner than that, so those of us who aren't yet sixty are still starting to feel the effects.
Our instructor also mentioned turning DOWN the dashboard light at night to reduce the glare. I've been doing it, even though the instruments in my Saturn are in the CENTER so not in my normal sight-line. And I must say, it does make a difference. I guess the glare from the dashboard lights constrict the pupils just a bit.
- Annette said...
Thanks, Joyce. I appreciate that.
And my word verification today is "nazycoo." A sci-fi writer could use some of these to create a new language for an alien nation.
- ramona said...
If #1 does not mean "Go Faster" does it mean "Go as fast as you can"? Because that's what most drivers where I live seem to think.
I want to know all there is to know about #6. Hydroplaning scares me.
SWAT team! Annette, you lucky dog.
- Annette said...
Ramona, regarding #1 you would think so, wouldn't you? Well, no, that isn't it either.
Regarding hydroplaning, check back. I'll be providing the answers and a more on water-skiing with a car around 2:30 Eastern Time.
Regarding SWAT team...hehehe. Can't wait.
- Lee Lofland said...
How about if I answer these from a cop's point of view during a life or death emergency.
1. Slow down even though I'm running lights and siren at full blast because I know there'll be at least three idiots in the intersection who're trying to beat the light.
2. Two feet. I have to use/flash my high beams repeatedly when I'm two feet behind a car that's being driven by some lady who hasn't seen my blue lights, or heard the siren because she's putting on makeup, fixing her hair, and talking on the cell phone. Meanwhile, a murderer is running lose somewhere in the city, or someone is lying on the side of the road bleeding to death.
3. Ten and Two, and always feed the wheel from one hand to the other, never crossing your hands. This prevents drawing your weapon and shooting the little old lady who's stradling the center line while driving 12 miles an hour on the freeway.
4. Everday. You should break it off and jam it in your ear each time someone thinks that because you're a cop you should know the directions to every single freakin' place in the world. Buy a map.
5. Not a damn thing.
6. Turn on your blue lights and pretend you're chasing the car in front of you. Losing control during a pursuit saves face.
- Annette said...
After Tory's and Lee's responses, the real answers are going to be such a letdown...
- Joyce said...
I think Lee's answers trump Tory's.
I can't stop laughing!
Annette, I need to go back to school and learn to drive :) Terrific information. FYI, I compiled my local law enforcement's accident data base. Like Lee's comments, some of their stories, were hysterical, e.g. the poor motorcycle cop who went into the court house to testify against a speeder and came out to find his motorcyle had been ran over. These guys can't catch a break! Well done as usual
- Annette said...
Okay! Here are the answers (at least in Pennsylvania), although none of them are as funny as Lee's version:
Question #1: What does a steady yellow light of a traffic signal mean?
Yellow means the red light is about to appear and you should slow down and stop.
Question #2: What is the required distance to legally use your high beams?
Within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle or 300 feet of the vehicle in front of you.
Question #3: What is the proper position for your hands on the steering wheel?
3 o'clock and 9 o'clock. Yes, it used to be 2 and 10, but if your airbags deploy, your hands will be knocked off the wheel at those positions.
Question #4: When should you use your turn signal?
ALWAYS, even when no one is around, you must turn on your signal at 100 feet before a turn when driving UNDER 35mph or 300 feet if driving OVER 35mph.
Question #5: What do lights and siren mean to a driver?
You must give the right away, clear any intersection and pull off to the right by positioning the vehicle close to the curb for ALL emergency vehicles.
Question # 6: What is hydroplaning and what should you do if it happens to you?
Hydroplaning is caused by the tires riding on a thin (1/12 of an inch) layer of water present on a wet roadway. Do NOT brake, slow down, take your foot off the gas, and steer in the direction you want to go.
Ramona, our instructor recommended buying the best tires you can to prevent this. Get rid of your bald tires!
- Joyce said...
#3 Hands at 8 and 4 is also acceptable because many cars don't have a place to put your hands and 9 and 3.
Also, if your hands are at 10 and 2and the airbags don't force your hands from the wheel, you'll end up with wrist fractures.
- Lee Lofland said...
Driver's hand positions - Many old-school cops still prefer the old "gansta' lean" position. The left wrist hanging on the wheel at twelve-o'clock with the right forearm on the console. Works well with dark-tinted RayBan sunglasses.
And, some like the trailer-park tan position. Right hand at twelve-o'clock with the left elbow resting on the open windowsill. Great for displaying "Mother" tattoo. Summer uniform and mirrored sunglasses required.
- Annette said...
Joyce, thanks for mentioning 4 and 8. That's what I'd been told after the change from 2 and 10 for the airbags.
Lee, I'm not even going to comment on those alternative choices you mentioned.
However, I will add, our instructor pointed out that if you tend to drive with your hand through the steering wheel and the airbag goes off, your wrist is snapped instantly. I rarely did that anyway, but sure won't be doing it in the future.
Thanks for taking our quiz, folks!
- kimberly said...
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VANCOUVER, B.C. -- The Vancouver Whitecaps remain perfect at home, claiming a 2-1 win over the Houston Dynamo at BC Place thanks to goals from left back Jordan Harvey and forward Kenny Miller.
Harvey scored the opener in the 14th minute, pouncing into the path of a header across goal from Andy O'Brien to tuck the ball past Tally Hall. Pedro Morales was instrumental on the goal, sending a pinpoint right-footed cross from the left onto O'Brien's head.
Miller then doubled Vancouver's lead in the 58th minute, scoring from the spot by slotting the ball into the bottom right corner. The Scottish Designated Player had to take the penalty twice though, scoring both times – after referee Kevin Stott blew down Miller's initial spot kick due to encroachment by a number of Whitecaps players.
