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The senior citizens are rather endearing, and it's a very healthy concept. For me, the weirdness really comes from Fox and Friends' Gretchen Carlson doing the 'lasso' part of the Gangnam Style dance. The original video has been viewed nearly a billion times on YouTube. I tired of the parodies months ago, but a slow news day at Fox took it beyond parody. There's probably a word for this.
This is the type of clip that I'd expect to make it on The Soup, or The Daily Show / Colbert Report. They might miss it though because we're headed into the weekend.


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Does Obesity Affect Radiation Treatments?
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
I had a biopsy of my prostate, Gleason 7 [4+3], after a digital rectal examination (DRE) revealed a nodule on the left side of my prostate. I think I am a stage T2a or b, not sure. I'm 51 years old and obese, 6'1" and about 400 pounds with a 58-inch waist. How does my size affect the choice of radiation as a treatment?
Neha Vapiwala , MD, Senior Editor of OncoLink from the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, responds:
A patient's body size, and specifically the size of the pelvis in the case of prostate cancer, helps to determine the energy of the radiation beams that are used (i.e.: need higher energy beams for greater depth of penetration, because in general, the larger a patient is, the further away the prostate and other targets are from the skin surface). Furthermore, the radiation dosimetry (distribution of high, uniform dose to the target but minimal dose to normal tissues) may be suboptimal if a patient is too heavy or the surface anatomy is too irregular, depending on the distribution of the weight.
Maybe most problematic of all is that a patient with excessive weight simply may not be able to lie on the treatment table (couch) of the radiation treatment machine. Depending on the machine, there is a limit to how much weight the remote-controlled, movable couch can tolerate.

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Investor David Einhorn has come out against an Apple proposal to eliminate preferred stock. What's the analyst take on it? Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry joins digits. Photo: Getty Images.
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I apologizes if this is not the right section. I just wanted some thoughts on this whole thing. Anyway, long story short (sorta) I saw someone post this...
"...if you ever want to get an idea of what a Christianity is all about, read the Gospel of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. For those are the books that talk about Jesus' walk on earth and He WAS perfect and IS the best example of how a Christian should be living."
My reply was...
"Matthew 5:44 says, "But I say unto you, Love your enemies, BLESS THEM THAT CURSE YOU, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;"
and then later on we read...
Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying, "Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread." He answered and said to them, "Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? For God commanded, saying, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.' Matthew 15:1-5.
AMP Bible says, "...let him surely come to his end by death."
Easy to Read version says, "...must be killed."
So bless them that curse you one second and then we are to kill children who curse their mother and father the next. Interesting...I don't know about perfect, but perfect contradiction, absolutely.
I'm a former Christian, now an agnostic atheist."
Anyway, after a few people refusing to engage me and just mocking me one person actually gave a proper response. He says...
"The Word says not to allow what is good to be spoken of as evil, and we are not to allow the faith of those who are weak to be shipwrecked by the enemy's schemes. I will try to be brief.
First off, It would appear that way when taking things completely out of context. You conveniently left out Matthew 15:5-6 (NIV)
" 5 But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is a gift devoted to God,' 6 he is not to 'honor his father' with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition."
These men were breaking the law of God for their own traditions and he calls them on it.
The hebrews had just been freed from the yoke of egyptian slavery and were few in number. The father is the priest of his home, and the authority in it as he is to present his family before God blameless. They needed to learn the fear of the Lord, and Moses had just come down with the Ten Commandments, and is giving the law of the Lord. For the nation of Israel to learn, there needed to be the Law. It shows them where they fall short and shows everyone their need for Jesus. When Jesus came, he fulfilled the law and extended Grace that surpasses the punishment through forgiveness. Jesus came to forgive those that repent. The wages of sin is death, therefore, every sin will result in death (spiritually) without sacrifice, which was met and finished through Jesus. God never changes, He had it all planned out from before the beginning. How can you forgive something that isn't wrong? We need a definition of wrongness, and sinning against one's parents is a destruction of the family God established and by extension, disrespects God. But when Jesus came, the sacrifice was met on the Cross. Therefore there is no contradiction, but speaking how to live in grace and life, and furthermore it ties in to
Deuteronomy 6:5 (NIV)
"Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength."
No contradiction."
Now, he did a lot of rambling on, but I didn't see where he even addressed the contradiction. I haven't even replied to it at this time, and I may not because I feel it'll get me nowhere. But if I do reply, I'll reply with this...
"I didn't leave out Matthew 15:5-6 in-order to prove anything. 5-6 really doesn't change much. I understand what you're saying, and I appreciate the reply. However you didn't address the fact that in one place in Matthew is tells us "Bless them that curse you..." and then Matthew 15:1-5 we're reading that they're to be put to death. Which is in direct contradiction to the blessing that Matthew 5:44 talks about. You basically just iterated more on the meaning of Matthew 15:1-6. and the events going on surrounding that time. I get that they're breaking the commandments/laws of God. But how is that going to dismiss the contradiction? Whether breaking laws/commandments or not Matthew 5:44 still says, "But I say unto you, Love your enemies, BLESS THEM THAT CURSE YOU, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;" and Matthew 15:1-5 still says to put children to death for cursing their parents. And is spiritual death really any better than physical death? I mean spiritual death will cause eternal burning. Plus, everyone seems to have a different definition on what spiritual death even means and if there is even such a thing. I brought this contradiction up a while ago with my grandmother and she had told me it wasn't physical death, but rather spiritual as you're suggesting. Well, she looked it up in a book she has, sadly I don't have the name of it. Basically it's a book that explains the meanings and usages of certain words in different verses. Anyway, when she looked it up in the book trying to prove me wrong she ended up proving me right and the book said that it was indeed physical death. So, saying the death is spiritual seems to be a copout, and I would argue that it is really no better than physical death. You also you said, "God never changes, He had it all planned out from before the beginning." So, doesn't that mean there is no free will? If everything is planned out then anything that goes wrong in the world is on God, he had everything planned out."
So basically, what I wanted to know was, did he actually address the contradiction? Or just talk around? It seemed to me like he more of talked around it, but correct me if I am wrong. And how is my potential reply to him?
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You cannot win. The apologist believes without proof, the definition of faith.
The best you can do is get them to admit that.
1 Peter 3:15 states that the Christian must be able to give good reason for his faith. The burden is not on the atheist to prove the Christian mistaken, by both logic and Peter's own standard.
All you have to do is dismiss him: When you understand the reason for your faith (reason, not wishful thinking), then come talk to me. You do not follow the dictates of your own Bible so why should I?
You cannot win a tit-for-tat debate over Bible verses. 1 Peter 3:15 is the only one you need to know, because the apologist can never give reason for his faith. Faith is belief without proof; faith is gullibility.
Well, I think to an extent you can beat them. Just not in there own heads. Not to mention they will put things out of there ass and make them sound like fact, and they'll twist verses and use personal translations to get the results they want. So, yes in a sense you can't win going tit-for-tat unless you can keep them honest, which is like trying to move a mountain. So yes, I see what you're saying. Thank you. Oh, and one last thing, did he talk around the contradiction or did he actually answer it? I can't see how he answered it at all.
If you are willing to discuss the topic rationally and honestly, and they are not, you have already "beaten them." Thus there is little point in trying.
If they hold the Bible is the literal word of God, then they cannot honestly twist verses to mean something other than what they say. Hold them to that too. It's what's in the print, no more no less. Leave your family and goods and follow Jesus; that is in the New Testament.
So is women keeping silent.
But as I mentioned before, you cannot really convince someone who believes without proof; they have to convince themselves. A real reading of the Bible is the best way to make an atheist.
About the only other tactic you can use is ask them to ask for your interpretation of their favourite passages.
My personal favorite also has a logistical twist to it, and it starts here:
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
-- Luke 6:27
And EXACTLY 13 chapters later, we get this:
But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
-- Luke 19:27
So ... love your enemies but kill 'em anyway? I don't know how much more blatantly contradictory you can get, frankly.
