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Along for the Ride
Monnie Ryan 9/6/2012 5:43:30 AMWonderful composition - must be a great place to visit (I know I'd love it)! #1484828
Carolyn M. Fletcher 9/6/2012 6:02:14 AMLooks like fun! I'd like to ride, though.. #10311088
Tiia Vissak 9/6/2012 8:03:40 AMa cool image! #10311237
Jeff Robinson 9/6/2012 8:26:22 AMFantastic comp and capture Michelle! #10311270
Nancyj E. Hovey 9/6/2012 9:25:14 AMHa, that little pup has the best seat available...what a great shot and find. Wonderful presentation! 8o) #10311317
Dominick M. Dimacale 9/6/2012 9:50:42 AMAwesome capture here, Michelle!
Dominick #10311374
Patrick Rouzes 9/6/2012 10:42:14 AMNot much escapes that sharp eye, Michelle! The lighting, tones, textures, clarity & crop are superb, my friend! Exceptional MT entry!
Jack Gaskin 9/6/2012 11:42:09 AMGotta Love a MAN & his dog shot. No lap dog ,bow in the hair painter nails, pampered purse puppy.
Yes I've been KNOWN to tell a TALE or TWO every now & Again. Glad you enjoy them ;o) !!
Jack #10311534
Mike Clime 9/6/2012 12:38:32 PMNice capture and those are great farm dogs, Michelle! My Dad's used to ride on the tractor with him. #10311591
Emile Abbott 9/6/2012 1:31:13 PMMans best friend. Love the way you composed this Michelle. #10311671
Barbara Waldoch 9/6/2012 4:59:43 PMWonderful shot, Michelle! #10311912
Steve D. Hinkle 9/6/2012 5:32:50 PMA wonderful capture! Michelle. #10311956
Carol L. Fowler 9/6/2012 6:44:03 PMWonderful capture. Looks like a fun day! #10312073
Tammy Espino 9/6/2012 7:42:36 PMA wonderful country capture :) #10312198
Marijana Fajgl 9/7/2012 12:28:16 AMI love your perspective and composition here, Michelle! Wonderful capture! #10312414
frank w. degenhardt 9/7/2012 5:15:06 AMThe way you cropped and composed the picture to start with is fantastic. Love the look as it was your desire to make the pooch the main attraction of the picture. He does seem to be enjoying the ride. Beautiful colors and I love that treatment my friend. #10312709
Leslie McLain 9/7/2012 4:48:41 PMFantastic capture and perspective, Michelle. #10313466
Martha R. Mazon 9/8/2012 10:37:37 AMOutstanding composition, Michelle! #10314237
Farmer's Best Friend!
Last Saturday was the occasion of the Annual Plow Meet at the Howell Living History Farm. Several of my Camera Club friends enjoyed the day with me. It was a fun day!
Throughout, wagon tours of the farm were available. As one such tour passed by, I noted an important passenger in the wagon.
It wasn't until this moment that I noticed that the wheels on this vehicle were definitely NOT of 19th Century vintage. Everything else on the farm is completely authentic--from the buildings, farming implements, produce, food, animals--down to the clothing of the farm families and hands.
A visit to THIS FARM is truly an EDUCATION!
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Photos: Pride, passion, music and fireworks at Paralympic...
The Games are over and the athletes and ...
Women in cross-country relay looking to gain experience
In this file photo, Chandra Crawford of Canada competes during the Women's Individual Sprint C Qualification on day 6 of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics at Whistler Olympic Park Biathlon Stadium.
Photograph by: Lars Baron , Getty Images
WHISTLER, B.C. — It used to be that Canadian skiers were "just happy to be here" at the Winter Olympics.
And it will be the case again Thursday, when Dasha Gaiazova of Banff, Alta., Perianne Jones of Almonte, Ont., Chandra Crawford of Canmore, Alta., and Madeleine Williams of Edmonton ski for Canada in the women's 4x5-kilometre relay at Whistler Olympic Park.
With the exception of Crawford, the entire team is comprised of newbies to Olympic competition. Tom Holland, the high performance director for Cross-Country Canada, admits the women's program is here mainly for experience.
"There are no high expectations, by any means," Holland said Thursday. "We took Sara (Renner) out because we're saving her for the 30K. Without Sara, it makes it that much more difficult. It will be a good experience for them. Individually, they can all see how they measure up."
Renner, a silver medallist from the Turin Olympics four years ago, when she was paired with Beckie Scott in the team sprint, is being held back to save her reserves for Saturday's 30K, the longest and final of six Olympic cross-country events for women. It will be the last race for the 33-year-old mom from Canmore in Olympic competition. Renner made her first appearance at the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano.
"Our women's program is in a rebuilding phase," Holland says.
"And Chandra is in a rebuilding phase herself."
Crawford, 26, won a surprise gold medal in 2006 at the Turin Games in the individual sprint, when the race was run under the freestyle format, her strength. After an interrupted 2008-09 season in which foot and ankle injuries, surgery and rehab were her chief concerns, Crawford is on the rebound, but she's not quite there yet.
She was 26th in the individual sprint at the 2010 Games eight days ago in a "classic" style race, which is not her strength. The two styles of cross-country skiing — classic and freestyle — alternate every four years.
"Chandra's come a long way in the last month and a half," Holland says. "She's building toward the world championships next year, where it's a skating race. And she's very positive about the way things are going now."
Among the leading contenders in Thursday's relay, Marit Bjoergen will ski the anchor leg for Norway in search of her fourth medal of the Vancouver-Whistler Games. She already has two golds and a bronze.
Sweden's chances of going for the gold, however, have been compromised by a viral infection that has sidelined Anna Haag, a double silver medallist. She has been quarantined and scratched from Sweden's relay team. Teammate Charlotte Kalla, who has a gold and silver medal, is also ill but she is expected to race.
Finland won the women's relay at the 2009 world championships, but the Finns have been conspicuously and curiously absent from the medal podium at the 2010 Winter Games.


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Manboy goes electronic for Kuudes aisti
by Manboy
Hi folks, we'll be playing our only gig this summer at the urban music festival Kuudes aisti on Sunday 29th July. It will also be our first electronic gig ever, featuring a selection of our songs played with a few synths and a drum machine called Toni Sinisalo. We'll be on stage at 10 PM. Go and get your ticket before it's too late!
Vote for Manboy's "How It Hurts"
by Manboy
If you haven't picked out your favorite music video from the Emma nominees yet, you still have a day or so to choose! Do the right thing, you know what it is.
The very best of the best, director Teemu Niukkanen and one proud rock band at the press event for Emma.
Manboy nominated for Emma
by Manboy
Manboy's "How It Hurts" is nominated as Best Music Video Of 2011 at the annual finnish music award gala Emma. Well, we did tell you Kennel Helsinki's Teemu Niukkanen is best director in the world! If you like the video too, please go and vote for it HERE and win VIP tickets to the gala held at 20th January in Helsinki.
Manboy says thanks, cheers and hooray for Teemu!
Live photos from Helsinki
by Manboy
Check out some seriously cool photos from our gig with Hurts!