Darren Mattocks generated that penalty, juking around Kofi Sarkodie, who handled the ball in the box after a failed attempt to tackle the Jamaican.
Ricardo Clark narrowed the lead by scoring for the Dynamo in the 75th minute, heading home a Brad Davis free kick. David Ousted tried to stretch across to his left to make the save, but the connection from Clark found the bottom right corner.
Vancouver's first clear opportunity in the match came in the 12th minute, as Miller sent a left-footed cross right across goal into the path of the rushing Mattocks. The Jamaican made contact but couldn't hit the target, his shot flying over Hall's crossbar.
The Dynamo came close to finding an equalizer to Vancouver's early opener in the 16th minute, as Giles Barnes narrowly headed wide of target, getting on the end of a cross from the right from Sarkodie.
Houston again narrowly missed out after Davis hit a shot across goal from the left at an acute angle that Ousted tipped onto the crossbar. Barnes set Davis up for the 49th minute opportunity with a clever backheel in the area.
Miller nearly added a second in the 93rd minute, but his curling right footed effort went just wide to the right of target.
With the win, the Whitecaps move to 2-0-2, ahead of next Saturday's home match at BC Place against the Colorado Rapids. As for the Dynamo, they drop to 2-1-0, with their next outing a home match against FC Dallas on Saturday at BBVA Compass Stadium.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2-0-2; 8 points) vs. Houston Dynamo (2-1-0; 6 points)
MLS regular season
March 29, 2014 – BC Place, Vancouver, BC
Attendance: 21,000 (sellout)
Scoring Summary:
Vancouver: Jordan Harvey 1 (Andy O'Brien 1, Pedro Morales 2) 14
Vancouver: Kenny Miller 3 (penalty kick) 58
Houston: Ricardo Clark 1 (Brad Davis 1) 75
Houston Dynamo: Tally Hall; Kofi Sarkodie, Jermaine Taylor (Brian Ownby 77), David Horst, Corey Ashe; Andrew Driver (Mark Sherrod 86), Ricardo Clark, Boniek Garcia (Omar Cummings 71), Brad Davis; Will Bruin, Giles Barnes
Unused substitutes: Tyler Deric, A.J. Cochran, Servando Carrasco, Warren Creavalle
Vancouver Whitecaps FC: David Ousted; Steven Beitashour, Andy O'Brien, Jay DeMerit, Jordan Harvey; Gershon Koffie (Kekuta Manneh 76), Matias Laba, Russell Teibert, Pedro Morales (Nicolas Mezquida 87); Darren Mattocks (Sebastian Fernandez 65), Kenny Miller
Unused substitutes: Paolo Tornaghi, Johnny Leveron, Bryce Alderson, Erik Hurtado
Misconduct Summary:
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Assistant Referees: Adam Wienckowski, Felisha Mariscal
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"Wheresoever on earth he dwells, man is prey to two weaknesses: the need to pray and the need to love."-Marquis de Sade
"It is not by reasoning or by our understanding that we have received our religion; it is by external authority and command."-Michel De Montaigne
Heretical Vintage Purist and Non-Fan Extraordinaire!
that would have been funny but not practical because their powers are supposed to be ones they can use to fight evil they just happen to possibly not be the best people to have them
How far does his intelligence go down as he grows though? Does he get to Grimlock levels or even lower? And if it dips that low, does he know enough to shrink or even HOW to shrink if he gets too big?
Uncle Montork has returned from Trolla!
Ya it shrinks to childlike (Grimlock) levels but he can still shrink as it is basically instinctive which kicks in when the danger is passed or the bad guys have been defeated
just a little bit of fun with one of my characters
Last edited by wolfsfang; January 25, 2012 at 05:17pm. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
glad you like it. I hope this one also meets with your approval
I considered giving it a proper background like Bug Boy's but this look just felt better
Where's the conflict? Where's the viewer appeal? Where's the scantily clad buxom women? Or at the very least monkey nudity?
"Wheresoever on earth he dwells, man is prey to two weaknesses: the need to pray and the need to love."-Marquis de Sade
"It is not by reasoning or by our understanding that we have received our religion; it is by external authority and command."-Michel De Montaigne
Heretical Vintage Purist and Non-Fan Extraordinaire!
"Wheresoever on earth he dwells, man is prey to two weaknesses: the need to pray and the need to love."-Marquis de Sade
"It is not by reasoning or by our understanding that we have received our religion; it is by external authority and command."-Michel De Montaigne
Heretical Vintage Purist and Non-Fan Extraordinaire!
Hmm not sure if that would be appropriate considering PP is only about 14 years old
Now it is time for a new hero
CADET COURAGEOUS / Willy Watson
Willy Watson had just joined the US Army when he was approached by a drunken hobo who insisted that he was a magical fairy from Jupiter who could give him super powers if he drank a special can of cola the hobo was offering him and then after that all Willy would have to say is WHOOPSY to become the super power Cadet Courageous. Naturally Willy didn't buy it for one second but later when he was alone he decided to give it a go just for a laugh. He was shocked to find that upon drinking the cola and saying the magical word he transformed from a 22 year old man into a 13 year old boy with a vast amount of super powers. When he made himself known to the world he was asked by Captain Awesome (father of Awesome Lad) to join The POWER COPRS a group of heroes that had joined forces to fight the forces of evil and for years they protected the world until the Power Corps disbanded and several of the heores, including Captain Awesome, retired and went to live normal lives.