I do agree with James that debating about the content of the bible is a mug's game at best, when apologetics allow for any damned thing they want out of their holy book. I DO think that pointing out contradictions is a valuable way to at least make them LOOK at portions of their holy book which they may not know about, and the Skeptic's Annotated Bible is excellent to that end. Indeed, it has an entire section on contradictions and lists them multiple ways.
Yes, I've used the Skeptic's Annotated Bible quite a bit. And I've never seen that contradiction before, but there are certainly a lot of them.
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These pressures have also created a certain tension in our supply chain, specifically regarding the nature of the relationship between the end user, valve manufacturer, and distributor.
Traditionally, the hypothetical has been: (1) manufacturer gives wholesale price to distributor; and (2) distributor gives price to end user and provides material handling and technical support. But today the model is moving toward a more collaborative, rather than segmented, set of relationships.
VM: What are some factors that end users, distributors, and manufacturers are challenged with today as they work together more closely?
Ittner: It's hard for a distributor to perform well unless we have "velocity" in our inventory. The economics of distribution require velocity, but that can be difficult if we have to maintain a dedicated inventory for a particular end user. We try all the time to educate end users on the complications of this model.
But we can't turn back the clock on globalization, and we can't remove the cost-reduction pressures that end users face today. So I think all the parties-end users, distributors, and manufacturers-can still win if we all work together.
Today, a world-class supply chain is more complex, but also more powerful, than the traditional relationship. The valve manufacturer and distributor can collaborate on demand planning, order aggregation, and the selling of products and features. The manufacturer and end user can collaborate on engineering, innovation, and product features. And the distributor and end user can collaborate on inventory management, logistics, and product selection. Overall, the three parties all collaborate on the end user's goal of quality, low-cost operations.
To make this relationship work, however, each player has some significant challenges. Manufacturers must improve core competencies in manufacturing, services, and solution-selling; improve their key processes, such as with raw materials, production, and subcontractors; and then develop means to measure the value they offer over the lifecycle of a product.
Distributors need to improve their core competencies, such as in logistics and systems; add more value through solution-selling, information flow, and other means; deliver cost savings to the end user throughout the supply chain; and improve performance measures.
Finally, as end users consolidate their spending with a smaller base of suppliers, they need to seek a balance between technical needs and commercial pressures, and then execute on opportunities to leverage their buying power.
VM: Can product costs continue to be reduced without compromising quality?
Ittner: The proliferation of nontraditional valve manufacturers and their acceptance by end users has become a hot topic in the valve industry, and one that presents challenges throughout the supply chain. Three factors are driving this. First, there's been a shift in decision-making from engineering to purchasing, so that today's emphasis is on the upfront cost of a product. Second, these cost-reduction pressures lead to a broader range of what product quality is considered sufficient and acceptable.
But third, I have to say that quality differences between traditional and nontraditional source countries have narrowed substantially. Every time that manufacturing has shifted to a lower-cost country, the country's manufacturing expertise has grown over time. When valve manufacturing shift-ed to Japan, or then to Korea, each time they eventually learned to make good products. That makes me believe today's low-cost manufacturing countries will also come through.
VM: Supply relationships have already gone through much change. How will they continue to evolve in the future?
Ittner: As I look to the future, I predict the current focus on "first cost" will move toward a realization of a "total cost" over a product's lifecycle. That depends, however, on elevating our ability as distributors and manufacturers to differentiate product performance and services in measurable ways.
Nevertheless, I believe end users could be willing to sacrifice some quality in order to reduce their costs. That means two things. End users will continue to push the envelope as they explore supply chains outside traditional models. And distributors and manufactures must shoulder responsibility for achieving hard-cost savings.


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|View Poll Results: Who is your Favorite Character(s) and why?
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|5. Haruto Tokishima
|6. Kriemhild
|7. Kyuuma Inuzuka
|8. L-elf Karlstein
|9. Ninomiya Takahi
|10. Nobi Marie
|11. Q-vier
|12. Renboukouji Satomi
|13. Rion Nanami
|14. Saki Rukino
|15. Sakurai Aina
|16. Shōko Sashinami
|17. Renboukouji Akira
|18. Pino ala VVV-chan
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|2013-07-02, 14:24
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Valvrave the Liberator - Favorite Character(s) Thread [Take 1]
Welcome to Valvrave the Liberator - Favorite Character(s) Poll - the place where you can express all of your love towards your favorite Valvrave characters. You may select multiple characters, but you can only vote once. Choose wisely. Try to explain why you choose those character(s) so the thread can sustain a good discussion. This poll will close in 120 days from today. We shall do another poll at a later date.
There is only one rule that applies to this thread:
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|2013-07-02, 17:15
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It definitely Saki Rukino getting the best character of Valvrave award from me, it no competition at all.
She is a fresh breath of new air compared to the other mecha series's heroines. She flawed but not flawed, unpredictable with action that surprise us all. She prioritized herself first and will do anything to get what she wanted, while still being kind and interesting. Above all she has the best character development in the anime, from ice and cold at first to a person who want attention and fame. No contest at all, just no contest, she will remain as my favorite in Valvrave and as well as in the mecha genre. <3 Saki!!!!!!!!!
L-elf is 2nd, being the closes to Saki but still light years away. He get 2nd because I love his archetype, calm, cool, cold and collected.
Haruto is 3rd, although as a character he is weak compared to Saki and Haruto but he is the best mecha anime protagonist I have seem in a long time. He get 3rd for being developed as a interesting character and less of a whiner and crybaby compared to his other mecha anime counterparts.
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i like all the characters, well except q-vier, but my favorites are saki, l-elf, akira, takahi, kyuuma, and h-nuen, the rest of the characters are good but these characters were interesting to me or sometimes just a joy to watch, granted i do only like h-nuen because he seems a lot like dearka to me and he was one of my favorite characters in seed
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Favorite characters thus far:
As for the rest: I do like Moses, Kyuma, and Raizo, though none I would really point out at my favorite. Haruto is a better MC than I am used to with Sunrise and for that I am grateful, and yet...I still find him rather dull and uninspiring. I feel as if he's just a tool getting used by others to move the plot along. He actually even admits a few times that he's just that and asks others like Shoko or L-elf to use him. I don't really have any attachment to any of the girls in the series. If I absolutely had to pick a favorite, it would be Akira. Shoko is too perfect. Saki, I can't feel an attachment to. I don't even give a crap if any of the other females live or die, except for how it will affect the more interesting males. However, this isn't new to me, I can never feel any real connection with Sunrise's mecha series female leads. The only ones I can recall actually making it to my favorites list are Sayla from Gundam 0079 and C.C. from Code Geass. Again, this is all my own opinion, if you love these characters, more power to you.
Well, we'll see next season where this character list will shift.
|2013-07-03, 01:21
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I voted for Cain, L-Elf, and Shoko.
I wasn't all that impressed with Cain until the final two episodes, but he was simply fantastic there. It's enough for him to be one of my three selections.
The last two episodes also made me re-think my position on whether or not L-Elf would have worked well as THE main protagonist of this show. Now that we've seen that he's not completely unbeatable, he's become much more interesting to me. He's also had a lot of great moments of looking cool, of course. Finally, I think he contrasts well with the rest of the cast, given how many of them are kinda goofball-esque.
And Shoko is the third character that benefited from the last two episodes for me. Prior to that, she struck me as a bit of an overly charmed character, almost Mary Sue-esque. But Episode 11 gave her some great challenges and adversity, and I liked how she responded to it in Episode 12. She lost a parent in one of the worst ways imaginable, and she clearly loved him, but she still bounced back very quickly to try to save Akira. That has earned some respect from me.
Characters I almost voted for...
Haruto is Ok, but just Ok. I think he was overshadowed a lot by other characters in the 2nd half. There's nothing particularly annoying about him (which instantly makes him better than a fair number of anime male leads ), but there's also not a lot that's particularly interesting about him. He's just a decently solid "vanilla" male lead. Works well with the colorful and quirky cast around him, but I doubt he could carry a show with a weaker cast.
