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Put Your Head On My Shoulders
Original airdate: February 13, 2000
Written by Ken Keeler; Directed by Chris Louden
Hey, remember Amy? Well she finally gets to do something again here in "Put Your Head On My Shoulders". Amy, to me, has always been the most extraneous of the main Futurama characters. It's not that she isn't funny, just that she doesn't really add much. She's a clutzy, somewhat-smart rich girl with pushy parents who hangs around the office and like any good intern does not much at all. She serves as a contrast to Leela. That's basically it. Wait, that's quite a lot. Anyway, the point is that she gets to do something here.
So the set-up is thus: Amy buys a new car and goes for a spin on Mercury with Fry. After very excessive fuel usage, it breaks down and she and Fry make out whilst being towed back. On their return, they decide to begin dating but Fry quickly grows tired of what he for some reason perceives as Amy's clinginess. So that the two will not have to be alone together, Fry brings Zoidberg on their picnic date to Europa. This successfully impedes the date but also Fry's life as Zoidberg crashes the car. Fry's body is crushed so Zoidberg quickly grafts Fry's head onto Amy's body. (How the hell did Zoidberg and Amy survive the crash in one piece? It was a head-on collision with a huge block of ice!) Fry, displaying his usual short-sightedness, proceeds to then break up with Amy. It's kind of funny that the title and main press release-type description of the episode's plot – Fry's head being attached to Amy – doesn't actually happen until 13 minutes into the episode. Not that this is a bad thing, as it means they actually take sufficient time on the set-up and characterization.
Anyway, what follows is some excellent interaction between two people trying to go about their separate lives after a break-up, especially as it's Valentine's Day, but being very literally unable to. Meanwhile, the subplot, the best part of the episode, shows Bender at his finest. Here he decides to exploit humans' fondness for love to aid his fondness for money; by setting up a dating agency/scam (it's discrete and discreet). The scam part of Bender's business, one of my favourite of his schemes, consists of him just rounding up dates for his clients at the bus station. Amy secures a date for Valentine's, so Fry is forced to employ Bender's service to get one of his own: the "well-travelled" Petunia (and I don't mean she travels alot). As their dates both leave on the 10.15 to Nutley, Leela saves Fry from having to endure Amy putting out, by distracting her date with questions about banking industry regulation. It's another sweet moment for the two and once again continues their theme of being lonely together. Fry gets his body back and Bender takes credit for Fry and Leela spending Valentine's together, despite not doing anything.
So a pretty solid, if not spectacular episode. It doesn't have much of a plot, but it's an effective Futurama twist on traditional sitcom romances, especially stuff like Three's Company. It's a neat character episode and it's nice to see Amy given a larger role. The highlights come once again from some fantastic Bender action as well as some good Fry-Leela development.
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- So the first act is Amy, Leela, Fry and Bender going car shopping at Malfunctioning Eddie's. Yay for not working again! Okay fine it's President's Day weekend so they have an excuse this time. Anyway, Amy's parents promised her a bar if she got all Bs and she got all Cs and Bender needs to get his ass serviced to prevent explosions in low-speed collisions ("No wonder you've been staying at the back of conga lines recently.") Makes sense to me. We get to see a master class of car salesman bullshit, as Amy's shallow nature is exploited and she is brilliantly guilt-tripped in to buying the eagle-filled Beta Romero by the Ricardo Montalban-esque Victor for far more than the asking price ("No dog food for Victor tonight"). As is Fry's immense sense of male inadequacy with the perfectly named Thundercougarfalconbird, which will certainly stop people questioning his sexual orientation.
- "Valentine's Day's coming? Oh crap, I forgot to get a girlfriend again. Well, since neither of us has a date, why don't we…/You just assume I can't get a Valentine's date?/Shall we say 8 o'clock?"
- The Amy-Fry relationship is a pretty realistic and smart development for the show. They have quite similar personalities and preferences, but no deeper connection beyond sex. So it makes sense they'd get together for a while. And they get on pretty well when they are attached, what with the table tennis and bra application and all. I love Amy's increasingly enraged Chinese singing to give Fry some privacy.
- "I'd pay anything to end my miserable loneliness. If only I wasn't so desperately poor!" They're really ramping up Zoidberg's horrific life: he's eating out of bins and so hungry he eats a basket. "I'll just turn the wheel to maximum fastness."
- "Stupid anti-pimping laws!" – This is probably one of the most famous and popular Futurama jokes. What with Bender's pimp strut, that his plan is apparently struck down the same day he conceives it, that he expects Leela to pay his fine, and just "Shut up baby I know it!" it's not difficult to see why. Bender is really on form in this one. Money-grabbing, scam-running Bender beats whiny, attention-seeking Bender every day of the week. "Demand suddenly skyrocketed, you all saw it!"
- Leela's on great, dry form in this one as well: "I'm not a one woman man Leela!/You'll be back to zero soon enough." And I love her coyness and shame around finally accepting she needs to use Bender's dating service. Oh and the $500 bill features Al Gore.
- Fry's unjustified overreaction towards Amy is classic Futurama. He – the perennial loser who repulses women – is breaking up with her because she actually wants to spend time with him. "Amy, you know how at first you like chocolate but then you start to get tired of it because it always wants to hang out with you/Huh? You don't like chocolate?/Look could chocolate just let me finish?"
- "Now that I'm single, I'll attract all sorts of women./With my body I think you'll only attract one sort of woman./Oh!…Oh."
- "I still don't understand why you wouldn't let me graft a laser cannon on to your chest. To crush those who disobey you!…But I guess we're just two different people."
- And a great ending moral lesson from Bender: "You just corralled a bunch of stiffs at the bus station and pocketed our money./True, but in the end, isn't that what Valentine's Day is really all about?/Yeah/I guess so." But he gets his just desserts as Fry accidentally kicks him, making his ass explode. Kind of a random ending, but I guess that's the point.
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Aww nuts. Is this yet another episode-reviewing blog that I suddenly come across, read through and enjoy…and then discover it hasn't been updated in over a month? Why does this always happen to me?