Cadet Courageous however kept working as a hero and years later when Captain Awesome's son Awesome Lad and another new young hero named RatBoy created a new group called the Power Pals (named in honor of the Power Corps) he agreed that he would help them out whenever they had need of him
Powers & Abilities
* Super Strength
* Super Speed
* Flight
* Super Durability
* Electric Bolts fired from eyes
* Susceptible to magic
CAPTAIN AWESOME / Gor-Al
Captain Awesome is an alien from the planet Boron and is also the father of one of the Power Pals founding members Awesome Lad. Like all Borons, whenever he leaves his own planets atmosphere he becomes a being of super awesome power which he decided to use to help protect the planet called Earth from evil doers and alien invaders, why Earth? because he had vacationed there a few times and he liked the burgers. So using his shapeshifting ability (that all adult Borons possess) he made himself appear human and then he donned a costume and announced to Earth that he was called "Captain Awesome" and that he would be their protector. Soon more heroes, inspired by Captain Awesome, began to emerge and Captain Awesome decided to put together a crime fighting team of superheroes which he named "The Power Corps".
He frequently made trips back to his home planet where he met and married a young Boron woman and eventually they had a son which they named Kel-Al. But while he was away fighting evil he didn't realize that all the worrying that he was causing is wife had made her into an overbearing and highly protective mother who was turning their son into a total coward. Eventually Captain Awesome decided that it was time for him to retire and spend more time with his family but when he saw what a coward his son had become (thanks to his mother) he decided the best way to make his son braver was to send him to earth where Kel-Al would continue his fathers heroic works. Naturally Kel-Al's mother was not happy with this but Gor-Al talked her into letting Kel-Al go when he pointed out that Kel-Al would be safer on earth fighting supervillains and stopping natural disasters then he would be at home sitting on the couch due to the fact that on Earth, unlike on Boron, he would be virtually indestructible.
Human Form
True Form
Powers & Abilities
* Super Strength
* Super Speed
* Flight
* Super Durability
* Healing Factor
* Super Hearing
* Super Sight
* Heat Vision
* Frost Breath
* Able to breathe in outer space
* Shapeshifting
* Genius Intelligence
* Boronite - Radioactive rocks found on his home planet of Boron that have somehow found their way to earth much to the puzzlement of the Boron Race
Stanley Ditko aka BUG BOY with his wings retracted
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The Power Pal's very own Bug Boy has teamed up with Marvel's web swinging Amazing Spider-Man
Nice. Now they need some sort of Secret Wars style "event"! Where does the power grid come from btw? Does marvel put out something like that? It reminds me of the grid on the old school Transformers.
Yes they do need an event...or a new character
Those Power Grids ARE from Marvel
I just adopted and adapted for my own use
been a while so
time for a whole new villain
Richard Van Gloom
A child genius and toy inventing rival of Luke Payne (RatBoy) Richard Van Gloom had always been an arrogant narcissistic brat. So when both he and Luke were at a toy convention and Gloom's super-powered Jack in the Box malfunctioned and hit him hard in the face breaking his nose. His nose was soon fixed by doctors but left somewhat misshapen, but Gloom believes that it had left him horribly disfigured. Of course he also believed the blame for this lay solely with Luke who had no doubt sabotaged his toy, plus he knew that everyone there had been laughing at his "accident" (both being very far from the truth).
So Gloom decided to dedicate his life to destroying Luke's and using his very high intelligence to conquer the world. This of course has led to him coming to blows with Luke's heroic alter-ego RatBoy as well as the rest of the Power Pals and their friends.
Powers & Abilities
* Advanced intelligence
* Inventive Genius (Gloom Co. Toys second in the world only after Payne Inc's)
* Highly durable armor
* Super Strength (thanks to self designed armor)
* Electric blasts (thanks to self designed armor)
* Trained in both Judo and Fencing
* After his accident most of his inventions (which work perfectly at first) have an unfortunate habit of malfunctioning or even, in extreme cases, exploding at just the wrong moment.
* Refuses to admit he is ever wrong
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keep it coming wolfsfang.
Nebulus (left) - Ruby Skater (right)
At the dawn of time when the universe was first formed one of the first things to pop in to existence was an interstellar cloud called a Nebula. But this was no ordinary nebula for in it the very first life form was developing, the being that would come to be known as "Nebulus". Born with immeasurable power due to complete mastery over the "Power Eternal" Nebulus is one of the most powerful beings (if not THE most powerful being) in the known universe and is able to perform many amazing feats (except for some reason alter his size). He was also born with an incredible hunger that can only be satisfied by eating entire planets.
The problem is that he is only the same height as an average human teenager which means he has to eat a planet one bite at a time which means it takes him a while, this has resulted in such nicknames as "The Planet Biter" and "The Great Annoyance" as it takes him so long to finish eating a planet that entire civilizations have come and gone over the countless millenniums it takes for him to finish so he is more annoying then he is an actual immediate threat.
Nebulus' long age has resulted in him becoming lonely so he used a very small portion of the "Power Eternal" to create himself a friend
The Ruby Skater was created by Nebulus using the Power Eternal and is able to use the same power himself tho to a far lesser degree. Skater is able to skate across the gulfs of space at tremendous speeds easily crossing galaxies in a matter of earth minutes. However he is also tied to Nebulus so he is unable to travel too far away from him.