I get why Saki is popular, and I like her well enough, but I find her hard to read. I tend to prefer characters that I feel like I have a good grasp on over characters that mystify me.
Moses had quite possibly the best line of the entire show. But not a whole lot else. Not quite enough for me to vote for him.
I love Takahi's character design, but her character roles are all over the place. She's like a utility player in baseball, used for every position as needed. She needs a bit more of an actual character arc before I could vote for her in something like this.
|2013-07-03, 04:47
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My favourites would be Saki, L-Elf, Shoko, and Yamada. Saki would top the list mostly because I feel thus far she has been the most fleshed out and developed member of the cast and I typically end up preferring characters like that.
|2013-07-03, 08:13
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L-Elf so far is the most dynamic character in history, and also Saki forward shoko haruto and be more than pretty pictures, so far I can not empathize with haruto, is bland and too stereotypical as any mc.
Irenesharda. I share your views with the rest of the cast, the truth although they say that Saki is the most interesting female shoko the stupid, the writing of the characters is not the best so just subtract its evolution expected for October.
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Voted for a handful but a few blurbs on my current top 3:
L-Elf: Sort of a personification of what this show is really. Ridiculous yet charming. I accept his "brilliance" merely on account of it being a part of his character profile as the show has been pretty bad at portraying it. Always interesting seeing him play off other characters (especially the more emotional ones like Haruto and Raizo). He's stoic to a certain extent but still emotes which keeps him from being bland. Also have to agree that the last two episodes saved the character from falling utterly into Gary Stu territory.
Shoko: Similar to L-Elf. Ridiculous yet charming. I would like to see them bring the character down to earth a bit. I mean I get that she's quirky but hopefully we don't see another "jingle bells" incident in the future. It's okay for her to be weird just do it a bit more naturally.
Satomi: Really started to love him when Sakimori first declared independence. His pretentiousness gets offset by the fact that he's really quite a little puss when push comes to shove. Though I saw some potential there when he confronted Raizo about the guns (though his reasoning for not using them was facepalm-worthy). Also enjoy his somewhat co-dependent relationship with Akira.
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Rivals100 RB Green ready to narrow list to five
A decade ago Florida State signed Chris Davis from St.
Petersburg (Fla.) Catholic High School. Much has changed in the 10 years since
the former five-star athlete decided to play for the Seminoles, but FSU is back
at the small school in St. Petersburg with its sights on another
Rivals100 offensive skill player.
At 5-foot-10 and 195 pounds, Ryan Green isn't the biggest back in
the country but he is one of the most heavily recruited. At last check the
speedy back had nearly 40 scholarship offers including an early offer from
Florida State. And from all indications, the Rivals100 back is probably the
'Noles' top running back target.
He is also pretty high on the Seminoles, as well as a school on the west
"Florida State and USC," Green said of his two favorite schools growing up.
"I have family in California so I've always been sort of a California boy. And
my step sister and aunt went to Florida State."
Green plans to sit down with his family in the near future in order to
narrow his list of schools down to five. He cites a handful of factors that he
will consider when making this difficult decision.
"Depth chart and I have to feel comfortable at the school academically,
socially and athletically," explained Green. "And I just want to feel at
This decision will definitely be made with help from his entire family. Green relies heavily on his mother and father in dealing with the taxing
recruiting process.
When those five schools are announced it's pretty much a foregone conclusion
that the Seminoles will make the cut. In addition to having some family ties to
school, a strong relationship with running backs coach Eddie Gran and FSU's
offensive system should have the 'Noles in a strong position.
"I think I would fit well into the offense," said Green, who will take part
in FSU's Football Camp in June. "They get their running backs in space and they
get their running backs the ball in a pro style."
Green won't be confused for a bruising power back but he still knows how to
pack a punch. In St. Petersburg Catholic's 55-0 spring game victory over Indian
Rocks Christian, he played a little at defensive back and ended up knocking out
an opposing running back.
"He cut my way and when he turned to see me it was too late. I caught him
under the shoulder pads and helmet and it was bad. It was a big hit," explained
In that same game he was even more impressive on offense, cranking out 186
rushing yards on just six carries and had two touchdowns. Instead of continuing
to pile up ridiculous numbers, the talented back stepped aside to give some of
his teammates a chance to shine.
Green says he doesn't have a timeline for making a decision on a school but
previously mentioned that he would like to do it before the start of the
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John & Sarah's Made by Hand Kitchen
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- Name:
- John and Sarah
- Location:
- Richmond, VA
- Square Feet:
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- Division:
- Own
- What makes your small kitchen so cool:
- Everything is made by hand.
- Describe a challenge you've overcome or a smart resource you've found for your kitchen.:
- Problem: A dated galley kitchen with 5 doorways, bad flow, minimal storage space, only 22.5 square feet of usable counter space, 28" between opposing counters and visually closed in with bad lighting. Solution: Gut and remodel the kitchen. New furring strips against the exterior wall moved it over 3" adding an additional 5 sq. ft. to the room. The wall between the kitchen and dining room was removed allowing for a center island. The rear door was relocated and replaced with a window, allowing for an L shaped counter and to move the refrigerator and adding in a slide out pantry, increasing storage and increasing the usable counter space by 11.5 sq ft to 34. All of the cabinets are reclaimed wood including Old Growth White Oak (from Sarah's grandfathers barn) that the cabinets are faced with. The homeowners did the plumbing, electrical, tile, cast concrete counters, wood work, paint and of course, the design - themselves.
- What's your favorite meal to cook here?:
- Tomato sandwiches, it's a lot of work for such a simple thing.


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Top 5 Small Space Veggies (& Things We Won't Plant Again)
(Welcome to Olivia from Portland. She is the first of a group of bloggers trying out for a place on the Apartment Therapy editorial team, covering different cities in the Northwest. Comments welcome!)
Planting a container garden is all about usable foods and efficient use of space. As this has been our first gardening season, we've been making note of what we do and don't want to plant next year....
Things I WILL plant again:
1. Radishes. Radishes got the prize for the quickest turn-around time (from seed to harvest) in our garden this year. They're also great for small spaces, and a colorful addition to summer meals.
2. Basil. In terms of ROI, basil is the cash cow for home cooks! We're cringing at the thought of how much we would have spent on basil this summer without our plants.
3. Golden cherry tomatoes. Possibly our favorite thing to sneak out into the garden to eat! We planted roma, grape, cherry, golden cherry and early girl and would replant any of them again. Tomatoes are another large volume harvest, and can be canned and frozen for winter use -- no complaints here.
4. Sugar snap peas. Granted, they take up a lot of vertical space, but if you have room on an the east side of your container box, they make a great north/south wall without blocking sunlight from your other plants. Snap peas are another veggie that produce large volume harvests. You can also freeze them for use later in the year!
5. Butter lettuce & arugula. We were pleased with our early summer use of salad greens. Now that it is late summer we're replanting for a fall harvest, and we'll definitely be planting both greens again. Planting lettuce was a weekly grocery bill saver. We tend to use a few different types of lettuce each week, so it was a money and time saver to just run out to the garden for a few leaves.
Things I WON'T plant next year:
1. Squash and bush cucumber. Although excellent for cooking, both vegetables took over half of their respective container boxes. These guys need their own boxes or wide open spaces to grow!
2. Parsley. Parsley was officially the last item to be harvest-able. We were eating radishes three weeks after planting, but three months later, the parsley is barely ready!
3. Beets. We were sorely disappointed in our beets this summer. Like the parsley, beets are slow growers. Next year we'll be using the space for something else, and hitting the farmers market for beets.
4. Green pepper. The suspense is just not worth it! We only harvested two green peppers this summer. So after months of watering and weeding it was rather anti-climactic. Next year, we'll use the space for more tomatoes!