Interviews for Ilta-Sanomat and Voice
by Manboy
Manboy supports for Hurts (UK)
by Manboy
Manboy will be supporting Hurts (UK) on Saturday 15th October in Jäähalli, Helsinki. There might be a few tickets left to the almost sold-out concert, check 'em out here. Manboy on stage at 8 PM, Hurts at 9 PM. Hope to see you there, folks!
Manboy on tour with Kemopetrol
by Manboy
We're happy to announce we'll be playing a few tour dates with our old friends from Kemopetrol. Some of you may know we played one of our first gigs with them over 10 years ago, as they started out around the same times as us. They have just released a new album and we'll be joining them in Helsinki, Seinäjoki, Vaasa and Tampere. More dates may be announced later on. Check our tour dates for more information.
"How It Hurts" one of the best videos of 2011
by Manboy
"How It Hurts" was selected as one of the best finnish music videos of the year at the annual Oulu Music Video Festival. Hooray for the director Teemu Niukkanen, hooray for us! Tune onto The Voice to see the video, or check it out here. It's reaching almost 40 000 hits on YouTube and Vimeo, not bad.
"How It Hurts" at NRJ this week
by Manboy
Our new single "How It Hurts" will be on air at NRJ with Karo's interview every day from Monday to Friday 29th August to 2nd September. If you like it, go and let 'em know!
Manboy becoming a Russian hit?
by Manboy
As Suosikki reported: our new single How It Hurts seems to be drawing attention in Russia. Hello there!
- Manboy goes electronic for Kuudes aisti (Jul 23)
- Vote for Manboy's "How It Hurts" (Jan 17)
- Manboy nominated for Emma (Nov 30)
- Live photos from Helsinki (Oct 18)
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Garner Gets Bond Rating Upgrade
Moody's Investors Service has upgraded to Aa1 from Aa2 the rating on the Town of Garner's $29.3 million in outstanding general obligation bonds, the company announced on April 17. The upgrade could help the Town obtain better interest rates and terms for future borrowings and bond issuances.
"The upgrade to Aa1 is based on the town's consistently strong financial position bolstered by conservative fiscal policies, a growing tax base benefitting from its proximity to the City of Raleigh, and manageable debt and pension burdens," Moody's said.
The bond credit rating company also cited Garner's maintenance of a strong liquidity and reserve position and below-average unemployment levels. Moody's added that Garner "will likely experience continued growth driven by ongoing residential and commercial development."
"The upgraded Moody's general obligation bond rating is a positive achievement for the Town and speaks to our credit worthiness," Town Manager Rodney Dickerson said. "Although there are no guarantees, the Aa1 upgrade could yield better interest rates and terms for future borrowings and bond issuances. I commend the Town Council and staff for our fiscal policies and for putting us in a position to be upgraded."
Moody's lauded the Town's high level of fund balance, or reserves. "The town has maintained consistently high General Fund balance at levels well above the national medians for the Aa1 rating category, averaging 86.5% of revenues during the last five fiscal years (ending June 30, 2016)," the company said. The Town has added to fund balance in four of the last five fiscal years, Moody's noted.
The firm also observed that "the town's management team is solid and has been able to produce consistently balanced operations over a sustained period."
Moody's said Garner's "debt burden is expected to remain manageable given modest future debt plans, continued tax base growth, and adherence to formal debt policies."
As noted by Moody's, the Town's future debt plans include issuance of the remaining $11.2 million in general obligation bonds from the 2013 bond referendum. The issuances are expected to occur in two installments: $4 million in the next 12 to 18 months and $7.2 million in the next 18 to 36 months.
The Town's credit rating with Standard & Poor's Ratings Services was upgraded from AA to AA+ in late 2013.
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Brooklyn Slate Company
- Location: Brooklyn, New York
- Specialty: Slate Tabletop and Garden Products
- Price range: $$
- Website: brooklynslate.com
Store History
- Founded: 2009
- Founded by: Sean Tice and Kristy Hadeka
- Headquarters: Brooklyn, New York
I fell in LOVE with the Brooklyn Slate Company's slate cheese board, when shopping on Gilt Taste last week. When entertaining guests, it is always fun to throw in an element of surprise, such as the slate board for displaying appetizers. They have a few other slate tabletop products as well: slate placemat, slate beverage coaster, and a slate garden market.
Started in 2009, the Brooklyn Slate Company is the upshot of Sean, a graphic designer, and Kristy, a Parsons graduate student (featured above). Kristy's family has a slate quarry in upstate New York and when visiting, they would always bring back small pieces of slate. They started finding new uses for the material around the home and gifted a few pieces to friends. As the gifts grew in popularity, Sean and Kristy discovered they were on to something—and the Brooklyn Slate Company was born.
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"It makes sense to use H2 whenever you need an embedded database in your Java application. Or if you need a database for regression testing, or to learn SQL or the JDBC API. Or if you need a high-performance database," H2 creator Thomas Mueller told InfoQ., who also made a comparison to HSQLDB and Derby:
There are some architecural problems in HSQLDB that are hard to fix or work around: The opening / closing a database in HSQLDB can be very slow if the database is big, because the whole database is always backed up. HSQLDB doesn't offer any transaction isolation. Some operations on HSQLDB are limited by the memory (result set size, transaction size, BLOB / CLOB size). The current query optimizer of HSQLDB is really bad in my opinion. A lot of the higher level features are not supported (updatable result sets, encrypted database, data compression, computed columns, linear index, hash index, multi-dimensional index, linked table). In my view the source code of H2 is cleaner than that of HSQLDB. But the jar file of H2 is a bit bigger than the one of HSQLDB (1 MB jar file size instead of 600 KB). And for some very simple operations HSQLDB is currently a little bit faster.There aren't plans to merge H2 with HSQLDB due to the licensing. HSQLDB is available on a BSD license whereas H2 is has a copy of the Mozilla Public License. Thomas clarified:
The comparison between H2 and Derby / Java DB is also quite interesting. The biggest difference is, in my view, speed. Derby is just really slow (like, ten times slower) for simple operations. This didn't change since it was a standalone company (Cloudscape Inc.). In my view this performance problem of Derby is an architectural problem, and I don't think it can be changed without re-writing a large part of the code. But that's just my opinion. I know, many people will say that the speed depends on the the application and that it's easy to write a benchmark that favors one product. But my performance tests are open source, fair (in my view), and based on known algorithms like TPC-A and TPC-C (modified for the single-user case). There are a few other problems with Derby, like each table and index is stored in it's own file in Derby. Feature-wise, H2 and Derby are probably at about the same level.
The main difference to the BSD license is: Under the BSD license, anybody can take the source code, change it and sell it without providing the changes back to the community. This is not possible under the MPL. It is still commercial-friendly (more friendly than GPL): You can use H2 in a commercial application without having to provide the source code of your application. You only have to provide changes in H2 code (for example, bugfixes). If a company could also add a new indexing mechanism (I don't know, for example an R-Tree index) to H2 and sell the resulting product without having to provide the source code for this added feature. The MPL is similar to the LGPL, but in my view clearer in what you can do and what not, at least for Java applications. There is still the option to dual- or tripple-license the code, for example if somebody needs the LGPL license.Going forward, Thomas will be focused on testing, bugfixing, but also "performance optimizations, improving concurrency and compatibility with other databases." Thomas doesn't have any plans to commercialize his work but may consider offering support should sufficient interest arise.