While he does like his friend (and creator) Nebulus he finds him to be incredibly boring once he starts to feed as Nebulus concentrates solely on that single task and ignores all outside distractions, including Skater. This means Skater has a lot of free time for hobbies and stuff. The only problem is that he has pretty much tried everything he can think of over the last 2 billion years since he has been created so no he just lazes around eating junk food and watching whatever passes for entertainment on Nebulus' current meal
Nebulus' Powers
Powers & Abilities
due to mastery over the Power Eternal he has
* Immeasurable intelligence
* Incalculable Strength
* Incalculable Speed (when not feeding)
* Totally indestructible
* Can generate or transform any form of energy that he requires. This can be used to destroy things (including entire planets) or even create such as with the Ruby Skater
* eats a planet at the same speed it would take an average human to eat a planet
Ruby Skater's Powers
Powers & Abilities
due to mastery over the Power Eternal he has
* Super Strength (up to 100 tons)
* Incalculable Speed (able to cross galaxies in mere moments)
* Virtually indestructible (tho he is fully aware that if Nebulus chose to he could destroy him)
* Can generate or transform multiple forms of energy . This can be used to destroy things (including entire planets) or reconstruct / resurrect (but not create life as Nebulus can)
* Can't travel too far from Nebulus
* Waiting from Nebulus to finish his meals has made him very lazy
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The OverLander / Leo Prince
The son of an eco activist named Simon Prince and a half immortal daughter of Gaia, Leo had been raised by his father to respect nature and fight against the greedy human corporations that would seek to do it harm. At first he seemed to be a normal boy (despite his parentage) but when his father mysteriously vanished during a heated protest Leo's anger triggered latent powers he didn't know he had. He declared himself "The Over Lander - Ruler of Terra Firma and lord of everything upon it"
He found he was able to draw strength from the very earth itself and make himself faster and stronger so as to be better able to fight back against the humans (which he no longer considered himself part of). He also soon discovered that when powered up he became allergic to water which could leave him feeling drained if enough was splashed on him and could even possibly prove fatal if submerged for too long.
However this did not stop him from creating his new home behind a waterfall that was the site where his parents first met, he just has to be careful how he exits his home if he is powered up.
Powers & Abilities
* Super Strength (able to lift up to 60 tons)
* Super Speed (Speed of Sound)
* Regeneration
Based on him drawing energy from the earth
* allergic to water
When he is currently drawing energy from the earth
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SPOOKY BOY / Ronny Fletch
Ronny Fletch is the son of a new-age hippy and a child psychologist so he was brought up to believe that any problems could be solved by talking about them and hugging, of course this made him an easy target for bullies (his lack of muscles, the fact he wore glasses and was generally thought of as a nerd didn't help either). It was just before his 15th birthday that his parents told Ronny the truth about his destiny.
It turned out that 15 generations earlier, in order to save a life, his ancestor had made a pact with a spirit of compassion. The spirit would be allowed to inhabit the body of the 15th descendant, following the blood line of each generations first born child. This way it could work / walk on the mortal realm and spread it's message of peace and love.
Ronny was THE 15th descendant.
so 15 days after his 15th birthday on the 15th of June at 15:00 was when the transformation happened and he turned into a living skeleton with a flaming skull. He took the name Spooky Boy and was happy to discover he could turn human again and wasn't stuck as a skeleton. His first act was to track down the worst bully at his school. Upon finding him he looked him straight in the eyes and subjected him to his most powerful power... the Empa-Glare, his ability to make people feel very sorry for what they have done. They then had a good long talk about what made the boy a bully and how he should consider other peoples feelings and...blah blah blah
So with his new found power he sought out the Power Pals and after some initial hesitation on their part was allowed to join as a reserve member.
Powers & Abilities
* Super Strength (up to 20 tons)
* Enhanced durability / Healing factor
* Can fire balls of..well fire
* Empa-Glare
* Afraid of fire - which is funny considering.
* Mirrors - for the above reason, because whenever he notices his head is on fire he goes in blind panic and looks for the nearest source of water to stick his head in.
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B.o.B recently opened up to Syracuse, New York's "The Daily Orange" about his new record and guess what? He's 90 percent finished recording. The LP sounds like it is "a happy medium between the sound of "B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray" and the mixtapes." Um. Awesome.
Bobby Ray spoke further about the state of the music industry and popular contemporary genres: "I'm also a dubstep fan, which is funny because if you went up to someone five years ago and (said) "whomp, whomp, whomp," they'd have no idea what you're talking about, but it's such a big part of music today."
In the 1980s, people would have assumed you were talking about PacMan (albeit very strangely).
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Sunday, October 04, 2009
The Great Tea Decaffeination Debate
Itching to stir up a ruckus in the tea community? Here's how to do it. Publish (presumably with good intentions) an oft-repeated but somewhat dubious bit of information about how to decaffeinate your tea with a brief rinse. Then step back and watch the fur fly.
Which is exactly what happened a little while back at the T Ching blog. Though the debate raged for a while and brought forth some interesting data on the topic, thankfully it appears that it never reached the point where dueling pistols had to be broken out of their cases. Read the original article and the lively comments thread here.
Here's Caffeine and Tea: Myth and Reality, the article by Nigel Melican that's referenced in that comments thread.
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The BioInnovationsZentrum is a business incubator which unites the advantages of these two fields, creating the basis for cooperation on a whole new level. Synergies are precisely defined and their use efficiently organised.
The BioInnovationsZentrum is a regional centre of excellence which strengthens connections between industrial institutions, the University of Technology and non-university research institutes. On one hand, this "Innovation Alliance" provides the financing and infrastructure needed to put this exciting research mission into practice in life sciences; on the other hand it brings together the elite and young blood from the worlds of science and industry.
Another unique selling point for the centre is its unusually diverse range of service facilities. As well as a comprehensive equipment pool, various services, provided centrally, enable our tenants to save time and money, increasing their efficiency.
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Architects: Keitaro Muto Architects
Location: Gifu, Japan
Area: 273.0 m2
Project Year: 2016
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Text description provided by the architects. By the client words ?court yard? and ?having a picnic in the house?, they have been guided plant a big tree at courtyard and architecture figure and composition snuggling up to it.
Project site is far from central Gifu city with field-studded though, new residential houses have been rapidly built. In general, the coherent architecture with courtyard have been designed closed spaces. But it has been tried to design that the existence of courtyard has been opened toward public with keeping protect privacy.