4. Jalapenos. We harvested three jalapenos this summer, and just like the green pepper we'll be visiting the farmers market, especially since jalapenos are less than $1.
Gardeners: what's on your replant (or "never again") list?


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Spanish Gov't Simply Reinstates US-Driven Copyright Bill, Despite It Being Voted Down
from the funny-how-that-works dept
However, after one of the State Department cable leaks revealed how much US pressure was behind this law, even Spanish politicians started running for cover, and rejected the part of a larger bill that included these copyright changes. Of course, we immediately heard rumors that it would be coming back pretty quickly, and indeed, it's only been a few weeks, and it appears that Spanish politicians just did an end-run around the legislature's rejection of the amendment. Rather than drop the matter, the Spanish Senate just "revised" the legislation to include the amendment.
Perhaps someone familiar with Spanish law (and politics) can chime in to explain how this works. In the US, even if something like that happened it would have to go back to the legislature to approve down the road. Is that not the case in Spain? Either way, apparently a lot of people are not at all happy with this, and are protesting the efforts. In the meantime, of course, all this is doing is teaching yet another generation that copyright laws are simply tools of big companies and powerful countries to push around others. It certainly doesn't create any greater respect for the law.


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July Fundraiser Spotlight: Supercommuter
This month we wanted to highlight longtime Child's Play supporters Supercommuter. You may have seen them perform at PAX or heard their awesome music. Something you may not know is that 100% of their album proceeds are donated to Child's Play, or the touching reason why. We asked Andy Myers, also known as Stenobot of the Supercommuters, to share his story.
Wheelie Cyberman, Julian (Itty Bitty Bot), Tron Juan, and Stenobot
"One question I get a lot is "Why does Supercommuter give all its album profits to Child's Play?" The answer is more of a story, actually. In June of 2009, shortly after we finished recording the first Supercommuter album, my then three-year-old son (and Tron Juan's nephew) Julian was diagnosed with leukemia—high-risk pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia, for all you medical nerds out there. Without warning, our lives were basically flipped upside down. Hospitals, doctors, and sick kids quickly became the norm. We were facing three-plus years of chemotherapy and other treatments, and the short- and long-term side effects that come along with them. We had a long road ahead.
For me, many things that once seemed so important—for example, making music and releasing albums—now felt a lot less so. All the non-essential stuff in our lives quickly faded away as we prepared for a long season of taking care of Julian. Over the next few months, we spent a lot of time in the Cancer Care facilities at Children's Hospital in Seattle. Being in the hospital is hard, especially on the kids. A lot of them are stuck in the hospital for long periods of time, cut off from the outside world. These are just normal kids, and they can't even go outside to play. Something as simple as having toys and videogames around makes a big difference. It gives them a little piece of home, of normalcy in a world where everything else seems backwards. The fact that an Xbox or Wii is waiting outside their room gives them something to look forward to after being poked and prodded. Also, games bring the kids together and give them a reason to get outside of their rooms. They facilitate a sense of community.
I'm sure a lot of you have dealt with cancer in one way or another. It sucks. It makes us feel so helpless. What can you do? Well, the truth is that there are things you can do. Supporting Child's Play is one of those things. I like Child's Play because it's such a practical, tangible way to help. Having toys and games to play with makes an immediate difference in these kids' lives. They're also the first things to go when hospitals need to make budget cuts. Over the past few years, we've had a number of awesome, surprising experiences in the hospital that we knew were the result of Child's Play funding—one particularly on Christmas Day, when we were unexpectedly stuck in the hospital over the holidays. In hindsight, they're little things—but they meant so much in those desperate moments.
Julian is in remission now, and his chemotherapy is almost over. Why do we continue to give our album sales to Child's Play? Well, Supercommuter has always been a labor of love, for myself and everyone else in the band. Giving to Child's Play is something we know we can do. And it just feels like the right thing to do. It's a small thing really, in the grand scheme of things. But it's our thing, and we're happy and honored to donate our music to a cause we all believe in."
We are so grateful, honored, and touch by the generosity of Supercommuter and the community of incredible, supportive fans. If you're attending PAX Prime this year- go rock out with these incredibly awesome musicians. Thank you, Supercommuter, for your wonderful support!


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Spy Fox - Operation Ozone Walkthrough
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Spy Fox: Operation Ozone Walkthrough
by The Lost Gamer (email@example.com)
Copyright 2006
For the latest version of this guide, check
Table of Contents:
001. General information
002. Characters
003. Walkthrough
003a. Saving Plato
003b. Getting the Chicle
003c. Getting the APD
003d. Getting Secret Donut XY
003e. Getting Prickly Pear Pizza
003f. Getting Beauty Clay
003g. Getting Freshwater Pearl
003h. Defeating Poodles
004. Credits
001-General Information
This is a walkthrough for the PC game "Spy Fox: Operation
Ozone". You can contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com,
but make the subject blank if you do.
Spy Fox: A super spy who works for Spy Corps.
Spy Corps Chief: The Chief gives Spy Fox a mission: stop
Poodles Galore. He also gives Spy Fox a tea bag.
Poodles Galore: A half-crazy poodle whose ruthlessness has
taken her to the top of the cosmetics world. However, she
is now trying to destroy the ozone layer in order to corner
the sunscreen market, which is going too far because it
could result in killing everyone on the planet.
Plato Pushpin: The world's leading scientist in cosmetic
rocketry. He built the spaceship/aerosol can that Poodles
is using to endanger the planet. In his defense, he's not
evil; he just worked for Poodles because she gives her
employees free soda.
Monkey Penny: She seems to be Spy Fox's leader. Spy Fox
can contact her on his watch whenever he wants, and she
calls him whenever there is information he needs to know,
such as the location of another secret agent.
Professor Quack: A scientist who creates all of Spy Fox's
spy gadgets.
Roger Boar: An undercover agent who is Spy Fox's informant.
He is usually hiding.
Sport: The attendant at the bowling alley.
Pia Zadonut: She wants to be an actress, and she works at
the pizza shop or the donut shop (depends on which shop is
open across from the bowling alley).
Buzz the Cop: Buzz loves to eat donuts, so it's a good
thing that the donut shop is having free donut day.
Unfortunately, whenever Spy Fox orders a donut, Buzz steals
it and eats it.
Cookie the Cookie Scout: An extremely loud girl who is
selling cookies in order to get a tricked-out bike.
Bea Bear: A bear who apparently has been in all the Spy Fox
games. She sells honey.
Bobby Llama: He used to bake donuts, but now he spends his
time meditating in the desert.
Agent Pins: A secret agent who is hiding in the desert,
disguised as a cactus.
Henrietta Havalina: A somewhat forceful woman who doesn't
allow anyone into her ranch unless they're a beekeeper,
even though there are no bees in her ranch and she's
already let Bobby Llama (who is NOT a beekeeper) in.
Flotilla: Owner of the import shop at the lake. She is
quite strange, and deals in code sometimes.
Trudy Fruit: Trudy is a beaver who is studying gum in the
Stanley Ellington Seagull: A British explorer who is on
safari in the jungle, but doesn't seem to like it very
Wet Eddie: A frog who will loan you his scuba suit,
provided you have a pair of flippers.
Herman the Fisherman: A fisherman who can't hear spy Fox
unless Spy Fox has a megaphone.
003a-Saving Plato
The game starts off somewhere in the Scottish Highlands,
where Spy Fox, cleverly disguised as a bagpipe player, gets
past a guard and infiltrates an enemy's base. Specifically,
he's in a bathroom.
Now all Spy Fox has to do is find his informant. Monkey
Penny said the informant would be hidden right in front of
his face. Spy Fox says this while looking in a mirror, so
check behind the mirror to find the informant: Roger Boar.
Roger Boar gives you some lipstick, even though it's not
your shade (Spy Fox is an "autumn"). There's a hidden
message in it, and Spy Fox needs to get it to headquarters
right away. Roger also gives you a rocket-powered origami
skateboard to help you escape.