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Hibernate support
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Re: Hibernate support
Thomas Mueller
Hibernate is supported. The native 'H2Dialect' is included in Hibernate version 3.2.0 (according to the Hibernate bug tracking system, issue HHH-1558, actually I didn't check myself yet). For Hibernate versions where the H2 dialect is not included, the HSQLDB dialect works for most cases. Or you can add the dialect yourself to Hibernate if you like, it is included in the H2 download.
Re: Hibernate support
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karan malhi
xml support and xquery
karan malhi
Re: clustering
Thomas Mueller
While doing performance tests, I came to the conclusion that H2, HSQLDB, MySQL and PostgreSQL all perform about the same when doing the same things (there are some exceptions, PostgreSQL is a little slower, Derby is a lot slower). The problem is that for MySQL and PostgreSQL, the request always needs to jump over the 'language barrier' (transforming data to/from Java) and over the TCP/IP barrier. Even if you could use MySQL embedded in a Java app (without TCP/IP), there would be the 'native call' overhead. And caching is usually done in the database layer, so Java databases have an advantage in Java apps. So the advantage of H2 is: The base performance is good, it is written in Java, and the optimizer is good. All aspects can and need to be improved of course.
> Would it be possible to cluster H2 in embedded and server mode.
The 'mixed clustering mode' you described sounds very interesting! Currently this mode is not possible (clustering always goes over TCP/IP at the moment) but I will add this to the feature request list; it should be quite easy to implement.
Re: xml support and xquery
Thomas Mueller
Re: clustering
karan malhi
Even if you could use MySQL embedded in a Java app (without TCP/IP), there would be the 'native call' overhead.
How about if you compile the drive and application it to native code. I think GCJ has that option. In that case, the difference should not be visible , right?
Re: xml support and xquery
karan malhi
What exactly to you have in mind?
Storing XML as a CLOB
What are the use cases?
I want to author training materials and store them as XML CLOB's in the database. Each book has chapters and I want the ability to query the XML and retrieve some chapters depending on the clients requirement (not the whole book). I dont want to read the whole XML document and then filter out the information I need. XQuery could be a possible solution. I saw something in DB2 9 which supports XQuery
There are some XML functions implemented in H2 to create XML documents from relational data.
Could you provide the link to those functions
Do you want to 'shred' XML into tables/rows? Or store it as a CLOB (I'm currently working on automatic CLOB/BLOB compression by the way)?
As a CLOB
Or store it in some other way? What about versioning?
Once I have retrieved the selected chapters and customized the book for the client, I will use SVN to version the pdf format of the book
Maybe JDBC and SQL are not the best APIs to store/manipulate/query XML,
Please have a look at this link . this is a blog entry by Ilya Stern
did you have a look at the JCR API, and specially Jackrabbit (jackrabbit.apache.org)?
Not yet. But I will look into it. Thanks
Re: clustering
karan malhi
How about if you compile the driver and the application to native code. I think GCJ has that option. In that case, the difference should not be visible , right?
Re: clustering
Thomas Mueller
Re: xml support and xquery
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using H2 with TopLink
David Coldrick
I notice when using H2 with TopLink - where I need to specify database location in preferences.xml - if I use an embedded specification of:
than the database does not get created on access.
If I use:
it all works.
Any way I can make the specification a subdirectory of my home directory without hard-coding it? This is on Ubuntu 6.06.
Thanks and regards,
Re: using H2 with TopLink
Thomas Mueller
> jdbc:h2:file:~/.mydir/myDB
This is a good idea. I wonder why Java doesn't support this syntax directly. Anyway, I will add support for this feature if possible (not sure when yet).


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Alice Oh
- Fine Arts (Professor)
- Foundation (Professor)
Sarah Peter Hall Room SP504A
- MFA, Yale University
- BFA, Tyler School of Art, Temple University
- Temple University, Rome, Italy
- School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Recent Exhibitions
- "Affininties: Women Artists-Women Inspirations"-Group Exhitbition, Widener University, Widener Gallery, Chester, PA, 2014..
- Life in Flux, Solo Exhibition, Boyden Gallery, St. Mary College, St. Mary City, MD, 2014
- Perspectives: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2014.
- Exhibition, Bob Oré & Simon Oré's Fine Art Gallery, West Hollywood, CA, 2014
- Liminal Sites: 2013 Faculty Triennial Exhibition, Moore College of Art & Design, 2013
- The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 2012
- Paintings included in West Philly Abstraction, University City Arts League, Philadelphia, 2012.
- Works on "Color after Josef Alberts" included in Re-Generation at The Painting Center, New York, 2012.
- Traveling exhibition for The Linda Lee Alter Collection of Art by Women, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2012-13
- "TWIST," Southwest Minnesota State University Art Museum, Marshall, MN, November, 2012
- Philagrafika Portfolio Prints, group exhibition, studio:christensen, May, 2012
- "West Philly Abstraction," University City Arts League, Philadelphia.
- "Re-Generation," Group Exhibition, The Painting Center, New York City, January, 2012
- "Printed, Painted, Pressed," C2 Fine Arts Gallery, St. Petersburg, Fla., September 9 - November 1, 2011.
- "Beyond Measure," C2 Fine Arts Gallery, St. Petersburg, Fla., September 9 - November 1, 2011.
- "Arts Science," Group exhibition, October 12 - November 4, 2011; Montgomery College, Rockville Campus Art Department, Rockville, MD
- Faculty Triennial Exhibition – Practice and Process, The Galleries at Moore: Goldie Paley Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2010.
- "The SPE Conference", Group exhibition, Silicon Gallery, 2010.
- "The Rite of Spring" , Group exhibition, Seraphin Gallery, 2010.
- "Women's Work". Group Exhibition, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2010.
- "Adaptation-Equilibrium Between Tensions: Paintings", Franklin & Marshall College Dana Gallery, Steinman College Center, Lancaster, PA, 2010.
- "Immersion", Group Exhibition at the Moore Galleries at the Kimmel Center for Performing Arts, 2008
- "Scratching the Surface: Abstraction Now," Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE; "Philagrafika Exhibition," 2007, William Penn Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
Recent Activities
Juror for the Philadelphia Sketch Club-153rd Small Oils Show, Philadelphia, PA
- Participated in the Artist Talk: Adaptation-Equilibrium Between Tension at the Alumnae Reunion at Moore, 2012
Awards and Fellowships
- 2012 Visiting Artist and Lecturer in the Fine Arts Department at Haverford College
- 2011 Visiting Artist at the Delaware College of Art & Design
- 2004 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowships
- 2003 GAP Grant, Pew Fellowships in the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
- 2000 Pew Fellowship Award, Pew Fellowships in the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
- Seedling Grant, The Leeway Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
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Counting my blessings
Best wishes for a happy Thanksgiving. My family and I, like many Americans, will be gathering around a table loaded with food today. I thank God for another year of life, for family and friends, and for the plenty and freedoms we enjoy.