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More Justice, Justice, Shall You Pursue
…and they shall govern the people with due justice. You shall not judge unfairly: you shall show no partiality; you shall not take bribes, for bribes blind the eyes of the discerning and upset the plea of the just. Justice, justice shall you pursue, that you may thrive and occupy the land that Adonai your God is giving you. (Deuteronomy 16:18–20)
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Visions of Sugar Plums Pizza
This easy holiday dessert recipe will surely set little ones to sweet-dreaming. To make the bejeweled treat, stir gumdrops into spiced cookie dough and bake in a pizza pan.
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- Lightly grease a 12- or 13-inch pizza pan or a 13x9x2-inch baking pan; set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar, ginger, baking soda, and cinnamon. Beat until combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Beat in egg and molasses until combined. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Using a wooden spoon, stir in any remaining flour.
- Spread the dough evenly into the prepared pan.
- Bake in a 350 degree F oven for 12 minutes. Sprinkle partially baked cookie with gumdrops. Return to the oven. Bake about 8 minutes more or until edges are browned (do not overbake). Cool completely in pan on a wire rack.
- In a heavy small saucepan melt white baking pieces and shortening over low heat. Drizzle over cookie. Let stand about 20 to 30 minutes or until set. To serve, cut into wedges or bars. Makes 16 wedges.
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Anna and Jack Krupka opened Reflections on Deep Lake in Lake Villa 18 years ago because she saw a demand for Polish food outside Chicago. If the idea didn't work out, they would build four houses on the land next to their Jack and Lydia's Resort.
So did it work out?
"Jedzcie, pijcie I popuszczajcie pasa" (eat, drink and loosen your belt), as the menu reads.
"People knew us from Jack and Lydia's Resort so we were not new to the area," Anna said.
Reflections serves kiszka, kabanos, bratwurst, golabki, golonka, kolaczki, borscht, crepes, sauerkraut and pierogi — and some with a twist, such as Mexican pierogi with spicy potato and cheese.
Another Polish recipe is sauerkraut soup. "It's like a goulash," said Krupka.
Crepes are another popular item at Reflections. "I grew up on crepes because on Fridays you did not eat meat, so we would eat them with mostly farmer cheese," said Krupka, who came to Chicago from Warsaw in 1978.
"When someone says 'My mom or my grandma made this' or 'it tastes like her borscht,' it melts my heart," she said.
When I mentioned my husband said the plum pie reminded him of a cake his Lithuanian grandma made, Krupka smiled broadly and placed her hand on her heart. "Ah yes! We are all Eastern European!"
Krupka was a cocktail waitress when she met her husband, who owned Jack and Lydia's. "He brought me to this paradise," she said of Lake Villa.
Krupka said the name Reflections was chosen by a friend who was sitting out back with her near the lake. "It's more like a mirror. We have old pictures on the wall reflecting on the past."
On the menu: All the "Tweensize Meals" for kids are named after schools in the Lake Villa area: Hooper Hamburger, Oakland Style Pizza, Palombi Style Pizza, Pleviak Pasta, Thompson Tenders, Petty Polish Crepes and Prince of Peace Pierogi.
About the owners: Anna and Jack Krupka opened Reflections in 1999. They own Jack and Lydia's Resort next door; Lydia is Jack's sister. The eatery was built in 1927 and sat vacant for five years before the Krupkas bought it in 1998. Some of the floors are original and Reflections was last remodeled in 2005.
Philosophy: "Customers, the people who come here, some became really good friends. They see our hard work here. That's what's really driving me here," Krupka said.
Decor: Lakefront resort delivers an old-school feeling. It includes a room filled with accordions, which Jack Krupka plays Tuesdays.
Prices: Appetizers from $6-$11. Organic appetizer for $8.25. Soup from $3.75-$6.50. Salad from $4.95-$13.50. Friday specials from $11.75-$16.95. Saturday and Sunday specials from $14.95-$20.50. Polish specialties from $10.50-$13.75. Seafood from $14.50-$19.95. Entrees from $9.95-$22.95. Sandwiches from $8.25-$8.95. Desserts from $4.50-$10. Kids' meals for $5.75.
Logistics: Reflections is at 38564 N. Edgewood St., Lake Villa. Hours are 4-9 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 4-9:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 1- 8 p.m. Sunday. Call 847-265-4170 or go to www.reflectionsondeeplake.com.
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November 10th, 2010 by Larry
It's so refreshing to see/hear an artist break molds and cross genres successfully. After hearing F**k You for the first time, I was hoping Cee Lo's new album, The Lady Killer, would carry an old school feel and Cee Lo delievered the sound I was looking for on multiple tracks. Upon first listen, Satisfied, was instantly my new favorite song.
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Book cover design, illustration and reviews for independent publishers and traditional. Have done reviews for traditional publishers such as Scholastic, Random House, etc. who send me books to review before the book's release date. I am a professional graphic designer & illustrator interested in designing book covers and illustration. I post FREE EBOOKS often and participate in book hops (book giveaways) when authors are willing to ship their book to the winner.
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Review: Watched
Watched by C.J. Lyons
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
When hackers can hijack any cellphone or computer webcam, no one is safe - including Jesse.
Jesse seems like a normal sixteen-year-old, but he isn't. He is a victim of King - a ruthless hacker who has been blackmailing Jesse with incriminating screen photos and videos. So far, Jesse's given in to King's demands in order to protect his family. But now King wants something that's too horrible to contemplate- and if he doesn't get it, King will kill Jesse's little sister.
Terrified and helpless, the answer to Jesse's prayers arrives in the form of a plain manila envelope. Inside there's a phone number and a note: I can help.
This book scared the crap out of me as a parent and as a human. So many children and teens are sex slaves and / or are abused today and none of us like to think about it, but it is real. It is on the Internet for their undeserved shame to linger for years to come and humiliate them into believing there is no way out. I heard on the news recently about the thousands and thousands of people (children & teens) who are locked away & abused right here in our "free country". The facts are completely overwhelming.
The book being fiction or not, the fact is that these nightmares actually happen to young people. In this book, as well as in real life, there is a family member involved. It was so disturbing I thought about the characters long after I'd put the book down.
The characters were both so strong and determined to do something other than be a victim. The book was great in that the characters worked together even though the odds were against them. I loved that there was some relief for the characters Watched. It is a very disturbing book that everyone should read. I was given this book for an honest review.
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That's a good start! Turner told John Finger of CSN Philly that he isn't upset that he doesn't have a contract extension but talks like someone who can see the writing on the wall that he might not be in the Sixers long-term plans.
The second-overall pick in 2010 has not quite reached expectations during his first three seasons in Philadelphia. Don't get me wrong, he has been decent but a top-two pick brings along high expectations. Last season he averaged a career best 13.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 4.3 assists per game which makes him a solid player but certainly not an All-Star to build a team around.
Turner, who turns 25 at the end of the month, is looking to prove doubters wrong that have listed him as an under-performing No. 2 overall pick. It is still not out of the question for the 76ers to move Turner to a team who could use a solid role player.
Or he could end staying in Philadelphia for the season and walk away at the end of the year for nothing... which would cause everyone else to drop the f-bomb too.
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A spectacular late acceleration saw Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) repeat his 2012 victory in the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and move up to third overall in the UCI WorldTour.
The 34-year-old, already a winner of Liège-Bastogne-Liège this spring, was once again in top condition in the Canadian Classic, timing his surge past late attacker Tom Dumoulin (Team Giant-Shimano) to perfection.
For Orica-GreenEdge, Gerrans victory was the 100th in their team history, whilst for the Australian, it represents a solid return to winning form after racing so well in the first part of the year.
"It's quite different racing on your fourth peak of the season and at this stage of the year I feel like I'm running on fumes," Gerrans said.
"But you've got to play it really smart in these races. I've tried to be careful with my training and taking care of myself so that I've got something left for the World Championships."
Before the World Championships, the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal on Sunday will be another short-term goal for the Australian, he has already succeeded in moving into the top three of the UCI WorldTour's individual ranking.
Whilst Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) and Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) remain in the top spots overall, with 462 and 407 points, both riders are taking part in the Vuelta a España.
Gerrans, meanwhile, moves into third with 398 points, six ahead of Tour de France winner Vincenzo Nibali (Astana Pro Team). The Australian is the only rider to make progress in the top 10 of the UCI WorldTour after Friday's race, although Dumoulin has also advanced 11 places, too, to fifteenth overall.
Gerrans win has also enabled Australia to move up a spot in the UCI WorldTour nations ranking, from seventh to sixth. The only other change in the higher echelons of that classification is largely thanks to 2014 Tour de France stage winner Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin Sharp) taking third in Québec behind Gerrans and Dumoulin. His placing has helped Lithuania to edge its way into 20th overall. At the head of the table, meanwhile, Spain retain their commanding lead, with 1,250 points, over 300 more than second-placed Italy, with 946.
The UCI WorldTour teams classification still remains dominated by Movistar Team, with 1,105 points, well ahead of AG2R La Mondiale who have 889 points. However, BMC Racing Team have now moved from seventh to fifth place, a move mirrored in the opposite direction by Katusha, who drop two spots to seventh. Team Giant-Shimano are the only other team to advance in the top ten, ousting Trek Factory Racing from ninth place overall.
Yet more developments are expected very soon in the UCI WorldTour rankings, with the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal taking place on Sunday – the final day, too, of the Vuelta a España, the third and last of the 2014 Grand Tours.