Move the mouse to the lower-left part of the screen to see
Spy Fox's pockets. In the left pocket is all his spy gear,
so open the left pocket and look at the origami skateboard.
Click the three color-coded pieces of paper in the correct
order to get the skateboard working, then click on the exit
to the bathroom. A thrilling chase ensues, but Spy Fox
manages to escape the bad guys easily.
At headquarters, the chief is worried about a giant aerosol
can which is attempting to destroy the ozone. Oh no! Spy
Fox shows up and reads the hidden message in the lipstick
container: "Please help me, signed, Plato Pushpin".
Plato Pushpin, as the chief says, is the world's best
expert on cosmetic rocketry, so he'd know how to stop the
giant aerosol can. Plato was last seen working for Poodles
Galore, so Spy Fox is going to go to her cosmetic factory
to find him.
The first order of business, though, is to rendezvous with
Monkey Penny and Dr. Quack, who could help Spy Fox out
quite a bit. Chief gives you a tea bag which has the
number you have to play to get to them. Chief then sends
Spy Fox to the cosmetic factory area.
Go into the bowling alley, and approach the jukebox. Look
at the tea bag in Spy Fox's pocket, and he reads the number
of the song that needs to be played. Put that number in,
and the large bowling pin nearby is revealed to be a
rocket, which Spy Fox rides in to reach MOCOM: Spy Corp's
Mobile Command Center.
Inside MOCOM, Monkey Penny briefs you on the situation:
they're pretty sure that Poodles Galore has kidnapped Plato
Pushpin, because she doesn't want anyone to learn how to
stop the giant aerosol can. Dr. Quack interrupts to tell
you that he's stocked the spy vending machine with a
plethora of useful gadgets.
You can see the various gadgets in the spy vending machine
by clicking left and right on the green buttons. You can
get a gadget from the machine by pressing the blue button.
The various gadgets you can find in the machine are:
The Spy Rust Buster: Spray anything that's metal with this,
and it will rust before your eyes.
The Spy Toaster: Normal toasters shoot pieces of bread up,
but this one will shoot you up twenty feet whenever you use
The Spy Ear: It looks like a normal cup, but it allows you
to hear conversations behind glass.
The Spy Bowling Ball: Roll the bowling ball at a bowling
pin, and the bowling ball will capture the bowling pin
inside of it. Useful if there's a message attached to the
bowling pin.
The Duck Blind: Put it on to render yourself invisible to
all ducks.
The Pearl Detector: Used to find a pearl in a bed of
The Canned Laughter: Toss the can to fill the room with the
sound of laughter.
The Spy Mint: Bite into it to create a glow-in-the-dark
light that works at all times, even underwater.
The Sticky Stun Bun: Throw it at a crowd, and everyone
within ten feet of the bun will become dazed, confused, and
sticky for weeks.
The Grappling Granny: A grappling hook disguised as a doll.
It only works on things made of wood, though.
Take the spy bowling ball from the vending machine, then go
back to the bowling alley, and head to the lower-left to
reach the lanes of the bowling alley. Poodles Galore is
bowling with her two gorillas, Ace and Champ.
Take a look at the bowling pin they're using. It's the
third ugliest bowling pin that Spy Fox has ever seen.
Wait, that's not a bowling pin at all! It's Plato Pushpin!
Well, it's a good thing that Spy Fox has the spy bowling
ball, so he can save Plato. The only problem is getting
permission from Poodles to bowl in her lane.
Talk to Poodles. She thinks you're the fourth member of
her bowling team. She reprimands you for not having a
proper bowling shirt. As Spy Fox says, "There's
something fishy going on here, and it's not my deodorant."
Leave the lanes. If you look at the pro-shop in the lobby
of the bowling alley, you'll notice that there's a free
bowling shirt promotion going on. How convenient! Ask
Sport for a shirt (make sure it matches the shirts that
Poodles and her gorillas are wearing).
Now all you need is a patch. Go to the patch machine, then
take the shirt out of Spy Fox's pocket and put it in the
machine. Type in the name of the fourth player on Poodles'
bowling team (it's on the list of players above Poodles'
head) and press start to get the patch on the shirt, then
go back to the lanes.
Put the shirt on by taking it out of Spy Fox's pocket and
putting it on him. Spy Fox notes: "Now this shirt is a
fashion statement, and it's saying, 'Hey, look at me, I'm a
Talk to Poodles and she'll let you bowl (if you made a
mistake, don't worry; you can exchange the bowling shirt
for another one, and you can redo the patch as many times
as you like). Spy Fox cleverly gets her to agree to let
him go first.
Use the spy bowling ball on Plato Pushpin to save him.
Poodles gets mad and orders her gorillas to grab Spy Fox.
Spy Fox gets away and takes Plato to the safety of MOCOM.
Plato tells you that he knows how to stop Poodles Galore
and her aerosol can, mainly because he used to work for her
before she decided to use him as a bowling pin. All you
have to do is toss the congeal pill in the aerosol can to
stop it from working.
"Sounds like a bitter pill to swallow," Spy Fox notes.
Plato says that he needs four things before he can create
the pill. Two of them are the chicle and the APD. The
other two change depending on the game. Instructions on
how to get these four items are given in the next six
sections (each section covers a different item).
003b-Getting the Chicle
In order to get the chicle, you need to get the Grappling
Granny, Spy Rust Buster, and Spy Toaster from the vending
machine in MOCOM. Then enter Spy Fox's car (outside of the
bowling alley) and head to the jungle.
There's a lot of quicksand in the area. Spy Fox notes that
he has to go over the quicksand, not through it. Take out
the Grappling Granny and use it on the overhead branch to
get across the quicksand. Then head to the ancient pyramid
to the left.
Unfortunately, the pyramid has been closed by some of
Poodles' goons. Trudy Fruit tells you that in order to get
in, you must get set the hieroglyph code correctly and use
the ancient amulet of chicle pichu on the keyhole. You get
a talk balloon about the amulet.
Use the talk balloon on Trudy to learn that the amulet is
probably in the import shop. Interesting.
Go right, then climb up the rope ladder. From here, you
can see the top of the pyramid, which has the hieroglyph
code on it. Go back to the front of the temple and light
up all the spots on the wall that were drawn in on the top
of the pyramid. That takes care of the hieroglyph code.
Now to find the ancient amulet. Go to the lake, where
there is an import shop. Talk to Flotilla, the shopkeeper,
about the amulet, and she tells you a code phrase, which
Spy Fox is unfamiliar with.
Go outside. Monkey Penny calls you on your spy watch to
say that Agent Pins is in the desert with a useful gadget.
Go to the desert and talk to Agent Pins, who is disguised
as a cactus. She gives you a compact that is used to
decode code phrases. How handy!
Go back to the import shop at the lake and use the compact
on Flotilla. Select the code that Flotilla gave you to
find the counter-code. Then click on the arrow in the
upper left to back away from the compact, and Spy Fox gives
Flotilla the proper response. In return, Flotilla gives
Spy Fox the amulet. She tells him to make sure it doesn't
fall into the wrong hands, and Spy Fox says, "Don't worry,
I'll carry it in my right hand."
Go back to the jungle and put the amulet in the keyhole to
open up the temple. Inside you find some buzzsaws in the
way. Now, if this was a Prince of Persia game, you could
simply run past them, but here you have to use the rust
buster on the blades to get rid of them. After all, those
blades may be sharp, but Spy Fox has the edge.
Go into the next room, where there is a whole bunch of
chicle. But...the gate is shut! The rope to open the gate
is far overhead, so use the spy toaster on Spy Fox.
Remember kids, don't try this at home!
The spy toaster works and shoots Spy Fox twenty feet up in
the air so he can open the gate. This opens the chicle,
and a trap, but Spy Fox escapes with the chicle. Way to
go, Spy Fox!