Remember our soldiers in your prayers today. My internet friend Fred sent a link to a photo essay of an Air Force Pararescue in Afghanistan. It's interesting and informative, well worth a visit.
And now, I must head for the kitchen. I have things to do there, and I'm also still cleaning house. I've been looking on the Reynolds cooking bag site to see just how long our turkey needs to be in the oven.


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lesson videos showing Outdoor Skills, and First-Aid Skills plus Merit Badges, and Scout Awards links.
Troop resources include the Advancement Campout and monthly Troop Program Themes.
|The Tenderfoot rank requirements were revised effective January 1, 2008.
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- "The requirements for Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class ranks may be worked on simultaneously; however, these ranks must be earned in sequence."
- Alternate Requirements for the Tenderfoot rank are available for Scouts with qualifying physical or mental disabilities.
- The Advancement Campout includes all of the camping, cooking, first aid, and hiking skills through First Class.
Requirement resources
1. Outdoor Checklists - Packing a Backpack - Clothing - Outdoor Gear - Footwear - Sleeping Bags - Sleeping Pads
2. Tent Setup
3. Cooking Skills - Backpacking Stoves
4. Knots: Whipping and Fusing - Taut-Line Hitch - Two Half Hitches
- Animated Knots: Basic Scout Knots - Forty Scout knots - Special Knots - Sailing knots - Fishing knots - Folsoms Knots - Animatedknots.com - Great Animations - More Animated Knots - More great Animated Knots - Still more - Knot Videos - Basics Videos - Basics2
- Other Knot Links: Advanced knots - Ropers Knots Page - Climbing Knots - Fishing knots - Knots Index
5. Hiking Skills - Navigation - Navigation Without a Compass
6. Flag Ceremonies
7. Scout Oath - Scout Law - Scout Motto - Scout Slogan
8. Patrol
9. Buddy System - BSA: Bullying Prevention and Intervention Tips for Scout Leaders and Parents
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- Lesson Videos: Warm Up - Stretching - Running - Pull-Ups - Push-Ups - Basketball - Baseball - Football - Bench Press - Leg Curls
- Rules, etiquette, equipment, diagram of playing area:
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- Unauthorized Sports: Boxing, Karate & "Related Martial Arts" (excepting judo, aikido, and tai chi), Parachuting, Motorized events (motorbikes, drag racing, speedboats), Paintball, Hunting, Parasailing, etc.
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11. Poisonous Plants
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12b. Cuts and Scratches - Blisters - Burns - Bites and Stings - Snakebite - Nosebleed - Frostbite - Sunburn
- Your handbook is your primary reference. See First-Aid Skills for step-by-step instructions and lesson video links.
- See also: First Aid merit badge pamphlet - First-Aid Kit - Emergency Kit - Guide to Safe Scouting - Annual Health & Medical Record
13. What does Scout Spirit really mean? (It's not what you do in your troop!)
14. Scoutmaster Conference - Explains that you don't "pass" a Scoutmaster Conference and how to appeal.
15. Board of Review - What can they ask? How long can it be? Is the uniform really required? How do you appeal?
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|Personal development-related awards
11-12: Emergency Preparedness Awards
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5 Pretty & Bizarre Peanut Butter Sandwiches
I have a small obsession with a good peanut butter sandwich. There's nothing wrong with a simple slather between two pieces of bread, but I'm always excited to jazz things up. 10 of my favorite peanut butter sandwich combos can be found over at Ohdeedoh. The fine folks over at Peanut Butter & Company have a few more ideas, too, and they're a little more, how shall we say, bizarre — but beautiful!
Lee Zalben, the founder of Peanut Butter & Co., has been doing his best to twist the traditional concept of a peanut butter sandwich while still keeping it familiar and tasty. This past year he decided to make a new sandwich a day and some of the results were recently shown at a 3-day pop-up shop gallery opening in New York City.
While some of his sandwich creations leave me running for the kitchen (or even the grocery store), others will bring you to a full stop and have you scratching your head and asking, "Huh, wonder if that's any good?"
Pictured above are five of the creations. You can see more over at the Peanut Butter & Co Tumblr. It's packed with all sorts of interesting creations including a towering honey open-faced piece and one made with donuts as bread!
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Check out the captions above to find out what's in each creation. Which one looks like your favorite? I know you're all dying to try a big bite of bread coated in pixie sticks, filled with lime curd — oh yeah, and peanut butter of course!
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A moratorium is in effect on adding information from Fire and Blood until December 20th.
A mercenary is a soldier who takes temporary assignments fighting for wages rather than as an official member of an army. There are a number of different types of mercenaries. The terms "sellsword" and "freerider" carry a certain stigma in Westeros. Sellswords are said to have no loyalty, and freeriders no discipline.
A Sellsword is a mercenary who hires out his services to the highest bidder. Inevitably, this sort of lifestyle involves a great deal of violence and physical exertion. Many sellswords are organized into companies. Some of the sellsword companies are very disciplined (such as the Golden Company), and some are nothing but rabble joined together in search of loot (like the Brave Companions); the Second Sons and the Stormcrows are in the middle.[1] Most tend to be experienced professional soldiers, as it is a profession a man tends to chose after he's tasted a few battles and learned that he's good at fighting.[2]
The Free Cities have made heavy use of mercenaries for centuries, to fight their endless wars in the Stepstones and the Disputed Lands; as such there are more sellswords in Essos than in Westeros. Many of the mercenary soldiers of the east are organized into long-established sellsword companies, or "free companies".[2]
Notable Sellsword companies
"Freerider" is a broad term, sometimes used to denote a mounted sellsword, but more often referring to other mounted fighters who are not part of a lord's retinue or feudal levy. Some are hedge knights and are experienced fighters, but also many are green and untrained recruits and farm boys who have nowhere else to go. Most do not collect wages, instead fighting for plunder or a hope to be taken into a lord or knight's service. Some freeriders fight simply as a means to survive: when war sweeps over villages, those refugees who do not flee to the nearest city or take to outlawry as "broken men" may saddle their horse (if they're lucky enough to have one) and become a freerider for a better chance of being fed. Whatever their origin, freeriders are mostly used as scouts, outriders, foragers, and light cavalry.[2]
A sellsail is a mercenary sailor who engages in naval battles for pay. Sellsails may work as pirates or smugglers when not employed.