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NEW YORK, NY - This week the Associated Press reminded travel media that a person who flies a great deal is a 'frequent flyer,' not a 'flier.'
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About Net Impact
Net Impact is an international nonprofit organization with a mission to inspire, educate and equip individuals to use the power of business to create a more socially and environmentally sustainable world. Net Impact members are current and emerging leaders in corporate responsibility, social entrepreneurship, nonprofit management, international development and environmental sustainability who are actively improving the world.
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text: School and household chores kept Kathleen busy. She progressed into a new class and another school next to the senior boys. She noticed this with satisfaction, when she took a walk down to the schoolyard. It was easy to see over the wall into the boy's playground. At the end of this playground stood a large drill shed with a red corrugated roof. It was used to shelter from sun and showers and often open air lessons took place under the watchful eye of the Schoolmaster. It also had other uses and advantages for the more daring boys who climbed on the roof, lay flat and had a good view of the young ladies as they came and went. They were well aware of the boys. There were coy looks and faint blushes and little notes were passed to and fro. The older boys and girls made dates. Yet for the life of her, Kathleen couldn't understand what went on at these dates. She was content to look from a distance. Anyway she fancied older men!


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Kenneth A Mann, PhD
Current Appointments
- Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
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Research Programs and Affiliations
- Biomedical Sciences Program
- Cancer Research Program
- Orthopedic Surgery
Education & Fellowships
- PhD: Cornell University, 1991, Mechanical Engineering (Biomechanics)
- MS: Pennsylvania State University, 1985, Bioengineering
- BS: Virginia Tech, 1983, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Research Interests
Micro-mechanics of implant interfaces; damage evolution of joint replacements and biomaterials; in vivo models of tumor osteolysis and prediction of fracture risk; general orthopedic biomechanics.
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Research Interests
Etiology and Prevention of Loss of Fixation in Cemented Knee Replacements: (PI: KA Mann) The overall goal of this study is to provide a mechanistic and functional understanding of the role of mechanical interlock between cement and bone in TKA fixation, and determine if implant fixation can be improved by mitigating the loss of interlock through use of an established drug therapy. In this competitive renewal, we will develop a cemented tibial replacement model in the rat that recapitulates the cement-bone interlock that occurs in human arthroplasty. We will: 1) investigate alterations in the morphology and micro-mechanics of TKA cement-bone interlock as a function of time with in vivo service, 2) investigate dynamic bone remodeling and cellular response as a function of position in the interlocked construct, 3) determine the longitudinal effect aging/osteoporosis on morphology, micro-mechanics, and cellular changes of cement-bone interlock for TKA using an ovariectomy (OVX) model, 4) determine if systemic dosing of an antiresorptive agent (zoledronic acid) can prevent loss of TKA interlock in normal and OVX cases, and 5) determine if local dosing of zoledronic acid from PMMA cement in TKA can confer a positive effect as similar to systemic dosing. (NIH funded: 2017-2022).
Predicting bone fracture in patients with metastatic disease. (PIs: TA Damron , KA Mann) Primary tumors, such as breast and prostate cancer, can metastasize to bone cause bone destruction and bone fracture. Predicting whether a bone with metastatic disease will fracture remains a clinical challenge. Clinical scoring systems based on X-ray and patient pain levels are not good predictors for determining which bones require surgical stabilization. We are using Finite Element (FE) modeling of clinical CT scan sets in collaboration with Dr. Timothy Damron to determine activities of daily living that are predictive of fracture.The long term goal is to use FE as a tool to help surgeons decide which patients to stabilize from those that are not at risk of fracture. (Funding from Baldwin Foundation, 2016-2018.)
Role of therapeutic radiation in increasing fracture risk of bone: (PI: T Damron) Using a murine model of radiation damage to the extremities we are investigating the implications of bony remodeling in terms of structure and fundamental changes to bone material fracture resistance and chemical changes to the bone. We are using biomechanical strength tests and fracture toughness tests to monitor changes in bone structure and material properties with time, radiation dose, and anabolic, antiresorptive and radioprotection treatments. We are also using a combination of voxel-based finite element modeling with material damage models and comparing these to experiments to gain a better understanding of bone 'brittle' behavior. (NIH funded: 2014-2019)
Reducing Post-Radiotherapy Bone Fragility Through Orchestrated Cell Survival (PI: ME Oest) Using an established mouse model of limited field, clinically relevant fractionated irradiation, this proposal will investigate the natural time course and pharmacologic modulation of RTx-induced bone fragility in terms of local and distant cellular, tissue, and mechanical functions. Specifically, the goals are to 1) use an in vitro approach to identify RTx-upregulation of cytokine production by primary marrow cells that may regulate bone damage outside the irradiated field, comparing human and murine responses; 2) characterize the progression of marrow progenitor cell damage and recovery cycles post-RTx, including osteoblastic and osteoclastic lineages; 3) determine the efficacy of PTH as a progenitor cell radioprotectant; and 4) evaluate a short, tailored PTH-ZA co-treatment for radioprotection of progenitor cells, normalizing matrix remodeling, and restoring bone strength. Our overall goal is to identify translatable strategies to preserve post-RTx local and systemic bone quality and strength long-term, compatible with the clinical manifestation of fragility fractures years post-RTx. (NIH funded: 2017-2022).
Recent Representative Publications
- Srinivasan P, Miller MA, Verdonschot N, Mann KA, Janssen D. A modeling approach demonstrating micromechanical changes in the tibial cemented interface due to in vivo service. J Biomech, 56: 19-25, 2017.
- Cyndari KI, Goodheart JR, Miller MA, Oest ME, Damron TA, Mann KA. Peri-implant distribution of polyethylene debris in postmortem-retrieved knee arthroplasties: Can polyethylene debris explain loss of cement-bone interlock in successful total knee arthroplasties? J Arthroplasty, 32(7): 2289-2300, 2017.
- Srinivasan P, Miller MA, Verdonschot N, Mann KA, Janssen D. Strain shielding in trabecular bone at the tibial cement-bone interface. J Mech Beh Biomed Mater, 66: 181-186, 2017.
- Bartlow CM, Oest ME, Mann KA, Zimmerman ND, Butt BB, Damron TA. PTH(1-34) and zoledronic acid have differing longitudinal effects on juvenile mouse femur strength and morphology. J Orthop Res 35(8): 1707-1715, 2017.
- Zimmerman WF, Miller MA, Cleary RC, Izant TH, Mann KA. Damage in total knee replacements from mechanical overload. J Biomech, 49(10): 2068-75, 2016.
- Srinivasan P, Miller MA, Verdonschot N, Mann KA, Janssen D. Experimental and computational micromechanics at the tibial cement-trabeculae interface. J Biomech, 49(9):1641-8, 2016.
- Oest ME, Gong B, Esmonde-White K, Mann KA, Zimmerman ND, Damron TA, Morris MD. Parathyroid hormone attenuates radiation-induced increases in collagen crosslink ratio at periosteal surfaces of mouse tibia. Bone 86:91-7, 2016
- Oest ME, Mann KA, Zimmerman ND, Damron TA. Parathyroid hormone (1-34) transiently protects against radiation-induced bone fragility. Calcified Tissue International, 98(6): 619-30, 2016.
- Miller MA, Goodheart JR, Khechen B, Janssen D, Mann KA. Changes in micrograps, micromotion and trabecular strain for interlocked cement-trabecular bone interfaces in total knee replacements with in vivo service. J Orthop Res, 34(6):1019-25, 2016.
- Goodheart JR, Cleary RJ, Damron TA, Mann KA. Simulating activities of daily living with finite element analysis improves fracture prediction for patients with metastatic femoral lesions. J Orthop Res, 33(8):1226-34, 2015.