003c-Getting the APD
In order to get the APD, you need to first get the Sticky
Stun Bun and the Spy Ear from the Spy Vending Machine at
As soon as Spy Fox leaves the bowling alley, Monkey Penny
calls Spy Fox on his watch to tell him that Roger Boar is
hiding in Poodles' factory.
In the street, use Plato's access card (which he gave to
Spy Fox along with the list of the four things he needs) on
the slot where key cards go to open the gate. Then head
through the gate to enter Poodles' factory. Spy Fox covers
the two objectives here, which are to find Roger Boar and
to "borrow" Poodles' rocket to get the APD.
You can go through the door on the left, or you can head
straight left across what appears to be a broken vertical
escalator without rails (you see these sometimes at
airports). Head straight left to reach the wig room, where
Roger Boar is cleverly disguised underneath a fetching wig.
Spy Fox pretends to be surprised by Roger's disguise ("You
had me wigged out for a second there," he says). Roger
says he can tell you pretty much anything about Poodles'
factory; he's seen all the hairy deals that have been going
Head back right. Click on the glass to hear the guards
talk. Well...you can't hear what they say clearly, so use
the Spy Ear on the glass to make things more clear. It
turns out the guards are talking about the combination to
the safe containing the rocket ship key. Spy Fox writes
the combination down.
Head left through the doors. Hey, the door on the left
leads to the rocket ship! Go through it. Dang...Spy Fox
is nabbed by the hair-scanning security system. Head down
the carpet behind Spy Fox to find a wig-making machine.
Hey...maybe you could make a wig to fool the hair-scanning
security system!
Go back to Roger, and talk to him about the hair that's
needed to get past the hair scanner (use the talk balloon
in Spy Fox's middle pocket). Roger tells you what kind of
hair you need. Go back to the wig machine and make the
appropriate wig, then use the wig on Spy Fox to get through
the hair scanner.
Spy Fox ends up in the rocket ship room, but it's full of
guards! Use the sticky stun bun to get rid of the guards.
The safe is to the right of the rocket. Enter the code
that Spy Fox got from the guards (you can look at the paper
that Spy Fox wrote the combination on) to open the safe and
get the keys.
Once you have the keys, use them on the rocket ship to
blast off into outer space! "I'm sure Poodles will be mad
that I borrowed her rocket, but it's her own fault for
being evil!" Spy Fox says.
Once you're in outer space, click on the APD number at the
bottom of the can to have Spy Fox write it down on a CD.
All right! You have the APD! You can hang around in outer
space if you want, but there's not much to do except go
into the aerosol can and hear Spy Fox's plans for dealing
with Poodles: "I'm going to put a stop to Poodles'
pernicious power play permanently...then I'm going out for
pancakes." Sounds like a good plan to me, Spy Fox!
003-Getting Secret Donut XY
You need canned laughter and grappling granny (if you
haven't already used it in the jungle) to get the secret
donut XY.
Go to the Donut Shop on the street (across from the bowling
alley). Pia, the waitress, would like to make you a secret
donut XY, but the old cook, Bobby Llama, left his job
without leaving instructions for making a secret donut XY.
Spy Fox gets a balloon so he can talk to people about the
recipe for the secret donut XY. Use it on Pia or Buzz (the
police officer) to learn that Bobby Llama is in the desert.
Go to the desert with the spy car. Go left to find the
prickly pear ranch (where Bobby Llama stays), but Henrietta
Havalina refuses to let any non-beekeepers in. She could
probably be fooled with a beekeeper hat.
Go right twice to find Bea Bear at the bee farm (apiary).
She has a beekeeper hat, so borrow her hat and use it to
get past Henrietta. Bobby Llama is sitting on a cactus
(ow!). Use the talk balloon on him to get the recipe for
the secret donut XY.
Go back to the donut shop and give the recipe to Pia. She
can't read it, though, because it's in code. Cracking the
code is simple: each blank spot has a picture under it.
The first letter in the name of the picture goes into the
blank. For example, "A" goes into all the spots above the
pictures of an ant.
Or, you could simply copy the recipe like this:
1 tbs YEAST
1 1/2 cup MILK
1 tsp SALT
1/4 cup WATER
3/4 cup SUGAR
1 tbs OIL
Secret Ingredient: Tapioca
Pia has everything except the tapioca, which you can find
in the jungle. So I guess it's off to the jungle to find
tapioca! Go to the jungle, and use the grappling granny on
the tree branch overhead to get across the quicksand, then
climb up the rope ladder.
Stanley Ellington Seagull is up here. Talk to him about
the tapioca. He complains about how he has nothing to eat
except tapioca. "I'd give the Queen's Royal Jewels for a
(donut)!" Stanley says. "Well, that sounds like a very
interesting trade," Spy Fox says, "but how about some
tapioca for the donut instead?"
Stanley agrees, so it's back to the donut shop to buy the
donut that Stanley wants. That shouldn't cost much, seeing
as it's free donut day. The problem, though, is that Buzz
eats whatever donut you order.
Use the canned laughter on the door to get rid of Buzz, and
order the donut again. This time you get the donut. Go
back to the jungle and give it to Stanley, then go back to
the donut shop and give the tapioca to Pia. For all your
running around, you get the secret donut XY. All right!
003-Getting Prickly Pear Pizza
You don't need any spy gadgets to get the prickly pear
Go to the street, where there is a pizza parlor across from
the bowling alley. Order a prickly pear pizza from Pia,
the girl who's working there. Unfortunately, it seems the
shop was burglarized by someone wearing pink cloth (I bet
it's Poodles), and now they have no prickly pears.
Spy Fox gets a talk balloon about the prickly pears. Use
it on Pia to learn that they grow in the desert. That's
good. Get in the Spy Car and drive to the desert, then go
You're at the prickly pear ranch, but Henrietta Havalina
won't let you in unless you're a beekeeper. Spy Fox can't
get past her even with the old invisible beekeeper hat
trick, so it looks like we'll have to find a real
beekeeper hat.
Go right twice to find Bea Bear at the bee farm (apiary).
She has a beekeeper hat, so borrow her hat and use it to
get past Henrietta. Now grab a prickly pear and leave.
Henrietta's X-ray machine catches you, and she confiscates
your prickly pear. Darn...if only there was a way to get
past her...
Hey! Those boards on the river are getting past her! What
if you put a prickly pear on a board and let it float down
the river? That could work, but where would the prickly
pear end up? Go down the road to the lower/right to find
The boards all end up on a waterfall, so that's where the
pear would go. Well, that's no good for Spy Fox, because
"Spies like me don't go chasing waterfalls." Turn the
circular crank to divert the water into the reservoir
Go back to the prickly pear ranch and pick a prickly pear,
then put it one on of the boards that's stuck against the
shore. Then go to the reservoir, where the prickly pear is
Grab the prickly pear, then go back to the pizza shop on
the street. Give the pear to Pia and she makes you the
prickly pear pizza. All right! That's one step closer to
finishing to congeal pill! It's too bad that (once you
give the pizza to Plato) he only wanted it because he was
hungry, not because he needed it to make the congeal pill.
003-Getting Beauty Clay
You need the spy mint and the grappling granny (if you
haven't already used it) to get the beauty clay.
The beauty clay is found in the bottom of the lake, so go
to the lake. Wet Eddie (the frog) has a nice scuba suit,
perfect for diving under the lake and getting beauty cream,
but it's missing flippers because Eddie doesn't need any,
because frog feet are shaped like flippers. Spy Fox will
have to get some flippers of his own before Eddie will loan
him the suit.
Wait...didn't you see a pair of flippers in the bowling
alley? Sure you did...go back to the bowling alley to find
a pair of flippers where bowling shoes should be. Sport,
the attendant, says you can have the flippers if you return
the bowling shoes.
Go to the jungle, where the bowling shoes are on the
quicksand but not sinking for some reason. Use the
grappling granny on the overhead branch, and click on the
bowling shoes to grab them in mid-swing. Then take the
shoes back to Sport. Even though the shoes are covered in
filth and quicksand, Sport takes them and gives you the
Go back to the lake and show the flippers to Eddie. He
gives you the scuba suit. Then head out to the mining rig,
put on the scuba suit, and dive underwater.