In consideration of a flooded area by hazard map, inside and courtyard heights have been land up to 1.2 meters from road heights. Also it has been gently prevented the view line from road.
The garage of road side has been built as low as possible, and green garden has been made on their roof.
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NAS Heirloom Plant Sale is May 11, 2019!
More information including the plant descriptions and checklists!
Peppers, tomatoes, veggies, flowers, greens, herbs. We hand out numbers starting around 7:30 (maybe earlier). Most plants priced between $ 1.75 and $3.00 (tax included). Cash or checks only.
Saturday: 11 May 2019 in the Laboratory Science Greenhouse. 9 am to 3 pm.Someone will be available at the greenhouse between 7:30 to hand out numbers, so that you do not need to stand in line. Doors open at 9 AM and people will be allowed to enter in order by number.
How to Get There
The sale is held in the Laboratory Sciences Greenhouse. Take Circle Drive to the Laboratory Sciences parking lot. The greenhouse door is on the right side of the building.
History of Our Sale
The Heirloom plant sale was started by pepper enthusiast and Seed Savers Exchange member Jeff Nekola in order to provide additional funds to support a program that would bring notable speakers in the sciences to UWGB. Jeff has moved to New Mexico and the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity has taken over managing the sale.
The goals of the sale have not changed. All profits are used to directly benefit educational opportunities. The funds raised are used to provide an opportunity for students to meet and hear a diversity of perspectives and learn about latest research. Faculty or students can be sponsors and all of the talks are open to the public. In the past we have had speakers talk on a variety of subjects including phosphorus issues in the Great Lakes, endangered butterflies and land snails, new statistical techniques used in environmental science, plant community ecology, and a variety of other subjects. We also use the funds to provide students with money to travel to scientific meetings and conferences to present their own research results.
About Heirlooms
Vegetables have been cultivated for thousands of years. As people traded seeds and moved across the world they interbred different varieties in order to improve or develop specific flavors, colors, yields and the plants' ability to survive in a particular climate. Unfortunately, mass producers of vegetables decided to improve transportability and shelf life in vegetables at the expense of flavor and quality. Mass production of these hybrids led to decreasing diversity of vegetable varieties, as farmers plant large mono-cultures of tomatoes and other crops. At the same time the traditional family vegetable plot has mostly disappeared. Some varieties have already gone extinct because there was no one left to plant these wonderful vegetables. A growing interest in personal history and gardening has led to the preservation of many of our heirloom treasures. Native Americans, Amish and Mennonite groups have long collected and preserved vegetable seeds and now there are many others collecting and trading seeds as well. The Seed Savers Exchange and the Native Seeds Search are organizations that have been instrumental in preserving vegetable biodiversity by collecting, growing, and trading seeds.
Heirloom vegetables are gaining in popularity across the country, because they speak to our hearts as well as our palates. These are plants that our great-grandparents were growing, and it is possible to buy or trade seeds of plants from cultures around the world. Our sale includes many varieties developed specifically for the midwestern growing season. We also have a large number of vegetables from other parts of the world, including peppers and tomatoes from South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and southeast Asia.
Importance of Agrobiodiversity
The majority of biodiversity research is related to investigating questions related to the diversity of species in natural habitats. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization estimates, agricultural ecosystems cover as much as 37% of the Earth's arable land and make up the largest terrestrial ecosystem in the world. This huge artificial ecosystem contains an amazing diversity of domesticated plants and animals. Over the last 12,000 years over 23% of the 30,000 edible plants have been grown by humans but the vast majority of agricultural biodiversity is contained in 20 or so plants and a handful of animals. These domesticated species make up over 90% of the world's food. The vast majority of this diversity is in the form of genetic variability contained in varieties and strains. For example, there are only two species of domesticated tomatoes, but there are over 900 genetically distinct varieties that will breed true.
There has been increasing interest in understanding and preserving our agricultural biodiversity. Humans focus on developing domesticated plant and animal varieties that best meet local climate and consumer needs. The genetic variability contained in true-breeding varieties of domesticated plants and animals is important because, like the genetic variability stored in the gene pools of wild species, it is a warehouse of genes adapted to survive a world of variation in climate, pest resistance, and soil conditions. Also similar to many wild species, much genetic variability has been lost as farmers abandon traditional land races for more heavily marketed hybrids. For example, in the Middle East many drought tolerant wheat varieties were developed over thousands of years and then subsequently abandoned after the Green Revolution. Agronomists are now scrambling to recover at least some of these varieties as more parts of the world are experiencing drier conditions due to global climate change.
What is an Heirloom?
So what exactly is an Heirloom? It is a term that refers to any domesticated species or species strain, subspecies, or variety that is genetically unique, and will consistently breed true. If you breed Heirloom species A with Heirloom Species A, all of the offspring will be nearly identical to the parents. The word Heirloom is used because so many of these varieties have been handed down over several generations of farmers. Heritage, folk varieties, open-pollinated, and land-races are other terms that are used synonymously with "Heirloom".
Hybrid varieties will never breed true and should never be labeled as Heirlooms no matter their age even though some sellers may do this. Genetically modified organisms (GMO) contain the genes of more than one sometimes taxonomically unrelated species. They are created in a laboratory, and even though they may breed true are not considered to be heirlooms because they never would have occurred in nature.


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DHAKA (Reuters) - At least 50 people including policemen were injured in Bangladesh on Monday as Islamist activists protested against the prosecution of their leaders on charges stemming from a war of independence 40 years ago, police and witnesses said.
Protesters set off crude explosives and threw bricks at police who tried to disperse them with teargas, batons and some shots in the air, witnesses said.
"The Islamists vandalized dozens of vehicles and set fire to two buses in Motijheel commercial area and other places in the city," a police officer said.
Islamist party spokesman were not available for comment.