The scent of blood or the scent of gold, they smell the same in the end.[3]
– Yoren to Eddard Stark
A man who fights for coin is loyal only to his purse.[4]
– Kevan Lannister to a courier
– Cersei Lannister to Sansa Stark
There are old sellswords and bold sellswords but there are no old, bold sellswords.[6]
– Brown Ben Plumm to Daenerys Targaryen
Sellswords have no pity.[7]
– Cersei Lannister's thoughts
Sellswords will not stand against Dothraki screamers. That was proved at Qohor.[8]
– Illyrio Mopatis to Tyrion Lannister
Whatever their sires or their grandsires might have been back in Westeros before their exile, the men of the Golden Company were sellswords now, and no sellsword could be trusted.[9]
– Jon Connington's thoughts
Wealthy knights from Houses old in honor did not cross the narrow sea to sell their swords, unless exiled for some infamy.[10]
– Quentyn Martell's thoughts
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References and Notes
- ↑ So Spake Martin: Military Questions, June 21, 2001
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 So Spake Martin: Mercenaries, May 13, 2000
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 32, Arya III.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 69 , Tyrion IX, p 765.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 57, Sansa V, p 598.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 57, Daenerys V.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 33, Jaime V.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 5, Tyrion II.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 24, The Lost Lord.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 25, The Windblown.


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The annual shopping center convention in Las Vegas is to commercial real estate what the Masters is to golf: a major tour event rich with history and full of opportunity for playmakers, or dealmakers in this case. The buzz on the leasing mall floor — where some exhibitor booths feature more square footage than the average house — is palpable. The energetic atmosphere is unlike any other trade show I attend.
This year's International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) spring convention, scheduled for May 23-26, will draw more than 30,000 attendees. The industry has grown so large it's hard to imagine a time when regional malls, power centers and lifestyle centers didn't even exist. The ICSC was founded in Chicago in 1957, and the inaugural convention in 1958 attracted only a few hundred attendees. There was no leasing mall, but rather a series of educational "clinics" and networking opportunities.
"The void that ICSC filled was huge," recalls Jim Wilson, CEO of Jim Wilson & Associates. "The No. 1 thing that ICSC did for everybody was to provide education because it was a new industry." Classes ranged from how to compile a market study to the art of leasing to property management. One breakout session in the 1958 program was titled "Which Tenants Fail in Shopping Centers and Why." The topic is still applicable today.
Wilson attended his first convention in 1962 while leasing and building shopping centers for developer Aaron Aronov in Montgomery, Ala. He later served as ICSC president in 1979 and 1980. "When we started off, we were just rednecks stumbling around out there in the cow pasture. Now, the product is fantastic. Each mall [outshines] the previous one."
One of the most significant changes over the past 45 years has been the evolution of the relationship between developers and retailers. Today's developers aggressively pursue retailers, but in the early days there was more tension between the groups, says Wilson. "We banded together to try and outfox the tenants. Retailers had their own organizations and we weren't allowed in theirs." By the late 1960s, however, developers realized they needed retailers' insight and began appointing them to positions on the ICSC board.
Matthew Bucksbaum, chairman of General Growth Properties, says the ICSC's tremendous growth has been a double-edged sword. "There was more of a spirit of camaraderie back then. If you had a problem, you went to one of your peers, and he would guide you," says Bucksbaum, a convention-goer for more than 40 years.
The biggest issue retail owners face today is the preservation of existing properties amid a saturated mall market, according to Bucksbaum. That's a dramatic turnaround from the late 1950s and early '60s when expansion possibilities seemed endless. "There were so many opportunities, Bucksbaum recalls. "You didn't have to worry about where your next shopping center was going to be."


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Ashley isn't known for falling in love quickly. But being friends with Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Liam Payne, well it isn't hard to fall in love with them. And then one day, everything changed. An old friend of the gang decides to pay a visit & becomes the fifth member to the group. With his perfectly chiselled face like someone from a Calvin Klein ad & his sexy smile...let's just say he's godlike and perfect. Ashley & him become friends but then soon, they can't put off the inevitable - they're perfect for each other. This old friend's name is Zayn Javaad Malik. His black hair styled into a quiff, his face so perfect it was like Michaelangelo sculpted it himself and his eyes the softest chocolate brown that you could melt if you stared right into them. But every boy has his flaws - Zayn is a heartbreaker, he smokes, curses & is covered in tatts.
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Ryan Lochte's gold medal celebration has made its way to Chicago.
The U.S. swimmer -- who partied in Las Vegas and attended the premiere of "The Expendables 2" in Hollywood following this summer's London Olympics -- was spotted Friday with friends at Board Room in River North. On Tuesday, Lochte is scheduled to attend a private Hennessy-sponsored party at Venue One in West Town.
Erykah Badu, Mayer Hawthorne and A$AP Rocky are all scheduled to perform at the party, which will promote Hennessy's "Wild Rabbit" campaign.
Fellow gold medal-winning swimmer Conor Dwyer threw out the first pitch before Saturday's White Sox game at U.S. Cellular Field. The Winnetka native partied at Paris Club's upstairs club, Studio Paris, and The Underground Saturday (and yes, he was wearing his medal). Dwyer also hung out at Studio Paris Friday and Gemini Bistro in Lincoln Park Wednesday.
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Lawyers For Guantanamo Detainees Not Allowed To Look At Important Leaked Evidence
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On Monday, hours after WikiLeaks, The New York Times and other news organizations began publishing the documents online, the Justice Department informed Guantanamo defense lawyers that the documents remained legally classified even after they were made public.The NY Times, rightly, calls this "absurdist." I'd call it out right stupid. It's head-in-the-sandism. If the information is public, live with it. It's public. Pretending that public information is not public doesn't help anyone. It just makes it look like the government is in denial and not dealing with reality. Frankly, I'd much prefer a government that can deal with reality to one that tells everyone to cover their eyes and ears and pretend reality doesn't exist.
Because the lawyers have security clearances, they are obligated to treat the readily available files "in accordance with all relevant security precautions and safeguards" -- handling them, for example, only in secure government facilities, said the notice from the department's Court Security Office.
Of course, this is not the first time we've seen this. With just Wikileaks, we saw it a few months ago when parts of the federal government barred employees from looking at the site and its leaks, using the identical rationale. So, despite the fact that everyone else in the world could easily see those documents, the ones who it might impact the most have to pretend that the documents are not actually public.
It's government playing make believe.
It's also not unlike the ridiculous hoops the government made lawyers go through in the al-Haramain case, in which the government accidentally leaked a document proving that it had wiretapped without a warrant. And despite the fact that the document had been leaked, it was required that lawyers for al-Haramain pretend the documents were still secret, leading to an absolutely insane process by which the lawyers had to destroy all of the copies they had of this info, and could only refer to it obliquely from memory, with a Justice Department official watching over them, with the ability to force them to stop talking about certain aspects.
None of this makes any sense. Just like we have "security theater," this appears to be "classification theater." These documents are not classified any more. Period. Pretending they are is a charade that the government is putting on which everyone knows is a lie. Isn't it time we had our government stop pretending and start dealing with reality?


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This punt return is fantastic. Ryan Switzer baits the Cincinnati coverage team into thinking he's going to fair catch it—one Bearcat is right in his face—and then he just takes off 86 yards for the touchdown. It was his fifth punt return TD of the season, tying the NCAA record.
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- badmanreturns this'd this
I'm on track 4.
So far its been pretty great. Given that generally I consider them a bit average/dull this is good news. They've ramped up the funk a fair amount on some of the tracks.