Darn, the gate to the mining area is shut! There are three
dials on the lock, each one pointing a particular way. Try
to remember the way they point, then go up to the top of
Poodles' mining rig.
There's a guard walking around. When he is offscreen,
sneak to the area on the left that has three dials which
look exactly like the dials on the underwater lock. Move
the dials so they face the same direction as the dials
underwater to open the gate.
There is a chart here that shows where all the different
kinds of clay are. Locate where the specific clay you're
looking for is (check your piece of paper if you forgot
what kind of clay you're looking for) and remember where it
Go back underwater and through the now-open gate. The area
is too dark to see, so use the spy mint to shed some light
on the situation. Grab the clay from the correct location
(check the chart again if you forget), and then you have
the beauty clay. All right!
003-Getting Freshwater Pearl
You need the duck blind and the spy pearl detector, and
perhaps the grappling granny (if you haven't used it yet)
to get the freshwater pearl.
Go to the lake, where the freshwater pearl farm is. The
farm is too far away to swim to, so you'll have to catch a
ride from the fisherman.
The fisherman can't hear you (he's too far away), although
he can talk to you easily enough (he has a megaphone).
Looks like Spy Fox needs a megaphone, too.
Go to the street, where Cookie is selling cookies. She has
a megaphone that she uses to yell at potential customers.
She only needs to sell three boxes before she can get a
free bike, so Spy Fox makes a deal with her: he'll sell the
three boxes for her, and she'll give him the megaphone.
Cookie gives you three boxes of cookies. Only certain
characters will buy certain cookies, so you need to find
the right people to sell the cookies to. Here's all the
various kinds of cookies and who buys them:
Coconut Curry Crunch (the cookies in the red box) get
bought by Trudy Fruit who is in the jungle. If you haven't
already, use the grappling granny to get across the
quicksand and you can find her in front of the ancient
Dill Pickle Drops (the cookies in the purple box) get
bought by Flotilla, who is inside the import shop at the
Honey Baked Beet Biscuits (the cookies in the green box)
get bought by Bea Bear, who is at the desert (just go right
once to find her).
Luscious Lemon Listies (the cookies in the orange box) get
bought by Sport, the attendant at the bowling alley on the
Nutty Nut Chews (the cookies in the blue box) get bought by
Bobby Llama at the prickly pear ranch. To find him, go to
the desert, go right and get a beekeeper hat from Bea, then
go left twice, put on the hat, and go left again to reach
the ranch where Bobby is.
Once you sell all three boxes, go back to Cookie and give
her the money. She runs off, leaving you the megaphone.
"Gee, kids are so cute," Spy Fox says. "Loud, but cute."
Take the megaphone, then go to the lake and use it on Spy
Fox to talk to the fisherman.
The fisherman is Herman, and he takes you to the pearl
farm. Climb up the ladder to the upper level of the farm
where there is a large bed of oysters (pearls are found
inside oysters).
There's a duck guard who is protecting the area. Use the
duck blind on Spy Fox, which should render him invisible to
the guard. That takes care of that malicious mallard!
Then take out the spy pearl detector and use it on the pile
of pearls.
Move the pearl detector around the oysters (it beeps faster
when you get closer to the pearl). When you find the
pearl, click on it, and Spy Fox gets the pearl. All right!
Nothing else to do here except catch a ride back to shore
with Herman.
003d-Defeating Poodles
Once you've gotten all four ingredients, head to MOCOM and
give them all to Plato Pushpin, who goes through the
difficult process of creating the congeal pill (all he does
is throw the items in the pill and shake the pill so they
get well-mixed).
Dr. Quack interrupts to give you a swiss spy knife, which
has a toothpick and fork. "That'll come in handy if I'm
ever caught dining without utensils," Spy Fox notes. It
also has a pair of chromium alloy, high tensile strength
safety scissors that can cut through sheer metal, but that
probably won't be as useful as the toothpick and fork.
Go to Poodles' rocket like you did while getting the APD
number, then head inside the aerosol can. Take out the
congeal pill and throw it at the aerosol. Spy Fox makes
the mistake of catching Poodles' attention, and she
retrieves the congeal pill before it stops her aerosol.
Poodles gloats and, even worse, makes fun of Spy Fox for
being a bad bowler (ow!). She sends two of her goons on
Spy Fox, and even though he's an expert in
cock-a-doodle-fu, they tie him up in a steel net.
Poodles throws the congeal pill away, then goes back to her
dastardly plans. Well, this is a fine mesh Spy Fox has
gotten himself into! What can he use to get out of the
steel mesh?
Wait! The swiss spy knife! Try using it and Spy Fox will
try to break free with the fork...no good. Spy Fox then
tries the toothpick...no good either. That leaves
chromium alloy, high tensile strength wire cutters. Hey,
they work! Spy Fox escapes the net!
Get the congeal pill out of the trash, then throw it into
the aerosol again. This time, Poodles doesn't notice
until it's too late, and the aerosol is being stopped.
But wait...that means the whole aerosol can is going to
explode, with Spy Fox in it! Oh no!
Poodles escapes through the exit. "I can't let her get
away," Spy Fox says. "A crazy criminal like her should be
behind bars getting the best rehabilitation my tax dollars
can buy." This is your cue to follow her out the exit (if
you don't, the game ends with Spy Fox getting the pretty
big award of reasonable merit, which you can print out).
Poodles escapes to a moon base with Spy Fox in tow as the
aerosol can explodes. Poodles sets a force field on her
moon base to prevent unwanted intruders. Spy Fox then gets
a call on his watch. "I hope it's not a telemarketer," Spy
Fox says as he accepts the call.
It's Monkey Penny, who is trapped outside the force field.
Spy Fox says he'll deactivate the shield as soon as he can.
But first he has to get through the door by pressing the
four buttons in the correct sequence.
Guards will float by and press the correct sequence (you
can tell what buttons they pushed by which lights go off).
Move up to the control pad and duplicate the sequence to
get inside, or as Spy Fox says, "I'm in there like
The force field is controlled by a fingernail scanning
device, but Spy Fox doesn't know what kind of fingernails
Poodles has. Darn. Go left and Spy Fox sees a surveillance
room. He tries to enter, but is stopped by the security
system, a giant powder puff.
Go to the platform leading up to go up to where the powder
puff control switch is. Try turning off the switch to see
that there's a transport trap in the way. Go back to the
room where the powder puff control switch is.
Examine the TV screen-like thing near the transporter.
It's the control panel for the transporter, but it's
missing an electrical component. Press the button (which
doesn't seem to do anything), then go down and right.
Hey, pressing the button did something after all! It
opened Poodles' perfume cabinet. Doesn't one of the
perfume bottles look like it'd fit perfectly into the
control panel for the transporter? Of course it does!
Grab that perfume bottle, and then stick it in the control
panel for the transporter.
The transporter gets shut off, leaving you free to flip the
switch on the powder puff to OFF. Then go back down and
go left past the powder puff freely.
You're in the surveillance room. Press the two arrow
buttons to move through the cameras. One of them has a
close-up of Poodles' hand. Remember what her nails look
like, then go right twice to reach the room with the
fingernail scanner.
Fortunately, there's a fingernail painter in the left part
of the room. Use it to paint your fingernails like
Poodles' and then stick your hand in the fingernail scanner
to undo the force field.
Monkey Penny and her team comes in to rescue Spy Fox and
arrest Poodles, and Spy Fox gets the really big award of
stupendous merit, which you can print out. All right! Way
to go Spy Fox!
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Spartanburg Methodist returned an experienced lineup of players who helped the team make the junior college basketball national tournament last season as freshmen.
Spartanburg Methodist returned an experienced lineup of players who helped the team make the junior college basketball national tournament last season as freshmen.
SMC head coach Jeff Brookman figured the Pioneers would be pretty good again.