Police detained about 20 activists, reporters on the scene said, and the disturbances disrupted traffic on city-centre roads. Similar protests broke out in the northern town of Rajshahi, Chittagong in the southeast and several other towns across the country.
Bangladesh became part of Pakistan at the end of British rule in 1947 but it broke away from Pakistan in 1971 after a war between Bangladeshi nationalists, who were backed by India, and Pakistani forces.
Some factions in Bangladesh opposed the break with Pakistan.
A Bangladeshi war crimes tribunal began work in mid-2011 to investigate some of the violence during the nine-month war when up to three million people were killed and thousands of women were raped.
Last week, the tribunal reached its first verdict, sentencing a former member of the Jamaat-e-Islami party and a popular Islamic preacher, Abul Kalam Azad, to death in absentia.
Azad has been missing since April last year but the government says it is trying to find him.
Azad was charged with collaborating with Pakistani forces in the murder of Hindus, a minority in the majority-Muslim state. In one case, he was accused of killing at least 12 Hindus while shooting indiscriminately along with Pakistani soldiers.
Jamaat has been accused of helping the Pakistani army in acts of violence, which it denies.
Another 11 people, nine of them Jamaat leaders, are facing trial.
In Dhaka, the protesters said the trials were politically motivated and should be stopped, witnesses said.
In Rajshahi, protesters chanted "we shall avenge the harassment of our leaders", said an official in the town.
Human Rights Watch has said the law under which the accused were being tried fell short of international standards of due process. It cited defense lawyers, witnesses and investigators as saying they had been threatened during the trial.
The ruling party of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who set up the tribunal, has denied the accusations of bias.
Mohammad Nasim, a senior leader of Hasina's Awami League party and a former home minister, brushed off the protesters' calls for the tribunal to stop and said those responsible for abuses during the independence war had to face justice.
"They won't be able to stop it through acts of violence and lawlessness," Nasim said.
Hasina has also said those trying to derail the work of the tribunal would not succeed.
"Most of the Bangladeshi people want the war criminals tried and punished," Hasina said on Sunday.
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FORT COLLINS — Tom Hilbert wanted more of a challenge for his team this season, and the schedule released Thursday by Colorado State delivers on that wish.
The Rams, who won their fifth consecutive Mountain West title last year, going 28-2 on the season, will play host to national runner-up Wisconsin at Moby Arena on Sept. 6, the highlight of the 2014-15 slate. In addition, CSU will face four conference champions and six teams that participated in the NCAA Tournament a year ago, three finishing in the final top 25 rankings.
"It's a very good schedule," Hilbert said. "We need to pull off some wins. I'm not saying we have to be undefeated, but we have to pull off some wins against teams we're not supposed to beat."
The conference coaches voted to cut down to 18 games, meaning the removal of two home-and-away matches. CSU will face Nevada (road) and San Jose State (home) just once next season.
CSU opens the season with the Ram Volleyball Classic Aug. 30-31, facing Virginia Commonwealth, UC Santa Barbara and Marquette. The next weekend the Rams will hold a joint tournament with Northern Colorado, playing the Bears in Greeley on Sept. 3. On Sept. 5-6, the Rams return home to face Florida A&M and Wisconsin, a squad that still boasts two All-Americans.
CSU has a history of bringing top competition on Moby, having previously hosted Nebraska, UCLA and the Badgers, something Hilbert takes pride in providing.
"We're doing that part right," he said. "We have such a good home-court environment. We have a reputation nationally for how good it is, so a team like Wisconsin is not scared to come in here. They want it. They know we'll be a good, quality team to play and they know the environment is going to be good, championship-type environment."
Also on the non-conference home slate is Denver (Sept. 9). Road non-conference matches include BYU, New Mexico State, UTEP, Arizona State, Pepperdine and North Carolina Central, all in a stretch of eight days at two different tournaments.
The Rams start conference play on Sept. 25, doing so on the road at Utah State. Border War matches with Wyoming will be played Oct. 7 in Laramie and Nov. 26 at Moby Arena to close the season.
The 31 regular-season matches are the most for the program since 2003, when they scheduled 32, finishing the season 30-5.


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There have been some wonderful photos taken during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi this year, but the one that an elderly woman tried to take during a hockey game on Thursday takes the cake.
Sent to him by a friend, Twitter user Bryanwx tweeted the photo last night and it's quickly racked up over 9,000 retweets on the social media site.
Reportedly taken during the Russia/Slovenia matchup, the woman attempts to get a shot of some great hockey action, but ultimately gives herself an extreme close up look at her own eye.
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- 2 tablespoons light margarine
- 1/2 cup fresh or frozen cranberries
- 1/2 cup Brown Sugar Blend Splenda, No Calorie Sweetener, granular
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans
- 1 cup Splenda, No Calorie Sweetener, granular
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup liquid egg substitute
- 1 cup skim milk
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/4 cup Enova or canola oil
- Fat-free nondairy whipped topping (optional)
Heat oven to 350°F. Melt light margarine in microwave or over low heat in small skillet on stove. Pour melted margarine into a 9-inch nonstick round cake pan, and use a pastry brush to evenly spread the margarine across the bottom of the pan. In a small bowl, combine cranberries, Brown Sugar Blend Splenda, and pecans. Pour mixture over melted margarine in an even layer. In another small bowl, combine Splenda (white), flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon and stir well with a spoon. Add liquid egg substitute, milk, almond extract, and oil, and stir until batter is smooth. Pour batter over fruit and nut mixture evenly. Bake for 30 minutes, or until lightly brown on top. Remove from oven and allow to cool 5 minutes, then carefully invert using protective gloves onto a serving plate and remove pan. Allow cake to cool. Cut into 10 slices and top each with 1 tablespoon fat-free nondairy whipped topping if desired.