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Event Management Diploma Level 5
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Marcie's Murder has already undergone a couple of revisions and has been read by four of my regular readers. I'm now putting it through another revision to incorporate their feedback and tighten it up. After all, it's been about six months since I last read it. I'm doing some light rewriting and copy editing this time through. The plan will be to finish this revision, do another copy editing to tighten it up as much as possible, then do a final proofreading to catch any stray typographical errors that made it through that far.
I'm a little behind schedule, I think, but not too much. If I pick up the pace a little I should be able to take it upstairs to my son's Mac in the week of March 12 and create the book block for uploading to Lightning Source. In the same week I'll upload it to Smashwords and publish the e-book edition, which I'd like to have available for reviewers before the paperback hits the stands, figuratively speaking....
After such a productive day's work my reward was to go for a walk in the woods behind the house with my border collie. It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon and I was able to shut down the computer at 3:00 p.m. and grab my camera. I thought I'd share with you a few of the moments I enjoyed in my little slice of the Limerick Forest:
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WESTMINSTER -- The Westminster Farmers' Market opens for the season this Friday, May 5, at 3 p.m. on Academy Hill.
The market will have 23 returning vendors and eight new ones for the community to meet.
It's the time of year when you'll be able to stop by and pick up a hot coffee or a cool lemonade and a sweet treat, enjoy the live music and do some awesome food shopping all at the same time.
The market is closing a bit earlier this year, at 6 p.m., but that still gives three hours to shop.
Special features for Opening Day will include free compost (bring your own bucket) and the folky, improvisational jams of Nate Grigos on bouzouki style mandolin with additional guitar covers of the Doors and Lou Reed.


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As I'll never really do a bookshelf-tour kind of post, I thought another way of showing off what books I own is the On My Shelf tag, originally created by Iain Broome. The idea is simple: random numbers which form coordinates will determine what book on which shelf you'll be talking about. So if the numbers are 3 and 5, you'll talk about the fifth book on the third shelf. I used random.org to generate ten numbers, so I'll be talking about 5 books.
18,3 – Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
I bought this after I'd read and loved Fangirl and read it immediately after I received it. I absolutely adored this book. I thought it was better than Fangirl, less cheesy, even though this one's quite cheesy too. I rated it five stars, cause for a young adult love story, it's perfect.
7,19 – Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
Almost two years ago, I saw an advertisement on a Dutch version of Craigslist for a huge box filled with old Wordsworth Classics for very cheap. So I got it and now I have over 50 books in this old series. This is one of them, I haven't read it yet, and although I'm excited to get to it, I doubt it'll be soon.
22,8 – Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
Another one that I got in that big box. I own many of Verne's books, because as a kid I had this abridged version of Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, which I loved. So as an adult, I decided to buy his books. Never got around to reading them though..
1,4 – Little Women & Good Wives by Louisa May Alcott
Yet another Wordsworth Classic, but not one that belongs to the older series. I bought this about a year ago, and have always been avoiding any kind of spoilers of Little Women. One day, a few weeks ago, my friend was talking to me about spoilers and how an episode of F.R.I.E.N.D.S. talks about spoilers and this book. In recounting the episode, my friend spoiled Little Women. I tried reading it about a week ago, and couldn't get into it. Now I don't know if it was because I was spoiled, though, because I wasn't enjoying the writing either..
1,11 – The Complete Novels of Jane Austen
I'm not a Jane Austen Fan. But you may have noticed I do collect Wordsworth Classics (because they're cheap, not because they're pretty). I own all of The Complete Novels collections they have brought out so far, I think, and I haven't read much from them. I prefer owning the separate books as well, because these huge books are difficult to read.
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Statistical Fatigue Crack Propagation of a Superalloy Under a Block Type Spectrum Loading at Elevated Temperatureby J. N. Yang, Natl Cheng Kung Univ, Taiwan,
G. C. Salivar, Natl Cheng Kung Univ, Taiwan,
B. J. Schwartz, Natl Cheng Kung Univ, Taiwan,
Document Type: Proceeding Paper
Part of: Structural Safety and Reliability
A lognormal statistical model was developed for the prediction of crack growth damage accumulations of superalloys under a block type spectrum loading at elevated temperature. Both the distribution of crack length at any given service time and the distribution of service time to reach any given crack length were predicted. These theoretical predictions were compared with test data from twelve specimen tests for IN100, a nickel-base superalloy, generated under a block type spectrum. A good correlation was obtained between the predicted distributions and the test results.
Subject Headings: Statistics | Fatigue (material) | Cracking | Thermal loads | Load factors | Temperature effects | Temperature distribution | Load tests
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Tutorial: Create a custom image of an Azure VM with the Azure CLI
Custom images are like marketplace images, but you create them yourself. Custom images can be used to bootstrap configurations such as preloading applications, application configurations, and other OS configurations. In this tutorial, you create your own custom image of an Azure virtual machine. You learn how to:
- Deprovision and generalize VMs
- Create a custom image
- Create a VM from a custom image
- List all the images in your subscription
- Delete an image
Open Azure Cloud Shell
Azure Cloud Shell is a free, interactive shell that you can use to run the steps in this article. Common Azure tools are preinstalled and configured in Cloud Shell for you to use with your account. Just select the Copy button to copy the code, paste it in Cloud Shell, and then press Enter to run it. There are a few ways to open Cloud Shell:
|Select Try It in the upper-right corner of a code block.
|Open Cloud Shell in your browser.
|Select the Cloud Shell button on the menu in the upper-right corner of the Azure portal.
If you choose to install and use the CLI locally, this tutorial requires that you are running the Azure CLI version 2.0.30 or later. Run
az --version to find the version. If you need to install or upgrade, see Install Azure CLI.
Before you begin
The steps below detail how to take an existing VM and turn it into a reusable custom image that you can use to create new VM instances.
To complete the example in this tutorial, you must have an existing virtual machine. If needed, this script sample can create one for you. When working through the tutorial, replace the resource group and VM names where needed.
Create a custom image
To create an image of a virtual machine, you need to prepare the VM by deprovisioning, deallocating, and then marking the source VM as generalized. Once the VM has been prepared, you can create an image.
Deprovision the VM
Deprovisioning generalizes the VM by removing machine-specific information. This generalization makes it possible to deploy many VMs from a single image. During deprovisioning, the host name is reset to localhost.localdomain. SSH host keys, nameserver configurations, root password, and cached DHCP leases are also deleted.
To deprovision the VM, use the Azure VM agent (waagent). The Azure VM agent is installed on the VM and manages provisioning and interacting with the Azure Fabric Controller. For more information, see the Azure Linux Agent user guide.
Connect to your VM using SSH and run the command to deprovision the VM. With the
+user argument, the last provisioned user account and any associated data are also deleted. Replace the example IP address with the public IP address of your VM.
SSH to the VM.
ssh email@example.com
Deprovision the VM.
sudo waagent -deprovision+user -force
Close the SSH session.
Deallocate and mark the VM as generalized
To create an image, the VM needs to be deallocated. Deallocate the VM using az vm deallocate.
az vm deallocate --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM
Finally, set the state of the VM as generalized with az vm generalize so the Azure platform knows the VM has been generalized. You can only create an image from a generalized VM.
az vm generalize --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM
Create the image
Now you can create an image of the VM by using az image create. The following example creates an image named myImage from a VM named myVM.
az image create \
--resource-group myResourceGroup \
--name myImage \
--source myVM
Create VMs from the image
Now that you have an image, you can create one or more new VMs from the image using az vm create. The following example creates a VM named myVMfromImage from the image named myImage.
az vm create \
--resource-group myResourceGroup \
--name myVMfromImage \
--image myImage \
--admin-username azureuser \
Image management
Here are some examples of common image management tasks and how to complete them using the Azure CLI.
List all images by name in a table format.
az image list \
--resource-group myResourceGroup
Delete an image. This example deletes the image named myOldImage from the myResourceGroup.
az image delete \
--name myOldImage \
--resource-group myResourceGroup
Next steps
In this tutorial, you created a custom VM image. You learned how to:
- Deprovision and generalize VMs
- Create a custom image
- Create a VM from a custom image
- List all the images in your subscription
- Delete an image
Advance to the next tutorial to learn about highly available virtual machines.