He didn't figure they would be perfect.
Yet, that's exactly what SMC has been through 21 games. The Pioneers, now ranked third in the country in NJCAA Division I, have yet to lose. They'll put that undefeated record on the line at 7 p.m. Wednesday at home in Bridges Arena against Region 10 rival Aiken Tech.
"I never would have thought we could be 21-0," Brookman said. "But here we are."
SMC has already set the program record for consecutive victories. There have been a few close calls, four-point wins against Clinton Junior College and USC Salkehatchie as well as a five-point affair against Brunswick. But the Pioneers have kept finding ways.
"I don't think any of us have been a part of something like this," sophomore Jalen Nesbitt said. "It makes it fun to come to practice every day. We're using the streak as motivation, but we still feel like we have a lot to prove. So we go into every game like our record is 0-0."
SMC is doing it with an all-South Carolina roster and many of the key players are from the Upstate. Leading scorer Ronell Crockett (13.6 points, 5.4 rebounds per game) is from T.L. Hanna in Anderson. Nesbitt (11.4 ppg., 6.8 rpg.) is from Chapman. DaQuan Jeffries (10.8 ppg., 6.2 ppg.) is a freshman from Broome. Point guard Travis Black (8.2 points and 5.5 assists per game) went to Spartanburg Christian. Ben Johnson is from Boiling Springs and Marquise Sims from Byrnes.
"You just don't see this sort of thing, especially with teams in the top 25," said Brookman, a former Anderson University assistant in his third season at SMC. "They've either got international guys or they've got out-of-state guys. I just think that speaks volumes for what we've done and how we've done it."
The Pioneers had a four-week holiday break from mid-December to mid-January, a month to reflect on being 15-0.
"We tried not to think about it, but that's not easy. We're doing some pretty big things right now," Crockett said. "We've always had it in our minds to get back (to the national championship tournament). From the first practice, it was so competitive for everybody at every position. It seems like anybody could start or have a big impact."
That has kept players well-rested and healthy, the scoring balanced with different heroes seemingly every game.
"We're real deep," Black said. "When you come out for sub, you know the next person is going to get the job done. That's a good thing. We can just keep going and going."
"We have a lot of talented players," Brookman said. "It might not be the most talented team in the country, but I will tell you that there's not another that is more unselfish than we are. We have great team chemistry. They get along so well. That's the biggest reason we've been so successful. Everybody knows their role. Everybody can't score 18 or 20 points. But we have guys who are very good defensively. We have energy and effort guys. They do their jobs better than anyone else does. And when you put all that together, it's a winning combination."
The streak will almost surely end at some point. The ranking could fall. But the hopes and expectations created by all that will continue to rise.
"You can't pay too much attention to numbers or you'll start patting yourself on the back," Brookman said. "It's important for us to focus on the present and keep getting better every day. If we do that, hopefully, everything will take care of itself."


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The name of this Institute shall be the Institute for Holistic Health Studies (IHHS).
Article II - Purpose
To develop respectful and cooperative relationships among people and organizations and their environment by providing information, education, and skills to improve the quality of life (health) of individuals within the community and region.
Article III - Objectives
Article IV - Operations
Article V—Administration
A. Term of office for each Board member from the University shall be two years. Term of office for each Board member from outside the University shall be two years. For the initial startup, three members representing the three schools in the University shall serve a two-year term and four members from the Community shall serve for one year. Term of office for the Director shall be three years. Term of office for the student representative shall be one year.
B. Board members shall be solicited from the University and Community. Board members may serve consecutive terms.
Article VI - Duties Of The Director
A. The Director will make a copy of the minutes of each meeting available to each member as delineated in Article IX.
Article VII - Evaluation And Audit
An annual evaluation of the Institute's activities and an accounting of all funds it generates will be conducted by the Director of the IHHS in collaboration with the Business Office. Results will be provided to the Dean of the School of Professional Studies, the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs, the University President, the University Senate, and Office of Finance and Administration.
Article VIII - Meetings
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Holy Wisdom in Constantinople,
Indeed why wait - you can have the full undivided ancient Church right now. The Orthodox Church.ÂÂ
No, the Orthodox have always considered themselves, and themselves alone to be the fullness of the Catholic faith. So we believe that which has always been believed by the Church. By deviating into heresy, Rome ceased to be a memeber of the Church.ÂÂ
Anyway how bout a nice bier?
"Clearly there is a need for a liberating process of purification of memory. For the occasions past and present, when sons and daughters of the Catholic Church have sinned by action or omission against their Orthodox brothers and sisters, may the Lord grant us the forgiveness we beg of Him.""Some memories are especially painful, and some events of the distant past have left deep wounds in the minds and hearts of people to this day. I am thinking of the disastrous sack of the imperial city of Constantinople, which was for so long the bastion of Christianity in the East. It is tragic that the assailants, who had set out to secure free access for Christians to the Holy Land, turned against their own brothers in the faith. The fact that they were Latin Christians [Roman Catholics] fills Catholics with deep regret. How can we fail to see here the 'mysterium iniquitatis' at work [2 Thess. 2:7] in the human heart? To God alone belongs judgment and, therefore, we entrust the heavy burden of the past to his endless mercy, imploring him to heal the wounds that still cause suffering to the spirit of the Greek people."- Pope John Paul II, May 4th, 2001ADDRESS TO HIS BEATITUDE CHRISTODOULOSARCHBISHOP OF ATHENS AND PRIMATE OF GREECE
The council of Florence does NOT represent the Orthodox accept the Latin view of things, nor a date of the schism. As far as I know only the Ecumenical Patriarchate agreed to the council (minus of course St. Mark of Ephesos).
The Papal Church can't accuse the Orthodox of heresy, because everything we believe the Latins once believed. If they want to heal the schism they need to renounce what they have added - Papal infallibility, filioque etc. Still some good German Beer sounds good right about now. German wine is good as well. Come to think of it there isn't much I didn't like in Germany....so now I have to ask myself why I'm moving to Greece again...I'll have to suffer through Mythos and Greek wine, we all have our crosses.ÂÂ
Don't believe everything you think.
The more I know, the less I know.
Speaking of Hagia Sophia, when are the Orthodox going to get that back?
I looked up: 2 Thesalonians 2:1-8. It says about the antiChrist, right?What do you mean by that?
Let us hope Bishop Fellay following the example of St. mark of Ephesus, remain strong in his possition and keep his Church out of the liberal and worldly Vatican establishment.
What of Marcian and Leo, and Marcian's persecution on the non-Chalcedonians? What is "wrong"?Again, why should we trust the Pope of Rome? And what makes today's Pope acceptable to Orthodoxy?Has he denounced many of the things the early Popes of Rome erred from?Perhaps, it's easy to denounce and ask forgiveness from the results of the Crusades or inquisitions. But what about Immaculate Conception, the filioque, and the celibacy of priests?Rome is high in primacy because St. Peter died there?So it's not even about who "received the keys." It's about where this person died. And why so?Is there a doctrine or a church father in history that says because St. Peter died there, that therefore it must be highest in honor and primacy?How is a bishop who is not Roman have the power to bind and loose if the only one with the key is Rome? Does another bishop get this power from Rome or Christ?Does the Holy Spirit give every succession same Apostolic grace except Rome, which is given super-Apostolic grace different from all others?Why then is Constantinople second?Is it because St. Andrew, the brother of St. Peter died there?What about Alexandria?The nephew of the Primate died there too?Is this why the first three received honor?Victor,Please, please...feel free to answer these questions. You have posted numerous times on Orthodox-Catholic relations, and in the past you have not answered questions like these.Please, help us understand the viewpoint of the RC church by answering the questions posed to you, in response to the questions you posed and were answered here.
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Attorneys filed the $4 million lawsuit Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court. They say Camran Shafighi asked Pippen for an autograph for his girlfriend's son and instead got a "brutal and unjustified" attack.
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[ Downloading the OLYMPUS Digital Camera Updater ]
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