It sounds NOTHING like it
and yet I can't stop singing 'Cruel Summer' over the first track...
- suedehead this'd this
doesn't EVERYTHING
try to give off an 80s vibe nowadays ka-ching?
- untrue this'd this
Welcome To Japan is easily the best track.
The ending is majestic.
As is per usual since First Impressions...
This is hit and miss, but the great stuff is really enjoyable and enough for me to not write them off.
I thought the last album was far and away their best since the debut.
- Und_Gorgeous_Cars and urbanfox this'd this
Since their DEBUT?
Genuinely don't trust anyone who doesn't rate Room On Fire.DJRoomba, sunstroke_house, and blonderedhead this'd this
Really didn't expect to like this as much as I do
I know it's too early to say that this is their 3rd best album, but that's kinda how I'm feeling right now....
does track 1's opening sound like that song that goes
''come on everyone do that congo''
my mind is having a meltdown
I'm really loving it
I would say it's their best set of songs since Room on Fire maybe even better.
That 3rd track is fucking awful
quite liking the rest of it though
Hmmm...hope this is a grower...
Decent cover of Gotta Be Startin Something first up though...
Really enjoying this.
Like how they have let the music do the talking.
its better than those albums where its silence
why isn't this stupid Pitchfork thingy working for me? No sound!
Scratch that.
Got it.
Still think this new "immersive" thing they're trying is naff.
Album sounds good 20 seconds in.
- SCROTUM this'd this
still feels
all over the place, not necessarily in a good way.
Basically, I heard 'Chances' and if I didn't know I was listening to the Strokes, I would not have guessed.
That's one of the best compliments you can give to a band sometimes.
Really impressed after one listen.
Reckon I'll grow to love this.
very enjoyable
liked pretty much every track, especially that tom waits style closer.
i really liked angles for the most part but have a feeling ill like this even more after a few listens.
sounds like phoenix.
- emmettcruddas, Antelope, and CrispinAlexander this'd this
- sunstroke_house this'd this
the first 4 tracks are pretty good, seems to get boring after
also i dunno why i wasn't sure about one way trigger before that's probably top 5 songs they've ever done
I'll be disappointed
like always
quite like it
better than angles
half of it is really good
half of it is passable / bad
6/10Lambchops this'd this
better than I thought it'd be for sure
it's different enough from Is This It/Room On Fire that I don't feel like I need to compare them at all - I can just enjoy this as much or as little as I like without it impacting on what I think of their old stuff at all
I think the two preview tracks sound much better in the context of the album
I like when that happens.JaguarPirate and rainmaker this'd this
Totally agree mate. Expectations low after angles, and thought one way trigger was elaborate hoax!. Now in context of album think it is genius. Album of year so far!
I only heard Is This It for the first time in 2010
and thought it was pretty boring and hated how his vocals were always so low in the mix. Thought Angles was a pretty great album. Weird right?
Ok, this is a grower, and is fucking ace.
It'll shortly move to second spot in the Reckoning Strokes Albums chart, i'm sure of it.drakepress this'd this
"what kind of asshole drives a lotus?"badmanreturns this'd this
Well I'm no Strokes fan but I'm fast becoming a fan of '80s Comedown Machine'.
Most interesting thing they've done - can't stop listening to it.
I was never that taken with 'Is This It?' to be honest - I missed all the hype over that one and only jumped on board at 'Room On Fire' which I listened to quite a lot when it was released.
This is just a much richer collection of songs than they've done before. The sheer variety on here is worthy of credit, if nothing else, but the fact that the album sounds so good all the way through sells it for me.
Seriously, I cannot believe how much this album keeps you on your toes - 'Tap Out', 'One Way Trigger', Welcome to Japan', '80s Come down Machine', Chances' and then 'Call it Kate, Call it Karma' - they're all so distinct. Compared to this run, 'Is This It?' sounds one note.
I mean, I can't understand the bemused reception that the final track gets from some quarters - it's fantastic. Who wuld have though the band that apparently single-handedly ressurected the indie scene with their skinny jeans, leather jackets and Converse, could write a track which sounds like it should feature in an episode of 'Boardwalk Empire'.
This is a stand out of 2013 so far ladies and gents and a totally unexpected on too. I never thought that much of Strokes before now but they've earned by respect now for what it's worth.
this is super fun...
...like going on a bender thru the 80's with kit from knight rider. last track sounds like a beautiful nightmare orchestrated by david lynch under starlight on a hawaiian beach. or something. it actually made me cry a little bit.
Completely bemused by all these positive reactions
Still a bit early, but almost certainly their worst album for me. Even Angles had one or two fantastic songs.
I really like 80's Comedown Machine, and Chances is ok too, but everything else just seems so limp.


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I am sure many of you have already heard of Magnetic Nail Polish – these polishes contain very fine metallic particles and if you apply a magnet to them whilst they are still wet, they move around creating unique patterns.
It's a clever idea! Someone finally put it together, a bit like the Crackles we are all now used to seeing.
A few brand offer magnetic polish, the ones I am looking at here are No 18 Magnetized Nail Polishes. I have Gunmetal and Blue.
How to apply:
1. Apply 17 Magnetized Nail Polish and whilst still wet, hover the magnet (located on the cap) over your nail. Apply to one nail at a time.
Now I am a nail dunce and the first time I did it I didn't get a very decent effect. I stuck with it and found that I actually got quite a good result as long as the nail polish was still very wet, and the magnet (on the top of the lid) was close enough to the nail – then you can really manipulate the polish around.
Here are the results – sort of like wiggly stripes:
If anyone has any ideas on how to get different patterns, let me know! This was total randomness – I think the effect is quite cool really, provided you have the time for nail art (I don't most of the time!). It's cute though and more grown up than crackle!
These are well worth trying if you like nail art. What I will say is, the results weren't screamingly obvious to me at first and it takes a bit of practise and I hope they bring out more exciting colours in the future!
The polishes cost £5.99 each and you can buy them here!
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having read this chapter fully, i must say this act of betrayal seems to have reaffirm the loyalty of WB and the NW pirates. their morales seem to be at a all new high now especially now tt WB has joined in the fray and tt there are no longer doubt tt WB is betraying them. however the dmg has been done and i really hope squardo really do something to redeem himself. u can see him crying pretty badly at the end of the chapter and he must really feel damn ashame of himself now.
whitebeard is now one of my top most admired OP character with this chapter! even though most likely he will die, i seriously hope he dun cos he is tt awesome!
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During the Buster Call on Enies Lobby. On of the Marines didn't want to fire at the other ships since they had other Marines on it and he was shot without any explanation.
The Marines let Axe Hand Morgan get away with rampant corruption on Shell Island.
They also have the CP-9, who were the World Government's killers sent out to assassinate people who oppose them.
The land that Robin landed in after Kuma sent her away. That wasn't just criminals. It was also populated by lands who wouldn't join the World Government. Including child slave labor.
The Marines and World Government looked the other way during the slave auctions in Shabondy Archipelago. They just don't go after pirates. They go after anyone who disagrees with them.
There are only a few Marines the series shows that are interested in real justice and protection.