Yield: 10 servings.
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Calories: 165 calories, Carbohydrates: 17 g, Protein: 4 g, Fat: 9 g, Saturated Fat: 1 g, Cholesterol: 1 mg, Sodium: 289 mg, Fiber: 4 g
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NEW YORK -- Apparently, analysts liked what they heard from Town Sports International (TSI) during the company's conference call last Thursday to announce its first-quarter results. TSI boasted a first-quarter profit and increased revenue, causing at least two of the analysts who participated in the call to raise their profit estimates for the company.
TSI earned a net income of $4.8 million, or 18 cents per share, and revenue increased 9.5 percent to $126.3 million in first quarter 2008. Revenue was $115.4 million in first quarter 2007, when TSI lost $3.8 million, or 15 cents a share, as it took charge of $12.5 million to pay off debt. The net income and revenue in first quarter 2008 was greater than analysts had expected.
The increase in revenue is attributed to growth in membership and personal training revenue, which shot up 15.9 percent to $16.1 million. Membership is up 7.6 percent from a year ago to a total of 512,000 members. Comparable club revenue increased 4.5 percent, 1.7 percent of which was due to an increase in membership. Revenues from TSI's corporate and group sales program grew nearly 50 percent in first quarter 2008.
"Even in a challenging consumer environment, our overall trends remained consistent and positive," TSI CEO Alex Alimanestianu said during the conference call. "We continue to offer our core metropolitan customers an affordable and convenient way to stay committed to their exercise fitness and lifestyle goals and using our clustering strategy to guide our expansion. We continue to build clubs that solidify our strong market position in our core regions."
Total operating expenses increased 9 percent to $112.2 million for first quarter 2008 compared to $103 million for first quarter 2007. Operating margin improved to 11.1 percent for first quarter 2008 from 10.8 percent in first quarter 2007. EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and loss on extinguishment of debt) increased 13.6 percent to $27.2 million.
TSI opened two clubs and closed one club in first quarter 2008, Alimanestianu said. Dan Gallagher, TSI's chief financial officer, said that the company plans to open 11 clubs and close four clubs, bringing the total number of clubs to 168 by the end of 2008.
TSI expects revenue for the year to be in the range of $510 million to $520 million, or about 8-10 percent growth over 2007, and projects net income will be between $21.3 million and $22.3 million for 2008 compared to $13.6 million in 2007. The company expects to spend $90 million in 2008 compared to a previous estimate of $95 million.
TSI also announced that it plans to buy back up to $25 million in shares of its stock by the end of 2009. The company approved the plan on April 29.
Ed Aaron of RBC Capital Markets raised his profit estimates to bring them in line with the company's guidance, and Anthony Gikas of Piper Jaffray raised his price target on TSI's stock from $10 to $12 after the conference call.
A third analyst, Tom Shaw of Stifel Nicolaus, expects TSI to earn 84 cents per share this year and maintained a "Buy" rating. However, Shaw says TSI's guidance could be too low.
TSI's stock was at $9.51 today. The stock has traded in between $6.10 and $23.36 over the past 52 weeks.
Sharon Zackfia, an analyst with William Blair, asked Alimanestianu during the call about how TSI is faring in the New York City market. Alimanestianu said the company does not break out regional performance but that the company is satisfied with the New York/Manhattan portfolio in the first quarter.
"In a difficult economic environment, we think that we benefit in Manhattan from being, I'd say, the most affordable, value-oriented, quality option in the market," Alimanestianu told Zackfia. "As we look out our windows from our [New York] offices, the sky is not falling."


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* Sandy may halt, flood New York City subway system
* Mandatory evacuation in coastal Delaware communities
* Hurricane due to arrive a week before U.S. election (Adds new location and storm speed)
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HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C., Oct 27 (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy closed in on the United States on Saturday as coastal communities along the East Coast scrambled to prepare for torrential rains, high winds, major flooding and power outages a week before the presidential election.
Governors in states in the hurricane's path declared emergencies, announcing mandatory evacuations of vulnerable areas. New York City officials discussed whether to shut the subway system on Sunday in advance of the storm.
Rain accumulations of up to 12 inches (30 cm) and heavy snowfall inland are considered likely in some areas. As it merges with an Arctic jet stream, forecasters said Sandy has all the ingredients to transform into a "super storm" unlike anything seen over the eastern United States in decades.
On its current projected track, Sandy could make U.S. landfall on Monday night or Tuesday morning anywhere between Maryland and southern New England, forecasters said. Some computer models showed a likely landfall between Delaware and the New York/New Jersey area.
The hurricane was headed toward densely populated areas with tens of millions of people. Officials urged residents to stock up on food, water and batteries. Worried residents packed stores, buying generators, candles, food and other supplies in anticipation of power outages. Some local governments announced schools would be closed on Monday and Tuesday.
"They're freaking out," said Joe Dautel, a clerk at a hardware store in Glenside, Pennsylvania. "I'm selling people four, five, six packs of batteries - when I had them."
Sandy also threatened to disrupt air travel in the region.
Sandy was located about 305 miles (490 km) south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, with top sustained winds of 75 miles (120 km) per hour at about 11 p.m. Saturday (0300 Sunday GMT), the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said. The storm was still moving slowly over the Atlantic at 14 miles per hour (22 kph).
"There's no avoiding a significant storm-surge event over a large area," said National Hurricane Center Director Rick Knabb. "We just can't pinpoint who's going to get the worst of it."
The White House said President Barack Obama took part in a call with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate to discuss preparations for Sandy.
The approaching storm forced a change of plans for both presidential candidates ahead of the Nov. 6 election. The White House said Obama canceled a campaign appearance in Virginia on Monday and another stop in Colorado on Tuesday, and will instead monitor the storm from Washington.