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By Michael Hinkelman
Philadelphia Daily News.
Yasmine Mustafa, 32, and Anthony Gold, 49, co-founded Roar for Good, a firm aimed at empowering women with fashionable safety accessories and educational programs. The Philadelphia startup is part of a female-focused entrepreneur program called DreamIt Athena. I spoke with Mustafa, the CEO.
Q: How'd you come up with the idea for Roar?
A: A woman was raped a block from my apartment shortly after I came back from a trip to South America last year. The original idea was a wearable bracelet called the Macelet, which had Mace in it. I started talking to women and they were afraid of self-defense tools that an attacker might use against them. So I pivoted to a device that's fashionable and easy to use that has a loud alarm and light to distract a would-be attacker and message friends and family.
Q: The startup money?
A: I conceived a functional prototype and found a hardware person, who's still an adviser, to help me build it. We bootstrapped it and it cost about $5,000, and then we designed it.
Q: The biz model?
A: The device, which will be priced around $100, can be worn as a necklace, charm or key fob. It also has a magnet so you can put it on clothing. After we developed the prototype, some women wondered: Why not teach men not to attack women? We decided the wearable had a safety purpose but we could use part of our revenues to support nonprofits teaching nonviolence and promoting a culture of consent and respect.
Q: The value prop?
A: We're building a better mousetrap. Women might carry pepper spray, but they're averse to using it because they don't want to be in combat with somebody. Our device doesn't require that kind of engagement but it's still a deterrent. We also have a mobile app that sends you a push notification to be more vigilant if you're in an area that's a hot zone for harassment.
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Metal-Based Drugs
Volume 6, Issue 6, Pages 361-368
A Study of the Antitumour Activity of Four Triorganophosphinegold(I) Thiolates: (S), R = Ph, Cy, Et; SH = 6-Mercaptopurine and R = Et; SH = 6-Thioguanine
1AMRD Operations Pty Ltd, 576 Swan Street, Richmond 3121, Victoria, Australia
2Department of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
Received 4 October 1999; Accepted 12 October 1999
Copyright © 1999 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The antitumour activities of four triorganophosphinegold(I) thiolates, (R) [R = Ph, Cy, Et; SH = 6-mercaptopurine and R Et; SH = 6-thioguanine] against the National Cancer Institute (NCI) panel of 60 cell lines are reported The complex proved to be the more cytotoxic of the four complexes tested. For the 6-MP series, an order of cytotoxicity was established such that the activity followed the order R = Cy > Ph > Et. Sub-panel selectivity against the Leukemia cell lines was found for each of and .