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Tragic chapter
My eyes actually got wet when I readed this chapter... this is so damn tragic... Squado was fooled to betray Whitbeard by using his hatred against Roger to attack Whitebeard.
But damn...Whitebeard is such a great hearted man... I really admire him and I think he would deserved to become Pirate King, Whitebeard is so amazing....
Whitebeard knew that hes strenght was failing, I think he was prepared to die when he arrived on Marineford.
I cant even imagine how Squado feels now... he is crushed by guilt and sorrow... I thought Squado was just mean bastard but he was actually sympatethic and honest... in last page he was shown crying in pain.
Whitebeard has accepted his death, he will now start his final charge, a kamikaze attack in hope of saving Ace, he bets everything for this goal.
Amazing chapter, you could almost feel emotion radiating from panels, I dont mind for next week brakes because I know that Oda is very busy and way he delivers on each chapter gives him all the rights for rest.
|2009-11-05, 11:09
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Ace has the potential, he's fairly mature and he thinks before doing anything (unlike Luffy), but I loathe that he takes over the WB crew right after. I don't mind if he takes over in 5-10 years, when he has accumulated experience.
|2009-11-05, 11:21
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Brilliant chapter. WB was awesome, and showed his own morals, his fatherly attitude towards everyone beneath him. What an awesome man he is.
|2009-11-05, 12:04
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WG = organized piracy
Morally, they are worse then any pirate because they are the establishment and they hide behind a facade of righteousness and justice when in truth they are nothing but a corrupt group with no values whatsoever.
Sengoku is a criminal and should be shot.
|2009-11-05, 12:13
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Amazing. I thought I knew what was going to happen, but I was only half right. I wouldn't have thought the Marines could be that dastardly and sneaky. Man. Whitebeard's going to his final resting place, it seems, but he won't do so before taking plenty of them with him. The Marines are going to feel it for their treachery, I'm hoping.
And the worst part..... ANOTHER break? -_______-;
|2009-11-05, 12:17
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Location: Grand Line
I think Marines are not 100% corrupted, they have marines who believe they are doing justice and protection but most of high tiers know truth about Marine institution.
Marines are nothing but military wing for World Goverment, their enforcers,police and executioners.
Piracy is super popular in One Piece world, its more like a way of life and its perhaps only way it allows you live free, although you will be killed without trial as soon you get caught.
|2009-11-05, 13:38
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|2009-11-05, 13:40
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Pirates kill other people, its just the way things are.
Luffys a unique case. You don't usually become a pirate by being a pussy. Besides, its more like Luffy doesn't go his way to make sure his opponents are dead rather hten the fact that hes intentionally not killing me. He doesn't care whether or not they die.
|2009-11-05, 13:55
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Ok, after reading the actual chapter I'm not that disappointed with how Squado got fooled into betraying Whitebeard. Apart from playing on his hatred for Roger, the marines staged an attack wave that didn't hit any of WB's crew to convince him. Under these circumstances, and being in the middle of a war to boot, it couldn't have been easy for Squado to think clearly. It still makes him look incredibly foolish, and he still should have known better, but it's not as hard to believe as I first thought.
Nice display of badassery by WB at the end, he's aiming to go down in a blaze of glory. Still waiting for some of the strongest pirates to trash the pacifistas that have wreaked havoc uncontested so far. My guess is that WB will make those tin cans feel his wrath and turn the tide of battle yet again.
Unfortunately, there's another break before that happens. -_-
|2009-11-05, 14:49
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|2009-11-05, 14:53
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Not just Doma, but Makugai finally reappeared, too! I hope we see those guys kick some marine ass when the next chapter comes out a couple weeks from now....
Glad to see you (somewhat) approve of the reasoning behind Squado's betrayal, though the PX army solely targeting the NW pirate crews was already pointed out in the spoiler summaries....
Anyway, that last spread for the chapter got me seriously pumped up, no question about it. Whitebeard's a wounded beast, now..... and remember, nothing's more dangerous than a wounded animal. Those marines are gonna have hell to pay for turning Whitebeard's own son on him.....
By the way, the expression on Moria's face when he saw Whitebeard get stabbed was priceless. Now I'm hoping more than ever that he'll salvage the old man's corpse after the war is over. Oars Jr.'s corpse too, for that matter (Hogback should be able to patch up the leg in a jiffy). It'll be like Christmas came early for ol' Moria.
Sigh..... I hope that Buggy will be defrosted by next chapter......
|2009-11-05, 14:54
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Indiana
Opinion of the chapter
This was a good chapter. Its about time White Beard got himself into the battle.
Buggy and Luffy
I was wondering when Buggy the Clown was going to get his ass handed to him by one of the power houses. Buggy as well as Luffy have been running on sheer luck. Lucks going to run out for luffy as well. Luffy better have Gear 4 or find out how to use haki or have a plan. If he doesn't Luffy will be on the sideline just like buggy.
The more I see Croc the more I like him. The guy doesn't do what you think he will do. He always got a disrespectful attitude with people and if he isn't the leader then he is your enemy. What a unique character.
White Beard and the Admirals
The fact that White Beard is on the march personally marines are in deep shit. That means Akoiji, Akainu, and Kizaru are going to have to really fight. To see the admirals have to go all out will be very interesting. I believe at least one of the three Admirals going to die or get crippled. I also see Commodore Smoker (Logia User) replacing or joining the ranks of the Supreme admirals in the future.
Fleet Admiral Sengoku's Tactics
That was a pretty good plan by Fleet Admiral Sengoku to play with squado and put doubt among the pirates like that. But I believe this plan only made the pirates even more dangerous. With what White Beard said on the last page in Chapter 563, it seems like he going all out.
Now on the Marines side Fleet Admiral Sengoku ordered his men to pull back further into the base in chapter 562 because White Beard was ordered his men to rush them. In Chapter 563 Admiral Sengoku as ordered the siege walls to be raised because the pirates are pushing further in. This is just my opinion but it seems Fleet Admiral Sengoku is forcing his marines to fight by trapping them in base with no escape. If they can't escape or flee like the one marine tried to do in Chapter 556 then the Marines will have no option but to fight. If this is true the Fleet Admiral Sengoku is a smart man. This will make the marines into a dangerous opponent because they have nothing to loose either and increase there chances of survival and victory against the pirates. This is also a tactic pulled straight out of Sun Tzu "Art of War"
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|2009-11-05, 14:55
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I mean that's just the thing, despite the fact that Luffy has not killed anyone, he HAS used all of his strength when he fights, and against many opponents he does not hold back. He does not actually think whether or not the next punch might kill them, he just attacks until they stop fighting... i mean, if it wasn't for Oda's anti-killing mentality, Luffy would have likely killed some of his villains and probably would have busted a few spines and cracked some skulls of the peons he pummeled.... the only thing we are really certain of his that Luffy never went around beating on anyone who had already given up fighting, and actually had the aim to kill; though one may ask, would he feel bad about killing Arlong, Croc, enel and so forth? or would he just never think twice about it?