Republican challenger Mitt Romney canceled a trip to Virginia set for Sunday, when the state is expected to begin feeling Sandy's impact, and will go instead to Ohio.
Coastal flooding posed a major threat, particularly in low-lying areas like New York City, the global financial nerve center, and Alexandria, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.
"This is not a coastal threat alone," Fugate told reporters, warning of the potential for flooding in Maryland and Pennsylvania, as well as more than 2 feet (0.6 meters) of snow in West Virginia and southwest Pennsylvania. "This is going to go well inland," he added.
Delaware Governor Jack Markell ordered a mandatory evacuation of an estimated 50,000 people in coastal communities on Saturday. New Jersey's Cape May County ordered an evacuation of its barrier islands, home to some popular beach resorts, by Sunday afternoon.
In New York, authorities were considering closing down the city's buses, subways, commuter railroads, bridges and tunnels as early as 7 p.m. on Sunday, when the last commuter trains would depart, with the entire system to be closed down by 3 a.m. Monday, officials said.
Forecasters said flooding could span multiple tides with a storm surge of 4 to 8 feet (1.2-2.4 meters) in Long Island Sound, the southern portion of Lower New York Bay and Delaware Bay.
Sandy's storm surge has the potential to flood New York City's subway system if the storm arrives at or near Monday evening's high tide around 9 p.m., according to Jeff Masters, a hurricane specialist who also writes a Weather Underground blog.
Monday is also a full moon, which creates an extra-high tide. "These storm surge heights will be among the highest ever recorded along the affected coasts, and will have the potential to cause billions of dollars in damage," Masters wrote.
Officials said 50 to 60 million people could be affected by Sandy, which many forecasters warn could be more destructive than Irene, which caused billions of dollars in damage across the U.S. Northeast in August 2011.
Sandy continued to grow in size with tropical storm-force winds extending across 700 miles (1,125 km). More powerful hurricane force winds extended 105 miles (165 km) from its center, increasing the risk of downed trees and power lines, forecasters said.
"The winds... expected to be at or near hurricane strength at landfall... will spread inland for hundreds of miles either side of the storm center," according to a blog posted on Weather Underground (www.wunderground.com) by veteran weather forecaster Bryan Norcross.
"It's hard to imagine how millions of people are not going to be without power for an extended period of time," he added.
As the threat of a monster storm began to sink in, shoppers crowded hardware stores and supermarkets looking to stock up on emergency supplies. At a Trader Joe's store in Millburn, New Jersey, shelves were stripped bare of bread, bottled water and milk.
Customers at a Home Depot in Willow Grove, a suburb of Philadelphia, were greeted by big hand-written signs saying, "No generators." The store received a shipment of 50 generators on Friday evening and sold them all within minutes of opening on Saturday, said January Introcaso, one of the store managers.
The store also sold out of flashlights and batteries. It was a similar story at other hardware stores in the area, with candles, tarps and rope also in demand.
Sandy killed at least 66 people as it made its way through the Caribbean islands, including 51 in southern Haiti, mostly from flash flooding and mudslides, according to authorities. Another 11 people died in Cuba, largely due to from collapsed buildings, officials said.
Tropical storm-force winds were being felt near the North Carolina coast. There were tropical storm warnings for all of the coastal portion of the state, along with about half of South Carolina.
Along North Carolina's Outer Banks barrier islands, which jut out into the Atlantic, the winds and rains increased on Saturday, and ferry service between Ocracoke and Hatteras Islands on the Outer banks was suspended.
"Right now it's blowing pretty hard," said Ray Waller, manager of the Ocracoke office of North Carolina Ferry Division. (Additional reporting by Dave Warner in Philadelphia, Ellen Wulfhorst in New York, Mary Ellen Clark in Connecticut and Sam Youngman in Washington; Writing by David Adams and Tom Brown; Editing by Will Dunham and Bill Trott)


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Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook called the proxy fight with a prominent investor over how it distributes its cash a "silly sideshow."
"Frankly I find it bizarre that we would find ourselves being sued for something that's good for consumers," Cook said at a Goldman Sachs technology conference Tuesday. "I think it's a … it's a silly sideshow, honestly."
Hedge fund manager David Einhorn sued Apple in a New York federal court to stop a proposal for a shareholder vote to Apple's charter before it can issue preferred stock. Einhorn's idea is that "perpetually preferred" stock will yield a higher dividend to shareholders, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Despite Einhorn's lawsuit, others including the California Public Employees' Retirement System, support Apple's new proposal. The proposal will stop any issuing of "blank check" preferred stock, something Cook said is good for shareholders. But despite Cook's public views, Apple will not be doing a big campaign to defeat Einhorn's lawsuit, because Cook considers it "a waste of shareholder money, and it's a distraction, and it's not a seminal issue for Apple."
Apple is already giving $45 billion to shareholders through dividends and buybacks and is looking into other ways to return cash to shareholders and isn't hoarding cash, Cook said.
While Cook didn't confirm Apple making cheaper versions of the iPhone, he did say that Apple is looking into creating more affordable products such as its iPod media players. He also noted that the iPhone 4 is still selling well, likely because it's free with a two-year contract.
The Apple chief also sloughed off ideas that its newer devices are "cannibalizing" its other devices. "The truth is, we really don't think about it that much," Cook said. "Our basic belief is, if we don't cannibalize, someone else will."
Cook's words should calm shareholders who are following Einhorn in a quest for quick dividend cash. The stock market is becoming an increasingly fast way to make cash, with many investors using algorithms to hold onto shares for only seconds before cashing out. Cook's words don't put those people at ease because it means that Apple is playing the long game and not the short one, but perhaps its enough for its more moderate shareholders.


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