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(b) Check motor for correct direction of rotation.
(c) Turn on cooling water to oil cooler, if provided.
(d) Start the compressor.
3 NORMAL OPERATION. While the system is operating, perform the following
(a) Maintain correct oil levels.
(b) Check air discharge and lubricating oil pressures.
(c) Watch for irregular compressor performance and any unusual noise or
4 SHUTDOWN. When the compressor is to be out of service for an extended
period, coat the impellers and the inside of the housing with a heavy oil or
grease to prevent rusting and corrosion. Before returning the unit to
service, thoroughly clean all oil or grease from the compressor interior.
5 OPERATIONAL PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE. Operational preventive maintenance
includes the following tasks.
(a) Operate the compressor within the rated capacity, otherwise
overheating of the compressor and drive may occur.
(b) On units fitted with oil coolers, ensure that the temperature of the
(c) Maintain oil levels within the limits indicated on the oil level
gauge. Insufficient oil will result in improper lubrication. Too much oil
6 PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE INSPECTION. The following inspection schedules are
adequate for average installations.
6.1 Daily Inspection. The operator shall inspect the compressor daily for
the following conditions:
(a) Unusual noise or vibration
(b) Abnormal suction or discharge pressure or temperature
(c) Abnormal oil pressure when force-fed lubrication is provided
(d) Abnormal bearing temperatures
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FieldGenius 7 Translated Installations
Posted by Yifan Xia on 18 July 2014 01:32 PM
MicroSurvey FieldGenius 7 is available in multiple languages
Pick on the appropriate link, and follow the prompts to install to your mobile device, tablet, or desktop computer.
Please ensure that your System Regional Settings are set to match the language of the installation.
If you see any translation errors, please contact our support department.
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GRIEF: "Is reaching out for someone who's always been there, only to find when you need them the most, one last time, they're gone."The death of a loved one is life's most painful event. People's reactions to death remain one of society's least understood and most off-limits topics for discussion. Oftentimes, grievers are left totally alone in dealing with their pain, loneliness, and isolation.Grief is a natural emotion that follows death. It hurts. Sadness, denial, guilt, physical discomfort, and sleeplessness are some of the symptoms of grief. It is like an open wound which must become healed. At times, it seems as if this healing will never happen. While some of life's spontaneity begins to return, it never seems to get back to the way it was. It is still incomplete. We know, however, that these feelings of being incomplete can disappear.Healing is a process of allowing ourselves to feel, experience, and accept the pain. In other words, we give ourselves permission to heal. Allowing ourselves to accept these feelings is the beginning of that process.The healing process can take much less time than we have been led to believe. There are two missing parts. One is a safe, loving, professionally guided atmosphere in which to express our feelings; the other is knowing how and what to communicate.
CMH Community Hospice offers a free Grief Support Group for the community
the second Tuesday of every month from 6pm – 7:30pm at the Community Memorial
Healthcenter Education Center Room 101. For more information please contact
Ginny Arthur, MSW/Bereavement Coordinator @ 434-447-3151 ext 3455
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Common Cold Essay, Research Paper
Common Cold
What is the common cold? A common cold is a contagious viral infection of the upper respiratory tract. The symptom of a common cold are stuffy nose, congestion, runny nose, fever, headache, cough, sore throat or fatigue in the body. A common cold could have one or a few of these symptoms. What are the causes of the common cold? Colds are caused by one of hundreds of common viruses that can easily be transmitted from person to person. In this essay we are going to emphasize on six of the possible causes of a common cold: Virus infection, lack of specific antibody, acute stress, chronic stress, increased human contact and a weaken immune system.
The most common cause of the common cold is the virus infection. The virus inflection includes the flu and influenza. The flu is cause by a smaller family of viruses compares to the more severity of influenza, which is caused by more than 200 virus. Virtually finding a vaccine for the flu is very simple, but finding a vaccine for influenza is virtually nil.
Another cause of the common cold is the Antibody for specific virus. Dr Stone thinks that the accumulation of stress tips the infected person over into illness. In his study of 72 married white men for a period of 12 weeks, in which they kept daily diaries of their stress. Researchers then measured the subjects' saliva for a substance called secretary immunoglbulin-A antibody, the less they had of it, the more likely it was that the subject would come down with the cold. This may be true according with Dr. Stone, but an argument made by Dr. Gwaltney, "You see, you could have a ton of immunoglobulin-A and you could still get sick. If you don't have a specific antibody for the cold virus that's after you, you're still a goner."
Acute stress is one of the most forgotten way of how a person could catch a cold. Acute stress lasting maybe only a few minutes, can lead to colds. The important thing, said Dr. Stone, is that a number of little stresses accumulate to produce a big, cold-inducing whammy. Rarely people blame the cause of the cold on acute stress, but it could happen and people don't know about it.
Similar to acute stress, chronic stress is also a cause of the common cold. According to Dr. Cohen, chronic factors like a fear of flunking out of college, repeated racial harassment, living in a high-crime neighborhood and the terminal illness of a spouse can cause a cold. They can also encompass less dramatic pressures, like caring for an elderly parent or a growing chill in a marriage. "The key is that it's chronic, that it lasts for more than a month," said Dr. Cohen. Chronic stress is not taken seriously as the virus inflection but it is a major cause of the common cold.
Most people know that contact is a cause of the common cold. Either contact between person to person or contact with unsanitary materials. Catching a cold is likely to happen in a large crowed area or with a person who have the flu. Touching unsanitary materials can aid a person in catching the common cold.
People who have weakened immune system are likely to catch a cold. People who sleep less than usual, letting the exercise regimen slip or have a high volume of alcohol in their system can weaken their immune system. Weakening the immune system will not allow the body to fight off the virus that it needs too. Thus getting the person sick.
There are six possible ways to catch the common cold, but the are plenty of ways of preventing the common cold. Wash hands frequently, especially after blowing your nose or handling food. Avoid crowded places when possible, especially during the winter. Eating a well-balanced, healthy diet that includes plenty of citrus fruits and other sources of vitamin C. To prevent spreading a cold to others, avoid unnecessary contact during the contagious phase (first 2 to 4 days).


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Many of the smaller weddings I perform are located within Central Park. It's a beautiful place to be married and afterward you are already in the middle of the city, ready to head to a brunch or dinner in your honor with your closest friends and family.
There are two places that are used the most, in my experience. The Ladies Pavilion is on the West side, between 75th and 76th street. (more photos)
I get calls sometimes from people who want to be married that weekend, with a small group, and most of the time we have no problem without a permit performing a short ceremony. For weddings with more notice, I like to obtain a permit just in case.
The other location that is popular is the Gapstow Bridge, located at the southeast entrance to the park. (more pictures here) This location is perfect for those who want a selection of areas from which to choose, and the views from the bridge are gorgeous. If you would like a carriage ride after your ceremony, the horse-drawn rides are directly outside the park.
You can obtain a permit at the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation (here), but as I said above, many smaller weddings of a handful of people require so little time (and the people of NY are so excited to see weddings) that simply showing up and being polite to those around is enough.
Some of my favorite experiences have been in Central Park, when couples don't have a witness (in NY you only need one). Many couples are nervous about this, but I have never had a problem finding an excited resident or tourist to be a part of a couple's ceremony. Sometimes the street musicians will even perform an impromptu procession, making it a truly New York experience!


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That finding emerged from a pair of trials that compared the low-osmolar contrast agents Isovue (iopamidol) and Hexabrix (ioxaglate) with Visipaque in high risk patients undergoing angiography.
On the basis of these data, it is reasonable to conclude that less expensive low-osmolar contrast agents such as Isovue "can be safely used in high risk patients when those patients receive some volume and possibly some antioxidant therapy," said Richard Solomon, M.D., of the University of Vermont in Burlington, who was principal investigator of the Cardiac Angiography in Renally Impaired Patients (CARE) trial.
The CARE trial and the Ionic Versus Nonionic Contrast to Obviate Worsening of Nephropathy in Chronic Renal Failure Patients (ICON), which was reported by Roxanna Mehran, M.D., of Columbia in New York, were both presented during a late-breaking clinical trials session at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics meeting here.
The CARE trial recruited 414 high-risk patients with an estimated glomerular filtration rate less than 60 mL/min and who were undergoing coronary angiography and randomized them to Visipaque or Isovue. In addition to renal insufficiency, 170 patients had diabetes. The endpoint was contrast-induced nephropathy as defined by three accepted definitions: increase in serum creatinine of 0.5 mg/dL or more, a 25% increase in serum creatinine, or a 25% reduction in estimated glomerular filtration rate.
"By every definition, there was no significant difference between the groups," Dr. Solomon said.
However, patients randomized to Isovue had "a significantly smaller mean increase in serum creatinine compared with the Visipaque group," Dr. Solomon said.
The mean increase in the Isovue arm was 0.07 +/- 0.22 mg/dL versus 0.12 +/-0.23 mg/dL in Visipaque (P=0.03).
Dr. Mehran said 145 patients were enrolled in the ICON study at seven participating clinical centers in the United States and Canada. Patients had renal insufficiency with serum creatinine of 1.5 to 3.0 mf/dL, and 45% were diabetics. All patients were initially hydrated with an average of 3.7 L of fluid and then randomized to Hexibrix (n= 74) or to Visipaque (n=71). Investigators had the option of using N-acetyl-cysteine and 72% of patients did receive it as well.
During catheterization about half of the patients in each arm received at least 200 cc of contrast.
The primary endpoint of ICON was peak increase in the serum creatinine concentration between day zero, when the contrast agent was administered, and day three.
As in the CARE trial, "a similar efficacy regarding the change of creatinine was consistently observed between the two groups, independent from the presence of diabetes mellitus or the volume of contrast media used," Dr. Mehran said.
At a press conference, Dr. Mehran said that contrast-induced nephropathy most often occurs 24 to 48 hours after angiography and is characterized by creatinine increases that peak five to seven days after exposure to a contrast agent. Typically creatinine returns to baseline levels within a week to 10 days.
But the condition remains a leading cause of iatrogenic renal failure, morbidity and mortality after coronary angiography, especially in patients with chronic renal disease, she said.
Cardiologist Cindy Grines, M.D., of William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., who served as discussant for both studies, said the evidence now suggests "any low-osmolar contrast agent would be acceptable for patients undergoing catherization or PCI as long as the patient was adequately hydrated."
- Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD Emeritus Professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
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Trancatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics 2006Source Reference: Solomon, R "Cardiac Angiography in Renally impaired patients"
Mehran, R "Ionic versus Non-Ionic Contrast to Obviate Worsening Nepthropathy after Angioplays in Chronic Renal Failure Patients."