Now we have to ask, was Gold Roger the same?... Gold Roger and his crew could have easily done what Luffy and his crew have always been doing... frankly, i'd be willing to bet that Squado and his crew were much nastier guys in the past, thus deserving of a good pummeling... however without Oda's protection, they wind up dead instead of just knocked out
|2009-11-05, 15:23
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Rock beats scissors
Join Date: Jul 2004
As for Moria, I don't know if he will really play a significant role again. Seems to me he's become overly dependant on the strength of his zombie minions. But I suppose if he does get his hands on someone like WB's corpse he'll have one hell of a trump card. Well, as long as the zombie's weakness doesn't get in the way.
|2009-11-05, 15:36
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Heh, someone posted this in another forum:
Moria, the man with 1,000 faces!
So yeah, I say once again that I hope we actually see Sengoku fight soon. I know he's a great strategist and all, but tactical knowledge alone will only get you so far in OP's world. It's time for Sengoku to prove once and for all why he's called the "Buddha"......
|2009-11-05, 15:47
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Emotionless White Face
Join Date: Feb 2008
Is Sengoku a devil fruit user?
Anyway, great chapter. So we will definitely see WB fighting with all his might !
I have a quetsion though, does he let squado hurt him on purpose, or was he unable to dodge it due to his physical condition?
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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees threw a touchdown pass in the first quarter of Sunday night's game against the San Diego Chargers. That's not exactly news, because throwing touchdown passes is what Drew Brees does -- and does and does and does.
What is news is that it was the 48th consecutive game in which Brees has thrown for a TD. The accomplishment breaks the NFL record set by Hall of Famer Johnny Unitas of the Baltimore Colts during a stretch that started in 1956 and ended in 1960, according to the league's official website.
The league eased its suspension of Saints coach Sean Payton to allow Payton to be in the Superdome to witness the event. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell tweeted his regards:
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Brees' streak began October 16, 2009, and who knows when it will end?
According to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, over those 48 games, Brees has thrown for 114 touchdowns (compared to Unitas' 102) and connected with 14 different teammates in the end zone. (Unitas had just seven targets during his streak.)
The nearest active quarterback to Brees and Unitas is Tom Brady of the New England Patriots, whose current streak of touchdown-pass games stands at 37. The Green Bay Packers' Brett Favre had a 36-game streak.
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I saw this, but it doesn't really state if there is a difference between the gold levels other than the amount that you donate. Since there are levels, I am assuming this means something is different on the donor's part?


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"INEVER was much for putting out a flag," I heard a woman say in the weekend sunshine, "until now." She went into the basement of her home and fetched two small ones - starchy cloth flags on sticks - and stuck them in the potted plants in front of her house.
This has happened all across the nation by now: Americans who love their country, but who limit patriotic displays to singing the national anthem before ball games, are among those dishing out dollars for flags or pulling them from storage.
They're probably feeling something they've never felt before. It might be unmitigated anger. It might be unfettered patriotism. But it might just be a strangely serene, utterly unambiguous belief in the next big American challenge.
The country has been attacked and the country has to respond. The enemy is not an entire nation, nor is it an alliance of nations, easy to color on a map. The enemy is evil cloaked a thousand different ways in a thousand different places, presenting a complex challenge for the world's superpower.
It will be incredibly difficult - hugely difficult - to find and eliminate terrorists, and do so without killing innocents. But this time there's no ambi- guity about whether the nation should be engaged.
Remember all those arguments around the kitchen table between generations? Those who lived through World War II and who remembered Pearl Harbor claimed a clear view of the American mission in Vietnam. But it wasn't so easy for those of us who grew along the national fault lines created by that war and who had no personal memory of Pearl Harbor. The view was much more garbled, the feelings mixed, with cynicism setting in like a fog and lasting well into the Persian Gulf war.
We envied an earlier generation for its strength and courage, but also for the clarity with which it viewed America in the world.
Here we are, at last, feeling what they must have felt after Pearl Harbor. Here we are, at last, knowing clarity about what this nation must do, and why it must do it.
It's how we do it that will test our leaders and our resolve.
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Among the missing in the rubble of the World Trade Center towers is a man known among New York City firefighters as "God," Raymond Downey, chief of special operations and a nationally recognized expert in rescue.
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Downey, of course, was the chief of first responders, and that's why he's missing.
One of our own
American flags now hang from many a pole, fence and front porch across the country. The one on the lamp post on Wooded Run Drive, on the west side of Columbia, went up in honor of Darin Pontell.
Pontell, 26, a Navy lieutenant junior grade and Naval Academy graduate - married last March and a "computer whiz," according to his proud grandfather - is listed among the missing at the Pentagon. His father, Gary Pontell, lives on Wooded Run.
Three important words
Overheard Tuesday morning, in the three hours after the attacks on the World Trade Center: Eleven people on cell phones saying, "I love you," to those on the other end. We heard it in corridors, in an elevator, on sidewalks outside office buildings.
It served, in the madness of the moment, to remind us to always say it now, on the most peaceful days.
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"How much do we miss out on because we don't take the time to learn or to listen or to look? But beauty is always there lying dormant, waiting to be discovered." Such are the words of Australian artist Lisa Rodden, who strives to embody the beauty of the world around us in her intricate, hand cut paper art.
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A look at the newest two episodes of AMC's The Walking Dead.
AMC's wildly popular survival-drama The Walking Dead returned on February 10th with a whole new flavor of crazy. If you've been following the show since it's beginning, as many ravenous (ha, get it?) fans have, you've seen lawman Rick Grimes go from ex-coma patient learning the rules of a post-apocalyptic world, taking charge of a group of survivors, and boldly declaring that they wouldn't have a democracy anymore (by the end of Season Two). Season Three saw the group arrive at the prison where they created a home, and the beginning of the battle between them at the neighboring town Woodbury, run by the shady Governor.
After the mid-season break, it's clear we're seeing darker time than ever before. Rick has lost his wife during childbirth, gained a baby girl that already doesn't like him, has a whole slew of visitors trying to live in the prison (It's Tyrone, comics fans!) and has to deal with the ever-present worry of what the Governor will do next. And oh yeah, Rick's crazy now.
At the end of the episode "The Suicide King," Rick sees a ghostly figure—his wife Lori, in a flowing white gown. The episode ends with him screaming his head off at the apparition, thoroughly freaking out his own people and the visitors to the prison.
The next episode, last night's "Home" showed the repercussions of Rick's slip with reality. He starts seeing Lori outside the gates to the prison, and he foolishly follows her out there. At one point he admits he's just chasing a figment of his imagination, but knows he's missing something. Meanwhile, Glenn is trying to be the hero of the group and is becoming more reckless.
Impact: It's a peculiar move to make your main character go crazy. Rick was usually the solid, ruling force for this band of survivors—one of the few moral people left who could take a firm stand and do what was right for the greater good. The seasons of the show have led Rick down a progressively darker path. Everything is less black and white, more shades of gray. Season Three, Rick's character took a drastic nosedive. One can only wonder if Rick is no longer the protagonist of the story, but a new villain. I'm interested to see how all this pans out.


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