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Characters : The Legion of Losers
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Gibbon and Kangaroo have super-human agility.
They are dumb.
Spot has... spots.
Super-human to all but Spot.
Kangaroo has missiles.
American. All of them. Including Hibbs.
Grizzly & Gibbon are heroes, Kangaroo II is in jail, and The Spot is dead.
Known for each and every one of them.
Presumably, low to all.
Grizzly's apartment.
Unsucessful criminals.
The Spider-Man Revenge Squad.
(Individual personal data is featured in their individual profiles)
The Legion was composed by Kangaroo II, Grizzly, The Gibbon and Spot.
It all started with Maxwell Markham (Grizzly) wanting revenge against Spider- Man, and Brian Hibbs (the second Kangaroo) being defeated by Spider-Man in two consecutive weeks. First, Hibbs, who worshiped the original Kangaroo, Frank Oliver, stumbled upon Spidey on his first day of crime and and got easily knocked out. Escaping on his way to court, Hibbs ordered a powerful battle armor from the Super-Villain's Catalogue and went on his second crime spree. He met Spidey again, and his battle armor self- destructed... Spidey left him hanging for the cops, but the Grizzly came to him with an offer, and cut him down.
At Markham's place, the Hibbs cynnically points out that the Grizzly's track record isn't any better than his. Markham replies that he killed Spider-Man once, but he got better... Hibbs heads for the door, when Markham suggests they should form a team. Hibbs isn't very interested, and the sudden arrivals of Martin Blank (The Gibbon) and Jonathan Ohm (The Spot) don't make it better for him.
Regardless, a team is born, and the first thing that the Spider-Man Revenge Squad (which everyone else came to know as the Legion of Losers) does is... to rob a bank. Dissention soon spreads, as the Grizzly and Gibbon were disenchanted - they were in it to get back at Spider-Man, not to to rob banks. The Spot and Kangaroo think otherwise, and they flee through one of Spot's portals when the other two decide to walk away through the door... triggering the burglar alarm. Being chased by the cops, which Grizzly refuses to stand up to, because he has nothing against them - they are just doing their job - the two G's managed to escape, but they met with Spidey. A "fight" ensues, with the highlights being Spidey trying to convince them to return the money and the Grizzly sticking his hand through a wall... But reinforcements soon arrived, in the form of the less moral half of the Legion, and Gibbon and the Kangaroo managed to KO Spidey. The Spot suggested that they return to Grizzly's appartment... after they pull Grizzly's arm off the wall.
At the Grizzly's, the Legion debates. Kangaroo is checking the Super-Villain's Catalogue and picking his future purchases, the Spot is wondering what's the best way to kill Spider-Man, and the Gibbon is asking if they weren't just gonna hit him. That's when dissent starts again. The Grizzly says that Spidey actually tried to help them, and that they'd do better to do like he said, just return the money and forget the revenge. The Kangaroo takes offense at the suggestion, but the Gibbon sides with Grizzly. The Grizzly ducks a charge from the Kangaroo and he falls through one of Spot's portals, KO'ing himself in the process. Then the G's KO Spot easily. When they turn to release Spidey, they realize that Spidey was never KO, just faking to see how everything would play out. Spidey took the Spot and Kangaroo, and thanked the G's and told them to stay out of trouble. They decided to form an heroic duo, The Gargantuous Grizzly and Gibbon, the Boy Monkey. They still patrol New York today, making everyone safer. Thier arch enemy is the White Rabbit and her gang. The nefarious Rabbit at one point kidnapped Grizzly and the Boy Monkey and threatened to feed them to genetically engineered killer bunnies unless the City of New York paid a ransom. The mayor offered her $1.50.
Appears In...
|Apr 1997
|1st: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #245
|May 1997
|App: Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #246
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Some of the above information is extracted from the various versions of the Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe and the more recent Marvel Encyclopaedias.


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Sometimes, when the skateboarding is good, one line is enough. Do you know that feeling when you watch a montage and you're like "ok whatever...ok whatever...", and then all of a sudden, in between Melcher's wallride and the Nuge's giant heelfilp (yes, there is always those two in a boring montage), appears the line you've expected all your life? The line that gets your more hyped to skate than the whole boxset of Digital videos (bonus features included). Well, my skateboarding fellows, this line, which combines the right skater, style, speed, spot and trick, happens as often as an alignment of the planets of the solar system.
Guess what? For me it happenned few days ago. "Sweet Moses".
The first line performed by this Mexican stuntman seriously arouses me. He is one of the few that you can connect with the OG Chocolate heads. A sort of young and bold Gabriel Rodriguez zigzaging and sowing 90s-inspired tricks on one of those spots that you associate at once with 90s Girl/Choco. The style is clumsy and the push, of course, is mongo when switch; but it works. There is no awkward immobility on the board in between the tricks, Vincent flies to his next maneuver with the same hunger as a fashionista on Black Monday. The tricks, timeless (fs smith) and modern (switchstance), remain accessible enough to get you hyped and at the same time, the speed is completely out of reach. If the King of LA deigns to slow down on the crazy combos, Chocolate is far from done.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Soiled panties
Labels: chocolate, lakai, vincent alvarez
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That line at the Venice sandboxes made my day.ReplyDelete
Not too sure about that OG Chocolate heads connection, though. Time will tell, I guess.
head in shoulders + "floating" arms : Paulo DiazReplyDelete
Lovin' his new part!!ReplyDelete
True for Paolo Diaz, though I tend to forget that he was on Chocolate...
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Former radio personality Geordie Tuft is to be buried this weekend.
Mr Tuft (75), who died in a house fire at his home in Loughbrickland last week, will be buried following a funeral service on Sunday.
A service of thanksgiving for his life will take place on at 2pm in Aghaderg Parish Church, Loughbrickland followed by interment in the adjoining graveyard.
Donations in lieu of flowers if desired are being sent to the U.S.P.C.A. (Please make cheques payable to the nominated charity) c/o James Minnis & Son Funeral Directors, Bann House, 33 Castlewellan Road, Banbridge, BT32 4JQ.
A notice in the Funeral Times says: "One of life's characters who will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by his son, sisters, brother, nephews, nieces, the entire family circle, many friends and acquaintances."
In an interview with the News Letter, Mr Tuft's sister Nan Cochrane said she had been moved by the number of people who had contacted her.
"You don't realise how good people are and how thoughtful they are until something like this happens. I loved him very, very much."


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Latitude: 52.6365 / 52°38'11"N
Longitude: -2.4503 / 2°27'1"W
OS Eastings: 369621
OS Northings: 304399
OS Grid: SJ696043
Mapcode National: GBR BX.6ZDS
Mapcode Global: WH9D9.BZFP
Entry Name: Anstice Memorial Institute
Listing Date: 8 April 1983
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1037014
English Heritage Legacy ID: 362315
Location: Madeley, Telford and Wrekin, TF7
County: Telford and Wrekin
Civil Parish: Madeley
Built-Up Area: Telford
Traditional County: Shropshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire
Church of England Parish: Madeley
Church of England Diocese: Hereford
5362 Anstice Memorial Institute
Dated 1868. Designed by John Johnson of London. Large Italianate red brick
building with painted stone dressings and hipped tile roof. Entablature with
heavy cornice. Two storeys. 1:5:1 bays. Left and right with brick pilasters.
Round-arched windows in pilastered round-arched recesses with panels below. The
ground floor has flat-headed 2-light windows. Stringcourse at first floor level.
Large central porch with heavy entablature on square piers.
Listing NGR: SJ6962104399
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
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Hazing is never a pleasant experience, but we should all be glad we didn't attend the French veterinary school depicted in RAW, the debut film from writer-director Julia Ducournau. In the first official clip from the film, the rookies are inducted into the school with a bizarre ritual that starts at CARRIE and promises to end up at THE GREEN INFERNO before too long. Check it out below!
RAW stars Garance Marillier as:
the teenaged Justine, who commences her studies at veterinary school to follow in her family members' footsteps. Raised as a vegetarian, Justine is pressured at school to try meat for the first time. Once she does, she plumbs both the depths of her own soul and tests the limits of her darkest cravings.
Marillier's co-stars include Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, and Laurent Lucas.
U.S. gorehounds can catch the film when it hits limited theaters on March 10, 2017.


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By John Lee.
Insurgents blew up the Ceyhan oil pipeline in northern Iraq on Monday night, halting the country's oil exports via the Turkish port (pictured).
The attack took place near Tulool al-Baj, some 250 km north of Baghdad, a police source told Xinhua.
"The sabotage caused a huge fire at the scene and resulted in an oil leak, prompting authorities to halt the oil pumping", he said.
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Hogg retires due to back problem
Less than 12 months after helping Lancashire back into Division One and being named the club's Player of the Year, Kyle Hogg has been forced to retire by a severe back injury. The 31-year-old, a grandson of West Indies spinner Sonny Ramadhin, made his Lancashire debut in 2001 and took more than 400 wickets to go with almost 4000 runs in all formats.
In 2011, when Lancashire won their first outright title in 77 years, Hogg claimed 50 wickets at 18.80, form he rediscovered last season when picking up 60 at 18.41 as part of a formidable new-ball partnership with Glen Chapple.
Hogg signed for Lancashire on the same day as James Anderson and, such was his promise, some joked that he was the player England meant to call up when Anderson made his ODI debut in 2002-03. The furthest he got was a place in England's Academy but he developed into a useful swing-bowling allrounder at domestic level.
"I would like to thank everybody at Lancashire County Cricket Club for the support they have shown me over the years - the coaches, staff, team-mates, members and supporters have all had a major influence on my career," Hogg said. "I have loved every moment of my time at such a fantastic cricket club. I have some great memories, such as being part of the squad that won the County Championship title in 2011, and I have played in some memorable games alongside some outstanding players.
"The news about the severity of my back condition came as a shock and I am faced with no alternative but to hang up my boots. I will always be a fan of Lancashire - it's in my blood - and I wish them every success for the future."
Hogg played for MCC in the Champion County game but injury kept him out of the start of Lancashire's season, with the club struggling on their return to the top tier. He managed to play in eight Championship fixtures, taking 21 wickets, but since July has only featured in one Royal London Cup fixture.
Lancashire's director of cricket, Mike Watkinson, said: "Kyle has made an outstanding contribution to Lancashire County Cricket Club during his career with us. He is a product of the local leagues and came through our development system, showing promise from an early age. As well as being such a talented cricketer he is a top bloke and totally committed to the club which is typified by his work as a Foundation Ambassador. It's very sad that he has been forced to retire at the peak of his career and we wish him all the best for the future."


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Yamaha Outdoors Tips — Shed Hunting
By Bob Humphrey
For the serious deer hunter the season never ends. While we can't hunt deer, we can hunt antlers; and there's no better time to do it than right now. Besides, it's a great excuse to get out, whether on foot or ATV, and spend some time in the deer woods.
Begin searching in areas where deer were concentrated after the hunting season. In the north woods that might be deer wintering areas. In the south, west and midwest it could be around crop fields, food plots, sheltered bottoms or south-facing slopes.
Within these areas, concentrate your efforts around bedding areas, field edges or heavy trails, especially where deer have to cross fences, creeks or other obstacles. Any place a deer has to jump and land increases the odds of antlers jarring loose.
Once you've covered the heavy trails shift to less used trails leading to thicker cover, where bigger, older deer may be more inclined to go.
Just as an experienced hunter looks for part of a deer rather than the whole thing, the trained eye of a shed hunter searches for colors and shapes, like white against a dark forest floor, or the tip of a tine sticking out of the mud or snow. It becomes easier over time.
Training dogs to hunt sheds is becoming more popular. Even if yours isn't trained, man's best friend seems to have an innate knack for finding bones, including shed antlers.
Often the first shed is the hardest to find. In time you'll develop a search image not only for antlers but the best places to find them. And in the process, you'll learn a lot more about the ground you'll hunt next fall.


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Residential construction is higher in the county than commercial construction, but don't let that fool you. Those residential units are, for the most part, in the highway commercial zone and are intended to be overnight rentals, according to a report Grand County Building Inspector Jeff Whitney gave to the Grand County Council on April 17.
"The reality of it is that most of the residential construction as far as valuation is happening on the highway corridor, which means those are overnight rentals, which means they really don't help our housing issues that we have," Whitney told the council. "I encourage you to help [Community and Economic Development Director Zacharia Levine] in his efforts to allow for denser housing projects, maybe height … My belief is people don't come to Moab to see Moab ... they come to Moab to see the areas out there. We have a finite amount of buildable land in Spanish Valley. We need to utilize that to the best of our ability so height and density is probably our only method of doing that."
There are six hotels currently under construction and six more on the docket that the building department has not yet received plans for.
The project responsible for boosting residential construction numbers is a condominium comprised of nine buildings with 12 units each.
Whitney said that 2017 saw $63 million of construction, including the city and the county. San Juan County only accounted for eight percent of new construction in 2017.
"As soon as they get sewer [connections] in lower Spanish Valley, that's probably going to change drastically so we need to prepare for that," said Whitney.
Whitney emphasized that the city's plan for a possible separate building department could impact city taxpayers. If the city did create a new building department, that could negatively impact ISO (insurance) ratings, Whitney said, resulting in higher taxes for city residents.
Currently, the city pays 50 percent of the building department's nearly $386,000 budget, Whitney said.
Meanwhile, the Moab Area Land Trust is in the process of securing a 32-acre land donation. The parcel, located on Spanish Valley Drive, will be available for developers interested in building affordable housing. It will be deed-restricted in perpetuity. The donor wishes to remain anonymous.
"The purpose of a land trust is to preserve housing in perpetuity," said Kailin Myers, Community and Economic Development Specialist for Grand County. "It's this model where the land trust owns the land forever and has what's called a ground lease. The homeowner purchases the home, has a normal mortgage, builds equity … but when they sell, [the trust] keep the home and [sells] it to the next person."